Sep 30, 2021 City Council Meetings

THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WITH US HERE TODAY.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS PAUL SALDANIA.

I'M A PROUD NATIVE FOURTH GENERATION AUSTINITE.

I'M A PROUD MEXICAN AMERICAN, A PROUD CHICANO, PROUD.

PROUD, LATINO, YOU NAME IT.

UH, AND I'M PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN LATINO COALITION, UH, WITH US TODAY, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE

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MEMBERS OF THE AUSTIN LATINO COALITION, THE DEL VALLEY COMMUNITY COALITION, UH, ABRA, THE U S HISPANIC CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, THE LATINO HEALTHCARE FORUM, LULAC LARISA ROUND TABLE BILL.

THEN CHINGONA PASS LOS VALDEZ.

LATINITAS ACADEMIC HISPANIC VOTERS COUNT IN AUSTIN, TEXAS THE GREATER AUSTIN HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HISPANIC WOMEN'S NETWORK NETWORK OF TEXAS AUSTIN CHAPTER.

THE YOUNG HISPANIC PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION OF BOSTON, THE ABA YOU BOUGHT THE ACTION FUND GLENN MI MADRE, SOMOS, AUSTIN, HISPANIC IMPACT BOND, THE GREATER AUSTIN HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION, THE AUSTIN LATINO X LEADERSHIP LAB AND LA POLITICA.

AND I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE OTHERS THAT I HAVE MISSED, BUT I'M PROUD THAT ALL OF YOU ARE HERE.

AS THE COUNCIL WOMAN SAID, UH, EACH YEAR AMERICANS OBSERVE NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, OCTOBER, SEPTEMBER 15TH, TO OCTOBER 15TH, BY CELEBRATING OUR RICH CULTURAL HISTORIES, OUR CONTRIBUTIONS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS WHOSE ANCESTORS COME FROM MEXICO, FROM SPAIN, FROM THE CARIBBEAN, FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.

YOU NAME IT.

WE COME FROM THERE, SIMPLY PUT, WE'RE NOT A MONOLITH.

LATINOS COME IN MANY SHADES.

AND OUR DIVERSITY SIMPLY ADDS TO THE BIBLE ANCY ABOUT EVEN HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

THIS OBSERVATION ACTUALLY STARTED BACK IN 1968 IF HISPANIC HERITAGE WEEK UNDER PRESIDENT LBJ.

AND THEN IT WAS EXPANDED BY PRESIDENT REAGAN IN 1988 TO COVER A 30 DAY PERIOD STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH AND ENDING OCTOBER 15TH.

THE DAY OF SEPTEMBER 15TH IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES LIKE COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS NICARAGUA, AND IN ADDITION, AND MAKE ONE IN SHEILA, WE CELEBRATE THE INDEPENDENCE STATE ON THE SSAS AND THE SEA AUTO RESPECTABLY.

ALSO THE OTHER LARISSA NOT COLUMBUS DAY, WHICH IS OCTOBER 12TH FALLS WITHIN THIS 30 DAY PERIOD, AMERICA AND AUSTIN GOT ITS FIRST LOOK AT THE 2020 CENSUS DATA WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND WE HAVE SHOWN A PICTURE OF A NATION AND A CITY THAT IS GROWING MORE AND MORE DIVERSE LATINOS ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THE U S POPULATION GROWTH.

HALF OF THE POPULATION GROWTH IN TEXAS AND 20% OF THE GROWTH IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, HISPANIC WORKERS ARE THE ENGINE OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.

WE HAVE THE HIGHEST EMPLOYMENT RATE AMONG AMERICAN MEN AGED 16 TO 60.

OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, WE HAVE INCREASED OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL WORKFORCE BY 36%.

AND WE ARE JOB CREATORS.

WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR EIGHT OUT OF THE 10 NEW BUSINESSES IN THE UNITED STATES.

THANKS TO THE LATINAS, LATINOS THAT ARE SOME THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM TODAY.

THANK YOU LATINAS MORE OVER SOME 19 MILLION OF US QUALIFY AS ESSENTIAL WORKERS DURING THE PANDEMIC AND HISPANICS ARE NOT JUST BUSY PRODUCING.

WE'RE BUSY CONSUMING TO DRIVING THE MAJORITY OF GROWTH IN INDUSTRIES FROM CARS TO VIDEO GAMES.

OUR POPULATION HAS A PURCHASING POWER NOW OF 2.3 TRILLION, NOT BILLION TRILLION WITH A T THAT'S AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN THE GDP OF BRAZIL, CANADA, AND RUSSIA.

BUT WHILE WE ARE INCREASINGLY DRIVING BOATING AND BUYER PATTERNS IN AMERICA, WE ARE STILL CRIMINALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN POSITIONS OF POWER IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR, ACROSS THE ENTIRETY OF BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES.

LATINOS ONLY HOLD A GRAND TOTAL OF 3% OF THOSE SEATS ARE LACK OF REPRESENTATION AND POLITICAL OPPOSITES ALSO DISCONCERTING WHEN COMPARED WITH OUR IMPACTS IN ELECTIONS OF, OF ALL 535 SENATORS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ONLY 8% ARE LATINO.

WIDEN THE LENS.

THE PICTURE IS EVEN MORE GRIM.

LATINOS ONLY REPRESENT ABOUT 1% OF LOCAL AND FEDERAL OFFICES ACROSS AMERICA.

YET WE'RE RAPIDLY GROWING AS A SHARE OF THE ELECTORATE.

IN FACT, EVERY 30 SECONDS, LATINO TURNS 18 AND BECOMES AN ELIGIBLE VOTER.

AND HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, WE REPRESENT 32 AND A HALF PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION, WHICH MEANS WE ARE 313,000 STRONG.

AND IN TRAVIS COUNTY WE REPRESENT 34%.

THAT MEANS WE ARE 429,000 STRONG, APPROXIMATELY 220 LATINOS.

220,000 LATINOS ARE CONSIDERED CITIZEN AND VOTING ELIGIBLE VOTERS.

AND ABOUT 1100, 1000 1100 ARE ACTUALLY REGISTERED VOTERS AS A COUNTRY.

AND OUR CITY GETS INCREASINGLY MORE DIVERSE AND AS MUCH NEEDED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACE CONTINUES, LATINOS TO NEED TO BE PART OF AMERICA AND OUR CITY'S CONVERSATION ON RACE EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AMERICA, AND AUSTIN'S FUTURE IT'S LATINO IS LATINO AND IT STARTS AND IT'S TIME TO START TREATING US.

LIKE WE MATTER THE STORIES ABOUT LATINO HISTORY EXPERIENCE AND HOW WE HAVE POSITIVELY, POSITIVELY INFLUENCED AUSTIN IS INSPIRING.

THE VERY FIRST CENSUS WAS TAKEN IN AUSTIN 146 YEARS AGO AND GET THROUGH THE FIRST TWO NAMES ON THAT CENSUS, WHERE IT WAS A COUPLE OF NAMES, JOSE AND LIZZIE LOPEZ.

AND IN

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18 75, 297, MEXICAN AMERICANS LIVE ALONG THE SHORES WHERE THE SEAHOLM POWER PLANT USED TO BE.

I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT TAKE INTO THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE COVID PANDEMIC AS COUNCILWOMAN OH, WENT AS ALLUDED TO THE UNFORTUNATE REALITY OF HOW OUR LATINO COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN DECIMATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND HERE IN AUSTIN, AS OF THIS WEEK, WE'VE LOST 1,095 AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY RESIDENTS, LATINOS UNFORTUNATELY REPRESENT 50% OF THOSE DEATHS.

THAT MEANS THAT WE'VE LOST 548 LATINOS FROM THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY COMMUNITY.

IF WE TRULY WANT TO HONOR THE LIVES AND LEGACIES OF LATINOS, THEN WE MUST SEIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY NOW TO GET VACCINATED, TO PROTECT, TO PROTECT OUR FUTURE, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY.

I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO BE, UH, WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AUSTIN'S LATINO COALITION MEMBERS, MANY OF WHOM WHO ARE HERE TODAY, OVER THE COURSE OF THE MAJORITY OF THIS PANDEMIC AND FOR OVER 76 WEEKS.

NOW, WE HAVE PROVIDED CULTURALLY RELEVANT, BILINGUAL PUBLIC INFORMATION, INFORMATION, RESOURCES, SUPPORT, INCLUDING COVID TESTING, FOOD, WATER, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FLU SHOTS, AND VACCINATIONS TO OVER 73,000 FAMILIARS HERE IN AUSTIN AND COUNTING.

FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN VANESSA , WHO HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE DAY ONE.

WE VALUE AND APPRECIATE HER LEADERSHIP, HER ADVOCACY, HER VOICE, HER REPRESENTATION ON THE COUNCIL DIAS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOUR SUCCESS IS OUR SUCCESS, NOT JUST FOR LATINOS, BUT FOR ALL AUSTINITES WE ADMIRE YOUR PERSISTENCE, YOUR TENACITY, AND EXTREME, EXTREME, PROUD OF YOUR MOTTO.

GOOD ASK.

I WANT TO HAVE JILL SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL.

YOU ALSO, DO YOU WANT TO MEET US? I AM THE CEO OF THE LATINO HEALTHCARE FORUM, BUT I'M ALSO A VERY PROUD MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN LATINO COALITION.

AND IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL.

IT JUST FULFILLS MY HEART TO SEE ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY.

I AM NOT GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL, WOMAN APPRENTICE I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED AND, AND PAUL, BUT, UH, WE ARE A FAMILY SOMEONE'S GOING TO FAMILIAR.

AND SOMETIMES WOMEN, I GET ALONG A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE HERE AND WE WILL CONTINUE BEING TOGETHER.

AND SO DURING THE PANDEMIC, BECAUSE OF THE WORK I DO, I DID NOTICE THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE THOUGHT WERE GOING TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT US DID NOT SUPPORT IT.

BUT THE PEOPLE WHO WE DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD BE SUPPORTING US ACTUALLY CAME OVER AND DID MORE THAN THEY HAD TO SUPPORT US.

AND SO WE MET NEW PEOPLE, NEW SUPPORTERS.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU CONTINUE DOING THE WORK YOU DO.

I MEAN EVERYBODY, ALL OF YOU GUYS, I SEE YOUR FACES.

AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU, AND I KNOW EVERY MORNING YOU GET UP THINKING OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO BETTER FOR OUR LATINO POPULATION.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT.

AND EVERY HE HAS COVID WAS HORRIBLE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER WISH ON ANY OTHER POPULATION, BUT IT GAVE US, IT WAS A HUGE CHALLENGE.

IT GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND THINK OF NEW WAYS OF DOING, UH, ADDRESSING OUR ISSUES.

AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR GATHERING AND SUPPORTING PAUL.

I MEAN, I WORK CLOSELY WITH PAUL AND Y'ALL HAVE NO IDEA OTHER WORK.

HE DOES THIS MAN NEVER SLEEPS.

I MEAN, I TALKED TO HIM AT 12 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AND HE'S UP AT FOUR OR FIVE IN THE MORNING.

AND YOU KNOW, WHAT DRIVES HIM? WHAT DRIVES HIM IS THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE.

AND THANK YOU, VANESSA, FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS.

AND I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU.

I FELT, I FELT TOO TO THINK WHEN THE PANDEMIC STARTED, OF COURSE, THE FIRST ONE WHO STEPPED UP WAS COUNCIL MEMBER AND HIS OFFICE, THE VERY FIRST MEETING, HE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO BE COMPLAINING, BUT HE WAS THERE AND OFFERED US RESOURCES AND SUPPORT.

HE WAS THERE.

AND THEN AMONG THE PERS, WHO ALSO HELPED US WITH COUNCIL, WOMAN, ALISON ALTER, WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.

AND SHE, WITHOUT HER OFFICE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE INITIAL PPE SUPPLIES.

AND IT WAS A COUNSELOR ALTER AND HER STAFF WHO STARTED THAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US.

I HEAR WE HAVE SOME CAFE RIGHT OUTSIDE, AND IF WE COULD JUST TAKE A GROUP PHOTO OUTSIDE IN THE ATRIUM AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GOOD MORNING.

OH, WE WANT TO TAKE ONE.

WE FORGOT TO WEAR IT.

AND WE'LL BE DROPPED ON RESOLUTIONS THAT MEXICO DONATED THIS VERY LAME, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA DO THE GROUP PHOTO WITH A BUNDLE IN THE CUP OF SOUP ON THE STAIRS.

WE'LL SPLIT UP AND GET PEOPLE INTO

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GLORIA.

GOOD THING.

WE NEED PONDEROSA BEFORE.

OH, GOOD.

SO YOU IN THE ROOM DRESSED, YOU'RE THE FURTHEST TO THE LEFT HERE.

SO WE THEN Y'ALL COME ON, SQUEEZE IN A COUPLE OF Y'ALL SNEAKED INTO MY EMPANADAS.

I SAW THEM PUT THEM AWAY.

LET ME SAY 1, 2, 3 SMILE.

AND IF YOU CAN'T SEE ME, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE YOU IN THE PICTURE AND YOU ON THE END.

YOU'RE NOT YET.

NO, WE DO IT ON THE STAIRS.

WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER ONE OUTSIDE ON THE STAIRS.

Y'ALL ONE MORE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, GREG FACADE.

LESSON LEARNED.

WE DO THIS IN THE CHAMBER.

NO, I'M GOOD TO GO IF YOU WANT ME TO GO.

[2. Proclamation – Code Month – To be presented by Council Member Casar and to be accepted by José G. Roig, Director of the Austin Code Department]

UH, AND I'M PROUD TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY TO, UH, WHERE WE AT HAVE SO MANY FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON THE FRONT LINES, TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO BE IT KNOWN THAT WE'RE AS THE AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES FOR THE SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELFARE OF RESIDENTS, LIVING IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THROUGH EDUCATION, COLLABORATION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF BUILDING ZONING, HOUSING, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, AND OTHER CODES AND ORDINANCES.

AND WHEREAS OUR STAFF AT AUSTIN CODE ARE DEDICATED WELL-TRAINED AND HIGHLY RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING THE CITY'S OUTCOMES OF BEING SAFE IN OUR HOME AND OUR WORK AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS OUR CODE OFFICERS RESPOND AND PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATING MORE THAN 38,000 CITYWIDE CODE CASES PER YEAR, AND PERFORMING OVER 75,000 INSPECTIONS.

THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR IT.

AND WHEREAS AN INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON PREVENTION, THE AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT AIMS TO PROACTIVELY EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZE AND ATTEND COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO KEEP US SAFE.

NOW, THEREFORE I, GREG GUS ODD COUNCIL MEMBER FOR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR, MY COLLEAGUES DO PRESENT THIS MONTH, OCTOBER, 2021 AS CODE MONTH IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

THANK YOU, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HERE.

I APPRECIATE IT.

YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? UM, I JUST WANT TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE AND, UH, SPEAK OUR APPRECIATION ON BEHALF OF AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS RECOGNITION FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER, CASAR, THE MAYOR AND THE REST OF CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR DEDICATING OCTOBER AS CODE MONTH, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC, OUR CODE INSPECTORS HAVE CONTINUED THEIR WORK AS ESSENTIAL WORKERS, RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY NEEDS AND DEPLOYING TO LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO INSPECT PROPERTIES, HOMES, AND BUSINESSES TO HELP ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC.

UM, WHATEVER THE FUTURE MAY BRING.

WE'D AUSTIN CODE CODED, DEDICATED TO ENSURING SAFE PLACES TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.

AND SO ON BAFFIN CODE DEPARTMENT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING A MORE RESILIENT AUSTIN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I'M GOING TO READ IN THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

[Call to Order]

THAT'S CONVENED.

TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021.

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AND KNOW YOUR EYES.

DON'T DECEIVE YOU.

I AM MAYOR PRO TEM TO TAJ HARBOR MADISON MAYOR OUT THERE WILL BE JOINING US INTERMITTENTLY TODAY.

UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT HIS CAMERA WILL BE OFF MOST OF THE DAY AND I'LL BE CHAIRING THE MEETING TODAY.

THE TIME IS 10:14 AM.

WE ARE HERE IN CITY HALL AND ONE OF US VIRTUALLY, AND WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT COLLEAGUES.

[Additional Item 1]

THERE'VE BEEN A FEW CHANGES.

MY HOPE IS THAT THIS IS THE MOST RECENT ITERATION.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CALL UP SPEAKERS AFTER THAT.

WE'LL TAKE UP THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN KNOCK OUT HASN'T, UM, US AND HOUSING FINANCE ITEMS, AND THEN THE NON-CONSENT ITEMS OR AS MANY NON-CONSENT ITEMS RATHER THAT WE CAN BEFORE CITIZENS CAN USE COMMUNICATION AT NOON WE'LL THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF ITEMS RELATED TO TODAY'S AGENDA, BUT WE'LL GIVE IT A LITTLE ADDITIONAL TIME.

MY THOUGHT WAS, IF WE ALL HAVE, UH, A FEW MINUTES TO GRAB SOME FOOD AND, AND HEAD TO OUR RESPECTIVE OFFICES, WE COULD GO AHEAD AND JUMP RIGHT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, TO TAKE CARE OF, UM, I'M SORRY.

SO FOR EVERYONE TO GET THERE, UM, MY APOLOGIES, WELL THEN COME BACK AT TWO TO DO ZONING AND DEPENDING ON WHAT EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS REMAIN, WE'LL EITHER GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AFTER ZONING OR WE'LL TAKE UP THE REST OF THE NON-CONSENT ITEMS. UH, AND WITH THAT, I WILL READ THE CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS.

IN THE RECORD.

ITEM TWO IS RECOMMENDED BY THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION ON A SIX ZERO VOTE WITH COMMISSIONERS AND GURY BRENNAMAN DAVIS AND SMITH ABSENT WITH ONE VACANCY ON THAT COMMISSION.

ITEM THREE IS NOT RECOMMENDED BY THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION ON A FIVE TO ONE VOTE WITH COMMISSIONERS AND GURY BRENNAMAN DAVIS AND SMITH ABSENT AND ONE VACANCY, UM, ITEM 22 HAS BEEN CORRECTED, UM, STRIKING THE WORD RENTERS, AND THEN ITEM 27, 27 41 AND ONE 20 HAD BEEN POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 14TH.

ACTUALLY NUMBER 27.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE POSTPONED THAT ITEM TO 10 21.

SO WE'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE.

THE OTHERS, THE 14TH ITEM NUMBER 27, THE 10 21 ITEM NUMBER 41 IS POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 14TH.

ITEM 73 HAS BEEN CORRECTED TO SEPTEMBER 30TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2022 COUNCIL MEMBERS, KITCHEN ELLIS.

THE MAYOR MYSELF HAVE BEEN ADDED AS CO-SPONSORS TO ITEM.

NUMBER ONE, 10 COUNCIL MEMBER POOL HAS BEEN REMOVED AS A CO-SPONSOR ON ITEM NUMBER ONE 11, AND THEN WE HAVE LATE BACKUP FOR SEVERAL ITEMS. IF THE RATE OF SPEED IS TOO FAST, LET ME KNOW WE HAVE LATE BACKUP ITEMS FOR NUMBER FOUR, FIVE TWENTY SEVEN FIFTY FOUR SEVENTY THREE, ONE OH ONE OH FOUR ONE TEN ONE SEVENTEEN ONE EIGHTEEN ONE THIRTY FOUR, ONE FORTY THREE, ONE FORTY SEVEN, ONE FORTY EIGHT, ONE FORTY NINE AND 1 51 MAYOR PRO TEM.

I NOTICED THAT ITEM ONE 20 IS POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 14.

DID YOU WANT TO READ THAT INTO, UM, THE CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS? YES.

AND THEN ALSO I THINK ITEM FOUR WAS PULLED TO BE HEARD AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IS THERE ALSO A LAID BACK? ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT ITEM FOUR HAS BEEN PULLED.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTRA WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER FOUR? YES, I WOULD.

TO BE HEARD AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THEN ALSO ITEM 1:58 AM, PULL ITEM NUMBER 58.

UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS ON THE ITEMS PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA LIST.

SO I WAS JUST ASKING IF THAT WAS ONE THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED.

I'M SORRY, IF IT WAS ONE THAT I MENTIONED, I CAN'T HEAR YOU IS ITEM 1 58, PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA

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I CAN LET YOU KNOW, IN ONE SECOND, MAYOR PRO TEM IT'S ON THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS.

I DON'T HAVE IT ON THE LIST OF CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS THAT I'M LOOKING AT.

SO MY APOLOGIES COLLEAGUES, THE LAST ONE THAT I HAVE ON THIS LIST OF CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS IS NUMBER ONE 20 MAYOR PRO TEM.

I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE A EARLIER VERSION BECAUSE ALSO FOR, UM, ONE 11 MYSELF COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA AND COUNCIL MEMBER HAD SIGNED ON TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, LSA, ABORTION ACCESS.

I AM ONE OF 11 COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS COSAR MAYOR ADLER, MYSELF COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTAR COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE BEEN ADDED.

AND THEN THAT WAS THE ONE WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL HAD BEEN REMOVED.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UH, YES, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT FOR ITEM ONE 10, SO I WANT TO PULL IT, I THINK IT WILL BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE ARTHUR.

IT'S A MINOR AMENDMENT, BUT, UM, BUT I'M GOING TO PULL IT IN, POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN, AFTER I GET THAT DONE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE IT UP QUICKLY.

SO, SO ITEM FOR THE RECORD ITEM, NUMBER ONE, 10 HAS BEEN PULLED AS WELL.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NUMBER FOUR, WE ALSO TALK ABOUT ONE 18.

I WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE TAKEN UP TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ARE CONDUCTED THEY'RE CONNECTED.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA, AND I ALSO WANT TO BE SHOWN TO BE SUPPORTIVE AS SPONSORED OR CO-SPONSORED IN THE 1, 1, 1, 1 11.

AND LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER IDENTITY HAS BEEN ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ON ITEM NUMBER ONE, 11, ANY OTHER PULLED ITEMS? COLLEAGUES.

OH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEMS THREE.

THESE ARE RELATIVELY SHORT ONES ITEMS 3 83, 84 96.

AND THE, IF IT'S NOT ALREADY BEEN PULLED, UH, THE WATER FORWARD ITEMS AND THAT'S ITEM NUMBER, UH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS ITEM NUMBER THREE.

THE WATER ITEM.

THANKS FOR THAT.

SORRY.

ONE 17 IS NOT ON CONSENT.

SO THE RECORD WILL SHOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE A PULL 3 83 84 AND 96.

ANY OTHER PULLED ITEMS? SCALIES.

SO, UM, I'M SORRY, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I ALSO, UH, WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS AN AMENDMENT ON THE MAYOR'S PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ITEM.

IF THAT'S NOT ALREADY BEEN FILLED AND I APOLOGIZE, I'M HAVING TROUBLE FINDING WHICH NUMBER IT IS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE THAT NOW? 1 62.

AND SO ITEM NUMBER 1 62 HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO AS WELL.

THAT'S YOUR SHOULD BE SHORT.

COULD WE JUST REVISIT THE ENTIRE FULL LIST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT OUR PAGES? ABSOLUTELY.

THANKS.

SO THE ONE, I THINK WE WERE MISSING WAS NUMBER 1 58, ACTUALLY.

NO, IT SAYS, OKAY, I'LL GO BACK THROUGH THE FULL LIST.

DID IT TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS, ITEM NUMBER TWO, ITEM NUMBER THREE, ITEM NUMBER 2227 IS POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 21ST 41 AND ONE 20 HAD BEEN POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 14.

73 HAS BEEN CORRECTED.

UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE 10.

IT JUST SHOWS THE ADDITIONAL, UM, CO-SPONSORS ITEM NUMBER ONE 11, UM, ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL HAS BEEN REMOVED AS A CO-SPONSOR LATE BACKUP ITEMS. ANYBODY NEED ME TO GO THROUGH THAT LIST AGAIN? ALL RIGHT.

SO JUST THE POLES.

I CAN'T HEAR.

SO THE POLLS ARE 2, 3, 4 22

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NOW LET'S YEAH, PLEASE.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THAT LIST AGAIN.

IT'S YES.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE, JUST, JUST THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE PULLING FROM CONSENT TO THREE MAY I PUT TIM, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH THE LIST? I HAVE SO I, YES, BUT I, SO FOR THE RECORD I HAVE TWO AND THREE AS POLLED, 22 AS CORRECTED.

YES, THOSE ARE ALL ONCE YOU CAN'T READ YOUR WRITING.

1 10, 4, AND ONE 18 NUMBER 3 83, 84 AND 96.

SO TO GO THROUGH THE ONES THAT I HAVE AGAIN, I HAVE 4, 1 18, 3 83, 84 AT 96, AND 1, 1 10 WAS PULLED OFF AND WANTED.

THANK YOU WAS TOO COLD OR NOT.

I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS PART OF THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS, BUT NOT HOLDING.

EVERYBODY FEEL CONFIDENT MOVING FORWARD.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE 11 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND 11 REMOTE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP EVERYONE.

I THINK THAT, I THINK THERE WERE SOME MORE THAT HAD BEEN CALLED.

I THINK THAT, UH, HADN'T 1 58 AND 1 62.

THE POLL WAS WHAT? 62 POLLS.

I THINK IT WAS MAYOR.

I, I HAVE, UM, 3, 4, 4 83, 3, 4 83, 84 96, 1 58 OR I'M SORRY, 84, 1 10, 1 58, 1 62 AND 96 AND ONE 18.

I'M SORRY IF WE COULD DO THEM CONSECUTIVELY.

I THINK THAT WOULD HELP.

ONE 18 IS NOT ON CONSENT.

OH, I'M SORRY.

AND IS, OR IS NOT COLD? NOT COLD, NOT, I THINK IT'S 3, 4 83, 84 96, 1 TO HIM, 1 58.

AND ONCE THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.

AND WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING

[Public Comments (Part 1 of 3)]

TO TAKE UP OUR SPEAKERS.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE 11 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND 11 REMOTE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.

EVERYONE WILL GET TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.

WE'LL HEAR THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST.

AND THEN I REAMER REMOTE SPEAKERS.

OUR FIRST IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS LEAH BOGGIO.

OH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.

THEN WE HAVE LARRY GRAHAM.

PAUL ROBBINS.

YOU'LL BE UP NEXT.

I'M SORRY, WHAT? YEAH.

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND WAYS WE CAN HELP THE CITY ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.

MAYOR PRO TEM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS LARRY GRAHAM I'M WITH TEXAS GAS SERVICE.

I ALSO SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS WORKING GROUP, ONE OF FIVE WORKING GROUPS THAT HELPED PUT TOGETHER THE REVISED AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, TEXAS GAS SERVICE IS ONE OF THE MAIN NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY WHILE MAINTAINING AFFORDABLE AFFORDABILITY, RELIABILITY, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT AUSTINITES ENJOY.

WE PARTICIPATED IN ALL OF THE CITY'S CLIMATE EFFORTS THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, WE WERE INVOLVED IN THE PLAN IN 2015, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS IN THE PROCESS.

THE RESULT TODAY IS THAT THE WORK REPRESENTS A SHARED VISION NET ZERO GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

WE COMMEND THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, ESPECIALLY ZACH AND LUCHEA AND ALL THAT WORK TO BRING THIS PLAN, UH, TOGETHER TO YOU TODAY, TEXAS GAS SERVICE SUPPORTS THE DRAFT CLIMATE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.

WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND TO SHARE

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WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMMUTE, CONTINUED COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY AND THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY THROUGHOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION.

AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO INCLUDE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THESE INITIATIVES GOING FORWARD.

WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO BRINGING FORTH SOLUTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT REDUCE AND OFFSET EMISSIONS.

WE APPLAUD THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE COMMITTEE FOR ITS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO CREATE A MORE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY FOR ALL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR LEADERSHIP, MR. GRAHAM.

I WANT TO, UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING INVOLVED AND I'M OVER HERE.

I WANNA, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UH, BEING INVOLVED IN THE PLAN AND THE COMMITMENT OF TEXAS GAS TO HELPING US TO ACHIEVE OUR ACCELERATED GOALS.

UM, WE VERY MUCH NEED YOU AND BUSINESS AT THE TABLE.

AND, UM, THIS PLAN IS A CHALLENGE TO ALL OF US, UM, TO HELP US TO MEET THESE GOALS SO THAT WE HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE HERE IN AUSTIN THAT HAS, UM, AIR WE CAN BREATHE.

UM, I WANT TO JUST, UM, RECOMMIT MYSELF TO WORKING WITH YOU AND TEXAS GAS TO ACHIEVE THE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS, UM, THROUGH THE, THE LEAKAGE, UM, CONTROLS AND THE RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS AND ALL THE OTHER MECHANISMS THAT WERE THERE.

UM, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TODAY, CAUSE I INTEND TO TAKE YOU UP ON IT AND TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE STEPS THAT THAT WE'VE STARTED.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY, THANKS TO MR. GRAHAM, BOTH FOR HIS PERSONAL FRIENDSHIP AND AS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN, BUT ALSO PROFESSIONALLY.

I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF THE GAS SERVICE AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT COLLABORATION SO THAT WE CAN GET A REALLY GOOD IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE THESE ISSUES ARE SO, SO VERY IMPORTANT.

AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL RECOGNIZE THAT I'M HAPPY TO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH Y'ALL.

I'M GOING TO READ INTO THE, I'M GOING TO READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM.

NUMBER THREE ON CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS SHOULD SAY NO RECOMMENDATION, NOT, NOT, NOT RECOMMENDATION, NO RECOMMENDATION FROM THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION, AS THE MOTION FAILED ON A 5 0 1 VOTE WITH COMMISSIONERS AND GORY BRENNAMAN DAVIS AND SMITH, ABSENT COMMISSIONER STONE ABSTAINING, AND ONE VACANCY.

TO SAY $1 AND 32 CENTS A YEAR ON FUEL.

AND WITH THAT, MR. ROBBINS, I BELIEVE YOU WERE UP NEXT.

AND AFTER MR. ROBINS, WE HAVE KRISTA GAYLE HOUSING, UH, BEF BEFORE I START, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT CITIZENS THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK BE NOTICED AS TO HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE.

I PREPARED A THREE MINUTE SPEECH AND I'M NOW HAVING TO ADJUST IT ON THE FLY.

CAN YOU START MY TIME PLEASE? COUNCIL, PART OF THE RIDDLE OF SOLVING AUSTIN'S CLIMATE EMISSIONS IS WHAT TO ABOUT, OR WHAT TO DO WITH AUSTIN'S NATURAL GAS UTILITIES, THE CARBON EMISSIONS OF TEXAS GAS SERVICE.

THE MAIN PROVIDER IN AUSTIN ARE EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 20% OF THE EMISSIONS OF AUSTIN ENERGY.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, AUSTIN'S MUNICIPAL UTILITY PLANS TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE ITS CARBON EMISSIONS BY 2035 AND HAS ALREADY MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS.

TEXAS GAS SERVICE HAS NO SUCH PLAN.

UH, THERE'S ALSO A CONFRONTATION WITH EQUITY, AUSTIN ENERGY AND AUSTIN WATER WILL SPEND ABOUT $28 MILLION ON DISCOUNTS TO THE POOR TEXAS GAS SERVICE ABOUT $100,000.

SO I'M PROPOSING AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE CURRENT SITUATION, A PRAGMATIC WAY TO FUND RENEWABLE GAS RESEARCH AND EQUITY FOR THE POOR IN A TIME OF INCREASING GAS, UTILITY COSTS AND CLIMATE EMERGENCIES, REPURPOSE EXISTING MISSPENT MONEY, TEXAS GAS SERVICE HAS A QUESTIONABLE CONSERVATION PROGRAM.

CURRENTLY AS MUCH AS $1.9 MILLION IS BEING WASTED ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS THAT DO NOT SAVE MUCH ENERGY.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE GAS COMPANIES REBATES FOR GLASS GAS CLOTHES DRYERS WILL PAY AS MUCH AS $325

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THE PAYBACK CAN BE AS LONG AS 246 YEARS, LET'S TAKE THE MONEY FROM THIS AND OTHER SIMILARLY WORTHLESS PROGRAMS AND SPEND IT ON RESEARCH FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ASSISTANCE TO THE POOR.

WE COULD CREATE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO AUSTIN.

ENERGY'S CUSTOMER BENEFIT, CHARGE THIS REPURPOSING STRETCH.

I'M GOING TO READ MY LAST SENTENCE COUNCIL.

THE CONSERVATION ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE WILL BE UP FOR YOUR REVIEW IN NOVEMBER, AND I URGE YOU TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THIS ALTERNATIVE.

THANK YOU MR. ROBBINS.

I, I, I, UM, I HIRED YOU TO GIVE A COPY OF YOUR COMMENTARY TO THE CLERK SO SHE CAN DISTRIBUTE TO ALL OF US AND WE GET TO READ THE FULL THREE MINUTE CONTENT, UH, ALONG WITH THE 400 OTHER EMAILS YOU GET A DAY, I'M HAPPY TO RECEIVE THAT ONE.

UH, I WILL, I WILL EMAIL IT TO HER AND SHE CAN GET IT TO ALL OF YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

I THINK THE NEXT SPEAKER WAS KRISTA GILHAUSEN AND THEN ON-DECK AFTER KRISTIN IS MARY CASTLE.

I'M SORRY, YOUR NAME IS NOT KRISTEN.

IT IS KRISTA.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS KRISTA GILHAUSEN AND I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT STUDYING PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMUNITY REGIONAL PLANNING AT UT I'M HERE TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.

UM, A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MOST RECENT IPC REPORT.

WE ARE NOT ON TRACK TO LIMIT WARMING TO A 1.5 OR EVEN TWO DEGREES CELSIUS.

IF IN THIS CENTURY, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT HUMAN MADE GHG EMISSIONS HAVE DRIVEN UNPRECEDENTED, UNPRECEDENTED WARMING.

SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, WARMING WILL NOT SLOW DOWN UNLESS WE DRASTICALLY REDUCE THESE NET GHG EMISSIONS.

HOWEVER, EVEN WITH DRASTIC REDUCTIONS, WE WILL STILL ALL FEEL THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND AT LEAST THE COMING DECADES AND IN OUR REGION, SPECIFICALLY DROUGHT AND FIRE WEATHER ALREADY INCREASING AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INCREASING WITH CONTINUED WARMING.

WE WILL ALSO SEE INCREASED EXTREME PARTICIPATION IN RIVER FLOODING, WHICH HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR AUSTIN.

UM, THE STRENGTH OF THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN COMES IF IT'S DIVERSITY OF SOLUTIONS WHILE, UM, FRAUGHT WITH SOME POLITICAL CHALLENGES, UM, I WOULD URGE THE CITY OF BOSTON TO STILL MOVE TOWARDS REWRITING ITS LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

INCREASING HOUSING SUPPLY FOR THE PROVISION OF DENSITY WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT THE CLIMATE.

YOU KNOW, HOUSING TYPES LIKE DUPLEXES, ACCESSORY, DWELLING, UNITS, AND TOWNHOMES CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL.

ADDITIONALLY, TRANSPORTATION POLICIES LIKE PROJECT CONNECT CAN IMPROVE WALKABILITY AND BIKEABILITY AND IMPROVE CLIMATE'S AUSTIN'S CLIMATE BURDEN.

UM, THESE POLICIES INCREASE AUSTIN'S IS OUR ABILITY AS A CITY IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LIVABILITY, TOURISM, AND OTHER AMENITIES.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, AUSTIN SHOULD MOVE BEYOND THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE FOOD SYSTEM PLAN.

BUT THIS PLAN DOES GO IN A GOOD DIRECTION WITH SOME POLICIES LIKE GOOD FOOD PURCHASING, INCENTIVIZING PLANT-BASED FOODS AND POLICIES DEDICATED TO LOWERING FOOD WASTE.

UM, WHAT'S MOST WHAT'S MOST WORTH MENTIONING AND IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE PLANT'S EMPHASIS ON EQUITY WHILE IT'S A LOT OF BOULDER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WENT INTO INFORMING THIS PLAY ON THE POLICIES THEMSELVES ARE WHAT WILL IMPACT UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.

THE MOST MARGINALIZED GROUPS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE MOST EFFECTED BY THE LACK OF ACTION ON CLIMATE.

AND THAT'S TRUE FOR PAST AS WELL AND DUE TO STRUCTURAL RACISM AND AUSTIN'S PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE EAST AUSTIN NEIGHBORS HAVE INJURED, ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, FOOD DESERTS, AND A LACK OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ACCESSIBLE PROXIMITY.

WE DON'T HAVE TO IMAGINE WHAT, OH, LET ME FINISH MY LAST SENTENCE.

UM, TAKING ACTION ON AUSTIN'S EQUITY PLAN IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND MAKING IMMENSE.

YOU'RE USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

NEXT STEP.

I BELIEVE IT WAS MARY CASTLE.

AND THEN AFTER MARY CASTLE, WE HAVE RICHARD SUBTLE.

I DON'T SEE MR. SUTTLES RAFTER, MS. CASTLE.

WE HAVE HEATHER SIN.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES MORNING MAYOR ADLER AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, UM, HARPER, MADISON, THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS MARY ELIZABETH CASTLE AND I'M THE SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR AT TEXAS VALUES.

I AM ALSO AN AUSTIN RESIDENT IN DISTRICT SIX, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE RESOLUTION AND AGENDA ITEM ONE 11 EVERY TIME THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSES PRO-LIFE LEGISLATION, THE CITY COUNCIL TRIES TO KNOWINGLY GO AGAINST THAT NEWLY PASSED LAW.

AND THIS RESOLUTION, EVEN AT MIDST, BY TALKING ABOUT YOUR ACTIONS, WHEN THE 2011 BUDGET CUTS OCCURRED, THE ACTIONS YOU TOOK IN THE 84TH SESSION WHEN AFTER HB TWO WAS PASSED AND NOT TO MENTION THE INFAMOUS FUNDING FOR ABORTION SERVICES, YOU APPROVED AFTER SB 22 HAS PASSED.

AND THE 2019 LEGISLATURE, I ASKED THE BOARD TO NOT PASS THIS RESOLUTION FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.

FIRST, IT WILL LEAD DOWN A PATH TO ONCE AGAIN, VIOLATE SB 22 FROM THE 2019 TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITH CREATING LEGAL FUNDS TO HELP ASSIST

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THOSE FIGHTING SBA.

ONCE AGAIN, UH, THAT WILL ULTIMATELY TO THE PROCUREMENT OF ABORTION.

IT IS STILL NOT SETTLED, WHETHER OR NOT THE FUNDS THAT THIS COUNCIL GIVES TO JANE'S DUE PROCESS IS EVEN LEGAL.

IT IS CURRENTLY BEING LITIGATED.

THE POINT IS, IS THAT AUSTIN RESIDENTS DON'T WANT TO SEE THEIR TAX DOLLARS BEING USED FOR LAWSUITS AND MORE BUREAUCRATIC JOB CREATION THAT IS SO FAR REMOVED FROM THE ISSUES OF DAY-TO-DAY AUSTINITES.

UH, SECONDLY, THE CITY COUNCIL IS CHOOSING TO PLAY POLITICS WITH LIVES, UH, BY SUPPORTING OPPOSITION TO SB EIGHT THOUSANDS OF PRE-BORN LIVES ARE AT RISK.

UM, IT IS ALWAYS ABOUT POLITICAL POSTURING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL OPPOSING ANY PRO-LIFE LEGISLATION.

AND IT'S NOT ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE FACE IN AUSTIN, SUCH AS HOMELESS WOMEN ON THE STREET, FINDING HOUSING, HELPING YOUNG WOMEN AND MOTHERS FIND A CALLING OR PROFESSION, OR EVEN KEEPING THE AUSTIN CITY STREETS SAFE ENOUGH FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN TO WALK DOWN ON THE DAILY BASIS.

AND YOU MAY THINK THAT SBA DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS CERTAIN PEOPLE, BUT THINK ABOUT THE LIVES YOU'RE AFFECTING AS WELL WITH THAT, I WILL SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF AGENDA ITEM ONE 11.

THANK YOU, MS. CASTLE, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I JUST WANT TO THANK HER FOR COMING TODAY AND SPEAKING SO BOLDLY ABOUT SOMETHING I KNOW YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.

I'VE SEEN YOU SPEAK BEFORE AND I REALLY APPRECIATED YOU COMING TODAY.

THANKS.

I BELIEVE NEXT STEP WAS HEATHER SIN.

AND AFTER HEATHER, WE HAVE EMILY LEBLANC AND THEN GABINO FERNANDEZ.

HELLO COUNCIL AND MS. FROM MY EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, I DIDN'T HAVE A FEW EXTRA SECONDS.

I DIDN'T THINK I'D HAVE.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT STATISTICALLY, I KNOW AT LEAST ONE OF YOU UP HERE HAS BEEN MOLESTED OR IN DECENTLY ASSAULTED OR RAPED.

UM, WITHOUT STATISTICS, I KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN ONE PERSON WHO HAS, SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN KEEP THEM IN MIND.

UH, WHEN I SAY MY NAME'S HEATHER SIN, I'M HERE TO GIVE A VOICE TO THOUSANDS OF DISABLED WOMEN.

WHO'VE BEEN VICTIMS AND SOME SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND VIOLENCE HERE.

UH, WITH ALL RESPECT, I THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER WITH 1 58 WITH THIS APPOINTMENT.

I THINK WE DESERVE BETTER.

UM, WE, THIS VERY BROKEN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS FAILED AND EVEN HARMED SO MANY OF US.

WE HAVE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO CREATE SOMETHING NEW, TO CREATE SOMETHING GREAT TO EFFECT PROFOUND CHANGE.

BUT THE ONLY OPTION WE'RE BEING GIVEN IS A 20 YEAR PRODUCT OF THAT BROKENNESS AND A PROMISE THAT HE'S DIFFERENT AND HE'S BETTER.

WHAT WE ARE DROWNING IN PROMISES AND PROMISE OF EVIDENCE, PROTOCOL, SURVIVOR PROTOCOL, VICTIM SERVICES, HAVING A SEAT AT THE TABLE, EVEN A CALL BACK FROM A COP, NONE ARE MANIFEST.

SO WHAT IF HE ISN'T BETTER? THAT'S THE SCARY PART.

I DON'T HAVE ANY RECOURSE.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANY RECOURSE.

YOU CAN'T FIRE HIM.

SO I'M HERE AS ONE OF THOUSANDS TO SAY THAT I HOPE YOU CAN DISSENT OR AT LEAST DELAY THIS UNTIL YOU FIND SOMEONE BETTER FOR US UNTIL YOU FIND SOMEONE BETTER FOR ME, WHO CAN HELP ME BECAUSE IN SEVEN YEARS I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY HELP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

SO I NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER CORRECTION FOR THE RECORD.

UM, SO ON CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS ITEM NUMBER 22, IT SAYS THE WORD RENTERS HAS BEEN STRICKEN, BUT AS STATED FOR ITEM 22, THE WORD RENTERS IS DELETED AND THE NEW WORD IS TENANTS.

SO TENANTS HAS BEEN ADDED IN IT'S PLACE.

EMILY LEBLANC.

I'VE COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST DECADE TO ASK YOUR SUPPORT, ASK YOUR SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

I'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT THOUSANDS OF SURVIVORS I'VE WORKED WITH AS A COUNSELOR, AS AN ADVOCATE, NONE OF WHOM HAVE FOUND JUSTICE HAVE STOOD BESIDE SURVIVORS, AS THEY'VE TOLD YOU THEIR STORIES.

WHAT I HAVEN'T EVER TOLD YOU IS THAT I TOO AM A SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS, JUST DOING THE MATH I'D SUSPECT.

SOME OF YOU ARE TOO.

AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT WHEN A SURVIVOR TELLS YOU HER STORY, SHE DOES, SHE OPENS A PAINFUL WOUND AT A PERSONAL COST TO HERSELF, OUT OF SELFLESS AND GENEROUS HOPE, NOT FOR HER OWN, BUT FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S FUTURE, HOW YOU RESPOND MATTERS, MAKING GOOD ON YOUR PROMISES MATTERS.

YOU'VE LISTENED AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN, YOU'VE, YOU'VE VOTED TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS.

AND STILL WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT IS THAT THE UNIT DOES NOT HAVE WHAT IT'S, WHAT IT NEEDS.

AND SURVIVORS ARE FINDING, NOT JUST

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JUSTICE.

TURNOVER IS HIGH.

MORALE IS LOW AND TRAINING IS INADEQUATE.

IN FACT, SURVIVORS ARE BEING TOLD BY PATROL OFFICERS THAT THEY CANNOT INVESTIGATE THEIR ASSAULTS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DEFUNDED.

THE CULTURE HAS NOT CHANGED BECAUSE FRANKLY IT HASN'T HAD TO, THE STATUS QUO HAS BEEN REWARDED TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

AND THE DECISION BEFORE YOU TODAY IS REALLY WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

AND ULTIMATELY HOW MANY WOMEN WILL BE RAPED, BEATEN, OR DIE.

AS A RESULT, THE SHINING LIGHT IN A BROKEN SYSTEM HAS BEEN VICTIM SERVICES.

THEY'RE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, AND THEY'RE ONE OF THE BEST THEY REPRESENT CRIME VICTIMS, NOT JUST OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BUT ALL CRIME VICTIMS. AND THEY'VE BEEN THE VOICE OF CHANGE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AT GREAT COST TO THEMSELVES.

EXECUTIVE, YOU VOTED TO ELEVATE THE VOICE OF EXECUTIVE TO EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AS THE COMMUNITY AND EXPERTS ASKED YOU TO DO.

AND YET APD LEADERSHIP CHOSE TO IGNORE THAT DIRECTIVE.

DO VICTIMS DESERVE A VOICE IN A SYSTEM MEANT TO SERVE AND PROTECT THEM IF WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE SYSTEM FOR VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS? MY ONLY REMAINING ASK IS THAT WE'D BE HONEST ABOUT THAT.

LET US MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO REPORT CRIMES, KNOWING WE WON'T HAVE A VOICE ON THE SYSTEM IF WE DO.

WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT POLICY MAY LOOK LIKE IN THE LIVES OF VICTIMS, HOW IT WILL IMPACT THE LIVES OF VICTIMS OF ALL CRIMES TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK UP AND SAY TO THE PEOPLE WHO I THINK ARE DOING THEIR BEST, BUT MAY NOT HAVE THAT EXPERTISE.

THANK YOU FOR TIME.

I HAVE, UH, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK COUNCILMEMBER ELSA.

THANK YOU, MS. LEBLANC, UM, FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE, I KNOW THAT IS DIFFICULT.

UM, AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AGAIN AND AGAIN, TO KEEP US, UM, ACCOUNTABLE.

UM, EVEN YESTERDAY'S NEW YORK TIMES ON THE OPINION PAGE, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THAT REALLY CALLED OUT THE NEED.

UM, ONCE AGAIN, FOR LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL CHANGES TO ADDRESS OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE SYSTEM, UM, AUSTIN WAS CALLED OUT AS ONE OF THE CITIES THAT HAS BEEN SUED BY SURVIVORS FOR NOT STANDING UP TO, TO OUR VALUES.

UM, THAT'S NOT OKAY.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

UM, AND I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE DECISION BEFORE US TODAY IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE AND WILL SET THE TONE, UM, FOR, UM, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STUFF THAT WE SET IN MOTION WITH RESPECT TO SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE.

I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, IF YOU COULD GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF CHALLENGES, SEXUAL ASSAULT, SURVIVORS, AND ADVOCATES ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING AND HOW THEY CAN BE REMEDIED.

SURE.

THE, THE EXAMPLES THAT I'VE HEARD RECENTLY ARE, UM, AS I STATED BEFORE, SURVIVORS BEING TOLD, UM, BY PATROL OFFICERS THAT THEIR CRIMES WILL NOT BE INVESTIGATED BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DEFUNDED THAT LEAVES VICTIMS WITH NO RECOURSE, NO PROTECTION.

UM, IT MEANS THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE CANNOT PROSECUTE THOSE CRIMES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING INVESTIGATED.

UM, AND WHO ARE WE SUPPOSED TO CALL IF NOT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT? UM, I'VE HEARD FROM SURVIVORS, UM, HAVING DIFFICULTY FEELING AS THOUGH THERE ARE ROADBLOCKS PUT IN THE PLACE, UM, TO KEEP THEM FROM PROCEEDING IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

I THINK IT'S BECOME HARDER FOR VICTIM SERVICES TO DO THEIR JOB.

UM, NEW LEGISLATION PASSED TO ALLOW SAFE ADVOCATES TO BE PRESENT WHEN DETECTIVES INTERVIEW VICTIMS. UM, I WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM SAFE, HOW THAT IS GOING, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING VICTIM SERVICES HAS BEEN CUT OUT OF THAT EXPLANATION TO VICTIMS. THE VICTIMS WILL HAVE TO A DETECTIVE THAT THEY WANT TO ASSERT THEIR RIGHT TO HAVE AN ADVOCATE PRESENT WITH THEM.

UM, VICTIMS. AREN'T GOING TO DO THAT.

THERE'S TOO BIG OF A POWER DIFFERENTIAL WITH THE DETECTIVE, AND THAT MAKES IT HARDER FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS TO REPORT AND TO PROCEED THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

UM, WE KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A POLICY TO REPORT ANY SURVIVOR OR PERPETRATOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHO HAS CHILDREN TO CPS, AND THAT CAUSES SOME OF THE GREATEST DISPROPORTIONALITY, UM, FOR FAMILIES OF COLOR IN TRAVIS COUNTY THAN WE SEE ANYWHERE ELSE IN TEXAS.

UM, THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY COMMUNITY EXPERTS BY JUDGES TO CHANGE THAT POLICY, UM, TO ONLY REPORT IF THERE HAS BEEN A SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT.

UM, AND THAT POLICY HAS NOT CHANGED.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S SITTING WITH THE EXECUTIVE STAFF WHERE AGAIN, VICTIM SERVICES DOES NOT HAVE A VOICE TO SPEAK TO HOW THAT POLICY AFFECTS VICTIMS. SO, UM, THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT EXAMPLES OF WHY IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SURVIVORS VOICE AT THE TABLE.

UM, AND WHERE IT'S NOT THERE CURRENTLY.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU MEAN? LIKE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO HAVE A SURVIVOR'S VOICE AT THE TABLE? SURE.

I THINK IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THE, THE MANAGER OF VICTIM SERVICES REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF, JUST LIKE, UM, AND TO BE IN THE ROOM WITH OTHER IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTS, LIKE THE HEAD OF FORENSICS, LIKE THE HEAD OF EMPLOYEE WELLNESS, UM, LIKE THE HEAD OF HR AND LIKE THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS SO THAT AS THEY CONSIDER POLICY CHANGES, TRAINING CHANGES, WHAT THE ACADEMY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD.

UM, ANY PROCEDURE OR PROTOCOL THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN PLACE.

THERE'S SOMEONE

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THIS IS WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

SO, AND HOW WOULD THEY BE AT THAT TABLE BEING ELEVATED? AND THE MANAGER NEEDS TO REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF AND SHE NEEDS TO BE PRESENT IN ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS.

AND, UM, DO YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF WHETHER THE CURRENT SWORN LEADERSHIP OVER SEX CRIMES AND VICTIMS SERVICES HAVE EXPERIENCED INVESTIGATING AND DEALING WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT PRIOR TO COMING TO THAT UNIT? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT NO ONE IN THAT CHAIN OF COMMAND HAS ANY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN SEXUAL ASSAULT.

UM, WHAT COMMITMENTS DOES A CHIEF NEED TO GIVE IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE THAT HE WILL ACTUALLY PRIORITIZE SEXUAL ASSAULT, SURVIVORS AND RESPONSE? UM, YOU KNOW, COMMITMENTS ARE TOUGH BECAUSE AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, WE'RE KIND OF DROWNING IN COMMITMENTS AND PROMISES RIGHT NOW.

BUT, BUT WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS IMMEDIATELY VICTIM SERVICES ELEVATED TO REPORT TO THE CHIEF AND TO BE PRESENT IN THOSE EXECUTIVE MEETINGS.

AS YOU ALL DIRECTED LAST YEAR, I WOULD LOVE FOR THERE TO BE AN IMMEDIATE, VERY PUBLIC, UM, DIRECTION TO PATROL OFFICERS, TO STOP TELLING THAT THEY CAN INVESTIGATE THESE CRIMES.

UM, I WOULD LOVE FOR THERE TO BE A VERY PUBLIC REQUEST FOR VICTIMS TO COME FORWARD AND REPORT TO YOU ALL.

UM, IF THAT'S HAPPENING SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IT SO THAT THE CHAIN OF COMMAND CAN ADDRESS IT, I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO ADDRESS IT.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SWORN OFFICERS COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SAFE AND OTHER COMMUNITY ADVOCATES THROUGH MEANINGFUL COLLABORATION AND PARTICIPATION IN, UM, COMMITTEES LIKE THE SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE AND RESOURCE TEAM.

UM, AND TO HAVE REALLY HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, EVEN WHEN IT'S REALLY HARD, UM, AND TO PARTICIPATE, NOT JUST TO SHOW UP.

AND IF I, IF I MIGHT INDULGE IN ONE LAST QUESTION, I KNOW YOU HAVE TO BE OFF SOON YOURSELF.

UM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT AT SART? I KNOW THAT APD PREVIOUSLY LEFT START AND THEY'RE BACK.

HOW IS THAT WORKING FROM MY EXPERIENCE? UM, I LOVE THAT THERE ARE SWORN OFFICERS BACK IN THE ROOM, BUT THEY DON'T PARTICIPATE.

UM, WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM WHEN THERE'S DATA SHARING.

WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM IN COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION.

UM, THEY MOSTLY DON'T SPEAK.

UM, WE WERE EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THE, UM, THE SAKI TEAM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE GRANTS OF APD ABOUT THE VICTIM NOTIFICATION PROTOCOL.

AND AS SOON AS IT STARTED TO BE PRESENTED, IT GOT PULLED BACK ON.

THE SWORN OFFICER SAID IT WASN'T READY.

UM, THERE WAS ONE SWORN OFFICER WHO I BELIEVE WAS FROM CHILD ABUSE, WHO, UM, HAS LOTS OF EXPERIENCE IN SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATIONS.

HE DID SPEAK, UM, AT THE MEETINGS HE CAME TO IN FACT, WAS, WAS GOING TO BE ELECTED INTO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE SART AND WAS PULLED FROM THE START WITH NO EXPLANATION.

UM, SO, SO FAR THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING.

I'M REALLY GLAD THEY'RE THERE.

I HOPE THAT WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE THEY PARTICIPATE, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

AND THE ACRONYM MEANS SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE AND RESPONSE TEAM.

THANK YOU, MR. BLANCA.

APPRECIATE SURE.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

I, I DO WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING REAL QUICK, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING CITY MANAGER THAT YOU AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS WERE GIVEN A COPY OF A MEMO FROM THE SART TEAM ON SEPTEMBER 21ST.

I WAS WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEND THAT TO COUNCIL PLEASE, SO THAT WE HAVE COPIES.

UM, WE'LL DO THANK YOU ALSO.

UM, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, YOUR SPRAY THERE, TALKING WITH US.

I THINK YOU HIGHLIGHTED SOME VERY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT EVEN I WASN'T AWARE OF WITH THE SEXUAL ASSAULT TEAM.

ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS FROM THAT MEMO THAT I JUST ASKED TO BE SENT TO COUNSEL MENTIONED THAT OF OUR CHIEF CANDIDATES TO DID NOT RESPOND TO THE TEAM AND GIVE ANSWERS, BUT THAT ONE DID.

AND THEY STRESS THAT IF CHOSEN, THEY WOULD TO ELEVATE VICTIM SERVICES LEADERSHIP TO THE APD EXECUTIVE TEAM AND CREATE ADDITIONAL DIRECT REPORT ROLES, INCLUDING CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT, THAT TO GET AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF LOCAL RESPONSIBLE SYSTEM.

AND NON-SYSTEM IN ORDER TO CRAFT DELIBERATE VICTIM CENTERED PROTOCOLS BY WORKING IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH STAKEHOLDERS, THAT SOUNDS ACCURATE IN WHAT YOU JUST SAID AS WELL.

I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THAT'S THE PROPER WAY TO GO ABOUT DOING THINGS WITH VICTIM SERVICES IN MY OPINION, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN.

SPEAKING TO US.

I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK AND ADVOCACY IN THIS AREA.

AND I, I HEAR WHAT YOU WERE RAISING AND TO MY COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO SAY, AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTO WILL ALTER, WILL

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AS WILL OTHERS.

I INTEND TO, TO, UM, ASK THE, UM, UH, CHIEF CHECON, WHO HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED TO US, UH, FOR THE CHIEF POSITION, UH, QUESTIONS TODAY RELATED TO, UH, HIS COMMITMENT TO, UM, TO ADDRESSING SEXUAL ASSAULT.

SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU, MISS LAVONNE COLLEAGUES, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CASA.

UH, AND I APPRECIATE BOTH OF THE LAST SPEAKERS SPEAKING I'VE POSTED, UH, THE QUESTIONS I INTEND TO ASK ON THE, ON THE COUNCIL MESSAGE BOARD.

THAT INCLUDES SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS RAISED BY, UH, THE LAST SPEAKERS AND POTENTIALLY SOME RAISED BY, BY FUTURE SPEAKERS, UH, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THEM THERE AND WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OF THIS GROUND COVERED TODAY.

NEXT SPEAKERS.

WE HAVE, UH, GAVINO FERNANDEZ AND THEN AFTER GABINO JAB PAOLO CONLEY.

UH, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS SCAVINO FERNANDEZ AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF EL CONCILIO, MEXICAN AMERICAN LANDOWNERS OR EAST AUSTIN, AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF LULAC DISTRICT 12, A LITTLE LIKE DISTRICT 12, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, TOOK A VOTE IN SUPPORTING THE SELECTION AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER, CRUNK OF JOSEPH SHAQUAN BEING OUR NEXT, UH, CHIEF OF POLICE.

I FOLLOWED THE WHOLE PROCESS OF PUBLIC PROCESS THAT WAS AVAILABLE.

MANY OF OUR MEMBERS DID AS WELL.

AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY THEY ASKED THAT WE COME PUBLICLY AND ILLUSTRATE AND SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR, UH, CHUCK ON IS OUR NEXT CHIEF OF POLICE.

ANOTHER REASON THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN, UH, IN, UH, IN A COMMUNITY WHERE A POPULATION OF LATINOS IS VERY, VERY HIGH, IS THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE AT THE HELM THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY OF NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING, BECAUSE THAT IS VERY CRITICAL IN THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE, AS LACQUERS HAVE ALWAYS MET WITH THE CHIEFS HAVE ALWAYS HAD AN OPEN DOOR.

I'VE SURVEYED THEM MANNY, UH, IN REGARDS TO ISSUES.

WHEN WE BRING ISSUES TO THEIR, TO, TO THEIR ATTENTION, THEY'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE AND DISCUSS AND BRING US TO THE TABLE TO DISCUSS HOW TO MITIGATE THE SHORTCOMINGS.

IF ANY, IN WHATEVER PROGRAMS WE ARE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE CONCERNS, UH, VIA THE BIAS IN THIS ELECTION TO ME IS THAT I'M A FORMER CITY EMPLOYEE.

AND I THINK THAT THE SELECTION OF, OF CHECK ON WILSON, A HIGH MORALE ISSUE, UH, ENVIRONMENT WITHIN OUR, THE WORKFORCE, SO THAT ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING BOOTS ON THE GROUND HAVE HOPE AND EXPECTATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY WILL FORESEEABLY SEE IN THE FUTURE.

AND TO KNOW THAT THIS CITY MANAGER RECOGNIZES EXPERIENCE AND VALUE IN THIS EMPLOYEES IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

THE ONLY THING THAT WE CONTINUE TO ASK CHIEF SHAQUAN, OBVIOUSLY TO LOOK INTO THE SEXUAL ASSAULT ISSUE, LET'S REDESIGN IT, LET'S MAKE IT MORE ACCOUNTABLE.

AND ALSO FOR HIM TO CONTINUE THE PAL PROGRAM, THE POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE PROGRAM, WHICH IS RUN OUT OF PAN-AM AND MANY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

AND WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO ECHO AND AMPLIFY OUR SUPPORT FOR CHIEF SHAQUAN AND CONGRATULATE YOU CITY MANAGER AND THE SPECIAL ELECTION.

WE NEED SOME KIND OF ANSWER TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO HOLD THE CHIEF ACCOUNTABLE.

THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ, GEL PAOLO CONLEY, AND THEN MARY ARNOLD.

GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.

IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE AGAIN.

UM, I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON TWO ITEMS. ACTUALLY, I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT FOR ITEM 162, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 158.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO START WITH THE SUPPORT.

1 62 IS AN EXCELLENT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO EXPEDITE THE SITE PLAN AND PERMIT PROCESS, PARTICULARLY FOR OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

THIS IS A GREAT PIECE, AND I DON'T NEED TO REMIND ANYONE HERE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS AGREED ON A GOAL OF HOUSING, AT LEAST 3000 PEOPLE IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

IT'S NOT REALISTIC.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THERE.

IF WE DON'T RADICALLY CHANGE THE WAY WE DO THINGS AROUND SITE PLAN, PERMITTING PROCESS, WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST FOR OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.

SO STRONGLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THAT.

NOW, AS FAR AS ITEM 1 58 GOES, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL SHOULD APPROVE CHECON WITHOUT A SOLID EXIT STRATEGY.

WE WERE ENTERING A RELATIONSHIP WITH NO EXIT STRATEGY.

UM, SO THE COUNCIL SHOULD NOT APPROVE CHECON WITHOUT A CLEAR PLAN FROM THE MANAGER ON HOW TO HANDLE THE ISSUE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO F HOT TO FIRE AN INTERNAL HIRE OR ELSE.

WE NEED A REAL COMMITMENT ON THAT.

IN THAT REGARD,

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YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON A BOARD AND YOUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CAN NEVER BE FIRED.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A TERRIBLE ACCOUNTABILITY RELATIONSHIP.

WE SHOULD LEARN FROM THE ORDEAL OF BEING STUCK WITH MANLY.

UM, JUST THINK ABOUT IT.

UM, AND CHECON STOOD BESIDE MANLEY THROUGHOUT THE TIME THAT HE WORKED AGAINST YOUR DECISIONS.

IF WE LEARNED ANYTHING FROM THAT EXPERIENCE, IT'S THAT WE MUST HAVE AN EXIT PLAN FOR THIS KIND OF TOXIC RELATIONSHIP.

SO THOSE ARE MY TWO POINTS FOR TODAY, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS ABOUT AN INTERNAL HIRE, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE AGREEING ON TODAY IS GOING TO IS GOING TO LAST OVER FOR FUTURE POLITICAL FOR FUTURE LEADERSHIP.

FUTURE COUNCILS WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE CHOICE THAT YOU MAKE TODAY.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU CHOOSE SOMEONE WHO CAN KEEP, WHO WE CAN KEEP ACCOUNTABLE AND WHO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, MR. CALMLY COLLEAGUES, NO QUESTIONS.

I BELIEVE THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER.

OH, I'M SORRY.

MARY ARNOLD.

I APOLOGIES.

MAYOR ADLER AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNTY JUST TWO YEARS AGO IN SEPTEMBER.

UH, A GROUP OF, UM, STATE AND CITY REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE SAFE HISTORIC NUNI DISTRICT, AND ALREADY THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF TWO OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE EXPIRED.

AND WE'RE ASKING YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY OF THE TWO THAT WE HAVE SUGGESTED AND RECOMMENDED, UH, TO TAKE ON THE ROLE OF BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE SAFE HISTORIC MUNI DISTRICT.

UM, ANDREA MCWILLIAMS, UM, IS A MEMBER OF OUR BOARD WHOSE TERM IS EXPIRING.

ANDREA HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO US IN RAISING FUNDS, UM, AND ALSO, UM, PERSUADING THE LEGISLATURE TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE DISTRICT, UH, CAN EXIST, UH, FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.

AND OUR SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS DAVID PARKS, WHO IS A FILMMAKER PHOTOGRAPHER, DIRECTOR, LECTURER, AUTHOR, AND HE LIVES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE GOLF COURSE.

HE IS THE SON OF GORDON PARKS, UM, A RATHER FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER IN HIS OWN, RIGHT.

AND, UH, DAVID IS A GOLFER AT MUNI AND HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DRIVE HIS CAR.

HE CAN JUST WALK ACROSS THE STREET.

UM, WE FEEL THAT BOTH OF THESE MEMBERS WOULD ADD A GREAT DEAL TO OUR, UM, BOARD AND WE THANK THE CITY COUNCIL VERY, VERY MUCH FOR THEIR HELP WITH THE DISTRICT.

AND, UM, WE HOPE THAT WE CAN SURVIVE AND, UH, GET A DEAL WITH THE UNIVERSITY TO SAVE THE GOLF COURSE.

THANK YOU, MS. THANK YOU MS. ARNOLD FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS AND ON MANY, MANY CITY ISSUES.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, I UNDERSTAND THAT JULIANA FROM SAFEST YEAR ON WAS NOT ABLE TO REGISTER CLERK.

I THINK THERE WAS SOME SORT OF GLITCH WITH THE REGISTERING OF WHAT WAS ONLINE.

I DON'T KNOW.

WE'RE JUST HEARING THIS FROM A COUPLE FOLKS, UM, JUST FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, BUT JULIANA FROM JUST MAKE SURE, UM, JULIA, IF YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO GET WITH THE CLERK.

SO SHE HAD YOUR NAME.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THAT'S A NICE SURPRISE.

I'M JULIANA GONZALEZ.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SAFE ALLIANCE.

UM, WE'RE A CENTRAL TEXAS NONPROFIT.

WE DEAL WITH SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND CHILD ABUSE.

UM, AND WE INTERACT WITH, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT QUITE A BIT IN THE COURSE OF THAT MISSION.

UM, IN PARTICULAR, IN MY, IN MY WORLD, WE INTERACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AT ELOISE HOUSE, WHICH IS WHERE WE DO FORENSIC NURSING EXAMS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS IMMEDIATELY AFTER AN EXAM.

AND AS OF SEPTEMBER ONE, UM, A NEW LAW PUT IN PLACE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE, UM, AN ADVOCATE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION INTERVIEWS AS WELL.

UM, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM FUNCTIONS WELL FOR OUR SURVIVORS, UM, APD IS REALLY CRITICAL

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TO OUR MISSION.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST HERE TODAY TO ASK AND REMIND YOU TO KEEP SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CONVERSATION WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING, UM, THE CONFIRMATION OF A NEW CHIEF, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY BE TOP OF MIND GIVEN THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS OVER THE LAST DECADE PLUS, UM, THE DNA LAB CASE CLEARANCE ISSUES, CONCERNS AND NEEDS AROUND TRAUMA INFORMED INVESTIGATIONS AND TRAINING FOR OFFICERS, UM, BREAKDOWNS IN OUR COMMUNITY TASK FORCES.

UM, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE MOVING TOGETHER TOWARD A BETTER FUTURE.

I THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE HERE.

UM, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS ARE PRIORITIZED IN THAT, IN THIS MOMENT.

UM, AND WE ALSO WANT TO REITERATE THE, THE PLEA FOR, UM, VICTIM SERVICES TO BE ELEVATED, UM, TO REPORT TO THE CHIEF AND TO BE PART OF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS.

UM, TOP OF MIND, EXAMPLE FOR ME, BECAUSE WE JUST HAD A LAW GO INTO PLACE, UM, IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE THESE, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONAL INTERVIEWS WITH SURVIVORS, UM, AND HAD VICTIM SERVICES PART OF COORDINATING AND PLANNING THE POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS FOR THIS.

UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOING SMOOTHER RIGHT NOW.

UM, JUST BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A SENSE FOR HOW VICTIMS, UM, FUNCTION IN THE FIVE DAYS AFTER A SEXUAL ASSAULT AND THE WEEKS FOLLOWING WHEN THE INVESTIGATION OCCURS.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MS. GONZALEZ, AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR TITLE COMMITMENT, CA COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, MY COMMENT IS ON A DIFFERENT ITEM THAN WHAT MS. GONZALEZ IS TALKING ABOUT SWELL DIFFERENT.

REMEMBER ALTERING THE OTHER TWO HANDS.

AND THEN I'LL COME BACK.

UM, MS. GONZALEZ FOR, FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND FOR COMING DOWN TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY.

UM, SO YOU MENTIONED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVIEW CHANGED THAT RECENTLY WENT INTO EFFECT AND TOWARDS THE END OF YOUR REMARKS, YOU STARTED TO ELABORATE.

CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO HOW THAT IS GOING? UM, AND, AND WHAT WOULD MAKE IT BETTER, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH A NEW CHIEF FOR THERE TO BE CHANGE.

UM, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE SPECIFIC SINCE THIS HAS BEEN SO HARD FOR APD TO MAKE THESE CHANGES ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

YES, WE, WE ARE AWARE THAT SURVIVORS ARE REPORTING THAT, UM, AND, UM, SURVIVORS ARE ALSO, UM, HEARING COMMUNITY MESSAGING FROM, FROM THE NEWS THAT, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS UNABLE TO INVESTIGATE SOME CRIMES THAT ARE DETERMINED TO BE LESS, LESS IMPORTANT OR LESS VIOLENT, LESS CRITICAL BECAUSE THEY ARE, UM, THEY, THEY'RE NOT RECEIVING FUNDING, RIGHT.

UM, SO IN BRIEF, THE LAW SAYS THAT AN ADVOCATE LIKE A SAFE ADVOCATE, UM, SHOULD BE OFFERED TO A SURVIVOR AT A LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION INTERVIEW, UM, AN INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEW.

UM, AND, UH, WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW W WE HAD SOME GOOD MEETINGS TO PUT THAT INTO PLACE.

I THINK ABD IS VERY EXCITED TO HAVE OUR SUPPORT IN THAT MOMENT, BUT A COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION HAS JUST BEEN DISASTROUS TO BE HONEST.

UM, SO WE'VE HAD, UM, SURVIVORS CALLING THE HOTLINE TO SCHEDULE THEIR LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVIEWS BECAUSE THE, UM, THE OFFICER TOLD THEM THAT THAT'S HOW THEY, HOW THEY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE'VE HAD, UM, DETECTIVE DETECTIVES ASK OUR STAFF TO SCHEDULE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVIEWS.

UM, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THAT'S PRODUCTIVE FOR INVESTIGATION.

I'M, I'M SURE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BETTER.

UM, WE'VE HAD VERY LITTLE COMMUNICATION FROM THE TOP ABOUT, UM, THE MOU THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO PLACE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

UM, WE'VE HAD CALLS TO OUR ADVOCATES, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE 24 7 ON CALL, SO WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE.

UM, BUT WE'VE HAD CALLS FOR OUR ADVOCATES TO REPORT TO THE SCENE, UM, TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS, WHICH, UM, CERTAINLY VICTIM SERVICES IS MORE EQUIPPED TO DO THAN WE ARE, UM, AND WOULD PROBABLY DO A BETTER JOB OF SUPPORTING THE OFFICERS ON SCENE AS WELL.

UM, SO THOSE ARE A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE JUST KIND OF ROLLED OUT, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AS OF YESTERDAY, WHEN I CHECKED, WE HAD DONE, UM, FIVE ACCOMPANIMENTS OF W WE'D DONE ADVOCACY FOR FIVE PEOPLE DURING LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVIEWS DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

UM, ORDINARY FOR US IS TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE ONE OR TWO.

UM, SO THERE'S DEFINITELY A MOVE ON THE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT TO TRY AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

UM, BUT, UM, YEAH, I, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE TO HAVE THE VICTIM SERVICES PERSONNEL ON SCENE, UM, COORDINATE THAT INTERVIEW WITH US AND THE SURVIVOR RATHER THAN HAVING THE, UH, DETECTIVE BE THE ONE WHO, UM, OFFERS AN ADVOCATE TO THE SURVIVOR.

THE SURVIVORS MAY BE LESS INCLINED TO ACCEPT THE OFFER OF AN ADVOCATE, UM, FROM A DETECTIVE RATHER THAN A VICTIM SERVICES COUNSELOR.

UM, ARE YOU AWARE OF REPORTS THAT, UM, THE DA HAS EMAILED APD LEADERSHIP TO SUGGEST THAT, UM, WITH CASE NUMBERS, FAMILY VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS WHO HAVE BEEN TOLD BY APD THAT THEY WILL NOT, UM, BE INVESTIGATING THEIR CASES?

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AND THERE'S NO LESS INVESTIGATORS MY KNOWLEDGE IN THE SEX CRIMES UNIT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, THERE'S, THERE'S NO, UM, REASON FOR THIS, EXCEPT PERHAPS THAT 99% OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS HAPPEN AGAINST WOMEN.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR RESOURCES AND OUR ENERGY, UM, NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THE VICTIMS. AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE FOLKS WHO ARE COMING TO SPEAK, AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE WITH THE CHIEF IS HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT APD HAS A BETTER VICTIM CENTERED APPROACH, UM, IN THEIR ACTIVITIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, A VICTIM CENTERED APPROACH IS NECESSARY BECAUSE VICTIMS ARE CRITICAL WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

UM, AND AS MUCH AS WE'VE TRIED, WE ARE STILL NOT GETTING THIS RIGHT.

UM, WE WILL CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION, UM, THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING.

AND I WILL JUST INVITE YOU IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU THINK WE NEED TO BE KNOWING AND ASKING TO MAKE SURE ARE HAPPENING.

UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES LIKE MYSELF ARE COMMITTED, HAVE COMMITTED IN THE PAST, UM, TO ADDRESSING OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE SYSTEM AND BECOMING A MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY.

UM, BUT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.

AND, AND, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR VOICING, UM, VOICING THESE CONCERNS AND, AND HELPING US TO BECOME MORE AWARE OF WHAT'S BEFORE US WITH THIS DECISION.

ABOUT INCORRECT INFORMATION BEING SHARED.

OH, THANK YOU.

I JUST HAVE A BRIEF, VERY BRIEF QUESTION AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.

UM, AS A FORMER RAPE CRISIS COUNSELOR, UH, THROUGH WHAT WAS THE PREDECESSOR TO SAFE, UM, UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH REGARD TO, UH, RESPONDING TO, TO VICTIMS. I HAVE A VERY QUICK QUESTION.

AND THEN THIS IS PROBABLY, I'M SURE IT'S A LONGER CONVERSATION, SO I DON'T WANT TO USE UP TOO MUCH TIME, BUT, BUT BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED IT, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE IDEAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN, UM, BETWEEN THE FOLKS THAT, UH, PROVIDE, UH, SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE IN, IN COUNSELING AND SUPPORT THROUGH SAFE AND THE VICTIM SERVICES COUNSELORS AT APD? YEAH, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

WELL, YOU HAD MENTIONED, I GUESS I SHOULD BE MORE SPECIFIC.

UM, I'M TALKING ABOUT, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THE VICTIM SERVICES COUNSELORS ARE THE BEST ONES TO BE ON THE SCENE OR AFTER THE EVENT, OR RIGHT AFTER THE, AS OPPOSED TO THE, UH, SAFE COUNSELORS, BUT YEAH.

YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A, UM, IT, THE LINE OF DISTINCTION BETWEEN THOSE TWO ROLES IS THAT, UM, VICTIM SERVICES PERSONNEL WITHIN THE, WITHIN ABD ARE, UM, EXTREMELY WELL-EQUIPPED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, BEYOND SCENE THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE ACQUAINTED WITH, UH, DEPARTMENT PROTOCOLS.

THEY'RE, WELL-TRAINED, THEY, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING OFF PEACE OFFICERS IN A WAY THAT'S SAFE AND, UM, ADVOCATING FOR CLIENTS.

WELL SORT OF COMPLYING WITH THE PROTOCOLS AND LAWS THAT ARE, THAT ARE PART OF THEIR JOB.

UM, SAFE ADVOCATES ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE CONFIDENTIAL SERVICES.

UM, SO WE ARE ADVOCATES, UM, ASIDE FROM, YOU KNOW, MANDATORY REPORTING OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT.

UM, WE'RE NOT UNDER ANY OBLIGATION TO SHARE CONFIDENTIAL OR PRIVILEGED INFORMATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OR ANYONE ELSE.

UM, AND SO THAT PUTS US IN A POSITION WHERE, UM, SURVIVORS SHARE MORE WITH US OFTEN THAT OFTEN THAT INFORMATION WILL BECOME BENEFICIAL TO, UM, THE INVESTIGATION.

RIGHT.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE INFORMATION THAT THEY SHARE DURING A FORENSIC EXAM, UM, WILL BECOME PART OF THE ACCOUNT THAT WE HOPE ULTIMATELY GOES THROUGH INVESTIGATION AND, UM, PROSECUTION.

UM, BUT YEAH, THE SURVIVORS SURVIVORS FEEL SAFE WITH US BECAUSE WE HAVE CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVILEGE.

AND SO WE'RE SORT OF UNIQUELY ABLE TO, UM, TO FIELD THOSE CONCERNS.

IT'S GONZALEZ, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER OUT, AND THEN I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER POOH HAD SOMETHING PERTAINING ANOTHER ITEM.

THANK YOU FOR COMING, MS. CAUSE HOLLIS, I THINK MY COLLEAGUES COVERED MOST OF IT, BUT IN THE LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT I POSTED, I DO EXPECT AND THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE'VE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BUT ALSO FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS

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UM, BECAUSE IN MULTIPLE OF THE CASES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, I'VE HEARD FROM THE TOP LEADERSHIP AT APD, AS WELL AS THE TOP LEADERSHIP AND THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICES THAT THEY CAN AND WILL INVESTIGATE THOSE CRIMES WHERE HARM HAS OCCURRED, BUT THAT INCORRECT INFORMATION IS BEING SHARED IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS JUST IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HONEST INFORMATION AND THEN ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD COMMUNITY TRUST AND DON'T HARM PUBLIC SAFETY WITH WHAT WE SHARE.

SO IF INDEED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE COUNTY CAN'T DO SOMETHING THAT IS FINE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THESE INSTANCES THAT YOU'VE SHARED AND OTHERS HAVE SHARED, WE HAVE NOT LIMITED OUR ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE OR HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR, FOR ACTS THAT THREATENED PUBLIC SAFETY.

UM, SO THANK YOU AND TO EVERYBODY ELSE FOR RAISING THIS UP.

AND I DO INTEND FOR THAT TO BE A CONVERSATION WE HAVE HERE PUBLICLY WITH THE INTERIM CHIEF FRANKLIN.

IT IS NOT MY EXPERIENCE THAT, UM, APD HAS BEEN UNABLE TO SUPPORT INVESTIGATIONS FOR OUR SURVIVORS.

IT IS MY EXPERIENCE THAT SURVIVORS HAVE BEEN TOLD OR HEARD THAT.

AND I SEE MAYOR ADLER THAT YOU POPPED UP.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. GONZALEZ AS WELL? I JUST WANTED TO REEMPHASIZE AS COLLEAGUES HAVE THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, I GUESS I THINK THERE ARE, THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION THAT CIRCULATED THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING AND NOT DOING.

AND I HOPE THAT THE CHIEF IS PREPARED TO SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT, UH, OUR, OUR APD TAKE AN AFFIRMATIVE STEP TO ACTUALLY REASSURE THE PUBLIC AND VICTIMS, UH, THAT, UH, THE CAPACITY IS THERE TO PROVIDE THE INVESTIGATIONS.

UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO REEMPHASIZE THAT BEFORE I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WE APPRECIATE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

THANKS A LOT.

I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE COMMENTS THAT OUR FRIEND MARY ARNOLD MADE A LITTLE BIT AGO ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE AND THE ADVISORY GROUP THAT WAS CREATED AND, UH, TO TRY TO FIND A RESOLUTION ON THE MUNI ISSUE AND THE TWO NAMES THAT SHE RECOMMENDED, UM, BE APPOINTED FOR THE VACANCIES THAT WILL BE EITHER ARE PENDING OR WILL COME SOON.

AND I JUST WANTED TO CHECK WITH STAFF OR MAYBE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER WHO'S BEEN LEADING ON THAT ISSUE, OR SOMEBODY DID TELL ME IF THAT IS AN ITEM OF ACTION THAT WE WILL HAVE COMING FORWARD, UM, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, OR MAYBE NEXT MONTH, IT'S ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, ITS AGENDA TODAY UNDER, UM, COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS.

THAT'S WHERE THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL BODY CONCERT IS NOT A SEPARATE ITEM.

IT'S JUST, UM, I THINK WE HAVE APPOINTMENTS REAPPOINTMENTS OR, OR, OR WAIVERS.

AND THEN WE HAVE INTERGOVERNMENT BOP, MENTAL BODY APPOINTMENTS.

I DON'T OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

KNOW WHAT NUMBER THAT IS, BUT IT'S THE NORMAL PLACE WHERE WE DO THAT.

AND IT'S ON THERE TODAY.

THAT IS GREAT.

THAT EXPLAINS WHY I WASN'T ABLE TO, TO CHASE IT DOWN, UM, SEPARATELY.

SO THANK YOU, MS. ARNOLD FOR COMING AND OFFERING YOUR SUPPORT FOR THOSE APPOINTMENTS.

AND IT'S PROBABLY ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

THANKS SO MUCH.

COLLEAGUES.

SO I BELIEVE WE'VE HEARD ALL THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE REMOTE SPEAKERS CLERK.

CAN YOU CALL UP THE REMOTE SPEAKERS? SURE.

FIRST SPEAKER IS MONICA GUZMAN.

IS REQUIRED TO FOLLOW UP.

I'M MONICA GUZMAN POLICY DIRECTOR FOR GOV GO AUSTIN, VAMOS AUSTIN.

THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF, STAKEHOLDERS AND RESIDENTS FOR THE HOUR SPENT ON CREATING THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.

OUR POINTS AND QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME ARE ONE.

THERE WAS A GOAL TO ACHIEVE AT LEAST 50% CITY-WIDE TREE CANOPY COVER BY 2050, FOCUSING ON INCREASING CANOPY COVER EQUITABLY UNQUOTE.

WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE FULL OF ORNAMENTAL TREES, VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEIR CANOPIES NEED MAJOR ATTENTION TO BE VIABLE IN 10 TO 20 YEARS LIKE THE SPRINGS, WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS LACKING SUFFICIENT CANOPIES RESULTING IN THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, INCREASING THE NEED FOR AIR CONDITIONING AND COOLING SHELTERS AND PUTTING RESIDENTS AT RISK OF HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES AND DEATHS LIKE THE RUNDBERG COMMUNITY TOO.

WHEN IT COMES TO PRESERVING AND BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE CORRIDORS.

PRESERVATION IS KEY AND STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS, WHICH 10,000 UNITS WE'LL GET THE STATE.

HOW WILL YOU DO IT? WILL THE CITY FINALLY BUY APARTMENT COMPLEXES TO KEEP THEM AFFORDABLE IN PERPETUITY? HOW WILL WE TAKE HOMES OFF THE MARKET POLICY IS REQUIRED AND ACTION STEPS MUST BE ASSIGNED.

NOW WE THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ULTRA FOR PROPOSING ITEM ONE 10.

AND THANKS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

CO-SPONSORING PROVIDING THE CITY MANAGER DIRECTIONS AND A TIMELINE REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OTHER CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.

WHEN ADDRESSING THESE CHALLENGES AND OTHER CLIMATE ISSUES AND FUNDING, WE URGE YOU TO REMEMBER AND MAKE USE OF THE EQUITY TOOLS.

EACH DEPARTMENT

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WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU MOVING FORWARD FROM GOALS INTO REALIZE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES AND, AND SOLELY AS A DISTRICT FOR RESIDENT, MANY THINGS TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS WE'RE PROPOSING ITEM ONE 11, THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.

CO-SPONSORING WATCHING THE POST-CONFERENCE YESTERDAY REMINDED ME OF JULY, 2013.

WHEN I WAS AT THE CAPITOL TESTIFYING AGAINST SENATE BILL ONE AND HOUSE BILL TWO, I FIND IT AMUSING AND ANNOYING WHEN COUNCIL IS ACCUSED OF PLAYING POLITICS WITH LIVES WHILE THE STATE LEGEND GOVERNOR HAS DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME.

THANK YOU FOR RESPECTING THE DECISIONS I AND OTHER WOMEN MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO MY BODY.

MY CHOICE.

STEVEN SCOTT SUPERIOR KING, JESSE OWENS, DANIEL ROADSHOW, MICHAEL CLARK.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR POST I'M CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS NELSON LINDER, PRESIDENT AUSTIN NAACP.

I WILL ADDRESS ITEM ONE TO FIVE IN DIFFERENT WAYS BECAUSE WHEN I WAS INVITED TO JOIN THE PANEL BY THE CITY MANAGER, I HAD A VERY DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING.

WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT A LIST OF CANDIDATES THAT WERE VERY DIVERSE AND BETTER QUANTIFY AND MAKE ABOUT A DECISION AT THAT TIME.

THIS WAS CHICAGO WAS NOT EVEN IN THE RUNNING.

HE WAS STILL THE INTERIM CHIEF.

DO YOU WANT FROM MAYBE TO YES.

TO NOT AS NOT EVEN POLICE CHIEF, THAT THAT PROCESS IS NOT ONLY UNFAIR.

IT'S VERY PROBLEMATIC.

WE TALKED TO A LOT OF QUALIFIED PEOPLE, DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, AND WE DID CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU DOING THOSE ANALYSIS.

WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH BETTER QUALIFIED TO DO THIS KIND OF WORK, BUT SOMEHOW THIS PROCESS, IT GOT CIRCUMVENTED.

AND SO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE MORE INVESTED MORE YOU THAN YOU.

YES, SIR.

CONVINCED THAT'S MY PRODUCT.

WELL, WE THOUGHT A NUMBERS AND FOLKS WHO WANT TO DO SPEECH COMMUNITY PANELS AND GAVE YOU THEIR, THEIR, THEIR POINT OF VIEW.

UH, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THAT WAY.

SO SOMEBODY CHANGED THE SCORE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME AND THE EMPIRES THAT INVOLVED.

THAT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE CITY.

IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT TIME PROCESS BECAUSE TIME IS SHORT.

I'M GOING TO TELL US ABOUT CALLING A ROLE THAT I'VE WORKED FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS.

CHEVON BROWN MAKES SENSE.

THERE'S JUNIOR DEVIN.

CONTRARES BYRON CARTER, JR.

I MEET BRADLEY ZARI, DEJECTION MARGIN, BLACKEN, LONDON, NOBLES, QUENCHES, GRIFFIN.

THOSE ARE MOSTLY BLACK PEOPLE.

SOME HISPANICS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THIS CITY, NOTHING.

IT, SOME COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.

AS YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT FOLKS WHO DON'T LOOK LIKE THESE PEOPLE WERE PRIMARILY WHITE PEOPLE, CITY COUNCIL, LET'S BE CLEAR.

YOU HAVE MADE THE DECISION HERE, NOT REGARDS TO THE FOLKS WHO REALLY EXPERIENCE AND KNOW POLICE SO THAT IT SEEMS TO ME, IT'S VERY PROBLEMATICALLY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT WHO KNOW THE CENTURY OF TRYING TO MAKE THE CITY RIGHT AND FAIR IN GELS.

SO YOUR DECISIONS ARE CERTAINLY BUILDING THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE WHO EXPRESS POLICING, WHO KNOW POLICING, WHO PART OF THE SOLUTION, I THINK IS A BAD ACTORS INTO RESPECT TO WHETHER THE PEOPLE AND NOT NOMINATE, NOT SELECT THE CON AT THE NEXT POLICE CHIEF IN AUSTIN, TEXAS IS UNFAIR PROCESS AND WE'LL POST IT.

ONLY BY PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD, TAKING ACTION TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE.

BOB HENDRIX, MAYOR ADLER MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.

I'M BOB HENDRICKS, CHAIR OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE AUSTIN SIERRA CLUB.

THE CURRENT CLIMATE EMERGENCY CONTINUES TO WORSEN WITH DISRUPTION OF THE POLAR VORTEX LEADING TO WINTER STORM URI INTENSE HURRICANES.

SINCE SHE HAS IDA UNPRECEDENTED HEAT WAVES IN THE NORTHWEST WILDFIRES OUT OF CONTROL, WIDESPREAD FLOODING, LARGE AREAS OF TROUT, AND SO MUCH MORE CLIMATE CHANGE CREATES WIDESPREAD SUFFERING, NOT ONLY IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT AROUND THE WORLD.

THIS YEAR, A CLUB THAT STRONGLY URGES YOU TO VOTE FOR THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.

WE COMMEND THE PROCESS WHICH PRIORITIZED FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES AND THEIR CONCERNS AND CRAFTING THE PLAN.

WE ARE PROUD THAT THE PLAN IS CENTERED IN EQUITY AND DESIGN FOR REAL ACTION TO ACHIEVE THE AMBITIOUS GOALS OF NET.

AND SHE WROTE DIRECT CARBON EMISSIONS BY 2040 FOR ALL OF AUSTIN.

THIS PLAN IS NOT PERFECT, BUT IT KEEPS AUSTIN IN THE FOREFRONT OF CITIES WILLING TO DO THEIR PART, TO FIGHT OUR CLIMATE EMERGENCY.

I AM ANXIOUS TO SHARE THIS PLAN WITH OTHER ACTIVISTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, AS A MODEL FOR BOTH CONTENT AND PROCESS IN CRAFTING A CLIMATE PLAN.

HOWEVER, WE MUST KEEP IN MIND THAT PASSING THIS PLAN IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP I URGE YOU NOT ONLY TO PASS THIS PLAN TO ENSURE THAT CITY STAFF IMPLEMENTS IT, GIVING THEM THE PERSONNEL AND RESOURCES TO DO SO

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CAN WE ENSURE THAT OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WILL HAVE A LIVABLE PLANET IN THE FUTURE? THANK YOU, JANICE BOOKOUT.

THE TIME, UM, IN, IN THAT IS LOW INCOME AND COMMUNITIES COLORS, WHICH ALREADY EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS AND ALSO DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.

UH, FIRST I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY SUPPORT FOR THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND THANKS TO THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY THEY'RE OPERATIONALIZING OF THEIR ANTI-RACIST TRAINING AND IN PARTICULAR, THE LEADERSHIP OF PAULINE RENDEN.

SO THANK YOU THAT SAID I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS RELATED TO SPENDING ON PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF A GROUP OF CONSULTANTS THAT ARE EXPERT AND EXPERTS IN THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS.

THEY'RE DEVELOPING A JOINT STATEMENT OF PRIORITIES AND A SET OF GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING PROGRAMS THAT SERVE THEM.

THE GROUP IS CALLED THE UNHOUSED NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL.

THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH YOU AND BE, UM, AND WILL BE SUPPORTED AND COMPENSATED FOR THEIR TIME.

UH, THANK YOU, CRT, OUR SCENARIO, URBAN LEAGUE, TEXAS APPLESEED, AND AJC FOR YOUR SUPPORT SORT OF EFFORT.

UM, THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, DON'T PRETEND TO REPRESENT ALL FOLKS IN THEIR SITUATION, BUT THEY CAN PROVIDE UNIQUE INSIGHTS.

I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEAK TO THEM DIRECTLY.

AND INSTEAD I'LL QUOTE FROM ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHITLEY, UM, DIGA GATTO WHO PREPARED SOMETHING FOR ME TO INCLUDE.

SHE ASKS THAT YOU TEMPORARY AND TEMPORARILY HALT ALL PROCEEDINGS THAT IMPACT THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, OR PHYSICALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY.

AND SHE WRITES, AND I QUOTE UNTIL YOU'VE WALKED EVEN JUST ONE DAY IN MY SHOES, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DECIDE WHAT MY BEST INTERESTS COULD POSSIBLY BE AND MAKING DECISIONS ON FUNDING AND POLICY THAT WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE LIVES THAT QUALITY OF LIFE TO THOUSANDS IS FRANKLY, UNJUST AND INHUMANE WITHOUT CONSIDERATION FROM ITS OWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SHE CONTINUES.

WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN FORCED TO SUFFER TRAUMAS, LOSS, ADDITIONAL SUFFERING, AND MARGINALIZATION OF OUR PEOPLE AND INCREASES IN HATE CRIMES DUE TO DECISIONS MADE FOR, AND ONLY DIRECTING DIRECTLY IMPACTING US BY THE COUNCIL BY THIS COUNCIL.

I URGE YOU TO RECOGNIZE MOVING FORWARD ON SUCH IMPACTFUL DECISIONS FROM MY COMMUNITY UNTIL WE CAN FIRST SPEAK ON OUR OWN BEHALF FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS WELL.

YOU'VE ALREADY MADE MY COMMUNITY SIGNIFICANTLY LESS VISIBLE WITH THE DEATH TOLL, RISING AND NEARLY NO ONE COMING TO ACTUALLY HELP.

THIS IS NOW A CONCERN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AND I SINCERELY FEAR THE TRAJECTORY THE LONGER THIS TRAJECTORY, THE LONGER WE ARE UNHEARD.

AND THOSE ARE WORDS OF, UM, AGAIN, WHITLEY, UH, JADA, UM, WHO PREPARED THAT STATEMENT THAT I THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, YOU CAN CONTACT ME AND WE'LL SET THAT UP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUSANA.

THIS IS THE SINAI I'M MONICA, AND I'M SPEAKING ON THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.

UH, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND THE HONOR TO BE ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE.

AND I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS CLIMATE PLAN IS A VERY HISTORICAL, UH, CLIMATE PLAN BECAUSE IT'S CENTERED EQUITY AT THE VERY FOREFRONT.

AND I WANT TO, UH, THINK, UM, ZACH BRANDNER BECAUSE HE HAS SOME FANTASTIC STAFF, PEOPLE OF COLOR, CELINE AND DAWN AND BBDO METAL WHO LED, UM, A LOT OF THE DISCUSSIONS ON THE CLIMATE CHANGE.

BUT ANOTHER THING THAT MAKES THIS A CLIMATE PLAN, HISTORIC BASED RESIZE, HAVING EQUITY AT THE FOREFRONT IS THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, ACKNOWLEDGING AND RESPECTING THE HISTORY OF THE LAND AND JUST PEOPLE REINFORCING THIS KINSHIP RATHER THAN ERASING IT FOR THE CONIZATION.

IF LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ALSO AIMS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT INDIGENOUS HISTORY THAT ARE SO OFTEN FORGOTTEN IN SILENCE.

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HAD ALMOST A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE OF COLOR SITTING AT THE TABLE.

SO THAT'S WHY I SAY THAT THIS CLIMATE PLAN IS VERY A HISTORICAL ONE BECAUSE WE CANNOT STOP CLIMATE CHANGE WITHOUT ADDRESSING EQUITY AND CREEP.

AND WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT RACIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND CENTERING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND OUR RESPONSES.

AND SO I'M VERY GLAD THAT, UH, THE STEERING COMMITTEE CREATED THE EQUITY, THE EQUITY TOOLS, WHICH WE LOOK FORWARD FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENT USING AND IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT, INCENTIVES, TARGETING COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS, UH, ACTIVITIES AS A PORT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT AND FOCUSING ON JUST TRANSITION IN OUR ECONOMY, TRAINING AND JOBS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR AND PRIOR TALKING HEALTH BENEFITS, ESPECIALLY FOR LOW INCOME AND COMMUNITIES OF, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WHO HAD BEEN IMPACTED, UH, BY

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SO LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE LESS ABLE AND OTHERS, OTHERS ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

UH, SO WE SAID I SUPPORT, BUT IT SUPPORTS THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.

THANK YOU, DAVID FOSTER.

MAYOR.

PUT TIM HARPER, MADISON MAYOR, HEATHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DAVID POSTURE, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CLEAN WATER ACTION IN SUPPORT OF ITEM ONE 17 ON, ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY, UH, THIS ITEM REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE AND IMPLEMENTING THE RECLAIMED AND DISTRIBUTED WATER FEATURES OF AUSTIN'S APPROVED 100 YEAR WATER SUPPLY PLAN KNOWN AS WATER FORWARD.

UH, ITEM ONE 17 WILL FREE THESE FEATURES FROM THE STALLED REWRITE OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH REMAINS MIRED IN A LEGAL BATTLE WHOSE POINTS OF CONTENTION HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WATER FORWARD.

UH, THE RECLAIMED AND DISTRIBUTED WATER FEATURES ARE AMONG THE MOST VISIONARY AND FARSIGHTED FEATURES OF THE WATER PORT PLAN.

THEY WILL REQUIRE ALL LARGE NEW DEVELOPMENTS OF 250,000 SQUARE FEET OR MORE TO BE DUAL PLUMBED SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE EITHER OF THE CITY'S RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM.

THAT IS WATER.

THAT'S A WASTEWATER THAT'S TREATED TO NON-POTABLE STANDARDS PIPE BACK OUT INTO THE CITY OR PARTS OF THE CITY AND THE PURPLE PIPES OR, UM, CAPTURE WATER THAT IS PRODUCED ONSITE, SUCH AS AC CONDENSATE, RAINWATER TREATED GRAY AND BLACK WATER, AND USE THESE WATER STREAMS INSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT TO MEET NON-POTABLE NEEDS LIKE TOILET FLUSHING IRRIGATION.

UH, THERE ISN'T UP THERE AS AN INCREASED UPFRONT COST, UH, AND, AND BY, BY HAVING TO BUILD TWO SYSTEMS, THE PIPELINE FOR POTABLE AND ONE FOR NON-POTABLE, BUT THIS COST, WELL, I BELIEVE, UH, BE MORE THAN OFFSET BY DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF POTABLE WATER THE PEOPLE LIVING IN OR USING THESE BUILDINGS WILL HAVE TO PRODUCE.

I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND THIS WILL ACTUALLY HELP OUR AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES, NOT, NOT HURT THEM.

NOT ONLY WILL IT SAVE PEOPLE MONEY WHO ARE USING OUR LIVING INSIDE THESE BUILDINGS, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WILL BENEFIT BECAUSE THIS WILL REDUCE THE OVERALL AMOUNT OF WATER THAT ARE, WHY DON'T YOU TELL THAT HE NEEDS TO PROCURE TREATS POTABLE STANDARDS AND DISTRIBUTE.

I SHOULD ADD A CAPTURING STORMWATER AND USING IT ONSITE 10 RAIN WATER HAS THE ADDED BENEFIT OF MITIGATING LOCALIZED FLOODING AND REDUCE IT, REDUCING POLLUTED WATERWAY, UH, RATHER RUNOFF.

WE JUST INCLUDED RUNOFF INTO OUR LOCAL WATERWAYS.

THE ONLY QUIBBLE I HAVE IS THAT, UH, THE RECLAIMED WATER PIECE, UH, THE, UH, WHAT WON'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL DECEMBER 20, 23, ALONG WITH THE REST OF IT, BUT AS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN AND AS POSTED REALLY NO MORE THAN ABOUT A MONTH AGO, THIS WOULD HAVE GONE INTO EFFECT DECEMBER, DECEMBER, 2021.

SO I, YOU TO SUPPORT PLAN.

MA'AM YES.

MA'AM COUNCIL MEMBER TEVA.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. FOSTER.

ARE YOU STILL ON THE LINE, MR. FOSTER? ARE WE ABLE TO GET THAT SPEAKER BACK? YES.

MR. FOSTER, UM, I THINK YOU WERE GETTING TO THIS JUST AS YOUR TIME EXPIRED.

UH, SO IT WAS ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE PIECES HAVING BEEN SO VERY, VERY LONG IN PROCESS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT SOON BECAUSE WE NEED THEM SOON.

AND SO, AS YOU WERE JUST WRAPPING UP YOUR COMMENTS, I BELIEVE YOU WERE SAYING THAT AS ORIGINALLY POSTED, THEY WERE TO GO INTO EFFECT IN 2021.

THE REVISED BACKUP HAS, OR NOT THE REVISED BACKUP, THE BACKUP FOR TODAY'S HAS SOME CONTEMPLATED TO TAKE EFFECT IN 2023.

AND I WONDERED IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE TIMEFRAME AND WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT'S NECESSARY TO DELAY THIS IMPLEMENTATION FOR TWO YEARS AND GENERALLY WHAT THE IMPACT IS OR WOULD BE OF ACTING ON THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY CONCEPTUALIZED.

WELL, NOT EVEN ORIGINALLY, I MEAN, IT'S, WE'RE ALREADY YEARS DELAYED.

UM, BUT IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE TIME, TIME ELEMENT, PLEASE.

OF, UH, ONE OF THE LINES WOULD HAVE TO BE DUAL PUMP.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

UH, ORIGINALLY ACTUALLY THAT IS AUSTIN WATER UTILITY A FEW YEARS AGO WAS CONTEMPLATING NOT HAVING THESE GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL THE 23RD, BUT THANKS TO THE GOOD WORK BY MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE AND OTHERS, INCLUDING I THINK CLEAN WATER ACTION.

WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THAT UP.

UH, DECEMBER, 2023 WAS THE ORIGINAL IDEA THAT IS, UH, RECENTLY WHEN WATER FLOORED WAS APPROVED FOR THE, UM, ONSITE WATER PIECES.

AND, AND THAT'S OKAY, WE CAN, I CAN LIVE WITH THAT, BUT IT'S THE RECLAIM PORTION RIGHT NOW UNDER CODE A NEW DEVELOPMENT OF 250,000 SQUARE FEET OR MORE, THAT IS BEEN 250 LINEAR FEET OF ONE OF THE CITY'S RECLAIMED WATER LINES TODAY NOW, UH, HAS TO BE TO UPLAND AND HOOK UP TO THAT LINE.

UH, THIS WOULD, UM, EXTEND THAT TO 500 LINEAR FEET.

SO MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN 500 LINEAR FEET OF,

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SO THAT PART OF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO INTO EFFECT THIS DECEMBER, DECEMBER, 2021, FOR REASONS I DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TODAY, POSTPONES OUT TILL DECEMBER, 2023.

SO, UM, 2023 I THINK IS OKAY FOR THE ONSITE PIECES OF IT.

BUT IF THERE IS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD RATHER DO THE RECLAIM PIECE THIS YEAR AS ORIGINALLY INTENDED.

AND SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

SO IT DOES.

BUT I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE DIOCESE.

I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, YES.

AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO FOR THAT QUESTION AND THANK YOU.

UM, MR. FOSTER, SO IT'S, WELL, WE CAN GET INTO THE DETAILS, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST ONE, ONE PORTION OF THE PROPOSED, UM, UM, ORDINANCE THAT WE NEEDED TO CHANGE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ITEM TWO, IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, THAT RELATES TO, UM, THE RECLAIMED PORTION.

SO, UM, SO I THINK AS COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO SAID, I THINK WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT, UH, WHEN THIS ITEM COMES UP, SO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT GREAT.

I WOULD LOVE TO, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU CHANGE THAT.

BEFORE WE LOSE THIS COLOR, WHERE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, BUT I THINK I SAW AN EMAIL THAT MR. FOSTER, UH, MAY NOT BE IN THAT POSITION MUCH LONGER, AND I WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK AND APPRECIATE HIS SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND DIDN'T WANT TO LET THIS MOMENT GO BY WITHOUT SAYING THANK YOU.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

MY PLAN IS TO RETIRE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THAT WON'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU WILL HAVE SEEN THE LAST OF ME.

YOU JUST DON'T HEAR FROM ME.

IT'S CLEAN WATER ACTION GUY.

GOOD.

I KNOW THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES WHERE PEOPLE EITHER RETIRE OR TRY TO RETIRE AND WE STILL SEE THEM AND WE LOVE IT.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES CLERK.

I THINK IT'S SAFE FOR US TO GO TO THE NEXT CALLER.

JOEL LEVINE.

HELLO? CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

UH, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JOEL LEVINE AND I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ITEM ONE 16.

UH, I AM THE OWNER AND DEVELOPER OF 1514 WEST KANICK LANE.

AND, UH, CURRENTLY I OWN A LAW FIRM SERVING THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN THAT OFTEN ACROSS THE STREET AT 1515 CANADA GLADE.

UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT TO RESOLVE ALL CONCERNS REGARDING THIS PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT.

UH, THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS WILL NOT CHANGE THE FLOOD PLAIN, AND THERE'LL BE AN OVERALL IMPROVEMENT OVER THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE'RE PLAYING TO ELEVATE THE BUILDING.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UM, UH, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE STARING AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD WITH THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS TO ADDRESS ALL CONCERNS.

UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DEVELOPING THIS PROPERTY.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS.

SO THANK YOU ALL SPEAKERS AND FOLKS WHO SHOWED UP IN PERSON FOR PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S MEETING COLLEAGUES.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO THE CASSETTE.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO

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THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THIS IS NOT IN THE ORDER I NEEDED TO BE.

UH, OH, AND BY THE WAY, COUNCIL MEMBER TEBOW YOUR AMENDMENT TO 1 0 8 HAS BEEN, UH, RECEIVED AN ISF IT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

SO I BELIEVE WE CAN KEEP THAT ITEM ON CONSENT.

SO CURRENTLY I HAVE ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, ONE THROUGH ONE 11, EXCLUDING 3, 4 83, 84 96, AND ONE 10, WHICH HAS BEEN, WHICH HAS BEEN PULLED.

AND THEN ITEM 1 56, 1 57 AND 1 59 THROUGH 61.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I HAVE A QUESTION AT KATZ BARBER KITCHEN, THE 1 56 THROUGH 1 52 OR STAYING ON CONSENT.

RIGHT.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC? I JUST GAINED 1, 1 56 TO 1 62 ARE STAYING ON CONSENT, CORRECT? 1 56, 1 57, BUT THEN 1 58 WAS PULLED.

AND SO THEN 1 59 THROUGH 1 61 0 1 62.

MAYOR PRO TEM I COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE NEED TO JUST SPEND A MINUTE THERE.

UM, I HAD PULLED, I BELIEVE 1 58 AND 1 62 ARE BOTH PULLED OF THAT PIECE OF THE AGENDA.

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AND DO I UNDERSTAND AMATEUR, UH, THAT'S RUBBER, TOVO YOUR AMENDMENT ON 1 62? UH, WAS THAT TO ADD SIGNIFICANT THE WORD SIGNIFICANT MAYOR? I, THAT IS ONE OF THE CHANGES, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT, UM, NOT, NOT A LONG TIME.

THAT'S THE THRUST OF MY AMENDMENT, BUT I REALLY NEED TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT THE PROCESS IS GOING TO BE FOR THIS BECAUSE SIGNIFICANT EVEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE OF SIGNIFICANT, IT'S STILL VERY VAGUE.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT, UM, WHAT THE INTENTION IS THERE IN TERMS OF, AND GOT PROBLEM.

I THINK WE'LL BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND I JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT, BUT TALKING ABOUT THE CONCERNS I THINK WE'LL BE HELD AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO RESOLVE IT, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN HERE AND WHEN IT COMES UP.

IT'S NOT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ALIGNED.

I JUST, WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO HAMMER OUT A SOLUTION THERE, I THINK.

SOUNDS GOOD.

SO WITH THAT SAID, THE, THE ONE ITEM THAT WAS INCORRECT WAS THAT ALSO ITEM NUMBER 1 62 WAS POOLED.

SO I'LL GO THROUGH ALL THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN, IF IT'S HELPFUL.

UM, ONE THROUGH ONE 11, EXCLUDING 3, 4 83, 84 96, AND, UH, ONE 10 AND THEN ITEMS 1 56, 1 57, 1 59 THROUGH 1 61, BECAUSE 1 62 HAS BEEN PULLED.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'M NOT SURE YOU GOT THOSE NUMBERS, RIGHT? SORRY.

PRETEND I THINK, I THINK WHAT'S THROWING.

I THINK WHAT'S MAYBE GENERATING SOME CONFUSION IS THAT YOU ARE, YOU'RE SAYING VISA AROUND CONSENT EXCEPT FOR THE EXCLUSIONS.

AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE AGENDA, I THINK YOU'RE, I THINK YOU MAY BE JUST EXPRESSING IT DIFFERENTLY.

HOW CAN I ARTICULATE IT IN A WAY THAT'S EASIER FOR EVERYBODY TO FOLLOW TO WHERE IT'S EFFECTIVE AND THOROUGH? WE TAKE IT UP.

COULD WE JUST TALK ABOUT THE AGENDA? I THINK, I THINK YOU WERE SAYING THAT EVERYTHING ON THE AGENDA FROM 1 58 ON IS ON CONSENT, 1 56 ON IS ON CONSENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1 58 AND 1 62.

NOW, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

UH, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

I THINK IT WAS CANCELED MEMBER ELLIS.

THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN AND COUNCIL.

COOL.

22 23, 25, 28, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 53 55 62 64 65 67 68 99, 101 0 6 1 0 8 AND ONE 11.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD CLERK PLEASE, TO REFLECT NO'S ON 23 DIFFERENT ITEMS HERE.

I WILL READ THEM AS SLOW AS I CAN.

THANK YOU, CLARK.

DID YOU GET ALL THAT? YES, BUT JUST ONE QUICK CLARIFICATION ITEM TOO.

I HAD ON MY LIST IS NO, BUT I DIDN'T GIVE YOU READ.

THAT IS CORRECT.

I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO OFFER SOME BRIEF REMARKS ABOUT ITEM NUMBER ONE, 11, WHICH IS THE ABORTION ACCESS RESOLUTION.

I WANT TO THANK ALL THE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE SHOWN OVERWHELMING SUPPORT TO THIS EFFORT AND THANKS TO CO-SPONSORS MAYOR ADLER, MAYOR PRO TEM, HARPER, MADISON, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COSAR ALTAR, TOVO FUENTES AND RENTERIA.

I SPONSORED THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES TAKE EVERY ONE OF US AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO COME TOGETHER AND FIGHT THIS AGREGIOUS LAW PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN, THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, STATE REP, DONNA HOWARD, AND OTHER ADVOCATES WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN WASHINGTON, DC, URGING CONGRESS TO CODIFY ROE V.

WADE.

WE APPRECIATE TRAVIS COUNTY JOINING THE LEGAL BATTLE WITH AMICUS SUPPORT.

NOW IT'S OUR TURN.

I DID WANT TO POINT OUT.

WE ALSO RECEIVED AN EMAIL LETTER OF SUPPORT, UM, FROM THE LEADERS AT LILITH FUND AND A VOWS.

WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT PARTICIPATION AND THE OTHER FOLKS WHO WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY, THERE IS ALSO AN EVENT ON SATURDAY AT THE CAPITOL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE-MINDED.

AND I WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT THIS RESOLUTION ALSO CALLS FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES TO JOIN US IN OPPOSITION OF SBA.

AND WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU,

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COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, I JUST, I WANTED TO, UM, TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO ITEM NUMBER 1 61 AND, UH, THANK MY COLLEAGUES.

UM, MY CO-SPONSORS AND THE WHOLE COUNCIL, REALLY FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE ESPERANZA COMMUNITY.

UH, THIS SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL WILL HELP THEM CONTINUE THEIR WORK, UH, AND MAKING THE PROPERTY INTO A HOUSING SOLUTION ORIENTED, NON CONGREGATE SHELTER, UH, PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS WITH RESOURCES LIKE HEALTH CARE AND CASE MANAGEMENT, ET CETERA, SO TO STABILIZE SO THEY CAN MOVE INTO HOUSING.

SO REALLY THE PRIMARY POINTS IS THIS, THE SUPPORT, UH, WILL HELP THEM QUICKLY BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION AND TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF ESPERANZA RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE QUICKLY INTO THESE NON CONGREGATE SHELTER UNITS ON SITE TO GET THE RESIDENTS OUT OF THE ELEMENTS AND PROVIDE PRIVACY AND SECURITY THAT WILL HELP THESE FOLKS STABILIZE WITH CASE MANAGEMENT SO THAT THEY'RE BETTER PREPARED FOR PERMANENT HOUSING.

SO I WANT TO COMMEND THE, THE TWO, UM, UH, LEADERSHIP AND ALL THE FOLKS THAT WORK WITH TOOTH.

UH, THE OTHER ONE FOUNDATION AND THE WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING AT THE ESPERANZA COMMUNITY.

I KNOW THAT, UH, MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, I KNOW THE MAYOR, PORT, TIM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN, UM, UH, HAVE BEEN STRONG SUPPORTERS OF THE WORK THAT TOO IS DOING AT THE ESPERANZA COMMUNITY.

ALSO HAVE CONSISTENTLY AND CONTINUOUSLY OVER THE LAST REALLY LAST DECADE, UM, BEEN INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO PREVENTION INTO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND TO HOUSING SERVICES, INTO SHELTER SERVICES, AND ALL OF WHAT YOU SEE ON, I BELIEVE ALL OF THE CONTRACTS ON TODAY'S AGENDA ARE PART OF OUR BASIC BUDGET.

I BELIEVE NEXT STEP WAS COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

AND THEN I THINK I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, TEBOW'S GREAT.

THANKS.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THE EBV INCENTIVES RESOLUTION THAT'S ITEM 1 0 6.

UM, IT'S, UH, BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE ADVOCATES TO BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD.

AND I LOOK, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING STAFF'S RESPONSE TO HOW WE CAN, UM, UH, MAKE THE ACQUISITION THROUGH SHORT-TERM LEASES ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES, REALLY EASY, ESPECIALLY FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME FAMILIAR WITH HOW GREAT, UM, ELECTRIC VEHICLES, UH, ARE AND HOW THEY CAN, UM, SATISFY THE NEED FOR VEHICLES, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZE THE REAL IMPORTANCE OF SHIFTING AWAY FROM, UH, FUEL-BASED, UH, CARS.

AND, UH, THIS IS OUR ENTRY POINT FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN MORE EASILY FOR, UM, OUR CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEES.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, EVANGELIZE THIS MOVE, UM, STATEWIDE AND, AND EVEN FURTHER.

AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO REGISTER MY ABSTENTION FROM ITEM ONE 11, NOT BECAUSE I DON'T, UH, FULLY AND ENTIRELY AND WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND MINDFULLY OPPOSED SENATE BILL EIGHT, BUT, UM, BECAUSE AS A LONG TIME FIGHTER IN, IN THE DEEP FIELDS OF WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, I, I JUST WANTED TO, TO STICK MY CLAIM THAT IT IS, IT IS A WOMEN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

AND, UM, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE THOSE LANGUAGE CHANGES IN THE RESOLUTIONS.

SO I'M ABSTAINING AGAIN, NOT BECAUSE I DON'T AGREE WITH, UH, THE CONCEPTS, BUT THERE WAS A REAL NEED FOR ME AS THE LAST STREET OUT TO, TO HOLD THE LINE ON.

UH, THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT WOMEN CAN DO THAT MEN CAN'T.

AND I, I JUST HAVE TO DEFEND THAT TERRITORY, UM, SO THAT WE ARE SEEING IT AS, AS A WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.

THANKS SO MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I WENT TO JUST SPEND A FEW MINUTES TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, FIRST, BEFORE WE GET TO THE CATEGORY OF HOMELESSNESS, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF, OUR PARK STAFF IN PARTICULAR FOR BRINGING FORWARD SEVERAL ITEMS TODAY THAT THAT ARE WORTHY OF MENTIONING, UM, THE POOLS CONTRACTS FOR MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND NORTHWEST DISTRICT PARK.

YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AS OUR CLIMATE CONTINUES TO WARM, WE NEED THOSE PLACES WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO OFTEN FREE OF CHARGE AND COOL OFF, UM, THAT ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

WE ALSO HAVE INVESTMENTS IN CHILDCARE IN TUTORING SERVICES AND MENTORING AT AREA SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES, AND SCHOOLS, WRAPAROUND SERVICES, UH, COUNCIL OF AT-RISK YOUTH PROGRAMS AND SCHOOLS AFTER PROGRAMS THROUGH PRIMETIME LOTS AND LOTS OF REALLY WONDERFUL THINGS ON OUR AGENDA THAT ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF THE BUDGET WORK THAT WE DID THIS SUMMER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES AT AUSTIN CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER.

FOR EXAMPLE, I WANT TO SPEND JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES TALKING ABOUT THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE FOR HOMELESSNESS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN AND AGAIN, OVER THIS LAST YEAR, WE'VE HEARD CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THE COUNCIL HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION ON HOMELESSNESS.

AND WHILE IT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE THAT WE MADE A HISTORIC INVESTMENT THIS YEAR OF OUR AMERICAN RESOURCE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING, WE

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THESE ARE NOT, UM, BEING SUPPLEMENTED YET BY THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE ACROSS THE SPECTRUM, UM, PREVENTION, SHELTER, AND HOUSING AND SERVICES.

AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM AND WORKFORCE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR HOUSING ADVOCATES HAVE BEEN DEEP IN THE MIDST OF THIS WORK, UM, FOR MULTIPLE YEARS NOW.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, DO WE NEED MORE RESOURCES? DO WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY TO PARTNER IN HELPING US RAISE RESOURCES TO BRING THESE PROGRAMS TO SCALE? ABSOLUTELY.

THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, BUT HERE ARE SOME OF TODAY'S AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING TODAY IN PREVENTION, TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL SERVICES.

ALSO, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A CONTRACT TODAY FOR THE TENANTS COUNCIL IN SHELTER AND HOUSING.

THESE ARE JUST SNAPSHOTS.

THESE AREN'T COMPREHENSIVE.

IN FACT, I ALWAYS GOT A LITTLE WORRIED THE LAST TIME I DID KIND OF A LAUNDRY LIST OF INVESTMENTS.

I HAD A LOT OF MEDIA ASKING ME FOR IT AND IT WASN'T COMPREHENSIVE.

SO THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT, UM, IN SHELTER SERVICES WITH CASA MARIANELLA FOR CHILDREN THROUGH THE SAFE ALLIANCE, SALVATION ARMY ST LOUIS HOUSE, UH, MOST OF THESE EXTENSIONS AGAIN ARE OUR TECH CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN PLACE FOR YEARS, RAPID REHOUSING THROUGH FRONT STEPS, HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH THROUGH LIFEWORKS, FOR FAMILIES THROUGH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF SERVICES.

WE'RE INCREASING FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITH INTEGRAL CARE AND WITH CARITAS FOR SUBSTANCE MISUSE SERVICES, THROUGH COMMUNITIES FOR RECOVERY, WRAPAROUND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES WITH INTEGRAL CARE AT OUR REALLY FABULOUS, UM, OAK SPRINGS COMMUNITY AND WORKFORCE, SPECIFICALLY FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THROUGH GOODWILL, THROUGH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, THROUGH FAMILY ELDER CARE.

SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE, WE CERTAINLY DEPEND ON YOU TO DO THIS GREAT WORK AND THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR GETTING, GETTING THIS FUNDING OUT THE DOOR, UM, IN EXPEDIENT FASHION SO THAT THEY, IT CAN, IT CAN BE AT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE WAYS THAT WE NEEDED TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.

OH, I'M SORRY.

AND THEN MAYOR ADLER.

I WANTED TO ECHO COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO SHARED ABOUT, UM, WHAT'S ON TODAY'S AGENDA, INCLUDING THE AUTHORIZATION OF IMPORTANT SOCIAL SERVICES, UH, EXTENSIONS ON THE CONTRACTS FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.

I MEAN, JUST REALLY INCREDIBLE WORK, YOU KNOW, WITH CHILDCARE INC.

UM, AND OTHER TYPES OF YOUTH SERVICES THAT ARE CRITICAL IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE, UH, WE NEED MORE YOUTH PROGRAMS AND MORE YOUTH SERVICES.

SO SEEING THIS TYPE OF INVESTMENT AND COUNCIL CONTINUE ON THAT TYPE OF INVESTMENT IS REALLY GREAT.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE, UH, THOSE CONTRACT EXTENSION AGREEMENTS COME THROUGH.

I ALSO WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING FORWARD THE ZILKER EAKER ZILKER EAGLE PARK ITEM, UM, ROOTED IN EQUITY.

AND IT'S AN INNOVATIVE WAY FOR US TO GET FUNDING OUT TO OTHER PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

I THINK THAT'S, UM, A BRILLIANT STRATEGY.

AND SO I APPLAUD YOUR LEADERSHIP BOTH ON PARK EQUITY AND ALSO ON ABORTION ACCESS.

IT'S FROM THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

I KEPT SOME MEMBER FONTUS ALTER.

AND THEN THANK YOU.

UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND FONTUS FOR HIGHLIGHTING ALL THOSE INVESTMENTS.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, I WANT TO FLAG TWO OF THOSE, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY NEW CONTRACTS.

UM, THE FIRST ONE THAT I WANT TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT IS THE CONTRACT WITH CAPITAL IDEA, AND I SEE, UM, STEVE JACOBS IN THE ROOM HERE.

UM, THIS IS, UH, UH, THEIR CONTRACT ENDS, UM, IN SEPTEMBER OR ENDED IN SEPTEMBER, I GUESS, OR IS ENDING TODAY.

UM, AND THIS IS A NEW CONTRACT, UM, THAT WILL ENABLE ANOTHER 150 PEOPLE TO GRADUATE IN THE COMING YEAR, FINISHING THE TRAINING.

THEY STARTED IN THE PREVIOUS CONTRACTS WHO ARE NURSES, IT WORKERS AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.

UM, AND ANOTHER, I THINK IT'S SEVEN 50 WILL CONTINUE THEIR WORK AND WILL GRADUATE IN THE COMING YEARS.

I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR WORKING WITH CLOSELY WITH CAPITAL IDEA, UM, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

THESE ARE ALL PROFESSIONS THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED, AND THIS WILL HELP FOLKS, UM, REALLY TRANSITION INTO THESE NEW CAREERS.

AND THEN I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 54, WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN MISSED.

UM, IT'S A, IT'S A GRANT, UM, AND

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AND IT REALLY, UM, ACCELERATES OUR ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER PLAN.

UM, SO THESE ARE EIGHT NEW POSITIONS AND FUNDING OVER THREE YEARS, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THAT AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, UM, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS AND THAT THESE HEALTH WORKERS ARE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON, UM, CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND AT LEAST IN THE SHORT RUN, UM, COVID RELATED ELEMENTS.

AND SO I WANT TO JUST, UM, THANK OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE MANAGER FOR, FOR SECURING THOSE FUNDS AND MAKING THOSE INVESTMENTS.

UM, WE MADE A COMMITMENT IN OUR BUDGET, UM, FOR DOING THIS WORK.

AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE US BE ABLE TO ADD TO THAT OVER A MULTI-YEAR PERIOD AND SUCH A SUCH A LARGE WAY.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, BOTH OF THOSE.

UM, AND THANK YOU ALSO TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER LS FOR BRINGING FORWARD THE ABORTION ACCESS, UM, RESOLUTION.

UM, THE STORIES ARE REALLY HEARTBREAKING OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING, UM, FROM WOMEN AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE STATE.

UM, AND IT'S OUR OBLIGATION AS A COUNCIL, UM, TO STEP UP AND SPEAK OUT, UM, AND DO THE STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE, UM, FOR AN ISSUE THAT'S OFTEN OUT OF OUR PURVIEW.

UM, BUT THAT REALLY MATTERS FOR THE HEALTHCARE AND INDUCTIVE NEEDS, UM, OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO CAN BECOME PREGNANT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR ADLER.

AND, UH, I'VE ALREADY BROUGHT, UH, TO THEM, UH, THIS, UH, CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, UH, AND, UH, ALREADY FOLKS WANTED TO KNOW THAT WE PASS IT.

UH, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, I THINK THE POINT THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOA MADE AT THE BEGINNING AND OTHERS HAVE POINTED OUT THE, THE EXTENSIVE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, THAT DEAL WITH, WITH HOMELESSNESS, UH, AND, AND TO, TO RERATE THAT THIS IS THE, THE BASELINE, UH, THE, THE SUMMIT WE'LL EVEN EXTEND THIS PAST THIS TO GET 3000 PEOPLE INCREMENTALLY HOUSED IN THREE YEARS, BUT THERE ARE 17 ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA, UH, THAT, THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH AND FURTHER THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ITEMS 19 48, 49, 57, 59, 60 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 72, 75, 77, 79, 80 AND 81 17 ITEMS. UH, AS WE RENEW THESE, I MAKE THE SAME REQUEST AND THE CITY MANAGER THAT I MADE ON THE OTHER RENEWALS THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, THAT TO THE DEGREE THAT WE CAN IN THESE EXTENSIONS, UH, WE SHOULD START, UH, BETTER IDENTIFYING THE INFORMATION AND DATA, UH, THAT WE WANT AND EXPECT TO BE PRODUCED AS PART OF THESE CONTRACTS.

UH, I REALLY THINK THAT THE CITY WORKING WITH OTHER FUNDERS, THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE PRIVATE FUNDERS, UH, NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STANDARDIZING THE, THE INFORMATION WE'RE REQUESTING.

SO TO THAT END, I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY ITEM 73, UH, WITH SOCIAL FINANCE, THE CONTRACT WITH THEM, WHICH IS, THIS IS A CONTRACT WITH AN ORGANIZATION, THIRD PARTY TO HELP REVIEW OUR CONTRACTS MOVING FORWARD.

AND NEXT YEAR, ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS NOW WILL NO LONGER BE EXTENDED.

THERE'LL BE NEW CONTRACTS.

AND IT'S MY HOPE AND EXPECTATION THAT THIS IS GOING TO RESULT IN, IN MORE PERFORMANCE-BASED SOLICITATIONS, UH, IMPROVE DATA COLLECTION, UH, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY, UH, BUT FOR ALL PARTS OF OUR SYSTEM, UH, AND, AND ALL OF OUR, OUR CO-FUNDERS THE COUNTY AND THE PRIVATE FUNDERS AGAIN.

SO WE CAN STANDARDIZE, THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL REQUEST COLLEAGUES THAT CAME FROM THE POPPY REPORT, UH, AS WELL AS THE DIRECTION FROM OUR DAS, UH, TO MOVE TO A MORE PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTRACTING MODEL FOR HOMELESSNESS SERVICES AGREEMENTS.

UH, AND THIS CONTRACT IS GOING TO HELP STUFF AND STAFF IDENTIFY AND IMPLEMENT CONTRACTING MODELS THAT SUPPORTS THE OUTCOME-BASED PERFORMANCE, UH, AND GET US THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DO THAT.

I WANT TO TOUCH REAL FAITH PATH QUICK ON ITEM NUMBER 28 IN OUR LOCAL WITH UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ON CRIME REDUCTION.

UH, AN EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF, OF, OF JOINT WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, UH, THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A REAL PROUD TO BE PART OF ALL THE CLIMATE ENERGY PLAN, THE CLIMATE ACTIVITIES.

I HAVE THIS 99 AND ONE TAD ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR ALTAR FOR, FOR BRINGING ONE 10 AND PROUD TO, TO JOIN AS A CO-SPONSOR ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, AND 1 0 6.

SO ON ELECTRIC VEHICLE, UH, FACILITATION, UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, UH, COP 26 THAT IS COMING UP IN GLASGOW.

UH, IT JUST A FEW WEEKS, UH, AND I'M HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, AS ONE OF THE CITIES, UH, IN GETTING READY FOR THAT CONFERENCE.

UH,

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AND I THINK IT'S GOT TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES AROUND THE, AROUND THE ROUND THE COUNTRY, AND FINALLY, UH, PROUD TO SUPPORT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS ON ITEM ONE 11.

UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD.

THE OTHER CO-SPONSORS, UH, TWO FOR THE STATE TO TRY TO GET AROUND A CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTED PROTECTION, UH, BY EMPOWERING VIGILANTES AND OFFERING BOUNTIES JUST CANNOT BE, UH, THE, THE WAY TO GO.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT.

MADAM CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER GETS SAD.

WAS THAT A HAND COUNSELOR ROUTER, COUNSELOR REQUEST THAT, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER REALTOR.

I WANTED TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FERNANDEZ FOR PRESENTING THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, UH, PROCLAMATION EARLIER TODAY.

AND THANK COUNCIL RED HUNTED DIDIA FOR THE MATCHING TIE.

I WASN'T EXPECTING TO WEAR A TIE TODAY.

SO, UH, SO THANK YOU.

UH, I WANTED TO, UH, APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS FOR, FOR HER RESOLUTION.

I'M PROUD OF THE WORK HERE IN AUSTIN TO CONTINUE TO DEFEND, UH, THE RIGHTS OF OUR, OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN EAST AUSTIN, THIS COUNCIL AND THE CITY ADMINISTRATION WORK TO KEEP IT OPEN.

IN FACT, IT'S BEING REMODELED TO HELP EVEN MORE PATIENTS, AND WE'LL BE REOPENING TO SERVE MANY MORE PEOPLE HERE SOON.

UH, I'M PROUD OF OUR WORK INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, WHO, WHO NEED HELP, UH, UH, DEALING WITH ALL OF THE RESTRICTIONS PASSED AT THE STATE LEVEL AND APPRECIATE, UM, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'VE WORKED ON THAT THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE BUDGET.

AND THEN I DO THINK THAT THIS, THIS RESOLUTION SHOWS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO THE FACT THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE STILL GOING TO NEED ABORTION CARE THAT NEED, DOESN'T JUST GO AWAY WITH THIS LAW.

UM, AND THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE ALREADY SUFFERING, UM, UH, UNDER THIS LAW.

AND SO, SO I, I DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT.

I ALSO DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS OVERWHELMINGLY AN ISSUE THAT IMPACTS WOMEN, UH, IN OUR STATE.

UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT THAT IS, IS WELL KNOWN AND SOMETHING THAT WE, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT, THAT SO MANY OF THESE ABORTION RESTRICTIONS ARE BASED ON, ON PATRIARCHY, UH, AND, AND, UH, TRAMPLING ON THE RIGHTS OF, OF WOMEN WHO ARE OVERWHELMINGLY THE PEOPLE THAT, UM, GOT PREGNANT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT APPRECIATE THAT THE DIOCESE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUSIVE ALSO OF OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY THAT IS ALSO IMPACTED BY THIS LAW.

AND SO WE HAVE FOR, FOR, FOR EVERYONE, BUT ESPECIALLY, UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS, JUST KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS, IS STANDING, UM, STANDS WITH YOU.

UH, AND THEN LASTLY, I KNOW THAT WE, UM, HAVE SOME OF THE PARTS PULLED ON, ON ISSUES OF CLIMATE, BUT IT IS JUST SUCH AN URGENT ISSUE.

UH, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE STAFF IN CASE WE DON'T GET TO THANK THEM AGAIN, ALONG WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE CO-CHAIRS THAT PRESENTED TO US FOR SUCH HARD WORK, BRINGING THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN TO US, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR.

FIGHTING AND MITIGATING THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND IN HOW WE WORK TO ACHIEVE THE CITY'S MANY OTHER PRIORITIES WE CAN GET TO NET ZERO WHILE SOLVING MULTIPLE CHALLENGES AT ONCE.

UM, I HAD HOPED THAT ONE TIME WOULD BE ON CONSENT AND WE JUST GOT SOME AMENDMENTS FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS.

UM, BUT I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO THE EQUITY PLAN, WHICH IS ON, UM, THE CONSENT THAT'S ITEM 99.

UM, I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU CELEBRATING, UM, THE ADOPTION OF THE 2021 AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN.

UM, THIS IS REALLY A MONUMENTAL STEP IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND IN OUR EFFORTS TO INCORPORATE EQUITY INTO ALL THAT WE DO.

UM, I BELIEVE THIS PLAN WILL BE LOOKED TO AS A MODEL, BUT IT WILL BE UPON US TO, UM, IMPLEMENT IT WELL, WHICH IS WHAT ONE 10 SPEAKS TO BACK IN 2019, I LED A RESOLUTION DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY IN AUSTIN, WHICH CALLED ON OUR CITY TO MEET THE CRISIS AT THE LEVEL OF ITS THREAT AND FOR AUSTIN TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN ITS TARGETS AND ACCELERATE OUR PATH TO NET ZERO COMMUNITY-WIDE EMISSIONS, THE 2021 CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN ACCELERATES OUR TARGET DATE BY A DECADE TO 2040 JOINING WITH COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE IN RENEWED COMMITMENT TO PRESERVING OUR PLANET FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

WHAT THIS CLIMATE PLAN DOES IS RECOGNIZE IN A WAY WE HAVEN'T BEFORE THAT, HOW WE GET THERE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE STRATEGIES AND GOALS WE LAID OUT.

UM, AND IN THE IMPLEMENTATION RESOLUTION, UM, WE REALLY TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE STEPS THAT WE NEED TO, TO MAKE THIS PLAN SUCCESSFUL.

UM, WE MUST BUILD ON THE HARD, IMPORTANT WORK OF OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADVANCING AUSTIN'S CLIMATE GOALS AND STRATEGIES ACROSS THE CITY.

WE MUST INVEST IN

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THERE ARE CHANGES WE CAN IMPLEMENT HERE AND NOW THAT WILL PAY OFF DIVIDENDS IN THE YEARS TO COME.

I LOOK FORWARD TO AUSTIN, CONTINUING TO LEAD AN INNOVATION, BUILDING A NEW ECONOMY OF EQUITABLE GREEN JOBS, ADVANCING PROJECTS THAT ARE LOCALLY BORN AND HAVE LOCAL BENEFITS AND IDENTIFYING LEADER, LEADING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN GET US TO NET ZERO FASTER LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND AUSTIN AND AROUND THE WORLD ARE THE MOST IMPACTED BY EXTREME WEATHER AND POLLUTION.

DESPITE HAVING CONTRIBUTED AT LEAST TO THE DRIVERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND POLLUTION.

AND THIS PLAN RECOGNIZES THAT WE MUST ACHIEVE ADJUST, TRANSITION THAT ADDRESSES THIS DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, JUST AS WE MEET OUR MISSION GOALS, EQUITY WAS BUILT INTO THIS PLAN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE CENTERED IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION.

I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR DISCUSSION ON ONE 10 LATER ON.

THANK YOU, COUNCILOR MOMO COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS.

AND THANK YOU, COUNSELOR ALTRA FOR THAT DISTINCTION THAT WE ARE, WE DO HAVE THE PLAN FOR ADOPTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF THIS LAND THAT WE NOW CALL AUSTIN.

UM, AND I THINK THIS PLAN DOES A REALLY GREAT JOB OF CENTERING THAT AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

ONE THAT WE KNOW IS ROOTED IN SEGREGATION AND, AND RACISM.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE THOROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE PLAN.

I THINK IT'S A MODEL I SPOKE ABOUT IT ON TUESDAY.

THAT'S A NATIONAL MODEL, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM THAT, UM, THAT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE.

AND I THINK THAT THIS TYPE OF PLAN IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL AS WE EMBARK ON THIS BOLD GOAL TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO BY 2040.

UM, CURRENTLY WE KNOW THAT RACE PREDICTS A QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN AUSTIN, AND WHICH THAT MEANS THAT OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE IN ANY TYPE OF DISASTER.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CENTER RACIAL EQUITY AS WE IMPLEMENT THIS COMMUNITY PLAN.

UM, AND FOR ME IT REALLY IS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

AND SO I'M THRILLED TO SEE THAT THIS PLAN, UM, CENTERS THAT, AND TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR COLLEAGUES HERE ON THE DIOCESE, YOUR PREVIOUS WORK AND COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING, UM, THAT LEVEL OF DEDICATION TO RACIAL EQUITY AND, AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WHO'S JOINING US ON, ON EMBARKING IN IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND I KNOW WE'LL HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS LATER TODAY AS WE TALK ABOUT THE RESOLUTION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PORTION.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH COLLEAGUES, ANYONE ELSE, IF NOT, I HAVE A FEW WORDS I'D LIKE TO SHARE AS WELL.

UM, I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT THE OTHER DAY, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I WAS DEFINITELY STANDING BY AND WATCHING PROUD.

UM, I'LL KEEP MY VERY BRIEF.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THIS PLAN LINKS, LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION.

UM, I THINK THAT'S A CRITICAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WE'VE SEEN STUDY AFTER STUDY THAT SHOWS THAT DENSER MORE WALKABLE COMMUNITIES HAVE SMALLER CARBON FOOTPRINT THAN SPRAWLING CAR DEPENDENT CITIES LIKE AUSTIN IS.

UM, SO I JUST REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE PLAN AND WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OH, YES.

UH, I REALLY WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL PROJECTS THAT, UH, THAT THERE, WHERE YOU ARE AWARDING TO ALL THE GREAT NONPROFITS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN AUSTIN, AND ALSO LOOKING OUT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT OUR PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY IN HERE FOR, TO LOOK TO HELP OUR IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE COMING IN, THAT WE'RE TAKING IN.

AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF AUSTIN AND FOR OPENING UP THEIR ARMS AND WELCOMED THEM.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT PUTTING RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE AT HOME.

AND IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER OF KITCHEN WHO MOTIONED THAT WE, UM, PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA SECOND AND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, EXCUSE ME.

WE HAVE TO DO IT.

MY APOLOGIES ON.

UM, IT APPEARS TO BE UNANIMOUS WITH MAYOR ADLER OFF THE DYES.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA,

[02:15:02]

NO, I'M SORRY.

MY APOLOGIES.

IT APPEARS TO BE UNANIMOUS, BUT MAYBE OTHER ON THE DICE.

UM, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TIME TO TAKE UP ANY OTHER ITEMS. IT'S ALREADY 1209.

I THINK WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD TO, UM, CITIZENS

[Public Comments (Part 2 of 3)]

COMMUNICATION.

WE HAVE FOUR FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK WITH US.

EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS EMILY K. HILL.

COME ON DOWN AFTER EMILY WE'LL HAVE ETHAN SMITH.

AM I ALLOWED TO BRING MY MASS DOWN YOUR COMFORT LEVEL? UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

MY NAME'S EMILY AND I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS THE NEW ABORTION LAW AND SPECIFICALLY HOW IT IMPACTS VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

I KNOW THAT WE THINK THE LAW IS GOING TO PROTECT RAPE VICTIMS, BUT THE TRUTH IS IT DOESN'T.

UM, I HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH IT.

THE FIRST TIME I WAS ASSAULTED, I WAS 12 YEARS OLD BY A FAMILY MEMBER BEING DISABLED AND BEING A CHILD.

I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO LOOK FOR FOR THE SCIENCE OF IF I HAD GOTTEN PREGNANT AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A FAMILY NETWORK, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO ONE THERE TO PROTECT ME AND HELP ME LOOK FOR THE SIGNS OF BEING PREGNANT.

THE SECOND TIME I WAS ASSAULTED WAS IN COLLEGE AND MY OWN HOME BY A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE.

AND I WAS SO ASHAMED AND SO GONE MENTALLY, I WOULD HAVE NOT KNOWN THE SIGNS TO LOOK FOR, FOR BEING PREGNANT.

I FILLED UP THIS LAW'S REALLY BLACK AND WHITE THAT WE SHOULDN'T HOLD RAPE VICTIMS TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS CONSENTING ADULTS.

THEY, MANY OF THEM ARE HANDICAPPED OR CHILDREN OR JUST WOMEN TRYING TO GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES AND FORCING THEM TO HAVE THEIR RAPIST BABIES SAYING THAT SIX WEEKS IS ENOUGH, IS NOT EVEN CLOSE.

I, I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME EXCEPTION TO THIS LAW TO PROTECT RAPE VICTIMS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY HANDICAPPED, UM, AND ESPECIALLY WOMEN WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO HAVE A CHILD AND MAY JUST WANT TO TAKE THEIR OWN LIFE BECAUSE THE LAW'S NOT GOING TO PROTECT THEM.

GENERALLY, THE LAW DOES NOT PROTECT RAPE VICTIMS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME FORWARD.

AND IT TOOK ME 10 YEARS TO HEAL FROM WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

AND IN THAT TIME, SIX WEEKS WAS NOWHERE ENOUGH FOR ME TO MENTALLY UNDERSTAND RAPE.

UM, I KNOW THAT IN TEXAS, WE'RE A GOD-FEARING STATE AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD WOULD NOT WANT A 12 YEAR OLD TO HAVE THE RIPEST BABY, A HANDICAP PERSON OR A WOMAN TO, UM, BE FORCED TO ENDURE THAT.

SO I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME EXCEPTION TO THIS LAW, UM, TO PROTECT RAPE VICTIMS AND NOT HOLD THEM TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS CONSENTING ADULTS.

UM, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. CARRIE, ETHAN SMITH, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL.

MARELLA.

I JUST WANTED TO VERY QUICKLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO SPEAK TO US.

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH EVERY WORD YOU SAID.

UM, AND WE JUST TOOK A VOTE TO MAKE SURE OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT CAN PROVIDE AMICUS BRIEFING IN THE LAWSUIT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING BRAVE AND COMING TO SHARE YOUR STORY WITH US.

AGREED ETHAN SMITH.

AND THEN AFTER ETHAN, WE HAVE CAROLYN ROSE KENNEDY.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, POWERFUL TESTIMONY.

UM, SO I CAME HERE TODAY TO, UH, TALK ABOUT TRACK 16 AND 18 OF THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD.

UM, THEY'RE KIND OF HEADED FOR AN RFP PROCESS AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL KNOWS THAT THERE IS AN ALTERNATE PROCESS AND URBAN RENEWAL BOARD BYLAWS, UH, CALLED AN UNSOLICITED BID.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

MY MIC HERE, IT'S CALLED AN UNSOLICITED BID AND THIS HAS BEEN USED BY THE ARS.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO PAUSE A MOMENT AND LET'S, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T FIGURE THAT OUT SHOULD BE FIXED NOW CHECK, CHECK.

ON IT, FILING OPEN RECORDS REQUEST TO GET THE STEPS OF THE PROCESS.

SO THERE IS AN ALTERNATE PROCESS TO RFP PROCESSES, UH, FOR THE DISPOSAL OF LANDS CALLED AN UNSOLICITED BID THROUGH URBAN RENEWAL BOARD BYLAWS.

AND BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH ENERGY AROUND THESE TRACKS THAT THIS IS REALLY THE MORE APPROPRIATE WAY YOU COULD GET AN UP OR DOWN VOTE FOR.

UM, YOU KNOW, HAROLD MCMILLAN IS LEADING A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THERE'S A TON OF ENERGY BEHIND IT.

AND THAT IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR HIM TO GET AN UP OR DOWN VOTE AND THAT THIS WOULD BE THE MECHANISM AND DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH

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BUT I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT, UM, AND ALSO FOR TRACK 16, I THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE HOUSING FOR HOUSTON TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY.

AND I THINK IT SHOULD ALSO GO THROUGH THIS UNSOLICITED BID PROCESS.

UM, THERE'S A CITY STAFF LIKES TO BENCHMARK AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WHEN WE SAY THAT IT ALWAYS TENDS TO MEAN A CERTAIN PERCENT OF THE HOUSING IS RESERVED FOR 60% MFI 50% IN THE FI.

AND TO ME, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH AND IT DOESN'T WORK.

AND IF I HAD MORE TIME, I'D TELL YOU WHY IT DOESN'T WORK.

UM, BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS YOU COULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THIS TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO THE ENTITY THAT'S GOING TO DEVELOP, THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ENTITY WITH A DECADES LONG TRACK RECORD OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS DETERMINED BY HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO LIVE HERE.

SO, UM, AND THE DECEMBER BEFORE CORONA HIT, I MET WITH WAYNE KNOX.

WHO'S THE VICE PRESIDENT OF HOUSTON TILLOTSON.

AND AT THAT TIME ROOM AND BOARD WITH A MEAL PLAN AND BILLS PAID AT HOUSTON, TILLOTSON WAS $470 A MONTH.

SO HE'S UNTIL IT'S IN, IS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE BEST PROVIDER INSTITUTIONAL PROVIDER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO YOU COULD COMPLETELY FAIRLY MAKE A PROCESS WHERE INSTEAD OF BENCHMARKING OFF MFI YOU'RE BENCHMARKING OFF IS THE PROVIDER OF HOUSING.

DO THEY HAVE A LONG TRACK RECORD? AND THAT WOULD BE A COMPLETELY FAIR PROCESS.

AND I THINK WHAT IT WOULD YIELD IS A, IS AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING.

AND I ALSO LIKED THAT BECAUSE STUDENTS COME IN AND OUT, THEY CIRCULATE SO ONE BUILDING, IF IT HAS A HUNDRED BEDS, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE IN 30 YEARS, IT'S SPREAD OUT MORE EQUITABLY BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE FOR A FEW YEARS.

AND IT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY STUDENT HOUSING IS A GREAT INVESTMENT BECAUSE YOU DON'T DISINCENTIVIZE PEOPLE FROM UPWARD MOBILITY, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT WITH THESE KINDS OF POLICIES.

UM, AND ONE REASON SINCE I HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME, UH, AND I'LL JUST SAY THE HEALTH SOUTH TRACT SHOULD BE A PART OF THE BRACKENRIDGE NEGOTIATIONS, UT WANTS IT.

SO WE'RE AT THE 150 MILLION, IT'S 150 MILLION.

JUST SIT IN THERE FOR YOU GUYS.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY, WE WANT TO GUIDE THIS TO YOU GUYS.

WOULD I SEE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD NOW, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF THESE PROCESSES SHOULD BE MORE, MORE PUBLIC.

YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO COME HERE EVERY SIX WEEKS AND SAY SOMETHING, AND THIS IS ALL VERY PRIVATE AND NOBODY CAN TALK ABOUT WHY UT SCORE WAS A ZERO ON THE RFP PROCESS.

AND THAT'S ENOUGH FOR UT NOT TO GET IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH.

CAROLANNE ROSE KENNEDY AND THEN OUR FINAL IN-PERSON SPEAKER FOR CITIZENS.

COMMUNICATION IS DEBBIE.

DEBBIE WATMAN.

HOWDY NEIGHBORS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU FOR SERVING WHAT'S WRONG.

I DON'T GET OUT MUCH.

WHAT DO I DO? OKAY.

THANK YOU, JEANETTE.

OKAY, MS. KENNEDY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

YES MA'AM.

THE INTRANATIONAL ANTHEM.

I HAVE A SONG FOR Y'ALL.

IT ONLY HURTS FOR THREE MINUTES.

JOSE, CAN YOU SEE PAST THE BOARD OR RED NIGHT? WE'RE NOT TRYING TO KEEP Y'ALL ALIVE.

WE'RE JUST CONTAINING OR RIGHT.

JOSE.

WE LOVE YOU AND YOUR KIDS AND YOUR MOM, UH, IS HID IN A COUNTRY.

THAT'S FOUR.

AND JUST LOOK WHAT WE DID.

SO I'M LEARNING BUT IT'S TAKING A TOLL ON MY TEXTS, BILLS AND MORTGAGE, BUT I CAN STILL SAY LET'S ROLL AND THE TAM BIRTHDAY FLAIR, BUT YOUR DO

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WING YOUR SHARE BECAUSE THERE'S PROOF, JAY AND I BET YOUR FLAG IS STILL HERE.

JOSE DID YOUR FREE TURN.

18 TO A IN THE LAB AND UP JABARI AND THE WHOLE ROOM ABOUT GRAY.

SAVE THE HEART OF TEXAS IS INSIDE ME.

OH, MY NIGHTS, SEN DAYS, THE LONE STAR TEXTS ASSISTS AROUND ME.

I WILL NOT MOVE AWAY.

DO NOT THINK YOU CAN ESCAPE ME.

I RISE UP SO EARLY IN THE MORN, THE EYES OF TEXAS ARE UPON Y'ALL TILL KIDDIE TOOTS, HER OWN HORN LOVE.

Y'ALL ALWAYS, DON'T FORGET TO RIDE AND KITCHEN.

I'LL SEE YOU BACK AT THE RANCH.

THAT WAS OUR FINAL CITIZENS COMMUNICATION SPEAKER AND OH, IT WAS NOT MY APOLOGIES.

WE HAD STARTED DEBBIE WHITEMAN.

DEBBIE, ARE YOU WITH US THIS AFTERNOON? IT DOESN'T APPEAR.

SO IN WHICH CASE, MAYBE I WAS RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.

THAT'S OUR FINAL SPEAKER FOR CITIZEN'S COMMUNICATION.

UM, SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT THE ORDER AND ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO GRAB A BITE TO EAT BEFORE YOU HEAD OVER TO YOUR OFFICE.

UM, SO I'M THINKING ABOUT 15 MINUTES, HOPEFULLY THAT'S SUFFICIENT.

1220, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP FOUR ITEMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0 7.

IN WHICH CASE, SO AT

[Executive Session]

ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE NUMBER FOUR APPROVED SERVICE EXTENSION REQUEST.

NUMBER 46 52 FOR WASTEWATER SERVICE TO A 34.4 ACRE TRACK LOCATED AT 1, 1, 2, 1 3, FM SIX 20 WITHIN THE DRINKING WATER PROTECTION ZONE, PARTIALLY WITHIN THE CITY'S FULL PURPOSE JURISDICTION PARTIALLY, BUT THEN THE CITY'S TWO MILE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AND AUSTIN'S WATER SERVICE AREA.

UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE, 18, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE FOR THE FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION AND APPROXIMATELY 25 ACRES LOCATED IN TRAVIS COUNTY AT 1 1, 2, 1 3, NORTH FM SIX 20, AND RATIFY AN AGREEMENT WITH THE OWNER OF THE LAND FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES.

THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SIX, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5174 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO 1 58, APPROVE A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH JACK GONE AS CHIEF OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ACCORD WITH SECTION 1 43 0.01, THREE OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

NUMBER 1 64, DISCUSS THE EMPLOYMENT DUTIES AND EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION SEEING NONE? WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 1:22 PM.

I RECOMMEND THAT WE PRIORITIZE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS, AND WE'LL BE BACK AT TWO TO TAKE UP ZONING ITEMS, AND THEN I'LL SEE YOU ALL IN 15 MINUTES AND EXECUTIVE SESSION DID YOU NEED, OKAY, SO WE ARE BACK OUT OF CLOSED SESSION AND CLOSED SESSION.

WE DISCUSSED LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEMS NUMBER FOUR AND ONE 18, AND WE WILL RESUME THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 1 59 COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UH, YES.

UM,

[111. Approve a resolution renewing the City of Austin’s consistent support for the reproductive rights of individuals who are capable of becoming pregnant, encouraging the business community to join the City in opposing the implementation of SB 8, and directing the City Manager to provide legal resources to support the current lawsuits that challenge SB 8.]

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE RECONSIDERATION ON ITEM NUMBER ONE, 11.

I THINK ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ADDRESS THAT AND POTENTIALLY, UM, ADDRESS HER VOTE.

SO I MOVED RECONSIDERATION OF ITEM NUMBER ONE 11.

UM, IT'S BEEN MOVED THAT WE RECONSIDER ITEM NUMBER ONE, 11, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN FRONT THIS, UM, WITH THE PERSON WHO'S CALLING FOR RECONSIDERATION LIKE TO SPEAK, OR SHOULD WE JUST GO AHEAD WITH THE VOTE? GO AHEAD WITH, OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR OF RECONSIDERING ITEM, NUMBER ONE, 11 IT'S UNANIMOUS.

THANKS SO MUCH TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DIASEND TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR, UM,

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OFFERING UP THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WHEN I ABSTAINED EARLIER TODAY, I REALLY MEANT TO EXPRESS MY INTEREST IN INCLUDING WOMEN'S SPECIFICALLY IN THE RESOLUTION, BUT I FEAR THAT IT CAME ACROSS AS ME BEING UNRECEPTIVE TO THE CONCERNS AND STRUGGLES OF THE TRANS AND INTERSEX COMMUNITIES.

AND THOSE FOLKS ALSO NEED ACCESS TO ABORTION RIGHTS.

AND I CERTAINLY DID NOT INTEND AT ALL TO EXCLUDE THEM.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS KNOWN THAT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY HAS MY FULL SUPPORT.

AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING THIS RECONSIDERATION AND I'M READY TO MOVE TO THE VOTE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR OF RECONSIDERING.

I I'M SORRY.

MAYOR PRO TEM, DID YOU GET A MOVE? DID YOU GET A MOTION AND SECOND ITEM? I'M SORRY.

I MISSED THAT PART.

WE DID THE, IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, FRONT DESK.

SORRY THAT WAS THE EMOTION OR EMOTION.

I THINK WE NEED A MOTION FOR THE ITEM ITSELF.

AND I SAW A HAND COUNSELOR.

BOB KELLY MAKES THE MOTION.

I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER CAN'T REMEMBER ELLIS MAKES IT I'M SORRY.

I WAS JUST POINTING.

I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SET THAT.

BE HAPPY TO SECONDARY GOING TO SAY THE MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FRONT DESK.

ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS TO YOUR HAND.

SO THAT IS 10 YESES AND ONE, NO, MY VOTE IS STAYING THE SAME.

I DIDN'T SEE AN ABSTENTION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.

I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.

COUNCIL MEMBER, TBA, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I BELIEVE THAT WE COULD DISPENSE

[162. Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to establish an expedited review and prioritization program for residential developments that will provide permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness. (Part 1 of 2)]

WITH 1 62 SUPER QUICKLY.

IF YOU'RE INCLINED TO TAKE THAT UP, I'M COMFORTABLE DOING SO MAYOR, YOU HAD INDICATED THAT YOU WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THE INSERTION OF THE WORD SIGNIFICANT ONLINE LET ME FIND THE LINE, UH, 38.

SO IT WOULD READ THAT WILL PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

WE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE AFTER TODAY AND I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT FOR TODAY.

IN FACT, MY MOTION WOULD BE THEN TO APPROVE ITEM 1 62 WITH THE WORD SIGNIFICANT ADDED.

UH, THE INTENT IS NOT TO, TO HAVE SOMEONE PUT IN A NOMINAL AMOUNT OF HOUSING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, TO GET THIS TREATMENT.

SO I AGREE WITH THE INTENT AND APPRECIATE THE ADDITION.

CAN YOU REMOVE YOUR, UH, REPEAT YOUR MOTION? MAY ADLER.

I HAVE A PASSAGE OF ITEM 1 62, UH, WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE WORD SIGNIFICANT ONLINE 31 ON 38.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER? TOVO SECONDS.

ALL IN FAVOR, UNANIMOUS ON THE DYES.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE LAST ONE WE CAN TAKE OUT BEFORE WE START WITH OUR ZONING CASES AND OUR ZONING SPEAKERS.

LET ME GET OVER TO I'M SO SORRY.

MAY I PRETEND THAT WAS JUST TO ADD THE WORD? CORRECT.

OKAY, GREAT.

OUR ZONING CASES THIS AFTERNOON.

HERE'S THIS THAT WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON

[Public Comments (3 of 3)]

WE HAVE JUSTIN SHAW.

ARE YOU WITH US THIS AFTERNOON? KEITH BUCHANAN AND CHERYL THOMPSON.

MR. BUCHANAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME DOWN? OKAY.

SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG MIRA FOR 10.

WOULD YOU LIKE US TO CALL THE SPEAKERS? OH, I'M SORRY.

I FORGOT WE HAD REMOTE SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM.

[02:35:01]

CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT.

YES, PLEASE PROCEED.

HI, MY NAME IS REBECCA TAYLOR AND I LIVE AT THE BARTON PLACE CONDOMINIUMS I CHAIR FOR OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, A COMMITTEE THAT WE CALL THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THAT PAYS ATTENTION TO ZONING CHANGE REQUESTS, WHICH ARE HAPPENING WITH GREATER FREQUENCY LATELY.

UM, ALONG THE STRETCH OF, TO ME, BETWEEN LAMAR AND STERLING, WHICH IS THE ROAD THAT GOES BY TWO, HIS AND IS NEXT TO THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.

UH, WE ARE MARTIN PLACE IS ON RECORD AND THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE HOA BOARD, UH, IS ON RECORD AS BEING AN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED MF SIX ZONING CHANGE REQUESTS.

AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT.

UM, TO ME ITSELF IS MUCH MORE INTENSIVELY, A RESIDENTIAL AREA THAN MOST PEOPLE SEEM TO REALIZE, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ASSOCIATE TO ME WITH ALL THE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE ALONG BARTON SPRINGS ROAD.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FOUR OR FIVE APARTMENT AND CONDOMINIUM BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALONG TO ME, THEY CONTAIN BETWEEN 1,015 HUNDRED RESIDENTS.

IN FACT, BARTON PLACE, WHICH HAS 270 CONDOMINIUM UNITS AND PROBABLY AROUND 500 RESIDENTS ITSELF.

THE AGGREGATE VALUE ON THAT PROPERTY IS OVER $150 MILLION.

SO THE AGGREGATE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES REPRESENTED IN THE VERY SHORT THREE BLOCK AREA OF, TO ME IS ON THE ORDER OF THREE OR $400 MILLION.

SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PRESENCE, UM, IN A RESIDENTIAL, UH, UH, USE, UH, THAT IS ALREADY ON THE STREET EARLIER LAST YEAR, THE SCHLOCKY PUD AS IT'S COMMONLY KNOWN AT LAMAR AND TO ME WAS APPROVED FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE OFFICE USE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE CITY AT THE TIME, ESTIMATED 5,000 EXTRA VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY WILL BE GENERATED BY THAT RATHER CHALLENGING, UH, TRAFFIC SITUATION COMING IN AND OUT OF THE GARAGE THERE IN OUR VIEW AS RESIDENT, THE INTENSIVELY PEDESTRIAN USE OF TWO NEEDS TO GET TO AND FROM ZILKER PARK BUTLER CHAUFFEURS, I CAN BIKE TRAIL BARTON SPRINGS POOL.

AND SO MANY OF THE OTHER ATTRACTIONS THAT DEFINE THE BEATING HEART OF AUSTIN HERE, UM, MEANS THAT WE NEED TO CUT OFF ANY FURTHER INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WOULD LEAD TO ANY FURTHER INCREASE IN TRAFFIC.

BECAUSE TO ME, SHE SIMPLY CANNOT SUPPORT IT.

THERE'S NO WAY TO WIDEN IT.

DID WE LOSE THE COLOR? SHE STILL, UH, FINISHED AND IN PLACE.

SO WE ARE AN OPPOSITION.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO SAY NO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON.

AND OUR ZONING SPEAKERS IS JERRY YEAR.

WE CAN RUN US THROUGH THE ZONING AGENDA WILL DO.

[Zoning Consent Agenda]

IT'S CASEY 14, 2020 ONE HUNDRED, A HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PART-TIMING COUNCIL.

I'M JERRY ROSCOMMON WITH THE HOUSING AND PLAIN DEPARTMENT HERE TO DO YOUR, UH, ZONING CONSENTED THEM TODAY.

UM, FIRST WE'LL START WITH ITEM 1 43.

THIS IS A POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 21ST.

I'M NUMBER 1 23.

THIS KC 14,000 21 0 1 14.

THIS IS A POSTPONED REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

I DON'T 1 24.

THIS IS THE POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

ITEM NUMBER 1 25 IS KC 14, 2020 0 1 46.

THIS IS THE POST-FALL REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

ITEM 1 26 IS NPA 2020 100 0 1 7 0.02.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

I DIDN'T ONE 27TH, C 14, 2020 155.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

I DIDN'T REMEMBER 1 28 KC 14, 2020 1 0 0 59.

THIS IS A POSTPONED REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT TO OCTOBER 21ST ITEM NUMBER 1 29 IS 50 14, 2020 1 0 0 1 7.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

I HAVE NUMBER ONE THIRTIES, CASEY 14, 2020 0 1 44.

THIS IS A POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

ITEM 1 31 IS K C 40 AND 2020 0 1 51.

THIS IS POSTPONE REQUESTS BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

I AM 1 32 IS THE ITEM THAT THE SPEAKER TO SPOKE TO SEE 14, 2020 ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO NINE.

THIS IS THE POST-CALL REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 21ST ITEM NUMBER 1 33 IS CASE C 14, 2020 1 0 1 15.

THIS IS POSTPONE WERE REQUESTED BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH, ITEM 1 34 4 0 180 7 0.02 DOT

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S H.

I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, BUT I HAVE SOMETHING I NEED TO READ INTO THE RECORD.

UM, FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH CAP METRO, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO UPDATE EXHIBIT C THE GENERAL LAND USE MAP AND REVISED EXHIBIT E THE ZONING AND LAND USE SUMMARY TABLE TO REFLECT THE ADDITION OF A TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL.

THE PROPOSED TRANSPORTATIONAL TERMINAL SITE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF SLAUGHTER LANE, UH, WEST OF VERTEX BOULEVARD.

WITH THAT ADDITION, WE CAN OFFER THAT ONE FOR CONSENT ON SECOND AND THIRD ITEM NUMBER 1 35 IS CASEY 14, 2020 193.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

ITEM 1 36 IS CASE 14, 2020 1,994.

I CAN, UH, THIS IS A POSTCARD REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

I DIDN'T WANT 37.

THIS CASEY 14, 2020 1 0 1 11.

THIS IS A POST-MEAL REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH AT A 1 38.

THIS CASE C 14, 2020 1 0 1 12.

THIS IS A REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

ITEM 1 39 IS CASEY 14, 2020 101 13.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

I DID NUMBER ONE 40TH CASE, UM, C 14, 2020 1 0 1 19.

THIS IS POST REQUESTS BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

ITEM 1 41 IS K C 14, 2020 1 0 100.

THIS IS POSTPONED REQUESTS BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

UM, ITEM NUMBER 1 42 IS 14, 2020 1 0 1 17.

THIS IS A POSTCARD REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

I DON'T REMEMBER 1 43 IS CASEY 14, 2020 180.

ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS ITEM NUMBER 1 44 IS KC 14, 2020 1 0 0 90.

THIS IS POST POLL REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

I DIDN'T 1 44.

SKC 40 IN 2020 1 0 1 0 1.

THIS IS A REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

I DIDN'T WANT IT.

46.

THIS CASE NPA 2020 IS 0 21 0.01.

ON SECOND, THIRD READINGS, I HAVE NUMBER 1, 1 47 IS CASEY 14, 2020 0, 0 75.

ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, I DIDN'T REMEMBER 1, 1 48 IS CASE C 14, 2020 1 0 0 87.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON SECOND, THIRD, AND READINGS WITH THE, WITH THE READING OF ONE ADDITIONAL CONDITION.

AND THAT IS TO PROHIBIT DRIVE-THROUGH SERVICES AS AN ACCESSORY TO A RESTAURANT USE.

SO WITH THE ADDITION, 1 48 WOULD BE CONSENT APPROVAL.

ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, 1 49.

THIS COULD SEE 14 88, 0 1 37, RCT.

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO A REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

ITEM ONE 50 IS CAUSE NPA 2020 0 0 0 2 0.01.

ON SECOND READING, ONLY 1 51 IS CASE C 14, 2020 1 0 0 61.

ON SECOND READING ONLY ITEM NUMBER 1 52 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM YOUR AGENDA.

AND THERE IS NO ACTION AS REQUIRED.

I DIDN'T HAVE NUMBER 1 53 IS CASEY 14, 2020 1 0 0 23 DOT S H.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

I DIDN'T NUMBER 1 54.

2020 1 0 1 1 6.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH AND FINALLY ITEM 1 65 IS HR 2020 1 0 8 5 7 3 1 AND HR, 2021 DASH 8 5 7 3 9.

I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR A POST-MEAL REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO OCTOBER 14TH.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE ZONING AGENDA MAYOR PER DUMMY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, JERRY.

ALL RIGHT, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTS OF ITEMS. 1 34, 1 40 AND 1 46 THROUGH 1 48.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAYOR BUCK? I HAVE, UH, UH, I WANT TO ASK JERRY A QUESTION ON ITEM ONE 50 AND ONE 50 AT 1 51, AS SOON AS WE KNOCK OUT, AS SOON AS WE DO THE CONSENT AGENDA, I'M GOING TO BRING BACK CONSENT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT ON CONSENT, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK IT'S ON GOOD SENSE.

IT LOOKS FROM MY NOTES.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST.

DID HE SAY CONSENT? YEAH.

AGENDA, A MOTION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, THERE WAS A POSTPONE REQUEST EARLIER THAT REQUESTS WAS WITHDRAWN, UH, THIS MORNING.

AND I WOULD, I WOULD, UH, AGREE WITH IT.

IF WE, UH, CAME BACK ON A THIRD READING INCENTIVE FOR NOVEMBER FORCE TO GIVE THAT GIVE THE, UH, CONTACT TEAM CHANCE TO NEGOTIATE.

WE CAN DO THAT CUSTOMER.

WE CAN BRING IT BACK FOR THIRD REEM BEFORE MAYOR PRO TEM.

IF YOU NEED A MOTION, I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND YOU GOT WHAT YOU NEEDED.

I DO NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT

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ALL IN FAVOR.

IT'S UNANIMOUS WITH MAYOR EITHER OFF THE DICE.

UM, WOULD NOT BE AN APPROPRIATE

TIME.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER MY VOTE ON 1 62.

I THOUGHT WE WERE APPROVING JUST THE WORD CHANGE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA BROUGHT FORWARD.

NOT ACTUALLY VOTING IN FULL FOR THE ITEM.

OH, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I THOUGHT IT WAS TWO SEPARATE VOTES.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT MISTAKE.

I UNDERSTAND.

SO WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FIRST TO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MOTIONS THAT WE RECONSIDER? ITEM NUMBER 1 62.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, SECOND, THE MOTION.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT? OKAY.

AND WHICH CASE? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

WE WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT YOU WERE VOTING? NO, CORRECT.

THAT'S A, NO 1, 1 62.

AND JUST FROM A PERSPECTIVE, WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY VOTE ON THE RECONSIDERATION AND THEN HAVE THE MAYOR MAKE THE MOTION AGAIN AND REBUILT IT.

SAY IT ONE MORE TIME.

I THINK THAT WE SHOULD VOTE ON THE RECONSIDERATION ON THE RECONSIDERATION AND THEN I THINK THE MAYOR SHOULD MAKE HIS MOTION AGAIN.

AND WE SHOULD JUST TAKE UP THE ITEM AND VOTE ON IT AGAIN.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

I HEARD YOUR QUESTION EARLIER AND I'M SORRY THAT I THINK I NOW UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE ASKING.

I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT CLARIFYING THAT'S.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR MAY OR THE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR MOTION AGAIN ON ITEM NUMBER 1 62? WOULD I MOVE TO A PASS OR 1 62 WITH THE LANGUAGE CHANGE AS DISCUSSED EARLIER TO HAVE THE WORD SUBSTANTIAL ALL IN FAVOR OR SIGNIFICANT ONLINE, THE 30TH SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT CAN I GET A SECOND TO THE MAYOR'S MOTION? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO SECONDS THAT MOTION ALL IN FAVOR.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE 10 YESES AND ONE.

NO, THANK YOU.

THAT'S BARBECUE.

AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE AT 2:17 PM.

SO WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO I WAS GOING TO MOVE US INTO KNOCKING OUT ITEMS, UM, NUMBER ONE 50 AND 1 51, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT THAT COVERED BECAUSE THE POSTPONEMENT REQUESTS WAS WITHDRAWN.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT OKAY.

AND WHICH CASE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO HFC.

SO WE WILL NOW RECESS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 2:17 PM AND CONVENE THE

[Austin Housing Finance Corporation]

AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.

WHO DO WE HAVE REPRESENTING HFC? I SEE MANDY, MANDY AND I ARE ON VIDEO.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO RUN US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA DIRECTOR? TRUE LOVE.

GO AHEAD, MANDY TO MAIL HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, UH, THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS, UH, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TODAY.

THE FIRST ITEM IS MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST 11TH, AUGUST 26 AND SEPTEMBER 2ND.

THE SECOND ITEM IS APPROVING A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FORMATION OF A H F C NONPROFIT SUBSIDIARY CALLED H H S E KAREN POINT NONPROFIT CORPORATION.

UM, AND THAT NONPROFIT WILL ACT AS A GENERAL PARTNER IN A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP 130 UNITS, SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON SPRINGDALE ROAD.

UH, THE THIRD ITEM IS CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING WITH RESPECT TO A 25 MILLION, UM, MULTI-FAMILY REVENUE BOND, UM, UH, ISSUANCE FOR A 240 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AT 11 700 DEANDA LANE KNOWN AS COLORADO CREEK APARTMENTS.

AND THE FOURTH ITEM IS, UM, AUTHORIZING HFC TO ISSUE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, REVENUE, BONDS FOR THAT SAME DEVELOPMENT UP TO $25 MILLION IN PRIVATE EQUITY EQUITY PLANS THAT OFFER THOSE FOUR ITEMS ON CONSENT.

I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

OH, THANK YOU.

SO THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS

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ONE THROUGH FOUR.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA MAKES THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SECONDS.

THAT MOTION, UM, ALL IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS, UH, MAY RATHER YOU ARE ON THE DICE.

SO THAT ONE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND MAY OF PROTON, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR OH, IT'S A MEMBER COSTAR'S OFFICE.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

THAT ONE IS UNANIMOUS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CASSETTE AFTER DIES.

SO THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IS ADJOURNED.

WE WILL NOW RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 2:20 PM.

AND WITH YOUR EVER PRESENT GRACE AND KINDNESS, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PRIVILEGE

[Additional Item 2]

AND JUST SAY, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, DRIVING THE SHIP FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I EVER APPRECIATED MAYOR ADLER SO MUCH, BUT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN KIND AND THOUGHTFUL AND PATIENT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

NUMBER ONE 15 AND ONE 16.

OKAY, SO NEXT UP, WE'RE GOING TO DO TWO, I BELIEVE ITEMS

[115. Conduct a public hearing in accordance with Texas Parks and Wildlife Code Chapter 26 to consider a resolution authorizing a change in use of dedicated parkland, known as Davis White Northeast Neighborhood Park and Southern Walnut Creek Greenbelt, for Austin Water to construct, install, use, maintain, and repair approximately 840 linear feet (51,506 SF) of permanent, subterranean wastewater lines and approximately 6,925 square feet of temporary work area in order to provide wastewater service to the future East Parke Subdivision.]

DO WE HAVE PART STAFF PRESENT? I BELIEVE THEY NEEDED TO READ SOMETHING INTO THE RECORD FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE 15.

IT DOESN'T APPEAR.

SO, SO WE'LL SKIP TO ITEM NUMBER ONE 16.

I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THAT ITEM.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY.

UM, UH, JUST HAVING SOME ISSUES CONNECTING, UM, YOUR AFTERNOON ITEM, UH, EXCUSE ME, ITEM ONE 15 IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN ACCORDANCE TO THE CHAPTER 26 STATE LAW TO AND WILDLIFE CODE.

MY NAME IS GREGORY.

I WANT THIS, BUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THE PURPOSE FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS DUE TO A PERMANENT CHANGE IN USE OF DEDICATED PARKLAND FOR A NON RECREATION USE.

THIS REQUEST COMES FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN WATER DEPARTMENT TO BUILD THE WASTEWATER LINE WITH PORTION OF DEDICATED PARKLAND.

WHEN IS DAVIS WHITE, NORTH EAST NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

AND SO THEN WE WANT TO CREATE GREENBELT LEGAL FACT-FINDING FOR THIS REQUEST IS THAT THERE IS NO FEASIBLE OR PRUDENT ALTERNATIVE TO TAKING A PARKLAND, WHICH INCLUDES OUR PLANNING TO MINIMIZE HARM TO THE PARK.

AS PART OF THIS PROJECT MITIGATION PLANS, TOTALING 42,108 PAGE READ THE KITCHEN IN THE US.

WE'RE HAVING A TOUGH TIME HEARING YOU.

I WONDER IF YOU MIGHT WANT TO MUTE YOUR VIDEO.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I'M ALMOST DONE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW BETTER? THANK YOU.

THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.

THE DATE FOR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION IN THE STATESMEN ARE SEPTEMBER 5TH, 12TH, AND 19TH OF THIS YEAR.

I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY COLLEAGUES? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL? YES.

OR THE EASEMENT THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I MISSED.

SO YOU CUT OUT JUST ON THE PART THAT I'M MOST INTERESTED IN.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF THE MITIGATION, AND I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY WHAT YOU HAD RESPONDED TO ME IN EMAIL, WHICH IS, UM, THE AMOUNT OF THE MITIGATION IS 42,189.

IS THAT THE, WAS THAT THE AMOUNT ASSOCIATE? I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS THE AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LICENSE AGREEMENT TO HAVE THE UNDERGROUND WORK.

WOULD YOU MIND CLARIFYING WHAT THE 42,000 IS FOR SURE.

UM, AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

UM, AND ACTUALLY COUNT ON REALLY THE AMOUNT OF $42,189 WAS, UM, THE AMOUNT FOR THE, UH, TAKING PARKLAND.

THIS IS, UM, THIS WAS KINDA COORDINATED WITH THE OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT TO HIRE A THIRD PARTY OR THE APPRAISER TO, TO EVALUATE THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY BEING TAKEN FOR THE, UH, WASTEWATER THAT ARE PROPOSED UNDERGROUND.

SO IT IS ACTUALLY MITIGATION THAT IS COMING TO THE PARTS IN RELATION TO, OKAY, SO THAT'S NOT OKAY THAT, SO I THINK THAT I HAVE, UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AGAIN, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT'S THE REAL ESTATE COST.

THAT'S THE REAL, THAT'S THE VALUE THAT REAL ESTATE THROUGH OUR THIRD PARTY APPRAISAL ASSIGNED TO THE VALUE OF THE LAND THAT'S BEING TAKEN, UM, THE 840 LINEAR FEET.

SO IT'S NOT COVERING ADDITIONAL MITIGATION FOR THE DISRUPTION TO THE PARK, JUST FOR THE VALUE OF THE REAL ESTATE.

JUST, IT ACTUALLY INCLUDES THE TAKING OR THE ACTUAL, UM, WHAT WE WOULD CALL CHANGE IN USE OR MAY USE,

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BUT IT ALSO IS FOR ANY TEMPORARY SPACE THAT IS GOING TO BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INSTALLATION OF THAT IMPROVEMENT.

SO IT'S INCLUSIVE OF BOTH PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY USE.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE FROM REAL ESTATE WHO CAN BREAK DOWN WHAT COSTS, WHAT OF THE 42,000 HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE VALUE OF THE LAND VERSUS THE, UM, MITIGATION FOR THE TEMPORARY DISRUPTION? I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW THOSE TWO THINGS BREAK DOWN.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM REAL ESTATE, SO MAYBE THEY CAN GET BACK TO US.

BUT THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND TO WHAT EXTENT THE DEVELOPER IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT NUMBER TWO, I BELIEVE THE MANAGER WAS, WAS ATTEMPTING TO RESPOND TO YOUR, YOUR REAL ESTATE QUESTIONS.

SORRY.

HI, MR. GATES.

UM, ONLY THE PULL THAT APPRAISAL.

SO I APOLOGIZE.

AND LET ME GET MY HANDS ON THAT APPRAISAL AND I WILL BE ABLE TO GET YOU AN ANSWER MOMENTARILY.

I ACTUALLY, I CAN'T REMEMBER.

I, I DO, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY.

I DO HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO THE APPRAISAL.

UM, AND THERE IS A, UM, DID YOU WANT IT SPECIFICALLY A BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE VALUE WAS ACCOUNTED FOR BY THE APPRAISER? WELL, AS I UNDERSTAND THE RIBS AND THE PERMANENT, UH, YES.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SHALL I ASK MY OTHER QUESTIONS OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO AHEAD AND ASK MY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO THIS ITEM AND AS THEY'RE GETTING, GETTING ANSWERS.

SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WORK IS NECESSARY BECAUSE OF, UH, BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST IN PROVIDING WASTEWATER SERVICE TO THE FUTURE EAST PARK SUBDIVISION.

AND I GUESS I'M WONDERING TO WHAT EXTENT ARE ANY OF THOSE COSTS BEING BORNE BY THE DEVELOPER OF THAT SUBDIVISION? I DO, I BELIEVE A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT, UM, AUSTIN WATER DEPARTMENT, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FROM THAT DEPARTMENT COULD PROBABLY ANSWER THAT MORE ACCURATELY.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO, UM, MAYBE RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION.

I KNOW THEY ARE CONNECTED TO THIS LEADING, YOU KNOW, I THINK I DO SEE ACTUALLY IN LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION AGAIN, I THINK 40,722 IS FOR THE PERMANENT.

AND THEN THE TEMPORARY IS 1,467.

UM, HOW LONG WILL THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION STAGING AREA? HOW LONG WILL THE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION, HOW LONG WILL CONSTRUCTION HAPPEN? CAUSE THAT THAT AMOUNT OF 1467 SEEMS PRETTY LOW.

MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION DURATION IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 11 MONTHS.

SO I GUESS THEN MY FOLLOWUP QUESTION WOULD BE HOW THAT COMPARES TO OTHER MITIGATION, UM, FEES IN PARKLAND.

AGAIN, THAT SEEMS JUST A LITTLE LOW FOR 18 FOR 11 MONTHS OF DISRUPTION ON THAT PART OF THE PARK.

AND SO SORRY, MR. MENDEZ.

NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO RESPOND THAT I, I KNOW THAT THE THIRD PARTY APPRAISER THAT WAS HIRED BY, UM, OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE, UM, CONDUCTED THIS ANALYSIS AND APPRAISAL.

SO THEY COULD PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW IF MR. GATES COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF HOW THAT LAND VALUE COMPARES TO OTHER PROPERTIES ACROSS THE CITY THAT MAY IMPACT PARKLAND.

BUT, UM, IN THIS CASE, AN APPRAISER WAS HIRED, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTIN WATER DEPARTMENT, BUT I KNOW MR. GATES IS HERE.

HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO RESPOND.

YEAH, I DON'T HAVE THE PERSONAL YET, BUT I WILL SAY THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, THE, UH, PROBABLY ONLY TEMPORARY EASEMENTS IS ANYWHERE FROM NINE TO 11% FOR TURN ON THE LAND.

UM, SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY A GROUND LEASE AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHERE YOU SEE IT.

IT WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED WHEN I GET THAT APPRAISAL, IF IT'S PROBABLY USUALLY THE AVERAGE IS 10% OF THE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT OF THE LAND.

AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE SEE CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE NEW PRESENCE WE DO.

AND IS THERE SOMEBODY, THANK YOU.

IS THERE SOMEBODY ON FROM AUSTIN WATER WHO CAN EXPLAIN WHY THE CITY IS WHETHER THE DEVELOPER IS BEARING THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE UTILITY LINES FROM THE BACKUP? IT LOOKS LIKE THE MITIGATION MONIES, UH, A 42,000 AND CHANGES COMING FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT RATHER THAN THE DEVELOPER.

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THIS IS BUSINESS STRATEGY MANAGER WITH AUSTIN WATER.

I CAN PROVIDE THE CLARIFICATION FOR THE FIELD.

UM, AUSTIN, IT'S JUST A LEGAL PROCEDURE, UH, CONFORMED BY BOTH CITY LEGAL AND OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE THAT AUSTIN MOTTO PAYS.

THE ACTUAL COST IS BORN BY THE DEVELOPER.

UH, PART CAN CLARIFY ON, UH, THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF WHY PART CANNOT ACCEPT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS DIRECTLY FROM THE DEVELOPER.

THAT'S THE REASON WHY AUSTIN WATER IS SUPPORTING THIS PAYMENT.

SO THOSE THAT, UH, THE DOLLARS ARE ORIGINATING WITH THE DEVELOPER, JUST TO CLARIFY.

YES MA'AM.

UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS AS WELL.

UM, I WOULD JUST ASK OUR MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BACKUP IN THE FUTURE REFLECTS THAT PARTICULAR, THAT PARTICULAR FACT, UM, ARE THESE, UH, UH, I BELIEVE I HEARD IN THE EARLIER DISCUSSION THAT THESE WILL STAY WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WILL THEY STAY WITH THIS SAME AREA? I MEAN, WILL THEY BE DESIGNATED, WILL THOSE MITIGATION FUNDS BE DESIGNATED OR COULD WE FROM THE DIOCESE DESIGNATE THAT THEY STAY WITHIN THIS WITHIN THE DAVIS WHITE NORTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND SOUTH SOUTHERN WALNUT GREEN CREEK WALNUT CREEK GREENBELT? AND IF SO, I WOULD, I MEAN, I WOULD BE INTERESTED MAYOR PRO TEM, SINCE THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT, I BELIEVE IN YOUR OPINION ON THAT.

BUT I THINK SINCE THIS, SINCE THE MITIGATION FEES ARE ORIGINATING, UH, BECAUSE OF THE TAKING OF LAND AT THIS PARTICULAR PARK, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MITIGATION, THE MITIGATION FEES BE INVESTED BACK IN THIS SAME PARK.

I THINK THAT FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY WITH MITIGATION FUNDS, COUNCIL MEMBER TO, UM, ASSIGN THOSE FUNDS TO ANY FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE TWO PARTS SHOULD BE NOTED AND THAT ARE LISTED IN THE YEAR NOW ON THE AGENDA.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO AS A DEPARTMENT, BUT IF THIS COUNCIL WISHES TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND EMOTION, THAT INCLUDES THAT LANGUAGE, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TO DO SO AS WELL.

JUST SO THAT IT'S ON THE RECORD.

IF YOU LIKE, THAT WOULD BE MY, I WOULD BE, UM, INTERESTED IN, IN DOING THAT.

IF, IF NONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE A CONCERN JUST CLARIFYING OR PROVIDING THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT THOSE MITIGATION FEES TO BE INVESTED BACK IN THE PARK, UM, THE AREAS THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED BY IT.

UM, SO NUMBER, THIS IS KIMBERLY MCNEALY DIRECTOR FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

TYPICALLY MITIGATION FEES ARE, ARE USED WITHIN A PARTICULAR REGION THAT IS WITHIN THE AREA OF THE PARK, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE THE DIRECTION THAT YOU ARE SUGGESTING IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.

MICHAEL GATES AGAIN, UH, INTERIM OFFICER WILL SAY SERVICES.

I HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN OUT OF THE VALUE IF YOU'D LIKE THAT.

TOTAL COMPENSATION IS $42,189.

UM, WE'VE GOT, UH, CENTRALLY THREE WASTEWATER HAS BEEN, WE'VE GOT TWO TRACKS OF LAND.

UM, SO FOR THE FIRST WASTEWATER EASEMENT, THE VALUE WAS $27,609.

UM, FOR THE, UH, IT'S CALLED WASTEWATER EASEMENT TO THAT'S $6,000, $6,044 AND WASTEWATER EASTMAN THREE, $7,069.

AND THEN THERE'S A TEMPORARY WORKSPACES FOR BOTH, UH, FOR THE TRACT, A, THE TEMPORARY WORKSPACE VALUE WAS $1,404.

AND FOR THE TEMPORARY WORKSPACE ON TRACK B, THAT WAS $63.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF DETAIL.

UM, I THINK I HAD MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED, SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE'LL PROVIDE THAT DIRECTION UNLESS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAS A CONCERN ABOUT IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MANNER.

UH, TELL ME ON THE COUNCIL OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, IT HAD BEEN, I GUESS, A COUPLE OF SITUATIONS, A FEW I CAN THINK OF WHERE THERE WAS MITIGATION FUNDS THAT WERE NOT PUT BACK IN THE SAME PART, BUT WERE PUT IN SOMETHING THAT WAS NEARBY FOR, UH, FOR A, FOR A PRIOR HEART, A HIGHER PRIORITY USE, UH, OR SOMETHING WHERE IT HAVE MORE IMPACT IN THE AREA.

UH, ALSO SERVING THAT IT ALSO SERVES THAT THAT PARK SERVES.

IS THERE A REASON WHY IN THIS INSTANCE YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY THAT DISCRETION? I DON'T ACTUALLY REMEMBER MAYOR.

I COULD NOT.

YOU PROBABLY ARE CORRECT.

I DON'T REMEMBER.

I DON'T REMEMBER HAVING DONE THIS ANYTIME RECENTLY.

AND SO I COULDN'T

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REMEMBER WHETHER THERE, I COULDN'T REMEMBER HOW WE WOULD HANDLE IT, HOW WE WOULD HAVE HANDLED IT.

I DO SEE NOTHING IN THE BACKUP THAT INDICATES OR CODIFIES THAT THE MITIGATION FEES HAVE TO BE SPENT EITHER AT, ON THIS PARKLAND OR IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

SO, I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANOTHER HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT TOO.

I JUST DON'T SEE ANY, I APPRECIATE THAT THAT'S THE PRACTICE OR THAT AS MR. MONTEZ SAID THAT, THAT THERE'S, THAT STAFF HAVE THE DISCRETION TO DO THAT, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT ACTUALLY EXPRESSES THAT INTENT IN WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY.

PERHAPS IT EXISTS SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE CODE AND FOR THE, AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHETHER IT WAS IN THE CODE OR WHETHER IT WAS PRACTICE.

IF IT'S PRACTICE, THEN I WILL JOIN YOU IN THAT LITTLE BIT BROADER STATEMENT, BUT SURE IS WRITTEN SOMEWHERE.

UH, I CAN RESPOND TO THAT MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN TURBO, UM, MITIGATION IS NOT, UH, WRITTEN AS PART OF THE CHAPTER 26 STATE LAW, WHICH IS IN THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE.

IT IS A PRACTICE OF THE CITY.

IT IS NOT WRITTEN DOWN ANYWHERE.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER 12, I WOULD SUPPORT YOU AND GIVING THAT DIRECTION IF HE'D MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT POTTER.

SO IT'S TO SERVE THAT AREA.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.

UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, I GUESS YOU NEED A MOTION FOR IT.

WE DO.

LET'S GO BACK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE JUMPED FROM ITEM ONE 15 TO ITEM ONE 16 AND THEN BACK TO ITEM ONE 15.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT I DIDN'T MISS SOMETHING.

I THINK WE'RE STILL ON ONE 15, EXCLUSIVELY COVERED 15.

CAUSE I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMETHING THAT WE APPLIED TO 16.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I'VE SAID THE WRONG NUMBER, BUT WE'RE STILL JUST TO BE CLEAR.

I WAS, I WAS TOLD THAT SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE READ IN THE RECORD FOR THAT ONE.

SO THAT, THAT HAPPENED ALREADY AS WELL.

IN WHICH CASE, YES, WE NEED A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER TEVA, MOVE UP, MOVE APPROVAL OF, UM, THIS ITEM.

IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, APPROVAL OF ITEM, NUMBER ONE 15, MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOBO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS ALL IN FAVOR.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

I DO WANT TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL DIRECTION THAT THE MITIGATION FEES, UM, ARE, ARE INVESTED IN EITHER THIS PARKLAND OR IN HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO, SO, SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE ITEM ONE 16 WITH THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION.

AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE REGARDING THE FLIP LIEN VARIANCES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AN OFFICE BUILDING WEST CANAAN DID.

1 15, 1 15.

DID I SAY 15 OR 16? ONE 15.

THANK YOU SAID 16, 15, 15.

THANK GOD.

CONFUSING.

BECAUSE FOR AWHILE IT HAD ITEM ONE 16 ON, ON THE SCREEN.

THAT'S THAT WAS CONFUSING.

I THINK TOO MUCH OF THIS COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.

UM, SO I HAD A NOTE TO FOLLOW UP NOTE TO MYSELF TO FOLLOW UP, UM, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD PUT THIS IN A POLICY OR A CODE ON A REGULAR BASIS WHEN WE'RE HAVING MEDICATION BEING DONE AND USING OUR PARKS IN THIS WAY THAT IT SHOULD GO BACK TO BENEFIT THE PARKS.

I KNOW THAT WHEN I WORKED ON RAMSEY PARK, WE HAD A WATER REESE WATER PROJECT.

UM, THAT WAS REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN US BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE PROJECT.

UM, BUT THERE WAS NO GUARANTEE THAT THAT MONEY WOULD GO TO THAT PARK OR ANY OTHER OTHER PARK.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON.

I DIDN'T BRING IT UP TODAY CAUSE KURT HAS BEEN SICK.

SO I WASN'T PREPARED TO DO THAT TODAY.

UM, BUT, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE CAN COLLABORATE ON, UM, MOVING FORWARD COLLEAGUES, ANYBODY ELSE, IN WHICH CASE I DO BELIEVE WE'RE PREPARED TO TAKE THE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR.

IT APPEARS AS THOUGH WE ARE UNANIMOUS EVERYBODY'S IN THE DICE, RIGHT? SO THAT ONE IS UNANIMOUS.

IN WHICH CASE WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER ONE 16.

AND I DO BELIEVE THAT ONE ALSO HAS A PRESENTATION.

AM I MISTAKEN ABOUT THE PRESENTATION FOR ITEM ONE 16 MAYOR PRO TEM? I WOULD EXPECT YOU'RE RIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S A FLOODPLAIN VARIANCE, MAY PRETEND, WOULD IT BE, DO WE NEED TO DO ANYTHING FOR ONE 13 AND ONE 40? WE DO.

AND I HAVE A SEPARATE THING THAT, SO ITEM NUMBER ONE, 16

[03:10:01]

AND I DEFINITELY HAVE IN MY NOTES THAT SOMEBODY'S SUPPOSED TO OFFER US A PRESENTATION.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THEM MOVED OVER.

TO THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT.

THANK YOU, STEPHEN.

CAN YOU HEAR US AT CITY HALL? THEY'RE BOTH STEPHENS.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE US OVER TO ITEMS. NUMBER ONE 13

[Items 113 & 114]

AND ONE 14.

SO DO WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS ONE 13 AND ONE 14 BEING NON-CONSENT CONDEMNATION ITEMS. IS THERE A MOTION TO THE EFFECT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN AUTHORIZES THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY SET FORTH AND DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA FOR THE CURRENT MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC USE DESCRIBED THERE IN THAT MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOPO AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

ALL IN FAVOR.

THIS ITEM IS UNANIMOUS.

ARE WE ALL SET FOR 1 16, 1 13 AND ONE 14? WE DID THANK YOU.

WE MAY BE HAVING A TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH STEVEN MADDIX.

IN WHICH CASE WE COULD MOVE ON TO ITEMS 1 17, 3, 4 80.

SO LET'S START WITH ITEM NUMBER

[3. Approve a resolution authorizing Austin Water to continue a pilot program and issue incentives during Fiscal Year 2021-2022 for alternative onsite water reuse systems for large new commercial and multi-family developments under the utility’s new regulatory framework, in a total aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000, and not to exceed $500,000 for each individual project.]

THREE.

YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO FORGIVE ME.

I'M TOGGLING BETWEEN LIKE SEVEN DIFFERENT PAGES IN SCRIPTS, COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE, BUT I THINK SOMEBODY PULLED IT.

SO, UM, THIS IS THE PILOT PROGRAM RELATED TO WATER FORWARD.

AND SO I WANTED TO MOVE, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

SO I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE SECOND.

AND SO, UH, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH PO UNP HAS SAID AT THE EXACT SAME TIME.

SO YOU BOTH SECOND TOO.

I'M SO MOVED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN AND THEN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER AND COUNCIL MEMBER ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS? UH, YES, MA'AM BY THE TIME I HAD PULLED IT FOR DISCUSSION, I HAVE JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR OUR STAFF.

I SEE FROM THE BACKUP, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT HOW MANY APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED AND THERE'S ALREADY BEEN ONE RECEIVED, AND THESE CAN BE UP TO $500,000, WHICH WOULD LEAVE JUST ONE POTENTIALLY ONLY ONE OTHER REMAINING.

UM, AND LET ME SAY, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE.

I INTEND TO VOTE ON IT, VOTE FOR IT.

UM, I'M SUPER EXCITED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD.

THAT BEING SAID, THERE IS, THERE IS AT LEAST ONE.

UM, I CAN SEE AT LEAST ONE PROJECT THAT I THINK IS RELATED TO OUR RESILIENCE HUB INITIATIVE AND POTENTIALLY SOME OTHER COMMUNITY GOALS THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS FUNDING.

AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU, DIRECTOR MS. SORROWS IS WHETHER, WHETHER OUR APPROVAL TODAY WOULD PRECLUDE US FROM LATER MAKING, UM, LATER OFFERING YOU THE DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO INVEST THIS FUND, THE REST OF THE MONEY IN ONE PARTICULAR, IN A PARTICULAR PROJECT, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

AND IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY EVEN BE CAPPED AT A MILLION DOLLARS.

IF WE HAVE, WE HAVE OTHER INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, WE SOMETIMES DON'T SPEND ALL OF OUR BUDGETS.

IF THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO PROJECTS.

I THINK THIS WOULDN'T PRECLUDE THAT IN ANY WAY IN 500,000, ISN'T A GUARANTEE IT'S REALLY INDEXED

[03:15:01]

SO IT COULD BE MUCH SMALLER THAN THAT ALSO.

YEAH, THAT'S MY ONLY, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I PULLED IT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST, UH, I KNOW THAT AS I SAID, THAT THERE IS AT LEAST ONE PROJECT THAT I THINK WOULD, COULD POTENTIALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS FUNDING AND THIS PARTICULAR INCENTIVE.

AND I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT, THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CON TO TALK WITH AUSTIN WATER ABOUT THAT BEFORE, UM, BEFORE IT APPEARS ON OUR AGENDA IN AWARDING THE REST OF THE FUNDING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER.

UM, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRAM.

YOU BET ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER.

WE NEED TO VOTE ON MY PRAYER TIME.

THANK YOU ALL IN FAVOR OF ITEM, NUMBER THREE, IT'S UNANIMOUS AND I BELIEVE IT'S 10 YESES ONE.

NO, THANK YOU.

NO, I'M NOT A NO, NO, IT WAS, IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER COW AND WE TASTE NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

SORRY.

I DON'T RECALL WHO PULLED THIS ITEM.

ITEM FOUR WAS TO BE TAKEN UP AFTER I DISCUSSED IT IN AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SESSION.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

SO NUMBER FOUR AND OH, WHAT WE DID, WE DID EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO IN WHICH CASE, SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE NEED TO START WITH ITEM NUMBER ONE 18.