May 06, 2021 City Council Meetings

MA'AM OKAY.

THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE TODAY.

I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER

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THURSDAY MAY 6TH, 2021.

UH, THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD REMOTELY CONSISTENT WITH THE COVID, UH, RULES.

IT IS 10 OH THREE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.

UM, I'M GOING TO READ THE, UH, CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS, UH, INTO THE RECORD.

I REMEMBER FIVE BEING POSTPONED TO MAY 20 AS IS ITEM NUMBER 11.

I DON'T REMEMBER 18.

UH, THE POSTING LANGUAGE, UH, HAD SOME LANGUAGE WHICH IS BEING OMITTED.

SO IT NOW READS AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATION EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH FRONT STEPS, A TO PROVIDE, AND THAT'S AN ADDED WORD, PROVIDE, UH, EMERGENCY SHELTER SERVICES FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THEN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1 MILLION, TWO 55, SEVEN 87 FOR A NINE MONTH TERM FOR MAY 15TH, 2021 THROUGH JANUARY 31ST, 2022 ON ITEM NUMBER 40 COUNCIL MEMBERS ELLIS AND ALTER HAVE BEEN ADDED AS SPONSORS.

I REMEMBER 41.

OUR KITCHENS CAN ADD THAT AS A SPONSOR.

I AM 42.

IT WAS POSTPONED TO MAY 20TH, 2021 ITEM FOR POSTPARTUM TO JULIE BERGE, 2021 ITEM NUMBER 50, HE POSTPONED TO MAY 20TH, 2021 ITEM NUMBER 70 ADDS TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY AS A CO-SPONSOR.

WE HAVE, UM, UH, THREE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, ITEM NUMBER 10, AND ITEM NUMBER 41.

UM, I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO, PROBABLY WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL JUST GO TO THE SPEAKERS AND AFTER SPEAKERS WE'LL, THEN GO TO DIANA TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN THOSE THINGS WILL JUST STAY ON CONSENT.

MA'AM OKAY.

UH, UH, AND MORGAN, DO YOU WANT TO READ INTO THE RECORD WHAT THE SETTLEMENT AMOUNTS ARE ON ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE? OKAY.

UH, I SENT A MEMO ABOUT THESE TWO THINGS TO THE COUNCIL ON MONDAY.

UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL SETTLED TWO CAR WRECK CASES.

NUMBER EIGHT INVOLVES, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NUMBER NINE INVOLVES THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND BOTH THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND THE CITY MANAGER CONCUR WITH THE SETTLEMENT.

IT'S $200,000 IN ITEM EIGHT TO SETTLE THE JERRY PETERSON VS CITY OF AUSTIN LAWSUIT AND ITEM NINE, IT'S $150,000 TO SETTLE THE WILSON VS CITY OF AUSTIN LAWSUIT IN RESPONSE.

AND IN EXCHANGE FOR THOSE PAYMENTS, THE CITY WILL OBTAIN A FULL AND FINAL AGREEMENT AND RELEASE FROM THE PLAINTIFFS, UH, FOR ANY CLAIMS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ASSERTED.

SO WITH THOSE, WE DO RECOMMEND THOSE SOUNDS GOOD.

UH, BUT UH, ALMOST 80 SPEAKERS THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS MORNING.

WE HAVE LAID BACK UP IN ITEMS TWO, FOUR, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1839, 30 41 42, 48, 55, 56, 57, 59, 61 63 AND 70 COLLEAGUES.

WE HAVE, UH,

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UH, IF YOU'RE READY, WE'LL JUST GO TO HEAR FROM OUR SPEAKERS AND HAVE THE CLERK CALL THEM.

UH, EACH SPEAKER HAS ONE MINUTE, EACH ONE WE'RE DONE WITH THAT.

WE'LL HEAR FROM DIANA ON THOSE FIVE ITEMS, UH, THROUGH A PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OF THE CLERK BOARDS.

UH, START US OFF WITH THE SPEAKERS.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

UM, WE HAVE THREE SPANISH SPEAKERS, UM, AND WE HAVE AN INTERPRETER ON THE LINE, SO THEY WILL EACH GET TWO MINUTES.

ARE YOU READY? INTERPRETER IS GRAVY.

ESL THE SOLUTION, THE, THE MO HELLO, MY NAME IS .

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS IRENE ENGLISH OTHER THAN, UH,

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I AM A MEMBER OF KAY, AND I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION OF THE MOLD.

UH .

I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS RULING BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF MOLD IN THE APARTMENTS AND THOSE APARTMENTS HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN'S AND ELDERLY LIVING THERE WHO ARE GETTING SICK AND THEY'RE GETTING SICK IN, UM, THEY ARE HAVING ILLNESSES IN THEIR LUNGS AND THIS LAW NEEDS TO PASS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME KIND OF TICKETS OR RESOLUTION TO THOSE, UH, OWNERS OF THE APARTMENTS, BECAUSE, UH, HE I MEAN, YEAH, BECAUSE THEY LIKE US TO BE PAYING ON TIME, UH, THE RENT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM.

AND SO IT WOULD BE GOOD IF THEY ALSO GET FINE IN CASE THERE WAS A PARCHMENT HAVE MOLD ON EVE AND I USED TO STAY WITH US AND YES, I THINK THAT A NEW HALL HAS TO PASS BECAUSE THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE HEALTH OF ELDERLY PEOPLE, AS WELL AS CHILDREN, BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING SICK WITH LUNG INFECTIONS OR PROBLEMS. SO I DO AGREE THAT THIS LAW HAS TO PASS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSE PEREZ.

SEE, WHEN WAS THE YES.

WHEN ARE THE S IN YOUR WHOLESALE BUT FOR WHAT , I MEAN, NOBODY'S GONNA SAY PARIS, UH SAGE.

THEY COULD BE INTERPRETED A CREEK SAGE.

MY NAME IS JOSE AND I USED TO BE A RENTER IN THE APARTMENTS NAMED SAGE.

UH AND I AM THE SPEAKER OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO DO NOT WANT TO TALK BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO THEM.

IF THEY SPEAK K ALMO YELLOWS, DUENAS.

IT'S ONE PROBLEM.

THE ISSUE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LAW THAT TAKES CARE OF THE APARTMENTS AND THE OWNERS OF THOSE APARTMENTS THAT HAVE MOLD.

IT'S A PROBLEM.

IT IS NEEDED IN, IT IS NEEDED IN AN EMERGENCY VASE THAT A FOND IS CREATED IN ORDER TO HELP THOSE THAT LEAVE IN PLACES WHERE THERE IS MOLD BETTER.

WAY MORE.

THE WINTER STORM CAUSED THIS AFTER SEEING THE CITY, BUT THE MALL THAT IS LEFT AFTER THAT IS CAUSING A PERMANENT ISSUE FOR ALL OF US.

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AND PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE, INNOCENT PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING DUE TO THIS MOLD.

FOR ME THOUGH.

AND SADLY, THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THOSE APARTMENTS CANNOT SPEAK BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THAT THEN THEY CAN BE EVICTED OUT OF THOSE APARTMENTS, WHICH ARE GOOD.

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

AND NEXT SPEAKER IS NATURAL.

SEND YOU WHAT I WROTE A YEAR WHEN IN ENGLISH.

ONE OF THE .

SO IN THE STORY OF A WAR, THE RESOLUTION, THE MORE YOUR KID.

GET FANCY.

OKAY, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS AND I AM A MEMBER OF TED IN FAVOR OF THIS OR PASSING THIS RESOLUTION.

I WANT THIS TO BE APPROVED BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT THIS MANY PEOPLE HAVEN'T GOTTEN SICK.

WHICH I HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF .

THOSE ARE HERE.

AND I WANT THIS TO BE APPROVED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GETTING SICK WITH COUGH, WITH ALLERGIES, ILLNESSES ALONG ILLNESSES, AND ALL THIS HAS BEEN SUFFERED BY PEOPLE THAT ARE THE ELDERLY, THE CHILDREN, AND ALSO PREGNANT PEOPLE, PREGNANT WOMEN.

THEY BE IN VERY HORRIBLE CONDITIONS WITH THE HUMIDITY AND THE MOLD.

I WANT YOU TO BE MORE STRICT WITH THE PROPERTIES AND I NEED YOU TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THEM, TO CHECK THEM.

NO WAY ALLOW ME THAT AFTER .

AND I WANT THAT THOSE FINES ARE, GET TO BE SO BIG THAT THEY REALLY FEEL THE PAIN WHEN THEY VIOLATE THOSE RULES.

FOR EXAMPLE, THEY NEED TO KNOW THE PAIN OF US LEAVING IN CONDITIONS.

SO HORRIBLE WITH THE HUMIDITY, WITH THE MOLD.

SO THEY HAVE TO FEEL THE PAIN OF, UH, WHEN THEY DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE CONDITIONS, THEY NEED TO THEN FILL THE PAIN WITH THE FINES THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO PAY.

YOU KNOW, I MOVED, I WAS GRANTED, LEAVE THE PRISON, DONE THIS, A COMPLETE ANY, IF THEY DON'T HAVE BIG FINES AND THEY'RE ARE NOT, AND WE DON'T HAVE THOSE THAT MAY GIVE THEM FOLLOW THE RULES, THEN NOTHING IS GOING TO BE DONE.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SANDY .

HI, GOOD DAY.

CAN I BE HEARD? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.

LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX, NEAR ONE 83.

UM, GOOD DAY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, HOME MAYOR ADLER.

I'M GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU INTO THE SHIRLEY.

THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE OF AGENDA.

ITEM 10.

MY NAME IS SANDY RAMIREZ AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO IN AUSTIN.

SOMETIMES I FEEL PEOPLE INTO OUR, TO NOT CARE WHAT PEOPLE

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LIKE THEY HAVE TO SAY.

AND I THINK IT IS GREAT TO HAVE THIS CHANCE.

I WANTED TO TELL YOU ALL, I FEEL OUR CITY IS GOING A LITTLE CRAZY.

WHEN I WALK ON THE STREET, I SEE ALL KINDS OF TRASH AND SPRAY PAINT EVERYWHERE.

I SEE MY NEIGHBORS WHO TELL ME ABOUT THE TIME THERE WERE THREATENED IN DOWNTOWN AND FEAR FOR THE SAFETY.

I SEE CAR WINDOWS.

THERE WERE SMASHED HIS AND OTHER PROPERTY VANDALIZED.

I SEE POLICE CARS RACING TO ANOTHER CRIME SCENE.

EVEN THOSE TIMES WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE OFFICERS, NO UNITS AVAILABLE TO RESPOND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU SEE WHAT I SEE.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU CAN FEEL THE DEGRADATION IN OUR CITY.

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

THAT'S HOW IT IS FOR US.

I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE HELP PEOPLE LIKE ME BY TAKING A SMALL STEP IN FUNDING, CADET CLASSES FOR AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AGAIN, AND LORD KNOWS WE NEED A LOT MORE OF THEM.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND TO BE HEARD, HAVE A GREAT DAY, JEAN LATRELLE.

HI, MY NAME IS JEANNIE LUTTRELL.

I'M WITH THE, I LIVE AT OUR AND CREEKSIDE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS ALONG THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THIS MOLD RESOLUTION, UH, BECAUSE MOLD IS A PANDEMIC PROBLEM.

AND RIGHT NOW NO ONE WANTS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.

AT THIS TIME, THE TENANTS, WE WERE LIKE A MOLDY BALL IN A GAME OF HOT POTATO.

NO ONE WANTS TO BE, UH, TAKING THE FINANCIAL OR, UH, ANY RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL TO FIX THIS.

SINCE THE I STORM, IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY BAD HERE.

I HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE LIVING IN MOLDY APARTMENTS.

MOLD IS A KILLER.

IT'S MAKING PEOPLE SICK AND I'M HOPING THAT SHITTY COUNCIL WILL PASS THIS RESOLUTION TO MAKE AUSTIN THE LEADER IN TEXAS AMERICA AND EVEN THE WORLD, UM, TO, UH, FOR A CLEAR PATH, ALMOST RESOLUTION AND WHO IS FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF IT.

UM, WE PAY OUR MONEY.

WE DESERVE A HEALTHY AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER IS GABBIE GARCIA.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS GABBY GARCIA.

I'M THE PROJECT COORDINATOR WITH BASCA.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM 40, THEN MOLD RESOLUTION, AND OUR WORK WITH TENANTS.

WE SEE THAT MOLD IS AN ONGOING AND WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IN AUSTIN.

ALTHOUGH ISSUES WITH MOLD HAVE GOTTEN MORE ATTENTION SINCE THE WINTER STORM TENANTS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING FOR MUCH LONGER, GETTING HELP HAS BEEN DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT NO ONE IS RESPONSIBLE CODE AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DO NOT ENFORCE MOLD COMPLAINTS.

AND THERE ARE NO LAWS THAT REQUIRE OR REGULATE WHAT LANDLORDS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THIS LEAVES, TENANTS TRAPPED IN A LOOP AND IN HOMES THAT ARE MAKING THEM SICK.

THE RESOLUTION IS A GOOD FIRST STEP TO ENSURE THAT THESE ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED PROPERLY.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 65.

PEOPLE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE IN THE PANDEMIC AND THE AFTERMATH OF THE STORM.

THE EXTENSION OF THE EVICTION PROTECTIONS AND OPPORTUNITY TO CURE ARE CRUCIAL TO HOUSING STABILITY AS WE RECOVER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH CLEAN, HELLO, MAYOR ADLER AND HAWAIIAN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JOY CLAIM AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR 21 YEARS IN AUSTIN, UM, AND JUST CHURCH SICK.

AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SHAWL TODAY ON ITEM 10, TO REINSTATE FUNDING FOR POLICE TRAINING, I'D LIKE TO CALL OUT AND WE CAN SEE KELLY.

THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF AUSTINITES AND NEIGHBORS WHO REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING TO MAKE AUSTIN CIPHER.

WHAT IS AT STAKE WITH ITEM 10 IS MORE THAN JUST FUNDING FOR CLASSES.

IF THIS FUNDING IS NOT APPROVED, THE APD WILL RECEIVE A CLEAR MESSAGE, YOUR NEEDS.

AREN'T IMPORTANT TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WILL BE BAD FOR MORALE.

AND IF I UNDERSTAND, RIGHT, MORALE MAY ALREADY BE VERY BAD.

YOU CAN'T TURN ON THE NEWS WITHOUT HEARING SOME ANTI-COP STORY SOMEWHERE.

AND THAT'S JUST GOT TO EAT AT THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO JUST WANT TO KEEP THE CITY CIPHER.

THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN MANY.

IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT AUSTIN IS A CITY THAT TAKES CARE OF THOSE WHO TAKE CARE OF THE CITY.

IT MAY BE FASHIONABLE OR TO HATE THEM, BUT IT'S NOT SPART WITH THIS IN MIND.

I ASKED YOU TO PLEASE VOTE.

I, THIS IS KAREN FLANAGAN.

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NOT FAR FROM WHERE A RECENT SHOOTING HAS OCCURRED.

I AM URGING YOU TO PLEASE BRING BACK POLICE SERVICES TO AUSTIN, TEXAS.

I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 59 YEARS, MY WHOLE LIFE, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN CRIME AND VIOLENCE AND TRASH THIS BAD BEFORE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I SEE FIRSTHAND DURING MY DAY-TO-DAY LIFE I VOTED FOR AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MACKENZIE KELLY IN THIS EFFORT BECAUSE SHE SUPPORTS THE PUBLIC SAFETY PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.

NOW, OTHER PEOPLE SITTING ON THE COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR, PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BY VOTING.

YES, ON 10, WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE CADET CLASSES AND GIVE FUNDING BACK TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU, SHARON BLIGHT, GOOD MORNING.

MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

MY NAME IS SHARON BLIGHTS.

I LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR 34 YEARS.

THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON WRONG WITH OUR CITY.

THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

ASSAULT THEFT MURDER THREE IN MY AREA RECENTLY ARE ALL UP.

AND WHILE THAT'S HAPPENING, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO'D LIKE TO CUT EVEN MORE FROM THE POLICE.

THERE ARE MANY AUSTINITES WHO KNOW, NOT FEEL, BUT KNOW THAT THIS IS WRONG.

I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU AND THE COUNCIL KNOW THE SAME THING.

FACT IS THE CITY IS BECOMING MORE DANGEROUS.

WE NEED THESE CADET CLASSES REINSTATED.

THE CRIMINALS ARE GETTING BOLDER.

IF YOU RE, IF YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS CRISIS IS TO DO NOTHING, I CAN'T HELP, BUT FEEL MY BEST CHOICE IS TO LEAVE THIS CITY TO FIND A PLACE THAT KEEPS PEOPLE SAFE.

THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.

CHARLES CUP, HANG ON JUST A SECOND.

MY NAME IS CHARLES KEV.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX.

I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THIS HOUSE FOR 32 YEARS.

I WAS HERE BACK WHEN AUSTIN WAS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

NOTICE.

IT'S BEEN SPIRAL ROCKING DOWNHILL FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS WITH REGARDS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'M A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER SERVED 20 YEARS IN, UH, WEST TEXAS.

UH, WE NEED OUR POLICE CADET CLASSES, UM, TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE COVERAGE ALL OVER AUSTIN.

SO I ASKED EACH OF YOU PUT YOUR PERSONAL AGENDA ASIDE AND VOTE FOR WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT AND WE WANT POLICE OFFICERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RUTH HOWARD.

HI, THANK YOU.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ITEM 10 TODAY.

MY NAME IS RUTH HOWARD AND I LIVE IN SOUTH AUSTIN AND LIVED IN SOUTH AUSTIN.

MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS MUCH CRIME IF I HAVE RECENTLY GRAFFITI WITH UGLY MESSAGES.

SO I LIKE WELL-TRAVELED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS CARS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ARE ROUTINELY BROKEN INTO.

THERE ARE SPOTS REGULARLY NEAR MY NEIGHBORS.

WE RECEIVED THREE TO FOUR ALERTS DAILY ON THEIR ARENA, STARTING BREAK-INS AND THEFTS.

WE INCREASED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SECURITY FORCE FROM ONE PERSON TO TWO PEOPLE PATROLLING A NEIGHBORHOOD 24 SEVEN BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN CLIMB.

THE ANSWER TO THIS ALARMING RISING CLIMBING WALL IS THIS IS NOT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

OUR CITY IS APPROACHING SOMETHING UGLY AND DANGEROUS.

WE NEED MORE AND BETTER TRAIN OFFICERS.

WE NEED TO REINSTATE CADET CLASSES.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MACKENZIE KELLY FOR POSITION ON THIS ISSUE AND ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION JENNY CLASS.

HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JENNY PLACE AND I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR 13 YEARS.

I HAVE A FAMILY HERE.

I FELT THAT THIS IS HERE AND I VOLUNTEERED HERE.

THE CRIME IN THE CITY IS INCREASED AND I SEE IT.

I WANT TO RAISE MY FAMILY IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT LIKE ANY AMERICAN WOULD.

THIS IS MY I'M ASKING YOU TO VOTE.

ON ITEM 10 TODAY TO REINSTATE THE CADET CLASSES AND TO FUND APD, WE NEED OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN BLUE TO BE OUT THERE TO HELP PROTECT US AND TO BE THERE ON OUR WORST DAYS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL WOMAN, KELLY, FOR ADVOCATING FOR APD AND TAKING THE RISK TO BE TRUE TO WHO SHE IS.

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THANK YOU, JESSICA JOHNSON.

BECKY MCMILLAN, HELLO, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS BECKY MCMILLAN AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 10 OF AUSTIN.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR ITEM.

NUMBER 10.

WE REALIZED WE ALL NEED TO BETTER OURSELVES THROUGH TRAINING AND TO LISTENING.

SO NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO LISTEN AND RETRAIN YOURSELF AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, BY LISTENING TO WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT.

YOU NEED TO REDEEM WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH THE RECENT ELECTION.

YOU HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT YOU CHANGED OUR LIVES DRASTICALLY BY YOUR TERMS AND DID NOT CARE WHAT WE WANTED, BUT WE VOTED.

AND NOW YOU ARE FORCED TO CHANGE YOUR WAYS.

YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE HERE TODAY TO SAY, YOU NEED TO LISTEN.

IF YOU DON'T LISTEN, THERE'LL BE MAJOR CONSEQUENCES AND BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS.

WE NEED COP.

THEY NEED TRAINING.

AND THE TRAINING NEEDS MONEY.

I JUST RECENTLY WENT THROUGH A GUN TRAINING CLASS AND GOT MY LTC LICENSE.

THE ONLY REASON WHY I DID THIS IS BECAUSE OF Y'ALL'S ACTIONS IN THE PAST YEAR.

I NOW CARRY A GUN AND MACE ON ME BECAUSE I HAVE TO DO BUSINESS AROUND TOWN.

I ENJOY TAKING MY SIX YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO DINNER DOWNTOWN, BUT NOT ANYMORE.

WE STOPPED GOING BECAUSE LAST TIME WE WENT DOWN THERE AND WE CARS, JOYCE MCKEE, HELLO.

MY NAME IS JOYCE MCGEE.

I LIVE AT ALMOST AT A PRESET.

I AM A LEADER IN THE TENANT ASSOCIATION AND A MEMBER OF SADAT.

I SUPPORT THE MO UH, THE MOLE RESOLUTION MOSTLY HAS BECOME A HAZARD IN MY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD'S HOME.

MOSES HAS CALLED ALLERGIES HEADACHES, AND SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS DOCTORS HAVE ISSUED ORDERS TO MOVE BECAUSE OF THE MO FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAD TO HELP THEIR FAMILY MOVED BECAUSE OF MO WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET CODE TO PUSH THIS, HAVE THIS, UH, SITUATION UNDER CONTROL.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TOO.

I FELT, AND LIVING CONDITIONS, SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE STRESS AND FRUSTRATION WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH IT.

WE'VE CAUSED THE MOLD IS A NUCLEUS IN SIX, THE RIGHT WAY AT, UH, I WOULD LIKE THIS RESOLUTION TO BE PASSED.

AND PUT THE IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGES MADE TO THE ACADEMY INTO ACTION.

MY NAME IS JESSICA JOHNSON.

I'M AN ATTORNEY AT TEXAS FAIR DEFENSE PROJECT AND A MEMBER OF THE RE-IMAGINED TASKFORCE COUNSEL SHOULD OPPOSE RESTARTING THE CADET CLASS TO QUOTE THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY.

THERE ARE, AND I QUOTE CONCERNS THAT THE APD TRAINING DIVISION OPERATING WITHOUT CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT IS UNDERMINING THE STATED EQUITY GOALS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND LAST NIGHT, MARCH THE FIRST AND ONLY MEETING OF A CURRICULUM REVIEW GROUP, THAT INCLUDES ONLY THREE ACADEMICS AND TWO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT CITY OF AUSTIN OR APD EMPLOYEE.

THIS DOES NOT CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT MAKE.

I KEEP HEARING THIS ANALOGY BEING USED AT THE CREATION OF THE CURRICULUM IS BUILDING THE PLANE WHILE FLYING IT.

IT'S A PERFECT ANALOGY BECAUSE AT BEST THE PLANE DOESN'T FLY.

AND AT WORST, THERE ARE CASUALTIES RUSHING TO OPEN THE ACADEMY WHEN THE CURRICULUM HAS NOT BEEN CREATED AND VETTED AND ADVANCE, BUT THAT CREATE POORLY TRAINED OFFICERS AND AT WORST LEAD TO ADDITIONAL DEATHS OF AUSTINITES.

THEY'RE MY SAFETY AS A BLACK AUSTINITE AND FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL AUSTIN, I VOTE NO ON REOPENING NEW ACADEMY.

THANK YOU, COLE.

CUNO GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS COLE CUNO.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE AND A POLICY ANALYST FOR THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION.

I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 10.

APD TRAINING STAFF HAS TAKEN GREAT STRIDES TO IMPROVE THE CADET ACADEMY OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.

AND THE DEPARTMENT IS READY TO RESTART.

ACADEMY.

STAFF HAS COMPLETED TEACHING EXCELLENCE AND RACIAL EQUITY WORKSHOPS.

NEW POSITIONS, SUCH AS THE TRAINING MANAGER AND TRAINING SPECIALISTS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO INCREASE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT.

CONTENT EXPERTS HAVE BEEN RECRUITED TO TEACH COURSES THAT FOCUS ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

APD HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON CITY MANAGER.

KROC'S BLUEPRINT FOR, UH, FOR A RE-IMAGINED CADET ACADEMY.

CHIEF DAKOTA'S CONFIDENT APD WILL COMPLETE ALL 23 ITEMS IN THE BLUEPRINT.

AND THE KROLL ASSOCIATES ALSO BELIEVES THIS GOAL IS ACHIEVABLE.

AUSTIN IS READY TO RESTART POLICE CADET CLASSES.

I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT ITEM 10

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SCOTT HENSON.

MY NAME IS SCOTT HANSEN.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF JUST LIBERTY.

I ALSO WRITE A BLOG.

SOME OF Y'ALL MAY HAVE HEARD OF CALLED GRITS FOR BREAKFAST.

THE MAJORITY OF AUSTIN POLICE BRASS AND ACADEMY LEADERSHIP TOLD THE CROW AND ASSOCIATES THAT THEY ARE NOT READY TO DISCONTINUE THEIR PARAMILITARY APPROACH TO TRAINING AND THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO GET RID OF THEIR HAZING TACTICS, INCLUDING, UH, GROUP PUNISHMENTS AND SCREAMING AT CADETS.

UM, UH, AS OF YESTERDAY AT THE, UH, UH, CURRICULUM EVENT YOU WERE TOLD ABOUT LAST NIGHT, UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT ALL DAY YESTERDAY, UM, DR.

CRINGING HAD MEETINGS WITH APDS STAFF, WHERE THEY WERE RESISTANT TO GETTING RID OF THESE HAZING PRACTICES.

THESE STRESS-BASED PRACTICES, UM, UH, APD TOLD CROW.

THEY DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF IT.

THEY DISAGREE WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THEY'RE NOT REFORMING THE TRAINING.

LIKE YOU'VE BEEN TOLD THERE'S NO CURRICULUM READY.

THEY HAVEN'T SHARED THE CURRICULUM WITH ANY OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

NONE OF THIS IS READY FOR PRIME TIME.

THEY HAVEN'T EVEN IDENTIFIED ALL THE COURSES YET.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE FINALIZED THAT LIST THIS WEEK.

THIS IS NOT READY.

SUE GABRIEL, HELLO, I'M SUE GABRIEL WITH DISTRICT THREE.

POLICE ARE PLEASE VOTE AGAINST THIS ITEM.

NUMBER 10 POLICE ARE WALKING AWAY FROM THE JOB IN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS ACROSS THIS NATION CHANGES ARE NEEDED IN OVERALL PUBLIC SAFETY AND DO NOT INCLUDE POLICE AND DO NOT INCLUDE MORE POLICE, MORE CADET CLASSES.

THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE PRESENTED 75 PAGES OF INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU.

YOU MUST ALSO LEARN FROM AN ACTIVE ON THE INFORMATION BY THE JOYCE JAMES CONSULTING FIRM AND THE CO REPORT, YOUR CLAIM TO NEED MORE CADETS AND POLICE, BUT CADET CLASSES DON'T REMAIN FULL CADETS ARE HARMED IN THOSE CLASSES.

AND THAT THAT HARM GOES INTO THE COMMUNITY.

ONCE THEY BECOME POLICE.

NO, NO POLICE DO NOT PREVENT CRIME.

THEY CAN NOT PREVENT CRIME.

THEY ARE THE CRIMINALS.

THANK YOU, LANI NEW FOR GOOD MORNING.

UM, MAYOR ADLER IN COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.

MY NAME IS LANI NEW FOR, AND I LIVE IN NORTH AUSTIN AND DISTRICT SEVEN.

I'M CALLING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 10 AND TO GET FUNDING AND RESOURCES TO APD.

HONESTLY, WE NEED TO DO MORE FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS.

HOW MANY MORE DO WE NEED TO SEE QUIT AND RETIRE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE SUCH, SUCH CALL TIMES THAT TAKE FOREVER FOR US TO GET THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE'RE CALLING FOR NINE 11, WE NEED TO GIVE THEM A VOICE.

WE NEED TO STAND FOR THEM AS HUMANS THAT HAVE LIVES AND FAMILIES JUST LIKE YOU.

AND I DO.

I AM SO THANKFUL TO CANCEL COUNCIL, WOMAN KELLY FOR GIVING THEM THIS VOICE AND FOR STICKING UP FOR THEM.

I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT SHE IS NOW A PART OF THE COUNCIL, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S NOT MY DIRECT DISTRICT MEMBER, PLEASE VOTE.

ON ITEM 10 TODAY.

PLEASE GIVE THEM THE SUPPORT THEY DESERVE.

THEY ARE DOMESTIC PREDATORS THAT COME TO OUR RESCUE WHEN WE NEED THEM THE MOST.

PLEASE VOTE.

AND ALSO LIKE THE SAME TO COUNSEL WOMEN, KELLY FOR HER SUPPORT OF THE POLICE AND FOR SHINING IN MUCH NEEDED LIGHT ON THESE ISSUES AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, DALLAS EMERSON.

WELL, HE SOUNDS SOME MEMBERS OF MAYOR FOR A LONG TIME TO SPEAK ON ITEM 10 TODAY.

MY NAME IS DALLAS EMERSON OR LIVE IN SOUTH AUSTIN.

THIS ITEM IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT FUNDING, THE APD CADET CLASSES, WHICH WE NEED VERY BAD WITH AS A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN, AS NEARLY LONGTIME RESIDENT OF BOSTON, I'M VERY SERIOUS FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY.

THE CRIME HAS RISEN TO LEVELS WHERE POLICE ARE UNABLE TO RESPOND TO ALL CALLS IN A TIMELY MANNER.

RESPONSE TIMES IS INCREASED UNSAFE LEVELS, AND MY NEIGHBORS ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THEY NEED EMERGENCY SERVICES.

WILL THEY EVEN BE ABLE TO GET THERE IN TIME? WE NEED TO GIVE BACK TO THOSE WHO GIVE SO MUCH TO US.

WE NEED TO GET BACK THE FUNDING THEY DESERVE AND SUPPORT THE CADET CLASSES AND GROW THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

WE CAN HAVE A SAFE AND CALM STATE,

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

I KNOW YOU'LL DO IT AS LIKE TO PROTECT OUR OFFICERS PROTECT THIS CITY, MICHAEL LEVIN'S HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR ADLER.

I'M MICHAEL LEVIN'S AND I'VE LIVED HERE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

I WANT TO SHARE A FEW HEADLINES THAT HAVE BEEN LOCALLY RECENTLY, A MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING KILLING 15 YEAR OLD MAN ARRESTED, ACCUSED OF POINTING GUN AND PRETENDING TO SHOOT AT APD OFFICERS SUSPECTS TALK, TRYING TO BREAK INTO CAR POINTS, GUN AT APARTMENT RESIDENT WHO TRIES TO STOP HIM.

THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

AND IF I KEPT READY READING THE HEADLINES, YOU'D HEAR ABOUT SEX CRIMES AND BREAK-INS, AND YOU HEAR ABOUT CRIMINALS BLATANTLY FLUNKING THE LAW BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY'D NEVER BE CAUGHT.

WHAT IS OUR CITY COMING TO? AND HOW ON EARTH DID THIS HAPPEN? AND WHEN DID IT BECOME SO COMMON BY CUTTING POLICE FUNDING AND REMOVING TRAINING, THE COUNCIL COUNCIL HAS MADE OUR CITY LESS SAFE.

AND THAT'S JUST THE TRUTH.

THERE ARE SOME OF YOU AND COUNCILWOMAN KELLY IN PARTICULAR WHO ARE PUSHING BACK AGAINST THIS CRAZINESS.

AND I THANK YOU DEEPLY.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT BRINGING BACK FUNDING FOR THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENTS CLASSES IS THE FIRST STEP IN MAKING THE CITY SAFER, SAFER, AND SANDER.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

MARY LOCK.

WELL AS SOCIAL WORKERS, ADDICTION, TREATMENT, HEALTHCARE, NOT MORE POLICE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

MY NAME IS MARY LOCKIE AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM 10 ON THE AGENDA.

AFTER 31 YEARS, AS A VICTIM ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN, TEENS, ADULTS, AND FAMILIES HERE IN THE AUSTIN AREA.

I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF CRIME INCREASE THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED.

RECENTLY.

YOU HEARD WITH CHIEF'S MONTHLY REPORT, THAT GUN VIOLENCE THAT INCREASED UP TO 46%.

AND I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT OUR AMOUNT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREA HAS DROPPED TO THE LOW, BUT OUR 10 YEAR DECADE AUTHORIZATION, THAT MEANS 2011, THE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS WE COULD HAVE IN THIS CITY AND INCREASES EVERY DAY THAT WE'RE RELEASING MORE AND MORE GREAT OFFICERS.

AND THIS CITY IS NOT SAFE NOW FOR FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND THE ELDERLY.

THIS IS WHERE I NEED TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE POLICE AND FOR THE CADET CLASSES, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL, WOMAN KELLY, FOR HER SUPPORT OF THE POLICE AND HER WILLINGNESS.

OLIVER, HEATHER LUCA, HELLO, CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO LISTEN TO MY TESTIMONY.

I WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEMS HANDED BECAUSE CRIME AND SAFETY ARE THINGS I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT.

I'M NOT A PARTISAN POLITICAL ACTIVISTS, AND I GENERALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I CAN TELL WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S MAKING ME PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THESE MEETINGS.

OUR CITY IS BEING A CRIME SPIKE.

I HOPE I JUST CALL IT A CRIME WAVE BECAUSE WAVES GO BACK INTO THE OCEAN EVENTUALLY.

BUT I'M WORRIED THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS A RISING TIDE OF CRIME, BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING ALL THE TIME.

WE HAD A CRAZY SUMMER WITH POLITICAL RIOT, BUT WE ALSO HAD A CRAZY AUTUMN AND A CRAZY WINTER.

AND NOW WE'RE HAVING A CRAZY SPRING.

THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN THIS CITY.

THERE ARE TOO MANY WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN ATTACKED AND THERE ARE TOO FEW POLICE.

OFTEN THESE MORE POLICE AND THOSE POLICE NEED TO BE TRAINED.

I DIDN'T TEND TO RESTORE THE FUNDING FOR THAT TRAINING.

SO I AM FOR IT AND FEEL YOU SHOULD BE TOO.

THANK YOU ALL GRACE GIBSON.

HI, MY NAME IS GRACE.

I'M A RESIDENT OF AND A MEMBER OF AUSTIN DSA AND VOLUNTEER WITH NOT HANDCUFFS.

UM, IT IS HIGH TIME THAT OFTEN MAKES THE AGGRESSIVE RAPID INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY AND IN THE WORKING CLASS, THE SAME THING'S HAPPENING IN CITIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO AND SEATTLE IT'S HAPPENING HERE.

BIG TECHNIQUES THEN CREATE SKY-HIGH COST OF LIVING AND WAGES STAY STAGNANT FOR THE WORKING CLASS AND POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS INCREASE WITH PROPERTY PASSING.

WE NEED HOUSING MORE THAN EVER.

THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLY SAFE CITY.

I'VE BEEN HERE OFF AND ON FOR 20 YEARS.

I'VE TRULY NEVER FELT UNSAFE HERE EXCEPT AROUND POLICE ARMED POLICE.

THE CITY'S BLACK AND LATINO COMMUNITIES ARE CONSTANTLY POLICED AND HARASSED.

AND THIS HAS TO END.

WE NEED COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS LIKE ITEM 57, AS

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ALL THAT BEING SAID.

I URGE YOU TO VOTE.

CREATE REAL COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY.

ON ITEM 57 FOR A FULLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

AND NO ONE ITEM TEND TO RESTART TO CADET CLASS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, NATALIE.

LEVIN'S HELLO.

AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK ON ITEM 10.

MY NAME IS NATALIE LEVINS AND I'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND I CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT'S HAPPENING OUTSIDE.

HOW MANY CRIMES I HEAR ABOUT NOW? I KNOW WE'RE NOT AS BAD AS OTHER CITIES, BUT THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

OUR CITIES JUST ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE THE BEST, NOT JUST NOT THE WORST OFTEN USED TO BE SAFER.

AND THIS IS THE CAPITAL OF TEXAS.

ONE OF THE LARGEST, MOST IMPORTANT STATES IN THE COUNTRY.

THE CITY CAN'T BE LEFT TO SPIRAL AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

WE ARE SPIRALING.

YOU MAY NOT FEEL IT IN CITY HALL, BUT TOO MANY.

AUSTINITES COME FACE TO FACE WITH CRIME.

MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE VICTIMS AND I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST BE LIKE TO BE ROBBED OR ATTACKED AT RANDOM, BUT I KNOW HOW I FEEL AND HOW OTHERS FEEL WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT OR SEE THESE CRIMES.

WE FEEL SCARED AND ANGRY, SCARED, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S NEXT AND ANGRY BECAUSE IT DID NOT USED TO BE LIKE THIS.

AND I'M NOT TALKING DECADES AGO.

I MEAN, JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, WE'RE LOOKING FOR LEADERS WHO WILL GET TO WORK ON FIXING THIS PROBLEM.

THE CITY NEEDS IS APD CLASSES FUNDED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, JEN.

MARGIELAS THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS JOHN MARGOLYES FROM DISTRICT ONE.

I'M ASKING YOU TODAY TO VOTE NO ON ITEM 10 AND NOT APPROVE.

THEN YOU COULD THAT CLASS AS AN AUSTINITE FOR 24 YEARS AND A MEMBER OF UNDOING WHITE SUPREMACY, AUSTIN WHO VOLUNTEERED ON TWO WORK GROUPS FOR THE RE-IMAGINED TASKFORCE.

I'M IMPLORING YOU TO SLOW DOWN THIS REST OF THE CADET CLASS.

PART OF REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY MEANS HANGING IN THERE TO CREATE THE REAL SAFETY SOLUTIONS.

WE'RE ENVISIONING ACTUALLY DEAL WITH THE RISING POVERTY.

THAT'S CREATING CRISES IN THIS FAST GROWING CITY, NOT GETTING INTO THE FAMILIAR IMPULSE TO KEEP FUNDING WHAT WE'VE BEEN FUNDING AND DOING WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

EVEN THE CALL REPORT SAYS THAT APD HASN'T YET MET THE BARE MINIMUM STANDARDS OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE AND YOU CADET CLASS, BUT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE ASKING US TO TRUST THAT THEY'LL GET IT DONE BY JUNE AND SIMPLY APPROVED THEIR INTENTIONS.

NOW WITH NO FURTHER CHECKS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS CLASS, I'M ASKING YOU TO MOVE PAST THE CONDITIONS, REFLECT TO TRUST AN INSTITUTION THAT HAS REPEATEDLY SHOWN IT.

CAN'T BE TRUSTED.

THIS IS WHAT THE REIMAGINED TASKFORCE ASKS FOR.

FIRST, THEN WE CAN REOPEN THIS CONVERSATION IN THE MEANTIME, THOUSANDS OF UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN AUSTIN, UH, FACING A MASSIVE CRISIS, MANY RENTERS OF THE HERD NEEDS SO MUCH HELP.

IF WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION TO SPEND RIGHT NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, PAM BRATTON.

HI, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THERE FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.

MY NAME IS PAM TAN AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX.

I WANT TO SPEAK ON FAVOR OF ITEM 10.

UM, AS A NATIVE OF AUSTIN OF ALL MY LIFE, 64 YEARS, I SEE MY COMMUNITY GOING DOWNHILL AND I WANT ALSO TO THRIVE AND BE A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE.

BUT I SEE THINGS OCCURRING IN MY HOMETOWN THAT ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNING TO ME AND WITH CRIME RATES RISING.

THIS IS A PROBLEM NOT LONG AGO, MY HUSBAND OVER AT HEB AND HE SUPPORTED SOMEONE TRYING TO ATTACK A COUPLE COMING OUT OF HEB PARKING LOT.

AND THEN HE RAN AWAY.

THANK GOD FOR HIM WITH THE ASSISTANCE, REDUCE OF POLICE IN THE AREA.

IT IS EMBOLDENED PEOPLE TO DO THINGS LIKE MORE VANDALIZING AND PERPETRATE OTHER CRIMES WITHOUT ANY CONSEQUENCE, SERIOUS CRIMES ARE ON THE RISE.

AND THIS IS BAD.

WE HAVE AN INCREASING POPULATION AND I'M SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING TO AUSTIN WOULD LOVE TO FEEL THAT THEY'RE MOVING TO A SAFE CITY.

THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE MUST, WE MUST ENFORCE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE MUST GIVE THEM MONEY.

WE MUST GIVE THEM TRAINING AND WE MUST GIVE THEM HELP.

AND WE PERSONALLY KNOW POLICE OFFICERS IN THIS TOWN AND THEY ARE AWESOME.

THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT FOR US IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, MACKENZIE KELLY, FOR WHAT YOU WERE DOING.

CRYSTAL ERICKSON COLLINS.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME REGARDING THE PROPOSED TO THE CLASS.

THERE IS A CRISIS IN AUSTIN, WHICH IS ABOUT TO BE EXACERBATED AND YOUR DECISION TODAY CAN TO AMELIORATE THE HARM.

I URGE YOU TO BE HONEST AND FAIR IN NAMING IT.

THE CRISIS WILL NOT BE SOLVED BY A NEW CADET CLASS.

THIS COUNCIL CONVENED A TASK FORCE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND NOW WILL NOT SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CLASS BE POSTPONED, TRAINING NEW OFFICERS UNDER THE SAME FLAWED MODEL WILL NOT GIVE YOU A LESS RACIST POLICE FORCE.

INSUFFICIENT OFFICERS IS NOT THE CRISIS YOU SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TODAY.

IF YOU HAVE $2 MILLION OF UNRESTRICTED

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FUNDS, CITY MANAGER CRUNK START HOUSING ON SHELTERED.

PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT TO BE DISPLACED FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES, IF YOU WILL NOT, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS COUNCIL TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VISION YOU SET FORTH FOR AUSTIN AND THE COMMITMENT YOU MADE TO THE COMMUNITY.

WHEN YOU INVOKE THE WORDS WE IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY, PLEASE VOTE.

YES ON ITEM 57 AND NO ON ITEM 10.

THANK YOU, JENNIFER POWELL.

WITH OVER 130 OFFICER VACANCIES AND MORE OFFICERS RETIRING MONTHLY IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN RESTART THE CADET CLASSES THAT WERE CUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWING COMMUNITY.

APD HAS OVERHAULED RECRUITING AND TRAINING IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND RESTARTING CADET CLASSES IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE POLICE CULTURE LESS THAN PATROL STAFFING STRAIN AND IN SPECIALIZED UNITS AND SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL WOMAN KELLY AND ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FORCED FIRST RESPONDERS.

AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 10 TODAY.

ELIZA EPSTEIN, GOOD MORNING, ELIZA.

AS SOON SHE, HER MEMBER OF DISTRICT HAS FOR BLACK LIVES AND I'M DOING WAY TO PRIMACY.

I'M ANGRY, BUT NOT SHOCKED.

THE CITY LEADERSHIP WANTS TO EXERCISE POWER RATHER THAN THE SENSE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE THAT THEY ASKED FOR.

AND THEN IGNORED RESTARTING THE CADET ACADEMY AND INSTITUTION THAT BREEDS ENTRENCHED, SYSTEMIC RACISM AND VIOLENCE IS NOT A GOOD USE OF CITY FUNDS.

I HATE PROPERTY, BUT THE CLEAR TAKEAWAY IS THAT PEOPLE IN AUSTIN WANT THERE TO BE A QUOTE UNQUOTE SOLUTION FOR OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS TODAY, YOU COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN CAN VOTE NO ON ITEM 10 AND PUSH TO ALLOCATE THAT MONEY TOWARDS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND EMERGENCY MEASURES FOR UNHOUSED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, REGARDLESS OF INTENT, PROPERTY WILL DISPROPORTIONATELY HARM BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, REGARDLESS OF INTENT, IGNORING THE RPS TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPROVING ITEM 10.

WE'LL CONTINUE A LEGACY OF COLLECTING DATA FROM OFFICE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY AND NOT RECKONING.

STOP THROWING COPS AT THE SITUATION AND START TRANSFORMING OUR INSTITUTIONS TO CREATE REAL SAFETY FOR ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, NOT JUST WHITE FOLKS WHO HAVE LIVED HERE FOR DECADES AND WHO LOVED THEIR CHILDREN, AND DON'T HAVE TO WORRY EVERY TIME THEY LEAVE THE HOUSE ABOUT THEM BEING KILLED BY A POLICE OFFICER.

THANK YOU, JULIE NOLAN, HELLO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I WANT TO RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS BEING A RUSHED ACADEMY.

AS WE KNOW, IT TAKES EIGHT MONTHS TO TRAIN AN OFFICER THREE MONTHS OF FIELD TRAINING DUTY.

THAT'S 11 MONTHS BEFORE WE START REPLACING THE HUNDRED AND 50 SOME ODD VACANCIES AND THE 300 PLUS OFFICERS THAT WE WERE SHORT YEARS AGO.

YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE COME INTO THIS TOWN WITH THE PROMISE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO START SCHOOL AT THIS ACADEMY.

I'M ALL FOR MEANINGFUL POLICE REFORM.

I DO THAT FOR A LIVING.

I TEST PEOPLE WITH THEIR FIREARMS TO SEE IF THEY'RE EQUIPPED TO CARRY ONE AS A COP, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT MORE TRAINING IS BETTER THAN LESS TRAINING.

YOU NEED TO HONOR WHAT YOU SAID TO THESE PEOPLE THAT MOVED HERE AND START TRAINING THEM SO THAT THEY CAN SERVE THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.

THEY CAME TO SERVE.

OF TOWN WHO WILL HARM ME.

AND PLEASE VOTE TO REINSTATE AUSTIN'S POLICE ACADEMY.

OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS, UH, .

UH, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT TODAY.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR PROP 10 OR SORRY, YOUR ITEM.

10 FORCE OF HABIT.

I'VE BEEN LIVING IN AUSTIN FOR 15 YEARS, FATHER OF A DOWNTOWN BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL.

MY FRIENDS AND I USED TO VISIT DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, HAVE FUN HERE.

HELL WE EVEN HAD PARDON MY LANGUAGE.

WE EVEN HAD A HOMEOWNER THAT HELP US PARK THE OTHER DAY BACK WHEN I WAS A KID EVER SINCE THEN, THE LAST FEW YEARS THE CITY HAS GONE DOWNHILL.

I TRIED TO GO DRINKING ON E-CIGS OR GO TO THE RESTAURANTS OR THE STORES ON THIRD OR SECOND.

AND I'VE BEEN HARASSED THE WHOLE WAY IN THE HALLWAY OUT.

THE LACK OF POLICE CARS EMBOLDENED A LOT OF THE CRIMINALS AND A LOT OF THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN THIS PART

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I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TODAY AND VOTE FOR ITEM 10 TO REFUND TO GET THE CLASSES NOT HAVING POLICE DIDN'T WORK.

IT WAS AN EXPERIMENT.

IT FAILED.

LET'S GET THE LEASE BACK.

LET'S GET OUR SAFETY BACK.

I DON'T, I CANNOT AFFORD PRIVATE SECURITY.

SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC ONE THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMAN KELLY FOR FIGHTING THIS FIGHT AND SMALL THINGS TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ALSO PARTICIPATE IN IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.

YVONNE WELDON.

HI, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS YVONNE WELDON AND I AM ONE OF THOSE WHO ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I AM HALF JAPANESE GREW UP IN DISTRICT TWO AND NOW A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT THREE WHERE SHOOTINGS AND STABBINGS REGULARLY OCCUR.

I AM VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE LEADERS IN AUSTIN AND AROUND THE STATE WHO ARE WORKING TO MAKE THIS A SAFER CITY.

I BELIEVE IT IS CRITICAL THAT REINSTATING CADET CLASS SPENDING FOR APD WE'LL SEE REDUCTIONS IN CRIME AND MORE POLICE OFFICERS WILL MAKE THE CITY SAFER.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, I REACHED OUT TO APDS PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE AND COULD NOT GET IMMEDIATE CONFIRMATION OF AGREEMENTS TO THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION THAT IF AN ALARM SYSTEM GOES OFF AND THE ALARM COMPANY REACHES OUT TO THE POLICE, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THAT CALL? AS THE POLICE OFFICERS BEING DISPATCHED, OUR SAFETY CONCERNS ME BY MOVING FORWARD WITH US, WE WILL BE ENSURING THAT AUSTIN HAS THE BEST POLICE COURSE IT CAN HAVE AND ENSURES THE PUBLIC SAFETY AUSTIN NEEDS TO SERVE AND PROTECT ME.

MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, MY NEIGHBORHOOD CITY, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS PART OF AUSTIN AS WELL AS OUR PROPERTY.

AND AS ONE WHO IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS COMMUNITY, I HOPE YOU WILL VOTE FOR ITEM NUMBER 10 AND ENSURE THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY FUNDED.

THANKS.

Y'ALL COREY JOHNSON.

GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR ADLER.

I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO MY FEEDBACK ON CALLING IN TODAY IN A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORTIVE ITEM 10, ALTHOUGH I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10 FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK FOR THE OFFICE OF DISTRICT SIX COUNCIL MEMBER, MACKENZIE KELLY.

I GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY HAS BEEN DOING IN SUPPORT OF APD.

SHE'S GOT A LOT OF PAST EXPERIENCE AND VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE WORKING WITH APD.

WELL, I ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THE TRAINING AND POLICING PROCEDURES BY APD WITH A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN APD HEADCOUNT.

WE'RE CURRENTLY DOWN REDUCED BY 150 POLICE OFFICERS AND AT THE SAME HEAD COUNT AS WE WERE AS A CITY, 10 YEARS AGO, AUSTIN IS NOW IN A VERY DANGEROUS SPOT.

WE NEED APD POLICE PROTECTION.

NOW MORE THAN EVER.

WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND SCHEDULE TO ADD MORE OFFICERS EITHER WITH YOUR DECISION TODAY, THE FRONT OF THE APPROVE, THIS CONNECT CLASS, WON'T ADD MORE OFFICERS FOR MANY MONTHS.

SO I'M ASKING YOU TO ACT NOW AND APPROVE THE RESTARTING OF THE POLICE.

GET AT CLASSES TODAY ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I'M A MEMBER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL AND DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD OF OVER 300 FAMILIES.

MANY OF WHICH ARE IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, PRIMARILY OF ASIAN DESCENT.

THERE ARE WONDERFUL, HUMBLE, VERY HARD-WORKING RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY.

AND I SPEAK ON THAT BEHALF ARE VERY CONCERNED.

MICHELLE EDWARDS.

TO SAY THAT I'M FRIGHTENED BY THE CRIME THAT I SEE SOMETIMES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

MY NAME IS MICHELLE EDWARDS AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE AND I AM AN ORGANIZER WITH DFI FOR LIVES AND A SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR AT TEXAS STATE.

I'M CALLING TO HAVE YOU VOTE NO ON ITEM 10.

I TESTIFIED AT THE MARCH 25TH MEETING ON THE BLUEPRINT AND LISTENED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, KITCHEN ALTER, UH, HARPER, MADISON, WEDNESDAYS ELLIS.

ALL OF YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A TWO-STEP PROCESS.

THE FIRST FIRST STEP WAS A BLUEPRINT.

SECOND MORE IMPORTANT STEP WITH THE FUNDING VOTE.

AND NOW THIS ITEMS THAT THERE DOESN'T NEED TO BE A FUNDING VOTE AT THAT MEETING.

YOU CALLED FOR THE TASK FORCES RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED.

AND YOU CALLED FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE MOST EFFECTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PEOPLE OF COLOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS, ET CETERA, TO CERTIFY THAT THE BLUEPRINT STEPS ARE MET, THESE THINGS STILL NEED TO HAPPEN.

THE OTHER CALLERS WHO'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW WORRIED THEY ARE ABOUT CLIMATE AUSTIN HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT RESEARCH ACTUALLY SHOWS, REDUCES CRIME.

AGAIN, TRUST ME, I'M A SOCIOLOGIST AND IT'S INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS UPHOLD YOUR PROMISE TO PULL THE PLUG, PARTICULARLY YOU AND CONTEND IF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT HASN'T HAPPENED.

PUT THE $2 MILLION THAT WITH RECENTLY QUOTE FOUND TOWARD HOUSING PEOPLE ON ITEM 70.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING.

SHELLEY EMERSON, HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY ON THIS ISSUE.

ITEM 10.

MY NAME IS SHELLEY EMERSON.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT BY THE AUSTIN.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 24 YEARS.

I LIVE IN SOUTH AUSTIN.

I WORK IN NORTH AUSTIN.

UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN MCKINSEY KELLY FOR STANDING WITH THE POLICE AND FOR OUR SAFETY, I HAVE SEEN AND FELT CHANGES IN THE CITY.

AND IT HURTS ME

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AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I'M LOOKING TO BUY A HANDGUN TO PROTECT MYSELF BECAUSE I NO LONGER FEEL THAT THE AUTHORITIES CAN KEEP ME SAFE AT WORK OR IN MY CAR.

EVEN IN MY HOME AS A MOM OF THREE GROWN BOYS, I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW WOULD I, I WOULD HAVE FELT RAISING THEM IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS GETTING CRAZIER AND MORE VIOLENT EVERY YEAR, PLEASE, FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CITY, FOR THE SAKE OF YOUNG FAMILIES, REINSTATE CADET CLASSES.

SO OUR CITY CAN BE MADE SAFE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

ROBERT DRAWS.

GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ROBERT AND I'M A 20 YEAR RESIDENT HERE IN AUSTIN.

AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DISTINCTION ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN NORMAL, EVERYDAY PEOPLE AND THAT CRIMINALS.

THEY'RE NOT HORRIBLE PEOPLE.

AND AS A FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MYSELF, I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO EVERY PROFESSION HAS BAD SEEDS AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE REPRIMANDED FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

HOWEVER, WE SHOULD NOT STIFLE THEM ENTIRE POLICE FORCE IN THE ACTIONS OF A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE WORKFORCE.

THIS IS WHY I'M URGING YOU TO VOTE.

ON ITEM 10 TODAY TO REINSTATE OUR POLICE CADET CLASS, OR ALSO URGE THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE PUT FORTH LEGISLATION, TO GIVE BACK TO APD AND THE FUNDING AND RESOURCES, THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL LIKE HIM BY SAYING THANK YOU TO COUNCIL WOMAN KELLY AT DISTRICT SIX, SHE'S REVITALIZED THE POLICE AND OUR DISTRICT IS CONSTANTLY WORKING TO BOOST MORALE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

CARRIE ROBERTS, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS KERRY ROBERTS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION AND A DISTRICT EIGHT RESIDENTS.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THE ADAM TIN RESOLUTION TO START A POLICE CADET CLASS NEXT MONTH, YOU KNOW, IN RESPONSE TO THE DIRECTION THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS OVERHAULED RECRUITING AND TRAINING AND RESTARTING CADET CLASSES IS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE POLICE CULTURE AND LESS THAN THE PATROL STAFFING STRAIN AND MORE CUTS IN SPECIALIZED UNITS THIS SUMMER AFTER EIGHT REVIEWS, INCLUDING THE MOST RECENT ASSESSMENT BY CRO, WE ARE READY TO RESTART AND MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE DURING THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF BY THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PARTICULARLY THE DEDICATED TRAINING ACADEMY STAFF.

HE HAS ANOTHER COMMUNITY LEADER SAID DURING THE SUMMIT TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, NOTHING THAT NEW THINGS ARE NOT PERFECT.

AND I AGREE WITH MY FRIEND CHAZ MOORE, AND THANK YOU AS CINNAMON ALSO APPLIES TO THE RE-IMAGINED POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY.

WE MAY NOT GET EVERYTHING RIGHT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER.

YOUR UNANIMOUS ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION TODAY.

WE'LL DEMONSTRATE SUPPORT FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

THANK YOU, RACHEL.

SHANNON.

MY NAME IS RACHEL SHANNON.

I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE FOR 21 YEARS.

I DIDN'T SEND A PROPOSAL TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT CLASS WITH NEWLY FOUND FUNDS IS DISTURBINGLY ONE MORE DEEP BETRAYAL OF THE CITY'S ALLEGED COMMITMENT TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY AND TO TRULY HONORING THE LIVED REALITIES OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY SEVERE POLICE VIOLENCE AND LIFE-THREATENING AND THE EQUITIES IN THIS CITY.

WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY AND NOT JUST FOR WHITE AUSTINITES WHO FORTUNATELY DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE KIND OF POLICE VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT THAT AUSTIN'S MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.

DO.

THEY HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE OF POLICING, AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM.

THIS IS WHY THE RPS TASK FORCE WAS CREATED.

THE TASK FORCE AND THE COMMUNITY REVIEW PANEL ON POLICE TRAINING VIDEOS HAVE GIVEN AN OVERWHELMING THING NOTES THAT CLASS THIS YEAR, EVEN THE HIRED EX-COLLEGE.

SO THE CALL REPORT ARTICULATED IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE A CULTURE TO THE FOLKS WITH THE LEAST POWER.

THE NEW CADET CLASS PUBLIC SAFETY DOES NOT HAPPEN THROUGH POLICE.

IT HAPPENS BY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF CITIZENS.

IF WE HAVE TO GO TO A MILLION DOLLARS, FOUND IN THE BUDGET AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY INVESTING THOSE IN HOUSING, THE RESIDENTS OF YOUR CITY, WHO ARE IN AN UNPRECEDENTED HOUSING CRISIS, THAT ONLY STANDS.

THAT ONLY SEEMS TO GET WORSE.

WHEN FOLKS HAVE TO START PAYING SPEAKER YOUR TIME BACKWARDS, LISA BARDEN.

TO THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN FAVOR OF AGENDA ITEMS, 12 AND 13 REGARDING CHANGES TO THE PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CHARITABLE FEEDING ORGANIZATIONS AND FURTHER REQUESTED.

THERE'D BE A DEADLINE IMPLEMENTED TO ADDRESS MOBILE AND TEMPORARY CHARITABLE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE FOOD POLICY BOARDS WORKING GROUP THAT BEGAN THE PROCESS OVER THREE YEARS AGO, TO REDUCE BARRIERS, TO RUNNING A SAFE, COMPLIANT, AND HEALTHY CHARITABLE FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

THE CHALLENGES OF LAST YEAR HAVE SHOWN US THAT THE NEED FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS IS CRITICAL

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NOW MORE THAN EVER YET, THE OBSTACLES TO THE NONPROFITS STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE PERMITTING PROCESS WERE TO ENCOURAGE MORE CFOS, TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY, ALLOWING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY, CONSISTENCY, AND OVERSIGHT OF THESE OPERATIONS IN TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES ALLOWS FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM FOOD ESTABLISHMENT, PERMITTING FOR A NONPROFIT REGISTERED AS A FIVE OH ONE C ORGANIZATION.

THE CURRENT PERMIT REQUIREMENTS ARE STRICTLY THE CITY OF AUSTIN REQUIREMENT.

THESE CHANGES WILL CREATE A PROCESS THAT HAS A DUAL BENEFIT OF ENSURING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, BUT ALSO INCREASES COMMUNITY ACCESS IS MOST BASIC OF HUMAN NEEDS.

THANK YOU, BETH KOBE.

MY NAME IS BETH CORBIN.

I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC POLICY FOR THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK.

THE FOOD BANK HAS OVER 100 PARTNERS IN AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY THAT WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT FROM THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND ITEMS 12 AND 13.

AND WE FULLY SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATIONS SET FORTH IN THOSE ITEMS. WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE FOOD POLICY BOARD, WORKING GROUP THAT COORDINATED WITH CITY STAFF ON THESE AMENDMENTS.

AND I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE STAFF ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WHO DEVOTED THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO THIS EFFORT.

I DID WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT SOME TYPES OF CHARITABLE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS ARE NOT INCLUDED AND THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU TODAY, THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE MOBILE FOOD PANTRIES AND ONE TIME EVENTS LIKE THOSE THAT TOOK PLACE AFTER THE WINTER STORM, AS AN EXAMPLE THAT MANY OF YOUR OFFICES SPONSORED THE FOOD BANK IS FULLY COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH STAFF ON ANY AMENDMENTS OR ADDITIONS TO THE CFO PERMITTING SYSTEM TO ADDRESS THOSE TYPES OF DISTRIBUTIONS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND WE THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE.

MORNING, THIS IS NOWHERE DISTRICT FOR SHARING COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PROJECT CONNECT EQUITY SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IS AN EMOTIONALLY ARDUOUS PROCESS TRYING TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED BLOOD TRANSFUSION CHANGES.

SO IT NEEDS TO BE AN ACCESSIBLE SYSTEM TO NOTIFY PEOPLE IF THEY'RE IN DIRECT OF CHANGES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY HAS INTERNET.

I WONDER IF THE EQUITY WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BECAUSE OF AUSTIN'S UNEQUAL TREATMENT OF BIPAP AND POOR PEOPLE, AND BECAUSE THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUND, SO THAT WAITING FOR THE SCHOOL TO DEVELOPED ALL TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT MUST PASS THE EQUITY FOR RECOMMENDATIONS.

CATALYSTS IN THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE THE ONES HIRING STAFF AND CONSULTANTS.

WE EXPECT DECISION MAKING POWER BECAUSE THE WHOLE MORE ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY USE THAN ANYONE ELSE.

FURTHERMORE, THE CITY JUST APOLOGIZE ON MARCH 4TH, ITEM 67 FOR NICHING BLACK FOLKS BY USING FUNDS BASED ON UTS WHITE LED UPROOTED PROJECT REPORT.

ALSO THE FUNDED PERSON AND SCHEDULE WAS CREATED BEFORE AND WITHOUT THE EQUITY TOOL.

AND THERE IS NO REAL ENGAGEMENT WHEN THOSE ARE THE AUTHORITY HIDE BEHIND CITIZENS WITHOUT POWER OR RESOURCES.

JAY CROSLEY, HELLO, MAYOR ADLER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR SERVICE TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN.

UH, AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND I'M CALLING IN TODAY TO SUPPORT ITEM 41 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT POLICY.

UM, OUR REGION WILL ADD AT LEAST 2 MILLION MORE PEOPLE, UM, OVER THE NEXT 20 OR 25 YEARS.

AND WE HAVE TO END OUR POLICIES OF OUR REGIONAL INEQUITABLE POLICIES OF EXCLUSIONARY ZONING AND SPRAWL CAR DEPENDENCY.

UH, IF WE WANT TO SOLVE DISPLACEMENT AFFORDABILITY AND CLIMATE, UH, AND TRAFFIC CRASHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I, I BEG OF YOU TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM, AND I'M VERY CONCERNED OF TWO ITEMS IN COUPLE OF OUR KITCHEN'S PROPOSAL.

ONE TO SPECIFICALLY WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, AND THE CITY AUDIT FOUND THESE PRACTICES, THE INEQUITABLE, UH, AND THE FEDS.

YOU WORK WITH ALL THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN AND USE EQUITABLE PRACTICES LIKE, LIKE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY OR, UH, INVITING RANDOM PEOPLE AND PAYING THEM AND FEEDING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.

UH, AND ALSO I'M VERY CONCERNED.

THERE'S IT SEEMS AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE LOCAL BUS SERVICE FROM CONSIDERATION OF TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS A BIG MISTAKE.

AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I HOPE YOU SUPPORT 41.

LISA FLAT.

LISA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, THAT'S ALL.

I HOPE THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND T EVERYONE ATTENDING.

I HOPE EVERYONE'S DOING WELL DURING THIS, YOU KNOW, DIFFICULT COVID SEASON.

I I'M TALKING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER ONE 41 ON THE AGENDA.

I PURCHASED ONE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN 2007.

WORD OF THE HOUSING, UH, PLANS.

I LIVE AT THREE ONE, ONE FOUR SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE.

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UM, IT'S BEEN, I CAN'T EXPLAIN TO EVERYONE HERE, BUT IT'S BEEN A DISASTROUS EXPERIENCE FOR ME.

I PURCHASED THE, UM, THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE 477 SQUARE FOOT.

A UNIT WAS $134,000.

AND, UM, AFTER, UH, BEING CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE VALUATION ISSUES, I ACTUALLY HAD THE HELP OF DEBRA THOMAS AND SANDRA HAWKINS, THE CITY ATTORNEY TO HELP, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE VALUE, WHICH ACTUALLY WAS DEEMED DETERMINED TO BE ONLY $91,000.

UM, I WAS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY HARDSHIP.

I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE A NORMAL PROPERTY.

AND INSTEAD OF PURCHASING A LOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROPERTY, I ACTUALLY PURCHASED A PROPERTY THAT WAS OVERVALUED BY AT LEAST $40,000.

I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE PERMITTING AND COMPLIANCE ISSUES, WHICH I BROUGHT TO THE CITY'S ATTENTION.

I'VE BEEN STRONGLY RETALIATED AGAINST GASLIGHTED, UM, SUED.

I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHAT I'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH TO JUST WANT THE EVALUATION AND COMPLIANCE ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED.

AND REALLY, I'M SORRY, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

SORRY, MAN.

I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

GUINEA 30 SPOT TURNER.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UH, THIS IS SCOTT TURNER, AS YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVE A HOUSING EMERGENCY AND IT'S EASY TO FORGET DURING LOCKDOWN THAT WE ALSO HAVE A TRAFFIC EMERGENCY PROJECT CONNECT WILL HELP OUR TEACHERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING FROM DRIVING FURTHER AND FURTHER TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE THE COST OF COMMUTING IS HIGH AS IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF SPRAWL.

WE NEED PROJECT CONNECT TO SUCCEED.

WE NEED THIS ETO D RESOLUTION ITEM 41 TO ENSURE THAT PROJECT CONNECTS THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT GOALS SUCCEED SO THAT ANY AUSTIN I CAN AFFORD TO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF MASS TRANSIT, WE NEED NEW AND INNOVATIVE TOOLS IN THE ETO D TOOLBOX, AND WE NEED NEW AND MORE INCLUSIVE PROCESSES TO DEVELOP THOSE TOOLS.

PLEASE INCLUDE A BROAD CROSS SECTION OF ALL SITES IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, INCLUDING RENTERS, PLEASE INCLUDE A VARIETY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS WITH PARTICIPATION GOALS IN THE BONUS PROGRAMS. AND PLEASE INCLUDE A CALIBRATION AND A RECALIBRATION PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN LEARN WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T IN REAL TIME AND ACT QUICKLY TO MEET THOSE GOALS.

WE HAVE TO AVOID MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE WE MADE WITH THE CURRENT TOD ORDINANCE LOCKING IN A SYSTEM THAT HAS NEVER PRODUCED ENOUGH HOUSING AND LITTLE OR NO AFFORDABLE UNITS.

I BELIEVE WE CAN DO BETTER AND THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.

IF WE'RE GOING TO MEET THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT AND OF THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, A CONTACT AND CONNECTED CITY, A CITY ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.

CAN YOU SEE MY HAND, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE MAYOR IS ACTUALLY ON OF A SECOND.

WELL, LOOK YOU THERE, I'M GOING TO TAKE SOME LIBERTIES.

I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THE SPEAKER BEFORE MR. TURNER.

I WAS REALLY HOPING THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE.

I WANTED TO HEAR HER FINISH HER THOUGHT.

UM, AND GIVEN THAT THAT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE AT THIS POINT, IF SHE'S STILL LISTENING, I'D LIKE VERY MUCH FOR HER TO REACH OUT TO THE D ONE OFFICE AS DISTRICT ONE.

THE NUMBER ONE AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.COM.

OH, WISE ASAR MAYOR, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS AND I SERVE ON THE LEADERSHIP TEAM OF PLANNING OUR COMMUNITIES, PLANNING OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTS ITEM 41 AND TODAY'S COUNCIL AGENDA BECAUSE IT KICK-STARTS THE PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING AN EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND BARKING LOOKED AT THE METRO AND THE ONGOING STUDY SPECIFICALLY, WE SUPPORT ITEM FUNNY ONE BECAUSE IT ADVANCES AN EQUITABLE DOD POLICY THAT PRIORITIZES ANTI-DISPLACEMENT EFFORTS CREATES INCREASED HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.

WHILE MAXIMIZING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ENCOURAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLETE AND CONNECTED COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES THAT ALLOW IMPACTED COMMUNITIES TO BE HEARD.

WE PACK THEM AIRPORT DAM, HARBOR, MADISON, AND THE CO-SPONSORS FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THIS ITEM.

WE ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN AND THE MAYOR FOR THEIR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND PROJECT CONNECTING MOBILITY ISSUES, PLANNING OUR COMMUNITIES ALSO SUPPORTS ITEM 40 AND 65.

CAUSE IT WILL SUPPORT OUR MOST VULNERABLE

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DENNIS.

WE ASK THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 40 41 AND 65.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

GREG ANDERSON MORNING, MAYOR MAYOR FOR TIM COUNCIL MEMBERS, GREG ANDERSON, CALLING THE VOICE STRONG SUPPORT FOR ITEM 41.

IT'S NO SECRET THE ZONING ALONG.

MANY OF OUR HIGH-FREQUENCY TRANSIT CORRIDORS IS EMBARRASSING AND RTDS WITH THEIR MEEK.

ENTITLEMENTS ARE NOMINAL AT BEST.

LAST NOVEMBER IS A VOTE TO INVEST BIG IN TRANSIT WHERE THE WATERSHED MOMENT FOR AUSTIN, BUT OUR HANDS EQUATED CODE ACTIVELY WORKS AGAINST CAPITAL.

METRO SUCCESS.

THIS RESOLUTION CAN HELP CHANGE THAT.

AUSTIN REMAINS THE FASTEST GROWING LARGE CITY IN AMERICA.

WHILE WE LOOK TO GROW IN AN EQUITABLE, COMPACT AND CONNECTED MANNER, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DEVELOP NEAR ENOUGH HOUSING AND WORKSPACE IN AREAS BEST SERVED BY TRANSIT.

THERE IS A REASON WHY PEOPLE EARNING 120% MFI ARE NOW BEING PRICED OUT OF AUSTIN.

WE MUST LEGALIZE TRANSIT'S IMPORTANT DENSITY AND 21ST CENTURY TO THE ZONING.

PLEASE SUPPORT THIS ITEM AND HELP US SUCCEED.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS SANDRA AND I'M A LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TWO AND A MEMBER OF THE PROJECT CONNECTIVITY TOOL COMMITTEE.

I'M VOICING A CONCERN REGARDING THE RECENT ACTION.

THE COUNCIL MADE BY PULLING 23 MEETING AT A 300 MILLION INSTEAD OF EFFECT FOR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FOR PROJECT CONNECT.

I AM ALSO POSTED TODAY'S RESOLUTION IN THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION.

23 MILLION WAS TAKEN OUT OF 300 MILLION WITH THAT, FOLLOWING THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS, SAFETY'S THE EQUITY TOOL.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS? WE, YES, TAP WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND THEY TOO WERE CONCERNED AND RECOMMENDED.

THE EQUITY WILL BE DONE.

FIRST IS TODAY'S RESOLUTION AND ATTEMPT BY THE COUNCIL TO GET AROUND THE PENDING, QUITE A CALLED THE CODE.

NEXT LOSSES.

WHY CAN'T THE COUNCIL? WAIT UNTIL THE WORK OF THE EQUITY COMMITTEE IS COMPLETE FOR THERE TO BE EQUITY ACROSS ALL TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

DO NOT APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION OR ANY FUTURE RESOLUTIONS.

BEFORE WE COMPLETE THE EQUITY TOOL, WE ALSO ASKED AT THE ENTIRE 300 MEETINGS ONLY BE SPENT ON ANTI-DISPLACEMENT THOSE OF US SPEAKING TODAY FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THIS ITEM, OUR BIPAP, I CAN NESTER SEE HOW FRAGILE THE PUBLIC STRESS IN THIS PROCESS IS.

YOUR ACTIONS WILL LET US KNOW WHERE THE CONTRACT WITH A BOATER STANDS WITH YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, TIMOTHY BRAY AND SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 41 IN FAVOR OF EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CONNECT IS A ONCE IN A GENERATION INVESTMENT IN OUR TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND WE MUST BE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE IT IS SEXY.

YES, I DID.

41.

IT'S STRONG SUPPORTING STEPS TO ENSURE THAT OUR LAND USE POLICIES WORK IN SYNC WITH PROJECT CONNECT.

I WANT TO URGE YOU TO SHOOT HIGH ON A NUMBER OF UNITS NEAR PROJECT CONNECT ORDERS.

WHAT IS BUILT TODAY IS GOING TO EXIST FOR DECADES.

THE NEED FOR HOUSING IS ONLY GOING TO INCREASE OVER TIME.

AND WE SHOULDN'T JUST THINK ABOUT OUR NEEDS TODAY, WHICH ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT, BUT WITH EVEN GREATER NEEDS, WE WILL HAVE IN 30 OR 40 YEARS, IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO ALLOW NEW CONSTRUCTION ON THESE CORRIDORS TO ONLY MATCH THE AVERAGE DENSITY THAT IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT GOOD TRANSIT, MANY LOWER DENSITY PROJECT PROPERTIES WON'T BE REDEVELOPED AND SOME PROPERTIES WILL BE DEVELOPED LOWER THAN THE ALLOWED MAXIMUMS. SO TO REACH OUR HOUSING GOALS AND OUR GOALS FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, WE NEED SOME HOUSING DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE HIGHER THAN AVERAGE DENSITY TO MAKE UP FOR THE OTHERS THAT FALL SHORT.

THE MORE UNITS WE PUT ON THESE TRANSIT CORRIDORS, THE MORE PEOPLE WE WILL WE'LL USE THESE SYSTEMS, THEY WERE INVESTING SO MUCH IN THE MORE DRIVERS WHO WILL TAKE OFF THE ALPHA AUSTIN'S ROADS.

FOUR UNITS WILL ALSO GIVE US MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET CLOSE, TO SUBSIDIZE THE NATURALLY AFFORDABLE UNITS, AND THEN MORE PEOPLE IN AFFORDABLE UNITS.

THE MORE, UH, EQUITABLE THE SYSTEM WILL BE PLEASE VOTE.

I THINK BUS STOPS HAS TO BE CONSIDERED A BIG PART OF THIS ALSO.

ON ITEM 41, KIMBERLY LEVINSON.

HI, I'M KIMBERLY LEVINSON.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

AND I'M ALSO CHAIR OF THE CITY'S PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL THIS YEAR.

AND I AM SPEAKING VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF ITEM 41.

WE DESPERATELY NEED MORE MASS TRANSIT AND WE NEED MORE DEVELOPMENT NEAR MASS TRANSIT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET OUT OF THEIR CARS AND THEY CAN WALK AND MOVE AROUND THE CITY AND GET OFF THE ROADS SO THAT WE HAVE SAFER ROADS AND FEWER PEOPLE ON THEM.

WE ALSO NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IT'S CRITICAL TO HAVE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE BEST PLACE TO PUT IT IS ON THESE CORRIDORS AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY WORK, THE PEOPLE CAN THEN USE THE TRANSIT.

WE, I WOULD ECHO CHE CROSLEY'S CALLED OUT TO RECONSIDER PULLING BUS STOPS OUT OF THIS.

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UH, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO FOR EQUITY IN THE CITY IS TO HOUSE MORE PEOPLE AFFORDABLY AND GIVE THEM MORE ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION.

SO PLEASE VOTE.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE.

ON 41.

THANK YOU, MATEO BARDSTOWN.

UH, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.

UH, MY NAME IS MATEO BARNES STONE.

I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CITY AND I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE ETO INSTRUCTION BEFORE YOU TODAY.

UH, THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME IN AUSTIN.

OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THIS COUNCIL WILL HELP SHAPE WHAT THE CITY WILL BECOME IN 2050.

THERE ARE THREE MAJOR INITIATIVES THAT WILL LARGELY DETERMINE WHAT FORM THE CITY WILL TAKE AND WHO WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THAT CITY.

THE FIRST IS PROJECT CONNECT AND CONGRATULATIONS THAT'S WELL UNDERWAY.

THANKS TO YOUR VERY IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP.

THE SECOND IS AND WE'LL SPEAK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER THIS YEAR.

NO DOUBT.

UH, THE THIRD IS TO MODERNIZE OUR HOPELESSLY OUT OF DATE AND OUT OF SYNC WITH OUR COMMUNITY VALUES, LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

AND WHILE THE EFFORT IS ON PAUSE, UH, WE ABSOLUTELY CAN AND SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH SMALL AREA PLANNING INITIATIVES, SUCH AS THIS ONE.

I'M NOT GOING TO REITERATE ALL THE VERY GOOD REASONS FOR THE DIRECTIVE TO THE STAFF, UH, UH, THAT WELL SUMMED UP IN THE RECITALS INSTEAD, I'LL ARGUE ALL JUST ON A FEW THINGS FIRST, PLEASE TAKE A VERY LONG REVIEW ZONING IMPACT, SUBSEQUENT GENERATIONS, MUCH MORE THAN OURS.

THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF CITY WE WANT TO BE IN 50 YEARS, NOT THE ONE THAT WE HAVE NOW.

WHAT ARE THE THINGS, UH, THAT, UH, THOSE WHO FOLLOW US, WE'LL BE GLAD THAT WE THOUGHT, OKAY, THANK YOU.

ROB ROVER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, RON THROWER, I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 41.

THE LONG DISCUSSED ARGUMENT OF THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE WAS CONCLUDED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE BONDS COMPLAINTS, INCREASED TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES ALONG IMPORTANT CORRIDORS IN AUSTIN.

IT IS TIME TO ROLL UP THE SLEEVES AND COLLECTIVELY WORK TOGETHER TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH THE TAXPAYER BACK TO ENSURE THAT THESE FUTURE PUBLIC TRANSIT OPTIONS ARE ROBUSTLY FAD BY TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE DENSITIES.

IT IS TIME TO ADDRESS ANTI-DISPLACEMENT ALONG THESE CORRIDORS IN A WAY THAT MAKES THE RIGHT PROPERTIES ATTRACTIVE FOR REDEVELOPMENT TO BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE SOLUTION TO THE DENSITY NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE TRANSIT.

PLEASE AIM HIGH AND EVENTUAL CAPACITY FOR TRANSIT SUPPORTED DENSITIES FOR THESE CORRIDORS TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR ALL.

LET THIS BE A MODEL TO BE USED BY OTHERS TO SHOW THAT AUSTIN CAN DO IT RIGHT.

I ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION TO HELP MY HOMETOWN BECOME A BETTER CITY FOR EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, SUSAN.

SPATARO HELLO.

THIS IS SUSAN SPATARO SPEAKING.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND I SUPPORT ITEM 10 AS A PUBLIC EMERGENCY, THE DEFUNDING AND DISMANTLING OF APD ALONG WITH REMOVING TOOLS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC AND POLICE SAFE TODAY HAVE CREATED A DANGEROUS REDUCTION OF 130 APD OFFICERS THIS YEAR.

IN ADDITION TO THE 100 CUT IN THE BUDGET, THE SHORTAGES RESULTING IN RESPONSE TIMES TO NINE ONE, ONE CALLS GETTING LONGER AND CALLERS GETTING THE MESSAGE THAT THERE IS NO CRUISER AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO THEIR EMERGENCY.

WE, THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON DESERVE BETTER.

MAYOR ADLER SAYS THAT WHAT AUSTIN IS DOING IS TRANSFORMATIONAL.

I WOULD CALL IT RUINOUS.

IT IS PARTICULARLY CATASTROPHIC TO THE FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES OF THE 29 HUMAN BEINGS WHO ARE MURDERED IN AUSTIN IN JUST THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 2021, WHILE AUSTIN WAS BUSY RE-IMAGINING AND DEFUNDING THE POLICE WITH A ROLLING AVERAGE OF 300 HOMICIDES PER YEAR FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, 36 IN 2019, JUMPING TO 47 IN 2020.

AND NOW WE'VE HAD 29 IN JUST FOUR MONTHS.

AUSTIN IS ON SELF-INDUCED TRAGIC TRAJECTORY.

IT IS THE LOGICAL RESPONSE OF DEMONIZING THE POLICE HORRIFYING AND EXCUSING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

THANK YOU, TODD.

HYTNER YES.

I'M CALLING FROM DISTRICT HOTSPOT DINNER.

I SUPPORT ITEM 70 AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF TALK TODAY ABOUT RE-IMAGINING.

I THINK IT'S TIME.

WE RE-IMAGINE OUR APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS HERE IN AUSTIN, MERGING THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT MS. TURBOS RESOLUTION TO DEFINE TEMPORARY SPACES FOR THE HOMELESS TO LIVE.

WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE COUNCIL REMOVED THE CAMPING BAN WITHOUT A SOLID PLAN IN PLACE, PLEASE, PLEASE DEFINE DESIGNATED CAMPING SPOTS.

NOW ALL WE WAIT ON A PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTION THAT IS THREE YEARS

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AND HALF A BILLION DOLLARS AWAY.

AGAIN, I SUPPORT ITEM 70.

COUNCIL, YOU MUST LISTEN TO THE MAJORITY RAWSON RESIDENTS, JOELLE MCNEIL.

MORGAN SCULLY, I'M BORN AND RAISED IN AUSTIN DISTRICT TWO AND FIVE.

I'M INDIGENOUS MEXICAN AND IRISH MAKES MY ANCESTORS WERE HERE BEFORE COLONIALISM.

I HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THE STRUGGLE OF TRYING TO SURVIVE IN THE WOODS AND THE TRAUMA.

IT CAN LEAD TO AS ALSO PART OF THE EFFORT OF HAVING PEOPLE BEFORE AND DURING THE FREEZE.

AND I CONTINUE TO DO SO NOW WE'RE OUT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL OCCUPYING UNTIL A REAL SOLUTION IS FOUND PROP ME.

SHE NEVER MADE IT ONTO THE BALLOT.

IT GOT BETTER LISTENED FORMATION WISE, AND FEAR-MONGERING HAVING A THREE-YEAR HOUSING PLAN, BUT MAKING POVERTY ILLEGAL WITHIN A WEEK IS A DEATH SENTENCE.

THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE LOOKING FOR REAL SOLUTIONS TO HOUSING, AND WE NEED MORE TIME.

DO NOT LET POLICE ENFORCE THIS PROPOSITION.

IF THIS PASSES AND PLAYS OUT THERE'S BLOOD ON EVERYONE'S HANDS, THE GREEDY AGENDA FIRES ONLY CONCERNED WITH PROPERTY TAXES AND THOSE WHO DO NOT STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE COMMUNITY NEEDS YOU MOST SAY ABOUT KNIVES.

THAT $1.8 MILLION CRIMINALIZING HUMAN BEINGS THAT FUNDING COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT ON AND HAVING THOSE IN NEED, RESPECT THE WARRIOR SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE I CAN GIVE THE LAND BACK NOW MUCH LABS, ALL MY COMRADES.

THANK YOU, CORBY.

JASTROW GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS COURTNEY JASTROW.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10 AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION.

I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 10, AUSTIN IS READY TO RESTART THE POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF APD LEADERSHIP AND THE TRAINING DIVISION HAVE EMBRACED THE PROCESS OF MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ACADEMY.

IT IS TIME TO PUT THESE CHANGES INTO ACTION.

THE KROC COMMISSION COMMENDS THE INCREDIBLE WORK DONE BY THE DEPARTMENT, INDEPENDENT EVALUATORS AND THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE OUR ACADEMY DEEP, ABSOLUTE BEST IN THE NATION.

WE THANK CITY MANAGER, SPENCER CRONK FOR BRINGING FORWARD HIS BLUEPRINT WHERE REIMAGINED CADET ACADEMY AND FOR HIS LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

SO YOU SUPPORT ITEM 10 TO RESTART POLICE CADET CLASSES THIS JUNE.

THANK YOU, BILL BRYCE.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M BILL BRYCE, VICE PRESIDENT OF INVESTOR RELATIONS WITH DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE.

AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 70.

IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TREAT UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS LIKE THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

IT IS PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS MUST HAVE PLACES THEY CAN LEGALLY BE NOW AS SAFE ALTERNATIVES TO LIVING IN PLACES NOT INTENDED FOR HABITATION.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT DESIGNATED ENCAMPMENTS ARE NOT THE SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS, BUT THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS ESSENTIAL PART OF THE SOLUTION EFFORTS TO CREATE PERMANENT HOUSING HAS NOT KEPT PACE WITH THE GROWING PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS AND IT'S UNJUST FOR OUR CITIZENS TO LANGUISH ON THE STREETS, WAITING MONTHS OR YEARS FOR PERMANENT HOUSING, WE MUST PROVIDE SAFE LOCATIONS WITH ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO ENSURE PEOPLE'S NEEDS ARE MET FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY.

WE APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOVO SPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION AND WE IMPLORE THE COUNCIL TO PASS THE RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU, CLEO, PETRA SEC.

HI, THIS IS CLEOPATRA SICK.

CO-FOUNDER SAVE AUSTIN.

NOW, PAC I'M CALLING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 10 AND 70 AS A LONG TIME DEMOCRAT DAUGHTER OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS, SOCIAL WORKER, AND GO TO FOR ADLER AND KITCHEN.

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN REMAINS A POST FOR CALLS FOR DEFUNDING THE POLICE.

HE SAYS, MY NUMBER ONE RESPONSE TO ANY DEFENDANT IS TO FUND THE POLICE.

HE PROMISED THAT 300 MILLION INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY POLICING EFFORTS AND HIRING MORE POLICE OFFICERS.

AS OUR LANDSIDE VICTORY SHOWED THERE STILL IS A PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE CITY.

COUNCIL'S LACK OF A VIABLE PLAN AND AN ACTION.

THESE LAST TWO YEARS IN ORDER TO RESTORE THE PUBLIC SPACE AND OUR COUNCIL, THERE SHOULD BE NO REGULATED.

UNREGULATED ENCAMPMENT SECTION KEPT GROUNDS OR SHELTERS, AT LEAST THREE MILES FROM SCHOOLS.

CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE MANDATED TO ACTUALLY VISIT THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF A SANCTIONED CAT GROUND OR SHELTER BEFORE VOTING ON THAT LOCATION.

AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO GET DATA FROM YOUR STAFF BY CASTLEMAN.

NATASHA HARPER SAYS YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY VISIT THE COMMUNITIES THAT YOUR VOTE WILL IMPACT.

WE ALSO NEED A NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATE TO, AS AN ADVOCATE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE CHAOS AND DESTRUCTION TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS, PLAYGROUNDS, PARKS, TRAILS, AND LIBRARIES.

I APPRECIATE HOMELESS HAVE THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, ADVOCATES THAT HAVE BEEN LOUD THESE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT AS OUR MOST SATURDAY SHOWED YOU CITY

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GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.

UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THIS IS GENERAL.

AND I SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF NEWBORNS, UM, WE ARE CALLING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 10.

IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE BEGIN CADET CLASSES AND SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND OFTEN WE ARE ALSO IN SUPPORT AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, KATHY TOVO FOR ITEM 70.

IT IS CRITICAL TO DESIGNATE SAFE PLACES TO BE FOR PEOPLE TO BE CONNECTED TO SERVICES.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, ITEM 14, PLEASE REVIEW QUANTIFIABLE OUTCOMES, SUCCESS APPLIANCE AND COMMUNITY.

WHEN ALLOCATING FUNDING TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING SERVICES IN AUSTIN, PLEASE COUNCIL VISIT DEAN AVENUE AND DISTRICT FOUR.

TALK WITH NEIGHBORS ABOUT CRIME DRUG ASSAULTS, AMALA SMITH, TAXPAYERS, DONORS, AND ALL CITIZENS NEED TO KNOW THAT WHETHER FUNDING SUPPORTS 40 CLIENTS OR 175 CLIENTS, THAT THE SUPPORT IS VITAL.

PART OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, ELIMINATE NIMBY BY DEMANDING THAT NONPROFITS DOING THE WORK ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CLIENTS THEY SERVE AND THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED.

AGAIN, IT IS VITAL THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ARE WORKING.

PLEASE VISIT DEAN AVENUE, MEET WITH THOSE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITIES THERE TO ADDRESS THIS THAT WEEKEND SUCCESSFULLY.

THANK YOU, NICOLE MADDIX.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS NICOLE MADDIX.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX.

I'M A MEMBER OF DSA AND I VOLUNTEER WITH THE HOMELESS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

NAMELY THROUGH THE EET INITIATIVE, MY HUSBAND AND I WORKED DIRECTLY WITH SEVERAL CAMPS, INCLUDING TWO NEAR TO WHERE WE LIVE.

WE KNOW THESE MEMBERS BY THEIR FIRST NAMES.

I'M CALLING TO OFFER CAUTIOUS SUPPORT ON ITEM 70, JUST AS REPEALING THE CAMPUS CAMPING BAN INITIATIVE.

WASN'T INTENDED TO BE A SOLUTION.

I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE VIEWED AS A SOLUTION EITHER.

I APPRECIATE IT AS AN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF CRIMINALIZATION AND TO FACILITATE THE DELIVERY OF AID TO THE HOMELESS, BUT APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM SHOULD NOT RESULT IN THE SLOW DOWN OF PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTION.

AND I ASK THAT THE COUNCIL CONTINUE ON THE PATH OF PROVIDING HOUSING OPTIONS TO ALL OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.

IN ADDITION, I'M DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THE APD HASN'T MET THE CURRICULUM GOALS THAT WERE SET ON THEM BY THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.

I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO LET THEM WALK ALL OVER YOU, PLEASE.

OPPOSE ITEM 10.

IF THEY HAVEN'T MET THE GOALS THAT WERE SET, THEY SHOULD NOT GET TO START UNTIL THEY DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

CHRIS HARRIS.

UH, MY NAME IS CHRIS HARRIS, UM, TEXAS APPLESEED, UH, CALLING IN OPPOSITION TO THE ITEMS 10 AND ITEM 70 NOT LONG AGO, CADETS THAT TRIED TO BECOME OFFICERS IN THIS TOWN REPORTED THAT APD TRAINERS REFERRED TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND SEX WORKERS AS AWKWARD.

THEY WERE TOLD THAT IF THEY NEEDED AN EASY FELONY TO APPROACH THE TRANSIT, THEIR WORDS, NOT MINE, BUT THE CITY'S RECENT PASSAGE OF PROPERTY.

WE STARTING THE APD CADET CLASS, DESPITE YOUR OWN HIGHER CONSULTANTS REPORTING THAT THE BRATZ REFUSES TO SUBSTANCES.

WE CHANGED THE CURRICULUM OR SUBJECTED TO COMMUNITY REVIEW IS A RECIPE FOR BRUTALITY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR ONCE AGAIN, FROM THE LIVE ON HOUSE NEIGHBORS, IT IS A TRUE SHAME.

THE EXTENT TO WHICH RIGHT-WING FORCES, INCLUDING THE AUSTIN POLICE ASSOCIATION REMAIN COMMITTED TO FEAR-MONGERING IN THIS TOWN.

YOU OWE IT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO LOUDLY REFUTE THE OUTRIGHT MISTRUTH, BEING SPREAD ABOUT THE CONDITION OF OUR CITY AND THE TRUE SET THREATS WE FACED AND HOPE AND SEE MANY ITEMS IN SUPPORTERS EXPRESS THE CONCERN FOR THE LIVES OF THE FELLOW.

BUT NONE MENTIONED THE LIVES TAKEN BY APB NOR THE BIGGEST THREAT WE FACE IS STILL ONGOING PANDEMIC, WHICH HAS KILLED 21 PEOPLE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

WE'VE JUST KILLED 856 PEOPLE IN AUSTIN, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.

THIS REFLECTS THE DISPARATE OUTLOOKS ON HEALTH AND STATE WHO'S IMPACTED AND WHO'S BEING HELPED AND SUPPORTED BY THE INVESTMENTS YOU ALL ARE MAKING.

I URGE YOU TO WORK WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE RE-IMAGINED PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE TO FIND SOLUTION.

THANK YOU, TRACY GRAPH.

HELLO? YES.

HELLO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TRACY GRAPH.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO SPEAK TO YOU.

I'VE LIVED IN EAST AUSTIN, CENTRAL AUSTIN, AND I AM CURRENTLY IN

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WEST GAUSTON D SIX.

PLEASE SUPPORT THE CADET CLASSES AND FUNDING FOR OUR POLICE BY FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S LEAD AND WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH HER ON MAKING AUSTIN SAFE.

AGAIN, I KNOW YOU SEE THE CRIME INCREASE IN OUR CITY.

I AM ASKING EACH OF YOU TO NOW DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

PLEASE VOTE.

ON ITEM 10 TODAY, THE MAJORITY OF AUSTIN CITIZENS, AS WELL AS THE TOURISTS WILL BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR YES VOTE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY FOR HER WORK AND THE BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT.

SHE HAS NOW GARNERED ACROSS DISTRICTS IN AUSTIN.

SHE ACTUALLY LISTENS TO ALL CITIZENS.

I IN ALL OF THE DISTRICTS, WHICH IS, UH, SOMETHING NICE FOR ALL OF US.

AND I HOPE EVERYONE CAN START FOLLOWING THAT LEAD, UH, BY PARTISAN SUPPORT IS WHAT WE NEED.

I ALSO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT CATHY TOGO'S ITEMS 70 WITH A YES, WE NEED IMMEDIATE LAND OR PARKING AREAS FOR OUR HOMELESS TO GO TO RIGHT NOW SO THEY CAN GET OUT OF THE CAVES AND OUT OF UNDERPASSES.

AND THANK YOU, DR.

RITA PAVONE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

HELLO? YES.

UM, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, MAYOR.

MY NAME IS, UH, DR.

POMONA.

I HAVE A PHD IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC POLICY AND LAW.

AND TODAY I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 10 TO FUND AND SUPPORT TO THEIR CLASSES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, HERE TALKS ABOUT REINVENT, IMAGINING, REINVENTING THAT IT WILL BE CONCEPTUALLY LOGICAL AND IN ANTITHESIS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS.

WE LIVE IN CHALLENGING TIMES.

WE HAVE A LOT ON OUR PLATES EVERY DAY, BUT WE NEED SAFETY TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS.

AND RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE.

I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 15 YEARS AND I'VE SEEN THIS TOWN GOING OUT OF CONTROL ON SO MANY LEVELS.

SO ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE VOTE.

ON ITEM 10 IN SUPPORT, CONTINUOUS SUPPORT AND FUNDING OF CADET CLASSES AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

JAN DEANN.

HI EVERYONE.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR COMMUNITY VOICES.

I'M JEN DIONNE AND I'M A LIFELONG SOUTH AUSTINITE DISTRICT FIVE.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 10, BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE ALL FEEL THE CHANGE AND AUSTIN'S CLIMATE.

WHAT I MEAN BY CLIMATE IS THAT WE CAN ALL FEEL THE RISE IN CRIME.

THE FACT THAT WE ARE LESS SAFE IN A CITY ONCE KNOWN FOR BEING A PEACEFUL AND LAID BACK PLACE TO LIVE.

I'M ENCOURAGED THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR CITY WHO TAKE CRIME.

SERIOUSLY.

CRIME HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN VERY LOW IN AUSTIN, BUT THAT'S CHANGING JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEK.

I LEARNED THE NAME OF ANOTHER AUSTINITE WHO HAS BEEN MURDERED.

I KNOW NOT TO LEAVE ANYTHING IN MY CAR.

WHEN PARKING ON THE STREET DOWNTOWN, TOO MANY CARS ARE GETTING BROKEN INTO TO IGNORE JUST THE OTHER DAY.

I PICKED UP MY BIKE AND A BIKE SHOP IN DRIPPING SPRINGS.

AS I APPROACHED THE FRONT DOOR, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO DOOR HANDLE.

THEN I LOOKED UP TO SEE A NOTE THAT SAID, PLEASE KNOCK DOOR BROKEN WITH A SAD FACE.

THE BIKE SHOP OWNER SAID POLICE WERE CALLED, BUT THEY GOT AWAY.

THEY BEING MEMBERS OF A KNOWN CARTEL WHO NOT ONLY HIT BAKER, YOUR TOWN LIKE SMART CITIES, BUT ALSO THANK YOU, XENOPHOBIA.

JOSEPH, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, SYNOVIA JOSEPH MAY, OR MAY I JUST ASK A QUESTION? CAN YOU JUST TELL ME IF THE ONE MINUTE IS FOR THE HOUSING AS WELL AS ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS? SINCE IT'S JUST ONE MINUTE TODAY, YOU'RE SPEAKING.

YOU'RE IN BOTH.

YOU HAVE A MINUTE TO EACH MAYOR.

WE WILL SHOOT.

SHE CAN CALL BACK IN FOR THE HOUSING.

SHE'LL GET A MINUTE FOR THE HOUSING, BUT SHE HAS A MINUTE FOR ITEMS TWO, FOUR, AND 41 COMBINED.

ELITE BACKUP SAYS THAT $500,000 WILL GO TO NAVIGATORS AND NON-PROFITS AS WELL.

MIRA COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH.

MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ITEM TWO.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I OPPOSE THE $97.7 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UNTIL YOU CAN SHOW TRANSPARENCY.

AS YOU RECALL, MAYOR, YOU REFUSE TO TELL THE PUBLIC WHERE THE $6 MILLION WENT AS IT RELATED TO THE ANCHOR FUND FOR NONPROFITS AND HERE IN THE BACKUP MATERIALS,

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I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL, THE $53.1 MILLION THAT WILL BE REMAINING AFTER YOU ALLOCATE 44.8 MILLION AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO USE $4.7 MILLION TO RESTORE THE METRO RAPID LINE ON PARMER LANE BETWEEN SAMSUNG AND APPLE AND NUMBER FOUR, WHICH WOULD BE APPLIED MATERIALS.

SO I OPPOSE THE APPLIED MATERIALS, BECOMING A TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE AND UNDERSTAND I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO CALL THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, BUT THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION TO THAT SITE.

AND SO WHILE MANY OF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PROJECT CONNECT ITEM 41, I DO WANT TO RECALL YOU TO RECALL THAT IT'S 24 TO 30 YEARS ON THE ORANGE LINE NORTH OF US, ONE 83 AND ON THE BLUE LINE COUNCIL REZONE THAT AREA ON OCTOBER 17, 2019, OCTOBER 23RD, 2019, THOSE ITEMS. HI MAYOR.

THIS IS JEANETTE.

IF YOU'D LIKE MS. JOSEPH'S WAS THE LAST SPEAKER WE HAVE ON THE LINE.

WE CAN KEEP HER ON THE LINE IF YOU WANT TO RECESS AND GO AHEAD AND TO HFC AND THEN LET'S DO IT THE SAME WAY WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE.

SO I'M GOING TO RECESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING RIGHT NOW AT, UH, UH, 1139.

AND TALK ABOUT OUR CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

UH, TODAY IS MAY 6TH, 2021 IT'S MEETINGS BEING HELD BY A VIDEO CONFERENCE AT 1139.

WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE THIS MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF HEARING SPEAKERS THAT HAD SIGNED UP.

THEN WE'LL RECESS THIS MEETING AND THEN GO BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND, AND CALL OUR SPEAKER TODAY? ZENOBIA JOSEPH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, AS AN OVERVIEW, JOSEPH, LET ME SPEAKING ON ITEM TWO, AUSTIN, THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

I REGISTERED NEUTRALLY ON THIS ITEM SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT TERRY ROAD AND FRIEDRICH.

IT'S ACTUALLY 240 AFFORDABLE UNITS.

AND SO I AM LEERY OF THE FACT THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY WOULD BE 0.3 MILES FROM THAT SITE AT THE BUS STOP.

AND SO THE BUS ROUTE RUNS EVERY SIX MINUTES COMPARED TO 60 MINUTES NORTHEAST AUSTIN, BUT IT IS ON THE FREQUENT LINE AND IT IS BY KIPP AUSTIN.

AND THERE'S ALSO, UM, THE, THE CITY SCHOOL THAT'S THERE AS WELL.

AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS CAN ALSO HAVE HOUSING THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE, NOT JUST STACK AND PACK, AND ACTUALLY PUT THEM IN AN AREA WHERE THEY ARE DISCONNECTED FOOD AND THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THERE IS NO STORE.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO CALL THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

THE INCOME LIMITATION IS 42,180, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ESSENTIAL WORKERS THERE JUST AS THERE IS WITH THE WOODWAY SQUARE.

UM, AND SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO, UH, THE HOUSING OBVIOUSLY IS BY KIPP BAKER, TEXAS.

UM, BUT I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE CONCENTRATED POVERTY AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACT OF 1968, RIGHT? COLLEAGUES.

WE CAN'T HANDLE THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PASS IT UP SIX FIRST.

I CONSENT ON THE OTHER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO RECESS, UH, THE META HERE, THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, AND WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON MAY SIX.

UH, THE TIME IS 1142.

OUR COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE A

[Consent Agenda (Part 1 of 2)]

CONSENT AGENDA IN FRONT OF US.

WE HAVE THOSE SITCOMS SPEAKERS TODAY, BY THE WAY, THE CONSENTED GENTLEMEN FROM THE, THIS IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 47, ALSO 64 TO 68 AND ALSO ITEM NUMBER 70.

UH, WE ARE PULLING ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, AND ITEM NUMBER 10 AND ITEM 41.

AND I THINK WE HAVE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER SEVEN BEFORE A MINIMUM.

UM, THAT'S THE, SO THOSE FOUR GIFT PULLED.

LET'S SEE IF WE COULD WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THESE.

UM, I'M GOING TO HOLD OFF ON ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR RIGHT DOWN.

SEE IF WE COULD DEAL WITH SOME OF THE WORDS THAT THE SPEAKERS WERE SPEAKING, UH, UH, TO, UH, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO ITEMS OVER 10 AND ITEM NUMBER 71ST.

RONNIE, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE WITH THE STAFF? YES, WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON CONSENT YET, SO, OKAY.

I JUST WANT MAKE LINEUP STAFF ON THOSE.

JUST GIVING

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A HEADS UP.

YES, MAYOR, JUST TO, JUST TO REGROUP.

I THOUGHT THAT, UM, I I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY TO PASS 70 ON CONSENT, BUT I THOUGHT THERE HAD BEEN A REQUEST TO HEAR IT AFTER EXECUTIVE TO DISCUSS IT AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

AS I SAID, IT'S NOT, I MEAN, I'D RATHER DO IT THIS MORNING, BUT, BUT I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE CITY MANAGER'S REQUEST.

HOW MANY OF YOU WERE AT 70 TO COME UP AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION? THAT'D BE GREAT.

MA'AM OKAY.

UM, YES.

ARE WE DOING, UH, CAN YOU JUST REMIND US THE ORDER WE'RE TAKING UP THE WE'RE GOING TO PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE'RE PULLING THESE COUPLE ITEMS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION FROM DIANA GRAY AND THEN CIRCLING BACK AROUND TO THE ITEMS WE'VE PULLED FROM CONSENT.

IS THAT THE QUARTER? IF WE CAN, YES.

TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT, BUT I NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK YOUR NUMBERS OR WE MAY NEED TO PULL THE ITEMS THAT, UM, THAT, UH, MS. GRAY IS GONNA SPEAK, OH, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HER SPEAK BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE, RIGHT.

IF WE CAN DO THAT SO WE CAN GET THEM THOSE FIVE ITEMS. ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT WAS PRETTY CONFUSING.

CAN THE GENDER WHAT'S PULLED OR ITEMS TO 10 41 AND 70 AS ARE THE DINERS? UM, BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE ON CONSENT, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE DIANA A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO THE FIVE ITEMS THAT SHE'S SPEAKING TO, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE AND CONSENT AND THEN STARTED HOLDING THE CONSENT TO THE DEGREE.

WE CAN TAKE A CONSENT ITEM.

I'M GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN TAKE ITEM NUMBER TEN FIRST.

DISCUSSION.

UH, UH, FIRST I GUESS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE ANYTHING ELSE SUPPORT OTHER THAN TWO, 10 41 AND 70 ALISON, I DON'T NEED TO PULL ANYTHING, BUT I JUST DID WANT A SIGNAL THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME DIRECTION ON CONSENT FOR 68.

UM, SO IF THOSE FOLKS CAN BE SURE TO STICK AROUND.

SO LET'S GO THEN TO, YES.

KETTY, I HAVE DIRECTION ON A COUPLE ITEMS THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE AND I'M PULLING THE PIR ITEM, WHICH IS, UM, SOMEWHERE IN THE THIRTIES 31, POSSIBLY 33.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

33 IS PAUL.

ALRIGHT.

[Items 16, 17, 18, & 20]

FEW WITH US.

MAYOR.

DIANE IS GOING TO BE JOINING US VIA PHONE.

AND SO SHE'S BEING MOVED OVER RIGHT NOW.

NOW BEEN DEMOBILIZED AS A PROLOGUE AND WILL BE, UH, ROLLING OVER INTO OPERATION AS BRIDGE SHELTER.

UM, MARIN COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, HAPPY TO BE HERE TO LAY OUT THE FIVE, UH, FUNDING REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TODAY, I BELIEVE, UH, THAT IT HAS THE SLIDES THAT WE HAD PREPARED PREVIOUSLY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO, UH, UPLOAD THOSE AS I GO THROUGH THESE.

UH, IF NOT, I CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK TO THEM, UH, WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.

SO WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

FOUR OF THOSE ARE RELATED TO THE HEAL INITIATIVE.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THOSE FIRST AND THEN I'LL FOLLOW UP, UM, WITH THE ONE REMAINING ITEM THAT IS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO HEAL.

SO AS YOU KNOW, UH, THE HEAL INITIATIVE CONTEMPLATED, UM, BOTH, UH, OUTREACH TO ENCAMPMENTS, UH, SOME WHEN GO TO THE NEXT, ACTUALLY TWO SLIDES.

THERE YOU GO.

UM, SO THE PROVISION OF BRIDGE SHELTER, SO THAT WHEN FOLKS MOVE OUT OF ENCAMPMENTS, THEY'RE ALREADY IN ENROLLED IN A PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAM, UH, WITH, WITH A GUARANTEE OF, UM, THOSE HOUSING RESOURCES.

BUT SINCE WE KNOW THAT IT SOMETIMES TAKES A MOMENT, UH, FOR UNITS TO BE LOCATED IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO BE COMPLETE, WE DID, UH, WANT TO DEDICATE SOME BRIDGE SHELTER TO THE INITIATIVE.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE, UH, ON THE AGENDA TODAY, UH, ARE, UH, TWO CONTRACTS WHICH PROVIDE RAPID REHOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS, UH, SERVED THROUGH THE HEAL INITIATIVE.

THOSE ARE ITEMS NUMBER 16 AND NUMBER 17.

AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IS TO EXPAND EXISTED, EXISTING RAPID REHOUSING PROJECTS, EXCUSE ME, CONTRACTS WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THIS CASE, INTEGRAL CARE AND FAMILY ELDER CARE.

IN ADDITION, ITEMS NUMBER 18 AND 20 ARE BOTH CONTRACTS OR PROPOSED CONTRACTS WITH FRONT STEPS.

UH, BOTH OF THOSE RELATE TO THE, UM, THE OPERATION OF SOUTH BRIDGE, FORMERLY KNOWN AS, UH, THE ROADWAY INN, WHICH HAS

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THE REASON THAT THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS FOR FRONT STEPS FOR THIS PURPOSE IS THAT WE WERE UTILIZING BOTH, UH, SOME REMAINING ESG CV DOLLARS.

THAT'S THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT THROUGH HUD, UM, COVID SPECIFIC DOLLARS AND WE ARE DRAWING ON GENERAL FUND OR A PORTION OF THOSE RESOURCES AS WELL.

UM, THOSE DOLLARS WERE IN THE OPERATING BUDGET RELATED TO THE SOUTH AUSTIN SHELTER, WHICH THE CITY EVENTUALLY DECIDED NOT TO PROCEED ON.

SO I, I THINK I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, THOSE SINCE THEY'RE RELATED, UH, AND THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO MOVE ON TO, UH, THE, THE FINAL REQUEST FOR FUNDING.

AND HE HADN'T BY ASKING HIM MORGAN, A QUESTION, UM, UM, SOMEONE, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE A POOL IS ASKING IF WE NEED TO SEE DIANA, IF SHE'S PRESENTING, UH, PER THE OPEN MEETING IN A PUBLIC MEETING, BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER THE EMERGENCY RULES FROM THE GOVERNOR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

WE'RE OKAY WITH THIS, BUT THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

JUST SHOW MY VIDEO.

I AM JUST, I'M HAVING INTERNET PROBLEMS, SO I'M BY PHONE AND NOT AS ELEGANT OF A FEED THAT'S OKAY.

UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, COLLEAGUES WITH THE, UH, SCREEN UP? I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY.

SO SOMEONE HAS A QUESTION IF YOU GO AHEAD AND ASK IT ALL RIGHT.

DIANA, WHY DON'T YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE? YES, SIR.

THAT'LL BE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO ITEM NUMBER 14 ON THE AGENDA IS A CONTRACT WITH CARITAS OF AUSTIN, UH, WHICH WOULD EXTEND, UM, A, AN EXISTING PROJECT, UM, SERVING A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS, UH, THAT ARE PART OF THE PILOT FOR THE PAY FOR SUCCESS INITIATIVE.

AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE REDESIGNING THE FINANCING STRUCTURE OF THAT INITIATIVE, BUT THE PROGRAM DESIGN REMAINS LARGELY THE SAME.

WE ARE TARGETING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HIGH UTILIZATION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, INCLUDING HEALTH CARE AND INTERACTION WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

SO THIS WAS SORT OF AN EARLY PHASE OF THAT INITIATIVE.

I BELIEVE THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 24 CLIENTS BEING SERVED IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WHEN WE, UH, DEPLOY THE REDESIGNED, UH, PAY FOR SUCCESS INITIATIVE, THAT THOSE, THESE UNITS ARE, UH, PLANTS WOULD BE ABSORBED INTO THAT LARGER CONTRACT, BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A FUNDING GAP, UM, IN THIS PROJECT, SINCE WE HAVE FOLKS IN HOUSING THAT NEED ONGOING SERVICES.

TELL ME, IT'S INSPIRE HOPE THAT THE CITY STAFF'S GOT TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH A FRONT STEPS THAT ENSURES THAT THE WORKERS, UH, AT THIS SITE ARE PAID A LIVING WAGE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, OUR PRACTICE OF REQUIRING THAT IT'S CITY OWNED FACILITIES.

I THINK, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RAISE THE VALUE OF SOCIAL WORK IN THE CITY.

UM, JUST AS WE DID WHEN WE PLAYED A LIVING WAGE, UH, AT THE ARCH, UH, WHICH WAS ALSO ALSO MANAGED BY FRED STEPS.

YES, SIR.

SO THE CONTRACTS OF COURSE ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT PRESENT.

AND I KNOW THAT IN THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE DID NOT APPLY THAT REQUIREMENT, BUT THERE WAS, UH, WITHIN THE CONTRACT OR REQUIREMENT THAT WAGES WERE INCREASED THERE, WE CAN CERTAINLY INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF OUR NEGOTIATION PROCESS.

AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL ON WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED BY OUR CONTRACTS.

UH, FURTHER QUESTIONS DISCUSSIONS, KATHY.

HEARING DONE, THAT'LL BE INCLUDED AS DIRECTION.

I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.

UM, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WAS NOW THE STANDARD AND, AND THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE AT THE ARCH.

AND SO MAYOR, I APPRECIATE MICHAEL MCGILL AND YOU FOR RAISING THAT ISSUE WITH THIS CONTRACT, NOTICING THAT, THAT THIS CONTRACT HAD NOT SPECIFIED AS A REQUIREMENT.

I REALLY THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

UM, AND SO HOPE THAT THAT WILL BE KIND OF FORMAL DIRECTION TO INCORPORATE A LIVING WAGE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND THAT MAY BE THE WAY THAT STAFF WAS PROCEEDING.

I JUST NEED TO CONFIRM THAT.

SURE.

I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO ADD MY SUPPORT AND I JUST ASK MAYOR THAT, THAT THAT'D BE, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION, ANY OBJECTION TO CONCLUDING THAT AS DIRECTION

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THANK YOU, CASPER.

CAUSE WE'RE A KITCHEN.

I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT UH, AFTER MS. GRAY IS COMPLETED HER PRESENTATION, IF SHE'S COMPLETED, THEN I HAVE A QUESTION SHE'S COMPLETED.

UH, MS. GRAY, COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO THE, THE HEAL TIMELINE? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THESE ITEMS 16, 17, 18, AND 20, OR THE NEXT STEP IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TIMELINE FOR THE PHASE ONE, THE FOUR PHASE ONE LOCATIONS.

UM, SO COULD YOU CONFIRM THAT AND COULD YOU ALSO CONFIRM THAT OUR TIMELINE REMAINS AS IT WAS STATED IN THE RESOLUTION TO COMPLETE THESE FOUR? I THINK IT WAS BY AUGUST.

I'M REMEMBERING.

UH, YES.

SO THAT IS CORRECT THAT THIS IS THE NEXT MAJOR STEP.

I THINK IN LAUNCHING THE INITIATIVE, WE, UM, OF COURSE, UH, UPON RECEIVING THE DIRECTIVE FROM COUNCIL AND DESIGNING THE INITIATIVE NEEDED TO, UH, ESTABLISH CONTRACTS WITH OUR DIRECT SERVICE PARTNERS, WHO WILL DO THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK.

AND SO WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER FUNDING ACTIONS THAT ARE SUPPLEMENTARY TO THESE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS, BUT PUT US IN A POSITION ONCE, UH, THE CONTRACTS ARE EXECUTED, UH, WHICH WE WILL, OF COURSE BE FACILITATING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, GIVEN THE SENSE OF URGENCY AROUND THIS INITIATIVE, THEN WE WOULD BE READY TO, UH, BEGIN AND MOVING FOLKS, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, INTO THE SOUTH BRIDGE SHELTER, AFTER HAVING DONE THE ENGAGEMENT ON SITE, WHAT I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, IS THAT WE ARE STILL SHOOTING FOR THE TIMELINE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION.

SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL HAS NOT DONE FORMALLY IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE, ALTHOUGH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, UM, INFORMALLY A POTENTIAL EXTENSION OF THE TIMELINE FROM AN AUGUST 4TH END DATE TO A SEPTEMBER 4TH END DATE BECAUSE OF THE TIME LOST, UH, RELATED TO WINTER STORM URI.

UM, AND SO THE ORIGINAL DATE WOULD HAVE BEEN AUGUST 4TH.

UM, AND, AND SO I, I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A CHALLENGE THAT THE TIMELINE WAS AGGRESSIVE, UH, FROM THE BEGINNING, BUT WE ARE TARGETING, UM, COMPLETION BY THAT SEPTEMBER 4TH DAY.

AND THEN COULD YOU ALSO CONFIRM YOUR, YOUR TARGET START DATE TO ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE FIRST ENCAMPMENT? SO THAT IS DEPENDENT TO SOME DEGREE ON THE EXECUTION OF THE, UM, OF THE, BUT OUR TARGET DATE FOR THAT IS MAY 20TH.

WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THIS WORK TO BEGIN BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY MANAGER IS ON SEE HIM THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WE, THE CITY MANAGER COME IN, UH, COMMITTED TO, UH, TO BE, YOU KNOW, TO STEP IN AND HELP IF NECESSARY, UH, WITH OUR PROCESSES.

SO THAT, THAT, UH, YOU COULD KEEP WITH THAT TIMELINE SO THAT, SO THAT THE CONTRACTING PROCESS WOULD NOT BE A BARRIER.

SO IS THE CITY MANAGER PRESENT? I CAN'T.

WELL, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, CITY MANAGER WILL BE JOINING AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UM, I'M FILLING IN FOR HIM RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, RODNEY GONZALEZ.

AND YOU'LL BE COMMITTED FOR ON HIS BEHALF.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY MANAGER COMMITTED, WE WILL CERTAINLY WORK WITH STAFF TO LOOK AT THE PROCESSES.

UM, SO THAT WAY WE CAN, UH, UH, MEET THE TIMELINES AND I'LL DEFINITELY WORK WITH DIANA AND STEPHANIE TO SEE WHAT A INTERVENTION NEEDS TO BE MADE.

UH, AT THE SAME TIME, OF COURSE, I RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES THAT DIANA HAS MENTIONED, BUT WE CERTAINLY WILL LOOK AT THE PROCESSES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

I MEAN, I NEED A COMMITMENT AND I THINK THE CITY MANAGER MADE A COMMITMENT TO, TO MEET THESE TIMELINES.

AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT OUR CONTRACTING PROCESS TO BE A BARRIER TO THAT.

SO, UM, UH, I'M EXPECTING, I'M EXPECTING THAT COMMITMENT TO BE MET.

IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS ABOUT IT, THEN I'M EXPECTING THAT WE ARE NOTIFIED.

SO IT TAKES US BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. ONE THROUGH 47, 64 TO 68 AND 78 ITEMS ARE TWO 10 30, THREE 41 AND 70.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS PRIVATELY.

[Consent Agenda (Part 2 of 2)]

YOUR DISCUSSION GUIDES ARE ALL THERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER SOME DIRECTION ON ITEMS 68, UM, AND THEN MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS ON 15 AND 32.

UM,

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SO FOR ITEM 68, I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, ACM ARIANA OR ONE OF THE FIRE CHIEFS IS ON.

I THINK IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE MESSAGE.

SO, UM, I TRUST THAT, UM, THIS WILL BE CONVEYED APPROPRIATELY WITH THE CITY MANAGER OFF THE DIOCESE, UM, BECAUSE THIS ITEM ITEM 68 SETS A HEARING ON JUNE 3RD RELATED TO THE ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AND LOCAL AMENDMENTS.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS YEAR WE'RE NOT MAKING FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO THE WILD LAND, URBAN INTERFACE CODE OR WE CODE, WHICH I WAS PLEASED THAT WE ADOPTED LAST YEAR, UM, RATHER THAN PULLING THE ITEM, I WANTED TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER AND AFD, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE ME THE INFORMATION I WILL NEED ON JUNE 3RD TO PASS THE CODE AMENDMENTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE.

AND SPECIFICALLY WHEN THIS ITEM RETURNS TO CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 3RD, I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO BRING FORWARD A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE INCORPORATION OF THE WE CODE ELEMENTS, NOT INCLUDED IN LAST YEAR'S WE CODE ADOPTION AS WELL AS ANY POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS OR ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MADE TO THE WI CODE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR.

UM, WE FACE A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS WILDFIRE SEASON IN OUR REGION AND THAT CONTINUES EVERY YEAR AND WE HAVE TO TAKE EVERY STEP NECESSARY TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THE REASONS FOR NOT, UM, FURTHER ADOPTING ELEMENTS OF THAT WE CODE THIS YEAR.

UM, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD AND THAT WE ARE TRANSPARENT ABOUT HOW THAT IS TAKING PLACE.

UM, SO IS THAT SOMETHING MR. GONZALEZ, YOU CAN MAKE SURE IT GETS CONVEYED TO FOLKS, UM, FOR WHEN WE GET THAT FIRE CODE BACK TO US, UM, FOR ADOPTION ON JUNE 3RD, AMBER ALTAR ASSISTANCE AND MANTA RAY ARIANA IS ON THE LINE.

AND I BELIEVE HE ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT FARMING THAT COMMITMENT AND JUST SO A COUNCIL MEMBER, AGAIN, RAY ARIANO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, I TAKE THAT DIRECTION AND BE PREPARED FOR WHEN WE BRING IT BACK AS, AS YOU DESCRIBED.

IT'S JUST LIKE SOME MEMO AND, AND WHATNOT SO THAT, UM, WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THAT PIECE IS.

UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO COMMENT REALLY BRIEFLY ON ITEM 15 AND 32.

UM, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PASSAGE OF ITEM 15, WHICH IS A CONTRACT WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, FOR DATA ANALYSIS AND SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS FOR OUR OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION.

THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT BUILDS ON THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE GUN VIOLENCE TASK FORCE AND A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT I SPONSORED IN OUR LAST BUDGET CYCLE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOVO LS, CASAR, KITCHEN POOL, AND RENTERIA JOINED ME IN ONE OR MORE OF THESE STEPS OF LAUNCHING THE TASKFORCE OR MAKING THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY INTERIM APH, DIRECTOR, ADRIAN STIRRUP, AND LAURA DULLA ONE DAY.

UH, BOTH OF THEM HAVE DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO GETTING THIS OFFICE OFF THE GROUND, BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL AND WORKING HARD TO SET IT UP FOR SUCCESS.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS CONTRACT IMPLEMENTED AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE INTERVENTIONS THAT I ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WILL HELP US TO CRAFT.

IT'S A REALLY, UM, SIGNIFICANT THAT WE, UM, YOU KNOW, EMBED OUR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS IN A PUBLIC HEALTH FRAMEWORK.

AND I APPRECIATE THEIR WORK, UM, TOGETHER WITH THE GUN VIOLENCE RELATED IFC.

I OFFERED AT OUR LAST MEETING AND COUNCIL MEMBER KOSSAR'S ITEM 66 TODAY, WHICH I'M CO-SPONSORING, WE'RE TAKING IMPORTANT, WE'RE TAKING IMPORTANT STEPS TO PREVENT FUTURE GUN VIOLENCE IN AUSTIN.

UM, AND I'M PLEASED TO SEE US MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.

AND THEN FINALLY, I'M ITEM 32 AS CHAIR OF AUDIT AND FINANCE.

I CAN'T RESIST COMMENTING ON ITEM 32.

IT ADDRESSES ONE OF THE PECULIARITIES OF OUR CITY THAT HAS BOTHERED ME SINCE WE STARTED, WHICH IS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ELECTRONIC TIME FEATS.

UM, ITEM 32 PROVIDES A SOFTWARE SOLUTION TO THAT IN MY VIEW, THIS IS REALLY LONG OVERDUE AND CANNOT BE IMPLEMENTED SOON ENOUGH.

UM, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT IT IS ROLLED OUT IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER THAN THIS PROCUREMENT PROCESS, UM, HAS INVOLVED, UM, BECAUSE WE REALLY DO NEED TO BE TAKING THE STEPS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE.

A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, TALKING ABOUT SOME CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED AND NICKY HOFF ON MY STAFF HAS BEEN REALLY INVOLVED WITH OUR STAFF, OUR CITY STAFF, AND, AND REALLY JUST, UM, IN OUR OFFICE TRYING TO, TRYING TO REALLY IDENTIFY WAYS THAT THE SYSTEM COULD BE MADE MORE, MORE APPROPRIATE.

THANKS MATE.

I HAVE, UH, UH, ONE MORE PIECE OF DIRECTION.

I THINK WE COVERED THE OTHER PIECE OF DIRECTION EARLIER WITH REGARD TO THE FRONT STEPS CONTRACT.

UM, AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS AND I'D LIKE TO PUT NUMBER 33 BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO 33 IS A PIR, UM, IS THE, THE SOFTWARE CONTRACT FOR P FOR THE PIR SYSTEM.

AND I REALLY, FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE, UM, OUR CITY STAFF FOR WORKING ON THIS.

UH, I, MY OFFICE HAD DONE A RESOLUTION

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AND SHE'S REVIEWED THIS AND BELIEVES THAT THIS IS A GOOD STEP IN THE DIRECTION.

AND I, SO I, I DO TOO.

UM, AND I'M GOING TO PUT THAT BACK ON, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I DO THINK OUR SYSTEM NEEDS SOME ADDITIONAL, SOME ADDITIONAL WORK OR AN IMPROVEMENT, BUT I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.

AGAIN, THANKS TO OUR CITY STAFF AND THANKS TO NIKKI HOUGH IN MY OFFICE ON THAT ON ITEM 12 AND 13, WE HEARD A LITTLE, WE HEARD SOME TESTIMONY EARLIER FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE FOOD POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 12 AND 13.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UM, TO DIRECT, TO ADD SOME FORMAL DIRECTION THAT THE CITY MANAGER ENSURE THAT THE PROVISIONAL WAIVERS ARE GRANTED, UM, FOR, I JUST LOST TRACK OF THE DATE, UM, THAT THE CITY MANAGER, UM, COME BACK TO US WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CHARITABLE, FOR THE CHARITABLE MOBILE FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS NO LATER THAN JULY, 2021.

AND THAT THE MANAGER ENSURE THAT PROVISIONAL WAIVERS, UM, ARE, ARE GRANTED FOR ONE-TIME SPECIAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS THAT OCCUR PRIOR TO JULY, 2021.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK, AND POTENTIALLY OTHER CHARITABLE THROUGH DISTRIBUTION MOBILE FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENT, PRODUCERS ARE PLANNING ON SOME, SOME REALLY CRITICAL DISTRIBUTIONS FOR THE SUMMER.

AND I WANT TO BE SURE THAT, UM, THAT, THAT OUR MOVEMENT FORWARD RECOGNIZES THAT AND MAKES THOSE POSSIBLE.

IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER GONZALES? I THINK THAT IS THE INTENT, I THINK.

SO I JUST HAVE TO DEFER TO LEGAL, YOU KNOW? YEAH.

WE'RE GOING TO BE WAIVERS DONE BEFORE ANY COUNCIL APPROVAL.

THOSE MIGHT REQUIRE SOME SORT OF RATIFICATION IN THE FUTURE.

I THINK WE JUST LOST A COUNCIL MEMBER, THE DIRECTION IT'S GETTING THERE.

GABBY COMES BACK HER FURTHER DISCUSSION OR THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO REFLECT ME AS VOTING NO, ON THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, 1537 65 AND 66.

POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CODE DEPARTMENT CAN, CAN ENFORCE TO, TO HELP THESE TENANTS RIGHT NOW.

SORRY, I'M HAVING A FLOPPY COMPUTER PROBLEM.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ME, I'D LIKE TO OFFER SOME SUPPORT FOR WHAT MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN WAS ASKING FOR ITEMS NUMBER 12 OR 13, I SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL DIRECTION AROUND THOSE PROVISIONAL WAIVERS.

UM, SO I, UH, I THINK I HEARD ACM GONZALEZ SAY THAT THAT DIRECTION WAS UNDERSTOOD AND OKAY.

UM, AND SO THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE CONSENTED AGENDA.

JUST A SECOND ITEM NUMBER TWO.

UM, SO JUST IN CASE WE PULLED ITEM NUMBER TWO.

UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST FOLLOW UP AND THANK EVERYONE, UH, AFTER A WORK SESSION ON THE ITEM RELATED TO MOLD AND TO THINK OF THE FOLKS THAT TESTIFIED IN ALL OF OUR CO-SPONSORS AND CUSTOMER QUINTAS FOR KICKING OFF AN INITIAL ITEM ON ABOUT THIS AT A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE REAL WORK OF THE ITEM IS THAT SOME OF THOSE PHOTOS IN AND OF THEMSELVES, AREN'T A VIOLATION OF CITY CODE.

UH, AND WE NEED TO FIND THE RIGHT WAY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE EXISTING RULES AND LAWS AS A FOLLOWUP FROM WORK SESSION, SOME OF THE TENANTS AND WHOSE UNITS I WAS IN, UH, HAVE BEEN, UH, BEEN GETTING NOTES ABOUT THAT AND POTENTIALLY GETTING LOCKED OUT TOMORROW, UM, OR THEIR POSSESSIONS GETTING TAKEN BY MANAGEMENT, UH, THE MAYOR'S ORDER AND THE COUNTY JUDGES ORDER DURING THE PANDEMIC IS THAT YOU CAN'T LOCK TENANTS OUT OF THEIR UNITS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

UH, AND THERE'S STATE LAW THAT SAYS THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE A THINGS WITHOUT GOING TO COURT, UH, IN THIS CASE LIKELY A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

AND SO WHILE I APPRECIATE IT, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO THIS WORK ON MOLD AND ESTABLISH A RULE THAT SOME OF THOSE PHOTOS ARE CLEARLY A VIOLATION OF CITY HEALTH OR SAFETY COATS.

WE ALSO HAVE CURRENT STATE LAWS AND CITY LAWS IN ORDERS THAT, UM, THAT I HOPE OUR, OUR CITY MANAGEMENT, UH, AND

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SO THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM AND THESE ONGOING ISSUES IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW, SWEETIE.

NO, I CAN'T TALK RIGHT, KATHY.

WE CAN HEAR YOU, THEN YOU ALSO KNOW THAT.

TELL, TELL HER, TELL HER IT'S IT'S OKAY.

I WAS JUST ABOUT WRAPPED UP.

OH, NO, THAT'S FINE.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, AND THEN, UH, AND THEN SECOND, UH, DO WANT TO, TO THANK ALL OF MY CO-SPONSORS THE MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALTAR AND TOGO AND NVIDIA, AND FRANKLY, ALL OF YOU, BECAUSE I'M, UM, I KNEW THAT WE'VE ALL WORKED TOGETHER ON THE GUN VIOLENCE, UM, ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS, BUT ESPECIALLY DURING THIS YEAR WHERE WE'VE SEEN GUN VIOLENCE INCREASE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AUSTIN IS NO EXCEPTION.

UM, WE'VE WORKED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO FI TO FUND THESE COMMUNITY-BASED, UH, VIOLENCE REDUCTION PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO GUN VIOLENCE.

WE'VE DONE A LOT THIS YEAR TO BRING A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET INTO BEING, BUT THIS ONE, UM, HAS BEEN TAKING SOME TIME.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACCELERATE THAT WORK, GIVEN THE INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE WE'VE SEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY JUST LAST WEEKEND.

I WAS IN MY DISTRICT, UH, WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS OF ONE CATALYST CLUES, A 15 YEAR OLD.

THAT WAS, UH, SO NEEDLESSLY SHOT AND KILLED IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE RECENTLY IS AWFUL.

UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO, TO BRING HIM BACK TO REALLY FIX, UM, WHAT HAS HAPPENED THERE.

AND HE IS JUST ONE OF TWO, MANY THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE LAST YEAR, UM, AND LOST TO GUN VIOLENCE.

UH, BUT A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY WERE ABOUT ALSO HOW WE CAN MAKE THINGS SAFER AND WHAT WE CAN DO NEXT.

UH, AND I APPRECIATE APD APPREHENDING THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE AND CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE, UM, ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT, UM, AS WE'VE, I'VE HEARD ACTUALLY A POLICE OFFICER SAY AT SOME POINT THE, THE CRIME SCENE TAPE COMES DOWN, UM, AND, BUT THAT ISSUES CAN PERSIST IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO HAVING, UH, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND EXPERTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOING AND DEESCALATING CONFLICTS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE IN TOUCH WITH INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT A CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AND REVENGE FINDING OUT WHERE THE GUNS ARE AND FINDING OUT HOW TO REDUCE THE INSTANCES OF THOSE GUNS.

BEING USED PEOPLE, UM, IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN, IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE PROGRAMS AT SCALE LIKE THAT HERE.

UH, AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT GUN VIOLENCE TASK FORCE IN EACH OF YOU WORKING AND OUR STAFF AND PUBLIC HEALTH TO ACCELEBRATE ACCELERATE, BRINGING THAT TO AUSTIN.

WE'VE SEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THAT, WHERE HOMICIDES HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY 50% BY PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.

UH, AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO REALLY SPEED UP BRINGING THOSE PROGRAMS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS STARTING TO PROVIDE INCREASED FUNDS FOR PROGRAMS LIKE THAT.

SO POTENTIALLY WE CAN ACTUALLY DO EVEN MORE THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET BY, BY GETTING OUR PROGRAMS ON THE GROUND AND DRAWING DOWN FEDERAL DOLLARS AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU FOR, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, BECAUSE IT IS A VERY PRESSING ISSUE IN ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANY PROTON MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER AND ELLIS SECONDS STILL YOUR VOTE? YEAH, APOLOGIES.

BUT I THINK I GOT BUMPED OFF.

UM, SHORTLY BEFORE I TOLD MY DAUGHTER I COULDN'T TALK TO HER ABOUT LUNCH.

I ALSO GOT BUMPED OFF AND WAS MID COMMENT, UM, IN MY DIRECTION ON 12 AND 13.

SO I JUST WANT TO BUMP BACK, GO BACK AND, UM, AND READ MY DIRECTION AGAIN.

I'D LIKE TO CAPTURE WHAT I KNOW IS THE INTENT OF THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND MOVE APPROVAL OF WELL SUPPORT THE APPROVAL OF 12 AND 13, BUT WITH THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION TO THE MANAGER, THAT THE REMAINING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE FOOD POLICY BOARD WORKING GROUP REGARDING CHARITABLE MOBILE FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS BE INCORPORATED INTO THE CITY'S NEWLY ESTABLISHED CHARITABLE FEEDING ORGANIZATIONAL PERMITTING SYSTEM NO LATER THAN JULY, 2021.

AND AS I INDICATED BEFORE, I'D ALSO ADD THE DIRECTION TO THE MANAGER TO ENSURE THAT PROVISIONAL WAIVERS ARE GRANTED FOR MOBILE FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS AND ONE-TIME SPECIAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS PRIOR, UM, THAT THAT MIGHT BE OCCURRING PRIOR TO JULY, 2021.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, I WAS HONORED TO BE ABLE TO CO-SPONSOR THIS INITIATIVE, BUT I REALLY WANT TO EXTEND MY, THANKS TO THOSE WHO WORKED MOST DIRECTLY ON THIS INITIATIVE.

AND THAT INCLUDES OUR, OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, UM, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER GARZA, WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS REALLY CRITICAL INITIATIVE, BUT ALSO OUR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH DEPART THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE FOOD POLICY BOARD WORKING GROUP HAVE, HAVE JUST DONE TREMENDOUS WORK ON THESE INITIATIVES.

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THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

UM, I WANTED TO COMMENT ON ITEM THREE, WE GOT SOME INFORMATION AND, AND HAVE BEEN BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT WITH OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE.

AND I JUST WOULD REMIND ALL OF US THAT IF, IF THE REVENUE FOR ALLI VACATIONS THIS YEAR EXCEEDS THE ESTIMATED $800,000, ANY ADDITIONAL, ANY AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THAT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE BUSINESS PRESERVATION FUND.

SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION THIS AGAIN HERE SO THAT WE CAN ALL BE KEEPING OUR EYE ON THOSE AS THEY COME FORWARD.

UM, OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE HAVE STRIVE TO REALLY CREATE, UH, AN ACTIVE ALLY ACTIVATION POLICY HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THIS ALLEY, YOU KNOW, I LOOK CAREFULLY AT THOSE ALLEYS WHEN THEY COME TO US FOR THAT REASON AS WE, SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST APPROVING THE USE OF THEM ON EVERY COUNCIL AGENDA WITHOUT REALLY THINKING THOUGHTFULLY ABOUT WHETHER THIS COULD BE PART OF AN ALLEY ACTIVATION STRATEGY.

THIS ONE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO INITIATE THAT PARTICULAR CONVERSATION AGAIN.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SIGNAL TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT, THAT I DO INTEND TO GO BACK TO THAT BODY OF, OF 2013 WORK AND LOOK AT THE ACTIVATION IN PARTICULAR OF DOWNTOWN ALLEYS.

UM, AS I MAY BE REALLY APPROPRIATE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO KIND OF REACTIVATE THE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE CONNECTIVITY AND OTHER KINDS OF GREAT THINGS THAT OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE NATION ARE DOING WITH REGARD TO ALLEYS.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT WORK, PLEASE BE IN TOUCH.

UM, ITEM 14, WHICH DIANA GRAY TALKED ABOUT IS, UH, THE CARITAS IMPACT PROGRAM.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK TOSS FOR THEIR WORK, THEIR CONTINUED WORK WITH REGARD TO THE PAY FOR SUCCESS PILOT PROGRAM.

THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT PILOT PROGRAM, AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE IT MOVING FORWARD.

THE PAY FOR SUCCESS HAS BEEN AT A LONG, A LONG GOAL OF MINE, AND I KNOW OTHERS OF YOU ON THE DIOCESE, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THAT MOVING FORWARD.

AND I THINK THAT I BELIEVE THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY GOING TO YIELD GREAT OUTCOMES FOR OUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS.

SO THANKS TO OUR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OUR LOT DEPARTMENT FOR, FOR REALLY RETURNING TO THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND MAKING IT WORK, I BELIEVE THAT IS IT WITH THE LAST EXCEPTION OF JUST, UM, THINKING, YOU KNOW, OUR COLOR, ALL OF YOU ARE DOING GREAT WORK AND I, THERE WERE, I COULD ACKNOWLEDGE SEVERAL OF YOU FOR DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IN PARTICULAR FOR YOUR WORK ON THE HILL INITIATIVE.

AND THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD TODAY, I KNOW WILL, WILL HELP, UM, OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE UNSHELTERED IN SEVERAL ENCAMPMENTS AROUND, AROUND THE CITY, RECEIVED THE SERVICES THEY NEED AND THE CONNECTIONS TO PERMANENT HOUSING.

SO THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU DIANA, FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR WORK AND ON YOUR, THAT OF YOUR STAFF FOR MAKING THESE CONTRACTS HAPPEN IN A REALLY EXPEDITED FASHION.

ALEX, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND GOES IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED I'M SHOWING YOU IT'S BEEN UNANIMOUS ON THE, UH, ON THE DAYAS.

UH, IT IS 1216, USUALLY SITCOMS WOULD TAKE US TO THE 1230.

UM, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN, IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO HERE, UH, UH, QUICKLY, UH, DO WE EXPECT IF WE, IF WE CALLED UP ITEM NUMBER 10 NOW, IS THERE A LOT ON THAT OTHER CHANGES OR PEOPLE JUST SPEAKING TO IT, LET'S CALL IT.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND I HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS TO INTRODUCE, OKAY, THE ONES YOU POSTED.

THE AMENDMENTS ARE THE ONES THAT I POSTED, AND THEN I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL FOR THE CHIEF.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

I HAVE QUESTIONS ALSO.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO THIS.

[10. Approve a resolution to commence the Austin Police Department’s Pilot Reimagined Police Cadet Training Academy.]

THAT'S ONE OF OUR ALTAR.

I HAVE NEVER TRIED TO PULL IT.

THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED IN THE WORK OF GOD TO THEM, BUT, UH, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING TO HELP PUSH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE CONSULTANTS.

CAN WE PULL, UM, I THINK CHIEF TACAN OVER.

WE CERTAINLY CAN.

SO MAYOR WOULD, I WOULD, I LIKE TO DO, IF POSSIBLE IS ASK MY QUESTIONS AND THEN I DO HAVE AMENDMENTS.

UM, BUT I LIKE TO ASK MY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION OR INTRODUCE THE AMENDMENTS, AND YOU CAN EITHER TAKE QUESTIONS FROM OTHER FOLKS FIRST, OR I CAN INTRODUCE THE AMENDMENTS.

HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO THAT.

LET'S PRAY TO ALL THE CHIEFS COVERING OVER.

I'M GOING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, NUMBER 10, UH, BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FINDING OF THE CADET.

LAST NIGHT.

THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY AN EMOTIONAL ISSUE.

ONE THAT, UH, UH, EMOTIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH ON BOTH SIDES.

UM, I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING THE TASK FORCE.

UH, SO MUCH OF ITS WORK IS INCLUDED, UH, AND ITS WORK IS PUSHING THE, THE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE, THE ISSUES

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UM, THE WORK IS INVALUABLE OVER THE TASK FORCE, UH, AND IT'S SO MANY PEOPLE ARE VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME.

IT'S A GIFT TO THE CITY.

UH, THAT SAID JUST BECAUSE ALL RECOMMENDATIONS AREN'T TAKEN DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE TASK FORCE IS BEING IGNORED.

UH, THIS IS CONTINUING WORK AND I SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS COMING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER THAT ALLOW FOR, UH, ONGOING REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF CADET CLASSES.

AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING, UH, A PILOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEARN FROM.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THOSE, UH, UH, THAT, UH, WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE ACADEMY.

UH, THERE ARE MANY REASONS FOR THAT.

UH, I BELIEVE WE NEED THE WORKFORCE NECESSARY TO DO, UH, THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE NEED THE WORKFORCE ENABLED TO CARRY THAT OUT, EVEN AS WE ARE DOING THE WORK TO, TO BETTER DEFINE WHAT'S INCLUDED, WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN WHAT THE PROPER NUMBERS ARE.

I THINK THE CADET CLASSES ARE ONE OF OUR BEST CHANCES TO EMBED CULTURAL CHANGE AGENTS AND INCREASE DIVERSITY.

I ALSO BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE MUCH CHANGES.

UM, I THINK THAT, UH, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE WORK THAT WAS DONE, THAT THE CADET CLASSES OF THE PAST WERE NOT DELIVERING TO THIS COMMUNITY, WHAT IT DATED.

I APPRECIATE, UH, THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENTS CONCURRENCE, UH, WITH, UH, SO MANY OF THOSE CHANGES, UH, THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE HAPPENING.

UM, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT ONE ARGUMENT THAT I, THAT I HEAR, UH, AND THAT RELATES TO, UH, TO CRIME IN AUSTIN.

SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT EVERY CRIME COMMITTED IN OUR CITY IS A CONCERN WHEN CRIME IS, IS, IS INCREASING IN OUR CITY, THAT'S A CONCERN AS WELL.

AND WE REALLY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT IS CAUSING THAT.

AND WHAT'S BEHIND THAT.

BUT I WANT EVERYBODY JUST TO REMEMBER, AS WE LOOK AT CRIME STATISTICS THAT ARE GOING UP IN OUR CITY, THAT JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, NEW ORLEANS HAD EIGHT PEOPLE SHOT, INCLUDING TWO PEOPLE KILLED THIS PAST WEEKEND.

THERE WERE NINE HOMICIDES IN CHICAGO WITH 45 PEOPLE SHOT BY FATALLY.

TWO WERE KILLED IN STABBING AND ATLANTA 22 PEOPLE WERE SHOT THIS WEEKEND, FOUR KILLED, AND IT'S BUILDING AN INNOCENT 15 YEAR OLD GIRL IN LA.

THERE WERE THREE HOMICIDES AND SEVEN OTHER SHOOTINGS IN DENVER.

THERE WAS A SHOOTING TWO BLOCKS FROM THE MAYOR.

SO BOSTON HAS SEEN INCREASES IN GUN VIOLENCE AND HOMICIDES.

SAN ANTONIO DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES INCREASES IN LOUISVILLE, PORTLAND, ALMOST EVERY CITY IN THE COUNTRY IS EXPERIENCING THIS.

THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING ON, BUT ONE THING IS CLEAR THAT THE CHANGE IN POLICIES OF AUSTIN, TEXAS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEW ORLEANS, CHICAGO, ATLANTA, LA, DENVER, BOSTON, SAN ANTONIO, LOUISVILLE, PORTLAND, OR ANY OF THE OTHER CITIES, SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING ON.

SOME ARE SUGGESTING SOME MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, UNADDRESSED TRAUMA, LACK OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, COVID STRESS.

BUT IF WE ONLY FOCUSED ON LOCAL POLICIES TO ADDRESS INCREASING CRIME AND HOMICIDES IN OUR CITY, WE MAY VERY WELL.

AND WE'LL PROBABLY MISS WHAT WE MOST NEED TO FOCUS ON.

THIS IS A CITY THAT DOES NOT WANT TO DEFINE POLICE.

THIS IS A CITY THAT SUPPORTS OUR POLICE, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO THE JOB WE WANT THEM TO DO, EVEN AS WE ARE.

RE-IMAGINING WHAT THAT IS IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT ITEM TOWN.

UH, ALISON, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR SYSTEM CITY MANAGER HAS ALICE.

AND I WOULD SAY SHE IS HAVING TROUBLE, TROUBLE LOGGING IN, BUT WE DO HAVE ACM ARIANO AS WELL AS FAIR MUSKEGON ON THE LINE.

UM, I'M AFRAID THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO NEED CHIEF CHACONE TO ANSWER, UM, THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, MY, MY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, ARE RELATED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ACADEMY, WHICH IS REALLY TIED INTO APD, UM, LEADERSHIP.

UM, AND THEY'RE NOT,

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THEY'RE NOT REALLY, UM, QUESTIONS FOR MS. MUSCADET OR MR. ARIANO.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE, IS HE CONTINUING TO TRY TO GET IN, IS TRYING TO GET IN AND HE WAS TRYING, THEN LET'S SEE IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK COUNCILOR HER KITCHEN.

AND THEN I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR THE CHIEF ALSO.

THEN HERE'S COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

UM, FIRST, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CALLED EMAILED AND SPOKE TO US TODAY ON BEHALF OF THIS ITEM, I LIKE MANY OF YOU ARE REALLY ENCOURAGED ABOUT US BEING SO CLOSE TO PERMANENTLY RESUMING OUR APD ACADEMY.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE OUR AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP AND STAFF HAVE EMBODIED SERVANT LEADERSHIP AND THE KIND OF HUMBLE AND RESPECTFUL, LIFELONG LEARNING THAT WE HOPE THE ACADEMY WILL NOW BETTER REPRESENT.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE SAYINGS IS THAT IT IS ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN.

I FEEL IN THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW, US VOTING IN FAVOR OF RESTARTING.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CADET ACADEMY IS THE START OF A NEW DAY IN OUR CITY.

THIS HAS BEEN A MULTI-YEAR JOURNEY FOR OUR CITIZENS, VICTIMS OF CRIMES AND CITY STAFF, INCLUDING APD.

WE HAVE REALLY BENEFITED FROM THAT WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY INPUT AND THE CRO REPORT.

AND THERE WE HAVE LANDED IN A GOOD PLACE.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WILL WORK TO HOLD THESE OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE IN ORDER TO ENSURE AUSTIN GETS BACK TO HAVING ONE OF THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? WE MAY HAVE TO HOLD THIS ONE OVER.

IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CHIEF NOW MAYOR PRO TEM, DID YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM, BUT I'D LIKE VERY MUCH FOR MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, TO BE ABLE TO LAY OUT PRIOR TO OKAY.

BY TELEPHONE.

THEY PLEASE MUTE THEMSELVES CHEAPER.

CHIEF TACONY.

WE'RE GETTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK THROUGH YOUR PHONE, OR MAYBE YOU'RE ON SPEAKER ON YOUR PHONE.

SPEAKER IS TOO CLOSE TO THE ACTUAL BROADCAST.

IT MIGHT HELP TO EITHER LOWER THE VOLUME OR MAYBE YOU'LL CREATE MORE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR PHONE AND THE BROADCAST.

I AM NOT ON.

CAN WE TRY? IT'S 1226.

SO DESPITE BEST EFFORTS, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS JUST BREAK FOR LUNCH.

UH, AND THEN LET'S COME BACK, UH, AT, UH, UH, ONE 30 AND WE'LL TRY TO PICK THIS UP.

UH, WE HAVE SPEAKERS FOR, UH, ZONING CASES, UH, TO, UH, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO COME BACK EARLIER THAN ONE 30? DO YOU WANT TO TRY TO COME BACK AT ONE 15? GIVE US 45 MINUTES TO RESOLVE THIS? DOES THAT WORK? I SEE PEOPLE SHAKING THEIR HEAD.

NO.

SO ONE 30 WE'LL COME BACK.

UH, AND WE'LL START RIGHT HERE WITH, WITH THE CHIEF, UH, AT THAT, THEN LET'S WORK OUT THE TACTICAL ISSUE.

SO HERE AT 1227, THERE ARE THOSE THAT CAB SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.

LET'S RECESS, OUR COUNCIL MEETING.

I'LL SEE YOU GUYS MORE THAN 30.

OUT TO HANDLE THE REMAINING CITY COUNCIL ITEMS, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.

AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING AFTER OUR LUNCH BREAK, IT IS ONE 35.

TODAY IS MAY 6TH, 20, 20 WORD.

THIS IS A REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY, BOSTON COUNCIL MEETING.

WE HAVE A FORUM PRESENT.

UH, WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING EITHER NUMBER 10, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALTER.

I HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF, UH, AND THEN THE SOME, UH, COMMENTS YOU WANTED TO MAKE AND OTHERS THAT INDICATED DESIRE TO DO SOME OR ALL OF THAT AS WELL.

SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH NUMBER TENS HERE.

WE COULD RESOLVE THAT.

UH, WE'LL LET JERRY CALL THE, UH, UH, CONSENT AGENDA, UH, AND, UH, XONE WE WILL HEAR FROM THE XONE SPEAKERS.

UH, HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE OTHER CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN PROBABLY GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, AND AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, THEN COME BACK

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YOU WANT TO START US OFF? THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

AND, UM, CHIEF TACOMA, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU ABLE TO GET ONLINE, OR YOU'RE ALL DEALING WITH TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THAT COME IN IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

SO I'M PLEASED TO SEE YOU THIS AFTERNOON.

I CAN HEAR YOU GO AHEAD.

IT'S ON MY END.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIGURE THAT OUT.

HOUR, UH, DEESCALATION AND RESPONSE TO RESISTANCE COURSE.

OKAY, THANKS.

UM, SO SHE SHOULD COME AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE, I'M TRYING TO FIND YOU ON MY SCREEN HERE.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, ABOUT THAT ICAT TRAINING, UH, SINCE OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT IT ON TUESDAY, CAN YOU SPEAK MORE TO WHETHER AND HOW THE ICAT TRAINING IS BEING ENHANCED TO MEET THE CURRENT BEST PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDED COURSE LENGTHS? AND CAN YOU ALSO SPEAK TO HOW DEESCALATION TRAINING IS BEING INCORPORATED INTO ONGOING IN SERVICE REFRESHER TRAININGS? UH, YES.

MA'AM THANK YOU.

UH, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER, MY APOLOGIES EARLIER, HAVING SOME SERIOUS TECHNICAL ISSUES, UH, THEY SEEM TO HAVE BEEN RESOLVED, AT LEAST FOR ME, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE MAYOR MIGHT STILL BE HAVING A FEW.

BUT, UM, FOR THE QUESTION I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, JUST FIRMING UP WHERE WE ARE WITH ICAT.

UM, THE, THE 144TH, UH, CADET ACADEMY WILL HAVE 11 HOURS OF ICAT TRAINING.

THAT'S 11 FORMALIZED HOURS INTO THAT COURSE.

UM, THAT IS, UH, DIFFERENT.

I THINK THAT IT IS DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT ACADEMIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH SOME ACADEMIES POTENTIALLY HAVING LESS.

AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE MORE, UH, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED THE ICAT TRAINING.

UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, THERE IS NO ONE SET, UM, NUMBER OF HOURS THAT, THAT PERF HAS PUT OUT THAT THEY SAY, THIS IS THE MINIMUM, OR THIS IS THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT.

THEY, THEY, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY ASK THAT YOU BE THOUGHTFUL IN THE WAY THAT IT'S IMPLEMENTED AND THAT YOU FOLLOW THE MODELING, UM, THAT IS OUTLINED IN THE TRAINING.

I CAN ALSO TELL YOU THAT THE CADETS WILL RECEIVE TWO WEEKS OF, UM, REALITY-BASED SCENARIO TRAINING.

AND SO DURING THAT, THOSE SCENARIOS, UM, THERE WILL BE A 35 TO 45 MINUTES OF ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL, UH, SCENARIO TRAINING THAT IS DONE FOR EACH ONE.

AND WITHIN EACH ONE OF THOSE, UH, THE ICAP MODEL WILL BE REINFORCED AND IS EXPECTED TO BE, UM, SHOWN THAT THE PROFICIENCY, UH, BY THE CADET.

UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE TAKE THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT THEY WOULD RUN THROUGH DURING THOSE PARTICULAR TIMES, UH, THAT WOULD ADD IN ABOUT ANOTHER, UH, ALMOST TWO AND A HALF HOURS ON TOP OF THE 11, WHICH WOULD GET US TO ABOUT 13, BETWEEN 13 AND 13 AND A HALF HOURS OF TOTAL OF, OF WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TO BE ICAT TRAINING.

UM, ONCE YOU KNOW, AND THAT THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY THE ICAT TRAINING.

WE, WE ARE, UH, WORKING DURING THE CURRICULUM REVIEW AND, UH, THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMY ON ENSURING THAT WE ARE, UM, PUTTING DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES AND EMPHASIZING DEESCALATION THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE LESSON PLANS.

SO THAT IS, IS IT A CORE PRINCIPLE OF ICAT AND REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CORE PRINCIPLES OF, UH, CRITICAL DECISION-MAKING COMMUNICATION AND, UM, AND DEESCALATION ARE KIND OF WOVEN THROUGHOUT MANY OF THE COURSES AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE DONE.

SO, UH, AS A CURRICULUM REVIEW GOES, IT GOES FORWARD ONCE THEY GRADUATE.

UM, WE HAVE TO GO BACK EVERY TWO YEARS THROUGH A TWO YEAR CYCLE FOR, UM, RECERTIFICATION AND FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND IN THE LAST, UH, TRAINING CYCLE, WHICH WAS 2019, 2020, UH, THERE WERE EIGHT HOURS OF ICAT TRAINING THAT WERE IN THAT, IN THAT MODEL FOR ALL OF OUR OFFICERS DEPARTMENT WIDE IN THE 2020 21, UH, I'M SORRY, 21, 22 CYCLE.

UH, THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT HOURS OF ICAT TRAINING THAT WILL BE IN THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT, UM, EARLY ON, OBVIOUSLY IN THE CADET ACADEMY AND THEN GOING FORWARD IN THEIR, UH, POLICE CAREERS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE ICAP, REFRESHERS AND REINFORCEMENT.

THE LAST THING I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THAT IS, IS THAT WE, UH, DEVELOPED A 30

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UM, THAT IS PART OF OUR IN-SERVICE, UH, LIBRARY OF COURSES THAT WE TEACH ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

SO THAT IS ANOTHER 30 HOURS THAT, THAT NOT EVERY SINGLE OFFICER GOES THROUGH, BUT WE TRY AND GET AS MANY THROUGH, ON A TIMELY BASIS AS WE CAN.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE'RE TEACHING THE, THE CADETS, BUT THEN JUST THINKING ALSO ABOUT GOING FORWARD, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT MODEL FOR ALL OF OUR OFFICERS? THANK YOU, CHIEF.

UM, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, WHAT I CAT STANDS FOR, I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF MY QUESTION, IT'S INTEGRATING COMMUNICATIONS, ASSESSMENT AND TACTICS, AND THIS IS TRAINING.

THAT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON THE DEESCALATION, WHICH IS WHY IT'S CRITICAL AS WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS IN THE LIGHT OF THE HISTORY THAT LED US TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, WHY I'M PUSHING AND THE HIGHEST CALIBER I CAT TRAINING THAT WE CAN.

UM, WHAT I'M HEARING CHIEF IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE.

THERE ARE ADDITIONAL HOURS BEING ADDED, UM, BUT I'M STILL SORT OF HEARING THAT THE LONGTERM RECOMMENDATION NUMBER SIX IS REALLY NOT COMPLETE, BUT IN PROGRESS.

AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT MISS MUSKETT IN AND WHOEVER ELSE IS SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, WELL, I MEAN, WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT IN PROGRESS, UM, I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THE DIFFERENT SPECIFICS AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL DETAILS YOU'RE OFFERING TODAY.

UM, I'M GOING TO, IN MY MOTION SHEET, WHICH I POSTED THE MESSAGE BOARD, PROVIDE SOME FURTHER DIRECTION, UM, TO REINFORCE THE NEED TO CONTINUE IN THIS DIRECTION THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED, UM, TEACH TO COMB BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT.

UM, THE NEXT THING THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS IS THE PARAMILITARY CULTURE.

SO CHIEF TACOMA TODAY, WE HEARD MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER WHETHER OR NOT IS WILLING TO MOVE AWAY FROM PARAMILITARY CULTURE.

UM, VARYING REPORTS THAT ACADEMY AND DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP ARE RESISTANT TO MAKING A CHANGE TO THE CURRENT PARAMILITARY AGGRESSIVE AND STRESS FOCUSED APPROACH TO CADET TRAINING.

AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE CRO REPORT MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT APD SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT PARAMILITARY CULTURE HIGHLIGHTING THE BENEFITS OF QUOTE ADOPTING RESILIENCY BASED TRAINING APPROACHES, AS OPPOSED TO THE TRADITIONALLY TAUGHT MILITARY TRAINING APPROACHES.

CURL ALSO SAYS, WE CONTEND THAT THIS APPROACH ENHANCES THE ABILITY OF POLICE ACADEMIES TO ESTABLISH A GUARDIAN CENTRIC CULTURE THAT FOCUSES ON SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY WHILE STILL PREPARING OFFICERS TO EFFECTIVELY REACT AND RESPOND TO CRISIS SITUATIONS.

WE RECOMMEND A SHIFT OF THE APD TRAINING ACADEMY AWAY FROM A STRESSFUL ORIENTED MILITARY STYLE TOWARD A RESILIENCY BASED APPROACH, SUPPORTED BY ADULT LEARNING AND STUDENT CENTERED INSTRUCTIONS.

UM, SO CHIEF CHICANO ABOUT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS FIRST YOU SUPPORT MOVING AWAY MILITARY STYLE TRAINING AT THE ACADEMY.

I DO I DO IN THE SENSE THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF TRAINING, OBVIOUSLY THAT WE MIGHT SEE IN A MILITARY ACADEMY, WHICH IS MUCH MORE STRICT AND, UH, LECTURE AND LISTEN TYPE.

UM, WE ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION, UH, VERY CLEARLY, AND I DO SUPPORT IT.

PREVIOUSLY THAT IS AN ADULT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, UH, BASED ON, UH, ADULT LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND COMPONENTS, UM, THAT IS GOING TO MAKE FOR A VERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF TEACHING ENVIRONMENT THAN YOU WOULD SEE IN A MILITARY ACADEMY, OR THAT COULD BE QUANTIFIED OR QUALIFIED AS PARAMILITARY.

MY NEXT QUESTION IS, DOES THE CURRENT ACADEMY LEADERSHIP SUPPORT TOWARDS RESILIENCE BASED TRAINING? AND CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THE INSTRUCTORS ARE RECEIVING AND RESPONDING TO THE CHANGES? UM, YES.

THE INSTRUCTORS OUT THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR SOME TIME, UH, PARTICULARLY SINCE WE BOUGHT, BROUGHT ON DR.

KRINGLE TO, UM, BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OPENING REOPENING OF OUR POLICE ACADEMY AND HAVE BEEN VERY, UM, ACCEPTING AND UNDERSTANDING OF, OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE ARE HEADED INTO WITH THAT COMES THE INSTRUCTION, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE TO, UH, CREATE SCENARIOS THAT PLACE OUR, OUR CADETS UNDER STRESS.

UM, THEY, UH, THEY WILL BE EXPOSED TO STRESSFUL SITUATIONS IN THEIR CAREERS, OUT ON THE STREETS, AND WE NEED TO PREPARE THEM FROM THAT FOR THAT.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN A WAY THAT IS THAT RESILIENCE BASED TRAINING MODEL THAT YOU WERE JUST DESCRIBING.

SO, UH, RIGHT AT THE OUTSET VICTIM SERVICES WILL BE COMING INTO THE ACADEMY.

IT WILL BE TEACHING A MINDFULNESS AND RESILIENCE CLASS, UH, DURING THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF THE ACADEMY THAT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE OUR CADETS THE TOOLS TO DEVELOP THAT RESILIENCE AND THE LONG-TERM COPING STRATEGIES.

UM, WE ARE CREATING MUCH MORE OF THAT, A CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT THAT I DESCRIBED

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UM, THOSE ARE THOSE, THOSE ARE CHANGES, DRAMATIC CHANGES THAT ARE BEING MADE AND THAT OUR STAFF IS ACTIVELY WORKING IN ACCEPTING, UM, TO IMPLEMENT.

YOU TOUCHED ON THIS NEXT QUESTION A LITTLE BIT IN YOUR RESPONSE, BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOU MAYBE ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW YOU'RE ENSURING THE ACADEMY STAFF AND DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP EMBRACED THIS MOVE AWAY FROM PARAMILITARY TRAINING.

UM, YES, MA'AM SO, W BEGINNING WHEN WE BROUGHT OUR STAFF TOGETHER AND WITH THE HIRING OF DR.

CREAMY AND I, UH, MYSELF, UH, CHIEF MASON, UH, COMMANDER JOHNSON, AND DR.

CRINNION MET WITH THE ENTIRE ACADEMY STAFF TO OUTLINE THE CHANGES THAT WERE GOING TO OCCUR AT THE ACADEMY, SO THAT IT, IT WAS VERY CLEAR FROM THE TOP DOWN FROM THE HEAD OF THE, UH, OF THE AGENCY, THAT THIS WAS THE EXPECTATION THAT, UM, AND THAT I ALSO TOLD THEM THAT WHEN THE CLASS ACTUALLY KICKS OFF AND STARTS, I WILL BE THERE ON THE FIRST DAY TO, UH, TO SET THE TONE, NOT ONLY FOR OUR CADETS, BUT FOR THE TRAINING STAFF, SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S FURTHER REINFORCED THAT WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THAT PARAMILITARY STYLE INTO THIS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT IS GOING TO, I THINK, HELP OUR CADETS TO LEARN IN A BETTER WAY.

UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN-ENDED AND, YOU KNOW, RESILIENT SPACE TRAINING IS A NEW CONCEPT FOR MANY IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT TERM HERE AND TALK ABOUT THAT AS THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TALK ABOUT IT PUBLICLY.

UM, IF YOU CAN DO THIS A LITTLE BIT ALREADY, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO, TO MERIT SOME ADDITIONAL ELABORATION.

CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO WHAT BASED TRAINING MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THE ACADEMY AND WHETHER STRESS WILL CONTINUE TO BE INTRODUCED IN THE ACADEMY OUTSIDE OF DEDICATED PHYSICAL TRAINING BLOCKS, WHAT WILL THAT STRESS LOOK LIKE? AND WILL ACADEMY INSTRUCTORS VERBALLY BERATE, CADETS, OR PHYSICALLY PUNISH THEM? UM, I'M GOING TO START BY ANSWERING THE LAST PART OF YOUR CORE OF YOUR QUESTION FIRST, WHICH IS THAT NO, OUR STAFF WILL NOT BE, UM, ALLOWED TO BERATE OR TO, UM, TO BASICALLY DEGRADE THE CADETS DURING THE CADET CLASS.

WE DO HAVE TO DO AS I, AS I STATED, UH, INTRODUCED STRESS OUTSIDE OF JUST THE PHYSICAL FITNESS PORTIONS.

AND THAT WILL BE IN OUR SCENARIO BASED TRAINING.

UM, THE, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS PROVIDE, UM, THE CADETS, MANY OF WHOM ARE STILL PRETTY YOUNG, UH, THE TOOL, THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED AND THE, AND THE TECHNIQUES THAT THEY ARE UNAWARE OF THAT IS GOING TO HELP THEM TO DEVELOP THAT RESILIENCE AND, AND THOSE LONG-TERM COPING STRATEGIES THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

SO, UM, I DO HAVE, UH, DR.

CHRISTIAN ON THE LINE TOO, THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON EXACTLY WHAT THAT, UM, WHAT THAT COURSE LOOKS LIKE.

SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

UM, AND SO JUST TO KIND OF GO BACK TO THE QUESTION, UM, WE WERE DISCUSSING WHAT WOULD THERE BE SORT OF PHASES, OR HOW WOULD THIS ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN THE ACADEMY? UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH, UM, KROLL AS WELL AS, UH, LOOKED AT OUR VARIOUS MATERIALS, UM, FROM, UM, UH, INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE PARAMILITARY STRUCTURE, UM, AND ARE USING THE RESILIENCE BASED TRAINING.

AND THEY STILL USE A PHASE MODEL WHERE IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE STRESSFUL IN THE BEGINNING PHASES.

UM, HOWEVER, THOSE CADETS, LIKE WE ALREADY MENTIONED WILL RECEIVE THE TRAINING FROM THE GET-GO ON HOW TO DEAL WITH STRESS.

UM, AND THAT WE, THAT PART OF THE ISSUE, I THINK THAT WE'VE FACED WITH PREVIOUS ITERATIONS OF STRESS TRAINING HAVE BEEN NOT HAVING THE BOUNDARIES AND NOT HAVING SORT OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS RIGHT.

AND SO CADETS FEEL BERATED, THEY FEEL BELITTLED.

UM, AND IN SOME CASES, RIGHT, THAT, THAT PROBABLY HAPPENED, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE WERE NO BOUNDARIES OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS AND HOW WE'RE DOING THIS.

UM, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING WITH THE INSTRUCTORS ABOUT AND BEING VERY CLEAR IS THAT FOR THE RE THE REASONS AS TO WHY STRESS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, NEED TO BE CLEAR TO THE CADETS, THE BOUNDARIES ON WHAT THEY ARE.

OF WHEN YOU, UH, WHEN FINE MOTOR SKILLS OR ATTENTION TO DETAIL DETERIORATE IN STRESSFUL SITUATIONS, RIGHT.

UM, IT NEED TO BE CLEAR TO THE INSTRUCTORS AND TO THE CADETS, UM, AND THE PURPOSE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE REINFORCING, WHAT IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE STRESS? BECAUSE WE THINK ABOUT THE IDEA

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UM, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO SAY, HOW DO I, RIGHT.

UM, HOW DO I DEAL WITH SOMEONE YELLING IN MY FACE, UM, OR SAYING THINGS THAT ARE DEGRADING TO ME, I'M NOT SAYING NECESSARILY, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING, UM, IN TERMS OF SAYING SOMETHING DEGRADING, BUT THAT THEY WILL FEEL THEY WILL HAVE THESE SITUATIONS.

UM, AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS, BUT WE'RE ALSO BEING VERY CAREFUL THAT WE WILL HAVE SORT OF AN IDEA OF WORKING OFF OF THESE VARIOUS MODELS, WHAT OUR INSTRUCTORS, UM, CAN DO, AND WHAT ARE THE SCENARIOS IN WHICH THEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTING STRESS AND ENSURING THAT THE CADETS UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF IT.

SO THAT IT ISN'T YELLING FOR YELLING SAKE.

UM, BUT THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT.

UM, AND, AND THAT THEY, IN THE CLASSROOM, THEY'RE LEARNING, THEY'RE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TALKING AMONGST EACH OTHER, UM, IN THOSE ACTIVE LEARNING SCENARIOS.

DOES THAT HELP? YES.

DISSIPATE ACTIVELY COURSE-CORRECTING THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PILOT CLASS.

I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS, THIS TRAINING DOES HAVE, DOES PROVIDE THE TOOLS TO OUR CADETS SO THAT THEY CAN DEAL WITH THE STRESS THAT IS INHERENTLY INVOLVED WITH BEING A POLICE OFFICER.

AND THAT DOES MEAN YOU HAVE TO EXPERIENCE IT, BUT IT CAN BE IN A, THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S DONE IN THE SAME PARAMILITARY WAY THAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.

UM, THANK YOU.

I WANTED TO JUST ADD, UM, SOME VERBAL DIRECTION HERE FOR CHIEF TACOMA AND DR.

UM, I WOULD LIKE IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, THE ACADEMY CURRICULUM REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND THE COMMUNITY VIDEO REVIEW PANEL TO BE ENGAGED ON THE TOPIC OF RESILIENCE BASED TRAINING.

UM, I BELIEVE THEY NEED TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART IN SHAPING AUSTIN'S RESILIENCE BASED TRAINING, ENSURING THAT THE ACADEMY APPROACH TO TRAINING MEETS, UM, COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS.

UM, SINCE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A KEY PART OF IT.

UM, AND THEN COLLEAGUES, IF I MIGHT, UM, JUST LAY OUT MY AMENDMENTS AND THEN I WILL PASS IT ON TO WHOEVER, UM, THE MAYOR CALLS ON NEXT, IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY.

UM, SO I POSTED MY AMENDMENTS.

I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A MOTION RIGHT NOW.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT LATER, BUT I'LL JUST LAY OUT WHAT THEY ARE.

SO I POSTED MY AMENDMENTS AND DIRECTION ON THIS ITEM, ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE AGENDA OFFICE HAS DISTRIBUTED MY MOTION SHEET AS WELL.

SO I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE INTENT OF THIS LANGUAGE.

SO THE FIRST CHUNK OF WHAT I'M DOING IS FOCUSED ON REPORTING.

UM, SO MY AMENDMENTS BUILD IN THE GUARD RAILS THAT I THINK WE NEED AROUND THIS PILOT CADET CLASS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RECEIVING ONGOING PROGRESS REPORTS FROM RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS.

SO THE FIRST VIET FURTHER RESOLVED REQUIRES THE CITY MANAGER TO REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL ON THE PROGRESS OF RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENTATION BEFORE THE PILOT CLASS STARTS.

UM, MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE DISCUSSED TUESDAY ARE STILL ONGOING, AND I BELIEVE WE NEED A FULLER OF WHERE WE ARE IN JUNE.

THIS IS ALSO, UM, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAD MENTIONED ON TUESDAY FOR THE SECOND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEW CROLL CONTRACT CONTAINS ONE INTERIM REPORT.

AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS ADD AN ADDITIONAL REPORTING DIRECTLY FROM GROUPS LIKE THE ACADEMY CURRICULUM REVIEW COMMITTEE, THE COMMUNITY VIDEO REVIEW PANEL, AND DR.

KREGAN TO SUPPLEMENT THAT INFORMATION THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING FROM KROLL AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES.

UM, MY AMENDMENT REQUIRES AT LEAST THREE TOTAL INTERIM REPORTS.

SO ONE BEFORE THE CRAWL HALFWAY REPORT THE ROLL REPORT, AND THEN ONE AFTER, UM, THESE ARE SEPARATE FROM THAT FINAL REPORT THAT WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING AFTER THE FACT FROM, FROM CROWELL.

UM, BUT I'VE PUT IN LANGUAGE TO GIVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO THE RPS DIRECTORS OF DIRECTOR MUSKET IN ACMR I ARNAUD AND ACM HAYDEN HAUER, AND DR.

CREAGAN SO THAT THEY CAN DETERMINE WHICH IS THE NAME GROUPS SHOULD REPORT AT EACH POINT.

UM, SO THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING UNNECESSARY WORK FOR ALL GROUPS AND DETRACTING FROM THE WORK OF ACTUALLY RUNNING THE ACADEMY.

UM, AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE, NOT WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

SO THE FIRST REPORT WE MAY HEAR FROM DR.

CRINNION AND THE CURRICULUM REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND WE WOULD GET THE HALFWAY REPORT, MAYBE CRAWL AND APD.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE MAY BE THE VIDEO REVIEW PANEL AND THE CURRICULUM REVIEW COMMITTEE.

UM, SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE.

SO MY AMENDMENTS ARE FOCUSED ON REPORTING AND PUTTING IN SOME ADDITIONAL SUNSHINE INTO THIS PROCESS FOR THIS PILOT.

UM, AND THEN I OFFER SOME DIRECTION THAT FOLLOWS FROM THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE ASKED TODAY AND THE CONVERSATION WE HAD ON TUESDAY.

UM, SO THE FIRST BULLET IS JUST MAKING REALLY CLEAR YEAR THAT, UM, WE

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I REALLY DON'T WANT US TO WAIT UNTIL THE END OF EIGHT MONTHS TO MAKE CHANGES.

IF WE FIND SOMETHING'S NOT WORKING, UM, WE REALLY NEED TO ADJUST AND ADDRESS ANY ISSUES.

UM, WE ARE TRYING TO INNOVATE HERE AND WE DO, WE DO NEED TO ADJUST AS WE GO.

UM, THE SECOND PIECE OF DIRECTION AIMS TO FURTHER INCORPORATE VICTIM SERVICES AND TRAUMA INFORMED TRAINING INTO ACADEMY CURRICULUM.

SO THE RPS VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORKING GROUP HAD A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO VICTIM SERVICES, UM, AND THE TRAINING.

AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE ACADEMY LEADERSHIP IS WORKING WITH KATRINA CLARK, THE VICTIM SERVICES MANAGER TO DETERMINE CONTENT ADDITIONS ARE APPROPRIATE TO BETTER REINFORCE TRAUMA INFORMED APPROACHES.

AND THEN THE LAST BULLET TIES BACK TO OUR CONVERSATIONS ON ICAT, THE DEESCALATION TRAINING AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE ADJUSTING THAT TRAINING TO MEET THE CURRENT STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES AS OUTLINED IN KROHL AND OTHER, UM, MY OTHER EXPERTS.

UM, I REALLY WANT ON A NOTE THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT DR.

KEENAN IS ON ALL OF THESE ITEMS AND THIS DIRECTION REINFORCES THAT WORK.

UM, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH HER AT LENGTH, UM, AND I REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE THANKS TO HER FOR JUMPING IN AND MOVING THESE REFORMS ALONG.

UM, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT HER.

SO THANK YOU, DR.

KRISHNAN.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT I DID NOT INCLUDE ANY EXPLICIT DIRECTION AS IT RELATES TO ONGOING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.

UM, BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ACADEMY LEADERSHIP IS CREATING AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO THAT FOR FOLKS TO WEIGH IN ON CURRICULUM AND TRAINING APPROACHES THROUGH THINGS LIKE SPEAK UP OFTEN AND OTHER METHODS.

I DO BELIEVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PILOT IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT.

UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UM, HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

SO THANK YOU ANYBODY WANT TO COMMENT BEFORE WE LET, UH, BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM HOW'S MEMBER KITCHEN, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK.

THANK YOU, MAN.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I JUST WANTED TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT WHAT I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE ALREADY FEELING.

UM, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR FOR YOUR AMENDMENTS.

THEY ARE VERY HELPFUL, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT EXPECTATION AROUND REPORTING, BEING EXPLICIT.

UM, THIS FOR ALL OF US IS A VERY COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT DECISION, UM, AND IT ABSOLUTELY BEARS REPEATING THE STORY OF HOW WE GOT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

UM, A TOP LEADER AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS CREDIBLY ACCUSED OF REPEATEDLY USING ONE OF THE MOST VILE AND HATEFUL WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

HE USED IT TOWARDS THE PRESIDENT.

HE USED IT TOWARDS A COUNCIL MEMBER, MY PREDECESSOR AND EVEN MEMBERS OF HIS OWN DEPARTMENT.

THIS WAS THE LAST STRAW AND A MUCH LARGER PILE OF CLEARLY RACIST OUTCOMES WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DISPROPORTIONATE TRAFFIC STOPS, TICKETING ARRESTS AND SHOOTINGS INVOLVE BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE ACCUSATIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF A HOSTILE AND RACIST CULTURE AND REPORTS OF AN ABUSIVE TRAINING PROGRAM.

AS THE AUTHOR OF THE RESOLUTION THAT CALLED FOR A HALT IN OUR CADET CLASSES, WHILE WE TOOK A FINE TOOTH COMB TO OUR TRAINING PROTOCOLS, I DON'T TAKE THIS DECISION TO RESUME THOSE CLASSES LIGHTLY.

UM, THE RESOUNDING OUTCRY FOR JUSTICE, WE SAW LAST SUMMER, ENCOURAGED THEM INVOLVED IN OUR CONVERSATION TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY AND REALLY RIGHT-SIZE THE SCALE.

SO AN IMPACT OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT IT.

I'M TRULY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS ON ALL SIDES WHO HAD BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, THEIR DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCE AND DEDICATION TO MAKING OUR COMMUNITY AS SAFE AS IT CAN BE.

OUR RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE HAS BEEN DOING INCREDIBLE WORK, AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE MEMBERS FOR GIVING THEIR VALUABLE TIME AND SERVICE AND SERVICE TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT CAUSE I HEAR THOSE DESIRES, UM, OUT THERE TO REOPEN THE PIPELINE THAT WILL HELP TO FILL THOSE EMPTY OFFICER POSITIONS.

UH, WE'VE ALSO HAD A NATURAL ATTRITION IN THE PAST YEAR THROUGH SOME RETIREMENTS AND RELOCATIONS.

UM, I KNOW THAT OTHER OFFICERS HAVE LEFT FOR OTHER REASONS.

UM, THOSE REASONS, INCLUDING THE INTERNAL RACISM WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.

I THINK IT'S VITAL THAT WE POINT OUT TO EVERYONE WATCHING OR LISTENING.

THAT WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY IS A PROVISIONAL REOPENING OF THAT PIPELINE.

THIS IS A TRIAL PHASE ONLY.

HOWEVER, I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT WE MAY BE COMPROMISING THAT TRIAL PHASE BY STARTING IT TOO SOON.

QUESTIONS ABOUT CURRICULUM HAZING, TRANSPARENCY, STILL LINGER A LITTLE TOO LOUDLY

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FOR MY TASTE.

UM, IF WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT MAY BE THE WILL OF THE DIOCESE AT THIS POINT, THEN I HOPE THE 140 FOURTH CADET CLASS UNDERSTANDS ITS SIGNIFICANCE, TRUE SIGNIFICANCE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY.

THEY ARE FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES TEST SUBJECTS IN OUR EFFORT TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HISTORY WILL REMEMBER THE 140 FOURTH CADET CLASS.

THEY'RE THE FIRST CROP OF THE NEW EFFORT.

AND I HOPE, AND I PRAY THAT WE'VE TAKEN OUT THOSE ROOTS THAT KEEP MAKING ALL THOSE BAD APPLES.

UM, DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF APD, SUCH AS THE EQUITY OFFICE.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, UM, I, UM, APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS OF MAYOR PRO TEM AND ALSO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

UM, AND, UH, AND THE WORK THAT BOTH OF THEM HAVE, HAVE DONE ON THIS, UM, ON THIS ITEM, UM, OVER THE YEARS, UH, I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER FOR THE AMENDMENTS THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD AS SHE LAID THEM OUT.

UM, I THINK THE REPORTING, UM, IS VERY IMPORTANT IN PARTICULARLY IN THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT SHE HAS LAID OUT IN HER AMENDMENTS.

SO, UM, I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEFS.

THESE ARE THE, UM, THE, UH, THESE ARE IN RELATION TO THE ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED ON TUESDAY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THEM AGAIN BRIEFLY, UM, FOR, UH, SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM AND REITERATE THAT COMMITMENT, UH, TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY, I WILL HAVE SOME SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS FIRST, UM, FIRST AMENDMENT.

I THINK IT'S ALIGNED WITH WHAT SHE IS WANTING TO DO WITH THAT.

SO, SO CHIEF, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ON TUESDAY, UM, WE REITERATED, UH, THE COMMITMENT THAT WE AS A BODY HAD MADE TO THE COMMUNITY TO, UH, AROUND CERTIFICATION AND COMPLETION OF THE ITEMS ON THE, UM, ON THE BLUEPRINT, ON THE REIMAGINE PILOT, UM, POLICE CADET ACADEMY BLUEPRINT.

AND YOU WENT OVER THAT WITH US ON TUESDAY AND WENT THROUGH EACH ITEM ON THAT BLUEPRINT.

AND, UM, AND SO THERE'S INFORMATION AND BACKUP WITH THE DETAILS FOR ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE MISSED THAT.

AND YOU ALSO IDENTIFY THAT THERE WERE 11 OF THOSE 23 ITEMS THAT WERE, UM, IN PROGRESS, UH, AND NOT YET COMPLETED.

SO WE TALKED ALSO ON, UM, TUESDAY ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD BE IMPORTED BACK TO, TO US THE COMPLETION OF THOSE.

UM, AND THAT WILL BE REPORTED BACK TO US PRIOR TO JUNE 4TH, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT HELPS MEMBER ALTERS CAPTURING IN HER AMENDMENT.

SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS TO DRILL DOWN SPECIFICALLY ON THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN THESE PROCESSES.

SO AT THAT TIME WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS.

UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE YOU TO SPEAK TO IS THE ACR, UM, REVIEW COMMITTEE.

UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL PARTICIPATE OR ARE PARTICIPATING ON LIKE ACR A COMMITTEE.

AND ALSO THAT THE ACR COMMITTEE PLAYS A ROLE IN, UM, REVIEWING ALL THE CURRICULUM AND THEN MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES.

AND THAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE MADE AS AN INTER ITERATIVE PROCESS THROUGHOUT THIS, UM, RELATIVES CADET ACADEMY.

SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST ASK YOU DIRECTLY, CAN YOU COMMIT TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, PARTICIPATION IN THE ACR REVIEW COMMITTEE? YES, I CAN COMMIT TO THAT.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE, UH, THE ACR COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY HAD A MEETING AND I, UH, KIND OF KICKED THAT OFF ALONG WITH DR.

KRINGLE TO THANK THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR, UM, FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION, FOR THE HARD WORK THAT LIES AHEAD OVER THE NEXT PERIOD OF TIME THAT THEY WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMITTEE AND THAT WE WILL BE, UH, LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE COURSE THAT IS IN OUR CURRICULUM AND, AND LOOKING AT IT FOR A NUMBER OF THINGS TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS VICTIM CENTERED.

UH, THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF DEESCALATION THAT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT I KIND OF LAID OUT, UM, THAT I LAID OUT ON TUESDAY.

UH, WE, UH, ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE, THE LIST OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS TOGETHER SO THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNEW THAT THEIR NAMES WOULD BE OUT THERE, I THINK WAS, UH, WAS A CONCERN.

AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNEW THAT AND DR.

CHRISTIAN WILL BE PROVIDING THAT TO A CITY MANAGER AND, UH, AND TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO THE, WHO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE.

IT'S, IT'S MADE UP OF A CROSS SECTION OF FOLKS THAT ARE, SOME OF THEM ARE FROM,

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UM, THERE, WE HAVE VICTIM SERVICES ON THERE.

UH, WE DO HAVE SOME APD OFFICERS THAT ARE ON THE COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, THAT ARE PARTS OF, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, COMMUNITY-BASED ADVOCACY GROUPS.

UH, BUT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY PEOPLE THAT JUST LIVE HERE IN AUSTIN THAT HAVE A HIGH INTEREST LEVEL ON THE, ON THE WAY THAT WE ARE TRAINING IN THE ACADEMY THAT WE ARE BRINGING IN, AND WE ARE GIVING THEM A VOICE INTO HOW THOSE COURSES WILL BE TAUGHT.

AND I UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT AT LEAST SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE PARTICIPATED ALSO IN THE TASK FORCE PROCESS, THE RE-IMAGINING POLICING TASK FORCE PROCESS.

THAT IS CORRECT.

UH, THEN I ALSO UNDERSTAND AND JUST WANTED TO REVIEW, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT ON TUESDAY THAT THE VIDEO REVIEW COMMITTEE MUST REVIEW ALL VIDEOS, UH, THAT ARE TO BE USED, UH, IN THE CADET ACADEMY.

CAN YOU COMMIT TO THAT? YES, I CAN COMMIT TO THAT.

WE HAVE ALREADY, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT ALL OF THE VIDEOS, UM, THAT, UH, WAS BEING, THAT WERE BEING USED PREVIOUSLY IN OUR ACADEMY.

AND ANY NEW VIDEOS THAT WOULD BE INTRODUCED WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE BEFORE THEY WERE USED.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE ROLE OF KROLL IN THEIR INDEPENDENT REVIEW? UM, AS THE, UH, PILOT ACADEMY PROCEEDS I'M MAY NOT BE THE VERY BEST PERSON TO DESCRIBE THAT I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO DIRECTOR MUSKETT IN, WHO IS KIND OF THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THAT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL FARE, MUSKET, AND DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, AND ALSO THE PROJECT LEAD FOR RESOLUTION 66 AND WORKING WITH CROWELL, UM, IN THE, UM, SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE DRAFTED CRO WILL BE MEETING WITH THE WHOLE ACADEMY, UM, PRETTY REGULARLY, AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, THEY WILL BE, UM, UH, PARTICIPATING IN CLASSES, OBSERVING CLASSES IN REAL TIME AND ALSO REMOTELY.

UM, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE, UM, CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK, UM, AND THE, THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE DRAFTED MIRRORS THAT BLUEPRINT.

SO THEY'RE FUNDAMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT EVERY ASPECT OF THE BLUEPRINT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED, THAT IT IS IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY AND IS ACHIEVING THE OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE SEEKING.

UM, AND THEN THERE IS ALSO ROOM TO ALLOW FOR, UM, FEEDBACK AND CORRECTION.

UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE, UM, INCLUDED SPACE IN THERE FOR COLE TO BE IN THERE IN REAL TIME.

UM, AND SO THIS, THIS, UM, IT WILL BE AN OBVIOUSLY AN ONGOING PROCESS, UM, BUT WE WANT THE EVALUATION TO NOT ONLY CONFIRM, UM, AND REINFORCE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT WE ALSO WANT THERE TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SORT OF CHANGE OR PIVOT DURING THE COURSE OF THE PA THE PILOT ACADEMY.

UM, I HAVE JUST A PHRASE THAT I WILL PROPOSE ADDING TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS FIRST AMENDMENT.

I CAN WAIT AND DO THAT THOUGH.

SHE'S MADE HER MOTION.

I THANK YOU.

AND JUST TO BUILD OFF OF WHAT CONTROVERT KITCHEN IS SAYING, ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE ACR COMMITTEE IN PLACE AND INFORMED, IT'S ONE THING TO INVITE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN, IN THE COMMITTEE, BUT THEY ACTUALLY NEED TO REVIEW THE CONTENT.

AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THEY MET THIS WEEK, BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY HAVE NOT YET REVIEWED ANY OF THEIR CURRICULUM MATERIALS, AND THAT IS CONCERNING TO ME.

AND SO, AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS PROCESS, ONE AREA THAT I'M GOING TO BE HONING IN ON IS IF WE'RE SETTING UP THESE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES, HOW ARE THEY BEING INCLUSIVE? ARE WE TRULY ENSURING THAT WE'RE GIVING VOICE TO OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS PROCESS AND THE DESIGN AND IN THE CREATION AND THE, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THIS PILOT ACADEMY.

AND SO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THERE, WE'RE BEING INCLUSIVE, THAT THEIR VOICES ARE BEING HEARD, AND THAT THEY'RE HAVING VIABLE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE CURRICULUM AND THE ACADEMY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER THIRD, YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

AND THEN AFTER THE SECOND, I'LL MAKE A SHORT COMMENT.

UM, SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE PASSAGE OF ITEM 10 WITH THE AMENDMENTS AND DIRECTION THAT I POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, SORT OF SECOND TO THIS MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY, SECOND, UM, DISCUSSIONS GETTING HER OLDER.

UM, A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, AS COUNSELOR, AS MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER, MADISON MENTIONED, IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE WHERE THIS STARTED AND HOW WE, HOW WE GOT HERE.

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UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, I THINK SHE LAID THAT OUT WELL, SO I'M NOT GOING TO, TO, TO REPEAT THE DETAILS OF THAT, BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT REMEMBERING THAT HISTORY IS THAT WE ARE AUTHORIZING A PILOT.

WE ARE NOT AUTHORIZING CADET ACADEMIES FOR, TO PERPETUITY.

IF THE REFORMS ARE NOT, UM, SERIOUSLY IMPLEMENTED.

UM, I AM VOTING TODAY IN FAVOR AND EVEN MAKING THE MOTION, UM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE FINALLY AT A POINT WHERE WE HAVE A COMMITMENT, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS RESILIENCE BASED, UM, APPROACH THAT WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO ADJUST AND LEARN.

UM, AND THAT WE, AS A COUNCIL HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO GET STARTED IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS WORK.

WE NEED TO START PUTTING SOME THINGS IN ACTION, UM, IN ORDER TO GET IT RIGHT.

AND THIS IS BOTH A PILOT AND A FIRST NEXT ACADEMY, BECAUSE WE ARE HOPEFULLY GOING TO ADJUST AND LEARN.

THIS IS OUR PROTOTYPE, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP FIXING THIS UNTIL WE GET IT RIGHT UNTIL WE, UM, ADJUST IT.

UM, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DID HEAR FROM A LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY AND OVER THE MANY LAST MONTHS, UM, THAT THERE IS A LOW LEVEL OF TRUST IN APD.

IT'S JUST NOT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE AND WHERE IT SHOULD BE TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

UM, SO MY, MY QUESTIONS AND MY APPROACH HAS REALLY BEEN TO FIND WAYS TO ELICIT AND DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT FROM APD TO MAKING THIS PROCESS, UM, WORK, UM, BECAUSE THE MAIN JOB OF APD IS TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

YOU CANNOT DO THAT IF YOU'RE NOT LISTENING.

UM, AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE START WITH THESE STEPS OF AFFIRMING PROOF WILL BE IN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE ACADEMY OVER TIME.

IT IS TIME FOR A NEW APPROACH TO TRAINING.

UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE TAKING A STEP TOGETHER, AS I MENTIONED, UM, LAST TIME AND WE APPROVED THE GROUP FOR IT.

THIS IS IN SOME SENSE FOR ME, A LEAP OF FAITH.

UM, BUT IT IS ONE THAT I'M TAKING, HAVING SPENT THE TIME TO REALLY GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED AND WHERE THE DIFFERENT FOLKS WHO HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IT, STAND ON HOW TO GET THAT DONE.

AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT THEY GAVE ME IN THAT, UM, TODAY WE ARE TAKING A STEP FORWARD.

THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR RE-IMAGINING THE ACADEMY, AND IT REMAINS MY HOPE THAT SOON, NOT IN THE 144 IS THAT AUSTIN WILL BECOME THE MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY ON WHAT AN ACADEMY CAN DO THAT REFLECTS THE VALUES THAT HAVE BEEN SO CLEARLY ARTICULATED BY OUR COMMUNITY AND BY THIS COUNCIL, UM, OF WHAT WE NEED TO SEE IN OUR OFFICERS TO KEEP EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND TO KEEP OUR OFFICERS SAFE.

UM, SO I, I JOINED ALL OF YOU WHO ARE JOINING ON THIS VOTE IN, IN TAKING THAT STEP.

UM, BUT ALSO WITH NO REASON FOR ME, MY COMMITMENT TO KEEP WASH AND TO KEEP, KEEP AN EYE ON, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD TRANSPARENTLY AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE ACTION THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, COUNSELOR IN YOUR KITCHEN.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, I, UM, I WANT TO REITERATE THAT.

I SAID, UH, I SHARE THE, UM, I SHARE THE SENTIMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, UH, JUST PUT FORTH.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MENTION NOW MY PROPOSED ADDITIONAL CLAUSE TO HER FIRST AMENDMENT WOULD NOW BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO PROPOSE THAT.

UM, AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ THE, THE WHOLE PART OF HERS AND SAY, WHERE AM I ON ADS THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND? SO AS A, AS COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR HAS PUT FORWARD, THE STATE, THE, UH, THE FIRST ITEM SAYS THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PUBLICLY REPORT TO COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF THE KROLL RECOMMENDATIONS IN JUNE, BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE, UH, PILOT RE-IMAGINED CADET TRAINING

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ACADEMY.

AND HERE'S THE CLAUSE THAT I WANT TO ADD.

SO SHALL WE PUBLIC REPORT ALSO TO, UH, SO HERE'S THE CLAUSE, THE COMPLETION OF THE ITEMS ON THE RE-IMAGINED PILOT POLICE CADET ACADEMY BLUEPRINT AND THE STATUS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVEMENT IN THE ACR REVIEW COMMITTEE AND CURRICULUM REVIEW.

SO THAT THIS CAPTURES WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY.

SO THE REPORT GROUP REPORT BACK, UH, IN, IN JUNE, BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ACADEMY INCLUDES A REPORT ON THE COMPLETION OF THE ITEMS ON THE BLUEPRINT.

SO THOSE REMAINING ITEMS, AS WELL AS A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS INVOLVEMENT IN THE ACR REVIEW COMMITTEE, WHICH I WOULD ANTICIPATE WOULD BE BY THAT TIME, WE WOULD KNOW WHO THOSE, THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE.

AND WE WOULD ALSO KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN TO DATE IN TERMS OF THEIR REVIEW OF CURRICULUM.

SO THAT'S MY INTENT THERE.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.

I HOPE THAT IS, UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GETTING THAT SENTENCE TO YOU IN WRITING SOONER, BUT I'M HOPING THAT THAT IS ALIGNED WITH YOUR INTENT.

I THINK IT, I THINK IT IS.

I MIGHT, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK GRAMMATICALLY, I MIGHT PUT A COMMA AFTER TRAINING ACADEMY AND SAY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE COMPLETION.

UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE, THAT'S MORE OF A, A GRAMMAR ISSUE THAN A SUBSTANCE AT YOU.

SO, UH, MAYOR, I MOVE THAT, UH, AMENDMENT AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN AND MEMBERS ARE SECOND TO THE KITCHEN.

THE AMENDMENT TO THE MEMBER OF THE POOL MAKES THAT, IS THIS DIFFERENT COUNCILOR KITCHEN THAN THE CERTIFICATION THAT WE'VE ASKED THE MANAGER TO BAKE? UH, NO, THIS IS PUTTING IN WRITING OUR REQUESTS RELATED CERTIFICATION.

WE DON'T HAVE IT IN WRITING ELSEWHERE THAT WASN'T PART OF THE LAST LOOPER RESOLUTION WHERE HE HAD TO COME BACK AND CERTIFY YES, IT WAS MAYOR, BUT, AND, AND THE, UH, THE CHIEF DID THAT ON TUESDAY, BUT IT WASN'T COMPLETED.

HE CERTIFIED AND LET US KNOW THAT 11 OF THE 23 ITEMS HAD BEEN COMPLETED.

SO THIS IS JUST TAKING THE NEXT STEP SAYING, ONCE AGAIN, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO CONTINUE WITH THAT.

AND SO IN LINE WITH WHAT, UM, COUNSELOR ALTRIA HAS PUT OUT, IT'S JUST CLARIFYING THAT AS PART OF THAT REPORTING AND WILLING TO PUT THOSE THINGS.

I WAS PROBABLY STILL LOOKING FOR THE MANAGER TO COME BACK AND CERTIFY THAT IT RESOLVED, BUT THIS THIS'LL WORK TO DO AT ALL AT ALL IS JUST LOOKING FOR THAT OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION.

AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE SAID WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THIS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THIS AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT, CATHERINE COSAR NO, I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT.

SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

THEN THE AMENDMENT, ANY OBJECTION TO THIS BEING INCLUDED, ERIC, NONE, THIS AMENDMENT IS INCLUDED TOO AFTER THE ALTARS ENVIRONMENT.

UH, WE'RE NOW ON THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS NINE, 10 AS AMENDED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THAT'S 100%, YES.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO JUMP IN ON, I WANT TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO GUIDE HIM AND I, I WON'T GO OVER THE POINTS THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM MADE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE POINTS AND THOSE ARE MANY OF THE POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE.

UM, BUT I, I ALSO WANT TO TALK SOME ABOUT HOW THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MAY, I'M HEARING MYSELF THROUGH YOUR SCREEN, SORRY.

UH, HOW THE, HOW MANY OF THE CHANGES IN MUCH OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE HAS TO DO WITH BOTH CIVIL RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SAFETY MAYOR? YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE LIST OF CITIES, WHERE THERE ARE HOMICIDE RATES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN AUSTIN'S ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

UH, AND IN FACT, THAT LIST, UH, IS, IS, IS, IS PRETTY LONG IN TEXAS AS WELL.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT FBI DATA, UH, AND THEN LOOK AT ALL CITIES THAT ARE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, THOSE CITIES AND LOOK AT THEIR, UH, HOMICIDES PER POPULATION, AUSTIN, DOES IT EVEN MAKE IT IN THAT TOP 20, UM, FOR LAST YEAR, THE CITIES WITH HIGHER HOMICIDE RATES THAN AUSTIN INCLUDE DALLAS AND COLLEEN HOUSTON, BEAUMONT, FORT WORTH LUBBOCK ODESSA, CORPUS CHRISTI, WACO, WICHITA FALLS, SAN ANTONIO, MESQUITE, AMARILLO, SAN ANGELO, MIDLAND GRANDPARENT, EDINBURG, ARLINGTON TYLER, UH PASEDENA AND, AND LIKELY ONE OR TWO OTHERS.

SO WE DON'T CRACK THAT TOP 20.

BUT THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, AS WE DID EARLIER TODAY, THE INCREASE IN

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GUN VIOLENCE AND IN HOMICIDES IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT IS ALSO A REALLY SERIOUS ISSUE.

UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE UP IN THE LIST FROM 30 SOMETHING, PEOPLE 30 IN THE LOW THIRTIES BEING KILLED IN 2019 TO, IN THE FORTIES BEING KILLED LAST YEAR.

AND WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT INCREASE IN A LOT OF THE ISSUES AND HARM WE SEE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT OVERWHELMINGLY AS CONCENTRATED IN LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP THAT THE CHIEF HAS RELEASED, AND I APPRECIATE HIS WORK ON THIS AND HIM CALLING ON US TO WORK ON GUN VIOLENCE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP OF WHERE THE GUN VIOLENCE OCCURS, THE HOTSPOTS ARE OVERWHELMINGLY IN OUR LOWEST INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING THAT AND, AND, AND FOCUSING IN ON THAT WORK.

AND WHEN WE TALK TO FOLKS ON THE STREET IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, THEY BOTH WANT THE POLICING TO HOLD FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE, UH, FOR THAT HARM.

BUT THEN ALSO THERE IS ALWAYS THAT UNDERLYING CONCERN ABOUT HOW OLD MODELS OF POLICING CAN ALSO NOT, NOT SERVE COMMUNITIES WELL, AND IN THE WORST CASE.

SO WHAT SITUATIONS RESULT, UH, NOT JUST VIOLENCE BETWEEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT VIOLENCE BETWEEN POLICE AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND SO THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHY WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH THIS REALLY EXTENSIVE PROCESS THAT'S BROUGHT US TO TODAY, AND I APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENTS AND THE FOCUS FROM YOU ALL ON THE DIOCESE AND MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CONTINUED IMPROVEMENTS, BECAUSE WE WANT TO ADDRESS, UH, OUR TRAINING, NOT JUST FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS REASONS, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE NEED THAT TRAINING UPDATED IN A WAY THAT WE CAN BEST SERVE THOSE LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WHERE THERE IS BOTH A DESIRE FOR SAFETY AND A NEED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND A DIFFERENT KIND OF, OF POLICING.

IF WE WANT TO BRING OURSELVES BACK DOWN THAT LIST.

SO THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT IN THE TOP 20, BUT WHERE ARE THE TOP 30? AND WE WANT TO BE BELOW THAT.

UH, WE WANT TO TAKE THOSE ISSUES SERIOUSLY, RECOGNIZE WHERE WE ARE AND KNOW WHERE THOSE ISSUES ARE HAPPENING.

AND SO I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO JUST APPRECIATE OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY FOR WORKING WITH US THROUGH SUCH A LONG PROCESS THAT WHERE WE STILL HAVE WORK LEFT TO DO.

UH, I'VE SAID MANY TIMES THAT, UH, THAT I EXPECTED, UH, AND THOUGHT WE COULD HAVE A CADET CLASS BEFORE THE NEXT BUDGET THAT WE COULD, UH, GET THERE SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.

UH, IT'S NO SURPRISE TO Y'ALL THAT, UH, TURNED THE LAST VOTE ON THIS.

I FELT THAT WE WERE CRAMMING IN TOO MUCH OF THE WORK AT THE TAIL END, AND THAT WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO, TO, TO VERIFY, UH, WHETHER WE GOT EVERYTHING DONE IN TIME FOR A CLASS.

AND WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING, JUST TRYING TO GET DONE BETWEEN THIS VOTE AND THE START OF THE CLASS.

UH, THE FACT THAT THE FIRST, UH, UH, CURRICULUM REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING WAS, UH, THIS WEEK AND THAT THERE'S STILL, UM, SOME DISTRUST THERE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE ARE GONNA GET DONE.

PROBABLY KEEPS ME IN THE SAME PLACE THAT I WAS, UH, AT THE, AT THE LAST VOTE WHERE I, I WISH WE HAD DONE SOME OF THIS WORK IN THE MONTHS BEFOREHAND, SO THAT WE COULD SAY WE GOT EVERYTHING DONE BEFORE WE START THE CLASS.

SO MY VOTE WILL BE THE SAME, UH, ON THIS ITEM, BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND EMPHASIZE THE CONTINUED WORK TO DO BECAUSE OF ITS IMPORTANCE, BOTH FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AND TO RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THIS AND HOW MUCH MORE WE HAVE TO GO.

MANY MORE COMMENTS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY ADD TO WHAT I SAID BEFORE.

AND, UM, IS THAT THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT, UM, THAT I BELIEVE, UM, AND I'M IN LINE WITH, WITH WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT CHANGING OUR APPROACH TO OUR ACADEMY IS ABSOLUTELY FUNDAMENTAL.

AND, UM, THAT AS, AS PART AND PARCEL OF THAT, THE CONTINUED MEANINGFUL INVOLVEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY IS NECESSARY TO THAT PROCESS.

I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER POINTERS FOR, FOR MAKING THAT POINT.

UM, AND, UM, AND SO, UM, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE, AND THAT REQUIRES, UH, THE CONTINUED AND MEANINGFUL PARTICIPANT PARTICIPATION, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY.

GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.

UH, FOR THE RECORD I HAD MADE MY COMMENTS JUST PRIOR TO THE LUNCH, BREAK THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 10, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

HAD HE STADI COUNCILOR OR THE MAYOR PRO TIP UPSTATES THE OTHERS VOTING? AYE.

I'M SAYING COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR VOTING.

NO.

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IT PASSES NINE TWO ONE TWO ONE.

THANK YOU, GOD.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE

[ Zoning Consent Agenda (Part 1 of 2)]

GOING TO DO NOW IS WE'RE GOING TO ASK JERRY TO COME UP, TAKE US THROUGH THE, THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.

AND THEN WE'LL LISTEN TO THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING ON THE LINE FOR THE LAST 25 MINUTES OR SOMETHING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS JERRY RESTHAVEN.

I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA FOR TODAY.

ZONING.

THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 53.

IT IS CASE C 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 34.

I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT OR APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.

THE NEXT CASE ITEM 54 IS THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA CASE.

THAT WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER 55 IS CASE C 14, 2021 ZERO ONE SIX.

THIS HAS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT TO MAY 20TH, AND IT IS RELATED TO ITEM 50 ON YOUR AGENDA, WHICH IS THE RELATED ANNEXATION ITEM.

UM, SO THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO MAY 20TH.

IT'S A CONSENT POSTPONEMENT REQUEST, UH, BUT I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ON THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 50, THAT WE POSTPONE THAT SEPARATELY.

WHEN WE HAVE TIME, HEY, ITEMS NUMBER IS 56 AND 57.

ARE THERE PARK PARKER LANE MULTIFAMILY CASES.

THESE WILL BE DISCUSSION ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 58 IS K C 14 2020 ZERO ZERO 78.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 59 IS KC 14, 2020 ZERO.

ONE 30 CAN ALSO OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 60 K C 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 89.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO JUNE 3RD.

I DIDN'T NUMBER 61, CASEY 14, 2020 100 ZERO ONE FOUR.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 62 K C 14, 2021 ZERO ZERO ZERO SEVEN.

THIS IS THE SUNRISE MINI-MART, UH, MAYOR.

WE DID RECEIVE, UH, AROUND LUNCHTIME, A POSTPONEMENT REQUESTS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

FOR THIS THIS CASE, IT DID NOT HAVE A DATE SPECIFIC WE'LL PRESUME THAT THAT WAS TILL MAY 20TH.

THE APPLICANT IS NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT POSTPONEMENT REQUEST.

UM, IT IS THE FIRST POSTPONEMENT REQUESTS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN FINALLY, ITEM NUMBER 83 IS THE FPT APARTMENTS.

THAT WILL BE A DISCUSSION CASE 62.

THEY ARE YOU'RE ON MUTE.

THE SEND AGENDA IS 53 THROUGH 63 ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ON CONSENT OR 54 55.

54 56 57 62 AND 63.

CORRECT? THOSE ARE THE DISCUSSION ITEMS, POSABLE DISCUSSION ITEMS. YES.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN POLLED.

CATHERINE.

ALICE, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT PROPOSAL AMENDMENT ON 62? NO, I WAS ONLY RAISING MY HAND.

I'LL HAVE SOME COMMENTS TO READ ON 59, WHICH IS IN MY DISTRICT, BUT IT CAN STAY ON CONSENT.

I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR YOU.

YOU SAY THE ONES THAT WERE DISCUSSION AGAIN, CAUSE YOU SAID THEY WERE CONSENT LIKE A COMPUTER.

THE CONSENT, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS 50 THROUGH 53 THROUGH 63.

THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE CONSENT FOR DISCUSSION ARE 54 56 AND 57 62 AND 63.

SO BEFORE WE BEGIN THE DISCUSSION, LET'S GO AHEAD AND HEAR FROM THE SPEAKERS

[Public Comment (Part 2 of 2)]

THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.

HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP IN THE QUEUE? 32 MILLION.

UH, AND THEY'RE EACH GONNA GO FOR TWO MINUTES EACH.

I THINK WE POST IT.

SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND START THAT.

HEY, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MARIO.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

A BETTER AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM SPEAK ON ITEM 53 63, 11 SOUTH FIRST STREET ON MARIO KENTU WITH THE CHAIR OF THE SOUTH CONGRESS CONTACT TEAM.

UH, JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, YOU KNOW, THE MATRIX THAT WE SENT WITH SHEETS OVER TO YOU IN REGARDS TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UH, JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE MAXED OUT ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

UH, AND AS YOU SAW ON AND WE APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PULL DID HAVE SOME COMMUNICATION WITH THE APPLICANT ABOUT ANOTHER 25,000 BEING DONATED FOR THE PARKS.

UH, WHEN IT COMES TO PARKS, WE TAKE THAT, UH, INTO HIGH CONSIDERATION.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE WITH THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, THE HOMELESS SITUATION THAT'S IN FRONT OF Y'ALL RIGHT NOW, WE NEED

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AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE MATRIX, YOU KNOW, ALL, ALL COLORS THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE BY THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING ON IN THE CITY.

WELL, WE HAVE A LOT OF DEPRESSION.

WE HAVE A LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS GOING ON IN THE CITY, AND WE, WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN PUT A DENT INTO THIS AND WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS TO MAKING SURE THAT WHY DOES THE APPLICANT NOT WANT TO MAKE MORE MONEY AND ALSO IN TURN BE ABLE TO GIVE BETTER AFFORDABLE HOUSING? I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST QUESTION AND, UH, AND HAS TO BE ANSWERED, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A DENT WITH ANY OF THESE THINGS GOING ON.

UH, SO THANK YOU, GLENN JEWESS.

FURTHER NORTH ALONG SAN ANTONIO STREET THAT ARE LIKEWISE WERE RECOMMENDED FOR DMU 60 RATHER THAN DMU ONE 20, DESPITE ALL OF THESE PROPERTIES BE INELIGIBLE FOR THE DOWNTOWN INSTITUTE BONUS PROGRAM, A WIDE SPECTRUM OF NEIGHBORS WERE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT A PETITION WAS INITIATED TO SUPPORT CITY STAFF'S POSITION.

MY NAME IS GWEN JEWISH AND I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF THE, UH, SOUTH CENTRAL WHO MIND, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM.

I SECOND MARIO'S WORDS, AS FAR AS OUR GREAT CONCERN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE 80% MSI, WHICH HAS REQUIRED, UH, IN ORDER TO GET THE ZONING VARIANCE TO GO TO VERTICAL, MIXED USE IS A NICE TO HAVE AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE REALLY CONSIDER WHAT THE, UH, THE MSIS ARE IN THE AREA OF COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, VANESSA DISTRICT, IT'S QUITE A BIT LOWER IT'S ABOUT HALF OF THE AMOUNT OF THE CITYWIDE MSI.

SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER OF WEDNESDAY'S, UH, STAFF HAS BEEN, UM, GREAT IN MEETING WITH US TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES ON THIS AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH IT WITH, UM, WITH THE DRAENOR GROUP WITH LEAH.

BUT, UM, WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ABOUT GIVING VOICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY BEING HEARD THAT, UM, THIS PROJECT IS GOING THREE TIMES ON CONSENT WITHOUT REALLY HAVING, UM, A GOOD CONSIDERATION ABOUT WHAT AFFORDABILITY IS IN THIS PART OF TOWN AND HOW MANY RESIDENTS FROM THIS AREA WOULD BE ABLE TO REALLY AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS DEVELOPMENT.

SO WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS EXCLUSIONARY ZONING BY, UM, PROVIDING A GREATER AMOUNT OF 80% MSI, WHICH IS REALLY OUT OF REACH OF MANY OF THE RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA AND NOT DOING MORE IN THE 50 AND 60% ON THE THIGH.

WE WOULD REALLY LIKE THE COUNCIL TO RELOOK AT, UM, THE ZONING VARIANCE AS A WHOLE, WITH THE 80% MSI AND TRY TO ADDRESS THAT PARTICULAR AREAS OF CITY, NOT JUST AS A CITYWIDE THING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT EVERYONE DOES THAT BY BLAKE TALLAGHT.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TIM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS BLAKE TALLAGHT.

UH, I LIVE OVER IN DISTRICT 10, BUT I OWN PROPERTY AT SIX OH ONE AND 603 WEST 12TH.

I'M HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ADAM 54, THE REZONING AT FOUR 16 WEST 12TH.

UH, I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO GRANT THE REQUEST TO DO YOU USE ZONING WITH THE HEIGHT ENTITLEMENT OF 60 FEET.

THE CITY STAFF'S REPORT RECOMMENDS DMU 60 BASED ON THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN, AN ELEMENT OF AUSTIN'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

OUR RESIDENTS WHO USE HERE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE METRO RAPID TRANSIT SERVICE, A CORE TRANSIT QUARTER FEATURE.

THIS LOCATION WOULD BE WALKABLE AND BIKEABLE TO DOWNTOWN ACTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, BUT CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS THE DMU ZONING BE LIMITED TO A HEIGHT AND TITLE NOTE OF 60 FEET.

PART OF THE REASON FOR THE CAP IS THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT ENVISIONS A FIVE OR SO STORY PARKING PAVILION, NOT AN INDICATOR THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD UTILIZE.

MASS TRANSIT, MAYBE THE FOLKS THAT WORK THERE, FOLKS THAT CLEAN UP, BUT NOT THE RESISTANCE.

THERE IS NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING HERE, JUST HIGH IN DENSITY.

IN ADDITION, THE PROPERTIES DIRECTLY ACROSS SAN ANTONIO, WHEN REZONED WE'RE REQUIRED TO CONFORM TO THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN.

THIS REQUIREMENT IS A COMMON THREAD.

WHEN REZONING CASES COME, COME BEFORE YOU FROM THIS AREA, I REZONING HERE OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS WILL SET A PRECEDENT FOR PROPERTIES

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OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, FINANCIAL INCIDENCE WERE OFFERED AND ACCEPTED BY SIGNATORIES AND THE PETITION WAS BROKEN, BUT THE CONCERNS HAVE NOT GONE AWAY AGAIN RESPECTFULLY, PLEASE BE SICK EXCEPT CITY'S BEST RECOMMENDATION, DMU 60 FREDERICK DWORKIN.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE WITH YOU REGARDING ITEMS NUMBER 56 AND 57, THE PARKER APARTMENTS, I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF SEVEN, EIGHT, SEVEN 41 SOUTHEAST AUSTIN, AND OUR COMMUNITY DESPERATELY NEEDS SERVICES DUE TO THE HIGH PERCENTAGE OF AT-RISK INHABITANTS CONSIDERED THESE STATISTICS.

IN MY IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE ARE 19,400 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS.

THE MEDIAN RENT IS $1,002.

ACCORDING TO APARTMENTS.COM.

THERE ARE 47, 476 VACANT APARTMENTS IN THIS AREA.

11% OF THOSE RENTALS ARE AFFORDABLE TO RESIDENTS EARNING LESS THAN $25,000 A YEAR.

IT'S A HIGHER PROPORTION THAN ANY OTHER PART OF AUSTIN.

WE SUPPORT THE AFFORDABILITY IN GENERAL AND HOUSING AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIS APPLICANT.

EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL NOT PROVIDE NEARLY ENOUGH FOR OUR AT-RISK COMMUNITY, THIS PROPERTY IS BEST USED AS A CIVIC PROPERTY.

THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR THREE TIMES THE ZONING TO REQUIRE FOR THEIR PUBLICIZED PROJECT.

PLEASE ASSIST US IN ENSURING THAT THIS PROPERTY DOES NOT GET DEVELOPED AS A MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN SUPPORT ARE BOUND PETITIONED BY THEIR VOTING AGAINST THIS ZONING REQUEST OR APPROPRIATELY SIZING IT TO WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE PUBLICIZED PLAN THAT THEY PUT FORTH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME MAYOR.

THE NEXT EIGHT SPEAKERS ARE SPEAKING, UM, FOR ITEM 59, THEY EACH HAVE A VIDEO.

SO THERE IS A TOTAL OF 16 MINUTES.

SO, UM, THE SPEAKERS ARE MELISSA NASLUND.

JAKE.

I BEAR ANDREW IS MANY MISSOURI GAY KEVIN SUIT, HEATHER VOLKAN, PAUL BYERS, CLINTON SAYERS, AND CLARA WEINBERG.

AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND PLAY THE VIDEOS.

I'M CANDACE MARTIN.

I AM FROM THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND, UM, I AM A RETIRED HEALTH AND WELLNESS TEACHER.

AFTER 35 YEARS, I ALSO SPENT ABOUT SEVEN OF THOSE YEARS, COACHING GIRLS, BASKETBALL AND TRACK AND FIELD.

AND, UH, IN MY RETIREMENT, I HAVE FOUND MYSELF DOING A, QUITE A BIT OF VOLUNTEER WORK.

I BELIEVE THAT A CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION OR EDUCATORS IS BY EXTENSION A CONTRIBUTION TO ONE'S COMMUNITY.

I LIVE IN A RURAL STATE, AND SO WE HAVE MANY, MANY SMALL SCHOOLS AND TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES THAT YOU KNOW, THEIR SCHOOLS OR THEIR HEARTBEAT.

AND, UM, ANY SUPPORT THAT DKG CAN GIVE THAT WILL KEEP AN EDUCATOR IN EDUCATION THAT WILL, THAT WILL JUST ENCOURAGE AN EDUCATOR, THAT THEY CAN DO THAT, THAT EXTRA THING THAT MAYBE THERE'S NO FUNDS FOR.

IF THEY CAN GET THAT GRANT THAT WILL PUSH THEM OVER THAT HUMP OR THAT SCHOLARSHIP TO GET A HIGHER DEGREE TO BETTER THEMSELVES AND THEIR STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITIES BENEFIT FROM THAT IN NO SMALL WAY.

IT FEEDS BACK INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE OFFER, WHETHER IT'S LEADERSHIP OR GRANTS OR SCHOLARSHIPS OR SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES OR WHATEVER IT IS, ANYTHING THAT, THAT ENRICHES THE LIFE OF A TEACHER OR A STUDENT IS GOING TO ENRICH THE LIFE IN THAT COMMUNITY.

WHEN YOU GO BACK ALL THE WAY TO WHEN WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1929, MANY, MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED, BUT WE STILL

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HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

MY NAME IS HALE LYDIA.

I AM, UH, BORN AND RAISED IN MEXICO IN MONTERREY, MEXICO.

I MOVED TO THE AUSTIN AREA WITH MY HUSBAND IN 2006 IN AUGUST, 2007.

I GOT MY FIRST TEACHING POSITION IN, UH, AUSTIN ISD AT WALNUT CREEK ELEMENTARY.

WHEN I LEARNED ABOUT THE DKG SUPPORT FOR EARLY CAREER PROGRAM MENTORING, UH, WAS, UH, MY VERY FIRST YEAR AT WALNUT CREEK, HAVING THE SUPPORT OF THE EKG ALLOW ME TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DO.

I HAD ACCESS TO FEATURES THAT HAVE BEEN TEACHING FOR MANY YEARS, AND THAT WERE ABLE TO SHARE WITH ME INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT I COULD USE WITH MY STUDENTS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, HELPED ME BE SUCCESSFUL AT MY JOB.

AND, AND I DON'T THINK THAT MY CAREER WOULD HAVE TAKEN OUT THE WAY THAT IT DID IF IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FOR THAT.

SO HAVING THAT SUPPORT SYSTEM ALONG THE WAY THAT VERY FIRST YEAR WAS CRUCIAL FOR ME TO, TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE ACHIEVED SO FAR BEING PART OF THE EKG HAS HAD AN AMAZING PERSONAL IMPACT ON ME, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I MOVED TO AUSTIN IN 2006, SO I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY.

UH, SO THE EDUCATION WORLD BECAME PART OF MY FAMILY.

THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE MY WORLD.

THAT'S HOW I STARTED GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE.

SO WHENEVER I STARTED BEING PART OF THIS GROUP AND, AND, AND IT GAVE ME THAT NETWORKING THAT I WAS NOT EVEN EXPECTING.

I MEAN, IF YOU ASK ME RIGHT NOW, I HAVE MET PEOPLE THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET.

AND, AND NOT JUST ME THAT, OH, I SAW THEM ONCE.

IT'S PEOPLE THAT I HAD ACTUALLY MADE CONNECTIONS WITH.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT HAS HELPED ME FEEL THAT THIS D YOU KNOW, DECIDING TO MOVE FROM MEXICO TO THE UNITED STATES WAS WORTH IT.

THAT'S WHY WE STARTED THIS.

MY NAME IS RASHAD STEWART.

I TAUGHT IN A GARDEN IN MY HOMETOWN OF WINNFIELD LOUISIANA.

ACTUALLY.

I TAUGHT KINDERGARTEN AT THE SCHOOL WHERE I WENT TO KINDERGARTEN.

I TAUGHT THERE FOR THREE YEARS, AND THEN I MOVED TO TEXAS.

I MOVED TO TEXAS IN 1994.

UH, I'VE BEEN OUT HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT I AM STILL A LOUISIANIAN AT HEART.

UM, ONCE I MOVED TO TEXAS, I WAS PLACED IN A FIRST GRADE POSITION.

AND I HAVE BEEN IN FIRST GRADE EVER SINCE, AND I CAN'T SEEM TO GRADUATE FROM FIRST GRADE.

UM, SO THIS IS MY 30TH YEAR AS AN EDUCATOR, SEVERAL OF MY COWORKERS ARE MEMBERS OF EKG, AND THEY KNEW THAT, UM, I WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THEY FELT LIKE, UH, DKG WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR ME.

I WENT BACK AND I READ SOME OF THE HISTORY OF DKG AND I READ ABOUT, UM, THE FOUNDER, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS, ANYWHERE BLANTON.

AND I AM ALL ABOUT BEING THAT STRONG WOMAN AND BEING SURROUNDED BY STRONG WOMEN AND WORKING WITH STRONG WOMEN.

LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT.

SO, WHEN I WENT TO THESE MEETINGS, I VISITED THESE MEETINGS.

I SAW ALL OF THESE STRONG WOMEN BE STRONG WOMEN EDUCATORS.

AND SO THAT JUST PULLED ME IN, WE'D GIVE THE GRANT AND AID TO EDUCATORS AND WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.

AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH, UM, CHILDREN'S SHELTERS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS, AND WE SUPPORT THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION.

AND I MEAN, JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE, THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER.

I HOPE THAT, UH, DELTA KAPPA GAMMA CAN SUSTAIN FOR ANOTHER 90 YEARS, ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS.

UH, I HOPE THAT IT CAN SUSTAIN AND SURVIVE AND CONTINUE TO THRIVE.

HOPEFULLY, MY NAME IS AND I'M A TEACHER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND.

72, GOT A DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT AND MATHEMATICS FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY IN ENGLAND, GREAT BRITAIN, 76.

AND THAT DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE FROM UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND, 87.

SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN IT, EDUCATION ALL MY LIFE.

I WAS SO LUCKY TO BE OFFERED A PLACE IN THE LEADERSHIP SEMINAR THAT THE CUP OF GAMMA HOLDS EVERY SECOND YEAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN.

AND IN THE TWO WEEKS COMPACT COURSE, MY LIFE CHANGED.

I THEN DECIDED I WOULD DO EVERYTHING I COULD TO HELP THIS ORGANIZATION

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TO GROW AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS, TO EMPOWER YOUNG WOMEN, TO GROW AND BE BETTER LEADERS.

THIS IS SO VALUABLE AND THE FIRST STEP FOR SO MANY WOMEN TO GET THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN YOUR SELF-ESTEEM.

YOUR CONFIDENCE IS VERY EMPOWERING SEEING YO OR WOMEN ANY AGE IN FURTHER EDUCATION, RECEIVING GRANTS AND GIVING BACK TO EDUCATION WORLDWIDE MAKES ME PROUD.

WHAT I HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF DKG IS THAT WE CAN CONCENTRATE ON OUR VISION AND OUR GOALS AND ENCOURAGING WOMEN AND EMPOWER THEM, HELPING EDUCATE US TO MAKE THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION BRIGHT AND PROSPEROUS WORLDWIDE.

SO MY NAME IS WHITNEY SIMON, AND I'VE BEEN WITH UNICEF USA FOR THE PAST, ALMOST SIX YEARS.

PART OF OUR ONBOARDING IS TO HEAR ABOUT THE PARTNERS THAT THE ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH, THE INITIATIVES THAT THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD.

AND SO DKG WAS PRESENTED IN THAT ONBOARDING TRAINING.

UM, WEEK ONE WITH UNICEF USA, SIX YEARS AGO, THEIR INVESTMENT HAS BEEN USED TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES, MAINLY IN THE AREAS OF LEARNING, UM, ACCESS TO RETENTION AND QUALITY PRIMARY SCHOOL, EDUCATION AND EMERGENCIES.

UM, AND IT SUPPORTED, YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE TO WORK TO BUILD SCHOOLS, FURNISH THOSE SCHOOLS, TRAIN TEACHERS, FACILITATE SCHOOL, ACCESS IT FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, UM, PROVIDE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE THE SUPPLIES THAT CHILDREN NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT SPACE.

UM, THE AIM OF THE PROGRAM REALLY IS TO CREATE SYSTEMIC SUSTAINABLE CHANGE, UM, TO, TO CLEAR THAT EDUCATION PATHWAY FOR CHILDREN ACROSS AFRICA, AND IT TARGETS VULNERABLE GROUPS SO THAT NO CHILD GETS LEFT BEHIND.

AND SO DKG HAS HELPED MOBILIZE THIS PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE THE VISION THAT IT HAS, WHICH IS ACCESS TO EQUITABLE EDUCATION ACROSS AFRICA.

WHAT'S BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH DKG IN PARTICULAR IS THAT IT ILLUSTRATES THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT WITH SUPPORT FROM THOUSANDS OF DKG MEMBERS FOR THIS PROGRAM, WE'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO BE THERE FOR COMMUNITIES WHEN IT'S NEEDED THE MOST.

UM, AND THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE THIS YEAR WHEN MILLIONS OF STUDENTS ACROSS AFRICA HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE CLASSROOM WITHOUT THAT CONSISTENT SUPPORT THAT TJ DKG HAS PROVIDED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST DECADE.

UM, THOSE STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS AND THEIR SCHOOLS AND OUR EDUCATION SYSTEMS MORE BROADLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THE SEAMLESS TRANSITION THAT THEY MADE TO REMOTE LEARNING, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THAT TRANSITION HAS BEEN MADE THIS YEAR.

UM, SO IT'S REALLY, IT'S REALLY STRENGTHENED COMMUNITIES IN A WAY THAT, UM, THAT IS SUSTAINABLE.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO SEE THAT CONTINUED SUSTAINABLE IMPACT ON THE LINE AS WELL.

MOVING FORWARD.

I HOPE.

WOW.

I'M NITA SCOTT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA GAMMA SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL, WHICH IS HEADQUARTERED HERE IN AUSTIN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOUR 16 WEST SOUTH STREET, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN LOCATED SINCE 1956.

IT'S A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE IF SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OUR HISTORY GOES BACK TO 1929, WHO DR.

ANNIE WEBB BLANTON A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, ONLY THE THIRD FEMALE PROFESSOR EVER AT UT CALL TOGETHER WOMEN EDUCATORS OF ALL TYPES TO FORM DELTA KAPPA GAMMA TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND WOMEN EDUCATORS EVERYWHERE.

DR.

BLANTON WAS ALREADY A TRAILBLAZER HAVING ONE STATEWIDE ELECTIVE OFFICE, THE FIRST WOMAN TO EVER DO SO AS SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IN 1922, JUST TWO YEARS AFTER WOMEN FIRST RESTATE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

ALTHOUGH SHE WAS NOT ELECTED, SHE WAS SATISFIED BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO SET AN EXAMPLE THAT WOMEN SHOULD RUN FOR ALL PUBLIC OFFICES.

YOU SAY THE COMBINATION OF THAT AND THE MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL TODAY.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE MEETING OF THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA FACADE TO INTERNATIONAL NOW CALLED THE DKG WAS HELD IN SECRET AT 26, 10 WITH NO THE UT CAMPUS, WHICH WOULD BECOME THE FIRST HOME OF YOUR ORGANIZATION AT THAT FIRST MEETING IN ATTENDANCE WERE SEVERAL OTHER WOMEN FROM AUSTIN, AS WELL AS SPICY TERM ACROSS TEXAS.

THESE WOMEN WERE EDUCATORS AT ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION, WHICH WAS INTENTIONAL BECAUSE DR.

BLANTON WANTED TO SUPPORT EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS.

THESE WOMEN BECAME ALONG WITH DR.

BLANTON, THE FOUNDERS OF THE ORGANIZATION.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE FOUNDERS, DELTA KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA, THE FIRST CONSTITUTION, THIS CONSTITUTION CALLS FOR THE GRIP TO AMONG OTHER THINGS

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FROM THAT COOPERATION AMONG WOMEN, EDUCATORS, CONFER DISTINCTION, SECURE LEGISLATION FOR BETTER SCHOOLS AND JUST CONDITIONS FOR WOMEN, TEACHERS, SECURE, EQUAL REPRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION AND FINANCIAL AID WOMEN PREPARING THEMSELVES TO BE TEACHERS.

THESE HAVE BEEN THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF DAC EVER SINCE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TIME IN MANY STATES, IF A FEMALE TEACHER, MARY, SHE WOULD BE LET GO FROM HER JOB.

AND EVEN THOUGH SEPARATELY AT THAT INITIAL MEETING, DR.

PLAN PUT OUT A CALL TO OTHER WOMEN EDUCATORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT SHE ASKED THEM TO KEEP IT SECRET AND EVEN USE THE PSEUDONYM AND A PO BOX TO HIDE HER IDENTITY.

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TIME IN MANY STATES, IF A FEMALE TEACHER MARRIED, SHE WOULD BE LET GO FROM HER JOB.

AND EVEN THOUGH SUFFRAGE HAD BEEN WON LIMITATIONS ON THE ROLES OF WOMEN CONTINUED BY HABIT AND CUSTOM THE FIGHT.

THIS THE GROUP GREW QUICKLY HOLDING ITS FIRST NATIONAL CONVENTION.

ONLY A YEAR LATER IN 1930.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AS AN ORGANIZATION GROUP, IT MOVED TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ACROSS AUSTIN.

AS I'M, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT WAS FIRST HEADQUARTERS AT 26, 10 WITH US.

IT'S BEEN THIS IN 1909 CLIFF STREET, THE LITTLE PHIL BUILDING AND THEN 1309 BRASKEM STREET.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

DURING THIS TIME, THE ORGANIZATION'S MEMBERSHIP AND RATES CONTINUED TO GROW.

IT GAINED MEMBERS FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND AT ITS 1952 CONVENTION, IT AMENDED ITS CHARTER TO BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL NONPROFIT.

AND ON JUNE 12TH, 1953, IT LEGALLY BECAME ONE NEXT SLIDE PLATE.

IN 1956, DKG MOVED INTO ITS CURRENT LOCATION.

ITS FIFTH HOME AT FOUR 16 WEST 12TH STREET.

UNFORTUNATELY DR.

BLANTON HAD PASSED AWAY A NUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE AS HAD MOST OF THE OTHER FOUNDERS.

A FEW OF THEM DID ATTEND THE DEDICATION OF BUILDING AND FOUNDER LALA ODOM HANDED THE KEY TO THEN PRESIDENT EDNA VOID IN A CEREMONIAL PASSING OF THE TORCH TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF DKG LEADERS.

WE BELIEVE THAT NOW IT IS TIME TO PASS THAT TORCH AGAIN AND MOVE TO A NEW MODERN LOCATION TO CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THE VISION AND GOALS THAT DR.

BLANTON AND ALL THE FOUNDERS, AND TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WOMEN EDUCATORS EVERYWHERE.

IT IS OUR HOPE THAT YOUR DECISIONS TODAY WILL ALLOW US TO BUILD OUR FUTURE AND CONTINUE THE WORK BECAUSE BY OUR FOUNDERS SO MANY DAYS AGO, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, WE REQUEST THAT YOU ALLOW US TO KEEP THE KG WORKING FOR WOMEN EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND VOTE TO APPROVE THE AMUSE OWNING WITHOUT ANY CONDITIONAL.

RIGHT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

OUR SPEAKERS.

NO, SARAH, WE HAVE ONE MORE ONE SECOND AND MAYOR WHILE THEY LOOK, UM, FOR THAT VIDEO, UM, I JUST NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION.

I NOTED THAT THE SPEAKERS OR THE VD VIDEOS WERE FOR ITEM 59 AND THEY ARE FOR ITEM 54.

SO THAT IS FOR ITEM 54, CLARA WEINBERG.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.

THIS IS CLARA WEINBERG.

UM, IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE A POWERPOINT DECK WITH A FEW ILLUSTRATIVE DIAGRAMS OF THE INTENTIONS FOR THE DKG SITE.

THE DKG SITE PROJECT DESIGN HAS FOCUSED ON TWO KEY TENANTS COMMEMORATING DKG WHERE THEY MEANINGFUL AND INSPIRED OUTDOOR SPACE AND D AND A DESIGN THAT BEGINS WITH THE ACTIVATION OF THIS PROMINENT CORNER AND DESIGNING A BUILDING THAT IS FOCUSED AND EMERGES WITH SPACES THAT ALLOW FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION.

ON THIS SLIDE, YOU ARE SEEING THE RESIDENTIAL ENTRY ON SAN ANTONIO AND RETAIL ACTIVATING THE MAIN CORNER OF SAN ANTONIO AND 12TH, ALONG WITH A COMMEMORATIVE GARDEN ON THE EASTERN EDGE ALONG 12TH AVENUE, 12 THREE, PAGE TWO, PLEASE.

YOU'RE SEEING THE INITIAL INSPIRATION OF THE SITE PLAN OUT OF THE GROUND FLOOR AND WHERE OUTDOOR SPACES SPACES ARE CREATED WITH THE CANOPIES OF TREES AND GRACIOUS OUTDOOR SPACES

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AND, AND LANDSCAPE AREAS FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH THE RESIDENTS OF THE BUILDING AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS.

PAGE THREE, PLEASE.

OUR INSPIRATION FOR THE DESIGN TAKES CLUES FROM THE DKG PALETTE, ALONG WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE OF MID-CENTURY ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE WITH THE FOCUS ON LAYERS, MATERIALS, BOLD GEOMETRIC CLEAN LINES AND THE CONVENTION OF THE INTERIOR PROGRAM ELEMENTS WITH THE EXTERIOR PAGE FOUR, PLEASE.

THE ELEVATION FROM THE 12TH STREET, UM, SIDE, YOU BEGIN TO SEE OUR INTENTIONS COMING TOGETHER.

THIS 12TH STREET ELEVATION ILLUSTRATES THE INTENDED RETAIL NESTLED WITHIN THE GARDEN AREA, COMMEMORATING DKG AND ALSO CREATING THOSE SPACES THAT WILL ACTIVATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ALL ANCHORED BY THE SOFT LANDSCAPE AND ACTIVE AREAS.

AND THEN THE LAST PAGE, YOU SEE THE SAN ANTONIO SIDE, WHERE YOU BEGIN, YOU SEE THE SEPARATE AND DISTINCT RESIDENTIAL ENTRY WITH A SOFT FOCUS OF A MORE RESIDENTIAL FIELD AND THE ACCESS TO THE BUILDING.

TIME HAS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE HENRY MORGAN.

THAT CONCLUDES THE, UH, SPEAKERS FOR THAT BATCH.

UM, SO WE'LL PROCEED TO THE NEXT SPEAKER AND THAT IS MALCOLM YATES.

THIS IS MALCOLM YATES, I'M THE CHAIR OF THE EAST RIVERSIDE OLD TORQUE COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AREA CONTACT TEAM.

MY PRESENTATION ON ITEMS 56 AND 57 INCLUDES A SERIES OF SLIDES INCLUDED WITH THE COUNCIL BACKUP MATERIAL.

SO SLIDE NUMBER TWO, THE IRAN CONTACT TEAM VOTED TO OPPOSE THE REZONING OF THE PARKER LANE CHURCH BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROPERTY, KEEP THE CIVIC ZONING AND BE MAINTAINED AS A COMMUNITY CENTER.

THE YUROK AREA HAS MORE AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS THAN ANY OTHER AREA OF AUSTIN.

WHAT THIS AREA LACKS ARE PROPERTIES WHERE THE CIVIC USE.

ONE OF THE TOP GOALS OF THE ERF PLAN IS TO MAINTAIN A BALANCED VIC'S LAND USES.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY 26 ACRES OF CIVIC ZONE PROPERTY IN THE 745 ACRES OF THE RIVERSIDE NPA.

AND THERE IS NO COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE ENTIRE IRAQ AREA.

SLIDE NUMBER THREE, THIS CHURCH OPERATED AS A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR MANY YEARS BECAUSE THE CITY DID NOT PROVIDE ANY FACILITY FOR THE THOUSANDS OF LOW INCOME RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA.

THE SLIDE LIST, THIS SLIDE LISTS SOME OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT WERE HOSTED AT THIS PROPERTY FLIED FOR THE CURRENT BUILDINGS ON THIS SITE INCLUDE A SANCTUARY THAT CAN BE USED FOR LARGE MEETINGS OFFICES FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, A GYM WITH A BASKETBALL COURT AND FULL COMMERCIAL KITCHEN AND A RESIDENCE THAT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR OPPOSITES.

THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE FOR MORE PARKING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

SLIDE FIVE.

THE NEAREST RECREATIONAL CENTER AND COMMUNITY CENTER ARE LOCATED ON MONTOPOLIS DRIVE OVER TWO MILES FROM THE EAST RIVERSIDE AREA THAT WOULD BE SERVED BY THIS COMMUNITY CENTER.

SLIDE SIX.

THE RIVERSIDE TEAM TOGETHER IN THIS PROJECT IS A FEDERAL GRANT THAT TARGETS THE HIGHEST CRIME AREA AT COST.

THIS AREA CONSISTS OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THE EAST RIVERSIDE AREA, PARKER LANE, PROPERTY SLIDE SEVEN.

THIS IS A MAP.

HI, MY NAME IS HANK MORGAN.

I'M CALLING TODAY TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR ITEM 66 AND 57.

I'M A CONSTANT TWITTER CRITIC OF MOST HIGH DENSITY PROJECTS IN AUSTIN.

THIS PROJECT DIFFERS IN SEVERAL KEY WAYS FROM SIMILAR PROJECTS, SUCH AS THE CHEMISTRY REZONING 100% OF THE UNITS WILL BE BELOW 60% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, WHICH IS A HOUSING SUPPLY THAT IS LACKING OFF.

SO THOSE TWO ALSO TOOK THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THE PROJECT FITS IN AND SURROUNDING HOUSING BY INCLUDING MASONRY ONTO THE SIDE.

ALL HERITAGE TREES LOSS BE PRESERVED IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE LOWER HOUSING IS OFTEN SURROUNDED BY LESS URBAN CANOPY, WHICH LEADS TO HOTTER SUMMERS.

THANK YOU, FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE AFTERSCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, FINANCIAL TRADING, CLASS FINANCIAL TRAINING CLASSES AND HEALTH SERVICES TO ALL TO OPTIMIZE.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ITEM 61, WHICH IS 250 MARKET RATE UNITS RECEIVED ONLY LETTERS OF SUPPORT JIM AND PAM NEED HOUSING TOO, BUT THERE SHOULD BE HOUSING PRONOUNCES COME STARS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LISTEN, I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY.

BYE.

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MAYOR ADLER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ANNE .

I'M THE IMMEDIATE PAST EPISODE, THIS COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT CONTACTING AND HIM SPEAKING ON ITEMS 56 AND 57.

OUR CONTACTING MET LAST MONTH WITH, WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE EAST REPRESENT ULTRA COMBINED CONTACTING AREA, WHICH IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF BEST WITH A QUORUM PRESENT.

AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AND COMPARE COMPARING, SHARE CONCERNS WITH OTHER RESIDENTS WHO ALSO THE EAST OF 35, THE CONTACTING VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED CHANGES.

WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES AND HAVE SUPPORT IF THEY MISS ONE OF THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IS LOCATED WITHIN OUR AREA.

WE HAVE WORKED WITH MR. MURROW IN THE PAST BY OPPOSING AN ATTEMPT BY ANOTHER DEVELOPER TO BUILD AN ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THESE UNITS.

AS FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES ALSO OPERATED A CHILDCARE PROGRAM.

IN THIS SITUATION WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY COUNCIL LOOKED VERY CLOSELY AT WHETHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING DENSITY AT THIS LOCATION WITH BARLEY THE FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING ACT BEFORE CONSIDERING THE APPROVAL, THE APPROVAL OF THE REQUISITE ZONING CHANGE AS WRITTEN FOR THESE DOTS.

AND WE ALREADY HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF CONCENTRATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

NOW, UNFORTUNATELY THIS HAS COME AT A COST WHERE WE DON'T GET THE NEEDED CRITICAL SOCIAL SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE TO HELP RESIDENTS IN OUR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.

IN THIS CASE IN PRINCETON DENSITY HALL.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE MOVED THE CONTINUED ACCESS TO A CRITICAL CIVIC LAND USE OPTION WILL EXACERBATE A SOCIAL INJUSTICE, THE RESIDENTS IN EAST OFF, IF YOU NEED TO BE SUBJECTED TO SUBJECTED TO IN RESPONSE TO THE MOST RECENT CROWD OF CATASTROPHIC STORM MEMBERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY SPOKE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL IN SUPPORTIVE RESOLUTION THAT FOCUSES ON ESTABLISHING RESILIENCY HUBS.

IF THIS CIVIC LAND USE IS REMOVED FROM PARKER LANE, THE RESIDENTS WILL NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING RESIDENCY HELD WITHIN THE AREA THAT WILL SERVE ALL OF THE RESIDENTS.

WE RECOGNIZE THERE'S A NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT IT SHOULD NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE LIVES OF THOSE OF US WHO LIVE EAST ABBAS IN EAST AUSTIN, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENT OF A CATASTROPHIC DISASTER, SHOULD BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND EASILY AVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE.

WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE LONG-TERM RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND NOT APPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT.

AND SO ANY CHANGE REQUESTS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND FOR YOUR SERVICE MARK GIBSON.

DURING HEAVY RANGS DEVELOPMENT.

MY COMMENTS ARE IN REGARD TO ENGINEER ITEMS, 56 AND 57.

MY NAME IS MARK GIBSON.

I'VE BEEN THE MAIN POINT OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY THAT COORDINATED THE VALID PETITION FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES AND THE METHODIST CHURCH.

ADDITIONALLY, I LIVE CLOSE TO THE PROJECT.

LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING THAT WE'VE BEEN CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT AGAINST AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE ARE NOT AGAINST THIS PROJECT.

WE WERE AGAINST THE EXCESSIVE ZONING REQUESTED BY FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES ON BEHALF OF THE LANDOWNER.

ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE COMMUNITIES WILL START USING OUR VALID PETITION AS IT RELATES TO CERTAIN BASE ZONING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AS GRAYSON COX FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN PLANNING COMMISSION SAID DURING THE APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, REGULATING DEVELOPMENT BASED ON TRUST IS A VERY RISKY THING TO DO.

I THINK IT IS RISKY FOR THIS COMMISSION TO DECIDE ZONING BASED ON THE LEVEL OF PERSONAL TRUST YOU HAVE WITH WHO IS REQUESTING THAT ZONING, PLEASE CONSIDER THE REPERCUSSIONS OF MAKING ZONING DECISIONS BASED ON WHO IS MAKING THE REQUEST WHEN SOLD TRUST, DOESN'T CONVEY WITH THE PROPERTY, BUT INCREASED ZONING DOES IF PASSED, WE RISK MORE LANDOWNERS GRANTING OPTIONS TO LEASE THEIR LAND TO AFFORDABLE DEVELOPERS IN ORDER TO UPS OWN THEIR PROPERTIES BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED EASE OF MOVING PROJECTS FORWARD.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO STATE HERE THAT ANY ZONING ABOVE WHAT WAS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE AFFORDABILITY PROJECTS DOES NOT ACCRETE TO THE AFFORDABLE DEVELOPER.

IT ACCRETES TO THE LANDOWNER.

SECONDLY, THE COMMUNITY HAS REQUESTED CERTAIN BASE ZONING REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL ALLOW THE PROJECT TO BE BUILT AS SHOWN IN THEIR SITE PLAN, BUT WOULD GIVE COMMUNITY ASSURANCE THAT IT WOULD CONFORM TO THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE IMMEDIATE CONTEXT.

THIS RELATES PRIMARILY TO THE HEIGHT OF THE PROPERTY AND SETBACKS ON THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN BOUNDARIES.

AS BOTH BOUNDARIES ARE IMMEDIATELY TANGENT TO 35 FOOT FOUR TOWNHOMES.

THE CITY STAFF HAS THIS TERM IN THIS WEEK THAT CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS DO NOT HAVE ENFORCEMENT WHEN USING AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED.

THEREFORE THE ONLY MECHANISM TO ACCOMPLISH THIS IS A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES IN THE CHURCH.

AND BOTH STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT SIGN A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THOUGH.

EACH PARTY HAS BEEN A PARTY TO ONE IN THE PAST, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOW THE ONLY MECHANISM TO MEMORIALIZE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY IN LIGHT OF THE LACK OF ENFORCEABILITY OF CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS, AS IT RELATES TO AFFORDABILITY AND LOCK, PLEASE DO NOT THIS ITEM.

AND PLEASE KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN UNTIL THE APPLICANT AND LANDOWNER HAVE PROVIDED AN EXECUTED RESTRICTIVE COVENANT RELATING TO THE REASONABLE BASE REQUIREMENTS.

THE COMMUNITY'S REQUESTING PRIMARILY RELATED TO SETBACKS AND HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS, A VOTE OF NO, OR TO ABSTAIN IS NOT A VOTE AGAINST AFFORDABLE HOUSING INSTEAD IS A VOTE THAT ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY MORE TIME TO WORK TOGETHER WITH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER, TO AGREE ON APPROPRIATE IN TERMS TO TAILOR THE ENTITLEMENTS, TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.

THANK YOU, NANCY BAKER JONES, HELLO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I REPRESENT THE OAK PARK SUBDIVISION ASSOCIATION REGARDING ITEM 59.

OUR SUBDIVISION IS SUBJECT TO FLOODING

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ALL AROUND US HAS WORSENED THIS PROBLEM TO THE POINT THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS A HIGH PRIORITY FLOOD MITIGATION PROGRAM FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE CITY HAS ALREADY SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PURCHASE ON DEMOLISHED FIVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO MAKE ROOM FOR FLOODWATER FLOW.

THE PLAN ALSO CALLS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SWALE AND BERM ALONG THE ENTIRE NORTH SOUTH LINE OF ST.

ANDREW'S PROPERTY ADJACENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS STRUCTURE WILL REDIRECT FLOODWATERS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE REACH US FROM THE UPHILL SLOPE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY.

THE PARCEL OF LAND AND ITEM 59 IS THAT THE SOUTH END OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SCHOOL IS REQUIRED BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO CONSTRUCT A POND THAT WILL FURTHER DIRECT FLOODWATERS AWAY FROM US.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE SOUTH WENT AND OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL HAVE NOT ONLY THIS POND, BUT ALSO EVENTUALLY A SWALE ON BERM.

THIS LEAVES THE NORTH END WITH ONLY THE FUTURE SWALE ON BERM AS FLOOD PROTECTION.

BUT THIS HAS NOT BEEN BUILT YET AT THE MOMENT.

THE PLAN IS TO CONSTRUCT THE APARTMENT BUILDING ON PARCEL 59 BEFORE FLOOD MITIGATION CONSTRUCTION BEGINS.

YES, THE POND THAT IS PART OF THE PROJECT WILL HELP THE SOUTH END OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT NOT THE NORTH END.

AND WE UNDERSTAND FROM A RECENT MEETING WITH TWO WATERSHED STAFF MEMBERS THAT UNTIL THE NORTH PART OF FLOOD MITIGATION IS COMPLETE WATER SHEETING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL INCREASE AFTER THE PROPOSED PROJECT EXISTS.

THIS MAKES NO SENSE.

SO WE REQUEST THAT THE CITY BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE BOTH THE SWALE AND BERM AT THE NORTH END AND THE WATER DISBURSAL POND AT THE SOUTH END OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS BUILT.

CHRISTOPHER ZERTO.

AND YOU'RE ALREADY IN A PRECARIOUS POSITION.

MAYOR ADLER, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I'M KRISTA ZITO AND SPEAKING OF ITEM 62 SUNRISE MINI-MART REZONING CASE.

WE HAD A ZOOM MEETING LAST WEEK WITH THE AGENT JIM WITLESS AND THE APPLICANT OF DUEL PATEL TO DISCUSS ALTERNATIVE USES FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACE LOCATED AT NINE, 13 AND NINE 15 WEST OLTORF.

IN THAT DISCUSSION, THE STREET, THE COVENANT WAS PROPOSED TO PROHIBIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LIQUOR STORE AND OTHER USES.

WE ARE GRATEFUL.

WE COULD COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AGENT APPLICANT ON FILING A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

WE KINDLY REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL TO POSTPONE THE FIRST READING ON THIS CASE.

THIS WILL GIVE US ADDITIONAL TIME TO COLLABORATE WITH THE AGENT APPLICANT ON FOLLOWING A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, WHICH WAS PREPARED BY OUR LEGAL COUNSEL.

KAREN CANARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

BILL MITCHUM.

HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS BILL MANSON, I'M STREAKING, AND THE NEXT SIX SPEAKERS ARE SPEAKING PROS TO ITEM 63 C 1420 2001 THREE ONE AND PRETTY APARTMENTS.

THE SUBJECT TRACK.

I HOPE YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE SCREEN.

THERE.

SUBJECT TRACK HAS A SMALL FORCE AND NEAR THE 623 ACRE POCKET OF LAND OUTLINED IN RED, IT IS COMPLETELY ENCLOSED ON THREE SIDES.

THE SUBJECT TRACK IS SHOWN RIGHT AT THE TOP LEFT.

THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER TRACKS IN THE POCKET.

SOME OF THE CITIES, SOME OF THE TJ, THIS POCKET INCLUDED 1,655 HOUSEHOLDS FOUNDED ON THE WEST BY RAILROAD TRACKS ON THE SOUTHWEST SLAUGHTER CREEK ON THE EAST, BY MARY MORRISSEY, WRIGHT PARK FOR THAT IS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SOME APARTMENTS.

AND ON THE NORTH BY SLAUGHTER LANE, THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THIS WHOLE AREA IS TO THE NORTH.

THERE'S NO WAY OUT TO MANCHAC OR THE WEST TO 16, 26 TO THE SOUTH OR SOUTH FIRST ON THE EAST, THE ONLY ACCESS POINTS ARE BILLBOARD PLACE.

AND DAVID MOORE DRIVE TO THE NORTH AND 90% OF THE TRAFFIC IS ON BELLBROOK.

IT'S A BOTTLENECK AND IT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

IF THERE WERE A FIRE OR A FLOOD OR SOME OTHER EMERGENCY, THE BOTTLENECK WOULD BLOCK SERVICE VEHICLES COMING IN, IT WOULD MAKE IT VERY HARD AND SLOW FOR RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE.

THE BIGGEST HAZARD IS FIRE.

WE ARE SURROUNDED BY FLAMMABLE MATERIAL.

IF A FIRE WERE TO COME UP FROM THE SOUTH AT THE SAME TIME THAT FIRE TRUCKS AND AMBULANCES WERE TRYING TO GET IN A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WILL BE TRYING TO GET OUT AND ALL THROUGH THE SAME NARROW BOTTLENECK.

THE RISK IS NOT JUST BEING LATE TO WORK IT'S LOSS OF PROPERTY, AND EVEN LOSS OF LIFE.

PEOPLE COULD BE KILLED AT A MORE TRAFFIC.

HERE IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY HAS A GOAL TO CREATE MORE HOUSING HOUSING AS MUCH NEEDED, BUT THE CITY ALSO HAS A GOAL WITH TRAFFIC SAFETY.

THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN DIRECTS DECISION-MAKERS TO AND LIKE PRIORITIZE THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIFE OVER ALL ELSE IN THE PLANNING, DESIGN, AND OPERATION OF AUSTIN'S TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.

IN THIS CASE OF CONFLICTING GOALS, WE ASK YOU TO PRIORITIZE SAFETY

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PLEASE DON'T MAKE IT WORSE.

THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY, MARTHA KELLER.

EVERYONE WANTS MORE CONNECTIVITY.

MY NAME IS MARTA KELLER AND I LIVE IN THE TEXAS OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MORE ABOUT THE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA.

OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE TRIED TO CONNECT TO OTHER ROADS FOR YEARS WITH NO SUCCESS.

ATD HAS CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAVE NO PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL ROADS OR CONNECTIONS, ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS, TWO STREETS, DAVID MOORE DRIVE AND CHAPEL LANE HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED AS ADDITIONAL INGRESS EGRESS OPTIONS TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC ON BELLBROOK, BUT NEITHER ONE CAN MITIGATE THE ALREADY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

DAVID MOORE DRIVE INTERSECTS SLAUGHTER LANE, JUST TWO BLOCKS EAST OF BILLBURK.

IT HAS NO WESTBOUND TURN OPTION AND IS OFTEN BLOCKED BY TRAFFIC ON SLAUGHTER STOPPED AT TEXAS DRIVE.

IT IS A NARROW ROAD THAT CAN ONLY BE REACHED THROUGH RESIDENTIAL STREETS THAT HAVE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES AND WERE NOT DESIGNED FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC.

IT HAS A LOW WATER CROSSING THAT HAS TO BE IMPROVED THAT HAS BEEN IMPROVED, BUT IN HEAVY RAIN, IT BECOMES IMPASSABLE.

IF YOU WANT TO GO WEST, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OUT PHILBROOK PHILBROOK IS A COLLECTOR STREET AND HAS THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS.

BUT DAVID MORA IS A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET WITH NO LIGHT AND ONLY A RIGHT TURN AND HANDLES ONLY ABOUT 10% OF THE TRAFFIC COMING INTO AND GOING OUT OF THE AREA CHAPEL LANE, AS IT IS THE FARTHEST OUT, EXCUSE ME, CHAPEL LANE, AND THE FAR SOUTH OF THE 623 ACRE AREA HAS BEEN SUGGESTED AS A POSSIBILITY, BUT CURRENTLY IT HAS NO THROUGH ACCESS.

SO IT IS NOT AN OPTION.

THE UPSHOT OF THIS IS THAT THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THIS 623 ACRE AREA IS TO THE NORTH AND 90% OF THE TRAFFIC MUST GO THROUGH BELLBROOK.

THAT CONCLUDES MY STATEMENT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD THERE BEEN HAAS.

HELLO, I'M HEATHER VICHEALTH AND I LIVE IN TEXAS OAKS.

I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ITEM 63 FBT APARTMENTS, MY FAMILY AND 18 OTHER HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS DEPEND ON THE SIGNALED ON ONE SIGNALED INGRESS AND EGRESS IS JUST BUILT, RECLAIM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE DEVELOPER OF THE MESSENGER TRACK TO NEGOTIATE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERSECTION OF MILLBROOK AND FLUTTER OR AN ADDITIONAL LEFT-HAND TURNING LANE WILL BE ADDED TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE UPCOMING IMPROVEMENTS.

THE RIGHT OF WAY AT THE INTERSECTION WILL BE BUILT OUT IN A STATED IN THE NTA FOR THIS FPT PROJECT, THERE WILL BE NO ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.

THE LOSS OF SERVICE FOR THIS INTERSECTION IS A LEVEL F OR FAILED EVEN WITH THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.

UNFORTUNATELY, A FAILED INTERSECTIONS ARE NOT UNCOMMON IN AUSTIN.

HOWEVER, WHAT IS UNIQUE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IS A FAILED INTERSECTION FOR LARGE FIRE-PRONE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH ONLY ONE INGRESS AND EGRESS.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN BY AFD AS BEING WITHIN THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE AND IS IDENTIFIED AS HIGH BY FIRE RISK BY AFD AUSTIN FARM AND HAVE NOTED THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS EVACUATION PROBLEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WE MUST BE ABLE TO SELF EVACUATE.

IN ADDITION TO FIRE CONCERNS, WE ALSO HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING EVERYDAY EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS AND THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT INGRESS AND EGRESS INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS DEVELOPED FOR THE UPCOMING MESSENGER DEVELOPMENT SHOWS A 329 SECOND DELAY OR TWO TO THREE LIGHT CYCLES.

AFTER THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS WITH THIS FPT DEVELOPERS REQUESTING WOULD DOUBLE THE DELAY TO FIVE TO SIX LIGHT CYCLES AT A FAILED INTERSECTION.

OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAS WORKED, TRIED WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER TO FIND A COMPROMISE, HOWEVER, THEY ARE UNWILLING TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY CONCERNS.

WE BELIEVE EMITH ONE OF THE BETTER FIT DUE TO THE UNIQUE TRANSPORTATION AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE ISSUES WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

CONSIDER THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THE AUSTIN RESIDENTS WHO LOVINGLY CALL THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HOME AND SUPPORT .

THANK YOU, PATRICIA.

MICHAEL, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

I'M FROM TEXAS SOAK SOUTH IN THE IMAGE BEFORE YOU, THE INSERT AT THE TOP, RIGHT OF THE SLIDE SHOWS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS POSITION AND THE 18 MILE LONG 30.7 SQUARE MILES SLAUGHTER CREEK WATERSHED.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT WATERSHED.

THE UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE SLIDE SHOWS THE CHAPO LANE WETLANDS AND FLOOD AREA.

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THE LOWER SECTION SHOWS SALTWATER CREEK AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR 623 ACRE POCKET.

WE HAVE 47 STRUCTURES THERE THAT ARE IN DANGER OF FLOODING, AND MANY OF THEM ALREADY HAVE MORE THAN WHAT THE CREEK FLOWS INTO ONION CREEK ONE AND A HALF MILES FROM MY BACKYARD.

THE WATER COMES FROM WAY BEYOND OAK HILL THROUGH ALL OF SHINGLE SEA TO US.

THE AREA IS ABOUT IT'S ABOUT TWO MILES TO THE BILL BROOKS SLAUGHTER INTERSECTION BY CAR.

OUR ONLY WAY OUT DURING FLOODING THE SUBJECT TRACK IS LOCATED AT THE TOP END OR THE POCKET BY THE BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SLAUGHTER LANE ARE THREE VERY LARGE DETENTION PODS THAT OVERFLOW UNDER THE BRIDGE.

THESE PONDS SPILL FROM A 7.8 ACRE SQUARE MILE AREA THAT IS HIGHLY DEVELOPED WITH A GREAT DEAL OF IMPERVIOUS COVER OF ONE INCH RANG ON THAT 7.8 SQUARE MILES CAUSES 135 BILLION, 472 MILLION, 296,960 GALLONS OF SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE.

ALL OF THIS WATER FLOWS UNDER THE BRIDGE WHEN THE PONDS OVERFLOW, WHICH THEY DO WITH FREQUENCY, ANY ADDITIONAL IMPERVIOUS COVER ON THE SUBJECT TRACK WOULD MAKE AN ALREADY BAD SITUATION, MUCH WORSE.

I ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER HOW NOT SUITABLE THIS APPLICATION IS FOR 65% IMPERVIOUS COVER.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

ASHLEY KIM.

MY NAME IS ASHLEY COUNTY AND I LIVE IN THE HOLLOW AT SLAUGHTER CREEK.

I WANT TO DIRECT YOU TO A LETTER DATED APRIL 10TH, INCLUDED WITH YOUR MATERIALS REGARDING THE FPT APARTMENT.

THE LETTER WAS SIGNED BY 72 HOMEOWNERS.

THE ZONING SITE IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR SUBDIVISION.

SO WE WILL BE MOST IMPACTED.

A KEY ISSUE I WANT TO RAISE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS BORDERED ON THE WEST SIDE BY LARGE DRAINAGE AREA, AS SIDEWALK RENTS BESIDE IT AND DOZENS OF HOMES BACK UP TO IT, RUN OUT FROM THE ZONING SITE, TRAVELED SOUTH THROUGH THAT AREA INTO A DETENTION POND AT THE BACK OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONTINUES TO SLAUGHTER CRATE.

IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE CASES OF THE DRAINAGE AREA REACHING FULL CAPACITY DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS, CAUSING TRASH AND LARGE DEBRIS TO BLOCK OUR DRAIN OUTLET.

THE BLOCKAGES INCREASED THE RISK OF FLOODING AND OUR HOA IS BURDENED BY THE ADDITIONAL COST OF CLEANUP AND MAINTENANCE.

THE RUNOFF HAS ALSO CAUSED FLOODING PROBLEM FOR PROPERTY SOUTH OF US.

AS YOU HEARD JUST NOW A HIGH-DENSITY OPTIONABLE WORSE THAN THESE EXISTING CHALLENGES, A FEW POINTS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DEPEND EXCLUSIVELY ON GENOA TO EXIT.

SO WOULD THESE APARTMENTS TO KNOW IT IS A RESIDENTIAL LOCAL STREET AND THERE IS NO TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT YOU KNOW, IT IN BELLBROOK MAKING SAFE LEFT TURNS WITH THE CURRENT TRAFFIC COUNTS CAN BE HARD BECAUSE THERE IS NO SIGNAL AND IT IS TOO CLOSE TO THE SLAUGHTER AND BUILD BRICK INTERSECTION FOR ONE TO BE ADDED, THAT PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE TO GROW HIS HOMES IN THE MALONE AND MESSENGER NEIGHBORHOODS FOR COMPLETED.

THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY NF PROPERTY IN OUR AREA WITHOUT DIRECT SIGNALS ACCESS ONTO FLUTTER LANE.

THERE IS NOTHING ABOVE ENOUGH, ONE NEARBY.

SO THIS WOULD BE COMPLETELY OUT OF CHARACTER.

A HIGH-DENSITY OPTION IS THE WRONG CHOICE FOR THIS SITE.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE CAN'T SUPPORT IT.

WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF AS A COMPROMISE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT'S WRONG.

LESLIE MCCOLLUM NAME IS LESTER MCCALLUM AND I LIVE IN TEXAS.

OAK SOUTH HAVE BEEN HERE MORE THAN 20 YEARS, AND I'M ABOUT TWO MILES FROM THAT.

BILBREW BILLBURK SLAUGHTER INTERSECTION, BUT BACK UP TO THE CREEK, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS IDENTIFIED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS A WILD LAND URBAN INTERFACE WITH A HIGH FIRE RISK.

YOU HAVE A MAP IN FRONT OF YOU, COMMS FROM THE FT WILDFIRE DIVISION.

IT SHOWS A HONEYCOMB RED, BLACK, YELLOW, THE DARKER, THE SHAPE, THE HIGHER, THE RISK OF FIRE.

WE ARE SURROUNDED BY FIRE RISK.

IN 2011, WE HAD A FIRE.

WE WERE SEVERAL STRUCTURES WERE LOST ON LAND AND YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND MORE AND MORE SEE WHY PARK SEVERAL WILDFIRES CAN OCCUR AT A SIMILAR TIME BECAUSE OF OUR DROUGHT CONDITION RESCUE RESOURCES CAN BE EXHAUSTED.

RESIDENTS HAVE TO SELF EVACUATE.

AS DEE HAS NOTED, THERE WAS A SERIOUS EVACUATION ISSUE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT REVIEW THE FS THREE ZONING RECOMMENDATION.

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FIRE DEPARTMENT LOOKS, LOOKS AT LIFE SAFETY CORRIDORS THAT MUST HAVE INGRESS AND EGRESS.

WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

DAVID MOORE DOESN'T QUALIFY BECAUSE OF ITS WIDTH AND IMMEDIATE CONNECTION TO THE PARK AND THE PARK COULD EASILY CUT DAVID MOORE DURING AN EMERGENCY, JUST LIKE IT'S LOW WATER CROSSING WOULD KIND OF DOCK DURING A FLOOD LIVING ALL 1600 PLUS HOUSEHOLDS WITH ONLY BILL BRICK AS AN EXIT, CONTINUING TO MAKE THIS BOTTLENECK WORSE, WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE AND IT'S FOOLISH.

PLEASE DO NOT CONSIDER ANYTHING HIGHER THAN MF ONE OR LESS FOR THIS LOCATION.

IT IS UNREASONABLE AND IT WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR THOSE WHO LIVE HERE.

THIS SUBDIVISIONS HERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE BUILT IF THEY'D BEEN BUILT IN THE CITY OR COUNTY MICHELLE ADAMS, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MICHELLE ADAMS. I LIVE IN TEXAS OATS AND I'VE BEEN A REAL ESTATE BROKER IN AUSTIN FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS.

THE STAFF RECOMMENDED MFC ZONING BASED IS BASED ON INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.

IN MY OPINION, WE, AS A NEIGHBORHOOD DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE ISSUES OF OUR UNIQUE AREA WITH STAFF PRIOR TO THE RECOMMENDATION, THE NEAREST UTILIZED ZONING TO THIS SITE IS AN APARTMENT LOCATED LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AWAY.

THE TRACK IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH ACROSS WATER IS ZONED ENOUGH TO, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY BUILT OUT AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

THEY BOTH HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO SLAUGHTER AND EACH HAVE A DEDICATED LIGHT.

THE SUBJECT TRACT HAS NO ACCESS TO WATER IT'S FRONTS, A RESIDENTIAL ROAD THAT FEEDS INTO A CONNECTOR THAT FEEDS ONTO A SLAUGHTER THROUGH A LEVEL F FAMILY INTERSECTION.

THERE ARE NO OTHER EXAMPLES OF MF ZONING WITHOUT DIRECT ACCESS TO AN ARTERIAL ROAD ALONG SLAUGHTER CONGRESS, OR EVEN FIRST STREET.

WHILE WE ARGUE THAT AN MS CATEGORY MAY STILL BE TOO DENSE, WE ARE WILLING TO COMPROMISE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD AND AGREE TO SUPPORT ENOUGH ZONING, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR APPROXIMATELY 80 UNITS.

IMPORTANTLY, TO NOTE, THE SUBJECT PARCEL HAS BEEN MARKETED THROUGH A LISTING BROKER THAT IS RELATED TO THE SELLER USING A SLAUGHTER LANE FRONTAGE ADDRESS WITH A STEEP $2.5 MILLION PRICE TAG USING THE MARKETING PHRASE.

THIS LOT IS READY FOR ANYTHING.

IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, THE ARGUMENT FROM THE DEVELOPER THAT THE SUBJECT PARCEL ISN'T FINANCIALLY VIABLE WITH ANY OTHER ZONING, THEN THEIR REQUEST IS NOT VALID.

I STRONGLY BELIEVE THE SUBJECT PARCEL HAS BEEN MARKETED AND SHOULD BE PRICED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF A ZONING CATEGORY THAT FITS THE SUBJECT PARCEL.

AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WERE ALSO ADJACENT TO ETJ LAND THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED WITH VERY LITTLE INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE CITY.

THIS FURTHER ILLUMINATES THE CONCERN FOR MAINTAINING WHAT LITTLE INTEGRITY THE INTERSECTION OF BILL AND SLAUGHTER HAS REMAINING WHILE IT IS AT A LEVEL F WE ASKED THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS OF OVER ZONING, THE SUBJECT TRACK, WHICH WOULD CAUSE AN UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF RISK BECAUSE THE LIES OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, WE KNOW THERE ARE FAILED INTERSECTIONS ALL OVER AUSTIN, BUT FURTHER EXACERBATING A FAILED INTERSECTION AT THE LOCATION THAT HAS JUST ONE PRIMARY WAY IN AND OUT WOULD BE A DANGEROUS DISSERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS, THE SURROUNDING AREA.

PLEASE UNMUTE TIM THOMAS THOMAS, PLEASE UNMUTE.

HELLO, THIS IS TIM THOMAS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TODAY.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, I'M COMMENTING TODAY ON ITEMS 56 AND 57.

I'VE LIVED IN EAST RIVERSIDE AREA FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS AS BOTH A RENTER AND A HOMEOWNER.

I LIVED IN AND ASKED MY WIFE TO MARRY ME AND THE APARTMENTS NOW CALLED COLGATE CONDOMINIUM, CONDOMINIUMS THAT BACK UP TO THE UMC CHURCH SITE.

UH, MY DAUGHTER ATTENDED TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL AND MY SON IS AT LIVELY MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND IN THE BEFORE TIMES, I COMMUTED TO WORK ACROSS THE RIVER BY BIKE AND TRANSIT AND WE'LL BE DOING SO AGAIN, WHEN THE OFFICE REOPENED,

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I USED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE EAST RIVERSIDE ULTRA COMBINED CONTACT TEAM, BUT I QUIT.

IT BECAME PARENTS MADE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROCESS DOES NOT REPRESENT PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAS HELPED CREATE A MASSIVE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.

AND IT DEPENDENCY ON CARS, EVEN IF THEY DID WORK A DECADE AGO, THE FARM AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS DO NOT REPRESENT THE NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN SHINE, INEQUALITY AND FOSSIL FUEL DEPENDENT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE ATTACHED MATERIALS FOUNDATION, CANDIES DOES PLAN TO PROVIDE CIVIC USAGE ON THE SITE.

MY HOME ALSO BACKS UP TO A CHURCH UMBRELLA AND ROAD.

SO I'M IN EXACTLY THE SAME SITUATION AS THE HOMEOWNERS I'M PARKER.

AND I'M HOPING THAT SOMEDAY A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS WOULD REPLACE IT.

ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL FEED INTO ARE CURRENTLY UNDER ENROLLED AND NEED PID.

THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE GONE FROM THE MOST OVER ENROLLED IN AUSTIN TO UNDER ENROLLED.

SINCE I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE, WE NEED THESE KIDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

MY KIDS ATTEND THESE SCHOOLS AND MY WIFE IS ON THE PTA AT TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY HAVE RESOURCES AND EXPERIENCE TO SERVE KIDS OF ALL INCOME LEVELS.

ANOTHER NEIGHBOR SENT ME THIS EMAIL.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE OBJECTION TO FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES REQUESTS.

I'VE WORKED AS A VOLUNTEER WITH THE ORGANIZATION AND FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE EXTRAS THEY BRING WITH THEM TO THEIR PROJECTS.

THAT WOULD BE THE BEST NEIGHBORS ANYONE COULD WANT.

WE NEED MORE OF THEIR PROJECTS, NOT LESS.

I AGREE ENERGY TO RECOMMEND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUPPORTABLE HOUSING THAT TAKES CLIMATE CHANGE.

SERIOUSLY.

THANK YOU, ZANE ZANE, PLEASE UNMUTE KEVIN REED.

MY NAME IS KEVIN REED AND I SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE RIO, TEXAS CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

UH, AND I'M HAPPY TO APPEAR TODAY TO EXPRESS OUR FULL SUPPORT OF THE PARKER LANE PROJECT AND THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.

WE BELIEVE THE PROPOSED PROJECT REPURPOSES THE PARKER LANE CHURCH SITE IN A HUGELY BENEFICIAL WAY TO THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.

AND WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF THE, OF THE PROJECT PARKER LANE.

UMC HAD A LONG AND WONDERFUL HISTORY IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN.

UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE CONGREGATION WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO SUPPORT A CHURCH AT THAT SITE.

AND WE MADE A DIFFICULT DECISION TO CLOSE IT.

WE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO CONSIDER A NEW USE OF THAT PROPERTY.

WE WERE FRANKLY NOT INTERESTED IN A COMMERCIAL SALE OF THE PROPERTY FOR TWO REASONS.

ONE IS WE WANTED A MISSIONAL USE ON THE PROPERTY AND THE OTHER WAS THAT WE WANTED TO RETAIN THE REAL ESTATE AND CONTINUE TO PARTNER AND PROVIDE SERVICES ON THE SITE.

UH, AFTER A CAREFUL SEARCH OF OUR OPTIONS, WE WERE INTRODUCED TO FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES.

WE SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCH, UH, ON FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES WITH ITS EXPERIENCE ITS SERVICES.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TO US ITS INTEGRITY.

UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THE UMC PARTNERSHIP WITH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A PRESENCE ON THE SITE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A PRESENCE ON THE SITE, WE'LL PARTNER WITH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES ON THE SITE.

AND ONCE AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE HER YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT.

TO THE FUNDING AGAIN AND SPECIFICALLY PANDEMIC OVERSIGHT.GOV FOR ANYBODY ELSE WHO IS WONDERING WHERE THE MONEY GOES AND HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT.

AND I'M AVAILABLE TO, EXCUSE ME TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, JOSEPH, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M AS ENOVIA.

JOSEPH'S SPEAKING ON ITEM 55, WHICH IS THE ANNEXATION OF NORTH WIND DEPARTMENTS.

I UNDERSTAND THE STAFF IS AS FAR A POSTPONEMENT.

SO MY COMMENTS ARE REALLY JUST FOR THEM TO BRING BACK A MAP THAT SHOWS YOU THE OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN THAT AREA.

I HAVE PROVIDED A MAP TO SOME OF YOU.

IT ACTUALLY SHOWS A PROGRAM YEAR 2019, ALL OF TRAVIS COUNTY LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENTS ARE AT LEAST 0.4 TO FIVE MILES AWAY FROM THE BUS STOP.

AND SPECIFICALLY IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN, IT'S 1.3 MILES TO FOUR MILES.

IF YOU LOOK, THE STAFF HAS ACTUALLY STATED THAT THIS AREA IS A MOBILITY OPTIONS ARE BELOW AVERAGE DUE TO LACK OF PUBLIC TRANSIT AND PUBLIC SIDEWALKS.

AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

I WANT YOU TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE THIS MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE AREA WHERE STUDENTS WILL GO TO DOLBY MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT'S IN THE VICINITY AND DOBY MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS AN F RATING.

THERE ARE ALSO TWO OTHER HAKA PROPERTIES WITHIN THAT VICINITY AT 60% AREA, MEDIAN, FAMILY INCOME.

AND I JUST WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION MAYOR THAT THE STRIKE FUND NORTHWEST AUSTIN PROPERTIES ARE 80% TO 120% AREA MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

SO YOU ARE SEGREGATING THE CITY.

THERE NEEDS TO BE WORKFORCE HOUSING THROUGH OUT THE CITY.

I WOULD ALSO CALL YOUR ATTENTION

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I GAVE YOU THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO USE $4.7 MILLION OF THAT FUND FOR SAMSUNG PALMER.

METRO RAPID.

THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE SOUTH OF SAMSUNG AND SOMEWHERE IN THE VICINITY OF APPLIED MATERIALS, COUNCIL MEMBER, POOL, AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK IN YOUR MAILBOXES AT THE DECEMBER, 1220 20, UH, MEMORANDUM THAT I SENT YOU.

IT ACTUALLY SHOWS YOU $22.8 MILLION LESS.

IT WOULD COST FOR THE NORTHEAST METRO REP, HIS ROUTES.

AND SPECIFICALLY, I DO WANT TO ASK COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, I WOULD JUST ASK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO TO CONSIDER TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE, JUDAH RICE.

HELLO, UH, COMPLIMENT.

UM, I'M JUST SPEAKING TODAY IN FAVOR OF ITEMS, 56 AND 57.

UM, I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL SEE HOW DESPERATELY OUR CITY NEEDS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND THIS PROJECT TO ME JUST SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY KNOCKOUT, UM, EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF THING THAT I'VE SEEN A LOT OF MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL CALL FOR REPEATEDLY.

IT'S A NONPROFIT DEVELOPER, A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE, UM, PROJECTS WITH ALL SORTS OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS, TENANT SERVICING.

UM, THERE'S QUITE A FEW UNITS THAT ARE DELIBERATELY JUST TARGETED AT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING WHO'VE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS IN THE PAST.

UM, WHICH OF COURSE, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS A MAJOR ISSUE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS ONE PROJECT WON'T SOLVE OUR HOUSING CRISIS.

UM, BUT IT DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE THE TYPE OF THING THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON.

UM, THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON IS NECESSARY, UM, FOR OUR CITY.

AND I, I HEARD COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ZONING CHANGE, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE OPEN SPACE ON THE FACILITY, THE M MS FOR ZONING WOULD END UP CLOSER TO THE DENSITY RANGE THAT WOULD BE TYPICALLY FOUND IN AN MS ONE PROPERTY ANYWAYS.

SO I UNDERSTAND THOSE CONCERNS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY QUITE AS APPLICABLE TO THIS PROJECT.

UM, SO I URGE ALL OF YOU TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, UM, AND WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, LIKE IT COME UP IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE, UM, YEAH, AND I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT I'M A DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT.

UM, AND I HOPE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER THOUGH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY LARRY SUNDERLAND.

UH, MY NAME IS LARRY SANDERLIN AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEMS 56 AND 57, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE IRAQ CONTACT TEAM AND THE FRIENDS OF RIVERSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, MY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT AND HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BENEFIT FROM IT WAS OUTLINED IN A LETTER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ANOTHER TO YOU, THE COUNCIL.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A QUICK POINT.

YOU HAVE HEARD, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COMMUNITY CENTER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DO CENTER COMMUNITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW FROM DAY ONE, THEY'VE OPENED THEIR HEARTS, THEIR GROUNDS, AND THEIR DOORS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY OFFER AMONG OTHER THINGS, A DISC GOLF COURSE, PICNIC TABLES, LOCAL VENDORS ON SATURDAYS IN THE PARKING LOT, MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THEIR HALL, INCLUDING THE SRC MONTHLY MEETING, A NEW PRESCHOOL CENTER, AND ONE OF THE BEST LISTENING ROOMS IN THE CITY FOR CONCERTS ON SUNDAY EVENINGS, THEN THERE'S THE ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY PICNIC ON THE HILL WHERE WE WATCHED THE FIREWORKS DOWNTOWN WITH THE JUG BAND SPARKLERS AND SNACKS SPECIAL ON THE MOVIE NIGHTS ON THE HILL FOR OUR LOCAL CHILDREN, SPONSORED IN CONJUNCTION WITH FRIENDS OF RIVERSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND LOCAL APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

WE END EACH WITH A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SHOWING AT BELL HOT CHOCOLATE AND POPCORN.

SO IF YOU WANT TO ENVISION WHAT THE PARKER PROJECT, THE METHODIST CHURCH AND FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES WILL BRING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THIS ADDITIONAL CENTER OF LOVE AND CARE LOOKED AT THAT EXAMPLE, THINK OF IT AS REAL COMMUNITY REDOUBLED.

PLEASE APPROVE THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WE TRIED TO RECONNECT WITH ANYA AND ZANE AF WITH NO RESPONSE AND, UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES THE ZONING SPEAKERS.

UH, LET'S VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IF THEY COME BACK, LET US KNOW, UH, DOLLIES,

[ Zoning Consent Agenda (Part 2 of 2)]

UH, FIRST I WAS VERY, VERY ALICE WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON 59.

I DID.

I HAD A COUPLE OF,

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UM, JUST, JUST BRIEF REMARKS.

UH, THEY'RE NOT CONTINGENT ON THE ZONING, UM, THAT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF, BUT THEY WERE JUST QUESTIONS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.

UM, ABOUT A PROPERTY THAT THIS APPLICANT OWNS, UM, ON SIDEWALK AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN CONNECTION WITH SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE, THE APPLICANT HAS COMMITTED TO CONSTRUCTING ALL MISSING SIDEWALKS ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF VEGA AVENUE FROM SOUTHWEST PARKWAY TO PATENT RANCH ROAD ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF PATENT RANCH ROAD FROM VEGA AVENUE TO SCHOOL ROAD AND ALONG THE NORTHERN SIDE OF SCHOOL ROAD FROM PATTON RANCH ROAD TO PARKWOOD DRIVE, IF SUPPORTED BY APPLICABLE METHODOLOGY REQUIRED BY SECTION 25 DASH SIX DASH 23, THE PROPORTIONALITY OF REQUIRED INFRASTRUCTURE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOME OR ALL OF THE MISSING SIDEWALKS MAY BE CREDITED AGAINST THE TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE AT SITE PLAN TWO TO EXTENT CONSTRUCTION OF THE MISSING SIDEWALKS IS NOT CREDITED THIS VOLUNTARY COMMITMENT BY THE APPLICANT WILL NOT APPLY AS FAR AS DRAINING AND FLOOD CONTROL.

THE APPLICANT WILL COLLABORATE WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT TO COORDINATE THE DEVELOPMENT SITE DRAINAGE DESIGN WITH THE CITY'S ADJACENT OAK PARK, FLOOD RISK REDUCTION, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

THIS COORDINATION MIGHT INCLUDE AMONG OTHER THINGS, DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE AND DRAINAGE EASEMENTS ON MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE TERMS AND IS INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE CITY'S PROJECT DESIGN AND POTENTIALLY MAY INCORPORATE SOME OF THE CITY'S DRAINAGE DESIGN ELEMENTS INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE AS PER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

THE DRAINAGE DESIGN OF THE DEVELOPMENT MUST NOT CAUSE AN ADVERSE FLOODING IMPACT TO OTHER PROPERTIES.

AND AS FOR CONSTRUCTION TIMING, THE APPLICANT WILL HOLD CONSTRUCTION OF ANY IMPERVIOUS COVER OTHER THAN MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THE EARLY OR OF EITHER JUNE 1ST, 2022 OR THE DATE ON WHICH EITHER THE CITY OR THE DEVELOPER COMMENCES CONSTRUCTION OF ANY PORTION OF THE CITY'S ADJACENT DRAINAGE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CONSTRUCTION BY THE CITY ON THE ADJACENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN JUNE OF 2022 EXCEPTIONS TO THIS HOLD MAYBE MADE FOR INSTALLATION OF EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROLS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE AND OR MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING SIDEWALKS, UTILITY CONSTRUCTION, AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION THAT DOES NOT RESULT IN IMPERVIOUS COVER BEING PLACED ON THE PROPERTY.

THESE ACTIVITIES MAY OCCUR PRIOR TO JUNE OF 2022.

AND SOME OF THIS IS, AS YOU HEARD, ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS SPEAK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE FLOODING SITUATIONS, PARTICULARLY NEAR THE WHITE OAK HILL.

UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENS THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THEIR OWN DRAINAGE, UH, PER OUR CURRENT DRAINAGE PLANS, UM, WILL IMPROVE THE AREA.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR AND UNDERSTOOD, UM, BEFORE WE DO THE CONSENT VOTE.

SO COLLEAGUES, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS, UH, ITEMS, UM, 53 TO 63, THE POLL ITEMS, 54 56 57 62 AND 63.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY MAKES THE MOTION TO MAYOR PRO TEM SECOND 71 DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOHO WE ARE MY APOLOGIES.

WOULD YOU MIND READING OUT THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN? 54 56 57 62 AND 63.

AND YOU DID SAY 50 IS 54.

I'M SORRY, IS 50% PART OF YOUR OKAY.

54 56 57 62 63.

UM, I'D LIKE THE RECORD TO REFLECT MY RECUSAL ON ITEM 54, AS I DID THE LAST TIME IT CAME UP BEFORE THE COUNCIL, I FILED AN AFFIDAVIT WITH THE CITY CLERK.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

DO THAT JUST REAL QUICKLY, UM, WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH MEANS WE CAN VOTE TO POSTPONE ITEM 50 ALSO TO MAY 20TH.

THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND WAS A OPPOSED.

I'M SEEING IT UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE WITH THE NOTATIONS MADE THAT TAKES CARE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT I RARELY GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT BEFORE WE

[50. Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance for the full-purpose annexation of approximately 28.3 acres located in Travis County near 11122, 11204, 11208, and 11216 Cameron Road, and authorize negotiation and execution of a written agreement with the owner of the land for the provision of services. The property is adjacent to Austin Council District 1.]

I THINK THAT'S AN ORDER FOR US TO DO NOW.

IS THERE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER 52 MAY 20TH THAT'S RELATED TO ITEM

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55, WHICH WAS POSTPONED TO MAY 20 OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER MAKES THE MOTIONS ARE SECOND OR PROTAB ANY OBJECTION DURING THAT ITEM IS POSTPONED.

WE ALSO NEED

[48. Approve a resolution authorizing the filing of eminent domain proceedings for City of Austin Waterline Relocation (Texas Department of Transportation Oak Hill Parkway (US 290-71) for the public use of accommodating roadway improvements, to adjust water infrastructures in conflict, the acquisition of one Water and Wastewater Easement being approximately an 0.004 acre (161 sq. ft.) easement located in the Jesse Williams Survey No. 62, Abstract 788, Travis County, Texas, being a portion of Lot 2, Amended plat of Lots 2, 3, 4 and 5 Oak Hill “Y” Section One, according to the Map or Plat thereof, recorded in Document No. 200800260, Official Public Records of 48. Travis County, Texas, described in a deed to Prosperity Bank, recorded March 18, 2010 in Document No. 2010037345, in the amount of $564. The owner of the needed property is Prosperity Bank. The property is located within District 8, at 6820 Wolfcreek Pass C, Austin, Texas 78749. The general route of the project is SH 71 at Silvermine to US 290 at Circle Drive, beginning at William Cannon Drive, in Travis County, Texas.]

TO POSTPONE THE EMYTH TO MY DOMAIN ITEM NUMBER 48 TO JUNE 3RD.

IS THERE A MOTION TO DO THAT? COUNCIL MEMBER ALICE MAKES THE MOTIONS ARE SECOND, GATHER A POLL SECOND AT ANY OBJECTION TO POSTPONING THE JUNE 3RD HEARING NONE THAT'S POSTPONED.

DO WE HAVE THE FOLKS HERE TO DO THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING SO WE CAN LET THAT GROUP OF STAFF GO? ARE THEY CLOSE BY OR NO? THEY ARE MARRIED.

ANY OTHER PEOPLE? OF COURSE.

ON MAY SIX, 2021 LET'S CAN RECONVENE, UH, THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING THREE 43, UH, TO TAKE CARE OF THE AGENDA.

THAT'S UH, RECESS THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT THREE 42 ON MAY 6TH AND HERE

[Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting]

YOU WANT TO PRESENT THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR AUSTIN HEALTH, ABSOLUTELY MANDATE TO MAYO AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

FIRST IS APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES FROM APRIL 22ND.

THE SECOND IS APPROVING AN INDUCEMENT RESOLUTION FOR UP TO $40 MILLION IN PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS FOR THE REEF FACILITATION OF AN EXISTING AFFORDABLE APARTMENT COMPLEX WOULD SQUARES.

IT'S GOING TO ENABLE US TO EXTEND THE AFFORDABILITY AND INVEST IN THAT AFFORDABLE APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THE THIRD AND FOURTH ARE RELATED TO, UM, THE $1.1 MILLION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM AUSTIN WATER UTILITY, AS WELL AS A DONATION FROM BANK OF AMERICA TO ADMINISTER OUR EMERGENCY HOMEWORK, THEIR PROGRAM, UM, IN RESPONSE TO A WINTER STORM YURI, I OFFER ALL FOUR OF THESE ON CONSENT.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THANK YOU.

WE HAVE INITIATED CONVERSATIONS.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL INCLUDES PLANS TO SUBSTANTIALLY RENOVATE THIS 20 YEAR OLD PROPERTY.

AND SO, UM, I THINK I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN A LONG PROCESS TO SECURE FINANCING FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND I PLAN TO SUPPORT IT TODAY, BUT ALONG THE WAY I WANTED, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVEN DEEPER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY AT THIS SITE.

AND SO MANDY, IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO ANY, UM, IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT AND IF THERE ARE ANY CONVERSATIONS GOING ON ABOUT, UM, DEEPER AFFORDABILITY WITH THE UNITS.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

AS YOU NOTED.

UM, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS 20 YEARS OLD AND CURRENTLY SERVES FOLKS AT ARE BELOW 60% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

I'VE HAD SEVERAL REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER OWNER DOMINIUM UM, ABOUT INCREASING AFFORDABILITY ON THE SITE.

SO, UH, CREATING SOME 30% AND 50% OR BELOW UNITS, UM, WE FELT LIKE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE POSITIVE THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL SUBSIDY FROM THE CITY.

AGAIN, THE 40 MILLION THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING IS NOT SUBSIDY IS PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS THAT WOULD BE ISSUED BY AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

UH, SO OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEVELOPER OR ABOUT LAYERING, SOME ADDITIONAL SUBSIDY OR A RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO BETTER SERVE, UH, LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

AND, UH, THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL CONTINUE.

AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN A PRETTY INVOLVED PROCESS FOR SECURING ALL THE DIFFERENT FINANCING FOR THE REHABILITATION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? CAUSE I READ THE REMIX, THE MOTION, THE PROTOTYPE SECOND, SAME DISCUSSION.

DOES A FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

QUICK? THAT'S ANOTHER ALTAR.

I'M SEEING IT AS BEING ANONYMOUS ON THE DYESS WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS SO WE CAN ADJOURN THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING OF COURSE, WAS PRESENT WITH THE DIRECTORS, UH, HERE AT, UH, THREE 46, ALSO AT THREE 46.

WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEETING.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, UH, LEFT IN FRONT OF US, THREE PULLED ITEMS, TWO 41 AND 70.

DO YOU THINK TWO WOULD BE

[2. Approve an ordinance to accept $97,900,000 in funds from the Federal government, United States Department of Treasury, American Rescue Plan; and amending the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Financial Services Department Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20200812-001) to appropriate $44,800,000 for public health expenses related to the Coronavirus disease outbreak and recovery efforts and for community navigators to support the community in accessing funding available through the American Rescue Plan.]

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS AND THEN JUST TO LAY OUT MY DIRECTION.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT ONE, BUT THE BUDGET STAFF

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GO.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS OFF? UM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

UM, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE NAVIGATOR.

SO THAT'S PROBABLY, UM, MS. AND I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES IN TRAVIS COUNTY AND SEMA MANAGER.

DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE THIS AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION OR BEFORE WE GO AHEAD, I THINK WE CAN GET IT DONE QUICK MAYER.

FOR PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE.

I ASKED MOST OF THEM IN THE Q AND A, BUT I JUST WANT TO GET SOME FURTHER CLARIFICATION ALSO, AS WE'RE DOING THIS COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCILMEMBER HALTER HAS CIRCULATED, UH, UH, EMOTION SHEET, UH, WITH DIRECTION FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER TWO.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE VERONICA WAS ON NOW, IS THAT CORRECT? GREAT.

UM, SO MS. , IF YOU COULD PLEASE PROVIDE SOME FURTHER DETAIL ON HOW THE NAVIGATORS WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS, UM, AS WELL AS BUSINESSES, INCLUDING NONPROFITS AND CHILDCARE.

UM, THE ANSWER THAT WAS IN THE Q AND A WAS PRETTY SPECIFIC TO BUSINESSES, AND I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS, WHAT SUPPORT ARE YOU PROVIDING TO INDIVIDUALS AND THEN BUSINESS NON-PROFITS AND CHILDCARE BUSINESS, BUT, UM, NOT ALWAYS THE SAME NEEDS AS, UM, PROFIT BUSINESSES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL VERONICA I'M CHIEF ECONOMIC RECOVERY OFFICER.

WE WILL BE LOOKING AT WORKING WITH THIRD PARTIES WILL BE MULTIPLE THIRD PARTIES TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, NOT ONLY TO ENTITIES, UH, BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, AND SO FORTH.

SO INDIVIDUALS AND WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR A DIVERSE, UH, GROUP TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES SO THAT WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY LOOKING TO WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER ENTITIES AS WELL.

SO I GUESS I JUST WANT TO SORT OF UNDERSCORE, I THINK THE DIRECTION THAT WE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDED IN ONE 11 AND I, THERE WAS A MAJORITY ON THE DIOCESE THAT REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THE NEED THAT THE CITY HAS A ROLE, YOU KNOW, IN HELPING OUR COMMUNITY TO ACCESS THESE POTS OF MONEY.

AND IT WOULD BE WORTH US INVESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS HAVE ACCESS TO THE ADVICE THAT THEY NEED, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, TO ACCESS THAT AND THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY AND THE DIFFERENT MECHANISMS TO GET THEM ARE A LITTLE OVERWHELMING FOR FOLKS.

UM, SO, SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO TELL FROM JUST WE'RE GOING TO DO THE NAVIGATORS AND EVEN FROM YOUR COMMENTS, UM, TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE MEETING THAT.

UM, I, I BELIEVE YOU UNDERSTAND THE NEED.

UM, AND, BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT, UM, THE DIRECTION FROM US IS TO REALLY LEAN INTO THAT, UM, TO HELP PEOPLE, UM, ACCESS TO FUNDS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR OWN FUNDS TO, TO, UM, DISTRIBUTE WHAT THEY'RE DORF BY THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

AND THE MORE WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, THE BETTER WE CAN STORE IT, OURS, UM, FOR THAT.

UM, AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS I THINK FOR, UM, MS. HAYDEN HOWARD, UM, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR ROLE IS RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR TITLE.

UM, SO W DOES THE HEALTH BUDGET ASSUME ABOUT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TRAVIS COUNTY TOWARDS THESE HUBS HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES, AND HOW SHOULD WE THINK ABOUT TRAVIS COUNTY'S ROLE IN SUPPORTING THESE PUBLIC MATTERS? UM, STEPHANIE HAYDEN, HOWARD DIRECTOR, AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH.

UM, WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXECUTIVE, UM, AND, UM, IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE DID LET HER KNOW WE HAVE A KIND OF A TWO-PART PROCESS, AS YOU ARE AWARE.

UM, WE, UM, DID WORK WITH A GROUP AND WERE ABLE TO, UM, BUILD SOME EXPENSES TO TRAVIS COUNTY IN THE FALL.

UM, AND SO WE ARE, UM, GOING TO GO BACK TO THAT SAME GROUP TO WORK OUT THE LOGISTICS FOR, UM, THE FUNDS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM KIND OF TWO LANDS.

UM, THE FIRST IS, UM, KIND OF DIRECT, UH, WORK WITH, UM, COBAIN AND RESPONSE TO THE RESPONSE ITSELF, BUT WE'RE ALSO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, UM, THESE FUNDS ARE ALSO SLATED

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AND SO, UM, OUR GROUP WILL BE SUBMITTING THAT INFORMATION TO THEM.

THEY HAVE ALREADY ALERTED THEIR BUDGET OFFICE, UM, THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS AND MEETINGS WITH THEM.

UM, AND SO, SO THAT IS ON THEIR, UM, ON THEIR LIST OF THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN INCOME FROM PUBLIC HEALTH.

SO I DON'T WANT TO HOLD THIS UP OVER THAT, BUT IT DOES SEEM A LITTLE BIT, UM, OUT OF ORDER, YOU KNOW, NOT TO HAVE THAT IRONED OUT, BUT FOR US TO BE APPROVING THE BUDGET OF WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND THIS APPLYING TO THIS COUNTY.

UM, AND SO ST MANAGER, I JUST LIKE SOME ASSURANCE THAT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE HEALTH MATTERS AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BUDGET.

WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PLAN.

AND THAT PROCESS MAY TAKE A LITTLE WHILE.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, TRAVIS COUNTY IS RECEIVING AN, A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT THESE KINDS OF EFFORTS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITIES OF AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH APPLY.

AS I UNDERSTAND IT NOW TO THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, UM, MY EXPECTATION IS THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD BE, UM, PROVIDING SOME FUNDING TOWARDS THAT FOR REALLY FUNDING HEALTH ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPLEMENT THAT, THAT ARE NOT PART OF THIS.

AND CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, AND CERTAINLY YOU HAVE THAT REASSURANCE AS THE CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE, BUT THEY HAVE STARTED AS DIRECTOR AND HOWARD MENTIONED, UH, THIS COORDINATION AND, AND, UH, THE WAY IN WHICH WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY IN THE PAST, UH, AND EVEN SEEING HOW THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC, UH, JUST AMPLIFIES THE NEED FOR THAT LEVEL OF, OF CONTINUED WORK.

AND SO, UH, I KNOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF STARTING TO PUT OUT OUR, UH, REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM THE COUNTY ON WHAT, HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AND REALLY BUILD A MORE ROBUST PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR ENTIRE COUNTY REGION.

I JUST WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO HOLD THIS UP AND I WANT TO BELIEVE IN THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE BUILT, BUT I DO WANT TO COMMUNICATE THAT IT IS MY EXPECTATION THAT SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BE FUNDED BY THE COUNTY, WHICH WILL THEN FREE UP FURTHER FUNDING.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY PIECES OF DIRECTION IS THAT YOU COME BACK TO US AND YOU ALERT US THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT THAT FUNDING AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

AND I UNDERSTAND ON ALL OF THESE THINGS, THERE'S LOTS OF MOVING BUCKETS AND SOMETHING MAY GO UP AND SOMETHING MAY GO DOWN, BUT, BUT THESE ARE, THESE CAN BE VERY BIG NUMBERS.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, IN SAYING THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH, THIS IS NOT A LODGE TO JUST DO, DO WHATEVER, CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME TOUGH CHOICES WITH THE REST OF, OF THE FUND.

UM, THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS ABOUT IF I PROVIDE MY DIRECTION IS WITH REGARD TO FEMA.

UM, SO THE FEMA RATES VARY QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY AND UNDERSTAND THERE'S A METHODOLOGY BEHIND HOW YOU ARRIVED AT THOSE.

I ALSO KNOW THAT, UM, WE ARE FORTUNATELY SEEING THE PRESIDENT CHANGE THOSE RATES TO HELP, UM, MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES, ET CETERA, UM, SEEMINGLY ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, SO CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT WE'RE DOING TO INCREASE VMP FEMA REIMBURSEMENT RATES? AND BY THAT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY MAXIMIZING EVERY OPPORTUNITY, UM, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF ADVOCACY, UM, TO SUGGEST, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THIS PARTICULAR REIMBURSEMENT RATE WOULD REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

UM, I'LL GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE OF THE TESTING REIMBURSEMENT RATE OF, I THINK IT WAS 23%, THAT JUST SEEMS REALLY LOW FOR SOMETHING THAT IS CLEARLY PART OF THE DISASTER RESPONSE.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHO IS THE BEST PERSON TO TELL ME THAT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH RESPECT TO HAVE THAT'S AT, OR IF IT'S COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER OD.

THIS IS MY NAME IS , I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, OR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID EARLY ON WAS WE HIRED SOME CONSULTANTS TO COME ON BOARD AND HELP US WALK US THROUGH THE PROCESS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN WITH FEMA AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ABREAST OF ANY POLICY CHANGES OR PROCEDURE CHANGES.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED DOING EARLY ON AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR CONSULTANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING EVERY OPPORTUNITY AS IT PERTAINS TO, UH, REIMBURSEMENT RATES.

UH, I, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH PRIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE, THE CHANGES IN THE, IN THE PROCEDURES AND THE RULES AND THE LEVELS OF DOCUMENTATION THAT IS REQUIRED, UH, SOMETHING

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THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, IT, IT USUALLY, I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU START WITH DISASTERS IS REALLY, UH, THE REIMBURSEMENT PART, UH, TAKES, UM, UH, A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, EVEN AFTER THE DISASTER IS OVER.

WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH TO MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THAT THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION IS SUBMITTED AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED, UM, AT THE, EVERY CENT THAT WE WERE ELIGIBLE FOR.

AND YOU WILL HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM US THAT WORK, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE OUR REIMBURSEMENT RATES AT THE END OF THE DAY.

SO, SO I GUESS THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAXIMIZE THE RATES.

ONE IS TO LIKE FOLLOW ALL THE RULES TO THE LETTER AND DO ALL THAT.

THE OTHER THING IS TO TRY TO ADVOCATE FOR CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO THOSE RATES.

UM, AND SO I GUESS I'M, I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE CONSIDER THAT FOR SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE TESTING OR ET CETERA.

UM, WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A DELEGATION IN DC AND WE HAVE A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.

AND, UM, I JUST WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TESTING ALONE IS SOMETHING LIKE $20 MILLION BUCKET WHERE WE'RE GETTING 0.3 MIL 23% OR SO, UM, REIMBURSED, WHICH SEEMS LIKE IT OUGHT TO, UM, FALL INTO ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES.

AND SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE, UM, THE CITY MANAGER TO ENGAGE OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS OFFICER, OUR LOBBYISTS AS WELL, UM, TO BE PART OF THAT DISCUSSION OVER THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS, BECAUSE IT COULD REALLY FREE UP ALL MONEY FOR US TO SPEND ON PUBLIC HEALTH OR HOMELESS OR WHATEVER IT IS, UM, THAT WE CAN BE DOING.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, LET ME REASSURE YOU.

WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN THAT, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY THAT WITH OUR, OUR RGL OFFICE TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DESCRIBING.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I DID POST MY, UM, DIRECTION ON, UM, THE MESSAGE BOARD AND FOLLOWS A LOT FROM MY QUESTIONS.

UM, SO THE DIRECTION I LIKE TO PROVIDE IS TO SAY, IN ADDITION TO CREATING THE NAVIGATOR ROLES, UM, THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD ENDEAVOR HER TO SUPPORT EFFORTS, TO MAXIMIZE FEDERAL FUNDING, TO ENTITIES IN THE AUSTIN REGION, SUCH AS CAP METRO AMERICORPS, LOCAL UNIVERSITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ART AND MUSIC, ET CETERA, AS WELL AS FUNDS COMING TO CITY ENTITIES, UM, SUCH AS THE AIRPORT AND AUSTIN WATER.

SECONDLY, THE CITY MANAGERS DIRECTED TO ENGAGE WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL TO IDENTIFY WHAT ROLE TRAVIS COUNTY SHOULD PLAY IN FUNDING.

THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THIRD, THE CITY MANAGERS DIRECTED TO IDENTIFY AND LEVERAGE OPPORTUNITIES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO MAXIMIZE FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS FOR QUALIFYING EXPENDITURES, WORKING WITH OUR DELEGATION AS APPROPRIATE.

AND THEN FINALLY THE CITY MANAGERS DIRECTED TO UPDATE COUNCIL AND THE EVENT HIGHER OR LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED FUNDING COMES IN FROM FEMA, TRAVIS COUNTY OR OTHER SOURCES.

AND I DID THAT AS DIRECTION CAUSE IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT MADE SENSE IN THE RESOLUTION.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, AUTHOR PROPOSED A CERTAIN DIRECTION.

UM, AGAIN, I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS SOME OF THIS MAY VERY WELL BE HAPPENING, BUT TO STATED EXPLICITLY AGAIN, AND A REMINDER DOES NOT HURT.

SO I'M WRITING TO SUPPORT THAT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING THIS DIRECTION? HERE WE GO, THE DIRECTION IS INCLUDED, UM, WITH EMOTION, YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION TO ADMIN APPROVAL OF ITEM TO MY DIRECTION THERE A SECOND TO THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, SECOND SNAP DISCUSSION.

HOWEVER, TOGA.

YEAH, JUST HAVE A APP.

I THINK I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ABOUT ONE OF THE ITEMS IS NOW THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

SO SEVERAL OF US ASKED QUESTIONS, UM, ASKED FOR, UH, FURTHER ARTICULATION OF HOW MUCH INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS ARE AND WHAT THE TIMEFRAME IS FOR SPENDING.

AND I NEED TO ASK A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE EAT PROGRAM.

SO IN THE ANSWER TO, I THINK IT IS THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION THOUGH, AGAIN, I THINK SEVERAL OF US ASKED A SIMILAR QUESTION EAT IS BUDGETED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.

HOWEVER, I HAVE HEARD THAT IT MAY NOT CONTINUE BECAUSE OF DIFFICULTIES IN IDENTIFYING LOCATION AND STAFFING CITY MANAGER.

YOU AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS AT OUR ONE-ON-ONE LAST WEEK.

AND WONDERED IF YOU HAD AN UPDATE FOR US OR IF YOU COULD PROVIDE, UM, PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT TO, TO MY COLLEAGUES.

AND AGAIN, ANY UPDATE THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS POINT, IF YOU CALL THIS NUMBER, I'M GOING TO SEE IF A DIRECTOR HAYDEN HOWARD HAS AN UPDATE, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE ONE TODAY, WE WILL FOLLOW UP AND GET YOU A MEMO OUT WITH AN UPDATED ON THAT FACILITY CHALLENGE THAT WAS DESCRIBED RECREATING HOWARD.

WELL, WHAT,

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WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IS WE HAVE LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF OTHER LOCATIONS, UM, FOR THE EIGHT PROGRAM AND WE WANTED TO ADD THE FUNDING TO TAKE THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

UM, HOWEVER, UM, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE TYPICALLY, UM, WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN THIS SPACE AND WE'VE WORKED WITH OTHER PARTNERS AND AS WE'RE SEEING, UM, MORE FOLKS RECEIVE THEIR VACCINES AND THINGS BEGAN TO OPEN UP, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STARTING TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION ABOUT WHO MAY BE IN THE SPACE THAT IS PROVIDING FEEDING, UM, TO OUR PARTNERS.

SO WE'RE STARTING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE MEANTIME, THE MEANTIME, UM, UM, BECAUSE THERE IS A CORE GROUP OF FOLKS THAT WILL NEED TO RETURN TO THEIR REGULAR WORK THAT THEY TYPICALLY DO.

UM, AND SO BEING ABLE TO REPLACE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH TEMPORARY STAFF, UM, TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF CARRY US OVER, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE, UM, A STAFF PERSON FROM THE HOMELESS SERVICES, HOMELESS STRATEGY, UM, OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM AS WELL.

BUT WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GIVE TEMPORARIES AND GET THEM TRAINED, ET CETERA.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS VERY HOLISTICALLY, UM, WHERE WE CONTINUE PULL THE STAFF BACK, GET FOLKS TRAINED AND BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD IN THIS AREA.

THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, LONGER TERM, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS WHERE WE'VE WORKED WITH PARTNERS THAT HAVE GONE OUT TO, TO, TO, UM, AREAS WHERE IT CAN'T MINTS ARE.

SO, SO THAT, THAT IS BASICALLY THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION THAT I HAVE.

ANYTHING ELSE? SORRY.

I, YEAH, I SAID, THANK YOU.

BUT I ALSO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.

SO IN THIS ACTION, WE ARE, WE'RE ALLOCATING, UH, $2.5 MILLION TO THAT PROGRAM.

SO THEN IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FOR THE MOMENT IT IS CONTINUING.

YES, IT IS.

AND, AND YOU'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US ABOUT IF THERE'S ANY PLANTS DIED YES.

WITH ANY CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM.

UM, AS, YOU KNOW, AS WE START TO SCALE BACK, BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING MORE ACTIVITY FROM OUR PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THAT SPACE, WE WILL COMMUNICATE THAT, UM, TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, AND I, UM, BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT, ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT WAS ABOUT TO END A FEW WEEKS AGO.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO WORK ON FINDING.

UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, NUMBER TWO, THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM, NUMBER TWO, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

TO THOSE, WE'RE GOING TO FINISH UP WITH THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, UH, ITEM, UH, 52.

I SEE IT AS BEING UNANIMOUS.

SO I HAD A NUMBER TWO, UH, PASSES, UH, WHILE WE HAVE EVERYBODY HERE ON THIS, UH, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, HAYDEN HOWARD, WE DON'T OFTEN GET YOU AT OUR REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO BE ABLE TO THANK YOU.

WE SEE YOU EVERY TUESDAY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT APH HAS BEEN DOING IN THIS PROCESS AND FOR HOW YOU HAVE TEAMED WITH DR.

ASCOT, WHICH THEN GIVES ME RISE TO, UH, THANK DR.

S TO IS NOW GOING TO JUST FOCUS ON, UH, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FUNCTION, UH, TO, TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE AND THAT THE TWO OF YOU AS A TEAM AND BOTTOM LINE, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A MORTALITY RATE THAT IS LESS THAN HALF OF EVEN THE STATE AVERAGE, MUCH LESS, THE FEDERAL AVERAGE IS A REAL TESTAMENT TO THE WORK DONE.

SO THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU TO DR.

S GOD, WHEREVER HE MIGHT BE ALRIGHT WITH THAT, UH, COLLEAGUES.

UM, UM, I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO THANK DR.

SCOTT COLLECTIVELY.

UM, WHAT WE HAVE LEFT ON OUR AGENDA ARE ITEMS 41 AND 70 FROM THE GENERAL AGENDA ITEMS, 54 56, 57 62 AND 63 ON THE ZONING AGENDA.

BUT BEFORE WE GET

[Executive Session]

SO HERE AT 4:06 PM, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM PURSUANT TO FIVE, FIVE, ONE OH SEVEN ONE.

WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO 52 FOR MAY 1ST 20, 21 ELECTION.

UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT

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THAT CORE OF FIVE TO GIVE EVERYBODY A FIVE MINUTE BREAK AND WE'LL BE AT EXECUTIVE SESSION AT FOUR 10.

SO YOU GUYS LEFT SEVEN OF US.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE THE AUSTIN.

YOU GUYS READY? STAFF.

WE'RE REGARDED NOW PICK UP ITEM 70 AND THEN ITEM 41, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE ZONING CASES.

YES, MA'AM WE'RE READY.

WELL, THANK YOU.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UH, WE WERE ALL OUT.

WE'RE NOW OUT OF CLOSED SESSION IN CLOSED SESSION.

WE DISCUSSED LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO, I ENDED UP WITH 52 IT'S FIVE 50 DEGREE.

THE HOLD IS LEAVING, UH, REMOTELY.

UM,

[70. Approve a resolution affirming the Council’s commitment to the goal of working with housing-focused community partners to end homelessness in Austin and directing the City Manager to research best practices related to temporary designated encampments on public land, to present Council with a description of and budget for appropriate infrastructure at designated encampments, to provide criteria for citing designated encampments, and to identify publicly-owned land or land within the city limits owned by willing community partners that could accommodate temporary housing.]

THERE ARE FOUR OF THOSE.

UH, ONE OF THOSE HAS TWO ITEMS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TURBO.

YOU WANT TO WEIGH OUT 70 HERE? I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO PASS 70 AND OKAY.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO PASS 70? THAT WAS WEBER ALTER SECONDS.

THAT MOTION THAT'S NOVEMBER 12.

I CAN SPEAK AFTER MY COLLEAGUES.

I THINK THERE'S SOME AMENDMENTS POSSIBLY, AND THEN I HAVE SOME COMMENTS AFTER MY COLLEAGUES.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN.

COUNCILLOR POOL.

DO YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT? NO.

IT'S A REALLY SIMPLE ONE ON THE, UH, THANKS FOR CALLING ON ME AND I PUT IT UP ON THE MESSAGE FORWARD AND IT IS TO ADD IT'S LINE ONE 29, UM, AFTER COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND, AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.

THAT'S CORRECT.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING ADDED AIRING ON THE POOL AMENDMENT IS ADDED.

UH, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT I JUST SENT AROUND AND, UM, IT'S, UM, BEGINNING AT LINE ONE 16, IT ADDS RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AND IT ALSO REINFORCES LANGUAGE THAT I THINK THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO MAY ALREADY HAVE ABOUT IN ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS FOR CAMPFIRES, SO THAT IT READS THE CITY MANAGER'S CELL PRESENT COUNCIL WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A BUDGET FOR APPROPRIATE RELOCATION, ASSISTANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE AT DESIGNATED ENCAMPMENTS.

AND THEN IT GOES ON WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S LANGUAGE.

AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF MY AMENDMENT IS ADDING TO THE FINAL, BE IT RESOLVED CLAUSE, UM, WHICH WOULD SPEAKS TO, UH, INFORMATION THAT'S BROUGHT BACK TO US LATER ON JULY 1ST.

AND THAT IS, UM, AS WELL AS SUCH LAND THAT COULD SERVE AS PARKING SITES FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN CARS.

SO IT ASKS FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO IDENTIFY, UH, LAND FOR, UH, THAT COULD SERVE AS PARKING SITES, BUT IT PUTS THAT NOT AS THE IMMEDIATE ACTION, BUT AS THE ACTION THAT COMES BACK TO US AT THE END OF JULY OR NOT END OF JULY, JULY 1ST, SORRY.

YOUR STAFF, INCLUDING DIANA GRAY, TO BRING FORTH OTHER CREATIVE, SHORT TERM OPTIONS AND SOLUTIONS THAT CAN HELP OUR CONSTITUENTS, WHO ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THE PASSAGE OF PROP B.

I'M LOOKING FOR YOUR AMENDMENT.

UM, SHIT.

UH, I DON'T KNOW.

CAN WE SEND IT TO KATIE? I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S SENT IT AROUND YET.

UM, I'VE SHARED IT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOVO I'M ONE OF HER CO-SPONSORS SO IT'S POSTED.

THERE'S KITCHEN MAKE SCULPTURE AMERICA KITCHEN, WHO IS AN AMENDMENT ITEM, SEVENTIES OR SECOND TO THE KITCHEN AMENDMENT AS OUR POOLS SECONDS.

IS IT, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE KITCHEN AMENDMENT AIRY? NO OBJECTION.

THE KITCHEN AMENDMENT HAS ADDED CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON ITEM 17, AS WE WERE TOLD, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS IT? UM, SURE.

MAYOR, I WILL.

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO THANK MY, MY CO-SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE ITEM.

UM, AND, AND ALSO I JUST WANT TO STOP AND REALLY THANK OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY DIANA GRAY, WHO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY, SHOULD SHE BECAME OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER AND MANAGER IN THIS SETTING I WENT INTO TO JUST, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU TO REALLY EMPOWER

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AND IT, IT STRIKES ME THAT AS ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES IN THIS CITY, THIS MAY BE AN OFFICE THAT NEEDS SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

UM, AND SO JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO CONSIDER WHETHER THERE ARE STAFF AROUND THE CITY WHO COULD BE ALSO FOCUSED ON THIS WORK AND THAT IN THE WEEKS AHEAD, ESPECIALLY, BUT AS WE, AS WE REALLY WORK TO, TO, UM, ADDRESS THE ISSUE, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A, UM, A VERY CHALLENGING, VERY DIFFICULT DAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, CLEARLY THE VOTERS HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WANT TO SEE A MORE BALANCED USE OF THE PUBLIC SPACE, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IN OUR CITY, UH, IN COMPASSIONATE AND HUMANE WAYS.

THE RESOLUTION TODAY IS, IS DESIGNED THE RESOLUTION TODAY TO CREATE DESIGNATED CAMPING SPACES WILL NOT JUST HELP ACHIEVE THAT, BUT IT WOULD ALSO, WE'LL ALSO ADDRESS THE REAL NEED THAT WE HAVE FOR ALTERNATIVE PLACES, FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, TO GO OUR SHELTERS, OUR EMERGENCY SHELTERS ARE AT CAPACITY AND IT'S UNDERSTANDING THAT CAMPUS SPERANZA, UM, THE DESIGNATED CAMPING AREA SET UP BY THE STATE IS ALSO AT CAPACITY.

AND SO WHEN AN INDIVIDUALS IN ENCAMPMENTS ASK WHERE THEY SHOULD GO, UM, WE NEED TO HAVE PLACES TO SUGGEST THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY PROCESS AND IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF RESOURCEFULNESS AND CREATIVITY NOW FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TRYING TO IDENTIFY SITES THAT CAN MEET THIS BILL AND, AND THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

AND I'LL, YOU KNOW, I SAID THIS IN THE RESOLUTION AND I'VE SAID IT IN MY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THIS WEEK.

THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS.

THIS IS NOT A GREAT, UH, A GREAT ALTERNATIVE IS HOUSING.

WE WILL END HOMELESSNESS WITH HOUSING.

THESE DESIGNATED CAMPING AREAS ARE CRITICAL BECAUSE WE NEED THOSE ALTERNATE, BUT I KNOW MY OFFICE AND I ARE GOING TO REMAIN LASER FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING THE WORK OF CREATING HOUSING.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS SPOKEN AGAIN AND AGAIN ABOUT ITS COMMITMENT TO DO THE SAME.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT I WANT TO JUST ASSURE ANYONE LOOKING AT THIS RESOLUTION AND I, AND WHAT I HOPE IS ITS PASSAGE THAT WE ARE FIRMLY COMMITTED TO THE GOAL OF CREATING HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST WEEKS.

I'VE, I'VE CERTAINLY HEARD A LOT OF, UM, FRUSTRATIONS BEING AIRED ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE, WONDERING WHY THE CITY HASN'T DONE MORE, UM, SUGGESTING THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE A PLAN.

AND, AND SO WITH YOUR INDULGENCE, I'M GOING TO RAPID FIRE LIST.

JUST SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DONE, BECAUSE I, I, THAT, THAT WE'VE DONE AT THE CITY BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED, WE NEED THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE ACTIONS WE'VE TAKEN AND WE NEED THEIR PARTICIPATION IN IDENTIFYING OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE NEXT.

SO VERY QUICKLY, UM, REAL QUICK, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO HEAR THIS AS MUCH AS I DO, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO A DISSERVICE.

I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE'S.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR AUDIENCE CAN HEAR YOU WELL, I APPRECIATE IT.

I WON'T BACKTRACK UNLESS YOU THINK I CAN MISS SOMETHING KEY, BUT IN ANY CASE, I'M GOING TO JUST RAPID FIRE LIST.

JUST A FEW OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO KNOW.

UM, WE CREATED AND PASSED A COMMUNITY PLAN FOR ENDING HOMELESSNESS, THE AUSTIN ACTION PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS AT H I S I'VE STRATEGIES, WHICH WE'VE WORKED DILIGENTLY ON OUTREACH SERVICES IN SHELTERS, ADDRESSING DISPARITIES, PROVIDING HOUSING AND SUPPORT SERVICES, STRENGTHENING OUR RESPONSE SYSTEM, BUILDING THE COMMUNITY COMMITMENT FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS AND THE RECENT COMMUNITY SUMMIT THAT MANY OF OUR PARTNERS PARTICIPATED IN REALLY FLESHES THAT OUT AS DETAILS, A TIMELINE AND ESTIMATED COSTS.

WE WAIVED CITY FEES FOR THE 400 UNITS AT COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE.

THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER $400,000.

WE ALLOCATED 1.5 MILLION TO THE SALVATION ARMY FOR THE RATHGEBER WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER.

WE EXPANDED THE CITY'S WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER WITH OUR BOND FUNDS.

WE ALLOCATED $500,000 TO THE DOWNTOWN SALVATION ARMY TO HELP ENSURE THAT CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS COULD BE MOVED FROM DOWNTOWN AND TO THE RAFT GABER CENTER, WHICH WAS SO OVERDUE AND SO NECESSARY.

WE CHANGED THE ARCH CONTRACT, UM, TO REALLY MAKE IT HOUSING FOCUS.

SO THAT INDIVIDUALS, THE GUESTS WHO ARE AT THE ARCH ARE BEING CONNECTED TO HOUSING AND CAN LEAVE THE SHELTER INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

WE FUNDED A MILLION DOLLARS.

WELL, WE FUNDED, SORRY, NOT THAT MUCH.

WE FUNDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES WITH INTEGRAL CARE AND THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

WE CHANGED THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FEES WHICH ARE GENERATED FROM PROPERTY TAXES CAN BE USED FOR VOUCHERS, NOT JUST THE CREATION OF HOUSING.

WE'VE PAID FOR CHILDCARE FOR PARENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO WORK OR SCHOOL.

WE RESTORED A QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TO THE HOST TEAM.

WE PURCHASED PERMANENT RESTROOMS

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AND WATER FOUNTAINS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

WE CREATED THE SOBERING CENTER, WHICH IS A DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT SERVES MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

WE PUT $4 MILLION TOWARD THE FUNDING OF EPCOT.

WE CREATED AND FUNDED AN EVICTION COUNSELING PROGRAM FOR ABOUT $250,000.

AND WE HAVE BEEN FUNDING OUR HOUSING FUND.

THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST TODAY ALONE.

WE INVESTED MORE THAN $3 MILLION IN RAPID REHOUSING SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LIVING IN ENCAMPMENTS, WHO WILL BE SERVED THROUGH THE, THE HEAL PROGRAM THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN SPONSORED AS A CITY, WE OWN TWO EMERGENCY SHELTERS.

WE PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OTHER SHELTERS.

WE INVEST IN OUR CONTRACTS PROCESS WITH MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS WHO PROVIDE HOUSING SERVICES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

WE BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE INVEST BOND DOLLARS AND WE INVEST THE PROPERTY TAX THAT WE GAINED FROM, FROM PUBLIC PROPERTIES, UM, THAT ARE NOW ON THE TAX ROLLS.

AND I RUN THROUGH THIS LIST, UM, IMPORTANT THAT OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS WE HAVE TO TAKE AN ACTION.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO, AND I REALLY INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US IN THAT WORK, THE COMMUNITY SUMMIT THAT JUST CONCLUDED, IDENTIFIED, AND SET A REALLY AMBITIOUS GOAL TO HOUSE AN ADDITIONAL 3000 PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

I THINK LAST YEAR WE, WE HOUSED IN THIS COMMUNITY ABOUT ALMOST 2000 PEOPLE, HOUSING AND ADDITIONAL 3000 PEOPLE IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS IS AMBITIOUS, BUT WE CAN DO IT.

AND WE REALLY NEED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I, I KNOW AS I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT, ABOUT THIS ISSUE A LOT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, NO ONE THING I KNOW IS THAT REGARDLESS OF HOW PEOPLE VOTED ON PROPERTY, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT MOST PEOPLE ON EVERY SIDE OF THAT ISSUE, SHARING COMMON, THE DEEP DESIRE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS TO HAVE SAFE AND SECURE HOUSING.

AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN PROGRESS ON OUR SHARED COMMITMENT OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN THIS CITY.

IF WE WORK TOGETHER AND WE WORK CREATIVELY AND WE WORK EFFECTIVELY AND WE HAVE FULL AND, UM, DATA DRIVEN CONVERSATIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER.

SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME RUN THROUGH JUST SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN.

AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT WE BOTH ACKNOWLEDGED THE WORK AND REALLY SET SOME AMBITIOUS GOALS AND AGAIN, COMMIT TO REALLY DOING SO ACROSS PARTY LINES AND DOING SO IN REALLY PRODUCTIVE WAYS.

AND, AND AGAIN, WITH RECOGNITION THAT TODAY'S TODAY'S MEASURE IS, IS NECESSARY, BUT IT'S NOT THE END IS NOT THE END GAME AND IS, AND SHOULD NOT BE THE FOCUS HOUSING SHOULD BE.

AND IT IS REALLY GOING TO TAKE OUR COLLECTIVE HEARTS AND MINDS AND DOLLARS TO REALLY ENSURE THAT THAT OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE MOST CAN PROVIDE OUR NEIGHBORS WITH THE LEAST AND THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAS A SAFE AND STABLE PLACE TO SLEEP.

THANK YOU GUYS.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS IN, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN WITH THE OTHER CO-SPONSORS AND THEN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO, TO SUPPORT THIS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, HISTORICAL, UH, ROUTING.

OBVIOUSLY THIS HAS BEEN THE HIGHEST PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL, UH, AND PROBABLY THE ITEM THAT WE HAVE SPENT THE MOST TIME, UH, DISCUSSING AND INVOLVED IN OVER THE LAST, UH, THREE YEARS, UH, EVEN BEFORE WE TOOK THE ACTION WE DID, IF YOU WOULD JUST PUBLISH THAT, POST THAT, ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, THAT LIST YOU ADD SO THAT IT WAS AVAILABLE TO ALL OF US.

UH, I WOULD I'D APPRECIATE THAT.

SURE.

ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THE CAVEAT IS THAT'S JUST A SNAPSHOT.

THAT'S JUST LIKE THE WORK I'M MOST FAMILIAR WITH.

IT'S NOT BY ANY MEANS COMPREHENSIVE, BUT I BELIEVE WE DO NEED TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST LIST.

I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY SUPER USEFUL, OR MAYBE WE CAN ALL ADD TO IT BY WAY OF HISTORY, UH, TOUCHING BASE ON, ON THIS ISSUE, UH, PROVIDING, UH, SANCTIONED CAMPING AREAS WHERE THE COUNCIL TOOK THE ACTION THAT IT TOOK TWO YEARS AGO.

UH, PART OF THE ACTION THAT DAY WAS TO, UH, SUGGESTED TO ASK THAT THE MANAGER PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAMPING SITTING AND LYING IN THE CITY.

SO SANCTIONED AREAS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

AND, AND, AND, AND TO DO THAT, UH, AT THE TIME THAT MAGIC CAME BACK WITH THE STAFF AND SAID, UH, BASED ON THE EXPERT ADVICE THAT WAS AVAILABLE, THAT WAS NOT THE THING TO DO.

I HAD, IN FACT, MOST OF THE CITIES THAT ADOPT THAT STRATEGY ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY DOING IT IN A WAY THAT IS, THAT IS SUCCESSFUL, UH, EVERYWHERE.

UM, UH, OFTENTIMES, UH, SANCTIONED CAMPING AREAS START INTENDING TO BE TEMPORARY, TO TAKE CARE OF AN IMMEDIATE ISSUE.

UH, BUT, BUT IT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE FINDING IT.

CITIES ARE FINDING IT VERY HARD TO CLOSE THEM, UH, ONCE THEY, ONCE THEY, ONCE THEY OPEN, UH, AND AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE GO IN THEM, UH, THEY'RE NOT, UH, PULLED OUT AND THE OTHER HOUSING, UH, THERE BECOMES A NEED FOR A GREATER AND GREATER SANCTIONED CAMPING

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AREAS.

AND THOSE SANCTIONED AREAS BECOME THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE COSTLY, UH, EXPENSIVE, UH, AND PRESENT, UH, CHALLENGES OF THEIR, OF THEIR OWN.

UH, I, I THINK THAT NOW IS THE TIME, UH, WITH YOUR RESOLUTION OF THE LIFE FOR THE, FOR THE CITY TO RECONSIDER THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT THE, THE, THE STAFF, UH, I THINK APPRECIATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN LIGHT OF THE CONTEXT THAT WE'RE IN NOW.

AND FOR ME MOST IMPORTANT FROM THAT IS PROBABLY THE UNIQUE POSITION WE ARE IN TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS WHAT I THINK IS THE FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGE THAT MOST CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THESE CAMPING AREAS, WHERE THEY HAVEN'T WORKED, AND THEY HAVEN'T WORKED, THAT IS, THEY WORK, UH, BEST WHERE THERE ARE THE CITY BUILDS OUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE FACILITIES TO ACTUALLY MOVE PEOPLE INTO THAT KIND OF EMERGENCY PLACE, BUT THEN PULL THEM THROUGH THAT INTO MORE PERMANENT HOUSING, UH, RAPID REHOUSING OR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, OR TO PROVIDE SORT OF LIKE KIND OF HOUSING, UH, UH, EXIT, UH, AND WHILE WE'VE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF THOSE SPOTS IN OUR CITY WITH VALIDATION COMMUNITIES OR KERATITIS, AND WITH, UH, COMMUNITY FIRST, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT TO BE ABLE TO PULL PEOPLE THROUGH.

UM, WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WHERE IN THE PAST, WE NEVER HAD THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO THE FULL SYSTEM.

AND IN THE ABSENCE OF A SYSTEM, IF YOU FOCUS ON ANY PIECE OF IT, IT DOESN'T WORK PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BY ITSELF.

DOESN'T TAKE WORK CAUSE IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE AND IT TAKES TOO LONG TO GET THERE.

AND YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH THE BDC OF THE CHILD, JUST FOCUSING ON THE IMMEDIACY, THE CHALLENGE DOES IT WORK BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO PULL PEOPLE THROUGH THAT.

SO THAT GROUP PEOPLE CAN GET, GET, BE PART OF THAT PROCESS TOO, WITHOUT JUST PROLIFERATING CAMPING AREAS, UH, ALL AROUND THE CITY.

UH, I, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THE SUMMER PLAN FROM THE CHAMBER, UH, IN DA DA ECHO AND AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION, AND ALMOST NOT HANDCUFFS BECAUSE IT PROVIDES THAT ENTIRE SYSTEM.

MY HOPE IS, IS THAT WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT, THAT WE GET AND PARTNERS WITH THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE WILL NEED THEM, UH, PRIVATE COMPANIES, BUSINESSES, PHILANTHROPISTS, CLUBS, NEIGHBORHOODS, EVERYBODY.

I MEAN, TO THE DEGREE THAT THIS IS THE CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF US, AND I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ANY ISSUE IN OUR CITY THAT HAS THE PASSION, UH, THAT WE'VE SEEN.

WE HAVE IT AT THIS MOMENT TO, TO ACTUALLY MEET THIS CHALLENGE, TO SET OURSELVES ON A PATH, UH, TO, TO, TO REACH EQUILIBRIUM AND MANAGER.

I THINK THAT, UH, HAS DIVED, UH, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS OPTION, UH, AND, UH, TO SEE, UH, THE SAME TIME YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO, TO REVISIT THE, THE BALANCE OF THAT ORDINANCE BACK IN JUNE.

THERE WERE SOME OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT I THINK THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO IMPLEMENT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU WITH YOUR REGULATORY AUTHORITY.

THERE WAS A RESOLUTION THAT CAME TO THE COUNCIL IN OCTOBER, UH, THAT, UH, WE ULTIMATELY PULLED DOWN BECAUSE ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES WASN'T FEELING WELL, UH, AT THAT AND THE, UH, UH, EVERYBODY WAS AGREEING ON THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD DONE EXCEPT FOR THE DETAILS.

AND I'M NOT SURE IT'S REALLY THE COUNCIL THAT SHOULD DECIDE IF SOMEBODY SHOULD BE CLOSE TO WHEN YOU MEASURE 10 FEET AWAY FROM, UH, FROM A, FROM A STREAM.

I'M NOT SURE IT'S THE COUNCIL ON THE DIOCESE THAT SHOULD BE MAKING, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY FEET DIFFERENCE IT IS OR WHERE THE MEASURE FROM THE TOP.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF STALLED.

I THINK THAT TWO IS WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION AND YOUR REGULATORY AUTHORITY AS THE MANAGER OF THE CITY, UH, AND WROTE A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS, UH, PRESENTED THERE THAT I, I THINK MAYBE TIME IS TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THOSE THINGS, TO SEE WHETHER THOSE THINGS YOU FEEL BIG MAKES SENSE.

SO THEY, THE, THE ORDINANCE BECOMES A, THAT WAS BOTH OF OUR BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON THE 11TH THAT I KNOW THAT IT IS, UH, EVERYONE'S INTENT TO, UH, TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WILL OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THAT, UH, THAT THAT ORDINANCE, UH, HAD, UH, PUT IT INTO EFFECT.

I KNOW THAT, UM, UH, YOU HAD, UH, UH, THE CHIEF AND THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS SPEAK TO KIND OF, UH, APPROACH TO IT.

WE THINK THE COMMUNITY AND, AND THE COUNCIL, UM, YOU INDICATED SHOULD BE HEARING SHORTLY HOW YOU INTEND TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.

UH, BUT FOR ANY COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT BE LISTENING NOW, DO YOU WANT TO JUST TOUCH BASE, UH, AT

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A HIGH LEVEL, UH, AS YOU, UH, COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH, UH, HOW YOU'RE GONNA PROCEED? SURE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS YOU MENTIONED THERE, SO WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING AND ENFORCING THE ORDINANCES THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN A HUMANE AND SAFE MANNER.

UH, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT EVEN WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS PARTNERING ON THEIR IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS, UH, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ON NINE 11.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROCESS THAT IS OVER TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE STAFF FROM MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH POLICE DEPARTMENT CODE AND PARKS AND RECREATION, AND OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS AND WILL PROCEED WITH A PHASED IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH, STARTING WITH SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.

AS WE DESCRIBED EARLIER, A PRIORITIZATION ON OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY AND THE COORDINATION WITH OUR HOST TEAM, UH, FOR CONNECTION TO RESOURCES, TO THE MAXIMUM DEGREE POSSIBLE.

AND ALONG WITH THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS ITEM, A PART IS ALSO IDENTIFYING THE NUMBER OF PARKS THAT COULD BE USED AS DESIGNATED CAMPING SITES AND STAFF ARE REVIEWING SEVERAL PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED BY OUR REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

AND SO A LOT OF STAFF REMAINS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED WITH PROVIDING DESIGNATED SITES.

WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THESE INTERIM OPTIONS.

A DIRECTOR MCNEELY IS FORMULATING A SAMPLE BUDGET FOR NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE, HYGIENE, RESOURCES, AND OPERATING COSTS.

AND WE WILL, WE WILL, WE WILL BE WORKING ON PROVIDING A RANGE OF POTENTIAL SERVICE COSTS DEPENDING ON THOSE INTENSITY LEVELS.

UM, BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, FINDING MORE DETAILS IN THE COMING DAYS AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS PLAN AND THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE USING IS COMMUNICATED CLEARLY TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

I MEAN, CLEARLY, UH, THE EXPRESSED WILL OF THE VOTERS WAS TO, UH, UH, GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE TENTS AND OUT OF THE CAMPUS.

UH, FRANKLY, AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA SAID, I THINK THAT'S THE WILL OF PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE, OF THE ELECTION.

UH, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY, UH, TO, TO MANIFEST THAT, UH, THAT WILL COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, AND THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOVO.

I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND THE RESEARCH AND CARE THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS IFC, PARTICULARLY, I APPRECIATE THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD ABOUT WHY THE SOLUTION WAS NOT USING THE PAST AND THE INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND YOU PROVIDED TODAY.

IT WAS VERY HELPFUL, AND I THINK IT HELPS US CREATE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, FROM WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.

AS I MENTIONED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HAS BEEN VERY OPEN TO DISCUSSIONS WITH US EVEN GOING SO FAR AS TO MEETING WITH MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL ABOUT THE HEAL INITIATIVE.

AND OF COURSE THEY CAN PROVIDE GOOD INSIGHT ABOUT HOW CAMPUS BRONZE IS WORKING AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEARN FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES TO BE SUCCESSFUL HERE IN AUSTIN.

UM, WITH CITY CAMPSITES, I PROVIDED THE CITY MANAGER CROCK WITH THE CONTACT INFORMATION, AND I'M HOPEFUL.

HE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM.

AS MANY OF HIS HAVE STATED PUBLICLY HOMELESSNESS IS NOT JUST AN AUSTIN PROBLEM.

WE NEED THE INPUT AND SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY AND THE STATE, AS WELL AS OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN ORDER TO WORK TOWARDS OUR VISION AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN OF HELPING LIFT OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS OUT OF THEIR SITUATION OF BEING HOMELESS AND PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR THEM AS WELL.

I'M THANKFUL TO HAVE BEEN ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THIS ITEM AND TO BE HERE TODAY, TO VOTE YES.

ON PROVIDING ONE OF MANY DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS NEEDED TO MOVE TOWARDS SOLVING AUSTIN'S HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.

I BELIEVE THE SOLUTION OUTLINED HERE TODAY, AS WELL AS THE HEAL INITIATIVE WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME.

THANK YOU AGAIN, THAT'S HER KITCHEN.

UM, YES.

I WANT TO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA FOR BRINGING THIS, UM, IT IS, UM, MUCH NEEDED.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE, AND IT'S CERTAINLY VERY TIMELY RIGHT NOW THAT WE TAKE THE STEP.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT IMMEDIATE STEP THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN TO, UH, ADDRESS WHAT REALLY IS A CRISIS, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS YOU SAID.

AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE IT IS TEMPORARY.

IT IS NOT A SOLUTION.

HOUSING IS THE SOLUTION.

SO, UM, AS WE CONTINUE WITH, UH, ROLLING OUT AND IMPLEMENTING THE HEAL INITIATIVE AND THE OTHER TYPES OF INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE, UH, ENGAGING IN AS A COMMUNITY TO, UM, TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO HOUSING, THIS IS A STEP THAT WE CAN TAKE RIGHT NOW MORE QUICKLY, UH, IN PARALLEL WITH THAT, UH, AND MAYOR WANT TO THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AROUND THE COMMUNITY SUMMIT.

UM, I, I SUPPORT THE, WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED TO ALL OF US IN THIS COMMUNITY AS A, AS A ROUTE TO REACH EQUILIBRIUM, AND WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND OTHER, UH,

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OTHER ENTITIES AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO, UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO, I WANT TO SECOND, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO SAID ABOUT OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER.

I, I COULD NOT SAY IT ANY STRONGER.

SHE IS JUST FABULOUS.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE HER JUMPING IN AND, UM, IN A VERY JOB, UM, AND WORKING, UH, VERY QUICKLY TO, TO HELP OUT US, UM, GET ALIGNED AND BRING ALL THESE STRANDS TOGETHER SO THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS A, UH, AN OVERALL, AN OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE AND PLAN.

SO THANK YOU DIANA FOR THAT.

UM, SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, I WANTED TO, AGAIN, REASSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS TEMPORARY.

UM, AND WE DO, AND WE DO MEAN TEMPORARY, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL FOCUSED ON AND I REMAIN FOCUSED ON, UH, GETTING US TO HOUSING AND EQUILIBRIUM IN THE HOUSING THAT WE PROVIDE AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN CAUSE OVER ALTAR.

MORE OF A CHALLENGE IN OTHER CITIES, UM, BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED FOLKS TO HAVE A HAVE AN EXIT.

UM, I'M PLEASED TO BE A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO, AS YOU WERE TALKING AND LISTING OFF THAT LIST, I COULDN'T, UM, BUT REFLECT ON HOW MANY OF THOSE YOU HAVE LED ON AND HOW PERSISTENT AND, UM, CAREFUL YOU HAVE BEEN, AND TRYING TO ALWAYS, UH, PURSUE SOLUTIONS THAT WE, WE, THAT, THAT ARE HUMANE AND REALLY TRY TO TRANSITION OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS IN TO HOUSING.

UM, WE'VE HAD A CHALLENGING COUPLE OF YEARS NOW AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN IDEA THAT'S IN HERE THAT, UM, WE HAD PROPOSED BACK AND I THINK IT WAS ITEM ONE 84 OR SOMETHING, UM, A LONG TIME AGO.

AND, UM, A DECISION WAS MADE THAT THAT WAS NOT, UM, BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THAT THAT WAS NOT THE APPROPRIATE, UM, NEXT STEP THAT WE NEEDED TO FOCUS OUR RESOURCES ON MORE PERMANENT HOUSING.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE AT A DIFFERENT POINT IN TIME, UM, AND WE NEED TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A WAY, UM, TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY DESIGNATED CAMPING SITES TO HELP US, UM, AS WE BUILD THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THE OTHER, UM, ITEMS THAT WE NEED, UM, I WANT TO BE CLEAR TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE STILL HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF US.

IF WE WANT TO CREATE A CITY WHERE HOMELESSNESS IS BRIEF NON-RECURRING AND RARE.

AND I WOULD INVITE FOLKS TO, YOU KNOW, BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.

UM, THE SUMMIT IS GREAT, BUT THE SUMMIT HAS NO IMPACT.

IF FOLKS BEYOND THE CITY, DON'T JOIN US IN THESE EFFORTS.

AND SO I WOULD REALLY INVITE PHILANTHROPY AND OUR FAITH COMMUNITIES AND EVERYONE ELSE TO LIKE US TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THIS, UM, DIG DEEP AND INVEST IN COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS, UM, WITH THIS RESOLUTION, UM, WE ARE STILL RELYING ON EXPERTS TO BE ABLE TO HELP US TO SHAPE WHAT THESE DESIGNATED CAMPING AREAS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

AND I'M LOOKING FOR OUR STAFF TO GUIDE US, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UM, BUT I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP THAT DEMONSTRATES ONCE AGAIN, OUR SERIOUSNESS AND THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE TAKING TO TRY TO ADDRESS A CHALLENGE THAT IS NOT JUST AUSTIN'S CHALLENGE ALONE COLLEAGUES.

ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON THIS, I, I APPRECIATE THIS ENTITY, UH, VOTING, UH, VOTING FOR IT.

I DO WANT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK A IMPORTANT ADDITION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO THAT RELATES TO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, WHICH IS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS ADDING ONTO OUR STRATEGIES, UM, RATHER THAN, THAN POTENTIALLY TAKE TAKING FROM, UM, OTHER STRATEGIES.

BECAUSE AGAIN, THE GOAL IS FOR US TO HAVE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO WHILE WE KNOW THAT WE NEED HOUSING FOR A REAL SOLUTION.

SO WE, SO I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER TO-GO THE, THE UPDATED EDITION THAT WE WOULD REALLY HOPE FOR THE MANAGER TO BRING US OPTIONS THAT DON'T REDUCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PLANS THAT WE HAVE.

UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE, IF WE ENDED UP PULLING FROM DOLLARS OR OTHER ASSETS OR BONDS OR LAND, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE GOING TO SOLVING THE PROBLEM, THEN WE, UM, THEN THAT MAY FURTHER, THEN WE COULD WIND UP IN THOSE CYCLES WHERE THIS HAS BEEN

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AND THAT MEANS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE HOUSING AVAILABLE.

SO I DO, UH, WHAT I APPRECIATE, UH, THE, THE THOUGHTFULNESS, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THAT LAST AMENDMENT, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE RAIL, UM, SOLUTION IS FOR US TO TRY TO, AS THOSE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF THE, OF THE COMING YEARS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT WHILE WE LOOK AT THE STRATEGY, I ALSO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE COMPARE THE COSTS OF, OF ANY OF THESE CAMPSITES OR ANY OF THIS WORK COMPARED TO WHAT THE OTHER NEXT BEST OPTION MAY BE ON THE, ON THE TABLE.

UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE TALK ABOUT HOW THE HOTEL STRATEGY CAN BE, YOU KNOW, ISN'T ALWAYS AS CHEAP AS WE'D LIKE, BUT ONCE YOU TALK ABOUT LAUNDRY AND GETTING PREPARED FOR STORMS AND FOLKS HAVING A SAFE PLACE TO BE AND BATHROOMS AND UTILITIES, IT DOES START ADDING UP.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE OPEN TO SORT OF THE RANGE OF OPTIONS AND MAKING SURE WE COMPARE THE COST OF CAMPUS SITES TO THE OTHER OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR THE MANAGER ENDS, ENDS REAL ESTATE, BUT, BUT I, BUT I WILL SUPPORT THIS.

AND, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A TO CALL OUT THAT ADDITION, I APPRECIATE THAT.

ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMEMBER TOBO DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE THIS AFTER MAYOR PROTECH? THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, I WAS JUST A COMMENT AT ONE, UH, ECHOING ALL THE, THANKS TO THE FOLKS WHO, WHO HELPED TO, UM, SORT OF GUIDE THE CONVERSATION TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOT OF VOICES AND A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS, DIVERSE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO PROGRAM THIS ITEM FORWARD.

I DO THINK IT'S AN ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION ALONG THE WAY.

I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY YESTERDAY TO TALK TO MAYOR CANTRELL.

SHE SAYS TO TELL YOU, HELLO, MAYOR, I'M OUT OF NEW ORLEANS.

AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT A PROGRAM CALLED GRACE AT THE GREENLIGHT.

IT'S A PROGRAM THAT REUNITES FAMILIES.

UM, AND SO IT'S, UH, AN ADDITIONAL TOOL OR REUNIFICATION TOOL.

SO IN ADDITION TO THE HOTEL STRATEGY, IN ADDITION TO HEAL, IN ADDITION TO THIS RESOLUTION, IN ADDITION TO HOPEFULLY ONE DAY, WE GET TO ENGAGE WITH GRACE AT THE GREEN LIGHT, IN ADDITION TO, UH, YOU KNOW, AND SO I REALLY FULLY RECOGNIZING JUST HOW, UH, I CAN'T RECALL WHICH COLLEAGUE IT WAS THAT TALKED ABOUT THE EMPHASIS ON A COLLECTIVE EFFORT.

UM, AND I KNOW SOMETIMES WE SAY BOTH SIDES, BUT I MEAN, ALL OF THE SIDES, EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S, THERE SHOULD BE SIDES OF THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS THAT DON'T HAVE LODGING, UM, AND ACCESS TO BASIC AMENITIES.

IN WHICH CASE I, I, I KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS PLACE AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE TRANSCEND IT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT INVITATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY TO GO AND, AND TALK TO THE GOVERNOR, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW WE TRANSCEND THAT SPACE, WHERE WE ALSO NEED FOR OUR STATE TO MAKE MASSIVE INVESTMENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

UM, WE ALSO NEED FOR OUR STATE TO MAKE MASSIVE INVESTMENTS AND PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO LIKE A CAMPUS LIKE ASH, WHERE YOU CAN GET THE VARYING DEGREES OF TREATMENT THAT YOU NEED FOR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU NEED TREATMENT FOR.

AND I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO KEEP THAT KIND OF, I MEAN, WE HAVE HUD, RIGHT? BUT UNLESS WE, UNTIL WE HAVE A NATIONAL FUND THAT EVERYBODY PAYS INTO AND, YOU KNOW, THE PAYOUT IS COMMENSURATE WITH YOUR HOMELESS POPULATION, UH, WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW ONE STATE AT A TIME CAN DO THIS.

WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT AS, UM, AS A NATION BECAUSE SOME CITIES, SOME STATES WILL INHERENTLY JUST HAVE A LARGER HOMELESS POPULATION.

AND SO, UM, NOW THAT WE ARE OFFICIALLY THE 10TH LARGEST CITY IN THE NATION, UM, I HOPE VERY MUCH THAT A CONTINUATION OF THESE CONVERSATIONS IS THOSE SORT OF UNDERLINE THAT UNDERLYING LACK, YOU KNOW, THAT UNDERLYING LACK OF THOSE SOCIAL SAFETY NETS AND PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO AND PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO RECEIVE TREATMENT.

I HOPE THAT'S, UH, AN ADDITIONAL ROBUST CONVERSATION TO THIS, TO THE SUITE OF OPTIONS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.

CAUSE WE'RE TOVO DO YOU WANT TO CLOSE OUT YOU, YOU OKAY.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE THEN AS AMENDED, UH, THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 17, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I SEE IT BEING UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS.

IS, IS, UH, AMIABLE TO AS CONVICTED HIM 30TH.

LET'S PICK UP, UH, UH, IT'S SIX 24 COLLEAGUES.

WE HAVE, UM, UH, ITEM NUMBER 41, AND THEN WE HAVE THE FOUR ZONING CASES.

DO YOU WANT TO KEEP PUSHING, OR DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK AT SEVEN 30? THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HAVING MADISON MEMBER THERE.

AND THANK YOU.

IF I MADE MY, MY IN-LAWS JUST LANDED AND I LIKE VERY MUCH TO HAVE DINNER WITH THE FAMILY.

UM, SO IF, IF ANYBODY ELSE

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AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A RECESS TO THE COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT SIX 24.

WE'LL COME BACK AT SEVEN 30.

UH, WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM 41 FIRST EITHER.

WE'LL TAKE THE ZONING MATTERS, UH, IN ORDER.

UH, YES, CATS ARE ALL THERE.

I JUST WANT TO THROW OUT THAT 41 MAY TAKE A WHILE, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE MIGHT BE MORE PRODUCTIVE IF WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, UM, TO THINK THROUGH THE DETAILS AND, AND COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS, WE CAN DECIDE AT SEVEN 30.

I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT.

UM, IN CASE THAT OTHERS WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

LET'S SEE WHERE WE ARE AT SEVEN 30, IF THAT'S OKAY, GUYS, WE'RE A KITCHEN.

GUESS I JUST WANT JUST A HEADS UP.

UM, I, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UM, AMENDMENTS THAT, UM, THE MATTER OF HOW TIM WAS ABLE TO INCORPORATE, UM, UH, JUST TO GIVE EVERYONE HEADS OUT, I SEND OUT MY ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.

THERE ARE 19 AMENDMENTS, UM, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OFF WITH REGARDS TO THESE 41.

AND THEY SHOULD ALL BE, IT SHOULD BE IN YOUR BOX.

WE TRY TO RELATE IT BACK TO THE PAGE NUMBERS IN, UM, IN THE MAYOR PART TIM'S VERSION THREE, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO, THAT'S GOING TO ASK TO SEE A COUNSELOR TOO.

IF I WAS ALSO A POSTED OF EMIRATES.

SIX 26.

WE'LL BE BACK AT SEVEN 30.

WE'RE IN RECESS.

AND LET'S GO AHEAD.

AND WE'LL RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT 7:45 PM.

IT IS MAY 6TH AND MORGAN, SORRY.

MAYOR.

THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS NOT HERE.

WE NEED THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND KITCHEN.

UH, WE JUST GOT A VERSION FOUR FOR 41, WHICH I HAVE NOT HAD THE CHANCE TO READ.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE READY TO TAKE UP 41 FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

I THINK WE COULD STAY.

WE COULD HAVE SOME OF THIS EARLY STUFF.

LET'S TRY THAT.

LET'S SEE TASHA WITH US.

PICK UP, UH, LET'S TURN TO THE ZONING CASE HERE.

LET'S

[54. C14-2020-0112 - Delta Kappa Gamma Society International - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 416 54. West 12th Street (Shoal Creek Watershed). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from general office (GO) district zoning to downtown mixed use (DMU) district zoning. Staff Recommendation: To grant downtown mixed use-conditional overlay (DMU-CO) combining district zoning. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant downtown mixed use (DMU) district zoning. Owner/Applicant: The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (Nita Scott). Agent: Armbrust & Brown, PLLC (Michael J. Whellan, Michael J. Gaudini). City Staff: Mark Graham, 512-974-3574. A valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning request.]

THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM NUMBER 54.

UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ITEM 54? THAT'S RUBBER.

ALICE MAKES THE MOTION TO ADOPT IS JERRY WITH US? YES, MA'AM.

LET ME LAY IT OUT REAL QUICK.

WHY DON'T YOU LAY IT OUT? OKAY.

THIS IS A 54 K C 14 2020 ZERO ONE ONE TWO.

IT'S THE KNOWN AS THE DELTA KAPPA GAMMA CASE FOR THE PROPERTY AT FOUR 16 WEST 12TH STREET, THE REQUESTED ZONING IS FROM GEO TO DMU.

THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT DMU.

CEO'S ZONING LIMITING THE HEIGHT TO 60 FEET.

THE REASON FOR THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS 60 FEET IS THE PIPE IS RECOMMENDED IN THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN, UM, AS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE APPLICANT'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS JUST FOR DMU ZONING WITHOUT A HEIGHT LIMITATION, WHICH WOULD ALLOW UP TO 120 FEET BY RIGHT.

UH, THE APPLICANT WOULD BE, UM, THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD BE ALLOWED TO USE THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THEM TO GO UP TO 400 FEET OF HEIGHT.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEIR DESIRE IS TO USE THAT PROGRAM TO GET UP TO 360 FEET OF HEIGHT.

THERE WAS A VALID PETITION IN THE CASE THIS MORNING, BUT A COUPLE OF NAMES WERE TAKEN OFF.

AND SO THE PETITION IS NO LONGER VALID.

SO IT WOULD REQUIRE ONLY, UM, SIX VOTES TO, UM, PASS.

AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THE APPLICANT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE, UM, REACHED AN AGREEMENT ON SOME ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS IN THE CL AND THOSE WOULD BE TO PROHIBIT.

I'M SORRY, JUST BEAR WITH ME.

ONE SECOND.

UM, LIQUOR SALES, BAIL, BOND SERVICES, PAWN SHOP SERVICES AT OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT AND TO LIMIT A COCKTAIL LOUNGE, NO LARGER THAN 25 FEET.

SO WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

ALICE, DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE PASSAGE OF ITEM 54? AND I DID NOTICE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO HAS TENDER CAMERA OFF.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT SHE HAD RECUSED HERSELF EARLIER.

IT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT PC RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CEO.

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SORRY.

CONSTABLE BROWSES WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, CEO, INCLUDING THE CONDITIONS.

I JUST READ INTO IT.

THE APPLICANT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AGREED TO AS WELL.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? COUNCILOR CASSARA SECOND SET.

ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.

I SPENT A LOT OF THINGS GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT, THE APPLICANT WITH US.

I AM YOUR HONOR, YOUR HONOR.

I AM THERE MICHAEL WAYLAND.

FIVE MINUTES.

CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHEN THE PRESENTATION IS UP, PLEASE? YES.

I'LL TELL YOU IT'S UP.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS OUR REQUEST.

THANKS.

MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY, INTERNATIONAL LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT SUPPORTS WOMEN EDUCATORS AROUND THE WORLD.

YOU HEARD EARLIER DIRECTLY FROM DKG FOLKS ON WHY THIS CASE IS IMPORTANT TO THEIR FUTURE.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CASE FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE.

WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

DELTA KAPPA GAMMA'S REQUEST IS FOR DOWNTOWN MIXED USE ZONING WITH FULL HEIGHT.

A PORTION OF THEIR SITE ALREADY HAS THE DMU ZONING WITH FULL HEIGHT.

IT ALREADY HAS IT.

SO THIS WOULD MAKE THE SITE, AS WE ALREADY HEARD ELIGIBLE FOR THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM AND ENABLE A TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE PROJECT APPROVING THIS WILL SUPPORT THE CITY'S HOUSING AND TRANSIT GOALS, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTS OUR REQUESTS.

NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE THREE.

HERE.

YOU CAN SEE THE SITE AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAN ANTONIO AND 12TH STREET.

AND I JUST WANT TO PAUSE AGAIN AND NOTE THAT THE AREA THAT'S BEING ZONED IS THIS L SHAPED, UH, BECAUSE A PORTION OF THE SITE IS ALREADY ZONE DMU WITHOUT A HEIGHT LIMIT SLIDE FOUR, THE SITE IS IN DOWNTOWN AND AN IMAGINE AUSTIN CENTER.

IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND IT'S IN THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS OR AREA, THIS IS SLIDE FIVE.

THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER ADDITIONAL HEIGHT IS APPROPRIATE HERE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CITY'S OWN ANSWER IS YES, THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS AREA IS VERY TARGETED AND SPECIFIC.

YOU CAN SEE IT WRAPPING AROUND, AND THIS SITE IS CLEARLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES, MARKING IT AS AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR HEIGHT SLIDE SIX.

THE SITE IS ALSO STRATEGICALLY PLACED ALONG TO FUTURE RAIL LINES AND RIGHT AT A FUTURE PLAN RAIL STATION, APPROXIMATELY 218 FEET AWAY.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, MARKING IT AS A LOCATION WHERE INCREASED HOUSING IS NOT ONLY APPROPRIATE, BUT AS NEEDED TO SUPPORT CITY GOALS, SLIDE SEVEN.

THESE GOALS INCLUDE THE CITY'S GOALS FOR HOUSING AND MOBILITY, BOTH OF WHICH THE CITY, YOU KNOW, CANDIDLY HAS FALLEN SHORT OF MEETING AT LEAST TODAY.

SO I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THESE TWO INDICATORS.

IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE EIGHT, I WANTED TO LOOK AT THE HOMELESSNESS SUMMITS, PROPOSED GOALS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT ALREADY TODAY.

HERE WE HAVE THE REPORTED ESTIMATE OF 165 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

AND WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE NINE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A MEANINGFUL GAP THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE.

IF WE ARE TO MEET THE IDENTIFIED OR THE NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, IF YOU KEPT THE HEIGHT, IT IS INELIGIBLE FOR THE DENSITY BONUS, WHICH MEANS NO FUNDING FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND NO GREAT STREETS REQUIREMENT WITH A QUALITY PEDESTRIAN AND BIKING ENVIRONMENT.

ALSO INDEPENDENT OF THIS CASE AND INDEPENDENT OF ANY AMOUNT OF FEE WE WOULD PAY UNDER THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS STRATUS PROPERTIES WHO IS PURCHASING THE PROPERTY HAS INDEPENDENTLY COMMITTED $200,000 BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR TO HELP WITH HOMELESSNESS AND UTILIZE THE FEEDBACK OF THE HOMELESSNESS STRATEGY OFFICER AND IMPLEMENTING THOSE FUNDS.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE 10.

THE CITY ALSO HAS AN IMPORTANT, UH, HAS IMPORTANT GOALS FOR MOBILITY AND TRANSIT TO DATE.

OUR TRANSIT RIDERSHIP HAS BEEN AT AROUND THREE TO 4%.

AND WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TYPE OF TRANSIT RIDERSHIP GROWTH YOU WOULD HOPE TO SEE IN ORDER TO HIT THE TRANSIT RIDERSHIP GOAL COUNCIL SET IN THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, SLIDE 12.

SO THE CITY WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON OUR HOUSING, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND MOBILITY EFFORTS.

IF WE ARE GOING TO MEET OUR GOALS AS A COMMUNITY AND PROJECTS LIKE THIS ARE CRITICAL TO THOSE EFFORTS WITH 270 NEW UNITS, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FUNDING AND A TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE PROJECT THAT OR FUTURE RAIL STATION, AND ALONG TO FUTURE RAIL LINES, NONE OF THESE THINGS WOULD HAPPEN IF THE REZONING WERE TO BE REJECTED, OR IF IT WERE KEPT AT A LOWER HEIGHT SLIDE 13.

UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE, THIS TYPE OF PROJECT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE ASN P CALLS FOR DESCRIBING INCREASING HOUSING DOWNTOWN QUOTE, ONE OF THE SUREST WAYS TO LOWER THE DRIVE ALONE RATE CITYWIDE AND FACILITATE INCREASED TRANSIT RIDERSHIP AND QUOTE, FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE ACE AND P STRATEGIES.

THE COUNCIL ADOPTED IS

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CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT INVESTMENTS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE $7 BILLION RAIL INVESTMENT.

NEXT SLIDE.

FINALLY STAFF RECOMMENDED CAPPING OUR HEIGHT AT 60 FEET BASED ON THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN, WHICH THE CITY INITIATED IN 2005, 15 YEARS AGO, AND ADOPTED 10 YEARS AGO IN 2011.

IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THOUGH, YOU CAN SEE THAT SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE HAD MANY SUBSEQUENT CITY ADOPTED POLICIES THAT ALL SUPPORT ALLOWING A TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE DOWNTOWN PROJECT WITH FULL HEIGHT AT THIS LOCATION.

IF YOU PUT A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY ON THIS LIMITING THE HEIGHT, WE ARE INELIGIBLE FOR THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM AND STAFF EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGES THIS AT PAGE TWO OF THEIR REPORT.

NEXT SLIDE, QUICK RECAP, DELTA KAPPA GAMMA HAS REQUESTED DMU ZONING ON A SITE THAT IS LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS AREA AND ADD A FUTURE PROJECT CONNECT RAIL STATION.

NEXT SLIDE, THE CITY HAS SET GOALS FOR MEETING ITS HOUSING, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND MOBILITY NEEDS, BUT MEANINGFUL WORK REMAINS IN ORDER TO MEET THESE GOALS.

NEXT SLIDE DMU IS FULL HEIGHT AT THIS SITE WOULD BOTH BE APPROPRIATE AND WOULD HELP THE CITY MEET ITS HOUSING AND MOBILITY GOALS.

AND OBVIOUSLY I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER, UM, I'M GOING TO PUT THIS ON THE TABLE FOR JUST A SECOND.

I'M GOING TO CALL OUT ITEM NUMBER 41 COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER AT 54 EITHER NO 41 COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, UH, HAS HAD A SERIOUS FAMILY EMERGENCY.

SHE'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT FOR THE BALANCE OF THE MEETING TONIGHT.

UM, AND SHE'S ASKED THAT, UH, HER, THIS ITEM 41 BE POSTPONED TO MAY 20TH.

SO AN OBJECTION TO THAT POSTPONEMENT WITHOUT OBJECTION THAT I, I HADN'T BEEN POSTPONED TO MAY 20 AND WE WILL NOT HAVE THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE BALANCE OF THIS EVENING.

BACK NOW TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM 54.

AND DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO.

I JUST WANTED TO HEAR AGAIN.

CALVIN BEGGAR ALTAR.

SO, UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THINGS STRAIGHT.

UM, WHAT I KNOW THERE'S DMU ZONING ON THE OTHER PORTION.

WHAT IS THE HEIGHT LIMIT AT THIS TIME FOR THAT PORTION? NOT THE PORTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REZONING TODAY.

RESTAURANT I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S JUST EMU.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT HAS A HEIGHT LIMITATION, BUT I'LL CHECK THAT REAL QUICK.

THANK YOU, MICHAEL WHALEN.

THAT IS CORRECT.

THERE'S NO HEIGHT LIMIT ON THAT PORTION OF THE SITE.

AND HOW HIGH WOULD YOU NEED TO GO TO DO THE 270 UNIT PROJECT YOU HAVE IN MIND? IT'S AS THE ESTIMATE IS, UH, MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, THE ESTIMATE IS APPROXIMATELY 375 FEET.

IT'S A VERY NARROW SITE THAT YOU CAN TELL.

GO AHEAD, MR. WHALEN.

HI.

UM, AND WHAT IS THE HEIGHT THAT IS ANTICIPATED? I KNOW YOU'VE GOT 375 FEET, BUT WHAT IS THE HEIGHT THAT'S ANTICIPATED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, THAT WOULD BE THE HEIGHT.

ULTIMATELY IT'LL GET IRONED OUT AT THE DESIGN COMMISSION, UH, PROCESS AND THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROCESS, A FULL SET OF RENDERINGS AND ANALYSIS AND DESIGN HAVE TO BE PRESENTED IN AN ARCHITECT.

CLARA WEINBERG, WHO YOU HEARD FROM EARLIER TODAY WOULD BE PRESENTING TO THE DESIGN COMMISSION AND WE'LL HAVE IT FLUSHED OUT AT THAT POINT, IN TERMS OF THE PRECISE HEIGHT, IT CANNOT EXCEED FOUR FEET, BUT THE ESTIMATE IS 375.

A PUBLIC ACCESSING AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE GARDEN AREA, UH, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS WOULDN'T YOU BRING TO THE TABLE? SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, UH, ONE THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE 2013 ORDINANCE REQUIRES ALL THAT MONEY TO GO TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

UH, THE SECOND PIECE IS THE GREAT STREETS, WHICH, UH, WE HEARD A SPEAKER FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR THAT IS NOT REQUIRED.

THAT IS, UH, IF THIS WERE NOT TO UTILIZE A DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, SO WE WOULD HAVE GREAT STREETS.

WE WOULD BE, AS YOU SAW FROM MS. WEINBERG'S PRESENTATION, SHE'S THE LEAD ARCHITECT AT SCB.

UH, WE HAVE A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, UH, UH, GROUND FLOOR WITH

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AND THEN, UH, ALSO AN INDEPENDENT OF ALL THIS, UH, A, UH, COMMITMENT TO HELP HOMELESSNESS, UH, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR WITH THE INPUT OF THE HOMELESS ILLNESS STRATEGY OFFICER, THERE'S A MOTION, I GUESS THERE'S ONE OTHER ONE.

THE, THE, THE AUSTIN ENERGY, UH, YOU HAVE TO DO A TWO-STAR, UH, GREEN BUILDING AS WELL ON A TOWER, UH, UH, AS WELL UNDER THE, UH, DOWNTOWN DESIGN BONUS BEEN MOVED AND SECRETARY FOR THE DISCUSSION, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.

UM, HOW MANY READINGS IS THIS ON COUNCIL MEMBER? IT'S READY FOR ALL THREE READINGS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE SEVEN VOTES OR COULD PASS ON FIRST READING WITH SIX.

SO, SO I MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONSIDER A FIRST READING.

UM, I'VE GOT SOME DIFFERENT INFORMATION AND CONFLICTING INFORMATION THAT I WOULD WANT TO, UM, CHECK.

UM, THIS SEEMS LIKE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF HEIGHT.

UM, IN THAT AREA, I HEAR THE ARGUMENT FOR NEAR THE PROJECT CONNECT, BUT FOR ME, I WOULD HAVE TO, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR IT, UM, TONIGHT, UM, BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SO MUCH ENTITLEMENT AND SO HIGH FOR THAT, FOR THAT AREA OUT OF PROPORTION.

UM, BUT I, BUT I HAVE HEARD SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I WAS HEARING BEFORE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO CHECK THAT, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO ON THREE READINGS, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR IT.

LET'S SEE HOW MANY VOTES THERE ARE POOL.

I MIGHT MAKE THAT MOTION THEN TO APPROVE ON FIRST READING TO ALLOW SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION TO OCCUR.

AND THEN THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING THE, THE DEVOTES THAT ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO BRING THIS HOME.

LET'S CHECK REAL FAST AND SEE, UM, WHERE THE VOTES ARE ON IT.

IF THERE ARE SIX VOTES WITHOUT THE ALLEY, IF THERE ARE SEVEN VOTES WITHOUT ALISON, THEN IT'LL PASS IT ON THREE READINGS.

IF THEY'RE NOT SEVEN VOTES WITHOUT ALISON, UH, THEN, UH, LET'S SEE IF THERE ARE SIX ESTIMATED MOTION FOR FIRST READING.

YOU MEAN THE AMENDMENT? HOW'S OUR POOL AMENDS TO GO FROM THREE READINGS DOWN TO JUST FIRST WHO MADE THE MOTIONS? I'M SORRY.

I MISSED THAT.

I MADE THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

ALICE MADE THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

AND WHO WAS THE SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER? CASAR.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I MISSED THAT.

SO COMPLETELY.

I THOUGHT I WAS MAKING THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ON THREE RATINGS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

UH, IT IS A KITCHEN ALICE, UH, FOR THIS RED 30, UH COSAR AND ME, I GUESS THERE ARE THREE, NOT VOTING FOR THE THIRD RE ALL THREE READINGS.

IS THAT RIGHT? IT IS A SIX AND WE NEED SEVEN FOR ALL THREE RATINGS.

SO WOULD IT BEGIN IN LINE FOR ME TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR FIRST READING? IT WOULD BE AT THIS POINT.

LET'S DO THAT.

AND MAYBE WE'LL HAVE CONSENSUS ACROSS THE DIETS AND WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD.

FIRST READING.

I THINK WE NEED A SECOND THOUGH.

WHO'S THE SECOND WE DON'T.

I SAID, I ANNOUNCED I WAS GOING TO DO LESS.

THEY WERE OKAY.

THOSE IN FAVOR OF JUST THE FIRST READING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

IT IS EVERYBODY ON THE DIOCESE WE HAVE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER OF TOVO OFF ARE ACCUSED AND A COUNCIL MEMBER OF HARPER, MADISON NOT HERE PASSES.

57 BEAR BEFORE WE LAY OUT 56 AND 57.

MICHAEL WHALEN QUICKLY BECAUSE THERE'S A RECUSAL.

DO WE NEED SIX OR SEVEN? THE CITY LEGAL NEED TO GIVE US A QUICK, BECAUSE HE'S NOT ON THE BODY.

SHE'S NOT PART OF THE BODY.

NO, IT'S SEVEN VOTES PER CITY CODE, AND IT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE SEVEN VOTES FOR MULTIPLE READINGS.

SEVEN VOTES, MR. WAYLAND.

ALRIGHT, PASSES ON FIRST READING ONLY.

LET'S NOW GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.

WHY DON'T YOU LAY OUT 56,

[Items 56 & 57]

UM, I RE I DO KNOW THAT MR. WALTER MURROW, WHO WAS THE APPLICANT WAS HOPING THAT, UH, UH, MAYOR PORTEND HARPER, MADISON COULD BE HERE FOR THE CASE.

SO PERHAPS WE WOULD LIKE TO CHECK WITH HIM BEFORE WE STARTED TO SEE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO POSTPONE OR STILL MOVE FORWARD TO THAT.

THIS IS 56 57.

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THE, UH, THE PARKING LANE CASES.

UH, IF WE COULD CHECK WITH WALTER RIPPER WITH WALTER REPICK FIRST AND SEE IF HE WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED, THAT'D BE GREAT.

THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

I TALKED TO WALTER.

HE SAID HE WANTED TO GO FOR A FIRST READ 56 57.

SURE.

MAYOR, UM, ITEMS NUMBER, LET'S SEE.

ITEM NUMBER 56 IS CASE NPA 2021 ZERO ZERO 21.0 H TODD S H.

THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2105, UH, PARKER LANE.

THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT TO REQUEST THIS, TO CHANGE THE, UH, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM CIVIC TO MULTIFAMILY THE RELATED ZONING CASES, KC 14, 2021, UH, ZERO ZERO ZERO EIGHT DOT S H ALSO LOCATED AT 2105 PARKER LANE.

THE REQUESTED ZONING CHANGES FROM AND P ZONING.

THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT N P ZONING.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION WAS TO GRANT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR M F N P ZONING.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE IS A VALID PETITION ON THIS CASE, AND THEREFORE IT WOULD REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO PASS IT ALL THREE READINGS OR SIX VOTES TO MOVE FORWARD ON FIRST RATE, UM, WITH THAT I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE IN WHICH, UH, YEAH, THIS IS WALTER WITH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES.

FIVE MINUTES.

WE'RE JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND EXCITED ABOUT PREMIUM THESE NEW HOMES.

UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PROPOSE THE PARKER APARTMENTS.

UM, I KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH FOUNDATION COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE AN AUSTIN HOMEGROWN NONPROFIT IN HERE OVER 30 YEARS, AND WE PROVIDE REALLY BEAUTIFUL WELL-MAINTAINED HOUSING FOR OVER 7,000 RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH AND FINANCIAL SERVICES.

OVER A THOUSAND OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE FOLKS THAT WERE FORMERLY HOMELESS.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD AT PARKER IS 135, ALL AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS, UH, DESIGNED MOSTLY FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS.

SO IT'LL BE MOSTLY TWO BEDROOM AND THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS, VERY CENTRAL LOCATION, MORE THAN HALF OF THE APARTMENTS WILL BE AFFORDABLE BELOW THE 50% RENT, BUT REALLY DEEPLY AFFORDABLE.

AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, 14 APARTMENTS ARE SET ASIDE FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN HOMELESS.

UM, THIS'LL BE PART OF OUR CHILDREN'S HOME INITIATIVE PROGRAM.

UM, AND WHAT'S CRITICAL FOR SERVING THESE FAMILIES IS THAT WE HAVE $15 MILLION IN FEDERAL TAX CREDITS, HOUSING CREDITS LINED UP TO BE APPROVED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

WE'RE ALSO BUILDING ON THE SITE, UH, A HUGE NEW COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER.

UM, THIS WILL BE OUR 15TH CENTER.

UM, WE DO AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM FOR KIDS.

IT'S ALL FREE.

UM, OUR KIDS HAVE A B PLUS AVERAGE, WE'LL HAVE HEALTH PROGRAMS, A FOOD PANTRY SPACE FOR PARTNERS LIKE MEALS ON WHEELS.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHURCH.

THE METHODIST CHURCH SUPPORTS A PROGRAM CALLED JUSTICE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, IMMIGRATION PROGRAM.

AND WE'RE PROVIDING OFFICE SPACE IN THE CENTER FOR THEM.

UM, THE CURRENT CHURCH BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE ARE BASICALLY OVER 70 YEARS OLD AND RUN DOWN AND NO, NO LONGER SERVICEABLE.

THE SITE IS EIGHT ACRES.

SO WE'RE VERY LOW DENSITY.

WE'RE SAVING THE HERITAGE TREES, MAKING SURE THERE'S SPACE FOR WILD FLOWERS ALONG PARKER LANE.

THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE LAND USE.

THERE'S A CHURCH TO THE SOUTH MULTIFAMILY TO THE NORTH, TO THE EAST, AND THEN ACROSS PARKER.

THERE'S THE HERITAGE OAK PARK AND SINGLE FAMILY.

WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NEIGHBORS.

UM, THE, THE BIGGEST BLOCK OF THE VALID PETITION IS REALLY THE CONDO ASSOCIATION TO THE NORTH.

I THINK THE MAIN CONCERN AT THIS POINT IS JUST NOT TO GET A ZONING ON THE LAND.

THAT'S MORE INTENSE IN CASE FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES.

OUR PROJECT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

UM, WE ARE WILLING TO REDUCE THE REQUESTS FROM THAT WE CAN'T GO TO MF TOO, BECAUSE IT GETS VERY TIGHT ON IMPERVIOUS COVER AND WOULD SACRIFICE THE WALKING TRAIL AND SOME OF THE OTHER AMENITIES AT THIS STAGE THAT WE, WE HAVE PLANNED FOR FAMILIES.

UM, WE ARE OKAY WITH AND WE'RE ALSO OKAY WITH A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY WITH A 50 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK FROM THE NORTH THAT SETS OUR BUILDINGS BACK FROM THE CONDO ASSOCIATION.

UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS WITH ONE READING OR THREE READINGS.

WE KNOW WE NEED NINE OR 10 VOTES.

WE'D LOVE TO BE DONE TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN LET THE ARCHITECT AND THE ENGINEER LOOSE ON THE SITE PLANNING PROCESS WITHOUT DELAY AND GET THE PARK APARTMENTS BUILT.

UM,

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HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

SO I APPRECIATE, UM, MR. MOROSE COMMENTS AND, UM, I KINDA WANT TO DO WHAT WE JUST DID ON THE OTHER ONE IN REVERSE, BECAUSE I THINK WE MAY ACTUALLY HAVE THE VOTES ON THIS ONE.

I'M NOT SURE.

UM, AND, AND WE COULD DISCUSS ABOUT WHETHER IT'S THE MF THREE, UM, WITH THAT SETBACK OR, OR THE MF FOUR.

UM, I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING, UM, EITHER ONE OF, EITHER ONE OF THOSE.

UM, I'M OPEN FOR THE ARGUMENT FOR THE, FOR THE LOWER AMOUNT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE I'M AT.

UM, THIS AREA SEEMS APPROPRIATE FOR MULTIFAMILY, UM, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE AN APPOINT ABOUT AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED.

UM, SO WHEN I SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED, IT WAS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS MEANT TO LITERALLY UNLOCK ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS ON BASE ZONING ENTITLEMENTS.

I'VE BEEN VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND GENERALLY UNSUPPORTIVE OF WHEN APPLICANTS COME TO US, ASKING FOR ZONING CHANGES AND PROMISING TO US THAT IF WE GRANT THEM THE ZONING CHANGE, THEY WILL THEN VOLUNTARILY PURSUE AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED.

THAT'S A COMMITMENT WE CANNOT ENFORCE.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKS SHOULD BE USED ON BASE ZONING, ENTITLEMENTS AS APPROPRIATE.

I DON'T SUPPORT THEM BEING USED AS A NEGOTIATION TOOL BY MARKET DEVELOPERS ASKING US TO GIVE THEM UP ZONINGS.

AND I ALSO DON'T WANT THIS TOOL TO BE USED ON ZONING CASES AS A WAY TO REDUCE THE ZONING AND ONLY MAKE PROJECTS FEASIBLE IF INTO THE LIMITS OF AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED AS MENTAL ALLOW US TO ACHIEVE MORE THAN WHAT BASED OWNING WOULD ALLOW, NOT AS A WAY TO CONSTRAIN A PROJECT.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST SEE, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF FOLKS HAVE A THOUGHT ABOUT THE MF, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK THIS IS IN WHATEVER DISTRICT THIS IS IN.

I THINK IT'S PO, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MAYBE CONSIDER SEEING IF WE CAN DO IT ON ALL THREE READINGS SO THAT THEY CAN GET THE PROJECT UNDERWAY MAYOR.

GUESS WE WE'RE THREE YET I HAVE NO PROBLEM GOING FOR THE ALL THREE READINGS BECAUSE I REALLY SUPPORT THIS, UH, PROJECT.

UH, THIS IS AN AREA THAT, UH, WILL REALLY BENEFIT FOR IT TO HAVE, UH, PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR US.

WE NEED TO KEEP PEOPLE CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN THAT ARE GOING TO BE AT WORKFORCE PEOPLE AND WE DON'T PROVIDE THEM HOUSING.

THEY'RE GONNA MOVE OUT OF TOWN AND THEY WON'T COME BACK.

AND WE ALREADY FIGURED THAT'S PROBABLY THAT NOW, AND IN MY AREA OF WHERE THEY HAVE HELPED ONE AT PO, UH, SIGNS UP THERE, BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT WERE WILLING TO COME IN BACK INTO DOWNTOWN AREA OR TO WORK FOR THE, THE LOW KIDS WITH NO BENEFITS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO WE NEED TO REALLY PROVIDE THESE TYPE OF HOMES FOR OUR PEOPLE.

AND ESPECIALLY WITH, UH, UH, FAMILIES, WOMEN WITH CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO REACH OUT AND THE KIND OF COMMITMENT THAT WALTER HAS DONE AND THE SERVICE THAT HE HAS PROVIDED TO OUR COMMUNITY IS JUST BEEN REALLY GREAT.

AND WE'VE BEEN, GOT, UH, GOT SENT TO US, YOU KNOW, SO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN GET THE NINE VOTES, THEN I'M WILLING TO STEP DOWN AND RESUBMIT PINE RECOMMENDATION FOR FIRST REALLY WELL.

LET'S SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE ARE.

PEOPLE GET DRAWN, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE PC RECOMMENDATION FOR MF, FOR, UH, AS WELL.

AND I WOULD VOTE THAT WAY.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE THAT WOULD DO THAT.

UM, UH, THAT'S BEEN GREAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA I SAID FIRST, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HEALTH.

AND THANKS FOR YOUR WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOUR WORK, UM, ON THIS PROJECT.

UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT CUSTOMER ROW.

YOU, YOU MENTIONED.

UM, AND I KNOW FROM, FROM TALKING WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT, THAT YOU'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT TALK TOGETHER ABOUT DIFFERENT MECHANISMS FOR, UM, CODIFYING, THE AGREEMENTS THAT YOU WERE WILLING TO MAKE.

AND I THINK YOU JUST MENTIONED A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY WITH REGARD TO THE SETBACK.

WOULD YOU MIND JUST REPEATING, REPEATING THAT PLEASE? YEAH, WE, WE ARE FINE WITH A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY OF 50 FEET AS A BUILDING SETBACK FROM THE NORTH OR SIDE, UM, THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE.

UM, WE RESPECT THE FACT THAT THE CONDO ASSOCIATION WANTS US TO SET BACK AND WE HAD PLANNED TO DO THAT AND WE'LL DO THAT.

SO THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.

SO I'M SORRY.

I'VE LOST TRACK OF THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. MERLIN,

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I THINK THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING DEVELOPMENT.

I FORGOTTEN THERE, WHETHER THERE'S A, UM, MOTION ON THE FLOOR, BUT IF SO, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT THAT CONDITIONAL OVERLAY BECOME A PART OF THE MOTION.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A FEEL BEFORE WE HAVE EMOTION, WE'RE TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR WHERE PEOPLE ARE.

UM, UM, BUT I WOULD ALSO SUPPORT THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY AS PART OF ANYTHING WE DO AS WELL.

I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE BETWEEN, UH, UH, THE MF FOUR AND THE MF THREE COUNCILMEMBER ELLIS.

THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION.

I'M SUPPORTIVE OF , BUT I WONDERED HOW MANY AFFORDABLE UNITS WE'D LOSE BY DOING .

UH, THIS IS, UH, WALTER.

WE WERE BUILDING OUR PLAN FOR, TO BUILD 135 APARTMENT, NO MATTER WHAT.

UM, THAT GIVES US A LARGE UNITS, TWO BEDROOM, THREE BEDROOM UNITS AT A MODEST DENSITY AND THE SPACE FOR THE LEARNING CENTER.

UM, SO I THINK THAT THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS IT WON'T CHANGE WHETHER IT'S MF FOR MF BRI.

I, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO GO INTO A FEW FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES IN MY YEARS ON THE DIOCESE, AND I JUST THINK YOU'RE DOING AMAZING WORK.

AND I THINK, UM, WE COULD USE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN THE COMMUNITY BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FOR SURE.

UH, KATHY GETSMARTER TOVA YES, BUT IT TO COME BACK AROUND TO THIS, BUT THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS FOR THE QUESTION.

SO, SO MR. MOREAU, YOUR INTENTIONS ARE TO BUILD WITHIN MF THREE.

I MEAN, THE, THE MF THREE PARAMETERS PROVIDE YOU WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO BUILD YOUR PROJECT WITHOUT, WITHOUT SACRIFICING ANY, ANY UNITS OR ANY OF THE AMENITIES THAT YOU PLAN FOR YOUR FAMILIES.

IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING FROM YOUR CONVERSATION TO CLARIFY? WE WILL, WE ARE QUALIFIED FOR AFFORDABILITY ON LOCK, SO THAT COMBINATION OF WITH AFFORDABILITY ON LOCK, ALLOWED US TO BUILD WHAT WE PROPOSED.

GOT IT.

SO, UM, THEN I GUESS COLLEAGUES, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT VR MOTION, I THINK THAT ELIMINATES ANY CONCERN.

WELL, THAT ELIMINATES, UM, WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS THAT I HEARD FROM, FROM SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS, WHICH WAS THAT IF, IF FOR SOME REASON FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES DIDN'T PROCEED THAT THOSE ENTITLEMENTS RUN WITH THE LAND.

SO I THINK THAT THAT'S, IF THERE'S NO, UM, IT'S NOT PUTTING ANY RESTRICTIONS ON FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES IN TERMS OF THEIR PLAN, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT'D BE THE THAT'D BECOME THEIR MOTION.

LET'S CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION HERE.

OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO INDICATE WHERE THEY ARE WITH RESPECT TO MF THREE AND FOUR, THAT'S OUR KITCHEN.

UM, I'M, I'M SUPPORTING WHAT, UM, THE APPROACH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO SUGGESTED.

I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.

CAUSE OUR POOL SAME.

IT INJECTS THE PREDICTABILITY THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, THAT BEING THE CASE AND GET US TOO.

SORRY.

I SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA AS WELL.

YEAH, THAT BEING THE CASE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO THREE READINGS ON MF FOUR.

SO I THINK THE MOTION IS WITH THE CEO, UH, ALL THREE READINGS.

DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? UH, SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER READ THE REMIX THAT EMOTIONS ARE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY SECONDS.

READY TO TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

WHERE WERE YOU ON THAT VOTE? MS. CASPER ELLIS.

YOU WERE THERE.

SORRY.

COMPUTER GLITCHES.

ALL RIGHT, ADAM, IT'S ON THE DIOCESE.

UH, THAT MOTION THREE, ALL THREE READINGS WITH THE CEO, WITH MY PER TIME OFF OF THE DICE WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM ABOUT THE DICE.

THAT GETS US TO, UM, UH, ITEM NUMBER 62.

[62. C14-2021-0007 - Sunrise Mini Mart Rezoning - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Tile 25 by rezoning a property locally known as 913 and 915 West Oltorf Street (West Bouldin Creek Watershed). Applicant request: To rezone from neighborhood commercial (LR) district zoning and general commercial services (CS) district zoning to general commercial services-conditional overlay (CS-CO) combining district zoning, as amended. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation (prior to applicant’s amended request): To grant commercial-liquor sales-conditional overlay (CS-1-CO) combining district zoning. Owner: 11800 Metric Inc (Abdul K Patel). Agent: Land Answers, Inc (Jim Wittliff). City Staff: Kate Clark, 512-974-1237. A valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning case.]

SO MARIANA, I AM 62.

IT'S A KC 14, 2021 ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO SEVEN FOR THE PROPERTY AT NINE, 13 AND NINE 15 WEST OLD TURF.

UH, THE APPLICANT HAS AMENDED THE REQUEST, UM, FROM THE CS ONE ZONING THAT WE DISCUSSED, UH, PREVIOUSLY DURING A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST, THE APPLICANT IS NOW REQUESTING CFC ZONING ALONG WITH, UH, UH, THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY WOULD

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PROHIBIT THE FOLLOWING USES AUTO REPAIR AUTO WASHINGTON, CAMPGROUND CONVENIENT STORAGE DROP OFF RECYCLING KENNELS SERVICE STATION AND LIMITED WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION.

UH, THERE IS A SERVICE STATION ALREADY ON THE SITE.

GAS PUMPS ON THOSE GAS PUMPS WOULD BE ALLOWED EVEN IF THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY WERE TO PASS AND THEY WOULD JUST BE ILLEGAL.

NON-CONFORMING USE IF THEY'VE RECEIVED OPERATION, THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO COME BACK.

UH, THERE IS A VALID PETITION ON THE PROPERTY, SO IT DOES RE UH, THE CASE.

SO IT DOES REQUIRE NINE VOTES.

AND, UM, ALSO THERE IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST THAT WAS RECEIVED TODAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTING A POSTPONEMENT.

IT WASN'T DATE SPECIFIC.

UH, AND I DO KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT IS OPPOSED TO THE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST.

IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WITH A VALID PETITION, IT WOULD TAKE NINE VOTES TO PASS THE CS ONE PETITION WISE, IF IT'S JUST PAST CS WITH THE LIMITATIONS THAT YOU OUTLINED, IT WOULD TAKE JUST SIX MODES TO PASS.

IS THAT CORRECT? UH, MARIN, LET ME SEE WHAT THE, THE WORDING ON THE PETITION SAYS.

UM, WE LEGALLY, NO NEIGHBORS OPPOSED IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY, WELL, IT TALKS TO OPPOSING A LIQUOR STORE, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY SPECIFICALLY WHETHER THEY'RE OPPOSED TO THE AMENDED REQUEST OR THE , BUT IT DOES SAY WE ARE PROPOSED TO THE CONVERSION OF A LIQUOR STORE.

THEIR CURRENT REQUEST WOULD NOT ALLOW THE CONVERSION OF A LIQUOR STORE.

UM, BUT I CAN'T SAY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY THAT WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO THE WE'RE ONLY OPPOSED TO SEE US ONE ZONING.

I THINK IT'S RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TO SAY IT IS, DOES REQUIRE NINE VOTES.

WELL, LET'S TALK, LET'S TALK TO MITZI ABOUT THAT FOR JUST A SECOND.

IF SOMEBODY OPPOSES CS SWAN AND IT TURNS OUT TO CS, YOU DON'T NEED THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN VIOLATION OF THE PETITION.

IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THE WAY THEY'VE DRAFTED THEIR PETITION, IT WOULD REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO BE ABLE TO DO THE LIQUOR STORE IN THE SAME KIND OF READING.

SO I, BETSY IT SEEMS TO ME IT WOULD STILL REQUIRE SIX FOR WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR.

NOW.

THEY LOOKED AT THIS IN SOME DETAIL IN ADVANCE CONSIDER THAT WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE HEARING.

UM, WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THIS INTERNALLY, BEFOREHAND, AND EVEN THOUGH THE LANGUAGE IS NOT AS SPECIFIC AS WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK, IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT WHAT THEY WERE, THEY WERE AGAINST WAS A LIQUOR STORE.

SO IF THE LIQUOR STORE IS NO LONGER ON THE TABLE, THE SUPER MAJORITY SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CS WITH THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY? UH, IDENTIFY THEIR PROHIBITED USES COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS MAKES THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

WHAT IS THE APPLICANT HERE? WE'LL START OFF WITH, WAIT A, TO START OFF WITH FIRST.

LET'S HEAR THE ENTERTAIN, THE MOTION TO POSTPONE.

IS THE, IS THE, IS THIS THE FIRST REQUEST FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD? YES, IT IS.

THEM THAT WE HAVE MODIFIED OUR REQUESTS FROM CSR ON THE CS TO ALLOW A PORTION OF THE SITE TO BE REDEVELOPED AS A SIT-DOWN RESTAURANT WITHOUT OUR DINING.

UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THE APPLICANTS HERE AND WANTS TO SPEAK TO THE POSTPONEMENT.

USUALLY, USUALLY WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTS THE POSTPONEMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME, UH, USUALLY IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GRANTED, BUT I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO THE POSTPONEMENT QUESTION THAT WE'LL DECIDE FIRST.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THIS IS JIM WEIGHTLIFT AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.

WE'RE OPPOSING THE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST FOR THREE REASONS.

FIRST, THIS PROPOSED, THIS POSTPONEMENT IS NOT ABOUT ANY ISSUES WITH THE CURRENT REZONING APPLICATION.

THE NEIGHBORS FILED THEIR PETITION AGAINST OUR ORIGINAL REQUEST FOR A LIQUOR STORE THAT WAS AFTER WE MET WITH THE GLENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND RECEIVED THEIR LETTER OF SUPPORT.

AFTER CITY STAFF ISSUED A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL AND AFTER IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

HOWEVER, WHEN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS FILED THEIR PETITION ON MARCH 9TH, WHICH WAS LESS THAN 22 HOURS PRIOR TO THE ORIGINAL COUNCIL HEARING THE PROPERTY OWNER IMMEDIATELY WITHDREW HIS PLAN PER CS.

ONE ZONING.

HIS INTENT WAS NEVER TO GO AGAINST THE WISHES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, I PROBABLY STATED DURING YOUR APRIL 8TH COUNCIL MEETINGS, THAT WE WOULD NO LONGER REQUEST THE S ONE ZONING.

SECOND, I DO NOT FEEL MR. ZITO AND HIS GROUP HAVE NEGOTIATED IN GOOD FAITH BETWEEN APRIL 8TH AND APRIL 20TH.

I EMAILED A TOTAL OF EIGHT MEETING REQUESTS TO THE NEIGHBORS BEFORE THEY FINALLY AGREED TO ME ORIGINALLY, MR. ZITO DEMANDED THAT WE PROVIDE INTO THEIR SITE AND BUILDING PLANS BEFORE THE MEETING.

HE SAID IT WAS NOT UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT US TO SPEND 40 TO 60,000 FOR PLANS.

PRIOR TO ZONING, I SENT EMAILS EXPLAINING HOW THE SITE WOULD BE REDEVELOPED, INCLUDING SITE LAYOUT AND BUILDING FACADE PLANS.

WE INFORMED

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WHEN THE NEIGHBORS FINALLY AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ZOOM MEETING WITH US ON APRIL 28TH, WE PROVIDED THEM WITH A LIST OF PROHIBITED LAND USES TO BE INCLUDED IN A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.

THERE WAS NO DISAGREEMENT CONCERNING THE LAND USES ON THAT LIST, BUT THE NEIGHBORS ALSO WANTED TO RESTRICT A COVENANT CONTAINING THE SAME RE CONDITIONS WHICH I SENT THEM THE NEXT DAY.

OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, I SENT THEM THREE EMAILS REQUESTING FEEDBACK.

THEN LESS THAN TWO HOURS BEFORE TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING, THEY FINALLY SENT ME A DRAFT RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT LISTS THE INCORRECT PROPERTIES, INCORRECT OWNERS, AND ASK THOSE INCLUDE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHO NEVER ASKED TO BE INCLUDED.

THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THEY SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT TWO HOURS BEFORE TODAY'S HEARING WAS SCHEDULED.

I'M OPPOSING THIS REQUEST BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REZONING.

YOU WILL, YOU'LL GO DOWN.

UH, MITZI ALREADY STATED THE CITY'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS RULED THAT THE PETITION IS NO LONGER VALID BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY THE PROTESTED IS NO LONGER BEING REQUESTED.

I ASKED YOU TO VOTE ON THIS CASE TODAY, EITHER APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED, IF YOU APPROVE IT ON FIRST READING, I'LL WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO FINALIZE.

WHAT I FEEL IS A MEANINGLESS.

WE SPEAK RESTRICTIVE COVENANT BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND DAY.

I COULDN'T HEAR ONE OF THE LAST WORDS MR. RATLIFF, DID YOU SAY A MEANINGLESS RESTRICTIVE COVENANT? YES, MA'AM.

I WASN'T SURE THAT I WAS HEARING YOU, RIGHT.

AND YOU WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS ON A MEANING LESS RESTRICTIVE.

UM, OUR PRACTICE HAS BEEN TO GRANT THE POSTPONEMENTS, UM, FROM EACH SIDE.

UM, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S THE FIRST ONE AS A MATTER OF COURSE.

AND, UM, I WOULD URGE MR. WEIGHTLIFT TO TRY HARDER TO WORK MORE COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT NEWS IN REVISION THERE'S LIKE ADJACENT TONIGHT.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD URGE THAT WE, UM, EXCEPT THE POSTPONEMENT, WHAT IS THE POST-FIRE? IS THIS THE ONE THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A DATE FOR THE POST-CONFERENCE OR WHAT WOULD BE TWO WEEKS FROM NOW? IS THAT IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, I COULD, I I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THEM THAT MOTION FOR THE POSTPONEMENT, BUT I'LL LET OTHERS SPEAK.

UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA FOR CLARIFYING WHAT WAS SAID.

I FEEL THAT, UM, ANYTIME A NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO BRING FORWARD A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THERE'S REASONS BEHIND IT, AND BOTH PARTIES SHOULD TRY TO COME TO SOME SORT OF COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT.

UM, I JUST FIND THAT VERY TROUBLING AND I KNOW THAT IT IS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, TYPICALLY IN PAST TIMES TO DO APPROVE THE FIRST POSTPONEMENT, BUT I JUST FIND THOSE WORDS TROUBLING.

MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A MOMENT.

I, UH, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN REACHING OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT REQUIRED ON IT.

SO, UH, JUST, UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE BRING IT BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND, UH, AND MY STAFF WILL BE REACHING OUT TO, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT CALLED AND SAID, WE, YOU KNOW, AGREED WITH THAT, UH, WITH A REQUEST, BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH A VALID PETITION OUT THERE AND NOT KNOWING THAT IT IS NOT VALID ANYMORE, BUT I STILL WANT TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT THEIR POSTPONEMENT WAS.

AND NORMALLY WE DO, WE ALWAYS OFFER AT LEAST ONE POSTPONEMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO IF THEY'RE REQUESTING ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO, IS THERE AN OBJECTION TO POSTPONING THIS TO MAY 20TH AS AN OBJECTION, HEARING, HEARING? NO.

OBJECTION.

IS ITEMS GOING TO BE POSTPONED TO MAY 20TH? OKAY.

MAYOR, I THINK THAT TAKES US TO OUR LAST DONOR IN CASE.

YEP.

THAT IS ITEM NUMBER A 63 IS C 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 31.

[63. C14-2020-0131 - FPT Apartments - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1434 Genoa Drive (Slaughter Creek Watershed). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from development reserve (DR) district zoning to multifamily residence-moderate-high density-conditional overlay (MF-4-CO) combining district zoning, as amended, with conditions. Staff Recommendation: To grant multifamily residence-medium density (MF-3) district zoning, with conditions. Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: Forwarded to City Council without a recommendation; due to lack of an affirmative vote. Owners: David Malone, Molly Denham, Jimmye Malone. Applicant: FPT Holdings LLC (Saad Fidai). Agent: Scanlan, Buckle & Young, P.C. (Doug Young). City Staff: Wendy Rhoades, 512-974-7719.]

THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1434 GENOA DRIVE.

THE REQUESTED ZONING IS FROM DR.

TO, UM, .

UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR , UH, C O ZONING.

THESE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARDED THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION.

UH, THE APPLICANT ORIGINALLY

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REQUESTED MFO , UH, AMENDED THE REQUEST THE CEO WOULD BE TO LIMIT IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE TO A MAXIMUM OF 65% AND LIMIT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS TO 188.

UH, IN ADDITION, UH, WHEN, UH, WHEN THEY, UM, SITE PLAN CAME THROUGH, THE APPLICANT WOULD AGREE TO INSTALL FIVE FOOT SIDEWALKS ALONG GENOA DRIVE, UM, THE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY AND EXTENDING TO THE INTERSECTION WITH BILL BROOK, UH, AS WELL AS A CONDITION THAT, UH, AGAIN, AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN, THAT THEY WOULD PAY $92,000 TOWARDS BIKE LANES ON BOTH SIDES OF SLAUGHTER AND BEEN SHAKA TO TEXAS OAKS AND $30,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS OF TWO EXISTING BUS STOPS LOCATED NEAR SLAUGHTER LANE AND BILL BURKE, A PLACE.

THOSE ARE, THOSE CONDITIONS WOULD BE MET AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THEY'VE AGREED WITH THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ON THOSE CONDITIONS.

SO THE CEO WOULD BE FOR THE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND THE, UM, THE UNIT CAP WITH THAT I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

DOES THE APPLICANT HERE? YES.

YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO US, DOUG? YES, PLEASE.

UH, DOUG YOUNG FOR FTP ALL DAY.

UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'M EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STAFF RECOMMENDED AND WHAT IS PROPOSED NOW? UH, I'M FOUR WITH THE CEO'S LIMITING IMPERVIOUS COVER AND MAXIMUM GLOWING UNITS.

THE EFFECT IS THAT IT'S, IT'S MF FREE ZONING EXCEPT THE GREATER HEIGHT AND UP TO 60 FEET WOULD BE ALLOWED SUBJECT TO COMPATIBILITY REGULATIONS BECAUSE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION BY THE CRUSHED GENOA STREET OR DRIVE.

ABOUT A MILE AND A QUARTER SOUTH FROM SLAUGHTER LANE, UH, JUST TO, UH, WHILE NO TRAFFIC ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN DONE FOR THE REVISED PROPOSALS MAXIMUM 188.

UM, THE, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE EXPRESSED NO OPPOSITION TO THE HEIGHT.

UH, THEY HAVEN'T SPECIFIED WHY THEY DON'T, BUT I THINK IT'S FOR THE REASONS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS CONTENDED IT, THE PROPERTY SITS RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE ELEVATED FLUTTER LANE BRIDGE GOES FROM 15 FEET HIGH AND ONE AND TWO ABOUT 35 FEET HIGH AT THE OTHER, UM, CREATING VISUAL SMELL AND SOUND CONDITIONS THAT AREN'T REALLY CONDUCIVE TO A RESIDENTIAL USE.

THIS PROBABLY HAS BEEN UNDEVELOPED SINCE IT WAS AN EXTENDED TO THE CITY IN 1984.

IT'S NOT, UH, AN EASY PROPERTY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE.

UM, AND ADDITION ON ONE SIDE IS, UH, THE THROUGH OIL CHANGE SHOP.

UH, THERE'S THE SLOTTED LANE BRIDGE TO THE NORTH AND THEN TO THE WEST IS A MINI STORAGE FACILITY THAT RUNS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY.

AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT RAILROAD TRACKS, THEY'RE KIND OF USES THAT AREN'T CONDUCIVE TO A RESIDENTIAL USE.

AND THAT IS WHY THE APPLICANT ORIGINALLY, UH, PROBABLY, UH, AMBITIOUSLY PROPOSED ZONING AT FIRST, THE IDEA BEING THAT THE GREATER HEIGHT WAS DESIRED TO SERVE AS A BLOCK TO THE ELEVATED BRIDGE PRIMARILY, BUT ALSO TO, UH, ALLOW FOR A DEVELOPMENT THAT, UM, HAD A DENSITY AND AN INWARD ORIENTATION THAT WOULD NOT BE DIRECTED OUTWARD.

UM, AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM THE, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES, THE, THE REAL LACK OF AGREEMENT, UH, IS BASED ON THE IMPACT ON TRAFFIC, JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, BECAUSE DRAINAGE WAS BROUGHT UP, THERE IS NO SITE PLAN THAT'S BEING PROPOSED AT THIS TIME.

HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT, UH, ISN'T PROPOSING ANY VARIANCES FROM DRAINAGE OR WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS THAT WOULD, UH, ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO UPPER DOWNSTREAM PROPERTIES.

AND IN FACT, A, A FOURTH OF THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.

SO, UM, THERE, THERE WOULD BE THAT BUFFER ANYWAY, TO THE LOW POINT WHERE ALL THE DRAINS WOULD GO, UM, JUST TO, UH, ADDRESS GENOA DRIVE.

UM, I'M GOING TO PRETTY ACCURATELY, UH, QUOTE FROM THE, THE, UH, THE STAFF SUPPORT SITE.

TRAFFIC IS NOT EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE QUOTE MINOR DELAY AT BILL BROKEN GENOA.

SO THE REAL ISSUE IS THE EFFECT ON BILL BROOK, WHERE IT, UH, ACCESSES SLAUGHTER LANE.

UM, IT IS THE PRIMARY WAY OUT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IT'S ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS IS, THIS IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION.

UM, I WOULD SAY THAT A, UH, THE NUMBER OF UNITS ESTIMATED TO BE GENERATED BY THIS PROPOSED PROJECT IS COMPARABLE TO THOSE GENERATED BY MESSENGER TRACKED AND THE MALONE TRACKS THAT HAVE BEEN THOUGHT OUT SO FREQUENTLY IN THIS CASE, THERE ARE THOSE TWO PLUS THIS ONE, IF IT'S APPROVED WOULD BE THREE SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THAT AREA, THAT SORT OF ENCLOSED AREA THAT GOES

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SO I MEAN, UNITS AT, UH, THE 265 UNITS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED TRAFFIC WAS ESTIMATED AT 1963, UH, FOR MESSENGER IT'S 1740 FOR THE MO MALONE TRACT.

UH, THERE ARE NO TRAFFIC COUNTS CAUSE THAT WAS IN THE COUNTY WHEN IT WAS APPROVED, BUT THAT'S 161 SINGLE FAMILY LODGE.

IT IS THEY'RE COMPARABLE.

AND THE DIFFICULTY IS THAT WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THIS PROPERTY CAN'T BE PRACTICALLY USED BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE AT THE END OF THE LINE OF FOLKS TRYING TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY THERE.

AND I KNOW I'M NOT CONTENDING THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD JUST HAVE A RIGHT TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT REGARDLESS OF THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT, BUT IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED THAT THE LAST GUY IN LINE SHOULDN'T BE STUCK WITH ALL THE BURDEN, UM, SLAUGHTER LANE AND BO BROOK INTERSECTION CAN'T BE EXPANDED ANYMORE, UH, LEFT TURN LANES BEING, UM, INSTALLED OR RE STRIPED THIS YEAR.

AND IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE.

THERE ARE, THERE ARE TWO TURN MOVEMENTS.

UH, I'M SORRY.

SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING CHECKING TO SEE IF THE TIME IS BEING KEPT.

YOU NEED TO WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHTS.

OH, OKAY.

WELL THEN I'LL JUST SAY THAT THE, UH, THE PROPOSED PLAN COMPORTS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM OATS INFILL IT, UH, THE APPLICANT IS AGREEING TO PAY FOR ALL THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, THE BIKE LANES, ET CETERA.

UM, THAT'S ALL THAT CAN BE DONE HERE.

UH, AND AUSTIN NEEDS HOUSING.

I WOULD RESPECTFULLY CONTEND THAT, UH, THIS IS A REASONABLE PROJECT.

THANK YOU, RON.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE MF ONE WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT, UM, MR. RUSS TOBIN, UH, READ OUT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

AND IF I GET A SECOND, I'LL SPEAK TO IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER POLES, SECONDS.

THAT THAT'S OKAY.

YOU'RE MUTED? I DON'T REMEMBER IF YOU HAD A FIRST READING.

UH, LET ME JUST SAY, I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS MADE TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THE NEIGHBORS COMING UP WITH A PROPOSED COMPROMISE OF .

UM, THE, THE BOTTOM LINE FOR THIS AREA, AS YOU ALL HEARD SEVERAL HOURS AGO NOW, IS THAT THIS ISN'T IS A, UM, AN AREA THAT IS HIGH RISK AND HIGHEST RISK FOR FIRE.

A FEW, IF YOU GUYS WILL RECALL THAT MAP, THERE WAS A LOT THAT WHOLE AREA IS AT RISK FOR FIRE AND, UM, AND SOME OF THE AREAS ARE HIGHEST IN SUMMER HOT.

AND SO WHAT THE, WHAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE SUGGESTING TO US IS THAT IS THIS, UM, THIS AREA CANNOT TAKE A THIRD, UH, DEVELOPMENT.

THE APPLICANT MENTIONED MESSENGER MALONE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

THEY SUPPORTED THAT, BUT, UH, THIS WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED NOW IS, IS, IS TOO MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON, SO IT'S REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE.

IT'S A COMBINATION OF A FAILED AN F INTERSECTION AT BILL BILL BROKEN SLAUGHTER, COMBINED WITH A VERY LARGE AREA WITH 1,655 HOUSEHOLDS, 623 ACRES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FIRE, UM, IN THAT HIGHEST HIGH AND HIGHEST AREA.

SO THE BILL BROOKE WILL SIMPLY NOT TAKE, UM, CAN NOT TAKE MORE TRAFFIC.

AND, UM, THIS IS A, UH, IT'S A MATTER OF RISK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING ALL ALONG.

BILL BROOK.

THEY DO NOT HAVE ANOTHER, UH, WAY TO GET OUT FROM EVACUATION PURPOSES, THAT THE WAY THIS IS CONFIGURED AND THERE ISN'T AN OPTION TO BUILD ANOTHER ROAD TO HELP PEOPLE GET OUT, THE NEIGHBORS ARE THE NEIGHBORS SUPPORT THE, UM, THE CITY'S GOAL FOR HOUSING.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY THEY PUT FORWARD THE MF ONE AND F ONE WILL GET PROVIDED.

I THINK THEY TESTIFIED TO THIS ABOUT 80 UNITS.

SO IT, IT IS AN AREA FOR SOME ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND THEY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.

BUT WHAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR IS TOO MUCH, UH, ON THIS PARTICULAR ROAD, UH, GIVEN THE FIRE HAZARD IN PARTICULAR, TERRY, IS THIS READY FOR SOMETHING MORE THAN FIRST READING

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I'M SORRY TO HEAR.

UH, YES, IT IS READY FOR FIRST READ ONLY.

AND IF I COULD SAY VERY QUICKLY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S MOTION, I NOTICED JUST INCLUDED THE O M F ONE WITH THE CEO.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE CEO WAS TWOFOLD.

UH, ONE PART WAS AN IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITED 65%.

THE IMPERVIOUS COVER IN MF ONE IS 55%.

SO THERE WERE NO LONGER BEING NEED WHERE THAT PORTION OF THE CEO.

SO WE COULD TAKE THAT OUT.

UM, AND THEN, UH, THAT YOU ENDED UP 188 CAP.

YOU COULD LEAVE THAT IN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY COULD GET THERE WITH IT.

UH, AT THAT POINT YOU COULD STILL LEAVE THAT IN HOWEVER, AND IT WOULD WELL, UM, UH, I WOULD NOT LEAVE HIM.

I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. RUSS TOBIN FOR CLARIFYING THAT MY MOTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON FIRST READING.

I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WASN'T READY FOR ALL THREE READINGS.

SO, UM, MY MOTION WILL BE MAYOR IF I MAIL AMEND MY MOTION TO FIRST READING FOR MF ONE, UH, BUT I WOULD NOT LEAVE A CAP OF 188 UNITS.

SO NO CONDITIONS, ANY OBJECTION TO COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN, CHANGING HER MOTION TO JUST BE FIRST READING ONLY MF ONE, HEARING THAT THAT'S THE MOTION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, KITCHEN MOTION TO FIRST READING, ONLY THOSE IN FAVOR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AS OPPOSED TO UNANIMOUS ON THE TIES WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM OFF.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR ZONING, RIGHT? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

DID YOU LEARN SOMETHING? NO, I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

I THINK WE'RE DONE ALL OF OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY.

UH, SO, UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN.

WE WILL STAY PUBLICLY THAT WE'VE MISSED, UH, COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER CASAREZ BIRTHDAY, UH, ON TUESDAY.

UH, SO, UH, JUST TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT PUBLICLY, UH, BUT WE DON'T, UH, WE DON'T SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN THIS FORMAT BECAUSE IT WOULD JUST BE LIKE WAY TOO EMBARRASSING.