Apr 07, 2022 City Council Meetings

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY.

AND IF I COULD ASK A DIRECTOR OF BIZARROS TO COME JOIN US AT THE FRONT OF THE CHAMBERS, UH, HE IS JOINED TODAY BY HIS LOVELY WIFE, TINA, AND TODAY WE ARE RECOGNIZING GREG BIZARROS BEFORE HE TRANSITIONS OUT OF HIS ROLE AS DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN WATER DIRECTOR, MASSARO SUSPEND NEARLY 40 YEARS IN THE PROFESSION, 15, WHICH WE'RE PROUDLY SERVING AND LEADING OUR WATER UTILITY, WHICH BY THE WAY, DURING GREG'S TENURE, WE SAW 400,000 NEW RESIDENTS COME AND BE SERVED BY AUSTIN WATER DURING HIS TENURE.

SO YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED DURING YOUR LEADERSHIP.

GREG REALLY EMBODIES SO MUCH OF WHAT MANY OF US ASPIRE TO BE AS A PUBLIC SERVANT.

HE'S A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL, A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR HIS EMPLOYEES AND THE UTILITY THROUGHOUT HIS TENURE.

HE HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED A DEEP AWARENESS FOR THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SERVICES DELIVERED BY AUSTIN WATER AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING OUR PUBLIC TRUST, WHETHER IT WAS ADDRESSING RECORD DROUGHT, GUIDING OUR CITY THROUGH HISTORIC FLOODING AND OTHER WEATHER EVENTS OR DETERMINING HOW BEST TO COPE WITH THE EMERGENCIES OF ZEBRA MUSSELS IN OUR LAKE SYSTEM, GREG HAS ALWAYS LED WITH A TRUE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY AND HONESTY RIGHTFULLY EXPECTED BY OUR COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC.

WE SERVE HIS DECISION TO FOCUS ON FAMILY AND NEW HORIZONS AT THIS TIME IS ONE THAT I RESPECT AND SUPPORT THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN SO CHALLENGING FOR SO MANY OF US IN THESE ROLES.

UH, AND I JUST AM SO GRATEFUL TO GREG AND HIS LEADERSHIP.

DURING THIS TIME WE OWE DIRECTOR MAZARA OWES A DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR HIS CAPABLE AND STRONG SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I HAVE A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD THAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU NOW FOR HIS 15 YEARS OF UNTIRING SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN, NEARLY 40 YEARS OF DEDICATION TO AND ADVOCATING FOR THE MUNICIPAL WATER AND WASTEWATER PROFESSION AND FOR PROVIDING STEADFAST LEADERSHIP AS DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTIN WATER UTILITY, DURING A PERIOD OF PIVOTAL CHANGE, GREG MASSARO SAYS DESERVING A PUBLIC ACCLAIM AND RECOGNITION.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION THEREOF ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL, 2022.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING, OUR DIRECTOR, GREG .

UM, MR. IS BEFORE YOU SPEAK, I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE, UH, THAT, UH, MAYOR PRO TAM.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY FROM THE, FROM THE COUNCIL'S PERSPECTIVE, CERTAINLY FOR MINE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE DIRECTOR, UH, AS WE'VE DONE WITH THESE NATIONAL NATURAL CALAMITIES, UH, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

AND THERE'S, UM, KIND OF A GRACE UNDER PRESSURE TRAYS THAT I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO BEFITTING, UH, THE, OUR, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR DIRECTOR, UH, IN, UH, IN SO MANY INSTANCES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, GREATER FORCES THAN, THAN US, UH, HAD A FALL ON THE, ON THE CITY AND JUST REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF A, OF A CITY WHERE WE MOVED FORWARDS FROM OUR TURN WATER CONSERVATION, WHERE THE DEPARTMENT IS SO MUCH STRONGER NOW THAN IT HAS BEEN IN, IN OTHER RECENT TIMES.

AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, TO ADD MY, MY, MY, MY THANK YOUS, UH, WITH EVERYONE ELSE.

UH, AND, AND MAYOR PRO TEM ON HERE JUST TO, JUST TO QUICKLY SAY IS IN THE SIDE, THANK GOODNESS FOR A VACCINES AND BOOSTERS.

UM, UH, I TESTED A NEGATIVE BEFORE I WENT TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT.

DR.

WACHS IS, HAS SUGGESTED I DO A CONFIRMATION TEST, UM, ABOUT MID DAY, UH, BEFORE I GO BACK OUT.

UH, SO, UM, I JUST WONDER ABOUT IT TO KNOW I WASN'T WASN'T WITH Y'ALL THIS MORNING.

UH, THANK YOU.

I WANTED TO, UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAIR THE WATER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR, FOR A TIME AND JUST

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WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU.

I REALLY APPRECIATED THE TRANSPARENCY AND HONESTY WITH WHICH YOU SHARED INFORMATION WITH US.

UM, AND YOUR WORK WITH US ALWAYS FELT LIKE YOU WERE A PARTNER.

SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, I KNOW YOUR NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE A GOOD ONE, AND I WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY THE VERY BEST THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA, UM, DIRECTOR MASSARO.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING IT EASY ON ME TO LEARN ABOUT THE ONGOINGS AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER.

THAT WAS NOT AN AREA OF EXPERTISE THAT I HAD, BUT THE WAY THAT YOU EXPLAINED THINGS AND HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THEM SO THAT I COULD MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ON COUNCIL WILL STICK WITH ME FOREVER, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

THAT WE CAN ASK OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT THEY WORK TO BETTER THE FUTURE.

UM, DIRECTOR MS. RSIS.

I WANTED TO ADD MY THANKS.

I, UM, THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE REALLY CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU'VE, THAT YOU HAVE LED THROUGH.

UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAN BE A CHALLENGING JOB FOR, FOR, UM, JUST ABOUT ANY PUBLIC SERVANT AND, AND YOU HAVE HAD AN EXTRAORDINARILY HARD JOB.

AND AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT, UM, YOU HAVE LED THIS UTILITY THROUGH DROUGHT.

UM, WHEN I CAME ON, WE WERE IN THE, IN THE, UH, HISTORIC, UH, DROUGHT OF HISTORIC RECORD.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE THAT YOU HAVE LED THE CITY THROUGH ALL OF THESE CHALLENGES, UM, WITH GRACE AND WITH REAL LEADERSHIP.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT YOUR EMPLOYEES, UM, TO A PERSON, UM, WHO I'VE TALKED TO ARE REALLY VALUE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE KIND OF TEAM THAT YOU'VE BUILT THERE.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE THROUGH THE YEARS.

THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.

COME TO MY REPORT.

I SPOKE IN GREATER DETAIL THE OTHER DAY, AND SO I'LL JUST ECHO AND AMPLIFY ALL OF THE, THE VERY KIND REMARKS AROUND THIS DYESS AND SPECIFICALLY THE GRACE AND THE LEADERSHIP AND THE INTEGRITY WITH WHICH YOU SERVED OUR COMMUNITY FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.

AND AS A NEWBIE IN 2015 AS COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY HAS ATTESTED TO I TOO APPRECIATE IT.

THE EASE IN WHICH, UM, MY LEARNING WAS, WAS OFFERED WAS PROVIDED FOR BY THE WORK FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT.

AND, UM, I THANK YOU THE CITY.

THANKS YOU AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE.

WE'LL MISS YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, AND THEN RENTER YAH, THE STRENGTH OF YOUR TEAM AND YOUR LEADERSHIP JUST SHOWS HOW DEDICATED YOU ARE TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND SO I KNOW YOUR DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE, UM, EVEN ABSENT YOUR PRESENCE, BUT YOUR FINGERPRINTS WILL BE ON THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY FOREVER.

SO THANK YOU.

I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE GROWTH.

YOU KNOW, AUSTIN GREW SO FAST AND YOU WERE ABLE TO KEEP US, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF BOSTON TO SOUTH STANDING.

I JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WAS YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I, UH, REALLY JUST HOPE THE BEST FOR YOUR RETIREMENT AND YOUR FAMILY.

UH, I'M GOING TO BE RETIRING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING MORE TIME WITH MY FAMILY.

SO, UH, I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR AUSTIN.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

UH, THANK YOU, MR. FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UM, YOU HAVE, UM, A REALLY STRONG TEAM.

I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR COMMITMENT, UM, TO DIVERSITY, UM, PARTICULARLY, UM, UH, MEYER, THEY STRONG TEAM OF WOMEN THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE.

UM, AND APPRECIATE, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE SUPPORTED US THROUGH SOME REALLY TREMENDOUS GROWTH, WE KNOW WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

UM, AND I WOULD INVITE YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME REMARKS, UM, TO ACCEPT THE AWARD.

THAT WOULD BE WELCOME.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A FEW REMARKS.

FIRST, MY JOURNEY HERE OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS, IT'S JUST BEEN INCREDIBLE.

THE PEOPLE I'VE MET AND WORK WITH THE EXPERIENCES I'VE HAD HAVE ENRICHED MY LIFE BEYOND MEASURE.

AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

SPENCER, I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF YOUR CMO TEAM FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

THAT WAS AN EXPERIENCE THAT I'LL NEVER FORGET AND, AND, UH, AND, AND THOROUGHLY APPRECIATED THAT, BUT MORE SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSISTENT OPTIMISM AND YOUR COURAGE AND FACE OF THE MOST STIFFEST CHALLENGES.

IT'S AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UH, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, UM, AND ALL MY 15 YEARS WITH ALL THE MAYORS AND COUNCILS I'VE WORKED WITH, EVEN IF WE'VE DISAGREED ON A POLICY DIRECTION OR A CONSENT ITEM, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN BECAUSE OF YOUR BELIEF IN WHAT'S BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S ALL

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AND, UH, THAT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE WITHOUT QUESTION OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT REGARD.

I WANT TO THANK MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE ROBERT, GOOD FOR AGREEING TO COME BACK AND BE THE INTERIM DIRECTOR.

ROBERT IS A PROFESSIONAL IN ALL MEASURES AND WILL BE A PERFECT CHOICE TO SHEPHERD THE UTILITY, UH, THROUGH THIS NEXT PHASE.

THANK YOU ROBERT, TO ALL MY AUSTIN WATER EMPLOYEES.

I WANT TO THANK THEM JUST AS YOU MENTIONED, THEY'RE INCREDIBLE LEADERS EVERY DAY, THEY'RE PERSEVERING AND DRIVING FOR A BETTER FUTURE, AND THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE WITH, OR WITHOUT ME, WE JUST HAVE A MARVELOUS TEAM AND THE BEST OF AUSTIN WATER IS YET TO COME.

FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE, TINA, TINA IS IN THE AUDIENCE WITH ME TODAY.

YOU CAN WAVE TINA AND, UM, NOT ONLY FOR HER SUPPORT, BUT MY WIFE IS A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER.

SHE VOLUNTEERS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, THE OLD BRACKENRIDGE, UH, DELL SETON NOW DELLS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN MY WIFE BRING COMFORT TO A FAMILY IN CRISIS, YOU KNOW, WHERE GOD PUT HIS GIFTS IN OUR FAMILY.

AND SO WE'RE JUST BLESSED THAT SHE'S ABLE TO DO THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT INTO THE FUTURE.

AND I HOPE TO EXPAND MY VOLUNTEER WORK IN, IN, IN THE INSPIRATION THAT SHE'S GIVEN ME.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY AND I'LL BE ROOTING FOR THE BEST FOR THE FUTURE.

THANKS AGAIN.

AND CORRECTIONS, UH, READ THESE INTO THE RECORD FOR ITEM EIGHT, MARCH 8TH, 2022, PRESENTED TO THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION WITH NO ACTION TAKEN ITEM 31 POSTPONE TO APRIL 21ST, 2022 ITEM 51.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO CHANGES

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WHEN PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE TAKEN UP A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO APRIL 21ST, 2022 WILL BE MADE.

UM, OUR CONSENT AGENDA FOR TODAY INCLUDES ITEMS ONE THROUGH 44, AND THEN ITEM 70 WITH THE POLLED ITEMS SHOWN AS FOLLOWS ITEM 22 PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY ITEM 32 POLLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO ITEM 42 PULLED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY ITEM 43 PULLED BY MAYOR ADLER.

UM, ADDITIONALLY COLLEAGUES, I HAVE NOT PULLED ITEM 38, BUT AT 19 AT NINE, 10:00 AM, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED DIRECTION.

I AUTHORED ON THIS ITEM, WHICH WITHOUT OBJECTION WOULD BE INCLUDED WHEN WE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS.

SO YOU CAN REVIEW THAT ITEMS, NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, INCLUDE EMINENT DOMAIN ITEMS, 45, 3 48 PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR ITEMS 49 THROUGH 51 AND ITEM 71 REFERRED FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

WE WILL HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR TWO ITEMS ITEMS 42 AND 56.

UM, OUR ZONING AGENDA INCLUDES ITEMS 57 TO 69.

UH, BACK TODAY WE HAVE MUSIC, UH, WHICH WILL BE DURING THE LUNCH HOUR, UM, RIGHT AFTER CITIZEN COMMUNITY, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

UM, AND THEN TODAY AT FIVE 30, WE WILL PRESENT THREE PROCLAMATIONS.

UM, AND I THINK ONE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, UH, THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL.

UM, DOES ANYONE WANT TO PULL ANYTHING ELSE OFF BEFORE I CALL SPEAKERS? OKAY, GREAT.

UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.

THERE MAY BE ANOTHER ITEM.

I'M LOOKING AT THE Q AND A RIGHT NOW.

SPEAKERS AND CHAMBERS AND 18 INDIVIDUALS SPEAKING REMOTELY.

UM, SO THIS MORNING WE HAVE 28

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UM, I'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT IT WILL BE ONE MINUTE EACH, UNLESS ANYONE HAS OBJECTIONS TO THAT.

UM, LATER TODAY WE HAVE 10 INDIVIDUALS SPEAKING DURING PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND 23 INDIVIDUALS SPEAKING DURING OUR ZONING AGENDA.

UM, THEY WILL EACH HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THE FIVE APPLICANTS SPEAKING WILL EACH HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

UM, WE DO HAVE A PUD AND THERE ARE SEVERAL, UM, SPEAKERS FROM OUT OF TOWN ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

UM, AND I WOULD BE INCLINED TO LET THEM SHARE THE INFORMATION SINCE IT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT HUD, BUT IF ANYONE HAS OBJECTIONS TO THAT, UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

UM, THE CLERK WILL NOW CALL THE SPEAKERS TO PLEASE PAULA KAUFMANN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN PERSON, BUT ALSO IS ON THE, SO I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'S HERE.

I DON'T THINK SO.

UM, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

UM, MALCO WALLINGTON MAY HAVE PRETEND

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YES FROM, OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT WHEN WE GET TO ITEM 51, THAT WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE, BUT JUST FOR THE, FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UM, ITEM 51 IS, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THEM WILL BE SPEAKING RIGHT NOW OR NOT, BUT OUT OF 51 IS THE VMU TOO.

SO JUST SO THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR US.

THE VEEAM U2 WE EXPECT TO POSTPONE IN THAT MOTION WILL COME LATER AS THE, AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONS.

AND I THINK WHAT IS GERMANE TODAY WOULD BE TO SPEAK ON THE POSTPONEMENT, UM, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE EMOTION THAT WOULD BE ON THE FLOOR I'LL BE AT ON CONSENT.

AND THAT'S FOR ITEM 51 FOR, FOR VMU, WHICH IS NOT ON CONSENT, BUT GIVEN THE WAY THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, YOU WILL BE SPEAKING TO THAT ITEM AND IT WOULD BE SPEAKING TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO POSTPONE THE ITEM RELATED TO VMU.

UM, SO WE CAN PROCEED WITH OUR SPEAKERS PLEASE.

ITEM 42, MELBA WATLEY ITEM 43.

MICHELLE EDWARDS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

MY NAME IS MICHELLE EDWARDS AND I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH DISTRICT FIVE FOR BLACK LIVES, A MOTHER AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY.

AND I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN SUPPORTIVE ITEM 43.

I LIVE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS THAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT I STUDY AS PART OF MY RESEARCH.

UM, BUT THE PROCESS THAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR REGARDING THE PROPOSED RELOCATION OF THE FUEL TANK FACILITY CONTINUES AUSTIN'S HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IN EAST AUSTIN, AND THE CITY'S OFTEN DISREGARD FOR LESS WEALTHY COMMUNITIES.

THIS REASONABLE RESOLUTION IS KEY TO GETTING THE CITY MANAGER TO DO THE MUCH NEEDED WORK OF PREPARING, UM, AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT THAT ACTUALLY MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE, AND THE INTENT OF THE NEPA PROCESS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE PUBLIC INPUT, MEANINGFUL CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ANALYSIS, AND ALSO A CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ANALYSIS.

UM, TAKING SHORTCUTS IN THE NEPA PROCESS, PUTS OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OUR NEIGHBORS AT RISK, AND REALLY IT PUTS OUR CITY AT RISK.

THEY'RE ALL OUR ALTERNATIVES.

SO PLEASE LISTEN.

JONATHAN'S ALLOSSO EVERYONE.

ITEM 43.

MY NAME IS JONATHAN'S LAZO.

I'M A RESIDENT OF THE COLORADO CROSSING COMMUNITY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO HER SENTIMENTS ON BEING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 43.

UM, MOSTLY BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE SOUTHEAST AUSTIN IS THE FORGOTTEN PART OF AUSTIN.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE LACKING ON A LOT OF SERVICES, WE'RE IN A FOOD DESERT, UM, AMAZON AND, UH, FEDEX CONTINUE TO POUND OUR ROADWAYS.

UH, I'M A DAILY BICYCLE COMMUTER ON BURLESON AND EVERY DAY I'M CONSTANTLY TELLING FRIENDS A STORY OF, YEAH, I ALMOST GOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR OR LIKE DEBRIS FELL OFF A TRUCK THAT ALMOST HIT ME.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER 80 TO 100 FUEL TRUCKS EVERY SINGLE DAY IS NOT IDEAL.

UH, ALSO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES CAUSING, UH, NOXIOUS ORGANIC CHEMICALS.

AND, UH, IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE NOT SO CLOSE TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

I AM 43 ALEXIA.

LECLERCQ ALEXIA LECLERC I AM 43, AMY COLE.

MY NAME IS AMY KALE AND I AM A FOUR YEAR RESIDENT OF COLORADO CROSSING SUBDIVISION.

AND I AM HERE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 43.

THE JET FUEL TANKS HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WILL BE CATASTROPHIC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WHY WOULD YOU TAKE THAT KIND OF RISK? SO CLOSE TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA, THE IMPACT TO RESIDENTS EXPANDS FURTHER THAN JUST THE POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS.

TRAFFIC WILL BE GREATLY INCREASED IN AN AREA NOT WELL-EQUIPPED TO HANDLE CURRENT VOLUME.

OUR PROPERTY VALUES WILL PLUMMET.

OUR HOMES ARE OUR BIGGEST INVESTMENT, AND MOST OF US ARE UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO RELOCATE.

HOME OWNERSHIP HAS BEEN A LONG-TERM GOAL AND HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEEN REALIZED FOR MANY

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OF OUR RESIDENTS.

THIS EXPANSION THREATENS OUR HEALTH, OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND OUR VERY WAY OF LIFE.

I ASK YOU TO PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS DECISION AND TO RELOCATE THE TANKS AS FAR AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS AS POSSIBLE.

PLEASE DON'T BUILD A PROGRESS IN AUSTIN ON THE BACKS OF ITS RESIDENTS.

UH, MAYOR, COULD I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? SURE.

ASK ME MA'AM MA'AM MS. KELL.

I JUST HAVE A VERY QUICK QUESTION.

WHICH PART? COLORADO CROSSING.

I MISSED THE FIRST PART OF WHAT YOU SAID.

SO CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE, WHERE YOU'RE LIVING? EXACTLY.

I LIVE IN THE COLORADO CROSSING SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THE YEAH, NO, I HEARD THAT PART.

I JUST WASN'T SURE.

I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY.

NO PROBLEM.

I AM 43, JANICE BOOKOUT, JANICE BOOKOUT ITEM 43, SHANE JOHNSON, ITEM 43.

JASON.

ASTHMA'S GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS JASON AND I LIVE IN COLORADO CROSSING A NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, I'M HERE FOR 43.

UM, I REALLY THINK THAT BUILDING MASSIVE FUEL TANKS, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY DANGEROUS TO THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE THERE.

COUNTLESS STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT IT'S EXTREMELY CANCEROUS AND THE LONGTERM EFFECTS ARE VERY DANGEROUS.

AND I THINK TO PUT THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD ENDANGER THE CITIZENS AND THE HOMEOWNERS THERE.

WE'RE ALREADY NEAR THE AIRPORT AND WE GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

WE HAVE THE AMAZON WAREHOUSE, WE HAVE FEDEX CONSTANT TRAFFIC FROM THOSE TRUCKS AND TO INCREASE, THAT WOULD BE A VERY NEGATIVE THING FOR, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT BASICALLY THE MAIN FACTOR IS THE HEALTH ISSUE.

FOR ME, IT IS CANCEROUS.

MY FAMILY, UM, GREW UP IN BAYTOWN NEAR THE BIG EXXON OIL REFINERIES.

AND THERE WAS COUNTLESS, UH, NO COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF CANCER, CANCEROUS, UH, ISSUES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CANNOT AFFORD TO MOVE, AND THIS IS THEIR HOME AND THEY PLANNED TO SPEND OUT THEIR LIVES THERE, RE SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES THERE.

AND I THINK IT'S UNFAIR OF THEM UNFAIR TO PUT THEM IN SUCH A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN TERMS OF THE FUEL FARMS. THANK YOU.

ITEM 43, NOEY LES NOEY, LES ITEM 43, LAUREN ICE.

UM, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS LAUREN ICE.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, SO NOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I'M IN FAVOR OF ITEM 43.

AND I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE ISSUE OF HARM AND MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO GETS TO DEFINE WHAT HARM MEANS.

THE QUESTION BEFORE THE COUNCIL THIS MORNING IS NOT WHETHER THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO SHOW YOU THAT THESE TANK FARMS WILL CAUSE HARM, BUT WHETHER THE AIRPORT AND THE FUEL FARM HAS BEEN ABLE TO SHOW YOU THAT IT WON'T AND WE'VE LOOKED AT WE'VE.

I REVIEWED ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

AND THERE IS NO DATA IN THERE TO SUPPORT THE CONCLUSIONS THAT THIS, THAT THE EA TRIES TO MAKE.

ONE EXAMPLE IS THE EA RELIES ENTIRELY ON THE FUEL FARM MASTER PLAN TO JUSTIFY THE NEED FOR THIS PROJECT.

WE LEARNED IN WORK SESSION THAT THAT IS AN INTERNAL DOCUMENT THAT'S NOT BEEN MADE AVAILABLE PUBLICLY AND INCIDENTALLY.

UM, NEPA DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO INCORPORATE BY REFERENCE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NOT MADE AVAILABLE PUBLICLY.

SO THAT IS A DIRECT VIOLATION OF NEPA.

THE SECOND EXAMPLE I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS WITH REGARD TO EMISSIONS CALCULATIONS, AND I'LL BE VERY BRIEF, BUT AGAIN, THE EA PROVIDES EMISSIONS CALCULATIONS, BUT IT DOES NOT PROVIDE THE BACKUP DATA.

COUNCIL MEMBER FUND HAS ASKED FOR THIS DATA.

AND INSTEAD, WE GOT A MEMO SAYING THAT THE METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING AND MODELING THE DATA WAS CONSISTENT, BUT AGAIN, THAT DATA'S NOT BEEN PROVIDED.

AND THAT THOSE EMISSIONS CALCULATIONS ARE SOMETHING THAT THE EPA HAS ACTUALLY RELEASED STATEMENTS ON SAYING THEY'RE NOT RELIABLE FOR SITE-SPECIFIC EMISSIONS CALCULATIONS.

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AND SO AGAIN, THE AIRPORT HAS NOT SHOWN THAT THESE EMISSIONS ARE GOING TO BE SAFE, UM, THAT THE DATA IS JUST SIMPLY NOT AVAILABLE AND THAT'S A VIOLATION OF NEPA.

SO I URGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION.

ITEM 43, CYNTHIA VASQUEZ CLARK, IF YOU CAN CALL WHO WOULD BE NEXT AS WELL, PLEASE, SO THAT WE CAN GET FROM SLACK IS SUSAN LITTMAN, SORRY.

I'LL TOOK ME A HOT MINUTE TO GET HERE.

MY NAME IS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ.

I'M A 7 8 7 2 CHICANA AUSTIN NATIVE.

I'M RIDING THAT GENTRIFICATION WAVE ADLER.

YOU MENTIONED THAT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, YOU SAID WE COULDN'T STOP IT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO SHOW UP TO SLOW IT DOWN.

EVERY TIME I CAME FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I WAS SURROUNDED BY STREETS CALLED MATAMOROS INTO ONION CREEK PLANTATION IN SOUTH AUSTIN, I LIVE OFF OF DIXIE ROAD AND IT KINDA TOOK ME BACK IN TIME.

I'M LIKE, GEEZ, I MOVED FROM A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, LED COMMUNITY.

LIKE IT LOOKED LIKE US.

IT FELT LIKE US.

AND NOW I'M HAVING TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.

I LIVED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM PEER CASTING ON SOME FEDERAL SSA AND ROBERT MARTINEZ.

AND NOW I'M BACK ALL OVER AGAIN, TRYING TO SAVE AND PRESERVE OUR COMMUNITY IT'S AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU, VANESSA COUNCILWOMAN WENT THIS CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN SHOWING UP TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

YOU DON'T JUST REP DIVERSITY, YOU'RE WORKING EQUITABLY.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

I AIN'T GOING TO CALL ANYBODY ELSE OUT IN THIS SPACE, BUT ALL THE REST OF Y'ALL NEED TO SHOW UP FOR FOUR FOUR.

THAT'S WHAT'S PROPOSED AND AS THE AIRPORT GROW, SO WE HAVE A TANK FARM.

UM, THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND THANKS TO THE OTHERS.

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL CO-SPONSORS WHO ARE ALSO SUPPORTING COUNCIL MEMBER OF WINTERS IS RESOLUTION AND I'M ONE OF THEM.

AND, UM, I'M A PROUD SUPPORTER OF THIS RESOLUTION.

AND I APPRECIATE AGAIN, ITEM 43, SUSAN LITTMAN ON DECK SUSANNA.

ALMANZA IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SUSAN LITTMAN'S HERE, SO, OKAY.

SUSANA ALMANZA ON DECK MICHAEL ABOUD.

SEAN, DON'T START THE TIMER YET.

SHE'S PUTTING UP THE POWERPOINT.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

I'M SUSANA ALMANZA WITH BAUDETTE PEOPLE ORGANIZED IN DEFENSIVE EARTH AND HER RESOURCES.

UH, AND OKAY, SO FIRST I WANT TO BRING UP THIS A MASSIVE FIRE IN MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LEFT A FUEL FARM IN RUINS AND SEVERELY HAMPERED THE AIR TRAVEL THROUGH THE AIRPORT.

THERE WAS A FAILURE IN THE SYSTEM AND I CAN'T SEE THE REST OF THE WRITING HERE.

UM, CAUSE THE MAYOR'S RIGHT ON MY POWERPOINT FOR JUST A SECOND.

HE'S RIGHT ON MY TEXTS.

SO WE'LL TAKE A SECOND.

THAT WAS A FAILURE WITHIN THE SYSTEM THAT WE BELIEVE POSSIBLY CAUSES SEAL TO FAIL AND PROBABLY SOME PRESSURE ISSUES WITHIN THE PUMP THAT CREATED THE PROBLEM, UH, STATED CHIEF BASS THAT SET OFF AN EXPLOSION IN THE JET FUEL.

IT WAS EXPLOSION THAT ROCK THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.

ONCE VAPORIZED JET FUEL IS EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE AND BURNS AT MUCH HIGHER TEMPERATURE THAN OTHER FUELS.

WHAT TOXINS ARE IN JET FUEL, BENZENE TALLINN AT AND XYLENES KNOWN COLLECTIVELY AS BTEX ARE EXTREMELY TOXIC TO HUMANS AND HAVE BECOME A MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM.

THIS IS A FACT, A FACT, ANOTHER FACT IS A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND A LARGE PORTION SPEAKS SPANISH.

AND IT'S A FACT THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSED SIDE IS WITHIN 400 FEET OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

AND SO WE CAN NOT CONTINUE THE RACIST POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T REMEMBER, UH, TOOK ON THE EAST AUSTIN TANK FARM WITH THE SIX BIG LARGEST OIL GIANTS IN THE WORLD.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO DISLOCATE RELOCATE THEM.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THE HARM COME AGAIN TO THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU START OFF WITH ONE TANK, TWO TANKS, THREE TANKS, FOUR TANKS

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SO IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT CONTINUE THIS LEGACY OF RACISM THAT WE ADDRESSED.

THIS ISSUE THAT WE RELOCATE THE TANK FARM.

AND I'M VERY THANKFUL TO VANESSA QUINTUS, TO KATHY TOVO TO COUNCILMAN VIDIA THAT I MISS WHOEVER THE OTHER SPONSOR WAS AND CHEETO VELA.

THANK YOU MR. VILLA FOR SIGNING ON.

I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED.

I HOPE THAT ON NATASHA MADISON COMES A BOARD AND THAT YOU VOTE TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND THAT YOU WORK AGAINST THE ISSUE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.

UH, MR. LONZA EXCUSE ME, MISS ARMANDA.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, UM, WHEN THAT EPISODE WAS IN MIAMI, I BELIEVE IT WAS 20, EITHER 2011 OR 2014, BUT IT WAS JET A JET FUEL A, UH, OIL.

I AM 43, MICHAEL ON DECK.

JANICE BOOKOUT.

MAY I APPROACH HIM AS, UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER COMES UP? I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TO EVERYONE AND JUST REITERATE THAT THE CO-SPONSORS OF ITEM 43 ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS, VELA COUNCIL MEMBERS, MARIA AND COUNCIL MEMBER, KATHY TOBO.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR CO-SPONSORSHIP ON ITEM 43.

MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR ADLER, MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL AUBUCHON, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FUELS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES.

I'M HERE.

SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OSS FUEL, THE COMPANY HAS BEEN SAFELY OPERATING THE CURRENT JET FUEL AND DELIVERY SYSTEM IN SOME CAPACITY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AS A LESSEE AND TENANT OF THE CITY, UM, AT THE AIRPORT, AS IT'S KNOWN AS AUS I'M HERE TODAY, ALONGSIDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM AMERICAN DELTA, SOUTHWEST UNITED AND JET BLUE, BUT I'M ALSO HERE BECAUSE I'M FORTUNATE TO CALL THE CITY OF AUSTIN HOME.

AND BY THE WAY, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE SPEAKERS WHO HAVE COME UP TODAY.

IT TAKES, IT TAKES A LOT OF, OF GUTS TO GET UP IN FRONT OF, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL TO TALK AND SO THAT NOTHING BUT RESPECT FOR MY FELLOW AUSTINITES THERE.

UM, I'M, I'M FORTUNATE TO CALL AUSTIN HOME ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND, SHANE, UH, AN EXECUTIVE AT A DOWNTOWN TECH STARTUP AND OUR THREE BOYS, HENRY AGE FOUR, MAX AGE ONE, AND OUR NEWEST AUSTINITE THREE MONTH OLD CHARLIE, WE LIVE IN FOUR POINTS IN DISTRICT 10, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR.

WE ARE RESIDENTS OF THIS GREAT CITY AND WE HAVE A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR HOW WE AUSTINITE STRIVE TO PRESERVE AUSTIN'S UNIQUE CULTURE WITH THOSE COMMENTS AND MIND AND COMMITMENTS IN MIND, WE ARE IN OPPOSITION TO ANY ACTION TODAY THAT WOULD FURTHER DELAY THE CONSTRUCTION OF URGENTLY NEEDED JET FUEL STORAGE CAPACITY.

WE'RE ALSO AN OPPOSITION TO LANGUAGE PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL TODAY, AMENDED OR OTHERWISE THAT SUGGEST THAT ANY REQUIRED PUBLIC PROCESS WASN'T FOLLOWED.

UH, FOLKS, CAN WE HAVE SOME ORDER, PLEASE? WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, JANICE BOOKOUT ON DECK BERTHA DELGADO.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT SAMSUNG JUST RELEASED OVER 700,000 GALLONS OF AESTHETIC WASTE INTO A STORM WATER POND.

THIS CAN HAPPEN.

IT KILLED ALL THE FISH IN THE TRIBUTARY.

UH, THE MOST RECENT FUEL TANK EXPLOSION WAS IN CALIFORNIA IN 2019 FROM A TANK THAT WAS BUILT AFTER 2011 OR SORRY, AFTER 2001, UM, I WANT TO ADDRESS SOME PAGES FROM THE, UM, RECENTLY SUBMITTED 91 PAGE STAFF LETTER, UH, TWO DAYS AGO FROM AVIATION, WHICH IS THE LONGEST, UH, AMOUNT OF MATERIAL PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, ON PAGE 11, UH, THERE WAS MS. TAB SAYS THAT A FOCUSED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WAS DONE AFTER THE TEAM COMPLETED DESIGN AND PERMITTING.

AND IT SAYS AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WAS EVALUATED, BUT THERE WAS NO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROCESS, WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF NEPA.

AND THAT'S CONFIRMED BY THE LETTER, UM, BY THE FONZIE PROVIDED, UH, WHICH IS ALSO ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

ALSO SLIDE 11 OF THE JANUARY 29TH MEETING SHOWS A WILDLY INACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE FLOOD PLAIN.

AND, UM, THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT DO NOT, ARE NOT SUFFICIENT.

THEY MADE A PLAN AND THEY JUSTIFIED THE PLAN.

THEY ARE NOT COMPLYING WITH NEPA.

BERTHA DELGADO ON DECK, DOUG DRISCOLL.

ON DECK GAVINO FERNANDEZ.

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AND THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS MORNING.

MY NAME IS DOUG DRISCOLL.

I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE GREATER AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

I'M ALSO CHAIR OF THE CHAMBER'S AIR SERVICE TASK FORCE, AND I'M AN EXECUTIVE AT DELL TECHNOLOGIES.

I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 43 RELATED THE JET FUEL FACILITY EXPANSION.

UH, THE REASON WE OPPOSE THIS IS THE PASSAGE OF ITEM 43 WOULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DELAYS.

IT WILL HARM OUR ABILITY TO OPERATE AS A WORLD-CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

ADDITIONALLY PASSENGERS DECIDE AND WILL NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE TRAVELERS IN AND OUT OF OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE MANY BUSINESSES WHO RELY ON BUSINESS TRAVEL.

THANKFULLY, THERE IS A MASTER PLAN THAT THE AIRPORT HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD APPROVED.

AND ONE THAT HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT FOR YEARS, AND IT HAS SATISFIED ALL THE NECESSARY HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS.

THE NEW JET FUEL FACILITY IS CRITICAL TO THAT EXPANSION CHAMBER IS IT'S NOT LOST ON THE CHAMBER THAT AS WE GROW, WE HAVE TO SUPPORT POLICIES THAT ARE IN INITIATIVES THAT ALLOW FOR ROBUST PUBLIC INPUT, SUCH AS TODAY, AS WELL AS A FOCUS ON EQUITY.

WE HAVE ALSO ADVOCATED FOR BETTER COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE CITY AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAS DONE TO ENSURE THAT PROCESS IS ROBUST AND COMPLETE.

GAVINO FERNANDEZ ON DECK DANIEL, DANIEL, UM, I'M DANNY TANTE OF THREE 50 AUSTIN.

I SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSAL.

AUSTIN PROFESSIONALS DEVELOP THEIR PLAN, TALK TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND CHECK WITH THE TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS.

THEY MISS THE TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS DO NOT PROTECT PEOPLE.

THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOUND LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO JET FUEL FUMES CAUSE CANCER, NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS AND SKIN TUMORS, FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN ABSORB JET FUEL FUMES THROUGH BREATHING, THROUGH BREATHING THE DIGESTIVE TRACK AND THROUGH SKIN EXPOSURE.

THIS COMMUNITY IS NOT WEALTHY.

IT'S NOT WELL CONNECTED, BUT THESE PEOPLE MATTER HARDWORKING FAMILIES DESERVE TO BE PROTECTED.

IF THE PROFESSIONALS ARE UPSET ABOUT THE MONEY THAT WAS, UH, COULD BE COSTING THE DELAY, THEY SHOULD THINK SERIOUSLY IN THE FUTURE BEFORE MAKING PLANS TO CHECK ON HOW IT AFFECTS REGULAR PEOPLE, PLEASE SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS, ALBERTO GAR ON DECK MARGARET HAYES, MARGARET HAYES ON DECK ANA, MARCEL, NO MARCIO ON DECK BLIGHTS RANDOLPH.

THAT DID THE ORIGINAL ASSESSMENT AECOM.

MY NAME IS BLYTHE RANDOLPH.

I'M A FIFTH GENERATION TEXAN, A UT AUSTIN GRADUATE, AND A FIRST TIME HOME HOMEOWNER IN THE COLORADO CROSSING NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M HERE AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN.

UH, AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS A COMMUNITY OF COLOR, WE HAVE WORKING FAMILIES, CHILDREN, PLAYGROUNDS, WALKING TRAILS.

IT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE VERY OFTEN THESE DAYS IN AUSTIN, A PROSPEROUS THRIVING COMMUNITY OF BLACK BROWN AND, AND OTHER FOLKS WHO WORKED HARD, SAVED UP AND BOUGHT THEIR OWN PROPERTY, UH, WITH THEIR OWN HARD WORK AND IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A LOT OF US, THE HOMES THAT WE OWN ARE THE ONLY RETIREMENT PLAN THAT WE HAVE.

NOW, I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO SOMETHING THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT CANCERS AND, UH, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED TODAY, IMPACT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

DISPROPORTIONATELY I MYSELF HAVE LOST THREE OF MY FOUR GRANDPARENTS TO CANCER.

UH, THERE ARE, AS YOU MAY KNOW, 1600 HOMES IN THE VICINITY OF THIS, UH, FACILITY.

AND I CA I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO THE COMPANY

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THIS COMPANY HAS A CHECKERED HISTORY OF MALFEASANCE, INCLUDING INVOLVING HURRICANE KATRINA.

AND THERE IS A LEGAL ACTION BEING MANDATED RIGHT NOW ON, ON ACROSS THE GLOBE.

AND SO, AGAIN, THIS IS AN ISSUE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY, RACIAL EQUITY, AND HEALTH EQUITY.

AND I URGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU VOTE AND I'M IN FAVOR OF A POINTLESS MEASURE.

THANK YOU, CYNTHIA VALDEZ ON DECK DANIEL UNIONS.

SPEAKING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS, DANIEL YANNIS.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I'M TO BE HONEST, YOU KNOW WHO I AM, UH, TWO STEPS FORWARD.

ONE STEP BACK AUSTIN IS MOVING AWAY FROM ITS RACIST LEGACY.

Y'ALL THE WHOLE ENTIRE COUNTRY'S MOVING AWAY FROM ITS RACIST LEGACY.

TWO STEPS FORWARD THE EQUITY OFFICE, THE EQUITY TOOL BEING VETTED.

UM, UH, THANK YOU, UH, MANAGER CRONK FOR THE UNDOING RACISM TRAININGS, WHICH OBVIOUSLY THE AIRPORT PEOPLE HAVE NOT TAKEN YET.

THIS IS REPEATING A RACIST HISTORY.

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU GUYS.

AND I THANK THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I THANK YOU, VANESSA, FOR DENTISTS ARE STEPPING.

I ASK ALL OF YOU TO END THE RACISM IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND EDUCATE THE CLUELESS WHITE MEN THAT ARE STILL LEFT AMONGST US, WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL NOT TAKE SYSTEMIC RACISM ANYMORE.

THIS WHOLE PROPOSAL IS VULNERABLE IN MANY WAYS THAT YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW SOME OF YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

SO BACK OFF, FIND ANOTHER PLACE.

REDESIGN, USE THE GENIUS OF THE WHITE MIND TO REDESIGNED AND MAKE JUSTICE HAPPEN IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

AND AFTER REZ ON DECK ROCIO, VILLALOBOS GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 43.

I'M HERE AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP NEXT TO THE OIL TANK FARM THAT WAS LOCATED AT AIRPORT IN SPRINGDALE, MY PARENTS ATTENDED COMMUNITY ORGANIZING MEETINGS TO FIGHT THAT TANK FARM IN THE NINETIES.

AND NOW IT'S MY DUTY TO BE HERE IN THEIR PLACE.

AND IN THEIR NAME, THE CITY HAS A LONG HISTORY OF NORMALIZING AND PERPETUATING ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, AND IT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.

AND IN THESE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, HOW CAN AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT THAT'S MEASURING IMPACT IN AREAS LIKE CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BE DETERMINED WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

I WONDER IF THERE WOULD STILL BE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY WAS A LITTLE BIT WEALTHIER, A LITTLE BIT WIDER, A LITTLE MORE FLUENT IN ENGLISH.

WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A TANK FARM IS PLACED NEAR HOMES.

THE RESIDENTS OF MCALLEN ARE BEING TOLD THAT THIS TIME IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THIS TIME.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THIS TIME.

THE FUEL IS DIFFERENT.

THIS TIME THERE'LL BE NO LEAKS.

THIS TIME.

THERE'LL BE NO CONTAMINATION.

THIS TIME, THE SITE WILL BE MONITORED.

THIS TIME THERE'LL BE NO DEADLY ACCIDENTS OR CONSEQUENCES UNTIL THERE ARE.

AND ONCE AGAIN, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WILL BE SACRIFICED AND PAY THE PRICE ALL IN THE NAME OF PROFIT FOR THE AIRLINES AND THE AIRPORT AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

BUT THOSE OF US WHO GREW UP NEAR THE TANK FARM AT AIRPORT IN SPRINGDALE, REMEMBER, AND WE WON'T LET THAT HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM BE ERASED, NOR WILL WE STAY SILENT WHEN THAT HISTORY IS ABOUT TO BE REPEATED NO TANK FARMS NEAR OUR HOMES.

NEVER AGAIN.

MARISSA PERALEZ ON DECK LINDSAY PORTER.

MY NAME IS .

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM 43.

SO TODAY IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FOLLOW THAT, THAT COMMENT.

AFTER THE FACT DON'T COUNT ANY ALTERNATIVES ANALYZED AFTER THE FACT DON'T COUNT ANY VALIDATION MEMOS OR 90 PAGE MEMOS ISSUE TWO DAYS AGO, DON'T COUNT.

UM, SO I'LL FOCUS MY COMMENTS ON THE NEPA FRAMEWORK.

I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER AND MY DAY JOB.

AND SO THAT'S MY CONTEXT.

AND IF WE WERE IN COURT ASKING A JUDGE TO REVIEW THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE HERE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS DRAFTED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, THE JUDGE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A VERY LIMITED RECORD EVIDENCE THAT EXISTED BEFORE THE DECISION WAS MADE BEFORE THE EA WAS APPROVED.

THAT MEANS COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT OCCURRED

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AND OF COURSE A COURT CANNOT CONSIDER WHAT SIMPLY ISN'T THERE.

SO AS COUNCIL MEMBER AT NVIDIA POINTED OUT EIJ ANALYSIS, NOT THEIR FUEL FARM MASTER PLAN THAT WAS CITED TO, UM, AND ADDRESSING THE NEED ASSESSMENT, THE NEEDS STATEMENT, NOT THEIR COMMUNITY INPUT, COMMUNITY COMMENTS, NOT THERE.

UM, AND THE, THE, UM, AIRPORT VISION PLAN.

THAT'S WHAT WAS CITED, UM, TO, IN FAVOR OF THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS IN THE EAA EITHER.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MASTER PLAN OR THE VISION PLAN, THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE, AND THAT HAS, THAT IS RECOMMENDED IS TO EXPAND THE EXISTING SITE WITH TWO TANKS.

YOU'RE THE JUDGE HERE TODAY.

YOU'RE THE DECISION MAKER AND YOU TWO LACKS, SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE BEFORE YOU TO SAY YOU'VE TAKEN THE REQUISITE HARD, LOOK AT THE CONSEQUENCES THAT WOULD COME TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S NEARBY.

IF THIS IS APPROVED AND YOU TWO DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SAY THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.

SO I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES.

IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE THE TIME TO FIND AN APPROPRIATE SITE.

THANK YOU, LYNN T PORTER ON DECK, CALVIN CLITES I THINK OUT CALLED ME BEFORE.

UM, AND I MISSED IT.

MY NAME IS .

UM, I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD SINCE Y'ALL ALREADY CALLED ME, UM, I'M A NATIVE AUSTINITE AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE, AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF MY UNION ASKS ME LOCAL 16, 24, AND THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA.

I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION, TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION FOR THE JET FUEL TANKS.

THIS PLAN CONTINUES AUSTIN'S LEGACY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM, WORKING CLASS BLACK, BROWN AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ARE ALWAYS ON THE HOOK FOR, UM, PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT.

BUT I ASK THIS COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT FOR WHO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE LEFT OUT OF THIS ROBUST PROCESS OF PLANNING FOR AIRPORT EXPANSION AND HOSTING MEETINGS.

ONCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, LIKE MARTY SAID, ALICE JUST SAID, IT'S ALREADY CLOSED IS NOT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

RESIDENT SHOULD BE INCLUDED BEFORE DECISIONS ARE MADE, NOT AFTER THE RESPONSE FROM COUNCIL AND WORK SESSIONS HAS BEEN AT TIMES PATRONIZING AND DISMISSIVE.

IT IS DISINGENUOUS TO SAY THE ISSUE AT HAND IS RESIDENTS' PERCEPTION OF DANGER.

THESE CONCERNS ARE LEGITIMATE AND INFORMED BY A LONG HISTORY OF SYSTEMIC RACISM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND IN THIS CITY ON TOP OF THE PAINFUL HISTORY OF THE TANK FARMS IN EAST AUSTIN, RECENT INSTANCES OF ECO DISASTERS, LIKE THE WRAP UP, I'M BEING ASKED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EQUAL ACROSS FOLKS.

I'LL JUST SAY BUYOUTS ARE NOT A SOLUTION IN A CITY WITH ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSING MARKETS IN THE COUNTRY.

WE HAVE SEEN REPORT AFTER REPORT SHOW THAT THIS CITY IS PUSHING, WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OUT OF AUSTIN, PUT Y'ALL'S MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.

BE DEVASTATING FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

UM, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT IT'S ONE MINUTE EACH, AND I'VE BEEN GIVING YOU A FEW SECONDS AFTERWARDS, SO YOU CAN WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHT AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REALLY GREAT ABOUT DOING THAT.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO SO.

THANK YOU, KELVIN.

CLITES ON DECK JEREMY GARZA.

HI, I'M LINDSAY PORTER AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR.

I AM HERE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 43, AND I WOULD LIKE TO USE MY TIME TO SHARE PRERECORDED COMMENTS.

UH, I'VE LIVED IN THIS AREA OFF MCCALL LANE FOR PROBABLY 40 YEARS OR BETTER.

AND, UH, I DO OPPOSE TO THE FIELD TANKS BEING INSTALLED RIGHT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FOR MORE REASONS OF THE FACT THAT MY FAMILY LIVES HERE AND MY CHILDREN ARE GOING TO COME BACK HERE.

AND ALSO THAT THE FACT THAT ALL THIS TRAFFIC HAS TO GO PASS THIS.

IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE HIGHWAY.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD TANKS WILL BE AIRPLANES FLYING IN AND OUT AS WELL.

SO IF ANYTHING WAS TO HAPPEN, IT WOULD BE DISASTROUS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR HEALTH WISE FOR IF THEY BLEW UP.

IF THEY GOT HIT BY ANY OF THESE SITUATIONS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT RIGHT NEXT TO A ROAD, IT WOULD

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NOT ONLY THAT THE AIR QUALITY IS NOT GOING TO BE WHAT IT WAS.

WE ALREADY HAVE THE PLANES HERE.

SO WE GET ENOUGH OF IT WITHOUT HAVING THE 600 MILLION GALLONS OF FUEL.

I THINK WE NEED TO GET THAT CLOSE TO A COMMUNITY.

I THINK YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE A BETTER DECISION.

THANK YOU, SPEAKER.

YOUR TIME IS UP CALVIN CLAIMS. HELLO.

UM, MY NAME IS KEVIN CLITES.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10 AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO USE MY TIME TO SHARE THE COMMENTS OF SOMEBODY WHO COULDN'T BE HERE.

A RESIDENT OF MCCALL LANE.

MY NAME IS RICHARD.

I LIVE ON THE CALL LANE AND, UM, UH, YEAH, MAN, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO PUT THAT TANK FARM AND CROSS I AWAY FROM MY HOUSE.

I'M FAMILIAR WITH WHAT TOXIC ENVIRONMENT DUE TO PEOPLE WERE SUBJECTED TO AGENT ORANGE WHILE I WAS IN VIETNAM.

AND I KNOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CORPORATE INTEREST DENIED THAT AIN'T DID ANYTHING TO US FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

AND THEN THEY FINALLY BROKE DOWN AND SAYS, OKAY, Y'ALL WELL, BUT TOXIC ENVIRONMENT LIKE THAT, WHOEVER TOLD Y'ALL THE VAPORS FROM THAT WAS NOT CROSSED.

THE PLANTS SHOWED YOU A BILL OF GOODS.

I DON'T THINK HE WAS THAT GULLIBLE.

I HOPE YOU'RE NOT.

ANYWAY.

I APPRECIATE YOU STICKING TO THE TIME.

THANK YOU, JEREMY GARZA ON DECK.

THAT'D BE NO FERNANDEZ.

OF MCCALL LANE ARE ASKING YOU TO NOT REPEAT THIS HISTORY BY PLACING THESE FUEL STORAGE FACILITIES IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS JEREMY GARZA.

I WAS WONDERING, RAISED IN AUSTIN AND CURRENTLY LIVE IN MONTOPOLIS DISTRICT THREE.

UM, IN SPEAKING, IN SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION 43, I'M WONDERING HOW AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT THAT IS MEASURING IMPACT IN AREAS SUCH AS HUMAN SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CAN BE DETERMINED WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

HOW DOES THE FAA, THE ABI AND THE AUSTIN FUEL CONSORTIUM DETERMINED THAT THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY DON'T KNOW, UNDERSTAND AND WHOM THEY'VE NEVER BEEN IN RELATIONSHIP WITH NOR HAVE MADE ANY RESPECTFUL EFFORT TO FORM RELATIONSHIPS WITH, WITH THIS LACK OF RELATIONSHIP AND LACK OF ENGAGEMENT AND TRUE HUMAN RISK AS THE LARGEST STICKING POINT IN THIS ISSUE, HOW COULD THE MAYOR OR ANY LEADERSHIP ON CANCEL ELIMINATE THAT? THE REAL PROBLEM HERE IS LARGELY A PERCEPTION ISSUE.

IT'S SHAMEFUL FOR THE AIRPORT, PRIVATE BUSINESS AND COUNCIL LEADERS TO CONSTANTLY SHUT DOWN ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN IMPACT.

THESE PLANS WILL CREATE WHEN THERE'S NO NOT A COMPREHENSIVE FORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL JUSTICE ASSESSMENT.

THIS INFORMATION IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS OF WHERE TO PUT THESE FUEL TANKS.

AND THE PLAN WAS SUBMITTED WITHOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND HUMAN CONSIDERATIONS.

MANY PEOPLE IN INTERESTS ARE VEHEMENTLY TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH THIS PLAN, NO MATTER THE IMPACT OR COMMUNITY CONCERNS.

AND THIS IS WHY I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION TO REOPEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

AND LASTLY, I MUST SAY, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN REALLY PROUD THAT THE CITY'S AIRPORT IS RUN BY THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

THIS IS RARE, ONLY A HANDFUL OF CITIES IN THE COUNTRY DO THIS.

AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE OVER THE PRIVATE AND PRIVATE CENTERED INTERESTS.

PLEASE PASS RESOLUTION 43.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING, UM, TO SPEAK AS WELL.

SO IF FOLKS COULD PLEASE TRY TO STAY TO THE ONE MINUTE, FINISH YOUR THOUGHT WHEN THE BUZZER GOES OFF.

MY NAME, UH, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS GAVINO FERNANDEZ AND I'M WITH A COALITION OF MEXICAN-AMERICAN LANDOWNERS, THE EAST AUSTIN, AND THIS GOVERNMENT ALREADY HAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL SIN ON THEIR RECORD, WHO IN THIS GOVERNMENT LOCATED A POWER PLAN NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL HOMES, A POWER PLANT THAT THEY TOLD US IT WAS SAFE.

A POWER PLANT THAT THEY SAID THAT THE TANKS WOULD NEVER LEAVE.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

GO TO SLEEP IN PEACE, A FACILITY THAT YOU WOULD HEAR SOUND BOOMS. WHEN THE POWER PLANT BOWELS WOULD GET STUCK.

LIVING UNDER THAT OF ENVIRONMENT WAS A FAR CRY FROM A QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR RADIOS.

THE EPA CLASSIFIED ARE OUR PROPERTIES, THE BLAST ZONE.

SO THESE ARE THE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE NEED TO WALK AWAY FROM.

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THIS IS 2022.

WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE'VE GOT THIS INCLUSION AND CONVERSION AND DIVERSITY AND ALL THIS OTHER GOOD STUFF.

SO I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION.

AND I WANT TO MORE IMPORTANTLY, SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE LANDOWNERS WHO SET UP AND ARE TAKING THIS STRONG POSITION AGAINST YOU.

CAN YOU PUT THAT DOWN HERE? GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS AMANDA .

I AM A HOMEOWNER AND I RESIDE ON MCCALL LANE.

OUR COMMUNITY IS THRIVING AND DIVERSE.

I ACTUALLY KNOW MY NEIGHBORS.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT PROPOSE JET FUEL TANKS WOULD BE BUILT UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE TO OUR HOMES, JUST A FEW HUNDRED FEET FROM OUR PROPERTY LINE.

THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES COULD EASILY BE DEVASTATING.

AND THE 1990S AUSTINITES WERE FACED WITH SIMILAR PREDICAMENT RESIDENTS, INCLUDING CHILDREN WERE EXPERIENCING NOSEBLEEDS HAIR LOSS, CANCER, AND WERE FORCED TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR, THEIR AREA.

WE ASK THAT YOU GUYS SUPPORT US AND SAY NO TO THIS.

I LIVED THERE.

I KNOW MY NEIGHBORS WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR YEARS.

YOU GUYS NEVER GAVE US ANY INFORMATION, NO IMPACT STATEMENT.

NOBODY KNEW PLEASE SAY NO TO THESE JET FUEL FARMS, PLEASE.

HOW DO Y'ALL? MY NAME IS ROY WHALEY, AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS THE CHAIR OF THE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE OR THE AUSTIN REGIONAL GROUP OF THE SIERRA CLUB.

AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO ONCE AGAIN, BE STANDING WITH PODER AS WE DID AT THE TANK FARMS, UH, TO, UH, TO OPPOSE THIS LOCATION AND TO SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER QUANTOS AND THE OTHER CO-SIGNERS.

UM, WELL YOU NEED TO HAVE MORE STUDY DONE ENVIRONMENTALLY.

THIS TO ME, THIS IS PRETTY MUCH OF A NO BRAINER.

AND I, I HOPE ALL OF Y'ALL WILL AGREE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY ELOQUENT SPEAKERS TODAY THAT THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH LEFT FOR ME TO SAY, EXCEPT FOR IT'S EASY TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

IT'S A STUDY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SIERRA CLUB IS KNOWN TO DO IS TO WORK ON ENDANGERED SPECIES AND WHO IS MORE ENDANGERED AND AUSTIN, TEXAS RIGHT NOW THAN THE BLACK AND BROWN AND POOR COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND JUSTICE.

AND I WILL WRAP UP AND SAY, Y'ALL, DON'T SAY, SUPPORT ME, VOTE FOR ME.

AND THEN COME ON DOWN AND HAVE ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK.

WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD THREE MINUTES.

I KNOW YOU'RE BUSY.

IF YOU DON'T WANT THE APP TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE SPEAK, DON'T APPLY FOR THE JOB ALEXIA LECLERC HELLO, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS ALEXIA AND I'M WITH BAUDETTE, A SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATION IN EAST AUSTIN.

AND I'M HERE TODAY TO STAND IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 43.

WE'VE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN THE UNITED STATES, ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM TAKE PLACE.

POLLUTING INDUSTRIES ARE CONSTANTLY BEING PLACED IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES.

AND WHILE AVIATION OFFICIALS AND ANY POLLUTING INDUSTRY WILL TELL YOU THAT IT HAS MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE SEEN THAT.

THAT IS NOT TRUE.

WE HAVE SEEN THAT HISTORICALLY EAST AUSTIN HAS SUFFERED THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING POLLUTING INDUSTRIES PLACED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

AND TODAY THE RESIDENTS

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THIS IS A TIME TO STAND FOR JUSTICE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANT, BUT THAT HAS GATHERED OUR SURVEY, UM, A PETITION AND 1,835 PEOPLE FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION.

I'VE EMAILED THE PETITION TO ALL OF Y'ALL TOMORROW, YESTERDAY, AND I URGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 43.

THAT INCLUDES IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

ITEM 51.

SPEAKING ON THE MERIT OF THE POSTPONEMENT DANIEL CABLE MEN ALSO ITEM 4 51, JANICE RANKIN.

ALTERS RESOLUTION, ASKING THE CITY STAFF TO INITIATE CODE AMENDMENTS TO THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE AT OUR PARKS BOARD MEETING.

UM, WELL WE MOVED TO REMOTE.

UM, IF SOMEBODY HAD SIGNED UP AND DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK, PLEASE SEE THE CLERK AND THEN WE'LL BRING YOU UP AFTER, UM, REMOTE.

THANK YOU, KATIE.

OFFEND RICH TURNER.

HI.

CAN YOU HEAR ME AGAIN? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

OH, THANK YOU.

HI, MY NAME IS KATIE AND I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND I'M A LONG-TIME VOLUNTEER FOR THE CITY AS WELL.

AND I WANTED TO SPEAK ON, UM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, AND I HAVE TWO POINTS.

UM, ONE IS IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COUNSEL WANTS A NEW SECTION THREE TO EIGHT RELATING TO HOW A PERSON MAY NOT TRAIN OR PATROL AN ANIMAL BY THE USE OF A BASEBALL BAT AT HANDLER OR PITCHFORK.

HOWEVER, I SUBMITTED A PIR AND THE CITY'S FINDINGS.

UM, DON'T SUPPORT THE NEED FOR THIS ORDINANCE.

THEIR RESPONSE TO MY PIR WAS QUOTE FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2021 THROUGH JANUARY 1ST, 2022.

HOW MANY CALLS FOR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICE RECEIVE FOR AN ANIMAL, BEING INJURED WITH A BASEBALL BAT, AX HANDLE PITCHFORK WILL HOOK OR DEVICE OF A SIMILAR DESIGN FOR ASR TO INVESTIGATE.

AND THE CITY RESPONDED QUOTE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS NO RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS TO YOUR REQUEST.

AUSTIN, 3, 1, 1 FOUND NO SERVICE REQUESTS FOR INJURED ANIMALS.

CAN THE KEY WORDS STATED BY THE REQUESTER TO IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND IMPOSE MORE REGULATION, EVEN THOUGH THE DATA DOES NOT SUPPORT.

OKAY, IT DOESN'T SUPPORT THE NEED FOR IT.

PLEASE CONSIDER I KNOW YOU CAN LET THEM HAVE A FEW SECONDS TO, TO WRAP UP FOR THE FEATURE SPEAKER.

UH, MY NAME IS HASTEN ELZA BREE.

I'M A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN.

I'M AN ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST WITH ANONYMOUS FOR THE VOICELESS FROM SPEAKING AGAINST ITEM TWO AND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE.

UH, WHILE I APPRECIATE THE INTENT BEHIND THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, I AM DISTURBED BY THE LIVESTOCK EXEMPTION, A HORSE AT DONKEY COW PIG, A GOAT OR A CHICKEN OR ANY LIVESTOCK ANIMAL IS A LIVING SENTIENCE BEING JUST LIKE ANY OTHER ANIMAL.

AND IN FACT, JUST LIKE US, THESE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES DESERVE AT LEAST THE SAME PROTECTION AS ANY OTHER ANIMAL.

WHY WOULD A PROGRESSIVE CITY LIKE AUSTIN PROVIDE A LOOPHOLE, A FREE PASS TO ABUSE, LIVESTOCK, ALL ANIMALS DESERVE PROTECTION AND NO ANIMALS SHOULD BE, UM, HANDLED WITH A BASEBALL BAT AND AX OR A SIMILAR DEVICE.

SO I ASKED THAT ITEM C BE RECONSIDERED AND LIVESTOCK, NOT TO BE EXEMPTED.

YES, THIS IS DAWN LEWIS AND I AM CURRENT CHAIR OF THE PARKS BOARD, BUT I'M SPEAKING ON MY OWN BEHALF AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK OUT IN FAVOR OF MAYOR PRO TEM

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LAST WEEK, WE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A RECOMMENDATION IN SUPPORT OF THAT.

AND WE ALSO ASKED FOR THIS IN, UM, 2020.

SO I'VE SERVED ON THE PARK BOARD FOR, FOR FIVE YEARS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DEFINITELY PICKED UP ON IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY LOVES AND APPRECIATES OUR GREEN SPACES AND PARKS, BUT THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH FUNDING TO ACQUIRE THEM IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN THOSE WONDERFUL SPOTS.

SO, UM, I'VE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE PROVIDES CRUCIAL, CRUCIAL, CRUCIAL FUNDING THAT HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND ALLOWED US TO PURCHASE OVER 1700 ACRES OF PARKLAND BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE AND HELPS US TO CONTINUE TO ACQUIRE OUR PARKLAND AND IMPROVED PARKING AMENITIES IN ALL PARTS OF AUSTIN.

AS WE RE TRY AND REACH OUR GOAL OF A MORE VIABLE AND EQUITABLE PARK SYSTEM.

AND AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THIS HYPER-GROWTH AND EXPAND, WE'RE ALSO EXPERIENCING MORE AND MORE DEMANDS ON OUR PARKS AND WE REALLY NEED FUNDING TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.

AND THERE ARE COMMERCIAL OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE LOCATED IN THESE PARK DEFICIENT AREAS.

AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE COST PARKLAND.

AND IT WAS, I ENCOURAGED YOU TO SUBMIT.

APPRECIATE, UH, YOU'RE COMING HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ITEM 42 AND COLLEAGUES.

I HAVE PLACED THE PARKS BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION IN THE BACKUP FOR ITEM 42.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

ITEM 43, BILLY.

GLUNZ GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS MORNING.

MY NAME IS BILLY .

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT AMERICAN AIRLINES ON BEHALF OF NEARLY 400 AUSTIN-BASED AMERICAN AIRLINES TEAM MEMBERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON ITEM NUMBER 43.

IT'S MORE THAN 40 YEAR HISTORY.

SERVING AUSTIN.

AMERICAN HAS CONTINUED TO GROW WITH YOUR IMPORT AS INTRODUCED.

WE ARE OPPOSED TO ITEM 43 AND IT WOULD CREATE UNWARRANTED AND UNNECESSARY DELAY TO A CRITICAL PROJECT AT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT.

THE FUEL CAPACITY PROJECT, AS IT STANDS TODAY, HAS RECEIVED ALL OF THE NECESSARY PERMITS AND APPROVALS AT THE FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL.

AS WE HEARD FROM THE FAA ON TUESDAY AT THE COUNCIL'S WORKING SESSION, BASED ON THEIR NEPA REVIEW, THE PROJECT WAS FOUND TO HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO BE CLEAR.

A DELAY IN THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE NEGATIVE INCOME IMPLICATIONS TO EXISTING AIR SERVICE OUT AUSTIN AND A DELAY IN THE PROJECT WILL ALSO PUT PRESSURE ON ANY FUTURE GROWTH AT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

SOME MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND JACKIE AND THE TEAM AT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT.

THE GROUNDWATER WAS CONTAMINATED.

ITEM 43, PAUL SALDANIA.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS PAUL SWELL, DANIEL SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTIN LATINO COALITION.

UH, AND WE'RE SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 43 1 THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WENT THIS FOR HER LEADERSHIP.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY ACTUALLY HAS A NAME IT'S CALLED INTERGENERATIONAL RACIAL TRAUMA.

I WANT TO BASICALLY REREAD, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UH, GILBERT YOU, UH, EMAILED THE COUNSELOR EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT HIS, HIS LIVED EXPERIENCE.

WE WERE TOLD AT THE STORAGE TANKS AT THE HOUSE STREET POWER PLANT WERE SAFE.

THEY CAUGHT FIRE TWICE.

WE WERE TOLD THAT THE TRANSFORMERS AT HOLLY STREET POWER PLANT WERE SAFE.

THEY LEAKED INTO TOWN LAKE CONTAMINATING THE WATER.

WE WERE TOLD THAT THE SPRING DAY, SPRINGDALE, GASOLINE AND JET FUEL STORES, FIELD STORAGE TANKS WERE SAFE.

THEY POLLUTED THE YARDS OF BROWN AND BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS, BENZENE AND OTHER CANCER CAUSING CHEMICALS CALLS CAUSED ILLNESSES AMONG MANY LIVING IN THE AREA THAT HEALTH STUDY WAS DONE OF THE RESIDENCE.

MY MOTHER WAS FOUND TO BE ONE OF THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE MOST MAJOR WORST HEALTH PROBLEMS. SHE WAS SENT TO MD ANDERSON HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON.

THEY FOUND IN HER LUNGS SHOW THE SAME TYPE OF DAMAGE BROWN LUNG THAT WOULD BE FOUND IN COAL MINERS.

SHE DIED FROM THE DAMAGE DONE TO HER BODY BY THE SPRINGDALE TANK FARM.

MY GRANDMOTHER WHO LIVED EVEN CLOSER DIED OF LEUKEMIA, ANOTHER CANCER THAT HAD BEEN LINKED TO THE TANK FARM.

OUR AUSTIN LATINO COALITION ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON THE SIDE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THE PROPOSED JET FUEL TANK FARM AT AIA.

ITEM 43 WILLIAM BUNCH.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEMP COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO COMMUNITY.

UH, ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE SPONSORS OF THE RESOLUTION ITEM 43 AND ARCHER SUPPORT.

UH, I'M BILL BONDS.

I'M

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UM, I WANT TO FIRST URGE YOU ALL TO LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE WORDS OF LAUREN ICE AND MARISSA PARALIS, WHO SPOKE EARLIER.

THEY'RE, UH, EXPERIENCED, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEYS WITH DEEP EXPERIENCE AND NEPA AND THESE SORTS OF ISSUES.

THEY'VE STUDIED THESE, UH, THIS ISSUE IN DETAIL.

UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FOLLOW UP WITH THEM.

UH, I HAVE NOT STUDIED SOME OF THESE DETAILS, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I DO KNOW THAT ARE IMPORTANT.

I BELIEVE.

UH, I'VE BEEN DOING, UH, REVIEWING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND FOR 30 YEARS PLUS, AND ENGAGING IN NEPA LITIGATION FOR ALL THAT TIME.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT VIRTUALLY EVERY ONE OF THESE DOCUMENTS ARE PREPARED WITH THE OBSTRUCTIONS OF THE CLIENT.

THEY'RE NOT, UH, THEY'RE NOT HONEST.

THEY'RE NOT COMPLETE, THEY'RE NOT THOROUGH.

THEY'RE NOT BALANCED.

AND ALSO THE FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO REVIEW THE WORK OF THE CONSULTANTS, DON'T DO IT.

THEY PULL OUT THEIR RUBBER STAMP AND IT'S DONE.

SO IT'S, IT'S UP TO YOU TO MAKE AN INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT.

THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE LARGER, UH, REVIEW OF THE AIRPORT EXPANSION.

AND WITH THAT EXPANSION SPENDING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IT WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY A ROUNDING ERROR TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS ON THESE TIMES.

PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING.

ITEM 43, DAVID KING.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? GO AHEAD, SPEAKER.

HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

MY NAME IS DAVID KING, A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE, AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 43, A RESOLUTION THAT DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER TO IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED JET FUEL STORAGE FACILITY AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

PLEASE APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION AND PLEASE REJECT THE PROPOSED LOCATION FOR THE DANGEROUS JET FUEL STORAGE FACILITY WITHIN 400 FEET OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.

THE AUSTIN MONITOR REPORTED THAT MAYOR ADLER INDICATED THAT QUOTE, HE HAD NOT HEARD ANY EVIDENCE THAT THE CURRENT PLAN CREATED A SAFETY OR HEALTH RISK.

HOWEVER, HE SAID, THE CITY MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER VOLUNTARY BUYOUTS FOR PEOPLE LIVING CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT.

AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE AND QUOTE, THE MAYOR APPARENTLY WANTS TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE BY DENYING HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS AND FORCING LOW INCOME FAMILIES, FAMILIES OF COLOR AND LOCAL BUSINESSES OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES.

HIS COMMENTS REFLECT THE EXTENT TO WHICH SYSTEMIC ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AND INJUSTICE THRIVES IN AUSTIN.

PLEASE PROTECT LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

PLEASE REJECT THE PROPOSED LOCATION.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY COMMENTS AND FOR YOUR SERVICE ITEM.

43, JESSICA DUHON.

GOOD DAY, MR. MAYOR, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

I AM ALSO A RESIDENT OF COLORADO.

SO I JOINED MY NEIGHBORS AND THE MCCALL LANE NEIGHBORS AND ASKED THEM THAT YOU MAKE OUR FAMILY'S SAFETY, YOUR TOP PRIORITY, FIND A LOCATION OUTSIDE OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA OR ONE THAT CAN BE PLACED A MUCH GREATER DISTANCE AWAY FROM NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES THAN A FEW HUNDRED FEET.

WE ASKED FOR PROACTIVE PREVENTION RATHER THAN REACTIVE REGRETS.

WE IMPLORE YOU TO BE AS DILIGENT FOR US AS YOU WOULD BE IF IT WAS BEING PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO REMEMBER US AS THE SAME CITIZENS AND FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS THAT YOU COUNT CAMPAIGN DOOR TO DOOR BY PUBLIC AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND AT OUR PLACES OF WORSHIP ASKING TO REPRESENT OUR CAUSES AND CONCERNS.

PLEASE SHOW UP TODAY IN THIS URGENT MATTER.

ITEM 43, DARREN HALL.

WE APPRECIATE THE DUE DILIGENCE UNDERTAKEN BY CITY AND AIRPORT LEADERS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY TO EVALUATE THIS MUCH NEEDED PROJECT, WHICH HAS ALREADY RECEIVED ALL NECESSARY FEDERAL STATE AND CITY REVIEWS, APPROVALS AND PERMITS, INCLUDING APPROVALS BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN FIRE AND WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENTS.

MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR, A HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DARREN HALL, DIRECTOR OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR UNITED AIRLINES.

AUSTIN'S BERTRAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS A, IT'S A KEY AIRPORT IN OUR NETWORK, AND WE'RE PROUD TO CONNECT AUSTIN AND CENTRAL TEXAS TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY THROUGH UNITED IT'S EXPANSIVE ROUTE NETWORK ON BEHALF OF UNITED AND OUR SEVERAL HUNDRED AND AUSTIN BASED EMPLOYEES.

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THE CURRENT AVAILABILITY AND RELIABILITY OF FUEL AT AUSTIN IS UNTENABLE.

AND IT'S CREATING OPERATIONAL ISSUES FOR THE AIRLINE AND OUR CUSTOMERS AS SUCH AND I FULLY SUPPORT THIS VITALLY NEEDED PROJECT AND RESPECTFULLY OPPOSED AS ITEM 43 AND ANY FURTHER ACTIONS THAT FURTHER DELAY ITS CONSTRUCTION.

THEY HAVE THE MONEY MOVING AWAY FROM US.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS COMPANY CONTACT TEAM.

I ALSO SERVE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING FOR OR REPRESENTING THE COMMISSION.

I'M SPEAKING AT ITEMS 43 AND 51 REGARDING ITEM 43.

THEY CONTACTING SUPPORT AND IS VERY GRATEFUL FOR MY BREAKFAST.

THIS RESOLUTION.

WE ALSO GET THE CO-SPONSORS COUNCIL MEMBERS TOWBOAT AND DIARRHEA IN BANDERA THE CONTRACT AND SUBMITTED A LETTER TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OUTLINING EACH DETAIL.

WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SPECIFIC TO THIS PROJECT.

THE ENVIRONMENTS WERE ASSESSED THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DONE ACCORDING TO APA GUIDELINES, BUT THIS WAS DONE WITH THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AREAS IMMEDIATELY.

AS PART OF THE ABI EIGHT BOUNDARY, THE MINIMUM STANDARDS MAY HAVE BEEN MET.

THIS IS AUSTIN, AND WE SHOULD EXCEED THESE STANDARDS.

THIS AIRPORT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON.

AND FOR THIS REASON ALONE, OFTEN IN DEL VALLEY RESIDENTS, LET'S BE INCLUDED IN OUR PUBLIC PUBLIC SAFETY, BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION REGARDING ITEM 50.

ONE OF THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS ON ITEMS ON BMU AND BNB TWO, THE CONTACT TEAM IS FORMALLY REQUESTED THAT THE COUNCIL POSTPONE THIS ITEM.

WE HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN OUR CONCERN OF ANY CHANGES, PUT UP THE NOTIFICATIONS AND THE COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS.

JUST BE APPLYING IB MIAMI INCIDENT, BUT IN 2011.

AND WHAT'S REFERENCING OUR LETTER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, CONSIDERATION AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

FRED LEWIS.

HI, THIS IS FRED LEWIS.

I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEM A 43 AND 51.

I SUPPORT ITEM 43.

IT'S VERY, WELL-WRITTEN, IT'S VERY THOUGHTFUL.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER WENT TO THE SPONSORS AND THE PEOPLE THAT FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO WORKED ON IT, I WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF QUICK POINTS.

FIRST.

IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS GOING TO HAVE GREAT CONCERNS ABOUT THIS.

ANY NEIGHBORHOOD IN AUSTIN WOULD, AND IT'S OBVIOUS THEY WEREN'T CONSULTED AND INCLUDED US ALSO OBVIOUS WITH THE LARGE COMPLEX THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER PLACE TO PUT IT.

SO THE STAFF WHO BARRED IT, AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD BE SHORTCHANGED.

THAT IS A WRONG WAY TO DO THINGS.

LET'S DO THIS RIGHT.

LET'S RESPECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS, NOT LET'S WATCH THIS BECAUSE OUR STAFF DIDN'T HANDLE IT AND CREATED AN UNNECESSARY FIGHT, UH, WHICH WE DIDN'T REALLY NEED TO HAVE.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE AT THE ITEM 51.

UH, I THINK, UM, HAVE YOU DID NOT COMMODITY AND MYSELF, WE BELIEVE A POSTPONEMENT IS THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY, THE RESOLUTION, UH, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, UH, WHICH WAS A CONSENSUS RESOLUTION WAS NOT REFLECTED IN THE ORDINANCE, WHICH HAS ALL SORTS OF TERMS THAT WERE NOT, UH, IN HER RESOLUTION.

WE BELIEVE WITH, UH, UH, POSTPONEMENT THAT COMMUNITY WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A CONSENSUS AND WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITHOUT THE WRANGLING AND BITING THAT WE'LL HAVE.

IF WE PROCEED WITH SOMETHING, UH, THAT IS NOT WHAT WAS INITIALLY AGREED TO.

UH, AUDIT OF AFFORDABILITY, UNLOCKED THAT PROGRAM AND TO PRODUCE DATA ON NUMBER OF UNITS, UH, WHAT LEVEL AND LOCATION.

ITEM 51.

SPEAKING ON THE MERITS OF THE POSTPONEMENT, MEGAN MASON BACH, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS OF MAYOR PRO TEM AND MAYER.

I AM MEGAN MEISENBACH OF DISTRICT NINE.

I POSTPONE, I SUPPORT THE POSTPONEMENT OF ITEM 51 TO BMU U2, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IN ORDER TO SUPPORT YOUR, UH, DELAY THAT AN AUDIT BE PERFORMED AS A FEE IN LIEU PROGRAM TO STUDY THE DATA ON THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS AND AT WHAT LEVEL THAT IS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY AFFORDABILITY, UM, UH, REQUIREMENTS ALSO, I SUGGEST REQUIRING A SIMILAR,

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AGAIN, I SUPPORT THE POSTPONEMENT OF I'M 51.

AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING NEIGHBORHOODS.

SPEAKING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS. ZENOBIA JOSEPH SYNOVIA, JOSEPH THAT'S THE LAST SPEAKER.

WE DO HAVE SOME MORE IN-PERSON THAT WE CAN CALL UP ALBERTO GARZA.

NOPE.

I WANTED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 43.

UM, STRIKE IT AS FOR THE, I MARKED IT AS AGAINST, UH, AND I WANTED TO SHOW MY SUPPORT AND THE PROPOSITION, AND PLEASE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A GOOD AMOUNT THAT WILL COME OF IT.

PLENTY OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES ARE SPEAKING AGAINST IT.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE TUMULTUOUS IF IT PASSES WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED.

I KNOW THERE'S A GOOD AMOUNT THAT ARE FOR IT, BUT YOU'LL SEE IF THIS COMES TO PASS, UH, AS IT IS AT THE CURRENT MOMENT IS GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE CITY AND BE A HISTORICAL MARKER AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.

AND NONE OF US WANT TO GO WITH THIS TROUBLE.

SPEAKING ON SEVERAL ITEMS, PAULA KAUFMANN I EVER WENT, AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 43.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO COMMEND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.

I WATCHED THE, UM, THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION FROM APRIL 5TH THROUGH THE WHOLE THING, AND SHE'S SUCH A GREAT ADD FOR HER OR FOR HER COMMUNITY.

SHE TALKED ABOUT, WE NEED AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

SO I WONDER IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE OIL PATCH NOW.

SO THEY TALKED ABOUT A LINE THAT NEEDS TO GO TO THE JET FUELS CAMP.

THAT LINE BE MADE LONGER AND USE DIFFERENT KINDS OF TECHNOLOGY.

FOR EXAMPLE, DRONES THAT CAN DETECT ANY KIND OF EMISSIONS THAT COME FROM THESE TANK BATTERIES.

BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT LINE MIGHT BE, BE ABLE TO PLACE THAT TANK BATTERY MORE OUT IN A RURAL AREA WHERE IT WON'T BE NEXT TO ANYONE'S HOUSES.

ALSO WANT TO COMMEND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA FOR POINTING OUT THE ROLLBACKS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STATION AND RENT AREA FOR POINTING OUT THAT LOCAL LAW REGARDING HAZARDOUS SITES WITHIN 500 FEET OF HOUSE.

UM, SO, UH, AND THEN ALSO REALLY, UM, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMP AND THIS, UH, ALTER.

SO WHY NOT LET THE AIRLINES PAY, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO SET A PRECEDENT.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT A PRECEDENT AT THE AIRLINES GET BOYCOTTED FOR NOT DOING THIS? SO LET THEM TAKE THE WAY TO MAKE THIS SAFE FOR EVERYONE SO THAT, UM, THAT IT'S NOT PUTTING ANYONE IN JEOPARDY OF LOSING THEIR HOMES AND ANYONE WHO TALKS ABOUT BUYING OUT PEOPLE'S HOMES AND BECAUSE IT'S A PERCEPTION THAT IS DANGEROUS, YOU HAVE NOT PROVED THAT IT'S NOT DANGEROUS.

THAT'S ALL FOR IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

WE DO HAVE ONE CALLER ON THE LINE, SYNOVIA JOSEPH SPEAKING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS. OKAY.

THAT YOU MUST REACH BEFORE YOU DECIDE ONE MINUTE? UM, I AM STEPPING IN FOR THE MAYOR TODAY, AND THAT WAS THE SCRIPT THAT I WAS GIVEN MAYOR ADLER.

MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS, BEFORE YOU START MY TIME, MAY I APPROACH HIM? I DO HAVE A TECHNICAL QUESTION.

CAN YOU JUST TELL THE PUBLIC, IF THERE'S A RUNNING LIST, OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF SPEAKERS

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PERHAPS YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT.

UM, I THINK THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK MAYOR.

WOULD YOU MIND ANSWERING THAT PLEASE? OR IT'S WORKING OFF OF THE, UH, THE, UH, ORDINANCES OR SOMEBODY WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST ALMOST TWO YEARS? UH, SO THE, UH, ORDINANCE AND THE PRACTICE AS WE MOVE TO HOW DOES GOING TO THREE MINUTES AND THEN ONE MINUTE BASED ON, UH, IF WE HAD MORE THAN 20 SPEAKERS.

SO WHAT WE'VE STARTED TO TRY TO KEEP THE, THE SPEAKING TIME TO BE SIMILAR TO, TO THAT WHEN WE GET CLOSE TO 50 SPEAKERS, UH, IT, WE, WE TRACK, UH, IN SPIRIT THAT, UH, KIND OF TIMEFRAME THAT THE COUNCIL HAD SET FORWARD.

UM, THESE ARE LONG MEETINGS, UH, AND, UH, THERE'S NO PERFECT SOLUTION TO THIS, BUT THE OLD DAYS WHERE WE WERE ENDING UP MAKING REALLY IMPORTANT DECISIONS, UH, 9, 10, 11, MIDNIGHT, UH, AND HAVING PEOPLE THERE THAT LATE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WORKING THAT LATE, UH, WAS SOMETHING THAT WE SOUGHT TO AVOID.

THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH, YOU CAN PROCEED WITH YOUR COMMENTS.

NO, THANK YOU.

UM, YOUR APPROACH HIM, MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ITEMS 22 50 30, 25 38, WHICH I'M AGAINST AND 37, WHICH I'M FOR, WHICH IS THE $80,000 EQUITABLE DIGITAL ACCESS FROM MUSLIN PUBLIC LIBRARY, UM, THROUGH THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, AS IT RELATES TO THE SHARING MATTHEW $15 MILLION FOR COVID-19 MARKETING, I THINK THAT'S MISGUIDED.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THE $1.75 MILLION THAT WOULD BE ALLOCATED TO SHERRY MATTHEWS WITH COVID MARKETING SHOULD BE SOMETHING REVIEWED BY THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE, THE INSPECTOR GENERALS, AS IT RELATES TO MOVEABILITY, THERE'VE BEEN NO MEASURABLE OUTCOMES.

AND I WOULD ASK THE MAYOR TO HAVE THEM PROVIDE SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY BEFORE IN THE $500,000.

NORTHWIND IS ITEM 50, THAT'S THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENT OFFICER PALMER.

AND IT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING.

IT'S A TRANSIT DESERT AND FOOD DESERTS.

AND AS IT RELATES TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES CONTRACTS, NUMBER THIRD 38, I JUST WANTED TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.

AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ACTUALLY RECEIVED THEIR OWN ALLOCATION $155.8 MILLION ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL WAS EMERGENCY RELIEF THREE.

AND SO THAT'S A DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS FOR THE OUT OF SCHOOL.

DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS? UH, WE HAVE ONE MORE IN PERSON SPEAKER, UM, SPEAK ON ITEM 43, SHANE JOHNSON.

SHANE, YOU'RE UP.

CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES.

UH, HEY, I'LL CHANGE IT OFTEN.

HE HIM PRONOUNS RESIDENT DISTRICT FORUM, BUT I'LL BE MOVING TO THE BACK TO THE SEVEN, MOST OF THE SPEAKING FROM MY PARENTS AND DISTRICT SEVEN.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T WANT TO EAT TOO MUCH, BUT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID BEFORE, BUT PLEASE DON'T BE A COG IN THE WHEEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM AS WE COULD CLEARLY SEE THAT SAYS, UM, IT'S PRETTY ABSURD.

UH, THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S REALLY DISGUSTING HOW MANY BUSINESS INTERESTS ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS HARM, AND YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY EXPAND THE CURRENT FUEL TANK FARMS TO MEET ANY SORT OF BUSINESS AN AIRPORT NEEDS FOR THE NEXT 15 OR SO YEARS.

WHY NOT TAKE AN OPTION TO GET 15 MORE YEARS TO FIGURE THIS OUT, RIGHT.

UM, AND THEN SECONDLY, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WHERE ARE YOU ARE EACH OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE ALREADY SUPPORTING THE RESOLUTION, GOING TO WILLINGLY VOTE FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE ILLEGAL AND VIOLATING NEPA? UH, THAT'S A VERY SERIOUS, THAT'D BE A VERY SERIOUS MISTAKE YOU'RE MAKING.

AND I THINK NOT AS INCUMBENT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO NOT DO THAT.

UH, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR HOPEFULLY SUPPORTING, UH, ITEM 43.

UM, IMPORTANT INFORMATION, UM, THAT WE WILL CONSIDER AS WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS.

AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO, UM, SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS WITH US TODAY.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR, HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOU BROUGHT A LOT OF INFO, INTERESTING,

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UM, TODAY I'M GOING TO PROCEED

[Consent Agenda]

WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I NEED TO READ IN THE LATE BACKUP.

UM, I ALREADY HAVE MENTIONED THE ACT ACTION ITEMS. UM, WE HAVE LATE BACK UP ON ITEM EIGHT ON ITEM 38, 40 43 51 57, 58, 60 61 62 63 64 AND 69, UM, MENTIONED EARLIER THE ACTION ITEMS RELATED TO 8 31 AND 51, UM, EARLIER, UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, OUR CONSENT AGENDA FOR TODAY INCLUDES ITEMS ONE THROUGH 44, AND THEN ITEM 70 WITH THE POLLED ITEMS SHOWING AS FOLLOWS ITEM 22, ITEM 32, ITEM 42 AND ITEM 43.

UM, AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER, UH, THE DIRECTION THAT I PROVIDED ON THE, UM, THROUGH, UM, THE CLERK ON ITEM 38, UH, WHERE THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO RETURN TO COUNCIL BY MAY 5TH, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES, EXCLUDING AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH, EXISTING BUDGET, AND AN ASSOCIATED FUNDING ACTION TO RESTORE 282,821 IN ANNUAL FUNDING FOR THE PRIME TIME AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, SERVING CHILDREN IN TITLE ONE SCHOOLS, UH, RESTORING THIS FUNDING WOULD ALLOW PRIME TIME TO SERVE OVER 4,900 CHILDREN DOING OTHERWISE.

WHAT'S THE POTENTIAL COTTON SERVICES FOR AN ESTIMATED 1500 CHILDREN.

UM, SO IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I WILL INCLUDE THAT.

IF FOLKS WANT TO PULL THAT, WE OBVIOUSLY CAN FILL THE ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

OH, I, I APOLOGIZE IS I CAN SEE IT BETTER THAN HEAR IT WHEN YOU SAY IT, SAY IT THAT WAY.

SO COULD YOU GIVE ME A MINUTE JUST TO SHARP IT? UM, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

IS IT IN OUR, IT'S BEEN EMAILED TO US, RIGHT? IT WAS EMAILED AT NINE 10, WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER, PLEASE TAKE YOUR, PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME ON THAT.

UM, I DO NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE REMARKS BEFORE WE HAVE THE MOTION? OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER, POOL MOTIONS APPROVAL, THE CONSENT COUNCIL MEMBER, ELLIS SECONDS THAT, UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU FOLKS WANT TO MAKE THE REMARKS.

AND THEN I WILL, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO PULL 38, WE CAN, UH, COME TO MEMBER KELLY.

UM, ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA TODAY IS ITEM NUMBER 23.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE APPROVING IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO UNMANNED ROBOTIC VEHICLES FOR USE BY THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT BOMB SQUAD DURING ITS RESPONSE TO CRITICAL INCIDENTS WITHIN AUSTIN AND THE CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, REGION AND SERVICE AREAS.

THIS IS A LIGHTWEIGHT TACTICAL ROBOT CAPABLE OF SEARCHING ROOMS, HALLWAYS, AND CONFINED SPACES.

AND I'M JUST SO GLAD TO KNOW THAT WITH THIS PURCHASE, WE'RE FURTHERING PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR CITY, AND WE'RE NOT JUST HELPING THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT THE LARGER REGION AS A WHOLE.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

THANKS FIRST OFF, UM, ON ITEM 38, MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT DIRECTION TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDS TO FILL THE GAP FOR AISD IS AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.

WE'VE BEEN A LONG TIME, UM, CHAMPION FOR THAT PRIME TIME PROGRAM AND THE OTHER GOOD PROGRAMS THAT AISD DELIVERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, I JUST HAVE REALLY QUICK BRIEF REMARKS ON ITEM 34.

THIS IS THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AT CRESTVIEW STATION OUT ON RYAN DRIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN.

AND I JUST WANTED TO REMARK ON THE REALLY GREAT WORK DONE AT THE CITY AND WITH OUR AREA NEIGHBORS TO GET TO THIS POINT, I AM VERY PLEASED AND SO PROUD OF THIS INITIATIVE.

MY THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO GOT US TO THIS POINT AND WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO THE GROUNDBREAKING AND, UH, ONE DAY SOON, THE RIBBON CUTTING ON THE NEW PARK AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE HAPPENING, UH, IN DISTRICT SEVEN.

SO THANKS EVERYBODY, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT DIRECTION.

I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD.

AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A MINUTE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

UM, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE SURE THAT 1500 KIDS DON'T LOSE THEIR AFTERSCHOOL TIME AT THIS TIME WHEN WE'VE JUST COME OUT OF COVID AND THOSE SERVICES ARE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.

UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON CONSENT COUNCIL MEMBER? TOVA A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS I WANTED TO THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THE PRIME TIME.

ALSO YOUR STAFF AND MINE WHO WORKED ON COMPILING A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION, UM, AND AISD, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY

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TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I'M GLAD, GLAD TO SEE THESE PROGRAMS MOVING FORWARD AT THEIR CURRENT LEVELS OF CAPACITY.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MYSELF AS A CO-SPONSOR ON ITEM 42, IF POSSIBLE, THIS IS THE ITEM ON PARKLAND, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE ON CONSENT.

I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT 31.

I SUBMITTED A QUESTION IN THE Q AND A ABOUT THE MARKET RENTS.

THIS IS, UH, A SPACE THAT IS, UM, WITHIN A CITY OF AUSTIN BUILDING.

AND WE'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE A CONTRACT FOR, I THINK IT IS, I'M DOING THIS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, ABOUT $19 A SQUARE FOOT.

THIS IS DOWNTOWN REAL ESTATE.

AND I ASKED OUR STAFF TO PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT AN AVERAGE RENT WOULD OTHERWISE BE.

AND IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $40 A SQUARE FOOT.

SO THIS ITEM IS POSTPONE TODAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION BACK ABOUT MY QUESTION, WHICH IS STILL PENDING IN THE Q AND A, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO IT.

YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE MOVING INTO A REALLY TIGHT BUDGET YEAR AND WITH A TAX CAP IMPOSED BY THE LEGISLATURE, I THINK WE NEED TO USE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR ASSETS TO THE FULLEST POTENTIAL.

AND SO IT CONCERNS ME A LOT THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING POTENTIALLY HAVE SOMETHING ON OUR AGENDA THAT IS, YOU KNOW, BELOW MARKET RENT FOR DOWNTOWN REAL ESTATE BY MORE THAN HALF.

AND SO I HOPE MANAGER THAT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WE'LL GET SOME MORE EXPLANATION ABOUT WHY WE WOULD BE ASKED TO APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM, ITEM 32 IS ANOTHER CITY OWNED PROPERTY, AND I PULLED THIS LAST TIME AND POSTPONED IT AFTER ASKING SOME MORE QUESTIONS OF STAFF I'M PREPARED TO LET IT MOVE FORWARD TODAY.

AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY DID ASSESS, UM, AND, AND BROUGHT THAT PROPERTY INTO ALIGNMENT IN TERMS OF MARKET RENT, UM, BEFORE BRINGING IT TO US HERE FOR THE COUNCIL AGENDA, IT WAS A TRACK THAT WAS PURCHASED AS PART OF THE HANCOCK HANCOCK'S, UH, WATER TREATMENT PLANT LONG-TERM PLANNING.

AND SO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AUSTIN WATER UTILITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY IMMEDIATE NEED FOR IT, BUT THEY DO HAVE A LONG-TERM NEED FOR IT.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO REMAIN WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S PORTFOLIO, BUT I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THIS AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO THINK STRATEGICALLY ABOUT OUR, OUR FACILITY USE.

THIS IS ATTRACTIVE LAND THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO OWN OVER THE LONG RUN.

UM, IT CURRENTLY HAS KIND OF A BOAT STORAGE AND A POTTERY SHOP OPERATING ON IT.

UH, THERE MAY BE A WAY THAT WE CAN, WHILE WE'RE HOLDING IT FOR THE AUSTIN WATER UTILITY, USE IT TO REALLY, UM, AS A REVENUE SOURCE, YOU KNOW, AS A HIGHER LEVEL REVENUE SOURCE BY REDEVELOPING IT.

SO I'VE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES ON THIS DYESS THAT I'M INTERESTED IN PUTTING SOME MORE FRAMEWORK AROUND HOW WE ASSESS OUR CITY-OWNED TRACKS, BOTH FOR LEASES, FOR OWNERSHIP.

UM, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IF SOME OF YOU ASKED TO WORK TOGETHER ON THAT, BUT I AM BRINGING FORWARD AN IFC.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, LET ME KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK WE, WE HIT, WE ARE HITTING THESE AS ONE-OFFS AS THEY COME.

AND I THINK WE JUST NEED A MORE CONCERTED POLICY.

THAT ONE, AS I SAID, IS NOW BEING ASSESSED IS BEING MARKET RENT BASED ON WHAT'S ON THERE CURRENTLY.

UM, BUT UNLIKE OTHER CITY OF AUSTIN PROPERTIES, THERE'S NO REVENUE SHARING.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT IS BEING BROUGHT INTO ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CITY POLICIES IN ONE WAY AND NOT IN ANOTHER.

SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT ON CONSENT TODAY BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND IT, FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH REAL ESTATE, WE CAN WITH A 30 DAY NET WITH A 90 DAY NOTICE, WE CAN GET OUT OF THAT LEASE.

SO AT THE POINT WHERE WE'VE ADOPTED SOME WHERE WE'VE APPROVED SOME STRONGER, SOME STRONGER POLICIES, UH, WITH REGARD TO OUR FACILITIES, I THINK THAT CAN BE REEVALUATED.

AND I THINK THAT'S IT.

THANKS.

YOU ALL FOR JOINING AND SUPPORT ON THAT, ON THAT ITEM, UH, WHICH WE WILL PASS AFTER WE DO EXECUTIVE SESSION, HOPEFULLY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA, UH, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM 35, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF A FINAL AGREEMENT TO REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY, THE OLD HOME DEPOT ON 35 AND ST.

SO JUST TO CONFIRM COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA, WE'RE GOING TO PUT ITEM 32 BACK ON CONSENT AND THANK YOU FOR DIGGING DEEPLY INTO THAT.

AND AS CHAIR OF AUDIT AND FINANCE AND SOMEONE WHO'S WORKED A LOT ON OUR, OUR MOVE FOR OUR OWN FACILITIES FROM LEASING TO OWN, I, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT AND, AND WANT TO THANK YOU.

UM, AND YOUR STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US ON THE AMENDMENT OR THE DIRECTION RELATED, UM, TO PRIME TIME, WHICH STILL DOES NEED TO COME BACK TO US FOR, UM, ANOTHER VOTE.

AND JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER FANTA SERVE ON THE JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE FOR AISD THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, THERE, YOU KNOW, TO SPEAK, UH, BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT SITUATION.

UH, COUNCILMAN POOL, I NOTICED THAT TWO ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS FOR ITEM 42 WERE MISSING AND THE CORRECTION CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS CAUSE BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

AND I HAD ASKED TO BE INCLUDED DURING WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY.

AND I THINK WE JOINED COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AS ADDITIONS TO YOUR ORIGINAL CHEM.

UH CO-SPONSORS THANKS.

THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

SO IF THE CLERK CAN REFLECT THAT FOR ITEM 42, THAT WILL ADD ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS COUNCIL MEMBERS, KITCHEN POOL, AND TOVA, THAT IS THE ITEM RELATED TO PARKLAND DEDICATION.

UM, AND MY INITIAL CO-SPONSORS WERE MAYOR EITHER COUNCIL MEMBER OF AND COUNCIL MEMBER LS, OR THANK

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JOHN'S INTO OVER 500 UNITS OF HOUSING AND SOME COMMERCIAL SPACE.

WE'RE WORKING OUT ALL THOSE DETAILS, BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT PROJECT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO SAY THANKS TO, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND, UH, COMPLIMENT DOBO FOR YOUR SHARP EYE ON THE FINANCES AND BUDGET.

WE ARE GOING INTO A VERY ROUGH, UH, BUDGET CYCLE AND, UH, WE REALLY NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON EVERY DOLLAR THAT COMES IN AND OUT.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I BELIEVE ITEM 35 IS FOR LEGAL SERVICES.

WE'RE NOT PASSING THE FINAL AGREEMENT.

WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THE FINAL AGREEMENTS.

I THINK YOU MAY HAVE GIVEN AUTHORITY FOR IT, BUT THERE'S BEEN AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED, AND NOW THEY ARE NEGOTIATING THE FINAL MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

SO THIS IS LEGAL COUNSEL TO HELP THE CITY NEGOTIATE A FINAL MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, THE COMPANY OKAY.

TO MY UMBRELLAS.

AND THEN I'LL ALSO FLAG THE MAYOR HAS HIS HAND UP.

I KNOW HE'S IN CHEMISTRY.

UM, ITEM NUMBER 70 IS GOING TO BE ISSUING A PROCLAMATION ON APRIL 9TH AS THIS SATURDAY IN HONOR OF JOE AND MEANS CEREMONY DAY FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND SPLASH AT BARTON SPRINGS POOL.

SHE WAS AN ACTIVIST AND SCHOLAR FROM AUSTIN AND WENT TO BLACKSHEAR ELEMENTARY, KEELING JUNIOR HIGH, AND WAS AMONG THE THIRD GROUP OF STUDENTS TO INTEGRATE AUSTIN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE LATE 1950S IN HER SENIOR YEAR, SHE WAS A STUDENT LEADER IN ACTIVISM THAT LED TO THE INTEGRATION OF BARTON SPRINGS AND ZILKER PARK.

AFTER NOT BEING ALLOWED TO SWIM AT HER HIGH SCHOOL, SENIOR PICNIC, SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK PERSON TO JUMP INTO BARTON SPRINGS POOL IN AN ACT OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN DOING SO.

SHE SPARKED A MOVEMENT OF SWIMMING'S THAT TOOK PLACE ON A WEEKLY BASIS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER OF 1960.

SO I WANTED TO INVITE THE PUBLIC TO JOIN ME AT BARTON SPRINGS POOL ON SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH AT 10:00 AM TO DO THIS PROCLAMATION.

AND I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.

UM, IN THE INTERVENING PERIOD OF TIME, OUR BUDGET HAS GOTTEN PRETTY, PRETTY TIGHT, UH, AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A, A FUN EVENT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SO REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR HISTORY.

SO IT'LL BE GOOD TO DO THAT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST, UM, THIS WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, TO REALLY, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS THAT WERE, WERE, UM, WERE MADE, UH, WITH REGARD TO BARTON SPRINGS POOL.

AND, UM, JUST ALSO WANTED TO REMIND FOLKS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO TO RE RENAME, UH, ROBERT LEE TO AC MORTON.

SO WE NOW HAVE THE AC MARTIN ROAD AND AC WAS ANOTHER, UH, PERSON WHO, UH, PARTICIPATED IN THOSE EFFORTS WITH REGARD TO, UM, REGARD TO THE POOLS.

SO, UM, AND HER NAME IS NOW ON THE ROAD THAT IS RIGHT THERE BY THE ENTRANCE TO THE, TO THE POOL.

SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS MAY OUT THERE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

UM, I WANT TO, TO, TO ALSO JOIN IN WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON, ON RECOGNIZING THOSE HISTORICAL EVENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS AND, AND TO, UH, CONGRATULATE, UH, COUNCILOR BELLA FOR CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND TO RECOGNIZE MOVING FORWARD WITH HOME DEPOT, UH, TRACKED AS WELL.

UH, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK REALLY BRIEFLY TO ITEM NUMBER 38 MIRROR PROTOTYPE.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT, UH, YOU'VE ASKED STAFF TO, TO, TO COME UP WITH THE FUNDING BALANCE FOR, UH, THE PRIMETIME AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.

UH, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT, THAT I SUPPORTED.

I CAN REMEMBER WHEN THE FUNDING FOR THAT PROGRAM FIRST STARTED, UH, UH, FALLING OFF OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COULDN'T DO IT.

AND THEY CAME TO US AND ASKED THE COUNCIL TO, TO STEP IN AND FUND THAT ITEM.

UH, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE FOR PEOPLE ON THE COLLEAGUES ON THE DIASTAT MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT WERE NOT HERE BACK THEN.

UH, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, AISD WAS HAVING REALLY SEVERE BUDGET ISSUES AND WAS HAVING TO REALLY DIG IN AND GO DEEPLY INTO ITS RESERVES.

AND IT WAS HAPPENING AT A TIME WHEN, UH, BECAUSE OF GROWTH AND OTHER, UH, ITEMS, THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY WAS NOT AS TIGHT OR, OR CONSTRAINED.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO STEP IN AND HELP WITH, UH, THOSE, UM, UH, PROGRAMS,

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AND IT COULD EASILY BE AS WE'RE MOVING INTO THE BUDGET SEASON THAT WE FACE THE, THE TIGHTEST BUDGET THAT, UH, THAT WE'VE HAD, OR I'VE HAD, AND, AND COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE JUST BEEN ON THE DICE OVER THE LAST, UH, THIS IS THIS BIG, UH, THE EIGHTH YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE CAN SUSTAIN THIS, UH, KIND OF PROGRAM WITH AISD, ALTHOUGH I'VE BEEN A SUPPORTER EACH TIME, UH, THAT THIS HAS, HAS COME UP.

UH, SO WHAT WE DID, I GUESS, AS A CITY IS WE FORMED A, WE HAD AN RFP THAT WENT OUT TO SAY, HEY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, UH, AIMED AT, UH, SUPPORT, UH, CHILDREN.

UM, CERTAINLY THIS IS A REALLY GOOD ONE.

AND, AND THEY GOT, UH, AWARDED IN FACT, AISD, I THINK AT WARD HALF OF THE TOTAL, UH, THE MAZE OF DOLLARS PART OF THIS RFP, WASN'T THE FULL, UH, UH, FUNDING OF THIS, BUT A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS GOT FUNDING INCLUDING SAFE, UH, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT, UH, DIANE SERVES ON THE BOARD OF.

SO I WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT, I'M NOT GOING TO BE VOTING ON ITEM NUMBER 38, BUT AS I READ ITEM NUMBER 38, UH, AS YOU DRAFTED YOUR DIRECTION, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF INITIATING AN OFF-CYCLE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

AND I JUST KNOW THAT AS, AS, AS A COUNCIL, WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED NOT TO DO THOSE GENERALLY, EXCEPT IN THOSE INSTANCES WHERE TIMING WAS, WAS SO IMPORTANT.

AND THAT COULD BE THE CASE HERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PLAN THE SUMMER PROGRAM.

UH, SO I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THAT ANYBODY PULL THIS OFF OR ANYBODY VOTE AGAINST IT, IT'S A PROGRAM I SUPPORT, I'M JUST, UH, NOTING THAT IT'S, UM, UH, MID CYCLE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

UM, WHEN WE CONSIDER, UH, BUDGETS AND EVERYTHING ALTOGETHER, WE WEIGH COMPETING PRIORITIES WHEN WE DO MID CYCLE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, UH, WE'RE IN THE POSITION OF JUST SAYING, DO WE LIKE THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM, WHICH ALWAYS MAKES IT HARDER.

UH, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, A LITTLE BIT, UH, UNCOMFORTABLE WITH, UH, COUNCIL REACHING IN, IN ESSENCE TO AN RFP PROCESS, UH, THAT, UM, AND, AND, AND SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ONE VENDOR OF ONE PROGRAM VERSUS A ANOTHER, WHEN WE HAVE AN RFP PROCESS, HOW THEY ALL THOSE THINGS OUT JUST BY WAY OF NOTING THAT, THAT THESE CHOICES ARE HARD AND THE COUNSELOR NEEDS TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT PRECEDENTS THAT WE, UH, THAT WE SET.

UM, THIS ONE OBVIOUSLY IS A, IS A GOOD PROGRAM.

THAT'S HAD COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR SOME TIME.

THANK YOU, MARY.

I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS, UM, SUPPORTED, UH, PRIME TIME BEFORE YOU WERE ON COUNCIL.

UM, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE CREATED IN THE NINETIES AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN FUNDED BY THE CITY.

UM, THE SHIFT CAME WHEN THERE WAS FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR OTHER AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS IN AN ATTEMPT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE PROGRAMS AT THE BUDGET TIME, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT CAME IN, UM, FROM THE CITY.

UM, AND THIS PROPOSAL THAT I'M HAVING DOES NOT ACTUALLY GET AISD ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO WHERE THEY WERE PRE COVID.

UM, IT GETS THEM BACKED UP TO WHAT THEY SUBMITTED, UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UM, PROCESS.

UM, SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONTINUE, CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY, BUT IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRAM COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE IT.

CENTERS, THE PARENT TEACHER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, BUT IT DOES, IT DOES DATE BACK TO A REALLY INTENTIONAL RESOLUTION ABOUT DIRECTING THE MANAGER TO LOOK FOR WAYS THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAN BOTH PARTNER WITH AND SUPPORT THE WORK OF AISD.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THAT POINT.

I THINK IT WAS IN ABOUT 20, 20 12 WHERE, UM, THE COUNCIL INCREASED THE FUNDING AND IN PART, BECAUSE IT WAS AS, AS YOU INDICATED, MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, THOSE PROGRAMS WERE GOING TO BE CUT.

AND JUST AS A POINT OF, OF ONGOING INTEREST, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, YOU MENTIONED, UH, THAT SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A POTENTIAL TAX SWAP, BUT REALLY THE CA THE, THE TOPIC DATES BACK AT LEAST TO BEFORE ANY OF US WERE ON COUNCIL, WHEN THERE WAS A GROUP CALLED THE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN TASK FORCE, WHO WAS LOOKING AT WAYS THAT THE COUNCIL THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND AISD COULD BETTER WORK TOGETHER.

AND ONE OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS LED THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME TO, UM, APPROVE, UH, AN, UH, RESOLUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT, THAT THOSE TWO ENTITIES CAN ASSIST.

AND ONE WAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST.

AND I'M REALLY SUPER PROUD OF, OF THE WORK THAT OUR COUNCIL AND THE COUNCILS, UM, THAT I'VE SERVED ON SINCE 2011.

UM, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT IS BY PARTNERING ON SOME OF THESE FINANCIAL PROGRAMS ON FINANCIAL EXPENSES FOR PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT NOT JUST INDIVIDUALLY ISD STUDENTS, BUT THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR, OF MUNICIPAL PURPOSE, THE FAMILY RESOURCE

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AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXTEND THAT TO SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN LIMITS AS WELL, MAYOR ADLER, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN.

AND I, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO APPLY.

WE HADN'T DONE SUPPORT FOR AISD BEFORE.

I DON'T THINK I SAID THAT IF I DID THAT, AND I DON'T THINK I DID.

UM, BUT WHAT I DO RECALL IS THAT PRIOR COUNCILS HAVE THE COUNCIL INTERVENING FREQUENTLY ON INDIVIDUAL VENDOR CLAIMS THAT AFFECT INDIVIDUAL VENDORS OR PROVIDERS, UH, WOULD, WOULD FREQUENTLY COME TO CITY COUNCIL OFFICES MAKE THE ROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL OFFICES TO TRY TO GET, UH, UH, RESOLUTIONS OR, OR EMOTIONS COMING FROM THE, THE DAY AS TO, TO FUND PARTICULAR PROGRAMS. AND THE, LIKE, UH, THERE WAS EXTENDED CONVERSATION, UH, IN OUR EARLY YEARS, UH, WHILE, UH, WHILE I WAS ON THERE, AGAIN, NOT TO THE EXCLUSION OF EARLY CONVERSATIONS THAT MIGHT'VE HAPPENED BEFORE THAT, UH, AS WE, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE FUNDING, UH, THAT WE WERE MAKING THIS SOME OF THE AISD PROGRAMS. AGAIN, I, I SUPPORTED THIS AISD PROGRAM EVERY TIME THAT IT'S COME UP FOR A VOTE.

UH, IN FACT, UH, MOVED FORWARD.

I THINK ONE OF THE YEARS THAT WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, MY POINT, AND JUST SPEAKING TO COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A, A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT'S COMING OUT OF CYCLE.

SO IT'S A BUDGET AMENDMENT WHERE WE'RE FINDING A PROGRAM, UH, WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE THE DIFFICULT CHOICES BETWEEN PROGRAMS, BECAUSE IT'S COMING AS A SEPARATE ITEM, WHICH HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A BUDGET, UH, MIDTERM BUDGET ITEM.

UH, WE DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WHEN THERE'S A TIME PRESSURE OR OTHER REASONS TO DO IT, WHICH MAY VERY WELL EXIST HERE BECAUSE THIS IS A SUMMER PROGRAM AND THEY NEED TO KNOW NOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE GEARING IT UP AT CAMP, WAIT UNTIL THE BUDGET TIME.

BUT I AM COGNIZANT THAT WE HAD A PROCESS AND RFP PROCESS TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND TO PRIORITIZE, UH, PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS.

AND THESE 1500 STUDENTS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AS ARE ALL THE OTHER THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE ALSO BEING IN, IN CHILDREN THAT THEY'RE ALSO BEING ADDRESSED BY THE, ARE THEIR RFP, UH, ITEMS. UH, AND, AND ALL I WAS DOING WAS POINTING OUT THAT WE HAD A PROCESS THAT I HOPE WE DON'T AS A COUNCIL, THIS COUNCIL OR FUTURE COUNCILS, UH, RETURNED TO DAYS WHERE, UH, UH, INDIVIDUAL PROVIDERS MAKE ROUNDS OF COUNCIL OFFICES TO, TO TRY TO GET PROGRAMS PULLED UP.

UH, AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE THAT HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.

UH, IT'S AWKWARD, AND THEN THE EASY OF DOING IT HERE, BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO BE THE BEST POSSIBLE PARTNER WITH AISD.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT I HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

UM, I AGREE WITH IT.

WHAT, WITH WHAT ALL HAVE SAID HERE, YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE THE DIRECTION AND SUPPORT IT.

UM, APPRECIATE THE HISTORY OF SUPPORT.

UM, AND, UM, IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM.

UM, I DO WANT TO SAY THOUGH THAT, UM, I AGREE WITH THE, THE, UH, AND I APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE, UM, THE ISSUE THAT THE MAYOR IS RAISING, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS AN OFF CYCLE CHANGE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING BEFORE.

JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE WE START DEALING WITH WHAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY CHALLENGING BUDGET.

SO I AM HAPPY TO CONSIDER THIS NOW IN VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM.

I'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED IN THE PAST, AND I'LL BE INTERESTED IN SEE, SEEING WHAT IS BROUGHT BACK TO US IN TERMS OF OUR OPTIONS IN TERMS OF FUNDING SOURCES.

BUT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REALLY TOUGHER TIME IN AUGUST, AND WE HAVE A, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS TO THINK ABOUT.

SO, UM, I, I JUST WANT US ALL TO BEAR THAT IN MIND.

AND, UM, SO I, SO MAYOR, I APPRECIATE YOU REMINDING US OF THAT, OF THAT SITUATION.

ON THE SAME POINT.

OR 2019, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT, BUT ONGOING FUNDING FOR PRIME TIME.

OH, I, IT'S A DIFFERENT POINT, ACTUALLY.

I DON'T WANT TO DERAIL US FROM THE CONVERSATION, BUT I'D LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY ON WHAT OUR RUN OF SHOW IS TODAY.

I'M GETTING QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

I WILL DO MY BEST ON THAT.

IT'S A BIT COMPLICATED TODAY.

UM, SO I WANT TO JUST VERY CLEARLY STATE THAT I BROUGHT THIS ISSUE UP AT OUR LAST MEETING AND ASKED FOR THE TWO WEEK POSTPONEMENT WHEN I ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GRANT, UM, THAT WE WERE OFFERING THROUGH WHAT WAS A PRIOR ITEM AND, UM, DISCOVER WHAT LEVEL AISD WAS AT HAVING PREVIOUSLY BOUGHT IN 2018

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THAT WAS AT THE LEVEL OF 1.6 MILLION, NOT AT THE 1.2, 8 MILLION THAT IT WILL BE.

UM, SO WE HAD IN MY VIEW ALREADY, OKAY.

UM, THIS AMOUNT AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE, IN THE BASE BUDGET.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL THERE RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE ASKING THEM TO COME BACK, UM, AISD FOR BETTER OR WORSE PUT IN FOR 1.282.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ASKING, UM, THEM TO FIND THE FUNDING, TO GET THEM UP FROM THE MILLION TO THAT, SO THAT WE CAN SERVE THESE OTHER 1500 KIDS.

AND THERE IS AN IMPERATIVE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PLAN WITH RESPECT TO THE SUMMER, UH, PROGRAMS, UM, THAT WE HAVE, UM, TO PLAN FOR, FOR, UM, THIS SUMMER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY, WHY DON'T WE VOTE ON CONSENT? AND THEN WE CAN DO THAT.

UM, JUST TO REITERATE WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT.

UM, OUR CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES ITEMS 1, 3 44, AND THEN ITEM 70, WE HAVE PULLED ITEM 22 BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY ITEM 42 FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY AND ITEM 43, UM, BY MAYOR ADLER ITEM 32 IS BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND MY DIRECTION FOR 38 IS INCLUDED IN THE MOTION, UH, FOR CONSENT.

UH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I MEANT BEFORE WE VOTED ON IT.

OH, I'M SORRY.

WE'LL DO THAT BEFORE WE VOTE THEN NOW ON ITEM 38, YOU KNOW, AND I, I AGREED WITH, UH, MY COLLEAGUES, ACTUALLY THE MAYOR AND I AM GOING TO SUPPORT IT, BUT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO TIMES RIGHT NOW WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY TIGHT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, UH, DIPPING INTO OUR RESERVE THIS YEAR JUST TO MAKE, HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.

BUT THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, YOU'RE LOOKING AT $23 MILLION SHORT SHORTFALL.

AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT MORE SHORT ALL IN THE COMING YEARS, UNLESS WE GET OUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY RESTRICT US AT 3.5% AND WE NEED 5% JUST TO MEET OUR NEEDS, UH, IT IS GOING GONNA X TIMES ARE GOING TO COME AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY TOUGH ON US.

UH, UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FEES INCREASE ALSO ON TOP OF THAT, I GO THROUGH A VERY PAINFUL PERIOD OF TIME COMING IN THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR YEARS, UNLESS WE CAN GET OUR PEOPLE OUT THERE AND TELL THE STATE LEGISLATORS THAT WE NEED HELP AND SUPPORT FROM THEM AND NOT JUST PUNISH US ALL EVERY TIME, EVERY TWO YEARS THEY MEET, THEY JUST ATTACK US AND PUNISH US.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT PERIOD WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH FUND TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THESE TYPES OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

AND I JUST HATE TO SEE THAT HAPPENING.

AND I APOLOGIZE, COUNCIL MEMBER IN THREE, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND UP FOR REMARKS BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE HAVE REMARKS ON CONSENT THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE.

SO WE WILL MOVE BACK TO THE VOTE AGAIN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, MOTION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UNANIMOUS ON THE DIOCESE, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON ABSENT.

WE WILL NOW TAKE UP OUR EMINENT DOMAIN ITEMS WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS 45 THROUGH 48 BEING NON-CONSENT CONDEMNATION ITEMS. IS THERE A MOTION TO THE EFFECT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN AUTHORIZES THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY SET FORTH AND DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA FOR THE CURRENT MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC USE IS DESCRIBED THERE IN COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY MOVES, UH, THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA SECONDS THAT I NEED DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEMS, 45 THROUGH 48, THAT IS UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, HYPER MADISON ABSENT.

UM, IT IS 1201.

UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS QUICKLY, UM, TAKE UP OUR EMINENT DOMAIN, UM, ITEMS AND, UM, SEE IF THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER ONES THAT ARE JUST REAL QUICK VOTES AND THEN WE'LL MOVE AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

AND I WILL, BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, THEN I WILL GO THROUGH, RUN A SHOW FOR THE AFTERNOON.

UM, OKAY.

[Items 45 - 48]

UM, OKAY, SO THAT IS 45 THROUGH 48.

UM, CAN

[51. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Chapter 25-2, Subchapter E, Section 4.3 relating to Vertical Mixed Use buildings. Stratefic Oidcomefs): Economic Opportunity and Affordability.]

WE TAKE CARE OF 51 WITH A QUICK MOTION OR DO WE NEED TO HAVE COMMENTS? I THINK WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT WITH A QUICK MOTION.

OKAY, GO AHEAD PLEASE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO ITEM 51, UH, I MOVED POSTPONEMENT TO APRIL 21ST.

UH, THIS IS THE ITEM RELATED TO VM YOUTUBE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

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I BELIEVE THAT.

COULD YOU JUST MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS SINCE IT WAS A NON-CONSENT I ASSUME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SPOKEN EARLIER.

THEY ALREADY TOOK ALL THE SPEAKERS EARLIER.

THANKS.

THAT THANK YOU FOR CHECKING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING ITEM 51, 2 4 21 22.

THAT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE DIOCESE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, HYPER MADISON ABSENT.

UM, CAN WE DO 49 AND 50? OKAY.

UM, CAN I DO THEM TOGETHER? NO.

OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 49 OR CONTINUE IT FROM BEFORE, THIS IS RELATED TO AN APPLICATION BY AIRPORT CROSSING LTD.

UM, LIKE TO

[49. Conduct a public hearing related to an application by Airport Crossing Ltd., or an affiliated entity, for housing tax credits for a multi-family development to be financed through the private activity bond program and to be known as Airport Crossing, located at or near the southeast corner of Foley Drive and Ross Road, Austin, TX 78617, within the City, and consider a resolution related to the proposed development, the application, and the allocation of housing tax credits and private activity bonds.]

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE COUNCIL MEMBER? KELLY MAKES THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILA SECONDS THAT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS COUNCIL COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER, HYPER MADISON ABSENT.

AND WE'RE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, ITEM

[50. Conduct a public hearing related to an application by Northwind Apartments, LP, or an affiliated entity, for housing tax credits for a multi-family development to be financed through the private activity bond program and to be known as Northwind Apartments, located at or near 11122, 11204, 11208, and 11216 Cameron Road, Austin, Texas 78754, within the City, and consider a resolution related to the proposed development, the application, and the allocation of housing tax credits and private activity bonds.]

50, UH, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO AN APPLICATION BY NORTH WIND APARTMENTS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE IT? COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY MAKES THAT MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOVO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

UM, WE HAD NO SPEAKERS, I ASSUME, ON ANY OF THESE IS ABLE TO SPOKEN BEFORE.

UM, THAT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE DIOCESE, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER, HYPER MADISON ABSENT.

UM, SO COLLEAGUES, UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

WE HAVE PULLED ITEMS, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, NUMBER 22.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, ITEM 42 AND EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM 43 POLLED.

UM, AND THEN WE DO NOT NEED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON 56 ANYMORE, UNLESS SOMEBODY WHO WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ORIGINALLY PULLING IT, WANTS IT.

UM, SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, ZONING IS ITEMS 57 TO 69 AND 71, 1 THAT WE NEED TO.

IS AN ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

SO ITEM 71

[71. Approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20211209-06 to appoint substitute judges for the City of Austin Municipal Court for the term beginning January 1, 2022 and ending December 31, 2025.]

I BELIEVE A TWO POINT SUBSTITUTE JUDGES FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN MUNICIPAL COURT.

UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM THE VICE CHAIR? DO YOU? OKAY.

SO ALL THE NAMES AND EVERYTHING ARE IN THE BACKUP.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY MOVES APPROVAL OF ITEM 71.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON ABSENT.

SO THAT THE PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY HAS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN WE'LL CONSIDER ITEM 43, THE JET FUEL RESOLUTION.

SO THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE LEFT TODAY ARE ITEM 22 ITEM 42 IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE STILL NEED TO VOTE ON IT.

THAT'S PARKLAND DEDICATION ITEM 43, WHICH IS THE FUEL TANKS.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ZONING ITEMS 57 TO 69, AND WE HAVE THOSE, UM, PUBLIC HEARING AT NOT BEFORE TWO O'CLOCK.

UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL, UM, JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR OPTIONS, UM, FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

UH, WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

IF EVERYONE IS HERE, UM, WE DO HAVE MUSIC, UM, WHICH I HOPE EVERYONE WILL JOIN ME FOR.

I'M NOT SURE IF I HAVE NINE, EIGHT, I BELIEVE IS, UH, THE MUSICIANS THAT WILL BE JOINING US.

UM, AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE, UH, ZONING LATER, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE TRY TO, I DON'T KNOW THAT, UM, ITEM 42 IS GOING TO TAKE TERRIBLY LONG AND EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO I WOULD PROPOSE THAT AFTER WE DO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, UM, WE TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND WE'LL SEE WHAT TIME THAT, LIKE WHAT THE TIMING OF THAT WILL BE.

HOPEFULLY WE GIVE OURSELVES A HALF HOUR BREAK MAYBE, UM, AND COME BACK FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, SOME BOARD BETWEEN ONE AND TWO, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK HERE.

IF WE HAVE TIME TO TAKE UP 22 OR 43, UH, BEFORE WHICH I DOUBT WE'LL HAVE TIME TO DO 43 BEFORE, UM, TWO O'CLOCK, WE WILL OTHERWISE WE'LL TAKE THE SPEAKERS, UM, FOR ZONING.

UM, AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE WE HAVE A, WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PUD THAT WE HAVE NOT HEARD A SIGNIFICANT POD IN A LONG TIME.

UM, THERE ARE SPEAKERS FROM THE APPLICANT, VARIOUS ENGINEERS, ET CETERA, WHO ARE HERE, WHO CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION.

UM, YOU KNOW, SO IT WOULD BE LONGER THAN FIVE MINUTES AS A PUD.

UM, IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO ALLOWING THEM TO SPEAK, PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN ADJUST ACCORDINGLY, UM, FOR THAT APPROACH.

UM, DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE? AND I WILL ANNOUNCE THE SPECIFIC TIMES WHEN I KNOW WHEN WE HAVE A VERY LONG PUBLIC COMMUNICATION TODAY.

SO I CAN'T REALLY PREDICT HOW LONG THAT'S GONNA TAKE COUNCIL MEMBER.

I THINK YOU MAY HAVE PRETENDED SO,

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IT LOOKS LIKE PROBABLY AFTER ZONING, WHICH WILL TAKE UP ZONING AROUND TWO.

IT WOULD BE, I THINK, AFTER ZONING SPEAKERS AND, UM, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO DO THE PUD, UM, AFTER WE FINISHED WITH ITEM 43 OR NOT.

BUT, UM, I WILL.

SO NO EARLIER THAN 2:00 PM, WOULD WE CONSIDER THE JET FUEL RESOLUTION AND MO MORE SO LATE AFTERNOON? YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE ACCURATE.

WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

AND WE DO HAVE, UM, CLARK, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SPEAKERS WE HAVE FOR ZONING? THAT'LL GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW LONG THE TWO O'CLOCK HEARING WILL BE.

YEAH, SO THAT'LL BE A GOOD HOUR.

SO NO EARLIER THAN THREE O'CLOCK, SO I'M PROBABLY FOUR O'CLOCK, FOUR ISH WOULD BE THE EARLIEST WE WOULD CONSIDER ITEM 43.

UM, IT DEPENDS ON HOW LONG 22 AND 42 TAKE.

SO IF IT, IF YOU, I MEAN, WE CAN PROBABLY KNOW NO SOONER THAN THREE, BUT WE, WE COULD TAKE IT UP AT THREE IF TIMING IS IN OUR FAVOR.

[Public Comments (Part 2 of 2)]

UM, AND, UH, WE HAVE HOW MANY SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION TODAY? WE HAVE, UH, SIX IN PERSON.

AND HOW MANY REMOTE? WE HAVE FOUR REMOTE.

SO JUST SO FOLKS KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE SIX WHO ARE IN PERSON AND HEAR FROM THE FOUR WHO ARE REMOTE.

UM, THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION IN HERE AS THEY SET UP FOR MUSIC DURING REMOTE, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR EVERYTHING.

UM, AND AS THEY, AS THEY DO THAT, AND HOPEFULLY FOLKS WILL JOIN US FOR THE MUSIC.

UM, AND AS, AS THAT CUSTOM FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION FOLKS HAVE THREE MINUTES, TIMOTHY HIGGINS ON DECK, VANI RENEW, MR. HIGGINS, IF YOU'RE HERE, YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

AND IF FOLKS, AS YOU'RE EXITING, IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, TRY AND BE AS QUIET AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN HEAR OUR SPEAKERS.

APPRECIATE IT.

I'M NOT SURE YOUR MIC IS ON YET.

NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU.

THANKS.

JUST PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME SINCE THEY ANNOUNCED SEVERAL NAMES.

SO IN 2015, UM, THERE WERE, I HOPE THIS COMES UP THERE WERE, THERE WERE A SERIES OF FLOODS TWO AFTER ANOTHER, UM, AND THE BUSINESSES THAT WERE IN THE BUILDING ALL VACATED BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL FLOODED OUT.

MY NAME IS TIMOTHY HIGGINS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

UM, THIS AFTERNOON, UM, I LIVE AT 53, 28 AGATHA CIRCLE IN EAST AUSTIN OFF OF 9 69.

UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ONGOING PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE HAD AS A COMMUNITY WITH BREAK IT DOWN RECYCLING CENTER, UH, WHICH INCLUDES NOISE AND, AND A TERRIBLE SMELL.

UM, THE, UH, RECYCLING CENTER IS LOCATED AT 7,400 FARM TO MARKET ROAD 9 69.

IT'S IN THE LOW POINT OF THE WALNUT CREEK WATERSHED.

UM, OUR COMMUNITY IS APPROXIMATELY 450 HOUSES.

NOW IT'S GOING UP TO APPROXIMATELY 900 HOUSES AND WE, WE LIVE DIRECTLY IN BACK OF THIS FACILITY.

UM, MY WIFE AND I MOVED TO AUSTIN AND BOUGHT OUR HOUSE IN 2011.

UM, AT THE TIME THE BUILDING'S AT 7,400 FARM TO MARKET ROAD, WE'RE EXISTING.

AND, UM, I WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECYCLING COMPANY AT THE SITE CALLED RED ROCK RECYCLING THAT RECYCLED CARDBOARD AND PAPER, THERE WAS NO SMELL AND THERE WAS NO NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROPERTY.

UM, I'D LIKE TO SHOW SOME SLIDES NOW THAT HAVE THE CONTEXT OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD.

UM, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, I'M SORRY.

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UM, UM, I ALSO HAVE BACKUP PHOTOGRAPHS, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE.

IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, I LOVE TECHNOLOGY.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THIS.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD PROCEED AND YOU CAN FOLLOW UP BY SENDING SOME EMAILS TO OUR OFFICES, BUT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET THOSE SLIDES UP.

BUT SO, AS I SAID, THE BUILDINGS, UM, UH, WERE ABANDONED AFTER THE LAST FLOOD IN 2015.

UM, SO THE BUILDING FROM 2015, TILL AROUND TWO, 2018, 2019, WAS VACANT AT THAT POINT.

A, UH, THE LANDLORD DID A LITTLE, OR THE BUILDING OWNER DID A LITTLE LIGHT, UM, UH, SPRUCE UP AND BREAK IT DOWN RE RECYCLING CENTER, UM, CAME INTO THE FACILITY, WHICH IS ALLOWED UNDER, UM, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, UH, ZONE.

UM, AT THAT POINT WE HAD NOISE ISSUES WITH THEM FROM BEEPING AND SLAMMING OF DRUMS ON THE GROUND, UH, FROM TRUCKS AND FROM FORKLIFTS VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING, INCLUDING ON THE WEEKENDS.

AND WHEN I SAY EARLY, I'M TALKING ABOUT 12:30 AM, 3:00 AM, 4:45 AM AND SUCH, WE, WE DID HAVE THE OWNERS COME UP AND TALK TO US, TALK TO US ABOUT IT.

THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD TRY, OH, HERE.

SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE THE PILES OF COMPOST THAT ARE WITHIN 400 FEET OF MY BACKYARD.

AND, UM, YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW THEY SMELL, UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE OF THESE TWO, UH, ANOTHER SHOT OF THE COMPOST HEAP.

THIS IS A OVERALL, UM, VIEW FROM GOOGLE MAPS.

UM, I HAVE THE RED LINE IS WHERE THE COMPOST IS.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE GRAVITATED OVER TO THE LEFT AND YOU CAN SEE HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO THE HOUSES ON AGATHA'S CIRCLE NEXT, PLEASE.

THIS IS A SHOT BY BREAK IT DOWN, PLEASE NOTE.

UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL RESTAURANT WASTE, SO IT'S, UM, ORGANIC VEGETABLES AND IT'S ALSO CARCASSES OF ANIMALS AND, AND MEAT PRODUCTS.

AND PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VULTURES ARE HOVERING AROUND THESE PILES NEXT PLACE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS AN OVERALL SHOWING HOW CLOSE THESE MOUNDS ARE.

THE RED MARKS THAT I'VE PUT, INDICATE HOW THAT THEY'VE GRAVITATED OVER AT THIS POINT, THAT, THAT THIS WAS AN EARLIER SHOT.

SO THESE ARE WITHIN 400 FEET OF THE BACK OF MY HOUSE NEXT PLACE.

UM, THIS IS A SHOT OF THE PILES AND, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE VULTURES ON TOP, AND THEN THE LAST SHOT, PLEASE SPEAKING YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

UH, OKAY.

THIS IS, UH, IS THERE ONE MORE, OKAY.

THIS IS A SHOT OF THE VULTURES ON OUR ROUTES AND THAT'S WHERE THEY LIKE TO PERCH.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THIS IS NOT A IDEAL WAY TO LIVE.

AND I, ALL I CAN SAY IS WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SMELL THIS, IT SMELLS LIKE VOMIT.

I'M SORRY TO BE SO CRUDE.

UM, CHICA YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

MR. HIGGINS.

UM, DO YOU KNOW WHICH DISTRICT YOU RESIDE IN? I'M SORRY.

DO YOU KNOW WHICH CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT YOU RESIDE IN? COUNCIL

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DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.

UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PEPPER.

MADISON'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.

UM, I WOULD SUGGEST PERHAPS, SO YOU REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO HER, HER OFFICE AND SHE CAN HELP YOU, UM, NAVIGATE SOME OF THESE ISSUES.

THEY ARE HELPING ME NOW.

AND THERE'VE BEEN TERRIFIC.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WONDERFUL.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

YOU APPRECIATE A TIME TO TALK COUNCIL NUMBER 10.

AND, UM, I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE IN TOUCH WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MEDICINE MANAGER.

I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOUR STUFF.

IF, IF THERE'S SOMEBODY MAYBE WHO COULD BE IN TOUCH WITH THIS GENTLEMAN AND HIS NEIGHBORS AS WELL.

PLEASE CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER.

BONNIE RENU ON DECK IS AL DEANDRE.

IF AL DE ANDRE CAN PLEASE, UM, COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND WAIT IN QUEUE.

THANK YOU, RICK.

TO SORT OF PRESERVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND GENERAL WELFARE THAT ONLY THE CITY CAN REALLY DO.

UH, MY NAME IS PHONE A RENO.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING, GIVE ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I'M HERE WITH MY HUSBAND AND A FEW OTHER RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORS IN THE ECOBEE DEVELOPMENT.

UH, AND AS MY HUSBAND POINTED OUT, WE'RE SPEAKING IMMEDIATELY ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL COMPOSTING FACILITY THAT OCCUPIES THE BACK HALF OF THAT SITE.

UH, I WANT TO JUST GO THROUGH THAT AND I'VE PRESENTED THE FACT, THERE ARE SOME FACTS THAT I THINK YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW, SORT OF TO UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY OF DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE.

UH, THE, ALL THIS PROPERTY, THE SITE IS IN A 25 YEAR FLOOD, PLAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THERE.

AND, UM, THE WALNUT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS EXACT DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET OR ACROSS THE ROAD ON 9, 6, 9, AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE 25 YEAR FLOOD PLAIN HAPPENED, EXCEPT FOR THIS PARCEL AND THE PARCEL NEXT TO IT TOGETHER, THEY COMPRISE LIKE A WHOLE TRIANGULAR, UH, PIECE OF LAND.

I'M GUESSTIMATING THAT TO BE LIKE ABOUT 15 ACRES, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN ALREADY OWNS THOSE OTHER PARCELS ON THE TAIL END AND SAID.

AND SO, UM, UH, A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT TO THE, SO THE SITUATION THERE, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THERE IS A WATER OUTLET FROM WALNUT CREEK THAT RUNS PARALLEL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY.

AND IT RUNS ALSO NORTH TO SOUTH, UH, ON THE, UM, EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

AND AS IT COMES DOWN AND EMPTIES OUT BEYOND 9, 6, 9, UM, AND ALSO, WELL, JUST TO MENTION THE FACT THAT, SO THERE ARE TWO PARCELS THAT ARE OWNED BY THE SAME, UH, INDIVIDUAL, OR PARDON ME, LLC.

AND, UM, AT ONE POINT, UM, THE DEVELOPER OFFERED THIS OTHER LARGER PARCEL AS AN OPTION FOR BREAK IT DOWN.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, NEITHER PARCEL IS A GOOD SOLUTION FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS, UM, UM, COMPOSTING FACILITY, UH, IN LIGHT OF ALL THESE CONSIDERATIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO POSE THE, THE, A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION

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AND THAT WOULD BE EMINENT DOMAIN.

UM, AND I JUST LISTED THESE FACTORS.

UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE PRESSURE ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND WITH THE WASTEWATER, ETC.

BECAUSE THE PHOTOGRAPH I HAVE NOW SHOWS OUR DEVELOPMENT, THE PREVIOUS PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWED IT, UNDEVELOPED SPEAKER HAS EXPIRED.

OH, OKAY.

THEY ARE BUILDING HOUSES, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH.

AND THE NEXT ONE.

SO YOU'RE HELPING CONSIDERATION WITH ALL THESE MATTERS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

AND, UM, AS WE DISCUSSED WITH THE PRIOR SPEAKER, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, AND WE'VE ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO ASSIST AS WELL.

AND I THINK WE MAY HAVE A FEW MORE OF YOU SPEAKING THEN SMITH.

MAY I HELP YOU FEEL BETTER? UH, WE MISSED YOU AT UT YESTERDAY.

UM, YEAH.

UM, SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A DIVERSE GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT MAKES AUSTIN AUSTIN.

I THINK ABOUT THIS LIKE GUADALUPE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF, YOU KNOW, BY EMINENT DOMAIN, THE OLDEST RESTAURANT IN TOWN, JEN'S, COPY'S A MULTI-GENERATION LOCAL BUSINESS TAKEN OUT THE, UH, THE BACK PATIO OF THE HOLE IN THE WALL, WHICH IS A HISTORIC BUSINESS.

AND I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS AN ATTITUDE THAT'S AROUND THE WHOLE CITY, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T MAKE AN OMELET WITHOUT CRACKING A COUPLE OF EGGS.

I DON'T REALLY AGREE WITH THAT.

I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE PRESERVING THESE KINDS OF THINGS AND THAT, UM, PROJECT CONNECT GOES MUCH BETTER ON RIO GRANDE.

THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE TO DO IT THERE.

IF YOU WANT TO IMMINENT DOMAIN SOMETHING, TAKE OUT THE GAS STATION AT 24TH AND RIO GRANDE.

IT'S ALSO A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.

THAT'S A LOT CLOSER FOR MOST FOLKS WALKING HOME, UH, AFTER A NIGHT OF DRINKING IS CLOSER TO THE POPULATION CENTER, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, BUT I KINDA CAME TO THIS REALIZATION THAT WHEN I COME UP HERE AND TALK, IT'S USUALLY ABOUT PRESERVING SOMETHING, WHETHER THAT'S KENNY DURHAM'S BACKYARD OR WHETHER THAT'S THE MUNI GOLF COURSE AND THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING MORE TO THAT END.

UM, ALSO THE STAKEHOLDERS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, UH, WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF UT THE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP IN AUSTIN, NELSON LINDNER, I MEET WITH THIS WEEK, I MEET WITH HAROLD MCMILLAN THIS WEEK.

I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH, UH, THE WEST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP SAVED MUNI SAMINA HISTORIC DISTRICT.

AND ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE ON BOARD BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT.

UT SOME PEOPLE AT UT DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU CAN GET OUT OF THE BRACKENRIDGE TRACK.

YOU CAN GET SEVERAL BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUT OF THAT.

UM, AND I WROTE THE, I WROTE THE BOOK.

I WROTE THE BOOK ON THIS.

THAT WAS WHAT MY THESIS WAS, AND THERE'S NOT A KNOWLEDGE BASE ABOUT WHAT THE PROPER INFLECTION POINTS ARE IN THAT.

AND IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLY WASTEFUL AND YOU CAN PRESERVE THAT GOLF COURSE AND, UH, AND YOU CAN LEVERAGE THAT.

AND THE CITY HAS A LOT OF LEGAL ROUTES AND THESE OTHER STAKEHOLDER GROUPS HAVE LEGAL ROUTES TOO.

SO, UH, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME TO THAT AS A BACKSTOP, BUT THAT EXISTS.

UM, AND IF, IF UT, AS THEY SOMETIMES DO, YOU TRY TO PUSH FORWARD AS A STEAM ROLLER AND GETS THEIR WAY THEY'RE GOING TO RUN INTO SOME OPPOSITION THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET TAKEN TO COURT, BUT THE WAY INTEREST RATES ARE RISING, UM, WE DON'T HAVE TIME.

IF YOU WANT A REAL SOLUTION, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY JUST COME TOGETHER AND GET A SOLUTION WITH THAT.

AND SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MEETINGS WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR MAYOR.

I'D ASKED FOR A MEETING WITH YOU.

I MEAN, THIS IS A BROAD COALITION.

THIS IS PEOPLE ON OTHER SIDES OF THE ISSUE ON THE EYES OF TEXAS ISSUE WHO ARE NOW IN THE SAME COALITION, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AT STAKE.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE HARD PRESSED FOR MONEY, UH, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GET MONEY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND IT'S RIGHT THERE, THE SOLUTIONS RIGHT THERE FOR YOU, WE'RE HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, I'D LOVE TO TALK TO YOU AND ALSO WANT TO SAY ABOUT UNO.

ONE THING THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT UNO IS THE WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION OF GREEN SPACE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS EXPERIENCED AS A RESULT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, POLICY.

SO WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT.

SEVERAL SOURCES IN THE CITY, INCLUDING THE LAW DEPARTMENT, AND DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER YET.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

ETHAN, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, RICK.

CARONIA HI, MY NAME IS .

I'M AN ARCHITECT.

MY WINDSOR PARK HOME IS IN DISTRICT ONE DISTRICT FOR NEXT YEAR.

UH, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS AND THEN WANTED TO SPEAK TO AN ISSUE THAT I, AND A FEW OTHER DESIGN PROFESSIONALS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THINK NEEDS ATTENTION.

FIRST, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT PLANT, UH, CONTACT TEAMS ELIGIBLE TO APPEAL TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

THE INTERPRETATION OF THE VERTICAL MIXED USE ORDINANCE FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED SITE PLAN.

I'VE ASKED

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SECOND MIKE, THE CITY COUNCIL WAIVE THE $3,218 AND 72 CENTS APPEAL FEE WINDSOR PARKS CONTACT TEAM AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE CONFERRING ON THIS ISSUE, BUT FOR EITHER YOU OR A GROUP, IT'S A BIG EXPENSE.

NOW ABOUT VERTICAL MIXED USE VMU WAS SOLD TO THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN AS A MEANS TO A MORE DENSE AND WALKABLE CITY.

GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL USES ARE MEANT TO OFFER CONVENIENT SERVICES AND POTENTIAL EMPLOYMENT TO THE MULTITUDE OF RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ABOVE THEM.

AND TWO OTHERS LIVING NEARBY VMU AND THE UPCOMING VMU TO CAN HELP PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED AND MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THAT'S GREAT, BUT VMU IS VERY COMPLICATED.

AND I CAN'T FULLY EXPLAIN WHY IN THREE MINUTES, BUT IT'S BROKEN WINDSOR PARK REQUESTS, THE VMU FOR IT'S CENTRALLY LOCATED WINDSOR VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER DURING THE 2007 NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROCESS, EVEN HAVING THE ADJACENT BUYER CLIFF BOULEVARD DESIGNATED AS A CORE TRANSIT QUARTER, HOPING NEW DENSITY MIGHT BRING MORE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN MID 20, 25 MONTHS BEFORE CLOSING ON THE PROPERTY.

AND WITHOUT REQUESTING IN WRITING A PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE WITH THE DIRECTOR AS REQUIRED IN THE VME ORDINANCE, A DEVELOPER SUBMITTED A SITE PLAN FOR WINDSOR VILLAGE FOR A 405 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THE SOUTH HALF OF THE PROPERTY REQUIRING A DEMOLITION OF ABOUT 50,000 PLUS SQUARE FEET OF OCCUPIED RETAIL SPACE.

NEW NEW COMMERCIAL SPACE WAS PROPOSED.

AND THE SECOND PHASE WITH 354 FEET, 350 MORE APARTMENTS WAS MENTIONED.

THE REVIEW STAFF LET THEM KNOW THAT VMU REQUIRES COMMERCIAL USES THAT A PHASED PROJECT REQUIRED AN OVERALL SITE PLAN, AND THAT THE 12 ACRE PROPERTY WOULD REQUIRE AN INTERNAL CIRCULATION ROUTE IT'S CRITICAL FOR FIVE PLUS ACRE SITES JUST SHORT OF TWO YEARS LATER, AND SEEMINGLY AIDED WITH ADVICE AND INTERPRETATIONS FROM THE REVIEW STAFF.

THE LATEST SITE PLAN SHOWS A 398 UNIT COMPLEX WITH JUST TWO SMALL RETAIL SPACES, TOTALING 3000 SQUARE FEET, PLUS SIX LIVE WORK UNITS FACING PARKLAND INSTEAD OF A STREET EACH WITH ABOUT 850 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SERVICE SPACES.

PHASING WAS DISCARDED GET STILL, OCCASIONALLY IS REFERRED TO, AND THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED AND PLOTTED TO PRODUCE A 4.97 ACRE PROJECT AREA.

JUST 0.03 ACRES SHORT OF FIVE ACRES WHILE THEY ARE NOW CALLING A DRIVEWAY LINED WITH THE INDIVIDUAL GARAGE DOOR UNITS AND INDIVIDUALLY AN INTERNAL CIRCULATION ROUTE.

IT MEANS VIRTUALLY NO IRC DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.

SO THEY'RE CLAIMING ALTERNATIVE EQUIVALENTS COMPLIANCE FOR WHICH THE PROJECT SHOULDN'T QUALIFY.

THIS IS NOT HOW VMU IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.

PLEASE FIX IT BEFORE YOU DO ANYMORE.

UH, THAT, THAT, ESPECIALLY WHERE WE'RE REPLACING COMMERCIAL, UH, I, I DON'T WANT TO ELIMINATE, YOU KNOW, EXISTING COMMERCIAL USES THAT PEOPLE DEPEND ON AND RELY ON THERE'S, UH, ELDERLY, UH, HOUSING, JUST NORTH OF THAT LONG GAS IN PLACE.

AND MAY I PUT HIM RICK? UH, AND I KNOW YOU'RE A WINDSOR PARK PRESIDENT.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? UM, MY PARENTS BOUGHT A HOUSE ON BOURBON DRIVE IN 1960 OR BUILT A HOUSE IN 1967.

I MOVED AWAY THREE YEARS JUST AFTER COLLEGE AND BOUGHT A HOUSE BACK THERE IN 1982.

UM, AND I E THE WINDSOR VILLAGE, I JUST WANT TO WINDSOR PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE HOUSING GENERALLY AND HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE VMU GENERALLY, UH, BUT WINDSOR VILLAGE WITH THE SHOPPING CENTER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT'S WHERE THE FAMILY DOLLAR WAS.

THAT'S WHERE THE NAIL SALON WAS.

THAT'S WHERE THE BARBERSHOP WAS.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF RESTAURANTS IN THERE.

THE DOMINO'S, UH, CHOICE WILL AT DANCE STUDIO, BEEN THERE FOR DECADES AND ENJOYS WHAT A DANCE STUDIO, UH, AND ALL OF THAT IS, UH, GOING AWAY TO BE REPLACED BY BASICALLY NOTHING.

UH, AND IT'S A SITUATION WHERE, I MEAN, VMU, I THINK THE IDEA BEHIND IT, UH, WAS TO HAVE THAT TRULY MIXED USE, WHERE THERE WOULD BE THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, WALK TOWARD YOUR LOCAL STORE TO WALK TOWARDS SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND, AND MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE PROPOSAL IS WHAT, WHAT, WHAT COMMERCIAL IS REMAINING THERE IN WINDSOR VILLAGE, UH, HANKS, THE ONE RESTAURANT, BASICALLY WE'RE DOWN FROM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE 10 TO 12 COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, UH, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOWN TO ONE RESTAURANT THAT MEANS EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO DRIVE FARTHER.

THAT MEANS THERE'S NO MORE WALKABILITY WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT WAS REALLY AS DETAILED, AND I KNOW IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT THERE'S REALLY SOME BAD FAITH BY THE DEVELOPER.

YOU KNOW, HE SPLIT UP THE PARCELS INTO JUST UNDER FIVE ACRES.

SO YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO MEET THE, THE, UH, OBLIGATIONS.

THERE IS, AGAIN, THEY DID SOME KIND OF CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS, SO THAT ONE LITTLE COMMERCIAL SPOT WOULD COUNT FOR BOTH BUILDINGS.

UH, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS, BUT, UH, I KNOW THAT THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAS THAT VIEW PROPOSAL.

UH, UH, AND I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TIGHTEN UP TO MAKE SURE THAT VIEW MEANS COMMERCIAL,

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THEY NEED THAT FAMILY DOLLAR THAT WAS CRITICAL FOR A BUNCH OF AFFORDABLE WELL HOUSING, AND FOR A BUNCH OF ELDERLY FOLKS THAT LIVE RIGHT THERE, THEY WALK OVER TO THE FAMILY DOLLAR TO GET, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY EVERYTHING THEY NEED, UH, AND THAT'S BEEN, UH, REMOVED TO BE REPLACED BY NOTHING.

SO I JUST, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, RICK, AND THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILA, UM, I THINK THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, A REQUEST TO WAIVE THE FEES FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN BRING THAT FORWARD AS, AS LIKE, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, UM, W TH NOW IT'S NOT THE PLACE TO GET INTO ALL THE DETAILS, BUT HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU MORE COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILA, AND, UH, AND ALSO WITH, WITH YOU.

UM, I THINK THAT, UM, THE KIND OF CIRCUMSTANCE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS I DO THINK WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH VMU TO, UH, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD, UM, MAKE IT SPECIFIC, UH, THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED A CASE BY CASE AND CONSIDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE ISSUE THAT YOU RAISING.

IT'S, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR IF THERE'S SOME AMENDMENTS THAT COULD MAKE THAT WOULD ADDRESS THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOK TO COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILA ABOUT THAT.

UM, THE INTENT IS, UM, VERTICAL MIXED-USE, AS YOU SAID, THE INTENT IS NOT TO REPLACE COMMERCIAL, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE LANGUAGE THAT DOES THAT AT THE MOMENT, BUT HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT FURTHER, WE'VE GOT TIME TO DO THAT NOW, SINCE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT UP ON THE 21ST.

SO THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL UMBRELLAS VERY QUICKLY.

I KNOW YOU'RE MOVING THIS MEETING VERY THOROUGHLY THROUGH THE DAY.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER AVAIL, I'M HAPPY, WHATEVER WE CAN DO.

POLICY-WISE, I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.

I AGREE THAT THAT FIRST FOR WALKABILITY IS IMPERATIVE FOR LIVE WORK, PLAY.

SO ANYTHING THAT I OR MY OFFICE CAN DO TO BE OF ASSISTANCE, WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE RUN NEISHA DOGAN.

MY NAME IS RONISHA DOGAN.

I'M HERE TODAY ON ACCOUNTS OF MY VEHICLE BEEN DAMAGED BY CITY EMPLOYEES NEGLIGENCE.

UM, WHEN I REACHED OUT TO THE LAW CLAIMS DEPARTMENT, IT WAS IMMEDIATELY ALMOST REFLEXIVELY DENIED, UM, INCITING, TEXAS TORT CLAIMS ACT SAYING BASICALLY THAT ULTIMATELY, IF A PERSON DID NOT STRIKE MY VEHICLE, LIKE IF THEY DIDN'T HIT MY CAR WITH THEIR VEHICLES, WHETHER THEY'RE CITY OPERATED OWNED, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THEN THE CITY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES.

UM, EVEN AFTER GOING THROUGH THE RIGOR, MOREAU OF WRITING UP THE DAMAGE REPORTS AND SUBMITTING IT.

AND I EVEN ASKED FOR A SECOND REVIEW, UM, EVEN AFTER THE SECOND REVIEW, IT WAS STILL IMMEDIATELY CLAIMED THAT THE CITY HAD IMMUNITY AS A RESULT TO THE DAMAGES TO MY VEHICLE.

AND THE REAL ISSUE HERE IS A BLATANT DISREGARD OF HOW THE CITY EMPLOYEES STILL WITH THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN AND WORKING WITH MR. JOSE GOMEZ, HE WAS LIKE, HEY, NOT MY PROBLEM.

IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE, YOU NEED TO TAKE IT UP WITH OUR VENDOR.

AND IN EVERY EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE BEEN IN FROM THE MILITARY TO EVEN THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, WHEN I WAS AN EMPLOYEE THERE, IF YOU HIRE A VENDOR TO WORK ON YOUR BEHALF, THERE ARE DIRECT EXTENSION AND REPRESENTATION OF YOU.

SO FOR HIM TO BLATANTLY DISREGARD, AND I'M SURE I'M NOT THE FIRST PERSON THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO PROGRAM TO BLATANTLY DISREGARD THE CITIZENS LIKE THAT.

AND JUST BASICALLY TELL HIM, SUCK IT UP, BUTTERCUP AND EAT IT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL CAN DO TO ENSURE THAT THAT DOES NOT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN TO CITIZENS WHEN THEY DO SUSTAIN CERTAIN VEHICLE OR PROPERTY DAMAGES ON A COURT OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

UM, SO DO YOU MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE HERE WHO CAN SPEAK TO WITH HER? YEAH, WE'LL FOLLOW UP.

WHETHER IT'S WORLD WAR THREE OR SOMETHING ELSE.

OUR FINAL SPEAKER, ALYSSA HERNANDEZ, THE FINAL IN-PERSON IN PROGRESS.

HELLO, MY NAME'S ALISA NANDIS, UM, BORN AND RAISED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

UM, SO I CAN SEE THAT IT'S A GROWING CITY.

UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A LOT OF AREAS THAT COULD USE SOME IMPROVEMENT, BUT, UM, THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED, I'M A CONCERNED CITIZEN ONLY BECAUSE, UM, OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE.

I KNOW THAT PEOPLE SAY, OKAY, WORLD WAR THREE CAN HAPPEN.

IT CAN NOT.

AND I THINK THAT AUSTIN IS BECOMING REALLY BIG AND IT COULD BE ONE OF THE AREAS THAT COULD HAVE SOME PROBLEMS WITH ANY TYPE OF ATTACKS.

UM, SO I TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT IT AND, YOU KNOW, IT GETS OKAY, NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

COOL.

BUT MY THING IS, WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND AUSTIN DOES GET ATTACKED,

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UM, MY CONCERN IS, IS THERE LIKE BUNKERS SAFETY, ENOUGH SAFETY FOR ALL OF THE CITIZENS THAT ARE LIVING HERE NOW? UM, SINCE IT IS GETTING BIGGER, UM, I, UH, WORK IN DISTRICT FOUR AND I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY THAT LIVE THERE.

SO, UM, I WAS THINKING ON MYSELF, HEY, SO, I MEAN, OLD LIBRARIES COULD HAVE LIKE BASEMENT STUFF LIKE THAT.

JUST BACK TO THE POINT, AS IN WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WHERE CAN I TAKE MY FAMILY, UH, TO BE SAFE IN CASE OF ANY CATASTROPHIC EVENTS, ANY EMERGENCIES, UM, AND IF THERE'S FOOD PILED UP, DO WE HAVE TO PILE UP ALL OF THAT STUFF FOR MY OWN FAMILY? UM, I THINK IT'S AN ISSUE THAT IS KIND OF BEING IGNORED.

UM, I'M HOPING NOTHING HAPPENS OR NOTHING ESCALATES WITH THIS RUSSIA AND UKRAINE THING, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I DO THINK ABOUT WHETHER IT'S THIS ONE OR A FUTURE THINGS, IS THERE ENOUGH SAFETY FOR ALL OF THIS? UM, ALL OF THE RESIDENTS HERE, UM, BUNKERS, MAYBE LIBRARIES, WALMARTS, WHERE CAN WE GO TO, UM, TO LOOK FOR SAFETY OR JUST STAY SAFE IN ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY OR, UM, CATASTROPHIC EVENT.

THAT'S BASICALLY MY CONCERN.

WE ARE WORKING ON AN EFFORT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO INITIATED ON RESILIENCE HUBS THAT WILL PROVIDE SOME SPACES FOR FOLKS TO GO IN THE EVENT OF DISASTERS.

I'M NOT SURE THAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT WORLD WAR THREE WHEN WE, UM, DESIGN THOSE.

UM, BUT, UM, YOUR POINT IS, IS TAKEN THAT, THAT, UM, WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL.

AND, AND I KNOW THAT EVERYONE ON THE DIET SHARES YOUR, YOUR CONCERN FOR, FOR WHAT IS GOING OVER ON OVER, OVER IN UKRAINE AND WHAT THEIR THAT'S A LOT OF BAD THINGS HAPPENING.

BUT YEAH, I'M JUST, UM, I WAS THINKING, I THINK LIKE SOME OLD LIBRARIES COULD BE A PLACE I CAN RUN TO IN CASE OF ANYTHING.

UM, I'M JUST CONCERNED FOR MY FAMILY AND OBVIOUSLY FOR EVERYBODY, IF THERE'S ENOUGH SPACES, UM, FOR ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, IN CASE OF ANYTHING, NOT HOPING NOTHING HAPPENS, BUT WHAT IF THANK YOU FOR RAISING THOSE IMPORTANT ISSUES? APPRECIATE IT.

MOVING ON TO REMOTE SPEAKERS, JENNA WEDGWOOD.

IT DOWN, UH, THROUGH THE TCE CO WEBSITE, I'VE FOUND, UM, COMPLIANCE INVESTIGATIONS DATED BACK TO NOVEMBER 9TH, 2020, SEPTEMBER 10TH, EIGHTH, NOVEMBER 2ND, NOVEMBER 23RD OF 21 AND JANUARY 14TH, 2022, UH, VIOLATIONS, UM, INVESTIGATION NUMBER 1 6 3 8 1 6 5 DATED 5 29 20.

HI, THIS IS JENNA WEDGEWOOD.

I LIVE IN THE GAVI DEVELOPMENT ON LOWER ACTIVIST CIRCLE.

I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, TEXAS LAW ABOUT NUISANCE AND THAT IT IS A CONDITION THAT SUBSTANTIALLY INTERFERES WITH THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF LAND BY CAUSING UNREASONABLE DISCOMFORT OR ANNOYANCE TO PERSONS OF ORDINARY SENSIBILITIES ATTEMPT TO, TO USE AND ENJOY IT.

AND ALSO ABOUT WHAT IS CONSIDERED PUBLIC NUISANCE, UM, THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE INTERFERENCE, HOW LONG IT LASTS, HOW OFTEN IT OCCURS AND ANY OTHER FACTS SHOWING HOW IT INTERFERES.

UM, AND OUR DAILY LIVES, UM, COULD DETERMINE WHETHER, UH, IT'S A PUBLIC NUISANCE OR NOT.

UM, IN THE SUMMER OF 2021, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SURROUNDING AREAS BEGAN SMELLING WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS SEWAGE, THE WALNUT CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AS ACROSS THE ROAD.

SO HE MISTAKENLY CALLED AND COMPLAINTS AGAINST THAT COMPANY UNTIL WE LOCATED THE ENORMOUS COMMERCIAL SIZE COMPOSTING PILES THAT BREAK IN DOWN ON SEPTEMBER 7TH.

FROM THAT DAY FORWARD, WE HAVE CALLED AND COUNTLESS ODOR NUISANCE COMPLAINTS TO 3, 1, 1, AND HAVE REPORTED A LONG LIST OF COMPLAINTS ON THE TCEQ WEBSITE.

UH, I COUNTED THOSE COMPLAINTS.

I COULD FOUND FINAL AND TCEQ WEBSITE MYSELF THERE.

THESE ARE ALL ON DIFFERENT DAYS.

THERE WERE NINE IN SEPTEMBER OF 21, 18 AND OCTOBER 16 TO NOVEMBER 10 AND DECEMBER 17, JANUARY 20, 22, 11 AND FEBRUARY, 2022 AND 20 OF, UH, IN MARCH, ARE THESE ALMOST DAILY OCCURRENCES, OFTEN ENOUGH TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE.

UM, THE GARBAGE SEWAGE ODOR IS SO BAD.

IT PERMEATES THE AIR ALL AROUND OUR HOMES AND HEMI SMELLED INSIDE OUR HOMES.

SO THIS DOESN'T MEAN REASON FOR OUR COMPLAINTS AND OUR CALL COMPLAINT CALLS AND SUBMISSIONS.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE OUR COURTYARDS, OUR BACKYARDS, AND HAVE HAD MANY LATE NIGHTS OF BURNING CANDLES IN EVERY ROOM OF OUR HOMES TO TRY TO KEEP OUR SANITY.

WE'VE ALSO DEALT WITH NEW FLY INFESTATIONS AROUND INSIDE OUR HOME VULTURES USING OUR HOMES OF PURCHASE, UM, AND A FEW OF US WITH HAVE, UH, EXPERIENCED UNEXPLAINABLE RASHES THAT LASTED WEEKS AND SOMETIMES MONTHS, UM, LOOKING UP, BREAK

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UH, THEY WERE OPERATING WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZED, UM, OR ORGANIC FUTURE SUITABLE WAYS.

UM, THERE WAS ANOTHER INVESTIGATION NUMBER 1 7 3 5 3 9 5 ON 6, 8 21 WITH THE, TO DETERMINE, UH, COMPLIANCE AS THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING PERMIT AGAIN.

REALLY? YES, UNFORTUNATELY.

DEBRA MORGAN.

HI.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

UM, A LOT OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY HAS ALREADY BEEN COVERED BY THE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT, BREAK IT DOWN.

SO I JUST WANT TO COVER A FEW THINGS THAT MAYBE THEY DIDN'T DISCUSS.

I WANT TO MENTION THAT THE ODORS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE BREAK IT DOWN FACILITY ARE AFFECTING AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TIM AND I LIVE IN, BUT THERE'S ALSO THREE, TWO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS OF SCHOOL AND A PARK IN THIS PART OF TOWN LIVING SO CLOSE TO A FACILITY THAT COMPOST IS LIKE LIVING NEXT TO A GARBAGE DUMP.

AT THIS POINT.

MANY CITIES HAVE REGULATIONS ON HOW CLOSE THE COMPOST FACILITY MAY BUSINESS TO NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THE ODORS COMING FROM COMPOSTING CAN CAUSE PHYSICAL DISTRESS, HEADACHES, NAUSEA, SKIN RASHES, AND REALLY DETRACT FROM THE QUALITY OF LIFE FROM THOSE THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM IT.

AND I KNOW MANY OF US IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE ACTUALLY HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR OVER THE COMPOSTING ISSUE.

THE, THE EFFECTS OF COMPOSTING ON US.

I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I'VE HAD A RASH FOR TWO OR THREE MONTHS AS JENNA WEDGEWOOD, UM, TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THE TYPE OF COMPOSTING THAT'S BEING DONE IS CALLED WOODROW.

AN AERATED STATIC PILE, COMPOSTING.

IT REQUIRES LARGE AREAS AND THE ODOR CONTROL IS A COMMON PROBLEM ACROSS THE INDUSTRY.

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES AND WEATHER CONDITIONS ALSO INFLUENCE THAT TYPE OF COMPS.

I WAS SAYING THERE'S BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF GROWTH ON THE EAST SIDE WHERE WE RESIDE, BUT WE HAVE MANY FAMILIES WHO LIVE HERE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, ALL THEIR LIVES, LIVING IN THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, THE OLDER BIRDS FROM HOMES, UH, AND THEY'RE ALL, EVERYBODY, THE OLDER PEOPLE, THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE NEW IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALL ACROSS, EVEN AT THE SCHOOL HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT THEY HAVE LOST.

WE CAN'T OPEN OUR WINDOWS WHEN THE WEATHER'S GOOD.

SINCE AUGUST, THERE'S BEEN VERY FEW DAYS WHERE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO OPEN WINDOW OR GO OUT MY DOOR WITHOUT SMELLING IT, SMELLING IT.

WE CAN'T INVITE PEOPLE TO OUR HOMES.

WE'RE NOT ABLE TO GO FOR WALKS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALL OF THIS IS DUE TO THE ODOR.

PEOPLE HAVE RESPIRATORY ISSUES, RASHES.

THEY'VE GOTTEN SICK BECAUSE OF THE ODORS.

AS THEY WALK OUT THE DOOR, WE SEE AN INCREASE IN FLIES.

WE SEND RATS, SNAKES, AND VULTURES, AND WE HAVE CONTACTED MANY AGENCIES SINCE AUGUST TO TRY TO HELP US.

THAT INCLUDES THE EPA OR REPRESENTATIVES THAT WE HAVE CONTACTED HERE.

UM, THAT MIGHT BE ON THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE STATED, THIS MAY NOT BE LOOKED AT SINCE TCEQ IS INVOLVED.

AND THE OWNER OF THE LAND, UM, HAS DONE NOTHING TO HELP US.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT WITH TCEQ, AS OTHERS HAVE STATED MANY TIMES AND TCEQ STATES THAT ONCE THEY PROVIDE A PERMIT FOR THEM TO COMPOST THAT THEY CANNOT SHUT THEM DOWN.

FINALLY, OUR OWN HOA AND THE DEVELOP, WHICH IS, UM, OUR HOA IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND A DEVELOPER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS PAYING A LARGE SUM OF MONEY, SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO TRY AND GET THE CA THE COMPOST HAULED OFF SITE WITHIN.

WE HOPE THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

THIS MEANS OUR HOMEOWNER DUES ARE GOING TOWARDS MOVED UP, BUT THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

UM, SO COLLEAGUES IT'S ABOUT 1245.

UM, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT, UM, I WILL READ WHAT I HAVE TO READ TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, ET CETERA.

AND THEN WE WILL RECESS FOR MUSIC AND RECONVENE, I WOULD SAY AT ONE 30, UH, FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEM 42, IF THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE.

SO THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

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CAN WE, UH, CAN WE ALSO CALL US, UH, TO POSSIBLY GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEM 43? UM, SURE.

UM, THAT'S THE SAME MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM.

CAN YOU RUN THROUGH THOSE TIMES AGAIN? DID YOU SAY ONE 30 FOR ITEM 42? YEAH.

LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT SCRIPT.

IF I ADD 43, I'M GOING TO DO THAT BEFORE ZONING A TWO O'CLOCK.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GET FULLY THROUGH BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS, UH, BEFORE ZONING, BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL BOTH IN CASE THERE'S SOME ISSUES WE HAVE TO SURFACE FOR 43.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG 42 WILL TAKE.

AND I'LL REPEAT THAT AGAIN.

SO, UM, THE CITY

[Executive Session]

COUNCIL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP TWO ITEMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5 1 0 7.

ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS, UM, LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM 40 TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION INITIATING CODE AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 25, 1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURE TO REQUIRE PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR OFFICE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.

AND FOR ITEM 43, APPROVED YOUR RESOLUTION, DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW JET, A FUEL FACILITY AT THE BIA AIRPORT, PREPARE A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING A DETAILED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ANALYSIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC INPUT AND PRESENT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PRIOR TO PUBLISHING FOR NOTICE AND COMMENT.

UM, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE ITEMS ANNOUNCED HEARING NONE, THE COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE WILL ACTUALLY RECESS, UM, TO HEAR MUSIC AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LUNCH BREAK, AND WE WILL RETURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PROMPTLY AT ONE 30, UM, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE UP ITEM 42.

AND IF WE HAVE TIME, UH, WE CAN BEGIN ANY DISCUSSION.

WE NEED OUR SURFACE QUESTIONS TO SEE WHETHER THEY REQUIRE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, FOR ITEM 43, WITH A GOAL OF BEING OUT HERE AT TWO O'CLOCK OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER FOR ZONING.

UM, WE HAVE ZONING ITEMS 57 TO 69, UM, AS WELL AS A PUD DISCUSSION.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ITEMS 22, UM, 42 AND 43, UM, TO VOTE ON.

UM, AND WE ARE NOW IN RECESS.

THANK

[Live Music: Nané]

YOU.

AND PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE MUSIC.

HI, UH, THIS IS

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WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO LOOK WITH THIS SET UP? WHERE SHOULD I BE LOOKING HERE? OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON.

AND WELCOME TO CITY HALL FOR MUSIC.

MY NAME IS ALISON ALTER AND I SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 10 AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND I AM SO EXCITED THAT THIS AFTERNOON WE ARE BACK IN CITY HALL WITH MUSIC.

AND DO WE HAVE A TREAT FOR YOU? UM, THIS AFTERNOON? I'M SO EXCITED TO INTRODUCE NON A, WHICH IS AN INDIE R AND B OUTFIT FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS.

AND ALL OF OUR MUSICIANS ARE FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS, OR WE WOULDN'T BE AT CITY HALL.

UM, THE BAND OUT INTO THE AUSTIN MUSIC SCENE IN SUMMER OF 2019 WITH A SERIES OF SOLD OUT SHOWS, SHROUDED IN STAY GOLD GLITTERING CURTAINS THEY'VE SINCE GONE ON TO PLAY FOR CROWDS OF OVER 1200 PEOPLE, RECORD THEIR DEBUT RECORD AND RELEASE THEIR ANTHEMIC DEBUT.

SINGLE ALWAYS ON MY MIND, WHICH WAS FEATURED AS THE SONG OF THE DAY FOR MINNEAPOLIS, HIGHLY ESTEEM STATION 83.9, THE CURRENT CALLED NANAY AS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT BY HIS FAMILY IN THE DOMINANT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

DANIEL SAHAD DETERMINED THE BAND'S NAME WITH A COMMUNAL APPROACH IN MIND WHEN YOU CALL HIM AND HIS BAND NONAME.

I'M SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.

UM, I'M GOING TO READ A PROCLAMATION, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SECOND TO INTRODUCE THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND AND MAYBE TELL US HOW WE CAN LEARN MORE.

CAUSE I JUST HEARD A TIDBIT AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU.

IF YOU COULD TELL US HOW WE CAN FIND YOU ONLINE.

WELL, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE.

THIS IS A HUGE HONOR.

SECONDLY, LIKE THE, THIS IS OUR PROFESSION, THIS IS THE DREAM MARKETERS AS WELL.

GUYS THAT NOMINATED THE MAYOR ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND IT N A N E PERIOD.

SO WE'LL JUST SEE YOU THERE.

UM, SO I THINK I DO THIS BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU PLAY, BUT UM, I WANT TO OFFER A PROCLAMATION IN YOUR HONOR.

UM, WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS IN AWHILE, SO NOT A PRACTICE, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED HERE.

UM, BE IT KNOWN THAT, WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS IS BLESSED WITH MANY CREATIVE MUSICIANS WHOSE TALENT EXTENDS TO VIRTUALLY EVERY MUSICAL GENRE.

AND WHEREAS OUR MUSIC SCENE THRIVES BECAUSE AUSTIN AUDIENCE SUPPORT GOOD MUSIC PRODUCED BY LEGENDS, OUR LOCAL FAVORITES AND NEWCOMERS ALIKE.

AND WHEREAS WE ARE PLEASED TO SHOWCASE AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ARTISTS.

NOW, THEREFORE I, ALISON ALTER ON BEHALF OF STEVE ADLER, MAYOR OF THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM, APRIL 7TH, 2022 AS NON A DAY IN AUSTIN.

AND NOW FOR THE PART THAT YOU'VE ALL REALLY BEEN WAITING FOR, UM, THE MUSIC YOU WANT ME TO DO THE, DO YOU WANT TO DO THE, THAT? OKAY.

WE'LL DO THE PICTURES AFTER WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THE MUSIC.

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WOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TELL US AGAIN HOW WE CAN LEARN MORE, LEARN MORE.

AND WHEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CATCH YOU SOMETIME IN AUSTIN, YOU CAN APPLY THIS ANYWHERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT NAMI THE BAND THAT'S N A N E THE BAND, AND ALSO OUR WEBSITE IS NOT EITHER BAND.COM AS WE PLAYING NEXT AT LOPEZ HERE THIS SUMMER, WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE.

THE LINEUP IS INCREDIBLE.

SO THAT'S THE NEXT TIME YOU CAN SEE US.

AND JUST ONCE AGAIN FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS IS A HUGE HONOR.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.

WE LOVE THIS CITY.

WE LOVE TO REPRESENT THIS CITY.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU PROUD.

SO THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

AND WE ARE SO THRILLED TO HAVE YOU BE OUR FIRST PERFORMERS BACK AT CITY HALL FOR MUSIC AT CITY HALL.

IT'S ONE OF OUR FAVORITE TRADITIONS HERE.

UM, IT'S SUCH A LOVELY SPACE IN THE DAY WHEN WE'RE MAKING THESE REALLY IMPORTANT DECISIONS.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRIGHTENING OUR DAY.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STAFF HERE AND, AND CITIZENS, AND SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE

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UH, SO WE'RE HERE AT, UH, THREE 15.

WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, STILL CONTINUES TO BE APRIL 7TH, 2022.

UM, WE ARE BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION WHILE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE DISCUSSED LEGAL ITEMS RELATED TO ITEMS 42 AND 43.

WE'RE GOING TO PICK UP, AS WE SAID, WITH, UH, UH, CONSENT ZONING

[Zoning Consent Agenda]

AGENDA.

SO WE CAN GET THOSE SPEAKERS AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SPEAK.

UH, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE.

WE HAVE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING NOW FOR AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES TO GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK.

THEY WERE KEYED UP AT TWO.

UH, JERRY, YOU WANT TO, UM, BEFORE WE, UH, TAKE SPEAKERS, WE USUALLY WILL TAKE UP ANY, UH, CONTESTED, UH, POSTPONEMENTS.

DO WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE TODAY? OH, MAYOR COUNCIL, JURY RED SEVEN.

NO, WE DO NOT.

UM, BUT JUST AS A HEADS UP, WE DO HAVE ITEMS PROPOSED FOR POSTPONEMENT, NOT DISCUSSION POSTPONEMENT, BUT JUST SO SPEAKERS CAN KNOW I'M 58, 59 AND 61, OUR PROPOSED POSTPONEMENTS FOR TODAY.

SO IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON 58, 59 OR 61, IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE POSTPONED.

SO WE WOULD URGE YOU TO HOLD YOUR TESTIMONY, UH, ON 58, 59 AND 61 UNTIL THOSE MATTERS ARE POSTPONE.

AND YOU'RE, I HATE TO DO THIS TO YOU, BUT 15, EIGHT, IT'S GOTTA BE POSTPONED TO WHEN, SORRY TO MAKE YOU COME BACK.

BUT JUST SO THAT PEOPLE ON THE PHONE CAN HEAR THAT.

I'LL, I'LL GO THROUGH EVERY ONE.

AND THERE'S ONE I FORGOT.

UH, 58 WOULD BE TO MAY 19TH, 59 WOULD BE THE MAY 5TH.

60 WOULD ALSO BE TO MAY 5TH AND 61 WOULD ALSO BE TO MAY 5TH.

I WAS AWARE OF THAT NOW.

SO LET'S GO THEN TO THE CLERK TO CALL THE SPEAKERS.

I WANT YOU TO CALL PLEASE FIRST THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE ROOM.

AND THEN WHEN WE'VE GOTTEN ALL OF THOSE AND THEY CAN LEAVE, IF THEY WANT TO, THEN WE'LL CALL THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE ONLINE, ABOUT HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO YOU HAVE VEECH? DO YOU KNOW? ROUGHLY 20 OH, TOTAL.

TOTAL.

EVERYBODY HAS THREE MINUTES.

GO AHEAD.

HANDLE AND JEFFREY BROOKS ON DECK THOSE FOLKS WITH US AT A ROOM.

IF HE CAN, YOU CAN COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK WHO WAS CALLED FIRST EDGAR HANDLE.

BROUGHT UP.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

UM,

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DO I JUST GO, SORRY.

UM, HI, MY NAME IS EDGAR HANDEL.

I LIVE WITH MY WIFE AND TWO YEAR OLD SON AND GO VALLEY ABOUT THREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM TED STORIES.

AS THE SON OF HONDURAN IMMIGRANTS, I WAS DRAWN TO MOVE TO GO VALLEY FOUR YEARS AGO IN PART BY A DESIRE TO RAISE A FAMILY AND I IN A DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE A SIZABLE HISPANIC POPULATION STILL REMAINED IN AUSTIN.

SADLY, THE RISING COST OF HOUSING IS DISPLACING RESIDENTS, PUSHING OUT MINORITIES AND TRANSFORMING GO VALLEY INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE WEALTHY.

THERE IS A DIRE NEED FOR DENSER CHEAPER HOUSING AND GO VALLEY.

AND THE REDEVELOPMENT OF TED'S TREES IS A HUGE, HUGE OPPORTUNITY.

WE CAN'T AFFORD TO SQUANDER ON MORE MILLION DOLLAR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CALLS FOR DENSITY ONLY ON OUR BORDERS AND SOME APPEAL TO THIS PLAN IN ORDER TO KEEP RENTERS THAT ARE THE BULK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SUPPOSEDLY PRESERVING IT FOR FAMILIES.

BUT ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO LOOK FAR TO FIND CHILD WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND GO VALLEY.

AND AS EVIDENCED BY THE YEARS, MY PARENTS RENTED APARTMENTS WITH ME AND TWO SIBLINGS.

FAMILIES CAN LIVE IN APARTMENTS TOO.

IT'S WORTH REMEMBERING THAT RENTERS ARE MAJORITY OF THE CITY.

AND IN THIS AREA, COMPARED TO HOMEOWNERS, RENTERS ARE POOR, MORE DIVERSE AND MORE VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT.

IT IS SOCIAL INJUSTICE TO CONFINE THE LESS FORTUNATE TO LIVING ON MAJOR ROADS THAT ARE POLLUTED NOISY AND UNSAFE TO MAKE MATTERS.

WORSE, RENTERS ARE NOT PROPERLY REPRESENTED BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS.

THE GO VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ONLY CONSIDERS PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE MEMBERS.

AND THE CHAIR OF THE CONTACT TEAM HAS REPEATEDLY STATED THAT HE PREFERS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OVER APARTMENTS BECAUSE RENTERS LIKE POLITICAL POWER AND INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, WE CAN NOT DISENFRANCHISE AND MARGINALIZED RENTERS AND THEN USE THEIR LACK OF INFLUENCE AS JUSTIFICATION FOR IGNORING THEIR NEED FOR HOUSING IN FAVOR OF BUILDING HOMES FOR THE RICH, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN PROTECTED LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS FROM INDUSTRIAL USES, BUT NOW IT SERVES TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THEIR DISPLACEMENT.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE MORE FRIENDS MOVE AWAY.

I WANT TO GO VALLEY TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD MY SON CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN.

WHEN HE GROWS UP, I CALL ON CITY COUNCIL TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF GO VALLEY TO PROTECT US FROM RISING COSTS AND STEER THIS CASE IN THE DIRECTION OF HOUSING WE SO BADLY NEED.

ITEMS 64, JEFFREY BROOKS, JESSICA ELA ON DECK.

HI EVERYONE.

I JUST WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THOSE WHO WANT TO, UM, MAINTAIN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AS IT IS ON THE TED TED'S TREE'S PROPERTY.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, 250 RESIDENTS OF THE AREA HAVE SIGNED A PETITION ASKING FOR THE SAME THING AND, UH, WE'D LIKE TO SEE MORE HOUSING BUILT AND NOT A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ON THAT SITE.

THERE'S SOME CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS.

SPEAKER JESSICA ELA ON DECK DANIEL YANNIS.

HI, I'M THE CO-CHAIR OF THE NEIGHBOR GO VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO REFRESH THE COUNCIL ON SOME OF THE HISTORY AND CORRECT.

ONE THING WE'RE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION INVITES RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS AND ANYONE LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IF HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ATTENDING MEETINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS, HE WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT PARTICIPATION.

UM, SO JUST, UH, TO REMIND YOU OF THE HISTORY OF THIS, THE, UM, THE, THIS WAS AGREED TO THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT BY THE OWNERS IN 2002, THEY TRIED TO TERMINATE IT IN 2013, THAT TERMINATION WAS DENIED.

NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO HAVE IT AMENDED.

UM, THE AMENDMENT ESSENTIALLY TERMINATES THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? UM, IF YOU'RE UNAWARE, UM, AT, AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE PLANNING COMMISSION, THIS IS THE VOTE THAT THEY MADE TO PRESERVE THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

COULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? AND THEN THIS IS A VIDEO SHOWING, UM, THE DISCUSSION.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND THEY, UH, YOUR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS PUT IT BETTER THAN I CAN.

AND WE HAVE A PETITION WITH OVER 250 SIGNATURES, FRUSTRATED WITH APPLICANTS COMING TO US AND SAYING, WE NEED YOU TO DO THIS.

WE NEED YOU TO APPROVE THIS, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN.

UM, THEY'RE ASKING US TO MAKE A DECISION ON SOME SORT OF LEGAL DOCUMENT.

UH, STAFF IS TELLING US, OH, WELL THIS IS, WE RECOMMEND THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT ENFORCEABLE.

I DON'T REALLY CARE IF IT'S ENFORCEABLE.

THIS DOCUMENT WAS CREATED BY A PLANNING GROUP WAS AGREED TO BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.

IT WAS AGREED TO BY CITY COUNCIL.

IT WAS AGREED TO, BY EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS PLANNING PROCESS, IT HAS A VERY, VERY

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CLEAR INTENT TO IT.

WHAT EVERYONE AGREED TO AT THAT TIME SHOULD BE ON THIS PROPERTY.

IF THIS BUSINESS DID NOT EXIST.

AND NOW IT'S APPLICANTS TELLING US, OH, WELL, WE WANT YOU TO REMOVE THEIR CIGNA COVENANT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH BUSINESS PARTNERS UP TO REDEVELOP THIS PROPERTY.

WELL, THE RESTRICTED COVENANT TELLS THEM WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DISCUSSING WITH BUSINESS PARTNERS ON HOW TO REDEVELOP THIS PROPERTY.

I MEAN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT CAN'T BE MORE CLEAR IF, IF WE WANT NEIGHBORHOODS TO ENGAGE IN PLANNING PROCESSES, IF WE WANT NEIGHBORHOODS AND DEVELOPERS AND COUNCIL, AND THIS LAND USE COMMISSION THAT WE'RE ON TO BE ABLE TO FIND AGREEMENT, WE CAN'T JUST WILLY NILLY START BLOWING UP DOCUMENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE RCS OR ANYTHING ELSE, JUST BECAUSE A PROPERTY OWNER WANTS TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH A BUSINESS PARTNER, UM, WITHOUT ANY SORT OF PLAN, THEY'RE NOT COMING TO US WITH A LAND USE PLAN.

THEY'RE COMING TO US WITH SOME SORT OF, SO, UM, CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? JUST SO YOU TO BE CLEAR IF THIS PROPERTY, IF THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS REMOVED, THIS PROPERTY WILL BECOME COMMERCIAL LAND.

THEY WILL GET TOP DOLLAR FOR COMMERCIAL LAND AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL HAVE NO VOICE IN HOW IT'S ZONED.

IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED, BUT, UH, AN INVESTOR IS GOING TO EXPECT A CERTAIN RETURN ON INVESTMENT AT THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS ALLOWED TO STAY IN PLACE.

THIS LAND SHOULD BE REZONED , AND THEN WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT CAN BE THERE.

WE CAN USE THAT LEVERAGE TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR DONATIONS TO EAST AUSTIN, UH, UH, EAST AUSTIN COUNCIL TO HELP WE HAVE SOME LEVERAGE AND WE THINK WE CAN GET A BETTER OUTCOME FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, PLEASE UPHOLD THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

DO NOT AMEND IT.

THANK YOU, DANIEL YANNIS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M GOING TO BE HONEST.

I CAN SHARE THE GO VALERIE JOHNSON TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM.

I'VE BEEN A CHAIR SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2003.

UH, TED'S TREES IS SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY, UH, ZONING TED'S TREES WAS A SINGLE, UH, SF THREE PROPERTY TED BEFORE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.

TED HAD HIS BUSINESS THERE.

WHEN WE INSTITUTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, UH, THE NEIGHBORS ALLOWED HIM TO STAY IN HIS BUSINESS AND CREATED THIS RESTRICTIVE COVENANT TO SAY THAT IF HE EVER MOVED, IT WOULD REVERT BACK, BUT IT DOESN'T REVERT BACK TO SF THREE.

IT REVERTS BACK TO SF FOUR A, WHICH IS AN ABSORBING FOR US.

AND, UM, UH, THE PROPONENT, THE PERSON THAT WAS PRO, UH, SUPPORTING THIS IS UNAWARE THAT, UM, UH, IF TED'S TREE, IF THIS RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS LIFTED, THEN LIKE JESSICA SAID, IT WILL BE COMMERCIAL, UH, RATE.

WE ACTUALLY POSTPONED LAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO FROM THE CITY COUNCIL IN EFFORT, IN AN EFFORT FOR TED'S TREES TO TALK TO, UH, G AND DC AND, UM, G AND DC IS IN A POSITION TO WHERE WE ALSO TALKED TO THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THEY ARE IN A POSITION TO FUND A DEAL WITH CHAD STREETS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD REALLY WANT BECAUSE THEN TED WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, MAXIMIZE HIS PROFIT FROM ALL THE YEARS THAT HE'S BEEN THERE, BUT WITHOUT BURNING HIS NEIGHBORS AS HE LEAVES.

AND SO, LIKE JESSICA SAID, THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL UPHELD THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT UNANIMOUSLY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST MONTH, UH, APPROVED THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

AND I'M ASKING YOU ALL TO, UH, TO ALSO UPHOLD OUR RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

WE MADE A DEAL AND, AND WE SHOULD ALL LIVE BY THE DEALS THAT WE MAKE.

UH, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU WOULD HAVE, UH, REGARDING ANY OF THE HISTORY OF IT.

FOR ONE PARTICULAR LOT THAT MORE THAN DOUBLES.

NEXT ITEMS. 65, KRISTIN HANEY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO SUSAN BEN SPEAKING ON 65 AND 66.

HI, YOU'VE GOT A LONG DAY.

MY NAME IS SUSAN BENZ.

UM, I LIVE AT 1208 EAST SECOND STREET, JUST THREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THIS PROPERTY.

I'M SPEAKING ABOUT 65 AND 66 AT 1400 EAST FOURTH STREET.

WELL, I TOTALLY SUPPORT FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO PUT AN 85 FOOT TALL BUILDING WE'RE PROFESSIONAL, URBAN PLANNERS DESIGNATED THAT 40 FEET WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IS STEPPING WAY, WAY OUTSIDE OF URBAN PLANNING.

1 0 1 TO CHANGE THE ZONING

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THE ALLOWABLE HEIGHT IS BY DEFINITION, SPOT ZONING.

ARE WE NOT ALL OPPOSED TO SPOT ZONING TO ALLOW BUILDING HEIGHTS TO SOAR IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO SMALL-SCALE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IS NOT NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY TO SET YET ANOTHER BUILDING HEIGHT PRECEDENT, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ONLY GO HIGHER AND HIGHER.

THEY DON'T GO DOWN.

PARTICULARLY WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS DISTINCTLY OPPOSED IS NOT NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY.

PLEASE, PLEASE HELP US HOLD BACK.

THE TIDE OF TALL BUILDINGS MARCHING THROUGH US.

THERE WAS ALREADY A SIX STORY TALL BUILDING PLAN FOR EAST CEZAR CHAVEZ, AND THERE WILL SOON BE TALL BUILDINGS STRETCHING BETWEEN THE TWO ONLY YOU CAN HELP STOP THIS MARCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

SPEAKING ON 65 AND 66, SUSAN SHARP.

UM, MY NAME IS SUSAN SHARP AND I'M THE SECRETARY OF THE REDLINE PARKWAY INITIATIVE.

AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 65 AND 66 REGARDING THE PROPOSED HEIGHT INCREASE FOR 1400 EAST FOURTH STREET.

THE LINE PARKWAY INITIATIVE, NEITHER SUPPORTS NOR OPPOSES THE LAND USE CASE.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME BENEFITS IN THE PROPOSAL.

OUR ORGANIZATION WORKS TO PLAN FUND BUILD AND ACTIVATE THE RED LINE PARKWAY, THE 32 MILE TRAIL AND LINEAR PARK ALONG THE CAPITAL METRO WHERE A RED LINE FROM DOWNTOWN AUSTIN TO LEANDER THE 1400 EAST FOURTH STREET PROPERTY IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE REDLINE PARKWAY, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN HERE AS THE LANDS ARE LANCE ARMSTRONG, BIKEWAY AND CROSSTOWN BIKEWAY.

WE GAVE THE NAME PARKWAY TO THE 32 MILE CORRIDOR TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT SHOULD BE MORE THAN JUST A STRIP OF PAVEMENT.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS MORE THAN JUST A TRAIL.

IT IS CRITICAL THAT THE DEVELOPMENTS INTERFACE WELL WITH THE PARKWAY, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVE THE PARKWAY AND THAT THE PARKWAY SERVES DEVELOPMENTS AND NEIGHBORS IN THIS AREA OF EAST AUSTIN.

SOME DEVELOPMENTS FACE THE PARKWAY WITH PARKING GARAGES OR SOLID WALLS WHILE OTHERS HAVE MORE ACTIVE USES ON THE GROUND FLOOR, SUCH AS RETAIL APARTMENTS CAFES.

PARKLETS WHEN WE FIRST LEARNED OF THIS LAND USE CASE, WE APPROACHED THE DEVELOPER TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE DESIGN OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WITH BOTH BENEFIT THE PARKWAY AND BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM ITS PROXIMITY TO THE PARKWAY.

WE LEARNED CERTAIN SOON AFTER THAT THE DEVELOPER HAD PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSAL TO DO JUST THAT THEIR PROPOSAL OFFERS A GROUND FLOOR SEMI-PUBLIC POST-SALE AND OUTDOOR SPACE THAT PEOPLE CAN USE TO ACCESS THE PARKWAY FROM THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND PEOPLE CAN USE TO MAKE A STOP ALONG THEIR WAY ON THE EVENTUAL 32 MILE CORRIDOR.

THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF A RESTAURANT ON THE GROUND FLOOR ACTIVE USES, AND OTHER AMENITIES SUCH AS PARKLETS ADD VALUE TO THE PARKWAY AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUTDOORS AND MAKE MORE TRIPS, FEEL WALKING, BIKING, ROLLING IN TRANSIT.

THESE ELEMENTS HELP IMPROVE SAFETY BY CREATING MORE EYES ON THE PARKWAY.

WE'VE ALSO SHARED A DOCUMENT WITH YOU ALL JUST PRIOR TO THE MARCH 24TH MEETING THAT DESCRIBES THESE BENEFITS IN FURTHER DETAIL AND PROVIDES MORE BACKGROUND ON THE HISTORY OF THIS RAILS WITH TRAILS PROJECT THROUGHOUT EAST AUSTIN, I'VE DISCUSSED THESE BENEFITS BECAUSE OUR HOPE IS THAT EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT FACES THE PARKWAY PROVIDES THIS SORT OF ATTENTION TO THE SYNERGISM THAT IS POSSIBLE THROUGH GOOD TRAIL ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT DESIGN.

AGAIN, WE NEITHER SUPPORT NOR OPPOSE THE LAND USE CASE IN PARTICULAR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ITEMS 65, KRISTIN HANEY THANK YOU.

COUNCIL NUMBERS.

MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING HERE.

I WAS MANAGING AN EMERGENCY AT MY BUSINESS.

UM, MY NAME IS KRISTIN HANEY.

I AM THE CHAIR OF THE LAND USE COMMITTEE FOR THE EAST CESAR CHAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM.

THE CURRENT POSITION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS TO OPPOSE THIS PROJECT.

THERE IS NO PRECEDENT FOR 85 FEET SOUTH OF EAST FIFTH STREET.

OUR NEIGHBORS ARE RIGHTFULLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SCALE OF HEIGHT CREEPING TOWARDS THEIR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THE TOD REGULATING PLAN IS DESIGNED TO MITIGATE THAT.

AND WE'RE HERE TO DEFEND THAT PLAN.

HOWEVER, WE CAN READ THE TEA LEAVES AT THE LAST HEARING.

OUR COUNCIL MEMBER INDICATED HIS SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT WHILE COUNCIL MEMBERS POOL AND ALTER MOTIONED TO SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S REQUEST FOR A POSTPONEMENT TO ENSURE THAT

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NO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS WERE LEFT ON THE TABLE AND TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT AT YOUR APRIL 5TH WORK SESSION, WHICH I'M NOT CLEAR WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN.

I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW ON APRIL 4TH, I SENT A LETTER TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE APPLICANT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TEAM CONCURRENTLY SUGGESTING A COMPROMISE BASED ON DISCUSSIONS, HELD AT OUR GENERAL MEETING IN MARCH AND BACKED UP WITH A COMPARABLE CASE STUDY FOUNDRY TO GIVEN ONLY TWO WEEKS POSTPONEMENT IN LIEU OF THE SIX WEEKS WE REQUESTED THIS COMPROMISE HAS BEEN INFORMALLY DISCUSSED AND SHARED, BUT NOT YET VOTED ON BY THE TEAM.

IT IS OFFERED FOR DISCUSSION TODAY.

AND THAT'S THE DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE SCREEN.

IT'S COMPARABLE TO THE BENEFITS EXCHANGED ON FOUNDRY TWO.

IF COUNCIL IS WILLING TO SUPPORT 85 FEET, WE HAVE TO ASK, WHAT IS THAT WORTH? THIS LTO TOD REGULATING PLAN HAS A ZONING, UM, BONUS FOR BUILDINGS THAT WANT TO BE 85 FEET TALL, AND THEY REQUIRE 75% AFFORDABLE BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EXCUSE ME, WITH NO OPTION FOR A FEE IN LIEU.

SO WE THINK THAT 85 FEET IS WORTH A WHOLE LOT MORE AT THIS LOCATION.

UM, IN THIS CASE, AND AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE LETTER, WE'D EXPECT A BENEFITS PACKAGE TOTALING 1.1, $4 MILLION.

IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIRED FEE-ONLY ALL PARTIES ARE LOOKING TO YOU FOR GUIDANCE AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.

UM, LIKE I SAID, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IS CURRENTLY OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT IN GENERAL.

UM, WE'RE CERTAINLY OPPOSED TO 85 FEET.

WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON A COMPROMISE AT 74 FEET, UM, THAT MATCHES THE OFFER THAT THE DEVELOPER IS GIVING.

UM, YOUR ACTION TODAY SHOULD BE TO EITHER OPPOSE THIS PROJECT OR PASS ON SECOND READING ONLY TO ALLOW THE DUE PROCESS TO RUN ITS COURSE.

THANK YOU, ROY WHALEY, SPEAKING OF ITEM 67, MARK FARRAH.

AND HOUSING, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ADDITIONAL HOTEL USE IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.

I'M MARK.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK, UH, FOR IN SUPPORT OF THE 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS PROJECT.

UH, I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR 33 YEARS.

UM, I CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE SPYGLASS NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT EIGHT.

THANK YOU PAGE FOR YOUR SERVICE.

UM, I'M BASICALLY HERE JUST AS A, UH, LOVER OF TOWN LAKE AND THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, SOMETHING I USE ALL THE TIME.

UM, I'VE SEEN THE DRAWINGS FOR THE PROJECT DOWNTOWN, UH, THE 3 0 5 DRAWINGS.

THEY'RE SPECTACULAR.

I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT AND WANT TO SPEAK HERE TO JUST VOICE MY SUPPORT, MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROJECT HAPPENS FOR US ALL.

UM, ONE OF THE, A COUPLE OF THINGS I REALLY LIKE ABOUT IT.

UM, ONE IS IT'S INCLUSION OF THE BLUE LINE, WHICH I THINK WILL, UH, INCREASE READERSHIP, UH, RIDER SHIPS ON THE, ON THE LINES.

THAT'S A REALLY GREAT THING.

UM, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FLOCK TO THIS PROJECT.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET THERE BY RAIL BY BIKE, WHICH IS HOW WE WANT THEM TO GO.

UM, SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE, WHAT IS IT? 6.5 ACRES OF DEDICATED, UM, PARKLAND, WATERFRONT PARKLAND.

THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TOO.

GOOD TO BE TRUE.

LET'S NOT LET THAT SLIP AWAY.

UM, I DEFINITELY SUPPORT USING PUBLIC FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT ON WHAT BETTER USE THAN SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

SO I URGE YOU TO, UH, SUPPORT THIS OPPORTUNITY THOUGH FOR THIS PROJECT AND LET'S MAKE THIS VISION A REALITY.

THANK YOU, RACHEL MELENDEZ ON DECK MERLIN TUTTLE RACHEL FIRST THAT'S OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS RACHEL MELENDEZ.

I'M WITH UNITE HERE, THE HOSPITALITY WORKERS UNION, WE ASK THAT HOTEL USE CONTINUE TO BE PROHIBITED IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE PUD WHILE THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION FRAMEWORK ENCOURAGES MIXED USE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT THAT VISION CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH MIXED RETAIL OFFICE

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OUR MEMBERS AND WORKING PEOPLE GENERALLY NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT CURRENT FAIR MARKET AND EVEN AFFORDABLE UNITS AT 60% MFI, MOST HOTEL AND HOSPITALITY WORKERS NEED AT LEAST TWO JOBS TO AFFORD RENT.

THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY THE ONGOING PANDEMIC, AS WE ALL KNOW.

AND ADDITIONALLY, UH, AS REPORTED BY CVRE IN 2019, SORRY, I HAVE A HARD TIME.

THE AUSTIN HOTEL MARKET WAS ALREADY CONTRACTING BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY 28 PROJECTS WITH 3,500 HOTEL ROOMS IN THE PIPELINE AND WITH THE ONGOING PANDEMIC AND THE CONTRACTING OF THE INDUSTRY, IT'S CLEAR THERE ISN'T, THERE IS A NEED FOR ANOTHER HOTEL INSTEAD OF A 275 ROOM HOTEL.

THE SITE SHOULD CONSIST OF MORE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU IF YOU ALL HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT, WE HAVE HAD ONE CONVERSATION.

UM, IF I'LL HAVE SOMEONE FROM MY TEAM, FOLLOW UP WITH YOU FROM MY INFORMATION.

THANK YOU, MERLIN TUTTLE ON DECK PAULA KAUFMANN.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MEN AND WOMEN.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TODAY ON BEHALF OF AUSTIN'S BATS.

AS I THINK ALL OF, YOU KNOW, I'M THE ONE WHO NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO, ACTUALLY MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO CONVINCED THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO PROTECT RATHER THAN ERADICATE ITS NEWLY ARRIVING BATS.

AND THANK YOU.

AND OVER TIME, PROBABLY NO ONE IS MORE ENTHUSIASTICALLY TRACKED THEIR STATUS, THEIR NEEDS AND VALUES THAN I HAVE.

I KNOW A LOT OF YOU WILL PROBABLY CONFUSE ME WITH MY FORMER ORGANIZATION.

I REPRESENTED, I CAME HERE WITH BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, WHICH I FOUNDED AND BROUGHT HERE AND LED FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS.

BUT TODAY I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY NEW ORGANIZATION, MORON TOTALS BACK CONSERVATION.

I STILL AM AN AUSTIN RESIDENT.

I LOVE AUSTIN.

I LOVE OUR BETS.

I'D RATHER GO WATCH OUR BETS COME OUT AND THEN ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.

UM, I HAVE NOTICED THOUGH OVER TIME, THINGS THAT WE COULD DO TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE, PEOPLE COME HERE AND ALSO INCREASE THE, UH, WELFARE OF THE BATS, BUT IT'S BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, WHEN I'VE HAD IDEAS THAT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE, I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYBODY WHO HAD THE AUTHORITY TO ENACT EVEN A SMALL CHANGE.

AND I TYPICALLY GET SHUTTLED AROUND AMONG FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT ENTITIES.

EACH ONE SAYING THAT THE OTHER ONE MUST BE ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISION.

SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, I HAVE BEEN VERY PLEASED TO IN THE CASE OF THIS NEW ENDEAVOR PROJECT AT THE OLD STATESMAN SITE THAT ANDY AND SANDER OF ENDEAVOR CALLED ME RIGHT AWAY AND ASKED FOR MY INPUT ON WHAT SHOULD BE DONE, UH, BOTH FOR THE BATS AND TO ENHANCE VISITOR, UH, ENJOYMENT.

WE HAVE WORKED ME AND MY STAFF HAD WORKED WITH ANDY AND SENDER, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE MADE THUS FAR WITH REGARD TO SAFETY OF THE BATS.

WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THEM ON HOW TO BEST ENHANCE VISITOR, UH, ENJOYMENT AND EDUCATION, BUT, UH, WE'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC.

AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANY OF YOU WHO HAVE RESERVATIONS QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS WITH REGARD TO HOW THAT PROJECT MIGHT AFFECT EITHER BATHS OR THE VIEWERS WHO COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO ENJOY THEM.

I WOULD VERY MUCH ENJOY TALKING WITH ANY OF YOU ON ISSUES OF YOUR CONCERN.

THERE'S A LOT, THERE'S A LOT MORE WE CAN DO.

IMPACTED BY THE STATESMAN POD.

SPEAKER SPEAKING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS, PAULA KAUFMANN HI, I'M PAULA KAUFMAN AND I LIVE IN SRC, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT 5,000 HOUSEHOLDS.

WE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS MOST, UH, MOST, UM, CLOSELY

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AND SO I'M GOING TO TALK TO, UM, 67, 68 AND 69 IN OPPOSITION.

SO FIRST OF ALL, UM, FRCC VOTED FOR NO FEE AND LOOP.

SO, SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF TIMES, IF THIS FAMILY IS PAID HOUSING, ISN'T BUILT BECAUSE THERE'S NO LAND, LET THE DEVELOPERS BUILD THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ONSITE.

AND IF YOU SAY THAT THE PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD THE HOA FEES, CRAVE ENDOWMENT FOR THEM TO PAY THE HOA FEES IN FUTURE, IT CAN BE DONE.

SO, SO ANYWAY, RIGHT NOW, UM, UM, COUNCILMAN TOVA HAVE LOOKED AT YOUR WORK SESSION, SAID THAT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS ANOTHER $840 MILLION MORE IN ENTITLEMENT.

SO AT 20% THAT'S, THAT WOULD EQUATE TO ABOUT 373 UNITS ON SITE.

AND SO YES, THEY MIGHT BE GIVING UP ABOUT $373 MILLION THAT THEY COULDN'T GET.

BUT WITH THAT ENTITLEMENT, DAVE STILL WOULD BE MAKING 1.5, $9 BILLION MORE IN PROFIT THAN THEY HAD.

THEY HAD NO EXTRA ENTITLEMENTS BECAUSE THE BASE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ONLY BUILD $369 MILLION WORTH OF UNITS.

SO THEN, UM, CA UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA AND HER DISTRICT AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN ALSO TALKED ABOUT THIS PUD ORDINANCE REALLY NEEDS TO BE REWORKED BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS DON'T SEEM TO BE GETTING GAINED.

YOU HAD SOMEONE MS. GRAY TALKING ABOUT YOU'RE MARKING SOME OF THIS MONEY FOR THE HOMELESS.

THIS MONEY NEEDS TO GO TO HOUSING, BUILD IT.

THEY ARE DEVELOPERS THEY CAN BUILD.

AND THEN, AND THEN THE MONEY FOR THE HOMELESS CAN COME OTHERWISE, BUT YOU NEED TO BUILD A HOUSING.

SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING THIS PLACE HAVE A PLACE TO GO.

SO THE PAD IS, UM, WE SAID, WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN EXTRA $1.6 BILLION IN PROFIT.

THE VISION PLANTS STILL, THEY WOULD MAKE 1.1, $2 BILLION MORE IN ENTITLEMENT, AND THEN THEY COULD STILL BUILD, UM, 224 UNITS STILL MAKING, UM, $896 MILLION MORE THAN IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE EXTRA ENTITLEMENT OR IF THEY DON'T WANT TO DO ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, JUST SAY, FINE STICK WITH YOUR BASELINE.

YOU CAN MAKE $369 MILLION DOLLARS THERE AND LEAVE LOTS OF MONEY ON THE TABLE.

SO THEN, UM, WE'RE NUMBER SIX, EIGHT IS OPPOSITION TO TERMINATING A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT FOR SOME REASON, THIS TRACT IS SEVERELY UNDERVALUED.

I'M SPEAKING ON THREE ISSUES IT'S SEVERELY UNDER IS SEVERELY UNDERVALUED.

IT'S SEVERELY UNDERVALUED AT 109 BY $193 MILLION.

THEY ARE UNEMPLOYED.

THEIR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

I AM SPEAKING OF THREE DIFFERENT ISSUES HERE.

I'M SPEAKING ON THREE, THREE DIFFERENT, YOU CAN, I'LL LET YOU WRAP UP.

IF YOU WANT TO WRAP UP IT'S BY $5 MILLION AND THAT $688,000 A YEAR THAT THEY'RE UNDERPAYING IN THIS.

SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WHO WHO'S THE NEXT SPEAKER MOVING ON TO REMOTE SPEAKERS.

UM, SO YES, PLEASE.

KAREN FERNANDEZ SPEAKING ON 57.

THIS IS KAREN FERNANDEZ WITH THE MATTHEWS LANE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 57.

WE HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH MR. CODY CAR, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO HIM AND THE MEMBERS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION THAT WORKED TOGETHER TO COME TO CONSENSUS.

AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, JENNIFER WENZEL, SPEAKING ON 57 AND 67.

UM, ACTUALLY I'M JUST SPEAKING ON 67.

UM, SO I DUNNO, NOW'S THE RIGHT TIME PLEASE.

AND IT WILL CONNECT THE STREET GRID, IMPROVE WATERFRONT ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS, AND ALSO HAVE SPACE FOR BLUE CONNECT PROJECT CONNECT, BLUE LINE RAIL STATION.

UM, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM.

UM, I THINK IT CREATES NEARLY, UM, BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SPACES AND A WATERFRONT PARK.

FROM WHAT I HEAR, UM, 4% OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS WILL BE AFFORDABLE

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UM, IT ALSO WILL RECONSTRUCT THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL TO PROVIDE ACCESS.

AND IT'LL HAVE A LARGER BAT VIEWING AREA.

WE'LL PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY'S ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, AND IT WILL HAVE 95% OF THE REQUIRED PARKING BELOW GRADE.

UM, AND WHAT WE'LL TREAT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE ONSITE WATER TO GREEN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

ALSO AS MENTIONED BEFORE WITH THE BAT, THE PROJECT WILL MAINTAIN THE BAT HABITAT AND PRESERVE THE BALD CYPRESS TREES ALONG THE SHORELINE, AND WE'LL USE DARK SKY COMPLIANT LIGHTING INCORPORATE THAT EDUCATION AND CORPORATE LANGUAGE IN THE PARK OPERATION THAT LIMITS MUSIC AND SOUND AND LIGHT DURING THE MATING SEASON, A REPAIR THE RIPARIAN VEGETATION PLANTED ON THE TRAIL TO KEEP THE, THAT AREA, UM, HAVING PLANT DIVERSITY AND INCLUDE NATIVE POLLINATOR AND PRAIRIE SPECIES IN THE GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND DIVERSE VEGETATION.

SO FOR ALL THESE REASONS I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS PUZZLE ITEMS, 65 KIT JOHNSON, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL KIT JOHNSON.

UH, I LIVE AT 303 NAVASOTA.

I LIVE WITH MY FAMILY OF FOUR, UH, IN THE BLOCK DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT 1400 EAST FOURTH STREET.

UM, I'VE LIVED WITH MY FAMILY IN THE SPOTIO STATIONARY PLAN AREA SINCE 2009.

THAT WAS THE YEAR IT WAS ENACTED.

AND, UH, WE WERE ATTRACTED TO THIS AREA BECAUSE THAT PLAN IT'S A GOOD PLAN.

UM, IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF MY HOUSE IS A THREE STORY APARTMENT BUILDING NORTH OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS A FIVE-STORY BUILDING.

UM, AND FRANKLY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE STRETCH, UH, TO 85 FEET FOR THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, THE, UH, AREA PLAN CALLS FOR, UH, THIS SIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE BORDER OF THE PLAN TO BE 40 FEET AS A BASE.

UM, AND 60 FEET IS THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT GIVEN, UH, WITH, UH, APPROPRIATE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

IT APPEARS THAT 60 FEET HAS BECOME THE ASSUMED BASE WHERE DEVELOPERS START AND NOW IT'S BEING PUSHED TO 85 FEET.

UM, THE SAUTER PLAN IS A GOOD PLAN.

I REALLY HOPE YOU STICK TO IT.

I REALLY WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE HERE.

I WISH I COULD, UM, NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A SPOT ZONING CASE LIKE THIS.

AND SO I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE PLAN, UM, AND, UH, LOOK AT 60 FEET AS THE, UH, EXTENDED HEIGHT AND, AND NOT AS THE BASE HEIGHT.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KEEP, UH, THE PLAN IN PLACE.

UM, THE, THE INCREMENTAL, UH, DENSITY IS GOOD, BUT IT'S WELL CALIBRATED FOR THIS PART OF AUSTIN.

AND I JUST ASK YOU TO STICK WITH THE PLAN.

PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT ALSO HAS INCREDIBLE PUBLIC AMENITIES.

ITEMS 67, JESSIE HERMAN, GOOD AFTERNOON.

COUNSEL.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

UH, AGENDA ITEM 67, UH, 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS.

I BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE A LASTING AND LEGACY IMPACT ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LIVE I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT AND HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS SINCE IT WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED FOR IT TO COME TO FRUITION.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO YOU IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

UH, I'M A DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT.

I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 12 YEARS.

UM, I LIVE IN BOULDER CREEK ON THE BUSINESS OWNER.

I WAS IN THREE DIFFERENT HOMES AND A PARENT AS WELL.

UM, AND I'M A FORMER BOARD MEMBER OF VISIT AUSTIN, WHICH WAS THE AUSTIN CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU.

I WALKED THE TRAIL REGULARLY.

I THINK IT'S AN ASSET TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST AMENITIES.

IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTH AUSTIN, I'D TAKE MY DAUGHTER DOWN THERE ALMOST EVERY DAY DURING THE WEEK.

UM, I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT HAS A NUMBER OF PUBLIC BENEFITS AND SOME OF THEM HAD BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT ALREADY, I THINK, SACRED THAT VIEWING, ESPECIALLY FOR TOURISTS TO CROWD THE BRIDGE.

UM, IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES WHERE YOU'D BE ABLE TO SIT ON THE WATER, DO THE DOWNTOWN SKYLINE.

I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT MOST OF THE PARKING SPACES ARE GOING TO BE BURIED IN AN AREA THAT'S RIPE WITH SURFACE PARKING AND IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT PROVIDES NO PUBLIC BENEFIT AT THE MOMENT.

I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE

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I THINK IT'S A REALLY CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND I FOR ONE AND VERY HAPPY TO SEE WORLD-CLASS ARCHITECTURE COME TO AUSTIN AS WE STARTED TO SEE ON THE NORTH SHORE OF TOWN LAKE AS WELL.

UM, I ALSO WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOTEL COMPONENT.

UM, WELL, I BELIEVE THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCY AND HOUSING OPTIONS ALL OVER TEXAS.

THE HOTEL ROOMS PROVIDED TRENT, UH, TEMPORARY TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX GOT TAX THAT TAX SPECIFICALLY, UM, GOES TO FUND THE VISIT OFFICE.

AND, UH, THE TOT TAX DOES A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT THINGS FOR THE CITY.

IT, UM, HELPS VISIT AUSTIN MARKET AUSTIN AS A TOURISM AND CONVENTION DESTINATION.

UM, IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UH, WE SAW A FEW YEARS AGO, A NUMBER OF, UH, HOTEL ROOMS MORE THAN 2000 DUMPED ON THE MARKET AND INVENTORY THAT WAS ADDED TO THE MARKET AND JUST ONE YEAR.

AND AT THAT TIME, WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD OF VIET AUSTIN, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN THAT OVERALL OCCUPANCY IN HOTELS GO DOWN.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT OVERALL OCCUPANCY WENT UP AS AUSTIN WAS ABLE TO PULL MORE CONVENTION BUSINESS FROM OTHER COMPETING MARKETS.

WE ALSO SAW MORE FLIGHTS IN THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS COME TO THE AIRPORT.

I THINK THERE'S INCREDIBLE 10 TANGENTIALLY ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN.

I ALSO THINK THAT IT'S INCREDIBLE.

THAT INCLUDES, UH, THE BLUE LINE.

AND FRANKLY, MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT THE PROJECT WAS TRAFFIC.

AND AFTER MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND SEEING THEIR STAGING PLANS FOR THAT PROCESS, MY CONCERNS WERE ALLAYED.

SO I SUPPORT THESE PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, WHICH I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE AN EXTRAORDINARY ROI FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF AUSTIN.

ERIN WEGMAN ITEM 67.

HELLO, GO AHEAD.

HI, MY NAME IS ERIN.

UH, I'M ON THE, I LIVE IN A DISTRICT FIVE.

MULTIPLE ITEMS, FRED LEWIS, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M JUST COMING OUT FROM ANOTHER APPOINTMENT.

I'VE BEEN WAITING ON HOLD FOR QUITE A WHILE AND I'M IN A EXTREME SUPPORT.

UM, THE, UH, AUSTIN STATESMAN PROJECT THAT ENDEAVORS, UH, THE ENDEAVOR AUSTIN STATION PROJECT.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY IRRESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY NOT TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT, GIVEN THE RECENT POPULATION SURGE IN THE CITY.

THERE AREN'T A LOT OF PLACES WHERE I CAN TAKE MY FAMILY.

I HAVE TWO KIDS UNDER 16 MONTHS TO ACTUALLY ENJOY THAT.

AREN'T EXTREMELY CROWDED AND, UH, THIS ISN'T A WOEFULLY UNDER UTILIZED AREA.

UM, AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS THAT WOULD FALL IN LINE WITH THE SPIRIT OF AUSTIN, WHICH WITHOUT, WITHOUT PROJECTS LIKE THESE MIGHT BE UNDER THREAT BECAUSE OF THE SURGEON POPULATION, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

UH, I THINK THAT THIS ENDEAVOR GROUP HAS, UH, DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, FIGURING OUT HOW TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT DOESN'T HAVE A HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

I KNOW THAT THEY'VE WORKED A LOT WITH THE VARIOUS GROUPS, INCLUDING THE BACK GROUP, WHICH I NEVER THOUGHT I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT, BUT READING THAT FAQ EARLIER, UM, ABOUT THE PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE INTERESTING.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THEY DID THAT, UH, GIVEN THE HISTORY AND SORT OF THE NATURE OF WHAT THOSE, THOSE BATS AND THE OTHER KIND OF AREAS, HOW DID THAT ENVIRONMENT MEAN FOR THE CITY? UH, BUT IT'S AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PLACE CORE TO THE CITY.

UH, I DO THINK THAT THIS WOULD RELIEVE A LOT OF OTHER PROBLEMS AS WELL.

UM, AND I CAN GO MORE ON ABOUT HOW THIS, UH, THIS PROJECT IS ALIGNED WITH.

I THINK THAT THE VALUES OF THE CITY AND THE SPIRIT OF THE CITY IN THAT, AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT IT CAN CHANGE THE SKINNIEST CITY SETS GUIDELINES FOR THE BETTER, BUT THE FACT THAT IT'S A, IT'S AN OUTDOORS-Y PUBLIC FACING, UH, SPACE WHERE, WHERE RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S COMPLETELY UNUSED.

AND I HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO LIVES ACROSS THE CITY IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS.

I DID LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE BEFORE AS WELL.

AND, UH, NO ONE I'VE SPOKEN TO ABOUT THIS IS EVERYONE HAS SPOKEN TO ABOUT THIS.

LET ME FRAME IT THIS WAY IS EXTREMELY EXCITED.

ANYTIME THEY HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

UH, I'M A FILMMAKER, I'M AN ATTORNEY AND I'M AN ENTREPRENEUR.

AND, UH, OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK DESERVES, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN THE CITY.

AND IF AUSTIN IS TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND ATTRACT, UH, TOP PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

AND IF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, OUR CITIZENS AND CITIZENS ARE, ARE ABLE TO HAVE THESE AMAZING RESOURCES AND AMAZING, UH, PUBLIC AREAS OF THAT DISPOSAL, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THESE KINDS OF, UH, THESE THINGS THROUGH.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO TALK HERE.

SPEAKING ON

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I'M NEUTRAL ON ITEM 67 THROUGH 69.

AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING TO CONSIDER.

THERE'S NOTHING TO REWORK.

THERE'S NOTHING PROPOSED.

WE HAVE NO TECH AND WHILE PEOPLE GET UP AND Y'ALL CAN SUPPORT, THIS IS A SEVERAL BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT AND IT SHOULD BE BASED ON DETAILS AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY SUPPORT IT.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE ON BEHALF FOR FREE.

I'M NOT GETTING PAID FOR TAXPAYERS AGAINST GIVEAWAYS, AND WE'RE ASKING FOR A REASONABLE POSTPONEMENT.

THIS PROJECT IS TOO IMPORTANT AND TOO COMPLEX FOR THE COUNCIL TO BE VOTING ON IT AS A CONCEPT, ESSENTIALLY BLINDLY WITHOUT ANY LEGISLATIVE TEXTS AND FRANKLY, WITHOUT EVEN ANSWERS TO THE MAYOR PRO TIM'S BASED THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ON THE AGENDA, YOU SHOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS IN THE TEXT AND WHAT IT IS YOU'RE VOTING FOR.

THIS IS A MATTER OF GOOD GOVERNMENT AND TRANSPARENT.

IT'S A SPECIALLY NEEDED TECH BECAUSE IN THIS INSTANCE, THE VERY POWERFUL DEVELOPER, THEY'RE VERY POWERFUL LOBBYISTS, AND THEY'RE VERY POWERFUL.

A PROPERTY OWNER IS NOT ACCEPTING THE STANDARD PUD REQUIREMENTS IN CITY BALL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARKS AND OTHER MATTERS.

THEY'RE TRYING TO REDUCE TO THE STAFF THEY'RE TRYING TO REDUCE OR TID, TRY TO REDUCE THE STAFF COMMISSION LEVEL, THE COMMUNITY'S BENEFITS TO THEIR ADVANTAGE THROUGH REQUESTS FOR SPECIAL TREAT.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO REQUEST SPECIAL TREATMENT, WE NEED TO HAVE THE TEXTS SO WE CAN SEE WHAT IT IS YOUR OR THE STAFF IS AT TWO TO THREE YEARS ON THESE ITEMS. THERE'S NO REASON WE CAN'T HAVE THE TEXT.

THERE ARE CRITICAL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE NO TEXT ON THE NUMBER 3.6 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS, THE EIGHT GRIDS LOCATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PARKLAND, THE REALIGNMENT OF THE ROAD, THE CHANGES TO THE ICONIC HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL COUNCIL VOTING ON THE PUD, EVEN ON FIRST READING, FRANKLY MAKES YOU PART OF A BAD NON TRIUS PARENTS THAT HE PROCESSED.

YOU WILL OWN THE DRAFT.

IF YOU WILL GO ALONG WITH JUST HAVING A CONCEPT DISCUSSION THAT COMES BACK FROM THE STAFF, AND FRANKLY, THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT VERY WELL WITH THE BMU GRAFT AMENDMENT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT WRAPPED ON FIRST ZONING READINGS, BUT IT'S AN UNBELIEVABLE PRACTICE OR A PUD.

AND LASTLY, YOU'RE POSTING NOTICE UNDER OPEN MEETINGS IS SIMPLY A BAD PRACTICE OR WORST ILLEGAL.

IT SAYS THE ORDINANCE MAY INCLUDE WAIVER OF FEES OR ALTERNATIVE FUNDING METHODS, METHODS, WHAT FUNDING METHODS.

THERE ARE LOTS OF WHAT SEAS.

THERE ARE LOTS OF THEM.

HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? DID SORT OF BAY NOTICE ON FEES AND FUNDING IS NOT TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT AND IS DISRESPECTFUL TO THE TAX PAYERS WHO ULTIMATELY HAVE TO PAY WHATEVER REVENUE DECIDES TO DO, DECIDE TO GO A BIT MAD.

WE HAD BIG SPEAKER WILLIAM BUNCH ITEM 69, GOOD AFTERNOON, MEYER MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, BILL BUNCH, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE.

I WANT TO SUPPORT, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST HEARD FROM, UH, ATTORNEY FRED LEWIS, UH, AND THE TAXPAYERS AGAINST GIVEAWAYS GROUP, UM, THE SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE AND SPECIFICALLY OUR BOARD UNANIMOUSLY, UH, OPPOSES ANY A SINGLE PENNY OF TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES FOR THIS PROJECT.

UH, AND THAT SHOULD BE OFF THE TABLE.

WE AGREE COMPLETELY WITH MR. LEWIS THAT THIS MATTER SHOULDN'T EVEN BE ON THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW THAT IT SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL THERE IS AN ACTUAL DRAFT PUD ORDINANCE, BECAUSE THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

IT'S INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REAL ESTATE, UH, IN THE VERY CENTER OF THE TOWN, UH, JUST ADJACENT TO THE FAMOUS WORLD, FAMOUS CONGRESS BAT BRIDGE, AND ON THE SHORES OF LADY BIRD LAKE.

UH, AS FRED SAID, I RECOGNIZE

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THAT YOUR ORDINANCE ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE FIRST READING ON ZONING WITHOUT AN ORDINANCE.

BUT I THINK THAT REALLY CONTEMPLATES OF A SIMPLE ZONING CHANGE FROM ONE CLASSIFICATION TO ANOTHER, THIS IS A WHOLE NOTHER ANIMAL.

UM, IT'S GROSSLY, UH, UNTRANSPARENT INEFFECTIVE AND INEFFICIENT TO BE CONSIDERING THIS AS A CONCEPTUAL MATTER, WITHOUT AN ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF YOU, THE STATE LEGISLATURE, YOU CAN'T HAVE A HEARING AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE WITHOUT AN ACTUAL BILL, UH, POSTED AND READ FOR FIRST FREEDOM.

UM, WITH THAT, UH, COMPLETE TEXT.

UM, I AGREE, THE NOTICE IS GROSSLY INSUFFICIENT WHEN IT SPEAKS TO A POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE FUNDING METHODS AND FEE WAIVERS, BUT ALSO THE PHRASE MODIFICATIONS OF CITY REGULATIONS.

WHAT REGULATIONS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT FEES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT FUNDING METHODS, HOW MUCH, AND HOW ARE WE CALCULATED THAT FROM W YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE BASELINE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WAIVED OR REDUCED FROM? WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION.

UM, AND WITHOUT ALL THAT INFORMATION, WITHOUT THE ANSWERS TO A MAYOR PRO TEM ALTERS QUESTIONS, UM, THIS, THIS REALLY SHOULD NOT ON YOUR AGENDA RIGHT NOW, AND YOU SHOULD MAKE IT CLEAR TO CA TO STAFF NOT TO DO THAT.

UH, AGAIN, IN THE FUTURE.

UM, FINALLY ON PARKS, THE PARKS BOARD WAS VERY CLEAR THAT YOU CAN'T BE SUPERIOR IF YOU'RE GIVING LESS PARKLAND AND PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE REQUIRES, YES, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING.

THE STAFF TRIED TO UNDERCUT THE PARKS BOARD BY BASICALLY SAYING, IF YOU GIVE US A FEW TRINKETS, THEN THAT MAKES UP FOR PARKLAND.

WHEN PARKLAND IS THE DIRE SHORTAGE THAT WE HAVE IN CENTRAL AUSTIN.

AND THIS IS PRIME PARKLAND LOCATION RIGHT UP ITEMS, 69, KAREN POP GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS KAREN POP.

I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF THIS AFTERNOON.

OVER THE YEARS, I'VE WORKED WITH MANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES ON OUR, OUR HOUSING TRUST FUND BONDS FOR HOUSING DENSITY, BONUSES, AND OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS. IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE PROGRAMS OVER TIME, YOU CAN SEE A PROGRESSION TOWARD INCREASING ON-SITE AFFORDABLE UNITS AND INCREASING CHOICES IN WHERE TO LIVE.

AT FIRST, WE ADVOCATES WERE INTERESTED IN CS AND LU AS REVENUE FOR THE HOUSING TRUST FUND, BUT WE LEARNED FROM OTHER CITIES THAT PROGRAMS GOT MORE UNITS WERE THE ONES THAT REQUIRED THE UNITS ON SITE, AS OPPOSED TO ACCEPTING FEES AND LOOP.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT REQUIRING UNITS ONSITE GETS UNITS WHERE THE MARKET IS MOST ACTIVE.

FOR EXAMPLE, DEVELOPERS WANT TO BE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT OVER TIME AS DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN REDEVELOPED, INCLUDING A PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABLE RESIDENCES CREATES AFFORDABILITY AND MORE AND MORE PARTS OF 10 INTERN AFFORDABLE UNITS IN MOST PARTS OF TOWN INCREASES THE CHOICE TO LIVE NEAR ONE'S JOB.

THE SCHOOLS, ONE WANTS ONE'S CHILDREN TO ATTEND AND OTHER NEARBY AMENITIES.

NOW LET'S SHIFT GEARS AND JUMP OVER TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, WHERE PLANS CALL FOR STATE-OF-THE-ART DEVELOPMENT, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE ROUND THE CLOCK, VIBRANT MIX OF SHOPS, SHADE TREES, OPEN SPACE, AND PER TRANSIT IN THE PAST DEED COVENANTS AND REDLINING KEPT HOLDING TWO PEOPLE OUT OF STATE-OF-THE-ART DEVELOPMENT ADS FOR NEW HOUSES ONCE TOUTED THAT THEY WERE RESTRICTED WHILE THE FAIR HOUSING ACT, OUTLAWED, REDLINING AND RACIAL COVENANTS, THERE ARE EFFECT LINGERS TODAY IN SETTING THE GOAL, THE 20% OF RESONANCES IN THE WATERFRONT, AND THEY'LL BE AFFORDABLE.

THE CITY IS DOING THE RIGHT THING AND DOING ITS DUTY TO FURTHER FAIR HOUSING, BUT WE STILL MUST CONSISTENTLY AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE THIS GOAL.

THE HOUSING ISSUE HERE, THE FIGHT SHOULD BE HOW WE MOVE UP FROM 4% RESIDENCES ONSITE TO 10% IN KEEPING WITH THE MINIMAL STANDARD FOR SUPERIORITY IN THE PUDDLE AND NICHE, AND GO BEYOND 10% IN RECOGNITION OF A MASSIVE INCREASE IN SCALE OF THIS PROJECT, SINCE THE 4% FIGURE WAS SET OUT IN THE WATERFRONT VISION, I CERTAINLY SUPPORT MORE PEOPLE, MORE, UM, SHELTER FOR TEMPORARY SHELTER, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS AND PERMANENT HOUSING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS.

I HOPE THIS CAN BE DONE WHILE ADVANCING OUR GOAL AT THE WATERFRONT.

THANK YOU, MS. PAUL.

I MEAN, MAYOR.

I ASKED MS. PAPA QUESTION.

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UM, MS. PAUL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND FOR YOUR YEARS OF ADVOCACY AND WORK ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS CITY.

UM, I THINK YOU'VE TOUCHED ON MOST OF THE POINTS.

I JUST WANT TO RE UH, YOU KNOW, THAT I, THAT I THINK ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO THE DELIBERATIONS WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE, BUT I WANTED TO ASK YOU TO GO BACK TO ONE POINT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, WHETHER IT'S HEALTH SOUTH OR ONE TEXAS CENTER OR OTHER CONVERSATIONS, THE QUESTION COMES UP ABOUT WHETHER IT MAKES BETTER SENSE TO HAVE THE UNITS HERE, UM, ON THIS TRACT OR TAKE THE MONEY AND PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET MORE UNITS.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU THAT I THINK WE NEED THE UNITS THERE ON THIS TRACK, BUT I WONDERED IF YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT ADDRESS, WHY THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.

IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET THE FEES IN LIEU TO FULLY COVER THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT.

USUALLY THE FEES ARE SET SO THAT THEY'RE VERY INADEQUATE TO COVER THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT.

UM, IT TAKES A LOT TO PUT A DEAL TOGETHER AND TO CARRY IT ALL THE WAY TO THE POINT THAT IT CAN BE BUILT.

AND SO WITH INCLUSIONARY HOUSING BENEFIT, UH, LIKE WE HAVEN'T BMU FOR EXAMPLE, BUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING RIGHTS, PITY PIGGY BANK INTO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO WE SEE IN RAPIDLY REDEVELOPING AREAS LIKE NORTH LAMAR OR SOUTH LAMAR OR BURNET ROAD, WE SEE INCLUSION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS GOING INTO THOSE WITHOUT ONE, WITHOUT A FUSS.

THERE'S JUST THERE.

MOST PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN AWARE THAT THOSE NEW DEVELOPMENTS CONTAIN AFFORDABLE UNITS.

IT'S A NATURE OF HOW THE SUB THIS KIND OF SUBSIDY WORKS.

TRANSIT WILL BENEFIT AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT.

NEXT SPEAKER ON ITEM 69, PATRICK ROSE, GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

AND THANK YOU BEFORE I START WITH MY REMARKS, I JUST WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY WE LOVE.

UM, MY NAME IS PATRICK ROSE, AND IT'S A SINCERE PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.

I APOLOGIZE HAVING TO JOIN BY PHONE I OFFICE AT 16 OH WEST FIFTH STREET HERE IN AUSTIN AND MY WIFE AND I RESIDE AT SEVEN 30 BELKIN STREET IN SAN MARCUS.

I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU EACH WELL, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY REMARKS IN STRONG AND WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT OF 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS.

BUT I PLAN TO SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE WHY THIS PROJECT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME AND WHY I BELIEVE THIS PROJECT IS SO IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE TOGETHER LOVE.

I'VE SUPPORTED AND FOLLOWED THE PURPOSEFUL WORK OF CAPITAL METRO FOR YEARS FIRST AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM 2002 TO 2010.

AND THEN FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, AS A BUSINESSPERSON AND VOLUNTEER WHO INSPIRES LIKE EACH OF YOU FOR AUSTIN TO FULFILL ITS TREMENDOUS UNREALIZED POTENTIAL, LIKE YOU I'VE ALWAYS HOPED FOR A TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT CONNECTS OUR COMMUNITY AND REGION IN A MANNER THAT IS ROBUST, EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE.

AND THE CALENDAR YEARS, 2019 AND 2020, THAT BELIEF WAS BOWIE AS YOU AND YOUR COUNTERPARTS ON THE CAP METRO BOARD WORK TO ADOPT UNANIMOUSLY IN JUNE, 2020, THE PROJECT CONNECT SYSTEM PLAN WHILE I'M HERE IN MY INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, I'M HERE DECIDEDLY BECAUSE OF MY BELIEF THAT AN ACCESSIBLE REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY AND PARTICULARLY THE BLUE LINE AS IT CONNECTS TO THE HEART OF OUR CITY, THROUGH THE RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR TO AA VIA AS MANY DID IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I MANIFESTED THAT PERSONAL SUPPORT BY VOLUNTEERING IN 2019 AND 2020, OUR WORK TO SUPPORT A ROBUST, EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM IS A FOREVER PROJECT.

WE MUST TREAT IT AS SUCH IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

I'M HERE THIS AFTERNOON IN SUPPORT OF THE 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS.

BUT BECAUSE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE PLACES THAT CONNECT THE PEOPLE IT SERVES AND THE LANDSCAPE IT STITCHES TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHY I'M SO STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF WHAT THE APPLICANT ENDEAVORS IS DOING HERE.

IT TAKES THE EXPERTISE, THE CAPITOL, THE PLACEMAKING THAT IS EMBODIED BY THIS PROJECT IN ORDER TO BRING THE BLUE LINE AND PROJECT CONNECT TO LIGHT.

THERE ARE ONLY PRECIOUS FEW PLACES IN THE CITY OF OURS THAT HAVE TRUE CATALYTIC POTENTIAL FOR TRANSIT, TRUE TRANSIT ORIENTED WORLD-CLASS PLACEMAKING POTENTIAL.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE HANDFUL OF SITES ACROSS THE TOTALITY OF THE PROJECT CONNECT FOOTPRINT, I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THERE IS NO PLUS IN AUSTIN, MORE ALIVE WITH CATALYTIC POTENTIAL THAN THIS SITE.

THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS WHY APPROVAL TODAY IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

LET'S TOGETHER.

MAKE THIS SYSTEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE VERY BEST IT CAN BE.

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AND AUSTIN WILL BENEFIT AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT.

ITEMS 65 AND 66.

ZANOPIA JOSEPH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL.

I'M THE NOVIA JOSEPH, MY OPPOSITION TO 65 AND 66, THE CLASS ITSELF TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT DATES BACK TO MARCH 2ND, 2017.

WHEN I TOLD COUNCIL ABOUT CAPITAL METRO IS WHITE MILLENNIAL TARGET AUDIENCE USING THE 5,000 SURVEYS THAT THEY COLLECTED FROM 72% WHITES.

I DO OPPOSE THE 40 FEET REQUESTS TO 85 FEET BASED, MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT, BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT.

I AM OPPOSED TO THE ABSENCE OF MASONTOWN FREEDMAN COLONY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY AN IDEA OR AN IDEAS THAT WERE EXPRESSED BY A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER OR A HOUSTON ON THE NIGHT THAT PLAZA SALTIEL PASSED.

I JUST WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THERE RESPECTFULLY.

YOU MENTIONED JUST THIS PAST TUESDAY, APRIL 5TH, 2022 IN THE WORK SESSION, AS IT RELATES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HE SAID THAT THE CONVERSATION YOU USUALLY HAVE AS IT RELATES TO THE MOST EXPENSIVE AREAS OF TOWN IS WHETHER TO PUT A LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS THERE.

HE SAID THAT, UM, PERHAPS IT'S BETTER TO PUT THE PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S A CRITICAL MASS OF PEOPLE SHARING A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE.

AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT, UH, THAT IS ACTUALLY COUNTER TO, UH, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S EQUITY, UM, EXECUTIVE ORDER 1 3, 9, 8, 5.

IT RUNS COUNTER TO THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968 AS WELL.

AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE STAFF REPORT, UH, BY MAUREEN MEREDITH, IT'S ACTUALLY PAGES FIVE AND SIX OF 54 AND THOSE 12 PRINCIPLES AND WHERE IT ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT HIS POLITICAL CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE.

THE RESPONSE BASICALLY SAYS THAT THE STAFF HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE.

AND I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO AT LEAST ACCURATELY REFLECT THAT BLACK PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE THERE.

AND I WOULD ACTUALLY SAY THAT THERE'S A FALSE NARRATIVE AND SECRETARY PETE BUDDHA JET, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WHEN HE SPOKE, UH, AT THE POSITIVE SALTIEL AREA, UH, FOR SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, HE ACTUALLY ONLY MENTIONED THE YARD THAT USED TO BE THERE.

HE MADE NO REFERENCE TO BLACK HISTORY.

SO I HAVE SINCE CALLED HIS OFFICE AND LEFT THE TITLE SIX REFERENCE, UM, SO THAT HE CAN UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY AND HOW PROJECT CONNECT CONTINUES TO SEGREGATE AUSTIN.

I WOULD ALSO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION, THE NEED FROM COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU MAY, OR WHERE THE ONE THAT OPPOSE COUNCIL MEMBER REQUEST FROM MORE TWO BEDROOM UNITS.

SO ONE MORE PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES COULD ACTUALLY LIVE THERE AT PLAZA LTO.

AND LASTLY, I'LL JUST CALL THEM THE ATTENTION THAT TITLE SIX REQUIRES NEUTRALITY AND THE AID AND ARMBRUST AND BROWN ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTED $5,000 TO DR.

COLEY COLETTE PIERCE BURNETTE REPORT SHOWS THAT MOBILITY FOR ALL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE.

UH, THEY CONTRIBUTED THE $5,000.

SO THIS APPEARS TO BE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR CONTRIBUTING TO PROJECT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER.

KAY JOHNSON, ITEM 65.

UH, YES.

I JUST NOW RECONNECTED.

WAS THERE A QUESTION? NO.

HELLO? YUP.

I ALREADY SPOKE ON, UH, UH, ITEM 65 AND 66, ESSENTIALLY.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS.

REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO MAY 19TH.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY WHO UH, PARTICIPATED JERRY.

YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT ZONING CONSENT AGENDA? SURE, MAYOR.

UM, THE FIRST ITEM I CAN OFFER FOR CONSENT IS ITEM 57 IS KC 14, 2020 2 0 0 0 4.

UM, THIS CASE DID HAVE A VALID PETITION.

HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT AND THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT, UM, WITH THE ADDITION OF A CEO THAT WOULD PROHIBIT DUPLEXES, BUT CONTINUE TO ALLOW ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS I CAN OFFER FOR THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS, I'VE NEVER 58 IS K C 14, 2020 1 0 1 93.

UH, THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT

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I AM 59 IS CASEY 14, 2020 1 0 1 59.

UM, I CAN THIS CASE, I'M OFFERING A STAFF POSTPARTUM REQUEST TO MAY 5TH, 2022.

I WOULD, HOWEVER LIKE TO ADD THAT IN THE POSTING, THESE ZAP RECOMMENDATION WAS TO APPROVE ELO M U C O AS OPPOSED TO G O M U C O UH, ITEM NUMBER 60 CASE NPA 2020 1 0 0 1 6 0.0 ONE.SH.

THIS IS POSTPARTUM REQUESTS BY THE STAFF TO MAY 5TH ITEM NUMBER 61 C 14, 2020 1 0 0 2 0 POINT S H.

THIS IS A POSTPARTUM REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO MAY 5TH.

I AM NUMBER 62 CASE NPA 2008 0 0 0 5 0.02.

THIS IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING ONLY ITEM NUMBER 63 K C 8 14 97 0 0 0 2 0.01.

THIS IS ALL FOR ALSO OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON FIRST READING ONLY I AM NUMBER 64, THIS CASE C 14 0 2 0 180 3 RCA.

I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.

ITEM NUMBER 65 CASE NPA 2020 1 0 0 0 2 0.01.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.

ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, I HAVE NUMBER 66, THIS CASE C 14,000 21 0 1 38.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS ITEM 67 IS THE, UH, NEIGHBOR PLAN AMENDMENT RELATED THE STATESMAN.

SO THAT'LL BE DISCUSSION.

I AM 68 IS THE RESTRICTED COVENANT RELATED TO STATESMAN.

THERE'LL BE DISCUSSION.

AND FINALLY, ITEM 69 IS THE STATESMEN PUDS ZONING CASE.

IT WILL BE DISCUSSION COLLEAGUES AND PROPOSED CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS 57 THROUGH 69 WITH ITEMS 67 68 AND 69 HOLD.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? AS I READ THE REHAB MAKES THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND FULL SECONDS DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN ON ITEM NUMBER 64.

UM, I GUESS IT'S NOT BEING PULLED, BUT I'M GOING TO SHOW I CAN'T SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT ONE.

IT SHOULD BE SHOWN VOTING.

NO, SORRY.

64 GUYS OVER KITCHEN SURE.

IS FOR CONSENT ON ALL READINGS, RIGHT? IT'S A RESTRICTED COVENANT DOES NOT NEED, UM, THREE RATINGS.

IT'S ONLY DONE JUST WITH THE VOTE.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THOUGH ON THAT CASE THAT, UM, THE, UH, WE'RE OFFERING IT FOR THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS OPPOSED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION.

OH, SO, SO WHAT I DO NOT WANT TO REMOVE THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

THAT'S WHY I'M VOTING NO ON THIS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? THAT'S WHERE WE'RE IN CABO.

YEAH, I WOULD PREFER TO DO 65 AND 66 ON SECOND READING ONLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME VERY GOOD INFORMATION FROM MARK ROGERS AND OTHERS ABOUT THE VALUE OF THOSE, OF THOSE INCREASED ENTITLEMENTS.

AND I WOULD LIKE SOME MORE TIME TO WORK THROUGH THEM.

I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS COMPARABLE TO THE, TO THE OTHER CASES THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED.

AND IT IS REALLY A VERY, UM, A VERY LARGE ASK, UM, GIVEN SOME OF THE PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT PROCEEDED IT.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE ALTER THAT TO SECOND READING OVER.

SO LET'S PULL 65 AND 66.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THOSE IN A MOMENT.

ALSO REMEMBER POOL, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON 64 AND I THINK MR. CAN ANSWER, UM, IS IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT RC ISN'T REALLY NECESSARY BECAUSE ALL THE USES EXCEPT FOR THE NURSERY AND SMALL RESIDENTIAL ARE ALREADY PROHIBITED, IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS BACK IN 2002, WHEN THEY GO VALLEY PLAN WAS DONE, THERE WAS A, UM, A REZONING DONE AS A PART OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.

AND SO THE PROPERTY WAS REZONED TO C S M U C O N P.

THE ONLY USE IS PERMITTED IN THAT CS ZONING WE'RE PLANT NURSERY THAT THE TREE NURSERY, AS WELL AS SINGLE-FAMILY AND DUPLEX, AS WELL AS AN OFFICE, NO LARGER THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET.

AND WHAT THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT SAYS IS THAT IF THE USE OF A NURSERY CEASES FOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS THAN THE APPLICANT, THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO A ROLLBACK ZONING OF THE CASE.

THERE'S TWO ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH THAT.

UM, ONE IS THAT FIRST OF ALL, THE CITY HAVE TO INITIATE A CASE.

SO IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC.

THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD HAVE TO SAY, WE WANT TO DO A REZONING.

AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS WE'VE BEEN TOLD OVER THE YEARS, UM, BY THE LAW DEPARTMENT, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THIS COVENANT, WE STOPPED DOING THESE QUITE A WHILE AGO BECAUSE THEY STATE THAT A PROPERTY AIRCANADA POSE A CASE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING A LOT OF PERMANENT IS DETERMINED THAT, UM, WE CANNOT STOP SOMEBODY FROM SPEAKING AT PUBLIC HEARING, ESPECIALLY WHEN IN REGARDS TO OWN PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE, UH, UM, TERMINATION OF THE, UH, THE AGREEMENT.

UM, BUT IT WOULD NOT CHANGE THIS CASE DOES NOT CHANGE THE ZONING ON THE PROPERTY THAT STAYS THE SAME AS IT HAS BEEN SINCE 2010.

AND, AND OUR RCS A DIFFICULT ENCUMBRANCE TO A TITLE FOR BANKS IF THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO FINANCING.

UM, IF A BANK IS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH, UM, WHAT THE RESTRICTED COVENANT SAYS, AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE USED TO SEEING THEN, UH, YES, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMETIMES THEY WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LOAN UNTIL THAT'S CLEARED UP.

UM, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU DO A TITLE, A TITLE SEARCH HAS DONE AS A PART OF THE FINANCING OR REFINANCING.

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AND THEN JUST ONE LAST QUESTION, YOU SAID THERE'S A 90 DAY TIME PERIOD WHERE IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT USED AS SPECIFICALLY THE NURSERY, THEN IT REVERTS BACK TO THE ZONING, UM, BEFORE THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY RESOLVE ITSELF, THAT'S WHERE THE CASE HAS TO BE REQUESTED BY THE CITY.

EXACTLY.

SO JUST SAID REALLY WHAT IT SAYS IS IF THIS, IF THE, IF THE YOUTH STOPS FOR 90 DAYS AND IF THE CITY COUNCIL OR PLANNING COMMISSION INITIATES A REZONING, THEN THEY WILL NOT OPPOSE.

AND IT'S THAT THEY WILL NOT OPPOSE PARTS OF THAT CAUSES A LEGAL ISSUE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR THAT'S ITEM 64.

THAT'S THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT PIECE.

THIS IS, THIS IS A HARD ONE FOR ME, BECAUSE ON THE ONE HAND, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE NEIGHBORS AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING HERE AND, AND THE POSITIONS THAT THEY'RE HOLDING, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS, IS IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S ON THERE OR NOT, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT PROPERTY CAN ONLY BE USED FOR WHAT IS, WHAT IS BEING USED, WHETHER THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT IS ON THERE OR NOT.

SO I ALMOST FEEL LIKE GOING AHEAD AND, AND STICKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE I, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO THIS, UH, AND YOU KNOW, 10 10TH, UH, TREATED OWNED BY, UH, OH, MEXICAN AMERICAN FAMILY THAT GREW UP IN THAT AREA.

THEY BOTH WENT TO JOHNSON, HIGH SCHOOL, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY INVESTED IN THIS PROPERTY AND THIS FOR YEARS, AND THEY LOOKED AT IT AS A RETIREMENT PLACE CENTERED THERE.

UH, UH, HIS, HIS WIFE WAS A CHEERLEADER THERE AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL.

UH, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN LEADERS THERE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS.

I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT BECAUSE THEY'RE UP IN AGE NOW AND WHAT'S THIS WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH THIS RESTRICTED COM IS THEY'RE HAVING TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF MORE LUKE'S TO BE ABLE TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY'RE READY FOR RETIREMENT.

AND, AND, UH, I THINK THEY HAVE WORKED HARD AND EARNED IT, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO DO WHAT JERRY HAD SAID.

YOU KNOW, THEY STILL GOING TO HAVE TO COME BEFORE US.

SO, UM, I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE STUCK HERE A LOT LONGER AND HAVE TO REDUCE WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR BECAUSE OF THIS MISTAKE COMPETENCE.

SO I RECOMMEND THAT WE JUST GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR IT.

OKAY, GUYS, WE'RE THE KITCHEN'S GOING TO BE SHOWN IS A NO, AS WE'RE A POOL, DID YOU WANT TO BE SHOWN AS A NO, I'M AT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, AND SUPPORTIVE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, PASSOVER KITCHEN.

UM, UH, I WOULD LIKE AN EXPLANATION.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE, UM, THE ZONING REMAINS THE SAME AND THAT THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT HAS NO IMPACT.

SO THE EXISTING ZONING IS A CS C O N P.

AS I SAID, IT ALLOWS FOR PLANT NURSERY, SINGLE FAMILY, SMALL OFFICE.

THE COVENANT SAYS THAT IF YOU STOPPED DOING THE NURSERY FOR 90 DAYS, THAT END THE CITY INITIATES A ZONING CASE THAT YOU, THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL NOT OBJECT TO THE CITY REZONING THAT PROPERTY TO IN THIS CASE SFA.

SO, BUT IT DOES NOT TRIGGER THE INITIATION OF THE ZONING CASE.

DOES THE ONLY THING THAT CAN CHANGE THE ZONING IS AN ACTUAL ZONING CASE BEFORE THIS, RIGHT? SO THE IMPACT IS IF THE PROPERTY SOLD OR THE NEW OWNER, THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, UH, CARRIES WITH THE LAND AND THEN THE NEW OWNER HAS TO ABIDE BY IT, WHICH MEANS THE NEW MEANS THE NEW OWNER HAS TO NOT OBJECT.

IF THERE IS A, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE INSTANCE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.

RIGHT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR.

NO, I MADE, UH, AN AMENDMENT THAT WE MOVE, UM, ITEM 65 AND SIX.

OH, I'M SORRY.

YOU, YEAH, YEAH.

THE CONSENT AGENDA IS 57.

I'M 64.

I AM, UM, ABSTAINING.

AND, AND HAS OVER TOBO IS ABSTAINING.

THAT'S WHERE MY KITCHEN IS A NO ON 64.

LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR.

THOSE OPPOSED.

UH, OTHERWISE IT IS, UH, UH, PASSED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER.

MADISON'S STILL OFF THE, UH, THE DAYS.

UH, THREE, UH, PULLED, UH, ITEMS. UM, JUST TRY TO FIGURE OUT KATHY, HOW LONG 65 AND 66 MIGHT BE IS THE, IS THE, UH,

THAT GETS US TO, UM, 65, 66 60, AND THEN THOSE THREE, ALSO THE,

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[65. NPA-2021-0002.01- 1400 E. 4th Street - Approved second and third readings ofordinance amending Ordinance No. 990513-70 East Cesar Chavez Neighborhood Plan and Ordinance No. 20081211-083 Plaza Saltillo (TOD) Station Area Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to amend the base maximum building height from a maximum of 40 feet to 85 feet on property locally known as 1400 East 4th Street (Lady Bird Lake Watershed). First reading approved on March 3,2022. Vote: 10-0, Mayor Adler absent. Owner/Applicant: Robert C. Beall and Beth A. Beall. Agent: Armbrust & Brown, PLLC (Richard T. Suttle, Jr.). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, Housing and Planning Department, (512) 974-2695.]

IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT ON 65 AND 66 SPRAYERS, RICHARD SUBTLE.

IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA IS GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVES 66 ON SECOND READING ONLY, AND NOT TAKE ANY ACTION ON 65 TODAY.

UM, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? WHICH IS IN ESSENCE, A POSTPONEMENT I'M RICHARD SUTTLE.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

THE APPLICANT PREFERS SECOND AND THIRD READING OF THE DAY.

WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN SENT BACK SO MANY TIMES ON THIS ONE, AND WE HAVE A COMMUNITY BENEFITS PACKAGE THAT, UM, WE THINK IS COMMENSURATE WITH THE VALUE.

WE PREFER A SECOND, THIRD MD DOWN WITH IT.

WE'VE BEEN BACK HERE SO MANY TIMES I HAD SEEN COUNCIL MEMBER ENTER HIS DISTRICT.

I THINK IT'S HIS PREROGATIVE AND WE'LL LIVE, WE'LL LIVE WITH WHATEVER THE COUNCIL DECIDES.

IF IT'S ONLY SECOND READING, WE WOULD WANT TO BE BACK THE VERY NEXT MEETING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PRETTY LONG TIME.

DO YOU HAVE A, I PREFER NOT TO, UM, UM, IT'S BEEN BACK AND FORTH SO LONG NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REALLY, WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP ALL THIS BENEFIT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS RIGHT NEXT TO THE RED LINE WITH A ROCK, THROW IT RIGHT THERE.

I MEAN, CADDY CORNER TO THE METRO STATION.

AND IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE BUILDING DENSITY IN THIS AREA, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO WIPE, BUILD DENSITY ANYWHERE ELSE.

I MEAN, WE'RE, AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING A HUGE AMOUNT OF, UH, OF, UH, FEED AND, AND NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS IT'S GOING TO GO TO, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MONEY 350,000 TO THE CONSERVANCY EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY.

THIS IS A GROUP THAT ACTUALLY PAYS OUR SENIORS, HELP PAY THEIR TAXES SO THEY CAN STAY IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

I BET IT'S GOING TO GO TO Y LOOP CORPORATION THERE, YOU'RE GETTING SOME OF IT.

SO WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF, UH, BENEFIT OUT OF THE FACT THAT THE, THE, THE HOUSING FEEDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THE OFFICE, CAUSE IT'S IN THE TOP DISTRICT.

AND IF WE JUST GO TO 60 FEET, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY BENEFITS AT ALL.

SO I'M BETTER TO JUST GO AHEAD AND VOTE IT UP AND DOWN.

AND I'D ASKED ABOUT THE CONCEPT.

ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO GET THIS BACK TO YOU.

SO PROCEDURALLY, UH, IF, IF COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA MOVES PASSAGE, UH, AS IT EXISTED ON CONSENT, AND IF THERE WAS A SECOND TO THAT, I COME IMMEDIATELY TO YOU TO AMEND IT.

IF YOU WANT TO SAY, UH, WE JUST PASSED 66 ON SECOND READING AND DON'T ACT ON 65, YOU WOULD BE THE FIRST PERSON TO SPEAK TO THAT PROCEDURALLY IS THAT WORK FOR PEOPLE.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, AS IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING, UM, AT OUR WORK SESSION, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AT OUR WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, BUT MOVING IT FORWARD ON SECOND READING SEEMS TO BE APPROPRIATE AND STILL PROVIDES US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER AT THE RHEA MAKES THE MOTION TO APPROVE A 65 AND APPROVED 66 ON SECOND AND THIRD READING.

SO HER SECOND TO THAT MOTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE SECOND SET MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TOVO YOU WANT TO, UH, BRING AN AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION? I DO.

I WANT TO, I WANT TO, UM, MOVE THAT.

WE PASS THIS ON SECOND READING ONLY AND NOT TAKE ACTION ON THE OTHER ITEMS. AND THE REASON IS NOT BECAUSE I DON'T, WE GET A SECOND TO IT REAL FAST.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THE AMENDMENT COUNSELOR POOL SECOND.

SO YOU REMEMBER CATHERINE MATTOLA YEAH.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER ENTRY.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

I'VE BEEN AWARE OF AND A SUPPORTER OF THE EAST, EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY.

I THINK THAT'S THEIR SECOND NAME.

I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS.

UM, INITIALLY I THINK THEY DO GREAT WORK AND I THINK WE NEED MORE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THEM.

I AM CONCERNED THOUGH ABOUT WHAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE COMMUNICATED IN TERMS OF THIS BEING NOT EQUIVALENT TO SOME OF THE PREVIOUS DEALS THAT WERE NUMBER ONE, WE'VE HEARD COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE US, WHO LIVE IN THE AREA WHO WOULD LIKE US TO VOTE IT DOWN.

WE'VE ALSO HEARD FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE SAID THAT WHAT STREAM IS OFFERING HERE IS NOT COMMENSURATE TO THE, THE BENEFITS THAT WERE PROVIDED FOR OTHER CASES NEARBY, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT CLO HAD NEGOTIATED FOR THE FOUNDRY UNDER LOWER DOLLARS.

I'M IN, IF I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE CALCULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, UM, IF THAT'S HELPFUL, UM, I WILL, I WILL READ THE CONCLUSION OF THESE CALCULATIONS, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT IT IS AT LEAST ABOUT $585 SHORT OF WHERE IT WOULD BE IF IT WERE AN EQUIVALENT OFFER TO THE PREVIOUS ONE.

SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE FOR NOW AND SAY, I WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

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WHAT IS IN FAVOR OF US RIGHT IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW IS THE, UH, AMENDMENT TO CHANGE IT.

SO THAT, AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I DO LIVE IN THAT, AND WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST THAT CREATED THE CONTACT TEAM THERE.

AND SO THE CHAVEZ, SO, AND, UH, UM, UM, I WAS A MEMBER UNTIL I GOT ELECTED TO THE COUNCIL.

MY REPRESENTATIVE THAT REPRESENTS THAT HAD TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS CONTACT TEAM BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT WORK WITH THEM.

UH, THEY W THEY WERE VERY UNREASONABLE AND, AND, AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, SO YOU, YOU, SHE, SHE DID REPRESENT ME THERE AND SHE SAID SHE JUST COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.

UM, ALL RIGHT, THERE IS AMENDMENTS IN FRONT OF US TO, UH, TAKE, UH, NOT TAKE ACTION ON 50, UH, NOT TAKE ACTION ON 65 AND DO 66 ON SECOND READING ONLY IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, ALTAR POOL, TOVO KITCHEN.

THOSE OPPOSED TO THE AMENDMENT.

CAUSE I THINK WE CAN, UH, I THINK WE CAN DO THAT, UH, QUICKLY, UH, MAYOR PRO TAM.

UH, IT'S UH, THE OTHER 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ON THE DESK.

IT WOULD JUST NOT PASS.

UH, WE'RE BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION AS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED.

THAT WAS WHOEVER TOBA VOTING.

NO, THOSE VOTING AYE HAS BEEN MY HARPER.

MY HEAD IS SET OFF THE DYESS, IT PASSES.

SO THAT ITEM PASSES, UH, LET'S TAKE CARE OF 42,

[42. Approve a resolution initiating code amendments to Chapter 25-1 (General Requirements and Procedure) to require parkland dedication for office, industrial and commercial developments.]

YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? YES.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM 42 IS IN THE BACKUP, UM, INCLUDING ADLER'S MOTION SHEET, UM, THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED EXCEPT FOR THE LAST BULLET, WHICH STARTED WITH WHETHER AND TO WHAT, UM, AND INSTEAD OF THAT LAST BULLET, UM, IT WOULD HAVE TWO BULLETS.

THE FIRST BULLET WOULD SAY WHETHER, AND IN WHAT WAYS IN LEVELS, ANY FEAR EXACTION ON OFFICE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO MAINTAIN EXISTING LEVELS OF PARK SERVICE.

I'LL REPEAT THAT JUST SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT, WHETHER, AND IN WHAT WAYS AND LEVELS ANY FEE OR EXACTION ON OFFICE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO MAINTAIN EXISTING LEVELS OF PARK SERVICE.

AND THEN THE SECOND BULLET WOULD BE HOW ANY PROPOSALS INTERACT WITH OUR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL PARKLAND ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING WITHIN MIXED USE SCENARIOS.

AND THAT IS AGAIN, HOW ANY PROPOSALS INTERACT WITH OUR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL PARKLAND ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING WITHIN MIXED USE SCENARIOS.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER MAY PRETEND.

MEMBER POOL, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOTA.

UM, THE ITEM BEFORE US IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMERCIAL GROWTH IN OUR CITY IS HELPING, UM, TO FUND THAT GROWTH AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, THIS WOULD INITIATE A PROCESS TO PAT TO ADOPT A COMMERCIAL OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL, UM, ELEMENT OF OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE.

UM, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT INITIATES A PROCESS AND AN ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UM, THAT WILL ALLOW ALL PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS.

WE ARE ASKING FOR THAT PROCESS TO CONCLUDE IN TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AND THE FEE, UM, IN THE BUDGET.

UM, SO HE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WAY.

UM, I KNOW THAT IN AUSTIN, WE LOVE OUR PARKS, UM, AND WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR PARKS.

UM, BUT AS WE GROW MORE AND MORE AND MORE, AND AS WE BRING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OUR COMMUNITY WHO GO ON THEIR LUNCH HOUR TO RUN IN THE PARKS AND WHO, UM, DO OTHER THINGS IN OUR PARKS THROUGHOUT THE DAY BEFORE AND AFTER WORK, IT HAS A TOLL ON OUR PARKS AND IT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO BE PLANNING IF WE WANT TO KEEP THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE HAVE.

I APPRECIATE, UM, MY CO-SPONSORS FOR THIS ITEM, MY ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR ADLER AND COUNCIL

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WHO'VE JOINED ME IN THIS STEP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, MEETING THE NEEDS OF AUSTIN AND THOSE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN AUSTIN, UM, WITH RESPECT TO PARK PARKLAND.

I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS IN FRONT OF US.

UH, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, UM, UH, PARKLAND, DEDICATION, UH, FEES AND ORDINANCES IN OUR CITY.

AND IT'S BECAUSE WE LOVE PARKS IN THIS CITY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THEM AS A BIG PART OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT IN A WAY THAT IS, UH, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT AND RIGHT, UH, THIS RESOLUTION CAME, UM, UH, AND THE, THE, IT NEEDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE DISCUSSED, UH, BY, UH, ALL POINTS OF VIEW.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING BASICALLY INITIATE THAT CONVERSATION FOR THE COMMUNITY TO, TO HAVE, UH, SO THAT, UH, PEOPLE CAN KIND OF BRING UP ALL THE ISSUES THAT THEY THINK SHOULD GO INTO FORMING THIS AS WELL AS, UM, UH, ISSUES THAT NEED TO GET BACK TO COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE YOU ACCEPTING THE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION THAT, UH, UH, I HAD PROPOSED.

CAUSE I THINK THAT REFLECTS, UH, SOME ISSUES THAT MAY VERY WELL HAVE ALREADY BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED, BUT THIS, I THINK STATES EXPLICITLY THAT THESE ISSUES WILL BE COVERED.

UH, AND THESE ARE THE, THE ISSUES THAT I HEARD MOST FROM PEOPLE SAYING THEY, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT FORWARD.

IT'S GOING TO BE, UM, UH, OBVIOUSLY AN INVOLVED CONVERSATION AND MANAGER CONVERSATION ON AN ISSUE LIKE THIS.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT A IT'S WIDELY KNOWN REALLY TRANSPARENT, VERY VISIBLE, UH, SO THAT, UH, UH, EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE THEY WERE FAIRLY GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY AND TREATED FAIRLY, UH, FOR WHEN.

AND IF THIS COMES BACK TO THE, TO THE COUNCIL OR THE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY, I'M HEARING FROM MY STAFF UPSTAIRS THAT THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE AUDIO ON THE WEBEX AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HEAR US HARDLY.

WE JUST BROUGHT IT BACK.

UM, WE LOST EVERYBODY.

IT WAS WALL COUNCIL MEMBER ALTRUIST SPEAKING.

DID THE WRECK PUBLIC HERE? WHAT WAS HER MOTION? ATX THEN WAS BROADCASTING IT, SO IT WAS ON TV.

IT JUST WASN'T ON WEBEX.

GOOD.

UM, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMENDMENTS.

THEY WERE, THEY WERE VERY GOOD, BUT I JUST HAD QUESTIONS SO THAT PEOPLE AT HOME WHO MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS IS LIKE ANY ENGAGEMENT, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT WILL INCLUDE OUR PARKS BOARD.

UM, WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITY.

UM, WE HAVE A PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT WORKS ACTIVELY WITH MANY PARKS ADVOCATE GROUPS.

UM, THEY WORK REGULARLY WITH DEVELOPERS.

UM, THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE WHEN WE REVISED OUR, UM, RESIDENTIAL, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION IN THE PAST.

AND SO ALL OF THE USUAL FOLKS WHO WOULD BE AT THE TABLE WHO WOULD BE IMPACTED WOULD BE, UM, INVITED THE PARKS BOARDS, OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS.

UM, THERE WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T DESIGN THE WHOLE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS, BUT I KNOW THAT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IS PARTICULARLY STRONG AND ITS OUTREACH TO FOLKS.

AND, UM, I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL SET UP A PROCESS THAT ENGAGES EVERYONE, UM, BECAUSE OF PAST DISCUSSIONS AND BUILDING ON WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.

I THINK THERE'S A GOOD SENSE OF THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF TALKING ABOUT, UM, THIS ISSUE.

AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PARKS BOARD, UM, WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH A POSITIVE AND INCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE SO THAT WE CAN END UP WITH A PRODUCT, UM, THAT HELPS US TO MAINTAIN OUR LEVELS OF SERVICE FOR OUR PARKS.

I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT RESPONSE.

AND I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS.

THEY CAN CONTACT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND SHARE INSIGHTS AND CONCERNS, EVEN AS THEY'RE, THEY'RE MAKING THE DRAFTING BEFORE THEY'RE READY TO SHOW A PROPOSAL FOR DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMUNITY.

IF I WILL JUST ADD, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THEY'RE PLANNING AT A MINIMUM TO HAVE A, AN, UH, UH, ITEM ON THE PARKS BOARD AGENDA AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

EXACTLY WHAT WILL BE INCLUDED AT THAT STAGE.

I DO NOT YET KNOW.

UM, BUT ALL OF THAT WILL BE, WILL BE NOTICED, AND THAT WILL BE AT LEAST ONE OPPORTUNITY THIS MONTH TO ENGAGE WITH THEM.

AND I THINK THAT, UM, MOST OF THE PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN PARKLAND DEDICATION BEFORE, UM, KNOW THAT

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IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, 42, TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR 42, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED UNANIMOUS ON THE DYES, COUNCILMEMBER HARPER, MADISON, OFF THAT ITEM PASSES.

UM, WE'RE NEXT GOING TO DO ITEM NUMBER 22, AFTER WE DO 22, WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO AT 43.

I THINK THAT'S GOT TO GET US CLOSE TO PROCLAMATIONS, WHICH IS AT FIVE 30.

WE HAVE FOUR OF THOSE.

UH, AND, UM, UH, SO I'M GONNA PROPOSE IF WE CAN START AT FIVE 30 THAT WE RECESSED TO LIKE SIX, 15 ISH.

WE DO PROCLAMATIONS AND, AND, AND I COME BACK, UH, AND THEN, UH, THAT WILL LEAVE US JUST THEN THE STATE'S BEEN PUD, UH, TO PICK UP RIGHT AFTER THAT BREAK.

AND THAT FINISHES OUR DAY.

WE'LL READJUST BASED ON HOW THE NEXT 45 MINUTES, UH, GO.

LET'S PULL UP ITEM NUMBER

[22. Authorize negotiation and execution of a contract with Sherry Matthews, Inc. to provide marketing and public relations for COVID-19 response, for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed S 15,000,000.]

22, RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

I PULLED ITEM 22 BECAUSE IT RAISED MANY QUESTIONS WITH MYSELF AND MY CONSTITUENTS.

UM, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HERE THAT WE ALL REPRESENT AND I'VE HEARD FEEDBACK RELATED TO THE TIMELINE AND THE LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING SUGGESTED FOR APPROVAL HERE.

AND I'D LIKE SOME CLARITY ON THAT FROM STAFF.

UM, AND I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR BEING HERE TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.

ARE THEY AVAILABLE? CITY MANAGER? YEAH.

WE BOTH HAVE STAFF FROM OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE AND ALSO FROM AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, DEPUTY PURCHASING OFFICER.

COULD YOU OUTLINE HOW, UM, SHERRY MATTHEWS INCORPORATED INTENDS TO SPEND THE CONTRACT AMOUNT THAT IS LISTED HERE? DO YOU KNOW THE DETAILS OF THAT CONTRACT? NO, BUT, UH, I THINK OUR DIRECTOR OF, UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH IS HERE, I THINK, OR SHE'S CALLING IN OR HEY, ADRIAN DIRECTOR STIRRUP IS CALLING IN.

UM, ALSO I KNOW STEPHANIE HAYDEN IS HERE ALSO IF WE HAVE JUST A MOMENT.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS MAYBE IF IT'S REQUESTED.

THANK YOU THOUGH.

OH, HERE'S STEPHANIE.

GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR START.

HI.

SO SORRY, SIR.

DID YOU HEAR THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED? YES, SIR.

I DID GET AFTERNOON, ADRIAN STIRRUP AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE IS TO HELP NOT ONLY WITH, UM, GENERAL MESSAGING TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT COVID-19 AND THE CONTINUED MITIGATION MEASURES THAT WE NEED TO BE IN PLACE TO UPDATE ABOUT VACCINES AND ALL OF THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY IS OFFERING, BUT ALSO TO HAVE AN INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON SOME BEHAVIORAL CHANGE MARKETING THAT IS NECESSARY TO HELP ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES REACH THE 70, 70% VACCINE FULLY VACCINATED.

MARK LET'S START CURRENTLY BEING DONE BY APH ITSELF, OR IS IT DONE BY A CONTRACTOR NOW, RIGHT NOW THAT WORK IS BEING DONE BY APH.

AND SO THE CONTRACT AMOUNT INCLUDES THE ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY AS WELL AS THE MONEY FOR MEDIA BUYS.

UM, WHEN WE WERE IN THE FULL BLOWN, UH, RESPONSE MODE, THE GIST WAS COMPRISED OF SEVERAL, UH, DEPARTMENT PIOS AS THE CITY HAS OPENED UP AND WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS.

UM, THOSE STAFF HAVE RETURNED TO THEIR REGULAR DUTIES AND WE NEED THAT ADDITIONAL STAFF SUPPORT TO HAVE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF MESSAGING TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, WE ARE AT 70%, I QUOTED THOSE STATISTICS BECAUSE THAT SPEAKS TO THE BEHAVIORAL CHANGE MARKETING EXPERTISE THAT IS NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EQUITABLE VACCINE COVERAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, WHAT IS OUR CURRENT VACCINE RATE? YOU SAID YOU WANTED US TO ACHIEVE A 70% RATE AND I'M WONDERING HOW FAR AWAY WE ARE FROM THAT CURRENTLY.

WELL, SPECIFICALLY IN THE COMMUNITIES, UH, IN OUR BLACK COMMUNITY AND OUR LATIN X COMMUNITY, WE ARE AT 38% FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND WE MADE SOME GOOD STRIDES IN THE LATIN X COMMUNITY AT THAT I BELIEVE IT'S THE 48% MARK THE LAST TIME I CHECKED THOSE NUMBERS.

SO TO CLARIFY, I MEANT THAT AS THE WHOLE OF THE CITY, I WASN'T SPECIFICALLY ASKING ABOUT, UM, TYPES OF POPULATIONS.

YES MA'AM.

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AND WHEN DO WE HAVE TO UTILIZE THESE FUNDS BY? WELL, I BELIEVE THE CONTRACT IS FOR A FIVE-YEAR TERM AND IT, IT SIMPLY GIVES US THE AUTHORIZATION.

UM, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'LL EXPEND THAT AMOUNT.

I CAN TELL YOU OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE SPENT ABOUT $2.8 MILLION IN, UM, MARKETING AND MEDIA BUYS AND THAT A CONTRACT IS ABOUT THAT AVERAGE OF 3 MILLION A YEAR.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T USE THAT MONEY? IF WE DON'T USE THE FULL AUTHORITY? CORRECT.

NOTHING HAPPENS.

SO ARE THESE ARPA FUNDS? WE DO HAVE OUR DOLLARS ALLOTTED FOR MARKETING AND MESSAGING TO COMMUNITY.

SO THEN I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE DON'T UTILIZE THAT FUNDING, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

UM, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THE AUTHORIZATION TO EXPEND DOLLARS.

AND SO THERE'S TWO WAYS THAT THE CITY COULD APPROACH, UM, COVERING THESE EXPENSES.

THERE IS A COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT.

SO THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE DOLLARS TO BE REIMBURSED THROUGH FEMA, IF IT TURNS OUT THAT, AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC TO COVID.

UM, IF THAT'S NOT THE WAY THE CITY CHOOSES TO GO IN TERMS OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION, THE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE THOSE ARPA DOLLARS IN THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION THAT YOU APPROVED TO SPEND ON MARKETING.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, HOMELESSNESS.

UM, I GUESS JUST COUNCIL AS A WHOLE, UM, WHEN I SAW HOW MUCH MONEY WAS HERE AND THAT WE'RE GETTING AWAY FROM, WE'RE MOVING FURTHER AWAY FROM COVID EVERY DAY, I COULD SEE THAT WE HAVE PRIORITIES ON COUNCIL TO ASSIST POPULATIONS THAT DO NEED MORE FUNDING.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT COVID IS NOT IMPORTANT, BUT I JUST SEE US OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS, POSSIBLY UTILIZING THE FUNDING IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAT WOULD HAVE A BIGGER IMPACT ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN REALLY AFFECT AND CHANGE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

DIRECT DISTURBED.

IS THIS THESE DOLLARS? COME CHANGE.

THE ARPA ALLOCATION THAT THE COUNCIL DID EARLIER, OR IS THIS JUST A FURTHER DESIGNATION OF THE, THOSE ARPA FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO, UH, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE? IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE DESIGNATION AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE MONEY AROUND IN BUCKETS.

IF WE DO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE FEEL THAT WE NEED TO SPEND THE WHOLE 15 MILLION, BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE DESIGNATION OR NO.

SO IT WOULDN'T GO, IT WOULDN'T TAKE ANY OF THE MONEY OUT OF THE WEEK DESIGNATED TO WORK FOR US OR CHILDCARE OR HOMELESSNESS OR THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

DOESN'T COME FROM THOSE BUCKETS.

THANK YOU GUYS OVER TOVO.

THE SPEC, THE SPECIFICITY AROUND THE CONTRACT TERMS ON ALL OF THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY FOR PULLING THIS.

I HAD SOME QUESTIONS TOO, IN THE QUESTION AND ANSWER AS DID MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR, AND I NEED TO ASK A COUPLE OF FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.

SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS, IS ACTUALLY $15 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF LET'S SEE $15 MILLION.

SO $3 MILLION PER YEAR.

AS I UNDERSTAND THE RCA, THE ONLY PORTION OF THAT THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE ARPA DOLLARS IS 1.75.

OH, IS THAT ACCURATE DIRECTOR STIRRUP OR IS, IS THE WHOLE 15 MILLION COMING OF ARBA THE RCA DOESN'T SUGGEST THAT IT IS THE RCA GIVES YOU THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND THE LANGUAGE SAYS THAT IF OTHER FISCAL YEARS MONEY IS AVAILABLE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD THEN USE IT IN THOSE FISCAL YEARS.

WE, WE ALWAYS JUST PUT THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE'RE ALMOST HALFWAY THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S 1 75.

SO I THINK SO I GUESS I'M UNCLEAR.

SO THE, THE, SO THE QUESTION THE MAYOR ASKED IS WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD BE CHANGING OUR DESIGNATION OF ARPA FUNDING, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WOULDN'T, BUT IT ALSO SOUNDS, I MEAN, ARE THERE FUNDS IDENTIFIED FOR THE OTHER, UM, 13 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IF WE USE THE FULL EXPENDITURE? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT APPROVAL WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN ANNUALLY THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

AND I BELIEVE MS. MILLER CAN GIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT

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I'M SORRY, ON ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS.

WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO IS PROVIDE THE ANNUAL AMOUNT THAT IS IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.

AND WE HAVE LANGUAGE THAT IS PRETTY IT'S TEMPLATE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT IN FUTURE BUDGET YEARS, SHOULD IT BE APPROVED THEN THE OTHER FUNDS WOULD BE USED? I GUESS I, I MEAN, I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THE WAY ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS SHOW UP, BUT I GUESS IN ANSWER TO COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY'S QUESTION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT OTHER NEEDS MIGHT GO ON FUNDED.

IF WE, IN FACT, PUT $3 MILLION A YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS UP TO 15 MILLION, WHAT ELSE MIGHT GO ON FUNDED? I MEAN, IT WOULD BE OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE FUNDED UNDER PUBLIC HEALTH.

AND SO I, CAN YOU LET ME BACK UP AND ASK, I GUESS, DIRECTOR STIRRUP, WHAT IS THE FULL AMOUNT THAT WE DESIGNATED IN ARPA FUNDING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PURPOSE? I WOULD HAVE TO PULL THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.

I'M SORRY THAT I'M NOT PREPARED WITH THAT BUDGET SPREADSHEET IN FRONT OF ME, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO, THE BACKUPS IS 1.7, RIGHT.

BUT, UM, BUT THAT'S, WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

SO IT COULD BE THAT IN OUR NEXT YEAR'S ARPA FUNDING, THERE IS A FULL 3 MILLION, OR IT COULD BE THAT, THAT 3 MILLION WHERE WE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE IDENTIFIED THROUGH OTHER SOURCES LIKE THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, FOR ME, IT'S A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, I, IF WE'RE NOT CHANGING OUR ALLOCATION AND IN THE CONTEXT OF LOOKING AT OUR FULL NEEDS BACK IN JULY, WE ALLOCATED THIS MONEY FOR RESPONSE.

I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE AT 1.75.

YOU KNOW, IF, IF THIS DIAS THINKS THAT'S, UM, THE WAY WE WANT TO SPEND THIS MONEY, CONTINUE TO SPEND THIS MONEY, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

I'M A WHOLE LOT LESS COMFORTABLE SAYING, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, OUR HIGHEST PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE MARKETING RELATED TO COVID RATHER THAN PUTTING MONEY IN.

I MEAN, JUST REALLY THE QUESTION THAT YOU ARTICULATED, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY THE, THAT'S REALLY THE CHALLENGE AND THE DILEMMA HERE TODAY, AND IT JUST BECOMES LESS VISIBLE, FRANKLY, ONCE WE'VE AUTHORIZED THIS EXPENDITURE, IT JUST BECOMES A LITTLE LESS VISIBLE IN OUR BUDGET DELIBERATIONS.

AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE MAY HAVE, WE MAY HAVE REALLY ONLY ALLOCATED 1 75, YOU KNOW, 1,750,000, UM, IN OUR ARPA FUNDING.

AND THEN WE WOULD BE SEEKING ALL OF THE REST OF IT IN THE YEARS TO COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS IN THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, GIVEN HOW THE CONVERSATIONS PLAYING OUT, IF THERE'S ANY STAFF OPPOSITION TO WAITING TWO WEEKS, I HAD ALSO ASKED TO Q AND A, I DON'T THINK THE ANSWER HAD QUITE COME BACK YET, BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IS SAYING AND THAT WHILE WE MAY BE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS YEAR AS ALLOTMENT, UH, THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE COMMITTING OURSELVES OR A FUTURE COUNCIL TO SUBSEQUENTLY, AND OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE BUDGET IS WHERE WE MAKE THOSE, THOSE DECISIONS ON EXACTLY HOW WE PRIORITIZE, WHICH DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE TO US.

DO YOU KNOW IF A TWO WEEK POSTPONEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF MIGHT BE ACCEPTING? THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

I'LL, I'LL MOVE TO POSTPONE UNLESS SOMEONE HAS OTHER COMMENTS THEY WANT TO MAKE.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO POSTPARTUM DECIDED FOR TWO WEEKS? HI, LET'S POSTPONE THIS ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS.

SO ANY FINAL COMMENTS BEFORE WE DO THAT? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, UM, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT OUR ARPA DOLLARS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SEE IF WHEN YOU COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS, WE CAN GET SOME CLARITY ON WHAT FEMALE WHEEL OR WHEEL NOT REIMBURSED.

UM, CAUSE I THINK THAT'S PART OF, PART OF WHAT, WHAT THIS IS, IS ALSO, THIS SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT FEMALE OUGHT TO REIMBURSE.

AND SO I DON'T WANT US NOT TO DO THE WORK THAT COULD BE REIMBURSED BECAUSE WE WERE THINKING WE HAVE TO SPEND THE RP DOLLARS.

AND I DON'T, FROM WHAT I KNOW AT THIS POINT, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, HOW TO SQUARE THAT CIRCLE, BUT OR WHATEVER.

UM, THE RIGHT PHRASES.

UM, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE THAT CLARITY WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES BACK.

UM, BECAUSE I THINK THE AUTHOR IS AUTHORIZATION IN THIS CASE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN SOMETIMES WE HAVE WITH THEM WITH SOME CONTRACTS.

SO THOUGH I DO SHARE THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED AND ASK QUESTIONS.

UM, MYSELF, I DID WANT TO FLAG THAT THAT WAS ANOTHER PIECE OF THIS, THIS PUZZLE.

I DO KNOW THAT AS A COUNCIL, WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT PIVOTING WHEN THINGS CHANGE.

UH, YES.

THAT'S WHERE KELLY, THANK YOU EVERYONE HERE FOR, FOR UNDERSTANDING MY POINT OF VIEW AND MY PERSPECTIVE, AND REALLY CONSIDERING THAT TODAY.

I APPRECIATE IT.

AND I DO BELIEVE IT'S GOOD TO MARKET FOR COVID, ESPECIALLY FOR TRYING TO RAISE VACCINE LEVELS AMONGST THE COMMUNITY.

BUT, UM,

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AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE WE CAN, WE CAN PIVOT LATER ON IF WE NEED TO AND JUST AUTHORIZE ONE YEAR FOR IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

THAT HAS THIS ITEM, ANY CLOSING REMARKS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SIDE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER POINT, THIS THANK YOU.

UM, I DID, UM, I KNOW THANK YOU FOR THE POSTPONEMENT AND TRY TO STIR UP IF WE CAN HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VACCINE EQUITY, THE COVID VACCINE EQUITY PLAN THAT WE CREATED, THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS A PART OF AND HELPED DRAFT IT, UM, HOW THAT PLAN, UH, WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH THIS POTENTIAL CONTRACT.

AND I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE TARGETING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, UM, THAT WE, THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS A SAY IN THE WORK THROUGH THIS CONTRACT, I'M ALSO WANTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION AS TO, UM, IT SAYS HERE THAT NO SUBCONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES WERE REQUIRED.

UM, SO THEREFORE THIS IS IN PART OF OUR ARE MINORITY OWNED WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM, OR, OR IT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH IT, BUT THERE'S NOT SUB CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH IT.

AND SO I JUST ALSO WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT PROCESS.

CAUSE WE'RE A KITCHEN.

YEAH, I THINK, UH, I THINK MY QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED COUNCILMAN WINTER'S DID I DID WANT TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE SUB COUNTRY SUB CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES.

43 COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS, UM, COLLEAGUES.

I SHARE THAT SAME QUESTION IS THAT AS POSTPONE, UH, FIVE O'CLOCK WE'RE ON A ROLL.

MAYBE WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS ONE IN THE PUTT, BUT LET'S BEGIN WITH, UH, ITEM

[43. Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to identify alternative locations for the construction ofthe new Jet-A fuel facility at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport; prepare a draft Environmental Assessment for the alternative locations, including a detailed Environmental Justice analysis, for the purpose ofreceiving public input; and present to Council for approval the draft Environmental Assessment prior to publishing for notice and comment. (Part 1 of 2)]

THEY DID POST VERSION THREE AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A HANDOUT OF VERSION THREE OF ITEM 43.

UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN SHARED AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS POSED AND PRESENTED AS PART OF TUESDAY'S WORK SESSION.

I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR A ROBUST CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ON TUESDAY AND JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT I HAVE, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE SOME CLARIFICATION ON INFORMATION PRESENTED AT TUESDAY'S BRIEFING AS WE HEARD FROM THE FAA.

SO, SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FIRST IS COUNSELOR FOURTH IS MOVES PASSAGE OF HER VERSION THREE.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? ALL RIGHT.

COUNSEL, REMEMBER HAD A SECOND STEP MOTION BEFORE YOU DISCUSS IT.

I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU POINT OUT TO YOU.

NUMBER NINE, THAT'S BEEN ADDED, UH, SPEAKS TO, UM, UH, REQUIRING STAFF TO COME BACK FOR, UM, LOTS OF DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE GO WAY BEYOND THE FUEL STORAGE TANKS.

I'VE NOT REALLY GERMANE TO THIS IN TERMS OF THE POSTING LANGUAGE TEXTILE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

CONSORTIUM MEMBERS WOULD LIVE KNOWN TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

SO ITEM NUMBER NINE, ISN'T GERMANE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER BECAUSE IT GOES BEYOND WHAT PEOPLE HAD FAIR NOTICE OF.

GOTCHA.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, ONE THROUGH EIGHT PROPERLY BEFORE THE COUNCIL MOVED IN SECOND, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS IT NOW.

AND THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, WE DID RECEIVE NOTICE JUST SHORTLY BEFORE, UM, THIS LAYOUT THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO STRIKE NUMBER NINE.

I JUST WANT TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT WE, MY OFFICE WILL BE BRINGING BACK A RESOLUTION THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW, UM, OUR AVIATION DEPARTMENT INTERACTS WITH OUR CONSORTIUM OR AIRLINE CONSORTIUM AND ENSURE THAT ANY NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON A CITY OWNED LAND, THAT THAT IS PART OF THE CONSIDERATION THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS.

AND THAT WE ALSO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND PROVIDE A JUDICIOUS OVERSIGHT AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN OUR AVIATION DEPARTMENT.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR VALUES ARE, ARE INCLUDED IN PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

SO THAT WILL BE A SEPARATE RESOLUTION THAT WE'LL BRING FORWARD.

AS FAR AS ITEM 43.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM THE FAA REPRESENTATIVE WHO SHARED WITH US THAT DUE TO THE PREVIOUS, UH, TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ROLLBACKS, UH, CUMULATIVE IMPACTS WERE NOT ASSESSED.

SO DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS THAT WERE ROLLED BACK, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE EA PROCESS THAT WAS NOT AS STRONG AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN.

ALSO THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT TOOK PLACE THIS YEAR, UM, WERE PART OF A DIRECTION THAT THIS COUNCIL MADE.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT THE FACT THAT THERE WERE FOUR PUBLIC WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED DURING THE CREATION OF THE AIRPORT VISION PLAN, THE FACT THAT WE HAD MY OFFICE HAD TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THE FALL, AND THEN WE DIRECTED IT IN AN ADDITIONAL THREE MEETINGS, UH, WE'VE HAD MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THE FUEL STORAGE TANK TOPIC ALONE THAN WE

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DID ON THE VISION PLAN.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD, THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT MORE ENGAGEMENT AFTER THE VISION PLAN HAS BEEN CREATED.

AND SO TO ME, I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WE CAN DO ON THAT END ON THE VISION PLAN OVERALL.

UM, PART OF THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, UM, WE KNOW THAT JET FUEL WAS BARELY MENTIONED, AND THAT MAILERS ONLY WENT OUT TO THOSE WITHIN 500 FEET, EVEN THOUGH THE FOUR TANKS WILL BE BUILT ONCE BUILT OUT, WE'LL BE UP TO 743 FEET IN PROXIMITY.

ADDITIONALLY, THE COUNCIL MEETING FROM 2018 HIGHLIGHTS THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT WAS BEING APPROVED BY THE QUESTIONS THAT MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DAYAS ASKED AT THAT TIME.

UM, IT WAS SAID THAT THIS WAS A MAP WITHOUT GOALS AND THAT NOTHING WAS SET IN STONE.

AND THE GUIDE BOOK POSTED AT A LATER DATE.

IT STATES THAT THE FUEL FARM WILL BE BUILT WITH A THIRD-PARTY DEVELOPMENT.

SO OTHER AREAS OF CONCERNS AND TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS PROCESS IS THAT THE PROCESS THAT WAS LAID OUT DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR EXECUTIVE ORDER 1, 2 8, 9, 8, WHICH REQUIRES AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ANALYSIS.

AND I KNOW THEY'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL HAVING CONVERSATIONS AS TO THAT PROCESS AND WHY THAT WAS NOT INITIATED.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, THE VISION PLAN ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE COMMUNITY CLOSEST TO THE AIRPORT IS CONSIDERED AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS WAS THE FINAL CONCLUSION OF THE FONZIE OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

IT SAID THAT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPACTS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AS THE PROJECT IS CONTAINED PRIMARILY ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY.

I THINK IF THE RECENT WATER BOIL NOTICE TAUGHT US ANYTHING, IS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SYSTEMS THAT ACCOUNT FOR HUMAN ERROR.

AND SO PART OF WHAT WAS RECENTLY ALSO BROUGHT TO LIGHT WAS FROM THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN WHO'S EDITORIAL BOARD DID A, UH, WE RAN AN ARTICLE ABOUT THIS AND THEY CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF OUR DISTRICT TO COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT OF OUR SOUTHEAST NEIGHBORS AND DRAWING ATTENTION TO THE NEED OF OUR, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IN THAT ARTICLE, THEY CITED THAT IN NEW MEXICO, THEY DETECTED CONTAMINATED SOIL AND GROUND BROUGHT CONTAMINATED SOIL AND GROUNDWATER FROM A JET FUEL LEAK.

FROM OVER 20 YEARS AGO, IT COSTS $125 MILLION TO CLEAN UP AND IT'S STILL NOT BEEN REMEDIATED.

AND JUST THIS PAST DECEMBER, 3000 MILITARY FAMILIES IN HAWAII WERE DISPLACED AFTER JET FUEL CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER.

SO WITH ALL THAT, WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD THIS VERSION THREE OF THE, UH, OF OUR RESOLUTION AND THIS, UM, DOES A COUPLE OF KEY THINGS.

ONE, IT DOES CLEAN UP THE LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT AND WHAT OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS ADVISED US.

IT TIGHTENS IT SO THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT, UM, AS PER LEGAL ADVICE.

AND THEN IT ALSO ADDS A NEW SECTION TO IT, WHICH IS ITEM SEVEN AND SEVEN AND EIGHT.

UM, YOU KNOW, TO BRING IT BACK TO THE VISION PLAN.

IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE VISION PLAN FOR THE AIRPORT HAD AN OPTION ABOUT EXPANDING AT THE CURRENT SITE AND THAT EXPIRE EXPANDING AT THE CURRENT SITE WHERE OUR FUEL TANKS ARE LOCATED AT THAT WOULD MEET THE DEMAND FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND IN THE GUIDEBOOK.

AND I PRINTED OUT COPIES FOR YOU ALL SO THAT YOU HAVE IT ON HAND.

THE CURRENT AIRLINE CONSORTIUM ALSO PROPOSED EXPANDING AT THE CURRENT SITE.

THEY MENTIONED THAT ALTERNATIVELY, YOU COULD EXPAND ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, BUT THE POINT IS THERE IS SPACE AT THE CURRENT FUEL SITE FOR US TO CONSIDER.

AND SO I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD AN INTERIM, A SOLUTION FOR US SO THAT WE CAN, UH, NOT ONLY HALT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW SITE, BUT ALSO ADD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AT THE CURRENT SITE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE REVISED THREE, UH, RESOLUTION DOES IS THAT IT LOOKS AT ADDING ONE TO TWO ADDITIONAL FUEL TANKS, AS WELL AS EXPLORING INTERIM, UM, STRATEGIES, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US? YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HAVING, UH, FUEL TANKS, MOBILE FUEL TANKS AVAILABLE AS AN, AS AN ADDITIONAL WAY FOR US TO INCREASE OUR RESERVES AND OUR AVIATION, UH, LEADER ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE CURRENT SITE COULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL SMALLER TANK, UH, AND THE FAA REPRESENTATIVE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN AN EXPEDITED TIMELINE, CITING THE CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION, UM, GIVEN THAT THAT SITE'S ALREADY FUNCTIONING AS A FUEL STORAGE.

AND SO THAT WOULD GIVE US A SHORTER TIMEFRAME IN ORDER FOR US TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE INCREASING OUR FUEL.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO LAY OUT THIS VERSION THREE FOR DISCUSSION COLLEAGUES, COUNSELOR, KELLY.

TO PASS OUT TO EVERYONE HERE TO BRING FORWARD A POSSIBLE AMENDMENT TO YOUR RESOLUTION COUNCIL MEMBER FONTEZ.

UM, I HAVE A MOTION SHEET THAT I'D LIKE

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I'LL JUST READ IT.

IT SAYS I MOVED TO AMEND AND ADD THE FOLLOWING TO LINE 1 35 TO READ 10 RETURN TO COUNCIL BY AUGUST 30TH, 2022, WITH A PROGRESS UPDATE REGARDING CONSIDERATIONS, CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THE REASON THAT I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD IS BECAUSE FROM THE INDIVIDUALS I'VE SPOKEN TO IN THE COMMUNITY AND SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, THERE'S NO REAL CLEAR TIMELINE LAID OUT IN YOUR RESOLUTION.

AND I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AND THAT WE ARE EXPECTING.

IN A DIRECT WAY WITHOUT HAVING TO DO MULTIPLE STOPS.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.

EVERYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS OR THINGS THEY WANT TO LAY OUT AND TALK ABOUT.

I HANDED OUT SOMETHING, UH, THAT WAS, UH, UH, SOMETHING THAT WOULD STAND IN THE PLACE OF THE RESOLVED CLAUSES.

THIS IS A HARD MOTION.

UH, THIS IS A HARD SITUATION, UH, THERE'D BE DEALING WITH, UH, IN PART BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW SO WELL, WHAT THE EXPERIENCE WAS WITH THE, UH, FUEL TANK FARM.

AND HE STOPPED HIM.

AND I THINK SEVERAL SPEAKERS TALKED ABOUT THE TRAUMA ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WHICH WAS GREAT AND EXTREME, AND THE INJUSTICE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WAS, WAS GREAT.

AND, UH, I REMEMBER LIVING THROUGH THOSE MOMENTS IN THAT TIME, UH, HERE IN THE, IN THE CITY, UH, YOU DON'T SHAKE THAT OFF AND IT DOESN'T GO AWAY AND IT, AND IT BECOMES SOMETHING THEN THAT, THAT IS, IS PRESENT IN, IN EVERY CONVERSATION, UH, THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY THAT CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES.

UH, AND IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT, THAT ESPECIALLY IS GOING TO BE PRESENT IN CONVERSATIONS THAT INVOLVE, UM, UH, FUEL, UH, STORAGE FACILITY.

IT JUST GOING TO BE, I WISH THAT, THAT THIS PROCESS HAD HAD A EARLIER HERRING OF, OF CONCERNS AND ISSUES.

UH, SO THAT, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN FULLY AND VISIBLY AND VOCALLY DEBATED AND DISCUSSED.

UM, CAUSE I THINK WE WOULD BE IN A BETTER PLACE IF THAT HAD HAPPENED.

UH, AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A REAL LESSON FOR THE AIRPORT AVIATION DEPARTMENT, THE CITY, AND MOVING FORWARD ON THAT, THAT YOU, THAT WHEN YOU EVEN THINK THAT THERE COULD BE A CONTROVERSIAL ITEM, RAISE IT ON YOUR OWN.

DON'T, DON'T WAIT FOR IT TO BE RAISED SOMEWHERE ELSE, GET IT OUT.

AND YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS WE JUST HAD AS A BODY ON, ON, ON THE PROJECT CONNECT.

I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO PROJECT CONNECT IN TERMS OF WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO, WHAT'S IT GOING TO COST AND, AND, AND PLACES OF BUSINESS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED.

AND WE JUST GOT TOGETHER AS A GROUP WITH CAP METRO AND THE ATP BOARD, AND WE SAID TO STAFF, LAY THEM OUT, LAY OUT EVERYTHING.

DON'T LET US BE SURPRISED LATER IN THE PROCESS WITH SOMEBODY RAISING SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE RAISED AND TALKED ABOUT.

NOW THIS IS A PUBLIC PROCESS AND WE SHOULD BE INVITING THOSE CONTROVERSIES TO BE RAISED.

SO THAT THE RAISED EARLIER IN THE PROCESS THAT SAID WE ARE WHERE WE ARE IN THIS.

UH, AND I THINK THAT, THAT WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS IS THAT THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE EAST AUSTIN TANK FARM SITUATION.

AND I BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE, I DO BELIEVE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACTUAL SAFETY IMPACT AND PERCEPTION OF SAFETY IMPACT, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS ABSOLUTELY UNAVOIDABLE AND, AND UNDERSTANDABLE AND VERY, VERY REAL.

BUT FOR ME, AS I SAID ON TUESDAY, THE INDICATED ACTION IS DIFFERENT.

IF IT'S AN ACTUAL SAFETY ISSUE.

AND IF IT'S A PORN, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF PERCEIVED PERCEPTION, DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY LESS REAL.

IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT KIND OF REAL.

SO THE, UH, UH, AMENDMENT THAT I WAS PROPOSING, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT AND, AND GAVE CREDENCE TO WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS, THAT, UH, THIS IS THE OPTION TO PURSUE THAT, UH, ANY OF ACTION NOW DELAYS THIS AT A POINT THAT IT HAS A REAL IMPACT ON, ON THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE AIRPORT, UH, THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS CITY TO BE ABLE TO GET TO PLACES

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UH, AND ALL THESE THINGS TAKE TIME.

IT IS TRUE.

WE CAN PUT THAT ADDITIONAL 500 MILLION GALLON, I MEAN, 500,000 GALLON, I GUESS, TANK AT THE EXISTING LOCATION.

UH, AND WE COULD DO IT QUICKLY.

IT JUST, THAT IT DOESN'T HELP.

I MEAN, THE NEED WE HAVE IS SO MUCH GREATER THAN THAT.

UH, WE REALLY NEED THE ABILITY TO PUT IN THE TWO, ONE AND A HALF MILLION GALLON TANKS.

THEY GET THE 3 MILLION, A GUY IN THERE JUST CAN'T DO THAT ON, ON THE EXISTING SITE.

I DON'T THINK THIS GETS ANY EASIER WITH TIME.

I THINK THIS IS GOING TO STAY HARD.

UM, SO WHAT I TRIED TO DO WAS TO GIVE US A, AN ALTERNATIVE CHOICE THAT RECOGNIZED, NEEDED TO PROCEED THAT INCLUDED IN IT, THE SAFE GUARDS AND MITIGATION EFFORTS AT, UH, SAVING TO BE THE, THE, THE CORRECT, UH, PORTIONING OF, OF THOSE.

UH, IT INCLUDES THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING, UH, BUYOUTS AND RELOCATIONS UNDERSTANDING WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT ASSOCIATED WITH THE AIRPORT, YOU'RE JUST NOT BUYING SOMEWHAT OUT OF THEIR PROPERTY.

YOU'RE ACTUALLY, WE RELOCATING THEM.

AND IF IT COSTS THREE TIMES AS MUCH TO RELOCATE THEM IN THIS MARKET, THREE TIMES THEIR PROPERTY VALUE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS AN OBLIGATION AS PART OF AN AIRPORT, A RELOCATION BUYOUT SITUATION.

AND IT SAYS, WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT AND WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE DISTANCES THAT ARE INVOLVED.

NOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS I THINK ALSO LEGITIMATELY, UH, CONCERNED AND HEARKENING BACK TO THAT TIME IN EAST AUSTIN THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, 1500, 2000 FEET AWAY.

UH, AND I HEAR THAT.

I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT, THAT, THAT THERE'S A, A REMEDY FOR THAT, BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WITHIN 500 FEET, UH, MAYBE THERE'S, I SHOULD BE.

SO IT, IT ASKS US TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND TO WEIGH ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS, UH, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR, FOR COUNCIL MEMBER , UH, RESOLUTION.

ALTHOUGH I APPLAUD HER LEADERSHIP IN THIS, UH, IT IS INSPIRING TO SEE ON THIS DAY AS LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY FOR COMMUNITY, THAT QUITE FRANKLY, IN MY FIRST 42 YEARS IN THIS CITY, I JUST NEVER HEARD FROM THIS DAY AS A, AND THAT'S CHANGED WITH THE TED ONE COUNCIL AND HAVING THAT VOICE HERE AND HAVING PRESENTED IS WHAT I THINK IS, UH, IS THE GENIUS OF TED ONE COUNSEL, THE BENEFIT OF TED ONE COUNCIL.

IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT ON ANY GIVEN VOTE, ANY OF US ALWAYS GET THE RESULT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, BUT THERE'S BEEN A FULL AIRING THAT ONLY HAPPENED BECAUSE YOU RAISED THIS ISSUE.

UH, BUT IF I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT WANTS THAT, UH, AMENDMENT, THEN WE DON'T NEED TO BRING IT FORWARD.

BUT I HAVE THAT AVAILABLE.

IF THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, THAT'S WHERE I PULL MAYOR.

I, I HAVE A, A COPY OF THE MOTION SHEET THAT, UM, WAS DISTRIBUTED, UH, FOR YOUR ADLER MOTION TO THIS ITEM.

AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE THAT MOTION, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO DO A TALKING MOTION.

YEAH, I, I COULDN'T DO ONE.

I MEAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY LAY IT OUT THAT WAY, OR WE COULD HAVE FURTHER DEBATE FOR PEOPLE AS PEOPLE LAY OUT MOTIONS.

I NOTICED THAT COUNSELOR KELLY HAD LAID OUT A ONE, SO I WOULD JUST LAY OUT MY AD SO PEOPLE COULD SEE IT TOO.

I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION FIRST TO KIND OF SEE WHERE PEOPLE WERE, WHERE THEY WERE HEADED, AND THEN WE COULD DOUBLE BACK AND THEN ACTUALLY MAKE AMENDMENT TRYING TO GET US TO KIND OF A GROUP PLACE A LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKLY THAT WAY.

AND TO THAT END, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THOUGHT, UM, THAT THE ITEMS YOU HAVE SIX ITEMS ON HERE WERE WORTHY AND, UM, THAT PERHAPS SHE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SENSE OF WHAT SPECIFICALLY THEY ARE.

UH, SURE.

IT'S BEEN POSTED.

SO IT'S IN BACKUP AT THIS POINT.

IT'S ALSO BEEN EMAILED OUT TO, UH, ALL MY COLLEAGUES.

UH, THE FIRST ONE, UH, BASICALLY JUST SAYS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE TWO STORAGE TANKS, THE TWO, ONE AND A HALF MILLION GALLON TANKS ON THE PROPERTY.

UH, BUT BEFORE THEY, UM, UH, GO FURTHER THAN THAT, THEY HAVE TO DO A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, UH, PROCESS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

UH, SO IT PUTS IN THOSE THINGS LIKE THE WORDING, IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN THIS, I'VE BEEN TOLD BY LEGAL AND STAFF THAT MY DESCRIPTION OF IT IN TERMS OF A NEW, MY STARTED PHASE, ONE'S APPARENTLY PHASE TWO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME MINOR WORDING CHANGES, BUT THAT'S WHAT NUMBER ONE BASICALLY SAYS.

NUMBER TWO, UH, WOULD REQUIRE THE STAFF TO PROBABLY POST THAT INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL

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ASSESSMENT OF THE NEW FUEL FACILITY.

THE REQUIRES THAT THERE BE AN ESTABLISHED THIRD PARTY, INDEPENDENT MONITORING AND AUDITING OF THE, UH, FUEL FACILITIES AT THE AIRPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY COMPLIANCE.

IT REQUIRES, UH, THE CITY TO MITIGATE THE VISUAL IMPACT ON SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

AND IT GIVES SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS, UH, TO, TO DO THAT.

IT'S A SCREENING.

I AM ESCAPING ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.

IT REQUIRES THE CREATION OF A GREEN TEAM, UH, WHICH I THINK IS SIMILAR TO THE KIND OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE ADVOCATES THAT WE HAVE SET UP IN THE CITY THAT SEEMS TO BE WORKING REALLY WELL.

UH, BUT THIS WOULD BE A TEAM COMPOSED OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER MEMBERS, BUSINESS PARTNERS, CITY STAFF, THAT WOULD BASICALLY FOCUS ON COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP OF THE, OF THE AIRPORT, UH, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING THE FUEL TANKS, BUT NOT THEIR CHARGE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO BE, WOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO THAT, INCLUDING EXPANSION PROGRAMS AND THIRD-PARTY DEVELOPMENTS.

UH, AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS, UH, UH, UH, REQUIRING STAFF TO COME BACK AND REPORT TO COUNCIL REGARDING MITIGATION OPTIONS, UH, CONSIDERING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, UH, POSSIBLE VOLUNTARY PROPERTY BUYOUT PROGRAMS AND RELOCATION EFFORTS AS APPROPRIATE AS IT HAS THINGS TO CONSIDER IN THAT KIND OF REVIEW.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I THINK THAT, UM, ALSO GIVES THE PUBLIC A GOOD SENSE OF THE EXPANSIVE, THE EXPANSIVENESS OF THIS, AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE PRESENTED WITH A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION HERE.

I DO THINK THAT IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT GOING FORWARD, UH, AUSTIN, UH, ABA HAS TO GO BEYOND FOLLOWING THE STEPS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE FAA AND OTHER REGULATING BODIES.

THIS IS AUSTIN, AND WE DO THINGS IN A LARGER WAY, AND WE ARE MORE, UM, WE'RE MORE CONCERNED MAYBE THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES, ABOUT IMPACTS OF OUR POLICIES AND OUR DECISIONS ON, ON OUR NEIGHBORS, ON OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR FRIENDS.

SO I'M HOPING, AND I LOOK FOR THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP PROACTIVE, ONGOING, AND FREQUENT CON UH, CONVERSATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT.

THERE ARE MANY YEARS OF AIRPORT EXPANSION TO COME, JUST LIKE THERE ARE MANY YEARS OF EXPANSION OF OUR RAIL SYSTEM, UNDER PROJECT CONNECT TO COME.

AND SO I, I WOULD SUPPORT THESE ADDITIONAL ITEMS, MAYOR THAT YOU ARE OFFERING.

I THANK YOU FOR, FOR MAKING THEM AND, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT MAY BE COMING DOWN.

IS THIS THE SAME ONE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY THAT YEAR? I WAS ABOUT TO EXPLAIN THAT SINCE I WAS RECOGNIZED.

SO I WAS ALERTED BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE.

I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT REGARDLESS OF HOW WE PROCEED, UH, BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S AN ISSUE FOR THE AIRPORT AS IT GROWS.

UM, I WAS ALERTED BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE THAT THERE WAS A MINOR CLERICAL ERROR ON MY MOTION SHEET WITH THE, UM, THE MOVEMENT TO AMEND LAW OR YEAH, LINE 1 35 INSTEAD OF A 10.

IT SHOULD BE THE NINTH BULLET BASED ON COUNCIL MEMBER.

FONTEZ IS, UM, VERSION THREE OF HER RESOLUTION.

SO I JUST PASS THAT OUT AND IT'S BEING DISTRIBUTED BY THE QUIRKS.

THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSIONS.

KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE ON THIS CROSSOVER KITCHEN, UH, MAY OR THE WAY I READ, UM, THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YOUR, UM, PROPOSAL AND OR, OR YOUR WELL NOT PROPOSAL, BUT YOUR SUGGESTION THAT WE COULD CONSIDER THAT MOTION AND WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTUS HAS LAID OUT.

THE, THE ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCES IS ON BETWEEN WHAT HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY IN OTHER WORDS, AND I'D SAY THIS JUST TO HELP US ALL UNDERSTAND, UM, IT'S WHAT HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY.

AND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER OF WINTERFEST HAS CLARIFIED HERS, UH, TO SPEAK TO THE IMMEDIATE PATH FORWARD BEING, UM, TO, TO ADD, UM, CAPACITY ON THE EXISTING SITE.

SO, AND, UM, AND WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS YOURS IS DIFFERENT IN THE SENSE THAT WE GO FORWARD WITH A NEW SITE.

I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR MOTION ARE VERY HELPFUL.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM INCLUDED REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE END UP, BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO SAYING THAT PHASE TWO NEEDS A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS THE SAME THING AS COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTUS IS SUGGESTING.

UM, YOU ALSO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS THAT I THINK ARE REALLY HELPFUL AND IMPORTANT, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE GREEN TEAM, WITH REGARD TO SOME OVERSIGHT AND MITIGATION EFFORTS, AND ALSO WITH REGARD TO REQUESTING DIRECTION OR NOT DIRECTION, BUT REQUESTING WHAT OUR OPTIONS MIGHT BE FOR, FOR, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING NEARBY.

AS YOU MENTIONED, IN TERMS OF BUYOUTS.

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SO THAT'S A PIECE OF INFORMATION WE NEED TO HAVE.

SO FROM WHERE I SIT, UM, I, I THINK THAT, UM, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE EXISTING SITE.

UM, AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD HAVE TO SAY WE DO IMMEDIATELY, BUT I DO WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES FEEL, BUT I VERY MUCH WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE YOUR ITEMS 2, 3, 4, 5, AND SIX WITH WHEREVER WE END UP.

SO I DIDN'T WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THOSE.

CAN I APPRECIATE THAT? UH, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE LANGUAGE CHANGE I WAS TALKING ABOUT, I THINK IS SIGNIFICANT NOW THAT YOU'VE KIND OF LAID IT OUT THAT WAY.

UH, WHAT I HANDED OUT, UH, REALLY NEEDS TO BE A PHASE TWO OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHASE TWO, THE DEVELOPMENT UNDER WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING WOULD PROCEED.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE, THE TWO, ONE AND A HALF MILLION TANKS, UH, AT THE, AT THE LOCATION.

UH, ANYTHING BEYOND THAT, THE THIRD AND FOURTH TANK, WHICH APPARENTLY IN LATER STAGES OF CONTEMPLATED WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A NEW, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

BUT I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS AS YOU POINT OUT, DO WE AUTHORIZE NOW THE MOVING FORWARD OF THE 2 MILLION AND A HALF GALLON TANKS AT THE NEW LOCATION, OR DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A HALF, A MILLION DOLLAR, HALF A MILLION GALLON TANK AT THE EXISTING LOCATION? I THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE.

AND, AND I JUST, WE CAN HAVE, UH, UH, IS YOU HAVE TO COME UP DIRECTOR, YOU HAVE TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO US AT SOME POINT ON, ON FROM HER PERSPECTIVE.

UH, IN FACT, YOU WEREN'T COME UP AND DO AN HOUR BECAUSE WE'RE JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.

WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE? CAN WE JUST DO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE JUST DO NOW, UH, THAT HALF A MILLION GALLON TANK AT THE EXISTING LOCATION, UH, AND NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH A TWO, ONE AND A HALF MILLION GALLON TANKS AT THE NEW LOCATION.

UM, SO THANK YOU, JACQUELINE NAFTA, THE CEO OF AUSTIN VERSUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS WITH, WITH PROCEEDING.

IF WE ARE TO GO WITH THE EXISTING SITE, ONE, THE EXISTING SITE CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THE LARGE TANKS THAT WOULD CARRY 1.5 MILLION EACH.

IT CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE A SMALL TANK, WHICH WOULD NOT GIVE US ENOUGH CAPACITY FOR THE FUEL FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, AS WE'RE SAYING, WHICH WOULD BE, THAT WAS PROPOSED INITIALLY.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY ANY ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

THERE WERE TWO PHASES, PHASE ONE PHASE, TWO PHASE ONE SPECIFICALLY CLARIFIED MODIFICATION TO THE EXISTING SIDE BY PUTTING A DOCKING SYSTEM AND DIFFERENT RACKS THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED ALREADY.

PHASE TWO IS WHAT THE CORRECTION WE'RE TRYING TO AIM TO, WHICH FOCUSES ON PUTTING IN THE TWO ADDITIONAL TANKS AT THE PROPOSED NEW SITE.

UH, THE ADDITIONAL TANKS WILL BE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD FOR, FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

UM, SO THE RISK ONE IS WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE TODAY'S FLIGHTS OR THE GROWING THAT THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCED AT 8%.

UH, THIS IS THE ONE THING THAT AUSTIN WORKS IN HAS BEEN SAYING FOR A WHILE, IS THAT WE ARE, WE ARE A FASTEST GROWING AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY, AND IT IS A TRUE FACT.

WE'RE NOT THE SECOND RISK IS ONCE WE GO INTO HAVING TO DO ANOTHER SITE AS THE OTHER THAN THE ONE THAT EA HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED, WE HAVE TO DO A DESIGN.

WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND THEN WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THE PAPERWORK TO THE STEREO PHASE.

SO THE FFA, UM, ANSWER TWO DAYS AGO, ABOUT HOW LONG IT WOULD BE TO EXPEDITE THE ANSWER THAT IS SPECIFICALLY THEIR REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THEM, NOT THE WHOLE PROCESS, THE DESIGN, THE FAIRMONT ASSESSMENT, AND ALL THE PERMITTING IS WHAT TOOK US 30 MONTHS TO GET TO THIS POINT TODAY, TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE NEW SITE THAT'S PROPOSED.

SO THAT IS THE RISK IS IF WE CONTINUE WITH THAT 30 MONTHS DELAY, IN ADDITION TO ANOTHER, WHATEVER TIME FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ONE SMALL TANK WOULD NOT CATCH UP WITH THE CAPACITY ISSUE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY.

I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT SAYS, UM, THAT THERE IS, UH, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ALL THAT COULD BE BUILT NOW IN THE EXISTING SITE WOULD BE THE CAPACITY FOR 500,000 GALLONS.

CAUSE OUR KITCHEN, UM, IF YOU, YOU COULD HELP, UH, HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND, AND US ALL UNDERSTAND, UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2018 MASTER PLAN AND WHAT WE WERE, WHAT WE WERE, WHAT YOU ARE NOW SUGGESTING IN TERMS OF THE CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING SITE, THE CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING SITE, UM, IS, IS INDICATED TO BE LARGER THAN WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING.

NOW THAT'S IN THE 2018 PLAN, WHICH IS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.

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RIGHT.

IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? CORRECT.

SO IT'S IT'S SO, SO HERE'S MY QUESTION.

I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS SO MUCH LESS THAN IS IN THE 2018 MASTER PLAN THAT INDICATES THAT MO MUCH MORE THAN THAT COULD BE BUILT ON THE EXISTING SITE.

I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE THAT'S A SORT OF A KEY THING OR TALKING ABOUT, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, RIGHT.

I UNDERSTAND.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

SO, UH, WHAT IN THE MASTER PLAN IS ACTUALLY IDENTIFYING THE ALTERNATIVE OF ADDING TO THE EXISTING SITE, BUT ALSO DEPENDING ON THE GROWTH AND THE CAPACITY NEED I'LL, ANOTHER SITE WAS IDENTIFIED, WHICH IS SITE NUMBER SIX ON THE MASTER PLAN MAP, WHICH IS THE SITE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FOR PROPOSED LARGER CAPACITY.

THE, AS I MENTIONED IN THE SLIDES ON, ON TUESDAY, THE TWO TO THREE DAY SUPPLY IS WHAT WE'VE HAD AT THIS AIRPORT FOR YEARS AND WAS FINE UNTIL WE STARTED EXPERIENCING THAT 8% GROWTH AND THAT WE CAN NOT MEET IT RIGHT NOW, AS OF TODAY, WE FALL SHORT BELOW THE ONE DAY SUPPLY.

SO EVEN ADDING A SMALLER TANK, WHICH CAN THAT THE 500 OR THE 500,000 WOULD NOT GIVE US THAT AT THE EXISTING SITE, EVEN THOUGH YES, IT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE MASTER PLAN.

AGAIN, THAT IS AN, A VISION OF WHERE THE LOCATION COULD BE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE REALITY OF THE GROWTH AND THE FORECAST IS.

SO THE MASTER PLANS USUALLY ARE BUILT ON A 4% GROWTH BECAUSE THAT IS THE AVERAGE OF THE INDUSTRY.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE CONSULTANTS USE EVERY DAY.

HOWEVER, THE REALITY IN AUSTIN IS WE'RE DOUBLING THAT NUMBER AND THEREFORE THAT'S THE SECOND SITE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED ON A MASTER PLAN LOOKS FOR THE LARGER CAPACITY THAT WE NEED.

HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION.

UH, IT DOES NOT, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WHAT I'M READING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, AND I'M SORRY, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE IT OFFLINE AND I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING, BUT WHAT I'M READING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME SAYS, OPERATE FROM THE EXISTING SITE WITH A TABLE THAT SHOWS ADDITIONAL GALLONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT MORE THAN 500,000.

AND SO THAT'S MY DISCONNECT THAT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING.

SO THE EXISTING SIDE, IF WE ADD ONE LARGE TANK, AGAIN, IT'S THE ROOM FOR ONE TANK THAT CAN DO A, BE A BIG, LARGE TANK OR TWO SMALLER TANKS WOULD ONLY GIVE US THAT 1.5 TO 1 MILLION TO 1.5 ONLY, NOT THE DOUBLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THE 3 MILLION TOTAL ON THE NEW EXISTING SITE.

SO IT STILL DOESN'T MEET THE DEMAND THAT WE HAVE OF THE 3 MILLION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

THE TWO EXISTING SITE AND THE MASTER PLAN ALSO IDENTIFIED THE EXISTING SITE AS AN OPTION UNTIL THE RUNWAY AND THE TAXIWAY WORK THAT NEEDS TO MATCH THE GROWTH THAT WE NEED TO DO RECOGNIZING YOU WILL EVENTUALLY THAT SITE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ANYMORE.

SO THAT'S WHY THE MASTER PLAN HAD TWO SITES IDENTIFIED, BUT THE CAPACITY REALITY OF WHAT THE EXISTING SITE CAN HANDLE IS NOT ENOUGH TO HANDLE WHAT WE WOULD BE PUTTING ON A NEW SITE TODAY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, I CAN NOT PUT 3 MILLION GALLONS AT THE EXISTING SITE, DR.

YAP, KNOWING MIRROR, KNOWING THAT THE EXISTING SITE WOULD BE REPLACED BY THE RUNWAY.

WOULD YOU EVEN HAVE A CONTRACTOR THAT WOULD BUILD ON THAT EXISTING SITE IF YOU WERE GIVEN THAT AUTHORIZATION RIGHT NOW, OR HOW MIGHT YOU PROCEED? I MEAN, IT IS A, THERE IS A RISK OF SPENDING THAT MUCH MONEY TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE TIME DELAY THAT WE WERE ABOUT TO TAKE, IF WE START THAT FOR ONLY A 10 YEAR OR EVEN LESS, BECAUSE EVEN THE FORECAST AT 8% LOOKING AT IT FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WE W WE, WE MIGHT BE REACHING THE 20, 40 MASTER PLAN NUMBERS SOONER THAN 2040.

SO LESS THAN 10 YEARS ARE SIMILAR BETWEEN YEARS.

WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE RUNWAY.

AGAIN, THAT'S THE DRIVING OF GETTING RID OF THE EXISTING SITE, THE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, THE SIZE OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT WILL BE COMING INTO THE AIRPORT, COMMITTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS OR IN DOMESTIC, IS THERE A POOL? SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT TABLE THAT, UM, MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS REFERRING TO REFLECTS THE ESTIMATES THAT WERE IN GOOD FAITH CRAFTED IN 2018.

IS THAT RIGHT? NO, I'M SORRY TO SAY THE QUESTION AGAIN.

I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.

SO THE TABLE REFLECTS ESTIMATES, CORRECT.

FROM 2018, CORRECT.

WHICH WAS ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.

AND SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENED IS OUR GROWTH HAS OUTSTRIPPED THOSE ESTIMATES.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT SOUNDS LIKE BY A HUNDRED PERCENT, WE WENT FROM 4% TO 8%.

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THAT THAT IS RIGHT.

AND WE'RE ANTICIPATED TO DO 10% COMING IN SOON HERE.

SO THOSE ESTIMATES RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 8% GROWTH THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE IS GOING TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY FURTHER INTO THE FUTURE.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHY THE ISSUE OF THE SIZE OF THE TANKS IS SO KEY HERE SO THAT WE ARE BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE CAPACITY.

THAT ACTUALLY IS CURRENT CAPACITY.

YES MA'AM.

AND HOPEFULLY THAT, THAT HELPS EXPLAIN WHAT WAS IN THE, UM, THE FUTURE PLANNING DOCUMENT, WHICH IS, UM, FOUR YEARS OLD.

UM, I SEE MY COLLEAGUES SHAKING HER HEAD.

NO.

UM, BUT I DON'T THINK IN 2018, WHEN THAT DOCUMENT WAS WRITTEN, THAT ANYBODY HAD ANY SENSE OF HOW QUICKLY AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WOULD EXPAND.

I MEAN, IT HAS BEEN LITERALLY EXPLOSIVE, NOT LITERALLY EXPLOSIVE TILLY EXPLOSIVE.

UM, AND I THINK ALL OF US ARE FRANKLY AMAZED AT HOW FAST THAT, UM, THAT AIRPORT HAS, HAS GROWN THOSE NUMBERS.

THE CHARTS GO ALMOST, UH, IT IS.

AND IT ALSO, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE CARGO AIR CARGO IS 29% HIGHER THAN WHAT WE HAD BEFORE AGAIN, SO THE AIRPORT IS GROWING.

IT IS A TRUE STATEMENT.

THE MASTER PLAN IS ONLY PLANNED ON A 4% GROWTH BECAUSE THAT'S THE INDUSTRY AVERAGE.

SO MAYOR COULD I JUST, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER PULLS CORRECT.

SO, BUT, BUT, BUT THE REASON I WAS SHAKING MY HEAD NO IS BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S TWO THINGS GOING ON HERE.

AND MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE FIRST THING I HEAR THE DIRECTOR SAYING THAT THE ESTIMATES OF THE NEED FOR INCREASED GROWTH HAVE CHANGED.

AND I GET THAT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

UH, BUT WHAT I'M REACTING TO IS A DOCUMENT THAT'S TELLING ME THAT THERE'S 2.8, UM, AVAILABLE ON THE EXISTING SITE BECAUSE THE CURRENT SITE WAS 1.2 AND THE PROJECTED WAS FOUR.

AND THE DIFFERENCE IS 2.8, NOT 500, NOT 0.5.

UM, AND THE LANGUAGE SAYS THAT, UM, THAT THE OPTION WAS TO CONTINUE ON THE EXISTING FUEL, THE EXISTING SITE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

THERE'S ALSO LANGUAGE THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE.

AND SO, UH, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED WHETHER IT WAS THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE OR NOT, BUT IT IS WRITTEN SUCH THAT, UM, AT 20 18, 20 18, IT'S WRITTEN SUCH THAT THERE WAS MORE CAPACITY.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M CONFUSED, BUT I DO AGREE THAT THERE'S A SECOND THING GOING ON HERE.

AND THE SECOND THING GOING ON HERE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING THAT I'M REACTING TO IS, WELL, JUST HOW MUCH IS AVAILABLE ON THE EXISTING SITE, BUT THE SECOND THING, AND THE SECOND THING IS, AS YOU HAVE MENTIONED, UM, ADDITIONAL CAPACITY NEEDS THAT WERE NOT ANTICIPATED IN 2018, CORRECT.

SO THE ONE STATEMENT I WOULD LIKE TO IS THE CAPACITY AT THE EXISTING SITE IS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 500,000 PER TANK.

SO ABOUT A MILLION GIVE AND TAKE, AND I CAN GET THE EXACT NUMBER FROM THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM.

THAT'S THE EXISTING CAPACITY TODAY, WHICH IS THE VELOCITY OF AVERAGE IN THE INDUSTRY OF THE FIVE TO SEVEN.

WE'RE AT TWO TO THREE DAYS, IF NOT ONE TO TWO, BECAUSE BEFORE THIS, THANK YOU.

UM, YOU KNOW, I REALIZED THAT EXPANDING ON THE CURRENT SITE ISN'T THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE STRATEGY, BUT THE REALITY HERE IS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED A PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN FLAWED, THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY, WHICH MAKES IT SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT FOR US TO ENSURE THAT WE DO IT RIGHT, AND THAT WE HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DONE CORRECTLY, AND THAT WE HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ASSESSMENT AS WELL.

AND SO TO ME, IT IS VERY CLEAR THIS, ABOUT THE HUMAN IMPACT THAT THIS WOULD HAVE, OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES A FAIR PROCESS.

MAYOR, I CANNOT SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU HAVE, UH, THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING.

UM, AND, AND, AND SO I, AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US, WE STILL HAVE TANK FARMS PLACE WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE NEIGHBORS.

AND THEREFORE I CANNOT SUPPORT.

I WANTED TO JUST GET SOME FURTHER CLARITY.

SO THE EXISTING FUEL FACILITY HAS TWO TANKS THAT ARE TOTAL OF ABOUT A MILLION, ROUGHLY TOTAL ABOUT A MILLION TOGETHER.

WHAT IS THE CAPACITY TO EXPAND THAT? TO EXPAND ON THE EXISTING SITE ON THE EXISTING? OKAY.

SO IT'S EITHER, UM, TWO SMALL TANKS, SO ANOTHER MILLION OR ONE TANK OF APPROXIMATELY A MILLION 0.5

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OR SO.

AND WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME FOR STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON THAT? IF YOU WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH JUST DOING THAT APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MONTHS, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND IF YOU WERE INSTEAD TO BEGIN IN THE LOCATION, NUMBER SIX, UM, ON THE, ON THE MAP, THEN THAT CAN BE DONE AS SOON AS THE CONTRACTOR'S READY, BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S READY TO GO.

YES, MA'AM.

UM, IN THAT 30 MONTHS, HOW WOULD YOU, I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY NOT HAVING ENOUGH FUEL, WHAT WOULD BE THE OPTION FOR MORE FUEL? I DON'T HAVE AN OPTION OTHER THAN PUTTING THE NOTICE TO THE AIRLINES TO TANKER FUEL AND IF THEY CAN AND HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO BUILD ONSITE? NUMBER SIX? THE BUILD IS, IS AGAIN, APPROXIMATELY, UH, OH FOUR NUMBER SIX IS ABOUT 28 TO 30 MONTHS.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY MIDWAY POINT RIGHT NOW, SO, OKAY.

SO EVEN AS IT IS, WE'RE ALMOST THREE YEARS, CORRECT? UM, UM, WELL, LESS THAN THREE YEARS, UH, AWAY FROM THE EXTRA FIELD FUEL FACILITY, IF WE WERE TO DO BUILD ON THE EXISTING, THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 30 MONTHS TO GET TO BUILD.

AND THEN WOULD IT TAKE AS LONG TO BUILD OR IS IT A LESS A DEFAULT PROCESS? YEAH, SO THE WHOLE PROCESS IS ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE YEARS AND NO MATTER WHICH LOCATION, WE'RE AT THE NEW PROPOSED LOCATION, NUMBER SIX, WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

HE HAS OVER KELLY.

HE CAN'T REMEMBER REBEL, AND THEN I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND GUYS THAT WE GO TO PROCLAMATIONS AND LET THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, UM, UH, CELEBRATE THE PROCLAMATIONS AND THEN WE, UH, COME BACK, BUT LET ME GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY, KELLY AND BELLA, HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK, UM, DIRECTOR LEFT.

DO YOU KNOW, UH, AN APPROXIMATE NUMBER FOR HOW MUCH IT MIGHT COST US TO BUILD ON THE CURRENT SITE? THE FUEL STORAGE? I DO NOT.

WE'VE NEVER BEEN THE PURPOSE ON THE DISCUSSION WAS IN THE COST ISSUE HERE OF THE COST-EFFECTIVE WAS MORE THE CAPACITY THAT WE NEEDED.

UNDERSTOOD.

SO I GUESS JUST MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE EXISTING SITE WILL BE DEMOLISHED IN PLACE OF A NEW TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY.

AND WHAT'S CALLED PHASE TWO.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

SO TO BUILD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY THERE, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND FROM WHAT I'M GARNERING FROM THIS DISCUSSION, IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF MONEY AND RESOURCES AND IT STILL WOULDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU CURRENTLY, CORRECT.

THIS DEBATE REALLY REMINDS ME OF THAT, THAT WILLIAM FAULKNER QUOTE ABOUT THE PAST IS NEVER DEAD.

SOMETIMES IT'S NOT EVEN PAST, UH, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF TRAUMA IN THE COMMUNITY WITH REGARD TO THE, THE TANK FARMS, THE HOLLY STREET POWER PLANT.

UH, THERE'S A HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.

AND MY GOAL AS COUNCIL MEMBER IS TO BUILD BACK TRUST BETWEEN THIS CITY AND OUR, OUR MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, OUR BLACK COMMUNITY, OUR, OUR LATINO COMMUNITY.

THAT'S WHERE I AM THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS, IF WE, FOR EXAMPLE, ADOPT A COUNCIL MEMBER, WENT THIS MOTION AND DECIDE TO EXPAND TEMPORARILY, BASICALLY ON THE SAME SIDE THAT, UH, IT WILL INCONVENIENCE THE AIRLINES THAT IT MAY COST THE CITY.

SOME MONEY COSTS THE AIRPORT, UH, SOME MONEY, BUT ULTIMATELY THE GREATER GOAL OF BRINGING THE CITY TOGETHER OF HEALING.

THE WOUNDS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM OF THE PAST TO ME ARE A MUCH HIGHER PRIORITY THAN A SHORT-TERM DELAY IN THE AMOUNT OF FUEL THAN ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS AT ALL.

SO I STRONGLY SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FLINT, THIS, UH, UH, RESOLUTION.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, AND AGAIN, SHE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY, UH, I THINK VERY DELIBERATE AND SCHOLARLY IN, IN, IN HER ANALYSIS OF IT.

UH, AND I'M GOING TO BE MUCH LESS THOUGH, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT IF THE AIRPORT WAS IN TARRYTOWN, WE WOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT'S THE CRUX OF THE MATTER.

IN RECESS MAYOR, IS THAT A SOLID SIX 30? SO I KNOW SEVERAL OF US HAD, HAD SIGNED UP FOR A VARIETY OF EVENTS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE EARLY THIS EVENING.

HI COLLEAGUES.

IT'S ABOUT A QUARTER TO SIX.

UH, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND WE RECESS AT THIS POINT.

LET'S DO SOME PRODUCTS.

LET'S COME BACK HERE AT SIX 30, UH, AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN RESOLVE THIS.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, UH, POD CONVERSATION TO ALSO FINISH I WITH THAT.

UH, WE'RE

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SO CLEARLY I THINK AFTER PROCLAMATIONS ARE FINISHED, WE'RE REALLY JUST GOING TO HAVE A FEW MINUTES BEFORE WE NEED TO BE BACK ON THE DIET, WHICH I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO DO.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL BACK HERE ACTUALLY AT SIX 30, READY TO GO.

I WOULD JOIN IN THAT.

LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE BACK HERE AT SIX 30 WHERE I'VE STARTED SIX 30.

ALRIGHT.

SO LET'S ALL BE BACK HERE IS ATTENTION, PLEASE.

IF YOU'RE VISITING AND WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND TAKE IT OUTSIDE.

I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT'D BE HELPFUL.

OH, I WANT A NICE

[Proclamation 1]

THING TO BE BACK TO PROCLAMATIONS HERE AND IN CITY HALL, I THINK IT'S REAL FITTING THAT THE VERY FIRST PROCLAMATION THAT WE DO RETURNING BACK TO CITY HALL IS SOMETHING THAT RECOGNIZES ONE REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.

CAN I HAVE EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION PLEASE? EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION, PLEASE.

THANK YOU HERE.

OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE SEEN IN RELIEF, JUST HOW IMPORTANT OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROVIDERS ARE IN THE CITY THAT, UH, AND AMONG CITIES WHERE IT JUST BECAME SUCH A SUCH, SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PRIORITY, BUT HERE TODAY, ACCEPTING BY ARTURO AND MICHAEL PAYNE AND MARK MCCOLLOM FROM APD COMMUNICATIONS.

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE MEN AND WOMEN SERVING AS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN ARE DEDICATED TO SAVING LIVES.

THESE UNSEEN FIRST RESPONDERS ARE 9 1, 1 OPERATORS AND POLICE DISPATCHERS RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY IN TIMES OF GREAT NEED AND THEIR SPECIALIZED SKILL AND CALM PRESENCE ARE INVALUABLE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND WE'RE AS THE PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS ARE THE BACKBONE OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

THEY ARE THE LINK BETWEEN PEOPLE CALLING FOR HELP IN AN EMERGENCY AND THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES WHO ARRIVE ON THE SCENE.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN RECOGNIZES THE PROFESSIONAL AND UNENDING SERVICES OF A PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WHO ANSWER NINE 11 CALLS AND DISPATCH EMERGENCY SERVICES ON A DAILY BASIS.

NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVE ADLER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, TOGETHER WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 10TH TO THE 16TH OF THE YEAR, 2022 AS PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, WE ARE IN YOUR DEBT.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH YOU CAN SAY HI, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR A RECOGNIZED AS SUCH AN AMAZING TEAM.

AND I OFTEN TELL THEM THAT I ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THEM.

I MAY BE THE ASSISTANT CHIEF, AND HONESTLY, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DO THE WORK.

THEY COME IN 24, 7, 365 DAYS A YEAR, NO MATTER WHAT STORMS ARE, ET CETERA, GOING ON.

AND THEY'RE TRULY AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DEDICATED TO NOT ONLY OUR CITIZENS, BUT TO THE VISITORS OF AUSTIN.

AND THEY, THEY HEAR ALL THE STORIES AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF THEM ON THE PHONE, WHETHER IT'S POLICE, FIRE, EMS, OR MENTAL HEALTH, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE DISPATCH TO THE RIGHT AREA, TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ALL ABOUT IS HELPING PEOPLE AND CARING FOR PEOPLE.

AND, UH, WE'RE ALL IN DEBT TO THEM.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR WHAT THEY DO.

AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

THANKS EVERYBODY.

LET'S TAKE A PICTURE AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO DO IT WITH THIS PLACE.

SOMETIMES THEY WERE PLACED OFF TO THE SIDE.

CAN WE DO THANK YOU.

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TESTING TESTING.

[Proclamation 2]

OH ONE, UH, UH, WELCOME EVERYONE HERE.

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR, UH, A MAN THAT, THAT, UH, HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO AUSTIN AND UNFORTUNATELY HE PASSED AWAY, UH, AND I'M HERE TO READ A PROCLAMATION, BE KNOWN THAT, WHEREAS THE SECOND WAS A DEEPLY, DEEPLY ELABORATE LEADER AND STEADFAST FRIEND WHO CREATED MANY LEG LATENCY FOR OUR LATINO LATINA, LATINO X COMMUNITY IN TEXAS MBR ON.

AND WHEREAS MR. GONZALEZ DISPLAYED EARLY LEADERSHIP SKILL AS A DRUM MAYOR AT EL PASO HIGH SCHOOL AND IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, HE MOVED TO AUSTIN IN 1982 TO ATTEND LAW SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, WHERE HE GRADUATED IN 1985 ALL WHILE BEING VERY ACTIVE IN SOCIAL CHANGE EFFORTS INCLUDED PARTICIPATION IN LULAC AND THE AUSTIN GAY AND LESBIAN POLITICAL CAUCUS AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PROGRESSIVE CHANGE IN FOCUS ORGANIZATION.

AND WHEREAS MR. GONZALEZ RECOGNIZED A NEED FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZING ACTIVISM.

ACTIVISM IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MULTIPLE OPPRESSED.

HE COFOUNDED ALGO, AND AT THE TIME OF ACCLIMATE FOR THE AUSTIN, LATINO LATINA, LESBIAN AND GAY ORGANIZATION, AN ORGANIZATION THAT PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN RESPONDING TO THE HIV AND AIDS CRISIS IN THE LATINO AND BLACK COMMUNITY.

AND AUSTIN LED MULTIPLE HEALTH INITIATIVE, NUTRIENT COMMUNITY, BUILDING CULTURE AND ART, AND IS CURRENTLY THE LONGEST SURVIVING LGBT PEOPLE OF COLOR ORGANIZATION ORGANIZING IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND MR. GONZALEZ PASSED THE BAR IN 1988 AND PRACTICE AS AN ATTORNEY FOR 10 YEARS BEFORE I SHIFTED HIS FOCUS TO WORK AS AN INFORMANT SPECIALIST FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, WHERE HE EXCELLED AND HIS IN HIS ROLE FOR 22 YEARS HELPED COUNTLESS PEOPLE NAVIGATE THE FEAR AND COMPLICATED MEDICAL TERRAIN INVOLVING IN CANCER DIAGNOSTIC.

AND WHEREAS MR. GONZALEZ WORKED FOR HUMAN, RIGHT IN MULTIPLE ARENAS, TENSION PUNCHED, POTENTIALLY SUPPORTING WOMEN'S RIGHT PRODUCTIVE, RIGHT.

AND WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP CONSISTENTLY THROUGH THE MULTIPLE ACTION CAMPAIGNS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

AND WHEREAS MR. GONZALEZ SERVED AS A COMMISSIONER ON THE HUMAN AUSTIN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, A BOARD MEMBER ON THE AUSTIN REED PUNCTURE MENTAL WARD OF A DIRECTOR, ANDY ALGO BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR MANY YEARS WITH A MEMBER AND A STRONG SUPPORTER OF EL PASO AND AUSTIN FUNDRAISING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, FOR LATINO YOUNG PEOPLE IN A COMMUNITY HEALTH CHAMPION THROUGH CENTRAL HEALTH.

AND WHEREAS MR.

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GONZALEZ MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS A TREASURER FOR THE GOVERNANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PLANNING PARENTHOOD, GREATER TEXAS, AND ON THEIR LESBIAN GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND WHERE IT'S CALLED XYLITOL.

MR. GONZALEZ VOLUNTEERED ON A LOT OF CAMPAIGNS THROUGH THE YEARS TO SUPPORT PROGRESSIVE LATINO AND LATINO ELECTED OFFICIAL WAS ELECTED AS A DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL DELEGATE FOR IN 2016 AND WAS NEVER AFRAID TO DIVE INTO THE MESS AND THE HEARTBREAK OF POLITICS WITH A NEVER ENDING HOPE THAT THE CHANGE WAS INDEED POSSIBLE.

AND WHEREAS MR. GONZALEZ MOVED THROUGH THE WORLD WITH A PROFOUND SENSE OF COMPASSION AND HUNGER FOR JUSTICE WAS ALWAYS READY TO SAY YES TO ANY OPPORTUNITY TO HELP.

AND MOST RECENTLY THERE IN THE PANDEMIC VOLUNTEER TO DISTRIBUTE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WITH ALBA AND FOOD WITH CENTRAL FOOD BANK, DARREN, THE WINTER STORM.

AND WHEREAS MR. GONZALEZ WHAT'S LEFT HAS LEFT A LASTING IMPACT ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES THROUGH HIS INSPIRING, REINVENTING THIS WORK FOR JUSTICE.

AND THEREFORE I AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE KNOWN AREA ON BEHALF OF FIF ATLER, BEAR OF THE CITY OF BOSTON DO PROCLAIM APRIL 5TH, 2022.

THE SECOND DAY.

A FEW WORDS.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

THAT WAS LOVELY.

UM, I AM HIS AUNT AND HIS CLOSEST KIN, AND SO WOOL MORE THAN MADE UP FOR THE TINY FAMILY THAT WE HAVE WITH HIS FRIENDS, HIS COLLEAGUES, AND THE PEOPLE THAT NEVER KNEW HIM, BUT HE HELPED IN COUNSELING WITH THE 22 YEARS WITH THE COUNTS CANCER SOCIETY AND, UM, ENDLESS WORK THAT HE DID WITH TRYING TO GET EVERYONE TO HAVE THE SOCIETY, UM, THE RIGHTS, RIGHTS, UH, OF SOCIETY.

SO THANK YOU, COUNSEL MEN FOR COUNCIL, WOMEN FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THIS.

AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE.

AND ALSO, UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED ON SATURDAY, WE ARE HAVING A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR SOMEONE GONZALES SATURDAY AT THE ALGO, UH, BUILDING OVER AT 7 0 1 TILLERY STREET FROM THREE TO 6:00 PM.

I HOPE THOSE OF YOU WHO KNEW AND LOVED SAMUEL AS MUCH AS WE DID, UM, CAN JOIN US.

I'M COUNCIL MEMBER, KATHY TOVO.

GOOD EVENING.

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I CHAIR THE AUSTIN'S COUNCILS PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE, AND IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE TODAY WITH VICE-CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBER OF QUINTUS AND OUR CITY MANAGER TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF NATIONAL PUBLIC

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HEALTH WEEK.

YOU KNOW, THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY DIFFICULT FOR SO MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SOME OF WE HAVE SO MANY HEROES HERE AT THE CITY OF BOSTON WHO HAVE HELPED OUR COMMUNITY RESPOND TO COVID AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AMONG THOSE CHIEF, AMONG THOSE LEADING THE CHARGE ARE OUR LEADERS WITHIN THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE JUST BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES OF COMMUNICATING INFORMATION OUT ABOUT COVID, UH, WORKING ACROSS OUR CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS GOT VACCINATED AND CONTINUE TO DO SO.

AND SO WE ARE SO, SO VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU AND TO YOUR STAFF FOR THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

SO AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION, VIETNAM THAT WHEREAS NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK BRINGS COMMUNITIES TOGETHER IN A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT TO CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN SUPPORTING HEALTHIER PEOPLE, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS THE 2022 NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK THEME PUBLIC HEALTH IS WHERE YOU ARE REFLECTS THAT OUR HEALTH LONGEVITY AND WELL-BEING ARE CONNECTED TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

THE PLACES WE LIVE LEARN, WORK, WORSHIP, AND PLAY.

AND WHEREAS HEALTH EQUITY IS ACHIEVED WHEN EVERY PERSON HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTAIN THEIR FULL POTENTIAL OF GOOD HEALTH AND LIFE EXPECTANCY TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE LONG STANDING HEALTH INEQUITIES, DRIVEN BY RACISM AND BIASES EMBEDDED IN OUR SYSTEMS, IN OUR INSTITUTIONS, IN OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES.

AND WHEREAS AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN REALIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON'S VISION OF MAKING AUSTIN, THE MOST LIVABLE CITY IN THE NATION WITH PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS, STRIVING EVERY DAY TO ENHANCE THE HEALTH AND THE WELLBEING OF ALL RESIDENTS BY PREVENTING DISEASE, PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT AND PROMOTING HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES.

AND WHEREAS THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY HAS CONTINUED TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH IN COMMUNITY ENGAGED COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS, TO RESPOND TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, TO RESPOND TO HOMELESSNESS AND TO OTHER PRESSING NEEDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, THEREFORE I, KATHY TOVO ON BEHALF OF MAYOR, STEVE ADLER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM, APRIL 4TH THROUGH THE 10TH 2022 AS PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE DIRECTOR ADRIAN STIRRUP UP TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

COUNCIL MEMBER, LESLIE POOLE, AND I REPRESENT DISTRICT SEVEN TODAY, AND I'M HERE TO OFFER A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR DAVID MURRAY.

UM, I AM TRULY APPRECIATIVE OF THE RECOGNITION.

UM, I KNOW THAT IT'S, COVID THAT THRUSTS US IN THE LIMELIGHT, BUT EVERY TIME YOU EAT AT YOUR FAVORITE FOOD TRUCK, YOU GO TO A SPECIAL EVENT YOU'RE OUTSIDE AND YOU'RE GETTING BIT BY A MOSQUITO.

AND YOU'RE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT, YOU DON'T HAVE WEST NILE THAT'S PUBLIC HEALTH.

AND SO WE ARE JUST HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS WONDERFUL CITY AND ORGANIZATION HATS OFF TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THEIR SUPPORT THIS COUNCIL FOR ALWAYS TAKING BOLD ACTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE PUBLIC AND THESE ROCK STARS THAT REPRESENT AN AWESOME FORCE OF 800 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EVERY DAY DOING WORK.

AND WHAT I CALL A MATTHEW SIX FASHION.

WE OFTEN DON'T NEED RECOGNITION AND WE DON'T NEED PRAISE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE KNOW IS RIGHT, BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT YOU.

WOW.

AND SO I JUST BRIEFLY WANT TO INTRODUCE THE LEADERS IN AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, AND I'M BAD WITH DIRECTIONS.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO THIS WAY.

UH, DON'T BACK UP.

WILLIAM MOM, DOCTOR DOES MORE WALKS CASSANDRA DELYON LAORA LA QUINTA, DONNA SANDSTROM, JEN SAMP AND ACACIA JOHNSON'S MOTHERS.

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[Proclamation 4]

IT'S MY PLEASURE TODAY TO JOIN WITH MY, MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER.

YES, THERE IS IS HERE WITH ME TODAY TO HONOR DAVID MURRAY AND ALSO A COUNCIL MEMBER, KATHY TOVO TO HONOR DAVID MURRAY.

HE IS ONE OF OUR AMAZING CITY STAFF MEMBERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WHO IS NOW RETIRING AND MOVING ON TO HIS NEXT GREAT ADVENTURE.

DAVID HAS SERVED OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS AS A SOUND ENGINEER CONSULTANT FOR THE CITY, FOCUSED ON MUSIC, PERMITTING FOR OUR VENUES, RESTAURANTS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES, WHICH GREATLY HELPS US TINS CREATIVE COMMUNITY WITH MORE OPPORTUNITIES.

DAVID IS A MUSICIAN AS WELL.

HE'S A GUITARIST, A PRODUCER, AND A SONGWRITER WITH DEEP ROOTS IN THE AUSTIN MUSIC COMMUNITY, PERFORMING WITH BLUES GREATS LIKE BB KING, BUDDY GUY, JAMES COTTON, ALBERT COLLINS, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN AT THE LEGENDARY ANTONE'S.

DAVID HAS ALSO PRODUCED SONGS AND ALBUMS RANGING FROM CLASSICAL TO COUNTRY ROCK AND RNB HE'S APPEARED ON AUSTIN CITY LIMITS AND NBC'S FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS AND RECORDED OR TOURED WITH LOCAL LEGENDS LIKE ANGELA STRALEY, LOU ANN, BARTON, KELLY WILLIS, MARSHA BALL, JIMMY LAFAVE, AND MY FAVORITE JIMMY DALE GILMORE.

DAVID HAS NOTED THAT HIS FONDEST MEMORIES INCLUDE SERVING AS MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE AUSTIN MUSIC MEMORIAL CEREMONIES FOR PRODUCING NOTES IN TIME AS EPISODES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE STELLAR ATX AND CREW FOR ASSISTING COUNTLESS MUSIC VENUES WITH PERMITTING AND SOUND MITIGATION FOR MEDIATING RESOLUTIONS, BETWEEN MUSIC VENUES AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.

THAT'S NOT AN EASY JOB SOMETIMES AND DEVELOPING MEANINGFUL WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYEES IN DSD.

ATX N EDD, AUSTIN CODE, AND MANY OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.

I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT DAVID MENTIONS HIS WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I KNOW HIM.

HIS QUIET, COMPASSIONATE NATURE HAS INSPIRED TRUST AND CONSENSUS BETWEEN OUR RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES ON MANY OCCASIONS.

SO I THANK HIM FOR THESE GIFTS, FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSIC COMMUNITY AND TO OUR CITY.

AND I WISH HIM WELL IN HIS NEXT ADVENTURE IN HONOR OF HIS SERVICE, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD TO DAVID MURRAY IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

AND I WILL READ IT.

I WILL READ IT TO YOU, DAVID DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR INTRODUCING MORE LOCAL MUSIC TO OUR RESIDENTS, WITH HIS INNOVATIVE NOTES IN TIME SERIES ON ATX N AND FOR HIS DEDICATION AND UNTIRING SERVICE DURING HIS 12 YEAR TENURE, AS A DEDICATED EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, DAVID MURRAY IS DESERVING, A PUBLIC ACCLAIM AND RECOGNITION.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION THEREOF.

THE SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR, 2022 BY THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.

UH, AND I OFFER THIS TO HIM ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL DAVID.

AND WE CAN GET SOME PICTURES IF YOU'D LIKE TO.

SO I AM A MAN OF FEW WORDS, ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT WELL, UH, I WOULD, UH, I WOULD STILL WANT TO SAY HOW ABOUT A CITY THAT CREATES A MUSIC DIVISION IN THE FIRST PLACE? YOU KNOW, IN 2010, WHEN I WAS HIRED WRITING ZEALOUS WAS ON MY INTERVIEW PANEL.

AND, UH, I WAS THE FIRST HIRE AFTER THE MANAGER AND, YOU KNOW, OUR ONBOARDING, UH, THE QUOTE THAT I HEARD WAS RODNEY SAID, WELL, THE BATHROOMS ARE DOWN THE HALL, DON'T GET US IN TROUBLE.

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AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE HAD THE LATITUDE TO CREATE, IT WAS UNCHARTED SLATE THAT WE HAD.

AND, UM, WE HAD SUPPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGEMENT TO DO INCREDIBLE THINGS FOR THE CITY, AND THEY RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC TO THIS COMMUNITY.

AND SO I'M VERY HONORED TO HAVE, UH, WORK HERE.

UM, SO YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT MY APPROACH WHEN I CAME HERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THE BEST IDEA WINS THE GREATEST GOOD FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER.

AND I TRIED TO MIX WITH AS MANY INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL GROUPS AS POSSIBLE.

AND THAT'S REALLY JUST MY PERSONALITY.

IF I HAVE ONE SKILL, I THINK IS THAT I GENUINELY LIKE PEOPLE AND I WANT TO CLOSE WITH ONE THING I HEARD RODNEY SAY YEARS AGO, HE WAS ON A PANEL WITH CITY LEADERS AND HE WAS ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR THE UNKNOWN IN OUR MEMBER'S RESPONSE? HE DIDN'T MISS A BEAT.

HE JUST SAID, WELL, YOU ASSEMBLE AS DIVERSE A, A TEAM AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WHATEVER YOU'RE CONFRONTED WITH SOMEONE ON THE TEAM EITHER HAS EXPERIENCED HIMSELF, OR THEY HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND APPROACH.

I'VE ALWAYS REMEMBERED THAT.

AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW I TRY AND CONDUCT MY LIFE.

SO THANK YOU.

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AROUND CHAIRS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE.

THIS SHOW UP.

HOW ARE WE? GOOD.

I THINK WE'RE HERE AGAIN.

UH, WE RUNNING ROLLING.

THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IT IS, UM, UH, 6 34 AND APRIL 7TH, 2022.

WE'RE CONTINUING

DISCUSSION ON ITEM 43.

THERE IS A MOTION, UH, IN FRONT OF US FROM COUNCIL MEMBER AND WE'RE DISCUSSING IT.

UM, YEAH, GUYS ARE KELLY.

UH, JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY WITH THE MOTION THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD.

FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES IS MOTION.

UM, YOU LAID THAT OUT.

NO, ONE'S YOU LAID YOURS OUT, MINE OUT.

NO ONE HAS YOU HAVEN'T MOVED YOURS.

I HAVEN'T MOVED THE MINE YET EITHER.

TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEN A MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.

UH, I THOUGHT WE WOULD KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR KIND OF WHERE PEOPLE WERE AND WHAT PEOPLE, UH, UH, NEEDED OR, OR, OR ONE ED, UM, I'VE INDICATED YOU'RE RIGHT.

I, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH WHAT, UH, SAID THAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO BUILD TRUST.

AND I THINK THE, THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS IN WHAT WAY AND DOING WHAT, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THE AMENDMENT I HAD, I, I SAID I WAS TRYING TO PUT FORTH SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THE AIRPORT COULD DO THOSE, WHETHER WE TOLD THEM TO DO IT OR NOT, AND THEY SHOULD DO IT.

AND IF THERE WERE MORE THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY COULD DO, THEY SHOULD, THEY SHOULD DO MORE THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, THAT THE, THE COST OF, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH GIVING THESE FACTS OF, OF TRYING TO GO TRUST THIS WAY, I JUST THINK IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY, UH, AT THE RIGHT TIME.

COUNCILOR ELLIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WHERE THIS CONVERSATION HAS TAKEN US.

I THINK THIS IS A DIFFICULT POSITION FOR A LOT OF US TO BE IN WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE THE, THE DESIRES AND NEEDS OF MULTIPLE PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEY, THEY DON'T SIMPLY SEEM TO BE LINING UP AT THIS POINT.

UM, BUT I DO THINK IN, IN LIGHT OF WHAT, WHAT RESOLUTIONS AND AMENDMENTS ARE AHEAD OF US RIGHT NOW, UM, I THINK I WOULD LEAN MORE TOWARD THE MAYORS AS A FORM OF COMPROMISE FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION.

UM, I THINK OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, HINDSIGHT CAN BE 2020, AND IF PEOPLE COULD GO BACK OVER THE PAST YEARS AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS DONE CORRECTLY AND THOROUGHLY AND PREDICTABLY FROM THE BEGINNING, THAT THAT, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MOST IDEAL SITUATION AND OUTCOME.

UM, BUT GIVEN THE CHOICES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US TODAY, I THINK THAT'S THE OPTION THAT I WOULD CHOOSE.

UM, SINCE, SINCE THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A PERFECT OPTION AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT TO

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THEY JUST WANT TO RECAP WHAT MY PROPOSAL DOES BECAUSE IT DOES DOUBLE THE CURRENT FUEL CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE AT THE SITE.

WE KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, OUR DIRECTORY I'VE MENTIONED THAT IT'S ABOUT A MILLION GALLONS THAT ARE STORED AT THE CURRENT SITE.

AND MY PROPOSAL LOOKS AT ADDING ONE TO TWO ADDITIONAL TANKS.

THAT WOULD BE, IF THEY'RE SMALLER TANKS IS 500,000 EACH THAT WOULD GET, GIVE US ANOTHER MILLION GALLONS, UH, FOR US TO MEET THE DEMAND THAT WE HAVE.

AND TO BE CLEAR LAST YEAR, WE ONLY HAD SEVEN FUEL ALERTS, LOW FUEL ALERTS, AND ONLY ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY HAD ANY IMPACT TO PASSENGERS THAT REQUIRED DIVERSIONS OF FLIGHTS.

AND THAT WAS DURING FORMULA ONE, WHICH IS A PLANNED EVENT WITH THE PROPER PLANNING WE CAN COORDINATE WITH OUR AIRLINES TO ENSURE THEY HAVE THE FUEL CAPACITY NEEDED TO GET THROUGH IT.

AND SO, AGAIN, I REALIZE THIS IS A, UM, A, A TEMPORARY SOLUTION, A SHORT TERM SOLUTION TO EXPAND AT THE CURRENT SITE, BUT ALSO DIRECTS THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY ALTERNATIVE SITES.

THIS IS AS WAS SHARED TODAY, WE'VE LEARNED THAT OUR, UH, OUR AVIATION NEEDS HAVE FAR EXCEEDED WHAT WE PROJECTED, WHERE WE WOULD BE IN 2022.

SO IT'S PROBABLY WORTHY OF THE CONVERSATION FOR US TO REVISIT THE VISION PLAN AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OTHER ADJUSTMENTS ARE NEEDED, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS A GROWING REGION.

AND SO THIS WOULD GIVE US THAT TIME TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE SITE FOR US THAT IS, UH, NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST BIT, BUT THAT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD THAT CONVERSATION OF WHAT ARE THOSE OTHER AREAS THAT COULD WORK IF WE ALL WORKED TOGETHER AND COORDINATED ACROSS OUR MULTI JURISDICTIONS.

AND SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE FOR, AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYONE WILL VOTE HOW, HOW THEY SO CHOOSE TO, UM, BUT AS IT STANDS, I, I CANNOT SUPPORT THE, THE MOTION SHEET.

UM, I HAD A QUESTION FOR MISS CFT THANK YOU.

UM, SO THE OTHER DAY ON TUESDAY, UH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME CHANGES IN REGULATIONS FOR HOW WE DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS, UM, DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

CAN YOU CLARIFY BECAUSE THINGS TAKE TIME IN GOVERNMENT, WE ALL KNOW THAT HERE, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHETHER OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WAS DONE UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S NEW RULES OR FROM THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATIONS RULES? SURE.

SO THE, THE FONZIE WAS THE EA WAS APPROVED AND THE FONZIE WAS ISSUED IN JUNE, 2020.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CHANGES DID NOT HAPPEN OR, UM, ISSUED TILL JULY OF 20, 20 A MONTH AFTER THE FONZIE WAS ISSUED.

SO THE FONZIE WAS ISSUED UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN PLACE.

UM, AND THE CHANGES THEMSELVES, THE FAA DID NOT BEGIN TO CHANGE TO LATE OF 2020.

SO THE EA THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS, ARE, IS ACTUALLY UNDER THE REGULATIONS OF THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION TO TRACK.

DO SOME MODIFICATION TO THE EXISTING SIDE, BY ADDING RACKS AND DOCKING STATIONS AS WHAT THEY CALL IT AS PART OF THE PREPARATION THAT HAS BEEN ALREADY COMPLETED, WHICH THE RACKS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN A CHUNK OF THE LAND AT THE EXISTING SITE.

UM, I MAY HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I'M SURE KELLY, THANK YOU.

UM, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THAT LINE OF QUESTIONING.

UM, SO COULD YOU MAYBE HELP ME UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBER FONTEZ? UM, I, I CAN SEE YOUR VISION AND IN WANTING TO GET THE FUEL CAPACITY THAT WE NEED, BUT I'M JUST SO UNCLEAR ABOUT HOW LONG THAT MIGHT TAKE WITH YOUR RESOLUTION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO THAT, THAT YOU COULD SHARE WITH US? WELL, WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WHEN WE ASKED THE FAA CONTACT THAT WAS WITH US ON TUESDAY, HE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE AN EXPEDITED TIMEFRAME.

UM, SINCE HE, IT WOULD FALL UNDER A CATEGORY EXCLUSION PROCESS, WHICH GIVES US AN EXPEDITE TIMEFRAME ON THE PORTION OF THAT PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS.

NOW DIRECTORY APP CAN SPEAK TO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES THROUGH AS PART OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF IT.

RIGHT? SO THE DESIGN AND THE EA ASSESSMENT, UH, WOULD, WOULD TAKE AGAIN APPROXIMATELY INTO THAT 30 MONTHS FROM THE BEGINNING OF DESIGNING A FACILITY THAT WE GET THE FONZIE AND ALL THE PERMITS IS ESTIMATED AGAIN, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE 28 TO 30 MONTHS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE DONE.

I DO WANT TO CLARIFY ONE ITEM ABOUT THE EXISTING SITE OF PHASE.

ONE OF THE EPA HAS ASKED US TO

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THEREFORE, WE, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE CANNOT ADD THE CAPACITY TODAY ON THE EXISTING SITE BECAUSE OF THE MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE DONE TO THE SITE ALREADY.

AND DIRECTORY AFT, WHAT WILL BE SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FONTEZ IS BROUGHT FORWARD AS FAR AS ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL TIME? ARE WE LOOKING AT MORE AIRPLANES AGAIN, NOT HAVING THAT FUEL IN OUR FUTURE? I KNOW SINCE 2019, THERE HAVE BEEN 11 ADVISORIES FOR FUEL SHORTAGE THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED.

COULD YOU MAYBE EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT JUST TO REFRESH OUR MEMORY? SO IN, IN 2019, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

THERE WAS 11, UM, SHORTAGE ALERTS WERE ISSUED 2020.

OF COURSE IT COULD HAVE COVID OUR NUMBERS OF FLIGHT OPERATIONS WENT DOWN DRAMATICALLY AND 2021.

AND WHAT WE WERE STARTING INTO THE RECOVERY A LITTLE BIT.

THAT'S WHY THE NUMBERS, AGAIN, IN 2021 FOR FUEL SHORTER'S ALERTS WERE LOW, BUT JUST AS OF 2022 HERE, WE ALREADY HAVE SEVERAL THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED AS RECENTLY AS TWO WEEKS AGO.

SO TWO RISKS FOR DELAYING ONE IS WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUEL AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SHEEN THAT TANKER NOTICE.

AND IT REALLY IS UP TO THE CARRIERS OF HOW MUCH CAN THEY TANK OR FLIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS OF THIS BECOMES MORE AND MORE TODAY AS OF MARCH SIX OF THIS YEAR, WE ADDED 50 ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS BETWEEN ALL THE CARRIERS THAT WE HAVE AT THE AIRPORT THAT IS CONTINUING TO PUT A CONSTRAINT ON OUR OPERATIONS FOR FLIGHT OPERATIONS.

AND REMEMBER THE FUEL IS FOR CARGO AND PASSENGER ACTIVITIES, ALSO GENERAL AVIATION AS THEY COME IN FOR THESE SPECIAL EVENTS, AS YOU SAW IN FORMULA ONE, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO IT DOES PUT A CONSTRAINT ON THE AIRLINES FOR CARRYING MORE FUEL, WHICH CHANGES THEIR, UH, EFFICIENCY OF COMING IN, CARRYING MORE FUEL OR CARRYING PASSENGERS OR CARGO, WHICH IS THEIR WEIGHT AND BALANCE.

AGAIN, I'M NOT AN AIRLINE PERSON, BUT THAT'S SIMPLY WHAT IT GOES TO IS IT CHANGES THEIR FLIGHT PLAN COMING IN WITH HOW MUCH FUEL DO THEY HAVE TO CAN, UM, THEIR APPETITE TO HOW MANY FLIGHTS A DAY THEY CAN DO THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THE AIRLINE CAN SPEAK TO, BUT IS IT EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? AND AS THE CHART I SHOWED ON TUESDAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE 80 PLUS FLIGHTS A DAY, THAT WOULD BE SHORT THAT WE DON'T WHICH CARRIER, I DON'T KNOW WHICH AIRLINE, WHICH CARGO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD IMPACT, BUT THAT IS THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS THAT WE'D PACK.

NOW THE HIGHER RISK OR THE LONGER IS BASICALLY LOSING THOSE FLIGHTS AND NOT COMING IN.

AND THE AIRLINES WOULD DECIDE TO WAIT.

SO WE EITHER, UM, ADD THE CAPACITY OR CHOOSE TO GO TO A DIFFERENT AIRPORT AND ADD THEIR FLIGHTS AND ROUTES AND CHANGE THEIR COMMITMENT AND TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND THEN JUST ONE LAST THING I REMEMBER WHEN I TOURED THE AIRPORT WITH YOU, WE HAD TALKED THE COST OF AIRLINE TICKETS BEING RAISED BECAUSE OF THE FUEL ADVISORY ALERTS.

IT'S JUST SORT OF A TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT THAT HAPPENS IN ORDER FOR AIRLINES TO RECOUP THEIR COSTS BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO ABSOLUTELY THE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE AIRLINES WANT TO BE PROFITABLE.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT NEW, BUT THE COST OF THEM CARRYING FUEL, LESS CARGO, LESS PASSENGERS, WHATEVER THE ROD IS.

IT'S A BIG, HUGE SPIDERWEB IN MY MIND, IN A CALCULATION THAT THEY DO BEHIND THE SCENES, IN THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE, WHAT IS ROUTE IS BENEFICIAL OR PROFITABLE, ESPECIALLY THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS.

IF THEY HAVE TO DIVERT OUT OF HERE TO GO GET FUEL SOMEWHERE ELSE, THAT'S NOT PROFITABLE AT ALL FOR THEM.

GIVEN SUFFICIENT INFORMATION AS TO WHY THEY CAN'T WORK.

I'M NOT SURE IF I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MISS YET, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR COLLEAGUE COMES FROM NUMBER ONE.

DOES YOUR RESOLUTION SAYS TO IDENTIFY AT LEAST THREE POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING LAND NOT OWNED BY THE CITY, UM, TO WHERE THE FIELD FACILITY COULD BE RELOCATED? UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M FINDING, UM, IN MANY THINGS ABOUT THIS THAT ARE FRUSTRATING, UM, ONE OF THEM IS THAT I'M NOT SURE THAT I'VE YET SEEN THAT THERE'S EVEN ONE ALTERNATIVE, LET ALONE THREE ALTERNATIVES, UM, THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS, GIVEN WHAT THE FAA REQUIRES, UM, FOR THE FIELD FACILITY, AS WELL AS FOR HOW ALL THE PIECES AT THE AIRPORT IN OUR LOCK.

UM, DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC PLACES THAT WERE NOT AMONG THE 12 THAT WERE ADMITTEDLY ONLY LOOKED AT IN THAT, AFTER THE FACT, UM, OF WHERE THEY BOUGHT TO BE LOOKING? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THE PLACE THAT'S OFF THE AIRPORT IS, YOU KNOW, MR. NANCY'S LAND NEXT DOOR, WHICH IS EVEN CLOSER TO PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANOTHER PART THAT'S NOT IN THE WETLAND THAT, THAT YOU CAN SUGGEST THAT'S A REALISTIC OPTION FOR ONE OF THESE ALTERNATIVES? I THINK YOU MAY HAVE PRETEND, I GUESS WHAT I MEAN WITH IDENTIFYING ALTERNATIVE SITES, I'M LOOKING AT THROUGH THE LENS THAT I DON'T FEEL CONFIDENT THAT OF THE 12 SITES THAT WERE LOOKED AT THAT THEY WERE THOROUGHLY VETTED AND THAT WE'VE BEEN

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I KNOW IT WOULD BE TOUGH TO PULL OFF.

IT WOULD BE COMPLEX.

IT WOULD REQUIRE A LOT OF COORDINATION AMONGST, UH, THE COUNTY AND THE STATE.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THOSE 12 SITES, NOT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS, ARE COMPLETELY OFF THE TABLE.

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD THAT SUFFICIENT VETTING YET.

AND SO I WOULD HOPE WITH THIS DIRECTION THAT IT WOULD ALSO SIGNAL THAT WE TAKE UP, WE RELOOK AT THE SITES THAT WERE PROPOSED AND WE LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS AS WELL AND, AND HAVE THAT LENS IN HOW WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.

I'M STILL STRUGGLING WITH THEIR BEING REALISTIC ALTERNATIVES THERE.

I MEAN, I APPRECIATE WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

UM, BUT I ALSO READ THE MATERIAL ON THOSE ALTERNATIVES AND, YOU KNOW, NONE OF US ARE EXPERTS IN AVIATION, BUT THEY'RE VERY CLEAR SORT OF BASIC GOALS AND NEEDS THAT AN AIRPORT HAS.

UM, AND THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH SPACE ON THEIR PROPERTY.

AND THEN WHEN YOU START GOING OFF PROPERTY, UM, NOT ONLY DOES IT IMPACT EVERY OTHER CHOICE OF WHERE THINGS ARE AND LIKELY MAKE THINGS LIKE RUNWAYS EVEN CLOSER TO, UM, RESIDENTS IS JUST, I'M JUST HAVING, I GUESS, MISS HAVING TROUBLE FINDING THAT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES, WHICH IS SORT OF THE KEY PART OF YOUR RESOLUTION.

UM, AND SO WE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, DELAYING FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS, OR IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL, UM, TWO TO THREE YEARS HAVING, UM, THE CAPACITY.

BUT YET IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME THAT THAT ALTERNATIVE SEARCH IS GOING TO UNEARTH SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T JUST IMPACT ANOTHER COMMUNITY, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE AIRPORT.

UM, JUST AS MUCH OR NOT, IF NOT MORE, THAT'S WHAT I'M, THAT'S WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY HAS, YOU KNOW, MORE KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE LOCATIONS, UM, THAT THAT WOULD REALLY HELP ME, UM, IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A WAY FORWARD THAT THERE ARE, THAT THERE ARE OPTIONS.

OKAY, YOU GUYS ARE POOLED CATS, UH, FELLA.

I WANTED TO CHECK ON THE TIMELINE ONE MORE TIME, DIRECTORY AFT.

UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TWO AND A HALF TO THREE YEAR PROCESS.

THAT'S JUST TO DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, RIGHT.

TO DO THE FUNDS AGAIN, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DO THE BUILD.

THEM AND WE WILL ACT ON THEM, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DELAY THE, UM, THE PLANS AND THE PROJECT THAT ARE BEFORE US TODAY.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY HOW MANY YEARS, BUT FOUR YEARS, TOTAL FOUR PLUS FOUR AND A HALF TOTAL FROM START OF DESIGN TO ACTUALLY OPERATION.

IF WE ARE TO GO THROUGH NOW AND STUDY JUST ALTERNATIVES PERIOD FIRST, BEFORE WE EVEN DESIGN, THAT ADDS MORE TO THE TIME.

AND WE ARE ALREADY AT WHAT POINT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS ON THE PONZI AND THE ASSESSMENT.

AND SO WE ARE NOW 18 MONTHS OUT FROM HAVING THE, UM, THE BUILD ON THE LARGER YEAH.

ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO TWO MONTH OR SO OF EXPEDITING, IF WE CAN ON THE CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE WE ARE, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO START ACTUALLY IN MARCH.

SO WE ALREADY 30 DAYS BEHIND ON CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? SO WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE YEAR AND FOUR PLUS YEARS, CORRECT WITH NO REAL CERTAINTY AFTER THE EXPENDITURE OF THE COST AND THE TIME THAT THERE WILL BE ANY OTHER OUTCOME, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM WAS GETTING.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND ALSO WHATEVER OTHER ALTERNATIVES WE PICK, UM, IT DOESN'T, THERE'S OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE AIRPORT THAT ALSO MIGHT HAVE THE SAME CONCERN.

SO WE, WE WILL BE STUCK INTO WHICH ALTERNATIVE FITS, WHICH ARE RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN ONE ADULT, THE ALTERNATIVES THAT THEY, THEY PROPOSED, IT IS ABOUT 700 FEET FROM ANOTHER COMMUNITY.

ALSO, MAYOR I CAN'T SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION FROM THE, FROM ITS AUTHOR, BUT I CAN SUPPORT SOME ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN THE, UM, THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT YOU DISCUSSED.

I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT IT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE REASONABLE, UM, THE REASONABLE STEPS THAT YOU HAVE OFFERED IN THERE.

THINGS THAT PROBABLY OUR STAFF WOULD BE WILLING TO UNDERTAKE, WHETHER WE PASSED A RESOLUTION TO DIRECT THEM TO DO IT OR NOT, BECAUSE THEY SEEM LIKE THE RIGHT THINGS TO DO.

BUT I, SO THAT'S WHERE I'M, I'M STANDING.

I'M PRETTY, PRETTY FRIENDLY.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE TIME AND EFFORT AND, AND THE INPUT FROM EVERYBODY TO HELP US KIND OF PARSE THROUGH ALL THE SPECIFICS.

I KNOW A WHOLE LOT MORE ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF, OF THE EXPANSION OF THE AIRPORT THAN I DID LAST YEAR.

BUT I WILL SAY WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING THIS AIRPORT AND THE VARIOUS MOVING PARTS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH IT FOR A LONG TIME.

SO THIS IS NOT NEW INFORMATION, CERTAINLY, UM, FOR THIS MAYBE FOR THIS PARTICULAR DIOCESE, BUT NOT FOR THE CITY AND NOT FOR THE COUNCIL.

SO I THANK EVERYBODY AGAIN FOR COMING IN AND, AND JUST GIVING US THE, FROM THEIR HEARTS, THEIR CONCERNS, AND WE ARE HEARING

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UM, THE DIRECTOR, YOU HAVE MY READING OF THE EVALUATION OF THE 12TH SITES WAS THAT IT'S NOT THAT THE OTHER SITES WERE FOUND NOT VIABLE, BUT THAT THE CURRENT SITE ALONG 180 3 WAS KIND OF THE EASIEST AND THE BEST IN TERMS OF THE HIGHWAY IS RIGHT THERE.

SO THE TRUCKS COULD PULL RIGHT INTO THE, THE, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FILL UP THE TANKS.

AND THEN THE LINE WAS, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THE OTHER SITES ARE VIABLE LOCATIONS, BUT THEY MAY BE LESS PERFECT AGAIN, LOOKING INSIDE THE AIRPORT PROPERTY, KNOWING FOR A SECOND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE RESIDENCE IS, IS THAT, IS, THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT? I WOULDN'T SAY VITAL IS THE RIGHT WORD BECAUSE OF WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE 12 SITES, SOME OF THOSE SITES, ACTUALLY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WOULD HAVE TO RELOCATE THE CEMETERY, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, OR WE WOULD BUILD IN THE FLOOD PLAIN.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE LAST THING WE WANT AND PUT IN A FLOOD PLAIN AS A FUEL STORAGE FACILITY, UM, OR AGAIN, PUT IT IN WHERE THE GATES GO.

SO SOME OF THE 12 SITES, ACTUALLY THE MAJORITY OF THE 12 SITES THAT WERE PROPOSED, BECAUSE IF I LOOK AT A REGULAR GOOGLE MAP TODAY OF THE AIRPORT, I WOULD SEE A LOT OF OPEN LAND, BUT IT'S EITHER ENOUGH PROTECTION ZONE FOR THE RUNWAY.

IT'S IN THE LAYOUT OF THE NEW CONCOURSES COMING ON AND ATTACKS WAYS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT EXCHANGE FOR, OR IT'S ACTUALLY ASKING TO RELOCATE LIKE THE CEMETERY OR SOMETHING.

SO IT'S NOT THE VITAL, IT'S MORE OF, AGAIN, THE FAA LOOK AT IT AS THE BEST FIT, COMPARING TO WHAT IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE EITHER ON THE ENVIRONMENT OR ON THE AIRPORT, OTHER PROJECTS, AND WITH REGARD TO THE EVALUATION OF THE 12 SITES.

UH, AND AGAIN, I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS ON TUESDAY, BUT PROXIMITY TO RESIDENCES WAS NOT ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT WAS LOOKED AT, IS THAT CORRECT? BECAUSE THE, IN NO IN IMPACT, AGAIN, THERE IS NO REGULATIONS TO THE DISTANCE OF RESIDENTS.

I MEAN, I WOULD WELCOME ANY OF YOU.

TELL ME WHAT WOULD BE THAT REASONABLE DUSTIN DISTANCE, BUT THERE IS NO, I'M JUST SAYING IN EVALUATING THOSE SITES, THE PROXIMITY OF THE FUEL TANKS TO, UH, RESIDENCES AROUND THE AIRPORT, THAT WAS NOT ONE OF THE, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT WERE LISTED IN THE ANALYSIS, BUT NONE OF THEM, UH, LISTED AS PROXIMITY TO, FOR EXAMPLE, NEIGHBORHOODS OR SOMETHING.

THE ONLY ONE IS THE NFBA OF THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT.

AND THAT WAS PART OF THE STUDY, BUT NOT THE FAA DOES NOT HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR D FOR RESIDENTS DISTANCE.

SO THANK YOU.

UH, WE HAVE EMOTION IN FRONT OF US HAS BEEN SECONDED BY WISHING HERE, BEFORE WE VOTE.

OR PROTON.

SO MANY CF WHEN THE MASTER PLAN WAS PUT TOGETHER.

AND THERE WAS THOUGHT ABOUT WHERE THIS FUEL FACILITY WENT, UM, WAS THERE NOT DISCUSSION ABOUT, OKAY, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO PUT A FIELD FACILITY HERE THAN A RUNWAY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TOO CLOSE TO THE RESIDENCES.

SO IT'S, I MEAN, THERE WAS CERTAINLY CONSIDERATION OF THE IMPACTS, CORRECT.

VERSION THREE, UH, WITH, UH, ITEM NINE, UH, NOT INCLUDED, CONTINUING DISCUSSION.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, ONE PART FOR ME IS I'M NOT SURE THAT I, THAT I SEE THE ALTERNATIVES THAT YOU WANT TO BRING.

I, I, I HEAR, UM, WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING.

I HEAR LOUD AND CLEAR, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND, AND I APPRECIATE, UM, THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND THE CONVERSATION.

UM, BUT ABSENT SEEING THE ALTERNATIVES AND THEN FEELING LIKE, WELL, YEAH, WE COULD DO THIS, BUT THEN EITHER THE EXISTING FIELD FARM WOULD HAVE TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 10 YEARS TO PUT IN THE RUNWAY, OR THEN WE'D HAVE TO PUT A RUNWAY CLOSER TO THEM WHERE THEY WOULD BE EVEN WORSE OFF.

UM, IT MAKES IT A CHALLENGING DECISION TO SAY, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S PUT THIS OFF BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, IF WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND THE AIRPORT, UM, IN ANY MEANINGFUL WAY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE WHOLE REGION, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU, HOW YOU DO THAT, UNLESS YOU TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EVERY INCH.

UM, AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU CAN PUT OVER IN THAT AREA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE INCHES.

AND THAT THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS A COMPLICATED, UM, SET OF DISCUSSIONS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO ALSO THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE AN AIRPORT, AN AIRPORT, UM, AND THERE ARE TRADE OFFS, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THE ALTERNATIVE OF WHAT WOULD GO THERE WOULD END UP BEING BETTER THAN A TANK BAR IN FRONT OF US IS SORRY.

MOTION IN FRONT OF US IS, UH,

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JUST ONE THING THAT MAYOR, IF I CAN, UH, THAT HASN'T BEEN RAISED AS MUCH, BUT I KNOW AS PART OF YOUR MOTION SHEETS, AND I'VE ALREADY DIRECTED STAFF TO CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO IT, IS THAT A BUYOUT AND POSSIBLE RELOCATION OF THOSE RESIDENTS.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A COMMITMENT TO THAT AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND LOOK AT WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE, UH, TO, UH, ON THAT END.

AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE COUNCIL ON THAT FRONT.

I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, DIRECTORY AFTER YOUR ENGAGEMENTS AND, UH, REALLY ENSURING THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AS, AS GOOD NEIGHBORS AND THAT WE WILL DO BETTER GOING FORWARD AS WELL.

MAY I NEED TO CLARIFY THE MOTION ON THE TABLE? SO WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCES'S RESOLUTION, WHICH I'M SUPPORTIVE OF.

YOU BROUGHT FORWARD SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE NOT YET VOTED ON.

I DIDN'T OFFER THEM.

I LAID THEM OUT.

I MEAN, IF THERE WERE SIX PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO GO THAT WAY INSTEAD, WE CERTAINLY, OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY LAID OUT HERS, BUT NEITHER ONE OF THOSE HAVE BEEN OFFERED YET.

I SEE.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE RESOLUTION AS, AS IS.

UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FRONT IS FOR, FOR BRINGING IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO, IF NOW IS APPROPRIATE OFFER MY AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER.

ABOUT THE TIMELINE.

SO I MOVED TO AMEND AND ADD THE FOLLOWING LINE OR THE FOLLOWING TWO LINE 1 35 TO READ RETURNED TO COUNCIL BY AUGUST 30TH, 2022, WITH A PROGRESS UPDATE REGARDING CONSIDERATIONS, CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN AMENDMENT'S BEEN MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT? SECOND I'VE EVER BALANCED? I CAN SAY DISCUSSION.

I WOULD JUST SAY IN SUPPORT OF MY AMENDMENT, THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME, NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THAT WE TAKE, AND WE PROVIDE A CLEAR TIMELINE AND EXPECTATIONS, NOT JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING REGARDING THIS PROJECT, BUT ALSO TO OURSELVES.

AND WE HOLD CITY STAFF ACCOUNTABLE FOR COMING BACK TO US SO THAT WE CAN PIVOT AND ADJUST IF WE NEED TO, DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME.

SO YOUR DIRECTION IS EVEN IF WE'RE GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THE MOTION, WE SHOULD VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT, EVEN IF WE'RE AGAINST THE MOTION AND INTEND TO VOTE.

NO, WE SHOULD STILL PUT THE AMENDMENT ON AND FURTHER DISCUSSION.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO IT? NO.

OBJECTION.

HEARING NONE.

THE AMENDMENTS ADDED STILL TO THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS VERSION THREE, ITEM NUMBER NINE OFF, OFF COUNTY AMENDMENT ADDED, OR THE DISCUSSION MAYOR PRO TEM OKAY.

READY TO TAKE A BOAT? THAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE RESOLUTION.

PELLA.

TOVO RED MARIA KITCHEN.

THOSE OPPOSED? UH, YOU HAVE A FIVE ON THE DIOCESE.

IT DOES NOT PASS FIVE, FIVE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UPPER MADISON IS OFF THE DANCE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH US FOR A LONG DAY.

UM, LET'S, UH, MANAGER.

IF, IF YOU COULD HAVE A DIRECTOR, YOU HAVE TO RESPOND TO US IN WRITING WITH RESPECT TO THE THINGS THAT WERE CONTAINED IN WHAT I HAD PROPOSED AND INDICATE WHETHER SHE'S GOING TO COMMIT TO DO THOSE THINGS OR NOT.

I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

WELL, MAYOR, THERE COULD BE ANOTHER MOTION.

THERE COULD BE ANOTHER MOTION ON THIS, CORRECT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY WHO PARTICIPATED TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING YOUR VOICE HEARD FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROCESS.

YOU, I KNOW THIS, OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY BECAUSE THIS ISN'T THE OUTCOME THAT WE WANTED TONIGHT, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO RELENTLESSLY ADVOCATE FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I JUST, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR, FOR JOINING US TODAY AND, UH, AND KNOW THAT I'M COMMITTED TO CONTINUING, TO, TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND ENSURING THAT OUR AIRPORT IS A, IS A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

AND, UM, JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY GRATITUDE.

TO APPROVE YOUR RESOLUTION WITH WHAT WE CAN GET CONSENSUS ON, UM, INCLUDING POTENTIALLY SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.

ARE WE READY TO MOVE TO THE POD ISSUE? LET'S MOVE TO THE PACKAGE.

SO CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION HERE? UM, COUNCILMAN FRONT IS, I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS I THINK, OF, OF YOUR, UM, RESOLUTION THAT MIGHT BE WORTH.

I WONDER IF WE COULD JUST GIVE THIS SOME THOUGHT IN THE COURSE OF THE REST OF THE MEETING, WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE A MOTION

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UM, COSTUMER TURBO.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, I REFERENCED EARLIER THAT THERE IS SOME POLICY THAT I WANT TO BRING FORWARD REGARDING THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT.

SO I WILL CERTAINLY CONSIDER PORTIONS OF MAYOR ADLER'S AMENDMENT AND, AND BRING THAT FORWARD IN A NEW RESOLUTION.

UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD JUST PUT FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, UM, INSTALLING GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS ON EITHER SIDE OF, UM, BOTH ABOVE UPHILL AND DOWNHILL OF THE FUEL STORAGE SITES.

I THINK THAT WOULD, I THINK THAT WOULD BE OF HELP SO THAT WE CAN MONITOR THE GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS.

I ALSO, UM, IN ONE OF MY AIRPORT, COMMISSIONER POINTED OUT THAT MANY OF THAT THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXPANSION ARE NOT GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS.

THEY DON'T, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH SOME OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND HAD THEY, THAT MIGHT HAVE ALSO BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HAVE, UM, A FULLER COMMUNITY CONVERSATION BEFORE WE GOT TO THIS POINT TODAY.

SO THOSE ARE, ARE SOME ELEMENTS THAT I THINK MIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF, IF THERE WERE A WILL TO PASS THE RESOLUTION AS IT IS WITH WHERE WE HAVE CONSENSUS POTENTIALLY WITH, UM, THE GREEN TEAM AND SOME OTHER ELEMENTS, THOSE WERE, THOSE WERE ADDITIONS I HAD PLANNED TO END TO ADD.

UM, SO AT A MINIMUM, PERHAPS MAYOR, I COULD PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THE STAFF IF THERE'S A WILL ON THIS COUNCIL TO SUPPORT IT, THAT THERE'D BE GROUNDWATER MONITORING OUTSIDE BOTH, UH, GROUNDWATER MONITORING, WELLS, BOTH UPHILL AND DOWNHILL OF THE FUEL STORAGE SITE.

COULD YOU HAVE DIRECTORY APP ADDRESS THAT IN OUR MEMO AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY.

AND AGAIN, I THINK JUST APPRECIATING THE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD TODAY, I'VE ASKED THE DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE THAT TYPE OF UPDATE REGARDING SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS THAT WERE A PART OF THESE DISCUSSIONS TODAY.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

UM, IF I MAY, I MEAN, THE REST OF MY MEN, MEN WOULD HAVE BEEN TO ALSO REPORT THOSE FINDINGS OF THE MONITORING TO THE AIRPORT COMMISSION ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.

IF YOU DO COME BACK WITH THE KIND OF THING THAT YOU DESCRIBED AND YOU HAVE RUINED YOUR QUORUM, I WOULD APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO JOIN YOU.

I THINK WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT.

I THINK IT'S THE POD.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION HERE? ALL RIGHT.

THE, UM, ITEM YOUR EMOTION IS SHAPED OR WE'RE GOING TO ALSO ACCEPT THE, OUR DIRECTION TO DO FROM TWO TO SIX.

WHAT I HAVE ASKED THE MANAGER TO DO IS TO HAVE THE DIRECTOR, YOU HAVE TO SEND US A MEMO IMMEDIATELY, UH, COMMITTING TO THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THAT, ON THAT PAGE.

ALSO COMMITTED TO THE WATER, WHATEVER IT IS SHE COMMITTED TO IN THOSE GROUPS.

I'D LIKE HER TO LAY THOSE OUT TO US IN WRITING, UH, RIGHT AWAY.

I MEAN, LIKE RIGHT AWAY.

JURY REST OF AGAIN WITH THE HOUSING PLAN DEPARTMENT, UH, HERE TODAY TO PRESENT, UM, THREE ITEMS, UM, ITEM NUMBER 67 IS A CASE NPA 2000 900 0 22 0.02.

JERRY, YOU WANT TO HELP US, UH, WITH THE LAST ITEM THAT'S IN FRONT OF US OR ERIN CONSOLE

[Items 67 - 69]

THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE 300 PROPERTY AT 300 SOUTH CONGRESS TO AMEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FROM INDUSTRIAL TO MIXED USE LAND USE CATEGORY ITEM NUMBER 68 IS THE RESTRICTED COVENANT AMENDMENT.

UM, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED THAT THE PLAN TODAY WOULD BE TO POSTPONE THAT ITEM.

IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO APPROVE THIS PUT ON FIRST READING, UM, WE WOULD POSTPONE IT, BRING IT BACK WITH SECOND THIRD READING.

SO, UM, THAT'LL PROBABLY BE A POSTPONEMENT.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.

I THINK AFTER WE SEE IF THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ZONING ITEM, NUMBER 58, I'M SORRY, 60 69, THIS CASE C 8 14 89 0 0 3 0.02 TO 300 SOUTH CONGRESS PUB ALSO KNOWN AS THE STATESMAN FUND.

THIS PROPERTY IS 18.86 ACRES LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF SOUTH CONGRESS AND LADY BIRD LAKE.

UM, I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT IN ALL MY MANY YEARS HERE DOING ZONING, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST PROMINENT LOCATION I'VE EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH A MINNESOTA CASE.

EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THE BATS.

EVERYBODY KNOWS IT BECAUSE IT'S A CONGRESS AT THE LAKE.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT MYSELF AND ALL THE OTHER CITY STAFF THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS CASE FOR THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, I'VE KEPT THAT IN MIND, AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT AND NEGOTIATING THIS PUTT, IT IS LOCATED AS YOU ALL KNOW, WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION PLAN AREA, UM, THAT PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE A RAY LANE PLAN, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE A PUT BEFORE US TODAY.

THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY ZONED PUD, AND THAT POD ALLOWS FOR 660,000 SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPMENT AND 96 FEET OF HEIGHT.

AND IT INCLUDES ALLOWED, USES INCLUDE A NEWSPAPER PLAN.

THE CURRENT

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USE IS THE CLOSED DOWN AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN NEWSPAPER PLANT AND THEIR OFFICES.

THE BUILDING ITSELF TODAY IS ENTIRELY VACANT.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE FOR 1,378 UNITS OF RESIDENTIAL ONE AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE, A 275 ROOM HOTEL, 150,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS.

THE HEIGHT ALLOWED WOULD BE CUT INTO, UM, THREE DIFFERENT ZONES OF 545 FEET, 480 FEET, 250 FEET, AND THE 90 FOOT ZONE, UM, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS PUD, UM, WITH CONDITIONS.

AND I'LL GO THROUGH THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.

UM, I DO HAVE ONE ADDITION THOUGH, A LATE ADDITION TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

UM, ONE THING THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WAS TO GUARANTEE A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

ONE THING I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO KEEP IN MIND.

WE SOMETIMES FORGET WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONING IS EVERYBODY WHO'S UP HERE WITH THE ZONING CASE BEFORE YOU HAS AN IDEA AND SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO A PROJECT IN MIND.

UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE SPEND OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT, BUT ZONING DOES NOT FORCE ANYBODY TO BUILD ANYTHING, WHETHER IT SAYS WHAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BUILD.

AND OFTENTIMES I THINK EVERY TIME I ACTUALLY, IT'S A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BUILD IN HIS OWN CATEGORY OR IN A PUTT FOR THAT MATTER.

UM, I THINK THAT GIVEN THIS LOCATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS LOCATION, IT'S STRONGLY DESIRABLE ON OUR PART TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS TRULY A MIXED USE PROJECT AND DOES NOT BECOME A SINGLE TENANT OFFICE PROJECT OR NOTHING BUT RESIDENTIAL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

SO I HAVE WORKED OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH ENDEAVOR WHO'S THE AFRICAN ON THIS CASE, UM, TO THAT THESE OTHER CONDITIONS, ONE, THERE WOULD BE MINIMUM OF ONE BUILDING WITH THE PRIMARY USE OF OFFICE.

THERE WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF THREE BUILDINGS, WAS THE PRIMARY USE OF RESIDENTIAL OR HOTEL AND NOT LESS THAN 40,000 NET USABLE SQUARE FEET MUST CONTAIN PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED USES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING GENERAL RETAIL SALES, FOOD SALES COCKTAIL, LOUNGE, RESTAURANT HEALTH CLUB, OR GROCERY STORE.

SO WHAT WE WANT TO GET THERE AS A MIXTURE OF OFFICE RESIDENTIAL, POSSIBLY HOTEL, AND THE 40,000 SQUARE FEET, I THINK WOULD GET US TO, UM, RETAIL AND RESTAURANT RELATED USES ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF, UM, ALL OF THE BUILDINGS.

SO THAT IS, UM, A LATE ADDITION TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

UM, THE CASE DID GO FOR BEFORE A MULTITUDE OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WE WENT BEFORE THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT WOULD NOT BE SUPERIOR UNTIL THE, THERE WERE ABOUT 15 ITEMS FROM THE, UM, PARKS DEPARTMENT STAFF THAT WERE STILL OUTSTANDING AT THE TIME THAT WE WENT BEFORE THE PARKS BOARD AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT IT NOT BE SUPERIOR TO THOSE ITEMS. UM, HAD BEEN RESOLVED.

MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A DIRECTOR MCNEELY HERE IS THAT THOSE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO A SIMILAR THING HAPPENED AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD.

UH, THE, THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT ALSO HAD A LIST OF SOME OUTSTANDING ITEMS ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER, TO BE HONEST.

AND THEY MADE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY DID NOT FEEL IT WOULD BE SUPERIOR UNTIL THOSE ITEMS HAD BEEN, UM, AGREED TO MY UNDERSTANDING.

AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE WATERSHED STAFF HERE THAT CAN SPEAK MORE SPECIFICALLY, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALL THOSE, UM, CONDITIONS HAVE SINCE BEEN AGREED TO.

WE WENT BEFORE THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD ALSO KNOWN AS THE SCHWAB AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS THE CONDITIONS FROM THE PARKS BOARD AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD, IF THOSE ARE MET, WHICH WERE THAT THE STAFF DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MET, THEN THEY WOULD FIND THAT THE PROJECT WAS IN FACT, UM, SUPERIOR.

SO, UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT DID HAVE THEIR BLESSING, BUT THEY WANTED TO SEE THE, THE, UM, ISSUES BROUGHT UP BY THE TWO PREVIOUS BOARDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

UH, WE ALSO WANT BEFORE THE SMALL AREA PLAN JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE ZONING PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, THEY DID RECOMMEND THE PROJECT PENDING THAT.

UH, WE FINISHED NEGOTIATING THOSE LAST FEW CONDITIONS, AS I MENTIONED.

AND FINALLY, WE WENT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND, UM, THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT.

HOWEVER THEY RECOMMENDED, UM, ABOUT 24, WELL, EXACTLY 24 AMENDMENTS BE MADE, UM, TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS A CONDITION OF THEIR APPROVAL.

UM, I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS CASE IS ACTUALLY AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING PUD AND NOT A NEW POD THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE, WE HAD A REVISION TO THE POD WARNINGS THAT WAS DONE IN 2007.

THEY CREATED THE SYSTEM THAT WE COMMONLY KNOWN AS TIER ONE, TIER TWO AND TIER THREE.

UM, THIS POD IS NOT SUBJECT TO THAT PARTICULAR PARTS OF THE PORT ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT PREDATES IT AND DATES IN FACT, BACK TO THE EIGHTIES, OR I'M SORRY.

UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT YEAR IS IT BE IN 1989? UM, SO HOWEVER, BECAUSE IT IS A POD, WE MAINTAIN THAT IT STILL HAS TO BE SUPERIOR TO STANDARD CODE IN 1989.

THE, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL DETERMINED THAT IT WAS FOR THE EXISTING POD AND THIS MAJOR AMENDMENT THAT REQUIRES COUNCIL APPROVAL, WE BELIEVE ALSO HAS TO SHOW SUPERIORITY OVER, UM, EXISTING CODE.

UM, THE REASONS THAT THE STAFF FEELS THAT THE CASE IS SUPERIOR TO THE

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STANDARD CODE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING.

THIS IS, UM, UM, NOT A TOTALLY INCLUSIVE LIST.

I'M GOING TO TRY AND READ OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS.

UH, THERE IS A PARKLAND DEDICATION OF 6.85 ACRES PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 1.59 ACRES OF EASEMENT, WHICH REPRESENTS OVER A THIRD OF THE PROPERTY.

AS I MENTIONED, THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 18.5 ACRES.

AND SO 6.85 ACRES, PLUS ANOTHER 1.6 ACRES ROUGHLY WOULD BE, UM, COME PARKLAND AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC.

UM, THEY ALSO AGREED TO THE DEDICATION OF THE RIGHT AWAY FOR THE EXTENSION OF BARTON SPRINGS ROAD.

THIS COMPRISES ABOUT 1.92 ACRES OF THE SITE AS ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL VISION PLAN.

BURTON SPRINGS ROAD WOULD MOSTLY HAVE BEEN ON OPERATING THE SOUTH KNOWN AS THE CROCKET PROPERTY.

HOWEVER, THE CROCKETTS ARE NOT READY AT THIS TIME TO PURSUE DEVELOPMENT OR EVEN PLANNING FOR DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS WE KNOW.

AND SO, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY TO HAVE BARTON SPRINGS ROAD TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC, NOT ONLY FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS THE FUTURE CROCKET DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT CONNECT RAIL STATION.

UM, THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE THAT BARTON SPRINGS ROAD WILL BE ENTIRELY ON THE STATESMAN PROPERTY, UM, THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WAS EXPECTED WITH SOUTH CENTRAL.

A VERY IMPORTANT ONE TO, UM, TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY THE URBAN DESIGN DIVISION IS THE PROVISION THAT 95% OF THE PARKING WOULD BE UNDERGROUND.

UM, I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN BUILT DOWNTOWN RECENTLY, AND I AGREE WITH ALL THESE OPINIONS THAT SOMETIMES YOU LOOK AT THESE BUILDINGS AND YOU SEE HALF PARKING GARAGE AND THEN HALF BUILDING ON TOP OF THAT.

OR SOMETIMES IT EVEN SEEMS A LITTLE MORE PARKING GARAGE IN THE BUILDING.

SO IF YOU TRY TO IMAGINE SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY UP THE ROAD HERE, A WAYS, AND YOU TAKE THOSE SAME BUILDINGS AND YOU PUT THEM ON TOP ON A LADY BIRD LAKE AT THE STATESMAN SIDE, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BE WALKING ALONG THE LAKE ON THE, LET'S SAY HEAD TOWARDS 35, YOU'RE HEADED EASTBOUND ON THE TRAIL.

ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU HAVE THE WATER ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU HAVE THE WALL OF A PARKING GARAGE.

SO IT COULD BE, LET'S SAY FIVE, 10 STORIES, TALL.

UM, UNDERGROUND PARKING IS VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE, ESPECIALLY THIS CLOSE TO THE LAKE BECAUSE OF THE WATER TABLE.

UM, AND WE FEEL IT IS A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO THE CITY FROM AN URBAN DESIGN PERSPECTIVE TO HAVE THOSE PARKING GARAGES BE UNDER THE GROUND AND OUT OF SIGHT.

UM, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS PER RECOMMENDED AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL VISION PLAN.

THIS COMES OUT TO 4% OF THE, UM, OF THE TOTAL RESIDENTIAL.

I GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT IN A SECOND.

UM, THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO AGREED TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF 1700 FEET OF THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL AND ENHANCED VIEWING AREA WITH EDUCATIONAL ELEMENTS, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, SUCH AS RAIN GARDENS ALONG THE LAKE, INCLUDING THE PROVISIONS TO PLAY SOME OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERGROUND, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BAD VIEWING AREA IS NOT REDUCED TO HELP FACILITATE THE CONNECTION OF THE BRIDGE ACROSS LADY BIRD LAKE FOR THE NEW PROJECT CONNECTED RAIL LINE, UM, TO PRESERVE ALL HERITAGE TREES, WHICH BY ITSELF IS NOT SUPERIOR, BUT TO, UM, AGREE TO SAVE 75% OF THE EXISTING TREES, UM, THAT ARE NOT HERE TO THE STREETS, WHICH WOULD BE SUPERIOR.

UM, THE APPLICANT, UM, AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL PROBABLY BE WORKING ON SOMETHING.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE THE NAME OF THIS, RIGHT, BUT A PARKLAND MAINTENANCE OPERATION AND PHASING AGREEMENT.

SO, UM, ONE THING THAT'S, UM, IMPORTANT TO THE APPLICANT AND PROBABLY TO THE CITY AS WELL, AS WELL AS PROJECT CONNECT, FRANKLY, IS THE PHASING OF THE DEDICATION OF THE PARKLAND ALONG THE WATERFRONT.

THE REASON FOR THAT IS WHILE THEY'RE BUILDING THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE A PART OF THIS PROJECT, THEY DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO COME TO THE CITY, CONSTANTLY GET WHAT WE CALL CHAPTER 26 APPROVAL.

EVERY TIME THEY HAVE TO PUT A CRANE OR DRIVE A DUMP TRUCK ONTO THE FUTURE PARKLAND.

SO THE GOAL WOULD BE ACTUALLY TO HAVE THE BUILDINGS GET BUILT AND THEN TO HAVE THE PARKLAND ADJACENT TO THAT BUILDING, UM, BE DEDICATED TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION, LIKEWISE FOR THE BRIDGE OVER THE LAKE FOR PROJECT CONNECT.

WE DON'T WANT TO DEDICATE THAT PARKLAND AND THEN HAVE TO FORCE A, UH, UM, A PUBLIC VOTE ON THE CROSSING OF THAT PARKLAND FOR THE RAIL.

SO THE ISSUES OF THE MAINTENANCE APART, YOU DEDICATE TIME, YOU HAVE THE DEDICATION OF THE PARK AND THE OPERATION OF THE PARK WOULD BE WORKED OUT IN A FUTURE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR HERE THAT THE APPLICANT RIGHT NOW IS PROPOSING THE D DEDICATE THE PARKLAND, WHICH WE DO FEEL IS SUPERIOR, UM, FOR THE PARK, AS WELL AS THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR BARTON SPRINGS ROAD.

HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT AT THIS TIME AGREEING TO, UM, BEAR THE COST OF IMPROVING THAT PARKLAND OR THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONSTRUCTION OF BARTON SPRINGS ROAD.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN PERFORMING THAT WORK, BUT NOT PAYING FOR THAT WORK.

AND THAT, THAT WOULD BE A PART OF POSSIBLY A PUBLIC, UM, FINANCING MECHANISM THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE CONSOLE, UM, SEPARATELY RECENTLY.

SO I KNOW THE APPLICANT HAS A VERY, UM, DETAILED DISCUSSION WITH LOTS OF SLIDES SHOWING HER DEVELOPMENT.

SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND STOP HERE BECAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE A QUITE A BIT TO SAY, BUT I'M AVAILABLE WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR

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IF YOU'D LIKE ME, OR WE COULD HEAR THE OUTCOMES PRESENTATION, THEN YOUR QUESTIONS AFTER THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD HEAR THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION.

I REMEMBER THE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS RICHARD SIDELL.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF.

I'M HERE AS THE TRUSTEE FOR THE COX FAMILY AND IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHUCK COX TRUST AND ENDEAVOR IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT TO YOU ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND COMPLICATED ZONING CASE TO HIT YOUR DESK.

AND CERTAINLY THAT I'VE EVER HANDLED.

IT'S AN AMENDMENT TO AN OLD PUD, SO IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO NEW POD RULES, BUT WE CHOSE TO VOLUNTARILY COME IN BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE USED TO SEEING AS TIER ONE AND TIER TWO CONVERSATIONS.

IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WILL HELP SHAPE AND IMPLEMENT THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED IN 2016.

IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WILL TRANSFORM AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY ON THE LAKE WHERE RESIDENTIAL USE IS CURRENTLY PROHIBITED.

THE CURRENT PUD NOT IS NOT JUST NOT ALLOWABLE.

RESIDENTIAL IS PROHIBITED UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE.

IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY DEFINED HOW WE PLAN AROUND THE NEXT CHAPTER OF TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION ON THE FUTURE RAIL LINE.

THE BLUE LINE TRANSPORTATION DEPENDS OR TRANSIT DEPENDS ON DENSITY IN THE RIGHT SPOT.

AND THIS IS THE RIGHT SPOT TO DO IT.

IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE A LARGE FINANCIAL IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY, THROUGH ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE TAX BASE.

CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES SHOW THAT IN EXCESS OF $10 MILLION A YEAR OF CITY TAX COULD BE GENERATED AT FULL BUILD-OUT.

THAT'S $237 MILLION OF CITY TAX OVER 20 YEARS AFTER BUILD-OUT.

AND THE OTHER TAXING JURISDICTIONS WILL RECEIVE COMMENSURATE TAXING REVENUE.

IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT PROVIDES FOR THE LAND FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE RAIL LINE AND THE EXTENSION OF BARTON SPRINGS ROAD.

IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, ENHANCED ACCESSIBILITY TO THE TRAILER PARK, INCLUDING ADA ACCESS, WHICH IS NON-EXISTENT RIGHT NOW, AND THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE ALONG THE LAKE.

AND FINALLY, POSSIBLY THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMUNITY BENEFIT THAT THIS CASE OFFERS IS NEARLY AN EIGHT ACRE EXPANSION OF OUR PARK TRAIL AND OPEN SPACE SYSTEM IN AN AREA ALONG THE LAKE, WHERE THERE IS NO PARKLAND.

THERE CURRENTLY IS NO PARKLAND ALONG THE STRETCH OF THE LAKE.

THE CASE IS COMPLICATED BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE AND LOCATION ON THE LAKE AND DOWNTOWN OF THE ALMOST 19 ACRES OF LAND, ALMOST 11 ACRES ARE PROPOSED FOR PUBLIC USE.

AND WHILE THE COX FAMILY ENDEAVOR WILLING TO SHOULDER THE COSTS OF MANY OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, THE END PRODUCT HAS TO MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND THE PUSH PULL AND THE GIVE GETS OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING IN INVITING AND, AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING THE CITY ON YOUR DELVING, INTO THE FACTS AND FIGURES, ALONG WITH THE CAREFUL DELIBERATION AND COLLABORATION WITH THE LANDOWNER WILL RESULT IN AN ANISE IN AN ASSET THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL.

I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING AND HELPFUL TO THE HISTORY OF THE SITE.

SOME FUN FACTS.

AT ONE POINT, THIS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST SPINACH GROWING SITES IN THE COUNTRY.

SPINACH WAS GROWN ON THIS SIDE YEARS AGO.

ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT IS IT'S SUBJECT TO A BOUNDARY LINE AGREEMENT.

WHEN THE DAM WAS BUILT, A BOUNDARY LINE AGREEMENT WAS ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE LAND OWNER.

AND IT ALLOWS FOR THE RECLAMATION OF SOME OF OUR LAND THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER WATER.

IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED PUD, AND IT'S A PUD THAT PROHIBITS RESIDENTIAL RIGHT DOWNTOWN.

IT HOUSED THE OFFICE AND PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES OF THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN FOR YEARS.

AND NOW THAT THE, THAT BAY, THAT BUILDING IS VACANT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A KEY POINT IN THE TIMING OF THIS PROJECT.

THE BUILDING IS VACANT NOW, AND THAT'S AN ISSUE.

IT HAS BECOME HOME TO ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR BAT VIEWING AREAS AT THE CONTINUED ACQUIESCENCE OF THE COX FAMILY.

THERE'S NO PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT TO VIEW THE BATS DOWN THERE, BUT IT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWED AND, AND HAS BEEN THE CURRENT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM CONGRESS AVENUE, THE LITTLE STAIRS, AND THE LITTLE TRAIL GOING FROM CONGRESS AVENUE IS NOT IN AN EASEMENT.

IT'S BEEN AT THE ACQUIESCENCE OF THE COX FAMILY FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

CURRENTLY THE ONLY PUBLIC ACCESS THROUGH THE SITE IS THROUGH THE 12 AND 15 FOOT TRAILER EASEMENT THAT GOES TO EAST WEST FROM THE BRIDGE OVER TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, STARTING IN 2013, THE CITY BEGAN THE PUBLIC PROCESS THAT LED TO THE 2016 ADOPTION OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL

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WATERFRONT PLAN, MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND HUNDREDS OF HOURS SPENT BY COMMUNITY GROUPS TO WRITE DOWN IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

WHAT THE VISION FOR THE, FOR THIS SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT WOULD BE IN 2016 AFTER AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AND SELECTION PROCESS THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COX FAMILY CHOSE ENDEAVOR TO BE THEIR DEVELOPMENT PARTNER.

YOU CAN KEEP GOING.

CAN I, IN 2017 AND 18 ENDEAVOR TOURED NORTH AMERICA, NORTH AMERICAN WATERFRONT PROPERTIES TO BRING THE BEST OF CLASS IDEAS TO THE TABLE FOR PLANNING OF THIS PROPERTY, SOM A WORLD-CLASS MASTER PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL FIRM WAS ENGAGED AT FURTHER THE PLANNING EFFORT.

AND TODAY THEY'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE EFFORTS SO FAR ON THAT PLANNING.

IN 2018, WE BEGAN THE, THE PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY PROCESS.

WE HAD MULTIPLE FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS AND INTERVIEWS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, SOME OF YOU ON THIS DAY, IT'S ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN THOSE INTERVIEWS.

IN 2019, WE FILED THE PET AMENDMENT AND THE CURRENT PERIOD BEGAN THE STAFF REVIEW PROCESS THAT WENT ON FOR YEARS IN 2020 PROJECT CONNECT PASSED WITH, WITH A PROPOSED RAIL LINE ON THE SITE, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLANNING PROCESS IN 2020, ALSO AFTER RECEIVING ALL OF THE COST ESTIMATES FOR THE PROJECT, THE CITY'S OUTSIDE CONSULTANT, ECO NORTHWEST UPDATED THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN, INCLUDING THE REVISED FINANCIAL ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE STATESMAN SITE.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU.

THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, HOPEFULLY AFTER FIRST READING AT NIGHT AND CERTAINLY BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD FOR YOU TO REALLY DELVE INTO THOSE, THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS THAT YOUR OWN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT MAY.

AND FROM 2019 TO THE PRESENT, TO THE PRESENT, WE WORK WITH YOUR STAFF CITY STAFF, AND WE ATTENDED AND APPEARED MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP MEETINGS AND COMMISSION HEARINGS.

AND NOW NEARLY THREE YEARS AFTER FILING THE PUD AMENDMENT, WE ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY, INVITING YOU AND ENCOURAGING THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE LANDOWNER AND THE COUNCIL TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, HOW WE WANT THIS ASSET TO LOOK AND THE GIVES AND THE GETS AND THE FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF IT.

I'LL TURN THIS OVER.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SHORT VIDEO.

AND THEN DOUG WITH SOM IS GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION.

I WANT TO MENTION, UH, I JUST BECAME AWARE OF EMOTION SHEET THAT I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO PASSED OUT.

UM, IT WAS CHOSEN NOT TO SHARE IT WITH US.

WE'VE DONE A QUICK LOOK AT IT.

IT IS LIKE THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN DO.

SOME THINGS WE CAN'T AND SOME THINGS WE, WE NEED TO TALK THROUGH, BUT WE ARE WHEN WE'RE AT THE TABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT ALL.

AND TONIGHT THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTE NOS.

THERE ARE ONLY, THERE ARE ONLY YESES AND MAYBES AND NEGOTIATIONS.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE VIDEO, WHICH I BELIEVE IS LOADED UP.

AND THEN DOUG, THANK YOU, MR. SUTTLE.

I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A COPY.

I PASSED THEM OUT PROBABLY 30 MINUTES AGO.

SO NO, ONE'S NO, ONE'S HAD IT TERRIBLY LONG, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO, YOU'RE WELCOME TO HAVE SOME COPIES.

I THINK THEY'RE FLOATING AROUND.

BE GLAD TO LOOK IT OVER.

THANK YOU, JAY HARDEN.

WE ARE PRESENTING A NEW VISION TO AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO CREATE A DYNAMIC AND INCLUSIVE DESTINATION THAT BUILDS UPON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN.

THIS NEW DISTRICT WILL ENHANCE OUR EXISTING ROADS, BIKES, AND TRAIL SYSTEM, FURTHER CONNECTING AND ACTIVATING THE LIKE WATERFRONT TODAY.

THIS SITE CONSISTS OF THE EXISTING 15 FOOT WIDE TRAIL OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LAKEFRONT.

IF APPROVED OVER SEVEN AND A HALF ACRES OF PRIVATE LAND WILL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE WITH NEW PARK AND OPEN SPACE ALONG THE LAKE, ALL ACCESSIBLE VIA CONGRESS, RIVERSIDE, AND AN EXTENSION OF BARTON SPRINGS ROAD.

THIS PROJECT WOULD EXPAND EXISTING BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PASS, INCREASING CONNECTION POINTS TO AN ENHANCING.

THE BUTLER HIKE AND BIKE

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TRAIL.

ALL OF AUSTIN WILL HAVE ACCESS VIA ROAD, BUS, BIKE, OR TRAIL AS WELL AS TRANSIT VIA PROJECT CONNECTS NEW BLUE LINE STATION.

ESTABLISHING THIS SITE AS A NEW MULTI-MODAL UP WE'RE CREATING A NEW ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO WALK STROLL AND HANG OUT VIBRANT, DIVERSE, AND WELCOMING A PUBLIC SPACE THAT EMBRACES OUR CITY'S CULTURE AND HONORS THE SPIRIT OF AUSTIN.

WE ARE IMPROVING ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION PLAN BY PUTTING NEARLY ALL PARKING BELOW GRADE AND OUT OF SIGHT, CREATING A BETTER VISUAL EXPERIENCE FOR PEDESTRIANS, BIKES AND CARS THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TO THE WATERFRONT FROM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.

IF APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THIS WILL BECOME A NEW DESTINATION FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY, OFFERING PLACES TO LIVE, RELAX, AND STAY AND PLACES TO WORK, SHOP AND DINE A NEW DESTINATION FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

IF YOU COULD BRING UP THE SLIDES THAT YOU HAD UP EARLIER, THAT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL.

IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE.

WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THE CITY.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

MY NAME'S DOUG.

A PARTNER WITH THE FIRM'S SKIDMORE, OWINGS AND MERRILL BASED IN CHICAGO FOR THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY ON ADVANCING THESE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE EMBODIED WITHIN THAT VISION, PRINCIPLES AND ASPIRATIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, BUT APPLIED DIRECTLY TO EVERYTHING WE DO ON THIS SITE.

IN FACT, THOSE PRINCIPLES APPLY TO A MUCH LARGER AREA THAN THE 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS SITE HERE SHOWN IN PINK.

AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS ONLY A PORTION OF THE WHOLE THERE, A COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE OVER HALF OF THE DISTRICTS, OPEN SPACE ON THIS SITE, PRIMARILY ON THE WATERFRONT, BUT AS WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU MOMENTARILY, OTHER SPACES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO CREATING A GREAT PLACE, NEXT SLIDE, YOU ALL KNOW THE SITE.

IT'S AMAZING.

IT'S AMAZING IN TERMS OF ITS LOCATION, BUT ALSO THAT'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TRAIL, THE TRAIL HEAD TO A MUCH MORE EXPANSIVE SET OF OPEN SPACES ALONG THIS GREAT RECREATIONAL RESOURCE FOR THE CITY.

BUT TODAY THERE'S A VACANT BUILDING AND SURFACE PARKING.

IN FACT, THERE'S OVER OVER SEVEN ACRES OF SURFACE PARKING ON THE SITE TODAY AND THE EXISTING BUILDING EXTENDS NOT ONLY INTO THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SETBACKS, BUT ALSO ACROSS INTO THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.

AND SO THIS IS OUR VISION, OUR VISION TO RECONNECT THE COMMUNITY TO THE LAKE, TO CREATE A WALKABLE VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE PLACE AND TO EXTEND THE FABRIC OF THE CITY, NOT ONLY INTO THE SITE, BUT THAT THIS PROJECT CONNECTS WITH THE FABRIC OF THE CITY AROUND IT.

AND ALTHOUGH YOU DON'T SEE THAT SOUTH OF BARTON SPRINGS TODAY, THERE ARE BIGGER PLANS AS PART OF THE SOUTH CENTER WATERFRONT PLAN.

AND OVER TIME, THIS WILL NOT BE SEEN AS A PROJECT, BUT AS A PART OF THIS GREAT CITY, NEXT SLIDE.

SO HOW DID WE GET THERE? WE SHOULD POINT OUT THIS PLAN IS DIFFERENT IN THE PHYSICAL GEOMETRIES THAT WERE PUT FORWARD IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN.

WE HAD TO TURN AND ROTATE THE GRID THAT WAS PUT FORWARD TO ADDRESS THE MULTIPLE LAND OWNERSHIP, BUT TO ENSURE THAT THOSE PRINCIPLES OF CONNECTIVITY OF POROSITY OF PUBLIC SPACE AT THE LAKEFRONT WERE ALL PUT IN PLACE THROUGH THE SINGLE DEFINITION OF THIS SITE.

AND WE DID THAT THROUGH EXPANDING THE PUBLIC REALM, AND THIS IS A PRIORITY.

IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY FOR US FROM THE BEGINNING TO LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF THIS AMAZING SET OF SPACES THAT LINK BUILDINGS, PEOPLE IN PLACE TOGETHER.

WE'LL UNPACK THIS IN JUST A MOMENT, YOU SEE A POROSITY OF STREETS, WELL SCALED SIDEWALKS, ALL DEFINED BY ACTIVE STREETSCAPES.

SO AS PART OF THIS VISION, AND

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NEXT SLIDE AS WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY MANY TIMES THERE IS NO ACCESS OTHER THAN THE DRIVEWAYS UP TO THE SITE TODAY.

NEXT SLIDE, THE PLAN TO EXTEND BARTON SPRINGS TO CONNECT IT ACROSS AND DOWN TO EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE.

BUT TO ALSO PROVIDE A SERIES OF LOCAL STREETS THAT ALLOW VEHICLES TO CIRCULATE, BUT ALSO PROVIDE ACCESS TO MULTIPLE BUILDING PARCELS.

WE ALSO ANTICIPATE AND PLAN ON HOW THIS PROJECT CAN BENEFIT, BUT ALSO LEVERAGE THE INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT THE CITY WILL MAKE IN THE PROJECT CONNECT AND THE NEW BLUE LINE STATION.

SO THAT EVERY PART OF THE SITE IS WITHIN A THREE TO FIVE MINUTE WALK OF TRANSIT.

SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THROUGH SOME OF THESE VISUALIZATIONS ARRIVING AT THE LANDING, THIS INCREDIBLE NEW PUBLIC SPACE ON THE LAKEFRONT DEFINED BY ACTIVE, LOWER SCALED TERRACES FRONTING THE SPACE AS YOU COME ACROSS, EITHER BY TRAIN, BY BIKE OR BY FOOT.

THIS IMAGE REPRESENTS THE COMMITMENT TO CREATE A GREAT PUBLIC WATERFRONT, THE QUALITY OF THE PUBLIC REALM, THE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND INTEGRATION WITH THE BUILDINGS THAT FRAME THESE IMPORTANT PUBLIC SPACES, BUT IT'S ALL HELD TO A COMMITMENT AROUND THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES REQUIRED IN BUILDING ON LADY BIRD LAKE, NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MOMENT HERE ARE WHAT ARE THOSE ACTIVITIES WE PLAN? HOW HAVE WE DESIGNED THESE PUBLIC SPACES TO BE A PLACE FOR EVERYONE? SO NOT ONLY DO YOU SEE FROM THE GREAT LAWN OVER A NEW, I GET TWO MORE MINUTES.

YOU CAN KEEP GOING.

NOT ONLY A GREAT PEER, A SERIES OF STEPS THAT LEAD YOU DOWN TO THE WATER, BUT ALSO A BOARDWALK THAT BRINGS YOU OUT TO NOT ONLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE VIEWS OF THE CITY, BUT THE BRIDGE ITSELF AND OTHER THINGS THAT WILL EMERGE OVER TIME.

SO JUST TO GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL, THERE WAS MENTION OF THE RAIN GARDENS.

THERE'S MULTIPLE PLACES TO DEAL WITH STORM WATER IN A VERY ECOLOGICAL AND SENSITIVE WAY.

THERE'S PLACES FOR PLAY BOTH IN NATURE, AS WELL AS PRAIRIE TERRACES, BUT THERE'S ALSO A GREAT LAWN.

AND SO THIS DISCUSSION OF PLACES TO VIEW THE BATS TO EXPERIENCE THE GREATNESS OF THE CITY ARE MULTIPLE THEY'RE DIVERSE AND THEY'RE WELL SCALED TO CPC AS PART OF A LARGER WHOLE NEXT SLIDE.

AS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, GOING FROM NO ACCESS TO FIVE ACCESS POINTS, THESE ARE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS POINTS THAT LEAD YOU DIRECTLY UNOBSTRUCTED OUT TO THE LAKEFRONT, ALL ADDRESSING UNIVERSAL ACCESS, BUT EMPHASIZING THE WALKABILITY AND POROSITY OF THIS DISTRICT.

NEXT TIME, WE'VE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF BIKES WITHIN AUSTIN.

AND SO, ALTHOUGH ALLOW AN ANTICIPATE BIKES TO MOVE FREELY THROUGH THE DISTRICT WE'RE COMMITTED TO ON BARTON SPRINGS ROAD, HAVING A DEDICATED BIKE LANE THAT ALLOWS LONGER DURATION CYCLISTS TO MOVE THROUGH THE SITE, TO CONNECT OVER TO THE TRAIL CONNECTION WITHOUT INTERFECT INTERFERING WITH PEDESTRIANS AND MOVEMENT WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF THE SITE.

AND WHY DO WE DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO DESIGN THIS PLACE FOR PEOPLE.

WE WANT TO CREATE THESE PLAZAS THAT HAVE THESE INCREDIBLE VIEWS, THESE PLACES THAT ARE WELL SCALED THAT YOU WANT TO SPEND TIME, BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO COME BACK NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO EACH OF THESE BLOCKS ALL MUCH SMALLER THAN WHAT YOU TYPICALLY SEE IN CITIES.

THESE ARE ABOUT 200 BY 200 FEET, PERHAPS A LITTLE BIGGER, BUT A LITTLE SMALLER, BUT IT'S TO IMPROVE THE WALKABILITY OF THIS DISTRICT TO ALLOW DIVERSITY OF BUILDINGS AS YOU START TO SEE IN THESE ROOFTOPS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS COMMITMENT TO PARKING AND TO LOCATE 95% OF THE PARKING COMPLETELY BELOW GRADE, WE KNOW WHAT THIS CAN ACHIEVE.

WE'VE SEEN IT DONE IN OTHER CITIES.

IT CREATES AN ACTIVE STREET EDGE.

IT GIVES YOU MORE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THINGS THAT PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY'RE ON THE STREET AND NOT HAVING TO BE SECRETIVE IN HOW WE HIDE THE PARKING, BUT BE INTENTIONAL OF HOW WE MAKE PLACES ALONG THESE STREETS.

THAT HAVE POSITIONED TO ALLOW VIEWS BEYOND ONE ANOTHER, BUT ALSO VIEWS AND LIGHT TO ACCESS THE STREET LEVEL.

BUT THESE BLOCKS HAVE ALSO BEEN PLANNED TO ACCOMMODATE A VARIETY OF USES, A VARIETY OF USES IN TERMS OF BUILDING SHAPE, PODIUMS, EXCUSE ME, THAT HOLD THE STREET EDGE THAT ACTIVATE THE STREET TALLER BUILDINGS

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IT ALSO ACCOMMODATES AND ADDRESSES THE DESIRES OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN WITH HEIGHT INCREASING TOWARDS CONGRESS AVENUE.

THERE'S SO MUCH MORE TO TALK ABOUT ABOUT THIS PLAN AND WE'RE HAPPY TO GO INTO NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC BENEFITS, BUT OTHER COMMITMENTS, THIS PROJECT PUT FORWARD AS A MODEL FOR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

THEY REINFORCED CONGRESS AVENUE.

AND SO IN CLOSING, THIS IS OUR VISION.

IT'S A VISION THAT ACTUALLY CAPTURES AND EMBODIES THOSE PRINCIPLES OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN.

THAT CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY AND WITH THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A PART OF THE CITY.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS VIEW, THE BUILDINGS COME UP, THEY REINFORCE THE QUALITY OF THE STREETS.

THIS IS ABOUT KNITTING INTO THE FABRIC OF THE CITY AND ADDING TO WHAT IS ALREADY AN AMAZING PLACE.

OUT THAT THOSE FORMAL AREAS THAT PEER IN THAT BOARDWALK THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE WATER BECOME CRITICAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERIORITY, BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM PLACES TO ACCESS THE WATER WITHOUT DEGRADING THAT NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

HI THERE.

MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.

UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS JONATHAN OGRE AND I'M WITH SIGLO GROUP AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE PROJECT AS THE ECOLOGIST.

UM, AND SO MR. ASKED ME TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH HIS PROJECT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERIORITY, UM, TO REFER TO A DETAILED A LIST.

YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR TIER TWO TABLE.

UM, MOST OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO MENTION RIGHT NOW ARE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESTORATION PLAN.

UH, ONE, ONE THING TO CONSIDER HERE IS, UH, JUST THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROJECT THAT EVERYBODY HAS MENTIONED.

AND SO THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT IS AVAILABLE, THERE'S TWO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON.

ONE IS THE BAT, WHICH BATS, WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT AS WELL AS THE SHORELINE OF LADY BIRD, LIKE, UM, MR. TUTTLE REALLY SAID, THIS ELOQUENTLY ARE READY.

UM, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE WE HAVE IN AUSTIN, THE LARGEST URBAN BAT COLONY IN THE WORLD, RIGHT THERE.

UM, I'VE WORKED IN ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR NUMEROUS YEARS AND GOING DOWN AND WATCHING THOSE BATS.

I THINK IT IS THE MOST POWERFUL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN AUSTIN SITTING THERE AND THE IMPLICIT VALUE YOU SEE IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND SEEING PEOPLE GATHERING TOGETHER AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THINGS MERGED TOGETHER.

THE APPLICANT HAS TALKED TO NUMEROUS CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH BATS, BATS, CONSERVATION, INTERNATIONAL TUTTLE, BAT CONSERVATION, AS WELL AS AUSTIN BAT REFUGE.

AND WHAT THEY'VE COME BACK WITH IS A LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY REQUESTED.

75 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE WILL BE DARK SKY COMPLIANT, MAINTAIN THE BALD CYPRESS FRINGE ON THE EDGE.

UH, KEEP THE AREA ADJACENT TO CONGRESS, BRIDGE CLEAR FOR THE BACK GATHERING AS THEY GO OUT, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, THROUGH SD, THROUGH DD, THROUGH CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, AND FINALLY HELP CREATE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES MOVING TO THE SHORELINES OF LADY BIRD LAKE, UM, THE RESTORATION AND THE FLOOD PLAYING FORCE THERE.

MOST OF THE AREA IN THE WESTERN SIDE OF THIS SITE IS DOMINATED BY THE UNDERSTORY IS DOMINATED BY INVASIVE SPECIES.

THE APPLICANT HAS COMMITTED TO MANAGING THOSE INVASIVE SPECIES DOWN TO THE LESS THAN 5% OF THE COVER AND THEN CREATING ENTIRE PLANT COMMUNITIES.

SO THAT MEANS A HERBACIOUS LAYER AND UNDERSTORY LAYER AND A CANOPY LAYER THROUGHOUT THAT FLOOD PLAIN FOREST.

AND THEN THE WETLAND FRINGE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO YOUR WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S THAT AREA RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE WATER, THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE BUTTON BUSH AND, UH, AMERICAN WATER WILLOW THAT ARE NOT ON THE SITE CURRENTLY.

AND THEN FINALLY USING THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, TO CREATE A PLACE FOR POLLINATORS POLLINATOR SPECIES AND PRAIRIE SPECIES WITHIN THE SITE.

AND THEN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE PROTECT THESE ELEMENTS.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS ABOUT THE 10 MILES AROUND LADY BIRD LAKE IS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET TO THE WATER.

IT IS A SITE THAT IS OVER LOVED AND OVERUSED.

SO THINKING ABOUT THOSE EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT BOUNDARIES TO THOSE NATURAL AREAS, THINKING ABOUT A SPLIT RAIL FENCING, CABLE FENCING, AND, AND HARDSCAPES THAT KEEP PEOPLE FROM GOING IN THOSE NATURAL AREAS.

AND THEN FINALLY IT TURNS

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ONE OTHER ELEMENT, THE APPLICANT IS COMMITTED TO A SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR, FOR THE SITE AND THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH PEOPLE LIKE BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL AND THE TRAIL FOUNDATION TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

MAYOR COUNCIL.

WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

YOU CAN TELL WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS FOR A GOOD NUMBER OF YEARS, AND WE'RE HOPING TONIGHT TO HOPEFULLY GET FIRST READING WITH THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE, OR THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER OR THE STAFF HAVE, AND GET A FIRST DRAFT OF A, OF A PUDDLE ORDINANCE.

SO THAT I THINK SOME OF THIS EARLIER SPEAKERS RIGHTFULLY SO, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ORDINANCE, BUT, AND THEN, AND THEN LET US SORT THROUGH THE GIVES AND THE GETS OF THIS SITE IN THIS ASSET.

THANK YOU, HOLLY.

THIS IS A, OBVIOUSLY A REAL EXCITING DEVELOPMENT, BUT AS YOU POINT OUT A PRETTY CRUCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR DOWNTOWN, UM, I THINK WE'RE STARTING TONIGHT.

WHAT'S GOING TO BE A, A MUCH LONGER CONVERSATION.

I'M NOT SURE WE RESOLVE ANYTHING TONIGHT ABOUT HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT'S MOSTLY ABOUT ISSUE IDENTIFICATION AND THINGS.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THINGS THAT SOME OF US WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

UM, BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I STILL WONDER WHERE THE REGULATING PLAN IS.

UH, BUT THAT IS, UH, BESIDE, UH, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE POD CONVERSATION COLLEAGUES, CASPER, TOVO SOME, UH, QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

UM, NO, ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO START, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.

UM, I WONDER IF YOU COULD, LET'S SEE, I THINK THE SECOND SPEAKER, IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PRESENTATION, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T CATCH YOUR NAME.

I KNOW YOU'RE FROM THE CHICAGO FIRM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

UM, IF WE COULD SEE YOUR PRESENTATION AND ESPECIALLY, I THINK MAYBE IF WE COULD START WITH THE LAST SLIDE AND IF YOU COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND SOME OF THAT ACCESS AND WHILE WE'RE WAITING TO PULL THAT UP, I'LL JUST SAY, THIS IS AN EXCITING, I THINK THIS IS A, A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, I'VE BEEN PART OF A LOT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, BOTH IN THE INTERVIEWS AND ATTENDING SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS YEARS AGO.

AND, AND OF COURSE THIS IS IN DISTRICT NINE AND I HAVE A KEEN INTEREST IN, IN SEEING IT MOVE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT IS REALLY, UH, BECOMES A COMMUNITY ASSET.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL, ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED ON IT.

SO IN THIS AREA, I MEAN ON THIS SCREEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE AND I, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON MY AMENDMENT SHEET HERE TODAY THAT ADDRESSES THIS.

ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME TO US WAS TO PROVIDE ACCESS AS IT CURRENTLY IS FROM THE CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE.

SO THAT AS, AS PEOPLE APPROACH THIS SPACE, THEY'VE THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET TO THAT PARK.

IT IS EMBRACING OF THE PUBLIC.

IF THIS IS TO BE A PUBLIC PARK, WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO ACCESS IT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT TO GET THERE, THOUGH, I, I TRUST, UM, BASED ON YOUR SLIDES, THAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE INTENTION IS TO CREATE A SPACE THAT IS EMBRACING OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL OF ITS ELEMENTS.

BUT CAN YOU TELL US FROM HERE HOW ONE WOULD GET TO THAT GREEN SPACE? SO IF I'M WALKING, IF I'M ONE OF THOSE RUNNERS, I WOULDN'T BE ONE OF THE RUNNERS.

IF I WERE WALKING ON THAT LITTLE PIECE ON CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE, HEADING SOUTH, COULD YOU TAKE YOUR CURSOR AND KIND OF SHOW US WHERE, WHERE ONE, WHERE AND HOW ONE WOULD ACCESS THE PARK, PLEASE? SO LUCKILY I AM A RUNNER, SO I'LL DO THAT WITH YOU.

UM, BUT COULD I ASK THAT WE GO TO A PLAN TO SHOW WHERE THAT ACCESS POINT IS BECAUSE FOR, FOR THE REST OF THE, TO HERE, AND THEN I CAN COME BACK TO HERE TO CLARIFY, THERE WAS A SLIDE AND I THINK IT WAS EARLIER IN IT AND IT WAS CALLED JUST THAT ACCESS.

UM, YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER SLIDES I WANTED YOU TO WALK US THROUGH.

UM, CAN YOU GO, NO, GO BACK.

IT'S A PLAN BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, UM, WITH THE BLUE LINES, LET'S GO BACK THREE OR FOUR THERE.

AWESOME.

YEAH, I THINK THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS ACTUALLY

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CALLED ACCESS TO, YEAH.

NEXT ONE.

UP HERE.

WOULD THIS BE OKAY? CONSEQUENTLY.

AND I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE TOO THAT SAID JUST ACCESS IT, ACCESS SOMETHING, SOMETHING AT THE, SURE.

LET ME TRY MY BEST TO EXPLAIN IT FROM HERE.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE GRADE AT CONGRESS TODAY, UM, FROM THE SITE STARTS TO INCREASE AS YOU MOVE CLOSER TO THE BRIDGE FOR THE ABUTMENT, ALL OF THOSE REASONS, CORRECT.

UM, THERE IS A PATH THAT IS ACCESSIBLE FROM TWO POINTS, AND UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T POINT TO WHERE THOSE ARE.

UM, CAN I TAKE YOUR CURSOR? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JENNIFER, MY COLLEAGUE, UH, JENNIFER'S COLLIN WILL ASSIST.

SO TODAY THERE'S AN ACCESS POINT, NOT FAR FROM WHERE WE'RE SHOWING THE DIAGNOSIS, COMING OUT TO CONGRESS AVENUE THAT IS THROUGH A SERIES OF STEPS THAT LEAD YOU DOWN TO A GRAVEL PATH.

THAT BRINGS YOU PRETTY MUCH RIGHT ALONG THE BRIDGE, BUT AT THE LOWER LEVEL, AS IT EXTENDS OUT TO THE LAKEFRONT, AND THEN A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH KIND OF BY THE SEA AND THE CONGRESS, THERE IS A SET OF STAIRS, ACTUALLY MANY STAIRS THAT ONE CAN TAKE TO GET DOWN TO THAT SMALLER PATH.

WE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS TOPIC AND THAT PATH, AND AS PART OF REINFORCING THE LARGER FABRIC OF THE CITY AND NOT SEEING THIS AS A PROJECT, BUT SEEING IT AS SOMETHING THAT DEFINED STREETS, EVEN THOSE THAT WE ADDRESS LIKE CONGRESS, LIKE BARTON SPRINGS, THOSE BUILDINGS ARE BEST TO COME UP, TO HAVE THEIR ENTRANCES FROM AND REINFORCE THE QUALITIES OF CONGRESS AS A GREAT STREET, WHERE BUILDINGS HOLD THE SIDEWALKS.

WE HAD ALSO RECEIVED FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS THAT HOLDING THE DEVELOPMENT BACK AND MAINTAINING THAT PATH MAY PRESENT ADDITIONAL SAFETY CONCERNS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF VISIBILITY AT THAT LOWER LEVEL AND CONGRESS SLOPING UP AND THE BUILDINGS ADJACENT TO THAT.

NOW, AS WE MOVE FURTHER NORTH, RIGHT WHERE THE SEA IN THE CONGRESS IS, THERE IS NOT THAT FAR, CAUSE THAT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE BATS RIGHT AROUND THERE.

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL TO FURTHER EXPLORE.

WE'RE NOT INTO BUILDING DESIGN.

THESE ARE PLANNING CONCEPTS TO LOOK AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS, TO PROVIDE WAYS TO GET DOWN TO THE LAKEFRONT.

I, I SHOULD MENTION THOUGH, AND I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN ABOUT WALKING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK THE INTENTION THOUGH, THE UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHY IS THAT THESE STREETS ARE ALWAYS OPEN THEY'RE PART OF THE CITY.

THEY'RE PART OF WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU WALK DOWNTOWN AND THAT THOSE IDEAS OF PROJECT OVER TIME ARE ERASED.

AND THIS JUST BECOMES A GREAT DISTRICT, LIKE OTHER GREAT PARTS OF AUSTIN.

I APPRECIATE THAT POINT.

I'LL I'LL MOW THAT ONE OVER IF WE COULD GO BACK AND THIS IS A HELPFUL DIALOGUE, HELPFUL DIAGRAM.

COULD WE GO BACK TO THAT LAST SLIDE? YEAH.

IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT LAST RENDERING AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN BY SAFETY? WHAT W WHAT WERE THE SAFETY CONCERNS? THE LACK OF VISIBILITY AT WHAT IS REALLY, UH, AN ALLEYWAY BETWEEN THE CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE AND THE, WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE, THOSE THREE TO FOUR STORIES OF DEVELOPMENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF CONGRESS.

SO LACK OF VISIBILITY FROM THE STREET CONCERN THAT THERE'S LESS PEOPLE DOWN THERE OBSERVING, BECAUSE IT'S NOT PART OF THE FABRIC THAT THE STREET LEVEL, WHICH IS CONGRESS HAS.

SO IF THE, IF THE BUILDING, UM, THAT IS ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT WHERE TO MOVE TO THE LEFT, CORRECT, THEY WOULD, IT WOULD THAT THERE WOULD CREATE THAT THE QUARTER, THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT THE QUARTER THAT WOULD BE CREATED COULD POSE SAFETY, POTENTIALLY CHALLENGES, BUT AS I JUST TO BE CLEAR, AS I UNDERSTAND THE DIAGRAM THAT YOU JUST PRESENTED IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT ACCESS, IF I WERE ONE OF THOSE WALKING DOWN THERE, I WOULD NEED TO WALK BEYOND THAT BUILDING AND THEN MAKE A LEFT AND THEN COME THROUGH THE PROJECT TO GET TO THE LAWN.

SO, WHEREAS RIGHT NOW YOU CAN GET FROM CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE DOWN THE STEPS AS YOU'VE DESCRIBED THE STEPS, CORRECT.

UM, DOWN TO, DOWN TO THE, OR GO A LITTLE FURTHER AND THEN TAKE THE PATH DOWN TO THE ACCESS POINT.

UM, NOW YOU WOULD NEED TO KIND OF GO ALL THE WAY FROM THE BRIDGE ALL THE WAY AROUND THROUGH THE ROAD, AND THEN THROUGH THE PROJECT WHERE THAT SECOND ACCESS POINT IS TODAY.

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THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

I, I HOPE THAT I KNOW YESTERDAY IN OUR CONVERSATION, UM, WITH THE APPLICANTS REPRESENTATIVES, WE RAISED THIS ISSUE, AND I THINK THERE WAS A WILLINGNESS TO TAKE A LOOK AT, AT SOME OTHER, SOME OTHER OPTIONS THERE.

UM, AND SO WE'LL KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT.

I'LL LEAVE IT THERE IN CASE OTHERS HAVE QUESTIONS, OF COURSE, JUST FROM LOOKING AT THIS RENDERING, THIS IDEA OF TERRACES WITHIN WHAT WE CALL THE PODIUM, THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE BUILDING, CAUSE THEN A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW, TO DO CREATIVE THINGS, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU'VE RAISED, UH, FINDING ALTERNATE WAYS TO ACCESS IT'S DOWN TO THE PARKLAND.

I THINK, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

IT JUST IS, YOU KNOW, IT IS QUITE A, IT IS QUITE A DIFFERENT KIND OF PATH DOWN TO THAT PUBLIC PARK.

AND IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT, I THINK THEY'VE GOTTA BE ABLE TO DO IT SOONER.

I MEAN, IT'S WONDERFUL AND I THINK NECESSARY TO HAVE ADA ACCESSIBLE PATHS DOWN THERE, BUT I DO THINK PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET TO IT SOONER FROM THE BRIDGE, RATHER THAN WALKING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING.

IF I MAY MAKE ONE OTHER MENTION FROM A CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH THE WORKING GROUP OF THE PLAN COMMISSION WAS TO MAINTAIN A BUFFER FROM THAT EDGE OF THE CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE AS WELL FROM THE BATS.

SO THAT PEDESTRIANS WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO UP CLOSE TO THE PART OF THE BRIDGE AS YOU GET SOUTH OF THAT.

SO JUST ANOTHER CONSIDERATION THAT WE TOOK INTO WHERE WE HAVE PATHS AND THE DESIGN OF THE OPEN SPACE.

I RECEIVED A LOT OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AND THAT LITTLE PIECE, SO I'LL HAVE TO SORT THROUGH THAT AS WELL, BUT THANK YOU SURE.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYBODY HAS THEIR HAND RAISED, SO LET'S, YOU KNOW, SHOOT A QUESTION OR TWO AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE WE CIRCULATE BACK THROUGH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE CAPSULE, REBECCA KELLY, COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AT NEW AIRPORT TIME.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT JUST SINCE WE'RE ON FIRST READING, WHEN IT DID DAYLIGHT, UM, THAT I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REACTIVATE AND RE-ENGAGE THIS PARTICULAR PART OF, UM, DOWNTOWN AUSTIN AND SOUTH AUSTIN.

I LOVE THE INCLUSION OF THE BIKE LANES AND REALLY WANT TO, UM, JUST HELP ADVOCATE FOR MY EXCITEMENT FOR MORE SAFE, PROTECTED, INVITING BIKE LANES.

I KNOW THAT IS A CONCEPT THAT WE WERE PUSHING PRETTY HEAVILY HERE IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.

AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DO THAT IN ALL PARTS OF TOWN.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BE BICYCLING AND BIKING AND USING OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION BESIDES CARS, UM, IS LOOKED AT AND, UM, AND ENFORCED.

AND THEN IN, IN THAT SAME LINE OF THINKING HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SPACES THAT ARE OPEN FOR PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE ACTIVITY ARE, UM, NOT OVERHEATED, THAT THERE'S LOTS OF SHADE AND LOTS OF PLANTS, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY THINKING A LOT ABOUT.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, I DO KNOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR SITE I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO ATTEND TWO DIFFERENT CONCERTS ON THE SITE AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS.

SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH HOW THE FAMILY AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN OCCUPYING THAT BUILDING EVEN AS, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE LARGE INDUSTRIAL TYPE OF BUILDING WITH A LOT OF SURFACE PARKING, THEY'VE STILL FOUND WAYS TO INVITE PEOPLE INTO THEIR SPACE AND TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE LIVE MUSIC AND BE A PART OF AUSTIN.

AND THEN AS WITH ALL, UH, SITUATIONS THAT INVOLVE MIS MIXED USE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT ELIMINATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDCARE TO BE AVAILABLE.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME HISTORIC, UM, YOU KNOW, VOTING PRACTICES DECADES AND DECADES AGO WHERE WE SAID NO CHILDCARE, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A DIOCESE, WE'RE INVITING THAT TYPE OF USE IN, INTO THESE SPACES BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE LIVING, WORKING, AND PLAYING TO HAVE ACCESS TO, TO CHILDCARE AS WELL.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I FOUND IT VERY EXCITING AND VERY INFORMATIVE AS WE WERE KELLY.

UM, I REALLY LIKED THE PRESENTATION.

IT WAS NICELY LAID OUT.

I LIKE THE VISION.

IT'S GREAT.

I JUST, IS THIS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO VIEW.

UM, I KNOW IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT.

AND SO I'M GOING TO NEED SOME TIME TO REALLY DIGEST EVERYTHING THAT THAT WAS PUT IN FRONT OF US.

AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY REALLY NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL.

SO AS SUCH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEMS 67 THROUGH 69 RELATED TO THE SOUTH CONGRESS PUD.

AND, UM, JUST THAT WE CAN GET SOME MORE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, MAKE MORE DECISIONS.

OF THE BARTON SPRINGS ROAD EXTENSION AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

THAT WOULD BE A WALKING AMENDMENT OR YOU HOCKEY MOTION, WHICH YOU CAN'T DO, BUT IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU WOULD POSTPONE IT AT THIS TIME.

LET'S SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMENTS ARE BEFORE WE POSTPONE IT TO OTHER PEOPLE, GET A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO SAY THERE ARE INTRODUCTORY STUFF TO CASPER KITCHEN.

UM, I HAVE, UM, I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL ONLY ASK TWO VERY SHORT ONES.

UM, THE FIRST ONE IS RELATES TO THE, UM, BARTON SPRINGS ROAD EXTENSION.

SO I'M JUST WANTING TO CLARIFY WHETHER THAT, UM, THE CURRENT CODE OR THE MOBILITY PLAN REQUIRES A DEDICATION AND CONSTRUCTION

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IS THAT REQUIRED OR NO, GOOD EVENING.

I'M CURTIS BAY WITH AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

THE S AND P AS IT STANDS NOW, EVEN BEFORE THE AMENDMENTS DOES SHOW THAT AS A PUBLIC ROADWAY, THE PARDON SPRINGS EXTENSION, UH, AND ALSO PROVIDING PROTECTED BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS.

SO THAT'S REQUIRED TO, TO DO BOTH.

UM, OKAY.

UM, THEN I ALSO, OH, WAIT, I DID HAVE, SORRY, ONE OTHER.

UM, SO I'M CURIOUS, SO THERE'LL BE A TIA AS PART OF THIS, RIGHT? YES.

THERE HAS BEEN A TIA COMPLETED ALREADY.

AND SO THERE'S MITIGATION REQUIRED AS PART OF THE TIA.

BUT THIS WAS ALSO FALL UNDER THE STREET IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.

SO WITH THESE ITEMS, THE BICYCLE FACILITIES AND THE, THE, UH, BARTON SPRINGS ROAD BE PART OF THAT MITIGATION.

UM, THEN I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT PUBLIC ART.

UM, I NOTICED THAT, UM, THE TIER TWO TABLES SAYS, TALKS ABOUT PARTICIPATE, PARTICIPATING IN THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM.

SO I WANTED TO EXPLORE A LITTLE BIT THE, UM, THE STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT THAT COMMITMENT WAS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ONLY TALKING ABOUT PURCHASING TWO, TWO, UH, ART PIECES.

SO I'M WONDERING, I'M REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, THE SKETCHES THAT WE'RE SEEING ARE REALLY SHOWING US A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

AND I'M WONDERING HOW WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT, UM, COMMITTING TO, TO, UM, HAVING SOME GREATER LEVEL OF COMMITMENT TO, TO ART, UH, IN THESE PLACES.

SO CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? WHAT KIND OF COMMITMENT THERE IS TO, TO, UH, EMPLOYING ART AND, OR BRINGING ART INTO THIS PLACE? SURE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, YOU'RE CORRECT.

AT THIS POINT, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO COMMISSION TWO PIECES OF PUBLIC ART.

UM, I CANNOT RECALL IF THERE IS ONE, A SPECIFIC COMMITMENT TO A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR, FOR THAT ART.

UM, SO I THINK WE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS GOING ON, UM, INTERNALLY HAVING TO DO WITH, UM, WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN ACTUALLY ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT ON THAT BETTER.

I'M LOOKING FOR MR. SUTTLE.

SO, UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I THINK WOULD BE INTERESTING TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, I THINK TO MAKE THESE, UH, GREAT OUTDOOR SPACES.

OF COURSE, THE GREEN SPACE IS CRITICAL AND ON THE LAKE, AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS, BUT BRINGING ART INTO THIS SPACES ARE ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT.

AND RIGHT NOW, WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE PUT INTO THE PROGRAM IS A MINIMUM OF TWO ART PLACEMENTS FOR A COST OF A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS.

FOR SOMETHING THAT SIZE OF SPACE TOO IS NOT VERY MANY.

I MEAN, I WOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN LOCAL ART.

UM, AND, UM, AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE SMALLER NUMBERS OF MORE PIECES.

I DON'T KNOW, THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT COULD BE DISCUSSED.

SO, UM, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION.

UH, AND THEN FINALLY, THE ACCESS TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCIL MEMBER.

QUESTION, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT ACCESS UNDER THE BRIDGE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY, IT'S NOT A PRETTY PLACE TO WALK ALONG THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL UNDER CONGRESS HAVE A NEW BRIDGE INTO, ONTO THE AREA.

AND SO WE'RE SEEING SOME REALLY NICE, UM, RENDERINGS OF WHAT THIS SPACE LOOKS LIKE.

HOW DOES IT CONNECT UNDER CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE TO THE REST OF THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL? WE DON'T NEED TO CALL THE PLANET FOR THAT, BUT TO EXPLAIN WE'RE MORE OR LESS RE BUILDING IN ITS SAME LOCATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE SPOT.

AND THAT'S RIGHT AT THE PINCH POINT NEAR THE EXISTING STATESMEN BUILDING SO THAT WE CAN PULL THAT BACK A BIT FURTHER FROM THE LAKEFRONT, BUT OTHERWISE IT CONTINUES IN THE EXACT ALIGNMENT IT'S JUST IMPROVED OF WHAT IT IS TODAY.

WHAT HAPPENS BEYOND THE BOUNDARY, I THINK IS A GREAT POINT AND HOW FURTHER COORDINATION AND ENHANCEMENT.

BUT FOR US, THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT IT.

THE, UH, IS THE AREA UNDER CONGRESS OUTSIDE.

TO GO UNDER THAT CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE.

I BELIEVE THAT CITY RIGHT AWAY UNDER THE BRIDGE, IT MIGHT BE, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOVA ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS.

IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT AT SOME POINT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WELL, FIRST OFF IT'D BE, UH, IT'S, IT'S SORT OF, I CONSIDERED A PINCH POINT ON THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL AND IT'S, IT'S NOT A, NOT A WELCOMING PLACE TO, TO,

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IT'S NOT LONG, IT'S NOT A LONG SPACE, BUT IT'S STILL NOT VERY NOT, IT'S NOT VERY WELCOMING.

SO TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE GOING ALONG THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, GOING UNDER THE CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE, AND THEN COME OUT TO THIS FABULOUS AREA IS, IS GOOD.

IT'S JUST, I, I WOULD WANT TO TALK TO THE TRAIL FOUNDATION OR THE CITY OR SOMEONE ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO IMPROVE THAT AREA RIGHT.

UNDER THE BRIDGE.

SO WE'D LIKE TO BE AT THE TABLE FOR THAT AS WELL.

UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR MR. SUTTLE WANTS TO GET AWAY.

I'VE GOT QUESTIONED, ASKED FOR THE APPLICANT APPLICANT ABOUT THE PUBLIC PARK ON THE SITE, SINCE THE PUBLIC PARK ON THE SITE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARK CONCEPTS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN.

THEY LOOK REALLY GOOD AT PARTICULARLY THE FOCUS ON PUBLIC ACCESS.

LIKE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT A LAW THAT ALLOW FOR LARGE GATHERINGS IN THE GREEN SPACE.

AND SO I WANTED TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN HAS A PARK CONCEPT IN IT ALREADY, BUT IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE IT WAS CREATED, CONSIDERING THE STRATEGIC AND BAT CENTRIC LOCATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC BUY-IN ON WHAT THE PUBLIC GREEN SPACE WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND I RECALL DURING THE GROVE DISCUSSIONS, UM, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A, ABLE TO SECURE, UH, A PUBLIC PROCESS AROUND THE PUBLIC PARK DESIGN.

IT WAS A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYBODY, AND IT BENEFITED THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, IT TRULY BENEFITED THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEW RESIDENTS WHO WERE MOVING IN THERE.

I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE WE COULD LEVERAGE THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD AS A DESTINATION, UH, FOR THE CONVERSATION AND FOR SOME PUBLIC INPUT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT WOULD DELIVER THE SAME KIND OF BENEFITS HERE.

AND SO I WOULD ASK IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK ON THAT.

ABSOLUTELY WE'LL PARTICIPATE IN.

WHAT WE WOULD DO IS BUILD ON THE HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF COMMUNITY TIME THAT ALREADY WENT INTO THE PARK PLAN THROUGH THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND THEN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FROM THAT.

THAT'S GREAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON THAT.

AND THEN ON THE TOPIC OF FUNDING FOR THE PARK AMENITIES, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE COMMITMENT FROM THE APPLICANT FOR, FOR THOSE AMENITIES, BUT THIS MAY NOT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ANSWER TODAY, WHICH IS FINE.

I DO, I WILL WANT TO DIG INTO THOSE DETAILS TO UNDERSTAND WHICH AMENITIES WE CAN BE.

SURE THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE IN THE PARK SPACES, UM, AND CONTINUE TO, TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON, ON A REALLY BEAUTIFUL, NEW FOCUSED PARK AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFALL.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

THANKS SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR RAISING THOSE PARK ISSUES.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR MCNEELY.

YOU GOT TO DO YOUR PART CORE HERE.

UM, GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW PART CONSIDERS THIS PARKLAND CONTRIBUTION SUPERIOR.

ACCESS POINTS WAS IMPORTANT.

SO KIMBERLY MCNEALY SERVING AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

SO WE FIRST TOOK A LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF LAND THAT WAS BEING DEDICATED EITHER BY EASEMENT OR BY DEED.

AND, UH, I BELIEVE YOU HEARD EARLIER, UH, THAT IT WAS SIGNIFICANT JUST ABOUT HALF OF THE SPACE THAT'S BUILDABLE IS, IS I'M SORRY, HALF OF THIS SPACE THAT IS, IS THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DEDICATED EITHER THROUGH E'S EASEMENT OR THROUGH, UM, DEDICATION THROUGH DEED AS PARKLAND.

SO WE SAW THAT AS A, AS A BENEFIT, AS A HUGE BENEFIT AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE NOT, UM, NOT INSIGNIFICANT.

WE ALSO, UM, TOOK A LOOK AT THE FACT THAT, UH, THERE WOULD BE AN INVESTMENT, UM, OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER UNIT BEYOND THE CODE, UH, WHATEVER THE CODE WOULD REQUIRE IN THE, IN THE END THAT, AND THAT THAT INVESTMENT WOULD BE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED.

AND WE, WE FOUND THAT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT INSIGNIFICANT, THAT WAS CERTAINLY A CONTRIBUTION.

UM, WE BELIEVED THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT IN TALKING WITH, UM, THE DEVELOPER AND THE COMMITMENT TO THE FIVE ADA

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WE HAD QUITE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FACT THAT, UM, IT PARK SPACE HAVING ONLY ONE OR ONE WAY IN, OR ONE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS THE SPACE THAT WAS ADA ACCESSIBLE, DIDN'T PROVIDE THE SAME TYPE OF EXPERIENCE TO EVERYBODY, UH, AND THAT BY THEIR OWN ADMISSION, THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THAT PARK SPACE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT FEEL.

AND IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE DEPARTMENT.

AND SPECIFICALLY IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL OF ANY ABILITY COULD HAVE THAT SAME EXPERIENCE.

AND SO WE FOUND THAT THE IDEA OF HAVING FIVE ADA ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCESS THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THAT PARK SPACE WAS, WAS VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, WE BELIEVED THAT, UH, BEING ABLE TO, UM, CREATE THAT BAT VIEWING AREA SPACE IN A WAY THAT BOTH THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION IN THE PARKS BOARD OR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, COULD AGREE UPON AND MAKE SURE THAT IT CONTINUED TO BE ACCESSIBLE AND THAT THE BATS AND THE ECOLOGY FOR THE BATS COULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.

THAT THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT.

AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE A SISTER IN UNDERNEATH, UH, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AS AN AMENITY UNDER THE PARKS DEPARTMENT UNDER THE PARKLAND, UM, WAS CERTAINLY AN AMENITY.

UM, WE BELIEVED THAT, UM, WELL, I'LL, I'LL JUST START THERE.

SO IT WAS, IT WAS THOSE SORTS OF CONVERSATIONS THAT LED US TO US BELIEVING THAT IT WAS SUPERIOR AND IT'S ACTUALLY OUTLINED IN A, AN, A MEMO THAT WE SENT OVER AND I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU THAT.

OUR, WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT, RIGHT? THERE'S A LACK OF CLARITY IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH PROMISE HERE, AND I THINK AS CENTRAL TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH IT WAS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE DEVELOPER? SO, UM, THAT IS ALSO A PART OF SUPERIORITY.

UM, IT SAYS THAT IT HAS THE DEDICATED LAND HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED.

UM, AND, AND I'M NOT SEEING THAT FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'RE DELIVERING IN TERMS OF THE PARKLAND, RIGHT? SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED.

AND WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR, THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY WILL BE DEVELOPED, BUT WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR IT TO BE DEVELOPED FOR.

SO WE'RE AT A, AT A STAND STILL THERE, AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FUNDING MECHANISM RIGHT NOW.

THOSE ARE OTHER, OTHER, UM, ITEMS. AND SO WE HAVE IN THE PLAN, OR WE HAVE A COMMITMENT OR A, UM, A CONCEPT PLAN AS TO WHAT IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED, BUT AS FAR AS WHAT THE FUNDING MECHANISMS ARE, AND WHO'S GOING TO ACTUALLY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT, WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE DID TALK ABOUT PUTTING THAT INTO A SEPARATE PLAN, A SEPARATE AGREEMENT, OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON THIS UNTIL WE HAVE A REALLY CLEAR IDEA OF THAT PARK PLAN AND WHO'S PAYING FOR WHAT, UM, THERE'S SO MUCH PROMISE IN THAT SPACE, WHICH I THINK THAT THE DEVELOPERS, UM, RECOGNIZE.

UM, BUT WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT AT THE END OF THE DAY, GONNA HAVE A BUNCH OF DIRT ON THE SIDE OF LADY BIRD LAKE, UM, WHERE WE'RE STUCK WITH THE BILL.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE A TERSE SET UP YET.

UM, AND ANYTHING THAT WE DON'T, UM, ARRANGE FOR AS PART OF THIS PUD, IF WE WANT IT DELIVERED, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND THE MECHANISM TO DO THAT, UM, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DEVELOPERS, UM, STEPPING UP WITH MORE OF THOSE AMENITIES.

I THINK IT WOULD BE TO YOUR BENEFIT.

I THINK YOUR PROJECT WILL DO BETTER.

IT WILL SELL FASTER, UM, AND THE QUALITY OF THE WORK, BECAUSE YOU CAN INTEGRATE IT INTO, UM, THE WORK THAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING WILL BE OF A HIGHER, MORE LASTING QUALITY, WHICH OVER TIME, I THINK WE'LL, WE'RE DOWN TO, UM, TO YOUR, UM, GROUP'S BENEFIT.

UM, SO MR. SUTTLE, I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO, UM, BE WORKING WITH YOU ON IMPROVING, UM, THOSE PARK AMENITIES.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS MORE IS NOT VERY MUCH WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERING A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED SUPERIOR.

SO WE USE OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION BASED ON A 9.4 CREDITED ACRES PER THOUSAND.

IN MOST CASES IN A POD, IT'S GOT TO BE 10.4 ACCREDITED ACRES AND GIVING YOUR NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEDICATING MORE LAND THAN YOU HAVE AVAILABLE.

AND OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

UM, BUT IT'S SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE NOW.

UM, AND I'M NOT SURE WHICH NUMBER, BUT, UM, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.

AND WE WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND TALK ABOUT THAT.

I THINK YOU'LL BE HAPPY WITH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE DIRT.

WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THE PLAZAS, THE TRAIL, THE GREAT LAWN IN THAT AREA IN, IN PHASE ONE.

AND THAT'S ON

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SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE HAVE CLARITY ON THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED ENOUGH PODS TO KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR PARK STUFF NAILED DOWN, YOU DON'T GET IT.

UM, AND YOU END UP FOOTING THE BILL IF YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT IS THERE.

AND THEN THE LAST THING, IF AT SOME POINT WE CAN GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER YOU ARE OUTRIGHT DEDICATING THE EASEMENTS FOR PROJECT CONNECTOR.

IF PROJECT CONNECT IS EXPECTING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE EASEMENTS AT A LATER POINT, RIGHT NOW, OUR THOUGHT IS WE'RE ACCOMMODATING THE BRIDGE IN THE, IN THE EASEMENT FOR CAP METRO.

UM, IT'S KIND OF A MOVING TARGET.

IT STARTED OUT AS TWO RAIL LINES AND IT'S TWO RAIL LINES AND SOME PEDESTRIAN, AND NOW MAYBE IT'S TWO RAIL LINES AND PEDESTRIAN AND MAYBE SOME BUSES.

SO WE, WE HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION TO GO WITH CAP METRO, BECAUSE THEN THAT ALSO CUTS THROUGH A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE PARKLAND.

UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ACCOMMODATING IT AS IT GROWS.

WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT THE GIVES AND THE GETS AS WELL.

I'M JUST GOING TO NEED MORE.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT EVOLVES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S, I CAME RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLANNING PROCESS, SO WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IT RIGHT.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT CAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT DIRECTION FOR, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, BUT IT HAS TO BE CLEAR IN THE PUD WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO BE EXPECTING, WE HAVE AN EASEMENT IN THE PUB.

THAT'S YOUR SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE CLAIMING IS SUPERIOR.

AND THEN WE TURN AROUND AND OUT OF OUR OTHER POCKET, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET CAT METRO TO ELEVATE IT AS IT COMES THROUGH THIS WHOLE STRETCH SO THAT YOU CAN KEEP THE PARKLAND UNDERNEATH.

HIGH, BUT ON SOME OF THE BUILDINGS, WE TRIED TO TAPER THE BUILDINGS DOWN AS IT WENT EAST, BUT ON SOME OF THOSE THERE, AND IN THE MIDDLE, WE COULD BUMP THEM UP AND POTENTIALLY GET MORE SQUARE FEET, WHICH AGAIN, CHANGES THE WHOLE EQUATION.

UM, MR. SOTO, UH, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HEIGHT AND HOW Y'ALL I'M AND I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 44 OF THE BACKUP ON, UH, ON ITEM 69, WHERE YOU HAVE THAT SUB AREA ONE SUB AREA TWO AND SUB AREA THREE WITH THE AREA ONE HAVING THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 5 25 SUB-AREA TWOS, 45, AND SUB-AREA THREE IS TWO 50 W WHAT, WHAT WERE Y'ALL THINKING AND HOW DO Y'ALL ARRIVE AT THOSE NUMBERS? SO THAT GETS INTO THE COMPLICATED MATH EQUATION THAT WE DID WITH ECO NORTHWEST EUROPE, YOUR ECONOMIST.

IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH SQUARE FEET UNDER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN TO MAKE THIS PROJECT FINANCIALLY VIABLE.

AND SO WE WENT, WE CRANKED BACK IN AND PUT MORE SQUARE FEET TO GET TO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE TODAY.

AND WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE IF YOU'D LIKE TO PULL IT UP.

UM, KIM, CAN WE PULL THOSE SLIDES UP AND I'LL SHOW YOU, THERE IS A SLIDE THAT HAS ALL THE BUILDINGS IN THE HEIGHTS ON IT RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE.

SO WHAT, WHAT THIS SHOWED WAS UNDER THE SOUTH CENTRAL ORIGINAL PLAN, THE RED LINES WERE THE HEIGHTS THAT WERE UNDER THE PLAN AND THE BLACK ONES NOW ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

AND THAT WAS JUST A FUNCTION OF GETTING THE SQUARE FEET, RIGHT.

TO MAKE THE PROJECT AND THE PLAN WORK.

AND IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS VERSUS HEIGHT IS A ROOM TO TRADE THERE WHERE THE, IN OTHER WORDS, COULD YOU ALL USE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT IF, UH, WE, UH, WOULD GET ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS? SURE.

AND YES, THE ANSWER IS YES, WE, IT'S A BALANCING ACT BECAUSE YOU GET MORE DENSITY, YOU'VE GOT TO PARK IT.

AND WHAT WE'RE DOING THE ANALYSIS ON NOW IS CAN WE GET AN EXTRA LAYER BELOW GRADE PARKING TO MAKE THE EXTRA DENSITY WORK? SHOULD THAT BE THE DIRECTION THAT YOU GO IN? UM, BUT THE ANSWER IS YES.

AND WITH REGARDS TO THE PARKING, I WANT TO SAY, UM, UM, I READ THAT BY PUTTING IT UNDERGROUND, YOU'RE TAKING IT DOWN FROM ABOUT LIKE 7,000 TO ABOUT 4,000, UH, PARKING SPACE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT AS, AS, UH, UH, MR. ROSTOV AND, UH, MENTIONED, I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE UNDERGROUND PARKING.

I THINK THAT'S INVALUABLE.

I'M NOT A FAN OF THE PARKING PLINTHS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM.

UH, THEY'RE JUST HORRIBLE.

UH, AND, AND REALLY THERE'S ANOTHER COMPENSATION, BUT I'D BE IN FAVOR OF PUTTING ALL THE PARKING UNDERGROUND, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

UM, BUT, UH, HOW PROBLEMATIC WOULD IT BE? I KNOW THERE'S WATER TABLE ISSUES.

I MEAN, YOU CAN ONLY DIG SO FAR UNDERGROUND I'M, UH, UH, W HOW HAVE Y'ALL LOOKED AT THAT? I MEAN, IN TERMS OF, OF, OF ADDING MORE HEIGHT AND, AND WHERE, WHAT ARE THE FEASIBLE LIMITS IN TERMS OF THE CAPACITY OF THE, THE PARKING AND THE HEIGHT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS LIKE IT'S, UH, IT IS A COMPLICATED CALCULATION.

AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GET OUR CONTRACTOR TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT, IF WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL FLOOR, WHAT WOULD THAT AMOUNT TO, AND WHAT WOULD THAT SUPPORT IN TERMS OF ADDED DENSITY? AND WE LOOK AT DENSITY MORE ALONG THE LINES OF SQUARE FEET AND FLORIDA AREA RATIO, NOT NECESSARILY

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AND IT COULD RESULT IN MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

AND, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE HEIGHT, I SEE THE TAPER DOWN AS YOU, AS YOU MOVE EAST.

AND I'M ASSUMING JUST BASED ON THE RED LINES THERE, THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE, UH, THE ORIGINAL SOUTH CENTRAL, UH, WATERFRONT PLAN.

AND THIS MAY BE MORE OF A QUESTION FOR STAFF, BUT I'M SURE YOU MIGHT HAVE A GOOD CLUE, TOO, BUT WHAT WAS THE THINKING IN TERMS OF TAPERING IT, AS YOU MOVE AWAY FROM, AS YOU MOVE EAST FROM CONGRESS? NO, THAT WAS PRE PROJECT CONNECT.

THERE IS A THOUGHT NOW THAT WITH THE TRAIN STATION THAT YOU SEE THERE, THAT ACTUALLY, YOU, YOU SHOULDN'T NECESSARILY TAPER DOWN AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE TRAIN STATION.

AND IN FACT, THERE'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY ACROSS THE RAIL TRACK THAT IS GOING TO BE COMING TO YOU, ASKING FOR MORE HEIGHT.

NOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A RAIL STATION.

SO I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY MIX THIS UP A LITTLE BIT AND NOT TAPER IT DOWN AND HAVE THE DENSITY NEXT TO THE TRAIN STATION.

I TELL YOU MY, UM, VERY MUCH PRO HOUSING, THE PARK AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AN ICONIC PARK.

I MEAN, REALLY, I THINK THAT LOCATION COULD BE RIVAL, YOU KNOW, THE CAPITOL, UH, THE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS TOWER BARTON SPRINGS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BATS ON SOUTH CONGRESS ARE PROBABLY RIGHT THERE WITH ANY OF THOSE, AS, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF CORE OF A VISIT TO AUSTIN OF LIFE IN AUSTIN.

UH, AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EMPHASIS ON THE PARK.

THE, THE FACT THAT SIX ACRES, UH, ARE GOING TO THE PARK, UM, AND, UH, UH, AND IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT PROJECT.

UH, THE, THE TRANSIT AND THE LOCATION OF THE TRANSIT AND THE SUCCESS OF PROJECT CONNECT ARE ALSO ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO ME.

AND ANYTIME WE'RE PUTTING A TRANSIT LINE DOWN, A TRENT THAT STOPPED DOWN, I THINK WE'VE REALLY GOT TO PUT THAT HOUSING RIGHT AROUND THERE IN THE EASIEST, QUICKEST ACCESS.

AND SO I DEFINITELY WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, ADDITIONAL HYPE, UH, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE STATION, UH, IN PARTICULAR, IF WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS FOR THAT.

TH THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION IS FASCINATING BECAUSE IF YOU IMAGINE A ZONING CASE, THIS OF THIS MAGNITUDE, YOU'VE SEEN THEM BEFORE, YOU COULD HAVE HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE INUNDATING THE CON THE, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND EMAILS, AND THIS ONE'S BEEN REMARKABLY QUIET BECAUSE WE'VE SPENT SO MANY YEARS TALKING ABOUT IT AND INTEGRATING EVERYBODY'S THOUGHTS.

AND I THINK EVERYBODY SEES THE OPPORTUNITY HERE.

I THINK NOW WE'RE JUST DOWN TO DETAILS AND IT HAS TO BE FINANCIALLY SOUND.

THAT'S THE KEY, EVERYBODY.

THE ONE THING THAT WE CAN PLAN ON IS WHAT STUFF COSTS AND WHAT STUFF COSTS, DICTATES, WHAT THE YIELD IS OR WHAT THE RETURN IS, AND THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO ON THIS, IT'S JUST A PUSH POOL.

SO THE SLATE IS OPEN.

THIS IS OUR BEST GUESTS.

UM, BUT IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY COLLEAGUES, OR WE COULD GO ON ALL NIGHT ASKING QUESTIONS OR A JURY AND QUESTIONS.

SO I MISSED THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO KEEP DOING THAT ALL EVENING.

I THINK KATZ KETTLER TOBO HAS SOME IDEAS WE SHOULD PROBABLY SHOULD LAY OUT.

AND, UH, UM, AND THEN MAYBE IT'S THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPENED EVEN OFF THE AUTHOR DIES THAT THAT HELPED SHAPE THIS.

CAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, DO YOU WANT TO BRING THESE FORWARD? SURE.

UM, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL ON FIRST READING WITH MY MOTION SHEET ATTACHED, UM, MOVE APPROVAL OF THE, OF THE STAFFS, UH, REGULATION WITH THIS SHEET.

I'M SORRY, PC, UH, MO I'M MOVING THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION.

THANKS FOR ASKING ME TO CLARIFY MOVING PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION ON FIRST READING WITH THE AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS AS LAID OUT ON MY MOTION SHEET.

THIS BEEN A REAL ISSUES, OR SECOND TO THAT MOTION, A MAYOR PRO TEM SECOND SET DISCUSSION, KATHY.

AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, IS THIS, UH, IS THIS THE KIND OF TRANSFORMATION THAT WE WANT HERE ON THIS SITE? AND I THINK LARGELY IT IS THE KIND OF TRANSFORMATION THAT WE WANT HERE ON THIS SITE.

I'M HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSS INDIVIDUALLY.

I THINK THIS IS A COMBINATION OF, WELL, LET ME SAY, I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MORE, MORE AREAS TO DISCUSS.

THIS IS SORT OF ROUND ONE AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I DO JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME THINGS THAT BEAR, YOU KNOW, OVERALL, I THINK WHAT WE NEED, WHAT WE, AS ON THIS DAYAS NEED TO ASSESS IS WHETHER THE, WHETHER THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT BENEFITS ARE COMMENSURATE WITH THE REQUEST FOR INCREASED ENTITLEMENTS,

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AND SO NOW, YOU KNOW, AS I SEE OUR CHARGE, IT IS TO DO THAT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND DETERMINING WHETHER THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARGUMENTS ARE IT, IT IS, IT IS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS TUESDAY, SO I WON'T BELABOR IT, BUT, BUT I DO THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AROUND THERE AROUND THAT POINT.

COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN, FOR EXAMPLE, BROUGHT UP THE QUESTION OF BARTON SPRINGS.

AS I UNDERSTAND, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS.

I HAVE TO SAY FROM THE APPLICATION ITSELF AND FROM THE CHART FROM THE APPLICANT THAT WHILE THEY ARE, IT TALKS ABOUT THE PROJECT PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION, BUT THEY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT ARE NOT, ARE NOT SUGGESTING THAT WOULD PAY FOR IT THOUGH, AS I UNDERSTOOD FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF, UM, THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE A REQUIREMENT.

SO THERE'S THAT KIND OF AN ISSUE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO EXPLORE MAYOR PRO TEM TALKED ABOUT THE PARKLAND, WHICH ORDINARILY IN A PUD, THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE REQUIRED TO, TO PAY FOR, UM, THAT IS LISTED AS A SUPERIORITY ELEMENT ON OUR CHART FROM THE APPLICANT, BUT THEY DO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE FUNDING WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM OTHER PLACES AND DIRECTOR MCNEELY.

I THINK I WOULD WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE, MAYBE NOT TONIGHT, BUT IN ANOTHER SETTING, REALLY, I NEED TO DRILL DOWN INTO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT WHY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ONLY REALLY SUPPORTS ELEMENT PAR SUPPORTS PUDS AS SUPERIOR IF THEY MEET THAT CRITERIA AND THEY AREN'T.

SO I REALLY DO NEED, I DO NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT RECOMMENDATION.

I THINK YOUR RESPONSE TO MY QUESTION, FOR EXAMPLE SAID, SAID THEY MET THE REQUIREMENT BY PROPOSING BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROPOSED A FUNDING SOURCE.

EVEN IF THAT FUNDING SOURCE IS IN ESSENCE PUBLIC DOLLARS SO THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF TEASE THAT OUT.

BUT ANYWAY, ONLY, BUT THERE FOR TODAY.

AND, AND AGAIN, JUST, UM, REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT ON THESE MOTION ON THIS MOTION SHEET, WHICH RANGES FROM SOME ACCESS ISSUES AND A STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THINGS LIKE REFLECTIVITY TO MAKING SURE THAT THIS PUD WOULD FOLLOW IN THE STEPS THAT WE'VE SAID.

WE WANT BIG PROJECTS TO, TO FOLLOW, WHICH ARE, UM, COMPLIANCE WITH WATER FORWARD AND THE ELEMENTS OF WATER FORWARD.

AND THEN VERY IMPORTANTLY, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROJECT AND I BELIEVE THIS PROJECT SHOULD, UH, HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL ON A HIGHER COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHETHER IT'S OWNERSHIP OR RENTAL THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TOLD.

I'M GLAD TO SUPPORT, UM, UM, THE ADDITION TO THIS, CAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE ALL THESE ISSUES, UH, ULTIMATELY DISCUSSED.

AND, AND I AM EAGER TO HEAR THE CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT NECESSARILY THINGS I KNOW THAT I SUPPORT YET.

CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TRADE OFFS ARE.

A LOT OF THESE, I JUST NEED MORE BACKGROUND.

UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 15% REFLECTIVITY THAT YOU HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION, I THINK SAID 15% UP TO FLOOR 40 AND THEN HIGHER ABOVE THAT.

AND I JUST, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE, AND I NEED TO LEARN THAT.

AND I THINK THAT THIS, UH, POD WILL GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

I'M REAL INTERESTED, RODNEY, IN, IN REALLY HEARING AS SET OUT HERE FROM, UH, ECO NORTHWEST.

UH, I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON HERE THAT I THINK ARE ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH CALIBRATING THIS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO WHAT, WHAT WE CAN, UM, UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET EVERYTHING WE CAN GET OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS, UH, AT THE SAME TIME, IT HAS TO STILL HAS TO WORK.

AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT IN, UH, AFFORDABILITY, UH, ELEMENTS.

I WANT TO GET EVERY BIT OF AFFORDABILITY WE CAN GET, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO SO FAR INTO AFFORDABILITY THAT WE END UP NOT GETTING WHAT WE WANT AND ABOUT A SITUATION OR OTHERWISE.

SO I THINK THAT BRINGING IN THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT VALIDATORS OF ECONOMIC NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL IN THIS SO THAT WE'RE NOT DEPENDENT ON THE DEVELOPER AND THEIR ECONOMICS, UH, AND THAT WE HAVE FOLKS THAT, UH, CAN BE WORKING WITH AND REPORTING TO OUR STAFF, BUT BRING, UH, COMPETENCIES THAT, UM, UH, THOSE KINDS OF EXPERTS, UH, BRING TO BEAR.

I ALSO THINK THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UH, KIND OF DISCUSS THROUGH, UH, THE ISSUE OF ONSITE AFFORDABILITY AND, AND, UH, AND THE QUESTION OF FEE AND LU, UH, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON THAT, UH, UH, SOUTH CENTRAL, WE'VE NEVER REALLY, UH, LIGHTED ON WHAT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED OR NOT REQUIRED OF THAT.

UH, I, THERE'S NO GREATER PROPONENT OF AFFORDABILITY OR AFFORDABILITY AT ALL PARTS OF OUR CITY.

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AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE IN ALL PARTS OF OUR CITY.

WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS, IS, UH, DOES ALL PARTS OF OUR CITY MEAN THAT IT IS DOWNTOWN AT THE VERY MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN? OR COULD WE GET MORE UNITS TWO OR THREE STOPS AWAY? I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO KNOW, CAUSE I'VE HEARD ANECDOTALLY.

AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM, FROM PEOPLE WITH THE LIVED EXPERIENCE, IT WOULD BE BEST BE SERVED WITH THIS TO, TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER THERE'S GREATER COMFORT LEVEL, UH, IN BEING IN A, IN A HOME THAT IS DOWNTOWN AT THE VERY HARD OR, UH, UH, THE, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE WERE MOST TRYING TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOULD RATHER BE A BUS STOP OR TWO AWAY WITH MAYBE A, UH, A GREATER NUMBER OF, OF, OF FAMILIES WITH, WITH SHARED EXPERIENCE AND SHARED BACK RIDE.

JUST DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT WE KEEP TALKING AROUND THAT CONVERSATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY TEE THAT UP AND REALLY HEAR FROM OUR HOUSING PEOPLE AND FROM THE HOUSING, UH, EXPERTS IN THE CITY.

UH, CAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONFRONT THAT AS PART OF THIS AND I DON'T WANT TO KEEP BRINGING IT UP AND I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY LEARN ENOUGH TO, TO KNOW WHAT'S THE RIGHT WAY IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO, UH, TO, TO BE.

SO I THINK THAT SHE GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEE UP A LOT OF IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS HAS GOT TO BE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST AS THE MATERIALS THAT YOU HAVE NOW WILL GET DISSEMINATED EVEN FURTHER THE COMMUNITY WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE AND MORE KINDS OF THINGS.

WE'LL PROBABLY BE LOADING UP THE CHRISTMAS TREE WITH WISHLIST FOR, FOR EVERYBODY TO ABLE TO TALK THROUGH AND ULTIMATELY MAKE, UH, MAKE CHOICES ON, UH, BUT THIS IS AN EXCITING CONVERSATION JUST BECAUSE THIS TRACK, YOU KNOW, MAY VERY WELL BE THE MOST PROMINENT TRACK IN THE, UH, IN THE CITY, FURTHER COMMENTS.

UM, KATHY, YEAH.

WHEN ONE THING THAT'S NOT ON THE MOTION SHEET, BUT I HOPE THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL CONTINUE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH UNITE HERE.

I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN AT LEAST ONE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY HOPE THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WILL CONTINUE.

AND I WANTED TO ALSO JUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE THIRD, TO THE LAST BULLET.

UM, WE DO NEED THE INFORMATION.

I THINK WE HAD CALLED FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF MODELS AND THE ABSORPTION STUDY, AND SOME OTHER THINGS WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SOUTH CENTRAL, UH, ABOUT THE TOURISTS.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MOST OF US HAVE GOTTEN ANY OF THAT INFORMATION.

ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES DID BECAUSE IT WAS A REQUEST, UM, THAT WAS PART OF, UH, UP HERE.

UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT BACKUP INFORMATION.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING THIS.

AND LET ME JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT I'M UNDER, I REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE INPUTS CAME FROM FOR ECO NORTHWEST.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE INPUTS ACTUALLY CAME FROM, FROM THE DEVELOPER'S NUMBERS.

AND SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE OUR INDEPENDENT EVALUATION AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO ASK OUR STAFF TO BRING IT TO, TO PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF INDEPENDENT, UM, EVALUATION, BECAUSE THAT WOULDN'T, THAT WOULDN'T BE IT, BUT WE NEED ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ACTUALLY IN THAT, IN THAT, UM, DOCUMENT.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

UM, OKAY.

AND WHAT ELSE, THERE'S A EMOTION.

EVERYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO, UH, CAFES BEING INCLUDED, AIRY, NON IT'S INCLUDED MOTION IS TO APPROVE IT.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE FIRST READING APPROVAL PLANNING, COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, ALL GRANTED WITH, UH, KATHY'S, UH, ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS MAYOR PRO TAB.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA I THINK THIS IS A GOOD STEP FORWARD.

UM, I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, UNDERSCORE I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THIS ADDRESSES THE PARK ISSUES, UM, IN ANY DEPTH AT THIS STAGE.

I THINK WE'RE STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS AGREED TO AND WHAT, WHAT WASN'T TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT WOULD MAKE SENSE AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S POSSIBLE THERE AND, AND UNDERSTANDING KIND OF WHERE THINGS ARE AT WITH SUPERIORITY.

UM, I DID RAISE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMPHITHEATER, UM, AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMERCIAL AMPHITHEATER, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD INDICATED THEY WOULD JUST TAKE IT OUT.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A CARTE BLANCHE FOR AN AMPHITHEATER WITHOUT KNOWING, KNOWING WHAT, UM, KNOWING WHAT THAT IS.

AN OBVIOUSLY THERE THERE'S THE PROJECT CONNECT STUFF.

I'VE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS, I THINK ABOUT, UM, BARTON SPRINGS ROAD.

AND I ALSO WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER.

UM, THERE'S SOME STREET IMPACT FEES THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE RELATE TO, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION OF ART IN SPRINGS

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ROAD, THE, THE EXTENSION.

UM, SO THERE THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER THINGS WHERE I'M STILL EXPLORING, UM, OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUPERIORITY OF THIS PUD.

AND, UM, ALSO JUST TRYING TO GRASP THE RELATIONSHIP AS WE TALKED ABOUT ON TUESDAY BETWEEN THE ENTITLEMENTS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE UNDER THE EXISTING PUD AMENDMENT, VERSUS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, WHICH IS REALLY THE THING BEFORE US, NOT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, EVEN IF WE AGREE THAT THERE'S A DESIRED AMOUNT OF DENSITY IN THIS PLACE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN A WAY SO THAT EVERYONE WHO LIVES THERE CAN THRIVE.

AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE FREQUENTING THAT AREA AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE RETAIL AND THE AMENITIES ARE ALSO ABLE TO REALLY ENJOY IT.

AND I THINK THE MORE VOICES WE HAVE IN THAT, UM, THE BETTER CASPER VALET, UH, THIS IS A GOOD STARTING POINT.

I NEED TO FAMILIARIZE MYSELF A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THE DETAILS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION.

UH, BUT I DO THINK THIS IS A, A GOOD JUMPING OFF POINT.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, I AM DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN SECURING SOME, UH, FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR, UH, OUR RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS.

UH, AND I WILL, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO PUSH ON THAT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THERE WAS IN THE BACK-UP FOR ITEM 67, UH, JUST SOME PHOTOS OF, UH, ENGAGING WATERFRONTS, UH, WHERE THERE WERE STEPPINGS OR WHERE PEOPLE COULD ACCESS THE WATER, WHERE THEY COULD KIND OF DIRECTLY ACCESS A WATER.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE CURRENT SITUATION IS.

I KNOW THERE'VE BEEN SOME SAFETY CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO KIND OF, UH, DEBRIS AND WHATNOT IN THE WATER, BUT WITH, UH, IN, IN, IN TERMS OF THE AMENDMENT, UH, WITH A SETBACK, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN AND JUST FACILITATING THAT IF, IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN WAIT INTO THE WATER, YOU KNOW, TO, TO CREATE SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WATER ACCESS RIGHT NOW, UH, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE, UH, BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AS PART OF THE VISION FOR, UH, FOR THE AREA AS WELL.

I'M NOT SURE IF THE AMENDMENT WOULD PROHIBIT THAT ON JUST LOOKING AT IT.

IT WAS JUST ABOUT TRAIL.

IT WAS JUST ABOUT WHERE THE CHILD SHOULD BE.

I THINK IT WAS THE PARKS BOARD THAT SUGGESTED A SETBACK FROM THE SHORELINE, SO THAT AS THE EROSION HAPPENS, WE DON'T LOSE THAT PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN THE TRAILS.

SO IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WATER ACCESS.

OH, GREAT.

AND, AND THAT'S WHEN I THOUGHT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, AND I DO UNDERSTAND, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT EVERYBODY JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LIKE ALONG THE SHORELINE ALL THE TIME, BUT IF THERE WAS A DEFINED AREA WHERE WE COULD PUT WATER ACCESS, I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY INCREASE, UH, THE QUALITY OF THE, OF THE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND, AND JUST THE QUALITY OF THE EXPERIENCE FOR VISITORS.

SO, YES, I GUESS A GOOD POINT.

AND AT THIS STAGE OF THE PROCESS, EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF LIKE THAT I RAISED TO THE APPLICANTS AND HAVE THEM RESPOND TO IT.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, ANY DISCUSSION REPRO PRO TAB.

ONE OTHER QUESTION.

UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING SO THAT WE ACTUALLY COULD MAKE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME IS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT GONNA COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S ENOUGH TIME.

UM, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS, GET THIS RIGHT.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, WITH TRANSPARENCY FOR THE PUBLIC, I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF FOLKS.

UM, AND I AGREE IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THE ORDINANCE.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT ON FIRST READING, WE DON'T USUALLY TRADITIONALLY HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR A POD.

UM, BUT THE DEVILS ARE IN THE DETAILS ON A POD.

AND, UM, WE REALLY DO HAVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SCRUTINIZE ANY ORDINANCE, UM, VERY DEEPLY.

UM, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE READY FOR SECOND READING SINCE WE'RE TALKING WITH SO MANY THINGS AT PLAY, BUT JERRY, MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US A SENSE OF THAT, THOSE NEXT STEPS.

SORRY.

I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW.

UM, I THINK WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE'D HAVE TO WORK ON IT'S FUNDED, ESPECIALLY IN THE DIOCESE, AS WELL AS THE AMENDMENTS, BECAUSE DON'T FORGET WE HAVE THE 27 PC AMENDMENTS PLUS THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE OFFERED UP TODAY.

SO WE WOULD NOT BRING IT BACK FOR SECOND AND THIRD READING UNTIL WE'RE FARTHER ALONG THOSE NEGOTIATIONS WHO DON'T HAVE TO PICK A DATE TODAY.

UM, BUT IT PROBABLY MIGHT BE A LITTLE WHILE WE DO HAVE TO PICK A DATE ON TODAY AS THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE, UH, RESTRICTED COVENANT.

AND I THINK WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST ON THAT ONE IS AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.

SO WE BRING IT ALL BACK TOGETHER FROM THE PUMPKIN'S BACK FOR A SECOND AND THIRD.

AND THEN TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU'RE NEGOTIATING, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED THAT ARE NOT PART OF THESE AMENDMENTS, BECAUSE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE, UM, AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTIVE AT THIS TIME THAT THEY ARE PART OF THE, THE NEGOTIATIONS.

I GUESS THE ONLY THING WE KNOW FOR SURE IS IT'S NOT GOING TO BE NEARLY

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TIME ENOUGH, TWO WEEKS.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.

THAT'S A SAFE BET.

THAT'S ANOTHER TOVO SO THAT I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE THREE ITEMS IN FRONT OF US.

YOU'RE MOVING FIRST READING ON NUMBER 60, 67 AND 69.

I'M SORRY, ITEM 67 69, FIRST READING ONLY AND AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT AND IN 68.

THAT'S THE MOTION WITH THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND WITH A, UH, AMENDMENT THAT'S BEEN, UH, OFFERED A COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

OH, I JUST WANT TO SAY I, UH, I SUPPORT THIS.

UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER CONVERSATIONS.

YOU KNOW, ONE THING I ASKED ABOUT WAS THE TIA AND THE REQUIRED MITIGATION.

AND SO I WILL WANT TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE TIA AND AS PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION APPROACH THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY, BUT THOSE ARE NOT CONSIDERED A SUPERIOR, BUT THEY'RE UNDER RECOGNIZED AS SOMETHING THAT'S AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

HI, I JUST TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR.