* 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] SORRY, IS THE STAFF READY [Call to Order] OR RE CAMERA'S ROLLING. WE ARE READY. OKAY, GOOD. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONVENE TODAY'S MEETING. IT IS THURSDAY, JUNE 3RD, 2021. UH, TANOE SEVEN, UM, WAS ME BEING, UH, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL IS BEING HELD, UH, VIRTUALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE, UH, EMERGENCY RULES. UM, COLLEAGUES. I WE'RE GOING TO START BY DOING THE CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS. UM, WE HAVE, UH, THREE GROUPS OF SPEAKERS TODAY. WE HAVE THE MORNING SPEAKERS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND 30. UH, WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS TO SPEAK, UH, APPROXIMATELY AT NOON, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ZONING SPEAKERS IN THE AFTERNOON. AS YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE HAVE BASED ON THE SPEAKERS THAT I HAD SIGNED UP, UH, AS OF YESTERDAY, UM, WE HAD PROBABLY ABOUT TWO AND A HALF HOURS WORTH OF SPEAKERS, UH, IN OUR DAY TODAY. UM, THAT'S A ALLOWING EACH SPEAKER TO SPEAK THREE MINUTES, UM, BASED ON THE NUMBERS, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD [Consent Agenda (Part 1 of 2) ] AND START TO COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, KELLY IS NOT, UH, IS NOT WITH US TO THAT. UH, CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS FOR JUNE 3RD, 2021 ITEM NUMBER 41. UH, THE DATA WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION ON THE 700 VOTE WAS FEBRUARY 12TH OF THE YEAR 2020, UH, AND ITEMS NUMBER 71 AND 72, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, POOLE AND KELLY HAVE BEEN ADDED AS SPONSORS ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, I'VE PULLED ITEMS 1328 AND 73. UH, AS I POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, I SUPPORT ALL THESE AND WOULD HAVE LEFT THEM ON CONSENT AND I'M GOING TO PULL THEM OFF CONSENT SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS, UH, THESE ISSUES IF SOMEONE WANTS TO, AS WELL AS THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THESE MATTERS COME BEFORE US TO, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEM, UH, WHICH WILL ENABLE US ALSO IN THAT CONTEXT CONVERSATION TO THE CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION WE HAD STARTED ON TUESDAY RELATIVE TO, UH, THE REPORTS WE WERE GETTING FROM DIANA GRAY, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, HOMELESSNESS, UH, GENERALLY FUNDING, UH, UH, ARPA-E AS WELL AS THE, UH, PROPERTY RESPONSE, UH, AND THE, UH, UH, I CAN'T MET, UH, DISCUSSION, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M PULLING THOSE ITEMS. UH, STILL WOULD ANTICIPATE THEM, UH, GOING FORWARD WITH A UNANIMOUS OR CLOSE TO ABOUT TWO OTHER ITEMS BEING PULLED. I REMEMBER 15 IS GOING TO BE PULLED OUT TO TAKE A UP TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 83 AND ITEM NUMBER 71 WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR THEY HAVE SOME LATE BACKUP IN ITEMS, FOUR FIVE, SEVEN 1421 2239, 40 47, 48, 49, 50 51 52 53 54 55 WITH SIX 57 58 59, 60 62 69, UH, 70 76 AND 83. THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 40 AND ALSO 70 AND 75. UH, AGAIN, THE PULLED ITEMS RIGHT NOW, OR 1315, 28, 71 AND 73. BEFORE WE, UH, ASKED FOR, UM, SPEAKERS, UH, THE PERK TO CALL THE SPEAKERS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SAY, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. HI. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, CLARIFY ITEMS 70 THAT, UM, ON CONSENT OR IS THAT AS A ZONING ITEM? UH, ITEM NUMBER 70 ACTUALLY IS THE ZONING ITEMS. CONSENT IS 140 AND 71 THROUGH 75. IF I SAID THAT, THAT YOU MAY HAVE, I WANTED TO CLARIFY. THANK YOU. THAT'S OF THE KITCHEN. UM, I STARTED COLLATED, UH, AN AMENDMENT THAT'S IN THE FORM OF DIRECTION FOR ITEM 14. SO, UM, WE CAN KEEP IT ON CONSENT OR WE CAN PULL IT, UM, LET'S KEEP IT ON CONSENT AND IF YOU WANT TO READ YOUR AMENDMENT. OKAY. JUST SO THAT THE PUBLIC HAS THAT. THAT'D BE GREAT. DO YOU WANT ME [00:05:01] TO READ IT NOW OR LATER? WHY DON'T YOU READ IT NOW? OKAY. SO, AND THIS HAS BEEN CIRCULATED TO EVERYONE AND SHOULD BE IN BACKUP. SO I MOVE TO AMEND ITEM 14 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DIRECTION AND APPROVING THE FYI 2021 DSD OPERATING BUDGET TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED STAFF POSITIONS BY 41, UH, FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF POSITIONS CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING AND REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL IF FEASIBLE AND NECESSARY AS PART OF BUDGET CONVERSATIONS OR NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 2ND. UH, FIRST BULLET EVALUATE THE PERMIT REVIEW TIMES IDENTIFIED PER SMART HOUSING PROJECTS AND DEVELOP A RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, WHICH WOULD APPLY A PRIORITIZE REVIEW TIMEFRAME FOR OTHER APPLICABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, SUCH AS AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED AND LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECTS. AND THEN THE SECOND BULLET IS REVIEW ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS, STAFFING INVOLVED IN SITE PLAN SUBDIVISION AND BUILDING PERMIT REVIEWS TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT STAFFING IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS TO MEET THE RECOMMENDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRIORITIZED REVIEW TIMEFRAME. THIS JUST FOLLOWS UP ON, UM, THE POINT I HAD RAISED, UM, AT TUESDAYS WORK SESSION TWO, THAT WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO EXPEDITE ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND THIS LANGUAGE WAS DEVELOPED, UM, IN CONNECTION WITH, UM, ACM GONZALEZ AND DSD STAFF. OKAY. THANKS MERRILL. I WANTED TO, UM, JUST ADD SOME REMARKS ON ITEM 12 AND THAT'S THE EXTENSION OF THE SHOP, THE BLOCK KIND OF PROGRAM. SO THIS EXTENSION OF SHOP THE BLOCK, THE PILOT PROGRAM, UM, THAT DSD, UM, HAS ALLOWED OUR SMALL, THAT DST HAS OVERSEEN HAS ALLOWED OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS OUT OF DOORS DURING THE PANDEMIC FOR SAFER SHOPPING AND DINING. THE PROGRAM HAS SERVED OUR SMALL SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS REALLY WELL FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY. AND IT LEADS TO A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE. I KNOW STAFF IS NAMING THE 1ST OF DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR AS THE END TO THE PILOT. AND I'D LIKE TO BUILD ON THE MOMENTUM OF SHOP THE BLOCK AS WE NEAR THE END, AS WE NEAR THE CLOSE OF THE PILOT TO ENSURE IT IS OF ACCESS TO EXISTING SIDEWALK, CAFE, AND STREET LICENSING PROGRAMS. AND TO THAT END, I'LL BE BRINGING AN IFC THIS SUMMER TO EXPLORE WAYS TO ACHIEVE MORE EASE AND AFFORDABILITY TO THOSE EXISTING PROGRAMS. AND LOOK FOR NEW ONES. OUR ACE STAFF AT DSD HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF RUNNING SHOT THE BLOCK, AND I THINK THEY WILL HAVE SOME INNOVATIVE IDA IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESSES. SO THESE COMMENTS ARE SOMEWHAT RELATED TO THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE ABOUT ITEM 14 AND THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASE IN PERMITTING FEES. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD EFFICIENCIES AND GREATER ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. SO, UM, JUST TO CONCLUDE, I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING A RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE SUCCESSFUL SHOP, THE BLOCK INITIATIVE AND TO OUR DISCUSSIONS AT THAT POINT. AND THAT'S ON ITEM 12. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET TO OUR KITCHEN. SORRY. UH, I THINK MY AIRPORT TEAM WAS, HAD HER HAND RAISED FIRST AND I'LL GO AFTER HER. HMM. MAYBE PRETEND LIKE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. AND THANK YOU, CHAIR, A CHAIR I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 40. UM, UH, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, IS ISN'T ENABLED TO JOIN US TODAY AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ENOUGH CONVERSATION THAT I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON IT. AND SO I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO BE ABLE TO PICK IT UP LATER. DO YOU WANT TO JUST POST, KEEP IT ON CONSENT WITH A POSTPONEMENT IF EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? IF NOT, WHAT I COULD DO IS OKAY, LOOK, I SEE NODDING HEADS. YES. I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO DO THAT. OKAY. SO 40 WE'LL STAY ON THE AGENDA AND WE'LL JUST POSTPONE IT INDEFINITELY. UH, JUST RESET IT WHEN, WHEN, AND IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO SO. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I HAVE RECEIVED SOME EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN ABOUT THE LEVEL OF, I HATE TO SAY CONTENTION, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, IN FACT, ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS SAID, I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR A BLACK WOMAN TO BRING FORWARD AN EQUITY ITEM AND HAVE IT BE SO CONTENTIOUS IN WHICH CASE I'D LIKE VERY MUCH FOR OUR, OUR CONSTITUENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT TRANSIT, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE COMPLICATED CONVERSATIONS, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, IT'S SO DIRECTLY TIED TO WHAT WE DO WITH HOUSING IT'S COMPLEX, IT'S COMPLICATED. AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISH HERE ARE SO MULTI-TIERED THAT WE REALLY DO HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT. AND [00:10:01] I DON'T FEEL OFFENDED. I FEEL LIKE MY COLLEAGUES AND I ARE AND ENGAGING IN A PROCESS THAT'S IMPORTANT AND THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD. SO WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT WHEN WE BRING IT BACK, BUT NOBODY SHOULD BE CONCERNED THAT I'M BEING SORT OF, UM, TREATED UNFAIRLY BECAUSE THAT IS NOT THE CASE. I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE MY COLLEAGUES AND I ARE ENGAGED IN A PROCESS. THAT'S GOING TO BE, IT WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT. AND SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT WE'RE JUST BEING THOUGHTFUL. THANK YOU. SOUNDS GOOD. THE BEST EYES CAN TELL ON A LOT OF THESE ISSUES, WE'RE IN VIOLENT AGREEMENT. UM, COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN. UM, YES. AND, AND I AGREE WITH, UH, THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND JUST WANTED TO ADD, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT THIS IS NOT, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH REGARD TO PUTTING, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS RIGHT. AND THE DETAILS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT THEY HAVE TO DO WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE USING, UH, UH, TODD TOOL IN THE RIGHT WAY. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE CONVERSATIONS, APPRECIATE THE POSTPONING, THIS AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. SO ALL OUR COLLEAGUES CAN BE HERE, UM, AND, UM, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. GREAT. SO 40 WE'LL STAY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, WITH, UH, WITH IT BEING POSTPONED TODAY. UH, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE, UH, ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE SPEAKERS AND CLERK, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THAT? AND, UH, WE'RE ALLOTTING THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER TODAY. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS CARLOS LEON. SO I, CARLOS LEON FIRST AND FOREMOST, GOOD AUDIO. I SAW THE HOLES FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AGAINST ITEM 40. THE CITY MANAGERS SHOULD NOT WORK WITH CAT METRO ON A TRANSIT ORIENTED STUDY BECAUSE CRIMINAL CAP METRO IS NOT COMPLYING WITH GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 36, THOUGH. IT HAS THE FORCE AND EFFECT OF LAW UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOUR 18.012. THE ORDER SAYS NO GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OR OFFICIAL MAY REQUIRE ANY PERSON TO WEAR A FACE COVERING OR TO MANDATE THAT ANOTHER PERSON WEAR A FACE COVERING AND THAT IT SHALL SUPERSEDE ANY FACE COVERING REQUIREMENT IMPOSED BY ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OR OFFICIAL YET CAT METRO'S COVID 19 WEBSITE SAYS PASSENGERS ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR FACE MASKS UNTIL SEPTEMBER THEREFORE CAP METRO BUS DRIVERS, SUPERVISORS, AND SECURITY OFFICERS ARE ILLEGALLY REFUSING ME SERVICE BECAUSE I LAWFULLY EXERCISE MY LEGAL RIGHT TO BOARD AND RIDE WITHOUT A MASK TO NOT COMPLY. CAT METRO CLAIMS IT'S PRIVATE FEDERAL, AND FOLLOWING THE LATEST CDC ORDER. HOWEVER, PER TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE FOUR OR FIVE, 1.001 AND 0.052 CAT. METRO IS A METROPOLITAN RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY, A GOVERNMENTAL UNIT WHO STATUS AND AUTHORITY ARE DERIVED FROM THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION OR TEXAS LAWS, PERFORMING PUBLIC FUNCTIONS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES OF PUBLIC NECESSITY, WHOSE OPERATIONS ARE NOT PROPRIETARY. SO CAT METRO GETS FEDERAL MONEY. NEARLY 80% OF ITS INCOME IS FROM TEXAS SALES TAX. AND THE FTA SAYS MASS POLICIES ARE LOCAL DECISIONS RECOGNIZING TEXAS SOVEREIGNTY OVER TEXAS INTRASTATE TRAVEL, THE CDC ORDER REQUIREMENT FOR PERSONS TO WEAR MASKS WHILE ON CONVEYANCES TRANSPORTATION HUBS APPLIES ONLY TO TRAVELERS ENTERING THE U S OR TRAVELERS GOING FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER, NOT TO CAP METRO TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS WITHIN TEXAS THOUGH. INTRASTATE TRAVEL IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT LUTZ V CITY OF YORK. SO YOUR MASK RULES ARE NOW RECOMMENDATIONS. CAP METROS ARE STILL REQUIREMENTS. THEREFORE PER MY LETTERS TO GOVERNOR ABBOTT DOCUMENTING ALL THIS IN FRONT OF YOU NOW REJECT ITEM 40, USE CITY CODE 13 DASH TWO DASH 12 TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO IMMEDIATELY CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION INTO CAP METRO OPERATIONS, TO DETERMINE WHETHER ITS GROUND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES IS COMPLYING WITH APPLICABLE STATE LAW IN JESUS NAME. I PRAY. AMEN. THANK YOU, LORD. GOD BLESS TEXAS. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CONSTITUTIONAL LAWN TRUTH AND ABOVE ALL COMA CMPD GOD'S WORD, GOD BLESS PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO TRULY WON THE ELECTION IN 2020 OUT. BEFORE WE GO AHEAD, BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE RECOGNIZE THE NEXT SPEAKER TWO, KEEPING MATTERS, UH, THAT I DIDN'T GET EARLIER. AND I APOLOGIZE. ITEM NUMBER 29, I THINK IS BEING WITHDRAWN BY STAFF. UH, IS THAT, [00:15:01] IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. AND WE'LL CONFIRM THAT MAYOR. OKAY. UM, GET BACK TO US IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE. UH, I THINK MY OFFICE WAS CALLED, I REMEMBER 29 IS WITHDRAWN AND LET'S WE BEFORE THE KID'S INFO WE HEAR OTHERWISE. AND THEN A MAYOR PRO TEM. I THINK I MISUNDERSTOOD. YOU WANTED TO POSTPONE THAT ITEM TILL NEXT WEEK, RATHER THAN INDEFINITELY. UH, OKAY. SO, UM, UH, WITHOUT, UH, OBJECTION, ITEM NUMBER 40 WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. SO BE IT, UH, CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONTINUE TO CALL THE SPEAKERS? SURE. NEXT SPEAKER IS MONICA WAS MINE. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES. GO AHEAD. GOOD NICK. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. I'M MONICA GUZMAN POLICY DIRECTOR FOR GABA THEY'LL AUSTIN VAMOS AUSTIN SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 23 AND BRIEFLY ABOUT ITEM 40, UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT IS BEING POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK. UH, I'LL SAY BRIEFLY, ALL THINGS, PROJECT CONNECT ARE MOVING RAPIDLY WHILE MA MANY RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED ARE STILL IN RECOVERY MODE. ADDRESSING THE IMPACT FROM WINTER STORM. LAURIE, THANK YOU TO MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER, MADISON AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY FOR REQUESTING POSTPONEMENTS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, KITCHEN AND POOL FOR SUPPORTING AND FOR COUNCIL AS A WHOLE IS REALIZING THIS IS A LONG-TERM IMPACT AND NEEDS APPROPRIATE TIME TO DISCUSS, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND PROCESS IN THE MOST EQUITABLE MANNER POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, EUGENE. LATCH THEM. GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. HI, THIS IS JEAN LATSHAW. I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM 49. UM, I AM THE APPLICANT FOR THE RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION RELATED TO INNER PORT APARTMENTS IN DISTRICT TWO. THAT IS A ZONING CASE, AND WE'LL BE CALLING ZONING CASES AT TWO O'CLOCK AND SPEAKERS FOR ZONING CASES. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK WITH THE CLERK. SO I'M, I'M SORRY, SIR, BUT IT'S NOT A ZONING CASE. UM, IT IS A REQUEST FOR A RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION RELATED TO THE ELIGIBILITY FOR A HOUSING TAX CREDIT APPLICATION. THE SITE ITSELF IS ALREADY DONE. OH, I SEE. I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ONE OF THE 4% TAX CREDIT ITEMS IN FRONT OF US MAYOR. WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT ITEM YESTERDAY. PUBLIC HEARING, WE DO HAVE THAT AS A PUBLIC HEARING, 40 MINUTES IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE SPEAKER TO BE SPEAKING. NOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY CASE I SPOKE, BUT THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PAUL ROBBINS COUNSEL. I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST AND CONSUMER ADVOCATE. I'VE WORKED ON ENERGY ISSUES SINCE 1977. I URGE YOU TO POSTPONE ITEM 55, WHICH IS A CHANGE IN THE PART OF THE BUILDING CODE THAT DETAILS THE SHUMI THAT DEALS WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY. I GIVE YOU TWO REASONS. THE FIRST IS THAT AUSTIN ENERGY LARGELY BYPASS THE CITY COMMISSIONS. YOU HAVE TASKED TO REVIEW THIS. THE ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION WAS NOT ALLOWED OFFICIAL INPUT. THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION WAS ALLOWED ONLY MINIMAL INPUT. UH, IT WAS SO MINIMAL MINIMAL. IN FACT, THAT TWO MEMBERS OF THE RMC WOULD NOT SUPPORT THE NEW CODE BECAUSE THEY LACKED CONFIDENCE IN THE PROCESS. SINCE A MAJORITY OF COMMISSION APPOINTEES DID NOT ENDORSE THIS ITEM, 55 COMES TO YOU WITHOUT A COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION. THE ISSUE OF BYPASSING COMMISSIONS, UH, WAS ALSO APPARENT LAST SPRING, WHEN AUSTIN'S GREEN BUILDING PROGRAM STANDARDS WERE REVISED. I TRIED VERY HARD TO GET THE STANDARDS CHANGED, TO PREVENT TOXIC BUILDING MATERIALS IN RATED BUILDINGS. I TRIED TO BRING THIS BEFORE THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION, BUT THE COMMISSION WAS NOT ALLOWED INPUT AUSTIN ENERGY PROMISED TO TAKE THEIR INPUT AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING, BUT THIS NEVER OCCURRED. SO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE BUILDING CODE APPEARS TO BE PART OF THAT BROADER PATTERN. THE HIGH REGARD THE UTILITY [00:20:01] HAS FOR CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARDS IS ON FULL DISPLAY HERE. A SECOND REASON TO POSTPONE THE NEW CODE IS THAT UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES IT WILL ACTUALLY CAUSE MORE ENERGY USE, NOT LESS. THE NEW CODE FAILS TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS WASTEFUL AND EXPENSIVE RESISTANCE WATER HEATING. THIS CAN DOUBLE THE COST OF PROVIDING THIS SERVICE AND IT IS MORE LIKELY TO BE INSTALLED IN APARTMENTS WHOSE RESIDENCE GENERALLY HAVE HALF THE INCOME OF HOMEOWNERS IN EVERY ENERGY CODE SINCE 1984, THERE'S BEEN LANGUAGE THAT TO ONE DEGREE OR ANOTHER DIRECTLY DISCOURAGE RESISTANCE, WATER HEATING, BUT NEW CODE HAS WITH ONE EXCEPTION FAILED IN THIS PURPOSE, LEADING A LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RATE PAYERS VULNERABLE. MR. ROBBINS, WE CANNOT HEAR YOU. DID YOU ACCIDENTALLY MUTE MAYOR? WE'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH HIM. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH RAYBURN. SARAH RAYBURN, PLEASE. UNMUTE TJ DODD, PLEASE UNMUTE. OKAY. PAUL KUDURO. OKAY. MAYOR, GIVE US A MINUTE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SPEAKERS ARE UNABLE TO HEAR ME ONE SECOND. OKAY. MAYOR. WE'RE TRYING TO THINK OF THIS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE DISCUSSION. UM, I WILL LET YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE GET THIS FIGURED OUT, MAYOR, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR STAFF THAT MAYBE I COULD ASK WHILE WE'RE WAITING. GO AHEAD AND, AND MANAGER, I THINK THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO GET TO IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE CONVERSATION WITH, UH, WITH DIANA, UH, THE SMARTER, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF POOLED ITEMS. UH, SO IF YOU COULD BE READY FOR HER TO COME OVER, I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA GET TO HER. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT KATHY INTENDS INTENTS ASK, BUT IF NOT, THAT'S, UH, THESE ARE ON, UH, CONSENT ITEMS THAT ARE ON CONSENT THAT I WAS REALIZING AFTER WE TALKED ABOUT IT. I HAD QUESTIONS ON [00:25:01] THE FIRST ONE IS A QUESTION ON THE WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM ITEM NUMBER TWO. SO MY OFFICE HAS HAD VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THE YEARS ABOUT THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM IS COORDINATING WITH THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM. AND I KNOW AT, AT AT LEAST TWO TIMES IN MY TIMES ON COUNCIL, WE'VE ACTUALLY DRAFTED AN IFC TO MANDATE THAT THOSE PROGRAMS COORDINATE AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, INCLUDING THE STAFF'S PREFERENCE, UH, BACKED OFF THOSE IFCS. SO I'D LIKE TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS HAPPENING. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOMEBODY ON STAFF WHO COULD SPEAK TO THAT. UM, BUT WE HAVE FOR THE MOMENT HELD OFF IN, IN BEING DIRECTIVE AND, AND MANDATING THAT THE PROGRAMS REALLY COORDINATE BECAUSE WE WERE, WE'VE BEEN TOLD AND ASSURED THAT THEY ARE, THAT THEY ARE REALLY COORDINATING WELL THESE DAYS. SO IF SOMEBODY FROM HOUSING OR SOMEBODY FROM AES WEATHERIZATION COULD GO, JUST, UM, PROVIDE US WITH A COUPLE OF MINUTES, UH, FEEDBACK ON THAT POINT. THAT'D BE GREAT. AND THEN I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR DSD. UM, IF WE, IF WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE TIME HERE, IF NOT, I CAN ASK IT LATER. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WILL GET STAFF FROM, UH, HOUSING, A E N DSD PULLED OVER. UM, BUT I THINK TO YOUR EARLIER POINT, THERE IS GOOD COORDINATION HAPPENING, BUT I THINK IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM STAFF DIRECTLY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS. REALLY NOT ALLOWED WE CAN DO UNTIL WE HEAR FROM PUBLIC, REALLY CAN'T CALL UP ITEMS, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE LIKE, UH, SO LET'S TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK HERE AND COME BACK AND SEE IF STAFF'S BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS CAROLINE REYNOLDS. I LIVE IN ALLENDALE AND I'M REALLY WONDERING WHY ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD SUPPORT OR EVEN WHAT A STUDY, THE REZONING OF JUST SWATHS OF THE AUSTIN PROPERTY, ALONG BUS LINES. THIS IS APPEARANCE SIMPLE TRANSFER OF WEALTH FROM THE AUSTIN RESIDENTS WHO WORK TO PAY TAXES THAT SUPPORT THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE GOVERNMENT. AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THAT TO INVESTORS FROM OUT OF TOWN, MAYBE EVEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY FROM CHINA, TAIWAN, PLENTY OF PEOPLE WANTING TO LAUNDER MONEY IN THE UNITED STATES THESE DAYS, WHO KNOWS. AND THEN THESE DEVELOPERS DON'T LIVE HERE AND PAY TAXES HERE. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO PAY A LITTLE OR NOTHING AT ALL. EXCEPT A FEW AGENTS WHO ARE GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE HALLS AND ASK FOR EVEN MORE CONCESSIONS. AND ALL OF THIS IS TO SUPPORT A SCHEME TO JUST DESTROY THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF BOSTON. THE WHOLE PURPOSE. THIS IS DESTROY THE AUSTIN MIDDLE-CLASS AND TEAR THE HEART AND SOUL OUT OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY IN, IN MEMPHIS, MORE THAN 50% OF THE LAND IS NOW OWNED BY PEOPLE. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW SHADOWING CONSORTIA OF COMPANIES. THIS IS A SURE WAY TO KILL THE MIDDLE CLASS ABILITY TO SAFE, TO BUY A MORTGAGE AND TO SAVE MONEY INTO THEIR HOME, TO HAVE AN ABILITY TO SEND KIDS TO COLLEGE AND TO, AND TO RETIRE. AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EQUITY. THE PEOPLE THERE AT BURNETT ROAD IN GREENLAWN, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING MCMANSIONS IN THE SKY. THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT BUILDING AFFORDABLE, MAYBE 30 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, BUT THE REST OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE HUGE. THIS IS, THIS IS NOT FOR PEOPLE WHO RIDE THE BUS. THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TESLAS. THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO DRIVE MERCEDES BENZ, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THERE. THE INFINITY AND SUBARU DEALER ARE RIGHT THERE. HONDA'S RIGHT THERE, THERE, THIS IS, THIS IS A SURE WAY TO TAKE THE, THE WEALTH OF BOSTON AND HAND IT OVER TO FOREIGNERS AND THEIR FINANCIAL INTERESTS. AND IT'S BEEN DOCUMENTED THAT AS AUSTIN GROWS TOWARD A POPULATION OF 1 MILLION RESIDENTS, THE BUS RIDERSHIP HAS DROPPED 20%. OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, IT'S GONE FROM 40,000 RIDERS TO ONLY 30,000. IT'S THE LOWEST TOTAL RIDERSHIP AND THE GREATEST DROP IN RIDERS IN ALL OF THE MAJOR CITIES IN TEXAS. THIS IS WORSE THAN SAN ANTONIO, DALLAS, HOUSTON. WHY ARE WE GIVING SPECIAL ZONING TO DEVELOPERS ALONG BUS ROUTES? CAP. METRO IS RIDING IS RUNNING THE BUS TO NOWHERE. WE KEEP ASKING [00:30:01] THEM TO TAKE THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED THE HEB TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICES, AND THEY WANT TO RUN THE BUSES TO THE SOCCER GAMES AND TO BED BATH AND BEYOND FOR YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. TJ DIED. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD. HI, UH, TJ DOTTA. I AM THE LABOR MANAGER FOR THE PLUMBING AND PIPING DIVISION OF THE PORTER COMPANY HERE IN AUSTIN. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO ME. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT AGENDA 57 AND 58, THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE UNIFORM, A CANCEL CODE. IT IS THE CODE THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE IN AUSTIN SINCE THE SEVENTIES. IT IS THE CODE THAT, THAT ALL OF THE LOCAL WORKFORCE HAS BEEN TRAINED TO. IT IS A CODE THAT IS VERY PRESCRIPTIVE. UH, THE CODE BOOK IS EASIER TO READ AND TO INTERPRET, AND IT IS IT'S, IT'S A BETTER CODE IN OUR OPINION, AS A CONTRACTOR THAT GROWS OUR WORKFORCE FROM, FROM 60 TO 150, UH, LOCAL WORKERS AT ANY GIVEN TIME, UH, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE HAVE A CODE IN AUSTIN THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN INTERPRET AND UNDERSTAND THAT ALLOWS US TO GIVE A PRODUCT TO THE CONSUMERS THAT IS, UH, WORTH WHAT THEY'RE PAYING. AND I JUST, UH, WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO TAKE THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION, THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION AND ADOPT THESE TWO CODES. THANK YOU, PAUL PAUL, GO AHEAD. HELLO? YES, GO AHEAD PLEASE. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS CHARLENE HARRIS AND, UH, I AM, UH, OCCURS BECAUSE THEY'RE A CITIZEN HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND I'M CALLING XANOBIA WHO INFORMS KZ. THE MEETING UPDATES IS GOING ON WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT AND KEEPING THE BLACK COMMUNITY WHAT'S GOING ON IN FORMED AND, UH, TO, UH, ADMITTED LEADS. LET US BE AWARE. THIS IS WHERE I'M CALLING IN THE VOICE OF MY CONCERN FOR THE HOMELESS AND FOR THE CAPITAL METRO, THE PROJECT CONNECT. SO I BELIEVE I SENT A TEXT OUT TO ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I WILL READ THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND. AND, UH, IT'S SAYING THE RESIDUAL, THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY FOR BLACKS AND HISPANICS HAVE DWELLED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE GENTRIFICATION INVADED THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE COST OF LIVING IS EXTREMELY BEHIND ON, ON AFFORDABLE. THE CITY OF AUSTIN, HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONSTRUCT NEW HOMES AND APARTMENTS TO MEET THE GROWING DEMANDS OF THE HOMELESS, THE POOR, THE LOW INCOME, THE MIDDLE-CLASS ALL AROUND THE AUSTIN AREAS, WHICH SHOULD INCLUDE CENTRAL SOUTH EAST, NOT, NOT WEST AND THE HILLS EVENLY DISPERSED, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT COVID-19 IS STEADY IN CAPITAL. METRO BUS ROUTE SHOULD BE QUICK AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL. AUSTINITES JUST NOT CONVENIENT FOR METRO RAIL CUSTOMERS WHERE METRO WELL CUSTOMER, MAJORITY OF THEM ARE WHITE. THE WAITING TIME IS USUALLY SIX TO SEVEN MINUTES WHERE BLACK AND HISPANIC COMMUNITIES DO REGULAR BUS ROUTES. WAITING TIME CAN BE SOMEWHERE WITHIN AN HOUR, MAKING IT HARDER FOR BLACKS AND HISPANIC AND ALL CUSTOMERS TO GET TO THE DESTINATION ON TIME. SOMEWHERE ELSE HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. THIS IS WRONG BY CLOSING SOME BUS ROUTES HERE IN AUSTIN SEEMS TO BE A DELIBERATE STRATEGY TO PUSH BACK MINORITIES OUT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN. AS A FORM OF DISCRIMINATORY, A CAPITAL METRO IS DEVIN UP ON THE CHILD, SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AND COULD BE IN JEOPARDY OF RECEIVING FEDERAL, UH, FEDERAL FUNDS. SOME BUS DROP OFF ROUTES REQUIRE CUSTOMERS TO WALK IN THEIR DESTINY TO ROCK POINTS, WHICH IS WRONG. I ASKED THE CITY OF AUSTIN, COUNSELED ME ON MR. TAKING CONSIDERATION TO PLACE THE HOMELESS, THE POOR AND THE LOW INCOME MIDDLE-CLASS WITH A CONVENIENT BUS, ROUTE ACCESSIBILITY, EATERIES, ESTABLISHMENT BUSINESSES, AND THAT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND HELPED ME BECAUSE THESE CITIZENS ARE THE WOVEN PIECE OF FABRIC OF THE HISTORY WITHIN THE CITY OF OFFICER. [00:35:01] AND I HAVE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOW ME TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. AND, UH, I'LL HOPE YOU TAKE IT IN CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THERE. WE'VE GOT PAUL ROBBINS BACK ON THE LINE. AND SO HE WAS CUT OFF, UM, WITH ONE MINUTE REMAINING PAUL ROBBINS. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT UP ALSO, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHEN I WAS CUT OFF SHOWING ON A START ON MY SECOND POINT. THE SECOND REASON TO POSTPONE THE NEW CODE IS THAT UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES IT WILL CAUSE MORE ENERGY USE, NOT LESS. THE NEW CODE FAILS TO DIRECTLY ADDRESS WASTEFUL AND EXPENSIVE RESISTANCE, WATER HEATING. THIS CAN DOUBLE THE COST OF PROVIDING THIS SERVICE AND IT IS MORE LIKELY TO BE INSTALLED IN APARTMENTS WHOSE RESIDENTS GENERALLY HAVE HALF THE INCOME OF HOMEOWNERS IN EVERY CODE SINCE 1984, THERE HAS BEEN LANGUAGE THAT TO ONE DEGREE OR ANOTHER DIRECTLY DISCOURAGED RESISTANCE, WATER HEATING, BUT THE NEW CODE HAS WITH ONE EXCEPTION FAILED IN THIS PURPOSE, LEADING LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RATE PAYERS VULNERABLE. IT DOES NOT DO UPPER INCOME CUSTOMERS MUCH GOOD EITHER. AND RESISTANCE WATER HEATING WILL INCREASE SUMMER PEAK LOAD FOR AUSTIN ENERGY BY ABOUT FIVE MEGAWATTS A YEAR RAISING COSTS FOR ALL RIGHT. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY MAJOR DISRUPTIONS TO THE CITY. IF THIS CODE RECEIVES COMMISSION REVIEW PRIOR TO ITS PASSAGE. AGAIN, I URGE YOU TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, DEBBIE MANER. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES. GO AHEAD. HELLO? OKAY. GREAT. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DEBBIE MAINER. I LIVE AT ONE ZERO FIVE TWO ONE CHANNEL ISLAND DRIVE, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF PARKSIDE IT'S WATER CREEK AND THE CURRENT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT I'M HERE TODAY. SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM NUMBER 48 IS ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN MOVING TOWARD DEVELOPMENT AT TWO ONE, ONE SEVEN BRANT DRIVE, THE PARKSIDE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND HOMEOWNERS ARE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING UNIT IN THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION. I'VE COVERED JUST A FEW OF OUR CONCERNS, EXCUSE ME. AND WE DID HAVE OTHERS HERE TO SPEAK, TO SHARE ADDITIONAL CONCERNS, THE PROPOSED PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT, BUT SO MANY HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PER THE SITE DRAWINGS THAT WE RECEIVED. THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN SHOWS THAT IN SOME AREAS, THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE ONLY 300 FEET FROM RESIDENT HOMES. WHILE THIS PROXIMITY WITH THIS PROXIMITY, THAT WILL BE BUILDINGS THAT ARE THREE TO FOUR STORIES HIGH, BUT WE'RE 60 FEET IN HEIGHT. WE'RE APARTMENT RESIDENTS WILL HAVE EASILY BE ABLE TO HAVE SIGHT LINES INTO PARKSIDE, HOMEOWNERS, RESIDENTIAL HOMES, AND YARDS. THEY'RE MOVING ALL SENSE OF PRIVACY AND SECURITY FOR HOMEOWNERS. WHILE THE DEVELOPER HAS ASSURED US THAT HE WILL LEAVE SOME TREES BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES. THE REZONING THAT WILL BE REQUESTED IS FOR THE ENTIRE PRODUCT LAND, NOT JUST THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, WHERE THE INITIAL UNITS WILL BE BUILT. SO LONGTERM, THERE'S JUST A POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF UNITS, CLOSER TO THE HOMES AND THE PARKSIDE DEVELOPMENT. THIS AREA WHERE THE DEVELOPER PROPOSING TO BUILD MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING IS IN A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD. PLAIN. THE AREAS CLOSEST TO OUR DEVELOPMENT HAS FLOODED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, SEVERAL TIMES AND RESULTED IN THE AREA BEING REEVALUATED AS A FLOOD PLAIN, THE ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES PROPOSED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ADVERSELY IMPACT DRAINAGE AND FLOODING POURING CONCRETE FOR BUILDING FOUNDATIONS ASPHALT FOR PARKING LOT LESSONS, THE ABILITY OF THE LAND ABSORB RAINFALL, THUS CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FLOODING IN OUR DEVELOPMENT. ADDITIONALLY, BRENT WROTE ITSELF AS A CONCERN. BRENT IS A TWO LANE ROAD WITHOUT SIDEWALKS, WITHOUT MEDIUMS, WITHOUT SHOULDERS. THIS NARROW TWO LANE, THAT ROAD IS NOT BUILT TO HANDLE ANY ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC. THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THAT BE GENERATED BY A HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HAVE AS MANY AS 400 ADDITIONAL VEHICLES ON THIS ROADWAY ON A REGULAR BASIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE WITH THE CURRENT ROAD. THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT THINKS THAT THIS WILL HAVE LESS IMPACT BECAUSE THEY'VE ONLY ALLOCATED 1.5 PARKING SPACES PER UNIT. THIS IS ANOTHER ISSUE IN ITSELF. JUST BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE PARKING FOR THESE, UH, MULTI-FAMILY UNITS. OUR HOMEOWNERS WOULD LIKE YOU TO RECONSIDER SUPPORTING ACTIONS THAT CREATE A PATH FOR THIS PROPERTY. AT TWO, ONE, ONE SEVEN BRANCH, TO BE DEVELOPED AS MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. I'M EVEN MORE DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS PLAN IS TO PLACE LOW INCOME HOUSING IN THE AREA THAT HAS FLOODING ISSUES. [00:40:01] THERE'S A LACK OF SAFE ROADS, ACCESS TO PROPERTY. THERE ARE CURRENT CHALLENGES WITH HOMELESS LIVING ON THE PROPERTY, WHO THE DEVELOPER HAS NO REAL PLAN FOR A MEETING WITH THEM. THERE IS NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE IN THIS AREA, WHICH IS NOT NEW FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE OUT HERE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT BEEN POSTED BAKER. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. YEAH, I JUST, I JUST, ONE LAST THING WE'RE REQUESTING THAT YOU NOT APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 48 AND THAT YOU NOT PROVIDE THE RESOLUTION OF NO OBJECTION TO THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. BEN HARRIS, BEN HARRIS, PLEASE UNMUTE CYRUS REED. GOOD MORNING. COUNCIL, MAYOR AND MEMBERS. THIS IS CYRUS REED WITH THE LONE CHAPTER OF THE SIERRA CLUB. UH, I'M HERE ALSO TO SPEAK ON ITEM 55, WHICH IS THE ADOPTION OF THE 2021 ICC INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. I'M GOING TO TAKE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT POSITION THAN THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER AND URGE YOU TO ADOPT THIS, UH, BUT ALSO TO SEND SOME ISSUES BACK TO THE EUC AND RMC FOR CONSIDERATE CONSIDERATION. UM, AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE UC, BUT I'M NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE UC. UM, FIRST OF ALL, ADOPTING THE LATEST CODE MAKES SENSE. AUSTIN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER ON ENERGY CODES FOR NEW BUILDINGS. UM, I BELIEVE WE WOULD BE THE FIRST CITY IN TEXAS TO ADOPT THE 21 CODES WITH, WITH THIS ACTION, UM, ANALYSIS, BOTH BY THE CITY AND THE DOE SHOW THAT OVERALL THIS SHOULD LEAD TO BETWEEN THREE AND 10% MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS, BUT THE NUMBERS I'VE SEEN SAY LESS THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE LOWER UTILITY BILLS, UM, TO CONSUMERS, UM, IT'S, IT'S A BENEFIT TO, TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSUMERS. UM, THERE ARE A FEW ISSUES THAT WEREN'T THE SAME ISSUE. WE WILL CALL HIM BACK. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. WE'RE HAVING SOME CONNECTION ISSUES. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THE WEATHER, WE WILL TRY HIM BACK. NEXT SPEAKER IS JEFFREY JEFFREY. PLEASE UNMUTE ME. IT LOOKS LIKE WE NEED ANOTHER MINUTE. SORRY, MAYOR, WHILE WE'RE WAITING. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER. OH, THANKS. I WANTED TO ASK MR. REED, CYRUS REED. HE JUST MADE SOME COMMENTS ON ITEM 55. I WANTED TO SEE IF HE MIGHT SEND HIS REMARKS WITH HIS RECOMMENDATION FOR ADDITIONAL STUDY TO ALL OF US. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, OFFER SOME DIRECTION TO STAFF, UH, IN ORDER AFTER RE AFTER REVIEWING HIS COMMENTS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, UH, LIKELY OFFER SOME DIRECTION TO STAFF TO FOLLOW ALONG, UH, HIS THOUGHT, HIS THOUGHT PROCESS ON THE ADDITIONAL STUDY, WE WOULD APPROVE THE ITEM, PROCEED WITH APPROVING THE ITEM ON CONSENT, THE WAY IT IS LAID OUT WITH THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION TO STAFF, TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER IN SOME OF THE AREAS THAT HE HAS DEFINED. SOUNDS GOOD. WHY DON'T YOU READY THAT, SO THAT WE DO THAT AS PART OF THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE WILL ALSO BRING IN THE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS AMENDMENT. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 14, [00:45:02] UH, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR STAFF TO TRY AND FIGURE THIS OUT, UH, RODNEY MAYOR, WILL YOU HAVE STAFF FROM DSD ON THE LINE? I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO HAD A QUESTION OF DSD. I DO, AND I HAVE, UM, SOME BRIEF DIRECTION TO READ IN FOR 14 AS WELL, BUT, UM, THANK YOU, RODNEY. I WAS, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE QUESTION AND ANSWER. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR FOR SUBMITTING SOME REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS, UM, FOR THIS ITEM YESTERDAY. AND I, I GUESS I'M STILL TRYING TO JUST NAIL DOWN THE, THE ANSWER TO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT'S IN HERE, WHICH IS WHY THIS IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE THE BUDGET CYCLE, WHERE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION ON TUESDAY. AND I SEE IT IN HERE, BUT I'M JUST REALLY TRYING TO GET A VERY CLEAR ANSWER ON WHY, WHY WE'RE DOING THIS NOW AND NOT WAITING A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER AND D DSD DIRECTOR, DENISE LUCAS IS ON THE LINE AND CAN HELP WITH THEIR TRUCKS AS WELL. PRIMARILY, IT'S A MATTER OF TIMING BY THE TIME OF COURSE, IF WE CAN SECURE COUNCIL APPROVAL THAT ALLOWS US TO INITIATE THE HIRING. AND THEN OF COURSE, THAT'S A SHORT PROCESS WHEN VISITING ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO THREE MONTHS, BUT THEN IT'S SAME TIME. ONCE WE HIRED THE STAFF, WE HAVE TO DO THE APPROPRIATE ONBOARDING AND TRAINING, WHICH COULD TAKE AN ADDITIONAL THREE MONTHS. AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERYONE HIRED, UM, ONBOARD AND TRAINED BY THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO MEET THE DEMANDS THAT WE CURRENTLY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S A SUFFICIENT ANSWER FOR NOW. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION, AND LOOKING AT THE, UM, SPECIFIC AREAS, UM, I WANT TO ONE READ IN SOME DIRECTION RELATED TO THE TREE REVIEW STAFF, UM, BECAUSE TREE STAFF ARE PART OF WHO IS, UM, PROPOSED TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN THESE 41. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD EMBED THE FOLLOWING DIRECTION TO CONSIDER AND TO REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL BY AS PART OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS, IF IT'S FEASIBLE BY THEN, UM, TO REPORT TO THE REVIEW AND REPORT BACK TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND TO THE FULL COUNCIL THAT THIS ADDITIONAL STAFFING IS REALLY IS RESULTING IN MAINTAINING OUR TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCES AND RE REDUCING PERMIT VIOLATIONS. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE CONTEXT FOR THIS IS THAT WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PERMIT VIOLATIONS IN SEVERAL COUNCIL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING MINE. AND, UH, I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION HAS BEEN REALLY FOLLOWING THESE ADDITIONAL STAFF, UM, SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP BRING THAT DOWN. PROBABLY SEPTEMBER 2ND WOULD BE TOO SOON, BUT AT, AT THE, AT, UH, AT THE MOST FEASIBLE NEXT ALTERNATIVE, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE ARE, HOW THESE NEW POSITIONS ARE HELPING TO MEET, TO MEET THAT GROWING NEED. UM, I KNOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION IS HAVING THIS INCREASE. IT'S HAVING A DISCUSSION AROUND THIS INCREASE IN VIOLATIONS IN JUNE. SO THAT'S MY DIRECTION. IF NO ONE HAS AN OBJECTION TO IT, I'LL MAKE THAT PART OF THE MOTION. AND THEN COULD YOU PROVIDE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM MANAGER WILL BE DOING? I SEE THE DESCRIPTION TO DEVELOP AND COORDINATE STRATEGY AND POLICY AND SUPPORT OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, IS THAT AMONG THE STAFF, IS THAT ENTIRELY, IS THAT INTENDED TO PRODUCE MORE EQUITY IN TERMS OF PERMIT REVIEW? WHAT, WHAT IS THE, UM, WHAT IS THE HOPE HERE AND, AND WHY IS THIS WORK HAPPENING? UM, OUTSIDE OF THE EQUITY DEPARTMENT? I THINK OUR EQUITY DEPARTMENT IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY. I THINK THERE'S SOME REAL ADVANTAGE OF HAVING OF HAVING, UM, THOSE STAFFS WORK DIRECTLY WITH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS RATHER THAN TRYING TO REPLICATE, UM, THOSE, THAT LEVEL OF EXPERTISE IN INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS. SO WHAT, WHAT IS INTENDED HERE? AND CAN YOU ADDRESS, UM, WHY AN INDIVIDUAL STAFF ARE CITED WITHIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RATHER THAN WITHIN THE EQUITY DEPARTMENT AND, UM, YOUR PREVIOUS DIRECTION IS ACCEPTED. AND FOR YOUR QUESTION ON THE EQUITY POSITION, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DSD DIRECTOR, DENISE LUCAS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL COUNCIL, WHEN WE'RE TOBA, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE, UM, AS A DEPARTMENT, WE WENT THROUGH THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT. AND PART OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET BACK IS THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE AN EQUITABLE EXPERIENCE, WHEN THEY ENGAGE WITH US, WE NEED TO ENLIST THE PURSE, UM, A POSITION THAT'S AN EQUITY EXPERT TO HELP US LOOK AT OUR PROCESSES, TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS, UH, HAVE AN EQUAL OUTCOME AND NOT JUST THOSE THAT ARE MORE FLUENT AND THAT HAVE ACCESS TO MORE RESOURCES TO HELP THEM HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE. THIS POSITION WILL BE DONE AT MINE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF AN EQUITY OFFICER. WHO'S PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING [00:50:01] AS WELL AS HELPING TO DEVELOP THE STRATEGIES THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED NOT ONLY AT DSD, BUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE, THE CITY THAT HAVE ALSO GONE THROUGH THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT AND RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF OUR SERVICE DUTY. SO THE EQUITY OFFICER THAT THIS PROGRAM MANAGER WILL REPORT TO EXISTS WITHIN THE EQUITY OFFICE. NO, IT EXISTS WITHIN DSD BECAUSE DSD WILL ACTUALLY FUND THE POSITION THAT WE'LL HAVE DOTTED LINE REPORTING RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE EQUITY OFFICE. SO THE EQUITY OFFICE WILL SET POLICY AND THEN OUR POSITION WILL MODIFY OUR PROCESSES BASED ON THE POLICY DIRECTION AND ACTUALLY ROLL THAT TRAINING OUT TO OUR STAFF. OKAY. I THINK THAT, I THINK WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING. UM, YOU HAD DESCRIBED THAT THIS, THAT THIS OFFICER WOULD WORK WITH W THAT THIS MANAGER WOULD WORK WITH, UM, POLICY DIRECTION COMING FROM ELSEWHERE AND THAT ELSEWHERE IS THE EQUITY OFFICE. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. AND SO WHAT, UM, WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS PERSON GOING TO BE DOING? IS THIS PERSON GOING TO BE LIKE, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME SENSE OF, IS THERE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT THIS POSITION IS BEING MODELED AFTER IN A CITY? AND CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME SENSE OF WHAT SORT OF THE DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES ARE OF THAT PROGRAM MANAGER? ARE THEY INTERVIEWING CUSTOMERS? ARE THEY SURVEYING CUSTOMERS? WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT IS GOING TO BE THERE? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO CONDUCT THEIR WORK TO DETERMINE WHETHER YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE HAVING EQUITABLE OUTCOMES? SO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH, UM, THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT IS WE REACHED OUT TO OVER 4,000 OF OUR CUSTOMERS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH DSD, WITH RESPECT, TO HAVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION, BEING ABLE TO GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO GET THEIR PERMITS ISSUED IN A TIMELY MANNER, ENSURE THAT THEY HAD THE RIGHT INFORMATION SO THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL THE FIRST TIME. AND NOW THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THAT FEEDBACK BACK, WE'VE SUBMITTED IT TO THE EQUITY OFFICE. WHO'S NOW RUNNING IT THROUGH THE EQUITY TOOL. AND IF THE OUTCOME FROM THAT WILL BE A CYST, A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DSD IS TO PURSUE AND ALSO IMPLEMENT AS PART OF US IMPROVING THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. SO WE'RE EARLY IN THAT PROCESS AND WE WANT TO HAVE THIS PERSON ON BOARD SO THAT WHEN WE GET THAT FEEDBACK, WE ARE READY TO EXECUTE IN A TIMELY MANNER. AGAIN, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT, UH, OVERSIGHT OF OUR EQUITY OFFICER, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE PURSUING THE SAME APPROACH BASED ON WHAT THEY GOT BACK IN THEIR EQUITY ASSESSMENT. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, DID THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT THAT DSD DID REVEAL INEQUITABLE OUTCOMES AND, AND CAN YOU SORT OF FORWARD THAT INFORMATION TO US SO THAT WE CAN BE AWARE OF IT? I CAN CERTAINLY FORWARD IT TO YOU, UM, IN A SEPARATE COMMUNICATION, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR LARGE, MORE EXPERIENCED CONSTRUCTION STAKEHOLDERS, AND THEN OUR SMALL INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE AS SOPHISTICATED, OR HAVE NOT HAD AS MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. AND SO THIS WILL HELP US DEVELOP THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE SAME OUTCOMES AS THE MORE EXPERIENCED CUSTOMERS HAVE. THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT, THAT SEEMS LIKE AN OBSERVATION THAT I'VE HEARD LOTS AND LOTS OF TIMES THROUGH THE YEARS. SO I'M GLAD THAT, UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'VE BEEN DIFFERENT. I KNOW THAT THERE'VE BEEN DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT. CONTINUING TO, CONTINUING TO LOOK AT NEW STRATEGIES SEEMS TO MAKE GOOD SENSE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFO. YOU'RE WELCOME. OUR SPEAKERS ARE NOW IN QUEUE AND READY TO SPEAK. SO LET'S GO BACK AND FINISH THAT PROCESS. JEFFREY JEFFREY. YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, GREAT. UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS JEFFREY AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF AUSTIN. AND WE'RE SPEAKING, UH, AGAINST ITEM 57 AND 58. UH, HOWEVER SHOULD COUNSEL CHOOSE TO VOTE TODAY? UH, WE WOULD URGE YOU TO DIRECT STAFF TO BRING BACK THE INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL CODES WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION IN 2022. AUSTIN IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY MAJOR CITY IN TEXAS THAT STILL USES THE UNIFORM PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL CODES. THE NEXT LARGEST CITY IS PASADENA, TEXAS WITH A POPULATION OF 150,000 LARGE CITIES COMPARABLE TO US THAT HAVE LONG BEEN USING THEIR NATIONAL PLUMBING CODE AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF TECH, MAJORITY OF THE MAJORITY OF THE MAJORITY OF THE NATIONAL CODES FOR ALL DISCIPLINES. WE ONLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE COMPLEXITY THAT THE UPC CAUSES TO SEE HOW THE IPC COULD IMPROVE THE SITUATION FOR AUSTIN PLUMBERS, HOMEOWNERS, BUILDERS, UH, PLUMBERS, NATIONWIDE, NEARLY ALL TECHS MEMBERS ARE TRAINED ON THE ICC. SO IT'S UNCLEAR WHY WE EXIST AS THEY CONTINUE TO HORSE PLUMBERS [00:55:01] AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO OPERATE UNDER AN INEFFICIENT AND COMPLICATED CODE BECAUSE THE IPC IS STANDARDS BASED. NO PLUMBER IN AUSTIN WOULD BE REQUIRED TO LEARN A NEW CODE RATHER WE'D WOULD TO, FOR MORE OPTIONS FOR PLUMBERS TO BE TRAINED AND FOR PLUMBERS TO MORE EASILY WORK THROUGHOUT OUR REGION. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN THE GOVERNOR AUTHORIZED LICENSED PLUMBERS FROM OUT OF STATE TO COME AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AFTER THE WINTER STORM, THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNIFORM CODE AND UNNECESSARY CONFUSION AND COMPLEXITY FOR THOSE COMING TO OUR SITE TO START RESIDENTS, THE UNIFORM CODE ALSO DIRECTLY CAN FIX WITH AUSTIN'S CURRENT PROPOSED PROPOSED POLICIES, SUCH AS ONSITE WATER REUSE IN THE WATERFALL OR PLAN AND SOLAR READY ZONES. FINALLY, THE AFFORDABILITY ASPECT OF THE IPC IS CRUCIAL, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING AUSTIN'S CURRENT HOUSING MARKET. THE UNIFORM CODE REQUIRES EXPENSIVE. REDUNDANCIES THAT DO NOT TAKE IN CONSIDERATION WAS THE MOST EFFICIENT PATH TO THE STRUCTURE. RATHER REQUIRES ADDITIONAL TYPE OF MATERIALS, WHICH ADDS TO THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION. THE RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CO-COUNSEL THAT SHOWED THEM MOVING FROM THE UPC TO THE IPC COULD SAVE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME BUILDER, $3,000 IN MATERIALS, PROXIMATELY VERSUS IT WOULD SAVE AN APARTMENT BUILDER OVER $285,000. THE CITY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP ITS RESIDENTS SAFE AND ENSURE THAT CONSTRUCTION IS SAFE AND AFFORDABLE. WE WOULD URGE YOU TO CONSIDER GIVING STAFF DIRECTION TO SWITCH THE INTERNATIONAL CODES FOR PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SARAH RAYBURN. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PLUMBING HEATING COOLING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS, 57 AND 58 ON BEHALF OF OUR ORGANIZATION, WHICH REPRESENTS MORE THAN 200 PLUMBING CONTRACTOR COMPANIES WITHIN TEXAS AND HAS AN ACTIVE LOCAL AUSTIN CHAPTER. WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE AND THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE IS RECOMMENDED BY THE AUSTIN MECHANICAL AND PLUMBING BOARD. OUR ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE LOCAL DECISIONS CONCERNING CODE MECHANICAL AND PLUMBING BOARD HAS SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME CONSIDERING LOCAL PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT CODE WORKS IN OUR CITY. AND WHAT DOES NOT. THE PROCESS INCLUDES MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND FRUSTRATIONS. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PROCESS CREATES A MORE EFFICIENT CODE AND FOR THOSE REASONS WE SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE AND THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE. THANK YOU, JOHN SHEPHERD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY I'D LIKE TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT ITEMS 71. MY NAME IS JOHN SHEPHERD, MY WIFE, DEBRA AND I WERE BOTH REAL ESTATE BROKERS. WE WORK WITH BOTH BUYERS AND SELLERS, RENTERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF ACROSS THE SPECTRUM. UM, AUSTIN'S OUR HOME. WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. AND WE WANT SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR THE LONGTERM. UM, WE'RE HOMEOWNERS IN DISTRICT TWO IN A HOME THAT WE BOUGHT OVER 20 YEARS AGO. AND IN THAT TIME WE'VE SEEN THE TAXES MORE THAN TRIPLE, UM, TO THE POINT WHERE NOW THE MONTHLY ESCROW FOR THE TAXES IS MORE THAN THE ACTUAL MORTGAGE PAYMENT. AND WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THAT SITUATION. AND ESPECIALLY FOR, FOR AUSTINITES AND FOR OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE RETIRED OR ON A FIXED INCOME LISTS, THE SITUATION HAS JUST BECOME UNTENABLE. AND THERE'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE PEOPLE ARE FACED WITH THE OPTION OF, UH, OF NO OPTION OF YOU'RE SELLING AND MOVING AND SELLING LIKELY TO SOMEONE GO RENT IT AND MAKE AUSTIN MORE ON AFFORDABLE. UM, SO JUST ANY HELP IN THIS REGARD IS WELL RECEIVED. UM, WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT ITEM 71 AND 72 AND HELP THOSE HOMEOWNERS IN AUSTIN THAT WANT TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES. THANK YOU, JOHN. IKIN HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME COUNSEL? GO AHEAD. UM, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST IT FOR MY TIME BEGINS. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH KATIE AND JEANETTE. GOOD. ALL FOR MY PRESENTATION MATERIAL TO BE PULLED UP ON SCREEN FOR COUNCIL. THERE ARE 12 IMAGES REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 48, AND COUNCIL SHOULD ALSO HAVE THOSE AS HARD COPY OR DIGITAL. AND LET ME KNOW WHEN THAT'S DONE AND I CAN START MY TIME, PLEASE GO AHEAD. HELLO. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE PARKSIDE AT SLAUGHTER CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SHARES A DIRECT PROPERTY LINE WITH TWO ONE ONE SEVEN BRANCH ROAD ON WHICH THE DEVELOPER LDG IS APPLYING FOR HOUSING TAX CREDITS. I PROVIDED COUNSEL WITH 12 IMAGES. THIS IS AN EIGHT ACRE HOUSING PROJECT OF IDENTITY SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS. [01:00:01] LG FILED TO REZONE THIS ENTIRE DENTAL BOARD AT 26 ACRES FROM RURAL RESIDENTIAL. SO MULTIFAMILY HIGH DENSITY HOUSING COUNCIL, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE REFER TO YOUR IMAGES, YOU'LL SEE VARIOUS TRANSIENT CAMPS THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT ON THAT LAND. NO GAS CANS, PROPANE TANK, TRASH ROTTING, FOOD AND CHEMICALS WITH THESE DENSE FOLIAGE, BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT FIRE HAZARD RISK. THE LDG SURVEYORS THEMSELVES STATED THAT THEY EXPERIENCED THREATENING ENCOUNTERS FROM THESE CAMPS. HOW WILL THEY KEEP THE PROPERTY CLEAN UP TRANSIENT AMPS IMAGE 11 TO TAKE THE SITE PLAN. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAD A MEETING WITH THE LDG DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR AND HIS, UH, UH, RESPONSE, UH, UH, WE PLAN TO HAVE THEM REGULARLY CLEARED. ONCE CONSTRUCTION STARTS DOES LDG PLAN TO HAVE SECURITY WALK THROUGH THE 18 ACRES, NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE PROPOSED EIGHT ACRE DEVELOPMENT DAILY AND FOREVER. THEY HAVE NO PLAN LTG WAS UNCONVINCING AND APATHETIC ABOUT THEIR NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ENTIRE 26 ACRES, NOT JUST THE EIGHT ACRE DEVELOPMENT SITE. AS FOR INCREASED TRAFFIC, SEE IMAGES ONE THROUGH FIVE DRIVING NORTH ON THE FEEDER JUST SOUTH OF SLAUGHTER LANE IS THE MAIN ENTRY POINT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE THEATER IS A TWO LANE ROAD AND MERGING INTO ONE LANE ROAD JUST BEFORE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN WE SLOWED DOWN, I'M TURNING INTO THE ENTRY CARS ILLEGALLY SWERVE INTO THE NON LANE, NEAR THE ENTERING THE FIVE EXIT RAMP IN ORDER TO GO AROUND YOUR CAR. LAST YEAR, THAT TRUCK WAS CALCULATED JUST DURING THE DAY AND DROVE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MONUMENT, DESTROYING IMAGE FOUR. I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD INCREASE TRAFFIC GOING PAST THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO GET TO GRANT ROAD MAIN ROAD LEADING TO THEIR SITE IN WHICH FIVE AND 12 BRENT ROAD IS TWO LANES, NO DIVIDER, NO SIDEWALK WITH HILLS AND CURVES AND A DETERIORATING ROADWAY. THIS IS UNDENIABLY LUDICROUS FOR SECTION DEVELOPMENT. FINALLY, LG IS SIMPLY NOT TRUSTWORTHY NOR REPUTABLE. THEY HAVE DEFAULTED ON LOANS OF 17 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS THAT STATE HOUSING AGENCY DEMANDED THAT LTGB PAY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN SECTION EIGHT, HOUSING DINA'S DUE TO VIOLATIONS. THAT INCLUDES SUBSTANDARD HOUSING CONDITIONS. LDG ATTEMPTED TO SEE WHAT CITY, THE COUNCIL THAT REFUSED TO APPROVE THE REZONING REQUESTS WITH LGS AND THE COURT TOOK AWAY THE DECISION OR DID THEM TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AND AWARD DAMAGES. MY FINAL CLOSING POINT IT'S TO SHARE HOW LGG FAIRS LOCALLY. THEY HAVE A DEVELOPMENT CALLED THE HARRISBURG SENIOR APARTMENTS HERE IN AUSTIN. HERE'S WHAT THEIR TENANTS ARE SAYING. AND I QUOTE THE SNOW STORM JUST PROVIDED THAT THERE'S NO STORM JUST PROVES HOW BAD THE MANAGEMENT IS, BUT NO WATER DISTRIBUTION TO THE RESIDENCE. THE ONLY WATER BROUGHT IN WAS FROM RESIDENTS THAT ARRANGED TO HAVE WATER BROUGHT IN FOR EVERYONE. NO CHECKING ON THE ELDERLY TO SEE IF THEY HAD FOOD. AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT GETTING THE SNOW IN ICELAND DOORWAYS, IT WASN'T FORMED BY THE MANAGER THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR JOB. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO RENT. ALSO, THE RENT IS GOING UP 10% AGAIN THIS YEAR FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW COUNCIL AND MAYOR IS LDG A DEVELOPER. WE SHOULD REZONE LAND FOR METAL AND GET TAX CREDITS TO KNOW NOW THAT HE HAS NOT MET PEOPLE REALLY IN ANY CAPACITY. NEXT SPEAKER IS ROLLING, ARE SLOW MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT 57 AND 58. UH, THE UMC, WHICH I AM FOR, UH, SUPPORTING THE UMC OR THE UPC JUST QUICKLY. WHAT I WANT TO BRING TO MIND TO EVERYBODY IS, AND YOU CONSTRUCTION. WE ARE FOLLOWING THE IECC ON NEW HOMES, EVEN IN AUSTIN, WHEN IT COMES TO RETROFIT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A HOME THAT ALREADY HAS SHEET ROCK HAS BEEN LIVED IN AND FOR US TO, AS A AC CONTRACTOR, WHICH I AM TO COME IN AND REPLACE THE DUCTING TO GET DOWN TO 4%, THE COST PAYBACK FOR THAT CONSUMER TO RIP OUT ALL THAT SHEET ROCK AND GET IT DOWN TO 4% DIRECTLY, CAUSE IS NOT A VALUE. THEY WILL NOT RECRUIT THAT MONEY BACK. THE ICC DOES STATE 4% DUCT LEAKAGE, WHICH I CAN TOTALLY GET AND NEW CONSTRUCTION, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO RETROFIT, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S DOABLE. AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT I AM ON THE UMC SUPPORT AND NOT THE ICC. SO IF YOU PLEASE WOULD CONSIDER THAT, UM, I AM, YOU KNOW, UH, ALSO A CONTRACTOR HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS WITH, UH, HVHC AND I ALSO AM ON THE GAC CA UH, UH, THE GREATER OFTEN LOCAL BOARD, AS WELL AS THE STATE BOARD MEMBER. SO, UM, THAT WAS MY, UH, OPINION AND WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE 758. THANK YOU, JOHN MOTO. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR ADLER COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME HERE, TIME HERE TO SPEAK TODAY. WE'RE, UH, UH, ITEMS IT'S 58. I AM JOHN FORMER CONTINUOUS COMPLIANCE INSPECTOR BASED IN HOCKLEY. AND I'M HERE TESTIFYING TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING AND MECHANICAL OFFICIALS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO, AS ON THAT NOTE, I FULLY SUPPORT CITY OF BOSTON'S CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION OF THE 2021 UNIFORM. FOR ME CODE THE UPC AND THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE, THE UNC [01:05:01] CODES ARE PUBLISHED. I HAVE KNOWN DEVELOP THAT BY AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS THAT FOLLOWS THE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS TO THE UPC IS THE CODE FOUNDATION PLUMBING. IT HAS BEEN THE THIRD PLUMBING CODE THROUGHOUT MANY AREAS THAT AFFECTED FOR DECADES. I HAVE LOOKED AT DISTRICTS WITH THE 2021 EPC AND UNC CONTAIN BETTER EFFICIENCY, PROVISION, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, AND UP-TO-DATE MESSAGE THAT SUPERVISED, WHEREAS IT BENEFITS FOR ALL. AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT VENDOR FOR THE EPC 2021 UPC ATTENDED AND PRESENTS THE WATER DEMAND STAFF TASK ORDER, WHICH IS THE NEW TOOL THAT UPDATES THE PIPING SYSTEM, OUR SIZE OF THE BUILDINGS AND REDUCES PIPE SIZES FOR THE FIRST TIME, 90 YEARS, WATER DEMAND CALCULATOR NOT ONLY REDUCE MATERIAL COSTS BY 10%, BUT ALSO INCREASED SUSTAINABILITY AND PROOF WATER SAFETY UPC, AND YOU DIDN'T SEE ARM TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATE SEAMLESSLY WITH ALL MODEL BUILDING CODES THAT IS EASIER TO ENFORCE BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER AREAS OF FIELD INTERPRETATION. THIS IN TURN HELPS ELIMINATE CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE CONTRACTORS AND INSPECTORS THAT CAN LEAD TO CONSTRUCTION DELAYS AND COST OVERRUNS, DEFINITELY MANY EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSTITUTIONS IN TEXAS TEACH ONLY THE UPC AS THE FOUNDATION FOR THEIR PLUMBING CODE CURRICULUM FOR APPRENTICES, AS STATED EARLIER, REBAR CPC IS THE PLUMBING PILLAR FOR ABOUT PLUMBERS IN THE INDUSTRY DUE TO HIS COMPETENCE AT CONTENT AND DIRECTION OF CLARITY, PRICE PROVISIONS. THERE'S NO INTERPRETATION, WHICH IS WHAT PLUMBERS EXPECT. THEY ALSO PREFER THE USER FRIENDLY TURNKEY APPROACH, WHICH APPLIES ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR INSTALLATIONS OF ONE SUB BOOK, AS OPPOSED TO OTHER MODEL CODES, MULTIPLE CODE BOOKS CAN COST HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS MORE. I HOPE DETECTIVE DURING THE PLUMBING LICENSE AND HAD BEEN IN INDUSTRY FOR 32 YEARS, I'LL SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE AS A PLUMBER. I'LL CLOSE BY SAYING THAT CERTAIN CITIZENS AND INDUSTRY HAVE OFFICES SET SINCE THE SEVENTIES, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DELIVER THE HIGHEST QUALITY PROVISION AND STANDARDS THAT HELP PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF EACH AUSTINITES ONE CORRECTION I'D LIKE TO, UH, SAY, UH, THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, UH, THAT BROUGHT UP THE CITY OF AUSTIN BEING THE ONLY CITY IN TEXAS, DR. CODE UPC. HENCE THE, THAT IS, UH, THAT'S AN INCORRECT STATEMENT. THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WHICH IS THE LARGEST CITY AND THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY ALSO ADOPT UPC AND UMC. SO GIVEN HARRIS COUNTY, TRAVIS COUNTY, THAT'S ROUGHLY A THIRD OF THE POPULATION, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF FOLKS GROSSED UNDER THE UMC. ALSO, UH, THE OUT OF STATE PLUMBERS HAD CAME TO WORK, UH, DURING THE WINTER STREAM CAME FROM STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I'M SORRY. CYRUS REED. HEY, GOOD MORNING. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M SORRY. THIS HAS BEEN A CONFUSING MORNING WITH THE PROBLEMS WITH THE CONCEPTS. I THINK I STARTED MY TESTIMONY AND I THINK YOU BASICALLY GOT THE POINT THAT WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF ITEM 55, WHICH IS OF THE LATEST ENERGY CODES. UM, THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT LIMITED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND IN PART, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF COVID AND EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING. UM, BUT WE DID GET BRIEFINGS AT THE ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION AND AT THE RMC. AND THERE WERE THREE ISSUES THAT I THINK DESERVE, UH, FOR THEIR STUDY. UM, ONE IS THE ISSUE THAT, UH, PAUL ROBINS MENTIONED, WATER RESISTANCE HEATING. I THINK IN MY, IN MY WRITTEN TESTIMONY, I SAID, STRIP HEATING. I MEANT WATER RESISTANCE HEATING. I JUST CALL IT STRIP HITTING BECAUSE I'M NOT AS SMART AS HE IS. UM, UH, AND I DO THINK IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT THAT, UH, AGAIN, PARTICULARLY FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING TO SEE IF WE CAN EITHER MITIGATE OR ELIMINATE, UH, WATER RESISTANCE HEATING. UM, AND THEN THE OTHER TWO ISSUES THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN DISCUSSED AS PART OF THE ENERGY CODES ARE ELECTRIC READY AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE READY PROVISIONS. NOW THOSE PROVISIONS WERE REMOVED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, UM, AT ICC, UH, DURING, UM, DEBATE ON THOSE ISSUES THAT THEY WERE REMOVED FROM THE CODE. UM, AND, AND IT'S LEGITIMATE THAT AUSTIN ENERGY SAYS THEY'RE NO LONGER PART OF THE CODE, BUT I DO THINK WHETHER IT'S IN THE ENERGY CODE OR ELSEWHERE, WE SHOULD, AS A CITY BE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE MAKE NEW BUILDINGS READY FOR ELECTRIC APPLIANCES AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN A WAY THAT'S COST-EFFECTIVE. AND YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T DOESN'T CAUSE COSTS TO GO UP. AND SO I WOULD ASK CITY COUNCIL TO SEND THOSE THREE ISSUES, WATER RESISTANCE, HEATING, UM, ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ELECTRIC READY BUILDINGS, UH, BACK [01:10:01] TO THE RMC AND THE AUC FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION DELIBERATION WITH AUSTIN ENERGY, DSD AND STAKEHOLDERS. AND THEN HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE COULD COME UP WITH EITHER, YOU KNOW, EITHER AMENDMENTS TO CODES OR PROGRAMS OR OTHER WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE. AND, UM, WE DO KNOW THAT THE LEGISLATURE PASSED A BILL HB 17, UH, SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, WHICH PUTS SOME LIMITATIONS ON CITY, WHAT CITY GOVERNMENT CAN DO IN TERMS OF, UM, ELECTRIFICATION OF BUILDINGS. MY READING OF THAT BILL AND A DISCUSSION THAT WAS HELD ON THE HOUSE FLOOR DOES NOT PREVENT CITIES FROM MOVING FORWARD WITH ENERGY CODES OR ENERGY EFFICIENT CODES, OR EVEN ELECTRIC READY, OR EVIE READY, UH, COMPONENTS. IT SIMPLY SAYS YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY BAN A CERTAIN ENERGY SOURCES. SO I THINK WE'RE WELL WITHIN OUR RIGHTS TO LOOK AT THESE ISSUES. UH, AND WITH THAT, UM, I CLOSE AND, UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO MAKE, UH, AUSTIN AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY LEADER, UM, IN TERMS OF CITIES THROUGHOUT THE U S THANKS. NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID WINKLER. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DAVID WINKLER. I'M A RESIDENT OF PARKSIDE AT SLOTTED CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I'M WANTING TO DISCUSS, UH, OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSAL TO, TO GRANT LOW INCOME TAX BREAKS, TO PROPOSE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2117 BRANT ROAD. UH, PUT SIMPLY THIS PROPERTY IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, UH, FROM A LOCAL OR AREA PERSPECTIVE. THE, THE PROPERTY ITSELF HAS EXISTING WETLANDS AND, UH, EXTREME TREE COVER, INCLUDING SOME, SOME VERY NICE HERITAGE TREES. AND, UM, WE HAVEN'T REALLY RECEIVED MUCH BY WAY OF WHAT, UH, THE DEVELOPER INTENDS TO DO TO PROTECT THAT. I MEAN, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, HE SAID, OH, WE'RE GOING TO WORK AROUND THIS. WE'RE GOING TO WORK AROUND THAT. BUT THE ANSWER IS AS TO, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A PERMANENT RESTRICTION ON DISTURBING THESE HABITATS? UH, WE CAN NEVER GET ANY KIND OF A FORMAL ANSWER ON THAT. AND SO, UH, BEFORE SUCH CREDITS WERE GRANTED, I SHOULD THINK THAT THE CITY WOULD, WOULD WANT A STRONGER ANSWER ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS WELL. AND, UM, AND TO, TO ECHO SOME SENTIMENTS RAISED BY OTHER SPEAKERS, BRENT ROAD IS, IS COMPLETELY INCONSISTENT WITH, WITH CURRENT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. UH, AND THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS AT ALL. THERE'S NO LIGHTING, IT'S A VERY UNSAFE ROAD. UM, MY, I HAVE RELATIVES THAT CHOOSE NOT TO DRIVE ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY, THEY FIND IT UNSAFE. AND I THINK, UM, BUILDING AN APARTMENT COMPLEX BACK THERE IN AN AREA, UM, A PART OF TOWN THAT'S QUITE FRANKLY, SATURATED WITH PUB APARTMENT COMPLEXES HERE ALONG THE FEEDER ROAD. IT'S JUST ONE AFTER ANOTHER. AND, UM, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SUCH AND SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY WITH SO MUCH WILDLIFE AND SO MUCH POTENTIAL FOR NATURAL ENJOYMENT, I JUST CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE INAPPROPRIATE, UH, THAN PUTTING UP ANOTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX THERE. SO I JUST FELT IT NECESSARY TO CALL HIM THIS MORNING AND REGISTER MY, MY PERSONAL DISAPPROVAL WITH THAT PLAN BOTH AS A LOCAL CITIZEN AND AN URBAN PLANNING PROFESSIONAL. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY, IF, IF WE'RE CONSIDERING PARTICULARLY GRANTING A NUMBER OF, UH, A LARGE TAX CREDITS FOR, FOR DEVELOPMENT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT'S GOOD DEVELOPMENT, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR, OUR BEST INVESTMENT, UH, FROM, FROM THIS DEVELOPER. I MEAN, THEY NEED TO IMPROVE BRANDT ROAD. THEY NEED TO IMPROVE THE HOMELESS SITUATION. YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO OFFER UP SOME TYPE OF SITUATION THAT ACTUALLY IMPROVES THE CITY RATHER THAN JUST, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS PROPERTY CHECKED ALL THE BOXES FOR US. IT'S RIGHT BY SOUTH PARK, MEADOWS 35. AND, UH, AND WHILE THERE'S NOTHING THERE, SO IT WAS A GREAT PLACE TO BUILD AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. THAT'S GOOD FOR THEM. IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR THEIR BOTTOM LINE. IS IT REALLY GOOD FOR AUSTIN? AND BEFORE WE GIVE ANYBODY ANY KIND OF A TAX CREDIT FOR LOW INCOME, REALLY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND Y'ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. DAVID KING, DAVID KING. YES, THIS IS DAVID KING AND I'M CALLING IN TO SPEAK ON ITEM 40, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO [01:15:01] SPEAK TODAY SINCE IT'S BEEN POSTPONED, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE POSTPONEMENT TO ALLOW MORE TIME TO MAKE THE RESOLUTION BETTER INTO ADDRESS CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THE AFFECTED COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR LISTENING TO MY COMMENTS, RON LORD. HEY, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RON LORD. I'M A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLUMBING, ENGINEERS, AND ASC INTERNATIONAL. UH, HAVE ABOUT 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH PLUMBING CODES AND THEY HAVE WORKED, UH, WITH JURISDICTIONS, UH, TO, UH, UTILIZE CODES. AND, UH, I'M IN STRONG SUPPORT OF ADOPTION OF ITEM 57 AND 58. UH, THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE, UH, CONTAINS SOME OF THE MOST CUTTING EDGE, UH, TECHNICAL ASPECTS, UH, AVAILABLE. UM, I ATMO, UH, HAS WORKED WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND, UH, INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO, UM, RESEARCH THE HUNTER'S CURVE, WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR ALL PIPE SIZING AND PLUMBING CODES. AND NOW HAS MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION IN NO OTHER CODE HAS THAT. AND, UM, ALSO THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE AND MECHANICAL CODE ARE BOTH DESIGNATED, UH, AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS AND NO OTHER CODE, UM, UH, NO OTHER PLUMBING OR MECHANICAL CODE HAS THAT DESIGNATION. UM, THE, THE, UM, THE COMMENT ABOUT, UH, TRAINING, UH, WOULDN'T BE NECESSARY IF THE CITY SWITCHED IS COMPLETELY DISINGENUOUS. UM, UH, PLUMBING CODE IS A VERY TECHNICAL DOCUMENT AND SWITCHING TO ANOTHER CODE WOULD, WOULD, UH, REQUIRE, UH, UH, SOME TRAINING FOR ALL. UM, AND SO THAT WOULD BE AN UNFUNDED MANDATE AND PUSH DOWN ON FOLKS THAT REALLY DON'T NEED, UH, THAT KIND OF A COST NOW BASED ON, UM, THE SLOWING OF CONSTRUCTION DURING COVID AND, UH, UH, IN THE FREEZE OVER, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, REQUIRING, YOU KNOW, THAT THE CALL FOR MORE PLUMBERS. UM, AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S A SHORTAGE AND WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN. UH, AND, UM, UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE AND MECHANICAL CODE IS ADOPTED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND, AND, AND, AND HAS WORKED IN AUSTIN SINCE THE SEVENTIES. SO, UH, UH, WHY CHANGE WHEN YOU HAVE, UH, UH, TECHNICALLY SOLID CODE AND YOU'VE HAD A WORKING, UH, UH, HISTORY OF WORKING WITH THE OTHER CODES, A LONGSTANDING HISTORY, UH, THERE'S REALLY NO REASON TO CHANGE ONE OF THE COMMENTS ALSO ABOUT, UH, COSTS THERE, THERE WAS A REPORT BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, UH, AND THE COST, IF YOU LOOKED AT IT, THE VAST MAJORITY WAS IN A ONE AND TWO FAMILY HOMES, AND, UH, THESE CODE, THE PLUMBING CODE, UH, THAT DOESN'T COVER THAT, UH, THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE COVERS THAT. AND SO, UH, UM, BRINGING UP THOSE COSTS SAVINGS AGAIN IS A RATHER DISINGENUOUS ARGUMENT, UH, AGAIN, UH, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ADOPTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF ITEM 57 AND 58. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CYNTHIA VASQUEZ. HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME IN THE BACK? YES. GO AHEAD. HELLO. ALL RIGHT. HEY, THIS IS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ. I'M A REP IN GABA TODAY. GO OFF TO VAMOS AUSTIN. UM, UH, FIRST I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR POSTPONING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE MULTILAYERS IN ITEM NUMBER 40, AND REALLY PUBLICLY VOCALIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS LAND DEVELOPMENT. UM, I FIND THAT WORKING IN MY COMMUNITY, THOSE DOTS ARE NOT OFTEN CONNECTED IN PUBLIC. SO THANK YOU. UM, I'D LIKE TO BRING TO LIGHT ALSO JUST CRUDE DOWN WILLIAM CANNON, FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL WHO NEED BETTER UNDERSTANDING OR STRENGTHEN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW LAND DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY IMPACTING, LIKE EVEN IMPERVIOUS COVER. IT WAS A HECK OF A TIME NAVIGATING A WILLING SHANNON RIGHT NOW. UM, [01:20:01] ALSO I SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 23, OF COURSE, UM, THE AGREEMENT AND EXECUTION OF YOUR CONTRACTS WILL GO OUT TO VAMOS AUSTIN. I HEED MY TIME. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OUR LAST SPEAKER AND IT'S ZENOBIA JOSEPH. UM, SHE'S ALSO REGISTERED TO SPEAK, UM, UNDER THE HFC AGENDA. SO IF YOU JUST LET US KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO PROCEED, HOW YOU HAVE IN THE PAST, SPEAK THREE MINUTES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THEN, UM, WE'LL DO IT EXACTLY THAT WAY. FIRST, THE THREE MINUTES, THEN WE'LL RECESS THIS, DO HSC DO THAT COLLEAGUES. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME LEFT BEFORE NOON, ONLY 30 MINUTES, RATHER THAN JUST STARTING AND, UH, DIANA, UH, RAY STAFF, MAYBE WE'LL TRY AND TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE, UH, ITEMS LEFT MORE STAFF MEMBERS GO THE EMINENT DOMAIN, THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, UH, IF WE, IF WE CAN, UH, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD TO, UH, JOSEPH AND WE'LL RECOGNIZE YOUR TWICE FIRST IN THIS MEETING FOR THREE MINUTES AND ACTUALLY MAYOR I MISSPOKE. SHE IS ONLY REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON HFC. OKAY. AND LET'S GO AHEAD [Austin Housing Finance Corporation] AND RECESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING RIGHT NOW ON, UH, JUNE 3RD, 2021. THE TIME IS 1130 AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 3RD, 2021. WE HAVE A FORUM OF THE DIRECTORS PRESENT. UM, THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD VIRTUALLY, UH, AS IS ALLOWED BY THE EMERGENCY RULES. WE'RE CONVENING FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP AND THEN WE'LL, UH, UH, WELL, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S SEE HOW, IF WE CAN JUST HANDLE THE ITEMS IN THE MIDDLE THAT HSE GO. THAT MAKES SENSE TO DO SINCE THIS IS OUR LAST SPEAKER, UH, CLERK. YOU WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S A SPEAKER? SURE. SO NO VIA JOSEPH, THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS MIRROR AS A TECHNICALITY. I DID SIGN UP AGAINST ITEM 40. DO YOU WANT ME TO DO THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION OR TELL YOU MY COMMENTS ON ITEM 41ST? WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. AND WE'RE IN THIS MEETING NOW WE'LL COME BACK AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SPEAK. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY MAYOR, UM, IS RELATED TO 1934, RUTLAND. THE PROPERTY IS S BARROW. AS YOU ARE AWARE, I'M LOOKING AT A DECEMBER FOUR 2020 EMAIL THAT I HAVE SPECIFICALLY WHEN THIS PROPERTY, THE 4% LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS WAS APPROVED. IT RELIED ON ROUTE ONE 42, WHICH IS A FLYER ROUTE. THAT MEANS THAT THE INDIVIDUALS NO LONGER HAVE FIXED ROUTE AT THAT LOCATION. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND A FLYER ONLY RUNS TWICE IN THE MORNING FROM NORTH TO DOWNTOWN, AND THEN TWICE IN THE EVENING TO BRING PEOPLE BACK FROM THEIR JOBS. THE INDIVIDUALS WOULD THEN BE WALKING THE REST OF THE DAY, JUNE 3RD, 2018, LITERALLY THREE YEARS AGO TO THE DATE CAPITOL METRO IMPLEMENTED CAP REMAP AND THE PLANNERS UNILATERALLY ELIMINATED TWO 40 RUTLAND. YOU'VE HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT THE RUTLAND BUS BEFORE IT ACTUALLY OPERATED FROM NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER. IT STOPPED AT ST DAVID'S AND THEN IT WENT TO PALMER AND LOOP ONE. THAT WAS THE ROUTE. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU HAD THE PRESENTATION FROM DIANA GRAY ON TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK, SHE MENTIONED $84 MILLION FOR THE HOMELESS. WELL, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAS 101 UNITS OUT OF 171. THAT WILL BE FOR PEOPLE WHO EARN 30% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $20,000. AND THEY'LL ONLY BE ABLE TO PAY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE INCOME TOWARDS THE RENT. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CRITERIA THAT SHE MENTIONED ON TUESDAY WAS THE DISTANCE TO A SCHOOL. THIS PARTICULAR ESTABLISHMENT WOULD BE 0.7 MILES FROM COOK ELEMENTARY. WHAT ABOUT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL? IT WITHIN TWO MILES AUSTIN, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS LIKELY NOT GOING TO GIVE THESE STUDENTS A RIDE TO SCHOOL. THE OTHER THING I'LL HAVE YOU UNDERSTAND IS IT'S HOUSING FIRST. AND SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME ISSUES THAT PEOPLE NEED WRAP AROUND SERVICES FOR, BUT SHE MENTIONED TRANSPORTATION. AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO TABLE THIS ITEM AND RECOGNIZE THAT IF YOU'RE TELLING US THAT TRANSPORTATION IS PARAMOUNT AND AS NATASHA HARBOR, MADISON SAID, DISTRICT ONE REPRESENTATIVE, WE NEED TO REALLY HAVE IT AND GET IT RIGHT OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. SHE SAID EARLIER TODAY. AND SO TRANSPORTATION IS KEY. IF YOU WANT THESE PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY THRIVE. AND I WOULD JUST CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION. WE KNOW THAT [01:25:01] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICANS LARGELY. AND SO PLEASE STOP PIMPING OUR PAIN AND DO RIGHT BY THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND PUT THE BUS THERE. IF YOU HAVE THE $84 MILLION, THEN YOU CAN RESTORE THE ROUTE. IT WAS $945,000. IT EXCEEDED CAPITOL METRO'S RIDERSHIP. IT WAS 20.3 RIDERS AN HOUR ON THAT BUS. THE MINIMUM SERVICE GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS IN 2017 WAS 15 RIDERS AN HOUR. AND THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED IT ON THE WEEKENDS. IT'S 12 WRITERS AN HOUR, BUT WHAT THEY DID WAS CREATED AT TWICE THE COST FOR HALF THE RIDER SOUTHEAST, AND I HAVE PUT IN AN OPENING RECORDS REQUESTS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY, UH, KARA TOV HAS ACTUALLY MADE THIS A PRIORITY AND WHY THE STAFF HAS MADE IT A PRIORITY. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME MAYOR, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW K X A N SAID ON MAY 3RD AFTER THE RESOLUTION PASSED THAT THERE WOULD BE 51 UNITS FOR THE HOMELESS THERE. AND SO IT'S THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU. WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHILE WE'RE IN THE OFFICE OF THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING, DO YOU HAVE TO PAY, WE CAN GET THROUGH THE AGENDA HERE QUICKLY. WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND LAY OUT THE CONSENT AGENDA? ABSOLUTELY. AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THE FIRST ITEM IS A CREEPING THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE MAY 6TH, H H S C MEETING. AND THE SECOND ITEM IS, UM, APPROVING HFC ISSUE, UM, MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVENUE BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF UP TO $20 MILLION FOR THE SPARROW AT RUTLAND PROJECT. UM, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE RESOLUTION AND BACKUP REPRESENTS REFERENCES AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A GROUND LEASE. HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT ASKING THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE GROUND LEASE TODAY, SO THAT WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION YOU WERE VOTING ON TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS, UM, SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER. AND I WANT TO REITERATE, UH, STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER'S COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE PROJECT LOCATED AT 1934 RUTLAND IS FOUR MINUTES FROM CAP METRO, ROUTE THREE 25, UH, WHICH RUNS EVERY 15 MINUTES IN MORNINGS, AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS. IT RUNS MORE SOUTH MORE METRIC. UH, THE BUS STOP IS AT RUTLAND AND METRIC, WHICH IS A STONE'S THROW FROM, UH, PROPERTY. UH, IN ADDITION, UH, AT RUTLAND AND BURNETT ROAD, WE HAVE THE EIGHT OH THREE, WHICH OF COURSE IS RAPID TRANSIT. UM, THAT'S A 15 MINUTE WALK AND THERE IS A SIDEWALK THE ENTIRE WAY, UH, THE 803 TERMINATES AT THE DOMAIN AND GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTH TO DOWNTOWN. IN ADDITION, WE ARE ANTICIPATING A RED LINE TRAIN STOP AT THE AUSTIN FC SOCCER STADIUM AND THE TRAIN STOP. IT WILL BE A 15 TO 20 MINUTE WALK FROM A SPIRAL WITH THAT. I OFFER THESE TWO ITEMS ON CONSENT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? THAT'S WHERE A POOL MAKES THE COUNCIL MEMBER ENTER MARIA SECOND SET AND DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. AS A FAVOR THAT GETS AT THE GENERAL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED IS THAT, LET ME COUNT HERE. SO THE 10 ZERO VOTE, UH, THE DIRECTORS, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM PASSES, THAT'S ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1138. WE'RE ADJOURNING THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. I'M NOT PULLING US BACK INTO THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON JUNE 3RD, 2021. WE HAD A SHORT BREAK WHILE WE DID THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING OUR, UH, NOW WE'RE GOING TO FINISH [Consent Agenda (Part 2 of 2) ] CALLING SPEAKERS. I THINK THAT, UM, AS, UH, JOSEPH WANTED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 40, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THIS ITEM BY THE WAY, MS. JOSEPH HAS BEEN POSTPONED TILL NEXT WEEK. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS YOUR REPORTS TODAY OR WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK. I THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE AND INDEFINITELY. NO, WE HAD ORIGINALLY TALKED THAT WAY AND AT THE BREAK IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT TIME IS UNDERSTOOD AND THE REQUEST WAS TO POSTPONE IT FOR A WEEK. I MISSED THAT, THAT DISCUSSION THEN LAST I HEARD WAS YOU'RE ASKING IF IT WAS INDEFINITE. OKAY. [01:30:01] ALL RIGHT. SO JUNE 10TH, CORRECT JOSEPH. YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU. I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH COUNCIL MEMBERS. I WOULD RECOMMEND MAYOR THAT YOU POSTPONE ITEM 40, THE EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ITEM INDEFINITELY. AND MY REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THE U S GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE SPECIFIES FRAUD IS TRYING TO GET SOMETHING OF VALUE THROUGH WILLFUL MISREPRESENTATION. AND SO I'M RELYING ON THE APRIL 15, 2021 PRESENTATION BY SHARMILA MUKHERJEE FROM CAPITAL METRO, WHICH ACTUALLY HAD THE 13 STUFFS THAT ARE PROPOSED WITH THIS $900,000 GRANT THAT CAPITAL METRO RECEIVED. AND IT INCLUDES THE NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER. AND AS YOU ARE AWARE, MAYOR, YOU TESTIFIED BEFORE CAPITOL METRO ON DECEMBER 17, 2018, IT'S SOUTH OF US, ONE 83 TO DOWNTOWN. YOU DO NOT OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND SO I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO MAY 9TH, 2019, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY PERMANENTLY ARE POSTPONED PERMANENTLY OR INDEFINITELY THE AREA FROM NORTH LAMAR TO TECH RIDGE. WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT SMALL AREA PLANNING AND IN THAT WORK SESSION ON MAY SEVEN 2019 COUNCIL MEMBER, CASSARA SAID WE DON'T OWN THAT STREET. AND HE IS CORRECT FROM NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER, NORTH THAT'S TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S RIGHT AWAY THAT'S LOOP TWO SEVEN, FIVE, AND SPECIFICALLY IN YOUR JULY 27TH, 2020 BOARD PACKETS, IT SPECIFIES THAT THERE WILL ONLY BE METRO RAPID. THERE IT IS DISINGENUOUS TO USE THE MINORITY POPULATION AND THE RIDERSHIP IN THAT AREA TO JUSTIFY THE RAIL DOWNTOWN. YOU DON'T OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY THERE JUST AS YOU DON'T OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY TO PUT THE TUNNEL AND FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT'S LISTENING HOUSE BILL THREE EIGHT, NINE, THREE, AS QUIET AS IT'S KEPT. THAT'S THE TUNNEL BILL IT'S FAILED. AND I WANT TO THANK THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS, NELSON TAYLOR, AND PAXTON, AND THE MINI STAFFERS WHO LISTENED TO ME WHEN I EXPLAINED THAT TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN. AND IF THEY PASS THAT BILL, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLICIT IN THE DISCRIMINATION OCCURRING IN AUSTIN AND JEOPARDIZE THEIR FEDERAL FUNDING. BUT THE MEMBERS ON COUNCIL KEEP PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH THE FEDERAL DOLLARS. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND ME, OR YOU REMEMBER ON THE BLUE LINE, YOU REZONE THAT ON OCTOBER 17, 2019, AND THEN BEFORE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THERE WAS AN ITEM FROM PRESIDIUM. THE DEVELOPER WANTED TO SET ASIDE TWO THIRDS OF THE UNITS FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T 80 AND $90,000. SO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S LISTENING, WE'RE IN THE COMMENT PERIOD, FORMAL COMMENT PERIOD. YOU CAN GOOGLE CAPITAL METRO FEDERAL REGISTER ORANGE LINE MAY 24, 2021 IS WHEN IT WAS POSTED. WE HAVE 20 MORE DAYS. YOU CAN PUT YOUR COMMENTS THERE. AND SO MAY I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ORANGE LINE, IT SAYS ON PAGE FIVE OF THE DOCUMENT, THAT IT IS THE NORTHERN SEGMENT? NO, IT ONLY INCLUDES NORTH MEMORIAL TRANSIT CENTER. THERE WILL BE NO DISPLACEMENT AT NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER. I ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT THEY HAD $4 MILLION AND THAT HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED AND THEY MOVE BUSES. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING THERE AND POSTPONE THIS ITEM INDEFINITELY AND RECOGNIZE THAT YESTERDAY I SENT YOU A COPY OF TRANSPORTATION INSPECTOR GENERAL COMPLAINT AGAINST THE CITY MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE CONSENT SPEAKERS. GREAT. THANK YOU. I LIKE THAT. IT GETS US BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. AGAIN, WE COULD SAY TO JEOPARDIZE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 40 AND 71 TO 75, THE ITEMS BEING PULLED OR 1328 AND 73, UH, NOW WITHOUT ANY OBJECTION, BUT JOE WAS ALWAYS TO ALLOW US TO DISCUSS THIS AFTERNOON. THE LARGER CONTEXT, THE OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED ARE 15 AND 71. AND NUMBER 40 IS BEING POSTPONED. COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S AMENDMENT TO NUMBER 14, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION WILL BE ADDED. AND AS PART OF THE CONSENT, UH, AGENDA, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER TOWBOAT I HAD, UM, PROVIDED SOME DIRECTION TO, I, I KNOW SAM GONZALES HAD INDICATED THAT WAS HE DID. AND THAT WAS ACCEPTED. THAT DIRECTION IS INCLUDED AS WELL WITHOUT A JACKET, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE POOL AND THEN ON, UM, THAT ITEM 55 THAT I SAID I WOULD READ INTO THE, OKAY, IT'S NOT ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT INTO THE, UM, RECORD ANYWAY, BUT I WILL MAKE A COMMENT WHEN WE GET TO DO THE CAR OR IS THIS, THIS IS JEANETTE. I BELIEVE ITEM 29 IS BEING WITHDRAWN AS WELL. NUMBER NINE IS BEING WITHDRAWN AS WHATSAPP, UH, COUNCIL [01:35:01] MEMBER, UH, FLED THIS THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR. THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO GIVE A COMMENT ON ITEM 24, WHICH AUTHORIZES AND INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH PFLUGERVILLE ISD FOR THE EXPANSION OF A CADE CLASSROOM. YOU KNOW, I FULLY SUPPORT THIS ITEM AND THINK THAT ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO EXPAND AFFORDABLE HIGH QUALITY EARLY CHILDCARE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. AND SO WANTED TO ALSO COMMENT AS WE LOOK AND IS ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT THAT AS WE CONSIDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DOLLARS, THAT WE ALSO, UM, REINFORCE THAT COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING PRE-K AND CHILDCARE OPTIONS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN OUR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. AND FOR ME, I WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO DEL VALLEY ISE AND THE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP THERE AND EXPANDING PRE-K DUAL LANGUAGE PRE-K CLASSROOMS. AND THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE UNITED WAY, SUPPLEMENTAL RECOMMENDATION. AND I HOPE THAT HAS HAVE CONVERSATIONS AROUND CHILDCARE AND WHAT WE FUND THROUGH THE PROCESS, UM, THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANT NEED THAT WE HAVE IN DEL VALLEY. AND THAT 1.5 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THAT SOME SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS, BUT HELP FUND 188 CHILDREN IN OUR ADULT VALLEY COMMUNITY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL HERE. YEAH. UM, I JUST WANNA FIRST ADD THAT I SUPPORT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ONE TO CALL FOR US TO BE SUPPORTING, UM, THE PRE-K AND THE, THE EARLY CHILD HOOD EDUCATION IN ANY, EVERY TURN WE CAN. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FOR FORAGES TO, TO, UM, WORK WITH UNITED WAY AND SUCCESS BY SIX TO ADD THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND, UM, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THEM. UM, I HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON. FIRST. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITEMS 21 AND 22. THESE ARE IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH UT THAT ARE PART OF A LARGER EFFORT TO SHARE RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE BETWEEN ENTITIES WITH A STAKE IN PREVENTING AND MITIGATING WILDFIRES. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE OUR CITY TAKING THESE IMPORTANT STEPS. UM, WILDFIRE IS EVERYONE'S FIGHT AND THE MORE WE WORK TOGETHER ON THINGS LIKE PRESCRIBED BURNS AND PROPER LAND MANAGEMENT, THE SAFER WE WILL ALL BE. UM, SO I WANT TO COMMENT ON THOSE ITEMS, UM, FOR ITEM SIX, I'D LIKE TO BE SHOWN VOTING. NO. AND THEN FOR ITEM 14, UM, COLLEAGUE SAYS AS COUNCIL MEMBER TOPO MENTIONED, I SUBMITTED A SERIES OF QUESTIONS IN THE Q AND A, UM, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THE RESPONSE IS FULLY RESOLVED. MY CONCERNS. THERE WAS A LOT OF DATA THERE AND I, AND I'VE APPRECIATED THE THOROUGHNESS OF THAT. UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THE DATA CLEARLY MADE THE CASE FOR THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF US. UM, WHEN YOU COMPARE THE VOLUME LEVELS FROM 2019 TO 2021, UM, THE DIFFERENCE SEEMS MARGINAL AND THE POSITIONS ARE ADDING ALSO DON'T APPEAR TO FULLY ALIGN WITH THE STATED NEED. UM, ALSO CONTINUED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER THE PROJECTED REVENUE FROM AN INCREASED VOLUME OF PERMITS WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE COST OF THESE POSITIONS WITHOUT A FEE INCREASE. UM, THEREFORE I WANT IT TO BE ON THE RECORD THAT I'M GOING TO EXPECT ESD TO DELIVER ON MAKING THESE POSITIONS WORK WITHOUT INCREASING FEES FURTHER. I UNDERSTAND THE ANTICIPATION IS FOR NO FEE IN CRISIS THIS FISCAL YEAR, IF A REQUEST IS MADE FOR A FEE INCREASE NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER I'M GOING TO WANT EVIDENCE THAT THE FEE INCREASE IS NOT RELATED TO THIS ACTION TODAY. UM, SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT MY EXPECTATIONS. UM, IN THE END, I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM TODAY BECAUSE I DO REGULARLY HEAR STORIES AND COMPLAINTS FROM DSD CUSTOMERS ABOUT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS, GETTING PROJECTS PERMITTED. AND THIS IS ONE STEP WE CAN TAKE TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THOUGH THAT WHILE I AGREE THAT SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES CAN BE SOLVED BY STAFFING. MANY OF THE STORIES I HEAR RELATE TO RECEIVING CONFLICTING INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OR UNHELPFUL RESOURCES FROM STAFF, WHEN RESPONSES FROM STAFF WHEN TRYING TO RESOLVE CHALLENGES. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS DEPARTMENT, I HOPE WE CAN TAKE ALL OF THE ABOVE APPROACH TO MAKING OUR PERMITTING PROCESS EASIER TO NAVIGATE, PARTICULARLY FOR EVERYDAY. AUSTINITES NOT JUST LARGE INDUSTRY FACTORS. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHERE HE KITCHEN. WELL, AND IT'S TWO ITEMS. UM, FIRST ITEM 72, UM, WHICH RELATES TO THE, UM, TO THE SENIOR EXEMPTION. UM, I AM PLEASED TO BE A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM. UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THE, UM, [01:40:01] CHALLENGE IS THAT OUR SENIORS, UH, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE IN REMAINING IN THEIR HOMES AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AND CONTINUING TO, UH, ADDRESS INCREASES IN THAT EXEMPTION IS NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT, UH, TO HELP THEM WITH EVERY TOOL THAT WE CAN, UH, TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES AS LONG AS THEY CAN. SO I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT ITEM 72. UM, I UNDERSTAND 71 HAS BEEN PULLED AND I'LL SPEAK TO THAT WHEN WE GET TO IT. UM, ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, ITEM NUMBER SIX. UH, WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION, UH, WHICH I APPRECIATED ON, UH, ON, UM, AT THE WORK SESSION TO EXPLAIN WHAT THAT DOES AND DOES NOT DO ITEMS. NUMBER SIX DOES NOT SET THE TAX RATE. IT IS SIMPLY, UM, A CALCULATION OF THE POTENTIAL RATE. WE DO NOT HAVE AN OPTION TO CHOOSE TO SET IT BETWEEN 3.5 AND EIGHT. SO IN ORDER TO PRESERVE OUR OPTIONS ON WHAT WE MIGHT EVENTUALLY SET THE TAX RATE AT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, CALCULATING THAT AT THE 8%, I WOULD NOT WANT TO CALCULATE IT AT 3.5% BECAUSE THAT WOULD REALLY, UM, TIE OUR HANDS, UH, AND WOULD NOT ALLOW US IF WE ENDED UP NEEDING TO JUST SET OUR TAX RATE AT 4% OR 4.5 OR 5%, UM, I TO SUPPORT KEEPING OUR TAX RATE AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. AND I'LL BE LOOKING TO DO THAT WHEN WE MAKE OUR FINAL DECISION, UH, AT THE BUDGET. BUT AT THIS POINT, WE NEED TO PRESERVE THOSE OPTIONS. THANK YOU, TOM. A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS. I AM GOING TO POSTPONE FOR ONE WEEK BY GREEN BUILDING ITEM, WHICH ITEM IS ITEM 77. I BELIEVE 74. UM, THERE IS, UH, AN ERROR ON THE MATRIX THAT OUR CITY STAFF NEED YOU TO HELP US CORRECT. AND SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK NEXT WEEK. UM, AND I JUST ALSO WANTED TO ADD MY VOICE TO, TO, UM, THOSE OF MY COLLEAGUES IN NUMBER 24. THIS IS, YEAH, IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE SOME OF THE GREAT MOVEMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE ON IN INVESTING IN CHILDCARE OVER THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, AS I MAY HAVE MENTIONED IN THE PAST, IT WAS A GOAL OF, OF THE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN TASK FORCE FROM LIKE, CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN THEY DID THEIR WORK EARLY, LIKE 2006 OR SOMETHING. THEY ASKED US THE CHILDCARE PORTION OF THAT GROUP ASKED US TO REALLY START EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDCARE AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUE. AND IN THIS LAST YEAR, I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE AND ESPECIALLY WOMEN BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN THE WORKFORCE. WE'VE SEEN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT AND REALLY HAVING HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE OPTIONS. SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF, OF ITEM 24. I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON AT THE JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR AND, UH, COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN AND I, AND OTHERS WORKING WITH TRAVIS COUNTY ON, ON LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP. I HOPE THAT, THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY AND TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE CHILDCARE OPTIONS ON TUESDAY IN TUESDAY'S WORK SESSION, WE TALKED, I MENTIONED IN PASSING OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUILDING THAT ENGINEERED OUT THE CHILDCARE FACILITY THAT WOULD HAVE SERVED, UM, OUR, UH, OUR OWN EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY OTHERS IN THE AREA. AND I HOPE THAT, UM, I HOPE THAT THOSE KINDS OF EXPERIENCES ARE BEHIND US AND THAT IN ADDITION TO INVESTING IN CHILDCARE OPTIONS FOR OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO DO SO FOR OUR, FOR OUR CITY STAFF AS WELL. IT'S, UH, AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF OUR, OF OUR, UM, WORKFORCE TO COME. SO THANKS. THANKS MAYOR. UM, I SECOND, THE THOUGHTS ON THE, ON THE SENIOR EXEMPTION AND THE CHILDCARE WORK, UH, I ALSO APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL, UH, AND THE AIRPORTS, UH, TEMPORARY HAVING TEMPORARILY DELAYED, UH, THE LOAN ITEMS FOR THE HOTEL THERE. WE'RE GOING TO PASS THEM HERE TODAY. UM, BUT IN THAT INTERVENING TIME, UH, THAT THERE WAS THE POSTPONEMENT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT THAT HOTEL. UM, RECEIVED A RAISE FROM $10 AN HOUR TO $14 AN HOUR, A 40% BUMP IN ONE'S WAGES IS, UH, IS, IS, CAN REALLY CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES. SO I APPRECIATE THE, THE HOTEL AND THE AIRPORT AND THE COUNCIL TAKING A BREATH, TAKING A MINUTE AND MAKING SURE THAT IN SOME OF THESE MOMENTS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE, UM, SOME, UH, SOME FINANCIAL BENEFITS THAT THERE'D BE A CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT NEED THE MOST HELP, UM, GET SOME HELP. SO, SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR, FOR THE POSTPONEMENT, THE AIRPORT FOR YOUR PATIENTS. UM, AND, AND [01:45:01] I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE ITEMS HERE TODAY, AS WE PROTECT THE LONGTERM FINANCIAL INTEREST OF, OF THAT HOTEL IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? FOR ME, I WOULD CALL OUT A PARTICULARLY PROUD TO BE WORKING FORWARD ON ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH INCREASES THE PARKING LOT AREA, APPRECIATE COUNCILOR POOL, TAKING THAT EVEN A STEP FARTHER. UM, THE PRE-K WORK. I REMEMBER 24. I COULD GET SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'VE ALL HAVE POINTED TO. SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN COMMENTS ON THAT, UH, THE, UH, UH, SENIOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, UH, ITEM, I THINK ALSO IS SOMETHING WHICH, UH, PARTICULARLY NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY. PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT SECOND VOTE ON THE CONSENT, UH, AGENDA THAT ITEMS PULLED OUR 13, 15, 28, 71 AND 73. AND THOSE ARE THE PULLED ITEMS. 70, UH, UH, 29 IS, UH, WITHDRAWN 40 IS POSTPONED AND 74 WITHOUT OBJECTION IS ALSO BEING POSTPONED THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED IN 10 ZERO VOTE, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS PASSED. WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES BEFORE WE DO CONSENTS. THERE'S A, I WANT TO CALL THE EMINENT DOMAIN [Items 41 - 45] ITEMS. UM, THESE ARE ITEMS ARE 41 THROUGH 45. UM, IS THERE SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO MOVE PASSAGE, UH, UH, ITEMS 41 THROUGH 45 PAYING NON-CONSENT CONDEMNATION ITEMS, UH, RECOGNIZING THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL CITY OF AUSTIN AUTHORIZED THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY SET FORTH AND DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA IN THE CURRENT MEETING, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC USES DESCRIBED THERE IN, I CAN'T REMEMBER ALICE MAKES THAT MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDS THAT MOTION, UH, COMES THROUGH LSD, WANT TO ADDRESS THEM? I DID. I GOT JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF COMMENTS. UM, THESE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT WE HAD APPROVED. UM, I THINK IT WAS APRIL. UM, SO ITEMS 41 TO 45 ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. UM, OUR EMINENT DOMAIN ITEMS FOR THE RELOCATION OF OUR CITY OWNED WATER UTILITIES TO BE MOVED OUT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE OAK HILL PARKWAY. UM, THESE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT WERE APRIL 8TH, UH, AT THAT MEETING. UM, AND MY, MY OPINION IS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US IN WATER TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN THEY NEED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, THESE ARE VERY SERIOUS ISSUES IN DISTRICT DATE. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF ISSUES WITH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITIES, UM, ARE AREN'T FUNCTIONING QUITE PROPERLY. AND SO WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR WATER UTILITY IN PROPER MAINTENANCE. I DO WANT TO THANK MY CONSTITUENTS FOR BEING A VERY DEDICATED PART OF THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE OAK HILL PARKWAY. THEY'VE OFFERED TONS OF EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE ALONG THE WAY I'VE SPOKEN WITH MANY OF THEM, UM, ABOUT THE MAIN CONCERN THAT THEY BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO SPEAK WITH THEM REGULARLY ABOUT WHICH IS THE CONCRETE BATCH PLANT, UM, BECAUSE OF THEIR PERSISTENCE AND COMMUNICATION WITH ACC TRUSTEES AND STAFF TEXTILE, AND THE CONSTRUCTORS CRC, THE ACC TRUSTEES HEARD THOSE CONSTITUENTS AND RENEGOTIATED THE LEASE TO REMOVE THE CONCRETE BATCH PLANT OPTION FROM THE PINNACLE CAMPUS. UH, IT'S BEEN A REALLY CONTROVERSIAL PART OF THIS PROJECT. UM, AND I, AND MY TEAM CONTINUE TO WORK ON TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. UM, BUT TODAY'S ITEMS ARE ABOUT EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE AUSTIN WATER UTILITIES, UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THEM OUT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR TEXTILES. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THESE ITEMS TODAY IN FRONT FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAYOR CONTINUE TO OPPOSE THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S EFFORTS WITH THE OAK HILL PARKWAY. AS I HAVE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, I'LL BE VOTING NO ON ALL OF THESE EMINENT DOMAIN ITEMS. UM, MY FIRM BELIEF IS THAT THE CITY COULD HAVE, AND SHOULD HAVE FOUGHT HARDER WITH OUR, UH, THE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND OKO TO PRESS FOR A SEAT AT THE TABLE WITH TXDOT ON THE DESIGN AND LOCATION OF THIS, UM, MASSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE IT'S NECESSARY. IT'S ABSOLUTELY NEEDED IN OCALA, BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE BUILT THE WAY IT IS BEING BUILT. SO I FIRMLY OPPOSE ANY, UM, ANY ADDITIONAL EFFORTS TO, UM, ENABLE IT EVEN WHILE I RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT THE WORK OF OUR WATER DEPARTMENT AND RECOGNIZING THAT THEY, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THEIR EASEMENTS AND WATER LINES, BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN LIKE THIS. SO YOU CAN, UM, [01:50:01] I'LL BE VOTING NO ON 41 THROUGH 45. THANKS. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THESE ITEMS. UH, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO THROUGH 45, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED, UM, SEWING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS POOL AND TOBO VOTING. NO, THE OTHER'S VOTING. I GOT, SORRY, KELLY OFF THE DYESS. SO ON AN EIGHT TO TWO TO ONE VOTE, THESE ITEMS, UH, PASS, I SHOW NOW AT, UH, AT, AT NOON. UH, THE INTENT AT THIS POINT IS TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND, UM, HEAR [Public Comment] CITIZEN COMMUNICATION AN HOUR AFTER THAT'S OVER RECONVENE HERE. UH, SEE IF WE CAN WORK THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ITEMS, UM, AND THEN, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, ZONING, UH, AT TWO SPEAKERS, UH, CONSENT. UH, AND THEN NOW WE HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION TODAY, IF WE CAN, WHERE DIANA GRAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, CLERK FOR READY TO CALL THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION SPEAKERS LET'S DO THAT. YES. UH, MAYOR, WE ARE PULLING UP, UM, SOME DIS SOME DOCUMENTS THAT THEY SUBMITTED TO US, BUT THE S THE FIRST SPEAKER IS CARRYING RAYLENE. KAREN, PLEASE UNMUTE. OKAY, MAYOR, UM, THE SPEAKER DISCONNECTED, PLEASE GIVE US A MINUTE. KAREN RILEY HOLDING WHILE WE'RE HERE. EVERYBODY MUTE. IF YOU'RE NOT TALKING, UH, WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THE SITCOM SPEAKERS, I'M GOING TO ASK IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK, WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AS IF THEY WERE A CONSENT AGENDA, SO WE CAN LET SOME STAFF ITEMS, STAFF MEMBERS GO. SO THINGS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE DISCUSSED, OR PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WE'LL APPROVE THOSE SO THAT WE CAN LET CERTAIN STAFF MEMBERS GO. WE WON'T DISCUSS ANY OF THOSE ITEMS TILL AFTER LUNCH. THAT'S OUR KITCHEN. UM, I'VE SEEN A REQUEST RELATED TO ITEM 48 TO POSTPONE THAT. UM, AND SO, UM, TO, TO OUR JULY MEETING, I BELIEVE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, I'VE GOT AN EMAIL. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S MADE IT TO THE, UM, THE APPROPRIATE STAFF PERSON YET, BUT FROM OKAY. IT'S FROM THE APPLICANT. OKAY. SO STAFF COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND LET US KNOW AFTER SIT-COM SPEAKERS, UH, THE ITEMS THAT I'M GOING TO SEE IN ESSENCE TREATING AS CONSENTS. AND BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH, IT WOULD BE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEMS, 47 THROUGH, UH, 60, UH, AND, UH, ALSO, UH, THE, UH, ITEMS, UM, UH, 83 MAYOR. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TRY. IS THAT OKAY? SORRY. I, CAN WE GIVE IT A GO WITH THE SPEAKERS [01:55:01] OR, NOPE, GO AHEAD. KAREN. KAREN. HELLO? YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. AS RESIDENTS OF OAK HILL, WE ARE ALARMED ABOUT THE OVERBUILT FREEWAY PLANS FOR TWO 90 AND THE CONCRETE PLANTS AND STORAGE YARD THAT GOES WITH IT. WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR TWO REMEDIES FIRST TO HOLD THE LINE ON ANY ZONING CHANGE THAT WOULD PUT COLORADO RIVER CONSTRUCTORS, CONCRETE BATCH PLANT WITHIN 440 YARDS OF ANY NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS ANY STORAGE YARD FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND AGGRAVATE. SECONDLY, WE SEEK A RESOLUTION FROM YOU SUPPORTING A REDESIGN OF THE HIGHWAY PROJECT THROUGH OAK HILL OAK HILL. THIS DESIGN WOULD REQUIRE AN EVALUATION OF TRAFFIC, PROJECTIONS MODELING AND RE-EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS CONNECTED TO THE PROJECT. SO WHO ARE WE? WE ARE RESIDENTS OF OAK HILL FROM NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS. WE BELIEVE THAT TWO THREATS TO OUR COMMUNITY ARE SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE PURSUING EVERY AVAILABLE AVENUE TO STOP THEM. RIGHT? DECISIONS NOW MEANS SUSTAINABILITY WHILE WRONG DECISIONS NOW MEAN BLIGHT AND ECOSYSTEM DISRUPTION. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, CRC BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS TO PUT THE CONCRETE BATCH PLANT VEHICLES AND PILES OF RAW MATERIALS. AT ACC PENCILS. WE MOBILIZED TO PROTECT THE AREA FROM AIRBORNE TOXINS, NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION AND ARON WATER THEMED FAMILY NATION. WHILE CRC FOR THE MOMENT AS PULL THE CONCRETE PLANT FROM THEIR NEGOTIATIONS, WE OPPOSE ANY RESIDENTS BEING SUBJECTED TO A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT CLOSER THAN 440 YARDS. WE ALSO OPPOSE ANY NEIGHBORHOODS BEING SUBJECTED TO FLYING PARTICULATES AND DIESEL FUMES FROM TRUCKS, 24 SEVEN FROM EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS, STORAGE YARDS AS TO THE HIGHWAY DESIGN TEXTILES CLEANINGS TO A FLAWED TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS MODEL THAT INFLATES TRAFFIC NUMBERS. I HAVE DOCUMENTED THIS IN MATERIALS SENT TO YOU THIS PLUS AND ORIGINAL ASSUMPTION OF A TOLL HIGHWAY LED TO A 12 LANE. OVER-DESIGN NOW PROJECTED TO BE A $700 MILLION PROJECT. IT CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR LESS CHECK DOT ROSARY REQUIRED EIS WITH OMISSIONS, AND THEN THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION ALLOWED TECH TO APPROVE ITS OWN EIS. WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS. I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. HEY, CAROL. HELLO. THIS IS CAROLYN. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD. HELLO? OKAY. MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, OUR OLD HILL COUNTRY, COMMUNITY OF OAK HILL, IT'S ABOUT TO BE SWALLOWED UP BY A HIGHWAY IN 2004. WE LEARNED THAT HIGHWAY TWO 90 WAS GOING TO BE BUILT VERY SOON, BUT AS A TOLL ROAD, NOW NO ONE LIKES TO PAY A TOLL TO DRIVE HOME, BUT THAT WASN'T THE WORST PART. THE ISSUE THAT REALLY THREATENS US IS A QUIRK OF TEXAS STATE LAW THAT PROHIBITS HOLDING AN EXISTING HIGHWAY WITHOUT PROVIDING AN EQUAL NUMBER OF FREE LANES. THAT MEANS A SIX LANE TOLL ROAD THAT WOULD REQUIRE SIX LANES OF FREE ACCESS ROAD TO MATCH IT TOTALLY 12, NEVERMIND WHAT IT WOULD DO TO WILLIAMSON CREEK AND THE ANCIENT OAK GROVE. WE WERE APPALLED. WE TRIED TO TALK WITH TEXTILES AND THAT DIDN'T WORK. WE TALKED TO CAMPO AFTER TWO YEARS OF DEBATE, CATHOLIC VOTED TOLL TO BUILD THE HIGHWAY AS A TOLL ROAD, THEN REALITY SAN DIEGO TXDOT DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDS. THE MARKETS CRASHED AND TXDOT WAS INFORMED BY THE FHA THAT IT'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY FROM THE 1980S WAS TOO OLD. SO TECH SACK LAUNCHED A NEW EIS AND WE PRESENTED OUR IDEAS AND DEVELOPED A PROPOSAL FOR [02:00:01] A PARKWAY, A FREEWAY WITHOUT CONTINUOUS ACCESS LANES. IT WOULD TAKE LESS SPACE AND LESS MONEY. AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO SUPPORT US. AND ON AUGUST 28TH, 2014, ADOPTED A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING A NON ELEVATED AND NON TOLD PARKWAY DESIGN. THE ONLY RESULT WAS THAT TXDOT OFFICIALLY ADOPTED OUR NAME OAK HILL PARKWAY, BUT THE SIZE DID NOT CHANGE BECAUSE THE HIGHWAY WAS STILL TO BE A TOLL ROAD. TWO YEARS LATER, THEY REMOVED TOTALLING, BUT KEPT EVERYTHING ELSE. SAME HEIGHT, SAME WIDTH, SAME MASSIVE CONCRETE. AND NOW IT SEEMS THAT CONCRETE WILL BE PRODUCED IN A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT PROPOSED AT THE ACC PINNACLE CAMPUS, THE ALTERNATIVES BEING EVEN CLOSER TO THE HEART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ASKED THE CITY TO REJECT THAT, TO REJECT POSITIONING THE PLAN AT ANY POINT WITHIN 440 YARDS OF HOMES IN APARTMENT BUILDINGS, A CONCRETE PLANT DOES NOT BELONG IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS PROJECT MUST BE SCALED BACK BEFORE IT LITERALLY SWALLOWS OPL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME DAVION KAPUTO I'M HERE. AM I ON? YES, GO AHEAD. HELLO. MY NAME IS VIVIAN KAPUTO. THERE IS A DEFACTO REGIME OPERATING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN IN THE OAK HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, A MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION, WHICH INCLUDES FLOOR, A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY WITH EARNINGS OVER 19 BILLION. ALONG WITH BALFOUR BEATTY WITH REVENUE AT 10 BILLION OPERATE HERE AS COLORADO RIVER CONSTRUCTORS. THIS GROUP ALONG WITH ELECTED STATE OFFICIALS HAVE DECIDED WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT WILL BE LOCATED IN. THE SAME GROUP HAS DECIDED HOW TO BUILD A FREEWAY IGNORING HOURS OF MEETINGS AND INPUT BY THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY WERE NOT HAPPY. SUBMIT BATCH PLANT OPERATION. THAT WAS TO GO IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN RELOCATED TO A SCHOOL CAMPUS SURROUNDED BY MANY NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT BATCH PLANTS DO NOT BELONG IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY ARE INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS THAT DO NOT BELONG IN AREAS WHERE KIDS RIDE BIKES, JOGGERS RUN, AND PEOPLE WALK THEIR DOGS. WE NEED THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO HELP US NEGOTIATE THIS AND MANSFIELD, TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE BILL'S DEVLEARN REPUBLICAN OF ARLINGTON. ALONG WITH STATE SENATOR CONNIE BURTON, REPUBLICAN OF COLLEYVILLE SUPPORTED THE NEIGHBORS AND OPPOSING A NEW CONCRETE PLANT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CITY COUNCIL OF MANSFIELD PASSED A RESOLUTION, OPPOSING IT, THE TARRANT COUNTY PRECINCT COMMISSIONER ALSO OPPOSED THE PLANT. WE NEED YOU ALL TO HELP US NEGOTIATE THIS FOR THE OAK HILL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE OKAY, I'M READY TO BE WANTS A HIGHWAY PROJECT WITHOUT EXCAVATION IS ELEVATION. THAT ALSO REMEDIES THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. I LEARNED FROM A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES ABOUT A MOVEMENT IN 33 CITIES TO GET RID OF OVERBUILT HIGHWAYS THAT SPLIT NEIGHBORHOODS APART, THE ELEVATED AND EXCAVATED HIGHWAYS OR BEING DISMANTLED TO RECONNECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THESE PROJECTS WERE BEING FUNDED WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS. IF THIS IS A TREND, WHY CAN'T OFTEN BE FORWARD THINKING AND HAVE A SMALLER GRADE LEVEL ROAD AND AVOID THE TECHSTOP PLAN FOR ELEVATED AND AN EXCAVATED 12 LANE HIGHWAY, THE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS WILL COME. THE NEIGHBORHOODS WILL STAY INTACT AND THERE WILL BE MORE GREEN SPACE. PLEASE HELP US. THANK YOU, AVA. KOI BEYOND HEAR ME? YES. YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE HERE IN ATTENDANCE FOR HEARING THE CONCERNS OF OAK HILL RESIDENTS, I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS WHEN PLACING A CONCRETE PLANT, NO KILL WHERE THERE SIMPLY NO NON-RESIDENTIAL LOCATIONS TO INSTALL A PLANT AT A SAFE DISTANCE FROM HOME AND KEEP RESIDENTS SAFE FROM AIRBORNE AND WATERBORNE. INDUSTRIAL, WAIT TO CEQ DEFINES TEMPORARY PLANS AS THOSE THAT OCCUPY A PARTICULAR LOCATION FOR NO MORE THAN 180 DAYS OR UNTIL A SINGLE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS COMPLETED DURING THE NOT SO TEMPORARY TIMEFRAME OF FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS. OAK HILL RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY ELDERLY AS MADEC [02:05:01] AUTO-IMMUNE SUFFERS PREGNANT WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN WILL BE PUT AT RISK. MISINFORMATION PASSED DOWN TO THE PUBLIC AT THE ACC PINNACLE MEETING WITH CRC IS HIGHLY CONCERNING WHERE RESIDENTS WERE CASUALLY, ASSURED DEATH IS A GIVEN WITH ANY PROJECT WHEN ASKED TO DISCLOSE WHAT EXACTLY IS IN THE AGGREGATE. COMPRISING SAID DUST ONLY NONTOXIC INGREDIENTS WERE LISTED. PLANT OPPOSING RESIDENTS HAD TO PUSH FOR DISCLOSURE AT WHICH POINT, CRC BASHFULLY MENTIONED SILICA. SIMILARLY, WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE ASPHALT PARKING LOT AT ACC IS THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR A PLANT BECAUSE TOXINS CANNOT BE ABSORBED INTO THE GROUND BECAUSE OF THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE. YOU HAVE ONLY TO EXPLORE BEHIND THE HGB ON 71, TO SEE HOW THE PROCESS OF WATER BEING DIRECTED OFF ASPHALT WORK AS TRASHING CONTAMINANTS ARE WATERFALL DIRECTLY INTO WILLIAMSON CREEK. A DEFENSE SUCH AS AN ASPHALT PARKING LOTS CONTAINMENT THAT'S TOXINS CAN ONLY SPEAK TO EITHER SHEER DISHONESTY OR IGNORANCE. I'M HEARTBROKEN AT THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT. OVERALL, AS OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE MENTIONED THE INEVITABLE DISREGARD FOR THE DELICATE AQUIFER SYSTEM, BUT TODAY WISH TO EMPHASIZE THE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS DUE TO THE UBIQUITY OF CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS, COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT TEXAS ARE SUFFERING OAK HILL FACES. WHAT OTHERS HAVE LIVED THROUGH REPORTS OF EMISSIONS, CODING HOMES, AND CARS CAUSING RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, DIESEL TRUCKS, CUTTING THROUGH COMMUNITIES AND EMITTING POLLUTANTS WHILE IDLING OUTSIDE PLANTS WAITING TO LOAD. SADLY, THE EMISSIONS FROM IDLING, CONCRETE HAUL TRUCKS ARE NOT EVEN INCLUDED IN TCEQ EMISSION CALCULATIONS. WHAT CAN BE TRACKED IS SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO WARRANT SITING FOR MY COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS ON AWARE OF DANGERS CONCRETE PLANTS ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHEMICALS AT A GIVEN FACILITY, PRECISELY BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF EARTH AND PEOPLE, UNFRIENDLY MATERIALS STORED AND USED, AND TO PREPARE FOR CHEMICAL EVENTS THAT COULD AFFECT THE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION TO CHEMICAL ADDITIVES, THE CEMENT MIXTURE INCLUDES MATERIALS SUCH AS FLY ASH, GRANULATED, BLAST SURFACE FURNACE, SLAG, AND SILICA FUME, WHICH ARE INTENDED TO MAKE THE CONCRETE, ECONOMICAL REDUCED PERMEABILITY AND INCREASED STRENGTH. HAZARDOUS WASTE. THEY'RE OFTEN USED AS FUEL FOR THE FLAME AND CREATE A NUMBER OF POLLUTANTS, INCLUDING MERCURY AND TOXIC ACID GASES, AIR POLLUTANTS, CARBON MONOXIDE, NITROGEN OXIDES, VOLATILE, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. IT WOULDN'T MATTER. NICKEL HORMEL. THE HEIGHT CAN ALSO BE GENERATED ONSITE IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE. PAUL ROBBINS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. COUNSEL. I'M PAUL ROBINSON, ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST, CONSUMER ADVOCATE AND RESIDENT OF OAK HILL. I LIVE ABOUT HALF A MILE FROM THE PINNACLE CAMPUS THAT IS PROPOSED FOR EQUIPMENT STORAGE, MATERIAL STORAGE, AND A BATCH CONCRETE PLANT FOR THE EXPANSION OF HIGHWAY TWO 90. MY NEIGHBORS AND I OPPOSE PLACING A CONCRETE PLANT NEAR ANY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND CALL FOR A FREEWAY THAT IS HUMAN SCALE AND NOT AN EXPENSIVE THROWBACK TO THE 1950S TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MODEL. HOW CAN YOU BUDGET BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR LIGHT RAIL AND THEN TOLERATE A DINOSAUR LIKE THIS? I HAVE THREE POINTS. FIRST. I HAVE PROVIDED COUNCIL WITH A MAP THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED BY THE CONTRACTORS WHO ARE ROYALLY PAID TO BUILD THE OAK HILL FREEWAY. UH, IT SHOWS THE LOGISTICS OF THE STAGING AREA FROM, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED CONCRETE PLANT EQUIPMENT STORAGE AND MATERIALS STORAGE AT THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS SITE. THIS MAP ALSO SHOWS THAT THE ROAD FOR ACCESS TO HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT STORAGE YARD IS ONLY ABOUT 25 FEET FROM THE NEARBY APARTMENT UNITS. THE EQUIPMENT STORAGE YARD IS ONLY ABOUT 70 FEET AWAY FROM THE NEAREST APARTMENT UNIT, THE MATERIAL STORAGE YARD, UH, WHICH WILL PROBABLY CONTAIN AGGREGATES AND POSSIBLY EVEN CHEMICALS IS ONLY 250 FEET AWAY. UH, AND THE 70 FOOT AWAY DISTANCES FOR THE EQUIPMENT STORAGE YARD. THIS MAP SHOWS HOW INSENSITIVE THE CONTRACT OR IS. CAN YOU IMAGINE TRYING TO LIVE NEXT TO A SITE LIKE THIS, THAT CAN THEATER RADICALLY OPERATE 24 HOURS A DAY WITH LOUD EQUIPMENT, BACKUP HAZARD BEEPS, DIESEL POLLUTION, PROBABLY WIND BLOWN AGGREGATES, AND EVEN POSSIBLY CHEMICAL SMELLS. I REMIND YOU THAT SLEEP DEPRIVATION IS CONSIDERED A [02:10:01] FORM OF TORTURE. SECOND, THE PINNACLE CAMPUS IS ZONED GENERAL OFFICE. THE PROPOSALS FOR THIS SITE ARE NOT USES ASSOCIATED WITH GEO ZONING. THEY ARE INDUSTRIAL AND THIRD, THE DISRUPTION TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FROM A HIGHWAY PROJECT THAT IS BEING MONSTROUSLY OVERBUILT BY ABOUT 300% ABOVE. WHAT'S REALLY NEEDED TO FIX THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS WILL BE MASSIVE WITH DUST POLLUTION, DIESEL POLLUTION, LIGHT POLLUTION, NOISE POLLUTION, AND TRAFFIC PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THIS ARE GOING TO BE GALLING, CREATING TREMENDOUS RESENTMENT. THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS THE CITY CAN OPPOSE THE MISSPENDING OF SEVERAL HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OF WASTED TRANSPORTATION FUNDS. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO ENGAGE IN THEM. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION, DIANE. HI. YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK OF MY OPPOSITION TO A WET BATCH CONCRETE PLANT BEING PLACED SO CLOSE TO HOUSES AND BUSINESSES AND OAK HILL IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING OF VOQ PARKWAY, COLORADO RIVER CONSTRUCTORS CALLED CRC HAD A MEETING IN APRIL FOR OAK HILL RESIDENTS. THEY HEAR THEIR BABY'S NAME BY THE ACC PINNACLE CAMPUS IS THEIR OPTIMUM SITE FOR A WET THAT CONCRETE PLANT. THEY HAD A GOOD PRESENTATION BASED ON GAVE OUT A BROCHURE, LISTING THEIR BASINS. HOWEVER, THEIR REASONS ARE ALL SKEWED TOWARD COST-SAVING ADVANTAGES FOR THEM, BUT NO CONSIDERATION TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THE CAMPUS. CRC STATED THAT THEY CAN ONLY PUT THE SITE AT THREE LOCATIONS, ACC PINNACLE CAMPUS HIGHWAY TWO 90 AND SCENIC BROOK DRIVE. AND AT THE Y INTERCHANGE, THEY SAID THE ACC SITE ALLOWS THEM TO KEEP EQUIPMENT FROM NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS, LIMITING BOTH NOISE AND DUST EXPOSURE. AND THIS IS UNTRUE. THE MAPS THEY PROVIDED, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SHOW INCORRECT MEASUREMENTS FROM THEIR EQUIPMENT YARD MATERIAL HILLS YARD, AND PLANT TWO HOUSES, APARTMENTS, CHILDCARE CENTERS, AND RESTAURANTS FOR ALL THREE LOCATIONS. THE ACTUAL DISTANCES ARE MUCH CLOSER, MEASURED AS FEET AND NOT YARDS CRC SHED THE NOISE FROM THE PLANT WILL BE PERIODIC WITH NOISE LEVELS AT 45 TO 50 DECIBELS FOR PEOPLE LIVING 200 YARDS AWAY, WHICH IS COMPARABLE TO THE SOUND OF RUNNING A DISHWASHER. AGAIN, THIS IS LESS THAN 200 YARDS. IT IS MEASURED IN FEET, WHICH MEANS IT'LL BE LOUDER THAN 45 DECIBELS. THIS IS LOUD ENOUGH TO CAUSE HEARING DAMAGE OVER TIME TO THOSE WHO LIVE NEARBY, CRC WILL BE OPERATING AT TIMES 24 HOURS A DAY. THIS CONSTANT NOISE WILL INTERFERE WITH EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SLEEPING, BEING OUTSIDE AND WORKING FROM HOME. THIS DOES NOT FACTOR IN THE NOISE MADE FROM AS MANY AS 200 TRUCKS TODAY IN AND OUT OF THE SITE. MULTIPLE STUDIES HAVE PROVEN LONG REPEATED EXPOSURE TO SOUND IMPACTS. NON-AUDIT TORY HEALTH ISSUES, SUCH AS INCREASE STRESS, HYPERTENSION AND ANXIETY, CRC, VALID REASON, ONLY VALID REASON TO FIT THEIR PLANT NEAR OUR HOMES. IT IS THAT THEY ARE CLOSE TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF FACT THAT WILL SAVE THEM A LOT OF MONEY. ANOTHER FACT IS THAT THE SITES WILL IMMENSELY IMPACT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PUT SO CLOSE TO WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. PLEASE HELP THEM CONSIDER OTHER LOCATIONS FURTHER AWAY FROM PEOPLE. THANK YOU, SANDRA BANNISTER. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE GO HERE. YES. OKAY. MY NAME IS ANDREW BANISTER AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT AT OAK HILL FOR OVER 20 YEARS UNTIL RETIREMENT AROUND FIVE YEARS AGO. I WAS A DAILY COMMUTER FROM OAK HILL TO NORTH . SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AND BOTTLENECKS THAT FRUSTRATE COMMUTERS ON A DAILY BASIS. I CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT THE WHY AND OAK HILL PALES IN COMPARISON TO MOPAC AND I 35 DURING MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES TXDOT IS POISED [02:15:01] TO WASTE NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF A BILLION DOLLARS. I THINK GROSSLY OVERSIZED, STEALTH TOLL ROAD BY THEIR OWN ADMISSION. IT MAKES CONGESTION WORSE, NOT BETTER WITH A LIFESPAN OF 30 YEARS MAXIMUM BEFORE HAVING TO BE REDONE. THE CITIZENS OF WALLKILL AGREED THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A SOLUTION AT THE WHY IT DON'T KILL, BUT ARE REQUESTING THAT REASONABLE REVISIONS BE MADE TO THE OVER-DESIGNED TEXTS THAT DESIGN DO TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION SOON INSTEAD OF A MILE LONG I 35 STYLE ELEVATED HIGH-SPEED UPPER DECK AND TWO MILES OF 30 FOOT JACK HAMMERED UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION ROADWAY. OUR SOLUTION IS TO EXPAND TO 90 AND TO A FREEWAY ON THE GROUND, NOT ABOVE OR BELOW GRADE ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BY PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING A HIGHLY REGARDED ENGINEER THAT TAKES A WATCH AND NEEDS OF OAK HILL CITIZENS INTO ACCOUNT. OUR PLAN WILL SAVE TIME AND MONEY, MONEY THAT COULD BE USED TO SOLVE SOME OF AUSTIN'S MANY TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES LIKE MOPE AND OR AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN. IF TEXTSTOP PROCEEDS WITH A FREEWAY DESIGN FOR OAK HILL 288 PROTECTED TREES REPRESENTING 65,000 YEARS OF GROWTH WILL BE DESTROYED ROADWAY WITH A VOLUME SIZE OF THE ASTRODOME WILL BE EXCAVATED. THE WATER QUALITY OF WILLIAMSON CREEK AND BARTON SPRINGS EDWARDS AQUIFER WILL BE THREATENED AND LIVES WILL BE LOST BY THE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION. DON'T LIKE TEXTS THAT DESTROY OUR COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT BY GOING THROUGH WITH THEIR OVERDEVELOPED FREEWAY DESIGN ADVOCATE THAT THEY COMPROMISE WITH ALL STEEL NEIGHBORS AND SAVE LIVES AND MONEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I WOULD LIKE TO START BY THANKING THE COUNCIL FOR ITS TIME AND ATTENTION TO ITS CONSTITUENTS. UH, DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH OF AN OVERSTEP TO STATE THAT THE PREVIOUS SEVEN SPEAKERS MYSELF AND THE NEXT TWO ARE SINCERELY GRATEFUL FOR THE INTEREST AND CARE THAT YOU ARE SHOWING IN LENDING US YOUR UNBIASED, CONSIDER IT AND SUGGEST THIS YEARS I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF OAK HILL AND I'VE BEEN HAPPY HERE MANY YEARS. I WAS TRAINED AS A MATHEMATICAL PHYSICIST AND I'M NOW WORKING IN THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY. MY CELL PHONE BUSINESS HELPS GENERATE REVENUES, PAYS THE SALARY AND HEALTHCARE OF LOCAL WORKERS. AND IN GENDERS COMMERCE HERE IN AUSTIN, I'VE ENCOURAGED OTHER SOFTWARE COMPANIES TO SET UP SHOP HERE AND SOME OF THEM HAVE DONE. SO I'M ALSO A PROUD PATRON TO THE FINE ARTS OF THE CITY. I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME SEASON TICKET HOLDER AND CONTRIBUTOR TO THE AUSTIN SYMPHONY, ORCHESTRA, BALLET AND THEATER. I HAVE A DEEP LOVE FOR THE ARTISTIC VIBRANCY OF THE CITY. SO THE FIRST TWO POINTS, UM, I THINK I'VE BEEN ELEGANTLY DECANTED ON, I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW MUCH I SHOULD DWELL ON THEM OVER MUCH HERE, BUT AT THE RISK OF TOO MUCH REPETITION, I'LL JUST STATE THAT, UH, THERE'S REALLY, THERE'S REALLY NO REASON TO HAVE A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT ANYWHERE WITHIN ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. BUT ANECDOTALLY I CALLED IT MY FATHER WHO HAS FIVE DECADES OF WORK EXPERIENCE AS A CIVIL ENGINEER, UM, AND JUST SORT OF OFFHANDEDLY ASKED HIM A DATA, HOW CLOSE WOULD YOU PUT A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT, UM, TO, TO THE CITY LIMITS? AND WITHOUT EVEN THINKING, HE SAID, OH YEAH, PROBABLY COULD FIVE TO 10 MILES AWAY. SO THAT'S, UH, THE REASON THAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE COMMON SENSE IS THAT IT IS, UH, ON THE SECOND POINT, WHICH IS THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT BEING APPROVED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THEMSELVES, THE APPLICANTS AS PER THE FSWS IN 2016, IT REALLY SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING THAT THAT'S AN ILLEGITIMATE APPROVAL AND IT SHOULD BE REVISITED. SO OUTSIDE OF THOSE TWO POINTS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, UH, I THINK I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE OTHER POINT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER, WHICH IS THAT WE SHOULD BE FORWARD-THINKING NOW WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT AUSTIN GETS A CHUNK OF THAT. I THINK WE SHOULD BE FORWARD-THINKING AND NOT HAVE A DINOSAUR LIKE WASTEFUL SPENDING. WE SHOULD BE ENGAGED. WE SHOULD BE FORWARD THINKING AND SUSTAINABLE ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO BUILD OUR CITY AND REALLY OUTSIDE OF THAT, I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TO ADD. SO THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. BOBBY LEVINSKY, [02:20:04] GOOD AFTERNOON, MARIN COUNCIL. THIS IS BOBBY LEVINSKY SPEAKING AS AN ATTORNEY FOR THE TEVAR SPRINGER LION AND THE BOARD MEMBER OF THE OAK HILL ASSOCIATION OF NEIGHBORHOODS, RESPONDING TO A RECENT BILL IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICERS THAT A PERMIT REQUIREMENT IN OUR FEDERAL OPERATING PERMIT FOR BARTON SPRINGS REQUIRES AUSTIN TO PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL ACTIONS THAT MAY AFFECT THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF WATER AND THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. AMEN. BUT WHERE ARE THE CITY OF AUSTIN? NOW, WHEN WE ARE FACING A HIGHWAY EXPANSION PROJECT THAT WILL EXCAVATE AN ASTRODOME SIZED AMOUNT OF DIRT FROM AN ADJACENT TO THE EDWARDS AQUIFER CONTRIBUTING. SO ON MARCH 11TH OF THIS YEAR, HARRIS COUNTY SUED TXDOT OVER ITS PLANS TO WIDEN AND I 45 NEAR DOWNTOWN HOUSTON. THE SUIT IS BASED UPON TXDOT PROCEEDING WITH A HIGHWAY EXPANSION DESIGN THAT IGNORES THE SERIOUS HARM. THE PROJECT WILL HAVE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT AND AS WELL AS THE FUNDAMENTAL FLAWS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY PROCESS SOUNDS PRETTY FAMILIAR. LET ME READ YOU THIS QUOTE FROM THE LAWSUIT HARRIS COUNTY FILED THIS LAWSUIT BECAUSE THE PROJECT MUST BE MORE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED AND DESIGNED TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF THE REGION'S FUTURE REFLECT THE CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES OF ALTERED WORK PATTERNS AND NEW TRANSIT INITIATIVES LEARN FROM THE REGION'S PAST EXPERIENCE THAT WIDER FREEWAYS CAUSE MORE TRAFFIC, NOT LESS AND WITHOUT UNNECESSARILY DISPLACING HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES. AND WHILE THE FACTS OF THESE PROJECTS ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. THE BASIC PREMISES ARE THE SAME. TXDOT HAS MADE A MOCKERY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS REVIEWING AND RUBBING RUBBER STAMPING ITS OWN WORK. TEXTILES CONTINUED MARCH TOWARDS OVERSIZE FREEWAYS HARMS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WORSENING TRAFFIC AND IGNORING CLIMATE CHANGE. AND TXDOT HAS REFUSED TO RECONSIDER ITS ARTIFICIALLY HIGH TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS, DESPITE DRASTIC CHANGES TO COMMUTING PATTERN AND THE ADOPTION OF A REGIONAL MASS TRANSIT PLAN, BOTH THE SAILOR SPRINGS ALLIANCE AND SAY, BARTON CREEK ASSOCIATION HOP OUT LAWSUITS AGAINST TEXAS OVER THE OAK HILL FREEWAY PROJECT. WHY ISN'T THE CITY OF AUSTIN FILING AMICUS BRIEFS AND IN SUPPORT OF THESE LAWSUITS, THE SWITCHER ROUTE TXDOT DID WITH THE EIS PROCESS AS A PORT, THEY DESIGNED A TOLL ROAD EXPANSION WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT THERE BE SERVICE ROAD LANES TO REPLACE THE EXISTING FREELANCER THAT DISMISSED ALL ALTERNATIVES, ALL THE ALTERNATIVES FOR EXPANSION ON A MORE REASONABLE SCALE, SUCH AS A TRUE PARKWAY WITHOUT SERVICE ROADS. THEN THEY GOT RID OF THE TOLL ROAD FINANCING AND REFUSE TO REEVALUATE THOSE AT ALL ALTERNATIVES THAT DID NOT HAVE THOSE SERVICE ROAD LANES. IT RESULTS IN A MASSIVE PROJECT THAT IS OVERSIZED AND OVERSCALE, WE NEED THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO STAND UP LIKE HARRIS COUNTY, PLEASE FIGHT FOR OUR FUTURE. AND I'LL END BY SAYING THAT THE HARRIS COUNTY, HIS ACTIONS SHOULD SERVE AS A MODEL FOR, UH, DEALING WITH THE EXPANSION AS WELL. WE NEED TO START CREATING A RECORD OF OPPOSITION AND PREPARING TO SUE TXDOT OVER THERE. CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO IGNORANCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. THANK YOU, STEVE BYERS. HELLO, THIS IS STEVE BEERS. I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME. UM, I AM, UH, UM, TESTIFYING TODAY AS A BOARD MEMBER OF SAY BARTON CREEK ASSOCIATION. UM, WANT TO POINT OUT A REPEAT, UH, ONE OBVIOUS POINT, WHICH IS, UH, THIS INDUSTRIAL LAND USE IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A RESIDENTIAL AREA. UH, FURTHER AMPLIFY THAT POINT BY NOTING THAT, UM, THERE WAS A, AN EXISTING CONCRETE PLANT THAT IS OUTSIDE OF OAK HILL, BUT CLOSE BY THAT IS OPERATING TODAY AND APPEARS TO HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY TO, TO, UH, TO SUPPLY THIS PROJECT, BUT, UH, FLUOR CORPORATION AND THE REST THAT ARE UNDER THE CRC BETTER, UM, DON'T WANT TO SHARE THE MONEY, UH, AS A CONTRACTOR ON, UH, AN ALMOST $700 MILLION PROJECT, THEY DON'T WANT TO SEPARATE THIS PART OUT AND GET A SUBCONTRACTOR. THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SPLIT THE MONEY. SO I THINK THIS IS A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE AND GREED ON THE PART OF THIS, A CONTRACTOR WORKING FOR THIS BLOATED PROJECT, BUT IT'S PUTTING THIS COMMUNITY UNNECESSARILY IN THE GUN SIGHTS OF THIS CONCRETE PLANT, BUT THE CONCRETE PLAN IS THE LEAST OF IT IN A WAY. UM, THE EXCAVATION, UH, WEST OF THE Y IS, IS TWO AND A HALF MILES, 30 FEET DEEP, 200 FEET WIDE. UH, AS PEOPLE HAVE SAID, THAT'S ENOUGH ROCK RUBBLE AND DUST TO FILL THE ASTRODOME. UM, THE OTHER BUSINESS ABOUT IT AS WELL IS BIGGER, BETTER. UH, WHAT WE PROPOSE THAT IS ALL THE PLAINTIFFS IN THE, IN THE LAWSUIT THAT, UM, INVOLVES [02:25:01] SEVEN PLAINTIFFS, INCLUDING SAY BARTON CREEK ASSOCIATION, BUT ALSO TWO GROUPS THAT ARE LOCAL TO OAK HILL AS WELL AS SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT. UM, WHAT WE'VE CONSISTENTLY ASKED FOR, UH, IS WHAT THE LAW SAYS, WHICH IS YOU HAVE TO STUDY ALL REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES TO THE PROPOSED ACTIONS. SO SINCE 2004, WE HAVE TOUTED THE IDEA OF, OF A PARKWAY. THEY TOOK THE NAME, BUT THEY DID NOT TAKE THE DESIGN. UM, A PARKWAY IS A FREEWAY THAT IS FULLY ACCESS CONTROL, NO ACT GRAY CROSSINGS, NO TRAFFIC SIGNALS IT'S RAMP ONLY THE SAME SIX FREEWAY LANES THAT TECHSTAR PROPOSES. SO IDENTICAL CAPACITY ON THE MAIN LANES, UM, BUT ON THE GROUND RATHER THAN 30 FEET IN THE AIR FOR ONE MILE AND 30 FEET BELOW GRADE FOR ANOTHER TWO MILES. SO THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, VIGOROUS NOT BETTER, A BIGGER, IT'S JUST MORE COSTLY, BIGGER AS A BOONDOGGLE. THIS IS A BILLION DOLLAR BOONDOGGLE WHEN IT'S ALL THROUGH. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PARKWAY BECAUSE THERE IS NO PARK IN THIS PARKWAY. IT'S A PARKWAY IT'S FULL OF PORK, PORK BARREL BOONDOGGLE, UM, UH, PROJECT. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER ADORATION, UH, MAYOR THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME MAYOR. I KNOW WE DON'T ALWAYS SAY ANYTHING AFTER, UM, CITIZENS COMMUNICATION TIME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SHARE THE SENTIMENTS OF MY CONSTITUENTS. YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE THIS BADGE PLANT IS EXTREMELY WORRISOME, UM, TO ME, TO THE NEIGHBORS AND TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT. SO, UM, I'M, I THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR OPINIONS. I THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU I'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET WITH, UM, OVER THIS TIME AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO FIND WORKABLE RELATIONS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS OF OAK HILL. RIGHT. THANK YOU. I GUESS OUR FAULT. OKAY. THANKS MAYOR. I, I WANTED TO WEIGH IN A LITTLE BIT, UM, ON THE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION HERE TODAY TO THANK FOLKS FOR COMING OUT AND, AND GIVING US, UM, UH, A PRETTY BLUNT ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING AND THEIR DEEP CONCERNS. I FIND ALL ASPECTS OF THE OAK HILL TXDOT FREEWAY EXPANSION TO BE DISTRESSING TO, UM, ESPECIALLY THE CONCRETE BATCH PLANT. IT IS A DEEP CONCERN TO ME THAT AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DID NOT IN FACT RECOGNIZE THE SERIOUS IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND DID NOTHING IN THE FIRST PLACE TO STOP THAT FROM STOP BATCH PLANT, FROM BEING OFFERED AT, UH, OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE PINNACLE CAMPUS SITE. THE, UM, ACC TRUSTEES COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS ALL IN THE FIRST PLACE AND WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING TO HAVE THESE, UM, REALLY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS. IF INDEED THE BATCH PLANT IS MOVED FROM PINNACLE CAMPUS, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WILL IT BE LOCATED? SO I LEAVE THAT QUESTION OUT THERE FOR, UM, OUR STAFF OR MAYBE THE ADVOCATES CAN GET AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THAT BATCH PLANT, THE CONCRETE BATCH PLANT WILL BE LOCATED. I WANT TO KNOW WHY THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS NOT IN FACT, FILING AN AMICUS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES AS MR. LAVANSKY HAS SUGGESTED. HE'S ASKING WHY THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS NOT FILED AN AMICUS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORS AND THE RESIDENTS. AND I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION TO THE SITUATION IS BEYOND DISTRESSING. AND, AND I, I, I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE IN THIS PLACE TODAY IF WE HAD BEEN STRONGER AND MORE RESOLUTE IN OUR VOICES AND OUR POSITIONS EVEN TWO YEARS AGO. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO WEIGH IN HERE AND THANK YOU TO THE ADVOCATES WHO SPOKE HERE TODAY AND BROUGHT YOUR, YOUR DEEP CONCERNS THAT I KNOW HAVE BEEN FESTERING FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. AND I JOIN YOU IN YOUR CONCERNS. I SHARE THEM AND I FIND THIS ALL EXTREMELY DISTRESSING. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH, LET'S TREAT SOME OF THESE THINGS AS CONSENT ITEMS. LET'S SEE HOW MANY WEEKEND JUST DEAL WITH I'M LOOKING NOW AT ITEMS 47 [Items 47, 49 - 55, 56 - 60, 83, & 15] THROUGH 60, AND ALSO ITEM 83. ARE THERE ITEMS THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO PULL OR DISCUSS WITHIN THAT GROUP COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN? OH, I'M [02:30:01] SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT, UM, UH, TO SAY THAT THE SEDIMENTS, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL RAISED IN PARTICULARLY THE REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE AMICUS BRIEF. I THINK THAT WE, UM, HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WHETHER THAT'S IN A MEMO OR PERHAPS IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. UM, STAFF IS, IS 40, EITHER 48 TO BE POSTPONED. YES. MA'AM. WE JUST HEARD FROM HACA THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO POSTPONE THAT ITEM. OKAY. OTHER THAN 48 IN THE GROUP, 47 TO 68 AND ALSO 83, ARE THERE THINGS WE NEED TO PULL? UH, YES. UH, MS. THOMAS, UH, I COULD TEAM GOES WITH ITEM, UH, 83. SO YOU WANT TO PULL THAT IN WITH THE ITEM 83 15 WOULD BE CONSIDERED WHEN WE CONSIDER 83? YES. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS 47 THROUGH 63, OTHER THAN 40. HEY, AND WE WANT TO, OH YES. MANAGER, MAYOR MOTION SHEETS ON ITEM 55. AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE STAFF WEIGH IN ON THAT MOTION SHEET. AND SO LET'S PULL 55. WE'VE PULLED THAT DOWN. THERE'S NO EMOTION. OH, I'M 55. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. SO YOU CAN LEAVE IT ON, YOU LEAVE IT ON COUNCILOR KITCHEN. I WOULD LIKE A DIRECTION TO GO WITH AUTUMN 55 AS COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MENTIONED EARLIER. SO THIS AMENDMENT, OR JUST A STATEMENT, YOU KNOW, LET'S PULL 55 SO WE CAN GET TO LUNCH HERE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS? 47 THROUGH SIX, NOT INCLUDING 48, NOT INCLUDING 55 AND ALSO 15 AND 83. SO HER MOTION IN ESSENCE, IT'S A CONSENT. THE MAYOR PRO TEM MAKES THAT MOTION FOR A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE SECONDS THAT ANY DISCUSSION LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEMS, 47 THROUGH 60 PLUS 83 AND 15, BUT NOT INCLUDING 48 AND 55. THOSE ARE FAVORITE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. I'M SEEING EVERYONE VOTING YES. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY'S OFF THE DANCE. IT IS 1241. LET'S COME BACK HERE AT 20 TIL ONE. SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING MAYBE 20 TIL TWO. ALL RIGHT. AND LET'S SEE IF THERE'S SOME STUFF WE CAN HANDLE BEFORE WE DO CONSENT SPEAKERS ON THE ZONING AND TWO. YES. UM, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE'RE REQUESTING TO POSTPONE ITEM 48 TO THE JULY 29TH AGENDA. OKAY. POSTPONE TO THE 29TH, 20, 48 BEING POSTPONED THE TWIN. AND WE PULLED THAT. UH, SO WE'LL DO THAT. WHEN WE DISPENSE WITH US, LET'S GET BACK HERE 20 MINUTES STUFF TO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET, UH, XONE SPEAKERS. UH, WE ARE IN RECESS. SEE YOU GUYS THEN. BYE. BYE. ARE WE READY WITH THE CAMERAS FEED? YES, MAYOR. WE'RE READY. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD THEN AND RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, REGULAR MEETING HERE ON JUNE 3RD, 2021 IN CAL REMOTELY. WE'RE JUST BACK NOW FROM OUR LUNCH BREAK TONICS, UH, REMAINING ITEMS, UH, 48, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO BE POSTPONED TO JULY 29TH AT SOMEONE MAY HAVE WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING, UH, 55, WHICH I UNDERSTAND, UH, SHOULD WE GO QUICK? BUT SOME PEOPLE WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING 76, UH, COUNCILMEMBER 12 IS GOING TO BE THE NAME CHANGE OF THE COMMITTEE. THAT SHOULD GO RELATIVELY QUICK. UM, I THINK THAT'LL GET US TO A, THE ZONING ACES AND SAID, UH, THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, I THINK ARE TWO, UH, POSTPONEMENT, UH, DISCUSSIONS AND POTENTIALLY THE CASES. IF NOT POSTPONED, WE HAVE THE ITEM 71 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. WE HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH DIANA GRAY, ALMOST HOMELESSNESS TYPE. GENERALLY, WHICH POINT WE WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERING 1320 EIGHTH AND 73. SO [48. Conduct a public hearing related to an application by LDG Fox Hollow, LP, or an affiliated entity, for housing tax credits for a multi-family development that will be financed through the private activity bond program to be known as Fox Hollow, located at or near 2117 Brandt Road, Austin, Texas 78744, within the City; and consider a resolution related to the proposed development, application, and allocation of housing tax credits and private activity bonds.] LET'S BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER 48. IS THERE A MOTION [02:35:01] TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO JULY 29TH? THAT'S WHAT OUR ALTAR MAKES THE MOTION SECONDED BY SECOND COUNSELOR AND POOLS SECONDS. THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION ON 48 BEFORE WE, UH, THINK ABOUT, TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING, I NUMBER 48, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. YOU THINK THAT IS THE, UH, SEVEN OF US HERE. THAT IS, THAT IS POSTPONED, UH, SEVEN ZERO WITH YOU. OKAY. UM, NOT WITH US RIGHT NOW. AND THAT VOTE WAS A HAND. KITCHEN IS BACK MAYOR. THIS IS THE VOTE TO POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER 48 TO JULY 29TH. OKAY. PLEASE SHOW ME AS I'M VOTING. YES, I THINK EVERYBODY'S VOTING. YEAH. SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN THAT VOTE, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, WHO'S NOT WITH US HERE TODAY. UH, CAN ALSO REMEMBER, UM, UH AND THAT'S THAT. SO NINE ZERO TWO, THAT PASSES ITEM [55. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance repealing and replacing Article 12 of City Code Chapter 25-12 (Technical Codes) to adopt the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code and local amendments; and creating offenses.] NUMBER 55. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 55? AND OUR POOL MAKES A MOTION THAT'S OVER TOPO SECONDS. ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 55? THAT'S MY POOL. THANKS. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE CITIZENS AND OUR VOTING COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO, UM, WERE HERE TODAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE, ESPECIALLY THE EXPERTISE OF THE FOLKS THAT WE'VE ASKED TO ADVISE US, UM, AS VOLUNTEERS ON OUR MANY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. SO, UM, THIS IS A DIRECTION IT'S, IT'S AN APPRECIATION, UM, FOR THEIR WORK AND AN INDICATION, UH, TO EXPECT AN IFC, UH, FROM A, AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME. UM, WE WILL BE TAKING SOME FURTHER ACTION AND I KNOW THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, UM, WITH THE WORK THAT SHE DID, UH, IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE TEN ONE COUNCIL ON SMART MOBILITY AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR WITH THE GOOD WORK SHE HAS DONE ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT HAS AMPLIFIED WORK, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAS DONE AS WELL. AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO. AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS ON THESE ISSUES RELATING TO THE COMMENTS THAT CYRUS REED BROUGHT TO US TODAY. SO, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS AND Y'ALL STAY TUNED FOR, UH, SOME IFCS LATER ON, UH, THIS YEAR AS, UH, TIME, UH, TIME WILLING. THANKS. SORRY GUYS. WE'RE THE KITCHEN. UH, YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. UM, I JUST ECHO THAT. I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IFCS TO FOLLOW UP ON THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT, THAT OUR SPEAKER SPOKE TO SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, ACTIONS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN TO FOLLOW UP ON ENERGY CONSERVATION ISSUES. UH, I'VE BEEN PLEASED TO DO, UM, TO BE, TO WORK ON, UM, MOVING FORWARD OUR CITY OR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLES APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTRU HAS DONE AND THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY ELSE HAS BEEN DOING ON, UH, CONSERVATION, UM, ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND MAKING SURE BUILDINGS ARE ELECTRIC READY. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE IFC LET'S TAKE A VOTE THEN THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM, NUMBER 55, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED, UH, AND WITH A 10 ZERO VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, UH, OFF THE DESK THAT PASSES, UH, [76. Approve an ordinance amending City Code Section 2-5-103 (Council Committees Created; Subject Matter of Each Committee) to change the Health and Human Services Committee name to the Public Health Committee.] COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO YOU WANT TO LAY OUT ITEM NUMBER 76, CHANGING THE COMMITTEE NAME. OKAY, SURE. SO THIS IS AN ITEM. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE'VE TAUGHT THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, TO, TO MATCH THE NAME OF THE COMMITTEE, THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE THAT MOST DIRECTLY RELATES TO THE DEPARTMENT WITH THE ACTUAL DEPARTMENT NAME, THE DEPARTMENT CHANGED OF COURSE FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO PUBLIC HEALTH. AND SO THIS WOULD JUST, UM, CARRY THAT CHANGE THROUGH THE COMMITTEE NAME SOM OVER APPROVAL. YEP. UM, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? UH, AS A MEMBER OF RIGHT THIS SECOND SIDE MOTION COMING FROM THE COMMITTEE AND DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE NAME CHANGE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, BUT IT WAS A POST AND CHANGE PASSES, UH, TENS OR ALL RIGHT. UM, WE STILL HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES. LET'S BRING UP, UH, THE HOMESTEAD ITEM, [02:40:01] UH, COUNCIL AMERICA, SORRY YOU PULLED THIS ONE. THANK YOU MAYOR. [71. Approve an ordinance setting the tax exemption for the percentage-based property tax (ad valorem) residence homestead exemption at the current level of 10% of the assessed value or a different value that Council may establish up to a maximum of 20% in accordance with state law.] AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'VE TRADITIONALLY IN PAST YEARS, NOT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE VOTED THE SENIOR HOMESTEAD INCREASE, BUT HAVE NOT VOTED FOR THE PERCENTAGE, UH, BASED HOMESTEAD INCREASE. UH, BUT THIS IS REALLY DIFFERENT WITH THE CHANGE IN STATE RULES FOR ME. UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST DOWNSIDE OF THE PERCENTAGE BASED INCREASE WAS THAT IT PROVIDED TOO LITTLE RELIEF TO PEOPLE WHO NEEDED IT MORE WILD TAKING UP CITY RESOURCES THAT WE NEEDED TO USE TO HELP THOSE SAME FOLKS. UH, BUT WITH THE CHANGE IN THE RULES, I THINK THERE'S A REALLY BIG SHIFT IN THE CALCULUS, UH, AT LEAST FOR ME. AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHILE OF COURSE IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER AND MUCH BETTER IF WE COULD HAVE A FLAT EXEMPTION, WE DON'T HAVE THAT. UM, AND SO IF THIS IS THE ONLY TOOL AVAILABLE TO US, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE ONLY, UH, UH, DOWNSIDE MIGHT BE IF THERE IS ANY SMALL IMPACT TO TENANTS AND THE FACT THAT IT DOESN'T DO ENOUGH FOR TENANTS, BUT TO ME THAT ISN'T ENOUGH REASON TO NOT SUPPORT THIS, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE, UH, UNFORTUNATELY TOO SMALL OF BENEFIT TO SOME WORKING CLASS HOMEOWNERS IS STILL A REAL BENEFIT. SO, UM, ALL THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THAT THE, THE RIGHT PATH FOR MY VOTE WOULD BE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, BUT TO ALSO MOVE FORWARD, UH, A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN OUR ATTENDANCE ASSISTANCE, OUR RENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UH, COULD RUN OUT OF MONEY AS SOON AS THE END OF THIS MONTH. AND WE REALLY DON'T WANT FOLKS TO LOSE THEIR HOMES. AND SO WHAT I WOULD FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE WITH WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ITEM ON FIRST OR FIRST AND SECOND READING, UH, AND THEN COMING BACK NEXT WEEK, UM, AND MOVING FORWARD, UM, UH, REFILLING A LOT OF OUR, OUR ATTENDANCE ASSISTANCE THAT WE NEED SO BADLY. UM, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS IT'S ABOUT A $25 MILLION, UM, SHIFT IN TAXES OFF OF HOMEOWNERS. AND SO I WOULD WANT TO SEE IF WE COULD GET 20 TO $25 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL, UH, TENANT ASSISTANCE. I EXPECTED THAT WE WOULD BE VOTING ON THOSE ISSUES NEXT WEEK AND THAT WE WOULD BE VOTING ON THIS ISSUE, UH, NEXT WEEK. AND SO I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO DISCUSS ALL OF THAT, UH, NEXT WEEK. SO I'D BE READY TO VOTE YES. ON THIS, ON, ON FIRST OR FIRST AND SECOND. AND, AND THEN ALSO TO, TO BRING FORWARD THAT, UH, 20 TO 25 MILLION IN 10 MINUTES ASSISTANCE SO THAT WE CAN HELP BOTH HOMEOWNERS AND TENANTS WITH THOSE VOTES. SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S WHERE I STAND AND WOULD APPRECIATE CONVERSATION ON THE TOPIC, CATHERINE, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER. THANKS MAYOR. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DELAY APPROVAL OF THIS TODAY IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE TENANT ASSISTANCE WORK, BECAUSE THAT IS ALREADY PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH OUR PA. AND, UM, AND, AND IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT QUID PRO QUO TO ME THAT I DON'T THINK IS NECESSARY IN THIS CASE. I HAVE CERTAINLY VOTED IN SUPPORT OF, UH, TENANT RENTAL ASSISTANCE. UM, IN FACT, ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS THAT YOU HAVE, UH, BROUGHT TO US, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR, AND WOULDN'T EXPECT TO CHANGE THAT. AND I THINK THAT THIS DYESS WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT WE NOT TIE THIS ONE UP AND SAW THIS ONE DOWN TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THE ONLY WAY WE WOULD BE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD RELEASE THIS ACTION. I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE. AND I WOULD NOT WANT TO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY THE, THE IDEA THAT THE ONLY REASON WE WOULD BE APPROVING THIS IS THAT THE ONLY REASON WE WOULD BE APPROVING ADDITIONAL TENANT, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS SO THAT WE COULD SOMEHOW, UH, FREE THE, THE, UH, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM, FROM THIS, UM, ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, TIE UP. SO I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I DON'T, I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO GO THAT EXTRA STEP. UH, THOMAS, YES. I JUST WANT TO PICK HERE THAT WE, UM, HAVE A NUMBER, A PERCENTAGE NUMBER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR IS IT THE MAXIMUM 20%? IT WILL BE. IT'S NOT A MOTION THAT'S BEEN MADE QUITE YET. UH, BUT THAT WILL BE THE, UH, UH, EMOTION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, ALICE, DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? OKAY. OKAY. SO, UM, I COULD STILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF [02:45:01] DOING ALL THREE READINGS TODAY. I KNOW THAT WE DO NEED TO DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR RENTERS. UH, I THINK WE DO NEED TO INCREASE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. UM, AS, AS SOMEONE WHO IS AN APARTMENT DWELLER MYSELF, UM, I'M FEELING AWARE OF HOW THE MARKET CAN AFFECT THESE. AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT TO VOTE ON HOW MANY READINGS TODAY. UM, BUT I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE FULL 20%, WHETHER WE DO TWO READINGS, THREE READINGS TODAY. UM, BUT THIS IS A REALLY NECESSARY TOOL TO KEEP A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS IN THEIR PLACE. THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO ME SAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THEIR NEXT STEP IF THEY CAN'T STAY IN THEIR HOMES. AND THAT TO ME IS ALSO GOING TO AFFECT THE RENTAL MARKET WHEN PEOPLE GET PRICED OUT OF THEIR HOMES. AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING ALL OF IT. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU BRING OR, OR, UM, WHAT STAFF BRINGS, IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS ON THE TABLE SOON, THAT WOULD BE REALLY EXCITING. UM, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS. THAT'S A MEMBER OF MIGHT THIS, THANK YOU. I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF US, UH, THE, UH, PROVING THIS ITEM ON FIRST AND SECOND READING. UM, BUT I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT AND CONSIDERING DOUBLING OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER THE IMPACT ON RENTERS IN THIS COMMUNITY. AND ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT OUR EVICTION MORATORIUM HAS BEEN LIFTED AND THAT OUR FUNDS NEED REPLENISHING. I THINK THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE AMPLE TENANT ASSISTANCE. UM, ALSO WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TENANT ASSISTANCE FUNDING, THAT'S COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMING FROM THE FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS, AND THIS INCREASE BULLYING OF OUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS A PERMANENT MECHANISM. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE EQUALLY SHOW TWO RENTERS IN AUSTIN THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING PATHWAYS FOR US TO NOT ONLY ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE, THAT WE HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE, BUT I WOULD ALSO BE SUPPORTIVE OF IDENTIFYING PATHWAYS FOR US TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A PERMANENT SUSTAINABLE FUND AVAILABLE FOR RENTERS HERE IN AUSTIN. UM, AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, MY SUPPORT OR FOR THIS ITEM ITEM 71, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER THIS ON FIRST AND SECOND READING, IT WOULD BE, WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF US. UM, DELAYING THAT THIRD READING TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING COLLEAGUES. I PUT THIS ON THE, UH, ON THE AGENDA AND, AND HOPE THAT IT GETS PASSED REAL APPRECIATIVE OF THE SIX CO-SPONSORS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP INDICATING THE SUPPORT. UM, I ALSO INTEND TO VOTE FOR, FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR, FOR TENANTS. UH, AS I THINK WE TRY TO DELIVER A, A SOFT LANDING RATHER THAN AN EVICTION, UH, TSUNAMI AS WE WORK THROUGH IT. UM, UH, RECOGNIZING THAT I WOULD PROBABLY BE COMFORTABLE WITH A POTION THAT APPROVED THIS ON FIRST AND SECOND READING TODAY, UH, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD THEN BRING IT UP NEXT WEEK ALSO MEANS NEXT WEEK WE WOULD HAVE A FULL DICE. UH, AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THE CO-SPONSORS OF THIS ISN'T WITH THIS TODAY, I MIGHT WANT TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR IT AS WELL. UM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH THAT THIS HAS, UH, IF THIS, UM, OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE, UH, INDICATED ON THE TASK, UM, I'D BE OKAY WITH FIRST AND SECOND READING, PROVING IT NEXT WEEK. WE CAN CONSIDER THEN SEPARATELY. I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, FOR ME, THAT THINGS ARE NOT TIED, UM, BOTH, UM, UH, IMPORTANT. AND, AND THAT WOULD, UH, CERTAINLY ENABLE THE PUBLIC TO, TO SEE US DOING BOTH. SHOULD THAT BE THE DECISION THAT THE COUNCIL, UH, MAKES OR THE DISCUSSION MAYOR PRO TEM? I APPRECIATE IT. I, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUST OCCURRED TO ME AS, UM, COLLEAGUES, UH, DISCUSSING THE ITEM, ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO RENTERS, IS THAT, UM, JUST THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW THE TWO WOULD BE APPLIED. SO ALL HOMEOWNERS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE, UM, FOR THE INCREASED CONSIDERATION, BUT NOT ALL RENTERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. AND SO THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY, UH, APPLES TO APPLES. UM, BUT THAT'S IT. I ORIGINALLY DIDN'T INTEND TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM TODAY. UM, BUT I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH SUPPORTING, UM, FIRST AND SECOND READING TODAY, I THINK A LOT ABOUT, UM, EQUITY, OBVIOUSLY, UM, WITH THIS ITEM, WHAT'S THE IMPACT ON OUR TAX REVENUE? UM, WHAT EXISTING SERVICES ARE WE GONNA ELIMINATE BECAUSE OF THIS TAX CUT? UM, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DENYING THAT WE HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN THIS CITY. WE'VE ALL BEEN IN THE BOILING POT FOR YEARS [02:50:01] AND YEARS NOW, AND IT SHOULDN'T BE ANY SURPRISE. WE'RE A CITY OF NEARLY A MILLION PEOPLE, WHICH IS MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT WE WERE 30 YEARS AGO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE MADE IT AS DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE AS POSSIBLE TO ADD NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE PARTS OF TOWN WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE THE BOAST. SO GUESS WHAT? HIGH DEMAND AND LIMITED SUPPLY MEANS VALUES GO UP AND THAT'S DISPROPORTIONATELY HURTING, WORKING CLASS PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF COLOR, SENIORS, YOUNG FAMILIES, IMMIGRANTS, AND SO MANY OTHERS. I APPRECIATE THE DESIRE TO PROVIDE RELIEF IN THE FORM OF TAX CUTS, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS FAIR OR EQUITABLE OR EVEN SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO BE WORTH IT. IF WE GO UP TO 20%, THE MEDIAN HOMEOWNER WILL SAVE $141 A YEAR. THAT'S LESS THAN $12 A MONTH. UH, THAT MIGHT BE SUFFICIENT FOR, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF BREAKFAST TACOS, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT SUFFICIENT IN MY MIND'S EYES. SO THE, YOU KNOW, THE WATER BOILING FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE MAKING AN OFFER, YOU KNOW, TO, FOR SOME RELIEF, BUT I JUST, I FRANKLY DON'T SEE IT. UH, I THINK, I THINK TO SAY THAT THIS STRIKES ME AS THE OPPOSITE OF EQUITABLE MIGHT BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. SO I STRUGGLE WITH THE IDEA OF AN INEQUITABLE TAX CODE. THAT'LL COST US REVENUE THAT WE COULD USE TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS OR SUPPORT PARKS OR POLICE OR POTHOLES. UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT $12 A MONTH IS WORTH IT. SO WITH OUR REVENUE CAPS AND QUESTIONS AROUND HB 1900, THE STATE PUTTING US IN REALLY TRICKY FINANCIAL SITUATIONS. UM, I THINK AS A MUNICIPALITY THERE ISN'T A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO ABOUT SOME OF THAT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT OUR, UM, ONLY ACTION GEN ISN'T A TAX BREAK, UH, WORTH ABOUT FOUR BREAKFAST TACOS A MONTH. UM, I THINK WE NEED TO GRAPPLE WITH THE FACT THAT A SPRAWLING CAR ORIENTED CITY CITY WITH A RESTRICTED HOUSING SUPPLY IS GONNA COME WITH COSTS. UM, AND WE CAN'T AVOID THAT AS I THINK WE NEED TO GRAPPLE WITH THE FACT THAT OUR OWN INACTION TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS IS ONLY MAKING THINGS WORSE. SO AGAIN, I'LL SUPPORT FIRST AND SECOND READING TODAY. I PRO TIME, I APPRECIATE SUPPORT OUR FIRST AND SECOND READING. UH, THE CONCERN YOU RAISED ABOUT LOSING INCOME THAT WE COULD SPEND ON OTHER THINGS IS SOMETHING THAT HAD, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? DOES THE, DOES THE CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT IT'S BEING CALCULATED THIS YEAR, AS OPPOSED TO PAST FEW YEARS CHANGE THAT PARADIGM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND IT DOES UP UNTIL LAST YEAR INCREASES IN EXEMPTION DID RESULT IN LESS REVENUE FOR MUNICIPALITIES, BUT IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, THE STATE PATROL OR REVISE THEIR TAX CALCULATION FORMS. AND SO THAT NO LONGER IS THE CASE. THESE EXEMPTION INCREASES WOULD NOT RESULT IN LESS REVENUE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. SO THAT WAS A POSITIVE CHANGE, UH, ALONG THE RENEW CHANGE. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RAN THROUGH. YEAH, YEAH. I'M NOT ORDERING FIRST AND SECOND. AND WE EARN, UH, FOR NEXT THREE NEXT WEEK, I'LL BE VOTING FOR THE, FOR THE THIRD READING. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT, THAT LOW-INCOME PEOPLE DO LIVE HERE IN THE EAST HOUSE AND SAY, THE CHILD IS GO VALLEY AREA. I HAVE VALUE RIGHT NOW, MINE PERSONALLY IT MARKET RATE IS $668,000. THAT'S SIX $68,000 FOR A HOUSE THAT I BOUGHT 42 YEARS AGO FOR 21. AND THAT'S, IT'S BEEN GOING ON HERE AT EAST AUSTIN. AND IF WE DON'T GIVE A EXPERT, THEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY, WHY BOTHER STAYING HERE? I CAN GET 800, 700, $800,000 FOR MY PROPERTY HERE AND I'M LEAVING AND I'LL JUST GO DOWN TO THE LOCKHART OR SMITHVILLE HOLE OR BUDA OR OTHER CITIES TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF US TO WHERE THE VALUE IS NOT AS EXPENSIVE AND EXPENSIVE. SO THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING. AND, AND ESPECIALLY IN DEL VALLEY, A STEAM EXPLOSION OVER THERE, AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED HERE IN EAST AUSTIN, AND THEY'RE AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE. THEIR VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY AND THEIR TAXES ARE JUST GONE UP SKY AND THEY'RE TAKING THEIR MONEY AND THEY'RE LEAVING AND THEY'RE GOING DOWN TO THE DEL VALLEY AREA AND UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THAT'S A PART OF IT. IT'S AN UNINCORPORATED. AND WE CANNOT PUT BACK TRANSPORTATION TO THAT AREA, [02:55:01] YOU KNOW, A PART OF OUR FORENSICS BOUNDARIES. SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED TO GIVE OUR PEOPLE HERE, SOME RELIEF, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT OUR FAULT THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THE WAY TEXAS TALK TO LACE IS TAXES AND, AND, AND IT'S JUST STRICTLY THE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY AT YOUR HOUSE. AND, AND THERE'S NO INCOME TAX AND WE'LL NEVER HAVE ONE. IT WAS MADE. WE PUT THAT TO REST YEARS AGO WHEN THE WEBSITE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. SO YOU NEED A STATEWIDE TO JUST TO CHANGE THE TAX. SO WE DO NEED RELIEF. I MEAN, I'M SORRY, SIR, THROW ONE OR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR TACOS OUT THERE, BUT I'VE ASKED PEOPLE THAT HAVE THAT, THAT PLACE VALUE SO HIGH THAT'S A LOT MORE, AND IT WILL BE A RELIEF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, GUYS, JUST SO THAT THERE'S EMOTION OUT IN FRONT OF US. UH, I MOVED FIRST AND SECOND READING PASSAGE OF THIS, UH, ITEM, UH, AT THE 20,000, WHICH I THINK IS, UH, DEBRA, HOW IT IS BOTH POSTED AND APPEARS IN BACKUP. I THINK THE BLAME HAS BEEN BEEN, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? THAT'S ONE OF OUR ALTER SECONDS THAT HAS MEMBER KITCHEN. I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOU. OH, I JUST WANT, UM, I SUPPORT GOING TO THE FULL 20% HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. I AM PLEASED THAT WE'RE AT A POINT WITH THE WAY THAT, UM, WITH THE CHA AND HOW THOSE THAT IS CALCULATED AND HOW IT IMPACTS US OUR, UM, OUR BUDGET THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT I, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE TO USE EVERY TOOL THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US. AND ALTHOUGH HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS NOT THE PERFECT TOOL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK IT MATTERS TO PEOPLE. AND I DON'T, I REALLY DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE THINKING IN TERMS OF, SHOULDN'T BE THINKING IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, JUST THIS ONE THING VERSUS OTHER THINGS. IT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO PEOPLE CUMULATIVELY. AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S A MATTER OF A FEW TACOS HERE OR THERE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE. I ALSO THINK IT IS EQUITABLE. UM, AND I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO USE EVERY SINGLE, UM, TOOL THAT WE HAVE IN THE TOOLBOX BECAUSE DIFFERENT TOOLS HELP DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AND WE NEED TO BE USING THEM ALL. THIS IS NOT AN EITHER OR SITUATION. I ALSO REALLY HAVE TO TAKE ISSUE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. I MEAN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THIS COUNCIL HAS NOT DONE NOTHING WITH REGARD TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE HAVE DRAMATICALLY BEEN WORKING TO IMPROVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. CAN WE DO MORE? YES, WE CAN DO MORE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO MORE, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN IGNORING BY ANY MEANS. OKAY. FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US TO APPROVE ON SECOND AND THIRD READING THAT'S MEMBER TOBA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, CAN YOU MOVE YOUR MICROPHONE? I ALWAYS FORGET TO DO THAT. THANKS. UM, I INTEND TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY ON AND, AND, UH, NEXT WEEK AS WELL. I HAVE NOT SUPPORTED THE LAST COUPLE TIMES THAT WE'VE TAKEN A VOTE AS A COUNCIL TO INCREASE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. UM, I, FOR, FOR SOME OF THE SAME REASON FOR ALL OF THE SAME REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED, I ACTUALLY CREATED THE FIRST HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WHEN WE DID A VERY, UH, FRACTIONAL, WE WERE ABLE TO DO A VERY FRACTIONAL PERCENTAGE THAT EQUATED TO A, A FLAT RATE, UM, A BASE FLAT RATE OF $5,000, WHICH WAS NOT A LOT, BUT IT WAS THE FIRST HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WE HAD. AND THE ONLY WAY IN WHICH WE COULD ACHIEVE A FLAT RATE, UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT ON TUESDAY, I THINK I HOPE THAT SOMEDAY WE HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE ABILITY TO, TO, UH, USE A FLAT RATE. I THINK THAT WOULD RESOLVE A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, INCLUDING GIVING SUCH LARGE TAX BREAKS TO, UM, SOME OF THE HIGHEST COST HOUSING IN THIS CITY. SO HAVING SAID THAT, UM, I DO THINK THE NEW CALCULATION RESOLVES AT LEAST ONE OF THE ISSUES ABOUT NOT REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF INCOME WE CAN BRING IN. UM, I DID ASK A QUESTION THAT I JUST WANT TO CALL MY COLLEAGUES ATTENTION TO IN THE Q AND A, ON 71. AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER ASKED SOME GOOD QUESTIONS AS WELL IN THE Q AND A, THE ONE I ASKED, UM, ASKED OUR STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THIS, HOW THIS WOULD SHIFT THE TAX BURDEN, UM, AMONG THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF PROPERTIES. AND IT DOES, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS PRETTY CLEAR TO SEE WHERE BEAR THAT SHIFT WOULD OCCUR. UM, AND IT DOES SHIFT TO COMMERCIAL AND IT DOES SHIFT TO MULTIFAMILY AND IT DOES SHIFT TO RESIDENTIAL NON-HOMESTEAD, WHICH ARE LIKELY MOST OCCUPIED BY RENTERS AS THE STAFF HAVE SAID. SO I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME OF THIS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN YES, RENTS ARE SET BY MARKET CONDITIONS, BUT IN, IN SOME CASES THAT IS ALSO, UM, PASSED ALONG, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THOSE COMMERCIAL [03:00:01] PROPERTIES, THOSE MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES, THOSE NON-RESIDENTIAL, THOSE NON-HOMESTEAD RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WILL PASS WE'LL PASS THAT INCREASE COST BURDEN ON TO THEIR TENANTS. AND SO IT WILL RESULT IN A, IN A RENTAL INCREASE FOR MANY IN THE CITY. SO I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARD, TO CONTINUING TO, UM, LOOK AT THE WAYS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE RENTAL RELIEF. AS SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION, SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS KEEPS FREEZING. AND THE WORST WAS TERRIBLE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. OKAY. UM, WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE ALREADY WORKING TOWARD THAT WITH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND, AND I HOPE THAT WE HAVE SOME OTHER FUNDING OPTIONS THAT THE STAFF HAVE MADE US AWARE OF THAT MIGHT ALSO COME TO BEAR. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO IT, NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT AS THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS A PERMANENT, A PERMANENT EXEMPTION. WE SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT WHETHER THERE ARE WAYS, UM, IN YEARS TO COME TO, TO PROVIDE THAT RELIEF TO RENTERS, KNOWING THAT WE'RE DOING SO FAR FOR OUR PROPERTY OWNERS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTAR YOU'RE MUTED. YES. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS ITEM. I'M, I'M PROUD TO, CO-SPONSOR IT. UM, YOU KNOW, I SECONDED THE MOTION FOR FIRST AND SECOND READING, BUT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON ALL THREE READINGS. UM, THERE'S CLEARLY A MAJORITY, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SEVEN OF US WHO ARE SIGNED ON, UM, AS THOSE SPONSORS, WE HAVE A LOT OF ON OUR PLATE, UM, NEXT WEEK ANYWAY. UM, AND WE ALSO PASSED EARLIER TODAY, UM, A NEXT STEPS FOR EXPLORING A UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME, WHICH I THINK IS RELATED TO THIS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I VERY PURPOSELY, YOU KNOW, CO-SPONSORED BOTH THOSE AND, AND THAT ITEM. UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD TODAY. I WOULD PREFER TO MOVE FORWARD ON ALL THREE READINGS. I THINK IT SENDS A STRONGER SIGNAL TO THE FOLKS WHO, UM, ARE HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED RELIEF, UM, WHO ARE ANTICIPATING HEARING FROM US TODAY, UM, THAT WE WERE, WE WERE VOTING FOR THIS. UM, OBVIOUSLY IF THAT'S NOT THE WILL OF THE DIOCESE, WE'LL WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK, BUT I, WHAT I, I, I BELIEVE THAT THE VOTES ARE THERE, UM, AND HAVE BEEN CLEARLY CLEARLY STATED THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE ISSUES, UM, IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. UM, THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THAT IN THE FUTURE, UM, WE SHOULD REALLY WORK WITH OUR DELEGATION TO SEE WHETHER THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES NOW THAT WE WILL HAVE REACHED THE 20% THRESHOLD, UM, TO SAY TO THE LEGISLATURE, WE'D LIKE TO OFFER MORE RELIEF UNDER THESE RULES. CAN YOU ALLOW US TO DO, YOU KNOW, X AMOUNT OF MONEY OR THIS PERCENTAGE WHICHEVER IS GREATER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SEE IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, TO PROVIDE SOME MORE TARGETED RELIEF TO FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE LOWER END OF THE INCOME SCALE. UM, SO I PERSONALLY WOULD PREFER TO DO ALL THREE READINGS. I HADN'T VOTED SO WE CAN GET TO THE, UH, SPEAKERS AND THEY ARE PRO TEM. I THANK YOU, MARY. I APPRECIATE IT. YOU SAID THAT THE MOTION WAS FIRST AND SECOND, BUT TWICE NOW YOU'VE SAID SECOND AND THIRD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT FIRST AND SECOND MOTION IS FIRST AND SECOND. THANK YOU. TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM FOR THE SECOND READING CUSTOMER POLL. I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR FIRST AND SECOND, BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR TO THE RECORD THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE VOTING ON ALL READINGS FOR THIS ITEM TODAY. I I REALLY, AND, AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO VOTE FOR THOSE BECAUSE MY VOTE, NO, THEN IT SEEMS LIKE I'M AGAINST IT. AND, AND THAT ISN'T TRUE EITHER I'M AGAINST HOW WE'RE DOING IT. UM, BECAUSE I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO HANG THIS OVER INTO ONE MORE WEEK IN ORDER TO ASSURE THAT WE ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO FOLKS WHO HAVE GOTTEN THE SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT FROM US ALREADY. UH, NOT ONLY THIS COUNCIL, BUT LONG PAST COUNCILS HAVE ALSO, THIS IS A CITY THAT'S VERY WELCOMING AND CARING, AND WE ARE ALWAYS EMBRACING FOLKS WHO ARE IN NEED. WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO FILL ALL THOSE NEEDS. IT'S A CONSTANT CONSTANT EFFORT. AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO WALK AWAY FROM OUR MEETING HERE TODAY WITH ANY SORT OF, UM, FEELING LIKE WE ARE NOT FULLY COMMITTED TO EVERYBODY WHO LIVES IN THIS CITY. UM, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS OR ANY OTHER STATUS THAT HAS TO BE, UH, AN ITEM OF FAITH FOR [03:05:01] ALL OF US, BECAUSE THOSE ARE OUR CONSTITUENTS AND WE ARE DOING THE WORK FOR THEM. THANK YOU. THAT WAS PRETTY CLEAR. WE HAVE SPOKEN SUPPORT BOTH THIS WEEKEND NEXT WEEK FROM AT LEAST EIGHT. MAYBE WE CAN MOVE TO UNANIMOUS. IT'S TAKE THE VOTE AS A FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. AS OPPOSED I'M SHOWING THIS BOAT BEING ANONYMOUS ON THE DIAS 10 ZERO PASSED ON FIRST AND SECOND READING PROBABLY IS WE HAVE TO PASS IT NEXT WEEK, UH, IN ORDER TO MEET THE STATUTORY DEADLINE TO, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO NEXT WEEK WE'LL, WE'LL FINISH THAT UP. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE, UH, ZONING, UH, PORTION OF THE, UH, OF THE DAY. I THINK THAT THERE ARE TWO, UM, UM, IF I GOT THE INSTRUCTION, RIGHT, DREW, THERE ARE TWO, UH, DISCUSSION POSTPONEMENT ISSUES THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY ADDRESS. UH, FIRST, DO WE HAVE A SPEAKER FOR, AND A SPEAKER AGAINST THE TWO POSTPONEMENT ITEMS, MAYOR. THIS IS JERRY REST OF HIM WITH THE, UH, HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT. WE DO, WE HAVE, UM, ANGELA BENEVIDEZ GUARD IS, UH, IS GOING TO SPEAK TO ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR BOTH POSTPONEMENT REQUESTS. AND WE HAVE ALICE GLASGOW IS THE AGENT ON NUMBER 69 AND MICHAEL WHALEN ON ITEM NUMBER 70. OKAY. I LIKE WOULD BE MY INTENT THEN TO CALL UP THESE DISCUSSION ITEMS ON THE, UH, POSTPONEMENT ISSUE. UH, AND THEN, UH, AFTER WE KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE POSTPONED, THEN WE'LL GO TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THAT ENABLES PEOPLE NOT TO SPEAK IF THEIR ITEM GETS POSTPONED, UH, OR THE LIKE, SO JERRY LET'S CALL UP EACH OF THOSE TWO CASES SEPARATELY, FIRST ONE THAN THE OTHER AND LET THE, UM, UM, TWO PEOPLE SPEAK FOR AND AGAINST THE POSTPONEMENT. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO A COUNSELOR DISCUSSION. OKAY, MAYOR, UM, ITEM NUMBER 69 IS KC 14, 2020 ZEROS ARE EIGHT, NINE KNOWN AS THE 12TH AND SPRINGDALE RESIDENCES. UM, AS I SAID, WE HAVE, UH, ANGLO BENEVIDEZ GARZA HERE TO SPEAK, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE EAST MLK NEIGHBORHOOD. WHO'S CONTACTING HIM. I'M SORRY. WHO'S REQUESTING A POSTPONEMENT TO JULY 29TH. UM, THE AGENT MOST CLASSICAL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SHE IS OKAY WITH THE POSTPARTUM TO JUNE 10TH, BUT NOT BEYOND THAT, THAT'S FINE. GRETCHEN'S WHETHER IT'S POSTPONED TO THE JULY 29TH OR JUNE 10TH, UH, WHO ASKED FOR THE POSTPONEMENT, WAS IT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ASKED FOR THE POST, THE EAST MLK CONTACTING? OKAY. SO LET'S GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SPEAK FIRST CLERK. CAN YOU HELP US WITH THAT? WELL, MAYOR CITY LEADERS AND JERRY DISMANTLE INTERVIEWED THIS GUY, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF THINGS CLEAR. UM, AS I WAS LISTENING TO Y'ALL, UM, LAST NIGHT WE CALLED AN EMERGENCY MEETING WITH THREE NEW CO-CHAIRS IN THE EAST MLK, UM, CONTACT TEAM, NADIA AND MYSELF. UM, WE HAD THE MEETING LAST NIGHT BECAUSE WE HAD TWO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, BRING THIS UP TO OUR ATTENTION, HOW, WHY THEY WERE NEEDING A POSTPONEMENT AND RESPECTFULLY AND RESPONSIBLY. WE LOOKED FOR SOMETHING MORE MIDDLE GROUND. CAUSE WE, WE KIND OF FIGURED, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE KIND OF LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THE END OF JUNE, BUT I THINK YOU'RE ALL GOING TO BE OFF. AND THEN THAT'S WHY IT WENT FURTHER OUT TO JULY 29TH, JUNE 10TH, THOUGH, IS TO SING FOR THESE FOLKS. AND IF YOU WERE VIEW THE, UM, INFORMATION THAT CAME FROM NORDEA, WHO WAS WRITING, YOU KNOW, SHE WROTE THIS AS WE WERE SPEAKING TOGETHER LAST NIGHT AND, UM, JUST REFLECTED ON EVERYTHING WE DISCUSSED, THE REASON, THE REASON FOR THE POSTPONEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE HAVE VIEWED AS THREE COACHER LADIES IN THE AREA IS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW THIS INFORMATION. THEY'RE STILL ASKING QUESTIONS, SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF THE COMMUNITY, LET ME MAKE SURE MY CLEAR ON IT. UM, THEY ARE OKAY. IT, WE LOSE SPEAKER. OKAY. WE LOST THE SPEAKER. WE'LL CALL HER, CALL HER IN. LET'S PAUSE FOR A SECOND. LET YOU DO THAT. [03:10:14] GO AHEAD, PLEASE. TOTALLY, GO AHEAD. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. OKAY. OKAY. SO I WANT TO MAKE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR. THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST SAID WHEN WE LOST HER. OKAY. UM, SO I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR WOULD THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMING TO US. UM, I, UM, ON THIS ISSUE AND SO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE AREA EAST MLK, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ASKED US TO GO AHEAD AND REQUEST FOR A POSTPONEMENT TILL JULY 29, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF GETTING AN INDEPENDENT. UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF BULLET POINTS IN THAT EMAIL, IN THE MIDDLE OF GETTING AN INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO MAKE SURE TO GET CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S RISING. SO THAT I'M JUST BOUNCING OFF WHAT WE DISCUSSED. I DIDN'T KNOW, ADOPT THIS. AND THAT'S THE ITEM 69, RIGHT. THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. YES. YEAH. OKAY. RIGHT. SO THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE. THEY JUST HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH TIME TO GET ALL THESE FACTS TOGETHER, PUT THAT DOWN. AND AGAIN, RESPONSIBLY, WE LOOKED FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE IN LINE, LIKE AT THE END OF GENE, BUT WE COULDN'T FIND A DATE TO FIT IN THERE, BUT JUNE 10TH IS TOO SOON FOR THEM. THEY'VE MADE THAT CLEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SPEAKING FOR JUNE 10TH IS THAT, UH, THIS CLASS COM WE'RE GETTING AROUND NOW, SIR. THANK YOU. HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD. DEFINITELY. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, ALICE GLASGOW REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT ON ITEM NUMBER SIX TO NINE. UH, WE DO NOT OPPOSE THE REQUEST FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO POSTPONE TO JULY 29TH. HOWEVER, I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT. WE'VE HAD, UM, TWO VIRTUAL MEETINGS WITH THE, UH, MLK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE LAST VIRTUAL MEETING WAS ON JANUARY 15TH, 2021 AT THAT MEETING, THE, UM, MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED THAT MEETING, ASKED MY CLIENT TO CONSIDER SEVERAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS. SOME OF THEM REQUIRED, UH, SOME RESEARCH THAT I NEEDED TO REACH OUT TO THE WATERSHED STAFF REGARDING FLOODING AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CEMETERY. AND, UM, UM, AND WITHDRAWING THE REZONING FOR TRACT ONE. I, UM, TOLD THEM I WOULD MEET ABOUT A WEEK TO REACH OUT TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES. I REPLIED BACK ON JANUARY 22ND, UH, INDICATING OUR ACCEPTANCE OF THEIR COMMUNITY BENEFITS REQUESTS AND SOME EXPLANATIONS. HOWEVER, WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A REPLY BACK TO OUR ACCEPTANCE OF WHAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED OF US. SO MY BRIEF COMMENTS ARE SIMPLY TO SAY THAT, UH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A TWO-WAY STREET. IF WE'RE TO WORK TOGETHER, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME RECIPROCITY AND WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY RECIPROCAL RESPONSES HERE. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF, UM, UM, RESEARCH WE'VE CONDUCTED, UH, STUDIES ON THE SITE THAT REQUESTED. SO WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO THE POSTPONEMENT TO JULY 29TH. I JUST WANTED TO BENNETT GOES WITH COMMENTS. SO COUNCIL'S AWARE FOR THE RECORD. SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF STUFF FOR THIS PROPERTY TO PROVIDE RESEARCH AND INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THEM. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER AND, UH, ONE THAT IS RECIPROCATED. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. UH, SO WHAT I GATHERED FROM THAT AS YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS PART [03:15:01] OF NEIGHBORHOODS REQUEST TO POSTPONE MY, TO OUR, UH, MEETING IN JULY, JULY 29TH. THAT'S CORRECT. MA'AM THANK YOU. SO THEN WE'LL MOVE THIS BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE POSTPONEMENT TO JULY 29TH, JERRY, YOU WANT TO CALL THAT X CASE? SURE. MAYOR, OH, THE NEXT ITEM IS THAT I'M 70, LET'S SEE EIGHT, 14, 2012, ZERO ONE ZERO FOUR. IT'S A SPRINGDALE GREEN PUD. UH, AGAIN, THE, UH, WE HAVE A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST FROM THE EAST MLK CONTACT TEAM TO JULY 29TH. UH, ANGOLA WILL SPEAK TO THE, AGAIN TO THE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST AND THE APPLICANT IS MICHAEL WHALEN. GO AHEAD. FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE ON THE GROUND, A PORTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE A HUGE PORTION OF ABOUT FIVE NEIGHBORHOODS ASSOCIATIONS AND TWO CONTACT TEAMS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER IN RESULT OF THIS. AND QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FOR THIS PROJECT AT THIS MOMENT, HOWEVER, ARE STILL WILLING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE APPLICANT TO CONTINUE TO COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF CONSENSUS ON THE PORTION OF BASICALLY THE SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT ARE THERE. OKAY. SO ON A PORTION FOR THE SUPPORT OF PROJECTS, I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO A SPECIFIC MAN WHO CAME INTO CHAIR, WHO LIVES IN THE AREA THAT'S BEING IMPACTED BY THE FLOOD OF THE STREET AS A RESULT OF A NETHER DEVELOPMENT THAT WENT UP NEAR HIT THAT STREET, WHICH IS A FATAL STREET, WHICH HAS THAT STRAIGHT. AND MY, MY KIDS, UM, FAMILY HAPPENED TO LIVE ON THAT STREET. THEY CONFIRMED THE WORK THAT MR. SAM RODRIGUEZ HAS DONE IN THAT AREA. THEY HAVE CONFIRMED, UM, THE WORK THAT HE'S BEEN DOING TO, TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA, INCLUDING GETTING AN INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING STUDY AS WELL. ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, ALL FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN TWO CONTACT TEAMS ARE IN COMPLETE SUPPORT OF NO MATTER WHAT THE OUTCOME IS, THAT AT THE VERY MINIMUM THAT WE ALL COULD GET BEHIND AND FULLY SUPPORT MR. SAM RODRIGUEZ AND ASSOCIATED STREET, THAT'S GETTING FLOODED ALREADY. UM, THAT'S GETTING IMPACTED NOW. NOW WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK MR. WAYLON AND THEIR PATIENTS HONEST AS WELL. HE'S BEEN VERY RESPECTFUL AS WELL. WE'RE ASKING FOR POSTPONEMENT TO JULY 29 BECAUSE WE'VE JUST GONE THROUGH A TRANSITION OF A CONTACT TEAM. UM, OUR CENSUS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE VISION OF THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE. AND OF COURSE, THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AS WELL, QUESTIONS THAT ARE STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED AND HAVE NOT GIVEN OUR COMMUNITY THE CONFIDENCE THEY NEED TO REALLY SEED IN THEIR HEAD THAT THIS IS A SAFE GROUND TO MOVE FORWARD ON. THERE'S TONS OF QUESTIONS STILL. AND, UM, AND IT, IT ISN'T BECAUSE MR. WAYLON HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO TRY TO, IT'S JUST THAT PEOPLE JUST HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH TIME TO GET THOSE QUESTIONS TO CLARIFY. SO RESPECTFULLY WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AGAIN AT THE ENERGY AND FIND OUT IF WE HAD A MORE VIABLE TIME, UM, JULY, JUNE 10 IS JUST TOO SOON FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE DATE THAT WE HAD FOR EVERYBODY TO DO. THIS WAS JULY 29TH, UNFORTUNATELY, AND IT STILL GOES OUT TO JULY 29TH. I DO WANT TO COMMEND THE COMMUNITY FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITH COMING TOGETHER TO CONTACT TEAMS COMING TOGETHER, ALL OF US IN FULL SUPPORT OF SUPPORTING MR. SAM RODRIGUEZ. AND SO SAY THE STREET IN THAT FLOOD SITUATION GETTING CLEARED UP, UM, BUT ALL OF US COMING TOGETHER TO FIND CONSENSUS AND ALL OF US COMING TOGETHER TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET TO THAT CONSENSUS. SO THE, THE CONVERSATIONS ARE STILL CONTINUING. THEY JUST NEED MORE TIME SO THAT THEY CAN GET ALL THE FACTS IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND COMMUNICATE THE COMMUNITY WHAT'S GOING ON. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MICHAEL WHALEN HERE. UH, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COMMISSIONER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, EXCUSE ME, MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. UM, THIS CASE HAS BEEN BEFORE THE CITY FOR OVER A YEAR. WE FILED THE DIS. WE ACTUALLY MET WITH, UH, THE CONTACT TEAMS THAT WERE JUST REFERENCED TWO OF THEM, UH, PRIOR TO FILING IT, OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE FILED IN MAY OF 2020. AND WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL THE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT IN AUGUST OF 2020, WE THEN FILED THE ZONING CASE, THE REZONING CASE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020. AND SINCE THAT, SINCE THEN, WE HAVE MET EXTENSIVELY WITH THE NEIGHBORS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, THE CONTACT TEAMS AND CITY STAFF, UH, AS WELL AS APPEARING BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, WHERE WE RECEIVED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT, UH, AND IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, WHERE WE ALSO [03:20:01] RECEIVED, UH, SUPPORT THIS PAST FEBRUARY, UH, EXCUSE ME, UH, THIS PAST MARCH BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AS YOU KNOW, WE APPEARED BEFORE YOU ON APRIL 22ND. AND EVEN AFTER THAT MEETING ON APRIL 22ND, WE HAD SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS WITH THE CONTACT TEAMS WHERE WE WERE PRESENTED WITH MORE IDEAS FOR, UH, COMMUNITY BENEFITS, WHICH WE RESPONDED TO BY TAKING THE SUGGESTIONS AND INCREASING OUR PACKAGE, WHICH WE'LL GO OVER DURING OUR PRESENTATION BY, UH, $925,000. IN ADDITION, SINCE APRIL 22ND, THERE ALSO HAS ALREADY BEEN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT. GRANTED IN THIS CASE, LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP AND ARE READY TO SPEAK FOR AND AGAINST THIS, UH, PROPOSAL IT'S RIPE AND READY NEXT WEEK. UH, JUNE 10TH IS A PACKED, UH, HEARING. AND I KNOW WE HAVE ALREADY, UH, UH, THE GUN SITE WORK AT THE SITE, UH, UNDER AN F UNDER A SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT UNDER AN F1 PERMIT TO BEGIN SITE WORK, AND WE'RE READY TO PROCEED, UH, WITH AN UP OR DOWN VOTE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, EXTRAORDINARY, UH, COMMUNITY BENEFITS PACKAGE THAT WE PLAN TO PRESENT DURING THE HEARING. I HOPE LATER TODAY. SO WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE CASE, VOTE DOWN THE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST, AND LET'S HAVE A, UH, UH, UH, I THINK THE CASE IS RIPE TO BE CONSIDERED WE'VE. WE'VE RESPONDED TO ALL QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED, INCLUDING WITHIN HOURS. QUESTIONS AT THE LAST MINUTE WERE PROPOSED THAT WERE, UH, THAT WERE SENT TO ME, UH, ON TUESDAY BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY, BEFORE MIDNIGHT BY 8:00 PM. I ANSWERS AND DOCUMENTATION TO RESPOND TO ALL OF THE TCQ ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS AND CAN CONTINUE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING ONES RELATED TO HOW WE HAVE TO BUILD UNDER TCEQ REQUIREMENTS, BUT THAT'S NOT A ZONING ISSUE. THAT'S A, UH, TCQ AND BUILDING PERMIT, UH, SITE PLAN ISSUE. SO WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU PROCEED, THANK YOU. HI COLLEAGUES THAT GETS IT BACK TO US AND YOUR DISCUSSION. I, I, I, UH, HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING IT VERY CLOSELY AND I THINK WE SHOULD PROCEED, YOU KNOW, UH, I, I REALLY WANT THE APPLICANT TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN LIKE, LIKE SAID, WE CAN JUST VOTE IT UP AND DOWN, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST A LOT OF COMMUNITY KIND OF TIPS THAT WE WOULD END UP LOSING IF WE DON'T, BUT, UH, I'M GOING TO LET MY COLLEAGUES MAKE THAT DECISION, NOT ME, BUT I, UM, I'M READY TO PROCEED WITH IT AND GET, GET IT OVER WITH UP OR DOWN, OR I'M COMFORTABLE WITH PROCEEDING TODAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO POSTPONE, IF NOT, WE'LL CALL THE KIDS, WE'LL CALL THE INCIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THEM LESS. I GET MORE, UM, UH, HERE FOR MORE COLLEAGUES, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH POSTPONING. I UNDERSTAND THE, UM, THE LEVEL OF EFFORT THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS ON BEHALF OF THE, UM, DEVELOPER. AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. AND I'M HEARING THE CONCERN ABOUT THIS BEING BEFORE US FOR A YEAR, BUT I WOULD ALSO JUST REMIND US, THIS IS A PUD AND PUDS CAN BE COMPLICATED. AND I AM PLEASED THAT, THAT THE, UM, IT'S SUCH A, SUCH A COLLABORATION IS GOING ON AMONG THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, UH, TO TRY TO REACH CONSENSUS. AND I FEEL LIKE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. AND SO I'M, I AM OKAY WITH GIVING A BIT MORE TIME TO DO THAT, BUT I'M NOT HEARING ANY OF MY OTHER, MY OTHER COLLEAGUES. SO IF YOU NEED A MOTION MIKE ONE, BUT NOT, UNLESS THERE'S A, UH, COLLEAGUES AND WHAT ELSE WANT TO SPEAK, THAT'S MY TWENTIES. THANK YOU. I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF EMOTION TO POSTPONE. I DO THINK GIVEN THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS AREA SERIES ONE OF THE FASTEST GENTRIFYING POETS IN THE NATION THAT GIVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD MORE TIME TO HAVE THOSE POSITIONS, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE, UM, MS. BENEVIDEZ MENTIONED THAT THERE'S BEEN CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP WITH ONE OF THEIR CONTACT TEAMS. UM, AND, AND SO I THINK POSTPONEMENT WOULD, WOULD DO WELL, UH, BY THE COMMUNITY. AND I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AND THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE, UM, AND [03:25:01] DID THE INCREASE IN THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PACKAGE. UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT I WOULD ALSO BE SUPPORTIVE OF A POSTPONEMENT. OKAY. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE, WE DID THE SAME THING OVER THERE AND TELL EVERYONE, SO THE CHILD IS WHERE THEY WANTED TO BUILD 330 FAMILY APARTMENT, AND WE WEREN'T GOING TO IT, YOU KNOW, WE KEPT ON THE LAND AND THE, AND THEY KEPT SAYING NO. AND THEY EVENTUALLY JUST, WE ENDED UP WITH, UH, A HUGE OFFICE COMPLEX THERE WITH NO PEOPLE, OUR SCHOOL, BROOKE ELEMENTARY HAVE TO CLOSE BECAUSE THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH CHILDREN IN THAT AREA. SO, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP THINKING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, HELPING OUT, BUT IT'S NOT THE HELPING OUT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA THROW A SIXTIES FAIR BILL, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE US ZERO. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET NOTHING. AND THE FLOOD WILL CONTINUE. AND THOSE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE COLLEAGUES CANCEL HER POOL. CAN YOU CONFIRM WHICH ITEM IT IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW? OR ARE WE TALKING? BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM ALL THREE, I DON'T REMEMBER 70. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 70. OKAY. AND I WOULD BE FINE WITH PROCEEDING FORWARD WITH IT TODAY, OR THAT DISCUSSION, ANY MOTIONS. ALL RIGHT, JERRY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE CONSENT AGENDA? THIS, THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM. SURE. MAYOR PERMITS. UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER, UM, 62 IN THIS CASE, C 14, 2020 ZERO ONE 45. THIS IS THE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT TO JUNE 10TH. I DIDN'T NUMBER 63 IS KC 14, 2021 ZERO ZERO 36. THIS IS ALSO A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY STAFF AFTER JUNE 10TH. ITEM NUMBER 64 IS C 14, 2021 31. UM, I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT TO PER ONE FIRST READING. HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT AND NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE AGREED TO ONE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONAL OVERLAY RESTRICTING, UH, SERVICE STATION AS A PERMITTED USE. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE NOTE THAT WHILE THE CASE WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE STAFF, IT WAS FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION. SO THAT WOULD BE CONSENT FOR FIRST READING ONLY WITH SERVICE STATION AS A PROHIBITED USE. I DIDN'T REMEMBER. 65 AS CASEY 14, 2021 ZERO ZERO 38. THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY TO YOUR JUNE 10TH, 2021. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 66, THIS CASE C 40 AND 2020 100 ZERO 43. THIS CASE IS READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 67 C 14, 2020 100 HUNDRED 50. READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 68, C K C 14, 2020 100 156. THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO JUNE 10TH, 2021. UM, I DID NUMBER 69, THIS CASE C 14, 2020 ZERO ZERO 89. WE HAVE A POST-FALL REQUEST FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THIS CASE TO JULY 29TH. AND THEN THE ITEM 70 WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM. AND WHAT WAS 165 65 WAS POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY COUNCILMEMBER KELLY DID JUNE 10TH. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. THAT CONSENT, UH, AGENDA SEEMS TO, UH, PULL ITEM NUMBER 70, THE OTHERS PROCEEDING FORWARD. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS I AM 62 THROUGH 69. 70 IS POLLED TO OUR MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCILOR RENTER. IT MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE SECONDS DISCUSSION AS A FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, SORRY. OH, OH, WAIT, WAIT, WE CAN'T VOTE ON THIS YET. WE HAVE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP. AYE. GOODNESS. I'M HERE AT CITY HALL. UH, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ESTABLISHED, LET'S GO AHEAD AND HEAR FROM SPEAKERS. UH, AND SPEAKERS SHOULD KNOW THAT ON ITEM 60, UH, UH, NINE IT'S BEEN POSTPONED CLARK MILLER, CALL THEM SPEAKERS. THE FIRST SPEAKER FOR ITEM 67 IS CITCO. HI, THIS IS TERESA COPE. THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING. MY COMMENTS I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH PARK MEADOWS WEST OWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A MASTER ASSOCIATION THAT OVERSEES THE AREA OF, UM, ITEM NUMBER 67. UH, WE ALSO HAVE TWO SUBORDINATE ASSOCIATIONS AND I AM THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THOSE, THE COURTYARDS [03:30:01] AT SOUTH PARK MEADOWS, MILESTONE COURTYARDS AT SOUTH PARK MEADOWS. I'VE ALSO WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR OTHER SUBORDINATE ASSOCIATIONS, PRESIDENT FRED SERKAN AND OBTAINED HIS SUPPORT IN FAVOR OF MY COMMENTS TODAY. UM, THIS PROPOSED REZONING, UM, CAME AS A SURPRISE TO OUR ASSOCIATION. WE HADN'T RECEIVED ANY PRE DISCUSSION OR NOTIFICATION FROM THE APPLICANT ABOUT THE REZONING. UM, THE AREA IS BOUND BY RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AND SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT, UM, ARE INTERESTED IN BEING REZONED WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE REVISED IN OUR RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS SEPARATE THE CITY'S ACTIONS, BUT THESE DISCUSSIONS WERE JUST HELD EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THE DEVELOPER AND PROPERTY OWNER. AND WE HAVE ONGOING EMAIL COMMUNICATION ABOUT IT. UM, I'M QUITE NAIVE IN THIS PROCESS. SO I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO POSTPONE THE VOTE OF THIS OR NOT AT THIS STAGE. UM, IF THERE'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO POSTPONE THE VOTE, I WOULD SAY AT THIS TIME, OUR POSITION AS AN ASSOCIATION AND SUBORDINATE ASSOCIATIONS REMAIN TO POST THE REZONING WITHOUT, UM, ENOUGH INFORMATION TO BE IN FAVOR OF IT. IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO POSTPONE, PERHAPS WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, RECONSIDER THAT POSITION. UH, EVEN IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO PROCEED TODAY WITH THE REZONING VOTE, UM, WE ARE MOST CONCERNED WITH SOME OF THE REMOVALS OF SOME OF THE CONDITIONAL OVERLY RESTRICTIONS AS WELL, INCLUDING THE MAXIMUM HYPE AND IMPERVIOUS COVER REQUIREMENTS, ESPECIALLY. SO WE WOULD ASK THAT IF YOU ARE PREPARED TO VOTE, YOU WOULD PLEASE, UM, AT LEAST CONSIDER NOT ALLOWING THOSE AND FIRMLY NOT VOTING FOR THE ZONING CHANGE AT ALL. GIVEN THE LIMITED INFORMATION WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXCHANGE WITH THE APPLICANT, THANK YOU, A KITCHEN, UM, MAY, OR THIS WAS JUST PRESENTED TO US THE ITEM 67 AS ON CONSENT. UM, AND WE ARE HEARING NOW FROM, UH, NEIGHBORS AND AFFECTED PARTIES THAT THIS IS NEW TO THEM. I'M GOING TO BE ASKING FOR A POSTPONEMENT OF IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEXANDRIA ANDERSON. NO, YOUR, THIS WAS JUST HELLO. UM, I SIGNED UP A REGISTRAR TO SPEAK FOR EITHER 69 OR 70, 60, AND 70 IS, UH, YOU COULD SPEAK TO IT. IT'S COMING UP TODAY. OH, OKAY. IS THIS, ARE WE DISCUSSING ITEM 70 RIGHT NOW? YES, YES. OKAY. UM, SO I WANTED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I AM AGAINST, UM, HAVING THE BUILDING HEIGHT, UH, BUILD A HIGH GO TO 93 FEET, UM, IN THIS AREA AS, UH, DISCUSSED ALREADY BY SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, THE CONTACT TEAM, UM, THE LOCATION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SPRING CORRIDOR GOES THROUGH THE HIGHEST CENSUS TRACKS OF MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN. THE PRECEDENT SETTING BY ALLOWING THIS BUILDING AT 90, 93 FEET, WELL DOMINO ALONG THIS CORRIDOR AND CAN INFLUENCE THEM IN CASES IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS. THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ARE TOO TOXIC UNDERNEATH THIS LAND LEFT BY THE KILLER TANK. FARMS WILL NOT BE REMOVED. WE ASK WERE, UM, THAT WE CAN HAVE TIME TO INVESTIGATE THE STATUS QUO AS FAR AS TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THESE FLOWS. ALSO, UH, THE DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS OF WATER LEAVING THIS TOXIC SITE, UM, FOR THE FLOODING ISSUES. AND I KNOW A GENTLEMAN SPOKE EARLIER TODAY, TWO YEARS AGO, UM, AN ADJACENT 10 ACRE DEVELOPMENT SPRINGDALE GENERAL WAS ALLOWED BY THE CITY TO CREATE A POINT DISCHARGE FOR WATER IN THE REAR OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THIS RESULT IS, IS WATER COLLECTED DURING A STORM DRAINS, EXCUSE ME, DONATING STORM DRAINS OF THE YARDS OF THE STUDY ON NEIGHBORHOODS TO ACCESS UNDERSIDE STORM WATER DRAIN FOR THAT STREET. THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE BY THE CITY AND PRIVATE PLANETS HAVE CAUSED EXTREME FLOODING FOR THE HOUSES ON THAT STREET. UM, I JUST SAY THAT WE, I WANT TO SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS FAR AS HAVING COMPATIBLE STANDARDS AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UM, [03:35:01] AND HAVING THE BUILDING HEIGHT, THE 60 FEET FOR THE SCARE. YOU THANK YOU, SEAN AUCKLAND. UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS SEAN AUCKLAND. I'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN SINCE 2003, AND I GO VALLEY RESIDENT FOR 14 YEARS. AND I WANT TO USE THIS TIME TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT IS NOT COMPATIBLE FOR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS TO SEE TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THE CITY MOVING FORWARD WITH DEVELOPMENT. SO THE EAST AUSTIN DISPROPORTIONATELY THE NAME OF THE HOUSING SUPPLY ISSUE, THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS REGION TO NOT HAVE HOUSING FOR THE MIDDLE INCOME AND POTENTIALLY AT RISK DEMOGRAPHIC AND CONTINUOUSLY, THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE NOT GREATLY BENEFITED THE COMMUNITY AND IT CONTINUES TO EXASPERATE ISSUES SUCH AS TRAFFIC IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LIMITED SIDEWALK AND, UM, WALKABILITY SUPPORT. IT CONTINUES TO, UM, SUPPORT THE DEVELOPERS VERSUS THE COMMUNITY. UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE 93 HEIGHTS, WHICH HAS NO COMPETITIVELY STANDARDS IS EXCESSIVE FOR THE TRACK OF LAND. THIS IS REALLY CREATING. YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE HERE IN AUSTIN, THE MOVIE UP WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE SMALL CRAFTSMAN STYLE HOME SURROUNDED BY 93 FOOT DEVELOPMENTS. AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO MENTION FROM CITY COUNCIL THAT I'VE HEARD THAT REALLY SUPPORT THIS AND SUPPORT CHANGE. THIS IS A TIME WHEN YOU CAN CREATE THAT CHANGE. AND THAT IS BY CONTINUING TO HAVE THE 60 FOOT, UH, UM, HAVE ONLY BE ABLE TO BUILD ENOUGH 60 FEET. I THINK THAT, THAT WE NEED TO STICK WITH THAT FOR THESE COMMUNITIES. AND I WANT TO MAKE ON PR STATEMENTS, BROOK ELEMENTARY WOULD SLATED TO CLOSE BY ARC, NOT ON THE YOUTH POPULATION, BUT ON OTHER ASPECTS, THE CENSUS IS COOL FOR THE REGION. THE DATA WOULD DEMONSTRATE THE INCREASE IN THE CHILD POPULATION FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I HAVE, UM, ON THE GUTHRIE CONDO DEVELOPMENT, UM, THERE WAS APPROVED. IT WAS REPROVED ALL THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND THE COMPLEX HAVE NOW TURNED THE TWO LANE ROAD INTO A SINGLE LANE, WHICH HAS LED TO SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. SO AGAIN, YOU ALL WANT TO INCREASE DEVELOPMENT DISPROPORTIONATELY IN EAST BOSTON WITHOUT HAVING THAT, THE STUDIES THAT ARE REQUIRED IN OTHER REGIONS, SPRINGDALE GREEN HAS NOT PROVEN UNIQUE HARDSHIP FOR THE SITE WITHOUT PROVEN HARDSHIP. THERE IS NO REASON TO GRANT A HEIGHT LIMITATION EXEMPTION. IF YOU ALLOW THIS EXEMPTION FROM OUR CITY DEVELOPMENT CODE, ALL SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, ALL OF AUSTIN WILL SUFFER FROM SUCH AN ARMED PRINCIPLED UNREASONED PRECEDENT. THANK YOU, MONICA. MONICA ALLEN, PLEASE UNMUTE MONICA. CAN YOU HEAR US? WE WILL CALL HER BACK. HARRISON HUDSON. THANK YOU. PLEASE. LET ME KNOW WHEN THE POWERPOINT IS ON THE SCREEN AND I'LL BEGIN MY SPEECH. OKAY. SORRY. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YOU CAN HEAR YOU. YES. IS THE SLIDE UP FOR THE PRESENTATION NOW? NOT QUITE YET. WE'RE PULLING IT UP NOW. IT'S UP. YOU CAN PROCEED. MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL. MY NAME IS HARRISON HUDSON, AND I'M AN ENGINEER WITH KIMLEY-HORN. WHO'S HELPING DESIGN THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PUD. I'M WORKING ON MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PUD, BUT TODAY I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE WAYS IN WHICH THIS PROJECT WILL IMPROVE DRAINAGE IN THE AREA ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING EARLY ON NEIGHBORS ALONG. SO SAY THE STREET, LET US KNOW ABOUT THE PRE-EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING IN THE AREA. AND WE WORK TO DESIGN A SOLUTION THAT WILL IMPROVE DRAINS BOTH FOR SOFT DATA STREET AND ALSO FOR THE LARGER NEIGHBORHOOD HERE ON THE SCREEN. YOU CAN SEE OUR SITE. AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE SLIDE, HOLD ON. JUST A MOMENT PLEASE. CAUSE I DON'T SEE THE SCREENS YET. [03:40:04] SURE. THESE ARE COMING UP. NOW WE HAVE A MAP THAT SHOWS THE OUTLINE OF THE PROPERTY SLIDE ONE. OKAY. OKAY. AND YOU COULD PROBABLY MOVE STRAIGHT ON TO SLIDE TWO ON SLIDE TWO, YOU CAN SEE THE ADJACENT STORMWATER SYSTEM BASED ON A, ROUGHLY 40 ACRE SYSTEM IN WHICH THE WATER RUN TO THE TANE HILL BRANCH CREEK. AND IF YOU CAN MOVE TO SLIDE THREE, THE SHADED AREA YOU SEE HERE AT SPRINGDALE GENERAL, THE PROJECT DIRECTLY NORTH OF US, WHICH CONSTITUTES OVER 19% OF THE ENTIRE ALF NEIGHBORHOOD BASIN. NEXT SLIDE SLIDE FOUR, CURRENTLY STORMWATER FROM SPRINGDALE GENERAL FLOWS TO THE TANNEHILL BRANCH CREEK. AND TO GET THERE, IT ENDS UP RUNNING DIRECTLY THROUGH PROPERTIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH STATE OF STREET. YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE PATH THAT THE WATER COMING FROM SPRINGDALE GENERAL TAKES, IT GOES DIRECTLY THROUGH ASSOCIATED RESIDENTS' PROPERTIES TO, TO THE STREET STORMWATER SYSTEM, AND THEN DOWN TO ELLIS AVENUE AND DOWN INTO THE CREEK. ADDITIONALLY, THE STORM WATER SYSTEM IN THIS AREA IS UNDERSIZED AND OUTDATED. SO IT OFTEN BACKS UP EVEN DURING SMALLER, LOCALIZED, MORE FREQUENT STORM EVENTS, WHICH MAKE THE FLOODING PROBLEM WORSE. NEXT SLIDE FIVE, PLEASE. OUR PROPOSED SOLUTION USES A BERM AND SWALE SYSTEM TO CAPTURE MUCH OF THAT WATER AND MOVES IT DOWNSTREAM TO OUR DETENTION FACILITIES WHERE IT WILL BE HELD AND THEN RELEASED GRADUALLY OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD. TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, WE WILL BE CAPTURING OVER SEVEN ACRES WORTH OF RUNOFF AND THEN MOVING IT DOWN TO OUR DETENTION FACILITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS PLAN HAS THREE MAIN POINTS. FIRST IT DIVERTS STORMWATER AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND TOWARD OUR DETENTION FACILITY, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE IN 0.2, WE'LL DOUBLE THE SIZE WE WOULD OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE. AND THIRD, ALL OF THE WATER WE ARE HOLDING THERE, BOTH FROM THE SITE AND FROM THE ADDITIONAL SEVEN ACRES WORTH OF CAPTURED RUNOFF WILL BE RELEASED AT A SLOWER RATE THAN WHAT EXISTS TODAY. JUST ON THE TANK FARM SITE ALONE, THIS SLOWER RATE OF RELEASE WILL HELP IMPROVE THE CREEK'S ABILITY TO MANAGE STORM WATER. OVERALL, THIS PLAN WILL HELP LOWER PEAK FLOWS IN BOTH WATERSHEDS AND THESE CALCULATIONS DON'T EVEN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE WATER. WE WILL BE CAPTURING THROUGH OUR SISTER AND SYSTEM ONSITE AND RETAINING FOR REUSE TO PUT THAT ANOTHER WAY. THE DRAIN BENEFITS I DESCRIBED WILL BE IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT WE WILL HAVE A 600,000 GALLON CISTERN THAT WE'LL ALSO BE CAPTURING AND RETAINING STORMWATER ONSITE, ALL TOLD THIS PROJECT IF APPROVED, WOULD MEANINGFULLY IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE IN THE AREA AT NO COST TO THE SPEAKER. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED CONSIDERATION. WE HAVE MONICA ALLEN BACK ON THE LINE, MONICA, MONICA, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE. OKAY. WE'LL TRY MONICA ONCE AGAIN HAS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT SPEAKER IS. UH, MATTHEW CALDWELL. HELLO. MY NAME IS MATTHEW CALDWELL. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF AUSTIN. I'M ALSO IN THE, UM, YOU KNOW, PAY NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF MY, UH, NEIGHBORS IN THE GO VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO OPPOSE THE INCREASE IN HEIGHT OF A LABILE BUILDINGS FROM 60 FEET TO 93 FEET. I DO THINK THIS WILL END UP SIMPLY, UH, EXACERBATING THE GENTRIFICATION PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS, UH, THE MOST RAPIDLY GENTRIFYING NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THEY ARE. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SAY, IF WE WANT TO ACCELERATE THAT PROCESS, OR MAYBE YOU PUT THE BRAKES ON AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD FEEL FOR ANYONE WHO LIVED BETWEEN TWO 93 FOOT TALL COMPLEXES IN THEIR ORIGINAL HOME, AND THAT IS KIND OF A CARTOONISH, UM, REALITY THAT COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN. UM, MY SECOND QUESTION IS JUST THE REZONING PROCESS. UM, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEVELOPERS HAVE TO COME TO THE COUNCIL AND, UH, APPLY FOR THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, WHO REALLY GETS TO DECIDE, I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THE NEIGHBORS SHOULD HAVE MORE SAY IF THE NEIGHBORS REALLY THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING, THEY SHOULD SUPPORT IT AND COME OUT FOR IT. AND IF THEY DON'T, I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE LISTENED TO. UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS DIRECTED TOWARDS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, [03:45:01] RANCHERIAS COMMENT, AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SIR, YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS REALLY DEFEATIST WHEN YOU'RE SAYING, IF WE TRY TO OPPOSE DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO FAIL AND WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH A RESULT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY WORSE THAN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL. AND, AND I'M JUST LIKE LISTENING TO THAT THINKING IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF EVEN TRYING TO FIGHT TO PRESERVE A NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, UM, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE TRYING TO AT LEAST PRESERVE WHAT THEY'VE BEEN HANDED DOWN. AND THERE'S ALSO NEWS NEW PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES AND WHATNOT THAT HAVE BECOME A PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY REALLY WANT TO PRESERVE IT. AND WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO DO THAT. I KNOW YOU CAN'T GET EVERYTHING YOU WANT, BUT IT SEEMS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME MORE SUPPORT. IT NEEDS TO COMING FROM INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL, UH, AND, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, LEVEL TO, UH, TO, TO GET THINGS LIKE DRAINAGE AND WHATNOT, TAKING CARE OF, YOU KNOW, I, I LISTENED TO THE GENTLEMEN FROM THE ENGINEERING COMPANY SAYING THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE 600,000 GALLONS OF WATER. WELL, THAT'S GREAT, BUT THAT'S THAT, THAT AMOUNT OF WORK COULD FALL IN A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, DAYS OR WEEKS. I WAS TRYING TO CALCULATE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE AN INCH OF RAIN AND THAT'S JUST REALLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET, AS FAR AS, UH, HAVING, HAVING DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. I THINK SOME OF THAT, SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE STRUCTURAL AND SHOULD BE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE CITY OR STATE AND NOT NECESSARILY FROM A NEW DEVELOPMENT. SO, UM, THANKS FOR LISTENING TO MY COMMENTS, UH, UH, COUNCIL AND MAYOR ADLER. OKAY. WE HAVE MONICA ALLEN BACK ON THE LINE. I'M TRYING TO GET IN. I JUST CAN'T. Y'ALL WANT TO MEET ME. OKAY. IS THIS MONICA? WE CAN HEAR YOU PLEASE GO AHEAD. OH, WHAT A WONDERFUL, I PROBABLY GET IN, UH, HELLO, MARYANNE AND CANCELED MEMBERS. UM, I JUST WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT I'M AGAINST THE 90 FEET, UH, GOING UP, I'M NOT AGAINST THE PROJECT IT'S BEING DONE, BUT, UM, I ALSO FEEL THIS, WHAT THE GENTLEMAN JUST SAID RIGHT NOW ABOUT MR. UH, FIELD BEING SO NEGATIVE ABOUT THE, THE, UH, THIS, UH, ITEM 70. UM, I THINK HE SHOULD RECONSIDER A LOT, YOU KNOW, IN THIS AREA OF, UH, OF DISTRICT GREG, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE NEEDED HIM CONSTANTLY, BUT HE'S ALWAYS BEEN ON THE SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. AND I THINK THIS TIME HE SHOULD TAKE FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT HELLO, PLEASE CONTINUE. YES, PLEASE CONTINUE. OKAY. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BEN RAMIREZ. YES. MY NAME IS BEN RAMIREZ AND I'M SECRETARY OF STATE ON IT. THE REPRESENTATIVE ON THAT TO GO VALLEY JOHNSON, TOURIST NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT ME. THE OVERWHELMING CONSENSUS IN THE AREA IS SUPPORT FOR SPRINGDALE GREEN PUTT AT 60 FEET WITH COMPATIBILITY CANDIDATES AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS OR TEXTING CITIZENS DESERVE TO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS AND TIME TO DIGEST AND INVESTIGATE THEM. WE ONLY HAD THEM FOR 24 HOURS. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL STATE OF THE LAND AND TOXIC CLUNES ALIVE BENEATH. WE NEED THE, A TYPE ONE, A CURRENT PIPELINE, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DONE ON THE PROPERTY. WE NEED PERIODIC PUBLISHED TESTING. UH, WHAT LITTLE TIME I'VE HAD TO READ THROUGH THE ANSWERS HAVE ONLY LED ME TO MORE QUESTIONS. THERE SHOULD BE MORE TIME TO HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKS WRITTEN INTO THE POD. THE SEVEN RESIDENTS AT THE END OF THE SALZEDO STREET ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PROJECT IS RUSHED. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT RUSHING THIS PROJECT IS, COULD COST THE HEALTH OF RESIDENTS AND LODGE, WHICH THIS PROPERTY HAS ALREADY CLAIMED. WE ARE THE FOURTH FASTEST GENTRIFYING COMMUNITY AND THE NATION, AS WELL AS THE MOST ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED RESIDENTS OF COLOR IN AUSTIN CONSISTING OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OR NATIVES ARE TRULY BEING RAN OFF THE RESERVATION AT BREAKNECK SPEEDS. I SEE, I LOSE NEIGHBORS EVERY DAY. PLEASE CONSIDER THE OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT AT 90 FEET, WHICH INCLUDES SAUNA GO VALLEY [03:50:01] NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, ROSELAND MLK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, NO VALLEY JOHNSON, UH, CONTACT TEAM, AND MANY MORE THERE'S EMAIL TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. LET'S PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO CONSIDER EVERYONE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T RUSH THROUGH AND HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS LIKE THE ONES THAT GOT CREATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, THE SEVEN RESIDENTS AT THE END OF THIS, I'LL SAY THE STREET, HER, SOME OF HER MOST RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE THE ONLY ONES I'VE HEARD BEING IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO MEET ANY OF THEM. AND I WELCOMED THEM TO FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WERE PUT IN THIS POSITION BY RUSHING THE SPRINGDALE GENERAL PROJECT WITHOUT CLOSELY EXAMINING THE EFFECTS, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS. WE DON'T NEED THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. UH, AN ATTEMPT AT A DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATION, IT WAS MADE WITH THE INCLUSION OF SALSEDO STREET RESIDENCE IN A NEUTRAL EASTERN OKAY CONTACT. AND WE ALL CAME TO A CONSENSUS ON COMMUNITY BENEFITS PACKAGE THAT COULD OCCUR. THE DEVELOPER RESPONDED WITH AN ANTERIOR COUNTER OFFER, WHICH INCLUDED MANY BENEFITS THAT ARE REQUIRED AND DID NOT TOUCH THE COMMUNITY INCLUDED IN THE SLOT. OH, WELL, I JUST, I HAVE TO SAY THE EFFECTS THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE ON A NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE HEIGHT THAT IS GOING TO BRING, WE DON'T HAVE THE HOUSING FOR THIS, THIS ISN'T A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S GOING TO HELP IMPROVE OUR HOUSING. IT'S GOING TO FURTHER OUR GENTRIFICATION THAN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT'S REALLY SAD TO SEE THAT, TO SEE THAT ALL THE NEIGHBORS, THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE. AND THEY'RE BEING PUSHED OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL ARTICLES RECENTLY AND IN THE PAPER AND I'M SURE Y'ALL ALL READ AS A DISPLACEMENT OF BLACK PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, ALL, ALL OF MY HISPANIC BROTHERS AND SISTERS GETTING MOVED OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I, I HOPE YOU TAKE THE TIME TO CONSIDER INVITING THEM AND THE PEOPLE. GREAT TONA VASQUEZ. OKAY. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SONIA VASQUEZ AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT, A 60 YEAR RESIDENT OF EAST AUSTIN. AND I'VE SPENT MY TIME LATELY, UM, KEEPING UP WITH LEGISLATIVE AND COUNSEL SESSIONS. AND ALONG THE WAY I'VE LEARNED FROM COMMUNITY LEADERS LIKE DAVID KING, MONICA GUZMAN, AND OTHERS, WHAT NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT MY NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN CURRENTLY FACING. I OPPOSE ITEM 70 BY HAVING YOU NOTE THE FOLLOWING, UH, SOME OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS HAVE ALREADY SHARED WHAT I WAS GOING TO USE AS SOME OF MY, UH, TALKING POINTS, BUT I DO WANT TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS AND THAT IS THAT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS SUPPORT THE 30 ACRE POD AT 60 FEET WITH COMBAT COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS. NOW, AGAIN, THE PRECEDENT SET BY ALLOWING THIS BUILDING AT 93 FEET, WELL, DOMINO ALONG THIS CORRIDOR AND CO INFLUENCED SIMILAR CASES IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND AROUND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THERE WERE TWO TOXIC PLUMES UNDERNEATH THIS LAND THAT WAS LEFT BY THAT CAMP ONE. AND SO I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION THAT, UH, WAS NOTED EARLIER. UH, BUT I STILL BELIEVE THAT THERE'S STILL NEEDS TO BE MORE TIME TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER CONCERNS ABOUT THE DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS OF WATER LEAVING THIS TOXIC SITE. WHAT I ALSO NOTICED IS HOW IS THIS INFORMATION REALLY REACHING AND BEING EXPRESSED TO OUR SPANISH SPEAKING POPULATION, UM, AROUND THE FLOODING ISSUE. IT IS AROUND THE SOUTH SHIZZLE, UH, AREA NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS GETTING FLOODED. AND THE 30 ACRE PUD AT SPRINGDALE GREEN OFFERED TO FIX THE FLOODING NATURES AND EXCHANGE FOR SUPPORTIVE, INCREASED PERMITTED BUILDING HEIGHT. HOWEVER, THE PROPOSED FLOODING FIXTURES ARE NOT OPTIONAL AND CONDITION. NUMBER SEVEN BY CITY STAFF OR A FLOOD IN THIS CASE REQUIRES BIG FLOODING FIXES FOR THE SELF SIZZLE NEIGHBORS. NOW YOU ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS, WHICH MEANS YOU SERVE THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE COMMON GOOD. ARE YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS READY TO STAND UP FOR OUR FAMILIES AND TRY ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN A CONSENSUS BASED APPROACH. [03:55:02] THANK YOU, GRACE HUTCHINSON. HI THERE. MY NAME IS GRACE HUTCHISON RODRIGUEZ. I LIVE AT 1103 SOUTH STREET BE NEXT TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. SO IT'S ABOUT 60 FEET FROM THE SITE. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THIS CASE REGARDING SPRINGDALE GREEN PUD UNDER THE EXISTING ZONING CONDITIONS, THE DEVELOPER CAN BUILD UP TO 60 FEET, INCREASE THEIR IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, LAY DOWN THE BARE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR STORM WATER AND CALL IT A DAY AND PROVIDE NO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS. I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF BETTERING OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS CAN BE SEEN THROUGH THE EXPENSE OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT PACKAGE. SO THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO FUND AND THE MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, THE DEVELOPERS, THEN A CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH MY FAMILY AND MANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS. AND I BELIEVE THIS WAS REFLECTED IN THE SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO CLEAN UP THE FORMER TANK FARM. THAT'S WHAT UNLESS NEGLECTED CONTRIBUTION TO IMPROVEMENTS OF THE GO VALLEY AND GIVEN PARKS FUNDING FOR THE NEW NEARBY TRAIL NEIGHBORHOODS, FLOOD MITIGATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTRIBUTION. MY NEIGHBORS AND I LIVE CLOSEST TO THE PROPERTY. WE'RE THE ONES WHOSE HOMES TRIGGER THE CITY IS COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS. AND WE'RE THE ONES ASKING FOR YOU TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT IS ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING AND BELIEF. GRACE, ARE YOU STILL THERE? HELLO, GRACE, PLEASE GO AHEAD. I OFF. YEAH. OH, SORRY. UM, I LIKE MY NEIGHBORS AND I LIVE THE CLOSEST TO THIS PROPERTY WERE THE ONES WHOSE HOMES TRIGGER THE CITY'S COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS. AND WE'RE THE ONES ASKING FOR YOU TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT. IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING AND BELIEF THAT THIS REQUEST SHOULD BE APPROVED MYSELF. MY FAMILY AND MY NEIGHBORS WILL ALL BE POSITIVELY IMPACTED BY THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, THROUGH THEIR FLOOD MITIGATION APPROACH. THE WILLINGNESS OF THE DEVELOPER TO DIVERT ALL RUNOFF WATER FROM SPRINGDALE GENERAL, TO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT OF SPRING DEL GREEN ONE SHOW THE YARD STREETS AND HOMES AREN'T FLOODED. I CAN CONFIRM THAT THIS ONE MITIGATION PLAN WILL PROVIDE EXTENSIVE BENEFITS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS WE HAVE HIRED AN INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL FLOOD MITIGATION ENGINEER FOR REVIEW OF PLANS. SO I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE LISTEN TO THOSE WHO LIVE CLOSEST TO THE PROJECT AND APPROVE THE SPRINGDALE GREEN CLOUD FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND A COMMUNITY. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, DAVID KING. HELLO, THIS IS DAVID KING AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 70. THE SPRINGDALE PUB, THE PROPOSED IN DELTA ADDS INSULT TO INJURY FOR RESIDENTS OF EAST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS BY LAYERING ECONOMIC RACISM ON TOP OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM. THIS COUNCIL'S PREDECESSORS SANCTIONED AND FACILITATED THE LOCATION OF THE KILLER GASOLINE STORAGE FACILITY IN EAST AUSTIN, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. EVERY COUNCIL SINCE THEN HAS FAILED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR POISONING FAMILIES OF COLOR. THE CITY SHOULD PROVIDE FREE HEALTHCARE TO THE AFFECTED FAMILIES BY AND RESTORE THE SITE AND GIVE THE LAND TO AN EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO BUILD PERPETUALLY AFFORDABLE INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING AND FACILITATE LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED BUSINESSES. ALTHOUGH THE DEVELOPER PROMISES TO RESTORE THE SITE TO TOXIC CLUNES WILL APPARENTLY NOT BE REMOVED OR MITIGATED BY THE PUTT. THE PROPOSED PUD WILL SET PRECEDENT FOR MORE 93 FOOT BUILDINGS AND MORE DEVELOPMENT THAT EXPEDITES GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT OF FAMILIES OF COLOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND SMALL COMMUNITY-BASED BUSINESSES AGAINST THEIR WILL. PLEASE DON'T APPROVE A DEAL WITH DEVELOPERS THAT PERPETUATES ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND IMPOSES ECONOMIC RACISM ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN EAST AUSTIN, EAST AUSTIN, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND EQUITY. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY COMMENTS AND FOR YOUR SERVICE. KRISTEN POWELL, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL. I'M KRISTEN POWELL, AND I LIVE ON ONE, ONE OH TWO SALSEDO STREET UNIT B JUST TWO DOOR DOWN, TWO DOORS DOWN FROM THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF SPRINGDALE GREEN. I'M CALLING TO ASK THAT YOU APPROVE SAYING DEL GREEN REZONING WITH THE $8 MILLION COMMUNITY BENEFITS PACKAGE. AS MR. WHELAN POINTED OUT EARLIER, THE DEVELOPERS OF SPRINGDALE GREEN HAVE [04:00:01] BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE RESIDENTS OF EAST AUSTIN WHO ARE MOST DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS PROJECT. FOR MANY MONTHS, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN TO HEARING OUR CONCERNS. THEY'VE BEEN QUICK TO ANSWER A QUESTION AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY COLLABORATIVE WHEN WORKING WITH US TO COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT BENEFITS ALL, THEY HAVE PRESENTED A GENEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFITS AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PACKAGE, WHICH INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LOCAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND AMPLE GREEN SPACE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR MY NEIGHBORS AND ME ON SO SADO STREET, DAVE PRESENTED A PLAN TO MITIGATE FLOODING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AS YOU KNOW, AND EVERYONE HAS POINTED OUT, WE EXPERIENCED A GREAT DEAL OF FLOODING EVERY TIME IT RAINS ON SOTO STREET AND IT LASTS FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THERE'S CURRENTLY ALGAE IN MY, UH, FRONT YARD FROM THE RAIN THAT HAS HAPPENED THIS WEEK. SPRINGDALE GREEN HAS AGREED TO A COSTLY BUT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT REDIRECTS THIS WATER FROM OUR PROPERTY TO THERE. AND IT'S EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO THE RESIDENTS OF SAUCIDO STREET DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE IN EAST. AUSTIN IS AN INEVITABLE AND NEW BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE ARE MOVING HERE EVERY DAY, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT. AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING HERE, PEOPLE WHO DESERVE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, THE MOMENTUM IS NOT GOING TO STOP ANYTIME SOON AND DENYING THE TWO, TWO ADDITIONAL STORIES ON AN OFFICE PARK THAT'S ALREADY PLANNED IS NOT GOING TO STOP GENTRIFICATION BUILDING UP AND NOT OUT IS BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. IT'S BETTER FOR AFFORDABILITY. IT'S BETTER FOR OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN. I STRONGLY THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO WORK WITH DEVELOPERS THAT ARE WILLING TO COMMUNICATE AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS LIKE JAY PAUL COMPANY HAS. UM, AND YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO IMPROVING OUR ENVIRONMENT AS THE COMMUNITY OF AUSTIN GROWS. I ASKED THAT YOU APPROVED THE REZONING. SO SPRINGDALE GREENS NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFITS PACKAGE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EAST AUSTIN RESIDENTS MOST CLOSELY, ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST CLOSELY LOCATED TO THE PROJECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. I'M MICHAEL FLOYD MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. IF THE OFFICE TOWERS ARE BUILT, I WILL LIVE IN THEIR SHADOW. ONE OF THE CREEKS IN WHICH THEY PROPOSED TO DIVERT 600,000 GALLONS OF WATER. IT RUNS THROUGH MY BACKYARD AND IT WAS ALREADY FILLED TO OVERFLOWING. I'D LIKE TO PRESENT MY TESTIMONY IN THE FORM OF A LITTLE DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO DEVELOPERS AND ED AND FRED. HI MATT, ANY BIG PROJECTS THESE DAYS? YEAH, FRED, WE'RE DOING ONE CALLED SPRINGFIELD GREEN OVER IN EAST AUSTIN. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FOLKS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OFFERED THEM A BAG OF TRINKETS. REALLY NICE LOOKING ONES. THE COST WAS NEGLIGIBLE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, BUT SOME OF THE LOCALS WERE QUITE TAKEN WITH THEM. THE GLITZIEST TRINKET WAS THE FLOOD CONTROL PIECE. LOTS OF FOLKS WENT GAGA OVER IT, EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T REALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM, IT JUST REDIRECTS THE RUNOFF. SO THAT DOES FURTHER DOWNSTREAM. WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FLOODING. REMEMBER THAT STORY WE READ IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ABOUT HOW THE DUTCH SETTLERS ABOUT MANHATTAN FROM THE INDIANS WITH BEADS WAS KIND OF LIKE THAT. AND ONCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOT INFATUATED WITH ALL THE TRINKETS, I SLIPPED IN THE KICKER TWO 90 FOOT OFFICE TOWERS, 90 FEET. WOW. NED, THAT'S TOTALLY OUT OF SCALE WITH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S NOTHING TO HIDE FROM MILES AROUND. HOW ON EARTH DID YOU GET AWAY WITH THAT? YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER FOR HEATHER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EAST AUSTIN. OF COURSE, 90 FOOT OFFICE TOWERS WOULD BE UNTHINKABLE IN HYDE PARK OR TARRYTOWN, BUT IN EAST AUSTIN, ANYTHING GOES, AND ONCE WE GET THESE 90 FOOT BUILDINGS UP, PRETTY SOON OTHERS WILL FOLLOW. WE'LL GET THAT DOWNWARD SPIRAL STARTED. AND BEFORE, YOU KNOW, IT WE'LL HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE DOWNTOWN RIGHT OFF AIRPORT BOULEVARD. IT'LL BE REALLY NICE FOR THE FOLKS WHO DRIVE IN TO OFFICE THERE, BUT MAYBE NOT SO NICE FOR THOSE WHO STILL LIVE THERE, BUT HEY, IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT, THEY CAN ALWAYS MOVE TO MAINE OR DEL VALLEY. NAH, DON'T LET A LITTLE DISPLACEMENT TO GET IN THE WAY OF A GOOD DEAL. DON'T WORRY FOR IT. I WOULDN'T THINK OF IT. SEE YOU AROUND SAM RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE TIME. THIS IS CERTAINLY A HEATED TOPIC AND THE COMMUNITY, THE [04:05:01] NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE OBVIOUSLY EXPRESSED TO YOU, CONCERN OR SUPPORT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER FOR MYSELF. I'VE BEEN VERY FACT-DRIVEN THIS ENTIRE TIME. IT'S WHY I HIRED AN ENGINEER. IT'S WHY WE SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL AND WHY WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN RESOURCES THAT CAN PROVIDE US WITH ACCURATE INFORMATION. AFTER CONDUCTING OUR DUE DILIGENCE, WE DO FEEL THAT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PACKAGE AS SHARED AT THE $8 MILLION POINT REFLECTS NOT ONLY AN INITIAL CONTRIBUTION, BUT A WILLINGNESS BY THE DEVELOPER TO COME BACK TO THE TABLE HERE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND CONTRIBUTE AT A HIGHER LEVEL, WHICH THEY HAVE OBVIOUSLY PROVEN THEY'RE WILLING TO DO. WE DO SUPPORT THIS. I PERSONALLY DO SUPPORT THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE SOLIDARITY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAS BEEN VERY EYEOPENING AS A NEW RESIDENT HERE IN AUSTIN. I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SO MANY PEOPLE WITH SUCH A DIVERSE BACKGROUND AND SO MANY HISTORICAL TIES TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS A LOT OF TRANSITION IN THIS AREA. SOME MIGHT CALL IT GENTRIFICATION. I THINK IT'S MORE OF SIMPLY JUST AN EVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION IS ALWAYS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE IN ANY SPECIFIC AREA. I DO SUPPORT THE PROJECT. I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER IT AS A POSITIVE WHEN YOU READ ALL THE BENEFITS OF THE PACKAGE. I KNOW MULTIPLE LIVES. FLOODING IS A MAIN ISSUE FOR US ON SELF DATA, WHICH IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT IT TO YOUR ATTENTION TODAY. I DO TAKE OFFENSE TO THE NARRATIVE PROVIDED EARLIER THAT WE WERE TREATED AT BATTLE TRINKETS. WHEN YOU DO THE DUE DILIGENCE AND YOU SIT DOWN AND READ ALL THE FACTS, I THINK MANY PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THERE ARE TREMENDOUS UPSIDE FOR ALL OF US LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE WANT TO BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR NEIGHBORS. WE WANT TO BE VERY RESPECTFUL OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE US. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT ANGLES TO ENSURE WE GET A POSITIVE OUTCOME. I THINK POSITIVE OUTCOME IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FOR MANY OF US. AND IN MY EXPERIENCE, A DEAL MADE IS NEVER A DEAL THAT ALL PARTIES ARE HAPPY WITH. AND SO FAR IT SEEMS THAT WE'VE KIND OF FOUND THAT MIDDLE GROUND HERE. EVERYONE'S A LITTLE UPSET AND EVERYONE'S A LITTLE HAPPY WITH WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. I'M NOT SURE THAT MORE TIME ALLOWS US TO GET TO ANY DIFFERENT OUTCOME UNTIL I APPRECIATE THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH YOU AGAIN TODAY AND TO SHARE THE MASON THAT I'VE BEEN FINDING OUT FROM EXPERTS WITH MY NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU, SUSANA. ALMANZA YES. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS, THIS IS SIGN UP FOR THAT. UM, FOR THAT AND THE EAST AUSTIN STRATEGY TEAM, WHERE TWO OF THE MAIN LEADING GROUPS THAT FOUGHT TO CLOSE A TOXIC TANK FARM, UH, PEOPLE WERE EXPOSED TO NUMEROUS CHEMICALS BY PRODUCTS FROM PETROLEUM. AND SO WE FOUGHT TO SAVE THE NEXT GENERATION, OUR ELDERLY AND OUR FAMILIES. AND THERE WAS FIVE OF THE TOXIC TANK FARMS, WHICH YOU COULD AT THIS PARTICULAR SITE ONLY CLEANED UP TO INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS AS WE WORKED TO RECHANGE THE ZONING, THE ZONING FOR GR AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THE CITY PUT IN, YOU COULD UNDER THE LAW, YOU COULD NOT EVER PUT HOUSING ON A ZONING WHERE THE CONTAMINATION IS STILL LEFT IN PLACE. UH, ALSO TOO, THIS IS A CONTINUING LEGACY OF RACISM BY ZONING BECAUSE YOU'RE EXCEEDING THE CURRENT ZONING THAT IS ALLOWABLE THERE AT THAT PARTICULAR PLACE. AND THIS IS NOT EVOLUTION IT'S RACISM. AND I FELT VERY INSULTED BY THE WHITE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN AND TALK AS IF DISPLACEMENT IS A GOOD THING AND THAT IT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT DOESN'T, IT HURTS THE COMMUNITY. IT HURTS THE FAMILIES. IT HURTS THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD A CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND THAT TOGETHERNESS THERE. UH, ALSO WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THIS ACETYL STREET, THEY ACT LIKE THE ONLY WHITE PEOPLE LIVE THERE, THERE, AND THERE WAS ONLY A FEW PEOPLE THAT SENT IN THE LETTERS. YOU HAVE THE THAT WERE PERSONALLY IMPACTED BY THE TOXIC TANK FARM WHOSE HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY THAT THERE'S MANY, UH, FAMILIES THERE. SO TO ACT AS IF THE NEW GENTRIFIERS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY ANYTHING, AND AS IF THEY'RE THE NEW ONES AND THEY'RE THE NEW VOICE, I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS PERSON THAT SAYS, YEAH, THESE TRINKETS THAT THEY'RE ACCEPTING AND THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST A RIGHT THING. AND IT'S OKAY TO DISPLACE PEOPLE TO GENTRIFY PEOPLE AND THAT ALL THE FLOODING SHOULD HAVE COME FROM THE FLOODING MITIGATION FUNDS. ANYWAY, THAT JUST SHOWS HOW THE CITY HAS NEGLECTED THE EAST SIDE OF AUSTIN WITH ALL THE FEES. YET THE DRAINAGE FEES DON'T GO TO WHERE IT BELONGS. AND WE SHOULDN'T BE HAVING TO ASK FOR, TO DEVELOPERS WHEN WE WERE ALL PAID INTO THE DRAINAGE FEE FUNDS. THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER THING. AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THE RIGHT, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO, UH, [04:10:01] TRIGGERS A COMPATIBILITY FUNDING, UH, ZONING IS AL SALSEDO AND BROOKS WOOD. SO IT'S NOT JUST A FEW WHITE PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE ON SO SET OF STREETS THAT HAVE TRIGGERED THE COMPATIBILITY DONE, UH, STANDARDS. SO AS I PULL THAT AND ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE THAT WORK HARD TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PEOPLE WE SAY THAT YOU SHOULD ABIDE BY THE CURRENT STANDARD AND NOT LET THEM EXCEED 60 FEET. AND I REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT I COULD FEEL CONTINUE TO HEAR COUNCILMAN RENTED ESA, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT SOMETHING OUT BACK THERE. IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THIS, THAT'S THE SAME LANGUAGE WE'VE HEARD SEVERAL OTHER TIMES. NO, WE WANT SOMETHING POSITIVE. AND AS YOU HEARD, PEOPLE ARE NOT AGAINST THE PROJECT. THEY'RE GOOD. THE HEIGHT OF THE PROJECT. SO WHY NOT JUST BRING IT DOWN? NOBODY'S FIGHTING THE PROJECT AND SAY, IT'S NOT A GOOD PROJECT IS NOT, THAT IS NOT ENVIRONMENTALIST. SPEAKING OF YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU, JESSICA ELA. HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. HI. UM, I'M JESSICA KELLY. I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF THE GO VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. UM, YOU GUYS GOT SOME DOCUMENTS. WE, UH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT DONNA WAS SAYING. THIS IS NOT HOUSING, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY HAS COME UP WITH DENSITY BONUSES TO HELP BUILD MORE HOUSING. THIS IS NOT HOUSING. THIS IS 850 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE PARK. THAT IS ONLY GOING TO INCREASE THE DEMAND FOR HOUSING IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO, TO ADDRESS THE SUPPLY ISSUE. SO WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT GIVING THEM THIS EXTRA HEIGHT? WE ALWAYS GIVE EXTRA HEIGHT. IF WE CAN GET MORE HOUSING, ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUT OF IT. AND THAT'S NOT THIS CASE AT ALL THE PUD GRANTS, THE DEVELOPER ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY WITH BUILDING AND DESIGN. SO PLEASE ENSURE THAT THEY BUILD THE PUD, BUT WE WANT THE LEGAL HEIGHT AT 60 FEET WITH COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS AND YEARLY OF THE RUNOFF. SO I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN. UM, I PUT A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE GOT OVER THE, UH, MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD INTO ONE DOCUMENT AND GOT ANSWERS BACK. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE MR. WAYLAND FAST TRACKING THAT. UH, BUT IT'S RAISED MORE QUESTIONS THAN IT'S ANSWERED, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE STORING THE FLOOD WATER AND ALIGNED TANK ON THE SITE, UH, BEFORE IT'S, BEFORE IT'S ALLOWED TO FLOW INTO BOGGY CREEK, UH, TCEQ HASN'T LOOKED AT THAT. WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE QUALITY OF THE LINER IS GOING TO BE. YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL HERE FOR THAT RUNOFF TO BECOME TOXIC AT SOME POINT. SO WE WOULD LIKE MORE TIME TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS. WE FEEL THAT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOESN'T HAVE BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS, THAT WE ASKED FOR YEARLY TESTING OF THE RUNOFF FROM THE SITE, WE NEED YEARLY TESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT A PROBLEM DOES NOT ARISE. THIS IS NOT A CLEAN SITE. IT'S GOT A CLOSURE LETTER FOR INDUSTRIAL USES, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE A, YOU CAN'T HAVE RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES ON THERE. THERE WAS A LAWSUIT, UH, EXXON MOBILE REVIEWED IT AND FORBID ANY CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR THE NEXT 60 YEARS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY KNOW ABOUT THESE CONSTRUCTION PLANS. THERE ARE REAL CONCERNS HERE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROJECT DEVELOPED, BUT AT THE LEGAL HEIGHTS AND WITH OUR CONCERNS ADDRESS. AND I, I WOULD LIKE MORE TIME TO WORK ON THIS CASE. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING REALLY CLOSE TO A CONSENSUS POSITION, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME WRINKLES THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT. THERE'S A REAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN HERE, AND THERE'S REAL. I'D BE CAN SEE EVERYONE'S REAL FIRED UP. PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION NOW. THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY PAYING ATTENTION A YEAR AGO, PLEASE BACK THE COMMUNITY AND HELP US GIVE US TIME, APPROVE THIS ON SECONDARY CHANNEL FIGURE STUFF OUT FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL READING. OKAY. THANK YOU, MONICA GUZMAN. YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. YES, WE CAN HEAR. OH, OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M MONICA GUZMAN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR RUNDBERG RESIDENT IN SEVEN EIGHT, SEVEN FIVE EIGHT. I SUPPORT THE MLK PLANNING AREA NEIGHBORHOODS IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO ITEM 70. THEY SUPPORT THE 30 ACRE PUTT AT 60 FEET WITH COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS AS WELL AS REQUEST, TIME TO ADDRESS EXISTING FLOOD AND EMBA CONCERNS. THE TUFTS HAS PLUMES UNDER THE LAND [04:15:01] LEFT BY THE TANK FARM, WHICH WAS ONCE LOCATED THERE NOT BEING REMOVED IS ALARMING. I DEMAND POSTPONEMENT ALLOWING TIME FOR INVESTIGATION AND REMEDIATION OF THE TOXIC PLUMES AND THAT THE LOTS ARE IN TWO DIFFERENT WATERSHEDS STUDY. THE POTENTIAL DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS OF WATER, LEAVING THE SITE, THE FLOODING ISSUES FOR SOUTH SIBO STREETS RESIDENTS, THE FLOODING ISSUES ARE NOT NEW. THEY ARE KNOWN AND MUST BE ADDRESSED. YOU CANNOT AND MUST NOT GRANT AN EXCHANGE OF FIXING FLOODING ISSUES FOR AN INCREASED PERMITTING PERMITTED HEIGHT. DOING SO CONVEYED AS A MESSAGE. DEVELOPERS INTERESTS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE RESIDENTS FINALLY GRANTING THE REQUEST. THE ZONING CHANGE ALLOWING THE BUILDING AT 93 FEET WILL SET A PRECEDENT. TIPPING THE GENTRIFICATION NEEDLE CAUSING A DOMINO EFFECT ALONG THE SPRINGDALE CORRIDOR, INFLUENCING SIMILAR CASES AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS RESULTING IN A WAVE OF DISPLACEMENT AND ONE OF OFFICE EASTERN CRESCENT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AS AN EASTERN CRESCENT RESIDENT AND ALLY TO THE MLK RESIDENCE CENTER, THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR CONCERNS AND DEMANDS IN CLOSING. I AM DISAPPOINTED WHEN I HEAR DEFEATIST ATTITUDES FROM THE DIETS, WE ELECT OUR LEADERS TO TALK TO US, WORK WITH US, MAKE EQUITABLE DECISIONS, NOT THROW THEIR HANDS IN THE AIR AND SERVE US UP. I'M ALSO DISGUSTED. WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT GENTRIFICATION AS IF CHATTING ABOUT THE WEATHER, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN AND CAN BE GREATLY MINIMIZED IF NOT PREVENTED WHEN YOU PLAN COMMUNITIES WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY THERE. SO MY THANKS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO REQUESTED AND SUPPORTED A POSTPONEMENT. THANK YOU, ROBIN WEST. HI MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ROBIN WEST AND I LIVE AT 1104 SAUCIDO, WHICH IS THE THIRD HOUSE IN, FROM THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PROPERTY. I'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN THIS CASE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, PARTICULARLY REGARDING WAYS THE DEVELOPER COULD HELP IMPROVE FLOODING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IN FACT, I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE CITY STRANGE STAFF FOR OVER A YEAR. SO WHEN THE NEW OWNERS STARTED THE REZONING PROCESS, THEY INTRODUCED ME TO MICHAEL WHALEN. SO WE COULD EXPLAIN THE LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES AND DISCUSS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS LIKE MANY OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FLOODS DURING LARGE REGIONAL STORMS, BUT OUR PROBLEMS GO BEYOND JUST THOSE LARGER STORM EVENTS BECAUSE WE ALSO FLOOD DURING SMALLER, MORE FREQUENT, LOCALIZED STORMS TOO. ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S FLOOD, PLAIN MANAGER, KEVIN, SHAWN, WHO I MET WITH YESTERDAY ON THESE ISSUES, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS QUOTE THE LARGEST SHALLOW FLOODING AREA IN THE CITY ON QUOTE, OUR SEWER SYSTEM IS OUTDATED AND UNDERSIZED AND QUICKLY BACKS UP. ACCORDING TO THE STAFF, THIS SYSTEM CAN ONLY HANDLE A TWO YEAR STORM, MUCH LESS A 25 YEAR OR A HUNDRED YEAR STORM. THAT WE'VE BEEN THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT CAN NOT SOLVE ALL OF THE REGIONAL FLOODING ISSUES. OUR CITY FAITH IS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE BIGGER, STRONGER STORMS WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING, BUT IT CAN MAKE VERY REAL IMPROVEMENTS TO DRAINAGE IN OUR LOCAL AREA FOR ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE. NOW I DRAINAGE SYSTEM AREAS ABOUT 41 ACRES IN SIZE, AND THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO TAKE RUNOFF FROM OVER 19% OF THE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND DIVERT IT AND SLOW IT DOWN SO THAT FLOODING WILL BE MINIMIZED. THERE'S A LONG LIST OF COMMITMENTS THAT THIS PROJECT IS OFFERING IN TERMS OF PARKLAND IMPROVEMENTS, URBAN TRAILS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ALL OF WHICH WILL BENEFIT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHICH I SUPPORT. BUT IN ORDER TO BENEFIT FROM IMPROVED NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, THE NEIGHBORS NEED TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IMPROVING OUR DRAINAGE MAKES THAT POSSIBLE. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE YOU WILL VOTE TO APPROVE THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PUD, DANIEL . THANK YOU. THIS IS ON YOU TO BE HONEST. UH, AND I'M SPEAKING ON THE GREEN, UH, SPRINGDALE GREEN PUD PROJECT, SIMPLY PUT A 60 FOOT BUILDING ADHERING TO COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS, SHOWS, RESPECT, AND A DESIRE TO INTEGRATE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE Y'ALL HEARING ME OKAY? YES. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, SO A 60 FOOT BUILDING AND HEARING TO COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS SHOWS, RESPECT, AND, UH, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE DESIRE TO INTEGRATE INTO IT. A 90 FOOT BUILDING WITH NO COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS SHOWS DISRESPECT, AND THIS PROJECT LINES ITSELF UP WITH ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT CONTINUE THE DIS, THE EXPLOITATION, [04:20:01] DISPLACEMENT, AND GENTRIFICATION OF PEOPLE, OF COLOR OF EAST AUSTIN BY CONTINUED SYSTEMIC RACISM THROUGH ZONING. SO UNITED STATES, AS IT HAS A LEGACY OF USING ZONING AS A TOOL OF DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN AUSTIN IS NO DIFFERENT. AUSTIN WAS CREATED BY A RACIST ORDINANCE. LET'S NOT FORGET THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR WERE FORCED TO LIVE HERE. THEY INVESTED IN THEIR HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND CREATED VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS MAKING ELIMINATE OUT OF THIS LEMON IN THE LATE FIFTIES AND EARLY SIXTIES OIL COMPANIES AND OTHER RICH WHITES, UH, POLLUTING MULTINATIONALS BEGAN TO LOCATE IN BLACK AND BROWN. HE SAW AUSTIN WITH A COMPLICITY OF A RACIST GOVERNMENT. LET'S NOT FORGET THAT'S HISTORY. UH, THAT AUSTIN HAS A HISTORY AND A LEGACY OF SYSTEMIC RACISM THROUGH ZONING BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE ROSE UP AND WORKED TO REMOVE THE KILLER TANK FARMS ALONG WITH THE OTHER HARMFUL FACILITIES. NOW, 50 YEARS LATER, ANOTHER RICH WHITE MULTINATIONAL IS LOCATING ANY SOFTEN, NOT KILLING PEOPLE DIRECTLY LIKE THE TANK FARMS DID, BUT THIS TIME BY CONTRIBUTING TO THE DISPLACEMENT AND THE PRICING OUT OF PEOPLE OF COLOR WITH ECONOMIC GENTRIFICATION, WHILE CHANGING THE COLOR, THE CULTURE OF OUR PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO SKYSCRAPERS THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT OPPOSED TO AN OFFICE BUILDING AT 60 FEET WITH COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS. IF THE DEVELOPER BUILDS AT 60 FEET, THEY ARE INTEGRATING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND JOINING US IN TURNING THE TIDE OF AUSTIN'S SYSTEMIC RACIST LEGACY OF DISPLACEMENT THROUGH ZONING, I'M APPEALING TO YOU ALL. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT A CLICHE, WE'RE LIVING IT EVERY DAY, A 93 FOOT BUILDING AGAINST THE WISHES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE DEVELOPERS JOINING ALL OF THE OTHER EXPLOITATION PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTINUED EXPLOITATION OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE OF EAST AUSTIN. BUT BY SYSTEMIC RACIST ZONING, I'M ASKING THIS DEVELOPER, I'M ASKING MR. WAYLON, I'M ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO JOIN US. SOME OF US WHO ARE TRYING TO TURN AUSTIN AWAY FROM ITS RACIST LEGACY. AND I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD POSITION AT A 60 FOOT OFFICE BUILDING WITH COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS IN PLACE AND FLOODING MITIGATION BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH THEY ARE JOINING. AND I WILL END BY SAYING THAT THE FLOODING ISSUES IN EAST AUSTIN ARE NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS. THEY'RE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOU GUYS ON THAT DIET AND ALL THE OTHER COUNCILS WHO HAVE NEGLECTED EAST BOSTON OVER TO SO MANY YEARS AND HAVE CAUSED THESE PROBLEMS. THE SPRING DANIEL WOODROFFE. YEAH, MY PRO TEM COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DANIEL WOODRUFF SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PUD I'M PRESIDENT OF DWG AND OUR SIM BASED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE THAT IS HANDLING THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION, AND SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES FOR THE SITE. I'VE WORKED IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN CENTRAL TEXAS FOR CLOSE TO 25 YEARS. AND I CAN TELL YOU PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND AMBITIOUS ECOLOGICAL AND SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS THAT I'VE EVER SEEN IN THE AUSTIN AREA. THAT INCLUDES RESTORING CLOSE TO 20 ACRES OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE CREEK AND FLOODPLAIN AREAS BY IMPLEMENTING AN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLAN TO MITIGATE, MANAGE, AND REMOVE A NUMBER OF INVASIVE SPECIES ON THE SITE TODAY, SUCH AS STANDARD LUSTRUM JOHNSON, GRASS AND JAPANESE HONEYSUCKLE BY PLANTING OVER 400 TREES AND OVER 2000 UNDERSTORY TREES, SHRUBS, AND HERBACIOUS PLANTS. ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE USING SILVA CELLS, STRUCTURAL SOILS OVER 15 OF THE TREES IN URBAN CONTEXTS AROUND THE PROJECT. SHE'LL BE ONE OF THE USERS OF SILVER CELLS IN THE CITY. OUR PROJECT IS TRANSPLANTING A MAGNIFICENT HERITAGE OAK TREE ON SITE, AND WE'LL PROVIDE TREE MITIGATION AT A RATE OF OVER 50% ABOVE THE BASELINE. WE'RE REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE SITE. BY OVER TWO ACRES, THE PROJECT WILL MANAGE OUR ENTIRE WATER VOLUME THROUGH INNOVATIVE WATER QUALITY STRATEGIES, SUCH AS RAIN GARDENS AND GREEN STORM WATER BASINS. AND AS MR. HUDSON SAID EARLIER, WE'LL BE USING A MASSIVE 600,000 GALLON SYSTEM TO MEET. AT LEAST HALF OF OUR IRRIGATION NEEDS THROUGH THE RECYCLING OF STORMWATER AND AC CONDENSATE FURTHER REDUCING THE IMPACT TO LOCAL AND DOWNSTREAM FLOODING. ALL OF THESE COMMITMENTS WOULD GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE CITY WOULD OTHERWISE REQUIRE UNDER THE PROPERTY'S EXISTING [04:25:01] ZONING AND TAKE IMPORTANT STEPS OF ADDRESSING AND CORRECTING THE DAMAGE THAT THE SITE HAD DURING ITS TIME AS THE TANK CLOWN, AS OVER A 15 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE GAVALIN JOHNSON TERRORIST NEIGHBORHOOD AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, AND AS A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, I AM EXTREMELY PROUD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT OF THIS SIGNIFICANCE THAT IS COMMITTED TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SUSTAINABILITY, INNOVATION AND DESIGN EXCELLENCE. AND THEY ASK THAT YOU, THE COUNCIL VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, MELANIE DIXON. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. MAYOR, MAYOR PAUL, TIM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MELANIE DIXON AND I REPRESENT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND WE ARE ADJACENT TO THE SPRINGDALE, UM, PUT AREA AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO A 93 FOOT BUILDING IN THE MANY OF OUR CONCERNS INCLUDE FIRST OF ALL, PRECEDENT AND WHAT THIS BUILDING WOULD REPRESENT AND HOW IT WOULD ALLOW OTHER DEVELOPING TO PROCEED THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WHILE THE SPRINGDALE PUTT IS JUST ONE SPECIFIC AREA, UH, WITHIN OUR EAST AUSTIN CRESCENT, THERE ARE MANY OTHER AREAS THAT WOULD BE GREATLY AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING AND THE WATER QUALITY THAT HAS YET TO BE ANSWERED. IN TERMS OF QUESTIONING. WE HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT KIND OF WATER QUALITY IS WILL BE, UH, PROVIDED THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING INTO THE BUGGY CREEK AREA. UH, WE HAD TO NO, ABSOLUTELY TO KNOW, ANSWERING TO THAT. WE HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING, UM, THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT, UH, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THOSE AREAS AS WELL. SO WHILE A FEW OF OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, WILL BENEFIT FROM THE, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT, THERE WILL BE MORE OF US THAT WILL NOT PERHAPS BENEFIT FROM THIS 90 FEET, UH, DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WE, AS AN ADJACENT COMMUNITY WOULD ASK THAT PLEASE, COUNSEL, DO NOT DO NOT, UH, UM, UH, UH, RECOMMEND THIS, UM, THIS, THIS 93 FOOT BUILDING, UH, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT, UH, PROMOTING RACISM AND RACIAL INJUSTICES AND UNWANTED PRECEDENT FOR OUR FAR, FAR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU, MEGAN. MEISENBACH HELLO. THIS IS MEGAN MEISENBACH AND I'D LIKE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE 90 FOOT TOWER BEING PUT IN THE SPRINGDALE OF PUD. UM, BUT IT'S BEEN GREAT IF, UM, THIS COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, AND THEY APPROACHED HIM BECAUSE LISTEN TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF LONG-TERM RESIDENTS, WE ASKED YOU TO GIVE THEM MORE TIME TO INVESTIGATE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TWO UNDERGROUND COLLECTION POINTS OF TOXIC FLUIDS, WHICH CONTAMINATE THE WATER THAT RUNS OFF ONLY 60 FEET TALL BUILDING WITH COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR YEARLY TESTING THE RUNOFF AS BEN RAMIREZ REFERRED TO, AND, UM, THAT IT NEEDS TO BE RESEARCHED THE FLOODWATERS BEING KEPT IN TANKS WITH MINORS ON SITE, AND TO RELEASE THAT INTO BODY CREEK. THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A GOOD IDEA. WE TALK ABOUT MITIGATION AND DISPLACEMENT HERE IN THIS PROJECT. YOU CAN PREVENT DISPLACEMENT. I ASKED AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, CYNTHIA VASQUEZ. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. COOL. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ. I'M A CHICANA NATIVE E-STOP TONIGHT, AND, UM, I HAD MY WHOLE SPIEL READY TO GO, BUT AFTER HEARING TODAY'S TESTIMONY, I WANT TO JUST FOCUS ON THE HUMANITY OF GENTRIFICATION AND HE SAW SIN. I DON'T HAVE, I WISH I WISH I HAD THE WORDS, THE SMOOTH WORDS LIKE DAVID KING AND MONICA GUZMAN AND ALL OF OUR OTHER FRIENDS AND ADVOCATES IN THE EAST SIDE, ESPECIALLY DANIEL, DANIEL YANNIS. UM, I WANNA, I HAVE THOSE NICE WORDS, RIGHT? I DON'T HAVE [04:30:01] THE SMOOTH WORDS. I JUST LEARNED THE WORD PLUTO FLUMES THIS PAST WEEK IN A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT THANKFULLY MONICA GUZMAN HOSTED. UM, SO ASIDE FROM NOT HAVING THE WORDS, I DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT WHAT I DO HAVE IS MY FAMILY HISTORY AND MY LIVED EXPERIENCE IN THE EAST SIDE FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS OF MY LIFE. AND I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE SPRINGDALE PUD PROJECT. WHAT I'M OPPOSED TO IS THIS DEVELOPER CIRCUMVENTING THE COMMUNITY CONSENSUS. AND THAT IS NOT TO, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT JOB, BUT I, MY, MY SON COSA. AND WHEN WE SEE NOBODY CONSIDERS AND WE, THAT MAN THAT READ THE EMAIL BETWEEN FRED AND ANOTHER DEVELOPER, THAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY I STAY MAD ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I DON'T NEED PEOPLE TO TELL ME TO CALM DOWN BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE THAT ARE STILL THINKING THAT WE'RE IGNORANT WALKING AROUND IN OUR CITY. AND I WISH, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MY CITY DID IT BECOME MY CITY ANYMORE, BUT TODAY I SEE IT. I SEE HOW IT'S HAPPENED. WE KEEP IGNORING THE HISTORY OF EAST SIDERS, MAKING TOXIC PLACES, LIVABLE AND SAFE WHILE THEY'RE SUFFERING AND DYING. ONCE IT GETS SAFE AND LIVABLE, OTHER PEOPLE COME IN AND TAKE IT. THE SAME THING HAPPENED OVER THERE AT DORDT FIELD WHEN I WAS A KID, AND NOW IT'S A COUPLE OF CHINO, BUT IF YOU'RE AN EAST SIDE NATIVE, IT WAS THORPE. WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP, IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. AND I HEAR, WE GOT TO LEVERAGE RELATIONSHIPS AND I HEAR ALL OF THIS, BUT BRING IT BACK DOWN TO ME. FEEL, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT LIKE, YEAH, MONICA HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. WE'RE NOT DEFEATED. I DON'T FEEL DEFEATED. WHAT I WANT TO SEE IS PEOPLE TALKING TO ME ABOUT CREATING THAT TAX BUBBLE AROUND MY MAMA'S HOUSE. I WANT TO SEE SOMEBODY CREATING A TAX BUBBLE AROUND MY AUNT HOUSE. SOMETHING THAT KEEPS US FROM BEING SO AFFECTED BY THESE EXTRA HEIGHT LEVELS OR EXTRA CREDITS THAT Y'ALL GIVE DEVELOPERS. AND DANIELLE, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT. THAT IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPERS. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PEOPLE ON OUR DIETS, BECAUSE THEN IT BECOMES, UM, WHAT DID THAT GUY SAY? A TRINKET IT'S APPEALING. HOW ABOUT IT NOT BE A TRINKET? AND IT JUST BE A STANDARD FROM Y'ALL AS A DIET, HELP ME OUT. I'M NOT GOING TO USE THIS TIME TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO. I'M USING THIS TIME TO TELL MY COMMUNITY. THIS IS A TRANSPARENT RIGHT HERE TODAY, AND I NEED IT. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU, PAUL. HELLO? CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. UH, WELL, HEY, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. UM, I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER PER SECOND, THE OPTICS OF, OF THIS PROJECT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT I AM JOINING MY NEIGHBORS, UH, IN OPPOSITION OF THE 90 FOOT HEIGHT FOR THIS PUTT, THE OPTICS OF AUSTIN'S EXPLOSION OF GROWTH GENTRIFICATION HERE, UM, MAKES IT FEEL, YOU KNOW, LATELY THAT EVERY TIME THE CITY GROWS BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A SACRIFICE MAINLY BECAUSE, UH, EAST SIDE NOW HAS BECOME AS DEEP AND DEAN'S VALUABLE LAND. UH, BUT YOU COMPARE THAT TO SOME OF THE WEALTHY FOLKS ON THE, OVER ON THE LAKE FRONT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE RECENTLY ASKED TO SACRIFICE AND SHIP IN, AND, UH, THEY TRIED TO SECEDE FROM THE CITY, BUT REGARDLESS WE, WE FULLY EXPECT THAT, UH, THAT WE WILL KEEP BEING ASKED TO MAKE THIS SACRIFICE, BUT THE OPTICS ARE JUST SIMPLY SUGGESTING, YOU KNOW, HEY, GET OUT OF THE WAY WE NEED YOUR PROPERTY. WE'VE GOT A NEW DOWNTOWN TO BUILD WITH SOME MORE THAN 90 FOOT TOWERS. UM, AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE ONE THING, CLEAR DEVELOPERS AND THE ATTORNEYS THAT REPRESENT THEM. THEY WILL, BY THEIR VERY NATURE, TRY TO GET AWAY WITH PUTTING UP AS LITTLE AS THEY HAVE TO IT'S THE NATURE OF THEIR JOB AND OF THEIR BUSINESS. SO, UH, PLEASE COUNCIL MEMBERS DO NOT BE SMITTEN WITH WHAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY AND INCENTIVE IT PALES IN COMPARISON TO WHAT THEY PUT OUT FOR COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA. NOW I REALIZED THAT THE CITY IS FACING A DEFICIT AND ANOTHER OFFICE TOWER CAN'T POTENTIALLY WIDEN THE TAX BASE. BUT REMEMBER THAT THE CITY IS STILL OWES THE SPRINGDALE AREA, MILLIONS IN CONTAMINANT AND FLOOD MITIGATION AROUND THE TANK FARM AND BOTH ENDS OF THE CREEK. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO A DEVELOPER TO PAY FOR THE WORK THAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE, THEN YOU KNOW, LET'S REALLY [04:35:01] PUT THEM TO WORK. SO, YOU KNOW, I GET IT PULLED OFF AND HAS GONE. AND THIS IS THE NEW 21ST CENTURY AUSTIN. AND NOW IT'S CORPORATIONS AND OFFICE TOWERS AND MORE RACISM FOR ZONING. UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY NO SECRET AND YES, BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE ARE BEING ASKED TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. AGAIN, ALL I ASK IS STUDY THE POTENTIAL RUNOFF OF THE CONTAMINANTS, SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, FIX THE FLOODING OF COURSE, AND KEEP THE 60 FOOT ZONING. I PROMISE YOU LINKEDIN OR WHOEVER IT IS. THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT. THANK YOU. THE LAST SPEAKER IS JANET DAHLIA. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. HELLO, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS ON JANETTE LEAH, AND I'M THE CEO OF J PAUL COMPANY. THE APPLICANTS ARE THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PUD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. MY TEAM AND I HAD MET WITH VARIOUS NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS GROUPS, AND IT FURTHER REFINED OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS PACKAGE BASED ON THEIR FEEDBACK. AS A RESULT, WE'VE INCREASED THE OVERALL COMMUNITY BENEFITS VALUE BY AN ADDITIONAL $925,000 BRINGING THE TOTAL TO OVER $8 MILLION. THIS INCLUDES $475,000 TO THE GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO FUND FOR NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN A 15 MINUTE WALK FROM OUR SITE AND ADDITIONAL 200 AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PARKLAND FOR A NEW TOTAL OF $350,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT GO VALID AT THE END GIVENS PARK, PARTNERING WITH WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT TO ENSURE PROTECTIONS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE BUILDING THE PROJECT AND DOUBLING THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY IN ORDER TO FUND A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION FOR THE FIRST YEAR, WE'RE PROUD OF THE PROPOSAL WE PUT FORWARD AND BELIEVE IT WILL HELP US TURN THE PAGE ON THE, ON THE SITE PAST AS A TANK FARM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE COMPARISON. SOME PEOPLE HAVE MADE TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS PACKAGE THAT J-PAL COMPANY PUT FORWARD ON ANOTHER PROJECT IN PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, SINCE THE TOP DOLLAR FIGURE FROM THAT PROJECT, ALMOST $50 MILLION CAN VERY HIGH ALLOW ME TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT. FIRST. THESE ARE FUNDAMENTALLY TWO VERY DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN TWO VERY DIFFERENT AREAS WITH DIFFERENT COSTS AND PROJECT NEEDS. HOWEVER, EVEN IF WE WERE TO IGNORE ALL OF THAT, THE DIFFERENCES AND MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCES AND MAKE A DIRECT COMPARISON, THEN THE PALO ALTO CASE, THE $60 MILLION IN COMMUNITY BENEFITS PACKAGE WAS PROPOSED TO ACCOMPANY A 138% INCREASE IN OUR ENTITLEMENTS AT SPRINGS OF GREEN. BY CONTRAST, WE ARE ONLY REQUESTING A 15% INCREASE IN ENTITLEMENTS. IF W IF WE WERE TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY BENEFITS PACKAGE HERE AT THE SAME RATE WE DID IN PALO ALTO, IT WOULD ACTUALLY END UP PRODUCING OUR COMMITTED COMMUNITY BENEFITS TO $5.4 MILLION RATHER THAN THE OVER $8 MILLION. WE'VE COMMITTED TO ALSO THE PALO ALTO EXAMPLE IS IN THE CONTEXT WITH SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RENTS. AND EVEN WITH THIS EXAMPLE, WE WOULD BE INVESTING $2 MILLION LESS THAN WE HAVE CURRENTLY COMMITTED TO AUSTIN. ALL THAT TO SAY, WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD WITH MANY DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TO DESIGN AN AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR THE SITE. IT'S A PLAN THAT WE'RE PROUD OF, AND I BELIEVE PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY BENEFITS TO THE CITY AS A COMMUNITY ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT COULD OTHERWISE BE PROVIDED. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND I HOPE YOU CAN CA WE CAN COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS FOR ZONING. GREAT. THANK YOU. BYE. BEFORE IT IT'S 10 TIL FOUR. WE STILL HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE HAVE A BRIEFING WITH DIANA AND WE HAVE TO COMPLETE ZONING. [Zoning Consent Agenda] UM, JERRY, I THINK THAT THE CONSENT ZONING IN FRONT OF US IS, UH, ITEMS 47 THROUGH, I'M SORRY, I'M 62 THROUGH 69. UH, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAD INDICATED IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT SHE WANTED TO POSTPONE. UM, WHERE ARE WE ON THAT POSTPONEMENT? SORRY, JERRY. NO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE WAS THAT IN 67. HOW'S OUR KITCHEN. UH, YES. I ASK THAT IT BE POSTPONED. UM, I KNOW THAT THE CASE MANAGER HAS REACHED OUT TO THE DEVELOPER TO ASK FOR A CONSENT, UH, ON ASTRO CONSENT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE HEARD BACK FROM THE DEVELOPER YET, BUT WAIT A MINUTE. I THINK WE MAY HAVE, UH, LET ME CHECK MY EMAIL REAL QUICK. I'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH YOU MAYOR. WE DID, WE DID, WE DID LET THE APPLICANT KNOW THAT A CUSTOMER TO TRUST WOULD BE ASKED FOR POSTPONEMENT. HE ASKED TO WHICH DAY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WAITING TO FIND OUT RIGHT NOW. SO IT DID NOT INDICATE A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE REACTION TO THAT. JERRY, [04:40:01] JERRY, UH, MAYOR I'M SEEING IS THAT, UM, THEY'RE AMENABLE TO POSTPONEMENT TO JUNE 10TH. OKAY, BYE. SO LET'S IS THAT OKAY? THAT'S OUR KITCHEN. WE'LL LEAVE 67 ON THAT WITH THE POSTPONEMENT TO JUNE 10TH, INSTEAD OF ALL THREE READING APPROVAL. OKAY. JERRY HAS GOT AMERICAN'S NUMBER THREE. OKAY. IT CAN SAY ANNA JONES ITEM 62 THROUGH 69, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED AND DISCUSSION. BEFORE WE VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT WAS OPPOSED. I'M SAYING EVERYBODY IN FAVOR COUNTS OVER KELLY OFF THE DIETS. THAT LEAVES US ITEMS 67 AND 70. IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 70 UP HERE? DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I'M SORRY. WE JUST APPROVED 67 TO BE POSTPONED. YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M SORRY. WE HAD TO JUST 70. [70. C814-2020-0104 Springdale Green PUD - District 3 - Conduct a public hearing and approve second and third readings of an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1011 and 1017 Springdale Road (Boggy Creek and Tannehill Branch Watersheds). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from community commercial-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (GR-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning and rural residence-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (RR-CO-NP) combining district zoning to planned unit development-neighborhood plan (PUD-NP) combining district zoning. This ordinance may include waiver of fees, alternative funding methods, modifications of City regulations, and acquisition of property. First reading approved planned unit development-neighborhood plan (PUD-NP) combining district zoning on April 22, 2021. Vote: 7-0; Council members Alter, Fuentes, and Kitchen- Abstained; Council member Kelly- Off the dais. Owner/Applicant: AUS Springdale LLC (Phillip A. Verinsky). Agent: Armbrust and Brown, PLLC (Michael Whellan). City Staff: Heather Chaffin, 512-974-2122.] THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT THERE. YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION ON 70? YEAH, FOR MAYOR. I MOVED THAT. WE APPROVED THIS ON SECOND AND THIRD REEDY. IT'S BEEN MOVED TO APPROVE AND I'VE BEEN 70 ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS. SO OUR SECOND TO THAT MOTION, A COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLIS SECONDS. ANY DISCUSSION OCTOBER 30, GO FIRST. YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU, RON. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY HARD, UH, ITEM HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT HAS A LOT OF HISTORY BEHIND IT. YOU WERE, IT WAS A TANK FARM, UM, A PERSON THERE ON SHADY LANE, WHICH WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF AIRPORT NOTE, INSTEAD OF HIS GRASS WAS DYING. HE HAD A WELL, AND HE WAS WATERING HIS YARD AND FOUND OUT THAT THE GAS WAS SLEEPING. AND SO YES, IT CLOSED DOWN. UH, IT WAS DETERMINED LATER ON THAT, THAT SECTION, THERE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED AS RESIDENTIAL, UH, BECAUSE THE CONTAMINATION WAS SO SEVERE, SEVERE. SO, UH, IT WOULD ONLY BE INDUSTRIAL OR GENERAL RETAIL, WHICH IS BASICALLY, IT WAS A USED CAR LOT FOR A LONG TIME THERE. AND ALSO, UH, UH, IT WAS A HISPANIC LATINO THAT RENTED IT OUT ON SUNDAY. AND SO IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT EVER SINCE, UH, THEY DID DO SOME CLEANUP THAT WAS REQUIRED, BUT THEY DEFINITELY TOOK FUMES UNDERNEATH THE UNDERGROUND. I DIDN'T WANT TO TOUCH IT, BUT, UH, THEY HAVE CLEANED IT UP ON TOP AND, UH, IT CAN BE, UH, UH, DEVELOPED AND, YOU KNOW, THE FLOODING PART OF IT ALSO IS, UH, THE FAMILY, UH, CONTACTED MY OFFICE, UH, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO CONCERNED ABOUT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, THEY WERE GOING TO BE VERY DOWN. THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD. AND SPRINGDALE GENERAL DID CONTRIBUTE A LOT TO AT, BUT HE WAS ALSO IN THE FLOOD PLAIN BECAUSE OF THE RUNOFF OFF OF THE TWO BIG VACANT LAND THAT WAS THERE BEFORE. AND, UH, AND SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO HELP HIS FAMILY, AND THIS IS ONE OF ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS. SO THAT WILL KEEP THEM FROM GETTING FLOODED. YOU KNOW, THEY GO DOWN UNDERNEATH THE PARKING GARAGE BECAUSE OF THE CONTAMINATION. SO THEY CLEARED FLOORS TO PUT PARKING THERE ON THEIR BUILDING, WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. AND THEN THE BENEFIT IS TO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DELAYED IT, I APPROVED IT ON THE FIRST READING AND THEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS CAME AND ASKED FOR A POSTPONEMENT, WHICH WE GRANTED AND, UH, THE DEVELOPER GO OUT, REACHED OUT AND CAME UP WITH A PRETTY GOOD PACKAGE. AND I'M GOING TO LET THE APPLICANTS EXPLAIN WHAT, WHAT WENT ON, SO THAT, UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT WITH A BRIEF HISTORY. THANK YOU. UH, AND WE SHOULD LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK, UH, BEFORE WE LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK. DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK A COUNSELOR AND FIGHT THIS? THANK YOU. I HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND THE TCEQ PORTION IS I'M TRYING TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. THIS QUESTION IS FOR STAFF. I TRY AND GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE CITY OF BOSTON COORDINATES AND WORKS WITH TCEQ ON THE WATER QUALITY STUDIES THAT ARE, UM, THAT ARE PERFORMED CONDUCTED. YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD JUST TOUCH ON THAT RELATIONSHIP OR, UM, OR IF THERE'S NOT ONE, CAN YOU ALSO LET US KNOW GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR [04:45:01] AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS AVA PHILLIPS WITH WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT. THE CITY OF BOLTON DOES NOT REGULATE THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION. WE SOLELY RELY ON THE STATE AND TCEQ TO REGULATE THESE, UH, SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. UM, WE HAVE RELIED ON THE LETTERS AND THE D PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT TO, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, SHOWN THE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF THIS SITE, BUT CITY OH, DOES NOT SPEAK TO THIS AT ALL. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT ARE PROPOSED OR ALL OF THAT ARE LISTED IN THAT WORKSHEET? ARE THEY INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE AND THE DRAFT ORDINANCE? YES. THE, UH, THE CONDITIONS FROM THE, UH, FROM THE TABLE WITH THE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE. OKAY. AND THEN FINAL QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. YOU KNOW, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT 150,000 IS PROPOSED FOR THE EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY FOR ONE YEAR. CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND HAVE YOU ALL CONSIDERED INCREASING THAT AMOUNT? SO THAT MORE YEARS ARE PROVIDED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FUNDING? UH, MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, WE, UH, ENTERED INTO A PLEDGE AGREEMENT ORIGINALLY FOR $75,000. AND THEN THE CONTACT TEAM AFTER THE APRIL 22ND MEETING, PRESENTED US WITH A LIST OF ADDITIONAL, UH, COMMUNITY BENEFIT ITEMS, WHICH INCLUDED A MEANINGFUL INCREASE TO EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY. I THEN HAD A DISCUSSION WITH MR. RAUL ALVAREZ, WHO INDICATED THEY WERE LOOKING TO HIRE A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THAT THEY WERE POSTING THAT JOB FOR 65 TO $75,000, WHICH THEN PROMPTED, UH, MS. DAHLIA, JEANETTE DAHLIA TO, UH, COMMIT TO AT LEAST FUNDING THAT FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SO IT'S AN ADDITION TO OUR PLEDGE, UH, $75,000, WHICH, UH, WAS DONE PRIOR TO, UH, WELL, WELL BEFORE THE, UH, APRIL 22ND MEETING. OKAY. SO HAVE YOU ALL CONSIDERED, UM, FUNDING FOR BARRETT'S AS, FOR, AS PART OF A AGREEMENT? I THINK WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING. AND SO THE ANSWER IS YES, WE CONSIDERED IT AND WE SAW A OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN FOUR HOMES FOR G AND D C THAT ARE A 15 MINUTE WALK FROM THIS SITE. UH, TWO BUILDING PERMITS HAVE ALREADY ONE FOR SURE HAS ALREADY BEEN PULLED. I BELIEVE MR. ROGERS TOLD ME MARK ROGERS TOLD ME, AND ANOTHER ONE IS JUST ABOUT TO GET PULLED. SO WE ARE EXPEDITING PAYMENT, UH, TO HELP WITH THOSE TWO. UM, AND THAT'S OUTLINED IN A LETTER OF COMMITMENT THAT WE MADE TO GMDC. UH, SO WE KINDA, WE, WE PIVOTED A LITTLE BIT AND FOCUSED, UH, THE RESOURCES ON THOSE FOUR HOMES THAT G AND D C THE GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORP IS BUILDING WHILE ALSO INCREASING THE EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY COMMITMENT. THANK YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS JERRY RESTAURANT. AND IF I COULD JUST MAKE A QUICK NOTE, THE ITEMS THAT WERE JUST BEING DISCUSSED BETWEEN YOU, MR. WAYLAND ARE A PRIVATE AGREEMENT BETWEEN HIM AND THE GMDC AND THE CONSERVANCY, AND ARE NOT A PART OF THE, UH, THE CITY ORDINANCE. ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE GIVE THE APPLICANT A CHANCE TO PRESENT THAT'S OUR KITCHEN? YES. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. SO, UM, AND, UM, MY QUESTION RELATES TO THE, UH, THE FLOODING RELIEF, WHICH HAS BEEN, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, A LARGE, UH, CONCERN FOR, UM, UH, FOR THOSE, FOR THE FOLKS THAT LIVE AROUND THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO, UM, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT PART EIGHT OF THE, UM, SPEAKS TO DRAINAGE, I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS IS THE PART, THE, UM, ADDRESSES THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT IT'S TO, UH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M LOOKING AT THE RIGHT PART. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IT BECAUSE, UM, IT, IT, TWO PART, BASICALLY IT TALKS IN TERMS OF EARNING BETWEEN SEVEN AND NINE ACRES OFF STORM WATER RUNOFF, AND THEN IT SAYS THAT BASIN TRANSFER DOESN'T WORK, THEN THAT'D BE 400,000 CONTRIBUTED FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. SO I [04:50:01] HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE QUESTION IS, IS THE THINKING THAT THE DIVERSION OF BETWEEN SEVEN OFF-SITES RUNOFF WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS FLOODING THAT'S ONE QUESTION. THE SECOND QUESTION IS, UM, IF THAT DOESN'T WORK THE 400,000, UH, CONTRIBUTION, UH, TO THE, UM, ALL STORM SYSTEM BASIN, IS THAT SUFFICIENT JUST TO RESOLVE THE FLOODING ISSUE. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS I'M TRYING TO SQUARE THAT WITH, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS A 425,000 BENEFIT BENEFITS FORM. IF I WAS LOOKING CORRECTLY, UH, FOR FLOODING AND THIS SAYS 400 THEM HUNDRED THAN SO CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT REMEMBER KITCHEN EIGHT, THE PHILLIPS WITH THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT? UM, YEAH, SO THE SEVEN AND NINE ACRES, UM, DOES COVER MOST OF BE SPRINGDALE GENERAL SITE. AND SOME OF THAT SITE WILL BE DIVERTED TO BOBBY CREEK WATERSHED AND, UH, JUST GATES. THEY COULDN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT. OF COURSE, THAT IS OUR PREFERRED OPTION BECAUSE IT RESOLVES THE ISSUE. THEY BUILD IT, AND THEN THE NEIGHBORS ARE THEN TAKEN CARE OF. BUT IF FOR SOME REASON, THEY CAN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH SPRINGDALE GENERAL, UH, WE NEED HELP SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO AMEND THE PUD IN CASE THERE WAS A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TWO LANDOWNERS AND, UM, THE 400,000 WOULD NOT COVER ALL OF THE STORMS. THEY WERE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, UH, RECTIFY THE PROBLEM THAT WE SET UP, WE WOULD SET UP A FUND AND WATERSHED, AND THAT MONEY WOULD BE DEPOSITED INTO THAT ACCOUNT. AND WE WOULD USE THOSE FUNDS TOWARDS THAT PROJECT. THERE IS A PROJECT IN THE WORKS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE PROJECT, BUT WE WOULD PUT THIS MONEY TOWARDS THAT PROJECT. AND SO IT WOULD BE, UM, PAID FOR BY THE CITY AND THE FUNDS HERE. OKAY. WELL, UH, AM I CONFUSING? UH, I MIGHT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M NOT CONFUSING ANYTHING, BUT THE, UH, I THOUGHT THAT THE BENEFITS, UH, UH, DOCUMENT SAID CERTAIN 25,000 TOWARDS FLOODING. I CAN'T, I DON'T HAVE IT PULLED UP RIGHT NOW. IT MAY HAVE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF MICHAEL WAILING CAN SPEAK TO THAT. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN 400,000 AS FAR AS I KNOW. WELL, THE, THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UH, DOCUMENT THAT I'M LOOKING AT THAT IT'S IN GOD SAYS SO SITA. SO CITUS STREETS, THINGS SOLUTIONS 425,000, AND IT'S DESCRIBED AS RECEIVING OR FROM 7.4 ACRES OF OFFSITE IMPERVIOUS COVER. SO AM I COMPARING APPLES AND APPLES HERE? I'M NOT SURE THAT MIGHT BE A TYPO. I WOULD HAVE TO GO AND LOOK, WHICH MIGHT TYPE OUT THE ORDINANCE. THE ORDINANCE IS CORRECT. SO THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS SHEET MIGHT BE WRONG, CORRECT. WELL, I NEED SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT. SO IF WE NEED TO ASK THE APPLICANT ABOUT THAT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUT THE APPLICANT FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK. OKAY. THEN WE'LL GET BACK. AND THEN I CAN ANSWER, I CAN ANSWER THAT AFTERWARD, UH, QUICKLY. UH, OKAY. WELL, I HAVEN'T IN MUCH, I HAVEN'T FINISHED MY QUESTIONS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK TO THEM LATER. OKAY. WE'LL COME BACK IN FIVE MINUTES. OKAY. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN THE, UH, PRESENTATIONS UP. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN WE GO TO SLIDE TWO? I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE REVISIONS WE'VE MADE TO INCREASE OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN RESPONSE TO THE SPECIFIC FEEDBACK FROM NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS TO PUT ALL THIS IN CONTEXT, THE CODE MODIFICATIONS WE HAVE REQUESTED WILL ALLOW US TO ACHIEVE A 15% INCREASE IN DEVELOPABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE OVER WHAT WE CAN DO TODAY. WHILE OUR REVISED COMMUNITY BENEFITS PACKAGE OFFERS A 1129% INCREASE IN VALUE OVER WHAT THE CITY COULD OTHERWISE REQUIRE OF US UNDER THE GR ZONING WE HAVE. IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE OFFERING A SUPERIOR PROJECT AND ONE THAT IS SUPPORTED BY CITY STAFF, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND AS YOU HEARD THE CLOSEST NEIGHBORS TO THE PROPERTY, WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. YOU CAN SEE A SUMMARY OF THE REVISIONS WE HAVE MADE TO THE PUD SINCE FIRST BREEDING. [04:55:01] AND AS A RESULT OF CONTACT TEAM FEEDBACK IS MS. ELLIA REFERENCED IN EACH OF THESE AMOUNTS. EACH OF THESE AMOUNTS IS IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING I HAVE PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED, AND I WILL BE SHOWING YOU THE NEW TOTAL IN A MOMENT. SO WE HAVE INCREASED OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTRIBUTION BY $475,000 TO G AND D C. WE HAVE DOUBLED THE AMOUNT GOING TO AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION AND TO THE EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY. WE'VE ACTUALLY MORE THAN DOUBLED IT TO THE, TO APS. AND WE'VE ALSO HAVE, UH, PROPOSED TO LOWER THE HEIGHT ALLOWED WITHIN THE FIRST HUNDRED AND 40 FEET FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY LINES FROM 75 FEET OF HEIGHT, DOWN TO 64 FEET OF HEIGHT. IF WE GO TO SLIDE FOUR, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION OF INVITE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE SITE'S TANK FARM PAST THE CASE BEFORE YOU WOULD PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ABOVE AND BEYOND ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AT THE COUNCIL REJECTED THIS REQUEST. ULTIMATELY THE DECISION BEFORE YOU IS NOT ABOUT WHETHER IT REDEVELOPED, BUT WHAT ABOUT WHAT IT BECOMES? SHOULD IT BECOME A SPRAWL FOUR STORY OFFICE UNDER CRINGY OR ZONING WITH NO REQUIRED BENEFITS OR A SIX STORY OFFICE WITH ONLY 15% MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE, TWO ACRES, LESS IMPERVIOUS COVER, AND $8 MILLION OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS GO TO SLIDE FIVE. THIS IS A LIST OF ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND SUSTAINABILITY BENEFITS WE WILL BE PROVIDING COMPARED TO WHAT WOULD OCCUR AT THE HEIGHT WORK CAP. AND THE PROJECT WERE FORCED TO REDEVELOP UNDER THE EXISTING GR ZONING. AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THESE BENEFITS WOULD NOT OCCUR WITHOUT THE PUD. THERE WOULD STILL BE SOME TREE PLANNINGS SO MUCH LESS IN A SCALED BACK VERSION OF THE WATER QUALITY STRATEGY. NEXT SLIDE, IMPORTANTLY, NONE OF THE OVER $2.5 MILLION IN COMMUNITY BENEFITS FOR AFFORDABLE NEIGHBORHOOD FLOODING SOLUTIONS AND PARKS AND URBAN TRAILS WOULD BE PROVIDED UNDER TRADITIONAL ZONING. AND WHEN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE SEVEN, HERE, WE SEE WHAT MAKES ALL THAT HAPPEN. AND OUR CORE ASK, REALLY OUR ONLY MAJOR ASK IS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE A SIX STORY OFFICE BUILDING UP TO AN OVERALL 93 FEET OF HEIGHT WITH THE ACCOMPANYING CAP COMPATIBILITY MODIFICATIONS. THAT ADDITIONAL HEIGHT ALLOWS US TO REDUCE OUR IMPERVIOUS COVER MEANINGFULLY BY TWO ACRES AND ULTIMATE. AND ULTIMATELY IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND EXTRA SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE THAT WE WOULD NOT OTHERWISE ACHIEVE UNDER TRADITIONAL ZONING. NEXT SLIDE. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. GAINING OVER 7.3 MILLION IN COMMUNITY BENEFITS BY ALLOWING AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET. NEXT SLIDE, TO PUT THOSE NUMBERS IN CONTEXT, WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR A 15% INCREASE IN SQUARE FOOTAGE. AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE OFFERING A 1129% INCREASE IN COMMUNITY BENEFITS VALUE. WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK IN MEETINGS AND A LITTLE BIT HERE ABOUT A 2013 CASE IN PALO ALTO. I WANTED TO ACTUALLY DO AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON. IN THE 2013 CASE, THERE WAS AN OFFER TO BUILD A PUBLIC STRUCTURE FOR $50 MILLION IN AN EXCHANGE, THE ZONING WOULD INCREASE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE BY 138%. IN THIS CASE, THE OWNER IS SEEKING A 15% INCREASE IN SQUARE FOOTAGE FROM WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY ENTITLED TO CONSTRUCT. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I AM NOT AN ALGEBRA EXPERT, BUT THE TRUE COMPARISON OF THESE TWO CASES WOULD YIELD APPROXIMATELY 5.4 MILLION IN COMMUNITY BENEFITS. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WHICH IS 2.6 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO STATED DIFFERENTLY, PROPORTIONATELY, WE ARE ACTUALLY PROVIDING 50% MORE IN COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAN WHAT WAS OFFERED IN PALO ALTO. A CASE THAT WAS WITHDRAWN IN PALO ALTO. WE GO TO PAGE 12. NEXT SLIDE. AS A REMINDER, WE ARE OFFERING ALL OF THIS AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO. IMAGINE AUSTIN CORRIDORS WITHIN AN IMAGINE AUSTIN CENTER IN NEAR A PLAN GREENLINE STATION AT SPRINGDALE AND AIRPORT. NEXT SLIDE. THIS SHOWS THE SUPPORT WE HAVE. AND FINALLY, NEXT SLIDE TO RECAP. WE HAVE REVISED OUR REQUEST TO INCREASE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND DECREASE THE STEP DOWN IN HEIGHT NEAR THE REAR OF THE SITE. NEXT SLIDE WE ARE SEEKING. WE ARE ASKING FOR A 15% INCREASE IN SQUARE FOOTAGE AND OUR OFFERING OVER A THOUSAND PERCENT INCREASE IN COMMUNITY BENEFITS. AND FINALLY, NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE THE STAFF UNANIMOUS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, UNANIMOUS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, SUPPORT PLANNING, COMMISSION SUPPORT. AND AS YOU HEARD, THE CLOSEST NEIGHBORS ARE SUPPORTING OUR REQUESTS. THANK YOU. AND I, AND I WILL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, UH, AS THEY GET POSED. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. OKAY. I WANT TO GO BACK TO MY QUESTION. UM, UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S A FORUM, THE 425,000 IS THE BENEFIT FOR THE FLOOD RELIEF. UH, BUT THE ORDINANCE ONLY SAYS 400. YEAH. YEAH. SO MICHAEL MICHAEL WHALEN, I CAN ANSWER THAT, UH, THAT'S DUE TO UPDATED, UH, FIGURES [05:00:01] WE GOT FROM A CONTRACTOR. AND SO, UH, IT IS 425,000 AND WE WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE PUD, UH, BEING INCREASED TO 400 AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, IF OUR SOLUTION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, FOR SOME REASON DOESN'T WORK, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO STILL IMPLEMENT THE SOLUTION WE'VE PRESENTED. WE, UH, SURVEYED THE AREA BEHIND SPRINGDALE GENERAL, AND YOU DON'T NEED TO HEAR ALL THE DETAIL, BUT WE'RE BASICALLY, UH, OUR NEXT SITE PLAN UPDATE IS GOING TO INCLUDE THE SOLUTION THAT WE'VE ALREADY HEARD, UH, UH, HARRISON HUDSON, UH, DESCRIBED. WELL, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UM, IT GIVES ME SOME TO READ THE ORDINANCE AND FIND THAT WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON, DOES IT MATCH WHAT WE'VE JUST BEEN TOLD THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE? SO, UM, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK SOME OTHER QUESTIONS ALSO THEM. SO LET ME JUST BACK UP AGAIN. UM, SO THE OTHER QUESTION I WAS ASKING THAT WE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT WITH STAFF IS, UM, IS, IS THIS A FIT EITHER THE DIVERSION OF THE 79 ACRES OR THE 425,000? IS THAT SUFFICIENT TO SOLVE THE FLOODING PROBLEMS ON SALSEDO? UM, IS THAT THE STAFFER TO ME I'M JUST WEARING, THIS IS A WATERSHED PROTECTION. UM, THE DIVERSION PLAN IS ENOUGH TO RESOLVE THE FLOODING ON SAUCEDO. OKAY. AND THEN THE FOUR 25 NOW FOUR 25, UM, THOUSAND WILL BE PUT TOGETHER, PUT TOWARDS PROJECT IF THE FIRST SOLUTION IS NOT, UM, THESE, SO 25,000 WOULD NOT SOLVE THE FLOODING ON ITSELF ON ITS OWN. NO, THAT'S WHAT I THINK. SO MICHAEL WAS SAYING HE RECEIVED RE REVISED ESTIMATES ABOUT HOW TAKE TO BUILD THAT SOLUTION. ONE IN AUSTIN, HE'S WILLING TO PUT THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY TOWARDS THE CITY PROJECT. OKAY. I'M SORRY. I'M A BIT CONFUSED. SO, UM, THE FIRST OPTION, THE DIVERTING, THE 709 ACRES WOULD RESOLVE THE FLOODING ISSUE, BUT IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DIVERT, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WON'T ACTUALLY COMPLETELY STOP FLOODING ISSUES. THAT'S CORRECT. SO THEY'RE NOT EQUIVALENT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE TWO THINGS. SO LET ME ASK YOU, SO YOU TALKED IN TERMS OF PUTTING THAT 425,000 INTO A, UH, INTO A FUND. DO, DOES THE CITY HAVE THE REST OF THE MONEY THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO SOLVE THE FLOODING PROBLEM THERE? PROJECT IN THE WORKS AND THE CITY IS PLANNING TO SPEND, UM, YOU KNOW, CITY FUNDS TO CORRECT THE FLOODING PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE. DO WE HAVE ANY, NOW THAT WE COULD COMMIT? UH, I I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT I CAN'T ANSWER THAT RIGHT NOW. UM, OKAY. THAT CAUSES ME SOME CONCERN. I, YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FLOOD IS REALLY THE SOLVING. THE FLOODING IS ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS THAT PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT, THE NEARBY NEIGHBORS, UH, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY WHAT I'M HEARING, BUT I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT THIS ORDINANCE GIVES US THAT SURETY. SO, SO THAT, THAT'S A QUESTION I HAVE. OKAY. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS 11, UH, WHICH IS PART 11, B, WHICH IS THE ZONING MODIFICATIONS. THINK THAT THAT LANGUAGE MIGHT NEED UPDATING TO, BASED ON WHAT I JUST HEARD FROM MR. WHALEN, IF I'M READING IT CORRECTLY, IT'S PART 11, B FOUR, IT SAYS MAXIMUM OF 75 FEET HEIGHT WITHIN 85 FEET COMPATIBILITY. BUT I THOUGHT I HEARD HIM JUST SAY THAT HE, THAT HAD BEEN CHANGED TO A MAXIMUM OF 64 FEET. DID I HEAR HIM RIGHT? MR. WAYLAND? I HEAR YOU, RIGHT. MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. UH, YES, YOU DID. AND, UH, WE HAVE CIRCULATED ALREADY THE CITY STAFF AND UPDATED LAND USE PLAN THAT SHOWS 64 FEET, UH, SO THAT, THAT MODIFICATION COULD BE MADE FROM THE DYES TODAY. UH, WE MADE THAT MODIFICATION AGAIN AFTER THE APRIL 22ND MEETING AND HEARING SOME OF THE FEEDBACK. OKAY. SO, SO MAYOR, I'M HEARING TWO AMENDMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THIS ORDINANCE, UM, TO THE ORDINANCE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN SAID, ANY BENEFITS. SO I'M NOT CERTAIN I CAN SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN ABOUT THE FLOODING, BUT, BUT I WOULD AT LEAST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ORDINANCE [05:05:01] VOTED ON MATCHES WHAT WE SAY VOTING ON IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. IS THAT NEED TO BE AN AMENDMENT OR WHAT? SO THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO TAKE THE 400 TO FOUR 25. OKAY. CAN WE JUST MAKE THAT CHANGE THAT THE APPLICANT'S AGREED TO? YES, MAYOR. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE A PART OF YOUR MOTION. WONDER IF THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CASE IN THE SECOND THIRD REGIONS JUST INCLUDE THAT THAT'S A RENT TO RHEA HAS A MOTION. IS THAT PART OF YOUR MOTION? DID YOU GO FROM TWO TO FOUR TO FOUR 25? YES, IT IS. UH, WHEN THEY PAID ME THAT PRESENTATION THAT YEAH. STUDENTS WE HAD. GREAT. THANK YOU. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I THINK GIVEN THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, GIVEN THE, THE HISTORY, THE, UM, HORRIFIC LEGACY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IN THE AREA, YOU KNOW, IT DOES GIVE ME SIGNIFICANT CONCERN THAT WE ARE POTENTIALLY VOTING ON THIS DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT ISN'T COMPLETELY ACCURATE, I THINK, NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. AND I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE COMMUNITY TO, UM, GIVE THEM THAT TIME FOR AT LEAST US TO HAVE THAT REVISED LANGUAGE. SO MY IS, UM, QUITE TWO QUESTIONS, UH, HAS THAT BEEN SIGNED BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD? MICHAEL, WHAT MAY I, MAY I RESPOND? YEAH. MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT ON THE SAME DAY THAT WE UPDATED THAT TO SHOW 64 FEET A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THAT VERY SAME DAY, WE SENT IT TO BOTH OF THE CONTEXTING THE EAST MLK CONTACT TEAM THAT WERE WITHIN AND THE GO VALLEY CONTACT TEAM ACROSS THE AIRPORT. SO THEY BOTH HAVE HAD IT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. SO IT HAS NOT YET AT THIS POINT. SO I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. NO, YEAH. SO THEY'VE HAD IT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. EVERYBODY'S KNOWN ABOUT IT. CANTERBURY, GIVEN THAT THE CONTACT TEAMS HAVE NOT SIGNED, THERE WERE RESTRICTIVE, SOME CHANGES NEEDED TO THE DRAFT ORDINANCE. WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO THIS ON SECOND ONLY? AND THEN COMING BACK FOR THIRD READING AND HAVING, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GIVE TIME FOR THE CONTACT TEAMS TO SIGN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THAT RESTRICTIVE WILL INCLUDE THAT THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE G AND DC, AND I'M SURE THERE WERE A FEW SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY BENEFITS INCLUDED I'D HATE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO NOT SIGN THIS AGREEMENT. IF I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SIGN IT. I MEAN, A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT THE CONTACT TEAM DON'T EVEN LIVE IN GOLD VALLEY, THEY GO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE SAD PART ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, DIANA DEANNA'S LIVED THERE ON SAYS A CHILD STREET IS NOT EVEN NEAR FARM DOWN THERE, AND YOU'RE NOT, THAT'S THE BIG PROBLEM THAT WE'VE BEEN FACING HERE AT EAST AFTER THIS IS WE HAVE THESE CONTACT TEAMS THAT THEY THINK THEY RUN THE WHOLE CITY, THE WHOLE WAY YOU SAW AUSTIN, WHICH I DON'T, YOU KNOW, NOT PRUDE IN TWICE. I WONDER FIRST ELECTION WHEN I WON THE SECOND CAMPAIGN FOR, THEY DO NOT REPRESENT THE TRUE PEOPLE OF MY COMMUNITY. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY WILL. AND IF I TELL YOU WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR THIS, I CAN UNDERSTAND IT. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES. COUNSEL, THIS IS JERRY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IN COUNCIL MEMBER RENTER'S MOTION THAT ALSO INCLUDED CHANGING THE NUMBER OF 75 TO 64 AND PART 11 BEFORE, WHICH IS WHAT MICHAEL WAYLAND, HIS DEGREE TOO. YES. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? IT'S WHAT YOU SAID, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BACKUP WAS WHAT WAS PASSED ON FIRST READING. SO ANY CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE BY MOTION INCORPORATED, COUNCILOR KITCHEN. UM, JUST A QUESTION, UM, RELATED TO THE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIECE. UM, I THINK I HEARD THE, UM, APPLICANT, UH, I THINK IT WAS THE APPLICANT WHO WAS RUNNING, YOU KNOW, WAS, UH, DESCRIBING THE, UM, COMMUNITY BENEFITS. AND, UM, AS PART OF THAT MENTIONED 475,000 TO GDM P IF I HEARD HER. CORRECT. AND I'M JUST WONDERING, UH, IS THAT, UH, IS THAT A PIECE THAT CAN BE SELECTED? UM, I THINK I SAW IT ON THE LIST OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS TOO. SO, UM, IS THERE, [05:10:01] UM, PLACE THAT THAT WOULD BE IN THE ORDINANCE? UH, CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT. SO I'M JUST ASKING WHERE THAT SHOULD BE REFLECTED NO COUNCIL MEMBER. THAT WOULD BE A PRIVATE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THE GMDC. SO MR. WAYLON WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT. OKAY. SO IS THAT AN AGREEMENT THAT'S SIGNED AT THIS POINT WITH G AND D MICHAEL MAY HAVE RESPONSIBILITY, UH, MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, UH, THE, UH, MARK ROGERS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT OF THE GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORP DOES NOT HAVE QUOTE AN AGREEMENT FORM. AND HE AND I SPOKE AND HE ASKED ME TO SEND A WRITTEN COMMITMENT LETTER, UH, WHICH WE HAVE DONE, UH, JEANETTE DE ALIA SIGNED, UH, THAT COMMITMENT LETTER AND, UH, UH, SENATE TO, UH, MR. ROGERS, OUR FIRST PAYMENT BY THE WAY, WILL BE ON, UH, DECEMBER 15TH, UH, WHICH I KNOW IS A SPECIAL DAY. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE A, THAT'S A THAT'S BEEN SENT TO US. RIGHT. OKAY. IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID THAT HAD BEEN SENT TO US? I'VE SENT IT? I DON'T KNOW. UH, I HAVEN'T SENT IT WIDELY. I THINK I SENT A, I KNOW YOU HAVE A COPY, UH, AND SHAME ON ME IF I DID NOT SEND THAT AROUND. UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO COLLECT THE COMMITMENT LETTERS, BUT WE HAVE WRITTEN TO, UH, WE SIGNED A PLEDGE AGREEMENT WITH, UH, EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY WITH MR. RAFAEL ALVAREZ AND HAVE, UH, NOW AND HAVE ALSO DONE THE SAME, SENT A LETTER TO, UH, AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. MY LAST QUESTION THEN IS, UM, GOES TO THE, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PART SEVEN SPEAKS TO THE IN LIEU DONATION. AND I ASSUME THAT THAT CALCULATION, LET'S SAY THAT CALCULATION, THEY BONUS AREA TIMES THE PUD FEE AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN IS ESTIMATED. WELL, THE 1.175, UH, THAT'S LISTED ON THE COMMUNITY. BENEFITS IS IN MY RIGHT THERE. IS THAT WHAT THAT IS REFLECTING MS. MS. KITCHEN. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE, A, IT IS A TIER THREE, UM, OVER THE, UH, AT THE BASELINE FAR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS. MR. WAYLON WOULD KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY FILED A SITE PLAN. I'M JUST WANTING TO TRUE UP OUR BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS THAT'S BEING REPRESENTED. GREAT. SO THE, UH, THE 1.175 IS A COMBINATION OF MICHAEL, I'M SORRY, MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, MAY I RESPOND? YES. UH, THE 1.175 IS A COMBINATION. IT SAYS CITI AND G AND D C BECAUSE THE BASELINE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE CODE, UH, WILL BE DONE ONCE. THERE'S A CERTIFICATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET ABOVE THE BASELINE THAT WE, UM, ULTIMATELY END UP AT. AND THAT WILL BE MULTIPLIED BY THE C AT THE TIME WE RIGHT NOW AT $7 A SQUARE FOOT. SO IT WOULD BE $700,000 IS THE ROUGH, VERY ROUGH ESTIMATE. AND, UH, IN ADDITION, THERE WOULD BE THE $475,000 TO THE G AND D C, WHICH IS WHY THE TOTAL IS 1.175. THANK YOU. THAT, THAT, UH, REMINDS ME THEN. OKAY. SO THAT, THAT FORMULA IS SUPPOSED TO EQUAL 700,000. WELL, YES, YES. TODAY'S FEE. YEAH. OKAY. AND, AND IT GOES TO THE CITY'S HOUSING FUND. OKAY. SO THEY MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR STAFF THEN. SO THAT GOES TO THE HOUSING FUND. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO DESIGNATE THE USE OF THAT AMOUNT AND IN THIS AREA OR IN THIS PART? MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO DESIGNATED BY THE, UM, BECOME, GETTING MINE ANYWAY TO BE USED FOR, OR THIS ENTITY. BUT I UNDERSTAND WE MAY HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS THERE, UH, ON, ON BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. IS THERE THE POSSIBILITY TO, UM, INDICATE THAT IT'D BE USED, UM, IN THIS AREA COUNCIL MEMBER, THE, THE CODE JUST REQUIRES A CODE INTO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND? UM, I THINK I HAVE TO CHECK WITH EITHER THE LAW DEPARTMENT OR ROSA TRUE LOVES TO SEE IF IT'S ALLOWABLE TO DESIGNATE IT FOR A CERTAIN AREA. UM, I KNOW THAT BOTH, UH, RESOLVING ISSUES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE TWO OF THE MAIN CONCERNS FOR THE NEIGHBORS. AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT. SO MAYBE THE LEGAL FOR THAT. SURE. I SEE THAT ROSIE'S MOVING OVER AS WELL. OKAY. MY GUT REACTION ON THIS ROSIE CONTRADICTS ME IS THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING YOU PUT IN A ZONING ORDINANCE, BUT YOU COULD ADDRESS [05:15:01] THAT THROUGH WHAT EVER YOU DO ABOUT THE HOUSING TRUST FUND, BUT I SEE ROSIE'S HERE, SO SHE PROBABLY KNOWS BETTER THAN I, HI, ROSIE, TRUE LOVE, UH, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND PLANNING MITZI. CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? CAUSE I WAS HAVING TROUBLE HEARING. I WAS SAYING THAT THAT, THAT DESIGNATING IT TO USE WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE, BUT THEN YOU COULD DO WHATEVER IT IS YOU DO WITH YOUR, AND HOW YOU DESIGNATE THE AUSTIN HOUSING TRUST FUND, BUT THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT RATHER THAN A ZONING ORDINANCE. YEAH. AND WE HAVE HAD SITUATIONS IN THE PAST WHERE WE HAVE DESIGNATED, UM, YOU KNOW, RESTRICTED CERTAIN, UH, DONATIONS OR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND FOR CERTAIN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS. AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE REALM OF FEASIBILITY. WE JUST WOULDN'T NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT AND, AND RECOGNIZE THAT THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS PROBABLY NOT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE. YES. SO I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT THIS WHEN THEY CAME IN AND TALKED ABOUT, AND WE TALKED THROUGH THE SPRINGDALE PUD AND MR. MAY REMEMBER, I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY THE SNOOPY POD WHERE THERE WAS, UM, THERE WAS A COMMITMENT FROM THE DEVELOPER FOR SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING MONEY. AND WE DID, WE DID PASS COUNCIL DIRECTION TO ALLOCATE THAT FOR, UM, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN THAT AREA, WHICH, WHICH WAS THE BALDWIN CREEK, UM, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN A SENSE CHANGED ITS NAME. AND I DON'T QUITE, I CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER THE NEW NAME, BUT WE DID, WE DID PASS THAT AS PART OF, AS PART OF THE PUD, UM, DECISIONS. SO MAYBE YOU COULD REMIND US WHAT THE MECHANISM WAS FOR DOING THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENETTES TALKING ABOUT YES, CUSTOMER, WHATEVER I DO. I DO REMEMBER DOING THAT. I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE AND SEE EXACTLY HOW WE WORDED IT AND TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T THE ORDINANCE BY, DO YOU REMEMBER A PORTION OF THAT MONEY GOING TOWARDS THIS TO THE CDC AND A REMAINDER GO INTO THE TRUST FUND? GENERALLY SPEAKING, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF I CAN FIND IT. IT, IT BECAME QUITE A KERFLUFFLE SO, UM, WE CAN PROBABLY FIND THAT PRETTY EASILY, BUT I'M GOING TO I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN FIND WHILE WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT. OKAY. SMART KITCHEN. OKAY. UH, WELL THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. OH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO. SO, UM, AND, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S LEGAL FOR US TO DO THAT. AND, UM, UH, I WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL UNLESS SOMEONE HAS AN OBJECTION. I WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THAT. SO WOULD THAT BE PART OF THIS MOTION OR WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT'S HANDLED? UM, I, I, I'M NOT QUITE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE PART OF THE MOTION UNLESS COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO FUNDS THAT WE NEED TO DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY. I THINK SHE'S CHECKING NOW AS A ALICE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO TRYING TO SPECIFY WHERE THIS SHOULD BE USED. I JUST I'M CONCERNED, UM, THAT OUR, OUR LAW DEPARTMENT IS SAYING MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO WRITE IT. AND I THINK THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH THIS TO FIND THE RIGHT LOCATION, BUT I JUST AM APPREHENSIVE WHEN LAW SAYS I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT CONFIDENT THAT WE SHOULD DO IT THAT WAY. I DON'T THINK WE WERE PARTICULARLY COMFORTABLE WITH THIS NEW PEOPLE. UM, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT WAS DONE AND WE CAN, AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. I KNOW IN THAT WEEK, I DON'T BELIEVE WE SPECIFY. I THINK WE SAID JUST ANY NIGHT, WE SAID A, NON-PROFIT NOT THE NAME OF THE GROUP. UM, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WE LIMITED THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA FOR THE HOUSING TRUST FUND, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY WE'LL PULL THE SNEAKY POT IN AND LOOK AT THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OUR DUCKS ARE IN A ROW WHATSOEVER ALTER AND THAT YOU MIGHT LOOK AT THE CAMELBACK POD. WE HAD AN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY INCLUDED IN THEIR PUTT BASIS THAT WENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I THINK IT WAS DESIGNATED FOR DISTRICT 10. UM, BUT THERE WOULD BE A PRECEDENT AND A MECHANISM TO DO THAT. IS THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THIS MOTION NOW, OR THIS IS HANDLED SUBSEQUENT. AND IF IT GOES TO THIS MOTION NOW, HOW WOULD IT GO IN A QUESTION FOR ITSY OR FOR ROSIE THE KITCHEN? UH, I DON'T KNOW IF KELSEY HAS HAD A SUGGESTION OR COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER TOVO DOES AROUND ABOUT THIS. I DON'T KNOW. THEY BOTH HAD THEIR HENRY THAT YOU RAISED YOUR HAND TO SPEAK. OKAY, [05:20:01] IT'S EASY. GO AHEAD. AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THIS, YOUR BEAUTY, BEAUTY CHANCE OF EVER MITZI UNDERNEATH. THERE WE GO. UM, IF, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, I THINK WE'RE, WE MIGHT BE BETTER NOT SPECIFYING THE G D DC, BUT INSTEAD OF THE AREA, AND THEN LET THEM APPLY THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND FOR THOSE FUNDS, UH, RATHER THAN SPECIFYING A PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION. SO WE CAN, IF WE HAVE A WAY IN AND JERRY ROSIE, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP WITH HOW WE SPECIFY THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, WHAT WORDS WE USE FOR THAT. BUT I THINK WE WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH SAYING, THEY'RE MAKING THIS DONATION, IT'S GOING TO BE USED WITHIN THIS GEOGRAPHIC AREA. AND THEN IT GOES TO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND THE GMDC APPLIES FOR IT. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION AS WELL. MITZI. I'M NOT SPECIFYING A CERTAIN SUB RECIPIENT OF THE DOLLARS, UM, BUT JUST, UH, AN AREA OR A GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPENDITURE THROUGH. AND TO CLARIFY, THAT WOULD COME, UH, AS AN APPLICATION THROUGH OUR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR OUR OWNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AND THEN WE WOULD TAP INTO THE FUNDS THAT ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY SET ASIDE FOR THAT AREA, NOT UNLIKE WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH LIKE THE HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION DISTRICT FUNDS. OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT'S WHERE I REFLECT THIS. I THINK YOU, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST REFLECTING ON YOUR COMMENTS, UH, CUSTOMER, AND IT REALLY DISHEARTENS ME TO HEAR THAT IS THE COMMENTARY THAT WE HAVE ABOUT MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. GIVEN THE FEEDBACK WE'VE HEARD FROM, UH, FROM RESIDENTS DURING CITIZENS TESTIMONY, UM, YOU KNOW, I REALLY HAD THIS CONVERSATION OR I HAD A, THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW ABOUT AMENDING AND PERHAPS CONSIDERING DIFFERENT WAYS TO SPECIFY THE ALLOCATION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOLLARS. I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY, KNOWING THAT THIS IS A RAPIDLY GENTRIFYING AREA, THE IMPACTS OF DISPLACEMENT, WE OWE THEM SOME MORE TIME. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT THAT WE CONSIDER THIS SPRINGDALE PUTT ON SECOND READING COLLAR HERE. YOU KNOW, SHE USED, SHE WASN'T BORN HERE. YOU WANT TO MAKE? OH, I JUST DID. I JUST MADE THE MOTION. YEAH. VANESSA, HANG ON HERE A SECOND. AND A MOTION TO AMEND THIS TO GO FROM SECOND AND THIRD READING TO JUST SECOND READING, BECAUSE THERE WAS SECOND TO THAT WAS MEMBER KITCHEN, SECOND STAFF. THAT'S WHERE BEFORE THIS, DO YOU GET TO ADDRESS IT FIRST? AND THEN I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE MR. ANDREA, THANK YOU. AND YOU COVERED, YEAH. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU OFFLINE. I, I DEFINITELY WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER. UM, AND THAT WE'RE CREATING A COMMUNITY IN AUSTIN COMMUNITY THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF EVERYONE. AND ESPECIALLY AS SOMEONE WHO IS THE DAUGHTER OF AN IMMIGRANT, I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY ANY TYPE OF LANGUAGE THAT IS ANTI NEWCOMER OR UNWELCOMING. SO WITH THIS, I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER THE, THIS, UM, THIS PUD ON SECOND READING ONLY. UM, I DO THINK THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE ON THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED. I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT THAT IT'S CODIFIED AND THAT WE GET THE AGREEMENTS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SIGN AND PROPER PLACE ACTUALLY WITH G AND DC. AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO DEDICATE THE, THE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOLLARS TO A SPECIFIED AREA, THOSE ARE THE THINGS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TIGHTEN UP. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO GIVE THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE APPLICANT. HMM. AMENDMENT, DO YOU WANT ADDRESS IT? YES. MA'AM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO EASE OFTEN. YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, AND WE, WE WORK REAL HARD FOR COMMUNITY BENEFIT. AND, UH, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE THERE. YOU KNOW, THERE SUCKS, THERE ARE SOME THAT JUST MOVED INTO, YOU KNOW, AND STOLE TOURS, YOU KNOW, GENTRIFIER, THE WHITE PEOPLE CAME OVER HERE AND JUSTIFIED US, YOU KNOW, AND THEY JUST ALSO WANT TO BE RESPECTED. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT ANY DIFFERENT FROM ME, BROWN PEOPLE OR BLACK PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY ALSO WANT TO BE RESPECTED. AND WHEN WE SAY THAT IT'S ALL THESE RICH WHITE PEOPLE COMING OVER HERE, DISPLACING US, YOU KNOW, WHICH THERE'S NO TRUTH TO THAT. THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY YOU SAW AUSTIN GENTRIFIED. AND, AND THERE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MISTAKES, A LOT OF MISTAKES THAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IN THE PAST THAT WE LEARN BECAUSE WE MAKE MISTAKES. AND I CAN TELL [05:25:01] YOU A HISTORY OF MISTAKES. YOU KNOW, WE HAD NO PROFIT THAT OWNED THE Q HOUSE NEAR THE CORNER OF THAT WHOLE CORNERS. SO THE CHAVEZ AND IMPAIR NET, AND WE LOST THAT TO SHAKY DEALS. AND, UM, I JUST DON'T LIKE THOSE KINDS OF TRANSACTIONS, YOU KNOW, AND I HAVE FOUGHT HARD TO MAKE THIS FRONT HONEST, YOU KNOW, AND GETTING THE BEST DEAL FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO HERE IS WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO END UP ROLLING IT DOWN AND THEY JUST GOING TO GO 60 FEET AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING OUT OF IT AND, AND HAPPENS. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW. YEAH, I CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR A SECOND READING. YOU MIGHT NOT SEE IT COME BACK HAS BEEN MOTIONED TO AMANDA TO GO TO SECOND READING ONLY THAT'S READY TO VOTE. THAT'S NUMBER KITCHEN. OKAY. UM, I WOULD, IF THIS DOES PASS FOR SECOND READING, UH, THAT WOULD BRING, BRING IT BACK. THAT THAT'S A LANGUAGE RELATED TO, UM, DESIGNATED AREA FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE TRACKED NEW PEOPLE, POTENTIALLY LIKE US COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR. IF I, IF I COULD INTERJECT FOR A QUICKLY, I MIGHT JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE MONEY FOR THE TIER THREE BONUS PROVISION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW COMES TO THE CITY HOUSING TRUST FUND, OR WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL WANTS US TO DO IS LOOK OUT HOW WE CAN ALLOCATE THAT TOWARDS A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN THE FASHION THAT WE DO WITH THE SNOOPY. BUT I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THE MONEY TO THE G AND DC IS ENTIRELY SEPARATE FROM THIS MONEY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. THAT'S A SEPARATE DEAL THAT MR. WHEELER HAS MADE WITH THE GMDC WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY, BY THIS MOTION. IT WASN'T PRECISE. YES. THANK YOU. I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU. SO WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US AS THE AMENDMENT TO MAKE THIS SECOND READING ONLY, AND THEN WE COULD CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT IN THE SECOND TO JUST FORMALLY ADOPT THE DESIGNATION OF THE SCHOLARS TO THE AREA WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW IS THE AMENDMENT TO MAKE IT SECOND READING, AS OPPOSED TO SECOND TO THIRD AND DISCUSSION ON THAT ISSUE. COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. I WAS WONDERING, UM, WHEN WE SAY THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE SECOND READING, WHEN WAS, WHEN WOULD WE ANTICIPATE THE THIRD READING COMING? AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE AN ANSWER FROM THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT ABOUT, UM, THE IMPACT OF SECOND READING ONLY ABROAD. THEY THINK THAT WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS HERE, UM, WITH THE, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE ONLY BENEFIT THAT WE ARE OFFERING THEM IS THAT HEIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. UM, I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE FACT THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE ASKING FOR MORE TIME AND THAT THERE ARE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE ASKING FOR MORE TIME, BUT I WANT IT LIKE TO KNOW IF WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHEN THIS WOULD COME BACK FOR THIRD READING. AND THEN WHEN WE HAVE THAT ANSWERED, IF WE COULD HEAR FROM MR. WHALEN ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE PROJECT, UM, MAYOR THE NORMAL ANSWER WOULD BE JULY 29TH ON THE AGENDA FOR JUNE 10TH HAS ALREADY BEEN POSTED. UM, WE COULD ADD IT AS AN ATTENDANT ROUTE, BUT I WOULD NEED A LOT APARTMENT TO, UM, WEIGH IN ON WHETHER THEY FELT THAT THEY COULD DO THE RESEARCH NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE BEFORE NEXT WEEK. OKAY. UM, MR. WAYLAND, DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO TRANSFEMORAL AUTHOR'S QUESTION ABOUT THE IMPACT OF WAITING A WEEK, UH, MICHAEL WHALEN, TIRED, MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT AND Y'ALL ARE VERY TIRED TOO, AS, AS ARE, I MUST SAY JEANETTE AND MYRNA HAVE DONE A FABULOUS JOB IN, IN REGARD TO WINE. I'VE JUST SENT JERRY. UH, SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THE PIED FROM FOUR 25, OR I THINK Y'ALL REFER TO IT AS SNOOPY POD. AND IT DOES HAVE A PROVISION UNDER TIER TWO WHERE $50,000 WENT TO NACD TO BREWERY TO BE RESERVED, UH, IN A FUND TO BE USED BY THE SOUTH CENTRAL AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP. UM, ONLY AFTER THEY ARE ELIGIBLE. SO THERE IS A PARAGRAPH THERE, HOWEVER, OUR MONEY IS GOING TO, UH, G AND DC. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR WITH, BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE FOUR HOUSES, TWO BUILDING PERMITS, PRACTICALLY ONE, FOR SURE, READY TO GO. AND SO THOSE WOULD BE HOUSES THAT ARE GETTING BUILT NOW, WHEREAS THIS MONEY WOULD BE MORE UNCERTAIN. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT DIFFERENCE THAT CLAIRE, THAT CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S, UH, IMPACTFUL IN THE $700,000 IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DIRECT IS MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON WHAT CITY LEGAL HAS SAID. [05:30:01] UM, SO, SO GIVEN GIVEN THAT, AND, AND, AND THAT UNDERSTANDING OF, OF THIS, UH, OBVIOUSLY OUR PREFERENCE IS TO GO TODAY, UM, OR, OR CERTAINLY AT LEAST FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TO BE CLOSED TODAY. UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE BECAUSE THE 475,000 TO G AND D C CANNOT BE PUT INTO THIS. AND BASED ON THE CONTACT TEAM'S PRESENTATION TO US G AND D C IS WHERE THEY WANT THIS MONEY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BUILDING PERMITS READY TO GO IN THE AREA AND PROPERTY IN THE AREA FOR OWNERSHIP UNITS. AND THAT IS NOT ANYTHING BASED ON WHAT CITY LEGAL HAS SAID THEY CAN DO. THEY CAN'T DO THAT. LEGALLY COUNCIL MEMBER TOUCHING, UM, MR. WAYLAND, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DESIGNATE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IS DESIGNATING THOSE FUNDS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO INTO THE HOUSING THAT WOULD GO INTO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ADDING AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD DESIGNATE THEM OR A G AND D C. SO THAT'S WHAT WE JUST SAID WITH ROSIE. TRUE LOVE. BECAUSE THE LETTER THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IS A SEPARATE OF THE SNIPPY PERIOD. IT IS, IT IS THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. SO, UM, SO THAT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE JUST HAD, I THINK, I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY, WE WERE UNDERSTANDING MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE WOULD, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM, FROM LAW AND FROM MYSELF IS THAT WE WOULD NOT DESIGNATE THE FUNDS FOR G AND D C, BUT THAT WILL DESIGNATE THEM FOR A GEOGRAPHIC AREA. I'M SORRY. YOU'RE WELCOME TO APPLY FOR THE FUNDS TO KEEP IT FROM SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATING. OH, MY APOLOGIES. WHAT I MEANT WAS THAT WE WOULD TRACK THE KIND OF LANGUAGE THAT WE DID IN THE SNOOPY PUD, UH, AND FOR THIS 700,000, THE ISSUE IN FRONT OF US IS WHETHER WE GO TO SECOND AND THIRD READING, OR JUST SECOND READING IN FRONT OF US, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ISSUE TRANSFER TOBO. YEAH. THANK YOU. UM, I WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THIS PROJECT IS, UM, REALLY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND, AND I WANT TO THANK HOLLY. UM, I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA WHO POSTPONED IT AT OUR LAST MEETING SO THAT THE NEIGHBORS COULD SIT IN AND REALLY CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. AND I THINK THE, THE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT HAVE COME AS A RESULT OF THAT CONVERSATION, I REALLY A CREDIT TO THE PROCESS AND A CREDIT TO ALL OF THE PARTIES WHO HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THAT. I I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION TO VOTE ON SECOND READING. I'D BE HAPPY. UM, MR. WAYLON, IF IT MAKES SENSE FOR IT TO COME BACK NEXT WEEK, IF, IF THAT MAKES MORE PALATABLE, THE FACT THAT IT, IT MIGHT ONLY PASS TODAY ON SECOND READING. UM, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, BUT I, I WILL, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, UM, THE, THE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN MENTIONED THAT NEED CORRECTION, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REVIEW THE ORDINANCE. AND I IMAGINE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WOULD TOO. UM, I'M LOOKING AT THIS NEW PUD LANGUAGE, AND I THINK MR. WAYLON READ THE FIRST PROVISION, WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTION TO NACD, TO BE RESERVED ONLY AFTER THAT PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION HAD DEVELOPED AN ELIGIBLE PROGRAM. THE SECOND PROVISION THOUGH MIGHT PROVIDE THE BETTER, THE BETTER MODEL FOR THE LANGUAGE, IF WE WANT TO JUST RESTRICT IT TO THE AREA. AND IT WAS, UM, THESE FUNDS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO USE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT REGULATING DISTRICT AND WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS OF THE SOUTHERN MOST BOUNDARY. AND THEN IT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT FOR A PERIOD OF NOT FEWER THAN 10 YEARS FROM PAYMENT, IF AFTER 10 YEARS FROM PAYMENT, OR IF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT REGULATING DISTRICT IS NOT ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO THE PAYMENT OF THE FUNDS, THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS SHALL NO LONGER BE RESTRICTED. SO I THINK WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THOSE TWO PROVISIONS AND I, AND I SHOULD SAY, I DON'T THINK THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT ARE, THAT, UM, I THINK SOME OF THE STAFF HAD CONCERNS ABOUT IT. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I STILL SUPPORT DOING IT, UM, IN THIS CASE, BUT I THINK WE HAVE THE LANGUAGE THAT CAN PROVIDE THE MODEL FOR, FOR, UM, RESERVING THIS FUNDING FOR USE WITHIN THIS GEOGRAPHIC AREA WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD AND HAVING A REVERSION CLAUSE, UH, SO THAT IF, IF IT DOESN'T GET USED IN TIME, UM, BUT AGAIN, I WOULD, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT, UH, THE MOTION TO HEAR IT ON SECOND READING. NOT BECAUSE I WANT THE PROJECT TO GO AWAY. I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO, TO SEEING IT COME BACK TO US, BUT WE'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THESE, UM, THESE ELEMENTS ARE, ARE REALLY NAILED DOWN. AND, AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION THAT'S TAKEN PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TAKING PLACE, UM, UM, WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA WITH YOUR OFFICE AND, AND WITH THE, UM, DEVELOPER, I THINK, I THINK [05:35:01] IT'S A MUCH BETTER, BETTER PROJECT AS A RESULT OF ALL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. P R I, UM, AND THEN AFTER I GOT SECOND PO CAUSE WE HAVEN'T GIVEN COUNCIL MEMBER POOL A CHANCE TO SPEAK AND THEN I'LL COME TO YOU. AND AGAIN, THE ISSUE IN FRONT OF US IS WHETHER WE'RE DOING SECOND READING ONLY, OR THEY'RE DOING SECOND AND THIRD AS OUR POOL. I WANTED TO ASK MR. WHALEN ABOUT THE GMDC, UM, HOMES, THE FOUR THAT ARE PENDING AND THAT THE, THE CASH MONEY, UH, THAT WOULD COME FROM THIS APPROVAL THAT WOULD BE DIRECTED TO GMDC AND SUPPORTIVE THOUGHTS PURCHASES. UM, I REALLY LIKE THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT OF, UM, THE AGREEMENT FROM THE PARTIES. UM, MR. WHALEN, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE A ONE-WEEK DELAY IF THAT WOULD HAVE AN, A, ANY KIND OF APPRECIABLE EFFECT ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH G AND DC, UH, G AND DC. UH, THEY'RE THE TWO PERMITS THAT I TALKED TO MR. ROGERS ON, I APOLOGIZE, MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, THE TWO, UH, PERMITS, I TALKED TO MR. ROGERS ABOUT, UM, HE, UH, HE ASKED THAT THOSE GET PAID BY DECEMBER 15TH, WHICH IS WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO, WHICH WILL BE BEFORE, UH, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD BEFORE WE HAVE EVEN, UH, OUR FINAL PERMITS FOR THE BUILDING OF OUR SITE AND THAT THE ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS FOR THE OTHER TWO, BECAUSE HE THINKS WE'LL HAVE THOSE DONE, UH, BY JUNE 1ST, 2022. SO WE SPLIT IT INTO TWO PAYMENTS TO COVER THE COST OF THE FOUR HOMES. SO I'M ON THIS KIND OF MIDDLE GROUND WHERE I, I WANT TO GIVE DEFERENCE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM THE DISTRICT WHERE THIS PROJECT IS HAPPENING, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE, UM, KIND OF BEDROCK PROTOCOLS THAT WE HAVE, UM, ON THE COUNCIL. UM, SO I WANTED TO JUST CHECK IN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA TO ASK HIM, IS HE OKAY WITH ONE WEEK TO GET TO THIRD READING ON THE 10TH? YEAH, I MEAN, I, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO MY COLLEAGUES AND A COUNCIL MEMBER. ONE DAY I DID GET CARRIED AWAY THERE. SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. AND IF WE DELAY IT FOR A WEEK B FUNDING AND I WOULD ALSO REQUEST THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT, UM, THE AMENDED MOTION. UM, ASSUMING THAT EVERYTHING WAS ALL BUTTONED UP AND READY TO GO FOR THIRD READING ON JUNE 10TH, IF THAT'S, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING MR. WAYLON THINKS HE CAN CAN READ. ARE YOU OKAY WITH, UH, APPROVING IT ON SECOND READING, ONLY CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AFTER COMING BACK FOR THIRD READING, UH, NEXT WEEK. YES, I HAVE. AND DOES THAT WORK FOR MR. WHALEN? I MEAN, YES. I, I, I DEFER TO THE COUNCIL AND, UH, IN, IN MAKING THIS DECISION. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US IS TO APPROVE ON SECOND READING ONLY, UH, CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND PLEASE WORK ON THE LANGUAGE ABOUT DELEGATE DESIGNATED YOU'RE NOT DESIGNATING THE DOLLARS IN THE INTERVENING PERIOD OF TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER CON I MEAN, COUNCILS JUST WOULD ASK. AND THE NOTION, IF YOU CAN INCLUDE THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE IN A CAMELBACK, THAT'S ALWAYS ALSO VERY GOOD. I PULLED THAT ON, AND IT'S NOT QUITE AS COMPLICATED AS THIS NEW PIZZA NOW, BUT JUST ASK IF WE CAN HAVE SOME, UH, UH, THE MOTION TO INCLUDE THE ABILITY OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT TO, UH, WORK WITH THE LANGUAGE TO MAKE AND NOT, NOT, NOT MARRIED TO THE SNOOPY PUD LANGUAGE, RIGHT. THE WAY THAT I JUST SAID IT, YOU WEREN'T MARRIED TO LANGUAGE. IT WAS SECOND READING, ONLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. WHEN YOU COME BACK TO US, BRING BACK APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE TO DESIGNATE THE DOLLAR SPEND. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALTRUISTS NEXT AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR. UM, OKAY. SO, SO I, I SUPPORT THIS. I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT UNDER THE NEW RULES, WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT IF PEOPLE SHOW UP TO SPEAK, WE HAVE TO ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK. THAT'S TRUE. UM, SO JUST, JUST SO THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT THE RULES ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT [05:40:01] THEY'RE NOT, UM, CONFUSED, CORRECT. AS RXR COMMUTED, SORRY. YEAH. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO CALL IN. NO. OKAY. LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE, UH, MOTION TO GO SECOND, REALLY ONLY WHERE I WOULD SAY CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT AS COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTAR POINTS OUT, IT'S BEST TO BE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO BE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. I'M ASKING STAFF TO COME BACK WITH A LANGUAGE ON THIRD READING. IT WOULD DESIGNATE THE DOLLARS AND THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. I SEE IT WITH, UH, EVERYBODY ON THE DIOCESE THAT MAKES 10 ZERO AND TAKES CARE OF THAT, WHICH IS OUR LAST SONY MATTER. ALEX, IT IS ABOUT JUST LITTLE BIT BEFORE FIVE O'CLOCK. UH, WE HAVE THREE MORE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, WILL BRING UP THE DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, OUR PACK. I WOULD SUGGEST WE INITIATE THAT CONVERSATION. NOW I'LL TAKE IT TILL SIX, UH, AT SIX O'CLOCK WE'LL STOP THAT CONVERSATION, PUT ON THOSE THREE ITEMS. UH, AND THEN, UH, PICK UP THAT CONVERSATION FURTHER, A SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON MONDAY. IF IT LOOKS LIKE WE STILL NEED IT, UH, WE CAN THEN TAKE A DINNER BREAK OR GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. I, IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE STAFF HAS INDICATED THAT ROSTIN ENERGY CAN BE MOVED TO NEXT THURSDAY. UM, UH, THE DIRECTOR IS NOT WITH US ON TUESDAY, SO IT WOULD GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION NEXT THURSDAY, WHICH MEANS THE THINGS WE WOULD BE DISCUSSING TODAY WOULD BE A HOUSE BILL 1900, UM, WHICH IS, UH, LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THAT. SO PEOPLE COULD HAVE THAT IN MIND AND ALSO THE, UH, AUTOMATED ONE, WHICH WAS THE, UH, HOTEL, UH, CONVERSION ISSUES. THAT'S WHY WE TOLD THEM NO, I'M SORRY. I JUST NEED TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU INDICATED WAS THE SCHEDULE HERE. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR SPECIAL CALLED MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN [28. Authorize negotiation and execution of an agreement with Austin/Travis County Mental & Health Mental Retardation Center (d/b/a Integral Care) to provide permanent supportive housing to disabled individuals who have experienced chronic homelessness, in an amount not to exceed $1,558,200 for the term July 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022, with three 12-month extension options each in an amount not to exceed $1,199,220, for a total agreement amount not to exceed $5,155,860.] FUNDS. WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION AT SIX, AFTER WE SPEND THE NEXT HOUR IDENTIFYING ISSUES IN THE LIFE. I WANT US TO TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK. I DON'T WANT US TO WAIT TILL MONDAY TO BE INTRODUCING STUFF IN CASE THERE'S WORK THAT, UH, THE STAFF OR OTHERS NEED TO BE DOING OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND. SO WE'RE GONNA SPEND THE NEXT HOUR DOING THAT AGAIN AND EARLY, IF NO ONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT EXECUTIVE SESSION RIGHT AWAY. UH, I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE WILL BE PARTICULARLY LONG EXACTLY THE SESSIONS, BUT WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION. THEN THAT'S OUR KITCHEN. I WAS WONDERING IF WE DID THE EXECUTIVE. OH, SO SORRY. I STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCHEDULING. I WAS JUST THINKING IF WE DID THE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS ARE THERE, WHICH GETS MORE, IT'S CLEAR. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE JUMPING INTO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN TONIGHT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO FINISH ALL THIS BEFORE WE HAVE A DINNER BREAK. AND SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE, WHAT WE SPEND THE NEXT. WE USUALLY BREAK AT FIVE 30. I THINK YOU SAID SIX. WHAT WE CAN SPEND THE NEXT HOUR ON THAT GETS THE MOST STAFF DONE FOR THE DAY IS IF WE WENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, COULD WE KNOCK OUT ALL OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION STUFF IN AN HOUR? WE COULD. I MEAN, IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER. I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT, THAT SEVERAL TIMES NOW WE PUT THIS OTHER ITEM TO THE END OF THE DAY AND WE'VE NEVER ADDRESSED IT. UH, AND I'M GETTING REALLY FRUSTRATED BY THAT. UH, SO, UH, UM, I WOULD HAVE US DO THAT FIRST, UH, BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED THAT THEY'RE REAL IMPORTANT FOR US DECISIONS TO BE IN A PLACE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE NEXT WEEK. AND I'M CONCERNED THAT THAT, THAT WE GET END UP IN THE SAME PLACE WE'VE BEEN IN THE PAST. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, TIRED, I THINK WE CAN HANDLE ITEM 1,982 AND 81 AND EXECUTIVE SESSION. BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THESE OTHER THREE THINGS. WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT NEED TO PASS, UH, THAT WERE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. CAUSE I, THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE VOTE AND GET DONE AS WELL. THAT'S OUR MEMBER POOL, THE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, UM, TWO THINGS ON THE THREE ITEMS ON HOMELESSNESS, UM, MAYOR THAT YOU'RE WANTING US TO ENGAGE IN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT AND JUST REMIND US ALL THAT CUSTOMER KELLY HAD ASKED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WAIT FOR HER TO, AND SO WE DO NEED TO REMEMBER THAT. I THINK SHE WAS LOOKING AT THE MONDAY TIME, WHICH ISN'T NECESSARILY OPTIMAL FOR ME, BUT THAT, THAT IS AN ASK OUT THERE FOR THE ONE O'CLOCK ON MONDAY, WHICH [05:45:01] I THINK HADN'T BEEN FLOATING. UM, SO THE TWO THINGS THAT I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY SAY BEFORE WE GET TOO DEEP INTO THE CONVERSATION, BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, THE NARROWING DOWN OF THE ITEMS AND THE AGENDA AND WHAT WE ARE APPROVING SPECIFICALLY. UM, STAFF WENT TO CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO CRAFT A FRAMEWORK FOR THE SPENDING OF THE ARPA FUNDS. UM, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY WOULD, AGAIN, FLOW TO MUNICIPALITIES, THAT FRAMEWORK WAS GIVEN TO US. AND THEN TWO DAYS LATER WE VOTED IN OUR MEETING ON AN ITEM. I THINK THAT YOU HAD BROUGHT MAYOR WHICH ALLOCATED AND REDIRECTED THE MONIES WITHOUT US EVER HAVING ACTUALLY TAKEN UP THE FRAMEWORK THAT THE STAFF HAD SO DILIGENTLY, UM, UNDER THEIR OWN INITIATIVE BROUGHT TO US FOR CONSIDERATION. SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY LIKE TO ASK THAT WE PUT THAT DOCUMENT BACK INTO CONSIDERATION, OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE WORK AND THE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE DILIGENCE OF OUR CITY STAFF THAT BROUGHT IT TO US BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD PIECES IN THERE THAT ARE IN DANGER OF GETTING LOST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REVISITED THEM. AND THEY'RE GETTING OVERWHELMED BY THE FORCE OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED TWO DAYS LATER WITHOUT HAVING INCLUDED THEIR SUGGESTIONS AND THEIR GOOD WORK IN OUR CONVERSATION. I THINK OUR DELIBERATIONS WILL BE RICHER FOR HAVING THAT DOCUMENT BROUGHT BACK ONTO THE DYES FOR R D F FOR US TO DISCUSS. SO THAT'S THE FIRST PIECE. AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE IS I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE ARE PUSHING, PUSHING, PUSHING THIS WAY TOO FAST. WE DO NOT IN FACT NEED TO MAKE THESE FINAL DECISIONS BY JUNE 10. IN FACT, I CALLED FOR US TO TAKE UP THE ARPA CONVERSATION IN TANDEM WITH NOT AS PART OF, NOT AS INTEGRATED INTO, BUT PARALLEL AND IN TANDEM WITH OUR FISCAL TWO CONVERSATIONS, WHICH GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE BREATHING SPACE, MORE TIME FOR CONSIDERATION, MORE INCLUSION OF THE COMMUNITY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING. AND, AND, AND SO THAT WE CAN IN THE END HAVE, UH, A MORE, MORE OF A CONSENSUS AND A MORE CONSIDERED, UH, FINAL, FINAL ALLOCATIONS. WE HAVE ALREADY, FAST-TRACKED ABOUT HALF OF THE FIRST TRAUNCH OF MONIES THAT WE ARE GETTING IN CALENDAR 21 TO 44 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO TO AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. THAT MONEY IS BEING FAST TRACKED, AND IT'S UNDERWAY THE REST OF IT. UM, I GUESS 50,000 GIVE OR TAKE IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE US TO BE MORE DELIBERATIVE AND, UH, UH, IN OUR, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS AND ALLOCATIONS. AND THAT THOSE DISCUSSIONS INCLUDE THE, UM, THE SUGGESTIONS AND THE GOOD WORK THAT OUR CITY STAFF BROUGHT TO US IN ALL GOOD FAITH. AND, UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOT TAKEN UP THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND I THINK THAT WE DO THEM AN INJUSTICE BY NOT DOING SIR. THANKS, VERY KITCHEN. UM, JUST ON THE, ON THE SCHEDULE, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE CONVERSATION, UM, WITH DIANA GRAY OR AT THE HOMELESS, UH, DOLLARS FIRST, BECAUSE WE JUST REALLY, I REALLY, UM, I, I SUPPORT WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. WE NEED TO GET THIS, WE NEED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. IT WON'T BE OUR LAST ONE, BUT WE NEED TO GET STARTED ON THESE CONVERSATIONS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. UM, I DO DO WANT TO TAKE A SHORT DINNER BREAK. UH, AT LEAST FOR ME, I NEED AT LEAST A SHORT DINNER BREAK. SO I'M NOT GOING TO WANT TO GO STRAIGHT FROM THAT CONVERSATION TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. I DON'T WANT TO BACK HALF AN HOUR THERE, SO YEAH. AND I'D PROVIDE WITH THAT COUNCIL WORKS ARE NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO GO OUT AND COME BACK IN OR GET A PHONE NUMBER, A CALL INTO IT, OR IF IT COULD CALL TO, UH, TO, TO, TO GREG. UM, OKAY. SO THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW I WOULD, I WOULD CALL THIS LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT IF DIANA COULD COME BACK TO US AND KIND OF CONTINUE ON QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION AND THAT SHE HAD, SHE ANSWERED, UH, COUNSELOR, OUR POOL. WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY FINAL DECISIONS ON, UH, OPERA FUNDING YET. AND CERTAINLY IT WOULD BE, UH, UH, APPROPRIATE FOR, FOR YOU TO MOVE CONSIDERATION. AT ANY POINT, IT LOOKS LIKE [05:50:01] WE ARE TO, YOU KNOW, THE PRIORITIES I'M, I'M STILL REAL COMFORTABLE BY AND EXCITED THAT THE COUNCIL, HEY, RATHER THAN SENDING THIS MONEY OUT THE WAY WE'D DONE IN THE PAST, WHICH IS WHAT, WHAT STAFF DO TO FULLY PREPARED, BUT TO REALLY FOCUS ON SOME KEY PRIORITIES AND SEE IF WE COULD DELIVER SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE REALLY TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE. I AGREED WITH A PRIORITY ORDER, WE SAT WITH HOMELESSNESS FIRST, BUT ALSO WITH CHILDCARE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, AND, AND FOOD, BUT ALLOWING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, EMERGENCY RELIEF, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT IT WAS NECESSARY. I ALSO THINK THAT THAT IF WE'RE TRYING TO, TO, TO RALLY THE COMMUNITY, UH, TO, UH, TO A REALLY LARGE INVESTMENT ON, ON HOMELESSNESS TO REALLY, TO HELP MOVE US TOWARD TAKING THAT ISSUE OFF THE TABLE, UH, IF THE COUNCIL IS ABLE TO GIVE DIRECTION ON THAT BEFORE WE TAKE, UH, THE SUMMER BREAK, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO, TO BEST USE THE NEXT SIX WEEKS, UH, IN TALKING TO PARTNERS BY IN THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS NONPROFITS. UH, BUT I THINK THAT THE THRESHOLD QUESTION IS, IS THE CITY WILLING TO DO THAT CONTINGENT ON OTHERS, UH, PARTICIPATING. SO MY HOPE IS THAT NEXT WEEK WE COULD, UH, GET TO, TO, TO AT LEAST THAT, THAT ELEMENT OF THE, OF THE CONVERSATION CERTAINLY OPEN TO, TO MORE THAN JUST THAT I AM WELL, LET'S BRING DIANA BACK AS MS. GRAY IS COMING BACK MAYOR. THEN IF WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION ON MONDAY, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE DOCUMENT THAT THE CITY STAFF HAD PREPARED FOR US, UM, BE ADDED TO OUR AGENDA AND SENT TO US FRESH SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND SEE WHERE WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT, WHERE THERE ARE SOME PIECES THAT MAYBE HAVE GOTTEN LOST IN THE SHUFFLE, BECAUSE I KNOW SOME THINGS HAVE, AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BE LOST IN THE SHUFFLE. SO I THAT'S PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE. SO IF STAFF COULD MAKE THAT PART OF THE BACKUP OR THE CONVERSATION ON, UM, ON MONDAY POST IT, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE TIMING, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING DECISIONS ON JUNE 10, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT FISCAL 22 CONVERSATIONS AND TRYING TO ALIGN OUR ADDITIONAL FUNDING APPROPRIATIONS, AND OFTEN WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR BUDGET, DO YOU SEE THAT THERE IS ROOM AND SOME JUSTIFICATION FOR PULLING THOSE TWO DISCUSSIONS, HAVING THOSE TWO DISCUSSIONS KIND OF IN A SAME TIME IN CONTEXT, I HEAR THAT. AND THAT WHOLE LOSS OF BE VERY APPROPRIATE CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVING OKAY. SO WHEN THE CITY MANAGER IS HEARING THAT AS WELL. AND SO, UM, AND THE CITY MANAGER MAYOR, THANK YOU, CALLS MEMBER, WE WILL CERTAINLY GET THAT INFORMATION ON BACKUP. ASSUMING WE DO HAVE, ASSUMING WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL CALL ON MONDAY, UH, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE PRESENTED SO FAR RELATED TO, UH, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UH, RESOURCES AND THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED, BOTH THE STAFF AND IN RESPONSE TO THE RESOLUTION STAFF IS ALSO PREPARED TO PUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK ON JUNE 10TH, UH, TO USE REALLY AS A VEHICLE FOR THIS DISCUSSION TO HAPPEN AT THE COUNCIL. AND SO, UH, WE WILL BE PUTTING OUR RECOMMENDATION FORWARD. UH, SOME OF THAT WILL BE INFORMED BY THIS CONVERSATION, UH, TONIGHT. UH, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE FURTHER DISCUSSION, NOT JUST ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AT WORK SESSION. UH, BUT THEN AS YOU CONSIDER THAT ITEM ON, UH, THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK, AND THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO MAKE AMENDMENTS, OR EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO MAKE A DECISION, UH, TO POTENTIALLY POSTPONE THAT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO TAKE AN ACTION. AND SO WE WILL BE PUTTING THAT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, FOR YOUR WORKS FOR YOUR COUNCIL MEETING NEXT THURSDAY. AND THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAR THAT WE WERE NOT HAVING TO MAKE ALL OF THESE DECISIONS SEVEN DAYS FROM NOW THAT WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE, UM, ADDITIONAL GLIDE PATH FOR THAT AND GOOD JUSTIFICATION FOR WHY WE MIGHT WANT TO USE THAT. AND IT'S THERE FOR, UM, FOR THE BEST RESULTS TO COME FROM OUR DECISION-MAKING. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COLLEAGUES, REG STOKE, CAN'T HEAR YOU. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. I THINK YOU SHOULD TRY TO GET THE PHONE NUMBER THAT, UH, WHATEVER IT IS THAT KATHY USES WHEN HIS HAPPENS TO HER G UH, CAN I CALL HIM AND GET THAT DONE? OKAY. YEAH. GREG, YOU MAY UP SORRY, MY OFFICE AND HE CAN USE MY CAMERA. THAT'S ANOTHER CASSARA IF YOU'RE STILL ONLINE. UM, YEAH, I JUST [05:55:01] DO THE WEBEX ON MY PHONE AND THEN SOMETIMES THAT RESOLVES THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW. I HAVE YOU ON BOTH PHONE AND COMPUTER, WHICH IS WHY IT'S ECHOING AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE ARE SEVERAL OF US JUST DOWN THE HALL FROM YOU. AND SO YOU COULD PROBABLY WALK INTO ANY OF OUR OFFICES AND THEN SHARE THE CAMERA. THAT WOULD BE ALSO APPROPRIATE UNDER OUR RULES. SO AS LONG AS EVERYBODY CAN BE SEEN, OKAY, LET'S CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. UM, AND DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED? OKAY. UH, DIANA, YOU HAD, MAYBE YOU HAD BROUGHT A PRESENTATION. WE REALLY DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DISCUSS IT WHERE YOU WERE RAISING, UH, UH, TWO THINGS. I THINK ONE WAS THE, KIND OF THE ENCAMPMENT STRATEGY ISSUE. AND THE OTHER ONE WAS A FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE 3000 PLUS PEOPLE IN THREE YEAR, UH, PROPOSAL, UH, THAT HAS THAT $300 MILLION GAP, UH, THAT IT WOULD BE ASKING OTHERS TO JOIN US IF WE DID THAT TO, TO HELP FILL THAT IS ACCURATE. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, SO ON TUESDAY WE DID MAKE IT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, BUT AS YOU KNOW, HAD PRECIOUS LITTLE TIME TO DISCUSS AT THAT POINT. SO, UM, I WILL TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK NOW AS TO WHETHER YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE TO START WITH, OR THERE ARE PORTIONS OF THAT PRESENTATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT TO REFRESH ALL OF OUR MEMORIES MAYOR. YES. I DON'T RECALL THAT AS A LONG PRESENTATION. UH, DIANA, I, IT WAS, I THINK YOU NEED TO PUT IT UP AGAIN. ABSOLUTELY. AT LEAST PART OF IT. UM, BECAUSE WELL, PEOPLE SHAKING THEIR HEAD. YES. DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICKLY THERE? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YOU WANT TO TRY AND RUN AGAIN CAUSE YOU'RE NOT WORKING. SO I BELIEVE IT WAS PREPARED TO HAVE THAT PRESENTATION UP FOR US INSTEAD AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME, WE ARE LOOKING FOR IT FOR, I'M JUST NOT SEEING IT HERE. I WILL. WELL, WHY DON'T I GIVE AN OVERVIEW AND A, WELL, THEY TAKE A LOOK FOR THAT JUST AS A REMINDER. AND WE MAY WISH TO HAVE DIRECTOR KIMBERLY MCNEALY JOIN US FROM PARD. UH, JUST IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER AT THIS TIME. SO THE PRESENTATION THAT WE SHARED ON TUESDAY, UH, DID A COUPLE OF THINGS. UH, THE BULK OF IT, UM, WHILE STILL A BRIEF PRESENTATION WAS ON OUR PROGRESS RELATED TO THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED ON MAY 5TH, SIXTH, EXCUSE ME, RELATED TO, UH, THE POTENTIAL OF CREATE CREATING DESIGNATED IN CAMPUS. SO WE SPOKE TO, UM, THE EFFECT OF APPLYING ALL OF THE CRITERIA, UH, THAT STAFF HAD PROPOSED AND COUNSELOR. I WASN'T INTERESTED IN THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO FOCUS ON ARE THE PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL FOR THE ERP, RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO POTENTIALLY, THEY COULD BE QUESTIONS ABOUT BOTH OF THEM. UM, SO I THINK YOU WERE TRYING TO JUST GO THROUGH THEM AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL. BOTH OF THEM, I SENSE THAT MOST OF THE QUESTIONS WILL BE ABOUT THE OTHER TOPIC. UH, BUT, UM, WE'RE HOPING TO BOTH CERTAINLY WHAT DID, WHY DIDN'T I DO THIS? I THINK THE SUMMARY, UM, THAT RELEVANT TO THE RESOLUTION FROM MAY SIX RELATED TO DESIGNATED ENCAMPMENTS WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT THERE MIGHT BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT NEXT WEEK, UM, IN ORDER TO, UH, APPROVE OR AMEND THE BUDGET TO INCLUDE A SMALL PORTION OF ARP DOLLARS THAT THEN WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR UTILIZATION. UM, WHETHER THAT BE FOR DESIGNATED ENCAMPMENTS OR FOR USE IN EXTENDING, UH, CREATING SOME SHORT TERM SHELTER VIA HOTELS THAT HAVE HERE BEFORE THEN UTILIZE FOR PRO LODGES. AND THOSE ARE LEASED HOTELS THAT THEN WOULD BE SEPARATE OF, UH, AS IT IS CURRENTLY FRAMED THE, UH, THE DOLLARS THAT MIGHT BE, UH, APPROVED FOR USE VIA THE, UM, THE ARP IN GENERAL, AROUND OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, WHICH, UH, ECONOMIC RECOVERY HAD PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AS A RECOMMENDED $84 MILLION. AND SO LET'S, UM, [06:00:01] ON THIS SLIDE ACTUALLY, UH, THE PRESENTATION, I THINK IF WE GO TO THE LAST SLIDE OR THE NEXT TO THE LAST SLIDE, SEE IF I GOT THAT RIGHT. CONTINUE. IT'S THE, I'M LOOKING FOR THE, UM, THE TABLE WITH FINANCIAL FINGER PICTURES IN IT. HERE WE GO. SO I'M GUESSING THAT THIS IS WHERE THE QUESTIONS MIGHT BE. UM, AND SO I TH I CAN GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THIS IF YOU WOULD LIKE, UM, AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE. SO, UH, IS THAT APPROPRIATE? YES. YEAH. SO, UH, THIS, UH, TABLE REPRESENTS OUR PROJECTED COSTS TO REACH THE GOALS THAT WERE PROPOSED THROUGH THE SUMMIT TO ADDRESS ON SHELTER HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IF YOU WILL RECALL AT A HIGH LEVEL WAS HOUSING 3000 PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS OVER AND ABOVE OUR CURRENT RATE OF REHOUSING. UH, AND THAT THOSE WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO WERE REHOUSED WITH, UH, ROBUST SERVICES, SO LIKELY EITHER MEDIUM TERM OR LONGTERM SERVICES. UH, BUT WE WOULD ALSO BE, UH, INCREASING CAPACITY IN SOME OF THE SHORTER TERM RESOURCES THAT HELP PEOPLE, UH, REALLY KEEP FROM ENTERING INTO THE SYSTEM, UH, AT THE FRONT DOOR, IF YOU WILL, UH, AND HELPING FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN HOMELESS PREVIOUSLY, KEEP FROM FALLING BACK INTO HOMELESSNESS. SO THE TOTAL, UH, PROJECTED COST OVER THE THREE YEARS, 515 MILLION, UH, SEPARATED HERE INTO FIVE CATEGORIES OR BUCKETS, IF YOU WILL, THE CRISIS SERVICES. I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT. UM, HERE INCLUDE DIVERSION, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY, AS I SAID, THAT SORT OF FRONT DOOR, WHEN SOMEONE IS LITERALLY ABOUT TO BECOME HOMELESS, UM, AND THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UH, AVOID THAT BY VIRTUE OF SOME PROBLEM-SOLVING AND FAIRLY MODEST INVESTMENT, UM, IN, UH, WHETHER IT IS RENTAL SUPPORT OR RE REUNIFICATION WITH FAMILY, ET CETERA. AND THEN OUR STREET OUTREACH, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE, UH, SHELTER OR COSTS OF ANY TEMPORARY DESIGNATED IN CAMPUS. THE NEXT SECTION, WHICH IS, UH, ONE OF THE TWO LARGER SECTIONS REALLY ARE THE CORE HOUSING SERVICES THAT WE GENERALLY SPEAK ABOUT, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS. SO IN PARTICULAR, RAPID REHOUSING AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, ALONG WITH THOSE INTERVENTIONS RAPID EXIT, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY PROBABLY ONE TO THREE MONTHS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND THEN TARGETED PREVENTION, WHICH AGAIN, BY TARGETED, WE MEAN THAT THIS IS REALLY TARGETED TOWARD PEOPLE WHO WE KNOW HAVE BECOME HOMELESS PREVIOUSLY, AND SO ARE, ARE MORE LIKELY TO DO SO. AGAIN, OTHER SERVICES, UH, RELATES TO THOSE ANCILLARY, UM, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES THAT WE KNOW ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO HELPING PEOPLE STABILIZE, BUT MIGHT FALL OUTSIDE OF SORT OF A CORE CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, UH, PACKAGE, UH, OR DIRECT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN INTERVAL CARE IS THE PRIMARY PROVIDER SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT HAS BEEN A BIG HOLE IN OUR SYSTEM FOR THIS POPULATION. UM, SO THAT IS A PIECE OF THIS SYSTEM CAPACITY BUILDING, UH, SPEAKS TO BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS TO GROW, TO INCREASE THEIR NUMBER OF SERVICES, TO INCREASE OUR EFFICACY, TO BRING, UM, NEW PROVIDERS INTO THIS WORK, UH, OR TO OPEN THE DOOR TO THEM. I THINK MORE EFFECTIVELY TO IMPROVE, UM, OUR PERFORMANCE REALLY ON THE EQUITY FRONT, UH, OUR COMMUNICATIONS, UH, PLANNING, ET CETERA, AND THEN CAPITAL INVESTMENT, WHICH SPEAKS PRIMARILY TO THE UNITS THAT WOULD BE CREATED IN A BRICKS AND MORTAR STANDPOINT, UH, FOR PSH, UH, AND THEN SOME OTHER MODEST INVESTMENT IN, UH, UNITS THAT WOULD BE DEDICATED TO THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, BUT MIGHT NOT BE PSH. SO, UH, THOSE ARE THE OVERALL CATEGORIES OF THE $515 MILLION, UH, PROJECTED EXPENSE EXPENSE. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FUNDING FOR ABOUT 222 MILLION OF THAT, WHICH IS EITHER DOLLARS THAT ARE ALREADY COMMITTED, ARE IN AN ONGOING BUDGET AND NOT YET COMMITTED, OR IF THEY'RE WITH ANOTHER JURISDICTION. FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE STATE, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE STABILITY OF A FUNDING STREAM, LIKE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS OR ONE OF THEIR OTHER EQUITY PROGRAMS FOR CAPITAL. AND SO TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT, THE GAP IS JUST UNDER [06:05:01] AROUND 300 MILLION. UH, ECONOMIC RECOVERY HAD PROPOSED 84 MILLION. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT, UM, COUNCIL HAS SPOKEN VERY LOUDLY AND CLEARLY AS HAD THE SUMMIT LEADERSHIP, BUT THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE ONLY A CITY OF AUSTIN EFFORTS, BUT THAT THE, ANY MONIES THAT THE CITY WOULD DEDICATE OUT OF ARP FUNDS SHOULD BE CONCEPTUALIZED AS A PART OF A JOINT EFFORT. THIS LAST COLUMN SPREADS THAT $84 MILLION, UH, PROPORTIONALLY ACROSS THE EXISTING GAP. UH, BUT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT DEPENDING ON THE SOURCES THAT COME TO BEAR FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS OR THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT MAY MOVE A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT GIVES YOU SOME SENSE OF SCALE. I WILL PAUSE THERE FOR QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE A KITCHEN. UM, SO, UM, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO, IF I'M HEARING THIS CORRECTLY, THESE ARE THE FIVE COMPONENTS, UH, THAT WE'RE THINKING ARE NECESSARY TO, UM, TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM OF REHOUSING. UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT FOR MANY YEARS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE YEARS, DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT. UM, STARTING WITH THE PLAN THAT ECHO DID, AND, UM, MOST RECENT WORK FROM BARB POPPY AND NOW SOME WORK FROM, FROM THE SUMMIT, BUT THIS IS AWESOME, BUT WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE, THIS IS HOW THEY FALL? IT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT THAT ALL OF THESE TOGETHER, UH, ARE COMBINED THE DIFFERENT SERVICES YOU NEED AT DIFFERENT, AT DIFFERENT PLACES ON THE CONTINUUM OF WHERE INDIVIDUALS MAY, MAY BE IN ORDER TO, TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE, WE HAVE VISION IT'S ACCURATE THIS, UH, THE, THE SUMMIT VISION REALLY LOOKS AT MAKING SURE THAT OUR SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING WELL. AND SO I WILL SAY THAT WHILE SHELTER RESOURCES, SHELTER, EXPENDITURES ARE NOT INCLUDED HERE IS CERTAINLY RECOGNIZED AS THE PART OF THAT PROCESS, THAT SOME OF THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY. AND REALLY ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IN ADDITION TO JUST THE NUMBERS THAT ARE HOUSED IS THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING A SYSTEM THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THESE THREE YEARS. SO THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WHERE WE HOPE TO SEE, AS SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE SEEN THAT THEIR COST TO REHOUSE SOMEONE STABLE HAS DECREASED TIME. AND I THINK IMPORTANTLY, PEOPLE STAY HOMELESS FOR SHORTER PERIODS OF TIME. WE'RE ABLE TO GET THEM BACK HOUSING REAL QUICKLY. THAT'S OUR CONCERN, THIS WORK. YES. OH MY GOSH. I, KATHY, I FEEL A LOT OF SYMPATHY FOR WHAT YOU'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH FOR SEVERAL MONTHS SOMETIMES. UM, I WAS TRYING TO PIPE UP TWO DIFFERENT TIMES DURING THE SPRINGDALE ISSUE AND OBVIOUSLY COULDN'T, UM, BUT JUST WOULD, UM, STATES WHEN I WAS TRYING TO STAY THEN IT WAS JUST THAT OUR, OUR JOINT COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING ISSUES AND GENTRIFICATION. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY TRYING TO WORK ON THAT, UM, UH, TOGETHER, BECAUSE WE ALL CARE ABOUT THAT. UM, AS IT RELATED TO THE OTHER TIME, I WAS TRYING TO PIPE UP AROUND ARP FUNDS. I APPRECIATE MS. GRAY, YOU PRESENTING THIS HERE, UH, AS COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SAID, I THINK THAT THE STAFF PRESENTED US WITH A STRONG FRAMEWORK THAT INCLUDED, UH, THIS FUNDING. I APPRECIATE THOSE DETAILS GETTING LAID OUT AND JUST WANTED TO REITERATE HERE FOR THE, FOR THE RECORD THAT I HAD. I, EVEN IF WE ARE GOING TO GET EVEN MORE DETAILED AFTER WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, THAT I WOULD FEEL MOST COMFORTABLE BEFORE THE SUMMER BREAK AUTHORIZING THIS, THIS AMOUNT THAT YOU'VE LAID OUT HERE SO THAT WE CAN START, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO TO THE OTHER PARTNERS, UH, TO, TO WORK WITH THEM ON, ON, ON GETTING THE WHOLE DEAL PUT TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU FOR LAYING THAT OUT. UM, AND I WOULD ALSO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE CHILDCARE AMOUNT LAID OUT BY THE STAFF AND THE FOOD INSECURITY AMOUNT, LAID OUT BY THE STAFF, ALONG WITH THE, WITH ADDRESSING THAT THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER TODAY, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE A SIP OF WATER HERE. I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS. SO, UM, YOU LIST 222.1 MILLION THAT IS, UM, COMMITTED OR ONGOING. WHAT PORTION OF THAT COMES FROM CITY FUNDS? [06:10:13] I APOLOGIZE. I WAS ON MUTE. UM, SO, UH, I WILL NEED TO DO THAT MATH QUICKLY COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, I DO HAVE A SENSE OF IF THE CITY WERE TO COMMIT ROUGHLY AT THE AMOUNT, UM, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE THEN, UM, I WILL, NO, I APOLOGIZE. I APOLOGIZE. SO LET ME, I GET THAT FOR YOU FAIRLY QUICKLY. THE, UM, FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT FOR THE 222 MILLION, UH, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY, UM, 40 TO 50 MILLION IN CAPITAL. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, PROBABLY 20 TO 25 AND IN SERVICES, UH, AND OPERATIONS, BUT I CAN PULL THAT UP FOR YOU FAIRLY QUICKLY HERE. OKAY. FOR ME, THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 77 MILLION THAT WE SPEND ON HOMELESSNESS EVERY FISCAL YEAR. PLUS WE HAVE THE CAPITAL, UM, THAT IS DEPLOYED FROM THE HOUSING BONDS THAT OUR COMMUNITY VOTED FOR. UM, AND I REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO PUT ALL THESE BUCKETS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY ON AND HOW MUCH THAT ADDS UP TO. I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE INVESTING IN IN SOLVING THIS. AND THIS IS WHERE IT'S GOING. UM, UM, WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHO WE HAVE COMMITMENTS FROM. MAYBE YOU COULD TELL US THAT IF YOU GET AND HOW MUCH THOSE ARE I GUESS. SO LET ME GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE SOURCES WHILE I TRY TO PULL UP THE SPECIFIC AMOUNTS. UM, SO ACTUALLY WE HAVE GOT, OH, THE 222 MILLION, UH, THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT 92 MILLION, UM, ABOUT 18 MILLION, UH, WA IS COMMITTED OR ANTICIPATED FROM OUR PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES, $94 MILLION FROM THE STATE. AND THAT IS ALMOST ENTIRELY CAPITAL. AND THEN ABOUT $18 MILLION FROM OTHER SOURCES SHOULD THE CITY. SO THAT'S 41% OF THE COMMITTED FUNDS SHOULD, UM, THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND PRIVATE DOLLARS COME IN ROUGHLY EQUALLY FOR THE GAP. I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION OVERALL WOULD FALL TO JUST ABOVE A THIRD OF THE TOTAL DOLLARS. OKAY. CAN YOU ASK MS. GRAY, WOULD YOU MIND DOING THOSE NUMBERS FOR US AGAIN, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. UNLESS THEY'RE ON THE PRESENTATION SOMEWHERE AND YOU CAN JUST POINT US TO THAT PAGE. THEY ARE NOT AT PRESENT SO OF THE $222 MILLION THAT IS COMMITTED OR ANTICIPATED. UM, AND THAT MEANS THE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THIS, WITHIN A FUNDING STREAM, WE'RE FAIRLY CONFIDENT ABOUT, ABOUT $92 MILLION OR 41% RELATES TO CITY OF AUSTIN, 18 AND A HALF MILLION OR 8% PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITIES, PREDOMINANTLY HAKA HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF AUSTIN, APPROXIMATELY 94 MILLION FROM THE STATE. AND THAT WOULD BE 42% OF THE TOTAL, UM, AND THEN 18 MILLION FROM OTHER SOURCES. AND THAT INCUDES, UH, SOME OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING COMES THROUGH ECHO, POTENTIAL, MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT, AND, UH, SOME OTHER KNOWN VERY, UM, RELIABLE FUNDING SOURCES THAT ACTUALLY FOLLOWED BY US PILOTS. BUT ARE THIS, IS THIS NEW FUNDING OR IS THIS FUNDING THAT, I MEAN, IS THIS FUNDING THAT WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING OR KNEW ABOUT PRIOR TO PRIOR TO THE SUMMIT? I MEAN, SOME OF THESE SOURCES I THINK ARE JUST ON OUR LEAD, NOT FUNDS THAT ARE ALREADY COMMITTED OR BEING UTILIZED IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO EITHER THEY ARE, UH, THEY MAY ALREADY BE IN OUR BUDGET. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN APH MONEY, UM, HAS NOT YET WE'VE BEEN ALLOCATING THOSE DOLLARS. WE HAVE NOT YET PERMANENTLY HOUSED ANYONE THROUGH THAT. SO THAT WOULD COUNT RIGHT AS, AS COMMITTED FUNDS THROUGH THE CITY, BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HOUSED OVER AND ABOVE OUR BASELINE AFTER THE SUMMIT. SO, UM, IT IS ESSENTIALLY NEW MONEY. WE'VE GOTTEN INCLUDES NEW, UH, COVID DOLLARS THAT CAME IN, BUT HAD NOT YET, UH, [06:15:01] UH, YET PLACED FOLKS, UH, AS OF THE SUMMIT, IT INCLUDES SUBSTANTIAL NEW, UH, VOUCHER, UH, RENTAL VOUCHERS THAT HAVE COME TO THE HOUSING AUTHORITIES, UH, SINCE COVID BEGAN AND, UH, INCLUDING THIS LAST AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, THE ALLOCATION TO THEM INCLUDES THE PRESUMPTION THAT WE WOULD BE PRETTY ASSERTIVELY SEEKING TAX CREDITS OF THE NON-COMPETITIVE VARIETY, UH, AND UTILIZING THE STATE STATE HAS A SOFT, UM, SOFT EQUITY LOAN FUND THAT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. SO WE CAN CERTAINLY GO LINE BY LINE ON THOSE AND, UM, WOULD BE PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE TO DO, UH, FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN ONE OFF BY ONE. OR IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE THAT ON MONDAY, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO SO. OKAY, GREAT. SO I CAN CONTINUE. THANK YOU. UM, YEAH, SO I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT ON MONDAY. UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST EXTREMELY CONFUSING TO UNDERSTAND IN THIS PROPOSAL, WHAT WE HAVE SPENT, WHAT WE ARE ALREADY SPENDING ON, WHAT ARE WE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY ALLOCATING? YOU KNOW, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE ALLOCATING OUR TAX CREDITS FOR, FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AS OPPOSED TO OTHER THINGS, OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE JUST REALLY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET A HANDLE ON WHAT IS BEING ALLOCATED FROM WHERE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF THE STATE MONEY IS COMING DOWN AND WE NORMALLY COUNT THAT, OR THE ECHO MONEY. WE NORMALLY COUNT THAT AS STUFF THAT'S IN OUR 77 MILLION FOR HOMELESSNESS, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA HOW SCREAMS AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ME TO BE AT ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS PROCESS NEED TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF CLARITY AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE STILL SPENDING MONEY ON, YOU KNOW, PROJECTED OR GUESSING, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PREVENTION IN THIS MODEL. AND FOR ME, I THINK THAT THE PREVENTION IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF IT, BUT I'M NOT SEEING, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT FITS TOGETHER. UM, SO HOW MUCH OF THE PROCESS, THE OTHER PIECE THAT I'M HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE ONGOING FUNDING. UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDES THAT WE GOT, UM, FIRST OF ALL, THERE WAS A TYPO OF WHERE YOU, WHERE THERE WAS SOME CALCULATIONS OVER SAYING, I THINK IT WAS 160 MILLION WHEN IT WAS 104 MILLION. IF YOU DID, UM, 26 TIMES, 4,000, 2,600 TIMES, 4,000, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT THEN I COULDN'T GET THE NUMBER 160 MILLION TO ADD UP. BUT THE, IN TERMS OF THE CALCULATIONS, BUT I, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND, UM, BETTER HOW ALL OF THIS IS FITTING TOGETHER AND WHAT IS ONGOING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THE CHARTS THAT WERE SHARED IN THOSE SLIDES. THAT'S ONGOING MONEY ON A SCALE THAT WE DON'T HAVE. I MEAN, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS, IT SAID IT WAS 160 MILLION. IT SOUNDED LIKE AN ONGOING MONEY TO WRAP AROUND THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. UM, AND I MAY BE MISTAKEN THAT BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE THE SLIDES AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THEM IN A LITTLE WHILE. UM, BUT I REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND, OKAY, SO WE HAVE THIS 515 MILLION THAT COVERS US OVER THE THREE YEARS. WHAT IS THIS SETTING US UP TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AFTER THOSE THREE YEARS ARE UP AND WHO'S COMMITTED TO PAYING THAT. AND WHAT ARE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES IN THAT? ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN THE ARPA MONEY IS IT IS ONE TIME MONEY. UM, AND WHAT I WORRY ABOUT FROM WHAT I COULD UNDERSTAND IS SETTING US UP ON THIS FUNDING CLIFF. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE NOTION IS THAT WE'RE FIXING THE SYSTEM AND WHEN THE SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY AS MUCH OF THAT MONEY, BUT I'M NOT YET ABLE TO PUT THOSE PUZZLE PIECES TOGETHER. SO I WOULD REALLY, UM, LIKE THAT. UM, CAN YOU ALSO TELL ME MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, THERE WAS LIKE A THOUSAND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND 2300 PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE HOUSED IN EXISTING APARTMENTS BY LANDLORDS. UM, HOW DOES THAT LIKE ACTUALLY WORK IN A PERMANENT MARKET LIKE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? I MEAN, IT'S ONE THING TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE IN A MARKET WHERE YOU HAVE APARTMENTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, BUT GIVEN THE, THE OCCUPANCY LEVELS THAT WE HAVE, I'M JUST SURE HOW YOU ACTUALLY GET 2300 PEOPLE HOUSED. YEAH. SO IF I MAY ADDRESS THAT LAST QUESTION FIRST, AND THEN WE CAN TOUCH ON THE OTHER ONES, BUT CLEARLY I THINK THOSE WILL BE BEST ADDRESSED WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL DETAIL. [06:20:01] UM, YES, OUR HOUSING MARKET IS VERY TIGHT AND IT HAS BEEN SO FOR A LONG TIME, SCALING UP TO THIS LEVEL IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WHILE, UH, ECHO AND SOME OF OUR DIRECT SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LANDLORDS AND SETTING ASIDE UNITS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SUBSTANTIALLY MORE VOLUME. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS IN, UH, THE FINANCIAL STRATEGY DOES INCLUDE AN INCREASE, BOTH IN THE SORT OF RISK MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE UTILIZED PREVIOUSLY, WHERE THERE ARE SOME GUARANTEES AGAINST, UM, DAMAGES, ET CETERA, BUT ALSO, UM, CONTEMPLATES SOME ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY AROUND HOLD FEES, FOR EXAMPLE. SO OTHER COMMUNITIES WHEN THEY HAVE NEEDED TO, UM, SECURE UNITS AT VOLUME, UH, HAVE, IN SOME CASES SAID TO, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, TO A LANDLORD OR AN OWNER, WILL YOU HOLD THIS UNIT FOR US OVER THIS MONTH, WE'LL PAY YOU. AND THEN WE'LL, WE IT'S OUR JOB TO GET SOMEONE INTO IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR HOMEOWNERSHIP, UH, MARKET IS EXTREMELY HOT, BUT CERTAINLY IN THE RENTAL MARKET AS WELL, UNITS TURNOVER, ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE ONES VERY, VERY QUICKLY. AND SO IT IS A CHALLENGE. I WOULD POINT TO THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAD DURING THE EFFORTS TO END VETERAN HOMELESSNESS. WHEN IN ADDITION TO FINANCIAL RESOURCES, WE REALLY CALLED ON THE COMMUNITY OF PROPERTY OWNERS, THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, ITS CETERA, TO DEDICATE UNITS TO THE EFFORTS SO THAT WE WERE BRINGING NEW LANDLORDS INTO, UM, THIS COLLABORATIVE, UH, INITIATIVE AND CAMPAIGN. AND EVERY BIT OF THAT WILL BE NECESSARY, UH, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL HERE. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO, I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS THE FORUM, BUT I'M GOING TO NEED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT'S A HUGE CHUNK OF THE 3000 AND I'M JUST, I'M STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE MARKET THAT WE'RE, WE'RE IN AS A KEY STRATEGY. I'M NOT SAYING IT CAN'T, BUT I, I NEED THAT ELIMINATED FOR ME. UM, MORE CLEARLY. SURE. AND I, I THINK THAT, UM, WE'LL, WE CAN ALSO BRING ECHO INTO TUFTS, SPEAK TO THEIR EFFORTS, UM, WITH, UH, OVER THE YEARS AND THEN, UH, NEWLY WITH THE AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION, THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, INCREASING, UH, THAT OUTREACH. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO BRING IT IN WITH THE VETERAN EXPERIENCE. THE PEOPLE THAT CAN SPEAK TO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR WE REDEFINE WHAT A TOUGH REAL ESTATE MARKET IS, UH, BACK BACKGROUND. WE DID THAT. WE THOUGHT WE WERE IN THE TOUGHEST REAL ESTATE MARKET. UM, BUT, UH, TALKING ABOUT THAT RISK FUND AND HOW THAT WAS EMPLOYED, UH, BOTH TO CREATE THE ASSURANCE OF THE SUBSIDIES THAT BROUGHT IN LANDLORDS AND, UH, MANAGERS, UH, THE EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO THEM, BOTH IN AUSTIN AND OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN, UH, WITH, UH, OWNERSHIP INTERESTS, UH, IN, UH, IN THE CITY. UH, AND AS YOU SAY, THE AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION, THE URBAN LEAGUE RIGHT NOW ARE DOING, UH, SIMILAR KINDS OF THINGS WITH RESPECT TO HOTEL ACCESS AND PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE PLACING IN. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR RAISES A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. UM, BUT BRINGING THAT KIND OF INFORMATION BACK, I THINK WILL BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL COUNCIL MEMBER POVO AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. YEAH, JUST AS A NOTE, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT OUR TIMEFRAME IS HERE. I KNOW WE'VE ONLY GOT 25 MINUTES BEFORE WE'RE INCLUDING, UM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ARPA-E. I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT DESIGNATED CAMPING. IF MOST OF THE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW ARE ABOUT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, I'LL STICK TO THOSE, BUT JUST KNOW I DO, YOU KNOW, AS I SEE IT, THE DESIGNATED CAMPING IS, IS SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATION AROUND. UM, AND TODAY, TODAY IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT KIND OF QUICKLY. SO I'D LIKE TO READ SOME, AT LEAST GET A CHANCE TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE, UM, PLAN AND THE NUMBERS THAT I THINK ARE, I NEED TO SEE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR ASKED, ASK SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. AND, AND SO MAYBE I'M JUST CLARIFYING CLARIFYING HERE, BUT I THINK I REALLY NEED TO SEE WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY INVESTING AND WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY RECEIVING THOSE EXTERNAL FUNDS THAT YOU DISCUSSED, UM, INCLUDING HAKA AND SOME OF THE OTHER FUNDING. AND THEN WHAT IS THE NEW CONTEMPLATED FUNDING THAT IS EXTERNAL TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN IN AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE. I'M STILL REALLY STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND, UM, TO UNDERSTAND [06:25:01] WHERE THAT IS GOING NOW THAT CONNECTS IN SOME PARTS TO, TO THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED US WITH WITH REGARD TO THE ENCAMPMENT STRATEGY AND BRIDGE SHELTER, UM, AT EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES, I GUESS I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES WERE EVALUATED. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN, WHERE THERE ARE CAPITAL EXPENSES, CONTEMPLATOR, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS CLEAR TO ME, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHICH ARE CAPITAL EXPENSES AND SOME OF THOSE CATEGORIES, BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL PRETTY GENERAL, BUT WHERE THERE ARE CAPITAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, HAVE WE CONSIDERED USING THE WALNUT CREEK JURORS FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A VERY VIGOROUS CONVERSATION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ABOUT THE FACT THAT THAT WOULD GENERATE MONEY FOR CAPITAL, UM, FOR HOMELESSNESS, BUT PRIMARILY ALONG THE CAPITAL LINES, ARE WE LOOKING, ARE WE LOOKING REALLY CAREFUL AT THOSE CAREFULLY AT THOSE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AND CONSIDERING THOSE FIRST, BEFORE WE TAP OUR AMERICAN RESCUE DOLLARS. SO I'M SORRY, THAT'S A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS AND ALSO SOME DATA NEEDS FOR NEXT MONDAY, BUT YOU HAVE AN INITIAL RESPONSE TO ANY OF THOSE ISSUES I DO. UM, AND SO FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD SAY, AND TO CLARIFY THE, THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT I AM HAVE SPOKEN TO, TO FUND, UH, THIS DELTA, THIS INCREASE IN CAPACITIES DO NOT TANTALIZE FROM ANYTHING ELSE. WE ARE ALREADY FUNDING. THESE ARE ALL NEW SOURCES THAT ARE COMING IN, UM, OR THAT WE COULD EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE WITHOUT DEFUNDING ANYTHING THAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING. AND SO I, UM, BUT I HEAR YOU THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HERE'S OUR BASELINE AND THEN HERE'S HOW WE'RE GROWING AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. OKAY. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW. DO YOU KNOW WHY WE'VE NEVER SOUGHT THE STATE LOAN OR THE LOW-INCOME TAX CREDITS FOR THIS PURPOSE BEFORE? AND WOULD WE BE THE APPLICANT? WOULD WE, IT BE THE APPLICANT? AND SO IT WOULD, WE HA I MEAN, OUR, OUR PROVIDERS HAVE CERTAINLY, UM, KAREN THOMAS, UH, IS ACCESSING BOTH OF THESE SOURCES FOR A SPARROW AT RUTLAND, FOR EXAMPLE, AND, UM, AND FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES ROUTINELY DOES SO. AND SO THE, THE, BUT TO DO THAT EFFECTIVELY AND GET PSH, THE CITY'S PART, OR I SHOULD JUST SAY ADDITIONAL GAP FUNDING IS A HUGE PART OF IT. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CITY RESOURCES, BE THEY ARP OR OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND DOLLARS, ET CETERA, THE WAY TO MAKE THAT GO FURTHER IS TO, IN ALL, UH, IN ALL DEALS, LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVERAGE CITY DOLLARS WITH TAX CREDITS AND WITH, UH, THE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT LOAN PROGRAM AT TDH CA. AND SO THAT'S WHY THOSE ARE IN HERE AS SOURCES. UM, BOTH OF THOSE, UH, FUNDING SOURCES FOR DIFFERENT REASONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE MORE ROBUST OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS. SO IT IS NOT AN ENDLESS RESOURCE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART 4% TAX CREDITS, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, DON'T PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF EQUITY AT A 9% TAX CREDIT DEAL, DOES ARE, IT IS NOT THE SORT OF VICIOUS COMPETITION THAT YOU SAY IN THE ANNUAL 9% ROUND. OKAY. AND SO I THINK THAT TOO, YOU KNOW, AS WE HELP OUR CONSTITUENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PLAN IS AND HOW IT BUILDS ON THE WORK THAT'S COME BEFORE. I THINK THAT TOO WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW. I MEAN, FOR A MINUTE, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUGGESTING THAT THE CITY WOULD BE THE APPLICANT. AND AS YOU SAY, WE ARE, WE HAVE THESE PROJECTS ALREADY AND HAVE, HAVE SUPPORTED THEM. THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A PIPELINE AND MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE THOSE STATE RESOURCES. IT WAS, IT WAS KIND OF IN LINE WITH THAT PAST PRACTICE, BUT IT'S YOUR SENSE THAT THERE MIGHT BE MORE FUNDING AVAILABLE. THERE WILL BE, UM, THE CATEGORIES. SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT THERE IS MORE MONEY, MORE TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE, BUT THERE IS, UH, UH, SOME TECHNICAL DETAIL IN THE 4% PROGRAM, WHICH WILL MEAN WE CAN GET MORE EQUITY INTO EACH DEAL. UM, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY REALLY PUSHED THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE WITHOUT VERY SUBSTANTIAL LOCAL SUBSIDY, IT WAS HARD TO MAKE THE DEALS WORK IF WE'RE DOING THAT WITH OUR OBLIGATION BONDS AND ANY OTHER FUNDS THAT TAX CREDITS AND THE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT LOAN PROGRAM, WHICH RIGHT NOW OFFERS $3 MILLION PER DEAL BEGIN TO GET US REALLY CLOSE TO MAKING DEALS WORK. AND OF COURSE, PHILANTHROPY BECOMES AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT AS WELL. YOU HAD A QUESTION ALSO ABOUT CAPITAL, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND SO IF WE COULD PULL THAT SLIDE UP AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION. THE QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED, WHICH IS THAT IN THIS CASE, WE DID, WE DID SEPARATE CAPITAL, UM, FROM THESE OTHER AREAS. AND, AND I, AND PERHAPS ONE OF THE THINGS [06:30:01] YOU WERE REFERRING TO, WHICH I HAPPENED TO, I WOULD CONCUR WITH IS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR HISTORICAL ANNUAL EXPENDITURE OR BUDGETING AS A CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMIT TO YOU GUYS TO BEING MORE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IS ONGOING OPERATIONAL FUNDING, UH, AND YOU KNOW, WHICH ARE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY SUBSTANTIAL SUMS THAT MIGHT NOT GET SPENT IN ONE YEAR. AND THAT WE BENEFIT FROM OVER THE COURSE OF IT, YOU KNOW, OF 20 YEARS OR 30 YEARS ON THE PROPERTY. YEAH. THANKS FOR CALLING MY ATTENTION TO THAT LINE. SO THEN MY QUESTION, AND MAYBE THIS IS ONE FOR MONDAY, IS WEATHER. WHAT OTHER, WHAT OTHER FINANCIAL SOURCES HAVE HAVE STAFF INVESTIGATED FROM CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION? IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHELTER, I KNOW WE CAN'T DO THAT FOR OTHER KINDS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT FOR SHELL, FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER, WE CAN USE, UM, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, BUT AS WELL, THE WALLER CREEK, I'M INTERESTED IN ANSWERING THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE WALLER CREEK TERMS AND WHETHER THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE THERE. AND I'M ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE $11 MILLION OF CAPITAL FUNDS TO THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS EXACTLY YES. ASTERISK. YES. SO LET ME, UH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WORK BACKWARDS. SO UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, IN ADDITION TO THE LOCAL FISCAL ASSISTANCE TO, UM, TO GOVERNMENTS, UH, LOCAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS, THERE WERE A DIRECT ALLOCATION TO, UM, THE USUAL RECIPIENTS OF HOME FUNDS FROM HUD. UH, AND THAT WAS BASED ON THE HOME AT HOME FORMULA. UH, AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE IT BEGINS TO SOUND A LITTLE BIT LIKE ALPHABET SOUP, BUT BASED ON THAT, UM, HPD HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT AUTOMATICALLY THEN IS AWARDED ABOUT $11 MILLION. THOSE FUNDS ARE SET ASIDE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE, BUT THE DOLLARS ARE GENERALLY, I WOULD SAY, BEST SUITED TO CAPITAL. AND SO THAT IS AT OUR, AT PRESENT, UM, THE ASSUMPTION OF HOW WE WOULD UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS. SO THAT IS OUTSIDE OF OUR $195 MILLION ALLOCATION IN TERMS OF THE OTHER CAPITAL SOURCES THROUGH THE CITY. I THINK AS WE DID THIS EXERCISE, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO WHEN WE DID COMMITTED AND ANTICIPATED TO INCLUDE IN THERE. AGAIN, NOT ALL OF THOSE ARE TIED DOWN AND, YOU KNOW, SIGNED ON THE DOTTED LINE, BUT CONFIDENCE ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THAT SOURCE OF FUND, UH, BEING THERE IN THE RELATIVELY SHORT TERM, UH, I THINK WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THE WALNUT CREEK TERRORS, UH, BUT THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? AND WHEN IT, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT DEGREE FUNDS MIGHT BE AVAILABLE AND WHEN THEY MIGHT BECOME AVAILABLE. SO THEY ARE NOT, UH, CONSIDERED AS PART OF THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. UH, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK AS PART OF AN EFFORT, AS LARGE AS THIS, WE WILL CONSTANTLY BE SCANNING THE ENVIRONMENT AND DIGGING INTO THOSE, UH, POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE SOLIDIFIED YET. AND, UH, I CAN JUST ADD TO THAT AT BENINA CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND WE COULD PROVIDE SOME MEDICINAL MEMORANDUMS AND RESPONSES AND BE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL ABOUT THE TIMING OF THE WALNUT CREATURES AND, AND WHEN, AND HOW THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE. AND THEN WE'VE RESPONDED PROVIDING SOME RESPONSES TO THE COUNCIL IN THE PAST, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT'S PART OF YOUR BACKUP INFORMATION FROM MONDAY. I THINK I WAS NEXT, IS THAT RIGHT? THERE WAS AFTER CATHOLIC. SO I TO, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE BUILDING ONWARD COUNCIL MEMBER TOVAR WAS SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, UM, DIANA, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 4% AND THE 9% ARE WE ABLE TO COUNT THE TAX CREDIT MONIES THAT WE GET ON PROJECTS WHERE THE MONEY WOULD BE SPENT, BUT WE GET TO COUNT THEM IN THIS CALCULATION OF MONIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BECAUSE THOSE 4%, 9% PROJECTS WERE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IS THAT OKAY? SO I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. I AM HERE COUNTING ONLY THAT, SO WHEN WE S YOU KNOW, 4%, 9% OF TAX CREDITS, LET'S JUST SAY IT COMES AS EQUITY. IT COMES AS A GRANT, I THINK IN MOST UNDERSTANDABLE TERMS. UH, RIGHT. AND, AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN A PROJECT THAT MIGHT BE MIXED, IF YOU HAD A PROJECT THAT GOT $10 MILLION IN EQUITY, OUT OF THE 4% TAX CREDIT, UH, PROGRAM, AND ONLY 50% OF THOSE UNITS WERE SET ASIDE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, I WOULD ONLY COUNT 5 MILLION. OKAY. OKAY. DO WE HAVE THOSE CALCULATIONS AT HAND, OR ARE YOU JUST SORT OF USING A PROXY AS AN ESTIMATE? UH, YEAH, SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY WILL BE ON A DEAL BY DEAL BASIS. AND SO THE WAY THAT THAT IS [06:35:01] ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE MODEL IS, OR IN THE BUDGET, EXCUSE ME, IS TO SAY, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A THOUSAND BUILT PSH UNITS, RIGHT. AND WE, WE CANNOT ASSUME THAT ALL OF THOSE WILL ACCESS TAX CREDIT EQUITY, UH, BUT SOME PROPORTION OF THOSE. AND THEN WE'D LOOK AT HOW MUCH OF THOSE DEALS ARE. THOSE UNITS MIGHT BE FUNDED, UM, BY THE TAX CREDIT EQUITY. IT IS GENERALLY A PERCENTAGE ROUGHLY OF, UH, OF UNIT COST. SO JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, IT MIGHT NORMALLY BE 35% OF UNIT COSTS ON A BRICKS AND MORTAR UNIT. UM, DRAWN BACK FROM THAT TO SAY, MAYBE WE GET 20% OR 25%. UM, SO YES, THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY ASSUMPTIONS FOR DEALS THAT ARE NOT YET IN THE PIPELINE, BUT IN SOME CASES WE DO KNOW, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, A SPIRIT RUTLAND WILL BE USING 4% CURRENT TAX CREDITS. UM, AND SO THEY HAVE SECURED THOSE AND HOPEFULLY WILL CLOSE THEIR PROJECT NEXT WEEK. SO, OKAY. TWO THINGS CAN COME FROM THAT. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION, UM, ALSO THAT TO BUILD ON SOME OF THE CUSTOMER OVERHEAD. UM, SO TWO THINGS, ONE, WHEN A DEAL CLOSES, I ASSUME YOU WILL GO BACK IN AND THEN PUT THE ACTUAL DOLLAR FIGURE THAT CAN BE CREDITED. AND ARE YOU ABLE TO ADJUST YOUR EXPECTATIONS UPWARD DOWN DEPENDING ON, ON HOW THAT FINAL CALCULATE, I MEAN, CAUSE YOU CHOSE A NUMBER? SURE, SURE, SURE. SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TOLERANCE IS ON EITHER SIDE, BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND IT MIGHT MEAN THAT WE ARE WILDLY SUCCESSFUL OR WE JUST MAKE IT, OR WE FALL SIGNIFICANTLY SHORT. AND SO THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ART TO THAT. AND IF THOSE NUMBERS ARE IN FACT CONTROLLED BY THE FORMULA AND YOU GUYS ARE ENTERING IN THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS. YES. SO I THINK AS WE, UM, AS IN, IN HERE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS, OF COURSE, AS THOSE DEALS MOVE THROUGH THE PIPELINE, WE WILL CERTAINLY SOLIDIFY OUR UNDERSTANDING OF COMMITTED FUNDS FOR EACH PROJECT. AND THEN, UM, YES, WE WOULD HAVE SOME ASSUMPTIONS AROUND THE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN. AND IF FOR SOME REASON, AS YOU SAY, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY WE ARE BEING WILDLY MORE SUCCESSFUL. UH, THEN WE, THEN WE ASSUMED AROUND THE AMOUNT OF EQUITY WE ARE CAPTURING OR, UH, OR THE ALTERNATIVE THEN OF COURSE WE WOULD ADJUST OVER TIME. WE HAVE ENDEAVORED TO BE CONSERVATIVE HERE, UM, AS, AS YOU SHOULD, AS YOU SHOULD. UM, BUT IT WOULD BE INSTRUCTIVE, I THINK, FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE RANGE THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING SO THAT WE OURSELVES CAN KIND OF GET A BETTER SENSE OF HOW THOSE NUMBERS ARE, AREN'T WORKING OUT. OKAY. UM, I WANTED TO ENDORSE THE, THAT TOPIC THAT KATHY BROUGHT UP, WHICH IS THE, UM, ENCAMPMENT, UM, CLEARANCE STUFF. IF WE COULD, UM, HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. AND, UM, I GUESS WE HAVE ABOUT 12 MINUTES LEFT AND WE CAN, AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHETHER YOU WANT TO COME BACK HERE BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, THE THING ON A SET OF BUILD 1900 AND WE SUGGESTED, UH, SOMETHING WE NEED TO HAVE BEFORE WE LEAVE FOR THE SUMMER, BUT WE COULD DO THAT ONE NEXT WEEK AS WELL. UH, WE MAY WANT TO TOUCH BASE ON THE HOTEL, UH, ISSUES, UH, TONIGHT. UM, UH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONLY THINGS WE HAVE LEFT ARE THIS CONVERSATION, A QUICK VOTE ON THE THREE PENDING ITEMS, UH, AND THEN THE, UH, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TOUCH BASE ON, UH, ON THE HOTELS. OKAY. I COULD STEP AWAY AT SIX BECAUSE YOU HAD SAID WE WOULD TAKE UP OF HARD STOPS. WE'RE GOING TO STOP AT SIX REGARDLESS. UH, BUT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL THAT PEOPLE IDENTIFIED AT THE VERY LEAST ISSUES THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE AGENDA AND STAFF CAME PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT ON MONDAY AS WELL. SO KATHY, DO YOU WANT TO START WITH THAT? AND THEN, AND THEN, AND THEN I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST, UM, WE COULD ALSO ONE WAY TO HANDLE THIS WOULD BE TO SCHEDULE SOME TIME ON MONDAY DURING THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING TO TALK ABOUT DESIGNATED CAMPING AREAS. AND WE CAN KEEP TODAY'S FOCUS ON JUST THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN SURFACING OF THEIR SHOES. OKAY. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE DO THAT WORKS FOR ME TOO. AND I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. WE REALLY DON'T HAVE TIME TO GET INTO THAT TONIGHT. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE SOME TIME FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE THAT'S AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE MAY TAKE US A COUPLE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS SO THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION BEFORE THE, BEFORE THE BUDGET. UH HUH. HM. UM, I WOULD, UH, TO ASK DIANA TO GO BACK TO THE, UM, THE SPREADSHEET, UH, ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. [06:40:01] UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO BRING IT UP, BUT THE, I WANTED TO GET A BIT MORE SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF THE DEFINITIONS OF THE CORE SERVICES. UM, AND I ALSO THINK THAT THE QUESTION COUNCILMEMBER ALTAR ASK ABOUT PREVENTION IS AN IMPORTANT ONE. AND SO, UM, MAYBE FOR MONDAY YOU COULD, UH, EITHER NOW, OR ON MONDAY, YOU COULD GIVE SOME MORE SPECIFICITY TO WHAT PARTS OF THE, WHAT PIECES OF THESE DIFFERENT, UH, WE CAN SPEAK TO, UM, AS PREVENTION AND HOW WE MIGHT THINK OF, OR DEFINE PREVENTION IN THIS KIND OF SYSTEM. SO IN TERMS OF PREVENTION, I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. UM, WE AS A COMMUNITY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER THE CARES ACT, UM, THE RISE PROGRAM AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL AND THEN UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, THERE WAS A NEW ALLOCATION OF DOLLARS FOR ESSENTIALLY EMERGENCY EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, RIGHT. UM, OF 25 TO $30 MILLION IN THE DIFFERENT ALLOCATIONS. THAT IS VERY CRITICAL FOR THE STABILITY OF, UM, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOUSING, INSTABILITY, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE LOW INCOME IN GENERAL, ET CETERA, BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US AS A HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY WHO OF THOSE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY WOULD BE LIKELY TO FALL INTO HOMELESSNESS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, WE SORT OF DRAW A LINE THERE AND SAY, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF, UM, SUPPORTING PEOPLE AND SUPPORTING THEIR HOUSING STABILITY, BUT WE DON'T REALLY CALL THAT PART OF THE HOMELESS SYSTEM PER SE, BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH LARGER, RIGHT. WHEN THEREFORE, UH, AND THAT OF COURSE IS A SEPARATE PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AGAIN, NOT PART OF OUR 195 MILLION. UM, AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PREVENTION, AS IT RELATES TO RESOURCES THAT I WOULD SAY ARE SORT OF MANAGED WITHIN WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. UH, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT VERY TARGETED PREVENTION, THE BEST INDICATOR ABOUT WHETHER SOMEONE WILL BECOME HOMELESS BECAUSE OF THEIR CURRENT SORT OF HOUSING INSTABILITY OR THEIR CRISIS AROUND RENT IS WHETHER THEY'VE EVER BEEN HOMELESS BEFORE. AND SO IN THAT SCENARIO, WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WE HAVE HELPED REHOUSE WHO PERHAPS ARE NO LONGER RECEIVING ASSISTANCE, BUT HAVING FUNDS THAT HELP US WHEN THOSE PEOPLE REALLY FALL, UH, VERY CLOSE TO, TO LOSING THEIR HOUSING IS AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL THE BEST UTILIZATION OF PREVENTION RESOURCES, AGAIN, WITHIN THE HOMELESS SYSTEM, THERE IS CLEARLY A BRIDGE BETWEEN THAT BROADER PREVENTION, BUT IT HELPS US SORT OF UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE. SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE TERM TARGETED PREVENTION IS, UH, TELL ME MORE, WHAT, WHAT WOULD THAT BE SPENT ON IS THAT DOLLARS THAT ARE SPENT TOWARDS THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT ARE AT RISK FOR BECOMING HOMELESS AGAIN, AFTER WE CONNECT THEM TO HOMELESSNESS OR TELL ME MORE SPECIFICS, RIGHT. OKAY. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HPD HAS BEEN VERY OPEN TO TALKING ABOUT. WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AND, UH, IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING THOSE PEOPLE SAY WITHIN THE LARGER RENT PROGRAM THAT WE MIGHT, UH, SOME COMMUNITIES CREATE A SET ASIDE OR A PRIORITY IN THEIR, THEIR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS. RIGHT. UM, AND SO THAT WOULD BE TARGETED NOW THAT IS WITHIN AN OVERALL, UH, SORT OF, UH, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. YOU COULD ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE, A SEPARATE FUND, RIGHT? WHERE PEOPLE WHO, UM, HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS MAY REAPPROACH THEIR PREVIOUS SERVICE PROVIDER AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN EVICTION NOTICE I I'M BEHIND IN RENT, ET CETERA. SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO MY EMPLOYMENT. THEN THAT WOULD BE HOW WE WOULD DESCRIBE THAT. AND IT IS, I WOULD SAY THIS IS A, NOT NECESSARILY A TECHNICAL TERM. THIS IS HOW WE ARE ENDEAVORING TO DESCRIBE THIS IN THE TERMS OF OUR STRATEGY GOING FORWARD. OKAY. THEN I'LL JUST ASK, UM, OR MAYBE YOU CAN PUT IN WRITING FOR US THE DEFINITIONS OF RAPID EXIT. UM, I FORGET WHAT ALL YOU HAVE LISTED THERE, RAPID ANSWERED EXIT, UH, PSH AND RAPID REHOUSING. UH, THOSE TERMS CAN BE CONFUSING. AND I THINK A WRITTEN DEFINITION WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US AND MAYBE AN EXAMPLE OR TWO. SO THAT WOULD PRESENT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE, THAT THOSE KINDS OF MONEY GOES TO. AND, [06:45:01] UH, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS A PROFILE OR AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS OR THE SITUATIONS OF X OF CIRCUMSTANCES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NEED THAT KIND OF MONEY, I THINK, RIGHT. WE HAVE, I FEEL LIKE WE ACTUALLY CAN LOOK AT THE NEXT, THE FINAL SLIDE BEFORE THE DISCUSSION IN THE SLIDE DECK HAS SOMETHING OF THAT. BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'VE JUST DESCRIBED, COUNCIL MEMBER IS A MORE COMPLETE AND PROBABLY MORE USEFUL, BUT IN I'LL JUST SAY THAT IN YOUR, IN THE BACKUP, IN THE SLIDE DECK, THAT ONE OF THOSE LAST LINES DOES GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THOSE AND WE CAN PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ON MONDAY. YEAH. I THINK THAT DETAIL IS HELPFUL BECAUSE, UM, IN, IN ANYTHING YOU CAN PROVIDE ANY DATA. YOU MAY NOT HAVE THIS, BUT ANY DATA THAT YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF RELATES THOSE NEEDS TO WHAT WE SEE IN THE HOMELESS POPULATION. SO WE KNOW THAT X PERCENT OF FOLKS GENERALLY NEED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, OR WE KNOW THAT X PERCENT OF FOLKS NEED RAPID X OR, YOU KNOW, THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL WOULD HELP US UNDERSTAND WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HELPING AND WHAT THEY NEED AND HOW WE'VE ALIGNED THESE PARTICULAR CORE SERVICES AND THE DOLLARS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THEM, UH, WITH THE NEEDS. SO THAT WILL HELP SOMEBODY ELSE I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO ALSO ADDRESS ON MONDAY. AND I DUNNO YOU COULD DRESS IT DOWN, BUT CERTAINLY ON MONDAY, ONE OF THE MOST, UH, UH, SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, UH, WITH THIS OVERALL CHALLENGE IS, UH, THE, THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE. UH, AND I, AND I'D REALLY BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW THIS ALLOCATION OF FUNDS, WHETHER WE'RE PUTTING ANYTHING TOWARD INCREASING CAPACITY FOR, OR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT KIND OF USED TO DEAL WITH THAT. AND THEN THEY, THEY KIND OF LEFT, UH, AND THEN PICKED UP THE SUPPORT AND WALKED AWAY. HOW ABOUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP, AS WE'VE SEEN FROM THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED, IT'S, UH, STILL IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THE FOLKS. SO DOES THIS PROGRAM ADDRESS THAT ASPECT AND HOW YES, SIR. SO I WILL SAY BRIEFLY THAT CERTAINLY, UM, UH, PEOPLE LIVING WITH CHRONIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE VERY, VERY PREVALENT AMONG THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS GENERALLY. AND IT IS, UH, PARTICULARLY IN THE LONGER-TERM SERVICES, RAPID REHOUSING OR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. IT IS PRESUMED THAT THAT IS PART OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS ROLE IS TO ASSIST THEM WITH THOSE SERVICES. THAT INTEGRAL CARE IS, UH, ONE OF OUR LARGEST PROVIDERS OF BOTH RAPID REHOUSING AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. AND I WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT DIRECTLY TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN GENERAL, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS AN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE REALLY CAME OUT OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SECTOR. UH, THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION IDENTIFIED PSH, AS AN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE THAT WORKED FOR PEOPLE WITH SEVERE AND PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS. SO IT IS TRULY ONE OF THE BEST INTERVENTIONS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO NEED REALLY WILL NEED, UM, CLINICAL SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, UM, BUT ALSO ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE THE STABLE HOUSING IN ORDER TO, UM, TO CONTINUE THEIR RECOVERY FROM A HEALTH STANDPOINT AS WELL. SO A BIG PART OF THIS, AND THEN NOW WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO SIX JUST QUICKLY TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. UM, UH, FOR A LATER CONVERSATION, I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS BRINGING CENTRAL HEALTH TO THE TABLE, AS WELL AS INTEGRAL CARE. BOTH OF THEM HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HEALTH CARE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, AS DO THE MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS FOR MEDICAID. AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND RELATED HEALTH SERVICES AND STUFF, ALL OF THOSE PLAYERS ARE PAYERS AND THEY HAVE FUNDING STREAMS, AND WE NEED TO BE, THEY NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE BECAUSE MEN HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS ARE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. THANK YOU, HOLLY IS IT'S, UH, SIX O'CLOCK. I'M GONNA TAKE A DINNER BREAK, UH, IS A HALF AN HOUR SUFFICIENT OR DO YOU NEED, OR WHAT MORE TIME THAN THAT? ANYBODY NEED MORE TIME THAN HALF, RIGHT? YEAH. I'D LIKE HIM TO PLEASE I'LL TAKE AN HOUR. UH, WE COMFORTABLE WITH DOING AN AN HOUR. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL COME BACK AT SEVEN AND AT SEVEN, DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK HERE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE? DO YOU WANT TO GO STRAIGHT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THAT ONE ISSUE? THAT'S OVER AN ALTAR? UM, I'M FINE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE [06:50:01] SESSION. I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE SHOULD VOTE ON THOSE THREE ITEMS SINCE NOBODY'S. THANK YOU. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT THREE ITEMS IN FRONT OF US BEFORE WE TAKE OFF. THANK YOU. YOU WOULD LEAVE HOW MANY PHONE CALLS THREE MINUTES IF WE HADN'T DONE THIS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 13 ITEM 28 AND ITEM SEVEN, UH, 73 COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER MAKES THAT MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN AND THE DISCUSSION AS A FAVOR OF APPROVING THOSE THREE ITEMS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND THOSE OPPOSED. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD ITEMS THAT ARE WORTHY OF US TALKING ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT, BUT THE COMMUNITY FIRST WAIVERS, UM, COULD BE A REALLY, NEEDS TO BE A REALLY BIG PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, UH, AS ALWAYS BEEN CONTEMPLATED TO BE PART OF THE BENEFICIARY AND PART OF THE FUNDING STREAM ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, WHAT, UH, BARBARA POPPY LAID OUT AND, AND, AND CONTINUES TO BE. SO, UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE INTEGRAL CARE AGREEMENT. OBVIOUSLY WE'VE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT THEM AT LENGTH AND THE, UH, EFFORT ON 73 FOR THE, UM, UH, DIRECT FINANCIAL, UH, ASSISTANT, UH, IFC REALLY DOES PLACE THIS CITY AMONG A RELATIVELY SMALLER GROUP OF CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE, THAT ARE LOOKING FOR, UH, BETTER WAYS TO, UH, TO, TO SUPPORT AND ACHIEVE STABILITY IN THE COMMUNITY AND PRESERVE, UH, EVERYBODY LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THAT, UH, THOSE WERE ALL GOOD THINGS FOR US TO PASS. UH, AND BEFORE WE BREAK AND THEN CATCH UP JUST QUICKLY. SO IS ALL WE HAVE LEFT, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NOTHING ELSE? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, KATHY, AND THEN TOMORROW I HAD, I HAD A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS, UM, RELATED TO THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, SEVERAL OF WHICH I SUBMITTED TO TODAY'S Q AND A, AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THEY WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ACCOMMODATE THEM. I THINK THEY'RE IN THERE, BUT THEY DIDN'T GET ANSWERED, BUT I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION IN THE COURSE OF THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE AGENDA OFFICE. THEY DON'T USUALLY POST A Q AND A, FOR A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING, BUT HAVE SAID THAT PERHAPS THEY CAN DO SO FOR THIS ONE, FOR THIS ONE. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES. I THINK, YOU KNOW, MY EXPECTATIONS ARE NOT GOING TO BE THAT THOSE QUESTIONS GET ANSWERED NECESSARILY IN THE Q AND A, JUST IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT TOMORROW'S FRIDAY AND EVERYBODY'S ENTITLED TO A WEEKEND AND WE'RE HAVING THIS MEETING MONDAY, BUT AT LEAST IT'S A GOOD PORTAL TO, UM, I INTEND TO USE IT TO KIND OF POST SOME OF MY QUESTIONS, UM, WITH THE EXPECTATION. AGAIN, NOT THAT THE STAFF WOULD ANSWER THEM NECESSARILY, UM, UNTIL OUR MONDAY MEETING. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MY COLLEAGUES AWARE OF THAT. UM, I'M GOING TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN, LIKE, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO POST QUESTIONS AS STAFF. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ALL WEEKEND ON ANSWERING THEM. I REALLY JUST WANT TO GET THE QUESTIONS OUT THERE AND THEN TALK ABOUT THEM ON MONDAY. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. UH, I THINK THAT THE CLERK'S OFFICE CHECKED WITH OFFICES, I THINK THAT A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING IS MONDAY AFTERNOON. UM, UH, I THINK IT MAY START AT ONE 30. UH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL WORK QUICKLY WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER AS A GROUP. ALL RIGHT. SO TODAY, UH, RIGHT NOW IT IS, UH, SIX, UH, CHEMISTRY PAGE. OKAY. SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, ARE WE ONLY TAKING UP ONE ITEM IN EXECUTIVE SESSION WHEN WE GO BACK? YES. UH, AND, UH, REGARDING THE HOTEL VERSIONS 81, IT'S AUTOMATED WHILE LOOKING FOR MY SCRIPT. SO I CAN READ THROUGH THAT, BUT YES, IT'S JUST THE HOTEL MATTER. THE OTHERS ARE BEING, THEY, AUSTIN ENERGY WILL BE SET FOR NEXT THURSDAY BECAUSE THE DIRECTOR IS NOT HERE ON TUESDAY. THE OTHER ONE 1900, IT WILL BE SET ON BOTH TUESDAY AND THURSDAYS, UH, AGENDA SO THAT WE HAVE THE OPTION TO BRING IT UP. UH, EITHER OF THOSE TWO TIMES, YOU GUYS WERE ALTAR, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER POOL LEFT. SO THIS MAY BE TOO LATE, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT TO JUST TAKE UP THAT ITEM QUICKLY. WE DID DISCUSS IT ON TUESDAY. I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THAT SESSION IS ANTICIPATED TO TAKE. NOW THAT WE JUST HAVE THE ONE SESSION, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT NOW. UH, AT A WEEK WE CAN'T DO THAT NOW BECAUSE WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO OTHERWISE AND, AND LESLIE'S GONE. SO I WON'T COME BACK. UH, CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP, UH, ITEM NUMBER [Executive Session ] 81, LEGAL AND REAL STATE MATTERS PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE, FIVE, ONE OH OH SEVEN ONE AND FIVE FIVE ONE OH SEVEN TWO. UH, THIS CONCERNS THE MOTEL CONVERSION [06:55:01] STRATEGY. UH, WE'LL COME BACK AT SEVEN AND THEN, UH, JUST STRAIGHT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, I'LL COME OUT THEN AND CLOSE THE MEETING, UH, THEREAFTER. SO YOU GUYS THAT, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY WE ARE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, CLOSED SESSION. WE DISCUSSED, UM, LEGAL AND REAL ESTATE MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM 82. IT IS EIGHT 24 HERE ON JUNE 3RD, 2021. AND THIS, UH, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED. YOU GOT IT. THANKS. THANK YOU. 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.