[CALL TO ORDER]
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I TEXT DAN IS READY AND WE'RE READY IN HERE TOO.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, MY CAMERA IS NOT WORKING TODAY, BUT I AM ONLINE AND, UH, I WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE NINTH MEETING OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.
IT IS 5:42 PM ON JUNE 17TH, 2021.
AND I'M CALLING, MEETING TO ORDER A WILL.
THIS IS THE DOWNTOWN, UH, COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 17TH, 2021 COMMISSIONER SHEER COMMISSIONER REIGN, COMMISSIONER CANOPY, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, VICE CHAIR, LAYMAN COMMISSIONER TEMPLETON, COMMISSIONER LEVINE, COMMISSIONER.
CISLER COMMISSIONER MEISENBACH HERE.
COMMISSIONER KEEPIN, COMMISSIONER KANEOHE.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR COMMISSIONER WEATHER VIEW HERE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A GUEST WITH US TODAY.UH, IS HE ONLINE? UH, CHAIR, THE AAV TECH IS, UH, CHECKING TO SEE IF MISS SENATOBIA JOSEPH IS ONLINE CHAIRS AND THEY'LL BE ADJUSTED.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, I SENT YOU AN, A MEMORANDUM IT'S APPROXIMATELY NINE PAGES LONG.
I BELIEVE IT ACTUALLY RELATES TO ITEM TWO C YOUR DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEWER REPORTS AS IT RELATES TO THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE, 20 19 20 20 ANNUAL REPORT PROJECT CONNECT IS MENTIONED.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CALL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT AT PRESENT, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY SIX DAYS REMAINING FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE ORANGE LINE AND THE BLUE LINE.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE COMMENTS IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, THE ORANGE LINE, AS YOU MAY BE AWARE IS ACTUALLY 24 TO 30 YEARS NORTH OF US, 180 3, BECAUSE THAT'S TEXT DOTS RIGHT AWAY.
AND ON THE BLUE LINE, I WOULD JUST CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT COUNCIL ACTUALLY REZONE THAT AREA.
I TOLD HER 17 20 19, APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK LATER HEATHER WAY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PROFESSORS THAT WROTE THE UPROOTED STUDY.
SHE MENTIONED THAT THE COUNCIL DID NOT LISTEN.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE AREA OVER THERE WILL BE REPLACED WITH HIGH-INCOME APARTMENTS.
NINE MONTHS LATER, THERE WAS INNOVATIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY PRESIDIUM THAT WENT BEFORE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, WHICH WOULD HAVE SET ASIDE OVER TWO THIRDS OF THE UNITS FOR PEOPLE WHO EARNED $54,700 UP TO $95,000.
I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE HOMELESS ISSUE THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT AS IT RELATES TO TRANSIT.
UH, SPECIFICALLY THE HOMELESS SUMMIT WAS, UH, NOT TRANSPARENT AND ON MARCH 23RD COUNCIL MEMBER POOL ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO WAS WHO THE CONVENERS WERE.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK IF YOU HAD ANY CONTROL OVER IT TO POST THE VIDEOS OR AUDIO ONLINE SO THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD BE AWARE.
ONE OF THE REASONS I MENTIONED THAT IS BECAUSE RUTLAND AS SPARROW IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE PLACES TO PLACE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THE BUS THAT WAS ACTUALLY ELIMINATED JUNE 3RD, 2018, WHEN CAP REMAP WAS IMPLEMENTED.
AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT IF YOU'RE WANT TO SOLVE THE HOMELESS PROBLEM, IT IS BEYOND JUST PUTTING PEOPLE IN A NICE PLACE TO STAY.
THEY NEED TRANSPORTATION TO ACCESS TO JOBS IN YOUR CAPACITY.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO, I WOULD ASK YOU TO ACTUALLY ASK CAPITAL METRO TO RESTORE THE FUNDING FOR SAMSUNG TO APPLE.
THERE ARE THREE HEBS ON PARMER LANE ALONE.
AND SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR INTEREST, I WOULD JUST TELL YOU THAT THE DOWNTOWN TUNNEL BILL FAILED THAT WAS HOUSE BILL 3 8, 9 3.
AND IN LARGE PART, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE REPUBLICAN
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SENATORS TO UNDERSTAND TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN.AFRICAN-AMERICANS WAIT 60 MINUTES FOR THE BUS IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN.
IT'S SIX MINUTES, SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL, WHICH MEANS BLACKS WAIT 10 TIMES LONGER.
AND THE PEOPLE AT COMMUNITY FOR THE VILLAGE TO DO TWO BECAUSE THE BUSES ARE IN ALLIANCE.
AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT MR. GRAHAM IS DOING WONDERFUL WORK, BUT THE BUS DOESN'T EVEN RUN FREQUENTLY ENOUGH FOR THE PEOPLE TO GET TODAY LABOR.
UM, SO PLEASE ADVOCATE FOR THEM TO GIVE THEM BETTER BUS SERVICE, JUST LIKE IT IS IN SOUTH EAST AUSTIN.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR INPUT THIS EVENING.
UH, OH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? NO CHAIR.
[1. Approval of Minutes of the May 19, 2021 Meeting Minutes Discussion and Possible Action (5 minutes)]
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 19TH, 2021 MEETING.UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION? DO I HAVE A SECOND? YES.
UM, I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT I THOUGHT THAT WE DID HAVE A MOTION FROM THE WATERLOO GREENWAY AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY THAT THOSE ARE REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES AND, AND MODA.
UM, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WENT OUT WITH THE MOST RECENT MINUTES.
IF NOT, WE MIGHT ASK THAT THERE BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MINUTES THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE WATERLOO GREENWAY ACTIONS.
I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK FOR INPUT AS SOON AS I GOT A SECOND.
DID I HAVE A SECOND ALL SECOND SO WE CAN MOVE ON.
SO THE ITEM THAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT WAS THAT WE HAD A MOTION IN SUPPORTIVE THEIR EFFORT TO HAVE ALCOHOL SALES AT THE WATERLOO GREEN LANE.
AND THAT WOULD BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION IF SOMEBODY IS WILLING TO MAKE IT.
OR JUST, UH, JUST A CLARIFICATION THAT JUST, THIS WOULD JUST, UM, THE MINUTES WOULD JUST NEED TO REFLECT THAT MOTION THAT PASSED AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING.
NO, WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THAT REFLECTED IN THE MEETING MINUTES.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS OKAY.
IS IT OUT IN THE VERSION THAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME? NO.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES AS AMENDED, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
[2.a. Palm District Initiative: Presentation by Stevie Greathouse and Mark Walters, Housing and Planning Department (10 minutes).]
UM, NOW ON TO THE PALM DISTRICT INITIATIVE.UM, STEVIE AND MARK ARE BOTH HERE.
I SAW STEVIE ON THE LIST IS MARK WITH YOU.
AND MARK SHOULD BE IN THE WAITING ROOM IF HE COULD, IF MARK WALTERS COULD GET MOVED INTO PANELIST IS THAT'S WHERE I THINK HE IS.
I'M CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION.
I'M GOING TO LITERALLY FLY THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
UM, AND I DID SEND SOME SLIDES.
HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE BEING BROUGHT UP.
UM, WE DO HAVE A, A LONGER VERSION OF THE PRESENTATION AVAILABLE IN A VIDEO FORMAT ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE.
SO, UM, LET ME FLY THROUGH IT.
AND THEN IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GO BACK AND WATCH A SLOWER VERSION OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU CAN DO THAT ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE.
UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
I'M STEVIE GREATHOUSE WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT I'M SERVING AS THE PROJECT LEAD FOR THE PALM DISPARATE PLANNING INITIATIVE.
THIS BRIEF PRESENTATION IS GOING TO, UM, PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT, INCLUDING PROJECT BACKGROUND, STUDY AREA, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND THE PROJECT TEAM.
AND THEN, UM, PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THE FUNDAMENTAL GOAL OF THE PALM DISTRICT PLANNING INITIATIVE IS TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC TO DEVELOP A SHARED VISION FOR AN AREA OF DOWNTOWN THAT HAS A RICH HISTORY AND THAT WE KNOW IS
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EVOLVING QUICKLY.THE PALM DISTRICT STUDY AREA COVERS THE EASTERN EDGE OF DOWNTOWN AND INCLUDES MANY SIGNIFICANT LANDMARKS.
IN ADDITION TO INITIATING A DISTRICT PLANNING PROCESS, THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2019 PROVIDED DIRECTION ON SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD INDEPENDENTLY, THE DISTRICT PLANNING PROCESS IS BEING COORDINATED BY THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND WE'LL BE INFORMED BY AN INFORMED THE WORK OTHER WORK THAT IS REFERENCED IN THE RESOLUTION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE BEGINNING WITH ADOPTION OF THE WALNUT CREEK MASTER PLAN IN 2010, A LOT OF PLANNING EFFORTS HAVE IMPACTED THIS AREA OVER THE PAST DECADE AND REALLY A MAJOR GOAL OF THE PALM DISTRICT PLANNING INITIATIVE IS TO PULL ALL OF THIS PAST WORK, TO GET OTHER, IDENTIFY A UNIFIED VISION FOR THIS ENTIRE PORTION OF DOWNTOWN.
AND NEXT SLIDE, THE PALM DISTRICT IS GENERALLY BOUNDED BY 15TH STREET ON THE NORTH.
THE PALM DISTRICT HAS A LONG LAYERED HISTORY CENTRAL TO THE STUDY AREA IS THE PALM SCHOOL, WHICH SERVED AS A FOCAL POINT FOR AUSTIN'S MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY.
THEY DID AERIAL PHOTO PROBABLY FROM THE 1930S.
LOOKING EAST SHOWS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PALM DISTRICT, INCLUDING PALM SCHOOL WALLER CREEK AND THE RAINY NEIGHBORHOOD PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF
ORIGINALLY FOUNDED IN 1892 AS THE 10TH WARD SCHOOL PALM SCHOOL WAS RENAMED IN 1902 TO HONOR
AND MANY LIVING ALUMNI HAVE MEMORIES OF HAVING TO TRAVERSE
PAUL SCHOOL CLOSED IN 19 80, 19 76, WHEN STUDENTS BEGAN ATTENDING SANCHEZ ELEMENTARY, NEXT SLIDE.
HEY, THE PALM SCHOOL BUILDING SERVES AS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES FOR TRAVIS COUNTY.
THE COUNTY IS IN THE PROCESS OF RELOCATING FUNCTIONS FROM THE BUILDING TO A NEW FACILITY ON AIRPORT BOULEVARD AND IS EVALUATING OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OWNERSHIP USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING POND SCHOOL ALUMNI HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PRESERVING AND OPENING THE SITE AS A CULTURAL RESOURCE AND NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY AND TRAVIS COUNTY ARE ONGOING SLIDE, PLEASE PLACES WITHIN THE PALM DISTRICT STUDY AREA THAT ARE KEYS TO THE DISTRICTS PAST PRESENT, AND FUTURE INCLUDE PALM PARK, NEXT SLIDE AND PALM PARK TODAY.
THIS PICTURE SHOWS FLOODING FROM 1915.
NEXT SLIDE, THE WALLER CREEK TUNNEL, WHICH HAS RECENTLY REMOVED A LARGE PORTION OF THE DISTRICT FROM THE FLOOD PLAN NEXT PARKLAND ALONG WALNUT CREEK, BEING RE-IMAGINED AS PART OF WATERLOO GREENWAY, INCLUDING WATERLOO PARK, WHICH IS IN FINAL CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE'LL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH SUMMER.
THIS PICTURE SHOWS EAST AVENUE PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OF IHI 35.
AND THIS PICTURE SHOWS CONSTRUCTION OF IHI 35 AND REMOVAL OF THE MEDIANS DURING THE 1950S.
AND I 35 JUST AFTER CONSTRUCTION.
NEXT SLIDE TODAY, OUR 30 FIVES ELEVATED LANDS CARRY 200,000 VEHICLES A DAY AND LOOM OVER THE PALM DISTRICT RECONSTRUCTION OF
UM, ISN'T THE DOWNTOWN STATION, WHICH IS THE SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF THE RED LINE.
AS IN THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OR PROJECT CONNECT WILL RESULT IN A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT TRANSIT INVESTMENTS IN THE DISTRICT, INCLUDING A TRANSIT TUNNEL UNDER TRINITY AND SEVERAL NEW TRANSIT STATIONS.
BUT IN THE FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT WILL BE SERVED BY THE RED LINE GREEN LINE BLUE LINE AND GOLD LINE BECOMING A MAJOR HUB WITHIN DOWNTOWN.
ALSO A MAJOR ANCHOR IN THE DISTRICT IS THE CONVENTION CENTER, WHICH COULD BE RECONSTRUCTED IN THE FUTURE IN 2019 COUNCIL DIRECTED CITY STAFF TO EXPLORE FINANCING AND EXPANSION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.
BASED ON THE RESULTS OF UT STUDY CITY STAFF ARE PROCEEDING WITH ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT COULD LEAD
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TO FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE CONVENTION CENTER THROUGH A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.NEXT SLIDE HOME DISTRICT ALSO INCLUDES BRUSH SQUARE IMPROVEMENTS TO BRUSH SQUARE IMPLEMENTING PHASE.
ONE OF ITS MASTER PLAN ARE ABOUT TO COMMENCE NEXT SLIDE AND THE AETNA MS. BODY ANTOS MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER.
NEXT SLIDE, THE PALM DISTRICT ALSO INCLUDES RAINY STREET.
THIS PHOTO SHOWS WHAT RANDY LOOKED LIKE PRIOR TO THE 2004 REZONING.
AND WHAT RAINY LOOKS LIKE TODAY, RAINY HAS BECOME A MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION.
NEXT SLIDE AS QUICKLY BEING REDEVELOPED WITH HIGH RISE DEVELOPMENT.
NEXT SLIDE, MR. DAWSON INCLUDES SEVERAL ADDITIONAL UNIQUE AREAS, INCLUDING A PORTION OF THE EAST SIXTH STREET ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.
NEXT SLIDE, THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT, NEXT SLIDE, AND THE INNOVATION DISTRICT, WHICH IS ANCHORED BY THE NEW DELL SETON MEDICAL CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
IN ADDITION, THE HISPANIC LATINO QUALITY OF LIFE INITIATIVE IDENTIFIED A DESIRE TO IMPLEMENT A MEXICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE CORRIDOR THAT WOULD CONNECT REPUBLIC SQUARE TO SALTIER PLAZA ALONG FIFTH STREET, THE PROPOSED HERITAGE CORRIDOR INTERSECTS THE PALM DISTRICT AND THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE POM DISTRICT PLANNING, ALSO DIRECTED STAFF TO INITIATE A PROCESS FOR CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION.
THE PALM DISTRICT PLANNING INITIATIVE WILL COORDINATE WITH THE POTENTIAL EFFORTS BEING LED AT THE CITY BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO POTENTIALLY DESIGNATE AND IMPLEMENT SUCH A CORRIDOR.
GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF AUSTIN'S MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND THE ORIGINS OF THE PALM SCHOOL AND THE OVERALL PALM DISTRICT, THE PALM DISTRICT PLANNING INITIATIVE WILL ALSO WORK TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES AND STORIES OF AUSTIN'S MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS WITH A GOAL OF ACKNOWLEDGING AND HONORING THE VIBRANT AND SOMETIMES DIFFICULT HISTORY OF THE AREA AND THE PLAN FOR ITS FUTURE.
WE WILL EVALUATE WHETHER OUR PLANNING IS SUCCESSFUL BASED ON THE EXTENT TO WHICH IT ACHIEVES COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN AN EQUITABLE MANNER GOALS FOR THE PROJECT INCLUDE CREATING A SITE SAFE AND WELCOMING PLACE, PRESERVING AND INTERPRETING HISTORY, ENHANCING EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ASSETS, PROVIDING ECONOMIC BENEFITS, INCREASING ACCESS TO HOUSING, IMPROVING MOBILITY AND ACCESS AND IMPROVING ACCESS TO NATURE AND SUPPORTING AN EQUITABLE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
NEXT SLIDE, DURING THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, WE WILL ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS WORK TO UNDERSTAND EXISTING CONDITIONS, DEVELOP A SHARED VISION FOR THE DISTRICT SUPPORT COORDINATION OF RELATED INITIATIVES AND IDENTIFY OPTIONS FOR FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT.
THIS WORK WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO A DEVELOPMENT OF A SMALLER AREA PLAN FOR THE PALM DISTRICT AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLAN.
NEXT SLIDE, THIS WORK IS BEING LED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN HANDLE SUPPORT, UM, BEING COORDINATED BY THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, WITH SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE, AS WELL AS MULTIPLE COORDINATING DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY THAT ARE WORKING IN THE PALM DISTRICT.
WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING, UM, WITH SEVERAL KEY EXTERNAL AGENCY PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE AND, UM, HOPING TO BUILD A COALITION OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY, UM, BOTH PROVIDE INPUT TO THE PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY SUPPORT, UM, THE PLAN THAT COMES OUT THE OTHER END OF THE PROCESS.
OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE'VE CONDUCTED NUMEROUS PRE-PLANNING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING AN EXISTING CONDITIONS, ANALYSIS DEVELOPMENT OF A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN AND COORDINATION WITH THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, AS WELL AS DEVELOP.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE VISIONING PHASE.
THIS PHASE WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO SOLICIT INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UM, AS WELL AS IDENTIFYING, UH, ISSUES THAT WE SHOULD PAY PARTICULARLY CLOSE ATTENTION TO.
AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS OVER THE SUMMER AND THE FALL, WE'VE JUST CONCLUDED TWO PUBLIC VISIONING SESSIONS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK.
UM, AND ARE NOW, UH, SOLICITING INPUT THROUGH THE PROJECT WEBSITE, AS WELL AS THROUGH ORGANIZATIONAL BRIEFINGS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS ITERATIVELY THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THE GOAL OF PRESENTING A DRAFT TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL FOR POSSIBLE ACTION IN EARLY 2022.
AND NEXT SLIDE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO GET INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING A VISION FOR THE PALM DISTRICT.
THE PRIMARY CONDUIT FOR ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS WILL BE THE SPEAK-UP AUSTIN WEBPAGE AT WWW DOT SPEAK-UP AUSTIN.ORG FORWARD SLASH PUMP DISTRICT.
AT THAT SITE, YOU CAN REVIEW INFORMATION AND MATERIALS, TAKE A SURVEY AT THE INTERACTIVE MAP AND ASK STAFF QUESTIONS.
UM, WE ALSO DO HAVE A LONGER VERSION OF THIS, UH, UH, PRESENTATION AVAILABLE AS A VIDEO ON THE SITE.
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UM, AND FOLKS CAN ALSO REQUEST ORGANIZATIONAL BRIEFINGS AND OTHER WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH THE TEAM.NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, IN ADDITION TO THE SPEAK-UP PAGE, UM, AND THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, FOLKS CAN ALSO PROVIDE INPUT ON THE VISION AND THE PROJECT AND ASK QUESTIONS BY EMAIL, PHONE AND MAIL.
UM, WE'RE OFFERING ORGANIZATIONAL BRIEFINGS LIKE THIS ONE, AND WE ALSO HAVE PLANS TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE SUMMER IN PARTICULAR, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, UM, NATIONAL ON SOME FOCUSED ACTIVITIES, UM, IN LATE JULY.
AND WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE FACILITATING A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS TARGETED TO THE EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITY.
UM, LATER IN THE SUMMER, AS DETAILS COME INTO FOCUS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED TO THE WEBPAGE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, ONCE VISIONING ACTIVITIES WRAP UP, WE ANTICIPATE REPORTING BACK OUT ON WHAT WE HEARD AND PRESENTING THE ELEMENTS OF A DRAFT VISION THAT WILL GUIDE THE WORK THAT WE DO ON PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE FALL AND PRESENTING A DRAFT PLAN BY EARLY 2022, WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRIEFING YOU ALL AGAIN, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS, INVITE YOU TO PARTICIPATE, UM, IN THE VISIONING PROCESS BY PROVIDING INPUT IN THE WAY THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR YOU OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I DID BRING MY COLLEAGUE MARK WALTERS.
UM, WHO'S ANOTHER TEAM MEMBER WORKING ON THIS PROCESS WITH ME, CAUSE I KNOW HE PROVIDED THE, UM, KIND OF QUICK, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT AS PART OF YOUR CITIZENS COMMUNICATION LAST MONTH.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE WAS HERE FOR CONTINUITY SAKE.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. CHAIR, THIS IS MIKE LEVINE.
THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL AND NICE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND THAT'S IS THIS VISION RELIANT ON THE, AND I'M SORRY IF YOU'VE COVERED THIS, IS IT RELIANT OR MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT
UM, SO AT LEAST AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE TAKING INPUT THAT COULD SAY, HEY, BURYING
CAUSE I DON'T, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE KIND OF FARFETCHED AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THE STATE IS REALLY GONNA HELP US OUT ON THAT DEAL.
SO I'M WONDERING IF, UH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL'S WORK ISN'T FOR NOT, AND YOU'RE DOING GOOD WORK THERE AND I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU DON'T SPIN YOUR WHEELS ON SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT EVER HAPPEN FOR A LONG TIME.
AND WE ARE ALSO DEFINITELY COORDINATING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS, UM, FOR
UM, I'LL SAVE MY COMMENTS FOR WHEN YOU COME TO THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THOUGH, WE'RE SO THRILLED THAT THIS IS OFTEN RUNNING, UH, THIS DISTRICT AND EVEN IN THE OVERDUE THAT YOU BRIEFLY SHOWED US IS IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT IT BE THOUGHT OF COMPREHENSIVELY.
THE PIECEMEAL APPROACH HAS LED US TO LOTS OF DIFFICULTIES AND PENDING, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, STAVING OFF SOME BIG CRISES.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PALM SCHOOL, THE PALM PARK, THE WHOLE CONDITION OF RAINY STREET, BUT I THINK THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED, UH, AGAIN, THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING IT RIGHT.
AND, UH, REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR GETTING US OFF AND RUNNING.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PROJECT.
IT ALREADY IS A BIG PROJECT FOR SURE.
OTHER COMMISSIONERS, STEVIE, I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION FOR YOU IN LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENTS.
AND ONE THING THAT STRIKES ME IS YES, AND THERE HAS BEEN A PIECEMEAL APPROACH FOR ANY VARIETY OF REASONS.
IT WAS AN ECLECTIC CORRIDOR FOR SO LONG, UM, AND RAINY STREET AS A NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT HAS SADLY CEASED TO EXIST IN ANY FORM OR FASHION.
UH, BUT I LOOK AT A LOT OF THIS AND THERE ARE IN SOME CASES, VERY LONG ESTABLISHED PLANS, UH, FOR INSTANCE, THE WALLER CREEK MASTER PLAN, UH, THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AT BRACKENRIDGE HOSPITAL.
AND WE'LL HEAR AN UPDATE ON THAT HERE SOON.
THOSE ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF THIS AREA AND THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY PLANNED APP WHERE THERE IS CONFLICT BETWEEN THESE ESTABLISHED
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PLANS THAT ARE WORKING TOWARDS THEIR FRUITION AND FINALE, HOW YOU RECONCILE THEM.SO THAT'S THE FUN CHALLENGE WITH THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THE DISTRICT HAS NOT, IS NOT HOLDING STILL, YOU KNOW, MUCH LIKE THE REST OF THE CITY.
AS WE HARD TO DO PLANNING, THERE ARE VERY LARGE PIECES THAT AS YOU POINTED OUT ARE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AND I THINK THE, THE PLAN IS GOING TO DO A COMBINATION OF ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT'S ALREADY IN PROGRESS, BEING AWARE OF WHAT'S ALREADY IN PROGRESS AND BEING AWARE OF WHERE THE KIND OF LEAVERS AND DECISION POINTS ARE FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS.
SO THAT'S, OUR GOAL WILL REALLY BE, UM, TO, TO KEEP THAT SORT OF KEEP THE FOCUS IN THE AREA OF THE IN-BETWEEN AREAS, UM, AND IN THE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND TO, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE IDENTIFY CONFLICTS TO BRING TOGETHER THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE WORKING ON THOSE LARGER, UM, OR NOT LARGER INITIATIVES, BUT WORKING ON THOSE MORE DISCRETE INITIATIVES WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD, UM, AS OPPOSED TO JUST PUTTING A WISHLIST TOGETHER ON PAPER.
SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN OUR GOAL IN TERMS OF HOW WE'VE COORDINATED OVER THE LAST YEAR DURING COVID WITH SOME OF THE, UM, KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS WORKING ON.
UM, ON THE CITY SIDE, WE'VE BEEN BRINGING TOGETHER A GROUP OF CITY STAFF WORKING ON THE MAJOR INITIATIVES IN THE DISTRICT ABOUT EVERY MONTH FOR THE LAST YEAR.
UM, AND SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ALREADY KIND OF HAPPEN NATURALLY BETWEEN PROJECT MANAGERS OF THE MULTIPLE INITIATIVES.
SO, UM, I THINK WITH, WITH A NUANCE AND A BALANCED SET OF EXPECTATIONS AND SOME REALISM, THAT'S THE HOPE, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.
HAVE WE SEEN ANY SIGNIFICANT HURDLES BETWEEN PLAYERS THUS FAR? OH, THERE'S I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS THE, JUST THE HURDLES OF EVERYBODY'S PROJECT BEING THE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT TO THEM.
SO, BUT I THINK, YEAH, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK EVERYBODY'S APPROACHING IT WITH A SENSE OF GRACE.
WE'LL SEE, AS WE GET INTO, INTO THE ACTUAL PLANNING WORK AND STARTING TO PUT PEN TO PAPER AT THIS STAGE, HOW CAN THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION ASSIST YOU OR SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM THE COMMISSION? YEAH, I THINK IF, I MEAN, IF THIS IS A TOPIC THAT IS OF, YOU KNOW, NEAR AND DEAR AND INTERESTS AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS WANT TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS, WE WOULD WELCOME THOSE.
IF FOR SOME REASON I KNOW THE COMMISSION, I BELIEVE YOU GUYS EVEN PASSED A RESOLUTION.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS DIRECTING, BUT THERE WAS A RESOLUTION RELATED TO THE, TO THE PALM DISTRICT PLAN THAT YOU ALL PASSED OUT OF COMMISSION ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
UM, SO THERE'S NO SPECIFIC ACTION THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR FROM YOU ALL, BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY WELCOME ANY, UM, INPUT AND FEEDBACK THAT YOU WANT TO PROVIDE EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU, STEVIE, UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY WRAP UP QUESTIONS, MARK, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD WHILE WE HAVE YOU ON THE CALL? I THINK STEVIE COVERED IT, UH, QUITE WELL.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
WELL, WHEN DO YOU THINK WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO RETURN TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION FOR AN UPDATE PROBABLY IN, AS WE GET INTO KIND OF THE FALL MONTHS AND WE'RE READY TO PRESENT BACK OUT TO FOLKS, THE DRAFT ELEMENTS OF A VISION AND START TO LOOK AT KIND OF THE OUTLINE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DIVING INTO WITH DETAILED PLANNING.
SO THAT WOULD BE MAYBE SEPTEMBER ISH TIMEFRAME WOULD PROBABLY BE THE NEXT NATURAL STOP.
UM, THE STAFF, IF HE WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO PENCIL THAT IN SO WE CAN CIRCLE BACK AND PERHAPS HAVE THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
I THINK WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE PROGRESS AND, AND HOPE THAT EVERYBODY CAN WORK WELL TOGETHER, UH, TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
[2.b. Update on the Aspen Heights Negotiation (former HealthSouth tracts) Presentation by Margaret Shaw, Economic Development Department & Marek Izydorczyk, Office of Real Estate Services (10 minutes).]
UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE ASPEN HEIGHTS NEGOTIATION, UH, FORMERLY THE RACKS, UM, MARGARET SHAW IS AS IS AMERICA IS A DOOR SUIT.I APOLOGIZE IF I GOT THAT WRONG.
UH, WE'VE BEEN HOPING TO HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
UH, IT OBVIOUSLY IS THE NORTHEASTERN ACRE TO THE PALM
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DISTRICT AND TO, UM, TO UPTOWN AND IS AN EXCITING, UH, UH, PROJECT.SO PLEASE, UH, FOLKS, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
THIS IS MARGARET SHAWL WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
I'M HERE AT CITY HALL, UM, WITH MONA.
SO YOU'LL NOT SEE ME ON SCREEN AND I'M ALSO JOINED BY
WE'RE GONNA QUICKLY, UM, FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF STEVIE GREAT HOUSE.
WE'RE GOING TO QUICKLY JUST GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION THAT STAFF PROVIDED TO COUNCIL AT THEIR WORK SESSION ON JUNE 1ST, YOU GOT IN YOUR PACKAGE AND A CTMS BRINGING IT UP RIGHT NOW, AND WE'LL RUN THROUGH THAT WITH YOU.
UM, AS THE CHAIR ALLUDED, UH, WE ARE PART OF A PROCESS WHERE OF PICKING A DEVELOPER AND A REDEVELOPMENT FOR THE 12, 15 RED RIVER AND 6 0 6 EAST 12TH STREET SITES.
THE CITY OWNS FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY THE HEALTH SOUTH REHAB HOSPITAL AND ITS GARAGE.
NEXT SLIDE TODAY'S AGENDA IS JUST TO INTRODUCE SHELTER.
THE CITY TEAM PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON THE, ON THE SOLICITATION PROCESS, THE HIGHLIGHTS, OUR MILESTONE THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY, UH, TO DESCRIBE AS THE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT AND THEN MOVE ON WITH NEXT STEPS.
SO, AND THAT'S A MAP OF WHERE THE SITE IS ITSELF, THE YELLOW, JUST TO REMIND FOLKS.
SO THE GARAGE IS THE PINK POINT.
THEIRS IS AN OPEN, ACTIVE ALLEY WAY BETWEEN THE TWO PARCELS.
UM, THE HOSPITALS, UM, ABOVE THAT A LITTLE TO THE NORTH, THE YELLOW INDICATES THE CAPITOL VIEW QUARTER.
UM, AND AS I THINK EVERYONE'S AWARE ALMOST ALL OF THE STUFF NORTH OF THAT IS NOW DEMOLISHED, AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON WITH CENTRAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS A NEW RED RIVER REALIGNMENT GOING ON.
UM, THE GARAGE THAT FRONT ON 12TH STREET DOES HAVE PRIVATE OWNERS, UM, TO THE EASTERN WEST OF IT.
SO JUST LIKE TO REMIND FOLKS OF THAT SITE, THE SITE AREA, AND THEN ACROSS THE BEAN IS THE SOBERING CENTER, TRAVIS COUNTY, CITY OF AUSTIN SOBERING CENTER.
UM, THERE'S A, MULTIDISCIPLINED A GROUP FROM THE CITY THAT'S WORKING WITH ASPEN HEIGHTS ON THE NEGOTIATIONS AT SLED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, SUZANA CARBOHYDRATE.
UM, ALONG WITH MANDY DEMAYO, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ILLUSTRATOR, STRAIGHTER HOUSING, UNFORTUNATELY BOTH OF THOSE WOMEN WERE OUT OF TOWN OR ELSE THEY WOULD HAVE JOINED US TODAY.
SO AMERICA AND I ARE TAKING MISCHARGE AND WE HAVE RON PACKET FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT ON OUR NEGOTIATING TEAM.
NEXT SLIDE, JUST TO RECAP, UM, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS PROPERTIES AND THE SOLICITATION AND OCTOBER OF 2018 COUNCIL GAVE STAFF THE DIRECTION ON WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE FROM THIS SITE THAT WAS TO DEVELOP THE SITE WITH MULTI BEDROOM FAMILY FOCUSED, UM, HOUSING FOR PEOPLE EARNING AT, OR BELOW 60% OF MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.
AND THEN TO ASSURE THAT ANY OF THE CITY'S OBLIGATIONS IN PURCHASING THE LEASE, UM, BACK WERE ASSAULT, UH, WE'RE COMMITTED TO, UH, WERE MET.
SO NOVEMBER 18TH THROUGH THE APRIL, WE HAD THE RFP OUT ON THE STREET, TO BE HONEST, WE WERE QUITE HAPPY WITH, UM, FOUR, UM, VERY STRONG PROPOSALS BIDS RECEIVED.
IT WAS AN EVALUATED AND THEN PURCHASING RELEASE THE SCORING OF THOSE FOUR BIDS, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2020, AND THEN THROUGH A SERIES OF NEGOTIATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF 2020, AND THEN ULTIMATELY CUMULATING IN JANUARY 27TH COUNCIL, UM, AUTHORIZED STAFF TO BEGIN NEGOTIATING WITH ASPEN HEIGHTS, UM, PARTNERS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN IN MAY, WHICH YOU ALSO HAVE IN YOUR PACKET IS WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UM, THE ENA HAS BEEN EXECUTED AND WE ARE IN, UM, THE BEGINNINGS OF A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NEGOTIATION.
AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO AMERICA.
SO JUST TO RECAP FOR FOLKS THAT WERE IN ASPEN HEIGHTS BID, THAT WAS TITLED 12TH AND RED RIVER TYING AUSTIN TOGETHER, IT'S A UNIQUELY AUSTIN TEAM AND THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, ASPEN HEIGHTS DEVELOPER, UM, WELL-KNOWN DEVELOPER HERE IN TOWN, STG AS ARCHITECTS, CIVILITY FOR ENGINEERING AND STUDIO BALCONIES FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.
NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MERRICK TO GIVE THE HIGHLIGHTS.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MARK IS AT ARCHER OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE SERVICES.
SO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT INCLUDE, UH, BETWEEN 25 TO 45% MIXED INCOME RENTAL HOUSING, FOCUSING ON FAMILY MOTIF, BEDROOM, UH, HOUSING.
THESE WILL BE LIKE TWO AND THREE BEDROOM, UH, UNITS, UH, FOR HOUSEHOLDS EARNING AT OR BELOW 60% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, THERE WILL BE A HIGH QUALITY AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE ON SITE.
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UH, THERE ALSO WILL BE A LIFE MUSIC AND ART VENUES SPACE, UH, TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS ALSO PROVIDING SUFFICIENT SOUNDPROOFING AFFORD THE HOUSING PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HOPPER MAY PURCHASE OR LEASE THE PROPERTY FROM THE CITY.THAT'S HOW THE LANGUAGE CURRENTLY IS, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE AT LEAST AGREEMENT.
THERE WILL BE ALSO SOURCES OF INCOME PROTECTION BY ACCEPTING THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS.
UH, THERE WILL BE A RECRUITMENT OF LOCAL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING THE RETAILERS, GROCERY AND RESTAURANT.
THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC ACCESS TO VIEWING BACK ALSO TO THE OPEN SPACE AND GREEN SPACE.
THERE COULD BE ALSO SOME AQUATIC FUTURE OR FACILITY, AS WELL AS LEARNING SPACES, COMPUTER LABS, AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY RELATED RESOURCES.
UH, THE AGREEMENT WILL PROVIDE FOR OSHA REQUIREMENTS, PREVAILING WAGE RATES, ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, AND REQUIREMENTS, AND THE REST BREAKS.
AND ONE OF THE ITEMS WHICH WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IS THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT, WHICH IS NOT THE BEST FIT BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUE NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
UH, ACTUALLY ALREADY IDENTIFIED THAT TEMPORARY SPACE FOR THE COURT AND WE'RE WORKING ON PROVIDING A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.
AND THE NEXT STEPS, WE ACTUALLY ALREADY COMMENCED NEGOTIATIONS WITH ASPRIN HANDS FOR THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
UH, WE'LL BRIEF ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS SO THAT OUR COMMISSION CAN WE GET THE BULK OF THE COMMISSION AND DESIGN PERMISSION ON THE PROPOSED MASTER DEVELOPMENT TERMS? WE'LL SEEK THE FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC AND WE'LL PRESENT THE MDA TERMS, UH, TO COUNCIL BEFORE THE APPROVAL, BEFORE THE EXECUTION.
AND, UH, WE'RE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE 25% TO 45% MIXED INCOME RENTAL FOCUSING ON TWO TO THREE BEDROOMS. UM, SO A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE BUSINESS AND SOME OF IT'S GOING TO BE A RENTAL.
SO COULD YOU CLARIFY WITH THE 25% OF THE UNITS OR 25% OF THE AREA? YES, THIS IS MARGARET SHAW, ACTUALLY, PERHAPS WE SHOULD CLARIFY.
SO THE ENA PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR NEGOTIATION THAT IS NOT PUBLIC.
SO WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AND WHAT THE ENA GIVES YOU ARE THOSE GUARDRAILS OR TERMS UNDER WHICH WE WILL BE DISCUSSING.
SO THAT BULLET, THAT FIRST BULLET SAYS THAT IS WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO TRY AND NEGOTIATE WITH IS THE 25 TO 45% OF THOSE UNITS.
WHEN WE COME BACK AS AMERICA OUTLINE, WHEN WE COME BACK THROUGH THE COMMISSION WITH THE FINAL PACKAGE, AS MANY OF Y'ALL KNOW, THESE ARE WHAT I CALL THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHESS.
EACH ONE OF THE PIECES AFFECTS ANOTHER PIECE.
SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC WITH A PACKAGE, BUT THESE ARE THE OUTLINES AND GUIDELINES FOR WHAT THAT WILL BE OKAY.
BUT, BUT THE FIRST BULLET IS MEANING OF THE TOTAL HOUSING YOU'RE NEGOTIATING ON 25 TO 45%.
IN THE HOUSING, IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION, IT REFLECTS THE HOUSING PORTION, THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION, RENTAL OR OWNER, WILL YOU, UM, IDENTIFY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE INCOME OF RENTAL INCOME BELOW MSI AT SOME POINT, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE WE'LL KNOW THAT WHEN WE BRING THE TERMS BACK.
SEE, COMMISSIONER LEVINE HAS HIS HAND RAISED COMMISSIONER LEVINE.
UH, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, SURE.
YEAH, MY, UM, MY QUESTION IS, UH, SO IT'S 25 TO 45% OF THE TOTAL UNITS.
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HOW MANY UNITS WILL BE THERE? WE CANNOT PROVIDE THAT AT THIS TIME.SO IT'S NOT EVEN A BALLPARK LIKE 50 OR A HUNDRED OR 20.
UH, WE COULDN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
THE COUNCIL, SO JUST REVIEW THE PROCESS OF PUBLIC.
UM, AND, AND I THINK IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
SO IF YOU'LL GIVE ME A MINUTE TO DESCRIBE IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING, BUT UNDER STATE LAW FOR MUNICIPAL PURCHASING LAW DOES NOT ALLOW US TO HAVE OPEN CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM A PUBLIC, UH, PUD ZONING OR A ZONING ENTITLEMENT WHERE A VERY MUCH, UH, THE PUBLIC IS PART OF THOSE THREE ZONING HEARINGS, WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF HORSE TRADING GOING ON IN THE DIOCESE AND IN THE PUBLIC REALM IN THIS CASE UNDER STATE PURCHASING LAW, THOSE ARE BEHIND THE SCENES.
SO WHAT I CAN SAY COMMISSIONER GOMEZ IS YES, ASPEN HEIGHTS PUT TOGETHER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS AS PART OF THEIR BID.
HOWEVER, IN THOSE DECEMBER AND JANUARY CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL, THEY CHANGED A LOT OF THAT DYNAMIC AND A LOT OF THE, WHAT THEY WANTED.
SO ALL OF THOSE PORTIONS OF THE BID ARE GOING TO CHANGE FOR WHEN WE COME BACK.
THAT MAKES SENSE THERE, UH, AN IDEA ABOUT HOW, UM, THIS CONCEPT WILL, UH, INTERACT WITH THE SOBRIETY CENTER.
THERE IS NO DIRECTION FOR THE INTERACTION WITH THE SOBRIETY CENTER.
BUT DEFINITELY THE COMMUNITY COURT WILL NOT BE THERE.
OTHER QUESTIONS? SO CAN YOU JUST RECAP, WELL, LET ME ASK ONE QUESTION FIRST IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATIONS, IF ASPEN HEIGHTS COMES BACK AND LET ME REPHRASE.
IF AN ORGANIZATION WERE TO COME BACK AND RENEGOTIATE THE DEAL, SUCH THAT IT WAS COMPARABLE TO ONE OF THE OTHER BIDDERS, WHAT WOULD THAT DO? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPHRASE THAT? YOU MEAN IF ASPEN HEIGHTS WE'D BE WORKING WITH, SO AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT MEANS THE CITY WILL ONLY TALK TO ASPEN HEIGHTS WHILE THAT IS IN FACT RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT THERE IS AN EXCLUSIVE WITH ASPEN HEIGHT, SHOULD THEY, IN THE PROCESS OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, COME BACK ULTIMATELY WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS LESS THAN WHAT WAS OFFERED BY THE OTHER FIRMS SUBMITTING UNDER THE RFP, WOULD THE CITY, WOULD THAT CHANGE ANYTHING IN TERMS OF THESE WORKING WITH, IF SO, WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS PART OF THE PROCESS NOW IS WE WILL SPEND, SO UNDER THE ENA GUIDELINES, WE HAVE NINE MONTHS WITH TWO, THREE MONTH EXTENSIONS.
SO WE'VE BEEN USING ROUGHLY 15 MONTHS.
WE'D BE BACK BEFORE THESE COMMISSIONS WITH THAT PACKAGE, IF THAT WAS IN COLLECTING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT THAT FINAL PACKAGE LOOKS LIKE.
AND IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN ULTIMATELY WITH COMMUNITY INPUT AND THE DEAL TERMS ITSELF, THAT COUNCIL WAS NOT PLEASED WITH.
THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO, UH, RESTART, I BELIEVE THE NEGOTIATIONS, BUT I CAN CHECK WITH THE LAW.
WELL, I KNOW THAT WAS A DIFFICULT QUESTION.
I WOULD JUST, I WOULD, THERE ARE A LOT OF NUANCES TO THAT.
SO I'D PROBABLY WANT TO JUST SAY, WE CAN GIVE YOU A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT CHANGE ALL OF THAT ALONG THE LINE.
UH, I WOULD JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS OCCURRED BEFORE OR NOT, BUT I SEE THIS FREQUENTLY WHERE YOU GO UNDER AND ONCE UNDER CONTRACT, UH, THEY TRY TO RENEGOTIATE THE DEAL AND IT ULTIMATELY BECOMES LESS THAN OTHER DEALS THAT WERE OFFERED.
THAT THAT WOULD BE, IT'S JUST A CONCERN THAT I HAVE.
NO, I, I APPRECIATE THE POINT AND I APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVE AND PERHAPS IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE SOME OF THE PURCHASING STAFF AND THE LEGAL TEAM BE ABLE TO BRIEF YOU ON THAT.
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THERE ISN'T A COMPARISON OF BID.SO UNDER MY 20 YEARS WITH THE CITY, WE HAVE SELECTED ONE BID.
WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT BID, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, MR. CHAIRMAN, YES, IT DOES.
HAS THAT ONE BID IN ITS FINAL FORM EVER BEEN INFERIOR TO OTHER PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR OUR PURCHASING OFFICER AND WE CAN CERTAINLY HIGHLIGHT THAT.
OKAY, WELL, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING ON THIS.
AND THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY COMPLEX PUZZLE, UM, THAT HAS PRESENTED FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES.
AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE, UM, BEGINNINGS OF WHAT THE FUTURE OF THAT, UH, THAT PART OF DOWNTOWN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
IS THERE DO THE DEMOLITION, IF THE COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DRIVE BY, I KEEP TRYING TO GO BY AND SEE THE, THE NEW WALLER CREEK PARK AND THERE BARRIERS IN MY WAY.
IT'S EXCITING TO SEE, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK, UH, WITH NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL THIS EVENING AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
[2.c. Downtown Commission Annual Internal Review Report]
MODA, WOULD YOU WANT TO TAKE ON THE, THE COMMENTS ON THE ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW REPORT? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PROVIDE EVERY YEAR THAT SUMMARIZES, UM, THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED ON AND THE ISSUES WE'VE ADDRESSED IN ANY RESOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE PASSED.UM, AND WE ARE IN PROCESS OF REVISING THAT AND HAVE TO PRESENT IT, UM, BY JULY 31ST.
UH, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I'VE MISSED IN THAT OVERVIEW MONA OR CHRISTINE CHAIR HARRIS? NO.
YOU, YOU, UH, STATED THAT PERFECTLY AS FAR AS WHAT THE COMMISSION'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO TURN THAT REPORT INTO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE BY JULY 31ST.
I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE HAD TO LAST YEAR, IF WE HAD TO TAKE ANY ACTION, WHETHER WE IT'S JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE THAT WE DO, IT IS ENTIRELY ADMINISTRATIVE.
THE COMMISSION DOES HAVE THE, UM, AUTHORITY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT A VOTING DISCUSSION IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO DO THAT.
I THINK, WAIT, WE HAVE A DRAFT, UH, THAT IS NOT, UM, FINAL, UH, I THINK WE HAD SOME IN THE DRAFTS THAT I SAW, WE STILL HAD ITEMS FROM 2019.
AND SO IT'S, IT'S NOT IN A FINAL FORM.
IT COMMISSIONERS, I HEAR SOMEBODY.
UM, THE VICE CHAIR AND I WILL FINISH THE EDITS ON IT AND RETURNED IT TO MONA.
AND, UH, WE CAN HAVE IT, UH, CIRCULATED PRIOR TO, UH, JULY 31ST.
WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE? UH, SPEAKING ON STAFF'S VIEW OF THAT, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR STAFF.
BUT ARE YOU ASKING THE OTHER COMMISSION MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, UH, IN THE EVENT THAT WE MISS ANYTHING, IS IT INAPPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO, TO PROVIDE ANY INPUT? NO.
CAN IT BE AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THE JULY MEETING FOR US TO KIND OF JUST GIVE IT A BLESSING AND LET IT GO BY THE END OF THE MONTH, I CAN PUT IT ON THE JULY 21ST AGENDA, UH, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
UH, AND WE WILL, WE'LL HAVE A REVISED DRAFT CIRCULATED, UM, FOR INPUT AT THAT TIME.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS THINKING THIS IS JULY AND NOT JANE.
UM, WE, I JUST WISH THE TROPICAL STORM WOULD HEAR A LITTLE BIT TO THE LEFT INSTEAD OF TO THE WRITING HAND, UH, BECAUSE WE SEEM TO GET HOTTER WEATHER.
UM, ALL RIGHT, NOW THERE IS OTHER, BUT THERE IS,
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UH, THERE IS A, THERE IS A LITTLE COLD FRONT COMING THOUGH.THEY'RE SAYING, SO YOU BRIGHTENED MISSIONER GOMEZ.
[3. Old Business – Items from representatives of collaborating commissions including nonvoting members:]
THE OLD BUSINESS ITEM IS FROM, UH, OR OTHER, UH, WE'D COMMISSIONED, UH, COMMISSIONER AND AL ROBLEDO.THE FLOOR IS YOUR HELLO? GOOD TO SEE YOU, EVERYONE.
UM, A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WE COVERED IN THE DESIGN COMMISSION INCLUDED, LET ME LOOK AT MY LIST.
HERE WAS WE DID HAVE A, UM, A PRESENTATION FROM THE AUSTIN ENERGY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND A REVIEW OF THAT PROCESS.
WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON FUNCTIONAL GREEN AND FUNKY FUNCTIONAL GREEN IS A PART OF, UH, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT'S GETTING WORKED ON.
SO THAT WENT ON FOR, UM, A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S TRICKY WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, BUT WE HAD, UH, REQUESTED THAT PRESENTATION FOR A WHILE.
UM, ALSO RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON THE POEM DISTRICT PLANNING INITIATIVE.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WE'LL NOT THEM THOSE SIGNIFICANT, BUT, UM, WE, IF YOU WANT TO SEE OUR BACKUP FOR MAY 24TH, WE HAVE AN URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINE, UM, OUTLINED PUT TOGETHER FROM THE URBAN DESIGN, UH, COMMITTEE.
THAT IS AN OUTLINE THAT IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO, I BELIEVE, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THIS MONTH TO ASK FOR SUPPORT, TO THEN TAKE THAT TO CITY COUNCIL.
THAT IS JUST AN OUTLINE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH UPDATING THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.
AND, UM, JUST AS A QUICK OVERVIEW, THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES ARE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND, UM, A PART OF THAT DOCUMENT IS A TIMELINE OF, I WOULD SAY IT'S ABOUT A YEAR.
I BELIEVE OUT THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING ON THAT.
AND IT WOULD BE BROKEN DOWN INTO PARTS WHERE THE DESIGN COMMISSION WOULD BREAK OUT INTO WORKING GROUPS, UM, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S IT, MELISSA, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT AS IT EVOLVES, DON'T YOU LOVE YOUR ENERGY POLICY, JUST TROOPER, UM, THE URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED.
SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT HAS CHANGED.
SOMEONE ELSE WAS GOING TO ASK ME SOMETHING, ACTUALLY, THIS IS MONA.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, IS IT POSSIBLE TO DISTRIBUTE THE DRESSED WELL, IT'S, IT'S IN THE BACKUP, SO I, SO I CAN PULL IT FROM THERE THEN.
AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT, AND THIS IS LITERALLY JUST A DRAFT TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD.
IT IS NOT THE DRAFT ITSELF, SO IT'S REALLY BUILDING THE CASE OF WHERE WANT TO GO WITH URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.
COMMISSIONER HEIM STAFF, HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.
UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT THE, UM, GRANT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FROM A CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANT THAT KFC PROVIDED, UH, HAS GOTTEN US DEEP INTO PREPARING FOR REDOING THE PRESERVATION PLAN FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, PART OF THE INCENTIVE IS FOR, UH, INCREASED EQUITY WITHIN THE PROCESS.
AND TO THAT END, UM, MY SUBCOMMITTEE, THE PRESERVATION PLAN SUBCOMMITTEE AS, UM, NOW OVER 150 APPLICANTS TO PUT TOGETHER A WORKING GROUP, THAT'LL WORK WITH US OVER THE NEXT SIX TO NINE MONTHS.
AND, UH, WE WILL BE WINNOWING THROUGH SOME OF THESE AND TRYING TO GET A BROADER BASE, UH, TO NOT ONLY WEIGH IN AND GIVE US GREAT, UH, INSIGHT AS WE'RE PUTTING THIS, UM, UH, THESE ADJUSTMENTS TOGETHER, BUT ALSO TO REALLY INCREASE AWARENESS AND HOPEFULLY BROADEN THE CONSTITUENCY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN AUSTIN.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE YOU A, AS THE PROCESS GETS OFF AND RUNNING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER WEATHERBY.
WELL, EARLIER TODAY, WE HAD OUR MEETING OF THE MONTH AND NOT A VERY EXCITING MEETING, BLACK TEA AS BRIEF REFERRED TO THERE, BUT, UH, THE ONE ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED WAS WE TOOK ACTION ON MOVING
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APPROVAL ON THE NEW BOOTING INFORMATION TO COUNCIL.UM, I DON'T THINK THAT IT REALLY AFFECTS DOWNTOWN THAT MUCH.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE, UH, COMPLAINING ABOUT, UM, HAVING THEIR VEHICLES TOWED, THAT TYPICALLY THAT'S IN THE MORE, UH, OUTSIDE OF, UH, DOWNTOWN AREAS, A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR PARKING ON, UH, IN STRIP CENTERS AND PLACES THAT FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE PARKING DEDICATED IN FRONT OF THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS.
AND SO WHAT THIS IS DOING IS IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU.
ACTUALLY, IT SEEMS LIKE THE BOOTING 10 SESSION THERE IS TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF HEADS UP ON THE TOWING CONCESSIONAIRES, UH, BY MAKING IT EASIER TO BOOT AND TO, UH, ACTUALLY THEY'RE GONNA OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO UNMUTE YOURSELF A PROCESS FOR THAT.
AND IT WOULD BE CHEAPER AND EASIER TO DO SO PROBABLY I WOULD ASSUME MORE OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL LOOK TO GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.
AND THAT'S ALL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY IN THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION COMMISSIONER LAYMAN, YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT THEY WOULD GO THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE BOOTING DOES NOT RESTORE THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT PARKING SPACE.
UM, AND I, I'M NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE COVERAGE THAT THEY HAVE CITYWIDE BECAUSE IT IS A PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRACT.
WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT PRIVATE PROPERTY.
COMMISSIONER KAITLIN IS COMMISSIONER KATE CHAIR, COMMISSIONER KEATON.
WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE MEETING TONIGHT.
UH, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE FINAL APPROVALS ON THE REPLACEMENT FOR COMMISSIONER LEVITAN, UH, WITH MUSE MISSION, BUT WE ARE HAVING SOMEBODY ASSIGNED AND HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE AVAILABLE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THAT? THE APPOINTMENT AND THAT FOR DISTRICT ONE IN THE EVENT THAT THAT GETS FILLED, I NEED TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT FOR YOU.
WELL, WE MAY BE DELAYED ON BOTH OF THOSE AT LEAST FORMALLY UNTIL COUNCIL RETURNS FROM SUMMER RECESS.
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR, TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON WITH PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, SO YEAH, WE HAD QUITE A BUSY, UH, BEING AT THE END OF MAY.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF VACANCIES, I THINK WE'RE STILL TRYING TO, TO FILL IN OURS AS WELL, BUT, UH, WE WERE SO BUSY LAST DATE OF MAY THAT WE DID NOT FINISH OUR AGENDA ITEMS. SO THAT BEING SAID, I'LL JUST COVER A COUPLE OF THE KEY ONES THAT WE, WE VOTED ON.
UM, WE DID HAVE SOME DISAGREEMENT OVER THE APPROVAL WITH CENTRAL WILLIAMSON CREEK VISION PLAN.
UM, AND WE TABLED THAT FOR A FUTURE APPROVAL TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL HAD NUTS CITY COUNCIL HAD THE CITY, UM, UH, MANAGEMENT COME BACK TO US AGAIN ON THAT.
THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT, UH, VISION PLAN.
UM, WE DID APPROVE THE BUTLER HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL SAFETY AND MOBILITY PLAN, WHICH IS EXCITING.
AND, UM, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, BUT FINALLY VOTED TO APPROVE WAS THE CONDITIONAL PERMIT FOR WATERLOO PARK.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU, I THINK YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THAT OR HEARD ABOUT IT.
UM, THAT WOULD BE AT LIEBERMAN PLAZA, THE FOOD TRUCK, UM, AREA AND MOODY AMPHITHEATER.
SO WE DID APPROVE THAT, BUT THAT'S IT, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY ALL I HAVE TO REPORT FROM PARKS AND REC COMMERCIAL COMMISSIONER TAYLOR, COULD YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THE BUTLER HIKE AND BIKE AND MOBILITY INITIATIVE? OH, AND ACTUALLY YOU, OF COURSE, YOU'D ASKED ME THAT ONE AND THAT IS THE ONE THAT I ENDED UP.
I DIDN'T START THE MEANING, BUT I CAN GO TO THE NOTES
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AND LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.UM, BECAUSE I DID NOT, I SHOWED UP AT THE MEETING LATE, UNFORTUNATELY, CAUSE I WAS PICKING UP A FRIEND FROM THE HOSPITAL.
SO, UM, BUT I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, YOU WOULD ASK ME ABOUT THAT.
UM, CAN I REPORT THAT MORE ON THAT NEXT AT THE NEXT MEETING? I APOLOGIZE.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAD MY GIDDINGS UP MY NOTES UP AND NOW OF COURSE I CAN'T FIND THEM.
UM, ONE SECOND I CAN LOOK AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT.
IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK TO ME, GIVE ME A SECOND TO GO ONTO THE NEXT PERSON AND THEN YOU CAN COME BACK TO ME.
AND I GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF REPORT ON THAT REAL QUICK.
WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? UH, CHRISTINE, YOUR, YOUR CAMERA IS UP AND RUNNING.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO PROVIDE US? OH, NO, I'M GOOD.
BUT I DO SEE MIKE LEVINE, LITTLE HAND HIS HAND UP ON THE, ON THE MONITOR HERE.
AND I JUST DON'T KNOW IF, IF, UH, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE IT AS A CALLING, BUT I DO SEE A LITTLE HAND UP, SORRY.
THAT WAS FROM LIKE 45 MINUTES AGO.
UM, AND WELL, UNFORTUNATELY COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ COULD NOT JOIN US THIS EVENING.
UM, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE HAD, UM, A BIT OF UPDATE ON, UH, UH, THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON SIXTH STREET THE OTHER NIGHT.
UH, THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT, UM, I THINK THIS COMMISSION IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY, UM, WE CAN EITHER HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM, UH, AT THE NEXT, OR HAVE COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ GIVE US A BRIEFING.
SO AS WE RETURNED FROM THE PANDEMIC AND WE HAVE SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY DOWNTOWN, SLOWLY EMERGING, UH, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN THE CONCERN ABOUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT, UM, VIOLENCE AND ARISE AND VIOLENCE.
AND, UH, WE HATE TO SEE THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY, BUT CERTAINLY IN OUR DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS, UM, TRYING TO RETURN TO Y SO, UH, IS SOMEBODY TRYING TO SOMEBODY HAVE A COMMENT? OKAY.
WE'RE JUST GETTING A LOT OF BACKGROUND, UH, AT ANY RATE, HOPEFULLY, UH, SHE'LL BE BACK FOR OUR NEXT MEETING OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT AN, A, SOMETHING FOR, UH, AN AGENDA ITEM FOR JULY.
THERE'S ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO, UM, TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IT'S THE, THE COMMISSION IS PARTICIPATING IN A JOINT MEETING, THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION AND THE MUSIC COMMISSION, UM, FROM ONE TO THREE ON JULY 20TH, THAT'S SCHEDULED AT THE MOMENT.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THE NEXT DAY IS YOUR REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 21ST AT FIVE 30.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION IN REGARD TO THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN UNDER YOUR DISCUSSION ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. OKAY.
UM, DOES ANYBODY BE, Y'ALL HAD GOTTEN TO THE MEETING NOTICE ABOUT THE JOINT MEETING, UM, WHAT SORT OF MONA, IF YOU DON'T MIND, DO WE HAVE A PROJECTED ATTENDANCE FROM BOTH COMMISSIONS PER MY CONVERSATION WITH THE MUSIC COMMISSION, UM, CITY LIAISON, THERE IS, UH, WELL OVER QUORUM ON BOTH COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE RSV PAID FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION, THE EXACT, THE EXACT NUMBER I DO NOT HAVE, BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
IT WAS JUST WHETHER WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE ONE, BOTH OF THEM FOLKS, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, CONCERNS.
I HAD A QUESTION, UM, ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION THING AFTER YOU GET YOUR QUESTION.
DO YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO ME OR NOT? COMMISSIONER TAYLOR, PLEASE.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY, AND I, I REMEMBER THIS CAUSE THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION, UM, SUBSEQUENT TO THIS MEETING.
UM, WE DIDN'T VOTE, WE DIDN'T VOTE IN SUPPORT OR AGAINST THE DOUBLE DECK BRIDGE OVER BARTON CREEK FOR THE, UH, BIKE AND HIKE TRAIL.
UM, THERE WAS SOME Q COMMUNITY, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND, UM, WE WERE SATISFIED WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
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REACHED OUT TO REPRESENTING DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE PEOPLE, UM, WITHIN BIKING DISTANCE OF THE TRAIL.UM, SO I MEAN, IT'S REALLY, WE, WE VOTED TO APPROVE THE PLAN, THE SAFETY MOBILITY PLAN, BUT IT WAS REALLY THE, I THINK THE MAJOR, UM, THAT WE COULDN'T AGREE ON WAS THE, THE, THE BRIDGE, WHETHER OR NOT.
SO WE APPROVED THE BRIDGE WITH NO, UH, NOT APPROVE IT, NOT THE BRIDGE.
WE APPROVED THE PLAN WITHOUT A RECOMMENDATION ON THE BRIDGE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
CAUSE THAT HELPED TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, I DON'T ESSENTIALLY, IT GOES FROM, I WISH I, I APOLOGIZE AGAIN, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE NOTES BECAUSE I WAS NOT THERE.
UM, FROM THE BOARDWALK, I, THEY BASICALLY IT'S, IT'S FROM ZILKER PARK, BARTON CREEK BUTLER SHORES, UM, THE SOUTH AND, UH, FROM A MAR BEACH NEAR AUSTIN HIGH AND SORT OF JUST IMPROVE THE TRAIL FOR SAFETY MOBILITY.
AND I DON'T LIKE MANY OF YOU, I WALK THAT TRAIL ALL THE TIME AND I'M CONSTANTLY BEING CONCERNED ABOUT BEING RUN OVER BY BICYCLISTS.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THEY'RE GONNA, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND PRESENT IT TO THE, TO THE BOARD.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN TERMS OF THAT PROJECT PARTICULAR PROJECT, BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER QUESTION.
NO, UH, I WAS JUST ASKING FOLKS IF THEY HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR, OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE JOINT MEETING OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION AND THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, UM, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON AN AGENDA, UM, SINCE IT IS SUBJECT TO OPEN MEETINGS, WE'LL HAVE TO POST IT.
UM, SO IF YOU ALL HAVE ITEMS AND IF I'M, IF I'M MISTAKEN ON ANY OF THIS MOANING, CHRISTINE, PLEASE DO CHIME IN, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A DRAFT AGENDA IN TIME FOR POSTING.
UH, AND, UM, HAVE WE THOUGHT, I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN PLUGGING, UH, UH, TO HAVE IT OVER AT WALNUT CREEK, BUT, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, THOUGHTS ON LOCATION FOR THE MEETING CHAIR? THE ONLY CONVERSATION REGARDING LOCATION THAT'S BEEN HAD SO FAR IS A CONFIRMATION WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT HAPPENED AT CITY HALL BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY ISSUES AND, YEAH.
AND THAT'S ASSUMING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GET BACK INTO CITY HALL AT THAT POINT, CORRECT.
OR A STREAM VIRTUALLY AGAIN, I VOTE FOR AIR CONDITIONING.
I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A SECOND OUT THERE.
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ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU WANT TO INCLUDE ON FUTURE AGENDAS? QUESTION FOR COMMISSIONER? YES.OH, MR. TAYLOR, YOU HAVE NOTES ON THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE GREENWAY.
UM, WHAT WERE THE, UM, THE THOUGHTS ON THAT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT? UM, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE, THE PLAYGROUND BEING REALLY VERY CLOSE TO THE LIVER VENN PARK AND THE FOOD TRUCK, UM, AREA.
UM, AND I MEAN, I THINK REALLY JUST GENERAL SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT HAVING ALCOHOL SALES IN THOSE AREAS.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, THE SAFETY ISSUES WERE, WERE ADDRESSED THAT THERE WAS A THERE'S SUFFICIENT BARRIERS AND, AND SINCE IT'S CONDITIONAL USE, IT'S, IT WOULDN'T BE CONTINUALLY USE ON THE, IN THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS REALLY IT.
I MEAN, I, I EVEN HAD SOME CONCERNS PERSONALLY BECAUSE THAT'S JUST AS THE STATE LEGISLATURE WAS VOTING IN THE, UM, THE NEW, UM, MORE LAX GUN LAWS.
SO, UM, AND WHEN YOU COMBINE CONCERTS AND ALCOHOL AND ALL THAT CHILDREN IN SPACES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A CONCERN, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH WHAT THE QUESTIONS WERE ABOUT AND OUR CONCERNS WERE ABOUT.
IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER TAYLOR A QUESTION.
UM, SO, UH, COMMISSIONER, DOES THE COMMISSION, THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION HAVE ANY SAY ON THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE
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PROPERTIES THAT MIGHT BE, OR COULD BE USED AS SANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS IN THE, THE PROPERTIES THAT WERE PUT FORTH AS POTENTIAL SANCTIONED ENCAMPMENT, UH, LOCATIONS THAT WERE PART PROPERTY? IS THERE A ROLE FOR THE COMMISSION, UM, IN DISCUSSING OR DECIDING ON WHETHER OR NOT IT'S OKAY FOR THOSE TO BE USED THAT WAY? THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, I'M GOING TO ASK.
I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE, UM, HOMELESSNESS ISSUE PREVIOUSLY AND IN PREVIOUS, UM, BOARD MEETINGS, BUT WE HAVEN'T, IT DIDN'T COME UP AT OUR LAST MEETING BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON.
UM, UH, BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A BUSY AGENDA.
UM, BUT, UM, I WILL DEFINITELY ASK THAT QUESTION AND I WILL GET THAT ANSWERED AND, AND REPORT BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, ANY ITEMS FROM COMMISSIONERS FOR FUTURE AGENDA? I THINK ONE THING WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO IS HAVE AN UPDATE.
UH, SPEAKING OF THE, THE HOMELESS MATT IS HAVING EVAN UPDATE FROM, UM, ONE OF THE AGENCIES, UH, REGARDING THE SECOND PHASE.
UM, THEY'VE BEGUN THE PROCESS OF TICKETING, I GUESS, THIS PEAK, UM, AND, OR GETTING FOLKS TO MOVE THIS WEEK.
UH, AND SO WOULD PROBABLY BE HELPFUL TO GET AN UP EIGHT ON HOW EVERYTHING IS PROGRESSING.
UM, AND THAT'S PART OF THAT GOES TO THE, THE, UH, SUPPORT CAMP SITE.
UM, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S OF GREAT CONCERN.
I WAS DOWNTOWN FOR A BOARD MEETINGS THIS WEEK AND, UH, TWO OF OUR PARTICIPANTS WERE COSTED BY FOLKS AND, UM, ONE SAW A VERY IN PLEASANT SIGHT ON CONGRESS AVENUE, UM, THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING IN OUR DOWNTOWN.
SO, UM, THE IT'S IT SHOCKED AND HORRIFIED THESE FOLKS.
AND, UM, AS WE, WE LOOK AT THE RETURN OF SOME FORM OF NORMALCY TO OUR DOWNTOWN, UM, THIS IS GOING TO BECOME AN INCREASINGLY MORE, UM, PRESSING ISSUE AS FOLKS START RETURNING TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
UH, AND OF COURSE, WITH, FOR HITTING A HUNDRED DEGREES EVERY DAY, IT BECOMES, UH, A GREAT PRESSING ISSUE FOR THOSE IN OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY.
AND SURE, AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, THE EVENT THAT HAPPENED, UM, THAT IS THAT EVERYBODY'S CONCERNED ABOUT IN, IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF DOWNTOWN, I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO, UM, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS NEW LAW THAT WAS JUST SIGNED TODAY IN SAN ANTONIO, BY THE GOVERNOR IS GOING TO MEAN AROUND PEOPLE WALKING DOWNTOWN WITH HOLSTERS, LIKE BACK IN THE, IN THE OLD WEST, UH, BEING ABLE TO CARRY CARRY WEAPONS AND THE FACILITY THAT MIGHT HAPPEN WHEN THERE'S AN ARGUMENT OF THERE BEING THE KIND OF EVENT THAT WE JUST HAD WITH GUNFIRE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I JUST WONDER TO WHAT EXTENT DO WE, AS A CITY HAVE IN RESTRICTING THAT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, UH, OR AT LEAST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AS A CITY ABOUT THAT.
AND I HOPE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT TOMORROW.
YES, IT WAS THAT, THAT IS, UH, KIM KIM COMMISSIONER TAYLOR.
UM, YEAH, I DO KNOW THAT, UH, THE MAYOR HAS MADE SEVERAL STATEMENTS ABOUT IT.
AND I DO KNOW THAT MAYORS FROM ALL OVER THE NORTHERN AMERICA HAD GOTTEN TOGETHER RECENTLY AND HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THE CITY, HOW THE MAYORS OF THESE CITIES ARE GOING TO KEEP, KEEP THEIR CITIZENS SAFE.
UM, CAUSE I KNOW IT'S A REAL CONCERN.
WELL, AND I THINK THAT WAS ECHOED BY, UM, THE, ALL OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND POLICE ASSOCIATIONS THAT WENT TO THE CAPITOL AND, UH, PLEADED FOR THIS NOT TO HAPPEN.
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IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO, TO, WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S DISCONCERTING BECAUSE AS COMMISSIONER GOMEZ SAID, ANYBODY CAN WALK UP AND DOWN SIXTH STREET WITH WHATEVER THEY WANT TO CARRY DOWN AND HOW THAT AFFECT PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR BUSIEST RECREATION CENTER OR TOURIST CENTER, ET CETERA.SO, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, UM, I'M TRY, UH, YOU CAN TELL I'M TROUBLED BY IT.
UM, AND I REALLY LIKED TO HAVE MORE OF OUR DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ENGAGED IN THIS CONVERSATION TO, UM, SEE HOW IT'S GOING XM AND HOW WE CAN SERVE OUR DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY, THIS IS PROBABLY A TERRIBLE ANALOGY.
UM, OUR HOMELESS, UM, ADVISOR SAID THE OTHER DAY OR ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT TESTIFIED SAID THAT, UM, JUST HAVING HOUSING IS NOT A SILVER BULLET.
UH, AND I THINK THAT, UM, WE'RE FACED WITH THAT WITH THIS PARTICULAR PREDICAMENT.
UM, THE, I WILL SAY I WAS WALKING DOWN OR I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET DOWN CONGRESS AVENUE WITH MY WIFE AND THE OTHER, WELL, IT'S BEEN SOME TIME AND, AND A GROUP OF PEOPLE WERE WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH ASSAULT RIFLES STRAPPED TO THEIR BACKS AND, UH, THAT WE TURNED AROUND.
AND, UH, AND SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE WITH OUR DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY, UH, AS THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
AND, UH, SO I, I, AGAIN, I, I WOULD WELCOME YOUR INPUT ON HOW YOU SEE THAT COMING TOGETHER, WHETHER IT'S JUST, UH, AN ITEM WITH, UH, PERHAPS A PANEL, UH, OF FOLKS OR, UH, IT IS A SEPARATE, UH, COMMUNITY FORUM.
UM, THAT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESSES, UH, AND VISITORS TO DOWNTOWN.
I THINK, I THINK IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT WHAT OUR OPTIONS AS A CITY ARE TO, UM, RESTRICT THAT THE OPEN CARRY LIKE THAT.
I, I DON'T, I KNOW THAT WITH THE MASKS TO H UH, EACH, UH, BUSINESS HAS THE, THE DECISION, LIKE NO SHOES, NO SHIRT, NO SERVICE, NO MASK, NO SERVICE IF THEY WANT.
UH, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITH WALKING DOWN THE STREET ON SIXTH STREET OR ON CONGRESS, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO FIND OUT WHAT OUR CHOICES ARE, WHAT W WHERE OUR OPTIONS ARE IN HOW TO REGULATE THAT A LITTLE MORE.
I AGREE, AND THIS IS MY INBOX.
AND I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT MAYBE GUN-FREE ZONE WITH, UM, METAL DETECTORS.
I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S LABEL, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
AND I THINK ALSO THE RESPONSE OF OUR CITY OFFICIALS, I WISH IT COULD HAVE BEEN MORE COORDINATED.
THERE WERE TWEETS AND THINGS, AND THAT IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE QUITE WHAT I WAS HOPING WE WOULD GET AFTER THE SHOOTING.
UH, I WONDER, UM, STAFF, IF WE COULD PERHAPS START THIS WITH, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO IN TERMS OF PROGRAMMING.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PATIENT IS ABOUT, UH, WHETHER WE CAN HAVE A BRIEF FROM, UH, CITY LEGAL ON THOSE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE THINK OF MORE BROAD-BASED CONVERSATION, CAN WE HAVE SOMEBODY? AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE, UM, UH, IF
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OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS I W UH, ATTORNEYS WHO ARE, WHO ARE BRIEFED ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT, OR WHETHER WE USE OUTSIDE COUNSEL ON THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.I THINK AS A, OH, SORRY, MONA, GO AHEAD.
NO, NO, CHRISTINE, I DEFER TO YOU.
UM, THEY'LL DEFER TO EACH OTHER, BUT, BUT I, UM, I THINK WE COULD DEFINITELY GET INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AND HAVE, UM, SOMEONE FROM OUR LAW DEPARTMENT DISCUSS THIS.
UM, WE COULD CERTAINLY EXPLORE THAT.
UM, I THINK I, UM, JUST, UH, FOR STAFF IN BEING CONFLICTED TO BE, THERE SEEMS TO BE THE ISSUE OF, UM, THE CITY'S ABILITY AS A HOMEROOM MUNICIPALITY TO, TO GOVERN FOR WHAT ARE ITS PARAMETERS ON THE STATE OPEN CARRY LAW, BUT THEN I, BUT I, BUT I ALSO HEARD ABOUT, UM, AND I DON'T WANT TO CONFLATE WHERE THERE'S NO CONFLATION ON, UH, THE STEPS FOR THE SIXTH STREET DISTRICT.
UH, JUST A DISCUSSION JUST RELATED TO WHAT CAN THE CITY DO, OR WE'RE ALSO DEALING WITH THE DOWNTOWN COMMAND, UM, IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS OR POSSIBLE STEPS WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE CONCERNS ABOUT SIXTH STREET.
WELL, I THINK WE CAN MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE BROAD JUST GIVEN THE FACT THAT WHILE IT DID HAPPEN ON SIXTH STREET, IT'S HAPPENED ON RED RIVER.
WE'VE HAD OTHER ISSUES AROUND THAT AREA.
UM, I WONDER IF, IF, IF WE COULD HAVE INNER GUT AND I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO GET INTO AN ISSUE OF THE VALIDITY OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT, ET CETERA, CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THIS IS WHAT HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN FOR THE TIME BEING, UH, AND PERHAPS IT'S HAVING, UM, OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS FOLKS HERE, UH, SO WE CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE AS A CITY CAN DO.
UM, AND THEN IT PROBABLY WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL TO HAVE, UM, OUR, UH, OUR FINE FOLKS OR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE TALK ABOUT THE MORE IMMEDIATE ISSUES WITH OPEN CARRY OF FIREARMS DOWNTOWN AND HOW, HOW THEY'RE DEALING WITH IT AND THE CHALLENGES THEY SEE, ET CETERA, COMMISSIONERS.
DOES THAT SOUND, IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE AND DAUNTING ISSUE.
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE THAT IS REASONABLE APPROACH TO STARTING THE DIALOGUE AROUND THIS? I THINK SO, YEAH.
AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S A HOT BUTTON TOPIC AND IT'S, IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SUPER SENSITIVE ISSUES, BUT OUR CONCERN IS DOWNTOWN AND THAT IT IS OPEN, SAFE, AND INCLUSIVE TO ALL.
AND THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT HAS AN EFFECT ON THAT.
SO WITH THAT, UM, THE OTHER ITEMS THAT COMMISSIONERS WOULD WANT TO SEE INCLUDED ON FUTURE AGENDAS.
OKAY, WELL, FOLKS, THANKS ONCE AGAIN, UH, THESE ARE CHALLENGING MEETINGS AND I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
I APPRECIATE STAFF THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THE TIME YOU COMMIT.
UH, I TRULY HOPE THAT, UH, AS THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER IS LIFTED FOR OUR NEXT IN TIME FOR OUR NEXT MEETINGS, SO WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER FACE TO FACE AND DO THE GOOD WORK OF THIS COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE ME TOO.