* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] THE [Additional Item] 2021 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK, EVERY DAY, EMS WORKERS SERVE ON THE FRONT LINES, PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING CARE OF AUSTINITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHETHER THEY'RE ON THE AMBULANCE OR ELSEWHERE EVERY DAY. AND IN EVERY YEAR, EMS PROFESSIONALS HAVE CONTINUED TO MEET THE MOMENT. THIS YEAR IS NO DIFFERENT. A FEW MONTHS AGO, EMS PROFESSIONALS RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS DURING WINTER STORM URI. AND WE CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WHICH HAS ASKED SO MUCH OF OUR MEDICAL SERVICES TEAM. I INVITE YOU ALL TO JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING OUR EMS PROFESSIONALS AND IN THANKING CHIEF RODRIGUEZ FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY, AS HE RETIRES AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, CHIEF RODRIGUEZ HAS SERVED AUSTIN WELL FOR 15 YEARS AND HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING OUR EMS TEAM WHAT IT IS TODAY. AND I WISH HIM ALL THE BEST. THERE'S THE PROCLAMATION BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IS A VITAL PUBLIC SERVICE AND PROVIDES LIFE-SAVING CARE TO THOSE IN NEED 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR. AND WHEREAS THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEM CONSISTS OF PARAMEDICS OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS, EMERGENCY NURSES, FIRST RESPONDERS, EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND OTHERS WHO'VE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO THE SERVICE OF OTHERS. AND WHEREAS EMS WORKERS HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND WERE INVALUABLE DURING THE RESPONSE TO WINTER STORM URI SAVING LIVES AND PROVIDING CARE TO AUSTINITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND WHEREAS IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS IN AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY BY DESIGNATING EMERGENT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK. NOW, THEREFORE I COUNCIL MEMBER ALISON ALTER ON BEHALF OF STEVE ADLER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF MAY 16TH TO 22, 2021 AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK. IF I COULD MAYOR BEFORE WE LET CHIEF RODRIGUEZ SAY A FEW WORDS, I WANTED TO ECHO NOT ONLY THE RECOGNITION OF THIS SIGNIFICANT WEEK, BUT, UH, THE RETIREMENT OF T RODRIGUEZ, UH, AS COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR MENTIONED, THIS WOULD BE HIS LAST FORMAL COUNCIL MEETING, UH, AT THIS TIME, CAUSE HE RETURNED AT THE END OF THE MONTH. UH, BUT YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TO TRAVIS COUNTY AND TO REALLY, UH, REVOLUTIONIZING THE EMS PROFESSION OVER THE TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE, YOU HAVE BEEN A REMARKABLE MARK FROM A LEADER WHO'S REALLY LEANED INTO THE INNOVATION AND THE COMMITMENT TO SERVING OUR RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE CHIEF RODRIGUEZ, AND WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS CHANGED, BUT, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS SPOKE WELL ON BEHALF OF, OF, OF ALL OF US. UH, THERE HAS BEEN JUST REMARKABLE CHANGE MADE IN EMS DURING YOUR TENURE. UH, AND, AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS A PERSONAL APPRECIATION AS WELL. UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE GIVE THE CHIEF A CHANCE TO TALK TO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. YES. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER FOR THAT. UM, UH, FOR, FOR THAT PROCLAMATION OF THIEF, I HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH YOU OVER THE YEARS SINCE I FIRST STARTED ON COUNCIL AND, AND WAS, UH, AND WAS PROUD TO BRING FORWARD THE EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC PROGRAM. WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON COUNCIL, YOU HAVE BEEN A VERY, UM, INNOVATIVE IN YOUR USED OF, UM, COMMUNITY MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY PARAMEDICS. UM, AND I'VE BEEN PROUD TO WORK WITH YOU OVER THE YEARS AND CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM. AND SO I REALLY, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO MISS YOU CHIEF. YOU WON'T HAVE A SECOND. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST HERE TO GET A PROCLAMATION. UM, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR YOUR RECOGNITION. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. UH, YOU KNOW, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, INDEED ARE EXCELLENT CLINICIANS. AND THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF MY GOALS, UH, THROUGHOUT MY TIME HERE, UH, TO MOVE THEM AS BEING RECOGNIZED AS JUST GREAT RESPONDERS, TO BEING GREAT CLINICIANS. AND WE'VE ACHIEVED THAT. I THINK THAT, UH, I HEAR THAT MORE AND MORE OFTEN, UH, THEY'RE REFERRED TO AS EMS CLINICIANS IN THE TRULY WHAT THEY ARE, UM, THE EVENTS OF, OF THIS LAST YEAR COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR MENTIONED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH, UH, BUT THEY REALLY HAVE SHOWN US EVEN [00:05:01] MORE ABOUT THE SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES OF OUR EMS PEOPLE. UH, WE'VE LEARNED THAT NOT ONLY CAN THEY ASSEMBLE AN ISOLATION FACILITY, THEY CAN HELP RUN IT. UH, NOT ONLY CAN THEY, UH, MOVE PATIENTS TO AN ALTERNATIVE CARE FACILITY, BUT THEY CAN HELP ASSEMBLE IT AND PREPARE IT FOR OCCUPANCY. UM, NOT ONLY DO THEY UNDERSTAND POPULATION HEALTH, THEY CAN INTEGRATE WITH, UH, CARE SYSTEMS FROM ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY TO DELIVER CARE. AND OUR HOST TEAM IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT PROVIDING CARE FOR SOME OF OUR MOST NEEDY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, COUNCIL, YOUR, UH, EMS AGENCY UNDERSTANDS AND OPERATES WITHIN COMPLEX HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, SUCH AS THE TRIPLE AIM, UH, IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT FACTORS FOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS AND YOUR EMS SYSTEM IS, IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO HELP WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS. UH, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS ARE AMONG LEADERS IN THE INDUSTRY ACROSS THE, THEY DEMONSTRATE THEIR TALENT, THEIR RELIABILITY, THEIR FLEXIBILITY, AND THEIR CREATIVITY EVERY DAY. YOU'RE RIGHT IN A FEW DAYS, I'LL, I'LL RETIRE AND IT'S KIND OF A SAD THING, BUT, UM, I'M HAPPY TO, I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'M EXCITED TO LEARN WHAT IT'S, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO NOT BE ON CALL EVERY DAY, EVERY HOUR. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING FOR ME. UM, NO PUBLIC SAFETY CHIEF, UH, CAN CARE FOR THEIR PEOPLE WITHOUT A STRONG BACKUP SYSTEM. UH, COUNSEL, YOU CERTAINLY HAVE PROVIDED THAT OVER THE YEARS AND I WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TO SUPPORT THE EMS SYSTEM AND TO HELP GROW IT. UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY YOU CAN HAVE AN INNOVATIVE LEADER AT THE TOP OF AN AGENCY, BUT WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT, THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING. SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT. UH, YOU RECOGNIZE MY SUCCESS, BUT I TURN THAT RIGHT BACK AT YOU AND SAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO, TO WRAP UP MY TIME WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, THAN TO BE HERE WITH YOU HONORING THE MEN AND WOMEN OF EMS. THEY EARN OUR LOVE AND OUR RESPECT EVERY DAY. AND I THINK WE, THAT WE CAN DO THINGS LIKE THIS TO SHOW THEM ONCE A YEAR, HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO US. AND ANYTIME THAT YOU SEE A MEDIC, AS I ALWAYS SAY, GIVE THEM A HUG, THEY'VE EARNED IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHASE. UH, AND NOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. THANKS SO MUCH. I WANTED TO TAKE JUST A MINUTE, UM, KIND OF IN RIGHT BEFORE WE GET TO MEMORIAL DAY AND TO, UM, EXTEND A REAL, UH, THANK YOU. AND SOME WORDS OF GRATITUDE TO OUR FRIENDS AT C3. UM, THEY SENT, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, FLAX, AND THESE FLAGS WERE FLOWN IN THE FIELD OF FLAGS IN JANUARY, UM, FOR THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. AND I, I JUST WANTED TO REMARK, UM, ON THAT, UM, GRACIOUS GIFT TO US ON THE COUNCIL AND WANTED TO READ JUST A WEE BIT FROM EMMETT BELIVEAU. UH, WHO'S THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FROM, UH, MR. BELLIVEAU, HIS LETTER THAT HE SENT TO, UH, THE COUNCIL AND HE WRITES, DO YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER POOL 2020 WAS AN IMMENSELY CHALLENGING YEAR FOR THE MUSIC AND LIVE EVENT INDUSTRY, BOTH HERE IN AUSTIN AND AROUND THE GLOBE. AFTER SUCH A BRUISING YEAR, C3 PRESENTS WAS HONORED TO BE CHOSEN, TO PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF THE BIDEN HARRIS INAUGURATION IN JANUARY OF 2021 DOZENS OF C3 EMPLOYEES TRAVELED FROM AUSTIN TO OVERSEE THE FIELD OF FLAGS INSTALLATION, WHICH INCLUDED NEARLY 200,000 FLAGS FROM EVERY US STATE AND TERRITORY ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE NATIONAL LAW. COLLECTIVELY, THE FLAGS REPRESENTED THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WHO WERE UNABLE TO GATHER SAFELY TO CELEBRATE THE INAUGURATION. OUR TEAM WORKED FOR WEEKS TO INSTALL THE FLAGS, MEDIA BROADCAST INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ICONIC LIGHTING DISPLAY, AND NUMEROUS OTHER PRODUCTION ELEMENTS FOR MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES, VENDORS AND CONTRACTORS. THE INAUGURATION WAS THEIR ONLY IN-PERSON EVENT SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. WE PRESENT THIS US FLAG, WHICH FLEW ON THE NATIONAL MALL DURING THE INAUGURATION OF JOSEPH BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS IN RECOGNITION OF OUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP HERE IN AUSTIN. IT IS ONE OF JUST 4,000 LARGER FLAGS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD. SETTING DISPLAY WERE FILLED WITH OPTIMISM AS WE WORK TO SAFELY RESTART OUR INDUSTRY FROM LOCAL CONCERTS TO MAJOR MUSIC FESTIVALS, 2021 WILL BE A YEAR OF RENEWAL AND HOPE FOR SO MANY THAT HAVE STRUGGLED IN OUR CITY AND BEYOND WE REMAIN EXCITED AT THE OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD AND LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP IN AUSTIN, [00:10:01] SINCERELY EMMETT BELIVEAU. AND I, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE I THINK THESE WORDS ARE REALLY A GREAT EXPRESSION OF HOW ALL OF US ARE FEELING AS WE HAVE MOVED UP INTO STAGE TWO OF OUR, UM, PANDEMIC RESPONSE. UH, THERE'S A SENSE OF HOPEFULNESS, UM, NOT ONLY IN AUSTIN, UM, BUT ACROSS THE LAND AND TRULY THIS, THIS FLAG HERE WAS QUITE A GENEROUS GIFT AND IT, IT COMES WITH MUCH MOMENT. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR PARTNERS IN THE MUSIC COMMUNITY AND, UM, HERE'S TO A TERRIFIC 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION FOR ACL, WHICH IS HAPPENING IN ZILKER PARK THIS OCTOBER. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. IT IS, [Call to Order] UH, 10 17, UH, RIGHT HERE ON MAY 20TH, 21. UH, WE ARE TRYING TO, UH, CONVENE THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, WHICH IS BEING HELD, UH, UM, UM, REMOTELY BY VIDEO, A VIDEO CONFERENCE WE HAVE BEFORE IN PRESENT. [Consent Agenda (Part 1 of 2)] ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. WE HAVE SOME CHANGES AND CORRECTION, UH, WHICH I WILL READ INTO THE, UH, THE RECORD ITEM. NUMBER ONE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM NUMBER NINE IS TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT FEE SCHEDULE ITEM. NUMBER 10 IS TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS. ITEM NUMBER 17, POSTPONE TO JUNE 10TH. ITEM 18 POSTPONE. DID YOU LEARN AS IS ITEM 29? ITEM NUMBER 30 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED BY ITEM 62. ITEM 25 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN ITEM 40 POSTPONED TO JULY 29TH, 2021 ITEM 55 IS WITHDRAWN. IT'S GOTTA BE RE POSTED WITH, UH, CHANGES ON JUNE 3RD, 2021 ITEM 57 IS POSTPONE. DID YOU THIRD 2021 ITEM NUMBER 60, UH, UH, SHOULD ADD A COUNCIL MEMBER PAGE, UH, ELLIS AS A CO-SPONSOR I DON'T NUMBER 63 SHOULD ADD COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN AS A CODE SPONSOR. I DON'T REMEMBER. 67 IS POSTPONE TO JUNE 10TH OF 2021. I SEE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING PULLED THUS FAR. ONE IS ITEM 56. ONE IS ITEM 63, BOTH MENTIONED BY THE CHANGES IN CORRECTION. UH, 56 PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY 63 POOR BLACK COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER IS APPALLING, UH, ITEM NUMBER 60. SO THAT'S 60, 62, I'M SORRY, 56, 60 AND 63. I THINK IT WAS RIGHT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. UM, I LIKE TO PULL ITEM 13. OKAY. THAT'S A MEMBER KITCHEN PULLS ITEM NUMBER 13. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ON ITEM NUMBER 62. UH, BUT I'LL ASK HIM JUST BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE. I THINK SEVERAL OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED YOU, UH, JUST TO GET SOME LEGISLATIVE INTENT, UH, EVEN BEFORE WE PASS THEM ON. I DON'T THINK I NEED TO PULL IT. THAT'S WHERE THE KITCHEN. OKAY. OKAY. SO THE ITEMS, I'M SORRY. YOU'RE MUTED. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON 29. I DON'T NEED TO PULL IT. OKAY. MAKE SURE YOU ASK THAT. OKAY. ITEM 29, AS I RECOLLECT IS GOING TO BE A COLD, BUT YOU SAID YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS YOU WANTED TO MAKE ON THAT MAY NOT POSTPONE, IS THAT RIGHT? UH, OH, I JUST HAD A QUESTION WHENEVER YOU ASK. WE'LL GET THERE. UM, SO BEING PULLED ARE 1356, 60 AND 63. UH, ANYTHING ELSE BEING PULLED, [Items 40 & 67] RIGHT? COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE, UH, UH, FOLKS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WE HAVE, UH, 28 PEOPLE, UH, THIS MORNING SPEAKING AT, UH, THREE MINUTES EACH, UH, WE HAVE SIT-COM FIVE SPEAKERS, WHICH WE'LL GET TO, UH, AS CLOSE TO NOON AS WE CAN, BUT NOT BEFORE FIVE PEOPLE, THREE MINUTES. EACH THIS AFTERNOON, WE HAVE 25 SPEAKERS. MOST ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 52 [00:15:02] ZONING CARRIES. I DON'T REMEMBER 52 IS GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION POSTPONEMENT. SO WE'LL PROBABLY TAKE THAT UP FIRST, UH, LEAD BOTH SIDES, UH, UH, MAKE THEIR CASE AND WE CAN DECIDE THE ISSUE OF, UH, LET PEOPLE SPEAK THAT WANT TO SPEAK ON THE QUESTION OF POSTPONEMENT ABOUT THE MERITS OF THE CASE. AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THE POSTPONE, IF WE POSTED ALL OF THAT, IT COULD BE THAT SOME OF THE SPEAKERS WOULD JUST WANT TO COME BACK. UH, BUT THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR DAY BREAKING FOR LUNCH, RIGHT AFTER A SIT-COM. WE HAVE ONE ITEM TO CONSIDER IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY AND ON COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR. I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT DURING CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, I'M GOING TO HAVE MY VIDEO OFF. I HAVE A BIT OF A HEADACHE, AND SO I'M JUST NOT GOING TO STARE AT THE COMPUTER, BUT I WILL BE LISTENING CLERK. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UM, ON THIS MORNING'S CALL, I'M GOING GET ON THE DOCK. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 17 THAT HAVE CONNECTED. OKAY. SOME OTHERS CONNECT ONCE WE, UM, ONCE WE INITIATE THAT, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, IF YOU WOULD TAKE OR THE, UH, HOW AM I GOING TO NEED TO GO OFF, UM, UH, CANTERBURY OR MYSELF, UH, UH, AS THE WORK, UH, CALLS THE SPEAKERS. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS ELLEN. JEFFERSON. ELLEN, PLEASE UNMUTE. YES, I'M HERE. YES. OKAY. PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR COMMENTS. I'M SORRY. I WAS SPEAKING ON AN ITEM, NOT GENERAL COMMUNICATION. THAT IS CORRECT ITEM NUMBER. I DO NOT NEED TO SPEAK. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. I, UH, WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL WAS AWARE OF THE NEED TO EXTEND OUR LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR 90 DAYS. WE'VE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH STAFF TO, UM, UP UNTIL THIS POINT AND BECAUSE OF COVID RESTRICTIONS AND VARIOUS OTHER THINGS, WE JUST NEED THE EXTRA TIME. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I APPRECIATE IF YOU ALL WILL PASS IT AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK IN 90 DAYS TO ACTUALLY BRING SUBSTANTIAL THAT'S SUBSTANTIAL LICENSE AGREEMENT TO YOUR ATTENTION. FRANK RODRIGUEZ. GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN GO AHEAD. OKAY. MY NAME IS . I'M HERE TO SUPPORT RESOLUTION ITEMS. I'M A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN AND I REPRESENTED Q AUSTIN. IT'S A NONPROFIT FOCUSED ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. IT HELPS TO BRING ABOUT DIVERSE TALENT MUSICIANS OF COLOR AND UNDERREPRESENTED MUSIC GENRES TO THE STAGE TO PARTICIPATE IN AUSTIN'S RICH MUSIC ECOSYSTEM. THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL AND SUPPORT THE CREATIVE AND MUSIC INDUSTRY BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE CREATIVE SECTOR. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU THIS MORNING TO COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS AND THE CO-SPONSORING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THEY'RE OUT OF THE 60 RESOLUTION. SO WE SUPPORT THE TRANSFORMATION EMPHASIS BY COUNSELING, GUIDING ALLOCATION IN THE CITY'S 108 MILLION OPERA OPERA FUNDING. AND WE THANK YOU. AND WE THINK YOU ALL ARE WISE, NOT JUST SPENDING MONEY, BUT INVESTING IN. INSTEAD WE THINK THAT MUSIC PROGRAMS THAT THE RESOLUTION SUPPORTS ALL HAD THE POTENTIAL TO BE TRANSFORMATION IN THAT THEY RECOGNIZE OR PRIORITIZE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT EACH FACE UNIQUE, UNIQUE BARRIERS TO OPPORTUNITY AND AGENDA AND SEXISM ARE PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. SO WE SUPPORT THE ALLOCATION TO THE $10 MILLION. THAT'S SET ASIDE IN THE, AND THE RESOLUTION FOR MUSIC RELATED PURPOSES, 5 MILLION EACH YEAR, OVER TWO YEARS FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, THE SAVES LIVE MUSIC VENUE, PRESERVATION FUND, AND THE CREATIVE REALLY FUN. WE SUPPORT THE ENTIRE RESOLUTION OF THE PARTICULAR THE LAST, WHEREAS ON PAGE SIX, IT RELATES TO THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK FOR HOT SERVICES, 3.2 MILLION FOR THE LIVE MUSIC SIGNING THAT IS RECOMMENDED REPLENISHING THE LIVE MUSIC PRINT WITH ART. WHEN WE SUPPORT THIS, WE ALSO SUPPORT THE LAST TO BE A FURTHER RESOLVE ON PAGE SEVEN THAT RELATES TO THE ALLOCATION OTHER OPERA FUNDS. IN ADDITION TO BACKFILLING THE LIVE MUSIC, THE REPLAY THAT REPLENISHES THE VENUE AND REPLENISHES [00:20:01] THE CREATIVE WORKER, CERTAINLY THAT WILL BENEFIT MUSIC, SECTOR RECIPIENTS, INCLUDING SERVICE PERSONNEL AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS. FINALLY, WE SUPPORT THE LAST, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT REQUEST THAT THE CITY MANAGER REPORT TO COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF THE RESOLUTION AT THE EXPECTED RELEASE OF THE LIVE MUSIC FRIENDS, I'M A MEMBER OF THE POINT OF LIVE MUSIC KIND OF WORKING GROUP. THEN WE HAVEN'T MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE MUSIC CONDITIONING STAFF. I UNDERSTAND IT THAT YOU USE THE COMMISSION MEETING STAFF WILL REPORT BACK AFTER CONSIDERING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. AFTER THAT OCCURS. WE'D LIKE TO SEE THESE PHONES ARE ALLOWED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. SARAH HALL. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SARAH I'M CALLING OF ITEM 63, 10 MILLION DIED OF THE FEDERAL AMERICAN MUSIC INDUSTRY RELEASE. I'M A STUDENT LIVING IN DISTRICT NINE AND MY ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME IS SPEAKING. I'M A PROFESSIONAL HARPIST IN AUSTIN FOR THREE YEARS. AND LAST YEAR I PUT A LOT OF CANCELLATIONS AND THIS JOBS DUE TO COVID, UH, MULTIPLE MUSICIANS I KNOW HAVE LEFT AUSTIN WE'VE WORKED LESS EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SURVIVE HERE. WHAT'S COVID PENNY'S OPPORTUNITY STYLE PRIOR TO COVID IT WAS WORTH IT BECAUSE THE OPPORTUNITIES CREATED BY THE INCREDIBLE NEW 16. SO LET'S, EVERYTHING COMES DOWN AGAIN. THE KING GOES BACK TO THEM. IT'S REALLY CLOSE WITH THE INDUSTRY, BUT AUSTIN IS STRUGGLING SO HARD. AND WITH THE ARTISTS THAT OFTEN, LIKE I LEFT BEHIND AN ABANDONED WITHOUT A STABLE INCOME FROM 14 MONTHS NOW, AND GIGS ARE STILL NOT THAT WE NEED THIS MONEY. LASTLY, WE NEED THE CITY TO SELECT A CLOSE THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR AND ANY OTHER RELIEF GRANTS THAT WILL BENEFIT MUSICIANS TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS MUSICIANS. THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING. UH, CLARK, I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE LAST SPEAKER TO SUBMIT HER, UM, HER COMMENTARY AND WRITING. I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY WE HEARD MAYBE HALF OF WHAT SHE SAID. OKAY. WE WILL SEND HER AN EMAIL REQUESTING SUCH NEXT SPEAKER IS PAT BOOKTA. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, PAT BOOSTER HERE, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS. AND I'M HERE TODAY, UH, WITH FELLOW MEMBERS OF OUR MUSIC COMMUNITY TO STAND IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 60 AS INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. FREWEN TAZ. UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE RP FUNDING WILL BE CRUCIAL IN ADDRESSING ALL OF OUR CITY'S VARIOUS NEEDS. AND WE REMIND YOU THAT MOST WORKING MUSICIANS STILL NEED ASSISTANCE BEFORE GIGS RETURNED AT A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, CAPACITY AGAIN. AND GIVEN THAT OUR STATE JUST OPTED OUT OF EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS MEETING THAT NEED IN A TIMELY MANNER IS CRUCIAL TO THE SURVIVAL OF OUR INDUSTRY. UH, SO WE ASK THAT THE RESOLUTION BE SUPPORTED AS WRITTEN AND USE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS TO BACKFILL THE LIVE MUSIC FUND DEFICIT OVER TWO YEARS. AND WITH THAT, WE ARE CITY STAFF TO LAUNCH THE WIDE MUSIC FUND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, UH, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION STAKEHOLDER INPUT AS HOW THOSE FUNDS WILL BE USED, AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, TO CHOOSE A QUALIFIED THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR THAT THE MUSIC COMMUNITY SUPPORTS. SO THAT FUNDS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED EQUITABLY AND GROWING THROUGH PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, UH, YEARS AGO, THE VISITOR IMPACT TASK FORCE RECOMMENDED A MODEL OF TALENT REIMBURSEMENT IN WHICH VENUES ARE REIMBURSED FOR PAYING MUSICIANS, A FAIR LIVING WAGE. THE PLAN IS A SIMPLE STARTING POINT TO ADDRESS OUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND CAN BE APPLIED WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EQUITY AS WE SET A NEW STANDARD FOR BUSINESS PRACTICES GOING FORWARD, UH, AS WELL AS SONS ARE TO BE USED TO REPLENISH PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE CREATIVE WORKER RELIEF GRANT, UH, LET'S PLEASE INCLUDE PARAMETERS TO ENSURE THAT THE 10 MILLION GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR MUSIC COMMUNITY AND THAT A QUALIFIED THIRD PARTY, UH, ADMINISTER THE PROCESS. UH, AND JUST THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR HELPING ME THE NEEDS OF OUR MUSICIANS, UH, NET. I'VE BEEN HERE 30 YEARS [00:25:01] THIS YEAR, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN A COUNCIL REALLY PRIORITIZE OUR MUSIC COMMUNITY SO MUCH. UH, SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WE ARE HUMBLED TO WORK WITH YOU IN BUILDING A VERY EQUITABLE FUTURE FOR, UH, MUSIC IN AUSTIN'S GROWING ECONOMY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, REBECCA REYNOLDS, PAT BELL TRAYS. THANK YOU. UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. HELLO. OKAY. UM, MAYOR ADLER, MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER, MADISON, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS PAT AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE WORK, ALL OF YOU DO ON BEHALF OF AUSTIN'S RESIDENTS, BOTH PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THAT THESE ARE DIFFICULT TIMES FOR ALL OF US, INCLUDING COUNCIL. I AM SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE SAVE OPEN INTAKE CAMPAIGN, OPEN INTAKE, ANIMAL SHELTERS ARE IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY COMPONENT OF NO KILL OF ANIMAL PROTECTION AND TO ENSURE A SPAY-NEUTER OF DOGS AND CATS IN ORDER TO END PET OVERPOPULATION JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, ELLEN JEFFERSON OF AUSTIN PETS ALIVE WAS INTERVIEWED ON TV NEWS. AND SHE SAID THAT THE COVID PANDEMIC STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGES HAD TAUGHT US THAT OPEN INTAKE ANIMAL SHELTERS ARE NO LONGER NEEDED THAT THE, THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN TAKE IN. AND REHOME HOMELESS PETS. I DISAGREED WITH HER THEN, AND I DISAGREED NOW OPEN INTAKE. ANIMAL SHELTERS ARE VITAL AS A SAFETY NET FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR HOMES AND PEOPLE WHO'VE ALREADY LOST THEIR HOME. SO HERE'S MY REQUEST FOR AN ITEM 11 AUSTIN PETS, ALIVE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED UNTIL THERE HAS BEEN A THOROUGH AND OPEN DISCUSSION WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT OPENING TAKE ANIMAL SHELTERING, AND WHETHER THE COMMUNITY AGREES THAT OPEN-ENDED ANIMAL SHELTERING IS NECESSARY AND VITAL FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION, PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THE LICENSE AGREEMENTS TO BE CHANGED IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS APA TO REDUCE ITS COMMITMENT TO HOMELESS AND UNWANTED PETS. PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THE LICENSE AGREEMENT TO BE CHANGED WITHOUT DISCUSSING THE LAMAR BEACH PLAN. AND WHETHER APA CONTINUES TO BE COMMITTED TO RAISING THE 18.5 MILLION TO 24.6 MILLION NEEDED TO BUILD A NEW SHELTER AT LAMAR BEACH OR ELSEWHERE IN AUSTIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR ADLER MAYOR PUT TIM HARPER MEDICINE IN COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SANDRA AND I'M A LONGTERM RESIDENT IN DISTRICT TWO AND A MEMBER OF THE PROJECT CONNECT EQUITY TOOL COMMITTEE. I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 29 AND IN MY POST TO IT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRAINTS I HAVE ON THIS RESOLUTION INTENT REGARDING ANTI-DISPLACEMENT. I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS ITEM IS POSTPONED AND NESTED AS DELIBERATE IN PREPARATION FOR THE JUNE 3RD MEETING, TO PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING. I SPOKE BEFORE THE CAPITAL METRO TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO A MEETING WITH THE ALSO CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER THE 18TH, BECAUSE SOME OF YOU WERE NOT THERE. I WISH YOUR FOOT. I STATED THING AS IF SEVERAL OTHERS THAT THERE WAS A LACK OF PUBLIC TRUST AND CENTRICITY WAS IMPORTANT THAT THEY WORK ON BUILDING THAT TRUST AND TRULY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS, UM, CONCERTED THE APPEARANCE THAT TODAY'S RESOLUTION IS AN ATTEMPT BY THE COUNCIL TO GET AROUND THE PAINTING CODE. NEXT LAWSUIT, WE WORRY ABOUT AVAILABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND I ASKED THAT THE COUNCIL FIND OUT WHAT THE TRUE CURRENT VACANCY RATE IS. THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW. I APPRECIATE THE INCLUSION OF NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAMS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED GROUPS IN THE REVISIONS, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT PERMANENTLY LIVE WITH THE DECISIONS THAT THIS COUNCIL WE HOPE OUR INPUT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PLANTS WHO WERE NOT REALLY CHECKED UP LIKE AN ITEM ON A CHECKLIST. WE KNOW WHAT WAS DONE IN THE EAST RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR, IN THE EXTREME DISPLACEMENT OF PAST RESIDENTS WHO WERE PRIMARILY LOWER INCOME AND PEOPLE OF COLOR, INCLUDING THE STUDENTS FROM UT WITH THIS TRACK RECORD, HOW DOES THIS RESOLUTION THAT SET THE GROUNDWORK FOR REPEATED THIS SCENARIO ALONG THE ENTIRE TRANSIT LINES? DO YOU INTEND TO FOLLOW WHAT WE VOTED ON, WHICH IS ANTI-DISPLACEMENT? WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT I GUESS BACK IN DECEMBER STILL, NO ANSWER DISPLACEMENT HAS BEEN MOVING A JUMPING FROM ONE PREMISE PLACE FOR A POSITION. THEREFORE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WILL MEAN THAT I'LL TURN WITH, AND THIS WILL NOT BE MOVED FROM THEIR HOMES. WE ARE THE BAR AND BY PROPOSING TO MOVE THE BAR [00:30:01] AND REMOVE, IT WILL BE A FAILURE BY THE COUNCIL. I CANNOT STRESS TO YOU HOW FRAGILE BE PUBLIC STRESSORS IN THIS PROCESS. YOUR ACTIONS WILL LET US KNOW WHERE THE CONTRACT WITH A BOATER STAMPS WITH YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. HYPER NELSON. HELLO. UM, GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, TO SO MANY OF YOU MEMBERS OF THE BODY FOR VISITING OUR CHILDREN'S SHELTER YESTERDAY AT SAFE AND TAKING THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE MANY INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN VIOLENCE AND ABUSE AND HOMELESSNESS. MY NAME IS PIPER SEGIE NELSON, AND I'M THE CHIEF PUBLIC STRATEGIES OFFICER AT THE SAFE ALLIANCE. UM, AND TODAY I'M GOING TO BE SHARING SOME REMARKS THAT WERE GIVEN YESTERDAY, MY, MY COLLEAGUES, UM, BUT THEY COULDN'T JOIN THIS MORNING. SO, UM, FAITH IS A CENTRAL TEXAS NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO STOPPING ABUSE AND VIOLENCE. THERE'S A PART OF OUR WORK. WE CURRENTLY OPERATE A 105 BED SHELTER FOR SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE THAT NEEDS TO BE BEHIND A GATE, BUT THAT'S THAT WE REGULARLY HAVE 30 TO 50 PEOPLE ON OUR WAIT LIST FOR THAT SHELTER. AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN GET TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN DANGER. AND AREN'T EVEN ON THE WAIT LIST. SO WITH DISAGREEMENT THAT YOU ALL WILL VOTE ON TODAY, SAFE, AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY HOUSING SOLUTION THAT WILL SERVE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE AND ABUSE AND LIKELY HOMELESSNESS. I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT BONNIE WHO'S A FORMER CLIENT. IT'S SAFE THROUGHOUT THE CHILDHOOD BODY EXPERIENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, TRAFFICKING AND HOMELESSNESS, UM, LIVED WITH PTSD, PANIC ATTACKS AND CHRONIC PAIN. AND WHEN AN ASSAULT CENTER TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, SHE WAS CONNECTED WITH SAFE. WE GOT HER INTO SHELTER, CONNECTED HER WITH MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CASE MANAGEMENT, PEER SUPPORT. AND HE ENROLLED IN OUR TRANSITIONAL LIVING PROGRAM AND NOW HAS STAYED HOME OF HER OWN. BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE HADN'T GOTTEN HER INTO SHELTER BECAUSE JUST LIKE BONNIE RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, PEOPLE ARE MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE BETWEEN AN ABUSIVE HOUSE AND EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, FAMILY VIOLENCE AND HOMELESSNESS ARE SO DIRECTLY CONNECTED. AND THE NUMBERS BACK UP FIRSTHAND, 80% OF MOMS NATIONALLY WITH KIDS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS PREVIOUSLY FACED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 27% OF TEXAS, FORMER FOSTER YOUTH EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS WITHIN THREE YEARS OF AGING OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND IN TRAVIS COUNTY LAST YEAR, 72% OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS REPORTED THAT THEIR HOMELESSNESS WAS CAUSED BY TRAUMA AND ABUSE AND HOW SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE, FAKE BARRIERS TO SAFETY, HOUSING, AND ONGOING CYCLES OF VIOLENCE AND ABUSE. AND YET SECURING HOUSING IN THIS TOWN HAS GOTTEN EVEN HARDER. THE AVERAGE RENT IS MORE THAN $1,400 A MONTH, BUT AN INDIVIDUAL WORKING FULL-TIME MINIMUM WAGE JOB GROSS IS ONLY 1343 A MONTH. SO IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO WORK YOUR WAY OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. THAT'S WHY WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO STEP UP FOR STEPPING UP AND HELPING THE PEOPLE LIVING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HOMELESSNESS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE. WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT ANYONE WHO EXPERIENCED THE ABUSE HAS ACCESS TO SAFE AND SAFE HOUSING. AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND CHARLOTTE PATTERSON. GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. OKAY. MY NAME IS ANN CHARLOTTE PATTERSON. I'M VICE CHAIR OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION, AND I'M THINKING OF SUPPORTIVE ITEM 60, THE RESOLUTION TO DIRECT FUNDING FROM ARP TO CULTURAL ARTS AND MUSIC. AS A MUSIC COMMISSIONER, I'LL USE MY TIME TO FOCUS ON THE MUSIC PORTION OF THE RESOLUTION. IN 2019, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, THE LIVE MUSIC FOND WAS COMING INTO BEING AS A WAY TO INVEST HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX REVENUE AND LIVE MUSIC AMID GROWING ON AFFORDABILITY. TWO YEARS LATER, HOT REVENUES ARE DRAMATICALLY LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED. OUR LIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS EMERGING FROM A LONG SHUTDOWN AND REAL ESTATE COSTS HAVE SKYROCKETED. THIS IS A CRITICAL MOMENT FOR AUSTIN MUSIC. AS WE STAND TO LOSE MUSIC VENUES AND RISK LOSING SOME OF OUR MOST TALENTED AND DEDICATED CITIZENS TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, BUT AUSTIN'S MUSIC STORY CAN TAKE A DIFFERENT, MORE VISIONARY DIRECTION BY INVESTING IN MUSIC IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE CITY PROVIDES FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, THAT BUSINESS SECTORS AND OTHER INDUSTRIES, OUR ICONIC MUSIC SCENE CAN SURVIVE, THRIVE, AND TRANSFORM INTO MORE SPACES. SHAUN, ARAS, AND TECHNOLOGIES. WE CAN ADDRESS HISTORIC AND EQUITIES AND HOLD OUR STANDING AS LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. LIVE MUSIC IS A MAJOR DRAW FOR TOURISM, OTHER INDUSTRIES AND AUDIENCE DOLLARS FROM THROUGHOUT CENTRAL TEXAS AND BEYOND $5 MILLION A YEAR FOR TWO YEARS DIRECTED BY THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT JUST AN INVESTMENT IN QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL [00:35:01] OF OUR RESIDENTS. IT'S AN INVESTMENT THAT SIMPLY MAKES GOOD BUSINESS SENSE FOR AUSTIN. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK THIS MORNING. UH, THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WORKED ON THIS RESOLUTION, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT READ ACROSS GOOD MORNING. THIS IS RITA CROSS I'M CALLING IN REGARD TO AUTOMATE 11 AUSTIN PETS ALIVE HAS A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER RELATING TO THE INTAKE OF ANIMALS. THE PROPOSED REDUCTION OF THE INTAKE NUMBERS IS A CRITICAL CONCERN AND REQUIRES SERIOUS DISCUSSION AND INPUT BEFORE SUCH A CHANGE SHOULD EVER TAKE PLACE. THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A PA'S PLAN TO BUILD A SHELTER IN AUSTIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR CONCERN AND HUMANE ACTIONS FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS IN AUSTIN ARE HOMELESS. ANIMALS DESERVE OUR PROTECTION AND OUR CARING HEARTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CODY COLON, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS CODY CALLAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT AND PRESIDENT OF MUSIC MAKES AUSTIN ITEM. 60 HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE MUSIC ECONOMY. NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF JOBS, GROWTH AND JOB RETENTION FOR MUSICIANS AND CREATIVE WORKERS, BUT ALSO IN THE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE THAT THE LA MUSIC FUND WILL CREATE FOR OUR INDUSTRY WANTS DEPLOYED SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION ALSO HAS BROADER IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CULTURAL TOURISM INDUSTRY THAT ALSO INCLUDES HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, BARS, AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES WHO DEPEND ON WHY MUSIC TO BRING DESTINATION CONSUMERS, TO AREAS AND CREATE FOOT TRAFFIC. FOR INSTANCE, THE 2019 CHICAGO THEATER STUDY SUGGESTS THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT IN MUSIC AND ARTS VENUES, THERE'S A $12 ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES JUST SUPPORTING THE COMEBACK. THE LIVE MUSIC ALSO SUPPORTS JOBS, GROWTH AND RETENTION ACROSS THE ADJACENT SERVICE AND HOSPITALITY SECTORS. REEMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN SLOW IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. AND THE REALITY THAT THE LARGER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE CENTERED AROUND LARGE TOURISM FESTIVALS, WHICH DEPEND ON STATE TO STATE ROUTING. MANY STATES DO NOT AGREE THAT THESE ACTIVITIES SHOULD RESUME, WHICH IS CREATING A FREEZING EFFECT ON DEEPER RECOVERY. ALSO IN TEXAS, MANY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS HAVE NOW BEEN REMOVED BY STATE ORDER, BUT THE EXTRA $300 FEDERAL BENEFITS ENDING JUNE 26TH FOR JOBLESS AUSTINITES. THE STATE HAS ALSO CUT OFF OTHER FEDERAL BENEFITS THAT EXTENDED AID TO GET WORK GIG WORKERS, SELF-EMPLOYED PEOPLE AND OTHERS WHO AREN'T TRADITIONALLY COVERED BY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ARE MUSICIANS AND CREATIVE WORKERS STAND TO BE LEFT HIGH AND DRY WITH DISORDER AND WILL NEED ONGOING PUBLIC SUPPORT UNTIL WE HAVE ACHIEVED PRE PANDEMIC EMPLOYMENT LEVELS. OUR GROUPS HAVE ALREADY DOCUMENTED RETENTION LOSS AND MUSICIANS AND CREATIVE WORKERS. FOLKS ARE NOT RETURNING BACK TO WORK. MANY CREATIVES HAVE LEFT AUSTIN OVER THE PANDEMIC. MANY CREATIVES WERE INELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS AND HAD TO FIND JOBS IN SECTORS THAT WERE ALLOWED TO OPERATE DURING PANDEMIC. AND EVEN MEMBERSHIP HAS REPORTED THAT 50% OR FEWER PREVIOUS WORKERS WILL BE RETURNING. AND THOSE ARE CHEAPLY. THE VETERAN WORKERS WITH OVER FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, SIMILARLY DATA FROM DISTRICT HOTEL MANAGERS AND RESTAURANT SUPPORT. THIS GENERAL YOUR SUPPORT COULD HELP US RETAIN PREVIOUS MUSIC, MUSIC WORKERS ON THE FENCE WHO ARE NOW HAVING TO CONSIDER OPTIONS AS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, WANE, OR ARE POOLED. SO THERE'S A LONG ROAD TO TRAVEL FOR JOBS AND REVENUES TO RETURN TO SUSTAINABLE AND PROFITABLE LARGE-SCALE EMPLOYMENT IN OUR MUSIC SECTOR, THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT AND MUSEUM MAKES AUSTIN IMPLORES YOU TO CONSIDER THESE GAP MEASURES TO REINVEST UP TO 10 MILLION AND THE PREVIOUS RELIEF PROGRAMS LIKE THE AUSTIN CREATIVE WORKERS RELIEF FUND AND SAVES MUSIC VENUE PRESERVATION FUND TO USE THESE FUNDS TO BACKFILL LOST HOT REVENUES FOR ARTS AND MUSIC, AND TO DEPLOY THE LINE MUSIC FUND NOW TO BRING OUR STRUGGLING MUSICIANS BACK TO WORK AND TO HELP CREATE CREATIVE MUSIC WORKER SHIFTS. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES, MAYOR ADLER, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN, AND COUNSELING FOR ELLIS FOR SPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE TODAY FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND LEADERSHIP FOR OUR GREAT CITY. PLEASE SUPPORT IMPACT ITEM NUMBER SIX. THANK YOU. YES. HELLO. MY NAME IS ROY WHALEY. HOPE Y'ALL ARE DOING WELL THIS MORNING. AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, I MISSED SEEING ALL OF Y'ALL I MISS BEING THERE IN PERSON AND BEING ABLE TO WATCH ALL OF YOU [00:40:01] DO YOUR WORK. I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY TO DAY I'M. I'M WANTING TO TALK ABOUT ITEM 13, WHICH IS, UH, I'M OPPOSED TO I'M SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL. I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING COMMENTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS, UM, BUT I AM OPPOSED TO USING PARKLAND AT ALL AT A TIME THAT WE NEED MORE PARKLAND. WE DON'T NEED TO BE PUT IN BUILDINGS AND PARKING STRUCTURES, PARTICULARLY RIGHT UP AGAINST THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. UH, PEOPLE DON'T GO THERE. DON'T WALK BY BIG BUILDINGS OR WE WE'D, UH, WE'D HAVE A LOT OF BIG BUILDINGS, UH, ALL OVER THE SOUTH SIDE. UM, AND IT, WE SHOULDN'T BE REPURPOSING. WE SHOULD BE WORKING WITH, UH, OFTEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REPURPOSE SOME OF THE VACANT BUILDINGS, UH, TO RELOCATE THE DARDY ART CENTER. I'M ALL FOR THE ARTS CENTER, BUT WE NEED REPURPOSE BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT USED PARKLAND TO BUILD BUILDINGS THAT WE DON'T REALLY NEED SINCE WE CAN REPURPOSE THE SCHOOLS, ESSENTIALLY SET UP FOR THE ARTS, UH, CLASSES THAT WOULD FIT VERY WELL THERE. SO I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKING DIFFERENT POSITIONS, MINE, AND A MEMBER OF SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS. MY PERSONAL POSITION OF DO NOT TAKE AWAY PARKLAND OUT OR TIME THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN SHOULD BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO ADD PARKLAND. AS WE DONE SUPPLY, AS WE GROW, WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE AWAY OUR PARKLAND. THERE IS A DIFFERENT SOLUTION, GOOD RECYCLING REPURPOSING SOLUTION. AND I WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO RECONSIDER AND I WILL LET YOU GO AND HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT MEETING AND HAVE A GREAT WEEK. ADIOS. Y'ALL SONYA CHEVETTE. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD. EXCELLENT. GREETINGS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SONYA YVETTE. I AM ON THE BOARD MEMBER. I AM A BOARD MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 60 AS A LONG RESIDENT OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, AS A GUITAR INSTRUCTOR, A SINGER SONGWRITER, LIVE MUSIC PERFORMER, AND A COLLEGE STUDENT I'M SPEAKING TODAY TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE HOPE THAT YOU WILL ACT IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL MEMBER POINT AS RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THAT 5,000,042 YEARS OF FEDERAL AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING BE ALLOCATED FOR AUSTIN MUSIC, INDUSTRY RELIEF. CURRENTLY UNDER DEBATE. MUSICIANS HAVE GONE WITHOUT STABLE EARNED INCOME FOR 14 MONTHS NOW, AND GIGS ARE NOT BACK YET. WE NEED THIS MONEY TO SUSTAIN OUR INDUSTRY UNTIL GIGS ARE BACK AT A HUNDRED PERCENT. I AND MOST OF MY FELLOW MUSICIANS HAVE APPRECIATED THE INTEGRITY AND CONVICTION CONVICTION OF YOUR POSITIONS. IN THE PAST, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL ACT COURAGEOUSLY AND CLEARLY TO REPRESENT THE DOMINANT PERSPECTIVE OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AT THIS IMPORTANT MOMENT. AND IN THE FUTURE, I'M ALSO URGING COUNCIL TO SELECT A QUALIFIED THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR TO ADMINISTER THE LIVE MUSIC FUND AND ANY OTHER RELIEF GRANTS THAT WILL BENEFIT MUSICIANS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY, OLIVIA, OVER TURF. GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. OKAY. HI. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS OLIVIA OVERTURN. I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO, BUT I'VE LIVED IN DISTRICT FIVE DECADES. UM, I'M SEEING ON THE AGENDA ITEM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 27, 27 ON MAY 12, 2021. I WAS A COMPLAINANT AND AN ETHICS HEARING. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE BEHAVIOR TO COMMISSIONERS DURING THAT HEARING, BESIDES THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSIONERS, NOT BEING PREPARED FOR THE HEARING, I HAD TO FACE ONE OF THE MOST GROTESQUE DISPLAYS OF CONDUCT. THE CITY IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE TO, I PROVIDED TO THE CITY CLERK TO FILES THE SCREENSHOTS, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE COPIES. UM, BEFOREHAND COMMISSIONER DEBRA GAMBER WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT FIVE, MADE A SERIES THAT WOULD SEE GESTURES WHILE THE HEARING WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON CAMERA AND RECORDED. ONE OF HER MOST VIAL GESTURES WAS SIMULATING FORCE TO BULEMIA. [00:45:01] LET ME REPEAT THAT DURING MY ETHICS HERE, MEANING THE COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT FIVE SIMULATED FOR SPEEDING. THEN SHE CONTINUED MAKING OTHER FACES, INCLUDING ROLLING HER EYES. CLOWN FACES ARE REFERRED TO THE HEARING AS A QUOTE CLUSTER. YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAD NO TIME TO SHARE. SO REAL STOPPED THE MEETING. THIS BEHAVIOR CONTINUED FOR TWO HOURS, WHATEVER DEBORAH DAMPER WAS, WHAT WAS HER PATH? FOUR DAYS IS COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT. SHE A CLEAR REPRESENTATION OF YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, BUT IT'S VERY APPARENT THAT SHE KNOWS THE PER RATE SPACE PRIVILEGE. AND THAT IS THE ONLY EXPLANATION HOW SHE COULD GET AWAY WITH THIS. AND FOR THE RECORD COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN AND EVERYONE ELSE WATCHING IT'S A NONWHITE COMMISSIONER BEHAVE THE WAY COMMISSIONER DANBURG BEHAVED DURING A HEARING OF MEETINGS. I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN BESIDES THAT. SHE ALSO STEPPED AWAY FROM THE QUORUM OF SIX MEMBERS MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE HEARING. AND AGAIN, THE MEETING WAS NOT STOPPED BY THE CHAIR. FURTHERMORE, THE CHAIR SUB ROOM'S OWN CONDUCT IS IN QUESTION. THE CHAIR DISPLAYED A LEVEL OF SEXISM THAT NEARLY WENT OFF THE RADAR. DESPITE THE FACT THAT I PROVIDED LEGAL GUIDES FOR THE COMMISSION ABOUT TERMINOLOGY, THE CHAIR TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO EXPLAIN HIS PERSONAL INTERPRETATION REPEATEDLY WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH OUTSIDE COUNSEL. THE CHAIR ALSO REPEATEDLY ANSWERED PHONE TEXTS FROM HIS WORK DURING THE HEARING ON CAMERA. THE CHAIR ALSO POSTED MY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN WITHOUT MY CONSENT, WHICH IS OF NO GENERAL USE TO THE PUBLIC. THE INFORMATION WAS NOT PUBLIC PRIOR TO THE HEARING, NOR WAS IT SCANNED INTO THE PUBLISHED AGENDA OF THE HEARING AS A WOMAN TO HAVE MY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PUBLISHED IN SUCH AN INVASIVE MANNER FOR THOUSANDS TO VIEW IS UNACCEPTABLE. SHARE SILVERDALE DIRECTLY ADVISE ALL SIX COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE ALL FEMALE DURING THIS HEARING TO VOTE THE WAY HE WAS VOTING ON MY HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER, CHRIS CLARK, I HOPE. AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT A DIRECT REPRESENTATION OF YOU, BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ON ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMISSIONS. THIS CITY HAS. I AM A SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SOCCER, SOCCER, VIOLENCE COUNCIL, NUMBER TWO STAR. SO I'M SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW I FELT WHEN THIS HAPPENED AT AN ETHICS, HEARING A SLAP ON THESE, ON THESE, ON THE RISKS FOR THESE OFFENSES IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND DOES NOT EQUATE HOLDING THESE COMMISSIONERS ACCOUNTABLE. WE NEED BETTER COMMISSIONERS WHO CARE ABOUT THEIR POSITIONS AND OUR ACTUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CITY. AND I JUST FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT THAT THERE WAS AN ACTUAL ASSIGNMENT FOR A GROUP OF SCHOOL CHILDREN TO WATCH THAT SPECIFIC HEARING AND REPORT ABOUT IT. SO I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT DEBORAH BOBBY LEVIN SCHEME, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS BOBBY LEVINSKY WITH THE SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOBO KITCHEN FRONTIERS, AND THE OTHER WATER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND BRINGING FORWARD THE WATERFORD RESOLUTIONS ITEM 63 AND 65. AS YOU KNOW, AUSTIN IS FACING A WATER CRISIS BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. THESE RESOLUTIONS WILL BRING SOME FINAL ACTION ON CODE AMENDMENTS. THAT'LL HAVE A MONUMENTAL IMPACT ON STRETCHING THE REACH OF OUR AVAILABLE WATER RESOURCES. AS A REMINDER, THESE WATER FORWARD AMENDMENTS ARE AFFORDABILITY AMENDMENTS. THEY BENEFIT THE END USERS OF THE PROPERTY, SUCH AS RENTERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES WHO WILL SPEND LESS ON WATER AND THEY'D BENEFIT AUSTIN'S OVERALL AFFORDABILITY GOALS, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE SUPPLY OF CLEAN, SAFE, AND AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER. WATERFORD IS PREMISED ON ONE MAJOR FACT, IT'S CHEAPER TO USE AND REUSE THE WATER WE HAVE INSTEAD OF BUYING AND TRANSPORTING THE WATER. WE DON'T NEXT ON ANOTHER 13. UM, SOS RECOMMENDS AGAINST OPTION ONE D FOR THE RELOCATION OF DAC ON BUTLER SHORES PARK SOS CONTINUES TO OPPOSE AS A BLANKET POLICY, THE CONVERSION OF PARKLAND, WHICH WILL ADD MORE BUILDINGS, PAVEMENT AND PARKING WITHIN OUR LIMITED GREENSPACE. HOWEVER OF THE OPTIONS BEFORE YOU OPTION ONE A IS SUBPAR SUPERIOR TO OPTION ONE B OPTION ONE B WAS UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED BY THE PARKS BOARD AND ALSO REJECTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD. THE PRINCIPAL CONCERNS FOR THESE DESIGNS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IS IT IS PALE PLACE, FAR TOO CLOSE TO THE LAKE AND THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. IT CONSUMES TOO MUCH GREEN SPACE WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS. THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 300 EMAILS FROM AUSTINITES, WHICH INCLUDES MESSAGES FROM EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT OPTION ONE B IT'S CLEAR WITHIN THIS LIMITED COMMUNITY BASED OUTREACH. THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED DESIGN. THE LADY BIRD LAKE IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALL SHARE PROTECTING ITS NATURAL AESTHETIC IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WE ALL CARE ABOUT. OPTION ONE, A DOES A BETTER JOB OF THIS BY KEEPING THE BUILDINGS SET BACK FROM THE SHORELINE AND CLUSTERING, THE BUILDINGS AS PART OF A DENSER ARTS PROJECT COMPLEX. I'D LIKE TO END BY EXPRESSING A GENERAL CONCERN ABOUT THE CONTINUED PUSH TO PUT MORE AND MORE PARKING SPACES WITHIN OUR PARKS. IT'S BACKWARDS FROM THE DIRECTION THAT OUR CITY SHOULD BE HEADING. WE NEED TO BE ELIMINATING [00:50:01] PARKING, NOT BUILDING MORE OF IT. WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP OFFSITE PARKING ON THE TABLE AND CONSIDER OTHER NEARBY CITY OWNED LAND PER FACILITY. IF ONE IS TRULY NEEDED GREEN SPACE, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE CENTRAL CITY IS A FINITE RESOURCE. AS WE DENSIFY, WE NEED TO BE RETESTING WHAT LITTLE WE HAVE. THANK YOU, BROWER. HELLO. MY NAME IS ANDREA BROWER AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT. I SIGNED UP TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM 16 AND 17, WHICH I KNOW ARE POSTPONE. UM, BUT I AM GOING TO SPEAK ON THE POSTPONEMENT AND, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF USING THIS TIME FOR OTHER SOLUTIONS, I DO SUPPORT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. I AM CALLING I'M CALLING TODAY ABOUT AS AN, AS AN ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. I'M NOT HERE TO CRITICIZE ANYONE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE HOMELESS SITUATION IN AUSTIN HAS BEEN VERY CHALLENGING. UM, AND I KNOW THAT ALL MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT THIS ISSUE, BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FAILURE TO ACT AND MOVE FORWARD IN A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT WILL AFFECT THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE. NOW. UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT IN 2018, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION FOR US FROM SHELTER, WHICH NEVER HAPPENED IN 2019. THERE WAS A PROPOSAL FOR A SHELTER ON BEN WHITE, WHICH NEVER HAPPENED IN 2020 ATX HEALTH WAS FORMED TO, UH, TO FUND THE SHELTER AND THAT NEVER MATERIALIZED FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE FOCUSED ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THAT HAS BEEN OUR VALUE. AND OUR GOAL TEMPORARY SHELTER HAS NOT BEEN THE FOCUS BECAUSE IT'S NOT POPULAR, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT IS IMPORTANT ACCORDING TO NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE FROM THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS, BUT IT'S THAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON ALL ENDS OF THE HOMELESSNESS SPECTRUM IN ORDER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT MEANS FRONT END, IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND SHELTER, CASE MANAGEMENT AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. THE SOLUTION SEEMS TO BE ONLY PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. AND THAT CONCERNS ME. I, I WANT TO ASK A RHETORICAL QUESTION. IF SOMEONE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS COMES TO YOU TODAY, WHERE WOULD YOU EVEN TELL THEM TO GO? I WORKED AT, AT THE ARCH AND I HEARD THIS QUESTION AND IT WAS PAINFUL TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY WITH LITERALLY NOWHERE FOR THEM TO GO. EVEN THE ECO ACTION PLANS, ENTITIES AND GAP REPORT SAID THAT WE WOULD BE 250 NEW SHELTER BEDS IN 2020, THEN HOMELESSNESS AND 250 MORE IN 2021. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE, YOU JUST, UM, YOU JUST APPROVED FUNDING FOR A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER, WHICH IS FANTASTIC, BUT THAT THE ONLY INVESTMENTS I KNOW OF THAT THE CITY HAS MADE FOR SHELTER IN THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. BUT AS WE KNOW, MOST PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE MEN. THERE ARE NOT SOLUTIONS FOR THEM. UM, AS WE KNOW, 2020 COUNT 2,506 PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS. UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A SUMMIT. I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THAT, BUT I HAVE TO SAY READING THE REPORT IS PUZZLING TO ME. THE GOAL WAS TO GET PEOPLE INTO HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, TO HOUSING IN 30 DAYS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON WAIT LISTS FOR YEARS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS CAN POSSIBLY BE REALISTIC AND, AND TO HOW'S EVERYONE BY 2024, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO IN 2022 AND 2020? I ALSO UNDERSTAND THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF 293 MILLION, THE SUMMIT DOCUMENT. DOESN'T SAY ONE WORD OUT ON DEVELOPING SHELTERED THROUGH DREADS. IMMEDIATE NEED, EVEN THOUGH AUSTIN ONLY HAS 800 EQUALS SHELTER BEDS TO ADDRESS THE 2,500 THAT ARE HOMELESS. UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT OPTIMAL. I'D LOVE TO HOUSE EVERYBODY. I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS NOW. UM, AND IT'S A PRAGMATIC SOLUTION AND IT CAN WORK IF IT'S RUN BY THE RIGHT PEOPLE. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. OKAY. REBECCA REYNOLDS. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. GO AHEAD. OKAY, GREAT. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM REBECCA REYNOLDS WITH THE MUSIC VENUE ALLIANCE AND SPEAKING TODAY AND SUPPORTIVE ITEMS SIX TO EIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, QUINTAS, MAYOR ADLER, COUNCIL MEMBERS, POOL, KITCHEN, AND ELLIS FOR YOUR CONTINUED FOCUS ON AUSTIN'S ARTS AND MUSIC. IT IS INSPIRING TO SEE A RESOLUTION LIKE THIS ONE THAT BRINGS ALL OF OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. AS RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED AND VACCINATIONS TAKE EFFECT. AUSTIN'S MUSIC VENUES ARE READY TO OPEN THE DOORS, DESKTOP, THE COBWEBS, AND WELCOME FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO COME SHAKE IT OFF HUG AND SEE SMILING FACES. THEY HAVEN'T SEEN IN FAR TOO LONG. MANY OF OUR VENUES WERE [00:55:01] QUITE LITERALLY SAVED BY YOUR VENUE PRESERVATION FUND RESOLUTION LATE LAST YEAR. THE PROMISE OF THIS FEDERAL SHUTTERED VENUE OPERATOR GRANT PROGRAM HAS ALLOWED THEM TO BEGIN TO NEGOTIATE PAYING 15 MONTHS OF BACK RENT TO THEIR LANDLORD. HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE USED THAT BY NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY DISASTER RELIEF FOR THOSE AND FOR THE VENUES THAT WILL NEED HELP GETTING OPERATIONAL ITEMS. 60 PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SUPPORT THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP US GET BACK TO WORK. WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO URGE YOU TO EXPEDITE THE RELEASE OF ALL CURRENTLY AVAILABLE MONEY AND THE LIVE MUSIC FUND. THE LIVE MUSIC FUND WAS CREATED IN SEPTEMBER, 2019, AND INITIALLY FUNDED WITH A $2.2 MILLION TRANSFER FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER. THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND WAS TO ALLOW PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS AND VENUES TO BENEFIT FROM THE TOURISM DOLLARS THEY GENERATE, WHICH IS THE INTENT OF TEXAS CHAPTER THREE 51, PREVIOUSLY PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS AND VENUES HAD BEEN EXCLUDED SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WERE BUSINESSES. I WAS ON THE MUSIC COMMISSIONS, LIVE MUSIC FAN WORKING GROUP, WHICH HAD ITS LAST WORKING MEETING ON JUNE 18TH OF LAST YEAR. WE UNDERSTAND THAT PROJECTIONS THROUGH HOT EARNINGS WERE IMPACTED BY COVID, BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE RELEASE OF ALL EXISTING FUNDS. MUSICIANS NEED TO GET PAID. AND VENUES NEED TO BOOK SHOWS TO BOOK SHOWS THE LIVE MUSIC FUND IS A TOOL CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH THIS. WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS A DELAY WHILE EDD WORKS TO COMBINE GUIDELINES FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMERCIAL MUSIC. WHILE THE SOURCE OF FUNDING IS THE SAME, THE NEEDS OF THESE THREE AREAS, COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT. THEREFORE WE ASK YOU TO GIVE CLEAR DIRECTION TODAY TO LAUNCH THE LIVE MUSIC PLAN RIGHT AWAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND PLEASE CONSIDER IT AT YOUR SERVICE AS YOU WORK THROUGH THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES. MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE LAST SPEAKER, PLEASE. IF SHE'S STILL ON THE LINE, I'M HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. THANKS FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. I WANT TO BE SURE. I JUST HEARD A COUPLE OF YOUR POINTS CORRECTLY. DID YOU SAY YOU WERE ON THE LIVE MUSIC TASK FORCE WORKING GROUP? YES. YES. AND WHEN DID YOU SUBMIT YOUR, WHEN DID YOU SAY YOU SUBMITTED YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS? SO OUR LAST WORKING MEETING WAS JUNE 18TH AND WE ABRUPTLY STOPPED DELIBERATING. UM, THERE WAS A PAUSE. WE HELD A MEETING IN OCTOBER TO VOTE, TO JUST PASS ON TO COMMISSION WHAT WE HAD PRODUCED SO FAR. I BELIEVE THAT LAST MEETING WAS IN OCTOBER AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ALBEIT INCOMPLETE WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK SOMETIME IN DECEMBER. OKAY, THANKS. YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION. I ACTUALLY BROUGHT FORWARD A RESOLUTION JUST RIGHT AFTER THE PANDEMIC STARTED THAT ASKED, UM, THAT PROPOSED SOME USE OF THOSE LIVE MUSIC FUNDS. AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE HAD QUITE A FEW MUSICIANS COME TO THE MEETING OR, OR WRITE IN ADVANCE, UM, ASKING US NOT TO USE THAT FUNDING AT THAT POINT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SEE IT INVESTED IN, IN MORE INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT AND WANTED US TO WAIT UNTIL THE LIVE MUSIC TASKFORCE WORKING GROUP COMPLETED ITS ITS WORK. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE HAD PROBABLY A YEAR AGO ABOUT USING THAT FUND. SO IT'S IT IS, UM, I AGREE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET IT CIRCULATING IF, IF EVER THERE WERE A RAINY DAY WHEN WE NEEDED IT AS IT IS NOW. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR SERVICE. YES. THANK YOU, JAMES TALLINN. SORRY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. HI, I'M JAMES TALON. I'M AN ARTIST. I REALLY LOVE AUSTIN PARKS AND I LOVE WHAT YOU GUYS DO. THANK YOU. I'M JUST SPEAKING TODAY BECAUSE THERE'S AN AGENDA ITEM 13 THAT I'M REALLY OPPOSED TO, UM, I REALLY LOVE THE ART CENTER, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT OPTION ONE B IS A GOOD USE OF PARKLAND. UM, AND I'M ASKING IF YOU COULD POSTPONE THIS DECISION AND SEEK OUT ALTERNATIVES THAT DON'T SMOTHER, UM, OUR FAVORITE PARKS. UM, AND IF YOU WON'T POSTPONE, UM, PLEASE TRY TO VOTE AGAINST ONE B IN PARTICULAR. UM, WE ALREADY HAVE A SERIOUS PARKLAND DEFICIENCY IN AUSTIN. UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY 37 AND LARGE US CITIES TO MEET OUR OWN, UH, PARKLAND NEEDS. AND UM, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD EVEN CONSIDER CONVERTING ACRES AS PARKLAND TO BE, UM, BUILDINGS AND DRIVEWAYS AND A PARKING GARAGE. UM, AND I DON'T THINK BEAUTY NEEDS AN ECONOMIC [01:00:01] VALUE TO HAVE AN INHERENT WORTH. UM, BUT EVEN SO, UM, BUTLER PARK SHORES, UM, AND BARTON CREEK LADY, BIRD LAKE, ALL OF THAT, THOSE ARE OUR MOST POPULAR PARKS. THEY'RE UTTERLY BEAUTIFUL. SO PLEASE DON'T DESTROY THEM, UM, TO BECOME URBAN SPRAWL JUST FOR AN ART CENTER. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FROM ONTARIO WHEN SAID THAT US AND COULD WORK WITH AISD AND RELOCATE THE DAC TO A CLOSED SCHOOL AND THAT WOULD HELP EVERYONE. SO WHY CAN'T WE POSTPONE AND DO THAT? UM, PLEASE ALSO ADOPT A POLICY TO STOP PUTTING, UM, PARKING LOTS OR EXPANDING THEM IN PARKS. UM, IN 2018 PROPOSITION, A SHOW THAT AUSTIN VOTERS LIKE ME WANT YOU TO INVEST IN TRANSIT ALTERNATIVES AND STOP RELYING ON CARS. SO IF WE PAVE OVER PARKLAND WITH A PARKING LOT THAT JUST SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PARKING PROBLEM. WE HAVE A MOBILITY PROBLEM. SO PLEASE SEEK OUT OTHER PLACES FOR PARKING. IF YOU MUST ADD IT, ESPECIALLY SINCE OTHER PLACES CAN HANDLE THE TRAFFIC FLOW BETTER. UM, ONE THING THAT SOS ALLIANCE, UM, PROPOSED WITH THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SIGN SHOP. UM, SO ANYWAY, THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER OPTIONS, PLEASE AT LEAST FULLY VET THEM BEFORE PROCEEDING AND DEFINITELY VOTE AGAINST OPTION ONE B THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR CONSIDERING WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. I'M JUST AN OB JOSEPH. MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN AND OPPOSITION TO ITEMS 21 AND 29 21 IS THE $150,000 FULL SOURCE, NO BID CONTRACT BY JOYCE JAMES CONSULTING, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE EQUITY TRAINING FOR AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A SUCH HYPOCRISY, CAITLIN DALTON IS NOW THE TRANSIT MANAGER. SHE IS THE FORMER PLANNER FROM CAPITAL METRO WHO CREATED THE DISCRIMINATORY 52 ROUTES THAT CHANGED ON JUNE 3RD, 2018 CAP REMAP. AND SO THE EQUITY OFFICE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS EQUITY TRAINING. SO AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THIS IS THE SECOND CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE AS CITIZENS GIVEN TO MS. JAMES IN EIGHT WEEKS, THAT'S $229,000 FOR EQUITY TRAINING. SO WHY DO WE HAVE AN EQUITY OFFICE AS IT RELATES TO EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT? I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO SPECIFICALLY HOUSE BILL THREE EIGHT, NINE THREE. I WOULD URGE ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING AND HAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN TUNNEL TO CALL THE REPUBLICAN TEXAS LEGISLATORS. THEY HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE BILL AS WELL. I WOULD ALSO URGE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING BECAUSE CONFLICT HAS TURNED A BLIND EYE TO CONTACT NURIA FERNANDEZ AT FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION. SHE IS THE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR. HER ASSISTANT IS LEONARD THAT PEACOCK@DOT.GOV FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION CIRCULAR FOR 702.1 B DATED OCTOBER 1ST, 2012, CHAPTER FOUR DASH 16 REQUIRES CAPITAL METRO TO REANALYZE THE ROUTES AND IMPLEMENT THE LEAST DISCRIMINATORY ALTERNATIVE. SPECIFICALLY LAST NIGHT, THERE WAS A TITLE SIX UPDATE LAWRENCE DIETER, THE SENIOR PLANNER SPECIFIED. WE DO NOT PLAN TO RECONDUCT THAT ANALYSIS AT ANY TIME AS IT RELATES TO THE NORTHEAST AUSTIN INEQUITABLE ROUTES, BLACK PEOPLE, AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, WAIT 60 MINUTES FOR THE BUS. IT'S SIX MINUTES, SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL FROM METRO RAIL CRESTVIEW STATION TO THE HISPANICS IN DOVE SPRINGS. I WOULD ALSO ASK YOU TO USE THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING FOR $4.7 MILLION TO RESTORE THE PALMER METRO RAPID BETWEEN SAMSUNG AND APPLE AND ALSO THE STATE'S APPLIED MATERIAL ZONE. THAT'S AN ENTERPRISE ZONE LASTLY, AS IT RELATES TO NUMBER 17, I AM OPPOSED TO THAT POSTPONEMENT, EVEN THOUGH I RECOGNIZE THAT'S IN COUNCIL MEMBER KIT, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, DISTRICT IT'S FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, $11 MILLION, THE CARITAS OF AUSTIN, THERE'S BEEN A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND COUNCIL. PLEASE BE HONEST WITH THE PUBLIC AND LET THEM KNOW THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE HOMELESS SUMMIT, MARCH 3RD, 2021, DURING YOUR WORK SESSION, YOU HAD NO CLUE WHAT WAS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED DURING THE SUMMIT. AND IT IS PRETTY HYPOCRITICAL FOR US TO NOW EMBRACE THE SUMMIT FINDINGS. I WOULD ASK COUNCIL MEMBER POOL TO THIS CLOSE THE TWO MILE RADIUS FROM MCBEE ELEMENTARY, AS IT RELEASED TO [01:05:01] PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TRANSIT DISTANCE. AND ALSO HOW MANY PROPERTIES ARE WEST OF MOPAC IN HER DISTRICT, AS WELL AS CASSARA. I WANT YOU TO KNOW, WELL, I THANK YOU FOR WILLIAM BUNCH. YES. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, BILL BUNCH, UH, DISTRICT FIVE. UM, I WANT TO FIRST, UH, URGE YOU YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE WATER FORWARD MEASURES. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THOSE ARE ON THE AGENDA AND, AND LOOK LIKE THEY DO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT. UM, SECOND I WANTED TO JUST, UH, ON THE PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY AGREEMENT, I BELIEVE THAT'S NUMBER 12. UM, I DON'T SEE A RECOMMENDATION IN THE BACKUP FROM THE PARKS BOARD AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT EVEN WENT TO THE PARKS BOARD. AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO, UH, LET THE PARKS BOARD REVIEW THAT MATTER FIRST BEFORE Y'ALL TAKE ACTION. AND THEN, UM, THE MAIN THING I WANTED TO COMMENT ON IS THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER AND URGE YOUR, UH, SUPPORT FOR THE OPTION. ONE A, UH, CLUSTERED UP WHERE YOU SPECIFICALLY VOTED FOR IT TO BE LOCATED IN MAY OF 20, 1989 TO MEETING BOTH OF THE MAPS. THERE VERY CLEARLY SHOWED THAT, UH, WHERE IT WAS TO BE LOCATED ON BUTLER SHORES, IF IT WAS GOING TO GO THERE. AND IF YOU DID NOT FIND SOME OTHER APPROPRIATE SITE UH, WE NEED TO BE PRESERVING EVERY SQUARE FOOT OF GREEN SPACE IN THE CENTRAL CITY THAT WE CAN, I THINK Y'ALL KNOW THAT AUSTIN IS ACTUALLY QUITE SHORT ON ACCESSIBLE PARK CLAN ON A PER CAPITA BASIS OVERALL. AND THEN CERTAINLY IN AS OUR CENTRAL CITY POPULATION SKYROCKETS, WE NEED TO BE FIGURING OUT HOW TO ADD GREEN SPACE RATHER THAN, THAN PAVE IT OVER. AND CERTAINLY THE ONE OPTION, UH, DOES A MUCH BETTER JOB OF PRESERVING, UH, BUTLER SHORES FOR GREEN SPACE. UM, THE, TO THE EXTENT THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC DESIGN PROBLEMS THAT STAFF IS POINTING TO WE'RE AT A CONCEPTUAL STAGE, AND CERTAINLY THOSE DESIGN CHALLENGES CAN READILY BE ADDRESSED. UH, WHEN YOU GET TO THE DETAILS, UH, IF THE COUNTY, IF THE STAFF HAS TOLD THAT THEY NEED TO DO THAT, UH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S AN UNWILLINGNESS TO PROBLEM SOLVE HERE. UM, AND THE WHOLE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THEY SKEWED TOWARDS PLACING THE BUILDING, NOT WHERE Y'ALL VOTED TO PUT PLACE IT AND WHERE IT WOULD DIRECTLY IMPACT A GREATER AMOUNT OF PARK VIEWS AND TRAIL VIEWS. UH, ALONG THE, ALONG THE LAKE, WE REALLY NEED TO BE PROTECTING, PRESERVING OUR LIKE FRONT PARKLAND FOR THAT TOP PRIORITY USE. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. SARAH BLACK. HI, SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE, UM, ON MARCH 31ST, 2017. I CRASHED A MEETING OF THE AUSTIN POLICE HOST PROGRAM. UM, I'M AGAINST THE CITY COUNCIL GIVING THEM FUNDING. UM, I SAW OFFICER TREEHO AND BORTON FLANKING, UM, THE SALVATION ARMY DIRECTOR, JAY FELDMAN. UM, IT'S NO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT WHEN HOST OFFICERS WALKED BY ME, THEY WALKED BY ME. THEY DIDN'T STOP TO PROVIDE ANY SERVICES. SURPRISINGLY, UM, FOUR DAYS LATER AFTER I WENT TO THAT MEETING, UM, OPPOSITE, BORTON CREATED A FAKE COMPLETELY 100% FABRICATED REPORT DATED APRIL THE FOURTH, 2017. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT FOUR, FOUR IS THE DAY MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS MURDERED. UM, BUT SHE WAS CREATED A FABRICATED PORT AS IF SHE HAD INTERACTED WITH ME ON THAT DATE, I GUESS, TO PAD, UM, TO GET MONEY OR WHATEVER FOR THAT PROGRAM. UM, OF COURSE SHE NEVER TALKED TO ME. I COMPLAINED TO, UM, THOUGHTS AND PLACE, BUT I NEVER HEARD BACK FROM THEM. UM, THE AUSTIN PLACES, THE REASON WHY I AM WITHOUT, UM, RIGHT [01:10:01] NOW IN THIS COMMUNITY AND LATELY, UM, APRIL THE FIRST IN, UH, 2019, I WAS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FBI. I WAS LIVING THERE. I HAD BEEN LIVING THERE FOR A WHILE, TALKING TO THE FBI ABOUT THOUGHTS AND POLICE PATTERN OF PRACTICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION. AND APD SHOWED UP TO, UM, AN OFFICER SHOWED UP TO IDENTIFY ME BECAUSE HE ONLY HAD A, HE HAD A COPY OF MY COMPLAINT AND HE ONLY HAD MY FIRST NAME IN THE COMPLAINT. HE ONLY KNEW MY FIRST NAME, HE NEEDED TO ID. UM, SO HE SHOWED UP AT THE HOUSE WHERE I WAS STAYING ACROSS FROM, UH, THE FBI. AND, UM, HERE'S SOME OF THAT, HERE'S THEM. UM, THIS IS HOW I ENDED UP WITH THEM AGAIN A WEEK BEFORE THAT. I, SO I ENDED UP WITH NOTHING AGAIN, BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE APD HUNTING DOWN BECAUSE I FILED A COMPLAINT AND I CAME TO THE GOVERNOR'S CAMP. AND GUESS WHAT, WHEN I WENT TO YOUR COMMUNITY COURT, IT'S LIKE A MOUSE TRAP BECAUSE YOU WALK IN, YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOUR NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, AND THEN IT TURNS OUT THERE'S APD, UM, BEHIND THE WALL, YOU CAN'T SEE THEM. AND I DON'T HAVE ANY SERVICES TO, I DIDN'T HAVE APD SERVICES. I DIDN'T HAVE EQUAL PROTECTION AND I DON'T HAVE ANY CASE MANAGEMENT OR ANYTHING TO GET ME OFF THREE BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT, I DIDN'T KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE PART OF THIS GROUP. I DIDN'T KNOW A PART OF THEM. I DIDN'T KNOW. THEY WERE PART OF THE DOWNTOWN CORE MAYOR THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS AT APPRECIATE THAT LAST SPEAKER WOULD REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE, UH, SO THAT I COULD FINISH SHARING WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. UH, IF YOU COULD REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE, I'D APPRECIATE IT. UH, I PRETEND THANKS FOR TAKING THE HELM COLLEAGUES WE'RE BACK TOGETHER. UM, IT'S 1118. WE'RE LOOKING AT [Consent Agenda (Part 2 of 2)] A CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 38 AND 55 THROUGH 63. UH, THE POLL ITEMS I HAVE RIGHT NOW ARE 13 BY KITCHEN, 56 BY KELLY, 60 BY ALTER AND 63 BY ELLIS PLEAD DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL OVER TOVO 10 FOR A VERY QUICK QUESTION AND 12 FOR THE SAME. OKAY. SO WE'LL PULL 10 AND 12. OKAY. THAT'S WHERE MY KITCHEN. UM, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AND A VERY QUICK COMMENT ON ITEM 29. UM, SO, UM, I WANTED TO, AGAIN, UM, THANK AMERIPRO TIM, UH, HARPER, MADISON, AND HER CO-SPONSORS, UH, FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF ALIGNING LAND USE WITH PROJECT CONNECT TO OPPORTUNITIES. UM, I AM COMFORTABLE WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH A POSTPONEMENT. UM, I'M ASSUMING WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REALLY TALK ABOUT IT ON JUNE 1ST, WHICH IS A WORK SESSION, UH, BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YET. AND SO I'M WANTING TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT IT. UM, UH, THE, I HAVE POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD JUST FOR EVERYONE IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, UH, SOME PROPOSED, UH, AMENDMENTS AND I, UH, PUT RATIONALE WITH THEM ALSO TO TRY TO HELP US WHEN WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT MY QUESTIONS ARE. UM, AND JUST TO SAY THAT I REMAINED CONCERNED ABOUT TIMING. I THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY TO MORE PLANNING FOR LAND USE FOR PLANNING, FOR PROJECT CONNECT. AND I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT OUR PROCESSES, UM, ARE NOT ALIGNED, ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS AT RISK OF GENTRIFICATION. SO I'M WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROJECT CONNECT CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS, WHICH HAS SOME OVERLAP, NOT A COMPLETE OVERLAP, BUT SOME OVERLAP, UH, THAT THOSE ARE ALIGNED. SO, UM, SO ANYWAY, UM, UH, I THINK THAT I JUST WANTED TO ALERT EVERYONE THAT I HAVE MY AMENDMENTS POSTED ON THE MESSAGE FORWARD WITH RATIONALE, AND THEN I'M, UH, I'M SUPPORTING THE POSTPONEMENT WITH [01:15:01] THE, IN THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ON THE FIRST TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. I THINK WE'RE, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF SHARED GOALS. I THINK WE HAVE SHARED GOALS, UH, FOR THE TODDS. AND I THINK THAT, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION TO GET TO, TO SHARED LANGUAGE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU MAYOR PORTEND FOR BRINGING THIS AND I SUPPORT REQUESTS RESPOND THAT, UM, AND, AND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING, WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THAT. THE WORKS ON JUNE 1ST OR THE DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT ITEMS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALL THROUGH AFTER THAT. OKAY, THANKS. I WANT TO BE SHOWN AS ABSTAINING ON ITEM NUMBER NINE. UM, I KNOW WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION TOGETHER AS A DIOCESE PREVIOUSLY ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS FEES. UM, BACK IN THAT EARLIER CONVERSATION, UM, ABOUT HOW THESE NUMBERS WERE CALIBRATED FOR THE LDC REWRITE. AND SO SINCE THAT HASN'T HAPPENED, I KNOW THE NUMBERS NEED TO BE UPDATED. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE CONVERSATION WITH HIM. YEP. TODAY I'M GOING TO HAVE TO STAND ON THOSE, UM, FOR THOSE REASONS. AND THEN ON ITEM NUMBER 28, THIS IS MY, UM, AIR QUALITY RESOLUTION I WANTED TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS MAYOR ADLER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALTAR AND POINTERS FOR JOINING ME ON THIS, UM, BRIEF COMMENTS. AND THOSE ARE THAT OUR REGIONAL AIR QUALITY PLAN IS DEVELOPED BY TAP COG WITH INPUT, FROM PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS THROUGH THE FIVE COUNTY MSA, UM, THROUGH THE CLEAN AIR COALITION. I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO BE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF AUSTIN ON THE CLEANER COALITION OF CAP COG. THE REGIONAL AIR QUALITY PLAN HAS FOR YEARS INCLUDED STRATEGIES ON HOW TO RAISE AWARENESS OF PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION DUE TO THE DANGER, IT POSES TO PUBLIC HEALTH. BUT THE PLAN HAS NEVER ATTEMPTED TO ACTUALLY CURB THE PRODUCTION OF THIS HAZARDOUS POLLUTION IN THE FIRST PLACE UNTIL NOW TO HELP THE REGION MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD REDUCING PM. 2.5 POLLUTION CAP COG IS SEEKING COMMITMENTS FROM THE CLEAN AIR COALITION REGARDING WHICH OF A MENU OF STRATEGIES. EACH JURISDICTION CAN AGREE TO PURSUE THIS RESOLUTION DOCUMENTS, THOSE COMMITMENTS, WHICH CAME FROM OUR OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY IN COMMUNICATION WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. AUSTIN NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THIS REGIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT MINIMIZING PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION FROM INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS, SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION, IN SOME CASES, UM, QUARRIES AND CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS. AUSTIN IS THE ONLY BIG CITY IN TEXAS THAT STILL IS IN ATTAINMENT OF EPA AIR QUALITY STANDARDS. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF AND WORKING VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN, UM, THAT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT TO CLEAN AIR THAT'S FROM OUR ALTAR. OKAY, THANK YOU. I WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT ITEM 61, A RESOLUTION. I SPONSORED DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO CREATE A PILOT PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR THE SERVICES OF PHYSICIANS AND PARAMEDIC PRACTITIONERS. THE GOAL FOR THIS PAYMENT SYSTEM IS FIRST TO NOT LEAVE DOLLARS ON THE TABLE THAT CAN BE COVERED THROUGH INSURANCE AND MEDICARE MEDICAID, AND TO, TO HELP SUBSIDIZE THE EXPANSION OF THE PARAMEDIC PRACTITIONER PROGRAM. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE PA TRAVIS BAKER HAS BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN HIS ROLE IN TREATING LOW ACUITY PATIENTS IN THE FIELD. UM, THE GOAL WITH THIS PAYMENT SYSTEM IS TO SET US UP TO BE ABLE TO ADD FOUR MORE PARAMEDIC PRACTITIONERS, WHICH WOULD HELP US PROVIDE 24 SEVEN COVERAGE IN THE CITY. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THE PARAMEDIC PRACTITIONER MODEL WORKS AND IT IS VERY WELL INTEGRATED INTO OUR CURRENT EMS OPERATIONS. UM, DURING THE TRIAL OF WINTER STORM URI, THE PA WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON STAFF WAS ABLE TO ASSIST IN TRIAGING AND RESPONDING TO CALLS AS NEEDED BETWEEN EMERGENCIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. ON A MORE TYPICAL DAY, TRAVIS MIGHT TREAT A YOUNG CHILD'S EAR INFECTION TO HELP A FAMILY AVOID LEAVING THEIR HOME OR GOING TO THE HOSPITAL LATE AT NIGHT ELSEWHERE. HE MIGHT HELP STITCH A WOUND AFTER A PATIENT HAS FALLEN ON THE SIDEWALK OR VISIT AN ENCAMPMENT ALONGSIDE OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDICS. THIS RESOLUTION LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE AN EXCITING AND TRANSFORMATIVE SHIFT IN HOW WE PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS. I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCIL MEMBERS, ELLIS, QUANTAS, AND KITCHEN, AND THEY ARE PRO TEM HARBOR MADISON, AND TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS INNOVATIVE NEXT STEP. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? YES, MAYOR PRETEND THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, MY COMMENT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. I DIDN'T NEVER NOT, I THINK MUCH LIKE [01:20:01] COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SAID, I BELIEVE WE NEED TO REVISE OUR OUTDATED DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS IN LIEU FEES. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO STAFF BRINGING US THE RECALIBRATED FEES FOR OUR EXISTING CODE IN AUGUST. UH, HOWEVER, I DO STILL HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING FEES THAT WERE CALIBRATED FOR A DIFFERENT CODE, UM, IN DIFFERENT MARKET CONDITIONS. UH, SO I'D ALSO LIKE THE RECORD TO SHOW ME UPSTANDING ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, COUNCIL MEMBER . THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAD SOME COMMENTS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE ON ITEM 28 AND I WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD AND TO REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT HERE IN AUSTIN ON THIS PLAN, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW PARTICULATE MATTER AND FOR AIR QUALITY TENDS TO DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. AND AS SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS AN AREA THAT HAS SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL SITES AND THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS GOING THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT. AND, UM, ESPECIALLY WE KNOW THAT LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS ARE MORE LIKELY TO LIVE IN AREAS WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF POLLUTION. AND SO, UM, IN TURN, WE HAVE HIGHER RATES OF SUFFERING FROM LACK OF HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND OTHER HARMFUL IMPACTS FROM PARTICULATE MATTER THAT TEND TO GO AND TREAT IT. AND SO I JUST WANTED IT TO VOCALIZE MY SUPPORT, UH, FOR THIS RESOLUTION TO BANK CUSTOMER ELLIS FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE, FURTHER COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER CONCERN, UH, ITEM TO EXPAND OUR FAMILY VIOLENCE SHELTER IS A REALLY LONG TIME COMING. AND I JUST REALLY LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE CO-SPONSORS OF THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION BACK IN JUNE, ALONG WITH THE BUDGET ITEMS AND, AND TO REITERATE MY THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO THE COUNCIL FOR ARGUING AND MISS VOTE ON THE BUDGET THAT WAS ABLE TO BRING THIS ITEM, UH, FORWARD TO US. IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT I WAS AT SAFE'S CAMPUS, UH, TALKING TO CASEWORKERS AND NURSES AND STAFF, UM, EXPLAINING WHO WAS IN THEIR SHELTER AND WHAT THEIR SITUATIONS WERE AND THEN WHO THE NEXT PEOPLE WERE ON THE WAIT LIST AND REALLY HOW DANGEROUS SOME OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD TO STILL TURN AWAY. AND SO THIS, THIS ITEM, UH, WILL PROVIDE IMMEDIATE, UH, FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES WILL IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE BEDS AT SCATTERED LOCATIONS, UH, BY ENGAGING IN THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH SAFE, WHICH WILL CERTAINLY KEEP A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, GET A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF DANGEROUS SITUATIONS AND I BELIEVE SAVE LIVES. AND THEN ALSO, UH, START THAT PROCESS OF RENOVATING A BUILDING FOR US TO, UH, EXPAND FAMILY VIOLENCE SHELTER IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY, UH, ACTUALLY IN SUCH A SIGNIFICANT WAY THAT IT WILL BE DOUBLING SAFE, SCREENED SHELTER CAPACITY IN THE CITY. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE CITY IS MAKING A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN FAMILY VIOLENCE SHELTER IN 20 YEARS. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, SAFE FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY AND FOR SUBMITTING, UH, TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PARTNERSHIP, UH, TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. I KNOW THAT, UH, DIRECTOR STIRRUP AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, HAYDEN HOWARD, AND SO MANY OTHER FOLKS AT APH, I'VE WORKED REALLY HARD AT IMPLEMENTING THE SUBSTANCE USE CARE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR IMPLEMENTING, UH, THE HOMELESS SOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING TOWARD, BUT THEN ALSO, UH, BEING ABLE TO BRING BACK SO QUICKLY, UH, SUCH A SIGNIFICANT PARTNERSHIP HERE WITH SAFE. UH, WE'VE TALKED A LOT AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CITY'S BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR. AND I THINK THAT THIS ITEM CAN REALLY CLEARLY SHOW HOW WE CAN BRING SOLUTIONS TO THE TABLE THAT WERE UNABLE TO BE FUNDED BEFORE NOW THAT WE CAN BRING THAT FORWARD AND SHOW REAL SAFETY BENEFITS TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, EVERYONE ON CITY STAFF AND, AND THE COMMUNITY FOR PUSHING US FORWARD ON, ON THIS ITEM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THINGS TAKE FAR TOO LONG AND 20 YEARS OF NOT AN EXPANDING FAMILY VIOLENCE SHELTER IS FAR TOO LONG, BUT REALLY, UH, JUST HERE IN THE, IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO OTHER REAL PUSH FOR US TO EXPAND THIS AS IS, IS COMING TO FRUITION. UM, AND IT IT'S SO BADLY NEEDED. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. I'M JUST, UH, I'M, I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS OUT TODAY. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. OKAY. UH, I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY, UM, I WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR FOR BRINGING THEM ITEM NUMBERS. UM, APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO, UM, CO-SPONSOR THAT, UM, I DON'T THINK SHE COULD HAVE SAID IT BETTER AS YOU KNOW, IT'S BECAUSE THE CONTINUED, UM, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH PARAMEDICS AND MAKING THAT THE BEST POSSIBLE PROGRAM WE CAN BE IS SO IMPORTANT WE CAN HAVE IS SO IMPORTANT. AND THIS WORK IS, SHE SAID TO, UM, TO, TO BILL FOR THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED [01:25:01] ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL TO THIS PROGRAM. UH, SO, UM, UH, I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO SUPPORT THAT AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, UM, ON THE, I WANT TO ALSO COMMENT ON NUMBER 16, UH, RELATED TO SAFE, UM, IS JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, DOUBLING THE CAPACITY IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO NOW. UH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOT, IT'S BEEN WAY TOO LONG SINCE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, HELP EXPAND ACCESS FOR PARTICULARLY FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. UM, MANY OF WHOM ARE ON THE STREETS. AND SO, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER, COSAR YOU PUSHING THIS FORWARD? AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN WORK OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, WHO REALLY WORKED ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT AND I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO SUPPORT IT. I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU COUPLE THINGS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO ACCOUNTS. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 62, A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA. AND I THINK TAKING A, A GOOD LOOK AT ALL THE INTERSECTING PIECES IS A, IS A, IS A GOOD IDEA. UH, AND, AND I'M FINE GIVING THIS ON CONSENT. I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT THOUGH, YOU KNOW, JUST BY WAY OF ALMOST LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OR JUST TO BETTER UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CULTURAL PARKS AS A DEFINED TERM IN THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY. UH, BUT THIS IS NOT A CULTURAL PARK DESIGNATED AREA IN THE WATER FRONT OVERLAY BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A CULTURAL ASPECT TO IT UNTIL WE MOVED TO THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER THERE. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT NOW IT'S BEING PART OF YOUR RESOLUTION INITIALLY, WAS TO IDENTIFY IT AS A CULTURAL PARK, WHICH IS THAT DEFINED TERM IN THAT DISTRICT, BUT YOU'VE ALSO ADDED TO IT, UH, THE CULTURAL AND CLIMATE ARC. AND I'M AWARE THAT THAT CULTURAL PARKS, I THINK, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR STATE FUNDING. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING THAT BY DESIGNATES A CULTURAL AND CLIMATE INNOVATION AREA, THAT WE'RE DOING ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO, TO INTERFERE WITH THE ABILITY TO GET STATE FUNDING. AND IF I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECT INCORRECTLY, LET ME KNOW. YEAH, NO, NO, THIS IS THERE'S NOTHING THAT THIS WOULD DO THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH STATE FUNDING. THE, UM, THE REQUIREMENTS AROUND STATE FUNDING FOR CULTURAL DISTRICTS ARE PRETTY BROAD AND THEY SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, DESIGNING CULTURAL DISTRICTS TO FIT THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, INCLUDING, UM, UM, PROXIMITY TO GREEN SPACE AND OPEN SPACE, AND THAT'S RECOGNIZED AND WRITTEN INTO A CULTURAL DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS. SO I DON'T SEE THIS AS CREATING ANY DIFFICULTIES THERE. THE SECOND THING IS THIS RESOLUTION IS ALL ABOUT INITIATING THE CONVERSATION. NO, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T CREATE A CULTURAL DISTRICT. IT, IT BRINGS THE STAKEHOLDERS ALL STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER SO THEY CAN DISCUSS HOW THEY MIGHT WANT TO PULL IT TOGETHER. SO THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS LANGUAGE THAT WOULD CAUSE ANY DIFFICULTIES, UH, WITH, UM, WITH, IF, IF THERE WAS A DESIRE DOWN THE ROAD TO APPLY FOR STATE DESIGNATION, CAUSE IT CULTURAL PARK IS, IT IS A DEFINED TERM. THIS IS YET TO BE DEFINED AS A CULTURAL ARE DEFINED TERM WITHIN THE OVERLAY YOU RECOGNIZE, OR DOES THIS ACTUALLY DESIGNATED ALSO IN THE SOUTH AND IN THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY AS THIS DESIGNATE THIS AREA AS A CULTURAL PARK AREA WITHIN THE WATERFRONT OVERLAND, THIS DOES NOTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION BETWEEN THE TERMS CULTURAL PARK AND, UM, CULTURAL DISTRICT. UH, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE THINGS. THE CULTURAL PART, ALL THIS DOES IS RECOGNIZE WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE CODE WITH REGARD TO CULTURAL PARK AND THAT'S ONLY THE BUTLER SHORES AREA, NOT THE WHOLE AREA THAT'S IDENTIFIED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A CULTURAL DISTRICT. UM, AND THAT'S IN CODE SECTIONS 25 DASH TWO TO SIX 71, TWO AND 25 DASH TWO SIX 72 D WHICH ALREADY, WHICH JUST TALKS IN TERMS OF BUTLER SHORES AREA AS A CULTURAL PARK. SO THAT'S NOT NEW, UH, THAT, THAT, UM, NUMBER FOUR IS NOT NEW. IT'S JUST RECOGNIZING WHAT'S ALREADY IN THAT CODE. IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT. SO IS BOULDER ALREADY RECOGNIZED AS A CULTURAL PARK WITHIN THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY? JUST THE BUTLER SHORES AREA, JUST THAT AREA RIGHT THERE, NOT THE WHOLE AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS A CULTURAL DISTRICT AND BY REFERRING TO THE BROADER AREA, WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAS A LOT OF CULTURAL AND CLIMATE IN PART IN SPACE, THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY CREATING, UH, A FORM OF DESIGNATION. [01:30:01] THAT MEANS ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. IT'S JUST, IT CAN BE JUST TO CONVENE THE CONVERSATION. YEAH, THIS IS TOO, THIS IS A YES, YES. MAYOR YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS IS ALL ABOUT INITIATING THE CONVERSATION. SO THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT CAN COME TOGETHER, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH THEY CODERS CAN DECIDE THAT THEY MAY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CULTURAL DISTRICT. UM, AND, BUT THE VERY, VERY FIRST STEP IS FOR THEM TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK THIS THROUGH AND SEE WHAT MAKES SENSE. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT CONVERSATION TOO. AND I'M, I'M APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'RE THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE INITIATING THAT THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS, UH, YOU SAY, LOOK AT TRAFFIC, LOOK AT OTHER ISSUES. THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS THAT WOULD SLOW DOWN, UH, OR ANY PROJECTS OR DEVELOPING PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE OF THIS RESOLUTION. CORRECT. OKAY. UH, YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, INVOLVING, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IN THIS CONVERSATION, AND I THINK THAT'S REAL IMPORTANT. YOU ALSO INVITE THE MANAGER TO INVOLVE OTHER DEPARTMENTS TOO. I WOULD POINT OUT TO THE MANAGER THAT SINCE THERE'S NO LIMITATION, I DON'T THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE AN AMENDMENT YEAR, BUT, UH, EDD, WHICH RIGHT NOW ALREADY, UH, OVERSEES MANY OF THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY, SIX SQUARE, UH, RED RIVER, UH, MANY OF THE OTHER ONES, UH, I HOPE AND TRUST IS KIND OF A MANAGER'S CALL. I WOULD ALSO BE INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS. AND SINCE A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS GO TO TRANSPORTATION, OBVIOUSLY TRANSPORTATION WOULD ALSO BE INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL. BUT BY PUTTING IN PARKS DEPARTMENT, YOU WEREN'T LIMITING THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THE MANAGER COULD, COULD BRING INTO PLAY, NOT LIMITING THEM, BUT RECOGNIZING THAT ALL OF THESE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE IN THIS AREA ARE CURRENTLY, UH, UH, CURRENTLY PART IS THE DEPARTMENT THAT WORKS WITH ALL OF THESE CULTURAL ENTITIES THAT ARE IN THE AREA RIGHT NOW. AND SO IT MADE SENSE TO, UH, TO PART THAT, BUT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED. AND SO THIS IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO EXCLUDE ANYBODY, BUT TO RECOGNIZE THAT PART IS THE LEAD, BECAUSE PART IS CURRENTLY THE LEAD WITH ALL OF THESE, ALL OF THESE PARTICULAR CULTURAL. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND, AND ONE LAST QUESTION, CAUSE WE JUST GETTING OUR OFFICE RECEIVED SOME TEXTS FOR CLARIFICATION, AND I APPRECIATE YOU HELPING ME RESPOND TO THEM HERE THE LAST YEAR. THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT YOUR RESOLUTION, UH, THAT'S INTENDED TO, TO, TO, TO RELOCATE EVENTS OR FUNCTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT'S LISTED, BUT THESE THINGS HAVE ALL BEEN LISTED SO THAT THEY WOULD BE PART OF THE BROADER CONVERSATION. YES. THEY ALL NEED TO BE PART OF THE BROADER CONVERSATION. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING 62. UM, WHILE WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE TOGETHER. I JUST WANT TO, UH, ALSO POINT OUT THAT ON THIS AGENDA, WE'RE PASSING ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, THE ADVANCED METERING, AND I WANT TO CONCUR WITH OTHERS THAT, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED BEFORE THE STORM, BUT WHEN I TELL YOU THE STORM SURE. HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING WE'RE DOING TODAY. I SEE THE HOST TEAM, UH, ADDITIONAL MONEY IS ON HERE. AGAIN, WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO FOR, FOR HER WORK AND HELPING TO ESTABLISH THIS. I'M HAPPY WHERE I'M CONTINUING TO ACCELERATE THIS. AND I THINK THAT EVEN, UH, THE, THE, THE SCALE OF THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE, I APPRECIATE THE, THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT AND WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THIS IS PART OF THOSE SERVICES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY SCALE UP, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE HOMELESSNESS CHALLENGE. AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THE HOMELESSNESS OFFICER, UM, UH, GREY, UH, HAS ALSO SPOKEN TO THAT ANSWER. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING ON THE AGENDA ON ITEM NUMBER 16. UH, UH, I, UH, MY, MY WIFE, UH, DIANE IS ON THE BOARD OF SAFE. UH, I CHECKED WITH LEGAL TO SEE IF BOARD MEMBERSHIP WAS A REASON FOR RECUSAL, UH, LEGAL CAME BACK TO ME AND SAID, NO, UH, THAT I AM PERFECTLY ABLE TO VOTE. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MY VOTES NECESSARY. SO I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN ON THIS VOTE TODAY. UM, JUST BECAUSE, UH, BUT, UM, IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I, UM, UH, AND OUR FAMILY SUPPORT. UM, AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW, AND I REMEMBER 19, WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. WACHS, UH, COMING IN AS THE, UH, HEALTH, UH, OFFICER, UH, AUTHORITY FOR TRAVIS COUNTY AND, AND AUSTIN, UH, AGAIN, THINKING DR. ASCOT, UH, BUT ALSO SAYING THAT WE REALLY LOOKED FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO, TO WORK WITH DR. WALKS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA, THEN [01:35:01] COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR. UM, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS ABOUT A COUPLE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. FIRST IS, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS ON THE AGENDA AND INCLUDING THE CONTRACT WITH SAFE THAT YOU JUST REFERRED TO. AND WE, SEVERAL OF US HAD AN OPPORTUNITY YESTERDAY TO TALK ABOUT IT. SO I WON'T REPEAT THOSE COMMENTS EXCEPT TO SAY HOW, HOW GLAD I AM TO SEE US MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AND WHAT AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE THIS WILL BE WITHIN OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM AND MAYOR YOU JUST HIGHLIGHTED THE HOST TEAM. AND, AND THERE ARE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING IN OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM ON THIS COUNCIL AGENDA. AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE EXISTING PROGRAMS IN, IN SOME CASES, THESE ARE EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE CONTINUING OUR INVESTMENT IN. AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND AS WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW AROUND HOMELESSNESS, TO KNOW THAT IN SOME CASES, THESE ARE PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES WE'VE INVESTED IN FOR YEARS. UM, ONE SUCH IS COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE COMMUNITY. FIRST VILLAGE IS PRIMARILY, HAS PRIMARILY BEEN BUILT THROUGH, THROUGH PRIVATE FUNDRAISING AND, AND IN KIND SUPPORT. AND, YOU KNOW, SO MANY FOLKS HAVE WRITTEN TO US OVER THE LAST MONTH OR SO TALKING ABOUT HOW BENEFICIAL COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE IS. AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. I'VE BEEN OUT THERE MULTIPLE TIMES. IT'S A, IT'S A TERRIFIC, UM, A TERRIFIC COMMUNITY AND VARIETY OF, OF REALLY WRAPAROUND RESOURCES. SO MY HATS OFF TO MOBILE LOAVES AND FISHES FOR THE AMAZING WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE AND, AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO HAVE HELPED CREATE THAT, THAT IMPORTANT SAFE SPACE, UM, THE COUNCIL, THE CITY HAS, HAS CONTRIBUTED IN SMALL WAYS. UM, UNTIL NOW WE'VE IN 2014, WE WAIVED SOME FEES TOTALING ABOUT $65,925. IN 2018. WE WAIVED DEVELOPMENT FEES FOR ABOUT $413,000. I WAS REALLY, UM, HONORED TO BRING THE RESOLUTION THAT PROVIDED THOSE FEE WAIVERS. AND THEN ON 2019, WE WAIVED A VERY, VERY SMALL AMOUNT FOR THE SOLAR PANEL INSTALLATION PROCESS PROJECT. I, I BROUGHT THAT FORWARD TO AS WELL. AND SO I'M JUST SO DELIGHTED THOUGH, TO SEE THAT OUR STAFF HAVING SEEN THOSE POSITIVE, UM, ACTIONS ON THE PART OF COUNCIL, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE. NEXT PHASE HAS BROUGHT US TODAY ON OUR AGENDA, THE WAIVER OF FEES, TOTALING, I BELIEVE 2 MILLION, A LITTLE MORE THAN $2 MILLION FOR THEIR NEXT PHASE. AND SO THAT'S EXCITING. I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE US WAIVING THOSE FEES. AND, AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS A RESOURCE THAT I'M GLAD TO SEE HOW SO MUCH PRIVATE SUPPORT AND THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO PRO TO PLAY A SMALL ROLE IN, IN HELPING, UM, WAIVE SOME OF THOSE FEES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE ADD TO THE COST OF THAT PROJECT. CATHERINE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK THAT THE FEE WAIVERS FOR COMMUNITY FIRST BEING POSTPONED UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH. OH MY APOLOGIES. WELL, I'LL JUST DO A RERUN OF ALL THIS, BUT, BUT NOT BECAUSE THERE'S ANY PROBLEM WITH IT. IT WAS A POSTING LANGUAGE ISSUE. SO IT'S JUST BEING PUT BACK ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE'RE THE, OF BEING MENTIONED TWICE. NO PROBLEM. THAT'S OUR AUTHOR. UM, MAY I APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN ON THE ITEM 62? I WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTED AS ABSTAINING. I WAS MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE CULTURAL PARK VERSION. UM, BUT SINCE THIS IS JUST INITIATING A PROCESS, I'LL LET THE PROCESS GO THROUGH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTED AS ABSTAINING. OKAY. SO NOTED ANY OTHER CONVERSATION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH FOR THE RECORD AGAIN, IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 38 AND 55 THROUGH 63, THE POOLED ITEMS ARE NINE. NO, NO. OURS ARE 10, 12, 13, 10, 12, 1356, 60 AND 63 THAT I GET THEM. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. UM, THERE BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH RESPECT TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER NINE, UM, THAT HAVE ARISEN. I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN HERE FOR PROBABLY OVER A MONTH IN THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE DO. I THINK THAT THERE WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT, UM, UH, UH, DENSITY BONUSES WERE LONG OVERDUE FOR CALIBRATION, UH, AND THAT THEY WERE, THEY WERE LOW. SO THE CONVERSATION WE HAD A MONTH AND A HALF AGO WAS ABOUT THE CALIBRATING THEM AND REALLY THAT'S THE BIG EFFORT. AND, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO BE PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN AUGUST. SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS JUST AN INTERIM THING UNTIL [01:40:01] THAT HAPPENS. UH, SO IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE WE GET TO THE NEXT ONE. UM, BUT THIS WAS, UH, AS I UNDERSTOOD IN THE CONVERSATION WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE SAME ISSUE ABOUT PHASING IT, A ROLLING IN, OR ORDER TIMING OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS, UM, WE, UH, REACHED SOME COMPROMISES AND SOME AGREEMENTS ON HOW WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH RESPECT TO THAT IFC. UH, AND TODAY I WANT TO CONTINUE TO HONOR THEM, BUT I'M A VERY EAGER TO SEE, UM, THE WORK BEING DONE IN THAT COMES BACK TO US IN AUGUST. CAUSE THAT'S GOTTA BE THE MORE LONGTERM RULE. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY SECONDS, THE MOTION, HOW THERE'VE BEEN SOME ABSTENTIONS AND OTHER THINGS NOTED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE AND LET'S VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. I HAVEN'T, I THINK THAT'S ALL OF US. IT IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S PICTURE WAS VISIBLE. UH, AND THEN, UH, UH, THAT'S THE CONSENT AGENDA? IT IS, UH, 10, ALMOST 10 MINUTES TILL NOON. I THINK THERE ARE SOME ITEMS WE COULD TAKE CARE OF HERE THAT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN QUICKLY. UM, THERE ARE TWO, UM, UH, PUBLIC, UM, HEARINGS, UH, THAT HAVE WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY THAT ARE BEING POSTPONED. UH, ITEM NUMBER 40 IS BEING POSTPONED TO POSTPONE TO JUNE 10TH AND ITEM NUMBER 67 IS BEING POSTPONED ALSO TO JUNE 10TH. YOU'VE GONE TO THESE REPUBLIC, NOTICE PUBLIC HEARINGS. UH, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THAT. IS THERE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEMS 40 AND 67 TO 10 NOW ITS MEMBER POOL MAKES THE MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SECONDS. THE MOTION, ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE POSTPONEMENTS HEARING? NO OBJECTION. THOSE TWO ITEMS ARE POSTPONED. UH, ITEM NUMBER [39. Approve a resolution initiating an update to the Austin Strategic Housing Blueprint.] 39 IS THE HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, UPDATING THE HOUSING, UH, GOALS, COUNCIL MEMBER. SORRY. YOU WANT TO LAY THAT OUT OUT WITH ITS PASSAGE AND THEN LAY IT OUT? YEAH. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND TO THE PASSAGE OF ITEM NUMBER 39 CATEGORY KITCHEN, UH, SECONDS THAT, UH, TOGETHER WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER COSARA YOU WANT TO, UM, LATER ARE ALSO STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT, UH, IS WHERE OUR HOUSING GOALS LIVE. AND, UH, FOR FAR TOO LONG, OUR GOALS FOR HOUSING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAVE BEEN FAR TOO LOW. AND EVEN SOME OF THOSE GOALS THAT WERE TOO LOW, WE WOULD SOMETIMES NOT MANAGE TO EVEN ACHIEVE THOSE. UH, BUT I THINK THAT ALL OF THAT IS CHANGING. I THINK THAT THERE'S A REAL COMMITMENT ACROSS THE, UM, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND, UH, IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR US TO, TO RAISE OUR GOALS AND TO, TO MEET THOSE GOALS. AND SO, UH, THIS ITEM FROM THE HOUSING COMMITTEE WOULD INCORPORATE A SUMMIT GOAL OF, UH, HOUSING 3000 MORE PEOPLE IN THREE YEARS. UM, AND, AND WHEN MOVED TO PUT THAT DIRECTLY INTO OUR AUSTIN STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT, UH, AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS, WHICH I THINK THERE'S A REALLY BROAD COMMITMENT TO DO, WE WOULD VERY QUICKLY AND VERY DRASTICALLY REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY, WHICH IS, HAS BEEN A REALLY HIGH PRIORITY OF, OF EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY ON THIS DYESS, UM, PITY BACK TO BEFORE OUR TIME AS A COUNCIL. OKAY. UH, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED DISCUSSION COUNCIL, OUR COUNTY. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGIC BLUEPRINT BLUEPRINT FOR HOUSING NOW, AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND HELP SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? YES. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THESE GOALS. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL WORK TO DO, UH, TO THINK ABOUT, UM, HOW WE MIGHT, UM, UH, REACH OR HOW WE MIGHT PUT IN PLACE, THE APPROACH THAT, UM, UM, THE BROADER APPROACH TO BRING, TO SCALE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO HOUSING, UH, THE BROADER APPROACH TO BRING TO SCALE. THAT'S BEEN RECOGNIZED AS PART OF THESE GOALS AS PART OF THE SUMMIT CONVERSATION. UH, BUT AT THIS POINT I THINK WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, CHALLENGING SALES TO MEET THESE GOALS. AND SO I APPRECIATED THE CHANCE TO BE IN THIS. [01:45:01] I JUST WANT TO CONCUR WITH WHAT EVERYBODY'S SAYING REAL QUICKLY ON THIS ITEM. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH, REALLY SCALE AND SCALE IN A VERY DELIBERATE AND, AND, AND QUICK WAY. UM, YOU KNOW, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AND SEE OUR HOUSING PRICES ARE CONTINUING TO RISE. THE BIGGEST CORRELATOR BETWEEN, UH, HOMELESSNESS AND, UH, FACTORS IS, IS HOUSING, HOUSING PRICE. WE DON'T GET IN FRONT OF THIS NOW IN SIX TO EIGHT YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO BE JUST IN, IN A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE PLACE. NOW'S THE TIME. AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE COMMITTEE AND OTHER SUMMIT IN MOVING THIS FORWARD AND FOR DISCUSSION COUNSELOR FOR THIS, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED AND THIS NEXT STEP THAT WE'RE TAKING AND FORMALIZING THIS PLAN THAT LAYS OUT DELIVERABLES AND GOALS AND COMMUNICATES TO OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WE HAVE A VISION AND HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS WITH THE PLAN AND DELIVERABLES. AND ALSO JUST REITERATE MY SUPPORT FOR US TO INVEST A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS TO HELP WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN AND THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE WITH REHOUSING 3000 INDIVIDUALS. I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF, UH, MEETING THE MOMENT NEED WE HAVE HERE, AND WE FIND OURSELVES IN AND CERTAINLY JUST WANT TO REAFFIRM MY COMMITMENT TO THAT EFFORT. AND, UM, THANK YOU TO THE HOUSING COMMITTEE AND COUNCILOR COSAR FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ITEM. DOES A FAVOR OF ITEM 41, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT WAS OPPOSED TO UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE. I DON'T REMEMBER. 41 PASSES 39. OH, I'M SORRY. WELL, I GUESS 39. YOU'RE CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE. THE VOTE WAS LAST FALL WE JUST TOOK WAS ON ITEM NUMBER 39. UM, AND THAT PASSED, UH, UNANIMOUSLY ANY OBJECTION HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER [10. Authorize the negotiation and execution of all documents and instruments necessary or desirable to sell approximately 2,152.09 acres of land, more or less, including all structures and improvements situated thereon, out of Section 13, Block 72, and Sections 17, 18, 16 and 15, Block C-9, Public School Land Survey, Reeves County, Texas save and except all oil, gas and other minerals in, on and under said land as reserved by prior grantors and subject to all oil and gas leases, easements, rights of way, and covenants and restrictions of record in the Office of the County Clerk of Reeves County, Texas to Double B Group, LLC, in the amount of $1,076,045. (Part 1 of 2)] TOVO MAYOR. MY QUESTION ON 10 IS SUPER, SUPER QUICK. SO PERHAPS WE CAN KNOCK THAT ONE OUT BEFORE THE BREAK. UH, OKAY. WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD. WE'LL CALL NUMBER 10. SO THIS IS AN AUSTIN ENERGY ITEM TO SELL, TO SELL SOME LAND IN ANOTHER COUNTY THAT WE HAD PURCHASED FOR A PURCHASE POWER AGREEMENT FOR SOLAR FARM, I BELIEVE, EXCUSE ME. AND SO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE SURFACE RIGHTS, UM, THE OIL AND GAS RIGHTS, AND SOME OTHER THINGS HAVE MADE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT TRACT. IMPOSSIBLE, IF NOT CHALLENGING, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, BUT I WANTED TO ASK EITHER OUR REAL ESTATE FOLKS OR OUR AEF, UM, STAFF, WHETHER YOU'VE CONSIDERED THE TIMING OF THE SALE IS NOW THE BEST TIME TO SELL THIS PROPERTY. I KNOW IT'S APPRECIATED IN VALUE SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED, I THINK BACK IN 2010, BUT, UM, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT, THAT WE WOULD RECOGNIZE MORE VALUE IF WE HELD ONTO IT FOR A YEAR OR TWO? SO IF YOU COULD JUST WALK ME THROUGH SUPER QUICKLY, WALK ME THROUGH WHY NOW IS THE RIGHT TIMING FOR THAT SALE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT TIMING WAS A CONSIDERATION, BUT WE DO HAVE 80 STAFF AVAILABLE AND THEY ARE GOING TO GET MOVED OVER ON ONE SECOND. GREAT. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER WAS, UH, OUR REAL ESTATE STAFF INVOLVED IN THAT ANALYSIS TOO. OR WAS THIS A, OR WAS THIS A DECISION THAT PRIMARILY WAS MADE BY OUR AUSTIN ENERGY STAFF? NO, REAL ESTATE WAS DEFINITELY A PARTNER AND WHAT HAD BEEN NEGOTIATIONS. GREAT. AND WILL THEY BE PART OF, WILL THEY BE PART OF THE RESPONSE HERE TODAY? YES. GREAT, THANK YOU. BECAUSE MY, MY QUESTION REALLY IS LESS ABOUT, ABOUT IT FROM THE AUSTIN ENERGY PERSPECTIVE AND REALLY MORE ABOUT THE MARKET VALUE OF THAT TRACK NOW AND WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE IN A YEAR OR TWO YOU'RE ON MUTE. THANK YOU. THAT'S OVER 12. ARE YOU SUGGESTING WE HOLD THIS ISSUE NUMBER 10? SO YOU CAN HEAR BACK FROM STAFF ON THIS ISSUE. NO, I WAS, I THINK SOMEBODY IS BEING BOUNCED OVER TO THE MEETING TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE AS TO WHY NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME, UM, IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT STAFF MEMBER TO COME OVER. I THINK THAT I MISSPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE POSTPONEMENT DATE OF ITEM NUMBER 40, I THINK RATHER THAN BEING POSTPONED TO JUNE 10TH, WHICH IS WHAT I SAID. I THINK IT'S BEING POSTPONED TO JULY 29TH MANAGER. I THINK THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER OUR EARLIER VOTE TO POSTPONE TO JUNE 10TH SUBSTITUTED THEN WHERE THEY MOTION TO POSTPONE TO JULY 29TH [01:50:01] COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAKES THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO SECONDS AT A SECOND, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RECONSIDERATION AND THE CHANGE OF THE POSTPONEMENTS OF JULY 29TH GENETICISTS ON THE DAYAS THE DATES NOW HAD CORRECTED. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE STAFF WITH US HERE TODAY, MR. GATES, TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTION COUNSEL, MICHAEL GATES, INTERIM OFFICER OFFICER REAL ESTATE SERVICES. SO YES, WE WOULD EXPECT THE PROPERTY TO APPRECIATE IF WE HELD IT FOR A WHILE LONGER. UM, THIS REQUEST TO SELL NOW CAME FROM AAE AND SAY, MOVE ON THAT. BUT IN THE EVENT THAT WE WERE WANTING TO ENTERTAIN THE HOLDING IT, WE WOULD EXPECTED TO APPRECIATE IT. YES. UH, THANK YOU, MR. GATES. I APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION OR I I'M GLAD FOR THAT INFORMATION. I DON'T WANT TO USE APPRECIATE SINCE YOU JUST DID IT IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT, BUT WHAT, SO WHAT, UM, I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM AUSTIN ENERGY, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE IMPETUS FOR SELLING IT NOW. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON, UM, IN THE AREA SURROUNDING THIS TRACK THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN A YEAR OR TWO OR IN FIVE YEARS THAT COULD MAKE THIS AN EVEN MORE VALUABLE ASSET IF WE HELD ONTO IT? ANY, ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE MARKET AND REEVES COUNTY MAY BE CHANGING COUNCIL MEMBER? THIS IS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, RODNEY GONZALES, UM, PAM ENGLAND, AND MARK DOMBROWSKI ARE CALLING IN. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'VE QUITE MADE IT YET, SO I DON'T HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. I DON'T, I PROMISE THAT IT WOULD BE A SHORT CONVERSATION AND MAYBE IT'LL BE A LITTLE LONGER ONE. SO I WOULD, UM, BE HAPPY TO TAKE IT UP LATER OR TO POST. MAYBE WE COULD TAKE IT UP AFTER CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS OR PERHAPS IF THE STAFF WOULD PREFER JUST POSTPONING IT UNTIL THE NEXT SESSION. IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE'S A TIME SENSITIVITY HERE THOUGH. MAYBE I'M MAYBE I'M WRONG ON THAT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND PULL IT AND BRING IT BACK AFTER LUNCH. WHEN WE CONVENE, I THINK MANAGER, THE QUESTION IS IT SOUNDS FOR REAL ESTATE SELLING IT BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENERGY ASKED IT TO THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SOMEONE I'M SURE AUSTIN ENERGY IS JUST DEALING WITH ITS PROPERTY. BUT I THINK COUNCILMEMBER TOHO RAISES A GOOD POINT. THERE SHOULD BE SOMEBODY OVER ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS WHO SAYING, I HEAR THAT AND YES, WE SHOULD SELL THIS, BUT IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME TO SELL IT? AND I'M NOT SURE THAT FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT HAPPENED. SO LET'S PULL LET'S TABLE THIS ITEM TILL AFTER LUNCH. AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK, YOU COULD TELL US WHETHER WE SHOULD CONSIDER IT TODAY OR NOT, UH, MANAGER. WOULD YOU HAVE A CFO MARK BRAS HERE? AND WE CAN QUICKLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION. WE CAN MOVE ON AND YOU ANSWER THE REAL ESTATE QUESTION OR THE TIMING QUESTION. THE TIMING QUESTION. YOU'RE ON MUTE. YOU'RE MUTED. SIT IN ROSCOE AND YOU ARE ON MUTE. YOU'RE STILL MUTED. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL PULL THIS AND TALK ABOUT IT AFTER LUNCH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT GETS US STEP TILL NOON. ANYHOW. UH, UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL HOLD THAT. WE'RE GOING TO NOW DO, UM, CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. I WOULD ANTICIPATE AFTER CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, WE'LL RECONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, AND THEN COME BACK OUT TO THE, UH, THE COUNCIL MEETING, BUT LET'S BEGIN WITH CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. I THINK WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS. EACH HAS THREE MINUTES. ARE THEY ALL IN THE QUEUE MAYOR? WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THEM IN THE QUEUE YET. OH, IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THEM CALLED BACK ONE SECOND. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY CALLED IS EXACTLY AT NOON. SO PEOPLE, LOOK, YOU HAVE FEVER JUST A SECOND. OKAY. [Public Comment (Part 1 of 2)] OR THE FIRST SPEAKER IS BERNICE. GO AHEAD. BERNICE. BERNICE, GO AHEAD. NOT SURE I, WE CAN HEAR HER MAYOR ONE SECOND [01:55:04] MAY OR NOT. WE'RE WAITING. I GOT A QUICK QUESTION ON THE SCHEDULE FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. I WILL RETAKE A BREAK FOR LUNCH AND THEN GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. THANKS FOR ABOUT AN HOUR YOU THINK FROM, FOR THE LUNCH BREAK. OKAY. GREAT. THANKS. SO HE, CARLOS LEON FIRST AND FOREMOST, BUT I JUST SAW THE LIST FOR LETTING ME SPEAK EVIDENCE-BASED TRUTH. MUST DEFEAT THE BIDEN KAMALA BIG LIE. PRESIDENT TRUMP WON THE 2020 ELECTION IN A LANDSLIDE, COUNTING EACH AND EVERY LEGAL LEGITIMATE VOTE. ONE TIME ONLY BY THEN KAMALA'S CRIMINAL FRAUD MUST BE FRAUD, MUST BE FULLY EXPOSED, PROSECUTED, UNDONE, AND OVERTURNED ACEP RETURNING PRESIDENT SUMP TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, TO MAKE THIS MATRIX RIGHT SIDE UP AGAIN. THIS UPSIDE DOWN OUTWARDS, ANTI REALITY IS ALL WRONG. MAY 3RD P TERRY'S WRONGLY BANNED ME FROM ALL ITS BURGER STANDS FOR RIGHTLY DEFENDING MYSELF AGAINST ABUSIVE, SATANIC VERBAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL ATTACKS BY EMPLOYEES. AGUSTINE SEAL AND SHEREE AT P TERRY'S ON 33RD, AND LAMAR DO NOT BE FOOLED P TERRY'S DAY OF GIVING BACK AND $15 AN HOUR WAGE DO NOT JUSTIFY PROTECTING GUILTY EMPLOYEES, PUNISHING INNOCENT CUSTOMERS. MY EIGHT PAGE LETTER TO P TERRY'S IN FRONT OF YOU ONLINE DOCUMENTS, THEIR DEMONIC BEHAVIOR RIGHT WRONG BY PETE TERRY'S OUT OF BUSINESS FROM NOW ON ANYONE WHO WORKS FOR OR DOES BUSINESS WITH PETE TERRY'S IS PART OF THE PROBLEM PEACEFULLY PROTEST IN PERSON AT P TERRY'S NEW CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS AT NINE TWO ZERO EIGHT WATERFORD CENTER SUITE 100 IN AUSTIN, SEVEN EIGHT, SEVEN FIVE EIGHT MAY 7TH OLDER BLACK MALE CAP. METRO OPERATE 300 TO THREE ZERO DAVID R. HARRIS ADMITTED TO BEING A CRIMINAL BEFORE MAKING A DEATH THREAT AGAINST ME IN PERSON COMMITTING ASSAULT BY THREAT VIOLATING TEXAS PENAL CODE 22.0182. I REPORTED THE DRIVER'S CRIME TO APD WHO QUICKLY ARRIVED TO TAKE MY STATEMENT AND ID HIM TO DEFEND MYSELF AND HOLD HARRIS ACCOUNTABLE. I MADE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS TO APD FOR THE FULL REPORT, THE CAD REPORT AND THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE. I DID THE SAME FOR CAT MITCHELL VIDEO AND AUDIO DOCUMENTING THE DRIVERS ADMISSION AND THREAT ON CAMERA ON THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION BUS, ALL INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE TO BE PART OF A CITIZEN COMPLAINT AGAINST HIM FILED WITH THE AUSTIN MUNICIPAL COURT. THOUGH. THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON A MISDEMEANOR C IS TWO YEARS EXPECTED, FILED MUCH SOONER, EXPECT PUBLIC UPDATES FROM ME TO TRANSPARENTLY TRACK AND BROADCAST PROGRESS TO GET THOSE PIR SEALS SEP TO PRESSURE CAT, METRO, TO FIRE HARRIS AND CITY ATTORNEY MORGAN, TO PROSECUTE HIM. HIS EX CON SUB BEHAVIOR HAS NO PLACE HERE AT TAXPAYERS' EXPENSE REFUND APD. NOW IN JESUS NAME, I PRAY. AMEN. THANK YOU, LORD. GOD BLESS TEXAS. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW TRUTH AND ABOVE ALL GOD'S WORD, BURN THE MASKS AND STOP THE COVID-19 HUMAN KILL SHOTS MAYOR. WE HAVE, UM, WE'VE TRIED TO CONNECT, RECONNECT WITH MISS BERNICE, UM, BUT SHE IS DISCONNECTING ON HER OWN. UM, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COLORS THAT HAVE CALLED IN. SO THAT CONCLUDES THANK YOU. IF SHE CALLS IN AND THE NEXT FEW SECONDS HERE, LET ME KNOW. UM, COLLEAGUES. IT [Executive Session (Part 1 of 2)] IS, UH, 1205. UM, I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THAT WE RECESS THE COUNCIL MEETING AND THAT, UH, ONE 15, UH, WE RECONVENE, BUT WE CONVENE BACK IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THAT'LL GET US OUT AND ABOUT TWO O'CLOCK WHEN WE CAN DO THE ZONING MATTERS. UH, THE FIRST THING WE'LL DISCUSS IS THE POSTPONEMENT, UH, DISCUSSION ITEM ON THAT ONE ITEM SO THAT WE CAN DECIDE THAT QUESTION SO THAT SPEAKERS NEED KNOW HOW TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO STAY ON, TO SPEAK ON THE MERITS OR NOT. UH, SO WE'RE NOW GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM. AND WHEN I SAY NOW, I MEAN ONE 15 OR SO INTERSECTIONS FIVE, FIVE, ONE OH SEVEN TWO FIVE FIVE ONE OH SEVEN. MORE LIKE OUR, MY CODE. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE MATTERS AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEMS 66, UH, WHICH RELATES TO THE CANDLEWOOD SUITES PROPERTY OUT, OBJECTION AND RECESS. TO WHAT 15, I'LL SEE YOU ON EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, [02:00:02] A CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON MAY 20TH, 2021. UM, WE WERE IN A EXECUTIVE SESSION WHILE WE WERE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, WE DISCUSSED REAL ESTATE AND LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEMS 66. WE'VE RECESSED THE, THAT, UH, WITH AN INTENTION TO GO BACK. I APOLOGIZE FOR ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, WAITING, UH, WE'VE LEFT THAT MEETING EARLY. SO AS TO COME BACK OUT TO GIVE FOLKS A CHANCE TO SPEAK, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED [Public Comment (Part 2 of 2)] UP TO SPEAK ON A MATTER THAT NOW HAS AN AGREED POSTPONEMENT. SO IT MAY BE THAT, UM, A LOT OF THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, UH, WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE, TO THE POSTPONEMENT DATE, BUT WE'LL GET THERE IN JUST A SECOND. LET'S BEGIN WITH THE ONE SPEAKER THAT YOU HAD TROUBLE GETTING A HOLD UP BEFORE ON THE, UH, CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. LET'S CALL THAT SPEAKER NOW. OKAY. BETTER NIECE LAURA. OH, HI. HI MAYOR ADLER AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I WAS HAVING TROUBLE EARLIER, SO GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. SO LET ME SPEAK UP. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT FOUR SINCE 2003. UH, I MET GREG COOPER. THEY CAME TO MY HOUSE IN 15, UM, THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE THE PARK SAFE FOR THE KIDS. I HAVE TWO SMALL, UNDER 10 YEARS OLD BOYS. UM, AND I JUST, I MEAN, VISUALLY IT JUST, AND JUST LOOKING AT THE NEWS, I CAN TELL THAT WE'RE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. WE'RE NOT A HOUSTON, WE'RE NOT A DALLAS, BUT I FEEL LIKE PUBLIC BY NEIGHBORHOOD IN HOUSTON WAS PROBABLY SAFER THAN WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW IN QUAIL HOLLOW. AND IT'S GOT TO FEEL BAD THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING MOVING. AND I SEE A LOT OF OTHER FAMILIES DOING THE SAME THING. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE OFTEN THAT A PIVOT POINT WHERE WE NEED TO REALLY CONSIDER, UM, THE SAFETY OF THE MAJORITY OF AUSTIN MASONITE, SPECIFICALLY FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN. UM, AND WE'RE AT A PIVOTAL MOMENT, UM, WHERE WHATEVER DECISION IS MADE, IT SHOULD BE BASED OFF OF DATA. AND, UH, TYPICALLY THE DATA THAT I'VE SEEN FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND OTHER REPUTABLE SOURCES IS THAT IF YOU DEFUND THE POLICE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN EXACT COVERAGE. I'M NOT A STATISTICIAN, BUT I DO LIKE DATA TYPICALLY IN THOSE CITIES, HOW THE CRIME RATE INCREASES ACCORDINGLY. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN 2019 BASED ON THE WALL STREET JOURNAL OFTEN HAVE THE HIGHEST MURDER RATE INCREASE BETWEEN 2019 VERSUS 2020. THIS IS AT THE SAME TIME. THE CITY OFF THE COUNCIL CUT 20 MILLION, UM, IN AUGUST OF 2020, BUT CUT THREE CONDUCT CLASSES AND ACT OVERTIME EXPENSES TO FUND HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION, BUT THEN COVID HIT AND I DON'T REALLY SEE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HOUSING, UH, JUST TO, BECAUSE OF THE HIGH COST OPTION OF HOTELS AND HOW SLOW IT IS AND LITIGATION GETTING THEM, YOU KNOW, UH, ACCESSIBLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE UNHEALTH HOMELESS. I HAVE SEEN THE POPULATION AND UNHEALTH HOMELESS IN DISTRICT FOUR. THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE PARK. THEY'RE IN WALNUT CREEK PARK, NORTHERN TRAIL. UM, SO THEY'RE ALREADY THERE, BUT THEN I WAS FARTHER DISILLUSIONED CAUSE I VOTED YES FOR PROPERTY TO GET THEM OUT OF THE CITY PARK SO THAT MY TWO SIDES COULD PLAY. THEY BLEACH. BUT NOW I NOTICED ONE, THAT CREEK IS ON THE LIST FOR REGULATED, HOPEFULLY REGULATED WITH SECURE, WITH SECURITY AND RULES CAMPING, BUT I JUST, THE CITY PARTS ARE SO FILLED WITH KIDS AND FAMILIES. IF WE MAKE THEM A CAMPSITE, THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE CAMPSITES. AND THE PROBLEM IS PUBLIC PARKS ARE FUNDED BY WORKING CITIZENS TO TACK THEM. SO AT A MINIMUM, WE WANT PARKS TO BE SAFE, CLEAN FAMILY, PET FRIENDLY, UM, AND UNHEALTH, HOMELESS HAVE A RIGHT TO USE PUBLIC PARTS AS WELL. BUT WHEN YOU ALLOW THEM TO SLEEP THERE, IT KIND OF TAKES OVER PUBLIC LAND MAKES OF PRIVATE. I'VE BEEN TO CAMP LIKE WALKING BY DOWNTOWN AND THEY HAVE PRIVATE PROPERTY ON THEIR SIDE. ONE OF MY SONS, I WANT TO CREATE NORTHERN TRAIL, UH, WATSON THE WOODS AND FOUND THE CAMPSITE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, NOT ALLOWED. AND THE HOMELESS GUY GOT ANGRY AT THEM AND THEY FIND SYRINGES AND STUFF. SO THEY START THINKING THAT'S A PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO NOW YOU'RE TAKING PUBLIC SPACE AWAY. ALSO, MAYOR, I THINK THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY IS, IS, UM, NOT BEEN, UM, UH, I THINK SHE'S TRYING TO GET IN THE GUTTER AS AN ATTENDEE INSTEAD OF GIVING HER PANELISTS STATUS. SO THERE SHE IS. OKAY. [02:05:03] THERE YOU'RE MUTED. GREAT. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE SPEAKER. UH, WE'RE NOW [Zoning Consent Agenda ] GOING TO MOVE TO ZONING. UH, JERRY, IF YOU'RE WITH US, UM, IF YOU COULD TAKE US THROUGH THE, UH, UM, CONSENT AGENDA ON ZONING AND, UH, LEE SIMMONS. THANKS FOR JOINING US AS COUNCIL. WE'LL DO MARRIAGE TERRY REST OF THEM WITH THE HOUSING PLAN DEPARTMENT OR YOUR ZONING AGENDA TODAY STARTS WITH ITEM 42. THIS IS CASE C 14 2020 ZERO ONE ONE TWO. I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL. ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS ITEM 43 IS C 14, 2021 24. I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVE ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 44 IS CASEY 14, 2020 ONE.ZERO ZERO ZERO TWO DOT S H. I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 45 IS CASE C 14, 2021 ZERO ZERO 29. I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT TO PROVIDE ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 46, THIS CASE C 14, 2021 ZERO ZERO 30. OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS I DID. 47 IS CASEY EIGHT 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 32. ON THIS CASE, MAYOR, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH. THE APPLICANT ON THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD. UH, THE FIRST IS THAT THE LANGUAGE FROM THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CENTRAL HEALTH AND, UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE LANGUAGE WITHIN THAT ILA REGARDING THE A HUNDRED AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT WOULD BE RESERVED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL BE REPLICATED IN THE POT ORDINANCE AS WELL AS BEING IN THE ILA. IN ADDITION, THE PUD ORDINANCE WILL INCLUDE A REFERENCE TO THE ILA. SO SOMEONE LOOKING AT THE ZONING ORDINANCE WOULD KNOW ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF THE ILA, WHICH MOSTLY ADDRESSES THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND CENTRAL HEALTH REGARDING THE REALIGNMENT OF RED RIVER STREET. THIRD, THAT WE WILL ADD A REQUIREMENT FOR THREE-STAR GREEN BUILDING. AND FOR THAT, WE WILL ADD A REQUIREMENT FOR PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED USES ALONG BOTH THE NEW RED RIVER AND THE OLD RED RIVER AND THE APPLICANT AND THE STAFF ARE STILL WORKING ON THE PORTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, UH, RECOMMENDATION REGARDING A FUNCTIONAL GREEN SPECIFICALLY WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES. SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT BETWEEN FIRST READING AND SECOND AND THIRD. SO WITH THOSE FOUR ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT INCORPORATE THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND SOME DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD WITH OCEAN, AS WELL AS, UM, THE OTHER STAFF, I COULD OFFER THAT FOR CONSENT APPROVAL. AND FIRST READING ONLY THAT'S ITEM 47 K ITEM 48 IS CASE NPA 2020 ZERO ZERO ONE 6.04. THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO JULY 29TH. ITEM NUMBER 49 IS CASEY 14, 2021 ZERO ZERO ONE ONE. THIS IS ALSO A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO JULY 29TH. LIKEWISE, ITEM 50 IS C 14, 2021 ZERO ZERO 33. STAFF POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO JULY 29TH. ITEM NUMBER 51 IS THE CASE. SEE 14, 2021 ZERO ZERO 37. THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO JULY 29TH. ITEM 52 IS THE ONE THAT WE WERE PREVIOUSLY GOING TO HAVE DISCUSSION POSTS, PULLMAN, BUT THERE IS NOW AN AGREEMENT. THERE'S A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO JUNE 3RD. THE APPLICANT IS AN AGREEMENT THAT'S ITEM 52, ITEM NUMBER 53 IS CASEY 14, 2021 ZERO ZERO 16. THIS IS A POSTCARD REQUEST BY THE STAFF THAT YOU INTENT. AND THAT LEAVES THE LAST ITEM MAYOR ITEM 54, WHICH WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM. MAY I HAVE ONE THING TO ASK JERRY FOR? OH, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. . COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE AMENDMENT FOUR ITEM 44 INTO THE RECORD FOR US PLEASE? OR AT LEAST I DON'T. OH, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M SORRY. THAT WAS ON MY NOTES AND I SKIPPED RIGHT OVER IT. UM, ON THAT ITEM, THE, UM, G R M U A ZONING WILL EXTEND 630 FEET OFF OF LAMAR, AS OPPOSED TO THE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED 500 FEET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER IN 30 YOU'RE MUTED. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR JERRY, UH, UH, JERRY WHAT'S THE BASE ENTITLEMENT ON, ON THAT SPRINGDALE FARM RIGHT NOW, 60 FEET. AND CAN YOU TELL, CAN YOU GIVE IT A, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION OUT IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW WITH, UM, ON WHAT'S THEY'RE ENTITLED TO, UM, RIGHT NOW THE EXISTING ZONING IS G R M U C O N P. UM, CONSUMMATE RED HAVE TO CHECK WEEKLY TO SEE WHAT THE CEO IS REGARDING THE ENTITLED HEIGHT. SO, [02:10:01] UM, I'D NEED A MINUTE TO LOOK THAT UP. OKAY. THE REASON I WAS ASKING IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, I MEAN, WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE CONSENT ITEM ON THERE AND POSTPONE IT, BUT I JUST WANT JERRY TO READ THE RECORD THERE SO THAT PEOPLE ARE INFORMED ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT'S THEIR ENTITLEMENT, WHO WHAT'S, WHAT ARE THEY GETTING TO THE COMMUNITY TEAM FOR THE, UH, EXTERNAL, UH, FIGHT I'M TRYING TO PULL UP THE TOP NUMBER. USUALLY IT WOULD BE 60 FEET AND GR UM, SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE REQUESTING THE 93 FEET WITH THE, UH, LET'S SEE. YEAH. AND DOES THAT, DOES THAT COME WITH ANY COMMUNITY BENEFIT? YES. THE PART IS PROPOSING COMMUNITY BENEFITS. THAT'S REQUIRED TOO. OKAY. SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR, I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF ALL THAT NEGOTIATION THEY'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT IF IT DIDN'T WORK OUT, WHAT KIND OF RETIREMENT, WHAT THEY BE DOING, IF IT DIDN'T WORK OUT, IF THE PUDDLE WAS NOT APPROVED, IT WOULD GO BACK TO THE EXISTING, UH, ZONING, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF G R M U C O N P AND R R C L N P. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I TOLD HER, ERIC. OH, SORRY, MAYOR. UM, DID I UNDERSTAND MR. RESTO OR MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR MR. , WERE YOU SUGGESTING THAT CENTRAL HEALTH, UH, ITEM 47 REMAIN ON CONSENT? AND IF SO, I'D LIKE TO PULL IT. OKAY. I NEED TO PULL THAT ONE IN PLACE. OKAY. 47 HAS BEEN PULLED. I HAVE 47 BEING PULLED IN 54 BEING POOLED, THE ITEMS ON CONSENT OR THE OTHERS. UM, 40 THROUGH 42 THROUGH 54 WITH 47 AND 54 BEING OLD. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS A MEMBER POOL? MAKES THE MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? UM, HE HAS, IF I WOULD TELL THEM MAYOR JUST WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT, UM, ON ITEM 42, I AM AGAIN, RECUSED. OKAY. IF THE CLERK WOULD CALL THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP AND I WOULD POINT OUT TO THE SPEAKERS AND MANY THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 52 A BUT ITEM 52 IS NOW POSTPONED TO JUNE 3RD. THAT'S WHY WE'LL CONSIDER THE MERITS OF, OF THAT MATTER. DOES ANYONE, UH, SO WISHING TO SPEAK ON CONSENT OR, OR NOT PERSONALLY CONSENT, BUT CONSENT AND ALSO ON 47 AND 54? WELL, I HAD HIM PLEASE CALL THE SPEAKERS. DANIELLE YANNIS. DANIELLE LEON IS PLEASE UNMUTE. HE MAY NOT BE SPEAKING IF THE MATTER HAS BEEN POSTPONED JEANETTE DAY. YEAH. BEN RAMIREZ, MICHAEL FLOYD, JESSICA ELLIE, MONICA ALLEN, ERIC STANDRIDGE. HELLO, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ERIC STANDRIDGE EAST. AUSTIN HAS BEEN MY HOME FOR OVER 20 YEARS, EVEN THOUGH IT CHANGES EVERY DAY IS A THOUGHTFUL COMMUNITY AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF IT. I HOPE WE CAN ALL AGREE TO NEVER GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AGAIN. IN 1968, THE CITY DECIDED TO USE THE ZONING TOOL TO COMPLETELY ERASE A DIVERSE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY ALONG THE SHORES OF WALLER CREEK TO BUILD BRECKENRIDGE HOSPITAL AND WATERLOO PARK AND REDEVELOP THE ENTIRE AREA IN THE NAME OF URBAN PROGRESS. THANKFULLY, THEY NEVER REALIZED THE CROSSTOWN FREEWAY, BUT THEY DID SCREW UP RED RIVER AND CLEAR THE PLACE OUT MYSTERIOUSLY. EVERY TIME THIS PROJECT IS DISCUSSED [02:15:01] IN PUBLIC, IT BECOMES LESS CLEAR. WE SEE LESS IN THE WAY OF DELIVERABLES AND COMMITMENTS PLUS DOCUMENTATION, THAT LESS PUBLIC PROCESS. THIS MAY BE THE LAST PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF THIS SITE FOR GENERATIONS. AND YOUR DECISION WILL BESTOW HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS ON A LINCHPIN DOWNTOWN SITE TO DO SOMETHING BIG. WHAT EXACTLY NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE. AND EVERYONE SEEMS TO CARE, BUT EVERYONE HOPES IT WILL BE PROFITABLE OBJECTIVELY. THIS PO IS NOT SUPERIOR. IT MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OR ASK FOR A WAIVER OR ANSWER IS NOT YET ON MOST OF THE SCORING CRITERIA, NO GUARANTEES OF OPEN SPACE, NO REQUIRED MIXED OF USES REDUCED SIDEWALK AND PEDESTRIAN REQUIREMENTS. NO TIA UNLIMITED FIR NO TIMELINE, NO ACCOUNTABILITY. LET'S HOPE THE MARKETPLACE WILL DEMAND A SUPERIOR PROJECT. DESPITE THE VAGUE LANGUAGE IN THE BACKUP 100 ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ARE STILL IN THE DEAL. NOT ONLY THAT THEY ARE FUNDED MORE OR LESS THAN THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. I'VE NEVER SEEN THE DOCUMENT, BUT YESTERDAY PARTS OF IT WERE READ TO ME OVER THE PHONE. THERE WAS ONLY ONE CONDITION AND THAT IS IF RESIDENTIAL IS DEVELOPED, THE PUD IS A ZONING TOOL. IT IS ABOUT LAND USE AND PLANNING. IT IS NOT A FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT OR A SEPARATE NEGOTIATION. ZONING IS ABOUT THE LAND. AND WHAT HAPPENS THERE FOR THE NEXT A HUNDRED YEARS, THIS SITE IS A PUBLIC ASSET AND THIS BODY IS THE STEWARD. THE REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS DECIDED IN THIS MEETING DETERMINE OUTCOMES AND THEY SHOULD BE CLEARLY ARTICULATED IN AN ORDINANCE TIED TO THE DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE, BETTER DESIGN, SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS, MAKE HEALTHIER PLACES AND BETTER INVESTMENTS. PLEASE DON'T ACCEPT THIS OR NOT YET BE EXPLICIT AND UNCONDITIONAL ENSURE YOUR ACCENTS SHALL DELIVER A PUBLIC BENEFIT ON PUBLIC WAY REQUIRE AT LEAST 100 UNITS OF WORKFORCE HOUSING ON-SITE AS PART OF A WELL-PLANNED AND EXECUTED SERIES OF MIXED USE PROJECTS. CLARITY IN THIS MOMENT WILL PAY DIVIDENDS FOR CENTRAL HEALTH. THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE THE CITY AND THE TAXPAYER FOR DECADES CREATE GENERATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FAMILIES THAT WILL POWER AND RESIDE IN THE INDIVIDUAL INNOVATION DISTRICT INVEST IN EQUITY IN THE LARGEST AND MOST ECONOMICALLY EXCLUSIVE URBAN CENTER OF OUR CITY. GET THESE 100 HOMES ON THE BOOKS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SPACE TO CONSIDER MY COMMENTS ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT CASE. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KAREN CANARD. I REPRESENT OUR BRIDGING HOLDINGS, WE'RE PROPERTY OWNER. ONE OF THE SIGNERS OF THE VALID PETITION, THE ITEM NUMBER 54, WE ARE OPPOSED TO ITEM NUMBER 54 BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE PROPERTY ALLOWS THE PROPERTY OWNER TO UNDERTAKE THE PROJECT. BUT HE SAYS HE WANTS TO UNDERTAKE. UM, MY CLIENTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE GLENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TRY TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER. THEY ARE STILL OPEN TO TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER. THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT THEY ARE STILL WILLING TO WORK ON. THEY WOULD LIKE FOR, TO HAVE A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PRIVATELY ENFORCE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY. THOSE TWO MATTERS INCLUDE A STATEMENT AND THE COVENANT THAT SAYS THAT THE COVENANT WILL RUN WITH THE LAND. AND THEY'D ALSO LIKE TO HAVE THE COVENANT FILED BEFORE THIRD READING, MY CLIENTS HAVE JOINED THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AS MANY OF YOU ADVISE THEM TO DO. THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING VERY ACTIVE IN THAT ASSOCIATION. AND THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THEIR EFFORT TO GET OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ENGAGED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY ARE NEW TO AUSTIN. THEY LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING OTHER INVESTMENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE BEEN A BIT FRUSTRATED BY THE PROCESS, BUT JUST TODAY THEY SAID HOW FUN THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN. THEY LOOKED FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND YOUR STAFF TIME AND HELPING THEM TO WORK THROUGH IT. DAVID KING. HELLO, THIS IS DAVID KING WAS SPEAKING ON IRON 52, BUT IT'S BEEN WITHDRAWN. SO I'M GOING TO, UH, NOT SPEAK TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, JAMES STRATTON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JAMES STRATTON, A RESIDENT AS COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS, DISTRICT SEVEN AND [02:20:01] A MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COUNCIL. I SPEAK FOR MYSELF TODAY TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE ITEM 42, PROPOSED FOUR, FOUR 16 WEST 12TH STREET. MOREOVER, I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS ZONING CHANGE WITHOUT THE PROPOSED 60 FEET CAP. THIS TIME TO UNLEASH THE POTENTIAL OF HUMAN CREATIVITY TO ALLEVIATE THE DIRE HOUSING SHORTAGE IN AUSTIN. THE 60 FOOT CAP IS AN ARBITRARY IMPOSED REGULATION THAT ONLY PREVENTS THE CONSTRUCTION MORE HOMES ON THIS PROPERTY. AUSTIN'S DYNAMIC ECONOMY AND VIBRANT CULTURE ATTRACT PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE. THAT'S GOOD, BUT BY FALLING SAN FRANCISCO'S MISTAKES, IMPOSING REGULATIONS THAT BAN PEOPLE FROM BUILDING MORE HOMES, THIS USE OF LAND WILL ONLY HARM AUSTINITES FEWER HOMES CLOSER TO DOWNTOWN WILL DISCOURAGE A WALKABLE CITY AND ONLY WORSEN THIS GRIEVOUS HOUSING CRISIS. WE SAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR THIS TIME. AND I YIELD CHRISTOPHER ZERTO, MAYOR ADLER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS CHRISTOPHER CDOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF AUBERGINE HOLDINGS ON ITEM 15 FOR THE SUNRISE MINI-MART REZONING CASE. OUR TEAM IS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN THE REZONING AND VALID PETITION PROCESSES. SINCE MARCH, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS SURROUNDING THE SUNRISE MINI MART. WE REMAIN OPPOSED TO THE REZONING WHILE WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE AGENT. SINCE MONDAY, WE WERE WILLING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HIM TO FILE A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT PROHIBITING A LIQUOR STORE. AND OTHER USES, WE LOOK FORWARD TO FINALIZING THE RC WITH THE AGENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. JUST LIKE HOW YOU ALL ARE COMMITTED TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN. WE ARE COMMITTED TO THIS PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW AND WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WANT TO THANK KATE CLARK AND ART ZAMARANO AND THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THEIR FLEXIBILITY WITHOUT EVERYONE'S COORDINATED EFFORTS, DEVELOP PETITION FOR THIS CASE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY POSSIBLE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK AND TO WORK WITH THE CITY. JOSEPH, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS ONTO THE NOVIA. JOSEPH. MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO 44 JUNIPER CREEK, WHICH IS ON CONSENT FOR ALL THREE READINGS. I DO WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE ADDRESS. IT'S 11 SIX 30 NORTH LAMARA, WHICH IS BY NORTH LAMAR AND BREAKER THE BREAKER ACTIVITY CORRIDOR, HOWEVER, IS NEAR THE CVS PHARMACY, WHICH IS A 45 MINUTE BUS ROUTES, ROUTE THREE 92, WHICH WAS SHORT LINE AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAS DRAWN A SCHEMATIC OF THAT. SO SHE KNOWS THE AREA. I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION AS WELL, UH, TO MY QUESTIONS, AS IT RELATES TO THE PRO AMBITION ON FOOD SALES. I JUST WONDERED IF THERE WOULDN'T BE, UM, CONSIDERATION OF A FOOD TRUCK IN THAT AREA, CHINATOWN IS NEARBY, BUT IT IS AN ISOLATED AREA. I ALSO WONDERED WHY THERE'S A PROHIBITION ON RESEARCH SERVICES AND PRIVATE SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. I DO APPRECIATE SEEING THAT, UH, THERE'S A RESTRICTION ON PAWN SHOPS AND ALSO THE SERVICE STATION BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO NEAR BREAKER IN NORTH LAMAR, AS IT RELATES TO THIS PROPERTY. MY OPPOSITION IS BECAUSE IT IS 0.8 MILES FROM MCBEE ELEMENTARY AND ALSO FOR WALNUT CREEK ELEMENTARY. AND YOU MAY RECALL IN COUNCIL MEMBER CASAREZ AREA ON THE ADJACENT SIDE OF MCBEE ELEMENTARY, 1104 AND 1108 AND 1114 KRAMER IS WHERE YOU ARE PLANNING TO PUT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND LESS THAN TWO MILES AWAY FROM THERE IS 1934 RUTLAND WHERE YOU PLAN TO PUT 100 OF 171 UNITS. THAT WILL BE FOR 30% AREA MEDIAN INCOME. I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN THIS ITEM WAS ON THE AGENDA, INITIALLY FEBRUARY FOUR, 2021, IT HAD 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND NOW IT'S DOWN TO 30% TO 60%. SO AS IT RELATES TO, UH, CONCENTRATED POVERTY IN THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968, I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO HAVE AN OVERLAY. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE CREATING AREAS IN AUSTIN THAT WILL SEGREGATE THE CITY. I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL, THAT PROJECT CONNECT WAS ADVERTISED AS A TRANSIT PLAN WITH MORE WAYS TO MOVE US ALL. AND UNFORTUNATELY, MAYOR IS NOT DOING THAT. AND SO I'M GOING TO JUST SAY AGAIN, AS I SAID, THIS WARNING TO ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING THAT HOUSE BILL THREE EIGHT, NINE, THREE IS ACTUALLY THE DOWNTOWN TUNNEL. AND I WOULD ASK YOU IF YOU ARE FRUSTRATED, LIKE I AM TO CALL THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND ASK HIM TO VOTE AGAINST THIS BILL SO THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE STALLED. I WOULD ALSO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO ITEM 53, WHICH IS BEING POSTPONED NORTH WIND DEPARTMENT, [02:25:01] AND ASK THAT WHEN STAFF BRINGS IT BACK, THAT THEY GIVE YOU THE DATA ON SCHOOLS, DECKER MILLER MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A D RATED SCHOOL FROM 2019. AND IT RELIES ON SMART HOUSING, BUT THIS IS REALLY PRETEXTUAL. THE LAST TIME IT WAS REVISED WAS JUNE, 2008. AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU KEEP GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF TRANSIT ORIENTED, BUT IS NO ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION. ACCORDING TO THE STAFF IN THESE AREAS, IT'S SUBSTANDARD IN THAT AREA. AND SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY. I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT MORE CAN BE DONE IN THIS AREA. AND UNFORTUNATELY, A COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. YOU CONTINUE TO PUT THESE PRO THESE PROJECTS ON THE EAST SIDE OF LOOP ONE, PLEASE LOOK AT WEST OF LOOP ONE IN YOUR DISTRICT AND PUT SOME OF THE LOWEST THERE THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS. THANK YOU. THANKS. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS 42 THROUGH 54. THE POOLED ITEMS ARE 47 AND 54. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MAY HAVE ASKED FOR THIS BEFORE, BUT JUST IN CASE THAT'S A MEMBER KELLY REAFFIRMS THAT WE HADN'T DONE IT BEFORE. IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER RAN 30 SECONDS. IF WE NEEDED A DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED IT'S UNANIMOUS, UH, ON THE, UH, THE IIS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SORRY, MAYOR, JUST WITH THE CONDITIONS DISCUSSED BEFORE WITH THE CONDITIONS YEAH. WITH THE CONDITIONS DISCUSSED AND WITH THE ABSTENTIONS MENTIONED, UH, COLLEAGUES, UM, DO THEY WANT TO GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND SEE IF WE CAN TIE THAT UP AND THEN COME BACK OUT TO HANDLE THE ZONING TUPOLEV ZONING AND THE FOUR OLD CASES FROM THIS MORNING. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. UM, WE'RE NOW GOING TO, CAN I ASK BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, DID WE STILL HAVE 47 PHONES OR WAS THAT BACK ON CONSENT? AND I MISSED IT. 47 IS PULLED IN 50 15. THOSE TWO ITEMS ARE THE OTHER ITEMS OR ITEMS 10, 12, 1356, 60 AND 63. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE LEFT TO CONSIDER TODAY. ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, UH, WE'RE [Executive Session (Part 2 of 2)] GOING TO, UM, MOVE NOW TO, UH, UH, CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM, UH, PURSUANT TO FIVE, FIVE, ONE OH SEVEN TWO ONE OH SEVEN ONE GOVERNMENT CODE. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATIONS ON REAL ESTATE MATTERS AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM 66, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LS. I STILL HAVE WRITTEN DOWN 64 AND 65. I THINK THOSE WERE REFERRED FROM COMMITTEES. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE MY LIST WAS ACCURATE. WHEN WAS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION APPOINTMENT AND THE OTHER ONE WAS A WATER OVERSIGHT. ONE, WE DID THAT RIGHT. 64 AND 65. ALSO HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE. I HAVE TO BE APPROVED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, I'LL SEE YOU GUYS IN A CLOSED SESSION OR A CLOSED SESSION AND CLOSED SESSION. WE DISCUSSED REAL ESTATE MATTERS RELATED ITEM 66. UH, IT IS FOUR 25. UH, LET'S WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE, UH, AGENDA DINNER. [39. Approve a resolution initiating an update to the Austin Strategic Housing Blueprint.] LET'S DO THE TWO, UH, ZONING CASES. UH, WE DO THE ONES THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SPEAK. UH, LET'S FIRST PULL UP, UH, 54, WHICH IS THE SUNRISE MINI MARK, SO THAT THOSE FOLKS CAN BE HERE AND THEN MOVE ON. UH, IS THE, UH, APPLICANT WITH US? YES, I AM. AND LET'S HAVE THE APPLICANT SPEAK FIRST. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS JIM WYCLIFFE. UM, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THIS CASE, BUT, UH, WHEN MS CANARDS SPOKE EARLIER, SHE IS THE ATTORNEY. UH, WHO'S BEEN REPRESENTING THE, UH, VALID PETITIONERS. SHE TOLD YOU EARLIER HOW FUN THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN FOR HER CLIENTS. I WANT TO ASSURE YOU, IT HAS BEEN THE OPPOSITE OF THAT FOR ME AND FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT HAS OCCURRED ON THIS. IN NOVEMBER, 2020, WE MET WITH, UH, UH, THE GLENDO ELEMENTARY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND ASKED FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR A REZONING THAT WOULD ALLOW A LIQUOR STORE TO BE BUILT NEXT TO THE CONVENIENCE STORE. IN DECEMBER, 2020, GINA GAVE US A SUPPORT LETTER. [02:30:01] WE FILED OUR REZONING REQUEST AFTER WE GOT THAT LETTER ON JANUARY 28TH CITY STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REZONING ON MARCH 9TH, IT WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THAT. THEN ON MARCH 24TH, ONE DAY BEFORE OUR COUNCIL HEARING A VALID PETITION WAS SUBMITTED, I REQUESTED A POSTPONEMENT OF THE COUNCIL HEARING THE NEXT DAY AND THE PETITIONERS OPPOSED MY POSTPONEMENT REQUESTS, BUT IT WAS GRANTED, UH, ON APRIL 8TH, WE VERIFY TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE, UH, PETITIONERS, THAT LIQUOR STORE WAS OFF THE TABLE. ONCE THE PROPERTY OWNER LEARNED THAT THE NEIGHBORS DIDN'T WANT IT, HE TOOK IT OFF THE TABLE. IT WAS, THERE WAS NO FIGHT ABOUT THAT. ON APRIL 16TH, THE PETITIONS ORGANIZER, CHRISTOPHER ZERTO TOLD ME THAT I WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE HIM WITH FULL ARCHITECTURAL AND SITE PLAN DRAWINGS BEFORE HE WOULD CONSIDER REMOVING THE PETITION. THIS IS 40 TO $60,000 WORTH OF DRAWINGS. IT WAS A RIDICULOUS REQUEST. MY OPINION ON APRIL 28TH, HE FINALLY DID AGREE TO HAVE A ZOOM MEETING WITH ME AND THE OTHER NEIGHBORS. AND THEY ASKED THAT I PUT THE PROHIBITED USES INTO A PRIVATE, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, AS WELL AS THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY THAT I HAD ALREADY OFFERED TO CITY STAFF. SO THE NEXT DAY, APRIL 29TH, I GAVE THEM THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT MAY SIX. THEY GAVE ME A REVISED RESTRICTIVE COVENANT TRAP THAT WAS PREPARED BY THEIR ATTORNEY, KAREN CANARD. AND IT STATED THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES AND THREE DIFFERENT OWNERS WHO NEEDED TO SIGN THE COVENANT. I TOLD HER THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE PROPERTY AND ONLY ONE OWNER. SHE SAID THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE OWNERS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY LISTED ON T CAD, THEY WOULD ALL NEED TO SIGN. AND THAT BECAUSE THE PROPERTY HAD TO ADDRESSES IS IT HAD TO HAVE TWO PROPERTIES. WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THIS ISSUE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT FOR THE NEXT 11 DAYS, THE CITY ATTORNEY, MEANWHILE, UM, MS. COTTON VERIFIED THAT THE ORIGINAL PETITION WAS NO LONGER VALID BECAUSE THE OPPOSE, IT WAS OPPOSING A LIQUOR STORE. AND WE TOOK THAT OFF THE ZONING REQUEST. THEN ON MAY 17TH, THE SAME NEIGHBORS FILED A SECOND BALLOT PETITION AND YESTERDAY, UH, OH, THEY WANTED GINA TO BE INVOLVED IN THEIR RESTRICTIVE COVENANT. AND YESTERDAY GINA SENT YOU A LETTER EMPHASIZED TO THEM THAT THEY DON'T WISH TO BE LISTED ON THE PETITION. NOW, WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IS THE PROPERTY OWNER IS SET UP HE'S TO THE POINT. HE'S WASTED MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. WE'VE WASTED SIX MONTHS OF TIME, AND THIS HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A FRUSTRATION. WHAT HE WANTED TO DO IF THIS OWNING IS APPROVED, IS HE WANTED TO REDEVELOP THIS SITE. WHO'S GOING TO SPEND UP TO $2 MILLION ON IT TO REDO A CONVENIENCE STORE, LARGER STORE, MORE MODERN, AND PROVIDE MORE SERVICES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A DELI. AND THEN HE WANTED TO DO A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT NEXT TO IT, WITHOUT DARK DINING, 500 SQUARE FEET OF OUTDOOR DINING. HE NEEDS THIS REZONING TO DO IT. SO HIS POSITION IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN EITHER SIGN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT WE FILED, OR THEY CAN NOT SIGN IT. AND HE DOESN'T CARE. HE ALSO SAID, IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES HIS ZONING, HE CAN IMPROVE THIS STORE. IT'S A 50 YEAR OLD DILAPIDATED BUILDING. IF YOU DON'T APPROVE IT, HE'LL TAKE THAT $2 MILLION. HE OWNS 12 OTHER STORES AND HE'LL INVESTED IN ANOTHER STORE IN ANOTHER PART OF TOWN. HE'S NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS 38 YEARS. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? I DON'T THINK SO. EVERYONE WOULD HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE JURY, IS THAT RIGHT? SO THAT TAKES IT THEN TO, UH, COUNSEL, UH, DISCUSSION HOLLY . THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS. ARE THESE TYRANNY QUESTIONS? I WONDER ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC CASE. REMEMBER I'M I'M HERE. SORRY. I COULDN'T SEE IT. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS CASE, UH, SIMPLY ALIGNS THE ZONING TO MATCH THE EXISTING DESIGNATION ON THE ADJOINING SITE. IS THAT ACCURATE? IT IS A SINGLE BUILDING. THE RIGHT NOW HAS A CONVENIENCE STORE AND A LAUNDRY MAT. AND THE PORTION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING IS ZONED CS AND THE PARKING LOT. AND THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING IS OWNED LR. AND THE REQUESTED ZONING IS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE BUILDING AREA, NOT THE PARKING LOT. OKAY. SO, WELL, I GUESS, WILL THAT ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER TO REMODEL THE EXISTING BUSINESS [02:35:01] AND JUST ADD ON THE DELI AND A SMALL OUTDOOR SEATING AREA? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER TO THE, THE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING WHAT THE APPLICANT STATED IN LETTERS TO US IS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO A WHAT'S CALLED A GENERAL RESTAURANT. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LIMITED AND A GENERAL RESTAURANT IS A GENERAL RESTAURANT CAN SMELL ALCOHOL. UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, A GENERAL RESTAURANT AND SORRY FOR THE EXTENT WHERE TOO MANY TIMES IS ALLOWED IN GR ZONING. HOWEVER, THERE IS ALSO A PROVISION IN THE CODE THAT ALLOWS FOR A GENERAL RESTAURANT WITHIN LR ZONING. IT DOES HAVE A COUPLE OF STIPULATIONS NOW, AND ONE IS THAT, UH, IT'D BE LIMITED TO, UM, NO LARGER THAN LET ME SEE 4,000 SQUARE FEET THAT ITS HOURS OF OPERATION ARE LIMITED TO 7:00 AM TO 11:00 PM. IT MAY HAVE OUTDOOR SEATING, BUT THAT OUTDOOR SEATING CAN ACCEDE 500 SQUARE FEET. AND THE OUTDOOR SEATING CANNOT BE LOCATED WITHIN 50 SQUARE FEET OF A SINGLE FAMILY. USE IT PROHIBITS OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND AND, UM, OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT. SO A GENERAL RESTAURANT, WOULD IT BE PERMITTED TO LR? IT WOULD JUST BE LIMITED ON ITS SIZE TO 4,000 SQUARE FEET. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE LESS THAN THAT. UM, IT'D BE SEVEN TO 11:00 PM AND THE OUTDOOR SEATING AREA WOULD BE KEPT AT 500 SQUARE FEET, 50 FEET OF A HOUSE. BUT I DON'T THINK FROM LOOKING AT THE ZONING MAP, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE OUTDOOR SEATING AREA WOULD BE WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE HOUSE. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THE LAST, THE VERY LAST THING YOU SAID. I SAID, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE FOR WHERE THE OUTDOOR SEATING AREA WOULD BE, BUT IF WE'RE ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT WOULD BE BEYOND 50 FEET FROM MY HOUSE. SO IT LOOKS LIKE BY WAY OF THE LETTERS THAT ARE INCLUDED WITH THE BALLOT PETITION, UM, THAT THE OUTSTANDING ISSUE HERE IS A MATTER OF, UH, FOR HEADBUTTING USES. IN WHICH CASE WE CAN DO THAT WITH A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK THE APPLICANTS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY'D BE AGREEABLE TO BE INCLUSION OF SOME, SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL USES IN THE, UM, PROHIBITION MAYOR. CAN YOU OR THE CLERK CONFIRMED THAT THE APPLICANT IS STILL ON THE LINE? YES. OH, I HADN'T ASKED IT YET. SO I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT A PART OF, UM, A PART OF THE ISSUE HERE THAT'S OUTSTANDING IS THE, UH, PROHIBITED USES. AND SO I'D LIKE TO, TO RUN THROUGH A SHORT LIST OF, UM, OF ITEMS AND SEE IF, IF YOU ALL ARE AGREEABLE TO INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING USES WITHIN THE, THE CEO. SO WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, I'LL START WITH, UM, AUTO REPAIR AUTO WASHING CAMPGROUND, CONVENIENCE STORAGE DROP OFF RECYCLING COLLECTION, FACILITY, SERVICE STATION COCKTAIL LOUNGE ON SHOP AND WITH THE LIQUOR STORE ALREADY BEING PROHIBITED, UM, APRIL TO USE BY WAY OF THE, THE ZONING DESIGNATION. JUST CONFIRM THAT THAT IS ALSO THE CASE. YES. WE AGREE WITH THAT. IN FACT, I MADE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY STAFF. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, SO MAY I HAVE THAT ADDRESSES ANY OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT I HAVE I'M, I'M FINE WITH A PROVEN THEN THE ZONING WITH THE UPDATED CEO I'D SUPPORT, MOVING OR TRANSFER OF A KITCHEN AND COUNCIL MEMBER IN 3M. YEAH. THANK YOU. MA'AM FOR TAM. THAT WAS SOME QUESTIONS I HAVE. I WANT TO HEAR WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA SAYS, UH, CAUSE I'M INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, HIS AREA, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE, LIKE YOU'RE SUGGESTING MAYOR PRO TEM, IF WE COULD PUT THOSE IN CEO'S THAT MIGHT TAKE CARE OF IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO HEAR THEM TELL SOME OF OUR ENTRY IS THINKING, YES, JERRY, WHAT ELSE COULD, CAN THEY PUT THEIR THEY'RE REQUESTING? WELL, JUST TO BE CLEAR, UM, THE, WITH THE EXISTING ZONING, I BELIEVE THAT THEY COULD DO THE RESTAURANTS THAT MR. WITLESS SPOKE OF, UM, WITH THE ADDITIONAL, WITH THE CHANGE TO CS ZONING THAT HE'S ASKING, IT ADDS, YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW USES ABOVE CS. UM, FRANKLY TAKE ME QUITE A WHILE TO GO THROUGH THE LONG LIST OF USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED. HE IS PROPOSING THIS CONDITIONAL OVERLAY PROHIBITING USES THAT THE [02:40:01] MAYOR PRETENTIOUS SPREAD. UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THE, UH, BALLOT PETITION THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THIS CURRENT RIGHT NOW AT 60, I'M SORRY, AT, UH, 48, 7% IS AN OPPOSITION TO ANY ZONING CHANGE. SO IT WOULD REQUIRE NINE VOTES OF THE CONSOLE TO APPROVE THE CSR THREE READINGS. UM, SO YES, GENERALLY ALLOWS WHAT IF FOR YOU MORE USERS THAN LR IS LIKELY TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE LIST I COULD, BUT IT'S PROBABLY, WOULD IT REQUIRE THE A D A, WOULD IT ALLOW THEM TO GO ANY HIGHER ADDITIONAL HEIGHT? UM, YES. I BELIEVE THAT THE HEIGHTENS YES IS 60 FEET. AND IF I GROW UP CARTHY AND LR, IT'S 40 FEET AND, UH, THAT, THAT'S WHAT MY BIG CONCERN IS, IS THE HEIGHT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S RIGHT BY BUDDING TO ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING THAT'S NEXT TO IT. UH, UM, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. SO, BUT, UH, WE WILL CAP THE HEIGHT THAT 30 FEET. YEAH. CAN WE PUT THAT IN THERE ALSO, JERRY? YES. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE. THEN YOU OUGHT TO MAKE THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER RATHER. YEAH. YEAH. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE. THAT'S WHEN WE RAN TO REMOVES, WE APPROVED THE CSCO WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT LIMITATION OF, DID YOU SAY 30 OR 40 FEET? 30 FEET OF 30 FEET. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION AND OUR PRO TIME SAN FRANCISCO MOTION DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, DO WE HAVE, UM, THE APPLICANT WAS LOOKING FOR A PRIVATE RC. HAS THAT BEEN NEGOTIATED? I THINK THERE WAS A, A RED LINE, UH, PROVIDED TO US. I DON'T KNOW, CHERRY OR MR. MILLER OR THE, UM, YEAH, I CAN ADDRESS THAT. UM, WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH WITH THEIR ATTORNEY AND SHE IS CONVINCED THAT PERSONAL PROPERTY IS THE SAME AS REAL PROPERTY. AND THAT THERE'S TWO PROPERTIES BECAUSE THERE'S TWO ADDRESSES AND THERE'S THREE OWNERS BECAUSE, UH, THERE'S A DIFFERENT OWNER THAN THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO OWNS THE LAUNDROMAT EQUIPMENT. AND OF COURSE, A DIFFERENT OWNER WHO OWNS THE INVENTORY IN THE CONVENIENCE STORE. AND OF COURSE THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS ONLY GOING TO BE SIGNED BY THE OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY. AND, UH, THAT'S ONE PERSON, ONE ENTITY, AND ONE ADDRESS. WELL, THE, THE LIST THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM READ OFF THAT STARTED WITH LIQUOR STORE AND ENDED WITH PAWN SHOP THAT EIGHT ITEMS. THOSE WERE ALL, THOSE WERE THE EIGHT ENUMERATED, UH, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, UH, REQUESTS THAT WE WERE GETTING FROM VARIOUS, UM, VARIOUS FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA. SO THE RESTRICTED COVENANT THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THOSE USES, UM, DOES THAT, ARE, ARE THOSE, ARE THE NEIGHBORS SATISFIED WITH THE, UM, UH, ASSERTIONS OF THE APPLICANT WITH REGARD TO RESTRICTING THE USES OF AUTO REPAIR AUTO WASHING SO FORTH? NO, THE REASON I'M ASKING IS CAUSE WE'VE GOT A VALID PETITION ON HERE, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, RESIDENTS WHO HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WERE FINE WITH THESE CHANGES IN A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT. SO WHERE ARE WE WITH REGARD TO THOSE TWO CO CUSTOMER INDUSTRY RESTAURANT? WE, OF COURSE THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN PARTY TO THE, UH, MR. TO COVENANT DISCUSSION. NO, I KNOW WE'RE NOT, I KNOW WE'RE NOT, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING IF THERE'S SOMEONE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE. UM, I MEAN, OKAY. I THINK I'LL MAKE, I THINK I WILL ASSESS THIS MYSELF. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF LETTERS SIGNED BY, UH, NEIGHBORS ASKING THAT THOSE EIGHT ITEMS BE, UM, PROHIBITED. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM MR. WEIGHTLIFT, THAT HE IS WILLING TO, UM, TO ASSERT THOSE AND I GUESS DO A PRIVATE, RESTRICTIVE COVENANT. IS THAT CORRECT? MR. WILLETT? YES. MA'AM. WE HAVE ISSUED THEM A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, BUT THEY HAVE NOT SIGNED IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S FOR THE REASONS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONFUSION ABOUT THE ADDRESS, FOR EXAMPLE. YEAH. WE GET THAT. WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH SINCE APRIL 29TH AND THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, THE STAFF HAVE HALF ANY READING ON, WHICH IS THE APPROPRIATE ADDRESS, CHERRY, [02:45:01] WHICH WHAT'S THE ADDRESS WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE? IS THAT THE ONE THAT'S ON OUR PAPERWORK? YES. CUSTOMER FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ZONING CASE, WE HAVE THE ADDRESS, CORRECT. THAT'S ON THE, UM, UM, STAFF REPORT, BUT AGAIN, I HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THE RIGHT. OF COURSE NOT, OF COURSE NOT. THANK YOU AS A MEMBER TALLIES AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS MOTION. I WENT AND DROVE THIS SITE AND I SHARE SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS YOU DO. SO I'M THANKFUL THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT MOTION FORWARD AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING IT. THAT WAS OVER THE KITCHEN. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. SO, UH, CANCEL MERCURY. I THINK I WAS HEARING THAT THE MOTION YOU WERE MAKING ALSO INCLUDED AS A CEO, THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT THE MAYOR PRO TIM HAD READ OUT. SO BASICALLY WE'VE GOT A CEO WITH THOSE EIGHT ITEMS, THE MAYOR PRO TEM READ OUT, PLUS THE HEIGHT RESTRICTION. DID I HEAR THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. YES. OKAY. SO IN MY MIND I'M THINKING A CEO IS STRONGER THAN AN RC BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY WOULD BE YOU MORE PROTECTION FOR THE, UM, FOR THE, UH, NEIGHBORS. CAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY IN THE ORDINANCE. SO, OKAY. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IT WAS IN THIS ALL THAT WAS IN THE CEO. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS REMOVED THE LIQUOR STORE USE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT. UM, HOWEVER, THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT, STILL HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING ISSUES TO RESOLVE WITH THE APPLICANT. SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS CASE TODAY. AND I DON'T THINK THEY ARE RESOLVED BY, UM, THE CEO OF, UM, SO I WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS UNTIL WE RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES. UM, AND I, I DO AGREE THAT MANY OF THEIR ISSUES HAVE BEEN RESOLVED, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE TWO ISSUES THAT APPEAR. UM, AND I WOULD URGE THE APPLICANT TO WORK THOSE ISSUES OUT BEFORE A FINAL READING, IF THEY EXPECT MY SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM. UM, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE NEIGHBORS PER SE, BUT I, I, I BELIEVE THAT IT DOES EXTEND BEYOND PROHIBITING USES. UM, AND PERHAPS THEY CAN SPEAK TO THAT. UM, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF POSTPONEMENTS IF ANYONE WISHES TO MAKE THAT MOTION. UM, IF WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE IT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND DURYEA SUGGESTED I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT. AND I WANT SUPPORTED ON FINAL READING UNTIL THOSE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED. CAUSE I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY REASONABLE TO REQUEST. I THINK IT, AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US IS TO APPROVE ON ALL THREE READINGS WITH LIMITATIONS, WITH TIME LIMITATION, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN, I'M SORRY. I'M I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE OTHER TWO ISSUES? CAN SOMEONE MAYBE, UM, JERRY CAN HELP US WITH THAT OR WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, THE, THE APP, THE PETITION AGAINST THE ZONING CASE, WHICH IS VALID AT 47% IS AGAINST ANY ZONING CHANGE. SO IT WOULD REQUIRE NINE VOTES TODAY, DUDE, ON THIRD READING SIX TO DO IT ON, ON FIRST READING. UM, SO I I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT AT THIS POINT, THERE IS STILL OPPOSITION, YOU KNOW, TO THE ZONING CASE, THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED, UH, THE, UH, EIGHT USES, UH, TO BE PROHIBITED WITH THE CSL VOTING. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE OUTSTANDING ISSUE IS ONE. I HAVE A PETITION AGAINST ANY ZONING CHANGE. AND TWO, THERE WAS STILL THAT A PRIVATE RESTRICTED COVENANT WORKED OUT BECAUSE OF, UM, WHAT YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE. WELL, SO COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTERNATE, WHAT ARE THE TWO ISSUES THAT, THAT YOU'RE SEEING, I'M WANTING TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT ARE NOT RESOLVED. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, BUT I'VE BEEN ADVISED BY LEGAL THAT I CANNOT SPEAK TO A PRIVATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD IMPLY THAT THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE LOOKING FOR, THAT WE'RE NOT PUTTING IN CEO. SO WHY CAN'T WE ASK TO PUT THOSE IN THE CEO AND WHAT ARE THEY AGAIN? BUT I'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT I SHOULD NOT DISCUSS CONDITIONS BEING NEGOTIATED BY PRIVATE PARTIES ON THE DICE. OKAY. I, I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M ASKING ARE, ARE LEGAL. OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE ASKING ME. I'M SORRY. YEAH, NO, THAT'S OKAY. I JUST DON'T. I MEAN, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE CONCERNS THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER TWO, SO I'M JUST ASKING SOMEBODY TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WELL, I'M SORRY FOR THE LAW. I UNDERSTAND YOU CANCELED. CAN YOU CANCEL YOUR VIDEO SO WE CAN HEAR YOU BETTER? I'M SORRY. [02:50:01] AND CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER MAYOR? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS THAT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A PARTY TO A PRIVATE RC, UH, WE, UH, ARE NOT IN A POSITION ON THE DIOCESE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE, UH, CONDITIONS THAT THEY'RE NEGOTIATING, UH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THESE ARE TWO THIRD PARTIES THAT ARE BASICALLY NEGOTIATING THAT, AND THAT HAS BEEN OUR ADVICE, UH, IN THE PAST. I CERTAINLY HAVE, AND THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION. MY QUESTION IS, UH, WHAT ARE THE REMAINING ISSUES THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE? I, I'M NOT AWARE OF THE REMAINING ISSUES. UM, I WOULD DEFER TO STAFF IN THIS CASE, UM, TO, UH, POSSIBLY EXPLAIN THOSE AND COUNCIL MEMBER. ALL I CAN ADD IS WHAT YOU HEARD FROM THE, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO SPOKE OR THE PERSON WHO SPOKE EARLIER. AND THE PETITION I HAVE THAT SAYS THEY BELIEVED THE 46% OF THE PEOPLE WHO OWN 46% OF THE LAND WITHIN 200 FEET ARE OPPOSED TO THE CSR CHANGE HERE. WE HAVE A MOTION IN FRONT OF US ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE. LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, REAL RESOLUTION MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KITCHEN. COSAR THE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, KELLY RAN THROUGH MARIA, ALICE AND ME. THAT'S EIGHT VOTES. THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ALTER TOVA THOSE ABSTAINING. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S A MEMBER POOL. SO ON AN EIGHT TO ONE VOTE, IT PASSES, BUT ONLY ON FIRST AND SECOND READING, I GUESS. SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME PACK FOR THIRD READING APPROVAL WHERE WE'LL NEED NINE VOTES IN ORDER FOR IT TO PASS NUMBER. YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UM, ASK THE, UM, WHOEVER CAN COME AND TALK TO MY STAFF AND ME SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT THE NEIGHBORS WOULD LIKE TO GET. UM, OR IF IT IS JUST THAT THEY DO NOT SUPPORT ANY CHANGE TO THE ZONING AND THAT WILL HELP ME KNOW HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON OUR FINAL DECISION. THAT'S THAT'S MY HANG UP. I, I CAN'T QUITE FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE US TO PUT, UM, LIKE, LIKE HELP WITH. THANKS. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE, UH, A SIMILAR REQUEST FOR ANY ADDITIONAL CLARITY. THE LETTER THAT I SAW REALLY ONLY SPOKE TO PROHIBITED USES. SO ANYTHING ELSE IS, IS UNFAMILIAR TO ME. UM, UH, YOU KNOW, AND I, I, WELL, THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU AS NUMBER THREE. YEAH. YES. MA'AM. I WOULD ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, SEND ME THE INFORMATION. I DID TALK TO HIM AND, UH, THE BIG CONCERN, UH, FOR THE, UM, THE LIQUOR STORE, WHICH I AGREED ON AND SEEMED LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT I'M NOT GRIEVING. SO, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS ADDED, UH, BALLET PETITION. I HAVE NO IDEA THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE HEADING TOWARDS. I REALLY DON'T KNOW NEITHER THAT EITHER THAT, UM, WHAT, WHAT'S THE BIG CONCERN THERE. SO I THINK THAT I'VE HEARD IS THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS SIGNED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE TENANTS, OR JUST THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND I'M NOT SURE THE CITY IS IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO GIVE LEGAL ADVICE ON THAT QUESTION, EVEN IF THE ANSWERS OTHERWISE STRAIGHT FORWARD. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE PAST THIS ONE [47. C814-2020-0132 - Central Health PUD - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 601 East 15th Street (Waller Creek Watershed). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from public (P) district zoning to planned unit development (PUD) district zoning. This ordinance may include waiver of fees, alternative funding methods, modifications of City regulations, and acquisition of property. Staff Recommendation: To grant planned unit development (PUD) district zoning. Planning Commission Recommendation: To be reviewed on May 11, 2021. Owner/Applicant: Travis County Healthcare District dba Central Health (Mike Geeslin). Agent: City of Austin, Housing and Planning Department (Jerry Rusthoven). 47. City Staff: Jerry Rusthoven, 512-974-3207.] AND NOW GO TO THE OTHER POLE ITEM HERE ON ZONING, WHICH IS ITEM 47, UH, IS THE, UH, APPLICANT HERE THERE, THIS DETROIT REST, UH, THE CITY IS ACTUALLY THE APPLICANT. THIS CASE IS BROUGHT TO YOU TODAY BECAUSE OF A COUNCIL RESOLUTION PASSED IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. OKAY. HAT'S MEMBER TOVO. YOU PULLED THIS. YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? OH, SURE. MAYBE I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE HAVING A APPLICANT PRESENTATION ON IT. A STAFF PRESENTATION. I JUST ASKED FOR THAT IN THE APPLICANT I WAS TOLD WAS THE CITY AS IT WOULD BE A CITY'S PRESENTATION. SO IN LIEU OF HIM GOING FIRST, I THOUGHT YOU FRAME YOUR ISSUE AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO RESTART IT. IF I COULD MEET IS ON THE LINE ALSO SHE'S REPRESENTING CENTRAL [02:55:01] HEALTH. SO SHE DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION. THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IT. KATHY, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO FIRST OR DO YOU WANT HER TO RESPOND TO ANY ISSUES YOU RAISED? YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE TIME I'M HAPPY TO JUST JUMP INTO THE QUESTIONS IF, LET YOU GO FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GIVE THE APPLICANT A CHANCE TO RESPOND. SO I WOULD LIKE, UM, JERRY, YOU READ INTO THE RECORD, SOME CONDITIONS, UM, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU, I'LL START WITH JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, AS I, I HAVE AND WOULD LIKE, UM, TO SOME WORD CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT THE ELEMENTS OF SUPERIORITY ON OUR HERE, GIVEN THAT A PUD, THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT OF A PUD THAT IT, THAT IT BE SUPERIOR TO CONVENTIONAL ZONING ON MULTIPLE FRONTS. UM, AS I LOOK THROUGH THE SUPERIOR, THE TIER ONE REQUIREMENTS AND THE CHURCHY REQUIREMENTS, I SEE SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE BEING WAIVED THAT GIVE ME PAUSE AND CONCERN. I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ALL OF THEM RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE'RE JUST HEARING THIS TODAY ON FIRST READING. BUT ONE OF THE MAIN ONES IS THAT IT IS PARTICIPANT, AS I UNDERSTAND, IS PARTICIPATING IN THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM AND REQUESTING THE ENTITLEMENTS OF THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM WITHOUT MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM WITH REGARD TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. NOW, TODAY YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT YOU READ INTO THE RECORD. SO COULD WE JUST STOP THERE? AND, AND IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHETHER THE INCREASE OF FAR FROM EIGHT TO ONE TO A REQUESTED 25 TO ONE, WHICH YOU CAN X A DEVELOPER CAN ACCESS ONLY THROUGH THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. IF THAT MEANS THEY ARE, THEY WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. SO, AND I'VE GOT SOME OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT RECLAIM WATER, BUT I'LL START WITH THAT, WITH THAT ONE. SURE. COUNSELOR, THE, UM, THE, THE PUD WOULD ALLOW THE DIFFERENCES THAT THEY WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. THE DIFFERENCE IS THE FAR WHERE THE DENSITY BONUS WOULD BE TRIGGERED, THAT THAT NUMBER WOULD CHANGE. SO CURRENTLY IT'S EIGHT TO ONE, WHICH WOULD, WHICH IS WHERE YOU START TRIGGERING THE DENSITY BONUS. THIS WOULD RAISE THAT NUMBER TO 25 TO ONE. THE, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT I READ IN THE RECORD EARLIER COMES FROM, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE ORIGINAL CODE AMENDMENT, UM, IN RESPONSE TO A PREVIOUS CONCERT RESOLUTION, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS LONG AS A CODE AMENDMENT, AND THEN LAST SEPTEMBER, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL ASKED US TO CONVERT IT TO A PUTIN AND BRING IT FORWARD. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY. SO THIS RECOMMENDATION CAME FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, WHEN IT WAS A CODE AMENDMENT AND THERE WOULD BE A REG THE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE THAT THEY PROVIDE 100 YOUTH THAT THEY MAKE AVAILABLE 100 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IF THEY DO ANY MULTI-FAMILY OR CONDOMINIUM RESIDENTIAL, UM, UM, ON THE PROPERTY, UM, THAT REQUIREMENT FOR MAKING A HUNDRED UNITS AVAILABLE, UM, WOULD, WOULD MEAN THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THOSE UNITS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY AND THAT THE CITY WOULD, UM, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, WHETHER THE CITY-WIDE TO USE CITY DOLLARS OR HOUSING TRUST FUND MONEY, OR HFC FUNDS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, PROVIDING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO IT'S THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY RESERVE 100 SPOTS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN MAKING AFFORDABLE THAT REQUIREMENT WOULD BE BOTH IN THE PORT ORDINANCE. AND IT IS IN THE, UM, INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT AS WELL. MR. THE REST OF IT, I JUST WANT TO BE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THE 100 UNITS WOULD ONLY BE A MICROPHONE CLOSER. SURE. I CAN TALK A LITTLE LOUDER TOO. IS THAT BETTER? YES. OKAY. SO WHAT YOU'VE JUST DESCRIBED, SO WITH REGARD TO THIS POD, THEY WOULD, IF THEY HAVE RESIDENTIAL, THEY WOULD MAKE, UM, THEY WOULD MAKE THOSE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. THERE IS NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEE UNITS OR OTHERWISE THAT THEY ARE DOING AS PART OF THEIR PARTICIPATION PARTICIPATION IN THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. WHAT I, WHAT I HEARD YOU IS THEY'RE SIMPLY CHANGING THE BASELINE. SO, SO INSTEAD OF USING THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM TO GO TO EIGHT TO ONE TO 25 TO ONE, THIS POD WOULD START THE BASELINE AT 25 TO ONE. SO IT WAS CORRECT. AND THE ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED UNITS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN IF THE CITY, WHICH GOES TO. SO TODAY, EARLIER ON OUR AGENDA, WE CHANGED, WE CHANGED THE EASE AT LEAST TEMPORARILY TO REQUIRE A FEE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. WOULD THEY BE REQUIRED TO PAY ANY, ANY, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEES FROM EIGHT TO ONE TO 25 TO ONE? NO, BECAUSE IF WE CHANGE THE BASELINE, NONE ARE REQUIRED, RIGHT? CORRECT. THEY WOULD RECORD REQUIRED TO PAY THE NEW FEES, ANYTHING ABOVE 25 TO ONE. SO I FIND THAT, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS WITH REGARD TO THE SETTING OF THE BASELINE. AND I JUST, I, I CAN'T SUPPORT, UM, I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT AT LEAST NOT AT THE MOMENT WITHOUT HEARING MORE ABOUT THE OTHER SUPERIORITY ELEMENTS, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHY WE WOULD, WHY WE WOULD, UM, [03:00:01] SET THE BASELINE, WHAT THE RATIONALE IS FOR SETTING. WHAT IS THE RATIONALE MR. RESTHAVEN FOR SETTING THE BASELINE AT 25 TO ONE, THE RATIONALE SPEAK TO THE PUD IN GENERAL, THE RATIONALE FOR THE WHY THE STAFF IS SUPPORTING THE POD IS BASICALLY TWO, TWO MAIN REASONS. UM, THE FIRST IS THAT THE INTENTION OF THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION TO KICK OFF THIS PROCESS QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, THE INTENTION WAS TO ASSIST WITH THE CREATION OF AN INNOVATION ZONE AND THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE BRACKEN RIDGE HOSPITAL CAMPUS. UM, AND SPECIFICALLY TO, UH, INCREASE THE DENSITY WITH THE INTENTION. I BELIEVE OF INCREASING THE REVENUE OPPORTUNITY FOR CENTRAL HEALTH AND PROVIDING THEIR MISSION OF PROVIDING INDIGENT HEALTHCARE. SO THE INTENTION WAS TO ALLOW CENTRAL HEALTH TO MAXIMIZE THE REVENUE FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE BRECKINRIDGE SITE TO, UM, ALLOW THEM TO BASICALLY PULL IN AS MUCH REVENUE AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE MISSION THAT THEY PERFORM. THE SECOND REASON IS THE, UM, THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WORKED OUT WITH THE CENTRAL HEALTH ON THE, UH, REALIGNMENT OF RED RIVER TO MAKE RED RIVER CONTINUOUS AGAIN. AND SO I WOULD SAY IT'S ONE, THE, THE MISSION OF CENTRAL HEALTH AND, AND AN, A REVENUE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM. THAT'D BE REASON. NUMBER ONE, AND REASON NUMBER TWO WOULD BE THE, UH, CENTRAL HEALTH REALIGNMENT. I MEAN, THE OTHER RED RIVER REALIGNMENT, MR. ASTROVAN UP JUST LOOKING OVER THE ILA RIGHT NOW. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE ILA AND YOU'LL HAVE TO REMIND ME IF IT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION. DID IT EXEMPT THEM FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED OF ANYONE ELSE PARTICIPATING? UM, WELL, I ALREADY DID NOT ADDRESS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH THE PREVIOUS CODE AMENDMENT NOW POD, BUT DID THE CODE AMENDMENT, DID THE CODE AMENDMENT AND THE RESOLUTION THAT TRIGGERED THE CODE AMENDMENT INDICATE THAT THEY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM NEARLY EXEMPT BECAUSE THE BASELINE WOULD BE INCREASED, UM, TO SUCH AN EXTENT? WELL, THE LANGUAGE IS PORTIONS OF LANGUAGE SAID TO ESTABLISH LAND USE REGULATIONS FOR INNOVATION DISTRICTS THAT CONSIDERS HIGH DENSITY VIA MAXIMUM FLORIDA AREA RATIO AND MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT HEIGHTS TO NEGOTIATE IN THEIR LOCAL AS NECESSARY WITH THE IMPLEMENTED CODE AMENDMENT IS PORT DENSE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY AND WORK WITH CENTRAL HEALTH TO ESTABLISH THE, SEND THE LAND USES FOR THE PROPERTY. THANK YOU, MR. ESTHER. AND I GUESS I WOULD JUST SAY, I THINK THAT THIS IS, UM, I, WHAT I HEARD YOU READ IN THE LANGUAGE, AND I THINK I'VE GOT THAT IN FRONT OF ME, AND I'M GOING TO FIND IT HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT WHAT, WHAT I HEARD YOU BEAD IS THAT WE WOULD BE SETTING THE LAND, USE ENTITLEMENTS AT A LEVEL TO ENCOURAGE AS MUCH DENSITY AS POSSIBLE, NOT AS MUCH REVENUE AS POSSIBLE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE WE'RE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO CONSIDER HOW WE WOULD, THAT WE WERE, I'M NOT EVEN SURE WE WERE ALLOWED TO CONSIDER IT IN THOSE TERMS, RIGHT. THAT WE INCREASE ENTITLEMENTS TO INCREASE REVENUE FOR A PARTICULAR PROPERTY OWNER. ARE WE EVEN ALLOWED TO DO THAT? I GUESS WHAT I WAS ADDRESSING WAS THE, FROM A SUPERIORITY STANDPOINT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID CONSIDER AS STAFF WAS WHAT CENTRAL HEALTH DOES AS ANOTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY AND THE, UM, BUILD DURABILITY TO MAXIMIZE THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL INDEX WILL ALLOW THEM TO PERFORM THEIR, UH, THEIR MISSION BETTER. OKAY. I HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, HAVE QUESTIONS OR IF I SHOULD CONTINUE WITH THE OTHER, WITH OTHER TOPICS, THIS ISSUE, WHICH IS SECOND, KATHY, AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU ON OTHER ISSUES. AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOU AN APPLICANT, A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M AS MEETS HERE AND WANTS TO SPEAK TO THAT, OR ONCE THEY HEAR FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SURE. I'M HAPPY. THIS IS NICK MEAD WITH HUSH BLACKWELL. I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK JUST, I THINK MR. ESTEFAN COVERED IT WELL, BUT I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL THEMES. THIS, THE WHOLE DRIVE BEHIND WANTING DENSITY ON THIS PROPERTY IS TO OFFSET THE TAX REVENUE TO THE TAX PAYING CITIZENS OF TRAVIS COUNTY THAT'S THAT CENTRAL HEALTH WOULD BE COLLECTING IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCE. AND SO IT REALLY, I THINK FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE BRACKENRIDGE TRACT, THE IDEA WAS NOT TO TRY TO TAX CENTRAL HEALTH, WHICH WOULD TAKE DOLLARS AWAY FROM INDIGENT HEALTHCARE. IT WAS TO ALLOW CENTRAL HEALTH TO HAVE AS MUCH DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY AS WAS REASONABLE SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION THAT MR REFERENCED AND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA WAS TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY SPOKE TO SETTING A MINIMUM FAR, NOT A MAXIMUM, BUT A MINIMUM FAR [03:05:01] ON THIS PROPERTY IN HOPES THAT CENTRAL HEALTH WOULD UTILIZE THIS PROPERTY AS AN ANCHOR IN THE INNOVATION ZONE TO ATTRACT HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT IN ADDITION TO THE MISSION OF CENTRAL HEALTH AND PROVIDING INDIGENT HEALTH CARE AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS SEEN BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AS A COMMUNITY BENEFIT, REMEMBER THAT PART COUNCIL'S OWN RESOLUTIONS. THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT IS ZERO TAX BASE TODAY. THERE'S NOTHING ON THIS PROPERTY, ON THE TAX ROLLS. ONCE THE PROPERTY HAS DEVELOPED PER YOUR OWN RESOLUTIONS, THE TAX DOLLARS FROM THAT DEVELOPMENT GO INTO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND. AND SO THAT MAKES DOLLARS AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY, IF IT CHOOSES TO, TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE PROPERTY. AND THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS WHO CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT OF THE 100 RESERVED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS REALLY WERE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT SORT OF REMEMBERING THEIR WORDS WAS NOT ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL. SO IT WAS NOT ASKING CENTRAL HEALTH TO TAKE INDIGENT HEALTHCARE DOLLARS AND PUT THOSE DOLLARS INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING SINCE BOTH ARE CRITICAL AFFORDABILITY NEEDS, RIGHT? ONE NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER, BOTH CRITICAL. SO NOT ASKING CENTRAL HEALTH TO TAKE IT AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE DOLLARS AND PUT IT INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT ALSO NOT WANTING TO LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS IN THE INNOVATION DISTRICT TO HAVE SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE PROPERTY. AND SO THEY FOUND THIS TO BE A GOOD COMPROMISE SOLUTION TO NOT TAKE THOSE DOLLARS AWAY FROM HEALTHCARE, BUT CREATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT HOUSING TO BE CREATED. I THINK IT WAS A VERY CREATIVE AND OUT OF THE BOX SOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN EMBRACED BY EVERYONE. AND I THINK REALLY WORKS WELL. SO WE ARE ASKING, AND I THINK MIKE, ON THE PHONE AS WELL AS PART OF THE APPLICANT PRESENTATION, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM, BUT WE ARE ASKING FOR THE CITY TO NOT LOOK AT THIS AS YOU WOULD, WITH A TYPICAL FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPER AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET MONEY INTO THE COFFERS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THAT REVENUE THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOK LOOKING AT IT AND THINKING ABOUT IT AS A CITY AND CENTRAL HEALTH AND WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL THE TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING INTO THE SAME POT AND COMING FROM THE SAME PEOPLE. SO WE, WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BOTH OF THOSE ARE VERY CRITICAL NEEDS. THANKS. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS ISSUE WHERE THIS OKAY. YEAH. JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON, ON THIS PROPOSAL TO DO A ZONING CHANGE TO A PUTT. I MEAN, I THINK ANY LOOKING AT THIS AND KNOWING IF THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT ONLY TO, UM, OFFSET OUR OFFSET TAX REVENUE FOR, FOR AUSTINITES, WHEN IT COMES TO CENTRAL HEALTH CARE ATTACKS, UM, BUT ALSO THAT IT WOULD INCREASE REVENUE FOR CENTRAL HEALTH SO THAT THEY CAN DELIVER ON THEIR MISSION, WHICH INCLUDES PUTTING MORE HEALTHCARE CLINICS ON THE EAST SIDE. UM, SO I SEE THIS AS A WIN-WIN AND GETTING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS DOWNTOWN AND GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CENTRAL, HOW TO MAXIMIZE ON THEIR REVENUES SO THAT THEY CAN FULFILL THEIR MISSION IN SERVING OUR INDIGENT PEOPLE. I THINK THAT, UH, AS OUR TOPO, I THINK YOU, YOU STATE THE OBVIOUS GENERAL ROLE, AND I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, AND PROBABLY YOU SHOULD NEVER STRAY FROM THAT ABSENT AN EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING THAT BECAUSE I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW MOVING FROM WHERE WE WERE BEFORE ON THE OVERLAY TO A POD WAS HAVING, UM, UH, KIND OF A RIPPLE EFFECT. WE HAD AN OVERLAY THAT I THINK HAD PRETTY GOOD SUPPORT THE LAST TIME IT WAS HERE AND WE DECIDED WE DIDN'T WANT TO HANDLE IT AS AN OVERLAY. SO WE CAME TO THE STAFF AND WE SAID, HEY, BASICALLY DO THIS AS A POD, AS OPPOSED TO AN OVERLAY, OR TRY TO COME BACK WITH WHAT THE OVERLAY WOULD BE. AND I THINK THERE'S JUST EXECUTES THAT I KNOW THAT CENTRAL HEALTH TOOK A REALLY BIG HIT ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW HOSPITAL AND THE LOSS OF THE TENANT. UM, I THINK THAT WHAT THEY DO IS A REAL CONSIDERABLE PUBLIC, UM, MISSION, UH, AND WHERE WE HAVE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES DEALING WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. UH, IT ALWAYS GETS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY. UM, BUT I SUPPORT THE ARGUMENTS THAT WERE RAISED BY COUNCIL PROMOTERS OR THAT DISCUSSION. HOW'S THE NUMBER ALTER MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNSELOR TOTAL. I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THAT YOU HAVE OTHER ISSUES TO RAISE AS WELL. [03:10:01] THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ALTERED. AND I PROTIME. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO JUST CONFIRM IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FOR CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, UM, MAYBE THIS IS THE QUESTION REALLY FOR, FOR MS. MEET. AND CAN YOU TELL ME, UM, WHAT YOUR INTERPRETATION IS OF YOUR PARKLAND REQUIREMENTS? OBVIOUSLY IT'S IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, SO IT'S NOT LAND. UM, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME, YOU'RE ANTICIPATING YOU WILL NEED TO DO OKAY. SO WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE NORMAL PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE. AND, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT CONSIDERING WHERE IN THE PARKS IN MAY OF WATERLOO PARK, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT A DONATION OF LAND, BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE FEES ARE ROUGHLY $2,000 PER UNIT ISH. UM, AND WE WOULD, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY EXEMPTION OR WAIVER FROM THOSE REQUIREMENTS. AND SO NOT KNOWING WHAT OUR FEATURE DEVELOPMENT IS IN TERMS OF UNITS OR COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE. WE DON'T KNOW YET EXACTLY WHAT THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A CALCULATION OF THOSE PARKLAND DEDICATION DOLLARS, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU ROUGHLY PAY ABOUT 2000 OR SO PER UNIT BETWEEN THE, THE TWO TYPES OF PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES THAT HAVE TO BE PAID FOR ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT. AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY WAIVER OF THAT BY VIRTUE OF THIS PIT, ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS PUD IS TAKE EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THE OVERLAY AND PUT IT INTO THE PUD DOCUMENT, BECAUSE I THINK THE COUNCIL DECIDED THAT THE OVERLAY AS A CODE AMENDMENT WAS REALLY NOT THE RIGHT TOOL. IT NEEDED TO BE A ZONING TOOL FOR WAIVER OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET CLEAR THAT MY INTERPRETATION OF WHAT I'D READ, UM, WAS CORRECT. UM, JERRY, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THIS POINT WE DO NOT HAVE A DRAFT ORDINANCE. OKAY. SO, UM, I'M GOING TO BE ABSTAINING THIS READING JUST BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A ORDINANCE TO REVIEW AND I'M COMFORTABLE, UM, MOVING FORWARD AT THIS POINT WITHOUT AN ORDINANCE THAT I CAN CAN LOOK AT, AND I MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THE, AT THE ILA. UM, I REMAIN A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SOME OF THE PROMISES THAT ARE IN THERE WITH RESPECT TO THE RED RIVER RESTRAINING AT THE PROPERTY. THAT'S OVER BY THE, UM, THE OLD RED RIVER SECTION. I FORGET WHAT THEY'RE CALLING IT IN THE ILA. UM, SO I HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT THAT, UM, WHICH I EXPRESSED BEFORE, WHEN WE DID THE OVERLAY, AN EXPRESS WHEN THE ILA WAS, WAS SIGNED. UM, SO I MAY HAVE SOME FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT. UM, HOW'S ABOUT TOTAL. I'M GONNA COME BACK TO YOU RIGHT NOW. OKAY. I HAVE, UM, TWO, TWO, UM, QUICK QUESTION, RELATIVELY QUICK QUESTIONS. ONE IS MAYBE NOT THAT QUICK, MR. RUSTO. BEN, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, THE USE OF RECLAIMED WATER? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE IS A RECLAIMED WATER THAT GOES, UH, LINE THAT GOES RIGHT BY THIS SITE AND THAT IT'S OUR PRACTICE TO REQUIRE PUDS TO HOOK INTO IT. YES, BECAUSE REMEMBER THE APPLICANT IS NOT PROPOSING ANY MONEY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CITY CODE TODAY REQUIRES THE APPLICANT DETECTED RECLAIM WATER. IF IT'S WITHIN, I BELIEVE 250 FEET OF A, OF A PIPE, THERE IS A PIPE THAT'S BEEN EXTENDED TO THIS AREA. THE PUD DOES NOT MODIFY THAT REQUIREMENT. SO THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HOOK UP TO THAT RECLAIMED WATER PIPE. UM, IF IT MET THOSE CONDITIONS, WHICH I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE IT WILL. UH, THE ONE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION TO THAT WOULD BE THAT IF IT WERE A PROPERTY THAT WERE DEVELOPED BY THE STATE, THE STATE OF COURSE IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITY REGULATIONS, BUT ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE STANDARD RULE OF YOU MUST CONDUCT IF THIS IS WITHIN 250 FEET, WELL, IS THE PUD BEING CRAFTED IN SUCH A WAY THAT ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE PARCELS STATE OR OTHERWISE THAT ARE DEVELOPING OR BEING POISED FOR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE INNOVATION DISTRICT WILL BE HOOKING INTO THE RECLAIMED LINE. UH, THE PART DOES THAT ADDRESS THE RECLAIMED WATER ISSUE AT ALL? THE, UM, ILA DOES ADDRESS IT TO A DEGREE WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, THE EASEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSING THE ILA. THAT'S, THE PUTT IS SILENT ON THE ISSUE OF RECLAIM THE WATER. IT DOESN'T EXEMPT THEM FROM THE REQUIREMENT. IT DOESN'T MANDATE IT. I WOULD REQUEST THAT THAT BE AN ITEM THAT GETS, THAT GETS WORKED INTO THE ORDINANCE. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE HAVE ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS OUT IN THE INNOVATION DISTRICT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS TODAY TALKING ABOUT TALKING ABOUT WATER FORWARD AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, UM, WITH REGARD TO DEMAND MANAGEMENT, UM, REDUCTION [03:15:01] AS WELL AS CONSERVATION. AND SO I, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE EXPECTATION IS SET REALLY CLEARLY, UM, THAT DEVELOPMENT IN THE INNOVATION DISTRICT ON THESE TRACKS, WE'LL USE SOME OF OUR MOST INNOVATIVE WATER STRATEGIES AT THIS POINT, WHICH IS HOOKING INTO, INTO THE RECLAIM WATER LINE. I DON'T KNOW, MISBEHAVED OR MR. CASTLE. AND IF, IF THEY HAVE A RESPONSE AND THEN THERE'S ONE MORE, UH, USE ISSUE I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS. AND THEN THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS FOR TODAY. SURE. THIS IS NICK. HELL, MEET AGAIN, A COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE OVER IN RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION. UM, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT RECLAIMED WATER IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SURE WHAT WAS REQUIRED, WHAT WASN'T REQUIRED. IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF YOUR ADOPTED CODE ADOPTED IN 2012, IT'S SIX DASH FOUR DASH 11 E OF THE CODE, WHICH REQUIRES ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO TAP INTO THE RECLAIMED WATER LINE. SO IT'S, IT ACTUALLY BECAME A NON-ISSUE, UM, AUSTIN WATER WAS ABLE TO, UH, IDENTIFY THAT CODE PROVISION FOR US REALLY QUICKLY. AND SO IT, IT BECAME A NON-ISSUE AND THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT ADDRESSED IN THE PUD, BUT IT'S YOUR UNDER, IT'S YOUR, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE, ARE PART OF THIS PUD APPLICATION, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE TAPPING INTO THAT LINE. CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT DUAL PLUMBING. I KNOW THAT THAT'S TYPICALLY REQUIRED OF PUTT WE'VE REQUIRED IT, I BELIEVE IN THE LAST FOUR OR SO PUDS. UM, IS THAT AN EXPECTATION AND A REQUIREMENT WITH THIS PUD? THIS IS MIQUEL MEETING, AND I CAN ANSWER THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW IF MR. RESTHAVEN WANTED TO ANSWER IT. IT'S HONESTLY NOT SOMETHING ANYBODY HAS TALKED ABOUT. UM, IT'S NOT THAT TODAY'S THE FIRST DAY I'M HEARING ANYBODY AND HONESTLY, THREE YEARS OF DISCUSSION EVEN BRING IT UP. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT BY US. I WILL SAY THOUGH, THAT, UH, WE DO ASK THE COUNCIL SINCE THIS TOOL WAS NOT OUR CHOICE. UM, ALTHOUGH WE UNDERSTAND IT'S, IT'S ASKING, YOU KNOW, IT IS A HEFTY ASK WE ASK THAT YOU NOT TRY TO MAKE US LOOK LIKE THE TYPICAL PUTT BECAUSE WE'RE W W W THIS IS NOT WEIRD EMPLOYING THIS TOOL, BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY TOOL AVAILABLE TO US, AND IT WAS AT THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION. SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'RE HAPPY TO LOOK AT IT, BUT WE ALSO WERE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO GIVE US SOME CONSIDERATION TO NOT HAVE TO MEET, YOU KNOW, CHECK THE BOX ON ALL THE THINGS THAT A TYPICAL PUD WOULD DO, BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY NOT ASKING W W WE DID NOT COME FORWARD ASKING FOR THIS TOOL, BUT YES, WE ARE HAPPY COUNCIL MEMBER TO LOOK AT THAT AND EXPLORE IT. I FRANKLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, W WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS AND WHETHER WE CAN INCORPORATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION RELATES TO THE USES THE, NO, THAT MAY STILL BE BELL UPPING, BUT BACK IN, UM, JUNE, 2019, WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MULTIPLE PARTIES AND IT WAS SIGNED BY, UM, BY CEO, MIKE GASLIN FROM CENTRAL HEALTH, TALKING ABOUT THE REALLY MUCH NEEDED SUPPORT, UM, AND, AND FOR THE MUCH NEEDED RESOURCE, UM, AND NEED TO EXPAND OUR ROBUST NETWORK OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. AND SO AT THE TIME WE RECEIVED A NOTE FROM JUDGE ECKARD, AND AGAIN, IT WAS SIGNED BY MY CASELOAD AND OTHERS ASKING US TO CONSIDER USING HEALTH SOUTH FOR THAT PURPOSE. AND THERE WERE SEVERAL, SEVERAL, UM, PARTICULAR USES LINED OUT FROM, FROM, UH, DIVERSION, DIVERSION OPPORTUNITIES, UM, OUT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND INTO THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, WHICH I KNOW TRAVIS COUNTY HAS, HAS EXPRESSED AN INTENT TO DO JUST IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, UM, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER THINGS. SO I WONDERED IF MR. GIESEN COULD SPEAK TO, TO WHAT THE INTENTIONS ARE WITH REGARD TO PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT USE, OR FOR SOME OF THOSE OTHER USES HERE ON THIS SITE, UH, THAT THEY, THAT THEY CONTROL AND THE USES THAT WERE REQUESTED, OR, UH, WERE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, MEDICALLY ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT, COGNITIVE THERAPY, PEER SUPPORT I'M SUMMARIZING HERE. UM, AND THEN AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE DIVERSION, UM, ALCOHOL TO TOXIFICATION FACILITIES ARE ANY OF THESE INTENDED USES THAT YOU HAD REQUESTED WE CONSIDER FOR HEALTH SOUTH GOING TO BE PART OF, OF THE PUD REDEVELOPMENT OF, UM, THESE TRACKS, I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE ASKED IF MR. GOSLIN WAS ON BEFORE I ASKED HIM HE IS STILL ON [03:20:01] MIKE, YOU MAY NEED TO UNMUTE AND MS. MEAD, IF NOT, MAYBE YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO IT. UM, I DON'T, I REALLY WOULD PREFER FROM MR. D'S ONE TO ANSWER, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS ABOUT CENTRAL HOME OPERATIONS. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD. YES. THANK YOU ALL AND GOOD EVENING. AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY AND CONSIDERING THIS ITEM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M RECOLLECTING CORRECTLY, IS THIS THE LETTER THAT WAS SIGNED BY VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE PSYCHIATRIC STAKEHOLDERS GROUP? YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T IDENTIFY THEM AS MEMBERS OF THE PSYCHIATRIC STAKEHOLDERS GROUP, THOUGH. I BELIEVE MOST OF THE PARTICIPANTS WHO DID SIGN DO SERVE ON THAT BODY. UM, IT, IT CAME FROM JET CARD AND YOU HAD SIGNED IT, DR. HAD ON BEHALF OF UT, UM, AND VARIOUS OTHERS DID AS WELL. WELL, FIRST I THINK AS FAR AS THE USE IS ON THE CAMPUS, THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHATEVER THE REZONING IS, BUT I WILL SAY AS A, AS A DELIVERY STRATEGY, WE HAVE BEGUN PROVIDING MORE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SOURCES THROUGH OUR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS, PREDOMINANTLY THROUGH, UM, COMMUNITY CARE HEALTH CENTERS, BUT ALSO, UH, CONTINUE TO PARTNER AND WORK WITH INTEGRAL CARE. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, HOW MENTAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE DELIVERED SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND OTHER SERVICE LINES, EXPANSIONS OF THAT WE ARE PLANNING ON FOR ACTUALLY WORKING ON NOW IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT ALSO PLANNING FOR FUTURE FISCAL YEARS. UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK AND TALK TO COUNCIL ABOUT. IN FACT, PROBABLY SHOULD IN DEPTH WITH OTHER PARTNERS AT THE TABLE TO EXPLAIN AND ILLUSTRATE WHAT THE, WHAT THE OVERALL DELIVERY STRATEGY IS IN THOSE AREAS. NOW, ULTIMATELY WHAT THIS, WHAT THE CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTS IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING. UM, SO THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, OVERLY RELIANT ON PROPERTY TAX REVENUES, AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL NON-PROPERTY TAX REVENUE SOURCES TO BE ABLE TO FUND, UH, VARIOUS HEALTH CARE LINES, WHETHER IT'S A SPECIALTY CARE ACCESS, ACCESS TO CARE FOR THOSE PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, UH, CLINIC AND PATIENT EDUCATION, TRANSITIONS OF CARE IN THE LIST. THE LIST GOES ON JUST TO, JUST TO NAME A FEW. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND CERTAINLY, I, I VERY MUCH SUPPORT THE WORK THAT CENTRAL HEALTH DOES. AND I'M APPRECIATIVE ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU'VE OFFERED GIVEN THAT THE LETTER DID, DID IDENTIFY A NEED FOR THESE SERVICES IN THAT VERY GEOGRAPHIC AREA. UM, THAT'S REALLY THE SUBSTANCE OF MY QUESTION. THAT'S REALLY THE INTENT OF ASKING THAT QUESTION OF WHETHER, WHETHER, UM, AS YOU MOVE FORWARD AND, AND SOLICIT DEVELOPERS FOR THESE TRACKS, WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ABIDING CONCERN TO GET THOSE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCES THERE IN THAT LOCATION, I THINK WHERE THEIR RESOURCES ARE LOCATED, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK. AND FIRST OF ALL, REREAD THE LETTER AND EVEN CIRCLE BACK AROUND WITH A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF THE PSYCHIATRIC STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, JUST TO REACCLIMATE WHAT THE, WHAT THE IMPETUS WAS FOR THAT. SO HAVING SAID THAT, UM, AND LOOKING AT WHAT OUR STRATEGIES IS, WHICH ARE EVOLVING, UH, AND HAVE EVOLVED SINCE THAT 2019 LETTER THAT WE ALL SIGNED. UM, I THINK WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPERS AND WHAT THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SITE LOCATIONS ARE LIKE, AND THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY STRATEGIES, THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR SYSTEMS, DELIVERY, STRATEGY, WORK AND DISCUSSIONS, AND WHETHER THAT'S IN THAT LOCATION OR IN LOCATIONS THAT, OR LESS CENTRALIZED AND OUT IN AREAS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND RESIDE AND WORK THAT STILL REMAINS TO BE SEEN, UM, AS WE, AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THESE STRATEGIES, BUT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A ACTIVE RFP FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ANY OF THE TRACKS WE NEEDED TO WAIT UNTIL WE GOT RED RIVER REALIGNED WITH DEMOLITION TO BE ALIGNED, UM, COMPLETED. AND OF COURSE THIS REZONING, WHICH IS A CRITICAL FIRST STEP AND WHAT I DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL, CONSIDERING IT, UM, UNDERWAY BEFORE WE TOOK THE NEXT STEP, SOMEBODY ON PEAS. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. KISSANE. THANK YOU. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN HANDLE IT BEFORE SIX AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER TO TAKE A DINNER BREAK OR TO, OR TO CONTINUE MOVING. SO OUR MOTION, UM, UH, TO APPROVE THIS ITEM ON FIRST READING MAYOR PRO TEM MAKES THAT MOTION SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M SORRY. MAY I, I DIDN'T QUITE, [03:25:01] I DIDN'T. I WANTED TO BE SURE TO ARTICULATE PART OF THAT. SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UM, WITH THE ADDITIONAL, UM, WITH THE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS ON FOR 3D, HEY, BEN MOOD SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LS. ANY DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. I THINK IT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS AS A MEMBER AUTHORS, THAT STAINING. SO IT'S TOTAL OTHERS VOTING. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IS ALSO ABSTAINING. UH, SO NINE ZERO TWO AT ITEM NINE ZERO TWO. THAT ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JERRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. CASSARA. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION? I THINK HOUSING ITEM 64 COMES FROM YOUR COMMITTEE. OH MAN. YES. COULD WE TAKE UP 13 BEFORE THE BREAK? IT'LL HELP WITH OUR STAFF AND THEN, OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND GET SEVERAL THINGS TAKEN UP FOR THE BREAK. IF WE CAN. CAN WE INCLUDE 13 IN THAT? YEAH, I THINK SO. UH, THAT'LL ALSO GO FAST TOO THEN UNDERSTAND, UM, NUMBER 16, I REMEMBER 64 CASUAL CORSARA YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND ITEM NUMBER [64. Approve the appointment of Kendra Garrett to serve as a private sector representative on the Community Development Commission.] 64. THAT'S I READ THE RIAS SECONDS, CASPER, SORRY. LATER. YEAH. THIS ITEM APPOINTS, UH, HENRY GARRETT TO THE CDC SLOT THAT IS ASSIGNED TO THE HOUSING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE. SHE CURRENTLY SITS ON THE CDC, BUT IN A DIFFERENT SEAT. SO THIS ESSENTIALLY KEEPS HER, UH, KEEPS HER ON IT, BUT IN A DIFFERENT SEAT, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, READY TO TAKE A VOTE. SO MANY GOOD THINGS ABOUT HER AT COMMITTEE. AND I THINK WE RESTATE THOSE HERE. THANK YOU. SAY IF I REMEMBER 64 OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. AND I PRETEND I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND RAISE. IT WAS AN I VOTE SO UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS. I VOTED. NO, THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I HAVE EVERYONE VOTING. YES. EXCEPT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY WHO VOTES? NO, IT SAID THAT ITEM PASSES. MY SENSE IS, IS THAT ITEM NUMBER [65. Approve a resolution initiating amendments to City Code Chapter 25-9 (Water and Wastewater) related to implementing Water Forward, initiating an ordinance waiving certain process requirements under City Code Section 25-1-502, directing the City Manager to provide recommendations to mitigate the new building requirement impacts to affordability, and directing the City Manager to address the increased need for flood protection through implementation and assessment of Water Forward strategies. ] 65 IS GOING TO BE PASSED WITHOUT MUCH DISCUSSION AS WE WERE A KITCHEN. YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION AND THE PASSAGE IS THERE A SECOND TIME, 65 COUNTS OF OUR POOLS SECONDS THAT, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IT WAS A FAIR FIVE AND 65. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. OH, AS OPPOSED, I'M SEEING EVERYBODY IN FAVOR THAT PASSES 11 ZERO. OKAY. NOW LET'S GO TO THE ITEMS THAT WE CONSIDERED, UH, THIS MORNING, UH, [10. Authorize the negotiation and execution of all documents and instruments necessary or desirable to sell approximately 2,152.09 acres of land, more or less, including all structures and improvements situated thereon, out of Section 13, Block 72, and Sections 17, 18, 16 and 15, Block C-9, Public School Land Survey, Reeves County, Texas save and except all oil, gas and other minerals in, on and under said land as reserved by prior grantors and subject to all oil and gas leases, easements, rights of way, and covenants and restrictions of record in the Office of the County Clerk of Reeves County, Texas to Double B Group, LLC, in the amount of $1,076,045. (Part 2 of 2)] ITEM NUMBER TAN, UH, THE 2152 ANCHORS. DID WE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO HAD ASKED THIS MORNING? MAYBE WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE MANAGER ON THAT ONE. I DO. I'VE HAD, UM, VARIOUS COMMUNICATIONS BACK AND FORTH WITH STAFF THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AND I'VE GOTTEN SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH IT NOW? UM, NO, I CAN'T SAY I AM, BUT I, SO LET'S HOLD THAT TO ALL THE MANAGERS WITH US. OKAY. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO A DIFFERENT PLACE, SO, UM, WE CAN HOLD IT. HOW ABOUT WE HOLD IT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES, DO THE OTHER ONES QUICKLY AND COME BACK TO IT? I THINK WE CAN DISPENSE WITH IT QUICKLY WITH THEM. THAT'S MY SENSE. I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN HANDLE IT WITH THE MANAGER OF THE DIOCESE SINCE WE DIRECTED THE QUESTIONS TO HIM EARLIER. SO WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO NUMBER 10. I DON'T MIND FACILITATING THAT IF YOU'D LIKE, AND THEN THAT WOULD HAVE GOT AUSTIN ENERGY AT THE READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND WE'VE GOT MICHAEL GATES FROM REAL ESTATE. UM, AND TO THE POINTS MADE EARLIER, THERE WAS SOME INITIAL CORRESPONDENCE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER REGARDING SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. AND I SEE THAT MARK DOMBROWSKI IS ON THE LINE FROM AUSTIN ENERGY AS IS PAM ENGLAND AND MICHAEL GATES FROM EARLIER. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. SO WE ALSO HAVE THE MANAGER WITH US AS WELL. I THINK THE QUESTION WE HAD THIS MORNING WAS DID SOMEBODY TAKE A LOOK AT NOT WHETHER THIS WAS SURPLUS LAND, AUSTIN ENERGY AND READY TO BE SOLD AND THEN REAL ESTATE FACILITATING THE SALE, BUT DOES ANYBODY LOOK STRATEGICALLY FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, IS THIS THE RIGHT WAY TO SELL THE RIGHT TIME TO SELL THIS ASSET? ABSOLUTELY. SOME OF THAT IS A BLEND OF, UH, THAT UNIQUENESS TO THE PROPERTY THAT AUSTIN ENERGY CAN ELABORATE ON, UH, TO BEGIN WITH. WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE TEAM CALLED THE STRATEGIC FACILITIES GOVERNANCE TEAM, AND THEY DO TAKE AN ENTERPRISE WIDE LOOK AT, UH, DIFFERENT FACILITIES [03:30:01] AND DIFFERENT PROPERTY OF THE CITY. AND THIS PARTICULAR CASE, GIVEN THE UNIQUENESS, GIVEN THE CHALLENGES AT AUSTIN ENERGY, WE'LL ELABORATE ON, WE DIDN'T RUN THIS ONE BY THE STRATEGIC FACILITIES TEAM, BUT WE DO HOWEVER, HAVE AN, AN ENTERPRISE WIDE APPROACH. AND SO WE MAY WANT TO ASK AUSTIN ENERGY TO TALK ABOUT THE UNIQUENESS OF THE PROPERTY AND TO GET INTO SOME OF THE RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOTAL HAND. UM, YES, MAYOR. THANKS. I, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I MEAN, UNLESS MY COLLEAGUES REALLY WANT TO DIVE INTO THE DETAILS, I WOULD SAY ONE MANAGER, I WOULD, I WOULD PROVIDE THE DIRECTION HERE AT THIS ITEM THAT ALL SUCH REAL ESTATE SALES GURU DO GO BEFORE THE STRATEGIC FACILITIES, UM, GROUP, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT GETTING ITS NAME RIGHT. RODNEY MIGHT HAVE TO HELP ME OUT GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE TEAM. THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, THIS PARTICULAR SALE. I THINK IT GETS INTO A CONVERSATION. WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROHIBITION ON SPECULATION FOR MUNICIPALITIES VERSUS INVESTMENT. AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER, WHETHER WE WANT TO TRY TO SORT THAT OUT TODAY OR NOT, BUT IF, IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE GENERALLY INCLINED TO LET IT GO FORWARD, I GUESS I CAN, IT'S NOT MY PREFERRED. IT'S NOT MY PREFERRED PATH, BUT, UH, IN, IN LIGHT OF THE, I AM IN LIGHT OF THE TIME THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO REALLY SORT THROUGH THOSE. WHAT IS A LEGAL ISSUE? UM, LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION. IT'S AUSTIN THEN. IS THERE, IS THERE A TIME ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM OR CAN IT COME BACK TO US? THIS IS THE MARK OF RESCUE THAT CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PROSTATE ENERGY. AT THIS TIME, WE DO HAVE A WILLING BUYER THAT HAS A VALID OFFER, UM, UH, TO, UM, TO THE CITY. UM, AND THAT OFFER DOES, UH, RECRUIT THE FULL ACQUISITION COST PLUS RETURN, UH, FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. I, I DON'T KNOW, UH, HOW LONG THAT OFFER IS VALID FOR AT THIS TIME. WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND FIND THAT OUT. MAYOR, MAY I ASK MR. NEBRASKA QUESTION? YES. DID, DID THE BUYER APPROACH AUSTIN ENERGY OR DID AUSTIN ENERGY MARKET THE PROPERTY? THE, UM, I THINK THERE'S A BIT OF HISTORY THERE. SO HE'LL BE, UH, UH, TRY TO BE QUICK WITH THIS. THE, UH, SEVERAL BUYERS WHO OPERATE INFRASTRUCTURE ON AN UNDER THE LAND THERE APPROACHED AUSTIN ENERGY SEVERAL YEARS AGO ABOUT BUYING THE LAND. UM, WE, UH, WE DID NOT ENTERTAIN OUR OFFER AT THAT TIME. UH, WHEN WE DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO UTILIZE THE LAND, WE CONTACTED THOSE, UH, UTILITY, THOSE, UH, THOSE BUYERS TO SEE IF THEY WERE STILL INTERESTED IN PURCHASING. AND THIS VIRUS SAID THAT THEY WERE AND PUT FORTH AN OFFER COLLEAGUES, MAYOR I'LL RELUCTANTLY MOVE APPROVAL, UM, WITH THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION THAT ALL SUCH FUTURE TRANSACTIONS DO GET REVIEWED BY THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT TEAM. THERE'S A MOTION IF THERE'S SECONDS OF MOTION, THAT WHERE A POOL SECOND STUDY DISCUSSION, LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. I'M SEEING THAT AS BEING UNANIMOUS ON THE DAYAS. OKAY. I MOVED FORWARD WITH THAT DIRECTION, RIGHT. IT GETS [13. Approve the preferred redevelopment scenario for design and construction of the Dougherty Arts Center’s replacement at Butler Shores Park.] US TO ITEM NUMBER 13. THAT'S WHERE A KITCHEN, UM, I I'LL MOVE APPROVAL ON AND IF I GET A SECOND, THEN I'LL LAY IT OUT. IS THAT YES. COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN MAKES THE MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE COUNCIL MEMBER TEACHIN. YOU WERE LAID OUT. UH, YES, I, UM, I HAVE A MOTION SHEET. UM, IT'S BEEN SENT AROUND AND PUT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD. UM, IT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PREFERRED REDEVELOPMENT SCENARIO ONE A, UH, WITH, UH, FOR, FOR THE DAC, UH, WITH A NUMBER OF POINTS THAT ARE DIRECTION AND, UH, ESSENTIALLY GOALS FOR THE FINAL DESIGN. UM, I THINK THAT THIS MOTION ADDRESSES, UH, SOME REMAINING CONCERNS. I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO GET US MUCH CLOSER ON ONE A, UH, THERE'S A FEW REMAINING, UM, QUESTIONS TO BE. AND I THINK THAT THESE BULLET POINTS, UH, UM, ADDRESS THOSE AND THEY ADDRESS THEM AS PART OF THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL DESIGN. SO, AND THEN THEY SPEAK TO, UM, SOME [03:35:01] ISSUES PRIMARILY RELATED TO, UM, TRAFFIC AND PARENT PICKUP AND DROP OFF. AND THOSE KINDS OF CONCERNS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT CONCERNS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT AND ADDRESS THEY CAN BE ADDRESSED IN THE NEXT STAGE. SO THE MOVING WITH ONE A WHAT IT DOES FOR US, IT CLUSTERS THE FOOTPRINT, IT ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, MAKING SURE WE'LL HAVE A LONG SERVICE DRIVE, UH, AND MORE IMPERVIOUS COVER RIGHT ON PARKLAND. SO IT GIVES US THE BEST CONNECTION FOR OPEN GREEN SPACE AND, UM, AND, UH, I THINK, UM, I CAN SPEAK TO MORE PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, UH, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR THE MOMENT. OKAY. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HEAR FROM, UH, UM, STAFF JUST CAUSE IT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, COSMIC ELLIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S COMMENTS ON THE MESSAGE BOARD. THEY WERE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT I WAS THINKING. I WAS MORE IN FAVOR OF THE ONE EIGHT OPTION BECAUSE OF CLUSTERING, THE BUILDINGS AND KEEPING, UM, THE NEW FACILITY FROM BEING TOO CLOSE TO THE TRAIL. UM, I'VE GOT ONE WORD I MIGHT LIKE TO ADD INTO YOUR DIRECTION IF YOU WOULD FIND THAT AGREEABLE, UM, IT'S ABOUT THE TUMI ROAD ACCESS SHALL BE FURTHER EVALUATED IN COORDINATION. I'M JUST READING WHAT YOU WROTE HERE. I'LL TELL YOU WHERE I PLUGGED IN THE WORD TO ME. ROAD ACCESS SHALL BE FURTHER EVALUATED IN COORDINATION WITH AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND STAKEHOLDERS, WITH A GOAL TO REACH AGREEMENT ON HOW BEST TO RESERVE TO ME ROAD. I WOULD RECOMMEND ADDING VEHICULAR ACCESS. CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND TRAFFIC ON TUMI ROAD. UM, I KNOW IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR BIKE CONNECTIVITY AND STROLLERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I JUST WONDERED IF THAT WAS IN LINE WITH YOUR INTENT AND AGREEABLE TO KIND OF BE LOOKING AT THAT AS VEHICULAR ACCESS TO ADA ACCESSIBILITY, EMERGENCY PURPOSES AND FACILITY SUPPORT. YES, THAT'S FINE. THERE'S A LIGHTER SENTENCE THAT SPEAKS TO BICYCLE FRIENDLY APPROACHES. SO YES, THAT WAS THE INTENT THERE, THAT SENTENCE. SO THAT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND I'LL TAKE THAT. DOES EVERYBODY HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE ADDITION OF THE WORD OF THE HAY KILLER IS THE TRANSPORTATION STAFF WITH US? YES, THIS IS PARTICIPATING. OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO BOTH THE, THE, THIS BULLET POINT AS IT RELATES TO, TO, TO ME ROAD PRIVATIZATION OVER RIVERSIDE AS WELL, WHICH IS WHAT THAT APPEARS TO BE? YES. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CURTIS BEATTY. I'M CURRENTLY THE ACTING DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE HAD MANY COMMUNICATIONS WITH PARD AND THEIR CONSULTANTS. AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, THERE IS A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS UNDERWAY FOR THE DECK. IT HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME. WE WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE SOME OF OUR OPINIONS UNTIL WE SEE THAT ANALYSIS. UH, IN GENERAL, HAVING ACCESS TO RIVERSIDE INTO TO ME DOES PROVIDE SOME OPPORTUNITIES INSTEAD OF LIMITING ACCESS TO US, TO RIVERSIDE AT THIS TIME. BUT AGAIN, UNTIL WE SEE THAT ANALYSIS, WE MAY BE ABLE TO REFINE OUR OPINION ON THAT. ONCE WE SEE THE IMPACT ON THE, UH, INTERSECTIONS AT RIVERSIDE AND AT, TO ME ON SOUTH LAMAR. IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION THOUGH THAT LIMITS YOUR ABILITY TO COME BACK WITH WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS YOU THINK ARE BEST FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT? UH, FROM WHAT I READ JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, AS IT WAS PROVIDED TO ME, I DON'T BELIEVE IT COMPLETELY ELIMINATES, UH, ALL TRAFFIC FROM TUMI, UM, WHICH I DON'T THINK WAS THE INTENT. UH, SO THERE IS SOME OPPORTUNITIES WE CAN SEE SUCH AS SERVICE ENTRANCE. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PARENT DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP, AND DROP-OFF AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE MAIN DRIVE. THOSE WILL STILL BE EXAMINED. UM, THERE WILL ALSO BE PART OF THE T A, AN ANALYSIS ON, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, DURING EVENTS. AND THOSE EVENTS WILL BE NOT JUST WHERE THE EXACT, BUT IF EVENTS OCCUR AT THE ZACK AND THE DECK SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MITIGATE TRAFFIC ALONG TO ME AND TO FACILITATE OTHER MODES OF TRAFFIC AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO HELP ME REMEMBER KITCHENS, I READ THIS, I THINK THIS IS SAVING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT TUMI ROAD, CAUSE IT'S A SMALL ROAD AS TRAFFIC ISSUES, BUT I DON'T SEE THIS AS LIMITING THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FROM COMING BACK WITH WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS THEY THINK ARE BEST AND WHATEVER THEY ARE. I LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THEIR BEST RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, BUT I DON'T READ THIS AS TO STOP THAT MIKE READINGS, [03:40:01] FRANKLY. UH, YOU'RE CORRECT. IT DOESN'T STOP THAT THE GOAL IS TO, UM, HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS. SO, UM, THERE'S TWO ASPECTS, THE THIRD BULLET AND THE, AND THE LAST BULLET THAT SPEAK TO THAT. THE LAST BULLET, WHICH I THINK MR. BEATTY IS SPEAKING TO IS, UM, IT'S A GOAL TO REACH AGREEMENT ON HOW BEST TO RESERVE TO TUMI ROAD VEHICULAR ACCESS FOR ADA ACCESSIBILITY, EMERGENCY PURPOSES AND FACILITY SUPPORT SERVICES AS THE DESIGN WORK MOVES FORWARD, BUT THE GOAL IS TO REACH AGREEMENT. AND SO I THINK THAT WITH THE HELP OF THE TRANSPORTATION STAFF AND TO ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE INVOLVED, UM, I TRUST THAT THEY CAN, CAN REACH SOME DESIGN THAT WILL, UH, THAT WILL HANDLE, UH, THE, THE DIFFICULT, THE POTENTIAL DIFFICULTIES ON TO ME. SO, UM, I AM, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO REDUCE THE TRAFFIC IMPACT, UM, AND TO RESERVE THOSE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FRIENDLY APPROACHES ALONG TOO MANY. BUT AGAIN, IT SAYS TO THE GREATEST DEGREE POSSIBLE. SO I THINK, I THINK THIS GIVES OUR STAFF THE DISCRETION TO SIT DOWN AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SIT DOWN AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AS HAS BEEN DONE UP UNTIL THIS POINT AND IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. YEAH. AND THEN, UM, MR. MCNEELY, CAN YOU ADDRESS WHAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS FROM A PARK STANDPOINT? UM, IT'S JUST KIND OF, OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. SO THIS IS KIMBERLY MCNEALY, THE PARKS AND RECREATION SERVING AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTORS. SO THE DEPARTMENT HAD ORIGINALLY COME OUT WITH, UM, ONE BEAT. I THINK YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT, HOWEVER, AFTER WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS AND HAVING A NUMBER OF, UH, FEEDBACK SESSIONS WITH OUR COUNCIL OFFICES, THAT WE ARE VERY AMENABLE TO ONE A AND BELIEVE THAT WE CAN WORK WITHIN THE, UM, THE DIRECTION THAT'S BEING GIVEN. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM AND LET'S TAKE A VOTE COUNSELOR POOL. I DID JUST WANT TO, UM, UH, REMIND, UM, OR ASK STAFF IN AS WE MOVE FORWARD. UM, THE CONCEPT OF HAVING, UM, ART SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE IN ONE OF THE, UM, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE BEING CLOSED THAN AISD CLOSED. IF, IF Y'ALL COULD JUST PROGRAMMATICALLY KEEP THAT TOP OF MIND SO THAT IF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES MIGHT PRESENT THEMSELVES, OR WE CAN MAKE THEM PRESENT THEMSELVES THAT WE'VE, UM, PURSUED THOSE KIND OF, UM, THAT KIND OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH AISD AND THE ART SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE. THANK YOU. SECOND, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS, UH, ITEM 13, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. I'M SEEING IT AS UNANIMOUS ON THE DIOCESE STAFF. THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED HARD ON THIS ONE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. I KNOW YOU HAVE AS WELL. OKAY. UH, LET'S MOVE [56. Authorize negotiation and execution of an agreement with Caritas of Austin to provide permanent supportive housing to disabled individuals who have experienced chronic homelessness, in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 for a 28-month term ending on September 30, 2023, with two 12-month extension options, each in an amount not to exceed $500,000,, for a total agreement amount not to exceed $2,200,000.] TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS I HAVE NUMBER 56 COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. YOU PULLED THIS ONE. YES, I DID. I WAS HOPING THAT STAFF COULD JUST ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR ME. THEY WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO EMAIL THE ANSWERS. AND SO THIS SHOULD GO PRETTY QUICKLY. OKAY. IS STUFF HERE. THEY'RE JUST GETTING MOVED OVER. MAYOR. WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND READ YOUR QUESTIONS. KENDRA. KELLY HAS TO HAVE HIS COMING OVER IF THEY'VE ALREADY ANSWERED IN WRITING, WHICH GOOD YOU GREAT. SO MY FIRST QUESTION WAS THAT I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE MONEY WOULD BE SPENT BEFORE APPROVAL. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THEY COULD EXPLAIN THAT MORE DETAIL TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY FOR US HERE TODAY. MY OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF PERFORMANCE AND SERVICE DATA THAT THIS CONTRACT WOULD UTILIZE, AND IF THEY COULD SHARE THAT WITH COUNCIL AS WELL, AND THEN ALSO WHY THERE'S NO LOCATION LISTED FOR THE CONTRACT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THE EXECUTION OF IT WOULD BE UTILIZED. I DO KNOW IT'S IN DISTRICT FOUR, BUT KNOWING THE LOCATION WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL. OKAY. STAFF WANT TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES? GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ACACIA JOHNSON SMOTHERS. I'M THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY-BASED RESOURCES UNIT MANAGER OVER AT OFTEN PUBLIC HEALTH. UM, AS IT RELATES TO QUESTION NUMBER ONE, UM, THE FUNDING IS WE'LL BE, WE'LL USE A HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT AT ONE OF THE PSH PROGRAMS, UM, THAT CARTER HAS CURRENTLY HAS, AND IT'LL ALLOW THEM TO HAVE AND SERVE MORE INDIVIDUALS IN ONCE THE ESPERANZA SITE IS READY, [03:45:01] THOSE INDIVIDUALS CAN MOVE TO THE SITE. ADDITIONALLY, THE FUNDS WILL SUPPORT BRINGING IN A PROGRAM MANAGER WHO WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROGRAM BY COMMUNICATING WITH FUNDERS AND INTERNAL STAFF KIND OF ACTING AS A PROJECT MANAGER, UM, AS A PROPERTY IS, IS, IS MEANING, UM, EVEN BUILT. WOULD YOU LIKE MORE LIKE SPECIFICS ON THAT? I THINK THAT'S GREAT. IF YOU JUST ANSWER QUESTION TWO AND THREE, THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. QUESTION NUMBER TWO. UM, SO TYPICALLY THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE USE ARE FOCUSED ON HOUSING STABILITY. SO, UM, WE PLAN TO USE THE FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE MEASURES SUCH AS UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS SERVED THE NUMBER OF UNDO UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN THE, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM WHO RECEIVED PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES. THE NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN A PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, WHO RECEIVED PEER SUPPORT SERVICES. THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES, WHO ARE APPROVED FOR SSI OR SSD GI, BUT DIFFERENTLY PRESENTED TO HAVE HOUSEHOLDS THAT MAINTAIN HOUSING DUE TO RECEIVING CENTRAL SERVICES, CENTRAL SERVICES. AND LASTLY, PERCENTAGE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN INCOME THROUGH WORK OR BENEFITS, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE LOCATION WILL BE AT ONE NINE, THREE FOUR RUTLAND DRIVE, AUSTIN, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT SEVEN FIVE EIGHT. AND IT'LL, THIS WILL ENTAIL A NEW CONSTRUCTION OF ABOUT 171 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. UM, AT LEAST 51 OF THOSE UNITS WILL BE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THE PROPOSED CONTRACTS OF COURSE, CASE MANAGEMENT. SO FOR SERVICES FOR FORMERLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE UNITS, AS WELL AS FURNITURE, FURNITURE, EQUIPMENT, AND PLANNING CALLS PRIOR TO OCCUPANCY AND BITS OF OTHERS, I THINK YOU GOT IT ALL RIGHT. EXCEPT I THINK YOU MIGHT'VE ACCIDENTALLY SAID ESPERANZA, WHICH IS THE ONE IN SOUTHEAST, AND THIS ONE IS A SPARROW, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR, VERY SIMILAR WORDS. BUT I JUST, JUST TO CLEAR THAT UP BEFORE SOMEBODY, UH, IN THE PRESS GETS CONFUSED, BUT THANK YOU. I THINK YOU LAID THAT UP EXACTLY. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. YES, SIR. MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM 13, I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGHNESS IN YOUR REPORT. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ON HOW THIS MONEY IS BEING SPENT. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO LETTING US KNOW ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT AND EDUCATING US ABOUT IT. I CAN MAKE THE MOTION MAYOR IF YOU'D LIKE TO APPROVE. OKAY. COUNCIL FOR KELLY MAKES THE MOTIONS OR SECOND TO THE MOTION. COUNCILOR COSARA SECONDS, SAME DISCUSSION AS ARE BIZARRE. OKAY. MAYOR, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY PULLING THIS TO, TO ASK THE QUESTIONS, UH, ON, IN SOME OF THESE OTHER ITEMS I'VE, I'VE PULLED IT OR, OR AT, OR ASKED ABOUT IT SO THAT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT GETS DONE BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THESE ITEMS GET PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, AND THEN WE DON'T GET A CHANCE TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT IS HAPPENING. AND SO IN THIS CASE, IT'S 170 UNITS PRIMARILY PULLING ALMOST ENTIRELY FOLKS OFF THE STREET. UH, AND THEN THIS WILL PROVIDE THAT, UH, INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES TO PEOPLE WE OFTENTIMES HEAR FROM, WELL, WE UNDERSTAND HOUSING FIRST, BUT ARE THERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE SERVICES. AND I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE IN A MOMENT WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THOSE, THOSE SERVICES. AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE CARITAS FOR BRINGING THOSE SERVICES IN THIS HOUSING TO DISTRICT FOUR AND, AND APPRECIATE ALL THE NEIGHBORS WHO, UM, HAVE EMBRACED THIS AND ARE READY TO, TO WORK TOGETHER, TO REALLY MAKE THIS, UM, MAKE THIS WORK IN MY, IN MY DISTRICT. AND SO I THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL AND THE CARE TOSS, AND IT'S GOOD FOR US TO, TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, HERE, THE, THE MANY PEOPLE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SERVE, UM, HERE ON, OFF RUTLAND. OKAY. HOW'S IT FAVOR THIS ITEM 56, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. I SEE IT AS BEING UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT [60. Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to explore funding in an amount not to exceed $25 million from the American Rescue Plan, General Revenue, and other city, state, and federal funding sources, to stabilize the Austin cultural arts and music communities as they combat the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Winter Storm Uri.] ITEM. ITEM NUMBER 60 COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALTER PULLED IT. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BETTER, CAUSE WE'RE ALL THERE TO HAVE COUNCIL POINT LAYOUT OR AMENDED ONE OR TO HAVE YOU FIRST RAISE YOUR RATIO. WHAT DO YOU THINK? UM, IT'S TOTALLY FINE FOR HER TO GO. FIRST. PART OF MY QUESTIONS ARE REALLY ABOUT CLARIFYING INTENT, SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF SHE WANTED TO. YEAH, LET'S DO THAT THEN. COUNCIL MEMBER YOU WANT TO MAKE THEM MOVE PASSAGE OF ITEM NUMBER 60 A VERSION THREE. SURE. I MOVED TO PASS ITEM NUMBER 60 VERSION NUMBER THREE SECOND TO THAT MOTION. HOW'S OUR POOL SECONDS THAT [03:50:01] YOU WANT TO LAY IT OUT REAL FAST AND THEN WE'LL GO. YES, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU TO MY CO-SPONSORS MAYOR ADLER, COUNCIL MEMBERS, KITCHEN, CUSTOMER POLL, AND CUSTOMER ELLIS, UH, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. UH, AND, UM, AND FOR STANDING WITH OUR ART AND MUSIC COMMUNITY, WE ARE OFFERING A RESOLUTION THAT CLARIFIES. SO THIS UPDATED RESOLUTION VERSION THREE CLARIFIES THE ROLE THAT THIS RESOLUTION WILL PLAY. AS WE DELIBERATE THE ARPA FUND PROCESS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDES DIRECTION TO CITY STAFF AS THEY DEVELOP AN OVERALL SPENDING FRAMEWORK FROM THE ARPA FUNDS TO SPECIFIC TO THE CREATIVE SECTOR. AND SO THIS PROVIDES FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO ACTUALLY COUNSEL FOR ALTERNATIVE RAISES DURING OUR WORK SESSION AND BUILDING OFF OF OUR CONVERSATION FROM THE WORK SESSION. THIS RESOLUTION ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATORS AND THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN MAKING SURE THAT CREATIVES AND HELPING CREATIVES APPLY FOR THE GRANT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. AND IT ALSO CLARIFIES TIMING THAT THE CITY MANAGER WILL REPORT THIS ESSENTIAL FUNDING PLAN FOR THE ARTS AND MUSIC COMMUNITIES DURING THE ARPA CONVERSATIONS. AND SO AGAIN, THIS RESOLUTION IS ABOUT DIRECTION OFFERING CLARITY. IT PROVIDES DIRECTION AROUND THE FUNDING AMOUNT FOR THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND FOR THE MUSIC COMMUNITY. IT OUTLINED POSSIBLE DESTINATIONS FOR THE FUNDING AND ITS WESLEY STATES THE, OF THE NONPROFITS AND THE LEGACY BUSINESS RELIEF GRANT. IT TALKS ABOUT SMOOTHING OVER THE HOT DEFICIT OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS AND, UM, ALSO DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION AS A LIVE MUSIC FUND AND THE NEED TO GET THOSE FUNDS OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. UM, AND FIRST LET ME JUST SAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL CLARITY IN VERSION THREE. UM, IT HELPS TO UNDERSTAND A LOT MORE OF WHAT THE BROADER GOALS ARE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. AS WE ALL WANT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR, OUR MUSIC COMMUNITY AND OUR CREATIVE SECTOR. ALSO INCORPORATING MY SUGGESTION THAT WE, UM, CALL OUT THE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NAVIGATORS ARE SERVING, UM, THIS, THIS SECTOR. UM, SO I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT I TOTALLY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO HELP AND PROVIDE RELIEF TO OUR CREATIVE SECTOR. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING AS MUCH CLARITY AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR STAFF, SO THAT WE GET SOLUTIONS. AND WE GET MONEY OUT OF THE DOOR AT THE PACE THAT THIS CREATIVE SECTOR DESERVES. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF FITS AND STARTS. MOST OF WHICH YOU WERE NOT THERE FOR LAST YEAR. COUNCIL MEMBER FUNDS US WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WERE DOING THINGS QUICKLY FOR THE SECTOR AND FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE PACE THAT WE HAD LAID OUT. UM, AND ALSO IN LIGHT OF OUR CONVERSATION ON TUESDAY, I'M A LITTLE BIT UNCERTAIN OF HOW STAFF IS GOING TO INTERPRET CERTAIN PIECES. UM, SO LET ME SAY THE PART THAT I DO UNDERSTAND, AND THEN CLARIFY THE PART THAT I WANT TO GET SOME, SOME GREATER, GREATER CLARITY ON, PARTICULARLY FOR THE ARPA. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE ARE SEEKING FUNDING TO SUPPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, RELIEF AND RECOVERY FOR OUR ART SECTOR UP TO 10 MILLION, SORRY, I HAVE THE WRONG FEATURE, UM, FOR ART SECTOR UP TO $15 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS. UM, AND WE WANT THAT FUNDING TO COME A CHUNK FROM ARPA-E, BUT WE WANT THE STAFF TO LOOK FOR OTHER FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE ARTS, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A HOT DEFICIT, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THOSE RECEIPTS, UM, AND THAT HOT DEFICIT, THE, THOSE HOT MONIES NORMALLY GO TO SUPPORT CULTURAL ARTS. UM, AND SO NO MATTER WHAT FORM THAT FUNDING MIGHT TAKE IN THE FUTURE, THE MONEY WON'T BE THERE, UNLESS WE ADDRESS THE GAP OR WE INCREASE THE HOT RECEIPTS, UM, THROUGH SUPPORTING OUR HOTELS. UM, THE THIRD PART, UM, SUPPORT UP TO 10 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS FOR THE MUSIC SECTOR. UM, AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO HAVE OUR PLUS OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT GET US TO THOSE AMOUNTS. SO THAT'S WHY THE AMOUNTS MAY OR MAY NOT MATCH WHAT'S IN ARPA BECAUSE THERE'LL BE OTHER FUNDING, BEST PART OF OUR GOAL OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO USE. UM, AND THEN WE'VE ADDED, UM, THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PIECE. AND THEN, UM, THERE'S A PIECE IN HERE THAT ASKS THE STAFF TO REPORT BACK AND TO EXPEDITE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NEW LIVE MUSIC FUND. [03:55:01] SO THE PART THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M, AND MAYBE THIS IS JUST ME, BUT I'M GOING IN CIRCLES IS WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT, WHEN WE TALKED ON TUESDAY ABOUT THE ART BOB HE'S TALKED ABOUT, WE WERE JUST DOING BUCKETS AND WE DIDN'T WANT ANY DETAIL. UM, AND WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS IF WE DO THE SAME THING HERE, UM, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE GO AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'VE GIVEN, WHAT THIS DOES IS SIMPLY SAY TO OUR STAFF TO GIVE BUCKETS. AND I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO JUST DO BUCKETS. WE NEED TO GET SOME MONEY OUT THE DOOR QUICKLY. SO WHENEVER WE PASS IT ON JUNE 3RD OR JUNE 10TH, WE DON'T WANT TO SAY WE'VE GOT THIS BUCKET FOR THE CREATIVE SECTOR AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SPEND IT WHEN YOU COME BACK TO US WITH THE NEXT THING WE HAVE MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS AND NON-PROFITS AND VENUES THAT NEED THIS TO GET THROUGH THIS PERIOD. AND I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS FULLY COMMUNICATING WHAT WE WANT IN TERMS OF THAT, UM, CLARITY. UM, I, WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM SAY, THE ARTS COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH IS THAT THERE'S A DESIRE TO HAVE, UM, RELIEF, QUICK RELIEF, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT TRANSFORMATION IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT QUICK RELIEF, BUT THEN THERE IS A, THERE IS A BELIEF THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT COULD HELP WITH RELIEF, LIKE WORKFORCE TRAINING OR SOME OF THE WORK FRANKLY, THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE SPILLING CONSERVATION CORPS. THAT'S POTENTIALLY ARTS-RELATED, THAT COULD COME SOON THEREAFTER. THAT WOULD BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN IMMEDIATE RELIEF. UM, AND SO I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, UNDERSTAND IF YOUR, IF YOUR ATTENTION IS THAT WE, WHEN WE PASS THE FRAMEWORK WITH ARPA, THAT WE ARE GETTING THAT MONEY OUT THE DOOR, THEN I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER STEP HERE THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO TAKE. UH, I THINK HE COUNTS ON TERM FIRST AND FOREMOST, JUST TO ATTRACT YOUR FIRST POINT. YOU BROUGHT UP ABSOLUTELY. THE INTENT HERE IS TO GET THESE FUNDS OUT IMMEDIATELY. THESE ARE RECOVERY, EITHER RELIEF NEEDS AND RELIEF FUNDS. AND SO THAT IS WHY, AND WORKING WITH THE ARTS COMMUNITY, WE LAID OUT HERE, YOU KNOW, TO, FOR STAFF AND PROVIDING DIRECTION THAT THEY INCLUDE THESE PANDEMIC, UH, PROGRAMS THAT CAME ABOUT AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO RECREATE THE WHEEL. THEY DON'T WANT TO ESTABLISH A NEW PROGRAM. IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING THAT MONEY OUT THE DOOR. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE SPECIFICALLY DREW ATTENTION TO THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE SPECIFICALLY LINED OUT IN THE RESOLUTION. HOWEVER, WE DO THIS IS, THIS IS A DIRECTION STAFF TO COME BACK TO US WITH A PLAN. SO AFTER THEY DO THEIR ASSESSMENT AND THEY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, THEY CAN LOOK AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT RELIEF PROGRAMS THAT COUNCIL PASSED, WHICH I BELIEVE IS 12 DIFFERENT RELIEF PROGRAMS IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. UH, AND THEY CAN COME BACK AND PROVIDE US WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT IT'S ALL IN THE INTENTION OF HOW CAN WE BEST GET THIS MONEY OUT QUICKLY? AND HOW CAN WE AS COUNCIL HAVING AN INFORMED, MAKE A FORM INFORMED DECISION AS WE HAVE THE ARPA CONVERSATION AND HOW WE SHOULD ALLOCATE THIS SPECIFIC BUCKETS ACROSS THE FOURTH, THE FOURTH STRATEGIC PRIORITY AREAS. AND THEN OF COURSE WITH IMMEDIATE RELIEF NEEDS. SO I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO REHASH THE CONVERSATION ON TUESDAY, BUT ON TUESDAY WHEN WE SAID WE WEREN'T ALLOCATING IT TO DETAILS, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, OH YEAH, LET ME, UM, THAT, SO YOU KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGED THIS IN YOUR FIRST COMMENT, THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF MISTRUST THERE WITH HOW THE CITY HAS GONE ABOUT WITH THE DIFFERENT RELIEF PROGRAMS THAT WERE SET UP DURING THE PANDEMIC. AND SO BY COUNCIL PASSING THIS RESOLUTION, WE ARE GIVING VOICE TO THOSE CONCERNS. IF BY SAYING, WE HEAR YOU, WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S A NEED FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF, AND HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE EXPLICIT DIRECTION AND HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS. SO I THINK WE DID DO THAT. WE DID DO THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL LAST YEAR AT VARIOUS POINTS IN TIME. AND YET THERE WERE STILL REALLY LONG DELAYS, PARTICULARLY FOR DELAYS FOR EVERYTHING, BECAUSE IT TAKES TIME TO SET UP PROGRAMS, BUT THERE WERE PARTICULARLY LONG DELAYS AT TIMES FOR THIS SECTOR. WE DID GET OUT SIGNIFICANT FUNDS TO SUPPORT THEM. UM, BUT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO ASKING FOR CHANGES TO THESE PROGRAMS, ET CETERA. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR ON THE LEVEL OF DETAIL. WE WANT TO COME BACK TO US FOR THAT, UH, DISCUSSION. UM, AND, AND SO IF THE LEVEL OF DETAIL IS SUCH THAT WE WANT TO EXPEDITE AND WE WANT THE RELIEF PAYMENTS, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR TO STAFF. IT'S NOT JUST, AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE, MAKE CLEAR. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU [04:00:01] AND I ARE DISAGREEING ON WHAT WE'RE SAYING, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS DIRECTION DOES THAT. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ESTABLISH WHAT COUNCIL'S INTENTION IS. COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN. UM, UH, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, A COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL TRY. I'M THINKING THAT THE LANGUAGE THAT'S HERE GETS TO THAT POINT WITH, UH, WITH A CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, ALSO, BECAUSE IT DOES ASK FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE BEST USE OF ARTS FUNDS, BUT THEN IT'S SPECIFIC AS TO WHICH ONES TO LOOK AT, WHICH OF THE ARTS FUNDS TO LOOK AT. AND EACH ONE OF THESE FUNDS HAS A PROCESS IN PLACE AND A TIMELINE NOW. AND I THINK, AND I THINK THE, UM, I THINK THAT CORRECTS FOR, UH, BEING SLOW IN TERMS OF GETTING IT OUT BECAUSE THE SLOWDOWNS THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST WERE BECAUSE THEY WERE PART OF, IT WAS AT LEAST WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE CREATING PROGRAMS AND THIS THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S WHY, UH, THE EFFORT HERE IS TO LIST EXISTING PROGRAMS. UM, I ALSO THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AMOUNTS ARE, ARE DISCUSSED AS UP TO, FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UM, BUCKETS. AND SO THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT THE ARPA RESOLUTION WE'RE NOT VOTING ON OUR POETS IS WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT BUCKETS THAT THESE FUNDS COME OUT OF. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US NOT TO, YOU KNOW, NOT TO TAKE THE TWO CONVERSATIONS. AND, AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE DOING THIS, BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT THE SAME CONVERSATION. SO, UM, BUT I, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY FROM, UM, COUNT, REMEMBER QUINTUS, THE, THE, THE, THE EFFORT, THE LANGUAGE HERE IS SPECIFIC AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHICH BUCKETS TO CONSIDER. AND IT ALSO HAS STAFF COMING BACK TO US IN. SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S OTHER LANGUAGE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK MIGHT BE MORE HELPFUL IF THERE IS LANGUAGE IN HERE ABOUT, UH, REPORTING, BUT, UH, THAT INCLUDES THE STEPS THE STAFF WILL TAKE TO EXPEDITE, UH, THE ADMINISTRATION AND RELEASE OF FUNDS, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, FOR EXAMPLE. SO, UM, I'M FEELING LIKE THERE'S SPECIFICITY HERE, BUT INTERESTED, IF THERE'S MORE LANGUAGE THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO SUGGEST I'M AN AUTHOR. DO YOU WANT TO PROPOSE SOME LANGUAGE OR DO YOU THINK THE DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD HERE IS SUFFICIENT? UM, I WILL PROPOSE A LITTLE BIT OF LANGUAGE, UM, BUT THEN I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM STAFF WHAT THEY THINK THEY'RE COMING BACK WITH BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT'S, SO I WOULD, SO THERE, SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE LIVE MUSIC FUND THAT EXPEDITES MIGHT ADDRESS THIS THAT'S ALREADY IN THERE, BUT THERE'S NOT THAT UNDER THE ARTS SECTION. SO I CAN BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. THE THING AFTER I READ THE CLAUSE, UM, TO THE UNDER THE SECOND BIT, IT'S THE FIRST BIT FOR THE RESOLVE, BUT THE SECOND SECTION OF THE RESOLVED SECTIONS, I WOULD, AS AN ADD A CLAUSE THAT SAYS, INCLUDING A PLAN TO ADD THE MEMBER PORTION, I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU ARE ON PAGE SEVEN, PAGE SEVEN, LINE ONE 57 OF THE, UM, FRESH VERSION WITHOUT THE RED LINE. HOW DOES YOUR PARAGRAPH BEGIN? WHICH THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PROVIDE A PLAN TO COUNCIL FOR UP TO 15 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS, UP TO 7.5 MILLION PER YEAR TO BE USED FOR GRANTS TO AUSTIN ARTISTS, ARTS GROUPS, AND NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. AND THEN I WOULD ADD INCLUDING A PLAN TO EXPEDITE A PORTION OF THE ARPA PATIENTS, IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND RECOVERY. SAY THAT AGAIN, PLEASE, INCLUDING A PLAN TO EXPEDITE, EXPEDITE A PORTION OF ARPA ARTS ALLOCATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND RECOVERY. AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DELAY UNTIL AUGUST TO GET MONEY OUT THE DOOR, WHICH IF, IF YOU, IF YOU, AGAIN, IF WE TAKE THE WAY THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT WANT A DARPA, THAT'S WHAT WE GET. WE GET A CREATIVE SECTOR BUCKET, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GO AND DO THINGS, AND THEN WE'RE NOT MEETING UNTIL LATER IN JULY AND THEY CAN'T MOVE THINGS IN THESE OTHER BUCKETS. AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT KIND OF CLARITY I WOULD MAKE OUT AS AN AMENDMENT. [04:05:03] OKAY. COULD YOU LANGUAGE ONE MORE TIME? I'M SORRY. SURE. UM, SO INCLUDING A PLAN TO EXPEDITE A PORTION OF ARPA ARCS ALLOCATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND RECOVERY, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S SORTA COVERED UNDER THE MUSIC ONE AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S AN EXPEDITE CLAUSE AND THAT ONE, UM, BUT YOU COULD ADD THE SAME THING, BUT I, I DON'T, MY GOAL IS TO CLARIFY, NOT TO CLUTTER UP THE RESOLUTION. NO, AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT WOULD BE, CAUSE THERE'S AN UP TO NUMBER. SO IT'S GOING TO BE COMING BACK WITH A SPECIFIC, HEY, LET'S DO THIS IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZING THAT PART OF THE RECOVERY AND RELIEF AND SUPPORT FOR THIS INDUSTRY IS GOING TO COME FROM OTHER SOURCES AND SUBSEQUENT. BUT TO LOOK AT, UH, IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR, OUR, UH, FUNDING, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY PASSED A RESOLUTION ON EARLIER, WHICH THIS RESOLUTION REAFFIRMS, BUT IT DID ALLOW FOR SOME RELIEF SPENDING AS WELL. SO TO LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT MUSIC, LOOK AT ARTS EXPEDITED AS PART OF OUR OPERA PROCESSES COMING BACK IN JUNE. RIGHT. RIGHT. AND I DIDN'T, I, YOU KNOW, I PUT IT IN THE ART SECTION BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I COULD FIT IT. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU WHAT I'M ASSUMING THIS MEANS, THEN AS WE'RE GETTING OUR CREATIVE SECTOR BACK, LET'S SAY, AND THESE ARE JUST TOTALLY MADE UP NUMBERS. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE RIGHT NUMBER IS, BUT LET'S SAY TWO TO 3 MILLION IS FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND RECOVERY AND STAFF WOULD THEN BE ADDING, UM, FUNDING INTO THE NON-PROFIT RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM THAT I LED ON, YOU KNOW, UNDER, UNDER THE ARTS. AND THEY MIGHT BE DOING THE CREATIVE WORKERS, OR, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WERE CITED IN HERE OR, OR USEFUL, UM, I DO WANT TO UNDERSCORE, AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AS WE GO THROUGH THE ARPA. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD, UM, PROJECTS THAT ARE DONE THROUGH THE ATRIUM THAT DEPLOY OUR ARTISTS AND OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP YOU DEFY OUR COMMUNITY. THE, THE, UM, THE REASON AND THE SUN MURAL, UM, COMES FROM A TRIPLE C FUNDING. THERE WERE SEVERAL PROJECTS WHERE FOLKS ARE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES COVID MEAN TO ME TYPE PROJECTS THROUGH AN ARTS LENS THAT THAT'S HAPPENING. UM, JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT, CAUSE THAT MAY BE PART OF, UM, THE DISCUSSION AS WE MOVE FORWARD. UM, SO I'LL MOVE THE AMENDMENT THERE. I, I ACCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, YOU CAN, BUT YOU DON'T OWN THE BILL, SO YOU DON'T OWN THE RESOLUTION. SO WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE A VOTE, UH, SEE IF THERE ARE OBJECTIONS, BUT SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING ADDED, HEARING NONE IT'S ADDED. CAN I, THEN, UM, I JUST ASKED STAFF TO, UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO HEAR FROM STAFF, HOW THEY'RE TAKING THIS DIRECTION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, RODNEY GONZALEZ, YOUR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT STAFF FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HERE TO, UH, OF COURSE, UH, RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION AS WELL AS TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE RESOLUTION AND THE AMENDMENTS. AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME, A WHOLE GRAB HERE IN TERM DIRECTOR FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. SO THERE'LL BE WHOLE RAB ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GO BACK AND ANALYZE ALL FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDING ARPA, KNOWING THAT THERE ARE FOUR PRIORITIES THAT HAVE YET TO BE ADDRESSED, WHERE TO COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION ALTAR. YEAH. CATHERINE ALTAR. SO, SO AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH IT THAT WE WANT TO PLAN TO COME BACK WITH THE ARPA ABOUT THE ARPA PHONES. BUT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, IS NOT THE ONLY SOURCE WE WANT TO USE TO FUND SUPPORT FOR THE CREATIVE SECTOR. UM, AND WE ARE GOING INTO A BUDGET PROCESS AND WE'RE PROVIDING DIRECTION THAT WE WANT YOU TO LOOK AT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS FOR THE DROP IN THE HOT FUNDS. UM, IN MY VIEW, WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING ON THE HOT FUNDS AND THIS DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T SAY THIS AS A RESOLUTION. WE'RE NOT SAYING WE WANT YOU TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FUND IT AS BUSINESS, AS USUAL AS WE DID THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'RE JUST RECOGNIZING THAT THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO ARTS, WHICH WE WANT TO HAVE THAT FUNDING GO TO ARTS. ISN'T GOING TO BE THERE BECAUSE OF THE DROP IN THE HEART RECEIPTS. UM, AND SO WE WANT YOU TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT FILLING THAT, FILLING A GAP OF GENERAL FUNDING. [04:10:01] I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING AND REVAMPING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ARTS COMMISSION, THAT WHOLE PROCESS FOR EQUITY, ET CETERA. I DON'T SEE THIS RESOLUTION, UM, PUTTING A THUMB ON THE SCALE FOR THAT PROCESS, BUT MORE TO SAY, WE WANT TO FIND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS GAP IN FUNDING FOR THE ARTS BECAUSE OF THE HOT, WE NEED TO FIND OTHER THINGS THAT MAY BE ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR BUDGET OR FROM A RANGE OF OTHER SOURCES. OKAY. YEAH, GO AHEAD, RODNEY. IF I COULD, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT DIRECTION. AND OF COURSE THE MONEY IS IN FRONT OF US OR THE ARPA MONIES WE'RE LOOKING AT. UM, WE'RE ALSO OF COURSE, MONTHS AWAY FROM THE BUDGET PROCESS. AND I THINK I SAW CARRIE LANG, UM, ON THE LINE AS WELL. UH, YOU KNOW, IF HE COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND, ARE YOU, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE BUDGET PROCESS, UM, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT US ALSO BEING CREATIVE DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AS WE COME BACK TOGETHER? NO. WHEN WE DROPPED THIS RED SOLUTION, WE TOOK IT INTO MIND THAT STAFF IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, RIGHT? I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE DEADLINE IS FOR STAFF TO SUBMIT THEIR FOR DEPARTMENTS TO SUBMIT THEIR RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE SEE THOUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS ALREADY TAKING PLACE. AND SO WHILE WE WANT A FUNDING PLAN PRESENTED TO US AS TOWNSEL HAS A CONVERSATION ON HOW WE ALLOCATE THE ARPA FUNDS, WE KNOW THAT THAT STAFF WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERING WHAT IS THE BUDGET PROCESS LOOK LIKE AND WHERE WE CAN PULL FUNDING FROM THERE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO INFORM EACH OTHER TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. SO WE NEEDED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN INFORM HOW WE ALLOCATE FROM ARPA, WHAT WE APPROVED FROM THAT, OUR ALLOCATION. UM, AND SO THIS RESOLUTION DETAILS BOTH PROCESSES, BUT IN A WAY THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM A COMPREHENSIVE AND IN A COMPREHENSIVE WAY AND IDENTIFYING ALL POSSIBLE REVENUE SOURCES. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND YEAH, JUST SO THAT WAY, EVERYONE'S CLEAR YOU HAD THE INFORMATION ON THE STAFF PROPOSAL FOR THE BUDGET. DOES IT COME OUT UNTIL, UH, SUMMERTIME AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, AN INTENTION IS SCRATCHED TO COME EARLIER WITH THIS OR JUST TO COME WITH IT AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROPOSAL. SO THE INTENTION IS TO COME BACK WITH US ON A BIG PLAN AS COUNCIL CONSIDERS THE ARPA FUNDING FRAMEWORK. SO IF WE'RE CONSIDERING THE ARPA FUNDS AT THE JUNE 3RD MEETING, WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE FUNDING PLAN IS FOR THE CREATIVE SECTOR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT CONVERSATION. OKAY. NOW I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO CARRIE BECAUSE OF COURSE WE'RE WAITING INTO HER TERRITORY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUNDS OTHER THAN ARPA COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, DID YOU WANT TO CLARIFY ON THAT AS WE GO? THAT WAS PART OF WHY I WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION SO HE COULD HAVE CLARITY FOR STAFF. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ONE RIGHT ANSWER, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. AS I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS, WE WANTED A PLAN FOR OUR BOW THAT WAS ADVANCING THINGS. AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE IN THE BUDGET, WE WANT YOU TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP PUSHING THE ENVELOPE ON THE CREATIVE SECTOR IN ANY WAYS THAT YOU CAN, BECAUSE THE BUDGET'S NOT COMING OUT UNTIL, UM, I AM NOT THE AUTHOR OF THE RESOLUTION THOUGH, WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO GET CLARITY ON WHAT WE WERE, WHAT WE WERE SAYING, BUT THAT WAS HOW I HAD UNDERSTOOD HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE, UM, MONETARY REQUESTS FOR THE RELIEF AND RECOVERY THAT WERE, WERE HIGHER THAN MAYBE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITH ARPA FUNDS IS THAT WE WOULD BE, WE WOULD BE STARTING ARPA FUNDS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WAYS, UM, WHICHEVER WAY THEY COULD THAT MAY NOT GET US UP TO THE 50 MILLION MAY NOT GET US UP TO THE 10 MILLION, BUT WE WERE GONNA, WE WERE GOING TO AIM FOR THAT, UM, AND IN THE BUDGET, BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT THE AUTHOR OF THE RESOLUTION. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GET CLARITY FROM THE DYESS ON WHAT THE WELL, CAN I REMEMBER ALTER, I JUST WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE RESOLUTION LINE LINE. LET'S TAKE LINE ONE 60 PAGE SEVEN OR LINE ONE 59. AND IT SAYS THE CITY MANAGERS DIRECTLY TO DEVELOP AND PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL AS PART OF ITS DELIBERATIONS ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AFTER DELIBERATIONS BY COUNCIL ON, ON ARPA, THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AND ONGOING EFFORTS TO UTILIZE AND ALYSSA DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. SO I THINK WE'RE BEING VERY CLEAR THAT WE NEED A PLAN, A FUNDING PLAN TO INFORM THE ARPA PROCESS AND RECOMMENDATIONS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO THE CREATIVE SECTOR. AND THAT'S HOW I READ IT TOO. AND THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, OR I KNEW THAT THERE WAS AN [04:15:01] OPERA PROCESS YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH, YOU HAVE DIRECTION ON THAT SET PRIORITIES, AND ALSO SAID THAT THERE'S SOME RELIEF ALLOWED AS PART OF TOO. SO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THERE MIGHT BE NEEDED CRITICAL RELIEF OR SOMEONE OR SOME ENTITY DIES. YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S A, THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE SET OUT FOR ARPA AND OUR RESOLUTION ON ARPA WAS REAFFIRMED BY THIS RESOLUTION, BUT IT DOES RAISE THOSE VOICES INTO THIS CONVERSATION IN THAT CONTEXT. AND THEN IT GOES BEYOND THAT AND IT SAYS PROBABLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, TO HIT, UH, THE, THE UP TO NUMBERS IN ARPA, GIVEN WHAT WE'VE SEEN EARLIER. SO THEN WE, THIS IS ALSO SAYING, AND THEN WHEN YOU GET INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS AND WE WANT THIS ISSUE TO BE TOP OF MIND AS WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. YES. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING TOO, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ARE SAYING MAYOR. AND, UH, I WOULD THINK OF IT AS THIS TERM IN SIMPLIFIED TERMS, JUST THAT YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, RONNIE, YOU ALL MAY COME BACK AND SAY THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING, YOU KNOW, 10 MILLION OUT OF ARPA, 10 MILLION OUT OF, OUT OF THE BUDGET. UH, THEN WE WILL MAKE OUR DELIBERATIONS AS PART OF OUR PRA AND ARRIVE AT WHATEVER WE ARRIVE AT AND THEN WHATEVER'S LEFT. YOU WILL THEN SAY, OKAY, I'M NOW GOING TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET TO, TO ADDRESS THE REST OF WHATEVER WE DIDN'T DO IN ARPA. SO, AND I JUST WAS THROWING OUT NUMBERS THERE JUST FOR PURPOSES OF CONVERSATION, BUT GOING INTO OUR PRO CONVERSATION, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ALL ARE THINKING, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND OUT OF ARPA AND WHAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND THAT, UH, ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER BUCKET OF FUNDS AND THEN WE'LL, THEN WE'LL VOTE AS PART OF THE OPERA PROCESS. CAUSE THIS IS ONLY ONE PIECE OF ARPA. UM, AND THEN TAKE IT FROM THERE, UH, FOR THE BUDGET. AND COUNCIL POINT IS I THINK YOUR LANGUAGE IS CLEAR AND THAT'S HOW I'M UNDERSTANDING IT. SO IF I, IF I SAID THAT, RIGHT, OKAY. DO YOU HATE ANY FURTHER DIRECTION RODNEY OR, UH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. UH, ABSOLUTELY. THE LANGUAGE IS CLEAR. I THINK WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS A MATTER OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF TIMING. AND WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UM, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DEVELOPING THE OPERATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A BIT LONGER THAN WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED. AND SO, BUT THAT'S SPRAYED TUESDAY'S CONVERSATION. AND THE BUDGET PROCESS IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LINEAR, UM, CULMINATING OF COURSE, WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT WE PROVIDE TO COUNCIL AND I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT TIMEFRAME. UM, AND SO IT'S CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT US TO WORK ON THIS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT WHAT WE WANT IS JUST LEVEL SET EXPECTATIONS OF, ARE YOU EXPECTING US TO COME BEFORE THE BUDGET PROPOSAL OR JUST SOMETIME DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS? SO THAT'S COME BEFORE IS DURING THE ARPA DELIBERATION PROCESS. SO I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT CERTAIN, BUT I'M ASSUMING ABOUT THE JUNE MEETING OR PERHAPS THE JUNE 1ST WORK SESSION, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE ON THE ARPA FUNDS, BUT IF IT'S AT A LATER POINT, THEN IT WOULD BE WHENEVER WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS OR LEARNING MORE ABOUT IT, WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT MAYBE NOT THE FULL SOLUTION. WE NEED THAT PART OF THE SOLUTION THAT RELATES TO ARPA AND THEN A COMMITMENT THAT AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE'LL BE WORKING OUT THE BALANCE OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN DO NOW FOR AN INDUSTRY THAT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY. IS THAT RIGHT? PERFORMANCE? YES, THAT'S RIGHT. AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE CITY MANAGER'S PRESENTING THE BUDGET JULY 7TH OR JULY 9TH. SO I IMAGINE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE SUBMITTING THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS BEFORE THE, AT LEAST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THEN. AND SO I, SO I SEE THE BOTH PROCESSES ARE HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY AMONGST ABSOLUTELY THAT'S CLEAR. WE JUST WANTED TO LEVEL SET WITH EXPECTATIONS OF TIMING RETURN. UM, AND SO, AND THEN OF COURSE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, UH, THE ARPIT DISCUSSION IS TAKING, UH, UH, A WHILE AND WE WERE STRATEGIZING ON HOW BEST TO COME BACK WITH COUNSEL OR TO COUNCIL WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE THAT TARGET IN MIND. WE JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT'S A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION. OKAY. CLEAR. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED. I THINK THAT WE HAVE THAT ALREADY. YES. SO LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, UH, 60, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. I SEE THAT AS BEING UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE, WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT COLLEAGUES IT'S AFTER SIX, AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN HANDLE THIS ON ITEM AND THEN EVERYBODY CAN GO HOME. THEY ARE, WE MIGHT HAVE TO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HANDLED ITEM 12 OR IF THAT GOT POSTPONED AND I MISSED IT. I THINK 12 PAST MAY I [04:20:01] HAD FULL 12 AND I HAD ASKED YOU, UM, I HAD ACTUALLY SENT YOU A TEXT A LITTLE WHILE AGO, JUST REMINDING YOU THAT I STILL HAD A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS ABOUT 12. I DON'T BELIEVE WE DID PASS WHAT I'D FILLED IT FROM CONSENT. THAT WASN'T THE ONE THAT YOU RELUCTANTLY MOVED ON NO, I REALLY IT'S ON THE AG REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION. NUMBER 12 IS THE PIECE PART CONSERVATIVE. OH, I'M SORRY. YEAH, I JUST SKIPPED THAT ONE ENTIRELY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S [63. Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to engage stakeholders and to consult with Austin Water and the Austin Water Task Force regarding the implementation of certain Water Forward strategies to ensure the most comprehensive diversification of the City’s water supply and conservation portfolio and to provide guidance on a proposed revised timetable to prepare for impending future population growth and drought conditions.] DO 63 AND LET'S SEE WHEN YOU DOUBLE BACK TO 12. THANK YOU. I JUST MISSED THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO 63, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER. TOTALLY. YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNSELING. UH, ALICE WHO PULLED IT? YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE APPROVAL. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO APPROVE 63, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AT THREE, IT MAKES THE MOTION MADE SECOND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER. ALICE, DO YOU PULLED THIS? I DID. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND HAVE CIRCULATED AN AMENDMENT. UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ IT AND IF I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION AND GET A SECOND BEFORE EXPLAINING IT, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. UM, BUT THE AMENDMENT WOULD READ THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS TO AFFORDABILITY OF THESE WATER FORWARD STRATEGIES. THE RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATIONS SHALL BE DEVELOPED WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ABOVE STRATEGIES. AND THAT WOULD JUST BE THAT IT BE IT RESOLVED AT THE END. AND AMANDA BY COUNCIL MEMBER. ALICE, IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS AMENDMENT? UH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDS. AND NOW YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO FOR SUPPLEMENTING THE WORK OF THE AUSTIN WATER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CAPTURED IN THIS ITEM. I'M 65 RESOLUTION BY BRINGING THIS ONE AS WELL. AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON WATERFORD THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AT THE MOST RECENT WATER OVERSIGHT MEETING, WE DISCUSSED THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF IMPLEMENTING WATER FORWARD. GIVEN THE PRESSING URGENCY OF CLIMATE CHANGE, MAXIMIZING WATER CONSERVATION AND REUSE IS OUR BEST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST THE NEXT HARD DROUGHT. AND THE ONE AFTER THAT. AND THE ONE AFTER THAT, AT THE SAME TIME WE CONFRONT THIS CLIMATE CRISIS. WE ALSO KNOW OUR CITY HAS EXPERIENCING, EXPERIENCING AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. HOUSING COSTS HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER AND ARE RISING AT STAGGERING RATES. THE AUSTIN BOARD OF REALTORS SHARED THIS WEEK WITH ALL OF OUR OFFICES THAT THE MEDIA AND AUSTIN SINGLE FAMILY HOME PRICE HAS RISEN BY A THIRD 32% SINCE THIS TIME LAST YEAR AND NOW EXCEEDS $550,000. AND I'M SURE MANY OF YOU SAW KUTS RECENT REPORT. THAT AVERAGE AUSTIN RENT PRICES, WHICH FELL DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC ARE ONCE AGAIN SHOOTING UP AND ARE NOW THE HIGHEST THEY'VE BEEN IN YEARS. THE RESULTS OF THIS WILL BE DISPLACEMENT OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHOSE WAGES JUST CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE RENT HEIGHTS, FEWER YOUNG FAMILIES WHO, WHO CAN AFFORD TO BUY A FIRST HOME, MORE OF OUR SENIORS, WHO STRUGGLED TO AGE IN PLACE. AND FOR SOME, THOSE WHO MAY HAVE BEEN HANGING ONTO THE LOWEST RUNGS OF OUR HOUSING LADDER, HOMELESSNESS MIGHT BE THE RESULT. MY HOPE AND INTENT IS THAT STAFF WILL WORK WITH A RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING THE WATER FORWARD TASK FORCE AS IS ALREADY MENTIONED IN THE RESOLUTION, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY AND INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL, WHO COULD OFFER FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF THE LIKELY AFFORDABILITY IMPACTS AND PROVIDE INPUT ON POTENTIAL MITIGATION STRATEGIES. I APPRECIATE AND AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS MADE BY BOBBY LEVINSKY EARLIER TODAY THAT THE COMPONENTS OF WATER FORWARD WILL HELP WITH AFFORDABILITY IN THE LONG RUN. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT EVALUATING OPTIONS TO MITIGATE THE UPFRONT COST TO HOME BUILDERS, THAT THEY WOULD ONLY THEN PASS ONTO THE TENANTS WOULD ADD TO THE AFFORDABILITY OF THESE POLICIES AND ENSURE WE DON'T LOSE POTENTIAL HOUSING OPTIONS. AS OUR POPULATION GROWS, THE LANGUAGE IN THIS AMENDMENT MIRRORS, AN AMENDMENT I MADE TO THE WATER OVERSIGHT RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL KITCHEN HAD DRAFTED, UM, WHICH WAS INCORPORATED IN THAT ONE. SO WE HAD PASSED THAT EARLIER TODAY, DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE, UM, A VARIETY OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY, BUT BEFORE I DO, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT, UH, I DID, I DID DO SOME, UM, CLEANUP OF THE RESOLUTION. AND SO WHEN I MADE MY MOTION TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, IT WAS VERSION TWO, WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED EARLIER TODAY AND THERE'S NOT ANY SUBSTANTIAL SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES IN IT, JUST SOME EDITS. UM, SO WE, WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT AT, UM, THE WATER COMMITTEE. UM, I GUESS COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, ELLIS. I WANT TO START BY JUST ASKING YOU HOW YOUR PROCESS THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING DIFFERS FROM THE ONE LAID OUT IN THE WATER FORWARD IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. [04:25:02] IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S MUCH DIFFERENCE. I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE MENTIONED IN THE RESOLUTION TO MAKE SURE OUR INTENT IS CLEAR. OKAY. OKAY. SO I, I DID DISTRIBUTE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK, UM, IF THAT'S THE INTENT, THEN I, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE OKAY WITH MY AMENDMENTS THAT I'VE MADE TO YOUR AMENDMENT. AND THESE WERE DISTRIBUTED AT SIX OH THREE, I THINK. UM, JUST LOOK YES, SIX OH THREE, I DISTRIBUTED AN AMENDMENT TO YOUR AMENDMENT. SO THE WATER FORWARD, UM, THE WATER FORWARD LAND, AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IT. THANKS FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT. UM, I ACTUALLY DID THE RESOLUTION THAT CREATED THE, CREATED THE GROUP TO DEVELOP THE INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PLAN. AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THAT WAS NECESSARY HERE IN A MINUTE, AND THEN, AND THEN CARRIED FORWARD. UM, SOME OF THE OTHER RESOLUTIONS NECESSARY TO GET WATER FORWARD APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND THE WATERFORD PLAN INCLUDES AN IMPLEMENTATION, VERY DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, ALL OF WHICH INCLUDES STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION. SO IN ADDITION TO THE STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION THAT MADE UP THE ORIGINAL INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PLAN THAT BECAME NAMED WATER FORWARD, THERE'S ALSO IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN LISTED OUT, UM, STAKEHOLDER PROCESSES. AND I THINK IT'S ON PAGE FOUR, IT STARTS ON PAGE FOUR 87 OF THE WATER FORWARD PLAN. AND I THINK IT, I, I BELIEVE IT, IT WILL ADDRESS, UM, THE CONCERN THAT YOU RAISE. I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REASON IT BECAME NECESSARY TO HAVE A, UH, I MEAN, THERE WERE MULTIPLE REASONS WHY IT BECAME NECESSARY TO HAVE WATER FORWARD. ONE OF THEM WAS WE WERE IN A VERY SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT AND THE STAFF WERE, UM, WELL THERE WAS DISCUSSION IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, AND I THINK POSSIBLY SOME RESEARCH ON STAFF'S PART ABOUT LOOKING TO OTHER, OTHER RESOURCES, OTHER WATER RESOURCES, AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE PRETTY COSTLY. AND, AND NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE COSTLY, IT WOULD ALSO MEAN POTENTIALLY TAKING WATER AWAY, ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS THAT, UM, WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES TO GET WATER FROM THEIR SOURCES. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE LANGUAGE WE USE REGARDING AFFORDABILITY, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE, I HAVE SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS TO YOURS. AND FRANKLY, I WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD. UM, THE RESOLUTION FROM THE WATER COMMITTEE THAT WE, THAT WE APPROVED EARLIER WITH THIS ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE AS WELL, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS SO CLEAR THAT WE SEND IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE'RE USING TERMS LIKE AFFORDABILITY. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THERE'S A PRETTY BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE APPROVED EARLIER AND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. THIS IS MY RESOLUTION IS SAYING, TAKE A LOOK AT, TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE ELEMENTS FROM THE WATER FORWARD PLAN, LOOK AT THE TIMETABLE AND COME BACK AND LET US KNOW WHICH OF THESE SHOULD PROCEED ON A FASTER TIMETABLE. WE'RE NOT INITIATING ANY OF THESE, UM, PROGRAMS HERE TODAY. THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE APPROVED EARLIER. SO IT, THERE'S JUST A FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE'RE SENDING FORWARD. SO I'M NOT EVEN ENTIRELY SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S APPROPRIATE TO SAY, BRING BACK AFFORDABILITY ANALYSIS. BUT IF, IF THERE IS LANGUAGE TO THAT EFFECT, I WOULD SUGGEST IT READ AS I'VE, AS I'VE DESCRIBED IN MY AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT, BECAUSE THE FACT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE STRATEGIES ARE GOING TO BE COST SAVERS. UM, THEY ARE GOING TO SAVE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN FOR USERS OF, OF OUR, OF OUR WATER, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE TENANTS OR PROPERTY OWNERS. AND SO WHILE THERE ARE UPFRONT COSTS TO THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, IT IS GOING TO BENEFIT IT, IT WILL LIKELY BENEFIT. UM, AND PART OF THE INTENT IS THAT IT BENEFIT IN TERMS OF BRINGING DOWN COSTS FOR USERS DOWN THE ROAD. AND THAT I'VE TRIED TO CAPTURE THAT IN MY LANGUAGE. I, MY CONCERN ABOUT YOUR LANGUAGE IS THAT IT PRESUPPOSES THAT ALL THE IMPACTS TO AFFORDABILITY ARE BAD IMPACTS THAT IT MAKES IT MORE EXPENSIVE. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE CASE, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH, WITH WATERFORD. UM, THE OTHER REAL FACT IS THE ONE THAT, THAT GAVE RISE TO, TO THE WHOLE, ALL OF THIS WORK, WHICH IS THAT SECURING ADDITIONAL WATER RIGHTS FOR OUR CITY TO GO FORWARD AND SECURE. THOSE ADDITIONAL WATER RIGHTS COULD BE QUITE COSTLY FOR ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS. AND SO AGAIN, I THINK, I THINK THE WHOLE POINT OF ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OF THE WATER FORWARD PLAN WAS TO, TO MITIGATE AGAINST THOSE HIGHER COSTS OF HAVING TO INVEST IN AN ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY. SO I'LL READ IT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC, JUST, UM, BECAUSE IT, IT, I DON'T THINK IT'S POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD QUITE YET, BUT IT WOULD, UM, JUST CAPTURE, UM, INSTEAD OF SAYING, GO HAVE A STAKEHOLDER. IT JUST SIMPLY, IT SIMPLY CAPTURES WHAT IS THE CASE, WHICH IS THAT THE WATER FLOWED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DETAILS OF PROCESS THAT INCLUDES PILOTING STRATEGIES, [04:30:01] COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT COSTS AND CONDUCTING STAKEHOLDER INPUT THAT INFORMS PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. AND THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO FOLLOW THIS PROCESS RATHER THAN SUGGEST WHERE WE'RE NOW GOING TO CONDUCT A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS WHERE ONE DIDN'T EXIST BECAUSE THAT, THAT JUST ISN'T ACCURATE. UM, AND THEN IT ASKS THE CITY MANAGER SHALL PREPARE A REPORT ANALYZING THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO AFFORDABILITY FOR THESE WATER FORWARD STRATEGIES, AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENHANCE AFFORDABILITY ALONG WITH THEIR IMPLEMENTATION. ANY RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO AFFORDABILITY SHALL CONSIDER THE LONGTERM BENEFITS OF REDUCING BILLS FOR WATER CUSTOMERS COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SECURING ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY AND OTHER RELEVANT CONSIDERATIONS. I JUST THINK THAT'S MORE, UM, OR DESCRIPTIVE OF WHAT WE WOULD REALLY WANT TO ANALYZE. SO THAT'S, UM, THAT IS MY AMENDMENT TO YOURS. THANK YOU FOR FURTHER CONVERSATION. REMEMBER KITCHEN. YEAH. I JUST FIND TO FUNNY THAT, UM, I'M HEARING THIS, UM, AND I'M HEARING IF I'VE GOT IT CORRECT. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HAS INTENT AND YOUR INTENT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO TO T YOU KNOW, JUST TO EMPHASIZE THAT, UH, THAT THE, UH, WATER FORWARD IMPLEMENTATION PLAN PROCESS HAS A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS AS PART OF IT, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF LIVING STRATEGIES, COLLECTED INFORMATION ABOUT COST AND CONDUCTING STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND THAT'S PART AND PARCEL OF SEVERAL STEPS ALONG THE WAY FOR WATER FORWARD. AND THAT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT I THINK WE HAD AT THE COMMITTEE, UM, THAT, UM, AND SO THIS IS HELPFUL TO EMPHASIZE IT, WHICH I THINK I HEAR WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER IS DOING. SO, UM, SO IF SIZE THAT, AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT, UM, THE, UH, DIRECTOR MASCARAS AND THE, UH, WATER, UH, STAFF, LET US KNOW WHAT THE COMMITTEE, SO I, I CAN SUPPORT YOUR LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAVE AND APPRECIATE ELLIS EMPHASIZING THAT ASPECT OF THE WATERFORD PLAN. THANK YOU. UM, AND I CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. UM, I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH MY LANGUAGE, UM, IF IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SUPPORT TO GO IN AS IS, THERE MIGHT BE SOME, SOME TWEAKS THAT I CAN RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL MEMBER COBOS AMENDMENT TO MY AMENDMENT, TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S RESOLUTION. UM, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT INCLUDES STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE, ARE LOOKING AT BOTH ANGLES OF IT. SO IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH WATER AND WATER THAT WE CAN ACCESS AFFORDABLY. UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE UPFRONT COST. YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT IT IS MORE COST-EFFECTIVE IN THE LONG RUN, AND IT IS MUCH BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET TO THE STARTING LINE, HOW ARE WE ACCOMPLISHING THESE GOALS? AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THAT UPFRONT COSTS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE DECISIONS ON, TO MAKE SURE THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS WITHOUT AFFECTING THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO SUPPLY HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THOSE ANGLES. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS GOING TO STAKEHOLDERS THAT CARE ABOUT WATER RESOURCES, BUT ALSO STAKEHOLDERS THAT KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BUILD THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION IS BEING HAD AS WELL. OKAY. SO THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN A GOOD WAY. WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO MOVES AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT. IS THERE A SECOND TO THE TOBO AMENDMENT TO THE MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, LET'S HEAR FROM ZONING THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK YET COUNTS MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE BEING RECOGNIZED. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I, I THINK WHAT I'M HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER LSA IS THAT OUR CONCERN ISN'T IS NOT ABOUT CURRENT RESIDENTS PER SE. IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE MOVING IN. UM, AND SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I'M, IF I'M NOT CATCHING THIS, UM, ACCURATELY, BUT THE COST SAVINGS IS FOR, UM, NEW RESIDENTS. AND SO, UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I, THAT I THINK I'M HEARING IS THAT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE DONE HOLISTICALLY. UM, AND SO I, UM, IF, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED CORRECTLY, THEN I THINK, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT, UH, COUNSEL MUMBRELLA SAYS DIRECTION. I'M PROUD THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY, WE LED THE WAY WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND GREEN DEVELOPMENT AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OR FORWARD IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES, UH, OF THAT COMMITMENT. I DO OFTEN THINK ABOUT THOSE TRADE-OFFS. [04:35:01] SO, YOU KNOW, UH, SOMETIMES THE ADDITIONAL METRIC MEASURES COME WITH ADDITIONAL COST AND THOSE, UM, ON THOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT GETS PASSED ON TO THE PURCHASER. UM, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE UNINTENDED AFFORDABILITY IMPACTS THAT I DO, UM, WORRY ABOUT. AND SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS' AMENDMENT, OKAY. COUNCILOR ROGER SAR, THE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. I AM LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION. I'M HAVING TROUBLE GETTING A SENSE OF WHAT THE ACTUAL IMPACT IS OF ONE AMENDMENT VERSUS THE OTHER. IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME IN TRYING TO, TO LAND THIS, TO KNOW WHAT IS, WHAT THE KEY THINGS ARE THAT ARE IN A DIFFERENCE ARE IN DISPUTE, LIKE WHAT THE DIFF WHAT WILL BE THE ACTUAL DIFFERENT OUTCOME OF ONE VERSUS THE OTHER, BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE SEEMS TO HAVE SOME EMPHASIS DIFFERENCES, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT NECESSARILY CAUSES A DIFFERENCE. CAN I, IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME TO KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH ONE VERSION VERSUS THE OTHER THAT'S DIFFERENT. AND IT'S A MEMBER TOBY, IF SHE COULD ANSWER, LIKE, IS THERE A POOL I RECOGNIZED YOU NEXT YOU'LL KNOW AT COUNCILOR METOVA REPLY COUNCILOR TOBA. THANKS. SO THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO COUNCIL MEMBER LSS AMENDMENT. ONE IS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION SHALL BE DEVELOPED WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ABOVE STRATEGIES. SO AGAIN, THEY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT. ALL I'M DOING IS SAYING TASKFORCE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE AND COME BACK TO US AND LET US KNOW IF WE SHOULD CHANGE THE SCHEDULE. AND, AND MY OTHER POINT IS THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN INCLUDES STAKEHOLDER INPUT. AND, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS. ISN'T A NEW DIRECTION. PEOPLE SPEND A LOT OF TIME MAKING SURE THAT STAKE, IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE FOUR 87, YOU'LL SEE THAT AT EVERY ONE OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, THERE IS A VERY DIS THERE'S A VERY DETAILED PROCESS THAT INCLUDES STAKEHOLDER IMPLEMENTATION, STAKEHOLDER INPUT. SOMETIMES IT'S A PILOT AND THEN COST COLLECTION, SO THAT THEY'RE REALLY COLLECTING THOSE COSTS. SEVERAL OF THE WATER FORWARD STRATEGIES HAVE MOVED FORWARD IN THIS WAY WHERE WE'RE PILOTING IT, WE'RE COLLECTING COSTS, THEN WE'RE COMING BACK AND GETTING STAKEHOLDER INPUT ABOUT THOSE COSTS. AND THEN THINKING ABOUT HOW TO TWEAK THE PROGRAM GOING FORWARD. I MEAN, ALL OF THIS IS VERY, VERY CLEAR, I GUESS I THINK HERE I CAN GO ONTO THE SECOND POINT THAT SHE'S MAKING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE THERE AND ASK DIRECTOR MS. BIZARROS. UM, JUST TO VERIFY THAT I'M REPRESENTING IT ACCURATELY, THAT THE INTENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR WHAT OUR FORWARD HAS STAKEHOLDER INPUT BUILT IN THROUGHOUT. YES, SIR. YEAH. YES. OUR, UH, OUR WATERFALL PROCESS INCLUDES A SIGNIFICANT STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT AS WE'RE WORKING ON LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES. AND WE OFTEN, UH, HAVE RECOMMENDED IS AS AN EXAMPLE OF ON-SITE REUSE FOR LARGE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE START OFF WITH VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE INCENTIVES. SO WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGIES AND APPROACHES AND BETTER FACTOR OUT COSTS. UH, AFFORDABILITY IS A BALANCE BETWEEN, UH, SOMETIMES UPFRONT COSTS AND LONG-TERM BENEFITS. UH, AND, UH, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE TRIED TO FACTOR THOSE OUT AND INCLUDE THAT IN THE ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. AND SO I HAVE A, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO ASK ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE EQUITY AND AFFORDABILITY PLAN THAT I KNOW ONE OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS TALKED ABOUT, BUT SO THE REASON THAT I, THAT I HAVE SUGGESTED A CHANGE TO THE LANGUAGE COUNCIL MEMBER LS PUT FORWARD IS BECAUSE IT, IT SOUNDS AS IF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPED WITH STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND THAT'S BEEN THE ALL ALONG. AND SO I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE SAYING WHAT I SAID, THE WATER FORWARD IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DETAILS, A PROCESS THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF STEPS, INCLUDING STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND, AND THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO FOLLOW THIS PROCESS THAT, THAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH. AND I CAN ADDRESS THE AFFORDABILITY PIECE HERE IN A MINUTE. WELL, OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER, HELEN, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? I DID. AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PUPPY ENTERING THE SCREEN FROM TIME TO TIME. IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE ALWAYS NICE TO SEE PETS SHOW UP. UM, I THINK, I THINK, UM, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR AMENDMENT, I MIGHT JUST OFFER A COUPLE TWEAKS SO THAT IT INCLUDES HER LANGUAGE, BUT SAYS, SHALL CONSIDER BOTH THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS OF REDUCING BILLS FOR WATER CUSTOMERS, COST ASSOCIATED WITH SECURING ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY, AND OTHER RELEVANT CONSIDERATIONS, AS WELL AS THE IMMEDIATE COST OF NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT CAN RAISE THE PRICE OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACES. SO IF YOU'D BE ACCEPTING, I HOPE YOU CAN STILL HEAR ME IF YOU'D BE ACCEPTING [04:40:01] OF KIND OF BALANCING OUT THE BACK HALF TO INCLUDE YOUR POINTS, BUT ALSO INCORPORATE THAT ADDED LANGUAGE ABOUT THE UPFRONT COSTS. OKAY. WOULD YOU READ YOUR LANGUAGE? WOULD YOU ORIGINALLY, WHEN YOU CAN ASK ALICE MORE SLOWLY, SO IT WOULD, HER FIRST STATEMENT WOULD STAY THE SAME IN HER EDIT. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WOULD SAY THE CITY MANAGER SHALL PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS TO AFFORDABILITY OF THESE WATER FORWARD STRATEGIES. ANY RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO AFFORDABILITY SHALL CONSIDER BOTH. I WOULD CHANGE THAT WORD, BOTH THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS OF REDUCING BILLS FOR WATER CUSTOMERS, COST ASSOCIATED WITH SECURING ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY AND THE OTHER RELEVANT CONSIDER AND OTHER RELEVANT CONSIDERATIONS, AS WELL AS THE IMMEDIATE COST OF NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT CAN RAISE THE PRICE OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACES IN THE NEAR TERM. SO IF YOU'D BE ACCEPTING OF ME ADDING, TALKING THAT LAST PART OF A SENTENCE ON, I COULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY YOU HAVE REWORDED THINGS. I'M SORRY. I STILL HAVEN'T COMPLETELY CAUGHT THE EXACT LANGUAGE. I MEAN, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE UPFRONT COSTS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO IF YOU'RE, IF THAT'S REALLY THE POINT, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE SAY JUST THAT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SECURING ADDITIONAL WATER, WATER SUPPLY, THE UPFRONT COSTS OF SUCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER RELEVANT CONSIDERATIONS. I THINK THAT CAPTURES IT. AND I WOULDN'T SWITCH TO BOTH JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO, WE HAVE MULTIPLE YEAR, BUT, UM, I YEAH, UPFRONT COSTS OF SUCH INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER RELEVANT. SO IT WOULD ADD THE WORDS AFTER WATER SUPPLY COMMA, THE UPFRONT COSTS OF SUCH INFRASTRUCTURE COMMA, AND THEN CONTINUING ON, I THINK THAT WOULD REACH WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT. RIGHT. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO INCORPORATING ACCEPTING THE TOBO AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT WITH THE CHANGE JUST STATED AIRING NON THAT AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT WITH THAT CHANGE NOW HAS BEEN APPROVED. THAT GETS US TO THE ITEMS 63 AS, UH, UH, AS AMENDED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE ITEM AFTER THIS ITEM. 12 THAT'S I PULL, YEAH, JUST REALLY QUICK. UM, PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK AT THE WATER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH REGARD TO COSTS OF BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, SIMILAR TO OUR, UM, BIG VOTE LAST NOVEMBER ON PROJECT CONNECT. YES. WHEN WE MAKE BIG CHANGES, TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGES, THERE ARE COSTS, UH, MORE IMMEDIATE. UM, AND THEN WE ALL KIND OF GLIDE ON THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS OF, OF THEM. AND THAT'S JUST PART OF, KIND OF HOW THESE, THESE PROGRAMS WORK AND THESE PROJECTS WORK. SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S CONCERN ABOUT, UM, GETTING THE WORDING, RIGHT. I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE GOT THERE. UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THERE LAST WEEK, BUT I'M GLAD WE GOT THERE, UH, TODAY AND I APPRECIATE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S CONTINUED, LONG-TERM WORK ON WATER FORWARD AND HER AWESOME STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE, UH, IN PARTICULAR AND, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO FOR THIS ITEMS. OKAY. AND MORGAN, YOU GOT THAT AMENDMENT. OKAY. I THINK IT'S PRETTY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. LET'S TAKE A VOTE. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR RECOGNIZING MY STAFF CAUSE SHANNON, HOLLY IS TREMENDOUS ON THIS ISSUE AND HAS DONE TREMENDOUS WORK OVER THE YEARS, BOTH FOR THE WATER UTILITY AS WELL AS FOR MY LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON 63 OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AS OPPOSED. I'M SHOWING THAT AS UNANIMOUS. ALL RIGHT. LAST [12. Authorize the negotiation and execution of a park operations and maintenance agreement with Pease Park Conservancy for the operation, maintenance, and programming for certain portions of the Pease District Park.] ITEM WE HAVE THIS TIME FOR REAL ITEM. NUMBER 12, ADAM, NUMBER 12, I THINK WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. TOBO ABOUT A LAYOUT. I REMEMBER TWO OF THEM. SURE. UM, YEAH, I, I HOPE THAT I CAN MAKE THE MOTION FOR THIS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT AND I KNOW THAT THE PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY HAS DONE SOME GREAT WORK AND DID IT IN PART WITH, WITH A GRANT, UM, THAT I HELPED SUPPORT IN MY INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY THROUGH A LETTER, BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS I ALWAYS HAVE. WHEN WE ENTER INTO THESE USE AGREEMENTS WITH A PRIVATE PARTNER, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY EXACTLY WHEN AND HOW MUCH OF THE PARK SPACE, UM, CAN BE, CAN BE CORDONED OFF, UM, AT VARIOUS TIMES A YEAR FOR PRIVATE, FOR PRIVATE USE. AND SO STAFF, I'VE LOOKING REALLY CAREFULLY AT THE USE AGREEMENT AND WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT SOME OF THE PARAMETERS ARE THERE. SO THE CLOSURES, UM, AS I [04:45:01] UNDERSTAND IT, AND I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THIS ON THE RECORD. GOSH, SOMEBODY HAS A VERY, VERY BRIGHT YELLOW, OH, THERE YOU ARE DIRECTOR MAKE ME LATE. IT WAS YOU TRANSFORM FROM A REALLY BRIGHT YELLOW SQUARE. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, UM, THERE IS NOT AT THIS POINT, ANY, ANY PLANNED, UM, PROGRAMMING THAT WOULD REQUIRE END USE OR MINIMALLY OPEN DESIGNATION OTHER THAN YOURS. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. ALSO THIS IS KIMBERLY MCNEALY PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AT THIS POINT. AND THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS THAT PUPPY'S PARK CONSERVANCY HAS COMMITTED TO, AS THEY ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP THEIR ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN, WHICH WOULD HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROXIMATE RECREATION DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT THEY'RE ALSO COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH REGARDS TO THAT ANNUAL PROGRAM PLAN. AND SO AS WE ARE DEVELOPING A PLAN, RIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR FIRST YEAR AND JUST LIKE YOU MAY HAVE REMEMBER WITH OUR OTHER PARTNERS, IT'S HARD TO SAY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE YEARS WHEN YOU'RE, UM, WHEN WE'RE COMING OUT OF COVID AND IT'S THE VERY FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAMMING PIECE, BUT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO, UM, TO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND IT WILL HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, THAT IS APPROVED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND YOU ARE CORRECT IN YOUR STATEMENT THAT RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY THING, AND THE ONLY THING THAT'S REALLY CONCEIVED TO HAVE SOME SUBSTANTIAL CLOSURE IS YOURS. UM, THE TRAIL WILL ALWAYS BE OPEN AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE, UM, AT LEAST SOME ACCESS TO THE PARK AT ALL TIMES, THE QUEENS PARK CONSERVANCY HAS COMMITTED TO THEM. YEAH. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I WANT TO SAY I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR AND THE MAYOR TO, TO SEE SOME OF THOSE WONDERFUL ELEMENTS AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE IN OUR CITY. SO I'M GLAD THAT IT WILL, THAT IT WILL NEVER, YOU KNOW, THAT WITHOUT WITH THE EXCEPTIONS WE TALKED ABOUT, IT WILL PRIMARILY REMAIN OPEN FOR USE. AND I UNDERSTAND THE TUTOR COLLEGE COTTAGE IS THE PRIMARY THING THAT WILL BE RENTED AS A VENUE. ONE, ONE CONCERN I HAVE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT PICNIC TABLES SUPER QUICKLY, BUT I DO. BUT ONE CONCERN I HAVE IS THAT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE HERE TALKS ABOUT IN OUR PILOT YEAR, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WILL CHANGE AFTER THE PILOT YEAR. AND THERE'S NOT A MECHANISM FOR THIS COMING BACK TO COUNCIL. AND I COULD NOT REMEMBER, AND MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR OR OTHERS CAN REMIND ME WITH REPUBLIC SQUARE PARK. WHEN WE CONVERTED TO THIS KIND OF A SHARED USE, I FELT, I THOUGHT I REMEMBERED THAT IT ACTUALLY CAME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A COUPLE CHECK-INS BEFORE IT BECAME ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED. CAN, CAN EITHER DIRECTOR MCNEELY OR COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR. REMIND ME WHAT THAT PROCESS WAS. I BELIEVE YOU, CORRECT. UH, AT A PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME THAT COUNCIL FELT COMFORTABLE WITH ALLOWING THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR TO MAKE THOSE, UM, TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, TO APPROVE THOSE PROGRAMMING PLANS, BUT YOU ARE CORRECT. IT DID COME BACK FOR A COUPLE OF CHECK-INS, UM, TO BE, UH, I THOUGHT BASED UPON THAT, THAT DECISION, UM, WITH THE REPUBLIC SQUARE THAT YOU HAD BEEN TRUSTED, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO, UM, BE ABLE TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE DECISIONS THAT WERE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COUNCIL'S PHILOSOPHY, THAT, UH, THAT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR AND THAT WITH THE ADDED, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT, UM, THAT ALLOWING THE, THE DIRECTOR TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, UH, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THOSE ANNUAL APPROVALS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE, BUT CERTAINLY WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE SOME DIRECTION. SO I, IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN THE PARKS DIRECTOR. UM, JUST BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE THOUGH TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT PREVIOUS PRACTICE, UNLESS THERE ARE STRONG CONCERNS FROM THE CONSERVANCY OR FROM MY COLLEAGUES, THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE THAT AT LEAST FOR, FOR A YEAR, FOR AT LEAST NEXT YEAR, UM, POSSIBLY ONE MORE YEAR THAT WE HAVE THAT CHECK-IN, UM, THEY USE AGREEMENT JUST TO SEE, SO THAT WE'RE REALLY VERY FAMILIAR AND APPRISED WITH HOW THAT ANNUAL PROGRAMMING MIGHT DIFFER FROM THE PILOT YEAR. IS THERE ANY CONCERN I SEE MR. RIDDLES ON, ON THE CALL AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T BRING IT UP BEFORE IT ONLY OCCURRED. I MEAN, IT WAS ONLY IN THE DETAILS THAT I REALIZED THAT WE WERE, WE WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT KIND OF A CHECK-IN I HADN'T ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD. YEAH. I CERTAINLY DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY SIGNIFICANT DEVIATION IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, UH, CERTAINLY CLOSURES AND ANYTHINGS THAT ANYTHING THAT WOULD, UH, YOU KNOW, WANT TO, OR NEED TO COME TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION. BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH, UH, COMING BACK, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST CERTAINLY THE FIRST YEAR, UM, FOR ANOTHER CHECKUP. SO WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING AS WELL? CAUSE I AGREE, WE DID THE SAME THING IN REPUBLIC SQUARE AND IT PROBABLY MAKES SENSE TO DO A GENERAL WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING OTHERWISE PUBLIC SPACES AND ALLOWING THEM TO BE CORDONED [04:50:01] OFF, WHICH MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THIS KIND OF SUPPORT FUNCTION IS A DIRECTION THIS DIRECTION SUFFICIENT, UH, AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, OR DO YOU WANT TO INCORPORATE SOMETHING? YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS WITH THE DIRECTION THAT THE PROGRAMMING, THE ANNUAL PROGRAMMING PLAN COME BACK TO US, UM, WHEN YOU'RE IN TIME FOR A CHAT, WHATEVER THE RIGHT WORDS ARE IN TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW NEXT YEAR. AND THEN I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT PICNIC TABLE. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO MAKES THE MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER AUTHOR SECONDS, THE MOTION DISCUSSION THANK YOU, COUNCIL. TOBO FOR MAKING THAT MOTION. THANK YOU, MR. RIDDLES, AND TO EVERYBODY FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. UM, MY QUESTION FOR A DIRECTOR OF EMILIA TO MAKE SURE THIS LINES UP WITH HOW I THINK REPUBLIC SQUARE WAS IS THAT THIS STILL LEAVES THE AUTHORITY WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO APPROVE THAT ANNUAL SET APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THAT ANNUAL SET OF EVENTS. AND THEN WE WOULD JUST HAVE ONE CHECK-IN WITH COUNCIL AND IF THERE WERE EVER AN ISSUE, IT COULD BE BROUGHT BACK HERE AT WHATEVER POINTS IN THE FUTURE. IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY DOING HERE? ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST CHECKING IN. OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. WE REALLY TAKE A VOTE. REMEMBER I HAD THIS THREE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT PICNIC TABLES. I APOLOGIZE. I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF DINNER BREAKS, SO DIRECTOR MCNEELY, UM, I'M STRUGGLING TO FIND IT WITHIN OUR USE AND RESERVATION AND WHATNOT, BUT IS IT, DO WE CHARGE, DO WE CHARGE FOR USE OF OUR PICNIC TABLES FOR ANY RESERVATION AT ALL OF OUR PARKS? AND IS IT ALWAYS $60? UM, WE CHARGE FOR THE USE OF PAVILIONS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE PICNIC TABLES WITHIN, UH, WITHIN A SPACE. AND THAT'S A PAVILION FEE. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK UP UNDERNEATH THE FEE SCHEDULE, UH, WHAT THAT EXACTLY COST IS. I DON'T KNOW. IT ALL FORMED. UM, I CANNOT THINK OF A SPECIFIC TICKET CABLE RENTAL IN A SPECIFIC LOCATION, BUT WITH 291 PARKS, THAT WOULD BE A DIFFICULT THING FOR US TO MANAGE. OKAY. I'LL JUST, UM, WE CAN TAKE THIS OFFLINE AND REVIEW IT. I THINK I, THAT I HAVE SEEN THE PAVILIONS AND THE SHELTER FEES. I'VE NOT SEEN ONE FOR PICNIC TABLES, UM, BUT WAS TOLD THAT EXISTS AND JUST WANTED TO WANTED YOU TO POINT ME TO WHERE IT IS, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE THIS OFFLINE. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY IN PEACE PARK THAN WE WOULD THEN WE HAVE, UM, ELSEWHERE. YEAH. OKAY. I'LL DO, I'LL DO MY RESEARCH AND THEN BE IN TOUCH WITH YOUR OFFICE. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE PEACE PARK CONSERVANCY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, I JUST SAY, UH, UM, DIRECTOR MCNEELY IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS AS COUNCIL MEMBER TOPO MENTIONED, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE OUT OF THIS PARK, UH, WITH AMENITIES WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS TOBO AND ALTAR, UH, AND THEN FOLLOWED THAT RIGHT UP WITH GOING TO SEE THE AMENITIES, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN OPENED IN THE PARK DOWNTOWN, JUST OFF AUDITORIUM SHORES, NEAR THEIR PARTY. AND THEY'RE BOTH PHENOMENAL PLACES, UM, WITH AMENITIES AND EQUIPMENT THAT MIND BLOWING FOR ME, MUCH LESS. MY, MY, MY, MY GRANDCHILDREN. SO THANK YOU. BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. I SEE THAT AS ALSO BEING UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS COLLEAGUES, THE, UM, UH, STAFF AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ARE CONTINUING TO REACH OUT ABOUT A POTENTIAL WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK ON A RPOB LOOK AT THE MESSAGE BOARD, UH, TO SEE WHERE THAT STANDS WITH THAT. IT IS A SIX 50 AND WE'VE COVERED EVERYTHING WE NEED TO. SO UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS ANYTHING WE'RE GOING TO BE ADJOURNED. AND SO WE ARE, BYE. BYE . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.