Feb 03, 2022 City Council Meetings

IS, UM, UH, FEBRUARY 3RD, 2022.

UH, ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THE MEETING, WHICH WE WILL THEN DO.

UH, TODAY

[Call to Order]

UH, THIS VT IS BEING HELD IN A HYBRID FASHION.

UM, UH, I'M HERE, UH, AT CITY HALL, UH, WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

THE REST OF THE COUNCIL IS ON, UH, PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY, UH, AND THE, UH, TIME IS, UH, 12, 14.

I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS HAD LUNCH OR GRABBED LUNCH TO HAVE IT WITH THEM.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN, UH, PLOW A HEAD HERE.

I THINK THERE MIGHT BE AN EOC CALL AT THREE O'CLOCK, SO THERE MIGHT BE A BRIEF RECESS AT THAT TIME, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, TO TAKE A, TO TAKE A BREAK, BUT LET'S SEE IF WE CAN KEEP WORKING UNTIL THEN, UH, THE, UH, CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS, UH, FOR, UH, THIS, UH, UH, AGENDA.

LET ME PULL THAT UP.

UH, ITEM NUMBER 24 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.

I DON'T REMEMBER 25, THE CORRECT ADDRESS IS 51 11 LANCASTER COURT.

WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PILLED ITEMS, 39 AND 40, AND WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE, UH, CALL THOSE, UH, OP UH, WITH RESPECT TO 39 AND 40 I'VE POSTED AN AMENDMENT TO EACH OF THOSE, UM, THAT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER COSARA.

ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE THOSE? YES, SIR.

SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT THEY WERE POSTED IN BACKUP, UH, UH, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KELLY.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT MY STAFF IS WORKING ON ALSO POSTING EMOTION SHEET TO THE MESSAGE BOARD FOR ITEM NUMBER 40 THAT I THINK COMPLIMENTS WHAT YOU HAVE.

AND SO THAT SHOULD BE OKAY.

SHORT BREAK, SO WE CAN HANDLE THE, UH, EOC CALL.

WE HAVE LATE BACK UP IN AUSTIN HOUSING, FINANCE CORPORATION, ITEM NUMBER ONE, I FORGET, PLEASE REMIND ME TO SAY THAT WHEN WE CONVENE THAT MEETING, I, WE ALSO HAVE LAID BACK UP AT ITEM 20 21, 25, 37, 47, AND, UH, AND, AND 48 COLLEAGUES.

WE HAVE, UH, SOME, UH, UH, SPEAKERS, UH, THAT HAVE SIGNED UP.

WE ALSO HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS SPEAKERS.

UH, SO IT'S MY INTENT.

I WAS WE'RE PAST NOON.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION SPEAKERS SO THAT WE HAVE THEM, UH, THEN WE'LL DO THE, UH, FOLKS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE, UM, UH, 10 O'CLOCK, UH, MEETING.

UH, I THINK ALL OF THEM HAVE GONE VIRTUAL EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLY ONE.

UH, BUT WE'LL MAKE THAT CALL HERE JUST A SECOND FACT, LET ME CALL UP.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE IN PERSON THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON EITHER PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS OR ON THE 10 O'CLOCK CALL MAY OR THE IN PERSON HAS NOW SWITCHED TO VIRTUAL SO THAT THEY'RE ALL THERE.

YOU HAVE IT, THEN THAT'S GOOD.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE SPEAKERS, WE'LL DO THE CONSENT, UH, UH, AGENDA, UH, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO PASS THAT WE KNOW TWO ITEMS ARE PULLED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, AT THAT POINT, UM, UM, AFTER HAVING DONE CONSENT, UH, THERE MAY BE A OTHERS.

UH, I KNOW I WANT TO, UH, ADDRESS COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR FOR JUST A MOMENT, UH, THAT MIGHT BE A TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

UM, AFTER THAT WE'LL HANDLE THE, UH, NON-CONSENT ITEMS, HOPEFULLY THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE TWO ITEMS WE HAVE THERE.

PLUS WE ALSO HAVE THE PERSONNEL ITEM WITH THE MANAGER, UH, AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE'LL COME BACK OUT, UH, TWO O'CLOCK.

WE HAVE ZONING SPEAKERS TO SPEAK, UH, WE'LL HANDLE THE CONSENT, OWNING THE, ANY CONTESTED ZONING CASES, THREE O'CLOCK

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AND THEN WE HAVE A FOUR O'CLOCK, UH, SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON A SETTLEMENT MATTER.

WE CAN'T TAKE UP EARLIER THAN THAT, BUT HOPEFULLY AT FOUR O'CLOCK WE CAN DO THAT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'LL TAKE VERY LONG AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN LET PEOPLE GO.

ALL

[Public Comments]

RIGHT.

THAT SAID, UH, WE DO, UH, CALL THE SPEAKERS, THE COMMUNICATOR, THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION SPEAKERS, AND THEN THE, UH, 10 O'CLOCK SPEAKERS.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS THOMAS EL MASRI.

UH, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

UH, WELL, WELL, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THREE, THREE THINGS REALLY QUICK.

I KNOW YOU ONLY GET THREE MINUTES ON ONE TO JUST RUSH THROUGH IT.

UM, I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND TRYING TO GET HER TO MOVE TO AUSTIN, AND SHE POINTED OUT THAT THERE'S LIKE SOME, WE HANDLED SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES REALLY POORLY HERE.

APPARENTLY.

I SAID, NO, WE DON'T THE COUNTY SETTLED.

WE GOT A NEW DA, WE GOT NEW POLICE.

SHE, AND THEN SHE POINTED OUT, NO, DID HE, BOSTON STILL FIGHTING THE CASE? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, I JUST WANT TO JUST LEAVE Y'ALL AS LONG, LIKE 500,000 OR A MILLION DUCK, A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IF IT'S LESS THAN FIVE IN YOUR CASE, GIVE THEM THE MONEY.

JUST DON'T LET THEM SUFFER THROUGH WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH.

THE THEY'VE BEEN SEXUAL ASSAULT, THINGS, THIS ONE, THE NEW YORK TIMES THAT THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR A LONG TIME.

SO I JUST URGE YOU ALL TO SETTLE THAT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

YOU KNOW, HOW I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH MY SISTER AND MOTHER LIVING IN THE CITY, KNOWING HOW Y'ALL DEALT WITH, YOU KNOW, RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE PAST.

SO JUST STARTING WITH THESE LADIES AND, AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS.

UM, AND YOU'LL BE, YOU'LL BE PLEASED TO KNOW THAT YOU WERE RIGHT.

AND WE DID SETTLE, UH, WITH ALL OF THE PLAINTIFFS IN THAT CASE LAST WEEK.

OH, LAST WEEK.

WOW.

I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

I'M GLAD THE CITY OF BOSTON CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

UM, THE SECOND THING IS I READ AN AUSTIN, UH, SAFE ARTICLE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT, UM, THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M NOT AN ANTI-COP, UM, I'M NOT FOR, YOU KNOW, DEFUND OR WHATEVER, BUT, AND I DO BELIEVE POLICE NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION IS DOING THE RIGHT THING AND, YOU KNOW, AUDIT THE BELIEFS, KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON THEM AND KEEP THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

SO, UM, I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE PROBABLY GIVE ME BACKLASH BECAUSE OF THAT ARTICLE FROM, YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS AGO NOW I SIGNED UP FOR THIS A WHILE BACK, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY Y'ALL ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.

I'M GLAD THAT OUR BELIEF WAS DON'T GET MORE OVERSIGHT.

THEY SHOULDN'T JUST RUN THROUGH AND DO ANYTHING.

UM, SO THANK Y'ALL FOR KNOW, SUPPORT THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION TO WHATNOT.

AND THE LAST THING I WANNA MENTION, UM, I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, UM, AUSTIN'S GROWING, OR WE REALLY NEED TO IMPROVE OUR ROADS.

THE AREA I LIVE IN, WHICH IS, UH, OFF SPRINGDALE.

AND HASLIN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PURPOSEFUL ROADBLOCKS, I MEAN, UH, YOU KNOW, ROAD BUMP, BUT MOST OF THE ROADS JUST DRIVING THROUGH, THERE'S A LOT OF JUST BUMPY ROADS THAT, UM, AREN'T INTENTIONAL ROADBLOCKS.

SO, UM, YEAH, THE THIRD Y'ALL TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE ROADS.

WE'RE A GROWING CITY WITH HIGHER TRAFFIC ON NOAA ROADS.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET MESSED UP, BUT, UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO GROW.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON.

UM, AND ESPECIALLY THE EAST SIDE IS GOING TO BE GROWING TOO AS WELL.

SO WE CAN'T HAVE CRAPPY ROADS WITH ALL THIS GROWTH.

SO THAT'S OUR JOB TO DO THAT AS WELL.

BUT YEAH, THIS IS, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO MENTION.

I FEEL LIKE I CRACKED THROUGH THINGS AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT Y'ALL SETTLED.

SO, YOU KNOW, KEEP DOING A GOOD JOB.

UM, I AGREE OF THE CAPITOL AND MAN, THANK YOU.

THANK HANG ON ONE SECOND.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAMPER MADISON.

AH, THANK YOU.

I'D JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CALL WHERE TO REACH OUT TO THE DISTRICT ONE OFFICE, EITHER DISTRICT ONE, THE NUMBER ONE AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV, OR NATASHA DOT MADISON AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV.

I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ROAD CONDITIONS.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND, UM, I'LL, I'LL SEND AN EMAIL AND TAKE SOME PICTURES OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

I APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT SPEAKER, MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES THE NOON.

GREAT.

PLEASE CALL THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON A NON ZONING CASES.

LET ME GET TO THAT PAGE ONE SECOND.

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SO WE HAVE TWO SPANISH SPEAKERS, UH, LOOKS LIKE WE'VE LOST ONE, BUT UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND INTERPRET FOR HER.

UM, UM, EVEN SEATTLE REALLY GET .

I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KASAR FOR ALL OF HIS WORK, UM, THAT HE HAS DONE FOR, UH, THE WORKERS AND THE IMMIGRANTS, AND WOULD LIKE TO WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK SECA.

HE GETS AS ANOTHER THREAD LIST I BOUGHT I MISS AMELIA AND FAMILIAR AND I'D LIKE TO, UM, THANK HIM SPECIFICALLY FOR ASSISTING AND ALWAYS HELPING MY FAMILY SECA.

UH I TOLD MY BOOK CAMINO IF HE WINS THE CONGRESSIONAL SEAT, ME AND MY FAMILY WANT TO WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK IN HIS NEW ENDEAVOR.

SO YOU GOT IT.

UH, GET HIM WE WANT TO WISH HIM THE BEST AND SENT HIM THE POSITIVE VIBES BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN THERE FOR ALL OF US AND WE WISH HIM THE BEST, UM, THROUGH HIS, UH, FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

SO YOU GOT IT.

THEN A HE WANTS, SHE WANTS TO THANK YOU.

OR SHE THANKS YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR THEM LAST, DURING LAST FEBRUARY STORM, UM, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THERE FROM, UM, THROUGH, WITH THEM THROUGH THE GOOD AND THE BAD SEGA HE'S IN IS THE E COMO BY AND LAUGH.

AND I THINK WHEN THE WE THANK YOU AS WE WILL ALWAYS THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE FAMILIES, SPECIFICALLY THE FEMALES WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE WILL SUPPORT, UM, ALL THE ISSUES THAT YOU ARE IN SUPPORTIVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAS.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LYRIC WARDLOW.

WE'LL CONTINUE ON SPANISH SPEAKERS IS TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER HERE.

SO THIS THE PEOPLE WITH AN INTERPRETER GET FOUR MINUTES.

I THINK WE HAVE A SECOND SUCH SPEAKER.

UM, THEY DISCONNECTED THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PAULA BEDFORD, RIGHT? TWO MINUTES.

MS. BEDFORD, PLEASE UNMUTE

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HI YARD.

CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.

YES, PLEASE PROCEED.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON.

SO, UM, MY NAME IS LYRIC WARDLOW.

I AM A YOUNG ADULT LIVING HERE IN AUSTIN.

I'M 23 LIVING IN NORTH AUSTIN.

UM, AND I DO SOME HOMELESSNESS WORK WITH, UM, ENDING COMMUNITY HOMELESSNESS OFFICE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AROUND TOWN.

UM, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ITEM 39 AND 40 TO, UM, APPROVE OF THOSE BECAUSE AS SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS FOR, UM, OVER NINE YEARS TO NOW HAVING STABILITY, THERE WERE SOME MAJOR ISSUES, UM, STAYING STABLE, UM, ESPECIALLY LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.

UM, I WAS VERY FEARFUL OF FACING EVICTION, UM, ALMOST MONTHLY.

UH, IT FELT AS THOUGH MY LANDLORDS HAD EVERY RIGHT TO EVICT ME FOR BEING LATE ON MY RENT FOR ANY KIND OF, UM, UM, AN ACTION ON MY SIDE TO BE ABLE TO PAY ON A MONTHLY BASE BASIS.

UM, AND ESPECIALLY WITH MY MOTHER WHEN I WAS HOMELESS, UM, OFTENTIMES HER PREVIOUS EVICTIONS WERE THE REASON WHY GOING INTO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WAS, UNFORTUNATELY, WE CANNOT HOUSE YOU HERE.

UM, SO WE STAYED HOMELESS AND HAD TO STAY AT THE SALVATION ARMY FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE OF EVICTION.

UM, AND IT CAUSED MORE BARRIERS THAN NECESSARY TO HAVING HOUSING STABILITY.

UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PREVENT AT ALL COSTS IS KNOWING SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY CREATING A HARDER BARRIER FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO, UM, KEEP THEIR STABILITY GOING.

UM, WE NEED TO GET RID OF THAT AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO REACH THAT STABILITY HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE, TO BE ABLE TO ARGUE WHEN THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT TO DO SO.

UM, SO ITEMS, UH, 39 AND 40 ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AND I THINK THAT WE ALL NEED TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAVE THAT RIGHT.

UM, AND CAN GET RID OF SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS THAT ARE REALLY AFFECTING THEM.

SO THANK YOU, PAULA BEDFORD.

RETALIATION UP TO AND INCLUDING THREATS OF EVICTION OR DEPORTATION.

THIS IS PAULA DECKERT.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

UH, I AM ADDRESSING IT TO ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL PERSONS AND, AND REQUESTING WAIVERS AND ASSISTANCE FOR THE VARIOUS CITY FEES FOR THE FIFTH AUSTIN RESOLUTION RATE THAT WAS HAILED FOR THE BENEFACTOR OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD.

AND BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE FEES AND DIFFERENT, UH, CITIES, THE, THAT WERE, UH, LEVERED ON US, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GIVE ALL THAT WE HAD HOPED TO GIVE TO THE CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK THAT HAS BEEN AN ASSET TO NOT ONLY THIS CITY, BUT THE CENTRAL CITIES AROUND US.

SO THE APPEAL AND THE REQUEST, AND I DO APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS APPEAL AND REQUEST IS TO ASK IF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THANK YOU FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT HAS ALREADY HELPED US.

IF THE REMAINDER WOULD ASSIST US IN WAVERING AND PROVIDING BENEFITS FOR THE VARIOUS FEES THAT WE'VE BEEN ASSESSED.

MONICA GUZMAN UH, GOOD MORNING.

MARIN COUNCIL, I'M MONICA GUZMAN POLICY DIRECTOR AT GABA GO AUSTIN VAMOS AUSTIN REGARDING ITEM 29.

I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION STAFF ABOUT THE CIVIC INNOVATION CHALLENGE IN THE GEORGIAN ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.

I HOPE IT LEADS TO THE ACTUALIZATION OF RUNDBERG AND DOVE SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD CIRCULATORS, FOR WHICH MANY OF US HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS FOR ITEMS 39 AND 40.

THANK YOU FOR CENTERING RESIDENTS AND THEIR RIGHTS GABA STRONGLY RECOMMENDS INCLUDING TENANTS IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO RENT SMALL PRIVATE PROPERTIES AND ARE AT RISK OF FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS GOING FORWARD.

I'M SPEAKING AS A CONSTITUENT AND LONGTIME RENTER.

MY LIVED EXPERIENCES, AS WELL AS THOSE EXPERIENCED BY MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS INCLUDE UNSAFE AND A HEALTH AND HEALTHY LIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO LITTLE OR NO RESPONSE TO MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE REQUESTS.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

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UM, I'M ALSO A FORMER BOSS, THE ORGANIZER I ENGAGED RESIDENTS WHO RENTED SMALL PRIVATE PROPERTIES, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, ET CETERA.

AS AN AUSTIN RESIDENT, LONG-TERM RENTER AND D FOUR CONSTITUENTS.

I URGE YOU TO CENTER AND INCLUDE TENANTS OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES OF RENTAL PROPERTIES, RENTAL PROPERTIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE VULNERABLE HAVE MINIMAL OR NO ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, AND ARE SUBJECTED TO UNIQUE LEASES AS FOUND WITH SMALL PRIVATE PROPERTY, VIOLENT ON ITEM 40 ABOUT REASONABLE EXCEPTIONS TO THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION REQUIREMENTS.

I UNDERSTAND WHEN THERE IS DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, THE RIGHTS TO THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, BUT I HOPE YOU'RE ALSO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION A TENANTS, MENTAL HEALTH STATUS.

I KNOW PEOPLE WHO THEY HAVE CONDITIONS IN DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.

UH, WHY IS ASAR MIRROR NEAR BROUGHT DENTAL CALCIUM MEMBERS? MY NAME IS INVESTORS HEART AND I SERVE ON THE LEADERSHIP TEAM OF PLANNING OUR COMMUNITIES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP DURING THIS WEAKER WEATHER EVENTS.

DO THEY THANK YOU ALSO TO OUR CITY STAFF, CRITICAL WORKERS AND A COMMUNITY BARKERS WHO ARE WATCHING ARE ALL PARTNERING WITH FAITH.

I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN FAVORITE ITEMS, 39 AND 40 BY ESTABLISHING RENTER'S RIGHTS AND PROVIDING RENTERS WITH THE RIGHT TO CURE THE ITEMS. WE PROVIDE HOUSING STABILITY TO TENANTS IN OUR CITY AND ENSURE THAT WE SUPPORT OUR TENANTS IN ACCESSING SAFE AND HEALTHY HOUSING.

I HAVE BEEN A LONGTIME RENTER IN AUSTIN AND HAVE MYSELF SEEING THE DIFFICULTY AND PRECARITY THAT COMES WITH RENTING IN THE CITY AT DIME AND THE DIFFICULTY THAT SOMETHING'S GONE THROUGH, TRYING TO IMPROVE THOSE CONDITIONS WHERE I HAVE SEEN MANY LANDLORDS STEP UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING.

I HAVE SEEN OTHERS NOT STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND THESE ITEMS WILL ALLOW THOSE LANDLORDS TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR STRONG URI AND OUR CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS SHOW US CLEARLY THE VULNERABILITY OF DENNIS IN AUSTIN, IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STABLE HOUSING, FOR DENTISTS, AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE NECESSARY RIGHTS TO PROTECT THEIR HOUSING SITUATION AND CONDITION.

I PARTICULARLY WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KASAR FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THESE ITEMS AND TIME HIM FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON ISSUES.

THAT IMPACT DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENTS, OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, OUR WORKING CLASS, COMMUNITY TENANTS, AND THE MOST MARGINALIZED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

HIS EFFORTS HAVE CREATED MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUSTINITES TO TRY AND PROTECTED MANY AUSTINITES AT THEIR MOST VULNERABLE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR, AND YOUR ENTIRE STAFF FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND GOOD LUCK GRANT SCANLON GRANT, PLEASE UNMUTE CHRISTIE O'BRIEN CHRISSY O'BRIEN I'M HERE.

GO AHEAD.

GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS CHRISSY O'BRIEN WITH THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.

UM, WE ARE CALLING TODAY TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE AND OUR APPRECIATION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER GUITARS, YEARS OF SERVICE.

UM, LOCAL 16, 24 HAS BENEFITED GREATLY FROM HIS WORK TO PRIORITIZE CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE BUDGET EXPAND TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND CREATE THE CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE.

AND TO ENSURE US TO ME IS INVOLVED IN MAJOR DECISIONS IMPACTING OUR WORKFORCE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR FOR YOUR TIRELESS ADVOCACY, WORK UP UPLIFTING THE LIVES OF WORKING PEOPLE.

WE WILL MISS WORKING WITH YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JULIUS.

FAN

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JULIA, PLEASE UNMUTE.

HELLO.

THIS IS JOYOUS FAN MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ITEMS. NUMBER 39 AND ITEM 40 AS OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE REALLY AGREE WITH THEM ENTIRELY.

THAT SAFE ALLIANCE IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS AGAINST VIOLENCE AND ABUSE, SPECIFICALLY CHILD ABUSE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, EXPLOITATION, AND FAMILY VIOLENCE.

AND WE KNOW THAT SAFE HOMES ARE ESSENTIAL TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND BEING ABLE TO CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN FEEL SAFE AND TO THRIVE AND TO BUILD A HEALTHY FUTURES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND LIKE OTHERS.

I CAN'T NOT SPEAK TODAY WITHOUT SAYING THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

COSAR HIS, UM, CONTINUED, CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO ISSUES OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, ENSURING IMMEDIATE STATE DEEP FOR PEOPLE BEING INNOVATIVE AND APPROACHES AND APPROACHES TAKEN, AND HIS ABILITY TO KEEP CONSTITUENTS INFORMED AND INSPIRED AND CONNECTED HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU AND, UM, WE'LL MS. HUGHES, SOMETHING FIERCE.

IS A KEY DRIVER OF HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

GRANT SCANLON GRANT, PLEASE.

UNMUTE.

GOOD MORNING.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS GRANT SCANLON.

I JUST LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT MYSELF AND MY REASON FOR INTEREST IN RESOLUTION 40.

I'M A SMALL LANDLORD.

I OWN TWO DUPLEXES AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

I WORK FULL TIME AND UP UNTIL 2020, I WAS A RENTER 30 YEARS, MYSELF RESOLUTION 40 STARTS OFF BY SAYING THAT RENTERS DESERVE MORE RIGHTS AND PROTECTION.

OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, LANDLORDS LIKE MYSELF HAVE HEARD ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TALK ABOUT RENTERS PROTECTIONS, BUT NOTHING WHATSOEVER ABOUT HELPING LANDLORDS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY EVICTION MORATORIUMS. IF I LOSE MY JOB, THAT MY TENANTS AREN'T PAYING ME RENT, THEN I LOSE THE INVESTMENTS.

I'VE WORKED HARD ALL MY LIFE TO ACCUMULATE MR. MAYOR, ON DECEMBER THE 23RD, YOU WERE INTERVIEWED BY KUT DURING WHICH YOU SIT ON THE FEDERAL AND LOCAL FUNDS AVAILABLE TO RENTERS WERE RUNNING OUT AND THAT MEANT LANDLORDS WEREN'T GETTING PAID.

SO IF THIS QUESTION IS WILL AMIR AND THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO INCLUDE IN THIS REVOLUTION, SOME PROTECTION FOR LANDLORDS WHO THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN ARE FITTED BY GOVERNMENT MANDATES OVER WHICH THEY HAVE NO CONTROL IN THE SAME INTERVIEW.

YOU SAID, I THINK WE PROBABLY PRESS THE LIMITS FOR WHAT THE COURTS COULD ALLOW US TO DO WOULD ALLOW US TO DO SO.

MY SECOND QUESTION IS HOW CAN LANDLORDS BE ASSURED THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT ALSO PRESSING THE LIMITS FOR WHAT COURTS WOULD ALLOW? AND LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, MACKENZIE KELLY FOR HER ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF SMALL LANDLORDS TYPE MYSELF WITHOUT HER.

IT SEEMS SMALL LANDLORDS LIKE MYSELF SIMPLY WOULD NOT BE HEARD.

CHRIS DAVIS.

HI THERE.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

UH, HERE ON BEHALF OF, UH, ECHO, THE ENDING COMMUNITY HOMELESSNESS COALITION AND SPEAKING IN FULL SUPPORT OF ITEMS 39 AND 40, UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT AUSTIN IS BECOMING LESS AFFORDABLE EVERY YEAR AND WE DON'T HAVE NEARLY ENOUGH AFFORDABLE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE.

AND JUST TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, WHEN WE LOOK AT RESEARCH FROM THE NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION, THEY ESTIMATE THAT ASKED ME 70,000 MORE HOUSING UNITS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE AND AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T UP TO HALF OF THE AREA, MEDIAN INCOME, 70,000 MORE UNITS, AND 50% OF THAT AREA, MEDIAN INCOME, THAT'S UP TO ABOUT $34,600 FOR ONE PERSON UP TO ALMOST 50,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.

SO THERE'S A HUGE SHORTAGE HERE.

AND EVIDENCE SHOWS CLEARLY THAT THIS LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING

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SO UNTIL WE CAN REALLY SOLVE THIS AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, THE LEAST WE CAN DO IS PROVIDE PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO STAY STABLE HOUSED.

THAT'S WHY WE SUPPORT BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. UH, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A RACIAL EQUITY ISSUE, BOTH EVICTIONS AND HOMELESSNESS, DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

DATA FROM THE EVICTION LAB AT PRINCETON SHOWS THAT EVICTION FILINGS ARE STARTING TO PICK BACK UP AGAIN HERE IN AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY, AND THAT MOST OF THEM ARE HAPPENING IN MAJORITY NON-WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT A BLACK AUSTINITE IS SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS THAN A WHITE AUSTINITE.

SO RESEARCH SHOWS THIS LINK BETWEEN RATES OF EVICTION AND RATES OF HOMELESSNESS.

SO EVICTION PROTECTIONS ARE HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND EVICTION ON YOUR RECORD IS ALSO A MAJOR BARRIER TO FINDING AND MAINTAINING THAT NEXT STABLE LIVING SITUATION.

SO FOR SOMEONE WHO IS LIVING ON HOUSE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND EVICTION ON THEIR RECORD CAN PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING AN APARTMENT AND ENDING THEIR HOMELESSNESS, OUR CURRENT SANCTIONED KIND OF GENERATIONAL RACIAL TRAUMA THAT EVICTIONS CREATE AND THAT HOMELESSNESS PERPETUATES.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M URGING YOU TO SUPPORT ITEMS 39 AND 40 TO HELP BREAK THAT CYCLE OF TRAUMA DAN POWERS.

UM, REGARDING, UH, ITEM NUMBER 39.

THE, I AM A SMALL, UH, PROPERTY OWNER.

I HAVE ONE RENTAL PROPERTY THAT IS ACTUALLY MY FORMER HOMESTEAD WHERE I RAISED MY SON AND THAT'S MY ONLY PROPERTY.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GOALS ARE IN ENHANCING TENANT RIGHTS.

BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS IS AN ABSOLUTE REDUCTION IN PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS.

I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT RENT AND MONTHS AND NOT BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS NOT ABLE TO WORK BECAUSE THEY STOPPED PAYING BECAUSE THEY KNEW I, THERE WAS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT.

AND SO WHEN I HEAR ABOUT TENANT RIGHTS, I'M ALL FOR IT.

IF THEY HAVE A LANDLORD, THAT'S A BAD ACTOR AND IT'S NOT PROVIDING HEAT OR SANITARY LIVING CONDITIONS FOR THEM, THEN THAT THERE ARE, UH, COURSES OF ACTION AGAINST THAT PERSON.

SO THAT LANDLORD, THERE ARE LAWS THAT PROTECT THE TENANT ALREADY.

BUT WHEN YOU SEE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING TOWARD PUSHING THE LANDLORD TO BECOME THE PROVIDER OF RENT, FREE HOUSING FOR, UH, CITIZENS WHO ARE DOWN AND OUT OR HAVING TOUGH TIMES, OR WHO HAVE JUST CHOSEN TO LIVE IN A VERY EXPENSIVE PLACE AND, UH, AND NOT HAVE THE SKILLS TO BE ABLE TO EARN THE INCOME FOR THE TOWN THAT THEY'RE LIVING IN.

THAT'S A CHALLENGE.

AND I GET THAT.

BUT WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING IS INSTEAD OF FIGHTING LANDLORDS THAT ARE SMALL PROPERTY OWNERS LIKE MYSELF, WE SHOULD BE OUT THERE.

YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL COULD BE WORKING WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THEIR RENT THAT ARE CAPABLE OF PAYING RENT THAT ARE CAPABLE OF WORKING AND TEACHING TRADES.

THERE'S SO MANY TRADES OUT THERE THAT NEED PEOPLE TO WORK.

AND THESE PEOPLE ARE ABLE-BODIED.

SOME OF THEM ARE NOT, SOME WERE ON GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AND OTHER DISABILITY PROGRAMS. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LANDLORDS TO TAKE THE BRUNT OF HOUSING, THE PEOPLE THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL, NOT TO PUT IT ON THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY OWN PROPERTY DO WORK AND PAY TAXES.

WE WANT THE CITY COUNCIL.

FOUR FOR MAKING THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES AND THE RECENT ELECTION SUPPORTERS OF RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY, AND ALSO WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ELECTING AND THEN REELECTING GREG CASAR.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND WE'RE NOT ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE TODAY.

WHAT WE WERE, WE WERE INITIATING A CONVERSATION AND TOGETHER WITH AMENDMENTS THAT, UH, I THINK ARE GOING TO GET ADDED ON.

THERE'S GOING TO BE REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR DIFFERING POINTS OF VIEW, TO BE PRESENT AND PRESENTED.

AND I HOPE YOU PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS.

SORRY, CHRIS FERRETS HERE.

I'M CALLING IN ABOUT ITEM 51.

UM, FIRST I WANT TO THANK MONICA GUZMAN FOR CAMPAIGN FOR DISTRICT FOUR CITY COUNCIL AND HER FIDELITY TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE OF WHICH SHE WAS APART.

SECOND, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE CHEETO VELA FOR HIS RESOUNDING VICTORY AND HIS SUPPORT FOR REIMAGINED PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM AS WELL.

HE INHERITS BIG SHOES, BUT I'M CONFIDENT AND CAN FEEL THEM.

THIRD.

I WANT TO THANK THE VOTERS OF DISTRICT

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AND FINALLY, I'LL DO ONE.

I WANT TO CELEBRATE COUNCIL PERSON.

COSAR, YOU'VE BEEN AN UNWAVERING CHAMPION FOR THE MARGINALIZED, THE OPPRESSED, THE POOR AND OUST IMMIGRANTS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN OUR CITY.

THIS HAS MADE YOU A NUISANCE TO THOSE THAT SEEK TO MAINTAIN AN UNJUST STATUS QUO.

THANK YOU FOR BEING ON NUISANCE.

THIS HAS MADE YOU A DORN TO THOSE THAT SEEK DECORUM OVER JUSTICE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR THORN.

I HOPE YOU ARE VICTORIOUS IN YOUR CONGRESSIONAL RACE AND THAT YOUR ONGOING SUCCESS INSPIRES NOT ONLY CURRENTLY ELECTED OFFICIALS TO EMBRACE CONTROVERSY WHEN IT'S FOR A GOOD CAUSE, BUT A NEW GENERATION OF POLITICAL LEADERS TO FOLLOW YOUR LEAD AND EXCEEDED.

AUSTIN HAS KNOWN FEW, IF ANY ELECTED OFFICIALS IN ITS HISTORY AS A RELENTLESS LEAD PRINCIPLED, STRATEGICALLY EFFECTIVE AND IMPACTFUL IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AS YOU, YOUR SUCCESS HERE IS REVERBERATED BEYOND AUSTIN TO CITIES AND TOWNS AROUND THE STATE, THE SOUTH AND THE NATION.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

YOU WILL BE MISSED.

PAUL WAGNER.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, PAUL WAGNER, DISTRICT SEVEN, SPEAKING ON ITEMS SEVEN $18.6 MILLION SOFTWARE AGREEMENT WITH ORACLE IT'S FOR AUSTIN ENERGY, PROBABLY FOR OUR METERING AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS I OWN AND OPERATE A SOFTWARE COMPANY HERE IN AUSTIN.

WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DEAL, IT REALLY SHOCKED ME THAT THE COST ACTUALLY WENT UP.

UH, THERE IS A SLIDE THAT I PUBLICIZED IN SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT SHOWS NO ONE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

THIS SOFTWARE COSTS ACTUALLY GO UP.

IT'S ONE OF THE FEW DEFLATIONARY GOODS, NOTABLY BECAUSE THERE'S VERY LITTLE REGULATIONS AND BARRIERS TO ENTRY TO PRODUCE SOFTWARE, WHICH IS AMAZING.

IMAGINE YOUR FIRST CELL PHONE, WHEN YOU BOUGHT IT PROBABLY COST FAR MORE THAN IT DID TODAY AND THOSE DOLLARS.

NOW I WANT TO COMPLIMENT AUSTIN ENERGY TODAY.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

THEY ALSO DID A GREAT JOB.

LAST YEAR.

LAST YEAR WAS A ONE-OFF A HUNDRED YEAR EVENTS STATISTICALLY.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN BLAME THEM FOR ANYTHING.

I THINK THEY DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND THEY ARE A PUBLIC UTILITY.

THEY ALSO NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

WHEN I LOOK AT THIS INCREASED SPEND FROM THE ORIGINAL 2017 DEAL, THE YEARS WENT FROM 2.8 MILLION, 2.5 MILLION, 2.5 MILLION.

NOW EACH YEAR IT'S GOING TO COST THE CITY $3.7 MILLION TO SERVICE.

THIS THAT'S A 27% INCREASE.

NO, WHERE CAN I FIND THAT THE POPULATION OR THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS HAS GONE UP 27%? THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FEATURES THAT THEY CLAIM THEY'RE GOING TO CREATE.

THOSE FEATURES ARE BASELINE FEATURES AND OFF THE SHELF PIECES OF SOFTWARE AROUND THE WORLD.

AND IT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED NEARLY FOR FREE.

I'M URGING THE COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THIS DEAL BECAUSE THE ORACLE SOFTWARE SALESPEOPLE AND THE FOUR LOBBYISTS THAT WORKED FOR ORACLE IN THE STATE ARE LAUGHING THEIR WAY TO THE BANK ON A FIVE-YEAR COMMIT FOR 27% INCREASE.

AND THE ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR SUBSIDIZING SOLAR CUSTOMERS FOR FEATURES IS PREPOSTEROUS.

THANK YOU, PAUL KUDURO.

THANKS FOR KEEPING US ORGANIZED MYRNA, UH, PAUL WITH THE AUSTIN APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, THE MORNING MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND SPEAKING TODAY ON ITEMS 39 AND 40 ON BOTH ITEMS. IT'S VERY EASY TO SAY THAT WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES WITH ALL THE NAME STAKEHOLDERS OR WHATEVER REASONS COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSIONS AMONGST US HAVE NOT OCCURRED REGULARLY.

AND THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY ISSUES AND DISCUSS MEANINGFUL SOLUTIONS.

UH, THERE'VE BEEN, THERE ARE MANY DECISIONS, CIRCUMSTANCES AND SITUATIONS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS HAVE HAD TO FACE WHILE COMPLYING WITH REGULATIONS, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC.

SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, UH, BY A CALMER TODAY.

UM, SO YOU, THESE ARE GONE REALLY UNRECOGNIZED AND THEN ADDRESS.

AND THIS WILL BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL INVOLVED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROPERTY'S PERSPECTIVE WITH REGARD TO ITEM 39 AND THE RENTERS RIGHT TO ORGANIZE.

WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT SITUATIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES LED TO THIS.

UH, I'M ANXIOUS TO FIND OUT.

UM, AND AGAIN, WE, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PROCESS STAKEHOLDER PROCESS TO BED, ALL THESE ISSUES OUT, WE DO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT PERTAINING TO LEGAL ANALYSIS BECAUSE THIS WILL HELP GUIDE ACTIONS AND RESOLVE ANY LINGERING

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QUESTIONS ABOUT NO SOLICITATION POLICIES AND HOW THOSE ARE APPLIED FOR ONE GROUP AND NOT ANOTHER.

SO, UH, SOME OF THOSE ISSUES WE LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING ABOUT ON ITEM 40, WE APPRECIATE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT LANGUAGE AND URGE APPROVAL, A RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS NEED TO KNOW THAT ALL OPTIONS AND SOLUTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE.

AND THE PROCESS WILL NOT SIMPLY BE A REHASH OF THE REQUIREMENTS PUT IN PLACE DURING THE PANDEMIC.

UM, AS PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS, WE, WE, WE, WE CERTAINLY EMBRACE WHAT WE SEEK.

WE WILL BE SEEKING TO, UH, FIND COMMON GROUND SOLUTIONS THAT AVOID LEGAL ISSUES RAISED SURROUNDING NON-EMERGENCY NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.

AND WE WERE ALSO BE SEEKING WHAT DEFINED ACTIONS RESIDENTS MUST TAKE TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY IN THE EFFORT TO SUSTAIN THE HOUSING RELATIONSHIP AND NOT JUST, UM, SERVICES ARE GIVEN.

AND, UH, UM, WE KNOW THERE'S HARD WORK AHEAD ON THESE ISSUES.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO SHY AWAY FROM IT.

WE'RE WILLING TO PUT IN THE WORK TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEMS AND HELP FIND THE SOLUTIONS.

AND I JOINED THE PAUL KAUFMAN HI, MY NAME IS PAULA KOFMAN HOPE EVERYONE IS SAFE.

I'M A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR IN AUSTIN, AND I'M TESTIFYING AGAINST AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, BECAUSE I HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE CITY'S A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY REGARDING RIGHTS OF WAY.

MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE CITY SEEMS TO FAVOR COMMERCIAL INTEREST AND HEDGE FUNDS OVER THE INTEREST OF RESIDENTS.

I WAS ALARMED THAT I HAD TO LEARN SOME COMMUNITY NOT COMMODITY.

THIS IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS CONTEMPLATED EXPANDED RIGHTS OF WAYS FOR SEVERAL STREETS NEAR MY PROPERTY.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROPOSAL WHITENING OF NEW STREET IS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE.

THESE SMALL HOUSES ON SMALL LOTS WITH TACTICALLY WOULD USE THEIR YARDS AND THEIR ABILITY TO ADD AN ADU IF THEY WANTED TO ALSO THE CITY'S HIRING OUTSIDE COUNSEL, WHY IS THAT? WE HAVE A REAL ESTATE WHOSE DEPARTMENT WE TAXPAYERS ARE OFTEN PAYING OUT BY ATTORNEYS MORE THAN WE'RE PAYING THE LAND, HELPED RAISE US.

AND IN ADDITION, THE CITY WON'T PAY THOSE LANDLORDS FOR THE AND VALUE OF THE LAND, WHICH IMPACTS YOU.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN TAX BASE.

ALSO PUT THE ORANGE LINE UNDERGROUND ALONG CONGRESS AVENUE, AND ALSO DON'T ALLOW OVER HALF CITY IN PLACES SUCH AS THE SNOOPY PEN NEAR RIVERSIDE AND BARTON SPRINGS.

IT'S NOT FAIR TO TAKE LAND FROM RESIDENTS TO MAKE ROADS FOR OVERBUILT OFFICES, LIKEWISE, SEVERAL STREETS AND TRAVIS HEIGHTS.

I PROPOSED WHAT WIDENED RIGHTS OF WAYS, INCLUDING TRAVIS HEIGHTS BOULEVARD, NOONEY AND ACADEMY, SMALL RESIDENTIAL STREET IN THE HEART OF OUR NEW HISTORIC THREATENED TO TAKE HER POINT GUARDS AND RUIN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT.

WHEN WE DIDN'T MOVE TO DOWNTOWN YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU HAVE ALL THIS NEXT SPEAKER, DANIELLE ADMIN DADDIES.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YES.

AUGMENT A COMMUNITY'S EXISTING PRO BONO LEGAL RESOURCES, SUCH AS THE GOOD WORK THAT'S PROVIDED BY BAFTA, UH, TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID, AS WELL AS VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES, ANY RIGHT ORGANIZED SHITS INCLUDE PROTECTION FOR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZERS TO ENTER A PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, TO ASSIST TENANTS IN EXERCISING, THEIR RIGHTS TO ORGANIZE OR FORUM TENANT ASSOCIATIONS.

MY NAME IS DANIEL VENDETTAS AND I'M A STAFF MEMBER OF ECHO, THE ENDING COMMUNITY, HOMELESSNESS COALITION.

UH, ONE OF THE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF.

I JUST WANT TO ECHO, UM, UH, THE SUPPORT THAT'S BEEN EXPRESSED HERE FOR ITEMS 39 AND 40, JUST A FEW POINTS, UH, RESPECTIVELY ITEM 39.

UM, WE DO KNOW THE BALANCE OF POWER IS, IS UNEQUAL BETWEEN A LANDLORD AND A TENANT, A RIGHT TO CURE WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN, IN LEVELING THAT BALANCE.

I THINK IT BROADLY RECOGNIZED THAT HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE TO ENFORCE THEIR EXISTING RIGHTS.

FOR MANY REASONS, THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD THAT TENANTS WILL SEEK TO RESOLVE THEIR CHALLENGES THROUGH COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS, AMICABLE NEGOTIATIONS, THE RIGHT ORGANIZED SUBSTANTIALLY

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AND WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 40, THE SO-CALLED RIGHT TO CURE.

WE KNOW THAT THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES ARE ONE CRISIS AWAY FROM LOSING THEIR HOME.

UH TODAY'S AND THIS WEEK'S STORM SHOULD BE A REMINDER OF THAT.

ESTABLISHING A RIGHT TO CURE WOULD DRAMATICALLY AFFECT THE TENANT'S PRACTICAL ABILITY TO AVERT AN EVICTION FILING AND THEREBY, UH, AND THEREFORE POSSIBLE HOMELESSNESS.

AND FINALLY, ANY RIGHTS SECURE SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE TIME-RELATED DIFFICULTIES TENANTS FACE IN SEEKING FOR AND OBTAINING RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

I JUST WANT TO ALSO THANK, UM, UH, UH, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, UH, IN MY PERSONAL CAPACITY.

I WANNA THANK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, GREG CASAR FOR HIS, UH, OUTSTANDING WORK IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TODAY.

SZUSZANNA CRAIGER.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS SZUSZANNA KRIEGER AND I'M THE PROJECT DIRECTOR OF BOSTON BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING TENANT ACTION.

I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON ITEMS 39 AND 40 BOTH OF WHICH ADDRESS TENANT CONCERNS AND AFFECT TENANT'S ABILITY TO STAND OFF AGAINST THE ABUSE OF LAMAZE PRACTICES.

OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, PROPERTY MANAGERS HAVE REPEATEDLY CALLED THE POLICE ON BOSTON STAFF AND TENANTS FOR ENGAGING AND ORGANIZING ACTIVITY.

THE POLICE HAVE OFTEN SIDED WITH MANAGEMENT, EVEN WHEN A TENANT HAS BEEN WITH A BOSTON STAFF MEMBER AND TOLD THE POLICE THAT FOSTER STAFF, THE SPOTS, A STAFF MEMBER WASN'T INVITED GUESTS LAST YEAR AFTER WINTER STORM URI.

WHEN WE WERE DISTRIBUTING WATER INTO TO APARTMENT COMPLEXES, THE MANAGEMENT OF ONE OF THE PROPERTIES WHERE WE HAVE A TENDENCY ASSOCIATION CREEKSIDE EVEN CALLED THE POLICE, EVEN FOOD AND WATER.

IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE THE PROPERTY WAS A HUD PROPERTY WITH ORGANIZING PROTECTIONS THAT THE TENANTS ASSOCIATION WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE AND SECURE THE RELOCATION BENEFITS, UM, THAT IT DID FOR ITS MEMBERS.

WE ASSUME THAT PROPERTIES WITH NO ORGANIZING PROTECTIONS, THE VAST, VAST MAJORITY OF PROPERTIES IN AUSTIN, THAT MANAGEMENT CAN QUICKLY POSH ORGANIZING ATTEMPTS AND RETALIATE AGAINST THE TENANTS WHO ARE STICKING UP FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS AND SHINING LIGHT ON OFTEN ILLEGAL AND IMMORAL ACTIVITY OF PROPERTY OWNERS.

BOSTON ALSO SEEN HOW LANDLORDS USE THE THREAT OF EVICTION AS A MECHANISM FOR PUSHING OUT TENANTS WHO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS UNDER STATE LAW TENANTS DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE OR CORRECT A LEASE VIOLATION SUCH AS FIXING A WINDOW BECAUSE THERE'S A KID ACCIDENTALLY KICKED A SOCCER BALL THROUGH A WINDOW, OR BEING BEHIND ON RENT TO AVOID EVICTION AND TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN HOUSING.

THIS MEANS THAT IF A TENANT LEADER WHO HAD CALLED CODE OVER A CEILING CAVING IN, OR BEING WITHOUT HOT WATER IS JUST A FEW DAYS LATE ON RENT.

THE LANDLORD CAN PROCEED WITH AN EVICTION.

EVEN IF THAT TENANT WAS ABLE TO COME, ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE RENT IN PROPERTIES WITH CERTAIN FEDERAL PROTECTIONS WERE KIND OF HAVE A RIGHT TO CURE PEOPLE AND OUR HOUSING, AND TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES IN THEIR NEIGHBORS FOR BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS, THE ABILITY OF TENANTS TO ORGANIZE AND THE ABILITY OF PENNY INSTABILITY.

YVONNE FLOTUS.

YEAH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

FIRSTLY, I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO WORK WITH US AT 1624, ASKED ME AND BECOME UNION MEMBERS.

AND I KNOW THAT IF ANYONE IS CAPABLE OF TAKING THE BATON AND CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK OF GRECO FACADE, IT'S GOING TO BE CHEAP THOUGH.

I WANTED TO SHARE SOME WORDS THAT, UM, I WANTED TO WRITE FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER, GREG FACADE, FROM THE GREAT WORDS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

IF ANY MAN TELLS YOU THAT HE LOVES AMERICA YET HATES LABOR.

HE'S A LIAR.

IF ANY MAN TELLS YOU, HE TRUSTS AMERICA, IT FEARS LABOR.

HE IS A FOOL.

I'M HERE TO GIVE MY UTMOST APPRECIATION TO THE LEADER WHO WAS ALWAYS GIVING HIS VOICE.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HIS ACTION WITH FIGHTING FOR LABOR UNION, EVERY RALLY, EVERY MARCH, EVERY EVENT THAT WE FOUGHT FOR WORKERS RIGHTS AND LABOR, GREG WAS ALWAYS THERE.

IT WAS ALWAYS A GUARANTEE, NO MATTER WHAT THAT, WHEN THOSE WHO TWEET AND SOLIDARITY OR POST ON FACEBOOK, THEIR SUPPORT, GREG WAS ALWAYS THERE RIGHT

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THERE IN THE TRENCHES.

EVERY SINGLE TIME STANDING WITH ASKED ME SIX AND 24, IT WAS AN HONOR, SIR, MARCHING WITH YOU AT SUCH AN INCREDIBLE AGE.

YOU HAVE PROVEN THAT YOUNGER GENERATIONS, IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, HAVE A POWER THAT CAN MAKE A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER THAT IT'S NOT JUST WORDS, BUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND.

NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED THAT YOU ARE THAT VOICE AND INSPIRATION TO GET MORE YOUNG FOLK INVOLVED INTO THE LOCAL POLITICAL FIELD AND HAS COME TO THE POINT THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO STAND FOR PROFITS AND THOSE WHO STAND FOR PEOPLE.

I'M SO PROUD TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE STOOD WITH AND FOUGHT FOR OUR WORKERS FROM DAY ONE.

YOU HAVE DONE THE WALK WHEN IT CAME TO FIGHTING FOR BETTER WAGES, BIG BLEEDS, AND WORK IN SAFETY PROTECTION, ESPECIALLY DURING OUR CHALLENGING TIMES WITH COVID.

I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH.

YOU HAVE ALSO PROVEN YOUR DURABLE, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE BY TAKING THE HIGH ROAD WITH SOME QUESTIONABLE CANDIDATES ON YOUR OWN DEMOCRATIC SIDE, TOOK THE LOW ROAD WHEN YOU WERE MERELY TRYING TO HELP THOSE LESS FORTUNATE IN AUSTIN WHEN IT CAME TO THE BELIEF OF PUSHING THOSE, JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE POOR.

YOU STOOD ON THE SIDE FOR DECENCY AND AS AN AUSTINITE WHO GREW UP ON FOOD STAMPS AND SECTION EIGHT, THIS HITS SO CLOSE TO HOME.

LITERALLY, VAL.

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

HI, THIS IS, UH, BELLVILLE LEON.

I AM THAT DEVELOP A REPRESENTATIVE FOR ITEM 26.

I HAD NO COMMENT REALLY OTHER THAN TO LET COUNCIL KNOW I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT SIX.

AND I WANTED TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY FOR, UM, AND HER STAFF FOR MEETING WITH US TO DISCUSS IT.

THANK YOU, STEPHEN JACOBS.

LINDA BROWN.

HELLO? YES, I'M HERE.

GOOD MORNING.

NEW YEAR MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS LINDA BROWN AND I'M HERE REFERENCING, UH, ITEM 38 REQUESTING A FEE WAIVER AND SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION WASTE THAT WAS HELD ON JANUARY THE SECOND OF THIS YEAR.

WELL, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS YET.

HAVE, UM, SUPPORTED, SAYS A WAIVER AND REQUESTING SUPPORT FROM ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS RESPECTFULLY.

THIS IS STEVE JACOBS CITY SAY IT'S MY TERM.

YES, PLEASE PROCEED.

MAYOR COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER.

WE'RE HERE ON ITEM, UH, 18, UH, TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK OF THE CITY STAFF AND MOVING US FORWARD.

WE'RE AVAILABLE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IS BASICALLY WHAT THIS WILL DO IS ENABLE STUDENTS WHO OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE TO DROP OUT, UH, AT AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT CAP IDEA, YOUR FUNDING, THE COUNTIES, OTHERS HAVE SUPPORTED THROUGH SEVERAL YEARS TO ADVANCE FROM, UH, PERHAPS NOT EVEN BEING ABLE TO DO THE MATH AND WRITING REQUIRED TO THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM TO PROGRESS THROUGH THAT PROGRESSED THROUGH ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY AND OTHER TOUGH SUBJECTS AND BECOME QUALIFIED TO ENTER THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE NURSING PROGRAM.

ONLY TO FIND THAT, UH, THERE ARE SO MANY APPLICATIONS THESE DAYS THAT THE, UH, THEY DID NOT RANK HIGH ENOUGH.

THEY MET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, BUT THEY DID NOT RANK HIGH ENOUGH, UH, TO QUALIFY IN A THIRD OF THE GROUP OF WHO WERE ADMITTED, WHAT TO MAKE POSSIBLE IS FOR THESE STUDENTS TO HAVE THEIR WAY FORWARD, UH, THROUGH A ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY WITH THE CONCORDIA AND ITS NURSING PROGRAM.

UH, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS AT AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR THE NURSING PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GO UP SEMESTER AFTER SEMESTER.

THE NUMBER OF SLOTS IS NOT KEEPING PACE.

SO AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE IT SUPPORT, UH, OVER THE YEARS FOR THOSE STUDENTS AND THE OTHERS AND, UH, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY, THANK YOU MAYOR.

I DO HAVE ONE QUICK ONE FROM MR. JACOBS.

GO AHEAD

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MR. JACOB SENDER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ALL THROUGH THE YEARS FOR ALL CAPITAL IDEA AND FOR THIS REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRAM, AS I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT AND YOU'VE YOU'VE DESCRIBED IT, BUT I WANT TO BE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING.

SO TYPICALLY CAPITAL IDEA HAS WORKED TO PLACE INDIVIDUALS WITH AT AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UM, IN VARIOUS PROFESSIONS FOR WHICH THERE'S A NEED HERE IN AUSTIN, BUT INCLUDING, AND ESPECIALLY THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS.

AND SO, AS I UNDERSTAND THE CONTRACT BEFORE US HERE TODAY, IT IS TO REALLY EXPAND THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, MORE APPLICANTS.

SO CAN YOU, UM, CAN YOU PLEASE JUST VERIFY THAT THIS IS REALLY AN EXPANSION THAT IS NEEDED, THAT YOU HAVE VERY QUALIFIED, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU HAVE VERY QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, YOU KNOW, GREAT WHO WOULD BE GREAT CANDIDATES OR THE NURSING PROFESSION, BUT AT THE MOMENT, UM, THE CAPACITY AT AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO REALLY PROVIDE THEM WITH THE EDUCATION THEY NEED, BUT WE HAVE BOTH QUALIFIED APPLICANTS AND WE HAVE A REAL NEED WITHIN THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSION.

BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT EDUCATION PIECE IS WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE GAPS.

IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

UH, YOU KNOW, THIS THAT'S CORRECT.

THIS, UH, SEMESTER KEPT IDEA.

WE HAD 28 STUDENTS WHO HAD ADVANCED FROM, AS I MENTIONED, PERHAPS A COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY ALL THE WAY THROUGH ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.

THE OTHER HARD CORE SCIENCE PREREQUISITES WERE QUALIFIED TO BEGIN THE NURSING PROGRAM OF THOSE 28 APPLICANTS, UH, 18, UH, GAINED ADMISSION IN THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS, BUT THAT LEFT 10 BEHIND.

AND SO WHAT THIS WILL DO IS NAVEL THOSE 10 THIS SEMESTER, UH, TO BEGIN AN ALTERNATIVE RATHER THAN, UH, MORE THAN LIKELY HAVE TO DROP OUT IN THE COMING YEARS AS THEY APPLY AND REAPPLY AND REAPPLY AT AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THEY HAD 488 APPLICANTS IN THE FALL SEMESTER.

THEY HAD 550 APPLICANTS IN THE SPRING SEMESTER FOR 176 SPOTS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE ODDS ARE REALLY STACKED AGAINST PEOPLE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A MAJORITY OF COLOR COHORT.

THESE ARE ALL LOW INCOME.

THESE ARE MAJORITY FOLKS THAT HAVE DREAMED ABOUT BEING NURSES AND SORT OF LITTLE GIRLS, MOSTLY, BUT NOT ENTIRELY.

THEY KNOW WHAT NURSES ARE.

THEY ASPIRE TO IT.

AND AT A TIME WHEN NURSES ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF A PANDEMIC, THEY FEEL CALLED TO ACTION.

SO FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, THIS IS A WIN-WIN WIN, WIN PROPOSITION.

MR. JACOBS, THIS IS FUNDING FROM THE ARPA DOLLARS.

AND IS AN IN ADDITION TO YOUR NORMAL CONTRACT.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

THIS IS SORT OF A TIME AD HOC OPPORTUNITY.

UM, THAT CREATES A SHORT TERM SOLUTION TO THE CURRENT PROBLEM.

UH, AND, AND WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE, WHEN WE GET TO DISCUSSING THE CONSENT, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER IS TO SEE IF THE CITY CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ENGAGED IN, UM, TRYING TO WORK WITH ACC TO ADDRESS THAT GAP IN STAFFING, UM, THAT REALLY COULD SOLVE A PROBLEM, UM, THAT WE'RE SEEING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, HAPPEN IN OUR ABILITY TO CONNECT PEOPLE, TO JOBS THAT ARE GOOD PAYING AND RIGHT IN THE FIELDS THAT WE NEED THE MOST IN OUR COMMUNITY.

NEXT SPEAKER, JEREMY HENDRIX.

UH, THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING.

AND THANKS MAYOR COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

I'M JEREMY HENDRICKS WITH THE LABORS INTERNATIONAL UNION AND ALSO VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRAL TEXAS BUILDING AND TRADES.

UH, SORRY.

WE COULDN'T BE TOGETHER IN PERSON THIS MORNING, BUT I HOPE EVERYONE IS WARM AND SAFE.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 51 IS THOSE THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR AND ALSO IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF LABOR TO FIRST CONGRATULATE OUR NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CHEETO AVAILA.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE HARD WORK CHEETO HAS DONE TO GET TO WHERE HE'S AT AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM TO BUILD A BETTER AUSTIN.

WE WISH YOU GREAT LUCK BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW YOUR PREDECESSOR CAST A GREAT BIG SHADOW.

NOW WE'D LIKE TO WHOLEHEARTEDLY THANK OUR FRIEND COUNCIL MEMBER, GREG COZAAR FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE AND CITY COUNCIL FOR HIS ABILITY TO PROBLEM SOLVE AND KEEP THINGS ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD FOR HIS TIRELESS HARD WORK FOR PROGRESSIVE CAUSES, TOO MANY TO COUNT AND FOR HIS TRUE FRIENDSHIP, BOTH PERSONALLY, AND TO THE LABOR MOVEMENT, MY WIFE AND I WHEN

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WE MOVED HERE NEARLY NINE YEARS AGO.

AND WHEN GREG WAS STILL AN ORGANIZER FOR THE WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT, WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT SIDE-BY-SIDE TO SECURE BASIC SAFETY PROTECTIONS AND BETTER WAGES FOR AUSTIN'S CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.

AND AFTER SEEING HIS PASSION TO HELP PEOPLE, OUR UNION WAS FIRST TO ENDORSE GREG FOR CITY COUNCIL.

NOW WE WERE THE FIRST TO ENDORSE HIM FOR CONGRESS, AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS GREG HAS ACCOMPLISHED.

GREG HAS ACCOMPLISHED MORE WINS FOR REGULAR PEOPLE AND MORE PROGRESSIVE VICTORIES ON CITY COUNCIL THAN MOST PEOPLE DO, AND A LIFETIME OF PUBLIC SERVICE, AND TO DO IT AT HIS YOUNG AGE AND TO HAVE SO MANY OTHER GREAT THINGS AHEAD OF HIM IS TRULY IMPRESSIVE.

SO WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE ON CITY COUNCIL, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU, TO CONTINUE BUILDING A BETTER AMERICA.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, TAKE CARE, STAY SAFE, AND BE SURE TO CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBORS.

THANKS SO MUCH.

HI.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

UH, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

AND I WISH I WAS CALLING FROM OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I'M CALLING FROM MY CAR.

I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESPONSE HERE TO THE COAL TO THE STORM.

SO PICKING FOLKS UP, MOVING FOLKS AROUND AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.

I'M ACTUALLY CALLING FROM DISTRICT FOUR AND I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR, UM, FOR THE HARD WORK AND TIRELESS SERVICE THAT HE HAS PUT IN, UM, WORKING FOR RENTERS FOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE CITY.

AND I PARTICULARLY WANT TO, UM, SPEAK IN SUPPORT FOR ITEMS, UH, 39 AND 40, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL TOO OFTEN AND OFTEN RENTERS ARE TREATED AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HEAR A LOT FROM THE LANDLORDS, BUT YOU KNOW, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS RENTERS MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION IN THE CITY.

AND IF YOU GO TO MOST OF THE RENTAL PROPERTY, THEY LIVE IN, IN, IN PRETTY ROUGH CONDITIONS SOMETIMES AND HAVE VERY FEW RIGHTS, VERY, UH, VERY, VERY LITTLE POWER OR ABILITY TO COME TOGETHER AND ORGANIZE AND DEMAND BETTER CONDITIONS FOR THEMSELVES.

SO, UM, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP THAT WE'RE TAKING.

I HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

I HOPE THAT WE CAN TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

AND I HOPE THAT RENTERS COLLECTIVELY IN THIS CITY CAN WAKE UP TO THE POWER AND THE VOICE THAT THEY HAVE MAKING UP THE MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS IN THE CITY.

UM, AND IF RENTERS COULD COME TO THAT REALIZATION, I THINK WE COULD REALLY CHANGE THINGS IN AUSTIN ONE DAY.

UM, SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO US AND THANK YOU, GREG CASAR, YOU WILL BE SORELY MISSED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE NEXT THINGS THAT ARE AHEAD OF YOU.

THANK YOU, HEIDI SLOAN, GOOD AFTERNOON THERE.

AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS HEIDI SLOAN.

I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE HERE IN THE AUSTIN.

I WORKED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH FOCUS, EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY.

AND I PRESENTLY SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

I WANT TO JUST SPEAK FROM THOSE PERSPECTIVES ITEM 39 AND 40 IN PARTICULAR, MY EXPERIENCE ON THE CDC WHERE EVERY MONTH WE WORKED TO KEEP AUSTINITES IN THEIR HOMES AND BUILDING SUSTAINABLE FUTURES FOR THEMSELVES.

I KNOW YOU ALL HEARD TESTIMONY EARLIER, QUESTIONING WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO ACTUALLY EMPOWER PEOPLE, TO IMPROVE THEIR OWN LIVES AND TO A PLACE WHERE THEY AREN'T IN CONFLICTS.

AREN'T HAVING TO SCROUNGE UP RESOURCES EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

AND THAT WORK HAPPENS.

I KNOW ON OUR CONDITION AND ON MANY OTHER COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR STAFF THAT COMMIT THEMSELVES SO THOROUGHLY TO DOING THAT WORK DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE SEEN THOUSANDS OF AUSTINITES APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE WITH RENT, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT IS NOT IMMUNE PROBLEM.

WE KNOW THAT THE CHANGING FACES FOR OUR CITY ARE IN LARGE PART DUE TO LIVING IN A STATE THAT HAS BEEN HOSTILE TO RENTERS FOR AN AWFULLY LONG TIME, A STATE THAT DOESN'T EVEN ALLOW US TO UTILIZE OUR PROTECTED RIGHTS, TO STAY IN OUR HOMES AS STATE THAT DOESN'T ALLOW TENANTS TO ORGANIZE THEIR LIVES AND TO IMPROVE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES BY GIVING THE TIME THAT THEY NEED TO DO SO.

I BELIEVE THAT BOTH THE RIGHTS ORGANIZED ON THE RIGHT TO CURE ARE ESSENTIAL RESPONSES.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CREATING A MORE, JUST MORE HUMANE AND MORE DIGNIFIED AUSTIN CONNECTING TENANTS, WHICH ARE THE VAST MAJORITY OF AUSTINITES WITH THEIR OWN RIGHTS, WITH THEIR OWN VOICES AND THEIR OWN POWER SET FORWARD TO IMPROVING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF

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EVERYONE IN OUR CITY.

UM, JUST TO END, I WANTED TO ALSO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

COSAR HIS STAFF PAST AND PRESENT ON ISSUES LIKE THIS.

AND SO MANY OTHERS.

YOU HAVE COMMITTED YOURSELF TO A BETTER AUSTIN.

YOU HAVE INSPIRED LEADERS ACROSS THE CITY, THIS STATE AND THIS COUNTRY.

I AM SO HONORED TO HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE OF YOU ON SO MANY ISSUES.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE YOU GO NEXT SOLIDARY FOREVER.

IT'S AN OBI.

JOSEPH, THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS I'M AS AN OVERVIEW.

JOSEPH, LET ME PREFACE WITH TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN.

I SENT YOU AN EMAIL MAYOR AS IT RELATED TO TITLE SIX PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN WHICH TO EXPRESS HOW DEEPLY SADDENED I AM THAT YOU CONTINUE WITH THIS MEETING, AS YOU ARE AWARE, MS. CONTINUES HAS BEEN COMING IN PERSON AND CAPITAL.

METRO HAS SUSPENDED SERVICE TODAY.

THIS IS THE ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN THEIR HISTORY.

LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD TO SEND CEO, RANDY CLARK, AN EMAIL LAST YEAR WHEN HE RESTORED SERVICE, BECAUSE HE LEFT OUT THE PEOPLE WHO TRANSIT DEPENDENT.

AND HERE YOU ARE HOLDING THIS MEETING WITH PEOPLE LIKE MR. WHO HAVE NO WAY TO GET TO CITY HALL.

I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM THAT I DIDN'T EVEN SIGN UP FOR.

ITEM 29.

THAT IS YOUR SMART MOBILITY.

IT'S THE NORTHEAST AUSTIN TRANSIT DESERT, WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR TURNED A BLIND EYE TO IT.

WASN'T UNTIL I SAW THE $1 MILLION UT GRANT IN THE NEWS THAT HE ACTUALLY SPOKE ABOUT THE TRANSIT DESERT SHOVING PROJECT, CONNECT DOWN ALL THROATS, $7.1 BILLION.

AND HERE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT RENTER'S RIGHTS IS REALLY DISINGENUOUS AS IT RELATES TO ITEM 39 AND 40.

I CERTAINLY WELCOME THAT YOU ARE WANTING TO DO SOMETHING FOR RENTERS, BUT I WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION, 2020 VIDEO, WHERE NEW YORK CITY ACTUALLY HAS THE STRONGEST TENANT PROTECTION.

AND THEY MENTIONED THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A LOT OF LAWYERS, ALL THE LAWYERS IN THE WORLD ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE A DENT IN THIS PROBLEM, UNLESS THERE'S THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AS IT RELATES TO FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

I JUST WANT YOU TO SET ASIDE AT LEAST $20 PER ORGANIZATION, OR AT LEAST TWO TIMES THAT AMOUNT SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE LEGAL SERVICE REFERRAL FEE PAID SO THAT IF THEY DO RUN INTO ONE OF THESE ROLES, A LANDLORD THAT IT ENGAGES IN SELF-HELP EVICTIONS, THAT THEY CAN AT LEAST GET A 30 MINUTE CONSULTATION FOR A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.

SO TO THE LANDLORDS OUT THERE, WHO WONDER, WHY DO TENANTS NEED PROTECTIONS IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOSE THAT ENGAGE IN SELF-HELP IS THEY TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.

YEAH, JUST VERY QUICKLY.

UM, THANK YOU MS. JOSEPH AND I KNOW OTHERS HAVE WRITTEN TO COME IN ON WHETHER, ON THEIR OPINION ABOUT OUR HAVING A COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I DO THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE NOT TODAY, BUT, UM, PERHAPS AT OUR NEXT WORK SESSION, AND MAYBE WE CAN CONSIDER WHETHER THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE A POLICY OF, YOU KNOW, IF, IF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE CLOSED, WE FOLLOW ALIGNMENT AND, AND, UM, NOT MEET EITHER OR A BUS SERVICE IS CANCELED THAT WE NOT MEET.

BUT ANYWAY, AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TODAY, BUT I DO HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON IT AND WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION, UM, AT OUR, AT OUR UPCOMING WORK SESSION.

SO IF WE COULD ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA AND I, I WANT TO APPRECIATE WHILE I'M DOING THAT, I WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU APPRECIATED ARE MANY, MANY CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE OUT STAFFING SHELTERS AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS WHO ARE RESPONDING.

UM, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING PRESENT IN THE CHAMBERS TODAY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR MEETING AND MY MANAGER AS WELL, AS WELL AS CTM, UM, AND OUR CLERK'S OFFICE AND OUR OTHER STAFF WHO ARE SUPPORTING THE MEETING.

KENT'S OVER KELLY.

I'D LIKE TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE DISCUSSION RELATED TO IF WE FOLLOW SCHOOL SCHEDULES ARE NOT RELATED TO COUNCIL MEETINGS AS A PARENT MYSELF.

I KNOW THAT IT'S, IT'S TOUGH TO GET ALL THAT UNDER CONTROL AND TO GET SITUATED, BUT I DO ALSO WANT TO APPRECIATE THE CITY STAFF WHO WAS ABLE TO COME IN AND YOU FOR BEING THERE MAYOR TODAY.

TODAY IS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, 2022.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS, UM, THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT SPEAKERS, BUT MS. JOSEPH, IT REMAINS ON THE LINE FOR THE HFC.

OKAY, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AT 1 22 AND RECESS THE, UH, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND THEN 1 22 LET'S CONVENE THE AUSTIN, UH, HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

UH, ALSO AT 1 23.

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UH, ALL OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE PRESENT.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THE MEETING BY NOTING THAT WE HAVE, UM, UH, LAID BACK UP IN ITEM NUMBER ONE, IT'S EXHIBIT A, THERE'S A VERSION TWO.

UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL SPEAKERS.

I THINK WE HAVE ONE THAT'S SIGNED UP AND THEN WE'LL RECESS AND GO BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.

I AM LOOKING, AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK AT THE MAY 3RD, 2021 SPREADSHEET THAT WAS POSTED BY KX DAY IN, AND THAT PARTICULAR SPREADSHEET HAD THE HOTEL CONVERSION OF CANDLE WITH SUITES AT 80 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE 78 THAT'S IN THE BACKUP MATERIALS.

HOWEVER, I AM REALLY CONFUSED ABOUT HOW IT CHANGED FROM BEING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, TO IT BEING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER SECRETLY TO NOW IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE ELDERS AND YOU DIDN'T USE THAT THOUGHTFULNESS WHEN YOU PUT 171 UNITS NEXT TO COOK ELEMENTARY AT, AT BARROW RUTLAND IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIALS, THAT SPECIFIES THAT THERE'LL BE HEALING ARTS.

IT ALSO MENTIONED SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE TEAM WILL INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT, SERVICE, COORDINATION, LIVING SKILLS, TRAINING, HOUSING, STABILITY, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE WONDERFUL, BUT WHERE ARE YOU THAT THOUGHTFUL IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN? I DON'T THINK SO.

SO MY OPPOSITION IS NOT TO PUTTING THE HOMELESSNESS HOMELESS PROBLEM IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN, BUT IT IS BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT TREATING THESE PROPERTIES EQUITABLY.

AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO SO.

AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU'RE HANDLING THIS WITH KID GLOVES, I THINK OUR ELDERS ARE PROBABLY LEAST LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, BUT THERE ARE SCHOOLS AROUND AT BARROW, JUST LIKE THE OUTCRY ABOUT SCHOOLS BEING NEAR THIS PARTICULAR SITE.

THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

I COULD CITE A WHOLE LOT, BUT JUST BE EQUITABLE MAYOR.

AND PLEASE BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHERE YOU'RE PLACING THESE PROPERTIES.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

THE CONSENT AGENDA IS IN FRONT OF US.

CONSENT IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 40 AND ITEMS 50 THROUGH 52.

YOU NEED TO ADJOURN THE I'M SORRY.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, COLLEAGUES, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO I'M GOING TO ADJOURN.

THE AUSTIN HAS A FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE AT 1 26, NOT A GERMAN.

WE'RE GOING TO RECESS, UH, THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION HERE AT 1 26.

UH, WE WILL COME BACK.

I'M GONNA RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 1 26.

WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.

[Consent Agenda]

AND I'LL GET TO YOU JUST ONE SECOND AS HE HASN'T HEARD KELLY, I SEE YOU A CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, ONE THROUGH 40 ALSO ITEMS, UH, 50 THROUGH 52 AT THIS POINT, THE PULLED ITEMS ARE 39 AND 40 COUNCIL.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

IF WE PASS ITEM 51, WHICH IS THE CANVASING OF THE ELECTION, DOES THAT CAUSE A CHANGE IN, UH, WHO HOLDS THE OFFICE OR DOES THAT CHANGE EFFECTIVE WITH THE SWEARING IN OF THE NEW OFFICE HOLDER NEXT WEEK, THAT CHANGE WILL NOT AFFECT THE MOVE IN THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT WILL BE SWORN IN ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 7TH.

AND THE CHANGE HAPPENS WITH A SWEARING IN CORRECT COUNCIL MEMBER COULD STARWOOD REMAIN IN OFFICE UNTIL MONDAY.

UH, THAT ITEM WILL REMAIN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, UH, IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION CANVASSING AND ACCEPTING THE RETURNS FOR THE JANUARY 25TH, 2022 SPECIAL ELECTION THAT DECLARED JOSE CHEETO ABELLA IN DISTRICT FOUR, UH, AS BEING ELECTED, UH, HE'LL TAKE, UH, OFFICE, UH, MONDAY WITH US WEARING IN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR WILL REMAIN IN HIS POST UNTIL THAT SWEARING IN ALRIGHT, COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT IS BEFORE US COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY AND ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE I HAD PULLED 39 AND 40 FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, ARE THEY OFF THIS VOTING FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA RIGHT NOW? THEY HAVE BEEN PULLED.

UH, JUST TO READ INTO THE RECORD, UH, WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER, UH, 51, UH, THIS IS THE RESOLUTION TO A CANVAS, THE RESULTS OF THE JANUARY 25TH, 2022 SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE VACANCY IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR IN THE SPECIAL ELECTION, THE RETURNS, THE ELECTION SHOW THAT THE DISTRICT FOUR RACE, THERE WERE 349 VOTES FOR AMANDA REYES 33 VOTES FOR, UH, UH, UH, EISSA BALLOONTO 17 VOTES FOR REMEDIES.

THESE TWO, UH, UH, SEPTEMBER A 175 VOTES FOR MELINDA SIARA FOR TWO VOTES FOR JADE LAVERA 497 VOTES FOR MONICA GUZMAN AND 2,141 VOTES FOR JOSE CHEETO VELA WITH JOSE CHEETO, VALLA RECEIVING A MAJORITY OF ALL VOTES CAST FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT FOUR.

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THOSE ARE THE TWO ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON, UM, ITEM 23.

JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT'S FOR, UM, 9% TAX CREDIT, ADAM IN DISTRICT FIVE COBBLESTONE, UH, SENIOR HOUSING ON DAVIS.

I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM, HOW EXCITED I AM TO SEE THAT PROJECT.

UH, THAT'S PART OF DISTRICT FIVE AND SOUTH AUSTIN WHERE, UH, THESE SENIORS WILL BENEFIT.

THERE'LL BE, UM, RIGHT ALONG, UH, ONE OF THE BUS, RAPID TRANSIT LINES FOR PROJECT CONNECT.

AND, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING TO THINK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN, UM, CAN BE PART OF THE ROLE IN STROLLERS, WHICH IS THE, UH, GROUP OF FOLKS WITH RP THAT ARE INVOLVED IN, UM, UH, USING THE BUS SYSTEM AND EDUCATING FOLKS, UH, SENIORS IN PARTICULAR ON HOW TO USE THE BUS SYSTEM.

ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, TO THAT PROJECT BEING DEVELOPED.

UM, RIGHT.

ALICE THEN COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.

I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT MY APPRECIATION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ON ITEMS 30 THROUGH 36.

THESE ARE SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS, AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT ALTHOUGH A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE WERE ABLE TO LOWER THE SPEED LIMITS THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CENTRAL CORE OF THE CITY.

THIS IS THE NEXT PHASE OF ROLLOUTS FOR SPEED LIMITS TO BE LOWERED, UM, IN AND AROUND WHERE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE.

SO I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO IDENTIFY THE NEXT STEPS.

AND IT'S VERY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS TODAY.

THANK YOU, UH, CANCER FIGHT THIS.

AND LIKEWISE ALSO WANT TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, STAFF AND TEAM.

UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WILL ALSO REDUCE IN DISTRICT TWO IN SOUTHEAST, AND WE KNOW THAT THAT SPEED REDUCTION MAKES A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE AND IN FACT, IT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE OF SAVING A LIFE.

AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 17.

I BELIEVE IT IS THE ALLOCATION, UH, FROM OUR PREVIOUS COMMITMENT WITH THE ARPA DOLLARS, UM, THE FEDERAL RESCUE PLAN ACT DOLLARS, UH, TOWARDS CHILDCARE AND, UH, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT ON OUR INVESTMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO STRENGTHENING OUR CHILDCARE SYSTEM.

UH, WE'VE SEEN IT IN DEL VALLEY ISD WHERE OUR FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO DUAL LANGUAGE PRE-K.

UM, AND WE KNOW THAT HAVING THIS TYPE OF A RECOVERY RELIEF DOLLARS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.

AND, UM, IN SOME CASES WE HAVE FAMILIES WHO ARE PAYING MORE FOR CHILDCARE THAN THEY WOULD FOR COLLEGE TUITION.

AND SO HAVING THESE DOLLARS AND INVESTING THESE DOLLARS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WILL GO A LONG WAY AND, AND WILL BE A GAME CHANGER FOR SOME.

AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WE CAN BE DOING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, CHILDCARE WORKERS AND WORKERS WITHIN THE CARE ECONOMY AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY, UH, ARE PAID A LIVABLE WAGE.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK THAT THIS, UH, INVESTMENT THROUGH, I THINK IT'S A $3.5 MILLION INVESTMENT THROUGH UNITED WAY AND THE, UH, SU SUCCESS BY SIX COALITIONS, UM, STRATEGIC EFFORTS, UM, IS AN INCREDIBLE PATHWAY FORWARD FOR US.

AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND TO SEE THESE DOLLARS MOVE FORWARD.

UH, OUR HOPPER MADISON WAS NEXT.

ABOUT RENTERS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE MINDFUL AND THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOMEOWNERS.

UM, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, I MEAN MUCH TO THE POINT OF THE PEOPLE WHO CALLED IN TODAY, THIS IS SO COMPLICATED, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE WE, WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL AND THOUGHTFUL

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UM, A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT, I MEAN, EVEN SOME OF THE CALLERS TODAY, THESE AREN'T BIG DEVELOPERS.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO JUST HAVE ONE, MAYBE TWO RENTAL PROPERTIES.

SO WE KNOW RENTS HAVE JUST EXPLODED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT HALF OF OUR 1 MILLION RESIDENTS LIVE IN RENTAL HOUSEHOLDS.

THAT MEANS THAT NEARLY 500,000 PEOPLE AREN'T LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM OF BUILDING WEALTH BY OWNING A HOME THAT'S THOSE PEOPLE.

SO SOME OF THAT IS MY CHOICE, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE OUR LIMITED HOUSING STOCK AND OUTDATED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ARE PUSHING PRICES WELL BEYOND WORKING EVEN MIDDLE-CLASS RESIDENTS LIKE IN TERMS OF THE LIMIT.

AND SO THERE ARE WAYS THAT I THINK WE CAN COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESS THAT.

I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT.

UH, I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT SOONER THAN LATER, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I REALLY DO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF PROTECTING VULNERABLE RENTERS, WHO ARE FRANKLY, JUST FACING INCREASINGLY FACING THE THREAT OF DISPLACEMENT DUE TO SKYROCKETING HOUSING COSTS.

I LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS IT'S THIS VERY DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR 50 YEARS.

MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET HAS BEEN FOR 52 YEARS, BUT THEN THE NEIGHBOR NEXT TO HER, HE SPENT A MILLION DOLLARS ON HIS HOUSE.

THE THREAT OF DISPLACEMENT BY WAY OF SKY ROCKETING HOUSING COST IS REAL AND I'M WATCHING IT HAPPEN ALL AROUND ME.

AND I HAPPEN TO BE THE PERSON RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

I MEAN, MY COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL Y'ALL KNOW WHAT WE MAKE.

I DON'T MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.

I'M NOT A WEALTHY PERSON.

IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME TO BUY A HOUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I GREW UP.

SO I DID SO, BUT MUCH TO THE DETRIMENT, MY FAMILY, WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS HOUSE THAT SAID, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM AND THESE ITEMS FORWARD.

I THINK FOR ALL THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE IN THE PAST EIGHT YEARS ON BEHALF OF RENTERS.

THEIR NEXT ALLOCATION AND PUT IT TO CHILDCARE TO HELP MATCH THE FUNDS THAT WE'VE PUT ASIDE.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO, LIKE, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DIDN'T CRY WHEN ALL THESE PEOPLE SAID, ALL THOSE LOVELY THINGS ABOUT YOU.

UM, MY SINGULAR HOPE IS THAT ON MY WAY UP, PEOPLE SAY LOVELY THINGS ABOUT ME TOO.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD AND ALL THE REST OF MY COMMENTARY ABOUT YOUR AMAZING WORK AND YOU BEING SUCH A, AN AWESOME COLLEAGUE.

UM, MAYBE I'LL JUST TELL YOU PERSONALLY, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD.

THESE ITEMS RATHER FORWARD, IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND IT REALLY RECOGNIZING LIKE THE DICHOTOMY, RIGHT? IT EVERYBODY'S AN EQUAL IMPORTANCE.

THE RENTERS, THE PEOPLE RENTING IT, THEY'RE ALL OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY, BUT I THINK THE THING THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.

UH, IF WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOUSES, UM, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND I, I HOPE WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU, COUNCILOR HALTER.

GOOD MORNING OR GOOD AFTERNOON, I GUESS FOR HER AFTERNOON TODAY.

UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK, UH, BRIEFLY TO, UM, ITEM 17 AND ITEM 18, WHICH ARE FUNDED FROM ARPA.

UM, AS COMP TWO MEMBER QUINTUS MENTIONED, UM, ITEM 17 IS AN ITEM THAT IS GOING TO HELP TRANSFORM OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD DELIVERY SYSTEM.

IT USES OUR ARPA FUNDING.

THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW UNITED WAY TO MINISTER EMERGENCY CHILDCARE AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, TO SUPPORT OUR PK PARTNERSHIPS, HOME-BASED CHILDCARE, NON-TRADITIONAL CHILDCARE AND OTHER PROGRAMS. I THINK EVERYONE ON THIS DIOCESE WILL AGREE WITH ME.

WHEN I SAY INVESTING IN OUR CHILDREN IS SOMETHING WE IGNORE AT OUR PERIL AND THESE PROGRAMS NOT ONLY HELPED US SECURE THE WELLBEING OF OUR NEXT GENERATION.

THEY ALSO HELP ADVANCE OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, ALLOWING MOTHERS AND PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORKFORCE.

I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES UNITED WAY AND OUR STAFF AND OUR CHILDCARE PROVIDERS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND HELPING BRING THESE INVESTMENTS TO FRUITION.

I DO HOPE THAT THE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS FROM THEIR ARPA FUNDS AS THEY MAKE

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NEXT.

I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT, UM, CAPITAL IDEA NUMBER 18.

UM, WE DISCUSSED THIS A LITTLE BIT IN THE COMMENTARY.

UM, THIS IS A RP SPENDING, UM, VENICE GOING TO HELP CAPITAL IDEA TO TRAIN, UM, NURSES.

UM, CAPITAL IDEA HAS A FABULOUS TRACK RECORD OF HELPING ADULTS GAIN THE SKILLS AND TRAINING.

THEY NEED TO OBTAIN JOBS THAT PAY A LIVING WAGE WITH BENEFITS AND LONG TERM CAREER PATHS.

THESE ARE ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS IN HUMAN CAPITAL THAT WILL HELP AUSTIN GROW AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROSPERITY IS A SHARED PROSPERITY.

UM, AS WE MENTIONED DURING THE DISCUSSION, I WANT TO SEE THAT THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGES IS TAKING SERIOUSLY THE NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR CAPACITY TO PROVIDE MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUSTINITES.

I KNOW THIS IS A LONG-STANDING CHALLENGE, UM, BUT I WANTED TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER, UM, TO BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION AND TO ENCOURAGE ACC, TO TAKE THOSE STEPS.

UM, AND LASTLY, ON THIS ITEM, I WANT TO THANK STEVE JACOBS FOR HIS DECADES OF LEADERSHIP AT CAPITOL IDEA, AS THE FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UM, WE ALL DO WORK TO PLANT TREES BAIT.

WE WILL NEVER ENJOY, BUT WILL BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND STEVE, YOUR WORK HAS TRANSFORMED THE LIVES OF MANY, AND I'M PROUD TO HAVE WORKED ALONGSIDE YOU IN THAT WORK.

AND I WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR RETIREMENT FROM CAPITAL IDEA.

UM, AND THEN FINALLY RELATED TO ITEM 51, I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATE CHIEF AVAILA ON HIS VICTORY, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE CANDIDATES WHO RAN IT TAKES GUTS TO RUN FOR OFFICE.

UM, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THAT RISK.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK GREG FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO UPLIFT THOSE WHOSE VOICES NEED AMPLIFYING.

I ADMIRE YOUR FOCUS AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, TO ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES AND CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO.

I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR NEXT ADVENTURES.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU WHEREVER YOU LAND.

IN, IN THAT, UH, FORMATIONAL YEARS.

UM, I WOULD, UH, ALSO JUST QUICKLY WANT TO, TO, TO REAFFIRM, UH, SOMETHING THAT COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SAID.

I REMEMBER 17 CHILDCARE BECAME ONE OF THE PRIORITY ITEMS AS WE WERE NARROWING DOWN WHAT WE WOULD SPEND OUR ARPA DOLLARS ON ABSOLUTELY KEY.

AS WE SEE WITH, UH, TRAINING ABSOLUTELY KEY.

AS WE SEE WITH THE DISPARITIES WE SAW IN THE PANDEMIC, I HAD AN 18, UH, CAPITAL IDEA FOR NURSING EDUCATION, THE CHOKE POINT, REALLY IN OUR CITY, AS WE WENT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC JUST SHOWED IN, IN GREAT RELIEF, PROBABLY THIS ISSUE MORE THAN ANY OTHER, UH, THE, WHERE WE HAVE VULNERABILITIES AND UNMET NEEDS.

AND, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO WEATHER, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, EMERGENCIES OR STRESSES IN THE FUTURE, UNLESS WE CAN INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF NURSING IN OUR CITY.

NOW THERE'VE BEEN SOME RESOLUTIONS TO, TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THOSE CHOKE POINTS ARE WITH RESPECT TO, UH, UH, PRACTICE AREAS AND, AND THE, LIKE THE INTERNSHIPS OR APPRENTICESHIPS OR WHATEVER IT IS.

I APPRECIATE THIS.

I WOULD HAVE HAD MY THANKS TO STEVE JACOBS FOR HIS WORK THROUGH THE YEARS ON THIS AND, AND, UH, REALLY PROVIDING A NEED THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MET IN THIS CITY, BUT FOR HIS WORK ALSO FOR BEING OPEN AND LETTING THE PROGRAM EVOLVE AS THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UH, NEEDS IN OUR CITIES, UH, TRANSITIONED AND, AND, AND MOVED.

UH, THE FACT THAT YOU'VE HAD SUCH SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL THROUGH THE YEARS, IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO NOT ONLY THE MISSION OF CAPITAL IDEA, BUT THE WORK THAT, THAT YOU PERSONALLY HAVE DONE ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE 9% PROJECTS ON OUR, UH, AGENDA.

UH, UM, THE FACT THAT IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY ONLY ACTUALLY GET ONE OR SO APPROVED AT THE STATE LEVEL WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY DESERVING, REAFFIRMS THE, UH, STRATEGY OF, OF CREATING A ADDITIONAL ENTITY, UH, THAT MIGHT ALSO BE ABLE TO COMPETE, BUT I'M HAPPY THAT WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE PROJECTS.

UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD.

UH, AND, AND, AND ALSO ADD MY, THANKS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR, UH, FOR, UH, HIS TIME ON THE COUNCIL, UH, CSR, UH, YOU WERE A FOUNDATIONAL MEMBER OF THE TEN ONE COUNCIL, UH, IN THE CITY.

AND OVER HALF OF US, UH, STARTED AT THE, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, UH, TOGETHER.

UH, AND I THINK EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL NOW HAS PARTICIPATED

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UH, THIS WAS A COUNCIL THAT WAS IMAGINED AS THE COUNCIL OF CHANGE AND OF EQUITY AND OF ACCESS OF NEW VOICES AT THE TABLE.

AND YOU HELPED FULFILL THAT POTENTIAL AND THAT PROMISE, UH, UH, TOGETHER WITH, UH, UH, UH, YOUR COLLEAGUES ON THIS COUNCIL AND JUST AN ABSOLUTELY GRAND WAY.

AND I WAS LOOKING BACK AT THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WERE ACCOMPLISHED BY THIS COUNCIL, UH, AND THERE LIKE WAY TOO MANY TO, TO, TO MENTION THEM ALL.

I WAS ALSO IMPOSSIBLE TO PULL OUT THOSE THINGS THAT WERE JUST YOU, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY FEW THINGS THAT WERE JUST YOU, THERE ARE VERY FEW THINGS THAT THIS COUNCIL DOES THAT ARE JUST THE PERSON WHO SERVES AS THE, UH, THE, THE LEAD AUTHOR OR SPONSOR, AND THE PUBLIC DOESN'T OFTEN SEE THE KIND OF HORSE TRADING AND, AND COMMUNAL EFFORT, UH, INVOLVED IN, IN GETTING THINGS PASSED.

UH, BUT YOUR FINGERPRINTS LARGE AND LARGER ON, ON, ON, ON MANY OF THE ITEMS. I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST CAME IN, WE WERE DEALING WITH THE, UH, UH, AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A CONTRACT THAT COULDN'T SEEM TO GET, UH, APPROVED A DIFFICULT ISSUE, UH, THAT NO ONE REALLY KNEW HOW TO GET A HANDLE OF, AND THIS COUNCIL HAS STEPPED INTO THIS TEN ONE COUNCIL, UH, AND YOU WERE SIGNIFICANTLY INVOLVED, STEPPED INTO, UH, THAT MOMENT.

WE WERE DEALING WITH A, UH, UH, UH, FEDERAL, UH, GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT BASED ON, UH, A, UH, UH, VINDICATED CLAIM OF, OF, OF, OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND HIRING PRACTICES.

UM, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE PAST THAT STALL, THAT CONTRACT CENTER AT, ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND DELIVERING IT FOR A COMMUNITY AND ALSO EQUITY.

WHAT I LOOK BACK THOUGH.

I MEAN, THERE WERE JUST SO MANY THINGS THAT THE CITY MINIMUM WAGE MOVING UP TO $15, WHICH EXTENDED THE WORK THAT YOU DID WITH, UH, WITH THE HOTEL WORK AS AN ORGANIZER, EXTENDING THAT TO NOT ONLY CITY EMPLOYEES, BUT THOSE THAT WERE WORKING FOR THE CITY AS, UM, AS CONTRACTORS, UH, EXPANDING THAT THIS COUNCIL TO PROVIDE INSURANCE, UH, FOR ALL CITY WORKERS.

UM, AND, AND, AND, UH, NOT ONLY PROVIDING FOR OUR CITY WORKERS, BUT MAKING THE STAB TO TRY AND GET THAT FOR ALL WORKERS IN OUR CITY, THROUGH THE PAID SICK LEAVE, UH, EFFORT, WHICH WAS GROUNDBREAKING.

UH, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS GOTTEN HELD UP HERE WITH, UH, WITH THE COURTS, BUT WHAT WE DID AS A COUNCIL LED OTHER CITIES TO TAKE SIMILAR ACTION IN SAN ANTONIO AND IN DALLAS.

AND THAT'S HOW REAL CHANGE HAPPENS.

AND THE LESSON WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE PANDEMIC.

I THINK LOOKING AT THAT AS THE, OF JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED, IF WE HAD ENTERED INTO THIS PANDEMIC WITH EVERYBODY HAVING, UH, ACCESS TO INSURANCE AND THE PROTECTION THAT THAT WOULD PROVIDE THE FAIR CHANCE HAIR HIRING WORK, UH, EXTENDING THAT A FAIR CHANCE HOUSING, UH, SO THAT, UH, EVERYBODY IN OUR CITY, UH, GETS, GETS JUDGED ON WHAT'S RELEVANT, UH, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THE WORKFORCE FOR, FOR REASONS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE MAKING YOUR WHOLE COMMUNITY, UH, HEALTHIER, UH, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF, LOT OF CONSTERNATION WITH THE WORK ON CODE NEXT.

AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THAT AS A GROUP TRYING TO WORK OUR WAY FORWARD.

UH, BUT EVEN OUTSIDE OF THAT, UH, EFFORTS, THIS COUNCIL, UH, THAT AGAIN, UH, YOU HAD A SIGNIFICANT HAND IN EXPANDING THE USE OF 80 USE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THE UNFOLD AFFORDABILITY ON LOCKED, UH, TO, TO ENABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE ACHIEVED IN AREAS IS SOMETHING WHICH HAS BEEN PHENOMENALLY SUCCESSFUL, THE WORK ON JOBS IN LABOR, THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS THAT, UH, COUNCIL BROUGHT FORWARD AND THAT YOU HELP CHAMPION THE LABOR PEACE AGREEMENTS, UH, THAT HAVE SERVED AS A, AS A MODEL IN CITY FACILITIES, UH, AND THEN TRYING TO EXPAND THEM THROUGH THE INFLUENCE AND POWER WE HAVE TO, TO OTHER PLACES IN THIS CITY, UH, TRANSFORMATIONAL WORK ON THE ENVIRONMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD AND REALLY, UM, UH, EXTENDING THE, AND GRADING, ADDING EVEN GREATER URGENCY TO THE COMMUNITY CLIMATE PLAN, TURNING IT INTO A CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, THE EFFORTS ON LOW COST, LOW INCOME SOLAR, AND TRYING TO BRING THOSE BENEFITS TO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, THE AUSTIN ENERGY RATE CASE.

WE WENT THROUGH THAT REAL CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THAT WE COULD BE FORWARD LOOKING ON HOW WE DID CLIMATE AND STILL IN A WAY THAT COULD REDUCE, UH, UTILITY BILLS FOR PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

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UH, THE FOCUS ON EQUITY, I THINK, HAS BEEN JUST PHENOMENAL WITH THIS COUNCIL, UM, UH, RELATIVE TO ANY OTHER POINT IN TIME, CREATING THE EQUITY OFFICE, THE EQUITY TOOL, THE CIVIL RIGHTS OFFICE, CORRECTING INJUSTICES.

WE SAW THEM LIKE THE MISTAKE ON THE LAKE LAG LANGUAGE ACCESS, THE SPIRIT OF EAST AUSTIN DONE IN 20 15, 16, THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE ON INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES.

YOU HAVE BEEN A LOUD VOICE AND A PROPONENT.

AND I, AND I COUNCIL THAT HAS COLLECTIVELY WORK TO REALLY MOVE THAT FORWARD.

I REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE ALL CAME INTO OFFICE, THERE WAS STILL CONFEDERATE FLAGS BEING WAVED AT OUR VETERANS DAY PARADE, UH, IN THE CITY, SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN NOTICED AND SPOKEN ABOUT, BUT, BUT THERE HADN'T BEEN AN INABILITY TO MOVE PAST THAT AND CHANGE THAT, UH, UNTIL THIS TEN ONE COUNCIL CAME IN, YOU WERE A BIG PART OF THAT.

AND, AND THE RENAMING EFFORTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONFEDERACY.

WE DID SOME GREAT THINGS, UH, UH, ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM.

UH, YOU TOOK A LEAD TOGETHER WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL ON WOMEN'S WELFARE AND HEALTHCARE, UM, ON, ON ABORTION ACCESS, UH, PLANNED PARENTHOOD WILL WE'LL SOON BE MOVING FORWARD ON THE REMODEL ON A BUILDING THAT THEY HAVE FROM THE CITY ON A 40 YEAR LEASE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE, THE, THE HEALTHCARE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE CONTINUE, UH, WE, WE FUNDED FROM, FROM CITY FUNDING ACCESS, HELPING TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO ABORTIONS, EVEN WHEN WE COULD NO LONGER DIRECT FUND.

THEN WE MOVED FORWARD ON THINGS LIKE SURGERIES ON INTERSEX, CHILDREN ON VOTING RIGHTS.

I THINK SOME OF THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGES ON HOUSING, UH, THE 2018 BOND AT $250 MILLION.

WHEN, WHEN, PRIOR TO THAT POINT, WE WERE LOCKED IN DEBATES ON WHETHER 60 MILLION OR 80 MILLION WAS AS FAR AS WE COULD GO.

BUT THE TIE OF THAT $250 MILLION, THEN SHOWING UP AGAIN, $300 MILLION IN THE BOND ELECTION WITH PROJECT CONNECT.

AND THE LINK BETWEEN THAT PROJECT CONNECT 300 MILLION, BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO STAY WITHIN WHAT WE COULD DO FOR THE TRE THE MOVEMENT BY THIS COUNCIL TO SEPARATE FROM THAT TRE THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ELEMENTS, SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GO TO $300 MILLION FOR THE DISPLACEMENT ISSUE IS A TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE THAT, THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OTHER CITY DO THEIR WORK, PRESERVING MOBILE HOME PARKS AND TENANT PROTECTIONS.

THE EXPANSION OF THE HOUSING TRUST FUND, THE, THE, THE MOVEMENT TO TAKE PROPERTY TAX FROM FORMERLY PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTY, SO THAT WE SO THAT WE INSTITUTIONALLY FUND THAT, THAT TRUST.

AND THEN THE WORK ON HOMELESSNESS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN WHAT, 2016 AND THE YEARS AROUND THAT WE, WE GAVE OUT 18,000 TICKETS TO PEOPLE WHO WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE CAUSING A PUBLIC HEALTH, OR IS NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEY WERE CAUSING, UH, A SAFETY RISK, BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE WRONG PLACE AND DIDN'T HAVE A HOME THAT WAS JUST WRONG TO PUT PEOPLE IN JAIL OR GIVE THEM TICKETS FOR THAT.

AND, UH, YOU WERE PART OF AND HELPED LEAD A COUNCIL THAT MOVED PAST THAT.

AND I KNOW IT WAS DISRUPTIVE CHANGE, AND I PERSONALLY BELIEVE WE COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB OF MANAGING PUBLIC SPACES, BUT THAT ACTION HAS LED US TO THE SUMMIT AND THE RAISE OF 400 OF THE $500 MILLION TO BECOME THE FIRST CITY, OUR SIZE TO ACTUALLY REACH NET EFFECTIVE, ZERO SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN INVOLVED IN TRANSPORTATION.

WHEN WE CAME INTO OFFICE, MIGHT'VE BEEN THE MOST POPULAR THING ON POLLING.

THE PEOPLE WANTED US TO WORK ON IN 2016, WE DID UP ON THAT WAS A GREATER AMOUNT THAN THE CITY HAD DONE ON BONDING AND TRANSPORTATION IN THE PRIOR 20 YEARS CUMULATIVELY.

AND THE THING THAT'S REMARKABLE ABOUT THE 2016 BOND IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST SEVEN YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL, AND THAT'S A SMALL NUMBER RELATIVE TO THE ADVANCES IN A TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE THAT WE HAVE MADE IN TRANSPORTATION, THE 2018 BOND, THE 2020 BOND WITH PROJECT CONNECT, UH, WITH PROPOSITION B ON ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.

THEY ADVANCES RIGHT NOW ON I 35 AND THE CAPPING AND STITCHING OF THAT PROJECT, THE $4 BILLION PROJECT NOW UNDERWAY TO DOUBLE THE SIZE AND CAPACITY OF THE AIRPORT, UH, IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T NOTICE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DIVIDED INTO A LOT OF SMALL PROJECTS, BUT IT IS THE

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TRANSFORMATION OF THE AUSTIN AIRPORT, UH, THROUGH THOSE PROJECTS THAT, THAT REPRESENTS THAT TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.

THERE HAS BEEN MORE FUNDING FOR MUSIC AND ART AND CULTURAL SUPPORT WITH THIS COUNCIL, MUCH OF IT, UH, WORK.

HE LED IN ALL OF IT.

YOU PARTICIPATED IN, UH, THE MUSIC OMNIBUS BILL, THE TRUST, THE FUND, UNPRECEDENTED ALLOCATIONS, UH, A LOT OF TIME SPENT ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE JUVENILE CURFEW ISSUE, UH, RESISTED BY, BY, BY SOME, IN, IN LAW ENFORCEMENT LATER RECOGNIZED TO BE THE RIGHT DECISION, RECOGNIZING THE RACIAL DISPARITIES THAT EXIST.

NOT ONLY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE, BUT ALSO FEEL SAFE, THE WORK ON DISCRETIONARY ARREST TO DEAL WITH THOSE DISPARITIES, THE MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION, TO DEAL WITH THOSE DISPARITIES, YOUR WORK, AND THE COUNCIL'S WORK ON THE FAMILY VIOLENCE SHELTER, THE SOBRIETY CENTER, THE WORK ON SEXUAL ASSAULT ON, ON CATCHING UP ON THE, ON THE RAPE KIT, UH, WORK THE WORK ON GUN VIOLENCE AND ALL THAT OUTSIDE OF THE WORK TO RE-IMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY.

AS WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET, MUCH OF A FREE COMING BEFORE THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

BUT TO PUT INTO CONTEXT, THE WORK THAT THIS COUNCIL DID ON PUBLIC SAFETY, THE POLICING WORK, THE TRAINING FOR THAT.

AND RETHINKING TRAINING BEGAN IN 2016 WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH THE TRANSGENDER ISSUES AND CHANGING HOW WE TRAIN THE OFFICERS IN THIS CITY AND THE WORK SINCE THEN THE CONTINUATION AND DEEPENING OF THAT EFFORT, THE WORK ON OVERSIGHT, THE WORK FOR IMMIGRANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY USING CITY FUNDS TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES.

ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY TO DO THAT, RECOGNIZING THAT THEY TOO ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND OUR NEIGHBORS, THE FACT THAT THE RISE FUNDING, WHICH WAS AVAILABLE DURING THE PANDEMIC TO HELP PEOPLE WENT TO EVERY RESIDENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST, UH, A SUBSET OF THAT GROUP, WHICH SPEAKS TO THE PANDEMIC AND THE WORK THAT YOU AND OTHERS PUSHED ON THE DISPARITIES WE SAW IN TESTING AND ON, ON TREATMENT ON HEALTH OUTCOMES, RECOGNIZING THAT THE WORK WHILE NOT PERFECT WAS, WAS ALWAYS BEFORE US AND ALWAYS A HIGH PRIORITY.

THE FACT THAT THE MORTALITY RATE IN THIS CITY IS LESS THAN HALF OF THE STATE AVERAGE, LESS THAN HALF OF THE STATE'S MORTALITY RATE.

THERE HAVE BEEN ALMOST 90,000 TEXANS THAT HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF THIS PANDEMIC.

IF THE MORTALITY RATE IN THIS STATE WAS IN THE SAME AS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, OVER 45,000 TEXANS WOULD STILL BE ALIVE, BUT THE WORK FOR RENT AND THE RELIEF IN BUSINESS RELIEF, NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL USED TO MEET UNTIL 10, 11, 12, 1 O'CLOCK OR TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THE MANAGER AND STAFF AND OTHERS ON ALL OF THESE THINGS, BUT CERTAINLY THAT ISSUE TO CHANGE HOW IT IS THAT WE DO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT GOD'S AMERICANS ARE.

I THINK THAT, THAT I PROBABLY WILL REMEMBER YOUR TIME ON THE COUNCIL OF MOST, IN THE FACES OF THE NEW PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THIS COUNCIL AND SPOKE ON ISSUES.

IT WAS OPENING UP THIS HALL, THIS CHAMBER TO PEOPLE THAT NEVER BEFORE FELT LIKE THEY BELONGED, NEVER BEFORE FELT LIKE THEY COULD HAVE INFLUENCE ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING HERE.

YOU'VE CREATED A WHOLE GENERATION OR TWO OR THREE.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHO IT WAS, THERE WERE SHOWING UP THAT BELIEVED THAT THEY CAN COME INTO THIS PLACE AND NOT ONLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK, BUT COME INTO IT WITH THE BELIEF THAT THEY CAN AFFECT CHANGE, THAT WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.

IF THEY CAN MAKE THE ARGUMENTS AND FIND THE MOMENTS THAT THEY CAN CHANGE, WHAT HAPPENS, UH, IN THIS CITY THAT IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE GIFT, NOT ONLY TO THOSE PEOPLE AND THIS COMMUNITY, THOSE COMMUNITIES, BUT TO OUR CITY, GENERALLY, THAT WAS THE PROMISE AND THE POTENTIAL OF THE TEN ONE COUNCIL, UH, ON WHICH, ON WHICH YOU, YOU SERVED, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES THAT CALL FOR A STEADY NONCONTROVERSIAL CARETAKING COUNCIL.

I DO NOT MEAN THAT IN A PEJORATIVE SENSE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE ARE TIMES FOR THAT.

AND THEY WOULD INCLUDE TIMES PERHAPS LIKE WHEN THERE'S A RECESSION AND WE'RE ALL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT IS.

WE GET PAST THESE MOMENTS AND THESE TIMES, BUT IN TIMES WHEN THERE ARE RESOURCES, WHEN THERE IS OPPORTUNITY AND I BELIEVE COUNCILS HAVE THE CHANCE TO

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DO MORE, IT IS IN THOSE MOMENTS, THE GIFT OF THOSE MOMENTS THAT A COUNCIL HAS THE CHANCE TO MAKE REAL CHANGES IN EQUITY AND INJUSTICE.

I ALSO BELIEVE THAT REQUIRES DISRUPTIVE ACTION, INCREMENTAL CHANGE, FAVORS THE PRESERVATION OF THE STATUS QUO, UH, AND ALL TOO OFTEN AT BEST, WE'LL JUST NIBBLE AROUND THE EDGES OF ACTUALLY DELIVERING REAL EQUITY AND REAL JUSTICE.

IN YOUR TIME ON THE COUNCIL, WE DID NOT NIPPLE BIG, BOLD, TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE.

YOU PARTICIPATED, YOU HELPED LEAD.

YOU DID NOT DO THIS ALONE.

MANY OF THE THINGS THAT I LISTED AS I WAS GOING THROUGH, THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL DID WERE THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T SPONSOR, AND YOU DIDN'T TAKE THAT HEAVY OR ON MANY OF THEM, OBVIOUSLY YOU DID.

THIS IS A GROUP EFFORT, AND CLEARLY YOU HELPED CREATE THE TONE, THE URGENCY, THE ACCOUNTABILITY, THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE AND FIND PATHS FORWARD THE REASONABLENESS THAT CONSTRUCTIVENESS, WHICH WITH WHICH YOU APPROACHED, WHAT YOU APPROACHED, MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WERE DONE ON THIS COUNCIL WILL BE THINGS THAT I'M NOT SURE THE PUBLIC WILL EVER SEE OR REALIZE AS THEY GET LOST IN THE MEMES AND THE THEMES OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

BUT YOU DID THOSE THINGS.

THIS COMMUNITY WILL MISS YOU ON THIS COUNCIL.

AND I WILL PERSONALLY MISS YOU ON THIS COUNCIL.

SORRY.

THAT'S REMEMBER KELLY, THANK YOU.

IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO FOLLOW YOUR SENTIMENTS MAYOR, BUT I WANTED TO ALSO SAY GOODBYE TO COUNCIL MEMBER.

COSAR.

I WANTED TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY IS A DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT COUNCIL CAUSE OUR, YOU KNOW, IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU AND I ARE ON TOTALLY DIFFERENT SIDES OF OUR POLITICAL SPECTRUM, BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES A CITY AND OUR COUNTRY A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE.

I APPRECIATED BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU IN A PROFESSIONAL WAY.

THE FACT THAT I COULD WALK BY YOU IN THE HALLWAY AND ASK HELLO AND GET A KIND REPLY AND RESPONSE.

YOU ONLY VISITED ME IN MY OFFICE ONE TIME DURING MY TIME ON COUNCIL, BUT I AM GLAD YOU STOPPED BY.

I APPRECIATE THAT NONE OF OUR DISAGREEMENTS TURNED INTO KNOCKED DOWN, DRAG OUT FIGHTS, BUT INSTEAD THEY WERE DONE IN A WAY THAT SHOULD BE EMULATED THROUGH OUR POLITICAL PROCESS IN A THOUGHTFUL MANNER MANNER.

THAT RAISES ISSUES THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN RAISED BEFORE.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT KINDNESS THAT YOU SHOWED ME WHEN I WAS NEW, DESPITE OUR DISAGREEMENTS ON POLICY COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR, I WISH YOU THE BEST.

I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

I GUESS WHERE WE'RE AT ELLIS.

THANK YOU, MARY.

AND YOU, YOU SAID IT SO ELOQUENTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M REALLY GONNA MISS GREG AND I, WHEN WE FIRST GOT ON BOARD, UH, THROUGH GUEST LEADERSHIP, WE WERE ABLE TO NOT ONLY HELP PASS THE HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION ACT, THAT, THAT WE, UH, ARE AMAZING.

I MEAN, HOW'S IT, WE GOT OUT OF THAT, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS COMMITMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL DISTRICT HAS, UH, LOW INCOME WORKFORCE HOUSING BEING BUILT.

AND AS I LOOK AT THROUGH TODAY'S AGENDA, WE'RE ALL THESE TAX CREDIT, 9% OF TAX CREDIT, NOT ONE, BUT THE FIRST TIME, NO ONE OF THEM ARE IN MY, IN MY IMMEDIATE DISTRICT WHERE HERE IN EAST AUSTIN.

AND THERE ARE SEVEN ON DISTRICT ONE AND OVER THERE, AND TWO, BUT ALSO IT'S THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

IT'S, THERE'S ONE IN DISTRICT SIX THERE'S, THERE'S JUST, I MEAN, THIS IS THE, UH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UH, UH, GO THAT I HAD IS TO DIVERSIFY ALL THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN WEST OF 35 AND MAKE SURE THAT THIRD ONE EAST DISTRICT WHERE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE LOW INCOME PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE.

I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THAT WEST HOSTAGE IS NOT JUST ALL RICH PEOPLE.

AND, AND THROUGH, UH, GREG'S LEADERSHIP, WE WERE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THOSE AND BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS AND DIVERSIFY IT ALL THROUGH THE CITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR HELP AND LEADERSHIP, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN MY PASSION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE HOUSING, AND TO WORK WITH THE HOMELESS.

SO I REALLY AM GOING TO MISS YOU, YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE ON THE HOUSE AND HAD COMPLETED MY GOAL, YOU KNOW, AND FULFILL MY GOAL OF BUILDING AS MANY UNITS AS, AS POSSIBLE.

AND THROUGH YOUR WORK AND HARD WORK THAT YOU DID ON A HOUSING BOND, IT WAS JUST

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AMAZING.

YOU WERE OUT THERE IN EVERY LOCATION AND, AND WITH PRESS CONFERENCE AND PUSHING IT, PUSHING IT.

AND ONCE YOU'RE YOUR LEADERSHIP, WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THESE KIND OF BONDS OR HOW'S IT GOING? SO THANK YOU, PAUL, ARE YOU DONE? AND I'M GOING TO REALLY MISS YOU THERE.

CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU WERE A REAL LEADER AND CHAMPION WHEN IT CAME TO THAT.

UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY YOU HAVE MADE OUR COMMUNITY HAVE CONVERSATIONS.

IT MAY HAVE NOT WANTED TO HAVE.

IT'S BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT EVEN WHEN PEOPLE AGREE OR DISAGREE THAT YOU HAVE MADE US IDENTIFY WHERE OUR VALUES ARE AS A CITY AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BUDGET THAT.

BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT THAT EVERY YEAR THAT OUR BUDGET IS A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT REPRESENTS OUR VALUES AS A CITY.

AND SOMETIMES WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS MAYBE BEFORE PEOPLE ARE READY TO, AND SOMETIMES IN SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE SAY THE CONVERSATION DIDN'T HAPPEN SOON ENOUGH, BUT I KNOW EITHER WAY, A LOT OF THE WORK YOU'VE DONE HAS BEEN INDIVIDUALS FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL LIKE THEY WANT TO COME DOWN TO CITY HALL AND THEY WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEMS, OR THEY WANT TO SPEAK AGAINST AN ITEM, BUT REGARDLESS IT GOT PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY IS BETTER AND STRONGER FOR YOUR WORK.

SO THANK YOU.

BUT THIS ISN'T THE LAST YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM US.

I'M SURE.

COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS.

THANKS.

I, UH, THANKS MAYOR.

AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR FOR HIS SERVICE AND, AND TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CONGRATULATE IN COMING COUNCIL MEMBER, BELLA ON HIS VICTORY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE COMING YEARS, AND I WANT TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER'S COMMENTS AND THANKING ALL OF THOSE WHO RAN FOR THE DISTRICT FOUR SEAT.

IT DOES TAKE COURAGE TO RUN FOR OFFICE.

IT'S NOT A, NOT AN EASY LIFT AT ALL.

I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO CONTINUE TO STAY ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT REALLY MAKES US A BETTER PLACE.

THANKS FOR THIS.

UM, I DEFINITELY WON'T BE SAYING GOODBYE TO CONTROVERT CASSANDRA, BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING HE'LL BE, UH, I'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH HIM ON MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR SOUTH EAST AUSTIN RESIDENTS VERY SOON, UH, WHEN HE, UH, GOES TO CONGRESS, UH, BUT ALSO JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY GRATITUDE FOR HIS, UM, HIS WELCOMING AND SERVICE THAT HE HAS PROVIDED TO ME, NOT ONLY AS A FRESHMEN COLLEAGUE, UH, BUT TO OUR COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE BEEN A STRONG PROGRESSIVE LEADER, UH, AND YOUR LEGACY ON THE DAY IS ON AND ON AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL WILL BE FELT FOR, FOR DECADES.

NO DOUBT.

AND JUST KNOWING ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE, THAT YOU'VE SET IN MOTION FOR AUSTINITES ON REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, ON HOUSING, ON ECONOMIC JUSTICE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.

I MEAN, THE MAYOR DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB, JUST LAYING IT ALL OUT.

UM, AND CERTAINLY, UH, WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST ON, ON YOUR NEW JOURNEY AND, UH, AND, AND SHARE OUR GRATITUDE FOR EVERYTHING THAT, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR AUSTIN.

FORWARD IS VERY HARD TO RUN FOR OFFICE, AND IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED WHEN PEOPLE PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE.

THANK YOU AS OUR KITCHEN.

THERE THERE'S A LOT THAT I COULD SAY, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON ONE THING AND THAT IS THERE.

THERE IS, UH, UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE IS A ROLE THAT PEOPLE PLAY, UM, TO MAKE CHANGE.

AND I WANT TO THANK AND CONGRATULATE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE ROLE THAT HE PLAYED.

HE IS A PERSON WHO PUSHES THE COMMUNITY AND PUSHES US TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT.

AND, UM, AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, I WANT TO SEE YOU GREG SHAKING THINGS UP IN DC BECAUSE THAT JUST SO DESPERATELY NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, UM, ON THIS COUNCIL ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, UH, IN TERMS OF THE FOUNDATIONAL CHANGE THAT TEN ONE HAS MADE.

I THINK THAT, UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I WILL SAY THIS WITH THAT WITHOUT MEANING ANY DISRESPECT TO PREVIOUS COUNCILS, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS APPROACHED THINGS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENTLY.

AND I THINK THAT, UM, THAT THE, UM, APPROACH FROM REPRESENTING AND LISTENING TO PEOPLE, I THINK GREG, THAT YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB, A VERY, UH, VERY GOOD EXAMPLE AND EPITOME OF, OF HOW WE NEED TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT WORK.

I ALSO WANT TO, UH, CONGRATULATE, UM, MR. BAYLOR FOR JOINING US FOR JOINING US.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM AND I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO RAN AND DISTRICT

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SO, UM, AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR RUNNING THROUGH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE AS A COUNCIL.

IT MAKES ME THINK ABOUT, UH, IT MAKES ME THINK ABOUT THE FIRST TIME WE ALL GATHERED.

WE WERE SWORN IN AND I, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T MEAN TO DWELL ON THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ABOUT HALF OF US WERE THERE AND WE WEREN'T ALL THERE AND YOU'RE ALL TOGETHER AS A TEAM NOW, BUT, UM, IT'S VERY, IT'S, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, I GUESS.

SO THANK YOU, GREG.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL BE MISSED, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING FAR AND WE WON'T LET YOU GO FAR AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU SHAKING UP DC.

STICK TO THAT GOAL AND I'VE SEEN IT, UM, SO OFTEN EVEN IN THESE REALLY HARD YEARS WHERE, UM, WE ARE, WHEN WE ALL ARE FOCUSED ON WHO THAT PERSON IS, THAT IS STRUGGLING, STRUGGLING, WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE, WHO ARE SUFFERING AND HOW IT IS, WE CAN MAKE OUR DEMOCRACY WORK FOR THEM AND HEAR THEM THAT WE DO INCREDIBLE THINGS AND, AND DO INCREDIBLE WORK.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA THANKS VERY MUCH.

UM, THANKS MAYOR FOR CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CELEBRATE OUR COLLEAGUE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CASSARA.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

UH, MY COLLEAGUES TODAY, I'VE REALLY TALKED ABOUT YOUR WORK ON THE TEN ONE COUNCIL, AND THERE'S TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF GREAT WORK TO TALK ABOUT.

UM, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU DID BEFORE YOU GOT ON, ON COUNCIL.

UM, ONE OF MY FIRST, I THINK THE FIRST TIME I MET YOU, IT WAS THROUGH THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES WORK THAT WE WERE DOING.

AND YOU WERE, YOU WERE, UH, ONE OF THE LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE THAT SMALL WORK GROUP OF CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO REVISE THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HERE, THE CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS LOTS OF PUSHBACK AND THE COMMUNITY, THERE ARE, UM, THERE WAS PUSHBACK ON COUNCIL, UM, BUT YOU REALLY ILLUSTRATED AND DEMONSTRATED THE KINDS OF SKILLS THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN SO VISIBLE.

UM, IN YOUR ROLE ON COUNCIL, IT WAS THE WORK THAT YOU DID AS A COMMUNITY LEADER, AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, BRINGING IN THOSE VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE MOST IMPACTED, UM, BY, BY THE PROVISIONS, UM, THAT, THAT WERE ABLE TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

AND THE LABOR PROVISIONS, THE REALLY IMPORTANT LABOR PROVISIONS THAT BECAME PART OF THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES PROGRAM, UM, THAT WAS REALLY DO, UH, THE SUPPORTIVE THAT REALLY DEPENDED ON THAT COLLABORATION WITH WORKER'S DEFENSE, WHICH YOU WERE A LEADER IN AT THE TIME.

AND SO THANK YOU.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UM, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF BRINGING IN THE COMMUNITY AND HELPING, HELPING, UH, DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT THEY HAVE IN GUIDING AND SHAPING POLICY AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO THE COUNCIL ON POLICY DECISIONS AND OPENING UP THOSE DOORS, CONTINUING TO OPEN UP THOSE DOORS TO CITY HALL AND TO CITY GOVERNMENT IS CRITICAL.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR PASSION, FOR THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR REALLY YOUR, THE, UH, THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON BEHALF OF WORKING FAMILIES AND LABOR, UM, AND FOR REALLY ADVOCATING FOR THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE OUR MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I WISH YOU CERTAINLY THE BEST OF LUCK AND, UH, ON YOUR NEXT ADVENTURES.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

THEY, UM, I DON'T WANT TO FORCE HIM TO SPEAK IF HE WANTS TO RAISE HIS HAND AND I'LL, I'LL CALL ON HIM.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER COZAAR.

I WASN'T, UH, I WASN'T EXPECTING TO SAY BYE SO EARLY IN THE MEETING.

UH, SO I'LL JUST, UH, BUT, UH, LATER, IF YOU'D RATHER KNOW IT'S, IT'S, IT'S OKAY.

YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK IT WILL BE BETTER THIS WAY.

I WON'T HAVE TIME TO WRITE ANYTHING AND I'LL JUST SAY HOW I FEEL.

UH, AND I FEEL VERY, UH, MOVED AND TOUCHED BY WHAT, UH, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE SAID AND WHAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, SAID.

AND I, UH, HAVE JUST BEEN SO HONORED TO GET TO BE A PART OF ALL OF THIS AND WHAT I THINK OF A PART OF ALL OF THIS.

I MEAN, BOTH THIS DIOCESE, UM, BUT ALSO ALL OF OUR STAFF AND REALLY OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL PART OF GOVERNING THIS PLACE AND, AND, AND, AND FORMING OUR SOCIETY.

WE'RE ALL REALLY JUST, JUST ONE, ONE FAMILY, EH, AND WE'RE, IT'S, IT'S, THIS IS ALL JUST BEEN LIKE AN EXPERIMENT IN DEMOCRACY, UH, CONTINUE TO EXPERIMENT IN DEMOCRACY HERE IN AUSTIN.

UH, AND WHEN I'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO REFLECT ON IT, NOT MUCH, I'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY, AS WE ALL ARE REALLY, REALLY BUSY.

UM, I KEEP THINKING BACK THAT DEMOCRACY IS HOW WE CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

AND WE HAVE ALL WORKED SO HARD THESE LAST FEW YEARS TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

AND I BELIEVE WE DO OUR BEST AND HA AND WHEN WE ALL

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AND SO I JUST AM SO APPRECIATIVE OF, OF, OF JUST THE, THE OPPORTUNITY EVERYBODY HAS, HAS GIVEN TO, TO ME TO BE A PART OF FOCUSING US ON THOSE THINGS.

OBVIOUSLY THERE IS STILL SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE AND, AND WE KNOW WHAT THAT WORK IS, BUT I, UH, I, I, I LEAVE HERE VERY HOPEFUL, UM, THAT AUSTIN HAS THE ABILITY TO TAKE THOSE CHALLENGES ON, I REALLY FELT LAST WEEK AS WE SETTLED THE SEXUAL ASSAULT, UH, PLAINTIFF'S CASE THAT THAT WAS JUST A REAL EXAMPLE OF HOW, WHEN WE LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO SOMETIMES GET, OR TOO OFTEN GET LEFT OUT, UM, THAT WE REALLY CAN CHANGE AND MAKE THINGS BETTER.

UM, AND THERE ARE STILL, STILL REAL THINGS THAT I, AND I LEAVE UNFINISHED.

UM, I CAN'T THINK OF MORE POWERFUL TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD HERE THAN THAT OF, OF ED WHEN I ALLAH, WHEN HE CAME AND SPOKE TO US ON THAT SUCH A DIFFICULT DAY ABOUT HIS BROTHER.

AND I THINK THAT EXEMPLIFIES TO ME BOTH THE REAL INEQUITIES AND INJUSTICES THAT TROVE MANY OF US TO DO THIS WORK, BUT THEN ALSO THE PATH THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO, TO, TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE, TO, TO MAKE THINGS BETTER, EVEN WHEN THINGS HAVE GONE WRONG.

AND SO I JUST AM SO GRATEFUL TO EACH OF YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH SACRIFICE IT TAKES TO DO THIS WORK, UM, UH, GRATEFUL TO EACH OF YOUR FAMILIES.

UH, AND FOR THE TIME I'VE GOTTEN TO SPEND WITH EVERYONE, WHETHER YOU'RE IN THE COMMUNITY, WORKING ON THIS, WHETHER YOU ARE ON THE CITY STAFF OR ON THE COUNCIL OR ON COUNCIL STAFF, I REALLY WANT TO ALSO THANK THOSE FOLKS THAT HAVE WORKED IN, IN MY OFFICE.

UH, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU, UH, CURRENTLY IN MY OFFICE AND THOSE THAT WORKED WITH ME IN THE PAST, JUST IN THE TRENCHES EARLY, EARLY IN THE MORNING AND LATE AT NIGHT, UM, OR SOMETIMES BOTH, UH, I REALLY BELIEVE IN AN AUSTIN'S TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

AND, UH, AND TO REALLY THINK ABOUT, UH, THE POOR AND THE SICK FIRST, UH, AND COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO BE A PART OF THAT, NO MATTER WHETHER I'M IN ELECTED OFFICE OR JUST ON THE, ON THE MICROPHONE, TESTIFYING TO COUNCIL, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SAY BYE TO EACH OF YOU.

UH, AND SO I'VE PUT ON MY CALENDAR TO COME BACK AND BE ON THAT MICROPHONE, UH, BEFORE, UH, SOME OF MY INCOMING CLASS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS LEAVE AS WELL.

SO I WILL COME BACK AND REPAY THE FAVOR, BUT IT'S JUST BEEN A GREAT HONOR, UH, TO BE ABLE TO WORK ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALRIGHT, COLLEAGUES, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 40 AND 50 TO 52 OF THE PULLED ITEMS ARE 39 AND 40.

WE'VE READ INTO THE RECORD ON 51, WE HAVE SOME LATE FILED MATERIALS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY SECONDS.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT WAS OPPOSED UNANIMOUS ON THE DYES.

THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.

LET'S

[Zoning Consent Agenda]

GO AHEAD AND DO THE, UM, UM, UH, CONSENT, UH, AGENDA THE ZONING AGENDA.

JERRY, ARE THERE ANY POST BOMA CASES WE NEED TO TAKE UP FIRST? YES, MA'AM HELLO.

I'M JERRY RESTAURANT FROM THE HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, BEFORE WE GET TO THE SPEAKER.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE NOTE THAT ALL, BUT ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS TODAY FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 54 AND 55.

AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.

MY UNDERSTANDING WILL BE REQUESTING A POSTPONEMENT OF THOSE ITEMS TO FEBRUARY 17TH.

SO WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE NINE TOTAL SPEAKERS.

EIGHT OF THEM HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THAT ITEM, UM, WHICH I BELIEVE WILL LIKELY TO POSTPONE TO THE NEXT MEETING.

UH, CATHERINE HARBOR, MADISON, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON THOSE CASES? YES.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM.

SO FEBRUARY 17TH.

THE APPLICANT IS NOT OPPOSED AND I DON'T BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS OPPOSED AS WELL.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN SECONDS THAT, UM, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS OPPOSED BY EITHER THE APPLICANT OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY'D LIKE TO SPEAK

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AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH MAYOR, I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO, TO GET THE APPLICANT AND THE, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSER TO, UM, UH, AN AGREEABLE POSITION.

IT WOULD JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION OKAY.

BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO POSTPONE THIS CASE AND DISCUSSION.

BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF POSTPONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED YOU SHOULD ANONYMOUS.

THIS ITEM WILL BE, UH, POSTPONED SINCE WE'RE NOT GOING TO CALL THAT ITEM.

WE DON'T NEED TO CALL SPEAKERS TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM.

UH, THEN IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THAT'S THE ONLY POSTPONEMENT CASE IN FRONT OF US.

IF THE CLERK WOULD CALL SPEAKERS ON OTHER THAN 54 AND 55, OKAY, THEN WE WILL ONLY HAVE ONE SPEAKER.

THAT IS WELL HOUSTON.

MY NAME WE ALL HOUSTON, MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS JOHN VERMONT.

HE AND ALVIN ROBERTSON, ROBINSON OPERATED A DRY GOOD STORE AT SIX AND BRAZZERS THEN BECAME AUSTIN'S FIRST BANKERS.

WHEN THEY BEGAN TAKING CREDIT, THEY WERE TRUE.

ARE ENTREPRENEURS.

THEY BOTH CONTAIN ON THE ARK CLINICAL TRAIL, BUT TOOK DIFFERENT PATHS.

JOHN VERMON BECAME A WHOLESALE GROCER AND BOUGHT THE BUILDING, WHICH WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS TODAY AT 3 0 1 SAN JACINTO FOR A LITTLE PAST CITY HISTORY BACKGROUND ON THE SIXTH.

AND BRAD'S THIS BUILDING.

I THINK YOU'D HAVE A PUBLICATION CONCERNING THIS.

JOHN WATSON BOUGHT THE LITTLE FIELD PARK, A LITTLE FIELD BUILDING AND NEEDED TO BUILD A PARKING GARAGE ON THIS PROPERTY, ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH WE OWN.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF ISSUES PUT TO HER, HOLDING UP A LONG-TERM LEASE WITH WATSON AND MAYOR.

ROY BUTLER EVEN TOOK MY FATHER TO LUNCH IN ORDER TO TRY TO TALK HIM OUT OF ONE OF THE POSITIONS.

WE ENDED UP MAKING A LEASE WITH JOHN, BUT JUST THE SUBJECT OF ANY HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE HERE WASN'T EVER BROUGHT UP.

WE ALSO OWNED THE GUGGENHEIM GOLDSMITH BUILDING AT 30 NIGHT, JUST WASN'T A CONVENTION CENTER, MADE IT TO EXPAND TO THE NORTH, WHICH WOULD TAKE THIS BUILDING.

IT'S HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE WAS NEVER BROUGHT UP EITHER.

THIS IS A VERY OLD STURDY STRUCTURE FOR TWO YEARS.

MY SON WORKED WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED PUTTING TOGETHER THE HALF BLOCK TO THE NORTH OF 3 0 1 SAN JACINTO AND THE TWO HALF BLOCKS TO THE SOUTH PARTS OF THIS $1.2 BILLION DEVELOPMENT, OR TO BE OCCUPIED BY THE CONVENTION CENTER, DURING THAT ALL DURING THESE TWO YEARS, THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ANY OF THESE BUILDINGS IN THESE FOUR HALF BLOCKS WASN'T MENTIONED.

SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH IF YOU WOULD, UH, LET US GO AND, UH, WITHOUT, UH, HISTORICAL ZONING.

YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MS. HOUSTON, AND THAT CONCLUDES ALL THIS ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES.

UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PULL 49.

THAT LEAVES THE CONSENT AGENDA BEING ITEMS 45 THROUGH 48.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? DON'T WE NEED TO READ THEM OUT.

MAYOR.

WE CAN DO THAT REAL QUICK.

WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

OKAY, GREAT.

OH, THE FIRST ONE, UH, CONSENT ZONING CASES, ITEM 47, JC 14, 2020 1 0 1 77.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL AT ALL.

THREE READINGS.

UH, THE SECOND CASE IS, UH, ITEM 48, CASEY 14 82, 180 5.

RCT.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.

AND AS YOU SAID, MAYOR ITEM 49 WILL BE DISCUSSION.

SO THE CONSENT AGENDA IS JUST 47 AND 48.

THAT'S CORRECT.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT CONSENT AGENDA AS QUICK QUESTION? OKAY.

LET'S GET A MOTION OUT IF WE CAN.

SURE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HOPPER, MADISON MAKES THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND COUNCILOR POOL, SECOND SET CAST MEMBER KITCHEN.

YES, JERRY, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT BOTH OF THESE ARE, ARE ON, UM, ALL THREE READINGS CONSENT, RIGHT? UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THE SECOND ONE IS THE RESTRICTED COVENANT AMENDMENT.

SO IT DOESN'T NEED, UH, THREE SEPARATE READINGS.

SO ONCE ALL THREE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

SURE.

THAT LEAVES US ITEM NUMBER 49.

BEN MOVED AND SECONDED AND DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEMS 47 48, WHICH THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

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THOSE OPPOSED.

I'M SAYING EVERYBODY VOTE.

AYE.

THOSE ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

[49. C14H-2021-0181 - Nalley-Shear-Bremond Warehouse - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 301 San Jacinto Street. Applicant's Request: To rezone from central business district (CBD) zoning to central business district - historic landmark (CBD-H) combining district zoning. Historic Landmark Commission Recommendation and Staff Recommendation: To grant central business district -historic landmark (CBD-H) combining district zoning. Planning Commission Recommendation: To deny central business district - historic landmark (CBD-H) combining district zoning. Applicant: Historic Landmark Commission. Owner: 301 San Jacinto Manager, LLC (Will Houston). Owner’s agent: Armbrust & Brown, PLLC (Richard T. Suttle). City Staff: Elizabeth Brummett, Historic Preservation Office, Housing and Planning Department, 512-974-1264. A valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning request. (Part 1 of 2)]

UM, IS ANYONE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION ON ITEM 49 COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO YES.

MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO PASS THIS ON FIRST READING WITH SOME ADDITIONAL DRUGS.

SO LET'S COME BACK TO THAT THEN.

[Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting]

ALRIGHT.

LET'S DO THE, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

UH AGENDA, IF WE COULD, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, UH, RECESS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT, UH, 2 23.

UM, AND I'M GOING TO CONVENE THE OFFICE OF HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

UH, AGAIN, READ, RE RECONVENE THAT MEETING.

UH, IT IS, UH, 2 23 IS A STAFF HERE TO TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA ELEMENTS.

TRUE LOUD.

UM, I THINK MANDY'S COMING OVER AS WELL, BUT WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY, UH, WHICH IS APPROVING A RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING THE FORMATION OF THE AGE OF SEPA PECAN PARK, PSH, NONPROFIT CORPORATION.

UH, AND WE CAN OFFER THIS ON CONSENT AND I WOULD ALSO NOTE THIS LIGHT BACKUP FOR THIS ITEM AS YOU KNOW, THE PREVIOUSLY.

THANK YOU, MANDY.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA COUNTS OVER AT THE RAY MAKES THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLA SECONDS, ANY DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

I THINK THAT'S ALL OUR BUSINESS.

NO, IT IS.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE, UH, UH, MEETING THEN HERE AT, UH, 2 25.

I'M GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT, UH, 2 25.

YEAH.

AS YOU, AS YOU CLOSE THE HFC MEETING, JUST A THANK YOU TO THE HOUSING STAFF WHO I'VE GOTTEN TO WORK WITH FOR SO LONG AS CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE.

AND I HOPE AND EXPECT THAT, UH, WE'LL AS A COMMUNITY TO KEEP ON RAMPING UP THE AMOUNT THAT WE CAN DO THROUGH AFC.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

COUNCILLOR HARPER, MADISON.

I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE 12TH COUNCIL MEMBER, REBECCA KELLY VOTED ON THE LAST ITEM.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SHE THOUGHT THAT SHE WOULD PUT HER HAND UP TO THE 12TH.

SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS TIRED.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

SO WE ARE NOW OUT OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING.

WE'RE BACK IN THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, COLLEAGUES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 49.

HE HAS OVER TOVO.

DO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR EMOTION? I DO MERIT.

I'D LIKE TO PASS THIS ON FIRST READING, UM, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL DIRECTION TO THE STAFF.

AND WHEN I GET A SECOND, I WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT DIRECTION IS.

MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ON SECOND READING WITH DIRECTION COUNCIL MEMBER, POOL SECONDS, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO.

OF THEIR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN RETAINED AND HAVE BEEN REDEVELOPED.

SO OUR BACKUP TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS AND, AND THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HISTORIC STONING UNDER SEVERAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE ORDINANCE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO PASS THIS, UM, TO, TO REALLY CONFIRM THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSIONS, UM, IN-DEPTH ASSESSMENT OF THIS BUILDING, AND TO ALLOW SOME MORE TIME FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER AND FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS REPRESENTATIVE TO CONSIDER WHAT OPTIONS EXIST HERE.

YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOSING LOTS OF OUR HISTORIC FABRIC HAVE ALREADY LOST LOTS OF OUR HISTORIC FABRIC AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ARE, ARE IN PARTICULAR.

I THINK IN JEOPARDY OF, UM, DEMOLITION BACK A LONG, LONG WHILE AGO, WHEN AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER I ATTENDED THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN PLANNING SESSIONS, UM, THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME REALLY INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES THAT OTHER CITIES DEPLOY TO, TO CRAFT A CAREFUL BALANCE BETWEEN, UH, RETAINING SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS THAT HELP TELL THE STORY OF THE CITY AND TELL THE STORY OF A PLACE WITH ALLOWING FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND SIGNIFICANT REDEVELOPMENT.

AND ONE OF THE IMPORTANT TOOLS THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THAT TIME WAS TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER PLACES, YOU CAN SEE, UM, MANY

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AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, OFTEN A LOT OF DENSITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE ADDED TO THAT SITE.

UM, WE HAVE NEVER GOTTEN FAR ENOUGH IN OUR COMMUNITY REALLY IN EXPLORING THAT OPTION.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS ON FIRST READING WITH THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION TO OUR STAFF, TO ONE CONSIDER WHETHER THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, EITHER TO ANOTHER PROPERTY THAT THIS PROPERTY OWNER OWNS.

AND I THINK, I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OR TO POTENTIALLY A ATTRACT, UM, THAT THE CITY MIGHT OWN FOR WHICH WE'RE SEEKING A PRIVATE PARTNER.

AND THEN SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE THE DEVELOPER OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE TO COME BACK AND TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT, WHAT IS POSSIBLE ON THIS SIDE.

IT SEEMS TO ME WITH SOME SETBACKS, UM, THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO RETAIN THIS STRUCTURE AND TO DEVELOP, UM, DEVELOP ON TOP OF, OR AROUND IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TODAY GIVEN, GIVEN THE STORM SITUATION AND THE TIME, BUT, UM, THAT IS, THAT IS I THINK SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SAY, TO TALK TO SPEAK TO, AGAIN, DOESN'T NEED TO BE TODAY.

I WOULD PREFER IT HAPPEN AT OUR NEXT SESSION, WHICH IS WHY I'M, I'M NOT ASKING FOR POSTPONEMENT TODAY.

I'M ASKING THAT WE PASS IT ON FIRST READING WITH A RETURN TO TALK ABOUT THOSE TWO PARTICULAR, TWO PARTICULAR PIECES, ONE DIRECTION FOR OUR STAFF AND TWO DIRECTION FOR THE APPLICANT MOTIONS IN FRONT OF US.

IT'S BEEN SECONDED DISCUSSION MAYOR.

IF I MAY, THIS IS YOUR RESTAURANT HOUSING PLANNING.

UM, WE DO HAVE A STAFF FROM THE HOUSING AND, UH, THEY STARTED PRESERVATION OFFICE PRESIDENT.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET A, A, UM, PRESENTATION ON THE STAFF POSITION ON THIS.

AND ALSO WE DO HAVE RICHARD SUTTLE ON THE PHONE, WHO'S REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT WHO IS OPPOSED TO THE HISTORIC ZONING AND OTHER ISABELLE PETITION ON THE CASE.

UM, THANK YOU, MR. ESTHER, THEN MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE HEAR FIRST FROM MR. SUTTLE, UM, AND THEN FROM OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, UNLESS, UNLESS THERE'S A WILL FROM COUNCIL, UM, JUST TO PASS THIS ON FIRST READING, I WOULD, I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION FROM HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

UH, YOU GUYS ARE 12, I'M INCLINED TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

SO THAT HAVE THAT IN THE RECORD.

I WOULD PROBABLY, AS WE'VE DONE THE PAST CALLED THAT FIRST AND THEN GIVE THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER, UH, AGENT THE CHANCE THEN TO SPEAK AT THAT POINT.

SO THEY CAN RESPOND TO ANYTHING THAT WAS RAISED IN THE STAFF PRESENTATION.

MAYBE YOU TOLD ME TO DO SO, UH, LIKE I TOLD YOU, I DON'T, I DON'T LIKE WHEN PEOPLE INTERRUPT YOU, BUT, UM, I I'M, MY HAND IS RAISED.

UH, BUT YEAH, THAT WOULD BE, AND I'LL CALL YOU JUST WANT A SECOND, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ORDER THAT I WOULD, WOULD CALL THAT, UH, COLLEAGUES, WHAT'S YOUR WILL COUNCIL MEMBER, HOPPER, MADISON.

UM, I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO, TO FOLLOW YOUR PATH.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM STAFF I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE AGENT, BUT THEN I'D ALSO LIKE VERY MUCH TO JUST SORT OF UNDERSTAND THE PATH FORWARD.

UM, I PERSONALLY, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY CASES SIMILAR TO THIS IN , UM, THAT I REALLY LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THE PATH FORWARD.

THERE'S A, UM, A MOTION IN FRONT OF US TO DECLARE THE PROPERTY HISTORIC ZONING.

THERE'S A PETITION.

UM, WE CAN, IF WE TAKE A VOTE AND THE VOTE GETS SIX OR MORE VOTES, THEN THAT'S SUFFICIENT FOR IT TO PASS ON FIRST READING IT DOESN'T GET SIX VOTES.

THEN THE MATTER IS, IS DENIED.

IF IT GETS SIX VOTES AND IT MOVES FORWARD ON SECOND AND THIRD, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT FOR ME? SIX VOTES, SIX VOTES TO PASS ON FIRST READING.

UH, IF IT COMES BACK, IF IT'S PASSED ON FIRST READING WAS SIX VOTES AND IT COMES BACK TO US THEN LOOKING FOR FINAL APPROVAL THAT VOTE WILL REQUIRE NINE VOTES OUT.

IF IT DOESN'T HAVE NINE VOTES, THEN IT, THEN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, BUT IT'S SIX VOTES TO PASS IT ON.

FIRST READING SUBJECT TO THAT LATER VOTE FOR FINAL PASSAGE.

ITEM NUMBER 49, CASE NUMBER C 14 H 2021 DASH 0 1 8 1.

COLLEAGUES.

WE WANT TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION FROM HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM THE, UM, UH, PROPERTY OWNER OR AGENT STAFF JURY.

IF WE'RE READY TO DO THAT, WE CAN CALL THAT UP.

SURE.

MARY ELIZABETH BRUMMETT FROM THE, UH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE IS GONNA DO THE PRESENTATION.

YEAH.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH I'M WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S, UH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE.

AND, UH, THIS IS REGARDING AGENDA

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THE NALLEY SHEER VERMONT WAREHOUSE OR STAFF IN THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION RECOMMEND THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE FROM CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, HISTORIC LANDMARK, COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.

THIS BUILDING IS A CIRCUIT 1912 WAREHOUSE, THE SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ARCHITECTURE, HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMUNITY VALUE.

IN TERMS OF ARCHITECTURE, THE BUILDING IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A LARGE WAREHOUSE.

IT IS TYPICAL OF RAIL SITE WAREHOUSES FOR WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION OF PROVISIONS AND COMMODITIES FROM A TIME WHEN THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE OPERATIONS WERE ON RAIL LINES.

THIS BUILDING QUALIFIES FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION UNDER THE ARCHITECTURAL CRITERIA, AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF UTILITARIAN STRUCTURE WITH FEW ALTERATIONS, IT'S NOT JUST HIGH STYLE, UM, PROMINENT BUILDINGS THAT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR ARCHITECTURE AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CODE ALSO ALLOWS THAT A FINE EXAMPLE OF A VERNACULAR STRUCTURE SUCH AS THIS, UH, ALSO MEETS THAT CRITERIA FOR LAMP, UH, FOR ARCHITECTURE, UH, FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION.

UH, THIS IS A ONE-STORY RECTANGULAR PLAN, FLAT ROOF, TWO BRICK WAREHOUSE BUILDING.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ON THE AB SIDE, IF WE HAVE ANY PHOTOS OF THE BUILDING THAT CAN BE SHOWN THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL AT THIS JUNCTURE.

UM, IT'S DISTINCTIVE FEATURES INCLUDE DECORATIVE BRICK WORK, INCLUDING SEGMENTAL ARCH, WINDOWS, AND TRANSOMS WITH BRICK LENTILS AND A CORBEL BRICK BELT COURSE AT THE PARAPET.

THIS BRICK WORK SHOWS A SENSE OF AESTHETIC DETAIL, UH, AT A TIME WHEN THAT LEVEL OF ATTENTION WAS STILL PAID.

SO UTILITARIAN BUILDINGS AND THE ARTS TRANSOMS REALLY ILLUSTRATE THE TRADITIONAL LOAD BEARING MASONRY CONSTRUCTION METHODS FROM THAT ERA, THE BUILDING HAS A RAISED LANDING AT THE WEST END, UH, THAT SPEAKS TO ITS WAREHOUSE USE SINCE THAT WAS A VEHICLE LOADING DOCK IN TERMS OF HISTORIC INTEGRITY, THE BUILDING HAS SOME ALTERATIONS MISTO, THE BLADE, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL WINDOWS OVER THE WINDOW OPENINGS ARE STILL THERE'S ORIGINAL BRICKS AROUNDS, AND THE BUILDING REMAINS RECOGNIZABLE FROM THE HISTORIC PERIOD IN TERMS OF ITS HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS.

THE WAREHOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED AROUND 1912 FOR THE NALLEY GROCERY COMPANY OPERATED BY AAM NALLY, AND LATER BY CHEICK GORDON WILCOX, A PROMINENT WHOLESALE CRUSHER AROUND 1917.

THIS YEAR COMPANY OWNED BY MRS. H SHEAR OF WACO APPEARS AS THE OWNER AND CITY DIRECTORIES IS EARLY WHOLESALE, GROCERY DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSES ALSO SOLD PRODUCE, AND THEY WERE COFFEE LISTERS AROUND 1923.

THE BUILDING WAS SOLD TO THE JOHN VERMONT'S COMPANY, WHICH WAS A GROCERY WHOLESALER AND RACER OF HIGH-GRADE COFFEE THAT WAS SOLD THROUGHOUT TEXAS.

JOHN VERMONT'S, UH, COMPANY WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT WHOLESALE GROCERY BUSINESSES IN AUSTIN FOR MANY YEARS, IF NOT THE MOST PROMINENT THEY SUPPLIED GROCERY STORES AND RESTAURANTS IN THE CITY BUSINESS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1947 WITH THE GROCERY STORE OPENED BY JOHN VERMONT SENIOR AND TURNED JOHN FROM ON THE SECOND.

AND JOHN THE THIRD RAN THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND EXPANDED THE SALES TERRITORY AND TO THE HILL COUNTRY, THIS BUILDING SERVED US OR AUSTIN WAREHOUSE UNTIL THE COMPANY CLOSED IN 1957.

THE VERMONT NAME IS VERY MUCH A PART OF THIS, THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY, JOHN AND HIS FAMILY WERE A MAJOR FORCE IN AUSTIN, COMMERCE BANKING AND CIVIC LIFE.

PAUL VERMONT, WITH INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING THE RAILROAD TO AUSTIN, EXCUSE ME, THERE'S A STATE HISTORICAL MARKER AT THE SIDE OF THE VERMONT'S FIRST GROCERY STORE ON SIXTH STREET, BUT THAT BUILDING NO LONGER EXISTS, UM, AGAIN, THAT, THAT, UH, FORMER BUILDING NO LONGER EXISTS.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, WHILE THE VERMONT GROCERY BUSINESS PREDATES THIS BUILDING, THIS BUILDING IS THE OLDEST REMAINING STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUSINESS.

ALSO GROCERY OPERATIONS WERE ESSENTIAL TO THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE CITY IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES IMPORTING FOODS INTO AUSTIN THAT COULDN'T BE OBTAINED FROM LOCAL FARMERS AND RANCHERS.

THE RAILROAD'S ARRIVAL IN AUSTIN AND THE LATE 19TH CENTURY WAS A GAME CHANGER FOR THE CITY ALLOWING, UH, FOR THE CITY TO IMPORT A HUGE NUMBER OF MANUFACTURED AND CULTIVATED ITEMS. RAILROADS REALLY TRANSFORMED AUSTIN FROM A SETTLEMENT INTO A CITY, AND IT WAS FIRMS LIKE NELLIE SHEAR AND VERMONT THAT BROUGHT THE URBANIZING INFLUENCES OF FOODS TO THE BURGEONING CITY.

FINALLY, A HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSIONER, KEVIN COOK PERFORMED ANALYSIS BASED ON RESEARCH BY, UM, THE LATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER AND COMMISSIONER COOK PUT FORWARD AN ARGUMENT THAT STAFF AGREES WITH THAT THIS

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BUILDING MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR COMMUNITY VALUE.

THE PROPERTY HAS A UNIQUE LOCATION AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE CHARACTER AND IMAGE OF THE CITY.

MOST OF US THINK OF THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT BEING WEST OF CONGRESS AVENUE, BUT HISTORICALLY WAREHOUSES EXISTED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE EAST WEST RAIL LINE THROUGH DOWNTOWN AT PRESENT ONLY THE NELSON DAVIS WAREHOUSE AT ONE 17 WEST FOURTH STREET IS DESIGNATED AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK.

THE SURROUNDING WAREHOUSE DISTRICT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR DESIGNATION AS A HISTORIC DISTRICT, UNLESS THERE'S A GRASSROOTS EFFORT FROM THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS.

THE WAY THAT WE MOST OFTEN SEE PROPERTIES SUCH AS THIS UNFORTUNATELY IS THROUGH DEMOLITION REQUEST AND THE RESPONSE TO A PROPOSED DEMOLITION, THE TOOL THAT THE CITY HAS TO APPLY IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING QUALIFIES AS PART OF THE DISTRICT, BUT DOES IT STAND ALONE AND MEETS THOSE CRITERIA FOR INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATION AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK? UM, BASED ON THAT ANALYSIS, UM, COMMISSIONER COOK LEAVES, AND AGAIN, STAFF AGREES THAT THIS IS THE REMAINING WAREHOUSE AND DOWNTOWN, IN ADDITION TO THE NELSON DAVIS WAREHOUSE THAT MOST CLEARLY MEETS TWO CRITERIA, UH, FRUIT LANDMARK DESIGNATION.

AND AS A REMINDER TO COUNSEL, UM, MEETING WHITE CRITERIA, THIS STARTED OFF A PROPERTY MUST MEET AT LEAST TWO CRITERIA IN ORDER TO BECOME A HISTORIC LANDMARK.

UM, SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE CANDIDATE THAT MOST CLEARLY FULFILLS THOSE CRITERIA.

PRESERVATION OF THIS BUILDING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MARK THE LENGTH OF THE RAIL LINE AND TO DOWNTOWN WITH THE NELSON DAVIS WAREHOUSE AND THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT AT THE OPPOSITE END.

UH, THIS BUILDING IS NEAR THE DOWNTOWN RAIL STOP, UM, FORMING A CONDUCTION BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT IN TERMS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RAIL.

UH, FURTHER ITS PRESERVATION WOULD ROUND OUT AN ARRAY OF LANDMARKS NEAR THE CONVENTION CENTER, INCLUDING HISTORIC BUILDINGS AT PRESS SQUARE AND THE PALM SCHOOL.

AND SO IT WOULD PROVIDE A BROADER ARRAY OF AUSTIN'S HISTORY AT THE CITY'S DOORSTEP IN TERMS OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UH, FOR STAFF? MIRA MAY HAVE SOME, BUT I'M GOING TO DEFER THEM UNTIL AFTER THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTING.

NOT MEET ANY OF THOSE CRITERIA UNDER, UNDER THE ARCHITECTURE SECTION OF THE CODE.

SEEING NO QUESTIONS.

UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE THE APPLICANT A CHANCE TO SPEAK.

APPLICANT WOULD HAVE FIVE MINUTES MAYOR AGAIN.

I THINK YOU CAN'T SEE MY HAND, UM, MUCH I COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO.

I ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK AFTER THE APPLICANT SPEAKS.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE MY HANDS UP.

HELLO, MAYOR COUNCIL CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES.

MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS RICHARD .

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ACTUALLY DESCENDANTS OF THE VERMONT FAMILY, THE OWNER OF THIS WAREHOUSE.

I WANT TO TAKE AN EXTRA 30 SECONDS JUST TO SAY THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER CASA OR COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR.

UM, GREG, I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU ALL THESE YEARS, EVEN BEFORE YOU WERE A COUNCIL MEMBER AND, AND THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ALL OF US, HOW REASONABLE MINDS CAN DIFFER AND YET STILL BE, UH, UH, FRIENDLY TO ONE ANOTHER AND USUALLY WORK OUT COMPROMISES.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU HAVE ALWAYS HANDLED YOUR BUSINESS WITH ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

LIKE I SAID, I REPRESENT, UM, THE FAMILIES THAT, THAT OWNS THIS WAREHOUSE, UH, THE SUBJECT TO THE ZONING CASE, AND I WANT IT ON THE RECORD AND IT'S IN WRITING THE OWNER OF POSES, THE AGE STONING ON THIS, WHICH WILL REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL.

THE OWNER'S POSITION HAS HAS MANY ELEMENTS, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE OWNER DOES NOT THINK IT MEETS THE CRITERIA UNDER 25 TO 3 52, EXCEPT THAT IT IS AT LEAST 50 YEARS OLD.

THE STAFF CONTENDS THAT IT MEETS THREE AND I'LL GO THROUGH AND GIVE OUR POSITION ON THE THREE ON THE ARCHITECTURE, THE STAFF REPORT SAYS, THIS IS A QUOTE, GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE UTILITARIAN ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE, BUT OUR CODE DOESN'T USE THE TERM GOOD ARE OUR CODE USES THE TERMS LIKE HIGH ARTISTIC VALUE, RARE EXAMPLE, OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE, PARTICULARLY FINE EXAMPLE, OR ONE OF A KIND WHEN THEY DESCRIBE ARCHITECTURE.

AND I, WE MAINTAIN THAT THIS, THIS PARTICULAR WAREHOUSE DOES

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AND IN FACT, AS POINTED OUT THE DOORS AND WINDOWS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, THERE HAVE BEEN EXTERIOR MODIFICATIONS IN THE FORM OF RAMPS AND SIDEWALKS, AND IT, IT JUST DOESN'T MEET THE HIGH BAR OF AN ARCHITECTURAL SPECIMEN THAT WE USUALLY GIVE TAX BREAKS TO AND GIVE THE HONOR OF HAVING HISTORIC MARKER ON THE HISTORIC ASSOCIATION WHILE THE VERMONT FAMILY IS VERY IMPORTANT FAMILY IN AUSTIN AND THE VERMONT FAMILY DESCENDANTS STILL OWN THIS BUILDING, THE VERMONT FAMILY HAS BEEN HONORED WITH AN ENTIRE BLOCK THAT VERMONT BLOCK OVER GUADALUPE.

AND THAT AREA IS, IS A FULL HISTORICAL RECOGNITION OF THE VERMONT FAMILY AND THEIR, AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE, TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY.

UM, WHEN, WHEN, AND WHEN IT SAID THAT THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY THING ASSOCIATED WITH THE VERMONT BUSINESS, THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE.

AND THEN ON COMMUNITY VALUE, THE, WHEN YOU READ THROUGH THE, THE JUSTIFICATION, IT'S BASICALLY, THIS IS THE ONLY WAREHOUSE EAST CONGRESS.

THE COMMUNITY VALUE WAS, WAS NOT RECOGNIZED OR EVEN RAISED WHEN THIS PROPERTY OWNER WAS ASKED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION.

WHEN THE CITY ITSELF WANTED TO EXPAND THE CONVENTION CENTER, THIS WAS IN THE PATH AND THE, AND THE HISTORIC, UH, DESIGNATION NEVER CAME UP.

IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE CITY AFTER ASKING THIS FAMILY TO HOLD UP FOR A LONG TIME, UH, DID THIS COMMUNITY VALUE OF HISTORIC, UM, UH, COMMUNITY VALUE COME UP.

UM, THE THERE'S JUST NOT IT'S, IT'S A WAREHOUSE, IT'S A COOL OLD BUILDING, BUT IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S ALREADY A WAREHOUSE DESIGNATED DOWNTOWN HONORING THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.

AND IN FACT, ARGUABLY THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT WAS ON, I WAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF, OF CONGRESS NOW.

UM, BUT WE JUST MAINTAINED IT.

DOESN'T MEET THE CRITERIA.

THE OWNERS DON'T WANT THE TAX BREAKS AND WHAT THEY WANT IS TO BE ABLE TO REDEVELOP THIS BLOCK IN THE TOD DESIGNATION AS A HISTORIC, ESSENTIALLY PROHIBIT THE REDEVELOPMENT.

I KNOW I'LL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S THOUGHTS ON TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, BUT, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE SHOWN IN THIS DOWNTOWN SCENARIO THAT THAT REALLY DOESN'T WORK.

HE DOESN'T HAVE A MARKET FOR THOSE AND ESSENTIALLY DESIGNATION.

IF THIS IS A HISTORIC WOULD PROHIBIT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THEIR SITE, THE BUILDING CAN'T REASONABLY BE INCORPORATED INTO A NEW BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S THE WAY IT'S CONSTRUCTED.

IT'S FIVE FEET OFF THE GROUND.

THE LOADING DOCKS ARE FIVE FEET OFF THE GROUND AND YOU CAN'T HAVE THE SIDEWALKS AND THE ENTRIES AND ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING THAT WE CURRENTLY DEMAND OF OUR DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS TO BE INCORPORATED.

THE STORY IS TOLD TO ME ABOUT A FAMILY THAT AT ONE POINT EARLY ON, THEY SANDBLASTED THIS BUILDING TO REPAINT IT.

AND THE BRICK WAS SO SOFT.

THEY NEARLY SANDBLASTED THE BRICK RIGHT OFF.

SO WE KNOW THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE BRICK IS, IS NOT THAT GREAT.

AND COULDN'T BE INCORPORATED INTO A NEW BUILDING.

ANYWAY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO DENY THE EIGHT ZONING.

UM, WE ASK THAT YOU NOT VOTE FOR THE HISTORIC ZONING, EVEN ON FIRST READING.

THE FIRST READING OF THIS CASE SIMPLY DELAYS THE CASE.

WE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK FOR A SECOND, POTENTIALLY THIRD.

AND THAT, THAT BASICALLY STOPS IN ITS TRACKS, ANY FUTURE PLANNING AND ANY FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THIS STRUCTURE.

SO WE ASKED THAT IT NOT BE DESIGNATED AS A, WITH AN H ZONING, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE? AND DO YOU KNOW IF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE WAS CONSULTED AS PART OF THE WORK THAT REAL ESTATE WAS DOING AND, AND LOOKING AND TALKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS AREA, COME SOMEWHERE WITH SOME OF THAT MAY BE BEFORE MY TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, UH, APPLICANT'S AGENT? OKAY.

UH, KANDAHAR TOA.

DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COPPER MADISON.

I HAVE A COUPLE, AND THEN I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HOPPER, MADISON HAD SOME, AND THEN IT MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE I'M STILL THINKING THROUGH, BUT WHAT THE APPLICANT JUST SAID.

UM, MY QUESTION IS, SO FOR MS. BRUMMETT PLEASE, MS. PROFFITT, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE FIRST ISSUE, UM, OR ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THE APPLICANT'S LAWYER JUST RAISED, AND THAT IS THAT IN THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND A POTENTIAL CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION, THERE WEREN'T THERE WEREN'T REFERENCES TO THIS BUILDING AS HISTORIC, WHERE YOU OR ANYONE FROM THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE INVOLVED IN THE CONVENTION CENTER NEGOTIATIONS, UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UH, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UH, THAT WAS PRIOR TO MY TIME WITH THE CITY.

UM, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, WE WERE NOT PART OF THIS CONVERSATIONS.

THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING TOO, BUT, UM, I'M NOT CERTAIN IF THE MANAGER CAN CONFIRM THAT MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE A POLICY OF INVOLVING

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AND SO I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH STAFF AND GET BACK TO YOU.

WELL, I THINK IT WAS WITHIN YOUR TIME, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE TAKING PLACE ABOUT A POTENTIAL WESTWARD EXPANSION AND A POTENTIAL WESTWARD ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES.

I'LL GET BACK TO YOU THOUGH.

UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I DID WANT TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE WAS NOT PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD PRACTICE GOING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT INVOLVE PROPERTIES THAT MAY, THAT MAY CONTAIN A STRUCTURE, UM, THAT IS HISTORIC.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THE FACT THAT THIS WAS NOT IDENTIFIED AS A HISTORIC PROPERTY, UM, TO ME, IS NOT, UH, THE, THE APPLICANT'S ARGUMENT IS, OR EXCUSE ME, THE PROPERTY OWNER'S ARGUMENT IS NOT, UM, DOES NOT, DOES NOT TO ME MEAN THAT THE PROPERTY IS, IS NOT HISTORIC OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, OUR HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION, NONE OF THOSE FOLKS WHO, WHO ARE BEST EQUIPPED TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER A STRUCTURE DOES OR DOES NOT MEET THE STATUTE THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS, UM, WE'RE INVOLVED IN THIS CONVERSATION.

SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO ME THAT W THAT THAT CONVERSATION DIDN'T HAPPEN.

UM, MS. BRUMMETT, IF THERE ARE, WHEN HISTORIC BUILDINGS ARE BEING RESTORED OR BEING REDEVELOPED, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THAT, UM, HOW THAT INTERACTS WITH OUR CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR SIDEWALKS OR OTHER KINDS OF ACCESS? THE APPLICANT'S LAWYER TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS BUILDING COULDN'T, COULDN'T BE MADE TO MEET THOSE CODE REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE OF THE, BECAUSE IT IS ABOVE THE STREET AND THUS WOULDN'T MEET THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS FOR SIDEWALKS.

CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, OR MAYBE MR. RESTHAVEN CAN IN CONJUNCTION, COULD THE TWO OF YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHETHER THIS BUILDING WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A SIDEWALK DOWN AT THE STREET, OR HOW YOU, HOW YOU WORK WITH HISTORIC PROPERTIES TO COMPLY WITH CODES OF DIFFERENT SORTS? CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY.

SO IN TERMS OF THE BUILDING ITSELF, THE BUILDING IS ACCESSIBLE.

IT HAS A RELATIVELY LONG RAMP ON THE FRONT TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THAT RACE FLOOR LEVEL OF THE BUILDING.

UM, IN TERMS OF THE SIDEWALKS, THERE, THERE ARE EXISTING SIDEWALKS, UH, ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING.

UH, THE SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING APPEARED TO MEET, UH, THE GREAT STREETS REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF HAVING THE STREET TREES AND, AND THE EXPANSIVE SIDEWALK THERE, UM, WHERE THERE IS SOMETHING MORE OF A LIMITATION IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHERE THE LOADING DOCK IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC FEATURE OF THE BUILDING.

AND THERE IS, UM, AN ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALK ON THAT SIDE, BUT THERE WOULDN'T, UM, WITHOUT EXTENDING INTO THE TRAFFIC LANES, UM, THERE WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH SPACE FOR A GREAT STREETS, QUALITY SIDEWALK AT THAT LOCATION.

SO IF THE APPLICANT WAS ABLE TO PROCEED WITH A, WITH A PROJECT THAT INCORPORATED THE BUILDING, WOULD THERE BE A WAIVER OR SOME OTHER KIND OF VARIANTS THAT THEY COULD SEEK, UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY, THIS HISTORIC FEATURE WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM DOING THE SIDEWALK, UM, ON THE LOADINGS LOADING DOCK SIDE EXACTLY AS A NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD, WOULD PROCEED.

I BELIEVE SO.

I BELIEVE WE WOULD WORK WITH THOSE, THOSE COLLEAGUES TO COME UP WITH A REASONABLE SOLUTION.

MR. SFN, IS THAT, DOES THAT SYNC WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE? YES.

IF THERE WERE, IF THERE WERE A NEW PROJECT, ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS, UM, ATTEMPTING TO GET A DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS COMPLIANCE WITH THE GREAT STREETS WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT.

AND SO, UM, THE URBAN DESIGN SECTION, WHICH, WHICH IS OVERRATE STREETS, IS UNDER MY PURVIEW AS WELL.

AND SO YES, WE'D HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO TRY AND FIND A, UM, A MODIFICATION TO THE GRADE STREET STANDARDS TO COMPENSATE FOR THE, UH, HISTORIC STRUCTURE, IF THAT WERE THE CASE.

BUT MY GUESS IS YOU'VE PROBABLY HAD TO DO THAT WITH OTHER HISTORIC STRUCTURES AS WELL.

YES, YES WE HAVE.

GRANTING DESIGNATION DOES NOT NECESSARILY EQUAL, DOES NOT EQUAL AN EXEMPTION.

SO THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT REALLY AN IMPEDIMENT HERE AS FAR AS I SEE IT.

UM, SO, UM, MS. BRUMMETT, COULD YOU TALK, THE APPLICANT'S LAWYER TALKED ABOUT THAT THE, THAT THE FAMILY WHO OWNS THIS STRUCTURE DOES NOT, DOES NOT WISH TO HAVE A TAX BREAK.

THE WAY WE PROCEED HERE IN THE CITY IS THAT A BUILDING IS OWNED HISTORIC.

IF IT MEETS THE DESIGNATION AND RECEIVES AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT THERE IS ANOTHER STEP WHERE AN APP LIKE AN OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO SEEK, SEEK THAT TAX, UM, THAT TAX EXEMPTION, IS THAT CORRECT? SO

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THE OWNER HAS THE ABILITY TO SEEK THAT EXEMPTION, BUT IS NOT REQUIRED TO DO SO.

AND IN FACT, I KNOW, I KNOW AT LEAST ONE PROPERTY OWNER IN THE CITY, AND I'M SURE THERE ARE MORE WHO HAVE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ZONED HISTORIC, BUT DON'T, DON'T SEEK THAT DON'T APPLY TO THE COUNCIL FOR THAT EXEMPTION.

THAT'S CORRECT OUR STAFF AND SPECS LANDMARK PROPERTIES EVERY YEAR TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE BEING PRESERVED AND MAINTAINED AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS TO RECEIVE THAT TAX EXEMPTION.

AND, UM, WE PREPARE A LIST THAT, UH, GETS APPROVED BY THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION AND ULTIMATELY, UH, CITY COUNCIL IN TERMS OF WHICH PROPERTIES CAN RECEIVE THAT TAX EXEMPTION, UH, FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS PERSPECTIVE, THEY ALSO HAVE TO APPLY TO THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THAT EXEMPTION.

AND IT'S AN ANNUAL APPLICATION PROCESS.

SO IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T WISH TO SEEK THAT EXEMPTION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU CAN HAVE A HISTORICALLY ZONE PROPERTY THAT NEVER GETS A TAX EXEMPTION THAT NEVER SEEKS NOR RECEIVES A TAX EXEMPTION.

CORRECT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RENT, THE RHEA.

UM, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE APPLICANT'S LAWYER? I MEAN, THE PROPERTY OWNERS LAWYERS DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT BUILDING, YOU TALKED ABOUT, YOU TALKED ABOUT IT SIGNIFICANCE AND THE WAY IN WHICH IN YOUR ESTIMATION AND IN THE ESTIMATION OF THE LANDMARK COMMISSION, IT MEETS SEVERAL OF THE CRITERIA FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION.

THE APPLICANT, UM, BROUGHT UP, I MEAN, THE, THE ATTORNEY BROUGHT UP SEVERAL POINTS ABOUT THIS ONE, THAT THERE WERE ALTERATIONS AND THAT THIS IS, UM, MAYBE NOT HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT GIVEN THAT THERE ARE OTHER STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FAMILY.

UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE APPLICATION, THIS WASN'T, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT ABOUT HONORING A FAMILY.

AND SO IF THERE IS A STRUCTURE OR OTHER, OTHER, UM, WAYS TO HONOR THAT FAMILY THAT REALLY HAS NO BEARING ON WHETHER OR NOT THE STRUCTURE IS HISTORIC.

SO COULD YOU ADDRESS PLEASE THAT PIECE OF IT, BUT ALSO, UH, WHETHER THE ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY IS IN YOUR ESTIMATION AND THOSE WHO HAVE WITH LOOKED AT IT WITH EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA, WHETHER IT MEETS THAT CRITERIA AND PLEASE, YEAH, SO THE, THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES TO MEET, UH, THE ARCHITECTURAL CRITERIA AND, UM, IT DOES INCLUDE IN A HIGH STYLE, HIGHER ARTISTIC VALUE.

UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, THE WORDS THAT MR SALAH WAS USING CERTAINLY ARE IN THERE, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES A PARTICULARLY FINE OR UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF A UTILITARIAN OR VERNACULAR STRUCTURE.

AND SO THAT, THAT'S THE CRITERIA THAT STAFF AND THE LANDMARK COMMISSION, UM, OR THAT'S THE AREA OF THE ARCHITECTURAL CRITERIA AND THAT WE FEEL THIS, THIS BUILDING NEEDS.

AND, UM, IT DOES HAVE CHANGES.

UH, THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WINDOWS INDOORS IS A IT'S IT'S, IT IS A CHANGE TO THE BUILDING.

UM, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT FEATURES ARE THE LOAD-BEARING MASONRY AND THOSE, THOSE ARCH, UH, LENTILS, THE BRICK BELT COURSE, UM, THE LOADING DOCK, THOSE ELEMENTS ARE STILL THERE.

AND SO DESPITE THE CHANGES, THE BUILDING CAN STILL CONVEY ITS ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, UH, IN TERMS OF THE, UM, THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE BUILDING, UM, MR. SUTTLES, CORRECT, THAT THERE IS A WHOLE BLOCK OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VERMONT FAMILY.

UM, AND, AND THE WESTERN PORTION OF DOWNTOWN, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY AKIN TO A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WHERE WE WOULD ONLY SEE ONE LANDMARK ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL.

WE WOULDN'T, WE WOULDN'T THEN SEEK TO NOMINATE A SECOND, UH, RESIDENCE THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL OR, UM, IN A, AT THAT FAMILY.

UM, THIS IS DIFFERENT IN THE SENSE THAT THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMERCIAL SIDE.

UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE, THE HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VERMONT, UM, THROUGH THE VERMONT BLOCK.

UM, BUT THIS IS A PIECE OF THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY AND THE SIGNIFICANT BEYOND, UM, SIMPLY THAT ASSOCIATION WITH THE VERMONT FAMILY, IT'S SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF BOSTON AS A GROCERY WAREHOUSE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, IT TAKES IT FROM THE STAFF REPORT AND FROM THE LANDMARK COMMISSION, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.

AND I HATE TO INTERRUPT AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS.

I SAID, AS WE WERE EARLIER TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FORCED BREAK AT THREE O'CLOCK, THERE'S A CALL THAT I HAVE TO GET ON.

UH, WE'VE ALSO LOST, UM,

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WHO'S HAD SOME EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS, IT JUST TEXTED ME AND HE'S TRYING TO GET BACK ON, SO HE CAN BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS WELL.

SO HERE AT, UH, AT 2 58, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A RECESS, UH, IN, IN THIS MEETING.

UH, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT I COULD BE BACK PROBABLY IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES OR SO IT WOULD BE MY, IT WOULD BE MY GUESS.

UH, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON, UM, AND I APOLOGIZE.

I'M THE ONLY ONE HERE AND I HAVE TO BE HERE TO, TO MOVE THIS MEETING FORWARD.

HOW'S OVER KITCHEN.

UH, WHY DON'T WE JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE, UM, BREATHING ROOM AND JUST SAY, WE'LL BE BACK AT THREE.

LET'S BE BACK AT THREE 30 THEN.

UH, WE'LL SEE.

YOU GUYS THEN THE GUY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPPER MADISON, IS IT FAIR MAYOR FOR ME TO REQUEST THAT, UM, ONE, MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TOBO GETS TO COMPLETE HER THOUGHT AND, UH, LINE OF QUESTIONING, BUT THEN THAT YOU CALL ME NEXT.

I WILL CALL YOU NEXT.

I'LL CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOBO WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER THE BREAK, SO SHE CAN FINISH HER LINE OF QUESTIONING.

I'LL CALL ON YOU AFTER I CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOBO I'D APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE AT THREE 30.

WE'RE IN RECESS.

SEE WE HAVE HERE 1, 2, 3, 4.

AND SECONDED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD THEN.

AND, UH, RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IT IS 3 37 CONTINUES TO BE, UH, FEBRUARY 3RD, 2022, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO, UM, IN THE INTERVENING BREAK.

UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, UH, UH, APPLICANT, UM, UH, UNDERSTANDS YOUR REQUEST.

OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T SUPPORT IT, UH, JUST TO, TO VACATE THEIR POSITION, BUT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THERE WOULD BE PREJUDICE WITH A TWO WEEK DELAY.

AND I IS WILLING TO, UH, ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND WITH STAFF TO SEE IF THERE'S AN OPTION THAT, THAT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN.

UH, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN, THEN I'M ON A GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT YOUR MOTION TO POSTPONE, BUT TO PASS THIS ON FIRST READING, UH, COMING BACK IN, UH, IN TWO WEEKS, UH, AND IF THAT'S IS, UH, VOTED ON AND APPROVED, THEN WE CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, KEEP THIS MOVING SINCE, UM, UH, WE JUST LEARNED THAT WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, WE'RE GOING TO GET A FREEZE TONIGHT.

ROADS ARE WET, WHICH IS THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY, UM, TONIGHT, UH, PERCIPITATING IS PROBABLY GOING TO STOP HERE, UH, IN THE NEXT TWO, THREE HOURS.

AND THEN WE WON'T HAVE IT PROBABLY THROUGH THE WEEKEND, BUT THE ROADS ARE STILL WET.

SO IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT CERTAINLY IN THOSE AREAS WHERE IT'S SLUSHIE AND OUR BRIDGES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, IT'S GOING TO FREEZE TONIGHT.

SO NOBODY SHOULD BE OUT IF THEY CAN AVOID BEING OUT AND DRIVING, IT'S GOING TO BE FREEZING TOMORROW.

UH, SO I THINK THAT MANY OF THE INSTITUTIONS IN SCHOOLS AND THE CITY ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUING THEIR, UM, CALL TODAY TO TOMORROW AND REMAINING, UH, CLOSED.

THAT INCLUDES, UH, AISD, UH, AND THAT ON SATURDAY, UH, WE SHOULD GET TO A PLACE WHERE THINGS THEN BEGIN TO THAW.

SORRY FOR THAT LITTLE COMMERCIAL MESSAGE.

UH, GADDY, I SUPPORT YOU ON YOUR MOTION TO, UH, UH, PASS ON FIRST READING COMING BACK IN, IN TWO WEEKS, GIVEN THAT, IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER YES.

MIRROR.

UM, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE FACT THAT THE OWNER AND W WANT TO BE GOING HISTORIC, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, IT REMINDS ME OF WHEN WE WERE DOWN HERE AT CORNER PROTECT SOME OF THESE HOUSES IN THAT ROBERT, WE RARELY WENT AND, UH, TO THE ACCREDITATION DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T RECOMMEND IT BECAUSE THEY HAD CHANGED THE WINDOWS AND THE DOOR.

AND IT WASN'T A, IT'S NOT THE SAME IN-STORE BUILDING.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS OVER HERE AT EAST AUSTIN.

SO, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST, DON'T, DON'T, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN EQUITY ISSUE TO ME.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND JUST SO THAT IT'S CLEAR, MY VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS IS NOT A SUBSTANTIVE VOTE IS A VOTE TO ALLOW THE CONVERSATION TO HAPPEN FOR THE NEXT TWO, TWO WEEKS.

UH, AND, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UH, UM, ANYONE LOOKING AT THIS VOTE HERE THAT VOTE THAT WAY, I AM, WE'LL HAVE THE SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATION IN TWO WEEKS BED MOVED

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LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED I'M SHOWING, UH, TWO VOTES AGAINST, UH, THREE VOTES AGAINST, UH, UH, HARPER, MADISON.

UM, I'M NOT VOTING AGAINST, I, I, EXCUSE ME, SORRY.

I AM, I, I THOROUGHLY SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUES, UM, DECISION TO GIVE US A FURTHER OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER.

SO I HAVE TWO VOTES AGAINST, UM, UH, CAPITOL MEMBER, ALISON RENT, THE RHEA, UH, THE OTHERS VOTING I WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR OFF THE, UH, UH, THE DESK, UH, IT, UH, FIRST READING PASSES, UH, AND WE'LL HAVE THE CONVERSATION OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

UH, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THE, ACTUALLY THE SUBSIDY CONVERSATION IN TWO WEEKS.

[Executive Session]

THAT GETS US THEN TO THE PLACE WHERE, UM, UM, WE CAN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT RECALL THAT, UH, WE STILL HAVE TO COME BACK OUT AND VOTE ON ITEMS 39 AND 40.

UH, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE, UM, UM, UH, SETTLEMENT ITEM THAT WE CAN CONSIDER BEFORE FOUR O'CLOCK.

SO WE'LL COME BACK OUT AND HANDLE THOSE THREE THINGS.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, UM, WE'RE GOING TO NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, POTENTIALLY TAKE UP THREE ITEMS PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 7, 1 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.

WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED ITEM 39 AND 40, AND PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 7, 4 WE'LL DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM 46 OUT.

OBJECTION, LET'S GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

HOWEVER YOU GUYS WOULD JUST GO STRAIGHT ON OVER THERE AND SIGN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I'M GONNA, UH, CALL THAT UP HERE AS WELL.

WE'RE WAITING FOR PO UM, THE, UH, COUNCIL, UH, THE STAFF RATHER THAN POSTING THE AGENDA TOMORROW IS GOING TO POST IT ON MONDAY, UH, SO THAT, UH, SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME IN OR SOME MEASURE OF THEM.

DON'T HAVE TO COME IN TOMORROW.

UH, IF YOU HAVE AN IFC, UH, PENDING AND YOU WERE LOOKING FOR COMMENTS FROM THE ATTORNEYS IN LIFE, I URGE YOU, AND THEY URGE YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR EMAILS BECAUSE THE ATTORNEYS MAY STILL BE COMMUNICATING WITH YOU ABOUT, UH, IFC, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS.

THANKS MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THE RECORD, SHOW THAT FOR THE VOTE REGARDING THE ZONING, THE HISTORICAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION FOR THE VINCE YOUNG STEAKHOUSE BUILDING THAT I WAS OFF THE DEUS, I ACTUALLY WAS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING MOVED OVER TO BE PANELISTS.

I WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THAT VOTE.

RECORD SO NOTES.

I DID NOT CALL THAT OUT.

TODAY'S STILL FEBRUARY 3RD, 2022.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UH, WHILE WE WERE IN CLOSED SESSION, WE, UH, ADDRESS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEMS 39 AND 40 AND PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM 46.

UM, COLLEAGUES.

UH, WE ARE NOW BACK, UH, IN OUR MEETING.

[Items 39 & 40]

UH, I THINK THAT GETS US TO ITEMS 39 AND 40.

THESE ARE IFCS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, COZ SAR, CAUSE REMEMBER COSARA DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON THEM? I MOVED TO PASS THESE TWO ITEMS WITH THE AMENDMENTS AS POSTED BY THE MAYOR.

IF WE WANT TO PUSH FEWER PEOPLE OUT OF THE CITY, THEN WE NEED PROTECTIONS FOR THE 500,000 RANCHERS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

MOTION IS TO PASS ITEMS 39 AND 40 WITH MY WOMEN'S AMENDMENTS INCORPORATED.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, POINT THIS SECOND, THAT DISCUSSION CAST.

REMEMBER, SORRY, YOU CAN GO FIRST IF YOU WANT TO.

I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S, UH, UH, WHO CO-SPONSORS HERE.

UH, AND FOR THE WORK ON THIS OVER TIME DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE PUT IN PLACE, UH, IMPORTANT PROTECTIONS AS A COUNCIL, ALONG WITH SUPPORT FROM THE MAYOR.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP, UH, OUR EVICTION RATES AMONGST THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY, BUT WITH THE ESCALATING HOUSING COSTS THAT WE SEE AND WITH THE DAILY EMERGENCIES THAT WE KNOW SO MANY FAMILIES FACE, IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT WE NEED PERMANENT RENTER PROTECTIONS.

AND, UH, THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS WOULD MOVE US CLOSER TO HAVING THAT.

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AND IF WE WANT TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS, THEN REDUCING EVICTIONS AS A KEY WAY OF DOING THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THESE TWO ITEMS, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, YOU CAN MAKE IN YOUR AMENDMENT, IF THAT'S WHERE YOU WANTED TO DO.

SORRY.

I, I JUST MENTIONED THAT I HAD POSTED A MOTION SHEET ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, AND I WAS WONDERING IF NOW WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS YES, YOU CAN EITHER DISCUSS IT OR YOU COULD MAKE THE MOTION IF YOU WANTED TO, UH, AND THEN DISCUSS IT AFTER YOU MAKE THE MOTION.

UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO INCLUDE MY EMOTION SHEETS TO THAT'S R KELLY PROPOSES HER MOTION SHEET AND AMENDMENT MASON, THE AMENDMENT.

I REMEMBER 40, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN SECONDS THAT COUNTS ME.

KELLY, YOU CAN DISCUSS IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO THE THERE'S DIFFERENT PARTS IN THIS MOTION SHEET.

THE FIRST PART OF MY MOTION IS TO REPLACE THE TERM, UM, SHELL WITH THE TERM MAY THIS WOULD HELP BECAUSE THE TERM SHELL TO ME IS TOO PRESCRIPTIVE AND IT PREDETERMINES HOW CITY STAFF WOULD DRAFT THIS PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT IN THE ORDINANCE, REGARDLESS OF THE FEEDBACK THEY MAY RECEIVE THROUGHOUT THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS.

I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WITH THIS CHANGE IN THESE MOTIONS OR IN THIS MOTION SHEET, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ALLOW LANDLORDS TO HAVE SOME SAY IN THE PROCESS AS WELL.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO NEED TO PROVIDE RENTERS WITH SPECIFIC RIGHTS IN REGARDS TO THE EVICTION PROCESS.

I'M A RENTER MYSELF, BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF HAPPY COMPROMISE WITH THE LANDLORDS AND THE TENANTS THEMSELVES.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED DISCUSSION OF THE AMENDMENTS COUNCIL MEMBER.

COSAR MARY I'D, LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER, UM, TAKING THE MOTION SHEET UP AS THREE DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS.

UH, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU NEED A MOTION FOR THAT AT THIS POINT OR WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO BY, BY, UM, I SAID TO THE GROUP, WE CAN DO THAT.

THERE'S THERE BEEN A REQUEST TO DIVIDE THE QUESTION.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL DIVIDE THE QUESTION.

UM, WHAT MAKES SENSE AS A DIVISION, THE LANGUAGE AT THE END MAKES SENSE AS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED BY ITSELF.

I THINK THERE'S THREE CHANGES, BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO ALL AS WELL.

UH, INTERESTED IN WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY THINKS HERE, UM, BECAUSE I'M FINE WITH ONE OF THEM AND PRETTY CLOSE TO FINE WITH ANOTHER ONE.

UH, BUT ONE OF THEM AS COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY MENTIONED WAS THE CHANGE FROM SHALL TO MAY.

I WOULD SEE THAT AS ONE, THEN THE NEXT SENTENCE, ABOUT A MINIMUM TIME PERIOD TO RESPOND, I THINK AS A SECOND TOPIC.

AND THEN THE THIRD TOPIC IS NOT OF ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES BEYOND ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

UH, AND THAT THIRD ONE I'M FOR EXAMPLE, I'M FINE WITH, SO WE COULD JUST PICK THAT UP AND SEE IF EVERYBODY FINE WITH INCORPORATING THAT ONE, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO WE GRANT MOTIONS TO PROVIDE QUESTIONS, UM, AND, AND WE'LL DO THAT HERE.

ARE YOU COMFORTABLE DIVIDING IT, THOSE THREE WAYS, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU LIKED THE FINAL EDIT THAT WE PROPOSE BECAUSE, UM, MY DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS A VERY HIGH, UM, POPULATION OF ASIAN-AMERICANS FOR EXAMPLE, AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE SPEAK LANGUAGES OTHER THAN JUST ENGLISH AND SPANISH ACROSS THE CITY.

AND IT WOULD BE FAIR TO DO THAT, SO SURE.

WE CAN TAKE THEM UP AS THREE SEPARATE ITEMS. THANK YOU.

LOOKING AT COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S MOTION SHEET, THERE'S THREE CHANGES TO IT.

SO WITH RESPECT TO THE LAST ONE WHERE IT ADDS SHABBY ENGLISH STRIKING AND HAVING SPANISH, AND THEN ADDING ANY ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT MAY BE REQUIRED, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO, INCLUDING THAT INTO THE MOTION HEARING? NONE THAT'S INCLUDED, UH, WE HAVE THEN TWO AMENDMENTS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US.

WE'LL TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE CHANGE FOR A MAY TO SHALL.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS THE, UH, ADDED SENTENCE ABOUT THE NOTICE MAY INCLUDE, UH, WE'LL TAKE OUT FIRST THE MAY TO SHALL, UH, ISSUE.

YES, BECAUSE WE'RE A KITCHEN.

YEAH, I DID.

SO, UM, JUST FOR A QUESTION, SO COUNCIL MEMBER CASARA C ON THE MESSAGE BOARD THAT YOU POSTED AMENDMENT TO COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S AMENDMENT, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, OR IF I MAY, HOW'S HER CONCERN, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, SO AS I'LL LAY OUT HERE, THERE, WE'RE

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THE THIRD ONE WE JUST ACCEPTED, WHICH IS ABOUT INCORPORATING A VARIETY OF LANGUAGES.

AND THEN THERE'S TWO OTHERS.

THIS ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS THE CHANGE OF THE WORD FROM SHALL TO MAY, WHICH I'LL LAY OUT IN A MINUTE.

WHY I JUST DISAGREE WITH THAT? AND THE SECOND ONE IS ABOUT TENANTS RESPONDING.

AND WHAT I POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD WAS SORT OF A COMPROMISE IN BETWEEN PLACE THAT I THOUGHT I'D BE OKAY WITH WHEN WE GET TO THAT ONE.

SO THAT, THAT ONE IS RELEVANT TO WHAT'S ON THE MESSAGE BOARD IS RELEVANT TO THE SECOND, CORRECT.

SO LET'S, LET'S FOCUS FOR JUST A SECOND ON THE CHANGE FROM MAY TO SHOW, UM, OUR SHOUT TO THE MOTION IS TO CHANGE FROM SHALL TO MAY.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR AND MARRIOTT.

I WILL VOTE NO ON THIS CHANGE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS JUST THE CORE OF WHAT WE'RE DIRECTING THE STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY TO LOOK AT.

AND DELIBERATE IS HAVING A, UM, A NOTICE THAT GIVES TENANTS THE ABILITY TO HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO RESPOND AND PREVENT AN EVICTION.

THAT'S WHAT THE CORE OF THIS IS.

AND SO BY CHANGING IT TO MAY ALLOW IT, THEN IF IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR IT, THEN WE'RE, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING EVERYBODY TOGETHER FOR IN THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS.

RIGHT? SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK FUNCTIONALLY, UM, WE'LL HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT PROVIDES THE ABILITY FOR THERE TO BE MORE TIME.

AND IF, AND IF, AND IF WE DON'T WANT IT TO PROVIDE MORE TIME THAN I THINK YOU, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE ORDINANCE AND PEOPLE CAN ARGUE ABOUT WHY WE SHOULDN'T HAVE IT OR WHY WE SHOULD, BUT AT ITS CORE, THE NOTICE GIVING PEOPLE TIME TO RESPOND IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

I WOULD JUST WANT SOME CLARITY FOR THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE ORDINANCE DOES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

UM, FOR ME LEAVING THE WORD SHELL MAKES THE SENTENCE READ IN A MANNER THAT THE NOTICE WOULD PREVENT THE LANDLORD FROM PURSUING AN EVICTION CASE.

IF THE TENANT RESPONDS AND CURES THE ISSUE.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THE INTENT OF THE RESOLUTION IS TO TAKE AWAY A PROPERTIES OWNER, RIGHT? TO PURSUE AN EVICTION CASE OUTLINED IN STATE LAW.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A TENANT HAS A HISTORY OF LATE PAYMENTS OR LEASE VIOLATIONS, THE LANDLORD SHOULD STILL HAVE A RIGHT TO PURSUE AN EVICTION CASE.

FOLLOWING THE PROCESS OUTLINED IN STATE LAW, IF THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE JUST CAUSE, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE IT CHANGED TO MAY INSTEAD OF SHOUT.

THANKS, CATHERINE ELLIS.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR HERE ON THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF, OF WHAT THE NOTICE WOULD DO.

I'M MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

UM, JUST MAINTAINING THE LANGUAGE OF SHAO FOR THIS, FOR THIS STEP IN THE PROCESS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE, LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF CHANGING SHOUT TO MAY PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

HOW'S THE MEMBER POOL.

THIS IS YOUR FIRST ONE OF YOUR MADNESS KASMIN POOLS IN FAVOR OF CHANGING FROM SHAW TO MAY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S FAVOR THOSE OPPOSED TO THAT CHANGE.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

IT'S A BALANCE OF THE DAY.

SO THAT CHANGE IS NOT MADE.

LET'S NOW DISCUSS THE SECOND CHANGE.

UM, THE LAG OF THE SENTENCE, UH, AS WE CAN SEE, THAT IS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL.

MARIE KELLY IS THE NOTICE MAY INCLUDE A REASONABLE MINIMUM TIME PERIOD BY WHICH A RESIDENT MUST MAKE INITIAL CONTACT WITH A LANDLORD LANDLORD OR PROVIDING AN INITIAL RESPONSE AFTER RECEIVING THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH COSAR I GUESS WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS IN THE NATURE OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT, CAUSE YOU'RE ADDING LANGUAGE TO IT.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

MA'AM ALL RIGHT.

I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT.

SO MY AMENDMENTS TO THIS AMENDMENT IS TO ADD, OH, SORRY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THIS AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD SAY THAT THE NOTICE, UM, A RESIDENT HAS TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE AND MAKE INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE LANDLORD IF WE WIND UP REQUIRING, UM, TWO WEEKS.

UH, SO BASICALLY IF THERE'S A TWO WEEK GRACE PERIOD OR LONGER THAN THAT, IT MAY REQUIRE THAT A, UH, THAT ATTENDING TO GET BACK TO THE LANDLORD AND MAKE INITIAL CONTACT EARLIER.

SO DO YOU, DO YOU, ARE YOU ADDING THEM YOU'RE, YOU'RE AMENDING BY ADDING THAT PARENTHETICAL PHRASE AT THE END? CORRECT.

HER CONCERN WAS TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT BY HAVING TO THE END OF THE SENTENCE COMMA, IF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CREATES A NOTICE PERIOD OF 14 DAYS OR MORE, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT, TO THE AMENDMENT, A COUNCIL MEMBER POINT THE SECOND SAID, AND DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER CASSARA THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, IF SHE WANTS TO ADDRESS IT, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

COUNSEL,

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SO TO ME, BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW, ABOUT HOW LONG GRACE WE SHOULD TRY TO PROVIDE IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY AND SOMEBODY ISN'T ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT FOLKS MAY THINK WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A WEEK OR A MONTH, RIGHT? THERE'S DIFFERENT BEST PRACTICES IN DIFFERENT CITIES.

AND SO IF WE, I, INSTEAD OF I HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S AMENDMENT, POTENTIALLY BECAUSE IF, UM, IF WE ONLY PROVIDE PEOPLE SAY ONE WEEK, UM, AND THE CURRENT LAW GIVES YOU THREE DAYS, UM, THEN HAVING PUTTING THE ONUS ON TENANTS TO GET BACK TO PEOPLE BEFORE THAT WEEK, AT THAT POINT, WHAT'S REALLY THE POINT, RIGHT? WE HAVEN'T REALLY CREATED MUCH EXTRA TIME, BUT IF THE NOTICE AND THE FINAL ORDINANCE COMES OUT TO BE LENGTHIER, LET'S SAY OVER A COUPLE OF WEEKS LONG THAN HAVING A CHECK-IN POINT REQUIRED AT THE TENANT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

SO INSTEAD OF OF, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE WAS A GOOD MIDDLE GROUND WAY TO SAY YES, IF THIS WINDS UP BEING AN EXTENDED NOTICE PERIOD, THAT IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A CHECK-IN.

THAT'S WHY I CRAFTED THE AMENDMENT THIS WAY TO TRY TO STRIKE A MIDDLE GROUND.

THANK YOU, GREG, FOR LAYING THAT OUT.

UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I DO KNOW THAT IF PART OF OUR INTENT HERE IS TO FOSTER CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN TENANTS AND LANDLORDS TO PREVENT EVICTIONS AND THESE CONVERSATIONS CAN ONLY OCCUR IF BOTH PARTIES ARE AT THE TABLE.

THANKS.

THAT'S WHERE THE HELL DOES I HAVE A QUESTION AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS FOR THE AUTHORS OF THESE AMENDMENTS OR IF MAYBE LEGAL CAN JUST HELP WITH THE TERMINOLOGY WHEN IT USES THE WORD MUST.

I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP OF IF, IF THE TENANT DOESN'T RESPOND IN THE GIVEN WINDOW, WHAT CHANGES DO THEY JUST PROCEED THROUGH WITH THE REST OF THE PROCESS OF AN EVICTION, OR I'M KIND OF HUNG UP ON THE WORD MUST AND NOT SURE IF WE SHOULD CHANGE IT TO SOMETHING LIKE SHOULD OR IS EXPECTED TO, I JUST WASN'T SURE IF ANYONE HAD THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR WORD AND THE STRENGTH OF THE TENANT HAVING TO RESPOND VERSUS CHOOSING NOT TO, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? OKAY.

UM, UM, THE, BY HAVING A MUST, THE IDEA WOULD BE, AND WE'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER CITIES IS THAT IF THE TENANT DOES NOT RESPOND BACK TO THE LANDLORD, THEN THAT FULL GRACE PERIOD DOESN'T, UM, FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CURE DOESN'T, UH, STAY IN PLACE.

SO THEY WOULD, SO IF LET'S SAY HYPOTHETICALLY, WE WENT WITH A 30 DAY AND THE, THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED THE TENANT TO CHECK IN WITH THE LANDLORD AT DAY 15.

IF THAT TENANT DOESN'T DO THAT BY DAY 15, THEN IN THEORY, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL 15 DAYS.

THAT'S THE WAY SOME OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE.

UM, HAVE YOU UTILIZED THE CHECK-IN PERIOD? SO IT'S AN INCENTIVE TO GIVE THE TENANT, MAKE SURE THAT THE TENANT AND THE LANDLORD HAVE THE COMMUNICATION.

SO THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW JUST SEEMS PRETTY MUCH STRAIGHT THAN NARROW ON THE TENANT WOULD BE GIVEN THAT INFORMATION AND THEY CAN CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT TO RESPOND.

THEY GET USED.

THE QUESTION WOULD BE WHEN IT COMES BACK AS WHETHER OR NOT THE CONCEPT, WHAT THE CONSEQUENCE FOR NOT RESPONDING TO THE LANDLORD WOULD BE OKAY.

THAT, THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME, IF THE, IF THE AUTHORS OF THESE AMENDMENTS ARE GOOD WITH THE MUSTANG IN THERE, I CAN, I CAN BE OKAY WITH THAT TOO.

CASA REMEMBER ALTER, REMEMBER TIM OLDER? SORRY.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, UM, SINCE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S MOTION IS BASED ON THE ORIGINAL DRAFT THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING THE MAYOR'S LANGUAGE SORT OF ABOVE THAT AND HIS CHANGES AS WELL.

JUST HAVING A LITTLE CONFUSION, TRYING TO READ THROUGH IT

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AT NIGHT.

AND IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT, THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO JUST CLARIFY THAT IN ADOPTING HER AMENDMENT.

WE'RE NOT SAYING WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE OLD LANGUAGE, IS THAT CORRECT? AND DRAFTING MY AMENDMENTS.

THAT'S WHAT I HAD INTENDED TO DO.

SO, UH, THERE WAS A STAKEHOLDER THAT HAD PROVIDED THAT LANGUAGE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S BROUGHT FORWARD.

I THOUGHT IT WAS STATED MOST NEUTRALLY IN TERMS OF THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE PARTIES, WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT I HAD HAD AND THE SENTENCE, UM, UH, ABOVE THAT.

AND THAT'S WHERE I HAD TAKEN OUT THE NEXT SENTENCE I, IN WHAT I HAD PROPOSED.

SO THAT WAS MY, MY INTENT IN DOING THAT, THINKING THAT THAT CHANGE WOULD THEN HAVE BEEN COVERED.

MAYOR, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

IF I CAN JUST FINISH, I JUST, OKAY.

SO, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ADDING YOURS, YOUR, YOUR AMENDMENT DIDN'T DELETE ANYTHING THOUGH.

IT DIDN'T DELETE ANYTHING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CASAREZ, BUT SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE ASKED FOR THE AMENDMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY AND I DID NOT MOVE THAT RECOMMENDATION FORWARD INSTEAD MADE THE CHANGE TO THE PRECEDING SENTENCE.

BUT IF I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW I'M READING THROUGH THAT SECTION, IT WOULD BE THE PART ONLINE 19 WOULD BE WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN THOSE TWO SENTENCES.

AND THEN WE WOULD GO TO THE THIRD SENTENCE WHERE WE KEPT IT AS MAY.

AND NOW WE'RE DEBATING THE FOURTH SENTENCE.

CORRECT.

AND WE ADDED A FIFTH SENTENCE.

AND TO THE FIFTH WEEK WE EXTENDED THE FIFTH YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE CLERK CAN READ IT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

I THOUGHT THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS COUNCIL MEMBER KOSSAR'S, UM, LANGUAGE WITHOUT YOURS IN IT THERE, HIS MOTION INCLUDED MY AMENDMENT.

WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW IS THE COSAR MOTION, INCLUDING MY AMENDMENT.

THAT'S THE PART THAT I DON'T REMEMBER HIM SAYING.

I THOUGHT HE JUST SAID THAT HE MOVED HIS REST OF HIS AMENDMENT, HIS, HIS RESPONSE.

HE MOVED TO HIS MEMORY WITH YOU, WITH HIS.

AND DOES, IS THAT, DOES THE CLERK REFLECT THAT TO MYRNA? AND THAT'S HOW I CALLED IT OUT.

IF I YOU'RE GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION.

LET'S JUST DOUBLE CHECK.

I THINK WE ALL EXPECTED THAT GREG'S MOTION WOULD INCLUDE YOU OR AMENDMENT.

UM, I'M I'M 99.9% SURE THAT I DID, BUT IN THE EVENT, I DIDN'T, THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US INCLUDES THE AMENDMENT.

BUT THERE WERE MORE CHANGES THAN THAT THEN, I GUESS IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, I DON'T THINK IT WOULD, AND I'M SORRY, I'M ON MY PHONE.

SO IF I DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF ME, UM, CAN WE JUST CONFIRM THAT THE AC EMOTION IS I'M CONFIRMING THAT FOR YOU? I'M CONFIRMING THAT FOR YOU.

THE BASE MOTION IS MY CHANGE AND THE CRAIG'S CASAR MOTION WITH MY AMENDMENT.

AND THE QUESTION WE HAVE NOW IN FRONT OF US IS WHETHER TO ADD THE SENTENCE.

THE NOTICE MAY INCLUDE A REASONABLE MINIMUM TIME PERIOD BY WHICH A RESIDENT MAY MAKE INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE LANDLORD OR PROVIDE AN INITIAL RESPONSE AFTER RECEIVING THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED EVICTION.

THAT'S THE QUESTION IN FRONT OF US COUNCIL MEMBER CASSARA HAS AMENDED THAT SENTENCE.

SO AS TO ADD TO THE END OF THAT SENTENCE, THE LANGUAGE ABOUT SO LONG AS IT'S THEIRS, IT'S A 14 DAY PERIOD OF TIME.

AND IT IS THAT AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT.

THAT'S IN FRONT OF US, NOT THE AMENDMENT YET.

JUST WHETHER WE ADD THE CASSARA APPARENT MEDICAL PHRASE AND ALL THAT SPIRIT, IT WAS THE YEAR.

IT WAS THE BASE MOTION PIECE THAT I, THAT I MISSED BECAUSE I DIDN'T, I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING YOU PUT IN YOUR CHANGE.

AND THEN I JUST REMEMBER GREG SAYING HE WAS MOVING HIS, UH, MAKING HIS MOTION WITH NO CHANGE.

QUESTION IN FRONT OF US, DO WE ADD THE 14 DAY PARENTHETICAL PHRASE? IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE PARENTHETICAL PHRASE FOR HIS REGULAR HERE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED TO ADDING THE APPARENT MEDICAL PHRASE.

I'M NOT SEEING

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ANYONE VOTING.

SO I'M SHOWING EVERYBODY VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE APPARENT MEDICAL PHRASES ADDED.

NOW THE QUESTION IN FRONT OF US IS DO WE ADD THE SENTENCE NOW AMENDED WITH THE PARENT, THAT ETHICAL PHRASE AND THE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON THAT, LET'S TAKE A VOTE.

IT WAS A VERY ADDING THE KELLY AMENDMENT AS AMENDED BY COSAR.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED GUYS.

AREN'T ELLIS BOATS.