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BEFORE

[Additonal Item]

WE CONVENE THE, UH, THE COUNCIL MEETING, UH, MANAGER.

LET ME RECOGNIZE YOU FOR SOME RECOGNITION.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

IF I COULD ACTUALLY ASK, UH, ACMP AND DACA AND THEN DIRECTOR SPILLER TO JOIN US AT THE FRONT OF CHAMBERS, UH, I'M ASKING OUR COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL TO JOIN ME IN BIDDING, A BOND, A FOND FAREWELL TO OUR COLLEAGUE IN AUSTIN AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

ROBERT SPILLER, ROB JOINED THE CITY IN 2008 IS OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND OVER THE YEARS, HE HAS BUILT AN INDEPENDENT MOBILITY FOCUSED ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS GROWING FROM A SINGLE EMPLOYEE TO 425 PROFESSIONALS.

HE SECURED $1.5 BILLION IN MOBILITY, A BILLION DOLLARS IN MOBILITY FUNDING ESTABLISH THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM WITH QUANTIFIABLE REDUCTIONS AND FATAL AND SERIOUS CRASHES LAUNCHED THE DATA.

RICH, SMART CITIES APPROACH TO SOLVING, PRESSING MOBILITY AND SOCIAL NEEDS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND SERVED IN LEADERSHIP ROLES ON MANY INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS TO POSITION AUSTIN.

AS A LEADER IN MOBILITY, I WANT TO THANK ROB FOR HIS DEDICATION AND MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND TO OUR COMMUNITY WHILE HE'LL BE MISSED.

WE WISH HIM ONLY THE BEST AS HE EMBARKS ON HIS NEXT LIFE CHAPTER.

I DO HAVE TWO, UH, UH, MOMENTOS, IF YOU WILL, A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD THAT I LIKE TO PRESENT FOR 14 YEARS OF TIRELESS SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND PROVIDING INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP AS AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR TOWARDS A NEW DIRECTION IN MOBILITY MANAGEMENT.

ROBERT SPILLER IS THE OBSERVING OF PUBLIC ACCLAIM AND RECOGNITION.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED IN AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION, THEREFORE, ON THIS 19TH DAY OF MAY, 2022 AND SECOND, I HAVE A STREET SIGN, WHICH IS ROB'S PLACE FROM THE 2008 TO 2022.

AGAIN, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE HAS BEEN INVALUABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL FOR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO ASK ACMP AND DOCTORS TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS AS WELL.

IT'S THE MPN DACA.

IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE GET TO CELEBRATE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SOMEONE WHO HAS DEDICATED SO MANY YEARS IN HIS CAREER TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

UM, AND TO SAY THOSE TWO WORDS THAT IN PUBLIC SERVICE, WE DON'T HEAR OFTEN ENOUGH.

AND THOSE WORDS ARE JUST, THANK YOU, ROB SPIELER IS SOMEONE WHO NOT ONLY IS LEAVING HIS MARK AND HIS IMPACT ON OUR CITY.

AND YOU CAN JUST LOOK OUT ONTO OUR LANDSCAPE AND SEE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT, THAT HE'S LED AS OUR FIRST TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.

BUT AS THE CITY'S ENGINEER, HE'S ALSO SHEPHERDED OUR DEPARTMENTS THROUGH THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE PHASE IN MOBILITY THAT WE HAVE EVER SEEN.

AND THAT WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE WITH A TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT'S COMING HERE, REBUILDING OUR .

ROB HAS BEEN OUR TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER AND OUR DIRECTOR THROUGH THOSE TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS.

AND MORE SO AS WE CELEBRATE HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WE KNOW THAT HE LEAVES A STRONG LEGACY IN A DEPARTMENT THAT IS WELL POSITIONED TO CONTINUE LEADING THE CITY.

UH, PERSONALLY, ROB HAS BEEN SUCH A STRONG SUPPORTER OF HIS STAFF IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, BUT ACROSS THE MOBILITY PORTFOLIO, HE WILL BE MISSED BY ME PERSONALLY AND BY OUR COMMUNITY.

AND AGAIN, THOSE, THOSE TWO WORDS THAT WE DON'T HEAR OFTEN ENOUGH, ROB.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, GINA.

THANK YOU.

JUST WANTED TO SEE IF I HAD THE MIRROR.

ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WANTED TO SPEAK BEFORE WE GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SPEAK REP.

YEAH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND KICK US OFF.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, I TOUCHED BRIEFLY ON THIS THE OTHER DAY WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU STOOD UP JUST FOR FEAR THAT WE WOULDN'T GET BACK HERE AGAIN.

UH, BUT I WANT TO ADD MY THANKS.

I MEAN, THIS TRULY IS, AND HAS BEEN UNDER YOUR REIGN, THE GOLDEN AGE OF MOBILITY, UH, IN THIS CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, WHEN PEOPLE DID POLLING TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE'S HEADS WERE AT, THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN THIS CITY WAS MOBILITY AND THE DESIRE FOR US TO GIVE PEOPLE MORE CHOICES, A DESIRE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO INVEST, UH, YOU KNOW, EIGHT, NINE YEARS AGO, WE WERE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UH, FAILURE TO INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, ASSOCIATED PERHAPS WITH, YOU KNOW, POLICIES THAT SOME FELT WERE WERE BORN OF.

LET'S NOT INVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T PEOPLE WON'T COME AND WE KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE.

PEOPLE COME ANYHOW.

BUT I REMEMBER, UH, UH, IN 2016 WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR FIRST MOBILITY BOND, UH, AND WHAT THE SIZE OF THAT BOND SHOULD BE, HOW

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AMBITIOUS SHOULD WE BE IN PROVIDING FOR, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE? WE WERE LOOKING AT THE NEED FOR REAL IMPORTANT PROJECTS ON, ON, ON LOOP 360 AT INTERSECTIONS, UH, AND THEN, UM, UH, THE NORTHWEST PART OF TOWN.

BUT, UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT BRIDGE REPAIR.

WE WERE LOOKING AT CORRIDOR AT WORK, WHICH WAS THE BULK OF IT.

AND, AND WHEN IT WAS SUGGESTED, AND, AND SOME OF US WERE ADVOCATING FOR $720 MILLION BOND PROPOSITION, IT SEEMED HUGE AT THE TIME.

AND IT WAS GIVEN THE FACT THAT IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY CUMULATIVELY IN THE PROCEEDING 20 YEARS, WE HADN'T DONE, BUT $630 MILLION IN BONDING ON MOBILITY.

BUT THEN THAT $720 MILLION BOND, WHICH WAS PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY BY THE COMMUNITY WAS FOLLOWED UP TWO YEARS LATER IN 2018 WITH YET MORE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND IN 2020, UH, AN ELECTION THAT HAD TWO PROPOSITIONS, BOTH MO MOBILITY.

SO WE WENT FROM AN ERA WHERE WE WEREN'T INVESTING TO A PLACE NOW WHERE WE ARE DOUBLING THE SIZE OF OUR AIRPORT IN A $4 BILLION PROJECT WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE ADDING CAPACITY ONTO , WHICH I HOPE WILL BE DEMAND, MANAGED TRANSIT LANES, UH, UH, AS SOON AS THE POLITICS ALLOW FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

UH, BUT CAPPING IT AND BRINGING BACK A DIVIDED COMMUNITY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AN $8 BILLION PROJECT AND PROJECT CONNECT, WHICH IS A, YOU KNOW, A $10 BILLION, UH, PROJECT.

UH, THAT'S GOING TO BRING MOBILITY TO PARTS OF OUR CITY THAT, THAT JUST DON'T REALLY HAVE OPTIONS RIGHT NOW, BUT UNDER YOUR GUIDANCE, WE'VE GONE FROM HAVING THE ALL AGES, ALL ABILITY, UH, BICYCLE NETWORK, WHICH WE KNOW PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO USE IT UNTIL IT'S A REAL NETWORK.

AND YOU COULD ACTUALLY GO FROM A BEGINNING PLACE TO AN ENDING PLACE THAT WAS ON ITS OWN TRACK.

AND TO GET DONE IN THE EARLY 2030S WILL NOT BE COMPLETED BY 2025.

YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK DONE ON DIFFICULT ISSUES IN THIS CITY OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, PERHAPS SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND TRANSFORMATIVE WORK WE HAVE DONE HAS BEEN IN MOBILITY.

UH, AND, AND WE'VE HAD A UNITED COMMUNITY ON THIS ISSUE, UH, BUT WE NEEDED BOLD LEADERSHIP THAT WAS WILLING TO ACTUALLY DO THE TRANSFORMATIVE WORK.

AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE ADVOCATING FOR THE TRANSFORMATIVE WORK, UM, UH, THE TOUGH CHANGES, MOVING BICYCLE LANES AND BUS LANES TO OUR STREETS, BUT JUST RUNNING THE GAMUT.

SO, UH, YOU ARE ONE OF THE LEADERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOLDEN AGE OF MOBILITY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY, MY THANKS AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM COLLEAGUES.

UH, AND WE'LL LET YOU GO.

AND THEN, UH, WE'LL LET, UH, PAGE COUNCILMEMBER ELLIS GO.

OUR TWO CHAIRS OF, OF MOBILITY.

YES, I, YOU KNOW, I SAID SOME OF THIS IN THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE, BUT I WANT TO NOW SAY THIS WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND EVERYONE PRESENT.

SO, UM, I THINK IT W I WAS VERY PLEASED TO, UM, AND, AND PRIVILEGED AND LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO BE THE FIRST CHAIR OF THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE WHEN WE FIRST GOT STARTED WITH THIS PARTICULAR, UH, COUNCIL AND, AND YOU HELPED US, YOU HELPED MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

UM, AND YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE ON MOBILITY AS THE MAYOR HAS BEEN SAYING.

SO I WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND YOU ALSO MADE IT A VERY FUN AND JOYFUL EXPERIENCE.

UH, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO AT THE VERY BEGINNING, WHICH I WON'T MENTION THAT WERE NOT AS FUN AS YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, ANYWAY, UM, I ALSO WANT TO SAY, I THINK WHAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE A PERSON WHO IS A PROBLEM SOLVER, UH, YOU'RE CREATIVE, AND YOU ALWAYS SAY, WHAT CAN I DO NOT, I CAN'T, AND THAT IS HUGE FOR A CITY.

AND YOU HAVE BUILT A STAFF THAT HAS THE SAME, WHAT I WOULD CALL JUST A VERY JOYFUL APPROACH TO WHAT THEY DO.

IT'S CREATIVE, IT'S PROBLEM SOLVING.

IT'S A YES, AND I CAN HELP.

AND HERE'S HOW, AND, UM, AND IT'S JUST A JOY TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT THE WAY IN WHICH YOU'VE DONE IT AND THE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU'VE BUILT THAT WILL CONTINUE ON.

AND SO T TO YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND TO EVERYONE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY

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MUCH, COUNCIL MARY ALICE, AND I'M FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TAKEN OVER THE CHAIRMANSHIP FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

SO I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATIONS OVER THE YEARS ABOUT MOBILITY IN AUSTIN, BUT, UM, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BUILT A GREAT DEPARTMENT WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY DEDICATED AND PASSIONATE.

UM, WE'VE HAD SUCCESS WITH MANY BONDS AND, AND THE BUILD-OUT OF THOSE BONDS AND THE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF HOW, HOW TO CREATE THOSE PROGRAMS MOVING FORWARD.

AND SO I KNOW THAT, UM, THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, THE WAY YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE ABLE TO BE VERY FORWARD-THINKING, UM, HAS SET OUR CITY UP FOR MAJOR SUCCESSES THAT I KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S SOMETIMES SOME GROWING PAINS AND SOME TUG OF WAR ABOUT HOW TO, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND HOW DO WE GET EVERYTHING WE WANT OUT OF THE PHYSICAL GRID THAT OUR CITY ENCOMPASSES, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ALWAYS HAVE, HAVE MADE THIS FUN.

I HAVE FUN CHAIRING THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE.

I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY ELSE HAS FUN WITH IT, BUT I REALLY GET TO ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM ON, ON A REGULAR BASIS.

I KNOW MY TEAM FEELS THE SAME WAY, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU, MEMBER COUNCIL, MEMBER KELLY.

HI.

THANK YOU.

UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY AS A VICE-CHAIR OF MOBILITY, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY GET TO KNOW YOU A LOT OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO IN MY TENURE.

AND I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS DURING THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE, BUT AS A NEW BABY COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF TEACHING ME WHAT I NEED TO KNOW AND, AND THINK ABOUT THINGS IN A WAY THAT WILL REALLY HELP SEE THE FUTURE VISION OF THE CITY.

I WANT TO ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR HAD SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE, THE MINDSET OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

IF WE DON'T BUILD IT, THEY WON'T COME.

I KNOW THAT I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.

MY MOM STILL THINKS THAT WAY.

AND SO IT'S A STRUGGLE TO GET PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS, BUT WITH THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN OUR CITY AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE, IT TRULY HAS BEEN TRANSFORMATIVE.

AND YOU'VE REALLY MADE MOBILITY FUN, TRYING NEW SOLUTIONS FOR MOBILITY LIKE MICRO MOBILITY DOWNTOWN AND UTILIZING THOSE PROTECTED BIKE WAYS HAS REALLY CHANGED MY OVERALL IDEA ABOUT WHAT MOBILITY CAN BE AND THE VISION THAT WE HAVE SET FORWARD FOR THE CITY.

AND FOR THAT, I WILL BE FOREVER THANKFUL.

SO I HOPE THAT THAT'S YOUR LEGACY, MAKING MOBILITY FUN AND BETTER IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, NEVER PRETEND.

THANK YOU.

AND, UM, I SHARED THIS AT THE MOBILITY, UH, COMMITTEE, AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF ARE ALMOST SIX YEARS NOW AND SERVING ON CAMPO AND MOBILITY COMMITTEE THAT, THAT WHOLE TIME.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY ADMIRE ABOUT YOU IS YOUR ABILITY TO HIRE STELLAR STAFF.

UM, AND WHILE YOU ARE LEAVING, I KNOW THAT WE WILL BE IN GOOD HANDS BECAUSE, UM, YOU HAVE ASSEMBLED A STAFF THAT REALLY APPROACHES, UM, MOBILITY AND HOLISTIC WAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS THAT YOU STARTED.

UM, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN, WHICH I THINK WAS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF A PLANNING PROCESS THAT TOOK EVERYONE'S POINT OF VIEW AND FIGURED OUT A WAY FORWARD, UM, THAT ALLOWED US TO REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE ON OUR MOBILITY ISSUES, UM, BUT ALLOWED US TO HAVE THE NUANCE WHERE WE NEEDED IT, UM, TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WE ALSO NEED A POLICY ON THIS, OR WE ALSO NEED A POLICY ON THAT, UM, AND EXPANDED HOW WE THINK ABOUT MOBILITY TO REALLY, UM, KEEP IN MIND, UM, THE CLIMATE AND NOW WITH THE NEW AMENDMENTS, THE, THE ROLE IN PREPAREDNESS AND EVACUATION, THE EQUITY COMPONENTS, ET CETERA.

UM, AND SO, SO I, I'M THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE REALLY GOOD PLANS IN PLACE AS YOU MOVE ON AND WISH YOU WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

WELL, UM, GOING LAST OR NEAR LAST, UM, A LOT OF THE PROJECTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, BUT I JUST WANT TO REFLECT BACK ON, ON WHAT A TREMENDOUS SEA CHANGE HAS HAPPENED WITH REGARD TO MOBILITY HERE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, JUST IN THE LAST 10 OR SO YEARS, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN THE EARLY PART OF THAT, UH, THERE WERE LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND ABOUT TAXI CABS AND FRANCHISES AND DRIVER SALARIES, BECAUSE SO MANY DRIVERS WERE OUT ON THE STREET, YOU KNOW, 12 HOURS A DAY, LONG HOURS MAKING SUCH LITTLE MONEY AND TRYING TO GET THAT RIGHT BALANCE WITH THE NUMBER OF FRANCHISES AND A FAIR SYSTEM THAT, THAT SUPPORTED THOSE WHO LABORED IN IT.

UH, IT WAS SO MUCH PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND OF COURSE, THAT CONVERSATION SHIFTED SO DRAMATICALLY WITH THE ADVENT OF RIDESHARES.

AND I DID, I WENT AHEAD AND NAMED IT COUNTS, NUMBER KITCHEN, UM, ONTO SCOOTERS.

I MEAN, THE, JUST THE KINDS OF OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE NOW THAT WERE UNAVAILABLE AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR TIME HERE AT THE CITY IS, HAS, UM, IS, IS REALLY REMARKABLE.

AND YOU HAVE, HAVE WEATHERED, UM, ALL OF THOSE CHANGES AND EMBRACE THEM AND, UH, GUIDED US IN THE DIRECTIONS WITH SUCH GRACE AND PROFESSIONALISM AND EXPERTISE THROUGH ONE, UH, FAILED, REAL VOTE THAT HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME TO THE TREMENDOUS

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SUCCESS, UM, PASSAGE OF PROJECT CONNECT AND THE AMAZING STRONG START AND, AND THE BRAUN PROJECTS, WHICH HAS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REAL CHALLENGES OF DOING A BOND PACKAGE THAT LARGE IS HAVING THE STAFF AND THE CAPABILITY TO DELIVER ON THOSE PROJECTS IMMEDIATELY AND EFFICIENTLY AND WELL SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN IMMEDIATELY SEE THAT INVESTMENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MADE IT LOOK EASY AND SO EASY THAT PROBABLY MOST, MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING ON THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE ENJOYING THOSE BIKE LANES OR APPRECIATING THOSE SAFER INTERSECTIONS ARE UNAWARE OF THE TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS STAFF EFFORT THAT IT TAKES TO GET THOSE PROJECTS DELIVERED TO THE PUBLIC IN SUCH A TIMELY WAY.

AND THAT TOO IS REALLY BEEN EXTRAORDINARY AND, AND HARD.

I MEAN, ALL OF THESE CHALLENGES I MENTIONED AND ALL OF THESE NEW DIRECTIONS, UM, HAVE HAPPENED UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP VISION.

ZERO IS ANOTHER ONE.

YOU KNOW, THESE, AGAIN, THESE ARE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME NOW, BUT THEY WERE NOT BEING DISCUSSED, UM, AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR TIME HERE AT THE CITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN, IN SUMMARY, THANK YOU FOR AGAIN, FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE EXPERTISE THROUGH ALL OF THESE HUGE CHANGES IN MOBILITY HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, AND I KNOW THIS COMMUNITY IS BETTER FOR IT FOR ALL OF YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE.

SO THANK YOU AND, UH, BEST BEST TO YOU IN YOUR NEXT ADVENTURES.

THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.

DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK, I COULDN'T TELL YOU WERE TRYING TO GET MY ATTENTION TO THAT.

WELL, I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA WAIT AND GO LAST BUT HAPPY I WAS TAKING NOTES AND HERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD SEE CHANGE OF THE WORK THAT YOU DID LEADING AND SEE CHANGE ASSEMBLING A FANTASTIC TEAM AROUND YOU.

YOU'RE SHEPHERDING BILLIONS AND BILLIONS AND TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS IN ALL PARTS OF OUR TOWN AND TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND, AND LEGACY.

AND I THINK THAT IS PERHAPS THE BIGGEST WORD YOU MADE IT ALL LOOK EASY.

UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT IT ISN'T AND CONGRATULATIONS ON CREATING A LEGACY.

UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US HOPE TO DO IN, IN OUR LIVES TO, TO HAVE A LONG LASTING, UM, TO HAVE SOMETHING OUTLIVE US.

AND I THINK YOU HAVE DONE THAT QUITE WELL HERE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND ALL BEST WISHES TO YOU.

ROB, I HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU FOR THE LAST, NEARLY EIGHT YEARS WITH YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

UH, UM, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, MY WIFE IS HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, DR.

LYNN SPILLER, AND SHE CAME DOWN TO SURPRISE ME.

THAT WAS A SURPRISE.

YOU GUYS GAVE ME A HEADS UP THAT I, THAT SHE WAS SCOLDED GOING TO TAKE ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO EMBARRASS ME.

SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THAT I WAS, I, YOU KNOW, USUALLY WHEN YOU SEE YOUR SPOUSE OUT OF PLACE, WHEN YOU DON'T EXPECT IT, YOU GET WORRIED, BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE VERY KIND WORDS THAT THAT IS AMAZING.

UM, YOUR THOUGHTS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU IT'S A PARTNERSHIP, YOU KNOW, I COULD NOT HAVE DONE WHAT I'VE ACHIEVED WITHOUT COUNSEL AND WITHOUT SUPPORTIVE CITY MANAGERS.

AND AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, THE GREAT STAFF, MANY OF THEM ARE HERE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM.

UH, AND THANK YOU TO YOU.

YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE CAME, I CAME FORWARD WITH A BOND PROPOSAL OR A CRAZY FUNDING IDEA, I THOUGHT WAS OUTRAGEOUS.

YOU GUYS ALWAYS ASK CAN'T WE DO MORE.

AND I WAS SHOCKED.

UH, THAT'S PROBABLY THE UNTOLD STORY IS THAT YOU GUYS WERE REALLY AMAZINGLY COURAGEOUS.

UH, YOU ALL IN, IN YOUR PREDECESSORS, IF YOU'VE REPLACED SOMEONE IN, IN MY 14 YEARS, UM, I'VE NEVER RUN INTO PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN MORE COURAGEOUS THAN YOURSELVES.

UH, IT REALLY HAS BEEN AMAZING.

UH, AND SO THANK YOU, UH, AND, AND IS YOUR LEGACY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU SHOULD CLAIM, UM, THAT AUSTIN IS A BETTER PLACE TODAY BECAUSE WE'RE ARGUING ABOUT WHAT TO BUILD IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION, AS OPPOSED TO NOT BUILDING IT OR BUILDING IT, OR WHAT POLICY TO PUT IN PLACE, AS OPPOSED TO A POLICY DON'T DON'T DO ANYTHING.

UM, I REALLY DO BELIEVE, UH, I THINK SOMEBODY SAID, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, THE GROWTH THAT'S COMING TO AUSTIN, CAUSE WE'RE REALLY COOL PLACE TO BE, THEN CONTROL THE OUTCOME.

AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE WE CAN MAKE A BETTER CITY, A BETTER COMMUNITY, A MORE MOBILE COMMUNITY, WHERE EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE WHERE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN, THE RELIGION YOU HAVE, THAT THE RACE YOU COME FROM DOES NOT PREDICT YOUR OUTCOME.

THAT THAT'S TRULY EQUITY AND TRANSPORTATION HAS A ROLE IN THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN FOCUSED ON THAT, BUT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY.

AND, AND AS WE FOUND THINGS THAT NEEDED TO CHANGE, UM, I THINK LEADERS NEED TO BE COURAGEOUS TO CHANGE IT.

AND SO WE'VE TRIED TO DO THAT AS WELL.

SO, UH, IT HAS BEEN A REAL PLEASURE TO WORK WITH EVERY ONE OF YOU, UH, CERTAINLY THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE, BUT

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EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE HAD A PLACE IN TERMS OF HELPING AUSTIN BECOME A MORE, UM, LITTLE D DEMOCRATIC MOBILITY, UM, COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

MA'AM ALL RIGHT WITH THAT SAID, LET'S

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GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND CONVENE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, TODAY IS, UH, YES.

UM, I THINK SOME OF US WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A PICTURE WITH ROB AND HIS STREET SIGN.

WE CAN DO IT LATER.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NOW.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE WASN'T LEAVING.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO IT NOW.

SO ROB CAN ACTUALLY LEAVE IF HE WANTS TO LET'S COME ON DOWN HERE IN FRONT.

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ALL RIGHT, GUYS, I THINK THAT WE CAN, UH, TODAY IS THURSDAY, MAY 19TH, 2022.

UH, THE TIME IS 10 36.

WE ARE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, EVERYONE HERE WITH US, UH, TODAY AND ON THE, UH, ON THE DAY S COLLEAGUES HAMMER, GO AHEAD AND READ IN, UH, THE CHANGES AND, AND CORRECTION FOR, UH, FOR PEOPLE.

UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS GOING TO BE POSTPONED TO JUNE 16TH, 2022, ITEM NUMBER 12, UH, WHEN, BEFORE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION ON MAY 11, 20, 22, BUT THERE WAS NO, UH, RECOMMENDATION DUE TO A LACK OF QUORUM VOTES, WHICH NEARLY IN COMMISSIONERS PAN, UH, I CALL AND TO RIETTA RECUSING COMMISSIONER MUST GROW, WAS ABSENT, AND THERE WAS ONE VACANCY ON MAY 13 ON ITEM 13, RATHER, ALSO ON MAY 11TH.

IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSION SIX OH VOTE WITH CHAIR LEE AND COMMISSIONERS, PAT AND MICHAEL RECUSING, AND MUST GROW ABSENT ONE VACANCY ITEM, 16, SAME DAY, MAY 11 RECOMMENDED BY WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSION ON THE NIGHT.

OH, VOTE WITH COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE ABSENT ONE VACANCY ITEM NUMBER 17, UH, HAS BEEN CORRECTED SO THAT THIS LEASE WITH THE ESCAPE GAME, UH, AUSTIN IS JUST FOR APPROXIMATELY 5,070 SQUARE FEET OF RE RETAIL SPACE AT 4 0 5 AND 2040 SQUARE FEET AT 4 0 7 RED RIVER STREET.

I HAVE NUMBER 36 COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER.

MADISON IS BEING ADDED AS A SPONSOR 37 COUNCIL MEMBERS, VALLA AND POOL TO BRING ADDED AND SPONSORS, UH, BE ADVISED THAT WHEN WE CAN TAKE UP ITEMS 54 AND 50, WHICH, UH, WE WILL DO, UM, UH, AFTER WE HAVE, UH, UH, PUBLIC TESTIMONY, 1554 AND 55, RATHER 54 AND 55.

THESE ITEMS WILL BE WITHDRAWN.

UH, ITEM NUMBER 53 ON MAY 10TH, 2022 IS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON 13 OH VOTE ITEM.

NUMBER 69 IS REPLACED, WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED WITH ITEM AGENDA, ITEM 95, ITEM NUMBER 88, COUNCIL MEMBERS POOL AND VELA ARE BEING ADDED AS CO-SPONSORS ITEM NUMBER 89.

THE MAYOR PRO TEM ALTERS BEING ADDED AS A SPONSOR.

I HAD TO REMEMBER 90 COUNCIL MEMBERS, POOL AND ALTAR BEING ADDED AS SPONSORS AND ITEM NUMBER 94, UH, IS, UH, UM, APPROVED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION ON AN EIGHT THREE VOTE ON MAY 18TH, UH, 20, UH, 22.

UM, TODAY WE HAVE ITEMS BEING PULLED.

WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 88 BEING PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, YOU WANTED TO PULL HAVE NUMBER 18 AS WELL, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

IT WAS ACTUALLY NUMBER 85 THAT I PULLED NOT 88.

OKAY.

18.

YES.

THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY.

I READ THAT WRONG.

THERE'S A LAID BACK UP AND HFC ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

PLEASE REMIND ME TO SAY THAT WHEN WE CAN BE IN THAT MEETING AND IN OUR COUNCIL MEETING, THERE'S LAID BACK UP AND ITEMS 3, 5 19 32 48, 49, 54 55, 60 64 65 67, 70 75, 78, 79, 80 81 82, 83, 4 87 AND 90 AND A 94 COLLEAGUES ITEM NUMBER 12 ON OUR, UH, UH, DE S WAS THE, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, UH, AGREEMENT WHERE, UH, THE STAFF HAD MADE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO, UH, GO

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DOWN THROUGH, UH, UH, ITEM NUMBER 11.

I'D LIKE TO READ, UH, AND, AND AN AMENDMENT TO THAT.

UH, AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, UH, WE'LL AMEND THAT AND KEEP THAT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, IT'S BEEN HANDED OUT, HAS BEEN POSTED.

IT'S ALSO IN, UH, UH, LATE BACKUP AT THIS POINT.

WHEREAS THE LIST OF FIRMS, THE CITY STAFF MADE NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH, OR FOUND TO INCLUDE OTHER QUALIFIED RESPONDENTS, MEANING THE FIRMS SUBMITTED RESPONSIVE STATEMENTS OF THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.

THE CITY IN RESPONSE TO THIS WAS A STATION AT ISSUE.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE DISCRETION TO ADD THESE OTHER QUALIFIED RESPONDENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE QUALIFIED TO PERFORM THE ENGINEERING SERVICES SOLICITED BECAUSE ADDING THESE FIRMS WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FIRMS AVAILABLE IN THE ROTATION LIST, AS WELL AS ADD TO THE TYPE OF EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY AND AUSTIN WATER UNDER THE ROTATION LIST.

WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL DECISION, UH, TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL OR BASED ARE NEITHER BASED ON NOR INFLUENCED BY RATES PRICES OR FEES, UM, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, UH, I WOULD, UH, MOVE THAT WE INCLUDE THE OTHER QUALIFIED RESPONDENTS TO THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION SOLICITATION NUMBER CLM P 3, 3, 3, UH, RANKED 12 AND 13 BY CITY STAFF PER THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT.

A EVERYBODY OBJECTION TO THAT.

HEARING NONE THAT AMENDMENT IS ADDED.

UH, THIS ITEM 12 WILL REMAIN ON OUR, UH, CONSENT, UH, AGENDA CASUAL MEMBER FOR THIS.

THANK YOU GUYS.

REMEMBER KELLY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED COLLEAGUES WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION AND I AM OFFERING TWO MOTION SHEETS.

ONE IS ON ITEM 88, WHICH IS, UH, THIS MOTION SHEET WOULD JUST AMEND THE SECOND BEAT RESOLVED TO READ AS FOLLOWS.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED.

THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO DEVELOP A REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH DECISION ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH DECISIONS IN THE AREAS OF HOUSING, PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS, EMPLOYMENT, GENERALLY, AND EMPLOYMENT BY CITY CONTRACTORS.

UM, THIS MOTION, SHE CAME WITH CONSULTATION FROM OUR OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND IT ADDS THE WORDS, PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS AND EMPLOYMENT BY CITY CONTRACTORS.

UH, THE SECOND MOTION SHEET IS FOR ITEM 89 AND IT'S REALLY JUST DIRECTION TO STAFF TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE RANGES RANGE OF SIZES FOR TAMPONS AND PADS AS PART OF THE, OUR EFFORTS, ANY OBJECTION TO THOSE AMENDMENTS BEING ADDED HAIRY, NONE OF THOSE ARE ADDED IN THOSE ITEMS THAT WILL REMAIN ON CONSENT.

UH, ELLIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I KNOW I SPOKE BRIEFLY ON TUESDAY ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 90 AND I DON'T KNOW THE APPROPRIATE TIME, BUT I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO POSTPONE THAT JUST SO I HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO DO DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL MY QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAN BE A POSTPONEMENT ON CONSENT OR IF WE NEED TO PULL THAT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION LATER, BUT 90, THIS IS THE, UH, UH, RED VELVET CODE ENVIRONMENTAL.

YES.

YES.

THIS IS YOUR RESOLUTION.

UM, YES.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

OKAY.

SO WE'LL PULL ITEM NUMBER 90.

I SUPPORT THAT, UH, UH, POSTPONEMENT REQUEST.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I KNOW THERE WAS A VERSION TWO POSTED YESTERDAY, UM, BUT IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE RED LINES, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S A RED LINE VERSION THAT COULD BE POSTED TO THE MESSAGE BOARD JUST SO WE COULD SEE WHAT, UM, WHAT ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE MAYOR BE GLAD TO DO THAT.

I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST INDICATE THAT THE CHANGES WERE, UM, I THINK THERE WERE JUST TWO OR THREE PLACES AND THEY WERE INCORPORATING LANGUAGE THAT THE STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED CHANGING ON TUESDAY.

I HAD INDICATED THAT, UH, WATERSHED STAFF AND OUR WATER UTILITY WERE REVIEWING IT AND HAD SOME ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS AND THE CHANGES, THE ONLY CHANGES ARE THOSE TO ACCOMMODATE THE STAFF'S REQUESTS.

SO I WILL CERTAINLY HAVE THAT CHANGE.

THOSE CHANGES, UM, POINTED OUT.

I CAN EITHER POINT THEM OUT HERE ON THE DINOSAUR.

I CAN HAVE THAT POSTED.

UM, BUT THEY WERE, THEY WERE NOT, UH, SUBSTANTIAL AND THEY WERE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

OKAY.

SO ITEM NUMBER 90 IS PULLED A COUNCIL MEMBER IN KOREA.

I WANT TO POSTPONE THE ITEM 19 FOR TWO WEEKS.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO POSTPONING ITEM NUMBER 19 FOR TWO WEEKS HEARING NONE THAT WILL THE POSTPONEMENT.

WE HAVE A MEETING AND WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING IN TWO WEEKS.

SO IT'D BE TILL, UM, ON, ON JUNE, ON JUNE 9TH, ON JUNE 9TH, POSTPONE TO JUNE 9TH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO POSTPONE DID UNITE WILL BE WHAT IS CONSIDERED ON CONSENT.

UM, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE HEAR FROM SPEAKERS? YES.

CANCER POOL.

THANKS MAYOR.

I HAVE TWO ITEMS. ONE IS ITEM 36, WHICH IS THE BENGALI,

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UM, FEE WAIVER FOR A FESTIVAL AND WE ARE SHY.

UM, SOME FUNDS.

THE TOTAL IS 4,910.

AND CURRENTLY WITH, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND AN INCREASE FROM MAYOR PRO TEM ALTER.

WE HAVE 2,450.

AND SO IF Y'ALL WOULD HAVE A LOOK AT ITEM 36 AND SEE IF THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION WE'D LIKE TO MAKE, AND THEN, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK TO INCREASE THAT THE AMOUNT IS WAIVED.

AND THEN, AND I JUST SAY FOR THE RECORD, HOW MUCH SURE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD, I'M IN ALREADY FOR 300 AND I'M LIKE MY TOTAL 500.

I CAN GO AHEAD AND CONTRIBUTE A HUNDRED DOLLARS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CLERK GETS SOLID, THAT INFORMATION, AND THEN IT CAN BE ADDED TO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH.

AND THEN I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 40, WHICH IS THE NORTH BURNET GATEWAY CODE AMENDMENTS.

AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, UM, ITEM SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SECOND DOWNTOWN, UM, UP AT THE DOMAIN AREA, THE NORTH VERNON GATEWAY AREA, THESE CODE AMENDMENTS ARE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ENTITLEMENTS OF THE CMU GATEWAY ZONE SUBDISTRICT.

THEY WILL ENHANCE THIS GROWING AREA BY SUPPORTING TRANSIT AND WALKABILITY WITHIN THE AREA THAT IS CONSIDERED AUSTIN.

SECOND DOWNTOWN AREA.

WE'VE MADE AMENDMENTS TO THE NORTH BURNET GATEWAY REGULATING PLANS SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, IT'S BEEN DONE IN PATCHWORK STYLE AS IT HAS BEEN NEEDED.

AND SO FAR THIS APPROACH HAS WORKED OUT, BUT I PREFER THAT WE DO A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE FOR THE REGULATING PLAN AS PROPER FORETHOUGHT AND CONSIDERATION OF THE GROWTH IN THIS AREA.

IT ALSO, UH, WILL NOT BE AS MUCH WORK FOR EVERYONE IF WE CAN MAKE THESE COMPREHENSIVE CHANGES.

SO I WILL BE BRINGING AN IFC TO ENSURE THAT WE GET A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO THE NORTH BURNETT GATEWAY REGULATING PLAN.

THAT'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GROWING AREA, AND I'M HOPING MAYOR TO BRING THAT IFC BY JUNE 16TH.

THANK YOU.

AND THAT'S JUST SOME COMMENTS FOR ITEM 40.

THANK YOU.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE, PLEASE PUT ME DOWN 500 FOR THE, UH, BENGALI FESTIVAL.

UM, AND I JUST HAD A BRIEF QUESTION ON AN AD.

I'M NOT SURE IF STUFF IS, IS, IS, UH, PRESENT FOR THEM, BUT ON KIND OF ITEM 11 AND 12, THE, THE, UH, ROTATING LIST IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT IS THAT THE ROTATING LIST IS FOR SMALLER FIRMS SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO, UH, GET A FOOT IN THE DOOR WITH REGARD TO, UH, CITY CONTRACTING.

UH, AND, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT IS THE CASE.

LIKE I SAID, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT IT'S NOT HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED BY STAFF.

AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO, UH, CAUSE I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, ON AN ITEM NUMBER 11, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S HDR HAS COMPANY THAT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT HAS A 70 MILLION, $80 MILLION, UH, CONTRACT WITH REGARD TO THE MOBILITY PROGRAM.

UH, THEY'RE ALSO ON THE LIST FOR, YOU KNOW, ITEM 12 FOR THE ROTATING LIST FOR THE, AND SO I WAS JUST WONDERING KIND OF WHAT THE KIND OF STANDARDS AND GOALS ARE.

WE HAD, UH, ASKED VERY LATE, UH, YESTERDAY, UH, UH, TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON THE Q AND A, UH, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF STUFF'S AVAILABLE AND IF THEY'RE NOT, THAT'S FINE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.

OKAY, LET'S COME BACK TO YOUR STATS HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION QUICKLY.

WE'LL GO AHEAD.

OKAY.

NO, I'M NOT, I DO NOT WANT TO PULL IT OUT.

I JUST, ONCE I WAS CLARIFICATION, I UNDERSTAND GOOD MORNING, ROLANDA FERNANDEZ WITH THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S TWO, UH, ITEMS, UH, THE LARGE AND THE SMALL PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD ONLY ONE CONTRACT THAT ENCOMPASSED 10 FIRMS FOR ALL THE SERVICES REQUIRED FOR AUSTIN WATER.

THE IDEA CAME ABOUT TO SEPARATE THEM INTO TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO INSTEAD OF 10 OR 11, IN THIS CASE, WE'RE ASKING FOR 22, NOW 24 WITH THE MOTION FOR MARIN COUNCIL, WE DON'T SET A REQUIREMENT THAT, UM, PROHIBITS OR LIMITS THE AWARDS TO SMALLER, LARGE CONTRACTORS OR FIRMS IN THIS CASE, THE WAY WE SEPARATE THE WORK IS BASED ON DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE ANTICIPATED DESIGN WORK THAT THE FIRM WILL PROVIDE FOR US.

AND SO WE HOPE THAT BY SEPARATING THE ONE INTO TWO AND HAVING DIFFERENT, UM, EXPECTATIONS IN TERMS OF EXPERIENCE, THEN THE LARGER FIRMS WILL PURSUE THE LARGE CONTRACT BECAUSE IT'S A LARGER AMOUNT AND WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE HIGHER LEVEL EXPERIENCE, BIGGER, COMPLEX, COMPLEX WORK.

AND THEN THE SMALLER CONTRACTORS CONSULTANTS IN THIS CASE, WE'LL PURSUE THE SMALLER ASSIGNMENTS BECAUSE IT'S LOWER DOLLAR THRESHOLD, BUT MORE IN A LESS REQUIREMENTS OF EXPERIENCE, SIDES OF EXPERIENCE.

UH, BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T, WE DON'T LIMIT TO ONE OR THE OTHER.

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IT'S HOPEFULLY BY THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS, UH, SETTING, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT ACCOMMODATE BOTH LARGE AND SMALL FIRMS AND THEN HAVING MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES, WE'LL PROVIDE THAT AVENUE FOR SMALL FIRMS TO GET ON A CONTRACT, THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.

AND I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR STARTUP FIRMS OF FREQUENTLY, UH, MINORITY OWNED FIRMS, WOMEN OWNED FIRMS TO GET THEIR FOOT IN THE DOOR AND COMPETE WITH SOME OF THE BIGGER FIRMS. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, ALSO, WHEN A FIRM IS ON THAT CONTRACTING LIST AND NUMBER 12 LISTS, THAT DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET A CONTRACT, IS THAT CORRECT? OUR EXPECTATION THAT THEY WILL GET SOME, UH, CONTRACT, SIR.

AND SO THE WAY THAT ROTATION, THIS WORKS IS AS ASSIGNMENTS COME UP, NEED NEED FOR WORK COME UP AND THE DEPARTMENT WILL ISSUE AN ASSIGNMENT TO THE FIRMS AND WE BASE IT ON THE RANK.

SO IF YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE HIGHEST RANK FROM YOU'LL GET THE FIRST ASSIGNMENT AND THEN WE'LL WORK THROUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE LAST FIRM IN THIS CASE, NOW WE'RE ADDING, UM, 13.

SO THAT 13 WE'LL GET THE LAST ASSIGNMENT.

IF THERE'S AUTHORIZATION REMAINING, MEANING MONEY TO PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.

THE SECOND PASS WILL BE BASED ON THE INITIAL ASSIGNMENT THAT THE FIRST FIRM RECEIVED.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF I WAS FIRST AND YOU WERE SECOND, UM, BUT YOUR ASSIGNMENT WAS A LOT SMALLER THAN MINE WAS IN THE SECOND PASS.

YOU'LL GO FIRST AND THEN I'LL GO SECOND.

SO THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, HOPEFULLY WHEN THE CONTRACT'S OVER THE FIRM'S, UH, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET AN EQUAL AMOUNT OR CLOSE TO AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF, OF AUTHORIZATION OR IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, VALUE OF, UH, OF, UM, OF WORK, RIGHT IN TERMS OF DOLLAR AMOUNT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR YOUR EMOTION, UH, ADDING THOSE TWO FIRMS TO, UH, TO THE ROTATION LIST, UH, I FULLY SUPPORT, AND THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, AND FOR THE RECORD, WE'RE ADDING THOSE FIRMS BASED ENTIRELY ON QUALIFICATIONS, DOES THAT ADD TO THE TYPES OF EXPERIENCES AND QUALIFICATIONS THAT THE STAFF HAS TO CHOOSE FROM? UH, BUT, UH, JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT PARENTS.

OKAY.

AND TO THAT POINT, I MEAN, THEY WERE VERY CLOSE.

I MEAN, THAT WAS A HALF POINT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RANKINGS, THEY WERE VERY WELL RANKED FIRMS. THEY WERE JUST SLIGHTLY UNDER THE CURRENT.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON.

LET'S GET TO SPEAKERS AS WE A POOL MAYOR.

I'M SORRY.

I HAD INTENDED ALSO TO REQUEST, TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S ITEM NUMBER 37.

THIS IS ALSO A FEE WAIVER I HAD OFFERED TO, UM, PUT SOME MONEY TOWARD THAT FEE WAIVER, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY HAS FULLY FUNDED THAT ITEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER COUNTY.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, CLERK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LS.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD $250 FROM MY OFFICE BUDGET TO COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS.

UM, ITEM NUMBER 36.

OKAY.

MIRA.

I HAD INDICATED EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS NUMBER 17.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I BELIEVE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION THOUGH, PERHAPS NOT.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ON NUMBER 88.

OKAY.

UH, AND WHEN I HAVE, UM, I JUST WANT TO NOTE TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT KATIE POWERS HAS DISTRIBUTED THE RED LINE VERSION OF NUMBER 90, AND MY STAFF IS ALSO POSTING THAT ONLINE, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ANY OF THE CHANGES.

THERE IS ONE ADDITION BEYOND WHAT I JUST DESCRIBED.

I THINK I'D CHARACTERIZE THAT MOST OF THE CHANGES CAME FROM OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF ABOUT RECOMMENDATIONS.

THERE IS THE INSERTION OF ONE ADDITIONAL ONE ADDITIONAL CLAUSE.

AND I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW WHETHER IT'S A, BE IT RESOLVED OR A WAREHOUSE CLAUSE THAT CAME AS A REQUEST OF, UH, PODER, AND THERE WILL BE AN AMENDMENT THAT I'M GOING TO BE MAKING THAT RESTORES SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA HAD REQUESTED THAT WAS, UH, INADVERTENTLY REMOVED DURING LEGAL REVIEW.

OKAY.

SO WE'LL PULL 17 AND 18.

SORRY.

I'LL PULL ITEMS. I'M SEEING AT THIS POINT ARE 17 AND 18 AND 85 AND 90.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S

[Public Comments (Part 1 of 2)]

HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.

I THINK WE HAVE 70 SOME ODD SPEAKERS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO ONE THIS MORNING.

WE'RE GOING TO GO ONE MINUTE.

EACH WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE PRESENT.

UH, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE ONES THAT ARE REMOTE, UH, COLLEAGUES, UH, JUST, UH, BY WAY OF NOTICE, WE HAVE A FULL COMPLIMENT OF 10 SPEAKERS SPEAKING TODAY ON, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION IS THAT IT'LL BE 30 MINUTES THERE.

UH, AND I THINK WE HAVE, UH, 20 SPEAKERS PLUS FOR, UH, ZONING THIS AFTERNOON, UH, WITH AN ANNOUNCED TIME OF TWO MINUTES EACH, UH, FOR THE SPEAKERS THIS AFTERNOON, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS TO CONSIDER IN A EXECUTIVE SESSION, 85, 92 AND 17.

SO LET'S DO THE SPEAKERS HERE.

LET'S SEE HOW FAR WE CAN, UH, FAR WE CAN GET.

REMEMBER WE ALSO HAVE MUSIC TODAY AFTER, UH, AFTER, UH, SPEAKERS.

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UH, UM, SO CLARK, WE READY? WE'RE READY.

UM, 10:00 AM IN PERSON FOR ITEMS 2, 3, 6, AND 10 YVONNE WELDON.

HI, I'M A FIRST TIME SPEAKER HERE.

UM, I DO HAVE A LOT TO CONVEY ON ANY ONE AGENDA ITEM, BUT I CANNOT REASONABLY AND RATIONALLY DO SO IN ONE WITHIN ONE MINUTE.

SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO USE THIS TIME TO CONVEY THAT MANY OF US IN MY DISTRICT HAVE NO VOICE, NOR ARE WE GETTING CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY LEADERS.

FOR EXAMPLE, ON APRIL 4TH OF THIS YEAR, I FINALLY GOT A NEWSLETTER FROM OUR CITY COUNCILMEN, UM, AFTER 14 MONTHS WHERE THE LAST ONE I RECEIVED BEFORE THAT WAS JANUARY 29TH, 2021.

I DO OFTEN GET REGULAR UPDATES FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER DISTRICTS.

BUT SO SINCE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LEADERSHIP HAS DENIED ME A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MY CONCERNS ON THESE ISSUES THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I WILL FIND OTHER WAYS TO CONVEY MY CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THE CITY'S MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR LEADERSHIP IS INCESSANTLY AND IRRESPONSIBLY SPENDING IN HANDLING OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS, INCLUDING, UH, WHERE NONPROFITS AND OTHER ENTITIES CAN ETHICALLY DO SO.

AND WHEN SEE THE CITY LEADERS CANNOT EVEN MANAGE THE CURRENT OPERATIONS THAT IS ACCESS FREIGHTING, AUSTIN'S CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS, OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION CRISIS, OUR HOMELESS CRISIS, OUR WATER MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS DURING THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS.

UM, WHERE, UM, WHILE CONTINUING TO CHARGE US FOR FEES AND SERVICES, INCLUDING ONES YOU'VE HAD TO SUSPEND.

THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER IS GUS BENYA SPEAKING ON ITEMS 3, 5 19 27, 28, 29, 37 41 44, 49, 57 59 AND 60 MAYER.

I NEED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.

WAS THE LAST SPEAKER SPEAKING ON THE VMU AND COMPATIBILITY CONVERSATION, OR IS THAT LATER IN THE, NO.

OKAY.

THAT'S SO I'M 48.

SO TO BE CLEAR, ARE WE ALLOWING A FULL THREE MINUTE TESTIMONY FOR THOSE WHO ARE COMING TO ADDRESS US ON THAT ISSUE? I WOULD, I WOULD ADVOCATE AND, AND IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, UM, MOVE THAT WE ALLOW THOSE SPEAKERS THREE MINUTES EACH.

UM, THIS IS, UH, I COULD SAY MORE ABOUT IT, BUT LET ME JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

I THINK THAT THOSE, I THINK THE SPEAKERS WHO ARE COMING TO ADDRESS US ON THOSE POTENTIAL CODE CHANGES OUGHT TO BE AFFORDED THE FULL TIME.

SURE.

EVERYBODY HAD AN OBJECTION TO THAT.

OKAY.

SO WE'LL DO THAT AS WE GO THROUGH.

GO AHEAD.

GUS PENA ON DECK IS WALLACE LUNGREN WHAT'D YOU READ THE NUMBERS THAT, UH, MR. PENA AND SIGN UP FOR, FOR GUESTS, VIRGINIA, HE REGISTERED ON 3, 5, 19 27, 28, 29, 37, 41 44, 49, 57, 59 AND 60.

OKAY.

NEXT SPEAKER FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX, WALLACE LUNDGREN.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER SIX, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A MURAL TO BE PAINTED AT SOME POINT FOR SOME SIZE, UH, HERE IN AUSTIN, UH, THIS IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH ARE YOU ALL SAYING? THERE'S NOT A LOT, BUT IT'S A, THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A MURAL IN AUSTIN AFTER SOME RESEARCHES BETWEEN 15 AND $50.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG THIS MURAL IS GOING TO BE.

I CALLED 12 PEOPLE YESTERDAY THAT PAINT MURALS, SEVEN OF THEM ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY, WANTING TO KNOW WHEN THEY CAN BE IT.

UH, SO THE MURAL BUSINESS, APPARENTLY IT'S KIND OF TIGHT RIGHT NOW, AND YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTING TO PAINT MORE.

UH, I DON'T THINK THIS IS A RESPONSIBLE USE OF, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY NEED FOR IT.

AND I THINK IT SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED.

THANK YOU ON ITEM 18, ALEX STRANGER.

GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.

I'M SPEAKING AGAINST ITEM NUMBER 18 AND THE NEED TO GIVE $41 MILLION FOR COVID SERVICES BECAUSE WE HAVE MUCH MORE PRESSING ISSUES TO ATTEND TO RIGHT NOW, VLADIMIR PUTIN SERVES AS THE GREATEST THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY IN THE HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH.

AND WE NEED TO GIVE

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THIS MONEY TO THE UKRAINIANS.

INSTEAD RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE IS ON PAR WITH NAZI GERMANY, AND VLADIMIR PUTIN IS LITERALLY HITLER.

OUR COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE DIVERSE THAN STANDING WITH UKRAINE.

AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE INCLUSIVE THAN SUPPORTING THOSE STUNNING AND BRAVE SOLDIERS IN THE ESAF BATTALION.

OUR BIGGEST BIGGEST ENEMIES ARE RACISM, WHITE SUPREMACY AND RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION.

AND IF YOU REFUSE TO STAND WITH UKRAINE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SHRINE OF LATTIMER'S ALINSKY IN YOUR BEDROOM, AND IF YOU DON'T THINK THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE GREATEST PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME, THAT NOT ONLY ARE YOU A WHITE SUPREMACIST, BUT YOU ARE A RUSSIAN ASSET AS WELL AS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST AND YOU BELONG IN GUANTANAMO BAY.

FURTHERMORE, VLADIMIR PUTIN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INFLATION BECAUSE HE SINGLE-HANDEDLY PRINTED 80% OF OUR COUNTRY'S MONEY SUPPLY THESE PAST TWO YEARS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR ADLER FOR HEARING ME ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT THIS MONEY TO A GOOD CAUSE, LIKE SENDING BABY FORMULA TO THE BORDER TO HELP THE UKRAINIANS.

REMEMBER IT'S NOT UKRAINE, IT'S WEAK RAID SLAVA.

UKRAINIA.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT WEEK.

NEXT SPEAKER'S JOE SANTIAGO SPEAKING ON 31 ITEM 38.

SCOTT CUB ON DECK IS MATTHEW WISE.

GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS SCOTT CALVIN.

I'M HOPING THE WATER LIFE CARD AT BARTON SPRINGS POOL.

I'M IN FAVOR OF WAIVING THE FEE FOR $20.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE YOU ARE IGNORING THE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD TO RAISE A LIVING WAGE TO $22 AN HOUR FOR LIFEGUARDS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A LIFEGUARD SHORTAGE.

I EXPECT IT TO BE AROUND 300 SHORT.

YOU COULD STILL SAVE THE SUMMER FOR THIS PEOPLE WHO HAVE AUSTIN WHO WANT TO SWIM, OFFERING A $22 LIVING WAGE HOLIDAY PAY FULL BENEFITS.

AND THAT WAY YOU WOULD, UH, BE ABLE TO OPEN THE POLLS FULLY.

AS FAR AS THIS TRAINING FEE, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH 40 HOURS OF UNPAID TRAINING IN ORDER TO BE A LIFEGUARD FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON.

I DO NOT KNOW OF ANY OTHER JOB IN THE CITY, REALLY IN AUSTIN, WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO TO UNPAID TRAINING FOR 40 HOURS TO WORK WHEN TO WORK THIS JOB, WHERE THEY HIRE YOU IMMEDIATELY PAY.

YOU IMMEDIATELY WENT TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON, WHERE YOU DONATE $300 OF YOUR TIME AND UNPAID TRAINING THE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR JOBS CAN CHOOSE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU NOW.

NUMBER 38.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY MR. CUB.

MY NAME IS MATTHEW WISE.

I'M A FORMER OPEN WATER LIFEGUARD AT BARTON SPRINGS, UH, INCLUDING FROM SOMETHING LIKE A DOZEN WATER RESCUES UNDER MY BELT.

I'VE ALSO, UH, HITCHED HEADED A COUPLE OF OTHER, UH, PROGRAMS OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN.

UH, SO IT WAS A MATTER OF FACT, THE, UH, BONUSES FOR WORKING THIS SUMMER DID ENCOURAGE ME TO COME BACK AND APPLY, UH, UNTIL MY OTHER MAIN GIG RAMPS UP LATER THIS SUMMER.

SO IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN ONCE I WAS REGISTERED, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN AQUATIC OFFICE CALLED ME AND SAID, UM, YOU WON'T BE CONTINUING WITH YOUR TRAINING.

UH, AND I THINK I'M STILL ON SOMEBODIES TENNIS, YOUR OLD NO-NO LIST, UM, WHICH I SPOKE WITH, UH, PART HR RECENTLY.

AND THEY SAY, WELL, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE.

UM, AND I THINK I'M THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

I KNOW OF DOZENS PERSONALLY, UH, LIFEGUARDS, WHO WOULD LOVE TO COME WORK, BUT DUE TO PERSONNEL ISSUES, UH, SOMEWHERE IN MANAGEMENT, UH, THEY'RE ON A NAUGHTY BLACKLIST.

UM, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE LIKE A HUNDRED PEOPLE.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A 70% ATTRITION RATE BETWEEN HIRING OR APPLICATION AND GETTING HIRED.

UH, AND I THINK LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD AT WHY OTHERWISE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE BEING TURNED AWAY, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT IS MIKE GORSE ON ITEM 48.

SCORES HAS THREE

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MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MAYOR, MAYOR PROTIME AND COUNCIL I'M.

I WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM ENDS.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A GENERAL CONSENSUS WITH MOST OF THE COUNCIL THAT THE CURRENT RULES THAT WE HAVE AREN'T COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEEDS OF A LARGE AND GROWING CITY THAT HAS A HOUSING SHORTAGE.

I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS CHANGE ON ONE HAND, I'M GLAD THAT THERE IS A COMPROMISE BEING PROPOSED THAT PEOPLE CAN AGREE UPON.

AND IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT OVER NOT DOING ANYTHING AT THE SAME TIME.

I WAS READING SOME TWEETS THAT MIKE GORDINI POSTED YESTERDAY THAT POINTED OUT THAT EVEN WITH THE CHANGES BEING PROPOSED BY THE COMPROMISE AUSTIN'S COMPATIBILITY REGULATIONS WOULD STILL BE AMONG THE MOST RESTRICTIVE IN THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF WHEN COMPARED WITH PEER CITIES.

AND IT ALSO, THEY ALSO TRIGGER IN MORE CASES THAN IN OTHER CITIES, AND IT IS ALSO HARDER FOR THEM TO BE WAIVED THAN THEY ARE IN SOME OTHER CITIES.

IN SOME CASES, IN OTHER CITIES THAT CITY COUNCIL CAN WAIVE THE RESTRICTIONS AT THEIR DISCRETION.

WHEREAS AN AUSTIN WHERE IT'S REQUIRES THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE, WHICH, AND REQUIRING A SUPER MAJORITY, I THINK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN FOR ME.

IF I EVER NEED TO MOVE, I HAVE A CONDO THAT IS FINE FOR INSTANCE, EXCEPT THAT I CAN'T HAVE PETS.

SO THAT DEPENDING HOW MY LIFE GOES, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CREATE AN ISSUE FOR ME.

AND I'M, I'M GLAD I'M FEELING FORTUNATE RIGHT NOW THAT I'M NOT NEEDING TO MOVE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE HOUSING SITUATION IS.

I HEAR THAT IT'S EVEN AFFECTED PEOPLE ON COUNCIL WITH THEIR RENTS GOING UP, BUT THERE IS, I WANTED TO REITERATE THAT THERE IS A NEED, AND I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILA HAS CALLED FOR AN ANALYSIS TO LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING CAPACITY.

THIS IS, THIS WOULD GENERATE AND COMPARISON WITH OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT FURTHER ADJUST THE RESTRICTIONS.

AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO ME.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE DATA THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR COUNCIL TO HAVE, AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING YOUR DELIBERATIONS.

I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WHAT THESE, WITH MINIMUM PARKING RESTRICTIONS, ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A PROPERTY MORE EXPENSIVE, AND I NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE NEAR TRANSIT.

SO, WHICH MIGHT MEAN PAYING A PREMIUM FOR PROPERTY IN SOME CASES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF I'M REQUIRED TO PAY FOR A PARKING SPACE, WHEN I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE A CAR, THEN THAT FURTHER AFFECTS AFFORDABILITY.

SO IT'S A MATTER OF EVERYTHING BEING RELATED TO EVERYTHING ELSE AND COUNCILS SHOULD CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TO MOVE AND THE NEEDS OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THANKS.

THANK YOU, EDGAR HANDLE FOR ITEM 48, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL CAPPLEMAN.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

HI, MY NAME IS EDGAR HANDEL.

I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR 15 YEARS.

I HAVE A TWO-YEAR-OLD SON AND I WORRY DEEPLY ABOUT THE EFFECT OF THE HOUSING CRISIS AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS WILL HAVE ON HIS LIFE BECAUSE OF THIS WORRIES.

IT IS MADDENING TO SEE SERIOUS THREATS TO MY SON'S FUTURE, TO ALL OF OUR FUTURES, GO UNADDRESSED BY THIS COUNCIL.

AND I CAN'T HELP, BUT ASK WHY WE KNOW DENSE HOUSING IS MORE SUSTAINABLE AND MORE AFFORDABLE.

SO WHY WOULD THIS COUNCIL CHOOSE TO COMPROMISE OUR FUTURE? JUST BECAUSE OF VOCAL MINORITY MINORITY DOES NOT LIKE LIVING NEAR TALL BUILDINGS WHILE OUR COUNCIL REFUSES TO TAKE HOUSING REFORM.

SERIOUSLY, I'VE WATCHED FRIEND AFTER FRIEND MOVE FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY FRIENDS WHO CAN ATTEND THESE KINDS OF MEETINGS TO TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AFFORDABILITY REALLY IS.

WE HAVE ACTUAL PRESSING CRISES TO DEAL WITH CRISES THAT HIT THE LEAST PRIVILEGED LEAST PRIVILEGED AMONG US.

HARDEST.

WE MUST STOP PROTECTING COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS AND PARKING MINIMUMS THAT ADD TO THE CRISIS, AND FINALLY BEGIN TO TREAT THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE GRAVITY THEY DESERVE.

THANK YOU, DANIEL CAPPLEMAN ON ITEM 48 ON DECK IS JOLENE KIELBASA,

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MAYOR ADLER, MAYOR PRO TEM ALTER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

I AM PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS MADE THE CHOICE TO ADDRESS THE SEVERE HOUSING SHORTAGE AND AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, BUT THE COMPATIBILITY PARKING AND VIEWING NEW ITEMS. UH, HOWEVER, THE COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF PARKING MANDATES AND COMPATIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL ALLOW THESE ITEMS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

THERE'S AN OVERWHELMING CONSENSUS AMONG EXPERTS THAT PARKING MANDATES ARE A FAILED PRACTICE THAT HARM RESIDENTS AND CONTRIBUTE TO HOUSE HOUSING COST INCREASES, UH, URBAN SPRAWL POLLUTION AND CAR CRASHES.

THERE'S AN ACCELERATING TREND AMONG CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES TO REMOVE COSTLY PARKING MANDATES AND TO SUPPORT AFFORDABILITY, CLIMATE AND EQUITY GOALS.

COMPATIBILITY HAS BEEN A TOOL USED TO SEPARATE DIFFERENT KINDS OF HOUSING AND KEEP THE SUPPLY OF HOMES AND AUSTIN WELL BELOW WHAT IS NEEDED PROJECTS ALONG THE CORRIDORS MUST BE ABLE TO BUILD TO THEIR FULL HEIGHT AND RIGHT-SIZE THEIR PARKING AND CONTRIBUTE TO AND NOT UNDERMINE THE CITY OF AUSTIN STATED GOALS ON AFFORDABILITY AND MOBILITY AND CLIMATE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL HAS THE POWER TO CHOOSE TO REACH THESE GOALS.

THESE ARE POLICY CHOICES.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER CHOOSING POLICIES THAT WILL MOVE US TOWARD A MORE AFFORDABLE AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

MAY I ASK A QUESTION BRIEFLY? YES, GO AHEAD.

IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE MAY BE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WEREN'T AWARE OF THE CUTOFF TIME FOR ITEM NUMBER 48 AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO IT.

UM, CAN I GET A SMALL SHOW OF HANDS JUST TO GET TO GAUGE HOW MANY FOLKS MIGHT NOT BE SIGNED UP AT WANT TO SPEAK? HOW WOULD YOU ASK FOR THEM TO PROCEED THESE FOLKS, UM, GIVE THE CLERK THEIR NAME AND THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT? WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S A RECURRENT ISSUE, UH, AND WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS THAT ARE HERE FREQUENTLY, THAT, THAT ALSO COME IN AND SAY, THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF THE, OF THE, OF THE RULES.

WE EVEN FORCED THOSE RULES GENERALLY SPEAKING, JUST BECAUSE IT'S QUITE ENABLES THINGS TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT ON THESE ITEMS, 48 AND 49, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY ACTION TAKEN TODAY.

SO THERE'S ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON JUNE 9TH WHEN THESE ITEMS WOULD, WOULD IT BE COMING BACK TO US? SO CERTAINLY THE COUNCIL COULD TAKE DIFFERENT DIRECTION IF IT WANTED TO, BUT OTHERWISE AS CHAIR, I WOULD BE ENFORCING THIS RULE AS I HAVE IN THE PAST ON OTHER REQUESTS.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES, I'D LIKE TO OFFER FOLKS WHO TOOK THE TIME TO COME TO CITY HALL, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IF A DOES THAT ALL CASES, OR IS THAT JUST, I WOULD SAY GENERALLY, BUT, UM, THE ONE THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION TODAY IS ITEM NUMBER 48, BUT JUST GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, DURING THE COURSE OF OUR CONVERSATIONS AROUND ACCESS TO CITY HALL, I THINK WHEN PEOPLE TAKE THE TIME TO SHOW UP, WE SHOULD OFFER THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

SO ON THE ACCESS QUESTION, BUT NOT KIND OF A GENERAL STATING OF THE RULE THAT FROM NOW ON, WE DON'T REQUIRE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP ON TIME.

I WOULDN'T SAY THAT.

I I'D SAY IT'S PROBABLY MORE NUANCE TO THAT.

I SAW TWO HANDS RAISED IN WHICH CASE I'D SAY THAT'S NOT A DISRUPTION TO THE PROCESS.

YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK UP, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO ALLOW THEM TO SEE.

OKAY.

BUT ANY OBJECTION, THOSE TWO SPEAKERS BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TODAY.

SO IF YOU'RE IN THAT GROUP AND WANT TO COME DOWN AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR COURTNEY, GO AHEAD AND CALL YOU.

I HAD A COMMENT MAYOR.

OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE HER MEDICINE.

THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT.

I, I COMPLETELY AGREE.

AND AT ONE POINT THE RULE WAS THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE SIGNED UP PRIOR TO THE ITEM BEING CALLED AND, AND I'M NOT SURE, I THINK IN THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC, SOME OF THESE RULES HAVE JUST SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT TODAY'S THE DAY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT WE KIND OF REVIEW SOME OF THOSE THINGS, MAYBE AT OUR WORKS AT OUR NEXT WORK SESSION.

I THINK MAYBE THE REASON THEIR CUTOFF IS APPLYING IS BECAUSE IT'S ON CONSENT, BUT, BUT I'M NOT SURE.

SO I THINK AS THINGS ARE GETTING ANYWAY, I THINK, I THINK OUR PROCESS HAS GOTTEN JUST A BIT JUMBLED ON A FEW FRONTS.

AND I REALLY THINK, I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME DOWN TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, UM, THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO, THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND AS LONG AS THEY'VE SIGNED UP BEFORE WE, I MEAN, FRANKLY, I THINK THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO SIGN UP AS LONG AS THEY'RE SIGNING UP BEFORE WE FINISHED TALKING ABOUT IT, I WOULD AFFORD THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

BUT I THINK THE ACTUAL PROCESS RULE WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT THEY NEEDED TO SIGN UP BEFORE IT GOT CALLED.

YEAH.

AND WHEN WE WERE POST PANDEMIC, WHEN WE WERE FIGURING OUT WHAT RULES WE WERE GOING TO PROCEED ON, WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION.

UH, AND AT THAT POINT, THE, THE, THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CUTOFFS WAY WE HADN'T, WHICH I SUPPORTED JUST BECAUSE IT'S ENABLING US AS A BODY TO ACTUALLY GET OUR AGENDAS DONE.

AND WE'RE NOT HAVING PEOPLE SPEAKING LATE INTO THE NIGHT, BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO STOP US AS A GROUP FROM REVISITING AT ANY POINT, UH, ANY OF THE RULES THAT, THAT WE HAVE.

BUT FOR TODAY, IF YOU'RE SIGNED UP ON, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 48 AND 49, IF YOU'RE LIKE YOU AND WERE UNABLE TO SIGN UP TODAY,

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BECAUSE YOU WERE AFTER THE CUTOFF, COME DOWN TO THE CLERK AND WE'LL RECOGNIZE YOU CAN'T SERVE A KITCHEN.

YEAH.

I, I THINK YOU, I THINK YOU S YOU SAID IT, BUT I JUST, FOR CLARITY'S PURPOSE, I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 48 AND 49, UH, 48 IS THE VMU ITEM THAT I BROUGHT, UH, 49 IS THE COMPATIBILITY PROPOSALS THAT OTHERS BROUGHT.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO AND I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT SEPARATING THEM.

I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT 48, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT 49, BUT I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT MAYOR, SO, OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO WE'LL CONTINUE X SPEAKER.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON COMPATIBILITY AND VMU, I'M JOLENE KOBASA, I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE ZAP.

AND, UM, BUT I AM SPEAKING ON MY OWN BEHALF AS A VERY SEASONED VETERAN OF THE 2008 VMU PROCESS.

BUT FIRST ABOUT YOUR COMPATIBILITY, ZAP HAD A SIMILAR PROPOSAL IN 2017 THAT SIMPLIFIED THE CODE.

AND I SEE THAT THIS FOLLOWS IT QUITE A BIT, BUT WE FELT LIKE YOU DO THAT.

THIS THERE'S NO NEED TO KEEP STANDARDS THAT EXTEND TO 540 FEET, BUT DIFFERENT FROM YOUR PROPOSITION RIGHT NOW, EVERYONE DOES DESERVE THE SAME LEVEL OF PROTECTION.

AND ONE STANDARD IS THE SIMPLEST.

IN FACT, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE BUSINESS AND THINK THAT IT WOULD MAKE IT WOULDN'T MAKE UP THINGS TO HAVE DIFFERENT STANDARDS.

UM, AND SO YOUR PROPOSAL MAKES COMPATIBILITY A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED WITH FIVE CATEGORIES.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT IT MEANS DEFINING MAJOR IN MEDIUM, MAJOR AND MEDIUM CORRIDORS.

AND WHAT IF RE MORE ROW IS NEEDED? UM, THAT COULD CHANGE THE DEFINITION AND THE 216 MOBILITY PROJECTS ALSO DOES.

IT SEEMS TO SORT OF MESS IT UP, BUT STILL THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON IT.

AND THEN VMU IN 2008 WAS A BIG, UM, PROJECT THAT PRODUCED COMMUNITY BUY-IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE'RE PROVIDED MAPS.

AND I ASKED FOR ONE TO BE PUT ON THE DOCUMENT CAMERA AND FOR OPTING IN AND OPTING OUT PROPERTIES.

AND WE ALSO WERE FILLED IN SHEETS AND SOLVED THE OTHER PIECE THAT I, SO THIS IS WHAT WE WORKED WITH IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESSES PARTICIPATED TOO.

AND DURING OUR COMMUNITY DISCUSSION, WE DISCOVERED SOME OWNERS REALIZED THAT BMU WAS NOT COMPATIBLE OR CONFLICTED WITH THEIR EXISTING BUSINESSES.

AND THERE WAS ALSO THE NEED FOR RESIDENT, FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SIDE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY, DARK SKIES, LIGHTING, FOR EXAMPLE, CONFLICTS WITH, UM, OR IT MAKES IT ACTUALLY BEAMS, UM, LIGHT INTO PEOPLE'S HOUSES.

AND THERE WERE ALSO PROBLEMS WITH NOISY AIR CONDITIONERS AND LOADING DOCKS AND NOISY TRASH.

AND SO THIS ROBUST DISCUSSION IS NOT HAPPENING AT THIS TIME.

AND IT DOES COME ACROSS AS A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED AND A TOP DOWN APPROACH.

AND SO I JUST SAY TAKE MORE TIME SO THAT YOU DO HAVE ZONING AND COMPATIBILITY THAT IS NOT TOO ONEROUS.

AND I WOULD SAY INCLUDE THE LAND.

USE AGENTS INCLUDE BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON IT, BUT THERE IS SOME, THERE IS A LOT TO BE LEARNED FROM SOME OF US WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PAST.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SPEAKING ON ITEM 48, ELEANOR MCKINNEY ON DECK IS CURTIS ROGERS, MR. MCKENNEY, OR MR. ROGERS.

OKAY.

NEXT SPEAKER.

I'M SORRY.

MR. ROGERS IS HERE.

WHO'S ON DECK AFTER MR. ROGERS.

BRANDON WITH STRUCK.

I'M SORRY.

SAY THAT AGAIN, BRANDON WITH STRUCK.

THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME TO TALK TODAY.

I LIKE TO START OFF BY READING A LIST OF CITIES, UH, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, PORTLAND, OREGON RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA ST.

PAUL, MINNESOTA, BUFFALO, NEW YORK BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI DUNWOODY, GEORGIA DOVER, NORTH DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, UH, ALBUM MARRIED, NORTH CAROLINA, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA BRANSON, MISSOURI CANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK, HUDSON, NEW YORK, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST BASTROP, TEXAS.

THIS IS A LIST OF CITIES THAT HAVE COMPLETELY ELIMINATED PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

THIS IS NOT A TIME WHERE WE CAN EASILY SAY THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING

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OUR AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.

WE ARE ADDRESSING OUR CLIMATE CRISIS.

IF WE SIMPLY COMPROMISE AND SAY THAT WE NEED SOME PARKING REQUIREMENTS, I WILL SAY THAT REDUCING PARKING REQUIREMENTS IS PROGRESS, BUT IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE IN THE SEVENTIES, WHEN AIRLINES GREATEST SMOKING SECTION ON THE AIRPLANE, WE ALL KNEW THAT WAS WRONG.

WE ALL KNEW WHERE WE WERE GOING.

WE ALL KNOW WHERE WE NEED TO BE, AND WE CAN GET THERE TODAY.

WE CAN GET THERE FASTER IF WE ELIMINATE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

THANK YOU.

BRENT, BRENDAN WITH STRUCK ON DECK IS JOSHUA.

BRONSMAN FOUR ITEMS, 48 AND 49 MAYER.

YES, I HAVE A QUESTION.

DID YOU CALL, UM, I THINK HE CALLED SOMEONE THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING YET.

LA MCKINNEY.

IS THAT RIGHT? WAS SHE IN PERSON OR WAS SHE SUPPOSED TO BE ON, SHE REGISTERED IN PERSON TO SPEAK IN PERSON.

OKAY.

SO WHEN SHE SHOWS UP, WE CAN CIRCLE BACK AROUND HERE, RIGHT? OKAY.

THANK YOU, JAY CROSS, SLING SPEAKING ON 48 AND 49 ON DECK IS ROBERT CHOLA, 48 AND 49.

HELLO.

UM, MY NAME CHEVROLET'S ACROSS SAY I LIVE IN D FOR, UH, MY WIFE AND EIGHT YEAR OLD SON, AND I HOPE MY SON AND HIS PEERS GET TO LIVE IN AUSTIN IN THE FUTURE.

UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR ADLER AND AUSTIN COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TODAY TO THE AFFORDABILITY CLIMATE INEQUITY CRISES, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE BY EXCLUSIONARY ZONING.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, PRESIDENT BIDEN ASKED YOU TO END THE PRACTICE OF EXCLUSIONARY ZONING, SUCH AS COSTLY PARKING MANDATES OR THE BIZARRE IDEA OF COMPATIBILITY LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ALLOWED TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO OUR CURRENT POPULATION.

PLUS 25% OF REGIONAL GROWTH HAS FAILED THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN RAPIDLY DRIVING UP HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS.

UM, PLEASE BEGIN TODAY TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SYSTEM TO ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A MAJORITY OF THE REGION'S GROWTH TO OCCUR IN WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH ACCESS TO FREQUENT TRANSIT.

THE ONLY PLACES IN OUR METRO REGION WHERE AFFORDABLE LOW CARBON LIFESTYLES ARE POSSIBLE.

THERE ARE NO KNOWN PUBLIC BENEFITS TO COSTLY PARKING MANDATES, COMPATIBILITY OR HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS, PARKING MANDATES INCREASE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED HOUSING COSTS AND INCREASED CAR CRASHES.

NARROW STREETS WITHOUT SIDEWALKS ARE SAFER FOR ALL USERS.

WHEN THERE ARE CARS PARKED ON THOSE STREETS, SCHOOLS ARE SAFER WHEN THERE IS NOT A BAN ON LIVING WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF SCHOOLS WITHOUT INVESTING IN PARKING AS A PREREQUISITE.

THE HOUSING, THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN AUSTIN IS NOT A MYSTERY WHERE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL HAS CHOSEN TO IMPOSE EXCLUSIONARY ZONING.

HOUSING IS GROWING MORE EXPENSIVE CAUSING DISPLACEMENT AND SUFFERING.

THE UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY HAS BEEN WILDLY SUCCESSFUL AT KEEPING HOUSING AFFORDABLE IN WEST CAMPUS WHILE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS SAW MEDIAN MONTHLY HOUSING COSTS INCREASED BY 50 OR $60 EVERY YEAR PER MONTH.

UM, BETWEEN 2010 AND 2019, THE UNO NEIGHBORHOODS ONLY SAW A $2 TO $7 INCREASE IN MONTHLY RENT.

UM, WHILE ADDING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE HOMES FOR MORE PEOPLE WITH MANY OF THOSE UNITS, NOT REQUIRING RESIDENTS INVEST IN CAR STORAGE.

I SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS AND OTHERS' DESIRES FOR PLANNING AND FOR, FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY TO BE ENGAGED IN HOW WE GROW.

HOWEVER, ANY SUCH PROCESSES SHOULD BE DONE WITH AN ASSUMPTION OF AT LEAST DOUBLING HOUSING CAPACITY IN THE CITY THIS YEAR, AND ALLOWING MANY MORE PEOPLE TO AFFORDABLY LIVE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF HIGH QUALITY TRANSIT.

AND FINALLY, I THINK I'M SPEAKING ON ALL THREE THINGS ON THEM IN CHOCOLATE ZONING PLACE, PLEASE ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT WE'RE BUILDING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAY I ADD SOMETHING FOR MR. CROSSLEY? RIGHT.

THANKS.

UM, HI, MR. CROSSLEY, I JUST SEE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXCLUSIONARY ZONING AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT BECAUSE THAT IS LIMITED BY STATE LAW BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT STATE GINA HEENA HOSA, UH, INTRODUCED A BILL TO ALLOW TO OVERTURN THE TODD BAXTER LAW, WHICH, UH, WAS FROM THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS THAT PRECLUDES AND PROHIBITS EXCLUSIONARY ZONING IN, IN MUNICIPALITIES.

SHE INTRODUCED THIS AT MY REQUEST, UH, IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN 2019, THE, UM, THE SESSION IN 2019.

AND, AND AGAIN, IN 2021, THE BILL MOVED NOT AT ALL, UH, THAT FIRST SESSION IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR HEARING AND DID HAVE A HEARING IN 2021, UH, THIS INITIATIVE WILL I, I TRUST AGAIN, BE BROUGHT BY REPRESENTATIVE, UH, YOU KNOW, HOSA IN 2023 AND GOING FORWARD UNTIL WE CAN, IN FACT, CORRECT STATE LAW TO ALLOW

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FOR EXCLUSIONARY ZONING, WHICH SHE VERY CAREFULLY, UH, DISCUSSED, UM, IN YOUR COMMENTS.

SO WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE THOSE CHANGES MADE, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO HAPPEN, UM, AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE MAYOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CROSS, IS IT OKAY TO CLARIFY THAT? I BELIEVE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INCLUSIONARY ZONING AND I WAS USING THE PRESIDENT'S WORDS ABOUT EXCLUSIONARY ZONING, WHICH IS THINGS LIKE HARKING MANDATES AND HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.

SHE AND I HAVE DISCUSSED BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AND WE ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR THESE SORTS OF POLICIES TO BE ENACTED AND IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THE STATE EXI.

I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, ROBERT OCHOA, SPEAKING ON 48 AND 49 ON DECK IS BRITA WALLACE.

UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR ADLER.

GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ROBERT OCHOA.

I AM THE PRESIDENT OF AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.

I ALSO SERVE AS A NON-VOTING MEMBER ON THE AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BOARD.

UH, IN 2018, IN 2019, AUSTIN WAS RANKED AS THE NUMBER ONE PLACE TO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.

WE WERE NUMBER THREE IN 2020, WE'RE NUMBER FIVE IN 2021.

AND I'M SURE YOU ARE ALL AWARE THAT THE NEW RANKINGS JUST CAME OUT FOR THIS YEAR.

AND WE ARE NOW RANKED NUMBER 13.

THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE OF OUR LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IN FACT, AUSTIN'S LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS BECOME ITS REPUTATION ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.

CEOS ARE IN FACT, THE TWEETING CALLS FOR ACTION MEMES OF MOBILE HOMES.

SELLING FOR EXORBITANT PRICES ARE SHARED ON NATIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, A NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINE BESTOWS AUSTIN WITH THE TITLE OF ONE OF THE LEAST AFFORDABLE CITIES IN AMERICA.

AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THIS CRISIS.

JUST SPEAK MORE ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION.

AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HELPS PEOPLE BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE SUBGROUP, US AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.

WE HELP THE PARENT ORGANIZATION MOBILIZED YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO VOLUNTEER BY PROVIDING LABOR FUNDRAISING AND ADEQUACY ON BEHALF OF AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

AND OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE FOUND THAT MORE THAN HALF OF LOW INCOME LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE COST BURDEN PAYING AT LEAST 30% OF THEIR MONTHLY INCOME FOR HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP IS ONLY HELPS TO LEAVE, UH, ALLEVIATE THE COST BURDEN OF HOUSING AND ALSO RAISES THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF CHILDREN.

IT IMPROVES HEALTH AND ENCOURAGES GREATER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN GENERATE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.

THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THIS CITY AND HOW WE RESPOND TO THIS CRISIS.

THE CITY'S COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS PREVENTING LARGE BUILDINGS FROM BEING BUILT NEAR SMALL ONES IN THE PARKING MANDATES REQUIRING EVERY NEW BUILDING TO COME WITH CAR STORAGE INHIBITS HOW MANY AFFORDABLE HOMES WE CAN BUILD.

WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO INCREASE HOUSING CAPACITY ON CORRIDORS AND EXPAND THE CONSTRUCTION OF VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDINGS.

THANK YOU, BRITA WALLACE ON 48 AND 49 ON DECK IS DAVID WHITWORTH.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

AND FOR ALL Y'ALL'S HARD WORK ON THIS.

MY NAME IS BRITA WALLACE.

I AM AN INFILL DEVELOPER AND I'M ALSO THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN INFILL COALITION.

I'M ALSO SUCH A HOUSING NERD THAT MY ENTIRE TWITTER FEED HAS BEEN ABOUT COMPATIBILITY FOR THE LAST 48 HOURS.

LIKE I TRULY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD.

UM, I BET IF YOU ASKED ALMOST ANY OF MY FELLOW HOUSING NERDS, WHAT THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO GETTING MORE HOUSING IS AN AUSTIN THEY'D SAY COMPATIBILITY.

UM, I'M ALSO SUCH A HOUSING NEAR THAT I WAS UP LATE LAST NIGHT, READING OTHER CITIES COMPATIBILITY RULES.

WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT EVEN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AMENDED COMPATIBILITY RULES IN AUSTIN, KEEP BILL, KEEP BUILDINGS LOWER FOR LONGER THAN IN MANY OTHER CITIES.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN DENVER, ONCE YOU'VE GONE 45 FEET AWAY FROM A TRIGGERING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, YOU CAN HIT YOUR MAX BY RIGHT BUILDING HEIGHT OF 75 FEET, EVEN IN LAS VEGAS, WHICH HAS STRICT COMPATIBILITY RULES.

THERE'S AN, THERE'S A WAY FOR PROP FOR MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES THAT ADVANCE AFFORDABILITY GOALS TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE COMPATIBILITY RULES.

I UNDERSTAND, UH, SORRY, UNDER THE CURRENT PROPOSAL AND, UH, BUILDING AN AUSTIN COULDN'T HIT 75 FEET, EVEN ON A LARGE CORRIDOR AND TOLD US A HUNDRED FEET FROM THE TRIGGERING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

AND EVEN THEN THAT HIGH WOULD ONLY BE UNDER A BONUS PROGRAM.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE GOAL IS CONSENSUS.

SO I ASKED YOU ALL TO CONSIDER WHETHER SCALING BACK OUR COMPATIBILITY RULES, TO WHERE THEY ARE STILL.

SOME OF THE MOST RESTRICTIVE IN THE COUNTRY SHOWS A TRUE COMMITMENT TO EASING THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.

AND I ASK THAT Y'ALL PLEASE OPEN A LINE OF

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COMMUNICATION WITH THE, WITH THE DEVELOPERS THAT DEAL WITH COMPATIBILITY RULES ON A DAILY BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE END PROPOSAL IS SIMPLE AND ACTUALLY RESULTS IN MORE HOUSING FOR ALL KINDS OF AUSTINITES.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, DAVID WOODWORTH ON 48 AND 49 ON DECK MARIO CANTU, SPEAKING ON 48, 49 AND 53.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MARIO CANTU.

I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON TWO THINGS.

I WANT TO FOCUS ON, UH, DISPLACEMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, THE REASON WHY I THINK THAT'S A GOOD FOCUS IS BECAUSE I CANNOT REALLY GET A LOT OF INFORMATION REGARDING THOSE TWO THINGS.

UH, IF WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND A DEVELOPER COMES IN AND WANTS TO BUY THAT PROPERTY AND IT SOLD, AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS JUST GET TOSSED OUT, LET'S JUST SAY THEY CAN'T AFFORD, UH, ANY LIVABLE MEANS.

AND, AND IN FACT, IN THOSE APARTMENTS, LET'S JUST SAY IT'S AT 30 OR 40% MFI CURRENTLY, WHICH IS NOT A LOT OF THAT GOING ON.

THOSE INDIVIDUALS GET TOSSED DOWN TO BEN WHITE, THEN IT'S, THEN IT STATED THAT IF WE JUST BUILD, BUILD, BUILD, BUILD, BUILD, THERE'LL BE OKAY, BUT THEY'RE NOT OKAY.

SO HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHEN THERE IS DISPLACEMENT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS? AND I THINK THE SOLUTION IS NOT NECESSARILY DOING THAT ALL THE TIME AND PROVIDING A BUNCH OF HOTELS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO GO INTO IT'S WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND MAKING A, SOME TYPE OF A LATERAL MOVE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO BE REPLACED BACK INTO THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BEEN BUILT AND ESTABLISHED THEY'RE ON THE SAME PROPERTY, UH, FOR THEM TO LIVE AT, AT EITHER EQUAL OR GREATER THAN THE MFI THAT THEY WERE BEFORE.

UM, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD STRATEGY TO LOOK AT.

UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO DISPLACEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS AND IT'S ONGOING.

IT'S ONLY GETTING WORSE.

AND THE AFFORDABILITY THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT IS 30, 40, 50% MFI.

I KNOW, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SHRUG THEIR ARMS ABOUT THAT, THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT, BUT IT CAN BE DONE.

UM, AND RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME THAT WE NEED TO REALLY BE REFOCUSING ON THOSE TYPE OF, UH, MFIS AFFORDABILITY AND DISCOURAGING DISPLACEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

MONICA GUZMAN SPEAKING ON 48, 49, 53, 90 AND 94 ON DECK IS CINDY REED.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

I DIDN'T EVEN GET THE TIME MYSELF.

GOOD MORNING.

MARION COUNCIL.

I'M MONICA GUZMAN POLICY DIRECTOR AT GAVIN GO AUSTIN, VAMOS AUSTIN, AND THE DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES FOR SPONSORING ITEMS, 88 90.

THANK YOU TO THE SUPPORTING COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR ITEM 90 FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH EQUITABLE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT IT AND WORKING WITH THE CITY ON IMPLEMENTATION AND PROGRESS AS FOR ITEMS 48, 49, 53 AND 94, GABA IS OPPOSED.

AND SO AM I, AS A DISTRICT FOR RESIDENT, IS AUSTIN EXPERIENCING A HOUSING CRISIS? YES.

AFFORDABILITY CRISIS ABSOLUTELY IS BLANKET UP ZONING.

THE ANSWER NEVER.

THESE ARE CONTINUED ATTEMPTS TO WORK AROUND THE MARCH, 2020 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE COURT RULING WORK AROUND IT.

SO THE CITY CAN INCREASE ENTITLEMENTS TO DEVELOPERS, DENYING HOMEOWNERS, THE RIGHT TO FILE A VALID PETITION, A PROTEST ON DEVELOPMENT NEXT DOOR, NEAR THEIR HOMES AND GET AROUND THE COURT.

MANDATED SUPER MAJORITY VOTES DEVELOPMENT NEEDS TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND CONSIDERED THE AFFORDABILITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE AREA, THE NEEDS OF DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS, THE PATTERNS OF DISPLACEMENT AND THE IMPACTS OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF HOUSING TYPES.

EACH CASE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE EQUITABLE RESIDENT CENTERED RESIDENT INFORMED AND RESIDENT LED PLANNING.

THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH MUCH MORE THAN BLINKING CODE CHANGES.

AND SPEAKING OF DISPLACEMENT, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LOOKED AT THE PROJECT CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT

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MAPS AND DASHBOARD AUSTIN'S EASTERN CRESCENT LIGHTS UP THE MAP WITH THE THREE LEVELS OF DISPLACEMENT.

THE MAJORITY OF DISTRICT FOUR IS EITHER VULNERABLE OR EXPERIENCING ACTIVE OR CHRONIC DISPLACEMENT.

EASTERN CRESCENT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO BEAR THE IMPACT OF UNMANAGED GROWTH, RAPID GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT.

SO TELL ME, HOW WILL THIS BENEFIT FAMILIES EARNING LESS THAN $40,000, LESS THAN 30,000? DESCRIBE IN DETAIL HOW THE VMU RESOLUTION, ESPECIALLY IF COUNCIL MEMBER VELEZ AMENDMENTS ARE INCLUDED, HOW WILL IT DECREASE DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES FOR BIPAP HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES WHO ARE AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, DOESN'T GO EVERYWHERE.

PEOPLE NEED TO GO HOLLER, REMOVING PARKING REQUIREMENTS, BENEFIT THE TRADES, MEN AND WOMEN WHO NEED A VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT TOOLS, PROMO TORRES, OTHER ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO CANNOT RELY ON OR DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GIVE EXAMPLES OF OTHER CITIES COMPARABLE TO AUSTIN, WHERE AND HOW REMOVING PARKING REQUIREMENTS INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS, UNITS, AFFORDABLE TO RESIDENTS LIVING AT, OR BELOW 40% MFI 30% MFI, ALONG WITH OTHERS.

I KNOW THE CITY CAN NOT REQUIRE DEVELOPERS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND CANNOT SET RENT LIMITS.

SO TELL US, EXPLAIN TO US HOW APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION, ESPECIALLY IF IT INCLUDES THE AMENDMENTS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS ACCESSIBLE TO EASTERN CRESCENT RESIDENTS LIVING AT OR BELOW 40% MFI WHEN IT COMES TO MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS.

DESPITE WHAT SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK.

THE IDEA THAT A ONE BEDROOM ISN'T FAMILY-FRIENDLY IS ACTUALLY VERY TRUE WHILE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO OWN A HOME AND HAVE SEPARATE BEDROOMS FOR EACH CHILD THAT IS NOT THE TREND FOR AUSTIN'S EASTERN CRESCENT COMMUNITIES, GOVERNMENT, OR GABA, OR JUST COUNCIL TO SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS TO ALLOW FOR AUTHENTIC LANGUAGE ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THANK YOU.

CINDY REED ON DECK IS TAYLOR TREVINO.

CINDY REED IS SPEAKING ON 48, 49, 53, 90 AND 94.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, I'M A NATIVE AUSTINITE, BUT NOT ONCE.

SO AS NAIVE THAT KNOWS THAT WE CANNOT REMAIN THE SAME.

I'VE LIVED IN WASHINGTON, DC.

I'VE LIVED IN SPAIN, NEW YORK CITY, MINNEAPOLIS AND HOUSTON.

SO NOT ONLY HAVE I SEEN THESE CITIES OR VISITED THEM, BUT I'VE ACTUALLY LIVED IN THEM.

THEY ARE MY LIVED EXPERIENCE AND REMOVING PARKING COMPLETELY IS IMPRACTICAL.

IT IS NOT IN ROOTED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IT IS ACTUALLY PROMOTES, UM, YOU KNOW, WHITE PRIVILEGE.

IT'S ACTUALLY ROOTED IN WHITE PRIVILEGE.

AND I'LL EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW THIS IS NOT CAR STORAGE.

PEOPLE NEED THEIR CARS TO GET TO WORK.

I HAVE A THREE-YEAR-OLD TOO.

IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER HAD SMALL CHILDREN, THEY HAVE A LOT OF STUFF.

YES.

IT EVENTUALLY STARTS TO WIND DOWN AS THEY GET OLDER, BUT THEY HAVE TONS OF STUFF.

SO I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK BACK TO THAT TIME, WHEN YOU HAD SMALL CHILDREN, YOU HAD A STROLLER, YOU HAD A CAR SEAT, YOU HAD ALL THESE THINGS, LITTLE TOYS, DIAPERS FOR EVERY SITUATION.

AND I LIVED IN DC WITH A SMALL CHILD AND I MOVED BACK HERE BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THIS WAS A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY.

SO LET'S NOT DEMONIZE CARS AND CALL IT CAR STORAGE.

LET'S ALSO THINK ABOUT THE LABOR WHO NEEDS THEIR CAR.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR.

WE HAVE LOTS OF THOSE.

THEY NEED IT FOR LANDSCAPING, FOR CONSTRUCTION.

THE TEACHER I USED TO BE ONE HAS TONS OF STUFF, AND WE NEED TO REALLY TAKE OUR TIME TO TALK WITH THESE PEOPLE.

LOOK AT WHO'S SPOKEN THE TWO PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO ARE VISIBLY OF COLOR THAT HAVE SPOKEN SAID, LET'S TAKE OUR TIME WITH THIS.

ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WHITE, OKAY? AND KNOWLEDGE WORKERS CAN EASILY THROW THEIR BACKPACK, THROW THEIR LAPTOP IN THEIR BACKPACK AND BICYCLE TO WORK.

UM, PEOPLE OF COLOR.

WHEN WE HAVE A CHANCE WE WANT TO BUY A CAR AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH A CAR, ESPECIALLY THE WAY WE'RE GOING ELECTRIC, WE'RE GOING HYBRID.

I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD MY NEXT CAR TO BE ELECTRIC OR HYBRID.

SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THOSE KNOWLEDGE WORKERS.

YES, THEY CAN.

IF THEY'RE A LAWYER, A TECH WORKER, UM, AN ACCOUNTANT, THEY CAN THROW THEIR LAPTOP IN THEIR BACKPACK AND RIDE THEIR BICYCLE TO WORK.

HOWEVER, THE EVERYDAY LABOR, THE EVERYDAY FAMILY PERSON DOES NOT HAVE THAT PRIVILEGE.

AND AUSTIN IS CONTINUING TO FORGET FAMILIES.

THAT'S PART OF OUR LIFEGUARD STORE SHORTAGE.

I GREW UP IN AUSTIN THAT USED TO BE A GREAT SUMMER JOB FOR A HIGH SCHOOLER.

WE'RE CUTTING THAT PIPELINE OFF OF TALENT BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FAMILIES OUT.

AND IN TERMS OF WHITE PRIVILEGE, I TALK ABOUT THE KNOWLEDGE WORKER AND THOSE THAT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO LIVE IN THOSE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS, DEVELOPMENT DC.

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I LIVED IN ANACOSTIA EAST OF THE RIVER.

WE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE AMENITIES OF CAPITOL HILL.

AND IF I WANTED TO GO THERE TO PARK, I WAS SILOED.

I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A PRISON BECAUSE I HAD TO DRIVE ACROSS THE RIVER AND LOOK FOR PARKING.

SECONDLY, BLACK AND PROUD PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL SAFE.

RIDING A BIKE, LOOK AT THE EVENTS OF BUFFALO.

A LOT OF TIMES WE FEEL LIKE A TARGET.

WE MIGHT BIKE ON A OFF TRAIL, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THOSE LABORERS THAT I'M REPRESENTING, THEY'RE NOT HERE TO SPEAK.

SO WHEN WE, WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE OUR TIME, INVOLVE THOSE PEOPLE IN THIS CONVERSATION.

MY MOTHER-IN-LAW LIVES OFF OF FLATBUSH AVENUE IN NEW YORK CITY.

HER LIFE IS DOMINATED BY NOT BEING ABLE TO PARK.

SHE CAN'T GO TO CHURCH.

SHE SAID, I HAVE TO BE BACK BY TWO BECAUSE ALL THE PARKS ARE GONE.

ALL THE PARKING SPOTS ARE GONE.

SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE REALLY JUST HAVING THE TAXPAYERS PAY FOR THE PARKING.

THE DEVELOPER SHOULD BE IN PLACING, EVEN IF IT'S ONE SPOT PER UNIT AND PEOPLE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THEY ALSO NEED APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE HOUSING.

AND I'M HERE AND YOU'VE ADDED TWO PEOPLE WHO DID NOT SIGN UP TO SPEED.

WE NEED TUCKER IS TAYLOR TREVINO ON ITEM 49.

MA'AM PLEASE.

WE NEED, WE NEED TO GIVE OTHER PEOPLE A CHANCE TO SPEAK AS WELL.

THANK YOU, TAYLOR TREVINO, SPEAKING ON ITEM 49 ON DECK IS WELL DAVIS SPEAKING ON 48 AND 49 MIRROR.

YES.

I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS FOR 16 YEARS.

THIS IS WHAT GOT US INTO THIS SITUATION THAT WE'RE AT, WHERE WE'RE A NUMBER 13 IN THE NATION.

SO I JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT.

YES.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STUDY.

YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME UNTIL MULTI MILLIONAIRE WILL DAVIS ITEM 48 AND 49 ON IS GREG ANDERSON, 48 49.

HI COUNCIL, I THINK SORRY.

HI COUNCIL.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE ABILITY TO COME SPEAK.

EVEN THOUGH I WAS LATE, I PROMISE I WILL NOT BE LATE AGAIN FOR SIGNING UP FOR THIS.

IT'S ACTUALLY MY FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, AS I SAID, MY NAME IS WILL DAVIS I'M IN DISTRICT THREE, UH, AND YOU KNOW, 40% AS OF APRIL AUSTIN HOMES HAVE INCREASED 40% SHOCKING, BUT NOT SURPRISING.

OUR OUTDATED LAND USE POLICIES ARE STRANGLING OUR CITY, ENABLING THE HOLLOWING OUT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HOLD.

DEAR IT'S VIBRANT PEOPLE.

MY BROTHER FOR EXAMPLE, IS AN ARTIST AND FILMMAKER WHO HAS LIVED HERE SINCE HE WAS A STUDENT AT UT.

HE HAS ALREADY BEEN PRICED OUT OF MULTIPLE APARTMENTS OVER THE YEARS AND IS ABOUT TO BE PRICED OUT OF HIS CURRENT ONE, A MODEST GARAGE APARTMENT.

I WENT TO LIVE IN AN AUSTIN WHERE A TECH BRO AND AN ARTIST LIKE MY BROTHER CAN LIVE NEXT TO EACH OTHER, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS BECOMING LESS AND LESS LIKELY.

I'M ENCOURAGED TO SEE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS STARTED DEVELOPING A PLAN TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.

BUT I ASK THAT Y'ALL WILL ALSO SUPPORT A STRONG BEAM U2 THAT HAS MINIMAL TO NO COMPATIBILITY OR REGULATIONS OR PARKING REQUIREMENTS ONLY THEN WILL VMU REACH ITS FULL POTENTIAL.

WE'RE IN A FULL-ON CRISIS AT THIS POINT.

AND HONESTLY I PRAY THAT MOST DAYS, UH, WE WILL FIND RELIEF.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND, UH, AND TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, GREG ANDERSON ON 48 AND 49 ON DECK IS KAI GRAY.

BEFORE MR. ANDERSON SPEAKS.

I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR COMING DOWN TO CITY HALL.

UM, IT CAN BE NERVE WRACKING TO STEP UP TO THAT PODIUM AND, AND PRESENT BEFORE THE BOARD.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR FIRST TIME TO COME DOWN TO CITY HALL.

THIS IS IN FACT, THE PEOPLE'S BUILDING THE PEOPLE'S CHAMBERS, THE PEOPLE'S PODIUM, AND I REALLY, REALLY LOVE TO SEE FOLKS FOR THE FIRST TIME ENGAGE AND INTERACT WITH THIS PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS TOBO AND HARPER MEDICINE FOR MAKING SURE HE GOT TO SPEAK.

THAT WAS GREAT.

UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM, THE MUTU IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE HAD HOPE IN A LITTLE WHILE.

SO, UH, MY NAME'S GREG ANDERSON, I'M WITH AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE HEARD THAT WE HAVE TEAMED UP WITH AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SELL 30 HOMES TO TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN AUSTIN.

AND I WANT TO SHARE THAT IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF SLIDES, IF YOU WOULD, AT THREE TIMES IN THE FIRST 48 HOURS, WE HAD 700 UNIQUE REPLIES, HIT IT TWO MORE TIMES, IF YOU WOULD.

AND THEN IN THE FIRST 96 HOURS, ONE MORE TIME, WE HAD OVER 1000 UNIQUE INQUIRIES FOR 30 HOMES FROM TEACHERS AND STAFF, AND ONE HAND THAT'S AMAZING,

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RIGHT? THIS, THIS OUTPOURING OF LIKE, YES, WE WANT A HOME ON THE OTHER HAND.

WOW.

THAT'S SO JUST OVERWHELMING THAT THE DEMAND FOR HOUSING OF PEOPLE, MY GUESS IS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU REALLY WANT TO TRY TO HAVE REMAINED HERE IN AUSTIN.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WE TAKE, UH, PROTECTING EXCLUSIONARY ZONING VERY SERIOUSLY IN AUSTIN.

AND TO BE CLEAR, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR CONTROL WHEN IT COMES TO EXCLUSIONARY ZONING, WE'RE TALKING MINIMUM LOT SIZES, FAR REGS, PROHIBITIONS TO MULTI-FAMILY HEIGHT LIMITS, SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.

AND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE, YOU KNOW, WE ALLOW FOR EXCLUSIONARY ZONING TO BLEED ONTO OUR CORRIDORS, WHICH IS THE ONE PLACE WHERE I'VE HEARD.

I THINK ALL OF YOU AGREE THAT, THAT WE WANT TO LEGALIZE HOUSING, THAT WE REALLY WANT TO ALLOW HOUSING TO BE EASY TO BUILD.

AND WE CAN REALLY DO AMAZING THINGS WITH THIS ORDINANCE.

IF WE GO TO 90 FEET, IF WE MAKE IT BY RIGHT AND PARKING, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? LIKE WE SERVE A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO DEFINITELY NEED PARKING.

WE ALSO SERVE FAMILIES WHO DON'T NEED PARKING.

AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THAT ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

YOU GET PARKING, YOU GET PARKING.

WE'RE JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, OPEN PARKING OPTIONS, ALLOWING FOR FOLKS TO, TO NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE PARKING IF THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT.

AND THEY DON'T, THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.

AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, UH, IT'S TIME TO TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND DELETE COMPATIBILITY.

THERE'S AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO LEGALIZE UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNTS OF HOUSING IN AUSTIN.

AND I'M PULLING FOR YOU ON EVERYONE.

ELSE'S AS WELL.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK KY GRAY AND ON DECK IS ETHAN SMITH REMEMBERS 48 AND 49.

HI, UH, THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT COMPATIBILITY FOR A SECOND.

AND IN PARTICULAR, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE 25 FOOT SETBACK YOU HAVE, OR YOU CAN DO NOTHING IN RIGHT NOW.

UM, SO WHAT'S KIND OF STRANGE.

I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT IS IF YOU HAVE A, LET'S SAY A DUPLEX, OUR HOUSE, IT HAS TO BE FIVE FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.

UM, AND IT CAN GO UP TWO STORIES, BUT ON A MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY NEXT TO IT, IT HAS TO HAVE 25 FEET WORK AND DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

IT CAN'T HAVE ANY STORIES.

IT CAN'T HAVE ANY BUILDING.

IT CAN'T HAVE A DRIVE.

YOU CAN'T EVEN DO THE DETENTION PONDS THAT ARE GONNA BE REQUIRED FOR MULTIFAMILY.

SO THAT MIGHT NOT SOUND LIKE A BIG DEAL.

WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT 20 FEET, BUT IT ACTUALLY IS.

SO LET'S SAY THAT YOU HAVE A PROPERTY THAT'S A HUNDRED FEET DEEP.

YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE 20 FEET BECAUSE OF THIS, THIS ROLE, RIGHT? SO THAT'S 20% OF YOUR SITE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MORE THAN THAT.

BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SETBACKS IN THE FRONT.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME TREES THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL ROUTES ZONES AROUND.

YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A DRIVE.

SO NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY, IF THAT'S GOING TO BE A LARGE PART OF YOUR SITE, YOU COULD BE TALKING ABOUT LOSING 50% OF YOUR SITE.

AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO 60 FEET UP.

I'M JUST SAYING WHY CAN'T A MOLD, WHY CAN'T A TRIPLEX, HAVE THE SAME LIMITS AS A HOUSE.

SO A HOUSE CAN BE TWO STORIES, FIVE FEET FROM YOUR PROPERTY LINES.

WHY CAN'T A TRIPLEX, BE FIVE FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.

I'D UNDERSTAND LIKE WHY THE TRIPLEX HAS TO BE SO MUCH LESS ARE ANY KIND OF MULTIFAMILY PROJECT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT DOES SUBSTANTIALLY LIMIT.

AND I KNOW IN THE DISCUSSION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RAISING FIVE FEET, BUT THAT, THAT 20 FEET IS SUBSTANTIAL AND WILL STILL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON ALL PROJECTS ACROSS AUSTIN.

UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT ASKING FOR THAT MUCH.

IT'S LITERALLY JUST SAYING, WHY CAN'T WE DO, WHY CAN'T A TRIPLEX, DO WHAT A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE COULD DO AND GO UP TWO STORIES AND THE SAME WAY IT FEELS LIKE SOME PEOPLE THINK A FAMILY HAS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE HAS TO BE PROTECTED FROM A TRIPLEX.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S LOGICAL.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE, UM, ZOOM DISCUSSION WERE SAYING, WHO LIVED IN TRIPLEXES? THEY'RE LIKE, WHY ARE PEOPLE SCARED OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN TRIPLEXES? WHY CAN'T THEY LIVE AS CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE? IT'S ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL.

THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

ETHAN SMITH ON 48 AND 49 ON DECK IS CHRISTOPHER PAGE.

AND FOR THAT LAST SPEAKER, WHAT WAS PROPOSED BY THE, FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IS EXACTLY TAKING A LOOK AT THAT 25 FEET TO SEE IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO RELAX SOME OF THOSE RULES MAYER.

YES.

WELL, WE'RE GONNA TAKE QUESTIONS LATER, RIGHT? CAUSE THAT, THAT PART WASN'T CLEAR TO ME IN THE PROPOSAL.

SO, OKAY, GO AHEAD, SIR.

GOOD MORNING.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO PROBABLY PROVIDE SOME COUNTERPOINTS TO SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID.

UM, I AM PRO DENSITY.

I VOTED FOR PROJECT CONNECT, $6 BILLION PROJECT CONNECT IS WHAT I VOTED FOR.

I'M A CAPITALIST.

I THINK IF THERE ARE PEOPLE NATIONALLY WHO WANT TO INVEST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN REAL ESTATE IN AUSTIN, BRING YOUR MONEY DOWN.

WE WANT IT.

UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FOR AFFORDABILITY IS COMPATIBILITY OR PARKING.

I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY MARKET CONSOLIDATION AND THAT WHEN WE TAKE ALL THIS MONEY

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AND, UH, WHEN YOU INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF A BUILDING TO A HUNDRED OR 200 OR 300 FEET, IT TAKES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CAPITAL TO, TO INVEST IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THE, THE BIG FISH EAT, THE SMALLER FISH.

SO LIKE IN WEST CAMPUS, AMERICAN CAMPUS ALREADY A $10 BILLION COMPANY IS GETTING BOUGHT OUT BY A $90 BILLION COMPANY.

AND THAT THESE TRENDS, THESE ARE TRENDS THAT ARE CONTINUING.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE MARKET CONSOLIDATION LIKE THAT, THE ACTORS, UH, YOU KNOW, MONOPOLIES DO NOT CREATE AFFORDABILITY, MONOPOLIES CREATE A BASE ON PRICE.

SO JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING DENSITY DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GETTING A PORTABILITY.

SO, BUT WE DO NEED DENSITY AND WE DO NEED TO SUPPORT A RAIL NETWORK.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD JUST GO WHOLE HOG ON THIS IDEA THAT EVERY TIME WE ADD DENSITY, EVERY SINGLE THING WE DO THAT ADDS DENSITY IS GOING TO CREATE AFFORDABILITY.

AND THAT CERTAINLY HASN'T HAPPENED HERE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND ALSO, UM, A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE AGAINST PARKING.

I WONDER IF ANY OF THEM REPRESENT PORTFOLIOS THAT HAVE EXISTING PARKING, BECAUSE WHEN YOU OWN PARKING IN, YOU OUTLAW THE BUILDING OF NEW PARKING, THAT'S AN ASSET THAT IS YOURS, THAT YOU'RE INCREASING THE VALUE OF OF, SO I'M A CAPITALIST.

I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD DO THAT, BUT IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAYING I'M AGAINST PARKING AND I'VE, I'VE WORKED FOR WAGES MY WHOLE LIFE.

SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LADY WAS SAYING EARLIER ABOUT.

SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY NEED PARKING.

UM, THAT MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME.

UH, AND, AND I'LL BE BACK TO TALK ABOUT THE CO-OPS LATER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER PAGE ON ITEMS 48 AND 49.

I'M SORRY.

YES, YOU MAY.

I I'M, UH, CHRIS PAGE, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOMEWOOD HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT, UH, I'VE USED HERE TODAY OR JUST MY OWN.

UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF ENTITLEMENTS OR DEVELOP A DEVELOPABLE LAND.

THERE IS AN EXCESS OF SPECULATION THAT TAKES PLACE THERE, LOTS OF UNBUILT POTENTIAL HOUSING.

UH, THAT'S WHY IT BECOMES VERY CONFUSING WHEN YOU SEE, UH, ENTITLEMENT INCREASES ON THESE VACANT LOTS, WHICH ULTIMATELY DO VERY LITTLE, OTHER THAN SPIKING, THE VALUE FOR POTENTIAL, UH, LAND TRANSACTIONS GOING FORWARD.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS TO CROP IT.

WE'VE HAD POWER WATER FAILURES, AND THERE IS ACTUALLY A, A DISCONTINUOUS AND LACK OF, UH, DISCONTINUOUS SIDEWALK SYSTEM, AS WELL AS THE LACK OF, UH, PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE MUST PRECEDE, ALL DENSITY THAT HAPPENS IN EVERY OTHER CITY.

UM, SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE EATING INTO OUR EXISTING HOUSING INVENTORY AS WELL.

UM, AND IN TERMS OF CLIMATE IMPROVEMENT, WE WILL NOT SEE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON HIGHER DENSITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

IN FACT, WE'LL BE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF IMPERMEABLE COVER, REDUCING, UH, GROUNDWATER RECHARGE ZONES, INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF RADIANT MATERIALS THAT ABSORB HEAT AND REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF TRANSPIRATION WHEN AT WHICH ACTUALLY REDUCES THE OVERALL TEMPERATURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT BY UP TO 10 DEGREES, AS PROVEN IN OTHER CITIES.

UM, THE POLICIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING PROPOSED ARE VERY LIKELY TO DISPLACEMENT AS HAS BEEN STATED BY SOME OTHER SPEAKERS TODAY, UM, BY CHANGE.

AND THIS IS MY LAST POINT BY CHANGING THESE ENTITLEMENTS OR IMPROVING THE FEASIBILITY OF MORE VALUABLE NEW CONSTRUCTION BY RIGHT, RATHER THAN THROUGH NEGOTIATION WITH COMMUNITIES, YOU'RE GUTTING NEIGHBORHOODS ABILITIES TO NEGOTIATE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THROUGH VARIANCES AND THROUGH REZONINGS.

AND THOSE IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING TO BRING TO THOSE NEGOTIATIONS BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE WILL GET NO COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM DEVELOPERS AND ALL THE COSTS WILL BE BORN ON THE CITY, WHICH FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK COULD AFFORD THEM.

THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF, UM, SPEAKERS FOR 48 AND 49.

SO WE RETURNED TO ITEM 53.

ARE WE DOING ONE MINUTE OR THREE, ONE MINUTE.

AND HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE LEFT IN PERSON 11 IN PERSON AND 25 REMOTE.

OKAY.

AND OF THE 25

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REMOTE.

UM, IT BY COUNT IS A LITTLE ABOUT 10 ROUGHLY.

IS IT MORE THAT OUR THREE MINUTES SPEAKERS JUST ROUGH MAY OR WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER WHO WAS CALLED EARLIER, WHO IS HERE NOW.

OKAY.

WE HAVE EIGHT SPEAKERS APPROXIMATELY SPEAKING REMOTELY ON ITEMS 48 AND 49.

OKAY.

THAT'D BE 24.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT 35, 40 MINUTES OF SPEAKERS REMOTE.

UH, AND WE HAVE ABOUT ANOTHER 10, 15 MINUTES OF SPEAKERS HERE.

UH, IT'S 1156.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THESE, BUT BE THINKING ABOUT WHETHER YOU WANT TO TAKE THE SPEAKERS WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE SINCE THIS MORNING AND HOLD THEM TO THIS AFTERNOON OR WHETHER WE WANT TO TRY TO GET THEM BEFORE WE GO TO EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS AT NOON, UH, BEFORE MUSIC.

BUT LET'S GO BY WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THAT.

LET'S CONTINUE ON.

LET'S BEGIN WITH THE PERSON WHO YOU CALLED EARLIER.

CAUSE I THINK SHE IS ALSO A, UH, UH, 40 AND 49 SPEAKER.

I BELIEVE IT WAS ELEANOR MCKINNEY.

AND MS. MCKINNEY, WOULD YOU COME UP AS OUR DOUBLE, UH, STATE AGAIN, HOW MANY MINUTES ARE REPRESENTED BY THE SPEAKERS ONLINE? UM, IT LOOKS AS IF THERE'S A, ROUGHLY 35, 40 MINUTES OF SPEAKERS ONLINE ABOUT EIGHT AT ARE SPEAKING FOR THREE MINUTES AND ANOTHER 10 OR 12 SPEAKERS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S 12, 12 SPEAKERS.

THERE'S 12, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 24, 25 REMOTE SPEAKERS ABOUT 12 ON 48 AND 49, WHICH WILL PROVIDE THEM THREE MINUTES EACH, I GUESS THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN PROBABLY CLOSER TO 45, 50 MINUTES.

AND WE CONTINUE TO GET REGISTRANT'S FOR IN-PERSON FOR 48 AND 49.

SO YOU'RE CONTINUING TO TAKE PEOPLE.

OKAY.

I WAS ASKED.

THAT'S FINE.

GO AHEAD, MS. BIKINI YOU'LL HAVE ONE MINUTE.

IS THAT RIGHT? DO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES? YEAH.

OKAY.

UH, MY NAME'S ELEANOR MCKINNEY DISTRICT FIVE AND I'M JUST, THERE'S A PACKET I'VE HANDED OUT IN FRONT OF YOU JUST SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON SOUTH LAMAR AND ON BURNETT ROAD AND THEY'RE PROBABLY OTHER PLACES IN CITY, BUT I HAPPEN TO LIVE ON SOUTH LAMAR WHERE COMMERCIAL INTRUDES INTO THE RESIDENTIAL ON THE SIDE.

IT'S NOT IN TERMS OF COMPATIBILITY AND THAT PARTICULAR DISCUSSION.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M, UH, ACTUALLY AT THE KENNY TRIANGLE, IT'S CALLED DOWN THERE AT ALTURA WE'LL ZOOM IN ON, AS YOU FLIPPED THROUGH YOUR PACKET.

ALSO BURNETT ROAD HAS SOME OF THE SIMILAR CONDITIONS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, IT'S NOT JUST ONE PART OF THE CITY IS IN VARIOUS PLACES IN THE CITY WHERE ANGLED STREETS COME IN TO A MAJOR CORRIDOR.

AND SO HOW, UH, AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH COMMERCIAL INTRUDING INTO RESIDENTIAL? THE THIRD, THE THIRD PAGE, COULD YOU FLIP THAT FOR THEM PLEASE? SO HERE'S BURNET ROAD.

I GOT THOSE FROM, UM, BARB MACARTHUR UP THERE AND, UH, UH, MAYOR POOLS.

UM, THE THIRD ONE.

OKAY.

THE THIRD ONE IS HEATHER IN SOUTH LAMAR AND THAT'S WHERE I AM.

I'M JUST SHOWING YOU MY PROPERTY AND HOW THE COMMERCIAL INTRUDES AND THE FOURTH ONE IS ALSO LIKE THAT TOO.

AND STARTING TO SHOW HOW MUCH THE COMMERCIAL IS ACTUALLY ON THE SIDE OF MY PROPERTY, NOT JUST AT THE BACK OF MY PROPERTY AND, UM, RIGHT THERE, WHERE IT COMES IN IS ACTUALLY MY BACK PORCH.

SO MY BACK PORCH IS RIGHT ON THE MAJOR, UH, UH, WHATEVER HEIGHT BUILDING WE END UP WITH.

SO, UM, THE, SO MY LAST SLIDE HERE, IF HE KIND OF FLIPPED THROUGH IT, IF YOU CAN.

OKAY.

THE LAST ONE SHOWS THE, UH, A MEDIUM QUARTER AND I'M ADVOCATING FOR A MEDIUM QUARTER ON SOUTH LAMAR.

UM, AT 65 FEET IS AT ONE 50.

AND THAT, THAT REALLY KIND OF MAKES SENSE IN TERMS OF HOW IT ADDRESSES SF THREE WITH THE 90 BEING, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THAT MAJOR COMMERCIAL PIECE.

I FORGOT TO SAY AT THE BEGINNING, I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT DOCUMENT THAT, UH, THAT, UM, AVATAR, ALTAR, QUINTUS POOL AND ELLIS CAME UP WITH EXCELLENT DOCUMENT, LOTS OF DETAIL.

THAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED TO START THE DISCUSSION FROM FROM, AND I JUST, I WAS SO THRILLED TO SEE THIS AS A, AS A WAY TO COME INTO THIS DISCUSSION.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT AND IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, PAGE FOUR, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE MEDIUM, QUARTER'S

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AT THE BOTTOM 65 FOOT HEIGHT AT ONE 50 DISTANCE AND NOT EQUAL HEIGHT AT TWO 50 DISTANCE, THAT IS WHAT MY QUICK SKETCH SHOWING AND HOW THAT MIGHT WORK REALLY WELL WITH THE, UH, UM, ANGLED, ANGLED, UH, STREETS AND COMMERCIAL GOING INTO ON THE SIDE OF RESIDENTIAL.

THAT'S MY BRIEF PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT IT'S NOT JUST AT THE REAR PROPERTIES, THAT SOMETIMES THEY BACK UP TO SF THREE, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T, BUT THERE ARE PLACES IN THE CITY WHERE IT'S ON, UH, ON THE SIDE AS WELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, MAYOR MS. MCKINNEY, WOULD YOU MIND SENDING US THOSE IMAGES? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR, WOULD YOU MIND SENDING US THOSE IMAGES ELECTRONICALLY? OH MY APOLOGIES.

THANK YOU.

I STEPPED OFF THE DYESS AND I MISSED THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE ENEMY PACKET, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ON THE SIDE ON MY PROPERTY IS ABOUT 150 FEET, ALMOST 150 FEET ON THE SIDE THAT A VERY TALL BUILDING COULD BE BEEN BUILT NEXT TO ME.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.

SO, SO MAYOR ONE QUICK QUESTION.

UH, SO THANK YOU MS. MCKINNEY, UH, FOR PROVIDING THESE DRAWINGS.

AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE EMAILING THEM TO EVERYONE TOO, SO YOU'LL HAVE A HARD COPY AS WELL AS EMAILED.

AND I THINK THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU JUST SAY IS THAT THERE'S, THAT THERE'S STILL ENOUGH DISTANCE TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE IMPORTANT OF THE IMPORTANCE HERE IS THINKING ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE SIDE AND IN THE MEDIUM, UM, THAT THE PROPOSAL FOR MEDIUM CORRIDORS WORKS, UM, ON THE SIDE.

UH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU ALL.

AND I'M SURE THE STAFF HELPS YOU TOO.

SO I THINK THAT Y'ALL GET DOWN INTO THE DETAILS.

THANK YOU.

YES, GUYS POOL.

I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MS. MCKINNEY FOR COMING IN AND BRINGING THESE DOCUMENTS WITH THE, UM, WITH THE SKETCHES AT THE END.

OUR, UH, MY GOAL WITH THE, UM, PROPOSAL OF COURSE, IS TO TRY TO FIND A WAY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING RELATING TO COMPATIBILITY AND RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, THERE'S SO MANY UNIQUE SITUATIONS ACROSS THE CITY.

THAT'LL BE IMPORTANT FOR EACH OF US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BRING ALL THOSE TO THE TABLE, TO TRY TO PROBLEM SOLVE FOR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS.

AND WE ARE REALLY FAMILIAR WITH OUR DISTRICTS, WHICH IS REALLY HELPFUL TO GET THE INPUT.

AND, UM, I AGREE, THIS IS DEFINITELY A GOOD WAY TO START THE CONVERSATION.

AND, UM, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY BECAUSE THERE IS, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND IT WILL NOT BE THE BE-ALL AND END-ALL, AND WE'LL NEVER DO ANYTHING MORE EVER AGAIN, THAT'S NOT THE CASE AT ALL, BUT FOR THIS POINT IN TIME, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND WEIGHING IN AND GIVING US THE BENEFIT OF YOUR EXPERTISE.

THANK YOU, BRANDON ARMBRUSTER FOR ITEM 53 ON DECK IS JEFFREY BOWEN.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS BRANDON ARMBRUSTER.

I'M CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT ST.

ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL.

UM, ST.

ANDREW'S IS COMMITTED TO BEING A TRUE PARTNER TO FIND TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS TO WEST 31ST STREET.

UM, WE FEEL THAT IT'S POSSIBLE TO IMPROVE FUNCTIONALITY AND ALSO SAFETY.

AS WE WORK THROUGH THE ASM P AND SAFE PICKUP AND DROP OFF OF OUR K THROUGH EIGHT STUDENTS IS PARAMOUNT AND OUR PRIMARY CONCERN, AND WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PARKING IS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT OUR FACULTY, STAFF, AND PARENTS THAT USE IT EVERY DAY AND IS VITAL TO OUR OPERATIONS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ATD AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS ALTER AND TOBO, UH, FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, UH, TO HELP FIND A PLAN.

AND WE TRULY ARE COMMITTED TO BEING A PARTNER IN DOING SO.

AND WE JUST ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PLANS FOR WEST 31ST STREET.

THANK YOU, JEFFREY BOWEN ON ITEM 53 ON DECK IS MATTHEW .

UH, I GUESS WE'RE STILL AT MORNING TRYING TO GET THAT DOWN, BUT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SMP AMENDMENTS.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH SMP GOES BACK TO THE 2018, 2019 PROCESS.

THIS AMENDMENT IS FAR WORSE IN ITS ENTIRE PROCESS OF COMMUNITY INPUT.

SO THE COUNCIL STARTED A RESOLUTION IN 2020 TO PUT THE WHEELS IN MOTION, BASED UPON THE COMMENTS BY ONE OF THE ASAP MEMBERS AT THE PAST, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, HE CALLED THIS A LIVING DOCUMENT.

BASICALLY THIS AMENDMENT IS A MAP WITH ALL KINDS OF ISSUES THAT GOES IN, IT SERVES THE WHOLE, OR IT GO, AND IT ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE CITY OF AUSTIN.

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UM, BUT IT IS, HE CONTINUALLY STATED THAT SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY OWNERS ARE NOT EFFECTED BY THIS MAP OR BY THIS PROCESS.

WELL, IF IT DOESN'T AFFECT SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING, THEN WHY IS IT STILL ON THE MAP? WE WERE TOLD THAT ONLY SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES WOULD BE AFFECTED THROUGH REDEVELOPMENT.

I PROVIDED A, UH, TO THE CITY CLERK, A DOCUMENT FOR AN ORDINANCE, A PROPOSED ORDINANCE BY VERY SMART LADY THAT CAN DEAL WITH THIS.

AND I REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, THAT PROPOSAL FOR AN ORDINANCE FOR THIS VERSUS JUST A PLAIN MAP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MATTHEW.

ON 53 ON DECK IS BOBBY LAVINSKY.

UM, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

MY GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS MATT .

I'M THE SENIOR PASTOR AT UNIVERSITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE WEST CAMPUS NEIGHBORHOOD.

UPC HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY FOCUSED AND DYNAMIC MINISTRY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ABOUT A CENTURY.

WE HOST THE MICAH SIX FOOD PANTRY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST FOOD DISTRIBUTION VENUES FOR AT-RISK POPULATIONS AND THE REGION.

WE ALSO HOST ONE OF THE VERY FEW OPEN AND AFFIRMING AND INCLUSIVE CAMPUS MINISTRIES IN THE AREA.

OBVIOUSLY, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY IN RECENT YEARS, BUT UPC REMAINS COMMITTED TO ADAPTING AND PIVOTING AND LEARNING ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY AROUND US.

WE WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH ASM P AND PROJECT CONNECT AND OTHER SIMILAR REIMAGININGS CAN HELP THE CAUSES OF EQUITY AND FLOURISHING IN WEST CAMPUS.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR OWN SPACE.

THE PARKING LANE ON SAN ANTONIO HAS FOR A LONG TIME, BEEN THE WAY IN WHICH FOLKS WITH WHEELCHAIRS OR OTHER OTHER MEN LIMITED MOBILITY CAN FIND THEIR WAY INTO OUR SANCTUARY.

AND AS THE DENSITY OF THE AREA HAS INCREASED, IT'S BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

SO I URGE THE COUNCIL TO THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR.

LET'S NOT MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACCESSIBLE, UM, IN THE CAUSE OF MAKING IT MORE ACCESSIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, BOBBY.

LAVINSKY ON 53 ON DECK IS JANICE RANKIN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS BOBBY LEVINSKY AND I'M HERE.

I'M HELPING THE WEST 31ST STREET CREEKSIDE NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION WITH THE WEST, UH, WEST 31ST STREET INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY'RE, UM, ADDRESSING.

AND, UM, MR. ARMBRUSTER, UH, PRELUDE, UM, PRE-LOADED EARLIER, UM, IT IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH CITY STAFF, WHICH HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A VERY GOOD PROCESS.

UM, STAFF HAS BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE TO FEEDBACK, UM, AND WE WEREN'T, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THIS FOR YOU IN THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE ASM AND P BECAUSE THERE WILL BE DECISIONS DOWN THE ROAD FOR YOU WITH REGARD TO THE, THE PLAN ITSELF.

UM, THE RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE THE CLASSIFICATION FROM TIER TWO TO TIER ONE IS GRATEFULLY HELPFUL BECAUSE, UM, IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE ANY OF THE OPTIONS THAT THE STAKEHOLDERS MAY COME TO.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WERE WORRIED THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME WEIRD TECHNICALITY THAT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, SHIFTED TOWARD TOWARDS ONE OUTCOME THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE, UH, MEET ALL THE NEEDS OF THE, THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE UNIQUE STREETS WHERE, UM, IT'S BEING ASKED TO DO A LOT, AND IT IS A VERY NARROW, VERY SHORT STREETS.

SO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO YOUR OFFICES TO HAVE MEETINGS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

UM, AND YOU'LL HAVE A PACKET OF INFORMATION IN YOUR THANK YOU.

JANICE IS ON 53 ON DECK IS DAN RENNER.

GREETINGS MR. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I AM JANUS RANKIN RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN.

I'VE WORKED FOR A MUNICIPALITY FOR STATE AGENCIES, THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND RECENTLY SERVED 12 YEARS WITH MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS HOUSE.

I SPEAK ON MY OWN BEHALF TODAY.

I DO BELIEVE THE COMMENTS THAT WILL ACCURATELY REFLECT THE VALID CONCERNS AND FRUSTRATIONS THAT MANY PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER SECTORS OF AUSTIN HAVE HAD ABOUT THE ASM P.

THIS PREDESIGNATED EXPANSION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY IS LIKE PULLING A RABBIT OUT OF A HAT.

IF THE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THE CITY'S IDEA THAT THE EXPANDED RIGHT-AWAY DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A TAKING A PRIVATE PROPERTY.

IT CERTAINLY DOES LAY THAT FOUNDATION.

THIS ALLOWS THE CITY TO MARKETS TERRITORY ON AN INTERACTIVE INTERNET MAP.

THAT IS A PUZZLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO DECIPHER, AND AN AREA IS NOT RELATED TO CORRIDOR AND PROJECT CONNECT CHANGES.

PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE NOT BEEN

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PROPERLY NOTIFIED.

SO MANY OF THEM ARE JUST UNAWARE.

I URGE YOU TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT CLARIFIES THE NATURE, THE NATURE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, DESIGNATIONS.

AND TO CLARIFY THAT THESE ARE NOT GOING TO BE THE BASIS FOR A TAKING UNDER ANY LEGAL OR EQUITABLE CLAIM IN THE FUTURE.

PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHMENTS THAT I SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK QUESTIONS, ANYONE, UH, MAY I MAY, OR I JUST WANT TO VERIFY, I BELIEVE YOU ALSO EMAILED, UH, EVERYONE ON COUNCIL WITH THAT INFORMATION.

WAS IT EARLIER THIS WEEK OR WAS IT LAST WEEK, BUT IT WAS YESTERDAY.

OH GOSH, THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY TIME WORKS AROUND HERE, SUSAN, IT FELT LIKE I WAS READING THAT LAST MORNING OR YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

SO WE SHOULD ALL HAVE A COPY OF THAT INFORMATION AS WELL IN OUR INBOX.

CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING A GOOD STRONG LOOK AT THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO WRITE.

THANK YOU, DAN RENNER ON ITEM 53 ON DECK IS JASON TOMPKINS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DAN RENTER, MY WIFE, KIMBERLY AND I'M LIVING, UH, DISTRICT 10, UH, AT WEST 31ST STREET, JUST, UH, JUST WEST OF, UH, NORTH LAMAR.

UM, WE LIVE AND, AND WORK THERE.

UM, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US THAT, UM, WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THE WEST 31ST STREET, UH, SHOAL CREEK, UH, CORRIDOR, UH, WITH RESPECT TO WHAT'S TAKING PLACE WITH THE ASM P TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH TODAY.

FIRST, UH, WE'D URGE YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, ISM PAY IS ADOPTED CONTINUES TO CLASSIFY WAS 31ST STREET SHOW CREEK AS A LEVEL ONE STRAIGHT SECOND.

I WANT TO GIVE A, A SINCERE THANKS TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALTAR AND TOVA, UH, AND YOUR STAFF ARE COMING OUT TO SEE THE CHALLENGES WE'RE WORKING WITH ON THE, UH, THE CURRENT PILOT PROJECT.

WE LOOKED FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, UH, IN THE FUTURE ON IT.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

JASON TOMPKINS FOR ITEM 53 ON DECK IS RICK LEVY ON 87 MAYOR ADLER COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON, UH, ITEM 53, UH, REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO THE SMP.

MY NAME IS JASON TOMPKINS.

I ALSO AM A RESIDENT OF WEST 31ST STREET, UM, AND IN ECHOING SOME OF WHAT, UM, MR. RENNER, MR. LEVINSKY, AND, UH, BRANDON ARMBRUSTER, WHO WAS WITH, UH, ST ANDREW'S SCHOOL HAVE SAID, UM, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE DIALOGUE WITH, UH, MEMBERS OF THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, UH, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES AND STAKEHOLDERS.

UH, WEST 31ST STREET TENDS TO BE A VERY UNIQUE STREET.

AND I KNOW THAT IN THE DRIVE TO CREATE SIMPLE UNIFIED COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, OFTENTIMES, UH, DIFFICULT OR UNIQUE CONDITIONS IN CERTAIN AREAS CAN SOMETIMES BE OVERLOOKED.

WE'RE CERTAINLY WORKING WITH THAT ON OUR PARTICULAR STREET, UH, AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH ALL OF THE VARIOUS CHALLENGES THAT ARE BEING ASKED OF THIS, UH, TEENY TINY LITTLE STREET, UH, IN CENTRAL AUSTIN.

UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH MANY OF YOU OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF MONTHS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

RICK LEVY ON ITEM 57 ON DECK IS CHRIS ZIONS.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

COUNCIL.

MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER.

MY NAME IS RICK LEVY.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS AFL CIO, WHICH IS A STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION OF 240,000 UNION MEMBERS ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND WE SPEAK UP ON ISSUES OF CONCERN TO WORKERS.

I'M ALSO A DOUBLE CONSTITUENT OF COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO I LIVE AND WORK IN YOUR DISTRICT.

AND THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.

SO, UM, WE'RE JUST HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON FOR BRINGING, UM, THEY MEASURE FORWARD THAT WOULD, UH, ALLOW BUSINESSES IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CAPITOL DOMINANCE OVER LATER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DOWNTOWN, UH, DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.

UM, WE WERE ENGAGED IN A VERY SIMILAR PROJECT IN SAN ANTONIO WHERE WE ABLE TO CONVERT, UM, HUNDREDS OF UNITS FOR SENIORS, RIGHT ON THE RIVERWALK AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, AND WE THINK THAT GIVEN WHERE THE BUILDING IS, WE'RE ON THE CORNER OF 11TH AND LAVACA THAT WE'RE WELL POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO TRANSIT, UM, ACCESS TO WORKPLACES, ET CETERA, TO DO A PROJECT DEAL.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND APPRECIATE Y'ALL SUPPORT.

THANK YOU, CHRIS ZIONS,

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HOW MANY MORE SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? THREE, FOUR MORE IN PERSON AND WE STILL NEED REMOTE I'M ON DECK IS HOLLY MCDANIEL, LUKE, METZKER ON 49 AND 90.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS LUKE METZGER.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENT, TEXAS.

WE'RE A NONPROFIT ADVOCATE FOR CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER AND OPEN SPACES REPRESENTING ABOUT 7,500 MEMBERS, DUES PAYING MEMBERS.

AND MOST OF THEM ARE HERE IN AUSTIN.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE GROW AS A CITY, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE FIND WAYS TO, UM, ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES INTO EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE ALTERNATIVE AS A SPRAWL IS A DISASTER FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND IT'S REALLY A NO BRAINER THAT WE WOULD ADD HOUSING TO OUR CORRIDORS.

UM, AND WE SHOULD BE MAKING IT EASIER TO BUILD BY CHANGING COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS, REDUCING PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO MITIGATE AGAINST THE LOCALIZED IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING STORM WATER RUNOFF.

THAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THE FECAL BACTERIA IN OUR CREEKS, 36% OF WHICH, UM, ARE, HAVE UNSAFE LEVELS OF PEOPLE, BACTERIA.

UH, THE STORMWATER IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE TOXIC ALGAE BLOOMS THAT HAVE KILLED AT LEAST SEVEN DOGS IN OUR LAKES.

UM, AND WE KNOW THAT NATURE BASED INFRASTRUCTURE AS CALLED FOR IN COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S RESOLUTION IS A GREAT SOLUTION THAT CAN BOTH HELP REDUCE THAT RUNOFF POLLUTION WHILE REDUCING THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT BY ADDING MORE GREEN GREENERY INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, AND HELPING BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND SO WE'RE IN STRONG SUPPORT, BOTH OF, UH, ITEM 49 AND, UH, ITEM 90.

WE SEE THEM AS, UM, PERFECT COMPLIMENTS TO EACH OTHER, HELPING ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS WHILE HELPING MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING, UH, WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT AUSTIN ARE CLEAN WATERWAYS THAT ARE GREEN SPACES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO THANK MR. METZKER FOR BEING HERE FOR ADVOCATING FOR THESE ISSUES.

I KNOW YOU'VE MET WITH MANY OF US ON COUNCIL ABOUT THESE ISSUES, UM, FOR AWHILE NOW, UH, AS YOU KNOW, OR AS YOU MAY KNOW, THERE IS GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION HERE TODAY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO POSTPONE IT.

A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, AND I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT.

AND I WASN'T SURE IF YOU HAD WANTED TO WEIGH IN ON THAT ELEMENT.

YEAH.

UM, WELL, MANY OF THE ITEMS IN YOUR RESOLUTION AS YOU KNOW, WERE, UH, DEVELOPED, UH, OR PROPOSED, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO AND FULLY VETTED THROUGH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, REWRITE PROCESS THROUGH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THROUGH THE COUNCIL AND TWO DIFFERENT READINGS.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE, UH, FRUSTRATEDLY COMMUNICATED TO MANY OF YOU, UH, OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, YOU KNOW, UH, WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER FOR ACTION TO ADDRESS THE WATER POLLUTION CRISIS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE IDEALLY WE WOULD DO IT ALL COMPREHENSIVELY, UM, AND, AND THAT WAS DEFINITELY OUR PREFERENCE.

UH, BUT YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.

IT'S JUST BEEN YEARS AND YEARS, AND WE'RE NOT SEEING THE ACTION WE NEED TO CLEAN UP THESE WATERWAYS.

SO, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY WHICH MEETING IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AT, BUT, UH, DEFINITELY, UM, WE NEED TO ACT QUICKLY TO, UM, GET THIS PROCESS IN PLACE BECAUSE IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE TIME FOR THE STAFF TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT ANY LONGER.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANKS.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THOSE KIDS ARE IN KITCHEN.

UM, SO, SO THANK YOU.

I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT, UH, THAT DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT PARTS OF THIS RESOLUTION, THE COUNCIL'S ALREADY PASSED, IT'S GONE FULLY VETTED AND IT WAS PASSED AS PART OF THE, UH, THE LAST LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

YEAH.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE FUNCTIONAL GREEN, UM, PROPOSAL, WHICH WOULD INCORPORATE RAIN GARDENS, GREEN ROOFS, UH, UH, TREE ISLANDS IN PARKING LOTS, ET CETERA, INTO VERY DENSE PARTS OF THE CITY ALREADY KIND OF VETTED AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL.

YES.

AND COUNCIL'S DONE A LOT OF WORK ON FUNCTIONAL GREEN AND GSI ISSUES.

WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS COUNTS OF PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN AND OTHERS, OF COURSE.

AND, UM, AND TH THE STAFF HAS DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK ON THAT.

UM, AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH QUITE A BIT OF PROCESSES ALREADY, SO, OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS YOU WERE THINKING THAT, THAT WE NEED TO JUST GET THIS DONE AND MOVE FORWARD.

EXACTLY.

MR. METZKER WHILE YOU WERE UP THERE JUST REAL QUICK, YOU SAID IT'D BE BETTER TO DO IT COMPREHENSIVE.

AND WE TRIED TO DO THAT COMPREHENSIVE.

WE'LL HAVE TO BUILD WITH CODE.

WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S BETTER TO DO COMPREHENSIVELY? UH, BECAUSE, UH, WE WROTE A REPORT IN 2017 CALLED GROWING GREENER, WHERE WE EXAMINED THE KIND OF SCIENCE

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ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT, UM, I THINK, WHICH IS KIND OF A NO BRAINER, SPRAWL IS BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ON BASICALLY EVERY METRIC, WHETHER IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, CLIMATE CHANGE, PEOPLE HAVING TO DRIVE LONG DISTANCES, UH, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MEANS MORE CARBON EMISSIONS INTO OUR ATMOSPHERE, UM, IN A MORE FLOODING OR, UH, URBAN HEAT ISLAND.

AND EVERY METRIC SPRAWL IS WORSE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, HIGHLY DENSE PROPERTIES, UM, CAN HAVE LOCALIZED IMPACTS OF WATER FLOODING AND THOSE HAVE TO BE MITIGATED.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE BEST PATH FORWARD IS TO LIVE ON A SMALLER FOOTPRINT, YOU KNOW, TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN, UM, YOU KNOW, A REASONABLE GROUNDS, SO THAT, THAT ARE NOT SPRAWLING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO WATER POLLUTION, FLOODING, URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, ET CETERA.

UM, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK THAT EVERYBODY ON THE DAY IS HERE ON THIS DAY, UH, ARE OUR CHAMPIONS AND, AND, UH, OF THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE.

AND IN A COMPREHENSIVE WAY, AS PART OF THE LARGER SCHEME, AS PART OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, A LOT OF THESE ITEMS WERE PASSED AND I SUPPORT EVERY ONE OF THEM.

UH, BUT EVERYBODY HERE IS ALSO A CHAMPION FOR AFFORDABILITY AND FOR THE KINDS OF LAND DEVELOPMENT GOALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH TOWARD.

UH, AND I BELIEVE TO MY CORE THAT THIS IS NOT A FORCED CHOICE WHERE WE HAVE TO BE FOR ONE AND NOT FOR THE OTHER, THAT THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE THEM WORK TOGETHER.

UH, AND IT COULD BE, AS I KNOW, IN THE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT CODE WHERE WE PASS IT BEFORE, NOT ONLY WERE WE PASSING THESE KINDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, BUT THEY WERE IN ESSENCE BEING OFFSET BY, UH, GREATER ENTITLEMENTS OR, OR RELAXATION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, UH, SUCH THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE A FORCED CHOICE, THAT WE COULD STILL DEVELOP THE TRYST.

AND YOU WERE PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

WE WERE, WE WERE NEGOTIATING THOSE THINGS, WEREN'T YOU? IT WAS ALL RIGHT.

SO, SO, SO MY REASON TO REQUEST THE, THE, THE DELAY AND I RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO PRESS TO MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY, AND YOU AND I STOOD NEXT TO EACH OTHER SHOULDER TO SHOULDER PUBLICLY SAYING, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IS TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO, TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FINDING THOSE, THOSE TRADE-OFFS, UH, SUCH THAT IF WE WERE TO ADOPT THIS, WE'RE NOT ADOPTING IT IN A VACUUM AND BY ITSELF, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ALSO ADOPTING SOME OF THE, THE MITIGATING MEASURES THAT WOULD HELP ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND AFFORDABILITY, BUT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY PROVIDING FOR THEM BOTH IN FINDING THE RIGHT WAIVERS OR RELAXATION OR ENTITLEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THAT, THAT MY SUPPORT OF THE POSTPONEMENT HAS NOTHING, AND I'M REAL SUPPORTIVE OF ALL THESE THINGS AND FOLDED FOR THEM AS PART OF THE LAND DEVELOPER CODE, WANT TO VOTE FOR THEM AGAIN.

BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT IN THE SAME KIND OF CONTEXT, WHERE WE VOTED FOR THEM BEFORE A COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UH, YES.

MAY OR WE, WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT WHAT'S APPROPRIATE IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE FOR POSTPONING.

UM, I THINK WHAT I WOULD REALLY FIND DIS YOU KNOW, DISTRESSING IS IF WE FELT WE HAD TO POSTPONE, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, ASPECTS OF THIS THAT YOU JUST, THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED.

I THINK THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THAT WORK ALREADY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD WANT TO DEFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO, BUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S SOME TIME LIMITED, UM, YOU KNOW, THINKING AROUND POSTPONEMENT, BUT I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT TO POSTPONE THIS WHILE, WHILE WE'RE CONTINUING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT OTHER THINGS FROM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WE MIGHT WANT TO BRING, BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE ALREADY VETTED A LOT OF THIS.

AND, UM, AND SO I, UH, I DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE HOLIDAY, NOT THE HOLIDAY, WE DON'T GO TO HOLIDAY AFTER OUR BREAK.

UM, BECAUSE THEN WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE PUSHING THIS TO WHERE WE CAN'T GET IT DONE THIS YEAR, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST TO INITIATE CHANGES STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE VETTING PROCESS, UM, WITH LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CONVERSATION, UH, BEFORE IT EVEN GETS BACK TO US.

SO I THINK THERE'S A BUILT-IN VETTING PROCESS.

UM, AND, UM, WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT TAKES.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT.

I'D LIKE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, LIKE FIRST TO GET THIS BY THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEN OUR INSTRUCTION, WHILE THEY'RE CRAFTING THE ORDINANCE, WE COULD TELL THEM CRAFT AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE MITIGATING, UH, MEASURES THAT WOULD SPEAK TO ENTITLEMENTS OR RELAXING OTHER THINGS, SO THAT IT'S NOT A FORCED CHOICE BETWEEN AFFORDABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT

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NOW'S NOT THE TIME FOR US TO DEBATE THAT.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN, OKAY.

CAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I DISAGREE.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN A FORCED CHOICE, UH, CIRCUMSTANCE.

I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.

I'LL COME BACK JUST A QUICK QUESTION WHILE WE HAVE YOU HERE.

OF COURSE, WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON ISSUES LIKE THIS IN OUR CITY.

UM, IS EVERYTHING IN THE VERSION, TWO RESOLUTION, SOMETHING THAT YOU SUGGESTED OR ARE THERE OTHER THINGS TOO, THAT MIGHT BE, UH, A COMBINATION OF WHAT ENVIRONMENT TEXAS WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND THEN MAYBE SOME OTHER THINGS ALONG THE WAY THAT WEREN'T SUGGESTED BY YOU W THE ITEMS WE SUGGESTED WERE THE ONES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REWRITES.

SO THE FUNCTIONAL GREEN, UH, PROVISIONS, THE, UH, TREE ISLANDS AND, UM, IN PARKING LOTS, I'D SET UP THOSE PROVISIONS.

THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL MEASURES THAT DIDN'T COME FROM US, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME RESPONSE TO THE SAMSUNG SPELLED IT, MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING GOOD MONITORING.

IF THERE ARE ILLEGAL INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES THAT ARE SO HARMFUL, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PROVISION.

I DIDN'T COME UP WITH IT.

I WISH I HAD.

UM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DEFINITELY OTHER PROVISIONS THAT WE SUPPORT AS WELL, BUT WE DIDN'T, WE WEREN'T THE GENESIS OR, OR DIDN'T RECOMMEND THEM.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND I, UM, TO MY COLLEAGUES, I DON'T THINK ANYONE SUGGESTED A LONG POSTPONEMENT, BUT JUST MAYBE LONGER THAN A COUPLE OF DAYS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH IT AND MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS WE NEED WOULD, WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

I, THIS CAME TO MY ATTENTION ON MONDAY AND THERE'S A VERSION TWO THAT WAS POSTED LATE YESTERDAY.

AND SO I JUST, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS SO I CAN MAKE AN DECISION.

YEAH.

IF I COULD ADD YET, IF THERE IS A POSTPONEMENTS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE IT WOULD BE NO LATER THAN THE NEXT JUNE 9TH MEETING.

IT SEEMS LIKE AS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN FULLY VETTED ALREADY, THAT THE RESOLUTION DOES IN FACT HAVE A, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE LAST PIECE OF IT DIRECT STAFF TO LOOK AT THE IMPACTS IN TERMS OF, UH, AFFORDABILITY AND, AND COSTS.

AND SO THAT PROCESS IS ALREADY GOING TO BE, UH, INCLUDED IN THIS RESOLUTION.

HOPE WE WON'T DELAY ANY LONGER THAN JUNE 9TH AT THE LATEST.

YEAH, CERTAINLY DOES.

AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT INCLUSION, CAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THOSE PREVIOUSLY, BUT MY, MY INTENT JUST FOR THE DYESS WOULD ONLY BE TO DO NINTH.

YEAH.

OKAY.

COUNSEL, HANG ON JUST A SECOND.

CATHERINE.

REMEMBER HARPER, MADISON, BUT WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION ON AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN, OH, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST CONTINUE OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

I MEAN, WE GOT SENTENCED IN COMMUNICATION.

THAT'S STILL LEFT AND WE SHOULDN'T BE, THIS COSTUME ISSUE HAS BEEN CALLED.

I THINK YOUR POINT'S WELL TAKEN.

I WOULD URGE PEOPLE TO KEEP THEIR MIND ON RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN SPEAK IF THEY WANT TO.

BUT WE DO.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING AND I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE STICK HERE SO THAT THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PEOPLE GET, WE TOLD THE MUSIC PERSON TO COME BACK LIKE AT ONE 30, SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

UH, BUT IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS, WE GET THROUGH ALL THE SPEAKERS WHO'VE BEEN WAITING SINCE THIS MORNING.

ANYTHING FURTHER AT THIS POINT, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I HEARD THE STATISTIC CORRECTLY.

DID YOU SAY 36% OF OUR CREEKS AND WATERWAYS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

YES.

YEAH, I HAVE, I HAVE A FEW THINGS I WANT TO SAY I'LL SAVE MOST OF THEM FOR LATER, BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER LS OF, UM, MR. METZKER.

I DO WANT TO JUST SUMMARIZE, AGAIN, MY RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION THAT WAS SIMILAR ON TUESDAY, WHICH IS WHERE THE ITEMS CAME FROM, THAT WERE PART OF THE RESOLUTION, BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT WAS DUE.

THANK YOU, ENVIRONMENT, TEXAS FOR FISHING.

THOSE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAD ADVANCED MANY OF THOSE, UM, FUNCTIONAL GREEN AND THOSE CODE AMENDMENTS AS PART OF HER WORK.

UM, WE ALSO WORKED WITH PODESTA.

THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED SOME IDEAS TO HERE.

AND AS I MENTIONED ON TUESDAY, UM, AVA PHILLIPS, MY SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR ON MY STAFF ALSO HAD INTRODUCED SOME VERY GOOD MEASURES THAT ARE ALL PART OF THIS.

SO IT'S, IT IS, UM, LIKE SO MANY GREAT POLICY DOCUMENTS THAT COME TO US HERE ON COUNCIL.

IT WAS THE WORK OF, OF MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS COMING FROM MANY DIFFERENT AREAS OF EXPERTISE.

AND I, I HOPE I DIDN'T MISS ANYBODY, BUT, UM, THOSE ARE THE SOURCES, UM, THAT I'M AWARE OF AND ARE TOP OF MIND.

AND AGAIN, APOLOGIES FOR REPEATING, REPEATING THE ANSWER THAT I PROVIDED ON TUESDAY COLLEAGUES.

WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE PHONE.

UH, I THINK WE'LL TRY TO TAKE THOSE.

I WOULD LIKE THE OTHER CLERK TO LET THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO THEM UNTIL AFTER ONE O'CLOCK COULD BE ONE 15, BUT SO IF THEY GET A BREAK AND GO, UM, ABOUT COME BACK AND ONE O'CLOCK, I'M GOING TO TELL THE PUBLIC, ASK THE CLERK TO LET THE PUBLIC, OR IF YOU'RE LISTENING PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PEOPLE, IT'S NOT TO BE ANY EARLIER THAN, THAN, THAN ONE.

AND HOPEFULLY AS SOON THEREAFTER AS WE CAN, LET'S CONTINUE TO TAKE THE SPEAKERS.

ANYBODY ELSE HERE IN PERSON ALICE WOODS FOR ITEM 48 49.

OKAY.

CONNIE, WE'VE CONTINUED TO LET PEOPLE SIGN UP, UH, AS THEY SHOW UP, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

OKAY.

HI, MARIN COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ALICE WOODS.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. AS SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, I DON'T USUALLY HAVE TO CONSIDER COMPATIBILITY BECAUSE OF AFFORDABILITY

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ON LOCKED, WHICH IS A GREAT PROGRAM THAT IS ALLOWING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE BUILT IN PARTS OF TOWN THAN IT WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE.

HOWEVER, I ALSO KNOW THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE BUILD CANNOT SOLVE AUSTIN'S AFFORDABILITY CRISIS ALONE.

WE NEED TO BE BUILDING EVERY KIND OF HOUSING.

AND SO, SO MUCH OF IT WITH THE EXISTING COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OR THE COMPROMISE THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED, WE ARE TYING OUR HANDS WHILE WE TRY TO SOLVE THIS INCREDIBLY PRESSING PROBLEM, WE CANNOT KEEP BUILDING HOUSING AT THE LOW RATE, HIGH COST AND MINIMAL DENSITY THAT WE HAVE BEEN.

IT'S NOT WORKING FOR US AS A CITY COMPATIBILITY COSTS US TOO MUCH HOUSING, AND WE CANNOT AFFORD IT ANYMORE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MATEO BARN STONE ON ITEM 48, 49 ON DECK IS MARRIED INGLE UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, MY NAME IS MATEO.

BARNSTORMS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF THE CONGRESS FOR THE NEW URBANISMS CENTRAL TEXAS CHAPTER.

UH, I WISH TO VOICE OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE VMU TWO ITEMS BEFORE YOU, OUR CITY IS FACING EXPLOSIVE GROWTH ALIGNING AND DIRECTING THAT GROWTH ONTO OUR TRANSIT CORRIDORS IS GOOD FOR AFFORDABILITY.

GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

GOOD FOR RESILIENCY AND GOOD FOR OUR BURGEONING TRANSIT INVESTMENTS.

UM, INCREASING HOUSING OPTIONS ON TRANSIT LINES THAT CONNECT PEOPLE TO THEIR DAILY NEEDS WANTS AND DESIRES IS GOOD PLANNING AND SMART POLICY.

AND WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD ON WITH THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO THAT END, WE ALSO REMAIN IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSALS TO ELIMINATE COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ON THE CORE TRANSIT QUARTERS, AS WELL AS THE ELIMINATION OF PARKING MINIMUMS. UH, FRANKLY, THE WAY WE PRACTICE COMPATIBILITY IN THE CITY IS NOT GOOD.

COMPATIBILITY CAN HAVE SOME UTILITY IF A GREATS ZONES OF MIDDLE DENSITY AND GRACEFUL TRANSITIONS BETWEEN HIGH DENSITY ON THE QUARTER AND LOWER INTENSITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

BUT OUR CODE DOES NOT DO THIS AS IT IS TRIGGERING PROPERTIES CAN KILL SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF HOUSING ON THE QUARTERS THEMSELVES AND TRIGGERING PROPERTIES, A FOOTBALL FIELD AWAY, UM, OR MORE PREVENT US FROM ACHIEVING THE GOALS OF ALIGNING OUR LAND USE AND OUR TRANSPORTATION GOALS.

UH, WE ARE ON RECORD OF SUPPORTING THE REMOVAL OF ANTIQUATED PARKING MINIMUMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, TO PUT IT BLUNTLY, ALL PARKING MINIMUMS ARE AN INCENTIVE TO DRIVE OR AS NOTED EXPERT ON PARKING, UH, PROFESSOR DONALD SHOUP, BUT THAT PARKING MINIMUMS ARE FERTILITY DRUGS FOR CARS.

AND WHAT AREA OF THE CITY DO WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO DRIVE A GREAT PLACE TO START WITH ELIMINATING THESE MANDATES IS ALONG THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UH, IN TRANSIT INVESTMENT.

UH, WE CERTAINLY HOPE YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THE CRITICAL INFLECTION POINT, UH, IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY AND EMBRACE THE BOLD VISION.

THE COMMUNITY HAS SET FOR HERSELF TO ALIGN OUR TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING PLANNING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARY ANGLE ON 48 AND 49.

HOLLY MCDANIEL ON 89.

HI EVERYONE.

I'M HOLLY MCDANIEL.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTIN DIAPER BANK.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT NUMBER 89, THE MENSTRUAL EQUITY PROGRAM THAT YOU GUYS, UM, HAVE IT BEFORE YOU, UM, THE PILOT PROGRAM THAT WAS FOR THAT WITH THE PERIOD SUPPLIES WAS OUR BRIGHT SPOT PROGRAM.

SO WE WORKED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, NATASHA HARPER, MADISON TO GET THAT OFF THE GROUND.

WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THAT.

UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED IN THAT PROGRAM IS THAT THERE IS A 72% NEED IN LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY TO HAVE ACCESS TO PERIOD SUPPLIES.

WE CALL THAT PERIOD POVERTY.

AND UNFORTUNATELY ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE THAT HERE IN AUSTIN.

SO I'M THANKFUL I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS.

THE COMMUNITY IS IN FAVOR OF THIS.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE PERIOD'S SUPPLIES, PADS, AND TAMPONS AND LINERS AT ALL CITY BUILDINGS, UM, AND MAKING SURE THOSE ARE IN LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS.

SO ANYBODY WHO WALKS INTO A BATHROOM REGARDLESS OF THE TIME OF THE MONTH, THEY HAVE THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY NEED.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS.

WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FOR OUR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND WOMEN LEE SHERMAN FOR ITEM 60 ON DECK IS TOBY LEVY ON ITEM 60 AS WELL.

I'M GOING

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TO GO TO REMOTE SPEAKERS ON ITEM 49.

WE'VE GOT SUSAN PENTEL SUSAN PENTEL, PLEASE UNMUTE HATTER PEOPLE ON MUTE ON THE PHONE.

THEY HAVE THEIR DEVICES ON YOU.

SO HOWEVER THEY NEED TO UNMUTE NEXT SPEAKER IS, UM, SESSA ACOSTA.

CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME, YOU GUYS.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS ALYSSA KOSTA.

I'M A DISTRICT COURT RESIDENT.

I HAVE THE HONOR TO SERVE ON THE ZONING AND POTTING COMMISSION ON THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF AURA.

AND I'M ASKING YOU TO STRONGLY SUPPORT THE CHANGES TO THE DMU, TO, UH, ZONING SPECIFICALLY WITH THE CHANGE WITH THE AMENDMENTS FROM COUPLE NUMBER OF ELA, TO ELIMINATE HABITABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR HEIGHT, UH, AND THOSE, THE PARKING MINIMUMS. SO THESE AMENDMENTS DO A LOT OF THINGS.

THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY MOVE US CLOSER TOWARDS OUR COMPREHENSIVE GOAL GOAL.

UH, OUR CONFERENCE OF PLAN GOAL TO BE MORE COMPACT AND CONNECTED, UM, CITY.

IT HELPS US TO INTEGRATE NEW PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES ALONG OUR TRANSIT CORRIDORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF OUR TRANSIT NETWORK THAT WE'RE INVESTING SO MUCH IN.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR BETTER AND MORE ABUNDANT HOUSING IN THE CITY, WHICH WE DESPERATELY NEED.

AND BEYOND JUST INCREASING THE ENTITLEMENTS FOR, UH, BEING U2 FRIENDS IN 90 REDUCING OR ELIMINATING COMPATIBILITY IS KEY IN THIS BECAUSE AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, LESS THAN 50% OF THE, OF THE BUILDINGS THAT EXIST IN THE VMU TWO AREA WHERE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BUILD 6% CAN DO SO BECAUSE OF COMPATIBILITY RESTRICTION, THIS IS THOUSANDS OF UNITS.

THOUSANDS OF UNITS MEAN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT COULD BE LIVING IN THE CITY.

AND TO A POINT EARLIER OF HOW THIS HELPS WITH DISPLACEMENT, THOSE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO EVEN AT THOSE WERE ALL THE MARKET RATE, EXPENSIVE UNITS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE GOING TO THOSE UNITS AND NOT COMPETING WITH MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS.

FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME, IT IS A WAY, AND ALSO IT IS A WAY TO GET MORE CARS OFF THE STREET.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO REDUCE, UH, HOW DOES REDUCING PARKING, UM, HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO DRIVE TO WORK OR WHO RELY ON A VEHICLE TO GET AROUND.

THAT'S STILL MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HAVING TO DRIVE THAT, UH, ARE NOT COMPETING WITH ROAD SPACE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DO, WE ARE ONE ECOSYSTEM.

AND SO ONE THING AFFECTS EVERYONE AND WE SHOULD NOT IN THE HOUSING CRISIS, BEING A DISCUSSION WITH HOW TO MAYBE LIMIT OR MAYBE SMALLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING THAT WE CAN GET INTO THE CITY.

IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE, THAT WE TAKE BOLD ACTION.

UH, AND EVERY YEAR WE STOP EVERY MONTH, EVERY MONTH THAT WE PULLED THIS KIND OF DECISION OFF IS MORE TIME THAT, THAT, THAT THE VALUE OF THE HOUSING THAT CAN EXIST IN THE CITY GOES UP AND UP AND UP.

I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE A FIT.

I'M GOING TO BE A FATHER IN JUNE.

AND I'M TERRIFIED ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS.

AND I'M MORE SCARED ABOUT LIKE THE POSSIBILITY OF WHAT I'LL NEED AS, AS EXTRA SPACE OR EXTRA OPTIONS, OR IF, IF MY SON WILL BE ABLE TO GROW UP IN THIS PLACE, I HOPE SO.

AND I REALLY HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU CAN LOOK BEYOND JUST WHAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS EXISTED, AS FAR AS THE DESIRES TO HELP PEOPLE HAVE A CERTAIN VIEW OF OFTEN TO MOVE FORWARD TO WHAT CAN BE A VISION OF A BETTER AUSTIN FOR ALL OF US HERE.

I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT.

I'M NOT SURE I WAS LISTENING, BUT I CAN'T, UH, FOR WHICHEVER COMPLIMENTED RECOMMENDED THAT WE ALL BE ABLE TO HAVE THREE MINUTES TO GET THIS ISSUE OUT THERE.

THANK YOU, UH, WITH ANY REMAINING TIME, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WORK A NINE TO FIVE JOB.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO WAIT THIS LONG OR TO EVEN NOT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO STEP AWAY, TO TAKE THIS CALL AND GIVE YOU AND GIVE YOU THIS RESPONSE.

PLEASE WEIGH THAT FOR FUTURE MEETINGS THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COME AND SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THINGS LIKE THIS, BUT WE'RE OUT HERE.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT TO Y'ALL.

AND SO IF THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE ASIDE FROM THE TYPICAL, YOU KNOW, EMAIL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'D APPRECIATE THOSE, THOSE WAYS TO GIVE YOU OUR FEEDBACK.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

NEXT SPEAKER IS SUSAN PENTEL ON ITEM 49, SUSAN PENTEL SANDY AND I MADE US MCNALL ON ITEM 6, 18 85 AND 89.

GOOD DAY.

I'M AGAINST TO CONTINUE TO RESPONSIBLE WASTEFUL SPENDING AND AGAINST

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ITEMS 6 18 89 AND 85 6.

WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR ART RATHER ALLOW TALENTED STUDENTS TO SHOW OFF THEIR WORK 18TH, NO MORE COVID-19 EXPENDITURES.

WE'RE WAY PAST IT.

89 PEOPLE IN CITY FACILITIES CAN AFFORD FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS IN 85 AGAINST ANY MORE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT.

OVER YEARS, COST 9.5, $5 MILLION FOR PROPERTY VALUED UNDER 3 MILLION PERCENTAGE OF THE COMMUNITY AT THE PSH.

THEN IN AUGUST, YOU ALL VOTED FOR A WOMEN'S SHELTER.

NOW WITH NO NOTICE AGAIN TO THE RESIDENT, HE CHANGED AGAIN TO A 55 YEAR OLD OR OLDER HOMELESS FACILITY WITH NO CRIMINAL BACKGROUND SPECS.

IT WILL POSE A MAJOR SAFETY THREAT TO NEARBY SCHOOLS, HOMES, AND BUSINESSES.

IT WASN'T, IT IS THE WRONG LOCATION HAS MADE NEIGHBORHOODS ON SAFE, PROVEN BY INCREASED CRIME AND PROPERTY TO FACE HOMELESS.

IF I HAD FLOW WALLS AND IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARD, THE PROBLEM HOMELESSNESS, NOT TRUE AND NOT THE ANSWER RATHER THAN RECOVERING THE HOSPITALS, MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES AND DRUG TREATMENT CENTERS.

YOU'RE INVITING MORE PEOPLE ARRIVED TO AUSTIN.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

I HAVE 10 SECONDS, WHICH WILL BE DISASTROUS.

I WOULD LIKE TO THINK BY KELLY FOR LISTENING.

JEFF RYZEN ME FOR ITEMS 48 AND 49.

HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME ON, RIGHT? YES.

GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU.

UM, SO YEAH, I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX.

I'M ALSO A HOMEOWNER AND A FIRST TIME CALLER INTO THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME.

UM, I WANTED TO FIRST CLARIFY, I HAD SELECTED NEUTRAL ON THESE TOPICS.

UM, IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME FROM THE AGENDA WHAT FOR OR AGAINST MEANT, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY VERY STRONGLY AGAINST ANY NEW RESTRICTIONS OR REGULATIONS, UM, EVEN SORT OF AMENDED RESTRICTIONS REGULATIONS THAT MAKE, UM, BUILDING MID TO HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IN THE CITY, MORE DIFFICULT, UH, AND AGAINST ANY REGULATIONS THAT EMPHASIZE THE NEED OF CARS OVER THE NEEDS OF, UH, OVER THE HEALTH AND WELFARE, I SHOULD SAY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY, UM, ACROSS THE CITY, I'D BE IN FAVOR OF A COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF COMPATIBILITY RESTRICTIONS OR REGULATIONS.

UM, AND CERTAINLY THE COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF, UH, ANY PARKING MANDATES AUSTIN I FEEL IS IN A UNIQUE POSITION OF BEING ABLE TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE, AND CREATING A COMMUNITY THAT PRIORITIZES AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SUSTAINABLE LIVING IN A STATE THAT ALL TOO OFTEN, PRIORITIZES CORPORATE PROFITS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION.

UM, THESE ULTIMATELY I DON'T FEEL ARE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.

WE KNOW THAT MORE HOUSING SUPPLY WILL MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE.

WE KNOW THAT REDUCING CAR USE AND CITIES WILL PAY FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT, UH, PEDESTRIAN AND BIKING, FOCUS DESIGNS HAVE PROFOUND BENEFITS FOR THE HEALTH AND WELFARE FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY.

AND IN TERMS OF MITIGATING THE CITY HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN ON THE ENVIRONMENT MORE BROADLY.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S IT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME MEGAN, MEISENBACH ON 48, 49 AND 53.

HELLO, THIS IS MEGAN MADISON BACH AND DISTRICT NINE.

AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND THE EFFORT THAT THE COUNCIL SPENDING ON THE VMU AND COMPATIBILITY TODAY.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER FAMILIES THE IN FARM AND THE DISABLED WHEN CONSIDERING PARKING.

AND I AGREE WITH MS. GUZMAN, WHO SAID, LET US ABIDE BY JUDGE SWAFFORD DECISION ON THE CO UH, KONYA CASE.

UM, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE EXTENSIVE, UH, TIME AND EFFORT IN ENGAGING THE PUBLIC ON VMU.

AND, UM, FOR ITEM 53, THE ASN P AMENDMENTS, UM, WE ASKED THE COUNCIL TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS FROM THE PREDESIGNATED RIGHT OF WAY APPROACH.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE ASSET WHO FOLLOWS THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER ONE, THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE, AND, UM, I THINK LEGISLATION BY WEB MAP IS NOT THE WAY TO GO.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

GOODBYE ANA, SPEAKING ON 48, 49, 53 AND 90 GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ANNA .

I SERVED ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND THE PRESIDENT OF BANK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, BUT IN SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AS A DISTRICT TWO RESIDENT ON ITEMS 48, 49, 53 AND 91ST REGARDING ITEMS 90,

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I FULLY SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND THANK GOD FOR MEMBER SQUINT, THIS GLOBAL KITCHEN AND VIDEO CALL AND ALTAR FOR SPONSORING THIS RESOLUTION THAT WILL ADDRESS INEQUITIES AND WORK TOWARDS PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS WITHIN THE DESIRED DEVELOPMENTAL DEVELOPMENTAL A ZONE IN CENTRAL AND EAST BOSTON IS CURRENTLY AFFORDED WITHIN THE GREEK AND WATER PARTITION STILL IN WEST BOSTON REGARDING ITEM 48 AND 49.

I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS PUT FORTH BY THE MAYOR FOR MEETING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS POINT IS TOBO KITCHEN VIDEO FOR RECENTLY MEETING WITH RESIDENTS IN OUR SOUTH AUSTIN AREA REGARDING THE PROPOSED VMU AND BEING YOU CHANGE TO CHANGES.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED DIALOGUE WITH THE COUNCIL.

AS YOU CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE UNIQUE IMPACT YOUR DECISIONS WILL HAVE ON INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS, PARTICULARLY THOSE AREAS, HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO GENTRIFICATION, DISPLACEMENT, NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, AND OTHER IMPORTANT QUALITY OF LIFE FACTORS.

PEACE ENSURE CURRENT RESIDENTS ARE PROTECTED AND AFFORDED DUE PROCESS.

DURING THIS TIME, I SAID JUST A FUTURE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES, BE CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AND SUPPORT THOSE RESIDENTS WITH ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INTERNET, CONNECTIVITY, OR FAMILIARITY WITH THE USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES, BE GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND NOT BE SUBJECTED TO BEING CHECKED DOWN BY THOSE WHO HAVE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES RESIDENTS WITH THESE CHALLENGES SHOULD NOT BE DISCRIMINATED AGAIN, NOR SHOULD THEY BE SUBJECTED, SUBJECTED TO DISMISSIVE BEHAVIOR.

SUCH BEHAVIORS SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED.

MY EXPECTATION IS THAT THESE RESIDENTS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE, ETHNICITY, OR ECONOMIC STATUS, THEIR VOICES AND CONCERNS MUST ALSO BE HEARD.

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS ISSUE REGARDING ITEM THIRD 53.

I APPRECIATE THE STAFF ATTENDING OUR COMMUNITY MEETING AND WORKING WITH US REGARDING OUR CONCERNS.

THIS PLAN, DEPENDING ON ITS APPLICATION WITHIN INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS CAN HAVE A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE IMPACT.

I HOPE THE STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CITY'S LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE SAFE MOBILITY STRATEGIES ARE IMPLEMENTED FOR THOSE LIVING OR PASSING THROUGH.

AND THAT MEETS THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

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

JOYCE ON 48, 49 AND 53.

AND YOU HEAR ME? YES.

GO AHEAD PLEASE.

I'M JOYCE BETH YANNO, I AM OPPOSED TO THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE, THIS NUMBER 48, BECAUSE IT GETS SO FEW A PORTABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR A RATHER LARGE INCREASE OF THE BASE ZONING HEIGHT OF A VMU STRUCTURE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE 50% OF THE ADDITIONAL HEIGHT UNITS AS AFFORDABLE FOR THOSE EARNINGS, LESS THAN THE 80% MFI WITH THE OPTION TO BUY, RATHER THAN JUST RENT HOME OWNERSHIP WOULD REALLY HELP THE EQUITY ISSUE IN AUSTIN.

I OPPOSED THE IN LIEU FOR VMU TWO PROJECTS, THE AFFORDABLE UNITS SHOULD BE ON SITE COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS AND PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE BEST LEFT OUT OF THIS ORDINANCE.

THEY ARE COMPLEX ISSUES THAT REQUIRE MORE TIME FOR CAMP CAREFUL ANALYSIS ON ITEM NUMBER 49.

I WANT TO CHANGE MY POSITION FROM AGAINST A NEUTRAL.

NOW THAT I FINALLY HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE PROPOSAL.

I APPRECIATE THE CARE THAT WENT INTO THE CREATION OF THIS PROPOSAL.

THERE WERE STILL SOME UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD APPLY ACROSS THE CITY.

AND I STILL OPPOSED TO BE IN LIEU ON ITEM NUMBER 53, THE ASM P C A S M P IS NOT READY FOR APPROVAL.

THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES AND INFORMATION SCATTERED ACROSS THE STREET NETWORK STORY MAP, THE STREET NETWORKS, AMENDMENT TABLE, AND THE ASM P DOCUMENT ITSELF.

THERE WAS CONFUSION IN THE COMMUNITY ON HOW TO ACCESS AND REVIEW THE MATERIALS.

AND NOW THERE IS CONFUSION AS TO WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR APPROVAL.

THE PROPOSED RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITIONS ARE OF GREAT CONCERN TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.

THE ASM P CLAIMS TO SUPPORT EQUITY.

HOWEVER, CAP METRO REDUCED THE BUS SERVICE OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN EAST AUSTIN IN ORDER TO GIVE WHITE AFFLUENT WEST AUSTIN MORE FREQUENT BUS SERVICE, WHICH IT DIDN'T ASK FOR AND HARDLY USES.

THIS WOULD BE THE NUMBER 18 AND NUMBER 3 35 TRANSIT PRIORITY BUS ROUTES.

THIS INEQUITY IN BUS SERVICE MAKES CAP METRO NON-COMPLIANT WITH TITLE SIX OF THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT AND ACT THAT YOU WILL FIND QUOTED IN THE ASM P.

THIS IS A SERIOUS DISCONNECT AND POLICY.

PLEASE SEND THE ASM P BACK TO STAFF FOR CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATION.

THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR, JUST, UM, MS. BASCIANO, I'M HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU MORE ABOUT THE VMU, UM, ITEM THAT I PROPOSED.

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I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MY SUBSTITUTE, UH, PROPOSES THAT WE NOT ALLOW A FEE IN LIEU.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE AWARE OF THAT AND I'VE ON 48, 49 AND 53.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

PLEASE SHARE THE VIDEO.

I SUBMITTED MUTED IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE I SPEAK.

I AM ANA DOMINGUS PATELLA.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH WARD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND CO SECRETARY OF AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL.

TODAY, I'M SPEAKING ON MY OWN BEHALF AS A NATIVE AUSTINITE AND CONCERNED CITIZEN OF OUR GREAT CITY.

PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF THIS SEEMS DISJOINTED, I THOUGHT I WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR THREE IMPORTANT TOPICS.

SO I SEVERELY EDITED MY BURBAGE.

FIRST.

I FULLY SUPPORT THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE MONICA GUZMAN OF GABA.

I'M GOING TO START WITH ITEM 53, ASM P I CREATED TWO INSTRUCTIONAL COLLAGES TO ASSIST MY NEIGHBORS.

ONE OF ONE, FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T REALIZE THEY HAD TO CLICK ON EVERY BLOCK OF THE STREET TO GET A FULL PICTURE OF THE PROPOSALS.

AND THEY COULDN'T FIND WHERE TO SHARE THEIR COMMENTS, THE OTHER TO HELP THEM FIND THE HIDDEN ICON, THE ICON IN ROUND TWO, THESE DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE MULTIPLE SET PROCESSES, CREATED HARDSHIPS FOR NEIGHBORS TO PARTICIPATE, ESPECIALLY OUR ELDERS AND TECHNOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED.

DURING ROUND TWO, I ENTERED MY COMMENTS USING MY IPAD, MY EXPERIENCES IN THE VIDEO I SHARED WITH YOU.

I FILLED IN ALL THE COMMENT BOXES TURNED MY IPADS FROM HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL AND ALL MY COMMENTS DISAPPEARED.

I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH POOR PROGRAMMING WHERE ALL MY ENTRIES VANISHED BY TURNING MY SCREEN.

LASTLY, I'D SAY, WHY ARE THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAYS NOT INCLUDED FOR LEVEL ONE STREETS, ESPECIALLY THOSE BEING UPGRADED TO DESERVED, TO BE FULLY INFORMED ABOUT WITHOUT OMISSION PATIENTS POSE REQUIRED RIGHT AWAY OF UNITS, THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE, BUT AT A LOWER PERCENTAGE OF MFI.

SO THEY AREN'T JUST A FLUENT AFFORDABLE ON ITEM 49.

I SUPPORT HONORING THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AND MAINTAINING THE CURRENT COMPATIBILITIES, DESPITE A BUS ON MANSHACK.

IT IS NOT A LARGE CORRIDOR AND SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED AS SUCH.

I DO NOT SUPPORT THE BLANKET FIVE, BUT INCREASES IN RESULTING 40 FOOT INCREASES.

I DO SUPPORT LOWERING, WIPED IT OUT.

PARKING MINIMUMS. THE OVERFLOW OF CARS WILL BLEED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AUSTIN HAS MOVED TO 13TH PLACE DUE TO AFFORDABILITY, NOT AFFORDABILITY, NOT PLEASE DO NOT FORGET THAT THE LION'S SHARE OF THAT IS PROPERTY TAXES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME FRANCIS AND THAT, UM, THE FRANCES AKUNA ON 48, 49, 53, 90 AND 94.

UM, MY NAME IS FRANCIS AND THEY RESIDENT OF DUST SPRINGS.

I'M ALSO LIKE CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMUNITY LEAD ORGANIZER WITH GABA GO OUT AND BUY MORE OFTEN.

AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT ITEM 90.

I OPPOSED ITEM 48, 49, 53 AND 94.

BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I SAY THAT I AM FOR CONDUCTED SERIOUS PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ALL THESE FOUR ITEMS. THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WILL HAVE HUGE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED BY YOUR DECISIONS.

YOU CANNOT GET RID OF COMPATIBILITY OR PARKING RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE PEOPLE GET RID OF CULTURE AND COMPLETE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE COMMUNITIES WE WORK IN ARE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, AND THEY NEED PARKING FOR THEIR TRUCKS.

I NEED THE PARKING FOR MY VEHICLE TO CARRY AND BRING INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS FOR THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES, IT'S PLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION IN OUR, IN A REST OF THE RESIDENCE IN THE SIP CODES WE WORK IN IS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY SHOCKING.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE THAT HAVE TWO OR THREE JOBS TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR HOMES OR FOR BETTER LIVES.

AND BEING HERE AT CITY HALL, NOT EVERYONE IS THE SAME AND NOT EVERYBODY'S.

LIFE IS THE SAME.

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I HOPE THAT YOU MAKE THE, YOU TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION.

I, SECOND, MONICA WAS MON AND MATT AND MEGAN MASON BACK COMMENTS.

THIS PART IS MY PERSONAL OPINION, NOT MY WORK IN MY HOMETOWN, MY HOME TITLES PHASE, THAT I CANNOT BUILD ANYTHING IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.

YOU CANNOT MAKE THIS HUGE CODE CHANGES WITHOUT HAVING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THAT IS, THAT IS JUST PLAYING AGAINST THE LAW.

CARMEN IS 48, 49, 53 90 AND 94.

SORRY, I JUST LOST CONNECTION TO MY SPEAKER CHAIR WHILE WE GET THAT, THAT SPEAKER BACK.

I WONDER IF, AND YOU MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

I WONDER IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR ONE OF US TO, TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.

I'M I THINK I'M HERE IN OUR CALLERS AND SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO, UM, WHO SPOKE IN PERSON TODAY OPERATE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT REMOVING PARKING MINIMUMS, REMOVES PARKING.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

I WONDER IF WE SHOULD CLARIFY THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE WE LEVEL SET AND EVERYBODY'S COMING FROM THE SAME PLACE.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

YES, PLEASE.

I THINK, UH, I THINK FOLKS SHOULD KNOW THAT REMOVING PARKING MINIMUMS, UM, AFFECTS ULTIMATELY THE OVERALL COST OF THE PROJECT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY REMOVES PARKING.

UM, UM, THE MINIMUM, UM, IS JUST A, AS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THAT CAN SOMETIMES ACT AS AN OBSTACLE TO, TO BUILDING, BUT IT DOESN'T ELIMINATE PARKING.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS OPERATING FROM THAT.

UH, FROM THAT REALITY, IT LETS A DEVELOPER BUILD THE PARKING THAT THE OWNERSHIP OR THE PARTICIPANTS OR THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.

AND DOESN'T HAVE THE CITY DICTATE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PARKING, EVEN IF THAT'S NOT WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

NEXT SPEAKER COMING ON IS BELIEVABLE.

ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T ACTUALLY HEAR MY NAME CALLED CARMEN AND MY, MY TURN.

YES, PLEASE PROCEED.

OKAY.

UM, BEFORE I WENT TO THE SECOND MONEY OF THE CON, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT PROCESS, AND YOU'LL SAY ELIMINATING PARKING REQUIREMENTS, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY REDUCE COSTS UNLESS THEY DON'T PROVIDE THE PARKING.

IT'S NOT THE MINIMUM, UNLESS THE PARKING IS REALLY UNNECESSARY.

AND I THINK WE CAN AGREE ON SOME OF THOSE, BUT I THINK THE BIGGER QUESTION HERE IS ABOUT PUBLIC PROCESS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO VERY QUICKLY SAY THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TIME.

YES, THANK YOU TO ITEM 90.

I HOPE THAT WE GET SOME ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY IN OUR CODE IS NOT TIED TO FILLING OUT LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES AND UP-ZONING, BUT WE NEED TO DO THIS STUFF YESTERDAY.

AND SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK ON THIS AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE IT GETS IMPLEMENTED INTO ORDINANCE.

AND SHE'LL JUST DO THE CRITERIA MANUALS AND NOT JUST MORE RESOLUTIONS, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, 94, I WANT TO QUICKLY SEE THAT YOU WILL SEE SOME PLANNING, COMMISSIONERS MOVE TO RECONSIDER THIS, UM, AND ACTUALLY VOTE AGAINST IT.

MYSELF INCLUDED IS BOTH ON, UH, RIGHT AWAY.

AND TAKINGS WAS TAKEN VERY LATE WITH SEVERAL AMENDMENTS.

I KNOW I MADE A MISTAKE OF THE COMMISSIONER VOTING AT THE WRONG TIME.

THERE WAS A LOT MORE TO DEBATE.

I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL, UM, ON 94 REGION LINCOLN, A LETTER, AND JUST LOOK AT THE BISMAL ENGAGEMENT AROUND THE OFFICE MOBILITY PLAN, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO ITEM 53 IN GENERAL, YES, WE NEED BETTER PUBLIC HEARINGS.

BUT LOOK AT THE ONLINE MAP.

LOOK AT THE CHANGES IN TERMINOLOGY.

THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

SINCE BEFORE KODAK RETOLD TOLD VERDICT CONNECTIONS, MY 0.5 FROM 2015 TO LOOK BURIED IN THERE WHERE A NEW TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK TERMINOLOGY HAS BEEN INTRODUCED, UH, WERE ALL THESE TERMS WERE CHANGED.

EVERY TIME WE PUT LEGITIMATE LEGAL AND COMPLAINTS IN ABOUT LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES, UH, THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO GOVERN.

YOU ALL ARE MUNICIPAL LEGISLATORS.

WE NEED YOU TO REGULATE AND DISRUPT OUR MARKET.

NOT THE REGULAR HOUSING MARKET.

HOUSING IS EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF SPECULATION, MASSIVE DEMAND FROM AN INVESTMENT MARKET, YOU, THE LABOR COSTS, SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGE.

THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE THE REASON THAT YOU'RE UP ZONING AND BLANKET UP ZONING IS THIS PLACING LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, INCLUDING RENTERS.

WE'RE WATCHING IT.

I CAN NAME YOU THREE CASES IN COUNCIL MEMBER BELLA'S DISTRICT RIGHT NOW, WHERE LOW-INCOME RENTERS ARE BEING DISPLACED BY UP ZONING.

THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE EVEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE FOR HELP AS THEY GET PUSHED OUT OF THE CITY AND BECOME THE BRAWLERS LOOP MUSTER IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT IT AND RAISE THE ISSUE.

WHEN YOU BLANKET UP, DON'T GET RID OF COMPATIBILITY AND ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS,

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YOU ELIMINATE OUR ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE AND ACTUALLY PROTECT THE THINGS ABOUT AUSTIN THAT WE LOVE PROTECT THE PEOPLE, PROTECT THE TREES.

I GET THAT A LOT OF THESE NEW YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ARE TERRIFIED ABOUT WHERE THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO LEAVE LIVE IN AUSTIN.

WELCOME TO OUR WORLD BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN BUSTING UP OUR COMMUNITIES FOR GENERATIONS.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A THING OR TWO TO TEACH YOU ALL TO COME TOGETHER AND LOOK AT SOLUTIONS AND COMMUNITY PLANNING LIKE WE DID WHEN VERTICAL MIXED USE WITH EVEN INTRODUCED.

SO I'M IMPLORING YOU ALL.

I KNOW YOU WANT THE REVENUE.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU WANT IT FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN SUPPORTERS AND YOUR FRIENDS IN THE INDUSTRY AND THE DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT.

AND I GET IT, BUT A BUILDING WITH NO PUBLIC PLANNING PROCESS AND NEGOTIATION, IF IT'S GIVEAWAY TO LANDOWNERS, SOME OF US DON'T EVEN WANT IT.

AND IT FORCES YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING, SUSAN, PENTEL ON ITEM 49.

OKAY.

WE NEED A LOT MORE HOUSING IN AUSTIN.

AND THE CURRENT BMU TWO PROPOSAL IS NOT ENOUGH.

THE INITIAL VMU PROPOSAL ALLOWED NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO OPT OUT.

AND THAT CAUSED RESULTED IN LARGE AREAS OF THE CITY, NOT BEING PART OF THE BMU PROGRAM, INCLUDING ALMOST ALL OF OUR AUSTIN WEST OF MOPAC.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS RIGHT AND IMPLEMENT THE BMU TWO PROGRAM, YOU SHOULD DO IT FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

WHEN, WHEN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS OPT OUT, THAT MEANS THAT OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY HAVE TO BUILD MORE AND MORE HOUSING TO MAKE UP FOR THE PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE OFTEN OUT.

AND IT'S REALLY NOT FAIR.

THESE TYPES OF POLICIES SHOULD, SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAJOR TRANSIT CORRIDORS, NOT INTERIOR, UM, NOT INTERIOR NEIGHBORHOODS.

I ALSO REALLY ALSO REALLY DISAGREE WITH THE LONG LIST OF STREETS CORRIDORS THAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO ELIMINATE FROM THIS BMU TUBE POLICY.

THOSE CORRIDORS SHOULD BE INCLUDED, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE MORE COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE CORRIDORS.

MANY OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM DMU TOO.

HAVING RETAIL ON THE GROUND FLOOR THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK TO OR RIDE A BIKE TO WOULD REALLY BENEFIT A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD EXCLUDE SO MANY STREETS.

MANY OF THOSE STREETS HAVE VERY GOOD TRANSIT, FREQUENT TRANSIT THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM BMU TOO.

ALSO, YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY INCLUDE THE PROJECT CONNECT.

METRO RAPID FUTURE CORRIDORS IN THIS POLICY.

THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY IS TO GIVE DEVELOPERS OPTIONS FOR DEVELOPING ON MAJOR TRANSIT CORRIDORS DEVELOPMENT COSTS ARE ONLY GOING UP OVER TIME.

SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO WAIT ON CORRIDORS THAT WE'VE ALREADY INDICATED THAT WE WANT TO HAVE MAJOR TRANSIT ON.

I ALSO SUPPORT ELIMINATING THE PARKING MINIMUM AND ELIMINATING THE HEIGHT COMPATIBILITY FOR THE MAJOR CORRIDORS.

THANK YOU, CHRIS HARRIS ON ITEM 53, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS CHIP HARRIS AND I LIVE IN THE CRESTVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH CENTRAL AUSTIN.

SPEAKING TODAY ABOUT ITEM 53 AMENDMENTS TO THE ASM P I REQUEST IS THAT MORROW STREET BE REDUCED TRAUMA LEVEL TWO TO A LEVEL ONE STREET.

AND AT SAINT JOSEPH, THE WESTERN PORTION OF MORROW.

THIS IS PROPOSED TO BE UPGRADED FROM LEVEL TWO TO LEVEL THREE, ALSO BE REDUCED TO THE LEVEL ONE STREET MORROW STREET IS A NARROW 30 FOOT WIDE STREET THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO ANDERSON LANE.

AND IT'S JUST TWO BLOCKS SOUTH OF THE LINE, BOTH SIDES WITH SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, OCCUPIED BY YOUNG FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN IN THE PAST VEHICLE COUNTS ON MORROW EXCEEDED 9,000 TRIPS PER DAY UNTIL THE CITY TOOK STEPS TO REROUTE THE CUT-THROUGH TRAFFIC TO ANDERSON LABELING MORROW AS THE LEVEL TWO STREETS, SINCE THE WRONG MESSAGE INVITING AND ENCOURAGING MOTORISTS TO UTILIZE IT AS AN ALTERNATIVE DAY ANDERSON LIGHT, PLEASE CLASSIFY MORROW AND ST.

JOSEPH AS LEVEL TWO STREETS.

THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ANN COFFIN.

I'M A BUSINESS OWNER ON WEST 31ST STREET, JUST WEST OF NORTH LAMAR AND ALSO ST.

ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL PARENTS

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AS SUCH.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WEST 31ST STREET IS SAFE AND FUNCTIONAL FOR KIDS AT ST.

ANDREWS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIANS BICYCLISTS AND VEHICLES THAT UTILIZE THE STREETS.

I APPRECIATE THAT THE ASM P WILL APPLY ACROSS THE CITY, BUT HOPE THAT ITS IMPLEMENTATION WILL NOT REFLECT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPLICATION, ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO OUR UNIQUE STREET.

WEST 31ST STREET IS CURRENTLY THE SUBJECT OF A TEMPORARY PILOT PROJECT THAT EXTENDED THE EXISTING BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN LANES AND REMOVED PARKING ALONG SOME SECTIONS OF THE STREET, FRANKLY, IT HAS CREATED SOME DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ST.

ANDREWS AND THE URBAN TRAIL STAFF TO FOCUS ON A CREATIVE SOLUTION THAT WILL BETTER SERVE ALL PARTIES.

THANK YOU.

WILLIAM BUNCH ON 53, 86 AND 94.

YES.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THIS IS BILL BLONCH WITH SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE, UM, ON A ITEM 53, THE SMP I WANT TO URGE YOU TO PLEASE LISTEN TO THE OTHER SPEAKERS AND POSTPONE ACTION ON THIS AND TAKE FURTHER PUBLIC INPUT.

I'M ALSO SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT YOU REMOVE THE PROPOSED, UH, CONNECTION OF SOUTHWEST 40, LET'S SAY 45 SOUTHWEST FROM 1626 TO 35.

THIS STRETCH OF ROADWAY HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY CONTROVERSIAL FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

IT WAS SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED FROM OUR CAMPO, UH, REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

IT SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE AUSTIN PLAN.

I'M ALMOST CERTAIN THAT I UNANIMOUS TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT OPPOSES THIS ROADWAY BEING BUILT.

IF IT'S BUILT IT BASICALLY CONVERTS A MOPAC FROM A LOCAL COMMUTER HIGHWAY INTO AN ALTERNATIVE, UH, IN A REGIONAL AND INTERSTATE FREEWAY.

SO PLEASE REMOVE IT.

UH, PLEASE DON'T GIVE ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR BLANK CHECK TO UT, UH, FOR THOSE CONTRACTS, COME BACK TO THE CITY AND PLEASE OPPOSE 40 94 AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, SARAH WATKINS ON 56.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS SARAH WATKINS AND I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH BASTA.

I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 56.

UM, AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SUPPORTING THE ARBORS RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION AT ARBORS AT CREEKSIDE.

UM, SOME OF THEM YOU WILL HEAR FROM, UH, LATER IN THE SESSION, UM, RESIDENTS WHO'VE LIVED AT ARBOR SINCE IT OPENED, UM, 20 YEARS AGO HAVE TOLD ME STORIES ABOUT HOW OUR MUSIC CREEKSIDE USED TO BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND WELL-MAINTAINED PLACE THEY HAD EVER LIVED.

IT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT TO SAY THAT THIS IS NO LONGER THE CASE.

THE TAX CREDIT APPLICATION UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL MAKE POSSIBLE.

LONG-TERM FIXES THAT THE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR FOR FIVE YEARS.

MANY FOLKS WHO LIVE THERE ARE THRILLED THAT THERE IS FINALLY A PLAN TO ADDRESS THE UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS THAT ARBORS OTHERS HAVING LIVED WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY CONSEQUENCES OF NEARLY TWO DECADES OF DISINVESTMENT AND BROKEN PROMISES.

WON'T BE ABLE TO BELIEVE IT UNTIL THEY SEE IT.

IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION CONTINUES AND THAT RESIDENT CONCERNS AROUND THIS PROCESS ARE BOTH LISTENED TO AND ADDRESSED.

I WANT TO THANK BOTH COUNCIL AND HST STAFF, ESPECIALLY PATRICK RUSSELL AND JAMIE MAE FOR THE ONGOING DIALOGUE WITH RESIDENTS AND FOR ALL OF YOUR TIMES TO MAKE RIGHT AT ARBOR VIC CREEKSIDE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

SURELY CROSSLAND ON 56, SHIRLEY CROSLAND JOYCE MCGEE ON 56, JOYCE MCGEE, JEAN JEAN LUTRELL ON 56.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON.

THIS IS MY NAME IS JEANNIE LUTTRELL.

I LIVE AT ARVIS AT CREEKSIDE AND I AM PART OF THE ARBORS RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION.

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I SUPPORT THE APPLICATION TO REHABILITATE ARBORS AT CREEKSIDE BECAUSE HAVING LIVED HERE SINCE JANUARY OF 2014, I WITNESSED A SIDE OF THIS CONFLICT INTO DISREPAIR AND STILL DESPITE REPEATED CARPET CLEANINGS, WHICH I'VE HAD TO PAY FOR THE BUILD FROM THE UNDER PADDING RETURNS UP INTO THE CARPET.

WITHIN ONE WEEK OF CLEANING, I ANCHORED REFRIGERATOR AND HOT WATER HEATER ARE CONSTANTLY MAKING A LOT OF NOISE.

THE ELEVATORS KEEP GOING OFFLINE FOR WEEKS HERE IN BUILDING THREE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO CARRY ME DOWN THREE, FIVE STAIRS, RAPID CLASSIC THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED DEGREES IN THAT STAIRWELL.

THE PUBLIC AREAS ARE FILTHY AND SMELL.

MOST APARTMENTS HAVE MOLD BEHIND THE WALLS, WHICH KEEPS MOST OF THE SICK.

AND I BELIEVE IT'S CAUSED MANY DEATHS.

THERE'S A MARKED LACK OF COMMUNICATION FROM MANAGEMENT TO THE TENANTS.

SO NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON.

WE NEED THIS REHAB TO MAKE THIS THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

JENNIFER POWELL ON 85, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M REGRETFULLY CALLING IN AGAINST ITEM 85.

I WATCHED THE PRESENTATION MONDAY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CANDLEWOOD NOW PECAN GARDEN.

AND IT WAS VERY GOOD.

THE LANDSCAPING LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.

I COULDN'T HELP IT FEEL IF YOU'D BEGUN THE PURCHASE OF CANDLEWOOD WITH A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS, THAT YOU MAY HAVE WON MANY NEIGHBORS OVER INSTEAD, YOU'VE BROKEN THEIR TRUST WITH CONSTANTLY CHANGING PLANS FOR THE SITE.

YOU MADE THE PURCHASE WITHOUT CONSULTING WILLIAMSON COUNTY, WHILE PRETENDING YOU WANT THEIR PARTNERSHIP.

AND YOU'VE ALLOWED A STRING OF TOTALLY PREVENTABLE BREAK-INS AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY TO OCCUR IN THEIR BACKYARDS AND VERY CLOSE TO WESTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

NO ONE HAS ANY REASON TO TRUST YOU WITH MORE OF OUR MONEY WHEN YOU HAVEN'T PROTECTED THE INVESTMENT YOU'VE ALREADY MADE HERE.

THANK YOU, CRYSTAL ERIKSON COLLINS ON 85.

HI, I LIVE IN SOUTHWEST WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

I SUPPORT ITEM 85.

THANK YOU FOR ADOPTING A HOUSING FIRST APPROACH, THE MOST EFFECTIVE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE TO SOLVING HOMELESSNESS.

I COMMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS, ANSWERING MANY QUESTIONS WE'VE HAD ABOUT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THE PECAN GARDENS PROJECT.

SPECIFICALLY, I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THIS POWERFUL TOOL IN OUR COUNTY TO ASSIST OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I BELIEVE FAMILY ELDER CARE IS A GOOD CHOICE FOR THE NEXT PAGE.

I'VE FOLLOWED AUSTIN'S COMMITMENT TO HOUSING FIRST FOR YEARS, AND THE PECAN GARDENS PROJECT FROM ITS PURCHASE AS THE CANDLEWOOD SUITES.

AND I'M HEARTENED BY YOUR PATIENCE AND DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE TO BRING ALONG COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OFFICIALS WHILE NOT WAVERING FROM THE GOAL OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

PLEASE CONTINUE THIS APPROACH AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH CANDY LOSS AND OTHER PSH DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY.

FINALLY, PLEASE ASSIST THOSE BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE REALIZED FINANCIAL LOSS DUE TO THE CHANGE.

THEY'RE OUR NEIGHBORS TO THANK YOU, JOYCE JOYCE MCGEE ON 56, WHAT HAS IT BEEN ASSOCIATE? AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, WELL, I, UH, OKAY.

UH, WE NEED, UH, MANY OF THE FUNDERS THAT ARE REALLY BAD TO RESTORE THE UNITS TO, UH, UPGRADE HELP, TO LIVE IN RESIDENTS.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT HAPPENING SOON, I GUESS MY BOAT.

SO I DIDN'T 2056 TO BE PASSED FOR OUR RE UH, REHAB.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND THEY ALL HAVE YOU HAVE THEY BLESSED THAT EMILY MARTIN ON 88 AND 89 THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER FOR ALLOWING ME TO TESTIFY TODAY.

MY NAME IS EMILY MARTIN.

AMANDA W GESTURE OUT ABOUT I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEMS, 88 AND 89 ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND OUR RICO POWER.

OFTEN COALITION ABOUT WORKING WITH BLUE FUND ON REPO POWER OFTEN, WHICH IS A PROJECT THAT ALLOWS US TO BUILD POWER AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, THROUGH ORGANIZING POLICYMAKING THAT SUPPORTS ACCESS TO ABORTION CARE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE PAID FAMILY LEAVE AND MORE.

WE APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTAS

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AND THE OTHER CO-SPONSORS FOR BEING SUCH IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS TO THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING A NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL SOON THAT WILL PROTECT AUSTINITES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH DECISIONS AND MUCH NEEDED FREE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS AND CITY FACILITIES.

AFTER THE SUPREME COURT WEEK, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, CONFIRMED OUR FEARS.

WE EXPECT ABORTION ACCESS TO GO FROM BAD TO WORSE.

THERE WAS ALREADY STIGMA AND FEAR ASSOCIATED WITH ABORTION ACCESS DUE TO THE ACTIONS OF ANTI-ABORTION LEGISLATORS RESTRICTING ACCESS AND WITH THE LOOMING SUPREME COURT DECISION, WHICH COULD CRIMINALIZE ABORTION CARE IN OUR STATE.

AND IT WILL BE INCREASED FEAR, INTIMIDATION AND CONFUSION, PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS, AND STOPPING ANY DISCRIMINATION AND EMPLOYMENT OR HOUSING IN ITS TRACKS.

IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.

THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE HAS CONTINUED TO ATTACK ACCESS TO ABORTION FOR YEARS.

AND WE WORKED ALONGSIDE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO COMBAT THOSE CHALLENGES, TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, ANDREA ELIZONDO ON 88 AND 89.

HELLO, MY NAME IS .

I LIVE IN DISTRICT.

THANK YOU FOR FORWARDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY AS I AM RECOVERING FROM COVID.

I, UH, I AM HERE I PAPER I, WHICH IN NUMBER 8 88, NUMBER 89, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS PERSONALLY HAD AN ABORTION, BUT ALSO DURING MY YOUTH HAS HAD EXPERIENCE HAVING INADEQUATE ACCESS TO MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS.

I JUST HAVE THE RADICAL BELIEF THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.

WHAT ARE THE ABORTION OR MISTER PRODUCTS? EVERYONE'S HAPPY INITIALLY, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CARE THAT THEY NEED AT ASSAULT.

ALSO, I WANTED TO ADD THAT I AM ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS AND LEAD ORGANIZERS.

HE TEXTS MR. EQUITY COALITION.

I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER FLINT, THIS SO BRINGING THESE TWO ITEMS FORWARD NEXT SPEAKER IS ZENOBIA JOSEPH ON ITEMS 5 27 AND 28 MAY OR MAY.

I ASKED TO SPEAK ON 48 AND 49.

I SENT AN EMAIL TO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL.

I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH, MY COMMENTS AS IT RELATES TO FIVE, UH, THAT IS ACTUALLY BEING POSTPONE.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I BELIEVE YOU'RE SUPPLANTING AUSTIN, INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS BUDGET WITH $1.4 MILLION PRE-K AND ALSO $520,000 FOR A PILOT 24 MONTH PILOT FOR RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHY THERE'S NOT MORE TRANSPARENCY THERE, COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS AND THE CITY ALREADY PAYS FOR AISD PARENT SUPPORT SPECIALISTS.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHY WE NEED COMMUNITY COORDINATORS IN THE SCHOOLS, AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ITEM 27, THIS IS ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN.

IT RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH IN CHURCHES FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

I WOULD JUST ASK, AS I ASKED THE LAST TIME, UH, FOR THE YOUTH F UM, A MENTAL HEALTH ITEM FOR YOU TO HAVE, UH, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH PROVIDES MEASURABLE OUTCOMES.

UH, THE DATA THAT I SEE IS THAT EACH YEAR TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT GETS THE COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT NETWORKS REPORT.

AND IT ACTUALLY SHOWS AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN ALL OF THE NEGATIVE CATEGORIES, AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE VERTICAL MIXED USE ITEMS, 48, THE OFF STREET PARKING, I WOULD JUST ADD CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION CRESTVIEW STATION, WHERE THE, THERE IS NO PARKING AND THE WHITE CHOICE RIDERS THERE DO NOT EVEN WANT THE BUSES TO KNEEL BECAUSE OF THE NOISE.

AND SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH INTO CHECK WITH CAPITAL METRO.

POLITICALLY, WE CALL THAT THE SUNDOWN ROUTE BECAUSE AFTER SUNDOWN, THEY REALLY DON'T WANT SOME MINORITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THE BUSES CAN'T ANSWER BEFORE 7:00 AM, AS IT RELEASED TO 49, THE HOUSING CAPACITY ON CORRIDORS, I JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FROM THE WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY.

SHE SAID SHE NEEDED FEEDBACK AS IT RELATED TO THE LEVEL OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND IT HAD 15% RESERVED AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING HOUSING FOR 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, AND THEN 12% AT 50% AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT PERHAPS A SIDE BY SIDE WOULD BE HELPFUL, BUT WITHOUT A SIDE-BY-SIDE, I WOULD JUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS LEARN ABOUT $42,000 HISPANICS.

AREN'T ABOUT $50,000, AND THAT WOULD BE IN INLINE WITH

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THE AMOUNTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN MENTIONED, 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, HOWEVER, CONTINUES TO BE THE NORM ON THE CORRIDORS FOR PROJECT CONNECT.

THAT'S, UH, MORE THAN AFRICAN-AMERICANS EARN $55,000, BUT I DO WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.

I DO BELIEVE IT'S DISINGENUOUS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER INCREASED THE HOUSING ON THE CORRIDORS.

THERE'S A 4,425 ACRE DEVELOPMENT EAST VILLAGE ON PALM LANE.

AS YOU'RE AWARE BY SAMSUNG, THERE ARE OVER 2000 APARTMENT UNITS WITHIN ABOUT THREE MILES AND SEND THEM IN ADDITION TO THE FLOOD WALLS IN UNITS FROM TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER FOR YOUR TIME HAS EXTENDED.

THERE IS NO TRANS COUNSEL ELIMINATED METRO RAPID.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THANK YOU, EMILY GATLIN ON 89.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS EMILY GATLIN, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT AS MENTIONED.

I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF AUTOMATING NINE, THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE FREE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS AND VARIOUS CITY OWNED FACILITIES.

I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF FLOW CODE AND OFTEN NONPROFITS TRYING TO EDUCATE, BRING AWARENESS TO AN END, THE STIGMA MENSTRUATION AND FINDING PERIOD POVERTY.

SINCE 2017, THIS RESOLUTION IS AN EXCITING AND MUCH NEEDED STEP OVER TO END THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH PERIODS IN 2020, THE IRS OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED PERIOD PRODUCTS AS MEDICAL NECESSITIES, RECOGNIZING THAT PERIOD PRODUCTS ARE AS NECESSARY TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND DIGNITY ABOUT TO MS. DRE AS TOILET PAPER AND KLEENEX ARE TO THE GENERAL POPULATION AS LONG OVERDUE.

I WHOLE HEARTEDLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION TO MAKE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS FREE AND READILY AVAILABLE, AND AUSTIN'S LIBRARIES REC CENTERS AND OTHER CITY ON SITES.

THE IMPACT THAT IT WILL HAVE ON THE, BOTH THOSE THAT FIND THEMSELVES IN THAT SITUATION.

EVERY MEN'S WRITER HAS EXPERIENCED STARTING YOUR PERIOD WITHOUT HAVING A PATTERN TAMPON HANDY TO THOSE EXPERIENCING PERIOD POVERTY WILL BE MONUMENTAL POVERTY BLACK.

THANK YOU.

UM, I ASKED YOU TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING 89.

THANK YOU, MAYER.

UM, WE HAVE ONE IN-PERSON SPEAKER LEFT FOR ITEM 49, 48 AND 49.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, OUR HFC SPEAKERS.

SO I'M SORRY, OUR H A H S C SPEAKERS THAT ARE STILL REMOTE.

OKAY.

HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE FOR HFC? WE HAVE THREE, SEVEN, I BELIEVE, THREE ONLINE AND THREE IN PERSON COFFEE IN PERSON SPEAKER.

NOW THE IN-PERSON IS MAUREEN .

THIS WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER.

WE'RE CUT OFF.

GO AHEAD.

OTHER THAN HFC.

GO AHEAD.

WHEREAS I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND LETTING ME COME AT THE LAST MINUTE TO FINISH OUT THIS, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

UM, I'M HERE TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I'M 48 AND 49.

I'M REALLY REGISTERED KIND OF NEUTRAL RIGHT NOW.

UM, THE AUSTIN CODE IS DEFINITELY BROKEN.

UH, I DON'T THINK ANYONE DENIES THAT HOMEOWNERS ARE TOTALLY FRUSTRATED WHEN IT TAKES MONTHS TO GET A PERMIT.

THEY HAVE TO ENDURE ARBITRARY INSPECTIONS, ADDING MONTHS OF DELAY IN COSTS, BUILDERS AND ARCHITECTS ARE DIRED OF DEALING WITH THE BANDAID CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE YEARS TO DEAL WITH VERY SPECIFIC ISSUES AND VERY SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC PARTS OF TOWN AND APPLYING IT TO THE WHOLE CODE.

I GET THAT, BUT LET'S MAKE CLEAR.

AFFORDABILITY IS NOT THE FAULT OF ONE GROUP OF RESIDENTS IN THIS TOWN WHO HAVE ASKED FOR BALANCE IN CONSENSUS, IN DEVELOPING CODE FLEXIBILITIES, AS WE'VE MOVED FORWARD.

AS A CITY, AUSTIN IS EXPERIENCING HYPER GROWTH.

THE CENSUS BUREAU HAS SAID OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE A DAY ARE MOVING HERE.

THE NET DEMAND FOR HOUSING UNITS IN 2021 WAS OVER 20,000, WHICH IS UNHEARD OF.

WE ARE AN OUTLIER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE TEXAS SENATE JUST HAD A HEARING ON THIS YESTERDAY.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE SEEN THE RISE OF PLATFORMS THAT MAKE SHORT TERM RENTALS, MUCH MORE PROLIFIC.

THEY TAKE MARKET READY PROPERTIES OFF THE MARKET IN FAVOR OF PUTTING THEM, UH, PROVIDING HOUSING TO TOURISTS.

PROPERTY TAXES INCREASES ARE CREATING MAJOR PRESSURES ON RENTS AND THEY'RE LEADING TO LESS AFFORDABLE RATES ON HOUSES AND APARTMENTS AND CONDOS.

ALTHOUGH WE MAY GET SOME RELIEF FROM THE 2019 PROPERTY TAX REFORMS THAT THE LEGISLATURE DID.

FINALLY, WE ARE SEEING A NEW, NEWER PHENOMENON, INVESTMENT GROUPS, PRIVATE EQUITY, AND OTHER ENTITIES FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND INDEED OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD BUYING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND CONDOS IN AUSTIN.

A GREAT ARTICLE,

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AUDREY MCGLINCHY AND PR IN FEBRUARY, HISTORICALLY 20% OF FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY HOME BUYERS IN AUSTIN BETWEEN 2010 AND 2020 WERE INVESTORS LAST YEAR.

IT WAS A THIRD.

THIS IS A HUGE CHANGE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WHEREBY FAMILIES ARE NOW COMPETING FOR HOUSING WITH CORPORATE ENTITIES.

AND A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT EVEN BASED HERE.

THESE ARE THE FACTORS THAT ARE DRIVING THE COST OF HOUSING, BUT EVEN WITH ALL THAT, AUSTIN HAS DONE REMARKABLY WELL PROVIDING HOUSING IN THE LAST DECADE, 61% INCREASE IN HOUSING UNITS IN MULTIFAMILY, WHICH IS HUGE IN JANUARY THE 37,000 UNITS OF MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND THOSE ARE A LITTLE OUTDATED.

I'M SURE THE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED.

I THINK IT'S DISINGENUOUS WHEN FOLKS IN THIS COUNCIL AND IN THE COMMUNITY START BLAMING CONSUMER PROTECTIONS THAT ARE ENSHRINED IN CODE FOR THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IT'S SO'S DIVISION AND MISTRUST.

IT CREATES A BARRIER TO BUILDING REAL CONSENSUS AND HAVING A SERIOUS CONVERSATION.

FAMILIES HAVE MADE INVESTMENTS MAKE NO MISTAKE.

COMPATIBILITY IS CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE CODE.

PEOPLE'S HOUSES ARE THEIR NEST EGGS, THEIR INVESTMENTS.

AND WHEN YOU MESS WITH THAT AND YOU START TAKING IT CORPORATE INTERESTS AND A ONE-SIDED DEBATE, IT LOSES.

OKAY, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COULD SHE JUST FINISH HER THOUGHT THERE? OR ARE YOU FINISHED? UM, I JUST WANT YOU, YOU ALL TO CONSIDER AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THE CODE THAT MANY, MANY HOMEOWNERS OVER THE YEARS HAVE BEEN INVESTED IN THEIR HOMES AND IN THEIR PROPERTIES ALONG CORRIDORS AND, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS.

THOSE, THEY ARE THE NEST EGGS.

THEY'RE THE RETIREMENT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS.

WHEN YOU PUT HOUSING WITHOUT CONSTRAINTS UP AGAINST THAT, AND DON'T ALLOW FOR CONSENSUS THAT IMPACTS THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY, THEIR RIGHTS.

AND I WOULD ARGUE MOST NEIGHBORHOODS IN AUSTIN NOW NEGOTIATE FOR DEVELOPMENT.

THEY USE COMPATIBILITY.

THE, THEY USE THE TOOLS IN THE, IN THE CODE TO BE ABLE TO REACH A WIN-WIN WITH DEVELOPERS.

WE DO THIS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I KNOW MANY NEIGHBORHOODS DO THIS.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE BALANCE BECAUSE YOU CANNOT BE PICKING ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE OVER ANOTHER.

I GET THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BUY HOUSING HERE.

I GET IT.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE MOVING HERE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, UPS OWNING ACROSS THE CITY WITHOUT CONSIDERATIONS TO THE CONSEQUENCES TO THE ENVIRONMENT OR PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOODS IS NOT THE ANSWER.

SO I WOULD ASK YOU ALL TO REALLY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT CONSENSUS, INVITE THOSE PEOPLE TO THE TABLE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ISN'T ROOM TO, TO REACH AGREEMENT ON THIS STUFF, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S BEEN TOO ONE SIDED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I COLLEAGUES,

[Consent Agenda]

THIS IS WHAT I SUGGEST.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

LET'S SEE IF SOMEBODY HAS ANY CHANGES THEY WANT TO MAKE TO IT.

LET'S HOLD OFF, MAKING OUR STANDARD COMMENTS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE THINGS.

WE'LL TRY TO FREE UP SOME TIME TO DO THAT LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

AT THE END OF THAT, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CALL THE HFC SPEAKERS.

THEY'RE ONE MINUTE EACH AND THEN THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING.

SO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE ITEMS IT'S ONE THROUGH 47, IT'S 85 THROUGH 90.

AND I'M SHOWING IS THE PULLED ITEMS, 17, 18 85 AND 90 THOSE FOUR ITEMS BEING PULLED.

SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES OR NOTES THEY WANT TO MAKE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER WENT THIS, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.

I GOT A NOTE FROM CITY LEGAL THAT I NEED TO, UM, OFFER A NEW MOTION SHEET TO ITEM 89 THAT HAS SOME LANGUAGE CHANGES.

AND SO FOR ITEM 89, WHICH IS MY MENSTRUAL EQUITY ITEM, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO READ INTO THE RECORD THAT THIS IS A MOTION TO AMEND ITEM 89 TO ADD A THIRD, BE IT RESOLVED TO READ AS FOLLOWS.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED.

THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE PROVIDING A RANGE OF SIZES FOR TAMPONS AND PETS.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED IN 89 HEARING NO OBJECTION THAT IS INCLUDED IN 89 AND REMAINS ON THE CONSENT, UH, UH, CALENDAR.

I THINK LEGAL HAS FOUR SETTLEMENTS TO READ INTO THE RECORD, THE HERE WITH US, IF YOU COULD JUST READ THE ITEM NUMBER AND TELL US WHAT THE AMOUNT IS, THAT'D BE HELPFUL.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MARIN COUNCIL, MEGAN RILEY, ON BEHALF OF, EXCUSE ME, I'VE RAN FROM THE BACK, UM, UH, FOR, UH, ITEM NUMBER 22 ON YOUR AGENDA.

THIS IS A REQUEST TO APPROVE A SETTLEMENT IN THE SJ LEWIS LITIGATION.

SO THIS IS, UM, THE CITY IS RECEIVING MONEY.

UH, THE AGREEMENT, UM, INVOLVES THE CITY BEING ABLE TO RETAIN, UH, JUST OVER A $1.5 MILLION

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IN ITS RETAINAGE IN IT.

UH, IN ADDITION, THE CITY WILL BE PAID $982,000 TO 958, UM, BY ST.

LOUIS IN EXCHANGE, THERE WILL BE A RELEASE AND THE CITY AGREES TO PULL ITS LETTER TERMINATING THE CONTRACT.

OKAY.

ANY OBJECTIONS THAT BE INCLUDED CONSENT AGENDA WILL REFLECT THAT NEXT ONE.

UH, ITEM NUMBER 24.

UH, THIS IS A REQUEST YOUR PREVIOUS SETTLEMENT IN CATESBY CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE AMOUNT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND YOU HEAR AN OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED, HEARING NONE THAT'S ON THE CONSENT AHEAD.

NEXT ONE, ITEM NUMBER 25.

THIS IS A REQUEST TO PAY A SETTLEMENT OF $85,000 TO SETTLE THE GOLF VERSUS CITY OF AUSTIN LAWSUITS.

ANY OBJECTIONS THAT BE INCLUDED IN CONCERN, VERY NONE THAT'S INCLUDED AND ITEM NUMBER 26.

I REQUEST THAT YOU PROVIDE PAYMENT OF $850,000 TO SETTLE THE WARDS ASSESSED SKI VS.

CITY OF AUSTIN LAWSUIT.

OKAY.

OBJECTION TO THAT.

BEING INCLUDED, HEARING NOTHING THAT'S INCLUDED THAT REMAINS OUR CONSENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE BEFORE WE, UH, CONSIDER CONSENT COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY? YEAH.

UM, I WILL SHARE MY REMARKS ON MY FEE WAIVER ITEM, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE TEXAS PEACE OFFICER'S MEMORIAL.

BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO INVITE ALL OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO POSSIBLY CO-SPONSOR WHO HAVEN'T ALREADY.

UM, I'D LIKE THE CLERK TO SHOW ME AS VOTING NO ON NUMBER SIX AND ON ITEM 88, I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF A POSTPONEMENT ON ITEM 30.

HIS COUNTS ARE 90 19.

EXCUSE ME, AS COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON, THE MAYOR HAD INDICATED.

AND IF IT WASN'T NOTED BEFORE, I'D LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE A HUNDRED DOLLARS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL'S FEE WAIVER ITEM NUMBER 40.

THANK YOU.

AND WE'LL OPEN UP TIME THIS AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE TO COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT NOW.

FURTHER CHANGES OR ADDITIONS, THINGS THAT NEED BE OF RECORD RIGHT NOW, AIR PRO TEM.

THANK YOU.

UM, I, UM, SPOKE WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON, AND I WANTED TO OFFER SOME FRIENDLY DIRECTION.

UM, FOR ITEM 87, IT WAS DISTRIBUTED, UM, VIA THE CLERK.

I WOULD MOVE TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DIRECTION.

IF THE CITY MANAGER IDENTIFIES ANY ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THE SCOPE OR SPECIFICS OF THIS CODE AMENDMENT, THE MANAGER MAY BRING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD, INCLUDING AS A MENU OF OPTIONS WHEN THE CODE AMENDMENT RETURNS TO COUNCIL.

OKAY.

NOT THAT IT'S REQUIRED FOR THE ADOPTION OF THAT AMENDMENT, BUT ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT AMENDMENT MADISON? SHE, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING INCLUDED ON THAT ITEM? HEARING? NONE IT'S INCLUDED.

IT REMAINS ON CONSENT AND JUST FOR CLARITY, IT WAS DIRECTION, NOT AN AMENDMENT JUST TO ADD A DIRECTION.

YEAH.

BUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE SHOWN, UH, AS A CO-SPONSOR TO COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S ITEM, ITEM 37 RELATING TO THE TEXAS PEACE OFFICER'S OFFICER'S MEMORIAL, UH, PARADE.

AND THEN ALSO I'D LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE BENGALI FEE WAIVER ITEM.

AND IF THE CLERK CAN SHOW ME CONTRIBUTING $300 PER ITEM, 36.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UM, I'D LIKE THE RECORD TO REFLECT, REFLECT MY RECUSAL AT THE ADVICE OF LAW ON ITEM 87 AND I'D FILED THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK WITH THE CITY CLERK.

UM, I HAVE TWO PIECES OF VERY QUICK DIRECTION RELATED TO 29 AND ONE OTHER ITEMS. SHOOT.

WHAT WAS THE OTHER ITEM? UM, WITH REGARD TO 29, I WONDER I WOULD LIKE, I'D HOPE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THE STAFF, BUT LET ME JUST LEAVE IT HERE.

I, I EXPRESSED THESE CONCERNS TO THE DIRECTOR OF OUR HUMAN RESOURCES RECENTLY AS WELL.

WE HAVE A FABULOUS, FABULOUS SUMMER PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED GET TO WORK ACROSS ACROSS THE CITY IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT THE RATE OF PAY FOR THOSE FOR THOSE TEENS, UM, IS NOT, IS NOT, UM, IS NOT ALLOWING SOME OF THEM TO MAKE A GREAT CHOICE TO COME WORK WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY COMPETING PLACES WHERE THEY COULD WORK THAT ARE OFFERING, YOU KNOW, MUCH MORE TO WORK AT TARGET AND OTHER PLACES.

SO I WOULD ASK MANAGER, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, BUT IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE