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COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOVO COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY AS
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OVER TURBO.UM, IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANTED A KIND OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE MOMENT? I BET.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO READ A PROCLAMATION TODAY IN, UM, RECOGNITION OF AUSTIN, FILIPINO AMERICAN AND FILIPINO INDEPENDENCE DAY IN AUSTIN.
AND SO, UM, IT IS REALLY MY HONOR TO DO SO, UH, AND TO DO SO, AND TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL ON VIETNAM, THAT, WHEREAS THE AUSTIN FILIPINO AMERICAN ASSOCIATION BETTER KNOWN AS AFAA HAS BEEN THE LEADER IN PRESERVING PHILIPPINES, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND VALUES FOR THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CENTRAL TEXAS BY ORGANIZING YEARLY EVENTS, SUCH AS
AND WHEREAS AFAA TEACHES AND KEEPS ALIVE THE FILIPINO TRADITIONAL CUSTOMARY DANCES FROM VARIOUS PROVINCES IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR YOUTH AND FOR ADULTS ALIKE, SHOWCASING IN FILIPINO AMERICAN AND ASIAN COMMUNITY FESTIVITIES AND EVENTS, AND CONTINUES TO PROMOTE THESE CUSTOMS FOR THE BENEFIT AND ENJOYMENT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.
AND WHEREAS AFAA HAS ORGANIZED ANNUAL COMMUNITY GATHERING SUCH AS EASTER CELEBRATION, FALL FESTIVAL AND THE YEARLY CHRISTMAS GALA TO INFUSE THE SPIRIT OF COMRADERY AMONG FILIPINO AMERICANS AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND IN THE CENTRAL TEXAS REGION.
AND WHEREAS AFAA HAS BEEN ACTIVE SINCE 1987 AND THE ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND AS AN OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED REPRESENTATIVE BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
NOW, THEREFORE I CATHERINE MAYOR STEVE ADLER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 10TH, 2021 AS AUSTIN, FILIPINO AMERICAN AND PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY IN AUSTIN.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT ON BEHALF OF US ALL,
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UH, ALSO ANOTHER, UH, UH, PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, A MOMENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY.TODAY, I'M PRESENTING A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD TO AUSTIN CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER JOE FLINT HAS HIS FAMILY AND HIS SONGS IN HIS HONOR.
THE AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCED A TRAGIC LOSS WHEN MR.
HE WAS A RETIRED CITY OF HOUSTON EMPLOYEE AND WAS EMPLOYED AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AT THE TIME OF HIS PASSING.
MR. FUENTES WAS A HARD WORKER WHO EXEMPLIFIED THE MEANING OF A PUBLIC SERVANT IN EVERYTHING THAT MR. FUENTES DID.
HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO HELP EVERYONE HE ENCOUNTERED.
HE WAS LOVED AND CHERISHED BY HIS FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND COLLEAGUES.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH MANY OF HIS COLLEAGUES WHO TELL ME THAT JOE NOT ONLY WORKED HARD, BUT DID SO BECAUSE HE CARED DEEPLY FOR THOSE.
HE SERVED AUSTIN CODE WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIS SERVICE AND FRIENDSHIP TO THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY SERVE.
HE CARED VERY MUCH FOR THE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEERED IN OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO HIS TEAM.
HE WAS SKILLED AND EXPERIENCED AND OFTEN COULD BE FOUND HELPING HIS TEAMMATES EVERY DAY.
HE TOLD GREAT JOKES AND SHARED AMAZING STORIES.
HE'S LEAVING A HOLE IN THE HEARTS OF MANY.
HE WORKED WITH AT OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY.
WE RECOGNIZE THE UNWAVERING COMMITMENT THAT MR. FUENTES EXHIBITED WHILE SERVING THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND ITS RESIDENTS TO THE FUN-SIZE FAMILY.
I AM SADDENED BY YOUR LOSS AND I'M SORRY, I WAS NOT ABLE TO MEET MR.
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UM, APRIL 10TH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE MADE AWARE, UM, I APOLOGIZE, WE DIDN'T PRESENT THIS TO YOU EARLIER, BUT I ALSO HAVE A PROCLAMATION ONE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.UM, A LOT OF Y'ALL PROBABLY KNOW MR. HAROLD MACMILLAN, BECAUSE HE'S, WELL-KNOWN IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY FOR HAVING BEEN PRESENT FRONT AND CENTER, UM, BEING AN ACTIVE LIVING HISTORIAN, UH, FOR BLACK HISTORY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO BLACK ART AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO IN OUR RECOGNITION AND SIGN OF APPRECIATION, WE'D LIKE TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION INTO THE RECORD.
WE'D LIKE TO SAY VIETNAM THAT WHEREAS MR. HALE MCMILLAN HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT, RESPECTED PRESENCE AND A GO-TO AND BLACK ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS, FOUNDING CO-FOUNDING DIRECTING PUBLISHING, SERVING AS EXECUTIVE
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PRODUCER FOR MANY RESPECTED ORGANIZATIONS, FILMS, PUBLICATIONS, AND EVENTS.WHEREAS MR. HAILED MCMILLAN HAS BEEN AN HONORABLE STEWARD OF KENNY DURHAM'S BACKYARD AS SPACE FOR COMMUNITY ART AND MUSIC TO FLOURISH, CREATING A SPACE THAT IS WELCOMING TO ANYONE WHO COMES THROUGH THOSE GATES.
WHEREAS MR. HILL MCMILLAN HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE OF THE ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE EDUCATION, ENGAGING THE NEXT GENERATION AND INSTILLING A LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR BLACK EAST AUSTIN ARTS AND CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
WHEREAS MR. HILL MACMILLAN IS UNDENIABLY A KEEPER OF AUSTIN'S ART.
SO ROCK, FUNK, BLUES, AND ALL THAT JAZZ.
NOW, THEREFORE I MAYOR TEM NATASHA HARPER, MADISON, ALONG WITH MAYOR STEVE ADLER AND MY COLLEAGUES ON THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DO YEAR BY PROCLAIM JUNE 20TH, 2021 AS HAROLD MCMILLAN DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT ON BEHALF OF US.
IS THE CAMERAS RUNNING UP? WE'RE READY TO GO THERE.
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COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THIS, UH, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON, UH, THURSDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2021.UH, THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD VIRTUALLY, UH, PURSUANT TO THE, UH, UH, PANDEMIC ORDERS.
UH, AND, UM, WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.
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LET ME READ IN SOME, UH, CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS ITEM.NUMBER TWO, UH, JUNE 2ND, 2021 WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSIONER AND THE ONE TO VOTE ITEMS 3, 6, 8 AND NINE ON JUNE 2ND RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSIONER OUT OF NINE, ZERO OUT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
UM, UH, THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN CHANGED ON THIS ITEM TO ADD THE WORDS BY MEETING THE GOALS WITH, UH, INSTEAD OF THROUGH THE
I HAD A MEMBER 40 TWOS WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED WITH A DEFENDER ITEM, 86, UM, AND, UM, ITEM 1 0 1, UH, IS, UH, POSTPONED INDEFINITELY.
THE NUMBER OF POLL ITEMS WE HAVE THUS FAR ARE 2, 5 11 77, 85 93, UH, UM, BY THE SIXTH OR TWO POOL BY PULLING TOBO FIVE POLE BY TOBO, WHICH WILL BE TAKEN UP WITH ITEM NUMBER 96.
UM, SO FOR, UM, 11 POLL BY TOVO 77 IPOD, 85 COUNCILOR TOBO 93 KITCHEN AND 96, UH, TOLD THEM, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER 38 BOARDS AND CORRECTION, UH, LATE, UH, ADDITIONS THERE, UH, ZONING AND PLATTING, UH, BETSY GREENBURG, IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS, SARAH BECKER HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, KIMBERLEY W BREON Z.
UH, ALL OF THESE WERE NOMINATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.
WE HAVE SOME, UH, LATE BACKUP, UH, H F C ITEMS. WHAT I DO IS HELP ME TO REMEMBER TO PUT THAT IN.
WHEN WE GET TO HFC ON OUR COUNCIL MEETING IT'S ITEMS 2 11 16, 38 39, 41 55, 77, 85, 86, 89, 91 93 96, 1 13 1 19 1 0 2, 1 21, 1 22 AND 1 27 COLLEAGUES.
WE HAVE, UH, SOME SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.
THEY WILL EACH BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES
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TO SPEAK, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO SPEAKERS, UH, COLLEAGUES, UH, MAYOR PROTEL ITEM 91.ITEM NUMBER 91, PULL BY AMERICAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.
I THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO PULL 78 TO 77.
LET'S PULL 78 AS WELL AS OUR KITCHEN.
UM, I'D LIKE TO, UM, ITEM NUMBER 11.
UH, I HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT I THINK ARE AGREED TO BY STAFF, BUT I SEE THAT CUSTOMER TOHO PULLED THAT ALSO, RIGHT.
THAT'S BEEN PULLED WELL, THEN ITEM 16.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THEM ON CONSENT, BUT NOT SURE.
AND ITEM 93, I THINK YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE MEET SHOWING ME PULLING THAT ONE? YES.
I WANT TO SAY TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM, I APPRECIATE HER MESSAGE BOARD POST, AND I JUST SAW IT.
UH, DEPENDING ON WHEN WE GET TO CONSENT, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT IT BACK ON CONSENT.
UM, WAS ITEM TWO ALSO PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA? YES.
AND, UM, I, UH, ALSO WANT TO PULL ITEM 91.
I NOTICED THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS PULLED THAT.
I WAS WONDERING IF MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE THAT ONE UP IN, UH, COORDINATION WITH ITEM 77.
UH, MAYOR, WOULD YOU MIND ASKING COUNCIL MEMBER POLL TO SAY WHICH ITEM THAT WAS MAGGIE ONE.
IT WILL NOT BE, IT WILL NOT TAKE LONG, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE CLEARER FOR THE DISCUSSION TO REITERATE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON TUESDAY, BRIEFLY AS A PULLED ITEM.
IT'S THE HAZARD PLAN? NEWPORT 16 REPORT ITEM 1616 WAS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 89, PLEASE.
UM, WE HAVE A, UH, NUMBER 89 AND I THINK WE HAVE A SESSION.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT UP AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE WILL TAKE THAT UP AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY IS, UM, ITEMS ONE THROUGH 46 AND ALSO ITEMS 77 THROUGH 96.
THE PULLED ITEMS ARE 2, 5 11 16, 17 77, 78, 85, 89, 91 93 AND 96.
UM, I KNOW FOR SEVERAL OF US, UM, SOME OF WE'VE INDICATED ARE VERY SHORT AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE, IF WE INDICATED WHICH ONES THOSE ARE, BUT MY EXPECTATION IS THAT 11 THAT I PULLED
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US VERY, VERY WELL.ANYWAY, I WOULD NEED A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT I KNOW 11 IS, AND, AND MAYBE WE COULD MAKE A LIST OF THE QUICK OF THE QUICK POLLS VERSUS THE ONES THAT NEED MORE DISCUSSION, UM, SO THAT WE CAN BE REALLY EFFICIENT WITH OUR TIME.
AND I CAN DO THAT WITH THE ONES I'VE PULLED.
I'M JUST NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT AT THE MOMENT.
WELL, AFTER WE HEAR FROM SPEAKERS, WE'LL ASK THAT QUESTION, THEN THE PEOPLE ANTICIPATE BEING QUICK.
AND JUST, UM, TO SIGNAL TO MY COLLEAGUES, I HAVE, I HAD DISTRIBUTED SOME AMENDMENTS AT OUR LAST MEETING, UM, FOR 93 AND NEAR PRETEND.
I THINK YOU INCORPORATED SOME OF THEM, NOT ALL.
AND SO IT'S MY INTENTION TO BRING THOSE FORWARD AGAIN.
AND SO I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT MAYBE PUTTING 93 BACK ON THE, UM, CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH I'M, I'M HAPPY TO IF MY, THE REST OF MY AMENDMENTS ARE ACCEPTED.
HOW'S IT GOING, KELLY, WOULD YOU PLEASE LET THE RECORD, REFLECT ME ABSTAINING FROM ITEM NUMBER 40.
THAT SAID, WE READY TO HEAR FROM SPEAKERS.
MEREDITH STAFF HAS REQUESTED A POST-POLIO ITEM, NUMBER 16, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FULL THIS, BUT, UH, IT DIDN'T MAKE AN EFFECT CHANGE AS A CORRECTION, BUT WE ARE REQUESTING POSTPONEMENT FROM STAFF.
THAT BEING THE CASE THEN? UH, CASPER KITCHEN.
UM, I WOULD, UH, UM, CITY MANAGER.
WHAT'S THE DATE FOR THE POSTPONE WITH THE POSTPONEMENT TO WHAT DATE? THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING JULY 29TH.
UM, THAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO ME, MAYOR THAT WE POSTPONE IT TO THE, UH, COULD YOU SAY AGAIN, JULY WHAT? OKAY.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN REMOVES HER REQUEST TO PULL.
I DON'T REMEMBER SIXTEENS AND IT WILL STAY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, HAS POSTPONED TO JULY 29TH.
UH, COUNSEL BARBARA KELLY'S ABSTENTION REMINDED ME THAT YOU GUYS ONLY HAVE FOUR FOLKS ON ITEM NUMBER 40.
I'D LIKE TO ADD MYSELF AS A CO-SPONSOR.
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ALL RIGHT.WE READY TO HEAR FROM SPEAKERS? ALL RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO, UM, I ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE SPEAKERS AND I'M ON TO ASK, UH, THE MAYOR PRO TIME TO TAKE THE CHAIR.
UH, I'M GONNA MOVE TO CITY HALL AND THEN I WILL BE BACK TO JOIN.
EACH TEAM HAS, UH, HAS TWO MINUTES TODAY.
UH, THERE ARE ABOUT, UH, JUST UNDER 70.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MAP OUT A DAY, IF EVERYBODY SPEAKS FOR THEIR ALLOTTED TIME, WE'RE STARTING HERE AT 10.
IT'S WHAT ROUGHLY? UM, EIGHT HOURS TO SIX.
UH, WE HAVE ABOUT THREE, THREE AND A HALF HOURS WORTH OF SPEAKERS.
UM, SO PLEASE GO AHEAD AND START THE SPEAKER LIST.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER, UM, REQUESTED SPANISH INTERPRETATION.
UM,
I HAVE THIS VIDEO, BOSTON AND I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF HELP FROM THE CITY.
AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND THEY INVITED ME TO THIS MEETING TODAY.
I SAID,
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AND ANYTHING, ANY ADDITIONAL HELP THAT WE CAN RECEIVE WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RICHARD SETTLE.
HELLO? AM I ON? YES, YOU'RE ON MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, I'M, I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE SCR THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA.
I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS.
UM, I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE'S A CREATIVE WAY.
WE COULD WORK ON THIS ON THE DAY AS TODAY BECAUSE THIS, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN IN THE PROCESS FOR, WELL OVER A YEAR, THERE'VE BEEN THREE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL VOTES, UH, MOVING THIS PROJECT ALONG AND WE, UM, GOT TO THE END, REALIZING THAT WE WERE GOING TO NEED AN SCR APPROVAL FOR A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
ANNEXATION SOLVES THE, THE, UM, THE PROBLEM ON IT.
BUT WE, THE LAND OWNER DOES NOT WANT TO BE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
MY CLIENT'S NOT THE LANDOWNER YET.
HE'S SUPPOSED TO CLOSE ON MONDAY AND HE'S OUT OF EXTENSION.
SO THE CONVERSATION I WANTED TO HAVE AND GET SOME DIRECTION FROM, UH, YOUR LAW DEPARTMENT AND, AND ALL OF Y'ALL IS, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN DO THIS SCR, UH, KNOWING THAT WE COULD START ANNEXATION NEXT WEEK, WHICH WOULD SOLVE THE TIMING ISSUE? THE SCR WOULD BE APPROVED.
MY CLIENT COULD CLOSE AND THEY COULD GET STARTED ON THE PROJECT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR WELL OVER A YEAR.
THE, THE ITEMS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY VOTED ON WAS PREVIOUSLY WAS LAST YEAR, NINE ACRES OF THE 35 WAS IN LIMITED PURPOSE.
AND WE HAD A 10 ZERO VOTE FOR THE ZONING FOR MF TWO.
WE HAD A 10 ZERO VOTE TO ANNEX IT INTO FULL PURPOSE.
AND THEN WE HAD A 10 ZERO VOTE TO PASS A RESOLUTION TO START THE ANNEXATION PROCESS ON THE 25 ACRES.
UM, IN THE INTERIM, WHAT MY CLIENT DID WAS FILED IS A SITE PLAN THAT IS VARIANCE FREE, COMPLETELY COMPLIES WITH ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGS.
AND IF HE WAS IN THE CITY, WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, BUT BECAUSE OF THE TIMING GLITCH, UM, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
I KNOW CHRIS HARRINGTON AND I'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT, OR CHRIS CAUGHT BECAUSE HE'S, HE'S GOT A PROCESS IN THE CODE WITH NO, UH, NO POLICY OR NO DIRECTION ON IT.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CRAIG NASER.
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN GO AHEAD.
UH, I'M, I'M THE CONSERVATION SHARE OF THE LONESTAR CHAPTER OF THE SIERRA CLUB.
AND I'M ALSO ON THE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, THE AUSTIN REGIONAL GROUP, FOR WHICH I'M SPEAKING.
UH, THIS IS CONSIDERING CONCERNING ITEM TWO.
WE THINK THAT THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD FOLLOW, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, EVEN THOUGH A PORTION OF IT IS STILL IN THE ETJ WHAT'S HAPPENED NOW.
AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION DID NOT APPROVE THIS OR THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.
IS THERE THE PART THAT IS IN THE ETJ, THEY ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP WITHOUT FOLLOWING, UH, OUR HILL COUNTRY ROADS ORDINANCE OR WITHOUT THE HERITAGE TREE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS GOING TO ALLOW A
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LOT MORE DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PROPERTY.THIS IS A VERY SENSITIVE PIECE OF PROPERTY AT ONE OF THE HEADWATERS OF BULL CREEK.
THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL POPULATION OF A THREATENED SPECIES, UM, UH, ON THE PROPERTY AND ADJACENT TO IT.
AND WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS PROPERTY TO DEVELOP FOLLOWING ALL OF THE RULES OF AUSTIN.
WE FOUGHT VERY HARD AND VERY LONG TO GET THE BALCONIES CANYON LAND PRESERVED SO THAT OTHER DEVELOPMENT COULD HAPPEN MORE DENSELY, THEN ENVIRONMENTALIST WANTED IT.
AND THIS SEEMS LIKE A LITTLE TRICKY WAY TO TRY AND GET AROUND THAT ON A VERY DELICATE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
AND WE THINK THIS, UH, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THIS AT ALL, UH, IN EAST VAIL, THE WHOLE PROPERTY, FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BOBBY LAVINSKY.
THIS IS BOBBY LEVINSKY WITH THE SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE.
UM, I AM SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
IT CAN SERVE AS EXTENSIVE REQUEST, UM, THAT THE TWO PREVIOUS SPEAKERS SPOKE ABOUT, UM, WANT TO REITERATE THAT ACTUALLY THE SITE HAS A LOT OF HISTORY, UM, BUT IF, ACTUALLY IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, UM, THE SCRS ON THIS PROPERTY HAVE BEEN DENIED IN THE PAST BECAUSE THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE SITE.
UM, THIS IS IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM OF ONE OF THE MOST POPULATED HABITATS FOR THE JOLLYVILLE PLATEAU SALAMANDER THAT THE HEADWATERS OF BULL CREEK AND, UM, STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THE INCREASED URBANIZATION OF THIS AREA HAS RESULTED A REDUCTION IN A RAPID REDUCTION IN THE POPULATION OF THE SALAMANDERS.
UM, THE APPLICANT DID NOT INADVERTENTLY SUBMIT A SITE PLAN BEFORE GETTING ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.
IT'S AN INTENTIONAL ACTION TO SKIRT THE, UH, ZONING REGULATIONS THAT WOULD APPLY.
WE INCLUDING THE HILL COUNTRY ROADWAY ORDINANCE.
AND, UH, ALSO THE HERITAGE TREE ORDINANCE AT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SPOKE THE, UM, PROCESS THAT THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT HAS FOLLOWED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, IS THAT WHEN THEY SEE A SERVICE EXTENSION, YOUR REQUEST RESULT IN A MORE INTENSE DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD INCREASE THE POLLUTANTS THAT, UM, UH, INCREASE THE BALLOONS ON AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE SITE, SUCH AS THIS ONE.
UM, THEY ACTUALLY RECOMMEND DENIAL BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY'S INCREASING INTENTIONALLY, UM, ESSENTIALLY THE AVAILABLE DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY.
AND, UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT SERVICE EXTENSION REQUEST, WE COULD DO THIS IN AN ENTIRELY, A DIFFERENT ORDER WHERE IF YOU JUST DENY THE SERVICE EXTENSION REQUEST, THE APPLICANT GETS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.
THEY CAN RESUBMIT A SITE PLAN THAT IS COMPLIANT WITH THE CITY WITH CURRENT CITY CODE, ALL CURRENT CITY CODE, NOT JUST THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE ACTUALLY A REASONABLE OUTCOME HERE.
DEVELOPER IS STILL GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY ON HIS PROPERTY AND THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE JOLLYVILLE PLATEAUS.
ELEMENTOR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.
I RESIGNED AT SANTA RITA COURT.
I'VE BEEN HAVING A LOUNGE CHAIR WITH HASA DURING THIS PROCESS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF BROKE PORT COURT MAKING WITH THE RESIDENTS OF ROSE SPLIT, ANTICIPATING FOR DEVELOPMENT.
I AM HIGHLY IN FAVOR FOR THIS BREAK, THE SETTLEMENT TO TAKE PLACE IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF ROSEBUD, WHICH IN TURN WOULD HELP TO COMBAT THE HOUSING CRISIS.
CURRENTLY DEVELOPING AN ESAU AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS IN NEED OF SUPPORT, THE SUPPORT THAT COULD BE ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, PARTNERING WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO MAKE THIS FREE DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN, WHICH WILL THAT MUCH HAVE MORE IMPACT ON THE EAST SIDE OF AUSTIN, BUILDING STABILITY TO BETTER THE COMMUNITY EAST AUSTIN IS RAPIDLY GROWING, AND WE NEED THE SUPPORT TO KEEP UP WITH THE EVER-GROWING POPULATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO OFFER EQUAL AND FAIR HOUSING TO ALL INNOCENT.
AND THIS IS WHY I'M IN FAVOR WITH THE UPCOMING REDEVELOPMENT OF ROSEWOOD AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND HOT TO WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEIR RESIDENTS AND THEIR FUTURE RENT.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE AND I ACTUALLY LIVE AT ROSEWOOD COURT.
I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR ITS SUPPORT SO FAR IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AND THE PLANNING FOR HERE.
AND I HOPE THE SUPPORT WILL CONTINUE AS A HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME AND POOR AUSTINITES IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.
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AND WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT, WE'LL HAVE EVEN MORE UNITS HERE AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND ALSO HAVE SOME HOME OWNERSHIP, POSSIBILITIES ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD HELP WITH FIRST-TIME HOMEOWNERS AND HELP GET MORE PEOPLE IN HOUSING INSTEAD OF THEM POSSIBLY BEING ON THE STREETS OR IN THE SHELTERS.BECAUSE I KNOW I GOT HERE FROM THE SHELTERS AND HAVING A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD IS VITAL TO MAKE YOUR LIFE A BETTER LIFE AND TO GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE ON FROM THAT.
SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT THE CITY CAN STICK WITH THIS AND EVEN ASK HER FOR MORE MONEY TO WORK WITH HAKA.
SONYA REESE DAY, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND COMMUNITY.
I AM ARTISTS, SINGER SONGWRITER, MUSICIAN, GUITAR, INSTRUCTOR, MUSIC, AND TV PRODUCER, BOARD MEMBER OF AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS, AND A LONG-TERM RESIDENT OF AUSTIN, TEXAS HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION TO ADOPT ITEM 77 OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
THE MUSIC COMMUNITY IS A HUGE PART OF WHY PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO AUSTIN.
THE MUSIC COMMUNITY AND WOMEN, LGBTQ PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE IN NEED OF THE SYNERGY INFUSION OF FINANCIAL STIMULATION.
ONCE UPON A TIME, ARTISTS WERE TREATED AS HIGHLY RESPECTED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT PLAY THE PAY IS A THING AND BANDS ARE OFTEN ASKED TO PAY TO PLAY FOR TIPS AND FEAR INSTEAD OF HOURLY WAGES, 10 MILLION DOWN TO 2.2 MILLION WITH A LARGE PORTION OF THE FUND BEING GIVEN TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND CULTURAL ARTS, WHICH SEEMS TO SKIP OVER THE EAST SIDE OF AUSTIN ENTERTAINMENT, COMMUNITY CONGRATULATION TERRELL'S MCMILLAN.
I URGE COUNCIL TO VOTE AGAINST ITEM 77.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK KEVIN RUSSELL, UH, UH, KEVIN RUSSELL HERE, UM, 30 YEAR, UH, LOCAL MUSICIAN, UH, WITH THE GORGE SHANI RIBS.
THANKS MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
UM, UH, UH, EVERYWHERE I GO, I SING THE PRAISES OF THE AUSTIN TEXAS BRAND, BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD, PLAYING MUSIC AND, UH, UM, I'M A GREAT LOVER, A DEFENDER OF, OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT RECENTLY, UM, YOU APPROVE 10 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN MONIES TO THE MUSIC COMMUNITY.
WE WERE VERY GRATEFUL, BUT NOW, UH, IT APPEARS COUNSEL WISHES TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT SIGNIFICANTLY AND SPREAD IT OUT OVER A LONGER PERIOD.
AND WHEREAS THIS MIGHT BENEFIT YOUR BUDGETS.
UH, IT'S NOT AS HELPFUL TO OUR MUSIC COMMUNITY MUSICIANS AND VENUES NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET.
PERSONALLY SPEAKING, I HAVE 10 MUSICIANS, I EMPLOY A SOUND ENGINEER, A TOUR MANAGER AND ARTIST MANAGER AT BOOKING AGENCY, BUSINESS MANAGER, LOTS OF JOBS, UH, DEPENDS ON MY INCOME.
UH, THE PANDEMIC TOOK NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS OF GROSS OUT OF MY POCKET.
UM, I WATCHED THIS ALL THE SCOPES CANCELED.
I SAW THE INEVITABLE STRUGGLE THAT WE ALL WERE FACED WITH, BUT I DIDN'T GIVE UP, LIKE ALL OF YOU.
I WROTE A SONG CALLED STAY AT HOME, UH, WHICH MAYOR ADLER, UH, USED WHEN HE ANNOUNCES HIS HISTORIC STAY AT HOME ORDINANCE, TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HEARD THE SONG AND USED IT IN THEIR MESSAGING CAMPAIGN.
I ALSO CONTINUE TO PAY MY MUSICIANS THROUGH JULY OF 2020 UNTIL I KNEW THEY COULD NAVIGATE THE, UH, UNEMPLOYMENT BUREAUCRACY.
I DIDN'T TURN AWAY WHEN I WAS NEEDED.
I DIDN'T CHANGE MY MIND AFTER I MADE THAT PROMISE, EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDERSTANDABLE
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FOR ME TO DO SO I FOUND A WAY TO HELP.SO THEY BOTH PRAXIS ROSA, PLEASE UNMUTE REBECCA BERNHARDT.
HI, MY NAME IS REBECCA BERNHARDT AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 10 AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 77.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M REALLY CONFUSED ABOUT WHY, UH, THE MUSICIAN COMMUNITY IS, UH, PITTED AGAINST THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY ON ITEM 77.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF SPENDING A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, UM, ON, UH, MAKING MORE HOUSING FOR UNHOUSED PEOPLE IN AUSTIN.
UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S OUTRAGEOUS WHAT A BIG HOMELESS POPULATION WE HAVE.
UM, WE ARE IN INCREDIBLY WEALTHY, UH, COMMUNITY, UM, AND OUR INABILITY TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, IS DRIVING THE CRISIS THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF HAVING, UH, REALLY TWICE AS MANY, UM, UH, DOUBLE THE RATE OF HOMELESSNESS AS THE REST OF THE STATE.
UM, AND, UH, THE UNITED STATES, UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THAT HOMELESSNESS, DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS, UH, PEOPLE OF COLOR.
WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS HAVE, UH, A LOT OF COMPLEXITY TO HELPING THEM, UH, GET OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS JUST SIMPLY PUTTING A ROOF OVER FOLKS HEADS.
UM, SO IT'S GONNA TAKE, UM, A DECENT AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT WE HAVE THOSE RESOURCES, UM, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW, AND WE SHOULD REALLY USE THEM, UH, TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM.
UH, WE, WE SHOULD BE LEADERS IN THIS AND WE SHOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, SKIRT THAT, THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
AND, UH, AND I HOPE CITY COUNCIL CAN FIND A WAY, UH, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE NEEDS OF THE MUSIC COMMUNITY, UM, AND REALLY BE LEADERS ON THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE AT THE SAME TIME.
CODY COHEN, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS CODY COWEN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT IN SPITE OF THE WELL-PUBLICIZED BLACK HOUMA SHOWS.
LAST MONTH, LIVE MUSIC IN AUSTIN IS NOT BACK.
MUSICIANS STILL DO NOT HAVE REGULAR OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK.
MUSIC WORKER JOBS HAVE NOT COME BACK AT SCALE AND SHIFTS ARE SCARCE.
MUSIC VENUES ARE STILL BELOW 40% REGULAR INCOME COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS, THE FBA GRANTS HAVE NOT ARRIVED.
OUR MUSIC INDUSTRY IS STILL AT A PRECIPICE TODAY.
YOU ALL WILL CONSIDER STAFFS ARE SUSPENDING FRAMEWORK RECOMMENDATIONS IN ITEM 77 ON MAY 20TH AND ITEM 60 COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE PLAN TO APPROPRIATE UP TO 10 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS, TO BE USED FOR GRANTS, TO ENSURE AUSTIN MUSIC, PROFESSIONALS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND ENTERPRISES RECEIVE IMMEDIATE AND SUFFICIENT RELIEF FROM COVID-19 RELATED LOSSES.
THIS RESOLUTION RECOMMENDED ACCESS TO MULTIPLE PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCES AND SUGGESTIONS TO REFUND THREE PREVIOUS MUSIC FUNDS STAFF HAS ONLY IDENTIFIED 2.2 MILLION FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
ACCORDING TO EDD HIS REPORT TO THE MUSIC COMMISSION THIS PAST MONDAY, THAT FUND WILL LIKELY NOT BE AVAILABLE TO PAY WORKING MUSICIANS INSIDE OF 2021.
THE CURRENT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND IDEAS ITEM 77 ARE GROSSLY INSUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS RETENTION OF OUR MUSICIANS, MUSIC WORKERS, AND MUSIC VENUES.
WE IMPLORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO FUND THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, THE SAVES MUSIC VENUE PRESERVATION FUND, AND THE AUSTIN CREATIVE WORKERS FUND TO THE MAXIMUM RECOMMENDED AMOUNT OF 10 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS, AND TO REDIRECT STAFF TO EXPLORE ALL AVAILABLE PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
PLEASE SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC TODAY AND ITEM 77, PAT, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, PAT BUKA HERE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS.
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AND I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT YOU TRULY CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS OF ITEM 77 BEFORE VOTING.UH, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, Y'ALL VOTED TO SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER.
FUAD HIS PROPOSAL TO BRING 10 MILLION IN ARP FUNDING TO OUR MUSIC COMMUNITY.
BUT AFTER THIS WEEK'S WORK SESSION, THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 2.2 MILLION OVER TWO YEARS.
NOW, THAT'LL MOUNTAIN WILL NOT GO FAR IN HELPING THOUSANDS OF STRUGGLING MUSICIANS BEEN USING INDUSTRY WORKERS.
THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER FOR US YET.
AND WITH FEDERAL PANDEMIC TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS ENDING ON THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH, OUR SITUATION BECOMES EVEN MORE GRAVE.
UH, WHILE IT MAY APPEAR, THE VENUES ARE BEGINNING TO REOPEN THOSE MUSICIANS WHO DO HAVE GIGS.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING BOOKED AT NEARLY THE RATE THAT THEY WERE PRE PANDEMIC NOR TO VENUES HAVE MONEY TO PAY FOR PERFORMANCES.
THE LIVE MUSIC FUND WILL EFFECTIVELY BE THE STIMULUS TO RESTART OUR INDUSTRY, BUT WE NEED MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT FOR IT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND PRIORITIES ALL ACROSS OUR CITY ARE FOREFRONT AND THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS MUST BE SOLVED.
PLEASE RECOGNIZE THE OVERLAP IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND KNOW THAT MANY OF THE MUSICIANS WE SERVE ARE ON THE VERGE OF LOSING EVERYTHING AND ADDING TO THE RANKS OF THOSE WITH NO RESOURCES AND NO PLACE TO LIVE.
UH, OF COURSE I DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT LOSING MUSIC DIRECTLY AFFECTS OUR ECONOMY.
WE ALL KNOW THIS, THE LOSING THE VERY HEART OF WHAT MAKES THIS CITY GREAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT AN OPTION.
WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THINGS, PLEASE DON'T FORGET ABOUT US AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU VOTED ON WITH ITEMS 60 JUST WEEKS AGO.
THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN IN MY 30 YEARS AS AN AUSTINITE, THE FIRST TO TRULY PRIORITIZE MUSIC.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, TO PRESERVE THE SOUL OF OUR FEAR CITY.
ALSO KUDOS ON RECOGNIZING HAROLD MACMILLAN ON HIS UNRELENTING SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY.
HE'S A FRIEND AND A TRUE CHAMPION FOR BLACK CULTURE IN AUSTIN AND, UH, BLESS AND ALL OF YOU.
I AM A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AT THE AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION AND I, I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE AND I'M CALLING TODAY, UM, TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT 2000, OH WELL OVER 2,100 AUSTIN RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY SIGNED THE PETITION CALLING ON CITY COUNCIL TO COMMIT A HUNDRED MILLION FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING TOWARDS MAKING TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN THE SPACE THAT, UH, IN THE SERVICES AND HOUSING FOR OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.
YES, THERE ARE STILL UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
THAT'S SURE, BUT WHAT IS BEFORE US TODAY IS TO APPROVE A BUDGET AND SPENDING FRAMEWORK.
AND WE NEED TO TAKE A BOLD STEP THAT WILL CLEAR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE LEADERSHIP.
AND THIS ONE'S FIRE THE COUNTY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO STEP UP AS WELL.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AND WE CAN'T KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO MOST NEED OUR HELP RIGHT NOW, AND WHO ARE REALLY FACING A, AN EMERGENCY LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION THAT WAS CREATED DUE TO PROP B.
SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS, UH, AN EMERGENCY, IT'S A PRIORITY.
WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS ALL DAY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO TAKE DECISIVE ACTION AND COMMIT THE MONEY TOWARDS MAKING THIS TRANSFORM THAT CHANGE.
AND ALONG WITH THAT, WE ALSO NEED 20 MILLION FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
IN ADDITION TO ANY FEDERAL ASSISTANCE THAT WILL BE COMING FOR RENTERS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RENT PROGRAM LASTS UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR AND MAKE SURE THAT IT HAS THE FUNDS THAT IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE.
UM, OUR RENTERS IN OUR CITY ARE ALSO ON THE VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND SO RENTERS ARE MUSICIANS ARE ARTISTS.
RENTERS ARE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE OVERLAP IS GREAT.
THERE'S NO CONFLICT HERE AND IT SHOULDN'T EVER BE PRESENTED AS SUCH.
UM, SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROMOTING AND PROTECTING THE RENT PROGRAM UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THERE WERE OUT IN THE FUNDS.
WE NEED THE FUNDS OF COMMUNITY ASKING FOR, TO BUILD HOUSING AND TO MAKE REAL TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE IN THE SPACE AND SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR ON HOUSE NEIGHBORS.
LET'S NOT USE THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE AS A WAY TO STALL THE PROCESS.
LET'S GET, LET'S GET THIS DONE.
I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GET IT DONE.
THERE'S SOME MOMENTUM BUILDING.
I'M ALSO THE TEXAS CERTIFIED PROJECT.
I'M ALSO A RESIDENT AT DISTRICT SIX.
I AM CALLING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS GOING TO BE SEVEN.
THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT PROPOSED SPENDING FROM WHAT I WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF THING.
I'M REALLY UP WITH
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HELP OUR COMMUNITIES RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC.HOWEVER, THERE'S STILL A GAP IN THIS PROPOSAL WITH THE COST OF LIVING AND HOUSING RISING AT UNPROFITABLE RATE, THE STATE FAILURE, MINIMUM WAGE TO A LIVABLE WAGE AND THE HARMFUL LEGISLATION TARGETING AND CRIMINALIZING OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS REALLY MUCH TAKE THIS TIME TO INVEST IN A MINIMUM OF ONE COMPANY'S MILLION DOLLARS IN HOMELESSNESS OR HOUSING NEIGHBORS ARE STUDYING THE MOST VULNERABLE.
I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO COVER FROM THE HEARTS THAT IN THE PANDEMIC I ASKED HIM TO AND PUT HER IN INCREASED TO A HUNDRED MILLION DIRECTLY TO HOMELESSNESS.
I COME AND SUPPORT THE DEMANDS OF OUR LOCAL MUSICIANS.
A SENSE OF REAL INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE IS JUST MUSCULAR TIME.
THIS IS YASMINE MIS BORN AND RAISED OFF THE NIGHT.
UM, AND I'M COMING TO YOU TODAY AS NOT ONLY A CONSTITUENT, BUT ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF JUSTICE AND ADVOCACY FOR THE AUSTIN AREA, URBAN LEAGUE.
AFTER THE PASSING OF PROP B, I BECAME EVEN MORE DISILLUSIONED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LOVE AND EMPATHY THAT RESONATED IN AUSTIN.
WHEN I WAS A CHILD TODAY, THOUGH, WITH ITEM 77, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE UNHOUSED THAT WE, AS A COMMUNITY CRIMINALIZED TODAY, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRIORITIZE HOLISTIC SERVICE PROVISION.
TODAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STEP UP AND BE THE AUSTIN THAT AUSTIN DESERVES.
I WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY SUPPORT ITEM 77 AND EXCITED ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY AND FUNDING, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS AND RIDES FUNDING.
AS AN ORGANIZATION, BOSTON AREA, URBAN LEAGUE CONSTITUENT CONSTITUENT BASED REPRESENTS INDIVIDUALS APPLICABLE TO BOTH THESE BUDGET LINES.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE NEED IS OVERWHELMING AND THIS INFLUX OF RESOURCES WILL HELP OUR MOST VULNERABLE THRIVE.
I ASKED THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION AND GO ONE STEP FURTHER IN THE LIGHT OF EQUITY BY ALLOCATING THE FULL $100 MILLION THAT WAS REQUESTED BY OUR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY GUY FORESIGHT.
I'M AN AUSTIN MUSICIAN HAS BEEN WORKING IN AUSTIN FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 77.
ALTHOUGH I STAND WITH THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY AND, AND BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE DONE TO HELP THEM.
I ALSO STAND WITH THE AUSTIN MUSICAL COMMUNITY AND KNOW THAT THE AUSTIN MUSICIANS WHO HAVE CREATED THE AUSTIN MUSIC SCENE ARE PERHAPS AUSTIN'S BEST BUSINESS PARTNERS IN EXISTENCE.
THEY LIVE A SUBSISTENCE LEVEL INCOME TO CREATE THE MUSIC SCENE.
THAT BRINGS IN A HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO AUSTIN.
THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN THE HARDEST ON RECORD FOR MUSICIANS AND REALLY ANYBODY IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY.
ANYBODY WHO'S FUSED DROPLETS LIKE MYSELF, IT'S BEEN A HARD TIME.
THIS WE ARE, WE ARE STARTING TO COME OUT OF IT, BUT WE ARE NOT OUT OF IT YET.
UM, I THINK THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR AUSTIN TO PROTECT THE AUSTIN MUSIC SCENE, TO MAKE SURE THAT AUSTIN STAYS PROFITABLE AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE MADE IN AUSTIN MAINTAIN THEIR VALUE.
UH, I THINK THAT AUSTIN IS I, THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME.
I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT TO, UM, TO INTERVIEW, BUT I'M SURE THAT YOU REALIZE THAT AS THAT MUSICIANS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO WORK FOR THE PAST YEAR AND WE'RE LIVING A SUBSISTENCE LEVEL LIFESTYLE JUST TO ENABLE THEIR CAREER AS BEING MUSIC MAKERS ARE IN, UH, IN DANGER OF BECOMING HOMELESS THEMSELVES.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT BY MOVING FUNDS AWAY FROM THE MUSIC SCENE, UH, IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THIS.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE INCOME GENERATOR THAT THE AUSTIN MUSIC SCENE IS TO MAINTAIN THE MONEY COMING INTO THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND THE, AND TO MAINTAIN THE VALUE OF REAL ESTATE IN AUSTIN.
UM, UH, AND ONCE AGAIN, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE HAROLD MACMILLAN RECOGNIZED IN THIS, UH, IN THIS CHAMBER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M SO GLAD I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK BEFORE I HAVE TO JUMP OFF.
UH, HELLO, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNT GO.
I'M TRUSTEE WOODY WITH VALLEY ISD DISTRICT.
AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ITEM 77.
I'M ASKING ALL OF YOU TO SUPPORT THE VALET DAVALLE ISD BY
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ALLOCATING $1.5 MILLION OF THE THEIR KING RESCUE FUND FOR OUR DUAL LITERACY PROGRAM.THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS DEL VALLEYS COUNCIL, SIX OF OUR NINE DULL VALLEY ISD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RESIDE IN THE CITY LIMITS AND THE OTHER THREE ARE IN THE ATJ.
PLEASE CONSIDER SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATING 1.5 MILLION TO DEL VALLEY.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL ARE DAYS FOR US IN OUR CITY, SARAH HALL.
UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I'M A HARPIST AND A STUDENT LIVING IN DISTRICT NINE.
I WANTED TO CALL OUT A CONCERN ABOUT THE REDUCTION IN FUNDS, GOING INTO THE LIVE MUSIC FUND AS PROPOSED IN ITEM 77 FROM THE $10 MILLION PROPOSAL THAT HAD PASSED LAST WEEK TO JUST 2.2 MILLION GIGS ARE MY ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME.
I HAVE NO EMPLOYER TO PROVIDE ME HEALTHCARE.
I WAKE UP AND KNOW I CAN GO TO, I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY FIND INDIVIDUAL JOBS EVERY SINGLE WEEK.
ME AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER MUSICIANS IN AUSTIN HAVE GONE WITHOUT STABLE INCOME FOR 14 MONTHS NOW.
AND GIGS AREN'T RETURNING AS QUICKLY AS THE REST OF THE ECONOMY IS JUST OUT OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW MULTIPLE MUSICIANS HAVE HAD TO LEAVE AUSTIN.
THIS LAST YEAR TO CITIES THAT ARE CHEAPER TO LIVE IN.
WE WERE ALREADY STRUGGLING BEFORE COVID HAVING TO WORK OUR WAY LIKE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK IN AN ECONOMY THAT CONSTANTLY DEVALUES ART BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
IT WAS WORTH LIKE THOUGH BECAUSE OF THE VIBRANT MUSIC SCENE AND THE INCREDIBLE VENUES AND AUDIENCES, BUT ONCE COVID HIT, BUT IT WAS A STRUGGLE BEFORE IT BECAME IMPOSSIBLE.
I WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE THE POINT? OTHERS MADE THAT SO MANY ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS ARE ON THE VERGE OF HOMELESSNESS THEMSELVES.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PREVENTION.
AUSTIN IS HEMORRHAGING TALENT.
THIS IS A TIPPING POINT AND WHAT THE CITY'S CULTURE WILL BE.
WE ARE WHAT MAKE AUSTIN, AUSTIN, BUT WE NEED HELP.
WE CAN'T PAY FOR FOOD OR RENT, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY TO MAKE AUSTIN ANYMORE.
I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO PLEASE OPPOSE ITEM 77 AND THE $7.8 MILLION REDUCTION GOING TO LIVE MUSIC FUNDS.
WE REALLY NEED THE ORIGINAL 10 MILLION AHEAD PASSED LAST WEEK.
THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING, MARSHA STRICKLER.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT SIX, WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
UH, MAYOR ADLER IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 20,000 OF THESE HOMELESS THAT HAVE FLOCKED TO AUSTIN.
WHEN ADLER OPENED UP THE CAMPING BAN CRIME HAS INCREASED 10 FOLD YET THEY STILL COME.
EVEN THOUGH THE CITIZENS HAVE VOTED TO REINSTATE THE CAMPION BAN WITH PROP B, BY DEFUNDING THE POLICE AND OPENING THE CAMPING BAN ADLER HAS SINGLE-HANDEDLY PUT OFF THE KNIGHTS AND SURROUNDING CITIES AND EXTREME DANGER AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL NOW BE FORCED TO PAY FOR A WILLIAMSON COUNTY LAWSUIT TO FIGHT BACK AND FIGHT BACK.
WE WILL, UM, WELCO WE, THE PEOPLE AND WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THIS FOR WELL OVER FOUR MONTHS WITH THE SHOT.
HARDY'S THAT OWN THE TWO HOTELS NEXT DOOR.
TEXAS HAS A MOTTO DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS.
IT COMES WITH A $200 FINE FOR LITTERING.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS LITERALLY FULL OF LITTER FROM 20,000 HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT THROW THEIR TRASH OUT IN PUBLIC STREETS AND PARKS A $200, FINE TIMES 20,000 PEOPLE.
THAT'S A $4 MILLION FINE THAT MAYOR ADLER SHOULD BE FORCED TO PAY TO CLEAN UP.
WE HAVE REPEATEDLY PROVIDED FOUR AND FIVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, HOMELESS COMMUNITY.
INSTEAD OF SENATE SPENDING NINE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR CANDLEWOOD SUITES FOR 50 ROOMS, YOU CAN BUILD 300 HOMES THAT COMMUNITY FIRST OR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AT THE HILTON HOTEL AT THE AIRPORT AS DISCUSSED IN YESTERDAY.
THAT $200 FINE GROWS EACH AND EVERY DAY.
CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE DO NOT SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM 89, PLEASE VOTE NO TO PURCHASE CANDLEWOOD.
A LAWSUIT IS WAITING TO HAPPEN.
I INTERVIEWED FOUR BUSINESSES THIS WEEK.
CHILI'S MANAGER, HOMELESS, BAREFOOT, MAN BLEEDING ALL OVER THE RESTAURANT FLOOR AND IN THE BATHROOM.
HI, UH, GOOD MORNING, RESPECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR.
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MY NAME ISSINCE THAT HE WANTS TO GO AHEAD WITH A PLAN OF CONVERTING HOTELS INTO PSH WE'VE PRESENTED AND ULTIMATELY THE SOLUTION FOR YOU TO CONVERT HOLTON AIRPORT, TO BE A FIXED FACILITY THAT THEY ALREADY OWN.
YOU CAN HELP A LOT MORE PEOPLE.
IT IS CLOSE TO SERVICES HOSPITAL, AND IT DOES NOT FEEL STRANGE SCHOOLS, RESIDENTS OF BUSINESSES, STD CLAIMS IF I MISS A GUIDELINE, BUT I HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK.
WE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.
IT ALLOWS HOTELS, HOSPITALS, AND NURSING HOMES.
SO WHY NOT? PSH ALSO UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HE HAS NO PROBLEM WHY MAKING LOCAL LAWS LIKE IN CASE OF CANDLEWOOD, IT IS ONLY FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY, BUT CITIES CHANGING ITS USE TO PSH.
ALSO CITI IS NOT FOLLOWING ITS OWN PSA GUIDELINES OF DOXIMITY TO SCHOOLS AND RESIDENCES DOES THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR ARBITRARILY DECIDE TO BREAK LOCAL LAWS, BUT WILL ABIDE BY FEDERAL GUIDELINES.
THERE ARE 4,116 PEOPLE WHO SIGNED A PETITION OPPOSING CANDLEWOOD PURCHASE.
WE EVEN SUBMITTED 227 LETTERS TO A COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY ON SHORT NOTICE SHOWING OPPOSITION FROM NOT FROM NORTHWEST COMMUNITY ABOUT THE CANDLEWOOD PURCHASE.
IT'S WHY CANDLEWOOD, WHY DID HE CON CONSIDER RECONSIDER, JUST WALK AWAY FROM THIS AWAY FROM THIS PURCHASE, WHICH WAS DESTROYED AT BUSINESSES AND LIKE SET AGAIN ON THIS CALL BEFORE HOSPITALITY, MUSIC, INDUSTRY RESTAURANTS ALL WERE BADLY HIT.
WE NEED SUPPORT, WE DON'T NEED MORE BATTLES.
WE NEED THIS COUNCIL AND MAYOR TO LISTEN TO US AND SUPPORT US WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND WHICH I KNOW THEY WILL.
HAVE A GREAT DAY FRIEDA CHAIN.
I OPPOSE, UH, BUYING THE TENDER WOLF HOTEL AND, UH, I HAVE OVER 50 SOME PEOPLE WORKING FOR ME AND, UH, I HAVE MUSICIAN WORKING FOR ME, YOU KNOW, EVERY WEEK THEY COME HERE AND PLAY MUSIC.
AND, UH, I DON'T WANT TO MY STAFF AND MY MUSICIAN, PEOPLE THAT LOSE THEIR JOB, UH, BECAUSE BUYING DEPENDABLE HOTEL.
I SEE, UM, I SEE A MAN, A HOMELESS MAN WITHOUT A SHIRT WITH A MACHETE WALKING ON TO COME PARK.
UH, A LADY CAME IN, UH, SCREAM AND YELL, UH, WANT TO BURN DOWN MY RESTAURANT AND WALKING OUT BECAUSE I DIDN'T GIVE THEM, I DIDN'T GIVE HER MONEY AND A WALK, YOU KNOW, A DRINK AND CIGARETTE WOULD JUST GIVE HER WATER.
WHAT I'M I'M HERE IN AUSTIN OVER 50 SOME YEARS HERE.
I'M, I'M LOSING THE WORD TO SAY IT JUST, I SEE EVERYTHING IS IT'S HOMELESS.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT BUYING A HOTEL, UH, IS GOING TO HELP THE HOMELESS CAUSE ALL THE WAY WE CAN HELP THEM, BUT NOT BUYING THE HOTEL IN ONE ROOM.
THEY REALLY NEED HELP, UH, MENTAL AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT VIEWS.
SO BUY A HOTEL, PUT THEM IN ONE ROOM.
AND THE MONEY YOU NEED REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON ON THE MENTAL ISSUE, AN ALCOHOLIC, AN ISSUE.
UM, PLEASE LISTEN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL WOMAN, AND, UH, PLEASE DO NOT BUY KENDALL HOTEL.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I LIVE IN DISTRICT 10 AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 89.
I'M OPPOSED TO THE CITY BUYING CANDLEWOOD SUITES FOR THE PURPOSES OF PSH.
IT IS NOT AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR OUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
THERE ARE NO MEDICAL DRUG ADDICTION OR MENTAL SERVICES COST TO THE HOTEL.
THE CLOSEST GROCERY STORE IS A TWO MILE ROUND TRIP.
THERE ARE NO TRANSIT SERVICES CAUSED BY AND THERE ARE FIVE SCHOOLS WITHIN THE, WITHIN A TWO MILE RADIUS OF CANDLEWOOD.
THE CITY FAILED TO CONDUCT AN IMPACT STUDY BEFORE THEY ENTERED INTO THE NON-TRANSPARENT NEGOTIATIONS THAT HAVE BROUGHT THEM TO THIS POINT.
THE WILLIAMSON COMMUNITY IS OVERWHELMINGLY OPPOSED TO THIS PURCHASE.
AND JUDGE REVELLE HAS VOWED TO SUE THE CITY AND KEEP THEM IN COURT FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES THE PURCHASE OF THIS HOTEL WOULD BE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE CITY'S INEFFICIENT USE OF BOSTON TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS.
YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE WONDERING WHY THE CITY IS INSISTING ON BUYING SUCH
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AN OBVIOUSLY FLAWED HOTEL FOR THE PURPOSES OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES, WE CAN SEE.
MY NAME IS SANDY AND I'M CALLING TO VOICE MY NON-SUPPORT FOR ITEM 89 ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
I UNDERSTAND IT WAS FOLDED UP.
I RECENTLY HEARD IN THE NEWS, THE JUDGE IN A MALIGNANCY SHOWING EMPLOYEES WHO WAS CITY OF AUSTIN.
IF THIS ITEM PASSES TODAY, IS THIS ONE OF MY TAX DOLLARS.
WHY WAS WE CONTINUE TO PLAY THESE GAMES WITH OUR MONEY AND TIME WHEN UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS ARE SUFFERING AS WELL AS OTHER REGULAR FOLKS, TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING IN AUSTIN MAYOR, YOU MADE A PROMISE TO RELINQUISH DOWN AND NOW YOU'RE BREAKING.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL WOMAN, MACKENZIE KELLY FOR HIS CONTINUED FOCUS ON BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN
DON'T GET SUSIE TO FIGHT TO THE MAYOR AND JUDGE SCRAP.
YOU'RE ALL GETTING PULLED INTO.
PLEASE, PLEASE LISTEN TO THE VOTERS.
UM, DON'T KNOW, AND THANKS HAVE A BLESSED DAY.
JEN DIONNE, GOOD MORNING RESPECTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.
MY NAME IS JEN DEON AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
I OPPOSE THE PURCHASE OF CANDLEWOOD SUITES.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY COUNCIL IS RAZZING TO EXECUTE THE MOST EXPENSIVE STRATEGY FOR ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT A PROVEN ACTION PLAN.
CANDLEWOOD SUITES COSTS MORE PER UNIT THAN ANY OTHER PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING HOTELS STRATEGY.
THE CITY HAS MAKING IT THE MOST EXPENSIVE PURCHASE OF ITS KIND.
IF WE COULD SEE SOME OR STUDIES SHOWING THE EFFICACY OF THIS INVESTMENT, WE COULD HAVE MORE PEACE OF MIND, BUT IF WE'RE JUST STUCK TO BUYING THIS PURCHASE BECAUSE WE'RE IN A HURRY AND NEED IT.
NOW, THEN I HAVE TO ASK WHAT PRICE WOULD BE TOO MUCH.
THE CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY USE THE NUMBER FOR GUIDANCE.
IF YOU FACTOR IN REMODELING, MOVING OUT LONG-TERM RESIDENTS AND OTHER RELATED EXPENSES, THEN THE COST PER UNIT STARTS TO REACH THE COST FOR BUILDING OUT A NEW UNIT.
LOOK AT COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE.
WHY NOT PARTNER WITH ALAN GRAHAM? WHY IS THE CITY GOING FOR THE MOST EXPENSIVE PROGRAM VERSUS DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES DILUTION, PLEASE IMPLEMENT THE WILL OF THE AUSTIN VOTER WITH PROPOSITION B TO SAVE AUSTIN FOR ALL CITIZENS INSTEAD OF THE CONTINUED RECIPE FOR DISASTER, THE CITY HAS CREATED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING, MARIE
MY NAME IS MARIE CHADRI OWNER OF BOTH THE HAMPTON AND HOMEWOOD DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE CANDLEWOOD.
I AM AGAINST THE CITY BUYING THE CANDLEWOOD.
AND I AGREE WITH CYNTHIA LONG COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT, TWO WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND WHAT SHE SAID YESTERDAY AND WHAT SHE SAID IN HER EMAIL LETTER DATED JUNE 8TH TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I TRULY BELIEVE THE CITY IS RUSHING INTO THIS PURCHASE.
AS THE OWNER OF CANDLEWOOD MUST HAVE OFFERED TO SELL HIS HOTEL TO CITY AND CITY TOOK HIM UP ON THE IDEA WITHOUT EVER MAKING SURE THE LOCATION WAS IDEAL.
WE HAVE NEVER HAD PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND IMMEDIATE AREA.
GROCERY STORES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE ARE NOT NEARBY.
THE CITY IS DISREGARDING ZONING LAWS.
AS THIS AREA IS ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL, NOT RESIDENTIAL PLUS THE CITY THINKS THEY CAN JUST USE OUR DRIVEWAY WITHOUT ANY NOTICE TO US.
SINCE CAMPING WAS ALLOWED FOR TWO YEARS, OUR PECAN PARK COMMUNITY AND INCLUDING ANDERSON MILL NEIGHBORHOOD CONDOS FOR YOU TO IN OUR HOTELS HAVE HAD HOMELESS TRESPASS ON OUR PROPERTY.
VANDALISM DAMAGE BREAK INTO BUILDING PART A WALL, OPEN HOMELESS LUNGED AT EMPLOYEE ONE HOMELESS LADY, WANTING CIGARETTES AND GATORADE THREATENED TO BURN DOWN AND FRITOS RESTAURANTS.
MY FIRST SON WHO'S DABBED THE PERSON AT ACADEMY.
ONE WEEK LATER AFTER HE TRESPASSED ON OUR NEW HOTEL PROPERTY CITY IS SO CONCERNED TO JUST MAKE TO HOUSE HOMELESS QUICKLY WITHOUT HELPING ISSUES AT HAND.
HOMELESS ALSO NEED COMMUNITY TO THRIVE.
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HAS COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ALL THE HARD WORKING TECH PINKS THAT ISN'T A PECAN PARK COMMUNITY.WHAT ABOUT OUR SAFETY? SO DAVE AUSTIN NEEDS TO HEAR OUR PLEA.
MAYOR ADLER WAS AT COMMUNITY FIRST, RECENTLY FOR THE EXPANSION NEWS DAY.
AND HE CALLED ALAN GRAHAM WAS SAYING, WHY DOESN'T AUSTIN BE SMART AND CREATE A LARGE MINI HOME COMMUNITY LIKE AN AIRPORT HILTON, WHICH WAS PROPOSED YESTERDAY AT OUR PRESS CONFERENCE AND GET ALL THE HOMELESS OFF THE STREETS AND MAKE AUSTIN BEAUTIFUL AGAIN.
I AM AGAINST AGENDA NUMBER 89.
HI, MY NAME IS AMANDA WHEELER.
I'M THE DUAL DIRECTOR OF SALES AS THE HOMEWOOD SUITES AND HANSON IN SUITES, OFTEN CEDAR PARK AND I AM AGAINST AGENDA ITEM 89.
THE HOMELESS NEED BETTER ACCESS TO RESOURCES TO HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS ACCESS TO JOBS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
THIS LOCATION, IT WILL NOT BENEFIT THEM AND ONLY FUCK.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE LOST THAT SPEAKER.
DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND RESUME WITH THE NEXT, AND THEN WE'LL TRY TO GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH THAT ONE.
HI, I'M BIANCA AGAINST ITEM 89.
WHY THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION CANDLE, WHICH WOULD BE WRONG SINCE IT DEVIATES ARE CRUCIAL ASPECTS THAT MAKE HOUSTON'S PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING MODEL OF SUCCESS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION, THE HOSPITAL, MENTAL HEALTH AND OUR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.
SINCE IT'S LOCATED IN A RESOURCE DESERT OR WILLIAMSON COUNTY, WHICH MEANS CARROT TOSS WOULD BE THE PROVIDER AND THEY DO NOT PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH NOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.
AND SO BARNES IS APPOINTED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CARE COSTS, RUN FACILITY ON DEAN AVENUE WHERE INEFFICIENT CARE HAS CAUSED PEOPLE TO RE-ENGAGE IN THE SAME LIFESTYLE CHOICES THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES.
IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT HELPING OUR UNHOUSED IN AUSTIN, THEN WE MUST NOT ONLY TREAT THE SYMPTOM OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT ATTACK THE UNDERLYING CAUSES WITH TARGETED CARE.
INSTEAD OF JUST CASTING ASIDE, THE UNHOUSED WE SEE WHO ARE SUFFERING ON THE STREETS INTO A BUILDING WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE RIGHT SERVICES, UM, ALTERNATIVE CITY OWNED LOCATION.
WASN'T HIT HARD BY COVID-19 WITH ACCESS TO RESOURCES WOULD BE A CITY'S BEST BET IN TURN, YOU CAN REINVEST.
YOU CAN REINVEST THOSE LRP FUNDS FROM BUYING HOTELS TO HELP REVISE THE LIVE MUSIC SCENE AND THE STRUGGLING ARTISTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND WHO ACTUALLY ONE PAYCHECK AWAY FROM BEING HOMELESS THEMSELVES BY ALLOWING THEM TO CONTINUE PURSUING THEIR DREAMS AND PERFORM.
I OPPOSE THE RESOLUTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 89.
WE'VE BEEN TOLD TIME AND AGAIN, BY VIRTUALLY EVERYBODY WE'VE SPOKEN WITH THAT, THE PSH ACCESS FACTOR IS REALLY DETERMINED BY HOW IT IS IMPLEMENTED.
AND FORTUNATELY IN NEARLY TWO YEARS, INCLUDING FOUR MONTHS OF DUE DILIGENCE, NO DETAILS HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH US, ALTHOUGH NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
WHEN WE SPOKE WITH APD, THEY ACTUALLY APOLOGIZED TO US ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND DETAILS.
NO ONE WE'VE EVER SPOKEN WITH HAS BEEN ABLE TO JUSTIFY THE LACK OF INFORMATION SURROUNDING THIS PURCHASE.
THIS SEEMS A LOT LIKE WE'RE RUSHING FORWARD AGAIN WITH NO PLAN, A LOT LIKE THE CAMPING BAN REPEAL, AND WE'VE SEEN HOW POORLY THAT TURNED OUT.
WE DON'T KNOW YET THE IMPACT OF THE NEIGHBORS AND THE BUSINESSES.
IF SERVING HOMELESS WITH SCARCE ACCESS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WILL WORK, OR FOR THAT MATTER, OPTIONAL UNMANNED DID A TREATMENT IN GENERAL.
WE REALLY HAVE NO COMPARABLE DATA ON ANY OF THIS.
IT FEELS LIKE LOOKING AT A FACILITY LIKE THE TERRACE AT OAK SPRINGS, ACROSS THE STREET FROM INTEGRAL CARE AND HOUSING, MANY VETERANS IT'S LIKE COMPARING APPLES AND ORANGES IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD.
I WONDER IF A CLOSE OR COMPARABLE IS MORE LIKE PROJECT CONNECT, THROWING MONEY AT A TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM WITH VIRTUALLY NO PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA TO SUPPORT WHO WILL ACTUALLY BE EFFECTIVE IN SOLVING THE ROOT CAUSE CONGESTION.
OR IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, DIASPORA, SLOW DOWN, GET THE DATA, DO THIS RIGHT.
WE'VE ALREADY CREATED A LOT OF COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY AND AVOIDABLE CONCERN AND FEAR.
SOME OF WHAT YOU'VE HEARD THIS MORNING AND IN THE PROCESS HAVE LED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME, RESEARCHING THEIR OWN TIME AND BUDGET.
FIND TO GET OPEN RECORDS, REQUEST IN THE CITY AND SO ON.
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OVER 60 DAYS OLD UNFULFILLED, AND I'VE YET TO HEAR ANY UPDATES FROM THE OPEN RECORDS DEPARTMENT MARCHING FOR WITHOUT THE INFORMATION IS JUST LIKELY TO CREATE ANOTHER UNFORTUNATE SITUATION WHERE YOU EITHER HELP THE HOMELESS OR THE AUSTINITES THEY INTERACT WITH.THANK YOU NEAR ME, PRO TIME AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS
I AM 91 SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COSIGN THAT WOULD APPROPRIATE 20 MILLION FOR THE RENT PROGRAM FROM THE EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND.
IN ADDITION TO ANY FUNDS COMMITTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THIS ITEM WOULD ALSO ALLOW THIS FUNDING TO BE RETURNED IF NOT TO DATE, TO PREVENT SPREAD EVICTION.
ADLER'S PROPOSED SPENDING FRAMEWORK FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FOR ITEM 77.
WE COULD MOVE US CLOSER TO FULLY FUNDING THE HOMELESSNESS SUMMIT PLAN AND INCLUDES 20 MILLION TO SUPPLEMENT THE RENT PROGRAM, THE SUMMIT TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND AUSTIN BROUGHT TOGETHER SERVICE PROVIDERS, BUSINESS AND PHILANTHROPY, PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES TO CREATE AN AMBITIOUS PLAN TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
HOUSING WORKS HAS LONG ADVOCATED FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE TO ADDRESS ISSUES RELATED TO AFFORDABILITY, INCLUDING HOMELESSNESS AND DENNETT NEEDS.
DID SHE USE SUCH CHANGE AND REACH EQUILIBRIUM? IN OUR REHOUSING SYSTEM? HOUSING WORKS.
AUSTIN IS ASKING ABOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY TO FULLY FUND THE HOMELESSNESS SUMMIT PLAN IN PARTNERSHIP IN A PHILANTHROPIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS CRITICAL TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON ENSURING AFFORDABILITY FOR ALL, INCLUDING SUPPORTING TENANTS WHO KNOW BY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT RENTERS AT RISK OF EVICTION, GET SUPPORT ALL US TONIGHT.
WE MUST FULLY FUND THE HOMELESSNESS SUMMIT PLAN AND ADD AN ADDITIONAL 20 MILLION TO THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS ALREADY COMMITTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WE ASK THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE NEAREST FUNDING FRAMEWORK FOR ITEM 77 AND WOULD IN FAVOR OF ITEM 91.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SUPPORTING THE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE NECESSARY TO ADDRESS OUR COMMUNITY'S MOST CRITICAL NEEDS.
AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY.
AND GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, I'M A HERE I LIVE IN, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST 89 I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT, WHAT'S BEEN SAID, BUT IT'S INCREASINGLY CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THE HOUSING, THE HOMELESS, AND I'M GOING TO FOCUS MORE ON THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO SERVICES FOR THE HOMELESS.
SO IT'S CLEARLY NOT AN APPROPRIATE.
IT, IT HAS ALL OF THIS HAS ALL THE MARKINGS OF A NEW JERK REACTION.
WE NEED A PLACE, ALL CANDLEWOODS AVAILABLE, LET'S BUY IT.
AND SO THERE'S NOT THE HAS THAT CLEARLY HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH COMMUNITY INPUT.
THERE CLEARLY HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH DISCUSSION WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY OFFICIALS AS WITNESSED BY WHAT THE JUDGE IS PLANNING ON DOING.
AND I WISH HIM ALL THE SUCCESS IN THE WORLD.
UH, I LIVED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA FOR 40 PLUS YEARS, AND THIS LOOKS LIKE WE'RE JUST THROWING MONEY AT A PROBLEM WITHOUT SPECIFIC, CLEAR GOALS.
AND AS ALL TOO OFTEN, NO ATTEMPT TO MEASURE IMPACT.
IF ONCE THEY, ONCE THEY, UH, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
AGAIN, THERE'S NO SERVICES THERE FOR THE HOMELESS.
AND IT'S CLEARLY FROM THE EARLIER COMMENTS, NOT ANYTHING THAT IS COMFORTABLE FOR THE EXISTING RESIDENTS.
SO I URGE YOU TO OPPOSE TO VOTE AGAINST KATIE NINE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
LISA, LISA, PLEASE UNMUTE FRAN THAT TOO GOOD MORNING.
I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF 77 AND 91 TODAY.
I VOLUNTEERED A GOOD BIT OF MY TIME WITH OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS IN THE STREETS.
AND TODAY I'D LIKE TO BRING A HUMAN FACE TO THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE YOU AND THEY'RE ME.
AND THEY ARE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR OWN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES WHO ARE MERELY ONE CATASTROPHE AWAY FROM LOSING EVERYTHING.
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MOMENT.THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY IS EXTREMELY HIGH, AND I WOULD SAY THE NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT IS INCREASING.
IT DOES NOT HELP THAT APD IS RULING THROUGH CAMPS OF BULLHORN, DEMANDING PEOPLE LEAVE, AND YEAH, PLEASE PROCEED.
YES, IT DOESN'T HELP THAT APD IS ROLLING THROUGH CANCER.
THE BULLHORNS DRAMATIC PEOPLE, EVEN TELLING THEM WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS ILLEGAL.
IT DOES GO HAND IN HAND WITH WHAT A CITY WORKER TOLD AN UNHOUSED FRIEND OF MINE LAST WEEK THAT THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WEEDING PEOPLE OUT.
NOW WE KNOW THIS IS NEITHER HUMANE OR COMPASSIONATE.
WHAT IS NEEDED ARE SOCIAL WORKERS WITH LAPTOPS GOING TENS OF TENTS, NOT POLICE IN UNIFORM, WHICH FREAK PEOPLE OUT AND FURTHER.
THE PTSD PEOPLE NEED SERVICES.
EVERYONE TELLS ME THEY'VE BEEN DROPPED BY THEIR SOCIAL CASEWORKERS.
I KNOW IT'S HARD TO KEEP UP WITH THEM.
WE KNOW THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY ALLOTTED AROUND THIS ISSUE.
AND AS A TAXPAYER, I'M DEMANDING FULL DISCLOSURE OF ALL THE MONEY'S AVAILABLE DOWN TO THE PENNY OF WHAT HE'S BEING SPENT.
WHAT IS YOUR BLUEPRINT? WHAT'S THE OVERALL PLAN? WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.
I AGREE WITH PEOPLE CALLING IT ON 89.
UM, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED YEARS AGO WHEN WE SAW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HOMELESS PEOPLE ON THE STREETS, UH, UH, TAX DEALINGS FOR OUR, UH, TAXES FOR HOMEOWNERS AS I AM, AND, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
INSTEAD, MONEY IS BEING PUT INTO PROFIT BUILDING.
I ASK THAT YOU PUT A LIMIT ON THIS AND INSTEAD SUPPORT OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.
WHO AGAIN ARE YOU AND ME? THEY'RE ALL OF US.
I THANK YOU TODAY FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M MONICA GUZMAN POLICY DIRECTOR FOR GABA BILL AUSTIN, VAMOS AUSTIN SPEAKING ON ITEMS 39, 77 AND 93.
WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT ITEMS 39 AND 77, INCLUDING THE FOOD POLICY BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY SUPPORT AND MOVE FORWARD OR DONE BY MANY IN THE GOV COMMUNITY AND BEYOND AS FOR ITEM 93, ETOD THE COVID COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VOCAL IN WITH COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF, AS WELL AS THE PROJECT CONNECT BLUE AND ORANGE LINE WORKING GROUPS.
WE SEE IT FOR WHAT IT IS AND ATTEMPT TO WORK AROUND THE MARCH, 2020 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BOARD RULING.
A BILL AT THE STATE LEDGE DIED IN COMMITTEE, NORTH LAMAR, NORTH OF HIGHWAY 180 3 IS STILL OWNED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
PLUS THERE'S NO FUNDING IN PLACE AT THIS TIME FOR THE ITAR IS NORTH OF THE TRANSIT CENTER.
THESE ARE ALL SIGNS TELLING US THE MARIN COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CRUNK CAPITAL METRO AND THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN AS EASTERN CRESCENT, THEY MUST CENTER A TRANSIT DEPENDENT RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN THE PLANNING SHOULD COUNCIL MOVE FORWARD WITH AND APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION.
WE URGE THE FOLLOWING CITY MANAGER, CRONK AND CITY STAFF PARTICIPATING IN CAPITOL METRO'S ITAR STUDIES PARTNER AND WORK WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGE WITH VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN'S EASTERN CRESCENT.
WHEN ENGAGING RESIDENTS PUT INTO PRACTICE THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE, MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS, SPECIFICALLY PRIORITIZE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO DECISION-MAKING.
THAT IS TRANSPARENT AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH DIVERSITY OF CULTURES, ACCESSIBILITY, AND LANGUAGES OF CONSTITUENTS.
MAKE THE MEETING PROCESSES MORE ACCESSIBLE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE IN WHILE CENTERING THE VOICES AND EXPERIENCES OF THOSE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT OF A ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN CENTER COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN THEIR DISTRICT MOST IMPACTED BY CITY COUNCIL DECISIONS AND SHARE CAPITAL METRO ENGAGES RESIDENTS, BOTH ONLINE AND OFF WITH LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE AND NON VIRTUAL INTERACTIVE MEETINGS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD USE THAT AUTHORITY, THE WHOLE CAPITAL METRO ACCOUNTABLE FOR CENTERING AND ENGAGING IMPACTED RESIDENTS, WHETHER THEY ARE REPRESENTED BY SPEAKER.
AND THEN WITH LISA RINGS, UM, I'M WITH MY NEIGHBORS AT ROSEMONT AND AUSTIN.
UM, ALSO REFERENCE TO, I GUESS, 77.
UM, MAYBE MORE TO BE 89 AS WELL.
OFTEN HAS TO REALIZE THAT THE HOMELESS ARE SOME OF OUR FAMILIES.
UM, YES, WE WANT TO HELP THEM, BUT THEY ALSO NEED TO WANT TO HELP THEMSELVES.
UM, THEY'RE NOT REALLY MOTIVATED OUT HERE.
THEY'RE KIND OF AGAINST AUSTIN AND IT'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, BLAME, UM, AS SAID, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH FUNDING TO GET THESE PEOPLE SAFE AND 30 HOME.
AND IT'S ALSO A PLACE, UH, ENOUGH MONEY TO HELP THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
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I THINK IT'S ALSO ENOUGH MONEY TO HELP THE PEOPLE OUT IN WILLIAM, IN COUNTY THAT HAVING, YOU KNOW, ISSUES WITH THIS GOING ON.UM, WE'VE SEEN WHAT PUTTING A LOT OF THE HOMELESS TOGETHER CAN DO.
UM, IN ONE BUILDING, IF YOU LOOK AT AUSTIN, IT'S KIND OF NOT LOOKING AS GOOD AS IT SHOULD.
UM, WE'RE BUILDING BIG BUILDINGS, BUT HIGH RENT, AND IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT FOR US TO EVEN LIKE TRANSFER IN TO THOSE BUILDINGS.
SO IF IT WAS SOMEPLACE WHERE THAT, THAT, THAT WASN'T SO EXPENSIVE, THEN MAYBE, YOU KNOW, A FEW OF THOSE PLACES WILL HELP AUSTIN ALTOGETHER.
THE MUSICIANS NEED A PLACE TO LIVE.
THE HOMELESS NEED A PLACE TO LIVE, AND WE HAVE RESIDENTS MAYBE LEASES ENDING THAT NEED A PLACE TO LIVE.
THIS THING IS GOING TO BE CONTINUING UNTIL WE ALL PUT TOGETHER.
UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR TIME AND IF WE GET TOGETHER AS ONE, WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK SOMEHOW.
THANK YOU, CHRISTO X AND COLLINS.
HI, MY NAME IS CHRISTELLE ERICKSON COLLINS, AND I SIGNED UP TWICE, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO COMBINE MY TWO STATEMENTS.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF UNDOING WHITE SUPREMACY, AUSTIN.
WE SUPPORT THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO PERMANENT HOUSING FOR PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED THROUGH THE HOUSING FIRST APPROACH.
WE ASK THAT YOU VOTE TO ALLOCATE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS FOR HOUSING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS WIDESPREAD AGREEMENT THAT WE MUST SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK BEYOND THE ISSUE OF ENCAMPMENTS AND VOTE.
YES, FOR $20 MILLION OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE OVER AND ABOVE FEDERAL FUNDS TO ASSIST PEOPLE WHO ARE HOUSING INSECURE AND WILL LIKELY EXACERBATE THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE.
PERSONALLY, I LIVE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN THE ADJACENT CITY TO THE CANDLEWOOD SUITES, HOTEL AND SUPPORT THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S PLAN TO PURCHASE THE HOTEL AND RENOVATE IT FOR PERMANENT HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
HOUSING FIRST IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
I AM DISTURBED BY THE AMOUNT OF MISINFORMATION, JUDGEMENTS AND MYTHS THAT ARE BEING PROPAGATED, ESPECIALLY BY THOSE IN RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS.
I AM NOT ALONE IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SUPPORT OF A HOUSING FIRST APPROACH AND THE EXPECTATION THAT THIS WILL BENEFIT THE ENTIRE METROPOLITAN AREA, INCLUDING OUR COUNTY.
I FULLY SUPPORT THE EQUITABLE PLAN OF HAVING PERMANENT HOUSING IN EVERY DISTRICT AND APPLAUD YOU FOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLABORATE WITH ALL THE COUNTIES IN THE VICINITY, IN SPITE OF THE DIFFICULTIES AND URGE YOU TO CONTINUE IN THIS PROCESS.
MY NAME IS MARLA CORRADO AND I SERVE ON THE LEADERSHIP TEAM OF PLANNING OUR COMMUNITIES AND CALLING TODAY TO VOICE OUR GROUP'S SUPPORT FOR ITEM 91, THEY WOULD AMEND THE FISCAL YEAR 20 20, 20 21 GENERAL EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND TO APPROPRIATE 20 MILLION FOR THEIR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
IN ADDITION, AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO ANY FEDERAL ASSISTANCE ON ITEM 77.
OUR GROUP ALSO SUPPORTS MAYOR ADLER'S PROPOSAL, SENDING FRAMEWORKS FOR THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, WHICH EXPENSE FUNDING FOR THE HOMELESSNESS SUMMIT PLAN AND INCLUDES 20 MILLION TO SUPPLEMENT THE RENT PROGRAM, UM, IN AUSTIN AND ESTIMATED 3,160 PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND 18,900 RENTER HOUSEHOLDS ARE AT HIGH RISK OF EVICTION.
AT LEAST 300 MILLION ARE REQUIRED TO HOUSE 3000 HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
AND AN ESTIMATED 109 MILLION IS REQUIRED FOR BACK LANES OF ALL RENTER HOUSEHOLDS AT THIS TIME.
THUS, IT IS CRITICAL THAT AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL LEAD ON THESE ISSUES AND SUPPORT ITEMS, 91 AND 77.
THANK YOU, UH, TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SUPPORTING SUCH TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGES RIGHT NOW.
I'M CALLING IN TODAY IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 89 BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION.
I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF INTERACTING WITH AND SERVING THE HOMELESS IN AUSTIN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
I'D LIKE TO FIRST ADDRESS ITEM
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89 IN PARTICULAR, AND THAT IT BREAKS.I PROMISE BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND WILLIAMSON COUNTY, IF WE TRULY WANT TO HELP OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS, WE NEED TO COLLABORATE AND COMMUNICATE LIKE COUNCILWOMAN KELLY HAS BEEN DOING.
AND BY THE WAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE HER EFFORTS.
THIS IS A NO WIN SITUATION FOR EVERYBODY.
THE CITY WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS, PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING AND VOTE THIS DOWN SO THAT THE RIGHT THINGS CAN BE DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH EVERYONE WHO'S IMPACTED, ESPECIALLY OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS.
I ALSO ASKED YOU TO RETHINK THE FAILED SOCIAL POLICY OF HOUSING FIRST FOR ADDRESSING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
THIS POLICY HAS BEEN AN ABJECT FAILURE IN CITIES LIKE LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE HOMELESSNESS.
EVEN IF SOCIAL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT CANDLEWOOD.
MOST OF, MOST OF OUR HOMELESS THAT EXPERIENCED MENTAL ILLNESS AND ADDICTION WILL NOT BE HELPED AND SOME WILL GET WORSE.
MANY WILL NOT STAY AT THE HOTEL.
AND VERY LITTLE, IF ANYTHING WILL ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE WELLBEING OF THE HOMELESS.
HI, THIS IS JOE KATHERINE QUINN.
I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CARITAS OF AUSTIN.
THANK YOU, UM, ALL THE TIME FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE EXTRAORDINARY TIME.
I AM SPEAKING TODAY IN FAVOR OF ALLOCATING $10 MILLION OF THE AMERICAN RISKY PLAN FUNDS FOR HOMELESSNESS.
I UNDERSTAND AND WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR CHOICES ARE DIFFICULT AND IT DOES SEEM LIKE YOU HAVE TO PICK CERTAIN POPULATIONS AGAINST THE OTHER AND MAKING THESE CHOICES.
AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU SOMETHING THAT I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO JUST POINT IT OUT THAT TODAY'S ADULTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE MOSTLY PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN IMPACTED ACROSS THE SPAN OF THEIR LIVES BY THE RELENTLESS FAILURE OF OUR CULTURE AND OUR COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY, THE INFUSION OF $10 MILLION GO FIRST STEP TO RIGHT SIZE OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.
OUR FUNDS PROVIDE US AN OPPORTUNITY WE WILL NOT LIKELY HAVE IN OUR LIFE.
AGAIN, IN OUR LIFETIME, WE HAVE NEGLECTED THIS FORM OF HUMAN SUFFERING FOR WAY TOO LONG, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE CRISIS, WHICH IS BEFORE US.
I URGE YOU TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT HAS BEEN NEEDED FOR SO LONG.
THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO SERVE EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN CLOSING MONEY ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE HOMELESSNESS, BUT IT WILL NOT BE SOLVED WITHOUT MONEY.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY, JESSICA FORSYTH.
HI, I'M JESSICA BAILEY FORESIGHT.
I'M A BANDLEADER MOTHER REPRESENTATIVE AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SISTERHOOD AND AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIAN, AS WELL AS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HAS PUSHED A RESOLUTION THAT, UH, SOME OF US SPOKE ON DURING THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING TO APPROVE 10 MILLION AND AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING TO GO TO THE MUSIC EARLY, UM, BEING SPLIT OVER TWO YEARS, PRIMARILY TO BACKFILL THE LIVE MUSIC FUND LOSSES.
I FEEL THAT REDUCING THE NUMBER TO 2.2 MILLION OVER TWO WILL NOT ONLY BE DEVASTATING TO THE MUSIC COMMUNITY, BUT TO THE MINORITY GROUP MEMBERS WITHIN THE AUSTIN MUSIC COMMUNITY OFTEN BUILT ON THE CREATIVITY OF WORKING MUSICIANS, GIVING US THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD TITLE.
I ASK THAT COUNCIL DOES NOT REDUCE THESE FUNDS SO WE CAN USE THEM TO HEAL THE MUSIC COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS ALREADY IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP BEFORE THE PANDEMIC MUSICIANS ARE MOVING AWAY.
WE'RE BEING PRICED OUT OF THE VERY CITY THAT WE WORK AND LIVE IN AND LOVE.
MY OWN FAMILY HAS HAD TO MAKE THE HARD CHOICE TO MOVE TO BUDA, WHICH HAD EFFECTS ON MY FAMILY THAT WE WEREN'T EXPECTING BY MOVING FROM THE CITY.
WE NOW RECEIVE LESS FUNDING HELP FROM HAM AND STEMS AND OTHER NONPROFIT THAT WE REALLY DEPENDED ON.
UM, I ASKED THE LIVE MUSIC SIGNED TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR ITS ORIGINAL PURPOSE FOR MUSICIANS DO NOT LESS THAN THE AMOUNT DO NOT REALLOCATE FUNDS.
THESE FUNDS ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED.
AND THE POSITIVE RIPPLES THAT WOULD CREATE WOULD
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ESSENTIALLY PLANT ROOTS WITHIN THE MUSIC COMMUNITY THAT WOULD GROW FOR YEARS AND POSSIBLY GENERATIONS.I'M NOT ONLY ASKING COUNCIL AND COMMISSION TO SAVE THE MUSIC FUND.
THIS IS ME ASKING A DO SO IN ORDER TO SAVE OUR LIVELIHOODS.
AND LASTLY, I ALSO WOULD LOVE TO CONGRATULATE MY BANDMATES, HAROLD MCMILLAN.
THIS IS WONDERFULLY DESERVED AND CONGRATULATIONS, CALISTA, PRESS STOP.
REPRES RESPECTED COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
I WORK IN DISTRICT SIX AND I HAVE NOTICED THE CANDLE CANDIDATES PURCHASE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS ARBITRARY AND NOT ACTUALLY ADVISED BY THE EXPERT CONSULTANTS OF THE COUNCIL, PAID FOR IT.
PRIORITIZING MORE ENERGY ON SOME KIND OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS TO ENSURE IF THE FACILITY AND EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, REGARDLESS OF OTHER FACTORS IS A RECIPE FOR HAVING FACILITIES WITH NO CONSIDERATION, FOR ACCESS TO SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT, TRANS TRANSIT, AND SO ON.
THAT ACTUALLY MATTERED FOR A RESIDENT SUCCESS AT PSH, LIKEWISE, SCRAMBLING TO DO EVERYTHING IN THREE YEARS OF EXTENSIVE BUILDING LONG-TERM PLANS AND SYSTEM SEEM COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
THE CITY HAS YET TO ANSWER WHAT IS SPECIAL.
AGAIN, POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS STOPPED PLAYING POLITICS WITH THIS ISSUE.
EVERYBODY INVOLVED LOSER BETTER THAN THAT.
MY NAME IS TERRY ALBERT AND I WORKED IN DISTRICT SIX AND I OPPOSE THE CANDLEWOOD SUITES PURCHASE.
I RECENTLY WATCHED A DOCUMENTARY THAT CAME OUT LAST YEAR, CALLED SEATTLE DYING THAT DEALT WITH THEIR HOMELESS SITUATION.
THEIR COUNCIL WENT DOWN THE SAME ROAD.
AUSTIN WOULD BE GOING DOWN, HAD THE PUBLIC, NOT COURSE CORRECTED WITH PROP B A COMPASSIONATE APPROACH.
THAT GOES WAY PAST PERMISSIVENESS INTO INCREDIBILITY WHERE NO ONE IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
NO ONE NEEDS TO GET TREATMENT FOR ANYTHING.
AND THE CITY WILL SPEND HANDSOMELY TO PROVIDE FOR HOUSING AND SECURITY WITH VIRTUALLY NO QUID PRO QUO FROM THE HOMELESS LIKE APD, THEIR POLICE MORALE IS IN THE GUTTER AND VETERAN COPS ARE FLEEING.
THE FORCED CANDLEWOOD SEEMS LIKE YET.
ANOTHER STEP IN GOING DOWN SEATTLE'S PATH, A VERY EXPENSIVE HOTEL THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ISSUE LIKE SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR MENTAL ILLNESS, AND ANYONE WHO TALKS A GOOD GAME ABOUT WRAPAROUND SERVICES NEEDS TO HELP EXPLAIN HOW HOMELESS WILL BE PROPERLY SERVED WITH A SINGLE BUS LINE, NO NEARBY HOSPITAL AND A 20 MINUTE CAR COMMUTE FROM INTEGRAL CARE.
COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ITEM 89 TODAY, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF.
MY NAME IS RAY POWER AND I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF AUSTIN.
CANDLEWOOD HAWK HOTEL IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THE HOMELESS COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MACKENZIE KELLY HAS BEEN DOING SO MANY THINGS TO IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH WAYNE COUNTY.
THIS ACTION TO ACQUIRE CANDLEWOOD HOTEL UNDERMINES HER EFFORTS TO REPAIR THE RELATIONSHIP WITH WILLIAMS COUNTY.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S NOT BEEN ENOUGH INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
WE FEEL LEFT OUT OF THE PROCESS.
THIS IS A LACK OF RESPECT TO THE COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, TO ACQUIRE THE CANDLEWOOD HOTEL, TO HOUSE THE HOMELESS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
AND I HOPE YOU WILL VOTE AGAINST ITEM 89.
HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.
AND RESPECT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.
MY NAME IS
SO THE CITY HAS YET TO PROVIDE US ANY SECURITY OR CRIME DATA FOR A COMPARABLE FACILITY.
NOW, ALL HE KEEPS HEARING IS THAT IT'LL BE FINE, BUT NO DETAIL EXPLANATION IS GIVEN NO CONCRETE DATA IS PROVIDED TO US IN A, WHERE IS THE TRANSPARENCY THAT'S WE ARE ASKING FOR, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO AREN'T REQUIRED TO GET
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ANY TREATMENT, AND THERE ARE SERIOUS CHALLENGES LIKE SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR MENTAL ILLNESS NEAR RESIDENCES, BUSINESSES, AND SCHOOL.HOW IS THIS LOCATION SELECTED AND HOW DOES IT MAKE SENSE OR RELOCATING SEVEN AS AN UNTREATED HOMELESS AS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, PLEASE DO NOT SEE US AS SOMEONE WHO ARE AGAINST HOMELESS PEOPLE.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT SAYING DON'T SPEND MONEY TO HELP THEM VEECK WHO ARE IN POSITION TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.
WE DO HAVE EMPATHY AND WE AGREED THAT WE MUST DO OUR SHARE AND MUST CONTRIBUTE TO HELP THEM.
BUT ALL THEY'RE SAYING IS KENDALL IS NOT THE RIGHT LOCATION.
CITY HAS PICKED A LOCATION WHERE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSE BY WHERE OUR KIDS WILL BE WALKING TO SCHOOL, BUT HOME COMMUNITIES, NEXT DOOR, WHERE KIDS ARE CLEAN.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, NO HOSPITAL, NO GROCERY STORE, NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, NORTH, ANY JOBS OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT GOES BY HOW IS THIS LOCATION GOING TO HELP HOMELESS PEOPLE? WE HAVE SEEN OTHER CITIES TRY THIS MODEL AND FEEL WHY IS CITY OF AUSTIN FALLING MODELS THAT DON'T WORK? WHY NOT CHOOSE TO FOLLOW CITIES LIKE HOUSTON VERSUS SUCCESSFULLY HANDLE HOMELESS SITUATION? SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND I'M AGAINST ITEMS 89 FOR THE CITY PURCHASE OF CANDLEWOOD SUITES.
MY NAME IS
I OWN TWO HOTELS RIGHT NEXT TO KIND OF WHOLE SUITE.
I SIMPLY WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOTS OF OTHER HOTEL BUSINESS, ONE CITY, POTENTIALLY DEPENDABLE SUITE, UH, PORT PHS FACILITY.
UH, IF SHE DID TIME TO DRAG THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE AREA TO THE BANKRUPTCY COURT, WE'D HAVE A TOUGH ENOUGH ON EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY ON A HOTEL AND RESTAURANTS NOW PUTTING PSA HOTEL RIGHT NEXT TO THE BUSINESSES.
WE HAD WONDERING WHAT, UH, CDS PACK.
THEY HAVE MONEY TO SPEND ON A HOMELESS, BUT YET THEY ARE OUT OF MONEY TO HELP THE BUSINESSES.
IT IS SUCH A SHAME THAT THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN PLAYING THE POLITICS POLITICAL GAME.
WHAT SHE'S REALLY WELFARE OF THE CITY THEN.
UH, SO THE CITY COUNCIL TRIED TO DO SOMETHING RATIONAL ABOUT HOMELESSNESS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT, UH, YOU CANNOT OUTLAW PEOPLE SLEEPING UNLESS YOU ARE PLANNING ON OUTLAWING THAN LIVING OR YOU GIVE THEM A PLACE TO SLEEP.
UM, SO WE DECRIMINALIZED HOMELESSNESS, WHICH IS A MINIMALLY RATIONAL, LEGAL KIND OF A THING TO DO.
UM, AND NOW, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T LIKE SEEING ALL THE HOMELESS PEOPLE AROUND, SO WE CAN'T RATIONALLY, UH, OUTLAW HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT GIVING PEOPLE A HOME.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS SPENT THE WHOLE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH, RIGHT, NOT DESIGNATING APPROPRIATE MONEY, NOT HOUSING, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ABOUT.
UM, AND HERE WE'VE GOT A BUDGET THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY ARGUING ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE $120 IN ITEM 77 AND 91 FOR HOUSING, THE HOMELESS.
UM, THERE SHOULD NOT REALLY BE MUCH IN THE WAY OF A COMPLICATED DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER.
UM, THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVELY TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, YOU NEED TO GET ON IT NOW.
SO PLEASE PASS THESE THINGS AND START HOUSING, THE HOMELESS, UM, WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 89, THAT SITE MIGHT NOT BE AN IDEAL SITE IN EVERY WAY, BUT IT IS QUITE THE BARGAIN AND NOT ALL HOMELESS PEOPLE HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME NEEDS, RIGHT? THE CITY NEEDS TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHO SHOULD BE GOING INTO THAT PARTICULAR SITES.
RIGHT? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO HAS A CAR MIGHT BE BETTER THERE BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, DON'T NEED TRANSIT SO MUCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, YEAH, PLEASE DISREGARD THESE NIMBY PEOPLE, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, PAY ATTENTION TO LEGITIMATE CONCERNS.
BUT I MEAN, YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE'S JUST AN AWFUL LOT OF, I DON'T WANT TO SEE HOMELESS PEOPLE AROUND ME.
AND THAT IS AN ATTITUDE THAT REALLY JUST DOES NOT DESERVE RESPECT.
PLEASE SEND ALL AVAILABLE FUNDING TO HOMELESSNESS SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE LARGELY BROUGHT ON OURSELVES.
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SENECA CIVILLY.HI,
UM, I CALLED IN TODAY, UH, PRIMARILY IN SUPPORT OF DIRECTING FUNDS FOR NEW AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, UM, TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION HOMELESSNESS, UH, INCLUDING THE SUMMIT GOAL OF HOUSING UP TO 3000 PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, RIGHT? UM, UNSUNG AS THEY ARE AT THE CITY, UM, THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, WHEN HOMELESSNESS HAS BEEN INCREASING EVERY CITY IN THE COUNTRY, UH, THAT AUSTIN ACTUALLY HAD A SLIGHT DECLINE ACCORDING TO ECHOS COUNT, RIGHT? AND THAT WAS FOR ONE REASON.
AND ONE REASON ONLY THAT WE ARE HOUSING FOLKS FASTER THAN PEOPLE WERE BECOMING HOMELESS, RIGHT? THAT CONTINUED PATH IS THE ONLY WAY FORWARD AND MEANS SERIOUS DEDICATION, UM, TOWARDS ALLOCATING THESE FUNDING TOWARDS STREAMS THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE, BUT ALSO TOWARDS RENTAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE YES, AS MORATORIUMS EXPIRE PEOPLE BECOME EVICTED.
THEN WE WILL FIND THAT OUR CAPACITY TO HOUSE PEOPLE WILL BE SWAMPED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST BECOME HOMES.
IT'S MUCH CHEAPER TO PREVENT THAN IT IS TO CURE MARRIAGE.
DO IT FINALLY, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T CALL IN ABOUT THE CAMPBELL SWEETS, I DO JUST WANT TO PUSH BACK ON THIS NOTION THAT HOUSING FIRST IS FAIL.
UH, WE SEE MUCH HIGHER COMPLIANCE RATES, UH, IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY CURING ADDICTION WHEN YOU USE THESE HOUSING FIRST MODELS, RIGHT? RATHER THAN REQUIRING SOBRIETY AT THE FRONT, RIGHT? REQUIRING SOBRIETY CAUSES PEOPLE TO FAIL MORE.
AND IF WE ULTIMATELY PUSHED BACK EVERY LOCATION THAT'S NEARBY RESIDENCES IN AUSTIN, THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FACILITIES.
YOU'LL MAYBE HAVE A FEW TOWARD THE EDGE OF TOWN, WHICH OF COURSE WON'T WORK FOR ANYBODY USE INTERMITTENTLY RATHER THAN CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO REENTER THE WORKFORCE.
UH, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE IN ANY OF THE LITERATURE OF BUSINESSES GOING OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, RIGHT? THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN EXTENSIVELY STUDIED, NO EVIDENCE OF CRIME RAISES ALL THE THINGS FIGMENTS OF PEOPLE'S IMAGINATION.
THE AVERAGE AGE, SOMEBODY ENTERING PERMIT SPORT HOUSING IS 55.
IF YOU THINK THAT SOMEBODY WHO'S 55 WITH A HOUSE, WITH AN ADDICTION, I'VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS FOR YOU ABOUT RETIREMENT HOMES THEN CARLOS LEON.
SO AT CARLOS LELAND FIRST AND FOREMOST, GOOD OSTEO SAW THE ILS FOR LETTING ME VOICE ITEM 93 GOALS, BUT REJECT DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH CAT METRO ON THEM AT THIS TIME.
SO EQUITABLE TRANSIT SOUNDS GOOD ON PAPER WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD, CRIMINAL CAT.
THERE ARE MANY BLACK BUS DRIVERS WHO REFUSE TO STOP FROM ME AND OR BOARD ME AND OR TRANSPORT ME, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME NON-BLACK BUS DRIVERS WHO DO THE SAME.
THEY ALL APPEAR TO BE ILLEGALLY TARGETING ME FOR BEING A WHISTLEBLOWER AND OR LAWFULLY EXERCISING MY LEGAL RIGHT TO RIDE CAT METRO WITHOUT A MASK PER GOVERNOR ABAS EXECUTIVE ORDER 36, WHICH KEPT METRO IS STILL NOT OFFICIALLY COMPLYING WITH PER THEIR COVID-19 WEBSITE.
THEREFORE GOING BEYOND RACE CAT, METRO SELECTIVELY FOLLOWING THE LAW FOR SOME BUT NOT OTHERS OR NOT FOLLOWING THE LAW FOR ANYONE ARE BOTH INEQUITABLE ACTIONS, BECAUSE BOTH ARE UNFAIR AND UNJUST, THEREFORE DIFFERENTIATED TREATMENT AND EXACT SAME TREATMENT CAN BOTH BE INEQUITABLE DEPENDING ON CONTEXT, PROCESS AND OUTCOME.
SO EQUITY IS AN IMPRECISE CONSTRUCT, EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW IS EQUITABLE ON EQUAL PROTECTION AND NO PROTECTION ARE INEQUITABLE.
THEREFORE, SINCE CRIMINAL CAP, METRO IS NOT PRACTICING THAT EQUITY PILLAR FOR ALL PASSENGERS ACROSS ALL BUSES AND DRIVERS BY NOT OFFICIALLY COMPLYING WITH GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 36, THOUGH, HIS ORDER HAS THE FORCE AND EFFECT OF LAW.
TAT METRO CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO EQUITABLY CONDUCT THAT TRANSIT STUDY MUCH LESS EQUITABLY IMPLEMENT ITS FINDINGS.
IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT ITEM 90 THREES, EQUITY GOALS, AND CAP METRO'S ROLE IN ACTUALIZING THEM FIRST, MAKE CAP METRO COMPLY WITH GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 36 TO FOLLOW THE LAW.
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MARIE SHADDAI.THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE SPEAKERS.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING US THROUGH THAT.
UH, COLLEAGUES WE HAVE, UH, UH, LESS THAN 10 MINUTES BEFORE WE BEGIN, UH, SITCOM, UH, AND THEN GO TO LUNCH, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, WE CAN MAYBE RECONVENE BACK IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND HANDLE THAT AND THEN, UH, COME OUT TO TWO O'CLOCK.
WE HAVE THE, UH, ZONING SPEAKERS.
WHAT ARE THEY ITEMS THAT PEOPLE THINK WOULD BE A QUICK ITEMS SO THAT WE KNOW THAT ON, ON THIS CALENDAR? I CAN'T REMEMBER TOBA.
UM, FOR ME THAT ARE PRETTY QUICK ARE 11.
I HAVE A VERY, VERY QUICK AMENDMENT.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION PROBABLY FOR STAFF AS WELL AS WE WERE THE SPONSOR AND MAYOR, I THINK BEFORE 17 WAS CALLED US POSTPONED.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S BEEN PULLED OR IF YOU COULD CLARIFY FOR ME, BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT I'VE BROUGHT FORWARD, UM, 11 SHOULD BE QUICK, 85 SHOULD BE QUICK.
AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW OTHERS ARE THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT 96 LAST FIVE, MAYBE QUICK, BUT WE PROBABLY COULDN'T ACCOMPLISH BEFORE 12.
THE OTHER TWO, I THINK WE COULD.
UM, 17 HAS BEEN PULLED, NOT POSTPONE 16 WAS POSTPONED.
MY THING TWO 11 IS VERY, VERY QUICK.
SO I AGREE AND HAPPY TO, I GREW UP WITH DELTA MEMBER TOBA THAT EDDIE FIVE AND 11 WOULD BE GOOD TO GET OUT OF THE WAY RIGHT NOW.
UM, LET'S PULL A 85 FIRST AND GO THROUGH THAT.
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PROBABLY THAT'S RIGHT.UH, CONSENT AGENDA IS ONE THROUGH 46, 77 THROUGH 96.
THE PULLED ITEMS ARE 2 5 11 17 77, 78, 85, 89, 91 93 AND 96.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCILOR MEMBER KELLY MAKES THE MOTIONS.
I GET IT BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, DISCUSSION OR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I'LL TAKE THE SECOND, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS DOING.
I WAS, I WAS WANTING TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 21, THAT I'D PULLED THAT ONE, BUT IF NOT, CAN WE PULL THAT OFF A CONSENT AND PULL ITEM 21 IS ALSO COLD.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT I SHOULD BE A CO-SPONSOR FOR 85.
I THINK THERE WAS A LAST BIT OF CHANGE ON FRIDAY.
WE WERE ON THE EARLIER VERSION, UM, FOR THE LETTER, FOR THE, UM, RELATED TO, UH, THE OTHER COUNTIES.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO BE SEEN AS VOTING NO, ON ITEM 90.
THOSE WAS THINGS NOTED FOR THE, UH, FOR THE RECORD, FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON AN M 84, WHICH IS A $4 MILLION FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE FUND GRANT.
IT WOULD ACCEPT THAT GRANT AND DESIGNATE A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE TEXAS WATER BOARD AND HELP EXECUTE THAT $4.4 MILLION TO UPDATE OUR FLOOD PLAIN STUDY.
UM, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE THAT WANTED TO FLAG AND JUST HIGHLIGHT, UM, THAT THERE ARE PORTIONS OF WATERSHEDS THAT NEED TO BE STUDIED THAT LIE OUTSIDE OF CITY'S JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES.
AND SO SINCE WE KNOW THAT FLOODING DOES NOT RECOGNIZE SUCH BOUNDARIES, IT'S
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VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE LEVERAGE THESE FUNDS TO NOT ONLY UPDATE OUR STUDY, BUT TO ALSO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS IN AN EQUITABLE WAY.UH, THE NEXT ITEM I WANTED TO SPEAK ON IS ON ITEM 39 AROUND FLOOD RESILIENCE, WHY TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP ON FOOD ACCESS POLICIES.
I'VE SHARED BEFORE THAT FOR FAR TOO LONG, WE'VE HAD FOOD DESERTS LOCATED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PARTICULARLY IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT.
AND IT IS NOT OKAY TO HAVE FAMILIES WHO DO, WHO DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL IS GONNA COME FROM AND WE CAN, AND WE MUST DO BETTER BY OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT THIS COMPREHENSIVE AND ROBUST POLICY INITIATIVE CERTAINLY GETS US ON THAT PATH.
AND A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THIS RESOLUTION IS THAT IT WILL ESTABLISHES AND CREATE THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD SYSTEM PLAN THAT I MYSELF HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONING THROUGH THE ARPA CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY STAFF AND ALSO DIRECTS AND CONDUCTS A NEEDS ASSESSMENT REGARDING FOOD INSECURITY AND ACCESS IN OUR UNSHELTERED COMMUNITY DURING TIMES OF BOTH NON-CRISIS AND CRISIS.
AND IT DIRECTS A, AN COULD BE CREATION OF A PRIORITIZATION MATRIX THAT CAN BE USED TO ASSESS CITY OWNED LAND FOR THE PURPOSES OF STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL AND REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM WHILE PROMOTING EQUITY AND DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION OF URBAN FARM OPPORTUNITIES.
SO LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF GOOD STUFF AND IN THAT RESOLUTION AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I'M THRILLED TO BE INVITED TO BE A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS, UH, RESOLUTION.
AND, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO CHAMPION FOR THE UNMET FOOD NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST ON ITEM, NUMBER 40, UM, WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CITIZENSHIP FOR IMMIGRANTS.
UM, THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME.
MY MOTHER IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES FOR A CHANCE AT A BETTER LIFE.
UM, IN FACT, SHE WAS SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT WITH ME WHEN SHE TRAVELED TO AUSTIN TO TAKE HER OATH OF CITIZENSHIP TO THE UNITED STATES.
SO IT'S NOT LOST ON ME, JUST HOW IMPORTANT AND TIMELY THIS IS.
I, UM, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CO-SPONSOR THIS RESOLUTION.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN COSAR FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
UM, THERE ARE MANY FAMILIES IN MY DISTRICT, IN FACT, NEARLY 20% OF DISTRICT TWO ARE IMMIGRANTS.
AND SO I THINK ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO CALL UPON CONGRESS, TO ACT AND TO BRING PERMANENT PROTECTIONS ROOTED IN COMPASSION, TO BRING US TOGETHER AND TO ESTABLISH A PATHWAY FOR CITIZENSHIP IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.
AND I HOPE, UM, IS A PRIORITY AND CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
I WANT TO REITERATE I'M ABSTAINING ON ITEM 40 AND NOW ALSO ON 39.
UM, OTHER COMMENTS THAT'S NUMBER TWO.
UH, MARY, WOULD YOU JUST VERIFY FOR ME WHETHER 89 IS ON CONSENT AND THE REST OF THE NINE HAS BEEN FOOLED? OKAY.
UM, MAYOR, I WANTED TO ALSO SPEAK TO, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS, INCLUDING ITEM 59, WHICH IS THE FOOD SYSTEM RESOLUTION, UM, THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD.
AND MY COLLEAGUE HAS, HAS, UH, TALKED ABOUT IT A BIT AS WELL, YOU KNOW, DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UM, ONE OF THE FIRST IMPACTS THAT I BELIEVE BECAME PUBLICLY OF CONCERN.
UM, IN ADDITION, OF COURSE, TO THE CONCERNS ABOUT HEALTH OF THE VIRUS, WHERE THE DISRUPTIONS TO OUR FOOD SYSTEM.
AND THEN AGAIN, AS WE FACE THE WEATHER EMERGENCY OF FEBRUARY, 2021, AGAIN, WE HAD, UM, REALLY, UH, UH, VERY, UM, SOME FRAGILITY AND INEQUITIES OF OUR SYSTEMS, INCLUDING, UM, THE REAL POWER THAT, UH, OF NATURAL DISASTER TO INTERRUPT FOOD SECURITY FOR EVERYONE IMPACTED BY THE STORM FOOD ACCESS DISPARITIES HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.
WE KNOW THAT OUR FOOD SYSTEMS ARE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AND IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ENDORSE THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF, BUT ALSO THAT THE TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD POLICY BOARD HAS BEEN DOING AND REALLY ADVANCED SOME OF THOSE IMPORTANT REGULATIONS, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AS, UM, OUR REGION'S POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE BY 2040.
WE KNOW WE ALSO ARE FACING AN UNPRECEDENTED LOSS OF FARM LAND TO DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS IS PLACING EVEN GREATER STRESS ON OUR LIMITED NATURAL RESOURCES.
SO I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS MOVING FORWARD.
I WANT TO ALSO MENTION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SOME GREAT SUPPORT THAT I HOPE YOU'VE ALL RECEIVED IN YOUR INBOXES FROM THE TEXAS FARMER'S MARKET WORKERS DEFENSE, UH, GO AUSTIN, VAMOS AUSTIN, THE SOUTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM AND THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND
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VARIOUS OTHERS, INCLUDING SOME INDIVIDUALS.I HAVE SOME IMPORTANT THANK YOU IS THAT I WANT TO MAKE, AND I'LL MAKE THEM QUICK, BUT THEY'RE REALLY NECESSARY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM IN MY OFFICE AND THEY WORK VERY COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER.
AND, UM, SO BOTH SHANNON AND ASHLEY, UM, WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS SHANNON, UM, HOLLY AND ASHLEY RICHARDSON, SHANNON HELPED SUPPORT ASHLEY AND LEAD ON THIS.
AND THE TWO OF THEM HAVE HAD AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF MEETINGS.
UM, BUT THIS HAS REALLY, ASHLEY HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS FORCE WORKING ON THIS, UM, THE PAGE OF THE NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS AND STUDIES, UM, WITH WHOM AND WITH WHAT SHE CONSULTED ARE JUST HUGE.
THIS REPRESENTS SOME OF THE BEST RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD.
IT HAS BEEN BOTH A LABOR OF LOVE AND PASSION AND COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT SHE, THAT SHE HAS, UM, DONE AND, AND PRESENTING AND REALLY WORKING SO TREMENDOUSLY HARD ON US.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY CHANGE IS GOING TO REALLY IMPACT, UM, OUR COMMUNITY IN VERY POSITIVE WAYS AND EXCITING WAYS.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HER FOR, FOR REALLY HER TREMENDOUS WORK.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD POLICY BOARD, AND OUR OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO HAVE, UM, CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR A ROBUST AND RESILIENT LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM AND HAVE PROVIDED SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO AGAIN, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS WORK.
IT IS DEFINITELY REFLECTED IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US AND THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT PROPOSED SPENDING.
HOWEVER, UM, I WILL JUST SAY THAT IT IS THAT THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING WITHIN THAT IS NOT REALLY SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE NEEDS.
SO I HOPE WE'LL ALL BE CREATIVE AND CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT WAYS TO FUND THAT.
SO AGAIN, MY THANKS TO MY CO-SPONSORS THANKS TO THE AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD POLICY BOARD.
UM, AND AGAIN, MY TREMENDOUS THANKS TO, TO ASHLEY RICHARDSON FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS, ON THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
I DID JUST WANT TO VERY BRIEFLY AS SPEAK TO A COUPLE ITEMS THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED AROUND THIS AGENDA ITEM 41 IS ONE THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD, AND IT IS VERY NEXT STEPS IN THE PROCESS OF URBAN TRAIL PERMITTING FUNDING.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION AND THAT SOME STAKEHOLDERS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN FOR QUITE A WHILE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET OUR URBAN TRAILS PROJECTS THROUGH THE POVERTY PROCESS A LITTLE SMOOTHER, AND THANKS TO MY CO-SPONSORS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN AREA, AND PROPER MANAGEMENT.
UM, ALSO ITEM NUMBER 36 IS A REALLY INNOVATIVE PILOT THAT WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT IS DOING.
AND IT'S AROUND REDBUD IRELAND.
IT IS, UH, TO HELP WITH THE TOXIC BLUE ALGAE SITUATION THAT WE OFTENTIMES SEE WHERE OUR DOGS LOVE TO JUMP IN THE WATER.
AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PILOT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THIS, THIS PROBLEM, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS.
OH, IF I COULD ASK CTM TO MUTE ME FOR SOME REASON MY MUTE FUNCTION HAS, OH, I, I THINK I JUST UNFROZE IT.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE DIOCESE FOR OUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY ON KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER AND PROVIDING A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
MA'AM FOR ATTEMPT FOR ADDING YOUR NAME AND COUNCIL MEMBER FUNDS US FOR, FOR YOUR REMARKS.
UM, AS WE'VE HAD SUCH A CONVERSATION ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS HERE LATELY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MANY OF WHOM HAVE LIVED HERE, UH, FOR A LONG TIME, UM, WHO, WHO ARE DENIED THEIR BASIC VOTING RIGHTS.
AND SO WHILE WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON, UH, KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER AND KEEPING AUSTIN NIGHTS HERE AND SAFE, UM, ALSO GIVING VOTING RIGHTS TO ALL WORKING ADULTS IS SOMETHING THAT I HOPE OUR SOCIETY AT SOME POINT GETS TO.
AND I APPRECIATE, UM, OUR CONTINUED WORK ON THIS.
UM, ALSO, UH, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO CHIME IN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY, UM, ON, ON THE CELEBRATIONS OF THIS, THIS MONTH, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO JOIN IN THE JUNETEENTH PARADE WITH, WITH MANY OF YOU, UH, AND, AND ALSO WANTED TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY PRIDE MONTH, EVEN THOUGH THE PARADE FOR THAT HERE IS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST MANAGER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GOTTEN THE EMAILS THAT SOME OF US HAVE GOTTEN ABOUT THE QUESTION OF, OF, OF RAINBOW CROSSWALKS OR SIDEWALKS ALONG FOURTH STREET.
I KNOW THAT'S BEEN HANGING OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, I WOULD COUNT MYSELF AS ONE PERSON THAT WOULD BE REALLY HAPPY IF IN AUGUST, AT LEAST WE HAD SOME TEMPORARY, UH, RAINBOW CROSSWALKS OR SIDEWALKS FOR WHERE WE ARE IN THE PRIDE PARADE TOGETHER.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK IT'LL BE SO SPECIAL COMING BACK FROM THE
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PANDEMIC FOR THAT.I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A LONGSTANDING ISSUE ABOUT PERMANENT ONES.
I'M SURE YOU COULD, WE COULD WORK TO FIND A WAY TO GET THAT, BUT AT LEAST TEMPORARY ONES I THINK WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.
SO I'LL JUST VOICE THAT HERE AS WELL.
SO HAPPY PRIDE AND, AND HAPPY JUNETEENTH COMING UP, KATHY.
YEAH, I'LL JUST ADD MY SUPPORT TO THAT AS WELL.
AND I ALSO RECEIVED, SO I WAS, UM, ON THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME WHERE WE PASSED A RESOLUTION TO CREATE THEM.
AND I'M NOT SURE THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE OF THAT HISTORY, BUT THAT IS A RESOLUTION THAT, THAT IS, UM, THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL HAS PASSED TO CREATE RAINBOW CROSSWALKS.
AND I TOO, WHEN I RECEIVED THOSE, THOSE EMAILS AND SUPPORT, UM, VOICED MY SUPPORT FOR IT.
AND I KNOW THAT I BELIEVE THAT MY STAFF HAVE REACHED OUT TO, TO OUR CITY STAFF TO SEE KIND OF WHERE WE WERE IN THAT PROCESS AND WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO, TO RE-ENGAGE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
THE IDEA OF HAVING A TEMPORARY CROSSWALK IS PERHAPS LINE ONE, GOOD, UM, ENTRANCE STEPS.
SO AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER IN THIS DISTRICT, I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT, THAT I ADD MY SUPPORT CITY MANAGER, UM, HAVING, HAVING VOTED AND SUPPORTED THIS IN THE PAST, I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING AN INTERIM MEASURE AS WE FINISH THE PROCESS OF ENGAGING THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS IN THAT AREA.
COUNCIL MEMBER TOLD ME, I'M SORRY FOR NOT HAVING MENTIONED THAT.
I THINK I WAS SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE WATCHING YOU DISCUSS THAT MANY YEARS AGO.
UH, AND SO, SO, UH, HOPEFULLY IT'LL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND ON THE CONSENT.
UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, CASA, YOU JUST REMINDED ME, UH, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS YEAR IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS RECOGNIZING JUNETEENTH AS A CITY HOLIDAY.
AND SO IT'S AN ESPECIALLY SPECIAL JUNETEENTH ISSUE.
SO THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALEX, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND DISCUSSION HOW'S IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA PAGE, RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED IT'S AN AGENDA PASSES WITH ALL THE NOTATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, BEEN MADE.
UM, I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT, UH, WITH THAT VOTE, UH, WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND, AND, AND ALSO, UH, UH, EXTENDED THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FROM 10 TO 20%.
UH, I THINK THAT'S SIGNIFICANT, UH, THAT, THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE SENIOR EXEMPTION THAT THE COUNCIL DID A WEEK AGO.
UH, I KNOW, UH, THAT, UH, WITH HOUSING PRICES RISING THE WAY THEY ARE, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE ON FIXED INCOMES AND WILL APPRECIATE THIS.
UM, I KNOW THIS DOESN'T COME, UH, AS WITH ALL THINGS, UH, UH, SOME MEASURE OF, UH, OF CONCERN, UH, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO RENTERS.
WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE I THINK THE IMPACT IS NEGLIGIBLE, BUT IN ANY EVENT, UH, WE'RE DOING, UH, UH, SPECIAL THINGS FOR, FOR FOCUS THINGS FOR RENTERS ALSO ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT TO MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE, OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, SPENDING DECISIONS ARE HARD.
BUDGET DECISIONS ARE HARD, UH, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD.
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE, UH, AS WE, AS WE CAN, ESPECIALLY NO'S ON, MIXED-INCOME PROBABLY CAN SAY THERE'S NINE MINUTES AFTER 12.
WE HAVE SOME THINGS ON OUR AGENDA WE CAN HANDLE NOW THAT I THINK WOULD BE GREAT.
AND THEN WE COULD LET STAFF GO ON ITEMS 47 THROUGH 53 MAYOR, MAYOR.
WE HAD SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO 85 VERY QUICKLY, AND THEN 11 VERY QUICKLY, IF WE COULD DO THAT, I THINK WE IDENTIFIED THOSE AS BEING QUICK.
I'M NOT GOING TO DO THINGS THAT DON'T REQUIRE ANY DEBATE OR DISCUSSION AND THEN WRITE THE CONSENT AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND HANDLE THE ONES THAT REQUIRE DEBATE OR DISCUSSION BECAUSE THEY'RE HARDER JUST TO CONTROL,
[Items 47 - 53]
UH, 47 TO 53 BEING NON-CONSENT KIND OF NATION ITEMS. IS THERE A MOTION TO THE EFFECT THAT CITY COUNCIL LAWSON AUTHORIZES THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY IS SET FORTH IN DESCRIBING THE AGENDA FOR CURRENT MEETING FOR THE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC USE DESCRIBED THERE IN AS OUR KITCHEN MAKES THE MOTION.IS THERE A SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SECOND SAVE DISCUSSION, UM, AND THINK THERE'D BE AN, UH, JUST VERY, VERY QUICKLY, UM, A NUMBER OF THESE IMPACT, UH, SOUTH LAMAR AND THEY ARE, UM, UH, VERY IMPORTANT STEPS IN OUR, UH, IN OUR, UM, PROCEEDING, UH, RAPID TRANSIT ALONG SOUTH LAMAR AND PROCEED WITH, UM, UH, THE BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, BETWEEN, UH, RIVERSIDE, NOT RIVERSIDE BARTON SPRINGS ROAD AND THE, UM, AND THE LAKE.
AND SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE TAKING THIS STEP.
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UM, OKAY.UH, CLERK DON'T LET US AS JOSEPH LEAVE CAUSE I'M GOING TO GIVE HER A CHANCE TO SPEAK HERE IN JUST A SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, TOVO MARY.
I JUST WANT TO, UM, I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, UH, AND JUST WANTED TO CALL OUR STAFF'S ATTENTION TO THE EMAIL THAT WE ALL RECEIVED AS WELL AS, UM, THE APPROPRIATE CITY STAFF FROM CHRIS RILEY ON BEHALF OF BIKE.
AUSTIN ASKS REMINDING, UM, REMINDING OUR STAFF AND REMINDING US ABOUT THE IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDER INPUT THAT TOOK PLACE AND THE CALLS FOR HAVING SEPARATED BIKE LANES.
UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHICH I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT AS WELL, TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S FEASIBLE IN THOSE AREAS.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THESE, UH, THAT MOTION, WHICH CONCERNS ITEMS 47 THROUGH 53, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I'M SAYING IT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS, THOSE THINGS PASS.
SO IN OCO INNOVIA, JOSEPH SIGNED INTO SPEAK, UH, BUT SHE'S SPEAKING ON A, UH, HFC MAYOR.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE STILL HAVE THE NOON CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, NOT SURE HOW YOU WANT, WHAT ORDER YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT IN.
WE STILL HAVE WHAT NOON CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
WE HAVE THE NOON CITIZEN COMMUNICATION SPEED.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION IN JUST A SECOND.
UH, BUT BEFORE WE HAVE THAT, WE HAVE TO KNOW YOU, JOSEPH, WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK WITH THE MORNING GROUP OF SPEAKERS.
UH, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CALL ON HER FIRST, UH, I'M RIGHT AT RECESS, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, HERE AT 12 TRIAL, I'M
[Austin Housing Finance Corporation (Part 1 of 2)]
GOING TO CONVENE, UH, HERE AT 12, 12:00 PM ON, UH, JUNE 10TH, 2021.THE, UH, BOARD MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING IS BEING HELD, UH, VIRTUALLY, UH, WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE DIRECTORS THAT ARE PRESENT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER THAT SIGNED UP.
CAN YOU PLEASE CALL HER? IT'S AN OBI, JOSEPH, THANK YOU.
WE CAN HEAR YOU AND SAY, THANK YOU.
AND THEN WE LOST HER ALL OF THESE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU BASE IT ON THE NUMBER WHO ACTUALLY SIGNED UP.
UM, OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE CALLED SOONER, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST BE ON HOLD FIGURED.
YOU'D CALL ME BACK TO BACK LIKE YOU HAD IN THE PAST.
SO AT ANY RATE, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO A SPARROW RUTLAND.
MANY OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT CANDLE WITH SWEETS ACTUALLY APPLIES TO THIS AREA, TOO.
I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION SPECIFICALLY TO THE MARCH 11TH, 2020 BOARD BOOK FOR THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
THAT IS WHERE THE INFORMATION AS IT RELATED TO THE BUS STOP WAS LOCATED.
SO THE MANDATORY MAIL, I WOULD JUST SAY, IF YOU PLAN TO REFER TO A BUS ROUTE, IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE ACTUAL APPLICATION AND JUST FYI MIRROR.
UM, 803, METRO RAPID IS NOT WITHIN A HALF A MILE WALKING DISTANCE FROM 1934, SPARROW RUTLAND.
I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO SECTION THREE OF THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, INFORMATION.
IT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND TO PROVIDE TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, AND CONTRACTING AND OTHER ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME PERSONS.
AND I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER, UH, THE NEED TO ACTUALLY USE SOME OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PLACE IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AND THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE ABOUT 5.7 MILLION.
YOU'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER, BUT SHE HAD 14.6 MILLION IN YOUR CONTINGENCY.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT.
AND ALSO JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, THERE WAS A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AS IT RELATED TO THE SUMMIT GOES, AND I JUST WILL CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE MARCH 23RD, 2021 WORK SESSION.
UH, THEIR TRANSCRIPT IS ONLINE WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTRA SAID THAT THE SUMMIT ITSELF WAS A LITTLE OPAQUE AND COUNCIL MEMBER POO ACTUALLY MENTIONED THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE CONVENER OF THE SUMMIT WAS.
SO IF THE MEMBERS ON COUNCIL ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE SUMMIT, THEN WE IN THE PUBLIC DON'T KNOW EITHER.
AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK TRANSPARENTLY FOR DIANA GRAY TO TELL US HOW A SPARROW RUTLAND BECAME THE PRIORITY.
UM, I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION LASTLY, TO KSAN, THERE WAS A REPORT ABOUT, UM, MAY 3RD JUST AFTER THE BAND PASS.
AND IT ACTUALLY SHOWED ONLY 50 YEARS FOR A THOROUGH RUTLAND.
AND SO I'M JUST NOT SURE HOW THAT PRIORITY, BUT I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE NEEDS TO PLEASE RESTORE A TWO 40 RUTLAND, WHICH WAS $945,000.
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THANK YOU, MANDY.IS THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING ON A CONSENT YOU'RE FOR HRC TODAY? THIS IS MANDY DE MAYO AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE TWO LATE BACKUP ITEMS. ONE WAS THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE JUNE BOARD MEETING.
AND THE SECOND IS A MEMO RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, THAT'S $3.2 MILLION FOR MY AUSTIN COMMUNITY BUILDERS FOR AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP UNITS.
UM, WE'LL GROW ITEM NUMBER 48 RELATED TO WHAT LONDON THAT IS AUTHORIZING US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GROUND.
I OFFER ALL OF THESE ON CONSENT AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I WAS ASSUMING THAT WE WOULD BE DOING THIS AFTER LUNCH.
I STILL NEED TO REVIEW SOMETHING WITH RESPECT TO THE MILESTONE ITEMS. IF WE CAN VOTE LATER TO GET THAT RESOLVED.
WE'LL JUST, UH, RECESS, THE, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING, UH, HERE AT 1217.
I'M GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON JUNE 10TH, 2021.
[Public Comment (Part 2 of 3)]
AND WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO OUR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION SPEAKERS.THE FIRST SPEAKER IS SUSANNAH.
I'LL HAVE A SLIDE PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU PUT, DON'T START MY TIME THROUGH THE SLIDE PRESENTATION, GET THE PRESENTATION.
IS THAT HELLO? IS A SLIDE PRESENTATION UP? I DON'T SEE IT.
UH, SUSANA MONZA WITH BAUDETTE.
THIS IS A DEMOLITION REPORT BY MYSELF AND ALEXIA
THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BURDEN CAUSES MANY INJUSTICES FOR LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND AUSTIN SLIDE THREE BY ANALYZING THE APPROVED DEMOLITION PERMITS BETWEEN 2010 TO MAY OF 2020.
WE CAN SEE THE TRENDS AND UNDERSTAND HOW OFTEN HOUSING DEMOLITION IMPACTS THE EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITY SLIDE FOUR IN 2010, DEMOLITION PERMITS INCREASED AROUND 13% A YEAR.
AND IN 2015 AND 2016, THE CITY APPROVED AROUND 1,700 DEMOLITION PERMIT.
77% OF THE APPROVED DEMOLITION PERMITS WERE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, 13% FOR ACCESSORY DWELLINGS AND 9% FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
SLIDE FIVE IN ZIP CODE 7, 8, 7 0 2.
THERE WAS A 35% INCREASE OF RESIDENTIAL DEMOLITION PERMITS ISSUED AFTER THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT COUNCIL TOOK POWER IN 2015 TO 2019 SLIDE SIX, THERE WAS ALSO 111% INCREASE OF DEMOLITIONS AND SIP CODE 7 8 7 2 1 SLIDE SEVEN 17% INCREASE IN ZIP CODE 22 SLIDE EIGHT 63% INCREASE IN 7 8 7 2 3 SLIDE NINE 17% INCREASE IN 7 8, 7 4 1 AND SLIDE 10, 154% INCREASE IN 7 8, 7 4 4.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SKIP THAT SLIDE.
DEMOLITION OF FAMILY HOMES ARE REPLACED WITH LUXURY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH EQUALS INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES AND DISPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITIES LIKE 13TH.
BY LOOKING AT THE TAXES PAID ON HOMES IN 2020 VERSUS 2016, WE CAN SEE THAT THE ZIP CODE FOR 1 22 23 21 IN OH TWO THAT TAXES PAID INCREASED BY 48% FOR 56% OF THE DEMOLISHED HOMES FOR THE OTHER 43%, A MODERN HOME, THE TAXES MORE THAN DOUBLED AS MULTIPLE PROPERTIES WERE BUILT ON THE SAME LOT.
THESE SAME ZIP CODES HAD AN AVERAGE OF 45% PROPERTY VALUE INCREASED SLIDE 14.
THE DEMOLITION PERMITTING PROCESS DOES NOT
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ENSURE TREES ARE PROTECTED.13 OUT OF THE 23 SAMPLE PROPERTIES HAD PROTECTED TREES AND ONLY FIVE OF THOSE SITES HAD TREE REVIEW PRIOR TO DEMOLITION SLIDE 15, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, NOTIFYING NEIGHBORS AND THE COMMUNITY ON AN UPCOMING DEMOLITION, 120 DAYS AHEAD, ALLOWING VALID PETITION TO DISPUTE A DEMOLITION AND REQUIRED DEMOLITION PERMIT TO BE APPEALED AT EVERY MOST APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY STAFF ON THE SAME DAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR 2016 AND 2017, THE CITY OF POOT OVER 90% OF 1,700 APPLICATIONS ON THE SAME DAY.
LESLIE, LESLIE, LESLIE, REBECCA, YOU'RE UP, SHE'S ON THE LINE MANNER.
WHAT NUMBER DOES SHE PRESS TO UNMUTE BOOKS LIKE SHE DROPPED ONE SECOND.
CAN YOU HEAR THIS? AH, YES, I CAN NOW.
UM, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO ME TODAY.
I AM, UH, IN DISTRICT SIX IN NORTH AUSTIN AND I JUST WANTED TO CALL IN AND, UM, I KNOW IT'S OBVIOUSLY A BIG DEBATE AND YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO VOICE MY CONCERN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR, UM, ESTABLISHING HOMELESS CAMPS IN MY AREA.
UM, WE HAVE A REALLY WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.
UH, I PERSONALLY HAVE TWO KIDS.
THEY LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A LOT OF TWO KIDS OR SORRY, A LOT OF KIDS, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO RIDE BIKES TO THEIR HOUSES, THEIR FRIEND'S HOUSES, AND IT FEELS VERY SAFE.
AND I HAVE CONCERNS THAT PUTTING A HOMELESS CAMP NEAR THE SUBURBAN COMMUNITY FULL OF KIDS, UM, COULD INCREASE CRIME.
I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY THAT THAT'S NOT FACTUALLY ACCURATE, BUT I DO HAVE THIS CITIZEN APP.
AND I DO SEE A MAJOR INCREASE IN CRIME REPORTED, ESPECIALLY VIOLENT CRIME DOWN IN THE PECAN BOULEVARD AREA, UM, THAT I'VE NOT SEEN BEFORE.
AND THAT'S WHERE THERE IS A HOMELESS CAMP CURRENTLY SITTING.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT CONCERN GIVES ME SHARE THAT CONCERN ON ALSO THANK YOU ALL FOR, UM, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE RECENT CHANGES WITH THE PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS, UM, AND SERVICES FOR THOSE FOLKS AS A CONSIDERATION FOR WHERE YOU DO DECIDE TO END UP ALLOWING THOSE CAMPS TO RESIDE OR HOPEFULLY, UM, A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS.
[85. Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to engage in dialogue with Williamson, Travis, and Hays County and social service providers in these counties about homelessness-related opportunities of interest to the City and respective County, including real estate transactions and other mutual investments.]
YES.I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH, WE TAKE UP ITEM 85, 85.
SEEMS LIKE YOUR COLLEAGUES WOULDN'T TOUCH THAT.
UM, DOES THIS PULL BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION CONCEPT MECHANIC? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ITEM 85.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION AS A MEMBER, A KITCHEN, SECOND SET.
YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IT FIRST? OR DO YOU WANT TO HEAR WHY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO PULLED UP? THEY COULD SPEAK TO IT IF THAT'S OKAY.
I'M HONORED TO BRING FORTH THIS ITEM.
MY FIRST RESOLUTION ON SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE POST SPONSORS
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FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN TACKLING THE ISSUES OF HOMELESSNESS ON A REGIONAL LEVEL, I WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY NEW POLICY AID, TARA AND LOUISA AND COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL'S OFFICE FOR THEIR WORK ON THE RESOLUTION.I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE PRESIDENTS OF THE AVERY RANCH, HOA AND ANDERSON MILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LOCATED IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE AUSTIN HINDU COMMUNITY FOR THE LETTERS THAT THEY WROTE IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION, WHICH HAD BEEN SUBMITTED FOR LATE BACKUP.
THE CATALYST FOR THIS ITEM CAME FROM THE EFFORT TO PURCHASE A HOTEL FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN MY DISTRICT WITH A LACK OF ENGAGEMENT WITH WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND NEARBY BY RESIDENTS OR BUSINESS OWNERS, AUSTIN PRIDES ITSELF ON SEEKING COMMUNITY INPUT ON ALMOST EVERYTHING.
AND IT SOLIDIFIES THAT AGREEMENT.
IT IS A SIGNIFICANT REASON WHY PROJECTS OFTEN TAKE YOU FRUSTRATINGLY LONG TIME TO COME TO FRUITION.
BUT WHAT WE END UP WITH IS THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME IN MOST CASES, BECAUSE WE HAVE BUY-IN FROM STAKEHOLDERS.
IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVEN'T APPROACHED THE ISSUE OF ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IN THE SAME COLLABORATIVE WAY.
AND SO I FELT COMPELLED TO INTRODUCE THIS RESOLUTION TO FORMALIZE THAT GOAL.
I HAVE WORKED DURING MY TERM TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU ALL HERE AND TO LISTEN AND LEARN FROM YOUR CONCERNS SO THAT I CAN BETTER REPRESENT MY COMMUNITY.
THIS RESOLUTION WILL HELP BRING MORE STAKEHOLDERS TO OUR TABLE AND BRING ABOUT MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS.
UM, THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO BROUGHT THIS FORWARD.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK THE SPONSOR AND THEN THE MANAGER.
SO I HAVE, WELL, UM, SO LET ME JUST CUT TO THE CHASE AND THE FIRST FIT RESOLVED.
IT SAYS THIS DISCUSSION SHOULD INCLUDE AS SOON AS LEGALLY AND PRACTICALLY POSSIBLE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION IN THE PORTION OF A CITY WITHIN THEIR COUNTY.
AND SO LET ME LET ME SAY THAT, UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF A REGIONAL APPROACH.
UH THAT'S WHAT IS REQUIRED ON, ON SO MANY ISSUES, INCLUDING THIS ONE? UM, MY REASON OF ASKING THE QUESTIONS I AM ABOUT THAT LINE IS, IS THAT I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC KNOW, BUT WE HAVE, WE HAVE CERTAIN WAYS IN WHICH, UM, WE AS A CITY NEED AND HAVE TO OPERATE, UM, TO PROTECT THE BEST TRENCHES OF THE CITY AND REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS HAS HAVE CERTAIN RULES GOVERNING THEM.
AND, AND ONE IS, AND I'M SORRY, DEBRA, DEBRA THOMAS, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE THEM IN NON, IN MY LAY LAY PERSON'S TERMS. UM, SO I INVITE YOU TO CORRECT ME, BUT WE CAN HAVE REAL ESTATE.
WE CAN HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSIONS OR REAL ESTATE MATTERS TO DISCUSS REAL ESTATE MATTERS, BUT WE CAN'T SHARE THAT INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF A PUBLIC FORUM AND OR OUTSIDE OF THAT, OUTSIDE OF THAT, UM, PRIVILEGED CONVERSATION.
AND SO SPONSOR, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT IN 60 IN LINE 68, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AS SOON AS LEGALLY AND PRACTICALLY POSSIBLE, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AT THE POINT WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT OR SOME OTHER, UM, SOME OTHER PUBLIC KIND OF ARRANGEMENT WHERE WE ARE NO LONGER, UM, NEGOTIATING AND UNDER THE, UM, WHERE WE'RE NO LONGER IN NEGOTIATING, WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT.
YES, MA'AM THAT IS THE INTENTION.
WE WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND ALSO THE MAYOR RAISED CONCERNS RELATED TO THIS.
AND SO MY THOUGHT PROCESS HERE IS THAT ONCE WE DO ENTER INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND WE HAVE SECURED THAT PART OF, OF THE PROCESS, WE START SPEAKING WITH THE COUNTIES INVOLVED AND WE BRING THEM INTO THE CONVERSATION DURING THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD.
AND BECAUSE LEGALLY AND PRACTICALLY, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION.
IN MOST CASES, WE CAN'T SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS BEFORE WE WOULD SHARE IT WITH THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
AND SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO BE, SO THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS AND THAT THERE'S CLARITY AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT IT DOES NOT MEAN.
IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT, THAT, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND ANOTHER GOVERNMENT BODY WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET A HEADS UP ABOUT A PROJECT, UM, BEFORE WE ARE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT CONCERN.
AND CITY MANAGER, UM, IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIRECTION HERE AS WELL? IT IS, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO WE CAN ALL HAVE THAT ON RECORD OF WHAT'S THAT TRANSACTION AND THE TIMING OF THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNSEL IN OUR KITCHEN.
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UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION COUNCIL MEMBER.TOBO I DO WANT TO, TO STAY THAT IN THE FUTURE, IF WE DO WORK AND IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR OTHER COUNTIES, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT EVER IN THE PAST, BUT IF WE WERE TO DO SOME KIND OF JOINT, UM, ACTIVITY OR JOINT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN IT MIGHT NOT BE AT THE POINT OF CONTRACT.
IT MIGHT BE BEFORE, BUT THE MAY.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY MANAGER UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT BEING THIS INTENT ON THE RECORD, WE'RE NOT FORECLOSING THE POSSIBILITIES FOR HOW WE MIGHT WORK WITH, WITH OTHER COUNTIES.
THE POINT IS THAT AS IT STATES HERE, IT'S AS SOON AS LEGALLY AND PRACTICALLY POSSIBLE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL WOULD BE PART OF THE, OF IDENTIFYING WHAT THAT IS.
AND SO, UM, SO I THINK THAT'S FINE UNDER THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE CURRENTLY, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY JOINT KINDS OF BACK, UH, PURCHASE OPPORTUNITIES GOING ON WITH OTHER, UH, OTHER COUNTIES THAN THEN.
YES, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT THIS IS AT THE POINT OF CONTRACT.
ALSO WANT TO, UM, I ALSO WANT TO REALLY SAY THAT, I THINK I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY FOR BRINGING THIS.
I THINK IT ALSO JUST, UM, CAPTURES WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN SAYING, AND THAT IS THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS WE JUST HOMELESSNESS, IT'S A COMMUNITY EFFORT.
THE COMMUNITY EXTENDS BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND INVOKES OUR COUNTIES, WILLIAMSON, TRAVIS, AND HAYES.
AND SO WE'LL ALL BE STRONGER AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND BE IN A BETTER POSITION, UH, TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO TO THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, UH, FOR, FOR THIS, BRING THIS FORWARD.
AND I APPRECIATE THIS, UH, UH, ITEM AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE BE AS COLLABORATIVE AS WE CAN WITH, UH, OUR PARTNERS IN THE REGION.
AND I THINK THERE ARE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM, FROM CANDLEWOOD.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, THIS POLICY HERE, UH, REPRESENTS THAT CHANGE BECAUSE I THINK WE COULD HAVE, AFTER THIS PROPERTY WAS PUT ON A CONTRACT, UH, HAVE GIVEN, UM, UH, UH, NOTICE AND HEADS UP OF THAT AND ENGAGED, UH, UH, OTHER, UH, AREA LEADERS.
UH, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST TAKE THE MOMENT TO, TO JUST ELABORATE JUST A SECOND ON THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU HAD WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS HELPFUL.
UH, THE, DURING THE NEGOTIATION PERIOD, THINGS ARE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL SO THAT THERE'S NOT, UH, THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE COMMUNITY THAT COULD IMPACT A SELLER'S WILLINGNESS TO SELL OR THE PRICE THAT THE TAXPAYERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY.
BUT AFTER THERE WAS A CONTRACT, UH, UH, SIGNED, UH, THE PROPERTY IS THEN LOCKED OR TIED UP THAT POINT NOTICE CAN BE GIVEN.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENS AT THAT POINT IS THE COMMUNITY, UH, AFTER THAT NOTICE IS GIVEN AFTER THAT IF THE COMMUNITY CAN BE INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSION.
UM, SO WHEN THE CONTRACT SIGNED, UH, IT IS NOT AN OBLIGATION ON THE PART OF THE CITY TO ACTUALLY CLOSE ON THE CONTRACT OR TO ACTUALLY BUY THE PROPERTY WE ENTER INTO, UH, UH, THE LIBERATION, UM, UH, UH, PERIOD OF TIME.
UH, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE THE PROPERTY, TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS AND, AND EVERYONE IN THE COUNCIL THEN CAN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UH, THE INFORMATION IT'S GETTING FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES AND ULTIMATELY MAKE A DECISION.
I HEARD SOME OF THE SPEAKERS SPEAK TODAY, UH, IN THE, THE, THE SIGN UP.
AND IT APPEARED TO ME THAT SOME OF THOSE SPEAKERS UNDER THE MISIMPRESSION THAT, THAT ANYONE WHO, OR MORE OF US HAVE MADE A DECISION TO BUY THE PROPERTY, BECAUSE THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED, UH, WHERE HE, IN THIS PERIOD OF INVESTIGATION WHERE WE'RE LISTENING TO PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE UP UNTIL THE POINT WHEN WE CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY OR SAY, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THIS PROCESS.
UM, I THINK THAT, UH, THAT'S NOT REALLY UNDERSTOOD BY A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.
AND SOMETIMES WHEN I, WHEN I HEAR SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE, FROM THE COUNTY JUDGE, I'M NOT SURE THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THE DECISION HASN'T BEEN MADE BY ANYBODY TO, TO BUY THE PROPERTY.
UH, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS PERIOD OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE, UH, WHO WANTS TO WEIGH IN SO THAT WE CAN ULTIMATELY MAKE THE BEST DECISION POSSIBLE, OR THAT COMMENT OR DISCUSSION ON THIS
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ISSUE.I APPRECIATE, UH, FOR KELLY BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT I SHOULD BE I'M LISTED AS A CO-SPONSOR.
I THINK WE DIDN'T GET IT OUR APPROVAL ON SOME LAST MINUTE CHANGES IN ON TIME OF US FULLY MY INTENTION TO CO-SPONSOR I THINK, UM, IT'S GOT SOME MEMBER KITCHEN AND KELLY, YOU KNOW, PUT SO ELOQUENTLY.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY REGIONALLY, AND THAT WE WILL BE STRONGER AND BETTER ABLE TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF HOMELESSNESS IF WE WORK TOGETHER.
OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM.
THOSE OPPOSED UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS, UH, LOOKS LIKE THIS GREAT FACADE IS NOT PRESENT WITH THE MODE, BUT OTHERWISE UNANIMOUS ON THE, UH, ON THE DYESS COLLEAGUES.
UH, SO LET'S TAKE AN HOUR FOR LUNCH, UH, AT ONE 40, UH, I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE DON'T GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH VERY MUCH BEFORE THE TWO O'CLOCK SPEAKERS.
SO LET'S JUST COME BACK HERE, HOW WE'LL HANDLE THE ITEMS THAT WILL ENABLE US TO LET THE GREATEST NUMBER OF STAFF LEAVE IN THAT 20 MINUTES THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THE, UH, UH, UH, THE SPEAKERS ON THE, UH, UH, UH, THE CONSENT, UH, WITH THE SPEAKERS ON ZONING AND SEE IF WE CAN HANDLE THE CONSENT.
UH, AT THAT POINT, IT MAY MAKE SENSE FOR US TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT THEY COME BACK OUT AND FINISH WITH THAT.
I'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE IN THIS MEETING AT, UH, ONE 40.
SO YOU ALL BEEN MEANING TO ORDER HERE? UH, WE'VE BEEN ON RECESS FOR LUNCH IS, UH, 1 46 ON JUNE 10TH, 2021.
DENERVATION FOR MEETING QUORUM IS PRESENT, UH, COLLEAGUES, UH, JUST WANTED TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD, THAT ITEM NUMBER 55, THE CITY ACTION PLAN IS A HEARING ONLY, UH, AND WE, UH, HAVE TAKEN A PUBLIC HEARING PERIOD.
SO WE TAKEN CARE OF, UH, ITEM NUMBER, UH, 55, UH,
[11. Authorize negotiation and execution of an interlocal agreement with the Austin Economic Development Corporation to provide assistance in engaging and supporting development projects and leveraging the City’s investments or assets to achieve inclusive economic and community development outcomes and priorities, in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000.]
CONTOUR TOVO, UH, W WHAT I CALL UP ITEM NUMBER 11 HERE.THIS IS THE AEDC ITEM MANAGERS, STAFF HERE THAT WAS MEMBER KITCHEN.
WELL, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT ALSO.
I DON'T KNOW, CA UH, COUNCIL OCTOBER WANTS TO GO FIRST, BUT I'VE GOT AN AMENDMENT I'VE WORKED OUT WITH STAFF, AND I THINK IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO STAFF.
THAT HAS REVIEWED THAT, AND WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
HAS THAT BEEN POSTED? YES, IT'S POSTED IN BACKUP.
IT IS AMENDMENTS TO ADDENDUM TWO AND AGENDUM THREE, BUT, AND IT'S POSTED TO BACKUP AS MY AMENDMENT.
I CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL IF YOU'D LIKE A REALLY HIGH LEVEL.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE AMENDMENTS DO? IT ALIGNS? UH, THE, UM, UH, IDENTITY TWO IS ABOUT THE CULTURAL TRUST PROJECT.
SO IT'S JUST CLARIFICATION LANGUAGE, NOT A CHANGE OF CONTENT THAT, UH, AS, UH, ALIGNED WITH THE ICONIC VENUE PROJECT.
SO IT'S LANGUAGE TO ALIGN THAT.
AND THEN AGENDA THREE IS THE ONE THAT RELATES TO THE CREATIVE SPACE BONDS, AND IT ALIGNS THE LANGUAGE WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS USED, UM, IN THE RFI ABOUT THE SCOPE OF PROJECTS THAT MIGHT BE POTENTIALLY PURSUED.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, ALL OF THAT SUBJECT TO, TO LEGAL REVIEW.
CAN YOU TELL ME JUST, HOW HAS THE, HOW ARE THEY NOT IN ALIGNMENT? WHICH ONE? UH, ADDENDUM TWO OR THREE? WELL, ADDENDUM THREE.
UM, WE TALKED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR LEASE PURCHASE TYPES OF ARRANGEMENTS OR THE POTENTIAL THAT AFTER A BOND WAS PAID OFF, THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN OPERATOR TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY, RIGHT? THAT LANGUAGE, THAT CONTENT WAS NOT REFLECTED IN HERE.
IT WAS IN THE RFI AND NOT IN HERE.
SO WE WORKED OUT LANGUAGE TO ADD THAT, AND WE BROUGHT THE OTHER ONE, THE OTHER ONE IT'S, UM, IT JUST ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IN ADDENDUM TWO, THERE'S A NUMBER
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OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE AEDC CAN, UM, PURSUE FUNDING TO WORK ON DIFFERENT CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ICONIC VENUE OBJECT THAT, UH, COULD ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ALL WE HAVE IS HOT TAX.
SO IT TALKS ABOUT THE 2.4 FOR HOT CHECKS GOING TO THE ICONIC VENUES.
AND THEN IT JUST LEAVES OPEN THE POSSIBILITY, UH, IF AEDC RAISES PRIVATE FUNDING OR SOME WAY THAT COULD USE THAT FUNDING FOR THE ICONIC VENUES, IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER OTHER CULTURAL PROJECTS THEY WERE WORKING ON.
DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO ADDING THE KITCHEN AMENDMENTS TO THESE HEARING? NONE, THE KITCHEN AMENDMENTS, WHERE I HAD IT, OR THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, NUMBER 11, UH, KATHY, YOU HAD PULLED THIS ONE.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO GO NEXT.
SO THIS IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ITEM AND I'M OF COURSE, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT, SPONSORED THE RESOLUTION TO CARRY FORWARD.
THE WORK THAT MAYOR PRO TEM COLE HAD DONE TO CREATE IT.
UH, WE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR EARLIER CONVERSATIONS AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD WITH OUR INSTRUCTION AT B.
AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE B IS JUST ONE MINUTE, PLEASE.
I FORGOTTEN WHAT PAGE THIS IS, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT LEVERAGING THE INVESTMENTS AND ASSETS OF THE CITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND JOB CREATION, UM, TO INSERT HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
THAT IS AGAIN CONSISTENT WITH OUR CREATION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE MADE AT THAT POINT.
BUT SOMEHOW IT IS NOT, IT DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE RECITALS.
SO THE STAFF HAVE ANY, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT THAT ADDITION, NO ISSUES.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING ADDED, HEARING NONE THAT'S ADDED AS WELL.
THANK YOU CAN SPEND WITH TOBO, UH, AS OUR ALTAR, SORRY, MY, UH, PRINTER HERE DECIDED NOT TO COOPERATE.
SO LET ME, UH, READ IT OFF MY EMAIL.
I HAVE A SMALL AMENDMENT THAT I HAVE, UM, WITH STAFF.
IT WAS JUST DISTRIBUTED BY CASEY.
UM, IT WOULD ADD THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE TO 6.1 ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE AEDC.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE ADC, UM, AND THEN IN OUR LOCAL WITH ANOTHER BODY OR, OR OUR ORGANIZATION, UM, AND MY AMENDMENT SIMPLY MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS COPIED SO THAT IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT WE WANT TO RAISE WITH THE CITY MANAGER DURING THE PROCESS, WE ARE THE ABILITY, UM, TO DO THAT IN A TIMELY MANNER, IT DOES NOT GIVE THE CITY COUNCIL AN ADDITIONAL VOTE OVER THOSE.
IT JUST ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO VOICE CONCERNS TO THE CITY MANAGER THROUGH THAT PROCESS BY BEING ALERTED.
AND SO IT WOULD ADD THE LANGUAGE AND COPY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN THE SENTENCE THAT SAYS THE AEC WILL PROVIDE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY MANAGER'S DESIGNEE AND COPY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY FINAL COPY OF ANY INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT ADC INTENDS TO ENTER INTO, EVEN IF THE CITY IS NOT A PARTY.
AND WHERE IS THAT LANGUAGE? AND IT'S THIS SECTION 6.1 ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE ADC PART A, UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR INBOX INBOX AT 1 49, THE MOTION SHEET, RIGHT.
WITH THIS CHANGE, WE AREN'T THERE.
UM, WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE WITH THE AEDC.
IS, IS, IS THAT OTHER, WERE THERE EARLIER AMENDMENTS? OKAY.
WITH THE PEOPLE FROM WHO'S WHO'S HERE, I GUESS RONICA IS PRESIDENT OF ABC.
SO I WAS ASKING THE CITY, I SHOULD PROBABLY ALSO ASK THE ABC AS WELL.
UH, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE AMENDMENTS? WE HAVE APPROVED SO FAR MERA VERONICA.
I KNOW TODAY I'M HERE AS THE INTERIM, UH, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE AEDC AND WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE AMENDMENT AS OUTLINED TODAY.
AND YOU'RE ALSO COMFORTABLE WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS JUST, UH, BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCIL OR ALTER? YES.
AND IS THE CITY STAFF OKAY WITH THAT ONE TOO? THANK YOU, MANAGER.
UH, ANY OBJECTION TO THE BAT ALTAR AMENDMENT BEING ADDED, UH, HEARING NONE, UH, THAT IS, UH, ADDED, UH, ANYTHING, UH, ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS OR THOUGHTS? I HAD THREE QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO RAISE WITH RESPECT TO THIS, AND I'M NOT SURE WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN, UH, THE ADC MOVING FORWARD AT THIS POINT.
UH, BUT I KNOW THIS IS, THIS COMES BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR
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REVIEW THE ADC ANNUALLY.IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS A CORRECT MANNER.
SO WE'LL NEVER BE A WHOLE RAD WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPRESENTING THE CITY.
SO WOULD THE CITY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY EVERY YEAR TO MAKE CHANGES TO THIS DOCUMENT? IF IT WANTED TO? YES.
WE HAVE A BRAND CON IN OUR LOCAL BAG YEARLY.
SO KNOWING THAT I DON'T FEEL THE PRESSURE TO DO IT RIGHT OFF THE BAT, BUT, UH, I'M ON A NOTE THESE NOW, BECAUSE THESE ARE THINGS PROBABLY THAT I WANT TO BRING UP NEXT YEAR WHEN THIS COMES BACK.
UH, THE FIRST IS THIS, THIS HAS A TERM LIMIT OF FIVE YEARS.
UH, AND I WONDER HOW THAT WORKS, UH, UH, RECOGNIZING IT COMES BACK TO IS ANYHOW.
SO THE COUNCIL HAS AN ANNUAL ABILITY TO, TO REVIEW A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS MIGHT DO, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE A PAID, UH, OFF AND AUTHORIZED FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS.
SOME OF THE DEBT INSTRUMENTS GOING PAST FIVE YEARS SINCE IT COMES BACK TO FOR THE YEARLY REVIEW.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND A CURRENT TERM OF, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT TERM PROVISION OR A CURRENT TERM OF FIVE YEARS.
THE SECOND THAT SHOULD BE, THAT I HAVE IS, UM, UH, REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS HAVING A SECONDARY APPROVAL BY THE, BY THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, AGAIN, THE CITY STAFF IS INVOLVED IN THESE THINGS.
IT'S TAKING DIRECTION FROM THE, UH, UH, CITY COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO EVERYTHING IT DOES.
UH, IT'S THE BODY THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE QUICKLY.
UH, AND, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE CREATE THIS.
SO THEN TO PUT IT BACK INTO A CITY REVIEW PROCESS LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING A YEAR FROM NOW AND WANT TO UNDERSTAND BETTER.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S, UM, UH, UM, OKAY, THERE'S THE ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT CITY OWNED THE ASSETS WE HAD IDENTIFIED WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CULTURAL TRUST EARLIER, THE COUNCIL HAS IDENTIFIED SOME CITY OWNED ASSETS THAT THAT MIGHT BE PARTICULARLY, UM, UM, WONDERFUL.
UH, IF PUT TO THAT KIND OF, UH, UH, CULTURAL TRUST USE AND THE CITY HAS SOME REALLY HISTORIC BUILDINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ARE BEING USED JUST AS CITY OFFICES.
I MEAN, THERE MIGHT BE A CULTURAL TRUST USE OF SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE CITY OWNED ASSETS ARE EITHER NOT ENVISIONED OR NOT ALLOWED BY THE EXISTING DOCUMENT.
UH, AND, UH, I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT WHEN THIS COMES BACK TO CITY COUNCIL REVIEW, I'M GONNA WANT US TO UNDERSTAND, UM, UM, IF WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING TO, TO PUT THOSE, UH, TRACKS AT, UH, AT, AT PLAY OR POSSIBLE PLAY.
BUT I HAD GIVEN A STAFF A HEADS UP ON THOSE THREE THINGS.
AND SINCE I'VE RAISED THOSE ISSUES, DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THEM NOW IN ANY WAY, RODNEY, I RECOGNIZE YOU TO DO THAT IF YOU WANT TO THANK YOU.
MAYOR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, RODNEY GONZALES, UH, MAYOR, UH, JUST A SLIGHT CORRECTION.
THE INITIAL TERM IS FOR 10 YEARS AND NOT FOR FIVE YEARS.
UM, SO IT IS A FAIRLY LONG CONTRACT AND THERE'S AN OPTION TO RENEW FOR 15 YEARS WITH REGARD TO THIS, TO THE PORTFOLIO OF ASSETS THAT THE CITY HAS.
WE DO ENVISION THAT THE AEDC WILL FROM TIME TO TIME, UM, BIG TRANSFERRED, VARIOUS CITY ASSETS, HOWEVER, AT EACH JUNCTURE THAT THAT HAPPENS, WE INTEND TO BRING THAT TO COUNCIL.
SO THAT WAY COUNCIL CAN INFORM THE AEDC OF THE GOALS TO BE ACHIEVED BY EACH PROPERTY.
AND SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO THAT IS WITH AN ADDENDUM TO THE MAIN CONTRACT, EVERY TIME THAT THAT HAPPENS.
UH, NOW OF COURSE, THIS IS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL OF COUNCIL WANTS TO OFFER ALL THE PROPERTIES ALL AT ONCE.
THAT CERTAINLY HAS THE COUNCIL'S PURVIEW.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, UH, JUST LIKE WE DO CURRENTLY AS EACH PROPERTY COMES UP, COUNCILOR HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR EACH PARCEL, BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO STOP THE ABC FROM PETITIONER.
YOU'RE A COUNCIL MEMBER FROM SAYING, I WANT TO MAKE THIS PROPERTY OR COLLECTIVELY MOVING TO MAKE THIS PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR THESE USES.
AND SAME THING WITH PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY WHEN STAFF OR COMMUNITY WANTS A COUNCIL TO DO SOMETHING WITH A PIECE OF PROPERTY, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
UM, HOWEVER, THE PROCESS IS IT DOES GO TO COUNCIL, SO THAT WOULD ACCOUNT.
SO IT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
AND THEN WE TAKE THE NEXT STEP FORWARD AND FIGURING
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OUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION ITSELF, UM, RATHER THAN CARTE BLANCHE, PROVIDING ALL THE PROPERTIES AVAILABLE AT ONCE.THANK YOU, ALEXANDER, FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ON THE ABC ITEM, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTERNATELY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO.
I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO, UM, GETTING US TO THIS POINT.
UM, WE HAVE A HUGE NUMBER OF STAFF.
UM,
UM, AND IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP OF VAN MAYOR PRO TEM COLE NOW REPRESENTATIVE COLE, UM, AND OUR COLLEAGUE COUNSELOR TOVO, WHO HAS BEEN EXTREMELY PERSISTENT IN PUSHING THIS, UM, THROUGH THE YEARS SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL CAPACITY THROUGH THIS LTC, UM, TO ADVANCE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED FOR OUR CITY AND MOVE THINGS FORWARD.
I PLEASED AT ON REHAB TO, TO KEEP MOVING THIS ALONG, UM, TO JOIN HER IN SUPPORT.
AND I KNOW SEVERAL OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES WERE AS WELL.
UM, THINGS SOMETIMES TAKE A LONG TIME AT THE CITY, UM, TO GET THINGS DONE AND TO GET THEM RIGHT.
UM, I'M, I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS STEP TODAY TO GIVE US THIS ENHANCED STABILITY, UM, TO ACT MORE SWIFTLY AND QUICKLY, AND TO HAVE THIS REAL ESTATE, UM, EXPERTISE AT OUR, AT OUR TO USE.
YOU WERE ON YOU, BUT I THINK I SAW HIM SAY COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR JUST SAID AND ADD MY THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER.
TOVA I KNOW SHE WORKED ON THIS A LONG TIME AGO TO GET IT INITIATED AND, UM, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE IT AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW.
I THINK OUR, OUR, OUR STAFF, UH, WE'RE REALLY POISED TO, UM, TO USE THIS TOOL TO REALLY LEVERAGE THE DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BOTH, BOTH WITH REGARDS TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS, UM, ASPECTS OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS.
AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S VERY EXCITING AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO IT ONTO THIS, TO THIS DATE, ALEX IS AFTER TWO, WE READY TO TAKE A VOTE, RODNEY, RIGHT? NO, I DO ALSO WANT TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION THAT IT'S THE BUDGET THAT COMES BACK ANNUALLY TO MARIN COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, NOT NECESSARILY THE AGREEMENT ITSELF.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT YOU HAD ASKED, BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IT IS, IT IS ONLY THE BUDGET THAT COMES BACK IN.
YEAH, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AUTHOR, BUT THEY WILL STILL NONETHELESS BE REPORT FROM ADA EVERY YEAR AND THAT ATTENDANCE WILL BE ADDED, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE NEED TO ADD THOSE ADDENDUMS AND THEY WILL, IN THAT REPORT, THERE'LL BE THE PLAN FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER THERE.
SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE'S A VOTE ON THE REPORT PER SE, BUT, UM, THERE WILL BE INFORMATION COMING BACK ON A REGULAR BASIS TO US, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE THE TRANSPARENCY.
IN ADDITION TO THE BUDGET PIECE, EVEN IF THIS PART ABOUT HOW THIS FUNCTIONS DOESN'T COME BACK TO US EVERY YEAR, COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU WERE CORRECT.
UH, WE WILL, UH, BE VERY TRANSPARENT.
UH, WE HAVE GOT THAT AS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AEDC TO PROVIDE REPORTS TO MARIN COUNCIL.
AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THAT EVERY TIME THAT A NEW PROPERTY OR PROJECT, UH, IS TASKED WITH A BDC, WE WILL DO THAT THROUGH THE AGENDA.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR EARLIER COMMENTS.
STAFF HAS WORKED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME TO BRING THIS FORWARD.
I'M CERTAINLY EXCITED, AS I MENTIONED ON TUESDAY TO BRING THIS MAIN, LAST PART OF THE ADC OF THE ADC CRAVES TO COUNCIL.
UM, RODNEY, IF I COULD JUST ADD, I, I FORGOT TO INCLUDE YOU IN MY LIST OF STAFF.
WHO'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS.
YOU ARE NOT, I WASN'T ABLE TO SEE YOU ON MY, ON MY GRADE THERE.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN LEADING THE EFFORT AS THE ACM, SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES FOR THAT, UH, KIND SUPPORT.
AND I WANT TO ADD MY, THANKS TO THE STAFF WHO HAVE, WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN, IN SEEING AN ADVANCING THIS OVER THE LAST YEARS.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SIGNAL TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT WHEN WE GET TO ITEM FIVE, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION THAT WAS SUGGESTED TO US AS, YOU KNOW, A REALLY THOUGHTFUL, UM, IDEA FROM THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE.
AND THAT IS TO, UM, PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION THAT THE MANAGER INCLUDE
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A CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN POTENTIAL PUBLIC, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS RELATED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER.SO, OR JUST WANT TO AIR THAT HERE.
UM, WHILE WE HAVE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION STAFF, UM, HERE ON, ON THE LINE AND, AND JUST, UM, FILL OUT THAT THEY HAVE ANY COMMENTS, I THINK IT FITS SQUARELY WITHIN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SUBMISSION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THE TIMING WOULD ALIGN, BUT AGAIN, I JUST RAISED THAT HERE IN CASE THEY HAVE ANY FEEDBACK AT THIS STAGE, WE WOULD BE GLAD TO DO THAT EXPLORATION FOR SURE.
ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS, UH, ITEM 11, WANT TO ADD MY, THANKS TO THE STAFF AS WELL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WORKED ON THIS COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO I REMEMBER WHAT WAS IT, A TRIP WE TOOK TO SEE THE NEW YORK ABC, UH, AS A BODY, UM, AND THEN TO SEE THE CAPABILITY AND POTENTIAL AS SOMETHING LIKE THIS TOOL IS, IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE WORKED ON THIS, THAT I'VE BEEN A REAL, REAL HELPFUL AND HAVE ALSO JOINED IN HELPING TO, TO TEACH US, UH, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, UH, PRODUCT RODNEY.
AND, UH, SOMETIME WE'LL BE, AND OTHERS JUST TAKE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM.
NUMBER 11, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT WAS OPPOSED TO UNANIMOUS ON THE DIETS.
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ALEX, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UM, UH, TAKE THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP ON ZONING ARE THEN GOING TO TRY AND TAKE CARE OF THE ZONING CONSENT.AT WHICH POINT WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, THAT WILL TAKE THE AUSTIN ENERGY ITEM UP FIRST.
MY HOPE IS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE ARP ITEM THEN, UH, AND WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH OTHER ITEMS ON THAT AGENDA, BUT LET'S BEGIN WITH THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE ABOUT 20 OR SO.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S UH, THREE MINUTES EACH SPEAKER CLERK.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS DAVID KING.
MY NAME IS DAVID KING AND I'M SPEAKING.
MY NAME IS DAVID KING AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 1 0 3, THE SPRINGDALE PUD, THE PROPOSED SPRINGDALE PUD 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, THIS AND PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAVE WILLFULLY AVOIDED RESPONSIBILITY FOR POISONING FAMILIES OF COLOR IN EAST AUSTIN AND CLEANING UP THE KILLER GASOLINE STORAGE FACILITY.
YET THIS AND PREVIOUS COUNCILS HAVE ENTHUSIASTICALLY GRANTED OVER $40 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX REBATES TO WELL REBATES, TO WEALTHY CORPORATIONS, INCLUDING SAMSUNG AND THE DOMAIN.
THESE CORPORATE WELFARE REBATES HAVE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE PAID FOR BY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN EAST AUSTIN.
THIS COUNCIL APPEARS WILLING TO BE WILLING TO CUT A DEAL WITH GENTRIFYING LAND DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR EGREGIOUS PROFITS AND WILLFUL DISPLACEMENT OF LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES STRUGGLING TO REMAIN AND THRIVE IN THEIR EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITIES.
ALTHOUGH THE DEVELOPER PROMISES TO RESTORE THIS SITE TO TOXIC PLUMES 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 ACCELERATES GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT OF FAMILIES OF COLOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND SMALL COMMUNITY-BASED BUSINESSES AGAINST THEIR WILL.
THE INEQUITABLE PUTT ORDINANCE AND PROCESS OR INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED TO BE EXPLOITED BY DEVELOPERS AND INTIMIDATE DIVIDE AND THROTTLE RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND COMMUNITIES.
THE PUT PUT ORDINANCE GIVES DEVELOPERS THE UPPER HAND AND PUTS RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES ON THE DEFENSIVE.
THE PUD ORDINANCE SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY REPEALED.
THE CITY SHOULD PROVIDE FREE HEALTHCARE TO AFFECTED FAMILIES BY AND RESTORE THE SITE AND GET THE LAND TO AN EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO BUILD PERPETUALLY AFFORDABLE INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING AND FACILITATE LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED BUSINESSES.
PLEASE DON'T APPROVE A DEAL WITH DEVELOPERS THAT PERPETUATES ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND IMPOSES ECONOMIC RACISM ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN EAST AUSTIN.
THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS TO BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND EQUITY.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY COMMENTS AND FOR YOUR SERVICE.
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MICHAEL FLOYD.HEY, WELL, I'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT ON THIS SCREEN.
YOU WILL NOT PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY.
JUST LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY TO PROCEED TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND AFTER THE MAYOR ADLER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS MICHAEL FLOYD.
I CONFESS, I ADMITTED I'M A GENTRIFIER.
WE MOVED WITH OUR DAUGHTER AND HER FAMILY TO EAST AUSTIN BECAUSE WE LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS WE FOUND THERE AND WANTED TO BECOME PART OF ONE.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE SADDENED BY THE WAY, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOW THREATENED.
I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON JUST TWO ASPECTS OF THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PROPOSAL, FLOOD CONTROL AND HYPE.
SUFFERING FOLKS ON SOME SITUS DESERVE RELIEF.
HOWEVER, THE WAY IN WHICH SPRING DOWN GRAIN PROPOSES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM IS NO SOLUTION AT ALL.
WHEN THE RUNOFF FROM BOTH SPRINGDALE GENERAL AND SPRINGDALE GRAIN IS RELEASED WHEREVER THEY GO.
NEXT SLIDE INTO THE TRIBUTARIES OF BOGGY CREEK.
SOME OF WHICH, INCLUDING ONE THAT RUNS THROUGH MY BACKYARD, ALL ALREADY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS ON THE HEAVY RAIN.
THE ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL MAKE THE AREA DOWNSTREAM MORE DANGEROUSLY, FLOOD PRONE.
THE FLOOD CONTROL PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE SOLVED AT ITS POINT OF ORIGIN BY THE DEVELOPERS OF SPRINGDALE GENERAL, WHO CREATED IN THE FIRST FLIGHT.
NEXT SLIDE HYPE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WHERE THEY APPROVED SPRINGDALE GREEN.
ONE COMMISSIONER SAID, ESPECIALLY IN PLACES LIKE THIS, WE SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID OF HEIGHT.
AND ANOTHER ONE TO ASK WHAT HEIGHT, WHAT HARM DOES HYPE CAUSE WELL, LET US SEE.
HERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
SOME OF US LIKE TO GO TO THE BROKEN SPOKE EVERY NOW AND THEN.
HERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HEIGHT, WHAT HARM HEIGHT CAN DO NEXT SLIDE.
SOME OF US LIKE TO GO TO THE BROKEN SPOKE EVERY NOW AND THEN.
SOME OF US REMEMBER READING AS A CHILD, THE LITTLE HOUSE.
HI, THAT IS OUT OF PROPORTION.
IN SOME CASES, THE TRADE OFF MAY BE WORTH IT, BUT IN THIS CASE, IT ISN'T.
IF YOU WANT TO ACCELERATE EAST AUSTIN DISPLACEMENT VOTE FOR THIS PROPOSAL, YOU CAN RATIONALIZE IT BY SAYING, AT LEAST WE GOT SOMETHING, NOT NOTHING.
THIS MAY MAKE IT EASIER TO SLEEP AT NIGHT, BUT ALONG WITH THIS RATIONALIZATION GOES THE DECIMATION OF EAST AUSTIN.
AND IN EFFECT THE REPOSSESSION OF 1928 SEGREGATION ZONING.
AT SOME POINT, IF HE'S TO AUSTIN IS GOING TO SURVIVE.
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MICHAEL WHALEN.WE SUBMITTED THE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT FOR THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PUD.
AND I WANT TO READ TO YOU THE SECOND SENTENCE FROM OUR COVER LETTER QUOTE THROUGH PUD ZONING, SPRINGDALE GREEN WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS MISTAKES FROM AUSTIN'S TANK FARM PAST, AND DELIVER ON THE VISION OF SUSTAINABILITY IN MANAGED GROWTH CONTAINED, CONTAINED IN IMAGINE AUSTIN IN MANY OF THE CITY'S POLICIES AND PLANS AND IT WILL DO SO IN A WAY THAT IS SUPERIOR TO WHAT COULD BE ACHIEVED UNDER EXISTING CODE AND QUOTE.
WE HAVE A CLEAR VISION FOR THIS PROJECT FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH IT COULD CORRECT THE SITE'S PAST AND DELIVER ON THE GOALS.
THE CITY HAS SET FOR ITS FUTURE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU, UH, TODAY HAS DELIVERED ON THAT VISION.
PUDS ARE OFTEN EXTENSIVE COMPLEX CASES IN WHICH IT CAN OFTEN BE COMPLICATED TO SORT THROUGH THE BALANCE OF CODE MODIFICATIONS AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
IT IS MUCH MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD BECAUSE RATHER THAN TRYING TO BALANCE A LONG LIST OF CODE MODIFICATIONS, THIS CASE EDIT AT ITS CORE BOILS DOWN TO A SINGLE POLICY QUESTION, WHETHER TO LEVERAGE AN INCREASE IN HEIGHT IN RETURN FOR BETTER OUTCOMES ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, SUSTAINABILITY AND HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD BENEFITS, OR IN OTHER WORDS, WHETHER TO LEVERAGE THE ABILITY TO DO TWO ADDITIONAL STORIES THAT IS A 15% INCREASE IN SQUARE FOOTAGE.
CAUSE THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AN OVER $8 MILLION VALUE IN BENEFITS, EVERY DOLLAR OF WHICH IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING GR AND THAT'S THE QUESTION AND THE ANSWER FROM YOUR STAFF FROM A UNANIMOUS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, A UNANIMOUS YOU ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THIS SITE ON.
SO I STAYED UP, ALL OF THEM HAVE SAID, YES, THIS PROJECT IS SUPERIOR AND DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT.
SPRINGDALE GREEN WILL RESTORE MUCH OF THIS SITE'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY.
IT WILL IMPLEMENT AN AMBITIOUS SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM THAT WILL REDUCE OUR ENERGY AND RESOURCE FOOTPRINT DOING OUR PREP PART TO HELP THE CITY REMAIN RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
IT WILL FUND IN ADDITION, WITHIN A 15 MINUTE WALK OF THIS SITE FOR NEW AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND ALSO WITHIN A 15 MINUTE WALK, NEW PARKS IMPROVEMENTS, NEW PARK IMPROVEMENTS AT GO VALLEY AND GIVENS PARKS.
AND IT WILL MEANINGFULLY IMPROVE THE LIVES OF NEARBY NEIGHBORS CURRENTLY LIVING IN ONE OF THE WORST AREAS OF THE CITY FOR SHALLOW FLOODING, NONE OF THESE ITEMS ARE REQUIRED UNDER TRADITIONAL ZONING.
EACH OF THEM IS MADE POSSIBLE BY YOUR DECISION TO LEVERAGE THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL STORIES.
IT'S A 1129% INCREASE IN BENEFITS MADE POSSIBLE BY A 15% INCREASE IN SQUARE FOOTAGE.
THIS IS THE DECISION BEFORE YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME DURATION AND I HOPE WE CAN COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT.
BEN DRY ME, DEZ, BEN, PLEASE UNMUTE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
MY NAME IS BEN RAMIREZ AND I REPRESENT THE SPRINGDALE AIRPORT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED TO GO INTO, I DON'T, I DON'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, BUT I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY, WHICH I WALK AROUND AND TALK TO EVERY DAY.
WHICH, WHICH, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE SEVEN RESIDENTS THAT THEY END, THIS SALSEDO STREET THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE SPRINGDALE GENERAL, UH, POORLY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
UH, I REALLY FEEL FOR, AND UH, I WANT THEIR PROBLEMS FIXED.
UM, TODAY I'M HERE TO ASK OF YOU FOR THINGS, UH, ASK
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THAT YOU RESPECT OUR COMMUNITY'S WISHES BY NOT ALLOWING THE 93 FOOT BUILDING AND OUR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.I ASK THAT YOU REINSURE COMMUNITY CONFIDENCE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
I ASKED THAT YOU PREDICT OUR RESIDENTIAL AND CONTAMINATES ON THIS SITE, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE CONTAMINANTS THAT RUN OFF THE SITE IN THE FORM OF TESTING.
UH, I ASKED THAT YOU MAKE THREE NOTE GENERAL, THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY FOR FIXING SALSITO STREET FLOODING AND NOT USE AS A BARGAINING CHIP TO MOVE AN UNWANTED DEVELOPMENT INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH CONSISTS OF SEVEN HOMES, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING AND CONSIDERING ALL RESIDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU, BARBARA MACARTHUR, BARBARA MACARTHUR, PLEASE UNMUTE.
HELLO? CAN YOU UNMUTE ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU GO AHEAD.
IT WOULD BE IRONIC THAT 25 YEARS AFTER THE LAST CASES AGAINST THE BIG OIL COMPANY THAT USED THE SPRINGDALE EAST SIDE AS STORAGE FOR OVER 10 MILLION GALLONS OF GASOLINE, MORE SETTLES THAT ARE REDEVELOPMENT ASKING FOR EXPENSIVE ENTITLEMENTS, MAN, BACK THE COMMUNITY, DIFFERENT AND MORE LASTING WAY.
SPRINGDALE THAT TWO LANE ROAD THAT RUNS THROUGH THE HEIGHTS AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND MINORITY INFRASTRUCTURE IN AUSTIN, THERE IS MUCH INTEREST IN THIS CORRIDOR BECAUSE THERE WAS MUCH MONEY TO BE MADE.
THIS IS THE PRECEDENT THAT WILL PICK THE DOMINO.
THERE IS NO OTHER ZONING ON SPRINGDALE.
CUT IS PROBABLY THE BEST IDEA FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE BECAUSE THE PUT IS HELD TO HIGHER STANDARDS AND REQUIRES MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
THIS SITE IS ZONE AND RR CATEGORIES, WHICH ALLOWS 60 AND 35%, 35 FEET OF HEIGHT.
AND IT CREATES ENTITLEMENTS MAKE A PIECE OF PROPERTY MUCH MORE VALUABLE.
THAT IS A FACT RATHER THAN DEVELOP THESE OVER 30 ACRES WITH EXISTING SITE ENTITLEMENTS.
THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR 93, THE HEIGHT, 55% OVER THE GR AND A WHOPPING 265 INCREASE OVER THE RR, MR. WAYLON OPINED IN AN ARTICLE IN COMMUNITY IMPACT THAT THE NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WOULD HAVE ENTITLED THE LAND TO THAT HEIGHT.
THE MAP SHOWS THE POVERTY OF THE F 25 LIKELY BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A TOXIC HISTORY.
SO IS THIS, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP ENOUGH OFFICE SPACE ON 30 ACRES WITHOUT 93 FEET.
BUT DEVELOPERS OFTEN ALSO ASKING FOR COMPATIBILITY WAIVERS TO THE NEARBY HOUSES BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SITE YOUR VERY TALL BUILDINGS ANYWHERE, BUT NEXT TO THE HOME, THE OTHER CURIOUS PART OF THE LAST WEEK DEVELOPER PRESENTATION, THAT THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO INCREASE SQUARE FOOTAGE BY 15% OVER WHAT THEY SAY THEY CAN BUILD WITH THE GR.
THIS IS CONVENIENT BECAUSE REQUIRING DONATION TO CITY BOSTON HOUSING CONSERVATION, DID WE LOSE THE SPEAKER? PODS ARE AMENDED AND NOT TO LESS THAN THEIR ENTITLEMENT.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY TRYING NOT TO BE ERASED AFTER THEIR VICTORIES ARE IN THE TANK.
NEXT SPEAKER IS HARRISON HUDSON IN LINE IS CARMEN ON? HELLO? HELLO.
I'M HARRISON HUDSON AND AN ENGINEER WITH KENNY MORGAN.
IS THAT BETTER? IS THAT BETTER? IS THAT BETTER? IS THAT BETTER? IS THAT BETTER? TRY IT NOW.
IS THAT NO, NOW YES, PLEASE PROCEED.
WELL, I'M HERE SON, HUDSON, AN ENGINEER WITH KIMMY
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HORNE WHO WAS WORKING ON THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PUD.AS YOU HAVE HEARD THE STREETS ADJACENT TO OUR SITE REGULARLY FLOOD, THEY FLOOD DURING LARGER REGIONAL STORM EVENTS, AS WELL AS DURING SMALLER, MORE LOCALIZED STORMS. ACCORDING TO CITY STAFF, THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE LARGEST SHALLOW FLOODING AREA IN THE CITY.
OUR PROPOSED SOLUTION WILL HELP ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
THIS INCLUDES DIVERTING STORMWATER AWAY FROM NEIGHBORS' PROPERTIES AND CHANNELING IT TO OUR DETENTION FACILITY, WHICH WE HAVE NOW DOUBLED IN SIZE.
THE WATER WILL BE RELEASED AT A SLOWER RATE THAN EXISTS TODAY.
IMPROVING THE CREEK'S ABILITY TO MANAGE STORM WATER.
WE WILL ALSO BE CAPTURING RAINWATER IN A PROPOSED 600,000 GALLON CISTERN SYSTEM, A STRATEGY THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THE STORM WATER DETENTION.
I JUST MENTIONED THE ONLY ZONING TOOL AVAILABLE TO REQUIRE THESE BENEFITS.
IS THERE A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT? THEY WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED UNDER TRADITIONAL ZONING AND WE HAVE COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING THEM AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS PACKAGE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
I'M ALSO AVAILABLE FOR ANY ENGINEERING QUESTIONS.
IF THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE ANY, THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER IN QUEUE IS MARY INGLE.
BELITA I HEARD MARY ANGLE'S NAME, BUT THIS IS CARMEN YANNIS, BILLY THOUGH.
I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE A VERY LONG DAY AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION ON THIS DIFFICULT CASE.
UM, I WANT TO ASK YOU ALL THAT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE TANK FARM ORGANIZING FOR JUSTICE DOCUMENTARY, THAT WAS JUST RELEASED ON THE SEVENTH BY YOUR VERY OWN WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, IF YOU'RE NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THAT HISTORY, UM, THEN I HOPE YOU WILL ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THIS CASE, UH, OR VOTE TO, UM, SUPPORT THE PROJECT AT 60 FEET WITH COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
THIS IS A PUD, IT'S NOT JUST A CHANGE IN ZONING ENTITLEMENT.
THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION THAT YOU CAN'T GUARANTEE SOME OF THESE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UM, AT 60 FEET AND, UH, WHERE THERE IS A WILL.
THERE IS A WAY TO FUND, UM, THROUGH SUBSIDY AND THROUGH THE VERY FUNDS THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS ALLOCATED AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND WATER QUALITY TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AS WELL AS TO LOOK AT THE LOT TO LOT FLOODING AND THE SPRINGDALE GREEN, UH, PROPERTY, I'M SORRY, THE SPRINGDALE GENERAL PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, LIABILITY IN THIS CASE.
UM, I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WHO HAS GROWN UP KNOWING THE INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN AND REALLY SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE HISTORY OF THIS SITE WHO HAS SEEN AND FELT FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT OF THE TANKS.
I WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT THEY WEREN'T JUST ON THE SITE.
THEY WERE IN 52 ACRES, UH, IN EAST AUSTIN, INCLUDING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SUNSET CHAVEZ, WHERE I GREW UP PLAYING IN THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER, UM, GROWING UP IN B3 IN ADDITION TO DISTRICT NINE.
SO IF, IF YOU THINK OF, IF YOU ZOOM OUT OF THIS AND LOOK AT THE CONTEXT, THESE ARE BASIC AMENITIES THAT NEED TO BE GUARANTEED TO THE COMMUNITY PROTECTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT.
AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ONLY A WEEK OF POSTPONEMENT.
DOESN'T ANSWER THE STILL REALLY HARD QUESTIONS TO ANSWER, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THE COMPROMISE, DO IT IN A WAY THAT SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY AT 60 FEET AND WITH COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
NEXT SPEAKER IS MARY ANGLE UP IN LINE IS ALEXANDRIA ANDERSON.
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.
UM, I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 1 0 3 SPRINGDALE GREEN.
THIS IS MARY ANGLE AS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL.
I FEEL COMPELLED TO WEIGH IN ON THIS CASE.
FOLKS FROM OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OVER AUSTIN HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED AND CRITICIZED FOR THEIR TESTIMONIES AND LETTERS AS TO THEIR DIRECT CONNECTION TO THIS PROJECT.
I'M SPEAKING IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PEOPLE OPPOSING THIS PUD, UM, ENVIRONMENTALLY CHALLENGED SITE.
THIS IS WHAT AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL DOES.
WE STAND TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY WHEN IT'S NECESSARY, WHEN IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
WE ARE IN SOLIDARITY WITH KEEPING THE HEIGHT LIMIT AT 60 FEET AND RESTORING COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS.
THIS CALIFORNIA DEVELOPER COMEBACK THE MONEY NUMBERS WORK WITHOUT EXTRAS OF INCREASED HEIGHT AND NO COMPATIBILITY.
HE HAS HAD A CONVENTIONAL MORTGAGE WITH GOLDMAN SACHS SINCE JANUARY 25TH, 2018, WHICH ARE HARD TO GET FOR PURCHASE PRICE OF 58 MILLION.
PLUS THAT IS ABOUT 2 MILLION AN ACRE, A BARGAIN PRICE FOR LAND AND OTHER CITIES
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AND OTHER STATES WITHIN A PUTTY AGREEMENT, MORE NEEDS WITHIN THIS PUDDLE AGREEMENT, MORE NEEDS TO BE PRESCRIBED.THE SITE HAS A HOST OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS FROM THE PAST RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS FROM THE EXXON'S PAST LAWSUIT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED, ESPECIALLY THE PROHIBITION OF RESIDENTIAL USES WATER AND SOIL TESTING NEEDS TO BE REQUIRED ANNUALLY BY THE CITY.
AND THAT DATA NEEDS TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AS THE SITE IS BUILT OUT, THERE WILL BE X INCREASED RUNOFF AND THAT ONSITE DETENTION, THE ONSITE DETENTION WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CAPTURE IT ALL.
WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS THAT THE DEVELOPER OR THE CITY, THIS PROPOSED OFFICE PARK WILL CATER TO HIGH-TECH COMPANIES MOST LIKELY, WHICH USUALLY INCLUDE ONSITE DAYCARE.
IT'S BEING BUILT ON CONTAMINATED LAND.
I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT CHILDREN BEING EXPOSED TO LINGERING TOXICITY ON THE SITE.
HENCE SHOULDN'T DAYCARE BE A PRESCRIBED WRITTEN DOWN PROHIBITIVE USE FROM THIS PEDIGREE MOMENT.
YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON THE SITE.
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING HOW MANY ENTITLEMENTS ARE ENOUGH.
60 FEET TALL BUILDINGS ARE ENOUGH RESTORE COMPATIBILITY, AND DO THE UTMOST TESTING TO THAT IS NEEDED TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT WORK ON THIS SITE BY MAKING MORE PRESCRIPTIONS IN THE PUD AGREEMENT.
PLEASE WRITE THESE THINGS IN THERE.
ALEXANDRIA ANDERSON, MONICA GUZMAN IS IN QUEUE.
HELLO? CAN YOU GUYS SEE ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.
MAYOR MAYOR PROTESTS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ALEXANDRIA ANDERSON.
I AM THE VICE-CHAIR OF THE MORNING AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND APPLY TO THE ANC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND AS WELL AS MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AS WE STAND IN SUPPORT OF SANA AND GO VALLEY JACKSON'S TERRACE USE ON THIS PUT DEVELOPMENT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY SUPPORT REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE WITH 60 FEET WITH COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
WE ARE WORRIED THAT THE 93 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT WILL SET A PRECEDENT ON A TWO LANE STREET CORRIDOR THAT TRAVELS THROUGH THE HIGHEST MINORITY CENSUS TRACK.
AND OFTEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS DO NOT OPPOSE A 60 FOOT BUILDING THAT ADHERES TO EXISTING COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE SITE HAS POTENTIAL TOXIC SOIL AND WATER ISSUES THAT ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED.
THERE ARE MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS REGARDING THE POLLUTION AND TOXICITY OF THE SITE, THE RUNOFF AND THE QUALITY OF THE WATER, LEAVING THE SITE AND HOW THAT WILL AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WATER WAYS DOWNSTREAM.
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE WILL, THAT THERE WILL BE PERIODIC TESTING ON THIS PREVIOUS TOXIC SITE, THE OLD TANK FARM, A BUILDING, A 60 FEET SHOWS, RESPECT, AND A DESIRE TO INTEGRATE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE TURNING OF THE TIE OF OFTEN SYSTEMIC RACISM.
EXCUSE ME, RACIST LEGACY OF DISPLACEMENT THROUGH DANI.
THIS PROJECT IS BIGGER THAN ONE STREET, ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE AREA.
THIS IS GOING TO EFFECT THE ENTIRE.
THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT MY AREA.
THE MARTIN LUTHER KING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT PECAN SPRINGS, GOING TO AFFECT JC SEABROOK.
IT IS THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT ON THE DEVELOPER CANNOT BE GIVEN AT 60 FEET.
IF THIS DEVELOPER CHEWY IS ABOUT COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND HELPING AND UPLIFTING AND WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THEY SHOULD GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY WANT TO BE MET.
THANK YOU, MONICA GUZMAN, DANIEL WOOD ROTH IS IN QUEUE 68.
I'M MONICA GUZMAN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR RUNDBERG RESIDENT IN 7 8, 7 5 8.
LAST WEEK I SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF THE MLK PLANNING AREA NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PUTT.
I STILL SUPPORT THEIR REQUEST FOR A 30 ACRE PUD AT 60 FEET WITH COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS, AS WELL AS THEIR REQUEST FOR TIME TO ADDRESS EXISTING FLOODING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.
RESIDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE, WORK
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AND PLAY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.THEY ARE STEPPING UP IN DEFENSE OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, THEIR LIVES AND CULTURE, OTHER RESIDENTS, CONTACT TEAM REPRESENTATIVES, AND INDIVIDUALS LIKE ME.
WE MAY NOT LIVE IN THE MLK PLANNING AREA.
WE MAY NOT LIVE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, BUT SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I HAVE THE RIGHT AND AN OBLIGATION TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF OTHER BROWN AND BLACK RESIDENTS FIGHTING FOR THEIR COLLECTIVE RIGHTS TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THEM.
WHEN THERE'S A CALL TO ACTION, SURELY COMMUNITY LEADERS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AS AN ORGANIZER, UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF STANDING TOGETHER.
REMEMBER THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED AND WEBLO ONLY NEEDLE.
JEANETTE TO ELLIA IS NEXT THERE NET PRO TEM COUNCIL.
THIS IS DANIEL WOODROFFE PRESIDENT AND DESIGN DIRECTOR FOR DWG AND WITH THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FOR THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PD.
UM, AS A RESULT OF THE MECHANICS OF THE PRODUCT ALLOCATION PROCESS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER AN EXTREMELY EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION PLAN THAT CORRECT FOR THE SITE'S PAST AS A TA, AS A, AS A TANK FARM BY SOL TESTING, BY IMPLEMENTING ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF 20 ACRES AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE CREEK AND FLOODPLAIN AREAS.
WE'RE AN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLAN AND PLANTING THOUSANDS OF NATIVE TREES, SHRUBS, AND HERBACIOUS PLANTS.
THIS PROJECT PROPOSES TO USE SILVA CELLS TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE AND ENHANCE THE GROWING CONDITIONS FOR THE TREES.
AND WE'D LIKE TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST EXAMPLES OF THIS LEVEL OF INNOVATION IN THE CITY.
WE'RE CONSOLIDATING OUR BUILDING AREA BY REDUCING IMPERVIOUS COVER BY OVER TWO ACRES BY BUILDING UP RATHER THAN OUT.
AND ALSO RE-INVENTING THE SPRINGDALE GREEN RIGHT AWAY WITH NEW GRADE SEPARATED BIPLANES AND TREE-LINED SIDEWALKS.
WE PROPOSE TO IMPLEMENT A STATE OF THE ART, SUSTAINABLE BUILDING AND LANDSCAPE PRACTICES THAT WILL REDUCE OUR ENERGY AND RESOURCE FOOTPRINT.
WE PROPOSE A HUGE 600,000 GALLON SYSTEM TO MEET.
MOST OF OUR IRRIGATION NEEDS THROUGH THE COLLECTION OF STORM WATER AND THE HARVESTING OF AC CONDENSATE AMONG OTHER STRATEGIES.
AND THAT CISTERN THE BIOSWELLS AND THE RAIN GARDENS WILL HAVE A PROFOUND, POSITIVE DOWNSTREAM REDUCTION OF STORM WATER FLOW.
THIS IS AN EXTENSIVE PACKAGE THAT PRESENTS INNOVATION AT ITS BEST AND GOES SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT COULD OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED UNDER TRADITIONAL ZONING AND WOULD TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN ADDRESSING AND HELPING TO CORRECT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT THIS SITE DID DURING HIS TIME AS THE TANK FARM.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I AM ALSO AVAILABLE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE OF THE PROJECT, JANET TO EYLEA IS NEXT CHIP HARRIS IS ON DECK.
NO, NO PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M JEANETTE DALEA CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF J-PAL COMPANY, THE APPLICANTS FOR THE SPRINGDALE GREEN PUD.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF OUR PUD.
IT'S BEEN AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS, BUT I BELIEVE WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A TRULY SUPERIOR PROPOSAL LEVERAGING A 15% INCREASE IN SQUARE FOOTAGE TO PROVIDE OVER $8 MILLION IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS, HOUSING AND OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
EVERY COMPONENT OF THIS PACKAGE HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE SITES PAST, AS A TANK FARM MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS OR SUPPORTS KEY CITY GOALS.
AND EACH OF THEM IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE CITY WOULD OTHERWISE REQUIRE.
THESE COMMITMENTS WILL HELP PROVIDE AFFORDABLE OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOODS, FLOODING UPGRADE, NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, IMPLEMENT EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION TO CORRECT.
SO THE SITE PAST ADDITIONALLY, I TOOK IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE LESS DISCUSSED OUR LARGE COMMITMENTS TO SUSTAINABLE BUILDING AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGIES WILL MEANINGFULLY REDUCE OUR ENERGY AND RESOURCE FOOTPRINT STRATEGIES
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THAT WILL BE CRITICAL TO ADOPT.IF WE ARE TO BUILD RESILIENCY AS A CITY IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE FURTHER, THE PROJECT WILL BE BUILT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL RULES AND REGULATIONS.
I'M PROUD OF THE VISION WE HAVE PUT FORWARD FOR THE SITE, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TO PARIS.
BRAD RUSSELL IS ON DECK MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M SPEAKING ON ITEMS 1 10, 1 11, AND ONE 12, UH, 71 13 PRINTER ROAD, REZONING, UH, CITY'S PROFESSIONAL PLANNING STAFF HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB ON THIS CASE AND WRITTEN A COMPELLING REPORT RECOGNIZING THE BENEFITS OF GROWTH, BUT COGNIZANT OF ITS POTENTIAL, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, CITY STAFF, ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF MF FOUR, FIND SOME BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO, UH, CITY PLANNING GUIDELINES STATE THAT MS. SIX MAYBE APPLY TO USE NEAR COMMERCIAL FACILITIES AND AREA ADJACENT TO THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OR MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL EMPLOYMENT CENTER.
THIS PROPERTY FAILS TO MEET ANY OF THOSE CRITERIA TO QUALIFY FOR MSX I'M IN SUPPORT OF SASS, ALTERNATE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATION OF MF FOR THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, LAYS OUT THE PATH OR REASONABLE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
OVER THE PAST DECADE, CITY OF BOSTON HAS GROWN ABOUT 24%, BUT THE CRESTVIEW COMMUNITY HAS GROWN BY A HUNDRED PERCENT LEAVING.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS HORRIBLY BEHIND, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC ISSUES.
IF WE HAVE A CHOICE IN THIS CASE, WE CAN BE GUIDED BY CAREFULLY CRAFTED PLANNING CRITERIA, OR WE CAN MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THE DEVELOPER'S FINANCIAL DESIRES CITY STAFF'S REPORT OFFERS SOME GUIDANCE IN THIS AREAS.
IT SAYS, QUOTE, THE PROPOSED ZONING SHOULD SATISFY A REAL PUBLIC NEED AND NOT PROVIDE SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TO THE OWNER.
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPROVE A STAFF.
ALTERNATE EMINENT FOR ZONING RECOMMENDATION IS SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THE CITY WITHOUT TO GRADING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN ADDITION, THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, UH, CONDITIONAL OVERLAY SHOULD BE INCLUDED TO ENSURE ADEQUATE PROTECTIONS FOR THE NEARBY FAMILY HOMES.
THANK YOU, BRAD RUSSELL WITH JANICE RANKIN ON DECK.
MY NAME IS BRAD RUSSELL, AND I'M SPEAKING REGARDING ITEMS 1 10, 1 11 1 12 FOR THE 7 1 1 3 BURNET ROAD REZONING.
I REPRESENT THE CRESTVIEW RESIDENTS THAT LIVE CLOSEST TO 7 1, 1 3 BURNET WHO WERE OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S A REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT ON THIS ITEM THAT THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO.
AND WE JOINED THAT REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT.
THANK YOU, JANICE RANKIN WITH JOSEPH REYNOLDS ON DECK.
AM I UNMUTED NOW? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.
UH, I WANTED TO CONFIRM WHETHER WE DO HAVE A, AN AGREEMENT TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM OR NOT.
IF NOT, THEN I HAVE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY.
UH, AND SO I, I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY TAKE THE COUNCIL'S TIME.
THEY SAID IF THERE ISN'T AN AGREED UPON INTENT TO PRESS POUND, WHICH NUMBER CASE IS THIS? OKAY.
IT IS ONE 12 THAT I'M SPEAKING TO AND MAYOR AND FIVE MAY.
INTEND TO, UM, UH, MAKE NOTE OF THE REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENT THAT HAS COME FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND INDICATE MY SUPPORT FOR THAT COMMENT.
BUT IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR THE COMMENTARY FROM FOLKS GOING IN, UM, IS WHAT I HAVEN'T SAID, WHICH IS WHY I HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING UP TO THIS POINT.
IS JERRY WITH US? YES, MAYOR I AM.
IS THAT GOING TO BE AN AGREED POSTPONE? YES, IT IS.
SO TO THE SPEAKER SOUNDS LIKE THE CASE IS GOING TO BE POSTPONED.
SHOULD I CONTINUE WITH MY, THE REMARKS OR,
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UM, SAVE TIME FOR EVERYBODY OR YOU CERTAINLY CAN COME BACK WHEN THE CASE IS CALLED UP FROM POSTPONEMENT.WELL THEN I'LL STEP ASIDE AND WISH YOU COULD DIE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US SOME TIME BACK NEXT SPEAKER, JOSEPH REYNOLDS WITH G EUGENE SUTTON ON DECK.
UH, I WAS PREPARED TO REQUEST THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, POSTPONEMENT.
AND SINCE YOU ALL HAVE AGREED TO THAT, I'LL SAVE YOU SOME MORE TIME MYSELF.
EUGENE SAT IN WITH KAREN FERNANDEZ ON DECK.
ARE WE GOOD TO GO? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.
THIS IS ITEM 1 26, 16 0 9 MATTHEWS LANE MATTHEWS LANE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MET WITH MRS. VICK, MS. VICTORIA HAAS ON MAY 21ST.
SHE PRESENTED REZONING REQUESTS FOR MF THREE WITH 12 SINGLE FAMILY CELL UNITS ON 0.604 ACRES IN 1609.
OUR OUTREACH GROUP SEEKS SIX FAMILY UNITS AND OR DUPLEXES MAXIMUM OF TWO STORY, 35 FEET, RECENT ZONING CASES WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES, COOPER RAILROAD TRACKS, MATTHEWS LANE, AND DITMAR HAVE YIELDED DENSITIES OF FOUR UNITS RE REQUESTED AT 1105 MATTHEWS ON ONE ACRE.
ALSO REQUESTS BY CITY STAFF REPORT NINE UNITS OF MATTHEWS PARK, TWO AND A HALF ACRES AND FOUR UNITS AT 1103 MATTHEWS LANE.
ALSO TWO AND A HALF ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD CAN CONSIST OF MULTIPLE SINGLE FAMILY UNITS WITH CYBIL SIZABLE, LAKERS, ANCHORAGE, TWO LARGEST OR 15 PLUS ACRES, AND MULTIPLE PROPERTIES.
THERE IS RECOGNITION OF A NEED FOR INCREASED DENSITY, BUT RECENT UNIT NUMBER REQUEST INITIAL TENANT 1103 MATTHEWS ARE VIEWED AS EXCESSIVE.
TWO FACTORS ARE PARAMOUNT IN THIS VIEW.
TRAFFIC AND ROADWAY CONCERNS EXIST ON BOTH MATTHEW'S LANE AND COOPER LANE AND DRAINAGE IS PROBLEMATIC WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES.
BOTH MATTHEW'S LANE AND COOPER LANE ARE ALREADY DANGEROUS TO PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS AND VEHICLES PER LANE HAS RECEIVED HEAVIER UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH A LITTLE MODIFICATION ROADWAY.
MATTHEW, HIS LANE HAS DUPLEX PARKING SPILLING OVER ONTO THE NARROW ROADWAY.
THE ROAD FUNNELS TO 26 FEET AT THE TRACKS.
DRAINAGE ISSUES ARE ONGOING AS THERE ARE SEVERAL LARGE RETENTION PONDS AT THE SOUTH END OF THE DITMAR BOUNDARY SOUTH STONE DEVELOPMENT, 232 UNITS IS BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION AT DITMAR AND ALONG THE TRACKS UP TO DAMON AND ALARM.
WHAT ADDITIONAL RETENTION PONDS AND A BRIDGE WILL BE REQUIRED TO BYPASS THE EROSION HAZARD AREAS.
THE 12 UNITS THAT ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED ON 3.1 ACRES, FRONTING THE TRACKS AND NEXT TO 1507 DAMON HAVE DRAINAGE LEADING DOWNWARD TO THE RAILROAD.
18 WILL BE CONSTRUCTED NEXT TO THE TRACKS, EXTENDING FROM DAYMOND TOWARDS DITMAR MATTHEW'S PARK AND 1103 MATTHEWS LANE AND HAVE SMALL RETENTION PONDS AND 1105.
PROPERTY IS TWO AND A HALF ACRES HAD ONE AND A HALF ACRES OF FLOODPLAIN.
DRAINAGE COMMENTS ALSO ARE CONSISTENT FROM 1103 TO SHERWOOD ROAD AND DOWN TOWARDS ELM FOREST.
I ENCLOSED SOME PHOTOS ALSO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THEM.
I THINK THE BEST PHOTO IS THE RAPIDS THAT ARE RUNNING DOWN.
THE, A STREAM THAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS FROM THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
GRANTED, THIS WAS DURING OUR LATEST WET PERIOD.
THIS 1600 NIGHT SITE IS IN A LOW LYING AREA THAT APPEARS TO HAVE MULTIPLE DRAINAGE ISSUES.
THANK YOU, KAREN FERNANDEZ WITH JEFFREY DICKERSON ON DECK.
YES, THIS IS, UM, I'M KAREN FERNANDEZ.
UM, I LIVE ON
UM, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THIS REQUEST BECAUSE WE ARE GOING FROM SF TWO TO A MULTIFAMILY THREE, AND IT IS NOT KEEPING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS AND IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OUR DRAINAGE ISSUES.
THE OVERDEVELOPMENT OVER ON COOPER LANE, WHICH IS JUST EAST OF ME, IS ALREADY AFFECTING OUR DRAINAGE ISSUES UPSTREAM.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OLD MAPS, IT'S ACTUALLY SITS INSIDE OF THE CREEK BED.
I KNOW YOUR DESIRE FOR DENSITY IS IMPORTANT, BUT THIS IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THIS.
A REASON WOULD ONLY ENCOURAGE MORE OF THESE REALTORS THAT KEEP CALLING ME EVERY DAY AND MY NEIGHBORS THAT PROMISE THAT THEY CAN SELL THE HOUSE, SELL THE LAW FOR A MILLION DOLLARS, PROMISING THE NEW PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN BUILD MANY HOMES.
WHEN I CALLED THEM TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS OR SETBACKS AND OUR DRAINAGE ISSUES, THEY DON'T CARE.
I NEED YOUR COUNSEL TO TAKE A STAND, TO PROTECT OUR HOMES FROM THE FLOODING.
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IS ALLOWED IN THIS WATERSHED, THERE'S A REASON IT IS NAMED SOUTH BOGGY CREEK.IT'S LOW LYING AND SLOW DRAINING.
WE HAVE ALL MAINTAINED, MORE PERVIOUS COVER THAN IS EVEN NEEDED OR DEMANDED BY THE CITY.
WHEN ADDING ONTO OUR HOMES, WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE CONSIDER THE SOIL SACRED.
QUITE A FEW OF THE HOMEOWNERS HAD CREATED NATIVE AND EDIBLE LANDSCAPES USING PERMACULTURE DESIGN TECHNIQUES TO MITIGATE AGAINST THE SUCCESS OF RUNOFF.
WE'VE INSTALLED BERMS AND SWALES TO SLOW AND CLEAN THE RUNOFF AS WELL AS PROVIDE A HABITAT FOR ALL THE LOCAL CRITTERS.
WE LOVINGLY CARE FOR THIS SPACE AND WE HAVE CONSERVED.
IT WE'VE CREATED THESE SPACES AFTER LONG OBSERVATION OF THE LAND AND WATERWAYS.
THIS IS BEYOND ANY REMEDIES, A DEVELOPER'S GOING TO DEPLOY TO DEAL WITH FLOODING.
I THINK TOO MANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS PROMISED FLOOD MITIGATION THAT WOULD HELP THE EXISTING OWNERS THAT ONLY LEAD TO FLOODING OF THE OLDER HOMES DURING RAIN EVENTS.
BUT IN THE PAST, WE'RE NOT A PROBLEM.
WE ARE ALL LONG-TERM RESIDENTS AND GREAT STEWARDS.
WE HAVE KNOWLEDGE THAT WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT ANYONE LOOKING TO BUILD IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE UTILIZED BY ALL INVOLVED.
IT'S MY HOPE THAT THE NEW OWNER WILL MAKE AN EFFORT TO WORK WITH US RATHER THAN SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO UNDERMINE OUR EFFORTS, TO PROTECT OUR HOMES.
I ALSO ASK THAT YOU, THE COUNCIL RESPECT OUR SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AND UNIQUE NEED FOR LESS DENSITY IN SOUTH BOGGY CREEK.
WE ARE OPEN TO MORE HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT NOT AT THIS LEVEL OF DENSITY.
JEFFREY DICKERSON WITH VICTORIA LEWIS DONE ON DECK JEFFREY DICKERSON, PLEASE UNMUTE JEFFREY DICKERSON, VICTORIA LEWIS, DONE WITH THE NOVIA JOSEPH ON DECK.
GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE MAYOR, UH, MAYOR PROTIUM AND COUNCILOR MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS VICTORIA LOUIS DUNN, AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE FOR BIG AUSTIN.
UH, I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEMS 1 0 7 1 0 8 AND 1 0 9.
UM, I THINK THIS IS AN AMAZING PROJECT AND HONESTLY, UH, ALL OF MY EDUCATION TRAINING EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HAVE I THINK LED ME TO THIS MOMENT.
UM, I CANNOT EXPRESS TO YOU HOW MUCH IT PLEASES ME AND TOUCHES ME TO GET SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY FROM, UM, FEDERAL AGENCIES LIKE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT FROM TRAVIS COUNTY, FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, THAT WE PURSUED THIS AMERICAN DREAM CONCEPT.
UH, THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, HELPING DEVELOP.
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR GOOD TRAINING, FOR LEARNING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE.
I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THREE, THREE MINUTES, YOU KNOW, I CAN EXPLAIN, BUT I REALLY LOVE IT.
AND I THINK IT'S AN, AND I WOULDN'T BE BEHIND IT IF I DIDN'T.
UH, I DON'T, YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ME VERY MUCH BECAUSE I TEND TO STAY IN THE BACKGROUND AND DO A LOT OF WORK, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO, TO STEP OUT AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THIS IS, THIS IS ONE THAT NEEDS TO GO FORWARD.
THIS IS A RESULTING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA FOR ME TO SAY THAT.
AND I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TO THAT.
UH, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE I CAN SAY? THANK YOU, JEFF DICKERSON IS UP WITH ZENOBIA ON DECK THIRD PERSON.
COULD YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.
CAN YOU BRING UP MY POWERPOINT PRESENTATION PLEASE? WHAT ITEM ARE YOU SPEAKING ON, SIR? I'M SORRY.
REPEAT THAT? GIVE US A SECOND.
WE'RE S WE'RE SEARCHING FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WELL, THE PRESENTATIONS COMING UP, I'LL GO AHEAD AND
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SPEAK MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO ME TODAY.
UH, I AM SPEAKING ON ITEM 1 26 IN OPPOSITION ON THE MASTERS LANE, REZONING.
THIS HIGH DENSITY ZONING CHANGES REQUESTED BY THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT PROTECT THE UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTIC.
IT RESULTS IN A DETRIMENTAL AND PATH, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEGATIVE IMPACT COMES FROM INCREASED PREVIOUS COVER AS WELL, A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION.
AND GREENSCAPE THIS LOCATION IS NOT CLOSE TO ANY IMAGINED.
AUSTIN DESIGNATED ACTIVITY CENTER.
THIS LOCATION IS MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE FOR MANY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
THE ADVOCATE BRINGS UP ISSUES ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEAR, A BUILDING HEIGHTS AND DENSITY.
THE ACTUAL MATTER FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE MERELY OPPOSED TO DEVELOPERS THAT COME IN AND DO NOT HAVE A FOOTPRINT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THE MATH YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS OVERVIEW OF THE SOUTH BOGGY CREEK AREA.
THAT DEVELOPMENT IS IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND SIDE.
OKAY, WELL ON SLIDE TWO, THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS CREEKS AND WATERFLOW THAT SLIDE.
THERE IS A DELAY FOR YOU IF YOU'RE WATCHING ON TELEVISION.
SLIDE THREE SHOWS ALL THE CREEKS, ALL THE WATER BELOW PLUS KNOWN SPRINGS THAT ARE IN THIS AREA.
YOU CAN SEE WITH INCREASED DEVELOPMENT, THERE WILL BE INCREASED WATER POLLUTION DUE TO THIS AREA.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE COST OF THE NEARBY HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS.
IF THIS IS TRULY AFFORDABLE PROJECT, YOU CAN SEE A CURRENT SELLING CROSS AT THE HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS, $400,000, $600,000.
THIS SHOWS THE STREETS UP AND DOWN.
THEY HAVE A 10, 15 DEGREE ANGLE GOING UP AND DOWN.
THAT SLIDE SHOWS DRAINAGE PIPES.
THAT'S ALL THERE IS THAT CONTROL THE WATER FLOW.
THIS LAST SLIDE SHOWS RECENT WATER AND RUNOFF AT SAMPLES.
YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WATER IS FLOWING.
SOME FINAL THOUGHTS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ONCE THIS GREEN ECOSYSTEM IS GONE, IT'S GONE.
IT WILL BE SUPPLANTED BY CONCRETE AND HOUSE.
ONCE THIS GREEN ECOSYSTEM HAS GONE TO VARIOUS ANIMALS, TREES AND BIRDS THAT ARE TRAFFICKING WILL BE GONE.
ONE ECOSYSTEM GONE THERE WILL BE INCREASED COSTS BORN BY THE CITY TO CONTROL FLOOD AROUND ALL ORIGINALLY PROVIDED.
NEXT SPEAKER IS ZENOBIA JOSEPH WITH RUTH LAUER ON DECK.
THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 61 62 63 IN OPPOSITION TO URBANA ONE, TWO AND THREE THAT'S 558 UNITS OFF OF BREAKER AND WEDGEWOOD, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER MILE FROM
AND THAT'S WHERE PEDESTRIANS ARE KILLED THE MOST.
THAT'S AN A 2009 TRANSPORTATION, TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE STUDY ON PAGE 75.
IT ALSO MENTIONS THE 8 0 3, WHICH IS ED BREAKER AND BURNET.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S 45 MINUTES, THAT BUS RUNS AND IT'S A 30 MINUTE WAIT TO GET TO THE WEST SIDE, EXCEPT ON SOCCER DAYS.
THEY'LL RUN THE BUS EVERY 20 MINUTES, BUT TO GET TO WORK, THE BUS DOESN'T OPERATE.
SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INCREASING CONGESTION IN THE AREA.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL THAT I DO OPPOSE THE NORTH WIND DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS ITEM 72, THAT'S 240 MULTIFAMILY UNITS.
AND THE REASON IN PART IS BECAUSE
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STAFF HAS STATED THAT IT'S SUBSTANDARD TRANSIT IN THAT AREA, NO CONNECTIVITY.AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY RATING FOR DECKER MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A D FROM 2009 19.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN I TESTIFIED BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE, GOVERNMENT CODE 3 0 5 0.02, ONE FALSE COMMUNICATION AS SPECIFIED ON THE FORMS, AND YOU CANNOT MISREPRESENT THE FACTS, BUT I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO, AND THEN TASHA HARPER MADISON POST.
IT SAID, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, MANY RESIDENTS IN D ONE AND ACROSS OUR CITY LOST THEIR BUS SERVICE IN 2018, WHEN CAPITOL METRO OVERHAULED ITS NETWORK AND THAT'S FALSE INFORMATION, THE BUS RUNS 2.9 BOARDINGS AN HOUR ON CONVICT HILL.
THE SENIOR CITIZENS THAT ARE IN HIS VICINITY LOST THEIR BUS THROATS ACROSS FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL.
METRO HAS IN FACT DONE A DISSERVICE TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL, THAT ROUTE 30 RUNS FOR THE PEOPLE ON WALSH CHARLETON AND THAT VIOLATES STATE LAW BECAUSE THEY HAVE WITHDRAWN FROM CAPITAL METRO SERVICE AREA WESTWOOD, UM, WESTLAKE, EXCUSE ME, AT NIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION.
LASTLY, MERIT TO THE HEARING ON THE AMERICAN JOBS PLAN, WHERE SECRETARY BUDDHA JAG, AND ALSO SECRETARY FUDGE TESTIFIED TOGETHER, AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSIT, GETTING PEOPLE TO JOBS.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO QUOTE, IT SAYS PUBLIC TRANSIT IS KEY TO BUILDING VIBRANT AND INTERCONNECTED COMMUNITIES, CREATING JOBS, REDUCING POLLUTION, COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE, ADVANCING RACIAL EQUITY AND PROVIDING TRAVEL OPTIONS FOR EVERYONE.
AND THAT'S THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION.
THESE TWO PROJECTS THAT I'VE MENTIONED ARE DISCONNECTED.
IT IS NOT COMPACT AND CONNECTED AS YOU MENTIONED AN IMAGINED AUSTIN, BUT YET, AND STILL THE STAFF REPORTS ACTUALLY SUPPORT THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND MAYOR, AND I KNOW YOU DON'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT I SAY, BUT IN 2017, I ACTUALLY FILED THE COMPLAINT.
THE FINAL SPEAKER IS RUTH LAUER.
I LIVE IN MATTHEW'S BLAINE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I SPEAK TODAY, BOTH FROM MYSELF, MY LONG-TERM TENANTS AND THE CITY'S FUTURE AREA, SOUTH OF MATTHEW'S LANE, INCLUDING 1609.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS ITEM ONE TO SIX ON THE AGENDA, 1,609 MATH.
THIS AREA WAS ANNEXED IN 1984.
WE STILL RETAIN OUR RURAL ROADS WITH NO CURBS OR CUTOUTS FOR STORMWATER DRAINAGE.
THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS OR WALKABLE ROAD SHOULDERS IN MANY PLACES.
MY POINT IS THAT THE CITY HAS NOT INVESTED IN BASIC URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE.
YET DEVELOPERS CALL THIS THE URBAN CORE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
THIS SQUARE MILE HAS SEEN LOTS OF DEVELOPMENT ON UNDEVELOPED LAND.
UM, 232 CONDOS ARE GOING IN, UH, THINK EUGENE COVERED THIS IN HIS TALK.
UM, WE'RE NOT AGAINST CHANGE AND WE'RE NOT.
WE, WE KNOW THAT HOUSE CROSSING NEEDS HOUSING, BUT THAT'S A LOT, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER TO ADD TO AN AREA WITHOUT ADDING STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE TO MANAGE IT.
I KNOW THERE'S AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS IN AUSTIN.
HOWEVER, NONE OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR AREA ADDRESS THAT CRISIS, A THROWER DESIGN STATES THAT MORE DENSITY MAKE, MAKE THE UNITS LESS EXPENSIVE, LESS EXPENSIVE DOES NOT EQUAL AFFORDABLE.
AND IN THESE TIMES, ESPECIALLY THE OUT OF STATE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT MARKET THAT DETERMINES THE PRICE OF HOMES.
I REALLY FEEL BAD FOR MY TENANTS THAT WANT TO BUY HOUSES IN AUSTIN THAT CAN AFFORD TO MY MOST RECENT VACANCY WAS BECAUSE MY TENANTS DECIDED IF AUSTIN WAS AS EXPENSIVE AND CENSUSES AS SAN FRANCISCO, THEY MIGHT AS WELL MOVE THERE.
AND THEY DID THE FEBRUARY, 2017 CITY OF BOSTON AUDIT REPORT ON THE FLOOD BUYOUT PROGRAM FOUND THAT RE RETROACTIVELY BUYING SLEDDED HOMES RESULTS IN HIGHER CLASS FOR THE CITY OF THE NINE BUYOUT AREAS LISTED SIX ARE IN SOUTH AUSTIN.
THERE WERE OVER 300 HOMES AND ONION CREEK, ANOTHER 25 OFF WILLIAMSON CREEK AND STASSNEY LANE.
MUCH OF THIS FLOODING WAS CAUSED BY CONSTRUCTION AND INCREASED IMPERVIOUS COVER UPSTREAM FROM THE FLOODED NEIGHBORHOODS, WILLIAMSON CREEK BOGGY CREEK, OR THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION
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FROM ENOUGH FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT IS A CITY PREPARED TO BUY MORE EXPENSIVE HOUSING AND WANT IT TO BE VERY CLEAR WHAT YOU'RE EXCHANGING HERE.YOU'RE GRANTING DEVELOPERS, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE NOW IN EXCHANGE FOR POTENTIALLY LOSING PROPERTIES, JUST LETTING IN THE FUTURE.
THE CITY WILL BE FORCED TO BUY EXPENSIVE LAND, LOSE THE TERM TAX REVENUE AND MORE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WOULD AVOID BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS. I ASKED THAT IMPERVIOUS COVER AND BUILDING ON THIS LAST TIME HAS EXPIRED.
WELL, LARGE HOMES IS TO DANCE.
THAT INCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS IN THERE.
[Zoning Consent Agenda]
YOU WON'T TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT SETTING.UH, AND BEFORE WE START THAT, I NEED TO NOTE THAT ITEMS 57 THROUGH 50, 76 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE STAFF AND THEY'RE REPLACED BY THE ITEMS I'M ABOUT TO READ INTO THE RECORD.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THE FIRST ITEM I CAN DO IS ITEM 1 0 2, WHICH IS CASE C EIGHT 14, 2020 0 1 32.
THIS IS THE CENTRAL HEALTH POD.
I DO HAVE TWO THINGS I NEED TO MAKE NOTE OF IN HERE.
AND THEN I CAN OFFER THE CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
THE FIRST IS THAT THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CENTRAL HEALTH, WHICH WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE ORDINANCE AS AN EXHIBIT, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE BUILD LABOR PROTECTIONS WILL BE ADDED TO THE ILA.
AND THEN ALSO THAT WE HAVE IN ADDITION TO THE ORDINANCE, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES.
AND I NEED TO READ THIS QUICKLY, UH, UNDER PART SEVEN, THE ENVIRONMENTAL THERE'LL BE A NEW SECTION B THAT SAYS THE LANDOWNERS SHALL COMPLY WITH CITY REGULATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES.
IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN IS FILED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY.
ADDITIONALLY, THE LANDOWNER SHALL WORK WITH THE CITY TO IDENTIFY METHODS, TO USE ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT, FEASIBLE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONNECTING TO THE CITY'S RECLAIMED WATER.
IF RECLAIM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS AVAILABLE WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE PROPERTY AND DESIGNING ALL NEW BUILDINGS IN A MANNER THAT WILL INCORPORATE THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLIES.
SO WITH THAT ADDITION TO THE ORDINANCE, I CAN OFFER ONE OR TWO FOR CONSENT ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS ITEM 1 0 3 IS THE SPRINGDALE PUB.
THAT'LL BE DISCUSSION ITEM 1 0 4 IS KC 14, 2020 1 0 0 32.
THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO JULY 29TH ITEM NUMBER 1 0 5, KC 14, 2020 1 0 0 48.
THIS CASE IS READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.
THIS CASE C 14, 2020 1 0 0 49.
THIS IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.
I DIDN'T WANT A SEVEN K C 14, 2020 100 HUNDRED 26.
THIS IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER A 108 IS KC 14, 2020 1 0 0 27.
I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVE ON ALL THREE READINGS WITH A NOTATION.
THAT TRACK NUMBER ONE HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM 22.6 ACRES TO 20.734 ACRES ITEM NUMBER 1 0 9 IS KC 14, 2020 ONE HUNDRED, A HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT.
I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER ONE 10 IS CASE NPA 2020 1 0 0 1 7 0.01.
THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO JULY 29TH.
THERE'S NO OPPOSITION TO THAT ITEM.
NUMBER ONE, 11, THIS CASE 14 72, 0 32 RCT.
ALSO A POST-SOVIET REQUESTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO JULY 29TH WITH NO OPPOSITION.
I DIDN'T WANT 12, C 14, 2020 1 0 0 44 WAS FORMED REQUESTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD JULY 29TH, NO OPPOSITION.
ALL THREE OF THOSE ARE RELATED CASES.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, 13 IS KC 14, 2020 1 0 0 20 5,925.
I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS WITH ONE NOTATION.
AND THAT IS AN AGREEMENT WORKED OUT BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND ALANNA THAT IT, THAT THE ADDITIONAL PROHIBITED USES WILL BE PAWN SHOP IN BAIL BONDS BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE OVERLAY AND THAT LIQUOR SALES WOULD BE A CONDITIONAL USE.
SO WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS, WE CAN OFFER THAT FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE OF THEM.
ONE 14 IS CASEY 14, 2020 1 0 0 1 7.
THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO JULY 29TH ITEM NUMBER ONE 15, THIS CASE C 14, 2020 1,241.
I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.
I DON'T REMEMBER ONE 16 IS HIS C 14, 2020 1 0 0 35.
I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT OR APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.
I DID NUMBER ONE 17, THIS CASE C 14, 2020 1,942.
I COULD OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS, OTHER THAN ONE 18 IS RELATED TO 1 0 1, WHICH WAS INDEFINITELY POSTPONED EARLIER.
UH, THIS IS KC 14, 2020 1 0 0 1 6.
STAFF IS REQUESTING AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT OF THIS CASE AS WELL.
DO YOU SAY DEFINITE WAS BOWMAN ON ONE 18? YEAH.
MAYOR INDEFINITE ITEM NUMBER ONE, 19 IS KC 14, 2020 1,953.
I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS
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ITEM ONE 20TH KC 14, 2020 100 HUNDRED 23 DOT S H.THIS IS A POSTCARD REQUEST BY NEIGHBORHOODS OF JULY 29TH, NO OPPOSITION NUMBER 1 21, CASEY 14 76, 0 83.
THIS IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.
I DON'T WANT 22 IS CASEY 14, 2020 1000 121.
I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 1 23 IS K C 14, 2020 0 1 45.
I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL AT ALL.
I DO 1 24 IS K C 14, 2020 1000 136.
THIS IS A POSTPARTUM REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO JULY 29TH.
ITEM NUMBER 1 25 IS CASEY 14, 2020 1000 HUNDRED 38.
I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS WITH THE NOTATION THAT THE, THE APPROVAL IS FOR THESE APP RECOMMENDATION OF GL, WHICH IS A, THE APPLICANT IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION.
I DIDN'T NUMBER 1 26, IS HE 14, 2020 ONE HUNDRED, A HUNDRED FIFTY SIX.
THIS IS THE MATTHEWS LANE CASE.
THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM.
AND THEN FINALLY, ITEM 1 27, THIS CASE C 14, 2020 ONE ZERO ZERO FIVE ZERO.
AND I CALL FOR THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL AT ALL THREE READINGS.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE TWO DISCUSSION CASES.
YES, MAYOR THE SPRINGDALE AND THE MATTHEWS.
THERE WOULD BE 1 0 3 AND 1 26.
KYLIE IS THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS 1 0 2 THROUGH 1 27 POOLED OR 1 0 3 AND 1 26.
UH, FIRST, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER? UM, UH, LS MAKES THE MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, MANIPUR TIME, SECONDS, UH, DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON ONE 17 BECAUSE OUR CLERK NOTE SAYS INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT, BUT I THOUGHT YOU SAID CONSENT ON ALL THREE AND THEN ONE 18 WAS THE INDEFINITE.
I HAVE CONSENT TO ALL THREE AND ONE 18.
I HAD THE INDEFINITE POSTPONE.
ALL THREE READINGS? YES MA'AM.
I AM RECUSING MYSELF ON ITEM ONE 13.
I THINK THAT'S THE CORRECT ONE.
AND, UM, JEREMY, I MEAN, JERRY MR. HESTER.
AND YOU SAID, UM, THE EARLIER ONES ARE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE JETTISONED.
SO I AM GOING TO BE RECUSING MYSELF ON ONE 13, AND I HAVE FILED A, UM, AFFIDAVIT WITH THE CITY CLERK THIS MORNING.
ALLEYS FOR DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND MOVE IT IN SECOND.
IT DOESN'T VARY CONSENT AGENDA.
IT SENDS AGENDA, UH, IS, UH, IS APPROVED ANONYMOUSLY, UM, WITH 1 0 3 AND, UH, I'M 26 OLD COLLEAGUES.
WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I THINK HFC CAN GO AND CONSENT.
IF YOU WANTED TO DO THAT BEFORE WE WENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT LATER, THAT'S FINE.
UM, AND ITEM 17 WILL ALSO BE QUICK.
IT SOUNDED LIKE WE CALLED THAT A SECOND AGO AND SOME PEOPLE WANTED TO DISCUSS IT.
IS, UH, IS, ARE THOSE FOLKS HERE AGENCY? I WAS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
WE WILL MOVE THEM OVER SHORTLY THERE.
THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE EXACT RIGHT TIMING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE APPLICANTS, UM, REPRESENTATIVE FOR WORKING ON THE CENTRAL HEALTH, UH, UM, ALTERNATIVE WATER, UH, ANNUAL PLANNING AND OTHER COMMITMENTS THAT JERRY READ INTO THE RECORD.
UM, THAT WAS REALLY, THAT'S A VERY, UM, I APPRECIATED THAT RESPONSIVENESS AND, UH, THAT'S ALL, IT'S A MIX.
AND, UH, UH, RECESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE, UH, AT, UH, THREE 13,
[Austin Housing Finance Corporation (Part 2 of 2)]
WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE ON JUNE 10TH, 2021.TIME IS THREE 13 FORM WITH THE BOARD IS PRESENT, UM, AND WENT TO, UH, TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
THE FIRST IS APPROVING THE JUNE 3RD, 2021, UH, MEETING MINUTES OF HFC.
THE SECOND IS AN INITIAL PAYMENT INCENTIVE PAYMENT TO MILESTONE COMMUNITY BUILDERS OR THE POST QUANTUM AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THE GROVE.
AND THE THIRD IS A SLEEPING, UH, THE EXECUTION OF A GROUND WASTE
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WITH A SPELL AT RUTLAND.UM, PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS LIGHT BACKUP ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO, AND I OFFER THESE THREE ITEMS ON CONSENT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS A MEMBER? RIGHT.
THE RHEA MAKES THE MOTION CASPER ALICE SECONDS THINK ABOUT UNFAIR HEBERT ALTER.
IT WAS A FAVOR, THE AGENDA OR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I THINK THAT'S ALL THE BUSINESS.
SO WE COULD LET YOU GO HANG ON A SECOND.
WHEN YOU GO BACK INTO THE, UM, INTO GOOD WITH THAT, THEN THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, UH, IS ADJOURNED HERE AT, UH, THREE 14.
NOW AT THREE 14, I'M GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON JUNE 10TH, 2021.
I'M GOING TO TAKE US INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE DO THAT.
WELL, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SUGGEST IT'S UP TO YOU OF COURSE, THAT, UH, LET YOU KNOW THAT 1 26, I EXPECT IT TO BE, UH, QUICK.
IT'S REALLY ONLY A PRESENTATION FROM THE, UM, APPLICANT, AND THEN I'LL BE MAKING A MOTION.
UH, IF THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION COME BACK OUT AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THERE.
[Executive Session]
IS NOW GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP THREE ITEMS PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 8 6, THE GOVERNMENT CODE WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS COMPETITIVE MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 97, WHICH IS AUSTIN ENERGY, UH, PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 171 AND 5, 5, 1 0 7 2.WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS LEGAL AND REAL ESTATE MATTERS RELATED TO A MOTEL CONVERSION STRATEGY AND PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 7 MONICA MCO.
WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE LEGAL ISSUES RELATED ITEM 77, WHICH IS THE ERP A SPAN THAT OBJECTION, COLLEAGUES, UH, LET'S GO STRAIGHT ON OVER TO, UH, TO THE, UH, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE'LL GIVE EVERYBODY LIKE TWO MINUTES TO GO TO THE RESTROOM IF THEY WANT TO, BUT LET'S GET OVER THERE PRETTY QUICKLY.
READY WHEN YOU ARE A MIRROR EROTIC CLOSED SESSION AND CLOSE SESSION, WE DISCUSSED COMPETITIVE MATTERS RELATED TO 97 REAL ESTATE AND LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO 99.
SHE IS RELATED ITEMS, 77, IT'S 5 39.
WE HAVE A QUORUM WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.
[Additional Item 4]
UH, BEFORE WE START, UH, HERE, UH, BACK IN, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, UH, DEBRA THOMAS TO TALK TO US ABOUT AN IMPENDING LOSS HERE AT THE CITY.ONE OF THOSE THAT, UH, CONCERN SOMEONE THAT WE HAVE ALL RELIED ON SO MUCH.
UH, AND, AND I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM THAT RUN YOU'RE MUTED, THANKING THEIR COUNSEL.
I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SERVICE OF MITZI COTTON.
THIS WILL BE MITZI'S LAST APPEARANCE ON THE DIES.
SHE IS RETIRING AFTER 36 YEARS WITH THE CITY NITZE STARTED IN 1985 UNDER MAYOR COOKSEY.
MITZI IS CURRENTLY THE HEAD OF ONE OF OUR, OF THE LAW DEPARTMENTS DIVISIONS, BUT SHE'S PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR THE MANY YEARS THAT SHE PROVIDED LEGAL ADVICE TO THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT.
OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE COME TO APPRECIATE HER, NO NONSENSE, COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO ADDRESSING ISSUES.
MITZI HAS BEEN A TRUE MENTOR AND TRUSTED ADVISOR.
WE WISH HER WELL ON THE NEXT LEG OF HER JOURNEY, BUT WE WANT HER TO KNOW THAT SHE WILL BE SORELY MISSED.
LET'S SEE, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY.
MA'AM THANK YOU, DEBORAH MAYOR.
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN THAT NEWS.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A SHOCK AND MITZI.
I JUST HAVE TO SAY, I KNOW WE WORKED, WE WORKED WITH MY STAFF THIS WEEK AND I WORKED WITH YOU.
AND IF I KNOWN THIS WAS YOUR LAST MEETING, I WOULD HAVE THROWN UP SOME HARDER CHALLENGES THIS LAST WEEK.
UM, BUT SERIOUSLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
I'VE I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
I THINK I KNEW YOU AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHEN I WAS INVOLVED ON DIFFERENT BOARDS AND, AND JUST, UM, ONE OF THE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, IT'S REALLY BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH YOU AND WISH YOU THE VERY BEST.
THAT'S WHEN WE KITCHEN, I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME, BUT I WANT TO SAY THE SAME AND I HOPE YOU'VE GOT WONDERFUL
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PLANS FOR RETIREMENT, BUT I'M EXCITED FOR YOU THAT'S AND REALLY HAVE APPRECIATED WORKING WITH YOU THAT WAS AROUND THE POOL, BUT GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS AND ENJOY WHAT'S AHEAD.SO YOU'VE TAUGHT US ALL A LOT AND YOU HAVE BEEN HERE THROUGH ALL OF IT.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HEARING OF IT, BUT MITZI, YOU ARE SO GRACIOUS IN EXPLAINING THINGS TO ME AND BEING NEW HERE, AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I WILL CARRY THAT WITH ME THROUGHOUT MY TERM.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THINK YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SUCH A, YOU'RE A SMILE AND VERY PLEASANT SPINE ALWAYS MADE ME FEEL UNCARED.
SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT IT'S DONE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
I COULD SAY THE SAME ABOUT YOUR SMILE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK TO YOU HERE SHORTLY MITZI WHEN WE HANDLE THE ZONING CASES, BUT FIRST LET'S SEE IF WE CAN HANDLE,
[Items 77, 78 & 91]
UH, ITEMS. UH, UH, THE THREE THAT ARE, THAT ARE LINKED 77, UH, 78 AND 91.I'M LOOKING AT, UH, UH, COMMENTS ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.
I THINK THAT THE APPROPRIATE BASE MOTION IS TO SUBSTITUTE OUT, UH, EXHIBIT A, UH, WITH, UH, THE, UM, EXHIBIT EIGHT.
IT WAS POSTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION FOR THAT RESOLUTION WITH THAT, UH, ATTACHED EXHIBIT COUNCILMEMBER ALTER MAKES THAT MOTIONS ARE SECOND TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO SECONDS THAT, UM, DO YOU WANT TO, TO ADDRESS IT? UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE AMENDMENTS, WE'LL GET INTO THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS ADD THE AMENDMENTS WITH THE DIRECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED, AND THEN THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE TO, TO DO A MAN.
UM, I THINK THE WHOLE DIOCESE HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD TO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE AMERICA RESCUE PLAN TO BE ABLE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, FOR THE FUTURE THAT WILL HELP US TO BE MORE RESILIENT.
UM, WHAT WE ARE OFFERING, UM, IN THIS EXHIBIT A, UM, COVERS A LOT OF THE GROUND OF WHAT WAS COVERED IN THE STAFF, UM, PROPOSAL.
UM, IT INCLUDES, UM, IT INCLUDES THE MONEY WE HAVE ALREADY ALLOCATED TO COVER OUR HEALTH EXPENSES, WHERE WE'RE ALSO EXPECTING, UM, SOME FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS TO BRING THAT TOTAL, UM, CLOSER TO THE 80 OR 90 MILLION IN THAT BUCKET WHERE YOU'RE INCLUDING, UM, THE COLONY PARK, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER.
UM, WE HAVE A LARGE BUCKET FOR HOMELESSNESS, WHICH I MIGHT LET THAT MAYOR SPEAK TO.
UM, MORE SPECIFICALLY, UM, THAT UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE MAKING SOME REALLY, REALLY KEY INVESTMENTS IN, UM, CHILDCARE, EARLY CHILDHOOD, UM, THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY FUND ABOUT HALF OF THE PROPOSALS THAT HAVE COME IN.
THERE'S BEEN, I THINK, FIVE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS THAT HAVE COME IN FROM OUR SUCCESS BY SIX COALITION AND UNITED WAY THAT WILL HELP US TO DELIVER IMPROVED CHILDCARE, MORE CHILDCARE, UM, AFTERSCHOOL CARE, UM, PRE-K CLASSROOMS IN DEL VALLEY IN AISD, UM, AGE TWO, UH, WOMEN WITH INFANTS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN BE HEALTHY OVER TIME THROUGH THE FAMILY CONNECTS PROGRAM.
AND THEN THERE IS SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR WORKFORCE THAT OUR STAFF WILL, UM, WORK OUT THE DETAILS ON, UM, AND THEN, UM, MONEY TO SUPPORT THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PANDEMIC PROGRAMS THAT I SPONSORED AND HOPEFULLY TO MOVE IT INTO BEING A MORE PERMANENT PROGRAM, THERE IS MONEY FOR RESILIENCE, FOOD, SECURITY, RESILIENCE, HUBS.
UM, WE ARE ADJUSTING THE CREATIVE SECTOR, UM, WITH
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12 MILLION AND WE ARE PROVIDING EMERGENCY RELIEF.UM, I THINK IT'S 42 MILLION THERE.
UM, AND WE ARE DOING SO IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO, UM, SEE ALL OF THE SOURCES THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.
UM, WE HAVE ACCOMPANY THIS WITH VARIOUS DIRECTION, BUT I'LL WAIT UNTIL THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THAT.
UM, MY HOPE IS THAT THIS ALTERNATIVE, UM, EXHIBIT ALLOWS EVERYONE ON COUNCIL TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY CARE MOST ABOUT, UM, INVESTED IN, UM, AND ALLOWS US TO DO WHAT WE LAID OUT IN RESILIENT.
ATX TO TRY TO TAKE A FEW AREAS LIKE, UM, HOMELESSNESS, UM, WORKFORCE CHILDCARE AND FOOD SECURITY AND TAKE SOME LEAPS FORWARD TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS TRANSITION, UM, OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.
NO, THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF A GROUP EFFORT.
I THINK GOING BACK CONVERSATIONS TO APRIL WHEN WE PASSED THE, UH, RESILIENT ATX, UH, RESOLUTION TO SAY, HEY, LET'S TRY TO USE THESE DOLLARS AND REALLY TRANSFORMATIVE WAYS TO DO THINGS THAT OTHERWISE AREN'T AVAILABLE TO US.
THERE ARE SO MANY NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS, AND THAT MAKES THESE KINDS OF THINGS JUST REALLY HARD.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE, UH, UH, FOCUSED ON THE PRIORITIES THAT WE SET, UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PICK UP SOME OTHER IMMEDIATE AREAS OF RELIEF NEEDED AS WELL.
UM, UM, HIGHEST PRIORITY IN THE CITY AND FOR THIS COUNCIL FOR AWHILE HAS BEEN HOMELESSNESS.
UH, AND I THINK IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHEST THAT'S THE THING THAT PEOPLE ON OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SEEM TO BE TALKING ABOUT MOST OF THIS AS WELL.
UH, WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAD THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO, UH, DO WHAT IT TAKES TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF TENTS.
AND, AND NOW WE HAVE A WAY TO START IF WE CAN, UH, AT, UH, THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN IN AND HELP.
BUT I THINK THAT IT'S REAL IMPORTANT SIGNAL FOR US TODAY TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, UM, UH, HOPING TO GET, UH, OTHER PARTNERS, UH, IN GOVERNMENTS AND PHILANTHROPY, PHILANTHROPY, AND BUSINESS TO, TO, TO JOIN THE END, UH, IN THAT, UH, EFFORT.
BUT THERE'S A REAL UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US.
THIS IS A CONTINGENT, UH, APPROVAL, UH, PROBABLY THE LANGUAGE OF THIS, AND WE REALLY NEED, UH, OTHERS TO STEP UP.
THIS IS A BIG LIST, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS ANYWHERE IN OUR CITY.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS IN PUBLIC PLACES.
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO LIVE IN INTENSE AND SANCTIONED AREAS.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS AND THE RIVERS AND THE STREAMS. WE, WE REALLY WANT TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO GET PEOPLE, UH, IN, IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET SERVICES AND RIGHT THEIR LIVES AND, AND HAVE HOMES.
I, IT DOES INCLUDE MONEY, UH, FOR, UH, UH, BEGINNING TO, TO, TO DEAL AT LEAST WITH, UH, THOSE, UH, UH, UH, PERHAPS WOMEN THAT WE, UH, NOW THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH PROPOSITION B.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEY HAVE, UH, UH, ALTERNATIVES AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO THERE'S THAT PROGRESS AS PART OF THIS, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES HOMELESSNESS WORKFORCE DOLLARS AND, AND, AND THE LIKE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PARKED UP.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NOT ONLY IS DEFENSE SPENDING PLAN MANAGER FOR THE, UH, DOLLARS DIRECTLY IN OUR POT, UH, BUT IT ALSO ADDRESSED, UH, UH, USE OF A PORTION OF THE, UH, EXCESS DOLLARS, THE DOLLARS OVER 12%, UH, IN THE BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND.
UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS IN FRONT OF US IS THE APPROPRIATION FOR THOSE DOLLARS IN ITEM NUMBER.
UM, I THINK IT'S AN ITEM NUMBER 91, UH, BUT THERE MAY BE $3 MILLION THAT, UH, UH, IS BEING DIRECTED, UH, TO BE USED THAT WAY BY WAY OF DIRECTION.
SO MANAGER, IF THERE NEEDS TO BE, UH, AN IFC THAT APPROPRIATES THAT MONEY AT OUR MEETING IN JULY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BRING THAT BACK, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WHICH MIGHT BE THE EASIEST, UH, TO, TO AFFECT THIS.
IF THAT'S NECESSARY, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT THREE, ROUGHLY $3 MILLION, OTHERWISE IT'S, UH, WHY IS THIS, THIS SENDS OUT THE MONEY.
WE, I THINK HAVE AGREEMENT ON THE, ON THE DIRECTIONS AND THE CONTINGENCIES.
UH, THESE ARE ADDRESSING CHALLENGES THAT ARE TOO BIG FOR THE CITY TO DO ALONE.
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UH, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT WE HAVE, UH, PARTNERS, UH, AND PERHAPS WITH THIS, WE CAN REALLY MAKE GENERATIONAL TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGES.AND, AND MY HOPE IS BEGIN TO TAKE THE CHALLENGE OF HOMELESSNESS OFF THE TABLE.
MY CONCERN ALWAYS IS AS, AS YOURS, UH, THAT IF WE DON'T DEAL WITH THIS NOW, WHILE THE SCALE OF THE CHALLENGE IS WHEN WE CAN HANDLE, UH, IT'S JUST GOING TO GET LARGER AND LARGER, AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN CITIES THAT DON'T, BUT DON'T DEAL WITH IT.
AND I'M EXCITED THAT THAT AUSTIN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A CITY THAT MEETS THIS CHALLENGE HEAD ON AND, AND DEMONSTRATES WHO WE, WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY AS MY KITCHEN.
I WANT TO, UM, I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS PACKAGE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, AS YOU SAID, I THINK IT BALANCES INTEREST IN NEEDS.
AND WHEN WE GET THROUGH THE DIRECTIONS, WE'LL FIND THAT IT OFFERS US A PATH TO ADDRESS THE KINDS OF CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL EFFORT AROUND HOMELESSNESS.
UM, AND OF COURSE, AS ALWAYS, WE MUST THANK COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO FOR THE WORK SHE'S DONE OVER THE YEARS WITH REGARD TO HOMELESSNESS.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION SHE'S CROSSED FORWARD WITH THE WORK OF, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTERNATE MYSELF.
AND SO I'M JUST NOT SPEND A LOT OF TIME, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, I AM EXCITED AND HOPEFUL, UH, ABOUT THIS INVESTMENT AND HOMELESSNESS.
I THINK IT, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE THAT I THINK IT'S TIME NOW FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER, TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN A SYSTEMIC WAY, UM, THAT ACCELERATES OUR HOUSING PLUS SERVICES RESPONSE THAT INCREASES EFFICIENCIES BY EMPHASIZING, UH, COORDINATION, UM, THAT REALLY ADDRESSES SOME INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT BUILDS IN WORKFORCE WORKFORCE AND HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE GAPS THAT ARE CAUSING SYSTEM BREAKS DOWN BREAKDOWNS RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO ALSO, IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE'VE ALL BEEN DISCUSSING AND WE'LL SEE IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE STILL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR RESULTS AND REGULARLY TRACK PROGRESS, SHARING THAT WITH THE PUBLIC.
AND I REALLY THINK, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WHAT THIS CAN DO FOR US HAS PUT US ON A PATH AS A COMMUNITY TOWARDS ACHIEVING FUNCTIONAL ZERO FOR HOMELESSNESS.
I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO, AND IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT AUSTIN DESERVES.
AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT TAKING THIS STEP AND TAKING A STEP IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE'RE CHALLENGING THE COMMUNITY AND ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE THOSE STEPS WITH US.
YOU GOT A'S IT'S A LITTLE BIT BEFORE SIX.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
I'M GOING TO, UH, RECOGNIZE SOME PEOPLE TO, UH, JUST INTRODUCE AND WE CAN ADD TO THE PACE MOTION, SOME OF THE DIRECTION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, TOVO DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURS AT A HIGH LEVEL? UM, THANKS.
I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I WAS EXPECTING THIS TO BE TAKEN UP SEQUENTIALLY.
I HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS THAT HAVEN'T CIRCULATED YET, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY TO YOU.
OTHERWISE, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO READ THEM.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTION AS DISTRIBUTED AND AS PASTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, ANY OBJECTION TO THE INCLUSION OF COUNCIL MEMBER, COBOS DIRECTION.
AND I WANT TO SPEAK TO IT REAL BRIEFLY.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THINGS LOOK PRETTY EASY HERE ON THE DIOCESE.
SEVERAL OF US LIKE EXHAUSTED IT'S BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS UNTIL, I DON'T KNOW, ONE 30 IN THE TWO IN THE MORNING, AND THEN AGAIN AT SEVEN ANYWAY.
UM, BUT I, AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE BRING THINGS FORWARD AND IT LOOKS LIKE A PRODUCT OF OUR OWN BRAIN WHEN, WHEN THERE ARE LOTS INVOLVED.
AND SO THIS DIRECTION, I, I WANT TO APPRECIATE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, WHO HAS TALKED THROUGH IT WITH ME ALL WEEK.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAS DONE THE SAME AND TALKED.
UM, SHE AND I TALKED TO THESE POINTS PRIOR TO THE MESSAGE BOARD POSTS, AND THEN SEVERAL OF THE BULLET POINTS ACTUALLY CAME FROM SOME DRAFTS WHO DID.
AND THEN THANK YOU MAYOR FOR YOUR INPUT IN THIS AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT BETWEEN THE FRAMEWORK I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THE DIRECTION, THEN I'LL SPEAK TO THE FRAMEWORK, BUT MY INTENT HERE WITH THE DIRECTION AND WITH THE HELP OF MY COLLEAGUES IS TO PUT THOSE, PUT THOSE GUARDRAILS IN PLACE, UM, THAT MAKES SURE THAT WE ARE ALWAYS ACTING AS GOOD STEWARDS OF THE DOLLARS THAT COME TO US AS THE CITY.
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I THINK THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WITH THIS EFFORT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT IS, UM, A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY.IT IS DESIGNED TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL AND WE HAVE GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, ON THIS COUNCIL, WE HAVE STRUGGLED TO, UM, LOOK, YOU KNOW, SCOUR THE BUDGET AND FIND AVAILABLE POCKETS OF FUNDING.
AND WE HAVE HAD BUDGET SESSIONS WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY PAGING THROUGH WHAT USED TO BE A VERY LARGE BUDGET BOOK, LOOKING FOR LITTLE BITS OF FUNDING TO REALLOCATE AND STRANGE FUNDS THAT WE HAD NEVER DISCUSSED BEFORE TO REALLOCATE FOR RESTROOMS DOWNTOWN AND SOME OF THE OTHER REALLY CRITICAL NEEDS.
AND I'M, I'M SO EXCITED TO BE AT A PLACE WHERE WE ARE ABLE AND HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT FUNDING TO ALLOCATE TO, TO, UH, A LONG NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY TO WORK, UM, TOWARD HOUSING.
ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AS THE MENTION SHEET FOR THE DIRECTION MAKES CLEAR, WE'RE ALREADY AS A CITY, INVESTING, INVESTING SIGNIFICANTLY AND WORKING TO END HOMELESSNESS.
AND SO THIS IS NOT A NEW DIRECTION FOR US, BUT IT IS, IT IS, UM, PROVIDING AN INFLUX OF, UH, RESOURCES THAT I HOPE WILL BE TRANSFORMATIONAL AND WILL WITH, WITH THAT OF OUR PARTNERS, PUT US ON THE PATH TO, TO ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY.
BUT I'M PARTICULARLY HAPPY THAT WE'VE ARRIVED AT A PLACE WITH PASSAGE OF THE DIRECTION WHERE WE ARE ISSUING THAT CHALLENGE AND MAKING THAT CHALLENGE REALLY DIRECTLY TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE TALKED, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS ABOUT THE NEED FOR OTHERS TO INVEST IN THIS.
AND, AND SO WE ARE ISSUING THIS AS A CHALLENGE.
WE ARE ABOUT TO TAKE A STEP TO, TO INVEST, TO COMMIT TO INVESTING THESE DOLLARS, BUT WE ARE, UM, DOING SO IN A WAY THAT IS CONTINGENT ON THAT OTHER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND ON THAT PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY.
AND WE'RE DOING SO IN A WAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IS VERY RESPONSIBLE.
I WILL SAY ALSO AS PART OF THAT, THOUGH, I DO EXPECT MANAGER, UH, THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC PROVISIONS WITHIN THIS DIRECTION ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THAT FUNDING PLAN, THAT WE'RE VERY CLEAR WITH OURSELVES AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN EACH OF THOSE COMPONENTS.
WE HAVE HIGH LEVEL COMPONENTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT IN REAL DELIBERATE DETAIL.
THERE WAS A VERY, UM, INTERESTING AND, YOU KNOW, USEFUL COMMUNITY SUMMIT.
I APPRECIATE THE SUMMIT LEADERSHIP FOR CONVENING THAT AND, AND THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE THAT THEY INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
IT WILL BE EXCITING LATER THIS SUMMER.
I HOPE IF THAT'S THE APPROPRIATE TIMING MANAGER FOR YOU TO CONVENE SEVERAL BROAD PUBLIC PUBLIC MEETINGS TO PRESENT THIS, THIS PLAN TO THE COMMUNITY AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND NOT JUST WHAT IS INTENDED BY THE INCREASED INVESTMENT, BUT ALSO WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED WITH OUR EXISTING AND PAST INVESTMENTS ARE THERE ARE BEEN LOTS AND LOTS OF LOTS AND LOTS OF COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THAT COMING TO MY OFFICE.
AND I KNOW TO ALL OF YOURS AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN VERY CLEAR WAYS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THE RESULTS OF THOSE PREVIOUS INVESTMENTS, I BELIEVE WILL HELP THEM HAVE CONFIDENCE AND WANT TO INVEST, UM, WANT TO BE PARTICIPANTS IN NEWSFEED, LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW.
UM, JUST, JUST TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK, THE FRAMEWORK IT'S BEFORE US HERE TO VOTE.
I THINK IT DOES A GREAT JOB OF REALLY BALANCING AND HIGHLIGHTING SOME KEY AREAS.
I KNOW, AND I WANT TO SEND A SIGNAL TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL, WE WILL LIKELY HAVE, HAVE TO GO BACK BACK.
AND AS I'VE, AS I'VE SAID, EITHER AFFIRM OR REVISE, UM, THE FRAMEWORK IN CERTAIN AREAS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, AND I WORKED YESTERDAY ON REVISING SOME OF THE CATEGORIES AND WHAT WE CALL THEM SO THAT WE HAVE SOME HIGH LEVEL PRIORITIES RESILIENCE, UM, WHICH NOW INCLUDES FOOD SECURITY AND RESILIENCE, HUBS WORK, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS NOW THE HEADING FOR, FOR WORK FOR WORKFORCE AND CHILDCARE FOR TOO LONG.
WE HAVEN'T TREATED CHILDCARE AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUE.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF, ONE OF THE REAL LEARNINGS FROM THIS PANDEMIC FOR SO MANY AS THE, THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN AVAILABILITY OF CHILDCARE AND OUR ABILITY TO, TO REALLY SUSTAIN A HEALTHY AND VITAL ECONOMY.
SO JUST NOTE, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, BUT WE DID, WE DID RECONSTRUCT, WE DID RENAME AND RECONSTRUCT THE FRAMEWORK A BIT TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT WHAT THOSE CATEGORIES ARE, SO THAT IF THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE, IF WE GET OTHER KINDS OF FUNDING FOR RESILIENCE OBS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN, UM, LOOK TO THAT CATEGORY AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO SHIFT SOME OF THOSE FUNDS, MAYBE FROM RESILIENCE ODDS BOB'S ON UP TO, TO FOOD ACCESS AND FOOD SECURITY, WHICH IS AT THIS MOMENT REALLY UNDERFUNDED IN MY OPINION.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I THINK I'M GOING TO SAY ABOUT I'M HAPPY AND OF COURSE, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, GREAT.
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OBJECTION TO MAKING THE TOBO DIRECTION, PART OF THE BASE MOTION, HEARING NONE THAT'S ADDED HAS OUR KITCHEN.YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR DIRECTION? UH, YES.
UM, I AM, UH, THIS REALLY WORKS WELL IN LINE WITH THE DIRECTION THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO DESPOKE TOO, BECAUSE IT'S DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, ALL APPROPRIATE FUNDING SOURCES.
SO IT'S, IT'S ASKING THE CITY MANAGER CITY MANAGER, AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY CLOSELY WITH HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER TO REALLY, UH, TO LOOK AT PLACES THAT WE CAN GET REIMBURSEMENT FROM THAT'S MEDICAID, MEDICARE, THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THERE ARE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT I KNOW WE'VE WORKED WITH TO SOME EXTENT, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S MORE THAT CAN BE DONE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WITH INTEGRAL CARE CENTRAL HEALTH SCENARIO, HEALTH PLANS, AND MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS AROUND WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED? MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE COVERED BY, UH, BY THESE HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS. AND WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT WHERE WE CAN, OR HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, PARTICULARLY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES, HOUSING SERVICES, AND OTHER SERVICES RELATED TO THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.
AND ALSO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION ON INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
MANY OF THESE ENTITIES DO THAT.
AND SO SITTING DOWN AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH THEM GIVES US MUCH MORE OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND IT WILL, IT'S ADVANTAGEOUS TO THESE ENTITIES AS WELL AS TO THE CITY, UH, TO WORK TOGETHER.
SO THAT'S WHAT MY DIRECTION IS ABOUT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE LANGUAGE ASKING CITY MANAGER TO, TO REPORT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE PROGRESS WITH THESE DISCUSSIONS, UM, WHEN REPORTING BACK TO THE COUNCIL ON OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAS POSTED HER AMENDMENT.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KITCHEN'S DIRECTION AND WITH THE BASE MOTION HEARING NONE THAT'S, UH, INCLUDED, UH, AS WELL ON NOVEMBER? UH COSAR I THINK YOU HAVE SOME DIRECTION AS WELL, BY THE WAY, AS I SAID EARLIER, I'VE CALLED UP CONCURRENTLY HERE.
UH, THE THREE MOTIONS, 77, 78 AND 91, I THINK 91 YOU BROUGHT UP, UH, HAD SOME MONEY FROM THE, UH, UH, THE, THE EXTRA MONIES IN THE, UH, PART OF STABILIZATION, UH, BECAUSE OF THE SCHEDULE THAT'S NOW BEEN POSTED, IT LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBER WOULD BE 6.7.
IS THAT THE NUMBER THAT SHOULD BE FILLED INTO ITEM NUMBER ONE? THAT'S RIGHT.
I THINK COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS MOTION HAS THAT AT 6.7 MILLION.
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER COSAR.
DO YOU MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE WITH THAT NUMBER? THE 6.7? YES.
91 ITEM NUMBER 91, THE 6.7 NUMBERS ARE SECOND, UH, TO, UH, UH, CANCEL MY POINT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASARA.
DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT AND ALSO INTRODUCE YOUR DIRECTION? THANKS, MAYOR.
WELL, UH, FIRST OF ALL, JUST SPEAKING ON THE OVERALL ITEM, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THE WHOLE DIOCESE AND THE STAFF HAVE DONE ON THIS OVER MANY MONTHS.
UH, THE INVESTMENT IN HOMELESSNESS AND DRAWING DOWN THOSE PHILANTHROPIC AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL DOLLARS, UM, IS, IS SOMETHING WE'VE NEEDED FOR SO LONG.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER, UH, TO SAY THAT IT'S REALLY TIME FOR US TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GET IT DONE.
UM, 3000 IN THREE YEARS MAY SOUND, UH, REALLY BIG, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THE WORK WE'VE DONE AS A, AS A BODY, EVEN IN MY OWN DISTRICT, IT'S, WE'VE DONE OVER 250 NEW PSH UNITS THAT WE VOTED ON IN MY DISTRICT IN THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT ALONE.
YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR AND I AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO WERE AT TDH CA WORKING ON ONE OF THEM TOGETHER IN DISTRICT FOUR.
UM, BUT JUST THINKING OF AN IF IN A YEAR, AND I KNOW WE'VE DONE THAT MANY OUTSIDE OF FOUR, BUT JUST THINKING OF THAT WEEK, IT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, DOING 300 AND A SMALL SLICE OF THE CITY IN A, IN A YEAR, YOU COULD, YOU COULD DO, WE CAN VERY MUCH DO 3000 ACROSS THE WHOLE CITY, UH, IN THREE.
SO I, I FEEL A LOT OF HOPE, UH, ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING IT, OF GETTING THAT DONE.
UH, AND THE INVESTMENTS IN CHILDCARE AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ARE SO CRITICAL AND WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PANDEMIC, UH, HOW NECESSARY EACH OF THOSE ARE.
UM, MY DIRECTION, UH, TO THE MANAGER
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IS TO ENSURE THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T RUN OUT OF OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.WE'VE ALL DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT ON AN EVICTION WAVE DOESN'T HIT US, LIKE HAS HIT OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS, WE HAVE A ACCORDING TO PRINCETON'S EVICTION LAB, THE LOWEST US AT MINNEAPOLIS HAVE THE LOWEST EVICTION RATES, UH, OF THE BIG CITIES IN THE COUNTRY THAT THEY TRACK.
UM, BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CARRYING DEBT.
UM, WHEN THEY LOST WORK FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, THEY MIGHT BE BACK AT WORK, LIKELY ARE BACK AT WORK, BUT CARRYING THIS DEBT OF SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THIS EVICTION FUND IS WHAT WE REQUIRE LANDLORDS TO APPLY TO BEFORE THEY EVICT ANYONE.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IF THAT'S GOING TO WORK, AND IF THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A POINT FOR THERE TO BE FUNDS AVAILABLE AT THE CURRENT EXPENDITURE RATE OF $8 MILLION A MONTH, THAT MEANS WE LIKELY NEED $48 MILLION TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS WHEN WE EXPECT THAT THE ORDERS RAMPED DOWN BY, UM, THE WAY THIS PROPOSAL HAS PUTS US AT $42 MILLION.
AND I THINK THAT IS A STRONG NUMBER, AND I APPRECIATE US ALL WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS THAT.
THE BOOST IN FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, HELPS US GET THERE.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DECREASE ON THE TRAVIS COUNTY SIDE, BUT, UH, BUT THERE IS A BOOST FOR US.
SO 42 MILLION I THINK IS A STRONG NUMBER.
MY DIRECTION SAYS THAT IF IT TURNS OUT THAT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE $48 MILLION NUMBER ENDS UP BEING WHAT WE REALLY NEEDED, THAT THE MANAGER IS TO BRING BACK A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T RUN OUT OF RUN OUT OF FUNDING BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND SO S FLAG $6 MILLION SOMEWHERE IN FUNDS, JUST TO KNOW THAT IF IT SEEMS THAT THAT EVICTION WAVE MAY COME AND WE DIDN'T DO ENOUGH FOR THEM TO JUST BRING THAT UP AND BACK FOR OUR CONSIDERATION.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WORK, UM, AS WE MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN STAY IN THEIR HOMES, UM, AND THEN ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET FOLKS, UM, OFF THE STREETS AND INTO HOUSING WITH SERVICES WHILE ADDRESSING THESE REALLY CRITICAL AREAS FOR US, UH, IN LIFE MUSIC, ARTS, WORKFORCE, AND CHILDCARE, IS THERE AN OBJECTION TO, UH, COUNCILMEMBER KOSSAR'S DIRECTION BEING INCLUDED IN THE BASE MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER ALTAR? SO I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION.
UM, AND I WANT TO GET SOME CLARITY ON, UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I ASSUME YOU'RE MOVING THE REVISED VERSION OF IT, UM, AND NOT JUST REVISED BY THE AMOUNT, BUT WITH THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION THAT IT CAN BE SUBSTITUTED OUT.
UM, SO I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CLARITY ON IN TERMS OF HOW THE CITY MANAGER'S INTERPRETING THINGS, UM, THAT WE WOULD IDEALLY BE USING THE 35.3 MILLION OF EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE FIRST BEFORE OUR RESERVES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ACCOUNTING ISSUES WHERE WE HAVE TO USE RESERVES AND THEN USE THE OTHER.
I'M ASSUMING THAT ON THE BACK END, YOU CAN MAKE IT SO THAT THE MONEY THAT'S USED UP FIRST IS THE 35.3.
UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AND WE'VE LED AND I, I APPRECIATE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, CASA, YOUR LEADERSHIP ALL THE WAY THROUGH FOCUSING ON THIS.
AND I'M PROUD TO BE AN, A COUNCIL THAT HAS NAVIGATED THIS WELL, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, SINCE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS ABOUT THIS, THAT WE'RE USING THE MONEY THAT IS RENTAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE BEFORE WE USE RESERVES, UM, IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THE COUNTY PUTS IN A LOT OF MONEY AND MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO USE OUR RESERVES DEPENDING ON HOW ALL OF THAT, UM, SHAKES OUT.
SO I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE BUILT IN THAT FLEXIBILITY TO MAXIMIZE OUR ABILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DELIVER THAT.
IS, IS THAT FIRST MR. CASAR, IS THAT YOUR INTENTION? AND THEN, UH, MR. KROENKE, IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH WITH WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING TODAY? ABSOLUTELY.
I WOULD EXPECT THAT OUR DIRECTION THAT WE GENERALLY GIVE AND THEN SHOULD BE STANDING POLICY OF USING THE MOST RESTRICTIVE FUNDS FIRST WOULD APPLY HERE.
UM, AND SO ONLY IF THOSE FUNDS AREN'T AVAILABLE OR THEY'RE OUT, OR WHATEVER OTHER REASON WE WOULD USE THE MOST RESTRICTIVE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP A PERSON FIRST.
AND OF COURSE, IF THE LEVEL OF, OF EVICTION IS LOWER THAN PROJECTED, IF THE COUNTY PUTS IN ENOUGH MONEY THAT WE DON'T NEED TO USE ALL OF IT, THE GOAL IS NOT A FUND EXPENDITURE.
THE GOAL IS TO PREVENT A WAVE OF EVICTIONS THAT I KNOW WE'RE ALL ALL WORKING ON.
SO, SO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME MANAGER.
DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH DIRECTION TO BE ABLE TO, TO NEGOTIATE THE SPENDING SOON AS YOU USE THE MOST RESTRICTED MONIES FIRST? YEAH.
THANK YOU FOR THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS.
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THAT HAD BEEN, YOU KNOW, AND DIANA THOMAS, I CAN CONCUR WITH THAT, BUT I GENERALLY, I UNDERSTAND YOUR DIRECTION, MR. VIGNETTE.IT'S ABSOLUTELY CLEAR MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'LL DO.
AND ONE OTHER THING THAT I JUST WANTED TO ADD IS WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO WANT US TO PUT MORE AND MORE MONEY.
I JUST WANT TO INVITE THEM TO, UM, SPEAK WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS AT THE COUNTY WHO ARE GOING THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS.
UM, THEY WERE NOT ALLOCATED AS MUCH DIRECTLY FROM OUR BEFORE EMERGENCY RENTAL RELIEF, BUT THEY WERE ALLOCATED MORE MONEY, UM, OVERALL FROM OUR BO THAN WE WERE, UM, IN THE, IN THE PARTICULAR BUCKET FOR THEM TO USE.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL, UM, BE ENCOURAGED FOR THEM TO ALSO ASSIST, UM, IN THAT WAY.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE CONCERNED AS WELL.
SO, UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
ASARA APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO, UM, MAKE THOSE CLARIFICATIONS.
ANY OBJECTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER CONCERNS, DIRECTION BEING INCLUDED.
UM, I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION.
I HAD ANOTHER, UM, ITEM TO BRING.
I PROMISE YOU, UH, THAT'S OUR XR JUST BEFORE WE CLOSED.
I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS.
SINCE YOU MENTIONED THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THING FOR FOLKS TO KNOW, CAUSE I SECOND, WHAT YOU'VE SAID IS THAT IN THE PAST SOME OF THE COUNTY FUNDS WHERE THAT CAME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WERE RESTRICTED TO OUTSIDE OF CITY RESIDENTS, BUT THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE AS MY UNDERSTANDING WITH THIS EXISTING PROGRAM.
AND SO THE LINE OF COMMUNICATION IS OPEN WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AND WITH THE COUNTY JUDGE, BECAUSE I THINK THE MORE WE COLLABORATE, I THINK THERE'S EVEN AN MOU BEING SIGNED BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO WRONG DOOR AND EVERYBODY JUST, WHO NEEDS HELP AND IS FACING EVICTION, UM, GETS A CHANCE TO HELP OR GETS THE CHANCE OF GETTING HELP.
UM, AND I, AND I REALLY DO SINCERELY HOPE THAT THIS 42 MILLION COVERS IT, BUT I JUST DO WANT TO FLAG HERE THAT, UM, WITH THIS DIRECTION, UH, THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT IF WE UNDERSHOT IT, UM, WE DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT AFTERWARDS, I WOULD REALLY WANT THE MANAGER BASED ON THIS DIRECTION TO COME FORWARD WITH AN ITEM, UH, FOR US TO CONSIDER, TO, TO DECIDE, TO, TO PLUG, TO PLUG THE GAP, HOPEFULLY, AS WE SAID, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY OR OTHER EFFORTS, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AT THIS POINT, JUST TO RECOGNIZE THE COUNTY'S INVOLVEMENT OF WORKING WITH THE CITY AS HAS BEEN DONE, UH, INCLUDING THE ORDERS OF THE COUNTY JUDGE, UH, JUDGE BROWN WITH RESPECT TO EVICTION, UH, THAT HAVE, UH, DOVETAILED REALLY NICELY WITH MINE AND HAVE DOVETAILED REALLY NICELY WITH THE ORDINANCES ON EVICTION THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED TOGETHER AS A BODY, ANY OBJECTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER KOSSAR'S DIRECTION BEING MADE PART OF THE BASE MOTION, HEARING NOD, UH, THAT'S INCLUDED ON A PAUSE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR USING THE MESSAGE BOARD THAT MAKES THESE MOMENTS THAT MUCH, UH, EASIER TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE AND MOVE EFFICIENTLY.
UH, COUNSEL, MY POINT IS, DID YOU HAVE AN, UM, A DIRECTION? YES, I DO.
SO MY DIRECTION IS, HAS TWO COMPONENTS.
THE FIRST IS ON CHILDCARE WHERE IT WILL DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE THE SUCCESS BY SIX SUPPLEMENTAL RECOMMENDATION OF 1.5 MILLION TO DEL VALLEY ISD.
AND THAT WILL HELP US EXPAND PRE-K CLASSROOMS AND THE DEL VALLEY AREA.
UM, THERE IS A CONTINGENT THAT THE CITY SHELL FUND THE ENTIRE AMOUNT, IF THE COUNTY DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE.
SO GOING BACK TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR SHARED EARLIER ABOUT THE ENTIRE CHILDCARE PACKAGE THAT WAS PRESENTED BY THE SUCCESS BY SIX UNITED WAY COALITION, UM, THE, THE THOUGHT IS TO GET THE COUNTY TO FUND THE OTHER HALF.
AND SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THE CITY WOULD FUND THE DEL VALLEY RECOMMENDATION TO WHAT, TO THE EXTENT THAT IS NEEDED.
UM, BUT AT LEAST HERE IT GIVES CLEAR DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE A, WOULD LIKE 1.5 MILLION TO GO TO DEL VALLEY ISD.
SHOULD THAT NOT HAPPEN? THE SECOND COMPONENT IS RELATED TO FOOD ACCESS AND IT PROVIDES MORE DIRECTION AS TO HOW, HOW TO ALLOCATE THAT, UH, 3 MILLION THAT IS INCLUDED.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, THERE'S A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED.
ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE INCLUDED, OR MOST OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE NOURISH AUSTIN PROPOSAL.
UH, THEY INCLUDE FUNDING THE AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD POLICY, BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION FOR A REGIONAL FOOD SYSTEM PLAN.
AND IT ALSO INCLUDES INITIATING A STUDY TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO BRING A GROCERY STORE CO-OP INTO AN UNDERSERVED AREA, AND ALSO ESTABLISHES A, A TARGETED PROGRAM, UM, IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT TO PROVIDE FOOD RELIEF AND DRESSING IMMEDIATE FOOD NEEDS.
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AND THEN, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME SEED FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY REGIONAL FOOD HUBS AND ALSO ESTABLISHING AN EMERGENCY FOOD PLAN.WE'VE ALL SEEN AND WITNESSED, UH, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE PANDEMIC AND WITH THE WINTER STORM.
UM, SO THIS WOULD SET IN MOTION THAT WORK AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE OUTCOME OF CREATING AN EMERGENCY FOOD PLAN.
SO WE KNOW WHAT TO DO IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IT ALSO, UM, INCLUDES FUNDING FOR A CITY-WIDE FOOD RECOVERY PILOT PROGRAM THAT WOULD GO ALONG OUR EFFORTS WITH, UH, FOOD WASTE PREVENTION.
AND SO THIS JUST PLAYS OUT VERY SPECIFIC DIRECTION ON, UM, WE, YOUR PROGRAMS TO, TO LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE ALLOCATING THAT $3 MILLION, THESE, UH, THIS PROPOSAL HERE, WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY STAFF.
UM, AND, UM, AND TH TH THIS IS THE MOTION I'D LIKE TO SOUNDS GOOD.
ANY OBJECTIONS, INCLUDING, AND FROM FLINT, THIS IS DIRECTION.
I RECOMMEND YOU CATCH HIM A RENTER.
SO I'M ASKING FOR ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED.
UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE ABOUT THE FIRST ONE, I GUESS I NEED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SECOND ONE.
SO IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE STAFF PROPOSAL THAT CAME FORWARD WAS TO, UM, TO DO SEVERAL OF THE THINGS ON HERE TO CONSIDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CO-OP GROCERY STORE TO, UM, CONSIDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOOD SYSTEM PLAN.
THAT WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE RESOLUTION AND ALSO FOR EMERGENCY FOOD DISTRIBUTION.
AND, AND SO I GUESS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FRONT HAS JUST HELPED ME UNDERSTAND TO ME THIS, THIS SEEMS, UM, NOT A DIFFERENT DIRECTION FROM WHAT THE STAFF BROUGHT FORWARD THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS BEING FUNDED WITHIN THAT CATEGORY.
AND IT ALSO, IT ALSO SEEMS TO JUST REITERATE THE RESIDENCE, SEVERAL COMPONENTS, ABUSE, A COUPLE OF ARE, ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT IT SEEMS TO REITERATE THE AMENDMENT, THE RESOLUTION THAT WE JUST PASSED THAT SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT CREATING A FOOD SYSTEM PLAN.
IT TALKED ABOUT A PLAN FOR DISASTER, UM, EMERGENCY FOOD RELIEF WITHIN DISASTERS, ESPECIALLY AMONG OUR OWN HOUSE COMMUNITY.
AND IT, AND IT SAID TESTED THIS AS A SOURCE OF FUNDING, SO THAT THE TWO HAVE BEEN THE TWO HAVE BEEN COMING FORWARD TOGETHER.
AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I GUESS I DON'T SEE THIS AS, UM, A COUPLE OF PHASE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, MY UNDERSTANDING IS ONE AND TWO WERE ALREADY PART OF THE FUNDING FRAMEWORK AS IS FOUR AND THREE.
YOU'VE ADDED, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, BUT I THINK THAT'S WELL WITHIN EMERGENCY FEEDING.
SO COULD YOU, COULD YOU WALK ME THROUGH SURE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO.
AND REALLY, I, YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE THOSE PROGRAMS AS PART OF SET CITY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, REALLY SHOWS THAT THE HARD WORK OF MY TEAM WORKING TOGETHER WITH CITY STAFF TO, TO ENSURE THAT THOSE PROGRAMS WERE CONSIDERED.
AND SO WE WERE VERY THRILLED AND EXCITED TO SEE IT THAT CAME THROUGH ON THE RECOMMENDATION THIS WEEK.
UM, BUT GET TICKET TO YOUR QUESTION, WHAT THIS DOES, IT REALLY JUST CODIFIES THAT DIRECTION, RIGHT? IT ADDS MORE, UH, EMPHASIS THAT THESE ARE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO BE SURE RECEIVE FUNDING AS PART OF THIS SPENDING FRAMEWORK AND, AND FOR, UM, AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT IS THAT IT, IT BUILDS OFF OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED EARLIER TODAY, YOUR RESOLUTION AROUND THE FOOD RESILIENCE PLAN, AND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY CALLS FOR THAT PLAN TO RECEIVE FUNDING.
AND SO IT JUST BUILDS OFF THAT WORK AND HELPS PROVIDE MORE CLARITY AND SPECIFIC DIRECTION ON WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FUNDED IN THE FOOD INSECURITY, UH, BUCKET AMOUNT.
I MEAN, I THINK, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THE FOOD SYSTEM PLAN, MY RESOLUTION, WHICH YOU CO-SPONSORED ASKED FOR THIS TO BE CONSIDERED AS A SOURCE OF FUNDING AND A COUPLE OTHERS.
AND THEN WE HEARD FROM STAFF THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THEY INTENDED TO FUND THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT, ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR DIRECTION BECAUSE IN FACT, I BROUGHT SOME OF IT FORWARD THE DAY ON OUR COUNCIL AGENDA.
SO IT JUST IS, I GUESS THAT'S MY POINT.
I WANT TO, AS MUCH AS WE CAN KIND OF BUILD ON AND NOT NECESSARILY JUST REPEAT, BUT I APPRECIATE THE ADDITION OF A COUPLE, UH, A COUPLE OF BULLETS THAT ARE, ARE NEW.
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AND PERHAPS AT THE END OF THE AMENDMENTS, WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THESE GO TOGETHER INTO ONE DOCUMENT.UM, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY NICE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER
AND I THINK REPEATING IT IS, IS GREAT.
CAUSE I THINK IT JUST MAKES MORE EMPHASIS THERE.
SO, AND IT JUST, AND IT'S CONSISTENT AND A NICE FOLLOW UP TO THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO.
UM, I, UH, AT THE RIGHT TIME, UH, I WANTED TO, UM, TALK SOME MORE ABOUT THE DEADLINES AND THE DIRECTION.
I KNOW YOU MAY WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FIRST.
UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET'S DO THAT.
LET'S SAY IT'S ALL LAID OUT AND WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT.
AT SOME POINT WE'LL BREAK FOR DINNER.
UH, WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW, THE DIRECTION COMING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
DID YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON HER DIRECTION? YEAH, THE ONLY THING THAT, UH, I, UM, UH, NOT SUPPORT THE EDUCATION AND THE AMOUNT, BUT I DON'T LIKE, UH, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LAST BULLET THAT LAST SENTENCE SAYS THAT WE SHOULD, UH, FUND THE ENTIRE COUNTY DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE.
AND I FEEL LIKE IF WE LEAVE THAT IN THERE, THE COUNTY IS NOT GOING TO CONTRIBUTE, UH, I DON'T MIND SPENDING THE $1.5 MILLION, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD DOUBLE THAT AMOUNT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL BARELY PART OF IT.
SO, UH, THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE DUAL LANGUAGE PRE-K, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE A GIVE THE COUNTY A WAY OUT OF IT, UH, WORKING WITH US ON THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST WONDERING, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU, COUNSELOR ANTHEA.
I HOPE TO SEE TRAVIS COUNTY ALSO CHIP IN BECAUSE THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT LIKE WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION.
AND I KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ENGAGING IN TRAVIS COUNTY AND THEY ARE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT TYPE OF FUNDING LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND SO I HOPE TO SEE A COMMITMENT MADE AND, UM, BUT IF NOT, THEN AT LEAST WE W WE HAVE THIS TYPE OF LANGUAGE.
I WANNA ENSURE THAT THOSE UNMET NEEDS IN REGARDS TO PRE-K ACCESS IN THE DEL VALLEY AREA GET MET.
AND I HOPE THAT ALSO THAT, UH, DEL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICTS LISTENING, YOU ALSO GET THE, UH, THE FUNDS FROM THE STATE THAT THEY'RE GONNA DISTRIBUTE OUT IN AUGUST.
THAT FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO, TO, TO THE LANGUAGE, THEY SHOULD ALSO SET ASIDE SOME OTHER FUNDING FOR, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ITEM.
AND, UM, AND WE REALLY NEED TO HELP THESE CHILDREN.
THERE'S A LOT OF IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOL THAT ARE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH ENGLISH.
AND THEN AS SOON AS WE GET TO THEM THE BETTER.
AND I THINK THAT THE SCHOOL SHOULD ALSO ADD RECENTLY TOO.
ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER FLINT, THIS PART OF THE DIRECTIONS, PART OF THE BASE ITEM HEARING? NO OBJECTION.
IT'S INCLUDED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.
I APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO PRESENT MY DIRECTION.
UM, AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY COLLECTIVE EFFORT, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL BRINGING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE.
AND, AND I THINK THE PRODUCT IS BETTER FOR, FOR EVERYONE'S, UM, CONTRIBUTIONS.
UM, SO THE, THE DIRECTION THAT I'M BRINGING, UM, THE FIRST TWO PARTS OF IT ARE, UM, REALLY ABOUT, UM, PROVIDING DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER THAT PLEASE, PLEASE MUTE.
IF YOU'RE NOT TALKING, YOU'RE WILLING TO JUST DO THAT.
AND YOU'RE, AND YOU'RE NOT MUTED.
AND WOULD YOU MUTE PLEASE? OKAY, NO PROBLEM.
UM, SO THE FIRST ITEM IS JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME REPORTING, IF THERE IS FUNDING THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR HOMELESSNESS IN THE PAST, THAT OUR STAFF BELIEVES MIGHT BE BETTER REJECT, REDIRECTED TO HELP US TO REACH THIS ADDITIONAL 3000, UM, FOLKS.
UM, THEY SHOULD PRESENT THAT TO US DURING THE BUDGET PROPOSAL.
UM, AND THE SECOND PIECE IS TO, UM,
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NOTIFY US IF WE, UM, DON'T SPEND ON THE PACE THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING FOR THE HEALTH PORTION OF THE ARPA FUNDS, SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER WHAT WE WANT TO SPEND THAT ON.UM, BUT INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT THAT MIGHT BE SPENT ON.
AND THAT, TO ME ALSO INCLUDES RESERVES AS AN OPTION THERE, IF THERE ARE SAVINGS.
UM, AND BOTH OF THOSE THINGS WOULD ALLOW US TO, UM, EITHER REPURPOSE SOME OF THESE FUNDS OR TO REPLENISH THE RESERVES OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.
SO THOSE ARE REALLY KIND OF REPORTING ITEMS. UM, THE THIRD ITEM REFERENCES BACK TO SOMETHING I THINK I BROUGHT UP ON TUESDAY, IF I CAN REMEMBER WHEN WE DID THIS, UM, WITH RESPECT TO AUSTIN ENERGY, AS HAS IT BEEN, UM, SHARED WITH EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AUSTIN ENERGY IS GOING TO BEGIN THEIR PROCESS AGAIN OF DISCONNECTION.
THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER A VERY ELABORATE PLAN TO HELP THEIR CUSTOMERS, UM, SO THAT THERE ARE NO DISCONNECTIONS, UM, INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO HELP, UM, WITH UTILITY SUPPORT.
UM, MY THIRD DIRECTION, UM, ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO HAVE, UM, AUSTIN ENERGY'S CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, COORDINATE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ABLE TO CONNECT FOLKS WITH SERVICES.
UM, WE KNOW FROM OTHER CITIES THAT DOING THIS AT THE POINT WHERE YOU'RE DOING IT WITH THE UTILITY SERVICES HELPS TO CONNECT MORE PEOPLE.
THEY'RE MAKING THIS ENORMOUS EFFORT, UM, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT RESOURCES, WE SHOULD INCLUDE OTHER THINGS.
UM, AND I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IN PARTICULAR, THE SNAP, UM, PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE ABOUT 42% OF ELIGIBLE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS NOT ACCESSING THAT SNAP.
MANY OF THE FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH AUSTIN ENERGY COULD BE CONNECTED POTENTIALLY TO THAT PROGRAM IN BERKELEY AND OTHER MONEY FOR FOOD, FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILY.
THE, UM, THE FOURTH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP US ABREAST OF EARLY OUTCOMES OF OUR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AND OTHER RELATED ALLOCATIONS.
UM, AND THE FIFTH ITEM IS TO IMPLEMENT OUR DEPLOYMENT OF THESE FUNDS IN SUCH A WAY TO MAXIMIZE OPPORTUNITIES, TO LEVERAGE FUNDING MATCHES FROM PRIVATE SOURCES, PHILANTHROPIES, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT FUNDING SOURCES TO HELP US ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AS SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, IN TAKING THIS STEP TODAY, WE ARE OFFERING A CHALLENGE TO OUR PARTNERS, OUR GOVERNMENT PARTNERS, AND OUR PHILANTHROPIC AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO JOIN WITH US AND TRYING TO HOUSE 3000 MORE PEOPLE AND TO GET OUR SYSTEM TO FUNCTIONAL ZERO.
SO, UM, THAT'S JUST PROVIDING THAT DIRECTION.
AND THEN, UM, FINALLY, UM, I WANTED TO CALL OUT SOME WORK THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA AND COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN AND AISD TRUSTEE BOSWELL.
WE HAVE FORMED A SUBCOMMITTEE OF OUR JOINT AISD COUNTY CITY COMMITTEE, WHICH FROM THE CITY, THE MAYOR ALSO, UM, SITS ON AND COMMISSIONER SHEA WHO CHAIRED THE LAST MEETING CREED, OR YET CREATED THE LAST CHAIRED.
THE LAST MEETING CREATED A SUBCOMMITTEE OF US TO TALK ABOUT OUR BA AND CHILDCARE.
UM, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FIVE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND, AND REALLY HOPEFUL AND CONFIDENT THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO JOIN US IN MAKING THESE INVESTMENTS.
SO, UM, THIS DIRECTION IS REALLY DESIGNED TO CLARIFY THAT OUR AMOUNT IS ROUGHLY HALF OF THOSE REQUESTS.
UM, BUT WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE AND WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO MAXIMIZE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH RESPECT TO CHILDCARE, UM, AND EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN FUND IS GOING TO BE A FUNCTION AND PART OF WHAT THEY ALSO BRING TO THE TABLE.
AND THAT MAY MEAN SCALING SOME PROGRAMS BACK OR CHANGING THE NUMBERS OR NOT DOING A PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
WE UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT THERE WAS ONE PROGRAM, UM, SET OF POLICIES.
THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE CONSIDERATION OF CONVERSATIONS WITH APH, BUT WAS VERY MUCH THE SUBJECT OF THE CONVERSATION OF OUR JOINT COMMITTEES SUB COMMITTEE, WHICH ARE THE AISD PARALLEL TO THE DEL VALLEY WORK, WHICH WOULD BE FULL DAY PRE-K.
UM, AND THERE'S VARIOUS LEVELS OF THAT.
THE FUNDING THAT WE PUT IN THERE WAS FOR ABOUT HALF OF 15 CLASSROOMS. UM, IT'S DOING THE SIMILAR THING TO DEL VALLEY.
IT'S NOT SAYING IT HAS TO BE BILINGUAL, BUT IT IS ALL DAY.
UM, PRE-K UM, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ELEMENT TO THE AISD SUPPLEMENT AND I WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO, UM, ALSO THE, UM, THE REBUILDING SYSTEMS INNOVATIVE, UM, SHOVEL-READY ITEMS. SO THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WE WERE DOING.
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MAKE SOME CLARITY ON THAT.I DID NOT, UM, MANAGE TO PUT TOGETHER AN ITEM FOR WORKFORCE.
UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UM, SUGGESTIONS FROM WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS FROM CAPITAL IDEA.
UM, I THINK THAT OUR, OUR STAFF IS GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THAT OUT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS ALREADY SET ASIDE IN THE BUDGET, SAY FOR CAPITAL IDEA OR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, BUT I WANT US TO MAXIMIZE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES WITH CAPITAL IDEA FOR GETTING 50 MORE NURSES, UM, IN THE PIPELINE THIS FALL THROUGH A TRIPLE C.
UM, BUT THESE PROCESSES NEED TO BE VETTED THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH STAFF.
THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS PROPOSAL ALSO HAD A LOT OF, OF INTERESTING THINGS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT WITH OUR STAFF AS THE BEST THING, AS MUCH AS THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, A PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD WHERE THE GRAD THE GROUP, WHEREAS THE SUCCESS BY SIX AND UNITED WAY HAVE BEEN LARGELY WORKED OUT WITH, UM, APH AND WITH THE ENTIRE GROUP OF FOLKS WHO ARE INVOLVED, UM, WITH THOSE.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE YOUR INDULGENCE.
UM, IT COULD HAVE BEEN PREFERRED IF I WASN'T SO EXHAUSTED.
UM, SO THANK YOU REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE AND THE WAY THAT WE'RE COMING TOGETHER AS A COUNCIL, UM, BEHIND THEM.
ANY OBJECTION TO THE INCLUSION OF COUNCIL MEMBER AUTHOR'S DIRECTION, HEARING NONE THAT'S INCLUDED AS WELL.
UH, THE CLERK SHOULD MAKE ALL THESE DIRECTIONS PART OF THE RESOLUTION, UH, SO THAT THEY ARE, UH, DETAINED OR REFERENCED ABOVE THE, THE SIGNATURE FOR THE RESOLUTION.
THESE ARE ALL DIRECTIONS TO BE INCORPORATED.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION IN FRONT OF US, THE THIRD MOTION THAT WE HAVE, I'M JUST GONNA GET THAT ONE, LAID OUT TO ITEM NUMBER 78, ACTUAL APPROPRIATION OF 49 MILLION IN OUR FUNDS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DO THAT MAYOR? I HAD, I HAD AN ITEM 4 77, AND I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT.
I PROMISE YOU, IS THERE A MOTION TO, TO, TO, TO HAVE ON THE TABLE WITH US THE, UH, UH, ITEM 78 THAT'S MEMBER, ALICE MAKES THAT MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? CAUSE REMEMBER TEREA SECONDS THAT NOW ALL THREE THINGS ARE IN FRONT OF US, THAT'S IN OUR POOL.
UM, AND LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS OF THE FOLKS WHO CAME IN FRONT OF US TODAY, UM, WHO SENT US EMAILS AND WHO WE'VE PROMISED, UH, TO FUND, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO FIND AN ADDITIONAL $8 MILLION FOR THE LIVE MUSIC VENUE TO GET THAT FUND BACK UP TO THE 10 MILLION IN THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE HAD, THAT WE HAD PROMISED, OKAY.
COUNSELOR AND POSTMATE EMOTIONS ARE SECOND TO THAT MOTION.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, KELLY SECONDS, THAT MOTION.
YOU CAN GO FIRST, IF YOU WANT TO OTHERWISE WE'LL MOVE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M GLAD COUNCIL MEMBER FULL WRAP THIS UP.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING TO SUPPORT.
AND I ENJOYED LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TODAY WHO SPOKE OUT ABOUT WHY IT'S NECESSARY, THANKS, OR THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE COMES FROM OUR KITCHEN.
I JUST SUPPORT THIS DIRECTION.
I UNDERSTAND THIS DIRECTION TO STAFF TO, TO FIND ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO BRING THAT, BRING THAT UP.
SO THANK YOU TO MEMBER, BRING THOSE AMOUNTS UP.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THE AMOUNT $8 BILLION AS THE NUMBER IN THE MOTION IN THE, IN THE AMENDMENT TO 77.
JUST, UM, EIGHT PLUS FOUR IS 12.
I THOUGHT WE WERE, I WAS WORKING FROM 19 MILLION.
I WAS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTURA WAS WORKING FROM THE 2 MILLION.
THAT WAS HIM, THE EXHIBIT A ORIGINALLY I KNOW YOURS BROUGHT IT UP TO FOUR, BUT I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT, UM, OKAY, SO LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY.
I'M, I'M LOOKING FOR SUFFICIENT FUNDS, BE IT 8 MILLION OR MILLION TO GET THE TOTAL FUNDING TO THE 10 MILLION, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD, UM, INDICATED FOR LIVE MUSIC FUND PREVIOUSLY.
UM, AND THAT DOES ACKNOWLEDGE THE ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION THAT YOU WOULD PUT IN YOUR, IN YOUR AMENDMENT.
BUT I, I THINK I DID, I DID SAY THAT TO TAKE IT UP TO THE 10 MILLION, SO WHATEVER IT WOULD TAKE.
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NOW ON THE BASE EMOTIONS, TO ME IN DOLLARS, THAT'S DIRECTED TO NONPROFITS IN ART AND MUSIC, AND THEN THERE'S $6 MILLION IN OTHER ARTS FUNDING AND $4 MILLION IN OTHER MUSIC FUNDING.AND AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT, AT THE, UH, MRS. PART OF THE PROBLEM, I'M LOOKING AT EXHIBIT A THAT STAFF SENT AROUND SPECIFICALLY LIVE MUSIC FUND FOR A TOTAL OF 2.2 MILLION.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER HAD ADDED 2 MILLION TO IT FOR 4 MILLION, WHATEVER IT WOULD TAKE.
I'M ASKING MY DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER IS TO FIND THE FUNDS TO TOP IT UP TO THE 10 MILLION, WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT THAT WE HAD PROMISED FOR THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
CAUSE I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
THERE'S THERE'S SHOULD THAT MONEY, ARE YOU SUGGESTING WE GO DEEPER INTO THE RESERVES, THEN WE HAVE, UM, WHAT KIND OF DIRECTION? I DON'T I'M I'M NOT, I'M NOT SAYING WHERE TO FIND IT.
I DON'T, I'M TOO TIRED TO FIND IT.
I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF MARGIN IN OUR NUMBERS.
A LOT OF THIS IS CONTINGENT ANYWAY.
AND SO I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND THE ADDITIONAL, UM, MONEY THROUGH OUR EFFORTS HERE.
AND I TRUST THAT THE STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO LOCATE IT.
AND AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WE HAD HAD MADE A COMMITMENT TO, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT FALLING SHORT ON THAT COMMITMENT.
JUST LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER COMMITMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE TODAY, COUNCIL MEMBER HUNTER, UM, OR MAYBE I'M GUESSING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FUNDUS IS GOING TO SAY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, AND IT WAS FOR RESOLUTION.
I WAS GOING TO SAY, WE DID CHECK IN WITH STAFF AND PERHAPS STRUCTURE HOLT LAB COULD SPEAK TO THIS, BUT THEY, UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING CITY STAFF IS WORKING ON THAT RECOMMENDATION.
THAT WAS PART OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED AND THEY ARE GOING TO IT SHOULD THE ACTIVELY WORKING ON IT OR THE WAY YOU PRESSED IT PAST TODAY'S SPENDING FRAMEWORK AND THEN THEY'LL COME BACK.
BUT OF COURSE, DIRECTOR HOPE APP, IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT.
YES, WE ARE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO COME BACK WITH A REPORT TO IN RESPONSE TO YOUR IFC.
AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP WITH FOLKS WHO CAME AND SPOKE TO US TODAY, LOOKING FOR SOME ASSURANCES.
I KNOW I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME INSURANCES TOO, SO IT'S GREAT TO KNOW OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON IT.
AND SO THAT, THAT IS THE DIRECTION IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FUND, UM, THE PROMISE.
SO IN ESSENCE, IT'S ASKING STAFF TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE IFC, WHICH WE'VE PASSED AS A COUNCIL, UH, TO, TO FOLLOW THROUGH.
DOES ANYBODY OBJECT TO ADDING THAT, THAT, THAT WE'RE USING THIS INSTRUMENT AS WELL TO, TO, TO, TO, TO, UH, ASK STAFF, TO REMIND STAFF OR TO AFFIRM THAT STAFF, UH, WITH THAT IFC THAT WE PASS COLLECTIVELY AS A COUNCIL, UH, THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON, OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IN THAT RESOLUTION, WHEN WE HAD THE WHOLE CONVERSATION, UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES I RAISED WAS THAT THERE WAS MORE MONEY THAN WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE WITH OUR BUDGET.
AND WE HAD INDICATED THAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST AND IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT BUDGET.
SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT, UM, TO IDENTIFY OTHER SOURCES, UM, THAT MAY NOT BE OUT OF OUR, UH, UM, TO, TO REACH THOSE GOALS AND THAT I ACTUALLY PUT TIMING REQUIREMENTS ON THE MANAGEMENT TO COME BACK HERE AND THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
SO ANY OBJECTION TO, INCLUDING IF I CHARACTERIZE THIS CORRECTLY, UH, COUNSELING RAPPORT, UH, TO, TO, TO, TO REAFFIRM FOR STAFF, UH, THAT, UH, UH, IFC THAT WE PASS COLLECTIVELY AS A COUNCIL, UH, TO, TO FIND, TO TRY TO FIND THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
UM, IN FACT, I THINK IT EVEN ALLOWED FOR A NUMBER BEYOND THAT.
I, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, I JUST, I, IT WAS A LOT SIMPLER THAN THAT.
IT WAS SIMPLY A DIRECTION TO ENSURE THAT THE 10 MILLION, UH, THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY, UM, INDICATED WE WOULD ALLOCATE FOR THE LIVE MUSIC VENUE FUND WOULD INDEED BE AVAILABLE.
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THE CONCERN I HAD WAS THAT THIS HAD CUT IT TO 2.2 MILLION AND I'M RESPONDING TO THAT BECAUSE THAT IS WHY PEOPLE CAME AND SPOKE TO US TODAY BECAUSE THEY WERE RESPONDING THAT TOO.SO IN SOME WAYS, THIS IS A REASSURANCE TO THEM THAT BY HUNKER, BY CORRECT, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO FIND THE ADDITIONAL SIX TO 8 MILLION THAT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE IFC AND THE ADDITIONAL PREVIOUS DIRECTION THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS COMMITTED, UM, TO OUR MUSICIANS.
SO IT'S JUST SIMPLE DIRECTION MAYOR, UH, TO, UM, TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDS, TO GET THE LIVE MUSIC FUND TO THE $10 MILLION AMOUNT HOW'S REMEMBER HALTER.
SO, SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, UM, WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO, TO ACCOMPLISH.
I I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVEN'T FUNDED THE ARTS PIECE OF THAT UP TO THE AMOUNT THAT WAS PROMISED IN THERE EITHER.
AND SO IN BOTH CASES, UM, WE HAD SAID WE WERE WORKING WITH OUR FI AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER PIECES, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT ALL OF THE MUSIC PIECE WENT TO THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
SO I'M JUST, IT'S CREATING SOME MORE CONFUSION FOR ME THAN IF WE WERE TO REITERATE THAT WE ARE STILL IS STILL OUR GOAL TO TRY TO, UM, ACHIEVE AS MUCH OF WHAT WAS LAID OUT IN THAT RESOLUTION THROUGH, THROUGH OTHER MEANS FOR BOTH THE ART AND THE MUSIC PIECES.
UM, SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, OF, OF THAT.
I THINK THAT REFERRING BACK TO THE RESOLUTION AND REAFFIRMING THAT IS THE GOAL EVEN WITHIN A DIFFICULT BUDGET ENVIRONMENT IS, IS I THINK THE WAY THAT I WOULD BE MOST COMFORTABLE WITH IT, BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER IT AS BEING 10 MILLION IN THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF STIPULATIONS IN THE RESOLUTION THAT I CAN'T, I CAN'T REGURGITATE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE NOT AS SIMPLE AS THE LIVE MUSIC FUND.
AS I RECALL, I THINK WE ALL ARE, ARE, ARE ON THE SAME TRACK.
AND I THINK STAFF HAS PRETTY CLEAR WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS.
AND HOWEVER, SUCCINCTLY THE STAFF, UM, WISHES TO PUT IT DOWN THERE, INCLUDING THE REFERENCE TO PREVIOUS IFC OR NOT.
UM, AND, UH, ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK THAT STAFF WILL BE BRINGING TO US WITH REGARD TO ALL OF OUR, UM, CULTURAL ARTS FUNDS AND SPECIFICALLY, AGAIN, THE LIVE MUSIC FUND, BECAUSE THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION TODAY.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CHECKING THAT BOX.
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE THEN KATHERINE POOL, UH, MAKING THIS AMENDMENT ONE THAT REFERENCES AND REAFFIRMS THAT IFC AND ITS ELEMENTS.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED, HEARING NONE, THAT'S INCLUDED FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER AND CATHERINE, OUR KITCHEN, THE COUNCIL MEMBER, TOBY.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY IN YOUR DIRECTIONS, MAKE EVERYTHING PART OF THE RESOLUTION.
THAT MEANS THAT EACH OF OUR DIRECTION ITEMS BECOME LIKE A SEPARATE VIET RESOLVED, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER IS, IS ALREADY IN THAT FORMAT.
SO THEN, SO FOR INSTANCE, IN MIND, IT WOULD THEN BECOME, MY FIRST POINT WOULD BE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THE MANAGER'S DIRECTED TO, AND THEN EACH OF THOSE WOULD BE A SEPARATE, BE IT RESOLVED OR COMBINATION UNDER A VIET RESOLVED.
IS THAT WHAT YOUR CONCEPT IS? I THINK THAT BE A WAY TO CONFORM IT SO THAT THEY WERE ALL PART OF THAT ANY OBJECTIVE WOULD BE EACH OF THE DECK, EACH OF THE, EACH OF THE DIRECTIONS BECOMING A, BE IT RESOLVED, WE'LL HANDLE IT THAT WAY.
IT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN.
I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU THAT THE DATES IN COUNCIL MEMBER TEBOW'S, UM, DIRECTION AND INVITE HER TO SPEAK TO TWO, IF SHE'D LIKE TO, AND ALSO INVITE OUR, UM, HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER TO SPEAK TO THESE DATES.
WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO, THESE WAS STRONG, STRONG MANDATES THAT WERE PUT IN HERE.
WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO I WANT TO SUGGEST THAT THE FUNDING PLAN COULD PERHAPS COME BACK TO US SOONER THAN AUGUST 24TH, PERHAPS COULD COME BACK TO US BY THE 1ST OF JULY.
UM, AND THEN PERHAPS THE, UM, REQUEST FOR THE FUNDRAISING PLAN.
UH, THE REQUEST TO THE SUMMIT PARTNERS MIGHT ASK THEM TO GET BACK TO US BY JULY 15TH, BUT I, BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT.
UH, SO I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE, BUT ALSO ASK OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER, IF SHE WANTS TO SPEAK TO THESE, TO THESE TYPES.
UM, I FEEL LIKE WE, UH, IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING PLAN, UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY VERY CLOSE TO HAVING THE MAJORITY OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE REQUESTED, UH, READY TO SHARE.
UH, AND, UH, AND SO I DO WANT TO INVITE BOTH, UM, ACM GONZALES AND, UH,
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AND, UH, MR. VAN NEW TO GET ANY OF THEIR FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF, AT CAPACITY ON THEIR SIDE TO DO SO.UH, BUT CERTAINLY BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE BEGIN TO, UM, WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
WE ARE ANXIOUS TO HAVE THIS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE SUMMIT PARTNERS FEEDBACK ON THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
YES, MY THOUGHT IS THAT MOVING THAT DEADLINE BACK FOR THE, UM, FUNDING PLAN WOULD HELP THE FUNDRAISING THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, THE PARTNERS ACM GONZALES OR OUR CFO AND INA, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FEEDBACK THERE THAT WOULD, RIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO ECHO, UH, DAN, UH, WHAT SHE HAD MENTIONED ABOUT US WORKING ON THE FUNDING PLAN, AND I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF DIANA ROBERT PRISON, DEAN ED BENNETT, YOU KNOW, AND AS WELL, MATT MALIKA AND HENRY CARR, EVERYONE'S BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO QUARTERS TO PUT TOGETHER A REALLY GOOD FUNDING PLAN, UH, FOR THE SUMMIT HOUSING GOALS.
WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO WITH REGARD TO SOME OTHER COMPONENTS I CAN IN-CAMERA RESPONSE AND WE INTEND TO GET TO THE SUMMIT LEADERSHIP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, AND SO, UM, YES, WE WANT TO DO THAT, UH, QUICKLY.
NOW, A LOT OF IT, AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME HOLIDAYS COMING UP, NAMELY JULY 4TH, THEN SOME OTHER THINGS.
AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, TRYING TO WORK WITH OTHER FOLKS SCHEDULES AS SOON AS WE CAN, BUT WE CERTAINLY WILL EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY MANAGER FELT LIKE HE HAD ENOUGH DIRECTION AND OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER HAD ENOUGH DIRECTION ON THE EMERGENCY SHELTER AND CAPACITY BUILDING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE PACE THEY WERE HOPING, UM, WHEN THEY RAISED THAT, THAT FUNDING WITH US.
UM, AND THAT IF YOU NEED FURTHER DIRECTION TO BE ABLE TO EXPEDITE THOSE STEPS THAT YOU LET US KNOW NOW.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR.
CERTAINLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE WAS TO GET THE FUNDING ALLOCATED.
AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT I WILL, UH, ALLOW, UH, DIANA SAID, JUST REAFFIRM ANYTHING ELSE I MISSED.
I BELIEVE THAT, UM, AND WE MAY NEED A OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE SERVICES TO CHIME IN HERE, BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD CERTAINLY ON LOOKING AT MULTIPLE OPTIONS TO INCREASE EITHER SHELTER CAPACITY OR DESIGNATED ENCAMPMENT.
UM, AND, UH, I THINK THE ONE QUESTION WOULD BE, UH, SHOULD WE HA IDENTIFY, UH, AT LEAST EXTENSIONS, ET CETERA.
UM, THAT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, UM, COME TO COUNCIL FOR RATIFICATION, UH, AT THE JULY 29TH MEETING.
AND SO, UM, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER, IF YOU WANT TO CHIME IN THERE IN TERMS OF PROCESS, UH, AND WHAT IS APPROPRIATE UNDER THE GUIDANCE THAT WE BELIEVE WE CERTAINLY WE CURRENTLY HAVE FROM COUNCIL.
UH, CERTAINLY THIS MAY BE, UH, A POINT WHERE WE DO HAVE TO COME BACK FOR RATIFICATION, UH, AS OPPOSED TO, UH, UH, UH, AUTHORIZATION BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THIS.
AND SO I THINK THE GENERAL DIRECTION THAT, UH, OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER OUTLINED IN PREVIOUS COUNCIL WORK SESSIONS, UH, WE HEARD THAT THERE WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
AND SO, UH, WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION.
BARRING ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT WE HEAR TODAY? YES.
SO I, I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESILIENT ABOUT THE, AND CA DOES ENCAMPMENT STRATEGY.
AND AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME I WAS GOING TO ASK IF WE COULD SPEND SOME TIME TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT IT.
SO I KNOW THAT IT'S ALMOST SEVEN AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A BREAK.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE MAKE SPACE FOR AT LEAST A BRIEF CONVERSATION, UM, ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE WE'VE, WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS, UM, BECAUSE OF THE FOCUS ON THE ACTUAL FUNDING DECISIONS.
AND I JUST FEEL LIKE GOING INTO SEVERAL WEEKS OF THE MEETINGS, KNOWING WHAT THE NEXT PHASE OF, OF PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT IS THAT WE REALLY, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO NEED TO AIR HERE TONIGHT.
SO YOU CAN DO THAT AFTER WE PASSED THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE WILL HAVE SPACE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF BACK AND FORTH ON THAT QUESTION.
OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PASS THIS.
IT'S ALMOST SEVEN NOW, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE DO THAT SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE SCALE OF THAT AND THE, AND THE DIRECTION OF THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT DIRECTION FOR US TO GIVE OUR STAFF MAYOR, MAYOR, MAYOR.
I NEED TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THE LANGUAGE
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CHANGE I WAS ASKING FOR, UM, ON PAGE TWO WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE DATE FOR BRINGING BACK THE DETAILED FUNDING PLAN.UH, I WOULD SAY USING THE SUMMIT WORK AS APPROPRIATE BY JULY 1ST, THE CITY SHALL PRESENT.
SO I THINK I JUST HEARD FROM, UM, A HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER FROM MS. GREG, AND ALSO FROM ACM GONZALEZ THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS A REASONABLE TARGET.
SO I'D LIKE TO SAY INSTEAD OF ON THAT SAME DATE, I'D LIKE TO SAY, COME JULY 1ST.
AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM READING THAT IT'S ON PAGE TWO OF THE DIRECTION OF US DIRECTION.
IT'S THE THIRD PARAGRAPH UNDER FUNDING PLAN.
AND AS THE PARAGRAPH AGAIN, USING YOUR SUMMIT WORK.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS ON PAGE THREE UNDER FUNDRAISING PLAN.
UM, THE CITY MANAGER REQUESTS THAT SUMMIT PARTNERS PROVIDE BY JULY 15TH, THE FOLLOWING.
SO YOU JUST INSERT BY JULY 15TH.
WHAT'S THE FIRST CHANGE IN THE, USING THE SUMMIT WHERE HE'S PROMINENT ON THAT ON INSTEAD OF SAME DATE, WHAT WERE YOU PROPOSING JULY 1ST? OKAY.
YOU WANT TO COMMENT ROBBIE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
UH, I CAN APPRECIATE CERTAINLY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THE COMMITMENT FROM STAFF TO MEET THE TIMEFRAME.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARTNERS THOUGH, OF COURSE, WE'RE DEALING WITH PARTNERS FROM OTHER AGENCIES AND I CAN'T FOR CERTAIN SAY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THAT DATE.
WE COULD CERTAINLY PUSH THAT DATE TO THEM, BUT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY MEET THAT DATE.
SO IT WOULD BE A REQUEST TO THEM TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION BY JULY 15TH.
WE WILL PASS ALONG THAT REQUESTS.
AND JUST BY WAY OF REFERENCE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA, HIS DIRECTION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HER V2, WHICH WAS THE ONE LAST ONE THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED AND WHEN THE CHANGES ARE MADE TO YES.
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO YEAH.
I HAVE A LAST AMENDMENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
THANKS FOR MAKING THOSE DATE CHANGES.
I KNOW, UM, YOU HAD HELPED ME WITH THE EARLIER DATES, BUT THESE ARE AN IMPROVEMENT.
I'M SUPER GLAD WE WERE TRYING TO GET YOU MORE TIME RATHER THAN LESS, BUT I I'M GLAD THAT THAT WORK WILL BE COMING BACK TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
JUST TO CLARIFY, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT ON THAT CHANGE WITH THE SUMMIT PARTNERS, UM, COULD WE JUST PUT THE, BY JULY 15TH AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE, IS THAT FINE WITH YOU? THE CITY MANAGER, BUT SUMMIT PARTNERS PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING BY JULY 15TH.
AND THEN I DISTRIBUTED, UM, TWO VERSIONS AND I'M GOING TO PASS THE SECOND ONE, HOPEFULLY PASS THE SECOND ONE.
UM, THESE ARE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS THAT I WOULD LIKE INCLUDED AND ONE DEALS WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, MAYOR ADLER.
ONE IS ABOUT CREATE CREATIVE, CREATIVE FUNDING.
AND THEN THE THIRD IS ABOUT, UH, REFERS TO FOOD ACCESS AND JUST STATES, YOU KNOW, AS I INDICATED EARLIER, ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT HAVING CATEGORIES IS THAT IT HELPS US, YOU KNOW, AS THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, KNOW WHAT REGIONS WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE.
AND SO THIS LAW, THIS THIRD ITEM JUST GIVES STAFF THE DIRECTION THAT IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD WANT TO SEE IT GO TO OUR FOOD ACCESS.
SO, UM, I HAVE PERMISSION APPROVAL OF MY AMENDMENTS PLEASE.
UM, VERSION TWO, WHERE DO I FIND THOSE AMENDMENTS? UH, THEY WERE CIRCULATED BY KATIE POWERS AND APOLOGIES AGAIN, I'VE THOUGHT WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME FOR THIS.
AND SO HAD NOT CIRCULATED HADN'T REALIZED THAT I HADN'T CIRCULATED THAT ONE YET.
UM, I CAN READ THEM HISTORIC PRESERVATION MAYOR IS THE ONE THAT, THAT I SHARED WITH YOU AND THAT YOU ADDED LANGUAGE, UM, THE CREATIVE SECTOR, UM, IS, AND I'LL READ IT TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE THE CITY COUNCIL DESIRES TO SEE THE FUNDING WITHIN THE CREATIVE ARTS, NOT DESIGNATED FOR NONPROFIT EMERGENCY RELIEF USE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT WRITERS, ARTISTS, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, WORKERS AND MUSICIANS, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING INNOVATIVE PUBLIC PROGRAMS, INCLUDING POTENTIALLY ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMS WITH AREA SCHOOLS AND SOME OF THE OTHER INNOVATIVE IDEAS DESCRIBING THE CITY'S 2009 CREATED AUSTIN CULTURAL PLAN, CREATE AUSTIN, THE CREATE AUSTIN PLAN, BY THE WAY.
UM, IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I'VE READ IT.
I KNOW YOU SERVED AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER ON ONE OF THE GROUPS I DID AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER AS WELL.
THERE'S SOME GREAT IDEAS WITHIN THERE.
AND I THINK THIS IS, UH, JUST THE RIGHT TIME FOR US TO SEE SOME OF THOSE IDEAS INTO FRUITION AND REALLY USE THIS
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FUNDING, USE THIS FUNDING TO, UM, TO THINK ABOUT NEW WAYS IN WHICH WE MIGHT SUPPORT OUR CREATIVE ARTISTS WHILE ALSO BENEFITING, BENEFITING, UM, SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, OUR YOUTH, UM, AND OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM INTERACTIONS IN AND INNOVATIVE INTERACTIONS WITH AS ARTISTS.AND I ALREADY DESCRIBED THE THIRD, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO READ IT IF ANYONE WANTS TO, WANTS ME TO.
LET'S PICK THESE UP IN PIECES.
UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE THIRD ONE AND I'M
UM, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR INCLUSION OF THE, OF THE, OF THE LANGUAGE LEGAL AND FEASIBLE.
UM, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION CLAUSE BEING INCLUDED IN THE SIGNUP AND THE BASE MOTION? VERY NONE.
AND JUST, I KNOW YOU ADDED THE LANGUAGE LEGAL AND FEASIBLE, AND I WAS HAPPY AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH YOU TO DO SO.
UM, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD DEFINE FEASIBLE THEN I THINK I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE HERE ON THE RECORD AND IT IS, UM, FEASIBLE AND LEGAL.
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY FEASIBLE? WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT DETRIMENTALLY IMPACTS THE, UH, UH, THE EXISTING OPERATIONS, UM, OF THE, UH, OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, UH, AS DIFFERENTIATED FROM A DECISIONS WITH RESPECT TO A CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THAT'S INCLUDED NEXT ITEM IS THE CREATIVE SECTOR ITEM, THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, UH, CREATIVE ARTS, NOT DESIGNATED.
WE GO TO CREATE AUSTIN BOY, THAT TAKES ME WAY BACK.
UM, IT FEELS LIKE A LIFETIME AGO.
UH, ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED IN THE BASE MOTION HAS BEEN ALTERED.
I DON'T HAVE A, UM, OBJECTION TO IT.
UM, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS HAS BEEN WORKING, UM, IN THE ARTS SECTOR IN SOME OF THESE MANNER ALREADY WAS INVOLVED IN THE, IN THE RAISIN AND THE SUN, UM, LAMAR STREET BRIDGE, AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE WITH CREATIVE ACTION WITH SOME ARTS PROGRAMS ABOUT COVID AND ET CETERA.
UM, AND THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE FUNDING IN THE FRAMEWORK IS MONEY TOWARDS, UM, THIS FEELING CONSERVATION FOR, AND I PULLED OUT 1 MILLION OF IT THAT WOULD GO TO HOMELESS AND OR CREATIVE SECTOR, UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE DETERMINED IN THE FUTURE, BUT THAT CREATIVE SECTOR PORTION, UM, IS SOMEWHAT ALONG THE LINES OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOHO.
UM, SO IT IS ONE VEHICLE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE BUILT IN HERE.
UM, AND JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT, THAT THERE IS ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THE CREATIVE SECTOR WAS A MATTER OF TRYING TO FIT EVERYTHING IN THE FRAMEWORK, IN A LOGICAL, IN AS LOGICAL WAY AS, AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT'S NOT A, UH, UH, ANY SORT OF CHANGE TO HER, HER A MIDPOINT OUT, UM, FOR THOSE FOLLOWING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
ANY OBJECTION TO, INCLUDING THAT SECTION IN THE CREATIVE SECTOR, VERY NON THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PACE MOTION.
THE THIRD ONE IS, UH, FOOD SECURITY AND, UH, UM, LANGUAGE, AS OF TOVA SAYS THAT ANY UNSPENT FUNDS WITHIN THAT FOOD SECURITY AND FOOD ACCESS PORTION, WHICH IS AT $3 MILLION, I THINK, UH, LINE ITEM, UM, PRIORITIZE ANY UNSPENT FUNDS.
CAN YOU SHARE, CAUSE THIS IS, UM, THIS IS WHEN WE HAD TO PULL TOGETHER QUICKLY, BASICALLY IT'S SAYING AS WE HAVE ANY, IF WE HAVE ANY UNSPENT FUNDS WITHIN THE ARPA TOTAL FUND PEOPLE, UM, THAT WE LOOK TO PRIORITIZING SOME FOR FOOD SECURITY AND FOOD ACCESS, UM, ESPECIALLY THOSE HIGH IMPACT INVESTMENTS WITHIN THE STAFF'S RE REVISED NOURISH AUSTIN PROPOSAL.
AND IF AN END WITH THE LANGUAGES OF CONCERN, UM, THAT WAY THEY'D WANT TO BALANCE IT AGAINST OTHER PRIORITIES.
BUT I DO THINK, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT WE HAVE UNDERFUNDED OUR FOOD SECURITY, FOOD ACCESS SEGMENT OF THIS.
UM, I MEAN, WE HAVE OTHER IMPORTANT PRIORITIES AS WELL, SO I UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S HAPPENING.
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WE WILL NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THAT AREA.AND I'M SUGGESTING THAT AS WE HAVE, AS WE HAVE CHANGES OR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, THAT THIS BE ONE OF, AT LEAST ONE OF THE VERY FIRST, UM, AREAS WE LOOK TOWARDS TO FUNDING.
COUNSELOR KITCHEN, UM, CAUSE REMEMBER TOW, I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, BUT, UM, MY CONCERN IS I, I COULDN'T AT THIS POINT SAY THAT, UM, THAT I WOULD PUT, UH, THIS AREA AHEAD OF ARTS AND ARTS AND MUSIC, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY HAS, HAD ALREADY HAVE DIRECTION ON, UH, TO TRY TO FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR, OR RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR THAT MATTER, UH, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE DIRECTION ON.
SO I AM CERTAINLY WILLING TO, WE HAVE UNSPENT FUNDS TO, TO GIVE THIS A LOT OF WEIGHT, BUT I'M AT THIS POINT, NOT PREPARED TO SAY THAT ANY UNSPENT FUNDS MUST FIRST GO TO FOOD SECURITY AND FOOD ACCESS PORTION AND SOME COSAR.
SO HOW ABOUT THIS? CAN I JUST RESPOND TO THAT? WHAT ABOUT IF IT SAYS UNSPENT FUNDS WITHIN THE RESILIENCE CATEGORY, IF THERE ARE UNSPENT FUNDS WITHIN THE RESILIENCE CATEGORY, THAT THOSE GATES WOULD, THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERN ABOUT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, AS LONG AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT WITHIN THAT CATEGORY, BUT I THOUGHT YOU MEANT EVERYTHING, BUT, UM, I'M SEEING AND HEARING SOME, UH, A LEVEL OF CONCERN THAT I'M I'M READJUSTING.
I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I THINK FEEDING, FEEDING PEOPLE AND KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED ARE KIND OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES.
I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS, INCLUDING SUPPORTING OUR CREATIVES.
BUT, UM, ANYWAY, I THINK THAT MIGHT ACCOMPLISH A NAME IF WE, IF WE JUST END UP I'LL THINK OF SOME, SOME LANGUAGE CHANGE HERE IN A MINUTE, TOPO IS RECOMMENDING THAT, UM, UH, ANY UNSPENT FUNDS, UH, IN THE, UH, RESILIENCE CATEGORY, THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THEY'RE BEING PRIORITIZED AS SHE HAS SET OUT.
UH, IS THERE, UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT ISSUE? ANY YES.
CATHERINE OR ALTER? UM, SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE I WAS.
I WAS JUST ASKING IF THAT'S WHERE WE WERE LANDING, CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED BEFORE.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, UM, SOLUTION TO THIS CONUNDRUM.
UM, DO WE NEED TO, TO MAKE SURE THE LANGUAGE SAYS THAT OR JUST STAFF UNDERSTAND THAT? UM, I, WHEN I WAS CONFUSED BEFORE I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT IT WOULD WORK THAT WAY, UM, WITHIN THE ADOPTED FRAMEWORK FOR THE RESILIENCE PORTION, UM, TO THE FOOD, FOOD ACCESS CATEGORY, UM, THAT WOULD SOLVE THE ISSUE, WHICH IS WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO SAY.
SO I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.
THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PRIORITIZE ANY UNSPENT FUNDS WITHIN THE ADOPTED FRAMEWORK, UH, FOR THE RESILIENCE CARE CATEGORY, TO THE FOOD SECURITY SLASH FOOD ACCESS ITEM, PERIOD IN PARTICULAR, THE MANAGERS SHOULD LOOK TO ALLOCATE THESE TO THE HIGHEST IMPACT INVESTMENTS WITHIN THE NOURISH AUSTIN PROPOSAL.
I'LL TYPE THAT FOR OUR EDITOR IS DIRECTED TO PRIORITIZE ANY UNSPENT FUNDS WITHIN THE ADOPTED FRAMEWORK AND LET ME MAKE IT EASIER.
THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PRIORITIZE ANY UNSPENT FUNDS WITHIN THE RESILIENCE CATEGORY, TO THE FOOD SECURITY FOOD ACCESS TO FOOD SECURITY, FOOD ACCESS, AND SENTENCE IN PARTICULAR, THIS FUNDING.
AND IN PARTICULAR, THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD LOOK TO ALLOCATE THIS FUNDING TO THE HIGHEST IMPACT INVESTMENTS WITHIN THE REVISED NOURISH AUSTIN PROPOSAL.
DEBRA, WAS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH FOR YOU? I THINK WHEN YOU WATCH THE TAPE IT'LL READ, WHERE WAS MOST OF THE OTHER THINGS I'M GOING TO TYPE IT UP VERY QUICKLY AND SEND IT TO Y'ALL.
I THINK THAT WORKS THAT'S A MEMBER WENT THAT'S OKAY.
SO MY QUESTION IS AROUND CUSTOMER TOBO.
IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE WHAT YOU MEAN BY MOST HIGH IMPACT INVESTMENTS, THE NOURISH AUSTIN PROPOSAL IS OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO FULLY FUND THAT PROPOSAL.
SO HOW WOULD, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE MOST HIGH IMPACT INVESTMENTS? AND THAT IS, I WOULD LOOK TO OUR STAFF TO DETERMINE, UM, NUMBER ONE, THERE, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH FUNDING THEY HAVE AVAILABLE, AND THAT WILL DETERMINE WHAT OF WHAT THEY, WHAT ARE THE FEASIBLE PROGRAMS
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THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THAT AVAILABLE FUNDING.SO I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T VENTURE A GUESS WITHOUT KNOWING HOW MUCH FUNDING WE HAVE AVAILABLE BECAUSE AS, AS YOU KNOW, THE NOURISH AUSTIN PROPOSAL DOES HAVE A RANGE OF, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT I, I DO THINK, I KNOW FROM MY CONVERSATIONS AND MY STUFF'S CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR, THE CITY STAFF WHO I'VE WORKED AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE, UM, BUILT OUT THAT NURSE AUSTIN, THAT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE CERTAINLY ARE SOME PRIORITIES WITHIN THAT PROPOSAL.
I THINK THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, IN LOOKING AT THE PROPOSAL AND WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND MY TEAM ALSO WORKED WITH CITY STAFF ON WHAT WE COULD DO AROUND FOOD POLICIES, UM, WHICH IS WHY WE ADDED, UM, THE PREVIOUS AMENDMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REALLY IDENTIFYING THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WERE PART OF THE PROPOSAL AND, UM, THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UM, AND I, AND THE ONES THAT WE OUTLINED IN MATTE MOTION, I WILL SAY AREN'T COMPLETELY FULLY FUNDED INVESTMENTS, BUT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE WANTING TO AT LEAST GET SOME DOLLARS TOWARDS IT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THOSE FOOD ACCESS INITIATIVES.
SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING A CHANGE OR JUST WITH THAT DISCUSSION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS? SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING A CHANGE, JUST, YOU KNOW, SHOW, I GUESS, SHARING WITH STAFF, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, OF US PROVIDING DIRECTION, RIGHT.
WITH, WITH THIS SPINNING FRAMEWORK, BECAUSE THERE ARE GOING TO BE INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE SOME UNUSED FUNDS AND, UH, AND SO HOW DO WE BEST ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO ADDRESS OUR UNMET NEEDS? AND SO THAT'S WHY, UM, WE BROUGHT FORWARD THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCLUDE AS PART OF THE DIRECTION FOR THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK RELATED TO FOOD INSECURITY.
SO I WAS JUST HIGHLIGHTING IT FOR STAFF THAT THE ONES THAT WE HAVE IN THAT MOTION, UM, ARE NOT COMPLETELY FULLY FUNDED, BUT IT ENOUGH, UH, THAT WE HOPE WOULD, WOULD GET SOME, SOME MOVEMENT BEHIND THEM.
AND WHAT THAT COMMENTARY, GIVEN ANY OBJECTION TO THE LANGUAGE, UH, AS WAS EDITED OR CHANGED BY COUNCILMEMBER TOBO BEING INCLUDED IN THE BASE VERSION, HEARING NONE THAT'S INCLUDED, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FRONT RAISES, UH, A POINT THAT I HOPE THAT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE FOR THE MANAGER, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN EACH OF THESE AREAS, CHANGES IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, REVISIONS.
I HOPE THAT WE CAN REALLY KEEP IN VERY CLOSE AND VERY CLOSE COMMUNICATION MANAGER WITH, WITH YOU.
I HOPE YOU'LL KEEP US APPRISED AS ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS, UM, IDENTIFIED OR AS PROGRAMS COME IN AT DIFFERENT, UH, UH, DIFFERENT OR UNEXPECTED RATES SO THAT WE CAN BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT MAKING SHIFTS.
UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE AREAS AND THE, AND THE CREATIVE AMENDMENT THAT I JUST HAD, THE CREATIVE SECTOR AMENDMENT THAT I JUST, UM, THAT WE JUST PASSED IS ONE EXAMPLE WHERE THERE MAY BE FOLLOW UP IFC IS TO PROVIDE MORE DIRECTION.
SO I SEE THIS AS A VERY ITERATIVE PROCESS AND THOSE AREAS WHERE THE CATEGORIES ARE BROADER, UM, THERE MAY BE AN APPROPRIATE, IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO BRING FORWARD AN IFC TO PROVIDE MORE SPECIFICITY IN MOST OF THESE CATEGORIES.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF TALKING ABOUT THEM ALREADY, AND THERE'S NO, UM, SURFEIT OF PROJECTS THAT COULD, THAT COULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THEM.
THAT I, THAT I THINK YOU'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER TALKED ABOUT WORKFORCE EARLIER.
AND I JUST WANTED, I THINK THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU IDENTIFIED ARE VERY EXCITING, UM, SUCH AS THE ONE YOU TALKED ABOUT WITH, WITH REGARD TO CAPITAL IDEA, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT AND JUST WANT TO MANAGE YOUR WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WITHIN THE WORKFORCE SPENDING.
I HOPE THAT I HOPE THAT YOUR STAFF WILL WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, CAPITAL IDEA, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER, UM, LIKE ORGANIZATION TO SEE HOW WE CAN INVEST THAT DOLLAR, THOSE DOLLARS IN HELPING US MEET THE GAP IN CASEWORKERS FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
SO, UM, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT TODAY, AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THAT REALLY IMPORTANT PRIORITY THAT WE INVEST SOME OF OUR WORKFORCE DOLLARS IF POSSIBLE, IN HELPING IN HELPING CREATE THAT PIPELINE OF CASEWORKERS, UM, CASE MANAGERS WHO WILL REALLY HELP SUPPORT THE OTHER ELEMENTS OF OUR PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS.
WE HAVE ALL THREE ITEMS. THIS IS NOW A VOTE ON ITEM 77, 78 AND 91.
THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED I'M SHOWING THE VOTE ON ALL THREE OF THOSE HAS BEEN UNANIMOUS ON THE HIGHEST CONGRATULATIONS.
THIS COULD BE A HISTORICAL MOMENT FOR THE CITY.
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THE, WE GET THE PARTNERS WE'RE GOING TO NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TACKLE CHALLENGES THAT ARE BIGGER THAN WHAT THE CITY CAN DO BY ITSELF OR THE COUNTY CAN DO BY ITSELF OR ANY OF THE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS CAN DO BY THEMSELVES.IT'S GOING TO TAKE US ALL, UH, UH, WORKING TOGETHER AT PITCHING IN, I, IT IS SEVEN 12.
UM, YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE A, AN HOUR BREAK OR FOR DINNER AND THEN COME BACK.
I RESERVED MY COMMENTARY DURING THE COURSE OF THE DELIBERATION.
SO I COULD SAY SOMETHING ON A TAIL END TO, DO YOU MIND IF I DO THAT NOW? THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I AM THERE, ARE THERE PARTS OF THIS PLAN THAT I'M THRILLED ABOUT? I'M SUPER GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MUCH NEEDED $1.5 MILLION THAT WAS EARMARKED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEALTH CLINIC AT COLONY PARK.
UM, IT ALSO BRINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT CRITICAL HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE TO THIS PART OF TOWN THAT HAS LONG BEEN OVERLOOKED, WHICH LEADS TO OUTCOMES LIKE RESIDENTS BEING DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY GLOBAL PANDEMICS.
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SEE FUNDING FOR OUR HARD TO HIT CREATIVE SECTORS, UM, EVEN MORE SO NOW, WHICH MAKES ME HAPPY.
UM, THEY, THEY MAKE AUSTIN A TRULY UNIQUE PLACE, SO, UH, WE SHOULD DO OUR BEST TO, TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT THEM.
UM, HOWEVER, I DID HAVE SOME INITIAL CONCERNS AROUND OUR CONSIDERATIONS, UM, FOR INVESTMENTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS.
UH, AND I THINK MAYOR YOU, MIGHT'VE JUST SPOKEN TO THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING THE CONCRETE PLAN FOR HOW TO UTILIZE THEM, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WE'RE GONNA NEED THAT ADDITIONAL HELP.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO SAY JUST THROUGH THE COMMENTARY TODAY, THE DELIBERATION TODAY, THE AMENDMENTS BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, KITCHEN CIOBO ALTAR, UH, POOP CASA, UH, WHEN THERE'S, I THINK A LOT OF MY CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
SO I'D ALSO ADDITIONALLY, LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS EXPRESSED SO MANY TIMES THAT THE BEST THING WE CAN DO TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IS TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS.
SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FASTER THAN OUR CURRENT PACE.
SO OVER THE BREAK, MY TEAM AND I, UM, WE INTEND TO WORK ON SOME POTENTIAL CHANGES TO OUR SYSTEM, UM, CHANGES THAT WE CAN MAKE TO OUR CODE THAT WILL HELP TO EXPEDITE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS.
AND I WELCOME MY COLLEAGUES TO, UM, WE'RE INTERESTED IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER ON IT.
ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE, UH, AT THIS POINT, UH, THREE ITEMS THAT I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HANDLE QUICKLY AND, AND LET PEOPLE GO AND NOT HAVE TO COME BACK AFTER DINNER.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE OR NOT.
LET ME TEST THIS ITEMS NUMBER 17, WHICH IS A HAZARD PLAN ITEM NUMBER 21, WHICH IS CARVER, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE AND 96, WHICH ARE THE TWO CONVENTION CENTER ITEMS. UH, IT'S MY ATTEMPT RIGHT NOW TO NOT CALL 89.
UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ITEM NUMBER 93 IS THAT ETOD HAS BEEN WORKED OUT INTO SOMETHING THAT COULD MOVE QUICKLY AT THIS POINT, WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME AND MAYBE I HAVE SOMETHING TOO.
WE'VE GOT AN AGREEMENT ON TOO, THAT I CAN OFFER UP HERE NOW.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO HERE.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THESE QUICKLY.
[2. Approve Service Extension Request No. 4652 for wastewater service to a 34.4 acre tract located at 11213 FM 620 within the Drinking Water Protection Zone, partially within the City’s Full-Purpose Jurisdiction, partially within the City’s 2-mile Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction, and Austin Water’s service area.]
ITEM NUMBER TWO, YOU HAVE, UH, SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S AGREED.UM, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED AND I AM AGREED TO, UM, AND WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER TWO TO JULY 29.
AND, UH, THAT WILL GIVE EVERYBODY TIME TO, UM, WORK THROUGH THE ISSUES THAT HAD ACCUMULATED.
BUT, UM, MR. SUTTLE HAD OFFERED THAT POSTPONEMENT AND, UM, I TOLD HIM THAT SOUNDED FINE.
AND ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE WORK IN FRONT OF US, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A PLUS, BUT HE IS AVAILABLE TO COMMENT IF SO NEEDED, BUT POSTPONEMENT ON TWO TO JULY 29TH.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO POSTPONING THIS TO JULY 20TH? YES.
IT IS IN MY DISTRICT AND I AM OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT POSTPONEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, THEN IT IS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.
THAT ITEM NUMBER TWO, BE POSTPONED TO JULY 29.
THE RECORD WILL REFLECT THAT AS NOW.
[17. Approve a resolution adopting the City of Austin Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Update.]
AT, UH, UH, ITEM, UH, 17, THE HAZARD PLAN AS MEMBER ALTAR.AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO REALLY APOLOGIZE TO THE STAFF FOR KEEPING YOU, UM, THIS LONG.
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PLAN IS 400 PAGES.IT WAS SUBMITTED BEFORE STAR MURIE OBVIOUSLY WE, UM, HAVE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF ISSUES.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A PLAN TO, UM, COME BACK WITH THAT.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT, IF YOU COULD JUST TELL ME AGAIN WHAT THAT PLAN IS.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IF AT THAT POINT, IF THERE ARE AMENDMENTS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE PLAN THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER CHANCE TO DIG INTO THAT WE WANT TO RAISE ISSUES ON OR WHATEVER, IF WE CAN CHANGE IT.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A FEMA DEADLINE AND I DON'T WANT TO JEOPARDIZE ANYTHING WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, BUT I DO WANT SOME CLARITY, UM, BECAUSE I'M FAIRLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH US BEING GIVEN A 400 PAGE DOCUMENT ON A WEEK, WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBER TO COUNCIL MEETINGS AND YOU KNOW, MANY OF US ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR PLANNING FOR JUST THESE HAZARDS, GIVEN THE EXPERIENCES.
SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT PROCESS, UM, AND, AND EXPLAIN HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PLUG IN WHEN THAT COMES BACK.
UH
UM, AND SO, UM, THE ADOPTION DOES MEET OUR, UH, FEMA REQUIREMENTS SO THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING, MAINTAINING ELIGIBILITY, UH, FOR, UM, SORRY.
UM, SO THAT WE'RE MAIN MAINTAINING ELIGIBILITY FOR A MITIGATION GRANTS.
UM, HOWEVER, WE CAN INCORPORATE CHANGES AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO SO, UH, WITH THE WINTER STORM URI, UH, LESSONS LEARNED, UM, AS WELL AS IF THERE ARE, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY REVISIONS NEEDED, UH, POTENTIALLY TO WILDFIRE.
UM, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO, I JUST WANT A SIGNAL THAT I'M GOING TO PROBABLY WANT TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS WITH RESPECT TO WILDFIRE, PORTA UNDERS TAKE THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND BETTER HOW YOU CAME TO YOUR CONCLUSIONS.
CAUSE THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T ALWAYS MATCH UP WITH WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN OUR OTHER WILDFIRE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER FACILITIES LIKE OUR WATER UTILITY FACILITIES THAT ARE IN HIGH WILDFIRE.
WE HAD A Q AND A TODAY THAT TALKED ABOUT AUSTIN WATERS, LAND PAN AND, AND, AND WORK THAT THEY'RE ACTIVELY DOING, UM, TO ADDRESS ANY RISKS THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS ABOUT THE LEVEL OF RISK THAT WAS CITED.
UM, THAT ALSO MADE ME WANT TO LOOK AT SOME OTHER HAZARDS.
UM, OUR AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE IS LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, CYBER RISKS IN VARIOUS WAYS.
WE WILL HAVE A EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON THAT.
UM, AND I JUST WASN'T ABLE TO GET INTO IT AT THAT LEVEL.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE ON THAT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, FOR TODAY I'M GOING TO UPDATE, I'M JUST GOING TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE I'M NOT COMFORTABLE VOTING ON IT.
UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT NEEDS TO GO FORWARD.
SO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE THE MOTION, THANK YOU FOR STAYING.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO PASS IT AS THERE A SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN SECONDS.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PASS AND IF WE MAKE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES, WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE CHANGES, BUT WE NEED TO PASS.
LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF PASSING AND PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AND SHE'S ADAMS WITH ONE ABSTENTION COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALTER, ALRIGHT GUYS, THE, UH,
[21. Approve the adoption of the George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center Facility Expansion Plan.]
UH, NEXT ITEM THAT I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, HANDLE HERE, UM, IS, UM, ITEM 21, CARVER, SHOULD THAT MOVE QUICKLY IN OUR PROTOTYPE? OKAY, GO AHEAD.I PULLED THAT ITEM AND I DO BELIEVE IT'LL GO QUICKLY.
SO, UM, EXCUSE ME, THE, CARVER'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT INSTITUTION FOR EAST AUSTIN.
THIS FACILITY, UM, GOT ITS START IN 1933 AS A SEGREGATED LIBRARY KNOWN SIMPLY AS THE COLORED BRANCH.
WHEN WE INVESTED IN A MAJOR EXPANSION AND RENAMED IT IN 1979, IT BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD MUSEUM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT WE ARE A GROWING CITY AND IT'S TIME FOR THE CARVER TO GROW AGAIN.
UM, IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 20 YEARS SINCE, UH, OUR MUNICIPALITY FIRST STARTED MAKING BIG MOVES TOWARDS THIS LATEST EXPANSION.
AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THE LONG HOURS PUT IN BY THE COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THAT ENGAGEMENT GOT US OVER THE HUMP.
THIS IS THE NEW GREEN SPACE, THE PLAZA, THE THEATER SPACE, AND SO MUCH MORE.
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BE AN INCREDIBLE PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY.HOWEVER, I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF PARKING UNDER THIS PROPOSAL.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING THE AMOUNT, UM, OF SPACES, UH, PARKING SPACES BY FIVE FOLD AND DOING IT IN A WAY THAT PLANTS A GIANT LIFELESS STRUCTURE, RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF ROSEWOOD AND MAKES IT A LESS WELCOMING PLACE FOR PEOPLE ON FOOD OR BIKES OR WHEELCHAIRS.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT PUTTING IT THERE, UH, WOULD BLOCK THE THEATER LOADING DOCKS FROM VIEW, BUT IT ALSO BLOCKS THE VIEWS OF THE MURAL ON THE SIDE OF THE LIBRARY, WHICH ACTUALLY IS GETTING A FACELIFT RIGHT NOW AS WELL.
UM, AND EXCUSE ME, AND TOPPLING THE AMOUNT OF PARKING ALSO DOESN'T SEEM TO ALIGN WITH OUR 50 50 MODE SPLIT GOALS.
UM, THE ACMP EXPLICITLY IDENTIFIES AS TARGETS GOALS THAT WE DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACE PER CAPITA, AND THAT WE INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT REDUCE PARKING.
SO WHEN OUR OWN PARKING REQUIREMENTS LEAD TO OUTCOMES LIKE THIS, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE SOME OF OUR POLICIES ARE WORKING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
SO I'D LIKE TO ADD THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT TO ADDRESS IT ON PAGE 38.
AFTER THE SENTENCE THAT BEGINS FURTHER DESIGN WORK SHOULD EXPLORE AN UNDERGROUND PARKING STRUCTURE I'D LIKE TO INSERT BECAUSE ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN IS TO RIGHT-SIZE FUTURE PARKING SUPPLY TO ENCOURAGE SUSTAINABLE TRIP OPTIONS, THE SIZE OF THE GARAGE AND THE AMOUNT OF PARKING PROVIDED SHOULD BE REASSESSED WHEN FUNDING THE EXPANSION IS WHEN FUNDING, THE EXPANSION PLAN IS SECURED.
AND TO THE LANGUAGE, THE AMENDMENT, THAT'S MY OTHER KITCHEN.
I SUPPORT THE AMENDED LANGUAGE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS WHAT YOU WERE ASKING, BUT YES.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT A SECOND DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDED, UH, LANGUAGE, UH, COLLEAGUES, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.
I JUST WANT TO THANK MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THAT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON THE SITE.
IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING AND SOMETHING I DEFINITELY WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF FOR THIS STUDY.
ARE THERE DISCUSSIONS ON THE AMENDMENT FROM THE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, TO THIS ITEM AS A MEMBER OF THE AREA, UH, WHERE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM AUTOMOBILE PARKING AND I BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ARE MY COLLEAGUE NATASHA RECOMMENDED IS THAT IT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT INTO A TRANSIT FRIENDLY, UH, AND BY CURSING MORE PARKING, ESPECIALLY THERE, UH, I THINK I CAN SAY THE COST.
SO I HOPE THAT WE, THE CITY REALLY LOOKS INTO THIS AND TRY TO DO AS MUCH PARKING AS POSSIBLE.
UM, WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ITEM NUMBER 21, THAT OBJECTION THAT AMENDMENT'S INCLUDED.
UH, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ITEM? 21 AS AMENDED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I'M SEEING IT AS UNANIMOUS, UH, VOTE, UH, THAT ITEM 21 PASSES.
[96. Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to use a portion of the Austin Convention Center’s Capital Budget to solicit the most innovative ideas in programming and placemaking for a new convention center that would be - like its companion civic building to the west, the Austin Central Library -- a landmark of great distinction, a bustling and vital public gathering place, and a point of pride for the community. (Part 1 of 2)]
WHAT ABOUT CONVENTION CENTER FIVE AND 96 AS MEMBER TOVO THOSE HANDLE QUICKLY AND LET STAFF GO.I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REQUEST MAYOR THAT WE TAKE UP ITEM 96 FIRST PLACE.
UM, AND I WILL MOVE PASSAGE OF THE VERSION THAT WAS SENT OUT, UM, TODAY WHERE THEY AMEND THE VERSION WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE SENT UP.
UH, WHAT MAKES A MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL? UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 96, THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER, BUT ME, I HAVE JUST LIKE ONE OR TWO COMMENTS.
UM, I'LL MAKE THEM VERY QUICK.
SO NEXT UP IS GOING TO BE THE, THE PROPOSAL THAT THE STAFF BROUGHT FORWARD, UH, TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR METHODOLOGY FOR HOW THEY WOULD WANT TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, AND AN EXPANSION, THE MOTION THAT WE'RE, I HOPE ABOUT TO PASS, UM, JUST TAKES A STEP BACK AND ASKS THE STAFF TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT ANY ARCHITECT, ANY DESIGN TEAM HIRED FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER IS REALLY WORKING WITHIN, WITHIN THE PARAMETERS
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THAT WE'VE SET FOR THEM IN THE PALM DISTRICT PLAN.AND I COULD SAY MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE.
UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT IF THE, IF THE STAFF MOVED FORWARD WITH, WITH A CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION THAT WE DO SO IN A WAY THAT REALLY BENEFITS THAT AREA AND CREATES A FLEXIBLE SPACE, THAT'S REALLY VALUABLE FOR AUSTIN NIGHTS, AS WELL AS VISITORS.
SO WE HAD STARTED OUT TRYING TO DO A DESIGN COMPETITION, WHICH WAS A VERY EXCITING, FUN IDEA THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE OR NEARLY SO, UH, TO DO WITHIN NO.
DID WE LOSE KATHY'S VOICE? I THINK, I THINK WE MAY HAVE LOST YOU WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR KATHY TO COME BACK TO US.
[126. C14-2021-0056 - 1609 Matthews Lane Rezoning - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1609 Matthews Lane (Williamson Creek Watershed). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from single family residence-standard lot (SF-2) district zoning to multifamily residence-medium density (MF-3) district zoning. Staff Recommendation: To grant multifamily residence-low density (MF-2) district zoning. Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To be reviewed on June 1, 2021. Owner: CMCBH2, LLC (Ben Heimsath). Agent: Thrower Design (Victoria Haase). City Staff: Wendy Rhoades, 512-974-7719.]
YOU MOVE US THROUGH 1 26 QUICKLY? YES.PASSAGE 1 26, UH, WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT MF TWO ON FIRST READING, NOT SHE, I KATHY HANG ON ONE SECOND.
UH, CATSA WHILE WE LOST YOU COMPLETELY.
WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE USE OF TIME HERE.
THAT'S ON EVERY KITCHEN ON ITEM NUMBER 26 IS MOVED PASSAGE OF THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
UM, UH, MF TWO, APPROVING IT ON FIRST READING ONLY IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION AND THAT'S WHERE I'M A RENTER RHEA SECONDS THEN.
IF I SAID ANYTHING, IT'S 1 26, IT'S THE MATTHEWS GUYS.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I'M SHOWING THAT AS BEING UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS, 1 26 IS TAKEN CARE OF A LOWER TOVA.
CAN I SAY LIKE TWO, TWO WORDS? THAT'S IT, TWO WORDS ARE THAT, UM, I APPRECIATE THE, UM, FIRST AND THE DEVELOPER WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, WORK ON THESE ISSUES, PARTICULARLY THOSE RELATED TO FLOODING CONCERNS.
AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH A WATER, UH, WATER, UM, WITH ATD AND OUR WATER DEPARTMENT TO WORK ON FLOODING ISSUES.
[96. Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to use a portion of the Austin Convention Center’s Capital Budget to solicit the most innovative ideas in programming and placemaking for a new convention center that would be - like its companion civic building to the west, the Austin Central Library -- a landmark of great distinction, a bustling and vital public gathering place, and a point of pride for the community. (Part 2 of 2)]
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBER WE'RE BACK.SO THINKING ABOUT WHAT A FUN IDEA IT IS, AM I ECHOING, UM, YOU KNOW, AN INNOVATIVE, GREAT IDEA TO HAVE A DESIGN COMPETITION, EXCEPT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE REALLY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CITY.
SO I THINK THIS IS OUR NEXT BEST OPTION AND THEN HAVE A COUPLE, UM, COMMENTS TO MAKE WITH REGARD TO NUMBER FIVE, BUT THAT'S, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE FOR 96.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH, UH, THE SITE AMENDMENT BY V6? WE ARE, UH, PROVIDES VERSION.
THE REVISED VERSION IN FRONT OF US, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THOSE IN FAVOR.
THOSE OPPOSED IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY ON BIAS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO
[5. Approve a resolution finding the use of the Construction Manager at Risk method of contracting, as authorized by Subchapter F Chapter 2269 of the Texas Government Code, is the project delivery method that provides the best value to the City for the Austin Convention Center Expansion Project to demolish and reconstruct portions of the existing Austin Convention Center and to expand the facility by constructing new elements.]
UH, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT, I DON'T REMEMBER.SO YEAH, I'LL MOVE FIVE WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT I DISTRIBUTED OR THAT KATIE DISTRIBUTED AT 6 56 44.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THAT AMENDMENT DOES? ANYTHING, CAN YOU TELL US WITH THAT AMENDMENT? DOES I HEARD THE QUESTION? I JUST CLOSED IT? UM, THIS IS, UH, AN IDEA THAT WAS SUGGESTED TO US OR REQUEST A POINT THAT THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE MADE IN THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO PR TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING ABOUT THE PROJECT METHOD THAT'S BEING CONTEMPLATED OR BEING, BEING RECOMMENDED, THIS, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, BUT NOTHING IN THAT METHOD WOULD PRECLUDE US FROM DOING TWO THINGS, ONE WORKING WITH ANY PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
IF WE WANTED TO HAVE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP ON THE SIDE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND TWO, UM, WOULD NOT PRECLUDE US FROM, UH, A POTENTIAL COLLABORATION WITH THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
SO THE LANGUAGE OF MY AMENDMENT READS AS FOLLOWS THE CITY MANAGER SHALL ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD IN ANY RESULTING CONTRACT DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND OR A POTENTIAL COLLABORATION WITH THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS HUMBERTO MOVES PASSAGE OF THIS ITEM, NUMBER FIVE WITH THE AMENDMENT INCLUDED, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION AS A MEMBER RENTER, MARIA, SECOND STATIC MOTION.
I HAVE, I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION SLASH COMMENT, UM, FOR STAFF, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
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CAME OUT OF ONE OF THE DOCUMENTS WE RECEIVED, OR MAYBE IT WAS IN THE QUESTION AND ANSWER AND THE RESPONSES TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AT THE TIME THAT IF THIS PASSES AND THE CONVENTION CENTER CONTINUES TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH, UM, DOING THE INITIAL GROUNDWORK FOR CONSIDERING AN EXP AN EX UH, REALLY, UH, DEMOLITION AND REBUILDING AND SIGNIFICANT, UM, REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT SITE, THAT THEY WILL ALSO AT THE SAME TIME BE DOING A FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY STUDY, IS THAT ACCURATE, IS MY UNDERSTANDING ACCURATE.
I'D HAVE TO REMEMBER THE CERTIFICATE FOR INTERIM BREAKFAST FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER DEPARTMENT.
AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU AFTER THE SUMMER BREAK WITH THE UPDATED FEASIBILITY STUDY AND A PROOF OF CONCEPT.
AND THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE MEMOIR THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
I KNOW, AS, AS THIS ITEM APPEARED ON OUR AGENDA, IT WAS THE CMR ITEM PERIOD ON OUR, OUR AGENDA WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE NOT PROCEED IN JUST THAT WAY THAT WE REALLY STOP AND MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD, THAT WE HAVE GREAT DESIGN AND AGAIN, DESIGN THAT REALLY RESPECTS THE WORK WE'VE DONE TO INITIATE.
UM, GREAT PLACEMAKING IN THAT SPACE, BUT I DO THINK THAT A REAL QUESTION BEFORE, BEFORE OUR STAFF AND FOR OUR CITY ABOUT WHETHER THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHETHER THE FINANCIAL MODELS THAT WERE DONE PRE PANDEMIC CONTINUED TO HOLD TRUE WHEN IT COMES TO CONVENTION CENTER AND THAT INDUSTRY.
AND SO I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN AND SAID, WHAT KIND OF FINANCIAL STUDIES ARE DONE? HAVE YOU UPDATED THOSE ASSUMPTIONS? AND, AND, UM, THANK YOU TRISHA FOR VERIFYING THAT, THAT, THAT WORK IS ALSO UNDERWAY AND THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP, UM, UNTIL WE REALLY FULLY UNDERSTAND THOSE FINANCIAL, WHAT THE FINANCIAL ASSUMPTIONS ARE AND WHETHER THEY'VE CHANGED AND, AND CAN PROCEED FORWARD IN A WAY THAT MAKES GOOD, UM, GOOD SENSE FROM MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS.
THAT WAS IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM AS AMENDED.
I'M SHOWING UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE, IT PASSING ALEX.
I THINK THAT LEAVES US THREE THINGS.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 93, WHICH IS THE, UH, UH, UH, E T O D A 1 0 3, WHICH IS THE SPRINGDALE HUD, AND THEN THE, UH, CONVERSATION, UH, ABOUT, UH, DISPERSED ENCAMPMENT.
WE WANT TO TRY AND POWER THROUGH AND GET THESE LAST THREE.
LET'S TRY TO POWER THROUGH THEM.
LET'S CALL UP THE ETOD MATTER.
NO, YOU'RE NOT TO, TO CIRCUMVENT YOUR AUTHORITY AS THE CHAIR, BUT I, I GET THE DISTINCT IMPRESSION THAT ETO D ITEM IS NOT GOING TO BE FAST.
AND SO UNLESS YOU'RE JOKING AROUND HERE, UM, THE, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS ITEM UP NOW? IT APPEARS TO ME AS THE FOLKS WHO ARE WEARY AND LOOKING FOR SOME REPRIEVE.
I CAN'T TELL IF THE GREATER REPRIEVE IS TO POWER THROUGH AND THEN LET'S ENGAGE OUR COLLEAGUES.
AND THAT WAS A QUESTION I ASKED, WE WERE DOWN TO THE THREE THINGS HERE THAT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
AND THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO TRY AND DO THIS WITHOUT A BREAK, UH, AND WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THESE THINGS AND IN THE MEETING? OR DO WE WANT TO TAKE A BREAK AND COME BACK COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN, UM, ON 93, WHICH IS THE TOD.
I THINK THAT MAYOR PRO TEM HAS ACCEPTED MY AMENDMENT, BUT I DO THINK THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO AND, AND THE MAYOR PRO TIM HAD SOME DISCUSSION THAT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE ON, ON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S AMENDMENTS.
AND THAT MAY TAKE US LONGER OR NO LONGER IN SPEED ITEMS. THE LAST THREE THINGS MAY NOT BE SPEED ITEMS. AND THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A DINNER BREAK OR SHOULD WE POWER OUR WAY THROUGH THESE CHEER? DISNEY APPEARS THOUGH COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IS WITH US CURRENTLY.
HERE IT'S PLASTICALLY WE HAVE 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.
SO I THINK THE QUESTION IS, I THINK THE QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, CAN WE CONTINUE ON FOR AN HOUR WITHOUT TAKING A BREAK? COULD WE TAKE AN EXTREMELY SHORT DINNER BREAK? UM, EVEN IF IT'S JUST 15 MINUTES, BUT I THINK, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST 45 MINUTES, UM, WITH THREE TOPICS AHEAD OF US.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY RIGHT.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE A DINNER BREAK? RAISE YOUR HAND.
IS HE THREE OR HOW, IF WE TOOK A, IF WE TOOK A 20 MINUTE BREAK, WOULD THAT GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO REFRESH? I'M SEEING SOME YESES AND
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NOS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A MAJORITY TO TAKE ANY BREAK AT ALL.UH, SO, UH, WE'RE EITHER GOING TO JUST POWER THROUGH, OR WE COULD TAKE A 15, 20 MINUTE BREAK.
I DIDN'T RAISE MY HAND FOR THE BREAK.
I, YOU KNOW, I CAN I'LL MAYOR, MAYOR JUST, UM, I'M, UH, I NEED PROBABLY 25 MINUTES.
AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY RIGHT THAT IF PEOPLE NEED A BREAK, EVEN IF IT'S LESS THAN THE MAJORITY, WE SHOULD ACCOMMODATE THAT.
LET'S DO A HALF AN HOUR AND LET'S COME BACK AT 10 MINUTES AFTER EIGHT TO KIND OF WE'LL HANDLE THESE LAST THREE ITEMS. UH, WITH THAT IT IS, UH, SEVEN 40.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I'LL SEE YOU 10 MINUTES AFTER EIGHT.
DID HE COUNSEL MEETING HERE AT 5, 8 15? TODAY IS STILL JUNE 10TH, 2021.
WE'RE GOING TO CALL UP THE, UH, ETOD BETTER FIRST, JUST TO DOUBLE BACK REAL FAST MANAGER IN ORDER TO AFFECT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 77.
UH, WHEN WE COME BACK, YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING YOUR BUDGET AND GETTING THAT OUT THE FIRST WEEK OR SO OF JULY.
WOULD YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW THEN WHETHER I NEED TO BRING AN IFC IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO AFFECT THE, THE INTENT OF ITEM 77, WHETHER I NEED TO BRING ONE FOR THAT LAST MEETING IN JULY OR WHETHER IT HAPPENS WITHOUT ME NEEDING TO DO THAT, WE'LL DO BETTER THERE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD THEN AND CALL UP
[93. Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to participate in the Capital Metro Equitable Transit Oriented Development Study and community engagement efforts; to develop an Equitable Transit Oriented Development Policy Plan to achieve specified goals, including, but not limited to identifying methods to address community displacement, exploring opportunities to fund affordable housing, creating diverse housing options near transit, and encouraging multimodal transportation; and identify potential funding for the policy plan development. 9]
ITEM NUMBER 93.UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, MUS PASSAGE, UH, ITEM 93 WITH THE MOST RECENT VERSION THAT WAS HANDED OUT, WHICH IS, I THINK YOUR VERSION SIX.
IS THAT CORRECT? HOW DO WE IDENTIFY YOUR MOST RECENT ONE? I THINK IT IS V6 MAYOR.
IF IT'S NOT GO AHEAD AND CORRECT THAT I WILL.
SO, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT, I THINK IT'S B SIX.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THE ETOD COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN SECONDS THAT, UM, WHAT, IF ANYTHING IS AN OUTSTANDING ISSUE AT THIS POINT? I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TOVO INDICATED A SECOND AGO, AS PEOPLE ARE COMING ON, THAT IT APPEARS AS IF THE ISSUES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY SIMPLIFIED FROM WHERE WE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN.
I'M GOING TO PRETEND, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK FIRST OR SHOULD WE ASK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO TO TELL US HER VIEW OF THE WORLD? I CERTAINLY HAVE SOME, SOME OPENING REMARKS AND THEN, UM, WELL, UH, I'D LOVE TO, TO WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER TO THOSE REMARKS.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE MORE TO DELIBERATE FROM THERE, SO BE IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY OFFICE HAS REALLY WORKED HARD ON THIS AND I, I WAS INSPIRED BY CATHOLIC COUNCIL MEMBER.
TURBO'S, UM, REALLY HEARTFELT EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION FOR HER STAFF.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I ALWAYS TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, BUT LAUREN HARTNETT, I MEAN, WHEN I SAY SHE WORKED HARD ON THIS ITEM, IT, SHE HAS EATEN AND SLEPT AND BREATHED THIS ITEM FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT IT'S BACK BEFORE US TODAY.
AND I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT SHE PUT INTO IT.
AND I WAS SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE ETO D WEBINAR OUT OF CHICAGO.
I MEAN, OUR INTENT BEHIND THIS IS, IS NOTHING BUT RENEWED AND HAVING THEM ANSWER SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS EVEN HAS, HAS JUST BEEN REALLY SO EYE OPENING AND INSPIRATIONAL AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TELLS US WE'RE OFF.
IT TELLS ME WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT, UM, PREPPY, OUR VOTERS GAVE US A MANDATE WITH PROPERTY, BUT I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT A LOT MORE OF OUR VOTERS GAVE US A MANDATE IN NOVEMBER WITH PROJECT CONNECT AND THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION BOND, MORE THAN 240,000.
AUSTINITES CONFIRMED THAT THEY WANT A MORE WALKABLE BIKEABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED CITY, AND THIS RESOLUTION BUILDS ON THAT AND IT, AND ON ACTIONS AND POLICIES THAT WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED.
THE IMAGINE AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS PACKED WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT TALK ABOUT AND ENCOURAGE MORE A COMPACT CONNECTED CITY BY PROMOTING WALKABLE BIKEABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED CORRIDORS.
IT ALSO SAYS THAT OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SHOULD STRIVE TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY SPOKEN, EXCUSE ME, WHO WE HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY SPOKEN WITH TO ENSURE THAT THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
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HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE DECISIONS AND GIVE INPUT ON, ON TRANSPORTATION DECISIONS.IT WAS SO GREAT DURING THIS WEBINAR TO HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE WAY TO DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS NOT TO HAVE YOUR PLAN FULLY FLESHED OUT AND THEN PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE IT'S ACTUALLY TO, YOU KNOW, IN EARNEST HAVE, HAVE THE PEOPLE COMING TO THE TABLE WITH YOU.
SO LAND USE POLICY, NUMBER ONE IN THE ASN P RECOMMENDS THAT WE PLAN AND PROMOTE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE DENSITIES ALONG THE TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK, TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON IMPLEMENTING ANY CHANGES TODAY.
THE DIRECTION IS TO WORK WITH CAP METRO.
SO WE CAN HAVE A SUITE OF OPTIONS THAT WE CAN UNPACK LATER WITH PROJECT CONNECT, ALLOWING THE MOST OR ALLOWING THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RIDERSHIP IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MOST OUT OF OUR INVESTMENT.
HAVING, UH, IN PLACE PLEADER ACTIONABLE AND EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT POLICIES WILL GET US THERE.
AND IT WILL ALSO MAKE IT MORE LIKELY THAT WE GET AS MUCH FEDERAL FUNDING AS POSSIBLE.
KAT METRO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY SECURED FEDERAL GRANTS FOR THE EXPO LINE AND THE PLEASANT VALLEY LINES.
THE REASON THEY BROUGHT THOSE TO PROJECT CONNECT ENHANCED BUS LINES TO THE FDA FIRST, UM, BECAUSE THEY WERE THE MOST COMPETITIVE, BUT ACCORDING TO THE FDA'S REPORT, ACROSS FIVE RATING CATEGORIES AND SUBCATEGORIES, NEITHER LINES SCORED HIGHER THAN MEDIUM.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE EXPO LINE SCORED MEDIUM ON LAND USE ON TRANSIT, SUPPORTIVE PLANS AND POLICIES IN PLACE, MEDIUM ON THE PERFORMANCE AND IMPACTS OF THOSE POLICIES MEDIUM, LOW, AND ON THE TOOLS TO MAINTAIN OR INCREASE, SHARE, UM, OR INCREASE SHARE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALONG THE LINE, MEDIUM LOW.
IT WOULD BE A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT IF WE FAIL TO ADDRESS THESE RATINGS AND LOSE OUT ON FUNDING FOR THE OTHER PROJECT CONNECT INVESTMENTS.
SO I'M EAGER TO PASS THIS AND TO SEE WHAT FRUITS CAN COME FROM OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CAPITAL METRO.
I'VE APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU AS WE'VE WORKED THROUGH AMENDMENTS, YOU KNOW, OVER THE PAST MONTH OR TWO, OR, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I THINK WE'VE ARRIVED AT A GOOD PLACE AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL WITH, UM, UH, THE SUGGESTIONS THAT CA COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO HAS.
SO, UM, I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE HUGE OPPORTUNITIES WITH PROJECT CONNECT, UM, AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR US IS TO ALIGN OUR LAND, USE PLANNING WITH OUR TRANSIT PLANNING, WHICH I THINK THAT THIS RESOLUTION HELPS US DO.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR, UM, UH, EXAMPLE ABOUT, UH, ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
IT'S, IT'S SOME, IT'S A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, NOT GIVING THEM SOMETHING TO REACT TO.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT THAT APPROACH IS WRITTEN INTO THIS RESOLUTION AND IT'S PART OF OUR TOD PROCESSES WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, SITTING DOWN AND CO-CREATING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, WITH THE, UM, AREA IN, UH, DISTRICT FIVE, WHICH IS THE MAIN CHAKRA AREA, UH, FOR BRT.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS, UM, ALONG MIN CHAKA TO TALK WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE AND HOW THEY'VE BEEN WANTING THE BUS LINE TO COME DOWN THERE, THAT FAST BUS LINE FOR A LONG TIME.
SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY WORK WITH THEM AND WORK WITH THEM IN A WAY TO ENSURE THAT WE GET FEDERAL FUNDING, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS LINE ALONG WITH, UH, THE LINE IN COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS' DISTRICT ARE THE NEXT ONES UP FOR FUNDING.
I WAS REALLY PLEASED THAT, UM, THE PLEASANT VALLEY LINE DID GET FUNDING, BUT IT, THE, BUT WE WERE LEARNING A LOT FROM THE WAY THAT THAT WAS SCORED.
UM, IT DID MAKE IT TO GET FUNDING AT THIS STAGE AND THAT'S GOOD.
UH, BUT, UM, WE NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT HOW FTA REALLY SCORES THOSE BOO VRT LINES.
SO, UM, THE COLLABORATION WITH CAP METRO ALSO, AND ATP, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS JUST MAKES US ALL STRONGER.
UM, AND, AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S IN THIS RESOLUTION THAT I APPRECIATE, UH, THAT YOU HAVE IN HERE, MAYOR PROTIUM IS THE, UM, THE ALIGNMENT WITH OUR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT EFFORTS THAT ATP IS DOING.
WE'VE GOT TO GET THAT OUR TIMING WORKING SO THAT OUR TRANSIT PLANNING OR PLANNING AROUND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT AND OUR LAND USE PLANNING ARE IN SYNC.
SO I THINK THIS HELPS US, UM, WORK IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO, UH, SO THANK YOU TO THE, FOR THIS.
AND I THINK OUR WORK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAS REALLY IMPROVED WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
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KATHY, DID WE LOSE YOU? NO MAYOR.SOME REASON AT NIGHT, MY CAMERA'S STARTS FREEZING, BUT I'M HERE.
I APPRECIATE YOU ACCEPTING WHAT I THINK ARE NEARLY ALL OF MY CHANGES.
I KNOW THAT I KNOW THERE WERE A COUPLE DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS TO MY AMENDMENTS THAT YOU POSTED TODAY, BUT I THINK I'M USING THE LAST ONE.
AND AS I WAS SAYING THAT, THAT VERY BRIEF BREAK REALLY ALLOWED ME TO GO THROUGH IT.
SO THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR, FOR, UM, AGREEING, AGREEING TO IT.
I THINK EVEN A SHORT TIME AWAY WAS HELPFUL.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
I THINK THAT AS I'VE USED NATURALLY OCCURRING, UM, YOU AREN'T DRAFT CHANGES IT TO NON-INCOME RESTRICTED, WHICH I THINK IS, UM, IS FINE.
I JUST WANT TO ASK OUR CITY STAFF IF THEY SEE IF THEY, IF THAT'S A DIFFERENCE WITH A DISTINCTION FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, OR IF, IF THOSE TERMS, UM, IF THOSE TERMS UP SYNONYMOUS.
SO I GUESS, I GUESS THAT'S, OH, I GUESS THAT'S REALLY A QUESTION FOR OUR HOUSING STAFF, BUT I'M NOT IMMEDIATELY SEEING ANYONE FROM OUR HOUSING STAFF ON THE CALL ARE AVAILABLE.
THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE MOVED OVER AND GIVE US ONE SECOND.
SO THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAD AND THEN MAYOR PRO TEM, I, THERE WAS ONE EXAMPLE WHERE YOU CHANGED IT TO OKAY.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU INTENDED FOR THEM ALL TO BE THE CONSISTENT, LATE CHANGE FROM NATURALLY OCCURRING TO NON-INCOME RESTRICTED, OR IF YOU WANTED THERE TO BE MARKET RATE
AND IF THE STAFF, UM, TELL ME THAT THOSE TERMS ARE SYNONYMOUS, UM, THEN I'M, THEN I'M FINE WITH THAT.
AND THEN WE JUST NEED TO RESOLVE THE QUESTION OF THE ONE THAT APPEARS, UM, ON THE MESSAGE BOARD POST TO HAVE CHANGED NATURALLY OCCURRING TO MARKET RATE AFFORDABLE RATHER THAN TO NON-INCOME RESTRICTED.
I THINK IT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT ISN'T CONSISTENT ROSIE.
SO, HI, THANKS ROSIE TO LIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, UH, NATURALLY OCCURRING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MARKET RATE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND NON-INCOME RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE ALL KIND OF SAYING THE SAME THING.
UH, AND SO I THINK YOU CAN USE, USE THAT, YOU KNOW, PICK THE TERM THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO USE, AND THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR TRUELOVE AND THEN MAYOR PRO TEM, I WOULD JUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT CHILD ONE THAT WAS DIFFERENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL CAN HEAR MY DOG IN THE BACKGROUND.
UM, IT IS LINE ONE 60 ONES, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AND IT IS SECTION B AND ON THE DRAFT THAT POSTED THIS AT 4 31, UM, IT APPEARS TO ME THAT IT CHANGED ENCOURAGED THE PRESERVATION OF INCOME RESTRICTED AND NATURALLY OCCURRING TO MARKET RATE AFFORDABLE.
UM, IF I'M, IF I'M ALIGNING MY DRESS PROPERLY,
IS THIS THE LINE YOU'RE MAKING REFERENCE TO IT IS.
ARE YOU FROM THE MESSAGE BOARD? ARE YOU READING FROM THE, UM, 4 31 MESSAGE BOARD POST THAT THIS IS THE LATEST ITERATION AND IT'S NON-INCOME RESTRICTED.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR YOUR WORK.
MAYOR PRO TEM HAS MADE HER MOTION PIECE SIX AND SECOND, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HEAD.
UNANIMOUS ON THIGHS, BUT I CANNOT SEE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL OR COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.
[103. C814-2020-0104 - Springdale Green PUD - Approve third reading 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. Second reading approved planned unit development-neighborhood plan (PUD-NP) combining district zoning on June 3, 2021. Vote: 10-0. 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.]
LET'S CALL UP ITEM ONE OH THREE SPRINGDALE POD MAYOR.THIS IS JERRY RESTHAVEN FROM THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
IF I COULD QUICKLY ADD AT OUR LAST MEETING, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THE, UM, THE HOUSING TRUST FOR MONEY TRIGGERED BY TIER THREE OF THE PUD COULD BE RESTRICTED TO A GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
UH, THE STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT IT CAN, AND WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE MIMIC THE LANGUAGE FROM THE CAMELBACK POD AND THAT THE, UM, THE MONEY IS BEING RESTRICTED TO COUNCIL DISTRICT NUMBER THREE.
UH, IT WOULD BE, UM, LIMITED TO A PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS.
UM, IF AFTER SEVEN YEARS, THOSE MONEY, THOSE MONIES ARE NOT SPLIT WITHIN A DISTRICT THREE.
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TO THE, UH, TO THE GENERAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.SO THAT'S ALL STAFF HAS TO ADD UP.
I MEAN, WE BEGIN WITH THE APPLICANT GETTING A CHANCE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
JERRY, IS THAT MY HARNESS? MICHAEL WHALEN? I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN.
IS THERE A, UH, UM, MOTION ON THIS ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER ENTITY YET? YES, MAYOR.
WE DIDN'T MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS EARLIER APPROVED.
AND NOW ON THIRD READING, SECONDLY, BY COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE MAYOR, UM, SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER POOL IS HAVING SOME TROUBLE ACCESSING THE MEETING AND I THINK SHE MAY BE AVAILABLE.
I THINK SHE MAY BE ON A DIFFERENT DEVICE THAT NEEDS TO BE MOVED OVER THERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WANTED TO SAY HOW SHE PUT IT ON THE LAST ITEM.
IF SHE IS FUNNY, I NEED TO LOG INTO THIS ONE TOO.
WE GOT YOU A SECOND AGO, LESLIE.
WE TOOK A VOTE ON THE MATTER I WAS TRYING TO RAISE MY HAND TO BE SEEN TO VOTE YET.
HAD YOU BEEN THERE FOR THE VOTE? YOU WOULD HAVE VOTED.
THAT GETS US TO NOW ITEM, UH, THE, UH, PODCAST SPRINGDALE PAD WEIGHT OR THREE BY COUNCILMEN PER ANDREA HAS MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE AS IT HAD BEEN APPROVED.
BUT NOW ON THIRD READING COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE SECONDING THAT, UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION MAYOR? YES, I HAVE A FROZEN HAND UP FROM EARLIER.
I LEFT IT UP IN HOPES THAT YOU'D SEE IT.
UM, UH, JERRY, YOU HAD SAID THE TIME PERIOD, THE TIME PERIOD AT WHICH THE MONEY WOULD HAVE TO REVERT TO THE CITY, WOULD YOU MIND JUST REPEATING THAT? I MISSED IT AND I DON'T HAVE THE BACKUP IN FRONT OF ME.
I READ IT FROM THE ORDINANCE THAT SAYS THE, UH, THE FEE IN LIEU OF DONATION SHALL BE RESTRICTED FOR USE IN CASOLA CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT THREE FOR A PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE FEE, THE FEE IN LIEU IS RECEIVED BY THE CITY.
IF NO SUITABLE PROJECTS OR OPPORTUNITIES ARE IDENTIFIED WITHIN SEVEN YEARS, STAFF MAY USE THE FUNDS AND OTHER WAYS THAT EVENTS, THE GOALS IS CITY'S STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT.
THE BUILDING OFFICIAL MAY NOT AS FREE A STRIP OF ACTIVITY FOR ANY BUILDING WITHIN THE POD INCLUDES BONUS AREA UNTIL THE FIELD HAS BEEN PAID TO THIS PIECE, HOUSING TRUST FUNDS.
SO FOR A PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS, IT WOULD BE LOCKED DOWN TO, TO CONSOLE DISTRICT THREE.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT IT COULD BE USED, UH, AS GENERAL HOUSING TRUST FUND MONEY.
I'M REALLY GLAD THAT, UH, STAFF WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT AND AFFECT THAT CHANGE.
I THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KITCHEN, YOU HAD MAY SAID.
AND SO THAT'S A GREAT, THAT'S A GREAT THING YOU DID.
AND I ALREADY HAD HIS DONE WITH THIS ITEM 1 0 3 PUD AND THE MOVED AND SECONDED THERE.
I JUST DIDN'T NOTICE THAT INCLUDED THE RESTRICTION THAT I JUST READ INTO THE RECORD, JUST TO BE CLEAR AND RESTRICTION.
THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I'M SEWING IT UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
UH, SO YOU HAVE AN EXEMPT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, WHO I DO NOT SEE CONCLUDES.
I THINK THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING NOW, EXCEPT
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FOR THE, UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, UH, ENCAMPMENTS STRATEGY TO SEE IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL, UH, DIRECTION, UH, THAT WE CAN, UH, AS A COUNCIL PROVIDE COUNCIL MEMBER.TOBO YOU ASKED FOR THIS CONVERSATION, YOU WANT TO LEAVE IT? I DO.
UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE MANY OF THOSE, UM, FOLKS WRITING, UM, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED AND CONFUSED ABOUT KIND OF WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
AND SO I KNOW, UM, DIANA GRAY HAD PRESENTED TO US SOME OF WHAT, UH, SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES, UM, THAT WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD, ABSENT ACTION THAT DON'T REQUIRE ACTION FROM US BECAUSE THERE ARE, THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS DIRECTION.
AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DRILL DOWN INTO THE BRIDGE SHELTER.
AND I JUST NEED TO ASK, UM, MS. GRAY, IF YOU COULD TELL US, UM, I BELIEVE THE BRIDGE SHELTER IS READY.
IF YOU COULD TELL US HOW MANY, HOW MANY BEDS ARE AVAILABLE AND KIND OF WHAT THE PROCESS IS
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FROM HERE.AND THEN I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DESIGNATED IN CASE AND CONVERSATIONS GOING ON.
DIANA GRAY HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER.
UM, I WOULD TALK ABOUT, UH, SPEAK TO BRIDGE SHELTER IN TWO CATEGORIES.
ONE IS THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, CONVERTING, UH, THE ROADWAY IN THAT WAS PURCHASED BY THE CITY, UH, INTO THE SOUTH BRIDGE SHELTER, UH, THAT, UH, IS UNDERWAY.
WE HAVE DEMOBILIZED IT AS A PRO WATCH, UH, AND IT WILL BE THE SITE FOR DEDICATED SHELTER FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING SERVED THROUGH THE HEAL INITIATIVE, AT LEAST INITIALLY THOSE FOUR SITES.
SO WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT AS WE GO INTO THOSE ENCAMPMENTS, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER EXPLICITLY THAT INTERIM SHELTER, AS WELL AS THE LONG-TERM HOUSING RESOURCE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, BECAUSE WE, UH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, FIRST THERE A SHARED SENSE OF URGENCY, UH, AROUND CRISIS BEDS, WHETHER THEY BE, UH, IN SHELTER OR IN ENCAMPMENTS, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY OF TAKING ON OF THE PRO LODGES THAT ARE, UH, SOON TO BE DEMOBILIZED AND CONVERTING THAT ALSO INTO SHELTER FOR THE, AND THIS IS, THESE ARE LEASED FACILITIES, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PRESENTLY.
UM, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE BELIEVE COULD BE ACHIEVED, UH, FAIRLY QUICKLY.
UM, BOTH BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME OF THE HOTELS, THOSE LEASES ARE NOT, UM, UH, FINALIZED YET.
I THINK THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS.
UM, WE HAVE THE HOTELS THEY'RE ALREADY CITED.
WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE STAFFING PATTERNS.
IT WOULD NOT BE PRECISELY THE SAME BECAUSE OF COURSE THE PROLOGIS HAD A, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, PURPOSE THAT IS SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT THAN, THAN SHELTER OVERALL.
UH, THERE WERE CERTAINLY STILL QUESTIONS THERE THAT NEED ANSWER, BUT THE AMOUNT OF DOUBT OR MONEY THAT COUNCIL SET ASIDE, UM, FOR THIS SORT OF A CRISIS RESPONSE, UH, DURING THE RECESS, UH, IS SIZED TO ALLOW, UH, FOR POTENTIAL OPERATION OF SUCH A SHELTER.
UM, SO THAT ALLOWS US TO, TO MOVE FORWARD THERE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, THIS IS NOT FRINGE SHELTER, BUT WE HAD MENTIONED THAT WE WILL BE SEEKING GUIDANCE, UH, FROM OUR, UM, OUR HEALTH AUTHORITY REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED DENSITY OR RE RESTORE DENSITY OR CAPACITY AT OUR CONGREGATE SHELTERS, UH, AT THE ARCH AND AT THE SALVATION ARMY.
I MEAN, I THINK WE STILL HAVE SOME, UM, VULNERABLE FOLKS AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY A SPACE IN WHICH IT IS, UH, DIFFICULT TO, TO SOCIAL DISTANCE.
SO I'LL PAUSE THERE, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CAN SPEAK ALSO TO, UH, ENCAMPMENTS.
UM, I'LL ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THEN MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS INFORMATION AND THEN I DO HAVE SOME OF THE OTHER DESIGNATED CAMPING.
SO IT SOUNDS AS IF THERE, SO THE BRIDGE SHELTER, UM, IS DESIGNATE IS, IS IDENTIFYING FOR HEAL, BUT THERE MAY BE A POSSIBILITY OF GETTING ONE OR TWO OF CONVERTING ONE OR TWO OF THE LEAST PRO LODGES INTO SHELTER FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY, UM, IN, OR CURRENTLY IN ENCAMPMENTS, BUT NOT PART OF HEAL THAT'S ACCURATE.
AND I SAID, I IT'S LIKELY JUST ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT A PERSON, IF THINGS ARE STILL A BIT FLUID.
AND HOW SOON, HOW SOON DO YOU THINK YOU'LL HAVE SOME ANSWERS ABOUT, ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY? AND ALSO THE SAME QUESTION FOR ANSWERS ABOUT THE CAPACITY AT OUR SHELTERS? I BELIEVE THAT I, WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE, UM, SUBSTANTIAL UPDATE FOR COUNCIL WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, IF NOT A FINAL DETERMINATION.
UH, THIS IS ALL OF COURSE MOVING RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE BASED ON THOSE SOLUTIONS, HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED THROUGH THOSE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS, OR IS IT TOO SOON TO KNOW BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE HEALTH AUTHORITY WILL, WILL AUTHORIZE IN TERMS OF OCCUPANCY OF, OF OUR CONGREGATE SHELTERS.
UH, AND WHAT, WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE.
AND I DO NOT HAVE THAT ON HAND AT THE MOMENT IS WHAT OUR DECREASED CAPACITY WAS IN THOSE SHELTERS FOR SINGLE INDIVIDUALS.
AND, UM, AND THEN IN THE HOTELS, UH, BRIDGE SOUTH HAS
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87 ROOMS, UH, AT PRESENT.WE ARE STILL CONTEMPLATING, UM, SINGLE OCCUPANCY OF THOSE ROOMS, UNLESS IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, HOUSEHOLD UNIT OF SOME SORT THAT ENTERS, BUT THERE TOO, UM, WE MIGHT OVER TIME, UH, ASSESS THE POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING, UM, YOU KNOW, TH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER BRIDGE.
I COULD JUST GO BACK TO WHAT, AND WE, OF COURSE, I'VE GOTTEN THOSE NUMBERS, UM, IN MULTIPLE FORMS, UM, OF OUR, OF OUR EXISTING CONGREGATE SHELTERS, WHAT THEY WERE PRE PANDEMIC AND ASSUME THAT THAT WOULD, THAT'D BE THE, THE TOP CAPACITY.
UM, I'M REALLY CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN SEEING THE REPORTS AND, UH, SOME OF THE NEWS SEGMENTS ABOUT THE, OUR FEMALE HOMELESS THAT ARE REAL CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING TO BACK OUT INTO THE WOODS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AFRAID.
AND WHAT I'VE SEEN ALSO IS THAT WE SEEN SOME, SOME PEOPLE ARE FEMALES THAT ARE HAVING A SEVERE HEALTH PROBLEMS AND ALL WHEELCHAIRS, AND I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT OUR, THAT WE DON'T RUN THOSE PEOPLE OUT INTO THE WORLD.
THAT'S, UH, IT'S JUST, IT'S BEEN HUMANE TO TRY TO DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE SOME IN THERE RESERVED FOR PEOPLE LIKE THAT, HOME, THAT TYPE OF HOMELESS, THAT'S ESPECIALLY A FEMALE POPULATION OUT THERE.
I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST STAGE IS REALLY SORT OF DETERMINING WHAT CAPACITY WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH, BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY OPEN TO, UH, THINKING ABOUT SOME SATISFIED IN STORE, UH, ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
UM, UM, AND, AND CAN, YOU KNOW, REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL ON THAT FRONT, AS WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, THAT'S A MEMBER AUTHOR, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA RAISING THAT ISSUE.
UM, I HAD A CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY WITH SURVIVE TO THRIVE, WHICH HAS A MODEL WHERE THEY PLACED FOLKS WHO ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTO HOTEL ROOMS DISPERSED AROUND THE CITY.
UM, AND THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME INTERESTING IDEAS AND PROPOSALS BUILDING OFF OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY UNDER COVID WITH RESPECT TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND I THINK SOMETHING LIKE 39% OF OUR HMI S ARE EITHER SEXUAL ASSAULT OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS IS WHAT THE NUMBER I MAY HAVE THAT WRONG AT THIS HOUR, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THE RIGHT PEOPLE, WHO'VE BEEN HANDLED BEING IN THAT DISPERSED ENVIRONMENT, BUT DON'T HAVE SHELTER, UM, WHILE WE'RE STILL ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONTRACTS AND SUPPORT THROUGH AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THAT, THAT HAS, UM, THE TECHNOLOGY ALONG WITH IT.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, UM, WORTH PURSUING.
I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH APH, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESPONSE AND THE HOMELESS RESPONSE ARE COORDINATING.
UM, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS STRUGGLING WITH AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE INVESTMENT IN THE 3000 AS WE HAVE TO DO THIS SORT OF IMMEDIATE SHELTER KIND OF THING, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE FUNDING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, WOULD COME, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH VICTIM SERVICES AS WELL.
SO I THINK THERE'S CONNECTIONS, UM, WHETHER IT'S THAT PROGRAM OR ANOTHER, I JUST HAPPENED TO KNOW THAT ONE IT'S, IT'S A MODEL THAT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOR A SUBPOPULATION LIKE RENTERIA, UM, JUST MENTIONED.
UM, I MAY HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION AFTER OTHER FOLKS GO, OKAY, HOW'S MY KELLY.
UM, THIS IS JUST TOP OF MIND FOR ME, BECAUSE IT LITERALLY JUST HAPPENED.
BUT WHILE I WAS WALKING TO TAKE A BREAK EARLIER, I WAS DOWNSTAIRS AND SEVERAL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HERE AT CITY HALL HAVE EXPRESSED TO ME THAT THEY'VE NOT BEEN CONTACTED BY THE HOST TEAM ABOUT ANYTHING YET.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO HELP THEM GET A COORDINATED ASSESSMENT.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO HOW YOU'RE HELPING TO REACH THESE PEOPLE HERE AND, UM, GET THEM THE SERVICES THEY MIGHT NEED? UH, IT WAS SO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE HOST TEAM, UM, HAD BEEN ONSITE AND, UM, HAD SOME CONTACT WITH FOLKS THERE, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY CHECK INTO THAT, UM, AND ENSURE THAT,
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UH, THOSE COORDINATED ASSESSMENTS, IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN DONE, UH, ARE COMPLETED AND THAT, UH, WE CONNECT THEM WITH ANY, UH, EXISTING AVAILABLE RESOURCES.ALTHOUGH WE HAVE CERTAINLY SPOKEN BEFORE ABOUT, UH, OUR CAPACITY FOR IMMEDIATE HOUSING PLACEMENT BEING, UH, BEING CONSTRAINED AT THE MOMENT.
I KNOW OF AT LEAST TWO INDIVIDUALS DOWN THERE WHO WERE ABLE TO SECURE JOBS.
AND SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WHOSE TEAM CAME WHILE THEY WERE AWAY AT WORK.
AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO GET TO KNOW THEM IN A WAY THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT COLLEAGUES, HOW YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE DIANA AND SPENCER, THAT YOU'RE GETTING ALL OF THE DIRECTION THAT YOU NEED FROM THE COUNCIL.
UM, I'VE READ A COUPLE OF MEDIA REPORTS, OR IT WAS REPRESENTED THAT THE STAFF WAS WAITING TO GET FURTHER DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL, WHICH IS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT IF IT IS, UM, UH, PLEASE JUST MAKE REALLY CLEAR TO US WHAT DIRECTION, IF ANY, UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE WAITING FOR, IF YOU ARE, I MEAN, DON'T GET TO THAT PLACE.
AND IF YOU, IF THERE ARE THINGS YOU NEED, NOW, LET US KNOW IF THERE ARE THINGS YOU NEED IN THE FUTURE, LET US KNOW.
OTHERWISE THE COUNCIL IS ASSUMING AT THIS POINT THAT, THAT YOU HAVE THE DIRECTION THAT YOU JULIAN, UH, MAYOR WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, I DON'T KNOW IF KIMBERLY MCNEALY HAS JOINED US YET.
SO, UH, WE, UH, TH THE, THE PRESENTATION THAT WE MADE DURING A WORK SESSION WAS, UH, WAS QUICK BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A LOADED AGENDA.
AND SO THERE, WE DISCUSSED MULTIPLE APPROACHES, UH, THAT WE MIGHT BE TAKING, INCLUDING, UH, THE CONVERSION OF HOTELS, UH, INCLUDING AN RFI, UH, THAT WOULD SORT OF INVITE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO EXPLICITLY SAY HOW THEY MIGHT LIKE TO, UM, PARTNER WITH THE CITY WHILE CONTINUING TO PURSUE AND ASSESS THE CITY SITES.
I THINK THAT, UM, WE, UH, DIRECTOR MCNEELY DID HAVE SOME FEEDBACK AND POTENTIALLY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL ABOUT, UM, THE ASSESSMENT, UM, AND POTENTIAL SELECTION OF ANY OF THE CITY ON SITES.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAS YET JOINED US.
YEAH, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, I'M UNPREPARED TO PROVIDE, OKAY.
UM, COUNCILS ARE CONSOLE OFFICES THAT THE THING THAT WE ARE STILL CHALLENGED WITH AS A TEAM IS THAT IN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR OFFICES AND ALSO RECEIVING FEEDBACK, JUST GENERAL FEEDBACK, THERE IS CRITERIA THAT ARE ON DIFFERENT ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM.
AND SO IT WOULD BE A VERY USEFUL TO BE ABLE TO FIND A SUITABLE SITES AND TO CONSIDER SUITABLE SITES TOO, TO COME TO SOME CONSENSUS ABOUT THOSE, THOSE CRITERIA.
AND THERE'S FOUR OF THEM THAT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO JUST PUT FORWARD.
UM, ONE OF THOSE IS ABOUT THE PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS.
AND SO THE DEPARTMENT, UM, IN MY, IN, IN, IN MY MAPPING, I STARTED WITH A THOUSAND FEET FROM SCHOOLS.
I HAD BEEN GIVEN FEEDBACK THAT A THOUSAND FEET IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH DISTANCE FROM ON THE SITE.
I'VE ALSO BEEN GIVEN FEEDBACK THAT MAYBE THAT'S TOO MUCH.
AND SO I'M HOPING TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE DEPENDING UPON THAT DISTANCE, UH, TO SCHOOLS THAT MAY OR MAY INCLUDE CERTAIN SITES, OR IT MAY EXCLUDE CERTAIN SITES.
AND SO THAT'S ONE SET OF CRITERIA.
I CAN GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM AND WE CAN COME BACK FOR DISCUSSION, OR I CAN BE QUIET AND ALLOW DISCUSSION.
THE SECOND IS, IS, UM, CONSENSUS OR ABOUT PROCEEDING WHEN A PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAS MULTIPLE DIRECTIVES.
SO BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT WERE, UM, INCLUDED IN THE, UH, REAL ESTATE LIST THAT ARE CONSIDERED SURPLUS PROPERTIES BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT YET.
UM, THERE HASN'T BEEN A DECISION AS TO HOW THOSE THEY USE THAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD OCCUR ON THOSE PARTICULAR SITES.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF SITES THAT ARE IN SOME STAGE OF SOLICITATION.
MAYBE THEY'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TO BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A SOLICITATION THAT WILL GO OUT FOR BID, MAYBE THERE'S PROPOSALS THAT ARE BEING REVIEWED AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME.
MAYBE THEY ARE I'M IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UH, OR PERHAPS THERE'S IT'S SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.
ALL OF THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED WAS THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE THIS WILL PROVIDE US A VERY FINITE TIMELINE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS VERY TEMPORARY.
AND THE TEMPORARINESS OF THAT PARTICULAR, UM, THOSE PARTICULAR SITES WILL BE DICTATED BY, UM, BY THE SOLICITATION TIMELINE.
OTHERS FELT AS THOUGH, INCLUDING ANY
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OF THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN SOME, IN SOME, ON SOME SPECTRUM OF THE SOLICITATION MIGHT PUT THAT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY IN JEOPARDY, AND THEY WEREN'T WILLING TO TAKE THAT CHANCE OR DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING THAT CHANCE.ANOTHER, ANOTHER IS THE, UM, THESE KINDS OF THINGS, TWO ARE KIND OF TIED TOGETHER.
IT'S EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE VERSUS INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO IN MANY PLACES OR MANY LOCATIONS WHERE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE IS LOCATED THOSE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES, CITY CENTER, OR CLOSE TO NEIGHBORHOODS, OR, UM, VERY CLOSE TO SPECIFIC LOCATIONS THAT MAYBE WE WERE HERE RECEIVING FEEDBACK THAT PEOPLE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT.
UM, HOWEVER, THEY WOULD NOT COST, UM, SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF MONEY, OR THEY WOULD HAVE MINIMAL STARTUP COSTS TO INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, OTHER SITES, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A LARGE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE, MAYBE A HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS IN ORDER FOR THOSE PARTICULAR SITES TO BE AVAILABLE, TO MITIGATE FAILURE, TO BRING WATER, TO BRING ELECTRIC SERVICE TO THOSE PARTICULAR SITES.
BUT THEY WERE IN A LOCATION THAT, UM, SOME INDIVIDUALS THOUGHT WERE WAS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T SO CITY CENTER.
SO THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES, IF WE DO WE PREFER MINIMAL INVESTMENT, OR DO WE WANT TO DICTATE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE SITES READY? AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE EYES OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? AND THAT KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH THE SECOND ITEM, WHICH IS I HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THE OFFICES ABOUT, WELL, WHY ARE WE TRYING TO DO THIS? UM, WHAT, WHY ARE YOU BRINGING FORWARD PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT WE KNOW ALREADY HAVE SOME PLANS? WHY ARE WE JUST NOT ACQUIRING NEW PROPERTY THAT WE CAN THEN INVEST IN AND PERHAPS CREATE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, ANOTHER COMMUNITY FIRST OR SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE TEMPORARY, BUT IT COULD BE MORE SUBSTANTIAL AND PROVIDE, UM, MORE OF A, UM, A COMMUNITY BASED KIND OF APPROACH TO THINGS.
UH, BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT.
AND THERE WERE INDIVIDUALS WHO SAID, WELL, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO THEM.
THEY WOULD PREFER TAKING THE FUNDING THAT WE DO HAVE FOR, FOR HOMELESSNESS AND INVESTING IT IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RATHER THAN INVESTING IN CAMP SITES OR IN ENCAMPMENT LOCATIONS THAT ARE TEMPORARY.
SO IF I COULD GET A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTION ON THOSE FOUR ITEMS, UH, I CERTAINLY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE, UH, APPLY THE CRITERIA APPROPRIATELY AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SUITABILITY STANDARDS FOR EACH OF THOSE PROPERTIES AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD A CITY RECOMMENDATION.
KIMBERLY, THE FIRST ONE WAS PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS.
THE SECOND ONE WAS PROCEEDING WITH PROPERTIES OF MULTIPLE DIRECTIVES.
THE THIRD WAS MINIMAL INVESTMENT OR NOT.
AND AS THAT IMPACTS LOCATION, WHAT WAS THE FOURTH ONE? THE FOURTH ONE WAS TIED TO THE, TO THE THIRD ONE MAYOR IN THAT.
DO WE WANT TO INVEST IN A REGIONAL APPROACH WHERE WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE, LONG-TERM LIKE A COMMUNITY FIRST, OR ARE WE REALLY INTERESTED IN SOMETHING MUCH MORE TEMPORARY? THAT'S NOT AS NOT, NOT A COMMUNITY FIRST TYPE OF, UM, TYPE OF OPERATION.
SO MY PREFERENCE IS DEFINITELY THIS REGIONAL APPROACH.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR US TO THINK COLLABORATIVELY AND INNOVATIVELY WITH OUR PARTNERS.
UH, COMMUNITY FIRST IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE.
AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, CAN BE FIRST IS EXPANDING AND THEIR PHASE FOR THEIR EXPANSION, UM, WILL LIE RIGHT OUTSIDE MY DISTRICT IN THAT DISTRICT TWO IN THE ETJ PORTION.
AND I THINK THAT IS A PROVEN MODEL THAT WORKS.
AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER ON, UM, ON, ON, YOU KNOW, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
AND, UM, THEY ALREADY HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.
THEY HAVE A TIMELINE THAT'S GOING.
AND, AND SO IF WE CAN INVEST OUR DOLLARS AND HELPING ACCELERATE TO THEIR TIMELINE, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT EFFORT.
UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND I COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.
I ECHO THAT SENTIMENT COUNCIL MEMBER FUNDUS, UM, AND FOR, UM, DIRECTOR MCNEELY AT, YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT, UM, SORT OF A SHORTER TERM APPROACH OR A LONGER TERM APPROACH? AND IN MY MIND IS I WONDER WHY WE CAN'T HAVE BOTH WHILE WE CAN'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT HAS STAGES PHASES, YOU KNOW, IT STARTS MAYBE MORE TEMPORARY AND PHASES INTO MORE PERMANENT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T, BUT MY POINT, I THINK THE POINT THAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT I'M, I'M RECEIVING FEEDBACK THAT IS OPPOSED TO ONE ANOTHER.
SO IF I COULD GET CLARITY, THEN I COULD, I COULD PROVIDE
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BETTER INFORMATION.SO FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, MY VOTE WOULD BE TO DO SOMETHING THAT COULD BE BOTH THAT COULD GIVE US BOTH, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT WE NEED TO, TO TEMPORARILY ADDRESS, UM, UH, THE CHALLENGE AND THEN LONGER TERM SOLUTIONS, BUT BUILT INTO ONE PACKAGE.
I ACTUALLY HAVE AN IDEA THAT I WOULD LIKE TO RUN PAST YOU, UM, AT A LATER DATE, BUT THAT SAID, THE OTHER THING YOU SAID WAS, UM, IT WOULD TAKE A LARGE INVESTMENT.
AND I, I WAS JUST HOPING YOU COULD EXPAND ON THAT.
SO IN SOME CASES, PIECES OF PROPERTY COULD TAKE UPWARDS OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO DO INGRESS EGRESS ROADS, WATER, ELECTRICITY, WHICH IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
SO IN MY MIND, A MILLION DOLLARS IS SUBSTANTIAL.
SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE LESS SUBSTANTIAL OR IN MY MIND MINIMAL WOULD BE BETWEEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND MAYBE 200,000.
AND THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES THAT IN THE VERY BRIEF ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION ARE MORE IN ALIGNED WITH THAT, THAT KIND OF INVESTMENT.
AND LET ME ASK YOU THIS, WOULD ANY OF THAT EXPENSE BE SOMETHING THAT WE AS POLICYMAKERS CAN HELP, HELP US GET OUT OF OUR OWN WAY? IS IT, IS ANY OF IT PROCESS THAT WE COULD AS A BODY HELP FIGURE OUT HOW TO NOT, UM, INCUR THOSE EXPENSES JUST BY WAY OF OUR TIMELINE, UH, BASED IN OUR PROCESSES, I WOULD HAVE TO THINK THROUGH THAT QUESTION, MAYOR PRO TEM, I THINK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, SO IT'S THE PHYSICAL PIPING, IT'S THE PHYSICAL ELECTRICAL LINE.
UM, I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBER FONTEZ.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
I MEAN, WE PASSED ITEM 85 TODAY, WHICH IS SUPPORTIVE OF COLLABORATING WITH OUR, OUR COUNTY LEVEL, UM, PARTNERS IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO TAKE A REGIONAL APPROACH TO THIS ISSUE.
MY QUESTION IS, UM, I WONDER, AND MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN THIS FOR ME.
DO YOU SEE ANY CHALLENGES WITH US NOT MEETING FOR SIX WEEKS FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOAL, TO MOVE TOWARDS A SOLUTION IN AND LOCATING PLACES? I THINK THERE'S MECHANISMS FOR ME TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE COUNCIL OFFICES THAT DON'T REQUIRE YOU TO MEET.
UH, I THINK WITH GOOD DIRECTION TONIGHT, I COULD PROBABLY ACCOMPLISH THAT WITHOUT MEETING.
HOWEVER, I CERTAINLY WOULD ALERT, UH, THIS BODY THAT IF I WERE TO NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN A SUFFICIENT MANNER, THAT WOULD MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COUNCIL THAT PERHAPS, UM, SOMETHING, SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVE TO, TO MAKE THIS FINAL DECISION WOULD BE NEEDED.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD GLADLY WELCOME ANY AND ALL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN OUR OFFICES TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS.
AND I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES FEEL THE SAME.
UH, IF YOU NEED THE COUNCIL TO GIVE YOU ANY DIRECTION, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ANY SCHEDULED, UH, ALL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HERE UNTIL JULY, UH, COUNCIL, UH, MANY OF US ARE, AND ALL OF US ARE WEARING GREAT PORTION.
AS OF THIS TIME, THERE ARE STILL COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED.
UH, WE'RE STILL MEETING, UH, UM, MANY OF US STILL IN THE OFFICES.
SO WE'RE HERE AND WE CAN, YEAH, AND ALSO CONVENE A SPECIAL CALL MAYBE WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE REMOTE.
WE'RE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THAT HERE.
SO IF THERE'S STUFF YOU NEED, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU REACH OUT TO, TO, TO GET THAT.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE THINGS THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR, HEAR FROM, UH, DIANA, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, TO KIND OF HER VIEW ON SOME OF THESE, UH, QUESTIONS.
UH, I THINK KIND OF THE THRESHOLD QUESTION IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS WE'RE TRYING TO DEAL WITH.
AND I HEARD YOU SAY, UH, THAT WE'LL HAVE A BETTER FEEL FOR NUMBERS AND, AND HOW THAT BREAKS OUT.
UH, AS YOU GET MORE INFORMATION AND DATA, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW THAT ARE WITHOUT HOMES, UH, AND, UH, THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT PLACES FOR, OR MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE TO GO TO, OR THEY WOULD BE IN THOSE PLACES.
UH, AND WE'VE NEVER HAD THE, THE RESOURCES WE'VE NEVER HAD THE DETERMINATION OF THE CITY, UH, TO, TO, TO ACTUALLY BUILD OUT THAT, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WHEN YOU DON'T BUILD OUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE, THE SPOTS.
AND THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE.
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UM, I'M, I'M REAL EXCITED ABOUT THE ACTION WE TOOK EARLIER TODAY TO THE STEP UP IN A WAY THAT CHALLENGES OUR COMMUNITY TO, TO MEET US AND MATCH IT.UH, BUT AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THE NUMBERS, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT, UH, CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE, GOING BACK TO WHERE WE WERE TWO YEARS AGO, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT THEY WERE DOING TWO YEARS AGO, AS WELL AS THERE AREN'T OTHER PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO.
AND CERTAINLY ON THE TIMING THAT THE MANAGER HAS INDICATED HE, UM, MOVING TO ENFORCE A PROPOSITION, UH, B UH, I WOULD REITERATE THE, THE, THE SEDIMENT GUESTS ARE A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY, TO THE DEGREE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A CHOICE FOR WOMEN.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK, UH, TO, TO SOME OF THOSE PLACES IS WHERE LIFE WAS PARTICULARLY UNSAFE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YES, I STILL DOING THAT AS FAR AS PRACTICE ACIDITY TO SCHOOLS.
I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BEST JUDGMENT OF, OF STAFF ON THAT ISSUE.
CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORLD OF THE POSSIBLE IS, OR IS NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE LOCATING, UH, UH, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING NOW AND THE LIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU WERE CLOSER TO TWO THINGS AND STUFF WAS YOU'RE FARTHER AWAY FROM THINGS THAT I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ANY ONE ISSUE THAT THEN BECOMES, BECOMES THE SOLE DETERMINING FACTOR AS MUCH AS IT IS AN ADDITIONAL THING TOO, TO CONSIDER.
AND I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I WOULD COME DOWN AS OPPOSED TO A BLACK-AND-WHITE, UH, UH, RULE.
UM, MY HOPE IS, IS THAT, UH, ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING ON A TEMPORARY BASIS TO PROVIDE, UM, SOME, ANYTHING AKIN TO SANCTIONED CAMP AREAS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT DOING FOR VERY LONG, BECAUSE WE KNOW, AND, AND DIANA, I WOULD ASK YOU TO SPEAK TO THIS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT THE SUCCESS RATE OF, OF SOMEONE BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY USE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OR SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO ACTUALLY TURN AROUND THEIR LIVES AND MAINTAIN A LIFE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THEM ON THE STREETS IS MANY FOLD, MORE EFFECTIVE IF THEY'RE NOT IN A SANCTIONED CAMP AREA, BUT IN, IN, IN A, IN A HOME, UM, OR A ROOM WHERE A DOOR THEY CAN GO IN AND CLOSE, UH, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN, THEN THE DOLLARS WE'RE SPENDING ON SERVICES, WHICH IS EVEN HALF OF THE $500 MILLION PROGRAM THAT WE'VE OPENED CONSIDERING HERE OVER HALF, OUR CLEAR APP IS THOSE SERVICES.
UH, SO IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY ON SERVICES, WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO DELIVER TO THEM IN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE MOST EFFECTIVE AND HAVE THE GREATEST UPTAKE.
SO I WOULD SAY I WOULD BE GENERALLY IN FAVOR OF SPENDING MINIMAL, UH, LOWER DOLLAR AMOUNTS ON THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE TO BE TEMPORARY.
SO IT DOESN'T DRAIN US OF THE FUNDS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK THAT WILL ACTUALLY GET AND HELP PEOPLE GET OFF OUR CUT OFF OUR, OUR STREETS.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THERE ARE OTHER CITIES THAT, THAT DEVELOPED TEMPORARY PLACES AND INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY IN THEM.
UH, AND THEN THEY LEARNED THAT THAT BOTH, THEY WEREN'T REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING PEOPLE THAT OFF THE STREETS, BUT THEY WERE THERE.
UH, AND, AND VERY, IT'S REALLY HARD TO CLOSE DOWN SOMETHING THAT'S INTENDED TO BE TEMPORARY.
IT'S JUST REALLY HARD TO CLOSE THEM, CLOSE THEM DOWN AND CITIES, AREN'T HAVING A LOT OF SUCCESS IN DOING THAT ONCE THEY, ONCE THEY STAND THEM UP.
UH, SO, UM, I WOULD RATHER US SPEND THE MONEY ON THE SERVICES AND THE RESOURCES THAT WILL ACTUALLY SUSTAIN THAT.
I, IF WE DON'T DO THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING MORE AND MORE AND MORE ON AN ANNUAL BUDGET LINE ITEM THAT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING, BUT SUSTAIN PEOPLE, NOT BEING IN HOMES AND CONTINUING IN, IN, IN LIVES WITHOUT ALL THIS.
AND THE NUMBER JUST GETS WILL JUST GET BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER.
AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WON'T ADVANCED ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE.
THEY'LL JUST STILL BE WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, LOS ANGELES HAS SCALE WAY BEYOND OURS NOW HAS A BILLION DOLLAR LINE ITEM IN THEIR BUDGET TO DO THAT.
UH, AND, AND WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO, TO NOT END UP IN, IN, IN, IN THAT, IN THAT PLACE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REGIONAL LOCATIONS, OR WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY FIRST, I THINK MAYBE FIRST IS A GREAT MODEL.
I MEAN, IT HAS A SUCCESS RATE OVER 90% OF, OF GETTING PEOPLE AND THEN, AND THEN KEEPING THEM OFF THE STREETS.
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AND I THINK THEY HAVE A LITTLE OVER 220 PEOPLE NOW, CARITAS ALSO HAS A MODEL THAT HAS A SIMILAR SUCCESS RATE, WALTER MORROW, ALSO A SIMILAR SUCCESS RATE.THESE ARE ALL REALLY GOOD PROGRAMS AND ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS, AS I UNDERSTAND THAT DIANA ARE, ARE CAPABLE OF FUNDING THROUGH THE, THE BIG PROGRAM, THE SUMMIT PROGRAM, OR THE BARBARA POPPY PROGRAM, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARD FUNDING.
UH, SO THAT KIND OF THING I THINK WOULD BE REALLY GOOD AND IT'S NOT JUST PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
OTHER WE'RE POINTING THAT WAY.
THERE'S RAPID REHOUSING AND THE OTHER HOUSING COMPONENTS THAT BUILD OUT AN ENTIRE SYSTEM.
AND I HOPE WE'RE REALLY INVESTING IN THAT SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT'S OUR WAY OUT OF THIS.
BUT OBVIOUSLY IN THE MEANTIME, IN THE SHORT TIME, THERE'S SOME MEASURE OF, OF, UH, OF, UH, SHELTERING, UH, THAT OUR SYSTEM NEEDS.
AND, AND I WOULD TRY TO BUILD IT OUT IN A WAY THAT HAS AS MOVED THROUGH THAT AS, AS RAPIDLY AS WE CAN.
AND, AND I WOULD ALSO FACE THE REALITY OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE ON OUR STREETS RIGHT NOW, THE CAPABILITY AND THE RESOURCES TO HOUSE ALL OF THEM, UH, OR, AND EVEN IN CAMP, ALL OF THEM, UH, IS NOT REALISTIC.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA WITH GOING BACK TO THE ORDINANCES WE HAD TWO YEARS AGO, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, OR WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF, OF THOSE LIKE WOMEN THAT MIGHT FACE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL HARM.
BUT DIANA, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS OR ASSESSMENTS ON THE QUESTIONS THAT THE DIRECTOR IS ASKING AND, AND HOW YOU WOULD APPROACH THIS PROPOSITION B OUR, SO, UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS IN RESPONSE TO, UM, UM, SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS, UH, FIRST, UH, I WOULD AGREE THAT IN TERMS OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, UM, AND THE STRATEGY THAT WILL WE ARE LOOKING TO DO HERE IS TO PROVIDE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, A RELEASE, A RELEASE VALVE OR RELIEF OUT FOR, UM, THOSE CASES IN WHICH, UH, THE RETURN OF THE CAMPING ORDINANCE CREATES, UM, UH, SERIOUS DANGER.
UH, AND I WOULD SAY CERTAINLY THAT AS REMEMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCIL HAS, I'M VERY HAPPY, UH, AND THANK COUNCIL FOR THE, THE APPROVAL OF THE ARP FUNDS EARLIER THIS EVENING, UH, IN THE LARGER POOL.
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THAT SMALLER POT OF FUNDS AND MY, UM, PRIMARY VALUE, I THINK IN THINKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS IS TIMELINESS.
UH, THE REASON WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SHELTER HERE OR ENCAMPMENTS IS THAT PERMANENT HOUSING TAKES A WHILE, UM, TO GET ONLINE.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OPTIONS, IF IN FACT THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE LONGER THAN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT HOUSING, UH, ONE BEGINS TO QUESTION, UH, THE RELATIVE VALUE.
I ALSO AGREE THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE CAPACITY OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE ESTABLISH, UH, WE REMEMBER THAT WHAT IS MOST EFFECTIVE IS THAT THOSE CRISIS BEDS, IF YOU WILL, ARE USED MANY TIMES OVER IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR, BECAUSE WE ARE REHOUSING PEOPLE OUT OF THAT SPACE SO THAT IT IS NOT, UM, A STATIC POPULATION.
AND, AND SO I THINK TOO WELL OF, UM, TO DIRECTOR NEELY'S POINTS, UH, ONE IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, I THINK, AGAIN, THAT REALLY RUNS COUNTER TO THE QUESTION OF TIMELINESS OR THE VALUE ON TIMELINESS.
UH, EVEN IF WE ARE MOVING WITH ALL, UH, ALL HASTE THAT I THINK IT WOULD BE UNLIKELY THAT WE WOULD BE READY BY AUGUST OR POTENTIALLY EVEN NEAR THAT TIME.
UH, I THINK THE SPECIFIC DISTANCE FROM SCHOOLS PROBABLY DEPENDS ON WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DESIGNATED ENCAMPMENTS, UM, OR A HOTEL OR SOME SORT OF SHELTERING OPTION.
I DO NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC GUIDELINE FOR YOU, BUT WE CAN COME BACK, UM, UH, ON THAT FRONT.
AND IN TERMS OF THE PERMANENT VERSUS, UM, TEMPORARY NATURE OF THESE SITES.
UH, I THINK AGAIN, TO THE POINT OF, UH, WANTING TO REALLY STRATEGICALLY USE OUR RESOURCES
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FOCUSED ON REHOUSING PEOPLE, RATHER THAN SHELTER, I WOULD LEAN TOWARD, UM, A, A SOLUTION OR INTERVENTION THAT CAN BE TEMPORARY, WHERE WE ARE NOT BUILDING FOR THE LONG-TERM.UH, I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SCIENTISTS, CERTAINLY I THINK ALAN GRAHAM AND COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE WERE APPROACHED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TEMPORARY USE, UH, ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THEY BUILT THAT THEY HAVE THAT STABILITY AND THAT STABLE COMMUNITY.
AND SO IT DOESN'T REALLY FIT WITH THEIR MODEL, I THINK, SHOULD WE HAVE A SITE TO MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, HARPER MADISON'S POINT THAT OFFERS US OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH SHORTER TERM AND LONGER TERM, SO SHELTER THAT THEN COULD BE CONVERTED AT SOME POINT, UH, TO PERMANENT HOUSING.
UH, THAT'S CERTAINLY ATTRACTIVE.
SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, FOR ME, POINT TO PARTICULARLY, UM, IN COUNCILS, UH, DURING COUNCIL'S RECESS IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE HOTELS FOR A LARGE CONVERSION.
WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING, UM, A SIMPLE, BUT I THINK IMPORTANT REQUEST FOR INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO US, UH, WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE IDEAS OR RESOURCES.
AND THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO IDENTIFY THE BEST OPTIONS THAT GET US, UH, AS CLOSE TO AN AUGUST EFFECTIVE DATE AS POSSIBLE, UH, AND THAT WE WOULD THEN, DEPENDING ON WHAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THIS PURPOSE, WE WOULD WORK WITH CMOS, CERTAINLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL COUNSEL GUIDANCE OR APPROVAL DURING THAT PERIOD, UH, AS A, OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERED MAYOR.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REITERATE THE POINT THAT WE HAVE TAKEN REALLY IMPORTANT STEPS TODAY TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THE CHALLENGE AND THE PROBLEM, UM, AND THAT PART OF THE REASON THAT IT'S SO HARD FOR IT TO BE, UH, CRIMINAL FOR FOLKS TO BE SITTING OR LYING DOWN PLACES IS THAT WE KNOW IT WOULD TAKE TIME TO ESTABLISH, UH, APPROPRIATE HOUSING AND SERVICES FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE WHAT A LOT OF WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HERE HAVE SAID.
UM, MAYOR PRO TEMP, YOUR, YOUR INDICATION THAT, UM, MS. GRAY SAID WOULD BE AN ATTRACTIVE OPTION, I THINK IS INTERESTING OF IF WE COULD FIND A PLACE WHERE IF IT WERE SOMETHING WE WERE SETTING UP TEMPORARILY, BUT IT HAD THE POTENTIAL FOR BEING CONVERTED INTO TINY HOMES OVER TIME AND BEING A MORE, A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HAD, THAT HAD A LONGER POTENTIAL RUNWAY.
UM, I THINK, I THINK IS REALLY INTERESTING AND I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WHAT THOSE, THOSE OPTIONS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
SO THAT THE, THAT THE INITIAL INVESTMENTS IN SOMETHING MORE TEMPORARY ACTUALLY MAYBE HELP LEVERAGE AN EXPANSION OF SOMETHING LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN US, BUT ON SET WE'RE AT WHERE OUR COMMUNITY TO TOUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE HOTELS THAT WE HAVE BEEN LEASING.
I DON'T, IF WE, IF THEY COULD HAVE A PLACE WHERE IT WAS 50 TENTS, BUT INSTEAD OF 50 TENTS, WE HAD 50 ROOMS AND THAT MEANS YOU HAVE BATHROOMS AND WALLS AND AIR CONDITIONING HERE IN THE SUMMER, THAT'S THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE A LEAN TOWARDS IT BEING TENSIVE THERE'S WALLS AND AIR CONDITIONING THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
SO IF I DO APPRECIATE AND THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO SEE IF THERE IS ONE OR TWO OF THOSE THAT WE CAN KEEP GOING.
UM, AND I THINK THE RFI YOU WILL FIND, AND WE WILL HEAR REAL INTEREST.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REITERATE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU.
UM, I'VE, I'VE RESPONDED TO CHURCHES IN MY DISTRICT THAT HAVE, UH, THAT HAVE REACHED OUT AND, AND SEND THAT CONTACT INFORMATION ALONG, UM, UH, UH, JUST PRIVATE NEIGHBORS WHO, UH, HAVE IDENTIFIED PIECES OF PROPERTY.
I THINK THAT THAT IS REALLY GOOD FOR US TO, TO SOURCE.
SO I THINK ALL THREE OF THOSE MAKE SENSE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS TEMPORARY, BUT ACTUALLY REALLY HAS POTENTIAL TO BE SOMETHING REALLY GOOD.
UH, I THINK THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING AND, AND I THINK THE IMMEDIATE HOTEL, UM, EXTENSIONS AND RFI MAKE A LOT OF SENSE IN COUNSELOR KITCHEN.
I THINK WE'RE ALL, UM, BEGINNING TO FADE HERE, BUT, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE ALL USING THE TERM REGIONAL APPROACH EQUIVALENTLY.
SO, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS, BUT IF, IF EITHER KIMBERLY OR DIANE, I COULD EXPLAIN WHAT A REGIONAL
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APPROACH MEANS.I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, I'VE NOT HEARD THAT TERM PER SAY WITH RESPECT TO ENCAMPMENTS OR WHATNOT, TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO, SO COUNCIL MEMBER THAT, UM, TH THE RESOLUTION SPECIFICALLY SAID ONE IN CAMP, COMING BACK WITH A MINIMUM OF 10 OPTIONS, ONE ENCAMPMENT IN EACH DISTRICT, AND THEN RECEIVING FEEDBACK FROM MULTIPLE OFFICES, THE COMMENT OR THE TERM THAT WAS USED IS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REALLY FEASIBLE, MAYBE WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT A REGIONAL APPROACH.
SO IN MY MIND, WITHOUT HAVING A CLEAR DEFINITION OF WHAT THAT IS, I WOULD TAKE THAT TO MEAN THAT THERE WOULD BE A SINGLE LOCATION THAT MIGHT APPROPRIATELY SERVE MULTIPLE, UM, MULTIPLE DISTRICTS THAT PERHAPS ARE TOUCHING OR ARE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM ONE ANOTHER, OR USING A HEAT MAP WHERE WE UNDERSTAND WHERE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS CURRENTLY ARE RESIDING TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A SOLUTION THAT WOULD BE WITHIN THAT REGION.
SO I'M TELLING YOU WHAT MY DEFINITION IS, AND CERTAINLY IT IS DEFINED DIFFERENTLY BY OUR COUNCIL OFFICES.
I'M VERY OPEN TO THAT FEEDBACK.
SO THAT, THAT HELPS AND, AND, AND MAKE SOME SENSE TO ME.
I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IT WAS NEVER A, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE RESOLUTION THAT THE GOAL WAS 10 ENCAMPMENTS WAS GO FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS A STRATEGY WE SHOULD DO.
AND IF IT'S A STRATEGY WE SHOULD DO GIVE US, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS IN EACH DISTRICT THAT WE COULD EVALUATE IF THEY WERE WORTH MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CABINETS.
UM, AND I DON'T, I KNOW I WAS NEVER EXPECTING 10.
I WAS EXPECTING MAYBE TWO OR THREE, AND I WASN'T EVEN SURE WHAT THE FINANCIALS WERE INVOLVED, IF THAT WOULD, UM, BE, I THINK WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF STAFF TIME AND A LOT OF RESOURCES TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT, TO BE DOTTING ALL THE HIGHS AND BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.
AND I THINK THAT IS AFFECTED, UM, TIMELINESS IN OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND.
I, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT WAS A RESPONSE TO THE RESOLUTION.
I'M NOT FAULTING ANYONE, BUT I THINK THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, YOU SAID ONE OR TWO SPOTS THAT FED A LOT OF THE CRITERIA'S.
UM, AND I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THOSE SPOTS AND IF THOSE SPOTS ARE NOT GOING TO WORK, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON TO ANOTHER STRATEGY IN MY VIEW, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THAT MANY, THAT BEING SAID, YOU ASKED FOR SOME FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THEIR CRITERIA.
I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE QUITE A BIT OUT WHERE IF WE FOUND OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE NEEDED TO MOVE PEOPLE TO, UM, MORE QUICKLY THAT WE COULD HAVE TENTS OR SOMETHING IN SOME PARKING LOTS AND THINGS.
SO SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE DEVELOPED FOR A LONG TIME.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NEED TO, TO, TO DO THAT, UM, DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS EVOLVE AND HOW EFFECTIVE, UM, THE PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT IS AND HELPING PEOPLE TO CHOOSE ALTERNATIVES THAT THEY MAY ALREADY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM AND USING, USING THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ONE OR TWO LOCATIONS ARE.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THOSE EMERGED.
UM, BUT I, BUT I THINK IT IS A, IS IT ISN'T, IT IS PROBLEMATIC FROM A STAFF TIME PERSPECTIVE FOR US TO LET YOU KEEP SPINNING WHEELS ON ENCAMPMENTS, YOU KNOW, IN THE DISTRICTS.
I THINK THAT THE WHOLE EXERCISE OR THE ENCAMPMENTS HAS BEEN VERY, UM, INSTRUCTIVE TO THE CHALLENGES OF TRYING TO, UM, HOW'S EVERYONE AND COME UP WITH, UH, THE RESOURCES AND, YOU KNOW, I HEAR PEOPLE ALL THE TIME SAYING, YOU KNOW, DO COMMUNITY FIRST DEVELOPMENT.
WELL, I THINK THAT WAS THE INTENTION OF WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO DO WITH SORT OF SMALL POP-UP HOUSES.
AND IT'S BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING TO FIND A LOCATION, UM, WITHIN AUSTIN THAT WE COULD DO IT.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT, AND PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS A COMPLEX CHALLENGE AND PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND WE'RE TRYING TO HOUSE THEM, OR WE'RE USING THE TOOLS THAT WE CAN, UM, THE BEST WE CAN, SORRY, KITCHEN.
AND THEN THE MAYOR PRO TEM, JUST TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK.
UM, UM, I, UH, AGREE, UM, KIMBERLY WITH YOUR, UH, INTERPRETATION OR, OR THE WAY THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING REGIONAL.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO GO WITH THAT APPROACH, UH, AND IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO ME.
UM, AND I AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER JUST SAID.
I DON'T, I DON'T, I'M NOT, I'VE NEVER THOUGHT IN TERMS OF 10 ENCAMPMENTS EITHER.
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S FEASIBLE.
UH, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY, UH, FOCUS ON OUR REHOUSING SYSTEM AND NOT DIVERT TOO MUCH IN THE WAY OF RESOURCES OR TIME, UM, TO TRY AND TO FIND ENCAMPMENTS
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EVERYWHERE.SO, UM, SO, UH, SO I WOULD JUST PROVIDE THAT, UM, UM, THAT FEEDBACK, UM, DO YOU THINK IT'S USEFUL TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY? I'VE DONE THAT WITH MY DISTRICT.
UM, AND IT'S JUST, THERE'S JUST NOT VERY MANY PLACES WHERE THIS IS POSSIBLE.
SO, UH, I, I, I THINK I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, DIANA, WHAT YOU HAVE SAID IS BECAUSE I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO, TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE, WE REALLY NEED TO KEEP FRONT AND CENTER FOCUSED ON GETTING OUR REHOUSING SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING AND, UM, QUICKLY DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN ON ENCAMPMENTS, BUT, BUT, BUT NOT IN DIVERT OUR THINKING THAT WAY.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY.
UM, I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GLEAN FROM DIANA, WHAT YOU THINK IS AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL PROPERTY THAT COULD SERVE AS A GRADUAL FROM TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND, AND IF WE'RE TALKING TO COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE, THEN WE'RE TALKING SORT OF AN ECOSYSTEM OF SORTS, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, IT INCLUDES ACCESS TO AMENITIES.
IT INCLUDES WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO EARN MONEY.
IT INCLUDES, UM, THE CHAPO AND THE FARM AND THAT.
AND SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PLACE LIKE THAT, AND TO BE CLEAR, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALAN GRAHAM TALKS ABOUT WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY FIRST IS HE'S SAYING THERE'S NOTHING UNIQUE OR SPECIAL NECESSARILY ABOUT COMMUNITY.
FIRST, IF YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT HOUSING PEOPLE WHAT'S UNIQUE AND SPECIAL ABOUT COMMUNITY FIRST IS THE EMPHASIS THAT THEY PUT ON THE COMMUNITY COMPONENT.
YOU COULD GIVE A PERSON A HOUSE, BUT WITH NO COMMUNITY AND NO RESOURCES, UM, THEN IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A POPULATION OF PEOPLE THAT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, DON'T MAINTAIN THE HOUSING.
SO THE COMMUNITY COMPONENT IS ESSENTIAL.
THAT'S IT? HOW MANY ACRES DO YOU THINK WOULD ACCOMMODATE THAT KIND OF INITIATIVE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE? SO COUNCIL MEMBER, I HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE WITH MORE, UH, DENSE, UH, SOLUTIONS.
I THOUGHT, I THINK THAT, UM, IN THIS NEXT PHASE, UH, ONE OF THE PARCELS FOR THE EITHER PHASE TWO OR THREE OR FOUR IS LIKE 700 ACRES.
UH, THOSE PARCELS DO NOT EXIST FOR THE MOST PART IN, UH, YOU KNOW, CLOSE PROXIMITY TO CITY CENTER.
AND IF THEY DO, UH, WE CAN, I THINK ALL BE ASSURED THAT THEY ARE BEING PURSUED QUITE AGGRESSIVELY BY FOLKS WHO WANT TO DO DEVELOPMENT THERE.
SO WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THIS QUESTION ABOUT SORT OF, UH, COMMUNITY FIRST VERSUS, UM, SORT OF MORE CONVENTIONAL MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IS BOTH.
AND COMMUNITY FIRST IS PERFECT FOR SOME PEOPLE, UH, WHAT THEY HAVE CREATED THERE IS AMAZING AND AN APARTMENT IN THE CITY CLOSE TO AMENITIES AND SERVICES IS FANTASTIC FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
AND SO WHEN, BUT, SO I'D LIKE TO ANSWER PERHAPS WHAT, WASN'T YOUR QUESTION, BUT I THINK IS RELEVANT IS THAT WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE MOST, THE WHOLE LIKELY TRINES OF SITES THAT COULD SERVE BOTH THE TEMPORARY AND A PERMANENT, UM, PERMANENT PURPOSE, I THINK ABOUT SITES WITHIN THE CITY, UM, I THINK VERY DIFFICULT FOR IT TO BE UNDER AN ACRE IN ORDER TO BUILD ANYTHING IN TERMS OF MULTIFAMILY.
UH, I THINK, UM, DIRECTOR MCNEILLY HAS SAID THAT SHE FEELS LIKE PROBABLY TWO ACRES IS THE MINIMUM.
AND, UH, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE IN TRYING TO DO MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS ON VERY SMALL SITES, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD, WE WOULD HOPE TO BE NORTH OF AN AICPA, UM, YOU KNOW, TO BE THINKING ABOUT HAVING A SMALL MULTIFAMILY BUILDING ON THAT PROPERTY EVENTUALLY.
THAT DOESN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION, BUT IT IS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S BOTH IN, IN WHICH CASE, ALONG THE LINES OF MY QUESTION, WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO DO FOR US IS COMPILE A LIST OF CITY HELD ASSETS THAT ARE TWO ACRES OR MORE.
AND I THINK THAT'S TOO BROAD, RIGHT? BECAUSE IN MY MIND I WAS THINKING I WAS GOING TO ASK STAFF TO COMPILE A LIST FOR US OF CITY HELD ASSETS LAND.
WE ALREADY OWN, UM, THAT'S 50 OR MORE ACRES.
I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL IN MY DISTRICT AND I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS THAT ALL OF US HAVE SOME, WELL, SOME OF US MAYBE MORE THAN OTHERS, BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT KIND OF LIST.
UM, AND I I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR THAT.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT IS TO ASK FOR THEM.
CAN I CLARIFY COUNCIL MEMBER? I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY TWO ACRES AND THEN 50.
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SO I THINK I MISUNDERSTOOD ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID ALSO, YOU SAID UNDER, UNDER TWO, BUT AGAIN, YOU WERE ALSO SPEAKING TO YOUR DIRECT INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE, WHICH YOU ALREADY SAID WAS YOU WERE ACCUSTOMED TO MORE DENSE.UM, BUT I WAS THINKING ALONG THE LINES OF SOMETHING THAT EMULATED A COMMUNITY FIRST, WHICH WOULDN'T BE DENSE, WHICH WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, VAST.
AND SO I WANTED TO SEE A COMPILATION OF WHAT ASSETS DOES THE CITY POSSESS CURRENTLY THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE THAT.
AND IN MY MIND'S EYE, I WAS THINKING 50 OR MORE, BUT I DEFER TO WHAT STAFF THOUGHT WAS, YOU KNOW, PERTINENT TO ADD TO THE LIST, ESSENTIALLY HOW WE BEGAN THIS PROCESS.
AND BY WE, I MEAN, DIRECTOR MCNEELY AND, UH, THE OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE MAKING AT CITY PROPERTIES, UM, ESSENTIALLY ABOVE ONE OR TWO ACRES.
UH, AND SO LET ME TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR MCNEELY WHO MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE A SENSE OF THE PREPONDERANCE OR SCARCITY OF LARGER PARCELS, UH, AS THE ONE YOU JUST, AND IF I MAY JUST PREEMPT IT REAL QUICK, DIRECTOR MCNEELY, I KNOW THAT THE ONES THAT I'M THINKING OF AND MY DISTRICT DIDN'T MAKE THE LIST.
SO I SORT OF WONDER WHAT OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THERE WERE THAT MADE IT TO THESE PARCELS, VERY, VERY LARGE, UM, ASSETS THAT THE CITY OWNS DIDN'T EVEN MAKE THE LIST.
SO, FIRST OF ALL, THE LIST CAME ORIGINALLY FROM THE REAL ESTATE OFFICE, THE REAL ESTATE OFFICE HAD A LIST OF APPROXIMATELY I'M GOING TO SAY APPROXIMATELY 45 ACRES, I'M SORRY, 45 PROPERTIES.
I ADDED TO THAT LIST IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, I ADDED TO THAT LIST PIECES OF PARKLAND, RIGHT.
UM, AND SO WE CAME OUT WITH A NUMBER OF APPROXIMATELY 78 OF THAT 78, 15 WERE IMMEDIATELY ELIMINATED BECAUSE THEY WERE EITHER IN THE FLOOD PLAIN, OR THEY DIDN'T MEET THE MINIMUM CRITERIA THAT HAD BEEN SET AT TWO ACRES.
SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT, WITH THE ELIMINATION PARKLAND BASED UPON, UH, HOW SPILL 1925 AND THE PASSING AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE, AT LEAST THE GOVERNOR SIGNALING THAT HE WILL SIGN, UM, THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF, OF LEGISLATURE, WHICH SAYS THAT PARK RANK SHOULDN'T BE INCLUDED OR CANNOT BE INCLUDED.
AND ENCAMPMENTS WERE DOWN TO MANY, MANY FEWER SITES FOR EVENTS AND MORE THAN 30 SITES OR LESS THAN 30 SITES TO EVEN BE ABLE TO CONSIDER OF CITY OWNED PROPERTIES.
AND SO, UM, CERTAINLY I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE THE PROPERTIES THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF IN YOUR AREA THAT MIGHT BE LARGER THAN 50 ACRES.
IF THEY'RE NOT PARKLAND, IF THEY ARE PARKLAND, I KIND OF HAVE A, UH, AN IDEA PERHAPS OF WHAT THEY ARE, BUT IF THEY'RE NON PARKLAND, UM, I MIGHT NEED TO CONNECT WITH YOUR OFFICE TO YOU OR A BIGGER SCRUB OR A BETTER REVIEW OF THE SITUATION, PLEASE DO, CAUSE THEY'RE NOT PARKLAND.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY THERE IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW, AND MAYBE I NEED TO REACH OUT TO THE TWO PEOPLE.
UM, BUT HOW LONG IS THE LEASE? THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION OUT AT THE ESPERANZA COMMUNITY? I HEARD ORIGINALLY IT WAS 10 YEARS, BUT THEN THE LAST THING I HEARD WAS THAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE IT FOR TWO YEARS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME CLARITY THERE, BECAUSE IF IT'S, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY SUSTAINABLE.
AND I WONDER IF WE NEED TO BE GOING AHEAD AND PARTNERING WITH THEM FROM THE START OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GOING TO NEED ANOTHER HOUSE IN TWO YEARS, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT ALREADY.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THE, UM, I'M NOT AWARE OF THEIR LEASE, I'M SORRY, THEIR COMMITMENT, THEIR AGREEMENT, COMMITMENT OVER THE LENGTH OF TIME.
UM, PERHAPS, UH, DIANA IS AWARE, BUT I AM NOT, BUT IF I COULD ADD ONE MORE THING BEFORE SHE ANSWERS THAT QUESTION, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL OFFICES KNOW BASED UPON THE GUIDANCE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL PROVIDED.
I DID RUN ANOTHER SET OF CALCULATIONS WITH SOME PLANNING FOLKS WHO OWN A LITTLE BIT BETTER AT DIMENSIONS AND BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, SITES, UH, YOU KNOW, PSYCH SETUPS, AND ALSO, UM, SPOKE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH REGARDS TO, UM, HOW FAR TENTS SHOULD BE FROM EACH OTHER AND HOW FAR, UM, HOW FAR, UH, HOW MUCH ROADWAY WOULD BE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD KEEP IT SAFE.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, COUNCIL NUMBER POOL, UH, SHE WAS CORRECT IN THAT IT'S LIKELY THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL TENTS TO A GIVEN TWO ACRE SITE WOULD REALLY DEPEND UPON THE SITE CONSTRAINTS IF THERE WERE ANY.
AND IT WOULD ALSO JUST DEPEND UPON THE OTHER AMENITIES THAT WERE PUT IN THAT LOCATION.
I DID TRY TO TAKE ACCOUNT FOR SHOWERS AND RESTAURANTS IN SOME OFFICE SPACE AND SOME GATHERING SPACE.
I DID NOT TAKE ACCOUNT OR TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A COMMUNITY GARDEN OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER
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KINDS OF SERVICES THAT MIGHT BE OR AMENITIES THAT MIGHT BE PART OF, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER OPERATIONS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED.SO I WANTED TO JUST PUT THAT UP THERE SO THAT YOU WERE AWARE WHEN I, WHEN I RE RAN THE CALCULATIONS WITH SOME PLANNING FOLKS, IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE FOR TENTS TO BEAT MORE THAN THE 50 INDIVIDUALS THAT I HAD ORIGINALLY SAID, BUT IT'LL REALLY DEPEND UPON WHAT SITE.
SO I'D LIKE TO SAY 50 BETWEEN 50 AND A HUNDRED, DEPENDING UPON THE SITE CONSTRAINTS FOR US JUST TO MEET YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.
THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH TO THAT LEASE WAS NOT YET EXECUTED, SO I'M NOT AWARE OF THE CURRENT STATUS.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY I THINK THAT, UM, TWO FREEZERS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, THE OTHER ONE'S FOUNDATION IS A PARTNER THAT WE'D BE VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM, UH, AS PART OF THIS RFI AND IF THERE ARE WAYS TO, UH, UTILIZE THEIR EXPERTISE.
UM, AND, UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME SORT OF SOLVE FOR ANY CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE ON THAT CURRENT, OF COURSE, WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, YES, DEBORAH, IF WE COULD SORT OF MOVE BACK TO DISCUSSING THE FRAMEWORK UNDER ITEM 77, WHERE WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT BARFIELD, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO SPEND THE PREPPY.
UM, HOW DID I HEAR THAT AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE SPEND THE PROPERTY RESPONSE MONEY.
UH, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS IN THE, UH, IN, UH, IN THE FRAMEWORK.
UM, IT'S CONTINUE ON, UM, ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.
UM, THANKS VERY MUCH AND SOME FEEDBACK, UM, THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO ADDRESS SOME THINGS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE, HAVE HIT ON THIS POINT, BUT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, UM, BOTH TO THE PUBLIC AND TO OUR STAFF.
UM, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, AS YOU SAID, WE ARE, THE COUNCIL DOES NOT GO ON VACATION FOR SIX WEEKS.
WE TAKE A RECESS FROM OUR, OUR FULL COUNCIL MEETINGS AND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK CONTINUES DURING ALL OF THAT TIME OR ALL OF US, UM, EVEN IF WE'RE NOT MEETING AS A FULL COUNCIL.
SO I ALSO JUST WANT TO OFFER MY, UM, TO SUPPORT WHAT, WHAT SEVERAL OF YOU SAID, IF THERE'S AN UP, IF THERE IS A NEED TO COME BACK TOGETHER VIRTUALLY TO HAVE TO HAVE, UM, A FINAL DECISION FOR STAFF ON, ON SOME MATTER RELATED TO THIS, YOU KNOW, COUNT ME IN, I AM PRETTY CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE SOME GREAT WORK WITH REGARD TO THE, TO THE RESCUE PLAN, BUT WE HAVE HAD TO, BECAUSE THAT HAS TAKEN SO MUCH TIME, WE'VE HAD TO REALLY MINIMIZE OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.
AND FOR HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS, THE CLOCK IS TICKING AND THEY NEED, THEY NEED ALTERNATIVE PLACES TO GO.
AND THE REALITY IS, UM, IT IS SUPER, AND I APPRECIATE DIANA YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND OTHERS, UM, IDENTIFICATION OF THOSE OTHER RESOURCES FROM SHELTER TO, TO THE BRIDGE, UM, TO THE POTENTIAL HOTELS AND THE, AND THE, AND TO THE POTENTIAL HOTELS, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I REGARD IT AS REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE TRY TO IDENTIFY AT LEAST A COUPLE OF PLACES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR, FOR A CAMPING, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE QUESTION OF RESOURCES I AM, UM, ALL OF, ALL OF WHAT YOU SAID IS WHAT ALL OF YOU SAID IS TRUE.
OF COURSE, WE WANT TO FOCUS ON HOUSING, BUT AGAIN, THE REALITY THAT WE NEED, WE NEED, UM, LOW BARRIERS SITES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND BE LEGALLY AND SAFELY DURING THIS TIME, PERIOD TO ME SPEAKS TO USING REALLY MINIMAL RESOURCES.
SO IN, IN THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, UM, DIRECTOR MCNEELY ABOUT THE LEVEL OF RESOURCES, I WOULD SAY, MINIMAL RESOURCES.
AND THE REALITY IS THAT EVEN THOSE MINIMAL RESOURCES, WHICH I WOULD CONSIDER REALLY REQUIRED, UM, RESTROOM, RESTROOMS, LIGHTING, SECURITY, ARE GOING TO BE, ARE GOING TO PROVIDE MORE SAFETY AND, AND A HEALTHIER SPACE, UM, THAN MOST OF THE PLACES PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CAMPING.
SO I, I AM, I HATE TO BE IN A POSITION OF SAYING, PLEASE ALLOCATE MINIMAL RESOURCES TO THESE.
WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE RESOURCES PEOPLE ACTUALLY NEED ARE, ARE FAR MORE, BUT TO KEEP THAT BALANCE BETWEEN FOCUSING OUR RESOURCES ON PERMANENT HOUSING, BUT FACING THE REALITY THAT WE NEED PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO RIGHT AWAY, I WOULD, UM, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE I COME DOWN ON THE QUESTION.
AND I WOULD ALSO URGE THAT, THAT WE LOOK TO TEMPORARY VERSIONS OF THOSE.
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YOU KNOW, I'M HEARING, I'M HEARING THE CONCERNS ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND OF COURSE, INSTALLING PERMANENT LIGHTING IS PROBABLY COSTLY.ARE THERE THINGS WE CAN DO WITH TEMPORARY LIGHTING? CAN WE HAVE MOBILE SHOWER UNITS, UM, ALONG THE LINES OF, OF WHAT WE'VE USED IN OTHER SITUATIONS, CAN WE USE MOBILE RESTROOMS, RESTROOMS DON'T EXIST ON THE SITE? SO, BECAUSE YOU'VE ASKED FOR OUR FEEDBACK, I KNOW THESE ARE ALL IDEAS YOU'RE CONSIDERING, BUT BECAUSE YOU'VE ASKED FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHERE I WOULD GO.
AND I AM INTERESTED IN TALKING POSSIBLY NOT TODAY, BUT I AM, I AM INTERESTED IN SITES THAT WHERE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN ALLOCATING A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA MONEY TOWARD STRUCTURES.
SO IF IT'S TRUE THAT WE CAN GET THAT WE CAN SECURE THOSE TEMPORARY STRUCTURES SUCH AS THOSE THAT ARE OUT AT CAMPUS PARANZA OR FIVE TO $10,000.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD REGARD THAT AS A GOOD INVESTMENT OF OUR CRISIS SERVICES FUNDING THAT WE JUST VOTED ON EARLIER TODAY, BECAUSE IT IS VASTLY BETTER THAN VASTLY, BETTER THAN TENSE.
AND I AM ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND, AND WE DID, I MEAN, THE RESOLUTION DID ASK YOU TO IDENTIFY A SITE WITH A GOAL OF HAVING A SITE IN EACH DISTRICT.
UM, AND, AND WE MAY HAVE CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT, THAT WAS THE DIRECTION.
AND, AND, AND FOR SOME AREAS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO AIR TWO ACRES OF EMPTY SITE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK AROUND AT THE PLACES IN DISTRICT NINE, THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.
I KNOW I FORWARDED YOU, I BELIEVE AT LEAST ONE, UM, POTENTIAL PARKING LOT SITE, WHICH IS AGAIN, NOT IDEAL OBVIOUSLY, BUT COULD IT BE WITH SOME TURF WITH, UM, AN OVERHANG? COULD IT BE RECRAFTED, UM, TO BE, TO BE A HEALTH HEALTH, IT, UH, A SAFER AREA FOR B, FOR PEOPLE TO BE IN THIS TIME WHERE THEY NEED AN ALTERNATIVE IMMEDIATELY, BUT MAYBE THOSE ARE THE SITES WHERE INSTEAD OF ASKING PEOPLE TO, UM, CAMP INTENTS, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE STRUCTURES.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO ME, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING ARE A LITTLE BIT SITE-SPECIFIC, UM, I MIGHT PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD SUPPORT AN INVESTMENT, UM, IN THOSE STRUCTURES, IF THE TERRAIN THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ON IS LESS ACCOMMODATING TO TWO TENSE.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER, SORRY, YOU TALKED ABOUT CHURCHES AND PRIVATE PROPERTIES, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE AN ABILITY TO DO THIS AND WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO ARE INCLINED THAT WAY TO, TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN TO SITE TO OUR STAFF.
AND YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND DIRECTOR MCNEELY OR DIANA.
WHAT, WHAT PROCESS YOU'RE IN, IN TERMS OF VETTING, THE IDEAS THAT HAVE COME TO YOU, AND ARE THERE ANY VIABLE, DESIGNATED CAMPING AREAS THAT YOU BELIEVE, UM, YOU COULD TAKE ACTION ON IN THE MONTH OR SO AHEAD, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THESE OTHER KINDS OF HOUSING, BUT THE REALITY IS WE NEED PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO RIGHT AWAY.
SO AFTER TODAY'S DIRECTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, I CAN PREPARE TO RECONVENE LIKE THE TEAM OF INDIVIDUAL WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND VET THE DIFFERENT IDEAS OR THE DIFFERENT SUITABILITY OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND SO THEREFORE, BASED UPON, UH, AFTER WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, I WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA FOR, FOR OUR TEAM WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF THE FUNDING INVESTMENTS AND THEN THE SUITABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD OR THE TIMELINE FOR BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND ALSO, I WANT THE COUNCIL OFFICES TO KNOW THAT AS YOU SEND ME SUGGESTIONS, I DO TRY TO RUN THOSE DOWN IMMEDIATELY.
AND SO I'VE, I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS OR REACHED OUT TO INDIVIDUALS, UH, PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS OR OTHER ENTITIES, UM, TO, TO DISCUSS, UH, SUITABILITY OR WILLINGNESS TO, TO ASSIST IN, UM, THE FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT AS YOU SEND THEM TO ME, THIS TEAM'S RUNNING IT DOWN, DIRECTOR MCNEELY ARE ANY OF THOSE VIABLE, I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO NAME SITES NECESSARILY IN THIS CONTEXT, BUT ARE THERE ANY THAT HAVE COME TO YOU OR ANY THAT, THAT, UM, YEAH.
THAT ARE ANY OF THOSE IDEAS PROVING TO BE VIABLE SUGGESTIONS.
AND CAN YOU GIVE US THE CONTOURS OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE, IF SO, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY, WHAT KIND OF, WHAT KIND OF LOCATION IN GENERAL TERMS, OR WHAT KIND OF SITE IN GENERAL TERMS, OR ARE THERE JUST AT THIS POINT, NO VIABLE ALTERNATIVE, NO VIABLE POSSIBILITIES.
AND WE'RE JUST ALL GOING TO COMMIT TO CONTINUE TO TRY, BUT I JUST WANT TO GET SOME SENSE OF LIKE WHERE WE ARE IN REALITY ON THIS, AFTER TAKING, AFTER GETTING AN ADDITIONAL DIRECTION FROM YOU TODAY, I'LL BE ABLE TO, TO APPLY THE SUITABILITY.
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SO I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWER FOR YOU TODAY WITHOUT REALLY COMBING THROUGH THE, UM, THE ORIGINAL LIST AND SYSTEMATICALLY TAKING A LOOK AT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, YOUR FUNDING THAT WILL BE REQUIRED, AND THEN BE ABLE TO, UM, APPLY THE CRITERIA BASED UPON WHAT I'VE HEARD TODAY.SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY THERE'S NO PROPERTIES, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTIES EITHER.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE EVASIVE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GIVE YOU ACCURATE INFORMATION.
WELL, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I STAND READY TO, TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY.
UM, I'VE REGARDED AS A REAL HIGH PRIORITY, TOUGH PLACES FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO GO, UM, WITHIN THE WEEKS AHEAD.
I HAD ONE MORE COMMENT TO ADD AROUND THE LENS THAT YOU MIGHT TAKE WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING A REGIONAL APPROACH.
I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AN EQUITABLE LENS AND THAT WE'RE CONSIDERATE, UH, THE CURRENT RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE THAT THE CITY HAS INVESTED IN WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, HOUSING, OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, AS WELL AS THOSE ENTITIES THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP BY THE STATE AND WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A CAMPUS, BONANZA IS LOCATED, LOOKING AT WORK COMMUNITY FIRST IS LOCATED AND THE PROPOSED EXPANSIONS.
AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A HOLISTIC VIEW OF WHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, HAVE WE SET UP STRATEGIES AND EFFORTS TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS AND TO HOUSE OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS CAN BE, IF WE ARE GOING TO PROPOSE A ONE OR TWO CAMPSITES THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN A WAY THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY VALUES AND ROOTED IN EQUITY AND MINDFUL OF, UM, OF WHAT WE'RE SAYING BY THE SELECTION OF THE SITES.
AND ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS, UM, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PIECE, IF WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE VERY QUICKLY AND HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE BY, BY AUGUST, WE WOULD NEED, I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE, UM, AMPLE TIME OR ENOUGH SUFFICIENT TIME, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ENGAGE THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ON THE POTENTIAL SITE AS WELL.
PEN ALSO MAKE SURE AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS MEAN IT'S EASY TO MAKE SURE.
AND AS I AM SURE YOU ARE PUTTING IN THE VOICES OF THE, OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
IT'S ONE THING FOR US TO PICK LOCATIONS.
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO HAVE LOCATIONS THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY WANT TO STAY IN AND BE IN AND REAL ESTATE IN NBA.
UH, AND JUST QUICKLY, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE THIS ALREADY DIANA, BUT, UM, WE DID MENTION, UH, ESPERANZA, UH, COMMUNITY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE, IF THEIR SITE IS ALREADY FULL OF THIS AT THIS POINT, BUT, UM, I AM CURIOUS ABOUT, UM, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT WE COULD EXPLORE, UH, WORKING WITH THEM, CAUSE THAT COULD BE A PLACE THAT'S THAT SERVES THAT SHELTER APPROACH.
AND THEN IF WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO HELP THEM.
SO THAT FOLKS THAT ARE THERE THEN CAN MOVE ON HOUSING, IT WOULD BE A PLACE THAT COULD TURN OVER, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF SHELTER.
I THINK I'VE HEARD YOU USE, UH, PERHAPS I SHOULD CLARIFY COUNSEL MEMBER, UH, UH, AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN FULL FOR SOME TIME, UH, AND AT PRESENT, UM, THEY ARE, THEY DO HAVE PLANS TO, UM, INSTALL ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ET CETERA, UM, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION ON SITE THAT CONSTRAINTS THEM FURTHER.
UM, WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF, UM, THEM BEING INTERESTED, UH, OR ANOTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATION, UH, SHOULD WE BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UH, AN ADDITIONAL SITE? UM, AND SO WE'RE JUST REALLY, I THINK, UM, WE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO ASSESS OPTIONS AS THEY COME ACROSS OUR DESKS, BECAUSE OF COURSE WE HAVE NOT ONLY HEARD ABOUT SITES, BUT PEOPLE WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, POP-UP SHELTERS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, UM, AND, UH, BEING A VENDOR FOR, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
AND SO, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, A MORE OPEN PROCESS, UM, AGAIN, TIMELY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THIS A LONG DRAWN OUT PROCUREMENT PROCESS, BUT WHERE WE INVITE PEOPLE TO THE TABLE.
AND THEN, UM, FROM THERE, UH, WE ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE OUR BEST, UH, OPTIONS GOING FORWARD FOR DOING THIS WELL AND RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
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YES.I HAVE JUST A QUICK QUESTION THEN, AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE SET LOCATIONS, LIKE THE COMMUNITY PERSE VILLAGE AND IN ESPERANZA, THERE IS THE STATE LAND AND THE OTHER ONES ARE IN ETJ.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ALSO IS THAT IF WE'RE SOME PRIVATE LAND OWNERS OR WE IDENTIFIED PROPERTIES, THERE ARE, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO ANY OF PROP THE PROBLEM WITH, AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT THAT BEFORE WE GO OUT AND JUST WORK ON, UH, REACH OUT TO FAR OUT, UH, TO FIND OUT WHAT RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO TO RELAX THOSE RULES.
UM, SO COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK THAT YOU, YOU TOUCHED ON A COUPLE OF POINTS THERE.
ONE WAS, UM, UH, THERE COULD CERTAINLY BE COMMUNITY CONCERN ABOUT ANY SITE, WHETHER IT'S CITY OWNED OR OTHERWISE.
UM, AND SO REALLY THAT IS SITE-SPECIFIC.
UM, AND, AND SIMILARLY, UH, YOU KNOW, SHOULD THERE BE ANY, UH, THIS IS WHERE I THINK WHERE I WOULD, I WOULD NEED THE SUPPORT OF SOME OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTAL PARTNERS.
SHOULD THERE BE CONCERNS ABOUT ZONING OR APPROPRIATE USE, ALLOWED USAGE, ET CETERA.
AND ALL OF THAT WOULD BE PART OF, UM, SOME OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
AND, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I WILL SIMPLY SAY THAT I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, UM, WE WILL IDENTIFY SOME LIMITED NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT LOOK LIKE OUR RESTAURANTS AND THAT, UM, AND THAT WE WOULD EXPECT, UH, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF THOSE TO FALL AWAY, UM, AS WE LOOK INTO IT AND, AND, UM, IDENTIFY SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE TYPICAL, UH, FOR THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS, UH, WITH THE GOAL OF COMING THROUGH, UH, THAT PROCESS WITH, UM, ONE OR MORE GOOD, UH, AUCTIONS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, HEY, COLLEEN, LOU, BEFORE 10, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE DIRECTION YOU NEED FROM US ON THIS ISSUE AT THIS TIME? I'LL JUST GIVE, STOP ONE MORE CHANCE TO ASK THAT.
CAUSE I WAS ASKING THAT THEM EARLIER, AND SO I, ANNA ACM AND HOWARD, KIMBERLY, ANYTHING ELSE MANAGER, DON'T LET US HOLD YOU OR YOUR STAFF UP.
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN GET TOGETHER FROM WHEREVER WE ARE AND GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU NEED.
ALTHOUGH SOME THINGS ARE UP IN THE AIR AS BASED ON THE CRITERIA AND THIS CONVERSATION, IT SOUNDS LIKE AT MINIMUM EXTENT, OPENING UP SOME HOTEL SPACE ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS COMING THROUGH THE SUMMER IS CURRENTLY PART OF THE PLAN, RIGHT? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING, IS THAT RIGHT? SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING.
UM, AND, UH, IT STILL APPEARS WE HAVE NOT COME ACROSS ANY BARRIERS, UH, THAT WOULD MAKE THAT, UH, IN FEASIBLE.
UH, BUT WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT STANDING THAT UP IN A LITTLE BIT, TOO, THINGS AREN'T FINALIZED UNTIL THEY'RE DONE AND YOU ANNOUNCE IT.
BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT IT DOES SEEM THAT THERE ISN'T A BARRIER TO DO, AND THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING BARRING SOMETHING UNFORESEEN.
SO JUST FOR WATCHING, I MEAN, THERE ARE, THERE ARE THINGS THERE ARE ROOMS THAT YOU PLAN TO OPEN UP, UNLESS THERE'S AN UNFORESEEN THING THAT COMES UP.
ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, UM, I'LL BE SEEING SOME OF YOU NEXT WEEK AT COMMITTEE MEETINGS, UH, AND I'M SURE AT OTHER MEETINGS HERE OVER THE WEEKS SAY, UH, UH, ATTUNED TO, TO LOOKING FOR THEN A MESSAGE BOARD AND ALIKE.
SO PROBABLY THE BEST WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GET WEEKLY REPORTS ON COVID.
UH, THAT'LL BE THOSE, UH, PACKAGES AND REPORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING WITH, UH, MEETINGS WITH, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY.
UH, BUT THEY'LL BE COMING TO US AND, UH, UM, A WRITTEN FORM.
UH, AND WITH THAT EVERYBODY BE, UH, BE SAFE
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OH, IT'S GOOD.SO WHY DON'T YOU GET ON YOUR KNEES?