Feb 17, 2022 City Council Meetings

IF THERE ARE DIFFERING OPINIONS ON THE DYESS THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD HEAR THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT ON ITEM 24, IT IS A MOTION TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY AND DIRECTION, NOT JUST DIRECTION.

THAT'S CORRECT.

AND, AND, AND UNLESS SOMEONE PULLS THAT OFF, UH, THAT WITHOUT ANYBODY OBJECT TO THAT BEING THE, UH, THE, UH, THE WAY THAT IT APPEARS ON THE CONSENT WITH THE INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT AND OBJECTIONS THAT CHARACTER TOTAL, NO, MAY I CERTAINLY DON'T OBJECT.

I SUPPORT THAT, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SIGNALING TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THIS COMING BACK.

AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD SAY

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I MEAN, FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T BELIEVE, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR THE CITY.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.

THAT'S WHAT I ENDEAVOR TO POSTPONE, BUT IT IS FOR ME, I'VE ASKED QUESTIONS AS YOU COULD SEE THE Q AND A, UH, UH, F MY UNDERSTANDING WAS INITIALLY THAT BY OPENING UP A MARSHALL'S OFFICE, WE WERE, UH, LESS OF A, THE THINGS THAT WE ASKED OUR AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, TO DO.

UH, AND BY DOING THAT HERE, DOING THAT AT MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION, DOING THAT ON THREE-WORD ONE, ALL THE OTHER THINGS WE WERE TRYING TO DO, UH, WE WOULD END UP WITH, UH, A NEED FOR LESS POLICE OFFICERS POTENTIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO LESS.

I DID ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT Q AND A.

IF WE DID THIS, WOULD IT RESULTED FEWER APD OFFICERS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAPPEN? THE ANSWER CAME BACK? NO, IT WOULD STILL REQUIRE THE SAME NUMBER OF APD OFFICERS AND FOR B, UH, THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON I WAS AG AND THERE ON IT.

SO I, I SUPPORT THE INDEFINITE POSTPONE OR THIS AS WELL, UH, MAYOR PRO TAB, UM, JUST FOR THE INTEREST OF CLARITY, SINCE I DIDN'T MANAGE TO POST IT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

AND I WANT TO ASK THE CLERK IF THEY CAN POST IT INTO BACKUP.

AND IF I COULD JUST READ THE DIRECTION IN CASE WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.

UM, SO FOR ITEM 24, THE MISSION THAT WOULD BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT I'M PUTTING FORWARD IS TO MOVE TO POSTPONE ITEM 24 INDEFINITELY WITH ADDITIONAL DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER.

AND THAT DIRECTION IS THAT COUNCIL WISHES TO INDEFINITELY POSTPONE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MARSHALL'S PROGRAM.

AS A DIVISION OF THE AUSTIN MUNICIPAL COURT ITEM 24, THE MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO CONDUCT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DISCUSS HOW BEST TO MEET THE CIVILIAN AND SWORN STAFFING AND SECURITY NEEDS OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COURT.

IF THE RESULTS OF THAT ENGAGEMENT IDENTIFY NEEDS, WHICH REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION, THE MANAGER'S DIRECTED TO RETURN TO COUNCIL FOR THE APPROPRIATE APPROVALS STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SHOULD BEGIN WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AS HAS SORT OF BEEN DISCUSSED BY MY COLLEAGUES ALREADY, UM, I THINK THAT HAVING HEARD, UM, THE TIMELINES FOR THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE, HAVING HEARD, UM, THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO IN TO MAKE AN ACADEMY THAT LINES UP WITH THE ACADEMY THAT WE'VE INVESTED SO MUCH IN, UM, AND GIVEN THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE TO FIND SOME ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO MEET THE SECURITY NEEDS BY CONTRACTING OUT PIECES, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF APD OFFICERS, BUT RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S REALLY, UM, CLEAR NEEDS AT THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND AT THE DOCK FOR SECURITY THAT IS PROVIDED BY, UM, WELL-TRAINED, UM, POLICE OFFICERS.

UM, IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE IS AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME.

UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF LOOKING INTO THIS.

YOU WERE GIVEN DIRECTION TO TRY TO LOOK AT ALL DIFFERENT WAYS WHERE WE COULD, UM, REDUCE RELIANCE ON, UM, SWORN PERSONNEL.

HOWEVER, I THINK THIS IS A CASE WHERE THROUGH OUR DISCUSSIONS AND OUR INVESTIGATIONS, THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

AND I THINK THAT IN POSTPONING THIS INDEFINITELY, WE'RE RECOGNIZING THAT, AND WE'RE SAYING THAT WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE ENGAGED IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT ANY FURTHER STEPS THAT MEAN MIGHT NEED TO BE TAKEN TO MEET THE COURTS.

UM, SECURITY NEEDS BUILDING OFF THE MIX THAT WE HAVE, UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, OKAY.

WITH THIS, UM, JUST TO BUILD OFF WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM SHARED ON ALSO SUPPORT THIS INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT FOR THE REASONS THAT YOU JUST SHARED.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS PART OF YOUR DIRECTION MAY HAVE PRETEND INCLUDES THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SHOULD START WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THERE WERE, UM, AS PART OF, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED IN THE BACKUP, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS PLANNED FOR NEXT MONTH.

SO WOULD THOSE STILL CONTINUE, UM, AS SUCH, OR WOULD IT BE OKAY, SO THOSE TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE Q AND A BACKUP WILL CONTINUE, UM, AS PART OF THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.

WE'RE NOT PROCEEDING, UM, THAT AS THEY HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THAT THEY'RE PROCEEDING WITH A WAY OF CREATING THOSE, THOSE PERMANENT JOBS, UM, AS WELL FOR, FOR CONSISTENT LONG TIME NEEDS, THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GAIN GROUND ON THAT.

BEFORE WE GO TO SPEAKERS, CATS OVER TOP OF, YEAH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

UM, I, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M HAVING A FEW COMPUTER ISSUES HERE THIS MORNING THAT I'M WORKING TO RESOLVE.

UM, SO THANK YOU SOMEWHERE IN HERE.

I HAVE YOUR MOTION SHEET, I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED CONTRACT, AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND OUR STAFF AS THEY PROCEED WITH THE MAYOR PRO TIME'S DIRECTION, THAT WE DO HAVE A COUNCIL POLICY TO PHASE OUT THE USE OF CONTRACT LABOR FOR SECURITY AND CUSTODIAL, AND SOME OF THE OTHER WAYS THAT OUR CITY HAS RELIED ON, ON CONTRACT, UM, POSITIONS FOR, FOR AREAS WHERE THERE REALLY IS A LONG-TERM NEED.

SO WHILE WE UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THAT, THAT SOMETIMES THERE IS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT,

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AND I JUST TO BE CLEAR, I SIMPLY WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THEY HAVE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS BY USING, UM, OTHER SECURITY PERSONNEL WHO ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT, BUT NOTHING THAT'S NOT IN THE DIRECTION AND NOTHING IN THE DIRECTION PRECLUDES, UM, FULFILLING THE OTHER DIRECTION THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED BY COUNCIL IN THAT.

SEE HOW THE DECK CAN POSSIBLY BE EFFECTIVELY POLICED OR, OR TAKEN CARE OF WITH REGARDS TO SECURITY.

UH, WITHOUT THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM A SPEAKERS, WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE HERE IN PERSON, IN CASE FOR COVID OR OTHER REASONS THAT THEY WANT TO, UH, TO NOT STAY IN THE ROOM.

IF THE CLERK WOULD CALL THOSE SPEAKERS, PLEASE, THE FIRST SPEAKER, UM, THESE ARE FOR ITEMS 12, 13, AND 18, UM, A NON LEVY UM, THANK YOU.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE NOT QUESTIONING AND IMPORTANT.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ACC, THE DECK WE ASSERT THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT LOCATION FOR IT.

AND WE ASK YOU TO TREAT US EQUALLY.

WE RAISED QUESTIONS AND GOT INADEQUATE RESPONSES ON WHY THE LOOK AND, AND, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, VERY LATE ON MY LOCATION ON EAST SECOND STREET WAS REJECTED.

YOU ANSWERED NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSITION, COUNCIL MEMBER IN TARA SET.

THE SITE DID SAFETY CONCERNS, BUT FOR EIGHTH STREET, YOU'RE SAYING NO IMPACT SURROUNDING AREAS.

SO WHICH ONE IS IT? IF NEW DATA SAYS THERE'S NO IMPACT, LET'S PLEASE REEVALUATE, OR PREVIOUS 26 LOCATIONS, IF NOT, THEN PLEASE TREAT US EQUALLY AND REJECT THAT PROPOSAL.

THE NOTION DOES NO IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY IS UNFOUNDED.

AS THE CLAIM, THERE ARE NO BROKEN WINDOWS IN THE CURRENT LOCATION THAT PEOPLE DON'T SLEEP OUTSIDE OF IT, OR THERE'S PEOPLE WORKING THERE DON'T NEED, UM, POLICE ESCORT.

SO SORRY.

NO, WAIT, UM, POINT BEING, UH, THIS IS NOT THOUGHT THROUGH, UH, THIS NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND, UM, WE REALLY ASK YOU TO TREAT US IN THE SAME WAY.

DID HE TREAT OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT REJECTED THAT EXACT NOTION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HEY, SPEAKER PEVSNER THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, WE ARE NOT QUESTIONING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DACC.

WE SIMPLY SAY PLACING THE DACC HERE AT OUR DOORSTEP, PUTS US AT RISK ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER MORE SECURITY WILL SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS. I WANT TO ASK YOU, WILL YOU BE ABLE, WILL YOU BE WILLING TO LIVE? WHERE DO YOU NEED POLICE SUPERVISION, 24 7 TO HAVE A NORMAL LIFE? UM, THIS IS UNREASONABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE, AND WE STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS MOVE.

UM, PERSONALLY, I ALREADY FEEL UNSAFE WALKING IN SOME PARTS OF DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, UM, AND JUST THE INTENT TO MOVE THE DACC HERE FOR FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY ALREADY TO MOVE AWAY THIS RELOCATION.

WE'RE FORCED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS TO ABANDON DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.

AND I'M SURE THAT YOU DON'T WANT THAT.

THANK YOU, KARIM BADAR UH, HELLO.

I AM SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY AS THE CO-OWNER OF THE HIDEOUT THEATER AND COFFEE HOUSE, A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS, AND THE 600 BLOCK OF CONGRESS.

I HAVE CONTACTED COUNSEL MANY TIMES ABOUT HOW CHALLENGING THAT BLOCK OF CONGRESS HAS BEEN IN PART DUE TO THE UNHOUSED POPULATION THAT TENDS TO BE THERE.

THE DAC IS GOING TO ATTRACT THAT SAME EXACT POPULATION, A BLOCK AND A HALF FROM WHAT IS ALREADY A VERY CHALLENGING PART OF CONGRESS.

THE BUSINESS OWNERS ON THAT BLOCK OF CONGRESS GOT CONTRACT SECURITY FOR A WHILE, BUT IT WAS VERY COSTLY.

IT WASN'T AS EFFECTIVE AS IT WOULD BE LIKE AS WE WOULD'VE LIKED.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER, TOVO JUST MENTIONED THAT THE CITY IS NO LONGER GOING TO CONTRACT SECURITY THROUGH PRIVATE CORPORATIONS.

APD HAS ALREADY TOLD US THAT THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE MANPOWER OR THE, THE ABILITY TO PATROL DOWNTOWN TO THE EXTENT THAT JUST THE 600 BLOCK OF CONGRESS NEEDS.

SO I DON'T

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SUZY, MAY I NEED TO CLARIFY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SPEAKER UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

WE ARE, WHEN I WAS JUST COMMENTING ABOUT THE CONTRACT SECURITY, IT IS, IT IS A NEW POLICY OF THE COUNCIL TO TRY TO BRING IN IN-HOUSE JOBS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONTRACTED OUT.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE HAD CUSTODIANS WHO HAD WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR YEARS AS CONTRACT LABORERS WITH PRIVATE COMPANIES AND AS PART OF A GOAL OF, OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SETTING A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE, WE ARE STARTING A PHASE OF BRINGING THOSE IN-HOUSE.

AND SO I LED, UM, A RESOLUTION AND THEN A WORK GROUP TO DO THAT.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S NOT ABOUT UNDERSTAFFING OR NOT PROVIDING SECURITY WHERE WE NEED IT, JUST IF THERE ARE PERMANENT POSITIONS AND THEY TEND TO BE IN THE CUSTODIAL OR IN THE SECURITY REALM, WE ARE NOT RELYING ON LONG-TERM CONTRACTS AND LONG-TERM CONTRACT EMPLOYEES.

WE'RE MAKING THOSE PART OF OUR CITY FAMILY WITH PERMANENT JOBS AND PERMANENT BENEFITS.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO MIS, UM, UNDERSTANDING ON THAT POINT.

THANK YOU, SUSIE GALA.

AND OUR TEXAS HERITAGE AREAS RIGHT NOW FOR EVERYONE.

CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN POURING MONEY INTO DOWNTOWN AUSTIN TO MAKE AN ECONOMIC ENGINE MOVING THE DACC TO THE CENSOR OF AUSTIN'S TOURIST AND HISTORICAL DISTRICT IS NOT JUST IRRESPONSIBLE.

IT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THE POLICIES THAT YOU'VE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED TO ENABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH.

A 2019 STUDY BY NYC'S INDEPENDENT BUDGET OFFICE FOUND THAT RESIDENCES LOCATED WITHIN TWO BLOCKS OF A SHELTER.

WHEN ANOTHER SHELTER IS A FEW BLOCKS AWAY.

SO PROPERTY VALUES DECREASED BY 25% BY RELOCATING THE DACC TO EIGHTH STREET WITH THE ART CENTER, A FEW BLOCKS AWAY, THE BROWN BUILDING IS PRIMED TO MIRROR THAT SCENARIO, SETTING UP EACH OWNER TO LOSE ABOUT 120 K OR 10 MILLION IN THE BUILDING.

AND THIS IS JUST ONE BUILDING.

THESE PROPERTY VALUES ARE DIRECTLY TIED TO YOUR TAX REVENUE DISREGARDING THE FACT THAT NOBODY WANTS TO LOSE PROPERTY VALUE.

IF YOU APPROVE THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SLAMMING THE BRAKES ON ALL THE ECONOMIC GROWTH YOU'VE CREATED DOWNTOWN.

LET'S GET REAL BUSINESSES.

DON'T WANT TO BE LOCATED NEAR THIS.

NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE NEAR THIS AND, AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO STAY IN HOTELS, A BLOCK AWAY FROM THIS.

WOULD YOU JEFF STANLEY? HELLO, I'M JEFF AND I LIVE IN THE BROWN BUILDING.

WE STRONGLY OPPOSED AGENDA ITEMS, 12, 13, AND 18 TODAY, WHICH IS THE PROPOSAL TO MOVE THE DOCK TO THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING.

USING COUNCIL MEMBER RENTER RE HIS OWN QUOTE REGARDING THE FIRST BUILDING THAT WAS REJECTED.

QUOTE, MOVING THE DOCK TO THE SECOND STREET NEIGHBORHOOD WILL HAVE HARMFUL IMPACT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND ITS SURROUNDING QUALITY OF LIFE.

I THAT'S THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE AGREES AND CONCURS WITH THAT EXACT QUOTE.

I SUBMITTED THIS DATA TO THE CITY AND IT SHOWS REAL SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUES AROUND THE DAC.

EVEN AT THE ONE, THE CURRENT LOCATION AT ONE TEXAS CENTER, IT ALSO SHOWS NEGATIVE FINANCIAL IMPACT TO PROPERTY OWNERS IF MOVED INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO COUNCIL MEMBERS, I ASK YOU THIS MAYOR ADLER YOU AS WELL, KNOWING THE REAL FACTS THAT MOVING THE DECK INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD CAN CAUSE SECURITY AND SAFETY ISSUES TO YOUR PERSON, AS WELL AS TO YOUR FINANCIAL POCKETBOOK.

WOULD YOU VOTE YES.

TO BRING THIS BACK TO YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD? WE THINK NOT.

WE ARE, WE BELIEVE WE DON'T WANT IT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE IMPLORE YOU TO VOTE.

NO ELIZABETH KURT, OUR TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY.

HOW TO $164 BILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT ON OUR LONE STAR STATE IN 2018, I CANNOT COMPREHEND PUTTING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AT RISK.

OR DO YOU DO ANYTHING TO JEOPARDIZE ANY PORTION OF THAT WILL MOVING THE DOCK TO THE OLD MUNICIPAL BUILDING AT 1 24 WEST EIGHTH STREET DOES EXACTLY THAT.

DO NOT MOVE THE DAC INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, A HISTORICAL LANDMARK AND AN AREA OF GREAT CULTURAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE HEART OF TEXAS.

IT IS, BUT A FEW STEPS AWAY FROM A NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.

CONGRESS AVENUE, LESS THAN TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM OUR GOVERNOR'S MANSION, THE TEXAS STATE CAPITOL AND ITS GROUNDS, AND RIGHT SMACK DAB IN OUR FRONT YARD AT THE BROWN AS GOOD STEWARDS, WE MUST PROTECT AND ENHANCE OUR ECONOMY, OUR VISITORS EXPERIENCE

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AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, I'LL CLOSE BY REMINDING US ALL THAT AUSTIN IS OUR STATE'S CAPITAL AND THAT THIS IS A STATE ISSUE, NOT JUST A CITY OF AUSTIN ISSUE.

THE CAPITAL BELONGS TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS IN ALL OF OUR CITIES AND TO DEGRADE OR COMPROMISE THE INTEGRITY OF THIS AREA.

FOR ANY REASON FOR THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS IS WRONG.

THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE AREA FOR THE DAC.

IT WILL NEITHER COMPLIMENT NOR ENHANCE THE VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT ALREADY LIVES WORKS, PLAYS AND VISITS HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, BILL BRYCE.

I'M BILL BRYCE WITH DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE.

DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR COMMUNITY COURTS SINCE BEFORE ITS INCEPTION, THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE OPPOSES MOVING COMMUNITY COURT TO 1 24 WEST EIGHTH STREET.

OUR OPPOSITION IS ABOUT WHAT IS BEST FOR DOWNTOWN AND WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COURT AND ITS CLIENTS DECIDING TODAY.

THE QUESTION OF WHERE THE COURT SHOULD BE LOCATED IS FOCUSING ON THE WRONG QUESTION FIRST, BEFORE WE CAN DECIDE WHERE THE COURTS SHOULD BE LOCATED, WE NEED TO HAVE CLARITY ON WHAT WE WANT THE COURT TO BE.

WHAT IS JURISDICTION SHOULD BE, WHO THE COURTS SHOULD SERVE AND HOW THE COURT CAN BEST SERVE ITS CLIENTS IN THE COMMUNITY CHALLENGE, YOUR TALENTED COURT STAFF TO DELIVER RECOMMENDATIONS ON A BETTER SERVICE MODEL BEFORE ASKING THE QUESTION OF WHERE THE COURT SHOULD BE LOCATED.

YOUR DECISION REGARDING THE FUTURE OF 1 24 WEST EIGHTH STREET WILL HAVE LONG LASTING IMPACTS ON DOWNTOWN IN THE CITY.

AS A WHOLE FAILURE TO MAKE A FULLY INFORMED DECISION WILL CREATE LASTING SETBACKS ON THE VIBRANCY OF A THRIVING DOWNTOWN, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY ON THE CLIENTS THE COURT WAS CREATED TO SERVE.

MAY I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR MR. BRYCE, MR. BRYCE, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

UM, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE AND SUPPORTED THE WORK OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT FOR, FOR THE TWO PLUS DECADES THAT IT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE.

UM, AND IT HAS BEEN DOWNTOWN, UM, FOR ALL OF THOSE YEARS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE VERY BRIEF PERIOD THAT IT'S BEEN OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN LOOKING FOR THE MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION.

I KNOW THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE HAS SUGGESTED ANOTHER DOWNTOWN BUILDING BE CONSIDERED THE WALLER BUILDING.

ARE THERE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE WOULD SUGGEST? AND IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO THE ONE THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR, AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, WE DO NOT THINK THE QUESTION OF WHERE THE COURT SHOULD BE LOCATED SHOULD EVEN BE ASKED UNTIL THERE IS MORE INFORMATION TO INFORM OUR DECISION ABOUT WHO THE COURT SERVES, WHAT ITS JURISDICTION WILL BE.

AND THEN ONLY CAN WE DETERMINE TO EVEN BEGIN TO ASK THAT QUESTION LAST FRIDAY'S COMMUNITY COURT ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE WHERE NO ADVISORY COUNCIL BOARD MEMBER, YOUR APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS WOULD MAKE A MOTION ON THE COURT'S JURISDICTION AND THE TYPE OF CASES THAT IT SHOULD HEAR, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT FEEL THEY HAD ENOUGH INFORMATION TO DO THAT.

ASKING THE QUESTION OF WHERE AND SAYING, WHAT BUILDING IS, IT IS PREEMPTIVE TO KNOWING WHAT THE COURT NEEDS TO DO, HOW IT CAN BEST SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

AND ONLY THEN DETERMINE THAT, AND IT MAY NOT BE A SINGULAR BUILDING.

WE MAY NEED A NEW COURT MODEL TO SAY, THIS GOES OUT TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY, RIGHT? AND AS, AS YOU, I KNOW, ARE AWARE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR, I PASS BUDGET DIRECTION, ASKING OUR STAFF TO CONSIDER ADDING SATELLITE LOCATIONS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AS WELL, GOT BACK THE RESPONSIVE MEMO YESTERDAY.

AND I'M HAPPY TO FORWARD IT.

IF ANYBODY IN THIS, OR PERHAPS WE CAN ASK OUR CITY STAFF TO MAKE IT PART OF TODAY'S BACKUP.

UM, BUT I, I I'LL LOOK TO OUR, UH, DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT STAFF TO TALK ABOUT THEIR MODEL.

I MEAN, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT VERY MUCH YOU'VE, YOU'VE ASKED FOR THEM TO RETHINK THEIR MODEL.

I THINK THEIR, THEIR MODEL IS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE INDIVIDUALS THEY'VE BEEN SERVING FOR SEVERAL DECADES DOWNTOWN, CONSISTENTLY AND SUCCESSFULLY.

AND AGAIN, I KNOW THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE HAS SUPPORTED THEM IN THAT MISSION.

SO WHILE THEY MAY BE ADDING ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS TO IT, I BELIEVE, AND I WOULD LOOK TO OUR MANAGER TO CONFIRM THAT THEIR CORE MISSION IS NOT CHANGING MANAGER.

WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU MIND CONFIRMING THAT PLEASE? CORRECT.

WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE ONGOING CONVERSATION, MR. BRYCE, THANKFULLY WE KNOW THAT IN THE PAST THE COMMUNITY COURT'S FAILURE TO APPEAR RATE THE RATE AT WHICH PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP FOR COURT APPOINTMENTS HAS BEEN IN THE 90% RANGE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS TODAY, BUT IF IT'S EVEN 50% THAT TELLS US THE COURT IS NOT EFFECTIVELY SERVING THE PEOPLE, IT WAS CREATED TO REACH AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO IT'S INFORMATION LIKE THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE KNOWN AND UNDERSTOOD TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE CLIENTS AND IN

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ITS OWN.

RIGHT.

MR. BRYCE, I DON'T, I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

I WOULD, I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE FORWARD CONCERNS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE DECKS OPERATION.

SOME OF THESE ARE, ARE NEW TO ME, EVEN THOUGH IN THE PAST, YOU AND I HAVE HAVE BEEN IN LOTS OF COMMUNICATION AROUND THESE ISSUES.

UM, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED ABOUT THE MODEL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THOSE ARE PROBABLY BEST HANDLED OUTSIDE OF THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT.

I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY ARE A KEY FUNCTION, A CORE FUNCTION OF THE CITY AND HAVE DONE REALLY TREMENDOUS WORK, UM, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

AS I MENTIONED AT THE PUBLIC MEETING THAT I KNOW YOU WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT, THERE WERE ONE OF THE VERY FEW CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT STAYED OPEN FACE-TO-FACE FOR IN-PERSON ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.

AND, AND THEY ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, VERY DEDICATED STAFF WHO WORK EACH AND EVERY DAY, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THOSE WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE ARE AWARE OF THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE CERTAINLY AGREE, UH, WHAT OUR OBJECTIVE IS, IS TO SEE THAT THE COURT FUNCTIONS BETTER, UH, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MODELS THERE ARE FOR THAT.

AND THEN TO TALK ABOUT THE LOCATION, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRICE.

I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF THE CLERK WOULD PUT THAT BEBO INTO A BACKUP, UH, SO THAT IT IS, UH, IS PART OF THIS, UH, UM, UH, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM, FROM STAFF A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT WHAT TEXAS CENTER IN TERMS OF, UH, ACTIVITY NOW, UH, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE, HMM.

DO YOU WANT ME TO MENTION WHAT OUR INTENTION IS TODAY? I THINK THAT MIGHT ALSO BE HELPFUL.

SO, UM, THE MAYOR AND I, UH, HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I THINK WOULD BE USEFUL HERE AND BECAUSE OF A VARIETY OF, OF THINGS THAT HAVE TRANSPIRED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT I KNOW THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE AND OTHERS REQUESTED REALLY EXPLAINING WHY ONE OF THE OTHER DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS, THE WALLER BUILDING IS NOT AS IN THE STAFF'S OPINION IS NOT AS WELL SUITED AS THIS LOCATION.

AND SO IT'S MY INTENTION TODAY TO POSTPONE THIS ONE MORE TIME TO THE NEXT MEETING.

SO TO ALLOW STAFF TO REALLY PROVIDE A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF WHAT I SEE AS THE TWO BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, WE MIGHT ADD BACK HEALTH SOUTH INTO THAT MIX OF LOOKING AT THOSE THREE DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES AND SEEING, BUT I WILL SAY NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT NEEDS TO BE DOWNTOWN.

THE MAJORITY OF THE INDIVIDUALS THEY SERVE ARE OUR DOWNTOWN, IT'S LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OTHER SERVICES AND, AND HAS OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT DIFFICULTIES FOR DECADES.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS ON AND, AND HAS OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY WHILE IT'S BEEN TEMPORARILY OUT OF DOWNTOWN AT ONE TEXAS CENTER HAS OPERATED WITHOUT PROBLEM AND SUCCESSFULLY IN THAT LOCATION.

IT IS A CORE FUNCTION.

I KNOW THAT, UM, WE HAVE, WE CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES BEFORE THIS CITY, AND I THINK WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE CITY FUNCTIONS THAT ARE SUCCESSFULLY HELPING US MEET THOSE CHALLENGES.

AND THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT IS ONE OF THEM, BUT I WANTED THOSE OF YOU.

I THINK THERE ARE MANY OF YOU SIGNED UP HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO THIS.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE ARE GOING TO GET THAT SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON SO THAT EVERYBODY HERE ON THIS DIOCESE CAN, UH, DECIDE ON, ON THE ISSUE THAT WILL BE BEFORE COUNCIL IN MARCH, WHICH IS WHETHER OR NOT TO EXPEND THE FUNDS TO RENOVATE THE BUILDING.

THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE QUESTION.

THE MANAGER HAS THE ABILITY TO MOVE THAT DEPARTMENT, UM, WHERE HE SEES FIT BASED ON THE FACILITY NEEDS AND THE NEEDS OF THAT DEPARTMENT.

THE QUESTION BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS WHETHER TO RENOVATE THE BUILDING.

BECAUSE WE ARE TOVAR.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT, UH, AS YOU SAID, THE, THE MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS WITH THIS COMES BACK, UH, AS I LOOK AT THE MEMO THAT, UH, UH, IS BEING POSTED ON, ON LOCATIONS.

AND I THINK THERE WAS WHY THAT SHOULD PROBABLY ALSO BE ADDED TO BACKUPS.

SO PEOPLE CAN FIND THAT IF THE CLERK WOULD DO THAT, UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE WALLER CREEK ROAD WAS, WAS A BED SHEET IS ONE OF THE 27 THAT WAS LOOKED AT.

UM, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE IF STAFF IS HERE AT AVAILABLE TO TALK ABOUT ONE TEXAS SETTER, WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE ITEMS BE PULLED, SO WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT.

SO WE COULD HEAR THAT WE'RE POETS, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT LATER.

I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO TOO DEPTH, BUT I BROUGHT A RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KELLY, BECAUSE SHE WAS WANTING TO PULL IT TO ALSO SPEAK TO IT.

NOW, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT.

IT IS A VALUABLE RESOURCE.

MY QUESTIONS ARE ALONG THE SAME LINES AS WHAT YOU HAD.

AND SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU RAISED THEM JUST NOW.

I, I THINK THE DISCUSSION WILL BE PRETTY LIMITED LATER SINCE IT'S PULLED IN WITH YOUR INTENT TO POSTPONE.

AND ALSO RESPONDING TO YESTERDAY'S MEMO ABOUT THE POTENTIAL SATELLITE LOCATIONS, WHICH AGAIN, WOULD BE AS WE PASS THE BUDGET DIRECTION WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO, BUT NOT SUP WOULD NOT SUPPLANT THE NEED FOR A DOWNTOWN LOCATION.

KITCHEN.

AND MAY I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT I AM, UH, I WILL HAVE A MOTION SHEET AT THAT TIME DURING THE POSTPONEMENT, JUST LAYING OUT WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE MIGHT NEED

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HEY, THAT'D BE GOOD WAY TO PREPARE THAT LIST.

WHAT THEY TO CONSIDER.

SHOULD I HAVE BROUGHT, I JUST TALKED ABOUT IS WHETHER WE ASKED STAFF, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO LOOK AT, UH, THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COURT COMMISSION.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN SAID TO THEM, FOR THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT'S WHERE EVERY KITCHEN, UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I, UH, APPRECIATE AND AGREE WITH THIS APPROACH THAT YOU ALL ARE LAYING OUT FOR TODAY.

UM, I THINK AT SOME POINT, WHETHER IT'S TIMELY TODAY OR AT A FUTURE DISCUSSION, I THINK A REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, A SUMMARY TYPE REMINDER OF THE ROLE OF THE COURT.

UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO, THIS ROLE HAS BEEN PURSUED FOR A LONG TIME.

AND WHILE I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE AND AGREE THAT WE WANT TO BE AS TARGETED AND, UH, EFFECTIVE AS WE CAN BE IN SERVING PEOPLE.

I DON'T, I DON'T WANT THAT TO SLOW DOWN, UH, OUR ABILITY TO FIND A LOCATION WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR A LONG TIME.

SO I THINK THAT THAT ASPECT OF WHAT MR. BRYCE BROUGHT UP SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN SOME WAY IN OUR CONVERSATIONS.

SO THANKS AND MANAGER, IF I COULD ASK OUR STAFF TO ADD A COUPLE OF DOCUMENTS INTO TODAY'S BACKUP AS WELL, INCLUDING THE PRESENTATION THAT OUR DECK STAFF DID TO THE COMMUNITY RECENTLY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A HELPFUL OVERVIEW.

AND WE HAVE HAD, AS YOU REFERENCED REALLY YEARS OF LOOKING FOR ANOTHER LOCATION.

AND SO I THINK THERE ARE SOME RESPONSIVE MEMOS THAT HAVE COME BACK FROM THAT AS WELL.

AND I WOULD JUST INVITE OUR CITY MANAGER TO ADD THOSE INTO THE BACKUP TOO, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A, A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING A DIFFERENT LOCATION DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING PHYSICAL ISSUES WITH THE LOCATION WHERE THEY'D BEEN FOR SEVERAL DECADES.

AND WITH THAT, I THINK HAD UP .

UH, YES.

UH, MARY, YOU KNOW, MY NAME HAS BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT MY OPPOSITION THERE ON SECOND STREET, AND I JUST WANTED TO LET THE SPEAKERS IN THE CITY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE THEY, THE LOCATION THEY WANTED TO PUT IT, IT WASN'T A SINGLE TIME, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE FURTHER DISTANCE AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN THAT THEY COULD PUT IT AT.

AND I JUST WANT TO LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW THAT WHERE IT'S AT, WHERE THEY WANTED TO PUT IT AT WAS IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE HOUSE DISTRICT.

IT'S THEIRS, IT'S SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY.

AND THEN MY RETAIL BUSINESS IS RIGHT THERE NEXT TO, UH, ON THE ONSET, THE CHILD BEARS WITH A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOOD BARS ALL THE WAY AROUND IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT DOWNTOWN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S NOT DOWNTOWN.

IT'S EAST OF 35.

WE ALWAYS BEEN DUMPED ON EVERY TIME WE HAD THE METHADONE CENTER, JUST DOWN A HALF A BLOCK AWAY FROM THAT LOCATION.

WE HAVE THE MHMR INTAKE SERVICE JUST DOWN THERE NEXT TO THE METHADONE CENTER.

SO WE IN EAST AUSTIN ARE JUST GETTING SICK AND TIRED OF BEING DUMPED ON ALL THE TIME.

YOU KNOW, DOWNTOWN IT'S DOWNTOWN, IT'S NOT EAST AUSTIN.

SO PLEASE DON'T, DON'T TAKE MY WORDS THAT WE JUST FED UP WITH BEING PUT THESE KIND OF SERVICES BEING PUT IN EAST AUSTIN.

AND WE AS A COMMUNITY, DO NOT WANT TO BE CONSIDERED DOWNTOWN.

WE ARE A NEIGHBORHOOD.

LET'S GIVE IT TO YOU ON WITH ONTO ITEM 34, JC DWYER.

I'M SPEAKING THIS MORNING ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTIN LIBRARY COMMISSION, WHICH, UM, UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL, UH, IN FAVOR OF ITEM 34, REMOVING LIBRARY, FINES AND FEES.

UH, THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE AMONG THE LAST FREE SPACES IN OUR CITY.

UM, AND THE ACCESS TO FREE KNOWLEDGE THEY PROVIDE IS A MAJOR DRIVER OF EQUITY IN OUR CITY.

UH, LIBRARY FEES ARE INEQUITABLE.

UM, OVER 400 URBAN LIBRARY SYSTEMS HAVE REMOVED THEM AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THEY DO FALL ON THOSE WHO ARE AT LEAST ABLE TO PAY.

UH, ALL OF YOU HAVE AT LEAST A THOUSAND, SOME OF YOU, 2,500 PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT WHO CURRENTLY OWE FEES.

UM, THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT EQUITY.

THIS IS ALSO ABOUT REMOVING A FEE OR A TAX ON THE PUBLIC, UM, THAT SERVES NO USEFUL PURPOSE AND DOES NOT GO BACK INTO LIBRARY COFFERS.

IT GOES INTO GENERAL REVENUE.

UH, WHEN I ASKED MY SON MY EIGHT YEAR OLD ABOUT THIS POLICY, HE SAID THEY SHOULDN'T MAKE PEOPLE SCARED TO RETURN BOOKS.

THE LIBRARY COMMISSION HAS BEEN STUDYING AND, UH, REALLY PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT AND ENERGY AROUND.

SORRY, I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO STOP TALKING HERE IN A BIT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE LIBRARY COMMISSION.

THIS IS AN IDEA THAT

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AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THIS MOVING FORWARD TODAY.

THANKS FOR YOUR WORK FRIED.

I'M 36 CORBY GESTURAL.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M COURTNEY.

JASTROW A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10 AND PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION.

THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION SUPPORTS ITEM 30, THE PUBLIC SAFETY VACANCY STAFFING PLAN RESOLUTION.

NOTHING.

THIS CITY DOES IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN KEEPING ITS RESIDENTS SAFE, UNDERSTAFFED EMS, FIRE, AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS PUT THE COMMUNITY AT RISK RAPID GROWTH STRAINS, PUBLIC SAFETY.

THIS RESOLUTION IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN EVIDENCE-BASED LONG-TERM RESOURCE PLANNING.

THAT APPROACH IS WHY THE CRIME COMMISSION WAS PLEASED TO FUND THE RESEARCH FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS PATROL STAFFING MODEL.

IT'S SCIENTIFIC, IT'S NOT GUESSWORK ITEM 36, WE'LL START A MUCH NEEDED DISCUSSION ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY STAFFING.

CARRIE ROBERTS MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER.

VEILLEUX WELCOME.

UH, I'M CARRIE ROBERTS, A DISTRICT EIGHT RESIDENT, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION.

AS CORBY SAID, WE SUPPORT ADAM 36.

THE TIMING OF THIS RESOLUTION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE ALL THREE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS ARE IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND THOSE DECISIONS WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS.

AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO POLICE STAFFING, FOR EXAMPLE, DECISIONS ABOUT AUTHORIZED STRENGTH CAN BE BASED ON SCIENCE, NOT GUESSWORK.

WE RELY ON SCIENCE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH DECISIONS.

WE CAN DO THE SAME FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NOW HAVE A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR PATROL STAFFING BY THE SUMMER MODELING WILL ALSO BE COMPLETED ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIALIZED UNITS, INCLUDING INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATIONS.

THIS RESOLUTION SIGNALS THAT CITY LEADERS SUPPORT FIRST RESPONDERS AND ARE TAKING STAFFING PROBLEMS. SERIOUSLY.

LET'S NOT MAKE THEIR JOBS HARDER BY FAILING TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO PROTECT AUSTIN.

THANKS PICKER.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS COLE CUNO AND I'M A POLICY ANALYST FOR THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 36 VACANCIES WITHIN POLICE, FIRE AND EMS HAVE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

FIRST RESPONDERS ARE INCREASINGLY SPREAD THIN THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND RESPONSE TIMES SUFFER AS A RESULT AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RESPONSE TIMES AND PUBLIC SAFETY OUTCOMES AND FIRE AND EMS HAS BEEN LONG ESTABLISHED WITH NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR HOW QUICKLY EMS AND FIRE SHOULD RESPOND TO EVENTS SUCH AS CARDIAC EMERGENCIES AND STRUCTURE FIRES.

BUT THE CRIME COMMISSION'S PATROL STAFFING MODEL IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND RESEARCH TO ESTABLISH A STANDARD FOR, UH, POLICE RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE SIX MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS FOR URGENT CALLS TO SERVICE.

SO THAT SAID, THIS RESOLUTION IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO FILLING VACANCIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, UM, IMPROVING RESPONSE TIMES AND ACHIEVING THE BEST PUBLIC SAFETY OUTCOMES FOR THE CITY.

WHICH IS IN THE RESOLUTION.

SELENA PSI HELLO.

MY NAME IS SELENA SHIA AND I AM PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN EMS ASSOCIATION.

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL FOR ITEM 36.

UM, IN SEPTEMBER, I WILL HAVE 10 YEARS AS A MEDIC FOR AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS. AND THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE TIME, WE'VE RELIED ON MANDATORY OVERTIME TO STAFF OUR AMBULANCES.

AND BECAUSE OF COVID-19 IN THE LAST YEAR, IT'S REALLY CAUSED OUR MEDICS TO REACH A BREAKING POINT AND HOW MUCH MANDATORY OVERTIME THEY CAN BE REQUIRED TO WORK.

AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD WITH, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, MCKINSEY, KELLY, AND ALSO MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, ALISON ALTER.

UM, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.

UM, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO STOP THE PRACTICE OF MANDATORY OVERTIME.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS RESOLUTION WILL HELP ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES GET US TO A POINT WHERE WE AREN'T RELYING ON THAT.

AND ALSO WE HAVE THE SLACK BUILT IN OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, SO THAT WE DON'T NEED TO RELY ON THAT.

UM, AND I ALSO APPRECIATE ADDING IT INTO, UM, THE IDEA OF NEGOTIATIONS,

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THANK YOU, SHARON BLIGHT.

I'M SHARON BLYTHE.

UM, I'M HEARING SUPPORTIVE ITEM 36.

UM, WHAT, UM, IS AMAZING TO ME IS THE FACT THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE.

THIS IS THE JOB OF THE MANAGER, THE JOB OF THE CITY TO PLAN WHAT THEY NEED TO RUN THE CITY AND PROTECT THE CITIZENS.

SO THINK ABOUT THIS.

WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE? PLEASE APPROVE THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, SUSAN.

SPATARO GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY FOR SPONSORING THIS.

I THINK FOR MOST CITIZENS, PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND AUSTIN DOESN'T FEEL VERY SAFE ANYMORE.

UM, 89 MURDERS LAST YEAR 11 IN JANUARY, THE FATALITIES ON OUR ROADS, THIS IS SERIOUS.

AND SO WHILE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT REIMAGINING AND STUDYING AND THINKING, PEOPLE ARE DYING AND OUR DOWNTOWN IS NO LONGER SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO GO LIKE THEY NORMALLY WOULD.

SO I ABSOLUTELY ENCOURAGE SUPPORT 36 AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL COME UP WITH A STAFFING PLAN THAT MAKES OUR TOWN SAFE BECAUSE TO ME, THAT'S YOUR PRIMARY FUNCTION.

BACK TO ITEM 18, WE SKIPPED TWO SPEAKERS, CHRIS HARSHBARGER GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.

ACCORDING TO THIS COUNCIL, AUSTIN'S EXERCISE OF REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY IS WELL-SERVED BY THE TIMELY AND SUBSTANTIAL PARTICIPATION OF ITS CITIZENS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS HASN'T HAPPENED WITH RESPECT TO THE DAC.

ONLY ONE MEETING HAS BEEN HELD WITH THE CITIZENS OF THE EFFECTED COMMUNITY.

DURING THAT 90 MINUTES, WE LISTENED TO MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS ON THE VALUE OF THE DAC, WHICH IS NOT THE ISSUE.

CITIZENS WERE GIVEN ONLY 10 MINUTES TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS OVER THE LACK OF PLANNING, INVOLVED ANSWERS TO THE LIST OF QUESTIONS SUBMITTED AT THAT TIME WERE ONLY RETURNED TO US LAST NIGHT, AFTER 6:00 PM.

REGARDLESS, THOSE ANSWERS CONTINUE TO SHOW A MANIFEST LACK OF PLANNING AND A LACK OF REGARD FOR THE EFFECTED COMMUNITY.

THE COUNCIL ASSURES US BASED ON ITS EXPERIENCE.

OUR QUALITY OF LIFE WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE RELOCATION.

MY QUESTION TO THE COUNCIL IS WHAT EXPERIENCE IT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE EXPERIENCE YOU'VE HAD WITH THE THIRD DISTRICT AND 1719 EAST SECOND STREET.

THE CITY CONSOLE, A MAYOR, MS. TOVO.

I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD VIETNAM WAR VET.

IT LIVES IN THE BROWN BUILDING ALONG WITH 89 OTHER FAMILIES.

THEY ARE MY FAMILY.

WE ALL LIVE BASICALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HOMELESS CENTER YOU ARE PROPOSING.

I ALSO HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN ALSO LIVING IN AUSTIN.

AT ONE TIME, THE GRANDCHILDREN LOVED TO COME TO THE BROWN BUILDING AND VISIT ME.

THEY WOULD RIDE THEIR BIKES WITH TRAINING WHEELS, SEE MOVIES AT THE PARAMOUNT, VISIT THE CAPITOL AND HAVE A SPECIAL DINNER AT PARIS.

ALL OF WHICH ARE BASICALLY IN OUR FRONT YARD.

MY GRANDKIDS DON'T WANT TO VISIT ME ANYMORE.

AT THE BROWN BUILDING, THEY ARE FRIGHTENED AND CONFUSED BY WHAT THEY SEE HAPPENING IN OUR FRONT YARD.

PEOPLE SLEEPING ON THE SIDEWALKS AND OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW BENCHES PROVIDED BY THE CITY ARE BEING BEDS FOR THESE PEOPLE.

PEOPLE STAGGERING FROM ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, PEOPLE SCREAMING OBSCENITIES AT TWO IN THE MORNING AND IMAGINARY INDIVIDUALS, PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE.

I CAN'T IMAGINE THE DAMAGE THAT ANOTHER 50 HOMELESS PEOPLE PER DAY WILL DO TO OUR AREA.

LIKE MY 10 YEAR OLD TWINS I'M AS FRIGHTENED AS THEY ARE.

UH, KATHY TOGO'S WEBSITE TELLS ME THAT KATHY'S PERSONAL GOALS ARE TO SUPPORT AND REPRESENT COMMUNITIES IN WHICH FAMILY AND CHILDREN CAN THRIVE.

THIS CANNOT HAPPEN WITH A DECK RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

THAT CONCLUDES THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, KATHY.

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WE'LL MOVE TO.

LET ME ASK YOU A CALL.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE IN PERSON THAT THINKS THEY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? OKAY.

WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN AND SPEAK, BUT TALK TO THE CLERK.

I THINK YOU, YOU LET'S MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE CUTOFF TIMES BECAUSE OKAY.

I AM VERY OKAY.

WHAT TYPE IS IT THAT PEOPLE NEED TO DECIDE UP BY 9 15, 9, 15? OKAY.

WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN AND SPEAK, MR. PEGA? I HAD HEARD OF THE PAST, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE DYED 50 THAT WOULD MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO THAT TIME HERE.

DO YOU HAVE A MINUTE? GO AHEAD.

HI.

MY NAME IS GUSTAVO PENA GREW UP ON 23, 27 EAST FIFTH STREET, THE HEART OF EAST AUSTIN RENTERIA.

I HEAR A LOT OF STUFF HERE AND I JUST WANT A QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE.

I AM A FORMER IRS INVESTIGATOR, DEPUTY SHERIFF WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, AND I'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY FREE OF CHARGE.

WE NEED TO HELP OUT THE HOMELESS.

I'VE BEEN HOME HOMELESS.

WE WERE PHONE BANKING FOR YOU, STEVE, WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING FOR REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING FOR MAYOR AND YOUR HEADQUARTERS? MY WIFE AND I, ANYBODY KNOWS THAT ALSO, BUT THE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO HELP OUT THE PEOPLE, BUT MAKE IT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.

I THINK THE CRIME COMMISSION IS RIGHT ON TOP, BUT I ALSO HAVE ALSO HAVE HEART FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS.

I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT MAYOR.

CAUSE I DON'T FEEL WELL, BUT I JUST GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL YESTERDAY.

I SAID, I'M GOING TO GO OVER THERE.

CAUSE I KNOW I SIGNED UP.

IS THERE A CONSPIRACY, UH, GOING HERE SEED AGAINST GUS PENA.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE ME A CUP OF COFFEE, BUT YOU KNOW, AT LEAST TRY TO BE RESPECTFUL.

LET'S GO THEN TO THE SPEAKERS THAT I CALLED HIM TO THE LAST SPEAKER.

I'M SORRY.

I SAID, CAN I SPEAK BRIEFLY TO THE LAST SPEAKER? I CANCELED MEMBER HARPER MADISON.

I JUST WANTED TO TELL GUS, UM, UM, I'M GLAD HE'S OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND I HOPE HE FEELS BETTER SOON.

LET'S GO TO THE SPEAKERS PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY RON COMO.

GOOD MORNING, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.

I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE BECAUSE I'M TALKING ABOUT ANIMAL SHELTERING.

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND AND KNOW FOR A FACT, THE EPIC FAILURE THAT AUSTIN PETS ALIVE HAAS PROGRAM HAS ON, ON EL PASO.

OUR ADOPTIONS COMPARISON FROM 2019 TO 2021 OR DOWN 5,508.

OUR RESCUE POLES ARE DOWN 1,019, AND THAT'S A LOW NUMBER BECAUSE OF DECILE.

THESE NUMBERS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWS HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY HAS PUSHED AWAY FROM OUR SHELTER AND IS NO LONGER SUPPORTING IT LIKE THEY WERE IN 2019.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AUSTIN PETS ALIVE STATES BEFORE AUSTIN PETS ALIVE, WHEN IT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED RETURN TO OWNER IS 18% AFTER RETURNING AFTER A IS IMPLEMENTED.

IT'S 38%.

I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT DO ONSHORE EL PASO ANIMAL SHELTER REPORTS, LIKE ALL THE OTHER INFORMATION.

IT SHOWS THAT THE RETURN TO OWNER IS DOWN BY 1,961.

ALL THESE NUMBERS ARE 10 MONTH FIGURES BECAUSE OUR SHELTER IS SO ASHAMED OF THEIR NUMBERS.

THEY HAVE NOT POSTED FOR 11, 12 AND JANUARY 1ST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

UH, IN CONGRESS, AS WE'VE BEEN SINGLY FOCUSED ON THE SHORT AND LONGTERM OUTCOMES OF THE UNDERACHIEVING POCKET OF THE DOWNTOWN QUARTER OF THE NORTHERN PART CONGRESS AVENUE, THE SECTOR, THE SECTOR OF CONGRESS FROM SEVENTH STREET TO 11TH STREET HOLDS TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL WITH BUILDING VACANCIES, LACK OF AMENITIES AND LOW FOOT TRAFFIC PUSHING OUR GUESTS AND CUSTOMERS OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA TO FIND SHOPPING AND DINING AND CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.

MA'AM COMPTON HARRISON.

UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS. 12, 13, AND 18 RELATED TO THE RENOVATION OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING.

UH, MY NAME IS HARRISON COMES FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SOON TO BE OPEN HIGH CENTRIC CONGRESS AVENUE ON 7 21 CONGRESS, LESS THAN 200 YARDS MUNICIPAL BUILDING.

AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, HYATT HOTELS IS THE LARGEST OR ONE OF THE LARGEST PLAYERS IN THE AUSTIN HOSPITALITY MARKET WITH FIVE HOTELS DOWNTOWN AND THE TOTAL OF 12 PROPERTIES IN TRAVIS COUNTY GENERATING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE, POSTING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS AND PROVIDING THOUSANDS OF JOBS TO THE COMMUNITY OR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

WE HAVE DOUBLED DOWN ON OUR PRESENCE IN THE CITY VIA CONSIDERABLE INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPING HOTEL PROJECTS THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THE HEALTH OF EACH NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE SUPPORTING AUSTIN AND REALIZING ITS POTENTIAL AS A TOURISM DESTINATION.

THE SITUATION IS CHARACTERIZED IN OUR DEVELOPMENT ON EIGHTH,

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WHILE HOTELS HAVE THE ABILITY TO REDEFINE A NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT FROM KEY STAKEHOLDERS WORKING TOWARDS THE COMMON VISION IS CRITICAL.

ALLOW ANY REAL TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU, BLAINE SEVILLE, HEY, THANKS FOR COUNCIL.

I'M OPPOSED TO MOVING THE DECK ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOME.

WE'RE A COMMUNITY OF ABOUT 90 FAMILIES, UH, SINGLE FAMILIES THAT HAPPEN TO RESIDE IN ONE BUILDING.

IT'S NOT A COMMERCIAL BUILDING.

WE SLEEP HERE AT NIGHT OR TRY TO, WE DON'T FEEL PART OF THIS PROCESS OR UNDERSTAND ALL PROPOSED SERVICES.

THE DIALOGUE HAS BEEN ONE WAY WITH THE 20 NEW $27 MILLION OBLIGATION.

PLUS YOUR STAFF AND OPERATIONS.

MY QUICK MATH SHOWS $20,000 A DAY TO OPERATE A FACILITY THAT SERVES BETWEEN THREE TO 30 PEOPLE A DAY CONSOLIDATION ELSEWHERE SEEMS A BETTER USE OF TAX DOLLARS.

TO ME.

THE PROPOSAL LOCATION SITS ON A HILL WITH ONE AND TWO STORY ELEVATIONS COMING FROM SEVEN IN CONGRESS.

THIS CAN NEVER BE REMEDIATED.

YOU'LL NEVER COMPLY WITH 10 TDLR, A B T A S AND D O D O G GUIDELINES.

ECHO STATES THAT OVER HALF OF THE HOMELESS OR DISABLED, THIS IMPOSES A HUGE BURDEN ON THE DISABLED.

PLEASE VOTE AS THOUGH YOU'RE PUTTING A DAC ACROSS THE STREET NEAR HOME OR A PLAYGROUND WHERE CONTENTIOUS INTERACTION WITH CRIMINALLY DISORDERLY IS A CONSTANT.

ALANNA, ALRICH, ALANA WRECK.

I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE BROWN BUILDING AND I VOTE NO ON THE ITEMS. 12, 13 AND 18.

I HAVE SEVERAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING AS A COMMUNITY SAFETY DIRECTOR AT A NONPROFIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TENDERLOIN OF SAN FRANCISCO.

WHAT STARTED OUT AS A NONPROFIT OR EXCUSE ME, HAD STARTED A POTLUCK 50 YEARS AGO HAS BECOME A $30 MILLION NONPROFIT.

AND HOMELESSNESS HAS ONLY INCREASED TO UNPREDICTABLE UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS WITH THE TENDERLOIN BECOMING THE MOST DANGEROUS AREA IN THE CITY.

IF YOU PROPER, THE CAUTIONS ARE NOT PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS AND BUILDINGS.

AND WITHOUT PROPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE INDIVIDUALS YOU'RE LOOKING TO SERVE THE AREA WILL BECOME THE TENDER WIND OF BOSTON HOMELESSNESS EXPERIENCED BY MANY IT'S UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES.

BUT FROM MY EXPERIENCE, IT IS ALSO A CHOICE.

IT IS A CHOICE MADE BY SOMEONE, EITHER TIRED OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM.

WE WERE ALL A PART OF SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS OR CHOICES MADE TO THE FOG OF ADDICTION.

THERE WAS NO JUSTICE RESTORATIVE OR OTHERWISE THAT ALLOWS THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THE RIGHT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, RICHARD.

UM, HI, MY NAME IS RICHARD STRIKES.

I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK, SORRY.

I'M NOT THERE IN PERSON TODAY.

I'M A LONG TIME HOME HOMEOWNER AT THE BROWN BUILDING.

UM, AND I, I DON'T WANT THE CITY TO FOLLOW, UM, FAULTY REASONING AND COMING UP WITH A LOCATION FOR THE DECK.

I, I SPEAK AGAINST THE RELOCATION OF THE DECK TO THE OLD CITY HALL BUILDING.

UM, PART OF THE CITY'S REASONING SEEMS TO BE THAT THE DAC IN ITS PREVIOUS LOCATIONS DID NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO CONSIDER THAT THE IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO DEPEND ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

SO IF THE DAC IS PLACED IN A LOCATION, THAT'S NOT NEAR RETAIL, NOT NEAR HOMEOWNERS, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE MUCH OF AN IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IF YOU PUT IT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM, FROM HOMES, IF YOU PUT IT RIGHT WITHIN THE TWO BLOCK RADIUS OF THREE NEW, LARGE HOTELS, IF YOU PUT IT WITHIN A TWO BLOCK RADIUS OF RETAIL AND TOURISM, IT'S LIABLE TO HAVE MUCH MORE OF AN IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN IT DID IN ITS PREVIOUS LOCATIONS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAD TO CONSIDER IN FIGURING THIS OUT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY, ISABEL.

MY NAME IS AND I'M A FORMER ATA VOLUNTEER PEER AND FORMER ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION MEMBER BASED ON EMAILS FROM A PUBLIC INFORMATION

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REQUEST.

I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL RECONSIDER EXTENDING ACH LICENSE AGREEMENT FROM ONE YEAR DOWN TO THREE MONTHS FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

ONE OFTEN ANIMALS CENTER DEVELOPED THE TIER SYSTEM FOR AAC POOLS.

BASED ON THE PRIOR PHYSICAL YEARS, THE TIER SYSTEM HAS APA PULLING APPROXIMATELY 1300 TO 1600 ANIMALS ANNUALLY TO, BUT APA CURRENT REQUESTS, THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS PULLED BY THEM WOULD BE REDUCED TO 5%.

IF THIS 5% WAS IN PLATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, APA WOULD HAVE PULLED ONLY 547 ANIMALS.

AAC TIERS CALCULATION FOR 2021 WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 1300 ANIMALS IN A MUCH CLOSER TO WHAT WAS NEEDED TO ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING.

A THREE-MONTH EXTENSION WOULD GET APA AMPLE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO AGREE TO AAC, REASONABLE PROPOSAL, AS WELL AS LEAST EFFICIENT TIME SHOULD THEY DECIDE TO EAT IF APA WERE CHANGED, YOU SEE, I SAID A LIGHT ADOPTION CENTER IN DEVIN FOR BUILDING WENDY MURPHY.

MY NAME IS WENDY MURPHY.

I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR AND I WOULD, FIRST OF ALL, LIKE TO SAY A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW, TO NEWEST COUNCILMEN, UH, CONGRATS, CONGRATULATIONS.

SHE TOLD BAYLA AND, UH, REGARDING THE CITY AGREEMENT WITH AUSTIN PETS ALIVE, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS EXTENSION, UH, TODAY IS GOING TO BE FOR ONE YEAR.

UM, THAT'S A SUDDEN BIG LEAP FROM WHAT IT HAS BEEN ALL ALONG.

IT'S BEEN THREE MONTHS, I BELIEVE NOW SUDDENLY A YEAR.

UM, IT'S BAD TIMING WITH THE, UH, CONDITION OF THE SHELTER RIGHT NOW, THE AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER.

AND WE SHOULDN'T BE BRINGING IN ANIMALS FROM OTHER COUNTIES WHEN WE'RE NOT EVEN TAKING CARE OF THE ONES WE HAVE OUR SHELTER HERE IS IN CRISIS AGAIN OR HAT, OR WAS THIS PAST WEEK ANYWAY, UM, BEGGING PEOPLE TO COME AND FOSTER.

AND, UM, WHEN THEY FOSTERED, THEY ARE GIVEN THE OPTION OF KEEPING THE ANIMAL FOR FREE GIVING ANIMALS AWAY FOR FREE IS NOT A GOOD SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM.

I CRINGE EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS, IT'S TERRIBLY UNSAFE FOR THE ANIMALS AND IT'S NOT ANYWHERE NEAR A PERMANENT SOLUTION.

THANK YOU, SPEAKER.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU, JULIE VIRGA.

HI THERE.

THIS IS JULIE VARGA AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

I'M CALLING FROM SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, AND I'M I'M CALLING BECAUSE, UM, WE HAVE, UM, RECENTLY, UM, I SHOULD SAY, UH, 20, UH, SINCE 2019 HIRED A, UH, SHELTER ANIMAL SHELTER MANAGER, UM, WHO IS A MEMBER OF, OR I SHOULD SAY, UM, FOLLOWS, UH, ALL THE COMPONENTS OF HAAS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT YOUR SHELTER.

WE HAVE HAD A NIGHTMARE SITUATION.

BASICALLY OUR SHELTER TURNED FROM ONE OF THE BEST SHELTERS IN THE UNITED STATES TO ONE OF THE WORST.

UH, IN THE LAST YEAR, OUR ANIMAL INTAKE IS DOWN BY 4,000 ANIMALS.

SO I I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE OPPOSITION, TO CONTINUING WITH ANY SHELTER THAT USES HAAS AS ITS GUIDE.

UM, IT, UH, APPOINTMENT ONLY SYSTEM HAS NOT WORKED HERE.

IT IS NOT WORKING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IT IS HARMFUL TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND IT IS HARMFUL TO ANIMAL WELFARE.

IN ADDITION, I THINK, UM, IT WOULD BE HORRIBLE IF YOU PUT, UM, SOMEONE LIKE KRISTEN, HUSSON ON YOUR ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHEN SHE HAS A VESTED INTEREST AND IS A DIRECTOR, MAY I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER.

MADISON HAS A QUESTION.

I DID HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I BELIEVE WE PROBABLY LOST THAT SPEAKER AT THIS POINT.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I'M ENDLESSLY CURIOUS.

WHY ANYBODY FROM SACRAMENTO IS FOLLOWING AUSTIN CITY POLITICS.

I JUST NEEDED TO KNOW, BUT I BELIEVE WE PROBABLY LOST AT COLOR AT THIS POINT.

WE WILL REACH OUT TO HER.

HE'S STILL ON THE LINE.

OH, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW, UM, HOW, UH, SOMEBODY IN SACRAMENTO IS FOLLOWING OUR, OUR COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.

MS. BURKA IT'S OKAY.

LIKE I SAID, IT WAS JUST A CURIOSITY.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

IT'S CERTAINLY NOT URGENT.

PLEASE PROCEED, PAT.

PLEASE UNMUTE.

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UM, NEXT SPEAKER IS AMBER ROLAND.

AMBER ROLAND.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

GO AHEAD PLEASE.

REGARDING ITEM 17 AND 32 AND ANIMAL SHELTERS LIVE INTAKE NUMBERS, AND THEN LIVE OUTCOME EUTHANASIA AND DIVE IN CARE RATES ARE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT.

THAT'S WHY ADA'S GROWTH.

MR. IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY SHELTER DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE.

LAST TUESDAY WAS MEMBERS TOBO AND POOL WAS SO DAMAGING.

THIS WAS NOT A SIMPLE MISTAKE.

THIS SORT OF DISINFORMATION HAS BEEN PART OF APS PLAYBOOK FOR A LONG TIME.

IT FIRES UP SUPPORTERS AGAINST THE BIG, BAD, BAD CITY SHELTER AND KEEPS THEM FOCUSED ON THE IDEA THAT WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IS A SHELTER WITH A NEAR 100% LIVE RELEASE RATE.

WHEN THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT WHAT'S MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.

IT ALSO SENDS A MESSAGE THAT WITHOUT APA AND HYPER CRITICISM BY THE COMMISSION, THE CITY SHELTER WOULD IMMEDIATELY REVERT TO HIGH KILL RATES.

I'M NOT INTERESTED IN DISPARAGING APA.

THEY DO IMPORTANT, HARD WORK, BUT I DO HAVE A STRONG INTEREST IN THE INTEGRITY OF THE CITY'S PARTNERSHIPS.

APA NOT ONLY SPREAD THIS INFORMATION TO FURTHER THEIR OWN INTERESTS, BUT REPEATEDLY FAILS TO MEET SECTION 8.28 OF THEIR LICENSE AGREEMENT AND TO USE THEIR MAJORITY ON THE COMMISSION TO NEEDLESSLY, REDIRECT, DISTRACT, AND PROVIDE BUSY WORK FOR THE CITY SHELTER.

THE COUNCIL SHOULD WORK TO END THIS TOXIC SITUATION BY ENSURING THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS ARE MET AND THAT THE ADVISORY COMMISSION IS A BODY THAT REPRESENTS COMMUNITY INTERESTS.

NOT THOSE OF A SINGLE PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS.

THANK YOU, PAT BIAS, DEZ.

OH, UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

GO AHEAD.

MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS PAT AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON ANIMAL ISSUES, BUT FIRST I WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER CHEETO VEIL REGARDING ITEM 17.

THE LICENSE AGREEMENT WAS AUSTIN PETS ALIVE.

I AM REQUESTING THAT YOU NOT APPROVE THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR ONE YEAR, BUT RATHER REDUCE IT TO ONLY THREE MONTHS AS PREVIOUS SPEAKERS HAVE.

THERE HAS BEEN NO COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE.

THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON THIS ISSUE AND THERE HASN'T EVEN BEEN A STAFF PRESENTATION TO THE COMMUNITY THAT TELL US WHAT IS IN THE AGREEMENT.

SO I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY YOU WOULD BE HAVING A ONE-YEAR AGREEMENT WHEN FOR THE PAST YEAR YOU'VE BEEN HAVING THREE MONTH AGREEMENTS IN THE HOPE THAT THERE COULD BE A RESOLUTION OF THE ISSUE THAT YOU SAID THAT IN YET I SPOKE TO, WHICH IS THE BRINGING ANIMALS IN FROM OTHER COUNTIES.

AND THEN ALSO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT AUSTIN PETS ALIVE TAKES FROM THE AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER.

I THINK THAT IS A VERY QUESTIONABLE POLICY AND IT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED BEFORE YOU MAKE A ONE YEAR.

ONE BAG WAS MINE.

AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

MARION COUNCIL I'M MONICA WAS MON POLICY DIRECTOR AT OFTEN BURST.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KOBO FOR SPONSORING ITEMS, 33 AND 34.

THANK YOU TO THE SUPPORTING COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL REGARDING ITEM 39.

THANK YOU FOR SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR LATE MARCH NOTICE FOR WHICH WE HOPE WILL USE LAYMAN'S TERMS VERSUS TECHNICAL JARGON, AS WELL AS BEING LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE AND DIGITALLY INCLUSIVE, THEIR EXISTING VMU ZONING DESIGNATION, CITYWIDE, BUT COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR THE NORTHERN END OF THE EASTERN CRESCENT, THAT IS MORE THAN ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICT.

DISTRICT FOUR IS ALSO ONE OF THE, IF NOT DISEASE, FORCED DISTRICTS IN THE CITY, ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S 2015 POVERTY RATES BY CENSUS TRACT MAP, DISTRICT FOUR HAS 20 TO 40 PLUS PERCENT POVERTY LEVELS.

GOV URGES YOU TO CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL HARM THAT COULD BE CREATED IF THIS IS NOT STRATEGICALLY APPLIED ONLY IN VERY HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS WITH HIGHER LAND VALUES, MEANING THE WAY YOU APPLY THIS MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE AND NOT FOR ALL NEIGHBORHOODS AS THE EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITY CONSERVANCY OUTLINED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION EARLY THIS MONTH, LATITIA ANDERSON, I'M CALLING A TOUCH ON THE STRATEGIC OUTCOME FOR ITEM 25, WHICH IS SAFETY, UM, COLONY PARK, UH, JOHN MORRISON TRAVEL NORTHBOUND.

YOU HAVE 18, WE'LL HAVE GAS TRUCKS TURNING ON THAT LITTLE BIT OF STRETCH OF ROAD.

SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT OR EVEN KILLED.

THERE'S THE, THERE'S AN ADEQUATE SIGNAGE AND I'M REQUESTING YOUR ACTION

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THANK YOU DIARY.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M DRUPAL CHADRI AND I'M HERE TO CONGRATULATE EACH OF YOU IN ADVANCE FOR PASSING AGENDA, ITEM 36.

WE ALL FINALLY AGREED THAT NOT HAVING ENOUGH STAFF PUT ADDITIONAL STRESS ON CURRENT EMERGENCY SERVICE RESPONDERS AND POLICE.

THEIR JOBS ARE TAPPING OFF TO BEGIN WITH THE ADDED PRESSURE OF BEING SHORT-STAFFED CAN HAVE DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES.

I DON'T NEED TO REMIND YOU OF NINE 11 CALLS GOING TO 3, 1, 1 INCREASE RESPONSE SIGNS OR DIFFICULTY RECRUITING AND RETAINING OFFICERS.

WE ALL GET THAT EVERY INDUSTRY IS MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO FILL VACANCIES IN THEIR AREAS OF WORK.

SAME WITH MY BUSINESSES.

I'M GLAD THAT IT'S TIME FOR THE CITY TO DO THE SAME.

FINALLY, WE HAVE A PROPOSAL THAT DOESN'T POLITICIZE THE ISSUE, BUT SIMPLY THE SOURCE, THE BASELINE.

THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT AGENDA ITEM.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

CARLA, GEORGE, PLEASE SUPPORT RESOLUTION 36.

TODAY, LAST OCTOBER, I MET THE NEW COMMANDER OF BAKER DISTRICT, CHIEF DUKAN, SWEARING IN, HE SEEMED GENERALLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN WEST CAMPUS.

THEN JUST LAST WEEK I LEARNED THERE WAS ALREADY ANOTHER NEW COMMANDER AT BAKER.

WE NEEDED TO INCREASE STAFFING AND REDUCE TURNOVER TO ALLOW LEADERS TO UNDERSTAND ISSUES THAT ARE UNIQUE TO THEIR AREA.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN FEMALE STUDENTS CALL IS RECORDED, CREEPY DUDE MASTURBATING OUTSIDE THEIR WINDOWS, THEY WERE ASKED IF THEY COULDN'T JUST WAIT UNTIL HE FINISHES.

I ASK THAT YOU VOTE YES TO THIS RESOLUTION.

SO EMERGENCY PERSONNEL CAN PROVIDE TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE RESPONSE.

THANK YOU, JOEL MCNEIL, JOEL, PLEASE UNMUTE.

MY NAME IS JOELLE NEW I'M PRESIDENT OF SAFE POURING FOR DISTRICT NINE.

I'M CALLING IN SUPPORTIVE ITEM 36 TO PREDICT OR RETIRED PUBLIC SAFETY VACANCY STAFFING PLAN FOR EMS FIRE AND APD THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF THE NEGATIVE DIVISIVE NARRATIVE AROUND OUR AWESOME POLICE OFFICERS IS ALSO IMPACTING RECRUITING AND THEREFORE STAFFING THE COLLABORATIVE VITAL EFFORTS OF HOSTS, CHIP AND PATH TEAMS. STAFFING ISSUES ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EDUCATION THAT SUPPORTS CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

PLEASE TAKE ACTION AND PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY IN AUSTIN.

START BY CHANGING THE NET NEGATIVE NARRATIVE FROM THE TOP DOWN IN REGARDS TO OUR OFFICERS AND FOCUS ON IMPACTS TO MORALE AND SUPPORT TO ALL FIRST RESPONDERS SERVING AUSTIN.

THEY CAN SUE STAFFING MUST BE A PRIORITY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKINSEY KELLY FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD.

JENNIFER POWELL, GOOD MORNING, PUBLIC SAFETY AS A CORE FUNCTION OF CITY GOVERNMENT.

AS YOU KNOW, ALL THREE OF OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPARTMENTS ARE UNDERSTAFFED.

WE NEED TO GET BACK TO BASICS AND FILL THESE POSITIONS AS THE TOP PRIORITY.

PLEASE APPROVE MCKENZIE KELLY'S RESOLUTION AND FULLY STAFFED THESE DEPARTMENTS.

THANK YOU, SANDY.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS SANDY RAMIREZ MCCONNELL.

I'M CALLING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 36, WHICH DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVELOP THE AUSTIN PUBLIC SAFETY VACANCY STAFFING PLAN.

CITY COUNCIL SEEMS TO PRIORITIZE SPENDING OUR MONEY AND PET PROJECTS.

WHILE LAST MONTH ALONE IN AUSTIN, WE HAD MORE HOMICIDES AND TRAFFIC FATALITY CRIME IS COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL AND OUR SAFETY'S PLACE IN DANGER DAILY.

HOW MANY MORE VICTIMS ARE NEEDED FOR CHANGE, WHICH TO THANK OUR COUNCIL WOMAN, MACKENZIE KELLY FOR SPONSORING THIS INITIATIVE AND LOOKING OUT FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL AUSTINITES PLEASE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN STAFF ARE FIRST RESPONDERS.

WE ALL DESERVE SAFETY IN OUR CITY.

I URGE YOU TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF AGENDA ITEM 36.

RICHARD'S NET MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS RICHARD SMITH.

I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM 36, THE PUBLIC SAFETY VACANCY STAFFING PLAN.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK COUNCIL WOMAN KELLY FOR BRINGING FORTH THIS RESOLUTION EMS, FIREFIGHTER AND POLICE VACANCIES CREATE AN IMMEDIATE AND ONGOING DANGER TO AUSTIN RESIDENTS, SUCH VACANCIES ALSO CREATE AN UNNECESSARY BURDEN AND STRESS ON OUR DEDICATED AND CRITICAL EMS FIREFIGHTER AND POLICE PERSONNEL.

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THANK YOU, BEVERLY BARRINGTON.

UH, YES.

UH, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TODAY.

UM, I'M A LONGTIME AUSTIN RESIDENT BORN HER AUSTIN RESIDENT AND I LIVE IN CLINTON LIVE IN T4.

UM, AND I JUST WANT TO CALL IN A COMPLETE SUPPORT OF ITEM 36 BY COUNCILWOMAN WOMAN KELLY.

UM, I THINK IT'S, UH, MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, PARTICULARLY APD, WHICH IS, UM, HAS BEEN THE, THE INCREASED RESPONSE TIME.

UH, IT'S BEEN REALLY FELT AND IT USED TO BE A LOT BETTER THAN IT WAS, AND IT REALLY DID HELP.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO SUPPORT THAT AND THAT'S IT SYNOVIA JOSEPH, THANK YOU.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS OMS AND W JOSEPH.

I AM SPEAKING ON ITEM 33 AND 34 33, AS IT RELATES TO CHANGING THE CITIZEN'S COMMUNICATION TO COMMUNICATION.

I'M NEUTRAL BECAUSE I THINK A BIGGER ISSUE IS REALLY TO ADDRESS THE DISASTER DECLARATION EMERGENCIES THAT CLOSED THE CITY OF AUSTIN OPERATIONS AND SCHOOL CLOSURES THAT PARTICULAR DAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, ACTUALLY DISENFRANCHISED ALL CITIZENS.

THEN I WOULD JUST REMIND YOU THAT ON APRIL 9TH, 2020 FOR THE RELIEF AND STATE OF EMERGENCY FUNDS, THE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS HAD NO PROBLEM ACCESSING THE LINE.

AND THEY ACTUALLY WERE ADVOCATING FOR DIRECT CASH PAYMENTS THROUGH FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE, AS IT RELATES TO ITEM 34, I DO APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND THE REST OF THE SPONSORS AS IT RELATES TO AMENDING THE ORDINANCE FOR THE OLD DO FINE.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK A TECHNICAL QUESTION.

THE POSTING LANGUAGE HAS FYI 2021 AND 2022, BUT IN THE BACK OF MATERIALS, THAT ACTUALLY GOES TO FYI 20, 26.

IF YOU CAN JUST CLARIFY IF THIS IS INDEFINITE, IF YOU PASS THIS ITEM OR IF YOU'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK EACH YEAR OR, OR HOW THAT'S GOING TO ALERT, I WOULD JUST GIVE YOU QUICKLY MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE LAST THURSDAY AFTER THE MEETING.

I ACTUALLY, NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU, KITTY SEVILLE.

I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BROWN BUILDING CONDO ASSOCIATION, AND I AM OPPOSED TO ITEMS 12, 13 AND 18, WHICH HAVE TO DO WITH MOVING THE DECK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR 90, UH, 90 FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY, UM, MR. RENTAL VIA, UM, ADMITTED IN THIS VERY MEETING THAT THIS WAS DUMPING THE DECK IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WHY IS IT NOT CONSIDERED DUMPING IN OURS? JUST BECAUSE WE'RE MULTIFAMILY.

ARE WE BEING TREATED AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS? YOU, UH, THE CITY SAYS THAT THIS IS A LOW COST OPTION FOR THEM, BUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE COST TO OUR RESIDENTS HERE.

WE OWN OUR UNIT.

THIS IS NOT A CORPORATE OWNED APARTMENT BUILDING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS.

ALL RIGHT, COUNSELOR POOL.

I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, UH, SOME REMARKS I WANTED TO MAKE ON A COUPLE ITEMS ON THE THAT'S AN AGENDA.

OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET A MOTION.

IS THERE A BOAT, BUT I'LL GET TO YOU JUST BY BEAUMONT.

UH, THE KID SAID TO JEN, THAT COLLEAGUES IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 39 AND 53 THROUGH 60.

THE PULLED ITEMS ARE 12, 13, 18 ALSO, UH, 34 ADD 60.

WE HAVE DIRECTION, UH, THAT'S BEEN FILED AND IS INCORPORATED INTO THE KIDS, SAID, UH, JEDDAH WITH RESPECT TO EITHER I THINK IT WAS 24 AND ALSO IDA 21.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS ALEX MAKES THE MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND MAYOR PRO TAB SECONDS THAT BULLSHIT.

NOW WE COULD SPEAK TO THE POOL.

WAIT, WAIT, BUT I NEED TO ALSO 53 AND 54 AND I WOULD LIKE ITEM 34 BACK ON CONSENT PLEASE.

WE'RE GOING TO PULL 53 AND WE'RE GOING TO PULL 54.

AND WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU GUYS FOR KELLY, LIKE 34 BACK ON CONSENT PLEASE.

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UM, SO I HAD MY ANDRES AND COUNSEL, MY BROTHER, ANTHONY.

HE HAD HIS HAND RAISED.

I WONDER IF THERE'S A SYSTEM WHERE SOMEBODY CAN NOTIFY YOU WHEN PEOPLE WHO ARE VIRTUAL ARE RAISING THEIR HANDS.

CAUSE I THINK WE'RE PRETTY INCONSISTENTLY CATCHING OUR HANDS.

AND PLEASE CALL IT TO BE THIS MORNING.

I, MY COMPUTER THAT ENABLES ME TO HAVE TWO SCREENS WHERE THAT HAS THAT, UH, WENT DOWN.

SO I'VE BEEN AT A GREATER DISADVANTAGE TODAY THAT I AM NORMALLY YES.

COUNCIL I'VE HARPER MADISON.

OH NO.

I, I RAISED MY HAND TO, TO APPROVE THE, TO MAKE THE MOTION ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT EVEN BEFORE I RAISED MY AND COUNCIL MEMBER, HAD HIS HAND UP, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT I WONDER IF THERE'S A SYSTEM SO WE COULD BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH RECOGNIZING THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T IN THE OKAY.

WE'LL TRY.

AND IF PEOPLE AROUND ME WILL HELP AS WELL.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET MY COMPUTER BAG AND THEN I HAVE A SECOND SCREEN THAT JUST LOOKS AT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE SCREEN HERE.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

OUR ADVOCATE SAID TO JED THAT, UH, YES, KAISER REPORT.

PRIVATE PARKING PATIO PROGRAM.

THANKS.

UM, I WANTED TO MAKE REMARKS ON TWO ITEMS, FIRST ITEM NUMBER 36.

AND I WANTED TO BE REALLY CLEAR ON THIS ONE.

UM, STAFFING LEVELS HAVE NOT BEEN IN OUR LABOR CONTRACTS.

UH, IN THE PAST, IT HAS BEEN UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON A YEARLY BASIS DURING BUDGET, UH, TO DECIDE WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY STAFFING LEVELS WILL BE AS A PART OF THE BUDGET THAT IS NOT CHANGING.

AND OUR INTENT TODAY WITH THE RESOLUTION, UH, WITH THE ITEM NUMBER 36 IS NOT TO DICTATE WHAT STAFFING LEVELS SHOULD BE NEGOTIATED AT THE BARGAINING TABLE.

BUT INSTEAD WE'RE ENSURING THAT THE LABOR AGREEMENTS ARE NEGOTIATED WITH SOME CONTEXT OF WHAT THE STAFFING PLAN WOULD BE FOR THE FUTURE.

AND I THINK THAT THE SPONSOR OF THE ITEM MAY BE SPEAKING TO THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AS WELL.

SO JUST TO REITERATE, WE ARE NOT NEGOTIATING STAFFING LEVELS FOR ANY, IN ANY OF OUR CONTRACTS DURING OUR LABOR NEGOTIATE NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, ASSOCIATIONS AND UNIONS.

SO THAT'S ITEM NUMBER THURSDAY.

THEN I HAD A COMMENT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE ON ITEM NINE.

UM, THIS IS THE SHOP, THE BLOCK, UM, PROGRAM THAT WE INITIATED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

AND IT'S NOW BECOMING A PERMANENT, UH, PART OF OUR, UM, OF OUR CITY, UH, UH, OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THIS APPROVES, THE NEWLY TITLED PRIVATE PARKING PATIO PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO CALL IT, SHOP THE BLOCK ANYMORE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REBRAND IT.

THIS ALLOWS BUSINESSES TO OPERATE OUTDOORS, PROVIDES A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR STAFF AND CUSTOMERS.

IT'S PART OF THE SHOP, THE BLOCK PROGRAM.

THAT'S BEEN SUCH A SUCCESSFUL PILOT THAT HELPS SMALL BUSINESSES DURING THE PANDEMIC RECOVERY.

IT'S REALLY MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

I WANTED TO THANK DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP, AND THE STAFF WHO ARE WORKING HARD TO MAKE THE PIECES OF SHOP THE BLOCK PILOT PROGRAM PERMANENTLY AVAILABLE TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.

WE MAY NOT SEE ALL OF THOSE PIECES COME BACK TO THE DIOCESE.

SO THERE IS ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT AND ACKNOWLEDGE.

AND THAT'S DST LEADERSHIP AND STAFF ARE CREATING AN EASY ONE-STOP SHOP MENU OF PERMITTING TOOLS FOR SMALL BUSINESS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT A WEBPAGE AND MENU ARE BEING CRAFTED AND THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON.

SO THIS WILL EASE THAT TRANSITION AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN, UH, THE PATIO PROGRAM.

SO THANKS TO OUR STAFF FOR ALL OF THAT WORK FOR ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT SHOP THE BLOCK, IT IS REALLY HELPING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TO THRIVE.

AND THANK YOU CITY MANAGER FOR, UH, THE LEADERSHIP ON THAT AS WELL.

THANKS, YOU GUYS BETTER PULL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AS WELL.

UH, UH, COLLEAGUES, UH, WE HAVE SOME BLANKS THAT WE NEED TO FILL IN.

I'M SORRY, WHAT, UH, KIND OF PROVIDED.

SO I THINK WORKED ON THAT HAVE THEIR HANDS RAISED.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SELLING THREE.

PARTICIPATION DURING THE MAY 31ST, 2020 PROTEST NEAR APD HEADQUARTERS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PAYMENT POINT OF HOW EXECUTE A FULL AND FINAL RELEASE.

ALL RIGHT, GUYS, WE HAVE SOME BLANKS.

LET ME FILL THOSE IN THE BLANKS HERE REAL FAST SO THAT WE HAVE THAT A RECORD ITEM NUMBER 57 AND ITEM NUMBER 58, 57 AND 58 MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS DAN RICHARDS.

I REPRESENT THE CITY OF AUSTIN IN TWO FEDERAL LAWSUITS RELATED TO THE MAY 20TH PROTEST INVOLVING APD I'M HERE TODAY TO RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPROVE SETTLEMENTS.

IN BOTH CASES, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPROVE A SETTLEMENT PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $8 MILLION TO RESOLVE THE JUSTIN HOUSE VERSUS CITY OF AUSTIN LAWSUIT.

THIS LAWSUIT AROSE FOLLOWING SIGNIFICANT INJURIES THAT MR. HOUSE SUSTAINED DURING HIS

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AND WE'LL ALSO DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE.

HIS LAWSUIT FILED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, THE WESTERN DISTRICT.

I ALSO RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPROVE A SETTLEMENT PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION TO RESOLVE THE ANTHONY EVANS VERSUS CITY OF AUSTIN LAWSUIT.

MR. EVANS ALSO SUSTAINED INJURIES DURING THE SAME INCIDENT AT THE MAY 31ST, 2020 PROTESTS FILED SUIT IN FEDERAL COURT IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS PAYMENT, MR. EVANS WILL ALSO EXECUTE A FULL AND FINAL RELEASE, AND WE'LL ALSO DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE.

HIS LAWSUIT FILED IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT SIR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPRESENTATION, UH, ON THIS HIGHLIGHTS THAT WOULD HAVE THE BLANK.

FIELDED ARE EVER 57 AT 2:00 AM AN ITEM NUMBER 58 AT, UH, 8 MILLION.

UH, ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE BLANK, BIG FILL THERE THIS WAY HERE HE DOES THOSE BLACKS BE THAT WAY THEY'LL REBATE OR THEY CAN SET THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND THEN, UH, UM, UH, MAGGIE, DO YOU WANT TO COME IN, UH, MS. RILEY, THEY HAD TALKED TO US ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 23.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MEGAN RILEY, ON BEHALF OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT, I'M HERE TO RECOMMEND A SETTLEMENT PAYMENT AND THE RAYMOND FRANCOISE LAWSUIT AND LEGAL CLAIM OF $350,000.

UH, THIS PAYMENT WILL BE MADE, UH, $250,000 TO MR. FRANCOISE RELATED TO, UM, MARCH, 2020 ACCIDENT INVOLVING, UH, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT $250,000 PAYMENT TO MR. FRANCOISE, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PAYMENT WILL BE MADE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO SOUGHT PROPERTY DAMAGES AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT IN EXCHANGE FOR THOSE PAYMENTS.

UH, THE CITY WILL, UH, OBTAIN A FULL AND FINAL RELEASE FROM ALL OF THE PARTIES AND THE LAWSUIT INVOLVING THE CITY AND ITS PERSONNEL WILL BE DISMISSED.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION ON THAT? A MEMBER 23 TO BLAKE WITH 350,000 HEARING NINE FIELDED, THAT WAY THAT'LL REMAIN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE CARBON.

SO OUR ADVOCATES AT THE GEBBIE COUNCIL, BARBARA KELLY, THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY ON ITEM NUMBER SIX, THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS COMING TO THE YMCA AND DISTRICT SIX THAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY.

MY DAUGHTERS PLAYED BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, AND SOCCER AT THIS LOCATION SINCE SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, LIKE MANY FAMILIES AND CHILDREN TO HAVE USED THIS RESOURCE.

MY DAUGHTERS LEARNED MANY LIFELONG LESSONS THROUGH HER TIME IN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THERE, THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE A CAPACITY BASED INCENTIVE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE YMC Y YMCA ON MCNEIL ROAD TO UTILIZE SOLAR ELECTRIC SYSTEMS AT THEIR FACILITY TO PRODUCE RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR ONSITE CONSUMPTION.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL ADDITION AND A GREAT RESOURCE ONE TO SEE I'M HAPPY HAPPENING ON ITEM NUMBER 36 FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS DO EVERY DAY.

FIRE EMS AND POLICE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO HELP OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

OFTENTIMES WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS EXPERIENCING THE WORST DAY OF THEIR LIFE, THIS RESOLUTION TASKS, THE CITY MANAGER WITH THE CREATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADDRESS VACANCIES ACROSS THESE DEPARTMENTS.

MY GOAL IS TO HAVE A TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR THE CITY, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE AWARE OF THE STEPS NECESSARY TO MOVE, TO FILL THESE VACANCIES, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED FOR, AS WE'VE HEARD IN PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS, PUBLICLY MUCH OF THIS WORK IS ALREADY BEING DONE BY DEPARTMENTS AND HAS BEEN DONE HISTORICALLY BY CITY STAFF.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND MY COLLEAGUES WHEN THE PROPOSED CLAN COMES BACK FOR COUNCIL TO EVALUATE.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLIS COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FOR SIGNING ONTO THIS ITEM.

I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR HER CLARIFYING COMMENTS EARLIER, AND JUST ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE SPEAKERS WHO VOLUNTEERED AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO EMAILED US FROM THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS ITEM AND PARTICIPATE IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROCESS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, COUNSELOR, IDENTITY, MAYOR PROTECH.

ALSO APPRECIATE MY LIBRARY COMMISSIONER, MR. JC DWYER COMING OUT AND SPEAKING TO US ABOUT THE LIBRARY FINES.

I DO WANT TO SHARE MY APPRECIATION FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY LEADING ON THIS, UH, STAFFING VACANCY PLAN.

UM, I APPRECIATE BEING ASKED TO CO-SPONSOR THIS AND APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT EIGHT FOLKS WHO CAME OUT TO SAY THEY WERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS AS WELL.

UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, HAVE VACANCY STAFFING PLANS JUST AS WE KNOW, UM, THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN A LITTLE HARDER TO FILL IN THIS PAST YEAR.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M DEFINITELY THINKING ABOUT MOVING FORWARD IS HOW, HOW DO WE, UM, YOU KNOW, RETAIN THE FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING VERY HARD DURING THIS TIME AND SOMETIMES WORKING OVER TIME OR, OR FILLING IN FOR POSITIONS THAT, UM, THERE'S NO ONE THERE TO FILL RIGHT NOW.

UM, I

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HE WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME ON THE AGENDA.

SO I APPRECIATE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, TOVO HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND COUNCIL MEMBER FONTEZ.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS AS WELL.

UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO BE ADDED ON AS A CO-SPONSOR.

UH, AND I ALSO AM VERY EXCITED THAT THE NEXT STEP IN SHOP, THE BLOCK IS TAKING PLACE BECAUSE I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER POOL INVITED ME TO CO-SPONSOR THAT WITH HER WHEN THE INITIATIVE FIRST CAME OUT AND AS I'VE TRAVELED TO DIFFERENT CITIES WHO HAVE TAKEN THIS NEXT STEP AND UTILIZED OUTDOOR SPACE IN A MORE CREATIVE WAY FOR, UM, RESTAURANTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UM, IT REALLY DOES BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND I THINK IT MAKES OUR COMMUNITY WALKABLE AND INVITING.

AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THOSE NEXT STEPS ON HER INITIATIVE ARE MOVING FORWARD TODAY FOR SORRY OF EVERY KITCHEN.

UH, YES.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO MENTION ON CONSENT.

I WANT TO SPEAK TO ITEM 21 AND, AND MAYOR, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR ADDITIONAL DIRECTION.

THIS IS THE ITEM THAT RELATES TO, UM, THE CONTRACT WITH ECHO TO, UH, TO BEGIN OR NOT BEGIN, BUT TO CONTINUE THE KIND OF WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY ON A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE FOR OUR, OUR, UM, UH, COMMUNITY-WIDE HOMELESS STRATEGY.

AND THAT IS, UH, WORKING WITH LANDLORDS TO IDENTIFY, UH, LOCATIONS THAT, UM, THAT, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED CAN MOVE INTO.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DIRECTION MAYOR.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY VERY HELPFUL.

SO, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO SEEING, UH, HOW ECHO PROCEEDS WITH THIS.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY LIBRARY COMMISSIONER FOR ITEM NUMBER 34.

I KNOW THEY WORKED VERY HARD, UM, ON BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO US.

AND I THINK IT'S, UM, EXCITING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH IT, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE STAFFING VACANCY.

I APPRECIATE THE, UM, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO CO-SPONSOR THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, OVER THE YEARS, UH, WE'VE UH, AS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'VE WORKED WITH, UM, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, DEPARTMENTS ON VARIOUS APPROACHES TO STAFFING, AND I KNOW THAT THEY, THEY EACH HAVE A STAFF AID VACANCY PLAN.

AND SO I THINK THAT THIS, UM, RESOLUTION RESOLUTION JUST CONFIRMS THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, BUT ALSO REALLY POINTS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF LOOKING AT THE, UH, KINDS OF CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, AND DOUBLING DOWN ON THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.

SO I, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR THE SHOP, THE BLOCK.

I KNOW THAT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BENEFIT FROM THAT AS HAVE OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THEN FINALLY, ON THE ROWING DOCK, I, I LOVE USING THE ROWING DOCK.

IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES AS A WOMEN WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS.

SO I WAS GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT.

SO HOPEFULLY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, LSU, JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND WE CAN PROCEED WITH IT.

UH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER, I GUESS, CAUSE I THINK YOU PULLED IT SO I DID.

AND I CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL IN A SECOND, BUT YEAH, YEAH.

I THINK I'M PLANNING ON VOTING FOR THAT AND I WASN'T AWARE OF ANY ISSUES.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING TO CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

SO I'M SORRY, WE'LL GET TO THAT.

IT'S A PULLED ITEM.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO THAT AFTER IT'S PULLED THE MAYOR PRO TEM WAS NEXT, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER FOR WHAT THIS THANK YOU.

UM, FIRST I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO WELCOME ROBERT GRITS INTO HIS NEW ROLE AS EMS, CHIEF, UM, YOUR ENTHUSIASM, ENTHUSIASM FOR THE ROLE AND YOUR EXPERIENCE.

MR. LOCK GRITS ARE CLEAR.

UM, AND I VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF AUSTIN.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK JASPER BROWN, WHO SERVED AS INTERIM CHIEF, WHO I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH OVER THE YEARS.

UM, AS CHIEF BROWN KNOWS MUCH HAS BEEN ASKED OF OUR EMS SYSTEM DURING THIS PANDEMIC.

UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE WITH MY OFFICE AND WORK, TO IMPROVE OUR BILLING SYSTEM STAFFING AND SUPPORT THE EMS DEPARTMENT AND OUR MEDICS.

OVERALL.

I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO ITEM 36, THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVELOP THE ETX PUBLIC SAFETY VACANCY STAFFING PLAN FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDER DEPARTMENTS, WHICH I WAS PLEASED TO DRAFT ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, THE SPONSOR AND CO-SPONSORS POOL AND ELLIS AND WELCOME, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS TOVO AND KITCHEN AS CO-SPONSORS AS WELL.

UM, IN ORDER TO FILL OUR VACANCIES IN EMS, AFD AND APD, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHERE EACH DEPARTMENT STANDS RELATIVE TO PAST VACANCY TRENDS, THE CURRENT CHALLENGES, PREVENTING FULL STAFFING AND A PLAN FOR MOVING FORWARD.

WE NEED TRANSPARENCY AND CLEAR PLANS TO FILL THE POSITIONS.

WE HAVE AUTHORIZED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY EXCEED NORMAL EXPECTED

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VACANCIES.

UM, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL GOOD CONVERSATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT HOW TO DO THIS.

AND I WOULD CALL FOLKS' ATTENTION IN PARTICULAR TO OUR CONVERSATION.

UM, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL, WHICH FOCUSED ON EMS. UM, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT IN APRIL, BUT HOPE THAT THE WORK, UM, TO, TO, UH, FILL THOSE VACANCIES BOTH WITH RESPECT TO RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, ET CETERA, UM, IS ONGOING AND MOVING FORWARD.

UM, WHILE I'M TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE HERE AND JUST REMIND FOLKS THAT WE HAVE A HIGH WILDFIRE RISK DAY TODAY.

UM, AND IF YOU ARE IN THE MEDIA WATCHING THIS, OR IF YOU ARE COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL, PLEASE HELP US GET THE WORD OUT THAT IT IS A HIGH WILDFIRE RISK DAY.

UM, WHEN CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR WILDFIRES, THIS IS NOT JUST IN AUSTIN, BUT ALL OVER THE STATE.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE NEED PEOPLE TO EXERCISE CAUTION, ALWAYS WITH THEIR BURNING ACTIVITIES, BUT ESPECIALLY TODAY TO AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING.

UM, AND I WOULD ASK THE CITY MANAGER IF THE CITY IS NOT ALREADY PUTTING THAT MESSAGING OUT, THAT WE, UM, MAKE SURE WE GET THAT OUT ASAP.

THANK YOU FOR THIS.

UM, WHY TO SPEAK TO THE FINE FREE LIBRARY ITEM.

THANK YOU, MEMBER TOA FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.

ALSO WANT TO GIVE MY GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO THE DISTRICT, TO LIBRARY, COMMISSIONER LINDA AND FANTA FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THE COMMISSION.

AND I KNOW SHE WAS ALSO VERY INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF THAT RECOMMENDATION.

AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, I HAVE A STRONG LOVE FOR OUR LIBRARIES AND BELIEVE CERTAINLY THAT OUR LIBRARIES ARE THE HEARTS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO TO SEE, UM, FINES AS A BARRIER, UM, IS, IS AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN MANY CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE GONE FINE FREE.

SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE AUSTIN TO THAT LIST.

UM, ANYTIME WE CAN REDUCE BARRIERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OBTAINING ACCESS TO INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES IS, IS TRULY A GREAT THING.

AND SO I'M PLEASED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD.

I KNOW A LOT OF COMMUNITY MOMENTUM IS BEHIND IT, AND I WANT TO THANK OUR AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND ALL THAT.

THEY ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING AMID THIS PANDEMIC.

AND, UM, TO THANK YOU, COSTUMER TOBA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK TO ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA.

AND IT'S AROUND MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH OUTCOMES.

WE, UH, WE ARE APPROVING A CONTRACT TO CONTINUE THAT WORK, AND IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK AND LATINO WOMEN, WE ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AT RISK FOR, UM, FOR SEVERE OUTCOMES WHEN IT COMES TO MATERNAL RATES AND, UH, MATERNAL MORTALITY.

AND SO TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF PREVENTATIVE WORK WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS, UH, IS ANOTHER GREAT THING THAT I BELIEVE IN, AND I'M PLEASED TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD.

AND I KNOW THAT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP AT LEAST 150 WOMEN.

AND SO TO SEE THIS TYPE OF A SERVICE CONTINUED IN OUR COMMUNITY IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT I STRONGLY SUPPORT.

I HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS OR HOPEFULLY I'M GOING TO REMEMBER TO DO ALL OF THEM.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ABSTAIN, I WOULD LIKE THE CLERK TO RECOGNIZE MY ABSTENTION ON FIVE AND SEVEN, HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO LIVES THERE AND I DON'T BELIEVE I NEED TO RECUSE, BUT WOULD JUST ABSTAIN.

WE HAVE FULL 12, 18 AND 13.

AND IF WE COULD GET TO THEM A LITTLE BIT LATER, I, I'M STILL TRYING TO KNOCK OUT MY MOTION SHEET ON THE DOCK ITEMS. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION RELATIVELY QUICK QUESTION.

ABOUT 16, IF I COULD PULL THAT ONE, WHICH NUMBER 16.

WE'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED.

AND THEN I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS ON THE COUNT ON THE AGENDA.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, ON ITEM 30, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT CONTRACT AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS GO FORWARD.

THIS IS A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE WITH FOOD SHOPPING FOR, FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING IN THE WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN, UM, SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM.

AND JUST SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT AND IT'S ON OUR AGENDA, JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR SUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER MARKET IS OFFERING TRIPLE FOOD BENEFITS, TRIPLE VEGGIE, AND FRUIT BENEFITS FOR WIC CLIENTS THROUGH MARCH.

AND THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ON THE SUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER WEBSITE.

UM, 33 IS SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND WE'VE ALREADY, IT CHANGED.

SO AFTER WE HAD A CONVERSATION ON THE DIOCESE ABOUT CHANGING THE LANGUAGE IN OUR AGENDA FROM CITIZENS COMMUNICATIONS TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, MAYOR, YOU INCORPORATED THAT INTO YOUR SPEAKING.

AND WE WERE ADVISED BY LAW THAT IT WAS EASIER.

WE WANT, IF WE WANTED THIS CHANGE TO REPLICATE ITSELF THROUGH OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WHICH WE DID AND OUR COMMITTEES THAT THE EASIEST WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS WAS WITH AN IFC, WHICH IS WHY IT'S ON THE AGENDA.

AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT EVEN THOUGH THE CHANGES ALREADY IN ESSENCE HAPPENED, BECAUSE I THINK THE LANGUAGE THAT WE USE MATTERS AND WE WANT, WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO

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KNOW THAT THIS IS AN INCLUSIVE PLACE AND THAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM 35.

AND THEN I'LL SWITCH BACK TO 34 35 IS INITIATING A REALLY IMPORTANT RENAMING FOR MAGGIE MAYS.

MAGGIE MAYS WAS AN IMPORTANT LEADER HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, AN IMPORTANT BLACK LEADER.

AND SHE FOUNDED ONE OF THE FIRST SCHOOLS, ONE OF THE FIRST SCHOOL IN CLARKSVILLE, A HISTORIC COMMUNITY, UM, IN OUR CITY.

AND SO IT IS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO REMOVING THE NAMES AND CONSIDERING THE REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONFEDERACY WE'VE MADE AS A CITY COUNCIL TO CHANGE WHAT IS TO INITIATE THE CHANGE HERE TODAY OF CONFEDERATE AVENUE TO MAGGIE MAY'S TO HONOR THIS COMMUNITY LEADER, THIS REALLY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY LEADER WHO HELPED SHAPE NOT JUST HER OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT REALLY THE CITY GENERALLY.

SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT MOVE FORWARD.

I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO GENERATED ATTENTION AND SUPPORT AROUND THIS CHANGE AND TO WELCOME THEM, TO CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THAT PROCESS.

I THINK ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT I HOPE WILL RESULT IS THAT WE WILL ALL LEARN MORE ABOUT MAGGIE MAY'S AND THE OTHER WAYS IN WHICH SHE HELPED SHAPE OUR CITY.

AND SO THIS IS I SEE THIS NOT JUST AS INITIATING THE NAME CHANGE, BUT ALSO INITIATING A TIME WHERE, WHERE WE ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE INFORMATION AND LEARN MORE ABOUT MAGGIE MAYS.

UM, 34 IS THE FIND FREE RESOLUTION THAT, THAT SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE MENTIONED, AND AS HAS BEEN INDICATED.

AND I MENTIONED IT IN OUR COMMENTS, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT THE LIBRARY COMMISSION HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF AND DID A LOT OF WORK AROUND.

AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE DIRECTOR WEEKS, UM, AND HIS STAFF THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY, BUT THANK YOU FOR REALLY EMBRACING THIS IDEA.

UH, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS MY STAFF, UM, REACHED OUT, ASHLEY RICHARDSON HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS AND THANK YOU, ASHLEY, FOR ALL YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE.

UM, BUT THE LIBRARY STAFF WAS WHOLLY SUPPORTIVE.

THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, REALLY WORKING WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GETS DONE IN A WAY THAT WORKS WELL FOR ALL.

AND, AND I BELIEVE IT'S VERY MUCH IN KEEPING WITH THE WORK THAT THE LIBRARY HAD ALREADY INITIATED WITH REMOVING FINES, FOR CHILDREN, USERS OF OUR LIBRARY, WHEN LITTLE TRICKY PART THAT WE HAVEN'T COMPLETELY FIGURED OUT, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE FINES FOR THOSE USERS WHO HAVE EXISTING LATE FINES.

SO IF YOU LOST A LIBRARY BOOK OR YOU DAMAGED THE LIBRARY BOOK, YOU'RE STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE FEES BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COLLECTION IS WHOLE THE, FOR THOSE USERS WHO HAVE LATE FEES, I'D LIKE TO SEE US EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR WAVING AND KIND OF WIPING THE SLATE CLEAR.

UH, AND SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE NEED TO PULL THIS TODAY AND TALK ABOUT IT.

UM, PERHAPS WE CAN, WE CAN SORT IT OUT AFTERWARD.

I'D LIKE TO JUST PASS THIS ON CONSENT, BUT I, THAT IS MY, MY HOPE THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THAT.

AND WE'VE REACHED OUT TO LAW AND REACHED OUT TO DIRECTOR WEEKS.

AND I KNOW, I KNOW, UM, OUR FOUNDATION IS WILLING TO ASSIST SOME USERS TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY CAN, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A CITY SOLUTION FOR THAT SO THAT THE FOUNDATION CAN USE ITS SCARCE RESOURCES AND OTHER WAYS, BUT, YOU KNOW, FIND FREE LIBRARIES IS A VERY IMPORTANT IDEA.

THIS IS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVES ITS MISSION OF PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ACCESS AND EDUCATION TO EVERYONE IN, IN THE COMMUNITY, NO MATTER THEIR ECONOMIC BACKGROUND.

WE KNOW THAT FINES REALLY HIT, UM, LOWER ECONOMIC FAMILIES MORE THAN MORE THAN OTHERS, THAT IT, IT CREATES A DISPARATE IMPACT ON DIFFERENT USERS AND DIFFERENT OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

AND SO I'M, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD.

AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD THING IN TERMS OF, OF HELPING PROMOTE USAGE OF OUR LIBRARIES, WHICH IS KIND OF CENTRAL TO THEIR MISSION, ALWAYS HAS BEEN, UM, S AND I BELIEVE THAT IS THAT I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY ON THAT.

AND THEN MA MANAGER, IF WE COULD MAYBE EXPLORE IN THE BREAK, WHETHER OR NOT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL DIRECTION, CONTINUE.

I THINK IF IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK YET, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, HOW BAD IS IT? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, SO I JUST, I HAD SOME REMARKS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I WANTED TO START WITH ITEM NUMBER 35.

UM, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN A MONTH THAT WE HAVE VOTED TO RENAME A PUBLIC ASSET IN HONOR, OF A LOCAL BLACK ICON.

I DEEPLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOVA HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS ITEM DEEPLY APPRECIATED.

AND I THINK THE ACTION THAT WE TOOK IN JANUARY TO ADD BOMA OVERTON, UH, SENIOR'S NAME TO TOWN LAKE PARK SYSTEM, UH, THIS IS JUST AN ADDITIONAL WIN.

UM, BY TAKING THIS VOTE TODAY, WE AREN'T ERASING THE HISTORY OF THIS STREET'S PREVIOUS NAMESAKE, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALL REMEMBER THAT THAT'S A HISTORY THAT BELONGS TO BE CONFRONTED OPENLY.

UM, AND HONESTLY, FRANKLY, UH, IN TEXTBOOKS AND IN CLASSROOMS AND IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE, UH, IT IS NOT A HISTORY THAT DESERVES THE RECOGNITION AND HONOR OF A STREET NAME, PARTICULARLY NOT

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IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS ORIGINALLY FOUNDED BY FORMER SLAVES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS.

THE PURPOSE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS TO GO BEYOND THE USUAL NARRATIVES BY HIGHLIGHTING AND CELEBRATING THE LIVES AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE COUNTLESS PEOPLE WHO SHAPED NOT JUST AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, BUT STRAIGHT UP AMERICAN HISTORY.

I THINK SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IS ALL OUR HISTORY.

UH, MAGGIE MAY'S WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.

SHE WASN'T AN ASTRONAUT OR A GENERAL OR A FAMOUS MOVIE STAR, BUT SHE WAS A PIONEER IN EDUCATION AT THE TIME WHEN THE PREVAILING POLICY IN AUSTIN AND ACROSS THE SOUTH WAS SEPARATE, BUT DEFINITELY IN CERTAINLY NOT EQUAL THE SCHOOL.

SHE FOUND IT SERVED AS A BEACON OF ENLIGHTENMENT FOR COUNTLESS KIDS WHO GREW UP IN A SOCIETY THAT WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO KEEP THEM AND AN OPPRESSED DARKNESS.

UM, WELL, I'LL RESERVE THAT FOR LATER.

IT'S A GREAT DAY IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY WHEN WE CAN ELEVATE THIS WOMAN AND SALUTE HER ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS BY GIVING THE STREET IN HER COMMUNITY, HER PROUD AND EVERLASTING NAME.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 37.

I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL'S LEADERSHIP ON THAT ITEM.

I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT THEM, BUT IF THE PRIVATE SECTOR WANTS TO CREATE GATED COMMUNITIES, THAT'S THEIR RIGHT.

HOWEVER, WE AS A MUNICIPALITY SHOULD BE USING OUR RESOURCES TO UPHOLD, EXCUSE ME, SHOULD NOT BE USING OUR RESOURCES TO UPHOLD EXCLUSIONARY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT LITERALLY DIVIDES COMMUNITIES AT THE VERY LEAST.

I THINK IT JUST MAKES SENSE FROM A MOBILITY PERSPECTIVE TO PROMOTE A MORE CONNECTED CITY.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF SYMBOLISM, A LOT OF PRAGMATISM EMBEDDED IN THIS ACTION THAT WE'RE TAKING.

UH, AGAIN, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG.

APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALICE, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HAD THREE.

I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ITEM 53 BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND FOR ITEM 54, WE HAVE FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE MARTINEZ HERE.

I THINK WE JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY ISSUE WITH POSTPONING.

IS THAT THE DESIRE? IS THERE ANY CONCERN FROM STAFF? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT? I KNOW WE'VE GOT YOU HERE, SO I'D HATE TO HAVE YOU COME ALL THIS WAY AND NOT OKAY.

AWESOME.

MEMBER, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL.

UH, THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE I LEFT CITY HALL.

SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AND CONGRATULATIONS, COUNSELOR VILLA.

UH, YEAH, THIS IS A ROWING DOCK, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS A CONCESSION ON LADYBIRD LAKE.

AND LAST YEAR, THE OWNER, SUSAN GOLDBERG REACHED OUT TO ME AND ASKED FOR SOME HELP, KNOWING THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE COMING UP FOR RENEWAL ON HER CONCESSION SPACE.

AND SO WE'D BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF AND SINCE THAT TIME WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH SOME VIEW JUST TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SUSAN AND THE BUSINESS, AND WE'VE BEEN ANTICIPATING AN RFP TO COME OUT.

AND THEN WE WERE TOLD LATE LAST YEAR THAT THIS AMENDMENT WOULD BE PROPOSED.

AND WHILE WE'RE NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT, WE, WE CERTAINLY WILL ARE, ARE CONSIDERING IT.

AND WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH IN DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF ABOUT THE AMENDMENT.

UH, WE WERE NOT MADE AWARE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A POSTPONEMENT.

WE HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, I THINK IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

UM, JUST TO KIND OF BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE ARE AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE STILL HAVE.

UM, AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

UH, AS YOU GUYS, MAY, MS. GOLDBERG HAS BEEN A CONCESSIONAIRE.

SHE'S THE ONLY WOMAN OWNED CONCESSIONAIRE ON LADYBIRD LAKE.

UH, THIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN IN AUSTIN FOR 22 YEARS, OR IT WILL BE, UH, 22 YEARS IF WE AGREE TO THIS, UH, AMENDMENT.

UM, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT RELATIONSHIP.

UM, WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO DIGEST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND TO MEET WITH YOU GUYS AND, UH, SHARE SOME CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE WITH YOU MOVING FORWARD.

WELCOME BACK HOME.

THANKS MAN.

UH, MANAGER IS, DOES THE STAFF HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE POSTPONEMENT CHECKING RIGHT NOW? OKAY.

UM, HOW'S OUR KITCHEN.

TO OPERATE A BUSINESS PLAN ON A TWO YEAR TIMEFRAME, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT IS AS INVOLVED AS, AS ROWING DOCK.

AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

UM, I WASN'T AWARE OF THE QUESTION.

SO, SO JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

UM, IF, WELL, IF YOU CAN, I'M NOT SURE IF, IF IT, IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO SHARE IN THIS SETTING, BUT, UM, I'M CURIOUS, IS IT THE, IS IT, IS IT THE TIMELINE OR THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT CONCERNS CAN, WHAT CAN YOU SHARE ABOUT THAT? WELL, THERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPONENTS THAT ARE CONCERNED.

ONE IS IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT

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UM, BUT, BUT WE'RE OPEN TO THAT IF THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE ZILKER VISION PLAN, WHICH WE WERE ALSO VERY INVOLVED IN, UM, VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, WE, WE UNDERSTAND WHERE STAFF IS COMING FROM.

THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS THOUGH IN THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT THAT CARRY OVER WITH THIS AMENDMENT THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT.

AND I'LL GIVE YOU THAT ONE EXAMPLE, AND THAT IS A 10% REQUIREMENT OF ANNUAL PROCEEDS TO GO TO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE.

AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, 10%, UH, IS SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND SO IF WE'VE DONE ALL OF OUR IMPROVEMENTS, WE'VE JUST REBUILT THE DOCK AND ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT.

IT'S VERY HARD TO MEET THAT THRESHOLD ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS.

UM, SO THAT'S ONE CONCERN, UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER CONCERNS AS WELL.

UM, AND WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL WITH STAFF AND HOPEFULLY COME TO A MUTUALLY AGREEABLE SITUATION AND JUST CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND COLLEAGUES IT'S TED TO WE'VE PULLED THIS ITEM, SO IT'S GOING TO COME BACK UP FOR DISCUSSION.

UH, AND AT THAT POINT, UH, WE COULD HEAR FROM STAFF, WHETHER THEY HAVE A GOOD OBJECTION TO IT AS WELL, WE CAN CERTAINLY DELVE DEEPER INTO THIS ISSUE.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO, COULD I FINISH MY THOUGHT JUST VERY, VERY, VERY QUICKLY, UM, UH, GIVEN WHAT'S BEEN SAID TO US, AND OF COURSE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM STAFF, UM, I SUPPORT, UH, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS IS WANTING TO DO IN TERMS OF POSTPONING.

AND, AND I WOULD ALSO APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH THE, UM, WITH YOUR GROUP.

UH, AS COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SAID, THIS IS A, IT'S A VERY FUN ROWING DOCK AND, AND HAVING A WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS IS IMPORTANT.

THE CONTRACT DOES EXPIRE IN APRIL.

AND SO WE REALIZED THERE IS A TIME CRUNCH.

WE JUST SIMPLY LIKE TO REQUEST A POSTPONEMENT TO MARCH 3RD, SO WE CAN MEET WITH SOME OF YOU FOLKS AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING MANAGERS.

WITH THAT, ANY OBJECTION TO, UH, UH, PB, UH, ITEM 54 ODD THE, UH, CONSENT, BUT POSTPONE TILL MARCH 3RD, OBJECTION, IT'S APPEAR THAT WAY.

OR THE KIDS HAD THE JANKY MIRROR.

I'VE GIVEN UP ON IN, EXCEPT THAT THEY LOST THE CIVIL WAR.

THEN I THINK IT WAS CASPER RED THEREA WAS NEXT.

OH, I'M SORRY.

CATHERINE ELLIS.

ARE YOU STILL GOING? I JUST WANTED TO VERY QUICKLY CLOSE THAT OUT.

I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE TOWARD VOTING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH THE ROWING DOCK, I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO VISIT WITH THEM DOING AN IT'S MY PARK DAY WITH THE PARKS FOUNDATION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE USING THEIR EQUIPMENT FOR FREE TO LET PEOPLE GO AND DO LITTER ABATEMENT IN THE CREEK.

AND SO I JUST THINK THEY'RE DOING SUCH WONDERFUL WORK AND I'VE ENJOYED MEETING WITH THEM AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ.

AND, UM, AND WE CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE WORK THEY'RE DOING.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE IRON OUT THESE, THESE LAST COUPLE OF WRINKLES BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

BUT THANK YOU.

PICK YOUR MIRROR ON THE CONFEDERACY, CHANGING THE NAME.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST CORRECTING A VERY INJUSTICE THAT HAPPENED.

AND I GOT TO LIVING IN JIM CROW GROWING UP IN A JIM CROW ENVIRONMENT.

YOU KNOW, I, OUR CITY WAS SEGREGATED WHEN I WAS GROWING UP WITH THE AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO THE NORTH OF 11TH STREET AND THE MEXICAN AMERICANS TO THE EAST.

AND WE WEREN'T WELCOME ACROSS 35.

THAT'S WHY WE ALWAYS SET THAT WAS IAS 35 WITH THE WALL THAT SEPARATED, THAT KEPT US ON, ON THE FACT.

BUT WE ALSO HAD A COMMUNITY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS ON THE WEST SIDE AND IT WAS TOTALLY INJUSTICE WHAT THEY DID BECAUSE THERE WAS A RETIREMENT HOME AT THE END OF THAT STREET FOR CONFEDERACY VETERANS.

AND THEY PUT IT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THERE.

AND, AND JUST TO SHOW THAT, EVEN THOUGH THEY LOST THE WAR, THEY, THEY LOST THE BATTLE THAT HIM HYMNAL LOST THE WAR.

THE CONFEDERACY HAD ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT IN AUSTIN.

AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S TIME TO PUT THAT BEHIND US, COMPLETELY BEHIND US.

YOU KNOW, I, I TOLD THE MANAGER WHEN HE, WE HIRED HIM AND HE ASKED ME WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, UM, WITH ALL THE DEMONSTRATION THAT WAS BY THE, UH, THE RIGHT WING WHITE SUPREMACY.

AND I SAID, THEY NEVER THOUGHT THEY HADN'T BEEN GIVEN UP ON AND

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THEY STILL FIGHTING THE CIVIL WAR HERE.

AND IT'S TIME THAT WE PUT THAT BEHIND.

SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK KATHY FOR HER BRINGING THAT.

UH, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO CHANGE THAT NAME.

SO THANK YOU, KATHY.

I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT AS WELL, COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE SIDEWALK CAFES.

UH, I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL, UH, UH, CONTINUATION OF THE PILOT PROGRAM.

WE'RE GOING INTO THE GENESIS OF STAFF COULD LEAVE.

THAT WAS BARBARA POOL AT OTHERS, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER 21, THE ECHO LANDLORD INCENTIVES, UM, MANAGER AS, AS STAFF IS, IS, UH, UH, COMING UP WITH THESE, UH, UH, INCENTIVES TO FURTHER THIS IT'S REAL IMPORTANT.

UH, I THINK IT'S ALSO REAL IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POTENTIAL LANDLORD STO, UH, THAT, UH, THE, THE, THE FOLKS THAT, UH, ARE LOOKING FOR THESE HOMES ARE, ARE PRIMARILY, UH, NOT ARE, ARE, ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST OBEDIENT DEED FOR ASSISTANCE, UH, BECAUSE THAT HOUSING IS USUALLY PICKED UP IN A MORE SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS THAT STARTED BY THOSE, UH, UH, AGENCIES.

UH, BUT THIS HAD BETTY IS IT'S IT'S, IT'S IT SAYS IS, IS RAPID REHOUSING.

IT'S THE, IT'S THE WOMAN WITH CHILDREN.

IT'S THE IT'S, UH, THE PERSON WHO'S LOST THE JOB ON THE STREET.

AND IF THEY COULD JUST GET A PLACE FOR, FOR A FEW MONTHS, A HALF A YEAR, THERE'S A FULL EXPECTATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE BACK INTO, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE CURRENT OF SOCIETY, THE WAY THEY WERE BEFORE.

UH, AND I THINK A LOT OF, UH, OF, UH, THE HESITANCY IS, UH, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION OUT AS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS THAT THAT'S REALLY HAPPENING HERE.

SO, UH, I HOPE THAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT, AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE THANKS FOR, UH, THESE PARTICULAR, UH, GROUPS, UH, UH, WHO HAVE TAUGHT US IN THE PAST.

UH, AND THEY DO THAT, UH, EVEN WITH, UH, WITH A COUNCIL THAT IS NOT ALWAYS DELIVERING ON THE THINGS THAT THEY WORKED ON, ALL THE ISSUES THEY BRING TO US, UH, BUT HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY, DO REALLY IMPORTANT WORK AT THE COMMUNITY.

AND I, AND I HOPE THAT CONTINUES HERE.

HE GOES, WHEREVER TOBO THANK YOU FOR, FOR FIXING THE GOING FROM A CITIZEN TO RESIDENT COMMUNICATIONS.

WE CERTAINLY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SPEAK TO US THAT OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT CITIZENS.

UH, AND THIS IS A HALL AS OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR ANYONE WHO LIVES HERE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND TALK TO US ON ITEM NUMBER 36.

UH, THANK YOU, UH, COUNSEL BARBARA KELLY FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE VACANCY ISSUES THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, UH, THESE ARE ALREADY FUNDED, BUT ARE FILLED POSITIONS.

UH, AND WE, WE NEED ESPECIALLY PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE IT CONCERNS PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT I'D ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE HEARD YESTERDAY THAT WE HAD 20 PEOPLE LEAVE THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND, UH, JANUARY.

AND I HEAR THAT OLD REVIEW, THAT NUMBER MIGHT ACTUALLY BE HIGHER AT THE WATER COMMISSION YESTERDAY.

I THINK THERE WAS A SUGGESTION THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 40, UH, IN, IN, IN JANUARY.

UM, OUR, UH, RETENTION AND VACANCY ISSUES LIKE VIRTUALLY EVERY EMPLOYER IN OUR CITY, UH, IS HITTING US AS WELL.

AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS.

UH, AND I KNOW THAT, UH, HE HAD PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, SOMETIMES, UH, THE CONVERSATION, DOES IT GO PAST ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO MORALE OR QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO COUNCIL ACTION.

UH, BUT A LOT OF WHAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS ARE DEALING WITH HERE IS THE SAME THAT PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS ARE DEALING WITH ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND CITIES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

I WOULD SAY WE'VE GOT A VACANCY ISSUE AND THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE IN OUR CITY ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND OUR CITY IS DEALING WITH PRIVATE, UH, EMPLOYERS AS WELL.

ALL THAT SAID IS A CHALLENGE WE HAVE TO BEAT.

UH, AND I AGREE WITH COUNSELOR KELLY AT PRIORITIZING PUBLIC SAFETY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THAT.

BUT THESE OTHER POSITIONS AT WATER, THESE OTHER POSITIONS ARE ALSO IMPORTANT, AND WE NEED TO FIGURE, FIGURE THAT OUT, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE, UH, UH, SETTLEMENTS, UH, TODAY, UH, ITEMS NUMBER, UH, UH, 57 TO 58.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT THESE SETTLEMENTS WERE OF A REAL DIFFICULT AND PAINFUL

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MOMENT, UH, IN OUR CITY.

UH, NO ONE SHOULD BE INJURED WHILE BARELY EXERCISING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PROTEST.

UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ADDRESS THESE TWO INJURIES, UH, AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE MADE POLICY CHANGES, UH, GOING FORWARD, UH, UH, AS A RESULT OF THIS, THESE INCIDENTS, UH, AND THEN JUST CONCLUDED WITH, UH, ALSO WELCOMING, UH, UH, DO CHIEF, UH, ELECTORATES, UH, EMS, UH, EXCITED TO HAVE HIM HERE, UH, REALLY ENJOYED THE OPPORTUNITY I HAD TO SPEAK WITH HIM.

UM, UH, AND YES, APPRECIATION TO CHIEF BROWN, UH, WHO HAS BEEN, UH, LEADING THIS GROUP DURING AN INCREDIBLE PERIOD OF, UH, UH, DEMAND.

I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR THAT SERVICE, ANY MORE CARPETS OUR COLLEAGUES, OR WE COULD SAY THE JETPACK IS THAT THE JAG IS A ITEMS ONE THROUGH 39, 53 TO 60.

THE, UH, PULLED ITEMS ARE 12, 13, 16, 18, UH, AND ALSO 60.

UH, WE'VE HAD A MOTION THAT WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, WITH THE, UH, UH, ADDITIONS THAT THE STATEMENTS MADE DURING THE COURSE OF DEBATE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, THOSE OPPOSED, UH, IT'S YOUR DATABASE OF THE PEOPLE VOTING, AND I THINK THAT'S EVERYBODY.

UH, SO THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

IT IS TRAVON TWO COLLEAGUES.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, UH, THREE MINUTES, IT'S PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, REALLY.

I MEAN, IT, WE NEED IT, WE NEEDED A JAR.

ALL RIGHT, RIGHT.

TO SEE HOW THAT GOES, RESIDENT, UH, COMMUNICATION, UH, UH, WITH US PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, UH, UH, WE'LL DO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AT THE END OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

LET'S TAKE A LUNCH BREAK.

MAYBE WE CAN COME BACK AT ONE O'CLOCK, UH, TO DO, UH, UH, THE WATER, UH, UH, I, UM, UH, AND THEN GO INTO ZONING AT, UH, AT TWO O'CLOCK.

AND THAT MIGHT TAKE US FOR THE DAY AS

[Items 40 & 61]

I'M NOT SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE A EDDY DISCUSSION, UH, RARELY THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE ON ITEM NUMBER 40, UH, WHICH IS THE LOCAL STANDARDS OF CARE FOR, FOR PART OF THE PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS ITEM NUMBER 60 WAD, WHICH IS A PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, UH, UH, SUGGESTION OR NOMINATION OF, UH, UH, SUBSTITUTE JUDGE FOR THROUGH THE CIVIL COURT WITHOUT OBJECTION.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS, NUMBER 45 61? THAT'S OUR PULL BASE, THE BULLSHIT BAYER PRO TAMPA SECONDS AT ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE HEARING? NO OBJECTION.

THOSE TWO ITEMS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

UH, SO THOSE STAFF CAN LEAVE AND CLERK, IF

[Public Comments]

YOU'LL CALL FOR US, PLEASE, UH, PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, WHICH I WAS DOING IT RIGHT THIS TIME BEFORE I PUT MONEY IN THE JAR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION LET'S PROCEED.

UM, UM, WE REACH OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS TO MAINTAIN SUSTAINABILITY, BETTERMENT OF LIFE HELP, AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED TO SURVIVE.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS RW RUSHING, ASHLEY COLLINS, ROSIE DARBY, CHOKE CARE MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

HELLO, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.

I CAME TO YOU AS A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

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UM, IN, UM, JUNE I HAD WEATHERIZATION PERFORMED ON MY HOME, UH, DURING THE PROCESSES OF THIS WEATHERIZATION, I WAS ROBBED, UH, BY THE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME TO MY HOUSE, THE CRIMINALS WHO CAME TO MY HOUSE TO ROB.

I MEAN, TO DO THE WORK, I, UM, REACH OUT TO EVERYONE THAT I COULD POSSIBLY SPEAK TO BECAUSE INITIALLY ALL I WANTED WAS MY STEP BACK.

AND, UM, TO KNOW, AND NO ONE HELPED ME, UH, BE, UM, THE DETECTIVE THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE CASE WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A FEDERAL CASE, HE CALLED ME AND I'VE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS AT COVID.

UH, THE OTHER DETECTIVE THAT CALLED ME IN JANUARY.

SHE ENCOURAGED ME TO, UM, FORGET ABOUT IT, TO JUST LAUGH.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I SHOULD BE ASKED TO FORGET ABOUT THIS TINA'S CRIME THAT WAS COMMITTED ON ME, OR, UH, PERPETRATED ON ME AND MY PERSON AND A VIOLATION OF MY HOME.

UM, I SPOKE WITH, UH, ONE OF THE SERGEANTS AND SHE INFORMED ME THAT SHE WAS TIRED OF ME CALLING AND REPORTING HER DETECTIVES.

UH, I SPOKE WITH, UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE PERSON THAT, UM, UM, THE DIRECTOR OF WEATHERIZATION.

AND OF COURSE SHE ACCUSED ME OF LYING AND, UH, EXPLAINED TO ME THAT, UM, THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT WAS SENT TO DO THE WEATHERIZATION AT MY HOME HAD BEEN WITH THEM FOR 12 YEARS.

AND SO SUCH A POLICE, SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME.

AND SHE ASKED ME WHO ELSE HAD THIS HAPPENED TO? AND I TOLD HER, MR. ALBERTON, AND, UM, OF COURSE SHE GOT OFF THE PHONE.

ANOTHER LADY GOT ON THE PHONE, WHO WASN'T AFFILIATED WITH, WHETHER WE SAY ACTION, BUT SHE LISTENED TO ME.

AND I, UH, SHE HAD BEEN AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION.

SHE SAYS, WELL, I CAN'T HELP YOU.

I SAID, WELL, WHO DO I NEED TO CONTACT THE CITY MANAGER? WHO IS IT THAT I NEED TO SPEAK TO? AND SHE SAYS, WELL, THAT WON'T DO ANY GOOD, BECAUSE ALL HE'S GOING TO DO IS SEND YOU BACK.

SO, UM, I, UM, WITH NO RECOURSE, I SUBSEQUENTLY STEPPED OUTSIDE AND I CALLED EVERY FEDERAL AGENCY THAT I COULD THINK OF, UH, EVERYONE THAT I COULD FIND TO TRY TO MEDIATE THIS.

UM, THE COMFORT ADVISOR RETURNED TO MY HOME.

AND HE, HE INFORMED ME THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN WAS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO THEM BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN WITH THEM FOR X AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND HE WAS, THEY WOULD NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO HIM.

THEY WERE GOING TO LET YOU KNOW, I COULD CALL THEM.

I COULD DO ANYTHING THAT I WANTED TO DO.

I COULD CONTACT THEM.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EVEN COME OUT THERE.

UH, ANTHONY, THE LICENSE INSPECTOR CAME TO MY HOUSE, LOOKED AT THE WORK, TOLD ME THAT THEY DID NOT DO THE WORK.

UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE DONE.

AND I HAVE TO SAY, THIS PLACE COULD GIVE ME, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE DONE IS THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR THESE GENTLEMEN THAT PERPETRATED THIS CRIME ON ME TO BE PROSECUTED AS IF THEY ARE BLACK MEN.

I WANT THEM TO LOOK AT THIS AND, UH, CONSIDERED ME AS AN ANGLO-SAXON SENIOR CITIZEN CONSERVATIVE.

THIS IS WHAT THE COMFORT ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT HE WAS A CONSERVATIVE, THIS IS WHY I CONSIDERED THIS A HATE CRIME.

AND IN ADDITION TO AN HATE CRIME, IT WAS ALSO ORGANIZED AND COLLUDED.

DO YOU THINK, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP OUTSIDE OF THIS PD I'LL HAVE MICE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION? SO WE CAN, AND I DO.

I HONESTLY FEEL THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I NEED CLOSURE WITH THIS.

I TOLD THE DETECTIVE THAT I TALKED TO, I SAID, YOU KNOW, I HAVE ANXIETY WITH, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN MY HOUSE.

THESE PEOPLE WENT THROUGH EVERY INCH OF MY HOUSE.

THEY TOOK PICTURES OF EVERYTHING IN MY HOME.

AND, UH, I TOLD HER, I SAID, YOU KNOW, I HAVE ANXIETY.

SHE SAID, WELL, IF YOU HAVE SO MUCH ANXIETY, WHY DON'T YOU JUST SIT AT YOUR HOUSE? MY HOUSE HAS BEEN A BONE OF CONTENTION AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THE, THE, THE, THE MANAGER OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN SAID THAT HE'LL ADD HIS OFFICE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU DIRECTLY.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND THANK YOU FOR COVERING AND SPEAKING TO US.

YES, SIR.

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THE MANAGER SAID THAT HE HAD HIS OFFICE WILL REACH OUT TO YOU DIRECTLY, IF YOU COULD MAKE SURE THAT YOU LEAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION WITH THE CLERK.

WHOEVER ELLIS DARBY, ARE YOU STILL RESIDING IN DISTRICT EIGHT? YES MA'AM.

YES MA'AM.

YOU SPEAKER CLINTON, CAROLYN ROSE KENNEDY.

GOOD HOPE THAT CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE IN HELPING CONNECT YOU SO THAT THIS CAN BE LOOKED AT FURTHER.

THE ONLINE SPEAKER IS BRIDGET HIDE.

MY NAME IS BRIDGET HYDE AND I LIVE IN EAST AUSTIN, AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

UM, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT AN ARTICLE IN THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN.

UM, FEBRUARY 1ST, IT WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE.

UM, IT WAS CONCERNING A SAMSUNG TO SAMSUNG WEEKS.

UM, AND, UH, I, UM, THE, WHAT I LEARNED FROM THE ARTICLE WAS THAT, UM, THE WASTEWATER, UM, AND THE LEAK, AND THE MOST RECENTLY WAS DESCRIBED AS SULFURIC ACID WASTE BY THE CITY'S WATERSHED PROTECTION DIVISION AND THAT IT KILLED AQUATIC LIFE.

UM, UH, MR. TREY SELENA, UH, CONTACTED ME, UH, WHEN HE SAW THAT I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS AT THE COUNCIL AND TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT SULFURIC ACID, IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE.

SO THERE ARE, THERE'S KIND OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK IT'S A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE.

AND I THINK THAT THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN NEED TO HEAR ABOUT IT AND NEED TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WILL BE DONE TO REMEDIATE IT AND WHAT WILL BE DONE TO PREVENT IT.

UM, SO THOSE ARE MY, YOU KNOW, I BASICALLY HAVE FOUR QUESTIONS.

WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT'S BEING DONE TO PROTECT OUR WATER RESOURCES, UM, WILL THIS, AND I I'M ASKING WILL THE CITY COUNCIL PLEASE ADD THIS LEAK BY SAMSUNG AS AN ITEM TO BE ADDRESSED ON, ON ITS AGENDA.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW, WHEN WILL THE CITY COUNCIL GIVE A REPORT TO THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN? SO I FORMALLY REQUEST, UM, THAT THE SAMSUNG POLLUTION INCIDENT BE PLACED ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S AGENDA.

AND I FORMALLY REQUEST THAT ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED BE PRESENT FOR THE DISCUSSION.

SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE CITY COUNCIL, THE TCEQ, THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DIVISION ENVIRONMENT, TEXAS, THE WALNUT CREEK TREATMENT PLANT, AND SAMSUNG OF COURSE, SO THAT EVERYONE CAN, UM, CAN BEGIN TO GIVE US, UH, A FULL AND AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF WHAT ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE.

AND, UM, I'LL BE VERY CONCERNED TO HEAR WHAT THE CITY IS GOING TO DO TO ADDRESS IT.

UM, BUT I, I VERY MUCH WANT TO HEAR FROM THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THIS INCIDENT.

AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

AND I THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.

I'M GOING TO COME RIGHT TO YOU.

I'M GOING TO COME TO YOU JUST SAY WE'RE A PUBLIC COMMUNICATION WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, UH, NOT NOTICED TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM.

SO THERE'S A LIMITATION OF THE CONVERSATION, UH, THAT WE COULD HAVE.

UH, BUT CERTAINLY COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA IF THEY WANT TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBER WHO PROVIDED, SAID, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU HERE BRIEFLY.

I APPRECIATE IT.

I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE THE CALLER TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO IT REPORTED ON IN OUR NEWSLETTER AND ON OUR SOCIALS, BUT I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE, THEY CALL IT A REACH OUT TO DISTRICT ONE, THE NUMBER ONE AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV.

OR DO YOU WANT TO HAVE 1 15 1? O'CLOCK OBVIOUSLY LET'S START BACK AT ONE.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS? ALL RIGHT.

HEARING A NAN, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD HERE AT 1215, UH, AND, UH, TAKE A RECESS.

WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL COME BACK AT WATER ONE 15.

AT WHICH POINT WE'LL HAVE A, AN HOUR THAT WE'LL PUT TO THIS TOPIC.

IS, DOES ONE O'CLOCK WORK FOR PEOPLE

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O'CLOCK, UH, WHERE RECESS, TILL THAT WE HAVE A QUARTER PRESENT BOTH, UH, HERE IN THE ROOM AND WE HAVE, UH, OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE WITH US VIRTUALLY AS THE VETERANS WHO HAVE YOUR HEAD RAISED PO UNTIL I GET MY SECOND COMPUTER, PLEASE CALL OUT.

I'M GOING TO CALL UP, UH, ITEM NUMBER 60, UH, AND LET, UH, THE BARE PRO TAB, UH, LAY THAT OUT.

SO THAT I SEE YOU.

I WON'T BE RUDE OR ANYTHING.

UH, IT IS, UH, UH, ONE 13.

UH,

[60. Approve a resolution regarding the procurement ofan external audit to review Austin Water's five most recent water quality and water supply episodes. Sponsors: Mayor Pro Tem Alison Alter. Council Member Kathie Tovo. Council Member Vanessa Fuentes. Council Member Leslie Pool. and Council Member Paige Ellis (Part 1 of 2)]

AND THEN, UH, WE'LL, UH, ENGAGE IN THE QUESTION TO ANSWER.

WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, TUESDAY WITH THE COUNCIL AND, UH, STAFF.

THERE WERE, UH, THE, UH, QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, ALSO THE Q AND A, AND, UH, STAFF'S RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED AS WELL IN THE Q AND A, WHICH IS ALL PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.

AND IT'S IN BACKUP AS WELL AS DEF THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE PASSAGE OF ITEM 16.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? THAT'S OVER ALLIS SECONDS.

THAT MOTION.

GO AHEAD AND PRETEND.

UM, SO I'M PLEASED TO OFFER TO THE COUNSEL OF A RESOLUTION, A RESOLUTION THAT CALLS FOR AN AUDIT OF AUSTIN WATER.

UM, IT FOCUSES IN ON THE FIVE MOST RECENT WATER QUALITY WATER SUPPLY, UM, INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED AND CREATES, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE REVIEW FROM OUTSIDE EXPERTS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED IN THOSE SITUATIONS AND WHAT OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, ET CETERA, WE MAY NEED TO TAKE, UM, IN ORDER TO PREVENT FURTHER DISRUPTIONS TO OUR SYSTEM.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE EXPERTS WHO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND HOW WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS WORK, HOW THEY FUNCTION, WHAT THE LAY OF THE LAND IS, UM, NATIONALLY.

UM, WE HAVE SET THIS UP SO THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE MANAGED BY THE CITY AUDITOR THAT REPORTS TO THE COUNCIL.

UM, THE CITY IS BEING ASKED TO FACILITATE THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, BUT IT IS THE CITY AUDITOR WHO WILL BE MANAGING THAT PROCESS.

THERE WILL THEN BE A REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL.

UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

UM, THIS DOES NOT PRECLUDE ANYTHING THAT THE NEW DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN WATER OR THE CITY MANAGER THINKS IS NECESSARY OR NEEDED FROM AUSTIN WATER'S PERSPECTIVE.

THEY ARE FREE TO DO WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED TO DO, UM, IN THEIR OWN INVESTIGATIONS.

AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO UNDERTAKE THEM.

UM, BUT WE AS A COUNCIL NEED AN INDEPENDENT SET OF EYES SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE ARE TAKING OUR OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES SERIOUSLY AND HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE EXPERTISE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTIONS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO MOVE FORWARD IN RESTORING TRUST AND PUBLIC FAITH IN OUR WATER DELIVERY SYSTEM.

THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A CONVERSATION THAT BEGAN ON TUESDAY, UH, BUT WITH THE ADDITIONAL FOCUS ON THE RESOLUTION, UH, TODAY, UH, WE WANTED TO, WE RAN OUT OF TIME OR TUESDAY, WHERE DID HE GIVE PEOPLE AN ADDITIONAL TIME TO BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF? UH, SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS MAY HAVE BEEN ANSWERED IN A Q AND A OF THIS PART OF BACKUP, BUT LET ME COME TO THE, TO THE DIASTAT FOR PEOPLE TO ASK QUESTIONS, UH, OR TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS.

DO WE KNOW HOW LONG THE INVESTIGATION WILL TAKE? I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE ARE WE LOOKING AT? GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS, BOTH, UH, INTERVIEWS OF EMPLOYEES, AND THEN LINKING THAT WITH, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, ANALYSIS OF A SCADA AND OTHER SYSTEMS WE THINK IS PROBABLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO COMPLETE ALL THAT WORK.

AND THANK YOU TO AUSTIN WATER STAFF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE Q AND A THAT WAS SENT EARLIER, I THINK, IS THIS MORNING.

I HAD A CHANCE TO READ THROUGH IT, AND I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SO QUICKLY.

SO I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED BY MY COLLEAGUES, UM, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, GETTING MORE CLARITY AND MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROLONGED SEATING THAT HAPPENED, THE ALARMS AND THE FUNCTIONING OF THE ALARMS, UM, AS WELL AS THE SLPS AND MORE DETAIL ON THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IN REGARDS TO THIS SPECIFIC INCIDENT AT ORRICK PLANT, UM, THE RESPONSES THAT WE GOT BACK WERE THAT AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AND THAT ONCE THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED, THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

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AGAIN, THAT'S A KIND OF A BROAD TIMEFRAME.

IT MAY DIAL DOWN EXACTLY, BUT THAT, THAT IS OUR WORKING KIND OF GOAL.

GOTCHA.

AND SO FOR THE PUBLIC THAT ARE WATCHING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR AUSTIN WATER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING, THAT'LL BE HELD NEXT WEDNESDAY.

THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE A CONVERSATION.

UM, BUT WE WON'T HAVE THE INVESTIGATION COMPLETED BY NEXT WEDNESDAY.

THAT WOULD BE MY SENSE.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPLEMENT QUESTIONS AS WE CAN, UH, ONES THAT, THAT WE CAN, UH, CONTINUE TO RESPOND.

AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DOCUMENT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED, UH, FROM THE DAYAS ON TUESDAY, THE QUESTIONS THAT IN THE Q AND A, THAT WE DISTRIBUTED, UM, UH, THIS MORNING WERE, UH, ONES ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

AND SO W W WE'LL BE ADDING OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD RESPONDED TO IN PART, UH, ON TUESDAY, UH, INTO THIS QUESTION MIX.

SO WE'LL KEEP GROWING THAT, THAT LIST OF QUESTIONS.

UM, BUT SOME OF THEM, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO IN THE HOLISTIC WAY, DO THE INVESTIGATION, I WILL SAY, AND THIS IS ALSO IN OUR, IN OUR Q AND A, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ARE GETTING VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW OUR SCADA SYSTEM IS CONFIGURED.

WHAT'S CONTROLLABLE, WHAT'S NOT CONTROLLABLE, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW IT WORKS ALARMS. AND, UH, WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR A COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I WE'LL NEED TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THAT DATA IS NOT, UM, FREE IN, IN SOCIETY.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST LIKE THERE'S SENSITIVE CYBER RISKS THERE.

AND, UH, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO WORK ON HOW BEST TO SHARE THAT, UH, ONCE WE COMPLETE AND, UH, AND HAVE THAT AVAILABLE, IT DEAL.

SO, UM, SO WHEN THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED, WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION VIA A REPORT, A MEMO THAT IS ISSUED TO COUNSEL.

YEAH, PROBABLY A RE REPORT AND A, AND A, AND A MEMO, AND MAYBE SOME APPENDIXES, IT'LL BE PROBABLY A SERIES OF THINGS.

AND I JUST SENT YOU ALSO, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ALSO PICKED OFF, UM, ON THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT STAFFING AND VACANCIES, A COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA ASKED SOME OF THOSE, AND THOSE ARE IN THE Q AND A, AND, AND, UH, WE GOT A GOOD START THERE, AND I THINK THOSE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED.

AND YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THAT COMPLETED, UH, BY YOUR WORKS OR BY YOUR, UM, COMMITTEE MEETING ON, UH, ON WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION THAT I HAVE HERE IS, UM, THE QUESTION THAT MAYOR PRO TEM ASKED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT OUR UTILITY HAD PARTICIPATED IN A PEER REVIEW, UM, BY THE OTHER, BY HIGH PERFORMING US WATER UTILITIES.

I KNOW THAT YOU ALL LISTED ALL OF THE AFFILIATIONS THAT AUSTIN WATER IS A MEMBER OF AND ASSOCIATED WITH, BUT CAN YOU PLEASE CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT WE'VE HAD A PEER REVIEW WITH OTHER UTILITIES IN THE LAST TIME THAT WAS CONDUCTED, WE'LL BE SUPPLEMENTING THAT ANSWER.

BUT AS I MENTIONED DURING THE WORK SESSION, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH, UM, THE, UH, PARTNERSHIP FOR SAFE WATER, UH, WHICH, UH, IN MY OPINION, IS A PEER REVIEW WHERE YOU SUBMIT A TURBIDITY DATA, OTHER PROCEDURES OF YOUR SURFACE WATER PLANTS.

YOU GO THROUGH A SERIES OF PHASES, PHASE ONE PHASE TWO PHASE THREE.

UH, WE ULTIMATELY, UH, ALREADY IN PARTICULAR WAS, UH, WAS, UH, UH, WENT THROUGH AND WAS ACKNOWLEDGED AS WHAT'S CALLED THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD IN THE PARTNERSHIP IN 2016.

IT WAS KIND OF A VERY ANALYTICAL, UM, REVIEW BY PEER UTILITIES.

UH, AND WE'LL, WE'LL DOCUMENT THAT MORE, UH, FOR YOU, BUT THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE CLOSEST I WOULD CALL A PEER REVIEW OF, OF OUR SURFACE WATER PLANTS.

UH, AT ONE TIME, AWW HAD A PROGRAM CALLED QUAL SURF WHERE, UH, UH, UTILITIES WOULD COME INTO YOUR, YOUR OWN UTILITY AND KIND OF BENCHMARK YOU OR COMPARE, AND WE'VE DONE THAT, BUT THAT PROGRAM HAS FADED THAT REALLY, THAT DOESN'T REALLY EXIST ANYMORE.

AND SOME OF THAT IS DATED, IT GOES BACK 15, 20 YEARS.

WE DIDN'T REALLY THINK THAT AS RELATIVE RELEVANT TO THE COUNSEL'S QUESTIONS.

GOTCHA.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH DIRECTOR.

AND, UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD.

I THINK THAT HAVING THIS EXTERNAL AUDIT THAT TAKES A LOOK AT THE FIVE MOST RECENT INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD AT OUR UTILITY IS NECESSARY AND REBUILDING THAT TRUST.

AND AGAIN, DIRECTOR, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY AND TO AUSTIN WATER.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU AND YOUR HARDWORKING TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET US THE INFORMATION OUT THAT WE NEED FOR BOTH THIS INCIDENT, BUT ALSO TO THE PUBLIC TO INFORM THEM ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO I APPRECIATE IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL BE SURE, OF COURSE THE STAFF WILL WORK COLLABORATIVELY AS, AS NEEDED WITH, WITH, UH, WITH COREY AND HER TEAM ON, ON THE AUDIT.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL BE READY FOR THAT TO

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ON ITEM NUMBER 60.

I'D LIKE TO BE LISTED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THE ITEM PER MY POST ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO HOLD AUSTIN WATER UTILITY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE BOIL WATER NOTICE AND PREVIOUS EVENTS, BUT IT WILL ALSO GIVE US INFORMATION THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO ENSURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.

AGAIN.

THE EXTERNAL AUDIT WE ARE SEEKING TO APPROVE TODAY WILL ALLOW FOR OUTSIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTS TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE UTILITY WITH OVERSIGHT FROM THE CITY AUDITOR, IN ORDER TO MANAGE THE AUDIT, I'M CONFIDENT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A BETTER UTILITY SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN.

AND I APPRECIATE MAYOR PRO TEM ALTERS LEADERSHIP ON THIS MOST IMPORTANT ITEM TO PREVENT ANY SORT OF DISRUPTIONS IN THE UTILITY MOVING FORWARD.

I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AUDIT, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE CLEAR INVESTMENT THAT THE COUNCIL WILL BE ALLOCATING FOR WITH THIS AUDIT AND WHERE THERE'S FUNDS MIGHT COME FROM MAYOR PRO TEM OR CITY MANAGER.

MIGHT YOU BE ABLE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE COSTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IN REGARDS TO THIS INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY? THANK YOU.

I, AT THIS POINT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ESTIMATE, UM, CITY AUDITOR'S GOING TO BE CONSULTING WITH EXTERNAL EXPERTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT AUDIT THAT IT CAN BE.

UM, AND WE CANNOT DICTATE TO THE CITY MANAGER AT THIS POINT WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, WE CAN PUT IN A RECOMMENDATION THAT IT COMES FROM AUSTIN WATER, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE PUT IN TERMS OF THE SOURCE.

UM, IT WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM 250,000 TO A MILLION DOLLARS.

I DON'T, I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE IT WILL BE, AND IT MIGHT BE LESS THAT'S JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER SIMILAR KINDS OF STUDIES, WE'VE TRIED TO FOCUS IT ON THE WATER SIDE OF THE HOUSE, UM, SO THAT IT CAN BE MORE, MORE FOCUSED.

UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT WE COULD PUT A PRICE TAG ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE WE ARE FACING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE.

I CAN TELL YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF LOOKING INTO HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REALLY MAKE THIS INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY HAPPEN.

AND I ALSO AGREE WITH YOU THAT MONEY-WISE, THERE'S ALWAYS A COST ASSOCIATED, BUT THE BENEFITS SOMETIMES FAR OUTWEIGHS THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.

I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR PRO TIM'S WORK ON THIS.

I'M HAPPY TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS RESOLUTION, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN GOOD HANDS MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE AUDIT AND FINANCE MAY TAKE UP SOME COMPONENTS OF THIS SINCE YOU ALSO CHAIR THAT.

AND I KNOW WITH AUSTIN WATER OVERSIGHT, UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE IN GOOD HANDS HAVING THAT DISCUSSION AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE COMMITTEE WORK, TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS CONVERSATION GOING.

I KNOW PEOPLE ARE STILL, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY MUCH WANTING TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I APPRECIATE AUSTIN WATER STAFF BEING RESPONSIVE TO ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO THEM.

AND AS ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR WORK IN SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS DIRECTOR.

THAT'S OVER THE KITCHEN.

UM, YES, I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED RESPONSIVENESS, UM, DIRECTOR MASSARO SORROWS IN, UH, WORKING AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO HELP, UM, RESPOND TO QUESTIONS.

AND, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU'VE ALWAYS RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK, UM, I DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

I THINK THAT I RAISED SOME THE OTHER DAY AND ALSO WE'VE GOT A GOOD LIST OF QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.

SO I, AND I, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE.

THE GOAL HERE IS TO MOST COST-EFFECTIVELY AND MOST EXPEDITIOUSLY GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO, WHICH IS, ARE WE OPERATING AT BEST PRACTICES? AND, UM, WHAT, WHAT IMPROVEMENTS DO WE NEED IN ORDER TO DO THAT? AND THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT GO INTO THAT, BUT THAT'S REALLY THE, THAT'S REALLY THE FUNDAMENTAL THING WE'RE DOING HERE.

THAT'S OUR, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE ABSOLUTE VERY BEST THAT WE CAN, UH, WITH THE VERY LATEST IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY AND THINKING, AND TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT TO AUSTIN WATER, TO DO THAT.

UM, MARY PER TAM.

TO TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, RAISED SOME OF THE KIND OF FOLLOW-UP PIECES THAT, THAT I, THAT I WANTED TO RAISE.

UM, I, I, UM, NEGLECTED EARLIER TO RECOGNIZE MY CO-SPONSORS.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND AUSTIN WATER OVERSIGHT CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, FONTAS COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

YOU WERE ADDED IN THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS.

WE CAN ONLY PUT IT IN WITH, WITH FIVE OF US ON IT.

UM, SO WE WERE RESPECTING WHERE I'M ON THAT.

UM, MR. ZAHRA, I APPRECIATE, UM, YOU AND YOUR STAFF WORKING

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UM, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE SORT OF TWO WEEKS TIME.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR SOME ANSWERS AND WOULD REALLY MUCH LIKE TO HEAR, AND PERHAPS IT'S NOT IN THIS FORUM, HOW WE GET THOSE ANSWERS THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, VULNERABILITIES, IF WE DISCUSS THEM IN THIS FORUM, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I'M VERY MUCH AWARE OF, OF THE NEED TO DO THAT AS CHAIR OF AUDIT AND FINANCE.

SO, UM, I HOPE THAT IN A FOLLOW-UP, UM, YOU OR THE CITY MANAGER CAN MAKE US AWARE OF THE FORUM IN WHICH WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET MORE OF THOSE, THOSE ANSWERS.

UM, I, AGAIN, YOU MENTIONED THE 2016, YOU THOUGHT WAS THE LAST TIME WE HAD SORT OF THE PEER REVIEW.

UM, CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SORT OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS WITH RESPECT TO THESE RESILIENCY QUESTIONS, WITH RESPECT TO OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, UM, AND SOME OF THESE KINDS OF PROTOCOLS? UM, I I'M I'M, I WANT A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT PROCESS AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GIVES ME PAUSE, AND AS I REMEMBER THERE WAS A, A, UM, WE DISCUSSED THIS IN AUSTIN WATER.

THERE WAS AFTER STORM URI THAT THERE WAS A RISK ASSESSMENT THAT WAS PREPARED REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

IT DIDN'T INCLUDE A FREEZE, AND NOW YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE A FREEZE BECAUSE OUR CLIMATE MODELS DIDN'T SAY THAT THAT WAS THE RISK.

UM, HOWEVER, IT DOES CONCERN ME ABOUT HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THESE, UM, PROCESSES.

SO IF YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE BROADER STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE FOR OVERALL OPERATIONAL READINESS IN, IN CASES OF, OF FAILURE, OPERATIONAL FAILURES OR ASSET FAILURES.

SURE.

UM, SO I THINK AT SEVERAL LEVELS, ONE, WE, UH, WE IDENTIFIED, UH, IMPROVED RESILIENCY AS ONE OF THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS FOR THE UTILITY.

AND, UH, AND WE'VE SET UP CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS AND EXECUTIVE LEVEL SPONSORS OF RESILIENCY RELATED EFFORTS.

I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL PIECES TO THAT.

UM, ONE IN, IN AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, AND AS WE INCLUDE INCLUDED IN THE ANSWERS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO HAVE AN EVENT, WE GO THROUGH A VERY THOROUGH AFTER ACTION PROCESS, UH, AND WE DOCUMENT, UM, UH, RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.

AND THEN WE, WE, UH, PROGRAM THOSE AND, AND EXECUTE ON THOSE.

AND WE SUMMARIZED SOME OF THOSE IN THE, IN THE Q AND A, THE STEPS THAT WE TOOK AFTER THE 2018, A BOIL WATER NOTICE, WHICH WAS A, WHICH WAS A, KIND OF A HIGH TURBIDITY EVENT OF THE SOURCE WATER.

AND THAT LED TO POLYMER SYSTEMS AND TO END OTHER STEPS.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE CARRY THROUGH ON ZEBRA MUSSELS, WE, UH, ESTABLISHED IN THE SYSTEM TO, UH, ERADICATE ZEBRA MUSCLES FROM OUR PIPING SYSTEMS AND THEN WINTER STORM URI.

SO THIS AFTER ACTION PROCESS THAT WE DO IS KIND OF BAKED IN TO WHAT WE DO.

THERE'S ALSO REQUIREMENTS OF THE AMERICA WATER INFRASTRUCTURE ACT IS I THINK YOU WERE REFERRING TO THAT WHERE YOU IDENTIFY VARIOUS, UH, UM, KIND OF WHOLE HAZARD RISK AND, UH, AND HOW YOU'RE RESPONDING, UH, TO THOSE AND PLANNING FOR THOSE.

UM, THERE'S, UM, UH, ALSO, UH, UH, OUR CLIMATE ADAPTATIONS, UM, THINGS LIKE, UH, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, AT ITS HEART, THAT'S WHAT WATERFORD IS ABOUT, IS ABOUT, UM, UH, HOW YOU'RE CONTINUING TO MANAGE, UH, WATER USE FOR EXISTING CUSTOMERS AND THE TOOLS THAT ARE GOING IN THERE, LIKE OUR ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGIES, UH, A, WHICH IS AN ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY, OUR GROWING REUSE SYSTEM, UM, UH, ALSO A LONGER RANGE OF RESILIENCY, CERTAINLY AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY IS, IS A PART OF THAT.

UM, HOW WE'RE LEVERAGING OUR COLORADO RIVER SUPPLIES THROUGH OUR OWN, UH, SENIOR RUNNER OF RIVER RIGHTS, AS WELL AS WITH OUR LCRA AGREEMENTS, THAT THAT'S ALL A PART OF, I WOULD CONSIDER OUR RESILIENCY WORK.

THERE'S, UM, ALSO, UH, I THINK, UM, SPECIFIC RISKS THAT, UH, ARE UNIQUE TO OUR COMMUNITY, THAT AUSTIN WATER ADDRESSES, UH, AND, UH, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE, UH, WILDFIRES AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WILDFIRE ACTIVITIES WHERE WE ARE, UM, UH, EVALUATING AND TAKING STEPS TO REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK AT SOME OF OUR CRITICAL FACILITIES THAT ARE IN WILDFIRES, AS WELL AS, UM, WE, WE, WE, AUSTIN WATER, UM, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE CITY'S WILDLAND HOLDINGS.

AND SO WE'RE TAKING STEPS TO, UH, BUILD, UH, SHADED FUEL BREAKS AND MOLE LINES ALONG ALL THE HIGH PRIORITIZED BOUNDARIES ALONG ALONG THAT, THAT THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER BRANCH OF, OF RESILIENCY,

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UH, WORK THAT WE DO.

UM, CERTAINLY WE ARTICULATED OTHER RESILIENCY.

IT'S NOT THAT THE KIND YOU WOULD THINK OF, BUT HOW WE'RE MANAGING, HOW, UH, THE HUMAN SIDE AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND, UH, HOW WE'RE MANAGING ATTRITION, UM, COMPENSATION CONSIDERATIONS, SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN, I THINK THERE'S ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY THERE.

UM, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A WHOLE BASKET OF THINGS THAT WE DO.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GETTING AT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, THAT, THAT YOU HAVE.

UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S HELPFUL FOR US FOR TODAY.

I MAY WANT TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, SOME SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS THAT YOU HAVE THAT ARE GOVERNING THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, PARTICULARLY, UM, I WANT TO SORT OF CHECK MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M HEARING, UM, ABOUT WHAT WE THINK HAPPENED.

SO WE HAD THE BASE AND FILLING PROCESS OF STARTING UP THE BASE AND WHERE THE LIME SLEDGE WAS ADDED.

UM, AND IT KEPT BEING ADDED LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THE LEVELS OF THE TURBIDITY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE BASIN.

UH, WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT ALL OF THE ALARMS AND ALL OF THE PROTOCOLS TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE WERE FOLLOWED, BUT YET THE TURBIDITY LEVELS WERE NOT, UM, FOLLOWED UP ON TO TAKE ACTION TO REDUCE THEM UNTIL MANY HOURS AFTER THEY LIKELY STARTED.

IS THAT CORRECT? ESSENTIALLY? YES.

UM, AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YOUR, THE, THE QUESTIONS OF WHY IT KEPT GOING WITH THE TURBIDITY, WHY THE, WHY WAS, WHY WE KEPT PUTTING MORE OF SLUDGE IN AND WHY THAT TURBIDITY LEVELS WERE NOT, UM, ADDRESSED IS THE SUBJECT OF THE INVESTIGATION.

AND WE'RE NOT GETTING ANSWERS OF THAT UNTIL THAT INVESTIGATION IS, IS THROUGH, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

AND I DON'T WANT TO BE PICKY, BUT IT'S NOT SLUDGE IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF THING.

IT'S IT'S WHAT WOULD WE CALL LIME SOLIDS THERE? IT'S KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT, UM, YES, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, AS WE'VE BEEN DESCRIBING, WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND REVIEWING, UH, WITH ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE INVOLVED AND NOT JUST THAT SHIFT, BUT EMPLOYEES BEFORE THAT SHIFT THE SHIFT WHERE, UH, THE BULK OF THIS OCCURRED, THE SHIFT THAT TOOK OVER AFTERWARDS, SUPERVISORS, SUPERINTENDENTS, OTHERS WERE INTERVIEWING ALL OF THOSE, UH, DOCUMENTING THOSE NOTES, YOU KNOW, WHAT DECISIONS WERE MADE.

WHY DID YOU DO THAT? THEN WE'RE PAIRING THAT WITH A DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THE SCADA SYSTEM AND OTHER, UH, LOGS ARE SHOWING, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT YOU WROTE DOWN WHEN YOU WROTE THAT DOWN, WHAT DID YOU DO? WHY DID YOU DO THAT? UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALARM OR DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALARM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WE'RE TRYING TO PAIR ALL OF THAT TOGETHER SO WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHAT, WHAT THE STAFF, UM, UH, UH, EXPERIENCE WAS, AND THEN WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE ALARMS AND THE OTHER DATA WAS SHOWING WITH THE HANDWRITTEN LOGS AND OTHERS, AND JUST BRINGING THAT ALL TOGETHER TO DRAW, UM, APPROPRIATE CONCLUSIONS ON, UH, ON, UH, ON, UH, WHAT HAPPENED AND, AND HOW WE CAN USE THAT TO STRENGTHEN THE SYSTEM GOING FORWARD.

CAN YOU HELP? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN TELL ME ON THIS, BUT ONE OF THE PUZZLES THAT IS THERE FOR ME IS, IS WHY THIS WASN'T ESCALATED TO A SUPERVISOR OR A SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR, UM, MORE QUICKLY, AND WHY IF ALARMS KEPT GOING OFF AND THEY WEREN'T, THEY WERE CLEARLY NOT ADDRESSED.

CAUSE THEY WERE KEPT GOING OFF.

THERE WASN'T A SYSTEM THAT WAS ALERTING, UM, SUPERVISORS OR SOMEONE FURTHER UP IN THE CHAIN, UM, THAT THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.

YEAH, I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE, UH, KEY QUESTIONS WE'LL WORK THROUGH AND THE INVESTIGATION AND THE REPORT IS HOW, OR WHY WASN'T THIS ESCALATED.

UM, WHY DID YOU THINK YOU WERE TRYING TO SOLVE THIS ON YOUR OWN? OR DID YOU THINK YOU HAD IT'S ALL, BUT WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, BUT, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT THIS, THIS WAS NOT ESCALATED.

WE DON'T HAVE IN PLACE AUTOMATIC ESCALATIONS TO SUPERVISORS.

I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE, THE STEPS THAT WE'VE COMMUNICATED IN SOME OF OUR RESPONSES THAT WE'LL BE TAKING, WHERE THERE CAN BE MORE AUTOMATIC ESCALATIONS.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IN THE END, YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF DEPEND ON THE OPERATORS THERE.

AND, AND I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A NEED FOR, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE WATCHING AND WATCHERS.

UM, UH, WE DON'T HAVE SUPERVISORS ON NIGHT SHIFTS.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPERVISORS WHERE WE ASSIGN SUPERVISORS 24 7.

THEY, THAT, THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO.

UH, THERE'S A PROCESS ENGINEER ASSIGNED TO EACH PLANT, UH, BUT THEY, UH, THEY MORE OF A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY KIND OF PROCESS ENGINEERS, THAT'S CONSULTING ON A, ON A, UH, KIND OF PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES, ORDERING CHEMICALS, UH, OTHER KIND OF MORE TECHNICAL THINGS.

BUT THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE EXAMINING AND MAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS TO, TO RECTIFY AS NEEDED.

THE AUTOMATIC PROTOCOL PROTOCOL OF AUTOMATICALLY ALERTING, BUT WHAT WAS THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE OR GIVEN THOSE ALARMS GOING OFF IN TERMS OF ALERTING? WELL, CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU DON'T, UH, YOU'RE NOT TAMING THE PROCESS PROPERLY, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD WANT THEM TO REACH OUT TO THEIR SUPERVISORS AND SUPERINTENDENTS AND, UH, AND THAT, THAT DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE HAPPEN, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE DOCUMENTING ALL OF THAT AND WORKING THROUGH ALL THAT, I GUESS I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'D WANT THAT.

SO YOU'D BE IMPLEMENTING THE AUTOMATIC PROTOCOL,

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I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR PROTOCOLS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION.

IT WASN'T HAPPENING AUTOMATICALLY, YOU KNOW, WERE THEY TRAINED TO REACH OUT UNDER A CERTAIN SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES? WELL, THERE IS ALWAYS A LIST OF, UH, OF, UH, OF, UH, UH, PAGERS AND NUMBERS THAT TO, TO CALL, UH, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW QUITE HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

IT, IT, IT IS, UM, IT IS WHAT, WHAT YOU WOULD BE EXPECTED TO DO IF YOU CAN'T SOLVE THE PROCESS PROBLEMS THAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND.

DID YOU THINK YOU HAD IT SOLVED? DID YOU? WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY WASN'T IT ESCALATED OUT? OKAY.

I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO LIKE DEBATE THE WHOLE PROCESS WITH THE REPORT NOW.

I MEAN, I JUST, I REALLY PREFER THAT THIS ALL COME OUT KIND OF HOLISTICALLY.

I MEAN, I MEAN, I'LL BE FRANK, I'M NOT INTERFERING WITH THE INTERVIEWS, RIGHT.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS NOW.

I DON'T GO AND TALK TO THE INTERVIEWERS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S A, IT'S A CLEAN PROCESS AND THERE'S NOT UNDUE PRESSURE FROM THE DIRECTOR THAT THEY WRITE UP THINGS THAT THEY THINK THEY WANT ME TO.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T ANSWER IT ALL IN DETAIL FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

THANKS MR. THANKS, DIRECTOR, MS. DORIS, I HAD A COUPLE OF FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT YOU JUST SAID, IT UNDERSTANDING THAT, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT NOT, NOT BEING, UM, PART OF THE ONGOING Q AND A, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS ABOUT ONE OF THE ANSWERS YOU GAVE ABOUT NOT HAVING SUPERVISORS ON NIGHT SHIFTS, UM, BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ENOUGH SUPERVISORS.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S CHANGED OR THAT'S, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE PRACTICE OF NOT HAVING SUPERVISORS ON NIGHT SHIFTS THE PRACTICE.

AND I, AND I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE.

TO ME THAT WILL GIVE ME ALL THE PIECES THAT I NEED TO SEE AT ONE TIME, INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, A PC OR A PC OR A PIECE THERE THAT I CAN'T REALLY TELL, UH, BECAUSE IT'S IN CONTEXT.

BUT YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WILL TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO CREATE JOBS AND HIRE SUPERVISORS AS WE'VE BEEN DRIVING.

IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT.

I MEAN, EACH PLANT TYPICALLY HAS A, HAS A SUPERINTENDENT ACTUALLY AT ALL.

RICK, WE HAVE TO, THAT WAS ONE OF THE STEPS WE TOOK A COUPLE YEARS AGO WAS TO DIVIDE, UH, CAUSE ALL WORKS A VERY LARGE PLANT.

WE DIVIDED, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENCY INTO A, UH, AN OPERATION SUPERINTENDENT AND A MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT JUST TO BEEF THAT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.

UM, EACH PLANT HAS, UH, AT LEAST A ONE PROCESS ENGINEER ASSIGNED THAT THEY SPECIALIZE IN THAT PLANT.

THIS IS AGAIN, JUST PROCESS THIS ISN'T LIKE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ENGINEERING.

THIS IS, THIS IS JUST SOMEBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, IS EMBEDDED AT THE PLANT, UH, ON A, ON A, ON A REGULAR BASIS.

BUT THEY, THEY WORK MORE OF A STANDARD MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY KIND OF SHIP.

AND THEN, AND THEN THERE'S, UH, A SERIES OF SUPERVISORS.

UH, I THINK ARC HAS FOUR SUPERVISORS RIGHT NOW.

UM, I DON'T KNOW, RICK WOULD HAVE, HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THAT.

AND, UH, AND, UH, AND, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S THAT, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER, WE HAVE A DIVISION MANAGER, WE HAVE A OVERALL WATER TREATMENT OPERATIONS MANAGER.

THEY'RE NOT WORKING NIGHT SHIFTS, BUT THEY'RE THERE.

AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY AT ORRICK.

UM, UH, AT LEAST THE OPS MANAGER IS NOT, THEY COVER ALL THE PLANTS, BUT, BUT OFTEN THEY'RE BASED AT ALL REC BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST OUR BIGGEST PLANT.

SO WE HAVE, AND SOME OF THESE POSITIONS ARE NEW THAT WE ADDED.

SO WE WE'VE BEEN ADDING MORE HORSEPOWER, UH, TO, TO, TO, UH, TO, UH, THE UTILITY AND, AND, UH, AND ALL RICK IN PARTICULAR.

BUT, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO.

THANKS FOR THAT.

THANKS FOR THAT EXPLANATION ABOUT HOW THINGS, HOW YOU HAVE RESPONDED TO SOME OF THE PAST THINGS WITH ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF, UM, SUPERVISION.

I THINK I HAD A FEW MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT I'LL, I'LL LEAVE THAT THERE FOR NOW.

AND, UM, I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS AND I HAVE A FEW MORE TO, DEPENDING ON OUR TIME.

THANK YOU, DR.

UH, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR THOSE ANSWERS.

UM, APPRECIATE, UM, I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION AND IT HELPS, UH, WHILE WE GO, WHILE YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE AFTER ACTION REPORT TO HAVE SOME INITIAL INFORMATION, UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN, IN AN ANALYSIS THAT'S MORE HOLISTIC THAN ANSWERING ONE QUESTION AT A TIME.

AND, UH, THAT'S ALSO SET IN CONTEXT, UM, AND IS AN ANALYSIS THAT'S DONE BY EXPERTS.

SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT AND THE AFTER ACTION REPORT.

BECAUSE

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SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ANALYSIS THAT GIVES US, UM, THE WHOLE PICTURE, UH, FROM EXPERTS.

UM, AND THEN THAT'LL HELP US WITH A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWERS TODAY, BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET ANSWERS AS SOON AS THEY CAN.

SO IT'S HELPFUL THAT YOU'RE, UH, ABLE TO BE TRANSPARENT.

UH, BUT I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I CAN'T TELL WHAT THE, WHAT REALLY HAPPENED OR WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION SHOULD BE BY JUST LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS.

I NEED TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE IN AN ANALYSIS BY AN EXPERT.

THANK YOU, COUNSELOR MANAGER, IF, UH, TO GO ONE STEP FARTHER FOR WHERE THE BAYER PRO TAB WAS A MOBILE TO GO.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE INFORMATION THAT YOU COULD SHARE A DEED TO SHARED AT A WAY THAT DOESN'T PUT IT THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, IF YOU COULD WORK WITH LEGAL AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THAT FOR US AT THE WORK SESSION ON MARCH 1ST.

UH, I'D APPRECIATE YOU FIGURING IT OUT BY THAT.

UH, COLLEAGUES, I LIVE FURTHER QUESTIONS ARE BESIDE THEM.

YES, YES, WE WERE TOBA.

IF WE HAVE A MOMENT, UM, I, THANKS FOR THE QUESTIONS.

I THINK I MISUNDERSTOOD ONE STEP ON TUESDAY, AND THAT WAS THAT IF WE ASKED QUESTIONS VERBALLY THAT WE ALSO PUT THEM IN WRITING.

AND SO I APOLOGIZE THAT I DIDN'T DO THAT, BUT I WILL.

I, I THINK THERE MAY JUST BE A FEW THINGS I ASKED THAT, THAT I NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON, BUT I WONDERED IF, UM, DIRECTOR MISSOURI'S, IF YOU FELT COMFORTABLE, JUST SORT OF EXPLAINING ONE PART OF THE PROCESS THAT I HAD.

I HAD, I JUST NEED LIKE A MORE GENERAL MORE GENERAL LANGUAGE ASSOCIATED WITH AND THAT'S, UH, DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING BACK TO THE MEMO AND JUST EXPLAINING TO US ONE OF THESE PROCESSES THAT I COULDN'T COMPLETELY FOLLOW FROM THE MEMO? I THINK I MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE, MAYBE I, CAN YOU WANT ME TO HAND? YEAH, THAT'S FINE FOR, YEAH.

AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, BEFORE YOU GET INTO, I WOULD JUST BACK IT UP TO YOUR FIRST COMMENT, UH, W W W MY STAFF HAS LISTENED TO THE WORK SESSION AND THEY WILL WRITE UP THE QUESTIONS THAT, AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEN, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THAT AND, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S MISSING OR NOT PROPERLY CHARACTER.

YEAH, NO, I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF CAPTURING, UH, MOST OF THE QUESTIONS.

I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE WAY WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, THIS ISN'T DOES NOT REFLECT ON OUR, OUR STAFF.

I THINK IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT WE'RE HAVING IT, AS YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE LIKE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION TO SOMETHING.

IF WE DO IT IN THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT, IT'S HARD TO, WE HAVE SORT OF 10 ISSUES BEFORE SOMEBODY ELSE ASKS A QUESTION, THEN YOU CAN'T ASK A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, AND THEN WE'RE NOT, IT'S JUST A LITTLE CHALLENGING.

AND I THINK THE SAME IS TRUE IN THE WAY WE DID IT THE OTHER DAY, WHERE WE SORT OF LAID ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AND THEN WE GOT RESPONSES, BUT WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW UP.

SO SOME OF THEM AREN'T BIG QUESTIONS.

THEY'RE JUST SORT OF CLARIFICATION ABOUT SOME OF THE RESPONSES, WHICH IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE TEASING OUT.

BUT THE QUESTION I HAD, UM, THE OTHER DAY THAT I'LL JUST RAISE AGAIN, IS I'M NOT FULLY UNDERSTANDING THIS PASSAGE.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S ASKING ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AT ALL, RE DURING THE HEAVY RAIN AND ICE EVENTS IN THE DAYS, LEADING UP TO THE BOIL AND NOTICE, AND WAS THE PLANT FULLY STAFFED.

AND THEN THE RESPONSE THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED IS THAT CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL WITH ELEVATED AWARENESS.

AND HERE'S THE PART I JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION ABOUT THE STAFF WAS MANAGING SOLIDS PRODUCTION SINCE HAULING OPERATIONS WERE SUSPENDED DUE TO THE FREEZING WEATHER LIME LINES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PART OF AN ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT FROZEN AND NEEDED TO FILL OUT PRIOR TO BRINGING ADDITIONAL BASINS ONLINE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, BECAUSE THE LIME LINES ARE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION STAFF ON SITE.

WE'RE WORKING ON FOLLOWING THE LINES.

IN ADDITION TO NORMAL OPERATIONAL DUTIES, THE PLANT WAS FULLY STAFFED FOR OPERATIONS ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY, THE REMAINDER OF SUPPORT MAINTENANCE STAFF WERE GROUNDED, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, THE STAFF AND SUPERVISOR WERE ON SITE.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU JUST TALK US THROUGH THAT? WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS? BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS HAPPENED RIGHT AFTER THE WINTER STORM, THERE'S STILL THAT WONDERING ABOUT WHETHER THERE WAS ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE EVENTS.

I THINK YOU'VE SAID PRETTY CLEARLY THERE REALLY WASN'T, BUT THEN THERE'S THIS PASSAGE.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO RECONCILE AND UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE TWO THINGS FIT TOGETHER.

SO, UH, I'LL CALL ON RICK HERE, BUT I'LL JUST KIND OF MAYBE HIGH-LEVEL FRAME IT.

SO I THINK THAT RESPONSE GOES TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING DURING THE DAY ON

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FRIDAY.

AND, UH, AND, UH, AND YOU KNOW, THIS EVENT REALLY HAPPENED, UH, UH, FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

SO DURING THE DAY SHIFT ON FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, YOU RECALL WE WERE STILL IN WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS AND, UH, AND WHEN THERE'S ICING, WE DON'T HAUL SLUDGE AWAY FROM THE PLANT BECAUSE OF THE ICY ROADS.

SO THEY, THEY WERE, THEY THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S JUST A PROTOCOL.

AND SO, UH, THEY WERE MANAGING SLUDGE ON SITE DURING THE DAY BECAUSE OF THE TRUCKS WEREN'T HAULING.

AND, AND, AND SO THAT WAS A PART OF IT.

WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, A, A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UNDERWAY AT THE PLANT TO IMPROVE THE LINE DELIVERY SYSTEM.

AND THAT, THAT PROJECT, THE CONTRACTOR ON SITE, SOME OF THEIR, THEIR LIME, UH, LINES THAT THEY WERE INSTALLING HAD FROZEN.

THEY HAD THAWED THEM OUT DURING THE DAY.

AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THAT, THAT WAS COMMUNICATING.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

THIS MAY HAVE BEEN REALLY CLEAR TO MY COLLEAGUES, BUT WAS THAT ACCURATE? YES.

UH, THE RECORD, NOT AUSTIN WATER, UH, THAT'S ACCURATE.

UM, I THINK, UM, IT'S KIND OF THE WAY IT'S, IT'S LUMPED ALL IT KIND OF ADDRESSES SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

AND I THINK, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PLANT FULLY STAFFED PLANT WAS FULLY STAFFED FOR THE OPERATIONS TEAM AND WHICH IS TYPICALLY THREE PERSONS.

UH, WE ALSO HAD ADDITIONAL SUPPORT STAFF DURING THAT TIMEFRAME, UH, DURING THE DAYTIME, UM, UH, TO SUPPORT JUST IN CASE WE HAD ANY FAILURES.

UH, WE HAD MAINTENANCE STAFF ALSO ONSITE AND SUPERVISION DURING THE DAY SHIFT DURING THE DAY SHIFT.

AND SO THE BASINS, SO IS THERE IS THE, IS THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE LINES WERE FROZEN THAT LED TO THE BASINS.

DOES THAT HAVE ANY RELATIONSHIP TO WHAT HAPPENED IN BASIN SIX? NO.

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO CONFIRM THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING ON BASINS ONLINE AFTER WE'VE, UH, UNFROZEN THOSE LINES, WHICH WERE THE LIME SECTIONS OF THE LIME SLURRY.

IN ENOUGH VOLUME, YOU CAN GET SICK.

SO THIS IS, THIS, UH, PASSAGE IS SORT OF RELEVANT TO WHAT WAS GOING ON ABOUT THE STORM, BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BOIL WATER ISSUE.

IT'S JUST KIND OF THE CONTEXT LEADING INTO SATURDAY.

IT DOESN'T, YES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRECEDING QUESTION WAS TO THAT, BUT, BUT THAT, THAT YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

SUPER THANKS FOR VERY MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION COLLEAGUES.

I HAD ASKED A QUESTION, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, UH, ON TUESDAY AND SUBMITTED IT, BUT I SUBMITTED IT LATE.

SO WASN'T THE REFLECTED IN THE ANSWERS.

AND THAT GOES TO THE, TO THE QUESTION OF, UH, THERE WAS A CERTAIN ABOUT OF WATER THAT WAS RELEASED, UH, WITH HIGH TURBIDITY INTO THE DRINKING WATER SYSTEM.

WE DON'T KNOW AT THAT POINT, WHETHER IT WAS CONTAMINATED WITH BACTERIA OR NOT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ABLE AT THAT MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THE TEST TO DETERMINE THAT BECAUSE OF THE TURBIDITY OF THE WATER IN THE ANSWERS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN, YOU'VE GIVEN US ANSWERS, THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THERE'S NO BELIEF THAT THERE WAS ANY BACTERIA BASED ON THE TEST YOU TOOK BEFORE THE TURBIDITY OF THE TEST.

I MEAN, THE, AFTER THE TURBIDITY, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY DO THE TESTS, MY QUESTION IS AT THE TIME THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING, THAT'S HOW DATA WAS BEING RELEASED.

AND WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT HAS BACTERIA OR NOT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO THE TEST.

WHAT IF ANY RISK WAS PRESENTED TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY? SO MAYOR, UH, I THINK, UH, A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS THERE.

UH, ONE, I, I W I DON'T, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE USED THE WORD BACTERIA TO KIND OF COVER, UM, I WOULD REALLY GENERALIZE IT A LITTLE BROADER IT'S HARMFUL MICROORGANISMS. IT'S NOT REALLY WHEN IT COMES TO TURBIDITY.

IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST BACTERIA CAUSE REALLY BACTERIA IS KILLED THROUGH DISINFECTION, THE CHLORINE SYSTEM, BUT THERE ARE SURE TO MICROORGANISMS THAT CAN BE RESISTANT TO CHLORINE THAT IS THEY'RE HARDER TO KILL WITH CHLORINE.

AND THAT THAT'S A KEY PART OF WHY YOU MANAGE TURBIDITY.

SO, SO, UM, SO MUCH WHAT SURFACE UTILITIES, CAUSE IF THIS MICROORGANISMS ARE PRESENT IN THE SOURCE WATER, EH, THEY CAN, THEY CAN GET THROUGH CHLORINE SOMETIMES.

AND THEN THAT'S WHERE YOU USE TURBIDITY AS ANOTHER BARRIER.

UM, AND, UH, AND, AND, UH, AND SO WHENEVER, WHENEVER YOU HAVE TURBIDITY EXCEED A STANDARD, UM, THAT, THAT, THAT THAT'S AN ELEVATED RISK THAT, THAT, THAT COULD BE HAPPENING.

AND SO YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU ISSUE A BOIL WATER NOTICE CAUSE BOILING THE WATER KILLS EVERYTHING, RIGHT.

IT DOESN'T JUST KILL BACTERIA, IT WOULD KILL ANYTHING IN THERE.

SO, SO THAT'S THE RISK THAT, THAT, THAT YOU'RE MANAGING.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT ALL GETS DOWN TO, UM, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU INGEST WATER THAT WOULD HAVE A HARMFUL MICROORGANISM

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AND, UH, AND THAT THAT'S, THAT'S, IT'S A GASTROINTESTINAL KIND OF ILLNESS, A DIARRHEA AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

AND, AND CERTAINLY THE HIGHEST RISK WOULD BE THOSE THAT ARE VULNERABLE WITH A COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS OR, OR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE, THE HIGHEST RISK PROFILE THAT THAT'S, YOU'RE TRYING TO MANAGE.

IS THERE, IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH RESPECT I IT'S THERE AND THEY COULD HAVE THOSE IMPACTS RELATIVE TO THE, TO THE WATER OVERALL IN THE SYSTEM.

I WOULD IMAGINE FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY GETTING INTO THE WATER SYSTEM, IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY DILUTE.

IS THAT TRUE? TH TH THE EXISTING WATER STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IS JUST FILLED WITH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER IN THIS NEW WATER THAT'S GOING IN IS, IS DILUTED WITH ALL OF THAT.

AND, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, THE RISK IS SMALL AND, AND OUR SOURCE WATER IS AT LOW RISK FOR SOME OF THESE MICROORGANISMS THAT ARE CLEARING RESISTANCE, LIKE CRYPTOSPORIDIUM IS ONE OF THEM.

AND, UH, AND WE, WE ALWAYS GRAYED OUT IN THE LOWEST RISK BUCKET IN, IN CRYPTOSPORIDIUM.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH PERIODICALLY IS ASSESS OUR SOURCE WATER FOR THOSE KINDS OF RISKS.

AND, UH, AND SO, SO THE RISK IS SMALL, BUT THE RISK IS NOT ZERO, RIGHT? THAT, THAT'S WHY WHEN, WHEN YOU EXCEED A TURBIDITY STANDARD AND TURBIDITY STANDARDS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING, THEY'RE ALWAYS GETTING SKINNIER SMALLER.

I MEAN, A FEW YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, TURBIDITY FEES ON FINISHED WATER WERE MUCH HIGHER, BUT THE REGULATIONS KEEP APPROPRIATELY.

SO, UH, BRINGING THAT DOWN TO, TO DRIVE UP MORE AND MORE, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

THANKS.

WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE WERE MOVED TO SOMETHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA.

ABOUT THE RED CROSS LEASE.

SO I APPRECIATE THE, THE WATER, UH, COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE, UH, PICKING THIS UP ON THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU, CHAIR FOR THAT.

UH, AND, UH, BACK AT EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE.

OTHERWISE, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION OF THE SECOND, ARE THE MAYOR PRO TABS, A RESOLUTION LET'S TAKE A VOTE.

UH, THOSE ARE FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, THOSE OPPOSED.

AND I THINK THAT'S EVERYBODY EXCEPT COUNCIL I'VE EVER READ THE RHEA WHO WE CAN'T SEE, UH, WHO'S OFF THE DIOCESE RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT PASSES.

ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, LET'S, UH, UH, IT IS 1 55.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, IN FRONT OF US, THE ZODY CASES THAT WE CARE CALL UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ONE OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HANDLE QUICKLY.

UH, GUYS WERE TOV AUDIT, OR IF YOU'RE READY YET, OR THE DECK 1230 HAD, UH, 18 OR 16 RED CROSS LISTS.

YEAH, I CAN ASK MY QUESTION

[16. Authorize negotiation and execution of a Fourth Amendment to Ground Lease with The American National Red Cross to extend the term for 30 years. with one option to renew for 30 years. for the ilse of a City-owned tract of land and redevelopment of the existine facility located at 2218 Pershing Ehive for the purpose of an emergency-disaster relief operation center. Strateeic Olitcome(s): Safe\y. Districifs) District 1]

SO THIS IS, UH, THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN AMENDMENT WITH THE RED CROSS.

UM, I BELIEVE IT'S RESPONDING TO A RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON BROUGHT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NOTICED IN LOOKING AT IT IS THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY QUITE A GOOD BIT OF LAND ON THAT TRACT.

AND I, I WANTED TO ASK OUR STAFF AND I HAVE, UM, GOTTEN BACK THE INFORMATION THAT IT IS.

THEY, THEY PLAN TO THE RED CROSS PLANS TO BUILD ANOTHER STRUCTURE ON IT, BUT I THINK THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT OF LAND THERE.

AND SO I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHETHER OR NOT OUR LEASE, WHETHER OR NOT THE PLAN, THE PLAN EXECUTION OF THE LEASE ALLOWS FOR SOME ADJUSTMENT OF THE LAND, THE LAND AREA.

UM, AND I SAY, DIRECTOR GATES ON THE, ON THE LINE.

HI, MARY COUNCIL, MICHAEL GATES IN TERM OFFICER REAL ESTATE SERVICES, FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

SO THE LEAST DOES NOT CURRENTLY CONTEMPLATE WE SUBDIVISION OF THE LAND.

UM, WE CAN APPROACH THE RED CROSS ABOUT THAT.

WE DON'T YET KNOW IF THEY'RE PLANNING TO GO HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL OR SOME COMBINATION THEREOF.

UM, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY APPROACH THEM ABOUT THAT.

THE, THE COMPENSATION, UM, DO THE CITY IS NOMINAL.

SO IT'S NOT, WE'RE, THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR A PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT.

SO IF THERE IS EXCESS LAND AFTER THEIR PLANS REALIZE, UH, THEY MAY BE WILLING TO ALLOW US TO REPURPOSE THAT.

AND IT IS ADMITTED AS A CITY TRACT.

IT IS MAY.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT, WHAT ITEM ARE WE ON? 16.

16.

SO THIS IS, ALTHOUGH WE PASS THAT ON CONSENT.

NO.

OH, SORRY.

THE NEXT 30 YEARS ELAPSES, BECAUSE THIS WOULD ENTER INTO ANOTHER 30 YEAR, 30 YEAR AGREEMENT.

SO WHAT, I GUESS I'M, I'M TRYING TO PRESERVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND THE REST OF THE LAND SOMETIME BEFORE

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UM, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE POSTED FOR NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION, I GUESS, AND, YOU KNOW, AND I APOLOGIZE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER MEDICINE, AND OTHERS WHO DIDN'T GET A HEADS UP, UH, I JUST, MY STAFF AND I JUST REALLY HAD THIS CONVERSATION THIS MORNING.

SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO AIR IT WITH ANY OF YOU ALL IN WORK SESSION OR OFF THE DAYAS OR WHATNOT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE CONCERNS ABOUT JUST AUTHORIZING STAFF TO NEGOTIATE AND TO COME BACK TO US WITH SOME CONVERSATION AROUND WHETHER THE LEASE COULD BE NARROWED A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY TO WHAT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND TENDS TO CONSTRUCT ON THERE SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN OPTION WITHIN THE NEXT 30 YEARS OF POTENTIALLY USING THE REST OF THE TRACK FOR SOME OTHER CITY PURPOSE.

SO I GUESS THAT'S REALLY A QUESTION TO MY COLLEAGUES.

UM, IS IT POSSIBLE JUST TO GIVE THAT DIRECTION, I MEAN, AS YOU NEGOTIATED THIS LEASE RESERVE, THE ABILITY FOR, FOR LAB, THEY DON'T USE A RESERVE IN THE LEASE, THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO MAKE GUARD CONFLICT, THE USE OF LAND THAT THEY'RE ABUSING.

THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.

AND I'M HAPPY TO, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT AS DIRECTION.

AGAIN, I WANTED, ESPECIALLY TO ASK, UM, MY COLLEAGUES ON HERE, WHETHER, WHETHER THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER MEDICINE, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'VE WORKED MOST DIRECTLY ON THIS ISSUE.

AND WE COULD HAVE STEPH TELL US WHETHER THAT'S EVEN AN OPTION DR.

GATES, IT, WOULD THAT BE AN OPTION? UH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE IS THAT ONE OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT THEY HAVE TO ADHERE TO AN EXCHANGE FOR THE LEASE IS BASICALLY THE STAGE CAN STORY STORAGE OF, UH, DISASTER RELATED ITEMS, UM, TRAILERS AND OTHER SUPPLIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO, I DON'T KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT, DOESN'T ENCOMPASS THAT EXTRA LAND, IT MAY BE THE CASE THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT THAT AS A POTENTIAL STAGING AREA FOR THOSE DISASTER RELATED EVENTS.

AND SO THAT IF THAT WASN'T THE CASE THAT COULD CHANGE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED, SUGGESTING THAT IF THAT WAS A KEY COMPONENT, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A KEY COMPONENT TO THEIR MISSION.

AND, UM, I'M NOT SUGGESTING DOING ANYTHING THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM FULFILLING THEIR MISSION.

I THINK THAT'S THE INTENT OF OUR CONTINUING TO ENTER INTO A LEASE WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR MISSION TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE CITY.

SO, UM, THANKS FOR POINTING OUT THAT IT MIGHT NOT JUST BE ABOUT THE FACILITY.

IT MIGHT BE ABOUT THE USE OF LAND.

AND, AND I THINK THAT IS, THAT WOULD STILL BE INCLUDED WITHIN THAT KIND OF DIRECTION, UM, FACILITY AND ANY OTHER KINDS OF EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR THEM TO FULFILL THEIR MISSION.

I CAN CERTAINLY EXPLORE THAT WITH THEM.

AND I THINK THE QUESTION IS THE DIRECTION WOULD BE, IF YOU CAN NEGOTIATE THAT AS PART OF THIS, THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL WOULD BE TO NEGOTIATE THAT WITH WHATEVER'S THE GREATEST FLEXIBILITY THAT THE CITY COULD HAVE IN THE FUTURE.

AND CERTAINLY DO THAT.

THOUGHT TOTAL, THE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AND SAY, PROCEED WITH THAT, WITH THAT DIRECTION, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

AND THEN I WOULD EXPECT DIRECTOR GATES TO KIND OF REPORT BACK TO US ON, ON HOW THE, HOW THAT NEGOTIATION IS PROCEEDING.

ABSOLUTELY.

HOW'S BARBARA TOBO BOOZE, PASSENGER OF ITEM NUMBER 16 WITH THAT DIRECTION FOR STOP MIRA, IF YOU WOULD.

I THINK THIS IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIVE TO COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON'S RESOLUTION.

SO IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL, I'M HAPPY TO SECOND IT.

UM, I WAS SAYING I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY AT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHOA WAS OFFERING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.

I'M SO SURE.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE AMEND THE ORIGINAL ITEM TO INCLUDE THIS AS MUCH AS COUNSEL IS ABLE TO DO IN THE FUTURE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE LANGUAGE IS, BUT YES, I APPROVED THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, HER PROVIDER SAID WAS PASSIONATE VIA NUMBER 16 WITH THE DIRECTION TO PRESERVE IN THE LEASE, THE GREATEST FLEXIBILITY FOR THE CITY OF THE FUTURE.

IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOVO ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED SHOULD THAT OF US, EVERYBODY OVER DIES, NUMBER 16 PASSES.

WITH, UH, SPEAKERS, JERRY THERE'S, UH, POSTPONE BRITS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO THE ONLY THING THAT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE LEFT IS A DOCK AT ZONING.

WE'LL DO DAC AFTER WE, UH, UH, GET THROUGH, UH,

[Zoning Consent Agenda]

THE, UH, ZONING CONCEPT.

LET'S, WE'LL CHECK THAT AND SEE IF WE'RE READY TO DO THE DOC PIECE.

UH, I THINK WE BEGAN

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WE NEED TO RAISE FIRST.

MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL I'M JOY HARDEN WITH THE HELSINKI IMPLANTING DEPARTMENT, UH, TO YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR, WE HAVE THREE CONSENT POSTPONEMENT ITEMS. UM, I JUST THINK WE HAVE A SPEAKER ON ONE OF THOSE POSTPONEMENTS, BUT THOSE THREE POSTPONEMENT ITEMS ARE 42 AND 43.

THOSE ARE TOGETHER ITEM 48 AND ITEM 49.

AND THOSE SHOULD ALL BE CONSENT POSTPONEMENTS, 48 AND 40 DIED.

AND IT IS THERE IT'S KIDS SAID THERE ARE, IS THERE DISCUSSION ON 42, 43, ANYBODY OBJECTING TO THE POSTPARTUM? THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT OBJECTING TO THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTS.

THEY DID REQUEST A MEETING AND THE APPLICANT HAS SET UP THAT MEETING.

AND SO WITH THAT, THEY ARE AGREEMENT AGREEING TO THAT APPLICANT'S POSTS ON MY REQUEST TO MARCH 24TH.

UM, SO MARCH 24TH IS FOR ITEM 42 AND 43 ON YOUR ITEM NUMBER 58.

IT'S ANOTHER APPLICANT FORCE STOLEN.

POST-MOMENT TO MARCH 24TH.

ITEM 48.

THAT'S AN APPLICANT.

AND I KNOW 49 IS A POSTPONEMENT FROM CONSTANTLY A MEMBER OF WINDOWS TO YOUR MARCH 3RD COUNCIL MEETING.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE POSTPONEMENT ON 48 TO WASHER 24? THAT WAS THE APPLICANT.

IS ANYBODY OBJECTING TO IT OR NO? NO.

ONE'S OBJECTING TO, UM, THE APPLICANT'S POSTMAN, BUT TO MARCH 24TH.

IS ANYBODY OBJECT TO THE POST COVID TO MARCH 3RD? UH, UH, HIGH NUMBER 49.

I HAVE NOT HEARD OF, NO.

SO THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WOULD HAVE THOSE THREE POSTPONED AS EDUCATED GUYS WERE COOL.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE SPEAKER, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT, BUT SPEAKERS SHOULD KNOW THAT, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, UH, 42 43, 48 AND 40 DIET ARE GOING TO BE POSTPONED.

SO SPEAKERS THAT ASIDE UP TO SPEAK ON THE BERETS OF THOSE ISSUES, THOUGH, WHAT IT IS THEY SHOULD COME BACK TO, UH, TO SPEAK.

CORRECT.

AND WITH THAT, THAT IF THE CLERK THAT WOULD, WOULD CALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, I THINK THERE'S A, ROUGHLY 15 ISH.

SO WE'RE GOING THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.

SO THERE ARE TWO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS FOR 4,243.

NOT SURE IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK ON A POSTPONEMENT.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DESTROYED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED OR IS THERE ANYBODY HERE PRESENT OF WHAT'S THAT NEEDS TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS ON THE POSTPONEMENT ISSUE, HEARING NONE.

THEN WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

ITEM NUMBER 51, UM, MELANIE HOUSE DIXON.

THERE'S A VIRTUAL PERSON ON THE PHONE.

WE HAVE REMOTE SPEAKERS, BUT I'M CALLING JULIE IN PERSON FIRST, IF THAT'S OKAY.

UH, WE'LL AMINA, DELCO, NELSON LINDER, CLIFTON BAILEY, COME ON DOWN AND HE'D SPEAK AT THE PODIUM HERE.

AND YOU TAKE OFF YOUR BASKET IF YOU'D LIKE TO, OR YOU CAN.

UM, I CAME TO SPEAK ON, UH, I WAS DOWN HERE ON A MONITOR AND WE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING OF A BOMB ROAD AND 180 3 OR 25 STORIES BUILT A BUILDING IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, A BUILDING THAT'S TIGHT.

WE REALLY DIDN'T.

THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A BREWING, A BEER PROPERTY.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE HIKE OF A BUILDING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE MESSED UP.

WE HAVE CONDOS ALL OVER TOWN AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OVERSEEING OUR HOUSE.

WE CAME TO SEE THE SUNLIGHT DURING THE DAYTIME BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING WE CA I'M WANTING TO SPEAK ON THIS BUILDING.

25 STORY BUILDING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT OFF OF BOMB ROAD IN 180 3, DO Y'ALL KNOW A BUILDING LIKE THIS.

YOU'LL BE DOWNTOWN, LIKE ALL THESE OTHER SHINY BILL.

AND THEY BUILD DOWN HERE AND DESTROYED.

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BELIEVE THE LADY AT THE TOWER AT THE CAPITOL, YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE HER ANYMORE.

YOU CAN'T SEE THE LADY.

AND WHEN I CAME TO AUSTIN, IT WAS THE CAPITAL AND A UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, THE TWO TALLEST BUILDING.

WE CAME AND SEE THE LADY ON THE STATUTE ANYMORE IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, FROM EAST AUSTIN.

IT'S A SAD SHAME WHERE THIS CITY COUNCIL HAVE LED.

PEOPLE COME IN HERE, DESTROY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, TURN THE BACK ON TAXPAYERS LIKE MYSELF, RUNNING US, POOR PEOPLE OUT OF THIS CITY.

IT IS NOTHING BUT A BOMBED OUT SHAME.

GREEDY AS PEOPLE COME INTO THIS CITY AND Y'ALL GIVE THEM INSANITY AND LET THEM COME HERE AND DESTROY POOR FOLKS LIKE ME, MY FAMILY AND PEOPLE HOMELESS IS AROUND.

YOU KNOW WHY WE BROUGHT THEM HERE 72 HOURS.

Y'ALL GIVE THESE PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND YOU DON'T GIVE THEM A ONE TICKET WAY BACK HOME, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST BILL.

WE HAVE TO GET IT SOMETHING CHANGE.

PAT.

DON'T PASS THIS REVOLUTION BECAUSE IF YOU DO, YOU DESTROYED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLETELY DO Y'ALL LOVE US, OR DO YOU HATE US? WHAT DO Y'ALL WANT OUT OF THE TAXPAYERS? YOU'RE NOT READY.

TOOK US BEHIND A BARN SHED AND BEAT OUR, BUT WE GOT SICK AND TIRED OF GETTING HOOKED.

PLEASE DO NOT PASS THIS BECAUSE IF YOU DO, YOU JUST GROW IN YOUR CITY EVEN MORE AFTER YEAR FOR YOU.

AND IT'S A SHAME THAT WE HAVE BECOME AN AD.

I HAVE FRIENDS SAY THEY WOULDN'T COME DOWN AND SPEAK BECAUSE Y'ALL GOING TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO ANYWAY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE IT.

YOU HAVE CHANGED THIS CITY PEOPLE WE PUT ON THIS DICE UP HERE.

THEY ALREADY INVESTED WHEN THEY LEAD TO WHEN YOU'RE NO LONGER ON THE DICE.

SEE, WE ARE NOT INVESTED WITH ALL THESE BIG BUSINESSES COMING HERE.

I'M MONEY COMES FROM OUR REGULAR RETIREMENTS.

Y'ALL GET MONEY FROM THE BAG OF DOPE.

I BELIEVE IN.

AND I KNEW HIM AND I GOT SOME DIRT ON PRETTY MUCH ALL OF Y'ALL UP THERE ON THE STAND.

I'M GOING TO BRING IT OUT ONE DAY, BUT IT WON'T LET YOU RETIRE FIRST.

TWO AREAS, TOTALING, MAYBE 1200 SQUARE FEET.

AND DO NOT PASS THAT REVOLUTION.

THANK YOU, MELANIE HOUSE DIXON, MAYOR ADLER, MAYOR PRO TEM ALTER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS MELANIE HOUSE DIXON AND I CO-CHAIR TO THE EAST MLK CONTACT TEAM.

I CHAIR THE MARTIN LUTHER KING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND AS PRESIDENT FOR THE BETHANY CEMETERY OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY.

I STAND BEFORE YOU AGAIN, AS CO-CHAIR OF THE EAST MLK CONTACT TEAM TO SPEAK ON THE CONCERNS FROM COMMUNITIES THAT IS SITUATED IN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE REGIME WHEN 83 DEVELOPMENT.

LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING THAT WHILE THE REGIME DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT FALL WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF FILING FOR A VALID PETITION, WHICH REQUIRES OPPOSITION FROM RESIDENTS LOCATED WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE, OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAVE TAKEN ON THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVOCATE FOR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

I E THE MARTIN LUTHER KING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE HOG PEN ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THAT 180 3, UM, DEVELOPMENT AND LAST READING.

THE COMMUNITY WAS ADVISED BY CARPET, BY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, MADISON, TO MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND DISCUSS OUR INTERESTS AND CONCERNS AND ASKS WE DID.

SO WE WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED AT THE RESULTS RESULTING FROM THAT, FROM THAT MEETING, OUR ASKS WERE PRIMARILY DENIED FOR THE MAGNITUDE AND THE, AND THE, UM, OF THIS, OF THIS PROJECT.

WE FEEL AS A COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE ALWAYS BEING GIVEN AND OFFERED PENNIES CRUMBS.

WE ARE THE ORIGINAL RESIDENTS OF THIS, OF THIS AREA, AND WE SHOULD HAVE A STRONGER VOICE.

OUR COUNCIL SHOULD LISTEN TO OUR STRONGER VOICE AND THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT.

WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO PROGRESS WHAT WE ARE OPPOSED TO IS NOT BEING HEARD.

WHAT WE ARE OPPOSED TO IS THE FACT THAT WE SET OUT CERTAIN, QUITE WE EXPRESS HOW WE FEEL.

WE EXPRESS TO COUNCIL WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE, BUT THEY ARE TO ALWAYS IN TOTALLY IGNORED.

WE ASKED THE COMMUNITY, WE ASKED THE DEVELOPER FOR COMMUNITY SPACE OF AT LEAST OUT OF 10,000 SQUARE FEET TO

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EACH HE, WE ARE OFFERED 300 SQUARE FEET.

OUR CLOSETS ARE BIGGER THAN 300 SQUARE FEET.

AN INSULT.

WE ASKED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ALREADY EXISTING BUSINESSES HERE IN OUR AREA, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES, UM, ACCESS TO CONTINUALLY OPERATING IT'S OKAY TO BRING NEW PEOPLE IN, BUT TO ANNIHILATE AN EXILE, THOSE OF US THAT ARE ALREADY HERE IS, UH, IS A CRIME.

IT IS A SERIOUS CRIME.

I ASKED THAT THE COUNCIL, PLEASE LOOK AT THE SPACE AT THE HEIGHTS THAT THIS BUILDING IS BEING ASKED FOR AT 275 FEET.

THAT IT'D BE NOT THAT IT'D BE NOT GRANTED.

AND SO I THEREFORE SAY, I I'D LIKE TO OPPOSE THIS GRANTING OF THIS, OF THIS, OF THIS PROJECT.

I HAD A, YOU WERE, UM, I'M SORRY, RIGHT HERE.

YOU WERE JUST OUTLINING SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT YOU HAD MADE OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT WERE NOT, THAT DID NOT BECOME PART OF THE AGREEMENT.

UM, DID YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY? DID YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH WHEN YOU'RE YES.

MA'AM.

WE ARE.

WE ASKED FOR OFFICE SPACE, WHICH WAS DENIED.

WE ASKED FOR CONTRIBUTIONS INTO THE COMMUNITY TO SOME OF OUR NON-PROFITS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, UM, DAYCARE CENTERS LIKE CHILD INC, TO BE AT LEAST CONTRIBUTED TO THOSE OPERATING.

WE ASKED ALSO TO THAT THE MFI BE LOWERED TO A, AN A, A TRUE AFFORDABLE, UM, PLACE SO THAT THOSE ARE MAKING LESS THAN 45,000 UP TO 45,000 WOULD BE ABLE TO AT LEAST STAY WITHIN OUR CITY.

SO THAT THE GENTRIFICATION THAT IS GOING ON AT THIS POINT WOULD AT LEAST SLOW DOWN.

I MEAN, WE'RE AT A REALLY FAST, RAPID PACE RIGHT NOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING RUNNING.

WHAT ARE THE CITY BY THE GROVES? JUST AS MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING IN, OR JUST AS MANY THAT ARE LEAVING.

AND YOU HAD SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, I WAS LOOKING OVER THE PROVISIONS THAT YOU OUTLINED ON THE, ON THE CONTACT TEAM POSITION STATEMENT THAT YOU FORWARDED TO COUNSEL.

AND SO I SEE THAT THERE'S AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL FOR, UH, FOR THE AUSTIN CREATIVE ALLIANCE.

YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT COMMUNITY SPACE.

WOULD YOU JUST DESCRIBE THE COMMUNITY SPACE? WE WERE LOOKING AT, UM, INDIVIDUAL OFFICE SPACES FOR SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER THEY BE NONPROFIT, WHETHER THEY BE, YOU KNOW, OPEN TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AND NOT HAVE THIS KIND OF THE SPACE ISOLATED TO JUST THAT IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY.

UM, AS I SEE IT, I SEE THIS, THIS STRUCTURE AS BEING ANOTHER METHOD OF DIVIDE FROM OUR CITY.

THIS IS A MASSIVE, THIS IS A MASSIVE PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO X.

REALLY.

IT COULD ACTUALLY DIVIDE OUR S OUR CITY, EVEN MORE THAN WHERE WE ARE DIVIDED.

WE WERE LOOKING AT THE KINDS OF JOBS THAT THIS KIND OF MARKET PROVIDE THAT HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED TO US.

UM, AND SO THESE WERE OUR CONCERNS FOR THE, FOR, FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

SPEAKER ALEXANDRIA ANDERSON

MAY I HAVE A QUESTION? YES.

KITCHEN.

UM, YES.

I WANTED TO ASK YOU, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE, UM, THE MFI LEVEL LEVEL FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO DID I HEAR YOU, RIGHT? DID YOU SAY THAT YOU REQUESTED A LOWER ONE WHEN YOU MET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THAT WAS NOT ACCEPTED? WE DID.

UM, WE WERE ASKED, WELL, THE, IT WAS 10 TO, IT WAS 10 80 AT FIRST.

THEN IT WENT DOWN TO 10 60, I BELIEVE, BUT 10 60 DOES NOT SATISFY THE $45,000 INCOME RATIO.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT EVEN A LOWER, UH, MFI TO KEEP SOME OF OUR $15 AN HOUR, $10 AN HOUR WAGE OWNERS, OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDE US WITH SERVICE, A PLACE TO STAY OUR EDUCATORS.

THEY MAKE $10 AN HOUR, $80 A DAY WHO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WHEN WE, WHEN WE WERE COMBINING THIS, THIS PACKAGE.

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FOR ITEM 52.

WE'VE GOT MELANIE HOUSE DIXON.

SHE JUST SPOKE.

LET ME GO TO, UM, ONLINE SPEAKERS, MALCOLM HATES MALCOLM GATES.

WE'LL REACH OUT TO HIM.

UM, DIANA DEAN.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.

SHOULD COME WITH STRONGER LONG-TERM COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MEASURES.

MY NAME IS, UH, HELLO COUNCIL.

UH, MY NAME IS DIANA DEAN.

I'M A LONG-TERM RESIDENT OF EAST AUSTIN.

I AM A CO-CHAIR OF THE EAST MLK CONTACT TEAM, AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THE JJC BOARD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AS THE CONTACT TEAM WE REPRESENT, AND WE ARE A MICROPHONE FOR THE NEIGHBORS IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR PLANNING AREA.

SO WE ARE ASKING COUNCIL AND I CALLED TO ACTION TO RESIST FURTHER GENTRIFICATION OF EAST AUSTIN, AND SPECIFICALLY THE REGINA ROAD HIGHWAY 180 3 PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT IS THE TALLEST APPROVED BUILDING IN THE HISTORY OF EAST AUSTIN.

SO NO 25 STORY BUILDING IN EAST AUSTIN, NO TWO ITEMS, 51 52 RODRIGO ROAD, BECAUSE IT'S TOO TALL AND THERE ARE NO SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS TO OUR EXISTING COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, NEW MODELS OF STEAKS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHEN MELANIE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

THANKS BRADEN WORK.

WE'RE ASKING FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT FOR AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BARBARA JORDAN OVERTON OR TAYGA GAZA.

THESE ARE LOCAL SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY BENEFITS FOR HEALTHCARE CENTERS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS LIKE CENTRAL TEXAS ALLIED HEALTH INSTITUTE, HOUSING NONPROFITS, EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY, AUSTIN REVITALIZATION, AUTHORITY, HANDS-ON HOUSING, AND THE SITE USAGE TO HAVE DAYCARE.

AND ALSO WHEN THAT DAYCARE SET ASIDE SLOTS BASED ON A SLIDING SCALE FOR PAYMENTS, UH, FOR, UH, INCOME RESTRICTED FAMILIES, AND ALSO COUNCIL, WE ASKED THAT THESE DEVELOPERS ARE BUILDING IN THESE DISTRESSED AREAS.

THEY'RE GETTING HUGE TAX BREAKS FOR BUSINESSES, COUNCIL LEADERS.

WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH FOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS TO CHANGE POLICIES, RELAXED RULES FOR TAX INCENTIVES, TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL HELP THE DEVELOPERS HELP US COUNSEL.

HOW CAN YOU HELP THE DEVELOPERS FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH NEW MODELS OF STAKES IN THE COMMUNITY? THE DEVELOPER SAYS HE'S NOT COMFORTABLE WHEN WRITING CHECKS OUTSIDE THE PROJECT.

IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN WE ARE AMBASSADORS THE VOICES FOR THIS PARCEL OF HEAVENLY DIRT, WE REPRESENT THOSE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S AROUND REGINA AND THE RESONANCE WHO WILL BE THERE.

SO WE ASKED YOU TO SAY NO TO ITEMS AND 52, THANK YOU.

WAS MINE.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MARIN COUNCIL AND MONICA GUZMAN POLICY DIRECTOR AT GOV AGO, AUSTIN BUMBLES AUSTIN GABA SUBMITTED WRITTEN OPPOSITION TO THE EASTERN CRESCENT ZONING CASES AT THE JANUARY 27TH COUNCIL MEETING THAT SORRY, SPECIFICALLY ITEMS. IF YOU WANT A 52, AS PREVIOUSLY STATED THE REGINA ZONING CASES ITEMS 51 TO 52 ARE NOT IN THE GARBAGE ZIP CODES OF FOCUS, BUT WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH ADJACENT EASTERN CRESCENT COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING RAPID GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT OF DEEPLY ROOTED RESIDENTS.

GABA CONTINUES WITH OUR AGREEMENT WITH AND SUPPORT FOR THE EAST MLK CONTACT TEAMS, STANCE OPPOSITION TO MAJOR UPZONING IN A LOW DENSITY COMMUNITY CONCERN REGARDING DISPLACEMENT OF BLACK AND PEOPLE OF COLOR RESIDENTS, EXPECTATION THAT SUCH LARGE NEW DEVELOPMENT

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AS FAR AS I NOTICED THAT THEY'RE STILL SAYING THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE GREATER EFFORT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC BENEFITS IN EXCHANGE FOR DRAMATICALLY INCREASED ENTITLEMENTS GOVER URGES COUNCIL.

WE DENY THE PROPOSED ZONING REQUEST.

INSTEAD WITH TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, YOU CONTINUE TO PUT LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS IN THIS AREA.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

HONORABLE MAY YOU'RE IN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS SANDRA AKIRA AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO NAMED SPEAKING ON ITEMS, 51 82 AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOU NOT SUPPORT THIS PROJECT UNLESS THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED THE MOST IN QUALITATIVE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ALLOWED REPRESENTATIVES FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES TO RIBBING IMPACTED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT HAD BEEN MEETING WITH A DEVELOPER AND STILL DO NOT HAVE THE FULL ACCOUNTING OF HOW A 25 STORY BUILDING WILL IMPACT EAST AUSTIN IN ARE VERY CONCERNED WITH THE PRECEDENT YOUR DECISION WORKS AT TODAY.

I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY SHOULD RECEIVE EQUALLY COMPARABLE BENEFITS.

THESE BENEFITS SHOULD INCLUDE PROVIDING TRUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COUNTRY BETWEEN NON-PROFITS IN THE AREA THAT SUPPORT WORKING FAMILIES AND ELDERS, BLACK, LATINO, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR RESIDENTS AND LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, NONPROFIT GROUPS SHOULD ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR LOW COST OR NO COST AT THE LONGTIME RESIDENT OF EAST BOSTON.

A VERY IMMEDIATE WITH HAVING TO SETTLE FOR WHAT'S LEFTOVER WHAT THE CITY'S BUDGET, WHEN COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

WHEN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE APPROVED, THAT HAS NEVER BEEN BEAR, NOR HAS IT EVER BEEN, RIGHT.

ESPECIALLY FOR A CITY THAT CLAIMS TO BE PROGRESSIVE.

IT IS, IT TOOK FOREVER FOR US TO GET A RECREATION CENTER AND A LIBRARY IN-DEPTH SPRINGS.

WE'RE NOW LUCKY TO FINALLY GET A PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY THROUGH BOUND APPROVAL, BUT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FEEL TODAY.

YOU ARE NOW ABLE TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS OR COMMUNITIES THAT THESE SPOUSE NO LONGER CONTINUE TO BE IN AN AFTERTHOUGHT.

WE IN EAST BOSTON WAS INCLUDED INEQUITABLE BENEFITS.

I'M VERY PLEASED TO KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS A GREAT TO COMMIT TO THE BETTER BUILDING PROGRAM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION IN YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

NADIA BARBELL, NADIA ZENOBIA JOSEPH.

IT'S A NOVIA JOSEPH WE'RE TRYING TO GO AHEAD.

HELLO? YES, GO AHEAD.

OH, THANK YOU.

MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M THE, THERE'LL BE A DUMPSTER.

I APOLOGIZE INDIVIDUALLY ON THE COMPUTER, AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO ITEMS 41 AND 46, THEY'RE BOTH IN THE HARRIS BRANCH AREAS.

41 IS HOWARD LANE RESIDENCES AND THE 46 IS HARRIS BRANCH.

AND HOW IT LANES, I JUST WANT TO CALL IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

THE REASON I'M OPPOSED TO THIS ITEM, I OPPOSED IT, THAT IT LOOKED TO TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT ON PAGE FOUR OF THE STAFF REPORT.

HELLO, PAGE FOUR OF THE STAFF REPORT ACTUALLY MENTIONS PROJECT CONNECT, METRO RAPID.

AND I JUST WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT METRO RAPID WAS ACTUALLY ELIMINATED JULY 27TH, 2020 DURING YOUR JOINT MEETING WITH CAPITAL METRO.

AND SO IT IS DISINGENUOUS FOR STAFF TO CONTINUE TO REFERENCE THE PROJECT CONNECT CORRIDOR.

FM 7 3 4 PALM LANE, SAMSUNG TO APPLE WAS ELIMINATED.

IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR ITEM 46 BACKUP MATERIALS, AS IT RELATES TO CONNECTIVITY, IT TALKS ABOUT THERE NOT BEING ANY TRANSIT STOPS IN THE AREA.

THAT'S BEEN A PART OF MY, OF THE SITE.

I JUST WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THESE ARE IN OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND BY DEFINITION OPPORTUNITIES ZONES OR LOW-INCOME HOUSING AREAS.

AND SO THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY REDEVELOP THE SITE SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS ACT OF 2017, BUT RESPECTFULLY THERE IN COUNCIL, YOU NEVER TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPTION.

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SO YOU'RE CONCENTRATING POVERTY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY COUNTER TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S GOALS OF EQUITY AND SPECIFICALLY EXECUTIVE ORDER 1 3, 9, 8, 5.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.

I FILED A TITLE, SIX COMPLAINT.

I SAID THE CAPITAL METRO, BUT THAT'S LIKE THE FOX BARTON, THE HENHOUSE.

I WILL FORWARD IT ON TO FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AS A FORMALITY.

I DID COPY YOU.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE A COUNSELOR, MCKINSEY KELLY AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL RECEIVED THESE EMAILS A WHILE BACK WITH THE SAMSUNG APPLE CORRIDOR THAT SHOWS $22.8 MILLION MORE FOR THE TWO IN SOUTHWEST AUSTIN THAT COSTS MORE THAN THE THREE OF THEM.

AND THEY DID NORTH EAST AUSTIN CORRIDOR.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO NUMBER LATORIA MENTIONED SEGREGATION, I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW DEVICE IS US 180 3, AND THAT THERE IS NO TRANSIT NORTH OF US.

180 3 ON PARMER LANE, WHICH IS A REASONABLY SIGNIFICANT CORRIDOR, JUNE 14TH, 2021 CAMPO BOARD PACKET.

AND SO COUNCIL MEMBER, NATASHA HARPER, MADISON, I KNOW THAT'S, FAR-FLUNG SAMSUNG, BUT DO MORE THAN JUST LIP SERVICE TO TRANSIT AND CONNECTIVITY.

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

THANK YOU, NADIA.

BARBEAU NADIA, PLEASE UNMUTE AARON COUNSEL.

WE HAVE HER ON THE LINE.

I'M NOT SURE WHY SHE'S NOT SPEAKING UP.

SO WE HAVE A, ANOTHER IN-PERSON SPEAKER, ALEX, ALEXANDRIA ANDERSON.

MY NAME IS ALEXANDRIA ANDERSON.

I IN RIDE SHARE THE MARTIN LUTHER KING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CO-CHAIR OF THE EAST MLK CONTACT TEAM AND AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL.

I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 51 AND 52 ARE RESPECTIVELY REQUEST.

YOU NOT SUPPORT THIS PROJECT UNLESS THE COMMUNITY HAS GIVEN THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT MATCH THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO, WHEN IT GETS THIS DEVELOPMENT AND INSTRUCTED THE DEVELOPER TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD WITH THE CONTACT TEAM, WE HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH FOR OVER EIGHT MONTHS.

NOW, BACK IN JULY, 2021, I BELIEVE THAT THIS DEVELOPER, THAT THE DEVELOPER IS GRANTED 275 FEET FOR THIS PROPERTY.

THE COMMUNITY SHOULD RECEIVE COMPARABLE, EXCUSE ME, BENEFITS EITHER CONTRIBUTING TO NON-PROFITS IN THAT AREA, THAT SUPPORT WORKING FAMILIES, ELDERS, AND BIPAP RESIDENTS.

THIS IS TIME FOR COUNCIL TO STEP UP AND TRULY HAVE THE COMMUNITIES BACK BECAUSE EAST AUSTIN IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED AND TO PUT IT PLAINLY TIRED OF GETTING CHROMES, LET THIS BE A WIN-WIN FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITY.

NADIA.

BARBEAU HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.

UH, MY NAME IS NADIA BARBEAU.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE AND ALSO A CO-CHAIR AT THE EAST MLK CONTACT TEAM.

UM, SOME OF IT'S BEEN SOME OF THIS HAS BEEN SAID, BUT, UM, WE, UH, WE HAVE SPOKEN TO DOZENS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE VAST MAJORITY ARE SHOCKED.

AND, UM, SOME, WELL, SOME ARE SHOCKED, MANY ALL ARE DISMAYED THAT, UM, OUR CITY CONTINUES TO PAVE THE WAY FOR DEVELOPERS, UM, LIKE THIS PROJECT, UM, ON RAYJEAN ROAD, NUMBER 51 AND 52 ON THE AGENDA, UM, THAT DON'T HAVE SOLUTIONS THAT ACTUALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE EXISTING COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A HUNDRED SIGNATURES ON OUR PETITION.

UM, AND AS ALEX JUST SAID, THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS GRANTING THIS DEVELOPER THE CHANCE TO GAIN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REVENUE, BUT WE HAVE NO MECHANISMS TO FUNNEL SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THAT REVENUE TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE GET, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, WE DO APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE SYMPATHY AND THE DESIRE THAT HAS SPOKEN TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT, BUT WE DON'T REALLY FIND ACTION FROM EITHER THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR FROM CITY COUNCIL.

UM, EAST AUSTIN CONTINUES TO, UM, GIVE AWAY THESE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, BUT WE SEE VERY

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LITTLE IN RETURN.

UM, I WANT TO CALL THE ONLY THINGS THAT WEREN'T MENTIONED BEFORE IN THE Q AND A WITH MELANIE THAT WE ALSO WOULD LIKE AS, UM, UH, AN IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THE DISPLACEMENT RISK FROM THIS PROJECT, FROM THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT OFFICE.

UM, AND ALSO WE THINK A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE SHOULD GO THROUGH EXTENSIVE PLANNING VIA THE INCLUSIVE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

IF IT'S 25 STORIES, MULTIPLE BUILDINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD NOT JUST BE OUR VOLUNTEER GROUP OF CONTACT TEAM MEMBERS, TRYING TO RALLY PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THIS AND FIND OUT IF IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEM.

THIS SHOULD BE, UM, UH, LARGE SCALE, UM, INVESTMENT BY THE CITY.

UM, AND INSTEAD, UM, IT'S JUST GOING, IT'S JUST HAPPENING BASICALLY WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN SHOW UP AT TWO 30, 2:00 PM ON A THURSDAY.

UM, THIS IS, UM, IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS.

ANYBODY ELSE HERE THAT, UH, SIGNED UP OR WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.

YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT TO JEB? THANK YOU, MAYOR AGAIN, JOY HARDEN WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, YOUR ZONING AGENDA BEGINS WITH ITEM NUMBER 41 C FOR 20 21 0 1 8 6.

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

I KNOW 42 IS NPA 20 20 0 0 2 1 0.02 A.

WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS.

THERE'S AN ETHIC APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR MARCH 24TH COUNCIL MEETING.

AGAIN, THERE'S THE APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR MARCH 24TH COUNCIL MEETING.

AND IN 44 IS NPA 20 21 0 0 106 0.03.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR YOUR CONSENT ON FIRST READING, THE RELATED REZONE IS, IS CASE NUMBER, UM, C 1 4 20 21 0 1 2 4.

UM, THAT'S ITEM 45.

AND THIS ITEMS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON FIRST READING 46 61 FOR 20 21 0 1 71.

THIS ITEMS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS AND IN 47 IS C1 FOR 20 21 0 1 4 5.

THIS I KNOW IT'S BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS AND IN 48 IS C ONE FOR 20 21 0 1 5 0.

UM, AS WE SPOKE BEFORE, THIS IS AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR MARCH 24TH COUNCIL MEETING AND I'M NUMBER 49 C ONE FOR 20 21 0 1 66.

AGAIN, THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS TO YOUR MARCH 3RD COUNCIL MEETING.

I DON'T 50 IS C1 FOUR H 20 21 0 1 8 1.

WE WILL PULL THIS OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, I KNOW 51 IS C1 FOR 20 20 0 1 5 0.

THIS IS A CORRECT AT CASE NUMBER AGAIN, THAT C1 FOR 20 20 0 1 5 0.

UM, THIS IS, UH, THE REACHING CASE.

UM, YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE SPEAKERS.

UM, THIS CASE WAS DISCUSSED AT FIRST READING.

UM, AND WE COULD OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT.

THIRD READING AGAIN.

UM, AS YOU REMEMBER, WE DISCUSSED THIS, THIS WAS A DISCUSSION CASE THAT, UH, FIRST READING AND THE RELATER RE UH, HER REALLY RELATED IN PA IS ITEM NUMBER 52, NPA 20 20 0 0 1 5 0.03.

AGAIN, THIS IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.

THIRD READING.

THIS CASE WAS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, BUT YOU HEARD FROM THE SPEAKERS AND THIS CONCLUDES THE READING OF THE AGENDA.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE KIDS HAD TO GENTLY PULL BASE THAT BULLSHIT? IS THERE A SECOND, UH, ACCOUNTS, BARBARA ELLIS SECONDS DISCUSSION, OR THE KIDS SAID THE GENDER HOW'S BAREFOOT.

THIS HERE, MY HAND IS RAISED.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I'LL GET TO YOU JUST ONE SECOND.

I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE REGINA ITEM THAT IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND TOP OF THE COMMUNITY.

OH, WAS POLLED.

WAS THE REGIME ITEM POLLS? NO, NO, IT'S ON CONSENT.

I'LL RESERVE MY COMMENTS.

YOU, YOU WANTED TO PULL 51 52 WAS A DISCUSSION ITEM.

IT'S NOT, IT'S A CONCERN.

50 WAS DISCUSSION ITEM 50 OUT OF 52 WAS OFFERED ON THIRD READING.

CORRECT.

I JUST MENTIONED THAT WE DISCUSSED THE ITEM.

I MISUNDERSTOOD.

I DON'T WANT TO PULL IT, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT ON IT.

SO I WAS STRUGGLING ON THIS CASE IN PARTICULAR.

CONTINUE ON YOU GUYS.

I JUST WANTED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT DOES GIVE ME GRAVE CONCERN TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THE NEEDS THAT THE CA THE CONTACT TEAM BROUGHT UP WERE NOT MET.

AND I, I HOPE THAT, UM, THAT WELL, IT'S, IT'S JUST VERY CONCERNING TO ME TO HEAR THAT TYPE OF FEEDBACK.

UM, AND

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UM, BUT PART OF THE REASON WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS IS THAT IT DOES HAVE, UM, SIGNIFICANT, UH, OPTIONS FOR OUR CREATIVES, KNOWING THAT WE ARE A CREATIVE CITY IN THAT THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE DEDICATED SPACE, UM, FOR ARTS AND CREATIVES, UH, PROFESSIONALS HERE IN AUSTIN.

UM, AND THAT'LL HAVE, UH, MORE AFFORDABLE, UH, COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR CREATIVE COMMUNITY IS PART OF THE REASON WHY I AM SUPPORTING THIS AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN MUCH MORE, UM, EFFORTS MADE TOWARDS MITIGATING DISPLACEMENT, KNOWING THAT THIS ISN'T AN AREA THAT IS EXPERIENCING, UM, RISING DISPLACEMENT.

UH, THE OTHER THING THAT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT, THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT IT DOES HAVE A COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH THE WORKERS DEFENSE, UH, BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM.

AND, AND SO KNOWING THAT, THAT IT WILL HAVE STRONG CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT.

THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I AM SUPPORTING THIS ITEM TODAY, THE KITCHEN.

UM, OKAY.

THAT'S PEPPER HARPER, MADISON.

UH, I WANTED TO COMMENT ON, OH, I'M SORRY.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE AND WORK AND PLAY RIGHT NEXT TO A POTENTIAL FUTURE GREEN MIND RAIL STATION.

UM, OKAY.

SO, UH, FIRST OFF, I WANT TO START BY RECOGNIZING THE CONTACT TEAMS EFFORT DURING THE PROGRESSION OF THE REGIME ROAD ITEMS. IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR EFFORTS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO, TO THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM.

AND WE'LL DEVELOP THIS PROJECT WITH GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS.

THEY ALSO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT INCLUDES $3.4 MILLION WORTH OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

10% OF THOSE UNITS RESTRICTED AT 60% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME TENANT PROTECTIONS, AND 300 SQUARE FEET OF DEDICATED COMMUNITY SPACE, AND MOST NOTABLY THE CONTACT TEAM AND THE APPLICANT WORKED OUT A PLAN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

I'M SORRY, WITH AUSTIN CREATIVE ALLIANCE, UH, TO MAKE THIS, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE FIRST PROJECT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO FEATURE AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL SPACE.

UM, AND IF I'M SPEAKING OUT OF TURN, IF SOMEBODY KNOWS OTHERWISE, AND LET ME KNOW, UM, THIS IS A BIG STEP FOR OUR MUNICIPALITY THAT I HOPE WILL SERVE AS A MODEL FOR SOMETHING THAT CAN BE A GAME CHANGER WHEN IT COMES TO PRESERVING AND SUPPORTING OUR VITAL LOCAL BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, AND ARTISTS, AS MY COLLEAGUES KNOW OUR OFFICE HAS EVER RECEIVED NUMEROUS LETTERS.

UM, I'LL SHOW YOU THE GIANT STACK OF LETTERS THAT I HAVE.

I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL CAN SEE THAT THAT'S DECORATE THERE FROM MEMBERS OF THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY WHO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE JUST HOW BADLY WE NEED AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL SPACE IN AUSTIN.

SO OVERALL, I THINK THE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE LOCKED IN NOTABLE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

AND AT ONE POINT IT SEEMED THAT THE CONTACT TEAM AGREED, UM, PRIOR TO OUR FIRST READING VOTE, UH, CO-CHAIR OF THE CONTACT TEAM CONTACTED MY OFFICE TO CONFIRM THAT THEY WOULD IN FACT SUPPORT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST OF 275 FEET.

BUT THEN THE CONTACT TEAM ASKED THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO THE PROJECT AND TO LOWER THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME PERCENTAGE FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO 45%.

WHEN THE DEVELOPER DECLINED, IT APPEARS THE SUPPORT CHANGED.

I BELIEVE WE NEED TO TRY TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT A SINGLE DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT BE THE SILVER BULLET THAT WILL ADDRESS OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.

IT WILL TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED HERE TODAY.

THERE WILL BE TWO NEW DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND THAT VERY SAME AREA THAT WILL PROVIDE HOUSING UNITS AT 30 TO 50% MFI RANGE.

THE TAX REVENUE THAT WILL BE GENERATED FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL FUND SOCIAL SERVICES, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY NEEDS.

SO THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS WHETHER THE REQUESTED ENTITLEMENTS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PROPERTY.

AND I THINK A 275 FOOT HEIGHT LIMIT WORKS ENTIRELY HARMONIOUS HARMONIOUSLY WITH THIS ISOLATED.

I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROPERTY, NOBODY LIVES THERE.

SO WITH THIS ISOLATED TINY LITTLE NOOK, JUST LAST YEAR WITH THE EAST MLK CONTACT TEAM SUPPORT, WE APPROVED HEIGHT LIMITS AS HIGH AS 400 FEET ON THE PROPERTY THAT IS LITERALLY DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH OF THIS SITE, BUT DUE TO A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, THAT SITE RESTRICTED TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ONLY.

SO GRANTED THIS REZONING GIVES THE APPLICANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A COMPLETE COMMUNITY

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SO IN MY MIND'S EYE, THAT THAT'S THE CHOICE BEFORE US.

ON THE OTHER HAND, WE CAN APPROVE A CASE THAT SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITH EXCELLENT ONSITE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT CAN HELP MITIGATE DISPLACEMENT OF OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY, OR WE CAN DENY IT.

AND THEN WE LOSE OUT ON ALL THOSE BENEFITS AND THEN PROLONG ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE IN EAST AUSTIN BY ALLOWING THIS PROPERTY TO DEVELOP WITH THE EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS, WHICH BY THE WAY ARE INDUSTRIAL.

I SUBMITTED A LETTER OF INTENT FROM THE APPLICANT TO LAY BACK UP THAT STATES THAT THEY ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AS THE PROJECT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS.

AND OUR OFFICE WILL HAVE BEEN TO THAT, UM, TO COUNCIL MEMBER CONCERNS.

I'D LOVE TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE YOU AND I BOTH ARE GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE OF THESE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES.

SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING ABOUT THE TOUGH DECISIONS FURTHER.

UH, YOU HAVE TO OUR KITCHEN.

UH, I WANT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT HAS GONE INTO, UM, INTO THIS CASE AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPER.

AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON HAS MADE.

UM, SHE OBVIOUSLY HAS WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS CASE AND, UM, WORKED WITH HER, UH, COMMUNITY.

UM, MY RESERVATION HAS TO DO WITH THE, UM, CONCERN ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I AM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UM, THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT.

I THINK THERE'S SOME VERY GOOD ASPECTS OF IT.

AND I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, THAT THIS IS APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THAT HEIGHT.

UM, BUT WHAT GIVES ME PAUSE IS THE CONCERNS THAT ARE RAISED ABOUT 66, 60% MFI IN A PART OF THE CITY, UH, WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT AT THAT LEVEL OF INCOME.

AND AGAIN, UM, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THERE NOT SOME WAY I ASSUME THIS, IF THIS MOVES FORWARD, WHICH I ASSUME IT WILL, IS THERE NOT SOME WAY TO DO A RIGHT OF RETURN AS PART OF THIS, OR AT LEAST SOME LEVEL OF RECOGNITION THAT FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING IN THAT AREA RIGHT NOW ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD A 60% MFI.

SO ANYWAY, THOSE ARE THE CONCERNS I HAVE.

AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS.

I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO ABSTAIN ON THIS ONE BECAUSE I'M NOT COMFORTABLE THAT WE'RE DOING ENOUGH.

AND AGAIN, I SAY THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT I AM CERTAIN THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON HAS DONE EVERYTHING SHE CAN, AND I APPRECIATE HER EFFORTS, BUT FROM WHERE I SAID, I JUST, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING IT.

LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT KATHERINE KITCHENS ABSTAINING ON ITEMS 51 AND 52, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT, UH, WHICH IS, UH, ITEMS 41 THROUGH 52 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 50 IS POLLED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THAT'S THE RIVER.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE WHO IS ON THE PHONE, AS I UNDERSTAND HIS MS IS MS. ON THE PHONE.

THIS IS ON ITEMS 50 AND 1 52.

YES IT IS.

UM, SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND? SO WITH REGARD TO THE AFFORDABLE UNITS, I'VE JUST BEEN, IF I'M LOOKING DOWN IT'S BECAUSE I WAS ALSO CORRESPONDING WITH, UM, MR. RADIO, THE AUSTIN CREATIVE ALLIANCE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A COVENANT IN PLACE THAT WILL PRIORITIZE, UM, ARTISTS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THOSE CREATIVE SPACES.

CAN YOU SPEAK ANY MORE ABOUT THAT, MS. MS. ? YES.

UM, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT.

UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH AUSTIN CREATIVE ALLIANCE, UM, ON A MARKETING PLAN, SO THAT THE AFFORDABLE, THE 10,000 SEAT OF AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL CREATIVE BASE THAT WE'RE SETTING ASIDE, UM, DOES GO TO, UM, ARTISTS AND CREATIVE FOLKS WHO, UM, LIVE AND WORK AND CREATE IN THE AREA WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT.

WILL, ARE YOU WILLING TO CONSIDER THE SAME FOR THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT ARE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE AFFORDABLY PRICED, PRIORITIZING, PRIORITIZING THOSE WITH GENERATIONAL TIES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? ABSOLUTELY.

THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS, WE ARE USING OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO PROVIDE, UM, HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH GENERATIONAL TIES TO PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE WE'RE SEEING LOTS OF DISPLACEMENT.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE EAST MLK CONTACT TEAM ON TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS AND THAT THEY HELP YOU SPREAD THE WORD ON THAT PIECE? ABSOLUTELY.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I THINK THAT'S IN SYNC WITH OUR CITY POLICIES TOO, TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT AS WE HAVE

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YEAH, I'VE REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THEM, UH, WITH THIS CASE.

I, I WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MEDICINE FOR YOUR WORK WITH THE CONTACT TEAM.

I WANT TO THANK THE CONTACT TEAM.

I THINK THIS IS, UH, A REALLY KEY EXAMPLE OF, OF HOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS WORKING, WORKING WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS CAN REALLY YIELD A MUCH BETTER PROJECT.

I THINK THIS IS, I THINK THIS IS A PROJECT I, I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, I'VE I SHARED, UH, THE STAFF'S CONCERN AND THE NEIGHBOR'S CONCERN ABOUT THE HEIGHT.

IT IS, IT IS REALLY PRETTY HIGH.

I, I AM PERSUADED TO VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE OF THE BENEFITS.

AND I THINK THOSE BENEFITS ARE, ARE REALLY DIRECTLY IN RESULT TO THE WORK OF THE EAST MLK CONTACT TEAM.

SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A MUCH BETTER PROJECT, UM, FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I THINK WITH THE ADDITION BETWEEN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND THE, THE ALLOCATION OF AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL SPACE AND THE COMMITMENT THAT I JUST HEARD FROM THE DEVELOPER AND THE CREATIVE ALLIANCE TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THAT SPACE IS BOTH THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AS WELL AS THE CREATIVE SPACE IS RESERVED FOR ARTISTS FROM THAT AREA, FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHO HAVE GENERATIONAL TIES TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFICATION, UM, THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA.

I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND A CLARIFICATION.

ARE YOU ASKING THAT FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, COMPONENT OF IT THAT, UM, THAT THE, UH, GENERATIONAL TIES AND THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA THAT THEIR LEVEL OF PAY OR THEIR LEVEL OF RENT BE CONSIDERED AT THEIR MFI AND NOT AT THE 60%? I MEAN, ARE YOU ASKING THAT THE DEVELOPER WORK WITH FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA AT, ON A LEVEL THEY CAN AFFORD COUNCIL MEMBER? I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

BUT, BUT IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE IDEAL, BUT WHAT I WAS REALLY ASKING, OKAY.

I MEAN, I'M SURE THEY WILL HAVE LOTS OF DEMAND FOR THOSE UNITS AT 60%.

AND SO WHAT I WAS ASKING IS WHETHER OR NOT WHETHER THE APPLICANT WOULD, WOULD BE WILLING TO PRIORITIZE INDIVIDUALS WITH GENERATIONAL TIES, REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IN OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, UM, UNDER THE RIGHT TO RAISE RIGHT TO RETURN POLICY, THAT I BELIEVE THAT I SPONSORED THAT YOU WERE A, WERE A CO-SPONSOR ON GIVING PREFERENCE FOR THOSE UNITS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING ABOUT GIVING PREP, WOULD THEY, WOULD THEY BE WILLING TO GIVE PREFERENCE FOR THOSE UNITS IN THE SAME WAY THEY'RE GIVING PREFERENCE FOR THE CREATIVE SPACE? YOU'RE ASKING A DIFFERENT QUESTION, WHICH IS A GOOD ONE, BUT IT WAS, IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, THEN I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH MY QUESTION, LIKE TO ASK THE DEVELOPER IN THE SAME, IN THE SAME VEIN, IT'S JUST A, IT'S A MORE DETAILED, OR IT'S SORT OF A NEXT STEP QUESTION TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO ASK.

AND THAT IS, AS YOU PRIORITIZE FOR, AS I THINK I'M USING THE RIGHT WORDS, THE GENERATIONAL TIES OR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THE AREA NOW, WILL YOU CONSIDER AN MFI THAT'S LOWER THAN 60% SO THAT THE, IF YOU DO HAVE AN IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE, THAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIVE THERE, HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS LEAH MOJO.

I DO THINK WE COULD, WE COULD CERTAINLY CONSIDER THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OR HOME-BASED, I SHOULD SAY, ON THE AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT.

AND SO, UM, I THINK WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO, UM, TO FIND TENANTS AND SPECIFICALLY TO PRIORITIZE FOLKS THAT HAVE TIES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO, DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT AS THE DEVELOPER, YOU, YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO, TO DO THAT AT A INCOME LEVEL, THAT'S LESS THAN 60% MFI IF THAT'S WHAT'S NECESSARY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT, WE CAN CERTAINLY CONSIDER THAT.

ABSOLUTELY.

IS THAT A YES, I'M SORRY TO BE SPECIFIC, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN BY CONSIDER.

WELL, I, I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU ASKED.

UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WITHOUT TALKING TO THE FOLKS AT HOME BASE, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE QUALIFICATION PROCESS TO SAY FOR SURE THERE WILL, THEY WILL BE THE ENTITY, BUT I, BUT I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY WE COULDN'T BRING IT TO THEM AND TALK, TALK IT THROUGH WITH THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.

UH, THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS I RECENTLY WORKED WITH HOMEBASE ON ANOTHER CASE WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE SIMILAR.

IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE SAME, BUT SIMILAR KIND OF ADJUSTMENTS IN THE WAY THAT THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE WAY THAT THEY WERE APPLYING.

SO I FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, THEY CAN DO IT.

SO MY QUESTION WAS MORE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, AND IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THAT, YOU SAID, YES, YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT AND, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO HOMEBASE, BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY

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WITH THAT, WITH THAT SAID, MAYOR I'LL, I WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS.

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

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE WAS OPPOSED.

SHE ADDED THIS WITH, UH, UH, GOT TREVOR KELLY, UH, OF THE EYES MAYOR.

MY NAME IS GRACE.

I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A MOMENT OF PRIVILEGE, PLEASE.

SURE.

SO I WANT TO SAY TWO THINGS ABOUT COMMENTARY THAT HAPPENED DURING THE COURSE OF THAT DISCUSSION, WHICH I GOT TO TELL YOU.

I'M SO SURPRISED BY THE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS AND SAID IT'S ON THE HIGH WAY.

I MEAN, BUT THAT'S IT, UM, WHEN PEOPLE SAY RIGHT TO RETURN, RIGHT, THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY GOT DISPLACED.

I WANT YOU TO PULL OUT YOUR GOOGLE MAP AND LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY.

NOBODY LIVES THERE.

NOBODY GOT DISPLACED.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CAREFUL.

I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THE CONCEPT OF RIGHT TO RETURN.

I ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THE CONCEPT OF GENERATIONAL TIES BEING HOW WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, HOW PEOPLE MOVE IN.

I WANT A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT THE APPLICANT FIGURING OUT IF THEY CAN'T GO DEEPER IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY, BUT ALL OF US KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IF THE PROJECT DOESN'T SHAKE OUT SOME OUT PROFITABLE, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

DEVELOPMENT IS A BUSINESS SOMEBODY'S GOT TO MAKE MONEY.

GUYS, COME ON, LET'S BE REALISTIC.

AND I THINK NOT, NOT SETTING UP APPROPRIATE EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME.

THE DISTRICT THAT'S GROWING THE FASTEST, I'M GOING TO HAVE THE MOST ZONING CASES, THE MOST DIFFICULT ZONING CASES, THE MOST CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DISPLACEMENT.

I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT MY COLLEAGUES BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS THAT WAS SET UP FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.

THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

YOU SAID PEOPLE IN THAT AREA DON'T MAKE 60% MFI.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU ARE CAREFUL ABOUT GENERALIZATION OF AN ENTIRE AREA.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAKE 60% MFI AND DON'T APPRECIATE BEING REFERRED TO AS SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

IT'S A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

IT'S A DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND A MIXED INCOME COMMUNITY.

SO LET'S NOT RELEGATE EVERYBODY TO 60% OF MY FIRE LOWER CAUSE THAT'S NOT TRUE.

THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT AFFECT.

I CAN SPARE OCCASION COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON.

THAT WAS CERTAINLY NOT MY INTENT.

I WILL TRY TO BE MORE PRECISE.

I WAS RESPONDING TO WHAT, UM, THE CONTACT TEAM, THE INFORMATION THAT THE CONTACT TEAM HAD SENT ME ABOUT SOME PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT AREA.

SO I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN TERMS OF BEING MORE PRECISE AND I'LL BE CAREFUL TO BE MORE PRECISE IN THE FUTURE.

UH, BUT I THINK THE POINT THAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE WAS SPECIFIC TO, TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS, TO WHICH THAT WOULD APPLY.

AND SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.

RENTERIA WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO VOTE YES.

UH, CLERK, I COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

I DIDN'T COUNT HER.

THE VOTE VOTING IN FAVOR.

THEY CAN SET THE JEB.

I THINK I JUST MISSED HER.

UH, THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT THAT IT WAS UNANIMOUS VOTE, RB CONSENT COLLEAGUES.

BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT ITEM, UH, UH, LET'S UH, COUNCILMAN

ON ITEM NUMBER 60.

SO I APPLIED TO ASK IF THERE IS ANY OBJECTION TO RECONSIDERING THE VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 60 AND SAYING, NO TAKE NO OBJECTION.

WE'LL WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 60.

I'M GOING TO CALL THAT VOTE AGAIN, THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM, NUMBER 60, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HEAD.

THOSE OPPOSED IT IS UNANIMOUS ON THE DIOCESE WITH ALL OF US VOTING AYE.

IN FAVOR OF ITEM, NUMBER 60, THAT GETS

[Items 12, 13, & 18]

US THERE TO ITEM NUMBER.

UH, THE DECK QUESTION WERE THREE ITEMS AND THE, UH, UH, ITEM NUMBER 50, I WAS OVER TOTALLY READY TO DO THE DOCK ITEM.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

ALEX.

THIS WAS ALSO DISTRIBUTED DIGITALLY VERY RECENTLY.

IT REALLY JUST DOES WHAT I INDICATED EARLIER I HAD INTENDED TO DO.

AND THAT IS TO POSTPONE THESE ITEMS UNTIL MARCH 24TH.

I REALLY WISHED THEY COULD COME BACK SOONER, BUT I, I AM INTERESTED IN HAVING A FULL DIOCESE AND I KNOW THE MAYOR IS GOING TO BE ON CITY BUSINESS ON THE THIRD.

SO THIS WILL, IF PASSED, UM, POSTPONE THEM, MY MOTION WILL BE TO POSTPONE THESE UNTIL THE 24TH WITH THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION AND THE DIRECTION.

AND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH DESCRIBES WHAT, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

KIND OF LAYING OUT THOSE TWO BUILDINGS

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AND ASKING THE STAFF TO PROVIDE A COMPARISON.

THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE DONE SOME INITIAL RESPONSE FOR US ON, ON THE WALL OR BUILDING.

UM, IT IS FULLY OCCUPIED.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS THEY'LL HAVE TO, AND I DIDN'T NECESSARILY ARTICULATE THIS IN THE MOTION SHEET, BUT I WOULD JUST NOTE FOR OUR CONVERSATION THAT IT IS FULLY OCCUPIED BY THE, BY THE WATER UTILITY.

I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME SECURE AREAS WITHIN IT.

UM, AND SO IT, IT, I WOULD EXPECT WHEN YOU COME BACK TO US WITH THAT COMPARISON FOR THOSE ITEMS TO BE NOTED, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, GOTTEN SOME INFORMATION OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND PROVIDED THAT TO SOME STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAD ASKED ABOUT IT.

BUT I THINK HAVING THIS SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON THAT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE TO THE PUBLIC, UM, AND, AND HAVE FOR OUR OWN DELIBERATIONS WILL BE USEFUL.

I'VE HAD SOME INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS NEXT POINT ABOUT ENGAGING TRAVIS COUNTY.

SO RIGHT NEXT TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT IS THE NEW TRAVIS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, WHICH IS IN THE OLD FEDERAL BUILDING.

YOU KNOW, I DID WONDER WHETHER THERE MIGHT BE SOME COST SAVINGS IF THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE EXTRA ROOM WHERE SOME OF OUR COURT FUNCTIONS FROM THERE THAT COULD TAKE PLACE OVER THERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S IN THE SAME LOCATION AS THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

SO, BUT, UM, BUT AGAIN, JUST IN THE, IN THE NAME OF FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH ASKING THAT QUESTION OF THE TRAVIS COUNTY.

AND THEN WE DID GET THAT MEMO YESTERDAY, TALKING IN RESPONSE TO MY BUDGET DIRECTION ABOUT LOOKING AT SATELLITE SITES.

AND THIS JUST ASKS FOR A UP, I DO THINK WE WILL BE WELL-SERVED TO HAVE A PLAN THAT CONTEMPLATES HAVING SOME SATELLITE LOCATIONS.

IT SAYS SATELLITE COURTS, I DON'T, THAT'S NOT REALLY THE BEST TERMINOLOGY FOR IT, BUT SATELLITE OPERATIONS OR SATELLITE SATELLITE, UM, SATELLITE LOCATIONS, SATELLITE LOCATIONS.

BUT THIS IS AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THEIR MAIN FUNCTION DOWNTOWN, NOT INSTEAD OF JUST, UM, PROVIDING FOR PROVIDING FOR OPERATIONS IN A CITY THAT CONTINUES TO GROW WHERE IT CAN BE A CHALLENGE FROM GETTING PLACE TO PLACE WHERE WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE, ARE IN NEED OF THESE SERVICES, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND FRANKLY, THE DECK STAFF OFTEN IS OUT IN, IN, ON LOCATION, UM, SERVING AND WHERE THEY ARE, UM, WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED.

UH, CANCER OVER TOBO MOVES TO A POSTPONE ITEM, NUMBER 16, THE TOW MARCH 24TH, 2020 TO, UH, WITH THE DIRECTION, UH, ADDED AS HEADED OUT, UH, HAS THIS LANGUAGE ALSO BEEN POSTED IT'S ON ITEMS 12, 13, AND 18.

POSTPONING ITEMS, I'M SORRY.

POSTPONING TRUCK ITEMS, 1230, THAT 18 WITH THE DIRECTION THAT'S BEEN HERE TO THAT IS, HAS BEEN POSTED KATHY D UM, WELL, IT WAS DISTRIBUTED DIGITALLY.

IT HAS NOT BEEN POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, BUT I GUESS I WOULD ASK OUR, OUR, UM, MANAGER AND OUR CLERK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD KIND OF GIVEN A BIG, LONG LIST OF THINGS EARLIER.

I THINK, I THINK HAVING AS MUCH INFORMATION IN ONE PLACE AS POSSIBLE WOULD BE GREAT.

SO MAYBE ATTACHING TO THIS AGENDA ITEM, THIS MOTION SHEET, BUT ALSO, AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE PAST MEMOS, INCLUDING YESTERDAY'S, INCLUDING SOME OF THE EARLIER THE COUNCIL BUDGET DIRECTION, SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS RELEVANT TO IT, INCLUDING THE WORK OF THE MUNICIPAL, WHATEVER OUR COUNCIL COMMITTEE USED TO BE CALLED AND THEN TRANSFORMED BEFORE IT WAS THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

IT WAS THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE.

THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE HAD INITIATED SOME WORK LOOKING AT THE DAC LONG AGO.

I THINK ALL OF THAT IS RELEVANT TO THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING.

SO PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE PADS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO THIS POINT WITH THE CHANGE IN THE DIRECTION HAS BEEN HANDED OUT THAT COURTS IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH, WE CHANGED THEIR LOCATIONS.

THAT'S THE BROCHURE IS A SECOND TO THAT BULLSHIT COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

SECOND SAID MOTION DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE WITH THE DIRECTION AS WE'RE TOBO MY APOLOGIES.

JUST ONE CLARIFICATION.

UM, I THINK EARLIER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT BUILDINGS ARE DOWNTOWN, I MENTIONED HOW SOUTH HEALTH SOUTH IS SORT OF ON ITS OWN PATH.

WE DID CONSIDER THE DECK, UM, AT THE TIME WHERE WE WERE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.

SO I JUST WANT TO CALL MY COLLEAGUES ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE NOT ASKED FOR A COMPARISON OF THAT.

AT THIS POINT, I'VE JUST ASKED FOR A COMPARISON OF THOSE TWO BUILDINGS, GIVEN THAT WE'VE ONE ALREADY ASSESSED IT.

AND TWO IT'S SORT OF ON ITS ON ITS OWN PATH AT THIS POINT.

SOUNDS GOOD.

THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE BEING HELD IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE PROCESS HERE THAT WAS USED TO IDENTIFY THE LOCATION PRESENTED BEFORE US, WHICH IS WHY I PULLED THOSE ITEMS. I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS, HIS MOTION SHEET REALLY ENCOMPASSES ALL OF MY CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH R KELLY, YOU DON'T WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME TO THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT ITEMS. I'VE MENTIONED MY SUPPORT PREVIOUSLY IN COUNCIL MEETINGS RELATED TO THE DAC.

AND I WANT TO SAY THAT AFTER LEARNING ABOUT HOW GREAT THE COURT IS FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT SERVES, THOSE SERVICES ARE REALLY NEEDED.

I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LARGE COSTS,

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AND SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT FORWARD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON IT.

I REALLY LIKE INCLUDING TRAVIS COUNTY IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL AND WELL-ROUNDED MOTION SHEET TODAY.

UM, UH, I HAD OF EVER, UH, TOVO YOU AND I HAD, UH, BOTH, UH, ASKED STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT TEXAS SETTER, UH, MAYBE SEE IF THERE WERE PICTURES THAT COULD BE TAKEN OUT OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE THIS IS THE PRESENT LOCATION.

I KNOW WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED TO BOOT TO THAT LOCATION.

THERE WAS A LOT OF EXPRESS NEIGHBORHOOD RESERVATION, UH, BUT SINCE IT'S BEEN PLACED, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY, ANY COMPLAINTS THAT I THINK YOU SAID EARLIER, YOU HAD BROUGHT AS WELL MANAGER.

DO YOU, DOES STAFF HAVE ANY ABOUT YES, MAYOR? UH, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT WE'VE SEEN AT ONE TEXAS CENTER.

I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE PICTURES.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THEM TO, UH, OUR, OUR AB FOLKS, UH, TO PULL UP, UH, SO EVERYONE CAN SEE.

UM, BUT MAYBE IN THE MEANTIME, WE CAN HAVE OUR, UM, PEOPLE DEZ, UH, JUST DESCRIBE SOME OF THE CURRENT OPERATIONS AT ONE TEXAS CENTER AND ANY ISSUES THAT THEY'VE BEEN, UH, DEALING WITH, UH, NEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITY.

DR.

VALDEZ, HANG ON ONE SECOND.

I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE, I MEAN, BECAUSE WE OFTEN HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENGAGEMENT.

I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR.

I NEVER HEARD ANY CONCERNS FROM EITHER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS NEARBY, UM, OR REALLY FOR, FROM INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, WE DID RECEIVE SOME CONCERNS, BUT IT WAS NOT ABOUT, IT WAS NOT FROM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT OUTREACH, JUST TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN OUTREACH HAPPENS, THE OUTREACH TO THOSE AREAS HAPPENED AFTER, AFTER THE DAC RELOCATED.

SO THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE NOT APPROACHED AND ENGAGED IN THE CONVERSATION BEFOREHAND, THE DAC OPENED AND THEN THE, AND THEN THE CITY ENGAGED THEM.

I THINK THE ENGAGEMENT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS.

I THINK THERE WAS SOME MENTION OF THAT LOCATION PRIOR TO THE BOOTH.

AND I HAD HEARD SOME RESERVATIONS AT THAT POINT IN TIME MARATHON.

I'M SORRY TO BE CONFUSING.

I DID TOO.

JUST NOT FROM THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT DOESN'T GET ATTRIBUTED TO THOSE GROUPS.

UH, PETE, GO AHEAD.

UM, I WAS A LITTLE, I'M A LITTLE BIT UNSURE HAVING ONLY JUST GLANCED AT THE MEMO.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN GENERAL, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES SINCE WE'VE BEEN AT ONE TEXAS CENTER.

THERE WAS A DAMAGE TO ONE WINDOW, UM, ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER WE MOVED IN HERE.

UH, BUT BASED ON THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH BUILDING MANAGEMENT HERE THAT IS OCCURRED, UH, PRIOR TO US MOVING HERE AS WELL.

SO THERE, THERE HAS BEEN DAMAGED TO OTHER WINDOWS US, AND WE'VE HAD ONE WINDOW THAT WAS DAMAGED SINCE WE MOVED HERE.

OTHER THAN THAT, WE'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO ANY COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT COMES IN HERE AND ASKS ABOUT OUR OPERATION.

WE'RE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING OUR SURROUNDINGS AND OUR SECURITY GUARDS AND POLICE ARE OFTEN PATROLLING THE GROUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, NOTHING IS GOING ON THAT SHOULD NOT BE GOING ON.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE SOME IMAGES OF THE ACTUAL CENTER.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ABLE TO PULL THOSE UP, BUT TO DR.

VALDEZ, THIS POINT, THIS HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND, AND A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH, UH, THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, UH, HAS ALLOWED US TO OPERATE SMOOTHLY EVEN IN CIRCUMSTANCES LIKE THE WINTER STORM AND, UH, HAVING, UH, OTHER ACTIVITIES PLAY OUT.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK FROM OUR STAFF THERE AND, UH, THE WAY IN WHICH THEY'VE INTERACTED WITH OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AT ONE TEXAS CENTER, THE STAFF, WERE YOU ABLE TO PULL UP THOSE IMAGES? WELL, THOSE IMAGES ARE BIG, PULLED UP KIND OF A RED PROTAB.

DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? DID YOU ORDER SAY SOMETHING? YEAH.

I WANTED TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.

UM, I'M FINE.

POSTPONING IT.

UM, MY GRADE WITH YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER THAT THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT THOUGH, DOES NEED TO BE DOWNTOWN.

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UM, WHAT THE THIRD PARAGRAPH ABOUT BEGINNING WORK ON A GENERAL PLAN.

LIKE WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY INVOLVE? UM, AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? CAUSE I CAN'T REALLY TELL FROM THE MEMO GLANCING AT IT, BUT YOU HAVEN'T YET.

THANKS.

I THINK SO.

THANKS FOR ASKING THE QUESTION BECAUSE WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD, I WOULD NOT EXPECT THEM TO HAVE A FULLY WORKED OUT PLAN AND WE WOULDN'T REALLY BE IN A POSITION TO INITIATE THAT ACTION TODAY WITHOUT HAVING A FULLER CONVERSATION.

WHAT I GUESS I'M HOPING IS THAT THEY CAN COME BACK AND HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR OPERATIONS MIGHT LOOK IF THEY HAD A VERY, UM, CLEAR SENSE OF HOW THEY WOULD, HOW THEY COULD SET UP LOCATIONS AND OTHER PLACES, LOCATIONS TO DO WHAT THOUGH, TO MEET WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE COME DOWN DOWNTOWN TO THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT FOR SERVICES, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE SERVING INDIVIDUALS.

I MEAN, MANY OF REALLY, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY A BETTER QUESTION FOR MR. VALDEZ.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SERVICES ARE OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY, ANYBODY IN THE CITY, NO MATTER WHERE THEY RESIDE, THEY HAVE KIND OF A, UM, WITH THE PASSAGE OF PROP B, THEY ALSO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ADJUDICATING CITATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE, WHO MAY RESIDE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.

AND SO I DO THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT, UM, THINKING ABOUT HOW TO, HOW TO HANDLE THE GEOGRAPHIC REALITIES OF SOME OF THEIR WORK.

AND SO W WITH THE BUDGET.

SO YESTERDAY'S MEMO IS, AND I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO, IT DID TALK ABOUT, I THINK, WHAT THEY WERE, AS I INTERPRETED PART OF IT.

UM, SOME OF THE WORK, SOME OF THE WORK OF RESPONDING AND PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR EMERGENCY CRISIS AND HOUSING AND OTHER THINGS WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH THE ARPA FUNDING SOLICITATION THAT'S HAPPENING IN MARCH.

AND SO WITHOUT KNOWING KIND OF WHICH GROUPS MIGHT BE FUNDED, IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE DAC MIGHT CONTINUE TO BE.

SOME OF THAT WORK IN OTHER WORDS MIGHT HAPPEN.

UM, SOME OF THE HOUSING PIECES, SOME OF THE OTHER PIECES OF THE WORK THAT THE DECK CURRENTLY DOES MIGHT INCREASE OR DECREASE DEPENDING, WELL, IT WON'T DECREASE, BUT IT MIGHT, IT WILL BE SHAPED IN PART BY WHO GETS THOSE GRANTS.

SO IS THERE LANGUAGE THAT WOULD MAKE YOU MORE COMFORTABLE? I MEAN, REALLY WHAT, I'M, WHAT I'M, I'M HOPING FOR SORT OF A VERY PRELIMINARY REPORT BACK.

LIKE WE THINK WE NEED ANOTHER, UH, SOME PRESENCE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST ONE DAY A WEEK FOR FOUR HOURS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND HERE ARE SOME LOCATIONS IN CITY BUILDINGS WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SET UP SHOP DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

I MEAN, I, THEY KNOW THEIR WORK BETTER THAN, THAN I DO.

AND SO THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THIS, BUT I JUST WANT SOME MORE DEFINITION ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT RESOURCES WE MIGHT NEED TO BE CONSIDERING AS WE MOVE INTO BUDGET THAT WOULD HELP THEM ACHIEVE THAT KIND OF SATELLITE PLAN.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORDING WOULD BE.

THAT WOULD MAKE ME COMFORTABLE AS I TRY TO, I'M HEARING A LITTLE BIT BETTER, WHAT, YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, LET ME EXPRESS MY CONCERN.

AND THEN PERHAPS IT CAN JUST BE STATED AND UNDERSTOOD, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING REALLY READ THE MEMO THOROUGHLY AND NOT TOTALLY UNDERSTANDING I, THIS READS AS IF WE ARE SAYING LIKE, COME UP WITH YOUR PLAN AND DO IT.

AND WE HAVE ALLOCATED A LOT OF FUNDING FOR ARPA-E.

AND IF IN NOT STRATEGIC PROCESS FOR ALLOCATING THAT FUNDING, THIS IS AN INVESTMENT THAT MAKES SENSE THAT I'M FINE FOR IT, FINE WITH IT, BUT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE LIKE DICTATING THAT THIS BE WHAT WE USE THE MONEY FOR WITHOUT A CONVERSATION WITH OUR HOMELESS OFFICER, WITH THE BROADER CONTEXT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY WOULD BE LIKELY COMING FROM.

I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH THE NOTION THAT UNDER THAT IT'D BE DESIRABLE TO HAVE THE SATELLITE SERVICES.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT JUMPING FURTHER THAN I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IN TERMS OF DICTATING IN TERMS OF DICTATING WHAT HAPPENS AND HOW, IF, IF YOU'RE SAYING WE GOT THIS MEMO AND WE NEED SOME MORE INFO, MORE CLARITY ON WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.

IF WE WANTED TO DO IT WHEN WE WANT IT, WE'D BENEFIT FROM STAFF EXPERTISE.

AND I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

IT'S JUST, I'M NOT READY TO SAY, LIKE, GO DO THIS IN THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR.

SO WHAT I THINK MIGHT BE BEST AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IS FOR ME JUST TO STRIKE THAT PIECE AND JUST EXPRESS THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTED IN THIS MODEL OF POTENTIALLY HAVING SOME SATELLITE LOCATIONS.

AND THANKS FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.

I THINK THAT, THAT WHILE I WAS REALLY NOT, UH, I DID NOT INTEND TO KIND OF COMMIT US TO A PARTICULAR DIRECTION.

AND

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I THINK OUR EXISTING BUDGET DIRECTION REFLECTED THAT, AND JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR NOW.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO SORT OUT BETWEEN NOW AND MARCH ANYWAY, IS THAT, THAT I THINK I'D BE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

I DIDN'T WANT TO IMPOSE THAT ON YOU IF NO.

I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.

WE ALREADY HAVE STANDING DIRECTION THAT WE PROVIDED TO THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN SATELLITE DIRECT SATELLITE LOCATIONS.

WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR STORAGE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR BELONGINGS TO COME DOWNTOWN.

UM, BUT THEY HAVE AN ABILITY TO, TO MEET WITH FOLKS FROM THE DAC, UM, IN THE AREAS WHERE THEY ARE, OR IF THEY DO NEED TO COME DOWNTOWN, THAT THEY HAVE SAFE, SAFE PLACES FOR THEM TO STORE BELONGINGS AND OTHER THINGS.

SO WE'LL, LET'S, UM, WORK THAT OUT AT ANOTHER POINT AND JUST REMOVE THAT LAST PARAGRAPH.

ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAST PARAGRAPH, BIG REBOOT FROM THE DIRECTION HARRY, NOT AS REMOVED, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON ITEMS. NUMBER 12, 13 AT 18, POSTPONED TO THE 24TH WITH THE A TWO PARAGRAPH DIRECTION.

THAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

HE GETS US TO OUR LAST I EVER BROUGHT THE AGENDA, WHICH I THINK IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 50 ON ZONING.

[50. C 14H-202 1-0181 -Nalley-Shear-Bremond Warehouse - Approve second and third readings ot 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 diStliet (CBD) zoning to central business district - historic landmark (CBD-H) combining district zoning. First Reading approved central business district - historic landmark (CRD-H) combining district zoning on February 3, 2022. Vote: 8-2-1. (Council Members Ellis and Renteria voted nay, Council Member Casar was off the dais). Applicant: Historic Landmark Commission. Owner: 301 San Jacinto Manager. LLC (Will Houston).Owner' s agent: Arnibrust & Brown. PLLC (Richard T. Suttle). City Staff: Elizabeth Bruinmett. Historic Preservation Office, Housing and Planning Department. 512-974-1264. A valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning request. District(s) District 9]

IF YOU WERE TO CALL THIS WHAT OUT THEY WILL GIVE THE APPLICANT FIRST CHANCE TO, UH, TALK AFTER YOU LAID OUT.

UM, YES.

MAYOR ITEM NUMBER 50 IS C ONE FOUR H 20 21 0 1 8 1.

WE HAD DISCUSSION, UH, FIRST READING AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT, WHICH IS THE CITY ELIZABETH GROMMET HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND THE AGENT MR. RICHARD SUTTLE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, THIS, THIS CASE DOES HAVE A VALID PETITION, SO REQUIRES NON VOTES.

UM, SO THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTION OR, UM, YOU CAN HAVE THE BOAT.

IT TAKES WHAT'S THE VOTE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET NINE VOTES FOR APPROVAL.

HE'S NINE VOTES FOR APPROVAL.

THREE OR MORE OPPOSED.

IT DOES NOT PASS.

LET'S ASK THE APPLICANT IF THEY WERE TO SPEAK FIRST.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.

UM, I AM ELIZABETH BRUMMETT WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

UH, REALLY I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

WE HAD A FULLER DISCUSSION AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

SO IF THERE WAS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL WILL BE HELPFUL, I'LL BE HAPPY.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IS THE APPLICANT HERE OR UNDERLINE? OH, THE APPLICANT IS THE PROPERTY OWNER.

I SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

THAT'S RIGHT.

MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS RICHARD SIDELL.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LANDOWNER.

THE LANDOWNER, UM, STILL DOES NOT WANT HIS PROPERTY ZONED HISTORIC AND STILL RESPECTIVELY DISAGREES.

AND DOES NOT THINK THAT IT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF A HISTORIC LANDMARK AND DOESN'T REACH THE BAR THAT WE'VE PUT UNDER OUR CODE.

AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES DISCUSSION, UH, THE, UH, OR THE DASH MR. SUTTLE.

WHO'S NOW ALMOST BACK IN HIS SEAT.

AND THAT DOVETAILS INTO THE SCENARIO WHERE TRYING TO RETROFIT A WAREHOUSE INTO A DOWNTOWN BLOCK BUILDING OR HALF BUILDING.

WHILE HE RETURNS TO THE PODIUM MAYOR, MY HAND IS RAISED NEXT.

THANK YOU, MR. SUTTLE, YOU AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THANKS FOR THE POSTPONEMENT SO THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THOSE OPTIONS, UH, THAT ARE, THAT WE WOULD HAVE, AS I UNDERSTAND YOUR APPLICANT IS NOT INTERESTED IN ZONING AT HISTORIC AND IS NOT INTERESTED IN OPTIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE RETENTION OF THE WAREHOUSE AND BUILDING AROUND IT.

IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

UM, AND CAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH SOME OF THE EXPLORATION THAT YOU DID WITH REGARD TO THE TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OPTION? YES.

WE, WE TRIED TO FIND EITHER PROPERTIES THAT THE CITY OWNED THAT MAYBE WE COULD TRADE FOR A AND AS WE DISCUSSED THE ONES THAT POPPED UP WHERE WE'RE NOT A GOOD TRADE AND THEN THE WAY OUR SYSTEM IS SET UP DOWNTOWN, UM, THERE'S NOT REALLY A PLACE TO PUT A TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT MAKES FINANCIAL SENSE.

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IT JUST, IT JUST, JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

AND SO WE CAME BACK AS WE HAD OUR CONVERSATION.

UH, MY, MY CLIENT JUST WAS UNABLE TO DO THAT.

I HAVE A FEW MORE COMMENTS THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE, BUT I KNOW ANOTHER COLLEAGUE OF MINE HAD HAD, UM, SOME QUESTIONS.

I ACTUALLY HAVE, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I DON'T THINK ARE FOR MR. SUTTLE.

SO, UM, UH, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I'M HAPPY TO DEFER BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO TO FINISH YOUR QUESTIONS FOR MR. SETTLE.

I THINK MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR STAFF.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. SUTTLE EITHER.

OKAY, GOT IT.

UM, SO MY QUESTIONS ARE, DO WE HAVE ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE BUILT ON TOP OF AN OLDER HISTORIC BUILDING? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY AT PRESENT.

UH, THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION HAS APPROVED SOME PROPOSALS OF THAT NATURE.

UH, THE MOST DRAMATIC IS THE ROYAL ARCH MASONIC LODGE AND DOWNTOWN, WHICH HAS A HIGH RISE DEVELOPMENTS APPROVED AND CONCEPT BY THE LANDMARK COMMISSION.

BUT TO DATE, WE HAVE NEVER DONE IT.

UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT KIND OF COSTS WOULD IT ADD TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT TO TRY TO BUILD ON TOP OF THIS WAREHOUSE? UM, I DO NOT HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF MR. SUTTLE WOULD HAVE A SENSE OF THAT AS A DEVELOPER.

YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME.

ALL I SEE IS MY FACE.

I THINK WHEN I'M SPEAKING, IT DOES THIS SPEAKER VIEW THING AND SAID, OH, OKAY.

AT CHAMBERS JUST POPPED UP.

IS SOMEBODY COMING TO ANSWER THE PHONE? YOU SAID? YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER.

WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIRECT IT TO MR. SUTTLE? I'D LIKE TO DIRECT IT TO WHOEVER CAN ANSWER IT.

WOULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? THE QUESTION WAS WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD BE THE ADDITIONAL COST TO THE BAT? THE BOTTOM LINE, IF WE WERE TO TRY TO BUILD A NEW DEVELOPMENT ON TOP OF THIS WAREHOUSE CUSTOMER REQUEST OVER THE HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UH, IN REGARD TO YOUR PREVIOUS QUESTION, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES IN THE PAST WHERE WE HAVE BUILT, UM, COLOR BUILDINGS OVER HISTORIC STRUCTURES AROUND HIS WORD STRUCTURES, THE ESTONIAN, UM, AS A QUARTER OF IT ON SECOND STREETS, IT'S LIKE THAT, UH, THERE'S CAUSE AROUND IS DIFFERENT THAN ON TOP.

IT IS.

IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, IT WAS, I THINK IT'S ON TOP OF IT AROUND, BUT I'D HAVE TO GO LOOK, GO DOWN THE STREET AND TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.

UH, THE OTHER EXAMPLE THAT I KNOW IS BUILT ON TOP OF WAS THE, UH, THE OLD BAKERY THAT'S RIGHT THERE AT, UH, LAMAR, UM, RIGHT WHERE IT GOES UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD TRACKS THERE, WE KEPT THE FACADE ON THAT BUILDING.

UM, BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT IT WAS BAKERY BAKERY.

NO, NO.

IT'S THE ONE THAT'S, UM, RIGHT AT THE, WHERE THE AMTRAK STATION IS THAT, UH, LIKE THIRD LAMAR.

WE, WE, WE SAVED THE FACADE THERE AND BUILT A BUILDING AROUND IT ON TOP OF THAT, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST THE FACADE.

IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT'S HELPFUL.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE, UM, OKAY.

GUESS NEXT DOOR WE HAVE LAMBERT'S BUT, UM, UM, WHICH WAS THE OLD, UH, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF NOW THE WAGON STOPPED AND, UM, UM, IT DOES HAVE DEVELOPMENT BUILT AROUND IT, BUT NOT, UM, UM, DIRECTLY ON TOP OF IT.

UM, WITH REGARD TO THE COST OF WHAT THE ADDITIONAL COSTS WOULD BE TO BUILD A BUILDING AROUND A HISTORIC STRUCTURE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT, I THINK SPECIFICALLY ON TOP.

APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE FIRST THING THAT YOU SAID, AND ALSO APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE ESTONIAN.

I'M NOT AWARE THAT THE STAFF I KNOW DOES NOT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW MUCH THAT WOULD COST.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE APPLICANT HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, DESIGNED THEIR BUILDING YET.

AND IF THEY'VE DESIGNED IT WITH, YOU KNOW, THE TWO SCENARIOS INVOLVED, UM, BUT I HAVE TO HAVE MR. SUTTLE ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

IF THEY'VE DONE THAT JERRY MENTIONS THE, UH, OSTEOPENIA AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE BRICK WAS PUT ON THE SIDE OF A NEW BUILDING ON THAT SITE.

THERE'S A THAT'S THAT WAS NOT BUILT ON OR AROUND OR ON TOP.

WHAT HAPPENS IS THIS, THIS WAREHOUSE IS NOT STRUCTURALLY DESIGNED TO CARRY A LOAD.

SO WHAT YOU ENDED UP HAVING TO DO IS TAKE THE WHOLE WAREHOUSE DOWN, THEN TAKE THE SITE TO GRADE BECAUSE THIS WAS BUILT TO FACILITATE LOADING DOCKS.

SO IT'S FOUR OR FIVE FEET IN THE AIR, AND THEN YOU TAKE IT DOWN TO GRADE AND THEN YOU TRY TO PUT THE FACADE BACK ON TO A NEW BUILDING.

SO YOU LOSE THE ENTIRE HISTORIC STRUCTURE.

ANYWAY, AS FAR AS THE DOLLARS, I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS IT WOULD COST, BUT IT, MY CLIENT TELLS ME IT WOULD BE A LOT, A LOT IS RELATIVE, BUT I APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE THE, AND IN FACT, ACTUALLY I

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THANK YOU, MR. SETTLE.

UM, I'M SORRY.

MAY I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION? AND I THINK IT'LL PROBABLY BE FOR OUR STAFF.

UM, HOW MUCH TAX REVENUE, UM, DO THE CURRENT PROPERTIES CONTRIBUTE TO OUR PUBLIC FUND? YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE ME.

I CAN'T SEE CHAMBERS.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY IS COMING TO THE PODIUM TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, OR IF I'M JUST SITTING HERE HANGING OUT IN THE BREEZE.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, I'M SORRY FOR THE DELAY.

I WAS LOOKING THROUGH MY PAPERS FOR THE RIGHT SHOULDER.

I, I LITERALLY CAN'T SEE CHAMBER, SO YOU COULD HAVE BEEN STANDING THERE ALL ALONG.

AND I WENT, OH, THERE IT IS.

AND I APOLOGIZE.

I DO NOT HAVE AT HAND THE, UH, THE TOTAL DOLLAR FIGURE THAT THIS PROPERTY CURRENTLY PAYS IN TAXES.

UM, WITH THE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION, THERE WOULD BE A PARTIAL TAX EXEMPTION OF 67,000 ANNUALLY WITH 23,000 OF THAT BEING SPECIFICALLY.

SO YOU HAVE AUSTIN TAXES, BUT I DON'T HAVE, I COULD GET THAT QUICKLY.

I DO NOT HAVE MY SHEET THAT TOTAL DOLLAR FIGURE THAT THEY CURRENTLY PAY.

I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT NUMBER IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.

UM, GETTING THAT FOR ME.

THANK YOU, MARY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE REMARKS.

AND SO I'LL, I'LL HOLD THOSE UNTIL MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS.

ALICE, I ALSO DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT SINCE, UM, SINCE WE HAD VOTED ON THIS ON FIRST READING AND I DIDN'T SUPPORT IT, I JUST WANTED TO DAYLIGHT WHERE I WAS COMING FROM AND WHERE I CONTINUED TO COME FROM ON THIS.

UM, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S A MATTER OF THE ISSUE OF THE ACTUAL OWNER OF THE BUILDING.

NOT WANTING IT TO BE ZONED HISTORIC AND COMING IN BEFORE THEY DO ANYTHING TO DETERMINE THAT IT'S HISTORIC.

UM, IT'S JUST SOMETHING I'M GENERALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE HAD ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS COME TO US WHERE THE APPLICANT WAS, THE CITY AND IT WASN'T SOMEONE ASKING FOR A ZONING CHANGE.

AND SO I'M JUST REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH AN OWNER HAVING TO VALID PETITION THEIR OWN PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO DO WITH IT, WHAT THEY HAD ALREADY PLANNED TO DO.

SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS COMING FROM ON THE FIRST VOTE.

AND THAT'S WHERE I PLAN TO STAY FOR, FOR THIS VOTE, WHETHER IT'S SECOND OR SECOND AND THIRD READINGS.

IS VALUED, EXCUSE ME, AT $16 MILLION, IT PAYS A TOTAL OF 355,000 IN TAXES.

FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR A BADASS.

JUST THINKING BACK TO THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, THE SD 23 CONVERSATION AND LOOKING FORWARD WITH A 3.5% REVENUE CAPS, UH, WITH THE, UH, FINANCIAL PRESSURES THAT WE WILL BE UNDER WITH THE ISSUES, UH, CRITICAL ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN TERMS OF BOTH CITY SALARIES INVESTMENTS IN, UH, COMBATING HOMELESSNESS, UH, THE ITEM THAT, AND I DON'T THINK IT MADE IT INTO THE TOP 10, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF, UH, OF THE CITY OF SERVICES THAT THE CITY PROVIDES, LIKE LOOKING FORWARD AS TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR REVENUES AND OUR FORWARD LOOKING REVENUES ARE SUFFICIENT TO MATCH OUR EXPENSES AND NEEDS, UH, THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING, UH, PUSHES MY VOTE HERE, UH, AGAINST A HISTORIC DESIGNATION.

UH, I RECOGNIZE THAT THAT THERE IS SOME HISTORICAL VALUE TO THIS BUILDING, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS CURRENTLY, AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENTLY, UH, THE BUILDING WRITES A LITTLE PROPERTY TAX CHECK TO THE CITY AND, UH, IF WE APPROVE THE ZONING, UH, OR IF WE DO NOT DESIGNATED HISTORIC, AND IF THE, UH, OWNER OR THE DEVELOPER EVENTUALLY BUILDS A, A TALL, WHICH SEEMS LIKELY, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO WRITE A REAL BIG CHECK TO THE CITY.

AND, UH, THAT IS GOING TO GO TO PAY FOR OUR STAFF, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, UH, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY KEEP OUR PROPERTY TAX BURDEN DOWN FOR, FOR THE REST OF US OUTSIDE OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, WHICH WOULD GENERATE SO MUCH OF THE REVENUE THAT WE NEED TO OPERATE AS A CITY.

SO WITH THAT IN MIND, AS, AS MUCH AS I LOVE HISTORIC BUILDINGS, UH, I'M GENERALLY IN FAVOR OF A HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND WEAVING IT INTO THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY, UH, GIVEN THE LIMITATIONS THAT THE, UH, THE, UH, THAT, UH, UH, MR. SUTTON HAS, UH, IDENTIFIED, UH, AND GIVEN OUR KIND OF FORWARD-LOOKING REVENUE NEEDS, UH, I WOULD, UH, I WILL BE OPPOSING THIS, UH, THIS HISTORIC DESIGNATION, FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, MAYOR.

I HAVE THOSE FIGURES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON ASKED FOR.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UH, THIS PROPERTY

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AND, UH, UH, YOU 21 AND OF THOSE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN TAXES ARE $88,334.

SO AGAIN, THE, UH, THE, THE PARTIAL EXEMPTION WOULD, UM, TAKE 23,000 OF THE CITY'S TAXES OUT OF THAT TOTAL.

I APPRECIATE YOU COMING BACK WITH THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NO PROBLEM.

I HOPE IT WASN'T TOO MUCH PRESSURE TO GO AND FIND THAT NUMBER.

I CERTAINLY DIDN'T MEAN TO ADD ANY PRESSURE.

OKAY, MAYOR, IF I MAY, ONE MORE.

IS THAT JUST, I'M SORRY, BUT A ROUGH ESTIMATE, ASSUMING THAT A, YOU KNOW, MULTI-STORY, UH, DOWNTOWN BUILDING IS BUILT AT THIS LOCATION, WHAT WOULD BE THE ESTIMATED PROPERTY TAX CHECK TO THE CITY, OR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ESTIMATED PROPERTY TAX CHECK, THE CITY GETS FROM A SIMILAR STYLE CBD BUILDING COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'M SORRY, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE.

IS IT SAFE TO SAY IT'D BE MORE, A LOT MORE, BUT NOT, UH, WE'D HAVE TO SEE WHAT SIZE BUILDING.

I'LL SETTLE FOR A LOT MORE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN EMOTION THEY WANT TO MAKE? OKAY.

CASPER HARBOR, MADISON.

YEAH, I WASN'T MAKING A MOTION.

I HAD FURTHER DISCUSSION.

LIKE I SAID, I HAD SOME REMARKS THAT I WANTED TO, TO OFFER, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT I CAN'T, I DIDN'T SEE WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY RAISED YOUR HAND TO ASK A QUESTION.

NO ONE ELSE WAS RAISING THEIR HAND.

YOU KNOW, THERE WERE JUST A BUNCH OF WAREHOUSES AND MOST OF THEM WERE IN GOOD SHAPE AT ALL.

UM, I WANT TO, UM, UH, MUCH TO OUR NEWEST, UM, COLLEAGUES POINT, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

UM, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF AND THE RESEARCH IN THE CASE THAT THEY MADE FOR PRESERVING THIS BUILDING.

I REALLY DO THOUGH.

JUST FIND STRUGGLING TO AGREE WITH THEIR FINDINGS.

IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT THAT THE VERMONT FAMILY HAS A WHOLE DISTRICT NAMED IN THEIR HONOR, JUST A FEW BLOCKS UP THE ROAD.

AND THE BUILDING ITSELF DOESN'T STRIKE ME AS ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT.

UM, AND MUCH TO THE POINT WE WERE MAKING ABOUT THAT REALLY DIFFICULT ZONING CASE EARLIER DISTRICT ONE.

I MEAN, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS'S POINT IF THE, IF THE, IF THE OWNER DOESN'T WANT IT, I'M NEVER GOING TO SAY YES.

AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO TELLING THE STORY OF GROCERIES AND THE 20TH CENTURY, YOU KNOW, LIKE FREIGHT SYSTEM, I THINK WE COULD DO THAT WITH A PLAQUE THAT PEOPLE COULD READ RATHER THAN A WHOLE BUILDING THAT REALLY SERVES A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FUNCTION.

FRANKLY, I THINK IF WE RESPECT THE OWNER'S WISHES AND LET THEM DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY TO ITS HIGHEST AND BEST VALUE, WHICH I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE, UM, WE GET THE BENEFIT OF ADDING A NEW DOWNTOWN TOWER TO OUR TAX RULES, BUT TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BELLA'S POINT.

SO THAT TRANSLATES TO MILLIONS OF EXTRA DOLLARS IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

AND I KNOW JERRY SAID A LOT, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T QUANTIFY, BUT I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE MILLIONS AND THAT'S EXTRA GRADY FOR OUR PARKS, OUR POLICE, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR LIBRARIES, OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, AND REALLY SO MUCH MORE.

AND SO, UM, ON TOP OF THAT BACK, UM, OUR VOTERS, THEY GAVE US PERMISSION TWO YEARS AGO TO, TO RAISE THEIR TAXES, TO BUILD A MORE ROBUST TRANSIT SYSTEM.

SO THIS PROPERTY IS RIGHT AT A MAJOR NEXUS OF THAT SYSTEM.

IF WE KEEP IT AS IS A SINGLE STORY BUILDING AND OUR CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO OUR DOWNTOWN RAIL STATION, I REALLY DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE OF OUR TAXPAYER'S INVESTMENT.

SO I APPRECIATE THE IDEA OF FINDING CREATIVE WAYS TO BUILD NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON TOP OF EXISTING BUILDINGS.

THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION.

I REALLY JUST WANT TO KNOW, LIKE, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS, UM, IN WAYS THAT REALLY PAY RESPECT TO OUR HISTORY, I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO SEE MORE PROPOSALS WITH THAT KIND OF CREATIVE APPROACH.

AND SO THANKS FOR, YOU KNOW, MR. SUTTLE AND, UM, AND OUR STAFF TO FOR OFFER ME THE MR. FOR AFTER ME, THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK UP THESE OTHER ONES, BECAUSE I AM GENUINELY CURIOUS.

UM, I DO THINK THOUGH, IN THIS CASE, IT'S, IT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT THE APPLICANT IS NOT INTERESTED AND I'M, I'M NEVER GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE DESIGNATING A PROPERTY AGAINST THEM, THE OWNER'S WISHES.

SO I'M NOT COMFORTABLE DESIGNATING THIS PROPERTY HISTORIC ON THE, ON THE BASIS THAT THEY COULD BUILD ON TOP OF THE EXISTING BUILDING.

UM, WHEN WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S FEASIBLE.

SO I'M, I'M ENTIRELY COMFORTABLE DENYING THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION ON THIS TEXT, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO OH, I READ THE REIA, HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK YET.

WE WERE GIVE HER A CHANCE AND GIVE ME MY I'M JUST GOING TO BE QUICK.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, UH, GROWING UP HERE IN AUSTIN AND SEEING HOW THAT AREA WORKS BEFORE IT GOT DEVELOPED.

UH,

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UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE FACING SOME REALLY HARD TIMES HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, BUT SHE, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE FUNDINGS AND, UM, ALL THE, THE, THE, BASICALLY ALL THE MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY OUT, UH, AND, UH, AND DIRT RESTRICTION THAT WE HAVE WITH, WE CAN'T GO ANYTHING ANY HIGHER THAN 3.5.

I THINK WE NEED MORE TEXT-BASED IN THE TOWN.

SO I'M GOING TO BE, I'M GOING TO VOTE NO, ON THE UNDERSIDE THEM MEREDITH.

DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE MY COMMENTS? OKAY.

SO I WANT TO JUST SAY A FEW THINGS AND THEN TALK ABOUT KIND OF THE DIRECTION THAT, THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US GO IN WITH REGARD TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

I THINK OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, OUR LANDMARK COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS BUILDING WERE SPOT ON IT IS A HISTORIC.

IT DOES HAVE, UM, A LOT OF, OF STORYTELLING TO DO NOT, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE VERMONT FAMILY.

I THINK IT, IT IS LESS IMPORTANT.

UM, ITS CONNECTION WITH THE VERMONT FAMILY AND MORE IMPORTANT LEE, IT WAS A WHOLESALE GROCERY WAREHOUSE AND REALLY HELPS US TELL THE STORY OF HOW AUSTIN TRANSFORMED BECAUSE OF THE RAILROAD FROM A SMALL TOWN INTO REALLY INTO A CITY.

AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF, OF JUST A RAPIDLY VANISHING EXAMPLE.

I THINK WE HAD MANY, MANY WAREHOUSES IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.

NOW IT'S ONE OF, THIS IS ONE OF VERY FEW, I BELIEVE IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE OLDEST, IF NOT THE OLDEST IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AND IT HAS BEEN REMARKABLY WELL-PRESERVED, I'M JUST NOTING SOME OF OUR PAST CITY WORK.

IT IS IN THE CITY'S 2018 CULTURAL ASSET MAP DOCUMENTATION.

UM, AS WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THRIVING IN PLACE, UM, FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, IT TALKS ABOUT USING THE H THE EDC AS TO HELP US REALLY REVITALIZE AND ACTIVATE AND USE OUR HISTORIC BUILDINGS.

I WANT TO SAY THAT I DON'T THINK THE MASONIC BUILDING THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER, ACTUALLY, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE USING IT TO BEAR THE LOAD.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE, THEY'RE DISTRIBUTING THE LOAD AROUND IT.

AND JUST IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHILE AUSTIN DOESN'T MAYBE HAVE MANY EXAMPLES OF THIS, THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES.

UM, I WAS MADE AWARE OF SOME, I KNOW MS. BRUMMETT, I THINK YOU HAD SOME FOR US TO CONSIDER.

AND I, I LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THE HEARSE TOWER AND SOME BUILDINGS AND PROJECTS IN CHICAGO AS PLACES WHERE THIS, WHERE THIS IS EMBRACED, WHERE THOSE OLDER BUILDINGS ARE BUILT INTO A VERY NEW REDEVELOPED SITE WHERE THAT NEW TAX REVENUE CAN BE REALIZED, UM, WHILE ALSO PRESERVING SOME OF THOSE STRUCTURES THAT AGAIN, HELP TELL THE STORY OF, OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY.

AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE, ARE, ARE IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTANDING KIND OF THE STORY OF A PLACE.

SO THAT BEING SAID, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VOTES HERE TODAY TO PASS IT.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I AM GOING TO SAY THAT I, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED FOR DECADES IN THIS CITY ABOUT THE NEED FOR A BROADER ARRAY OF TOOLS.

WE KNOW THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND IT IS EMBRACED.

I START PRESERVATION IN SOME OTHER PLACES AS EMBRACED AS A, AS A KEY AND VITAL ELEMENT IN, IN THE, THE VIBRANCE OF THE CITY.

IT'S, UH, REGARDED AS KEY AND AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME TOOLS NOW THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

UM, I WE'VE TALKED FOR DECADES ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.

WE DON'T YET HAVE A PROGRAM.

I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, AN IMPORTANT STRATEGY TO CONSIDER.

AND I INTEND TO BRING FORWARD A RESOLUTION IN THE NEXT, UM, IN THE NEXT MONTHS TO, TO PUT ONE IN PLACE.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME VERY GOOD MINDS WHO HAVE WORKED IN OTHER PLACES AROUND THE COUNTRY, WHERE THEY HAVE SOME STRATEGIES AND SOME TOOLS THAT WE DON'T UTILIZE HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND I AM LIKELY GOING TO BRING FORWARD AN IFC, PULLING SOME OF THOSE FOLKS TOGETHER INTO A TASK FORCE TO REALLY PROVIDE US WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOW WE MIGHT, HOW WE MIGHT, UM, BETTER EMBRACE HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS, ALLOWS FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

YOU KNOW, ANYBODY LISTENING TO THIS CONVERSATION, I WANT TO BE SURE UNDERSTANDS THAT REZONING YOUR PROPERTY HISTORIC DOESN'T ALSO MEAN THAT YOU ARE, YOU HAVE TO DO YET ANOTHER APPLICATION TO WAIVE THE TAXES.

SO NOT EVERYBODY WHO HAS A HISTORIC DESIGNATION IN THIS CITY IS ALSO GETTING A TAX BREAK.

THAT'S A ANOTHER STEP AND NOTHING OBLIGERS YOU TO DO THAT.

YOU CAN HAVE A HISTORIC BUILDING WITHOUT, WITHOUT DOING THAT.

SO WE CAN STILL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT IF WE ZONE SOMETHING HISTORIC, THAT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD HAVE AN ENTITLEMENT TO A TAX WAIVER.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY NEED TO UTILIZE THAT ENTITLEMENT, BUT I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE.

I DO THINK WE NEED, WE NEED MORE TOOLS, BETTER TOOLS.

UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO INTRODUCING SOME OF THOSE IN THE FUTURE MEETINGS.

THAT'S WHERE KELLY,

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I WAS LISTENING TO YOU COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU SAID THAT WE NEED TO BETTER EMBRACE HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER ME ON THAT IFC THAT YOU MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING BORN AND RAISED HERE IN AUSTIN.

I HAVE A DEEP SENSE OF, OF TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT HISTORY AND THAT, THAT STUFF THAT MADE AUSTIN GREAT.

AND SOMETIMES THAT'S A BUILDING THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO MORE WAYS TO DO THAT.

THAT'S HER POLE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE INCLUDED ON THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PLANNED TO DO COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

I THINK IT'S REALLY AN IMPORTANT TASK.

AND I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT, UM, BY, UM, DESIGNATING AS HISTORIC AND PRESERVING, UM, PORTIONS OF THE BUILDING DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY LOSE VALUE, UM, IN THIS CITY WHERE EVERYTHING IS GAINING IN VALUE.

IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY LESS, UM, TAX REVENUE COMING TO THE CITY.

WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW.

AND I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT OUR DECISIONS REALLY, UM, AT A LARGER LEVEL SHOULD BE MADE, UM, NOT SOLELY ON WHAT, UM, PROFITS MIGHT BECOMING OR COSTS MIGHT BE, UM, UH, UH, UH, CRUDE BY EITHER THE DEVELOPER OR, UM, THE OWNERS.

UM, WE ARE, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING VERY BROADLY AT THE FUTURE, UM, FOR OUR CITY AND, UM, THE TRADE-OFFS THAT WE MAKE.

AND YEAH, WE, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME CONSTRAINTS THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS, UH, PUT ON US WITH REGARD TO NEW REVENUES, BUT, UM, THERE ARE WAYS TO WORK WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS.

AND I THINK IT IS, UH, A BIGGER CHALLENGE FOR US TO LOOK AT DOING BOTH.

AND SO I DO SUPPORT AND WE'LL ALL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS TOWARD PRESERVING ELEMENTS OF OUR CITY THAT HAVE MADE IT UNIQUE TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT HOW WE CAME TO BE, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO KNOW, PARTICULARLY FOLKS WHO ARE NEW NEWCOMERS TO OUR CITY.

AND I KNOW WHEN I WAS A NEWCOMER TO THE CITY IN 1980, I WANTED TO LEARN ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE WERE.

UM, AND MY PROCESS OF EDUCATION HAS JUST CONTINUED IN, IN THE ENSUING YEARS.

AND I THINK THAT'S, UM, ESSENTIALLY THE SAME FOR ALL OF US WHO LIVE HERE.

WE, WE HAVE A DEEP AFFECTION FOR THE CITY AND, UM, THE ROOTS THAT AFFECTION GO TO WHY WE ARE WHO WE ARE, AND WE CAN SEE CONCRETE EVIDENCE OF THAT IN THE STRUCTURES AND THE, IN THE CULTURES AROUND US.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR THIS ITEM? THAT'S NUMBER 12.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU ABOUT ISS, UH, IFC, TONICS.

I THINK THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

UH, SO HERE AT THREE 40 WIDE, UH, I ADJOURN THE MEETING.