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          ALL RIGHT. 
          [Proclamation 1]
WELL, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          WE GET A CHANCE TO HONOR SOME OF THE, KIND OF THE UNSUNG HEROES OF KEEPING OUR SYSTEM WORKING AS IT NEEDS TO IN TIMES THAT ARE JUST REALLY, REALLY HARD. 
          WE GET TO DO THAT FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURTS. 
          SO LET ME READ IT, READ A PROCLAMATION JUDGE, BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS SINCE MORE RESIDENTS COME INTO CONTACT WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS THAN, THAN ANY OTHER COURTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE PUBLIC'S IMPRESSION OF THE ENTIRE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS LARGELY DEPENDENT ON THEIR EXPERIENCE IN OUR MUNICIPAL COURTS. 
          AND WHEREAS AUSTIN MUNICIPAL COURT, THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT AND THE LAW DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL HAVE PLEDGED TO BE EVER MINDFUL OF THEIR NEUTRALITY AND IMPARTIALITY RENDERING EQUAL SERVICES TO ALL. 
          AND WE'RE, AS WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF OUR AUSTIN MUNICIPAL COURT, DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, COMMUNITY COURT AND LAW DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING OUR JUDGES OR PROSECUTORS SUPPORT PERSONNEL. 
          AND WE SALUTE THEIR CRITICAL ROLE IN PRESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY, PROTECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR AREA RESIDENTS AND DETERRING FUTURE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. 
          NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVE ADLER MAYOR, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH FIFTH, 2021 AS MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SERVICE. 
          PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THIS WORD BACK TO, TO THE STAFFS AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, WITH, UH, WITH, WITH GREAT APPRECIATION. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          AND THEN WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY STEPPING BEFORE NOW? ONE OF MY FEW ENDEARING QUALITIES, ESPECIALLY FOR A LAWYER IS THAT I AM NOT A BIG TALKER, BUT IF I COULD SAY A FEW BRIEF WORDS, UM, I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EMPLOYEES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF BOTH THE AUSTIN MUNICIPAL COURT AND DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT. 
          OUR EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING THE CITY, PROSECUTORS DO A DIFFICULT AND SOMETIMES DANGEROUS JOB. 
          AND THEY CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH PROFESSIONALISM, PATIENCE, AND COMPASSION DURING COVID. 
          THE COURTS HAD TO QUICKLY RETOOL HOLD DOCKETS AND PROVIDE SERVICES IN COMPLETELY NEW WAYS. 
          OUR STAFF ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE, AND THEN SOME FINALLY A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF PROFESSIONALISM AND PERSONAL KINDNESS FOR ALL OF US STARTS WITH MANAGEMENT, SPECIFICALLY MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK, MARY JANE GRUB AND DACC COURT ADMINISTRATOR, PETE VALDEZ, FOR ME HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE EVERY DAY IS LIKE WINNING THE LOTTERY. 
          I FEEL SO LUCKY AND SO BLESSED. 
          SO ON BEHALF OF THE COURT STAFF AND THE JUDICIARY, THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
           THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE EVERYBODY WITH US HERE TODAY, SO FAR, EXCEPT FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          SHE'S NOT REMOTE OR ANYTHING, IS SHE? OKAY? I DON'T SEE HER YET. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          [Call to Order]
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THE MEETING HERE TODAY ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2020 WIDE. 
          THIS IS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR IN CITY HALL. 
          UH, THE TIME IS 10 15, UH, COLLEAGUES 
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REGARDING TO, TO, UH, UH, DO THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS AND THEN WE'LL, UH, UH, TOUCH BASE ON THE, UH, CONSENT, UH, CALENDAR. 
          WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 20 SPEAKERS I'M IN PERSON, SOME REMOTE, UH, AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED. 
          SO CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS TODAY. 
          ITEM NUMBER TWO ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2021, THIS WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION ON A 700 VOTE WITH COMMISSIONERS MICHAEL MUSGROVE WILLIAMS ABSENT ONE VACANCY I'D HAVE NUMBER 13 AND 15 
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ARE WITHDRAWN ITEMS. NUMBER IS 22, 23 OR 24 ARE IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          THAT WAS INCORRECTLY REPORTED ITEM NUMBER 60, A VALID PETITION HAS BEEN FILED, UH, IN OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING REQUEST AND THE SPONSORS ON ITEM NUMBER 64, UH, ADDED TO THE LIST SHOULD BE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, POOL CASAR, L S THERE MAY OR PRO TAM COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, KITCHEN AND RENTER RHEA. 
          WE HAVE TWO ITEMS I'M SAYING BIG PULLED OFF THE AGENDA. 
          THUS FAR. 
          ONE OF THEM IS ITEM 38 PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. 
          AND I DON'T REMEMBER 63 PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. 
          THE CONSENT AGENDA MAY ALSO SAY THAT THERE'S LAID BACK UP IN ITEMS 12 20 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 34, 46, 47, 49, 50 51 52 53 54, 56, 57, 60 60 WIDE, 64 AND 65 COLLEAGUES. 
          THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 41 THROUGH 42 AND ALSO 64. 
          WHAT I'M SHOWING, BEING PULLED AT THIS POINT OR 38 AND 63, ANYBODY WOULD, UH, PULL ANYTHING ELSE OR SANDY GUYS BEFORE WE GO TO THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE TO SPEAK, OKAY, 
          [Public comments (Part 1 of 4)]
WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO THE SPEAKERS. 
          THEN. 
          UH, WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS THAT ARE HERE AS I'M ON THE PHONE AS IS OUR CUSTOM. 
          WE'RE GONNA CALL THE ONES THAT ARE IN PERSON FIRST, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN LEAVE. 
          IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY, THEY WISH TO DO. 
          AND WE GO THROUGH THE LIST OF THE FOLKS HERE THAT ARE CLERICAL CALL THE ONES THAT HELP US FACILITATE THE WHY IS IT AROUND, UH, ON THE PHONE? UM, LET'S BEGIN WITH, UH, UH, FIRST GREG. 
          UM, SURE. 
          UH,  COME ON DOWN AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          ASHLEY CHANG IS ACTUALLY CHATTING HERE. 
          YOU'LL BE ON DECK. 
          YOU'LL BE NEXT. 
          GO AHEAD, SIR. 
          WELL, I'M MARIANA ADLER, MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER, MADISON MEMBERS OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS GREG . 
          IT MEANS A LOT TO ME PERSONALLY, TO BE HERE, SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY AND TELL YOU WHY I SUPPORT THIS, UH, AUSTIN PETS ALIVE AND RESOLUTION 38. 
          I ALSO WANT TO PERSONALLY THINK MY COUNCIL MEMBER AND KITCHEN FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS ITEM, AND ALSO ALWAYS CHAMPIONING, UH, ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES. 
          TODAY'S IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I'M HERE TO SPEAKING TO YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL THE VETERANS WHO VOLUNTEER AT AUSTIN PETS ALIVE. 
          BEFORE I TELL YOU ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE, I HAVE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK WITH THE HOMELESS. 
          EVERY VETERAN KNOWS THAT A FEW NIGHTS OF BAD DREAMS CAN LEAD TO EMOTIONAL CRISIS AND LOST WAGES, AND THAT CAN EASILY LEAD TO SLEEPING OUTSIDE. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE'RE VULNERABLE. 
          SO THANK YOU WITH YOUR HELP, AUSTIN PETS ALIVE OR SORRY. 
          AUSTIN HAS BECOME A LEADER AND ANIMAL LIFE SAVING. 
          I'VE BEEN A VOLUNTEER AT APA NOW FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. 
          PRIOR TO THAT, I DID ALL THE PTSD TREATMENTS THAT EVERYONE SUGGESTED. 
          I TRIED GROUP THERAPY AND KETAMINE THERAPY, MEDITATION, EMDR, EVERYTHING. 
          I TRIED IT, IT DIDN'T WORK NOTHING. 
          APA IS MASSIVE AND EFFECTIVE. 
          PUBLIC OUTREACH BROUGHT ME TO THE DOOR AND HELPING THEM SAVE LIVES HAS KEPT ME THERE COMING BACK WEEK AFTER WEEK, IT'S BEEN VERY THERAPEUTIC FOR ME. 
          I MOSTLY WORKED WITH DOGS THERE. 
          AND THE BEST THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT DOGS REMIND YOU TO JUST STOP AND FEEL THE TEXAS SUN ON YOUR BACK. 
          AND WHEN THAT AUSTIN WIND KICKS UP, IT REMINDS YOU TO JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LEAN INTO IT AND KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY. 
          THESE DOGS HAVE, UH, HAVE RECONNECTED 
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SOMETHING IN ME THAT I FORGOT WAS THERE. 
          AND MAYBE IT WAS NEVER THERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'LL GO ON TO DO THE SAME FOR OTHER PEOPLE. 
          SO BEING PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT BRINGS SO MUCH JOY TO SO MANY INDIVIDUALS IN THIS COMMUNITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          IT'S WHAT KEEPS ME COMING BACK WEEK AFTER WEEK TO SPEND MY TIME WITH THEM, HELPING THEM SAVE LIVES AND HELPING THEM ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. 
          APA SOLVES COMPLICATED PROBLEMS. THEY ADAPT TO RAPID CHANGES, BUT LIKE ANY NGO, THEY NEED SOME GOVERNMENT COOPERATION AND SUPPORT TO DO WHAT THEY DO. 
          NO ONE IS ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO FUEL IT OR MAINTAIN IT. 
          WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING YOU FOR SPACE TO LET IT RUN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          YES. 
          ON 38. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, SPEAKING WITH US AND SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE. 
          IT REALLY HELPS TO HEAR THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AFTER ASHLEY CIGS SPEAKS IS RYAN CLINTON HERE. 
          YOU'LL BE ARMED BACK. 
          GO AHEAD PLEASE. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME. 
          MY NAME IS ASHLEY CHANG AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          UH, I'VE BEEN, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 28 AND SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN CONTRACTING WITH THE ASIAN FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES OF AUSTIN. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED AS A VOLUNTEER AND A SUPPORTER OF APHSA SINCE I MOVED BACK HOME IN 2013. 
          UM, AND I'VE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THEIR WORK TO KEEP ASIAN IMMIGRANT AND REALLY ALL PEOPLE SAFE FROM THE HARMS OF VIOLENCE. 
          AND WHAT I ADMIRE ABOUT THEM MOST IS THAT THEY DO THIS, THIS WORK WITH AN APPROACH TO SOME OF OUR SOCIETY'S BIGGEST PROBLEMS LIKE HOMELESSNESS AND HOLISTICALLY BY ADDRESSING THEM THROUGH A CULTURAL LENS AND THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING BASIC NEEDS LIKE SUPPORTIVE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, SOMETIMES EVEN FOOD ACCESS AND SAFETY PLANNING. 
          AND IT'S AN APPROACH THAT I'VE SEEN MANY OF THE MEMBERS HERE, UH, CHAMPION, UM, THROUGH OTHER ISSUES AS WELL. 
          AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS THE FASTEST GROWING IN TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, WHERE WE GREW BY ABOUT 77% IN THE LAST CENSUS. 
          AND WE MAKE ABOUT 10% OF THE POPULATION HERE. 
          NOW. 
          UM, THE ASIAN DIASPORA IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN 50 ETHNICITIES AND MORE THAN A HUNDRED DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 
          WE SAY THIS ALL THE TIME. 
          WE'RE NOT A MONOLITH, BUT BECAUSE OF THE MODEL MINORITY MYTH AND THE LACK OF DATA DESEGREGATION, A LOT OF FOLKS MISTAKENLY THINK THAT ASIAN-AMERICANS AS A WHOLE ARE BETTER OFF SOCIOECONOMICALLY, BUT OF COURSE WE HAVE THE LARGEST INCOME INEQUALITY GAP OF ANY DEMOGRAPHIC WITH MANY IN AUSTIN EXPERIENCING EXTREME POVERTY, LOW ENGLISH, PROFICIENCY, AND ABSENT IS UNIQUELY EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE NEEDS OF THESE GROWING COMMUNITIES IN THE HORRIFIC ATLANTA SPA SHOOTINGS. 
          FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR, I THINK PUT ON A NATIONAL STAGE, SORT OF THE DANGERS OF HOW RACISM AND MISOGYNY CAN IMPACT, UM, ESPECIALLY ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMEN. 
          UM, BUT THERE ARE SIMILAR INSTANCES OF VIOLENCE JUST LIKE THIS, THAT HAPPENED MORE QUIETLY AND MAYBE ON A SMALLER SCALE ALL OF THE TIME RIGHT HERE AT HOME IN AUSTIN. 
          AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE THEY'VE HAPPENED TO ME PERSONALLY AS WELL. 
          AND THAT'S WHY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ASSA ARE SO ESSENTIAL. 
          THEY CATER TO SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT ARE IGNORED OR MISUNDERSTOOD EVERYWHERE ELSE. 
          THEY OFFER DIRECT SERVICES IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. 
          NOT ONLY DO THEY PROVIDE CORE SERVICES TO HELP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS, BUT THEY SEE THE BIG PICTURE AND THEY WORK TOWARDS SHIFTING THE CULTURE AND ENDING THE CYCLES OF VIOLENCE. 
          AND THEY'RE ALSO A HAVEN FOR RELIEF IN TIMES OF CRISIS. 
          WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, I WENT TO APHSA TO ASK IF THEY KNEW HOW IT WAS IMPACTING OUR PEOPLE AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN EVEN TURNED TO THEM TO HELP REACH ASIAN-AMERICANS AND FINANCIAL NEED WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF RISE FUNDS AND ABSA WAS THERE FOR US. 
          AND WHEN WE HOSTED ONE OF THE, ONE OF OUR LARGEST STOP ASIAN HATE RALLIES IN THE COUNTRY AT HOUSTON TILLISON EARLIER THIS YEAR TO NEEDED VOLUNTEERS AND SPEAKERS TO REPRESENT US AGAIN, ABSA WAS THERE FOR US. 
          AND WHEN OUR POWER GRID FAILED DURING THE WINTER STORM, I REACHED OUT TO APHSA TO CONFIRM WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND OFTEN FORGOTTEN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE STATESMEN, EVEN ROSE STORY THIS SPRING ABOUT HOW I'LL CLOSE THIS UP ABOUT HOW OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FAIL TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE FOR ASIAN-AMERICANS. 
          BUT AGAIN, ABSA WAS THERE FOR US. 
          AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE WAYS THAT APHSA HAS TOUCHED MY LIFE PERSONALLY IN CRISIS THIS YEAR. 
          UM, OF COURSE THERE ARE CRISES EVERY DAY WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT OF DAUGHTERS BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED OF CHILDREN, BEING SOLD TO TRAFFICKERS OF MOTHERS, BEING BEATEN IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND HAVE CLIENTS NEEDING ABORTION ACCESS AND ASSISTANCE. 
          I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO OUR COMMUNITY THE NEXT TIME A CRISIS HITS AND APPS THAT CAN'T BE THERE FOR US NOW, ABSOLUTE IS IN CRISIS. 
          THEY NEED ASSISTANCE, UM, BRIDGING THIS FUNDING GAP AND I URGE, I URGE YOU TODAY AND THANK 
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YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, GOD'S WORK. 
          SORRY, ASHLEY. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AND DARLENE AND ZAHRA AND SAMIRA AND EVERYBODY, IT SUPPORTS US FOR COMING DOWN TODAY. 
          NO COUNCIL MEMBER, TO-GO STAFF AND MINE AND OTHERS ON THE DICE. 
          WE'RE IN TOUCH WITH MANAGER WITH YOUR TEAM. 
          I'D LIKE TO JUST ALSO THINK DIRECTOR OF STIR UP AND, UH, ACM HAYDEN HOWARD FOR STEPPING UP SO QUICKLY TO FILL THIS, UH, REALLY CRITICAL GAP, UH, CREATED BY THE STATE. 
          I STILL CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY AT THIS TIME WE WOULD HAVE REDUCED FUNDING FOR ADDRESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE THE COUNTY STEPPING UP OUR STAFF, STEPPING UP AND YOU ALL ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO PASSING THIS TODAY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 
          GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS RYAN CLINTON. 
          I AM ON THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION, BUT I AM SPEAKING IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY ONLY, UH, TODAY IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 38. 
          I ALSO DO NOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF AUSTIN PETS ALIVE. 
          UM, SO I APOLOGIZE IF MY, UH, WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS IT IS NOT THEIR TALKING POINTS, CAUSE I HAVE NOT, UH, ORCHESTRATED THIS WITH THEM. 
          UM, THE REASON I SUPPORT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 38 IS THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE MATERIALLY CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME, UH, THAT THE CITY NEGOTIATED A CONTRACT WITH AUSTIN PETS ALIVE, UH, INTAKE, AS YOU MAY KNOW, IS AT HISTORICAL LOWS. 
          UM, THE BUDGET OF THE SHELTER OF AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER IS THAT HISTORICAL HIGHS, UM, IN THE SPACE THAT AUSTIN PETS ALIVE WILL BE PROVIDED UNDER THE NEW, UH, UH, MASTER PLANNING PROCESS OF THE, UH, LAMAR BEACH AREA IS DRAMATICALLY, UH, RESTRICTED FROM THE TIME THAT THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WAS MADE. 
          BUT I THINK IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE FOR THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE, UM, THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO, TO, TO, UH, COORDINATE AND MAKE ATTUNED THE, THE CIRCUMSTANCES AS THEY EXIST NOW AS COMPARED TO WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE. 
          THE SECOND THING I WANT TO JUST MENTION IS THAT I'VE READ THE CITY, UH, STAFF'S MEMO REGARDING, UM, THIS, AND I THINK THAT IT CREATES, UH, IT HAS, IT CONTAINS AND IT'S BASED ON A LOGICAL FALLACY. 
          AND THAT IS THAT THE CITY STAFF HAS COMPARING THE STATUS QUO TO THE PROPOSAL. 
          THE STATUS QUO IS NOT ON THE TABLE. 
          THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE OPTIONS BEFORE THE COUNCIL. 
          UH, WE CANNOT MAINTAIN, WE CANNOT CONTINUE AS IT IS NOW BECAUSE THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED. 
          AND THE ABILITY TO, FOR AUSTIN PETS ALIVE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT IT DOES HAVE HAS CHANGED BECAUSE THE, UH, SPACE PROVIDED FOR THEM UNDER THE NEW MASTER PLAN IS SO SEVERELY CONSTRAINED. 
          SO THE STAFF, THE STAFF MEMO IS GIVING YOU A FALSE COMPARISON. 
          THE REAL COMPARISON IS BETWEEN NOT HAVING APA AT, UH, NOT PROVIDING THAT SERVICE OR HAVING APA UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE MORE IN TUNE WITH THE UNDER NEGOTIATING POINTS. 
          THEY'RE ARE MORE IN TUNED WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE, ARE REAL AND THE REALITY ON THE GROUND. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S TIME VERY MUCH. 
          I APPRECIATE HOW MANY OF YOU, CO-SPONSORED THE ITEM, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF 38. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, IS, UH, SAMIRA GAUCHE HERE AND THEN, UH, UH, AFTER MS. GIRSCH, THEN IT'LL BE, UH, UH, JEREMY, UH, UH, GILBERTO JEREMY HERE, OR YOU'LL BE UP NEXT. 
          YES. 
          IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY WE COULD TAKE UP SPEAKERS TOGETHER WHO ARE SPEAKING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE? YES. 
          UM, SO ARE THERE TWO MORE SPEAKERS OR YOU'RE HERE? AREN'T YOU GO AHEAD AND SPEAK AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO 38. 
          THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          CAN CUBE MAYOR ADLER. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AND THANK YOU, GREG KSR FOR, UH, GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO TALK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT OF TIME AND FOR YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR FOR CHAMPION CHAMPIONING OUR CAUSE I'M HERE TO TALK ON BEHALF AND IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 28, UH, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FOUND FUNDING FOR ASIAN FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES OF AUSTIN. 
          I WILL TALK ON BEHALF OF THE SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, ASIAN COMMUNITY, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY. 
          I AM THE DIRECTOR OF, UH, DIRECT SERVICES AND ADVOCACY AT APHSA. 
          AND I AM HERE TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL OF WHAT A DAY FOR US SURVIVORS LOOK LIKE A SURVIVOR WHO IS FACING A DAY IN COURT, A HEARING SHE IS PICKED UP IN THE MORNING BY AN ADVOCATE. 
          SHE IS DRIVEN TO THE COURTHOUSE. 
          SHE DOES NOT HAVE TO 
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NAVIGATE TRAFFIC AND PARKING BECAUSE SHE'S NERVOUS. 
          SHE'S PROBABLY NOT SLEPT PROPERLY. 
          THE DAY BEFORE SHE IS PROVIDED, THE SURVIVOR'S PROVIDED BY EMOTION HELPED BY HER ADVOCATE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, PROVIDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT BY PROVIDING CLARITY AND HAVING, HELPING THE SURVIVOR NAVIGATE THE COMPLEX LEGAL SYSTEM. 
          THE ADVOCATE HAS ALREADY CALLED IN THE COURT TO MAKE SURE, UH, UH, AN INTERPRETER IS PROVIDED DURING THE HEARING AND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DAY WHEN SHE IS GOING TO BE PROCESSING AND FACING HER ABUSER AGAIN. 
          UH, SO THE SURVIVORS CHILDREN ARE LOOKED UP TO HER BY VOLUNTEERS IN OUR OFFICE. 
          UH, SHE IS PROVIDED WITH A PRO SE PRO BONO REPRESENTATION, AND SHE'S ALSO PROVIDED WITH, UH, ALL KINDS OF RESOURCES SO THAT SHE FINDS EQUITY WHEN SHE IS, UH, IN THE HEARING, WHEN SHE IS ABLE TO GET SEEK JUSTICE. 
          AND IN THE EVENING, THIS ADVOCATE IS ABLE TO PROCESS WITH HER AND DECOMPRESS WITH HER AND DROP HER BACK HOME. 
          AND OFTEN THAT HOME IS A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY PROVIDED BY OUR PROGRAMS. ALL OF THESE SERVICES NEED MONEY AND HENCE THESE ARE CRITICAL, UH, SERVICES THAT IS A LIFELINE FOR OUR SURVIVORS AND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE WOULD LIKE THIS FUNDING AND A CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THESE SERVICES UNINTERRUPTED. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU TO CONSIDER THIS AND I WILL LET MY OTHER COLLEAGUES CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS ARE ITEM NUMBER 38 HERE IN PERSON. 
          UH, I THINK WE ALSO STILL HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS ON 28, WHICH WE WERE JUST, WE'VE HAD SOME 30 AND WE'VE HAD SO MUCH 28. 
          SO I'M GOING TO DIVIDE THEM NOW INTO TWO GROUPS. 
          THE OTHER TWO SPEAKERS WE HAVE ON ITEM 38 ARE JEREMY GILBERTO AND ALICE JEFFERSON. 
          AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO 28. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR ADLER, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, HARPER, MADISON, AND COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION. 
          MY NAME IS DR. 
          JEREMY GILBERTO AND I LIVE IN COUNCIL MEMBER TOWBOATS DISTRICT IN OLD INFIELD. 
          I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AUSTIN PETS ALIVE AND WAS DRAWN TO THIS POSITION BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC BENEFIT. 
          APA BRINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'M ALSO A PHYSICIAN IN TENT ON EXPANDING MY COMMITMENT TO SAVE HUMAN LIVES, TO INCLUDE SAVING THE LIVES OF ANIMALS. 
          THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS A NATIONAL REPUTATION AS THE SAFEST PLACE FOR HOMELESS PETS. 
          WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT FACT, AND IT IS A VALUE THAT OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY HOLDS DEAR THROUGH ITS INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP. 
          APA HAS LED NATIONWIDE REFORM EFFORTS IN ANIMAL CARE IN THIS NEW INNOVATIVE LE UH, LEADERSHIP. 
          I MEAN, ERA, IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT OUR NONPROFIT CONTINUED TO EXPAND AND SERVE THE ANIMALS MOST AT RISK OF EUTHANASIA ACROSS THE STATE. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE CAN AND WILL ALSO SERVE THE CITY OF AUSTIN BY MAINTAINING NO KILL HERE AT HOME. 
          WHILE THE CITY ANIMAL SERVICES BUDGET HAS INCREASED OVER THE PAST DECADE AND THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THEY INTAKE EACH YEAR IS DECREASED. 
          WE ARE BEING ASKED TO CONTINUE WITH THE SAME AGREEMENT TERMS PUT IN PLACE 10 YEARS AGO, APA CONTINUES TO SAVE THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS HERE IN AUSTIN EACH YEAR THROUGH OUR OWN PRIVATE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TO BENEFIT THE CITY THROUGH THE PROPOSED NEW AGREEMENT TERMS, WE ARE SIMPLY ASKING FOR A FAIR AND EQUITABLE CONTRACT. 
          WE AGREE TO BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE RENOVATIONS ON THE ONE ACRE OF BUILDABLE LAND AT T LAC WHILE ALSO ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL PROPERTY AT OUR OWN EXPENSE TO REPLACE THE OPERATIONAL SPACE LOST TO US. 
          ONCE THE CURRENT FACILITY IS DEMOLISHED. 
          WE BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN A STEADFAST PARTNER OF THE CITY THESE PAST 13 YEARS, AND THAT THE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR NONPROFIT TO THE CITY ARE WORTH THE LAND AT T LAC. 
          YOU HAVE ALLOWED US TO CALL HOME OUR THOUSANDS OF FOSTER HOMES, STRETCHING ACROSS THE CITY HOUSING CARE FOR HOMELESS PETS, WAITING FOR ADOPTION. 
          THESE HOMES RELY HEAVILY ON OUR CENTRAL LOCATION AT T LACK TO ACCESS MEDICAL TREATMENT SUPPLIES AND OTHER ASSISTANCE. 
          WE KNOW OF COURSE THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE STRONGLY IN SUPPORT 
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OF A SOLUTION TO THIS JUST THIS MORNING. 
          AS I WALKED MY DOG IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WEARING MY APA SWEATSHIRT, I WAS AGAIN ATTRACTING A SMALL CONCERN CROWD ASKING ME WHEN THE CITY AND APA WOULD AGREE ON A PATH FORWARD. 
          I SHARED WITH THEM THAT THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE KEY TO THAT PATH FORWARD. 
          IN CONCLUSION, I WOULD SIMPLY ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE OUR BOARD STRONG COMMITMENT TO WORKING PRODUCTIVELY WITH THE CITY. 
          IF OUR PAST CLAIRE COLLABORATION IS PREDICTIVE OF THE FUTURE, WE CAN ONLY WIN BIG FOR OUR PETS, THEIR OWNERS, AND OUR SUPPORTIVE CITIZENS. 
          I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU VOTE YES. 
          ON THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          OUR JEFFERSON ON DECK IS A DARLENE'S ATLANTA. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, AND ALL THE CO-SPONSORS OF THIS ITEM ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU AND, UM, UM, GET, GET THIS RESOLUTION MOVING FORWARD. 
          HOPEFULLY, UH, I THINK YOU ALL KNOW, BUT WHEN APA FIRST STARTED HELPING THE CITY, THE CITY HAD A 15% LIVE RELEASE RATE AND WE ARE NOW AT A 97% LIVE RELEASE RATE. 
          AND AUSTIN PETS ALIVE IS A HUGE PART OF THAT. 
          WE LED THE, THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR GETTING AUSTIN TO BECOME A NO-KILL CITY. 
          AND WE CONTINUE TO LEAD THAT THE, UM, WE ARE ASKING FOR SUPPORT ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO AUSTINITES THIS, THAT THIS RESTRICTION IS REMOVED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. 
          SOCIAL MEDIA HAS MADE IT SUCH THAT AUSTINITES CAN SEE AND FEEL THE DEATHS OF ANIMALS ALL AROUND US IN TEXAS, 150,000 ANIMALS DIE EVERY SINGLE YEAR NEEDLESSLY IN SHELTERS, IN GOVERNMENT SHELTERS AND IT'S INHUMANE AND UNCONSCIONABLE AND COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY IN 2021. 
          WE, WE ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT AUSTIN CANNOT TAKE ALL THOSE ANIMALS IN, AND IT SHOULD NOT TAKE ALL THOSE ANIMALS IN. 
          AND WE WOULD NEVER ADVOCATE FOR THAT, BUT WE DO TRAIN AND MENTOR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE PROGRESS LIKE AUSTIN HAS. 
          AND OUR STAFF GOES INTO THESE SHELTERS AND WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE KILLING THOSE ANIMALS AND TRYING TO HELP THEM FLIP THE SWITCH IN THAT PROCESS. 
          IT'S NOT HUMANE FOR ME AS THE LEADER OF AUSTIN PETS ALIVE TO ASK THOSE PEOPLE TO SIMPLY LET THEM GET KILLED AND LITERALLY THROWN INTO THE GARBAGE IN GARBAGE BAGS. 
          AND, UM, INSTEAD THEY NEED THE ABILITY, THE ABILITY TO INTERVENE IN THOSE DEATHS AND ALSO MAKE IT SO THOSE, THOSE DEATHS NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. 
          I'M CONFIDENT THAT NOBODY ON THE DAYAS WOULD ASK STAFF OR ANYBODY THAT WORKS FOR YOU TO DO THAT. 
          SO ON BEHALF OF THE 200 PLUS EMPLOYEES AT AUSTIN PETS ALIVE, AND THE 1000 PLUS VOLUNTEERS, WE WANT AGENDA ITEM 38 TO PASS AS IT REMOVES THE RESTRICTION THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM SAVING THE LIVES OF THOSE ON DEATH ROW, NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE. 
          AND, UM, I WANT TO ASSURE YOU JUST LIKE JEREMY DID THAT. 
          AUSTIN HAS BEEN, AND ALWAYS WILL BE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. 
          IF SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENS IN AUSTIN, WE WILL DROP EVERYTHING AND FOCUS ON AUSTIN 100%. 
          UM, WE HAVE DONE THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING AND WE WILL ALWAYS DO THAT. 
          WE WILL NEVER LET AN ANIMAL DIED NEEDLESSLY IN AUSTIN. 
          UM, WE JUST NEED OUR CONTRACT TO REFLECT THAT WE CAN SERVE OUR MISSION AS WELL AS KEEP AUSTIN NO-KILL FOR THE NEXT 75 YEARS. 
          UM, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT, UH, YOU HAVE AUTHORIZED AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER TO RECEIVE THE MOST GENEROUS GOVERNMENT BUDGET IN THE COUNTRY PER CAPITA AND PER ANIMAL, WHICH IS ASTONISHINGLY ASTONISHING AND AWESOME. 
          AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT THIS RESOLUTION ASKED STAFF TO NEGOTIATE A FAIR NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT MUST COME TO APA SOLELY IN EXCHANGE FOR THE LAND THAT IS NOW A QUARTER OF THE SIZE THAT WE WERE PROMISED IN 2016. 
          UM, WE NEED THAT. 
          WE'RE GLAD THAT IT SAYS IN THE RESOLUTION THAT THOSE ARE RESTRICTED TO ONLY THOSE AT RISK OF EUTHANASIA. 
          THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR INTENT. 
          AND WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE REITERATING THAT IN THIS RESOLUTION MOVING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, DARLENE LINER AND ON DECK IS A ZARA SHAKARA JAMAL, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR ADLER MEMBERS OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, HEARING US, UH, TODAY AND INVITING US TO COME. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON, ON THE ISSUE, UH, WHEN WE, UH, REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED THE CITY'S SUPPORT, UH, YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON TO STEP UP AND RESPOND BACK TO US WITH OPTIONS AND, AND GUIDANCE, AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, UH, THAT 
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YOUR RESPONSE IN THOSE EARLY DAYS WAS VERY MEANINGFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND TO US, I, UH, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 28, TO SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATION, ASIAN FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES OF AUSTIN, UH, TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A BASELINE LEVEL OF SERVICES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY FOR 29 YEARS. 
          UH, WE HAVE BEEN HONORED TO SERVE THE CITY OF AUSTIN, ALL AUSTINITES, UH, ALL SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE WITHOUT REGARD TO IDENTITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON ASIAN AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WHO OFTEN FACE HIGH BARRIERS AND VERY COMPLEX NEEDS TO ACCESSING JUSTICE AND ACCESSING CARE. 
          UH, LAST YEAR ALONE, WE SERVED IN 33 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 
          AND, UH, THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR CASE MANAGERS HAVE CASE LOADS OF 20 TO 25 CLIENTS WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE THAT DO NEED, UM, H YOU KNOW, HIGH TOUCH, HIGH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ACCESS HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS, LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS, COURT SYSTEMS, SCHOOL SYSTEMS, HOUSING SYSTEMS, AND OUR CASE MANAGERS, UH, THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT. 
          UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING AND SERVING IN THOSE POPULATIONS. 
          AND AS ASHLEY HAD SAID EARLIER, UM, WE WON'T HAVE TO GIVE UP CULTURE CHANGE AND WORKING WITH OUTREACH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND HELPING CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE HERE IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, CENTRAL, TEXAS USA, AND HOW TO ACCESS SERVICES THAT ARE MEANINGFUL TO THEM IN THEIR HOME LANGUAGE AND IN A WAY THAT'S CULTURALLY RELEVANT TO THEM. 
          SO I, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERING THIS. 
          IT HAS BEEN A JOY TO BE BACK IN CONTACT WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UM, Y'ALL, DIDN'T CREATE THE SITUATION THAT WE'VE FOUND OURSELVES IN, BUT WE, UM, ARE HOPING TO COUNT ON YOU TO HELP US, UH, NAVIGATE OUR WAY AWAY FROM AWAY FROM THAT AND TO ENSURE BASELINE CORE SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU REACHING OUT TO OUR OFFICES WHEN, WHEN YOU LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A FIGHT, A FUNDING CRISIS, UM, BROUGHT ABOUT BY, BY THE STATE CUTS. 
          SO THANK YOU AND FOR THE WORK AGAIN, AND, AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY CRITICAL INVESTMENT FOR, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA YEAH. 
          MS. LANDEN. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU AND AFS S ARE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, WORK TO SUPPORT OUR SURVIVORS AND TO PREVENT THE VIOLENCE AND, UM, THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO BE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC AND PROVIDE THE LANGUAGE SUPPORTS SO THAT EVERYONE CAN ACCESS THE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, UM, IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK YOU. 
          AND THE OTHER FOLKS WHO'VE COME DOWN, UM, TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING, UM, ON THESE ISSUES. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR. 
          WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU'VE DONE ON BEHALF OF SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS AS WELL IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, PAUL ROBERTS IS ON DECK. 
          GO AHEAD, PLEASE. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          IT'S IT FEELS GOOD TO BE AMONG SUPPORTERS IN THE MOVEMENT AND GUIDANCE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE. 
          MY NAME IS . 
          I AM A WOMAN OF COLOR, A MUSLIM WOMAN, A PAKISTANI-AMERICAN A TEXAN AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN, SIX YEARS AGO WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO AUSTIN, IT IMMEDIATELY FELT LIKE HOME AS WELCOMING AS OUR COMMUNITY STRIVES TO BE. 
          THERE ARE VERY REAL BARRIERS THAT KEEP MANY IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES AT THE MARGINS, INCLUDING LANGUAGE ACCESS, FEAR OF PERSECUTION, BASED ON IMMIGRATION STATUS AND OTHER CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC BARRIERS FOR THE LAST CLOSE TO THREE DECADES. 
          THE ASIAN FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES HAS PROVIDED CRISIS SERVICES, LIFE-SAVING SAFETY AND HEALING SERVICES FOR THOSE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE. 
          IN ADDITION TO THESE SERVICES, AND PERHAPS IN SUPPORT OF THESE SERVICES AFTER HAS EFFECTIVELY OUTREACH TO ASIAN AND IMMIGRANT REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, OUR OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, NOT ONLY CONNECT FOLKS WITH OUR HOTLINE, BUT MAKE MANY CITY AND STATE SAFETY NET RESOURCES WITHIN REACH FOR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT AND DON'T ACCESS THOSE SERVICES COMFORTABLY BY FUNDING. 
          AFTER TODAY, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO DISRUPT THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AND POVERTY. 
          OUR PREVENTION 
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WORK IN SCHOOLS AND CONGREGATIONS ENGAGES YOUTH IN CONVERSATIONS THAT ADDRESS GENDER-BASED NORMS, MEN NOT BEING ABLE TO SHOW EMOTION OR BEING AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP. 
          YOUNG WOMEN ARE NOT FEELING COMFORTABLE OR SAFE SAYING NO. 
          UM, AND STANDING UP FOR THEIR MOST BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. 
          MANY OF THESE YOUNG FOLKS THAT WE WORK WITH DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO ANY POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP, ROLE MODELS, AND MAY VIEW ABUSE. 
          AS NORMAL. 
          OFTEN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT ONLY CHARGED TO ENSURE THEIR OWN SAFETY AND SUCCESS AT SCHOOLS, BUT SERVE AS INTERPRETERS AND ADVOCATES FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND PARENTS. 
          SOME OF THESE YOUNG FOLKS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL A FEW YEARS AGO, ADVOCATING FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR Y'ALL OFFERING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. 
          FINALLY ABSENCE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION OF MAINSTREAM SERVICE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. 
          WE WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, TO EFFECTIVELY OUTREACH TO API COMMUNITIES SO THAT THEY ARE MORE COMFORTABLE REACHING TO POLICE WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, BUT ALSO TO TRAIN OUR INF UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT ON HOW TO BEST SUPPORT IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE. 
          AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND THEN  GIANNI IS ON DECK AFTER MR. ROBBINS DIDN'T MEAN TO CONFUSE YOU, SORRY, COUNSEL ITEM FIVE ON YOUR AGENDA. 
          AS FOR $1.1 MILLION A YEAR OVER FIVE YEARS FOR AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF AUSTIN'S LOW IN LOW INCOME CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THIS ENROLLMENT MIGHT BE DONE LESS EXPENSIVELY WITHOUT ANY DECREASE IN PARTICIPATION. 
          IF YOU CAN SAY, SAY HALF THE MONEY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, YOU CAN REPURPOSE IT TO HELP MORE CUSTOMERS. 
          NOW, ONE WAY TO DO THIS, WOULD WE TO CHANGE FROM AUTO ENROLLMENT TO INCOME QUALIFICATION SACRAMENTO, MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT DOES THIS WITH THEIR DISCOUNT AND THEY HAVE GREATER PARTICIPATION THAN AUSTIN WHILE SAVING ADMINISTRATIVE MONEY. 
          THE OTHER WAY WOULD BE TO HAVE A LOW-INCOME PROGRAM FOR GAS UTILITIES AND COMBINE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 
          UH, AND I'M GOING TO EXPOUND ON THIS SECOND IDEA. 
          I BELIEVE I'VE FOUND $1.8 MILLION IN GREENWASH CONSERVATION MONEY FROM THE GAS COMPANY. 
          THIS IS A LITTLE MORE THAN GLORIFIED MARKETING. 
          AS A VOLUNTEER. 
          I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR WEEKS TO PREPARE TESTIMONY, TO BRING THIS IDEA TO COUNCIL. 
          SOME OF THIS WASTED MONEY COULD BE REPURPOSED FOR CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE. 
          I'VE BEEN TOLD FOUR SEPARATE TIMES BY CITY OFFICIALS THAT I WOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, UH, AT A HEARING TO BE HELD ON THIS RATE CASE NOVEMBER 18TH. 
          BUT TWO DAYS AGO, I WAS TOLD THAT STAFF IS REFUSING TO BRING THIS CASE TO COUNCIL. 
          PERHAPS CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF THE EVIDENCE I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO USE ITS PREROGATIVE, TO POST A RATE HEARING AND VOTE FOR NOVEMBER 18TH ON THE TEXAS GAS SERVICE CONSERVATION RATE. 
          THE RATE MAKING PROCESS IS BEING TWISTED TO PREVENT COUNCIL FROM VOTING ON THIS RATES. 
          LEVIED WITHOUT COUNCIL OVERSIGHT ARE IMPROPER. 
          AND THE RESPECTFUL WAY THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN TREATED IS BAD FORM AND INTENTIONALLY MANIPULATIVE CITY COUNCIL IS THE PRIMARY REGULATOR OF GAS RATES IN AUSTIN. 
          CONTRARY TO STAFF'S OPINION. 
          THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF THE CONSERVATION ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE WAS NOT TO YOUR SERP CITY COUNCILS, REGULATORY AUTHORITY, AND PERPETUITY. 
          AGAIN, I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO USE ITS PREROGATIVE TO POST THIS FOR A RATE, A HEARING ON NOVEMBER 18TH. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION. 
          WE HAVE OUR LAST IN PERSON SPEAKER. 
          GOOD 
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MORNING, MAYOR. 
          GOOD MORNING CITY CONSOLE. 
          I AM HERE REPRESENTING IUC INTERFAITH ACTION FOR CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          UH, LAST WEEK SAW SEVERAL VERY UGLY INCIDENTS OF ANTISEMITISM IN THE CITY. 
          WE AT  MADE A STATEMENT, A STRONG STATEMENT, SUPPORTING OUR JEWISH. 
          BROTHER-IN-LAW SUPPORTING A JEWISH FAMILY AND AGAINST ANTISEMITISM. 
          I AM HERE TODAY TO READ THE STATEMENT TO YOU, BUT THEN I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THIS WHOLE ISSUE OF ANTISEMITISM. 
          SO HERE IS A STATEMENT. 
          WE ARE PEOPLE OF DIVERSE FATES CULTURES AND BACKGROUNDS FROM ALL FACETS OF THE AUSTIN AND CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY. 
          WE EXPRESS GRIEF, SADNESS AND ANGER AT THE DEHUMANIZING ERUPTIONS OF HATE A COMMUNITY THAT HAS EXPERIENCED RECENTLY. 
          WE BELIEVE IN A SOVEREIGN RIGHTS THAT ALL ARE BORN EQUAL AND ALL A BORN GOOD. 
          WE BELIEVE IN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND THE RIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO PRAY AND WORSHIP IN PEACE. 
          WE CONDEMN ALL HATE AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE UPON ANY OF OUR FAITH COMMUNITIES, HATEFUL ACTS OF INTIMIDATION TO INCITE WIRELESS IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND WE WILL NOT BE SILENT. 
          WE STAND UNITED WITH A JEWISH COMMUNITY AS THEIR TARGETED AND VICTIMIZED BAGS OF ANTISEMITISM. 
          WE PLEDGED TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AS DIVERSE AND COMMITTED LEADERS TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION OF A PEACE FIELD AND SAFE COMMUNITY, WHERE EVERYONE IS VALUED ON A PERSONAL NOTE. 
          BEFORE I CAME TO HOUSTON, AUSTIN, I LIVED IN HOUSTON AND I SERVED AS A DOCENT AT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM FOR 10 STRAIGHT YEARS. 
          AND ONE OF THE LESSONS THAT COMES OUT OF THE HOLOCAUST FOR ME PERSONALLY, IS THAT THE HOLOCAUST WAS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE PEOPLE OF GOODWILL LOOKED AWAY. 
          WE ALL SAY THIS, NONE OF OUR BUSINESS, IT'S THE JEWS THAT ARE SUFFERING. 
          WHY SHOULD WE GET AN WALL? AND IT IS PRECISELY THAT SMALL AND TEST THE MEDIC MOVEMENT IN GERMANY THAT BECAME SUCH A HUGE PROBLEM FOR THE WORLD. 
          WE MAY LOOK AT THESE ACTS OF ANTISEMITISM IN OUR CITY AND SAY, OH, IT'S THE LITTLE THING. 
          IT'S NO BIG DEAL, BUT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT YOU, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOOK AWAY. 
          WE CANNOT AFFORD TO SAY THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM. 
          IT IS A PROBLEM. 
          IF WE LET IT GET OUT OF HAND, IT WILL BECOME A PROBLEM. 
          I THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THIS. 
          AND I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN THIS REGARD TO FIGHT ANTISEMITISM, PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE IS A HUGE INTERFAITH COMMUNITY THAT STANDS BEHIND YOU FULLY IN SUPPORT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MR. JOHNNY. 
          YES, SIR. 
          SIR, SIR. 
          REMEMBER HALTER WANTS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK I ACT AND THE 500 PLUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED ON TO THAT STATEMENT. 
          UM, YOUR WORDS TODAY WERE VERY POWERFUL. 
          AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE VOTE, UM, THIS MORNING, THEY WILL, THEY WILL BE PRESENT IN OUR EARS AND APPRECIATE THE CALL THAT YOU ISSUED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN WE GO TO THE PHONE PLEASE? YES. 
          MA'AM THE FIRST SPEAKER IS PAT . 
          HI. 
          UM, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS PAT . 
          I HAVE LIVED IN AUSTIN SINCE 1985, AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ANIMAL WELFARE SINCE 1991. 
          I AM HERE TO REQUEST THAT YOU POSTPONE ACTION ON ITEM 38 TO GIVE ANIMAL SHELTER, VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF, AS WELL AS ANIMAL ADVOCATES IN AUSTIN, AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND WEIGH IN ON THE CHANGES 
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THAT AUSTIN PETS ALIVE IS REQUESTING TO THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. 
          I OFTEN LISTEN TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND I OFTEN HEAR MANY OF YOU SPANKED THE HARDWORKING CITY EMPLOYEES WHO HELP MAKE THIS CITY, THE GREAT CITY THAT IT IS WHAT I HAVE NOT HEARD IN THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT APS REQUESTS IS THE IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE ON THE CITY SHELTER, STAFF AND CITY SHELTER, VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES WITH YOU AND HOW HARD THEY WORK TO MAKE THE CITY. 
          THE CITY THAT BRAGS ABOUT 95% SAY RATE WHEN KIMBERLY MCNEALY WAS INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN 2019, I WAS SITTING IN A MEETING WITH HER IN HER OFFICE. 
          WHEN A SHELTER STAFF MEMBER RUSHED UP TO HER DOOR. 
          HE HAD TEARS IN HIS EYES, A PANICKED LOOK ON HIS FACE AND HIS VOICE BROKE. 
          AS YOU SAID, DOGS ARE POURING IN AND WE HAVE NO PLACE TO PUT THEM. 
          THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO. 
          FAST FORWARD TO THIS MONTH, I HAVE BEEN AT THE SHELTER AND HAD SHELTER STAFF MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS COME IN TO ME ABOUT THE IMPACT. 
          THIS DISCUSSION, AND THIS DECISION WILL HAVE ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          THEY WORK SO HARD ON SAVING OVER 95% OF THE ANIMALS, BUT KNOW THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING TAKING IN PETS FROM OTHER CITIES INTO OUR, A CITY FACILITY. 
          THEY FEEL UNAPPRECIATED AND DISCOUNTED. 
          I HAVE HEARD THE SAME THING FOR MANY OF THE VOLUNTEERS AT THE CITY SHELTER, WHO ALSO FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICES ARE NOT BEING HEARD. 
          IF YOU ARE PROUD OF OUR CITY SHELTER EMPLOYEES AND THE HARDWARE WORK THEY DO TO GIVE US THE HIGH SAVE RATE WE HAVE. 
          IF YOU ARE PROUD OF OUR CITY'S SHELTERS, VOLUNTEERS WHO ALSO WORK HARD FOR NO PAY, PLEASE DON'T DISCOUNT THEIR VOICES. 
          THEY, THEY NEED YOU TO HEAR THEM. 
          THEY NEED YOU TO ASK THEM WHAT WILL VOTING ON THIS RESOLUTION MEANS TO THEIR LIVES, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS. 
          PLEASE POSTPONE ITEM 38. 
          PLEASE MAKE TIME TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF YOUR HARDWORKING ANIMAL SHELTER STAFF, YOUR ANIMAL SHELTER, VOLUNTEER YOURS AND YOUR ANIMAL ADVOCATES IN AUSTIN WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO GET THE CITY TO WHERE IT IS. 
          THANK YOU, LESLIE PEDEA. 
          UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR ADLER AND, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER MADISON. 
          MY NAME IS LESLIE PIDEA. 
          UM, I THINK PEOPLE MAY BE WONDERING WHY ATA FEELS LIKE IT CAN THROUGH CITY COUNCIL DICTATE SPECIFIC TERMS OF A NEW LICENSE AGREEMENT. 
          I KNOW PART OF THE ANSWER I'VE VOLUNTEERED AT APA FOR FIVE YEARS, BEGINNING IN 2013, I SOON STARTED TO WONDER HOW IT WAS THAT THE CITY ALLOWED APA TO USE A FACILITY THAT WAS IN SUCH POOR CONDITION. 
          AND THAT LED ME TO THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. 
          I REVIEWED IT CAREFULLY AND REALIZED THAT APA WAS IN VIOLATION OF A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE REQUIREMENTS ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THE ANIMALS THAT APA TAKES IN EVEN THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. 
          APA WAS ROUTINELY IMPORTING ANIMALS FROM OUTSIDE THE FIVE COUNTY AREA. 
          AND IT WAS NOT GETTING THE NECESSARY APPROVALS FROM THE CITY. 
          APA WAS USING KENNELS THAT IT WASN'T PERMITTED TO USE APA WASN'T FOLLOWING REQUIRED NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR CARE. 
          THEY WEREN'T EVEN DOING REQUIRED QUARTERLY REPORTING TO THE CITY. 
          AND FOR YEARS, THE CITY LED ALL OF THIS SLIDE. 
          I ALERTED COUNCIL TO THESE PROBLEMS THREE YEARS AGO. 
          UM, THE CITY AUDITOR RECOGNIZED THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS WITH CITY LEASES IN THE AUDIT THEY DID IN MAY, 2019. 
          AND IT WAS ONLY WHEN A NEW INTERIM ANIMAL SERVICES ONLY LIKE PAT JUST MENTIONED, DID SOME OF THESE ISSUES BEGIN TO BE ADDRESSED NOW THAT A NEW LICENSE AGREEMENT HAS TO BE NEGOTIATED. 
          I'M HAPPY TO FINALLY SEE THE CITY INSIST ON TERMS THAT THE CITY WANTS. 
          AND I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT APA DOESN'T LIKE IT. 
          THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER THEY WANT FOR A LONG TIME. 
          IF AP IS INTERESTED IN SERVING AS A TRUE PARTNER TO THE CITY, THEY SHOULD MAKE GOOD ON THEIR THREATS TO GO. 
          IF IT'S SORRY, IF ACA, ISN'T INTERESTED IN SERVING THIS GREAT PARTNER, THEY SHOULD MAKE GOOD IN THEIR THREATS TO GO BUILD THEIR OWN SHELTER. 
          WE ALL KNOW THAT T LACK IS AN ABOMINATION. 
          WHAT THE CITY ACTUALLY NEEDS IS A MORE ROBUST ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          AUSTIN IS THE ONLY LARGE CITY IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAS A SINGLE SHELTER LOCATION IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY. 
          MOST CITIES HAVE MORE THAN ONE LOCATION OR CITY AND COUNTY EACH HAVE A SHELTER. 
          SO IF APA DOESN'T WANT TO PLAY THE ROLE THAT IT COMMITTED TO WHEN IT WAS ALLOWED TO USE T LACK IN THE FIRST PLACE, AUSTIN SHOULD FIND A BETTER PARTNER OR SHOULD DO THE JOB ON ITS OWN. 
          SO I OPPOSE RESOLUTION 38. 
          THANK YOU 
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VERY MUCH, CATHERINE CHAMBLEE. 
          HI. 
          YES. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. 
          HI, MY NAME IS KATHERINE CHAMBLEE. 
          UM, I LIVE AT 1,906 MADISON I'M IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          UM, AND I THINK, UM, SO I WANT TO ACTUALLY FOSTER FOR APA. 
          UH, I HAD TWO DOGS IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS, GET ADOPTED THROUGH ME. 
          I HAVE A FOSTER, THE DOGS LIVING IN MY HOME. 
          UH, HOWEVER, WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY IS THAT WHAT APA IS PUTTING OUT TO THE PUBLIC IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WANT IS MAKING AUSTINITES BELIEVE THAT SOMEHOW AUSTIN WILL BECOME NO KILL OR NOT, NO KILL. 
          THEY WILL NO LONGER BE NO KILLED IF APA IS REQUIRED ART, ART MAT. 
          AND THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. 
          AND IN MIND MY UNDERSTANDING, CAUSE I WROTE MS. POOL TO EXPRESS MY, MY, UH, ARGUE MY OPINION THAT, UM, INCREASING ANIMALS FROM OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN AND DECREASING THE NUMBER OF POLES FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN SHELTER. 
          I WAS IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT. 
          AND THAT IS BECAUSE DESPITE WHAT I HEARD DR. 
          JEFFERSON SAY DURING COVID APA WAS STILL PULLING FROM OUTSIDE OFTEN, THEY HAD A LONG LINE UP OF FOSTERS WAITING FOR DOGS. 
          HOWEVER, AUSTIN ANIMAL SHELTER WAS CLOSED AND IT WAS BASICALLY PUT UPON AUSTINITE TO CROWDSOURCE ANIMALS THAT THEY FOUND TO THE EXTENT THAT I ENDED UP WITH A 84 POUNDS, BRIGHT PYRENEES MIXED IN THE MIDDLE OF CRESTVIEW IN MY BACKYARD DURING THE SUMMER, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE NEXT BEST OPTION TO THE PEAK, TO THE FINDER, JUST LETTING THE DOG GO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY AUSTIN PETS ALIVE. 
          MEANWHILE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS STILL PULLING FROM OUTSIDE AUSTIN BECAUSE I THOUGHT THOSE EMAILS FROM THEM, YOU KNOW, I COULD SEE THAT ON THEIR FOSTER FACEBOOK PAGE, THEY HAD A LINE OF A FOSTERS WAITING FOR APA TO BRING IN ANIMALS FROM OUTSIDE OFFICE. 
          SO THE ARGUMENT THAT SOMEHOW APA AND BEING ALLOWED TO BRING IN EVEN MORE ANIMAL FROM OUTSIDE AUSTIN SOMEHOW IS A BENEFIT TO AUSTINITE AND OR AUSTINITES SHELTER. 
          ANIMAL SHELTER IS, IS NOT TRUE. 
          IT, I MEAN THE ARGUMENT FOR APA TO ALLOW MORE ANIMALS TO COME FROM OUTSIDE AND LESS TO COME FROM INSIDE OFTEN IS ESSENTIALLY MAKE, MAKE THE STATE OF TEXAS LESS, NO KILL, NOT MAKE OFTEN, NO, YOU KEEP OFF THE NO KILL IT. 
          IT MAKE THE REST OF TEXAS LAST NO PILL. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT'S REALLY BECOME. 
          AND I SAY THAT, LIKE I SAID, I'M A FOSTER FOR AUSTIN PETS ALIVE. 
          IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T SUPPORT THEM OR WHAT THEY DO. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AWESOME ANIMALS AREN'T COMING FIRST AND FOREMOST AND THE AGREEMENT THAT, OR THE, UH, WHAT I READ FROM MS. POOL, THE, WHAT SHE HAD PUT FORWARD WAS NOT THAT WHAT SHE PUT FORWARD WAS AN INCREASE OF OUT OF AREA IN DECREASE IN AREA. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO, UM, YEAH, AND THE ARGUMENT TOO, WHEN THAT, IN HER MEMO TO ME, WAS THAT BECAUSE AWESOME SHOWED HER, BUT THE INTAKE WAS LESS THAN ANY YEAR PREVIOUSLY. 
          WELL, INTAKE WAS LEFT, NOT BECAUSE SHELTER, YOU KNOW, THE SHELTER IT'S BECAUSE THE SHELTER CURRENTLY IS SHIPPING DOGS NORTH. 
          LIKE I'VE GOTTEN THOSE EMAILS AS WELL. 
          TAKE A SHORT-TERM FOSTER. 
          THE DOGS HAVE BEEN PULLED BY RESCUES OF NORTH. 
          WE'RE SHIPPING THE NORTH AND YOU KNOW, QUITE ALL SOURCED FOR DOGS. 
          LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE TO SHELTER. 
          YOU HAVE TO HOLD ONTO THEM FOR TWO TO THREE WEEKS UNTIL WE HAVE ROOTS THAT IS BEYOND LOGIC TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW OR NOT EVEN CONTINUE TO ALLOW IT, TO ALLOW, TO PULL SANDRA MUELLER. 
          HI, UH, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER. 
          MY NAME IS SANDRA MUELLER, DISTRICT SEVEN, AND I OPPOSE ITEM 38. 
          THE CHIEF ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICER IN APA NEEDS TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT. 
          IF AN AGREEMENT CANNOT BE REACHED, IT SHOULD BE TERMINATED AND THE LAND CAN BE RETURNED TO THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN AS PARKLAND. 
          SO PROP B JUST OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED WITH SUPPORT FROM SOME OF YOU. 
          SO I ASKED, IS IT FAIR TO ALLOW A WELL-FUNDED NONPROFIT TO USE CENTRAL PARKLAND OR HOW THE ANIMALS ARE OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN? 
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IF YOU DO DECIDE TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION, IT SHOULD BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS PARAGRAPHS BEGINNING AT LINES, 91 AND 96 SHOULD BE DELETED IN THEIR ENTIRETY. 
          THE PARAGRAPH BEGINNING AT LINE 1 0 4, APA MINIMUM INTAKE REQUIREMENTS SHOULD EQUAL AACS PRIOR YEARS OWNER'S SURRENDER PERCENTAGE. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE VULNERABLE ANIMALS LISTED AT LINES ONE 12 THROUGH ONE 14, PARAGRAPH BEGINNING AT LINE 1 0 6 APS, MONTHLY REPORTS SHOULD BE IN A FORMAT SET FORTH BY AAC AND WILL INCLUDE ALL APPLICABLE PARAGRAPHS AS SET FORTH IN SECTION THREE DASH ONE DASH TWO SEVEN OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 1 9 1 0 1 7 DASH 0 25. 
          AND WE'LL INCLUDE ALL ANIMALS AT APA, NOT JUST THE ANIMALS THEY TAKE FROM AAC, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE ONLY REPORTING ON. 
          NOW, PARAGRAPHS BEGINNING AT LINES, ONE 16 AND 1 22 SHOULD BE DELETED IN THEIR ENTIRETY. 
          AND THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT SECTION. 
          8.1 AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN MUST REMAIN BECAUSE IT ALREADY ALLOWS APA TO BRING ANIMALS OUTSIDE OF THE FIVE COUNTIES IT'S ALREADY THERE. 
          UM, AND HERE'S ANOTHER THING. 
          APA SHOULDN'T BE BRINGING ANY ANIMALS FROM OUTSIDE THE FIVE COUNTIES WHEN THERE ARE MANY OTHER PETS, ALIVE ENTITIES THROUGHOUT TEXAS, SUCH AS HOUSTON PETS ALIVE, FORT WORTH DALLAS, FORT BEND, PFLUGERVILLE, KERRVILLE, THE WOODLANDS BRAZOS, CLEAN BEAUMONT, WACO, SAN ANTONIO, AND THE COUNTIES OF ROUGH PARKER AND SMITH. 
          THOSE WERE ALL PETS ALIVE ENTITIES THROUGHOUT TEXAS AND THE THOUSANDS, LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS THAT APA BRINGS IN FROM OUTSIDE OF BOSTON DO NOT HELP THIS CITY. 
          IT MAKES A LONGER WAIT FOR THE APPROXIMATELY 17,000 STRAY SICK, INJURED AND UNWANTED PETS THAT COME INTO AAC FROM AUSTIN AND THE COUNTY EVERY YEAR, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN ADOPTIONS ARE IN DECLINE, APA IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND BENEFIT FOR THE CITY. 
          THIS RESOLUTION DOES NOT DO THAT. 
          SO PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS AND SEND THEM ALL BACK TO THE BARGAINING TABLE. 
          LOTS IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS IN PARKLAND SHOULD ONLY SUPPORT AUSTIN TO ANIMALS. 
          APA DOESN'T HAVE TO OCCUPY THE CRUMBLING T LAX ON A SMALLER FOOTPRINT TO CONTINUE THEIR MISSION, TO SAVE ANIMALS NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED. 
          UM, A BETTER LOCATION FOR APA WOULD ACTUALLY BE SOUTHEAST OR SOUTHWEST, WHERE WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A LARGE RESCUE. 
          SO I ASKED YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THAT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, WENDY MERCY. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS WENDY MURPHY. 
          I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF BOSTON AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY OF REGARDING ITEM 38. 
          I'M ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE VOTE TO POSTPONE ITEM 38. 
          I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY HAS HAD ENOUGH TIME TO, UM, RECEIVE THIS INFORMATION. 
          I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE EVEN KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING ON, BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. 
          AND AS WAS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WORK AT THE AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER AND THE, BOTH THE VOLUNTEERS AND PAID WORKERS SHOULD ALWAYS BE CONSULTED IN AND, UM, BE ALLOWED TO INPUT ON STUFF LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO, UH, GREATLY AFFECTED. 
          BUT ACTUALLY THIS, THIS DECISION IMPACTS EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN AUSTIN IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 
          AND IT IMPACTS THOSE OF US WHO, UH, I DON'T WORK AT THE SHELTER, BUT I'VE DONE ALL THE YEARS FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. 
          I'VE BEEN DOING PRIVATE, PRIVATELY RESCUING DOGS FROM THE STREET AND GETTING THEM ADOPTED AND FOSTERING FOR VARIOUS PEOPLE AND TRAPPING FERAL CATS. 
          SO I I'M, I'M VERY MUCH AFFECTED BY THESE TYPES OF DECISIONS AND PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          UM, THERE JUST HASN'T BEEN ENOUGH INFORMATION AND ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS. 
          SECONDLY, UM, THIS WAS ALREADY STATED, BUT I JUST FEEL THAT THE IT'S JUST TOO VAGUE. 
          I MEAN, TO SAY THAT APA, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA SIGN A CONTRACT WITH APA AND THEN, AND THEN LET THE NUMBERS BE DECIDED LATER WITH, WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAT TELLS US REALLY NOTHING. 
          SO IT'S GOING TO BE NEGOTIATED AND WILL WE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT? WILL WE EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT? THE NUMBER OF, OF, UH, ANIMALS THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE FROM THE, FROM THE ANIMAL CENTER. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THAT A CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, IF I TOOK A CONTRACT TO A LAWYER AND IT WAS VAGUE LIKE THAT, I THINK THE LAWYER WOULD SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T, YOU SHOULDN'T SIGN SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO I THINK IT'S ODD THAT THE CITY IS, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WILLING TO SIGN SOMETHING WITH, WITHOUT EVEN A DEFINITE NUMBER AND, UH, REALLY JUST, JUST VOTE TO POSTPONE IT TILL THERE. 
          YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T 
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THINK THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH TIME TO DISCUSS ALL THESE RAMIFICATIONS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ON THE, ON APA CLAIMING THAT THERE'S SUCH A LOW INTAKE AT THE CENTER, THAT'S QUITE DISINGENUOUS. 
          YOU KNOW, I WAS DIRECTLY AFFECTED AS WERE SO MANY PEOPLE WHEN THE CENTER STARTED CLOSING INTAKE AND, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, BUT, BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, JUST CLOSING INTAKE WHENEVER AND THEN KILLING PEOPLE. 
          NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT DOG. 
          YOU JUST DEAL WITH IT YOURSELF. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT'S A COMMUNITY DOG, YOU GUYS DEAL WITH IT. 
          THAT'S, UH, THAT'S UNFAIR, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE OF US WHO DO RESCUE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INPUT ON THAT. 
          WE DIDN'T GET TO SAY, OH YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT. 
          AND WE DON'T GET PAID, YOU KNOW, W AND WE, AND WE SPEND OUR TIME AND SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO KEEP THOSE DOGS THAT ARE RUNNING LOOSE ON THE STREETS. 
          WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TAKE THEM IN, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A CITY SHELTER THAT DOES THAT. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE ANIMAL CENTER. 
          THANK YOU FOR. 
          THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY. 
          JULIE DAMIEN. 
          HELLO. 
          I AM SPEAKING WITH KIDDOS IN THE BACKGROUND, SO SORRY, IF YOU HEAR SOMETHING IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT LIKE CAN SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO EVERYBODY THAT IS SPONSORING ITEM NUMBER 39. 
          THIS IS FOR A RESOLUTION IN HONOR OF MY SON. 
          WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW, BUT, UH, ON MARCH 22ND, 2018, MY LIFE CHANGED FOREVER FOR MY MIDDLE SON. 
          KAY DIED ONE MONTH BEFORE HIS THIRD BIRTHDAY KATE'S HEAD AND NECK BECAME TRAPPED BETWEEN THE OPEN OR EXPOSED PICKETS OF A NEIGHBOR'S RED IRON SCENT. 
          I NEVER CONSIDERED THE FENCE OR THE TYPE OF SENSING A DANGER UNTIL CADE'S DEATH THAT DAY. 
          I KNOW NOW FIRSTHAND HOW LETHAL THE FENCING CAN BE SINCE KATE'S DEATH. 
          I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT EXPOSED OR OPEN-ENDED TICKET SENSING HAS INJURED OR KILLED WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE, AND MANY DIFFERENT PLACES AND CIRCUMSTANCES, AGING COMMUNITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ALREADY BANNED THIS STYLE OF FENCING. 
          AND MANY GROUPS ARE WORKING ON AN ADVOCATING FOR MORE PLACES TO DO THE SAME HAS BEEN SCARED AND THUNDERSTORMS AND HOME JUST LIKE PAID ON THE FENCE. 
          THAT STYLE OF WILDLIFE HAS BEEN GUTTED AND LEFT TO DIE IN SOME DEATHS, SORRY, BABIES CRYING. 
          UM, THEN THERE'S ALSO BEEN MANY PEOPLE WHO'VE TALKED ABOUT AS CHILDREN PLAYING AND FALLING AND THEN NEEDED SUBSTANTIAL STITCHES TO MEND INJURY. 
          MANY OF THOSE BEING NEAR MISSES TO ARTERIES, ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS DESCRIBED INCURRED WHERE PEOPLE HAD PERMISSION TO BE PLAYING ALONG THE FENCE OR ON THE FENCE. 
          THE SENSES WERE NOT INJURING AN INTRUDER, A LOW EXPOSED PICKET FENCE, FOUR TO SIX FEET WITH HORIZONTAL BARS AT THE TOP. 
          AND THE BOTTOM OF THE FENCE CREATE A SIMULTANEOUS FOOT AND HANDHOLD, ALMOST LIKE A LADDER. 
          AND IT'S NOT A SAFETY FEATURE EXPOSED OR OPEN PICKET FENCING IS DANGEROUS AND LETHAL. 
          IT SHOULD NOT BE IN HIGH TRAFFIC, FAMILY OR CHILD AREAS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, PLAYGROUNDS POOLS, SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOODS, OR DAYCARE NUMBER, SIR, I AM 39. 
          THE RESOLUTION PROPOSES REQUIRING SENSING THAT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, AS WELL AS SAFE. 
          WE'LL STILL SECURE SOMETHING THAT TRULY PROTECTS WHAT, WHO WE LOVE THE MOST. 
          THIS RESOLUTION WOULD COST NOTHING BECAUSE ALTERNATIVE FENCE STYLE ALREADY EXISTS AND TERRIBLE COSTS. 
          AND THE PROPOSAL IS NOT RETROACTIVE BUILDERS, HOMEOWNERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS STILL WOULD HAVE AMPLE CHOICE AND DESIGN AND PRICE POINT. 
          WHEN A CHILD DIES, OUR SOCIETIES GET REACTION A SHOCK AND THEN WHORE, BUT THEN COME SEE COMMENTS LIKE WHERE ARE THE PARENTS? WHERE WERE THE PARENTS ALONG WITH HORRIBLE OTHER COMMENTS? SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING PEOPLE I KNOW ARE GREAT PARENTS. 
          WE ARE THE STRONGEST OF THE STRONG WE BREATHE AND LIVE WITHOUT A PIECE OF OURSELVES WORKING TOWARDS SAFE SENSING. 
          AND HONOR, CADE HAS BEEN WROUGHT WITH RESISTANCE, UGLINESS, GUILT, AND HATE FROM OTHERS. 
          I CAN'T CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED TO KATE, BUT I CAN WORK TO KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE. 
          SIMPLE CHA IS TO WORDS IN THE CODE CAN AND WILL SAVE LIVES. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND CONSIDERING, YES. 
          I JUST WANTED TO THANK MS. DAMIEN FOR FUNDING IN TODAY AND GIVING US BENEFIT OF THE ISSUE THAT SHE'S BEEN POURING HER HEART HEART INTO, UM, FOR QUITE AWHILE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING TODAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          HI COLLEAGUES. 
          I THINK THOSE WERE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE EXCEPT FOR THE HFC SPEAKERS. 
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NO, WE DO HAVE TWO MORE MAYER. 
          ARE THEY HS SPEAKERS OR REGULAR SPEAKERS? TWO MORE REGULAR. 
          OKAY, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS DAVID KING. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MY NAME IS DAVID KING AND I'M CALLING TO URGE YOU TO PLEASE FULFILL THE FOLLOWING FOUR REQUESTS FROM GO AUSTIN VAMOS AUSTIN REGARDING ITEM 33, THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH CAPITAL METRO CITY OF AUSTIN AND AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP. 
          NUMBER ONE, THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. 
          JPA MUST INCLUDE WORDING THAT FORMERLY INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CAC IN THE REVIEW AND DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR KEY POLICIES BEFORE IT MOVES TO GOVERNING BODIES FOR APPROVAL, ENSURING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO ADDRESS AND BE HEARD BY THE CAC TO THE $7 BILLION INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING FOR RAIL LINES, TRANSIT STOPS, TRANSIT SHELTERS, ET CETERA, MUST BE SUBJECTED TO THE SAME EQUITY PRINCIPLES AS THE $300 MILLION ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING. 
          OTHER CITIES EXPERIENCES WITH TRANSIT INDUCED DISPLACEMENT DEMONSTRATES THAT THE BUILDING OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE HAS A MAJOR IMPACT ON DISPLACEMENT. 
          THE JPA NEEDS ITS OWN EQUITY TOOL AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR BUDGETING DECISIONS CLEARLY STATING HOW TO MINIMIZE OR PREVENT TRANSIT INDUCED DISPLACEMENT IN ALL DECISIONS. 
          AND NOT SIMPLY WITH BANDAID PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE $300 MILLION THREE. 
          THE JPA MUST INCLUDE A COMMITMENT THAT PROJECT CONNECT WILL WORK IN ALIGNMENT WITH CIVIL RIGHTS ACT PROTECTIONS SPECIFICALLY TITLED SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS THE PRESERVATION OF EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MIXED INCOME COMMUNITIES. 
          AND NUMBER FOUR, THE JPA MUST INCLUDE LANGUAGE TO HONOR THE COMMITMENT TO THE 2% DISPARATE IMPACT THRESHOLD AS A WAY TO ENSURE EQUITY WITHOUT YOUR COMMITMENT TO A PROACTIVE APPROACH THAT MITIGATES AND MINIMIZES DISPLACEMENT PROJECT CONNECT WOULD BECOME YET ANOTHER CHAPTER IN AUSTIN'S RACIST AND CLASSIST LEGACY, PROVIDING CRITICAL AMENITIES TO AREAS WHERE WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AND FURTHER SEGREGATING THOSE RESIDENTS TO AREAS WHERE SUCH AMENITIES REMAIN UNDERFUNDED. 
          THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP SHOULD OPERATE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT FROM CAPITOL METRO AND PRIORITIZE EQUITABLE TRANSIT SERVICES FOR TRANSIT DEPENDENT WRITERS WHO TEND TO HAVE LOWER INCOMES AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
          INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON NEW SEXY TRANSIT SERVICES FOR CHOICE WRITERS WHO HAVE HIGHER INCOMES AND READY ACCESS TO ALTERNATIVE TRANSIT SERVICES. 
          AT LAST WEEK'S JOINT MEETING CAPITAL METRO BOARD CHAIR, WEIGHT COOPER URGE PROJECT CONNECT TO PROCEED WITH QUOTE ALL GUESTS AND NO BREAKS IN QUOTE, THAT STATEMENT IMPLIES THAT PROJECT CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PROGRAMS WILL TAKE A BACK SEAT TO DISPLACE AN INDUCING TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION AND EMINENT DOMAIN WILL PROJECT CONNECT SOLIDIFY AUSTIN STATUS AS A WIDER AND WEALTHIER CITY, OR WILL PROJECT CONNECT DELIVER ON ITS PROMISE TO HELP LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES PERSEVERE THROUGH TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION AND EMINENT DOMAIN REGARDING ITEM 39, PLEASE APPROVE THIS ITEM TO INITIATE A CODE AMENDMENT PROCESS TO HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF DEATHS AND INJURIES FROM SPIKED FENCE, TOP DESIGNS, AND A HEARTFELT THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR SPONSORING AND MAYOR PRO TEM, HARPER, MADISON, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, SPLINTERS AND RENTERIA FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS IMPORTANT I SAVING RESOLUTION. 
          THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY COMMENTS AND FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          MONICA GUZMAN. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MARION COUNCIL. 
          I AM MONICA  POLICY DIRECTOR AT GAVI GO AUSTIN VAMOS AUSTIN SPEAKING ON ITEM 62 63 IN-PERSON MEETINGS ARE A CHALLENGE FOR MANY ESPECIALLY MEETINGS FOR EARLY CHILDCARE PROVIDERS. 
          FORMAL AND INFORMAL SINCE MEETINGS HAPPENS, MEETINGS HAPPEN WHILE THEY'RE AT WORK CARING FOR THE CHILDREN OF CITY STAFF. 
          FIRST RESPONDERS, FRONTLINE HOSPITALITY, WORKERS, AND MORE HYBRID PARTICIPATION HAS INCREASED AT COUNCIL MEETINGS AS WELL AS BOARD COMMISSION MEETINGS. 
          AND COUNCIL HAS ACKNOWLEDGED AS MUCH WHEN RECOMMEND COUNCIL APPROVE HYBRID PARTICIPATION AT BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETINGS, AS WELL AS MAKING IT A STANDARD GOING FORWARD, MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO PARTICIPATE FROM WORK OR HOME. 
          LAST FRIDAY, GABA SUBMITTED A STATEMENT REGARDING THE PROJECT CONNECT JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT TO COUNCIL AND THE CAPITOL MED JOINT ATP BOARD. 
          HOWEVER, IT NEEDS TO BE REPEATED. 
          WE URGE YOU TO APPROVE AN EQUITABLE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, A GOVERNANCE AGREEMENT COMMITTING TO DELIVER A FAIR AND JUST EQUITABLE LAND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS CENTERING DIRECTLY IMPACTED RESIDENTS WHO ARE TRANSIT DEPENDENT AND HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OR DISPLACEMENT. 
          OTHER URGES 
          [01:10:01]
CLARIFYING HOW CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE RESOLVED BETWEEN ADP AND CAPITAL METRO. 
          IF THE CEO IS THE SAME PERSON FOR EACH ORGANIZATION, IN ADDITION LANGUAGE, TO CLARIFY WHAT MAY HAPPEN, IF THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT AROUND COMPETENCE OR PERFORMANCE BETWEEN ATP AND CAPITAL METRO, IF THE CEO IS THE SAME FOR BOTH, THE JPA MUST INCLUDE WORDING. 
          THAT FORMALLY INCLUDES COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE REVIEW AND DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR KEY POLICIES BEFORE IT MOVES TO THE GOVERNING BODIES FOR APPROVAL, ENSURING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO ADDRESS AND BE HEARD BY THE CAC. 
          THE 7 BILLION CONNECTING TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING MUST BE SUBJECTED TO THE SAME EQUITY PRINCIPLES AS A 300 MILLION IN ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUNDING. 
          THE JPA MUST HAVE ITS OWN EQUITY TOOL AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR BUDGETING DECISIONS. 
          THE JPA MUST INCLUDE A COMMITMENT THAT ALL PROJECT CONNECT WORK ALIGNS WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT TITLES SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT, AND RECOMMEND LANGUAGE TO HONOR THE COMMITMENT TO THE 2% DISPARATE IMPACT THRESHOLD AS A WAY TO ENSURE EQUITY AGAIN, WITHOUT SUCH COMMITMENT. 
          AUSTIN IS GOING TO CONTINUE WITH ITS LONG RACIST HISTORY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NOVIA JOSEPH MS. JOSEPH. 
          YOU'RE BEING RECOGNIZED RIGHT NOW TO SPEAK ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. 
          WHEN YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, WE WILL RECESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, CONVENED THE HFC MEETING, AND YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THAT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS UMS, AND I'LL BE A JOSEPH. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION MAYOR. 
          I HAVE A COMMENT THAT'S POSITIVE. 
          FIRST OF ALL, ON ITEM 13, RECYCLED READS, I JUST WANT TO SUPPORT THE $426,654 TO RENEW THAT CONTRACT RECYCLED READS IS THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND BOOK CENTER. 
          IF YOU WILL. 
          AND IT'S ONE OF THE BEST BOOKSTORES IN AUSTIN, I WOULD SAY TO ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN, OR IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A STOCKING STUFF TO GO OVER TO RECYCLED READ, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET CHILDREN'S BOOKS WITH THE STAPLES FOR 25 CENTS. 
          IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BRING KIDS. 
          MY COMMENT, AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO ITEM 63, WHICH WAS A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, I AM A POST TO THAT AGREEMENT AS IT IS WRITTEN. 
          AND I PROVIDED YOU WITH THE EIGHT PAGE MEMORANDUM. 
          I SENT IT TO THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER, TOTAL COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, AND ASKED THE CLERK TO FORWARD IT TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. 
          SPECIFICALLY, MAYOR I DO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU BACK IN THE HISTORY IN JUST A MINUTE, AS IT RELATES TO BLACK PEOPLE, I WOULD ASK YOU TO STRIKE THAT LANGUAGE, THE BIPAP COMMUNITIES, AS IT'S REFERRED TO 3.2 0.2, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY SAYING THAT THE COMMUNITIES MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY PROJECT CONNECT ALSO INCLUDES. 
          AND THEN IT SAYS BLACK PEOPLE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
          I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE PROPAGANDA THAT WAS PLAYED ON KCI 88.7 FM SPECIFICALLY TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT ANY CONS. 
          AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO PUT THE WORD ADVERSE, ARE YOU DISPARATE IMPACTS, BUT I WOULD ALSO ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S PROBLEMATIC. 
          THAT THOUGHT THE COLETTE PIERCE BURNETTE WAS THE TREASURER OF THE MOBILITY FOR ALL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE THAT FUNDED THE FALSE EQUITY AD THAT PLAYED ON KCI ABOUT 150 TIMES IN 14 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION. 
          AND SO I WOULD ASK YOU, AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE MINORITY POPULATION, IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE ANY TYPE OF LANGUAGE, AS I MENTIONED ON THE 29TH OF OCTOBER TO USE THE LANGUAGE FROM FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION CIRCUIT APPROVED 700, 2.1 MI CHAPTER, I AS IN ROMAN NUMERAL A ONE DASH FOUR, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IT LISTS THE MINORITY POPULATIONS AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR BLACK, AND THEN IT GOES INTO LATINO AND MEXICAN AND IT LISTS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AS RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. 
          I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THERE'S A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. 
          WHENEVER THERE'S A RESOLUTION THAT GOES BEFORE A COUNCIL, THE PUBLIC USUALLY KNOWS WHO IS PUTTING FORTH AN AMENDMENT. 
          IN THIS CASE, THE RED LINE VERSION DOES NOT SPECIFY WHO MADE THE CHANGES. 
          I FIND IT DISTURBING THAT IT SPECIFIES THAT EQUITY IS PROJECT CONNECTS CORE FOCUS. 
          UM, WE KNOW THAT THAT IS NOT TRUE BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE WAIT 60 MINUTES FOR THE BUS AND NORTHEAST AUSTIN COLONY PARK AND CREDIBLY ABOUT 10 TIMES LONGER THAN THE PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL AUSTIN, WHICH ARE WHITES IN THOSE SPRINGS, HISPANICS, I WON'T BE LONG. 
          I'LL JUST TELL YOU THAT I WOULD CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, THE DISSOLUTION RESOLUTION THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO CLERK ON JANUARY 15TH, 2021 
          [01:15:02]
FROM THE MOBILITY FOR ALL PACKS. 
          THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR REFERRING US OVER TO THAT, UH, UH, UH, ITEM. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD MAYER. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          WE, WE HAVE ONE LAST MINUTE COLOR. 
          SO FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA AS JOSEPH WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN THE HFC MEETING. 
          YES. 
          IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND RECESS. 
          NEVERMIND. 
          SHE HUNG UP. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL CALL HER BACK. 
          HOW HAS SHEENY ERNEST? MR. EARNEST, PLEASE UNMUTE. 
          OKAY. 
          MR. ERNEST, PLEASE UNMUTE. 
          OKAY. 
          HE DISCONNECTED MAY OR YOU CAN CALL THE HSE IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, COUNSEL, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS. 
          THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL BE HERE AT 1127 
          [Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting (Part 1 of 3)]
AND AT 1127, I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. 
          THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021. 
          WE'RE HERE AT CITY HALL. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESENT. 
          UH, WE'RE CONVENING FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF, UH, OF, OF TAKING, UH, SPEAKERS. 
          UH, DO WE, ANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY PERSON. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY ON THE PHONE? YES, WE HAVE ONE ON THE PHONE. 
          I'M ASSUMING IT'S MISSING OPIATE. 
          JOSEPH. 
          JOSEPH. 
          ARE YOU WITH US? SHE'S NOT ON YET. 
          MAYER. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO REACH HER NOW MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL GIVE HER A SECOND MAYOR. 
          SHE'S NOT PICKING UP. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO RETURN OR IF WE SHOULD TRY AGAIN. 
          YEAH. 
          IF SHE COMES BACK AT ANY POINT, WOULD YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS THE ASTA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION HERE AT 1129. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE 
          [Public comments (Part 2 of 4)]
THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT, UH, 1129. 
          CONTINUES TO BE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS MAYOR? WE DO HAVE THE PREVIOUS CALL THAT DROPPED AND NOW WE DO HAVE MISS ENOVIA, JOSEPH BACK. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PROCEED WITH THE CONSENT? YEAH, BUT DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING LET'S CALL THE CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER JOSEPH, WE WILL GRAB YOU AT A MOMENT ON THE AZA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. 
          PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US. 
          IT'S CALLED THE CITY SPEAKER. 
          YES, THAT IS HARD. 
          MACHINEY HONEST. 
          NO, I APOLOGIZE. 
          I GOT, UH, MY CALL GOT DROPPED HARSHLY. 
          AND AS I'M CALLING ABOUT CONCENT AGENDA, NUMBER 28, I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO CONTRACT WITH APHSA, TO KEEP AUSTIN IT, TO KEEP ASIAN IMMIGRANT AND ALL PEOPLE SAFE FROM HARM OR VIOLENCE. 
          I THINK THE SERVICES THAT PRO AFTER PROVIDES I CENTRAL TO KEEP RESIDENTS SAFE AS A, AS A EMPLOYEE OF AUSTINITES D I'VE SEEN HOW THEY SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, REFUGEES, AND ASYLUM. 
          UH, THEY, THEY DO WONDERFUL WORK ALSO AS A SURVIVOR MYSELF AFTER HAS HELPED ME TO GO TO WORK THROUGH IT. 
          I REALLY UH, ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER, UH, APPROVING CONSENT AGENDA. 
          NUMBER 28. 
          MY NAME AGAIN IS HARSHLY EARNEST, A STRONG SUPPORTER OF UTSA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON, UH, THIS MORNING CITY COUNCIL AGENDA? NO, 
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WE DO NOT MAYOR. 
          HEY, I'M GOING TO RECESS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT 1131. 
          I'M TO RECONVENE 
          [Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting (Part 2 of 3)]
THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE NOVEMBER 4TH AT 1131. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? YES, MA'AM WE HAVE ONE IN THE QUEUE. 
          ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND BREAK YOUR BEDS WITH JOSEPH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AS AN A JOKE TO MY COMMENTS ON AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, ITEM THREE, THAT SPECIFICALLY I AM NEUTRAL ON THE ITEM. 
          A, THE POSITIVE PART ABOUT THE ITEM IS THAT THERE IS HOME OWNERSHIP. 
          AND SO I SUPPORT THAT THERE ARE 26 DUPLEX OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS AS THE NEGATIVE IS THAT IT IS ACTUALLY COUGH OF THE AREA WHERE THE EAST SIDE MEMORIAL BUS WAS ELIMINATED ON JUNE 3RD, 2018. 
          MY CAPITAL METRO DURING CAP REMAP. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT GARDENER IS IN THE AREA, UM, ALERTS ABOUT A MILE WALK FROM THERE. 
          AND ALTHOUGH THERE'S PICKUP SERVICE, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT ONLY ONE'S MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEVEN TO SEVEN. 
          AND SO IT'S NOT THE SAME AS HAVING A FIXED WELL, I WOULD ASK MANDY TO MAIL WHO ACTUALLY GAVE ME THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HOME OWNER OCCUPIED OCCUPIED UNITS, A WHILE BACK TO INCLUDE IN THAT ADDITIONAL BACKUP MATERIALS, YOUR SMART HOUSING GUIDE GOALS, SPECIFICALLY THE SMART HOUSING GUIDE IS JUNE, 2008, IT'S OUTDATED. 
          UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, SMART STANDS FOR SPACE MIXED INCOME ACCESSIBLE, REASONABLY PRICED AND TRANSIT ORIENTED. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE HER TO INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF HOME OWNERSHIP UNITS, MAYBE BY QUARTER OR TO DATE ANNUALLY, OUR FISCAL YEAR, HOW MANY MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENTS YOU'VE HAD AND HOW MANY DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE TEAMS YOU'VE ACTUALLY HAD. 
          A, THE GUIDE IS SO OLD THAT IT SAYS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO EARNS 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD A $125,000 CONDOMINIUM. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE ANYMORE. 
          AND SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT PRICE POINT WOULD BE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL FOR AN 80% AMI TODAY. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH HE WOULD PROVIDE IN DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
          SO IF YOU'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO MIXED INCOME, AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, I WOULD ASK YOU TO JUST BE TRANSPARENT AND TO START INCLUDING THIS INFORMATION. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, LIKE THE ST JOHN'S DEVELOPMENT HAD NO, UM, UH, HOME OWNERSHIP, UH, IN THE 19 ACRES THERE. 
          AND SO WHILE I APPLIED TO 26, I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT CAN BE DONE. 
          UM, AND PACINO IS THE SAME GROUP THAT'S DOING THE RUTLAND, THIS BARREL PROJECT. 
          AND I WOULD JUST ASK YOU ALSO TO LOOK WEST OF LOOP ONE AND RECOGNIZE THAT ALL OF THE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR THE HOMELESS SHOULDN'T BE IN SOUTHEAST AND NORTHEAST AUSTIN. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME. 
          AND THIS WAS 198 DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS AND WEST OF MOPAC, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE 50. 
          AND SO I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE MY COMMENTS, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY. 
          THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE MARE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS. 
          HE ALSO HAS THE FINANCE CORPORATION BD HERE, UH, AT 1134, I'M GOING TO RECONVENE 
          [Consent Agenda]
THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 1134. 
          WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA IN FRONT OF US. 
          THEY COULD SET THE JEB DAYS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 42 AND ALSO 62 THROUGH 64 COLLEAGUES. 
          I BROUGHT A SUGGEST TO PRACTICES AS CONCERNS THAT COULD SAID TO JEDDAH THE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL PREP THIS DAY, GOING FORWARD. 
          IF SOMEONE PULLS SOMEBODY ELSE'S ITEM FROM COUNCIL, I WILL ALWAYS GIVE THE AUTHOR OF THE MOTION, THE FIRST CHANCE TO SPEAK RATHER THAN THE PERSON WHO PULLED THE ITEM. 
          IF THE AUTHOR WAS TO DEFER TO THE PERSON WHO PULLED THE ITEM, THAT WILL GO BACKS TO THE PERSON WHO PULLED THE ITEM, BUT I WILL ALWAYS GIVE THE AUTHOR OF THE IDA THE FIRST TIME, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM THAT THEY HAVE LISTED. 
          AS AT IFC. 
          SECOND PRACTICE THAT ARE BROUGHT TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO GET HER BULLSHIT, OR THE KIDS SAID TO JEDDAH, BUT I WANT THE RECORD TO SPECIFICALLY REFLECT THAT THE MAKER OF THE MOTIONS THAT ARE ITEMS, HER COUNSEL WILL BE LISTED AS THE PERSON WHO SPONSORED THE ITEM FROM COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 42 AND 62 THROUGH 64, EXCEPT THAT ITEMS 35 THROUGH 30 DIED OR IFCS THAT A RECORD SHOULD REFLECT THAT THOSE ITEMS ARE MOVED BY THE BAKERS OF THOSE EMOTIONS WERE GUIDED TO HANDLE THEM ALL COLLECTIVELY THE WAY WE ORDERED 
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THEIR REALLY DO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WITH THAT SAID, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE FURTHER ON AS WELL? OH, AND ALSO YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          ITEM 64 IS ALSO LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ITEM 64, THAT'S IT. 
          AND UNDER 64 IS ALSO OBEYED BY THE BAKER OF THAT BUSH IN THIS CASE, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, IS THERE A MOTION TO PASS? THE GOOD SAID THE GIANT JAB, UH, UH, AS IT'S BEEN LISTED, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER MAKES THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SECONDS THAT, BUT AGAIN, THE RECORD RURAL FLAG THAT AS THE IFCS, THOSE WERE INDIVIDUALLY BOOED BY THE AUTHOR OF THE IFCS DISCUSSIONS ARBICK HAD SAID TO JEDDAH, INCLUDING IFCS COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT THIS COUNCIL EVER PULL THE COUNSELOR, THE ALTER AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. 
          SURE. 
          WHEN TO RAISE MY HANKS AND WHY TO PULL AN ITEM OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST A FEW QUESTIONS I NEED TO ASK AIRPORT STAFF WILL PULL ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. 
          HOW'S OUR POOL. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, EVERYONE KNEW THAT ITEM 39, WE ARE, UM, PASSING ON CONSENT VERSION TWO, VERSION TWO. 
          THAT'S BEEN HERE TO HAVE THE RED LINE. 
          I THINK IT'S THE SECOND TO LAST BIT RESOLVED QUAD, A COUPLE OF WORDING CHANGES. 
          YES. 
          THAT IS WHAT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          AND ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT'S NOTED THAT IT IS YOUR POTION THAT IS BEING MADE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, AUTHOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I HAVE SOME REMARKS, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY, UM, OUR 38 AND 63 POOLED OFF CONSENT. 
          38 AND 63 ARE BOTH PULLED OFF CONSENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, BEFORE I MAKE SOME REMARKS, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT FOR 64, IT SHOULD BE, UM, THE BASE MOTION WOULD BE ITEM 64 WITH THE AMENDMENT. 
          UM, THAT WAS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT PUT FORWARD, UM, BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, UM, FOR THE RECORD. 
          UM, SO I WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES THOUGH, TO SPEAK ABOUT THE RECENT INCIDENTS OF HATE THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED AND TO MY RESOLUTION 64. 
          UM, IT'S PROBABLY AN UNDERSTATEMENT THESE DAYS TO SAY THAT WE LIVE IN CHALLENGING TIMES AND, UM, WITH FOLKS FEELING A LOT OF EMOTIONS, UM, IT'S VERY PRESENT IN MY MIND TODAY THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS ACTUALLY THE THIRD THAT I'VE WRITTEN AND SPONSORED IN 19 MONTHS, UM, RELATED TO HATE IN THE FIRST THIS COUNCIL CONDEMNED THE HATE BEING DIRECTED TO OUR ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN APRIL OF 2020, AND THE SECOND CONDEMNED, THE HATE EMBODIED IN THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION TODAY, WE STAND TOGETHER AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM RACISM AND ALL ACTS OF HATE. 
          AND I'M PROUD THAT I'M JOINED BY ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AS CO-SPONSORS OF THIS ITEM. 
          AND SO I THINK I CAN SAFELY SAY THAT IT WILL PASS WITH UNANIMOUS SUPPORT OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE DIFFERENT ACTS OF HATE AND DISTRICT 10 ALONE, THE LAST INVOLVED ARSON AT CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL, WHICH IS THE TEMPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO WHICH MY FAMILY BELONGS. 
          ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES FROM MY DAUGHTER'S BAT MITZVAH IS A PHOTO OF HER PEAKING AROUND THE DOOR THAT WAS ON FIRE SUNDAY NIGHT. 
          OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS, I HAVE FELT A LOT OF EMOTIONS, ANGER, SADNESS, DISAPPOINTMENT, AND FRUSTRATION. 
          I ALSO HAVE FELT PRIDE AND CONFIDENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, KNOWING THAT THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THIS KIND OF HATE IN AUSTIN AND KNOWING THE STRENGTH THAT HAS BEEN DISPLAYED, JOINING TOGETHER WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND COMMUNITY WIDE, TO STAND AGAINST HATE AND TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER CHARTS, A PATH FORWARD IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, MANY HAVE ASKED ME HOW THEY MIGHT HELP AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I WANT TO, UM, PAUSE AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT FROM MY TRADITION, UM, IN WHICH WE BELIEVE IN TO COON OLAM, A CALLING TO REPAIR THE WORLD. 
          THE EVENTS IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS ARE SIMPLY FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE CHALLENGES WE DISCUSS ON THIS DAYAS EVERY WEEK AND FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT OUR WORLD IS IN NEED OF REPAIR. 
          WHEN WE THINK OF TIKKUN OLAM, OFTEN SEVERAL MECHANISMS COME TO MIND IN EACH OFFERS, WAYS TO RESPOND, AND I WOULD INVITE YOU TO FOLLOW THE WAY THAT SPEAKS TO YOU. 
          THE FIRST IS TO DUKKHA, WHICH INVOLVES PHILANTHROPY AND CHARITY. 
          SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU'RE SO MOVED TO DONATE TO THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, WE HAVE AN ACTIVE CHAPTER HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          THAT IS THE BACKBONE TO OUR RESPONSE TO 
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HATE AND OUR WORK TO EDUCATE AND PREVENT IT. 
          YOU ALSO CAN DONATE TO SHALOM AUSTIN AND TO CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL AND TO JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES. 
          THE SECOND, AND I THINK THIS ONE IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IS MULLOON CASA DEEM ACTS OF LOVING KINDNESS, BE KIND TO PEOPLE THERE'S TOO MUCH HATE IN OUR WORLD. 
          WE NEED TO SPREAD LOVE, NOT HATE SHOW THAT YOU CARE AND YOUR WORDS AND YOUR ACTIONS LOVE CAN BE INFECTIOUS. 
          AND IT SPREADS FASTER WITH INTENTION. 
          AND WILL WE ALSO CAN SEEK JUSTICE BY TAKING POLICY ACTIONS TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS VIA THE LEGAL OR POLICY REALM. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY WITH RESOLUTION 64, THIS RESOLUTION CONDEMNS ANTI-SEMITISM RACISM AND HATE FORTHRIGHTLY. 
          AND CLEARLY WE HAVE ALL 11 MEMBERS ON THE DAYAS SIGNED ON AS CO-SPONSORS AND SAYING, THIS HAS NO PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT ALSO, HOWEVER, DIRECTS ACTION ON THE PART OF THE CITY MANAGER SO THAT WE CAN BE BETTER PREPARED TO RESPOND TO HATE IN WAYS THAT DO NOT PROPAGATE IT AND TO WORK TOGETHER IN OUR COMMUNITY TO PREVENT IT AND MAKE SURE WE ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND. 
          THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THE HATE IS HERE AND WE NEED TO UP OUR GAME AND TO LEAD OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT MEANS WE ALSO NEED TO DEVOTE FOCUS AND ATTENTION. 
          SO HATE DOES NOT TAKE ROOT IN OUR COMMUNITY AS MR. JOHNNY NOTED IN HIS BEAUTIFUL REMARKS AND REFLECTIONS ON THE HOLOCAUST DURING CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, WE CANNOT ASSUME WE WILL NOT WITNESS SIMILAR EVENTS OR WORSE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          WE MUST BE VIGILANT AND BE PREPARED. 
          WE KNOW THAT WORDS OF HATE CAN ESCALATE TO VIOLENCE. 
          WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER AS WE'RE DOING AGAINST THIS HATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOD'S FOREVER AUTHOR. 
          I APPRECIATE THIS. 
          I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, UH, CO-SPONSOR THIS TOGETHER WITH YOU. 
          UH, I THOUGHT YOUR REMARKS VERY, VERY, VERY APPROPRIATE. 
          UM, I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK THE, UH, UH, ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE FOR THEIR WORK HERE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          UH, I THINK THEY, UH, THAT ORGANIZATION PROVIDES A GUIDE TO, UH, TO, TO, TO US ON HOW TO RESPOND TO THESE. 
          I KNOW THAT THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY TAUGHT ME. 
          UM, AND I WAS VERY PROUD TO, TO CHAIR THAT ORGANIZATION HERE AT AUSTIN AND SERVE ON THE NATIONAL BOARD, UH, OUT OF NEW YORK. 
          THE FACT THAT THERE IS HATE AND EVIL AT THE FRIDGES OF OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT A SURPRISE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT'S THERE. 
          IT IS SHOCKING AND JARRING, WHATEVER WE SEE IT, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S THERE. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY I THINK IT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE, BUT THE, THE, THE RISK TO OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT THAT IT'S THERE, BUT THAT WHEN WE SEE IT THERE, WE WILL NOT SPEAK ABOUT IT, BUT WITHOUT RECOGNIZE IT, THE RISK IS THAT IT WILL SPREAD FROM THE FRINGE TO SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          UH, WHICH IS WHY I WANT TO EXPRESS YOUR APPRECIATION FOR SO MUCH OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          STEPPING FORWARD TO POINT AT IT AND SAY, THAT IS NOT US. 
          THAT IS NOT HOW WE FEEL THAT IS NOT BELONG IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT DOES NOT REPRESENT HOW OUR COMMUNITY ACTS AND RESPONDS. 
          THERE ARE TWO REASONS THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO THAT. 
          THE FIRST REASON, AND THE FIRST APPRECIATION IS THAT IF THAT HATE IS ALLOWED TO SPREAD INSIDE THE FRIDGE AND BECOME NORMAL, IF WE ARE SILENT, THEN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CLOSE TO THE FRIDGE, BUT NOT IN THE FRIDGE WILL SEE THE SILENCE HAS ACQUIESCENCE OR EVEN SUPPORT. 
          AND THEN THEY'LL ENJOY THAT. 
          AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP INSIDE THEM THAT WASN'T EVEN NEXT TO THE FRIDGE, BUT IS DOWN NEXT TO THE FRIDGE BECAUSE IT EXPANDED. 
          AND THEN THEY ALSO HEAR A SILENCE AND THEY JOINED AND SOON THE FRINGE BECOMES LARGER AND LARGER AND LARGER UNTIL PEOPLE LOOK UP AND SAY, BY GOD, WHAT IS IT THAT HAPPENED HERE? WE CAN'T LET IT EVER LEAVE THE FRIDGE. 
          SO WHATEVER WE SEE, WE HAVE TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT IT. 
          WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY DOING THAT. 
          THE SECOND REASON I'M APPRECIATIVE IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT KIND OF THING, THEY'RE DOING IT IN PART TO SCARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE TARGETS OF THE HATE AND THE WAY THAT YOU SCARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TARGETS OF THE, HEY, YOU CREATE ANY DOUBT IN THEIR MIND THAT THEY MAY BE ALONE, THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL NOT HAVE THEIR BACK AT THE APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY TIME. 
          THAT'S WHERE THE FEAR REALLY COMES FROM, WHICH IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT I AM SO APPRECIATIVE PERSONALLY 
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FOR MY COMMUNITY AND FOR MY CITY, OUR CITY, THAT WE HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACK AND WE WILL NEVER LEAVE ANYBODY ALONE OR TO DEAL WITH THAT KIND OF HATE BY THEMSELVES. 
          THE SAME HATE THAT'S DIRECTED TOWARD THE JEWS IS THE SAME HATE DIRECTED TOWARD AFRICAN-AMERICANS BLACKS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS THIS SAME HATE DIRECTED TOWARD THE LGBT COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S THE SAME HATE THAT CREATES RACIAL SLURS AGAINST THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY. 
          IT IS ONE HATE, AND WE ALL NEED TO BE ALLIED AGAINST THAT HATE TOGETHER. 
          AND FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT ALONE, I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE COMMUNITY FOR STEPPING FORWARD. 
          I KNOW THAT BETTY, IF NOT EVERY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES REACHED OUT, UH, AND SPOKE ON THIS ISSUE, SPOKE TO ME ON THIS ISSUE. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL AS WORK, KELLY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, FIRST I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO REFLECT A NO VOTE ON ITEM 29 FROM ME. 
          AND, UM, SECOND, I WANTED TO REALLY THINK COUNCIL UNDER ALTAR FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 64. 
          I DID BRING FORWARD A MOTION, UM, OR, UH, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE OTHER PARTNERS IN THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION, INCLUDING EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS. 
          AND THE REASON FOR THAT WAS BECAUSE I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH A MEMBER OF THE YOUNG REPUBLICAN JEWISH CAUCUS. 
          AND SHE HAD EXPLAINED TO ME A PERSONAL SITUATION WHERE SHE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF HATE IN HER SCHOOL. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT BY INCLUDING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THIS RESOLUTION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET ON THE ISSUE OF HATE A LOT FASTER IN THE SCHOOL TO STOP IT FROM HAPPENING WHEN PEOPLE GROW UP AND GET OLDER. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK THAT MEMBER OF THAT CAUCUS FOR SHARING THAT EXPERIENCE WITH ME SO THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING THAT AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION HEARING ON THAT AMENDMENT IS NOW INCORPORATED THE EMOTION PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO YEAH, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK, QUICK THINGS. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, AND MAYOR ADLER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR REALLY POWERFUL WORDS HERE TODAY ON THE DIOCESE. 
          UM, I AM APPRECIATIVE OF THE PROCESS CHANGES MAYOR. 
          I THINK THAT MAKES GOOD SENSE. 
          AND I REALLY LIKED, I HAD SUGGESTED THAT FOR THE BUDGET AND I THINK IT WORKED REALLY WELL. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU, OR WHOEVER RAISED IT FOR THE FULL AGENDA. 
          I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND, AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT EARLIER PRACTICE AND, AND JUST, UM, SETS US ON A GOOD PATH. 
          I DO WANT TO JUST NOTE AND I HAD MADE THIS REQUEST, BUT OUR WORK SESSIONS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE DIFFERENT LATELY. 
          SO IF WE COULD AT OUR NEXT WORK SESSION SCHEDULED SOME TIME FOR JUST TALKING THROUGH HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE CITIZENS, COMMUNITY, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, UH, AS THEY RELATE TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, NOW THAT WE'RE DOING BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF GROUP PEOPLE TOGETHER AND, AND, UM, ALSO ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER, SOME OF THE OTHER RECENT CHANGES THAT I THINK WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND, INCLUDING THE TIME FOR PROCLAMATIONS AND SOME OTHER THINGS. 
          SO I CAN WORK WITH YOU TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF, I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT IF WE COULD CARVE OUT SOME SPACE ON THAT NEXT WORK SESSION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, WE HAD A SPEAKER EARLIER, UM, ALSO PROVIDING REALLY POWERFUL TESTIMONY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, FOR ITEM 39. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT SPEAKER. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE BACKGROUND WE COULD HEAR A BABY CRYING. 
          AND I THINK THAT SHOWS THE REAL IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING THAT VIRTUAL ABILITY BECAUSE IT, IT MAKES THIS PLACE AND, AND THESE MEETINGS ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT REALLY HAVE TROUBLE COMING DOWN AND SPEAKING IN PERSON. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT INTO THE FUTURE. 
          AND I KNOW EVERYBODY ON THIS DIOCESE, I THINK AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN DOING SO I AM, I'M GOING TO, TO ABSTAIN. 
          AND SO IF THE RECORD WOULD REFLECT MY ABSTENTION ON ITEM 39, I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION. 
          I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, YOU, AND THOSE WHO HAVE, UM, PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT IT, UH, ARE REALLY HIGHLIGHTING A VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUE THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF. 
          AND, UM, I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO LEARN MORE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          AND FOR US MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THESE SAFETY CONCERNS. 
          I JUST I'M UNCOMFORTABLE VOTING ON IT TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE JUST COMPLETED A FENCE IN MY OWN BACKYARD. 
          AND IT JUST FEELS A LITTLE AWKWARD, UM, TO VOTE ON THIS. 
          I UNDERSTAND IT'S ONLY PROSPECTED IT DOESN'T IMPACT MY FENCE IN ANY WAY, BUT JUST HAVING AGAIN, JUST HAVING COMPLETED OFFENSE, UM, THAT ALL PARTS OF IT ARE NOT FLAT FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL 
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SALVAGED, UM, ANTIQUE FENCING TO SOME OF THE NEWER FENCINGS, I'M JUST, I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO STAND ON THAT TODAY, BUT AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING THIS IMPORTANT SAFETY CONCERN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA. 
          THE CLERK DID GIVE ME THE LIST OF THE SPEAKERS HAD ALSO GAVE ME THE THINGS THEY ITEMS THEY HAD SIGNED UP FOR. 
          AND I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT, AND I JUST READ THE LIST AS IT WAS READ DEVICE, BUT WE HAVE GROUPING TWO O'CLOCK SPEAKERS BY ITEM, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          WE CAN DISCUSS ALL THE OTHER CHANGES TOO, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT WAS, I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT THIS MORNING AND I MISSED, WELL, WE'RE ALL ADAPTING. 
          AND I THINK IT'S TERRIFIC THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ZONING THAT IN PARTICULAR IS REALLY CHALLENGING TO GO BACK AND FORTH AMONG. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR INCORPORATING THAT NEW PRACTICE HERE TODAY. 
          THANKS. 
          I JUST WANT TO, UM, OFFER A FEW WORDS ON ITEM 39 ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UM, THANK MY CO-SPONSORS FOR SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS ITEM CAME TO US FROM OUR BUILDING AND FIRE CODE BOARD OF APPEALS, WHICH CAME TO THEM FROM CITY STAFF AND THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAD TRAGIC LOSSES IN THEIR FAMILY DUE TO THE DANGERS PRESENTED BY SPIKED FENCES. 
          SO MY THANKS TO THE BOARD, AS WELL AS BETH CULVER AND, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR HER WORK IN CRAFTING THIS IFC TO INITIATE THE CHANGE AND THE STAKEHOLDER CONVERSATIONS THAT WILL INFORM WHAT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL, UM, IN THE SPRING. 
          SO I'M, I'M PROUD TO BRING THIS ITEM TODAY AND I WANT TO GIVE MY HEART FELT APPRECIATION TO JULIE DAMIEN, WHO SPOKE TO US EARLIER THIS MORNING FOR HER WORK IN MEMORY OF HER SON, CADE DAMIAN, TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO PRESENT SUCH RELATIVELY EASY REMEDIES THAT CAN SAVE LIVES. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DAVID KING WHO HELPED SHEPHERD JULIE THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          SO MY THANKS TO YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MUST ALSO WANTED TO SHARE MY GRATITUDE TO COUNCILMEMBER ALTAR FOR BRINGING FORWARD RESOLUTION NUMBER 64. 
          AND THANK YOU, MAYOR ADLER FOR YOUR REMARKS. 
          I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, REAFFIRM AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY AND OUR COMMITMENT TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR ALL RACES, FOR ALL ETHNICITIES AND FOR ALL RELIGIONS. 
          AND SO I THINK YOU'LL FOR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          UH, MY COMMENTS TODAY WILL ALSO, I WANT TO DRAW COLLEAGUES WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A NUMBER OF AIRPORT RELATED ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS TYPE OF INVESTMENT IN OUR AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          WE ARE IN A TREMENDOUS PERIOD OF GROWTH AT THE AIRPORT. 
          IN FACT, WE HAD ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS EVER JUST RECENTLY, UH, THE MONDAY AFTER FORMULA ONE, WE, THE AIRPORT SAW OVER 35,000 PASSENGERS. 
          AND SO WHILE WE HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE ACTIVITY GOING ON IN OUR REGION, WE KNOW THAT, UM, THE AIRPORT, AS IT STANDS IS BEING STRETCHED TO CAPACITY. 
          SO THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TODAY WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL, UH, TSA, UH, SCREENING LANE. 
          AND THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY WITH, UH, VISITORS AND AUSTINITES ALIKE, WHO PERHAPS OVER THE SUMMER, THEY WERE TRAVELING AND HAD TO DEAL WITH LONG DELAYS OR LONG LINES AT, AT THE, AT TSA SCREENING. 
          UM, CERTAINLY THAT HAS HAPPENED. 
          AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT FOLKS ARE GETTING ARE MORE COMFORTABLE TRAVELING AND USING OUR AIRPORT. 
          UH, AND ALSO THE, WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT IS DEDICATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDED CARGO FACILITY. 
          AND THAT IS HUGE FOR US BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO ADD ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO THE AIRPORT, AND IT'S GOING TO ADD 150 JOBS, UH, TO THE AIRPORT AND TO OUR REGION. 
          AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, TREMENDOUS ACTIVITY HAPPENING OVER AT THE AIRPORT. 
          I'M EXCITED TO SEE THESE ITEMS COME FORWARD AND THRILLED TO SEE, UM, TO SEE THIS ECONOMIC IMPACT IN OUR REGION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, I WAS REALLY TROUBLED WHAT HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND? YOU KNOW, I LIVED HERE GROWING UP IN AUSTIN AND YOU SEE THE SEGREGATION AND THE HATE, YOU KNOW, I PERFECTLY, I'VE BEEN CALLED ALL KINDS OF MOVES, MADE ME, PEOPLE HAVE FELT, MADE ME FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT I SHOULD LEAVE TEXAS AND GO BACK TO MEXICO. 
          AND I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE TEXAS WAS PART OF MEXICO AND WE WERE HERE WAY BEFORE ANYBODY. 
          MOST OF THE NORTH NORTHERNERS, I MEAN, UH, EUROPEANS CAME OVER AND, YOU KNOW, THIS HATE JUST CONTINUES AND CONTINUES. 
          AND IT'S REALLY SADDENS ME THAT WE HAVE A PARTY THAT'S IN CONTROL OF THIS STATE THAT JUST EMBRACES IT. 
          I, IT REALLY DISTURBS ME, 
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YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WE FINALLY HAD GOTTEN OVER IT, YOU KNOW, THERE AND AROUND THE 2010 WHERE PEOPLE WERE REALLY STARTING TO WORK TOGETHER AGAIN, BUT IT JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW WE JUST COULD NOT CUT THE HEAD OF THAT UGLY SNAKE. 
          YEAH. 
          IT JUST KEEPS BACK. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE ELECTIONS WHERE ELECTED OFFICIALS EMBRACE THAT HATE AND ENCOURAGES THAT. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED TO WAKE UP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE NEED TO JUST CONFRONT IT WHENEVER IT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, WITH PEACE AND LOVE. 
          AND, AND WE KNOW THAT WE WILL PREVAIL BY DOING SO, BUT NOT BY BEING IN SILENCE, KITCHEN AND CATS. 
          REMEMBER, UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, TO ADD MY, UM, WORDS OF APPRECIATION TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR AND EVERYONE WHO HAS SPOKEN COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA AND EVERYONE, UH, THE MAYOR WHO HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING OUT AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION THAT WE CAN ADD OUR NAMES TO. 
          I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE ALL BEEN, UM, WELL, I'LL JUST SAY ONE THING BECAUSE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE ELOQUENT. 
          I WILL JUST SAY THAT, UM, THE AMOUNT OF ANGER AND HATE THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR NATION, UM, IN RECENT YEARS IS, IS SCARY. 
          AND SOMETHING THAT AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE NEED TO TAKE NOTE OF AND RESPOND TO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THERE'S A COUPLE INTERESTING ITEMS IN MY DISTRICT ON THIS CONSENT AGENDA. 
          NUMBER 12 IS A PARKLAND ACQUISITION AND DISTRICT DATE ALONG WILLIAMSON CREEK NEAR COVERED BRIDGE. 
          SO WE'RE ALWAYS EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE PARKLAND ACQUISITION. 
          UM, NUMBER 19 IS A WARDEN EXECUTION OF A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE VIOLET CROWN TRAIL NORTH PHASE TWO A. 
          SO THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING STEP FOR SOUTHWEST AUSTIN TO BE ABLE TO FILL A GAP IN, UM, URBAN TRAIL CONNECTIVITY ALONG THE VIOLET CROWN TRAIL. 
          SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT HAPPENING. 
          UM, AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR AND THE OTHER CO-SPONSORS FOR ITEM 64. 
          IT'S HUGELY IMPORTANT THAT WE STAND TOGETHER, UM, IS A LOT OF US WERE ABLE TO DO DURING THE, UM, INTERFAITH ACTION PRESS CONFERENCE THAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
          UM, BUT WE ALL STAND TOGETHER AND WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND SPEAK OUT WHEN HATE HAPPENS AND DENOUNCE IT PUBLICLY. 
          SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS ITEM AND INCLUDING ALL OF US ON IT AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? WE HAVE A GOOD SAID KATZENBERG, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, LIKE, LIKE THE REST OF THE DIOCESE JUST DEEPLY APPRECIATE, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR AND THE MAYOR'S, UH, WORDS AND, AND THE RESOLUTION CONDEMNING, UH, ANTI-SEMITISM HATE HOMOPHOBIA IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          UH, I ALSO WANT TO APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER POOLED FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO CO-SPONSOR THE ITEM, UM, RELATED TO THE CRITICAL WORK OF AUSTIN PETS ALIVE. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT VERY IMPORTANT WORK. 
          AND WHILE I GOT TO RECOGNIZE THEM WHEN THEY WERE HERE, TESTIFYING, JUST THE WORK THAT, UH, ASIAN FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES OF AUSTIN DOES IN THIS COMMUNITY IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          UH, I THINK IT'S ALSO REALLY SPECIAL TO NOTE HOW WE HAVE JUST HAD ALL OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COUNTY, UM, AS OF LATE, RIGHT, WHEN THERE WAS AN $800,000 GAP AND THESE IMPORTANT SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANTS AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS AND THOSE FACING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND $200,000, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH $200,000 AND PRIVATE DONORS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE STEPPED UP TO DO THE OTHER $400,000. 
          AND I THINK THAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY WHAT IT WILL TAKE, UH, TO, TO ADDRESS THE REAL NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE STATE ISN'T STEPPING UP, UH, TO DO THEIR PART. 
          AND THERE'S BEEN SOME IMPLICATION FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, DOESN'T CARE ABOUT SAFETY AND REALLY IT'S THE IT'S THE OPPOSITE. 
          UM, I KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAVE JUST BEEN SO DEDICATED TO MAKING PEOPLE TRULY SAFE, AND THAT MEANS EVERYONE. 
          I, NO MATTER WHICH COMMUNITY OR FROM NO MATTER WHAT IT IS YOU'RE FACING. 
          AND, UH, AND THIS INVESTMENT IN THESE SERVICES GOES TO SHOW THAT, UM, THAT'S REALLY WHOSE INTERESTS WE'RE LOOKING OUT FOR HER. 
          SO THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THE TIME AND THANK YOU TO THE DYES FOR THE SUPPORT WORK ON THE AGENDA. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AS ALWAYS, WE GO THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA REAL FAST, IF WE DON'T, IT A LOT OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS ARE THERE. 
          I'D ALSO POINT OUT 12 AND 19 PILLIGA. 
          THE URBAN TRAILS NETWORK IS A REAL, UH, ACHIEVEMENT, UH, FOR THE CITY AND OUR WAY 
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WE'VE ACCELERATED THAT THE BICYCLE DECKER IS PRETTY EXCITING. 
          UH, WE HAVE HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, CONTRACTS ARE REJECTED AGAIN, UH, ITEMS 30 THROUGH 32, UH 'CAUSE THAT, THAT REBATES, UH, KIND OF THAT HIGH PRIORITY CHALLENGE, UH, REALLY ENCOURAGED BY THE WORK THAT WE'VE HAD. 
          ENTIRETIES THAT COMMUNITY I HAD. 
          I, AND I FEEL EVERMORE CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE $500 MILLION BARK. 
          WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THAT SYSTEM CAPITAL OF OUR ALTAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WANTED TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 27, WHICH IS A $200,000 GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 
          THAT'S GONNA ENABLE US TO EXPAND POLICE TRAINING. 
          UH, SPECIFICALLY THIS IS HELPING US TO BETTER PREPARE OUR OFFICERS FOR HIGH STRESS INTERACTIONS USING THE HIGHLY REGARDED ICAT DEESCALATION MODEL AND VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATIONS. 
          WE ANTICIPATE TRAINING AROUND 800 OFFICERS OVER THE COURSE OF THIS GRANT, AND THIS MONEY WILL ALSO ENABLE APD TO DEVELOP A LOCALIZED ICAT TRAINING PROTOCOL TO FIT WITHIN THE LOCAL CONTEXT AND OFFICER EXPERIENCED AS, UM, SO I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BEFORE WE VOTE. 
          GOOD. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          LET'S VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          IT IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 42 AND ALSO ITEM 62 THROUGH 64. 
          THE ITEMS FROM COUNCIL WILL BE SEPARATELY NOTED AS BEING MADE BY THE AUTHORS. 
          UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR THAT COULD SET THE JET UP, THESE RAISE YOUR HANDS, THOSE OPPOSED, OR WITH AMERIPRO TAB, BE WITH US REMOTELY. 
          THAT IS A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE ATTIRE, UH, DAS THAT GETS US TO DUDE. 
          AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO, UH, THE, UH, UH, PUBLIC, UH, SPEAKERS, UH, THAT HAVE JOINED US TODAY. 
          UH, I SEE THAT WE HAVE THREE ITEMS PULLED ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO ITEM 7 38, ED 63. 
          WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO HANDLE THAT ODD, GET SAID TO JEDDAH, WHICH IS ITEMS 43, THAT'S HFC, UH, ED BED. 
          WE HAVE, UH, UH, ZODY, UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, SONY SPEAKERS THAT WE'LL TRY TO TAKE IT TO. 
          I THINK THAT ALL THE ITEMS RIGHT NOW ARE ODD KID SAID THEY'RE EITHER. 
          IS THAT ACTION OR CONSENT POSTPONEMENTS? NO, NO MAYOR. 
          THEY'RE NOT, THERE'S A MISTAKE. 
          THERE'S A DISCUSSION ON NUMBER OF THE DISCUSSION ON 56. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THEN ONLY WHAT ITEM. 
          SO WE MADE DODD DEED TO HAVE, UH, UH, ALL 44 SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP THIS AFTERNOON TO, UH, SPEAK, UH, SO 56 LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE A DISCUSSION. 
          THE OTHERS LOOK LIKE THEIR CONSENT POST PROBATES, OR COULD SAID, UH, ACTION. 
          UH, AND THEN, UH, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE, UH, EXECUTIVE, UH, SESSION TODAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, UH, THE  COMPENSATION BENEFITS OF THE CITY CLERK. 
          HE HAD A ROOM CLERK HE NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT. 
          DID WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE JPA, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THOSE TWO ITEMS AT EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          HE HAS OVER TOBA. 
          I DON'T HAVE A FULL SLATE OF, OF INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. 
          MAYBE AFTER WE HEAR FROM THOSE SPEAKERS, COULD WE TRY TO, UH, ACCOMPLISH NUMBER SEVEN AND NUMBER 38 SINCE WE CAN'T TAKE UP THE LAST ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA UNTIL AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, IF YOU THINK WE CAN DO THOSE THINGS QUICKLY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          AND THEN MAYBE BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FINISHES, WE CAN KIND OF MAP OUT THE AFTERNOON. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THE BRIEFING. 
          I ALSO WANT TO SAY, I APPRECIATE GETTING THAT BRIEF, THAT REPORT THIS MORNING, BUT A 191 PAGES, IF THERE'S JUST ALMOST NO WAY WE CAN REALLY, UM, EVEN OVER LUNCHTIME, TAKE IT IN, IN A WAY TO HAVE AN INFORMED CONVERSATION. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO REQUEST THAT WE HAVE TIME CARVED OUT EITHER AT OUR NEXT WORK SESSION OR OUR COUNCIL MEETING, OR AT A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING, WHICH LIKELY CAN'T BE ACCOMPLISHED AT THIS POINT TO REALLY, TO REALLY DIG IN AND ADDRESS IT. 
          I THINK IT'S, UH, UM, THIS IS THE WINTER STORM BRIEFING, UH, THE WINTER STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT. 
          I JUST THINK IT WAS, UH, A VERY SIGNIFICANT EVENT FOR OUR CITY AND WE REALLY NEED TO SPEND THE TIME, THE TIME NECESSARY TO, UM, DIVE INTO THOSE. 
          I CAN ENCOURAGE SUPPORT YOU ON THAT. 
          I WAS THINKING OF THAT AS WE SAW HOW THIS WAS DEVELOPING, THIS IS REALLY JUST THE STAFF PRESENTING THE REPORT TO US. 
          UH, WITHOUT A WHILE, WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS OR ENGAGE HAS PROBABLY BEEN . 
          IT HAS STARTED REALLY A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE BECAUSE WE EVOLVE. 
          I JUST WANT TO, I WANT TO MAKE THAT REALLY CLEAR FROM THE MOMENT WE BEGIN, BECAUSE I WOULD HATE FOR OUR PUBLIC TO THINK THAT WE'RE DOING JUST A CURSORY REVIEW AND THAT THIS IS OUR ONLY ONE. 
          IT WAS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT AND TRAUMATIC EVENT THAT WE, 
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WE JUST NEED TO, WE NEED TO REALLY COME UP WITH. 
          UM, I THINK BY THE TIME WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, SO THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT FROM US IN TERMS OF A FULLER CONVERSATION. 
          SO WE'LL WORK AT STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE JUST RECEIVING IN ESSENCE, THE REPORT TODAY, UH, COUNTS, REMEMBER ULTRA YOUR HANDS FOR OUR KITCHEN. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          I SHOW YOUR CONCERNS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TO-GO MIR. 
          I HAD ALSO REQUESTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DISCUSS OUR RESPONSE TO HATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT CHIEF TECHONE IS SCHEDULED AT A PARTICULAR TIME. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME HE'S SCHEDULED. 
          UM, SO IF WE CAN BE, UM, RESPECTFUL OF THAT ARRANGEMENT. 
          SO IF I SUGGESTED IT WAS GREAT TO BE THAT WE HANDLE THE PUBLIC FOLKS HERE, THERE'S LIKE FOUR, LET'S SEE HOW QUICKLY WE CAN DISPENSE WITH SAUDI TO 70, AT 38, WE'RE GOING TO BREAK FOR LUNCH. 
          WE WILL RECONVENE AFTER LUNCH ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, HOPEFULLY BEFORE TWO O'CLOCK, BUT IT EXECUTIVE SESSION HAD BABY. 
          WE COULD TAKE CARE OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS, ACHIEVE THOSE TO COME BACK, UH, AT, AT LIKE ONE O'CLOCK. 
          SO THE CHEAPEST WITH US SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT. 
          AND THEN AT TWO O'CLOCK OR AS CLOSE TO THERE AS WE CAN, WE'LL COME BACK OUT TO TAKE THOSE SPEAKERS. 
          HOW'S HER KITCHEN. 
          UH, YES, I, I WANTED TO, UM, UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          TOVO FOR BRINGING UP, BRINGING UP THE, UH, THE, UH, POINT THAT WE'LL NEED ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION TODAY, THOUGH, SINCE THIS IS PUBLIC, I DON'T WANT TO CUT IT SHORT AND LET'S THINK ABOUT OUR TIMING. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TIME FOR IT. 
          UM, I DON'T WANT TO END UP LEAVING IT UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD TO DO THAT WITH OUR PRESENTATION, UH, WITH PREVIOUS, UH, RECENT PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD ON THE CRO REPORT. 
          SO I, I, SO MAYOR LET'S JUST THINK ABOUT IT AND I WOULD REALLY PREFER THAT WE NOT LEAVE THAT ONE TO THE END OF THE DAY, IF POSSIBLE, I SAID IS, IS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE DONE THIS VT TODAY, BEFORE DINNER, AS I LOOK AT IT, WE COULD SEE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO TURN TO JAVIS OUT. 
          IF WE TAKE CARE OF 738, NOW WE HAVE THE JPA AND THE BRIEFING OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, IF IT'S REALLY ZONING. 
          SO WE'LL SEE HOW LONG. 
          YEAH, I, I DON'T, I PREDICT THAT WE WON'T BE DONE BY DAY AND WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BOTH TIMELY FOR US. 
          UH, HERE I PUT THE JPA OF THAT LIST AS WELL, BUT LET'S, LET'S WORK THROUGH THIS. 
          LET'S LET'S SCRAP IT AND GET STARTED BECAUSE THINGS BECOME AVAILABLE TO US. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE, OKAY. 
          HERE ARE 
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THE SPEAKERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. 
          UH, SO I THINK THAT THEY'RE ALL PRESENT HERE WITH US TODAY, UH, IS, UH, CAROLINE ROSE KENNEDY WITH US. 
          WHY DON'T YOU COME ON DOWN AND TALK TO US? MS. KENNEDY. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 
          THANKS. 
          Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME. 
          IS IT OKAY IF I PULL MY MASCULINE JUST WHILE I'M TALKING THAT YES, IT IS GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT ITS BEST AND BARRING IN ACROSS FROM THE DEPOT ON A BAR STOOL, SHE TOOK OFF HER BRA. 
          HE THOUGHT HE'D GET CLOSER. 
          SO HE WALTZ DOWN OVER AND HE WHISPERED WHEN THE BEER FINALLY HIT HER, SHE SAID, I GOT THE JITTERS BECAUSE MY NIGHT MAYORS HAVE TURNED INTO DREAMS. HE GAVE HER A RECORDER, SAY, GO CALL YOUR MOTHER. 
          YOU GOT THE POWER WORD IS STIFLE. 
          HER SCREAMS. I PICKED A HIGH TIME TO LEAVE YOU MY D OR WITH TWO WAYNE. 
          WE BRETT SAYING YOU'RE ALL OUT OF BEER. 
          I'VE HAD SOME HARD TIMES. 
          WE LIVED THROUGH SOME SAD CRIMES, BUT THIS TIME YOU CRIED, I WON'T HERE. 
          I PICKED A HIGH TIME TO LEAVE YOU MY DEAR THROUGH PINK SHORTS IN ROSES AND CHEAP WINE IN DOSES. 
          I NEVER MADE YOU LOOK SMALL 
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THROUGH DIAPERS IN DOLDRUMS AND DADDY'S HOTEL ROOMS. WE WALTZED NEVER HAVING TO CRAWL OUR SONS AND OUR DAUGHTERS. 
          WE LED THEM TO WATERS. 
          YOU'RE STILL SURPRISED WHEN THEY WON'T TAKE A DRINK, ROOF LEAKS AND BURNED ROAST, AND PEANUT BUTTER WITHOUT TOAST. 
          AND THE BLOODY STOPPED UP. 
          KITCHEN SINK, BREAST MILK, OR COW'S MILK. 
          AND FLUBBERS WITH RUBBERS. 
          I CAN'T KEEP A SMILE ON MY FACE. 
          BLISTERS AND SISTERS AND BROTHERS WITH DRUTHERS. 
          YOUR DIAMOND SEEMS SO OUT OF PLACE THROUGH THE TERRIBLE TWOS, DEANS AND 20 AND 30, SIT BACK, LEARN TO TALK WITH A DRAWL. 
          YOU CAN'T WASH YOUR HANDS BECAUSE YOU LOVE TO GET DIRTY. 
          AMAZING. 
          THE GRACE OF IT ALL, WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU BORN? AM I GOING OR COMING? UH, TEXTING WHICH SHORE UNDERSTAND? I BEG YOU TO LOVE ME. 
          YOU TOWER ABOVE. 
          THEN YOU TURNED ME AWAY WITH YOUR HAND. 
          I BOW AND I FALL DOWN. 
          MY SOUL TAKES A MELTDOWN. 
          THEN I LIFT MY HEAD OUT OF THE SAND, BECAUSE IF YOU CANNOT HOLD ME AND LOVE ME FOR ALWAYS, I'LL LOOK FOR ANOTHER HOMELAND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I REALLY AM GRATEFUL FOR Y'ALL SERVING AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF IN THE WHOLE BUILDING. 
          EVERYBODY THAT WORKS HERE Y'ALL ARE AWESOME. 
          SERVING, SERVING US AN AWESOME. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          IS COREY CORY WHITE THERE? AREN'T YOU COME ON DOWN IS A, UH, SADIE PACK HERE. 
          YOU'LL BE, YOU'LL BE OUR NEXT SPEAKER. 
          DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S UH, HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD, SIR. 
          YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. 
          YEAH. 
          DOING TODAY. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. 
          MY NAME IS CORA SATTERWHITE AND I WAS A RECENT CADET AT THE POLICE ACADEMY AND I WAS JUST TERMINATED FOR GETTING ROBBED BY THE POLICE. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY STORY UPON THE START AT ACADEMY. 
          THEY SAID THEY WERE RE-IMAGINED. 
          THEY WANT US TO SPEAK OUR MIND AND SAY WHAT WE FELT. 
          AND I SAID, OKAY, COOL. 
          WE COULD DO THAT. 
          RIGHT? WHEN WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES, WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES OUR NAMES AND WHY WE'RE HERE. 
          I SAID, I WAS BORN AND RAISED AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          MY LAST NAME IS SATELLITE. 
          I GOT THE BIGGEST OR ONE OF THE BIGGEST, IF NOT THE BIGGEST BLACK FAMILIES IN THE CITY, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW MY FAMILY. 
          AND I SAID, I WENT TO COLLEGE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. 
          AND WHEN I WENT ON MY 19TH BIRTHDAY, I WAS PULLED OVER BY HVD. 
          I WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT. 
          THEY SAID, I COULDN'T AFFORD THE CAR WAS IN. 
          THEY SEE MY LICENSE. 
          THEY SEEN THE REGISTRATION AND EVERYTHING WAS ON THERE. 
          THEY SEE MY NAME. 
          THEY THREW IT ON THE GROUND. 
          DIDN'T CARE. 
          IT TOOK THE MONEY OUT. 
          MY WALLET HAD ME AND MY FRIENDS PINNED UP. 
          I THOUGHT I WAS GOING DOWN MY BIRTHDAY. 
          RIGHT? I GREW UP NOT LIKING THE POLICE. 
          I WAS CONSTANTLY STOPPED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS EVERY OTHER WEEK OR SO. 
          THEY'LL JUMP OUT THE CAR, DIGGING OUR POCKETS. 
          DON'T FIND NOTHING. 
          THEY'LL GET BACK IN THE CAR AND DRIVE OFF THAT'S LIFE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS FOR A MINORITY. 
          I NEVER LIKED COPS. 
          I ENDED UP MEETING ONE THAT I WAS FORCED TO WORK WITH. 
          THIS COP ENDED UP TAKING ME ON A RIDE DAY. 
          I SEE HOW HE INTERACTED WITH HIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, ALL COPS ARE BAD. 
          THIS DUDE IS DIFFERENT. 
          SO I FELT I COULD DO THE SAME FOR MY CITY. 
          SO WHEN I CAME BACK TO AUSTIN, THAT'S WHAT I DID. 
          I APPLIED RIGHT NOW. 
          WHEN WE WENT, WE HAVE LIKE A BLACK UNION OR A BLACK POLICE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. 
          AND WE WENT TO GO SPEAK TO THEM. 
          AND THEY TOLD US, THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU FACED IN LIFE. 
          THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE DISCRIMINATION IN. 
          THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY BE A LITTLE WORSE THAN WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH THROUGH YOUR REGULAR JOB. 
          US AS BLACK OFFICERS SEE THAT WHITE OFFICERS GET AWAY WITH STUFF. 
          AND WE SAY HAD THAT BEEN ONE OF US WOULD HAVE BEEN TERMINATED. 
          SO WERE Y'ALL IN THE ACADEMY. 
          I ADVICE TO YOU IS TO STAY IN THE SHADOWS. 
          DON'T SPEAK TOO MUCH. 
          Y'ALL GONNA NOTICE WHY CADETS CAN GET AWAY WITH STUFF, BUT DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. 
          JUST STAY QUIET, STAY IN THE SHADOWS AND GET YOUR BADGE. 
          THAT'S THE ADVICE WE WERE GIVEN BY A BLACK POLICE LEAN, RIGHT? SO UPON THE START OF THE ACADEMY, I SEEN WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. 
          WE GOT REFERRED TO AS COLORED PEOPLE BY A WHITE CADET AND NOTHING HAPPENED TO HER. 
          SHE CALLED US COLORED PEOPLE AND NOTHING HAPPENED, RIGHT? NOTHING. 
          AND THEN WHEN THEY ARE TALKING, THEY WERE SPEAKING, THEY SAID A LOT OF Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE WORKING OVERNIGHT. 
          Y'ALL ARE GOING TO BE BORED. 
          BUT IF YOU END UP WORKING IN EAST AUSTIN, YOU GOT TO STAY ON YOUR P'S. 
          AND Q'S, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU HAVE TO USE FORCE IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          SO THE SAME CADET THAT REFERRED TO US AS COLORED PEOPLE WAS LIKE, OH, I HOPE THEY DON'T PUT ME IN EAST AUSTIN. 
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SO LOOK AT THAT. 
          SO CRACKING JOKES ABOUT EAST AUSTIN, ABOUT HOW THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE. 
          AND IN MY MIND, THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK ABOUT BORN AND RAISED IN AUSTIN IS THIS IS WHAT MY HOMEBOY'S DEAD AND THE THING YOU'RE SANDERS. 
          I GREW UP WITH FROM FULL MORE TO HIGH SCHOOL, GUNNED DOWN UNARMED IN EAST AUSTIN, DANIEL ROCHE, SOUTHEAST AUSTIN SHOT IN HIS BACK BY WHITE OFFICER UNARM. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING IN MY MIND. 
          SO THEN THEY TOLD US, THEY KNOW WHEN TO SAY STUFF. 
          AND WHEN NOT TO SAY STUFF, WHENEVER WE'RE IN THE CLASSROOM OR KROLL IS AROUND. 
          WHEN THERE'S A CAMERA OR CROW, THEY DON'T SAY NOTHING. 
          BUT WHEN WE GET OUTSIDE AND THERE'S NO CAMERA, THEY TELL US WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RETRAIN UP ALL THIS RE-IMAGINED CRAP. 
          THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT THE WINDOW. 
          WHEN Y'ALL GET IN THE FIELD, YOUR FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS ARE GOING TO RETRAIN Y'ALL THAT'S. 
          THEY TOLD US, AND HE TOLD US THE STORY ABOUT HIS FIELD TRAINING OFFICER. 
          BUT HE SLIPPED. 
          CAUSE HE ACCIDENTALLY SAID IT IN CLASS, WHERE WAS A CAMERA? HE SAID, MY FIELD TRAINING OFFICER WOULD NOT PASS ME UNTIL SHE SEEN ME FIGHT A CITIZEN NOW. 
          AND HE CAUGHT HIMSELF. 
          CAUSE HE LOOKED UP AT THE CAMERA AND HE SAID, I'M NOT SAYING, GO FIND A FIGHT. 
          WE DON'T DO THAT. 
          BUT IF YOU PATROL LONG ENOUGH, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE FIGHT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD US. 
          RIGHT? SO NOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO NOT SPEAK UP. 
          I SPEAK ON IT AND I SPEAK MY MIND. 
          CAUSE YOU'RE NOT ABOUT TO TARGET THESE THOUGHTS. 
          YOU'RE NOT ABOUT TALKING TO MY PEOPLE. 
          I DIDN'T LOST TOO MANY PEOPLE TO COPS, RIGHT? SO I SPEAK MY MIND AND I SAY IT PROFESSIONALLY. 
          I DON'T OFFEND NOBODY. 
          I DON'T CUSS. 
          I DON'T USE PROFANITY. 
          BUT WHEN I START SPEAKING MY MIND, THEY PULLED ME OUT OF CLASS, HARASSING ME ABOUT DIFFERENT STUFF. 
          THEY ASKED ME ABOUT UNCLES THAT DIED WHEN I WAS TWO YEARS OLD, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT RIGHT. 
          THEY ASKED ME, HEY, DO YOU HAVE A PHONE IN YOUR BOOT? I THINK YOU HAVE A PHONE IN YOUR BOOT. 
          THEY RECKON WE LIVED MY PANTS THERE. 
          GO CHECK AND SEE IF THERE'S A PHONE IN MY BOOTH. 
          THEY HARASSED ME ON A DAILY. 
          I'M GETTING PULLED OUT OF CLASS EVERY OTHER WEEK. 
          CADETS CAN VOUCH FOR THAT. 
          SO I CALLED THE BLACK POLICE UNION. 
          I LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          HEY, THEY PULLING ME OUT OF CLASS REPEATEDLY. 
          I'M GETTING HARASSED. 
          THEY TELL HIM, ASK HIM IF THERE'S A PHONE IN MY SHOE THAT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE. 
          WE'RE EXERCISING OUTSIDE ALL DAY. 
          WE'RE RUNNING. 
          HOW CAN THERE POSSIBLY BE A PHONE IN MY BOOK? RIGHT? HE SAYS, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY WANT TO GET A REACTION OUT OF YOU OR THEY WANT TO FIND A WAY TO GET RID OF YOU. 
          THEY TRY TO HARASS YOU, RIGHT? HE SAID, YOUR LAST NAME IS SATTERWHITE. 
          YOU HAVE A HISTORY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          YOUR FAMILY HAS A HISTORY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY. 
          YOU GOT THE BIGGEST BLACK FAMILY IN THE CITY. 
          THERE'S A TARGET ON YOUR BACK, BUT DON'T WORRY. 
          I'M GONNA TALK TO THEM. 
          AND I'M GOING TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO. 
          I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL AND TO LET KNOW ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES. 
          CLEARLY, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID WERE DEFINITELY CONCERNING. 
          AND WHEN I SAW ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU WERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, I HAD A MEETING WITH APD AND THEY PROVIDED ME WITH A COPY OF YOUR TERMINATION MEMO, WHICH I ALSO PASSED OUT TO THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS AFTERNOON ON THE DAY. 
          S AND WELL, WHILE A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS CERTAINLY CONCERNING. 
          UH, I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN ADDRESS IT CURRENTLY, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE REASON THAT YOU WERE, UH, TERMINATED FROM APD WAS THAT YOU WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5 0 8 OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH STATES THAT ANY CADET WHO HAS BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OBTAIN THAT EMPLOYMENT BY MEANS OF WILLFUL REPRESENTATION, OMISSION, OR FALSE STATEMENTS CONCERNING A MATERIAL FACT SHALL BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS CODE AND SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION UP TO, AND INCLUDING RECOMMENDATION FOR TERMINATION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          I THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT AND I'M GONNA COVER THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO  FORUM, SIR. 
          UH, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU GAVE IS, IS, IS CONCERNING AND I'M, AND, AND, AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING, I THINK THAT THAT MANY OF US ARE THE DAS ARE GONNA WANT FOLLOW UP ON. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, THE, THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT HERE, AS WE GIVE THREE MINUTES TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT SPEAK. 
          SO WE, WE, WE PRETTY STRICTLY ABIDE BY THAT THREE MINUTES BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT YOU WERE GOING THROUGH. 
          I LET YOU GO WELL PAST THE THREE MINUTES, IT'S THREE MINUTES. 
          SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET THIS GENTLEMAN TO THE, TO THE CORRECT FORUM AND PLACE. 
          UM, AND, AND CERTAINLY I KNOW MY OFFICE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU. 
          I THINK THERE MAY BE OTHER OFFICES THAT WERE REASSIGNED TO YOU AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT, BUT ABSENT A SUBURB OR THE DICE WISHING TO DO'S OF THE HOUSE, I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE US FOLLOW UP AS COUNCIL OFFICES WOULD WANT. 
          AND I WOULD GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, BUT ON ONE NOTE, JUST ONE MORE NOTE, BECAUSE SHE SAID, UH, YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. 
          IF I GOT THE EMPLOYMENT BY WOODFORD 
          [02:10:01]
MISSION, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS WRONG. 
          WHAT HAPPENED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, THEY CONTACTED THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID, WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU. 
          WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED, RIGHT? SO WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU. 
          THE FOLLOWING WEEK. 
          I SAID, THANK YOU. 
          THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THEY TERMINATED ME FOR THE VERY THING THEY SAID THEY WAS GONNA HELP ME WITH THE WILLFUL ADMISSION IS ME SAYING THAT I GOT ROBBED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          I SAID AT THE VERY FIRST DAY OF THE ACADEMY, IT WASN'T A PROBLEM UNTIL I STARTED SPEAKING UP WHENEVER THEY WENT AGAINST EAST AUSTIN. 
          AND THEN WHEN I SAID IT, THE THIRD MONTH AFTER THEY ASKED ME NOW WAS A PROBLEM. 
          AND THEY TERMINATED ME FOR NOT PUTTING ON MY APPLICATION THAT I WAS ROBBED BY THE POLICE. 
          BUT NOWHERE ON THE APPLICATION CANNOT PUT THAT. 
          IT SAYS, HAS YOU EVER BEEN DETAINED BY THE POLICE? DETAINED MEANS IF SOMEONE HAD A BROKEN WINDOW AND STOLEN TVS AND YOU'RE DOWN THE STREET AND YOU GOT A CROWBAR IN YOUR HAND AND YOU GOT A TV AND YOU'RE WALKING WITH A TV, THAT'S REASONABLE SUSPICION THAT YOU DID THAT. 
          SO POLICE OFFICER DETAINS, YOU WHEN A POLICE OFFICER SEES A BLACK PERSON IN A NICE CAR, SAYS HE CAN'T AFFORD THAT. 
          AND THEN YOU SHOW HIM YOUR LICENSE AND REGISTRATION AND THEY STILL IGNORE IT. 
          THEY THROW IT ON THE GROUND. 
          THAT'S NOT A DETAINMENT AT THAT POINT. 
          THAT'S A ROBBERY. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I DID NOT PUT THAT ON MY APPLICATION BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS A PLACE FOR IT. 
          SO I GOT FIRED FOR NOT PUTTING ON MY APPLICATION THAT I WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND I WANT TO DO IS I WANT TO GET YOU TO A DIFFERENT FORUM THAN THIS DAY IS WHERE, WHERE, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING CAN K CAN BE THAT. 
          SO THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BE HEARD AND TO GO, GO INTO THAT. 
          AND YOU SAID, REMEMBER YOU SAID THAT NOBODY SHOULD STAND ALONE WHEN THERE'S HATE AND RACISM. 
          AND I'M BY MYSELF. 
          THERE'S OTHER CADETS THAT HAVE BEEN WRONGLY TERMINATED THAT ARE BLACK, JUST LIKE ME. 
          I'M A SEE IF YOU STAND ON YOUR WORD, SIR. 
          AND I, THANK YOU. 
          SORRY FOR GOING OVER. 
          NO, NO, THAT'S OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          REACH BACK OUT TO MY OFFICE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. 
          UH, SADIE PACK PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          MY NAME'S SADIE PACK. 
          I OWN A SMALL WOMAN OWNED GENERAL CONTRACTING FIRM. 
          UM, THE AUSTIN METER PROJECT, UM, AWARDED MY COMPANY A $4 MILLION PORTION OF THE $120 MILLION CONTRACT THAT THE CITY AWARDED THAT WORK WAS IS FOR INSTALLING METERS AND DOING ANY OF THE PLUMBING THAT IS RELATED TO THAT THOSE METERS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THINGS ARE GOING TO BREAK TODAY. 
          I HAVE NOT HAD ANY WORK SCHEDULED. 
          WHAT AUSTIN WATER HAS DONE IS TRIED TO TURN MY CONTRACT INTO A TRUCK BASED WHERE YOU HAVE A PLUMBER THAT GOES AND FIXES THINGS IN PEOPLE'S HOUSES, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE NOT EVEN IN MY CONTRACT, CLEARLY BOTH THE CLARA WHO IS ACTUALLY THE GENERAL ON THIS AND THE CITY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT NONE OF THOSE ISSUES, NONE OF THAT WORK IS IN THE CONTRACT. 
          I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY KIND OF CHANGES TO MY CONTRACT. 
          I'VE JUST BEEN TOLD, GO DO THIS WORK. 
          THE DIFFICULTY IS I DON'T HAVE INSURANCE TO GO INSIDE OF PEOPLE'S HOMES. 
          THAT IS NOT WHAT I'VE HIRED PEOPLE TO DO. 
          AND WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IS YOU JUST, THIS IS IT. 
          YOU EITHER TAKE THIS OR NOTHING. 
          UM, IN ADDITION, THE, UH, I'VE HAD TWO INSTANCES WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT WITH AUSTIN WATER HAS TOLD ME TO JUST QUIT, UH, IN YOUR PACKET THAT I SENT YOU. 
          I HAVE A SIGNED STATEMENT OF FOUR PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE WHEN HE TOLD ME TO JUST QUIT. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THIS JUNCTURE. 
          I'VE CALLED AUSTIN WATER. 
          I HAVE, I HAVE TALKED TO THE HUB OFFICE. 
          THE HUB OFFICE HAS EXPLAINED TO AUSTIN WATER WHAT THE, WHAT THE CONTRACT SAYS, HOW THE HUB CONTRACT WORKS, THAT THEY'RE IN NON-COMPLIANCE AND WE'RE STILL NOT MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO I'M, HERE'S WHAT I'M ASKING IS FOR THE WORK THAT I HAVE DONE THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT, THE CITY ALREADY HAS, UM, ESTABLISHED WHAT THE RATES ARE. 
          I'M NOT EVEN GETTING PAID. 
          THOSE RATES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF MY CONTRACT. 
          I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING ABOVE THAT. 
          I'M JUST SAYING, MAKE IT EQUITABLE. 
          SO THAT IF OUR, I AM A WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS, I GET THE SAME MONEY AS THE MEN OWNED BUSINESS. 
          THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING IS FOR THAT EQUITY. 
          UM, IN ADDITION, SINCE THE BEGINNING, THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE CORRECTLY. 
          THE, UH, CONTRACTOR HAS HIRED THEIR OWN PLUMBER. 
          THEY'RE SELF-PERFORMING THIS ENTIRE CONTRACT AND THEY HAVE NO INTENT ON GIVING ME ANYTHING EXCEPT CRUMBS. 
          I DON'T MIND THE CRUMBS, AS LONG AS I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE NEGOTIATED 
          [02:15:01]
THIS, BUT CURRENTLY THIS IS NOT THE WORK THAT I HAVE BEEN AWARDED AT ALL. 
          AND THERE IS NO INTENT TO GIVE ME THE WORK THAT I HAVE BEEN AWARDED. 
          I THANK YOU, MANAGER. 
          YEAH. 
          I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND HEAR THIS SITUATION A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTLY. 
          SO THANK YOU, MY CONTACT INFORMATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PROBABLY THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAD. 
          UH, SO I'M GOING SUGGEST NOW THAT WE, UH, THAT WE TAKE A BREAK, UH, THAT, UH, EVERYBODY GRABBED SOMETHING TO EAT AND THEN WE RECONVENE IN, UH, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          UH, IT IS, UH, 1226. 
          I'M GONNA SUGGEST THAT, UH, OH, WE HAVE THOSE TWO ITEMS. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER FONTUS I THINK YOU PULLED SEVEN IS SEVEN. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE AT LEAST MAYBE SEVEN IS SOMETHING WE CAN ACCOMPLISH. 
          DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE LONG NOW? IT'LL TAKE LESS THAN THREE MINUTES. 
          COOL. 
          LET'S CALL 
          [7. Authorize negotiation and execution of a multi-term contract with Preferred Technologies LLC to provide an access control and identity management system, for up to five years for a total contract amount not to exceed $6,400,000.]
UP NUMBER SEVEN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WELL, MY FIRST QUESTION IS REGARDING THIS CONTRACT, IF IT INCLUDES FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY, AND TO WHAT EXTENT THAT INCLUDES FACIAL RECOGNITION, OUR AIRPORT STAFF, GOD GHISLAINE IS JUST COMING ON THE SCREENS. 
          AND AS AIRPORT STAFF IS MOVING OVER THIS, I'M FLAGGING THIS BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE EXTENT THAT FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY WE UTILIZED WITH THIS CONTRACT. 
          UM, BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, UM, PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE MISIDENTIFIED. 
          AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT IS INTENTIONALLY OR INADVERTENTLY DISCRIMINATORY IN ANY WAY. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THE HIGH RATES OF FALSE POSITIVES AMONGST, UH, UH, ETHNICITIES. 
          AND SO I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, AND I THINK ALSO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FACEBOOK RECENTLY ANNOUNCED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, UH, THEY ARE PURGING 1 BILLION FACE PRINTS FROM THEIR SYSTEM. 
          AND SO I THINK WE'RE MOVING, UH, IN THIS DIGITAL AGE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS TECHNOLOGY WORKS AND SOME, AND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF IT. 
          AND SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE COMPANIES MOVE TOWARDS NOT STORING THAT TYPE OF DATA, UM, ON THEIR SITES AND ON THEIR PLATFORMS. SO GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR LANE, BUT THAT WE WOULD, THE AIRPORTS COUNCIL MEMBER OF ONE TEST. 
          THIS CONTRACT DOES NOT INCLUDE A FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO IT'S NOT USED IN THIS CONTRACT AND WE'RE NOT CONDUCTING BIOMETRICS AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD TO KNOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, GUYS, ARE YOU SIR? I LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER OF WENT THIS FOR, FOR RAISING THAT QUESTION. 
          JUST A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR CITIES MOVING FORWARD. 
          I THINK WE DO HAVE A NEW POLICY PASSED LAST YEAR. 
          UH, REALLY STRONGLY RESTRICTING THE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION UNLESS IT'S BEING REQUIRED BY LAW OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR WITH EXTREME EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK WITH APPROVAL OF THE MANAGER. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY RESOLUTIONS IMPORTANT TO MENTION THEM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T GET, GET LOST IN THE MIX, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ASKING, ASKING THE QUESTION BECAUSE WE SHOULD KEEP OUR EYE ON THOSE PRIVACY CONCERNS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I DID SEVEN  IT GETS BETTER FOR THIS SECOND TYPE DISCUSSION. 
          IT WAS IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THAT WAS OPPOSED. 
          I DON'T SEE THE MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          UH, SO IT PASSES 10 ZERO Y. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW. 
          CAN'T REMEMBER. 
          UH, TOBO YOU HAD ALSO SUGGESTED THAT YOU THOUGHT, UH, 38 MIGHT BE QUICK COUNCIL MEMBER POOL PULLED IT. 
          SO I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE. 
          PROBABLY NOT, PROBABLY NOT QUICK. 
          LET'S CUT BACK TO 38 AND I MEAN, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE FOR IT TO GO QUICKLY. 
          I KNOW THAT WE HAD OVER 2000 PEOPLE REGISTER IN SUPPORT OF US PASSING THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LET'S HOLD OFF, WAIT ONE SECOND. 
          SHE COULD BRING IT UP. 
          I COULD GET VOTED ON QUICKLY. 
          YOU COULD SPEAK TO IT. 
          IF YOU THINK IT'S GOTTA BE A MORE INVOLVED DISCUSSION THAT LET'S PUT IT TO THIS AFTERNOON. 
          WHAT DO YOU THINK  NO, I DIDN'T. 
          I DIDN'T PULL IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY INTEND AS COUNCIL MEMBER PULL, WHO DID PULL IT? I THINK SAID SHE THINKS IT CAN BE PERFECTLY. 
          OKAY. 
          GOTCHA. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, 
          [38. Approve a resolution related to the geographic constraints and minimum intake requirements of the City's agreement with Austin Pets Alive! and directing the City Manager to negotiate certain terms for the operation of the Town Lake Animal Center facility.]
I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO PASS ITEM 38 AND THEN, UM, AFTER 
          [02:20:01]
WE GET A SECOND, I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. 
          IS THERE A SECOND ON ITEM NUMBER 38? THAT WAS WHEREVER KITCHEN, SECOND SET OF CASPER POOL. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, 220 2027 PEOPLE REGISTERED IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM TODAY, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ALSO GRATEFUL THAT, THAT THEY ALSO HAVE CHOSEN, UM, SIMPLY TO, UH, UH, NON VOCALESE PORT. 
          UH, THERE ARE 54 PEOPLE WHO, UM, UH, REGISTERED AGAINST TWO REGISTERED NEUTRAL, I THINK, NO MATTER WHERE YOU SIT ON THE SPECTRUM OF ANIMAL ADVOCACY, WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING. 
          WE WANT HAPPY AND HEALTHY OUTCOMES FOR AUSTIN'S ANIMALS. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVE THAT EVERYONE IS BRINGING TO THE CONVERSATION. 
          SO REALLY QUICK, I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS IFC. 
          AND I HOPE THAT ALL MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US IN PROVIDING HELPFUL STAFF DIRECTION TO COMPLETE THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR PRIMARY, NO KILL PARTNER, WHICH IS AUSTIN PETS ALIVE. 
          AND I WANT TO NOTE JUST A QUICK REMINDER AT THE OUTSET OF THE DISCUSSION. 
          SHOULD WE HAVE ONE TODAY THAT APS MISSION IS NO KILL. 
          IT HAS NOT BEEN AND NEVER HAS BEEN TO PROVIDE OVERFLOW SPACE, UH, FOR THE CITY. 
          MY WARMEST, THANKS. 
          GO TO OUR ANIMALS SERVICES STAFF. 
          THIS HASN'T BEEN AN EASY TIME FOR ANY OF US. 
          AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE DOING SOME OF THE HARDEST WORK FOR ALL OF AUSTIN'S ANIMALS. 
          AND I, I THINK MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN ME IN EXPRESSING GRATITUDE FOR THE PASSION AND DEDICATION OF OUR EXPERT STAFF. 
          SOME OF WHOM HAVE SPENT DECADES SERVING OUR ANIMAL BEST FRIENDS. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT ON THIS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S BEEN BOOTED SAG, NUMBER 38 IN DISCUSSION, MARY, I JUST WANT TO ASK IS THE PUBLIC ABLE TO SEE US AND HEAR US? DID WE LOSE OUR SCREEN? I SEE IT ON SOME SCREENS. 
          I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE IT. 
          WE'VE REACHED OUT TO ATX AND WHEN WE'RE THERE WORKING ON IT MAY, OR MY MONITOR IS FROZEN FOR SOME REASON, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE EIGHT TICKS AND IT'S STILL GOING. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ON MY END. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE PUBLIC IS STILL ABLE TO SEE US AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE SCREEN I'M SAYING NOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S STILL PROJECTED LIVE. 
          IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM NUMBER 38 COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO YEAH. 
          THANK YOU, MARIN. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS ITEM AND TO OUR PARTNERS AT APA AT AUSTIN, PETS ALIVE FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO NO-KILL FOR THEIR WORK, UM, ACHIEVING NO KILL IN THIS COMMUNITY AND, AND TO ALL OF THE MANY, MANY VOLUNTEERS, SOME OF WHOM CAME AND SPOKE WITH, WITH US TODAY. 
          I THINK THERE ARE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD BOTH HERE TODAY, BUT ALSO AT THE ANIMAL COMMISSION. 
          AND, AND I KNOW I'VE HEARD FROM MY COMMISSIONER FROM OTHERS, A VARIETY OF, OF DIFFERENT POINTS THAT NEED EXPLORATION. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT I THINK A FEW OF THOSE ARE. 
          UM, ONE IS I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW FROM OUR CITY STAFF REALLY CONCRETELY WHAT THE SITUATION IS WITH REGARD TO AUSTIN PETS, ALIVE ABILITY TO MAKE RENOVATIONS AND TO BUILD ON, ON THE CURRENT SITE. 
          UM, THAT'S, UH, SOME OF THESE ARE JUST QUESTIONS THAT I COULD HAVE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE Q AND A, BUT JUST RAN OUT OF TIME. 
          SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO THAT AND PUT THEM INTO WRITING, BUT I JUST WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW WHAT SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS ARE. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN TO, TO BOTH THE TOWN LAKE SHELTER AND TO THE ANIMAL CENTER OVER ON TELEHEALTH, MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST DECADE, PROBABLY SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK, UM, AND HAVE BEEN SO MULTIPLE TIMES THIS WEEK AND ALMOST ENDED UP WITH A NEW DOG ACTUALLY. 
          SO, I MEAN, THAT IS TO SAY I'VE BEEN TO BOTH PLACES A LOT AND HAVE, I DO WANT TO SEE, UM, AUSTIN PETS ALIVE, BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON THAT SITE. 
          I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD A RESOLUTION HERE THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT. 
          I ALSO WANT TO SEE THEM WITH THE ABILITY TO, TO MAKE SOME RENOVATIONS BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE NEEDED. 
          UM, THAT HAS BEEN A SITE, AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT HAS FLOODED. 
          THAT HAS, THAT IS WHEN THE CITY OWNED IT AS WELL NEEDED RENOVATIONS. 
          AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE HAPPEN. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND FROM APA WHAT THE TIMELINE IS AND WHAT THE IMPEDIMENTS ARE. 
          I'VE HEARD, HEARD SOME ABOUT THE IMPEDIMENTS, BUT NOW I NEED TO GET FROM THE STAFF, WHAT EXACTLY, AND WHERE THOSE IMPEDIMENTS LIE. 
          WE'VE HEARD SOME CONCERNS FROM MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT EXPANDING AND BRINGING IN ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION OUTSIDE OF THAT FIVE COUNTY REGION. 
          I HAVE EXPRESSED TO MANY OF YOU, INCLUDING DR. 
          JEFFERSON. 
          I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE I SEE FROM MY OBSERVATIONS, BUT ALSO FROM THE INFORMATION THAT, THAT OUR ANIMAL CENTER HAS BEEN AT CAPACITY. 
          AND AS I UNDERSTAND FROM THE STAFF 
          [02:25:01]
SHELTERS AND THE FIVE REGION IN THE FIVE COUNTY REGION ARE ALSO AT CAPACITY. 
          I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THIS APPROACH TODAY BECAUSE IT'S TYING IT TO METRICS. 
          AND I, I THINK THAT THAT GIVES US A MEASURE OF, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK THAT APA IS DOING IN OTHER ARENAS. 
          AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THAT PARTNERSHIP IS, IS STILL IN PLACE WITH, TO THEIR WORK WITH THE ANIMAL CENTER. 
          SO I THINK THAT APPROACH IS, IS A USEFUL ONE. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR WORKING ON IT. 
          UM, I LET'S SEE, AND I THINK I'LL LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW. 
          I DO. 
          UH, THERE IS ANOTHER BODY OF, OF ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE WORK THAT OUR ANIMAL CENTER IS DOING IN TERMS OF, OF REALLY GETTING OUT THE MESSAGE ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF ANIMALS AND, AND MARKETING. 
          UM, IF YOU WILL, THOSE SERVICES, UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE WONDERFUL BENEFITS OF HAVING A PET TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I ALSO SHARE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL'S APPRECIATION FOR THE REALLY HARD WORK THAT ANIMAL, THAT OUR ANIMAL CENTER STAFF AND OUR ANIMAL CENTER VOLUNTEERS DO OVER AT TOWN HALL. 
          I THINK THAT IS, UH, AN EXTRAORDINARY FACILITY AS WELL. 
          AND I KNOW THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE, UM, EITHER AS VOLUNTEERS OR AS STAFF ARE, ARE JUST AS COMMITTED TO THE WORK AS, AS ARE THOSE OVER AT APA. 
          AND THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT IN THIS ECOSYSTEM. 
          THAT BEING SAID, I DO, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THEIR PROCEDURES AND, UM, DATA AND, AND OTHER THINGS. 
          AND I KNOW THESE CONCERNS HAVE ALSO BEEN RAISED BY THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I'M GOING TO, AGAIN, PUT SOME OF THESE INTO WRITING, BUT I APPRECIATE, UM, WHERE WE ARE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS. 
          I THINK OUR COMMISSIONERS HAVE ASKED FOR SOME OF THAT DATA AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL HAD DONE A RESOLUTION, WHICH I CO-SPONSORED THAT SHOULD HAVE FACILITATED THE, THE, UM, REPORTING OF THAT DATA TO OUR COMMISSION THAT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE HAPPENING. 
          SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE, UH, IN, IN ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD AGAIN, VIA EMAIL AND PUBLIC, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF, UM, ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO NEED TO UNTANGLE AS WE CONTINUE ON THIS, ON THIS, UH, CONTINUED PATH AND COMMITMENT TO NO KILL. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THE CONDITION QUESTIONS, CAPS OVER TOP OF THAT YOU RAISED, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, UH, TRYING TO HELP FIGURE, FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THIS ITEM NUMBER 38, IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. 
          LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THOSE OPPOSED MAYOR PRO TAB. 
          AYE. 
          ARE YOU WITH US? AND I CALLED, I CALLED THAT BOTH TED AND FAVOR MAYOR PROTAB AND COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          KELLY ARE BOTH OFF THE DIET. 
          SO EIGHT, UH, 9 0 2. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT SAID, UH, COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO BREAK FOR LUNCH. 
          WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK FROM LUNCH AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          UM, WHAT WE HAVE LEFT IS THE JPA, THE HFC, THE BRIEFING ZONING, UH, AND THEN EXECUTIVE SESSION WE HAVE LEFT FOR THE DAY. 
          IT IS NOW 1239. 
          UH, DO WE WANT TO TRY AND COME BACK ONE 30 IN EXECUTIVE SESSION? I GIVE PEOPLE ENOUGH TIME. 
          LET'S DO THAT. 
          LET'S SEE HOW FAR WE CAN GET. 
          SO MAYOR IS THAT VIRTUAL EXECUTIVE SESSION? YES. 
          VIRTUAL EXECUTIVE SESSION AS IS OUR PRACTICE RIGHT NOW. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          [Executive Session (Part 1 of 2)]
CITY COUNCIL NOW HAS GOT TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE OUT THREE ITEMS PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 7. 
          WHILE THE GOVERNMENT CODE WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM 66, 8 SPEECH LIKE ACTIVITY 67 IS THE JPA AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AT METRO AND AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP POINT OUT TO YOU THAT, UH, THERE WAS A YELLOW SHEET MOTION SHEET THAT I JUST DISTRIBUTED ON THE DYES THAT JUST WENT OUT FROM THE CLERK. 
          IT'S ALSO POSTED ONTO THE MESSAGE BOARD AND PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 7 FOR THE GOVERNMENT CODE COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED ITEM 45, WHICH THE CITY CLERK HIT HER OWN CITY CLERK WITHOUT OBJECTION, THEN, UH, WE'LL SEE YOU ALL EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ONE 30. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          UH, SO, UH, WE'RE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION WHILE WE WERE CLOSED SESSION, WE DISCUSSED THE LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 66 THAT'S AS FAR AS WE GOT. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO SPEAKERS, 
          [Public comments (Part 4 of 4)]
UH, HANDLE THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND THEN GO BACK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE LAST TWO ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE SPEAKERS HERE ON ZONING THAT ARE IN PERSON FIRST. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THEM IN ORDER OF THE ITEM NUMBERS. 
          UH, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE PHONE, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE HAVE OR THE WORKLOAD WE HAVE THIS AFTERNOON. 
          WE HAVE TOLD EVERYBODY THAT THERE WOULD BE TWO MINUTE LIMITATION TO SPEAKERS PARTICIPATION. 
          [02:30:02]
WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE WITH ITEM NUMBER 46 IS SARAH. 
          UH,  SAMADHI DEEPA. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN AFTER MS.  SPEAKS IS ERIC PACE HERE, YOU'LL BE UP NEXT. 
          YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH. 
          ASKING FOR YOU TO HELP US WITH YOUR MISSION TO INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND WE WERE ASKING IT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS THE CESAR CHAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY AND MUCH OF THE EAST SIDE IS UNRECOGNIZABLE FROM EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          IT HAS BEEN LEADING THE WAY IN CHANGE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HAS LEFT MANY PEOPLE BEHIND AND DISPLACED. 
          THE FAIR MARKET PROJECT DOES NOT ADD ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR PROVIDE A COMMENSURATE BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY EXCHANGE FOR THE ADDED HEIGHT REQUESTED. 
          WE HAVE A VEHICLE, THE CELL T O T O D TO ADD AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND YET WE DISREGARD ITS DIRECTIVES AND ZONE LOT BY LOT. 
          MAYOR. 
          YOU SAID YOURSELF, THE CELL T O T O D IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AFFORDABILITY WHERE THE MARKET IS NOT GOING TO CREATE IT FOR ITSELF. 
          TODAY, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO HONOR THE REGULATING PLAN AND OPPOSE THIS PROJECT REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL HEIGHT AND DENSITY, OR TO POSTPONE MAKING YOUR DECISION ON THIS CASE AND OTHERS LIKE IT UNTIL WE CAN PUT A COMPREHENSIVE REGULATING PLAN AMENDMENTS IN PLACE THAT ENCOURAGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ARE ALL COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COME ON DOWN, SIR. 
          WELL, MR. PACE IS COMING DOWN AS KRISTEN HETTY HAIR. 
          OKAY, YOU'LL BE UP NEXT. 
          GO AHEAD, SIR. 
          YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. 
          GOOD. 
          THE AFTERNOON, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF. 
          UH, MY NAME IS ERIC PACE ON THE SECRETARY AND SECTOR ONE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CESAR CHAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN TEAM. 
          AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD TODAY, THE ECC OR JAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD TEAM REQUESTS THAT CITY COUNCIL PAUSE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS TO AMEND THIS LTO TOD TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE REGULAR AND PLAN TO BE REVISED INTO SOMETHING THAT'S MORE EFFECTIVE FOR BOTH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DEVELOPERS. 
          WE'RE ALSO AWARE THAT COUNCIL IS TAKING STEPS TO MAKE COMPREHENSIVE REVISIONS, TO ADOPT EQUITABLE TOD, AND THAT WE HOPE CAN, CAN ADDRESS THE SITUATION. 
          HOWEVER, THOSE COMPREHENSIVE REFORMS WON'T BE ADOPTED UNTIL THE END OF NEXT YEAR. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, THE ECU JOB AS A NEIGHBORHOOD WILL FIELD SEVERAL PROPOSALS AS DEVELOP, UH, DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT AND SHARE A BIT ABOUT WHAT A SALTIER TOD AMENDMENT COULD LOOK LIKE. 
          THE RIGGING PLAN CARVES OUT ADOPTION FOR 85 FEET, A SUPER DENSITY BONUS FOR DEVELOPERS THAT MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA. 
          THE SUPER DENSITY BONUS HAS BEEN USED HAS NOT BEEN USED BY ANY DEVELOPER SINCE THE REAGAN PLAINS ADOPTION. 
          EVEN OUR FRIENDS AT THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. 
          FIND IT TOO TO BE TOO RIGID FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          IN SOME, THE SUPER DENSITY BONUS SECTION DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR DEVELOPERS OR FOR THE CITY'S HOUSING GOALS, AS CONSEQUENCES OF THE REG RATING PLAN CTO'S ZONING CASES HAVE PLACE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN A POSITION OF NEGOTIATING DIRECTLY WITH DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE SOME FURTHER CONSIDERATION EXCHANGE FOR THE ZONING CHANGES. 
          OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD TEAMS CANNOT PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE SALTIER TOD AND COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UH, TOBA HAS DEMONSTRATED, UH, RECENTLY, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT REFORMS ARE FEASIBLE, UH, CAN BE IMPLEMENTED RATHER QUICKLY AS THE CASE, UH, AS WAS THE CASE IN THE RAINY DISTRICT. 
          SO IT ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE TIME TO, TO MAKE SIMPLE INTERIM AMENDMENTS TO THE SALTIER TOD AND AMEND THE SUPER DENSITY BONUS SECTION TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT GUIDANCE FOR DEVELOPERS AND EQUITABLE FEES TO HELP THE CITY ACHIEVE ITS HOUSING GOALS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. 
          UH, AND THEN JOHN REESE IS NEXT IS JOHN RESEAR. 
          YOU'LL BE UP NEXT. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          TWO MINUTES. 
          AS WE BEGIN TODAY, I INVITE YOU TO LET GO OF ANY PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD TEAMS AND THE STEREOTYPE THAT WE'RE JUST A BUNCH OF NIMBYS WITH OUR FISTS IN THE AIR, TRYING TO STIR UP A CULTURE WAR. 
          THAT IS NOT WHY WE'RE HERE. 
          WE'RE HERE BECAUSE LIKE MAYOR ADLER SAID IN 2017, QUOTE, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GIVE AWAY HEIGHT AND DENSITY WITHOUT TAKING A LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN USE THOSE AS TOOLS FOR DRIVING INCREASED AFFORDABILITY AND PERMANENT AFFORDABILITY. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATION CONTINUING ON AS PART OF CODE NEXT OR OTHERWISE. 
          THIS IS THAT OTHERWISE CONVERSATION, FOUR YEARS LATER, TODD'S STILL REQUIRE UPDATING. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK MAYOR PRO TEM HARPER, MADISON FOR BRINGING FORWARD A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR EQUITABLE TODD'S AND RE-EVALUATING EXISTING TODD'S WE AGREE OUR PLAN NEEDS UPDATING THAT SAID OUR PLAN WORKS WHEN WE APPLY ITS RULES 
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AND FIERCELY DEFEND ITS INTENTION TO DRIVE AFFORDABILITY. 
          THE APPLICANT IS OFFERING AN ADDITIONAL FEE IN LIEU OF ROUGHLY $448,000 ALLOCATED TO A HABITAT PROJECT THAT WILL BUILD 13 AFFORDABLE HOMES. 
          AND ON THE SURFACE, THIS LOOKS LIKE A WIN, BUT IN REALITY, IT COMES AT THE COST OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THOSE 13 HOMES, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 38 TO 113 AFFORDABLE UNITS RIGHT HERE IN OUR TODD MAYOR. 
          YOU SAID THE SALTO TODD IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AFFORDABILITY WHERE THE MARKET IS NOT GOING TO CREATE IT BY ITSELF. 
          WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP. 
          TODAY. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU HONOR OUR REGULATING PLAN, OPPOSE THIS REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL HEIGHT OR POSTPONE MAKING YOUR DECISION ON THIS CASE AND OTHERS LIKE IT UNTIL WE CAN PUT COMPREHENSIVE REGULATING PLAN AMENDMENTS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THESE HEIGHT REQUESTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE TOD AND CREATE EQUIVALENT EQUITABLE BENEFITS FOR BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, JOHN REESE. 
          AND AFTER MR. REESE SPEAKS, THEN IT'S, UH, JADIS REESE, GO AHEAD. 
          YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. 
          HI, WE'RE ON THE AGENDA TOGETHER BECAUSE, UH, MY MOM DOESN'T USE THE INTERNET OR COMPUTERS A WHOLE LOT, SO I SIGNED US BOTH UP TO SPEAK. 
          I'M JOHN, THIS IS JANICE. 
          WE LIVE AT 1 0, 2, 2 1, DAVID MOORE. 
          MY NAME IS JANICE REESE AND I'M 81 YEARS OLD. 
          I'M A WIDOW AND I OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS SIX ACRES. 
          I WANT TO DIVIDE IT INTO THREE PARTS BECAUSE I HAVE THREE CHILDREN. 
          UH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UH, MY FAMILY, UH, THAT'S MY WIFE BACK THERE AND OUR CHILDREN HAVE LIVED ADJACENT TO MY MOM. 
          AND, UM, FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE THAT MY DAD AND GRANDMOTHER AND THEY'VE SINCE PASSED AWAY. 
          AND AS SHE SAID, SHE HAS THREE KIDS AND JUST WANTS TO SORT OF BE ABLE TO PUT HOUSES ON THE PROPERTY FOR EACH OF THE THREE CHILDREN. 
          SO WE ALREADY LIVED THERE AND WE'RE JUST DOING A SIMPLE IN OUR MINDS, A SIMPLE FAMILY PROJECT. 
          WE'RE NOT DEVELOPERS. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY. 
          IN FACT, WE'D LIKE TO PROTECT IT FROM FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR, OUR GOAL. 
          AND, UM, SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE EXPRESSED A LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT OUR DESIRE TO PUT AS MANY AS SIX HOUSES ON THE PROPERTY, BUT I WOULD JUST POINT OUT IT'S SIX ACRES. 
          AND SO THAT'S A DENSITY OF ONE HOUSE PER ACRE, WHICH IS NOT REALLY VERY HIGH DENSITY. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THANKS A LOT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          BUT I THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. 
          UH, I THINK THIS IS, UM, IT'S VERY NICE TO HEAR YOUR FAMILY STAYING TOGETHER AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS ITEM IS GOING TO BE ON CONSENT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS SPEAKER IS ROBIN NELSON. 
          WE'RE MOVING TO, UH, ITEM 53 AND ON DECK. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS A BARBARA BORMAN. 
          OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ROBIN NELSON. 
          I LIVE AT 8 203 BEAVERBROOK LANE. 
          I DID NOT ATTEND THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING ON MAY 18TH. 
          I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT THE APPLICANT WAYFINDER REAL ESTATE AND MAC BUCKNELL REP OPPOSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT OF TWO WEEKS. 
          WE FILED A VALID PETITION ORIGINALLY AT 21.18% RECENTLY IT'S INCREASED 38.75%. 
          AFTER MEETING THE 20% THRESHOLD, WE EXPECTED AT LEAST SOME OF YOU TO OPPOSE THE MFR REZONING IN LIGHT OF OUR COMMUNITY CONCERNS. 
          I'VE WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT, NEIGHBORS AND COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCES'S OFFICE TO MAKE THIS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. 
          I WOULD PRIORITIZE CONSENSUS BUILDING THE APPLICANT AND THEIR AGENT DAVID HARTMAN OF SMITH AND ROBERTSON HAVE NOT BEEN CLEAR WITH THEIR OBLIGATIONS CONSISTENT WITH OUR PROMISES NORM NEGOTIATED IN GOOD FAITH. 
          AFTER FIRST READING, I REQUESTED THE CONDITIONAL UPPER RES AND CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER CONCEPT EDGAR B WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD. 
          I WAS TOLD THAT ALL THE CONCESSIONS WE NEGOTIATED WERE REMOVED. 
          EVERYTHING WE WORKED SO HARD FOR HAD BEEN ELIMINATED AND PLEADING FOR SOMEONE TO REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO HONOR COMMITMENTS MADE IN WRITING VERBALLY THE EMAIL AND PICTORIALLY. 
          I NEED YOU TO INSTRUCT THE APPLICANT TO PLACE THE PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTIES REQUIRE CONTRACTS OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND ADJOINING HOMEOWNERS 
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AND SPEAK ON THE RECORD TODAY AT CITY COUNCIL INDICATING THAT YOU WILL REQUIRE AGREEMENT FROM ALL PARTIES BEFORE APPROVING THIRD BASE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS BARBARA BORMAN. 
          MY HOME IS CONNECTED TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HOMES IN THE NORTH SIDE OR APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET BELOW THE GRADE OF THE MID AND UPPER PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY. 
          ANY BUILDINGS ON THIS SITE WILL APPEAR LARGE AND LOOMING TESTS, 30 FEET PLUS 50 FEET EQUALS 80 FEET IN THE AIR. 
          THAT'S WHY THIS, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENT AND OUR PROPERTY IS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO US. 
          IN MARCH. 
          WE ASKED THE APPLICANT TO EXPLORE WAYS TO INCREASE THAT DISTANCE. 
          WE SUGGESTED PERIMETER PARKING, SO THAT, THAT WOULD FURTHER GIVE US SOME DISTANCE. 
          IN APRIL. 
          WE ASKED HIM TO GO AND LOOK AT NEARBY APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAD ADOPTED THIS STRATEGY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SOME DISTANCE IN LATE AUGUST. 
          AFTER MANY MEETINGS THAT ARE ASKED TO INCREASE THE BUILDING SETBACKS, THE APPLICANT PRESENTED US WITH TWO CONCEPT PLANS FOR REVIEW ON SEPTEMBER THE 11TH. 
          THE PREFERENCE OF MOST OF OUR PARTICIPATING COMMUNITY WAS FOR CONCEPT PLAN. 
          A THE PLAN WAS TWO, THREE AND FOUR STORY BUILDINGS WITH PARKING ON THE PERIMETER THAT INCREASED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN OUR HOMES AND THESE BUILDINGS. 
          HOWEVER, THE SITE PLAN DID NOT MATCH THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS. 
          WE ASKED THE APPLICANT TO UPDATE THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS AND THE RESTRICTED COVENANTS TO REFLECT CONCEPT PLAN A. 
          WE WAITED FOR THE REVISED DOCUMENTS FROM THE APPLICANT, THE UPDATED CONDITIONAL OVERRIDE OVERLAYS, REFLECTING THE CHANGE WERE NOT SENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY. 
          THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS WERE MADE AVAILABLE AFTER THE OCTOBER 14TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, NEITHER REFLECTED THE CHANGE. 
          I URGE EACH OF YOU TO URGE THE ACAP, THE APPLICANT, TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS, TO PRIORITIZE, PLACING PARKING, OR OTHER THAN BUILDINGS ADJACENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTIES AND TO REVISE THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS TO REFLECT THIS CHANGE. 
          THAT IS CONCEPT PLAN A THANK YOU. 
          UH, MAYOR, CAN I JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING WITH THIS SPEAKER? OKAY. 
          SO, UM, BOTH YOU AND THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER INDICATED THAT THAT WAS A CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT HAD AGREED TO, IS THAT CORRECT? I'M NOT SURE OF YOUR QUESTION. 
          THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SPOKE ABOUT SEVERAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE ONE YOU JUST DESCRIBED. 
          AND IF I UNDERSTOOD, UM, THAT SPEAKER INDICATED THAT IT HAD BEEN THAT, THAT THERE WAS AGREEMENT ON IT. 
          WE VOICED WE'VE WATCHED A COMMITMENT TO THAT, BUT THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS AND RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS DID MOT DID NOT MATCH THE PLAN THAT WE WERE SHOWN, WHICH WAS CONCEPT PLANNED DATE. 
          UM, SO I'M JUST GOING TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT OF THINGS. 
          UM, WE WERE PRESENTED WITH A CONCEPT PLAN. 
          WE NOTICED THAT THOSE DID NOT MATCH THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS. 
          WE ASKED FOR UPDATED CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS TO SO THAT THEY WOULD MATCH AND WE WERE NOT GIVEN THOSE. 
          AND THEN WE WERE TOLD LATER THAT, UM, ALL OF OUR CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS THAT WE HAD NEGOTIATED WERE NOLAN VOID. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          THANKS. 
          THAT'S VERY, THANK YOU. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER. 
          I THINK WE HAVE A TRANSLATOR FOR, UH, THIS WOULD BE, UH, VERONICA, UM, ANNA LUIZA WOLFERMAN. 
          YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG TRANSPLANT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE WENT OVER THERE. 
          YES. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          HELLO. 
           I AM TALKING TO ALL OF YOU FROM MY ANGUISH AS A CITIZEN. 
          AND IF  AND THIS COMMITTEE FOR THE REZONING AND PLANNING OF THE CITY, I STARTED NOT INCLUDING THE VOICE OF THE STATISTICS. 
          I CAN TELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I CAN TELL, UH, THAT THIS IS LIKE THAT BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE PROVED A HUGE APARTMENT BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO MY PROPERTY NEXT TO MY PROPERTY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE REASON WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT IT'S  BECAUSE WITH 38, 8 38, 40, 70 5% OF THE REST OF THE 
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THAT ARE LEAVING IN THE 200 FEET OF THE CONSTRUCTION, IT'S DAN AND CONTRA, THEY ARE AGAINST THIS, CORRECT? UM,  I THINK THAT IT IS REALLY BAD. 
          ELECTED OFFICER  DEBATED OR DISCUSSED PUBLICLY. 
          I'LL GO CASE  SOMETHING THAT IS  THAT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH EVERYBODY ON ANY MOMENT. 
          PERFECT. 
          I HAVE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR SEVEN YEARS. 
           I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE CITY HAS CHANGED. 
          SAY  APPROVING ANY  FOR THE CONSTRUCTION  WITHOUT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SURROUNDING THE AREA. 
          HE'S THE PRINCIPAL REASON. 
           LATINOS, NEGROES, IMMUNO THAT'S. 
          THE REASON THE COMMUNITY BELONGS TO, OR IS OF BLACK, LATINO, LATINA. 
          AND MARIA'S IN MINORS. 
          SIT DOWN, SAY  THAT HAD LEFT THE CITY ON THE NORMAL HEIGHT. 
          WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO? OH, MY HARDLY CHEW OR BETTER DEAD. 
          I OWN THE NO KIDDING METHOD. 
          WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SEND US? NO. 
           WE CONTINUE WITH THE PROCEDURES, WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. 
          WE INVITE ALL OF THEM TO PARTICIPATE. 
           TO DO THE PROCESS OF THE GOVERNMENT  WITH OUR VALID PETITION. 
          AND EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T HEAR US,  NOW KNOWING THAT WE CANNOT GO BACK. 
          I ASKED YOU IF THERE'S AN . 
          THIS IS THE ONLY APARTMENT M F  PROPOSES A MINIMAL SPACE. 
          THE SOLO ONLY 45 FEET  WE HAD PRESENTED THE INFORMATION MANY TIMES, MANY WAYS. 
           WE HAD COMPARE WITH SIMILAR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE NEAR US  AND WE ASK YOU TO MAKE SURE GET THE BUILDER. 
           FOLLOW THE RULES ABOUT THE SPACES BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS AND HANDED IN, IN GENERAL. 
          AND  INTO CONTRIBUTE WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          I  AT THE END. 
           WHO IS GOING TO PROTECT US IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, BUT  OF COURSE OUR REPRESENTATIVE  ARE DECIDING NOT TO HEAR IT. 
          OH, IS THE TIME OFF. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, NAUREEN BERRY AND THEN A SANTIAGO  MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS NORINE CUISINE. 
          BERRY. 
          WHEN WE STARTED MEETING WITH MACK AND DAVID, WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE. 
          ONE WAS FROM A MAN THAT DID CONTRACT WORK WITH THE CITY WHO WAS VERY SERIOUS AND SAID, WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS ADMIRABLE, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE. 
          WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST. 
          WE EVEN GOT COUNCIL, WOMAN AUNTIES TO LISTEN. 
          WE FELT WE HAD AN EAR TO OUR NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL, WOMAN, WHOM I VOTED FOR. 
          WE HAD A ZOOM MEETING WITH HER, WHERE SHE LISTENED TO US. 
          SHE SAID, PERHAPS NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BUILD ON THIS PROPERTY. 
          I WAS ENCOURAGED, ALTHOUGH NOT EVERYONE WAS, WE WERE WARNED NOT TO TRUST CITY COUNCIL. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO ADD TURNING LANES TO THE APARTMENTS ON SOUTH FIRST. 
          SO LET'S DO THE MATH. 
          ONE IS FOR CROSSING CELL. 
          FIRST TO GO TO THE APARTMENTS. 
          TWO LANES ARE GOING NORTH. 
          TWO LANES ARE GOING SOUTH AND WE HAVE TRAFFIC TURNING NORTH WHO WANTS TO GO TO GREAT BRITAIN? HEY, WAIT FROM SLAUGHTER LANE. 
          I CAN TAKE A SHORTCUT. 
          I CAN DO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING. 
          I CAN ZOOM THROUGH THE LANES, GO THROUGH GREAT BRITAIN. 
          AND UP UNTIL NOW, IT'S BEEN A CRAP SHOOT TO TURN IT THE LEFT, BUT A LIGHT WE'LL STOP THE TRAFFIC. 
          BUT DAVID HARTMAN SAID, WE DON'T NEED A TRAFFIC STUDY BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARY. 
          HE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T DRIVE THIS ROUTE. 
          A DEDICATED LIGHT AT GREAT BRITAIN ENSURES MORE TRAFFIC ON GRAYTON GREAT BRITAIN, NOT LESS. 
          DAVID, TELL 
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ME ABOUT EGRESS. 
          WE ASKED THE CITY AND YOU NOT TO LET ORO BE USED AS AN EXIT. 
          AND YOU ASSURED US IT WOULD NOT IN BUILDING CODE. 
          A MEANS OF EGRESS IS A WAY TO EXIT A PROPERTY IN CASE OF FIRE. 
          OTHER EMERGENCY, EVERY APARTMENT OTHER IN OTHER RESIDENCES MUST HAVE AT LEAST TWO MEANS OF EGRESS OR ROAD IS ALSO AN IDEAL TO PARK BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE TO THE APARTMENTS. 
          SHOW ME HOW IT WON'T BE USED AS AN OPEN ROAD AND COUNCIL WOMAN WHO TWENTIES, WHEN THE CITY CHANGED, WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO SUPPORT, WHY DIDN'T YOU LET US KNOW? WE THOUGHT YOU SUPPORTED DISTRICT TWO. 
          THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID AT THE DOVE SPRINGS DISTRICT MEETING. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU THUMBED YOUR NOSE AT IMAGINE AUSTIN CONCEPT, YOU DEVALUED ME AND ROBERT MURDOCH SAYS THIS ABOUT HONESTY, AND THIS IS THE DAVID HARTMAN MAC. 
          AND YOU ALL HONESTY IS A VERY EXPENSIVE GIFT. 
          DON'T EXPECT IT FROM CHEAP PEOPLE. 
          TALK IS CHEAP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, IS  RD K HERE? NO. 
          WHAT ABOUT, UH, UH, SUZANNE SHORTNER WE'RE NOW MOVING TO PARCEL 54 ON DECK AFTER MS. SCHWERNER WILL BE JAKE BROWN. 
          IS JAKE BROWN HERE? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'LL BE NEXT. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          MAYOR. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS SUZANNE SCHWERTNER AND I WORKED FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          I AM IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 54 FOX HOLLOW. 
          AND I'M JUST HERE. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GOOD MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JAKE BROWN WITH LDG DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER SPEAKING IN FAVOR AND HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MAY HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALSO THE SPEAKER, WHICH NUMBER? 54. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT GETS US INTO PARCEL. 
          56 IS TROY MARCUS HERE. 
          COME ON DOWN IS LED GALBRAITH HERE. 
          YOU'LL BE UP NEXT. 
          CAN I TROUBLE YOU FOR THE UM, MAYOR? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. 
          CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SO ARE WE WE'RE TAKING THE, UH, THE PRESENTATIONS FROM, UH, WHEN A CASE GETS CALLED UP. 
          IF IT'S NOT OUR KIDS SAND, THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES, WE'LL GO TO THE APPLICANT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THEM NOW, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THEM DOWN. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT THEY DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEIR CASES I SAID EARLIER I WAS PULLING IT, SO, OKAY. 
          SO, SO ARE WE ABOUT TO MIRROR? ARE WE ABOUT TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION FROM THE APPLICANT? YEAH. 
          THIS IS A TWO MINUTE SPEECH JUST SPEAKING IN FAVOR. 
          YES. 
          BUT HE WAS JUST SAYING THAT COMES LATER WHEN THE, WHEN THE, UH, ITEMS. THAT'S COOL. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING IT. 
          WE'VE BEEN GIVING PEOPLE A CHANCE TO SIGN UP. 
          IF A CASE GETS CALLED, THEN WE GIVE THE APPLICANT FIVE MINUTES. 
          WELL THEN THE APPLICANT DOESN'T GET FIVE MINUTES LATER AND TWO MINUTES RIGHT NOW THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. 
          MAYOR. 
          IT'S JUST HARD. 
          I MEAN, WE CAN DO THAT NOW AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT HISTORICALLY FOR THE LAST YEAR, NO, ONE'S CALLED OUT AN APPLICANT. 
          WHAT DID AN APPLICANT COMES UP? AND SOMETIMES THE APPLICANTS HAVE, HAVE, HAVE, HAVE COME UP IN AND SPOKEN, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO IT HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          IF, IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE WOMAN. 
          WELL, I GUESS MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE THAT WE KIND OF REVERT BACK TO WHAT OUR PROCESS WAS WHEN WE WERE IN PERSON BEFORE IT JUST, I JUST THINK WE, I THINK WE IT'S EASIER FOR US TO FOLLOW THE NARRATIVES, UM, OF EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE WHEN WE HAVE THEM IN CHUNKS. 
          SO I WOULD, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT IF IT'S ON CONSENT, WE HAVE THE SPEAKERS, WHICH I THINK WE'VE DONE. 
          AND THEN WE RESOLVED THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN WE DEAL INDIVIDUALLY WITH ANYTHING PULLED FROM CONSENT WITH ALL THIS. 
          I SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE CASE. 
          YOU'LL COME BACK UP. 
          IF YOU'RE LACKING TWO MINUTES TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK, I'LL ASK YOU TO CONTINUE. 
          GREAT. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE'LL COME BACK TO MR. BARKUS. 
          LET'S GO TO, UH, LYNN GALBREATH, 
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UM, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M HERE. 
          SPEAKING ON ITEMS, 58 AND 59. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S THE, UH, GRADY BROWNIE REZONING. 
          UM, I DON'T LIVE IMMEDIATELY NEAR THE SITES, BUT I DO LIVE IN THE PLANNING AREA. 
          AND I'VE LOOKED AT THIS VERY CLOSELY AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, FUTURE LAND USE MAP. 
          AND THIS LOOP, THIS LOCATION MAKES NO SENSE. 
          GIVEN THE MANY NEARBY PARCELS ALREADY ZONED APPROPRIATELY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, THE APPLICANT CLAIMS TO WANT TO BUILD NEARLY ALL OF THE ENTIRE FOUR MILES OF NORTH LAMAR CORRIDOR IS ALREADY ZONED FOR MIXED USE BECAUSE IT OFFERS THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES NECESSARY FOR HIGH DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL, WHICH THE APPLICANT'S SITE LACKS. 
          THERE'S NO SHORTAGE HERE OF PROPERTIES. 
          ZONED MIXED USE THAT HAVE ACTUAL SIDEWALKS, ACTUAL DRAINAGE, TRUE PROXIMITY TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER SERVICES. 
          IN FACT, THERE WAS A PARCEL ALL SUMMER LONG FOR SALE. 
          THAT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR THE APPLICANTS BUILD AND IT IS ON THE CORRIDOR AND ZONED, READY TO GO. 
          UNLIKE MOST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS, OVER 70% OF OUR HOUSING UNITS HERE ARE ALREADY MULTIFAMILY. 
          MANY ARE STILL AFFORDABLE. 
          AND AS THE CITY POLICIES OF IMAGINE AUSTIN STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT AND THE CORRIDOR PLANS ASK OF US, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN RESERVED PLENTY OF LAND AND OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE MIXED USE AND MULTIFAMILY ON THE CORRIDORS WHERE IT CAN TRULY WORK. 
          WHY WOULD A DEVELOPER BY SOME OF THE COMPARATIVELY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF LAND HERE ZONE FOR OTHER THAN WHAT HE WANTS TO BILL, IT'S CHEAPER. 
          IF HE CAN CONVINCE DECISION MAKERS TO CHANGE SENSIBLE PLANNING POLICY, THEN HE CAN INCREASE PROFIT. 
          WHETHER HE PLANS TO SELL THE LAND. 
          THE DAY AFTER THE NEW ZONING, EQ IS DRY OR BUILD AND SELL UNITS TO INVESTORS WHO WILL THEN RENT IT OUT AT HIGH RATES. 
          FROM WHERE WE SIT, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TROUBLING PERCEPTIONS POSSIBLE FIRST, PERHAPS THE CITY POLICY THAT WE ROLLED INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND IMAGINE AUSTIN BLUEPRINT, ET CETERA, DOESN'T REALLY MEAN ANYTHING OR DOES IT DOES ALL THAT POLICY. 
          JUST SIT ON A SHELF. 
          YOU CONCLUDE YOUR THOUGHT. 
          IS THIS THE POLICY APPLY OR NOT? ARE WE JUST GOING TO MAKE THESE ZONING CASES UP AS WE GO ALONG? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS PRESTON KING HAIR? PRESTON. 
          K, I THINK THIS IS ALSO A PARCEL 58. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH. 
          HI, I'M KRISTIN HEANEY. 
          I'M THE CHAIR OF THE EAST CESAR CHAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM. 
          I, SINCE THE, SINCE THE FAIR MARKET ITEM WAS ON HERE TWICE, I WANTED A SECOND OPPORTUNITY TO JUST LET COUNCIL KNOW THAT THE ECC UNDERSTANDS THAT DENSITY AND HEIGHT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. 
          YOU'VE ALREADY HAD A CHANCE TO I'M SORRY. 
          THERE ARE TWO AGENDA ITEMS RELATED TO THIS TOPIC. 
          46 AND 47. 
          RIGHT? IF PEOPLE ARE SIGNING UP TO SPEAK AND THEY GET A TIME TO SPEAK ON, ON THE BULK OF THE CASE, BOTH CASES, UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO CALL HER UP TO SPEAK SEPARATELY. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'VE ALREADY HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO THE DOCTOR. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE RULES WERE THAT WE CAN SPEAK ON EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          NO, THAT'S NOT HOW WE'VE BEEN CALLING IT. 
          PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK AND I'VE HAD MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD MORE THAN ONE CASE THAT THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO OR SIGNED UP TO SCHOOL. 
          OKAY. 
          MY APOLOGIES. 
          THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTOOD THE SPEAKER REGISTRATION TO READ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          IS I WAS CALLING PRESTON CANE. 
          PRESTON KING HAIR. 
          NO. 
          WHAT ABOUT TIE? BRATS TIE BRAD'S HERE. 
          WHAT ABOUT GARY HAMILTON? WHAT ABOUT DAVID PIPER? ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THAT'S HERE THAT HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK YET? YES. 
          WHAT'S YOUR NAME? C'MON DOWN. 
          DID YOU TELL THE CLERK YOUR NAME? HELLO? MY NAME IS JAY. 
          I HOPE EVERYBODY'S DOING WELL. 
          MY NAME IS JULIET ALMAREZ. 
          I'M A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN STUDYING URBAN STUDIES AND LANDSCAPE STUDIES. 
          I'M ALSO AN INTERN AT A LOCAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. 
          THAT BEING SAID I'M WELL AWARE OF THE HOUSING CRISIS CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE IN OUR CITY. 
          HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT WE, AS A CITY NEED TO THINK CAREFULLY ON HOW WE 
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APPROACH OUR SOLUTIONS AS A STUDENT WHO WAS PUSHED OUT OF WEST CAMPUS, LIVING TO DUE TO THE RISING RENT COSTS. 
          I BELIEVE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS TO BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS WHEN LOOKING TO FURTHER DEVELOP RESIDENTIAL SPACES IN AUSTIN, I'M A FULL-TIME STUDENT WORKING TWO JOBS TO MAKE MY RENT IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN. 
          AND IT'S SIMPLY NOT SUSTAINABLE. 
          I'M A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR CREATING A WALKABLE CITY, BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT IN ORDER TO CREATE, IN ORDER TO RESIDE IN A WALKABLE COMMUNITY IN THE HEART OF AUSTIN, YOU NEED THE PROPER FUNDS WHEN LOOKING AT ZONING CHANGES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE ON TUMI ROAD, WHICH I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER 60, UM, WHERE ACQUAINT APARTMENT COMPLEX WILL BE, UH, TURNING INTO A HIGH RISE, HIGH DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX. 
          I BEGAN TO WONDER WHO WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE THERE. 
          I HOPE THE CITY WILL CONSIDER MAKING DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THE ONE ON TUBI ROAD TO BECOME MORE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE YOUNGER AUSTINITES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE SPEAKER SOMETHING. 
          SURE. 
          UM, THE, TO ME ROAD ITEM IS A B IN, SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 
          YES. 
          AND, AND I'M ANN KITCHEN WITH DISTRICT FIVE AND A REPRESENT THAT AREA WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU FURTHER ABOUT THAT DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO IF YOU WOULD REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE AND WHAT WAS YOUR NAME AGAIN? MA'AM JULIA ALMAREZ. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS. 
          I THINK WE HAVE HERE IN PERSON. 
          YOU WANT TO CALL IT THE ONES ON THE PHONE PLEASE? YES, MAYOR. 
          THE FIRST SPEAKER IS KRISTIN HOT TOP COLLEAGUES ARE SICK. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT 10 PEOPLE. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I THINK JEREMY. 
          YES. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          HELLO. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS KRISTEN . 
          I AM AS A 27 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE ECC NEIGHBORHOOD AND VICE CHAIR OF THE ECC NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM. 
          I JOINED MY TEAM MEMBERS AND ASKING YOU ALL TO HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON ON ALL REZONING REQUESTS IN THE  UNTIL THE CONTACT TEAM IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY AND AREAS, STAKEHOLDERS TO UPDATE THE SALTIER REGULATING PLAN, THE TEAM STRONGLY ENDORSES THE GOAL OF THIS LTO TOD TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DENSITY IN EXCHANGE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH WE NEED TO ENSURE ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AS INDIAN INDIVIDUALS SELL TOT OR DO REZONING REQUESTS RAPIDLY INCREASE OUR COMMUNITY DOES NEED A REVISED PLAN THAT IS CONSISTENT AND EQUITABLE. 
          THAT OFFERS PREDICTABILITY AND ASSURANCE TO ALL COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, DEVELOPERS AND RESIDENTS INCLUDED. 
          AND THAT REALIZES THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS AS ENVISIONED IN. 
          IMAGINE AUSTIN SAN LOU PAYMENTS TO THE CITY HOUSING FUND HAVE UNFORTUNATELY NOT RESULTED IN FORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          HOWEVER, AND WHILE WE ARE AWARE OF THEIR MARKETS FINANCIAL OFFER TO HABITAT FOR THE ROSEWOOD PROJECT IN EXCHANGE FOR REZONING, WE REALLY NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE ECC NEIGHBORHOOD, IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY AS ECC CONTACT TEAM CHAIR, CHRISTIAN, HE CAME, HE NOTED EARLIER. 
          THIS EXCHANGE WOULD COME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD POTENTIALLY AN ADDITIONAL 38 OR MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS SOMEWHERE IN THIS LTO TOD, IF COUNCIL REALLY WANTS TO PURSUE THIS EXCHANGE. 
          HOWEVER, WE DO REQUEST INPUT IN SELECTING THE BENEFICIARY OF ANY SUCH ARRANGEMENT AND SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS, INCLUDING THE GUADALUPE GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHICH HAS PROJECTS UNDERWAY WITHIN THE ECC BOUNDARIES, ULTIMATELY GRANTING ADDITIONAL HEIGHT WITHOUT GETTING ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY IN EXCHANGE IS UNACCEPTABLE AND FURTHER REWRITING TOD ZONING LOT BY LOT IS NOT BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, NOR SHOULD IT BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THESE, THE INCREASING NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL RE ZONING REQUESTS WE'RE RECEIVING. 
          SO TODAY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO HONOR THE REGULATING PLAN AND OPPOSE THIS PROJECT'S REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL HEIGHT AND DENSITY, OR TO POSTPONE MAKING YOUR DECISION ON THIS CASE AND OTHERS LIKE IT UNTIL WE COULD PUT THE COMPREHENSIVE REGULATING PLAN AMENDMENTS IN PLACE THAT ENCOURAGE THE AFFORDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ARE ALL COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING HERE IN THE ECC COMMUNITY. 
          UM, IT SHOULD NOT BE A COMMUNITY MEMBERS RESPONSIBILITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH SEASONED LOBBYISTS AND DEVELOPERS TO AGREE ON PAYMENTS FOR AMENITIES THAT OFFER SUFFICIENT COMMUNITY, UM, HOW THE COMMUNITY VALUE WE IT'S INEQUITABLE. 
          IT'S EXHAUSTING AND WE'RE REALLY GETTING NOWHERE. 
          UH, WE REALLY NEED A CONSISTENT, UM, A CONSISTENT OVERHAUL. 
          THANK YOU, TRICIA STEWART. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, MY NAME IS TRISHA STEWART AND I AM A HOMEOWNER 
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AT 8,203 BEAVER CLAIMS. UM, I LIVE WITH MY PARTNER AND SON FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. 
          I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. 
          AND SO WHEN IT CAME TIME TO BUY OUR HOME, UM, I WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND I LOVED THE ONE THAT WE'RE IN NOW. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETHING WILL NEED TO BE DEVELOPED ON THE LOT THAT IS NEAR OUR HOUSE, BUT THE PROPOSAL THAT IS GOING IN NOW IS NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING WE WANT IN TERMS OF DENSITY AND HEIGHT. 
          AND WE'VE TRIED TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH AFRICA TO TRY AND MAKE MODIFICATIONS, UM, TO TRY AND DO THINGS THAT AIRBRUSH ASSISTANT WITH, UH, THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THAT WILL ALSO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, MORE HOUSING. 
          I KNOW THERE WAS A HOUSING CRISIS IN AUSTIN, UM, AND WE WANT TO WORK TO RECTIFY THAT, BUT, UH, OUR ATTEMPTS TO WORK WITH, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPER HAVE NOT GONE AS WELL AS WE WOULD HAVE HOPED. 
          UM, WE'VE ASKED FOR THINGS. 
          UM, AND THEY, THEY TOLD US THINGS VERBALLY EMAIL. 
          UM, THEY HAVEN'T EXACTLY BEEN WHAT THEY TOLD US AND WHAT'S COME OUT OF IT, HAVE HADN'T BEEN CONSISTED. 
          UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE OPPOSITE OR FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO PRIORITIZE PLACE IN THE PARKING LOT, RATHER THAN THE BUILDINGS ADJACENT TO THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTIES. 
          LIKE IN CONCEPT A WE'D LIKE TO REQUIRE THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS TO BE SIGNED BY THE ADVOCATE AND THE DRAWING NEIGHBORS. 
          AND WE'D LIKE TO MOVE THE THIRD READING OF THIS CASE TO A SEPARATE MEETING. 
          UM, WELL MORE TIME FOR US TO RETURN TO COUNCIL AND AGREEMENT WITH THE SPECIFICITIES OF THE PROJECT. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK OUT, UM, AND EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT CONTINUING TO DEVELOP THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CREATE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER REQUESTED INTERPRETATION. 
          IT'S MOISIS FIGURE ON      PROCEDA ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? YES. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I WOULD JUST RATHER TO SPEAK IN ENGLISH AT THE TIME. 
          I'M SORRY, INTERPRETER. 
          COULDN'T HEAR WHAT HAPPENED. 
          HE SAID HE WOULD RATHER SPEAK IN ENGLISH AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY AS A RESIDENT OF BEACON REACH IS I THINK IT'S A DIISHAN AGAIN, THIS RESONIUM CASE, AND I CAN LEAVE THE CITY COUNCIL FIRST READING. 
          HE DIDN'T TAKE THE CITIZENS FULLY INTO ACCOUNT IN THAT 90 MINUTES DECISIONS TO BE IN FAVOR OF IT. 
           I WANT TO REMIND YOU ALL THAT OUR VOICE ON THE NEIGHBOR'S BOYS MATTER OR ORGANIZATION MATTERS THE LOVEABILITY THAT WE HAVE OUT OF THESE REZONING. 
          IT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          JUST YESTERDAY. 
          I JUST SAW HOW PEOPLE WERE WALKING ON SURROUNDING THE AREA, AND I COULD FEEL DEFINITELY UNSAFE. 
          I'M BEING WATCHED FROM THAT AREA. 
          IT'S REALLY BAD THAT YOU GUYS DECIDED NOT TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS AND YOU START TO DECIDE TO HELP THIS BIG CORPORATIONS. 
          THANK YOU, DYLAN MCAFEE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          COUNCIL. 
          I'M DYLAN MAXI AND I'M SPEAKING TO IMTP 3 8 4 1 FIRST STREET APARTMENT AND I LIVE ON FIRST STREET, A FEW HUNDRED FEET NORTH OF THE PROPOSED SITE. 
          I SPOKE LAST SESSION ABOUT MOBILITY AND SAFETY FOR THE AREA. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO READ YOUR ITERATE, THE IMMEDIATE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO MOBILITY AND SAFETY. 
          IF THIS AREA IS TO BECOME MUCH MORE DENSE, I DIDN'T HEAR THE SPECIFICS ON THE FIRST READING ON WHAT THE CITY IS COMMITTING TO WITH THIS PROJECT, THE SIDEWALK BETWEEN MYRO AND RALPH EL BENITO NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY CONNECTED, NOT JUST IN FRONT OF THE PROPOSED SITE, A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WATER CURRENTLY DRAINS THROUGH THIS PATH TO AN INLET THAT IS OFTEN OVERWHELMED. 
          SO THAT WILL NEED TO BE CONSIDERED AS WELL. 
          HOW WILL TRAFFIC SAFE TO BE ADDRESSED THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT FIRST AND BRITAIN AND GREAT BRITAIN IS NECESSARY FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S NOT A SOLE SOLUTION. 
          PLEASE CONSIDER MORE OPTIONS. 
          SO PEDESTRIANS CAN SAFELY CROSS FIRST STREET. 
          SO NEIGHBORS CAN SAFELY PULL OUT ONTO FIRST STREET. 
          SO BICYCLES CAN TRAVEL 
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WITH EASE THROUGH THIS CORRIDOR. 
          EVEN THAT THE PEDESTRIAN LIGHT AT FIRST IN MYRA, WE'VE NOTICED IT CAN BE RUN TOO FREQUENTLY BY VEHICLES. 
          PLEASE KEEP IN MIND. 
          THE AREA BETWEEN SLAUGHTER AND DITMAR IS PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL AND PLACES OF WORSHIP. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO PROPOSE THE STAR OF A PROTECTED HIGH COMFORT BIKE ROUTE RUNNING FROM SLAUGHTER. 
          EVENTUALLY ALL THE WAY TO DOWNTOWN BICYCLE ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN IS PRETTY POOR AND CONSIDERING SAFETY AND INTERACTION WITH AUTOMOBILES SOUTH AUSTIN DOESN'T HAVE AN EQUIVALENT SHOAL CREEK BOULEVARD, PROTECTED BIKE LANE AND TRAIL NOR WALL CREEK WALNUT CREEK TRAIL ACTING AS BIKE HIGHWAYS AND RECREATIONAL TRAILS. 
          PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS I SPOKE ON JUST NOW WOULD BE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE WHO WOULD BE UTILIZING LESS EXPENSIVE UNITS IN THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          DALE BARNARD MAYOR ADLER COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I LIVE ON AN ADJOINING PROPERTY AT 8 3 0 4 BEAVER BROOK LANE. 
          THIS IS FOR THE SOUTH FIRST REZONING CASE ITEM 53. 
          AS MY NEIGHBORS HAVE POINTED OUT, WE WERE SURPRISED AT THE FIRST READING THAT OUR STRONG, VALID PETITION AND ALL OF OUR EFFORTS TO, UH, SPEAK AND ARTICULATE OUR THOUGHTS WERE IGNORED AND IT WAS APPROVED WITHOUT ANY DIALOGUE OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE WAS A VALID PETITION IN PLACE. 
          WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD WITH THE DEVELOPER TO LEARN THIS PROCESS. 
          IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT MOST OF US WERE FAMILIAR WITH. 
          AND WE, WE WERE OFFERED BY THE DEVELOPER, A 75 FOOT SETBACK. 
          THAT WAS THE CONCEPT PLAN A THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          AND THEN WHEN THEY WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE FIRST READING, UH, THEY REVERTED TO AN EARLIER VERSION OF IT AND DID NOT, UH, DID NOT STICK WITH WHAT THEY HAD OFFERED. 
          NOW WE DID, WE WERE PUSHING FOR REDUCED DENSITY. 
          AND IF THAT IS NOT TO BE, IF IT'S GOING TO BE MF FOUR, WHICH IS AN ABRUPT CHANGE FROM SINGLE FAMILY, UH, THEN AT LEAST PLEASE ASK THE DEVELOPER TO WORK WITH, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BUFFER. 
          WE WOULD RATHER HAVE PARKING THAN DWELLING UNITS AND ALONG OUR BACK FENCES APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD VALIDATE THE EFFORT THAT WE'VE PUT INTO THIS BY ACKNOWLEDGING OUR CONCERNS AND ASKING THE DEVELOPER TO WORK ONE MORE TIME WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE A MINOR CHANGE TO THEIR OFFERING. 
          THANK YOU, LORRAINE ATHERTON, UH, I'M LORRAINE ATHERTON WITH THE ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ZONING COMMITTEE OPPOSING ITEM 56 IN JUNE AND MAJORITY OF PLANNING COMMISSIONERS VOTED AGAINST THIS REZONING, BUT CITY STAFF HAVE NOT RECOMMENDED ANY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, STREET OR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS OR TRAFFIC AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS IT LETTER FROM Z AND A PRESIDENT BILL BUNCH POSTED IN YOUR AGENDA. 
          BACKUP DESCRIBES THE MANY ISSUES IN THIS CASE. 
          TWO OF THOSE ISSUES HAVE CITYWIDE IMPLICATIONS. 
          NUMBER ONE, AFFORDABILITY GRANTING MS. SIX REZONING HERE WOULD ENCOURAGE INVESTORS AND OTHER MIXED USE AND MODERATE DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES TO APPLY FOR MF SIX EFFECTIVELY GUTTING VMU AND AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED BONUS PROGRAMS. NUMBER TWO, MOST OF THIS SIDE IS LOCATED OVER THE BARTON SPRINGS ZONE AND WILL REQUIRE A REDEVELOPMENT EXCEPTION TO SOS, TO APPROVE FURTHER INCREASES IN ENTITLEMENTS ON A PROPERTY. 
          KNOWING THAT THOSE ENTITLEMENTS WILL HAVE TO BE REDUCED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          SEEMS PERVERSE AS THOUGH THE CITY COUNCIL WAS INTENTIONALLY SEEKING TO UNDERMINE THE SOS ORDINANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS. 
          IN GENERAL, WE THEREFORE ASK THAT YOU DENY THE REZONING. 
          THANK YOU, PHYLLIS SNODGRASS, MAYOR TIM AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS AFTERNOON. 
          THIS IS PHYLLIS KNOTGRASS I'M CEO OF AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND HOME BASE. 
          AND I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 
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56 AT 2,700 SOUTH LAMAR. 
          WE ALL KNOW THAT WE NEED ALL TYPES OF HOUSING AND ALL PARTS OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AS A LOCAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORGANIZATION, WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING SMART POLICIES THAT WILL HELP US ACHIEVE THAT VISION. 
          I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE THIS AFTERNOON AND SAY, I APPRECIATE THE MESSAGE BOARD DISCUSSIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN HAVING ABOUT TEEING UP A NEW CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, UH, BECAUSE AUSTIN NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON ITS AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS. 
          AND YOUR COMMENTS ARE ENCOURAGING. 
          THIS IS VERY MUCH NEEDED. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING A STRONG DENSITY BONUS THAT CAN LOCK DOWN LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY. 
          AS YOU KNOW, PASSED INTO THE PROMISE PROGRAM EFFORTS HAVE SOLVED VARIOUS REASONS RESULTING IN PROJECTS COMING THAT DON'T FIT NEATLY INTO THE CURRENT BOXES WITHOUT AN AVAILABLE PROGRAM TO SYNC UP WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE TURNED TO US AND ASKED US TO STEP IN AND PARTNER TO ENSURE AFFORDABLE LONG-TERM COMMITMENTS TO HOUSING. 
          AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS OUR MISSION. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THIS, WE HAVE STEPPED UP 2,700 SOUTH LAMAR IS ONE OF THESE CASES I WANT TO DESCRIBE TO YOU QUICKLY THE BASICS OF HOW THIS WORKS FOR US. 
          WE HAVE AN ENFORCEABLE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT PROGRAM ENSURING ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT 60% MFI FOR 40 YEARS, THE KEVIN, IT RUNS WITH THE LAND. 
          IT INCLUDES PROTECTIONS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE CITY REQUIRES AND SOME OF ITS DENSITY BONUSES, INCLUDING JUST ALLOWING SOURCE OF INCOME DISCRIMINATION AND REQUIRING AFFORDABLE UNITS TO BE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT. 
          IT ALSO LAYS OUT THEIR MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT. 
          THE OWNERS PROVIDED IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE US WITH IMPORTANT DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW COMPLIANCE. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO CREATE A NEW DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, TO SERVE A BROADER RANGE OF PROJECTS. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE ITEM 56. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. 
          MONICA GUZMAN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I'M MONICA WAS MY POLICY DIRECTOR AT GABA GO OFF AND BUMBLES OFTEN SPEAKING ON AUDIO WAS 58, 59 WHILE IT WAS KNOWN, THE CITY'S ZONING PRINCIPLES ARE NOT MUST DUES. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE POINTED OUT THAT APPROVING THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF CONDOS, ESPECIALLY WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED IS IN NO WAY, COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT AND NEARBY PROPERTY USES OF HOUSES, DUPLEXES, AND FOURPLEXES ALONG BROWNIE AND GRADY DRIVES GRANTING THE ZONING CAN AND VERY LIKELY WILL SET THE UNDESIRABLE PRECEDENT FOR INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES AND INCREASED RENT, LEADING TO ECONOMIC GENTRIFICATION OF THE CURRENT LONG-TERM AND LIFELONG RESIDENT. 
          AND SPEAKING OF INCREASED RENT, MANY RENTERS ARE NOT AWARE. 
          THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHEN PROPERTY TAXES ARE INCREASED, IT'S PASSED ONTO THEM IN THE FORM OF INCREASED RENT, DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE AFFORDABILITY OF THEIR RENTAL HOME. 
          THEY ARE NOT INFORMED OF THIS BY THEIR LANDLORD, PROPERTY OWNER, DEVELOPER AND OR THE CITY. 
          AND AS I STATED AT THE OCTOBER 21, COUNCIL MEETING OFTEN IS EXPERIENCING A CRISIS OF LACK OF AFFORDABILITY. 
          HOW DOES A CONDO DEVELOPMENT PRICE BEYOND THE REACH OF THOSE SAME LONG-TERM LIFELONG LOW INCOME RESIDENTS ADDRESS THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. 
          BUILDING CONDOS IN A LOW INCOME COMMUNITY IS NOT THE ANSWER. 
          YOUR APPROVAL WILL PULL THE GENTRIFICATION LEVEL BEGINNING TO UNRAVEL THE TAPESTRY OF A BEAUTIFUL MULTICULTURAL MULTILINGUAL COMMUNITY. 
          IN CLOSING, I'D LIKE TO READ DEFOUR RESIDENT PRESTON KING STATEMENT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. 
          I AM WRITING IN REGARDS TO THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE AT BROWNIE AND GRADY DRIVE. 
          I LIVE ON GRADY DRIVE AND HAVE FOR 20 YEARS. 
          IN THAT TIME, I HAVE WITNESSED THE TRAFFIC ISSUES ON GRADY. 
          MY MAILBOX HAS BEEN SMASHED AS HAS THE ONE NEXT DOOR, BOTH MY NEIGHBORS AND THOSE ACROSS THE STREET HAVE THEIR PARTS. 
          CARS HIT. 
          OUR STREETS CANNOT HANDLE MORE TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE CAUSED BY A MULTI-LEVEL CONDO BUILDING WITH RETAIL ON THE BOTTOM. 
          THE STREETS IN THIS AREA DON'T EVEN HAVE DRAINAGE AND EXCEPT FOR GRADY ARE ONE LANE. 
          THE OTHER STREET IN THIS BUILDING WOULD EXIT WITH EXIT ON, IS A VERY NORTHERN TIP OF MIDDLE SYSCO, WHICH IS THE SAME SIZE IT WAS WHEN  RAN OVER IT. 
          IN THE FIFTIES, IT IS A SMALL NARROW STREET WITH NO DRAINAGE. 
          IT CANNOT HANDLE ANY MORE TRAFFIC. 
          ANY MORE MULTIUNIT STRUCTURE WILL FLOOD OUT THE STREETS WITH MORE TRAFFIC. 
          THANK YOU, JADE. 
          LAVERA HELLO. 
          I AM JADE LAVERA NATIVE AUSTINITE COMMUNITY LEADER AND LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT COURT. 
          I PRESUME YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE WELL-VERSED AND WELL-VERSED IN THE 12TH PRINCIPLE OF ZONING ESTABLISHED AS A GUIDE TO PRESERVE LAND COMPATIBILITY OF THESE A SOLID 
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10 ARE NOT BEING EVALUATED. 
          IN THIS CASE. 
          NOTABLY NEGLECTED ZONING PRINCIPLES INCLUDE ZONING SHOULD CONSTITUTE A GRANT OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGE TO AN INDIVIDUAL OWNER. 
          THE REQUEST SHOULD NOT RESULT IN SPOT ZONING. 
          ZONING CHANGES SHOULD PROMOTE COMPATIBILITY SHOULD NOT RESULT IN DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND THE ZONING SHOULD IN NO WAY SET AN UNDESIRABLE PRECEDENT FOR OTHER PROPERTIES AMONG OTHER BUSINESS PRINCIPLES. 
          THESE ARE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND DIRECTLY DAMAGING. 
          WE ARE SUBJECTED TO DISPLACEMENT. 
          GENTRIFICATION CONTINUED SYSTEMATIC RACISM AND ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          YES, THERE IS A HOUSING CRISIS IN AUSTIN, WHICH CAN BE MOST ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AS AN AFFORDABILITY ISSUE. 
          ACCORDING TO THE APARTMENT DATA'S NOVEMBER MARKET REPORT, THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 67,000 UNITS IN THE PLANNED PIPELINE TO HIT THE AUSTIN HOUSING SUPPLY. 
          THIS IS OVER A 25% INCREASE TO THE CURRENT SUPPLY IN AUSTIN. 
          THE LACK OF HOUSING SUPPLY ISSUES ARE BEING ADDRESSED BY THE DEVELOPER APPROVALS. 
          THUS FAR, THE INFRINGEMENT OF SPOT OF ZONING HERE TO PROVIDE EXPENSIVE INCOMPATIBLE DENSITY TO OUR LOW INCOME, LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD WILL CERTAINLY RESULT IN DISPLACEMENT MAKING THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS WORSE. 
          I CONGRATULATE COUNCIL MEMBER KASAR, I'M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS, AND I AM PROUD OF REPRESENTATIVE STANDS WITH WORKING CLASS FAMILIES. 
          I ASK FOR CONSIDERATION TO VOTE FOR THE HIGHEST GOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF THE ABOVE THE FINANCIAL GAIN OF THE DEVELOPERS AT THE DEVASTATION OF OUR NEIGHBORS, QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE ABOLISHMENT OF A NOW RARE AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND TIME. 
          ZENOBIA JOSEPH XENOPHOBIA, JOSEPH MAYER. 
          MS. JOSEPH IS OUR LAST SPEAKER. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE US TO TRY TO REACH OUT AGAIN? YES. 
          AND IF YOU GET HER, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          UM, COLLEAGUES. 
          I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAD SIDE UP. 
          I UNDERSTAND WE COULD DO AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION HERE. 
          HELLO? YES. 
          YES. 
          MS. JOSEPH. 
          YES. 
          I'M LISTENING TO YOU IN MY EAR AND I APOLOGIZE. 
          THERE WAS A DELAY IN THE RECEPTION. 
          SO IF YOU CALL MY NAME BEFORE, I JUST DIDN'T HEAR IT BECAUSE IT WAS A DELAY. 
          GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. 
          MAYOR, CAN YOU FIRST TELL ME IF YOU HAVE ME AGAINST ITEMS 52 AND 56. 
          I DIDN'T RECEIVE A RESPONSE BACK, BUT I DID REGISTER AGAINST THOSE ITEMS. YOU CAN SPEAK TO BOTH THOSE ITEMS. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M JUST AN OVER YOU DEAL. 
          SO MY COMMENTS AGAINST THE LUBY'S PROJECT, ONCE AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY QUOTE A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          ALTER'S HUSBAND, JEREMY SUE SURREY, WHO TALKED ABOUT THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE MAY USE LANGUAGE THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE INWARD AND OTHER OBVIOUSLY RACIST LANGUAGE, BUT NONETHELESS CREATE A RACIST IMAGE. 
          AND I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW THIS IS SECOND AND THIRD READING THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAS A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT FOR 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH IS $55,400 IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS ON $42,000. 
          NO MORE THAN 50,000, DEPENDING ON THE SOURCE THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. 
          I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL AS IT RELATES TO THE BRAWNY DEVELOPMENT. 
          ROUTE 3 92 IS THE ROUTE THAT STARTED MY ADVOCACY. 
          IT'S ON BREAKER LANE IN THE SOFTWARE OF . 
          I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE CHILDREN TO WALK ON THE INTERSTATE 35 ACCESS ROADS AND SEE IF YOU THINK THIS IS TRANSIT ORIENTED, IT IS NOT. 
          AND THIS IS A 45 MINUTE ROUTE THAT BECAME 20 MINUTES ONLY ON SOCCER GAME NIGHTS. 
          AND IT TAKES 30 MINUTES TO TRANSFER WEST TO THE ARBORETUM BECAUSE CAPITAL METRO ELIMINATED EAST WITH CONNECTIVITY, JUNE 3RD, 2018. 
          AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE IN DISTRICT FIVE, AS IT RELATES TO ITEM 56, THAT'S THE BARTON SPRINGS DEVELOPMENT. 
          THAT'S 500 UNITS. 
          MY OPPOSITION IS NOT TO THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, BUT TO THE FACT THAT IT'S EXCLUSIONARY ZONING, IT'S 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH MEANS THE INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE THERE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE ABOUT $41,000. 
          SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROFESSIONALS AND SOME ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 
          AND SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS ARROGATING THE CITY. 
          THERE ARE YOUR TODAY 
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ALONE HERE. 
          THIS WILL MEAN YOU HAVE AUTHORIZED 818 UNITS IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AND NONE OF THEM ARE FOR 30% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE MAKING $20,000. 
          I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT 60% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND DISTRICT FIVE IT'S 80% AREA, MEDIAN INCOME WEST OOP ONE. 
          AND IN NORTH AND SOUTH EAST AUSTIN, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING ALL THE HOMELESS PEOPLE. 
          PLEASE STOP CREATING THE SEGREGATED CITY AND STOP TALKING ABOUT COMPACT AND CONNECTED. 
          IF YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TRUE, PARTICIPATING WITH US TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE'RE DESIGNING HERE THAT CONSENT. 
          AND THEN I THINK WE COULD DO HFC REAL FAST TO THE WE'LL GO BACK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          WHY DON'T YOU TAKE US THROUGH THE ZONING 
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CONSENT, HOW TO DO IT. 
          MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL I'M JOY HARDEN WITH THE HOUSING AND POINTY DEPARTMENT. 
          YOUR ZONING AGENDA BEGINS WITH ITEM NUMBER 46, NPA 20 20 0 0 0 2 0.01. 
          THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT. 
          THIRD READING. 
          THE RELATED REZONING IS ITEM NUMBER 47. 
          SO YOU WENT FORWARD 20 21 0 0 6 1. 
          AND THIS ITEMS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT. 
          THIRD RATING. 
          I KNOW NUMBER 48. 
          I SEE ONE FOR 20 21 0 1 0 4. 
          AND THIS ITEM WAS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS AT A NUMBER 49 IS SEE ONE FOR 20 21 0 1 22. 
          AND THIS SIGN IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS, ITEM 50 C 1 4 20 21 0 1 3 6. 
          AND THIS ITEMS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          I DON'T 51 IS C1 FOR 20 21 0 1 1 9 AND THE SIGN HAS BEEN GOLFER FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 52 IS C 1 4 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0. 
          AND THIS ITEM IS BEING GOLFER FOR CONSENT. 
          SECOND AND THIRD READINGS. 
          I KNOW 53 IS SEEING ONE FOR 20 20 0 1 5 1. 
          THIS OFFER ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT. 
          SECOND, THIRD READINGS. 
          THERE IS A BALLOT PETITION ON THIS CASE LIKE THEIR SPEAKERS MENTIONED. 
          AND UM, THIS ITEM WAS THE ONE THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT FIRST READING. 
          UM, I DON'T 54 C ONE FOR 20 21 0 0 9 4. 
          AND THIS ITEMS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT. 
          SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, I DON'T 55 IS SEE ONE FOR 20 21 0 1 1 7. 
          AND THIS ITEMS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT. 
          SECOND AND THIRD READINGS ITEM 56. 
          THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM. 
          57 IS C1 FOR 20 20 0 1 4 6. 
          THIS ITEMS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT. 
          SECOND AND THIRD READING ITEM 58 IS NPA 20 21 0 0 2 6 0.01. 
          UM, THIS ITEM CAN BE OFFERED FOR CONSENT. 
          FIRST READING THE RELATED REZONING AS ITEM 51 59. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, I DON'T 59 C ONE FOR 20 21 0 0 3 9. 
          AGAIN, WE CAN OFFER THIS ITEM FOR CONSENT. 
          FIRST READING. 
          THIS WOULD BE PC RECOMMENDATION. 
          UNDERSTANDING THERE'LL BE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS PRIOR TO THIS ITEM RETURNING ON YOUR AGENDA FOR 1118. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER. 
          60 IS SEE ONE FOR 20 21 0 0 0 MINE. 
          THIS IS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR NOVEMBER 18TH COUNCIL MEETING AND ITEM 61 C ONE FOUR H 20 21 0 0 5 7. 
          AND THIS ITEM CAN BE OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA. 
          OKAY, SO THE CONSENT ITEMS, AS I SEE IT ARE ITEMS 46 THROUGH 61, BUT THE WORD THAT'S BEEN PULLED OUT THE KITCHEN IS WHAT? 54, 56, 56, RATHER IN 60 IS POSTPONED. 
          60 IS POSTPONE. 
          SO IT'S 46 THROUGH 61 WITH EXCEPTIONS OF 56, WHICH HAS POLLED. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCILMAN POOL MAKES A MOTION. 
          IS THERE A SECRETARY? IS THAT, DID YOU EVER GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN SECONDS HAVE RUBBER KITCHEN? UM, I HAVE A BRIEF, UM, DIRECTION TO READ INTO THE RECORD ON ITEM 54 TO STAY ON CONSENT. 
          SHOULD I DO THAT NOW? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS IS ITEM 54 AND THIS IS DIRECTION THAT MY OFFICE HAS WORKED WITH STAFF ON AND IT'S, UM, THIS DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR THE CITY AND IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO ADDRESS STRATEGIC GOALS FOR BOTH HOUSING AND MOBILITY. 
          THE CITY COMMITS THAT PRIOR TO SITE PLAN APPROVAL, 
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UH, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT STAFF, UH, WILL WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO, UM, IMPROVE BRANT ROAD. 
          THE WORK WILL INCLUDE FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF AN INTERIM SOLUTION TO INCLUDE A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TO A NEARBY TRANSIT STOP PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT WITH CONSTRUCTION OF INTERIM CONNECTIONS, TO BE CONCURRENT WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT, AND SECOND, A PERMANENT SOLUTION ELEVATING THE PRIORITY OF BRANT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THE ROADWAY CAPACITY PLAN, THE MANAGER WILL, WILL REPORT TO COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF THE WORK, UM, AND THAT SUCH A PLAN HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND PREPARED FOR IMPLEMENTATION PRIOR TO SITE PLAN APPROVAL. 
          YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE KITCHEN PROPOSES THIS, REMEMBER THE MANAGER'S STAFF OKAY. 
          WITH THIS AND THE CHANGES IN THE PRIORITY WE ARE I HAD. 
          IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS BIG INCLUDED HEARING? NOT IT'S INCLUDED, NOT PART OF THE CONSENT THAT YOU HAVE AND WRITE A 50 FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ACCOUNTS. 
          REMEMBER TOVA THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANTED TO JUST BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CASE ALONG SOUTH FIRST STREET AND WHICH OF THOSE CONDITIONS IS I UNDERSTAND THE RESTRICTIVE AND MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER FRONT DESK. 
          WOULD YOU KIND OF TALK US THROUGH WHICH OF THOSE, AS I UNDERSTAND, THERE ARE CONDITIONS WITHIN THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY'S REQUESTS. 
          IS THAT ACCURATE? OKAY. 
          YES. 
          UM, THE TWO CONDITIONS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT OR THE 75 FOOT SETBACK, I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW IT'S AT 45 FEET ON CERTAIN SIDES. 
          UM, AND, AND THE PARKING AREA, UM, IS A DIFFERENT PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE OTHER CONDITIONS WERE, WERE INCLUDED. 
          AND THEN ALSO WERE PART OF THE DIRECTION THAT YOU OFFERED FOR THAT'S RIGHT THERE. 
          AND THE DIRECTION I OFFERED ON FIRST READING IS INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE, UM, OF THE, OF THE BACKUP MATERIAL. 
          UM, AND SO THERE WAS A CALLER WHO MENTIONED THE TRUCK TRAFFIC SIGNAL, AND I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, THERE WILL BE A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL ALONG GREAT BRITAIN AND SOUTH FIRST STREET, ALONG WITH, UH, DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS FOR EXISTING FLOOD FLOODING. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          WHERE'S THE ANDREWS. 
          WHERE'S THE NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT, GREAT BRITAIN AND SOUTH FIRST STREET. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OVER THE KIDS AT THE J BANK AS WEBER, ALTAR, UM, FURTHER QUESTIONS ON 58 AND 59. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO BE SEEN VOTING. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          RECORD ROVERS LIKE THAT ON 58, 59. 
          ANYTHING ELSE COUNSEL ASKED ME A PRO TAB. 
          I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR. 
          I HAD A COMMENTARY FOR ITEM NUMBER 53, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I DID HEAR YOU CORRECTLY. 
          THAT 46 THROUGH 61 WERE ON CONSENT. 
          YES. 
          60 THROUGH 6,100 CONSENT. 
          THE ONLY ITEM BEING PULLED IS 56 56. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          SO ON ITEM NUMBER 53 OF THE STAFF OF THE BAR ITEM, UH, WE SAW THE REPORT IN KUT RECENTLY THAT SAYS THAT THE AVERAGE RENT IN AUSTIN IS NOW $1,500 A MONTH. 
          IT ALSO SAYS THAT YEAR OVER YEAR, THAT INCREASES ABOUT 20%. 
          THIS IS WHAT A HOUSING SHORTAGE LOOKS LIKE. 
          UM, AND I'LL ADD FOR EMPHASIS THAT I'M A PART OF THIS GROUP CALLED THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF LARGE CITIES COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL PRESIDENTS IS WHAT A LOT OF OTHER MAJOR MUNICIPALITIES CALL THEIR MAYOR PRO TEMPS. 
          SO I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY IN CITIES THAT ARE COMPARABLE IN SIZE TO OURS AND OTHERS THAT AREN'T. 
          AND THE WORD OF ADVICE THAT WE GOT FROM THE MAYOR PRETEND THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IN SAN JOSE IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN LOOKS LIKE ABOUT WHAT WE DID FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          IF YOU ACT NOW, YOU MIGHT JUST BE ABLE TO CATCH IT. 
          AND I WANT TO LEAVE THAT WITH Y'ALL BECAUSE IT RESONATED WITH ME IN A WAY THAT IT KEEPS RATTLING AROUND IN MY HEAD. 
          SO I'M LEAVING THAT WITH YOU ALL TO RATTLE AROUND AND YOURS TO HOPEFULLY CAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS. 
          ACCORDING TO HOUSING WORKS, LATEST HOUSING, BLUEPRINT, SCORECARDS. 
          WE ARE FALLING FAR SHORT OF THE GOALS THAT WE SET FOR OURSELVES TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS. 
          RENTS ARE ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. 
          AND OUR CURRENT EVICTION PROTECTIONS AND RENTAL RELIEF PROGRAMS ARE NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER. 
          I HAVE DEEP CONCERNS, VERY DEEP CONCERNS THAT ONCE WE CUT THE PANDEMIC SAFETY NET, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE IN A FREE-FOR-ALL A FREE FALL. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          I WISH WE COULD COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESS OUR POLICIES. 
          I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I WISH WE COULD COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESS OUR POLICIES. 
          UM, THEY MAKE IT HARDER TO BUILD MORE HOUSING FOR MORE KINDS OF PEOPLE IN MORE PARTS OF TOWN FOR NOW. 
          HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO TAKE THE SMALL WINS WHERE WE CAN. 
          I LOOK AT THIS PROPOSAL AND I SEE A BIG SMALL 
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WINS. 
          UH, SOUTH TAMARA IS A TRIPLE THREAT. 
          IT'S AN IMAGINE AUSTIN CORRIDOR. 
          IT'S A 2016 MOBILITY BOND CORRIDOR AND A PROJECT CONNECT METRO RAPID CORRIDOR. 
          THIS PROPERTY IS A 10TH OF A MILE AWAY FROM TRANSIT STATIONS AND JUST THREE MILES FROM THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. 
          IT'S IN THE THICK OF JOBS, GOOD SCHOOLS. 
          ZILKER PARK IS A SHORT BIKE RIDE AWAY DOWN THE PROTECTED BIKE LINES ON BLUE BUCKET, LIKE BIKE LANES ON BLUE BONNET. 
          WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES, OBVIOUSLY WHEN IT COMES TO DETAILS ABOUT LAND USE AND ABOUT HOUSING, BUT WE'VE ALL PRETTY MUCH AGREED THAT DENSITY BELONGS ON CORRIDORS. 
          MF SIX IS OUR HIGHEST CATEGORY OF MULTIFAMILY. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT IT. 
          IF WE DON'T PUT IT ON THIS KIND OF ROBUST TRANSIT CORRIDOR, MORE HEIGHT MEANS MORE UNITS. 
          AND THAT MEANS MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK FOR HOUSING THAT IS NOT ANY SOLSTICE. 
          ALSO MORE HEIGHT MEANS MORE SHADE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT FOR SUSTAINING A WALKABLE BIKEABLE ENVIRONMENT IN THE YEARS AHEAD. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO ALSO CAUTION US TO DO. 
          I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEK TO TALK TO SOME NEIGHBORS WHO DON'T GET INVITED TO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LAND USE THAT OFTEN. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A PART OF THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE FACING HERE. 
          I, I HAD TO MAKE SURE TO SAY TO THAT PERSON, WHICH I DON'T KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I SAY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OFTEN ENOUGH, THIS IS REALLY SORT OF COMPLEX SUBJECT MATTER. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATED ONE OF THE CALLERS. 
          HE WAS LIKE, I'M LEARNING ABOUT LAND USE. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T MY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE. 
          LIKE THEY'RE REGULAR CITIZENS THAT ARE HAVING TO LEARN ABOUT LAND USE AND CITY PLANNING AND, AND CIVIL ENGINEERING AND IMPERVIOUS. 
          LIKE THESE ARE NOT THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE STUDYING EVERY DAY. 
          SO THE SUBJECT MATTER IS SO COMPLEX THAT WE NEED TO, IT IS OUR INHERENT RESPONSIBILITY AS POLICYMAKERS DEMYSTIFY IT SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU. 
          SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES WHEN WE MAKE THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS, IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION. 
          IT'S LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE JOINT WILL DO WHAT THEY CAN DO BY RIGHT ANYWAY. 
          SO WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT OR YOU DON'T VOTE FOR IT. 
          AND THEN IT HAPPENS ANYWAY. 
          AND SO THEN YOU DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT, BUT IT WAS JUST FOR SHOW. 
          IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS SOMETIMES THE DECISION IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN YOU CAN ANTICIPATE. 
          AND IT IS NEVER THAT WE DISREGARD THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR SO VALUED CITIZENS. 
          BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT YOU TO FORGET IS YOU'RE NOT JUST CITIZENS. 
          AS WE SIT ELEVATED ABOVE YOU OVER HERE, Y'ALL ARE OUR NEIGHBORS. 
          THEY'RE OUR FRIENDS. 
          WE GO TO CHURCH WITH YOU. 
          WE ARE INVOLVED IN YOUTH GROUPS IN OUR KIDS PLAY TOGETHER. 
          WE'RE NOT THAT DIFFERENT. 
          WE APPEAR GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THOSE VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS BECAUSE Y'ALL GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMEBODY. 
          IT IS NEVER, NEVER DISREGARDING YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO DRIVE THAT HOME. 
          EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THE DECISION YOU MADE, EVEN IF WHAT YOU WERE FIGHTING FOR DIDN'T HAPPEN. 
          IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE DISREGARDED YOU. 
          I PROMISE YOU THAT WE ARE LISTENING TO Y'ALL. 
          AND I DEFINITELY, AS A PERSON WHO CAME ABOUT POLITICS, SORT OF ACCIDENTALLY BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON. 
          SO I STARTED ASKING DEVELOPERS QUESTIONS. 
          I STARTED ASKING PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS, QUESTIONS, AND IT ENCOURAGED ME TO LEARN MORE KNOW MORE. 
          BUT I THINK WE, AS A MUNICIPALITY ARE INHERENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING CERTAIN THAT OUR CITIZENS, THE GENERAL CITIZENRY, THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          SO I'M GOING TO KEEP ASKING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN BUILD IN SOME THINGS, SOME RESOURCE THAT MAKES IT SO PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE 12 YEARS TO LEARN HOW TO BE A LAND USE EXPERT CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND THE CASES THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ANALYZE BECAUSE ALL FOLKS ARE DOING. 
          AND I DEEPLY SYMPATHIZE. 
          I WANT YOU TO KNOW I DEEPLY SYMPATHIZE WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS, BUT THE SUBJECT MATTER IS REALLY COMPLEX. 
          AND ON OCCASION, I'LL GET THE CHANCE TO CATCH THEM AND SAY, ACTUALLY THAT THING YOU SAID IS INACCURATE. 
          THAT'S NOT, BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS AT, AT A DEEPLY SYMPATHIZE WITH YOUR DESIRE TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES, GIVEN THAT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT REGULAR PEOPLE ARE POORLY PREPARED TO DO SO BECAUSE THE SUBJECT MATTER IS COMPLEX. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'LL SAY IT ONE MORE TIME. 
          I'M GOING TO FIND A WAY THAT WE CAN SHARE MORE INFORMATION, POLICY WALKS AND POLICY PROFESSIONALS AND URBANISTS AND BUILDERS, AND THOSE FOLKS AREN'T SHARING THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE READILY ENOUGH FOR US TO ALL BE ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN WE COME TO THE CONVERSATION. 
          AND I WANT TO CHANGE THAT VERY MUCH AND I'LL CLOSE OUT MY COMMENTARY BY SAYING, I LIKED THAT WE AS A COUNCIL, GET ONE MORE PASS AT THIS SITE. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US FOR REVIEW, I HOPE THAT WE GET 
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TO USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT STREETSCAPE REMAINS ACTIVE AND ENGAGING. 
          BUT THE CHERRY ON TOP FOR ME IS THAT THE DEVELOPER'S PROPOSAL TO PARTNER WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO INCLUDE 46 UNITS AT 60% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A BIG DEAL, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 20 MORE UNITS THAN THE EXISTING VMU OR VERTICAL MIXED USE WOULD PROVIDE. 
          AUSTIN'S BADLY, BADLY NEEDED, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BOTH IN OUR URBAN CORE AND WEST OF  FOR LONGER THAN I'VE BEEN SITTING UP HERE AND PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE TO. 
          SO WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT FOR MORE HOUSING AND MORE PARTS OF TOWN AND FOR CRYING OUT LOUD ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS AND THE CONSTITUENTS THAT I REPRESENT IN EAST AUSTIN, AUSTIN, WE GOT TO SHARE THE LOAD. 
          THE WHOLE CITY HAS TO SHARE THE LOAD. 
          46 IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET COMPARED TO OUR OVERALL NEEDS, BUT WE NEED TO TAKE EVERY UNIT WE CAN GET IF WE ARE EVER GOING TO MAKE IT OUT OF OUR HA OUR HOUSING CRISIS. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT MOVING THIS REZONING CASE FORWARD TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE FOR BEING PATIENT WITH MY SORT OF LONG COMMENTARY. 
          OKAY. 
          AGAIN, BEFORE THIS IS THE CONSENT AGENDA, JOHNNY ZONING, IT'S 46 THROUGH 61 WITH 56 POLLED COUNCIL. 
          REMEMBER ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ALL OF THESE ZONING ISSUES. 
          UM, IT REALLY DOES HELP US SHAPE A BETTER PROCESS AND BETTER DECISION-MAKING. 
          WE HEARD SOME REALLY GOOD COMMENTARY FROM THE CESAR CHAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW THAT TODAY IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO INITIATE, UM, OR TO DIRECT STAFF TO INITIATE THE KINDS OF CHANGES THAT I AGREE WITH YOU, WE NEED WITH REGARD TO THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM IN OUR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS. 
          BUT, UM, AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE MESSAGE BOARD POST OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, 80 USE SOME WORK THAT I'M BRINGING FORWARD. 
          AND SOME WORK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS BRINGING FORWARD. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THIS FITS WITHIN THE WORK SHE'S BRINGING FORWARD, BUT I'M CERTAINLY PREPARED TO ALSO BRING FORWARD, UM, WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS WITHIN OUR, OUR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS ARE KEEPING PACE WITH, WITH WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. 
          UM, AND ALSO I AM GOING, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE REFLECTED AS VOTING NO ON 58 AND NINE, PLEASE GOT IT. 
          AND MY HOPE IS WE CAN PICK THAT UP AS IF THERE'S A CONVERSATION ON THE MESSAGE BOARD. 
          I URGE EVERYBODY TO GET IN A, IT LOOKS LIKE WE COULD GET TOGETHER THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER THEREABOUTS, IF WE WANTED TO HAVE A WORK SESSION AND TALK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT IDEAS. 
          UH, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THAT SUBJECT. 
          NOW THERE'S A MESSAGE BOARD POSTS, AVERAGE EVERYBODY. 
          SO I DIDN'T COMMENT ON COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS, BUT I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, SOME OF THIS WORK IS ALREADY IN PROCESS AND PROGRESS. 
          AND SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A WORK SESSION, BUT I'M ALSO PROBABLY GOING TO BRING FORWARD THE ADU WORK, UH, BEFORE THEN, AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION ON ALL OF THESE ISSUES. 
          AND I WANTED THAT CONVERSATION TO HAPPEN. 
          AT THIS POINT, I WOULD PROBABLY MOVE TO POSTPONE SO THAT WE CAN HEAR ALL THE ITEMS TOGETHER, OR WE COULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ON THE MESSAGE BOARD POST FOR THAT TOPIC. 
          I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THE TIME OUT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE, I THINK WE'LL JUST GET BACK INTO THAT WHOLE LOOP OF, YOU KNOW, WE EITHER DO ALL OF THE CHANGES AT ONCE OR WE JUST MOVE FORWARD AS WE AGREE ON THINGS. 
          I JUST, I THINK WE'LL MAKE BETTER PROGRESS IF WE JUST MOVE FORWARD ON THE ITEMS WHERE THERE'S CONSENSUS AND RATHER THAN TRY TO TAKE THEM ALL UP TOGETHER. 
          BUT THAT'S MY OPINION. 
          SORRY. 
          I VERY RARELY WRITE ON THE MESSAGE BOARD. 
          IT'S JUST EASIER FOR ME TO COME OUT HERE. 
          I WANTED TO GIVE STAFF A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO US ABOUT PRIORITIES AND HOW WE USE STAFF TIME AND THE EFFORT, THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE. 
          JUST NOT TODAY. 
          WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA IN FRONT OF US. 
          IT'S 4,661 WITH 56 POLE. 
          ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA YOU GOT TO EVERY KITCHEN. 
          I THINK YOU MEAN IT IS WHEN YOU SAY ON CONSENT, BUT 60 IS POSTPONED. 
          OH, IT IS FUSED. 
          THE ACTION ON 60 ODD KIDS SENT IS TO POSTPONE THE ITEM. 
          YES, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO VOTE NO 1 58 AND 59. 
          OKAY. 
          AIR PRO TAB. 
          I'D LIKE TO BE SHOWN VOTING. 
          NO ON ITEM NUMBER 61. 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S TAKE A VOTE. 
          YOU GUYS REMEMBER ELLIS JUST VERY QUICKLY. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATED THE MAYOR PROTONS REMARKS. 
          UM, I THINK ONE OF THE SPECIFICS MAY HAVE BEEN ON, UH, ON THE CASE THAT WAS PULLED THE 46 AFFORDABLE UNITS, BUT I JUST REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR COMMENTS AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOUTH FIRST AND NOT SOUTH LAMAR. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          MY, MY CO THOSE COMMENTS WERE INTENDED FOR 56, BUT CERTAINLY I HEAVILY APPLIED AT 53. 
          SORRY FOR THE, SO MUCH OF IT WAS STILL SO ACCURATE. 
          IT REALLY 56. 
          WE'LL GET TO LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 
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ALL RIGHT. 
          THERE'S A FAVOR THAT COULD SET THE AGENDA WITH ALL THE NOTATIONS MADE. 
          PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAIR. 
          THOSE OPPOSED. 
          IT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE DIAS WITH THE NOTATIONS. 
          UM, BEFORE WE GET TO THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO RUN THROUGH AND THEY GET TO EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE REMEMBER, PAUL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS SINCE WE, UM, PASSED ITEM 61 TO THANK JOY HARDEN, JERRY RESTHAVEN, ELIZABETH BRUMMETT AND STEVE SADOWSKY FOR CONVERSATION AROUND THESE TYPES OF LANDMARK DESIGNATE DESIGNATION CASES. 
          I VOTED TO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR STAFF HAS DID THE MAJORITY OF THIS DYESS. 
          UM, IT FEELS TO ME THAT BECAUSE THE CASE MERITS HISTORIC LANDMARK STATUS, AND I ALSO APPLAUD THE MOVE TO INCLUDE INFORMATION IN THE STAFF REPORT ABOUT ANY CASES THAT HAVE RACIST ELEMENTS OR EVEN A HISTORY OF BEING IN OR PROMOTED AS WHITES ONLY PROPERTIES. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS A COMMON PRACTICE LONG AGO TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF DEED RESTRICTIONS IN AUSTIN AND, AND ELSEWHERE, AND ALL SUCH DEED RESTRICTIONS WERE MOOTED BY SUPREME COURT ACTION. 
          70 ODD YEARS AGO, IT STILL REMAINS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS INFORMATION OUT IN THE OPEN, ACKNOWLEDGE IT, DISCUSS THE MERITS OF A CASE IN LIGHT OF ITS HISTORY. 
          SO I TRUST OUR EXPERT STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY EXPERTS AT THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION TO LEAD THIS CONVERSATION ON A STATE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. 
          SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          THANKS MAYOR. 
          YES. 
          HI, LET'S TAKE A VOTE. 
          WE DID TAKE A VOTE ALREADY. 
          SO I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECESS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING GARRETT OUT AT 3 53, AND I AM GOING TO CONVENE 
          [Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting (Part 3 of 3)]
THE RECONVENE, THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021 HERE AT 3 53. 
          IF A STAFF COULD TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA, THAT'D BE HELPFUL. 
          THEY'RE GETTING MOVED OVER NOW. 
          MAYOR MAYOR. 
          YES, I FROZE THE TRUE LEFT TREASURE OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. 
          WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR YOU TODAY. 
          THE FIRST IS TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 21ST BOARD MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. 
          ITEM. 
          NUMBER TWO IS TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN 11 MONTH CONTRACT WITH THE AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE TO ADMINISTER OUR MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, UH, AND THE AMOUNT OF, UH, OF $900,000 WITH AN OPTION FOR A 12 MONTH EXTENSION FOR A TOTAL OF $1.8 MILLION. 
          AND ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF ALL THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE APPROXIMATELY 2.798 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED NEAR GARDNER ROAD AND LAVANDER LOOP. 
          YOU'VE APPROVED THE ACCOMPANYING ITEM ON THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL AGENDA EARLIER THIS MONTH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE. 
          IS THERE A MOTION DIRECTORS TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNTS? REMEMBER ALICE MESA BERTIA COUNCIL MEMBER RENT THE RHEA SECONDS THAT MOTION ANY DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND THOSE OPPOSED IT IS EVERYBODY WITH A DIRECTOR WET THIS OFF. 
          I THINK THAT'S ALL OF OUR WORK. 
          THANKS FOR STICKING AROUND WITH US TODAY. 
          UH, THE MEETING OF Y'ALL'S HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IS, UH, IS A JERED. 
          THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. 
          WE'RE GOING TO, UH, NOW, 
          [Executive Session (Part 2 of 2)]
UH, RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021. 
          IT IS, UH, 3 55 WE'RE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP TWO ITEMS PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 7 TO THE GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP, UH, LEGAL MATTERS RELATED TO 67, WHICH IS JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT AND PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 7 4. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM 45, WHICH IS THE CITY CLERK WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          WE WILL ALL GO JOIN THAT AND JOIN THAT, UH, REMOTELY. 
          UH, I WOULD SUGGEST WE GET THERE JUST AS QUICKLY AS WE, UH, AS WE CAN SEE YOU THERE. 
          OH, WE ARE NOW BACK A CLOSED SESSION AND CLOSED SESSION. 
          WE DISCUSSED LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEMS 67, WHICH WAS A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. 
          THAT'S AS FAR AS WE GOT, UH, WE'RE NOW BACK 
          [03:50:01]
IN SESSION HERE, AND IT IS SIX 12 LET'S CONSIDER ITEM NUMBER 37, WHICH IS THE JOINT 
          [37. Approve an ordinance waiving and modifying certain City Code requirements for the South by Southwest Conferences and Festival to be held March 7-20,2022; and establishing a deadline for certain special event applications.]
POWERS AGREEMENT. 
          UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT? UH, MAYOR PRO TEM MAKES THE MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT IS IN FRONT OF US. 
          UH, WE HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT I THINK WE CAN OFFER. 
          I'VE OFFERED AN AMENDMENT ON, HAS CONCERNS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SECTIONS IT'S BEEN POSTED. 
          IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT? UM, UH, I GOT SOME OF OUR ALTER SECONDS THAT AMENDMENT, UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THAT AMENDMENT? LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT AMENDMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          THAT WAS OPPOSED. 
          ANANYMOUS ON THE DYES. 
          WE ARE MISSING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER IS SAR. 
          I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE IS HERE. 
          THERE'S ALSO AN AMENDMENT BROUGHT TO US BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          ALICE ONE IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE DOCUMENT. 
          ONE IS A DIRECTION. 
          IS THAT OKAY IF WE TAKE THOSE SEPARATELY, DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY DISAGREEMENT ON THE, ON THE DOCUMENT AMENDMENT. 
          SORRY. 
          I NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT ADDS PLANNING TO A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE OF A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT, AND I'M HAPPY TO LAY IT OUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. 
          LET'S SEE. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? UH, AMENDMENT BEING ADDED HEARING NONE THAT AMENDMENT IS, UH, IS ADDED. 
          IT'S ALSO AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, UH, TOVO MAYER. 
          ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE UP THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS' DIRECTION SEPARATELY? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          WE, WE DIVIDED THOSE ELEMENTS. 
          I'M READY TO GO THROUGH THE THINGS I THINK THERE'S AGREEMENT ON. 
          SO WE CAN JUST MOVE PASS THROUGH THOSE QUICKLY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO HAS BROUGHT US AN AMENDMENT ITEM 63, THAT AMENDS 
          [63. Authorize negotiation and execution oftlie Joint Powers Agreement between the City of Austin. Capital Metro and the kristin Transit Partnership.]
5.2 0.1 0.2, TO MAKE THIS LANGUAGE ON THE FIRST BULLET POINT, CONFORM TO THE WORK THAT WE DID LAST WEEK, IT'S BEEN HANDED OUT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          TOVO. 
          DO YOU WANT TO READ THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU HAVE MADE? SURE. 
          UM, AND HAVE MORE COPIES IF ANYBODY WANTS ONE, JUST FLAG ME. 
          UM, THIS CHANGES SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN 5.2 0.1 0.2 FROM BEST FACILITATES, THE EQUITABLE DESIGN, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, TOO. 
          IT WOULD READ NOW INTERPRET AND APPLY REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO PROJECT CONNECT IN A MANNER THAT MEETS THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S GOALS AND FURTHERS THE EQUITABLE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECT CONNECT, WHICH CAN CONSIST OF SIZES IT WITH THE OTHER DOCKS HEARING. 
          NO OBJECTION. 
          THAT AMENDMENT IS ADDED AS WELL. 
          MAYOR THIS ONE MORE ON THE BACK, MORE ON THE BACK. 
          AND THIS RELATES TO THE BOATHOUSE ISSUE THAT WE HEARD SOME TESTIMONY ABOUT LAST WEEK, OUR STAFF AND CAP METRO AND PROJECT CONNECT STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING ROWING ENTHUSIASTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO TALK ABOUT THE BOATHOUSE AND THE EVENTUAL IMPACT THAT PROJECT THAT THE BRIDGE WOULD HAVE. 
          AND SO THIS JUST DIRECTS OUR MANAGER AND OUR CITY STAFF TO CONTINUE TO WORK, UH, ON ASSESSING APPROPRIATE SPACES. 
          AND, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO PROVIDE US WITH AN UPDATE ON WHAT SOME OF THOSE POSSIBILITIES ARE, SO THAT WE CAN REALLY BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT PROCESS ALSO TO LOOK AT WHAT ELEMENTS OF THE BOATHOUSE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE MOVED AND RECONSTRUCTED, THIS IS A REALLY RELATIVELY RECENT BUILDING. 
          IT WAS BUILT, I THINK IN 2014 IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT. 
          SO TO THE EXTENT THAT IT CAN BE THAT SECTIONS OF IT, MAYBE THE BOAT DOCKS, UM, POSSIBLY OTHER PARTS OF IT CAN, CAN BE RELOCATED. 
          THAT'S IDEAL. 
          UM, IF SOME OF THE MATERIALS CAN BE REUSED, I THINK THAT TOO WOULD, WOULD BE IN KEEPING WITH OUR VALUES OF, OF, UM, YOU KNOW, ACCRUING THE BENEFITS OF THOSE EMBEDDED ENERGY COSTS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. 
          AND IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THIS DIRECTION BEING INCLUDED IN THE, AND IMPORTANTLY, IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER INPUT, CONTINUED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, NOT JUST IN THE AREAS, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST WITH THOSE ARE USING THE BOATHOUSE, BUT ALSO THOSE WHO ARE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREAS WHERE THE BOATHOUSE MIGHT MOVE TO. 
          I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO, TO GET THE, THE, UM, ENGAGEMENT OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL. 
          I DON'T HAVE OBJECTION. 
          I JUST WANTED TO FLAG. 
          THERE WERE ALSO WAS A SPELLING ERROR THAT WAS CORRECTED AS PART OF THE MOTION SHEET AS WELL. 
          UM, FOR IDENTIFYING YES, THE AMENDMENT THAT WE APPROVED A SECOND TO GO AHEAD, BOTH THAT AMENDMENT, RIGHT. 
          AS WELL AS THE CORRECT SPELLING OF IDENTIFYING 
          [03:55:01]
IN THE FIFTH BULLET POINT. 
          THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THIS AMENDMENT. 
          IN FACT, I THINK IT'S GREAT. 
          AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS SO THAT WE COULD GET IT INVOLVED AND INCLUDED. 
          YEAH. 
          ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING THAT DIRECTION, PART OF THIS HEARING NONE THAT OBJECTION IS INCLUDED AS WELL. 
          UM, I WILL SAY ALEX KATZ, EVER KITCHEN, I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE WORDING THAT YOU BRING BACK WITH RESPECT TO, YOU HAD INDICATED TO ME THAT, UH, YOU WANTED TO BRING LANGUAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ATP THAT THE WORKERS PROTECTIONS THAT WERE APPLIED IN THE ATP RESPONSIBILITY SECTIONS ALSO APPLIED TO CAPITAL METRO OR OTHERS THAT MIGHT BE WORKING, UH, FOR CAP, FOR ATP ON THE PROJECT SEQUENCING AND PLAN. 
          AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THAT LANGUAGE. 
          I THINK, UH, UH, I, AS I MENTIONED THAT TO KATE AS WELL, SHE MAY BE WORKING ON, ON WORDING AS WELL, BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT I WILL SUPPORT THAT AMENDMENT. 
          SHOULD WE JUST TAKE IT NOW OR I DON'T THINK WE HAVE LANGUAGE QUITE YET, BUT HANG ON  BUT WAITING SOME LANGUAGES AS WELL, BUT I HAVE A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS. 
          SO I HAD PROVIDED OUR LEGAL STAFF WITH, UM, SOME REALLY LINE EDITS THAT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO VOTE UP OR DOWN IS MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME PASSAGES THAT DOUBLED WHERE THERE WAS JUST LIKE SOME EXTRA LANGUAGE. 
          THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TYPOS, SOME EXTRA COMMAS MISSING COMMAS. 
          UM, BUT ONE COMMENT WHEN ONE SUGGESTION THAT, UM, THAT I DID WANT TO MAKE THAT OUR LEGAL STAFF THOUGHT I OUGHT TO JUST ASK THE DYESS, UM, IN, IN SEVERAL SECTIONS. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU WHAT PAGES, THOSE ARE 7, 15, 18, AND 19. 
          THE LANGUAGES IS USED. 
          UM, THE LANGUAGE USED IS ADOPTION VERSUS APPROVAL. 
          AND I AM WORKING TO KIND OF MOVE TOWARD LANGUAGE THAT IS TALKING ABOUT APPROVAL RATHER THAN ADOPTION, UNLESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE. 
          AND SO THAT'S, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD PROVIDE THE DIRECTION IF THE DIOCESE IS AMENABLE TO THAT, THAT IN, IN AREAS WHERE ADOPTION, UM, IS USED OR ADOPT OR VERSIONS OF ADOPT, UM, THAT WE SHIFT TO THE LANGUAGE APPROVAL THAT OCCURS ON PAGE, AT LEAST ON PAGE 7, 15, 18, AND 19 POSSIBLY ELSEWHERE. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT TO LOG, AS LEGAL SAYS, DOES JAMES ANY OF THE MEETINGS AND TO COUNCIL, REMEMBER TOBA IS POURING PLEASE? CORRECT. 
          ALL SPELLING AND SCRIVENER ERRORS BEFORE THIS IS ISSUED IN ITS FINAL FORM, A COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. 
          WE COULD TALK ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS' DIRECTION, IF YOU WANT, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE OTHER LANGUAGE. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LEFT. 
          I THINK WE'RE LEFT WITH THOSE TWO THINGS THE DIRECTION, AND THEN THE WORKERS ISSUE. 
          SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT THE DIRECTION I'M GOING TO LET COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. 
          LAY THAT OUT FIRST. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR. 
          LET ME PULL UP MY NOTES BEEN QUITE A LONG DAY. 
          UM, SO I, FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE THE WORD PLANNING BEING INCORPORATED INTO THAT LIST OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS. 
          UM, AFTER I POSTED THE ORIGINAL ONE TO THE MESSAGE BOARD, WE WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH STAFF, WITH HOUSING PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION, AND PROJECT CONNECT FOLKS, AND THEY AGREED THE INNER AGENCY AGREEMENTS ON ETO D AND LAND USE PLANNING AND ON MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION AROUND PROJECT CONNECT LINES WOULD BE EXTREMELY VALUABLE. 
          SO AS WE WORKED THROUGH THIS LANGUAGE AND I DO APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN ALSO, UM, ADDING SOME LANGUAGE INTO HERE, MY VERSION TO, UM, ACCEPT SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE AND THEN TWEAKS THE ENDING WHERE WE TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT, UM, I HOPE STAFF MAY BE ON THE LINE TO HELP ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, BUT WE KNOW THERE'S ALREADY BEEN COLLABORATION WITH ETO D PLANNING WITH CAPITAL METRO AND WITH, UM, AND WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN BE EXPEDIENT AND THAT THEY CAN HAMMER THROUGH SOME OF THESE REALLY DETAILED, UM, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS AND AGREEMENTS ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK AND DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER. 
          UM, AND SO I FEEL LIKE IF THESE THINGS CAN BE HANDLED WITH STAFF, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO ELEVATE TO THE PLACE OF COMING TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY TRYING TO SORT OUT WHAT OUR INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES THEN NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THESE ARE FORMALIZED. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE COULD GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO HAMMER THROUGH SOME OF THESE FRAMEWORK DETAILS, UM, AND TO DO SO IN A VERY QUICK WAY. 
          SO I'M HAPPY TO READ THROUGH IT IF ANYONE NEEDS TO, BUT IT'S ON THE MESSAGE BOARD AND HAS BEEN CIRCULATED BY AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE A SECOND TO THE, UH, ELLIS AMENDMENT, THE MAIN POINT THE SECOND, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION I REMEMBER THAT WAS A RIVER KITCHEN. 
          UM, YOU COULD MAKE AN AMENDMENT, UH, FOR ADOPTING MOST OF MY, UH, LANGUAGE CHANGES. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SO THE CHANGES I HAVE ARE JUST TO 
          [04:00:01]
THE VERY LAST, UH, SECTION, AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT RELATES TO THE, UM, E TODD'S. 
          SO JUST THAT VERY LAST SENTENCE. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO DELETE IF THE AGREEMENT DOES NOT REQUIRE APPROVAL BY COUNCIL UNDER THE TEXAS INNER LOCAL COOPERATION ACT AND THEN DELETE OTHERWISE. 
          SO BASICALLY THE EFFECT OF THAT IS THAT, UM, THIS, THE AGREEMENT AS IT RELATES TO EACH TODD'S, UM, WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UM, THAT ONLY APPLIES TO THAT ONE. 
          IT DOES NOT APPLY TO YOUR FIRST PARAGRAPH WITH REGARD TO MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPLEMENTATION. 
          THAT CERTAINLY MAKES SENSE TO ME TO BE HANDLED AT A STAFF LEVEL, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, UH, THAT THE ETOD FRAMEWORK COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND I WANT TO ADD THAT, THAT, THAT ALIGNS WITH THIS COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION ON ETOD, UH, IN JUNE AND SPECIFIED CERTAIN THINGS TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          SO I THINK THAT, I THINK DOING THIS FRAMEWORK IS A, IS A GREAT IDEA, AND I THINK IT'S, WE SHOULD PROCEED WITH IT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPLEMENTS IT. 
          UM, IT RELATES TO THE KINDS OF POLICY ISSUES IN LAND USE THAT REALLY NEEDS TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE. 
          UH, I ALSO DO NOT THINK IT'S GOING TO SLOW ANYTHING DOWN, UM, AND, UM, WOULD JUST APPRECIATE MAKING THOSE, THOSE CHANGES TO THE LAST PART OF IT. 
          AND I CAN CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO HEAD IN THE SAME DIRECTION WITH THIS TYPE OF LANGUAGE. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING UP THE JUNE 10TH RESOLUTION. 
          I THINK THAT WAS A MAYOR PRO TEMPS, UH, WORK THAT WE HAD COLLABORATED ON AND, AND WORKED ON FROM THE DIOCESE AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT LANGUAGE WAS CORRECT. 
          UM, I STILL PREFER JUST TO LET STAFF FIGURE OUT IF IT REALLY DOES NEED ADDITIONAL POLICY DIRECTION, GIVEN THAT WE ALREADY DO HAVE A RESOLUTION ON THE BOOKS ABOUT ETO D PLANNING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD, BUT I JUST THINK WE SOMETIMES NEED TO JUST LET STAFF BE ABLE TO WORK ON THINGS AND DO WHAT IS GOING TO WORK WELL FOR THIS PARTICULAR DIRECTION AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 
          UM, I'D PREFER THAT IT NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL TO LEAVE THAT AT STAFF'S DISCRETION, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY JUST VOTE ON IT IF WE NEED TO. 
          CORRECT. 
          WELL, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT REALLY DON'T NEED TO COME BACK TO US, BUT THE USE OF OUR LAND AND THE IMPORTANCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, ALONG THESE, THESE LINES IS SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS A LOT OF POLICY ISSUES AND SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD BE CLEAR WITH STAFF THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, OKAY, WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. 
          WE READY TO TAKE A VOTE, HOWEVER, ALTER WHERE I'M AT KITCHEN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT. 
          UM, SO I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT MEMBER KITCHEN. 
          I'VE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING. 
          UM, SO YOU WANT TO, I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO AMEND WHAT SHE HAD, BUT I'M NOT GETTING A LITTLE LOST. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FINALIZE IT IF IT'S NOT APPROVED AND YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          UM, AND THEN IT SEEMS LIKE RATHER THAN A SEMI-COLON, IT SHOULD BE, AND THE MANAGER SHE'LL BRING THE DRAFT AGREEMENT. 
          UM, YEAH, YEAH. 
          UM, IT'S, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          IT TAKES MORE THAN THAT. 
          UM, SO I WOULD SAY THE MANAGER SHELL BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. 
          SO I THINK IT'S FINE TO SAY, AND THE MANAGER SHE'LL BRING THE DRAFT AGREEMENT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. 
          I JUST WANT TO BE, HAVE CLARITY ON WHAT IT MEANS TO, TO FINALIZE AS THEY'RE NOT SAYING EXECUTE IT. 
          AND SO IT'S JUST NOT, IF I MAY, I JUST ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY MAKING LAND USE DECISIONS. 
          THIS IS ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK BY WHICH THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE PLAY UNDERSTAND THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S CLEAR ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, MAYBE THE LINE WAS JUST NEED, MAYBE I DIDN'T STRIKE ENOUGH OF IT. 
          UM, BARRING UNFORESEEN OBSTACLES, MAYBE IT SHOULD BE STRUCK ALL THE WAY FROM THERE TO THE LAST LINE YOU SAY THE MANAGER SHALL BRING THE DRAFT AGREEMENT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL BY MARCH 3RD, IF HE BRINGS IT BY THEN IT HAS TO BE PUBLISHED. 
          YEAH. 
          BEFORE THEN. 
          YEAH. 
          SO IT WOULD JUST SAY BARRING UNFORESEEN OBSTACLES, THE MANAGER SHALL BRING THE DRAFT AGREEMENT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL BY MARCH 3RD, 2022. 
          AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL UMBRELLAS FOR ADDING, YOU KNOW, THE WORD PLANNING IN THERE. 
          I THINK THAT, UM, IS IMPORTANT FOR US 
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TO, TO ALLOW FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. 
          UM, I AM MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT, UM, FOR THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES COMING BACK TO US TO HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE REASONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAS ALREADY OUTLINED. 
          OKAY, GUYS, REMEMBER KITCHEN'S POSTED AN AMENDMENT. 
          IT'S BEEN SECONDED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE KITCHEN AMENDMENT THAT WAS IN FAVOR OF THE KITCHEN AMENDMENT, THE AMENDMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN COUNCIL MEMBER, ALTAR COUNCIL MEMBER PULL. 
          UH TOBO AND  THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          IT IS THE OTHER 600 DICE AMENDMENT DOES NOT PASS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ALLIS AMENDMENT. 
          TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          I WANT TO JUST CLARIFY THOUGH. 
          I MEAN, PART OF THE REASON THAT I SUPPORTED COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S AMENDMENT WAS I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT OF GRAY AREA OVER WHAT, WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE ASKING WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANNING. 
          CAUSE IT'S, IT'S JUST A BIGGER THING THAN HOW YOU DO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MULTI-MODAL, WHICH SEEMS TO BE VERY INFRASTRUCTURE FOCUSED. 
          SO, UM, COUNCILMAN BELLS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND? JUST BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS HAVING THE GUARDRAILS, NOT THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT COORDINATION, ET CETERA. 
          UM, AND SO I WANT TO HAVE A GREATER CLARITY ON THE SCOPE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          YEAH, THESE, UH, BOTH OF THESE PARAGRAPHS ARE JUST VERY EXPLICITLY ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT DISCUSSIONS ARE TAKING PLACE. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE ETO D THAT'S A, THAT'S A LITTLE MORE OBVIOUS COLLABORATION OF CAPITAL. 
          METRO HAS THE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING TO BE DOING EQUITABLE EQUITY, TRANSIT, ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ZONING. 
          SO THAT'S A VERY CLEAR DISTINCTION THAT WE SEE WHERE KEPT METRO'S DOING THE, THE RESEARCH AND THEN ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING WITH ANTI-DISPLACEMENT OR ZONING WOULD, WOULD COME BACK TO US AS THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, WITH MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          IT WOULD BE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT DICIER FOR STAFF TO REALLY GET IN AND TO MAKE SURE WHAT DOLLARS ARE BEING USED IN WHAT PLACE, WHAT IS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR PROJECT CONNECT, WHAT MIGHT BE ADJACENT TO IT THAT CAN'T BE USED ON PROJECT CONNECT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE USED OUT OF 2016 OR 2018 MOBILITY BOND DOLLARS OR ANY OTHER BOND DOLLARS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE. 
          SO WE REALLY JUST WANT THE STAFF OF THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO GET IN A ROOM TOGETHER AND TO SORT OUT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THESE AND WHAT DOES THAT FRAMEWORK LOOK LIKE? IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE ADOPTING A SPECIFIC NEXT STEP BEYOND THAT, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT MANAGEMENT CAN BRING US A FRAMEWORK FOR WHAT THAT, WHAT THEIR PLAN IS TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          MY FEAR IS THAT IF WE COME IN AND WE START EDITING THAT DOCUMENT AFTER THE FACT, AND HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THOSE DETAILED CONVERSATIONS, WE COULD END UP STEPPING ON OUR OWN FEET IN SOME WAY. 
          AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE STAFF HAS THE CLARITY OF SORTING OUT SOME OF THOSE MULTIMODAL NEXT STEPS. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, I, I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH IT ON THE MULTI MODAL PART. 
          I'M STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND GIVEN THE ZONING POWERS AND OUR PLANNING POWERS, WHAT, WHAT THIS INVOLVES IN TERMS OF, OF LIKE, YES, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS. 
          WE HAVE TO HAVE THE COOPERATION. 
          I'M NOT, BUT I, BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. 
          I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IT, SEEDING AUTHORITY IN THAT PROCESS WITHOUT US VOTING ON IT. 
          AND LEGALLY I'M, I'M JUST CONFUSED AS TO, TO WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN, ABSENT ANY GUARD, RAILS, OR OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE THAT. 
          WELL, MAYBE STAFF CAN HELP AT THIS POINT. 
          I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THIS LANGUAGE WAS WELL-VETTED. 
          SO MAYBE SOMEONE CAN GIVE A DIFFERENT ANGLE OF THIS PERSPECTIVE, UM, AS, AS FOLKS WHO WOULD ACTUALLY BE WORKING OUT THAT FRAMEWORK, MAYBE FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH IT. 
          MY ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION WOULD BE THAT STAFF IS, IS TOLD, GO OUT FORM THIS FRAMEWORK, GO WORK ON THIS TRAIN WORK. 
          AND I GOT TO REPORT BACK TO US AS TO WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          CAUSE WE GET NOTICED. 
          AND IF COUNSEL OBJECTS TO THAT, THEN COUNCIL COULD STEP IN AND SAY, WE DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN THIS WAY. 
          AND WE CAN TAKE ACTION, BUT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ACTION ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND ANYTHING THAT WOULD FALL IN OUR PURVIEW LIKE ZONING OR, UM, BUDGETARY DECISIONS WOULD ALREADY COME BACK TO COUNCIL AS A MATTER OF NORMAL PROCEDURES. 
          OKAY. 
          IT DOESN'T STOP ANYTHING FROM COMING BACK TO US. 
          IT WOULD OTHERWISE COME BACK TO US. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING TOO. 
          AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE THOSE THINGS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY THE CONCERN. 
          IT'S NOT REALLY CLEAR TO ME. 
          I THINK WHAT IT SAYS, I'M GOING TO HAVE A LOT 
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OF QUESTIONS AND I DON'T WANT TO BE OUT OF ORDER, BUT I, WELL, THAT MAY BE TRUE. 
          WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IT DOESN'T STOP IT FROM COMING BACK. 
          IT ALSO DOESN'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE IT. 
          AND THAT I THINK THIS IS GOING TO NEED MORE CONVERSATIONS. 
          I'VE I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS WHEN IT'S MY TURN. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYHOW. 
          DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THIS ARGUMENT HAS EVER KITCHEN? YEAH. 
          I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS TOO. 
          I WANTED TO EXPRESS BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE, WHEN I READ THE LANGUAGE, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T SAY WHAT YOU JUST SUGGESTED, MAYOR IT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T SAY THAT. 
          AND IT ALSO, IT'S TALKING ABOUT LAND USE PLANNING. 
          SO IT'S IT'S SO I'M HAVING, I'M STRUGGLING WITH HOW THIS IS DIFFERENT. 
          WELL, FIRST OFF, IF IT'S, IF IT'S, I I'M STRUGGLING WITH WHAT THIS IS, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE ALREADY PASSED IN OUR, UM, IN THE RESOLUTION, THE ETOD RESOLUTION. 
          SO I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT. 
          AND I'M ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M ALSO STRUGGLING WITH WHY WE WOULDN'T WANT TO COME BACK, COME BACK TO US WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF WHAT IT ADDRESSES. 
          SO, BECAUSE IT'S COLLABORATING ON ETOD DEVELOPMENT AND ANY RELATED LAND USE PLANNING. 
          SO IT'S LAND USE PLANNING. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULDN'T WANT THAT TO COME BACK TO US. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT ARE INHERENT IN SETTING A FRAMEWORK ON LAND USE PLANNING. 
          SO I DON'T SEE THE DOWNSIDE OF IT COMING BACK TO US. 
          I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DEAL WITH THIS ON THE DAS, BECAUSE WE NEED AN AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF US TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH SOME, BECAUSE WE HAVE APPROVED AN AMENDMENT. 
          I READ THIS AMENDMENT AS I READ IT, NOT TO SAY ANYTHING OTHER THAN WE'RE ESTABLISHING A FRAMEWORK FOR HOW THESE, HOW PARTIES WILL COLLABORATE AND THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO US AND TELL US HOW THEY'RE COLLABORATING. 
          AND IF WE DON'T LIKE HOW THEY'RE COLLABORATING, THEN I THINK THE COUNCIL AT THAT POINT COULD, COULD ACT. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S HOW I VIEWED. 
          HE SAYS, IT'S AN AGREEMENT. 
          IT SAYS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT, UM, SHALL INITIATE AN AGREEMENT, A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT. 
          WE HAD SOFTENED THE LANE, THE LANGUAGE FROM THE EARLIER VERSION THAT SAID A OF UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I HAD MEANT THAT TO MEAN THAT IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE SIGNED BY MULTIPLE BOARDS AND COUNCILS. 
          UM, AND SO WE SOFTENED IT INTO A LOWERCASE AGREEMENT INSTEAD OF AN MOU, BUT THIS IS VERY MUCH ABOUT JUST COMMUNICATION, WHICH ENTITIES HAVE THE POWER TO TAKE, WHAT ACTION NOT TAKING THE ACTION, JUST LAYING OUT HOW THE COMMUNICATION'S GOING TO WORK AT WHICH POINT DECISIONS WOULD NEED TO BE MADE BY THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD ATP OR, OR THE CITY COUNCIL, DEPENDING ON WHAT, WHAT LEGAL POWERS WE ALL ALREADY HAVE. 
          SO IT IT'S VERY MUCH JUST ABOUT THE CONVERSATION AND COMMUNICATION DOES NOT BIND ANY LAND USE CHANGES OR DECISIONS SIMPLY BY THIS DIRECTION. 
          THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY COME LATER. 
          WHO COULD I SPEAK TO THAT MAYOR? OR DO YOU WANT TO CALL THEM SOMEBODY ELSE? AND MAY, IF I COULD JUST PUT IN FOR ONE SECOND HERE, UM, I THINK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING BEFORE WE CAN PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THE INTENTION YOU'RE IN THE INTENTION AND THE GOAL, MAYBE THE PERFECT THING, BUT WE'RE NOT READING IT AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT IS. 
          AND SO WE, I THINK FOR ME, UM, I, I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO AUTHORIZE SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AND I CAN'T PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT UNTIL I UNDERSTAND IT MORE, MORE CLEARLY. 
          UM, AND I UNDERSTAND IT WITH RESPECT TO THE MULTIMODAL IN A WAY THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, UM, FOR THE PLANNING AT THIS POINT, EVEN IF, YOU KNOW, I SIGNED ONTO THE UTAH THING AND I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO PLAN FOR THAT. 
          I I'M JUST BECAUSE IT'S USING LANGUAGE OF A SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THOSE ARE AND THEY'RE DIFFERENT THAN JUST HOW WE DO THINGS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I'M, I'M WORKING ON AN AMENDMENT HERE, BUT I, I AM AT THE SAME PLACE. 
          I THINK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE DESIRED, WHAT IS THE HOPE FOR OUTCOME HERE? I MEAN, AS I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT IT AND THE MAYOR, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE IT WAS ABOUT SETTING UP A PROCESS FOR HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THESE ISSUES. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT THE GIST OF IT? BECAUSE IF THAT'S THE GIST OF IT, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST WE JUST USE THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE RATHER THAN TALK ABOUT AN AGREEMENT SUCH AS AN MOU, WHICH STARTS TO SOUND LIKE THERE'S AN OUTCOME. 
          THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT JUST A PROCESS FOR STRUCTURING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, RIGHT. 
          WHICH IS WHY WE HAD AFTER TALKING TO STAFF ABOUT THE INTENSE OF A, AN MOU, THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 
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CAUSE SOMETIMES I KNOW WE, UH, LIKE TO USE THE FULL TERMINOLOGY WHEN, WHEN WE DISCUSS THESE THINGS, BUT THIS WAS JUST AN AREA THAT I HAD BROUGHT UP THROUGH MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS AS, AS WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND TALK TALKED ABOUT THE JPA, BROUGHT THESE CONVERSATIONS UP BEHIND THE SCENES AND NOTICED THAT WITHOUT A, A CALL-OUT TO HAVING PLANNING AND THE JPA, AND THEN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEN ARE WE DIRECTING CITY STAFF TO DO IT IS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR WHO'S GOING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ALL, ALL OF THE ANGLES OF THE CONVERSATIONS GOING TO BE PICKED UP. 
          AND THESE WERE TWO AREAS IN PLANNING THAT WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE STAFFS FROM DIFFERENT ENTITIES, REALLY GET IN THE ROOM TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT SOME OF THESE NEXT STEPS ARE FOR CLARITY. 
          AND SO IT WILL, YOU KNOW, BY MARCH 1ST THERE WILL BE INFORMATION SHARED WITH US ABOUT WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT IT, BY NO MEANS MAKES ANY DECISIONS ON LAND USE OR, YOU KNOW, CHANGING FINANCES IN ANY, IN ANY SORT OF, OKAY, SO IS IT, UM, SO I MAY NOT BE LOOKING AT THE MOST RECENT DRAFT I HAVE, AND MAYBE I DON'T HAVE THE MOST RECENT DRAFT STILL CALLS OUT. 
          AND MOU IS STILL SAYS SUCH AS AN MOU STAFF LEVEL AGREEMENTS, SUCH AS AN MIT THAT IS GONE. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER VERSION THAT'S BEEN SENT OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'LL TAKE A LOOK FOR THAT, BUT I THINK STILL THE LANGUAGES IS NOT AS I UNDERST I THINK I'M STARTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO FACIL FACILITATE, UM, OR CREATE, BUT IF THE DESIRED OUTCOME IS TO FACILITATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND AS I UNDERSTAND, IT'S FACILITATING CONVERSATIONS AROUND PLANNING AROUND THE ETOD POLICY AND AROUND LAND USE AND FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS. 
          I DON'T CALL OUT FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS, BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MULTIMODAL, THERE WILL HAVE TO BE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHICH ENTITIES ARE, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT PERHAPS I SEE A NEED AND KEEP IT AROUND TO MAYBE. 
          SO THAT'S REALLY IN THE FIRST PART, THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS IS ABOUT THE MULTIMODAL. 
          AND I THINK THAT ONE, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT AND THAT IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THE CONCERNS WE WERE HEARING WERE ABOUT THAT, BUT IN TERMS OF THE, OKAY, SO I, I THINK I HAVE SOME DRAFT LANGUAGE, LET ME JUST FINALIZE IT AND THEN OFFER IT. 
          BUT IF, IF WHAT WE'RE REALLY, IF WHAT YOU'RE AIMING FOR IS TO ASK STAFF TO COME UP WITH, UM, TO, TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THESE OTHER TWO ENTITIES AROUND THESE ISSUES, THEN I WOULD JUST SUGGEST WE USE LANGUAGE THAT IS MORE LIKE THAT. 
          AND IS THAT, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I'M MISSING ABOUT WHAT HOPE FOR OUTCOMES YOU WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE? WELL, I WOULD JUST SAY WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF VERSIONS WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO I WOULD JUST SUGGEST IF YOU WANT TO FINALIZE ANYTHING AND SHARE IT, THAT THEY ALSO GO THROUGH THE SAME DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THEY MAY, THEY MAY HAVE ANGLES AND ASPECTS IN THE LANGUAGE THAT THAT WAS CHOSEN. 
          WELL, MAYBE THERE, MAYBE THEY COULD WEIGH IN. 
          I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING, WHAT PROBLEM YOU'RE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR IF THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING TOGETHER AND TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES. 
          I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING THAT UP EXPECTATION. 
          AND IF THERE'S A NEED FOR SETTING UP A MORE FORMAL PROCESS, BUT AGAIN, I JUST, I THINK I'M JUST MISUNDERSTOOD. 
          I'M NOT COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDING YET. 
          WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY THE STAFF, IF THE STAFF ARE INVOLVED IN THIS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, MAYBE THEY COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT NEEDS, WHAT, UH, WHAT DIRECTION DO YOU FEEL YOU NEED FROM COUNCIL TO HELP YOU FACILITATE A CONVERSATION WITH ATP AND PROJECT CONNECT AROUND LAND USE AND THE UTAH POLICY? WELL, THIS IS ALSO A MOMENT TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT. 
          THE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING NOW, AS WE LOOK AT THIS JPA AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, AS I PROPOSED EARLIER IN A, IN A WORK SESSION MEETING, UM, THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE SOME OF THIS WAS IN THE JPA. 
          AND WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD FROM STAFF WAS NOT EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING BETWEEN THESE, THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES HAS TO BE SPELLED OUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE JPA. 
          BUT WE ALSO HAVE, HAVE FOUND AS WE WERE WORKING ON OUR OWN IDEAS, HOW TO PUT A BOOKMARK IN THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING. 
          THIS IS WHERE IT'S CALLED OUT. 
          THIS IS THE MEETING WHERE WE AUTHORIZE STAFF TO BE DOING THESE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE OF WHEN THIS FRAMEWORK IS GOING TO COME BACK FOR US TO REVIEW IT. 
          SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY NEEDING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE A NEW ITEM FROM COUNCIL, BUT IT'S JUST, UH, A BOOKMARK FOR CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN TO MAKE SURE STAFF KNOWS THAT THEY CAN GO AND CONTINUE ON THESE AND TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          AS, AS THEY'RE TALKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE FINER DETAILS IN, IN THESE TWO PARTICULAR TOPICS, AND THEN THE EXPECTED OUTCOME FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS WOULD BE RECOMMENDED ACTION ITEMS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL BODY BASED ON THEIR AUTHORITY. 
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IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THAT THAT COULD BE AN OUTCOME, BUT IT COULD ALSO JUST BE, HERE'S HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE WE KNOW WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVANCING PARTS OF THESE CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S, WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING. 
          WE WANT STAFF TO WORK OUT THE FRAMEWORK OF THE MULTIMODAL PLANNING AND ANYTHING ELSE WITH ETO, WHICH WE KNOW WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ETF PLANNING IN THE PAST. 
          SO THAT'S ALREADY ONGOING, BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF TODAY AND THE JPA TO ADD THAT WORD, PLANNING INTO THE JPA DOES COME WITH THE DIRECTION OF WHAT WE WANT STAFF TO BE WORKING ON AND WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATIONS WE TRUST THAT THAT THEY'RE HAVING. 
          AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK IN MARCH AND TELL US HOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING, WHAT THEY'VE COME UP WITH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY. 
          I'M NOT SURE I'M NOT, I'M MISSING THE DIFFERENCE UNINTENDED HERE. 
          IS THAT MY SENSE IS, IS THAT, UM, I'M MISSING THE DISAGREEMENT, I GUESS, IS WHAT I'M SAYING OR THE, OR THE SIGNIFICANT HAS THERE A POOL. 
          SO I JUST, UM, I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW, UM, AND CAP METRO CAN PURCHASE LAND AND DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS ON LAND THAT IT PURCHASES, BUT IT CAN'T UNDER ITS OWN AUTHORITY IS CHANGE. 
          UM, THE ZONING ON THE LAND, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ONLY THE COUNCIL HAS YOU AFFORD TO DO. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. 
          SO IF, IF THERE WERE ANY INSTANCE OF CAP METRO MOVING FORWARD TO TRY TO CHANGE ZONING, THEY WOULD NOT, NO MATTER HOW THIS IS WORDED, THERE'S NO WAY THAT COULD EVER HAPPEN. 
          EXCUSE ME, SORRY. 
          UM, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THERE'S TECHNICAL ISSUES AND CITY STAFF CANNOT CURRENTLY HEAR YOU OR RESPOND, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT. 
          OH, THAT'S A PROBLEM. 
          CAN ANY OF THEM COME IN? ARE WE, ARE WE BROADCASTING OVER CHANNEL SIX? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO AT LEAST IN THE MEANTIME STAFF SO THAT THEY COULD FOLLOW, COULD PROBABLY FIND THAT LIVE STREAM. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY JUST CAN'T RESPOND TO US RIGHT NOW. 
          OH, OF REBOOTING SOME EQUIPMENT AND IT SHOULD BE SHORTLY THAT THERE'LL BE ABLE TO RESPOND MAYER. 
          I'M VERY CONFUSED RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, CAUSE THE CONVERSATION GOES LIKE THE CITY AND I GET THIS FEELING LIKE I'M ALSO A TRUSTEE ON CAPITAL METRO BOARD. 
          YEAH. 
          Y'ALL DON'T TRUST ME, YOU KNOW, I, I MEAN, EH, WELL, I GET THAT FEELING, YOU KNOW, I, I MEAN, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO REACT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T METRO AND, AND, AND I'M ALSO A CITY COUNCIL. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO, WHATEVER WE DO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PULL A PERMIT. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE CONSOLE TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO AS CAPITOL METRO AND THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THEY ABIDE BY ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS AND IN CONSTRUCTION ROLE. 
          SO I JUST, IT REALLY GETS TO ME THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS LONG CONVERSATION AND WE THROW OUT CAPITOL METRO, LIKE I'M NOT HERE. 
          YOU KNOW, Y'ALL TELLING ME THAT THIS IS WHAT Y'ALL FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AND WE'VE FORMED THE TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP. 
          WE HAVE METRO TRUSTEE ON THAT BOARD. 
          THE MAYOR SELECTED THE, I BELIEVE IT CHAIR, OR WE, WE APPOINTED ALL THE, SO I, I THINK WE'RE JUST ONE BIG OLD FAMILY THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND, BUT THERE'S TO BE MISTRUST. 
          AND IT REALLY BOTHERS ME THAT I WOULD LOVE TO JUST SIT DOWN THERE. 
          AND I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO OUT THAT DOWN THERE AND CONDEMN ANY PARKS. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANY OF THIS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO ABIDE BY THE OTHER RULES THAT THE CITY HAS ESTABLISHED HERE IN THEIR LAND USE AND LAND CODE. 
          I JUST WOULD LIKE TO JUST STOP THAT NEGATIVE PART AND JUST SAY, HEY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET THIS GOING? AND AS A TRUSTEE, WHAT'S CAPITAL METRO. 
          I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT Y'ALL NEED FROM ME TO GO THERE WHEN I'M SERVED UP METRO. 
          AND BECAUSE MY WHOLE VISION AND DESIRE IS TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING. 
          WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE VOTERS THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. 
          WE CREATED THIS BOARD AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S A, IT'S AN INDEPENDENT OUTSIDE BOARD THAT WE HAVE NO SAY. 
          SO I DON'T BELIEVE IN 
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THAT WE HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL CAPITAL. 
          METRO HAS WORKED WITH US. 
          I TRUST THAT THE CEO THERE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HIRED HIM AND MADE SURE THAT HE STAYED HERE AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT, AND I REALLY BELIEVE RANDY CLARK, OUR CEO AND, AND METRO, HE, THIS IS HIS, I ALWAYS CALL HIM, TELL HIM THAT, TELL PEOPLE THAT THIS IS HIS BABY. 
          YOU KNOW, HE BOUGHT THAT VISION FORWARD AND REALLY WORKED AT REAL HARD. 
          AND NOW WE HAVE THIS, THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE JUST DON'T GET BOGGED DOWN IN FIGHTING OVER, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF WORDS HERE, A COUPLE OF WORDS THERE AS OUR KELLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN SITTING THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE OTHER BOARDS. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT A LOT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT. 
          I I'D LIKE TO ECHO SOME OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER RENTER SAID AND JUST SAY THAT I DON'T LIKE TO FURTHER COMPLICATE THINGS. 
          UM, BAD COMMUNICATION CAN CREATE OBSTACLES AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE WRONG IMPRESSION TO OUR OTHER PARTNERS INVOLVED WITH ATP. 
          AND, UM, ALSO, UM, DO YOU KNOW THAT THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT IS HERE SO THAT WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER COHESIVELY AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT? YES. 
          THAT'S SORT OF A KITCHEN. 
          YEAH, I I'M. 
          I AGREE WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER THREE, I SIT ON THAT BOARD TOO. 
          UH, BUT, BUT THIS, ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT IS, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ATP OR CAP METRO. 
          THIS IS BETWEEN US AND OUR STAFF, OUR CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF. 
          IT'S BECAUSE ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS DIRECTION TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF. 
          WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DIRECTION TO CAP METRO OR ATP, JUST THE CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR STAFF, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, AND MAYBE I'M MISUNDERSTANDING AND THE WORD THAT I, THAT I'M STUCK ON IS THE AGREEMENT WORD. 
          AND MAYBE THAT'S, MAYBE WE JUST TAKE THAT OUT BECAUSE MY THOUGHT IS, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT THAT'S SIGNED AND AGREED TO THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT STAFF'S PROBLEM WOULD BE WITH BRINGING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL. 
          AND THAT, I GUESS I'M, I NEED TO HEAR FROM THEM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, SO CITY MANAGER, LET ME ASK CITY MANAGER, CITY MANAGER. 
          IS THERE SOME CONCERN ABOUT BRINGING, BRINGING THIS BACK TO THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS PROPOSING? SO I THINK YOUR CONVERSATION ON THE DIOCESE APPROPRIATE, AND I THINK STAFF NEEDS TO WEIGH IN AT THIS POINT. 
          WELL, BUT, BUT I, BUT WHAT'S BEING REPRESENTED IS THAT STAFF IS SAYING THAT THIS SHOULDN'T COME BACK TO US. 
          MAYBE I'M MISREPRESENTING WHAT YOU SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, OR MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD. 
          SO WE WORKED ON THE LANGUAGE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WOULD AGREEMENT LOOK LIKE? WE ACTUALLY WANTED TO MAKE IT LESS FORMAL SO WE CAN CHANGE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST USING THE AGREEMENT LANGUAGE. 
          WE CAN WALK IT BACK FURTHER. 
          I JUST WANT TO HAVE LIKE, EVEN A MEMO OF HERE'S HOW THE CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING. 
          HERE'S THE PEOPLE INVOLVED. 
          HERE'S YOUR POINT OF CONTACTS? UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS IN EACH OF THESE PARAGRAPHS, BUT IT BASICALLY SAYS ESTABLISHED SOME SORT OF FRAMEWORK. 
          IT SHOULD DOCUMENT ENTITIES, PROPOSED RESPONSIBILITIES, AND BE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER ETO D POLICY PLANNING. 
          I KNOW IT'S A LONG PARAGRAPH, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SIMPLE. 
          I KNOW WE ALWAYS COUNSEL IT UP AND MAKE THINGS WAY MORE COMPLICATED THAN THEY NEED TO BE AS FAR AS LANGUAGE IS WHAT I'M SAYING, BUT IT REALLY JUST SAYS, WE KNOW THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING, PUT TOGETHER A DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN LOOK AT SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING. 
          IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANY AUTHORITIES OR, OR MAKE ANY PERMANENT DECISIONS. 
          IT'S JUST ABOUT WHO'S PARTICIPATING IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AND WHAT ANGLES ARE BEING CONSIDERED SO THAT WE CAN JUST UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE THINGS HAPPENING THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY AS BIG AS SOME OF THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS WITHIN THE JPA THAT WE HAVE AHEAD OF US TODAY, WHICH IS WHY MY AMENDMENT WAS ONE WORD. 
          UM, CAUSE I WANTED TO KEEP IT STREAMLINED AND DIDN'T WANT TO, OVER-COMPLICATE WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO. 
          UM, BUT IT REALLY IS JUST ABOUT CREATE SOME SORT OF FRAMEWORK FOR THESE CONVERSATIONS AND TELL US WHAT YOU'D COME UP WITH. 
          I THINK KATHY, KATHY KATHY WAS SO I, I, I, UM, I WONDER IF THIS COUNCIL MEMBER LS MIGHT CAPTURE THE INTENT AND, AND WHAT YOU WERE JUST DESCRIBING, ESPECIALLY, AND I DID SEND THIS TO THE PRINTER. 
          I THINK I'VE, I THINK I'VE DONE MY LAST BATTLE WITH THE PRINTER RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR. 
          SO HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THE 
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OTHER PRINTER DOWN THE HALLWAY IS GOING TO BE MORE COOPERATIVE, BUT ANYWAY, COUNCIL MEMBER LS, DOES THIS CAPTURE WHAT YOU WERE INTENDING TO DO? UM, FURTHER, NO, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE FIRST PASSAGE. 
          JUST THE SECOND ONE FURTHER, THE CITY MANAGER SHALL CONTINUE AND EXPAND DISCUSSIONS WITH CAPITAL METRO RELATED TO EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. 
          YOU TODD, AND ANY RELATED LAND USE PLANNING IN THE ETOD STUDY AREA AREAS DESIGNATED AS TODD'S AND ALONG THE METRO RAPID METRO RAIL AND LIGHT RAIL LINES INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT CONNECT, INITIAL INVESTMENT ALONG AND AROUND THE PROJECT CONNECT TRANSIT LINES. 
          THESE CONVERSATIONS SHOULD PROCEED IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE TOD POLICY PLAN CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION X, I DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOLUTION TO FILL IN THE MANAGER SHALL REPORT TO COUNCIL ON THE PROGRESS AND RECOMMENDATIONS GENERATED BY THESE DISCUSSIONS BY MARCH 3RD, 2022. 
          SO I TRIED TO KEEP AS MUCH OF YOUR ORIGINAL LANGUAGE AS POSSIBLE AND JUST, UM, BUT CONVERT THE AGREEMENT PIECE TO REPRESENT WHAT I HEARD YOU DESCRIBING, WHICH WERE REALLY TO, TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS, TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, OUR AFFIRMATION TO THOSE CONTINUING AND EXPANDING, UM, AROUND THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT YOU HAD IDENTIFIED. 
          I DIDN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES THERE AND THEN INCLUDE AS YOU HAD, I, AS YOU HAD ARTICULATED, UM, THE NEED FOR THAT GROUP TO REPORT. 
          OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEBRA. 
          I HAVE ONE MORE EDIT TO THIS AND THEN I'LL HAND IT OUT. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, INCLUDING, AS YOU HAD ASKED FOR THE REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL BY MARCH 3RD, SO I'LL HAND I'LL HAND IT OUT. 
          UM, IF THAT HELPS, I THINK THAT'S GENERALLY AGREEABLE. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW IS, IS MUCH DIFFERENT. 
          I THINK IT'S CLEAR TO STAFF AND THE MANAGER, WHAT THE ASK IS HERE. 
          UM, CAN I SUGGEST SOMETHING SINCE THIS IS A DIRECTION AND IT STARTED IN THE JPA, MAYBE WE CAN COME BACK WITH THIS DIRECTION IF WE WANT TO HAVE MORE TIME TO THINK THROUGH IT OR WORK THROUGH LANGUAGE SO WE CAN BRING THIS BACK IN TWO WEEKS, WE COULD TAKE THIS ISSUE DIVIDED POST, AS WE HAVE ALREADY DONE POSTPONE THIS FOR TWO WEEKS AND COME BACK AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION. 
          AND I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY WORK OUT THE DIRECTION LANGUAGE AND THAT WAY THE DOC, THE AGREEMENT ITSELF COULD MOVE FORWARD. 
          I WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT SINCE THE WORD PLANNING HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. 
          ANY OBJECTION TO THAT HAPPENING OBJECT. 
          I THINK THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST TAKE CARE OF IT. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE MAY BE THERE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER  LANGUAGE, IF WE CAN DO COUNCIL MEMBER IS LANGUAGE IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES, THEN I THINK WE SHOULD JUST GO FOR IT. 
          OKAY. 
          IF SAID THIS DISCUSSION, I THINK IT SHOULD REALLY BE FEES DISCUSSION. 
          SO I JUST CIRCLED IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, IF I COULD JUST CLARIFY, UM, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIRECTION AND ITS DIRECTION THAT WAS POSTED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IN THE MIDST OF AN EXTREMELY COMPLICATED AGREEMENT. 
          UM, AND THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT MOVING PARTS ON THAT ARE, ARE, ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM. 
          AND WE ALL HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AND WE ARE TOTALLY CLEAR ON WHAT WE WERE DOING. 
          UM, BUT THE REST OF US ARE NOT PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WE HAVE TO CATCH UP. 
          AND THAT'S JUST PART OF THE JOB WITH RULES THAT WE OPERATE UNDER TOMA. 
          AND WE ALSO, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF BEEN, BEEN, UM, CREATING THE JPA AND ALL OF THESE PIECES AND CERTAIN LANGUAGE HAS MEANING UNDER THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN STRUGGLING TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WITH CLARITY WHAT IT MEANS UNDER THIS TRI-PARTY AGREEMENT. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK REALLY SHIFTING THAT USING THE SAME LANGUAGE FOR SOMETHING ELSE, THAT'S REALLY A MEMO AND A DIRECTION TO, TO OUR STAFF FOR SOME OF US IS VERY CONFUSING. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY AS NON LAWYERS, UM, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE AUTHORIZING. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, THE, THAT IS WHY THE PLANNING CHANGE AND THE AMENDMENT WAS FINE. 
          AND, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, I DON'T, I, I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS AND WE'RE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE, FOLKS ATTRIBUTE CONCERNS THAT ARE NOT THERE. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THINGS AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING NOT. 
          SO, SO MY SENSE IS THAT IF WE, IF THE DIRECTION FOR THAT PART OF THE J A IT'S THAT PART OF THE BASE DOCUMENT AS WE GET PAST THE BASE DOCUMENT, AND THAT WOULD GIVE US TWO WEEKS TO READ THE AMENDMENT AND COME BACK, AND THEN THOSE THREE OFFICES OR FOUR OFFICES COULD TALK TO 
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EACH OTHER. 
          WE'RE NOT TAKING IT OFF THE CALENDAR, WE'RE PUTTING IT BACK. 
          SO IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS WHERE THE HELL IS THAT IF HAS  LOOKS GOOD TO YOU AND YOU'RE WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, WE CAN'T OTHERWISE I WOULD SUPPORT HAVING THIS COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE TIME TO REVIEW THIS LANGUAGE. 
          IT DOESN'T SEEM ON ITS FACE OUT OF, OUT OF THE INTENT THAT IT, THAT I HAD, BUT WOULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE MORE TIME TO ACTUALLY READ IT AND VET IT AND UNDERSTAND IT. 
          MAYBE IT'S BETTER FOR, OKAY. 
          SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO PROPOSE, I WOULD PROPOSE WE POSTPONE THIS TO TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY AND THEN WE WILL REVISIT THE DIRECTOR. 
          WE HAVE MORE TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. 
          IS THERE A SECOND MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY DISCUSSION, AS WHERE HER KITCHEN, A QUICK ASS COUNSELOR ELLIS. 
          I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY CONCERN ABOUT YOUR FIRST PARAGRAPH. 
          IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD WITH THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO MOVE THE FIRST ONE ALONG. 
          OKAY. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH, INCLUDING THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THE DIRECTION FROM THE V2 FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLIS HEARING? NONE THAT DIRECTION IS INCLUDED. 
          THE OTHER PARTS ARE POSTPONED TO TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY. 
          THAT'S OVER AUTHOR, UM, PROCEDURALLY WE'VE NEVER POSTPONED DIRECTION ON AN ITEM AND PASSED AN ITEM. 
          SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? WOULDN'T THAT BE AN IFC? I WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REFILING. 
          IT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS ON THIS AGENDA AND SPIEGEL, I'M FINE WITH IT. 
          I JUST HAVEN'T EVER SEEN THAT PROCEDURE. 
          SO IF YOU COULD PROPERLY NOTICE THAT, UH, THE, UH, MEETING YOU DID THAT, OR WE DIVIDED THE QUESTION WE'RE BRIEFING AND FIGURE IT OUT. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          I JUST THANK YOU. 
          I WOULD, I DON'T WANT TO OP I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER LS BRINGING THIS IN, IN GOOD FAITH. 
          AND I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO GET CAUGHT UP IN A PROCEDURAL WAY. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAST AMENDMENT WE MIGHT HAVE MIGHT BE, OH, WE HAVE MORE. 
          THAT'S WHERE YOUR KITCHEN YOU HAD WANTED TO PUT IN LANGUAGE IN THE SECTION ABOUT, UH, ATP RESPONSIBILITIES, SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT CAPITAL METRO OR EDDIE AND IMPLEMENTING PROJECT CONNECTED PROJECTS ON BEHALF OF ATP. 
          WELL, ANY, ANY OTHER ONE, NOT JUST CAPITAL METRO ON BEHALF OF ATB WILL ABIDE BY THE LABOR AND SAFETY TERMS SET FORTH IN THE JPA. 
          DO WE HAVE SOME LANGUAGE HERE FOR THAT IS ACTUALLY THE LANGUAGE JUST CA CAPITAL MEASURE. 
          LET ME SEE, LET ME READ IT AGAIN. 
          CAPITAL METRO OR ANY ENTITY IMPLEMENTING PROJECT CONNECT PROJECTS ON BEHALF OF ATP WILL ABIDE BY THE LABOR AND SAFETY TERMS SET FORTH IN THE JPA. 
          I THINK IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY SECTION 3.4. 
          IS THAT THE SECTION OF THE JPA? I THINK IT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT EXISTS. 
          YEAH, I THINK SO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO SECTION 3.4, LET ME MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S RIGHT. 
          NO, NO. 
          4.4 SECTION 4.4 OF THE JPA. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN MAKES THAT AMENDMENT ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING THAT AMENDMENT IS A BULLET POINT TO 4.4. 
          I THINK IT'S 4.3. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, WELL, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF KATE WANTED IT IN 4.4 OR THE VERSION I WOULD HAVE IT, HAS IT BEEN 4.4 RESPONSIBILITIES OF ATP. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          NO OBJECTION. 
          THAT'S INCLUDED. 
           MARY. 
          NO OBJECTION. 
          JUST TO, TO CLARIFY, MAYBE WHOEVER FROM STAFF CAN CONFIRM THIS, BUT JUST THE INTENSIVE, THIS BEING THAT, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE RAPID LINES ARE BEING BUILT BY CA METRO USING THE PROJECT CONNECT DOLLARS THAT THIS APPLIES THOSE REQUIREMENTS THERE, OR IF SOMEDAY LET'S SAY ATPS, THE CITY TO HELP BUILD A BRIDGE FOR PROJECT CONNECT PROJECT CONNECTED DIG PART OF THE TUNNEL THAT WE'D APPLIED TO US JUST AS MUCH, BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME PROJECT. 
          I THINK WE'RE THE INTENT IS TO NOT LET ATP CONTRACT AROUND ITS, ITS OBLIGATIONS TO WORKERS. 
          UH, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL APPLY PROSPECTIVELY. 
          IT'S NOT A RETROACTIVE. 
          WE CAN'T DO THIS RETROACTIVELY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          COUNTS. 
          REMEMBER KELLY, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW THAT WITH TRANSPORTATION, ESPECIALLY WITH CONSTRUCTION REGARDING THAT IT'S FEDERALLY REGULATED TO ENSURE THAT WORKERS RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK SO TO A DEGREE. 
          AND THAT'S WHY 4.4 MAKES REFERENCE TO FEDERAL PROTECTIONS AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY FURTHER AMENDMENTS THEN TO THE JPA GODS, REMEMBER TOBA? YES. 
          MAYOR. 
          I AM REVIEWING TWO DRAFT AMENDMENTS THAT STAFF HAVE PROVIDED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES, UM, THAT I RAISED REGARDING HOW WE, HOW WE, HOW THE THREE PARTIES ARE GOING TO INTERACT AROUND, ESPECIALLY IN PARTICULAR AROUND 
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AREAS WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE USES GOING ON. 
          I HAVE SOME DRAFT LANGUAGE FROM STEP FROM LEGAL TO CONSIDER, BUT IT'S NOT, IT DOESN'T COMPLETELY CAPTURE. 
          UM, IT DOESN'T COMPLETELY CAPTURE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD A BIT EARLIER. 
          SO I'M MADLY TRYING TO RE EDIT IT. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, GIVEN OUR TIMEFRAME HERE. 
          SO THE, WE CAN SORT OF CROWDSOURCE IT HERE ON THE DIOCESE, I GUESS, BUT OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO NEED A FEW MINUTES AND HAVE TO COME BACK TO. 
          YEAH. 
          AND YOU WERE TRYING TO SEEK IS I RECALL TRYING TO PUT IN, AS YOU MENTIONED TO ME, PUTTING IN THE, THE EXPECTATION THAT THE PARTIES NEED TO COOPERATE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND YOU WERE TRYING TO, YOU HAD INDICATED YOU WANTED TO PUT A LANGUAGE AROUND THAT, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT GOES UP IN THE INITIAL PRINCIPLES IN THE DOCUMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          THERE WERE TWO PLACES, UM, WHERE I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE. 
          UH, ONE IS IN TERMS OF JOINT EXPECTATIONS THAT JOINTLY APPLIED TO ALL THREE PARTIES. 
          UM AND THEN ANOTHER ONE THAT SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSES HOW WE'RE GOING TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER. 
          IF, AND WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES FOR WHICH ONE PARTY MIGHT NEED TO SEEK LEGISLATIVE CHANGES. 
          SO I'M GETTING A LITTLE CLOSER. 
          UM, BUT I NEED A COUPLE OF MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S OUR LAST ISSUE. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          GOD, SORRY IF I COULD JUST LIKE HAVE TWO QUIET MINUTES THEN. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. 
          WE'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF MINUTES. 
          WE HAVE STAFF WITH US BACK YET AT ALL, OR NO SO I'M I'M WITH YOU ON THE FIRST ONE OF THOSE, UH, KATHY, CAUSE I THINK THAT STATING THAT EXPECTATION OF EACH OTHER, CAUSE WE HAVE TO COOPERATE AND WORK IS GOOD WHEN WE STARTED GETTING MORE SPECIFIC AND STUFF AND MAY BE MORE DIFFICULT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS SO THEY COULD RESET THE SYSTEM. 
          WE'LL BE BACK HERE IN FIVE MINUTES BACK AGAIN. 
          LET'S PULL EVERYBODY BACK. 
          YOU'RE IN THE WINGS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I THINK WE HAVE EVERYBODY BACK ONLINE AGAIN. 
          I THINK THE ONLY THING WE HAVE LEFT ARE COUNCIL MEMBER TABOS, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT RECOGNIZES THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. 
          WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND AGENCIES THAT ARE GONNA HAVE TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER. 
          WE'RE PARTNERS IN THIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS, FAMILY. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ALL WORK TOGETHER TO GET THIS DONE ON THE TIMING THAT IT HAS TO HAPPEN AS MARKETO. 
          DO YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT OFFER? YES. 
          THANKS MAYOR. 
          I HAVE TO. 
          AND UM, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO READ IT, I'M SENDING IT TO THE NONCOOPERATIVE PRINTER RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR. 
          I MEAN THE BACK DOOR, BUT I'LL READ IT TO SECTION. 
          SO THIS WOULD GO, THESE WOULD GO INTO SECTIONS 3.1 AND IT WOULD ADD TWO ADDITIONAL BULLETS. 
          THE FIRST ONE READS AS FOLLOWS THE PARTIES COMMIT TO DEVELOPING AN AGREEMENT, OUTLINING A PROCESS TO DISCUSS AND MITIGATE THE USE AND IMPACT ON PARKLAND AND HISTORIC SQUARES, WHICH SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE ATP BOARD CITY COUNCIL AND THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD COMMITMENT TO AGREE TO EACH OTHER. 
          I'LL READ IT AGAIN. 
          PARTIES, THE PARTIES COMMIT TO DEVELOPING AN AGREEMENT, OUTLINING A PROCESS TO DISCUSS AND MITIGATE THE USE AND IMPACT ON PARKLAND AND HISTORIC SQUARES, WHICH SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE ATP BOARD CITY COUNCIL AND THE CAPITAL METRO BOARD. 
          OKAY. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING INCORPORATED? ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT BIG CORPORATE HEARING? NONE. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION, BUT I JUST GOT A REQUEST TO SEND TO THE AGENDA OFFICE AS WELL, JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE SURE. 
          YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          YES. 
          SEND IT TO THE CLERK AND THE CLERK, THE CLERK, PLEASE SEND IT OUT TO EVERYBODY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHAT'S THE SECOND ONE. 
          UM, I'M GOING TO SEND THAT IN AN EMAIL IF IT'S OKAY. 
          IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE LONGER TO DO AN ATTACHMENT. 
          UM, THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS SAME SECTION, JUST AN ADDITIONAL BULLET. 
          THE PARTIES COMMIT TO WORKING TOGETHER IN COLLABORATIVE FASHION TO DISCUSS FASHION, TO DISCUSS ANY POTENTIAL OR PROPOSED LEGISLATION RELATED TO PROJECT CONNECT AS EARLY IN THE PROCESS AS FEASIBLE. 
          THAT'S ADJUSTED PRACTICAL, I THINK PRACTICABLE, PRACTICABLE. 
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OKAY. 
          I CAN LOOK AT THAT. 
          READ IT AGAIN, PLEASE. 
          THE PARTIES COMMIT TO WORKING TOGETHER IN COLLABORATIVE FASHION TO DISCUSS ANY POTENTIAL OR PROPOSED LEGISLATION RELATED TO PROJECT CONNECT AS EARLY IN THE PROCESS AS PRACTICABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING THAT AND REGARDLESS, I THINK OF WHETHER YOU SAY FEASIBLE OR PRACTICAL OR TRY TO SPECIFY WHEN I THINK THE, I THINK THE INTENT HERE IS CLEAR TO SET THE EXPECTATION THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE ANY TO SEEK OUT, UH, SOME LEGISLATIVE REMEDIES THAT ALLOW THE PROCESS AND THE USE OF SPACES FOR PROJECT CONNECT. 
          AND WE WANT TO BE PARTNERS IN THAT AND WE WANT TO BE PARTNERS EARLIER AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE IN THAT, SO THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING TOGETHER IN, IN TALKING THROUGH THOSE POTENTIAL LEGISLATIVE REMEDIES. 
          UM, PRIOR TO, PRIOR TO, UH, THE DRAFTING OF ANY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BE FOR WHICH THERE WOULD BE SPONSORS SOUGHT. 
          I THINK IT SOUNDS GOOD. 
          I LIKE, I APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING TO USE THE WORD PRACTICABLE BECAUSE I THINK THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, BUT CERTAINLY WORK AGAIN, COLLABORATIVES. 
          WE SHOULD BE WORKING WITH ONE ANOTHER, ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING THAT LANGUAGE HEARING NONE THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED. 
          LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE JPA AS AMENDED AND THANK YOU KATE IN LAW FOR ASSISTING WITH ALL OF THESE LAST MINUTE EDITS. 
          I MEAN, UH, AMENDMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE JPA. 
          PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAT. 
          THAT WAS OPPOSED SHOULD BE SHOWN AS BEING ANONYMOUS ON THE DYES WITH COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR, UH, OFF THAT TAKES CARE OF THE JPA. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS PUSHES THIS PROJECT FORWARD. 
          HOPEFULLY WE'VE DONE THINGS HERE TODAY THAT THE OTHER BOARDS WILL FIND, UH, HELPFUL. 
          YES. 
          I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AND CAFFEINE. 
          I'LL BE MORE THAN WILLING TO AT WORK. 
          SIT DOWN AND WORK WITH YOU AS A BOARD OF TRUSTEE FROM CAPITOL METRO. 
          ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, THAT LEAVES YOU TWO THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO WORK ON, UH, THAT ARE LEFT ON THE AGENDA. 
          ONE OF THEM IS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION COULD BE BRIEF. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS THE REPORT OUT ON THE, UH, ON THE STORM. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          AND YOU HAVE A ZONING CASES. 
          WELL, I WAS PUT OFF, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF ORDER YOU ALL WANT TO WORK WITH? UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO, UM, TAKE A, TAKE A BREAK. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR PLEASURE IS. 
          UM, AND I'M, AND I'M READY TO TURN THIS OVER TO YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM AND LET YOU TAKE IT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT YOU TURN IT OVER TO ME WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE A DIFFICULT DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE EAT FOOD OR NOT. 
          HOW ABOUT HOW BAD I DECLINE UNTIL WE MAKE THAT DECISION TO YOU WANT ME TO START? I'M SORRY. 
          JERRY RESTAURANT COMES OUT OF BRIBE. 
          I'M PRETTY SURE THAT'S ILLEGAL. 
          I'M HAPPY TO DECIDE. 
          WE SHOULD TAKE AT LEAST A HALF HOUR BREAK AND I THINK WE NEED AT LEAST 30. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LET'S GIVE PEOPLE NOTICE OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN WE COME BACK THERE. 
          SO THEY KNOW THAT. 
          SO A 30 MINUTE BREAK, WHEN YOU COME BACK, DO YOU WANT TO JUST MEET BACK IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, TO RESOLVE THAT QUESTION FAIRLY QUICKLY, COME OUT, DO THE REPORT BRIEFING WHILE YOU HAVE THE EXPERTS AND THEN THE DAY WITH THE ZONING CASE. 
          SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IN THAT REGARD THEN, UM, YEAH, I NEED THE SCRIPT. 
          UM, SO, UH, IN THAT CASE THEN HERE AT, UH, AT 7 21, UH, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, ANNOUNCE OR WOULD THIS COUNCIL WILL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 45. 
          THE INTERIM, UH, THE, THE CITY CLERK ISSUE IS PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 7, 4. 
          IT'S A PERSONNEL MATTER THAT OBJECTION, COUNSEL WILL NOW GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          YOU WILL BE DOING THAT REMOTELY AND YOU'LL BE STARTING AT 10 TIL EIGHT, 10 TIL EIGHT. 
          WE ARE BETTER PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES AND EXTREME 
          [65. Briefing on City*s After Action Report related to Winter Storm Uri.]
STORM EVENTS IN THE FUTURE. 
          WINTER STORM YURI WAS A STATEWIDE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS LAYERED ON TOP OF AN ALREADY HISTORIC GLOBAL PANDEMIC, WHICH CONTINUES TODAY. 
          THE CITY OF AUSTIN, LIKE THE STATE OF TEXAS WAS UNPREPARED FOR SUCH A COMPLEX DISASTER. 
          WE HAVE FARED THROUGH HISTORIC FLOODING AND WILDFIRES, BUT I CANNOT RECALL IN RECENT HISTORY, ANY COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN AFFLICTED BY A NATURAL DISASTER OF THIS SCALE AND DURATION DURING AN INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
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CRISIS, THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS WAS UNDER A DISASTER DECLARATION. 
          WE FACED RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES, 144 HOURS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND RECORD BREAKING DAYS OF CONSECUTIVE SNOW ON THE GROUND. 
          THE STORM LEFT MILLIONS OF TEXANS WITHOUT POWER AS ERCOT MANDATED, AUSTIN ENERGY AND OTHER UTILITY PROVIDERS CUT POWER TO KEEP THE POWER GRID FROM COMPLETELY COLLAPSING. 
          WINTER STORM URI PUSHED ALL OF US BEYOND OUR LIMITS. 
          WE HAD EMPLOYEES WORKING ON CELL PHONES FROM THEIR CARS BECAUSE THEIR POWER WAS OUT, SLEEPING ON OFFICE FLOORS, SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES FOR MULTIPLE DAYS, INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES WORKING 14 HOUR DAYS, ALL IN SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. 
          CITY AND COUNTY STAFF WORKED TIRELESSLY AMID SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLES TO RESPOND TO HUNDREDS OF TRAFFIC CRASHES, TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD AND WATER AND TO MOBILIZE TEMPORARY AMONG OR TERM SHELTER. 
          FOR HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS, WE ALSO SAW OUR COMMUNITY ROSE UP AND WORK TOGETHER TO HELP ONE. 
          ANOTHER NEIGHBORS CHECKED ON NEIGHBORS, BUSINESSES OFFERED FREE WATER OR FOOD TO OTHERS IN NEED AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS SPRING INTO ACTION TO HELP WHENEVER THEY COULD. 
          THIS TRULY IS AN AMAZING COMMUNITY. 
          AND WITH EVERY UNPRECEDENTED EVENT LIKE THIS, THERE ARE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSISTENT WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. 
          WE REACHED OUT TO NATIONAL EXPERTS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO PERFORM AN IN-DEPTH EVALUATION OF OUR OPERATIONS, INCLUDING PREPARATION PLANNING, AND RESPONSE TO WINTER STORM ERIE. 
          WITH THAT SAID, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY. 
          AS HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR WON OUR TEAS TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM WHO WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS AND WALK US THROUGH HOW WE AS AN ORGANIZATION AND AS A COMMUNITY CAN BE BETTER PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES IN THE FUTURE ONE. 
          THANK YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS OFFER TODAY, TH THIS PRESENTATION IN THREE PARTS, UH, THE FIRST PART WILL BE CONSISTING FROM, UH, HE SOME AND THE, UH, CONSULTANT THAT WE HIRED HAGGERTY CONSULTANT WILL, WILL PROVIDE AN OVERALL, UH, PART OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE AFTER ACTION REPORT. 
          THEN IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A PRESENTATION FROM AUSTIN ENERGY AND THEN A PRESENTATION FROM AUSTIN WATER UTILITY, UH, AS WE BEGAN, UM, I WANT TO, UM, TAKE THIS MOMENT IN TIME AND JUST THANK ALL OF THE STAFF FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS AFTER ACTION REVIEW PROCESS, THEIR FEEDBACK AND THEIR INPUT IS VALUABLE AND IS GOING TO BE INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT WE BUILT A MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          ALSO WANT TO TAKE A POINT IN TIME AND THANK MY STAFF THAT PARTICIPATED IN ENSURE THAT THIS EFFORT WAS, UH, CONDUCTED AND COMPLETE IT. 
          UH, WITH ME HERE TODAY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF REPRESENTATIVES HERE, MATTHEW, LAURA, BILL WILSON AND ROBIN, WE ATRIK SIT IN THE BACK, NOT PRESENT. 
          I HAVE EVA LAWNMOWER AS WELL AS BRYCE BEEN TO BINGO, WHO WAS ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING MARRIED TODAY OR TOMORROW. 
          SO WE WISH HIM THE BEST FOR HIM AND HIS AND HIS WIFE. 
          BUT I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST KIND OF REFLECT ON THE FACT THAT I'VE BEEN DOING THIS. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THE EVOLVING THE FIELD OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR OVER 27 YEARS. 
          I'VE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ELECTED OFFICIALS TO EVACUATE FOR A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ALONG THE COAST. 
          I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN OVER 15 PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER. 
          THE QUESTION IS, AT LEAST I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN FLOODS, TORNADOES, HURRICANES, MAJOR HEALTH STORMS, EVEN A SUPPORTED A SUPERBOWL RESPONSE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WINTER STORM RESULT IN AN ROTATING POWER OUTAGES. 
          AND I WILL HAVE TO SAY THAT THE EVENTS THAT WE EXPERIENCED IN FEBRUARY OF 2021 REQUIRE ME TO MUSTARD. 
          ALL OF MY EXPERIENCE, ALL OF MY KNOWLEDGE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT I WAS DOING THE BEST JOB THAT I COULD TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO ASK APRIL RUSSO, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF RESILIENCY WITH HAGGERTY, UH, TO COME UP TO THE MIC MICROPHONE AND, UH, START THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME IS APRIL JERUSALEM. 
          I AM THE DIRECTOR OF RESILIENCE WITH HEGGERTY CONSULTING. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'M THE EXECUTIVE WITH HAGGERTY 
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ON RESPONSE AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS FOR COVID-19 AND ANY CONCURRENT EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE START OF COVID-19. 
          BEFORE I STARTED WITH HAGGERTY, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, I WAS WITH THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          IN MY TIME WITH HEGGERTY, I'VE WORKED ACROSS THE NATION ON MANY, MANY DISASTERS. 
          I'VE WORKED NUMEROUS TIMES WITH FEMA ON VERY, VERY COMPLICATED EVENTS. 
          AND I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE WE CAN LEARN FROM WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED, UH, AS A RESULT OF WINTER WEATHER URI, AS W AS WELL AS WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING NATIONWIDE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, TO SORT OF PROMOTE A MORE RESILIENT FUTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY HERE. 
          SO HOW DID HE WAS HIRED TO BE AN IMPARTIAL PARTICIPANT, UH, TO CONDUCT THIS AFTER ACTION REVIEW OR AAR FOR SHORT. 
          AND, UH, THAT SAID MANY OF US WITHIN HAGGERTY WERE A BIG PART OF WINTER WEATHER, YOUR RESPONSE, BECAUSE WE ARE FROM HERE AND WE WERE HERE DURING THE RESPONSE. 
          SO IN ORDER TO CREATE THAT IMPARTIALITY, WE CREATED A TEAM THAT WAS SEPARATE AND DISTINCTIVE FROM ANY OF US WHO WORKED ON THE WINTER WEATHER RESPONSE, UM, THAT WAS LED BY ALAN FRIEDMAN, WHO WILL BE UP AND PRESENTING NEXT FOR ME. 
          BUT BEFORE I HAND IT OVER, LIKE JUAN, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UM, IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO WINTER WEATHER URI, I WAS, UH, AT HAND WORKING ON VACCINATION PLANNING WITH MANY OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          AND THEN WE HAD TO SHIFT, FOCUS AND GEAR INTO THE WINTER WEB, THE WINTER WEATHER, LIKE ALL OF US. 
          UM, IT WAS A VERY HARD AND LONG ROAD. 
          AND I WORKED WITH NUMEROUS CITY COUNTY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, DAY AND NIGHT TO EFFORTLESS IT WITH, WITH GREAT EFFORT, UM, WORK ON INITIATIVES AND RESPONSE, UM, TO GET THROUGH THE STORM, THE AFTERMATH AND THE RESULTING BOIL WATER NOTICE. 
          I'M PROUD OF THE WORK, UH, THAT ME, MY TEAM AND ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT I WAS WORKING WITH WORKED ON, BUT THERE ARE MANY LESSONS TO LEARN. 
          WE SHOULDN'T WAIT IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS OF A DISASTER TO EFFECTIVELY PLAN EFFECTIVELY PLANNING TAKES TIME, MONTHS, YEARS. 
          THAT IS GOING TO BE A MEASURE OF EFFECTIVE RESILIENCE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          WE CAN TAKE THIS MOMENT, LEARN FROM IT AND GROW. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT ALONG TO ALAN. 
          THANK YOU APRIL. 
          SO GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS ALAN FRIEDMAN AND I WAS THE TEAM LEAD FOR THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW. 
          I WANT TO FIRST REALLY REITERATE, WOULD WANT OUR TEAMS SAID THIS AFTER ACTION REVIEW WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND ITS COMMUNITIES. 
          AND THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE REVIEW FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS, MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL TO NUMEROUS, UH, REPRESENTATIVES OF DEPARTMENTS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO START IN ON THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE HOPE TODAY THAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY, UM, FROM OUR PRESENTATION THREE PRIMARY POINTS FIRST THAT YOU ARE LIKELY TO SEE MORE EVENTS LIKE WINTER STORM YURI IN THE FUTURE AND WINTER STORM. 
          URI IS VERY MUCH A PRECURSOR OF FUTURE EVENTS. 
          AND ONE OF THE THEMES THAT APRIL BE COMING BACK AND TALKING ABOUT IN A FEW MOMENTS IS HOW THE IMPACTS OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS ARE CHANGING THE HAZARDS AND CHANGING THE IMPACTS OF STORM EVENTS AND OTHER EVENTS ON OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          SECOND, WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL SEE THIS AFTER ACTION REVIEW AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER RESPOND TO THIS NEW REALITY. 
          WE HOPE YOU WILL SEE THIS AFTER ACTION REVIEW AS A FRAMEWORK AND AS AN OUTLINE AND AS A ROADMAP TO BE A MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY, BUT TO FUNDAMENTALLY BE BETTER PREPARED FOR THE NEW REALITY THAT WE EXPECT TO BECOMING INCOMING YEARS. 
          THIRD, IN ORDER TO BE BETTER PREPARED, IT WILL TAKE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. 
          IT WILL TAKE DIFFICULT CHOICES TO BUILD AND BETTER UTILIZE EXISTING CAPABILITIES. 
          WHAT IS AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW? AND AFTER ACTION REVIEW IS AN EVALUATION AS YOU'VE HEARD, BUT IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY FUNDAMENTALLY BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT WE CAN LOOK INWARD AND LEARN FROM AN EVENT THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT, WHEN WELL, BEST 
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PRACTICES AND GROW FROM THOSE THINGS WE DID WELL IDENTIFY GAPS AND DO IT BETTER. 
          THE NEXT TIME. 
          FIRST, IT IS A USUAL AND CUSTOMARY STRUCTURE REVIEW OF AN INCIDENT EVENT. 
          IT'S A COMMON PRACTICE IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          SECOND, WE IDENTIFY IN AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW, WHAT WENT WELL, BEST PRACTICES AND AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT. 
          AND THIRD, WE INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTINUOUS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND LEARNING THE GOAL OF AN ACTION ACTION OF AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW IS VERY MUCH ABOUT LEARNING AND GROWTH. 
          SO HOW DID WE DO THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW? WE LOOKED AT THREE AREAS. 
          FIRST, WE EXAMINE OVER 75 DOCUMENTS. 
          THEY INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM EMERGENCY OPERATION PLANS, INCIDENT ACTION PLANS, AS WELL AS FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY TASK FORCE REPORT ON WINTER STORM URI. 
          SECOND, WE TALKED TO OVER 190 INDIVIDUALS ACROSS CITY AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND FINALLY AND FINALLY TECHNICAL ISSUE. 
          WAIT FOR THE SUSPENSE. 
          I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY CLICKER. 
          THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADVANCE IT IF THAT'S NOT WORKING. 
          IS THERE A, CAN YOU TRY NOW? OKAY, PERFECT. 
          AND FINALLY, WE CONDUCTED A SURVEY THAT INCLUDED 191 INDIVIDUALS FROM THE SAME GROUPS OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT I JUST IDENTIFIED PRIMARILY TO VERIFY THE RESULTS IN OBSERVATIONS FROM THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW. 
          I WANT TO KNOW OUTLINE WHAT WE FOUND AND FOR THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK APRIL TO COME BACK AND WALK US THROUGH, UM, SOME OF THE TOP LINE FINDINGS. 
          AND NOW, WELL, APRIL GOES UP TO THE PODIUM. 
          I WANT TO ALSO REINFORCE WHAT ALLEN SAID THIS AFTER ACTION HIGHLIGHTS THE ALL THE HEROIC EFFORTS OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY CITIZENS, PRIVATE SECTOR, AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. 
          IT ALSO DEFINES OUR LIMITATIONS, OUR RECURRING CAPABILITIES, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES US A ROADMAP THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS THAT WE'RE STARTING HERE TODAY. 
          BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO APRIL, I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT WE PRODUCED THERE'S THREE CORE AREAS OR THREE PARTS OF THE AR FIRST IS THE FINDINGS REPORT. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE FINDINGS REPORT IS TO PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF OUR OVERALL FINDINGS. 
          SECOND, WE PROVIDED A TECHNICAL REPORT WHICH PROVIDES ALL OF THE DETAILS, THE OBSERVATIONS THAT WE FOUND AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THIRD IS OUR IMPROVEMENT PLAN. 
          THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN INCLUDES 132 RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, FOR HOW THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY CAN BECOME A MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY AND ALSO RESPOND TO, UM, EVENTS SUCH AS WINTER STORM URI IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO JANSSEN AND OVER TO YOU APRIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          SO THE FIRST CONCEPT HERE THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSCORE IS THIS IS A PRECURSOR SORT OF A DRESS REHEARSAL FOR WHAT MAY BE TO COME HERE IN TOWN. 
          DISASTERS ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT AND INTENSE BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          THERE'S JUST NO QUESTION, HEAT, WILDFIRES, HURRICANES FLOODING. 
          THEY ARE ALL BECOMING MORE INTENSE AND MORE FREQUENT NATIONWIDE. 
          AND ALL OF THEM HAVE IMPACTED THE CITY OF AUSTIN IN THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS. 
          SO THE ONLY EXPECTATION WE CAN SAFELY SET IS THAT WE SHOULD BE EXPECTING THESE MORE COMPLICATED, LARGER, AND MORE FREQUENT DISASTERS IN YEARS TO COME. 
          NOT ONLY WILL THEY BE MORE INTENSE, THEY ARE GOING TO AT TIMES OVERLAP AS DISASTERS OVERLAP, THE RISK OF CASCADING FAILURES INCREASES AND ULTIMATELY LEADS TO LOSS OF PROPERTY HARM TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
          AND, AND IF I HADN'T CHECKED, THE COST OF DISASTERS IS VERY EXPENSIVE. 
          SO WHAT YOU SEE IN HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE THE 
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20, $21 BILLION WEATHER AND CLIMATE DISASTERS. 
          THIS IS NOT INCLUDING THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC THAT HIT EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          THEY ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. 
          THEY ARE OVERLAPPING. 
          THEY ARE OVERWHELMING NATIONWIDE AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
          I'VE PERSONALLY, PERSONALLY WORKED WITH COMMUNITIES, SEEING THE DEVASTATION AND THE RECOVERY THROUGH KEY ECONOMIC DRIVERS FROM FLOOD AFTER FLOOD, AFTER FLOOD IN NEBRASKA WITNESSED FATIGUE AND BURNOUT OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, SUPPORTING BACK-TO-BACK DISASTERS AND WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA. 
          I KNOW THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE FAMILIAR HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS WELL. 
          AND I'M JUST BRINGING UP THE EXAMPLES THAT I'VE PERSONALLY WORKED ON. 
          THIS IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WITHOUT INTERVENTION, INTENSITY AND FREQUENCY COMPOUNDS THE COSTS, NOT ONLY THE FINANCIAL COSTS, BUT ALSO THE PERSONNEL COST AND OTHERS THAT SUPPORT THE IMPACT, PHYSICAL PERSONNEL, RECONSTRUCTION, ECONOMIC IMPACT. 
          THEY ALL COMPOUND ON EACH OTHER OVER TIME. 
          SO ZOOMING FROM, OUT IN TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AUSTIN IS UNIQUE IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. 
          YOU WERE MENTIONING IT EARLIER TODAY. 
          IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE. 
          IT IS WHERE I HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE FOR YEARS AND WILL REMAIN. 
          I LOVE IT HERE. 
          UM, WE HAVE A UNIQUE CULTURE, PEOPLE, THE FOOD, THE MUSIC, IT'S ALL GREAT. 
          BUT ONE THING THAT I HAVE MENTIONED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THAT IS NOT UNIQUE TO AUSTIN IS THE COMPLEXITY AND OVERLAPPING NATURE OF THE DISASTERS. 
          SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CASE STUDY FOR WHAT'S TO COME IN TERMS OF ALL OF THE ACTIVITY THAT THE CITY HAD TO GO THROUGH, STARTING IN MARCH, 2020 WITH COVID-19 AND THEN MORPHING INTO PREPPING FOR, AND THEN RESPONDING TO WINTER STORM URI IN THE LAST 20 MONTHS, AUSTIN HAS HAD TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX TO BE NIMBLE AND TO BE RESPONSIVE, TO DO THINGS THAT HAVE ONLY BEEN INVENTED IN REAL TIME. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ONE IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS WORKING ON. 
          UM, VERY FREQUENTLY ONE, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN AT GROUND ZERO ON THIS, MAYBE YOU CAN SORT OF WALK THE TEAM THROUGH AND JUST REMIND EVERYONE ALL OF THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT NUANCED AND NEW, UM, UH, RESPONSE OPERATIONS THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON. 
          THANK YOU, APRIL. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE FROM MARCH OF 2020 TO THE PRESENT DAY, WE'VE HAD TO UNDERTAKE MAJOR INITIATIVES THAT THE CITY HAD NOT HAD TO DO BEFORE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          WE HAD TO CONDUCT AND ESTABLISH AND SET UP MASSIVE TESTING SITES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, AS WELL AS CREATE LODGING AVAILABLE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS HAVE HIGHER RISK AND ISOLATION FACILITIES FOR THOSE THAT WERE, UH, TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID AND CANNOT ISOLATE, ESTABLISH ALL GONNA CARE SITE FACILITIES TO SUPPORT OUR MEDICAL SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS RESPOND TO A HURRICANE AND SUPPORT POSTAL EVACUATION IN NON CONGREGATE SHELTER SETTINGS. 
          IT WAS UNIQUE IN THE FIRST TIME WE'D EVER DONE THAT. 
          AND MORE RECENTLY, RIGHT BEFORE THE, THE IMPACTS OF WINTER STORM URI HIT OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAD JUST UNDERTAKEN A MASSIVE VACCINATION OPERATION THAT OUR COUNTRY HAS NOT SEEN SINCE THE POLIO VACCINE OF NINE IN THE 1950S. 
          THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO. 
          AND THEN THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED, EXCUSE ME. 
          AND THEN THE WINTER STORM URI IMPACTED US AND WE HAD TO DIVERT ALL OUR RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THOSE WINTER STORM OPERATIONS. 
          AND THEN IN MARCH, WHEN WE, AS WE, AS WE CONTINUED WITH THE RECOVERY FOR WINTER, SOME EARRINGS WE NEEDED, WE NEEDED TO SUPPORT BOTH THE WINTER SUMMER YURI RESPONSE, AS WELL AS GO BACK TO THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND CONTINUE THEIR FORWARD AND NOT ON THIS CHART, PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING HURRICANE SEASON AS WELL, VERY COMPLEX WITH A LOT OF NEEDS IN TERMS OF PLANNING. 
          OKAY, I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK OVER TO ALAN. 
          WHO'S REALLY GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE FINDINGS OF THIS REPORT. 
          THANKS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO HOW DO WE BE BETTER PREPARED? HOW DO WE RESPOND? THAT'S THE QUESTION, AND THAT'S REALLY AT THE 
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HEART OF WHAT THE AR IS ABOUT. 
          OKAY. 
          NUMBER ONE, BUILD FROM STRENGTH. 
          THERE WERE A TREMENDOUS, THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STRENGTH THAT WAS ON DISPLAY DURING THIS RESPONSE. 
          AND I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION A FEW OF THOSE ISSUES BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WANT TO BUILD FROM STRENGTH IN TERMS OF WHERE WE GO NEXT. 
          UM, EXTRAORDINARY STAFF COMMITMENT. 
          I MEAN, YOU HEARD IT AT THE BEGINNING IN YOUR OPENING REMARKS, UM, US CITY MANAGER, I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY TRUE. 
          THEY WERE, UM, A THOUSAND AND MORE THAN A THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS WERE SHELTERED. 
          UM, MORE THAN A MILLION GALLONS OF DRINKING WATER WERE PURCHASED AND DELIVERED. 
          UM, ALMOST 200,000 MEALS WERE PREPARED, UM, AND ALSO DELIVERED. 
          THERE WERE ABOUT 2,400, A LITTLE OVER 2,400 STAFF THAT WERE DEPLOYED DURING THE EMERGENCY, UM, THAT ENTAILED ABOUT 65,000 STAFF HOURS. 
          AND THERE WAS AN EXPENDITURE OF ALMOST $5.5 MILLION IN TERMS OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND DEBRIS MANAGEMENT. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE A CORE STAFF THAT ARE DEDICATED, THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THEIR JOB AND THAT UNDER EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES DELIVERED FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT WASN'T ENOUGH. 
          THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT, THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT GAPS IN THE RESPONSE. 
          NO DOUBT. 
          AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE. 
          WE'LL FIND THOSE GAPS REALLY IN THESE FOUR CORE AREAS. 
          AND WHEN I SAY GAPS, REALLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THESE ARE REALLY THE CORE FOUR AREAS THAT ARE REALLY, WE THINK, UM, SHOULD BE THE FOCUS AND AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, FIRST RESOURCES. 
          UH, WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT OUR STAFF, HOW WE INVEST IN STAFF AND HOW WE BUILD THE WORKFORCE IN THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES. 
          SECOND, AS PART OF THOSE RESOURCES, ARE WE ADEQUATELY SUPPLIED? DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT SERVICES BASICALLY THAT ARE IN PLACE TO RESPOND TO AN EVENT OF THIS COMPLEXITY IN THE FUTURE SECOND RESILIENCE SYSTEMS WE NEED TO BUILD NOT JUST MORE RESILIENT UTILITIES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BUILD RESILIENT SHELTERS, SHELTERS THAT ARE ABLE TO BASICALLY SUSTAIN AND BE SUSTAINED WHEN THERE'S INTERRUPTION IN POWER, WHEN THERE'S INTERRUPTION OF WATER. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE RESPONDERS HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT, THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS PLANNING. 
          THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL GAPS IN PLANNING, NO QUESTION. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. 
          WHAT WE CALL MASS CARE. 
          THERE'S A NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MASS CARE PLANNING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND TO MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT REVISIONS THERE. 
          THE SAME COULD BE SAID OF FOOD AND THE PR AND THE AVAILABILITY OF FOOD, AS WELL AS INTEGRATING EQUITY AND EQUALITY, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMUNICATION WE NEED. 
          ONCE WE DO 0.1, TWO AND THREE, WE'VE GOT TO BE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE BETTER COMMUNICATE BOTH WITHIN STAKEHOLDERS, ALL OF YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, AS WELL AS UNDERSTANDING WHAT ARE THE ROLES OF THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS SHOULD BE AS WELL AS HOW DO WE, AS A COMMUNITY, BETTER PREPARE AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL ITSELF. 
          SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SIX KEY AREAS THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THE REPORT. 
          FIRST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION THAT THE COMMUNITY PLAYED AN EXTRAORDINARY ROLE IN THIS RESPONSE. 
          IT WAS INCREDIBLY CLEAR FROM ALL THE PEOPLE WE TALKED TO, BUT THERE WERE GAPS. 
          THERE WERE GAPS AND IMPLEMENTATION, UH, IN COORDINATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE OPERATIONS. 
          SO WHAT SHOULD WE DO? AND I SHOULD SAY THAT THESE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE REPORT, AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE DETAIL THROUGH BOTH THE FINDINGS REPORT, AS WELL AS THE TECHNICAL REPORT. 
          FIRST, WE HAVE GOT TO IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICES FOR USE FOR UTILIZING COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. 
          SECOND, WE HAVE GOT TO DIG INTO OUR PLANS AND REVISE DISASTER PLANNING WITH ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR NONPROFITS, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE DELIVERY ORGANIZATIONS, AND FINALLY CODIFIED THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN THESE STAKEHOLDERS, AS WELL AS CONTINGENCIES, WHEN ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. 
          WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN PRACTICE? IT MEANS DEFINED THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          FIND A WAY TO ADEQUATELY INTEGRATE THEM INTO THE RESPONSE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERY, THAT THE ROLES ARE COMPLETELY CLEAR. 
          SECOND EQUITY, THE STORM HAD A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
          THERE IS NO QUESTIONS THAT CITY AND COUNTY STAFF WORKED TIRES TIRELESSLY TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS, BUT GAPS PERSISTED IN PLANNING, OPERATIONS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE UNHOUSED, THE ELDERLY, LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS AND OTHERS WHO WERE VULNERABLE. 
          WHAT SHOULD WE DO IN RESPONSE FIRST, WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT A POLICY ON THE EQUITABLE AVAILABILITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS AND 
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SERVICES. 
          SECOND, WE NEED TO INCLUDE PROVISIONS IN PLANNING THAT ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE VULNERABLE. 
          AND FINALLY, WE NEED TO CODIFY THE ROLE OF THE EQUITY OFFICE IN PLANNING AND EOC OPERATIONS, EMERGENCY STAFFING, EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUNDAMENTALLY RELIES ON THE QUALITY OF THE STAFF AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND AS WE SAW FROM THIS RESPONSE, WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY AND DEDICATED WORKFORCE, BUT THEY WERE CHALLENGES. 
          FIRST STAFF AND VOLUNTEER SHORTAGES HINDERED OPERATIONS CITY AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE STAFFING MODELS, BUT MORE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, STAFFING MODEL MODELS FOR THE MULTIPLE RESPONSE OPERATIONS THAT WE SAW AND WERE DEMANDED BY WINTER STORM YURI AND THE COVID RESPONSE. 
          AND AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS SUPPORT AGENCIES OR VOLUNTEER SUPPORT AGENCIES HAD TROUBLE PROVIDING VOLUNTEERS DUE TO COVID-19. 
          WHAT SHOULD WE DO? FIRST COMMISSION ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE APPROPRIATE STAFFING LEVELS. 
          AND ASIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS A TOTAL, NOT MORE THAN 15 STAFF. 
          I BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS 13. 
          THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER 13 STAFF TO MANAGE A FUTURE OF COMPLEX EMERGENCIES. 
          THAT IS A SMALL NUMBER. 
          WE NEED TO STEP BACK AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE BUILD THE WORKFORCE AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S THE AVAILABILITY OF STAFF TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY. 
          SECOND, CONTINUE TO RESOURCE ALTERNATIVE STAFFING SCHEMES. 
          THERE ARE SOME VERY CREATIVE AND IMPORTANT STAFFING SCHEMES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE RESERVE WORKFORCE, AS WELL AS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, KEEP THAT GOING, KEEP IT SUSTAINED. 
          THIRD REQUIRE MANDATORY TRAINING OF IDENTIFIED CITY AND COUNTY STAFF IN DISASTER RESPONSE OPERATIONS. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, THINK ABOUT HOW WE USE OUR EXISTING WORKFORCE MORE EFFECTIVELY. 
          THINK ABOUT HOW WE TRAIN THEM MORE EFFECTIVELY AND THINK ABOUT WHETHER WE HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER OF STAFF AND THAT ARE ADEQUATE TO RESPOND AND MEET THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS INFRASTRUCTURE, NO QUESTION. 
          THE STORM CAUSED OUTAGES OF WATER AND POWER COMMUNICATION, TRANSPORTATION, AND ANOTHER INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THESE OUTAGES HAD ADDITIONAL, OR WHAT WE CALL CASCADING IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY AND MEDICAL SERVICES. 
          THESE WERE NOT ENVISIONED OR ACCOUNTED FOR IN PLANNING. 
          AND WHAT DO WE MEAN BY THAT? WHAT WE MEAN IS, UM, MUCH OF THE PLANNING WAS BASED ON THE SINGLE HAZARD. 
          IT WASN'T MUCH OF THE PLANNING THAT WENT IN BEFORE THIS EVENT DID NOT APPRECIATE THE COMPLEXITY OF THE IMPACTS OF THIS KIND OF EVENT. 
          SO WHAT SHOULD WE DO? WE NEED TO REVISE OUR PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS FOR MULTIPLE HAZARD EVENTS. 
          AND WHEN I REFER TO MULTIPLE HAZARD EVENTS, THAT SOUNDS VERY JARGONY, BUT IT'S EXACTLY WHAT APRIL IS SORT OF WALK YOU THROUGH. 
          WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT OUR PLANNING IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS NEW REALITY. 
          SECOND, WE NEED TO INVESTIGATE ADDING RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE, RESILIENT FACILITIES. 
          AND THIRD, WE NEED TO IDENTIFY SHELTERS WITH DURABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, DURABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, MEANING BACKUP GENERATION POWER WATER SHELTERS THAT CAN SAFELY ACCOMMODATE THOSE WHO NEED ACCOMMODATION. 
          UM, WHEN THE POWER GOES OFF OR WHEN THE WATER GOES DOWN, AS WE SAW HERE, MASS CARE, THE LACK OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING APPROACH, HINDERED COORDINATION, SERVICE DELIVERY, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SHELTERING, FEEDING, WATER, DISTRIBUTION, WATER, DISTRIBUTION, AND OTHER COMPONENTS OF MASCARA. 
          SO WHEN I SAY MASS CARE, THAT SOUNDS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT IS ENCOMPASSING OF SHELTERING FEEDING WATER DISTRIBUTION. 
          THAT IS WHAT IS INCORPORATED IN MASS CARE. 
          WHAT WE NEED TO DO FIRST, WE NEED TO ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE AND SCALABLE MASS CARE PLAN THAT BUILDS ON CURRENT PLANNING. 
          WE HAVE A FOUNDATION, A GOOD FOUNDATION OF MASS CARE PLANNING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, BUT WE NEED TO BUILD ON THAT AND CREATE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. 
          SECOND, WE NEED TO TAKE A SIMILAR APPROACH FOR SIMILAR REASONS WHEN IT COMES TO DISASTER FEEDING AND BUILD ON CURRENT PLANS. 
          AND FINALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE PROVISIONS ON SHELTERING OPERATIONS WITHIN THE MASCARA OPERATIONAL PLAN LAST AREA, BEFORE IT TURNED IT BACK TO APRIL PREPAREDNESS, MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY, 
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WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THE STORM. 
          WE THINK THIS IS UNDERSTANDABLE, UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE THE EFFECTS OF WINTER STORE IN EUROPE WERE FUNDAMENTALLY ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE. 
          HOW COULD PEOPLE BE PREPARED? AND I THINK WE HAVE TO BE HUMBLE ABOUT THAT, BUT IN THE SAME THOUGHT, WE ALSO NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO BETTER PLAN FOR AND TO EVENTS WITH SYSTEM-WIDE IMPACTS. 
          AND LET ME EXPLAIN THAT IN REALLY SIMPLE TERMS, IF AN INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT NEED HELP, BECAUSE THEY HAVE FIGURED OUT IN PLAN FOR THE EVENT, IT MEANS THAT THE EMERGENCY RESPONDER CAN DECIDE WHO HE OR SHE WANTS TO HELP IN THAT SITUATION. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, THE MORE RESILIENT WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY, THE MORE, THE LESS PRESSURE IT PUTS ON, UH, EMERGENCY SERVICE AND RESPONDER PERSONNEL. 
          SO WHAT SHOULD WE DO FIRST EMPHASIZE STRATEGIES FOR PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS RESILIENCE AND FOSTERING SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, ALL OF YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THERE WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY STRENGTH THAT WE SAW DURING THE STORM, WHICH IS THAT NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS. 
          THERE IS A POSITIVE, ABSOLUTE ASSET THAT IS IN THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF THE RESILIENCE OF THIS COMMUNITY BUILDER. 
          I MEAN, AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO BUILD ON THAT SECOND IMPLEMENT BEST PRACTICE PROGRAMS FOR PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS AND SUPPORTING STAFF. 
          THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT TIME WAS THAT WHEN A DISASTER STRUCK, IT WOULD BE LIMITED. 
          IT WOULDN'T AFFECT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE NOW IN AN AGE IN WHICH THE DISASTERS THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO ENDURE AFFECT ALL OF US, INCLUDING THOSE WHO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES. 
          SO WE NEED TO TAKE CARE AND MAKE SURE THAT STAFF AND THOSE WHO ARE RESPONDING ARE JUST AS PREPARED AS OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          FINALLY IDENTIFY PROGRAMS, RESOURCES, AND APPROACHES TO IMPROVE, OR ENCOURAGE WHOLE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND RISK REDUCTION, INCLUDING BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, COMMUNITY GROUPS. 
          WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO THINK HOLISTICALLY ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE WORK WITH EVERY SECTOR OF OUR COMMUNITY TO BECOME MORE RESILIENT, UM, AND INNOVATE OUR WAY THROUGH THAT. 
          I'M GOING TO TURN BACK TO, UH, APRIL FOR SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS AS WAS ONE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO PIVOTING AWAY FROM THE SPECIFICS OF THE REVIEW, BACK TO THE BIG PICTURE OF WHAT COMES NEXT. 
          AND I THINK WHAT THIS FUNDAMENTALLY COMES DOWN TO IS THE KEY OF RESILIENCE AND TO JUST GET US ON THE SAME BASELINE HERE, I WANT TO GET US WORKING FROM THE SAME DEFINITION. 
          RESILIENCE IS A MEASURE OF HOW WELL PEOPLE AND SOCIETIES CAN ADAPT TO A CHANGE REALITY AND CAPITALIZE ON THE NEW POSSIBILITIES OFFERED. 
          SO WHAT IS RESILIENCE PRACTICALLY SPEAKING COMMUNITY BETTER SERVED AND COSTS IN TERMS OF WELLBEING AND COSTS IN TERMS OF DOLLARS ARE REDUCED. 
          A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS COMES FROM A STUDY THAT CAME OUT OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING SCIENCES. 
          AND THEY SAY THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT IN MITIGATING INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU SAVE FIVE TO $8 IN A FLOODING EVENT, VERY SPECIFICALLY FLOODING. 
          SO IN THIS EXAMPLE, AND WITH OTHERS, THE KEY IS TO SPEND MONEY ON INFRASTRUCTURE AHEAD OF TIME TO REDUCE THE IMPACT, TO INVEST IN STAFFING, TO A LEVEL WHERE THEY CAN PLAN AHEAD AND ACT EFFECTIVELY. 
          THE MOMENT OF A DISASTER IS TOO LATE TO BECOME RESILIENT. 
          THIS CAN BE AN INFLECTION POINT FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, A MOMENT OF COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THESE DISASTERS OVER AND OVER BACK TO BACK, YOU CAN ENACT AN INFLUENCE POLICY AND ENCOURAGE POLICY, BOTH AT THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT THE PRIVATE SECTOR LEVELS TO MITIGATE THESE IMPACTS. 
          NOW I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO JUAN TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY TAKEN AND HIS VISION FOR WHAT COMES NEXT. 
          THANK YOU, APRIL. 
          YOU KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KIND OF LOOK AT THIS EVENT AND, AND REALIZE THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS SERIES OF DAYS IN FEBRUARY AND OTHER DAYS, WHERE WE HAD DISASTERS, SOME OF THE OTHER DISASTERS THAT WE HAD, THERE WAS SOMEWHAT OF A GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITATION TO IT FLOODING ALONG AROUND RIVERS, RIGHT? THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS DISASTERS ACROSS 
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THE ENTIRE CITY AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION, ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE FINDING OUT IS THAT WE'RE DOING SOME OF THESE THINGS, BUT NOW WE NEED TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 
          WE NEED TO EXPAND THE LEVEL OF TRAINING, THE LEVEL OF PLANNING, THE LEVEL OF PREPAREDNESS, THE LEVEL OF CAPABILITIES TO A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL, BECAUSE THE, THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT THESE EVENTS ARE GOING TO BECOME MORE FREQUENT. 
          SO WHAT ACTIONS HAVE WE TAKEN, UH, LACKING HERE TO TELL YOU THAT A LOT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY AGENCIES, THEY HAVE NOT WAITED FOR THIS REPORT TO COME ON. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON. 
          AND AFTER ME, YOU'LL HAVE PRESENTATIONS FROM AUSTIN ENERGY AND AUSTIN WATER. 
          AND THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE ACTIONS THAT THEY HAVE TAKEN. 
          AND THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK, SOME OF THE, BUT HERE ON THIS SLIDE, I'VE JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE OF THE BANKS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH AUSTIN WATER ON, ON A SHARED POSITION THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK CLOSELY IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BETWEEN AUSTIN WATER UTILITIES AND HOMELESS SECURITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          WE HAVE EXPANDED THE USE OF WHAT WE'VE TERMED DISASTER RESERVISTS AS A WAY OF EXPANDING OUR WORKFORCE. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT IS WHERE YOU WERE ASKING RETIRED CITY EMPLOYEES OR OTHER TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES TO COME IN AND HELP US AND BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING DISASTERS THAT WE HAVE DURING THE PANDEMIC AND BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT US IN CASE WE HAVE OTHER DISASTERS IN THE FUTURE. 
          THAT IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN EXPAND OUR WORKFORCE TO SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY IN LONG-TERM DISASTERS. 
          WHEN WE HAVE TO ALLOW OUR, THE WORKFORCE TO RETURN IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE CITY AND COUNTY TO, TO RESTORE THOSE SERVICES THAT THEY ARE ORIGINALLY HIRED TO DO. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER METHODS OF EXPANDING THOSE CONTRACTS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVED IN THE DISASTER RESPONSE SO THAT WE CAN, UH, BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEED IN FUTURE DISASTERS AND HAVE IT IN A WAY THAT WE CAN MANAGE THOSE COSTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE AREA OF RESILIENCE SYSTEMS. IF YOU RECALL, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, COUNCIL APPROVE FUNDING FOR A RESILIENCE OF HOW PROGRAM I'M HERE TO REPORT THAT THAT EFFORT HAS ALREADY IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. 
          THERE'S BEEN, UH, THE, THE WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A PRESENTATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE OF THE STATUS OF THAT EFFORT. 
          AND THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN, IN BUILDING, UH, SPECIFICALLY RESILIENCY HUBS THAT WILL EVENTUALLY HELP US TO, TO MEET SOME OF THE FINDINGS THAT WE MET, THAT WE FOUND HERE WITH THIS AFTER REVIEW PROCESS. 
          THERE'S A WHOLE SERIES OF INVESTMENTS IN TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITY EQUIPMENT THAT IS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN AND HARDEN OUR CAPABILITIES FOR NOW ONLY WENT TO WEATHER, BUT OTHER DISASTERS IN THE AREA OF PLANNING, WE HAVE ALREADY UPDATED A LOT OF OUR EMERGENCY PLANS AND PROCEDURES. 
          A WHOLE NEW SERIES OF EFFORT WAS ROLLED OUT OVER THE SUMMER. 
          SOME OF THIS EFFORT ACTUALLY INITIATED WAS INITIATED AT THE, UH, DUE TO THE START OF THE PANDEMIC AND, UH, AND, AND, BUT FEEDS PERFECTLY INTO THE NEEDS THAT WE IDENTIFIED DURING THE WINTER STORM. 
          URI SPECIFICALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE POSITION OF THE EQUITY OFFICER THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS A NEED. 
          AND WE BROUGHT IN TO THE EOC AS PART OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT NOW WE'RE BEGINNING THAT PROCESS OF CODIFYING INSTITUTIONALIZING INTO OUR PROCEDURES AND OPERATIONS. 
          AND WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE AND EXPANDING THOSE EFFORTS AND LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR PLANTS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DISASTER RESPONSE WITH AN EQUITY LENS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED NEW VIRTUAL EOC REPRESENTATIVE TRAINING, AND ALSO SCHEDULING SHELTER MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN THE AREAS OF COMMUNICATIONS. 
          AGAIN, WE HAVE REVISED IMPROVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PLAN. 
          IF YOU RECALL, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, COUNCIL APPROVED FUNDING FOR A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
          AND THAT EFFORT IS, UH, IS, IS, IS UNDERWAY AS WELL. 
          AND YOU WILL, SHOULD BE SEEING UPDATES ON THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS WELL. 
          I'M ALSO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT EARLY, EARLIER THIS YEAR IN ON OCTOBER 1ST, WE WERE ABLE TO ROLL OUT A NEW ALERTING SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO DISSEMINATE EMERGENCY INFORMATION TO THOSE WHO ARE DEAF, BLIND AND HARD OF HEARING THROUGH THE AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY ACCESSIBLE HAZARD OR LEARNING SYSTEM. 
          THAT IS JUST ONE OF THE OTHER WAYS THAT WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO ENHANCE OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS OR OUR 
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COMMUNICATIONS, UH, GAPS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED DURING THE AFTER ACTION REVIEW PROCESS. 
          AND THERE'S MANY MORE, BUT THE NEXT STEPS, I THINK WHAT YOU ARE VERY INTERESTED IN KNOWING IS THAT AFTER THIS PRESENTATION, AFTER TODAY, RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO BE FORMALLY BRINGING IN ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AND FORMULATING OUR TEAMS TO LOOK AT THE IMPROVEMENT PLANS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO ADDRESS IN ALL OF THESE 132 RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THAT WILL BE A FORMAL PROCESS. 
          AND WE'LL BE PROVIDING YOU UPDATES AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THE STATUS OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AS WE MOVE FORWARD LATER THIS MONTH, WHERE HAVE ALL ALREADY SCHEDULED OUR WINTER WEATHER SEMINAR, THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON NOVEMBER THE 17TH. 
          THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY OF, OF US BRINGING TOGETHER CITY AND COUNTY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO, IN TO ENSURE THAT WE ALL KNOW WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS, OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE FOR WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS. 
          AND THAT EFFORT WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON THAT DAY. 
          IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A TABLETOP EXERCISE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING IN THE FIRST PART OF DECEMBER. 
          AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SAY THAT THOSE ARE JUST THE THINGS THAT MY DEPARTMENT IS LEADING. 
          WHEN IN CONVERSATION WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, THERE ARE A LOTS OF OTHER EFFORTS THAT DEPARTMENTS ARE TAKING TO CONDUCT THEIR OWN INTERNAL REVIEWS, THE OWN INTERNAL PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS. 
          THEY'RE ALL INTERNAL TABLETOP EXERCISES, AND THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND ARE PREPARED FOR THE UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER SEASON FOR THIS YEAR. 
          AND AS WELL AS OTHER EMERGENCIES IN THE FUTURE. 
          LAST, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY IN THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPARING, YOU'VE HEARD IT SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY DURING THIS PRESENTATION, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ITS GUESTS SET AGAIN, THE TIME TO PREPARE IS NOW YOU CAN GO TO THE STORE AND YOU CAN FIND PLENTY OF WATER, TOILET PAPER, OTHER ITEMS THAT DON'T REQUIRE ELECTRICITY OR GAS, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A HAND OPERATED, CAN OPENER, NONPERISHABLE, FOOD ITEMS, GLOW STICKS, OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU CAN, THAT YOU NEED TO PREPARE. 
          IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS CONFIRMATION, THE CONVERSATION OFF PREPAREDNESS, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY IT ALL ON, ON, ON THE NEXT TRIP. 
          YOU CAN BUY IT A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME. 
          I, EVERY TIME I GO TO THE STORE OR BUY A LITTLE EXTRA TO ENSURE THAT MY FAMILY EMERGENCY SUPPLY KIT IS GOING TO BE THERE FOR WHEN IT'S NEEDED, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN THE NEXT EMERGENCY HAPPENS, MY JOB IS TO COME TO THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. 
          AND I WANT TO HAVE THE TIME TO GO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY. 
          I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY. 
          I'VE HAD A TIME. 
          THAT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT, WHAT I SHOULD DO. 
          I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO MAKE A PLAN. 
          I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO BUILD YOUR KIT, GO OUTSIDE AND MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS. 
          A LOT OF THE GREAT WORK THAT HAPPENED DURING THE WINTER STORM WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE KNEW EACH OTHER, GO AND KNOCK AT THE DOOR. 
          YOU NEIGHBOR GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. 
          AND LASTLY, STAY INFORMED. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS HOW YOU CAN STAY INFORMED, INCLUDING SIGNING UP TO RECEIVE EMERGENCY ALERTS THAT ARE ONE CENTRAL TEXAS, AS WELL AS DOWNLOADING THE READY CENTRAL TEXAS APP. 
          THAT IS AN APP THAT IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY. 
          THAT HAS A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION AND CAN ALSO USE THAT CAN BE USEFUL IN PREPARING AS WELL AS THE NEW WINTER WEATHER PAMPHLET THAT WE HAVE ROLLED OUT THROUGH THAT APPLICATION AND LOOK AT THAT ACCESSIBLE HAZARD ALERTING SYSTEM THAT WE ROLLED OUT AND MAKE SURE YOU PASS THE WORK. 
          IF YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT CAN BENEFIT OF THESE SERVICES, LET THEM KNOW AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO SIGN UP SO THAT THEY CAN STAY INFORMED. 
          AND GO AHEAD, BUY THAT EXTRA HINA. 
          YOUR PREPAREDNESS WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO THOSE AREAS WHERE THEY MAY NOT HAVE THOSE CAPABILITIES. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT. 
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LAST. 
          I WANT TO SAY WHAT THERE'S HA THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I CAN BE TALKING ABOUT YOU TODAY. 
          THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS. 
          WE KNOW THE WORLD HAS CHANGED AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL. 
          AT THIS MOMENT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMBARK ON A JOURNEY TO BUILD AN NATIONAL MODEL, NO, A GLOBAL MODEL OF WHAT A CITY CAN DO TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND BE MORE DISASTER PREPARED AND RESILIENT IN THE FUTURE. 
          I AM COMMITTED. 
          WE ARE COMMITTED AND EAGER TO MAKE AUSTIN THE BEST PREPARED COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD. 
          WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK SYDNEY JACKSON FROM AUSTIN WATER, EXCUSE ME, AUSTIN ENERGY FOR THEIR PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          YES. 
          BEFORE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S EVEN SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ON A SHIP OF IT AS A TITIAN MAN. 
          SO, SORRY. 
          MY EARS ARE JUST REALLY, REALLY SENSITIVE. 
          I KEEP THAT SOUND AS PAINFUL. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UH, CERTAINLY, UH, THIS IS A IMPORTANT TOPIC AND WE WANT TO DEVOTE AS MUCH TIME AS WE NEED TO, TO MAKE SURE ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED. 
          AND SO WE STAND READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT ANY POINT IN TIME IN THE FUTURE OF WHETHER FOR THE CONSULTANTS WHO WILL BE AVAILABLE, UH, MAYBE NOT IN PERSON, UH, BUT CERTAINLY HAVE, HAVE THEM AVAILABLE AT A, AT ANOTHER DATE OR JUST AS WE'RE GETTING QUESTIONS FROM, FROM YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES. 
          UH, FOR TONIGHT, I WOULD STILL LIKE TO GET THROUGH THE, BOTH OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT REMAIN, UH, USE ANY TIME REMAINING THAT YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE THOSE HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS FOR THE CONSULTANTS. 
          UM, BUT WE WILL BE HERE AS LONG AS YOU WANT, BUT KNOWING THAT THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION, I WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE THAT, UH, THAT I KNOW YOU'RE PRESENTED THIS REPORTS, UH, JUST TODAY, UH, YOU'RE STILL LOOKING INTO IT, UH, BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO HAVING ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THEM, UH, WHETHER IT'S HERE TONIGHT OR AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WE DIDN'T EXPECT THAT WE WILL WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT AVAILABILITY AND, AND OKAY. 
          WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK ON SCHEDULING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL MEMBER TEBOW, I'M SORRY. 
          I THINK SHE'S JUST TRYING TO ESTABLISH SOME DEGREE OF EXPECTATION FOR HOW THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING WILL GO, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE MOVING FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU FOR JUMPING IN, UM, CITY MANAGER. 
          MY ANSWER TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA WAS GOING TO BE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. 
          I KNOW AS MUCH AS YOU KNOW, AND SO I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY MANAGER JUMPED IN, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, IT IS NOT MY INTENTION BESIDES THE, UM, THE PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS EVENING. 
          IT WAS NOT MY EXPECTATION, RATHER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR ASK QUESTIONS TONIGHT, THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS THAT WE WOULD GET THE PRESENTATION. 
          IT WOULD HELP TO INFORM OUR QUESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE IS THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTOOD IT. 
          AND SO MY INTENTION 
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WAS AT 10 O'CLOCK TO TAKE THE VOTE FOR US TO GO BEYOND 10, BUT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSES OF ALLOWING FOR THE PRESENTATIONS TO BE COMPLETED. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'LL LET THE CITY MANAGER SORTA ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT FUTURE EXPECTATIONS FOR BEING ABLE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          AND I THINK WE JUST STAND READY TO WORK WITH COUNCIL ON ESTABLISHING WHEN THAT NEXT OPPORTUNITY IS GOING TO BE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS WAS AN EXTRAORDINARILY SIGNIFICANT EVENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS I SAID THIS MORNING, I THINK IT IS REALLY INCUMBENT ON ALL OF US TO, TO HAVE THAT SPACE WITHIN A REGULAR, IN A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OR SOME OTHER SETTING WHERE WE'RE ALL PRESENT AND THE, AND THE PUBLIC, UM, CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT AND HEAR THAT. 
          SO I WOULD, I DID ASK THIS MORNING, IF YOU COULD KIND OF DO SOME THINKING ABOUT WHEN THAT NEXT DATE MIGHT BE. 
          AND I WOULD JUST REITERATE MY REQUEST THAT WE HAVE SOME REALLY EXTENSIVE TIME SET ASIDE WITH OUR CONSULTANTS AND WITH OUR STAFF TOO, BUT ESPECIALLY OUR CONSULTANTS. 
          I JUST HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS. 
          AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES WILL AS WELL ABOUT, ABOUT SOME OF THE, UM, OBSERVATIONS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOME OF THE PAST WORK AND HOW IT COMPARES TO SAY THE HURRICANE HARVEY, HARVEY, UM, AFTER ACTION REPORT AND SOME, AND SOME MORE IN-DEPTH WORK. 
          BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'LL CONCLUDE NOW. 
          BUT WITH THE, I THINK WE HAVE TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE DELIBERATELY NOT ASKING QUESTIONS TONIGHT BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WILL WONDER WHY, WHY WE HAVE, UM, REMAIN SILENT. 
          MR. JACKSON, THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I AM SIDNEY JACKSON, THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER AND CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICERS FOR US OFFICER FOR AUSTIN ENERGY. 
          AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREVENT A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE AUSTIN ENERGY AFTER ACTION REPORT WITH ME TODAY ARE ROBIN AUTO FROM THE AUSTIN ENERGY GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OFFICE, TAMMY COOPER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND JACKIE SERGEANT AUSTIN ENERGY'S GENERAL MANAGER, AUSTIN ENERGY JEFF'S AFTER ACTION REPORT REPRESENTS A FORMAL AND COMPREHENSIVE REFLECTION OF A WIDE RANGE OF REQUIRED ACTIONS AND DELIVERABLES DURING THE PERIOD OF THE WINTER STORM, AS WE ARE ALL AWARE, AND AS OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, SPENCER CROCK MENTIONED THE FEBRUARY POLAR VORTEX BROUGHT DEVASTATING WEATHER CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS TO THE ERCOT TEXAS ELECTRICAL REGION AND IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. EVEN BEYOND THE ERCOT OR TEXAS BORDERS, THE AUSTIN ENERGY REPORT WAS DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AS AUSTIN ENERGY STAFF COLLECTIVELY MET, DISCUSS AND CAPTURED AND EVALUATED OUTCOMES AND OUTCOMES CENTRAL TO THE FEBRUARY WINTER STORM. 
          AND THESE INCLUDE COLLABORATIONS WITH THIRD PARTY EXPERTS, SUCH AS APPRE THE ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, A LEADING ELECTRIC INDUSTRY, A CONSULTANT AND KNOWLEDGE BASE RECALL THAT IN THE WEEKS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FEBRUARY WINTER STORM, THE BULK ELECTRIC SYSTEM, AND AFTER THE BULK ELECTRIC SYSTEM RETURNED TO THE TRADITIONAL NORMALCY NORMALCY, AUSTIN ENERGY SPOKE INFORMS AS TO ITS ACTIONS AND OUTCOMES. 
          SIMILARLY, THIS DOCKET CAPTURES THOSE PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS, UH, AND EXPANDED INTO OTHER ESSENTIAL AREAS PRIOR TO DELVING INTO THE DETAILS OF THE AUSTIN ENERGY AFTER ACTION REPORT, SPECIFICALLY THE REPORTS FRAMEWORK, STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS OF REVIEW OF THE WINTER STORM TIMELINES IS WARRANTED IS WARRANTED AS IT WILL HELP COMMUNICATE THE COMPLEXITY AND DYNAMIC NATURE OF THEIR WINTER STORM RESPONSE. 
          IT IS BY DEFAULT AN ESSENTIAL PREREQUISITE DISCUSSION, AND IT HELPS TO INTERCONNECT THE MANY INTERDEPENDENT AND MOVING PARTS RELATIVE TO THE STORM. 
          AND RELATIVE TO AUSTIN, ENERGY'S A RESULT IN ACTIONS OR EVEN ERCOT, UH, ACTIONS AND DIRECTIVES AND MANDATES TO AUSTIN ENERGY. 
          SO I'VE HAVE A GRAPHIC HERE IN THE TIMELINE OF THE GRAPHIC CAN BE DIVIDED UP INTO FOUR MAIN SECTIONS. 
          THE BLUE SECTION IS FEBRUARY 11TH THROUGH 13TH, AND IT IS THE INITIAL STORM. 
          AND THE INITIAL STORM RESPONSE, THE BLACK SECTION IN TWO PARTS IS FEBRUARY 14TH, AND THEN ALSO FEBRUARY 19TH AND 20TH, AND FOLLOWING DATES AS IT REPRESENTS SUBSEQUENT WAVES OF WINTER STORMS AND RESTORATIONS AND THE RED OR MAGENTA SECTION FEBRUARY 15TH THROUGH 18TH REPRESENTS WHERE ERCOT MANDATED LOW SHEDS OCCURRED. 
          AND THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST SIGNIFICANT, UH, TIMEFRAME LOOKING AT THE TIMEFRAME OVERALL. 
          IT CLEARLY REFLECTS THE DEFERRING AND REPEATED WAVES OF ADVERSE WEATHER TO INCLUDE THE POLAR VORTEX BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. 
          THE WAVES OF WEATHER BROUGHT DIFFERENT CHALLENGES, OBVIOUSLY ICE, SNOW, WHEN CRYSTAL AND PRECIPITATION ALL IMPACTING, UH, THE HIGH VOLTAGE SYSTEM OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE GRID 
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AND THE ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. 
          SO LET'S FOCUS ON THE BLUE SECTION FOR JUST A MINUTE ON THE BLUE SECTION, FEBRUARY 11TH THROUGH 13TH, THIS TIMEFRAME ESSENTIALLY REPRESENTS TRADITIONAL STORM RESPONSE AS BETTER SET A SEVERE STORM RESPONSE. 
          THE POLAR VORTEX HIT FEBRUARY FOR 11TH AND RESULTED IN APPROXIMATELY 35,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER RESTORATION OF THESE 35 CUSTOMERS WAS ESSENTIALLY COMPLETED FOR VIRTUALLY ALL CUSTOMERS BY LATE IN THE DAY, FEBRUARY 13TH. 
          AND THIS RESTORATION WAS THE DILIGENT WORK OF DEDICATED LINE WORKERS, VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, FIELD CREWS, AND A WIDE ARRAY OF SUPPORT STAFF AND TECHNICAL TEAMS WORKING CONTINUOUSLY AND SAFELY AROUND THE CLOCK. 
          DESPITE EXTREMELY ADVERSE CONDITIONS. 
          THE BLUE LINE IN THE GRAPH OR THE BLUE LINE THAT'S SUPERIMPOSED ON THE GRAPH IS AN IMPORTANT METRIC AS IT SHOWS, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS ARE AFFECTED OR OUTAGE AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME AND ESSENTIALLY 70 HOURS AFTER THE STORM BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 14TH, 13TH, EXCUSE ME. 
          AFTER IT BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 70 HOURS LATER BY FEBRUARY 13TH, VIRTUALLY ALL CUSTOMERS WERE RESTORED RECALL THAT I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE DENIED DYNAMIC NATURE OF THIS WINTER STORM. 
          AND DESPITE HAVING VIRTUALLY ALL CUSTOMERS RESTORED, UH, LATE IN THE DAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, FEBRUARY 14TH, THE NEXT DAY BROUGHT NEW WAYS OF STORMS, UH, NEW ICE, NEW HIGH WINDS RESULTING IN INCREMENTAL OUTAGES AS THE BLUE LINE. 
          CLEARLY ANNOTATES THE NUMBER OF NEW OUTAGES DURING THIS TIMEFRAME FLUCTUATED. 
          UM, DEPENDING UPON THE MOMENT IN TIME, DEPENDING ON THE DYNAMIC INTENSITY OF THE STORM, AND DEPENDING ON WHERE WE WERE IN THE RESTORATION PHASE, CLEARLY AUSTIN ENERGY FIELD TEAMS WORKED AROUND THE CLOCK DURING THIS FEBRUARY 14TH TO RESTORE CUSTOMERS AS THIS NEW WAVE OF STORMS HIT. 
          SO LET'S PAUSE FOR JUST A MOMENT UP TO THIS POINT IN TIME, THE FEBRUARY WARNER WINTER STORMS HAD A LOOK AND FEEL OF A TRADITIONAL SEVERE STORM, UH, FOLLOWED BY WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT COMPETING COMPANY OUTAGE RESTORATIONS WITHOUT THE ERCOT MANDATED LOAD SHED EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED AND THOSE LOAD SHED OFFENSE EVENTS FOLLOWED. 
          UH, THE NEXT DAY ON FEBRUARY 15TH, THE WINTER STORM WOULD HAVE LOOKED COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. 
          IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF MAGNITUDE. 
          IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT, AND THAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT UPON AUSTIN ENERGY HOUSEHOLDS AND AUSTIN ENERGY'S COMMUNITIES. 
          SO BRIEFLY LET'S LOOK AT THE LOAD SHED PERIOD, AGAIN, THAT IS THE RED OR MAGENTA TIMEFRAME, FEBRUARY 15TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 18TH, AS THIS WAS THE MOST SEVERE AND DEVASTATING PORTION OF THE TIMEFRAME OR THE WINTER STORM, ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PERSISTENT, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, ERCOT THE ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS ISSUED EMERGENCY DIRECTORS REQUIRING AUSTIN ENERGY AND OTHER UTILITIES TO SHED LOAD OR DE-ENERGIZE CUSTOMERS. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ERCOT. 
          ERCOT IS THE OVERALL, UM, ELECTRIC HIGH VOLTAGE GRID, RELIABILITY AGENT. 
          AND IT HAS OPERATED WITH OPERATED OPERATIONAL AUTHORITY AS GIVEN TO IT BY THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS. 
          DURING THIS TIMEFRAME, ERCOT DIRECTED AUSTIN ENERGY TO SHED OR JENNER DE-ENERGIZE APPROXIMATELY 200,000 OF ITS CUSTOMERS IN EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRIC GRID AND BRING STRAIGHT RAW STATEWIDE ELECTRICAL GENERATION INLINE OR COMMENSURATE WITH STATEWIDE WIDE ELECTRICAL DEMAND. 
          AS THIS TIMELINE SHOWS SPECIFICALLY SPECIFICALLY THE BLUE LINE GRAPH, THE NUMBER OF CURTAILED CUSTOMERS JUMPED ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE. 
          AS WE MOVED INTO THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 15TH, WE WENT FROM NOMINALLY HAVING ALL OUR CUSTOMERS ONLINE TO OVER 200,000 OUTAGES, JUST FOR EMPHASIS, JUST FOR EMPHASIS. 
          ONCE THE ERCOT LOAD SHED DIRECTOR W WAS ISSUED AUSTIN ENERGY, UH, HAD A COMPLIANCE OBLIGATION. 
          WE HAD TO COMPLY WITH THE ERCOT MANDATES AND ALSO LET US BE CLEAR THAT THESE WERE STATEWIDE MANDATES. 
          OTHER ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEMS WERE IMPACTED SIMILAR TO AUSTIN ENERGY. 
          AND THIS RESULTED IN STATEWIDE CURTAILMENTS OF POWER ACROSS THE WHOLE REGION, AUSTIN ENERGY, LIKE MANY OTHER UTILITIES HAS PROCESSES IN PLACE TO EXECUTE ROTATING OUTAGES. 
          AND WE STOOD READY TO EXECUTE AS WE HAVE DONE AND DEMONSTRATED IN THE PAST. 
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HOWEVER, THE DEPTH AND SHEER VOLUME OF THESE ERCOT LOAD SHED DIRECTORS WAS SO LARGE THAT OUTAGE ROTATION WAS, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE LOOKING TOWARDS THE FINAL DATES OF THE TIMELINE. 
          ERCOT BEGAN ALLOWING MEASURED LOAD RESTORATIONS AS WE APPROACH FEBRUARY 17 AND EVENTUALLY LIFTING ITS EMERGENCY ACTION LEVELS. 
          UH, AS WE APPROACH FEBRUARY 19TH, WHICH ALLOWED AUSTIN ENERGIES AND OTHER STATEWIDE TO BEGIN FULL REST RESTORATIONS IN SUMMARY, THE COMPLEXITY AND EXTREME SEVERITY AND DYNAMIC NATURE OF THE FEBRUARY WINTER STORMS AND ASSOCIATED MANDATED LOAD SHIT WAS DAUNTING AND COMPLEX AND DEVASTATING. 
          OBVIOUSLY OUR AUSTIN ENERGY AFTER ACTION REPORT CAPTURES THAT THE WIDE BREADTH OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS, THE AFTER ACTION REPORT, AS I MENTIONED, IS THE COMPREHENSIVE IN TERMS OF ITS OVERALL SCOPE. 
          AS IT ADDRESSES A WIDE RANGE OF THESE KEY TOPICS, THE REPORT IS ARRANGED BY OBSERVATION. 
          AND WHAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS, UM, THE TABLE OF CONTENTS AND IT LISTS SOME OF THE MAJOR OPERATIONS BY THE WAY, OUR AFTER ACTION REPORT WAS MODELED AFTER A FRAMEWORK USED BY FEMA AND MUCH OF ITS REPORTING. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS GRAPHIC, SOME OF THE KEY OBSERVATIONS IN THE TABLE OF CONTENTS INCLUDE COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS, MEDICALLY VULNERABLE REGISTRY. 
          I'M JUST GOING TO NAME A FEW ERCOT DIRECTED LOAD SHED RESTORATION PROCESS. 
          THESE ARE SOME OF THE KEY CATEGORIES, OPERATIONAL SAFETY. 
          IF YOU LOOK INTO THE REPORT, MORE GRANULARLY COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS IS LISTED HERE. 
          THE REPORT HAS A FRAMEWORK OF PROVIDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE OBSERVATION IN THIS CASE, A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION AUSTIN ENERGY PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH VARIOUS MEDIA EITHER BEFORE, DURING AND FOLLOWING THE FEBRUARY RENT WINTER STORM. 
          ALSO FOR EACH OBSERVATION AS BACKGROUND INFORMATION, AS WELL AS FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS. 
          AND ALSO ON THIS PARTICULAR PAGE, MEDICALLY VULNERABLE REGISTRY IS LISTED. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THAT AN INCIDENT COMMAND TEAM IS MENTIONED HERE AS WELL. 
          AND AS WELL AS THE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROCESS, AGAIN, A REPORTING FORMAT, VERY SIMILAR TO FEMA, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS OF THE REPORT IN TERMS OF AREAS THAT WORKED WELL. 
          WE SAW STABILITY IN OUR CORE ENERGY SYSTEMS, AS THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE CRITICAL AND HIGHLY RELIED UPON BY OUR CONTROL SYSTEMS. ADDITIONALLY, WE WERE ABLE TO SUSTAIN CRITICAL LOADS FOR THE DURATION OF THE FEBRUARY STORMS, CRITICAL LOADS, SUCH AS MEDICAL FACILITIES, TRAUMA CENTERS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, SUCH AS POLICE, FIRE, AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WERE ALSO ABLE TO PROTECT RETAIL CUSTOMERS FROM EXTREME PRICE VOLATILITY OF THE ERCOT ENERGY MARKET. 
          DURING THIS PRIME, DURING THIS TIMEFRAME, AS WE WERE ABLE TO PROTECT ELECTRIC RATES, LEVERAGE, LEVERAGING OUR ENERGY MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES. 
          IN ADDITION, OUR ELECTRIC GENERATION PORTFOLIO OR POWER PLANTS WERE A STRONG CONTRIBUTOR AS THESE FACILITIES, NOT ONLY ASSISTED ERCOT SUPPLY FOR THE ELECTRICAL GRID, BUT THEY ALSO WERE HELPFUL AND AIDED IN OUR ENERGY MARKET RISK MANAGEMENT. 
          WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO, TO SUPPLY BLACKSTAR CAPABILITY IF IT WERE NEEDED BLACK START CAPABILITY, MEANING IN THE CASE OF A COMPLETE RIB GRID COLLAPSE, OUR GENERATION FACILITIES WOULD BE THERE TO SELF-START AND RE-ENERGIZE THE ELECTRIC GRID. 
          AND FROM AN OPPOR OFFS, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY STANDPOINT, WE DID NOT INCUR ANY SIGNIFICANT INJURIES OR PERSONAL OSHA RE PERSONAL INJURIES OR OSHA RECORDABLES DURING THIS TIMEFRAME. 
          OTHER OBSERVATIONS ARE RELATED TO OUR INCIDENT COMMAND STRUCTURE, SUPPORT OF THE REMOTE WORKFORCE, UH, BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN COMMUNICATION, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS WITH KEY STAFF, INCLUDING REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS TO CHANGING CONDITIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIONS AND REACTIONS. 
          AND LASTLY, UH, THE TRANSMISSION LINES AND SUBSTATIONS WERE ABLE TO STRUCTURALLY WITHSTAND THE SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE LOADING WHILE ALSO PERFORMING AND EXECUTING IN ADVERSE WEATHER. 
          LOOKING AT OBSERVATIONS RELATIVE, UH, FOR AREAS NEEDED FOR FOLLOWUP AUSTIN ENERGY PERSONNEL WILL PARTICIPATE IN ONGOING FUTURE ERCOT ENERGY MARKET DESIGN AND PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS. 
          UH, WE WILL PARTICIPATE ALONG WITH OUR INDUSTRY PEERS. 
          WE WERE IMPLEMENTING ENHANCEMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS, TEXTS, ALERTS, AND OUTAGE MAP, AND SUCH VEGETATION MANAGEMENT IS AN AREA WHERE WE STRIVE FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. 
          WE'VE COMMUNICATED IN THE PAST INCREASES IN INVESTMENT THRESHOLDS AND PROACTIVE OUTREACH WITH STAKEHOLDERS. 
          WE ARE EXPANDING THE SEXUALIZATION OF OUR ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION CIRCUITS THROUGH THE USE OF SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE USED CURRENTLY IN OUR SYSTEM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND THE UTILIZATION OR BROADEN THAT UTILIZATION. 
          WE'RE MAKING EFFORTS TO COORDINATE WITH OUR LARGE INDUSTRIAL 
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CUSTOMERS FOR REDUCING CONSUMPTIONS DURING GRID EMERGENCIES, AS WELL AS WORKING TO WITH OUR CUSTOMERS FOR THE DOWNTOWN ELECTRIC GRID AND NETWORK AS WELL. 
          AND LASTLY, WE'RE WORKING TO INCREASE OUR COORDINATION WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS AS THAT OUTREACH RESILIENCY AS WELL. 
          AND LASTLY, I MENTIONED THE SCOPE OF THE AUSTIN ENERGY AFTER ACTION REPORT. 
          WE HAVE 19 GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OR CATEGORIES. 
          IN ADDITION TO THESE 19 OBSERVATIONS, THE BREADTH OF THE REPORT CONTAINS 112 SPECIFIC AND GRANULAR FOLLOWUP ACTIONS. 
          THE INTERNAL EFFORT BY AUSTIN ENERGY PERSONNEL TO CAPTURE TRACK AND DOCUMENT THESE 112 SPECIFIC FOLLOWUP ACTIONS IS A KEY DELIVERABLE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. 
          MANY OF THE FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS ARE COMPLETE AS WE DID NOT WAIT FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE AFTER ACTION REPORT TO BEGIN OUR ACTIONS LOOKING AT THOSE FOLLOWUP ACTIONS, 29% HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. 
          50% ARE IN PROGRESS TOWARDS A EXPECTED FUTURE DATE. 
          AND 21% ARE A PART OF NORMAL, UH, NORMAL OPERATIONS WITH THIS REVIEW OF OUR ACTION. 
          ACTION. 
          EXCUSE ME, THIS REVIEW OF OUR ACTION AFTER ACTION REPORT IS BRIEF. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AND KEY GOVERNANCE AND STAKEHOLDERS MEETINGS SUCH AS PERHAPS THE EEC OR THE AUC AS MIGHT BE REQUESTED. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES THE AUSTIN ENERGY AFTER ACTION REPORT AND REVIEW. 
          WE WILL NOW TRANSITION TO AUSTIN WATER WITH MR. GREG MAZARRA'S. 
          THANK YOU, MR. JACKSON, AND PART THREE OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          WE NEED A MOTION. 
          UM, I THINK WE NEED A MOTION, WHICH I'M NOT MAKING. 
          DR. 
           WOULD YOU OFFER ME A MOMENT TO, UH, FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND I TO TAKE A BOAT TO GO BE ON 10:00 PM? UM, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 OF US. 
          UM, SO YEAH, WE HAVE TO VOTE TO STAY HERE PAST 10 AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE MY INTENTION IS TO, TO COMPLETE THE BRIEFING AND THEN WE ALL GO HOME AND GET SOME REST. 
          SO, UM, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS MAKES THE MOTION FOR US TO GO PAST 10 COUNCIL MEMBER, FANTA SECONDS. 
          THE MOTION ALL IN FAVOR. 
          LOOKS LIKE WE ARE UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE TO GO PAST 10 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          NO, I VOTED NO BY COUNT SIZE ON A SCREEN. 
          I VOTED NO TO, HE CAME HERE. 
          THE NEXT QUESTION, I HAD FIVE COUNCIL MEMBER CASAREZ ON THE SCREEN SO HE CAN SEE ME FOR IT. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY WE NEED SIX VOTES. 
          SO WE HAVE FIVE VOTES TO GO BE THERE. 
          OTHERWISE I WILL VOTE FOR IT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CASSETTE. 
          I CAN'T SEE YOU. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT A PRESENTATION. 
          SO IF YOU'RE THERE, YOU CAN TURN YOUR MIND TO GO AND BE ON 10. 
          I VOTED YES. 
          VOTING. 
          NO. 
          SO 1, 2, 3. 
          I'M A YES. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          CASSANDRA IS A YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN AS A YES. 
          AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBERS ALTER, AND KELLY ARE A NO COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          RENTERIA IS AFTER DYESS. 
          AND SO AS MAYOR ADLER AND WITH THAT, AND MY BOY WAS GOING TO BE WATCHING IT, I THINK FOR ME TO VOTE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO SEE ME SO THEY COULD TAKE THE PRESENTATION DOWN FOR A SECOND. 
          HE SAID, IN ORDER FOR HIM TO VOTE, WE NEED TO TAKE THE PRESENTATION OFF OF THE SCREEN SO WE CAN SEE HIS FACE SO HE CAN LEGALLY CAST A VOTE. 
          WE SEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SO THAT'S A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 IN FAVOR, TWO AGAINST, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, POOL AND RENTERIA AND MAYOR ADLER AFTER DIES. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO BEYOND 10:00 PM TO COMPLETE THE BRIEFINGS. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY FOR THE BRIEFINGS, BY THE WAY, AND DIRECTOR MAZARRA'S THANKS EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM IN GENERAL FOR YOUR PATIENTS AND FOR A LONG, LONG DAY, RIGHT ALONGSIDE US. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THAT'S MEMORY IS ON THE RENTER IS ON THERE. 
          HE VOTED YESTERDAY. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          IS THAT A YES. 
          VOTE TO GO BE ON 10. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          I'M GREG  DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN WATER. 
          I JUST HAVE A FEW SLIDES. 
          IT'S NOT MUCH LONGER. 
          UM, SO HERE TO PRESENT OUR AFTER ACTION REVIEW AT A HIGH LEVEL, UH, WE REALLY, UH, LOOKED 
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AT FOUR PRIMARY AREAS THROUGH OUR AFTER ACTION REVIEW, OUR INCIDENT RESPONSE AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, OUR COMMUNICATIONS, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS. AND ALSO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR REVIEW AND NEXT STEPS WITH POWER RELIABILITY, FOR WATER FACILITIES. 
          WE USED A WHOLE, UH, PORTFOLIO OF RESOURCES. 
          CERTAINLY AUSTIN WATER STAFF WERE INVOLVED OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS, UH, ACROSS ALL THESE AREAS. 
          WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION. 
          THEY FORMED A WINTER STORM WORKING GROUP. 
          I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT. 
          WE ENGAGED SEVERAL CONSULTANTS, A WATER PIO, A COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING FIRM, THE NATIONAL ENGINEERING FIRM OF FREESE AND NICHOLS PROVIDED A REVIEW OF INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS. AND OF COURSE WE COORDINATED CLOSELY WITH, UH, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          HE SOME AND HAGGERTY'S REVIEW. 
          UH, I WANT TO JUST NOTE FOR THE COUNCIL, THE COMMISSION'S WORK. 
          UH, THEY DID REALLY AN EXCELLENT JOB PROVIDING OBJECTIVE REVIEW. 
          THEY MET MONTHLY, UH, AND, UH, SPENT MANY, MANY HOURS WITH US, UH, REVIEWING COMPREHENSIVELY THE IMPACTS OF THE STORM, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, PRIORITIES. 
          UH, THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE IN AN ADVISORY ROLE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. 
          I WANT TO PARTICULARLY NOTE YOUR NOMINEE, UH, BECAUSE, UH, COMMISSIONER CASTLEBERRY OR CASTLEBERRY WHO CHAIRED THIS GROUP AND SHE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO KEEP THIS, THIS WAS A TOUGH ASSIGNMENT AND SHE DID REALLY EXCELLENT WORK. 
          AND SO JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT. 
          SO SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS STARTING FIRST WITH INCIDENT RESPONSE IN SITUATION AWARENESS, MUCH AS YOU HEARD FROM AUSTIN ENERGY. 
          AND, UH, AND, AND JUAN, THERE'S A NEED FOR ENHANCED TRAINING ON MANAGING EMERGENCIES ON THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM, UH, DEVELOPING MORE DEPTH AND, UH, AND, AND BROADNESS OF THE TRAINING. 
          THESE EVENTS ARE LONG DURATION EVENTS. 
          AUSTIN WATER WAS INVOLVED IN INCIDENT COMMAND FOR OVER TWO WEEKS. 
          IT WASN'T JUST THE PUBLIC SYSTEM. 
          IT WAS THE PRIVATE RECOVERY. 
          AND, UH, AND SO IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, WEARS OUT OUR TEAMS. AND SO STRENGTHENING OUR TRAINING IN DEPTH THERE, UH, CLARIFYING OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION ROLES IN INCIDENT COMMAND. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGE SCALE OUTAGE, IT'S VERY INFORMATION INTENSIVE. 
          THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          WE'RE VERY GOOD AT THE TECHNICAL SIDE, UH, UP UNTIL WINTER STORM URI, WE NEVER HAD A WIDESPREAD OUTAGE. 
          AND SO THESE, THESE HEAVY DEMANDS THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S MY WATER, WHEN'S IT GONNA BE ON SHOW US A MAP. 
          WE WERE, WE WERE REALLY LIFTING A LOT OF THAT OFF OF THE GROUND, UH, INTERNALLY DURING THE EVENT. 
          AND WE WANT TO GET AHEAD OF ALL THAT AND STRENGTHEN OUR INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND, UH, AND ROLES IN OUR ICS. 
          UM, AND THEN JUST OVERALL BETTER IMPROVED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, HOW WE'RE USING OUR TECHNOLOGIES, ENHANCING THOSE TO GET BETTER. 
          OPERATIONAL INSIGHTS ARE ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE DATA. 
          AND THE PROMISE THAT THAT HOLDS TO GET INDIVIDUAL MOMENT BY MOMENT WATER MEETINGS AT ALL OF OUR CUSTOMER BASES, IMPROVED OUTAGE MAPS, AS I MENTIONED. 
          SO THAT'S SOME OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS ON INCIDENT RESPONSE AND AWARENESS ON COMMUNICATION SIDE, WE NEED TO ADJUST AND ENHANCE OUR WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS AND REALLY DO A BETTER JOB COMMUNICATING TO THE PUBLIC, HOW THEY CAN GET READY FOR LONG DURATION, COLD WEATHER EVENTS. 
          AND I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT STEPS THAT WE'VE TAKEN THERE, BUT, UH, OUR WORK, UH, THERE'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UH, WE NEED TO ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING AND USE OF HOW PUBLIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS ARE BEST TARGETED. 
          THERE'S A GROWING UNIVERSE OF LARGE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS. YOU KNOW, SOME YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE WARRANT CENTRAL TEXAS OR REVERSE NINE 11, OUR OWN INTERNAL PORTAL THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING AS WE'VE DESCRIBED BEFORE OUR, OUR, MY ATX WATER PORTAL IS A NEW DEVICE. 
          IT WAS REALLY IN A PROTOTYPICAL MODE DURING THE WINTER STORM. 
          WE DID EMPLOY IT TO SEND OVER 400,000 TEXTS AND, UH, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST ENHANCE OUR ABILITY AND PROCEDURES FOR THAT. 
          WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO FORGET ABOUT MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT IS AN AREA WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE MASTER METERED, AND THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION THROUGH OUR PORTAL TO INDIVIDUAL TENANTS. 
          AND SO WE WANT TO BE THINKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW WE'RE ENGAGING WITH MULTIFAMILY THROUGH MORE, UH, UH, TAILORED AND TARGETED MULTIFAMILY COMMUNICATIONS. 
          ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE, WE HAD A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE DID EXTENSIVE REVIEW THERE. 
          AND SOME OF THIS YOU WERE EXPOSED TO DURING SOME OF OUR EARLY AFTER ACTION DISCUSSIONS, BUT CONTINUING OUR WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS, WE HAVE SOME UNDERPERFORMING WATER MAINS, PARTICULARLY A NARROW SET OF SMALL DIAMETER CAST, IRON MAINS. 
          WE'RE SEEING GOOD RESULTS FOR WHERE WE TARGET THOSE MAINS FOR REPLACEMENT, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THOSE PROGRAMS REALLY INDEFINITELY AND TO ENHANCE THEM. 
          UH, SO WE CONTINUE TO MEET OUR GOALS TO REPLACE THAT UNDERPERFORMING ASSET, UM, REPAIRING ALL OF THE DAMAGE TO OUR PLANTS, UH, DEVELOPING BETTER TOOLS FOR IMPROVED HEAT, TRACING INSTALLATION, THERMAL BLANKETS, A LOT OF ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY THERE. 
          I'LL GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION. 
          ALL OUR TREATMENT PLANTS REQUIRED TRUCKS TO OPERATE PROPERLY. 
          WE TRUCK IN CHEMICALS, WE TRUCK 
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OUT SLUDGE THAT WE REMOVED THROUGH TREATMENT. 
          AND THAT WAS AN AREA OF CONCERN. 
          DURING THE EVENT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL THERE. 
          UH, WE HAD STOCKED UP ON CHEMICALS AND MANAGED SLUDGE STORAGE, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT TO ENHANCE THOSE AREAS SO WE CAN BETTER HAVE, UH, INCREASED STORAGE OF BOTH CHEMICALS AND SLUDGE FOR LONG DURATION EVENTS. 
          UH, THIS NEXT ITEM IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          IT'S AN OPERATIONAL CHANGE. 
          WE'RE A SURFACE WATER UTILITY, AND WE'RE PARTICULARLY USING LIME TREATMENT TO SOFTEN WATER AND TREAT THAT PRODUCES LARGE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR DEMANDS, HISTORICALLY SURFACE WATER UTILITIES LIKE AUSTIN WATER, DO THAT ALL IN THE WINTER. 
          AND, UH, AND THERE'S THIS EVENT SHOWED OUR GREATEST EVER PEAK DEMAND OCCURRED DURING WINTER STORM URI. 
          HISTORICALLY, THAT'S ALWAYS IN THE SUMMER UNDER THESE NEW, UH, CLIMATE, UH, MODELS HERE. 
          WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL AROUND CAPACITY THREATS AND HAVE MORE CAPACITY AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO BE RETHINKING THE WAY WE APPROACH MAINTENANCE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND REPAIR SCHEDULES, UH, TO KEEP MORE CAPACITY YEAR ROUND. 
          WE'VE STARTED THOSE STEPS. 
          IT'S GOING TO MEAN PROBABLY MORE CONTRACTED MAINTENANCE, UH, DIFFERENT APPROACHES, THE ABILITY TO BRING ASSETS INTO SERVICE FASTER ONCE THEY'RE DISASSEMBLED. 
          SO AN AREA OF A VERY SIGNIFICANT FOCUS FOR US AND JUST ACROSS THE BOARD, WE NEED TO CONTINUE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN PUMPING TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE. 
          IT'S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO HAVE THE WATER AT YOUR PLANTS. 
          YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE IT AROUND YOUR WHOLE SYSTEM EFFICIENTLY AND THAT, AND STORE IT. 
          AND THAT'S A TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE AND STORAGE CAPACITY, AND WE'RE TAKING STEPS TO ACCELERATE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND DEVELOP A NEW RECOMMENDATIONS ACROSS OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM TO GET AT THOSE AREAS. 
          AND THIS IS DETAILED MORE IN OUR DETAILED REPORTS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AS A PART OF THE, THE, UH, THE, THE, UH, MATERIAL. 
          UH, I WANNA NOTE POWER. 
          RELIABILITY IS AN AREA THAT WE'RE STILL PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT ON. 
          WE'VE DONE, UM, INCREASED PURCHASE OF PORTABLE EMERGENCY GENERATORS. 
          WE TYPICALLY MAINTAIN A FLEET OF OVER 20 OF THOSE, BUT WE'RE TAKING STEPS TO MODERNIZE THAT AND ADD TO IT. 
          UM, WE'RE, UH, PRIORITIZING AND ACCELERATING INVESTMENTS IN MODERNIZING OUR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AT OUR PLANTS. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL LARGE PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW, AND WE'LL HAVE OTHERS COMING IN THE FUTURE. 
          I DO WANT TO NOTE FOR THE COUNCIL, THERE IS A NEW STATE LAW THAT WAS PASSED IN THIS LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION SENATE BILL THREE, THAT SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES ALL TEXAS WATER UTILITIES TO DEVELOP AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN AND SUBMIT THAT TO TCEQ. 
          AND THE SPRING OF 2022 WITH IMPLEMENTATION STARTING LATER IN THE YEAR, IT IS EXCLUSIVELY FOCUSED ON WATER SYSTEM, POWER, RELIABILITY, HOW WATER SYSTEMS DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE POWER, RELIABILITY. 
          THERE ARE EMERGING GUIDELINES FOR THIS TCQ IS JUST ISSUE SOME GUIDANCE. 
          THERE'S MORE EXPECTED FROM THEM. 
          WE'VE, UH, STARTED THE PROCESS TO DEVELOP OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS POWER, RELIABILITY PLAN. 
          WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OTHER, UH, OTHER, UH, ENERGY PROVIDERS, CERTAINLY AUSTIN ENERGY. 
          WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE POWER FROM FOUR DIFFERENT POWER PROVIDERS. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY IS OUR PRIMARY PROVIDER, BUT PER DENALIS, UH, BLUE BONNETS AND ENCORE ALSO PROVIDERS TO US. 
          AND WE'LL BE A PART OF THAT PLANNING. 
          WE'VE ALREADY MET ONE DELIVERABLE. 
          WE'VE SUBMITTED OUR CRITICAL LOAD FACILITY DESIGNATION TO ALL POWER PROVIDERS. 
          THAT WAS A REQUIREMENT OF THE NEW LAW, AND WILL PROBABLY BE AN ANNUAL REQUIREMENT THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO NOT ONLY THE POWER PROVIDERS, BUT THE STATE'S PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, BUT WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO IN THIS ARENA. 
          I THINK THAT IT'S QUITE LIKELY WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO INVEST IN LARGE SCALE GENERATORS AT OUR CRITICAL WATER SYSTEMS. MAYBE NOT EVERYONE, BUT CERTAINLY THE CORE CHAIN OF THE SYSTEM THAT IT'S GOING TO NEED MORE LARGER SCALE EMERGENCY GENERATION SYSTEMS. THESE AREN'T PORTABLE GENERATORS. 
          THESE ARE GOING TO BE LARGE GENERATORS THAT CAN GENERATE SUBSTANTIAL POWER, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING THROUGH THAT, BUT I DO WANT TO ALERT THE COUNCIL THAT THERE IS MORE ACTIVITY, UH, TO, TO BE DONE IN THIS ARENA. 
          I'D LIKE TO JUST END WITH A SENSE OF THE, UM, URGENCY, WHICH OUR TEAM HAS MOVING FORWARD. 
          I THINK YOU'VE GOT THE FLAVOR OF THAT FROM THE OTHER, UH, PRESENTERS TODAY. 
          AND I JUST LEAVE YOU THAT WITH AUSTIN WATER, THAT THIS ISN'T A LINEAR PROCESS WHERE WE JUST DID AFTER ACTION. 
          AND WEREN'T IMPLEMENTING THAT. 
          WE'VE BEEN SIMULTANEOUSLY DOING THAT, UH, ALL ACROSS AUSTIN WATER. 
          UM, I WANT TO START WITH EMERGENCY WATER. 
          UH, SO WHEN THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, WE'VE GOT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB THERE. 
          I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE SENSE OF THE STEPS THAT WE'VE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY. 
          AFTER THE STORM, WE ORDERED TWO POTABLE WATER TRUCKS. 
          UH, THOSE ARE, UH, EITHER IN OR SEEM TO BE IN THE PICTURE. 
          THERE IS ONE OF THEM, THAT'S AT FLEET NOW BEING READY AND WE'LL BE READY FOR THIS WINTER. 
          WE'VE INCREASED OUR OWN AUSTIN WATER WAREHOUSE STORE OF EMERGENCY WATER. 
          WE TYPICALLY WOULD STORE ABOUT SIX PALLETS OF WATER. 
          WE'VE NOW, UH, UH, TENFOLD TO THAT. 
          WE HAVE 60 PALLETS OF WATER IN STORAGE IN 
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OUR WAREHOUSE. 
          NOW WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL SHELVING AND EXPANSION OF OUR ABILITY TO STORE, UH, WATER, UH, AT OUR WAREHOUSE. 
          AND THEN FROM THERE, WE CAN ULTIMATELY DISTRIBUTE IT TO THE RESILIENCY HUBS AND HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT PARADIGM FOR HOW WE'RE MANAGING EMERGENCY WATER. 
          WE PRESERVED ALL OF THE INVESTMENTS WE MADE DURING THE STORM TO BUY BULK WATER STORAGE TOTES. 
          YOU MIGHT RECALL WE ADAPTED FIRE HYDRANTS ALL ACROSS OUR SYSTEM TO PROVIDE POTABLE DRINKING WATER AT A LOW PRESSURE FOR PEOPLE DURING THE EVENT, IF THEY LOST WATER AT THEIR APARTMENT COMPLEX FROM PRIVATE DAMAGE. 
          UH, SO WE KEPT ALL OF THOSE ADAPTERS. 
          WE'LL BE ENHANCING THOSE INVENTORIES. 
          JUAN MENTIONED THIS IN HIS PRESENTATION, BUT WE ARE TARGETING A SHARED RESOURCE FOR EMERGENCY PLANS, OFFICER THAT WILL BE FOCUSED ON EMERGENCY WATER DISTRIBUTION AND FOOD PLANS. 
          SO HAVE THAT ALL THOUGHT OUT BEFORE AN EVENT IS, IS READY. 
          AND, UH, AND WE CAN, WE CAN PRESS GO AND KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET EMERGENCY WATER AND FOOD TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO LOTS OF ACTIVITY AND, UH, AND SUCCESSES HERE ON THE PREPAREDNESS MATERIALS. 
          THIS IS ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          WE HAVE TOTALLY REDONE ALL OF OUR WATER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MATERIALS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. 
          UH, WE'RE GUIDING PEOPLE ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DRIP A FAUCET BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT FAUCET DRIFTING USED AT LEAST 30 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER DURING THE EVENT. 
          AND SO WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING TO DO AWAY WITH FAUCET DRIPPING. 
          I THINK IT SERVES AN IMPORTANT PURPOSE TO HELP REDUCE FREEZE, FREEZING PIPES IN BURST PIPES, BUT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DRIP, A FAUCET, WHICH FAUCETS DO YOU DRIP? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DRIP AND A STREAM? I MEAN, THOSE THINGS MAKE REAL DIFFERENCES. 
          AND SO WE'VE ENHANCED OUR, OUR, UH, INFORMATION THERE. 
          ALSO BACK TO THIS THEME OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IS, IS REALLY EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY. 
          AND, AND OUR MATERIAL DESCRIBES TO CUSTOMERS HOW YOU TURN OFF YOUR WATER, HOW MUCH WATER YOU SHOULD HAVE AVAILABLE FOR STORAGE. 
          JUST THINK OF A SIMPLE NUMBER, THE NUMBER SEVEN. 
          WE WANT ONE GALLON PER PERSON PER DAY, PER HOUSEHOLD TO BE STORED. 
          IF THERE'S THREE PEOPLE IN YOUR HOUSE THAT SEVEN GALLONS, THREE TIMES SEVEN, THAT'S 21 GALLONS. 
          IF YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE, IT'S 14. 
          IF YOU HAVE 10 PEOPLE THAT 70, THERE'S TRY TO GET TO THAT LEVEL. 
          IF YOU CAN'T GET THERE, GET AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN, WHATEVER YOU CAN, BUT TRY TO GET TO ONE GALLON PER DAY PER PERSON FOR SEVEN DAYS. 
          AND I THINK THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY FOR EMERGENCY WATER AT HOUSEHOLDS. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST KIND OF SIMPLE THINGS TO REMEMBER, BUT A WAY TO KEEP THIS TOP OF MIND FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE'VE ALSO DONE A LOT OF VIDEOS FOR HOW YOU SHUT OFF YOUR WATER, RIGHT? IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO SHUT OFF THE WATER, YOUR HOUSE, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT. 
          CAUSE IF YOU SPRING A LEAK AND YOU CAN TURN IT OFF, IT'S GOING TO SAVE YOU DAMAGE. 
          AND IT'S GOING TO SAVE WATER LEAKAGE FROM OUR UTILITY. 
          THERE WERE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PRIVATE BURST PIPES ACROSS THE SYSTEM. 
          AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DE-WATERING OF OUR SYSTEM. 
          AND SO THE MORE PEOPLE CAN TURN OFF THEIR WATER, THE BETTER IT'S GOING TO BE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          WE JUST CAN'T GET OUT TO EVERY HOUSE AND TURN OFF THE WATER DURING AN EMERGENCY EVENT LIKE THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ENHANCE EDUCATION THERE AND GIVEAWAYS, MATTER OF FACT, COUNCIL MEMBER , YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING TO DOVE SPRINGS WITH YOU AND HAVE OUR GIVEAWAYS THERE AT YOUR EVENT WHERE WE HAVE LITTLE INSULATED POCKETS TO PUT OVER HOSE BIBS, TO KEEP THOSE FROM FREEZING. 
          WE ORDERED, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I THINK WE ORDERED A 10,000 TURNOFF KEYS THAT WE CAN GIVE AWAY. 
          AND YOU CAN TURN OFF THE WATER IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, JUST USE THE TURNOFF KEY. 
          SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM, BUT IT'S A WAY TO RAISE AWARENESS AND, AND GET, GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN, IN TEAMING WITH US FOR, UH, FOR PREPARATION, WE'VE REPAIRED ALL THE DAMAGE AT OUR SYSTEM. 
          THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR PIPE GALLERY AT ORRICK. 
          UH, THIS WAS AN INSULATED PIPE GALLERY, PROFESSIONALLY INSULATED, AND IT STILL WAS, UH, WAS REALLY JUST DESTROYED DURING THE WINTER STORM. 
          WE'VE REPAIRED ALL OF THE STORM DAMAGE. 
          WE'VE RE INSULATED AREAS. 
          WE HAVE ONGOING ENHANCED INSTALLATION. 
          WE'VE REPAIRED ALL OF OUR BASINS WE'VE PROCURED HEATERS, SAND DEICING FLUID. 
          WE HAVE TIRE CHAINS EVERYWHERE. 
          THAT WAS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAD IS NOT ENOUGH TIRE CHAINS. 
          WE HAVE TIRE CHAINS FOR EVERY VEHICLE. 
          WE'VE INCREASED STAFFING. 
          WE HAVE ELECTRICIANS BASED AT OUR WATER PLANTS NOW INSTEAD OF OUT OF A CENTRAL ELECTRICIAN, UH, DISPATCH AREA. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE READY IN TERMS OF THE SYSTEMS BEING BACK INTO FULL OPERATIONAL CAPACITY, UH, FOR, UH, FUTURE EVENTS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE. 
          SO, UH, SIT DOWN NOW AND THE QUESTIONS DIRECTOR MASSARO SEN, UH, AS WE WRAP UP OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, I WANT TO START BY THANKING COUNCIL, UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT, NOT ONLY IN GETTING US PREPARED, UH, WITH OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS, UH, LEADING UP TO THIS EMERGENCY, BUT OTHER EMERGENCIES THAT WE FACE IN THE PAST IS AN INVALUABLE, 
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UH, THE WORK THAT YOU DID DURING THE STORM. 
          I KNOW THAT SO MANY OF YOU WERE OUT IN YOUR DISTRICTS HELPING, UH, YOUR COMMUNITY, UH, NAVIGATE THROUGH THE MANY CHALLENGES THAT THEY WERE FACING. 
          AND THEN FINALLY THE WORK THAT YOU WILL BE DOING WITH US, UH, TO HELP RESOURCE AND SUPPORT THE GUIDING WORK THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING TO ADDRESS THESE STORMS IN THE FUTURE. 
          I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF US. 
          YOU HAVE INCREDIBLE DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL LEADERS THAT ARE GUIDING OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND THEY WORK TIRELESSLY. 
          UH, THEY SACRIFICE THEIR OWN FAMILIES, AND THEY HAVE, UH, ENSURED THAT WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD AS A CITY TO RESPOND TO THIS UNPRECEDENTED EVENT. 
          AS WE MENTIONED, IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. 
          UH, WE WERE GEARING UP FOR A VACCINE ROLLOUT, UH, AND THIS WAS A STORM LIKE NO OTHER THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY'S HISTORY. 
          THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THIS CONVERSATION. 
          SO WE PROVIDED YOU SOME COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS, UH, EARLIER TODAY. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU'RE JUST BEGINNING TO SIFT THROUGH THEM. 
          UH, THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION WAS JUST MEANT TO BE A, UH, OVERVIEW OF THOSE REPORTS. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD, NOT ONLY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORTS, BUT TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION, NOT ONLY AMONG THE DIOCESE, BUT WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND HOW WE CAN BE BETTER PREPARED IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. 
          I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, BUT I KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT THIS GOING FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU. 
          AND I'M A PROTIME THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, UM, COUNSELOR, UH, JUST A QUICK PROCESS QUESTION. 
          UM, SO, AND, AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, UH, FOR PRESENTING THIS, THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL, UH, TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S AVAILABLE. 
          I WANTED TO SUGGEST CITY MANAGER THAT IN ADDITION TO GETTING BACK TO US WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, A SCHEDULED WORK SESSION OR SPECIAL SESSION, THAT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF YOU, AND MAYBE I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO DO THIS, BUT IS THERE A PLACE THAT WE CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS? YOU KNOW, WE SUBMIT QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, ON, YOU KNOW, AGENDA ITEMS. BUT IF WE HAD A PLACE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS ON EACH OF THESE REPORTS, OR AT LEAST MAYBE AUSTIN WATER HAS ONE AND AUSTIN ENERGY HAS ONE, THEN THAT WOULD BE A HELPFUL WAY FOR US TO START TO GET THAT INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH. 
          AND IT MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY TO PREPARE FOR A WORK SESSION. 
          I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THE SAME THING, CAUSE I THINK IT WAS A GREAT, UH, A GREAT IDEA. 
          AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE SOME SORT OF PORTAL OR COMMUNICATION MECHANISM TO GET THOSE QUESTIONS, UH, SUBMITTED ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TBA. 
          UM, I'LL DEFER ALL OF MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW, BUT I JUST DID WANT TO NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR AND I HAVE REQUESTED A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING. 
          WE JUST SENT THAT A LITTLE EARLIER TO THE MAYOR AND TO THE AGENDA OFFICE. 
          AND SO IT WOULD BE GREAT ONCE WE SCHEDULE THAT TO HAVE WHATEVER THOSE QUESTION AND ANSWER PORTALS ARE CONNECTED UP WITH THAT ONE. 
          UM, AND TO THAT END, I DON'T KNOW, THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, I DIDN'T SEE, I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE FULL REPORT ATTACHED TO TODAY'S BACKUP. 
          AND I WOULD MAKE THAT REQUEST TO, I KNOW IT WAS A LINK FROM THE PRESS RELEASE, BUT HAVING IT ATTACHED TO TODAY'S BACKUP, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE PRESENTATION, WHICH MAY ALREADY BE THERE. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER. 
          I WAS JUST ASKING THAT THE REPORTS BE ATTACHED TO TODAY'S BACK TO TODAY'S AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE PRESENTATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, PREPARING FOR THESE TYPES OF DISASTERS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN. 
          UM, AND IN THIS CALM BEFORE ANY STORMS IS A KEY RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT CAN GO BACK TO MACHIAVELLI. 
          I LEARNED THIS MORNING WITH A QUOTE THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T WAKE UP TO, BUT I DID HEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, A MACHIAVELLI SAID THAT AND, UM, IT IS A CORE FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT. 
          SO ONE, UH, TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, UM, I REALLY JUST WANTED THOUGH TO INVITE FOLKS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON NOVEMBER 10TH, WHERE THE AUDIT THAT WE ASKED THE AUDITOR TO UNDERTAKE IN RELATION TO THIS, UM, WILL BE PRESENTED. 
          UM, THAT'S NOVEMBER 10TH IN THE MORNING. 
          I THINK WE START AT NINE OR NINE 30. 
          UM, SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION THERE AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, CANCEL MUMBRELLAS AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS, IT'S NOT A QUESTION. 
          I DID HAVE SOME THOUGHTS, BUT IT OUT OF COURTESY OF TIME AND UNDERSTANDING THIS CONVERSATION WILL, UM, WILL HAPPEN IN OTHER FORUMS. ON OTHER MOMENTS, I WILL KEEP THOSE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FOR NOW, BUT I WOULD SAY, UM, TO COUNCIL MEMBER TEBOW'S POINT ABOUT THE POSTING. 
          IF YOU GO TO AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV/WINTER STORM, IT DOES HAVE THE, THE REPORTS THERE. 
          AND SO MAYBE THAT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL TO HAVE STAFF DOUBLE UP THE PRESENTATION SO THAT NO MATTER WHICH ONE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU HAVE ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE INFORMATION THERE. 
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THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLIS CATCH. 
          REMEMBER, THAT'S THINKING ABOUT YOUR PRETEND. 
          UM, SIMILARLY YOU JUST WANT TO THINK THE TEAM AND THE STAFF FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND BRINGING TOGETHER TODAY'S PRESENTATION THAT HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW IS SUPER HELPFUL, AND IT HELPS FRAME THE LENS IN WHICH WE SHOULD APPROACH THE, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING. 
          AND SINCE THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONSIDER THE, UM, THE WINTER, THE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE. 
          I KNOW WE RECEIVED A BRIEFING, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE HOW THAT LINES UP WITH THE DEPARTMENTAL AFTER ACTION REPORTS. 
          UM, I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE, UM, HOW, HOW SPOT ON WE ARE WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ALSO ENSURING THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE FROM OUR COMMUNITY. 
          CERTAINLY THIS, UM, THIS AFTER ACTION REPORT, UM, IN A LOT OF WAYS WILL BEGIN TO BRING, UM, SOME CLOSURE TO FAMILIES WHO EXPERIENCED GREAT TRAUMA THROUGHOUT THE WINTER STORM AND, AND STILL ARE DEALING WITH TRAUMA. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S TOUGH WORK WISE AHEAD. 
          AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE AND TO HAVE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AVAILABLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YES. 
          UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE COUNCIL KNOW WE DID RECEIVE AND GOT COPIES OF, OF THE COUNCIL'S TASKFORCE ON WINTER, SOME URI AND SEVERAL OTHER AFTER ACTION REPORTS CONDUCTED BY DEPARTMENTS, OTHER AGENCIES. 
          AND WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS TO INCORPORATE THEM OR MATCH THEM UP AND DO A CROSSWALK TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE FOUND, WHAT WE FOUND AND SEE WHERE THE CONNECTIONS WERE. 
          AND WE DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THAT TASK FORCE AND WE DISCUSS HOW THEY, WHAT THEIR FINDINGS WERE AND OUR FINDINGS. 
          AND WE DISCUSSED THEM AND WE MATCH THEM UP. 
          SO OUR EFFORT, OUR GOAL WAS THAT THIS AFTER ACTION REPORT PROCESS INCORPORATED ALL OF THAT DISCUSSION, ALL OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONSOLIDATE THEM AS BEST AS WE POSSIBLY COULD IN SOME AREAS, UH, THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS TIED TO THREE OR FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND IN SOME CASES, UH, THREE OR FOUR OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TIED TO ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO THERE WAS AN EFFORT ON THAT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THAT'S SUPER GREAT TO HEAR, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE PROCESS COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS. 
          THEY ALL WENT THROUGH. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TEVA. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          MAY I HAVE HER TIME? I HAD NEGLECTED TO MENTION WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF WHAT'S COMING UP, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE MENTION OF THE RESILIENCE HUBS, WHICH WAS AN ITEM INITIATED BY COUNCIL. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATE, YOUR, YOUR WORK ON THAT AND SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE AND THE WATER UTILITY AND OTHERS. 
          UM, AS PART OF THAT RESOLUTION, UH, WE ALSO INCLUDED THE DIRECTION THAT STAFF REPORT BACK TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE REGULARLY. 
          AND SO TO THAT END, WE ARE TAKING THAT UP NEXT WEEK AT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          IT IS AT, UM, ON NOVEMBER 9TH AT 1:00 PM. 
          SO WE'VE HAD AN ENTRY KIND OF AN INTERIM UPDATE AT THE JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE. 
          AND WE'LL HEAR A MORE EXTENSIVE REPORT ON THAT NEXT WEEK. 
          SO, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW THAT WAS A RESOLUTION. 
          UM, SEVERAL OF YOU CO-SPONSORED AND I WAS GLAD TO BRING IT FORWARD. 
          I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL WORK AND I, I, AS WE DIG INTO THE RESILIENCE AS WE DIG INTO THE AFTER ACTION REPORT, I THINK WE'LL SEE SOME OTHER ELEMENTS THAT, UM, REFLECT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT PREPAREDNESS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALRIGHTY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, HONESTY. 
          OH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
           MY APOLOGIES. 
          I HAVE TO GET MORE ACCUSTOMED TO, TO LOOK IT UP AT THAT SCREEN. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YES, THAT'S OKAY. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND, AND, AND WHAT I, WHAT I GOT OUT OF THIS AND, AND SEEM LIKE EACH DEPARTMENT THERE IS PREPAREDNESS. 
          YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED. 
          YEAH. 
          WE SAW ON THE NEWS DURING THE WEATHER REPORT OR WEEK AND A HALF THAT THIS STORM WAS HITTING HER WAY. 
          WE IMMEDIATELY FILLED EVERY POT AND TUB AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO BE HAD WITH WATER INSIDE. 
          I HAVE TO LIFT YOU IN SOME OF THESE, THERE WERE TEMPORARY, BUT NONE LIKE THIS ONE THAT HAPPENED, BUT WE DID GO TO THE GROCERY STORE. 
          WE BOUGHT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE FOOD THAT WE WOULD DEED. 
          AND, UH, SO, UH, AND DURING THE 22,000, UH, MY FATHER BOUGHT ME A WHOLE BUNCH OF SURVIVAL CANS OF FOOD, WHICH I STILL HAVE. 
          AND, UH, SO PREPAREDNESS ISN'T AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT YOU AND I LIKED WHAT THE WATER DEPARTMENT IS DOING NOW THAT THEY'RE EMPHASIZING THAT LEARN, LEARN YOUR HOUSE, KNOW WHERE THE CUTOFF STARTED, HAD NO GRID WHERE THE, 
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UH, LOWEST, UH, WATER DRAIN INSIDE SO THAT YOU CAN DRIP YOUR WATER THERE. 
          AND, AND, AND SO, AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THAT WAY. 
          CAUSE THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OUT OF ALL OF THIS IS TO BE PREPARED AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, WHERE ALL THE CUTOFF WATER CUT OFF OUTSIDE OF THE APP. 
          AND THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY. 
          I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF HER FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE EDUCATING OUR PUBLIC ON HOW TO BE PREPARED. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          NOW I'M LOOKING EVERYWHERE. 
          I CAN LOOK, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS THAT CUSTOMER FOR KELLY? THANK YOU. 
          I'LL BE REALLY BRIEF. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR REVIEWING THE STEPS TO PREPAREDNESS, UM, BEING INFORMED, MAKING A PLAN, GETTING A KIT. 
          I THINK WE LEFT OUT KNOWING YOUR NEIGHBORS, WHICH IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR RESILIENCY IN THE COMMUNITY, KNOWING WHO MIGHT HAVE SOME SPECIAL NEEDS THAT YOU CAN GO OUT TO THEIR HOME AND CHECK ON THEM IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR READY CENTRAL TEXAS APP. 
          I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL RESOURCE. 
          AND I DID NOTICE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE EARLIER, YOU ALL ARE DOING ONE CERT CLASS A YEAR, BUT THAT PREPAREDNESS TRAINING IS AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH FEMA. 
          AND I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE IF THEY WANT TO GET A KIT TOGETHER DURING THE WINTER STORM, MY FAMILY PULLED OUT MY CERT KIT AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, DO THAT. 
          SO THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM TRAINING IS VERY HELPFUL FOR EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT AND FOR BEING HERE SO LATE. 
          THAT'S THAT IS THIS THE PART WHERE I SING. 
          ALL RIGHT, FOLKS. 
          SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR TIME AND TALENTS. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS PROCESS AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE CONVERSATIONS. 
          I'M CERTAIN THAT, UH, THAT THERE WILL BE LOTS AND LOTS OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, AND MY HOPE IS THAT IT HELPS TO INFORM OUR ABILITY TO BE, UM, AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE. 
          MOVING FORWARD FOR THE GENERAL CITIZENRY OF, UH, OF THE GREAT CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          AND WITH THAT WITH NO OBJECTION, I'M GOING TO CALL THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS DATE AND OF, UH, NOVEMBER 4TH, 2021 ADJOURNED AT 10:32 PM. 
          THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 
          TRAVEL SAFE. 
          OKAY. 
* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.