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[CALL TO ORDER]
ON OCTOBER 12TH, 2021.AND I'D LIKE TO CALL THE OCTOBER MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO ORDER.
AND AS WE LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THIS BOARD, THE PURPOSE OF THE BOARD IS TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE POOR AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. UM, WE'LL START WITH CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP? DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP? UH, SO WE COULD MOVE IN TO THE AGENDA
[1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ITEM ONE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE AUGUST 10TH, 2021 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, MEETING MINUTES, THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP OR GIVE EVERYONE A MINUTE TO READ, REVIEW THEM.DEAR, THE SEPTEMBER 14TH MEETING MINUTES AND AS SUNNI IS, ANYONE IS SO MOVED LOVED TO ENTERTAIN A NOTION TO APPROVE OR ANY DISCUSSION MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TO YOU APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 14TH MEETING WHO A SECOND I'LL SAY.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANYONE ABSTAINING, PLEASE MAKE IT CLEAR.
THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY AND LET'S MOVE INTO THE SECOND ITEM
[2A. Briefing and discussion on the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) (Angel Zambrano, Manager, Neighborhood Services Unit, Austin Public Health)]
OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT AND THE BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT FROMWE CAN R WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT THE CSBG GRANT, UH, FUNDS TO DELIVER YOUR BASIC NEEDS SERVICES IS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, PREVENTIVE HEALTH, AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGH ALL OF THE CITY SIX NEGATIVE CENTERS AND OUTREACH SITES.
UH, THIS MONTH ON PAGE ONE, YOU WILL FIND, UH, BASICALLY THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WE DO A LITTLE BIT ON THE BUDGET.
WE'RE ON TRACK, UH, HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, AS IT GOES THROUGH AUGUST 1ST, BEFORE WE EXPAND THIS GRANT, BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, IF WE HAVE ANY FUNDS LEFT OVER, WE USUALLY ASK FOR AN EXTENSION AND COMPLETELY EXPEND THE FUNDS BY JANUARY.
IF YOU GO TO PAGE TWO, SOME OF OUR DATA AND OUTCOMES ARE WE CONTINUE TO HELP FOLKS AVOID EVICTION WITH OUR CARES ACT FUNDING.
WE GET TO PAGE THREE, THERE'S A PROGRAMMATIC UPDATE ON HOW MUCH WE'VE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PAY AND RENT ASSISTANCE TO OUR CLIENTS.
UH, WE WILL FULLY EXPAND THE CARE SITE FUNDS.
UM, THIS MONTH WE'VE HELPED ABOUT 1,360 HOUSEHOLDS AVOID EVICTION WITH THESE FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UH, WE'RE ALSO DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, KIND OF STARTING UP OUR CHILD CAR SEAT EVENTS, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VMS. SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR OUTCOMES FOR THE STATE FIVE E UM, EXCUSE ME, FIVE D INDIVIDUALS TO IMPROVE SKILLS RELATED TO THE ADULT ROLE OF PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, 41 FOLKS ENROLLED.
UM, THERE'S A PRE AND POST TEST.
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HOW MUCH ARE PARENTS WHO COME TO THE SERVICE, LEARN ABOUT, UM, USING THEIR CAR SEATS SAFELY? UH, WE'VE ALSO ASSISTED ABOUT, UH, 26,278, UH, PEOPLE WITH OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS.AND WE CONTINUED TO GIVE THE MORE VOLUNTEERS COMING THROUGH 518 HOURS, THE VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR THE AGENCY.
YOU GO TO PAGE THREE, WHICH HAS OUR PROGRAMMATIC UPDATES.
THE HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE STOOD UP.
UH, WE, UH, IN AUGUST ASSISTED 438 HOUSEHOLDS, THAT'S ABOUT ALMOST 1400 INDIVIDUALS HAD FOOD BOXES DELIVERED TO THEIR DOORSTEP.
THIS IS THE PROGRAM WHERE WE PARTNER WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK AND AMAZON, UH, WE'RE IN DISCUSSION TO ADD THURSDAYS.
UH, SO HOPING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN NOVEMBER, WE ARE LUCKY WE'RE GETTING, UH, FUNDS ARPA FUNDS FOR A COUPLE OF A FULL TIME TEMPLE TEMP COMMUNITY WORKER POSITIONS THAT WILL HELP US FULLY STAND AS BROKEN OFF, COMING INTO THE NEW YEAR, A TALKED ABOUT OUR CARE SITES ONE DAY EARLIER, OR WE'VE THROUGH AUGUST ASSISTED ALMOST 450 HOUSEHOLDS AND PROCESSED ALMOST $1.1 MILLION IN RENT ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.
UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS LONG AS WE ARE FUNDING.
UM, BACK A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE GOT SOME CSBG DISCRETIONARY FUNDING FROM THE STATE BY $93,522.
UH, WE WERE VERY HAPPY THAT WE GOT THAT MONEY.
WE WERE ABLE TO ASSESS 47 HOUSEHOLDS WITH RENT ASSISTANCE USING THOSE FUNDS.
YOU JUST FULLY EXTENDED THE POST, UM, BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO SEPTEMBER LAST TO ENERGY PROGRAM, PLUS ONE PROGRAM WHERE OFFER A UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO OUR CLIENT AS WELL, STRONG TO START A NEW FISCAL YEAR THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO HELP PEOPLE AVOID GETTING CITY TURNED OFF IT'S TIP NUMBER TWO, THEN OF A WRITING, JUST A REMINDER THAT COVID, WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUR SERVICES VIRTUALLY DRIVE THROUGH, DRIVE UP AND BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
BUT AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM EVERY MONTH WHEN I COME, WE CONTINUE TO DELIVER OUR SERVICES, UH, TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT QUALIFY IN ARE ELIGIBLE.
UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WHEN WE CAN START SEEING PEOPLE IN PERSON AGAIN, IN A SAFE MANNER.
OBVIOUSLY, UM, TWO THINGS THAT I DID NOT PUT ON HERE THAT ARE KIND OF NEWER DEVELOPMENTS, UH, IS WE'RE RESTARTING OUR SPECIALISTS FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM.
I USED TO BE A PRETTY MASSIVE DISTRIBUTION IN OUR CENTERS.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WOULD COME IN THOSE EVENTS IN A VERY SMALL SPACE.
UM, THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT WAS THAT IT WAS ALL FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
UM, WE ARE NOW GOING TO STAND THAT UP IN A COVID WORLD MANNER BY PROVIDING THOSE GENE DRIVE THROUGH.
UM, SO AGAIN, WORKING WITH THE FOOD BANK RIGHT NOW, AND THE LOGISTICS AND HELPING TO BRING YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AS PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM AGAIN, UM, ANOTHER RECENT UPDATE IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH HEALTH EQUITY, UM, EQUITY UNIT, AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH ON OUR PPE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE.
WE JUST HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
I DID MY RECREATION CENTER THIS PAST SATURDAY.
UM, I'VE REPORTED ON SOME OF THESE EVENTS IN THE PAST, UH, REPORT NEXT MONTH AGAIN, ON THE OCTOBER EVENTS, WE HAVE ONE COMING UP OCTOBER 17TH, SUNDAY AT DOVE SPRINGS REC CENTER, BEFORE FOUR AREA CODE.
WE HAVE ONE AT GUST GARCIA ON OCTOBER 23RD UP IN WEINBERG.
SO THE NORTH AUSTIN AREA AND THE, YET TO BE DETERMINED ON NOVEMBER 7TH.
SO I WILL BE SENDING YOU ALL AN EMAIL WITH THE INFORMATION AND THE FLYERS, SINCE I GET THEM, YOU CAN PLEASE, UM, YOU KNOW, GET THE WORD OUT TO, TO THE FOLKS THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU REPRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT ALSO BE SENDING OUT ANOTHER, UM, REMINDER FOR THE HOME DELIVERY PROGRAMS IS WE'RE ADDING THURSDAYS.
AGAIN, IF YOU CAN SEND THAT OUT AND SPREAD THE WORD TO THE FOLKS THAT YOU REPRESENT IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THAT WOULD BE GREAT, OTHER THAN THAT IS THE SUCCESS STORY.
AND I'M BRIEF TODAY, BOYS, BACK TO THE NURSING, AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT WERE REDIRECTED REASSIGNED ALMOST 20 MONTHS AGO.
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RESPONSE AND A TPC HERE FROM THE SHORT VERB, UH, THEY HAVE, UM, HELPED ADMINISTER ALMOST 300,000 COVID-19 VACCINES, UM, SO FAR IN THIS PANDEMIC.UH, AND DURING THOSE TIMES THEY'RE ALSO ABLE TO KIND OF ADDRESS OTHER CHRONIC OF DISEASE ISSUES AND FOR PEOPLE TO OTHER RESOURCES AS WELL.
SO THEY ARE WORKING VERY HARD.
THEY CONTINUE TO BE REASSIGNED.
CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DAY WHEN THEY COME BACK TO OUR UNITS AND WE CAN GET BACK TO DOING THAT, UH, MORE INTIMATE AND FACE-TO-FACE, ONE-ON-ONE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING, UH, COMPONENT.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.
AND YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW IF NOT, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME OF THIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH ON HAND FOR YOUR MONTHLY REPORT AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALL OF YOUR TEAM'S HARD WORK.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER DESOLTEL.
SO, UH, ON NUMBER THREE, THE HOME DELIVERY PROGRAM, HOW, HOW WOULD SOMEBODY GO ABOUT SIGNING UP A SENIOR FOR THAT PROGRAM? I WAS THINKING OF THE INFORMATION.
IT'S PRETTY, IT'S REALLY EASY IF THE PHONE NUMBER OKAY.
SO THEY JUST CALL AND GET SIGNED UP AND WE EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY.
SO MOST FOLKS CAN DEFINITELY BENEFIT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
ONE OF THEM IS, I THINK YOU SAID THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A DISTRIBUTION AND YOU HAD MENTIONED A COUPLE OF DATES AND A COUPLE OF AREAS, UM, AND AN NOVEMBER 7TH TO BE DETERMINED IS AN EAST AUSTIN DISTRIBUTION GOING TO BE ON THE SCHEDULE OR NOT.
UH, WE'VE HAD TWO ALREADY AT THESE TIMES, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, UM, UM, AT THE ONE, UM, LOCATED ON SECOND STREET, CORRECT? CORRECT.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE HAVING ANY MORE? CAUSE I DIDN'T REALLY SEE OUTREACH TO THAT.
I JUST SAW THAT IT WAS HAPPENING AND THEN WE STARTED TO CALL OUR NEIGHBORS TO TELL THEM TO GO.
SO IS THERE, WHAT TYPE OF OUTREACH ARE YOU DOING? OKAY, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
WE DO OUTREACH THROUGH, UM, YOU, YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, I CAN SEND YOU EMAILS.
WE GO THROUGH OUR PIO AND THEY DO BLAST AND MARA INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, OR THE DPH DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE ALSO GO TO THE, UH, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, UH, THIS SERVES FOLKS THAT WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH AND THEN, UH, OUR CLIENTS CALL, IF YOU CAN PLEASE IN THE FUTURE, SEND ME A FLYER AND I WOULD DISTRIBUTE IT TO ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, THE CONTACT TEAM AND THE HOUSING, UM, UH, SANTA RITA COURTS, CHALMERS, ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER, I WILL BE MORE THAN GLAD TO HELP RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAS ONE QUESTION I APPRECIATE THAT.
THE SECOND QUESTION WAS I DID SEE A VACANCY FOR DOVE SPRINGS.
UH, DOES APA TAB A DATE OF WHEN THAT ELECTION WILL BE HAPPENING? THAT ELECTION HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND THE PERSON HAD HEARD THAT THERE WAS ONE PERSON WHO WAS INTERESTED IN THE WORK, BUT THEY HAD OTHER COMMITMENTS AND, UH, DECIDED TO KIND OF WITHDRAW THEIR INTEREST.
SO WE WILL BE REDOING THE ELECTION NEXT MONTH.
SO I CAN SEND YOU THAT INFORMATION TO HAVE ANY OF, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA, GEOGRAPHIC AREA, WHO WOULD BE A GOOD FIT AND INTERESTED AND PASSIONATE ABOUT REPRESENTING THE SPRINGS.
UM, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE YOU GUYS HELP US FIND THE CANDIDATE.
SO GOT AGAIN, IT'LL HAPPEN NEXT MONTH.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, WELL WITH THAT SAID THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OH, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOR THOSE WHO ARE ONLINE, UM, OR DIALED IN, I DON'T WANT TO RUSH BY IN CASE THERE'S A QUESTION OR A COMMENT FROM ANYBODY.
SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND JUST MAKE SURE, OKAY.
UH, I ALSO WANT TO REMIND, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE ONLINE, THAT IF YOU, IN ORDER TO BE COUNTED AS PRESENT, YOU NEED TO TURN YOUR VIDEO ON.
SO, UH, TO REPEAT THAT, THOSE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE JOINED THE MEETING, UH, VIA THE ONLINE MEDIUM, PLEASE KEEP YOUR CAMERAS ON, UH, TO BE COUNTED AS PRESENT.
AND DID WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, DID WE HAVE, I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMEBODY MAYBE SAYING SOMETHING, UH, THAT THEY MAY HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? YEAH.
I WANT TO SAY, I THINK CHRIS HARRIS IS ON, IS AVAILABLE TO, UM, TALK ABOUT, UM, NO ON PROP A AND TWO B CAN MOVE THAT UP ON THE AGENDA.
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THAT'LL THAT'LL COME TO THE TOP OF THE NEW BUSINESS AGENDA.UM, SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS YOU COMMISSIONER GARRETT WHO WAS SAYING SOMETHING? NO, THAT WAS NO, BUT THAT WAS MY COMMENT.
BECAUSE I HEARD, I HEARD, I HEARD SOMEBODY SOMEBODY'S VOICE RIGHT BEFORE JESSE'S FOLK AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T SOMEBODY WHO WAS ONLINE.
WELL WITH THAT SAID THANK YOU, UH, ON CAMERA AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR HAVING SENT US THAT HOME DELIVERY INFORMATION BACK IN AUGUST AS WELL.
SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO IT AGAIN, UH, AND, AND GOOD TO HEAR THAT IT'S SUCH A SUCCESS THAT IT'S BEING CONTINUALLY INVESTED IN.
UM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO A NEW BUSINESS, UM, WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PACKED AGENDA AND, BUT I THINK WE CAN MOVE THROUGH IT QUICKLY, UH, BECAUSE THE BACKUP MATERIALS WERE PROVIDED TO US, UH, SOMETIME BEFORE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ASK THAT IN THESE FIRST TWO PRESENTATIONS THAT WE DO OUR BEST TO LIMIT OUR QUESTIONS, TO REALLY, REALLY POINTED, UH, AND DIRECTIONAL QUESTIONS, UM, AND PERHAPS SAVE THE DISCUSSION FOR A CONCENTRATED, UH, PERIOD RIGHT AFTER THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AND, UH, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MOVE, UH, ITEM C, UH, EXCUSE ME, ITEM D UH, TO THE BEGINNING OF NEW BUSINESS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRESENTER, UH, ON THAT ITEM, UH, WHO WAS TIME IS LIMITED AT THIS MOMENT.
[3D. Discussion and possible action on Prop A]
WITH THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON, ON PROPOSITION A AND, UH, COMMISSIONER GARRETT ASKED THAT WE WOULD ADD THIS TO OUR AGENDA LAST MEETING.I'M GOING TO GIVE THE FLOOR TO COMMISSIONER GARRETT.
UM, I GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE OUR GUESTS.
UH, CHRIS HARRIS WILL BE GIVING A PRESENTATION OR, UM, TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE ONE PROPERTY AND ALSO THE INTERSECTION OF POVERTY AND POLICING.
AND IT'S, UH, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU, CHRIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
I WASN'T ABLE TO GET A PRESENTATION IN ORDER TO, IN TIME TO GET INTO THE BACK OF MATERIALS.
SO HOPEFULLY, I MEAN, JUST TALKING THROUGH IT WILL SUFFICE.
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK REALLY QUICK, THEY DECIDE TO, UH, ALWAYS START THESE CONVERSATIONS BY ESTABLISHING, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE KNOW TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT DRIVES POLICING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND REALLY QUICKLY.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION.
AND, UM, SO LAST YEAR, UH, OUR ORGANIZATION BEFORE I, I JOINED, UM, COMMISSIONED A STUDY BY A FIRM CALLED A H DATA ANALYTICS, UH, AND THEY STUDY PARTICULAR POLICE CALLS FOR SERVICE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS NOT ON ONE CALLS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
UM, THEY HAD A PRETTY PROMINENT NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE, UH, COMPARING, UH, VARIOUS CITIES, UH, AS IT RELATES TO 9 1, 1 CALLS.
AND SO, UH, THEY, WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE CITY OF BOSTON'S NINE 11 CALLS, UH, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, FOR THE YEAR PRIOR AND ALMOST EVERYTHING I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS FROM 2019, THE LAST YEAR WHERE EVERY THINGS WERE MORE NORMAL AND ALL THE DATA MAKES SENSE.
UM, SO FOR THAT YEAR, UM, 40% OF, OF THE 9 1, 1 CALLS, UH, WERE 40.2% WHERE IT WERE NON-CRIMINAL COSTS, UH, MEANING THEY WERE ABOUT NON ULTIMATELY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
AND OF THOSE ONLY 12% OF THOSE CALLS RESULTED IN A REPORT, UH, WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED WHEN SOME SORT OF ACTIONS TAKEN COULD MAKE AN ARREST OR A CITATION OR A WARNING.
SO, UM, THAT IS THE, THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE THAT'S THE PLURALITY OF CALLS IS THESE NON-CRIMINAL CALLS.
IF WE LOOK DOWN AT OTHER KIND OF IMPORTANT AREAS, TRAFFIC WAS THE NEXT BIGGEST AREA AT 23%.
UM, SO CALLS RELATED TO TRAFFIC, UH, WERE 23%, UH, 10% OF THOSE RESULTS IN A REPORT.
UH, PROPERTY CRIME WAS 4% OF CALLS, UH, JUST ABOUT UNDER 60% OF THOSE ENDED UP IN A REPORT AND VIOLENT CRIME WAS COMMITTED 6%, OF COURSE, UH, AND ABOUT 74% OF THOSE RESULTS IN A REPORT, WE LOOK AT TIME AS, UH, AS OPPOSED TO CALLS, UH, TIME OF THEIR TIME WAS SPENT ON THOSE NON-CRIMINAL CALLS.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE PLURALITY, UH, AND IF WE LOOK AT TRAFFIC IT'S 21.1% AND THEN VIOLENT CRIME TOOK A LITTLE UNDER 3% OF THEIR TIME.
SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO START THERE WITH ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT POLICE DO AND WHAT THEIR TIME IS SPENT ON, UH, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S NOT WELL KNOWN EITHER EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.
SO NEXT THING I'LL JUST REALLY QUICKLY TALK ABOUT IS THIS AN OVERLAP WITH POVERTY AND POLICING? UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BEST DATA THAT WE HAVE IS WHEN WE LOOK TO THE NEXT LEVEL UP FROM THE POLICE, WHICH IS AT THE CRIMINAL COURT STAGE.
SO IN LOOKING AT 2019, UH, COMMUNITY IMPACT, UH, WAS STUDYING THE ISSUE AROUND THE TIME OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER,
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UH, ORGANIZING.AND AT THAT TIME, 75% OF ADULTS IN THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM, 17 IS CONSIDERED AN ADULT 17 AND OLDER, 75% OF THOSE ARRESTED IN TRAVIS COUNTY WERE DEEMED INDIGENT.
AND THAT, THAT MEANS THAT THEY WERE THEN UNABLE TO AFFORD AN ATTORNEY OF THEIR OWN.
UH, AND WHAT IS THE STANDARD FOR INDIGENCE? WELL, THAT'S BASED ON THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE AND TRAVIS COUNTY GOES UP A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THAT, I SUPPOSE, 125% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU'RE MAKING $15,600 A YEAR OR LESS.
SO 75% OF THOSE ARRESTED IN TRAVIS COUNTY MADE UNDER 15, UNDER $15,000 WINNING INDIVIDUAL, UH, THE OTHER MARKERS FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.
AND THAT'S IN ABOUT THE $26,000 RANGE, UM, AT THAT ONE 25%.
SO, SO THAT'S WHO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S, WHO'S BEING ARRESTED, UH, THAT SUITS FACING, UH, UH, CRIMINAL CHARGES IN THE COUNTY.
UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT CHILDREN, UH, IT'S 16 AND 10 TO 16 TO 97% OF CHILDREN ARE, ARE REQUIRE A, UM, UH, A PUBLIC DEFENDER, UH, IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
SO, UH, OVERWHELMINGLY WHO THE POLICE ARE INTERACTING WITH, AND PARTICULARLY WHO THEY'RE ARRESTING AND PUTTING INTO, AND INVOLVING THE FAMILIAR SYSTEM, OUR FOLKS WHO ARE INDIGENT, RIGHT.
AND OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE, UH, I THINK THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME FEEDBACK LOOPS THAT ARE, THAT, THAT DRIVE THAT, UM, WHAT WE SEE IS, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, DRUG WAR RELATED ARREST, PARTICULARLY POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, THAT STUDENT RAN, UH, THERE WAS A BIG REPORT PUT OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UH, BY, UH, WHAT, WHAT THEN WAS CALLED THE TEXAS CRIMINAL JUSTICE COALITION ARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE, UH, AND SOME OTHER GROUPS, UM, AND, UH, OVER HALF OF ALL THE ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, LESS THAN ONE GRAM.
SO LESS THAN A GRAM OF GRANDMA'S ABOUT SUGAR PACKET, UM, WE'RE IN 15 NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU WON'T BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THOSE 15 NEIGHBORHOODS OVERLAP, UH, VERY HIGHLY WITH SOME OF THE POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY, RIGHT.
UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A TRAFFIC ARREST, YOU LOOK AT ARREST FOR A WHOLE HOST OF, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE RELATED ISSUES, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE MINOR OFFENSES.
UH, WE SEE, UH, POLICE IN POVERTY INTERTWINED.
AND SO, UM, AGAIN, THERE'S SOME FEEDBACK LOOPS HERE, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, IT IS, UM, AN ISSUE WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, UH, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, UH, IN SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? SO IT'S THAT THEN POLICE FOCUS THEIR ATTENTION, THEIR, UH, THAT ATTENTION, UH, MAYBE ON MORE SERIOUS OFFENSES, UH, THEN STILL TURNS INTO ENFORCEMENT OF A LOT OF MINOR ISSUES.
LOTS OF TRAFFIC STOPS, LOTS OF, UH, SEARCHES, LOTS OF, UH, UH, JUST INTERACTION ON THE STREET, UH, WITH PEOPLE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, UH, LEADING TO OVERALL DEGRADATION OF COMMUNITY POLICE, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, UH, MORE VIOLENCE IN PART ON THOSE COMMUNITIES, UM, AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER ISSUES.
UH, WE SEE IT THE OTHER WAY AS WELL, RIGHT? SO, UH, PEOPLE THAT HAVE THESE CONSTANT INTERACTIONS AND, AND TO THE CENTER, THEY'RE PULLED INTO THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, THEY FACE FINES AND FEEDS.
THEY FACE, UM, ISSUES WITH THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE BEING SUSPENDED, REVOKED.
UH, THEY OBVIOUSLY FACE ARREST, UH, BAIL AND OTHER, UH, EXPENSES THAT ARE HEARD AS PART OF BEING IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM THAT REDUCES THE RESILIENCY OF THOSE COMMUNITIES.
SO, UM, POLICE INTERACTIONS ARE BOTH DRIVEN BY POVERTY AND THEY REINFORCE POVERTY IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
AND SO IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT A HOLISTIC AND COMPREHENSIVE WAYS TO ADDRESS POVERTY AND THE SOCIAL ILLS ASSOCIATED WITH POVERTY IN OUR COMMUNITY SAYS THAT WE'RE NOT SIMPLY SUBJECTING PEOPLE TO MORE POLICING, THEREBY WE'RE KEEPING FOLKS IN POVERTY RATHER THAN HELPING THEM GIVE UP.
UM, SO I SEE ALL THAT AND THERE'S A LOT MORE I COULD GO INTO, BUT THEN TO KIND OF PIVOT TO PRODUCT PROPOSITION A RIGHT CAUSE, UH, WHAT THIS DOES IS PROBABLY DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE THING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, UH, WHICH IS THAT IT LOOKS TO TAKE, UM, A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF DOLLARS.
UH, THE CITY'S ESTIMATE WAS AT THE HIGH END OF $219 MILLION FOR A YEAR, UH, EXTRA, UM, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND PUT IT INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, ON TOP OF THE BUDGET THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE TODAY, UH, IN ORDER TO FUND, UM, THE HIRING OF, UH, AGAIN, UP TO, UH, 680 NEW POLICE THIS YEAR AND UP TO AROUND 800 PLUS OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD IN ORDER TO REACH A,
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UH, CONSISTENT STAFFING RATIO OF TWO PER 1000.UH, IT ALSO HAS SOME OTHER STIPULATIONS, WHICH I, I DON'T WANT TO WORRY WITH.
THERE'S A LOT OF TIME, BUT, UM, ULTIMATELY THE, THE, THE BRASS TAX IS $119 MILLION IS MORE THAN 10% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET THAT FUNDS SERVICES IN THE CITY, UH, WHICH WAS 1.1, $5 BILLION AND FLIGHT 21.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF OVER 10% OF THE CITY BUDGET, UH, USED ON THOSE OTHER SERVICES AND PUT INTO POLICING.
AND AGAIN, UH, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF ITS POVERTY AND POLICING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS WHO LACK RESILIENCY, LACK SOCIAL SERVICES ARE OVERWHELMINGLY FOLKS DON'T HAVE HEALTH CARE, DON'T HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE NEED IN ORDER TO LIVE DIGNIFIED LIVES.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE MORE THINGS AWAY, MORE SOCIAL SERVICES AWAY FROM THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S RENT AND FOOD ASSISTANCE, WHETHER IT'S, UH, WHETHER IT'S, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH DOLLARS, UM, PARKS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, EMS REMEMBER REGISTERING MEDICAL SERVICES, MEDICS, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT THE CITY DOES TODAY, UH, WOULD BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THIS.
UM, AND THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY NO WAY AROUND IT.
I THINK IT'S A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE IMPORTANT, UH, TO REALLY NOTE, UH, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO KIND OF THE DIALOGUE AND THE COMMUNITY AROUND THIS, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE FIRSTLY, AS IT RELATES TO CRIME ITSELF, UM, THERE IS A, I THINK A MISCONCEPTION THAT A CRIME OVERALL IS, IS ON THE RISE.
AND THAT'S JUST FACTUALLY TRUE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY OF BOSTON'S, UH, THE CHIEF'S MONTHLY REPORTS, UH, THE LATEST ONE RELEASED WAS FOR AUGUST OF 2021.
HE'S LOOKED BACK FOR A FULL YEAR, UM, CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS, UH, WERE DOWN 12 OR DOWN 5%, UH, CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY.
UH, SO IN THE LAST YEAR, UH, CRIMES IN BOTH OF THESE AREAS, UH, ARE DOWN, UH, THEY'RE ALSO DOWN MONTH OVER MONTH FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, IT'S GONNA BE 21.
UM, NOW EVERYBODY KNOWS THE BIG ISSUE IS, IS HOMICIDE AND THAT HAS INCREASED RADICALLY ACROSS THE NATION.
UM, THIS IS THE ONE OF THE ONE THAT ONE OF THE FEW AREAS WHERE WE ARE SEEING THIS INCREASE.
UM, I THINK THE OTHER BIG MISCONCEPTION OUT THERE THOUGH IS THAT, THAT THIS INCREASE IS SOMEHOW TIED TO SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS DONE.
UH, AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AROUND THE COUNTRY, UH, THIS IS A CONSISTENT PROBLEM NATIONALLY.
UM, AND NOT ONLY THAT, UM, IT BEGAN BEFORE THE PROTEST BEFORE ANY BUDGET DECISIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHIEF'S MONTHLY, UH, PRIME REPORT FROM MAY OF 2020, AND NOTE THE PROTEST, DIDN'T START UNTIL THE END OF THAT MONTH.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE REPORT FROM THERE, MURDER WAS ALREADY WELL, UH, UH, FROM THE YEAR PRIOR, UH, IN, IN, INTO THAT YEAR.
UM, SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THESE, THIS INCREASE IN MURDER REALLY STARTED, UM, RIGHT AROUND THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS WHY, UH, YOU KNOW, A GLOBAL PANDEMIC MIGHT REDUCE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL COHESION AND RESILIENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, THE LAST THING I WOULD REALLY POINT OUT HERE IS, UM, THAT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT AEDP, UH, HAVING BEEN DEFUNDED AND WHILE IT'S TRUE, THE CITY DID REDUCE THEIR BUDGET SUBSTANTIALLY.
LAST YEAR I STATE LAW WAS PASSED THIS YEAR THAT, THAT FORCED THE CITY AND ALL CITIES IN TEXAS TO, UH, COMPLETELY PUT BACK ANY MONEY THAT HAD BEEN CUT.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THE CITY COUNCIL RAISED THE POLICE BUDGET, AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION.
UM, AND SO, UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE AUSTIN POLICE BUDGET IS THE HIGHEST THAT IT HAS EVER BEEN.
UH, IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, 440 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IDEA THAT THE CITY, A POLICE DEPARTMENT IS UNFUNDED IS, IS JUST PATENTLY UNTRUE.
UM, SO AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE ISSUES, WE CAN, WE SEE A POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT'S BEEN COMPLETELY REFUNDED.
UH, WE SEE CRIME THAT'S ACTUALLY DOWN ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, AND WE SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NATION REALLY GRIPPED BY THIS SPIKE IN HOMICIDES, BUT THAT'S REALLY UNTIED TO ANY LOCAL ISSUES OR UNTIL IT REALLY POINTS TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S REALLY NO NEED FOR PROPOSITION EIGHT.
THERE'S NO, UH, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO REASON FOR IT.
UH, AND, BUT UNTIL YOU LOOK AT WHO'S BEHIND IT.
AND SO OBVIOUSLY THAT THE POLICE ASSOCIATION IS ONE OF THE BIG PLAYERS BEHIND IT.
UH, AND THEY STAND DIRECTLY TO BENEFIT,
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UH, BY HAVING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF NEW DUES-PAYING MEMBERS, UH, AS PART OF THIS, UM, AND YOU HAVE THE TRAVIS COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY, UM, WHO'S VERY ACTIVE TO USE THESE CAMPAIGNS TO, TO PULL IN NEW DONORS AND, AND, UM, AND SPREAD THEIR INCIDENCE THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ULTIMATELY WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, AND IT HAS REALLY NOTHING TO DO WITH SITUATION ON THE GROUND.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
AND, UH, YOU'LL TAKE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, UH, FOR JOINING US, WE APPRECIATE IT.
AND, UH, WHAT I SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED IN A PREAMBLE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR, AS OUR MISSION IS TO REALLY, REALLY LOOK AT POLICIES THAT AFFECT THE POOR, UM, HERE IN AUSTIN OR THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING POVERTY, UH, THAT AS WE DISCUSSED PROP A, UH, AND POTENTIALLY TAKE ACTION THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DRAWING A LINE TO PROP A AND POVERTY.
AND I, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU CHRIS, FOR CRYSTALLIZING THAT FOR US.
UM, AND WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.
THAT WAS A, UM, VERY DETAILED AND FACTUAL AND TRUTH, UH, OBSERVATION OF PROP A.
AND SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT, CAUSE I, I DON'T REALLY SEE, UM, PEOPLE COMING OUT AND REALLY TAKING, UM, AN ACTION TO WHERE THEY'RE GIVING AN EXPLANATION.
CAUSE I THINK SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SO MANY, UM, PARTIES THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE MISLED.
UM, THERE'S SO MUCH, UH, PROPAGANDA GOING ON.
UM, AND SO THANK YOU FOR CLEARING THAT AIR.
SO PEOPLE THAT ARE TUNING IN AND, AND THE COMMISSIONERS HERE TODAY CAN ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THAT PROP.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, TO JUST TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S NEEDED AS WE ARE ALL GEARING UP RIGHT NOW, HERE IN OUR CITY TO, UH, PREPARE VOTERS FOR EARLY ELECTION AND FOR THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UM, PROPS I BELIEVE THAT'S EVER HAS HAPPENED, UM, IN OUR CITY.
THAT IS, THAT IS VERY SERIOUS.
UM, THE LOSS OF FUNDING FROM PARKS FROM, FROM CITY ENTITIES, LIKE YOU JUST MENTIONED ARE REALLY AT A, CAN I TAKE THIS OFF OR MY ALLOWED TO TAKE THIS UP AND TALK? UH, OKAY.
I JUST CAN'T READ WHEN I'M TALKING JESSE, DO YOU KNOW THE GUIDANCE OR LET ME PUT MY NOSE DOWN UNDER THE MASK.
I'M JUST GOING TO, SUPPOSED TO WEAR YOUR MASK.
I'LL JUST TAKE IT DOWN FROM MY NOSE.
UM, I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE GEARING UP TO DO MORE PRESS CONFERENCES, TO OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY, GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION, THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW, UH, THAT'S ON THIS BALLOT, UH, BECAUSE IF WE DO NOT SUPPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING AGAINST THE PROP, UH, PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DEFICIT, THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON OUR BUDGET THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR CITY ENTITIES.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU CHRIS, FOR ADVOCATE ADVOCATING AND BEING THAT ACTIVIST OUT THERE.
UM, THANK YOU AGC FOR DOING THE WORK OUT THERE AS WELL.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT DOES NOT KNOW WHAT'S ON THESE PROPS.
PLEASE EDUCATE YOURSELF, UM, ASK QUESTIONS, UM, AND, AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE VOTING FOR BECAUSE WE'RE, WE ARE REALLY FACING A FINANCIAL, UH, DEFICIT HERE IN THE CITY'S BUDGET IF THIS BOND GETS PASSED.
AND SO I DO NOT SUPPORT THE BOND AND I AM GOING TO BE DOING OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'LL BE DOING A PANEL DISCUSSION ON OCTOBER 16TH AT CHICANO PARK ORGANIZED BY CYNTHIA BASQUEZ.
UM, WE ALSO WILL BE HAVING A PRESS CONFERENCE.
ALL OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE GEARING UP RIGHT NOW, UH, TO GO AGAINST THE BOND AT THIS TIME.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING UP, STANDING UP AND, UH, GIVING AN EXPLANATION TO OUR COMMISSION AND TO EVERYONE THAT'S TUNING IN.
UH, THEN DARWIN WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GOOD FOR US TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE POTENTIAL ACTION, UH, THAT WE COULD MAKE, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY BURNING QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO VISIT THE RESOLUTION THAT COMMISSIONER GARRETT, SO KINDLY DRAFTED FOR US, UH, AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO LET, UH, CHRIS, UH, UH, GO BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT, THAT YOU, YOU MIGHT'VE HAD A TIME LIMITATION.
SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR CLARIFYING SO MUCH FOR US.
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IN THE BACKUP, UM, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT.UH, COMMISSIONER GARRETT, UH, PUT TOGETHER A RESOLUTE, UH, SORRY, A RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR THIS COMMISSION, UH, TO POTENTIALLY RESOLVE IF YOU WILL, AROUND, UH, OPPOSITION TO PROPOSITION EIGHT, WITH RESPECT TO OUR MISSION.
IT'S ITEM THREE D AND EXCUSE ME, IT'S ITEM THREE, ITEM 3D IN THE BACKUP.
IT'S GOT, IT'S JUST ITEM 3D AND IT HAS A LITTLE HIGHLIGHTED X, X, X, X, X, NEXT TO THE RECOMMENDATION.
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT OUT LOUD FOR US COMMISSIONER GARRETT, IF NOT, I'M HAPPY TO, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR, YOU KNOW, THE AUTHOR, IF YOU INSIST, I CAN READ, I READ THE WHOLE RESOLUTION.
UM, WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CORE MISSION IS CENTERED ON SERVING THE POOR AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
AND WE'RE ASKED THE COUNCIL PASSED RESOLUTION 2 0 2 0 0 6 1 1 0 5.
OH, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN POLICY SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT A WEB OF CONNECTED OUTCOMES THAT DISPERSED THIS DISPARATELY IMPACT, BLACK AND LATIN X AND OTHER NONWHITE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, SUCH AS POVERTY, INCREASED FOOD INSECURITY, INCREASED INCARCERATION, DECREASED TASTEFUL, ATTAINMENT, DECREASED ECONOMIC MOBILITY, SHORTER LIFE EXPECTANCY AMONG OTHERS, WHICH MAY LAST FOR GENERATIONS AS WELL AS A FEW OPPORTUNITIES, TERMINATE THESE OUTCOMES AND BREAK THE CYCLE.
AND WHEREAS THE COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION, UM, 2 0 1 8 0 6 1 4 0 7 3 AND 2 0 1 8 0 1 6 4 0 7 FOR THE FREEDOM CITY RESOLUTIONS TO SEEK REPORTING ON AND ENCOURAGE THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISPARITIES IN DIS IN DISCRETIONARY ARRESTS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.
AND WHEREAS AUSTIN PROPOSITION, A NOVEMBER, 2021 BALLOT INITIATIVE IS SUCCESSFULLY PASSED, WOULD ESTABLISH A MINIMUM LEASE STAFFING REQUIRED IN THE CITY TO HIRE NO THIER THAN TWO OFFICERS PER 1000 RESIDENTS, WHICH EQUATES TO HIRING UP TO 860 ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS AT THE COST OF $120 MILLION EACH YEAR OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND WHEREAS THE EFFECT OF THIS REC RECOMMENDATION, SORRY, THE EFFECT OF THIS REQUIREMENT WOULD REALLOCATE THE CITY'S GENERAL FUNDS FROM ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES, HOUSING PROGRAM INITIATIVES AND MENTAL HEALTH PARKS, LIBRARIES, ET CETERA, AND POTENTIALLY LAY OFF FIREFIGHTERS, MEDICS, AND NINE 11 RESPONDERS TO COVER THE COST OF ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS.
AND WHEREAS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT MORE POLICING DOES NOT REDUCE VIOLENCE AND CRIME.
AND WHEREAS ONLY A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY THAT MEETS THE BASIC NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS CAN, WHICH INCLUDES ADEQUATELY FUNDING, ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND PROVIDERS, WHICH OF HOUSING AND WHERE HAS THE BUDGET CUTS TO ESSENTIAL PUBLIC AND HOUSING PROGRAMS WOULD HARM THE ABILITY FOR RESIDENTS TO JUST TRANSITION OUT OF POVERTY AND TO LEAD THRIVING LIVES.
SO THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THE CDC RECOMMENDS THE ENDORSEMENT OF NOT OF NO ONE PROFIT CAMPAIGN EXPRESSING ITS OPPOSITION TO PREP STUDENT EIGHT ON THE NOVEMBER 21ST, 2020 21 BALLOT AND ADDING ITS NAME TO THE LIST OF ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS ON THE WAY ON PROFIT CAMPAIGN WEBSITE.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE DETAILS.
AND I WAS QUESTIONING LIKE ME ASKING YOU TO HAVE DONE THAT MIDWAY THROUGH WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATE.
IT REINFORCES WHAT COMMISSIONER GAIL GATO AND WITH CHRIS HARRIS SAID AROUND LIKE POLICING AND THIS, THIS PROPOSITION REINFORCES, UM, POVERTY, WHICH IS WHAT OUR GOAL IS TO ALLEVIATE.
AND SO IN ORDER TO REALLY INVEST IN CITY SERVICES THAT REALLY HELP FOLKS WITH RESILIENCY INTEREST IN TRANSITION OUT OF POVERTY, LIKE THIS PROPOSITION IS NOT, UM, THE WAY TO GO.
AND SO LIKE REALLY LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASKFORCE THAT WAS DONE POST, UM, LAST YEAR THAT REALLY NAILS DOWN LOTS OF WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY BASED IN MEETING THEIR BASIC NEEDS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESOLUTION.
AND I HOPE THAT THE COMMISSION WILL VOTE TO PASS IT.
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I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT WE PASS IT AS IT IS.I DO HAVE A, WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
I THINK THE ONLY CONCERN I MIGHT HAVE IS, UM, WHETHER THERE'S ANY, UH, LEGAL CONCERN AROUND, UH, BEING AN ENDORSING, UH, ORGANIZATION.
AND I CAN DEFER TO, IF DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF THERE'S PRECEDENT AROUND THAT, HAVE Y'ALL SEEING THAT HAPPENING IN COMMISSIONS OTHERWISE? OR SHOULD WE DEFER TO, UM, COUNSEL OR LEGAL TO SORT THAT OUT FOR US COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER? I LIKE TO ASK THE QUESTION, UH, AS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS IS WE'RE UNDER THE HEADING OF ANY LAWS THAT IF WE SAT IN THIS PETITION, ARE WE IN TROUBLE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE LAW DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN? NO ON PROPOSITION.
HEY, AND THAT'S THE MAIN THING WE NEED TO LOOK AT BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS YEAR.
AND I'M HOPING SOMEONE, UH, JC CAN GET SOME INFORMATION TO LET ME KNOW BEFORE I VOTE.
YEAH, I GOT A NOTE FROM ERICA LEEK THAT THERE'S NO CONCERN.
ANY THOUGHTS FROM ANYBODY ON THE ROW ON THIS RECOMMENDATION OR HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PASS IT AS YES.
IF I CAN OFFER A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, THAT WOULD BE THAT WE HAVE A SECOND BE IT RESOLVED CLAUSE THAT SIMPLY SAYS, UH, AND THE COMMISSION URGES OUR FELLOW CITIZENS TO VOTE AGAINST THIS PROPOSITION FOR THE REASONS SET ABOVE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THAT IF, UH, SOMEONE IN THE CITY DECIDED TO STRIP OUT THE FIRST PART OF THE, BE IT RESOLVE CLAUSE WILL HAVE SOMETHING ALREADY IN PLACE THAT AT LEAST HAS SOME, UM, MORAL.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, UH, OVER REDUNDANCY IN A POSITIVE WAY AT ALL.
UM, I KNOW YOU ALREADY THAT VICE CHAIR POP, UM, POINT OF ORDER.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN HAVE AN AMENDMENT UNTIL WE HAVE A MOTION AND I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT SINCE COMMISSIONER GARRETT BROUGHT US THIS, I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION, UH, VICE CHAIR.
COULD THAT HAVE BEEN JUST AN AMENDMENT TO THE RECOMMENDATION PRE HAS IT BEEN MOVED YET? SO WHEN SHE SAID FRIENDLY AMENDMENT COULD JUST BE, SHE'S PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THIS RECOMMENDATION.
UH, AND THEN ONCE WE COULD, WE COULD MOVE THAT THE RECOMMENDED OVER THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES THEN B BE VOTED ON.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T MEAN TO BELABOR IT.
WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THESE, UH, RESOLUTION.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER TO, UH, A VOTE ON THIS RESOLUTION.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND IF YOU MAY REPEAT IT, WE HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FROM COMMISSIONER WOODS, UH, TO ADD IN THAT EXTRA CLAUSE, THE VIET RESOLVE CLAUSE, ENCOURAGING OUR FELLOW CITIZENS TO VOTE.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND COMMISSIONER GARRETT IS OKAY WITH THAT.
UH, RATHER, UH, COMMISSIONER TOLERBER IS OKAY WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
AND, UH, WITH THAT SAID THEN ALL IN FAVOR OF, UH, VOTING SUPPORT THIS RECOMMENDATION.
ALL OPPOSED ANY ABSTAINING, PLEASE MAKE IT CLEAR FOR ME.
DID WE NEED A SECOND FOR THAT BEFORE? I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, OH YEAH, WELL, LET'S, UH, LET'S RUN THAT BACK.
CAN WE, UM, UH, CAN WE JUST PLAY THAT BACK REALLY QUICKLY? COMMISSIONER TODDLER, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, INDULGE US WITH A MOTION, UH, TO THE COMMISSIONER CHAIRMAN, OTHER COMMISSIONS INTO OTHER COMMISSIONERS? I COMMISSIONED A TALLER MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE RESOLUTION.
AND, UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER DELGADO AND W DO WE HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, SO REQUESTED YES.
AND, UH, UH, JUST TO DO IT REALLY QUICKLY, ONCE MORE, ALL IN FAVOR.
ALL OPPOSE NAME HAVE STANCHIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER GARRETT FOR PUTTING THAT ON OUR RADAR AND ALSO PUTTING TOGETHER THAT RECOMMENDATION.
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AND WE WILL GO BACK INTO THE ORDER OF THINGS, UH, WITH A TENANT'S RIGHT PRESENTATION.[3A. Tenant’s Rights presentation]
I WOULD, UH, MEAN TO JACOB AND SHOSHANA KRIEGER WITH BUSTA, WHICH IS BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING TENANT ACTION.THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR RESILIENCE AND US MOVING THE AGENDA AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
AND, UM, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMISSIONER HAWTHORNE IS ABLE TO JOIN US EVEN IF ONLY BY AUDIO, BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
ARE YOU HERE? I ASKED I'M STILL HERE.
UH, AND SO I'LL GIVE THE FLOOR OVER TO THE BUSTA TEAM.
WELL, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HAVING US TODAY.
AND IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BE BUMPED BY CHRIS.
UM, I, HE CAN BUMP US ANYTIME.
UM, MY NAME IS JOSHUA KRIEGER, UM, AND I AM THE PROJECT DIRECTOR OF BOSTON AND HERE WITH ME, JOE, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? HELLO? MY NAME IS MITCHELL JACOB, AND I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR WITH BUSTA.
CAN YOU PULL THAT UP COMING UP AND BUSTA TEAM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, WE ARE SUPER APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE YOU HERE AND VERY HUNGRY FOR THE CONTENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE, BUT WE ALSO DO ASK THAT, UM, WE MOVE AS QUICKLY THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT CURTAILING, OF COURSE, ANY OF THE KEY COOL INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH US.
AND WE CAN TRY TO SPEED THROUGH IT.
I KNOW A LOT OF THIS IS STUFF THAT Y'ALL HAVE HEARD BEFORE.
SO I'M GONNA QUICKLY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COVID 19 AND EVICTIONS AND THE DATA AND JUST WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE EXISTING LOCAL PROTECTIONS.
WE'LL QUICKLY TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE HEARING ON EXTENSIONS AND THEN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE GROUND.
HOW DO YOU DO TWO MINUTES? OKAY.
SO THIS IS, UH, JUST PUTTING COVID-19 EVICTIONS IN CONTEXT.
UM, SO THIS IS A GRAPH WHICH SHOWS THE EVICTIONS IN TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, WHERE WE HAVE THE BEST DATA FROM, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR HANDS ON WILLIAMSON COUNTY DATA.
UM, BUT IT'S FROM 2014 TO 2021.
UM, WE HAVE NUMBERS DRASTICALLY BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020, AND THEN OUR EVEN LOWER IN 2021.
AND THESE ARE, UM, EVICTION FILINGS.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW WITH 1049 EVICTIONS FILED, UH, WE ARE, UM, RIGHT NOW ABOUT 10%, UH, WE ARE LESS THAN 10% OF THE NUMBER OF FILINGS, UM, FOR ALL OF 2019.
SO WE'RE PRETTY DARN LOW NEXT SLIDE.
UM, THIS IS THAT SAME INFORMATION, BUT BASED ON, UM, JT PRECINCT, JUST, UH, JUSTICE COURTS, UH, WHICH WERE PRESIDED OVER BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE IT, THAT THERE ARE DISPARITIES, UM, AND WHERE EVICTIONS ARE FILED IN PRECINCT TO, WITH HAT, WHICH HAS SOME OF NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST AUSTIN HAS HISTORICALLY HAD THE MOST EVICTIONS FILED.
THIS, HAD THE STEEPEST INCREASE UP UNTIL 2008.
SO THIS IS JUST ZOOMING IN A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT'S HAPPENED FROM 2020 TO PRESENT.
SO THE FIRST GRAPH YOU'LL SEE, WHICH KIND OF IS THAT FLAT IN THE CURVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WHICH WE ALL TALKED ABOUT A LOT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC IS SHOWING THE BEGINNING OF 20, 20 IT'S REGULAR BUSINESS AS USUAL.
SO EVICTIONS ARE GOING UP, UP, UP, AND THEN ON MARCH 13TH, WHICH IS THE DAY OUR COURTS, UM, ISSUED, UH, THE MORATORIUM ON HEARINGS ON YOU START SEEING IT LEVELING OFF, UM, TILL, UM, AND THEN ON THE SLIDE TO, UH, NEXT TO IT IS FROM THAT MARCH 13TH DATE.
SO FROM ONE COVID HIT UNTIL PRESENT.
SO YOU CAN SEE, YEAH, AS OUR EVICTION PROTECTIONS HAVE OPENED, COURTS HAVE OPENED A LITTLE, THEY NOT OPEN THAT MUCH, BUT THEY'VE OPENED A LITTLE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NUMBER OF FILINGS, UM, HAS INCREASED.
UM, AND JUST FOR SOME CONTEXT IN, SINCE, UH, THE, UH, SINCE COVID BEGAN, WE'VE ONLY HAD 876 FILINGS.
UM, SO INCREDIBLY LOW NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS NOT TOTALLY COMPLETE DATA.
UM, UH, CORE DATA IS, UM, REALLY, REALLY MESSY AND WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO BE
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PUNCHING IT.UM, BUT THIS IS A FAIRLY COMPLETE DATA OF, UM, EVICTIONS BROKEN DOWN BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
UM, SINCE THE MORATORIUM, NOT SURPRISINGLY, UM, IT'S EASTERN CRESCENT, WHICH IS ALSO THE EASTERN PRECEDENT ON OUR PIE CHART.
UM, UH, ONE, TWO DISTRICTS, 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR, UM, WHICH HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE, UM, NUMBER OF EVICTIONS NEXT SLIDE.
AND SO Y'ALL ARE INTERESTED IN MORE REAL TIME DATA.
YOU CAN GO TO, UM, THE WEBSITE, UH, WHICH WE MAINTAIN IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF OUR EVICTION SOLIDARITY NETWORK PARTNERS, WHICH IS EVICTION IS NOT A CURE.COM.
AND WE HAVE A DASHBOARD WHICH UPDATES IN REAL TIME, THE NUMBER EVERY DAY, UM, THE NUMBER OF EVICTIONS FILED.
AND YOU CAN CLICK AROUND TO ALSO GET SOME INFORMATION BY DATE KEY.
UM, YOU CAN CLICK AND SEE BY ZIP CODE ON, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME CENSUS DATA, UH, LEVEL, UH, MAPPING COMING UP PRETTY SOON.
AND SO JUST A FEW THINGS ABOUT WHAT THE DATA DOESN'T SHOW.
SO ONE THING THAT REALLY IT DOESN'T SHOW IS INFORMAL EVICTIONS.
SO THOSE ARE EVICTIONS WHICH HAPPEN WITHOUT THE COURT EVEN BEING INVOLVED, WHICH PROBABLY HAS BEEN THE VAST MAJORITY OF EVICTION DURING COVID.
SOMEONE GETS A NOTICE FROM THEIR LANDLORD SAYING, GET OUT AND THE TENANT MOVES AND THAT'S NOT IN THE DATA WE JUST SAW.
UM, WE ALSO DON'T HAVE AFTER JUDGMENT INFORMATION.
SO THE COURTS DO NOT MAINTAIN NICE, EASY WAY.
UM, WHETHER IF THERE'S A JUDGMENT IT'S FOR THE DEFENDANT, THE TENANT OR THE PLAINTIFF, THE LANDLORD, MOST OF THE TIME IT'S PLAINTIFF, BUT IT MAKES IT HARDER TO UNDERSTAND THIS DATA.
UM, SIMILAR, IT DOESN'T TRACK WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S A DISMISSAL.
AND SO ABOUT HALF OF THE FILINGS, THE NUMBERS, WE JUST WENT THROUGH OUR FILING.
SO THAT'S A FILING, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AND IF THE CASE IS JUST THIS MESS AND THE RATE OF DISMISSAL WAS ABOUT THE SAME DURING THE PANDEMIC AS BEFORE.
WE DON'T KNOW THOUGH WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS, THE DISMISSALS, UM, IF IT WAS BECAUSE, UH, THE TENANT HAD ALREADY MOVED OUT, SO THE LANDLORD JUST SAID, I'M DISMISSING.
OR IF IT'S THE COURT SAID, LANDLORD, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY GROUNDS.
AND SO I'M DISMISSING, UH, THE SUIT.
SO THAT MEANS THAT OUTCOME SIDE OF THE FILINGS.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE A FULL GRASP OF IN TERMS OF THE DATA.
UM, ALSO MS, RIGHT NOW DOESN'T HAVE CENSUS, UH, LEVEL INFO, WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE FINAL POINT, WHICH IS IT DOESN'T HAVE DEMOGRAPHIC INFO.
UM, THE COURTS DON'T MAINTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AT ALL.
UM, WE'RE HOPING WHEN WE GOT THE CENSUS LEVEL NUMBERS, WE CAN AT LEAST DO SOME ANALYSIS, UM, ON CENSUS LEVEL DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, AND, UH, WHERE WE'RE SEEING, UM, DISPROPORTIONATE RATES OF EVICTION ON IT'S ALSO WHERE IN A MINUTE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT EVICTION SOLIDARITY NETWORK OR FORT TRAPPERS ARE ALSO TRACKING DEMOGRAPHICS.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL PASS THE BATON TO.
AND IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT, UM, KIND OF PROTECTIONS AND WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC, WHICH WAS ALSO A LONG AGO, BACK IN MARCH, 2020, UM, BACK THEN IT WAS VIEWED VERY NATIONALLY.
AND, UM, IF YOU REMEMBER THE CARES ACT THAT CAME OUT, THAT WAS BIG, IT GAVE THE STIMULUS MONEY.
IT GAVE AN EVICTION MORATORIUM, UM, ON A LOT OF FEDERALLY BACKED, UH, PROPERTIES THAT HAD MORTGAGES OVER FRIGIDLY BACKED, UM, THAT WENT AWAY, BUT IT STILL DOES MATTER.
THERE IS STILL, UM, NOTICES TO VACATE RULES THAT COME FROM PROPERTIES LIKE THAT.
SO THEY HAD TO GIVE 30 DAYS AND WE'VE SEEN THAT PLAY OUT IN THE COURTS.
SO THAT ONE STILL DOES HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LIFE STILL INTO THIS LATE DATE OF THE PANDEMIC.
UM, IN TEXAS, THERE WAS AN EARLY MORE TRIAL WHICH WENT AWAY.
UM, THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS HAS GIVEN SOME ORDERS THAT HAVE ALLOWED FOR LOCAL JPS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS.
LIKE WE'VE BEEN HERE IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
SO THAT HAS GIVEN SOME PROTECTION, ALTHOUGH FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S PRETTY WEAK IN THE STATE.
UM, AND THEN YOU HAVE HERE LOCALLY IN AUSTIN, WHICH, UM, AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ZERO EVICTIONS, UM, AUSTIN HAS HAD REALLY ROBUST PROTECTIONS AS SARNA WAS SHOWING IN THOSE GRAPHS.
UM, WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO OTHER COUNTIES AROUND THE STATE AND NATIONALLY, UH, OUR NUMBERS ARE, ARE REALLY, REALLY LOW AT OUR COVID NUMBERS RELATIVELY LOW THROUGHOUT THAT WHOLE TIME.
AND I THINK THERE'S A REALLY STRONG CORRELATION THAT CAN BE MADE THERE.
UM, SO WE'VE HAD MAYORAL AND COUNTY JUDGE ORDERS, UM, ORDINANCES THAT HAVE ALLOWED, UH, RENTERS TO, UH, CURE OR, UM, MAKE
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THEIR CONTRACT GOOD AGAIN.AND THEN THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS HAVE HAD RULES TO.
UM, AND, AND IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL, I'LL DETAIL THOSE REAL QUICKLY.
UM, SO THESE PROTECTIONS, MOST OF THESE ARE, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE EXPIRING ON OCTOBER 15TH, THAT'S FRIDAY, WE DO EXPECT SOME KIND OF EXTENSIONS.
THERE WILL BE A STEP DOWN AT SOME POINT, BUT THIS IS STILL KIND OF A BASIS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE.
SO, UM, UNTIL THE 15TH AND THE FIRST TWO KIND OF GO TOGETHER IN A LOT OF WAYS, UM, THE MAYOR AND THE COUNTY JUDGE HAD ORDERED THAT NOTICE TO VACATE ARE PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN CASES, AND THIS IS FOR NON PAYMENT.
AND RIGHT NOW, IF YOU OWE LESS THAN THREE MONTHS OF RENT AND YOU WILL HAVE BEEN LATE ON YOUR RENT, THE LANDLORD SHOULD NOT GIVE A NOTICE TO VACATE.
AND THE COURTS ALSO WILL NOT HEAR THAT IF YOU OWE MORE THAN THREE MONTHS OF RENT, UM, THE LANDLORD SHOULD HAVE APPLIED FOR ALL THREE OF THE AVAILABLE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THAT'S WHAT THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND THE STATE, UM, AND THEY MUST WAIT 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF APPLICATION TO SEE IF THERE IS, UM, RENTAL ASSISTANCE MONEY THAT WILL COME.
AND WE'VE SEEN THAT STILL A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
THAT WAS, IT WAS ALL NOTICES TO VACATE OR NONPAYMENT WE'RE OUT THERE.
AND THEY STEPPED THAT DOWN AND WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE OF, UM, EVICTION FILINGS, BUT IT'S STILL PRETTY STRONG AND PRETTY ROBUST.
UH, THE LAST ONE THAT'S REALLY GOOD ON HERE IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS AN ORDINANCE TO CURE YOUR CONTRACT.
AND THE CURE IN LEGAL TERMS MEANS TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
USUALLY IF YOU'RE A DAY LATE ON YOUR RENT, YOU COULD GET EVICTED.
UM, IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW, WE'VE HAD THIS FOR A YEAR THAT YOU WOULD HAVE 60 DAYS TO PAY BACK YOUR RENT.
AFTER YOUR LANDLORD GIVES YOU A NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION.
AND THAT GIVES A CHANCE FOR FOLKS TO STAY HOUSED, AND WE BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO GET EXTENDED AS WELL.
IT MAY BE MODIFIED A LITTLE BIT FOR LESS TIME, BUT IT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING.
AND THAT HAS TO BE GIVEN BEFORE A LANDLORD CAN GIVE A NOTICE TO VACATE SO EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, NOT NECESSARILY COUNTY, IT MAY BE PART OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY IS LOW, BUT IF YOU'RE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THAT THE LANDLORD IS SUPPOSED TO GIVE A NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION TO A TENANT WHO WAS LATE.
AND IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT TIME, PLEASE, SORRY, IF I'M RUSHING, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT ALL THE TIME.
UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS TOO MUCH, BUT SHOSHANA HINTED AT THIS EARLIER, EVICTION IS A JUDICIAL PROCESS.
AND THAT IS REALLY ONE OF THE MOST BASIC THINGS.
IF WE COULD EDUCATE PEOPLE, IS THAT A NOTICE TO VACATE SAYS, YOU NEED TO LEAVE IN ONE DAY OR THREE DAYS.
IT DEPENDS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS DEPENDING ON THE LEASE AND WHERE YOU LIVE, BUT IT WILL BE LIKE YOU TENANT HAVE VIOLATED YOUR LEASE FOR NON-PAYMENT OR WHATEVER YOU NEED TO LEAVE IN TWO DAYS OR THREE DAYS, SORRY, OR WHAT THE TENANT DOESN'T HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR WITHIN THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS TO STAY.
AND THEN THAT WILL GO THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE THE LANDLORD HAS TO FILE BASICALLY A LAWSUIT, AND THEN THEY GO TO COURT AND THERE'S EVEN APPEAL TIME, WHICH TAKES THREE TO FIVE WEEKS.
SO OUT OF THIS, THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO REMEMBER TENANTS DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE WHEN THEY JUST GET THAT NOTICE TO VACATE.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL SHOW HOW THOSE, UM, APPLY TO THIS RATE.
SO AT THE BEGINNING, A LANDLORD HAS TO GIVE A NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION, EVEN BEFORE THAT, AND THE WAY THAT THIS IS ALL A NON QUEBEC, EXCUSE ME FOR NOT SAYING THAT FURNISHED FOR NOT PAYING THE RENT, BUT THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION HAS TO GO, AND THAT TENANT HAS A RIGHT TO CURE THEIR DOWN PAYMENT.
IF THAT TIME PASSES, THEN THE LANDLORD CAN GIVE A NOTICE TO VACATE, BUT EVEN THEN THE TENANT STILL HAS TIME THAT HAS TO GO TO COURT.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN.
UM, SO THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO KNOW, LIKE, I'VE GET CALLS LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME, AND IT'S LIKE, PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, I HAVE SOMEBODY I KNOW IS GOING TO GET EVICTED THIS WEEKEND.
WE DON'T, WE DO KNOW PEOPLE WILL LEAVE.
WE DO KNOW LANDLORDS DO THINGS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T, BUT THERE IS A PROCESS AND THERE IS AVENUES FOR HELP.
AND, UM, THERE'S SOME RESOURCES WE WILL SAY IN JUST A MOMENT.
UM, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AGAIN, PLEASE.
UM, SO I'M GOING TO PASS THIS BACK TO SZUSZANNA AND THEN AT THE END, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME RESOURCES AVAILABILITY FOR FOLKS, BUT SHE'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, WHAT WERE WE EXPECT TO SEE AFTER OCTOBER? YEAH, SO AS BEING SAID, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE FROM THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD, THERE IS GOING TO BE AN EXTENSION OF THE MAYOR AND COUNTY JUDGE ORDERS RELATED TO NOTICE TO VACATE AND ALSO THE, UH, ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THE, TO CARE THAT'S ON AGENDA FOR THURSDAY.
UM, THERE WILL BE A STEP DOWN PROCESS AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE PLAN WOULD HAVE THIS ALL GOING AWAY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, BUT IT WOULD BE REQUIRING AGAIN, IT'S DOING THIS CONCEPT OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE BEING A PREREQUISITE TO MOVING FORWARD WITH EVICTION.
UM, SO IT BECOMES WHERE IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET FOLKS CONNECTED TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE MONEY.
AND THAT LANDLORDS WILL ALSO HAVE TO APPLY FOR THAT MONEY BEFORE MOVING TO EVICT TENANTS FOR NON-PAYMENT OF
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RENT.UM, AND ANOTHER THING ON THE AGENDA ON THURSDAY, UM, THAT I, I HEARD ABOUT IS THERE'S ANOTHER, UM, ALMOST $7 MILLION, UH, WHICH COUNCIL, UH, COULD BE PUTTING INTO, UM, RENT 3.0, UM, NEXT SLIDE AND THEN THE OTHER, SO THESE ARE JUST THE MAIN RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE RENT 3.0, WHICH Y'ALL HAVE HER UPDATE THEM OUT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UH, AND THEN WHEN IT WAS RENT 2.0 IN THE PAST, UM, THERE'S ALSO TEXAS RENT RELIEF, WHICH ACTUALLY IS MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY AND WE'VE HEARD OF LOTS OF PEOPLE GETTING ASSISTANCE.
UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO APPLY, UH, TO ALL THREE.
UM, THE COUNTY PROGRAM HAS BEEN, UH, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ANY MONEY FROM, BUT IT DOESN'T HURT TO APPLY IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOTTEN YOUR DOCUMENTS TOGETHER FOR OTHER ONES SLIDE.
AND, UM, PASTA IS ALSO PART OF THE EVICTION SOLIDARITY NETWORK.
AND IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE, UH, HAVE A WEBSITE AND THIS IS A GOOD REFERENCE FOR ANYBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, EVICTION IS NOT A CURE.COM.
UM, THERE IS A LINK TO A RESOURCE GUIDE THAT WE MAINTAIN.
THERE IS, UM, LINKS TO THE ENTIRE, UH, EVICTION PROTECTIONS THAT AS THEY EXIST, WE'LL BE UPDATING THOSE THIS WEEK TOO, AS SOON AS WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING.
SO IF ANYBODY YOU TALK TO JUST REFER THEM TO IS NOT A CURE.COM.
IF YOU GO TO BOSTON, AUSTIN.COM/WEBINARS, WE HAVE, UM, TENANT RIGHTS, UM, WEBINARS WE GIVE EVERY TWO WEEKS AND THEN WE ALTERNATE THEM WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
UM, AND IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL, PLEASE, UM, ESN DOES COURT WATCH AND TRACKING.
SO WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT ACTUALLY WATCH THE COURTS, AND THAT'S HOW WE KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING.
TRY TO GET AN, A SENSE OF DEMOGRAPHICS AND JUST WHAT THE JUDGES ARE DOING.
WE ALSO, UH, REACH OUT TO TENANTS BEFOREHAND.
UM, WE CALL, WE DO GET CONTACTS FROM THE TENANT, FROM THE COURTS, AND WE CALL AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN, UH, TO TRY TO GIVE THEM JUST SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AND WHERE THEY CAN GET LEGAL ASSISTANCE.
WE KEEP TRACK OF, UM, FILING SO WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S A PROPERTY THAT'S BUYING A AND WE TRY TO GO DISTRIBUTE A TENANT, RIGHT INFORMATION IS THAT OUR TENANT RIGHTS INFORMATION THERE AS WELL.
UM, AND ALSO GIVING FEEDBACK TO THE COURTS ON THINGS WE'RE SEEING, IF WE'RE SEEING THINGS THAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING OR TAKING CARE OF AND EDUCATING THE JUDGES, AND THEN THE DASHBOARD THAT'S JUST SHAWNA SHOWED EARLIER.
SO EVICTION IS NOT A CURE.COM UH, PASTA, AUSTIN.ORG/ COVID-19 IS ALSO WHERE YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE.
UM, JUST QUICKLY IF SOMEBODY NEEDS, LIKE HOW CAN I CONTACT RENT ASSISTANCE? THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO GO.
AND AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES.
UM, WE HAVE, OUR WEBSITE IS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
IT'S ALSO IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
UM, THIS IS THE NUMBER FOR TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID.
UH, YOU CAN LEAVE A MESSAGE THERE AND FOLKS FROM CALL YOU BACK, UM, VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES.
THE BOSTON IS ANOTHER ONE TOO, UM, ON THAT RESOURCE GUIDE.
AND OF COURSE, UM, AT TEXAS REAL GROUNDING LEGAL AIDS WEBSITE, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD QUICK INFORMATION JUST ON YOUR RIGHTS AS A RETRO IN CASE YOU ARE FACING, UM, EVICTION.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO LOOK UP AND SEE WHAT YOUR RIGHTS ARE AND NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS OR PREGNANT, THANK YOU.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTENT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD PLEASE KEEP ME HONEST THAT, UH, ONE OF THE KEY REASONS THAT, UH, WE, WE WANTED TO TALK WITH Y'ALL IN ADDITION TO OF COURSE HEARING THE MOST UP-TO-DATE DATA, UM, WHICH FROM WHAT WE'RE GETTING, WHAT I'M GATHERING IS THAT WE HAVE A STRONG FIREWALL OF PROTECTIONS.
THAT'S REALLY HELPING, UH, UH, FOLKS UNTIL ECONOMIC SITUATIONS CAN BE NORMALIZED AND PREVENTING WHAT COULD BE, WHAT MUCH WORSE CRISIS HERE, AS FAR AS EVICTIONS ARE CONCERNED.
AND, UH, THAT WE HAVE PROGRAMS THAT BOTH TENANTS AND LANDLORDS CAN AND SHOULD APPLY FOR, UH, IN THE INTERIM.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD GO TO BOSTON, AUSTIN.ORG, AND EVICTION IS NOT A CURE.COM.
AND WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS, UH, UNIQUELY, UH, GALVANIZING, UH, SOME OF OUR MEETINGS, UH, AND ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, UH, WAS ACTUALLY FROM THAT COMMUNITY, THE MOUNT CARMEL, UH, APARTMENTS.
UM, WE, I THINK THERE MAY BE QUESTIONS, UM, AROUND BOTH THIS PRESENTATION AND WE MAY PUT YOU ON THE SPOT AROUND QUESTIONS, UH, AROUND HOW Y'ALL ENGAGE, UH, WITH ONGOING SITUATIONS LIKE MOUNT CARMEL.
I KNOW YOU WERE CATALYTIC AND SUPPORTING, UH, SO MANY OF THE TENANTS AND HELPING THEM ORGANIZE AS LONG AS WITH, UH, ALONG WITH THEIR OWN LEADERSHIP, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ONGOING CHALLENGES THERE.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE DIRECTLY ENGAGED.
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SOUTHWEST HOUSING COMPLIANCE CORPORATION, UH, REFERRED US TO YOU.UH, AND, AND SO I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC, BUT WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO EVERYBODY COMMISSIONER.
YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT THE TENANT RIGHTS THAT ARE SET TO EXPIRE.
I KNOW SOME OF THIS IN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MAY BE TIED TO THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TO ALSO END AT SOME POINT, BUT SOME OF THIS THINGS SEEM LIKE THEY COULD BE GOOD, UH, YOU KNOW, IN PERPETUITY HAVE Y'ALL, IS THERE AN EFFORT OR HAVE Y'ALL DISCUSSED SOME OF THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE CURE MINT, UH, CURE PERIOD AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO EXTEND BEYOND NEXT.
I KNOW YOU SAID BY THE END OF THE YEAR RAMP DOWN, BUT IS THERE A DISCUSSION TO MAKE THIS MORE OF A PERMANENT INSTEAD OF AN EXECUTIVE ACTION, MORE OF A COUNCIL DRIVEN SOLUTION? UM, SO WE ARE, WE HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS ON THE LEVEL OF ADVOCACY WE CAN ENGAGE ON.
SO I'M HAPPY ADDING EVERYTHING I'M SAYING WITH THAT.
UM, THERE ARE SOME OF THE ORDERS THEMSELVES ARE BASED ON EMERGENCY POWERS, WHICH AS PANDEMIC, WIND DOWN AND, UH, GOVERNOR ABBOTT, IT SEEMS TO HAVE MADE CLEAR, UM, IS THERE, THERE IS, UH, THE LEGAL BASIS FROM WHAT WE'RE HEARING, YOU KNOW, UM, MAY NOT BE AS STRONG AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, I THINK ON THE CURE ORDINANCE, AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR, UM, CREATING SOMETHING, WHICH IS LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE IN MANY OTHER STATES, UM, WHERE YOU HAVE A THREE-DAY OR A SEVEN-DAY PERIOD, NO MATTER WHAT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO CURE YOUR DEFAULT, UM, WHICH DOES NOT EXIST IN TEXAS.
SO THERE IS, THERE'S DEFINITELY OPPORTUNITY THERE, UM, IN THE FUTURE.
YEAH, THAT, TO ME, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING LIKE WHAT OUR COMMISSION IS HERE TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US KNOW WHAT YOUR LIMITATIONS ARE, UH, FROM YOUR STANDPOINT.
UM, I KNOW, UM, THE, THE, UH, HAVE YOU HEARD THAT THIS IS A, FOLLOW-UP THE, I KNOW THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS CONSIDERING $16 BILLION IN FUNDS RIGHT NOW THAT WERE TECHNICALLY COVID RELIEF RELATED.
HAVE, HAS ANYBODY ON YOUR TEAMS BEEN FOLLOWING THAT DISCUSSION OR KNOW IF ANY OF THIS MONEY COULD POSSIBLY BE DIRECTED TO LOCAL CITIES FOR EVICTION PROTECTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? IT WAS ABOUT $16 BILLION.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWING THAT CLOSELY.
WE LOOK OUR ALLY THAT TEXAS HOUSERS, UM, TO HELP KEEP ABREAST OF THOSE THINGS.
I'M SURE THEY KNOW, UH, PROBABLY IN MORE DETAIL.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS LIKE THE FALLBACK OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE ALSO FROM JURISDICTIONS, WHICH HAVEN'T BEEN USING IT.
UM, THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL FOR AUSTIN TO GET SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS, BUT I DON'T KNOW MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT COMMISSIONER, UM, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL, UH, PARTICIPATED THERE WITH MOUNTAIN CARMEL.
I WAS THERE TO WITNESS YOU ALL, UM, WORK THE GROUND.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT HARD WORK.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, IS THERE IN YOUR AGENCY, IS THERE ANYTHING SET UP AS FAR AS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ACTUALLY PROVIDING THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED FOR US TODAY? NOT THE DATA DRIVEN INFORMATION, BUT MORE OF THE RESOURCES AND MORE OF THE ASSISTANCE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE NEEDING RIGHT NOW.
I SEE THE GAP, UH, BETWEEN AUSTIN TENANT COUNCIL, BETWEEN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, UM, BETWEEN, UM, LANDLORDS AND TENANTS, UM, WITH NOT HAVING THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THEY'RE SOCIAL WORKERS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY ADVOCATES THAT ACTUALLY WORK FOR AN AGENCY THAT CAN ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE WITH REFERRAL BASIS, UM, YOU KNOW, WRAPAROUND SERVICES, UM, BESIDES THE GIVING THE ONLINE WEBSITE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WE, WE STILL DO HAVE A GAP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE, HAVE A DIGITAL DIVIDE AND DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THE PORTAL AS WELL AS, UM, DO NOT, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT COMPUTER.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT WORK ON THE COMPUTER.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF, IF BOSTON DOES HAVE ANYTHING THAT CAN PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND ALSO WHEN, AND WHERE DO YOU DO THE OUTREACH? DO YOU HAVE A LOCATION THAT, UM, PEOPLE CAN CALL BESIDES GETTING ONLINE, UM, AS WELL AS MAYBE VISIT, UM, I THINK YOU ARE DOING GREAT WORK AND LIKE, UM, COMMISSIONER SAID JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO PIGGYBACK WHAT HE SAID, THERE'S FEDERAL DOLLARS AND THERE'S
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MONEY OUT THERE.UM, FOR THE PANDEMIC RELIEF, I DO SEE THE DROP HAS DROPPED FROM 2019.
UM, BUT I DO SEE THE, IT WILL BE RISING AS SOON AS THE, UM, OCTOBER DATE COMES FOR RELIEF.
PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE FACING A LOT OF ISSUES.
WE'RE ALREADY FACING ISSUES IN HOUSING.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU I'M DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT, UM, IF YOU CAN PROVIDE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION, SO I CAN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO MY AREA AS WELL, AS LONG AS WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT THE RESIDENTS NEED HELP OUT THERE.
UM, I WOULD SAY, UH, AND PLEASE JUMP IN SARASOTA.
UM, IF THE, THE BIGGEST THING RIGHT NOW, EVERY TWO WEEKS, WE DO A RECTAL RIGHT RENTER'S RIGHTS WEBINAR ON FACEBOOK.
SO BOSTON, AUSTIN, OR FACEBOOK.COM/PASTA AUSTIN WEDNESDAYS AT 6:00 PM.
SO THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ON THE 20TH.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT AND YOU CAN JUST GO THERE AND IT WILL SHOW IT OR BOSTON, AUSTIN.ORG/WEBINARS.
AND FOR BOSTON BOSTON NETWORK SLASH SPAGHETTIS, WHERE DID A SPANISH, BECAUSE WE DO THESE BILINGUALLY, UM, WE DO THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE ON A PICTURE OF PROTECTIONS, RETROS RIGHTS, TWO WEEKS AFTER YOU DO THAT, WE DO A RENTER ASSISTANCE ONE, AND HOW TO DO THAT.
UM, WE, THERE ARE, UH, DIFFERENT FOLKS WITHIN TRALO THAT DO HELP WITH THAT, UM, WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS.
SO IF THEY THINK US ON THOSE WEBINARS OR THEY CAN ALSO EMAIL T E R P.HELP AT TRALA.ORG, THAT'S P E R P DOT H E L P@TRLA.ORG.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE EASIEST, OR JUST CONTACT US ON PASTA ON THE FACEBOOK AND WILL, OR ON OUR WEBSITE AND LOOK FOR THAT TOO.
UH, BUT THE BIG THING, I THINK JUST THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY IF EVERYBODY THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING TODAY IS LIKE, GET PEOPLE APPLYING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, AND JUST KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TIME.
LIKE IF YOU GET A NOTICE TO VACATE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE WITHIN TWO OR THREE DAYS.
YOU CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
THERE IS SOME OPTIONS OUT THERE, HOPEFULLY FOR SOME FOLKS.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S MY PART, I DON'T KNOW IF SEAN, IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT AT ALL.
AND I WOULD JUST SAY, I MEAN, DIGITAL DIVIDE ISSUES ARE REALLY REAL.
AND OUR TEAM HAS HELPED LOTS OF FOLKS WHO WE ORGANIZE WITH, WITH NAVIGATING THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATION PROCESS, AND IT IS HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS OF THEIR TIME, UM, DOING IT AND BOSSES WHAT OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS ORGANIZING TENANTS INTO TENANTS ASSOCIATION.
SO WE'RE ALL OF THE PLACES WHERE WE HAVE TENANTS ASSOCIATIONS, WE PROVIDE, UM, MORE ROBUST, UH, THE KIND OF SERVICE AND SUPPORT TO THOSE TENANTS, BUT WE'RE NOT SET UP AS AN INDIVIDUAL DIRECT ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATION.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF BEEN JUMPED INTO THE SPACE BECAUSE OF THE EVICTION CRISIS AND ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN WITH OUR LIMITED CAPACITY TO BE IN THE FIELD AND TO GET INFORMATION OUT THERE.
UM, WE ARE AS A MINTO SIDE, UH, DURING THE PRESENTATION, I'M DOING FLYERING PROPERTIES WHERE WE KNOW, UM, THERE ARE, UH, ARE PARTICULAR RISK OF EVICTION.
SO ALSO IF YOU HEAR A PARTICULAR PROPERTIES WHO ARE BAD ACTORS AND YOU THINK COULD USE SOME DIRECT INFORMATION, UM, HANG US, LET US KNOW.
CAUSE WE CAN PRIORITIZE WITH THE VOLUNTEER EFFORT OF, UH, DISTRIBUTING THOSE, UM, LEAVE LEAFLETS AND COMMISSIONER LOVATO.
LIKE WE NEED MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE FIELD, UM, DOING THAT WORK ONE-ON-ONE UM, BECAUSE WITH, WITH ALL OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE ON IT MAKES NAVIGATING THIS PANDEMIC PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING.
WAS THERE A PHONE NUMBER IN THERE? YEP.
WAS THERE A PHONE NUMBER IN THERE AND IF OR I JUST FOR FOLKS TO REACH BUSTA, I THINK, UM, IF YOU GO TO BOSTON, AUSTIN.WORK, THERE'S OUR CONTACT INFORMATION, THEIR PHONE NUMBER WHERE THEY CAN LEAVE A MESSAGE AND THEN THERE'S THE TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID FOR RIGHT ON WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL GET IT AND WE'LL DISTRIBUTE IT OUT.
LET ME GET YOU OUR DIRECT NUMBER.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE IT IN THE RECORD.
UM, THE ONE THING I WILL SAY THOUGH, THAT'S A NUMBER TO CALL IT.
TENANTS ARE INTERESTED IN ORGANIZING AND WORKING WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS.
IF THEY ARE, WE WILL STILL TALK TO FOLKS AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO CONNECT THEM WITH PLACES WHICH CAN ASSESS THEM WITH DIRECT, UM, INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE.
BUT IF IT REALLY IS A DIRECT INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE, UM, ISSUE PROBABLY CALLING OFTENTIMES COUNCIL, UM, IS GOING TO BE BETTER THAN MAKING THEM GO THROUGH A RETINOL, BUT ANYONE INTERESTED IN ORGANIZING LIKE TOTALLY CAUSE THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
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TO MAKE A RESOURCE SHEET THAT HAS THE NAME OF ORGANIZATION, WHAT THEY DO AND PHONE NUMBER, UH, TO SOLVE FOR MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN ACCESS THESE RESOURCES WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING TO GO NAVIGATE ON LINE.AND IF YOU LOOK ON OUR WEBSITE, WE HAVE THE RESOURCE GUIDE, WHICH IS A GOOGLE IT'S A GOOGLE DOC.
SO YOU'VE BEEN PRINTED OUT AND THERE ARE PDFS AND THAT HAS THE DIFFERENT, LIKE WHAT SERVICES, WHAT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE, WHAT SERVICES.
AND SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD, A GOOD THING TO HANDLE.
AND WE CAN REVERSE ENGINEER, WHATEVER ELSE WE MIGHT NEED FROM THAT.
UM, ARE THERE SIX? WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER DAYS, HOTEL ASKED A QUESTION OF SHOSHANA ABOUT THE STATE FUNDS.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY AND THERE'S ONE THAT'S MOVING THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE WITH ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IN IT.
AND THERE WAS A GROUP, THERE IS A GROUP THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON GETTING THAT TO INCLUDE SOME HOUSING PROVISIONS, RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, NEW RENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND SO ON.
AND SO THE SENATE VOTED ON THAT AND DID NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING FOR HOUSING.
THE STATE HOUSE IS NOW LOOKING AT IT AND THERE ARE SOME, THERE ARE MORE, UH, PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN SPECIFIC RENTAL PROVISIONS OR HOUSING PROVISIONS.
AND SO MAYBE, MAYBE SOMETHING WILL COME FROM THE HOUSE AND THEN CONFERENCE GOOD DATA.
AND, UM, PERHAPS THIS MAY BE OUR LAST QUESTION WITH COMMISSIONER, AT LEAST AS WE HAVE A PRETTY PACKED AGENDA AND ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
UH, I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS A, I GUESS WITH BUSTA OR ANYBODY ELSE, IS THERE A MOVEMENT FOR TENANTS RIGHT TO PURCHASE? I KNOW THAT A LOT OF EVICTIONS DEFINITELY START HAPPENING WHEN LIKE A NEW OWNER TAKES POSSESSION OF A PROPERTY, UH, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THOSE INFORMAL EVICTIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, RENT INCREASES, BEING TENANTS, BEING WRITTEN UP FOR THINGS.
UH, UM, AND I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW LAST WEEK WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON THE GOLD BOND MONEY AND THE PROJECT CONNECT THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MONEY.
AND I'M THINKING THAT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, WOULD BE SOME, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LIFT OR YOU CAN LOOK INTO, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN THOSE EMERGENCY FUNDS DRY UP.
UH, IS THERE A MOVEMENT FOR THAT? WE'RE NOT SO SURE ABOUT MOVEMENT AND YOU HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS, BUT THEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WHICH, UM, OTHER, UH, CITIES AND STATES AND DONE AND HAS BEEN EXPLORED, UM, I KNOW, OR PUT FORTH IN THE UPROOTED REPORT.
UM, THERE WAS, UM, PRETTY EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION, UM, ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A BOSS OF WORK WITH, UM, ONE MOBILE HOME PARK, NORTH LAMAR, MOBILE HOME PARK, UM, TO PURCHASE THEIR COMMUNITY, UM, WITH THERE'S A NATIONAL, A PARTNER WHO WILL WHITE MOBILE HOME PARK COMMUNITY IS, UM, BY, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE KIND OF DECOMMODIFICATION OF HOUSING IS BEING A KEY PART OF HOUSING STABILITY, UM, IS REALLY SPOT ON SOMETHING, BUT DEFINITELY IS A CREATIVE SOLUTION.
AND I KNOW THAT TENANTS ASSOCIATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH, I WOULD BE PRIMED AND EXCITED ABOUT USING SUCH SOLUTIONS.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE MAY BE RIGHT WITH POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
IF THERE ARE ANY BURNING QUESTIONS, UH, OR COMMENTS, WE CAN TAKE THEM IF SOMEONE INSISTS OR WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR JOINING US, UH, SHARING OUT, NOT JUST DATA, BUT RESOURCES AND ALSO ANALYSIS.
AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE IT AND HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK SOON.
SO WE WILL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM THREE B, WHICH
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IS A PRESENTATION ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UH, WITH GREG DUTTON, FROM HOUSING AND PLANNING.AND TO PREFACE THIS JUST A BIT, UH, AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HAS ONE REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.
UH, AND THE REASON VICE-CHAIR POP IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE THERE IS TO, UH, OF COURSE BE KEPT ABREAST OF THE DEVELOPMENTS IN GENERAL, BUT ALSO, UH, BE AWARE OF, UH, AND ADVOCATE FOR A STRONG PRESENCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MAINTAINING MINIMUMS AS SORT OF AGREED UPON.
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POP, UH, IS, HAS BEEN PRETTY KEEN AS HAVE BEEN SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD ON BOARD ON JUST GETTING A HANDLE ON GENERALLY WHAT THE AFFORDABILITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.AND, AND GREG WILL SHOW US IN HIS PRESENTATION WHERE THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT IS ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING THERE.
AND, UH, IT'S GREG IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT WHAT'S NEW HAPPENING THERE AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? WE EXPECT IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH, HOPEFULLY TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE IMPLICATIONS ON AFFORDABILITY THERE.
SO TODAY IS REALLY JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW PRESENTATION.
AND SO WE KNOW WHAT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT IS AND WHY THERE'S AN ADVISORY BOARD.
AND THEN NEXT MONTH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AROUND AFFORDABILITY JUST TO SORT OF FRAME THAT UP FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT TO YOU, GREG? IT DOES.
AND, UM, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN SITTING IN FOR A WHILE.
WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US, UH, IN THE EVENING.
AND, UM, WE ALSO JUST, AS I'M SURE YOU ARE, UH, UH, DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF EXPEDIENCE, UM, BUT WE DON'T WANT ANY SALIENT DETAILS TO BE LEFT OUT.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, I'D LOVE TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU.
UM, I AM GOING TO, UH, SHARE MY SCREEN AND THEN I'LL HAVE WRITTEN ON THE PRESENTATION.
UH, SO I'M GREG DUTTON IN THE HOUSING PLANNING, UH, DEPARTMENT.
AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AS MENTIONED AN OVERVIEW OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLANNING INITIATIVE.
UM, I KNOW YOU'VE HAD, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE HAD SOME NEW MEMBERS ON YOUR COMMISSION AND AN OVERVIEW OR A REFRESHER, UH, MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
SO I'LL JUST START WITH SOME BACKGROUND, UH, ON THE INITIATIVE WHERE IT CAME FROM.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK PLAN FOLLOWED BY THE REGULATING PLAN, SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD, UH, RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
AND THEN NEXT STEP, SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE REDUNDANT.
I NOTICED SOME OF YOU KNOW, THIS ALREADY, BUT JUST SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, A LITTLE BIT OF BACK.
UM, I THINK 85, THE TOWN LAKE CORRIDOR STUDY WAS PRODUCED.
UM, IT'S A DECK THAT LAYS OUT PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES PROTECT THE, UH, WATERFRONT FOR WINE, RECOGNIZING THAT IT'S JUST A VERY ICONIC, UH, IMPORTANT PART OF AUSTIN, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO OCCUR AROUND THE LAKE.
UM, AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR COUNCIL ADOPTED THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY.
THAT'S AN OVERLAY THAT'S IN OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CURRENTLY.
IT'S STILL, SO IF YOU GO TO OUR CODE AND YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU'LL FIND THE, THIS OVERLAY AND IT REALLY JUST LAYS OUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO AROUND THE LAKE.
UH, YOU KNOW, IT HAS SETBACKS IN THERE.
UM, BUILDING HEIGHTS, UM, LAND USES THAT KIND OF A THING IN 2012, THE WATERFRONT PLANNING ADVISORY BOARD WAS CREATED, I THINK IS A WAY TO KIND OF, UM, FURTHER ADVANCE THE PRINCIPLES OF THE TOWN LAKE, UM, CORRIDOR STUDY AND AFTER SOME PUBLIC INPUT AND MEETINGS AT THAT BOARD, THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 2013, COUNCIL KICKED OFF THE SUBSIDY FOR WATERFRONT SMALL AREA PLANNING INITIATIVE.
I THINK RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE IN THE AREA.
AND, UH, IT'S AN AREA THAT COULD USE A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED FOCUS PLANNING.
WHERE IS THIS AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? UM, YOU CAN SEE IT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN TO THE NORTH IS LADY BIRD LAKE, UH, TO THE WEST IS SOUTH FIRST STREET.
THE WHOLE AREA IS BISECTED BY CONGRESS AVENUE AND RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
AND THEN TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST, OUR HOLTON CREEK KIND OF WRAPS AROUND AND ANGULAR SHAPED AREA.
IT'S ABOUT 118 ACRES AND STUFF.
THIS IS A SNAPSHOT FROM GOOGLE EARTH JUST TO SHOW YOU OR GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TODAY.
SO WHEN THE RIGHT IS DOWNTOWN ON THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN, UH, KIND OF IN THE LOWER MIDDLE BEST THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND IT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TODAY.
I MEAN, THERE'S DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA TODAY.
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YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF VERTICALITY TO IT, PAVEMENT PARKING LOTS.UM, SO THERE'S STUFF THERE TODAY, BUT THERE'S SOME ROOM FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
AND THEN THIS IS IF WE SKIP FORWARD A FEW YEARS TO 2016, THIS IS A RENDERING FROM THE FRAMEWORK PLAN, WHICH WAS UP IN, UH, IN 2016 FRAMEWORK PLAN, LAYS OUT KIND OF THE HIGHER LEVEL CONCEPTUAL VISION FOR THE AREA.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A RENDERING INSTEAD OF TAKING IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, BUT HEY, THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT, UH, HERE AGAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, THIS IS JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT THE FRAMEWORK PLAN IMAGINES THAT THAT AREA WILL BUILD OUT, UH, ABOVE AND BEYOND WHERE THE CURTAIN EARNED ENTITLEMENTS ARE.
I DID IN ADDITION TO HOW THE BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE DEVELOPED OVER TIME AND WORK PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2016 ALSO HAS, UM, UH, IS OUT SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AREA, INCLUDING PARKS LIKE THIS.
SO ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE CONGRESS AVENUE, THIS IS A SHOCK KIND OF OVERLOOKING A PROPOSED PARK ON THE STATESMEN SITE.
AND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW TRAILS AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT PROPERTIES, BUT THEN THE PLANNING AREA.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST A RENDERING YOU AN IDEA.
THE BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S CARRYING THE BLUE LINE, UH, FROM PROJECT CONNECT.
SO THE BLUE LINE WILL LAND ACTUALLY IN THE SOUTH WATERFRONT AREA.
THERE WILL BE A STATION FOR THE BLUE LINE SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TOO, LIKE, UM, RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER TREATMENT, UM, AND ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY DELIVERY AS WELL.
BUT I NEVER HEARD THOSE THINGS.
AND I THINK WHAT'S MAYBE MOST PERTINENT TO THIS GROUP, UM, ARE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS IN THE FRAMEWORK PLAN.
SO THE FRAMEWORK PLAN SAYS THAT THE 20%, UH, OF THE FUTURE HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE DEVELOPED SHOULD BE AFFORDABLE.
UH, AM I FOR RENTAL 100? HEY, GREG, YOUR SOUND IS CUTTING IN AND OUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A CABLE THAT MAYBE JIGGLING, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO IT, OR I DON'T KNOW, ADAM, IF YOU MAY SEE ANYTHING THAT HAS IMPLICATIONS, BUT THE VIDEO STREAM LOOKS PRETTY SMOOTH.
SO, UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEAH, LET'S TRY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD AND HAD TO MOVE.
UM, YOU WANT ME TO BACK UP AT ALL? NO, I THINK YOU'RE FINE.
UM, IT'S JUST LIVING IN AN HOUR USING BLUETOOTH BY CHANCE.
ARE YOU USING BLUETOOTH BY CHANCE? NOT.
UM, I THINK LET'S, LET'S TRY AND SEE WHAT'S UP.
UM, SO THE FRAMEWORK PLAN AS A, AS AN AFFORDABILITY GOAL, UH, 20%, UM, FUTURE HOUSING UNITS DEVELOPED AT 60 TO 80% AMI FOR RENTAL AT A HUNDRED TO 120% AMI FOR OWNERSHIP.
SO WE'RE PLAYING THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2016, THAT HAS A LOT OF, UM, THINGS THAT ARE SET OUT CONCEPTUALLY.
AND I THINK A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BE UPON WHERE WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE, BUT QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, OR LIKE, HOW DO, HOW DO YOU GET PAID FOR HOW DOES THIS ACTUALLY WORK? UH, SO TYPICALLY A TYPICAL LAND LIKE THIS WOULD ASK A DEVELOPER TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONSITE OR FUME LOO AND IN RETURN, THE DEVELOPER WOULD GET INCREASED ENTITLEMENTS.
AND SO THERE'S A, THERE'S ALWAYS A CAT THERE'S A GIVEN, GIVEN GET.
AND, UM, THERE'S SOMETHING PROVIDED, UM, AT THE DEVELOPER, YOU KNOW, UH, IN THE FORM OF A PUBLIC BENEFIT IN RETURN TO GET ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS.
THIS PLAN IS A LITTLE BIT ATYPICAL AND THEN IT GOES BEYOND ASKING FOR ONLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IT DOES ASK IN ADDITION FOR PARKS, OPEN SPACE TRAILS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
AND SO THE FRAMEWORK PLAN, I THINK, RECOGNIZES THAT AND IT SETS OUT THESE PILLARS TO HELP ACCOMPLISH THE PLAN.
THE FIRST IS WHAT WE REALLY JUST TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY
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PHYSICAL FRAMEWORK, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.THERE'S ALSO A FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK.
THAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO BRIDGE ANY FINANCIAL GAP THAT EXISTS BETWEEN WHAT'S BEING ASKED FOR, FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS AND WHAT'S BEING PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPER.
AND IN ADDITION, IT'S GOING TO NEED SOME LEVERAGE BY CITY LEADERSHIP TO KIND OF WORK ON PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO MAKE THIS PLAN HAPPEN, WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY AS A REGULATING PLAN.
TYPICALLY THESE PLANNING EFFORTS ARE A TWO-STEP, UH, LEVEL VISION PLAN.
UM, THAT'S THE FRAMEWORK PLAN FOLLOWED BY A REGULATOR PLAN.
REGULATING PLAN IS REALLY KIND OF WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.
UH, SO WISHES ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, UM, FOR DEVELOPMENT, IF HE'S THIS, TO PARTAKE IN THE REGULATING POLLS, ALL OF THE PHYSICAL BUILD-OUT.
SO IT'S REALLY, UM, STIPULATING WHAT HAS TO BE DONE FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
UH, AND IT DOES INCLUDE IF PORTABLE HOUSING, UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED IN THE DISTRICT.
SO THAT 20% THAT WAS FROM THE FRAMEWORK PLAN, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IDEA IN SOME FORM OR FASHION WILL BE IN REGULATING PLAN AS WELL.
ONCE IT'S ADOPTED IT WILL BE AMENDED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY, BUT, UM, MECHANICALLY IT WILL WORK IN A WAY THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY.
UM, BUT IT REALLY JUST TALKS ABOUT THAT AT FIRST KILLER THAT, UH, YOU DIDN'T SAW OTHER WORK BE REGULATING PLANS FOCUSED ON THE OTHER THINGS OUTSIDE OF THAT, THAT FINANCING, THAT PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS, THOSE WILL LIVE OF THE REGULATING PLAN.
A CENTER WIDE FRIEND ADVISORY BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN WHEN HE WAS 17.
UM, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH THIS WHOLE SLIDE, BUT THEY ARE A BODY THAT DOES PROBABLY WHAT YOU THINK THEY DO.
THEY ARE THERE TO, UM, HELP INDICATION BETWEEN STAKEHOLDERS AND ADVOCATES OF THE PLAN AND PROVIDE, UM, NATIONS TO COUNSEL ON PLANTING MUTATION.
THEY'RE REALLY THERE TO BE, UH, STEWARDS OF THE PLAN AND, AND HELP IT COME TO LIFE AND RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
SO, UM, ACTIVATING PLAN IS NOT ADOPTED YET.
SO ELEMENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, UH, OR RECENTLY HAVE BEEN KIND OF DONE WITH THAT WITH, UH, LOOKING AT THE SPIRIT OF THE FRAMEWORK PLAN.
BUT, UM, MOST RECENT THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT ARE THE SNOOPY POD, WHICH WAS DONE IN 2018, THAT WAS A NON-RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT, BUT THEY DID GET $6 A SQUARE FOOT OR GAIN, AND A $50,000 ONE-TIME FEE THAT WILL BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE AREA AT SOME POINT.
AND THEN THE STATESMAN PUD, WHICH I'M SURE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PROCESS NOW AND IT'S BEING NEGOTIATED AND THAT'S ANTICIPATED TO BE A COUNCIL AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, NEXT STEPS FOR THE OVERALL INITIATIVE.
UM, SOME UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS AND, UH, DISCUSSION IS NEEDED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL TOOLBOX.
SO AGAIN, THAT IS THE TOOLS THAT WILL HELP, UH, CLOSE THAT GAP BETWEEN WHAT THE PLAN IS ASKING, WHAT BARRIERS, UH, IT'S BEEN PUD AND WHEN IT IS WIDELY ADOPTED.
UH, AND WE GET SOME RESOLUTION ON THAT THAT WILL HELP US, UM, WITH THE REGULATING PLAN BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE STATESMAN SITE.
AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH BOTH OF THOSE, UH, TWO BULLETS, UH, THE REGULATING PLAN MIGHT BE, UH, REVISED TO SOME DEGREE.
AND THEN, UM, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, BE ADOPTED AT SOME POINT WHEN IT ACTUALLY GETS ADOPTED AND BECOMES PART OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, REQUIRED IF PEOPLE CHOOSE TO PARTAKE IN IT, THERE ANY QUESTIONS YOU'VE GOT.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I KNOW THAT VICE-CHAIR POP, UH, HAS A QUESTION AND MAYBE WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE FROM THE, FROM THE GROUP OF POSSIBLE, BUT IF I COULD JUST SORT OF REPEAT BACK WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA, UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UH, AN OLD PLAN, UH, OR AN OLD OVERLAY, UH, THAT IS USED TO GUIDE WHAT CAN AND CAN'T BE DEVELOPED THERE.
AND, UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF GREAT NEW DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE.
UH, AND BECAUSE MONEY CREATES MONEY, THERE ARE ECONOMIC
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ENGINES AND MECHANISMS THAT SPIRAL OFF OF THAT, UM, THAT HOPEFULLY WILL, UH, CREATE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A TARGET OF WHICH WAS SET AT 20%.IT SOUNDS LIKE IN 2016, WHICH WAS THE VISION FRAMEWORK TIME, RIGHT? UM, NOW WHERE WE ARE IS THAT THERE IS A W WE'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING THE ACTUAL PLAN OR THE NEW PLAN OR THE NEW SORT OF OVERLAY AREA THAT WOULD BE INTEGRATED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT SAYS WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DEVELOP THERE SORT OF IN A CODIFIED WAY.
UM, AND THAT WILL TELL US BASICALLY, OR THAT WILL HELP GUIDE HOW MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING MIGHT BE THERE AND WHERE WE WOULD ALL GET A BETTER IDEA OF HOW MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS GOING TO BE THERE BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THAT PLAN.
BUT THAT PLAN ISN'T DEVELOPED YET.
AND SO THEREFORE DEVELOPERS RIGHT NOW WHO ARE KEEN TO GET IN AND DEVELOP, UM, WOULD BE ABLE TO SUBMIT A PUD.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT A PUTT IS? UH, APART IS A STARTING DISTRICT.
THAT'S CALLED A PLATE AND YOU'D PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
THAT JUST, IT'S AN EXTENSIVE NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE AFRO.
IT'S AN APPLICANT TO DEVELOPERS, UNIQUE SORT OF DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK THAT MAY TRANCE, THAT MAY BE OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE VISION OF AFFORDABILITY MIGHT'VE BEEN, OR IT MAY NOT.
UM, AND, UH, SO IS THERE, UH, OKAY.
SO YEAH, I THINK, I THINK I KNOW WHERE WE ARE THEN.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, THANKS FOR LETTING ME REPEAT THAT AND JUST SORT OF AFFIRM THAT FROM MY OWN HEAD AND, UH, VICE CHAIR.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU, GREG, FOR COMING OR BEING AVAILABLE.
I THINK SUMMARY FOR THE COMMISSION TO HEAR ONE THING THAT, UM, MIGHT BE A LITTLE USEFUL TO KNOW IS WHEN WE CAME TO THE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS IN THE PRESENTATION, THE 60 TO 80 FOR RENTAL, AND THE 100 TO ONE 20 FOR OWNERSHIP, I THINK I HEARD SOME GRUMBLING AND THE, THE MORE AFFORDABLE NUMBERS IN THOSE RANGES, THE 60% VERSUS THE 80 AND THE 100% VERSUS THE ONE 20 FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
UM, A LOT OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE GET IN AND I SIT ON THAT BOARD IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS LIAISON TO THAT BOARD OR APPOINTMENT TO THAT BOARD, UM, ARE FOR THE LOWER RANGE OF THIS TO BE THE HIGHER RANGES, TO BE THE STANDARD IN THE DISTRICT AND THE LOWER RANGER RANGES BEING UNITS THAT ARE PART OF THE DISTRICT, BUT THEY'RE NOT IN THE DISTRICT THEY'RE ELSEWHERE IN 7, 8, 7 0 4.
SO I THINK THAT'S A CONCERN TO US AND I HOPE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND HOW WE CAN GET THE REAL AFFORDABILITY TO BE IN THE DISTRICT.
I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, GREG, WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS FOR THE REGULATING PLAN.
I'M SORRY, I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE HEARING YOU, SORRY.
I'LL LEAN TOWARDS THE MICROPHONE.
UM, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS FOR THE REGULATING PLAN? UM, I DON'T HAVE A DETAILED SCHEDULE CURRENTLY.
UM, WE'RE WAITING A LITTLE BIT ON SOME QUESTIONS THAT WERE MENTIONED IN THE SLIDE DECK RELATED TO THE USABILITY OF THE FINANCIAL TOOLS, UM, OR THE GAP FINANCING AND EXPECT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT SOON.
SO I'M HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF I HAD TO BALLPARK IT, I DON'T KNOW.
MAYBE WE'D HAVE A MORE POLISHED PRODUCT EARLY NEXT YEAR.
UM, BUT I, BUT, BUT I'M, I'M GUESSING A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE ANSWERS THAT WE GET ON THE STATESMAN PUD AND THE FINANCIAL TOOLS.
UM, I, THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT THIS UP, SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS VOLUNTEERED AND SO, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MEET, UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ALL TOGETHER, BUT AT LEAST ONE-ON-ONE, AND I'VE GONE OVER SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND HAVE PRES I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS WE'VE WORKED UP, AND I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT SO FAR WE'LL WILL, UM, WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
AND I HOPE IT WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH STAFF BECAUSE I THINK WE COULD BE HELPFUL IN WORKING SOME OF THESE ISSUES THROUGH.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ALREADY IN ALREADY SUBMITTED OR NOT.
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SOME QUESTIONS THEN, OR IS THERE A DOCUMENT THAT'S JUST COMPILED? THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I GAVE TO STAFF AT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD MEETING, AND I THINK AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING AS WELL, AND, AND THEIR, UM, QUESTIONS THAT COMMISSIONER GARRETT AND YOU, THE CHAIR, AND ALSO, UH, COMMISSIONER FOR THE LOO, UH, HELPED THINK ABOUT SUPER.SO WE CAN, WE CAN, IF YOU'D, HAVEN'T SEEN THEM, GREG, WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY GET TO YOU.
AND SO, YEAH, I'M AWARE OF THOSE QUESTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER AND WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE CURRENTLY.
AND FOR THE PRESENTATION, IT WAS REALLY CLEAN.
UH, WE, UH, COMMISSIONER WOODS, UH, IF I DO HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, CAN I EMAIL THEM TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS IN OUR PACKET? IS THAT SOMETHING QUESTION WAS, IF, IF, UH, COMMISSIONER WOODS HAS FURTHER QUESTIONS, CAN SHE SEND THEM TO THE EMAIL THAT'S IN THE PACKET THAT'S IN THE, THAT'S IN THE PRESENTATION? SURE, CERTAINLY THANK YOU.
AND YOU SHOULD ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO LIAISE WITH JESSE.
WHO'LL MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GETS TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.
SO CAN I ASK A REALLY BRIEF QUESTION PLEASE? UM, AND I IMAGINE THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER.
UM, I JUST WONDER IF, UH, WELL, I GUESS THERE ARE TWO QUESTIONS THAT ARE CONJOINED IS THE, UM, THE REGULATING PLAN, THE ENTITY THAT WOULD SET PROVISION FOR MOVING AFFORDABLE, DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS TO ELSEWHERE, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICTS, PER SE, IS THAT WHERE THAT WOULD HAPPEN? AND IS THAT A MODEL WITH PRECEDENT IN THE CITY? DOES THAT HAPPEN ELSEWHERE IN DEVELOPMENT? WELL, I DON'T THINK SO.
IF WE LOOK AT MUELLER, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTROVERSY WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED.
THERE WAS A LOT OF SKEPTICISM THAT HAVING ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR DEEPER AFFORDABILITY WOULD JUST TANK THE WHOLE THING.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WHEN I GO OVER THERE THAT IT'S A FAILURE.
I THINK IT'S A THRIVING DEVELOPMENT AND IT DOES HAVE AFFORDABILITY AND IT'S REALLY SEAMLESSLY INTERWOVEN INTO THE DEVELOPMENT.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE THE MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS AND PUT THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND THEN IS THE REGULATING PLAN WHERE THAT WILL BE DECIDED THE WAY I READ THE REGULATING PLAN.
AND TO BE CLEAR, AS FAR AS IF IT'S A PRECEDENTED IN THE CITY, ARE YOU ASKING IF THERE ARE, IF IT'S PRECEDENTED TO HAVE DISCRETE OVERLAYS OVER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IN AREAS THAT HAVE DISTINCT REGULATIONS AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WHAT THE RULES ARE, UH, IN AS MUCH AS BEING ABLE TO DO FEE AND LU? YES.
I THINK, I THINK THAT, UM, THAT SPECIFIC, UH, MECHANISM IS, IS WHAT I WAS ASKING ABOUT.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, THE CONVERSATION HAS COME UP BEFORE AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME SIMILAR DISCUSSION IN OTHER AREAS.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT.
SO THAT WAS A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE.
SO, UH, WITH REGARDS TO GETTING RESPONSES TO THOSE QUESTIONS, DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE, UM, THAT WE WILL, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD EXPECT TO GET THAT BACK SO WE CAN DISCUSS AND GO BACK AND FORTH BEFORE IT'S ON TIME FOR BEFORE THE REGULATING PLAN ON WORK TAKES EFFECT.
DID YOU CATCH THAT, GREG? UM, NO, THAT'S FINE.
COMMISSIONER FIDELIO ASKED IF THERE WERE, UH, UH, ANY, UM, VISIBILITY INTO A POTENTIAL TIMELINE ON THE RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
UH, I KNOW SHE WAS ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WAS WORKING ON THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO, UM, HAVE SOMETHING NEXT WEEK.
UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THEM NOW.
I KNOW COMMISSIONER POP IS ON THE, UM, ON THE, ON THE SCHWAB.
AND SO WE'RE, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION WITH THAT GROUP NEXT WEEK WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS A THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE THEM ANSWERED IN THEIR ENTIRETY AT THAT POINT, BUT, UM, IF AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU CAN GO FROM THERE.
DONNA, DO WE HAVE A COPY OF THOSE QUESTIONS? UH, IT WAS THE COMMITTEE.
WHO WAS, IT WAS THE, THE WORK GROUP THAT WAS WORKING ON IT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY, I'LL SEND THEM TO YOU TONIGHT.
UM, WELL THANK YOU, UH, GREG FOR JOINING US, UH, ON REALLY RELATIVELY SHORT NOTICE.
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APPRECIATE IT.IT WAS A REALLY CLEAN PRESENTATION.
I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD OVERVIEW.
UH, THE 20% AFFORDABILITY NUMBER IS A BRIGHT LINE IN MY HEAD, UH, OR AT LEAST A GOOD ANCHOR.
AND, UM, ALSO WANT TO THINK OF VICE CHAIR, UH, AS WELL AS ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WHO PARTICIPATED.
I KNOW COMMISSIONER GARRETT WAS HELPING.
I KNOW COMMISSIONER DELGADO IS, IS ALSO, UM, UH, STRENUOUS BEHIND THE ISSUE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FIDELA UM, ALSO AND ANYONE ELSE AM I MISSING SOMEBODY? THERE WAS A LOT OF HOMEWORK DONE IN THE OFF TIME, SO THANKS.
UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND IT IS TIME, IS IT IT'S 8 27.
UM, WE STARTED AT SIX 40 LOVED TO NOT HAVE THE MEETING GO TOO FAR OVER TWO HOURS.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN PLUG AWAY AT HERE ON THE AGENDA.
[3C. Discussion and possible action on expanded use of Equity Tool (Part 1 of 2)]
ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE EXPANDED USE OF THE EQUITY TOOL.UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER LES, UH, TO, UH, DISCUSS HIS PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION AND IT WILL BE IN THE BACKUP MATERIALS AS ITEM THREE C.
UH, SO BASED ON THE PRESENTATION LAST WEEK ON, UM, THE PROJECT CONNECT RACIAL EQUITY ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TOOL, UM, I DRAFTED THIS RECOMMENDATION, WHICH, UH, TALKS ABOUT, UH, EXPANDING THE USE OF THE EQUITY TOOL, UM, FROM JUST FROM THE PROJECT CONNECT TO EXPAND IT TO, UH, THE GOLD BOND MONEY.
AND THEN ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT AIM TO ADDRESS, UH, INEQUALITIES, ESPECIALLY POVERTY, UH, FACED BY MARGINALIZED PEOPLE, UH, IN AUSTIN.
I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY, UM, THE EQUITY TOO, IN THAT IT CALLS FOR PROPOSALS THAT ARE COMMUNITY DRIVEN.
UM, THEY HAVE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, UH, PEOPLE, PLACES PURPOSES, UM, IT AIMS TO HAVE GUARD RAILS FOR COMMUNITY.
SO AGAINST UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT MAY RESULT IN HARMS TO, UH, RESIDENTS THAT ARE OF THE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE AUSTIN'S, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE PROJECT CONNECT RACIAL EQUITY ANTI-DISPLACEMENT TOOL, UH, TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FROM THE 2018 GOLD BOND.
AND IN OTHER MATTERS THAT AIM TO ADDRESS THE HISTORIC INEQUALITIES FACED BY BLACK BROWN AND OTHER MARGINALIZED PEOPLES OF AUSTIN.
AND SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WE LIKE THE EQUITY TOOL AND WE THINK IT SHOULD APPLY NOT ONLY TO THE 300 MILLION IN ANTI-DISPLACEMENT THAT WAS GOING TO PROJECT CONNECT.
UM, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, RELATED TO PROJECT CONNECT WHERE THE TOOL WAS BORN FROM, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT YOU WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT TO FAR MORE THINGS, BECAUSE YOU LIKED THE TOOL SO MUCH AND UNIQUELY YOU'RE IDENTIFYING THE 2018 GO BOND AND POTENTIALLY THE PROJECT CONNECT BUDGET AT LARGE TO 7 BILLION OR SO, OR THE BILLION NUMBER, WHATEVER THAT IS.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TWEAKING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN HERE.
UH, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, UH, IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY STRONG, INTACT, UH, RECOMMENDATION.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO ADD IN THAT 7 BILLION AMOUNT FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT CONNECT.
SO I COULD COME UP WITH WHAT THAT LINE SOUNDS LIKE ON THE SPOT.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYBODY HAS THOUGHTS OR CONCERNS OR CONSIDERATIONS OR ANYTHING, OR, UH, THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD OR NOT? UM, SO YOU'VE GOT TO FORGIVE ME.
I DON'T KNOW HOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD FRAME THIS, BUT, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, TO PROJECT CONNECT, I GET REALLY SCARED BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LARGE, UM, PLAN AND THE DISPLACEMENT, UM, IS REALLY A BIG TOOL, UM, ESPECIALLY ON THE, IN THE CORRIDORS AND THE NEW AREAS.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE DISPLACED, UM, PROTECTION, DISPLACEMENT PROTECTION.
I MEAN, I'M JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT IT AND, AND I THINK THAT THE WORD PROTECTION NEEDS TO BE IN THERE SOME SOMEWHERE, ESPECIALLY FOR, UM, LONG TIME RESIDENTS AND NATIVES.
UM, ALSO I KNOW ANOTHER THING THAT WE ARE FACING AND CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW WITH ALL DEMOLITIONS, WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF OUR PERSPIRATION IN HISTORICAL AREAS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THE PROTECTION OF DISPLACEMENT, BUT, UM, THE PROTECTION OF OUR, UM, OUR HISTORICAL
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BUILDINGS, UM, OUR HISTORICAL, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR HOMES THAT ARE, ARE CONSIDERED HISTORICAL, UM, WHEN JUST THE PLAN ITSELF, IT'S SUCH A LONG PLAN, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DIVING INTO IT.I GET REALLY FEARFUL, UM, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND WITH THE EXPANSION.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT AREAS ARE GOING TO BE TARGETED AT FIRST.
AND SO JUST TO PROTECTION WORD, THE HISTORICAL, UM, OUR LONG-TIME RESIDENTS, THOSE WORDS, IF WE CAN GET THEM IN THERE SOME WAY THAT WOULD REALLY, I WOULD FEEL A LITTLE BIT, UM, RELIEVED, BUT I, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS, UM, COMMISSIONER LEAH'S.
DELGATO UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS I'M KIND OF RAPIDLY DRAFTING SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT I'M HEARING COMMISSION COMMISSIONER TELLER.
I WAS ASKING HOW I NEED TO LEAVE.
DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS, GET NEW SCHEDULE? UH, WE WILL NEED TO VOTE ON THE SCHEDULE.
UM, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO BUMP THAT UP TO RIGHT NOW? YES, SIR.
AND WE'RE GONNA, UH, QUICKLY JUMP OVER TO THREE F AND IT'S IN THE LAST PAGE OF THE BACKUP.
[3F. Discussion and possible action on 2022 CDC regular meeting schedule]
THAT WE HAVE A SCHEDULE.UH, IT IS, THERE ARE NO SURPRISES TO ME HERE.
UH, AND SO, UH, JESSE, IS THERE ANY, ARE THERE ANY BLIND SPOTS OR ANY VISIBILITY GAPS I SHOULD SAY? NO.
NO, IT'S THE, IT SHOULD BE THE SAME SCHEDULE AS KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, THIS LAST YEAR.
UM, JUST NOTE THAT IT'S A SCHEDULE THAT LOOKS AT IF WE WERE TO CONTINUE TO MEET IN PERSON.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S AT 6:30 PM.
UH, BUT THAT'S REALLY IT IF, UM, IF WE WANT HER TO CHANGE TIMES OR DATES THAT WOULD COMPLICATE THINGS, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THERE'S LIMITED SPACE IN CITY.
UM, LOVE IF WE COULD STEER AWAY FROM THAT SIDE OF THE CONVERSATION, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS SCHEDULE? MR. CHAIR? I MOVE THAT WE, UH, VOTE UP APPROVED THE SCHEDULED.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TOLERBER.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANYONE ABSTAINING IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[3C. Discussion and possible action on expanded use of Equity Tool (Part 2 of 2)]
AND THE EQUITY TOOL.UM, ANY THOUGHTS, UH, ON, ON THE RECOMMENDATION ITSELF, UH, ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MASSAGE THAT WE CAN QUICKLY DRAFT DOWN? JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
IS IT, ARE WE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGES OR SUGGEST CHANGES AFTER THIS MEETING? I THINK THERE HAS TO BE KIND OF A REASONABLE, UH, IF WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO VOTE ON IT, IF IT GOES WAY BEYOND SORT OF WHAT THE FRAMERS INTENT KIND OF WAS.
SO IF WE CAN KIND OF GET IT CLOSE AND GET IT ON THE RECORD, WHAT WE WANT IT TO SAY, UM, THEN YES, I THINK WOULD BE OKAY.
UM, BUT PROBABLY NOT WANT TO MAKE THE CHANGES LATER.
AND JESSE WILL KEEP ME HONEST OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM CHAIRMAN JOE, DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT TO YOU? YEAH.
UM, SO WHAT I HAVE SO FAR IS, AS IT'S WRITTEN IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, BASICALLY ALONG WITH THE COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING RAIL SERVICE THROUGHOUT AUSTIN COMMA, ALL OF WHICH ARE A SUBSET OF THE LARGER PROJECT, UH, CONNECT INITIATIVE OF $7 BILLION COMMA, AND THEN EVERYTHING WOULD STAY SORT OF THE SAME UNTIL THE LAST CLAUSE.
UH, WHICH OF COURSE, JESSE WILL HELP US GET UP, GET THAT INTO THE PROPER RECOMMENDATION LANGUAGE, BUT RIGHT AFTER IT SAYS, ADOPT A PROJECT CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT EQUITY TOOL, WE MIGHT SAY AS A PARADIGM TO EVALUATE ANY INITIATIVE OR ANY LARGE SCALE INITIATIVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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ANY WORDSMITHING THOUGHTS THERE, UM, AND WE COULD ALSO, AT THAT POINT INCLUDE SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONER DELGADO, SOME OF THE VOCABULARY IN THERE, SURE.MAY I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR, YOUR WORK, UH, THIS COMMISSIONERS THEN I WONDER, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT, UM, ANY INITIATIVE REPLACE THE LANGUAGE AROUND THE 2018 GO BOND IN THE, BE IT RESOLVED CLAUSE OR ARE YOU, UM, SUGGESTING THAT AS AN EXPANSION OF THE, UM, IN OTHER MATTERS THAT AIM TO ADDRESS CLAWS? SO, UM, ARE WE MAINTAINING THE LANGUAGE, SPECIFYING THE GO BOND FUNDING? OR ARE WE REPLACING THAT ALTOGETHER? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
IT SEEMS, I DIDN'T THINK THAT FAR.
SO I'LL GO OVER TO COMMISSIONER ILEUS AND SEE IF THAT LANGUAGE I'M SUGGESTING SHOULD REPLACE THE GO BOND LANGUAGE, UM, AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO USE THE EQUITY TOOL AS A FRAMEWORK TO EVALUATE ANY AND ALL OF IT ALL INITIATIVES OR WHETHER WE WANTED TO SPECIFY AND SAY 2018 GO BOND, OR WHETHER WE WANTED TO SAY ANY AND ALL INITIATIVES THAT, UH, PERTAIN TO MATTERS THAT ADDRESS HISTORIC INEQUALITIES.DOT DOT.
IT, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, IF WE SAY ANY, ANY NON INITIATIVES THAT COVERS IT TO 2009, ANY AND ALL INITIATIVES PERIOD OR ANY, AND ALL INITIATIVES THAT AIM TO ADDRESS DOT, DOT, DOT ANY, UH, INITIATIVES THAT AIM TO ADDRESS, THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THE COMMISSIONER.
SO, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
WE, WE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING THAT, THAT WE USE THIS TOOL FOR ANY AND ALL INITIATIVES THAT AIM TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES.
UM, BUT, BUT IN PARTICULAR, IN PARTICULAR WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, THIS CORRECT.
I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY PUT A GENERAL STATEMENT FOR AN OVERALL, BUT WE BRING IT BACK TO THAT, TO THE GO BOND, UH, 2018 GO BOND.
CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THAT MONEY'S AT IN THAT.
SO W WE CAN, WE CAN ENUMERATE IT TOO, SO WE CAN SAY ANY AND ALL INITIATIVES THAT AIM TO ADDRESS HISTORIC INEQUALITIES, INCLUDING HOUSING INITIATIVES, LIKE THE 2018 GEO BOND.
UM, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, IT LOOKED LIKE, YEAH, WELL, I'M NOT, I GUESS I, I GUESS WHAT I'M, I KIND OF AGREE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER DELGADO AND SAYING THAT WE DO WANT TO, AS YOU'VE ACKNOWLEDGED, WE WANT TO KEEP IN THERE THE, UH, 2018 GOLD BOND.
AND THEN I WAS THINKING OF SOMETHING AND THEN GOING IN AND SAYING, AND ADDING IN ANY SUBSEQUENT, UM, INITIATIVES THAT ADDRESS SO THAT WE KEEP THAT AS PRIMARY AND THEN ADD SOMETHING ELSE.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING TO COME ON THROUGH THE DOOR? OKAY.
AND IT HELPS, I THINK, BALANCE OUT THAT SENTENCE.
SO ANTI-DISPLACEMENT EQUITY TOOL AS A PARADIGM TO EVALUATE ANY INITIATIVES, UH, THAT AND OTHER MATTERS THAT AIM TO ADDRESS THE HISTORIC INEQUALITIES FACED BY BLACK BROWN AND OTHER MARGINALIZED PEOPLES OF AUSTIN.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE 2018 GO BOND, UH, AFFORDABLE, UH, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ANY SUBSEQUENT INITIATIVES.
AND AT THAT POINT IT CAN BE TWEAKED BECAUSE THE INTENT IS THERE AND THE WORDS ARE THERE.
YOU WANT TO PUT THE WORD HOUSING? I THINK THE INITIATIVES, BECAUSE WE USED THE WORD HOUSING RIGHT BEFORE IT, SO I THINK, I THINK IT LOCKS IT DOWN.
NOW, WHERE DO WE GET, WHAT DID WE GET TO PUT THE WORD FOR TECH? I WAS WONDERING, UM, WELL, I, I PITCHED THAT TO Y'ALL.
UM, I WOULD, I WOULD ADD WHERE, AS I APOLOGIZE, UM, I'M GETTING INTO THAT AGAIN, WHEREAS, UM, UM, WE, MY POINT IS TO PROTECTING, UH, THE LONG, THE LONG TIME AUSTIN, UM, RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS THE HISTORICAL LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY.
AND SO SINCE WE'RE JUST, I MEAN, PROTECTION IS THE WORD.
SO PROTECT LONGTIME RESIDENTS AND HISTORICAL LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY AS WE ARE FACING GENTRIFICATION,
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YOU KNOW, I WOULD START THROWING IN THAT WORD.SO I WANT TO JUST BE SPECIFIC BECAUSE THIS MONEY IS IT'S SO SENSITIVE AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE PUT THE WORDING CORRECTLY.
COMMISSIONER ALIUS, ARE YOU AMENABLE TO A CLAUSE, WHEREAS CLAUSE THAT SAYS, WHEREAS THERE, UH, WHEREAS, UH, UH, EVIDENCE SHOWS, UH, OR DISPLACEMENT DATA SHOWS THAT, UH, WE MUST PROTECT, UH, LONGTIME RESIDENTS, UH, FROM DESPITE DISPLACEMENT.
UM, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE, WHERE THEY WOULD GO.
I THINK HE CAN COME RIGHT BEFORE THE COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND JUSTICE.
SO IT WOULD BE WHERE AS, UH, UH, TRENDS DEMONSTRATE OR JUST VERY STRONG TRENDS DEMONSTRATE THAT WE MUST PROTECT LONG-TIME RESIDENTS FROM DISPLACEMENT.
WELL, WHEN YOU SAY TRENDS, WELL, WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE.
WHEREAS, UM, THERE'S JUST THAT WORD I'M JUST TRYING TO USE SO I CAN CONNECT THE SENTENCE THAT LET'S PULL THE WORD TOGETHER AND LET'S PUT WORDS TOGETHER BECAUSE I WANT IT, I WANT A WORD THAT'S GONNA SPECIFICALLY TALK DIRECTLY TO THAT.
WHEREAS, SO, WHEREAS THE CITY, I MEAN, WE CAN USE THE CITY AGAIN, UM, WHERE THE CITY, UM, MIGHT PRIORITIZE OR WE GO, IT MUST PRIORITIZE THE PROTECTION OF LONG-TIME RESIDENTS FROM DISPLACEMENT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DELGADO.
NOW, UM, HOW DOES THAT RELATE? UM, WHERE OUR ONE TO OUR THIRD PARAGRAPH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EITHER THAT WE BRING THEM TOGETHER, IF THEY CAN BE TOGETHER OR THEY REMAIN, IF THEY ARE CLEARLY SEPARATE.
I, UH, I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, UH, BUT OBVIOUSLY JUST FOR AN INSTANT AND, UH, THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO BOTH DEMARCATE, UH, OUR POPULATIONS OF COLOR AND OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES FROM LONG-TIME RESIDENTS, WHO THEY MAY OVERLAP IN MANY WAYS.
UM, BUT NONE OF THIS WAS JUST A QUESTION I WOULD DEFER TO COMMISSIONER ILEUS THERE.
WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD YOU, OKAY, SO THE QUESTION IS HAVING TWO PARAGRAPHS PARAGRAPH THREE AND FOUR, IS THAT YES, IT HAPPENED WITH PARAGRAPHS THREE AND FOUR, OR INCORPORATE, UM, THE WORDING AND I'M NOT LEANING TOWARDS EITHER.
I JUST WAS, AS WE WERE READING IT, I WAS THINKING, I JUST DIDN'T WANT IT.
I WANTED IT TO BE SUCCEED WITHOUT ANY UNDO REDUNDANCY, BUT IF IT NEEDED TO BE DEMARK, THEN I, I BELIEVE IT, IT DOES HAVE TO BE, UH, YES, I CAN SEE THAT.
I CAN SEE HOW BOTH OF Y'ALL WOULD FEEL THAT WAY.
UM, COMMISSIONER DELGADO, THE COMMISSIONER HAS GUESSED AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
UM, SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE SUBSTANTIAL THAT YET COMMISSIONER, UH, MOSTLY QUESTION, ARE WE SAYING THAT THIS EQUITY TOOL WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR 2018 GOLD BONDS? AND I MEAN, LIKE ANY, I GUESS, ALL POTS OF MONEY THAT GO TOWARDS ADDRESSING, SO LIKE, IS THAT IN GENERAL WOULD BE EVERY POT OF MONEY THAT EVER COMES UP FOR, UM, FOR PROJECTS THAT THE CITY INTENDS TO IMPLEMENT BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF A BARRIER.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE NOTION IS THAT IT'S APPROACHING INFINITY, IT'S APPROACHING EVERYTHING, UH, AND ON ITS WAY TO APPROACHING EVERYTHING, IT'S LIKE, BY THE WAY, HERE'S SOME LOW HANGING FRUITS AND THEN HERE'S A HIGH HANGING FRUIT AND THEN IMAGINE EVERYTHING AND, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE THE INTENT IS THAT YOU COULD CORRECT ME.
UM, SO YES, I FEEL LIKE THE LANGUAGE NEEDS TO BE LIKE, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF THAT LIMITS SOME OF THE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE CITY.
AND SO I'M NOT REALLY IN SUPPORT.
UM, PARTICULARLY SINCE I KNOW THE EQUITY TOOL IS UNDERGOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RIGHT NOW, UM, TO BE ABLE TO BE REVISED.
AND SO LIKE MAYBE, UM, ONCE IT'S FINALIZED, BECAUSE IT'S CURRENTLY IN DRAFT FORM, WE CAN REVISIT, UM, I JUST HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THIS WAS LIKE THE SPECIFICS IN THAT AN EQUITY TOOL WOULD BE UTILIZED FOR ALL POTS OF MONEY FOREVER.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT IT'S STILL
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IN COMMUNITY AND GETTING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK MODE, UM, I THINK THIS IS REALLY, REALLY LARGELY SYMBOLIC.AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THE NOTION, UNLESS COMMISSIONER ILEUS IS LOOKING FOR POTENTIALLY THIS RECOMMENDATION TO SAIL INTO COUNCIL AND THEY WOULD TAKE THE LETTER OF IT AND USE IT.
UM, WHAT I MIGHT EXPECT IS THAT IF THIS RECOMMENDATION WERE TO GET ENOUGH PUBLICITY, IT MAY INFLUENCE, UH, IN A WAY SUCH THAT THAT CLOUD OF INFLUENCE MIGHT RESULT IN A MORE GRANULAR APPLICATION IF IT WERE TO MAKE IT THAT WAY.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, COMMISSIONER ILEUS, IS THAT IN LINE WITH YOUR GENERAL INTENT? YES, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE THINKING.
AND SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT COMMISSIONER? GOT IT.
AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE A PURIST THAT IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN A RECOMMENDATION THAT, HEY, DOT YOUR I'S AND CROSS YOUR T'S, AND IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD JUST BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT, UM, I SEE BOTH SIDES AND, UM, I, I WOULD BE INCLINED TO VOTE ON IT IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD BE.
I JUST WANTED TO, UM, RESPOND TO COMMISSIONER.
UM, SO I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU, BUT I DO ALSO SEE COMMISSIONER ELLIOT SAYS, UM, UM, WHAT, WHAT HIS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS TOPIC HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC FOR ALL OF US, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, IN, IN THE, IN THIS, UH, WORKING GROUP AND IN THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.
UM, I DO SEE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC FOR THE LAST 20 MONTHS AND THE FACT THAT, UM, THINGS ARE MOVING PRETTY QUICK AND THAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING DONE, UM, WE STILL HAVE A HUGE GAP, UM, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE AGAIN SUFFERING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, NOT INVOLVED IN THESE ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, WORKING CLASS FAMILIES, THE POOR, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED.
I THINK, AS A COMMISSION AND AS LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO START BRINGING THIS OUT AND IT WOULD, IT WOULD DEFINITELY BRING OUT THE CONVERSATION AND TO REALLY START MOVING ON SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS THING SINGLES TO CITY HALL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE IS.
I WOULD LIKE, UM, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WE CAN DO A, UH, RECOMMEND AN UPDATE, UM, FROM, UM, PROJECT CONNECT AND THE WHOLE DISPLACEMENT INITIATIVE.
UM, I THINK IT'S A HUGE HOT TOPIC THAT WE NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF, BUT I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER GARRETT, AND I THINK WE SHOULD REVISIT LATER ON AND THEN MAYBE HAVE A STRONGER, UM, LETTER IN GENERAL OVERALL, AND THEN TAKE THAT TO CITY HALL WHENEVER THE ADOPTION'S ABOUT TO BE ADOPTED.
UM, BUT I ALSO DO SEE YOUR POINT COMMISSIONER LEE IS THAT WE HAVE TO GET MOVIE.
PEOPLE ARE ASKING THE COMMUNITY, THE RESIDENTS WANT US TO BE DOING MORE PROACTIVE WORK ON THIS COMMISSION.
SO I DO AGREE WITH MOVING FORWARD.
IS THAT A MO SORRY, COMMISSIONER.
I HAVE WHAT MIGHT NOT BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, BUT WE'LL SEE IN THE HOPES ARE RESOLVED BECAUSE I FEEL THE TENSION.
AND, UM, I WONDER IF WE MIGHT RE UM, EDIT THE RESOLVE TO, AND THIS IS NOT CLEAN, I'M SORRY TO, UM, DEMONSTRATE THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF THE EQUITY TOOL AS IT EXISTS RIGHT NOW TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE, UM, THE CDC ADVISES THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO COMMIT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECTS, CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT EQUITY TOOL AND FURTHER BE IT RESOLVES.
SO YOU COMMIT TO THE APPLICATION OF THAT FULLY DEVELOPED EQUITY TOOL IN ALL THE FUTURE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY ARTICULATED.
DOES THAT GET AT A LITTLE BIT UP? BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UM, FOR, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE ABOUT THE EQUITY TOOL IS THAT IT HAS A MECHANISM FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND IMPROVEMENT.
UM, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT I UNDERSTAND THE HESITANCY TO WHOLESALE ENDORSE SOMETHING THAT EVEN ACCORDING TO ITS OWN STANDARDS, HASN'T BEEN SORT OF TESTED, UM, AND APPROVED INTERNALLY YET.
AND SO IT'S MORE OF A COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ON, LIKE, AS WE ARE IMPLEMENTING FUTURE FUNDING SOURCES FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE WILL LOOK AT THE EQUITY TOOL AS A LENS AND AN, AND USE ITS KIND OF FRAMEWORK TO, UM,
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TO LIKE IMPLEMENT OR LIKE TO SPEND THAT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS BY USING THESE, THIS FRAMEWORK.AS LIKE, AS AN, A COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND JUSTICE, OR, AND I THINK WE CAN EVEN INCLUDE LANGUAGE ABOUT COMMITTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TOOL ITSELF.
UM, BUT IT ALLOWS FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE TO OCCUR AND ACTUALLY ADVISES FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE TO OCCUR.
ASSUMING THAT THE FIRST GO ROUND, THE DRAFT OF THIS TOOL MAY NOT BE THE, THE END ALL BE ALL COMMISSIONER THEY'LL GO.
SO YOU MEAN THAT IT WAS NOT AN, I THOUGHT IT WAS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING A RESOLVE TO COME BACK.
I THINK THAT THAT SOLVES A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS. I THINK THAT THOSE, THAT LITTLE BIT OF TORQUE AND DIMENSION THAT, THAT THE CLAWS ADDS, UH, UM, COMMIT AND DEVELOP AND COMMIT TO DEVELOP.
I THINK, I THINK IT SOLVES FOR ALL OF THE CONCERNS.
AND I THINK ANY MORE DISCUSSION MEANS THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT DOING THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO I, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH IT, I MIGHT RECOMMEND THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER ELISE, I MIGHT RECOMMEND ACCEPTING THE FRIENDLY, UH, OR THE, THE AMENDMENT.
AND, UH, WITH THAT SAID, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS VOTED ON, UM, JUST LET ME KNOW COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, I'M SORRY.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, VOTE ON THE, UH, THE RESOLUTION THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER LEAH HAS PROPOSED TO US THAT WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE FLOOR FOR BEAUTIFUL.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER DELGATO JUST BECAUSE I THINK THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE ROBERT'S RULES WAY, A MOTION TO AMEND AS DISCUSSED.
SO TO MO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER DELGADO TO, UH, A VOTE, TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AMENDED AS DISCUSSED IN THIS GROUP AND, UM, UH, UNIQUELY AS, UH, UH, ENUMERATED THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS ENUMERATED BY COMMISSIONER SLOAN AS WELL.
UM, IS THAT SOUND RIGHT? WHAT'S NOT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, JUST AN AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION, RIGHT.
UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND IT COMMISSIONER WOODS SECONDS.
IT, UH, ANY DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WHAT A GREAT EXERCISE IN RAPID COLLABORATION.
THAT WAS, YEAH, I ABSTAINED, OH, SORRY.
WE HAD AN EXTENSION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER GARRETT.
I MISSED, I SEEM TO BE MISSING, UH, YOUR, YOUR VOICE A FEW TIMES THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS, UM, WHICH, UH, IS THE FINAL NOW AGENDA ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS AND VERY PROBABLY WILL HAVE FAR LESS EDITS AND FEEDBACK FROM US IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE.
[3E. Discussion and possible action on IH-35 Expansion]
AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON I 35 EXPANSION AUTHORED BY COMMISSIONER DESOLTEL YOU WILL FIND IT AS THREE E IN THE BACKUP.AND SO I GIVE YOU THE FLOOR COMMISSIONER DESOLTEL THANK YOU.
SO WE DID DISCUSS THIS IN THE LAST MEETING AND I SAID THAT I WOULD PROVIDE, UH, A DRAFT FOR US TO CONSIDER.
SO THIS IS THE DRAFT AND I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER IT.
AND SO IT IS A CDC RECOMMENDATION ON
WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS CORE, MISS A MISSION IS CENTERED ON SERVING THE POOR AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
AND WHEREAS
AND WHEREAS AUSTIN'S EASTERN CRESCENT IS STILL ECONOMICALLY SEGREGATED FROM WEST AUSTIN WITH POOR HEALTH OPTIONS AND OUTCOMES.
AND WHEREAS AN EXPANDED
AND WHEREAS THE WIDENING OF
AND WHEREAS IN 2020, AUSTINITES PASS A $7 BILLION TRANSIT PROPOSAL TO CONNECT THE CITY'S NEIGHBORHOODS WITH TRANSIT AND PROVIDE BETTER ALTERNATIVES TO SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
AND WHEREAS STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT WINDING HIGHWAYS DOES NOT REDUCE CONGESTION, BUT INCREASES
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OVERALL CAR, CAR TRAFFIC.WHEREAS TXDOT HAS PRIORITIZED TWO PROPOSALS, NEITHER, WHICH ARE ONE OF THE THREE COMMUNITY JOHN PROPOSALS THAT LIMIT THE HEIGHT AND WIDTH OF THE EXPANDED HIGHWAY.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THE TECH STOCK CONSIDER THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE AND OPPORTUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED BY RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS OF AUSTIN VIA FURTHER RESOLVE THAT AUSTIN CDC RECOMMENDS THAT TEXTILE DEFER TO COMMUNITY PREFERENCES IN THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE
AND SO I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO, YOU KNOW, UH, FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS TO THAT.
AND, UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION TOPICS THAT MIGHT BE MISSING? UM, WHEN A, HANG ON JUST A SECOND, I'M CHATTING WITH ERICA ABOUT QUORUM 1, 2, 3, WE HAVE EIGHT ANALYTICS, SIX, SEVEN.
THEN WE HAVE NINE TOTAL CAUSE WE HAVE A ONE COMMISSIONER.
BUT WE HAVE A IN, I THINK IN PERSON WE REQUIRE CAR I'M NOW JUST TO STOP IN JUST TO GET A GROIN, BUT I THINK OKAY.
I, UH, WELL, WAIT, ERICA SAYS ONLY ONE PERSON COUNTS.
SO WE'VE GOT EIGHT, WE HAVE EIGHT IN PERSON.
SO IF THAT'S GOOD, THEN, THEN WE'RE GOOD.
UM, BUT I WILL WAIT TO HEAR FROM OKAY.
UM, AND, UH, I, UH, IT SOUNDED LIKE, UH, WE HEARD A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
UM, I, AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I MAKE A MOTION TO SECOND.
AND MY ONLY IN, IN, UH, AS FAR AS DISCUSSION IS CONCERNED, UM, MY ONLY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE RECOMMEND MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO TXDOT AND, UH, CLEARLY IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN OUR PURVIEW PURVIEW, BUT, UM, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THIS, UH, UH, JOE OR COMMISSIONER DESERT TELL THAT YOU THINK THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO ALSO, OR LIKE ADDITIONALLY HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT'S, UH, TARGETED TOWARDS CITY COUNCIL? UM, YEAH, I THINK IF THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT COUNCIL HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, MADE STATEMENTS ON THIS AND I THINK, UH, MAYBE A MAJORITY, I DON'T KNOW THE COUNT, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY, THEY WEIGHED IN ON THIS.
UH, AND I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY, CERTAINLY THE ONES THAT HAVE THIS RUNNING THROUGH THEIR DISTRICTS SEEM TO HAVE MADE A, A STATEMENT ALONG THESE LINES.
SO, UH, I THINK, YEAH, I WOULD CERTAINLY BE OPEN TO, TO THAT EITHER IN THE RESOLVE OR THE ADDITIONAL, UH, AMENDMENT.
AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT WE, UH, ARE IN A, IN A OPEN COMMENT PERIOD, UH, FOR THIS PROPOSAL.
ALTHOUGH I THINK THAT THEY TRY, THEY'RE TRYING TO LIMIT THAT TO THE, THE, THE NARROW DOWN VERSIONS THAT THEY HAVE, AS OPPOSED TO JUST A MORE OPEN COMMUNITY INPUT PERIOD, WHICH ENDED, UH, EARLIER IN THE SUMMER.
ANY THOUGHTS, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS FROM ANYONE ELSE ON THE TXDOT VERSUS COUNCIL AND WHETHER WE SHOULD ADD SOMETHING THAT SAYS, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT COUNCIL DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO SUPPORT THE ABOVE RECOMMENDATION? THAT SOUNDS FINE.
UM, AND SO, UH, AS SOMEBODY WOULD LIKELY, UH, WOULD, WOULD LIKELY NEED TO PROPOSE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO COMMISSIONER POP'S ORIGINAL MOTION TO ADD THAT IN, SIR, THIS IS COMMISSIONER SLOAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION AS DISCUSSED.
AND SO, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE OFFERING TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION, RIGHT? YES.
DO YOU, IS THAT, DO YOU ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT? THAT AMENDMENT? YES.
UM, DO WE HAVE A, DO WE NOW NEED A SECOND ON THAT? OH MAN.
IN CASE WE DO, UH, WE, WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER GARRETT JUST IN OUR POCKET, UH, AND, UM, ALL IN, SO THAT'S, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SECONDING APPROVAL, SO LET'S, UH, VOTE ON APPROVAL ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[02:20:01]
ALL OPPOSED.IT PASSES WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTES OF THOSE PRESENT AND THANK YOU, UH, CHAIRMAN JOE FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
AND, UH, MOVING INTO FOUR WORKING GROUP AND COMMITTEE REPORTS, DO WE HAVE
[4A. Update from the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) Community Advisory Committee (Commissioner Elias)]
AN UPDATE FROM THE ATP PART OF THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SPEAKING OF THE PROJECT CONNECT? UH, YES.UH, THIS COMMISSIONER AND LES, UH, I ATTENDED THE MEETING ON OCTOBER 7TH, UM, THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL GROUP, UM, CAPITOL METRO RECEIVED A GRANT FOR $900,000.
THEY HIRED A CONSULTING GROUP, UM, TO CONSULT ON EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED, ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE DISCUSSION WAS THAT THAT IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE EQUITY TOOL.
SO THEY THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO ESSENTIALLY TO GIVE DATA TO BACK UP THE EQUITY TOOL, UM, OF, UH, HOW DEVELOPMENT AROUND TRANSIT AREAS IS USUALLY INEQUITABLE AND, UM, HAVING SETTING GOALS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PROTECTING SMALL BUSINESSES, CREATING NEW JOBS AND PUBLIC SPACES.
AND SO THEY'RE USING THAT $900,000 TO, UM, UH, CONSULT THE COMMUNITY ON HOW THAT CAN BE DONE.
AND ALSO ON WHAT IS THAT ON OCTOBER 29TH, THERE WILL BE A MEETING FOR THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN ATP CITY, COUNCIL AND CAP METRO.
UH, THERE WILL BE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A WORKING GROUP, UM, THAT, UH, WILL ADD SOME LABOR STANDARDS TO, UH, THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.
SO THAT MEETING WILL BE ON OCTOBER 29TH, UH, TO FINALIZE THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.
DOES ANYBODY WANT TO CHAT ABOUT THAT? GREAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE REPORT OUT.
IT'S NICE TO HEAR FROM THAT COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, NEXT WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM IF A POTENTIALLY AN UPDATE FROM THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND IF COMMISSIONER FIDELIO IS STILL WITH US, I DO NOT BELIEVE SHE IS.
AND I WILL ASSUME THEREFORE THAT NOR IS AN UPDATE FROM THAT JOINT STATE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WITH US.
AND WE CAN MOVE INTO AGENDA ITEM FIVE, DISCUSSING
[5. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE US TO LOOK INTO? I KNOW THAT WE'RE HOPING TO, UH, DIG DEEPER INTO AFFORDABILITY AT THE SOUTH, UM, SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.WE ALL KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF EACH OTHER AND JESSE, UH, AND, UH, OVER THE NEXT MONTH, UH, PLEASE SEND ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS, UH, OR HEAR ABOUT, UH, AND, UH, WE'LL ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN SUPER ULTRA ENGAGED OVER THE LAST MONTH.
UM, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY INSPIRING.
AND SO WITH THAT SAID, UH, I THINK WE CAN ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 9:05 PM.
THANK YOU ALL FOR STICKING WITH US SO LATE AND THANK YOU TO STAFF AS ALWAYS FOR BEING FLAWLESS AND STICKING WITH US SO LATE.