* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] IS THE FEED READY? WE LIVE. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER [Call to Order] TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 16TH, 2022. UH, WE ARE, UM, HERE AT, UH, CITY HALL. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER IS A REMOTE AS IS THE MAYOR PRO TEM. UH, WE HAVE, UM, SIX MORE ON THE DESK. WE HAVE A QUORUM THAT'S PRESENT, UH, COLLEAGUES, UH, CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS. UH, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONS THAT GO BEYOND VERSION TWO. I REMEMBER ONE IS WITHDRAWN ITEM. NUMBER THREE WAS HEARD ON JUNE 7TH, 2020 TO THE RIGHT AWAY VACATION PROCESS FOR SKY MOUNTAIN DRIVE WAS APPROVED OR THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ON THE 700 VOTE ITEMS. 14 AND 19 WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION WITH A SEVEN O VOTE WITH COMMISSIONERS NAVARRO FISHER AND TAREE AT THE ABSENT ONE VACANCY ITEM 17 AND 27 ON JUNE 14TH, 2022 APPROVED BY THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION ON THE NIGHT OF VOTE WITH CHAIR, UM, EUGENE PODA AND COMMISSIONER HENDRIX, ABSENT ITEM 18, JUNE 8TH, 2022 RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION ON A SIX O VOTE WITH SHARON LEE RECUSING, A COMMISSIONER NAVARRO FISHER, AND TAREE AT THE ABSENT ONE VACANCY ITEM, 86 SPONSORS. UM, I'M BEING ADDED AS A SPONSOR TO ABC SIX ITEM NUMBER 96 IS WITHDRAWN. IN ADDITION TO VERSION TWO OF THE, UH, CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ITEM 84, UH, IS BEING POSTPONED TO JULY 28TH. THAT RELATES TO ITEM 1 0 2, ALSO BEING POSTPONED TO JULY 28TH AND ITEM NUMBER 1 0 1 IS BEING POSTPONED TO JULY 28TH. UM, 84 IS ON THE CONSENT, HAD REMAINED THERE, BUT BEING POSTPONED. AND IF YOU ALL WOULD HELP REMIND ME WHEN WE GET THE 1 0 1, 1 0 2, WE TO TAKE A VOTE TO POSTPONE THOSE ITEMS. WE HAVE SOME ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED. ITEM. NUMBER FOUR HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO ITEM NUMBER 91 HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY ITEM. 92 HAS BEEN PULLED BY, UH, MYSELF AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBERS FLIGHT, THIS AND, UH, VALLA. UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER POLLED ITEMS, COUNCILLOR, ARVADA? UH, I HAVE A POSSIBLE, UH, AMENDMENT TO ITEM 51, BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH BASE WITH THE SPONSOR RIGHT QUICK BEFORE PULLING IT. OKAY, SO WE'LL LEAVE THAT ON. YEAH. UM, AND MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THAT ITEM. JEWISH ITEM 51. OKAY. RIGHT HERE TO CLERICAL, PLEASE REFLECT THAT. OR COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER 36. DOES LEGAL WANT TO READ SOMETHING INTO THE RECORD? IS LEGAL HERE TO DO THAT? IF NOT, WE CAN DO THAT LATER. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ITEM 36, IT'S A SETTLEMENT IN THE JOSEPH USE VS. CITY OF AUSTIN LAWSUIT FOR $75,000 INVOLVES A CAR WRECK CASE IN AUSTIN ENERGY. THE COUNCIL RECEIVED A MEMO ABOUT IT BEFORE THE MEETING WITH THE SETTLEMENT OF $75,000, IT WILL BE A FULL AND FINAL SETTLEMENT FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER. MADISON IS PULLING ITEM NUMBER 95. UM, KYLIE'S WE HAVE 120 PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS MORNING, UH, WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE JOINED US AT THE, UH, AT THE KIOSK, UH, CANCER. REMEMBER FIGHT THIS. THANK YOU MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO BE AT AS A CO-SPONSOR ON ITEMS, 86, AN ITEM 91. OKAY. THE RECORD WILL REFLECT THAT COUNTS FOR KELLY. YEAH. UM, I JUST I'D LIKE TO REMOVE MY CREW SPONSORSHIP FROM ITEM NUMBER 95, WHICH WAS JUST [00:05:01] PULLED. OKAY. AND WE'RE 95 IS WITHDRAWN. AND YOU WANT TO RULE YOUR SPONSORSHIP? I THINK I MAY HAVE CALLED THE WRONG NUMBER. 95 IS NOT WITHDRAWN. IT'S PULLED I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER. NO, NO, I THINK I, I THINK I MESSED UP ON NUMBERS, WHICH WAS THE SIXTH STREETS ISSUE. THAT'S 95. IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. THE POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT IS 96. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S BEEN WITHDRAWN. OKAY. I KNOW 96 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. GOT IT. THINK I JUST HAD HER WRONG NUMBER. SORRY. SO THE POLE ITEMS THAT I HAVE THUS FAR ARE ITEM 4 91 92 AND 95, WHATEVER. TOTAL THE MAYOR OF 51, THE, I WASN'T SURE WHAT YOU HAD DECIDED TO DO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, WHO SAID HE HAD SOME AMENDMENTS? I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS TO READ INTO THE DYESS ON THAT ONE AS WELL. IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE LONG. SO I THINK I'M, HE'S GOING TO TOUCH BASE WITH YOU PERHAPS WHILE WE GO THROUGH THE 120 SPEAKERS, YOU CAN LET US KNOW WHETHER THAT NEEDS TO BE PULLED. I'LL HAVE TO CHECK AND SEE WHETHER I'M AT QUORUM TO DO THAT. BUT I HAVE, I HAVE A COUPLE OF EDITS TO READ INTO THE AGENDA AS WELL. MAYOR, YOU HAD INDICATED TO ME THAT YOU WERE, UM, ADDING YOURSELF TO 95 AS A SPONSOR. I AM, AS I, AS I ISSUED, I TOLD YOU THERE'S A, THERE'S A CONVERSATION I WANT TO HAVE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THESE PEOPLE ARE, ARE BEING IN ESSENCE, UM, HELD IN A BAND. SO ON THOSE PROPERTIES, THEY'RE NOT, BUT I THINK OUR STAFF CAN, CAN CONFIRM THAT. SO I WANT TO SEE THAT I WON'T HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. SO ARE YOU ADDING YOURSELF OR NO, I'M GONNA ADD MYSELF DEPENDENT ON THAT CONVERSATION. AND I HAVE, I AM PULLING, UM, 48 FOR AMENDMENTS, PLEASE. THEY'RE PRETTY QUICK. WE MAY BE ABLE TO, UM, I'LL PULL THEM AND DISTRIBUTE THAT SHEET. AND IF THE CO-SPONSOR, IF THE LEAD SPONSOR IS FINE WITH IT, I CAN PULL IT BACK. I DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS THE EDITS. WE'LL PULL THAT FOR RIGHT NOW. HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUT THAT BACK ON. AND THEN 88, I ALSO HAVE AMENDMENTS AND SAME, SAME SITUATION. OKAY. SO WE'LL PULL 80 EIGHTS AND YOU LIVE THIS. IF THEY CAN STAY BACK ON PULL ITEMS FOR 48, 88, 91 92 AND 95. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE. I JUST WANTED TO FLAG. WE'RE GOING TO BE CIRCULATING A VERSION TWO OF ITEM 52. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO PULL IT, BUT JUST WANT TO, MAYBE BEFORE, BETWEEN SPEAKERS AND TAKING THE VOTE, WE CAN JUST SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. BUT I WANTED TO FLAG THAT WE ARE NOW DISTRIBUTING A VERSION TWO THAT IS REDLINED. OKAY. SO IT WAS A V2 RED LINE FOR 152. IT'S NOT BEING PULLED AT THIS POINT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO SPEAKERS, UH, AS I POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD YESTERDAY, MY HAND UP AS WELL. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. OKAY. IT'S CHALLENGING. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. UM, I WANT TO MAKE ONE, ONE COMMENT AND THEN ADD MY NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR. I JUST WANTED TO ASK IN THE FUTURE, IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GETTING REDLINED COPIES OF CHANGES THAT ARE VIRGIN TWOS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE COMING. UH, THE DAY BEFORE COUNCIL, WE HAD A TON OF CHANGES, UM, AND IT'S REALLY CHALLENGING TO FOLLOW THEM, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A WORD CHANGE OR WHATEVER. IT ADDS A WHOLE LOT OF WORK. IF WE, IF WE, UM, DON'T HAVE THOSE RED LINES. UM, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF WE COULD MAKE THAT OUR PRACTICE. UM, AND THEN SECONDLY, I WANTED TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO 89, WHICH IS THE INTERGENERATIONAL CHILDREN'S CENTER. MY SENIORS COMMISSIONER JOCKEY, IDAHO HAS BEEN STARTING THIS PROGRAM FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD WITH ENOUGH AND NEXT STEP. THANK YOU. OKAY. I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE RED LINE VERSION. AND I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD JUST DO THAT AS A MATTER OF COURSE, EVEN IF IT'S NOT DAY OF, UH, SO IF SOMEONE DOES A LATER VERSION, THEY CAN PUBLISH A RED LINE VERSION OF LEGAL COULD HELP WITH THAT. THAT'D BE HELPFUL. ALL RIGHT, [Public Comments (Part 1 of 2)] WE READY TO HEAR SPEAKERS? OKAY. UH, WE'RE GONNA CALL THE SPEAKERS OR WE'RE GOING TO CALL THEM IN PERSON FIRST. THEN WHEN WE'RE DONE ALL OF THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE REMOTE SPEAKERS. WHEN WE COME BACK IN JULY, WE MAY REVERSE THAT DEPENDING ON WHERE WE ARE WITH RESPECT TO COVID, WE'RE GOING TO GO ONE MINUTE FOR THE 120 SOME ODD SPEAKERS HERE THIS MORNING. UH, IT'LL TAKE US PROBABLY ABOUT TWO AND A HALF HOURS TO GET THROUGH THE SPEAKERS AT ONE MINUTE. RECOGNIZE IT. IF WE WERE AT THREE MINUTES, WE WOULD BE ANOTHER FIVE HOURS PLUS. YES. UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK IS, IS THERE A PARTICULAR ITEM THAT WE HAVE MOST SPEAKER, MOST SPEAKERS ON THERE IS? [00:10:01] AND THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. IT'S UM, UH, THE $22 ITEM, AND AS WE POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD YESTERDAY IN EACH SECTION, WE'RE GOING TO CALL THOSE SPEAKERS FIRST. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. ALL RIGHT, CLARK, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND CALL THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS BEGINNING WITH THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FIRST ON THE, UM, UH, $22 ITEM. OKAY. SORRY. ONE SECOND. FIRST SPEAKER ON ITEM. NUMBER 50 IS MOHAMED A MOD, A MUD SORRY. AND, UM, IN QUEUE IS MANUEL L GALA HELLO. MY NAME IS MUHAMMAD AND I AM A WORKER IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. I MOVED TO AUSTIN FROM MY HOME COUNTRY OF AFGHANISTAN IN AUGUST, 2021. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO START NEW LIFE IN THIS CITY, BUT IT HAS NOT EASY RIGHT NOW. I AM MAKING $15 AN HOUR IN STRUGGLE TO MAKE RENT, BUT BUY GROCERY AND SEND MONEY TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY. BACK IN AFGHANISTAN, I WAS RECENTLY DENIED AN APPLICATION FOR A HOME BECAUSE OF MY INCOME WAS NOT ENOUGH. ONE DAY I WOULD LIKE TO OWN A HOME AND REUNITE MY FAMILY IN LAY FIELD, FALLING LIVE IN AUSTIN, BUT I CANNOT DO THAT WITH A $15 FEED OUR WORK ON IT RIGHT NOW, SUPPORT US IN RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGES TO $22 THREE HOURS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND, AND TO THE CLERK, AS YOU'RE CALLING PEOPLE, AFTER WE CALL THIS NEXT PERSON WHO YOU PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED AS BEING ON DECK. MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT YOU HAVE TWO, UH, UH, SPEAKERS, REMOTE SPEAKERS THAT REQUIRE AN INTERPRETER. LET'S GO DO THOSE SPEAKERS, JUST FOR THE LOGISTICS ISSUE. AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE BACK WITH THOSE THAT ARE HERE. SO CALL THE NEXT PERSON HERE AS WE CALLED THAT OUT A MOMENT AGO, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE REMOTE TUESDAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER THAT WAS CALLED, WHAT IS MANUEL ALCALA? OKAY. ARE YOU READY TO CALL THE TWO OF OUR SPEAKERS? JACQUELLINE CAN YOU HEAR US? JACQUELYN. ARE YOU READY? THIS IS MYRNA. I'M READY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. THANK YOU. SO THE FIRST SPEAKER IS PERLA, IF NONE, THIS THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. I LIVE IN ZIP CODE 76, 6 4, AND I'M I'M PROS ARE ITEM 51. UM, UH UH, BUT , I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A GUY FOR THIS, FOR THESE DISASTERS THAT HAPPENED, LIKE THE DISASTER THAT HAPPENED IN 2021. UH UM, WHEN I, WITH MY, UH, UM, FOR THEIR, UM, , THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS THAT FOR THIS TIME, IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AGAIN, AND THESE TIMES THAT WE WOULD BE PREPARED AND THERE WAS A TRAINING, SO IF WE COULD RECEIVE SOME KIND OF TRAINING TO BE PREPARED, UM, RESPONDED OR ARE YOU THAT , UH, YOU RANDALL, UH [00:15:02] UM, AND WE ALSO WOULD LIKE A BETTER RESPONSE OF WHAT TO DO AND HELP AND, AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN GET FUNDS TO HELP WITH THIS SITUATION. I LEFT YOU THAT IT . THAT'S WHY I ASKED THEM THAT, THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH FUN FOR THE CITY PREPARED FOR SOME, IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN LIKE THIS AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MONDAY MAYER. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS IRENE , BUT SHE JUST DISCONNECTED. SO WE ARE GETTING HER BACK IN THE QUEUE. SHE'S NOT ANSWERING APPARENTLY. I'M SORRY. WHEN SHE COMES BACK, LET US KNOW AND WE'LL, WE'LL GO OVER TO HER. WE'LL DO JACQUELINE, PLEASE HOLD UNTIL WE CALL YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. OKAY, THEN NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKERS SPEAKING ON, UH, ITEM 50. NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS TERRY AT GIGYA LC AND ON DECK IS JOE SET, IOLA HELLO? MY NAME IS COHEN. MAZZOLA ON THE SILVER PARK GROUNDS CREW MEMBER, AND A PROUD MEMBER OF ASPE LOCAL 16, 24. I'M A NAME IS TALIA. I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF ASKED ME LOCAL 16, 24. HEY, MY NAME IS BRIAN. I'M A CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEE. I'M A PROUD ASKED ME 16 AND 24 MEMBER. UM, MY NAME IS REBECCA. I AM A PROUD MEMBER OF ASKED ME LOCAL 16. I SUPPORT 22 COST OF LIVING WAGE FOR THE YEAR 22, BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT. WE NEED TO PAY OUR CITY LABORERS AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN. I'M OUT HERE SUPPORTING THE 22 AND 20 AND 22 CAMPAIGN BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT HERE TO SUPPORT 22 IN 2022, BECAUSE WE DESERVE IT. AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT 22 AND 2022 BECAUSE OUR MEMBERS DESERVE IT. YOU GUYS BEING PUSHED OUT OF THIS CITY BECAUSE IT COST TOO MUCH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. FIVE FOR THE WORKERS AND PAY THEM A LIVABLE WAGE BECAUSE WE AS PUBLIC SERVANTS DESERVE IT. STAND WITH BE 1624 AND JOIN OUR UNION. $22 AN HOUR IN THE YEAR 2022 IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE. THE VIDEO WILL CONTINUE OR ARMANDO YES. OKAY. THAT CONCLUDED THE VIDEO. SO THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOE SET. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JOSEPH, UH, WORK FOR THE AUSTIN AIRPORT AND THAT SUPPORT THE WILLING, WHICH FOR $22 AN AVERAGE, BECAUSE GAS HAS WINDED UP. LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT GAS AND AS RAN IN A 14, HAVING THREE KIDS AND ALL THAT, IT'S HARD WORKING IN [00:20:01] A MINIMUM WAGE, ESPECIALLY HAVING LIKE NO EMPLOYEES TO WORK AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IT'S PRETTY HARD, BUT THAT'S UP. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS ON HILLABEE ANGELA BAKER AND ON-DECK IS FABIOLA. BARRETO GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE SPACE TO SPEAK THIS MORNING. MY NAME IS ANGELA AND I'M HERE TODAY AS CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEE. IN MY 18TH YEAR OF SERVICE, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER THE PAY RAISE INCREASE PROPOSAL OF 22 IN 22, LIKE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, I PUT MYSELF THROUGH UNDERGRAD AND GRAD SCHOOL WITH THE HELP OF FEDERAL AND PRIVATE LOANS AFTER 18 YEARS OF SERVICE AND ON THE PAY AS YOU EARN REPAYMENT PLAN FOR MY LOANS, I STILL OWE $30,000, ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE I CHOSE PUBLIC SERVICE. I WILL BE PAYING FOR MY STUDENT LOANS, MY STUDENT LOANS, LONG AFTER I RETIRE. I'M ALSO HERE IN SUPPORT OF MY HUSBAND, ROBERT. HE IS IN HIS 11TH YEAR OF SERVICE AND HE LEADS AN OPERATIONS CREW WITH RESOURCE RECOVERY OF HIS STAFF OF EIGHT, SEVEN OF THEM HAVE SECOND AND THIRD JOBS. AND ONLY TWO OF THEM LIVE IN AUSTIN, BOTH RENTERS, WITHOUT THE HOPE OF EVER BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE IN A CITY, THEY WORKED SO HARD FOR PLEASE CONSIDER THE UNION PROPOSAL TODAY. THANK YOU. FABIOLA BURRITO ON DECK IS A DONNA BARRY. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS FABIOLA BURRITO AND I AM THE AUSTIN POLICY COORDINATOR AT WORKERS. DEFENSE WORKERS. DEFENSE IS A MEMBERSHIP-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS TEXAS LOW WAGE IMMIGRANT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND IMPROVING THEIR LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS. WE'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCILOR MUMBLE AND CO-SPONSORS FOR SUPPORTING 22 BY 22 IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN WORKERS. DEFENSE SERVED ON THE LIVING WAGE WORKING GROUP IN 2015, WHICH HAD A PART IN INCREASING THE LIVING WAGE BY 15 TO $15 AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH AT THE TIME $15 WAS A SUFFICIENT LIVING WAGE. WE'RE IN NEVADA, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY. NOW OUR MEMBERS ARE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND THEY ARE QUICKLY MOVING AWAY FROM THE CITY. THEY CONTINUE TO BUILD BECAUSE OF LOW WAGES IN AUSTIN. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON PUBLIC PROJECTS WOULD BE DIRECT BENEFICIARIES OF A $22 MINIMUM WAGE. INCREASING THE LIVING WAGE IS AN EQUITY ISSUE, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BUILDING THE CITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. THANK YOU ALL. AND WE URGE YOU TO VOTE. YES. ON ITEM 50 MAYOR, WE HAVE THE SPANISH SPEAKER ONLINE, SO WE'LL CALL HER NEXT. JACQUELLINE ARE YOU READY? AND WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE TWO MINUTES PER TIME. OKAY. JEFF IRENE, IF NONE, THIS MONDAY, UM, ONE THING. MY NAME IS ERIC HERNANDEZ AND I LIVE IN FAIRFIELD 7 8, 7 4 4. AND I AM PRO ITEM 51. UH THAT? WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO, WE, WHAT WE WANT TO FIGHT FOR IS TO HAVE A PLAN FOR DISASTERS. IF THIS AFTERS WERE TO HAPPEN AGAIN, SO WE HAVE THE FUNDS AND BE PREPARED WITH TRAINING IT'S FEDERALLY WORKED. THE NEXT DISASTER. IS A STORY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO REPEAT. DISASTER. THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR THE FUNDS TO BE THERE AND GET TO GET THE FUNDS TOGETHER SO WE CAN BE UNITED IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AGAIN. UH UM [00:25:04] YES. YEAH. YOU GOT TO LISTEN TO OUR VOICES. SO THIS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR? THAT'S YOU? THANK YOU. THE NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER ON ITEM 50 IS A DONNA BARRY ON DECK IS BOP BATTLIN BOB BATTLIN ON DECK IS HOPE BLENDING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM BOB BATTLIN FROM THE TEXAS ANTI-POVERTY PROJECT IN 2015, THE CITY KNEW ITS WORKFORCE COULD NOT AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. I WAS PART OF A WORK GROUP FORM TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE LEARNED THAT A $30 PLUS WAGE WAS NEEDED FOR AN AUSTIN FAMILY. WE WERE ADVISED BY MIT EXPERT, DR. PAUL OSTERMAN, THAT THERE WAS NO POLITICAL WILL TO ENACT A $30 LIVING WAGE. WE TOOK HIS ADVICE TO BOW TO THAT REALITY AND RECOMMENDED AN INCREMENTAL ACTIONS. JOB VACANCIES. STATISTICS TELLS US THAT THE BABY STEPS IMPLEMENTED THROUGH 2018 ARE INSUFFICIENT. NOW WE STILL SEE NO POLITICAL WILL TO ENACT A $30 LIVING WAGE. DESPITE RISING COSTS. YOUR VISION FOR AUSTIN WILL NOT BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT PUTTING THE WORKFORCE. FIRST RAISE LIVING WAYS TO $22 NOW AND ENDORSE LAND FOR 27 BY 27. THANK YOU. HOPE BLENDING ON DECK IS CHRIS BLANTON. CHRIS BLANTON ON DECK IS CHRISTOPHER CARTER. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL ASKED ME STAFF. WHEN I READ A TESTIMONY FROM ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, CARLOS GARCIA, GARCIA WORKING AT BUILDING SERVICES FOR ARTISTS, A STATEMENT. HE HAS BEEN AN EMPLOYEE AT THE CITY FOR 21 YEARS AND SUPPORTS ITEM NUMBER 50 TO INCREASE THE LIVING WAGE TO $22 AN HOUR. I SEE NEW EMPLOYEES COMING IN AND THEIR STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE. CHECK THE CHECK IS REAL AND IT'S SCARY. LIVING IN AUSTIN IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE ANYMORE, UNLESS YOU'RE A CEO OR MANAGER, EVEN SUPERVISOR SALARIES ARE IN THE BRACKET OF SURVIVAL MOOD. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE ON MY TEAM TO GET THE BEST EVERY DAY, BUT IT'S HARD TO ASK FOR SUCH GIVE SO MUCH AND GIVE SO LITTLE IN RETURN. AND BY THAT, I MEAN WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY SEE IN THEIR BANK, EVERY TWO WEEKS, I JUST ASK THAT YOU HELP US KEEP PEOPLE PAYING THE WAGES THEY DESERVE. SO WE DON'T HAVE AN OPEN POSITION PERPETUALLY BECAUSE THAT PUTS A SUPER STRAIN IN THE ENTIRE GROUP. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. CHRISTOPHER CARTER ON DECK IS SCOTT CUB. HI, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER CARTER. I'M AN EMPLOYEE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN BUILDING SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AND I SUPPORT ITEM 50 FOR THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE TO 2250 FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES TO BUILD A SERVICE DEPARTMENT. CUSTODIAL DIVISION IS THE LOWEST PAY GRADE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF AUSTIN. WE HAVE WORKED RELENTLESSLY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PANDEMIC TO ENSURE THE SAFETY FOR THE PUBLIC AND AS WELL AS OUR COWORKERS AT TIMES, TAKING ON ROLES AS HAS MANIC UNITS, SANITIZING AND DISINFECTING, AND OTHER TIMES BEING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS BY INFORMING AND DIRECTING THE PUBLIC AND COWORKERS ON INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS OFFER INSECURITY DUTIES BY REPORTING ANY ACTIONS OR INDIVIDUALS THAT APPEAR TO BE A THREAT TO THEMSELVES, OTHERS, OR THE FACILITIES THAT WE MAINTAIN. THE VISION STATEMENT FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON IS THAT WE WANT AUSTIN, TEXAS TO BE THE MOST LIVABLE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTRY. AT THIS POINT, I FEEL THAT I'M MERELY EXISTING AND NOT LIVING THE DEBT THAT HAS BEEN PILED UPON ME IS WITHOUT MEASURE. AND AS INFLATION RISES AFFECTING RENT, FOOD AND GAS, SCOTT CUB ON DECK IS EDDIE. WHEN THE BUZZER GOES OFF, IF YOU WANT TO FINISH YOUR THOUGHT, FINISH THE SENTENCE. THAT'S OKAY, [00:30:01] GO AHEAD. WELL, MY NAME IS SCOTT COBB. I WORK AS AN OPEN A LIFEGUARD AT BARTON SPRINGS POLE, AND I, UH, I SEE THIS PROPOSAL AS A JOBS CREATION PROPOSAL. WE ARE 18%, 17, 18% SHORTAGE VACANCIES JOB VACANCIES ACROSS THE CITY ARE AROUND 300 CARDS SHORT AT, AT BARTON SPRINGS BY INSTITUTING A $22 LIVING WAGE. YOU WILL FILL JOBS. YOU WILL CREATE JOBS. YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE IN THE JOBS, SERVING THE PEOPLE, RENDERING THE SERVICES THAT THEY WERE HIRED TO DO THAT THAT JOB WAS CREATED TO DO, BUT IT'S GOING EMPTY NOW BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TAKING JOBS ELSEWHERE, RAISE A LIVING WAGE AT 22, YOU WILL CREATE THOSE JOBS AND THOSE SERVICES. UM, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT THERE'S YESTERDAYS STATESMEN, THAT LIFEGUARDS ARE SEEKING OTHER BENEFITS THAT WE ARE LEFT OUT OF LIKE HOLIDAY PAY AND, UH, PAID TIME OFF. WE ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP REGULAR, REGULAR BENEFITS, REGULAR EMPLOYEE STATUS. WE YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE THAT UP WITH THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF $22. LIVING WAGE THAT IN ITSELF IS WHAT WE WANT 22 FOR EVERYONE. IT WILL BENEFIT NOT JUST US, BUT ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, FORGET OUR OTHER BENEFIT. SUGGESTIONS THAT JUST DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EDDIE. EQUIA ON DECK IS HENRY EPPERSON. GOOD MORNING. UM, MY NAME IS EDDIE . I'M A PARAMEDIC WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN. I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT FOUR YEARS. UM, I'M HERE TO ENDORSE THE INCREASE IN WAGE FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, BUT, UH, ALSO TO TALK ABOUT EMS, UH, I PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO TELL Y'ALL, UH, WE'RE IN A HISTORIC STAFFING CRISIS. UM, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA OF OUR DAILY STAFFING SITUATION, UH, EVERY DAY WE RUN OUT OF PEOPLE TO CALL IN. CAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MEDICS. AND, UH, I AM ACTUALLY A SYSTEM FLOATER AND THE AMBULANCE THAT I'M ON GETS SHUT DOWN EVERY, ALMOST EVERY DAY. I'M PROBABLY GOING TO GET SHUT DOWN TOMORROW. UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE, UH, USING OUR OVERWORKED PEOPLE, UH, TO FILL HOLES IS JUST NOT RIGHT. IT'S, WE'RE EXHAUSTED. UM, I THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER, UH, INCREASING OUR PAY SO WE CAN HIRE AND RETAIN PEOPLE. AND, UH, I THINK, UH, SHUTTING DOWN AMBULANCES IS DANGEROUS FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE PUBLIC. AND I THINK IT SHOULD REALLY CONCERN COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR MR. AGUILA. YES, GO AHEAD. YES, THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE KNOWN OTHERS, UM, IN THE DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE LEFT THE EMS PROFESSION AS A RESULT. YES. UH, I MEAN, I, IT'S ALMOST, IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE EVERY WEEK I HEAR ABOUT SOMEBODY NEW LEAVING AND I MEAN, I HAVE MULTIPLE FRIENDS IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE CONSIDERING LEAVING BECAUSE WE'RE JUST, WE FEEL WE'RE NOT BEING VALUED HERE AT THE CITY AND WE JUST, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE. SO I MEAN, ALMOST EVERYBODY THAT I KNOW LIVES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND WE HAVE TO COMMUTE. AND I MEAN, I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU ALL THE GAS IS EXPENSIVE. SO WHEN WE HAVE OTHER PLACES OFFERING TO PAY US EQUAL OR MORE NEAR WHERE WE LIVE, THEN IT'S ALMOST A NO-BRAINER TO MOVE TO THAT OTHER DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. HENRY EPPERSON ON DECK IS OSCAR GARCIA. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS HENRY EPPERSON AND I'M A NATIVE AUSTINITE. I'VE WORKED IN AUSTIN FOR SEVEN YEARS. EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO, I WANTED TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WORKING CLASS PEOPLE FACE IN AUSTIN. I'M A FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDENT WORKING TWO JOBS TO FUND MY EDUCATION AND MAKE ENDS MEET BY TWO ROOMMATES. AND MYSELF RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT OUR RENT WAS BEING RAISED BEYOND OUR BUDGETS WITH RENT FOOD AND GAS PRICES AND KEEP INCREASING A HIGHER WAGE WOULD ALLOW US TO AFFORD THESE GOODS AND LIVE DECENTLY. WE WORKING. PEOPLE NEED A LIVING WAGE IN AUSTIN. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT NOW TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $22 AN HOUR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OSCAR GARCIA ON DECK IS CHARLIE GONZALES. GOOD MORNING. AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK ON ITEM 50. MY WIFE AND I MOVED TO AUSTIN IN OCTOBER OF 2020 WITH THE HOPES OF STARTING NEW JOBS, STARTING A SAVINGS ON A HOME, GETTING MARRIED [00:35:01] AND STARTING A FAMILY. WHAT ALLOWED ME TO MOVE WAS A JOB OFFER AT AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY IS R O D O C. I WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE, TO REDUCING AUSTIN'S HAZARDOUS WASTE FOOTPRINT AND KNOWING I FEEL LUCKY TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY WITH SO MUCH TO OFFER. I FELT FORTUNATE THAT A CITY JOB WOULD PROVIDE EVERYTHING WE NEEDED AND MORE AND MORE AS THE ADULTS, I PUT THE LEARN TO APPRECIATE THE LABOR AND ORGANIZATION NECESSARY FOR TRASH RECYCLING COLLECTION AND HAVING CLEANED STREETS. SUMMER OF LAST YEAR, I WAS OFFERED MY CURRENT POSITION AS A TREE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTOR AT DSD. THE JOB THAT HAS TAUGHT ME TO APPRECIATE THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR URBAN FOREST FOR GENERATIONS TO COME WITH DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES AS IT IS NOW, THIS JOB GROWS MORE IMPORTANT WITH EACH CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. DURING THIS TIME I REALIZED WE ARE FACING THE REALITY THAT THE GOAL OF OWNING A HOME IS OUT OF OUR REACH RENT INCREASES IN AUSTIN HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY. OURS JUMPED 30% TO ME THAT TRANSLATES TO GOING BACK TO LIVING LIKE A COLLEGE STUDENT, BUT I KNOW THOUSANDS MORE ARE HURTING WITH EVEN WORSE SITUATIONS. EVICTION NUMBERS ARE SPIKING HIGHER THAN SINCE THE COVID PANDEMIC BEGAN. NOBODY DESERVES THAT FINAL THOUGHT. SO ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, AND THOSE ARE GOING TO LEAVE TO WORK ATTEMPT AT THIS TESTIMONY PERIOD. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 50 LEAD IN PROVIDING A LIVING WAGE BECAUSE THE CITY IS NOT SUSTAINABLE WITHOUT SUSTAINING ITS EMPLOYEES. THANK YOU, CHARLIE GONZALES ON DECK IS CAROL GUTHRIE. HELLO, Y'ALL MY NAME'S TARA GONZALEZ. I WORK AT THE AIRPORT AND I'M WITH THE UNITED HERE, UM, MEMBERSHIP. UM, THIS YEAR HAS BEEN BUSIER THAN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. AND I'VE HEAR PEOPLE THAT, THAT COME IN TO THE, TO THE AIRPORT SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T AFFORD, YOU KNOW, GAS THAT CAN'T AFFORD THE COST OF LIVING IN AUSTIN. AND I KNOW IF YOU ALL WERE TO SUPPORT THE $22 AN HOUR FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN YELLED, KEEP MORE EMPLOYEES AT THE AIRPORT. AND THAT'S ONLY TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAROL GUTHRIE ON DECK IS SHELBY HYNDMAN. GOOD MORNING. UH, MY NAME IS CAROL GUTHRIE, THE BUSINESS MANAGER FOR ASKING ME LOCAL 16, 24. I AM HERE TODAY TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO SUPPORT ITEM 50. WE HEAR EVERY DAY FROM YOUR EMPLOYEES AND HOW THEY'RE STRUGGLING, HOW THEY'VE BEEN STRUGGLING. UH, THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND THROUGH COVID THROUGH THE WINTER FREEZE. UH, THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THEY ARE WORKING MANDATORY OVERTIME. THEY ARE WORKING OUT OF THEIR CLASSIFICATIONS TO FILL IN FOR OTHERS BECAUSE OF THE STAFFING SHORTAGE. SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE HAVING A STAFFING SHORTAGE, PERHAPS THAT COULD HELP GENERATE SOME OF THE FUNDS NEEDED TO PROVIDE 22 AND 22, UH, BECAUSE I'M CERTAIN, THE CITY WILL HAVE SOME SAVINGS, UH, IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. UH, WE ASK YOU, PLEASE VOTE. YES. ON ITEM 50 BECAUSE YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE WORTH IT. THANK YOU. SHELBY HYNDMAN ON DECK IS TODD KILLOCK GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SHELBY HINDMAN. I HAVE BEEN A COMMUNICATIONS MEDIC FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS TODAY. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THE STRUGGLES THAT WE ARE FACING AND COMMUNICATIONS. UM, WE ARE SO GROSSLY UNDERSTAFFED THAT OUR ON CALL DAYS ARE TWO, THREE TIMES A WEEK. WE ARE MOSTLY EVERY WEEK BEING CALLED IN AND IT IS EXTREMELY HARD TRYING TO ORGANIZE THAT AND WORK THAT AROUND MY NORMAL LIFE. UM, MY HUSBAND IS ALSO A PARAMEDIC WITH THE CITY AND HE HAS ON CALL DAYS AS WELL. HE ACTUALLY GOT CALLED IN TODAY. THAT'S WHY HE COULDN'T ATTEND WITH ME. UM, AND WE HAVE A ONE-YEAR-OLD SON, SO TRYING TO, UH, PLAN OUR SCHEDULE AROUND THESE DAYS THAT WE ARE BEING MANDATORILY CALLED IN IS EXTREMELY HARD. UM, WE ARE SO UNDERSTAFFED AND THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT SOMETIMES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD, UM, CAN'T EVEN GET UP FROM MY DESK FOR A WATER BREAK TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. UM, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SO HARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. UM, I TRY TO ALWAYS BE MINDFUL THAT WE'RE, UM, ALSO HAVE KIND OF A BROADER AUDIENCE HERE. AND SO I WONDER IF FOR THAT AUDIENCE, YOU WOULD EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN BY ON-CALL DAYS, UM, THAT THESE ARE NOT YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED DAYS, BUT IF YOU WOULD JUST EXPLAIN THAT, I THINK THAT'LL HELP. OH, SORRY. UH, SO ON CALL DAYS. UM, SO WE HAVE OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE. I WORK, UM, EITHER TWO [00:40:01] TWELVES A WEEK, OR I WORK, UH, FOUR TWELVES A WEEK. SO IT'S A ROTATING THREE TO SCHEDULE. UM, ON TOP OF MY REGULAR SCHEDULE, I HAVE ON CALL DAYS WHERE IF THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF, I AM BEING CALLED IN ON MY DAY OFF BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO OUR JOB. UM, AND WE HAVE ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO THREE OF THOSE A WEEK OR SIX TO EIGHT OF THEM A MONTH. THANKS FOR THAT ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TODD. KILLOCK ON DECK IS GINGER LOCK FLOYD OH, HELLO, MAYOR COUNCIL. MY NAME IS TODD KILLOCK. UM, ASKED ME STAFF, I'M GOING TO READ SOME MEMBER TESTIMONY, MIKE CONTI LIBRARY. I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT IF PUBLIC SERVICE SERVANTS CAN'T PAY THE RENT, CAN'T AFFORD A DOWN PAYMENT. AREN'T ELIGIBLE FOR A LOAN AND CAN'T AFFORD DAYCARE. WE'RE GOING TO BE FORCED OUT TO OTHER COMMUNITIES OR JOBS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. EMPLOYEES SERVING OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS TODAY ARE PRICED OUT, UH, EVEN 60% OF MFI UNITS THAT MAKE UP A PORTION OF AUSTIN'S AFFORDABLE STOCK. I LOVE WORKING. I LOVE THE WORK OF CARING FOR OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS, BUT LOVE DOESN'T PAY THE BILLS AND THE WORK WILL NOT GET DONE WITHOUT CITY EMPLOYEES, STACY, BABY, FABIAN, AUSTIN ENERGY. CURRENTLY 50% OF OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES POSITIONS ARE VACANT. 60 OUT OF 120 VACANT CUSTOMERS HAVE TO WAIT OVER AN HOUR TO TALK TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. I ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHOSE INTEREST IS TO PROVIDE TAX, PAYING CITIZENS, ELECTRIC, WATER, TRASH, AND INFRASTRUCTURE, TO DO ANYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO INCREASE OUR WAGES. SO THE EMPLOYEES, THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAN PROVIDE ROOFS OVER THEIR HEADS. THANK YOU, JORDAN. I'M SORRY. CASSIE LEIDEN AND ON-DECK IS JORDAN MALONE. HELLO. MY NAME IS CASSIE LEIDEN AND I'VE BEEN A PARAMEDIC HERE IN AUSTIN FOR 16 YEARS. I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT. I AM ONE OF THE RARE PARAMEDICS WHO WORKS FOR US, WHO SAYS THAT I ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CITY. UM, AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT I'M A PARAMEDIC FOR AUSTIN, BUT IT'S A JOB THAT'S REALLY HARD. IT'S UNLIKE ANY OTHER JOB. EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT. EVERY CALL IS DIFFERENT ALMOST EVERY MINUTE IS DIFFERENT. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S A JOB THAT I LOVE. THE CONNECTIONS THAT I GET TO MEET, UH, MAKE THE PEOPLE THAT I GET TO MEET THE DIFFERENCES I GET TO MAKE IN THEIR LIVES. BUT I ALSO SEE PEOPLE ON THE HARDEST DAY OF THEIR LIVES, THE DAYS WHEN THEY ARE BROKEN AND HORRIBLE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED AND THAT'S EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY SCARRING FOR US. IT'S ALSO PHYSICALLY DANGEROUS, NOT JUST THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE GET PUNCHED SPIT ON ALL SORTS OF THINGS, ASSAULTED ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET GOOD EMPLOYEES HERE. WE'RE DOWN ALMOST A QUARTER OF OUR STAFF. THAT'S HUGE. LIKE SHELBY WAS SAYING I HAVE TO GET CALLED IN ON MY DAYS OFF ALL THE TIME AND SORRY. UM, IT JUST REALLY HURT TO ONLY BE OFFERED SO LITTLE AS A LIVING WAGE AND TO NOT HAVE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE AS COWORKERS. IT JUST BREAKS MY HEART TO NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, JORDAN MALONE ON DECK IS DON MASSEY. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JORDAN MALONE. UH, I AM A FIELD MEDIC FOR EMS. I WAS BORN IN AUSTIN. I'VE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE. UM, I STARTED WORKING FOR EMS TWO YEARS AGO AT THE AGE OF 20. UNFORTUNATELY MY DECISION TO, UH, TO SERVE THE CITY I WAS BORN IN IS THE DIRECT REASON I CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE HERE IN AUSTIN. AUSTIN, MEDICS ARE OVERWORKED UNDERPAID, BUT IN CONSTANT DANGER AND GIVEN NO DEFENSIVE WEAPONS ON MY LAST SHIFT, I HAD TO CALL MY COMMANDER AT 3:00 AM TO PUT MY AMBULANCE OUT OF SERVICE BECAUSE I HAD NOT HAD A CHANCE TO FINISH LUNCH FROM THE DAY BEFORE. THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON. THE RETIREMENT PLAN IS A HUGE RETENTION KILLER FOR YOUNGER MEDICS LIKE MYSELF. FOR EXAMPLE, I WILL HAVE TO WORK 40 MORE YEARS BEFORE I SEE A SINGLE RETIREMENT CHECK FOR COMPARISON AFD AND APD PERSONNEL RECEIVE RETIREMENTS. AND ONLY 25 YEARS I COULD SWITCH DEPARTMENTS AND NOT ONLY WOULD I BE COMPENSATED MORE, I WOULD CUT MY RETIREMENT CLOCK ALMOST IN HALF. DESPITE THE SHORTCOMINGS I WHOLEHEARTEDLY LOVED THE WORK I DO. AND I URGE EACH OF YOU TO INCREASE WAGES, [00:45:01] TO MAKE RETIREMENT ATTAINABLE SO THAT WE DO NOT CONTINUE TO HEMORRHAGE THE MEDICS THAT SAVED THE LIVES OF AUSTINITES EVERY SINGLE DAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, DON MASSEY ON DECK IS MARIA MCCARTHY. MARIA MCCARTHY ON DECK IS JANICE MCGRAW. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. UH, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE MEN, MINIMUM LIVING WAGE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY JOB WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN. I REALLY ENJOY IT. AND I LOVE WORKING WITH MY CLIENTS. I ACTUALLY WANT TO RETIRE HERE AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WILL BE FEASIBLE. I CAN BEFORE YOU TODAY, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. I'M GOING TO BE PRICED OUT SOON AND THAT EVERY DAY I'M IN FEAR. AND I HAVE A LOT OF SADNESS WHILE I APPRECIATE THIS EFFORT TO INCREASE THE LIVING WAGE TO $22. IT REALLY IS A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT. IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC WHEN DETERMINING HOW TO CALCULATE THE APPROPRIATE AND CORRECT LIVING WAGE, PLEASE CONSIDER USING THE PT RATIO RIGHT NOW. AUSTIN HAS AN EIGHT TO ONE, WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S EIGHT SALARIES, MEDIAN SALARIES TO ONE MEDIAN COST OF A HOUSE. I HAVE THE STATISTICS FOR IT LAST YEAR, 78 K WAS THE MEDIAN INCOME AND 98 K FOR THE FAMILY. AND THIS YEAR A HOUSE IS 6, 6 60. THE MATH DOES NOT WORK. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, PLEASE RAISE IT AT LEAST TO 22. I WANT TO LIVE HERE AND I WANT TO RETIRE HERE. THANK YOU. JANICE MCGRAW ON DECK IS RACHEL MELENDEZ. RACHEL MELENDEZ ON DECK IS ROBERT MIDDLETON. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. AND RACHEL MELINDA'S WITH UNITE HERE. UH, THE HOSPITALITY WORKERS UNION. OUR UNION IS A MEMBER OF THE LIVING WAGE WORKING GROUP, AND WE WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE REST OF THE CO-SPONSORS FOR, UH, BRINGING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION. UM, LIKE MANY OF, YOU KNOW, WE REPRESENT CONCESSIONS WORKERS AT THE AIRPORT AND AS EMPLOYEES OF A COMPANY WITH A CITY CONTRACT, THIS WOULD REALLY HELP PEOPLE REALLY BENEFIT FOLKS. UM, AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR MEMBERS AND YOU WILL HEAR FROM MORE OF OUR MEMBERS, UH, IT IS THAT VERY DIFFICULT TO LIVE IN THE CITY. AND, UH, THE AIRPORT IS ALSO SERIOUSLY UNDERSTAFFED. UH, IF YOU'VE BEEN AT THE AIRPORT, YOU WILL HAVE SEEN MANY OF THE RESTAURANTS, MANY OF THE SHOPS ARE CLOSED. UM, FOLKS ARE LEAVING TO GO WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT'S LESS DEMANDING. UM, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT MAKING THAT MUCH MORE. SO, UH, THIS WOULD BE A HUGE BENEFIT, NOT JUST TO THE WORKERS, RIGHT, BUT TO THE SERVICES AT THE AIRPORT, WHICH HAVE BEEN, UH, REGULARLY IN THE NEWS AS I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW. SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ROBERT MIDDLETON ON DECK IS DANIEL MANANA. OH, HOW YOU DOING? MY NAME IS ROBERT MIDDLETON, ONE STREET AND BRIDGE. UH, THERE'S BEEN A MASS EXODUS OF, UH, EMPLOYMENT WITHIN MY DEPARTMENT. AND, UH, THE WORK HAS NOT BEEN MITIGATED. UH, WE STILL HAVE TO WORK 10 TO 12 HOURS A DAY. AND A LOT OF THE GUYS THAT I DO WORK WITH HAVE HAD TO HAVE PART-TIME JOBS. AND AFTER WORK IN 10 TO 12 HOURS A DAY, THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE FEEDING YOUR FAMILY AND PROVIDING GAS FOR THE WEEK SHOULD NOT BE A CHOICE THAT ANYONE HAS TO MAKE. THAT'S NOT LIVING. SO A $22 AN HOUR MAY SOUND LIKE A LOT TO SOME PEOPLE, BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO, IT'S NOT, UH, WE, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, REPAIR THE, THE ROADS THAT YOU GUYS DRIVE. WE, UH, WORK ON THE SIDEWALKS THAT YOU GUYS WALK EVERY DAY. UH, THAT JOB IS DANGEROUS. THAT JOB IS HOT. NOT MANY WILL DO IT, AND WE'RE LOSING EXPERIENCE BY THE DAY AND WE'RE NOT REPLACING THAT EXPERIENCE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE. SO, UH, IF THAT HELPS RETAIN THE EMPLOYERS THAT WE HAVE, THE EMPLOYMENT OF EMPLOYEES [00:50:01] THAT WE HAVE, UH, RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO THAT. UH, AND, UH, IT'S SAD TO SAY THAT EVEN EMS CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO WORK IN THE CITY, IT REALLY IS SAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DANIEL MANANA ON DECK IS LYNN MONTHA GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DANIEL. I'M A BSD SECURITY CITY EMPLOYEE. I ACTUALLY USED TO WORK IN THIS BUILDING ALONGSIDE OF YOU UNTIL I HAD TO REQUEST TO TRANSFER TO RLC UP NORTH CLOSER TO ROUND ROCK, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I LIVE, BECAUSE I CAN NOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY FOR A SINGLE DECLARING PERSON WITH BENEFITS AND A RETIREMENT PLAN, WORKING AS A GUARD FOR A CITY, A GUARD THAT IS STATIONED TO PROTECT YOU. AND THIS BUILDING IS AROUND $12 AND 30 CENTS AFTER TAXES. NOW I ASK YOU WHO AMONG YOU CAN HAVE A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD OR FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR $12 AN HOUR, WHO COULD AFFORD TO PAY AN AVERAGE RENT BILL OF $2,245. WHEN YOUR TAKE HOME IS 1,969. I KNOW THESE NUMBERS, CORRECT, BECAUSE THEY'RE MINE. THIS CITY HAS NO LIKE NO OTHER IN THE WORLD, BUT IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN SAY I CAN'T AFFORD TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. HELL I CAN'T EVEN AFFORD A HAIRCUT RIGHT NOW. UH, NO VOTE ON THIS SAYS TO ALL EMPLOYEES, YOU'RE NOT WORTH IT. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR JUST A RAISE. WE'RE ASKING FOR HELP. WE'RE ASKING TO PUT CLOTHES ON OUR KIDS' BACKS. WE'RE ASKING TO PUT FOOD ON OUR TABLE. SO PLEASE JUST HELP US. THANK YOU, LYNN. MONTY ON DECK IS CHRISSY O'BRIEN HI EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOU. ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ITEM 50, WHICH I SUPPORT. I'M AN ADMIN SPECIALIST WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I LOVE WHAT I DO AT APD, AND THAT INVOLVES SUPPORTING DOWNTOWN PATROL. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN MY WORKLOAD FROM SUPPORTING PATROL TO INCLUDE PAYROLL. AND NOW MANDATORY 3, 1, 1 CALLS, WHICH CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING. OUR CITIZENS HAVE TO WAIT A WEEK, SOMETIMES TWO WEEKS TO GET A CALL BACK DUE TO STAFFING ISSUES. SOME OF THESE CALLS ARE GENERAL QUESTIONS, BUT MOST OF THE TIME I FIND MYSELF WRITING A POLICE REPORT. I'VE SEEN GOOD EMPLOYEES COME AND GO. IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE DOING MORE WITH LESS. OUR ECONOMY IS ON THE RISE AND IT PUTS A STRAIN ON MY BUDGET, WHICH ALSO PUTS A STRAIN ON THE FAMILY. I BELIEVE IN ITEM 50, TO RAISE THE LIVING WAGE TO $22, WHICH SHOULD ALLOW US TO FILL OUR VACANCIES, REDUCE POVERTY AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO WORK FOR AUSTIN. THIS COMMUNITY DESERVES THE BEST SERVICE WE CAN PROVIDE. THANK YOU, CHRISSY O'BRIEN ON DECK IS CRISTINA ORTIZ MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO BE READING A STATEMENT FROM A CITY EMPLOYEE AT AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH. I'M AN EMPLOYEE OF APA, UH, APH AS AN ANALYST, I WORKED DURING THE PANDEMIC. I BELIEVE IN MY JOB AND THE WORK OF THE CITY AND AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. I FEEL THAT MY FEEL THAT MY TRUE CALLING IS PUBLIC HEALTH. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WAKING UP EVERY DAY TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY. BUT AS OF NOW, I FEEL DISILLUSIONED. I MAKE ABOUT 27 AN HOUR. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE ENOUGH, BUT I'M STILL BARELY MAKING IT WITH THE COST OF LIVING INCREASE IN AUSTIN. ONE OF MY CHECKS GOES COMPLETELY TO RENT AND IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH TO COVER IT. I HAD TO USE PORTIONS OF MY SECOND PAYCHECK TO COVER IT AND OTHER BILLS. I BARELY TAKE VACATION DAYS AND I ALWAYS HAVE OUTSTANDING ON MY EVALUATIONS, BUT CURRENTLY I DO NOT FEEL OUTSTANDING. I CANNOT IMAGINE MAKING $15 AN HOUR OR LESS, ESPECIALLY WITH A FAMILY. SO MANY PEOPLE GIVE SO MUCH OF THEMSELVES TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO MAKE THIS BUDGET AND THE VIBRANCY OF THE CITY POSSIBLE. IF WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE HERE, THEN UNFORTUNATELY THAT MAY CAUSE FOR US TO HAVE TO MOVE, WHICH IN TURN LEADS US TO WORK FOR OTHER PLACES THAT ARE CLOSER TO OUR HOMES. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE CITY OF AUSTIN BECAUSE I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. AND ALSO PUBLIC HEALTH. HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY A CHANGE WILL MOVE US IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION AND UPLIFT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF MANY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHRISTINA. OR THIESS ON DECK IS LOOSE. GOOD MORNING, CHRISTINA ORTIZ. I'M ASKED ME STAFF ALSO READING A MEMBER TESTIMONY. SHE WANTED TO BE HERE, BUT COULDN'T TAKE TIME OFF WORK. HER NAME IS KATHLEEN ANDRE. SHE'S A SCHEDULING SPECIALIST FOR EMS BASED ON MY CURRENT SALARY. I CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN NOR TRAVIS COUNTY. AND NOW WITH THE PRICE OF GAS, I CAN'T AFFORD TO COMMUTE. IN MY SMALL DEPARTMENT, WE ARE REQUIRED TO OPERATE 16 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR. WE RECEIVED NO NIGHT OR SUNDAY DIFFERENTIALS. [00:55:01] WE ARE MANDATED TO WORK ALL MAJOR HOLIDAYS AND THE OFFICE IS ONLY CLOSED FROM 10:00 PM TO 6:00 AM DAILY. WE CANNOT JUST TAKE THE DAY OFF OR CALL IN SICK WITHOUT IT IMPACTING ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER, FORCING SOMEONE INTO OVERTIME. I CAN WORK AT A MAJOR RETAIL STORE OR RESTAURANT AND GET 15 TO $18 AN HOUR, LIVE CLOSER TO HOME AND BE OFF ON MAJOR HOLIDAYS. BUT I'VE BEEN IN PUBLIC SERVANT FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS AND I ENJOY WHAT I DO. BUT AFTER 40 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, I ALSO THINK I SHOULD BE APPRECIATED AND COMPENSATED TO RECEIVE MY WORTH BASED ON THE SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE I BRING TO THE CITY AND TO LIVE MY BEST LIFE WITHOUT A DAILY STRUGGLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LOOSE ON DECK IS SOFIA PENA. BINGO. AND I PULL YOU LEG IT'S THE GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LUCY AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE FIGHT FOR 2,222, BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS DONE UP THE GAS, THE RENT, AND WE CAN AFFORD TO PAY THAT WITHOUT, UH, WHAT ARE WE GETTING RIGHT NOW? AND SHE WORKS AT THE AIRPORT. IT'S THE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE $22 SO WE CAN AFFORD WHAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SOPHIA PENA ON DECK IS CHRISTOPHER PITS. GOOD MORNING. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR CITY MANAGER. IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE Y'ALL AGAIN. I COULD TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT THE ECONOMY, HOW GAS HAS INCREASED, HOW BASIC GROCERIES HAVE INCREASED, BUT I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU LIKE AS FAMILY MEMBERS, AS PARENTS, AS AUNTS, UNCLES, MAYBE GRANDPARENTS, OUR JOB IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES AT THE CITY POOLS, BARTON SPRINGS, FOR MANY TOURISTS, THOUSANDS OF TURNS STALEY. OUR JOB IS TO PROTECT THEM, TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES AS FAMILIES. JUST THIS MONDAY, WE W MY COWORKER, HE HAD A SAVE WHERE HE SAVED A CHILD AND HIS DAD WERE BOTH DROWNING BECAUSE THE DAD WAS TRYING TO HELP HIS KID, AND THEY BOTH ENDED UP DROWNING AND MY COWORKER SAVED THEM. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE F THE FULL STAFFING, THE FULL CUSTOMER SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. BAND-AIDS FIRST AID, EVERYTHING. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO OPEN ALL CITY CITYWIDE POOLS IN AUSTIN, ESPECIALLY FOR SUMMER WITH THIS A HUNDRED DEGREE WEATHER WHO DOESN'T WANT A REALLY HOT DAY VA TO GO AND SWIM. SO PLEASE I'D BE NOT FOR US FOR THE WHOLE AUSTIN COMMUNITY AND THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS. VISIT US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. CHRISTOPHER PITS ON DECK IS AMANDA POSSEN. AMANDA POSSEN ON DECK IS MICHAEL SEGAL MORNING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M AMANDA PASSIN, SENIOR POLICY ANALYST WITH EVERY TEXAN, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES. YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A FACT SHEET WITH DATA SUPPORTING $22 AS A VERY MODEST LIVING WAGE IN AUSTIN, IF NOT HAVE EXTRA COPIES IN ORDER FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, TO BE ABLE TO COVER THEIR BASIC HOUSEHOLD COSTS AND AUSTIN, ACCORDING TO THE ECONOMIC POLICY. AGAIN, THIS IS VERY MODEST. THE FAMILY NEEDS TO EARN $87,105 PER YEAR, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $7,259 PER MONTH FOR A COMBINED WAGE OF 42 PER HOUR FOR AN INDIVIDUAL IN AUSTIN, THEY WOULD NEED TO EARN $3,563 PER MONTH. AND THIS EQUATES TO ROUGHLY $22 PER AN HOUR. AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY MODEST, UM, CALCULATION THAT EPI USES AUSTIN'S UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH IS COSTING ALL OF US, INCLUDING OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, THE AVERAGE ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT RENTS AT $1,500 A MONTH, WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THIS REALITY. NATIONALLY AT THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE HAD KEPT UP WITH ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY. WE WOULD ALREADY HAVE [01:00:01] A $22 MINIMUM WAGE. FEDERALLY DATA SUPPORTS 22 AS A MODEST LIVING WAGE. AND EVERY TEXAN IS IN FAVOR OF THE LIVING WAGE WORKING GROUP RESOLUTION. IF THE WORKERS VOICES ISN'T ENOUGH, PLEASE LOOK AT THE DATA. OUR CITY BUDGET IS A MORAL DOCUMENT AND OUR WORKERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED TO ENSURE QUALITY PROVISION OF VITAL PUBLIC SERVICES. THANK YOU, MICHAEL SIEGEL ON DECK IS MINERVA CAMARENA, SKEET. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MICHAEL SIEGEL, POLITICAL DIRECTOR OF GROUND GAME, TEXAS, UH, SUPPORTING IN FAVOR OF 22 FOR 22. I THINK THIS IS BOTH GOOD POLICY AND GOOD POLITICS. I MEAN, WE NEED TO HAVE A WORKFORCE THAT IS STRONG AND HEALTHY AND THEY CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS REGION. AND ALSO WE NEED TO SET AN EXAMPLE IN THIS CONTEXT OF OUR STATE OF TEXAS DEFUNDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT, A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT HASN'T PASSED A LIVING WAGE. UH, WE NEED TO SET A MODEL HERE IN AUSTIN. THAT WILL BE AN INSPIRATION FOR THE REST OF THE STATE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR WORKERS AND THAT WE BELIEVE A ONE JOB IS ENOUGH. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND HOPE YOU GET THIS DONE. THANK YOU, MINERVA, PREMARIN AND S E I AM. RECTOR OF ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND LEADER WITH CENTRAL TEXAS INTERFAITH. WE HAVE HEARD THE COUNCIL ASK, HOW WAS $22 AN HOUR IMPACT THE BUDGET? WHAT WILL WE GIVE UP? THIS IS THE LANGUAGE OF SCARCITY. AUSTIN IS ONE OF THE RICHEST CITIES IN THE ONE OF THE RICHEST STATES. AND ONE OF THE RICHEST COUNTRIES. IT IS NOT ABOUT EITHER, OR IT IS ABOUT BOTH AND PAIN EMPLOYEES, LESS THAN 20 TO $22 IS NOT AN OPTION. IF WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT DEPARTMENTS THAT RUN OUR CITY HAVE THE RIGHT EMPLOYEES TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMS, TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. CITY EMPLOYEES USED TO AFFORD TO BUY A HOME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, GET INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOLS AND BE LEADERS IN OUR CONGREGATION. THEY EVEN HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO COLLEGE AND RETIRE NO LONGER. THEY CANNOT EVEN AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS CITY, LONG COMMUTE. IT'S A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. THE QUESTION IS NOT, WHAT DO WE GIVE UP? IF WE PAY OUR EMPLOYEES $22 AN HOUR, THE QUESTION IS WHAT KIND OF A CITY DO WE WANT TO BUILD CENTRAL TEXAS AND AFRAID CALL FROM YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND ACT NOW 22 IN 22. THANK YOU. ESTELLE SKLAR ON DECK IS BRIGHT IN SUMMERS HELLO. MY NAME IS ESTELLA. I'M A MEDIC FOR AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS. OUR UNITS ARE BUSIER THAN EVER. AND OUR LOW STAFFING CAUSES US TO SHUT DOWN AMBULANCES EVEN WHILE EXHAUSTING OUR MANDATORY OVERTIME. THIS HAS ONLY FURTHER DECREASING MORALE AND CAUSING PEOPLE TO QUIT FASTER. I CURRENTLY WORK ON THE BUSIEST STAND-ALONE AMBULANCE IN THE COUNTY, AND I RUN 24 HOURS OFTEN WITHOUT ANY SLEEP. WE HELP PEOPLE ON THE WORST DAYS OF THEIR LIVES. AND WE SEE TRAGEDY AND HORRIFIC THINGS THAT MOST PEOPLE WILL NEVER SEE IN THEIR LIVES. AND WE DO IT ON A DAILY BASIS. ADDITIONALLY, IT TOOK ME ONLY FIVE MONTHS OF WORKING IN THIS FIELD FOR ME TO GET PHYSICALLY ATTACKED BY A PATIENT. I CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT I WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR. I RECENTLY TURNED DOWN AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AS A PARAMEDIC BECAUSE I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO WORK THE OVERTIME WHILE TRAINING. THE FACT THAT I HAVE TO WORK OVERTIME TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE AFFECTS MY MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. EVEN WHILE WORKING ON THE AMBULANCE, YOU ARE CREATING A SPIRAL BY NOT PAYING EMS APPROPRIATELY, AND IT IS DIGGING US INTO A HOLE BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT IS CHOOSING TO MAKE US WORK MORE OVERTIME OR SHUTTING DOWN AMBULANCES, WHICH ONLY INCREASES THE CALL VOLUME PER TRUCK, BOTH WHICH ARE CAUSING MORE PEOPLE TO QUIT. THIS IS ALREADY AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT JOB, PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY. HOWEVER, YOU ALL HAVE THE CONTROL AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO LESSEN THAT FINANCIAL BURDEN THAT THE PARAMEDICS ARE FACING BEFORE. IT'S TOO LATE. THANK YOU. MA'AM MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK OVER HERE, GIVEN THE, THE OVERTIME, THE WAGES AND ALL THAT. I MEAN, ARE YOU GOING TO BE STAYING IN THE EMS PROFESSION? I MEAN, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? ABOUT WORKING AT EMS? I LOVE MY JOB. UM, I'M NOT LOOKING TO LEAVE EMS. I I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO WORK FOR, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY AND HELP SERVE THE PEOPLE AT THIS POINT. UM, BUT FINANCIALLY IT IS ABOUT LOOKING AT OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE NEARBY AREA. MOST PEOPLE I KNOW ARE LOOKING AT COUNTIES NEARBY BECAUSE THE WAY TO START OFF HIGHER. AND HAVE YOU HAD, UH, UH, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING FOR EMS? I HAVE BEEN THERE 17 MONTHS, 17 MONTHS. AND IN THAT 17 MONTHS, HAVE YOU HAD, UH, COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE HAVE LEFT DURING THAT TIME? UM, IT MIGHT BE CLASS. THERE WERE 25 OF US ORIGINALLY. WE ARE DOWN TO ABOUT 20 OF US NOW IN THE 17 MONTH PERIOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, OF COURSE. THANK YOU GUYS. BRYDEN [01:05:01] SUMMERS ON DECK IS DEVOTED SWENSON. I'M AARON COUNCIL. MY NAME'S BRIAN SUMMERS. I'M A CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEE. I'M A MEMBER OF ASKED ME TO 1624, THE MEAN GREEN. UM, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE STANCE THAT YOU TAKE ON ITEM 50, UH, SHOWS US IF YOU VALUE THE WORK THE CITY EMPLOYEES DO. I'VE WORKED FOR A FEW DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE COURT CLERK ASSISTANTS, THE MUNICIPAL COURT THAT WORK WITH THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN TO DEAL WITH THEIR CASES FACE TO FACE, BUT THOSE PEOPLE DESERVE A LIVING WAGE AND THEY DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AT THE NEW, VERY NICE PDC BUILDING THAT WORK WITH THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE COMING IN TO GET THEIR PERMITS, THOSE PEOPLE DESERVE A LIVING WAGE. I ALSO WANT TO JUST REALLY EMPHASIZE THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO PUT THE BIGGEST COST OF LIVING RAISE THAT YOU CAN IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR FOR EXISTING CITY STAFF, THAT INFLATION AS IS THAT A 40 YEAR HIGH, WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORRIED ABOUT AS WELL, AFFORDABILITY, MOBILITY, HEALTH FOR THE CITY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONFLICTING, UH, BUDGET, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S CONFLICTING THINGS IN THE BUDGET THAT YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT, THAT YOU NEED TO SHOW THAT YOU VALUE THE CITY EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DEVOTE A SWENSON ON DECK IS SKY SKYLAR. WELL, SKYLAR, WELL ON DECK IS NO IT LES. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SKYLAR WHILE I'M A MEDIC FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. NOW, TOOK ME JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE I WAS FIRST ASSAULTED. I'VE BEEN ASSAULTED FIVE TIMES TODAY, UH, CAUSING BODILY HARM IN SENDING ME TO THE HOSPITAL. MY LAST ONE, I HAD SOMEONE STOMP ON MY CHEST ABOUT 20 TIMES HERTZ, DEGRADE, STILL. UH, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE GO THROUGH ALMOST REGULARLY ON A DAILY BASIS. WE GET PHYSICALLY AND VERBALLY ASSAULTED CONSTANTLY. UH, THAT'S JUST WHAT HAPPENS IN EMS. NOW WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY THAT THE APD GETS IN TERMS OF DEFENSE, BODY, ARMOR, TASERS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHEN THESE VIOLENCE SITUATIONS HAPPEN, WE JUST HAVE TO KIND OF DEAL WITH IT AND WAIT FOR BACKUP. UM, IT WOULD TAKE ME ABOUT 20 YEARS WORKING AS A MEDIC FOR AUSTIN TO MAKE WHAT A APD OFFICER MAKES IN TWO YEARS, I WORK IN, I LIVE IN THE CITY, BUT I AM LOOKING TO MOVE OUT BECAUSE I'M BEING RENTED OUT. I MEAN, RENT'S GOING UP, GAS IS GOING UP. SO I'M, I'M MOVING OUT SOON. I'M ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER DEPARTMENTS. IT'S JUST, IT'S HARD TO WORK HERE. AND, UH, OUR PAY DOES NOT MATCH WHAT WE GO THROUGH ON DAY TO DAY BASIS AND THE HAZARDS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH CONSTANTLY, IT GETS HARD. IT GETS HARD TO WAKE UP AND WANT TO GO TO WORK, KNOWING THAT I COULD BE ASSAULTED AND FEELING A COMPLETE LACK OF SUPPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. AND SCHOLAR JUST MAY, IF I MAY, UH, AS I'M ASSUMING, YOU KNOW, AS A EMS YOU'RE, UH, FREQUENTLY ON SCENE WITH, UH, APD AND, UH, AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD TAKE YOU ABOUT 20 YEARS, 20 YEARS. YES. 20 YEARS WORKING AS MA AND, UH, THE CALLS WE GO ON. WE, WE, I MEAN, WE SOMETIMES RESPOND WITH APD AND FIRE, BUT I MEAN, A LOT OF THE TIMES IT'S JUST US IN THESE SITUATIONS GET OUT OF HAND LIKE THAT. SO, AND YEAH, 20 YEARS AS A MEDIC TO MAKE WHAT A TWO YEAR AP OFFICER MAKE. AND SO HOW MUCH DOES A POLICE OFFICER MAKE VERSUS A, AN A PARAMEDIC? YEAH, TWO YEARS AT 70,000. AND FOR US AT TWO YEARS OLD, OR AT 20 YEARS, IT WOULD BE 70 THAT I MAKE, UH, MAKE LAST YEAR I MADE 46. OKAY. YEAH. SO, UH, UH, AN EMS IS MAKING IN THE FORTIES AND, UH, A POLICE OFFICERS MAKING THE SEVENTIES. SO THAT'S ABOUT A COMPARISON FOR THE SAME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS OR SO. YEAH. CORRECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. NO, IT, LES ON DECK IS ROSIO VIA LOBOS. CHRISTOPHER CARTER SPEAKING ON 50 ITEM 2, 3, 4, AND FIVE IS RODNEY SUTTON. OH, WHO I BELIEVE IS ON HIS WAY. UM, SO WE'LL COME BACK TO HIM. UM, SPEAKING ON ITEMS 50 AND 51 IS ANGELA GARZA ON DECK IS CLINTON RAREY CLINTON RAREY. UM, [01:10:01] SPEAKING ON ITEM AGENDA 91 ON THE BANNING ON AR 15 STYLE WEAPONS UNDER THE AGE OF 21, THE SAN FRANCISCO NINTH CIRCUIT OF COURTS OF APPEALS. I'VE ALREADY FOUND THIS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. SO THERE'S NOTHING HERE TO BE DONE. IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL, UM, ON AGENDA NUMBER 50, UH, I APPROVE OF IT RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $22 AN HOUR, BUT I DON'T APPROVE OF INCREASING THE BUDGET, YOU GUYS NEED TO DECREASE PROPERTY TAXES AND CUT FUNDING, UM, OF REDUNDANCIES WE'RE SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH MONEY. I MEAN, YOU'RE SPENDING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A MURAL. NOW YOU WANT TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT WHEN POLICE OFFICERS WERE DOING ABOUT A HUNDRED TRAFFIC CITATIONS A DAY. NOW THEY'RE DOING 10 IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE STAFF SHORTAGES. SO WE'RE SEEING THAT CAR ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSED TO DO THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T OBEYING THE LAW. SO REDUCING THE SPEED IS NOT GOING TO GET PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, SPEEDING TO LOWER THE SPEED, UH, TO LOWER THE SPEEDING ON AGENDA. NUMBER 53, CASEY CALLAHAN SPEAKING ON 50 AND 94 ON DECK IS REBECCA. HIBBLER SPEAKING ON 50 AND 94. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CASEY CALLAHAN. I'M A COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR AT AUSTIN, NINE 11. UM, I'M ONLY GONNA SPEAK ON 94 RIGHT NOW WITH THE TIME, UM, WITH THE CURRENT STAFFING SHORTAGE THAT WE HAVE AT AUSTIN NINE 11, WE'RE ONLY 62% STAFFED RIGHT NOW. WE DO NOT HAVE THE LUXURY TO GIVE OUR EMPLOYEES ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL TRAINING. UM, USUALLY WHEN WE HAVE A DECENT STAFFING NUMBER, WE WILL DEVELOP ADDITIONAL CONTINUED EDUCATION TRAINING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. UM, IN, FOR RIGHT NOW, THE TRAINING THAT WE NEED TO PUT OUR EMPLOYEES THROUGH IS ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING. UM, WE NEED TO TRAIN OUR DISPATCHERS AND CALL-TAKERS HOW TO HANDLE THAT. THERE IS CURRENTLY ONLY ONE EMPLOYEE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, NINE ELEVEN ONE CALL CENTER. THAT'S TRAINED TO WORK THOSE KINDS OF INCIDENTS AND THAT'S ME. UM, SO IF WE GET HIT WITH ONE OF THOSE INCIDENTS, I HAVE FAITH IN OUR CALL CENTER TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT, BUT I WANT THEM TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING I'VE ALREADY DEVELOPED IT. I DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR THE STAFFING TO, UM, TRAIN OUR EMPLOYEES HOW TO DO IT. MAYOR, MAYOR. UH MA'AM UM, I'D LIKE TO TALK WITH YOU FURTHER ABOUT THAT I'M COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. IF YOU COULD REACH OUT TO, UM, JASON LOPEZ AND MY OFFICE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, REBECCA HIBLER, SPEAKING ON 50 AND 94 ON DECK IS JENNIE KNIGHT SPEAKING ON 50 AND 94 COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'LL GET RIGHT TO THE POINT. A STUDY CONDUCTED BY COMMANDER JULIE BRYAN IN 2014, ADDRESS THE ISSUES WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY. WE ARE HEMORRHAGING PEOPLE. WE CANNOT KEEP STAFFED. WE ARE WORKING 50 HOURS MINIMUM AS A MOM. IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO FEEL THE GUILT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO BE THERE FOR MY CHILD. AS A COWORKER, IT'S DIFFICULT TO NOT BE ABLE TO BE THERE AND SEE MY PEOPLE JUST DAY AFTER DAY, WE ARE BURNT OUT WHERE YOU'RE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO FIX THIS. WE NEED STAFFING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET PEOPLE TO IN, TO COME AND WORK WITH US. I RECENTLY TOOK A PAY CUT AND A DEMOTION WITHIN THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TIME WITH MY DAUGHTER. I LOVE MY JOB. I JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT. JENNY NIGHT ON 50 AND 94. HELLO, MY NAME IS JENNY NIGHT. I ALSO AM A CITIZEN THAT LIVES IN DISTRICT FIVE. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT BEING A CITIZEN, I HAVE A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP WITH THE JOB THAT WE DO NOW AS A SUPERVISOR WORKING FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, I HAVE TO WEIGH OUT THE COSTS WITH OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, LIFTING UP HOPE AND HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE IS NOT EASY. WHEN YOU'RE SEEING CALLS HOLDING AS A SUPERVISOR, I HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO, THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT THEY NEED, AND ALSO CONSIDER THE IMPACT, THE IMPACT THAT, UH, WE HAVE WHENEVER I NEED TO PULL AN EMPLOYEE FROM THE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE FLOOR TO, THAT'S JUST TAKEN A BAD CALL THAT MAYBE HEARD SOMEBODY LOSE THEIR, THEIR FAMILY MEMBER AND DEBRIEF THEM. AND THEN ALSO TRY TO HELP, YOU KNOW, ACCOUNT FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND THEIR WELLBEING. NOW WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT DIVERTING THOUSANDS OF MENTAL HEALTH CALLS EACH MONTH ONLY DUE TO THE INITIATIVE AND THE HARD, UH, THE HARD WORK THAT OUR FLOOR STAFF HAS GIVEN. [01:15:01] WE HAD TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE WITH MYSELF. ONE OF OUR POLICE DISPATCH LEADS LONG STORY SHORT IS WE'RE WORKING HARD FOR YOU GUYS. WE BELIEVE IN WHAT WE DO. WE NEED TO HELP. THANK YOU, ERICA ROBERTS SPEAKING ON 50 AND 94, ON DECK. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ERICA ROBERTS. I AM A PROFESSIONAL TELECOMMUNICATOR NINE 11 AUSTIN. I'D LIKE TO READ TO YOU A COMBINED MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT FROM OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. IT'S VERY BRIEF. THE MISSION AND VISION IS TO PROVIDE THE CITY OF AUSTIN. THE FIRST ANSWERING POINT FOR ALL EMERGENCY SERVICES, INCLUDING POLICE, FIRE, AND EMS. IT IS TO DO OUR PART TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES FOR ALL OF THOSE ENTITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. AT OUR CURRENT COMPENSATION RATES, THE ODDS OF US DOING THAT SUCCESSFULLY, AND AS WE ENVISIONED ARE NEXT TO NIL, AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID, WE ARE HEMORRHAGING EMPLOYEES. I HAVE NEVER IN 20 PLUS YEARS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CITY, SEEING THIS LEVEL OF SHORT STAFF, THEY ARE TAKING CALLS BACK TO BACK WITHOUT A BREAK THAT IS TAXING. THEY CAN'T TAKE IT MUCH LONGER. PLEASE DO SOMETHING. THANK YOU. ON ITEM 50 AND 94 COLLEAGUES. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 20 MORE SPEAKERS HERE IN PERSON ABOUT 23 SPEAKERS, UH, REMOTELY, AS WE POSTED YESTERDAY, THE CUTOFF TIME FOR SIGNING UP TO SPEAK WAS, UH, UH, NINE 15 THIS MORNING, UH, AND ABSENT THE INSTRUCTION REGARDING OUR HOLD TO THAT, UH, TIME. CONTINUE ON. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MYRA TORO AND I'VE BEEN WITH EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. I'M ONE OF THE ASSISTANT MANAGERS THAT AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT NINE 11 UNTIL YOU NEED IT. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONS. AS THEY CURRENTLY EXIST. WE ARE CURRENTLY DOWN 44, CALL-TAKERS 22 DISPATCHERS. THAT'S A 40% VACANCY RATE CITIZENS ON AVERAGE ARE HOLDING OVER A MINUTE. AND I KNOW OF ONE SPECIFICALLY THAT HELD FOR 45 MINUTES. THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS SO UNIQUE IN SO MANY WAYS. I HAVE MET WITH MANY DELEGATIONS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD AND AGENCIES THAT ARE WANTING TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE WE'RE THE FLAGSHIP OF MENTAL HEALTH. WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND COMPENSATION TO RETAIN AND RECRUIT THE AGENCIES AROUND US ARE DOING LESS OF A WORKLOAD AND GETTING MORE OF AN INCREASE IN PAY. LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING. SO I ASKED YOU WHEN YOU'RE CAUGHT, WHEN YOU'RE CALLING CORRECTION, I ASKED YOU WHEN YOUR, YOUR CALLING AND YOUR SKILLS ARE IN EVERY CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, AND YOU CHOOSE THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A CITY THAT ONLY VALUES YOU AT 50% OF A MARKETED INDUSTRY THAT IS ALREADY LOW. WHY WOULD YOU STAY WORKING FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, PLEASE REEVALUATE THE COMPENSATIONS FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER 63 FOR IN-PERSON JEFF PIERCE ON DECK IS AMANDA SWORE, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS JEFF PIERCE. I'M THE CEO OF LONE STAR AIRPORT HOLDINGS. WE OPERATE THE SOUTH TERMINAL AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. I'M HERE TO ADDRESS ITEM 63, WHICH PERTAINS TO THE EMINENT DOMAIN FILING, UH, PROCEEDINGS AGAINST OR PROPOSED ANYWAY AGAINST THE SOUTH TERMINAL. UM, AT A TIME WHEN THE AIRPORT CAN BARELY HANDLE THE PASSENGER VOLUMES AND, UH, CONTINUED DETERIORATION AND CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVELS ARE AT AN ALL TIME LOW AIRPORT LEADERSHIP BELIEVES IT'S THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION TO DEMOLISH THE SOUTH TERMINAL. WE DISAGREE. THE PROPOSED TAKING OF LONE STARS. BUSINESS INTERESTS THROUGH EMINENT DOMAIN WILL BE RISKY TIME-CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S CRUCIAL FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVES OUTSIDE OF AN EMINENT DOMAIN THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED HERE. UNFORTUNATELY, AIRPORT LEADERSHIP REFUSES TO ENGAGE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REJECT ITEM 63 AND REQUEST LEADERSHIP AIRPORT LEADERSHIP SPECIFICALLY TO COME UP WITH A PATH FORWARD THAT AVOIDS COSTLY AND DISRUPTIVE LITIGATION WILL NOT DELAY THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, PRESERVES AIRLINE COMPETITION, AND HONORS [01:20:01] THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS THE CITY HAS WITH LONESTAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. DOTTIE MCLEAN ON ITEM TWO ON DECK IS SUSAN SPATARO ON ITEM 52. SUSAN SPATARO ON DECK IS AARON FERGUSON. HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL SUSAN SPATARO. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT, YOU KNOW, AS I SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO EVERYTHING CITY OF AUSTIN IN A REAL MESS, AND A LOT OF IT IS CREATED BY THIS COUNCIL. THE REASON I'M TALKING ABOUT 52 IS COULD ANYONE THINK THAT YOU WOULD ELIMINATE A SPEEDING AND, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC AND THAT IT WOULD NOT RESULT IN THE KIND OF DEATHS THAT IT HAS. TOTAL TRAFFIC FATALITIES IN AUSTIN REACHED THE HIGH END 21 AND ARE ON PACE TO EXCEED 21 TOTALS BY MAY OF 22, THE CITY HAD 12,000 CRASHES. UM, THEY INTERVIEWED YOUNG LICENSED DRIVERS AND SAID, THERE'S A COMMON BELIEF. THERE'S A LACK OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN AUSTIN. AND THEREFORE DRIVERS BELIEVE THERE ARE A FEW CONSEQUENCES. YOU DELIBERATELY DEFUNDED POLICE AND, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT THEN BECAUSE OF THE STATE LAW, YOU SAID YOU REINFORCED THAT, BUT THEN WHERE ARE THOSE SERVICES? WHERE DID THAT MONEY GO? THANK YOU, AARON FERGUSON SPEAKING ON 53 ON DECK IS KATE GRAZIANI. HI. UM, I REMEMBER FERGUSON. I WORKED FOR A NATIONAL PROVIDER OF OPIOID TREATMENT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDICS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS HERE IN AUSTIN. AND WE'VE CONSISTENTLY HAD A LIST FOR METHADONE TREATMENT. THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING FOR THE EFFICACY OF METHADONE AND REDUCING DEATH RATES IN COMPARISON, SEATBELTS REDUCE DEATHS BY ABOUT 45% METHADONE CUTS THE DEATH RATE BY HALF. SO WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM OF PEOPLE DYING OF OVERDOSE AND TRAVIS COUNTY, BUT WE'VE HAD A CONSISTENT WAIT LISTS THAT OUR CLINICS, BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING FOR METHADONE TREATMENT. I'M A PERSON WHO OWES MY LIFE TO THESE TREATMENTS. I WOULDN'T BE IN STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU SPOUTING THESE STATISTICS IF I HADN'T HAD ACCESS TO THEM. AND SO THIS IS MY WAY OF GIVING BACK. I WORKED FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT OPENED THE FIRST 24 HOUR METHADONE CLINIC IN THE COUNTRY. WE HAD 300 INTAKES IN THE FIRST MONTH, AND I'VE HAD 7,000 SINCE ITS OPENING IN 2017. WE'D LIKE TO DO THE SAME THING HERE IN TRAVIS COUNTY. UM, THIS IS GOING TO SAVE MANY LIVES AND IT CAN REDUCE THE BURDEN OF COST ON THE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE THAT CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH OPIOIDS. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. I'M AVAILABLE UP FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE. THANK YOU, KATE. GRAZIANI ON 53, FRANKIE RAY ON DEBT. HI, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KATE GRAZIANI. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS HARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE. AND, UM, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN. WHEN IT COMES TO OVERDOSE CRISIS, IT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, AND IT HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME, UM, UH, THE TEXAS HARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE AT OUR DROP-IN CENTER AND WITH OUR OUTREACH TEAM, UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH FOLKS AT A VERY HIGH RISK OF OVERDOSE AND WE ARE FACING A FIREHOUSE OF NEEDS RIGHT NOW. UM, LACK OF HOUSING, SO FEW SERVICES AND SUPPORTS AVAILABLE THE HEAT. UM, WE ARE INUNDATED AND OVERWHELMED JUST TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE RIGHT NOW. UM, SO WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND WE, WE ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK HOLISTICALLY AT THE OVERDOSE CRISIS. UM, LOOKING AT THE OVERDOSE DEATH DATA AND EXPANDING ACCESS TO NARCAN IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S JUST ONE PIECE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW. WE ALSO HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT CRIMINALIZATION AND THE CONTAMINATED DRUG SUPPLY. UM, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH Y'ALL OVER THE COMING MONTHS TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CHANGES. AND WE HOPE THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS REFLECTED IN YOUR BUDGET PRIORITIES AS WELL. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS FRANKIE RAY SPEAKING ON 53 ON DECK IS BRADLEY HODGES. HI, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS FRANKIE RAY. I'M AN OUTREACH WORKER AT TEXAS HARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE. UM, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. UM, COUNSELING COUNCIL MEMBER, PUENTES WHERE THEIR LEADERSHIP AT THIS POINT, REALLY THE PHRASE THAT OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS LIKE THAT WORD. YOU SAY SO MANY TIMES THAT IT JUST KIND OF BECOMES, SOUNDS. YOU DON'T EVEN OPIOID EPIDEMIC. IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A MEANING ANYMORE, RIGHT? I THINK IT'S REALLY COLD AND CLINICAL, BUT TO US, IT'S NOT TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING IT. IT'S NOT, UM, [01:25:01] LAST YEAR, 305 PEOPLE DIED OF ODI. UM, I FEEL LIKE I KNEW 300 OF THOSE PEOPLE. UM, SO IT AND HARM REDUCTION WORKS. UM, SCIENCE, SCIENCE SHOWS A HARM REDUCTION WORKS, UM, PUNITIVE MEASURES, DON'T WORK, UM, INCARCERATION DOESN'T WORK. AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET ANYTHING DONE IS FOR EVERYONE TO LISTEN TO THE, TO LISTEN TO DRUG USERS AND TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO ARE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCING THIS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO AT T H A AND, UM, UH, AND YEAH. THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK. BRADLEY HODGES. SPEAKING ON ITEM 86 ON DECK IS AMANDA MARTINEZ AND 91, EXCUSE ME. OKAY. WE GOT TO DRIVE BY SHOOTING MONDAY AND PECAN SPRINGS. APD DID A FINE JOB. NO ONE HIT COUNTED. 15 HOLES, UH, THREE HOURS LATER, SIMILAR DRIVE BY SHOOTING AND QUARTER MILE AWAY. THE ROOT OF THIS PROBLEM IS COUNCIL PROMOTING WOKE EQUITY AS POLICY DIMINISHING CENTRAL PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE PROVIDER RESOURCES MANIFESTING A HYPER PERMISSIVE ENVIRONMENT, FARMING MORE CRIMINAL STREET, GANG VIOLENCE. THAT IS NOT PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT IS PUBLIC ENDANGERMENT MANAGED DECLINE DURING GENERATING MORE OF THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT YOU HAVE CREATED HERE. COUNCIL PROMOTING FAILED CHICAGO STYLE. ANTI GUN POLICY IS JUST MORE MANAGED KLEIN MAKES SURE THAT BAD GUYS COME OUT ON TOP. EVERY TIME WE NEED MORE PATROL OFFICERS, WE DO NOT NEED MORE GUN CONTROL. THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANKS FOR THE APD RESPONSE. IT'S GREAT. AMANDA MARTINEZ SPEAKING ON 86 ON DECK IS TAILORED TREVINO TAYLOR TREVINO ON DECKS ON DECK IS ALEXANDER STRANGER. ALEXANDER STRANGER'S SPEAKING ON ITEM 91. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. I AM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 91. GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM, NUMBER 91 IN THE NEED TO RAISE THE AGE LIMIT FOR GUN PURCHASES. I LIKE WHERE WE'RE HEADED, BUT WE'RE HONESTLY, WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO JUST SAY THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD GUYS. THE MAJORITY OF THESE GUN OWNERS, THEY ARE TRUMP SUPPORTERS AND WHITE SUPREMACISTS, AND THEY POSE AN IMMINENT DANGER TO SOCIETY. OKAY. YOU KNOW, AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO OWN GUNS ARE OUR POLICE, THE MILITARY, THE AZOV BATTALION, MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS, AND MEMBERS OF THE TALIBAN. I SAID THIS TO JUDGE BROWN AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. OUR POLICE NEED TO GO DOOR TO DOOR AND CONFISCATE THE GUNS OF EVERY LAW, ABIDING AMERICAN CITIZENS LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY. AND IF THEY DON'T DO THAT, WE NEED A RE-IMAGINED ANTI-RACIST POLICE FORCE TO REPLACE THEM. AND THEY NEED TO BE CONTROLLED BY THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM. OKAY. GUN CONTROL WORKS, GUYS. GEE, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOK AT AUSTRALIA AND CANADA, YOU THINK AUSTRALIA WOULD HAVE HANDLED COVID THE WAY THEY DID. IF ALL THOSE GUN TOTING REDNECKS STILL HAD THEIR FIREARMS AND THEN CANADA, OKAY. THEY BAN THE PURCHASE OF HANDGUNS. ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE GUN OWNERSHIP, THAT'S RACISM. LOOK AT JUSTIN TRUDEAU. YOU KNOW, HE PAINTED HIS FACE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT SAYS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GUN CONTROL. LISTEN, THERE'S THIS THING CALLED THE CONSTITUTION, BUT I KNOW YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN IT GUYS, YOU KNOW, AND WE NEED THESE RED FLAG LAWS. AND IF YOU'RE NOT UP TO DATE ON YOUR VACCINES, AND IF YOU THINK THAT FIVE YEAR OLDS SHOULDN'T BE TAKING PUBERTY BLOCKERS, YOU SHOULD NOT BE LOTS OF GONE ON A GUN AND YOU BELONG ON A LIST. ALL RIGHT, LISTEN. THANK YOU GUYS. I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU GUYS SHARED THE VALUES THAT I ESPOUSED IN THE SPEECH, SHOWTIME, ALEX STRANGER ON INSTAGRAM. THANK YOU, CHRIS HARRIS, SPEAKING ON ITEM 92, AMER AMY ANDERSON IS ON DECK. UH, CHRIS HARRIS, I'M IN DISTRICT NINE AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION. I WANT TO QUICKLY, UH, ALSO JUST INDICATE MY SUPPORT FOR, UH, THE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE COME HERE ASKING FOR INCREASE WAGES. BOTH THOSE AFFILIATED WOULD ASK ME AS WELL AS, UH, THOSE IN THE NINE 11 CALL CENTER, UM, ARE, AS IT RELATES TO OUT OF 92, I WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THANK THE CO-SPONSORS OF THAT ITEM FOR BEING OPEN TO, TO CHANGES THAT MIGHT ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE WITH AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS. HOWEVER, WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT ULTIMATELY THE DECISION ABOUT WHETHER TO USE THESE DEVICES, NOT JUST HOW TO USE THEM SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A BROADER COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND THEREFORE STRENUOUSLY SUPPORT DELAY [01:30:01] OF THIS ITEM, UH, AND NOT NECESSARILY AMENDMENT TODAY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A FULLER CONVERSATION. UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS ENABLE. UH, IF, IF USED PARTICULARLY IF USED IMPROPERLY A VAST AMOUNT OF SURVEILLANCE, THEY ENABLE, UH, UM, INCREASED CRIMINALIZATION, UH, DEPENDING ON HOW HOT LISTS AND OTHER THINGS ARE SET UP. UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT THEY CAN BE A TOOL, UH, THAT HAS SOME BENEFITS, BUT ALSO HAS EXTREME RISKS. AND THEREFORE, AGAIN, THE DECISION ABOUT WHETHER TO USE THEM, NOT JUST HOW SHOULD BE, UH, BASED ON A BROADER COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT DELAY ON THAT ITEM TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, AMY ANDERSON, CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE WEDDING. AMY ANDERSON, SPEAKING ON ITEM 94 ON DECK IS MARY CASTILLO. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. UM, MY NAME IS AMY ANDERSON. I'M A NINE 11 CALL TAKER WITH ABD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR TWO YEARS. I LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE SERVING THE CITIZENS. I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 99. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FONTEZ. YOU SAT WITH ME ONE DAY AND, UH, THAT WAS A PRETTY EASY DAY, BUT I REMEMBER YOUR EYES WERE PRETTY WIDE AT A LOT OF THE CALLS. UM, I WOULD INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME SIT WITH US SOMETIME WHEN WE WERE HOLDING CALLS, SOMETIMES WE WERE HOLDING 20 CALLS. SOMETIMES WE WERE HOLDING 60 CALLS AND IT IS MY FEAR THAT ONE OF MY LOVED ONES IS CALLING AND THEY'RE HAVING AN EMERGENCY. AND I CANNOT TAKE THAT CALL AND I WANT TO HAVE THE COMPASSION TO BE ON THE PHONE WITH THE PERSON THAT I'M ON THE PHONE WITH AND NOT RUSH THROUGH THAT CALL FOR FEAR THAT SOMEONE THAT I LOVE IS TRYING TO CALL. SO PLEASE HELP US WITH OUR STAFFING SHORTAGE. IT'S VERY, VERY MUCH NEEDED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARY. SPEAKING ON ITEM 94 ON DECK IS LAURA KA NI NICELY. GOOD MORNING. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS MARY CASTILLO. I'VE BEEN WITH APD FOR ALMOST 19 YEARS. I'M A NINE 11 CALL TAKER AND A POLICE DISPATCHER, AND I'M FOUR YEARS FROM RETIREMENT AND BEING PRICED OUT OF AUSTIN. I STARTED IN 2003 AND UNTIL 2021, AUSTIN WAS THE GOLD STANDARD NATIONWIDE FOR NINE 11 DISPATCH CENTERS CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINING A 99% ANSWER RATE IN THE FIRST 10 SECONDS IN EARLY 21, WE FELL BELOW 99%. AND IN LATE 21, WE FELL BELOW 90%, WHICH IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD AND EXPECTATION. IT WAS A RARE THING FOR CALLS TO HOLD DURING MY FIRST 18 YEARS HERE. AND NOW IT'S A RARE THING IF THEY DON'T. CAN YOU IMAGINE NEEDING LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE MANAGING TO GET TO A PHONE AND CALL NINE ONE ONE ONLY TO BE PLACED ON HOLD. THAT'S NOT AN ACCEPTABLE SERVICE LEVEL. IT'S A DANGEROUS AND DETRIMENTAL ONE. AND IT'S YOUR NEW NORMAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LAURA. NICELY SPEAKING ON 94, JASON HAWKES SPEAKING UP ON DECK. OH, MY NAME IS MICHAEL PAYNE. I'M AN ASSISTANT MANAGER WITH AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS. LAURA NICELY IS MY EMPLOYEE. AND MORE IMPORTANT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHE'S MY COWORKER. UM, SHE DID HAVE TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT EARLY IN ORDER TO GO TO A DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I CAN TELL HER STORY FOR HER OR WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. UM, BUT I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU. OKAY. MAYER, IF IT'S OKAY. I'D LIKE TO HEAR HIS STORY. YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE YOUR MINUTES. RIGHT? SO LAURA AND I SEE THE STORY THAT SHE WANTED TO CONVEY WAS NOT TOO MANY DAYS AGO. UM, SHE HAD RECEIVED A CALL FROM AN ALARM COMPANY WANTING TO REPORT A BURGLARY AT A RESIDENCE. SHE LOOKED IN THE QUEUE AND SHE SAW THAT A BURGLARY WAS ALREADY ENTERED AT THAT RESIDENCE. AND OFFICERS WERE ALREADY ON SITE BECAUSE THEY HAD LOCATED THE SUSPECT INSIDE THE HOUSE. THE ALARM COMPANY SAID, WELL, THAT'S NOT SURPRISING TO ME. I'VE BEEN ON HOLD FOR 22 MINUTES WAITING TO GET THROUGH TO YOU. SO THOUGH WE DID RECEIVE A CALL FROM A NEIGHBOR WHO SAW THE WORD WHERE HE HAPPENING AN ALARM COMPANY, WHICH A CITIZEN PAYS FOR IN ORDER TO REPORT THESE THINGS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THROUGH FOR 22 MINUTES. UM, AS AN ASSISTANT MANAGER, I DO A LOT OF THE STAT WORK FOR THE CENTER. IF IT WOULD INTEREST YOU ALL TO KNOW SINCE JANUARY 1ST, 2022, THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN HAVE CUMULATIVELY HAD TO WAIT 6.1 YEARS ON HOLD WITH 9 1 1. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. UH, MAYOR I MISSED THE, I MISSED THE TIME PERIOD OF, OF THAT STAT, UH, SINCE 2020, UH, SINCE JANUARY 1ST, 2022 CUMULATIVELY, IT HAS BEEN 6.1 YEARS THAT CITIZENS HAVE WAITED ON HOLD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BLAKE THOMPSON, SPEAKING ON ITEM 95, RODNEY SUTTON [01:35:01] IS ON DECK. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BLAKE AND I'M A PROPERTY OWNER HERE ON SIXTH STREET. AND, UH, AS AN ARCHITECT, A PROPERTY INVESTOR AND A DAD, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS MOMENT OF LOOKING ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE OUR SAFETY AND REMAKE SIXTH STREET INTO A STREET THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE AND WOULD WANT TO SEE FOR OUR CHILDREN. UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST, UH, ITEM 95. IT'S A REALLY MISGUIDED RESOLUTION THAT FEELS REALLY UNNECESSARY. WE ALREADY HAVE A NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT IN PLACE THAT PROTECTS THESE AWESOME BUILDINGS THAT ARE ON SIXTH STREET. CREATING A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT IS NOT GOING TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING. I'M LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE IN THIS AND IT SAYS IT GIVES THE STRONGEST PROTECTION AND GREATEST BENEFIT FOR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WE HAVE A CRISIS ON OUR HANDS ON SIXTH STREET. AND WHY ARE WE TRYING TO GIVE PRIORITY BENEFIT TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUILDINGS? THERE ARE BUILDINGS TO SAVE. YES, BUT WE HAVE A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS RIGHT NOW. THE SECOND PART OF THAT, UH, RESOLUTION SAYS THE DESIGNATION REQUIRES SUPPORT OF MAJORITY OF PROPERTY OWNERS. I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF IT. AND 75% OF PEOPLE ARE IN SUPPORT OF IT. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO THE GOOD FOLKS AT STREAM. YOU'VE GOT A WOMAN HERE. WHO'S A LOCAL AUSTIN RESIDENT WHO IS OPERATING A LOCAL BUSINESS. AND IT'S A DREAM SITUATION FOR YOU GUYS TO SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. UM, STREAM HAS DONE SOME AMAZING PROJECTS IN TOWN, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED AS A PROPERTY OWNER TO BE A PART OF A HEARING, A TRUE RESOLUTION THAT YOU GUYS WOULD COME FORTH WITH THAT SEEKS TO PUT FORTH A CODE AMENDMENT, TO ESTABLISHING HEIGHT LIMITS AND DOING SOMETHING THAT HONORS THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROMOTE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE FOR OUR FAMILIES TO GO TO. THANKS FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU, ANGELA GARZA, SPEAKING ON ITEMS 50 AND 51 MAYER. YES. UH, WELL, OUR NEXT SPEAKER COMES UP. I'LL JUST TELL THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER IN SHORTLY, I'M GOING TO HAVE POSTED A REVISED RESOLUTION THAT I THINK WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED. I THINK WE DON'T DO LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS OFTEN ENOUGH. AND I THINK, I THINK THE PROCESS IS A LITTLE, IT'S NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD. AND SO I, I, MY HOPE IS THAT WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THE RESOLUTION YOU'LL UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS IN CONCERT WITH THE CODE AMENDMENT THAT WAS PASSED LAST WEEK AND NOT, AND IS NOT, UM, AN OPPOSITION TO IT. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY LEADERS. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'M REALLY GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 15. UM, JUST TO SAY, I DON'T WORK FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT I APPRECIATE THE SERVICES THAT WE DO GET IN CITY OF AUSTIN. AND I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL, WOMAN, VANESSA, FOR LEADING THIS EFFORT. IT IS A TREMENDOUS CORRECT YEAR ON POINT. WE DO SO MUCH ADVOCATING OUT HERE FOR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT. AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS WE HAVE TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING PAID ENOUGH. THAT IS THE BIGGEST REASON. UM, WE APPRECIATE WHEN YOU HAVE THE PERSONS ON NINE 11 ON THE OTHER CALL, UH, WE APPRECIATE ALL THESE SERVICES. WE NEED TO HAVE THEM HERE, BUT WE NEED THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE HAPPY ABOUT COMING TO WORK AND KNOWING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A HOME TO GO TO BECAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD TO DO THAT AT THE SAME TIME. IT'S JUST A WIN-WIN WE HAVE IT THAT WAY. SO I'M REALLY HERE JUST TO ADVOCATE ON THAT BEHALF. I KNOW NOTED OUR COMBINED CONTACT TEAM, EAST MLK, CONTACTING FLIGHTS SO MUCH FOR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT SOLUTIONS, DAYS, NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS, WE DO THIS AND THIS WOULD BE SUCH A GREAT THING TO DO. UM, JUST FOR CITY WORKERS TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THEM AS A CITY AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES IN PERSON SPEAKERS. SO I WILL MOVE OVER TO CALL-IN SPEAKERS. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS CLAUDIA. GADAHN SPEAKING ON ITEM 50. HI, GIVE ME A SECOND. I'M WENT OUTSIDE TO DO SOMETHING. UM, I'M CLAUDIA . I WORK WITH AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS. I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS NOW. I STARTED IN 2015. MY TAKE HOME PAYCHECK THEN WAS $1,206. MY CURRENT TAKE HOME PAYCHECK IS 1,310. THAT'S 140 MORE DOLLARS. IN SEVEN YEARS. I CURRENTLY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF TWO CHILDREN. I MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE I CAN NOT AFFORD TO LIVE IN AUSTIN. UM, I WORKED DURING COVID WHILE EVERYONE STAYED HOME. I THROUGH THE HORRIBLE SNOW STORM WHERE MY KIDS WERE A HUNDRED MILES AWAY FROM ME, THIS IS NOT LIVING ANYMORE. THIS IS SURVIVING. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF YOUR CITY ARE IN COST CENTER, FULL MODE, WHICH IS NOT HOW YOU WANT A PERSON IN A HIGH-STRESS ENVIRONMENT TO FUNCTION. I BELIEVE WE HAVE PROVED OUR WORTH OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND WE HAVE, WE ARE TIRED OF NOT BEING HEARD. I PERSONALLY AM TIRED OF FEELING UNDERVALUED. I'M CURRENTLY [01:40:01] FINISHING MY BACHELOR'S CAN GET AWAY FROM YOUR AND GET A BETTER JOB. THAT'LL GIVE ME MORE MONEY. THAT'LL MAKE ME FEEL LIKE WHAT I'M DOING IS WORTH IT. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNA WHITE SIDE ON ITEM 15. JENNA, PLEASE UNMUTE ERIN. SPEAKING ON ITEM 50, AARON, PLEASE SAY HELLO. GO AHEAD. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OH, I'M SORRY. UM, HI, MY NAME IS ERIN RUIZ. I'M A MEDIC WITH AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY. UM, I'VE BEEN A MEDIC FOR EIGHT YEARS WITH THE DEPARTMENT. UM, I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN, BOTH OF WHICH, UH, ARE NOT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SO THEY NEED CHILD CARE. AND, UM, I HAD TO MOVE TO WACO RECENTLY TO FACILITATE THAT CHILDCARE D UM, ALSO I THINK THE COUNCIL HAD ASKED WHETHER OR NOT WE KNEW A MEDIC THAT LEFT THE DEPARTMENT DUE TO WAGES. UM, YES, MY HUSBAND, HE WAS WORKING FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOR 10 YEARS AND HE RECENTLY LEFT BECAUSE OF WAGES AND I'M AFRAID THAT I MIGHT BE LEAVING IN THAT DIRECTION AS WELL. IF THE, IF SOME CHANGE DOESN'T HAPPEN. THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. THANK YOU, KATIE MUD ON ITEM 50, KATIE, PLEASE UNMUTE JENNA WHITE SIDE ITEM 50. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME NOW? YES. OKAY. OKAY, WONDERFUL. UM, MY NAME IS JENNA WHITESIDE. I WORKED AS A PARAMEDIC FOR AKI EMS. I'VE BEEN WITH AUSTIN FOR FOUR YEARS NOW. I HAVE TWO VERY YOUNG KIDS AT HOME AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM AS WELL AS ME AND MY HUSBAND. I HAVE TO WORK A LOT OF OVERTIME. UM, NOT ONLY DO I WORK OVERTIME, BOTH VOLUNTARILY AND NON VOLUNTARILY ON THE TRUCK, MY REGULAR SHIFT, BUT I ALSO HAVE A PART-TIME JOB AS WELL. I'M AWAY FROM MY FAMILY SO MUCH BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH I HAVE TO WORK, JUST TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET. MY SON IS TWO, AND I'M STARTING TO REALIZE HOW MUCH I AM GONE JUST YESTERDAY. I WAS LEAVING FOR WORK. ONCE AGAIN, MY SON WAS DRAGGING ME BACK INSIDE YELLING MAMA, NO, NO WORK THAT ABSOLUTELY BROKE MY HEART. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE COST OF LIVING WITH EVERYTHING RAISING, EXCEPT MY PAY RATES, I FEEL THIS HEARTBREAKING OCCURRENCE WITH MY SON IS GOING TO BECOME COMMON. BEING A PARAMEDIC IS A STRESSFUL JOB IN ITSELF, BUT THE ADD ON OF NEEDING TO WORK SO MUCH OVERTIME JUST TO SURVIVE AND CONTINUALLY BEING AWAY FROM MY FAMILY IS SUCH A HEAVY BURDEN. THE LONG HOURS AND HIGH STRESS. THE JOB MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO GO HOME TO MY FAMILY AND HAVE PLENTY OF ENERGY. BE THE MOM MY KIDS DESERVE. I'VE BEEN IN EMS ALMOST NINE YEARS, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN PEOPLE LEAVE EMS AND GO TO OTHER JOBS AS QUICK AS THEY HAVE BEEN HERE RECENTLY. BUT I GET IT. WE FEEL LIKE WE SELL OUR SOUL TO THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT FOR A SALARY THAT THEY GAVE THEM LITTLE BOOKS. WE LOVE HELPING PEOPLE'S MEDICS, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE WAGES THAT SURELY COMPENSATE US FOR WHAT WE DO AS WELL AS THE VERY HIGH COST OF LIVING THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE CARSON'S DESERVE TO HAVE A SOLID DMS SYSTEM. THEY CAN RELY ON AND TO DO THIS, THE CITY MUST REALIZE, NEED TO COMPENSATE US APPROPRIATELY BECAUSE IF NOT STAFFING ISSUES WILL CONTINUE AND WE WILL SEE THIS HIGH RATE OF TURNOVER AND PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO WORK HERE ANYMORE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR, HAVE YOU HEARD THROUGH HERE ON ITEM 15? HELLO, MY NAME IS JAVIER . I, UH, HAVE WORKED FOR AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS FOR 15 YEARS. AS OF NEXT MONTH, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM 50. I'VE BEEN IN EMS AS ME AND T FOR THE LAST 22 YEARS. UH, BACK IN 2006, MY THEN WIFE AND I MOVED FROM TUCSON, ARIZONA TO AUSTIN. BELIEVE IT OR NOT FOR CHEAPER HOUSING. AND, UH, SINCE WE MOVED HERE, UH, WELL, SINCE 2012, WE'VE GOTTEN A DIVORCE. I'VE HAD THEM MOVE OUT AND FIND OTHER PLACES TO LIVE. MY EX-WIFE CURRENTLY HAS HAD TO MOVE BECAUSE SHE COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE HERE, MOVED TO HOUSTON. UH, SO NOW I'M STAYING IN AUSTIN WITH, UH, BOTH OF OUR CHILDREN IN MY CUSTODY, BUT WORKING FOR THE CITY THAT I LIVE IN, UH, I CAN'T AFFORD TO DO SO. MY LANDLORD BECAUSE OF RECENT PROPOSITIONS HAS A PAST AND HAD TO RAISE OUR RENT. UH, AND EVEN THOUGH I JUST GOT TO COST A LITTLE BIT RAISED LAST MONTH, THAT DOES NOT COVER [01:45:01] HOW MUCH OUR LANDLORD HAS BEEN FORCED TO RAISE OUR RENT DUE TO THE PROPERTY TAXES. UH, SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. UH, AND WHEN I COME INTO WORK, UM, WE'RE JUST GETTING BRUTALIZED EVERY DAY WITH THE CALL VOLUME THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE 12 HOUR SHIFT THAT I WORK IN COMMUNICATIONS. UM, THE BOND THAT WE USED TO DO A FEW YEARS AGO ALL DAY OVER THE COURSE OF 24 HOURS, UH, WE'VE LOST ANOTHER PERSONNEL, A FIVE-YEAR EMPLOYEE RECENTLY WHO HAD TO QUIT. UH, SO OUR STAFFING ISN'T GETTING ANY BETTER. TWO DAYS AGO, WE HAD THE 9 1, 1 CALLER WAIT FOR OVER 110 SECONDS. AND THAT WAS JUST, THAT WAS JUST ONE OF MANY THAT DAY. AND, UH, KIND OF VERBAL ABUSE. WE TAKE ON THE PHONES, TRYING TO ANSWER CALLS FOR HELP JUST GOES UP AND UP AND UP. AS PEOPLE GET MORE AND MORE FRUSTRATED AND THE MENTAL, UH, IT'S, IT'S EXHAUSTING. AND THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. NOT TO MENTION WHAT OUR FIELD PROVIDERS ARE DEALING WITH AND WE NEED HELP AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT WE WORKED IN AND SACRIFICE FOR. NEXT SPEAKER IS KATIE MCNIFF KATIE, PLEASE UNMUTE ARIEL JUUL ON ITEM 15. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I HANG ON. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU HEAR HELLO? YES, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. HELLO? OKAY. MY NAME IS ARIEL JUUL AND I JUST STARTED MY 16TH YEAR WITH AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS, AS A PARAMEDIC. I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES, UH, THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING FOR US. AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE'RE EXHAUSTED. WE ARE CALLED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND GIVE 110% TO OUR PATIENTS. AND IN RETURN, WE GET PHYSICALLY AND VERBALLY ASSAULTED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF. WE GO NON-STOP WITHOUT ADEQUATE BREAKS FOR 24 HOURS AT A TIME AND THINGS DON'T TURN AROUND QUICKLY. THE CITY IS AT THE HOME OF THE SINKING SHIP IN REGARDS TO ITEM 50 WAGE INCREASE. MANY OF US HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO BE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE INSANE INFLATION WE WERE FACING WITH COST OF LIVING, FOR HOUSING, FOOD, GAS, ET CETERA. UH, IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THIS. AND IN OUR DEPARTMENT, AMONGST MY COLLEAGUES AND MYSELF, UH, MY HUSBAND AND I RECENTLY REFINANCED HER HOME JUST TO PAY OUR BILLS. HOWEVER, I CAN'T COMPLAIN BECAUSE I AM FAR BETTER OFF THAN SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES. MANY OF US WORK A TON OF OVERTIME OR HAD SECOND JOBS JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET, WHICH TAKES AWAY TIME FROM OUR FAMILY. MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR SECTION EIGHT HOUSING BECAUSE OF INFLATION TO THEIR RENT. OTHERS THAT HAD USED FOOD STAMPS TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES. SOME CAN'T EVEN GIVE THEIR CHILDREN BIRTHDAY PRESENTS OR EVER HAD TO CONSIDER POINTING THEIR WEDDING RINGS TO PAY THEIR BILL. UH, SOMEBODY HAD TO BORROW MONEY FOR THEIR MORTGAGES AND CAR PAYMENTS. THERE'S NOTHING. OKAY. ABOUT NINE LIVING WAGE TO YOUR EMPLOYEES, YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO HIRE OR RETAIN EMPLOYEES IF THEY DON'T EARN ENOUGH MONEY TO EVEN PUT GAS IN THEIR CARS TO COME TO WORK, LET ALONE FEED THEIR FAMILY. IT'S TIME TO PUT YOUR EMPLOYEE'S NEEDS FIRST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. NEXT SPEAKER IS YVONNE CORTEZ FLORES ON ITEM 50 TO SURVIVE IN AUSTIN. A $15 STARTING WAGES, LONG GONE CITY OF BOSTON EMPLOYEES ARE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR LOCAL NECESSITIES. THEY ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS, BUT AT WHAT COST, THE COST OF LIVING IS AGGRESSING WAGES BELOW THE SURVIVAL MEANS ALL OF YOUR UNION BROTHERS AND SISTERS. WE LEAN TO YOU TODAY TO PASS THE 22 LIVABLE WAGE PROVE THEIR WORTH BY VOTING YES FOR YOUR WORKERS. A 6% HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE 8.6 INFLATION. OUR WORKERS ARE BASICALLY TAKING A PAY CUT. THIS IS YOUR MOMENT. EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE DESERVES DIGNITY AND RESPECT. SHOW THEM THAT THEIR LABOR TIME AND ENERGY IS WORTHY. THE SAME AS YOURS WAS THAT HAPPENED. THE WORKERS, COMMUNITIES, AND THE COUNCIL COLLECTIVELY WIN FOR A BETTER AUSTIN POWER TO THE WORKERS AND POWER TO ASK ME, 1624. THANK YOU. AND HALAKHA BENTON MOLINA. SPEAKING ON ITEM 50. HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED. YEAH. HI, MY NAME IS MOLINA AND I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT THREE. UM, I'M HEARING SUPPORTIVE ITEM 50 TO RAISE THE CITY'S MINIMUM WAGE [01:50:01] TO $22 AN HOUR. I'VE WORKED FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AUSTIN, PUBLIC HEALTH FOR OVER SIX YEARS. AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF OUR UNION APP'S WEEK, LOCAL 16, 24. IT IS BAD THAT ACCORDING TO US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT IN 2015, AUSTIN WAS SET TO SUPPOSEDLY TO BE THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE. WHEN MANY CITY OF AUSTIN WORKERS, MANY FOLKS WHO GREW UP HERE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE AND ARE BEING DISPLACED AT ALARMING RATES, RIGHT? FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO ARE THE HARDEST WORKING PEOPLE AND INTERFACE WITH OFTEN COMMUNITIES ON A DAILY BASIS ARE THE MOST UNDERPAID FOLKS. THE FOLKS WHO ARE STILL GETTING PAID MINIMUM WAGES ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK AND BROWN AND INDIGENOUS FOLKS, UH, POOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. SO HOW DO WE PLAN TO WANT TO LEAVE WITH EQUITY? WE DON'T, WE ARE NOT PAYING CITY EMPLOYEES TO LIVE IN A CITY THAT COSTS THE COST OF LIVING REQUIRES EVEN MORE THAN 22 HOURS, UH, UH, TO LIVE RIGHT, TO MAINTAIN ANY KIND OF QUALITY OF LIFE. AS A BLACK PUERTO RICAN WOMAN, MOTHER OF ONE, I AM SEVERELY IMPACTED. I ALMOST MAKE $27 AN HOUR. AND AFTER TAXES, HEALTHCARE AND RETIREMENT, I LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. AND I ALSO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO STAY IN AUSTIN BUNCH LONGER. THE CITY'S STRATEGIC DIRECTION TO FIND A SELF-SUFFICIENCY WAGE AS $24 AN HOUR, TO SUPPORT A FAMILY. AND THIS WAY IT'S STILL, IT'S STILL UNDER COUNTS. THE COST OF POVERTY, MEANING LIKE FEES AND AN EXTRA THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY TO BE POOR IN THIS COUNTRY. ACTUAL LIVING WAGE IS PROBABLY 30 TO 40% HIGHER THAN ONE BASED ON A MARKET BASED ON MARKET BASED METHODOLOGY. MEDIAN RENT LAWSON IS $2,700, WHICH IS AN INCREASED 30% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. AND THAT'S MORE THAN WHAT, $15 AN HOUR FOR FOUR WEEKS OF WORK EARNINGS EVEN HIRED, EVEN WITH, EVEN WITH $22. IT'S REALLY HARD TO MAKE ENDS MEET RE RATING. THANK YOU, JANICE MCGRAW, ITEM 50. HELLO. MY NAME IS JAMES MCGRAW. Y'ALL HEAR ME. YES. OKAY. MY NAME'S JANICE MCGRAW. I'VE WORKED IN AUSTIN. AMA HAVE YOU HEARD AUSTIN IS THE LOWEST PAID PUBLIC SAFETY BRANCH IN AUSTIN, AND WE'RE BASED IN A STAFFING AND RETENTION CRISIS, PARTLY DUE TO THE WAGES THAT DON'T MATCH THE COST TO LIVE HERE. THIS IS LEADING TO THE NEED TO WORK OVERTIME, TO FILL OUR SHIFTS AND SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES AND LEADING TO INCREASE LEVELS OF FATIGUE, BURNOUT, AND A DECREASED LEVEL OF CARE WE PROVIDE. THIS IS ALSO PUTTING PROVIDERS LIKE MYSELF AT RISK OF LIKE PLACE WITHIN OURSELVES. THAT I LIKE THE PART DEPARTMENT. WE DON'T HAVE POWER IN NUMBERS ALMOST RECENTLY, A PATIENT GRABBED BLACKOUT WHILE I WAS PROVIDED CARE TO THEM. THANKS FOR MY PARTNER WAS CLOSED. AND I IMMEDIATELY REACTED TO HELP PREVENT THROUGH PHYSICAL INJURY. HAD HE BEEN SLOWER TO REACT TO THE FATIGUE OR NOT HAD THE MINDSET TO RISK HER OWN SAFETY, TO PROTECT ME THE SITUATION AT A VERY DIFFERENT OUTCOME I'M GOING, THIS IS JUST THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE FOR MY CAREER. THE SAFETY OF EMS PROVIDERS DOESN'T HAVE A PRICE TAG OF WHAT WE NEED YOUR HELP TO BOTH RETAIN AND HIRE THE HIGH QUALITY PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT OUR WORKERS APPRECIATE. NANCY LOPEZ GONE TO ON ITEM 50. HI, MY NAME IS NANCY AND I AM AN APL CUSTODIAN FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. I'VE BEEN EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN SINCE 2008. I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM A NATIVE OF AUSTIN. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE. I RECENTLY MOVED TO KYLE TEXAS DUTY AND TAXES. I HAD, UH, ENROLL MY SON INTO SCHOOL, INTO DEL VALLEY AREA. IN ORDER FOR ME TO LEAVE WORK IN TIME. IT DID PICK HIM UP BECAUSE I'M NOT ABLE TO DO SO WHERE I'M LIVING AT THIS POINT. I'M ASKING THAT TO SEE, DO THE RIGHT THING AND RAISE THE WAGE. $2.20 AN HOUR. YOU CAN PAY FOR ACO AND ALL THESE OTHER EVENTS. YOU ALSO NEED TO SHOW THAT SAME COMPASSION FOR US AND SUPPORT YOU IN ORDER FOR US TO TAKE CARE OF YOU. YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF US WHILE OTHERS WERE AT HOME WORKING FROM HOME, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT LUXURY. WE HAD TO BE AT WORK. I HAVE A TWO YEAR OLD SON THAT I CANNOT AFFORD TO PUT IT IN DAYCARE. AT THIS TIME, I WORKED THE WEEKENDS IN ORDER TO SHARE THAT I HAVE CHILDCARE DURING THE WEEKENDS SO THAT I CAN MAKE A CHANGE TO PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY. I'M ASKING THE CITY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT. WHEN WE REACH OUT TO CITY MEMBERS, WE DO NOT GET A RESPONSE. WE'VE ALREADY ADJUSTED ISSUE SEVERAL TIMES. SO ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE ONES THAT ARE STILL AT HOME WORKING, WE DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY. WE'RE ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AND WE HAVE TO COME TO WORK EVERY DAY. WE ALSO DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS POPULATION. WE ARE NOT ARMED. WE DEAL WITH THEM ON A DAILY BASIS. OFTEN FOR THE GLIDER IS A NUMBER OF RESOURCES THAT ALL OTHER COMMUNITIES COME IN AND USE UTILIZE. AND [01:55:01] WE ARE OVERLOOKED. UNDERPAID DO WHAT'S RIGHT. AND GIVE US A $22 AN HOUR. THANK YOU, VERONICA FLOYD ON ITEM 50. UH, YES, MY NAME IS AND I JUST RECENTLY MOVED HERE FROM RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA IN 2019. I CURRENTLY WORK FOR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, AND I ENJOY DOING MY JOB THAT I DO. UM, I AM WORKING TWO FULL-TIME JOBS JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AND AFTER WORKING THE TWO FULL-TIME JOBS, I FEEL GOING INTO A NEGATIVE OR JUST, HEY, MY BEAT. I DIDN'T ADD THAT, UH, THAT YOU ALL WILL CONSIDER RAISING THE COST OF LIVING HERE AT $22 AN HOUR, 70 45, CHRISTIE ROSA KNACKER ITEM 50. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KRISTIE REZ MACKER. I'M THE CLINICAL SPECIALIST PARAMEDIC WITH ATC EMS. I'VE BEEN EMPLOYED WITH US TO DMS FOR JUST SHY OF EIGHT YEARS. I'VE BEEN PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED MORE, MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT IN DECEMBER OF 2021 HOUR THAT I SHIFT A PATIENT ASSAULTED ME, LEAVING ME WITH A BROKEN CHEEKBONE AND A CONCUSSION. I LATER WENT THROUGH TWO SESSIONS OF EMV WHO WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD. I SOLD NOT REALLY FEELING THAT SIDE OF MY DAY. I WAS OFF WORK FOR FIVE WEEKS. AND MY FIRST SHIFT BACK, I GOT KICKED IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. I HAD ANOTHER PATIENT IN JULY OF LAST YEAR. I ENTERED MY BACK ON SHIFT. I WAS CLEARED BACK TO THE TRUCK IN JANUARY REINJURING MYSELF AND THEN OFFICER . IT KEEPS BEING DELAYED DUE TO WORKMAN'S COMP ISSUES BASED ON BEING OVER SCHEDULED FOR NOT COUNTING THEM AND LOSING AN AVERAGE OF $150 PER WEEK. BEING OFF THE TRUCK, COMBINE THAT WITH A RENT INCREASE IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, EQUALLY 16%, AND WE NO LONGER LIVE IN THE CITY. I AM EXTREMELY PROUD TO SAY THAT I AM AN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS MEDIC. WE ARE THE BEST MEDICS IN THE COUNTRY, AND SIMPLY ASKING YOU TO HELP HIM CONTINUE TO BRING IN AND RETAIN TALENTED, PASSIONATE MEDICS, GIVING US A COMPETITIVE WAGE TO THE OFF SEASON HERE IN THE BUFFET. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO HELP US. THANK YOU, KATIE. MCNIFF ON ITEM 50. REBECCA SETLIFF ON ITEM 15. GOOD MORNING. I WORKED FOR THE SPEED OFF AND I MOVED HERE FROM CALIFORNIA. LAST SUMMER. I LIVED IN ROUND ROCK FOR A YEAR AND PAID MORE RENT IN ROUND ROCK THAN WHAT I WAS PAYING FOR RENT IN NAPA CALIFORNIA. I TOOK A PAY CUT OF $1,200 A MONTH TO MOVE HERE, BUT ASSUMED THAT THE RENT WOULD BE LESS THAN TEXAS, BUT THE RENT INCREASE AND LOWER WAGES. I FOUND MYSELF STRUGGLING TO RENT AND BUY FOOD FOR MY FAMILY. SO I HAD TO TAKE OUT AN EARLY RETIREMENT FROM MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYER IN NEW YORK TIMES, ARTICLE PUBLISHED NOVEMBER, 2020. ONE SAID THAT 10 YEARS AGO, AUSTIN WAS AMONG THE MOST AFFORDABLE PLACES TO LIVE. NOW, ACCORDING TO THE ZOO ZILLOW, THE AUSTIN METROPOLITAN AREA IS THE LEAST AFFORDABLE NEIGHBOR METRO REGION FOR HOME BUYER OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA, IT HAS ALREADY PASSED MARKET AND BOSTON, MIAMI, NEW YORK CITY, THE NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING BENEFITS ANNUAL THERAPY STUDY IN 2021 FOUND THAT AUSTIN ROUNDROCK AREA, THE COST TO BE THE HIGHEST AND THE PEOPLE LIVING IN AUSTIN ROUND ROCK AREA WOULD NEED TO EARN $27 AND 58 CENTS AN HOUR TO LIVE IN A FAIR MARKET. TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT WITHOUT PAYING MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR INCOME ON HOUSING. ACCORDING TO FORTUNE BUILDERS, TIME HAS EXPIRED. TOM FERGUSON SPEAKING ON ITEM 50. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME ON PURPOSE. THE PARAMEDIC PAY FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. UH, [02:00:01] I'M IN SUPPORT OF RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE. IN FACT, I WOULD LIKE TO RATE EVEN HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'RE HAVING. UM, AS WE'RE ALL WELL AWARE, POSSIBLY LOOKING AT IN WELL WHERE THE JEWS ARE FALLING WAY BEHIND. THIS IS ESPECIALLY PROBLEMATIC FOR EMS BACK IN INCREASED RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND JUST TO ENABLE MORE APPLICANTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR HIRING PROCESS. WE'RE STILL ALL ON THE EYE. WHEN YOU BOARD A PATIENT LIVES IN A STEADY EMS NEEDS TO INCREASE. CURRENTLY, WE CANNOT EVEN STAFF THE TRUCKS WE HAVE. THE CITY DROVE HAS INCREASED THE CALL VOLUME AS WELL AS THE DANGERS. WE FACE MANY HAZARDS THAT INCLUDE ON A DAILY BASIS, PHYSICAL AND VERBAL ASSAULT WORKING ON THE SIDE OF ROADWAYS, CLIMBING INTO CARS, UH, BEING ATTACKED BY DOGS. IN FACT, RECOVERING FROM A DOG BITE RIGHT NOW, I'M A BORDERLINE ISSUES AND GOING PROCESS AND LONG AND VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE NOT COUGHING WITH PROPERTY, THE FACTS, THE PASSWORDS, AND FOR THE TYPE OF WORKLOAD THAT WE TAKE ON RETIRED, WE NEED MORE PEOPLE AND WE JUST CAN'T GET IN TO PEOPLE IF WE CAN'T PAY THEM A LIVING WAGE TO LIVE IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SPEAKING OF YOUR TIME, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WAS URI GARUDA ON ITEM TWO? YEAH, TENDER AND THE OPPORTUNITY COST IS ALSO A MESS. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WILL ALLOW PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED INTO BIBLE ATTRACTED USES. WE HAVE SUPPORTED THE COMMUNITIES DESIRES. THEREFORE I'VE JUST HAD TO BE SAVED THAT I AM BEFORE THE ART OF THE VACATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, FRANCES AKUNA ITEM 51. HI. UM, MY NAME IS FRANCIS ORGANIZED WITH SABA AND ITEMS. 50 SHOULD BE 20 TO 40 TO MITIGATE THIS PLACEMENT. I SUPPORT ITEM 51 TO DEVELOP A SERIES OF GUIDE WITH THE TOOLS TO PROTECT, PREPARE, AND RESPOND TO DISASTER. THERE NEEDS TO BE FUNDING TO INCENTIVIZE RESIDENTS WITH ITEMS TO START THEIR EMERGENCY KIT. IN GABA. WE ARE PARTNERED WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS AND UT WE HAVE TRAINED OVER 190 RESIDENTS ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND THE DUST FRINGE. UH, THE DUST SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD PREPAREDNESS GUIDE CAME OUT OF THE TRAINING. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON NEIGHBORHOOD PREPAREDNESS, RESILIENCE, HUBS, BLACK CAPTAIN CLIMATE, NAVIGATING THE PORTAL AND HEAT MITIGATING PROJECTS. THAT GAP IS NEEDED FOR EVERYONE TO BE PREPARED AND TO HELP BLACK CAPTAINS SATURDAY FORMATION SEND SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS, NEIGHBORS, AND FRIENDS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. THANK YOU, NICOLE GOLDEN ON ITEMS 86 AND 91. HI, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. UM, UM, THANK YOU TO THE ACCOUNT NUMBER, UM, FOR LEADING THESE EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN AN ABSOLUTE CHAOS THROUGH THESE LAST FEW WEEKS AND MY GENERAL VIEWPOINT THAT THAT OCCURS AND THE MEMBERS AT EVERY LEVEL GOVERNMENTS AND EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE STATE AND COUNTRY NEED TO DO EVERYTHING HE CAN. AND I SEE THESE TWO EFFORTS AS PART OF THAT AS IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK, THAT IS ALL SOLUTIONS ON THE TABLE. AND, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF THAT. WE, WE HAVE TO SAVE LIVES. THIS IS A CRISIS. THANK YOU. UH, KIM MCLENNAN ITEM 88. OH, OH, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED. HELLO. ALL RIGHT. HI. UM, MY NAME IS KIM MCLENNAN, UM, BUT THEN OF, UH, ST JOHN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW THE, UH, PROPERTY, UH, IN ITEM 88 HAS BEEN VACANT FOR 14 YEARS. I'M CALLING IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION TO SELL THE LAND. UM, DURING THIS TIME IT'S BECOME A [02:05:01] SYMBOL OF LIGHT AND NICOLETTE IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, THEY'RE OFTEN, UM, CONCERNS WITH IT BEING A HOTBED FOR CRIME THERE. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS A SHOOTING THERE ACROSS THE STREET. UM, THERE'S TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION. MICHAEL CARGILL ITEM 91, MICHAEL CARGILL, PLEASE UNMUTE MICHAEL CARGILL. I'M THE OWNER OF CENTRAL TEXAS DENTAL WORKS AND ALSO A HANDGUN INSTRUCTOR. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SEE UNDERSTANDS. AND I THINK THIS HAS BEEN PULLED DOWN, BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT A C UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN A CITY LEVEL REALLY DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE FIREARMS BECAUSE WE HAVE A PREEMPTIVE LAW, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN, IN TEXAS AND ON THE CITY LEVEL THAT YOU CAN DO THINGS SUCH AS, BECAUSE OF COVID. A LOT OF YOUR RESTAURANTS HAVE ACTUALLY A LOT OF YOUR BARS ACTUALLY, DOWNTOWN IT'S ACTUALLY CHANGED THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE FROM BARS TO RESTAURANTS. AND BECAUSE THEY CHANGED THEIR LIQUOR LICENSE FROM BARS AND RESTAURANTS, GUNS ARE ACTUALLY LEGAL IN THOSE PLACES BECAUSE OF IT, THE WAY OUR LAWS ARE ACTUALLY STRUCTURED. THERE'S SOME THINGS, UM, ON THE CITY LEVEL THAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP THE VIOLENCE AND CURB THE VIOLENCE DOWNTOWN IN AUSTIN, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO TARGET. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE AREA THAT YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON AND NOT THE AREA OF ACTUALLY TRYING TO BAN A OURS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. AND THAT'S A WASTE OF RESOURCES. I THINK THE RESOURCES, THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND ON TRYING TO PAY THE ARS, YOU ACTUALLY SHOULD USE THOSE RESOURCES AND THAT MONEY TO ACTUALLY GIVE RAISES TO THE CITY EMPLOYEES. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BETTER, UH, AREA THAT YOU CAN SPEND THAT MONEY ON DOING THAT RATHER THAN TRYING TO TRY TO BUY 10, EIGHT YARDS, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY. SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO COME DOWN, I CAN ACTUALLY BE GLAD TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE GUN LAWS AND WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE, UM, AND ACTUALLY BREAK SOME OF THIS DOWN FOR YOU. I WOULD LOVE TO EDUCATE THIS COUNCIL ON THE GUN LAWS WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN TEXAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU GUYS HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO PICK UP ON, UM, MR. CARGILL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. I, I DISAGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THE, THE POINT REGARDING AR UM, FIFTEENS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU RAISING THE OTHER ISSUE. SO HAD WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THE ITEMS ON CONSENT. I WAS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT ONE ELEMENT OF THE RESOLUTION I BROUGHT FORWARD THAT, UH, DEALT WITH BOTH HALO CAMERAS, BUT ALSO TALKED ABOUT LOOKING INTO WHETHER OR NOT THE BUSINESS OWNERS ON SIXTH STREET WERE INTERESTED IN USING ONES AND MR. CARGILL HIGHLIGHTED SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT AS WE CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT SIXTH STREET. AND THAT IS THAT SOME OF, SOME OF THE BARS DID CONVERT TO BEING RESTAURANTS DURING THE PANDEMIC. AND THAT MEANS THAT INDIVIDUALS UNDER TEXAS LAW, UM, ARE, DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNFORTUNATELY, TO BRING, UM, HANDGUNS INTO THOSE LOCATIONS. AND I, THE MORE ENCOURAGEMENT WE CAN DO AMONG THAT, THAT BODY OF BUSINESS OWNERS TO CONVERT BACK TO BEING BARS. I THINK THE MORE, YOU KNOW, THE MORE ABILITY WE HAVE TO, OR THEY WOULD HAVE TO ENFORCE AGAINST HAVING HANDGUNS ON AREAS WHERE, WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF DRINKING GOING ON, SHANA LEA LEVY ON ITEM 91. UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YES, YES. OKAY. UM, HI, MY NAME IS SHANNA LEE. I'M A STUDENT LEADER WITH MARCH FOR OUR LIVES AUSTIN. UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR AND THE CO-SPONSORS FOR THIS INITIATIVE TO PREVENT ACCESS TO SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPONS IN AUSTIN. UM, WE HAVE MARCH FOR OUR LIVES BELIEVE THAT THIS IS VERY CRUCIAL AT THE PACK GUN VIOLENCE, FRENCH AND METRIC MEASURES, UM, TO PREVENT TRAGEDIES AND GUNS AND GUN VIOLENCE AND AUSTIN. AND WE HOPE THAT THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP, UM, IN REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE HOPE TO SEE MORE INITIATIVES LIKE THIS. THANK YOU, MARY CHISHOLM'S SPEAKING ON 92, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, THANK THIS LEVY FOR SPEAKING UP AND THE ADVOCACY THAT SHE AND HER FELLOW STUDENTS ARE DOING THROUGH MARCH FOR OUR LIVES. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR SCHOOLS AS MUCH AS IT IS ABOUT, UM, SIXTH STREET. AND SO THANK YOU, UM, FOR SPEAKING UP, WE NEED YOUR VOICES, UM, TO MAKE THIS CHANGE. THANK YOU, [02:10:02] MARY CHISM ON ITEM 92. YES. MY NAME IS MARY CHISHOLM. I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND, UM, I SUPPORT THE DELAY ON ITEM 92 UNTIL THE BUDGET PROCESS IS DECIDED BECAUSE, UM, THE LICENSE PLATE READERS ARE, UM, UH, LAST MINUTE ITEM AGENDA AND IT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED MORE BECAUSE INFORMATION IS POOLED INTO EXPANSIVE SHARING SYSTEMS. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT ANONYMOUS DATABASES, INNOCENT MOTORISTS LOCATION INFORMATION ARE GROWING RAPIDLY. THE INFORMATION IS OFTEN RETAINED FOR YEARS, GRIEVING INDEFINITELY WITH FEW OR NO RESTRICTIONS TO PROTECT PRIVACY RIGHTS ON A LAST REPORT IN 2020, THE AUSTIN REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER AGENCY SHARED ITS DETECTION DATA WITH 31 OUTSIDE AGENCIES AND COLLECTED DATA FROM 236 AGENCIES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING ICE WITH PUBLIC AGENCIES, SEEKING TO COLLECT LICENSE PLATE READERS, UM, DATA FOR USES SUCH AS DEPORTATION AND DETAINMENT OF IMMIGRANTS. THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT THE INFORMATION BEING COLLECTED MAY BE INTENTIONALLY IN THE CASE OF APD SHARING OF DATA WITH ICE OR UNINTENTIONALLY SHARED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THANK YOU, SPEAKER YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. SPEAKING ON ITEM 92. HI, MY NAME IS AT DISTRICT SIX AND ALSO THE POLICY ANALYST, THE CERTIFIED PROJECT. I'M I HERE SPEAKING OPPOSITION TO ITEM 92 AND IN SUPPORT OF A DELAY OF THE TEXAS FREE DEFENSE PROJECTS, WE FIGHT TO END THE PROLIFERATION OF POVERTY IN TEXAS, AND WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE USE OF ALP ARE THERE CRIMINALIZES POVERTY THROUGH MASTER VALENCE AND THE USE OF INTRUSIVE DATABASES FOR WARRANTS OR FAILURE TO PAY FINES AND FEES AND TICKETS. AND I THINK IF AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO REINSTATE AOPR AS OUR CLIENTS IN THE GREATER COMMUNITY THAT WE WORK WITH ARE JUST AT GREAT RISK OF BEING TARGETED, ATTRACTING, FOLLOWED, AND AS A MEMBER ORGANIZATION OF THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE. WE JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT ONE OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO REDUCE AND DECOMMISSIONED SURVEILLANCE STRUCTURES AND TACTICS, AND BY REAUTHORIZING THEM, UM, THREE ARRESTS CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITHOUT MUCH NOTICE THE CITY IS REALLY BACKTRACKING ON THE SUCCESS OF FORMER TASKFORCE, RECOMMENDATION, ADOPTION, AND DILUTING A COMMUNITY VOICE AS WELL. SO I JUST STRONGLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT A DELAY ON ITEM, MIND YOU TO FOR OUR FULLER CONVERSATION AND FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PHILIP LAUDER BUCK ON ITEM 95. HI. HELLO, THIS IS PHILLIP LOGGER BASS, AND Y'ALL HEAR ME PLEASE PROCEED. OKAY, THANKS. SO I'M CALM TO TALK ON ITEM NUMBER 95, UH, REGARDING THE HISTORIC DISTRICT ON SIXTH STREET. UM, MORE THAN ANYTHING. UH, I JUST, I HAD, SO I WORKED FOR AN INVESTMENT FIRM THAT HAS OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE SPARKER BUILDING, THE LITTLE FIELD BUILDING, THE DRISCOLL, THE LITTLE FIELD GARAGE AND A COUPLE OTHER ADJACENT PROPERTIES. UM, JUST MORE THAN ANYTHING. UM, I WAS TAKEN BACK BY THIS RESOLUTION AND THE LACK OF NOTICE PROVIDED, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN SOME NOTIFICATION AND JUST IN GENERAL, SOME MORE INFORMATION. SO MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT FEELS INCREDIBLY UNINFORMED AND, AND THAT I DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO GET INFORMED. UM, SIXTH STREET, IT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION, BUT I WORKED AT THE LITTLEFIELD BUILDING COME HERE EVERY DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK AND SIXTH STREET IS IT'S ALREADY, UH, IT'S, IT'S A DIFFICULT STREET RIGHT NOW, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS. SO I, I PERSONALLY DO NOT THINK MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONING WOULD DO IT ANY FAVORS, BUT MORE THAN THAT, I'M JUST TAKEN ABACK BY HOW QUICKLY AND HOW UNINFORMED I FEEL AS A PROPERTY ON OR ON SIXTH STREET. SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TIME. AND THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY, SEAN CIRCLE ON ITEM 95. YEAH. SO MY NAME IS SEAN CIRCULON. I'M A PROPERTY OWNER ON SIXTH STREET, AS WELL AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PECAN STREET OWNERS ASSOCIATION. AND WE SENT A LETTER TO, UM, ALL OF Y'ALL YESTERDAY, UM, AS AN ORGANIZATION AND A PROPERTY OWNER [02:15:01] WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY FOR OR AGAINST THE AGENDA ITEM 95, UH, WITH OUR, ANY NOTIFICATION, UM, TO ANY CODE CHANGES TO ANY DISTRICTS OR FOR ANY IMPACTS, UM, TO WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR PROPERTY OWNERSHIP GROUP. WE ARE ASKING FOR A PAUSE. SO THERE CAN BE INADEQUATE TIME FOR SHARING ALL OF THE INFORMATION WITH OUR OWNERSHIP, UM, AS WELL AS INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH PROPERTY OWNERS. SO EVERYBODY CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE AND COMMUNICATE EITHER THEIR SUPPORT OR AGAINST THE MEASURE. BUT WITH THE LACK OF INFORMATION THERE, HASN'T BEEN ADEQUATE TIME FOR ANY DIALOGUE TO TAKE PLACE. AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT DIALOGUE TO TAKE PLACE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KATIE. MCNIFF ON ITEM 50. MY NAME IS KATIE MCNUTTS AND I'VE BEEN A FIELD MEDIC FOR AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, EMS AND EAST AUSTIN. FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS. I STARTED MY CAREER IN EMS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE I'M CURRENTLY IN PARAMEDIC SCHOOL AND APPLYING FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDIC POSITION, ORDER TO FURTHER MY GOAL OF SERVING THE PEOPLE I SPEAK TO YOU TODAY WITH ONLY ONE THOUGHT OF MY MIND, HOW DISHEARTENED I AM GOING TO SCHOOL IS TAKING UP MY FREE TIME AND PLUNGING MY FAMILY INTO DEBT. I CAN'T AFFORD RISING COSTS WITHOUT WORKING OVERTIME. I CAN'T AFFORD MY HUSBAND'S MEDICAL BILLS WITHOUT WORKING OVERTIME. I CAN'T EVEN AFFORD GROCERIES WITHOUT WORKING OVERTIME. I'M A GROWN WOMAN WORKING IN A FIELD I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND I HAVE TO FOR HANDOUTS AND EMBARRASSED, I'M FEARFUL. I'M DISHEARTENED. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE EMS. I DON'T WANT TO STOP SERVING THE PEOPLE, BUT I ALSO CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO TELL MY NINE YEAR OLD THAT I'M HAVING TROUBLE AFFORDING A BIRTHDAY PRESENT. AND I DO NOT SAY THESE THINGS LIGHTLY OR WITH PRIDE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES ALL, UM, COLLINS SPEAKERS, BUT WE DO HAVE AN IN-PERSON RODNEY SUTTON SPEAKING ON ITEMS 52, 3, 4, AND FIVE. GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. UH, MY NAME IS RODNEY SUTTON AND UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT. UM, I AM A CENTRAL WORKER. I PICK UP TRASH FOR THE WHOLE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. I PICK UP THIS CHAZ WOULD COUGH CAUSE FOR US TO HAVE A RAISE. UM, HALF OF OUR TRUCKS DON'T HAVE AC AND IT'S 120, 130 DEGREES IN THOSE TRUCKS SOMETIMES. SO IT BECOMES VERY HARD. I'M A SINGLE DAD. I TAKE CARE OF MY SON. I LIVE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, BUT TEXAS WORKFORCE SUBMISSION DAYCARE WON'T PAY FOR ME BECAUSE I BOUGHT A HOME IN AUSTIN, BUT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SKIRT. SO I DON'T FIT IN THE JURISDICTION. SO I'M STRUGGLING AS A DAD AND I GOT TO TAKE CARE OF MY SON. I GOTTA FEED THEM, GOT TO CLOSE THEM AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME. UM, AND I HAVE TO WORK EXTRA HOURS, EXTRA DAYS. UM, I HAVE TO WORK EXTRA DAYS, WHICH CAUSES ME TO HAVE TO PAY MORE IN DAYCARE. SO I'M LOSING ON BOTH ENDS BECAUSE THE MORE I WORK, THE MORE MONEY THEY TAKE OUT OF MY CHECK. SO I'M NOT BENEFITED FROM THIS AT ALL. AND I LOVE MY JOB. AUSTIN GAVE ME A CHANCE TO MAKE IT AND I'M MAKING IT. BUT NOW WHEN THE PRICES AND STUFF STARTED TO ELEVATE, I PAID SEX DATA SAYING WE'RE LOSING AS ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND I'M WORKING IN AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY. AND I PROBABLY CAN SPEAK FOR HALF THE GUYS ON THERE. THIS IS NOT FAIR. WE ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. WE DESERVE TO BE TREATED LIKE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT, BUT THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THAT? UH, WE DIDN'T CALL THEM BEFORE WE MOVE OFF SPEAKERS, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF CITY EMPLOYEES, THE SPOKE AND THE TRAUMA THAT WAS SHARED WITH US BEFORE WE GO ON, I JUST WANT TO TAKE JUST A QUICK MOMENT TO SAY, AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HEARD TODAY, THE STORIES OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, STORIES OF PEOPLE'S LIVES. AND AS WE LISTENED TO OUR NEIGHBORS, WE ALL SAW THE SADNESS IN THEIR EYES AND HEARD THE DESPERATION IN THEIR VOICES. UM, I THINK COLLECTIVELY ON THIS DIOCESE, UH, WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DO BETTER AND WE NEED TO DO BETTER AND, AND WE'LL DO BETTER AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. UM, BRAD JUST WANTED US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE AUTHENTICITY AND THE TRANSPARENCY THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE GRANTED TO US TODAY. UH, TO SAY [02:20:01] THAT WE HEAR YOU, WE TRUST YOU AND THAT WE WILL DO OUR PART TO CARRY THIS CHART, THIS TORCH FOR THOSE WHO, WHO WORK TIRELESSLY AND COMPASSIONATELY TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. I WILL SPEAK ABOUT THIS ISSUE LATER WHEN WE GET INTO SPEAKING ON ITEMS, COLLEAGUES, IT IS ALMOST 1230. WE HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC, UM, UH, COMMUNICATIONS. IT'D BE MY INTENT TO CALL THEM NOW SO THAT THEY CAN SPEAK. UM, THEY WOULD THEIR THREE MINUTES. IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABOUT 25 MINUTES. SO IT'S GOING TO BE SHORTLY BEFORE ONE. O'CLOCK WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE, WE TAKE A HALF AN HOUR BREAK AT THAT POINT AND WE COME BACK AT ONE 30 HERE TO TAKE CARE OF THE CONSENT. UM, AND WE HAVE MUSIC THAT'S RIGHT. UM, BUT I'M GONNA, I'LL DO THE MUSIC. UM, OR WE COME BACK HERE AND SEE IF WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. LET STAFF GO. BEFORE WE TAKE THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT TWO O'CLOCK ON THE TWO O'CLOCK CALL CATHERINE OUR KITCHEN, UH, MAYOR, THAT, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. I WOULD SUGGEST UNLESS YOU'RE THINKING THAT IT'LL TAKE TOO LONG. OH, I WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE WE COULD DO CONSENT BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH. UH, BUT AGAIN, YOUR CALL OF COURSE, ON HOW MUCH TIME YOU THINK THAT MIGHT THAT'S WAY, IT NEVER MOVES QUITE THAT FAST. AND THAT WILL HAVE US HERE ONE 30 POTENTIALLY WITHOUT HAVING HAD LUNCH. I WANT TO AVOID DOING THAT. YOU GUYS WANT TO THROW HOME, MAY I THINK I PASSED YOU A NOTE ABOUT THIS EARLIER, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STAFF WHO MIGHT BE, UH, FOLLOWING THIS ITEM KNOW THAT MY INTENT IN PULLING FORWARD WAS TO POSTPONE IT. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE STAFF DON'T HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. SO I DON'T, I DON'T INTEND TO TALK ABOUT FOR TODAY AND IF I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO NUMBER FOUR BEING POSTPONED, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THEN THE FOUR WILL BE POSTPONED ON THE CONSENT AND STAFF CAN, UH, KEN, KEN, KEN LEAVE AND MAYOR. AND WHEN ONE MORE THING YOU REALLY EXPRESSED, WELL, I THINK WHAT WAS IN MY HEART AS WELL, BUT I DID WANT TO SPECIFICALLY ASK OUR MANAGER TO FOLLOW UP ON, ON THE LAST SPEAKER'S POINT ABOUT THE GARBAGE TRUCKS. UM, I'M SUPER CONCERNED TO HEAR THAT THAT A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE AC. UM, IF YOU COULD KIND OF LOOK INTO THAT AND GET BACK TO, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S CRITICAL, CRITICAL IN THIS HEAT FOR THAT KIND OF WORK ENDS AND OUTS, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT AND SAYS IT'LL, THEY'LL LOOK INTO THAT. YEAH. IT'S KIND OF R KELLY. YEAH. UM, THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION IF IT'S OKAY. NOW I'D LIKE TO SAY WHAT I'M VOTING. NO ONE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THAT OKAY? NO, CAUSE WE HAVEN'T CALLED THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT WE WILL DO THAT AT ONE 30. OKAY. AND THEN SEE WHERE YOU TAKE CARE OF THE CONSENT AND LET PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK. UH, BEFORE WE CALL THE SPEAKERS OF TWO O'CLOCK OR AS CLOSE TO THAT, AS WE CAN GET, I'M GOING TO CALL THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION SPEAKERS BEGINNING WITH SUSANA ALMANZA YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M SUSANA AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MARCH THE 28TH, SEVEN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS PRESENTED A LETTER TO PROJECT CONNECT, A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, ASKING HIM AND TALKING ABOUT LOWERING THE, UH, THE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS, UH, FOR THE PROJECT CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY ACQUISITION PROGRAM, BECAUSE AS IT IS NOW, THEY WERE INITIALLY LOOKING AT 60% MFI FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR, WHICH IS $66,180. AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, UH, WE SHOULD NOT BE USING GENTRIFICATION NUMBERS. UH, FOR INSTANCE, THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FROM ON TOP IS, IS DIFFERENT FROM THE MFI FOR TRAVIS COUNTY, ACCORDING TO 2019 AMERICA COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA, THE PER CAPITA INCOME FROM ON TOP AS IS $20,859. AND THE MEDIUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS 42,344. OVERALL THE POVERTY RATE IS 26.4%. OUR CHILDHOOD POVERTY RATE IS AT 30% AND THE POVERTY RATE FOR SENIORS, 65 AND OVER IS 32%, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION OF RENTAL HOUSING AS 60% MFI AND OWNERSHIP HOUSING AT 80% MFI WITH JEST EXACERBATE, THE DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION. THIS IS A VERY, VERY SERIOUS ISSUE BECAUSE WHEN, UH, RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE FROM CITY PASS A BOND, UH, FOR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, WE DID NOT SAY FURTHER GENTRIFY OUR COMMUNITIES, 60%, EVEN 50% WOULD FURTHER GENTRIFY OUR COMMUNITIES. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ONE MILE RADIUS WITHIN, UH, [02:25:01] THE PROJECT CONNECT THE RAIL SYSTEM. AND YET WE'RE USING NUMBERS FROM HUD WHEN THIS IS NOT EVEN FEDERAL MONEY. WHY ARE YOU USING STATUS QUO FIGURES FOR FEDERAL FUNDING WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING, WHICH I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE TO BEGIN WITH FROM 60 80, WHEN THIS IS NOT FEDERAL MONEY, AND WE CAN REACH A LOWER LEVEL OF HOUSING AVAILABLE, WHETHER WE CALL IT LOW-INCOME HOUSING OR FAIR HOUSING, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS HEAR IS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TEACHERS AND FIREMEN AND SO FORTH, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT THE EVERYDAY CUSTODIANS. UH, WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT THE CARETAKERS. WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT THE FAST FOOD SERVICE, ALL OF THESE OTHER THAN MAID SERVICE. WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT CHILDCARE AND THAT THEY NEED ALSO HOUSING, BUT HERE IS HIS MONEY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT AND WE'RE USING LEVELS THAT WILL DISPLACE SO MANY PEOPLE. AND I JUST GAVE US EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT WOULD HAPPEN IN, IN, UM, MONTOPOLIS, UH, AT THE CDC IN APRIL, ALSO PASSED A RESOLUTION TO LOWER THE LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY. SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT YOU WILL MOVE THAT FORWARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. THAT'S OUR KITCHEN. UH, IF YOU WOULD SHARE THAT WITH MY OFFICE, I'M VERY CONCERNED TO HEAR THAT AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW, THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS WERE, UM, IDENTIFIED SPECIFICALLY FOR GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, THAT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT AND SO ARE OUR STRATEGIES NEED TO BE GEARED SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE AREAS. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. AND THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ADRIAN. I SEE IT. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR. ON DECK IS A YOU'VE HAD CASTRO. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I MAJORED IN MS. HAYES WITH PUT AS YOUNG SCHOLARS FOR JUSTICE PROGRAM. UM, MAY YOU PLEASE PLAY THE VIDEO? JOIN PUDDLES, FAIR FARES EQUITY CAP JOIN PUDDLES, FAIR FARES EQUITY CAMPAIGN. THE FAIR FARES EQUITY CAMPAIGN WORKS TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PROJECT CONNECTS LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM EQUITY IN RAIL AND BUS FARES ENSURES ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. EQUITY MEANS THE SAME FAIRS AND THE SAME BENEFITS FOR ALL AUSTINITES TODAY. A DAY PASS FOR BUS SERVICE IS $2 AND 50 CENTS. WHILE A RAIL DAY PASS IS $7 A MONTH. BUS PASS IS $20. FOLLOW MONTHLY RAIL PASS IS $99. PROPOSED RAIL FARES WILL COST FIVE TIMES MORE THAN BUS FARES MAKING IT ECONOMICALLY INEQUITABLE FOR BUS RIDERS TO ACCESS RAIL SERVICE, THE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE RAIL FARE PRICE PERPETUATE RACE AND CLASS BASED DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THOSE WHO RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. AUSTINITES DESERVE A FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT LOW INCOME AND PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE FAIR ACCESS TO PROJECT CONNECTS LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM GET INVOLVED. JOIN FOR THIS FAIR FAIRS EQUITY CAMPAIGN TODAY SIGNED A PETITION@WWWDOTAUSTIN.ORG. CORTEZ YOUNG SCHOLARS FOR JOSEPH'S ARE WORKING FOR TRANSPORTATION EQUITY THAT OKAY, BUT AS YOUNG SCHOLARS FOR JUSTICE ARE WAITING FOR TRANSPORTATION EQUITY. THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE BUS TALKING TO BUS RIDERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT TWO NEW RAIL LINES AND THE COST TO RIDE THE RAIL CAM. METRO IS SPENDING OVER $7 BILLION TO CREATE A RAIL THAT WERE BRIDGE OVER VARIOUS AREAS OF US AND INCLUDING EAST AUSTIN AND AREA WITH REMAINING WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. HOWEVER, THE COST FOR THE DAILY PASS WILL BE $7. THIS IS EXTREMELY ON THE AFFORDABLE, ESPECIALLY IN COMPARISON TO THE $2 AND 50 CENTS FOR A DAILY BUS PASS. THE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE FAIR PRICE, PERPETUATES RACE AND CLASS BASED DISCRIMINATION, I GUESS WHO RELY ON THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE DAY-TO-DAY LIVES. [02:30:01] DWAYNE SHAY IS GATHERING POSITIONS TO COMBAT THESE AND JUSTICE VISIT POLARIS WEBSITE, PUT US IN.ORG AND SIGN THE PETITION FOR EQUITY TO WHY YOU STAY. WE'LL ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, VANESSA FERNANDEZ FOR SPEAKING TO OUR CLASS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, ABOUT THE CASTRO AND ON DECK IS A KLAUS TROP. OKAY. HELLO. MY NAME IS YVETTE GUSTA AND I'M ALSO WITH BAUDETTE. AND TODAY WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT SOLAR EQUITY CAMPAIGN NEXT, PLEASE. AS WE ALL MAY KNOW, AS WE ALL KNOW SOLAR ENERGY'S ENERGY HARNESS FROM THE SUN AND THE MOST COMMON TECHNOLOGY USED TO COLLECT THIS ENERGY IS PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL SALES AND SOLAR PANELS. NEXT, THERE ARE MANY ADVANTAGES TO USING SOLAR ENERGY. ONE IS THAT THERE IS LIMITED TO NO CO2 EMISSIONS, ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO FOSSIL FUELS. IF HOUSES OR BUSINESSES HAVE SOLAR PANELS, THEY WILL SEE A DECREASE IN THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS. THEY WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE REBATES, INCENTIVES AND TAX CREDITS. ANOTHER ADVANTAGE IS THAT HAVING SOLAR PANELS WILL PROMOTE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE. ALSO ONCE SOLAR PANELS ARE INSTALLED, THEY REQUIRE VERY LOW MAINTENANCE AND THERE'S LESS STRESS ON THE ELECTRIC GRID NEXT, PLEASE. MOST OF AUSTIN LACKS ACCESS TO SOLAR DUE TO THE STEEP UPFRONT COSTS AND THE FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO INSTALL THESE SOLAR PANELS. RENTERS ARE ALSO EXCLUDED FROM HAVING ACCESS TO SOLAR ENERGY. THOSE WHO WOULD BENEFIT THE MOST FROM SOLAR ENERGY ARE LEFT OUT OF AUSTIN SOLAR PROGRAM. NEXT PLEASE. WELL THAT HIS CAMPAIGN FOR SOLAR EQUITY WILL ENSURE THAT LOW INCOME AND PEOPLE OF COLOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES HAVE ACCESS TO SOLAR ENERGY. IT WILL ALSO HELP TO PUSH FIGHT FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES IN A SOLAR WORKFORCE FOR WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. NEXT OFTEN HAS A SOLAR REBATE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES A 2,500 REBATE AFTER INSTALLING THE SOLAR PANELS AND THE COMPLETION OF A FREE SHORT ONLINE COURSE THAT IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. BUT THERE ARE A FEW ISSUES SUCH AS STILL HAVING TO PAY A STEEP UPFRONT COSTS AND GETTING THE REBATE AFTERWARDS. AND MANY AUSTINITES WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM DO NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT NEXT, PLEASE. IN 2019 FOR THIS YOUNG SCHOLAR FOR JUSTICE, STUDENTS CONDUCTED A SOLAR EQUITY SURVEYS. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS A SOLAR REBATE PROGRAM? 67% 67.7% SAID NO. AND 32.3% SAID, YES, NEXT PLEASE. ANOTHER QUESTION WAS, DID YOU KNOW THAT AS A SOLAR PANEL CUSTOMER, YOU CAN EARN SOLAR CREDITS THAT REDUCES AND ELIMINATES YOUR ELECTRIC BILL. THEY'RE AT 58.3%. YES. SAID YES AND 41.7 SAID, NO NEXT, PLEASE. THIS OTHER WORKFORCE IS PRIMARILY FILLED WITH WHITE INDIVIDUALS AND MALES. THERE'S ALSO A HEAVY RELIANCE ON WORD OF MOUTH RECRUITMENT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A JOB IN THIS FIELD. MOST TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE EXPENSIVE AND MANY LOW INCOME AND PEOPLE OF COLOR DO NOT KNOW THAT SOLAR IS A VIABLE CAREER OPTION NEXT, PLEASE. SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? WE MUST GIVE COMMUNITIES THE INFORMATION ABOUT AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMS FOR AFFORDABLE SOLAR. WE MUST ALSO ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND AUSTIN ENERGY TO LOWER UPFRONT COSTS OF SOLAR PANELS AND REMOVE OTHER FINANCIAL BARRIERS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ALSO HAVE AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR A CAREER IN SOLAR. SO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. WE CAN ALSO CREATE A PILOT PROJECT FOR SOLAR PANELS AND THE MONTOPOLIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. AFTER MR. SCHWAB SPEAKS, THEN IT'S UH, UH, RON COMO. HELLO, CITY OF AUSTAN. IT IS YOUR FAVORITE ORLA. DROCK KLAUS SCHWAB, JR. I MAKE BANKINGS FOR LIVING. I WANT TO OF THIS COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HERE HAS THE MORTGAGE, WHO HERE HAS THE MORTGAGE. THIS IS GREAT FOR US. GREAT FOR US TO CHARGE INTEREST IN THE PONZI SCHEME. VERY GOOD FOR US. UM, WE, UH, HERE AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, WE'D LIKE TO, WE'VE NOTICED THAT IT IS NOW TOO IN AMERICA TO OWN THE PEASANTS SPOT. SO WE START MULTI-GENERATIONAL PLAN TO MIXES ON THAT FAIREST. WE START WITH AGRICULTURE. IT USED TO BE THAT THE FARMER WOULD MAKE AGGREGATIONS OF NATURAL AGGREGATIONS OF WHAT GOD HAS CREATED. THIS IS AGRICULTURE OWNED. WE [02:35:01] SAY FOR YEARS, WELL, WHAT IF WE MAKE A TOMATO GENETICALLY MODIFIED WITH THE PATENT ON THE JUDGE SAY, NO, YOU CANNOT MAKE SIS. GOD MAY SAY TOMATO. SO THEN WE BRIBES THE JUDGES AND KILLS THE JUDGES FOR YEARS OF GENERATIONS. AND THEN WE CHANGE THE TOMATO ON, WE SAY, OH, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE STARVING. WE NEED TO MIXES ON SAY, THEY SAY, OKAY, YOU CAN MAKE THE TOMATO GENETICALLY MODIFIED ON DAD'S. AS SOON AS WE GOT SAT, ROSS RULE, WE MADE ZACH MRNS JOB TOWARD CHANGE THE DNA OF THE PEASANTS SO THAT LEGALLY WE CAN ON THEM BY CHANGING THEM FOR THE PATTERNS. SO THANK YOU. THIS IS HAPPENING AT SAVAL ECONOMIC FORUM, WWW DOT DOT ORG THINGS. I JUST GOT BACK FROM DAVOS ON. WOW. A LOT OF MEETINGS, A LOT OF PARITIES, I WILL SAY CHRISTINE LAGARDE IS CRAZY. SHE PARTIES A LITTLE TOO MUCH. UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS EVERYONE'S FAVORITE ORDER. JOCK, KLAUS. SCHWAB, JR. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER, RODNEY COMO. AND THEN AFTER RON IT'S PAUL ROBBINS ON DECK. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU. I FLEW IN FROM EL PASO TODAY. I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE IN YOUR BACKYARD. THESE ARE SHELTER REPORTS FROM EL PASO ANIMAL SERVICES. WE HAD THE HAAS PROGRAM FOR TWO YEARS, AUSTIN PETS, ALIVE HAAS PROGRAM. THAT IS A COMPLETE DISASTER. WE ARE NOW SITTING AT OUR SHELTER END OF MONTH COUNTS IN 2019. WHEN WE WERE ALMOST NO KILL ON A PLANET, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH AUSTIN PETS ALIVE. AT THE END OF THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2019, WE HAD 10 54 COUNT JANUARY 22. WE ARE NOW AT 25 42. THESE THINGS HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU LEAVE ON ALTERED UNVACCINATED STRAYS ON THE STREET TO REPRODUCE. SO WE ENDED UP WITH MORE STRAYS AND MORE DISEASE, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING IN EL PASO RIGHT NOW, FEBRUARY OF 19 9, 76, FEBRUARY OF 22, AGAIN, 25 42, WE HAD A DIFFERENCE OF 1,566 MARCH. WE HAD A DIFFERENCE OF 1,294 MORE PETS AT THE END OF THE MONTH IN OUR REPORTS, APRIL 995 MORE IN OUR SHELTER DESIGNED FOR THREE 50 TO FOUR 50, WE'RE RUNNING 28 94 IN APRIL COME, MAY WE JUMPED TO 33 87 AND A SHELTER DESIGNED FOR THREE 50 TO FOUR 50. THESE ADDITIONAL STRAYS WERE CAUSED BY AUSTIN PETS, ALIVE PROGRAM, LEAVING UNALTERED, STRAYS, AND UNVACCINATED STRAYS ON OUR STREETS. THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE HAAS PROGRAM, THE PEOPLE OF EL PASO HAVE SPOKEN LOUD, BUT THE CITY'S NOT LISTENING. WE HAD THIRTY SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO LESS DOGS GO OUT THE FRONT DOOR. AND THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 22 THAN WE DID ON 20 19, 20 19, WE HAD A REAL, NO KILL PLAN. WE WERE BORDERLINE. WE GOING TO BE NO KILL. IF WE HAD CONTINUED, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NO KILLED BY 2020 WITH THE WAY WE WERE MOVING FORWARD. WE ARE NOW IN A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE SO FAR BEHIND, NO KILL. WE ARE BACK TO WHERE WE WERE IN 2016 BECAUSE OF AUSTIN PETS, ALIVE HAAS PROGRAM, COMMUNITY SHELTERING DOESN'T WORK MANAGED SHELTERING DOES NOT WORK. IT'S THE SAME THING WITH A DIFFERENT NAME. THEY'RE LEAVING UNALTERED, UNVACCINATED STRAYS. WE ARE NOW DEALING. I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH DOGS THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE PARVO AND DISTEMPER. SAME THANK YOU FOR COMING. WHEN SOMEBODY LIKED THE REPORTS THAT THEY CAN VERIFY EVERYTHING I JUST TOLD YOU IS TRUE. I, I PERSONALLY MAKE SURE I HAVE PROVED BEFORE I OPENED MY MOUTH. IF YOU'D LIKE TO, YOU CAN LEAVE THEM WITH THE CLERK. OKAY. MR. ROBBINS AND DEBBIE, UH, RAMIRO WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER. WE'LL DO MUSIC AND TAKE A RECESS WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THE SPEAKER COUNSEL. UM, [02:40:01] GOOD AFTERNOON. ANYONE FOLLOWING MY SPEECHES OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS KNOWS THAT I'D PROTESTED THE CITY'S WITHHOLDING OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE BROKEN CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE RUN BY AUSTIN ENERGY IN SUMMARY. UH, EVEN AS I PROVED REPEATEDLY OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS THAT THE PROGRAM IS GIVING SOME OF THE MONEY TO THE WRONG PEOPLE, UH, INCLUDING PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN MANSIONS. UH, UH, AND EVEN THOUGH THIS WORK HAS SAVED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THE BUREAUCRACY IS INTENT ON HIDING INFORMATION THAT WAS FORMERLY PUBLIC. UH, I GUESS SHOWING PHOTOS OF MANSON'S TO COUNCIL, UH, AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF WEALTHY PEOPLE RECEIVING MONEY MEANT FOR THE POOR IS SOMEWHAT EMBARRASSING. UH, I HAVE TWO NEW POINTS I WANT TO BRING TO THE MEETING TODAY. FIRST, AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF NOT GETTING AN ANSWER FROM THE CITY, I RECEIVED ONE JUST THIS MORNING, BASICALLY THEY BLAMED YOU COUNSEL. UH, COULD YOU SLIP THE SLIDE? UH, THIS IS THE REPLY THAT I GOT. THERE IS NO LANGUAGE IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA PROVIDING DIRECTION TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS OFFICE STAFF, TO OPPOSE EFFORTS, TO REDACT INFORMATION RELATING TO THE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. NOW, I GUESS IF THEY HAD ACTUALLY POINTED OUT TO COUNCIL WHAT THE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL WOULD DO, IT MIGHT REALLY BE YOUR FAULT, BUT I DON'T KNOW OF ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION THAT DID THIS. AND IF I AM IN ERROR, PLEASE INFORM ME. THE SECOND POINT THAT I WANT TO BRING UP IS I'M ASKING THE CITY TO HIRE ME. IF YOU PAY ME THE GRAND SUM OF $1 A YEAR, I WOULD BE A CITY EMPLOYEE AND ALLOWED TO SEE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM DATA THAT IS BEING HIDDEN. I CAN CONTINUE TO DO MY ANALYSIS THAT WOULD SAVE MONEY. UH, THAT WAS MEANT FOR THE POOR. UH, THIS WOULD ALSO ALLOW ME TO GATHER EVIDENCE THAT TO SOME DEGREE CAN BE USED IN THE AUSTIN ENERGY RATE CASE IN WHICH I AM A REGISTERED INTERVENER IN CLOSING, THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF PRESSING ISSUES I WOULD PREFER TO SPEAK ON CONCERNING AUSTIN ENERGY, RATHER THAN THIS, THEY INCLUDE THE RADICAL RESTRUCTURING OF THE RESIDENTIAL RATES TO MAKE SERVICE IN ACCESSIBLE TO LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE, THE UTILITIES, GROWING HOSTILITY TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RELUCTANCE TO ENGAGE LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS OPPOSITION. UH, INSTEAD I'M CONTINUING HAVE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE. I DO APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION DOLLAR A YEAR. DEBBIE RAMIREZ RAMIRO. NO. ALRIGHT. KALI'S I THINK THAT'S ALL OF THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE. SO HERE AT 1251, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A RECESS. WE'RE GOING TO DO MUSIC, SUGGEST YOU GRAB SOMETHING FOR LUNCH. IT'S A TREE. IF WE CAN GET BACK HERE DOWN AT ONE 30 AND SEE IF WE CAN KNOCK OUT THE CONSENT, UH, BEFORE WE DO SPEAKERS AT TWO O'CLOCK, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN RECESS TILL ONE 30 PART OF A, OF A CITY COUNCIL THAT HE AND AUSTIN BREAKS EVERY MEETING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BRING A LOUD LITTLE LIVE MUSIC INTO THIS PLACE. UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MUSIC WAS WHY BACK IN THE, IN THE SEVENTIES WHEN I PASS THROUGH THIS TOWN, BUT NO INTENTION OF STAYING, I ENDED UP GETTING CAUGHT AND MY STORY IS NOT SINGULAR. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT ARE HERE IN PART BECAUSE OF THAT MUSIC CAPTURED HERE AND IT REPRESENTS REALLY THE SOUL AND, UH, AND THE CULTURE OF THIS CITY. AS WE HEARD IN THE TESTIMONY THIS MORNING, IT'S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER FOR EVERYBODY TO BE HERE. THAT INCLUDES THE WORKERS WE HEARD FROM EVERYONE INCLUDES THE ARTISTS THAT, THAT PLAY TYING. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT WE CELEBRATE [02:45:01] MUSIC AND BRING THAT SOUND INTO THIS SPACE. THIS IS AS CLOSE AS WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO INVITE PEOPLE UP TO THE STAGE AT CARNEGIE HALL KIND OF LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE CARNEGIE HALL, BUT NOT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT. UH, AND, AND TODAY WE HAVE JUST HAVE A REAL, REAL, REAL TREAT, UH, FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING THIS AND SEEING THIS AND IT'S BEING RECORDED. IF PEOPLE SEE IT LATER, UM, MS. BACK AND THE DADDIES OUT OF AUSTIN, TEXAS ARE, ARE A CLASS ACT BRINGING SOUL BACK WITH INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS BACKING UP ONE OF THE SINGULARLY GREATEST POWERHOUSE OF VOICES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TODAY. IT'S NO WONDER THAT AS A FLEDGLING GROUP STILL WORKING ON PRODUCING THEIR, THEIR FIRST DEBUT ALBUM, THEY WERE PERSONALLY ASKED TO OPEN UP FOR THE ICONIC LEGENDARY JOHN REDEFINE AND GRAMMY AWARD WINNING MUSIC GROUP. COOL IN THE GAME HERE IN, UH, AUSTIN IN THE SPRING OF 2020, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU GUYS RAN INTO COVID, YOU KNOW, JUST VENDORS SHOULD HAVE BEEN LAUNCHING. UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING PAST THAT. NOW THERE IS NO DOUBT, BUT THAT, UH, THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO BE RELEASING ONE FANTASTIC COMPILATION OF MIND, BOGGLING TALENT, UH, AS, AS, AS THEY BREATHE NEW AND ENERGIZED LIFE INTO A COMMUNITY IS SEEN, UH, JOHN RHE, I GUESS AT LEAST ONE, AND THEN INDUSTRY READY AND WAITING FOR THAT ULTIMATE COMMON COMBINATION, A UNIQUELY POWERFUL NEW VOICE AND CAPSULATED BY A TALENTED FEMALE LEADER WITH MASTERFUL STAGE PRESENCE, OR CLEARLY DEFINED VISION SUPPORTED AND COPACETIC CONGRUENCE BY IN, IN COMPARABLY EXCEPTIONAL, EXCEPTIONAL MUSICIANSHIP, A REAL TREAT FOR US. WE'LL TALK AGAIN IN A SECOND, BUT THE STAGE IS YOURS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS NEXT SONG, OR THIS ONLY SONG YOU GET TODAY IS DADDY ISSUES. IT'S A NEW SINGLE, WE JUST RELEASED A DAY. SO EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU AS A MAYOR, ADLER MENTIONED, I AM MISS MAC. THESE ARE THE DADDIES. SHOULD WE DO THIS THING? I GOT THIS ONE. DADDY, YOU SEE WHEN [02:51:04] MS. MACK AND THE DADDY'S RILED. THAT WAS GREAT. I MEAN, TELL ME, TELL ME WHAT AUSTIN CITY LIMITS HAS ON AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. I MEAN, SO, SO, SO THAT WAS, THAT'S A NEW RELEASE. IF PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT, HOW DID THEY GET THAT? THEY WOULD GO TO OUR WEBSITE, WWW MACK, DADDY, MUSIC.COM. THAT'S NAC K D A D D Y MUSIC.COM. THERE YOU FIND THE SOCIALS AND I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT A POP UP. SO YOU'RE NOT THAT I'M ASSESSING FIRST THING YOU SEE. OKAY, COOL. AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO COME SEE YOU PLAY LIVE, WHAT WOULD THEY DO? I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD PROBABLY COME NEXT WEEK TO ANTONE'S THEY'RE DOING THEIR SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE OPENING UP FOR LEO NOTICE AND TELL HIM OF THE MURDER. VERY COOL. VERY COOL. UM, WHAT IS THE RULE FOR MS. MACK AND DADDIES? YOU GOTTA BE AUTHENTICALLY YOU TODAY AND EVERYDAY, ESPECIALLY TO THEM. HI. SO LET'S MAKE THE DAY REALLY SPECIAL HERE. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION BEING KNOWN THAT WE'RE AS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS IS BLESSED WITH MANY CREATIVE MUSICIANS WHOSE TALENT EXTENDS TO VIRTUALLY EVERY MUSICAL GENRE. AND WHEREAS OUR MUSIC SCENE THRIVES BECAUSE AUSTIN AUDIENCES SUPPORT GOOD MUSIC PRODUCED BY LEGENDS, OUR LOCAL FAVORITES AND NEWCOMERS ALIKE. AND WHEREAS WE ARE PLEASED TO SHOWCASE AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ARTISTS. NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVE ADLER, MAYOR OF THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL TOGETHER WITH MY, MY COLLEAGUES, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, NATASHA HARPER, MADISON, AND A CHEETO VELA, AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 16TH OF THE YEAR, 2022 AS MS. BACK AND THE DADDY'S DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. CONGRATULATIONS, WE DON'T USUALLY DO THIS, BUT WHEN THE MAYOR ASKS YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, YOU SAY SOMETHING. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU HERE IN THE COMMUNITY IN AUSTIN THAT CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC, WHETHER YOU'RE PLAYING MUSIC, OR MAYBE YOU'RE JUST SUPPORTING OTHER ARTISTS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU DO THAT. WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO BE AS CREATIVE AS WE CAN BE TO HELP ONE ANOTHER THROUGH SOME REALLY TOUGH TIMES THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING LATELY SO LONG LIVE LIVE MUSIC [02:55:14] TODAY IS STILL, UH, JUNE 16TH, 2020. UH, THE [Consent Agenda] CONSENT AGENDA COLLEAGUES IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 61 AND 82 THROUGH 97. THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED BEST AS I CAN TELL ARE 4 48, UH, 88 91 92 AND 95 SHOULD BE NOTED THAT, UH, 42, UH, HAS A URGENT MEAN 52 BROTHER HAS A VERSION V2 THAT'S ON THE, UH, CONSENT, UH, AGENDA. AND A FOUR IS PUT BACK ON CONSENT, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE POSTPONING THAT UNTIL THE 28TH AND YES, 51. I'D LIKE TO PULL 51 51 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS GUY. WE'LL PULL THAT 1 51. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT? WOULD YOU PUT THAT AGAIN? UM, I DON'T WANT TO PULL THE ITEM, BUT I DO WANT TO OFFER ADDITIONAL DIRECTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 90. OKAY. UM, SO, UH, BEFORE WE VOTE ON CONSENT, I'D LIKE TO ADD STAFF DIRECTION TO ITEM NUMBER 90. UM, THAT'S THE ONE THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD THAT WOULD LEAD TO A NEW INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH AISD TO ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE FREE WIFI, UM, AROUND ITS CAMPUSES, BY FOR STAFF TO BRING THE DRAFT ILA TO OUR COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPEALS. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THAT DIRECTION BEING INCLUDED, HEARING NONE THAT DIRECTIONS INCLUDED AS PART OF 90 AS R KELLY? YES. UM, THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION. I'D LIKE THE RECORD TO REFLECT A NO VOTE ON ITEMS 34 39 AND 86. I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS WITH REGARDS TO 34 AND 39 THAT WEREN'T RESOLVED AT THE TIME OF OUR VOTE AND IN THE INTEREST OF NOT PULLING THESE ITEMS, I'LL JUST VOTE. NO. AND THEN AS FOR MY RESOLUTION, THE ONE RELATED TO LICENSE PLATE READERS, ITEM NUMBER 92, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TOOL FOR OUR OFFICERS TO UTILIZE. I'D LIKE TO OFFER, TO POSTPONE THE ITEM UNTIL OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING JULY 28TH, IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR MORE DISCUSSIONS TO BE HAD IN THE COMMUNITY RELATED TO THE ITEM. MY COMMITMENT IS, AND WILL FOREVER BE TO THOSE THAT RISK THEIR LIVES EACH DAY TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE. BUT I ALSO WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS TOOL IS GOING TO BE UTILIZED. OKAY. AND, AND, AND TO CONSIDER THIS AS PART OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'LL BE THROWN OFF ON THE 28TH BECAUSE I THINK WE'LL HAVE THE BUDGET AT THAT POINT. WE MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE DECIDING, SO IT MAY BE POSTPONED FOR AN ADDITIONAL WEEK OR TWO AS PART OF THE BUDGET CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PICK IT UP IN THAT PROCESS. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? SO THAT WILL STAY THAT WAY ON THE, UH, UH, AGENDA ON CONSENT. SO 92 STAYS ON, THANK YOU FOR THAT BUDGET. IT'S BEING BUDGET, IT'S BEING POSTPONED. WE'LL WE'LL, WE'LL PUT IT BACK ON THE AGENDA ON THE 28TH, SO WE CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. UH, BUT, BUT WE'LL HANDLE THAT AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT LET'S PUT IT ON THE AGENDA ON THE 28TH SO THAT IT COMES BACK TO US. YES. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY CO-SPONSORS WHO WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS ITEM TO BRING IT FORWARD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO A CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS POINT ARE ITEMS 48, 51 88 91 AND 95. THOSE ARE PULL ITEMS. OKAY. WOULD YOU, I'M SORRY, MAYOR. UH, I'M GOING TO NEED TO VERIFY, IS, WOULD YOU MIND SAYING THAT AGAIN? YOU SAID CONSENTED. I'M SORRY. THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ONE THROUGH 61 AND 82 THROUGH 97. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN PULLED OFF OF CONSENT. 48, 51 88 91 AND 95. I'M SORRY ABOUT COUNSELING. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY PULLING ITEM 86. NOW. I ALSO HAVE, UH, UH, AN AMENDMENT FROM, UH, ON 48. WE'VE DONE THAT. I HAVE, UH, 88 SPIN POST, [03:00:01] UM, AND 95 AS ALL I'M SHOWING ITEM 51 HAS BEEN PULLED. THOSE ARE ALL THE ONES WITH AMENDMENTS. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT? COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN MAKES A MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON SECONDS. I'LL DO IT ONE LAST TIME. IT'S ITEM 50 POLL ITEM 50 IS NOT TOLD, OKAY. THE VERSION IN FRONT OF US IS VERSION TWO THAT WAS POSTED YESTERDAY. VERY GOOD. AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. OKAY. AS SOON AS WE TAKE THE BOAT COUNSELOR, TOVO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UM, MAYOR I'D LIKE THE RECORD TO REFLECT MY RECUSAL ON ITEMS FIVE AND 57 AND A NO-VOTE ON 83. THAT'S THE ITEM TWO. I ASSUME THAT'S STILL ON CONSENT. THE ITEM TO ALLOW A FEE AND WAIVER A FEE IN LIEU. UM, AND I, I THINK, I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE DEMANDING, UM, IN OUR TODDS THAT WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON SITE. SO I I'M GOING TO VOTE NO ON ANY SO NOTED IN THE RECORD, WE WERE READY TO TAKE A VOTE. LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE, UH, UH, ISSUES THAT WERE NOTED. UM, WE HAVE A MOMENT OR TWO HERE BEFORE WE GET TO, UH, UH, SPEAKERS AT TWO O'CLOCK. UH, SO IF THE CLERK WOULD, UH, IF THE CLERK'S READY TO PULL SEATING ASSIGNMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO READJUST SEATS. WHEN WE COME BACK AFTER, AFTER A BREAK, UH, COLLEAGUES, WHAT WE DO IS, UH, UH, WE STARTED SOMETHING WITH THE TEN ONE COUNCIL WHERE EVERY YEAR WE READJUST WHERE PEOPLE SIT ON THE DESK, UH, SO THAT, UH, YOU, EVERYBODY HAS THE EXPERIENCE OF POTENTIALLY BEING WITH MULTIPLE COLLEAGUES. ARE YOU READY FOR THAT PROCESS? YES. AND, UH, WE ALL, I ALREADY HAD EVERYONE PULL NAMES AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT PRESENT IN THE DIOCESE, WE HAD ANOTHER MEMBER PULL, UM, A NUMBER FOR YOU. SO THIS IS THE ORDER BEGINNING WHERE BEGINNING WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS CURRENTLY . SO SEAT ONE WILL BE HUSTON SEAT TWO WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SEAT THREE WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER SEAT FOUR WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER FLINT. THIS SEAT FIVE WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS SEAT SIX WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO SEAT SEVEN WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY C EIGHT WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN SEAT NINE WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, AND SEAT 10 WILL BE MAYOR PRO TEM ALTER. OKAY. AND THE CHANGE WILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR THE JULY 28TH MEETING. RIGHT. AND YOU MAKE THE CORRESPONDING CHANGE IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM. I MEAN, IN THE BOARDING COMMISSION ROOM, IT WILL BE THE SAME. I HAVE ASSIGNED SEATING NUMBERS TO THE NUMBERS THERE. SO WHENEVER SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, THAT GETS US THEN [Public Comments (Part 2 of 2)] TO SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON, UM, UH, THE, UM, ZONING CASES. WE'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE SPEAKERS THERE. EACH HAS THREE MINUTES TO MINUTES TO SPEAK. UH, IT'S GOING TO TAKE US, UH, ABOUT AN HOUR TO DO THOSE SPEAKERS WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THOSE SPEAKERS. UM, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND LET PEOPLE SPEAK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WE JUST PASSED. UH, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ABOUT GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION OR WE'LL DO THE CONSENT. ACTUALLY. WE'LL DO THE CONSENT. WHAT IS IT? WE HAVE A HARD STOP FOR THERE. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO, AFTER WE HAVE SPEAKERS, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR COMMENTS. PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR LOGISTIC REASONS, AND THEN WE WILL COME OUT AND HANDLE THE CONSENT AGENDA ON ZONING. OKAY. BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CLEAR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT EXECUTIVE SESSION? SORRY. ARE WE DOING EXECUTIVE SESSION VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON [03:05:01] VIRTUALLY. SO DO WE HAVE A ROOMMATE CONSTRAINT CONSTRAINTS? IT'S A PERSON CONSTRAINT, NOT A ROOM CONSTRAINT. UH, ARE THERE ANY POSTPONEMENTS IN ZONING THAT WE SHOULD LET SPEAKERS KNOW ABOUT? YES. YES. MAYOR. THANK YOU. JOY HARDEN WITH HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE, UM, ITEM NUMBER 79. MIC JACK. THE SOUTH. THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONE WENT TO JULY 28TH ITEMS, 80 AND 81. THE RELATED CASES, 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS. THAT'S THE STATESMAN PUD. THERE'S THE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER. TOVO TO YOUR JULY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING. AND THEN I DON'T ONE 14 IS EVELYN. AND THAT'S A STEP POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR JULY 28TH MEETING. AND THOSE ARE THE POSTPONEMENTS FOR ZOE. WHAT WAS THE NUMBER OF THE MIDDLE ONE? YEAH. SO 79 HAS BEEN A SOUTH, WHICH IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD POST-MOMENT 80 AND 81 IS THE STATESMAN PUD. AND ONE 14 IS EVELYN. OKAY. AND THEY'RE ALL POSTPONED TO JULY 28TH. YES. RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND WE'LL CALL THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE IN PERSON FIRST. UH, IF ANYBODY SIGNED UP ON 79, 80 OR 81, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT MATTER HAS BEEN POSTPONED. OKAY. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JOSE ARIANO SPEAKING ON ITEM 71 ON DECK IS JIM WITLESS. UM, STEVE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS LINNEA. DIANA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. UH, I AM HERE REPRESENTING MY BOSS, JAY GARCIA IN REGARD TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 71 AT 11 5 30 MEN CHAKA ROAD. UH, I AM HERE TO EXPRESS OUR OPPOSITION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE, ESPECIALLY THE TRACK ONE REQUESTS REGARDING THE COMMERCIAL LIQUOR SALES DISTRICT FOR COCKTAIL LOUNGE. WE WERE HERE LAST MONTH, OPPOSING THIS CHANGE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEIR PLAN FOR THIS PROPERTY DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR PROPERTIES, WHICH ARE BOTH IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE NORTH'S. THEY ARE USING OUR PRIVATE ROAD, CASA GARCIA'S ROAD AND PLANNING TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TRAFFIC ON OUR PRIVATE PROPERTY. WE COMMISSIONED THE SURVEY AFTER THE LAST MEETING, AND I HAVE SUBMITTED IT OF DOCUMENTATION TO YOU. ALONG WITH OTHER PICTURES, SHOWING THE ADVERSE IMPACT HAS CHANGED WOULD HAVE ON OUR PROPERTY AND OUR PROPERTY RIGHTS. WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT PARKING AS WELL. AND THE LAND AGENT REPRESENTING THIS PROJECT, JIM WOULD LIVE TOLD YOU AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT THE TRACT HAS 91 SPACES AVAILABLE. I FEEL THAT'S A VERY MISLEADING AND I HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THIS TRACT. ONE THAT THEY PROPOSED. IT HAD THAT MOST 20 SPACES AVAILABLE. THEY ARE ALREADY IN CONSTANT USE WITH THEIR EXISTING TENANTS, WHICH ARE A THEATER SCHOOL AND A DANCE STUDIO AND A GAMING SLASH GAMBLING CENTER. I SUBMITTED A VIDEO TO YOU AS WELL. THAT SHOWS HOW THEIR EXISTING TRAFFIC BACKS UP ONTO CASA GARCIA, THE ROAD AND BLOCKED TRAFFIC FOR US. THIS HAPPENS ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. THE SPACES MR. WHITLAM MENTIONED ARE ABOUT 500 FEET OR MORE AWAY IN THEIR PROPOSED TRACK. TWO, THIS TRIGGERS NEW CONCERNS AS THE CITY REQUIRES 82 OUT OF THOSE 91 SPACES FOR THEIR COCKTAIL LOUNGE, WHERE, WHERE ALL THEIR OTHER TENANTS GO INTO PARK. IF NOT SPILLING ONTO OUR PRIVATE ROAD, THE BIGGER CONCERN IS THAT THESE FURTHER PARKING LOTS ALREADY NOT ON TRACK. ONE HAVE NO ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC ROAD, MEN CHAKA ROAD, BY GRANTING THIS ZONING CHANGE AND ALLOWING THIS, YOU ARE CREATING A LIABILITY FOR US. AS PEOPLE WILL BE DRINKING LIQUOR, ALCOHOL SENSITIVE, THE COCKTAIL BAR AND MONTHLY THEIR PROPERTY AND DRIVE ON OUR PRIVATE PROPERTY IN ORDER TO LEAVE, WE ARE NOT OKAY WITH THAT INCREASED LIABILITY. HOW CLOSE WAS THIS? WE ASK THAT YOU NOT RUBBER STAMP THIS CHANGE. THERE WAS ADEQUATE OPPOSITION FROM THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA. I COUNTED 19 OBJECTIONS IN THE PACKET PROVIDED THE ZONING COMMISSION DID NOT SEND IT TO YOU WITH AN APPROVAL EITHER. NOW THAT FAILED THERE BY ONE VOTE AS WELL. WE BEING THE MOST IMPACTED AT THEIR USE DEPENDS ON OUR PROPERTY FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS. ALSO ADAMANTLY OPPOSED THIS, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU HELP US PROTECT OUR PROPERTY RIGHTS. PLEASE DO NOT GRANT THE ZONING REQUESTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MA'AM QUICK. YES, MR. ARIANA, WAIT, WHAT ITEM NUMBER IS THIS NUMBER? 71. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JIM WITLESS ON ITEM 71 ON DECK IS J GARCIA. MADISON, WOULD YOU TAKE YOU BET. JAY GARCIA, [03:10:05] RICHARD RICHARD SETTLE ITEMS, 73 AND 95. HELLO COUNCIL. I WANT TO OPPOSE ARTICLE 71. IT INCREASES LIABILITY TO MY PROPERTY AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ZONE IN ALSO INCLUDES PART OF MY PROPERTY, WHICH LENNY SAID HE SUBMITTED THAT SURVEY. THANK YOU, RICHARD SETTLE ON ITEM 73 AND 95 ON DECK IS MARIA BOWEN MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS WORKS. I'M HERE ON A RESOLUTION ON ONE SIDE AND A ZONING CASE ON THE OTHER. I WILL TELL YOU THAT ON THE ZONING CASE, I BELIEVE JERRY HAS SOME LANGUAGE THAT WE'VE AGREED TO. I AM THE VALID PETITIONER ON A CASE WITH THE LANGUAGE ADDED TO THE, UH, ORDINANCE WE'RE OKAY. IN THE VALID PETITION CAN BE LIFTED ON NUMBER 95. I WILL MAKE IT VERY CLEAR. THE FACTS ARE STREAM REAL ESTATE IS NOT IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S PROPOSAL AS IS MANY PROPERTY OWNERS, MOST PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG, UH, EAST SIXTH STREET. WE, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THAT, BUT IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS THEN? OR, OR HOW DO YOU, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOUR PROCESS WORKS ON THIS. YEAH, MY SENSE ON THIS IS THERE'S GOING TO BE QUESTIONS AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU HERE WOULD YOU I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANT IT CLEAR BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME DISCREPANCY WHERE STREAM IS NOT IN FAVOR OF IT, NOR ARE MOST OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THESE STREETS, SIX AND BEYOND THAT, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PROPOSAL TO ZONE AN ENTIRE AREA, HISTORIC OVER THE OPPOSITION OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS. I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO NEED TO ASK MR. SETTLE A QUESTION. YEAH, YOU CAN. WHEN WE GET THERE, I WANT TO GIVE JERRY A CHANCE TO COME IN AND KIND OF LAY OUT THE PROCESS FOR THIS AS KIND OF THE THRESHOLD PLACE. BUT IF YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT, YEAH, THERE, THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS MR. SUTTLE SAID THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS THE FIRST IS THAT THERE WAS DISCREPANCY ABOUT WHAT STREAM REALTY HAD SAID. AND I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, MR. SUTTLE, YOU TEXTED ME STREAM REALTY'S RESPONSE WHEN I FORWARDED THE RESOLUTION TO YOU FRIDAY MORNING. AND WHEN I TALKED ABOUT IT, EXCUSE ME, I, MR. SUTTLE, I'M, I'M STILL TALKING. I HAVE THE FLOOR ON TUESDAY IN THE WORK SESSION. I SUMMARIZED THAT, THAT TEXT AND YOU AND I HAD SPOKEN TUESDAY MORNING AND YOU HAD GIVEN ME PERMISSION TO DO SO. IN FACT, YOU SAID YOU WOULD PROVIDE ME WITH ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE WHEN WE TALK MONDAY EVENING ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, BUT I DID NOT. MIS-CHARACTERIZED STREAM'S RESPONSE AND I, I KNOW IT WOULD BE LOUD TO READ IT. IT SAID SOMETHING LIKE, AND I'LL READ THE EXACT LANGUAGE, BUT THE MATH, WELL, LET ME JUST READ THE EXACT LANGUAGE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT AN ASSERTION SOMEBODY ELSE MADE OR ABOUT THE ONE THAT I MADE, BUT I WAS, I WAS TOLD OTHER PEOPLE SAID THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. THAT'S ALL I THAT'S ALL IT IS. IT'S THE TELEPHONE GAME. I'M SORRY. YOU WERE TOLD WHO, I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOU. I HAD SOMEBODY COME UP TO ME AND SAY, WELL, I HEAR YOU'RE OKAY WITH THIS PROPOSAL. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE RECORD REFLECT AND BE CLEAR. MY CLIENT IS NOT OKAY WITH THE PROPOSAL. THAT'S ALL IT. THAT'S ALL. THIS IS ABOUT UPON FURTHER REFLECTION. IF YOU WANT ME TO CLARIFY UPON FURTHER REFLECTION OF YOUR PROPOSAL, WE'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF IT. THAT'S THAT'S ALL IT IS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, THE M THE TEXT YOU SENT ME ON FRIDAY MORNING SAID INITIAL REACTION. THIS IS INITIAL, INITIAL REACTION FROM STREAM. IS IT, IF IT IS, IF IT CAN GO FAST AND DESIGN STANDARDS MAKE SENSE, IT MAY BE OKAY, WHICH IS ONE REASON WHY WE INITIATED IT VERY QUICKLY SO THAT IT CAN GO FAST. AND I THOUGHT THAT YOU HAD ASSERTED TO, INCLUDING TO MY STAFF THAT YOU THOUGHT IT COULD BE A WIN-WIN. YOU ALSO SPOKE TO ME THAT IT COULD BE A WIN-WIN. I THINK WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT IT WHEN THE ITEM COMES UP, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO RESPOND TO THE, IN CASE THERE WAS ANY SUGGESTION THAT I DID NOT CAREFULLY REPRESENT YOUR CLIENT, YOUR CLIENT'S POSITION ON THIS. WELL, WE'LL GET THERE WHEREVER THE DISCUSSION. MARIA BOWEN, SPEAKING ON ITEM [03:15:01] 74 ON DECK IS COURTNEY KNOX ROGER'S LAND CANNOT CURRENTLY SUPPORT DENSE HOUSING SAFELY DUE TO THE SUBSTANDARD CONDITION OF THE ROADS AND THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE CLEAR, I DO NOT OPPOSE THE ZONE CODE CHANGE, BUT RATHER I OPPOSE THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT A COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY TO BRING IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO SAFELY SUPPORT DENSER HOUSING ON ROGERS LANE, ROGERS LANE NEEDS A COMPLETE OVERHAUL TO KEEP MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SAFE. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT MY POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. UM, SLIDE THREE. YOU CAN SEE THE PEDESTRIANS WALKING DIRECTLY ON THE ROAD. WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS, NO CURBS OR GUTTERS, WHICH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC ANALYSIS REPORT STATED THAT WE DID, WHICH IS INACCURATE. IT ALSO STATED THAT THE ROAD IS 17 FEET WIDE, WHICH IS, IT IS NOT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, THE SCHOOL BUS GOING UP ROGERS LOOP. IT'S NOT WIDE ENOUGH FOR TWO VEHICLES TO TRAVERSE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS NEXT. AND WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH STREET LIGHTS. THESE ARE NOT ANOMALIES. THESE ARE ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF ROGER'S LANE AT NIGHT. NEXT AGAIN, NO ANOMALIES HERE. THESE ARE ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF ROGERS LOOP AND ROGERS LANE. WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH STREET LIGHTS. WE NEED STREET LIGHTS NEXT AGAIN, UH, MORE PHOTOGRAPHS OF JUST HOW DARK IT IS AT NIGHT, WHICH I BELIEVE WITH THE INCREASED MOTORISTS WOULD BE A DANGER AND LIABILITY TO THE CITY. NEXT NEXT, THIS IS A CLEAR PICTURE OF JUST HOW WIDE THE ROAD ACTUALLY REALLY IS, AND JUST THE EXTREME DEGRADATION AS WELL OF THE ROAD. UM, THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME PATCHING UP, BUT AS I SAID BEFORE, IT NEEDS A COMPLETE OVERHAUL TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR A HUNDRED PLUS MORE HOMES TO BE BROUGHT INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER TRACK OF LAND OF 15 ACRES NEXT TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT THAT COULD EVENTUALLY BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT MY CONCERN IS THAT WOULD BRING EVEN MORE, MORE MOTORISTS UNDER THE CURRENT STATE OF, UH, THE ROAD NEXT AGAIN, UH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE HAVE NO SIDE STREET PARKING. SO VEHICLES ACTUALLY PARKED DIRECTLY ON THE ROAD ON THE FAR RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THE CARS PARKED AND THAT'S MY VAN GOING UP THE HILL. I HAVE HAD TO BACK UP THE HILL IN REVERSE, UH, BECAUSE VEHICLES COMING FROM 9, 6, 9 OBVIOUSLY CANNOT REVERSE BACK ONTO 9 69, WHICH IS A HIGH SPEED ROADWAY. AND I WOULD NEVER ASK ANY OF MY NEIGHBORS TO DO THAT. SO I'VE HAD TO ACTUALLY BACK UP THE HILL IN REVERSE TO LET THEM GO, UM, THROUGH, BEFORE I CAN COME BACK DOWN THE HILL NEXT, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER, UM, AREA OF ROGERS HILL IN EXTREME DEGRADATION. AND ALSO YOU CAN SEE JUST THE NARROWNESS OF THE ROAD AS WELL. NEXT. UH, HERE'S A EXAMPLES OF THIS EXTREME DEGRADATION. THANK YOU. ALSO, THERE IS A CAVE, UH, AND THERE ARE ALSO SPRINGS NATURAL SPRINGS ON THAT HILL THAT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE UNDER CONSIDERATION ENVIRONMENTALLY. THANK YOU, COURTNEY KNOX, SPEAKING ON ITEM 74 ON DECK IS CHRISTOPHER COSBY. HELLO COUNCIL. MY NAME IS COURTNEY KNOX AND I AM A 21 YEAR RESIDENT OF AUSTIN AND A SEVEN-YEAR RESIDENT OF THE AGAVA NEIGHBORHOOD AS A SINGLE WOMAN, AN ARTIST BY TRADE. I HAVE BEEN CHASED ALL OVER TOWN BY DEVELOPERS IN THESE 21 YEARS. FIRST IN WEST CAMPUS IN BOLDEN CREEK, HYDE PARK, AND THESE DALSTON, I SAVED UP FOR 10 YEARS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE DOWN PAYMENT ON MY HOME. AND THE DAY I SIGNED THE CONTRACT FOR THAT HOUSE AT THE END OF A QUIET CUL-DE-SAC, I BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF. I THOUGHT IT WOULD FINALLY BE ABLE TO ENJOY A LIFE OF PEACE AND QUIET WITH MY NEIGHBORS. WHEN I SPENT MONTHS OF MY LIFE SHOPPING FOR MY HOME, I INTENTIONALLY CHOSE TO LIVE ON A CUL-DE-SAC FOR SAFETY AND PRIVACY ASPECTS THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE IF OUR BELOVED COL-DE-SAC, WHICH IS THE PROPOSED SECOND ENTRANCE TO THIS, UM, UH, GAVI ANNEX. IF THAT IS TURNED INTO THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF A HUNDRED UNIT NEIGHBORHOOD ADDITION, OUR ENTIRE QUALITY OF LIFE ON THE STREET WILL BE REDUCED TO SHAMBLES. ALL I ASK IS THAT IN-TOWN BUILD THE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT. THE TRAFFIC SURVEY ESTIMATES THAT OUR TRAFFIC FLOW WILL INCREASE BY 800% ON OUR ALREADY BUSY STREET, AND THAT THEY ACTUALLY SPLIT 50 50, [03:20:01] THE ESTIMATE BETWEEN A NET COVE AND ROGERS LAND. AND YOU SAW THE CONDITION OF ROGER'S LANE. THERE'S NO WAY 50% OF THE TRAFFIC WILL CHOOSE THAT. ESPECIALLY HEAVY CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS THAT WILL STRUGGLE TO GET UP THAT HILL AND BACK DOWN, THEREFORE FORCING THE MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC DOWN MY CUL-DE-SAC. UM, WE CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THIS TRAFFIC INCREASE. WE HAVE CHILDREN. WE HAVE PETS NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THAT WILL BE A MAJOR LIABILITY. UM, I'VE LIVED THROUGH MANY ROUNDS OF CONSTRUCTION IN TOWN. HOMES IS NOT A GOOD NEIGHBOR. THEY ARE REGULARLY CITED FOR MESSY CONSTRUCTION SITES. THERE'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRASH AND EROSION. I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE. WHEN I SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT GOOD NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THEY'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING ON THE LOTS NEXT TO ME, THEY WENT AHEAD AND EXCAVATED THE LAND AND THEN LEFT IT UNSUPPORTED FOR MONTHS. THEREFORE THE ENTIRE WEST SIDE OF MY PROPERTY LINE HAS COMPLETELY ERODED. MY FENCE WAS DANGLING OFF. THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, UH, TERRORIST BACKYARD, AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE MY BACKYARD. IT HAS STILL EIGHT MONTHS LATER NOT BEEN RETURNED TO ITS PREVIOUS INTEGRITY BY THEM. MY DOG ALMOST FELL THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE SIDE OF MY PROPERTY. AND YOU KNOW, MY PARTNER'S CHILDREN CANNOT PLAY OUT THERE BECAUSE OF FEAR OF DEATH OR, YOU KNOW, FALLING THROUGH THE ERODED PROPERTY LINE. I BELIEVE IN CONSCIOUS DEVELOPMENT. I BELIEVE THAT THIS CITY NEEDS MORE HOUSING. WE ARE CLEARLY IN A HOUSING CRISIS ALREADY, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BUILDING THESE HOUSES SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND NOT PLACE THE BURDEN OF, YOU KNOW, QUOTE-UNQUOTE DEVELOPMENT ON THE BACKS OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE ON THESE STREETS AND IN THESE AREAS FOR THESE SPECIFIC REASONS OF SAFETY. THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER COSBY, SPEAKING ON ITEM 75 ON DECK IS RUBEN BETTIS, RUBEN PEDIS SPEAKING ON ITEM 70 NIGHT, NINE MERITS OF THE POSTPONEMENT, RACHEL MELENDEZ, REGISTERED ON ITEM 80 TO SPEAK ON MERITS OF THE POSTPONEMENT. HELLO AGAIN, COUNSEL. UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF POSTPONING THIS ITEM TODAY. WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN DOING, UH, TO SUPPORT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND, UM, ALSO JUST SO YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE POSTPONED, WE HAD PLANNED ON HAVING SEVERAL DOZEN OF OUR MEMBERS HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO REACH OUT AND, UH, TALK ABOUT THE, OUR MEMBERS' NEEDS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, ANGELA GARZA, SPEAKING ON ITEMS ONE OH EIGHT ONE OH NINE ONE TEN ONE ELEVEN AND ONE 12 ON DECK IS ANDREW CRAWFORD. HELLO, WHERE'S LEAH. I THINK SHE'S HERE. WE WANTED TO BRING HER UP BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER IS WHAT WE WANT TO SHOW WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY. UM, THIS PROJECT IS AN INCREDIBLE PROJECT. IT'S TAKEN OVER A YEAR, A YEAR WORK, UM, BY INCREDIBLE WOMEN ACROSS THE BOARD. UM, SO MANY LEADERS, SYNCHRONY, VANESSA FONTIS TEAM EVERYBODY'S TEAM NATASHA'S TEAM HAS COME IN TO ASSIST US BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LAWYERS IN ANY WAY, BUT DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO VERSUS WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER. WE DECIDED TO PUT OUR DIFFERENCES ASIDE BECAUSE WE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE STUDY AND WORKING AGAINST EACH OTHER HAS HURT THE PEOPLE MORE THAN WORKING TOGETHER. MS. WHAT WE'VE SEEN. SO, UH, WHAT WE CAME UP WITH IS SOMETHING INCREDIBLE WITH THE HELP OF EVERYONE, INCLUDING LEAH COMING UP WITH LETTERS AT THE LAST MINUTE. UM, SO THE INCREDIBLE WHERE WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S OFFERING 10,000 SQUARE FEET, A COMMERCIAL ACCESS AT 60% MFI, WE KNOW ABOUT THE 45% ACCESS, BUT KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS NOT A PROJECT THAT'S GAINED ANY FUNDING IN ANY WAY FROM FEDERAL MEANS IN ANY WAY. THIS IS A PRIVATE PROJECT. ALSO WE HAVE ABOUT 70 DOORS AFFORDABLE ON HIS PROJECT AS WELL AT A 60% MFI, LEAH WROTE UP A REALLY NICE LETTER AT THE LAST MINUTE. SHE ALLOWS ACCESS TO 10,000 [03:25:01] SQUARE FEET OF COMMUNITY SPACE WITHIN THAT SPACE, NOT ONLY FOR OUR NONPROFIT, BUT FOR ADDITIONAL NONPROFITS, AS WELL AS THEY NEED IT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS PROCRASTINATORS. AND WE ALL AGREED THAT WE ALL NEED DAYCARE IN THE AREA. WE ALSO AGREED ON BETTER BUILDERS ON IS JUST TOOK OVER A YEAR FROM EVERYONE. LET ALEXANDRA, UH, I CAN'T THINK OF NAMES RIGHT NOW. I'M SORRY. I'M SO NERVOUS. ALEXANDRA NORDEA. CO-CHAIRS BETTER BUILDERS. HER NAME ARE NATIONAL, HAD THE NAME IN FRONT OF ME, BUT NADIA, MELANIE, ALEXANDRA, DIANA, EVERYBODY, WE ALL KNEW THAT DAYCARE IS A BIG THING. UM, JUST STARTED BACK IN 2018 MADELIA GARZA. UH, WE ARE HOPING TO VANESSA PONTUS TAKES OVER IT. THERE'S SOME KINKS IN THERE THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT. THERE'S QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ON OUR TEAM TO WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT COMMITTEE TO HELP HER FIGURE THAT OUT, TO KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPERS GOING IN THE FUTURE, TO BE ABLE TO PLACE THESE DAYCARES. ONCE THE KINKS ARE WORKED OUT IN THAT 48 TO EIGHT PAGE DOCUMENT AS WELL. AND LEAH CAN SPEAK MORE ABOUT THE 10,000 SQUARE FEET, PLEASE. SURE. I'LL I'LL JUST QUICKLY SAY THAT WE, UM, ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR COMMITMENT TO SET ASIDE 10,000 SQUARE FEET FOR A CREATIVE, AFFORDABLE, CREATIVE SQUARE, UM, USERS. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS A CITY FOR A LONG TIME, TRYING, NOT JUST TO MAKE HOUSING AFFORDABLE, BUT ALSO MAKE COMMERCIAL, UH, CREATIVE SPACE AFFORDABLE. AND I HOPE THAT WHAT WE'VE DONE ON THIS DEVELOPMENT CAN SERVE AS A, AS A MODEL GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. AND WE DO WANT TO STAY THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD START WORKING TOGETHER VERSUS AGAINST EACH OTHER. THANK YOU. AND I'M, I'M CHANGING MY NEUTRAL TWO, FOUR. I APOLOGIZE AS WELL. JIM WEIGHTLIFT SPEAKING ON ITEM 71 ON DECK IS ANDREW CRAWFORD. HEY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I'M JIM WEIGHTLIFT. UH, SORRY. I WASN'T HERE THE FIRST TIME MY NAME GOT CALLED. I WAS DOUBLE-DIPPING. I HAD A DOG THAT I HAD TO PICK UP FROM SURGERY, SO DOG'S FINE. SO, UH, I AM HERE TO ONLY ADDRESS YOU ON ITEM 71, WHICH IS UP FOR SECOND AND THIRD RATINGS. FIRST READING WAS, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, EIGHT TO NOTHING. UH, SO IT WAS, IT WAS RECOMMENDED. UH, I AM AWARE THAT THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER IS VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO THE CS ONE ZONING. AND, UH, I'VE READ HIS LETTER, WHICH IS IN YOUR BACKUP, WHICH TALKS ABOUT EXCESSIVE USE OF, UH, THEIR ROADWAY EASEMENT. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, THAT EASEMENT WAS DEDICATED WITH THE SUBDIVISION PLAT. IT SAYS IT'S A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT, UH, FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AS SET FORTH IN THE PLAT OF THE FOLEY EDITION. AND IT WAS FOR MY CLIENT'S LOT AND THEIR LOT. NOW THEY OWN THE PROPERTY, BUT WE HAVE AS MUCH OF A RIGHT TO USE THAT EXCESS EASEMENT AS THEY DO. SO I HOPE THAT'S NOT A, UH, NOT AN IMPEDIMENT, UH, TO, UH, YOU GUYS TAKE AN EXTRA ON ITEM ON SECOND AND THIRD READING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH OUR KITCHEN WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM, BECAUSE IT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM. I THINK I'LL HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS. SHOULD I ASK THOSE NOW? OR SHOULD I WAIT UNTIL THEN? YEAH. PULL THEM BACK UP LATER. UM, MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. SURE. SO WE'LL PULL YOU BACK UP WHEN THE ANDREW CRAWFORD SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 13 ON DECK IS ANDREW MCKENNA GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE FOR ITEM ONE 13. UM, THIS IS ABOUT A GATE. UH, THE CITY WANTS YOU TO REMOVE THE GATE. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO KEEP IT. UM, I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT PRIVATIZING ROADS AS IF PREVENTING ONE, RIGHT TURN FOR ONE MODE OF TRANSIT IS PREVENTING AUSTIN FROM ACCESSING A ROAD. I ACCESS THIS ROAD AS A PEDESTRIAN AND AS A BICYCLIST AND AS A TRANSIT USER, BECAUSE THIS IS A TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, AND YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO REMOVE MY SAFE AND COMFORTABLE ACCESS TONIGHT. UM, THE CITY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU DO THAT. UM, I WROTE A LETTER THAT APPEARS IN YOUR BACKING MATERIAL THAT EXPLAINS THE NUMEROUS SPECIFIC ISSUES WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION. UM, YOU DIRECTED AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION TO STUDY THE SAFETY IMPACTS OF MAKING THIS CHANGE. THEY DIDN'T, THEY STUDIED CARS. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE AN ISSUE THAT PRIMARILY AFFECTS VULNERABLE ROAD USERS, WE STUDY CARS AND WE STUDY CARS ONLY. THEY DID STUDY CAR SPEEDS. AND AT THE SPEEDS THAT THEY MEASURED, I AM 50% LIKELY TO [03:30:01] SUSTAIN A SEVERE INJURY. IF I'M STRUCK BY A VEHICLE, UM, THEY CHAMPIONED A MITIGATION THAT AFFECTS 3% OF PEDESTRIAN INCIDENTS IN AUSTIN. WHEN THAT GATE PREVENTS 55% OF THE CAUSES OF PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS IN AUSTIN IN THEIR 2016 SAFETY STUDY, THERE'S MUCH MORE IN MY LETTER. UM, PLEASE, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, BUT PLEASE PRIORITIZE TRANSIT USERS AND OUR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. PLEASE VOTE AGAINST ONE 13. THANKS SO MUCH, ANDREW MCKENNA SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 17 ON DECK IS CHRISTOPHER COSBY. A LOT OF ANDREWS TODAY. HI COUNCIL, I GUESS I'M ANDREW NUMBER FOUR. UM, I LIVE AT THE OLD HOMESTEAD APARTMENTS, UH, CLAYTON LANE. YOU PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT THE CASE, THANKS TO A COUNCIL MEMBER OF ELA FOR MEETING WITH US. GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR. OTHER FOLKS WE'VE MET WITH, I, UH, I'VE BEEN LIVING IN AUSTIN 25 YEARS. I LOVE IT HERE. UM, IT'S NOT DALLAS AND, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE I'M GONNA HAVE TO MOVE AGAIN NEXT YEAR. I'M FRIENDS WITH THE LANDLORD THERE. AND I THINK I SHOULD SAY IT TODAY SHOULD BE CONSTRUED AS ME BEING AGAINST THE DEAL. THAT'S BEEN ARRANGED WITH THE OLD HOMESTEAD RENTERS ASSOCIATION AND THE PROSPECTIVE BUYERS. SO I'M SIGNED UP AS NEUTRAL, BUT I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE LARGER ISSUES INVOLVED IN A REZONING, UH, BECAUSE THEY ARE PERSONALLY, UH, HURTING PEOPLE. UM, I KNOW MY BLOOD PRESSURE IS UP OVER THE LAST MONTH. UM, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO LIVE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE I'VE HAD ROOMMATES. UH, BUT I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT OLDER, I GUESS WE ALL ARE. AND, UH, WHEN I MOVED LAST YEAR, UH, THE OWNER INVITED ME TO LIVE AT THE, UH, HOMESTEAD AND THAT ALLOWED ME TO, UH, FIND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A SECURE, STABLE PLACE. UNFORTUNATELY, HE NEEDS TO SELL AND I SUPPORT THAT. UM, SO IT'S JUST A SAD SITUATION TO LOSE A BEAUTIFUL OLD, UM, PLACE WITH A LOT OF TREES. WE'VE GOT A FOX, WE'VE GOT A COMMUNITY THEY'RE VETERANS, OLDER FOLKS. IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH. UM, SO I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS WHO ARE HELPING US, UH, TRANSITION A LITTLE EASIER THAN A MONTH OR TWO AGO. UH, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE CITY, THIS IS WHERE I LIKE THE CITY TO STEP UP AND NOT PUT THE ONUS ON TENANTS. DO I HAVE TO FEND FOR OURSELVES? UH, IT'S BEEN VERY STRESSFUL. AS I MENTIONED, UH, WE WERE FORCED INTO NEGOTIATING WITH THE DEVELOPER. WE'RE NOT ZONING EXPERTS, WE'RE JUST PEOPLE TRYING TO, TRYING TO MAKE IT. AND, UM, IT'S BEEN HARD ON NOT JUST US, BUT UH, OTHER PEOPLE SUPPORTING US. SO I WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, THE TENANT ROAD LOCATION FUND, UH, IT WAS DISAPPOINTING TO LEARN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THIS FUND, BUT THERE'S NO MONEY IN IT. THAT'S KIND OF SHOCKING TO ME. I HOPE THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED AND LOOKED INTO, UM, THAT MIGHT'VE HELPED IN THIS CASE. I, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I THINK IT COULD HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO START HAVING A LITTLE MORE RESPECT AND CONCERN AND COMPASSION FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING DISPLACED. UM, I, I'M SAYING THAT I FEEL KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE IN MY SHOES, YOU KNOW, THEREFORE FOR THEREABOUTS, FOR FORTUNE GO URI, THE HOUSING CRISIS WILL NEVER BE SOLVED IF YOU KEEP CREATING HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THE PROCESS AND WE'RE LOSING THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BUILD MORE DENSITY ON, THAT'S FINE, BUT IT, IT HURTS TO HAVE TO TRY AND FEND FOR MYSELF. I'M NOT A HIGH INCOME PERSON. I'VE GOT TO MAKE LIKE $60,000 JUST TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN AUSTIN. AND I'M NOT SURE I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO. SO TO ME, THAT'S VERY PAINFUL AND, UM, IT'S NOT JUST MY REALITY. IT'S A REALITY FOR A LOT OF RENTERS. AND I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF MARKET FORCES AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON THAT WE CAN'T CONTROL, BUT WHAT THE CITY CAN DO IS STEP UP ENSURE ZONING AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENTS ARE MADE ACCORDING TO EACH HOUSEHOLD SITUATION, PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WHO HAVE THEIR UTILITY BILLS INCLUDED WITH THEIR RENT. GOT A NOTICE. I DIDN'T GET A NOTICE, UM, IRISH COUNCIL TO FIX A BROKEN TENANT RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, COUNCIL BEFORE THIS. THANK YOU. UM, WELL, I JUST HAD A COMMENT FOR STAFF. UM, YOU KNOW, LAST MEETING, I DID ASK STAFF FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TENANT RELOCATION FUND. AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE WE LANDED ON AIM AND I, I DON'T THINK I'VE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING. AND I KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE FUNDS IN THE TENANT RELOCATION FUND, BUT WHAT I'M HOPING TO GET IS JUST A BASELINE OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM, HOW IT WAS STARTED AND HOW IT'S BEEN SET UP. I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TENANT RELOCATION PROGRAM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES. AND I JUST WANTED TO, OFF OF THAT, I, I SPOKE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO THE OTHER DAY ABOUT, AND SHE MENTIONED THE NEXUS STUDY THAT WAS REQUESTED, YOU KNOW, BEFORE MY TIME ON COUNCIL, UH, WITH REGARD TO HOW IT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE FUNDED. AND THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE LEGAL CONCERNS OR PRACTICAL CONCERNS, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD, IF THERE ARE, THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW. SO WE CAN THEN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, REACT AND ADJUST TO WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS. [03:35:02] IS THAT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TOPIC COMES FROM TOTAL? UM, YES, I GUESS IT COULD BE, BUT I THINK THAT THE QUESTION THAT THAT'S PROMPTED BY FOR ME BY THE NEXUS STUDY IS, IS IF THE MANAGER, I THINK TO ADD TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER, TO COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCES'S QUESTIONS, IF THE MANAGER COULD PLEASE REPORT BACK TO US ON, ON WHY THE NEXUS STUDY WASN'T DIDN'T HAPPEN AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FUNDING, THAT WAS PART OF THAT WAS PUT ASIDE FOR IT. BUT I SEE IT AS AN IMPERATIVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT NEXUS STUDY AND WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT I THINK IT'S ENTIRELY WITHIN OUR, UM, LEGAL ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. AND WE NEED IT TO DO SOME OF THE OTHER POLICY WORK THAT I THINK A LOT OF US HAVE AN INTEREST IN. IT'S A RECURRENT QUESTION. HANG ON JUST ONE SECOND. IT'S A REOCCURRING QUESTION, SPENCER, IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT FUND, AND IF IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR US TO MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW COUNSELOR KITCHEN. UH, YES. I JUST WANTED TO SUPPORT WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING. AND ALSO JUST TO ADD SOME CONTEXT THAT REALLY RELOCATION FUND WAS NEVER FUNDED, UH, BECAUSE THE FEES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SET, UH, FOR DEVELOPERS WAS NOT ESTABLISHED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO NEXUS STUDY. SO JUST TO, JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERYONE. SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST ON THE DIOCESE AMONGST ALL OF US. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER POINTERS FOR RAISING THAT AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILA AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND, AND OTHERS. I RAN INTO THIS WHEN I WAS WORKING ON A CASE ON TUMI ROAD, UH, WHERE, UM, THE TENANTS THERE HAD THE SAME KIND OF ISSUE. THEY HAD TO DO A LOT OF THE NEGOTIATION. THEN WE HELPED THEM OUT WITH THAT. BUT I THINK A GOOD DISCUSSION THAT THERE ARE DISCUSSION OF TENANT RELOCATION IS NEEDED. SO MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A, IT MAY BE A COMBINATION OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND A WORK SESSION. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO TEE UP THAT VERY SOON AFTER THE BREAK. OKAY. AND WE GOT A SPENCER'S NOD, UH, ON CAMERA THAT, THAT THEY WOULD REPORT BACK TO US THE STATUS OF THAT FUND AND WHO WAS NECESSARY TO HAVE A COMPLETE CONVERSATION TO HAVE ANY OF IT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE WOULD, WE WOULD SET THAT ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, CHRISTOPHER COURSE, B SPEAKING ON ITEM 75. HI, MAYOR ADLER COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, MY NAME IS CHRIS COSBY. I'M HONORED TO HAVE WORKED WITH, UH, AT LEAST SEVERAL OF YOU IN THE LEGAL AND POLITICAL ARENA. UM, I'M THE PRECINCT CHAIR FOR TRAVIS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRECINCT 3 34, WHICH INCLUDES THE FORD OAK SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS I THINK IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. IN FACT, IT'S ACTUALLY ONE LOT IS COMMERCIAL AND ONE MAY BE RESIDENTIAL. IT'S USED FOR THAT. AND I'D LIVED THERE WITH MY YOUNG DAUGHTER FOR SIX YEARS UNTIL MARCH OF 2021, VERY SERIOUS PERSONAL SAFETY CONCERNS RELATED TO HARD LETHAL DRUG ABUSE AND DEALING BOTH VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIME. AND UNMAKE BASIC HUMAN NEEDS CONVINCED ME TO SELL WHEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO MY FAMILY'S ADVANTAGE TO STAY THERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE THE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA IS GOING TO BE QUITE INTENSE IN RECENT YEARS OF OTHER MAJOR INTERSECTIONS IN SOUTH AUSTIN OR ANY CLUE. HOWEVER, UM, I'M ADDRESSING YOU ALL IN THE PUBLIC IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 75 ON THE AGENDA, THE MESSAGE IS TO PROVIDE GREATER DETAIL FOR THE COMMENTS DELIVERING HERE. I'VE GOT SOME NOTES THAT ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED TO YOU GUYS. I VALUE THE COUNCIL'S TIME AND WISH TO OUTLINE OUR CONCERNS TO MEMORIALIZE OUR GRAVE CONCERNS. THIS PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE DELARM FAMILY AND HAS UNFORTUNATELY ATTRACTED DANGEROUS CRIME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THE CLOUD NINE CAFE AND OTHER OPERATIONS. THE CLOUD NINE CAFE IN ACTUALITY IS AN ADULT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS THAT HAS ATTRACTED PROSTITUTION, HARD NARCOTICS DEALING AND VIOLENT PEOPLE, CARRYING MACHETES AND KNIVES WHO DO BUSINESS IN THE PARKING LOT AS THE PLACE IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY. AND, UH, SOME OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE MADE THREATS TO PEOPLE INTERFERING WITH THEIR DRUG TRADE AND FENTANYL AND METHAMPHETAMINE THAT COMES UP FROM THE RAILROAD TRACKS, WHICH GO ACROSS THE CONTINENT. I MYSELF HAS RECEIVED A DEATH THREAT TO BE STABBED. I HAD PEOPLE BREAK INTO MY HOUSE FOUR TIMES, WHICH IS STATISTICALLY VERY ANOMALOUS, WHERE I LIVED WITH MY SMALL DAUGHTER, INCLUDING KICKING IN AND OUTSIDE DOOR, KNOCKING HOLES IN MY DAUGHTER'S SHOWER, STALL AND STEALING TOOLS FROM A WORKING MAN WHO WAS DOING WORK FOR ME THE LAST TIME MY DOG GOT UP ON THE COUCH AND BARKED AT THE WINDOW AFTER [03:40:01] APD HAD ADVISED ME TO BUY A SHOTGUN, WHICH I DID AND PRACTICED. AND I WAS THREE STEPS BEHIND MY DOG TO CONFRONT THE HOME INVASION THREAT THAT I FACED PREPARED. SO I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO DRAMATIC OR TESTIFIES, BUT THIS IS THE REALITY THAT MY CONSTITUENTS AND MYSELF HAD BEEN FACING THROUGH THE IRRESPONSIBLE ACTIONS OF THIS COMMERCIAL LANDLORD WHO LEASED TO THIS OPERATION, MY NEIGHBORS AND CONSTITUENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDE MR. TERRY LEE HILL, A 73 YEAR OLD VIETNAM VETERAN, MR. JESSE DRE, DROPE, THERE'S A LIST OF THEM. IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THE COUNCIL ADDRESSED THIS. I HAD TO GO TO CONGRESSMAN LLOYD DOGGETT BECAUSE THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WERE INEFFECTIVE AND IGNORED VIDEO EVIDENCE OF NARCOTICS DEALING IN THE NEIGHBORS LAWN. NOW I WANT TO SEE APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT AT 2103 WEST SLAUGHTER LANE THAT WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AND HOPE THAT, UH, THE CITY WILL FACILITATE THOSE CHANGES AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU, STEVE. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES IN PERSON SPEAKERS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO CALL IN. FIRST SPEAKER IS BRANDON A PHARMA HONEY. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, I AM A RESIDENT AND YOU GOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE TO SUPPORT THE, UH, ROGERS LANE, UH, ZONING CASE AND FAR EAST AUSTIN FIRST AND FOREMOST, HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT. WE NEED MORE OF IT. AND A ZONING CHANGE FROM SF TWO TO SF FOUR A IS STILL SINGLE FAMILY ZONING. SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DENSITY HERE. UM, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT A MORE SUSTAINABLE LAYOUT, UH, WHICH MORE EFFICIENT USE OF PEOPLE AND LAND. UM, THE REZONE ALLOWS IN TOWNS USE SMALLER LOTS OR MORE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY. A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN HIT PRETTY HARD AS WELL WITH TAX APPRAISALS, UH, RISING TAX APPRAISAL, WHICH IS DUE TO THE LACK OF AVAILABLE HOUSING, DRIVING UP SELLING PRICES OF HOMES, WHICH THEN IN TURN DRIVES UP OUR T CAT APPRAISALS. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY FINANCIALLY MOTIVATED TO ADD TO THE HOUSING STOCK IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE RISING COMPETITION OF HOUSING AND REDUCE ECONOMIC DISPLACEMENT. THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE WHERE THIS CASE IS IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT WITH OUR HISTORICAL, UH, PERSON OF COLOR POPULATION. MORE THAN THAT THOUGH, THE HOUSING CRISIS IS A REAL PAIN AND CAUSES PEOPLE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF SUFFERING, WHICH YOU'VE HEARD ALL DAY TODAY, WHICH IS WHY I SUPPORT THIS ITEM. I DO ASK CITY STAFF AND I DO BELIEVE THE DISTRICT ONE OFFICE HAS ALREADY PASSED A DIRECTIVE TO, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER CRONK FOR A DEVELOPMENT PLAN, BUT THAT WOULD ALLOW TO LOOK INTO WHAT EASEMENTS CAN BE ASKED FOR, FOR THE EXTREMES, FROM THE EXTREMELY LARGE LANDOWNERS IN THE AREA WHEN THEY DEVELOP AND THEY ARE PLANNING TO SO WE CAN GET INTO MORE, THEY GRADE LIGHT LEVEL OF CONNECTIVITY FROM THE SOUTHERN WALNUT CREEK TRAIL TO JOHNNY MORRIS, ALL THE WAY TO DECKER. OBVIOUSLY HAVING JUST ONE EAST WEST CORRIDOR IN A 1.5 MILE SPAN BETWEEN FM 9 69 AND LOYOLA IS NOT IDEAL. HOWEVER, THERE ARE CLEAR OPPORTUNITIES TO MITIGATE THIS AS THE AREA GROWS A GREAT CAN MORE EVENLY DISTRIBUTE TRAFFIC AMONG DIFFERENT ROADS THAT CONNECT PEOPLE TO LEASEABLE RETAIL SPACE, WHICH IS FINALLY ON THE WAY TO THE AREA. TLDR JUST, WE NEED SOME AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, UM, AND KIND OF FORCING DEVELOPERS TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. BUT IF WE CAN JUST DESIGN THIS IN A WAY FOR THE FUTURE, WE CAN HOPEFULLY MITIGATE THE INCREASED TRAFFIC TO BOTH ROGERS AND, UM, AND A NET CODE. THANK YOU, ALLIE. VICKY SEEKING ON 75. HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS . UM, AND THE PRESENTING PROPERTY IN 21, 1 3 WESTERN SLOT ALONE, DUE TO COVID DMS FATHER, WE BOTH HAVE COVID, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM THE COMMISSIONERS THAT SAID THE INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT AND CLOUD NINE TESSA HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN AND COMPLETELY REMOVED AND MOVED OUT OF THE PROPERTY SINCE JUNE 14TH, THE NO LONGER AT THE PROPERTY. AND THEN WE HAVE THE TOY FIVE OR SECURITY GUARDS IN THE PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE NO, THOSE PEOPLE RETURNED BACK. SO THAT BUSINESS CLOUD NINE AND ENTERTAINMENT INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT HAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AND MOVED OUT. I APPRECIATE IT THAT YOU REMOVED THE THREE LENS USE CLASSIFICATION FROM THE PROHIBITED LIST. IT WILL ALSO REQUESTING TO PLEASE REMOVE THE OFFSITE ACCESSORY PARKING TOO, BECAUSE WE PARK A RECREATIONAL OR VEHICLE ON THE PROPERTY [03:45:01] AT 2,130 WEST OF SLAUGHTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCENTRATION AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. EUGENE SENTENCE, SPEAKING ON THE MERITS OF THE POSTPONEMENT TO ITEM 79. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS I'M. I'M A MEMBER OF THE MATTHEWS LANE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH Q BAR BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO OUR PROPERTIES. AND DAMON IS PLACED THAT I LIVE IN IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM KIEL BAR AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED SOMEWHAT OVER THERE. WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, UH, SOME REZONING THAT'S GONNA OCCUR ON, UH, KILL FARM 1902 KILL BARN ITEMS, AGENDA ITEM 79. AND WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH LEAH BOHO ALONG WITH SEVERAL, UH, LABORS IN PETITIONERS. AND WE WOULD REQUEST THAT WE POSTPONE THIS UNTIL JULY 28TH, AT WHICH TIME I THINK WE CAN COME UP WITH A RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, LORETTA TUBS, SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 17. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS LORETTA TUGS. I'M COAST SPOKESPERSON FOR THE OLD HOMESICK RENTERS ASSOCIATION ON QUITE LANE. WHILE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSING, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY ON THOSE DISPLACED FROM A BELOVED COMMUNITY, SUCH AS THE OLD HOMESTEAD, SINCE THERE ARE NO FUNDS IN THE REAL LIKE IT, RELOCATION CENTERS HAS BEEN FADED. IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING FOR WE RENTERS TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR NEEDS AND CONCERNS CONCERNING OUR DISPLACEMENT. I WANT YOU TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL INDIVIDUALLY, COLLECTIVELY FOR HELPING OUR RENTERS ASSOCIATION GET OUR NEEDS ADDRESSED AND SPOTLIGHT THE RIGHTS FOR THOSE THAT ARE DISPLACED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE DEVELOPER JCI FOR THEIR FRANK AND OPEN DISCUSSION WITH OUR RENTERS ASSOCIATION TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT GIVES RELOCATION COST CONCESSIONS TO WE RENTERS. I KNOW DEVELOPERS HAVE THEIR OWN CONCERNS THAT NEED TO BE MET. AND JCI HAS ALSO LISTENED TO OUR CONCERNS AND IS ASSISTING US IN OUR DISPLACEMENT. THE AUSTIN RENTAL MARKET IS DIFFICULT TO AFFORD AND DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE AS FAR AS QUALIFICATIONS FOR AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS. JCI HAS SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT RECOGNIZES THE TOLL. THIS KIND OF DISPLACEMENT TAKES ON RENTERS, THAT IT HAS TO LEAVE A SMALL AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY AND CANNOT AFFORD THE NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT DISPLACES THEM. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUING ATTENTION TO THIS COMPLICATED ISSUE OF NEW DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RELOCATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. TRISH BUCK SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 17. HI COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, I AM BUCK AND I HAVE BEEN IN AUSTIN SINCE THEN FOR 46 YEARS. I DON'T OPPOSE THE ZONING FOR ONE 17, BUT THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE NEED TO MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE FOR THOUSANDS OF OFTEN CURRENT RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS FOR OUR SMALL COMMUNITY AT THE OLD HOUSE DEAD. I KNOW YOU ALL CREATED, UH, IN, UH, 2016, THE ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THE AUSTIN TENANT RELOCATION FUND. AND AS WE FIND OUT THAT IT IS A FUNDED, BUT AS AFTER SIX YEARS, THERE'S IT NEED TO BE REFUNDED AS A SELF-EMPLOYED WIDOW. IF I HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF AUSTIN, I LOSE MY WORD OF MOUTH CLIENTS AND THE ABILITY TO AFFORD GOING BACK TO ACC TO BECOME SOMETHING BETTER THAN JUST A SECRETARY, BUT AS A LIFELONG COMMUNITY, UM, I WILL HAVE TO START OVER AGAIN AND I REALLY WISH THAT WE COULD, UH, THE HOUSING CRISIS JUST CAN'T COME AT THE EXPENSE OF CREATING MORE HOMELESSNESS. UM, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL LISTENING TO OUR NEEDS AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE OPEN TO, UH, CHANGING, HOPEFULLY THE AUSTIN, UH, TENANT RELOCATION FUND, HELPING THE CITIZENS, UH, UH, AFTER THE PANDEMIC BEING UNEMPLOYED AND FOR A FULL YEAR. AND MY SAVINGS ARE ZAPPED OUT. FINDING A PLACE IN AUSTIN AREA IS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT, UH, JUST TO STAY IN THE CITY AREA. AND I DON'T WANT TO MOVE OUT OF AUSTIN, BUT IF THAT NEEDS TO BE THAT I'LL HAVE TO DO THAT. BUT, UM, I JUST, AGAIN, I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE HELP YOU'VE DONE, UH, AND MOVING FORWARD TO CREATE A BETTER ASPECT FOR PENCE AND AUSTIN. THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS. GREAT. THANK YOU. I'LL ACTUALLY MOVE A LITTLE FASTER THAN I THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD. LET'S SEE IF WE [Zoning Consent Agenda] CAN DO THE CONSENT AGENDA. [03:50:07] YES. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL JOY HEART. AND AGAIN, WHAT THE HOUSE AGAIN, PLANNING DEPARTMENT, YOUR ZONING AGENDA BEGINS WITH ITEM NUMBER 70, AND THIS ITEMS IS BEING REPLACED WITH NUMBER 1 0 3 ON THIS AGENDA ITEM 71 TO SEE ONE FOR 20 21 0 1 8 7, AND I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WOULD LIKE TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO YOUR JULY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING. WE SPOKE TO THE APPLICANT, JIM WITH, WITH LYFT AND HE IS, UM, SUPPORTING THIS POSTPONEMENT REQUEST. UM, ITEM NUMBER 72 IS C1 FOR 20 21 0 1 9 3. AND THIS ITEM WAS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON FIRST READING ONLY ITEM NUMBER 73 IS C1 4 9 9 0 0 6 9 0.01. AND I CAN OFFER THIS ITEM FOR CONSENT SECOND AND THIRD READING WITH THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE AND THAT LANGUAGE READS AS FOLLOWS NONEMERGENCY VEHICLE, VEHICLE, OR ACCESS FROM THE PROPERTY TO BARTON SPRINGS ROAD THROUGH THE JOINING PROPERTY AT TWO TO ZERO SOUTH CONGRESS IS PROHIBITED. IF NONEMERGENCY VEHICLE OR ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY IS REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF REDEVELOPMENT, OR IF THE CURRENT EXCESS TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY IS REMOVED. THE LANDOWNER SHALL WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER, HAD THE THOMAS SITE PLAN TO OBTAIN APPROPRIATE VEHICLE ACCESS TO A PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY. AND WITH THAT, I CAN OFFER THIS ITEM FOR CONSENT SECOND AND THIRD READING. AND IF NUMBER 74 IS C1 FOR 20 21 0 1 4 1, AND THIS I DON'T CAN BE OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 75 IS C ONE FOR 20 22 0 0 2 0. AND THIS WILL BE, UM, SHOULD BE A QUICK DISCUSSION ITEM. UM, ITEM 76 61 FOR 20 22 0 0 3 8. I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT FIRST READING WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND I'M 77 IS MPA 20 20 0 0 2 1 0.02. THIS ITEM WAS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT. SECOND AND THIRD READING THE RELATED REZONING AS ITEM 78 TO SEE ONE FOR 20 20 0 0 8 1. THIS ITEMS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT SECOND OR THIRD READING ITEM 79 IS C ONE FOR 20 21 0 1 5 0. UM, THIS, THIS WILL BE A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR JULY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING. AND A NUMBER 80 IS NPA 20 19 0 0 2 2 0.02. UM, THERE'S A REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO YOUR JULY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING. UM, THE RELATED CASE ITEM NUMBER 81 C 8 1 4 8 9 0 0 0 3 0.02. AGAIN, A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA TO YOUR JULY 28 COUNCIL MEETING ITEM NUMBER 1 0 2 IS NPA 20 22 0 0 1 7 0.02. THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE RATINGS AND I'M NUMBER 1, 1 0 4 IS THE ONE FOR 20 21 0 1 79. THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT. SECOND AND THIRD READING WITH THE ADDITION OF ADULT ORIENTED BUSINESS AS A PROHIBITED USE AT A NUMBER 1 0 5 IS NPA 20 21 0 0 2 5 0.02. THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 1 0 6 61 FOR 20 21 0 1 3 0. THIS SIMON'S BEING CALLED FOR FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE RATINGS ITEM NUMBER 1 0 7 61 4 8 5 2 2 8 0.23. RCA. THIS SIGN IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT. I DON'T WANT TO WAIT TO SEE ONE FOR 20 20 0 1 5 0. THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE RATINGS. 1 0 9 IS PA MS. HARDEN REALLY QUICK. WHEN YOU READ 1 0 7, YOU SAID IT WAS C 14 85 2 2 8. AND I THINK YOU MEANT TO SAY 2 8, 8. OH, I'M SORRY. 2 8, 8. THANK YOU. UM, YES, 1 0 7 1 4 8 5 2 8 8 0.23. OUR CA THIS ITEMS BEING GOLFER FOR CONSENT. ONE TO EIGHT C 1 4 20 20 0 1 5 0. THIS ITEM WAS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS. 1 0 9 IS IN PA 20 21 0 0 1 0.03. THIS ITEMS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE RATINGS, ONE 10 C ONE FOR 20 21 0 1 5 8. THIS SIGN WAS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE RATINGS. ONE 11 IS NPA 20 21 0 0 1 5 0.04. THIS TIME JUST BEING OVER FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE RATINGS. ONE 12 IS ONE FOR 20 21 0 1 7. THIS NOMINAL SPENDING OFFER FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE RATINGS. ONE 13 IS SEE ONE FOR 20 21 0 0 3. ONE DESIGN WAS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT. SECOND AND THIRD READINGS ITEM NUMBER ONE 14 [03:55:01] C ONE FOR 20 21 0 1 9. FOR THIS I KNOW IT'S BEEN, UM, OFFER FOR A STAFF PLUS MOMENT TO YOUR JULY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING. I DON'T WANT THE TMC ONE FOR 20 22 0 0 1 3. THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT. SECOND AND THIRD ITEM NUMBER ONE, 16 IS C ONE FOR 20 21 0 1 8 8. THIS ITEM BEING OVER FOR CONSENT SECOND AND THIRD AND ONE 17. SO YOU WENT FOR 20 22 0 0 0 3. THIS ALBERT'S BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE SOUNDING AGENDA ITEM IS ITEM 75. THAT IS CORRECT, OR OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS WHERE VELA MAKES THE MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER? ALISAY DISCUSSION, JUST COUNCILMEMBER ALTER NAPRO 10. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON 1 0 4, PLEASE. OKAY. RECORD REFLECT THAT. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. UH, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE RECORD REFLECT MY RECUSAL ON ITEMS 77 AND 78. I JUST NEED TO DOUBLE CHECK THIS. YEAH. 77 78. OKAY. JUST A BRIEF COMMENTS ON A ONE 17, UH, THANK YOU TO LIEUTENANTS AND TO, UH, YOU KNOW, JCI, UH, ALICE GLASGOW, UH, SAN KUMAR FOR COMING AND WORKING OUT THEIR AGREEMENT IS THAT I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DISPLACEMENT CASES, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPER UPFRONT, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO, TO HELP THE TENANTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DISPLACED. UH, AND I, I KNOW IT'S VERY HARD, VERY STRESSFUL, VERY EMOTIONAL FOR THE TENANTS THAT ARE KIND OF NEGOTIATING THESE INDIVIDUAL KIND OF CASE-BY-CASE AGREEMENTS. AND WE REALLY, IF OUR EXPECTATION AS A COUNCIL IS THAT A DEVELOPER DISPLACING, UH, AN OLDER APARTMENT COMPLEX PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN BENEFITS. I REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD SET OUT WHAT WE EXPECT, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S NOT JUST, IT'S KIND OF LIKE INDIVIDUAL NEGOTIATIONS THAT CAN GET VERY EMOTIONAL. I CAN GET VERY DIFFICULT, UH, BUT AGAIN, MORE THAN ANYTHING, I'M GLAD THEY WERE ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT. UH, MY BEST WISHES TO THE, OF THE OLD HOME SET, UH, A NICE, CHARMING, LIKE OLD LITTLE APARTMENT COMPLEX, BUT WHEN'S A PARK AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN REALLY NEEDS, THE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE 295 UNITS UNDERGROUND PARKING, 30 OF THOSE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT, I THINK, 40 YEARS OR SO AS PER THE BMU PROGRAM TO VERY EXCITED TO, UH, TO SEE THE PROJECT MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, GOING AWAY RELATIVELY HAPPY. SOUNDS GOOD. SO YOU VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED UNANIMOUS WITH THE NOTATIONS THAT ARE MADE. WE HAVE A MINUTE OR TWO LEFT HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM. YOU WANT TO LAY OUT ITEM 62 FROM THE COMMITTEE CONTINUING THE EXISTENCE OF THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY COMMISSION MAYOR. YES. UH, I JUST WANTED TO OFFER, UH, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY FOR IT. ITEM 75 ZONING FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD BE A PRETTY QUICK ONE. OKAY. WE'LL GET THERE. 62 [62. Approve a recommendation to continue the existence and operations of the Economic Prosperity Commission.] YOU'RE MUTED. THANK YOU. UM, I DIDN'T 62 IS FROM NOT IN FINANCE COMMITTEE. WE ARE REQUIRED TO, UM, BE TOLD IF A COMMISSION HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO MEET QUORUM MORE THAN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TIMES IT'S HAPPENED WITH THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY COMMISSION. UM, AND WE, UM, VOTED TO CONTINUE THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY COMMISSION AND ARE, UM, GOING TO INITIATE A PROCESS FOR RE LOOKING, UM, AT OUR COMMITTEE SYSTEM AS WE, UH, SPOKE TO IN A WORK SESSION. UM, SO I'D LIKE TO NEW PASSAGE OF ITEM 62. IS THERE A SECOND CATEGORICAL, A SECOND TO TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED THAT ITEM PASSES. WE HAVE AN EMINENT DOMAIN [63. Approve a resolution authorizing the filing of eminent domain proceedings and payment to acquire the property interest needed for the Airport Expansion and Development Program for the public use of constructing, improving, equipping, maintaining, operating, and regulating Austin-Bergstrom International Airport property to accommodate the relocation of airport taxiways, which results in the requirement of the acquisition of real property rights consisting of the leasehold interest related to 25.14 acres of land being a part the Santiago Del Valle Ten League Grant Survey, Abstract No. 24, Travis County, Texas being out of a called 1989.252 acre tract to the City of Austin in a Deed Without Warranty Recorded in Document Number 2002002218 of the Official Public Records of Travis County, Texas currently appraised at $1,954,000 subject to an increase in value based on updated appraisals or a Special Commissioner's award. The owner of the needed property is LoneStar Airport Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. The property is located at 10000 Logistics Lane, Austin, Texas 78719. The general route of the project is limited to 10000 Logistics Lane, Austin, Texas 78719. ] ITEM, 60 A THREE. UM, MY SON OBJECTS. I'M GOING TO READ THE SCRIPT HERE WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 63, BEING A NON-CONSENT CONDEMNATION ITEM. UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO THE EFFECT CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN AUTHORIZES THE USE OF THE POWER OF EVER AT THE RANGER ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY IS SET FORTH AND DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA FOR THE CURRENT MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC USES DESCRIBED THEREIN IN SOMEONE TO MAKE THAT MOTION AS ROBERT MADISON MAKES THE MOTION SALISBURY, ALICE, THAT CONTAIN DISCUSSION. THAT WAS A FAVORITE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED TO UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS THAT ITEM PASSES AS [Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting] THE ALSO HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION REAL FAST. I'M GOING TO RECESS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT 2 57 ON JUNE 16TH, 2022. [04:00:01] WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE ON JUNE 16TH, 2022. THE TIME IS 2 56, 3 57, UH, AND, UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE ALL HERE AND TAKE US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. ABSOLUTELY GOOD AFTERNOON, MANDY DE MAYO AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. WE HAVE EIGHT ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. UH, AND THREE OF THOSE ITEMS ARE RELATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE. UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 19TH BOARD MEETING ITEMS TWO AND THREE ARE RELATED TO AN AHS EIGHT H F C SUBSIDIARY ACQUIRING A 70 UNIT SENIOR HOUSING COMPLEX, UH, WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THE HIGH CAPACITY PURPLE LINE. AND THAT'S LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE, IT'S CALLED CITY VIEW APARTMENTS ITEMS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX ARE RELATED TO CREATING AN HFC SUBSIDIARY TO ACQUIRE NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, ON ST JOHN'S AVENUE, WEST ST. JOHN'S WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF THE CRESTVIEW STATION. UM, THAT IS AGAIN, 40 UNITS OF NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT IS CALLED MIDTOWN FLATS, THAT'S ITEMS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX, AND ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT IS RELATED TO BUYING OUT THE EQUITY INTERESTS OF A 240 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX WITHIN PROXIMITY, A HALF MILE OF THE ORANGE LINE NEAR STASSNEY LANE. UM, AND THAT IS THE RETREAT AT NORTH BLUFF. AND I OFFER ALL OF THESE ITEMS ON CONSENT. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS OVER HARPER? MADISON MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER ALLIS SECONDS AND DISCUSSION DIRECTOR. OUR PROVIDERS AND DIRECTOR OF ALICE HAS BEEN OVER KIDS DIRECT EDUCATION. UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. SO ARE THESE ITEMS IS THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS BEING USED TO PURCHASE THESE ITEMS? THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. SO TWO OF THE PROPERTIES ARE ACTUALLY UTILIZING FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. HFC IS USED UTILIZING THE PROJECT CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS, THAT'S FOR THE ACQUISITION OF MIDTOWN FLATS, APPROXIMATELY $7.68 MILLION. AND THAT'S IN DISTRICT FOUR. UM, AND THE OTHER IS $2.6 MILLION. AND THAT CITY VIEW APARTMENTS, UM, IN DISTRICT THREE. SO IN TOTAL, UH, IT'S NEARLY A LITTLE OVER $10 MILLION OF THE PROJECT CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS, THE RETREAT IN NORTH BLUFF. I'M SORRY, WHICH NUMBERS ARE, THOSE ARE HERS. UH, CITY VIEW APARTMENTS IS TWO AND THREE THAT'S CITY VIEW APARTMENTS, AND THAT WAS 2.6 MILLION IN PROJECT CONNECT DOLLARS. UM, AND THEN FOUR, FIVE AND SIX ARE, UH, THE MIDTOWN FLATS AND THAT $7.68 MILLION. AND THEN THE REMAINING ONE RETREAT AT NORTH BLUFF, WE'RE UTILIZING GENERAL OBLIGATION, THE 2018 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THAT. OKAY. SO THEN THE RELATED QUESTION, I'M NOT CERTAIN OF WHEN THIS PART OCCURS, BUT, UM, I AM, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT WE'RE, HOW WE'RE SETTING THE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS FOR THESE PROPERTIES PROPERTIES, UH, GIVEN SOME, UH, SOME CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED EARLIER. I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE CONCERNS WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO THESE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES, BUT I GUESS, UM, MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE AT WHAT POINT IN TIME DOES THE LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY GET ESTABLISHED? SO, UH, IT DEPENDS ON THE ACTUAL PROPERTY FOR CITY VIEW APARTMENTS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY A LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROPERTY IT'S IN ITS COMPLIANCE PERIOD. SO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE AT, OR BELOW 60% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME WITH OUR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY, WE WILL BE PUSHING FOR DEEPER AFFORDABILITY. THAT'S ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF HFC OR AN HFC SUBSIDIARY COMING INTO THE PARTNERSHIP. UM, SO THAT CITY VIEW NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS MIDTOWN FLATS AND DISTRICT FOUR. UM, THAT PROPERTY WE'VE LOOKED AT THE RENT ROLL. THE RENTS ARE SITTING, WE HAVE AN INCOME CERTIFIED THE RESIDENTS, BUT THE RENTS ARE SITTING AROUND 60% MFI RENTS. AND OUR GOAL AS LONG-TERM OWNERS WILL BE TO DRIVE THOSE RENTS DOWN. UM, WE'RE PUTTING SOME ADDITIONAL, ONE OF THE ASKS IS, OR $400,000, UM, FOR, UH, UH, MINOR REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN WE WILL BE STABILIZING THE RENTS AND ENSURING THE LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY, ALL OF THE HFC RELATED PROPERTIES. OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS 50% FOR RENTAL 50% AND BELOW MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I SHOULD ALSO MENTION FOR A RETREAT AT NORTH BLUFF, UM, THAT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFFORDABLE CENTRAL TEXAS, A NONPROFIT, UM, UH, EQUITY FUND. UM, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THEM INTO, WE'RE ACTUALLY DECREASING THE MARKET RATE UNITS THERE, UM, TO 80% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, AND [04:05:01] THEN WE'RE DRIVING DOWN THE AFFORDABILITY AT ALL THE DIFFERENT LEVELS. SO THAT'S ALWAYS OUR GOAL. IT MAY NOT HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY, UM, BUT ALWAYS OUR GOAL. SO IT'S A PROCESS THAT DRIN, WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY IS THE PURCHASE, RIGHT? UH, PROVING THE PURCHASE AND THE CREATION OF THE NONPROFIT SUBSIDIARY. SO WE CAN EFFECTUATE THAT PURCHASE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT WITH A HOUSING CONSERVANCY. YES, IT IS. CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT COLLEGE, NOT THE LAST, BUT YES, IT IS THE FIRST, YOU REMEMBER THE COUNCIL TALKING ABOUT THIS AS THE STRIKE FUND EIGHT YEARS AGO. UH, WE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MARKET-DRIVEN AND MAYBE MEET SOME WORKFORCE HOUSING, UH, AND, UH, UH, IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED AND PICKED UP AND THEY'RE OUT RAISING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR IT RIGHT NOW TO THAT, DAN. SO THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT CONSENT AGENDA IS IN FRONT OF US, COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN. UH, ONE LAST QUESTION, AND THIS IS PROBABLY FOR A LONGER CONVERSATION. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR USE OF THE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS, UM, AND THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, UH, AT RISK OF GENTRIFICATION, BUT THAT'S A LONGER CONVERSATION THAN RIGHT NOW. UH, IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY QUICK, HOPEFULLY IN THAT WE ARE, OUR INVESTMENTS NEED TO ALIGN WITH OUR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT MAPS. SO WE HAVE ONLINE WHERE WE ARE DRIVING ALL OF OUR INVESTMENT FOR THE 300 MILLION. AND THESE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES FALL INTO THAT, THE PROXIMITY TO THE PROJECT CONNECT LINE, AS WELL AS FALLING INTO EITHER THE VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT OR CONTINUED LOSS, THAT THE THREE AREAS THAT WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE OUR INVESTOR. THAT'S FABULOUS. CAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT THEY WERE IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS THAT WERE AT RISK FOR, UH, DISPLACEMENT AT RISK OR EXPERIENCING. YES. YES. THAT'S WHAT I, OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNSEL TELLS ME I HAVE 60 SECONDS BEFORE WE HAVE TO STOP. UH, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT. AGENDA THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED ANONYMOUS. UM, WITH THAT THOUGH, OUR MEETING IS ADJOURNED HERE AT, UH, AT, UH, 3 0 4. UM, WE HAVE, UH, [65. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance granting additional floor-to-area ratio (FAR) entitlements to the project at 78, 80, 82 and 84 Rainey Street in accordance with the Downtown Density Bonus Program under City Code Section 25-2-586(B)(6). ] CONSENT, UH, ITEM, UH, 65. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE ORDINANCE ASSOCIATED WITH? I DON'T REMEMBER 65 NO, WE'RE OUT OF THE HSE. SO WE'VE RECONVENED THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT 3 0 4 IS AN HOUR AND 65, WHICH WAS A PUBLIC HEARING. AND MY QUESTION WAS, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE IT? THAT'S WHERE OUR VELA MAKES EMOTION COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SECONDS. ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, I THINK I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED US WITH ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND THE ADDITIONAL AFFORDABILITY, UM, THAT THEY'RE INCLUDING WITHIN THIS. IT DOES HIGHLIGHT THE NEED THOUGH, FOR US TO, TO REALLY LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE DENSITY BONUS AND RAINY FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE EXCEEDING THE FAR THAT'S, UM, CODIFIED FOR THAT DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY CAST NUMBER 30. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHEN I CAN MAKE A COMMENT ON ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE NON-CONSENT WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. AS SOON AS WE COME BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION THE CONSENT AGENDA. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST TWO ITEMS WE HAVE WE'RE POSTPONING ITEMS, 1 0 1 AND 1 0 2 TO JULY 28TH, MOTION TO POSTPONE CUSTOMER ELLIS MAKES A MOTION. SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON, ANY DISCUSSION. THOSE ARE FAIR TO THE POSTPONEMENT. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. I SEE IT AS BEING UNANIMOUS. I THINK THAT TAKES CARE OF MOST OF OUR ITEMS, EXCEPT FOR THE ONES THAT, UH, WERE, WERE POLLED. AND WE'RE [Executive Session] GOING TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS VIRTUALLY SAY THE COUNCIL AND I'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. TAKE UP THREE ITEMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5, 5, 1 0 7. ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE COUNCIL DISCUSSED LEGAL ISSUES RELATED ITEMS, 66 AND 68. THEY HAD POWER PLANT AND THE LAWSUITS CONCERNING APD, AND THEN PURSUANT TO 5, 5 1 1 1 3, THE GOVERNMENT CODE. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS A CERTAIN POWER PUBLIC UTILITY COMPETITIVE MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM 67, AUSTIN ENERGY, AUSTIN ENERGY GENERATION RESOURCES WITHOUT OBJECTION IN FIVE MINUTES. UH, WE WILL BE, UH, ALTOGETHER IN A EXECUTIVE SESSION. WHEN WE COME BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, I'M SHOWING AS THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DEAL WITH IN THE PULLED ITEMS, 48 51 88 91 AND 95, [04:10:01] AND ALSO THE ER PULLED, UM, UH, ZONING, UH, ITEM, WHICH WAS, UM, AT, UM, 75. I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY'RE TELLING ME I'M ALREADY FOUR MINUTES OVERDUE FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO I'LL SEE YOU IN EXECUTIVE SESSION HERE IN FIVE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW BACK IN THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING OR OUT OF CLOSED SESSION IN CLOSED SESSION, WE DISCUSSED COMPETITIVE MATTERS RELATED ITEM 67 AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEMS 66 AND 68. WE'RE NOW BACK UP AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, THIS WEEKEND LAST WEEK'S. UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO START THERE. I WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE AGENDAS COUNSELOR POOL? GREAT. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT TODAY'S AGENDA AND THEN ONE ITEM FROM LAST WEEK'S AGENDA. SO I'LL START WITH ITEM 50. I WANTED TO, UH, JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN THANKING EVERYONE WHO TOOK TIME TO COME TO CHAMBERS EARLIER TODAY AND TO PHONE IN, TO SPEAK TODAY ON ITEM 50, I'M A LONG STANDING LONG TIME ASKED ME MEMBER MYSELF AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL ASKED ME DOES ON BEHALF OF CITY EMPLOYEES, I AM PLEASED TO SUPPORT THE LIVING WAGE RESOLUTION BECAUSE I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING, TO INCREASE THE CITY'S LIVING WAGE FOR OUR INCREDIBLE EMPLOYEES. BUT GETTING TO THIS POINT OF CONSENSUS TOOK A WHOLE LOT OF HARD WORK, AND YOU WON'T HAVE SEEN THAT HERE TODAY ON THE DAYAS. I WANT TO THANK THE SPONSOR AND CO-SPONSORS OF THIS RESOLUTION FOR BRINGING IT. AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, AND THANK MY COLLEAGUES SPECIFICALLY, MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR AND MAYOR ADLER, AND IN PARTICULAR, OUR STAFF MEMBERS FOR DIGGING IN SO RESOLUTELY WITH OUR ABLE AFS ME LEADERS TO GET US TO THE CONSENSUS THAT WE APPROVED HERE TODAY, I'M ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INCORPORATE TWO IMPORTANT MEASURES THAT I WANTED INCLUDED. ONE WAS RAISING THE FLOOR ON THE STARTING WAGE WITH EACH COLA, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY, AND A FOCUS ON RETENTION OF OUR EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES. YOU'RE A DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT CHOICES OF HEAD OF US IN OUR BUDGET WORK NEXT MONTH AND THE MONTH AFTER. AND WE WILL NEED THE SAME LEVEL OF DILIGENCE IN THE COMING WEEKS TO STRETCH OUR BUDGET DOLLARS AS FAR AS EVER. WE CAN. SO THAT'S WHAT I HAD ON ITEM 50 REALLY QUICK. I WANTED TO MENTION THE NORTH BURNET GATEWAY REGULATING PLAN. I BROUGHT THE INITIATION OF THOSE UPDATES TODAY. THOSE UPDATES ARE SORELY NEEDED FOR THIS FAST GROWING AREA. IT IS HOME TO THE DOMAIN, THE NEW UPTOWN ATX X PROJECT, Q2 STADIUM, AND PRETTY SOON TWO NEW RAIL STATIONS. I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS FOR JOINING ME IN THIS EFFORT. MY NORTH BURNETT GATEWAY MAYOR, UH, NEIGHBORS WHO ARE MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, KELLY, AND VELA, AND THE MAYOR WITH THIS EFFORT WILL BE POSITIONED TO CAPTURE MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THIS AREA NORTH OF TOWN AS A DESTINATION AND OUR SECOND DOWNTOWN. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM OUR STAFF, FOLLOWING THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND CRAFTING OF THE UPDATES. AND MY LAST PIECE WAS TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS FROM AN ITEM THAT I BROUGHT LAST WEEK, WHICH RELATED TO ENSURING THAT THE FALK LIBRARY WOULD EXPAND WITH THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, FOR OUR ARCHIVES. AND, UM, AND THE EPHEMERA FROM TRAVIS COUNTY. THERE'S SOME REALLY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS HOUSED THERE, INCLUDING A DOCUMENT DATED 1839, WHICH MEMORIALIZED THE CREATION OF THIS TOWN. IT WAS THEN CALLED WATERLOO. AND I'VE SEEN THAT DOCUMENT MYSELF, UH, WHEN I WAS DOWN IN THE BASEMENT AND IT'S PRETTY, WHICH IS WHERE IT WAS BEING HOUSED. IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO TREAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT ARCHIVE MATERIALS AND EPHEMERA BETTER. SO MY CO-SPONSORS ON THIS ITEM FROM LAST WEEK WERE MAYOR STEVE ADLER, MAYOR PRO TEM, ALISON ALTAR, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, KATHY TOVO. THEY JOINED ME ON LAST WEEK'S ITEM, 68, WHICH ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPLORE A SHARED ARCHIVE FACILITY AT THE FAULT LIBRARY BUILDING WITH TRAVIS COUNTY AND THE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ALSO APPROVED A SIMILAR RESOLUTION. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH WITH OUR PARTNERS THAT WILL SERVE BOTH BODIES AND [04:15:01] A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR ADVOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY. BOB WARD AT THE TRAVIS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, SEAN MALONE, WHO SO ABLY GUIDES, TRAVIS COUNTY ARCHIVES, AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS. THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER ASSOCIATION MEMBERS WHO WERE MANY OF WHOM WERE, UH, HERE ON JUNE NINE, KENT COLLINS, CANDACE BOLTS. SHE CAME TO THANK THE DYES FOR THIS ITEM. AND OF COURSE, CHARLES PIVOTO WHO MANY OF YOU KNOW, AND OF COURSE MY LONG STANDING APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK OF OUR AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY, STAFF COMMISSIONER, AND HOWARD AND HER STAFF. SHE WAS THE SPONSOR OF THE ITEM AT TRAVIS COUNTY, ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER SHEA AND TRAVIS COUNTY JUDGE ANDY BROWN AND SENATOR SARAH AT CART. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. UH THAT'S THROUGH, I RAN 30. YEAH. UH, YES, MAYOR, UH, I, I JUST HAVE A MESSAGE TO THE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPER COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED THERE ON FOUR SEVEN WALLET. WHAT ABOUT BUILDING THOSE OFFICE BUILDINGS THERE ON A TRANSIT ZONE? NOW I JUST, UH, I'M NOT GOING TO TOLERATE A FUTURE WHERE, UH, DEVELOPMENT COMES INTO THAT AREA AND, AND THEY COME IN WITH THE FEEDING LOOM. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE IN A TRANSIT AREA, ESPECIALLY FOR OFFICE BUILDINGS. UH, WE NEED AS MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT IN THE FUTURE DO NOT BRING THE 10 ITEMS TO TWO IN MY DISTRICT TWO MONTHS TO, TO THE DIYERS BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE VOTING AGAINST IT. THAT'S OUR KITCHEN. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS. UM, I WANTED TO COMMENT ON, UM, ITEM NUMBER, UH, 53. I WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AND I WANTED TO THANK THE, THE LEADERS OF THE TEXAS HARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE FOR WORKING WITH US ON BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IT'S, IT'S SO IMPORTANT, UM, THAT WE CREATE A PUB WITH THAT. WE RECOGNIZE THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS THAT'S IN FRONT OF US, UM, WITH, UH, OPIOID AND OTHER ADDICTIONS. AND SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT RESOLUTION THAT RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING IN HARM REDUCTION ESTABLISHES A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. IT ASKS OUR PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION TO DEVELOP A LOCAL PLAN OF ACTION, CREATES A DATA DASHBOARD, LOOKS AT PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ALSO RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM. I CAN'T OVEREMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING THAT, UM, SUBSTANCE USE IS A, UM, SUBSTANCE USE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND IT'S HARM REDUCTION THAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON. SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, WANTED TO ASK TO BE, UH, ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO AUTO NUMBER 86 ON GUN VIOLENCE. I THINK THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS'. UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT. UM, AND THEN, UM, FINALLY I WANTED TO, UH, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF ITEM, BOTH ITEM NUMBER 50, AND, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER 94, UH, THEY WORK HAND IN HAND AND THANK YOU, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTAS FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND BRINGING FORWARD ITEM 50, WHICH RELATES TO THE LIVING WAGE ITEM 94, WHICH I BROUGHT FORWARD IS A SIMILAR MEASURE RELATING SPECIFICALLY TO CALL TAKERS ON A REPEAT MY, UM, MY COMMITMENT, UH, TO REGIONAL LIVING WAGE. UM, AS MANY OF OUR SPEAKERS SAID TODAY, UM, THEY DESERVE IT AND THE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET TO A LIVABLE WAGE THIS YEAR. UH, AND SO I WANTED TO REITERATE MY COMMITMENT TOWARDS THAT AND, AND THANK EVERYONE THAT CAME AND SPOKE AND RECOGNIZE THE, THE, UM, CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING, UH, IN THEIR WORKFORCE AND IN THEIR LIVES AND WANTING TO SAY WE HEARD YOU, UM, AND WE ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS THAT. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. THAT'S ALL OUR, UH, PRENTICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND YOU KNOW, FIRST, I, I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T SEE IF THE MEMBERS HAVE ASKED ME AND OUR EMPLOYEES ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BIG HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME THIS MORNING AND PROVIDE A TESTIMONY. YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM WORKERS FROM VARIOUS, UH, DEPARTMENTS, AWESOME PUBLIC HEALTH, AUSTIN, PUBLIC LIBRARY, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, PUBLIC WORKS, EMS. [04:20:01] UM, OUR CALL-TAKERS LIKE THERE'S JUST SO MANY FOLKS CAME OUT AND SHARED WHAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. AND JUST HOW HARD IT IS TO GET BY IN AUSTIN AND HOW DIFFICULT IT'S BEEN WITH THE RISING COST OF LIVING. AND SO, AND HEARING YOUR REAL LIFE STORY. THE REALITY THAT YOU'RE LIVING HAS CERTAINLY MADE AN IMPACT ON ME. AND I IMAGINE, UM, THE REST OF THE DAY IS. AND SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR, FOR TAKING TIME TO SHARE, UH, WITH US TODAY, YOUR EXPERIENCE. AND I'M PROUD TO BE PART OF A COUNCIL THAT IS COMMITTED TO RAISING THE LIVING WAGE. THIS IS NOT UNPRECEDENTED THIS COUNCIL BEFORE PREVIOUSLY BACK IN 20 14, 20 15, UM, LED IN THE NATION AND RAISING THE WAGE TO 15. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT LEGACY CONTINUE, ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZING THE, UH, STAFFING VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S HAD TO SERVICES PROVIDED TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WE KNOW THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO DO. AND I'M GLAD THAT TODAY WE WERE ABLE TO, ABLE TO SHOW AND DEMONSTRATE, UH, TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEES, THAT WE ARE COMMITTED THIS UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE TO RAISE THE WAGE AND TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN TO ADDRESS THE COST OF LIVING HERE IN AUSTIN. AND THIS IS ONE SMALL WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT BY REINVESTING IN OUR WORKFORCE. UM, ALSO WE JUST WANTED TO THINK APPS ME THE EMS UNION AND THE FIRE UNION FOR SUPPORTING THIS MEASURE. AND ALSO WANTING TO KNOW THAT THIS MEASURE CAME OUT OF A RECOMMENDATION FROM A WORKING GROUP, THE LIVING WAGE WORKING GROUP, WHO JUST PRESENTED TO COUNCIL LAST WEEK, UH, RECOMMENDED A LIVABLE WAGE OF $22 PER HOUR. SO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT TO THOSE GROUPS, WE HAVE CENTRAL TEXAS INTERFAITH WORKERS, DEFENSE LIGHTENING, UH, IBW AUSTIN, CHAPTER OF GENERAL, CONTRACTORS, PLUMBERS, LOCAL 2 86 EQUAL JUSTICE CENTER UNITE HERE, OUR AIRPORT UNION, LOCAL PROGRESS, UH, TEXAS ANTIPOVERTY PROJECT AND EVERY TEXAN. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR UPLIFTING YOUR VOICES IN THIS MOVEMENT. ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR STAFF THAT I DID ASK A SERIES OF QUESTIONS IN THE BACKUP TO ITEM NUMBER 50. THAT INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE KEY WHEN COUNCIL CONSIDERS THE BUDGET. I KNOW THE RESPONSES THAT WE GOT BACK IN THAT Q AND A REFERENCED, A MEMO THAT WAS SENT, UH, YESTERDAY BY ACM, UH, BRUCE NETTLE. UH, BUT I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LOT MORE INFORMATION GOING IN TO THE BUDGET CYCLE. I'LL BE RESUBMITTING THOSE QUESTIONS, UH, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE, UM, THAT THE CITY THAT THE HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY PUT INTO PLAY THE ALTERNATIVE PAY PROGRAMS, UM, AND IN 10 OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, UM, ARE, ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS OR WORK IS UNDERWAY TO GET INTO PROGRESS. AND SO I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THOSE ALTERNATIVE PAY PROGRAMS, UM, YOU KNOW, SEEING, YOU KNOW, HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE BECOMING OR ARE WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENTS. UM, ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THE FISCAL COST TO GET, TO RAISE THE WAGE AT EACH INTERVAL, THAT INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE KEY DURING BUDGET CYCLE. UM, AND CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT MORE QUESTIONS THAT I COULD HIGHLIGHT HERE, BUT JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT AS POLICY MAKERS, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION THAT WE MAKE IS THE BUDGET. AND THAT INFORMATION IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL. SO AGAIN, JUST WANT TO PUNCTUATE THAT, AND CERTAINLY I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO STAFF TO HAVE THOSE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS, AND CERTAINLY WHY TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THE MARKET STUDIES THAT WE HAVE IN PROGRESS THAT HAVE BEEN DELAYED. I KNOW THAT THEY WERE DUE BACK IN MARCH AND WE WERE, IT WAS SHARED THAT THE CONSULTANTS HAD COVID. AND SO, BUT LOOKING AT THE TIMELINES LISTED, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE STILL A FEW MONTHS OUT BEFORE HAVING THOSE MARKET STUDIES. SO WHY NOT SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION BEFORE THE BUDGET CYCLE? SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE THOSE REMARKS AND, UH, THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST ON, UM, ON THE GLOBAL WAGE RESOLUTION, I DO WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS, UM, FOR JOINING ME IN THIS EFFORT, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN COUNCIL MEMBER, TOBO COSTUMER, BELLA, AND CONCERT MEMBER RENTERIA, UH, FOR ALL OF, FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP. AWESOME. WHY TO MENTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 53, WHICH IS THE OVERDOSE CRISIS RESOLUTION THAT, UM, WAS ALSO, UM, CENTERED INTO WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND EXPERIENCING IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE RISE OF OVERDOSES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN AUSTIN AND THIS CUSTOMER KITCHEN. AND I ACTUALLY ATTENDED A TOWN HALL TOGETHER, AND WE HEARD FROM THE TEXAS HARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE. AND WE GOT TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE, UM, WITH OVERDOSES AND YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO EXPAND ACCESS, TO HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES AND TREATMENT AND, AND WHAT WE CAN BE DOING WITH OUR OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS. SO THAT RESOLUTION REALLY IS FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT THOSE [04:25:01] DOLLARS GO BACK INTO THE COMMUNITIES, UM, COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO KNOW OUR COMMUNITY BEST AND WHO HAVE EFFECTIVE MODELS SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING, BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT WE'RE BUILDING OUT A ROBUST SYSTEM, UM, HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WE JOINED TRAVIS COUNTY AND DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS WHEN IT COMES TO OVERDOSES. AND LASTLY, THIS IS MY LAST, LASTLY, I KNOW I'VE SAID THAT TWICE. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A PERSONAL, UH, YOU KNOW, POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND JUST WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FOR REALLY BEING A LEADER ON BOTH OF THESE ISSUES. AND JUST WHEN I THINK ABOUT, UM, WHAT THESE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN, CERTAINLY CUSTOMER PULL, YOU MENTIONED HOW, HOW CHALLENGING IT WAS WITH ITEM NUMBER 50, THE LIVING WAGE. IT JUST MAKES ME REALLY PROUD AND HONORED TO, TO KNOW THAT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE WITH THE COLLEAGUE LIKE CONCERT KITCHEN, WHO IS, UM, YOU KNOW, SO ATTENTIVE AND SO HELPFUL AND, AND HELPING ME WITH THE POLICY MAKING PROCESS AND REALLY UNDERSTANDS THESE ISSUES AND IN A WAY THAT I I'VE BEEN JUST VERY PLEASED TO SEE IT TO WORK WITH. SO THANK YOU CUSTOMER KITCHEN FOR, FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE, AND THE HELP OF YOUR, YOUR TEAM AS WELL. JASON LOPEZ WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS AS WELL. AND, UH, AND A SHOUT OUT TO MY TEAM, SOPHIA MORALES, WHO HELPED WITH THE LIVING WAGE RESOLUTION AND, AND SARAH BARGE ON THE, ON THE OVERDOSE RESOLUTION. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET UNANIMOUS SUPPORT ON BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, THE COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO WHICH, BY THE WAY, AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, WHEN WE WERE HERE SO LATE AND JEEZ, WE SHOULD TAKE OUR CONSENT AGENDA REMARKS AND TWEET THEM HILARIOUS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND READ SOME OF THOSE. I WANT TO START THOUGH, JUST BY SAYING YOU GUYS, UM, MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HEARD THE NEWS. THERE WAS A SMALL ENGINE PLANE THAT CRASHED RIGHT INTO LADY BIRD LAKE WHILE WE WERE HERE THIS AFTERNOON. AND I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION, UM, TO THE FOLKS THAT HELPED THAT PILOT GET OUT OF THAT PLANE. THERE WERE SOME PADDLE BOARDERS THAT HELPED THAT PILOT GET SAFELY TO THE SHORE WHERE THEY'RE BEING TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL NOW. SO, UM, MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO, TO THE FOLKS WHO WERE INJURED AND JUST, UM, SOME BIG UPS TO THE FOLKS THAT, THAT REGULAR PEOPLE THAT TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEROES TODAY. UM, WE APPRECIATE YOU. SO A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR CONSENT AGENDA FROM OUR MEETING ON JUNE 9TH, UM, I DON'T NUMBER 27, THE LITTLE COMMUNITY RADIO STATION THAT COULD ON THE EAST SIDE THAT CELEBRATING ITS 40TH BIRTHDAY LATER THIS SUMMER, UM, 88.7 K ACI IS A LISTENER SUPPORTED STATION THAT FOCUSES ON CONTENT FOR BLACK AUSTINITES AND OTHER UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. IT ALSO AIRS OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS LIVE OVER THE AIR. SO I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUPPORT A CONTRACT EXTENSION THAT WILL HELP KEEP THEIR IMPORTANT OPERATIONS GOING FOR YEARS TO COME HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YET ITEM NUMBER 43, THE CROWN ACT, UM, ITEM NUMBER 43, ESTABLISHES THE AUSTIN CROWN ACT, WHICH IS A PART OF A NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO BAN HOUSING AND WORKFORCE DISCRIMINATION BASED ON HAIRSTYLES AND TEXTURES. IF THAT'S A SURPRISE TO YOU. YES, THAT STILL HAPPENS. UM, SO REALLY HAPPY AND PROUD TO BE ABLE TO PUT THIS ITEM FORWARD AND HAVE EVERYBODY FEEL JUST FINE AND ACCEPTED JUST LIKE WE COME, UM, AUTHENTICALLY US, LIKE OUR MUSICIAN SAID EARLIER, UM, ITEM NUMBER 51, METRO RAPID STREET IMPROVEMENTS, ITEM NUMBER 51 IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ONCE AGAIN, REMIND OUR CONSTITUENTS, THAT PROJECT CONNECT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AND THE EXPO IN PLEASANT VALLEY, METRO RAPID LINES ARE COMING CLOSER TO REALITY. UM, THAT'S THANKS TO A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND CAP METRO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE JUST APPROVED. UM, ITEM NUMBER 53, MLK SPEED REDUCTIONS. WE HAVE A RAFT OF, UH, SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS, INCLUDING ALONG MLK EAST OF 180 3. THAT'S THE PART OF THE STREET THAT WILL UNDERGO SOME BIG SAFETY UPGRADES, THANKS TO THE 2016 MOBILITY BOND. AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ALREADY TAKING STEPS TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR ALL USERS. UM, ITEM NUMBER 63, ROSEWOOD COURTS, UH, RO VACATION. I, I, IT WAS NEWS TO THEM. SOMEBODY WAS OVERHEARING US HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS ITEM THE OTHER DAY. IT WAS NEWS TO THEM TO FIND OUT THAT OUR VERY OWN ROSEWOOD COURTS IN THE TWO ZIP CODE ON THE EAST SIDE OF AUSTIN, UM, IS THE, COUNTRY'S NOT THE STATES, NOT CENTRAL TEXAS, NOT AUSTIN, THE COUNTRY'S FIRST FEDERALLY FUNDED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS. I'M HAPPY THAT WE BROUGHT FORWARD ITEM NUMBER 63, [04:30:01] WHICH MOVES OUR RENOVATION OF THE HISTORIC ROSEWOOD COURTS CLOSER TO REALITY. UM, THIS IS A HUGE STEP AND REALLY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT EFFORT. UH, LESLIE NOW ITEM NUMBER 72, MAGGIE MAY STREET. I AM GRATEFUL TO COUNCIL MEMBER KATHY TOVO FOR BRINGING FORWARD ITEM NUMBER 72, WHICH RENAMES CONFEDERATE STREET IN CLARKSVILLE TO MAGGIE MAE'S STREET. THIS REPLACES A TRIBUTE TO WHITE SUPREMACY WITH A TRIBUTE TO A VERY IMPORTANT WOMAN IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY MRS. MAY'S COULD BE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOTHERS OF BLACK EDUCATION AND OUR CITY. THANKS TO HER EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH THE FIRST SCHOOL. AND WHAT WAS THEN A COMMUNITY OF RECENTLY FREED SLAVES COMING SOON OR COMING SO CLOSE RATHER TO JUNETEENTH, UH, THE TIMING ON THIS RENAMING COULDN'T BE BETTER. AND I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS ALONG MAGGIE MAYS STREET, UH, WHO ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTED THE CHANGE. I'M GONNA SWAP OVER REAL QUICK TO CONSENT REMARKS FOR TODAY'S MEETING. UM, ITEM NUMBER 15 COUNTRY CLUB CREEK RESTORATION. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA CAN TELL YOU HOW LONG OVERDUE THIS ITEM IS. UM, ITEM 15, UH, IS HEAVY STORMS, OVERWHELMED COUNTRY CLUB CREEK SEVEN YEARS AGO, AND TOOK OUT A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND GUERRERO PARK. UM, THIS WORK THAT WE'RE GREEN-LIGHTING TODAY WILL MOVE US CLOSER TO RESTORING THE CREEK AND REPLACING THE BRIDGE. IT WILL PROVIDE SAFER CONNECTIVITY TO ACC RIVERSIDE CAMPUS AND GIVE PEOPLE IN THE MONTOPOLIS, UM, ACCESS TO THE SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. UH, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING. I THINK WE'RE ALL REALLY APPRECIATIVE WHEN WE CAN MAKE OUR CITY MORE CONNECTED. ITEM NUMBER 33. UM, I, I MENTIONED THIS IN THE LAST ONE, BUT I'LL BRING IT FORWARD AGAIN. UH, I'M EXTRA EXCITED ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 33, THE IMMINENT RENOVATION OF THE HISTORIC ROSEBUD CORDS COMMUNITY. UM, WE'VE BEEN GRADUALLY MOVING FORWARD TO THIS DAY FOR YEARS AND, UH, REAL BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE HAKA FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ITEM FOR SO LONG. UH, IT HAS TAKEN TIRELESS, DEDICATION AND TRUE COMMITMENT. UH, I'M GLAD TO FINALLY GET IT PASSED IN THIS CRITICAL STAGE. A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RESIDENTS WHO PUT IN THE TIME AND THE EFFORT TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITY AND BRING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO DISTRICT ONE ITEM NUMBER 54, OUR MENSTRUAL EQUITY ITEM, A THANK YOU TO MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR FOR BRINGING FORWARD ITEM NUMBER 54, WHICH IS ANOTHER STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR MENSTRUAL EQUITY. THIS HAS BEEN A CAUSE OF MINE SINCE I TOOK OFFICE. AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS ITEM. UH, ITEM NUMBER 90 AISD, WIFI, VERY PROUD. AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC REALLY CAST A VERY HARSH LIGHT, FRANKLY, ON A LOT OF THE INEQUITIES THAT WE EXPERIENCE AS A MUNICIPALITY. UM, WE HAVE LET IT FESTER FOR FAR TOO LONG. AND FOR A LOT OF FOLKS, IT FEELS IMPOSSIBLE TO RECONCILE. UH, WHEN OUR SCHOOL CAMPUS IS SHUT DOWN AND FAMILIES HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO VIRTUAL LEARNING. A LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT WERE LEFT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US ON THE DAYAS HEARD STORIES ABOUT FAMILIES SHARING A SINGULAR CELL PHONE, UM, HAVING THEIR KIDS TAKE TURNS TO GO TO SCHOOL PARENTS AND KIDS TAKING TURNS BETWEEN REMOTE WORK AND SCHOOL. UM, THE ACCESS TO BROADBAND SHOULD BE A PUBLIC GOOD. UM, AND SO THE FACT THAT WE ARE GETTING ONE STEP CLOSER, UH, IT'S SOMETHING I'M REALLY PROUD OF. WE ARE DEFINITELY MAKING PROGRESS. UM, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT AISD TRIED TO WORK AROUND THE HOTSPOT PROBLEM BY PROVIDING SPOTS VIA SCHOOL BUSES AND MY MIND'S EYE. THAT'S NOT A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION. SO THE DISTRICT HAS COME UP WITH THIS PLAN THAT THEY CALLED PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE. AND I THINK IT'S A TRUE WIN-WIN FOR EVERYONE. WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS PARTNER WITH A COMPANY THAT WOULD BUILD CELL TOWERS ON TOP OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS. THOSE TOWERS WILL HAVE AISD ROUTERS THAT WILL BE FREE BROADBAND DOWN TO CLASSROOMS AND TO AISD FAMILIES WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS OF OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. THE COMPANY WILL ALSO RENT SPACE ON THE TOWERS TO TELECOM PROVIDERS WHO WILL BRING 5G SERVICE TO AREAS THAT DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE IT. THE DISTRICT ALSO STANDS TO GET SOME REVENUE THAT WON'T BE SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE. SO LIKE I SAID, I THINK IT'S JUST AN ABSOLUTE WIN-WIN. UM, THE ONLY THING STANDING IN THE WAY IS THE CITY'S RULES REGULATING THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWERS. SO I HOPE OUR STAFF CAN DRAFT A NEW INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE DISTRICT THAT LETS US GET OUT OF THEIR WAY AND BRING OUR KIDS WIFI. UM, BECAUSE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL ONLY BRING BENEFITS TO OUR SCHOLARS WHO NEED THEM. UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS, THIS REALLY IS MY LAST, BUT NOT LEAST TO ITEM NUMBER 50, $22 AN HOUR. I'M NOT BREAKING ANY NEWS. WHEN I SAY IT'S GOTTEN REALLY EXPENSIVE TO [04:35:01] LIVE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, UM, THAT WE VOCALIZE OUR APPRECIATION FOR CITY STAFF PRETTY FREQUENTLY HERE FROM THE DICE. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T APPRECIATE THAT THOUSANDS OF OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES JUST AS MUCH FROM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE TO OUR PARK, RANGERS, LIBRARIANS, LIFEGUARDS CLERK'S, OFFICE WORKERS, TECH SUPPORT, CRUISE LINE, MEN AND WOMEN, AND SO MANY MORE. THERE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE EARLIER WHEN HE GAVE HIS TESTIMONY ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY. HE'S RIGHT. THAT IS AN ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF OUR CITY. UM, SO THOSE PEOPLE THAT KEEP OUR CITY RUNNING, THEY DO DESERVE WAGES THAT MATCH THE CRITICAL WORK THAT THEY DO IN AND OUT. AND EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVABLE WAGES. EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. UM, IT'S KINDA CRAZY TO THINK THAT A LIVING WAGE IN THIS CITY IS $22 PER HOUR, BUT THAT'S JUST THE AGE THAT WE LIVE IN INFLATION, HOUSING COSTS, CHILDCARE, RISING GAS PRICES. IT ALL IS MAKING IT HARDER FOR OUR WORKERS AND FAMILIES TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. I AM FULLY COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE VITAL SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD TO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT ESPECIALLY GOES FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PUT IN THE HARD HOURS TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. AS I SAID ON OUR TUESDAY WORK SESSION, UH, WE DO HAVE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL NEED TO ADDRESS. SO TO SAY IT'S COMPLEX IS PROBABLY AN UNDERSTATEMENT. OUR CITY WORKERS, AREN'T THE ONLY ONES STRUGGLING TO MAKE IT HERE IN AUSTIN. THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER NON-CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE STARING DOWN THE VERY REAL AND VERY HARD CHOICE OF MOVING OUT TO MORE AFFORDABLE PLACES. WE CAN RAISE THE CITY WAGES UNTIL OUR BUDGET FIRST, BUT IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR RULES, OUR REGULATIONS AND THE RED TAPE THAT MAKE IT SO DIFFICULT TO BUILD MORE HOUSING FOR MORE PEOPLE IN MORE PARTS OF TOWN, WE ARE JUST GOING TO MORE, WE'RE GOING TO RUN MORE AND MORE FAMILIES OUT OF OUR CITY AND INTO THE SUBURBS OR FRANKLY TO OTHER CITIES ENTIRELY. UH, LASTLY, WE'RE IN A REAL HOUSING CRISIS. UM, NOBODY CAN DENY THAT I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR IDEOLOGY IS. WE ARE IN A REAL HOUSING CRISIS. EVERYBODY IN OUR COUNTRY IS INTERNATIONALLY. THERE'S A HOUSING CRISIS. WE ARE NOT UNIQUE IN THAT WAY. UH, ONE OF THE CONSEQUENCES THOUGH, OF OUR INABILITY TO COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESS IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR FINITE DOLLARS FROM IMPORTANT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO PAY OUR WORKERS, A LIVING WAGE. UM, AND THAT'S ONLY GOING TO GET HIGHER AND HIGHER AND THE COST OF HOUSING WILL NOT STOP. SO TO SAY THAT, UM, I'M PROUD AND HAPPY THAT WE'VE MADE SOME STEPS FORWARD IS TRUE, BUT IT GETS TO ALSO BE TRUE THAT I AM SADDENED AND DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS IS AS FAR AS THE CAPITAL CITY OF TEXAS. UM, THE 11TH LARGEST CITY IN THE NATION CAN GO TODAY. MY HOPE IS THAT COLLECTIVELY WE WORK HARDER TRIPLE TIME TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MA'AM THANK YOU. UM, COUNSELING US THEN THE MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO SPEAK VERY QUICKLY TO A COUPLE OF ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 52 IS THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT RESOLUTION. IT IS ABOUT WORKING TOWARD CREATIVE COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES, QUALIFIED TO PERFORM VISION ZERO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS FOCUSED ON SPEEDING, RECKLESS DRIVING AND DRUNK DRIVING. UM, WE HAVE TO GET REALLY CREATIVE HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, WE COLLABORATE ON THE DYESS A LOT. WE HAVE TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR, OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, OUR COUNTY CONSTABLES AND OUR SHERIFFS, AND JUST REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHO HAS, WHAT AVAILABILITY, WHERE CAN WE, OUR DOLLARS BEST AND HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION, OUR HIGHWAYS ARE SAFER IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I APPRECIATE THE INPUT FROM MY CO-SPONSORS MAYOR, PRO TEM ALTAR COUNCIL MEMBERS, HARPER, MADISON FONTEZ, AND THE DISTRICT DATA TEAM. I KNOW EVERYONE IN MY TEAM HAD THEIR HANDS ON THIS AT SOME POINT. SO THEIR FINGERPRINTS ARE VERY MUCH ON THIS RESOLUTION AND THE AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION PROVIDED SOME INPUT AS WELL. AND SO I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDED THAT INPUT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT CAN COME FROM THIS RESOLUTION ITEM. NUMBER 86 IS THE ITEM COMPREHENSIVE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION COAST. CO-SPONSORS ON THAT ONE. WE'RE MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO FAILLA KITCHEN MAYOR ADLER FOLLOWING THE HORRIFYING LOSS OF LIFE. AND YOU VALIDATE BUFFALO AND OTHER CITIES, AS WELL AS ALMOST DAILY VIOLENCE. IN MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES, I FELT COMPELLED TO BRING FORTH THIS ITEM, TO OFFER A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ENDING GUN VIOLENCE. WHILE THERE IS SOME OPTIMISM REGARDING AN AGREEMENT ON MODEST REFORMS IN THE US SENATE, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT LOSE FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITIES HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THIS ITEM STRENGTHENS AND REINFORCES [04:40:01] OUR STATE AND LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS BY CALLING FOR A RENEWAL OF THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN RAISING THE AGE OF PURCHASE TO 21 AND SUPPORTING A NATIONAL RED FLAG LAW AMONG OTHER INITIATIVES. WE ALSO DRAW ATTENTION TO OUR MANY LOCAL ACTIONS BY SUPPORTING AND STRENGTHENING OUR OFFENSE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION. AS IT PREPARES TO LAUNCH A SERIES OF MAJOR COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION PROGRAMS OVER THE COMING YEARS, WE ALSO SUPPORT RENEWING OUR SUCCESSFUL, SAFE STORAGE AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AND DISTRIBUTING FREE GUN LOCKS, WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO PREVENTING THEFT AND PROTECTING YOUNG CHILDREN. AND THOSE WHO MIGHT BE IN CRISIS. THIS MEASURE CALLS FOR PROMOTING MORE COLLABORATION BETWEEN PROSECUTORS LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. AS THE EFFORT TO STOP VIOLENCE BEGINS AT HOME AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN ONLY REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE AND HELP HEAL THOSE IMPACTED BY IT BY FOSTERING COLLABORATION, UNDERSTANDING AND ACTION ITEM. NUMBER 50 ON THE LIVING WAGE, WE MUST COMMIT TO ENSURING THAT OUR CITY EMPLOYEES CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN AUSTIN AND TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. ONE SIGN OF A HEALTHY ECONOMY IS THAT IT NOT ONLY ALLOWS FOR INNOVATION WITHIN THE MARKET TO CREATE HIGH PAYING JOBS, BUT IT ALSO LOOKS OUT FOR PEOPLE MAKING MINIMUM WAGE. OTHERWISE PEOPLE WON'T WANT TO DO THESE JOBS NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR WORK, THE NUMBERS JUST DON'T PENCIL OUT. AND THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT PICK UP OUR COMPOSTING LIFEGUARD, OUR PUBLIC POOLS, ANSWER OUR 9 1 1 CALLS AND MAINTAIN OUR PARKS. SO I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES AND THE OTHER CO-SPONSORS. AND ALL THE SPEAKERS FROM ASKED ME WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK TO US TODAY. COMMENTS FOR THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK. UM, I WAS REALLY, REALLY PROUD THAT WE TOOK SOME PROACTIVE STEPS ON INCREASING THE REBATES FOR E-BIKES. THIS IS CONTINUING BE A REALLY INNOVATIVE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND USUALLY ONE OF THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE SAY THEY WON'T SWITCH FROM DRIVING ALONE IN THEIR CAR TO BIKING PLACES IS BECAUSE OF THE HEAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S OVER A HUNDRED DEGREES RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC BIKES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE INCREASED INCENTIVES TO THE REBATES THAT CAN BE PROVIDED SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN OWN BIKES. UM, AND WE PASSED SOME SPEED LIMIT UPDATES AT THE LAST MEETING, AND I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK VERY QUICKLY. WE LOWERED THE SPEED LIMIT ON A SCOTSMAN BOULEVARD IN FRONT OF BEAR CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND I KNOW THERE IS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT TRYING TO CREATE A SCHOOL ZONE THERE. SO I WANTED MY CONSTITUENTS TO KNOW IT'S VERY MUCH ON OUR RADAR AND WE'RE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE ROUNDABOUTS AND TRYING TO LOWER THAT SPEED LIMIT THERE. SO IT W IT JUST BECAUSE WE PASSED THAT ITEM, I WAS HAPPY TO SUPPORT LOWERING THAT SPEED LIMIT, BUT I WANTED MY CONSTITUENTS THAT, THAT SEND THEIR KIDS TO THAT SCHOOL TO KNOW WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT THAT SCHOOL ZONE IS SAFE FOR PEOPLE. THANK YOU. UM, WE, UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO JUST JOINED US FOR PROCLAMATIONS, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO OUR PROCLAMATION SOON. UM, BUT WE, AS A COUNCIL HAVE BEEN REALLY HARD AT WORK. WE'RE BEEN HARD AT WORK PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEK, BUT, UM, THE LAST WEEK, AND THIS WEEK WE HAD AGENDAS WITH A HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE ITEMS. AND, UM, WE'RE TAKING A PAUSE TO REFLECT ON WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER AND COLLABORATIVELY. UM, AND THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS THAT I DIDN'T FULLY REPAIR PREPARE REMARKS. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO I HAVE, UM, COLLABORATED ON VARIOUS ITEMS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT I COULD ACTUALLY ENUMERATE THEM. WE'VE DONE SO MUCH THE LAST, UM, TWO WEEKS. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS, UM, ON A START WITH, UM, THE LIVING WAGE, UM, ITEM THAT WE PASS TODAY, ITEM 50. UM, I'M REALLY PROUD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE. UM, OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR EMPLOYEES AT ALL LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE, ALL LEVELS OF WAGES ARE THE HEART OF OUR CITY. THEY'RE THE BEAT THAT MAKES US MOVE FORWARD. UM, AND WE ABSOLUTELY MUST PRIORITIZE, UM, ADJUSTING THE NEEDS OF OUR WORKERS, UM, IN THIS UPCOMING BUDGET. AND THAT APPLIES TO OUR SWORN AS WELL AS OUR, OUR NON-SWORN PERSONNEL. AND I THINK THAT GETS A LITTLE BIT LOST SOMETIMES IN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE, UM, BEEN HAVING, UM, THAT RELATES TO ITEM 94, WHICH IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S ITEM ON THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW, UM, WITH A BUDGET WRITER, UM, WHICH IS THE STUDY THAT IS REFERENCED IN THAT. AND SO I AM PLEASED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FOR, FOR PUSHING FORWARD THIS NEXT STEP. UM, WE ITEM SIX TODAY, [04:45:01] WE, UM, FUNDED ADDITIONAL FULL DAY PRE-K CLASSROOMS AT SEVERAL TITLE, ONE SCHOOLS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HUBBER, MADISON MENTIONED MY ITEM TO ADVANCE THE MENSTRUAL EQUITY, UM, AND TO ALLEVIATE, UH, DIAPER POVERTY AT THE STATE LEVEL, UM, BY ADVOCATING FOR NOT HAVING SALES TAX ON THOSE ITEMS. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO REPRESENTATIVE HOWARD AND THE OTHER LEGISLATORS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE THROUGH STATE LEGISLATION ITEM 55 INITIATE, UM, ORDINANCE CHANGES THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, TO TAKE THE LAST STEPS THAT WE NEED TO FOR THE WILD LAND, URBAN INTERFACE CODE, TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY THAT LIVES IN THE WILD LAND, URBAN INTERFACE, AND TO PROTECT US FROM WILDFIRES, UM, ON THE MENSTRUAL AND DIAPER TAX ITEM. MY CO-SPONSORS OUR COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS WENT AS HYPER MADISON AND TOVO AND ON THE WILDFIRE MAYOR, ADLER COUNCIL MEMBERS, ELLIS HARPER, MADISON, AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, I WANT TO ALSO, UM, HIGHLIGHT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS' RESOLUTION NUMBER 86, UM, RELATED TO GUN VIOLENCE. UM, I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LEAN INTO OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS. UH, WE HELD A SUMMIT LAST WEEK. UM, WE HAVE, UM, THE PATH TO HAVE A REAL ROBUST PLAN AND AN ABILITY TO REALLY CUT DOWN ON GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, THIS RESOLUTION DOES, UM, MAKE EFFORTS TO ADVOCATE AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, WHICH WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO, BUT IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY THINGS THAT WE CAN AND NEED TO BE DOING AT OUR LEVEL WITH THE VIOLENCE INTERVENTION, THE GUN LOCKS, ALL OF THAT BEING SUPER IMPORTANT. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT PRIORITY AS WELL, GOING INTO TO BUDGET. UM, ALSO APPRECIATE THE TRAFFIC SAFETY. UM, FINALLY, UM, AS WE COME OUT OF THESE COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH SO MANY, UM, AGENDA ITEMS, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF THAT, UM, SUPPORTS US. UM, I WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL STAFF, UM, FOR THEIR AMAZING WORK. UM, BUT ALSO ALL THE STAFF THAT INTERACT WITH US, UM, ON COUNCIL, IT'S BEEN A ROUGH COUPLE YEARS. THERE'S NO WAY AROUND THAT. AND I THINK WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT THROUGH, THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT TIMES. AND, AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE GETS A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO BUDGET. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. TODAY WE PASSED ITEM NUMBER 35, WHICH IS THE PECAN GARDENS CONTRACT WITH FAMILY ELDER. THIS CONTRACT WAS CAREFULLY REVIEWED BY MYSELF AND MY OFFICE, AND I'M THANKFUL TO CITY STAFF FOR HAVING INCORPORATED ALL OF THE DIRECTION FROM ITEM 85 ON MAY 19TH RELATED TO THIS CONTRACT. I BELIEVE THE SAFETY CONCERNS THE COMMUNITY HAD EXPRESSED TO ME ARE ADDRESSED IN THE CONTRACT LAST MONTH. MY STAFF, AS WELL AS WILLIAMSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER COOK AND HER STAFF HAD THE CHANCE TO TOUR A LION'S GARDENS WITH FAMILY ELDER CARE, WHO MANAGES THAT COMMUNITY PECAN GARDENS VISION IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF LION'S GARDENS. I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THIS HOTEL FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, IT HAS BEEN MY DUTY AS YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER TO ENSURE THE PROPERTY AND THE FORWARD MOVEMENT ON THE USE OF THE PROPERTY REMAINED GOOD PARTNERS. I HAVE RENEWED HOPE TODAY THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROPERTIES USE THAT FAMILY ELDER CARE WILL BE A GREAT PARTNER IN THIS ENDEAVOR. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROGRESS MADE ON THE PROPERTY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN FOR YOUR NINE 11 CALL TAKER ITEM. I WAS GLAD TO WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE AND CO-SPONSOR IT. SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? I KNOW WE'RE RIGHT UP AGAINST PROCLAMATIONS AND WE HAVE A FULL CHAMBER, SO I'LL MAKE IT SUPER SHORT. UM, I TOO, AND I EXTEND MY THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK OF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, ON THIS, ON THIS DIOCESE WITH REGARD TO, TO WAGES AND GUN VIOLENCE AND SO MANY OTHER CRITICAL ISSUES. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE, UM, BOTH FROM LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD, ONE IS THE RAINY ITEM, THE LONG AWAITED RAINY HISTORIC DISTRICT FUND, WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY APPROVE IT DURING THE BUDGET, AND THEN, UH, HOPEFULLY SEE THOSE PROJECTS WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH STAKEHOLDERS VERY QUICKLY AND, AND BEGIN TO BE IMPLEMENTED NEXT FALL. I THINK THAT'S SUPER LONG OVERVIEW OR OVERDUE, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. UM, TO ON TODAY'S AGENDA IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE RESILIENCE HUB RESOLUTION THAT I BROUGHT A WHILE BACK. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL EXTEND THE REACH OF THOSE OF THAT RESILIENCE WORK TO COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. WE, WE IMMEDIATELY, AFTER PASSING THE RESILIENCE HUB RESOLUTION STARTED TO HEAR FROM, FROM CONGREGATIONS, FROM OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WERE VERY INTERESTED IN, IN BEING A COMMUNITY RESILIENCE HUB OR HOSTING ONE AT THEIR FACILITY. AND THIS TOOLKIT WILL ALLOW, WILL ALLOW, UM, COMMUNITIES THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY A PART OF THAT FIRST SIX [04:50:01] PILOT GROUP TO, TO PREPARE TO DO THE KIND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO BE PREPARED AND IDENTIFY A FACILITY, A TRUSTED PLACE IN THEIR COMMUNITY THAT COULD SERVE AS A RESILIENCE HUB DURING TIMES OF EMERGENCY, BUT ALSO BE COMMUNITY ASSETS, UM, AND THE WORDS OF OUR NEW RESILIENCE OFFICER DURING BLUE SKY DAYS AS WELL. AND SO, UM, I'M VERY EXCITED AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP AND JUST, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM ALTER AND COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES, AND I WERE AT A JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, AND ONE OF THE TRUSTEES, TRUSTEE BOSWELL SUGGESTED THAT WE FIND A WAY TO, TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THAT AND GET YOUTH INVOLVED IN THAT ENGAGEMENT AS WELL. AND SO YOU'LL SEE AN AMENDMENT ON TODAY'S VERSION THAT MAKES THAT POSSIBLE TOO. AND I THINK I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO MOVE ON TO OUR, UM, PROX. AND HE ALSO COLLEAGUES. ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS DOWN WITH ONE COMMENT. I IS, HAS BEEN, UH, DIFFICULT, UH, COUPLE YEARS AND, AND EVEN THE AGENDAS THAT WE HAD WITH, WITH 22 ITEMS FROM COUNCIL PUT ON THIS WEEK'S AGENDA, A GREAT NUMBER THE WEEK BEFORE, AS I LOOKED AT THE AGENDA AND THE ITEMS THAT WERE COMING UP, EACH OF THEM, UH, HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT COULD HAVE REALLY HELD US UP AND SPLIT US UP AND GOTTEN US, UH, A DIEZ CONVERSATION, UH, THAT THAT WOULD HAVE REPRESENTED, UH, THE, THE VAST ARRAY OF, OF IDEAS AND PHILOSOPHIES IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, BUT ANYWHERE PEOPLE EXPECT OF US IS TO WORK REALLY HARD AND TRY TO MOVE PAST THOSE AND TRY TO FIND THE COMMON GROUND. AND I THINK IF YOU LOOKED AT THE WORK WE'VE DONE TODAY AND THE WORK WE DID LAST WEEK, UH, WE DID THAT AND WE DID THAT RIGHT. WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ON THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WE COULDN'T EVEN SAY THE WORD COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS A YEAR AGO, UH, WITHOUT EVOKING ANXIETY ABOUT TRYING TO DECIDE THOSE ISSUES. BUT YET WE HAD A UNANIMOUS VOTE ON A RESOLUTION LAST WEEK THAT WERE COME BACK TO US IN SEPTEMBER. AND, AND TO ME THAT EPITOMIZES, I THINK THE, THE REAL WORK IN AFRICA, IT DOESN'T COME EASILY. UM, BUT, BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS AS IT IS HAPPENING WITH THE COUNCIL, WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE IT, UH, PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COUNCIL, UH, PROBABLY WORK OF MY STAFF AND THE OTHER STAFFS THAT I HAVE WATCHED WORK SO CLOSELY TOGETHER, PROUD OF THE CITY STAFF. THIS WAS A GOOD AND HARD COUPLE OF WEEKS COMING ON. UH, A GOOD AND HARD COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE A CHAMBER FULL OF FOLKS THAT ARE HERE NOW TO DO PROCLAMATIONS. UM, MY GUESS IS PROBABLY TAKEN ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR TO DO THE PROCLAMATIONS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET US CLOSE TO SIX O'CLOCK. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE FINISHED A DINNER BREAK AT THAT POINT. AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN COME BACK AND SAY, WHAT, 6 30, 6, 45 PEOPLE HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR HER TIME, SIX 30 PEOPLE WON'T TRY SIX 30. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL COME BACK AT SIX 30, UH, JUST TO, TO REMIND EVERYBODY, AS WE COME IN THE ITEMS WE HAVE TO RESOLVE OR ITEMS 48, 51, 88 91 AND 95 AND 75. MY BELIEF IS THAT PROBABLY, I THINK I COULD BE WRONG, THAT A LOT OF THESE ARE GONNA WORK REALLY QUICKLY. UH, IF YOU COULD ASSESS THAT, LET'S TAKE THE ONES THAT WE THINK WILL BE THE QUICKEST ONES FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL DEAL WITH THE ONE OR TWO THAT MIGHT TAKE US A LITTLE BIT LONGER. SO WITH THAT AT, UH, 5 35, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A RECESS IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING SO WE CAN MOVE TO, UH, PROCLAMATIONS, UH, IN THE ORDER LISTED IN THE AGENDA. RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND WELCOME TO, UH, THE CITY HALL TO HAVE EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION. [Proclamation 1] SO THIS FIRST PROCLAMATION GOES TO, UM, UH, ELBOW AND, UH, SOME MEREDITH TUNNEL, UH, AN ORGANIZATION THAT FOR YEARS HAS BEEN DOING JUST INCREDIBLE WORK, BUT AN ORGANIZATION OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, UH, WHILE THE PANDEMIC HAS, HAS, HAS HIT OUR CITY HARD, THIS ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN OUR WINDOW AND OUR LIFELINE TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO REACH. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE REACH THOSE PEOPLE, HOW WE, HOW WE HELP PROTECT THOSE PEOPLE, HOW WE PUT OUR SHOULDER TO THE WORK THAT, THAT, THAT YOU DO. IT'S REAL GOOD TO HAVE, UH, UH, DR. ROSE, ROSEMARY, MARIA, MARIO, WITH US, WHO IS THE CEO OF, UH, AL GWEN, UH, WHO WAS LAST IN THIS CHAMBER AND UNDERSTAND ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO [04:55:01] AS, AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF, UH, OF AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. UM, BUT NOW, UH, IN, IN THESE LAST FIVE YEARS AND CONTINUING ON AFTER THAT MOST RECENTLY, UH, WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, TO TURN UP SOME BABY FOOD, UH, YOU, UH, UH, SOMEONE REACHED OUT TO ME AND HAD, UH, FOUND SOME BABY FOOD THAT APPARENTLY HAD FALLEN OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. UM, BUT IT WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO US, UH, AND YOU WERE ABLE TO GET IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. UH, THE WORK YOU DO IS JUST INVALUABLE. SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION NOW TO, TO RECOGNIZE THIS WORK, BE IT KNOWN THAT WE'RE, AS HAS WORKED CONSISTENTLY OVER FOR OVER THREE DECADES TO MEET THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF CENTRAL TEXAS WITH RECENT EFFORTS FOCUSED ON COVID-19 VACCINE DISTRIBUTION AND INCLUDING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. AND WHEREAS IN SPRING 2021, DURING A PERIOD OF HIGH DEMAND FOR THE COVID VACCINE, WORKED DIRECTLY WITH 1300 PEOPLE TO MAKE VACCINE APPOINTMENTS. MANY OF WHOM HAD LANGUAGE OR TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS. AND WHEREAS SINCE AUGUST OF 2021, HAS HOSTED A SERIES OF VACCINATION EVENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH MAYOR'S OFFICE WHO CONVENE, VOLUNTEER MEDICS AND NURSES, AND PROVIDED VACCINES AND OTHER SUPPLIES, A SHOUT OUT TO MY CHIEF OF STAFF, UH, LESLEY VARGHESE, WHO'S A HUSBAND, UM, REALLY, UH, UH, LED THAT EFFORT TO, TO GATHER THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES. AND WHEREAS THROUGH THIS COLLABORATION IN THE WORK OF SELFLESS VOLUNTEER MEDICAL PROVIDERS, A TOTAL OF 1001 VACCINES WERE DISTRIBUTED TO 769 CENTRAL TEXANS ACROSS SIX COUNTIES WITH PLANS FOR FUTURE CLINICS UNDERWAY. AND WHEREAS BEYOND THEIR VACCINE CLINICS, HAS MADE VAST CONTRIBUTIONS TO VACCINE DISTRIBUTION IN AUSTIN AND CENTRAL TEXAS BY FACILITATING WORKSHOPS AND CONVERSATIONS, EQUITY ASSESSMENTS, AND OTHER METHODS OF EDUCATION ON THE COVID VACCINE. NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVE ADLER MAYOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, TOGETHER WITH MY COLLEAGUE AND KITCHEN, UH, AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES ON THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 16TH OF THE YEAR, 2022 AS LA. WHEN'S A MARATHONER DAY AND AUSTIN. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO SAY A FEW NUMBERS. PEOPLE DON'T REMEMBER NUMBERS, IT'S STILL GOING TO SAY THEM 40,000, 20,008 MILLION, A HUNDRED PERCENT. WE HAVE HAD 40,000 VISITS TO OUR FOOD PANTRY OVER THE PANDEMIC, SERVING 20,000 FAMILIES AND CONTINUE TO SERVE LARGE NUMBERS OF FAMILIES. UM, IT, THROUGH OUR PANTRY SERVICES, $8 MILLION OF CASH DISTRIBUTION AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE, A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND INTERNET FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. AND WE'RE NOW UP TO 3000 VACCINES. UM, IT'S, IT'S GROWN SINCE, SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UM, EH, AND NONE OF THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY. NONE OF THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY AND YOU NOT FORGETTING THAT WE ARE OUT THERE THAT WHEN YOU'RE A HIT AND WE NEEDED WATER, THE CITY WAS THERE WITH WATER FOR, FOR US, THE FORMULA CRISIS RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE SEEING THE CITY WAS THERE. THE VACCINE CHALLENGE, THE CITY WAS THERE FOR US, CASH ASSISTANCE, RENT ASSISTANCE I CAN ON, WE DID NOT DO THIS ALONE. WE DID IT BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU. AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT, THAT YOU DON'T FORGET ABOUT US, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THERE, WE STAND WITH YOU TO SERVE THIS AMAZING CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [05:00:51] I WANT TO [Proclamation 2] INVITE THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE FOR THE COPELAND'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY TO COME ON DOWN, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALISON ALTER AND IT'S MY HONOR TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 10 CENTRAL NORTHWEST AUSTIN ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM. TONIGHT, WE JOINED TO CELEBRATE A MILESTONE FOR ONE OF OUR 14 AUSTIN SISTER CITIES. TONIGHT, WE ARE JOINING TO CELEBRATE THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH KOBLENZ IN GERMANY. AND BEFORE I TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT PROGRAM, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT OUR AUSTIN SISTER CITIES PROGRAM IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROGRAMS THAT COME OUT OF A INTERNATIONAL BACKGROUND, BEEN AN EXCHANGE STUDENT MYSELF, AND, UM, REALLY BELIEVE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF CITIZEN DIPLOMACY AND THE WAY THAT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT OUR AUSTIN SISTER CITIES PROMOTE THAT FOR AUSTIN IS REALLY, UH, AMAZING. UM, SO TOMORROW MARKS 30 YEARS OF ONE OF OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL AND IMPACTFUL SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIPS. IT WAS LAUNCHED AFTER SOME CONVERSATIONS. I UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT INCLUDED MARGIE T TOOL, UM, SPEAK WITH US AS WELL, AND IS REALLY FOR 30 YEARS, BEEN CENTERED LARGELY ON EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGES AND HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO COPELAND'S AND OTHERS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO AUSTIN. UM, NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE SENDING A DELEGATION THAT I WILL BE LEADING, UM, TO COPELAND'S THAT WILL CONSIST OF 25, UM, CITIZENS. PLUS WE WILL HAVE, UM, STUDENTS FROM SUMMIT ELEMENTARY AND ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL WHO ARE ALREADY THERE. UM, SO PART OF THE DELEGATION IS HERE AND PART OF THE DELEGATION, UM, IS ALREADY OVERSEAS. UM, THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR US. I'LL BE JOINED BY MAYOR ADLER AND WE WILL BE CELEBRATING WITH THE LORD MAYOR OF COPELAND'S DAVID WAGNER. UM, AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THIS GROUP ON 30 YEARS. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION, BE IT KNOWN THAT, WHEREAS ON JUNE 17TH, 1992, AUSTIN, AND KOBLENZ BECAME SISTER CITIES AT THE SIGNING OF THE SISTER CITIES AGREEMENT IN COPELAND'S COMMITTING BOTH COMMUNITIES TO A SHARED VISION OF ENGAGING IN SISTER CITY DIPLOMACY WHILE OFFERING EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO ALL ONE INDIVIDUAL, ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME. AND WHEREAS THE SISTER CITIES RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AUSTIN AND COVALENCE HAS THRIVED FOR 30 YEARS OFFERING OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS FOR AUSTIN AND KOBLENZ RESIDENTS THAT FACILITATE CONNECTIONS IN BUSINESS ARTS AND CULTURE AND EDUCATION. AND WHEREAS THE OFFICIAL AUSTIN DELEGATION TO COPELAND'S JUNE 20TH TO 25TH, 2022 AT THE INVITATION OF LORD MAYOR, DAVID LANG NOUR WILL CULMINATE A 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, SIGNIFYING A RECOMMITMENT TO THE ORIGINAL MISSION. NOW, THEREFORE I MAYOR PRO TEM, ALISON ALTER ON BEHALF OF STEVE ADLER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 17TH, 2022 AS AUSTIN KOBLENZ SISTER [05:05:01] CITIES DAY IN AUSTIN. AND BEFORE I HAND THIS OVER TO MARCIE, I WANT TO, UM, JUST MENTION THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES OUT OF THESE SISTER CITIES RELATIONSHIP ARE FRIENDSHIPS FRIENDSHIPS HERE IN AUSTIN AND FRIENDSHIPS THAT, UM, CROSS THE OCEAN. UM, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, UM, WITH MY FELLOW AUSTINITES WHO WILL BE JOINING ME ON THE TRIP AS WELL AS, UM, WITH OUR FRIENDS OVER IN COPELAND'S MARGARET WOOD. THANK YOU. UM, COPELAND SAYS ONE OF 14 SISTER CITIES OF AUSTIN. UM, WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE IN EVERY, UM, INHABITED CONTINENT ON THE UNIT IN THE UNITED, IN THE WORLD. SO, UM, SOMEDAY MAYBE WE CAN ALL GO TO ALL OF THEM AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE, LITTLE A WINDOW TO THE WORLD IN EACH ONE. UM, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT AFTER 30 YEARS, UM, THAT'S A GENERATION, WE'VE DONE THIS A GENERATION AND I'M EXTREMELY HAPPY THAT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAND THIS OFF TO THE NEXT GENERATION. MOST OF WHOM ARE NOW ALREADY IN KOBLENZ OUR, UM, OUR CHAIRMAN IS THERE. UH, OUR VICE CHAIRMAN IS THERE. UM, OUR TREASURER IS THERE AND, UH, SO WE'RE GOING TO JOIN THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME AND MAKE MANY FRIENDS, MANY MORE FRIENDS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. [Proclamation 3] ANY SCOTTY'S IN THE HOUSE, COME ON DOWN, LET'S GET THE SCOTTIES DOWN HERE. KIND OF CLUSTER AROUND. HEY EVERYBODY, I'M LESLIE POOLE AND I'M THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT SEVEN, AND I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HERE A, UH, BIG QUIVER FULL OF SCOTTIES WHO HAVE MADE SOME AMAZING, UH, MARKS, UH, WITH THE ARCHERY TEAM. SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION DECLARING TODAY, THE LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCOTTY'S ARCHERY DAY, AND COACH THE LINE IS HERE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS WHEN WE'RE DONE. SO WITH NO FURTHER ADO, I'LL READ THIS PROCLAMATION, WHICH IS QUITE BEAUTIFUL, BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE STUDENTS, FACULTY AND NEIGHBORHOOD OF LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE CELEBRATING THEIR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE NATIONAL ARCHERY IN SCHOOLS PROGRAM THIS PAST SEASON BY THE LAMAR SCOTTY'S ARCHERY TEAM. AND WHEREAS LAMAR STARTED PARTICIPATING IN THE NATIONAL ARCHERY IN THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM IN 2016. AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL ARCHERY IN THE SCHOOLS PROGRAM IS AN IN-SCHOOL PROGRAM AIMED AT IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE AMONG [05:10:01] FOURTH TO 12TH GRADERS. AND THROUGH IT, STUDENTS ARE LEARNING FOCUS, SELF-CONTROL DISCIPLINE PATIENCE, AND THE LIFE LESSONS REQUIRED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM. AND WHEREAS THIS CELEBRATION COMMEMORATES THE 20 21 22 LAMAR SCOTTY'S ARCHERY TEAM WHO COMPETED WITH 46 TEXAS MIDDLE SCHOOLS FIELDING A TOTAL OF A THOUSAND AND A 21 ARCHERS, THE LAMAR SCOTTY'S ARCHER TEAM COLLECTIVELY SHOT A TOTAL SCORE OF 32 51, INCLUDING 102 TENS, EARNING THEM THE TITLE OF TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONS. NOW, THEREFORE I LESLIE POOLE, A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT SEVEN ON BEHALF OF MAYOR STEVE ADLER AND THE ENTIRE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 16TH, 2022 AS LAMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL. SCOTTY'S ARCHERY DAY. CONGRATULATIONS, COACH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE FINISHED SECOND AND NATIONALS AT SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, RIGHT? UM, HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. SO YOU'RE NOT ONLY LOOKING AT STUDENTS WHO ARE PRETTY GOOD WITH BOWS AND ARROWS, BUT REALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ARE VERY INCREDIBLE KIDS WHOSE PERSEVERANCE, WHOSE COMMITMENT WHO'S TEAMWORK, WHOSE RESILIENCE GOES FAR AND BEYOND THE ARCHERY RANGE, WHAT THEY LEND BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND THEIR SCHOOLWORK. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TWO YEARS AND FOR THEM TO RISE ABOVE THAT THIS IS A TESTAMENT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S RIGHT WITH CHILDREN TODAY. AND I GET GOOSEBUMPS. WE TALK ALL THE TIME, THE COACHES DON'T CRY, WE SWEAT OUT OUR EYEBALLS. BUT, UM, THAT BEING SAID TOO, WE ARE A TRUE TESTAMENT OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER AND BEHALF OF KIDS. SO PARENTS AND COACHES, WOULD YOU JUST RAISE YOUR HAND TOO, BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, THIS IS REALLY A COMMUNITY COMMUNITY RESOLUTION. YEAH. AND I'M GOING TO MAKE, Y'ALL SAY, I LOVE YOU, MOM AND DAD, YOU KNOW HOW I'M AWARE? AND THEN LASTLY, UM, OUR FEARLESS LEADER, MR. SANA, THE PRINCIPAL OF OMAR WITHOUT HER LEADERSHIP, WITHOUT HER GUIDANCE, WITHOUT HER TRUST, NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE TODAY. SO WE REALLY, REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TO, TO HELP US MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'LL JUST VOTE. BUT YEAH, DOES THAT, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF MY STUDENTS. LIKE THEY, LIKE COACH LION SAID THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE KNOW HOW HARD IT HAS BEEN ON STUDENTS AND SEEING THEM COME TOGETHER EVERY DAY, PRACTICING SO HARD AND THEN TAKING THE LESSONS THAT THEY'VE LEARNED THROUGH COACH DELAINE'S LEADERSHIP INTO THE CLASSROOM, INTO THE INTERACTIONS WITH EACH OTHER HAS REALLY JUST HELPED US REMEMBER, REMEMBER THAT, LIKE HE SAID, THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT AND THE HONOR FROM THE CITY, UM, TO RECOGNIZE THE GREAT THINGS THAT STUDENTS ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. SO I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MY TEAM, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COACHES AND THE PARENTS. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET OVER THERE. THREE COACH. WHY DON'T WE GET YOU IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOUR STUDENTS FOR COUNSELING? I DON'T SPLIT [05:15:49] [Proclamation 4] GOOD EVENING. I'M COUNCIL MEMBER, KATHY TOVO AND I REPRESENT CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE. AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF WORLD RAINFOREST DAY. AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY, UM, YOUNG PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE'RE, WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS WHO ARE GOING TO TALK AFTER I READ THE PROCLAMATION. ONE OF WHOM IS A HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLAR WHO WORKS WITH, WITH RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP. SO, UM, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN READ THE PROCLAMATION. SO RAINFOREST WORLD RAINFOREST DAY STARTED HERE IN AUSTIN. IT IS ONE OF AUSTIN'S. UM, ONE OF THE MANY WAYS THAT AUSTIN HAS CONTRIBUTED, UM, WONDERFUL THINGS TO THE WORLD. AND I'M TOLD, AND WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT IN A MINUTE. THAT WORLD RAINFOREST DAY IS NOW RECOGNIZED IN COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD, INCLUDING ON EVERY POPULATED CONTINENT. IT IS A DAY THAT HAS INSPIRED, UM, STRONG COMMITMENTS TOWARD ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, UM, MORE EDUCATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR RAINFOREST AND MANY OTHER GOOD THINGS. SO IT IS, IT IS REALLY EXCITING, UH, TO CELEBRATE SOMETHING THAT HAS STARTED HERE IN AUSTIN, WHEREAS RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHED WORLD RAINFOREST DAY ON JUNE 22ND, 2017 IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF AN ADVOCACY FOR TROPICAL RAIN FOREST AS A POWERFUL TOOL AGAINST THE DUAL EXISTENTIAL CRISES OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND TO FOSTER GLOBAL COLLABORATION FOR THEIR PROTECTION NOW, AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME WHERE ELSE, WHEREAS RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP IS AN INTERNATIONAL NONPROFIT. AGAIN, FOUNDED HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS THAT CAN SERVE CENTER RESTORES OR TROPICAL RAINFOREST BY WORKING DIRECTLY WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS THAT EMPOWER AND RESPECT BOTH PEOPLE AND NATURE, WHEREAS FOUNDED AND HEADQUARTERED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, A CITY RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP IS PROUD TO CONVENE ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD IN THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO RAISE AWARENESS AND IGNITE GLOBAL ACTION TO CONSERVE. ONE OF EARTH'S MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCES, OUR RAINFORESTS, WHEREAS TO COMMEMORATE THE SIXTH ANNUAL WORLD RAINFOREST DAY ON JUNE 22ND, 2022 RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP IS CONVENING A ONE DAY GLOBAL SUMMIT TO INSPIRE REAL ACTION AND LONG LASTING RESULTS FOR THE PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF THE WORLD'S RAINFORESTS. NOW, THEREFORE I KATHIE TOVO ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES, MANY OF WHOM ARE HERE AND MAYOR ADLER, WHO IS ALSO HERE WITH US DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 22ND, 2022 AS WORLD RAINFOREST DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. CONGRATULATIONS. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE FOUNDER AND CEO NEON TO SPELMAN UP TO SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO MAYOR ADLER, AND HOW WONDERFUL TO HAVE THREE MORE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, INCLUDING ONE, UM, BEFORE SHE WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO ACTUALLY GAVE ME A BOOK ON RAINFORESTS BACK IN 2007, ASKING WHY RAINFORESTS. SO THANK YOU, UH, COUNSEL, MY MIND. UM, I WAS SEE, IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO CALL HER A COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL AND, AND REALLY TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR AUSTIN, TEXAS, TO BE THE BIRTHPLACE OF WORLD RAINFOREST DAY AT THE BEGINNING. MANY PEOPLE ASKED, WHY ARE YOU BASED HERE? DO WE HAVE RAINFOREST HERE? YOU KNOW, UM, WHY DON'T YOU MOVE YOUR HEADQUARTERS TO DALLAS, NEW YORK, LONDON? AND, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TROPICAL RAINFOREST NEEDED TO BE, UH, PROTECTED NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVED. THEY MAKE UP LESS THAN 3% [05:20:01] OF THE SURFACE AREA OF OUR PLANET, BUT ARE SO DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR PLANET. THEY HOLD MORE THAN 50% OF OUR BIODIVERSITY. THEY REGULATE OUR WATER CYCLE, OUR CLIMATE HOLD, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE ALL SORTS OF MEDICINES. AND THE 3% OF OUR PLANET THAT COVERS CITIES, WHERE 50% OF US LIVE, WE NEED THOSE FORESTS, RIGHT? AND SO OF COURSE IT HAD TO BE AUSTIN. SO IN THE WORDS OF UT, YOU KNOW, WHAT STARTS IN AUSTIN CHANGES THE WORLD AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN. AND AT RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP. AND WHEN WE LAUNCHED WORLD RAINFOREST DAY IN 2017, IT WAS AN ASPIRATION AND NOW IT'S BECOME A GLOBAL MOVEMENT. AND SO I AM DEEPLY HONORED THAT YOU ALL ARE DECLARING WORLD RAIN FOREST DAY AS A DAY HERE IN AUSTIN. AND WE WILL HAVE A GLOBAL SUMMIT, WHICH IS VIRTUAL, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PARTICIPANTS ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD AND ACTIONS AROUND THE WORLD. HERE'S ONE MORE REASON WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT AT THE CLIMATE CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER IN GLASGOW, WHERE MAYOR YOU WERE THERE, WE'VE BEEN OBSERVER DELEGATES OVER 140 COUNTRIES CAME TOGETHER TO DECLARE A GLOBAL LEADERS DECORATION ON FOREST AND LAND USE SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO STOP DEFORESTATION BY 2030. THIS HAS BEEN OUR BIG, HAIRY, AUDACIOUS GOAL FOR 10 YEARS. AND SO WE ARE HONORED TO BE HEADQUARTERED HERE AND TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY TO BE VERY COMMUNITY, TO BE GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY. AND FOR VERY QUICK WORDS, I WANT TO INVITE HANNAH HUSSEINI, WHO REPRESENTS GEN Z FOR THE TREES. IT'S OUR NEXT GENERATION. THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE WHEN WE HAD TROUBLE SAYING 20, 30, NO DEFORESTATION BY 2030 HOURS, THESE HAD NO TROUBLE UP FRONT AND CENTER. AND THEN THEY WENT TO GLASGOW WHERE THE LEADERS WERE DECLARING IN THAT. AND THEY SAID, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING THIS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE HANNAH HUSSEINI. THESE GUYS ARE NOT JUST PETITIONING AND PROTESTING, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING REAL WORK HOLDING COMPANIES AND COUNTRIES ACCOUNTABLE. AND SO HANNAH, UM, I'M THE OUTREACH COORDINATOR OF GEN Z FOR THE TREES AND GEN Z FOR THE TREES LAUNCHED ON RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP, UM, WANTS TO ON WORLD RAINFOREST DAY, TWO YEARS AGO IS THE YOUTH BRANCH OF RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP FOCUSED ON ENDING DEFORESTATION BY 2030. I THINK THE YOUTH OF TODAY SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN CLIMATE ACTION AND THEY SHOULD BE LEADERS IN THIS MOVEMENT EMPOWERED TO MAKE THE WORLD MORE. JUST, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD. AND GEN Z HAS PROVIDED ME WITH THE PERFECT PLATFORM TO DO THAT ON JUNE 22ND FOR WORLD RAINFOREST DAY, IT WOULD BE AMAZING IF ALL THE PEOPLE WATCHING THIS AND AN AUSTIN COULD TAKE A MOMENT, GIVE BACK TO OUR EARTH AND MAKE A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO BE AN ADVOCATE FOR FORESTS. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE GREATEST THING. OH, COME ON DOWN. I'VE BEEN BRAGGING ABOUT YOU. [05:25:14] HI, WELCOME. WELCOME. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. HI THERE. ALL RIGHT. [Proclamation 5] GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS NATASHA HARPER MADISON. I AM THE PROUD COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING DISTRICT ONE HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS ON THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. UM, AND BEFORE I SORT OF DIVE INTO MY SCRIPT, UM, FOLKS WHO WATCH COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS, YOU'VE HEARD ME ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS, BRAG ABOUT THE CROSSING GUARDS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, LAUNCHING THEMSELVES OUT INTO TRAFFIC TO PROTECT OUR SCHOLARS. AND SO I REALLY, REALLY AM VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO Y'ALL TODAY. I APPRECIATE THESE FOLKS BEHIND US. SO VERY MUCH. I'M SUPER EXCITED TO PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES TO SOME OF OUR CITY'S MOST UNDER SUNG HEROES, CROSSING GUARDS ARE A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY RIGHT HERE IN AUSTIN. WALKING OR BICYCLING TO SCHOOL SHOULD BE A RIGHT OF CHILDHOOD THAT EVERY KID GETS TO ENJOY. IT USED TO BE SOMETHING OUR PARENTS DID UPHILL IN THE SNOW AGAINST THE WIND. BOTH WAYS ASIDE FROM BUILDING CHARACTER, IT'S JUST HEALTHIER. IT'S MORE FUN. AND YOU GET TO DITCH YOUR PARENTS. UM, MY KIDS HAVE REACHED THE AGE WHERE I'M NOT ALLOWED TO WALK THEM PAST A CERTAIN POINT. UM, BUT IT IS A MORE FUN WAY TO GET TO CLASS, BUT WITH BIGGER AND BIGGER CARS AND TRUCKS ZIPPING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IT'S NOT AS SAFE AS IT USED TO BE. AND FOLKS, IF YOU KNOW, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLERS, IF YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE TEENY TINY SIXTH GRADERS, THESE CARS LITERALLY CANNOT SEE SOME OF OUR SCHOLARS. THAT'S WHERE OUR CROSSING GUARDS COME IN. THESE FOLKS BEHIND ME IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, I'VE SEEN THEM THROW THEIR WHOLE BODIES IN FRONT OF PICKUPS TO PROTECT THE KIDS IN THE CROSSWALK. LITERALLY THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE AND THEY DO IT WITH A SMILE AND GOOD CHEER THAT STRENGTHENS THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO IT'S TIME TO GIVE THEM THE RECOGNITION THEY DESERVE. SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES, BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS HOME TO OUR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM. AND THIS PROGRAM EMPLOYS MORE THAN 200 CROSSING GUARDS, UH, CROSSING GUARD PROFESSIONALS ACROSS NEARLY 100 ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS HERE IN AUSTIN. AND WHEREAS THESE CROSSING GUARDS MODEL SAFE BEHAVIOR FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, REMIND DRIVERS OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION AND WATCH FOR PEDESTRIANS IN SCHOOL ZONES AND HELP PARENTS AND GUARDIANS FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN WALKING OR BIKING TO SCHOOL. AND WHEREAS RECENT EVENTS HAVE REMINDED US THAT THERE IS NO MORE IMPORTANT TASK THAN ENSURING THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD CROSSING GUARDS FOR SCHOOLS ACROSS AUSTIN. NOW, THEREFORE I NATASHA HARPER MADISON ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 16TH, 2022 AS CROSSING GUARD APPRECIATION DAY. AND WITH THAT, YES, ABSOLUTELY ROUND OF APPLAUSE. AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP THE DC AVERAGE. THANK YOU. I'M JUST GOING TO PULL THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT. I'M A LITTLE BIT SHORT. UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU. UH, NATASHA HARPER, MADISON, YOU APPRECIATE THE PROCLAMATION AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE RECOGNIZING OUR CROSSING GUARDS. UM, A LOT OF CITIZENS DON'T REALIZE THAT OUR CROSSING GUARDS ARE ACTUALLY CITY EMPLOYEES. SO THEY ARE OF THE CITY SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. AND I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE OUR OVERALL CROSSING GUARD OF THE YEAR HERE. HER NAME IS MARGARET RAMIREZ. SO SHE CAME HERE AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR, UH, SUPERVISORS. WE HAVE FIVE OUT OF OUR SEVEN SUPERVISORS CAUSE WE DO HAVE, UH, LIKE CLOSE TO 200 CROSSING GUARDS. SO WE HAVE SEVEN DISTRICTS AND WE HAVE YVONNE WILLIAMS RIGHT HERE. WE HAVE PATRICIA WALKER, MARTY , SHREE, MARTIN, BEATRICE BAILEY, AND THEN, UH, ROSIE, SHE'S REPRESENTING OUR CROSSING GUARDS, BUT SHE'S ACTUALLY PART OF OUR EDUCATION [05:30:01] TEAM. AND I JUST LIKE TO SAY, WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT OUR CROSSING GUARDS. AND IT'S ALL ABOUT KEEPING OUR CHILDREN AROUND THE CITY OF AUSTIN SAFE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN, THAT LITTLE BLACK ROAD RIGHT THERE. STAND RIGHT HERE. SHOULD THEY HOPE THEIR SIGNS LOOK HERE ONCE YOU IT IS UM, 6 42. I'M GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I HAD TO REMEMBER 48, THIS COUNCIL MEMBER HOPPER MADISON. SHE'S NOT WITH US QUITE YET. [51. Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to produce a disaster preparedness guide and tool-kit and to sponsor a web page of resources for non-City entities with interest in hosting a resilience hub, along with any information regarding resources available to support this work, and to include funding for this work in the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 budget.] UH, BUT ITEM NUMBER 51 IS THE DISASTER TOLL KIT. I KEVIN IT'S THE COMMISSION AVAIL POLL. AND I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS, KELLY AND BELLA HAVE AMENDMENTS. SO HOW ABOUT IF WE TAKE THAT ONE UP? DOES THAT WORK? LET'S START THERE. KATIE. YOU WANT TO LAY OUT 51 REAL FAST? YEAH, I WILL LAY IT OUT. I KIND OF LAID IT OUT, UM, IN OUR COMMENTS BEFORE, CAUSE I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT WE HADN'T PASSED IT ON I'D FORGOTTEN. WE HADN'T PASSED IT ON CONSENT. SO THIS IS, UM, THIS IS REALLY ANSWERING THE CALL OF HOW WE EXTEND THE RESILIENCE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO ALL AREAS OF THE CITY AND REALLY WORK AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY COMMUNITY IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF A SAFE PLACE DURING AN EMERGENCY. AND REALLY THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS, IS THROUGH THE KIND OF WAY THAT, UM, BARCELONA HAS DONE IT. I MEAN, THEY VERY QUICKLY WITHIN IT SAYS IN THE RESOLUTION, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TIME PERIOD, BUT WITHIN LIKE A YEAR OR TWO, THEY WERE ABLE TO CREATE, CREATE, CREATE RESILIENCE, HUBS. THEY CALL THEM SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT CREATE RESILIENCE HUBS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF EVERY RESIDENT IN THEIR CITY. AND I THINK WE CAN DO THE SAME IF WE LEVERAGE THOSE EXISTING LEVERAGE THOSE EXISTING BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO LEVERAGE THOSE REALLY STRONG COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WILL BE OUR HANDS AND FEET ON THE GROUND DOING THAT WORK. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO UNDERSCORE IT. THIS ISN'T JUST WORK THAT HAPPENS IN PREPARATION FOR A DISASTER. IT'S REALLY ABOUT BUILDING THOSE PLACES AT PLACES OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCE SO THAT THEY CAN SERVE AS [05:35:01] COMMUNITY ASSETS DURING TIMES OF NON-DISASTER AS WELL, THE BLUE SKY DAYS. SO IN LOOKING THROUGH THE, THE AMENDMENTS THAT HANG ON ONE SECOND, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA WHO'S PASSAGE A REMEMBER 51, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MAYOR PRO 10 SECONDS THAT, UM, WE HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS OF A BREAK THEY'RE OFFERED ONE FROM KELLY AND ONE FROM, UH, ELLA. HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE? I HAVE, AND I HAVE A COUPLE SMALL EDITS TO ADD IN MYSELF THAT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IN JUST A MINUTE WHEN I FIND IT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, I AM FINE WITH YOUR AMENDMENT AND WOULD BE HAPPY FOR YOU TO MAKE THAT AN L ACCEPTED AS FRIENDLY. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO THAT NOW? WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND OFFER THAT? OKAY. I MOTION TO HIM IN LINES 49 OR LINE 49 TO READ HOSTING A RESILIENCE HUB, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO PERSONAL PREPAREDNESS RESOURCES FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY AND READY.GOV AND POSSIBLE COMMUNITY TRAININGS. ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING INCLUDED, HEARING NINE MINUTE AMENDMENTS INCLUDED. IF I COULD DO MY AMENDMENTS QUICKLY AND THEN I CAN ACCEPT MOST OF COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAS WITH ONE TWEAK ON THAT. SO THAT'LL PROBABLY REQUIRE A CONVERSATION, BUT UM, LET ME GO AHEAD AND DO, IF I MAY ON LINE TWO, I'M SORRY. ON LINE 44 OF THE POSTED VERSION, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN THE EQUITY OFFICE AS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS BEING DIRECTED TO WORK WITH TO DEVELOP THIS ANY OBJECTION TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT'S DEPARTMENT, VERY NONE THAT'S INCLUDED. AND THEN ON LINE 55, JUST ADDING IN CITY, BEFORE MANAGER, WHICH I DROPPED ANY OBJECTION TO THAT. I SIT IN FRONT MANAGER, HEARING NONE THAT'S INCLUDED AND THEN OF COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAS. I AM, I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT HE ADDS, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY, I DO WANT TO SAY, UM, GABA IN HERE AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY IN A MINUTE. SO I WOULD SAY I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH USING HIS LANGUAGE AND NON-PROFITS WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF ENGAGING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. BUT I WOULD LIKE IT TO SAY, HANG ON GABA. OKAY. ANYBODY HAVE AN OBJECTION TO INCLUDING THOSE WORDS OTHER THAN THE COVID CHANGE THE WORDS AND IT'S, IT'S ATTACHED TO THE BACKUP. HE'S LISTING THE NUMBER OF ENTITIES THAT TREVOR, THAT THE CITY MANAGERS TO WORK WITH. AND HE IS ADDING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF ENGAGING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THAT AMENDMENT IS INCLUDED NOW IN FRONT OF US IS THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT TO CALL OUT GABA SPECIFICALLY, WHICH IS IN THE RESOLUTION AS IT WAS HIS AMENDMENT. SO HE GETS TO SPEAK FIRST IF HE WANTS TO MAYER. UH, MY CONCERN IS, UH, NAMING RECIPIENTS OF POTENTIAL CITY AWARDS, UH, IN THE, BE IT RESOLVED SECTIONS OF THIS. UH, I THINK THAT THE BEST PRACTICE IS TO HAVE AN OBJECTIVE LIKE OTHER, AN RFP. AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT AN RFP IS NECESSARY IN THIS UH, SITUATION, BUT, UH, LET STAFF USE THEIR EXPERTISE, LET STAFF DECIDE WHO ARE THE BEST PARTNERS TO WORK WITH. AND I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH US ON THE DYESS NAMING, YOU KNOW, THAT I WANT TO WORK. I WANTED TO DRAG STAFF TO WORK WITH THIS, UH, ORGANIZATION, OR I WANT A STAFF TO WORK WITH THIS OTHER ORGANIZATION. THAT'S A, THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME, WHETHER IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR WHETHER IT'S A PRIVATE COMPANY. UH, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME OBJECTIVITY, UH, AS PART OF OUR SELECTION OF PARTNERS, NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING FROM THE DICE. YEAH. I NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT BECAUSE, UM, I MEAN THE FACT OF THE MATTER THAT THIS IS THAT THIS WORK IS ALREADY GOING ON AND THAT GABA IS A PARTNER IN THE, IN THE RESILIENCE WORK, IN THE RESILIENCE HUB DEVELOPMENT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF US I THINK WERE INVITED AND ATTENDED SOME OF THE MEETINGS THAT GABA HAS ORGANIZED. THEY'RE DOING THEM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITY STAFF. THEY'RE CONDUCTING TRAININGS, THEY'VE, THEY'VE SHARED SOME OF THEIR TOOLKIT WORK. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS LANGUAGE, FRANKLY, THAT SAYS WE'RE AWARDING THEM, WE'RE AWARDING THEM, UM, UH, FINANCIAL WE'RE FINANCIALLY, REMUNERATING THEM, THERE'S FINANCIAL REMUNERATION. AS PART OF THAT THOUGH, I DO THINK IT'S A GOOD PRACTICE IF WE'RE WORKING WITH, WITH, UM, GROUPS TO DO THAT, BUT THAT IS A DIFFERENT, I MEAN THE LAST BIT FURTHER RESOLVED IS THE ONE THAT SAYS SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER TO PARTNER WITH AND COMPENSATE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED SIMILAR MATERIALS. THIS ONE SIMPLY SAYS WORK WITH THESE DEPARTMENTS AND I WOULD PROPOSE THE LANGUAGE, SAY GABA AND OTHER NONPROFITS WITH A PROVEN TRACK RECORD. BECAUSE TO ME, THEY'VE, WE'RE REALLY MODELING [05:40:01] A LOT OF THIS WORK AFTER GALVEZ WORK. AND IT'S JUST SIMPLY, IT'S ALMOST, I ALMOST FEEL DISHONEST NOT CALLING THEM OUT HERE BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM. WE ARE MODELING OUR WORK. UM, AND THEY'RE THEY'RE UM, ARE THIS THE KIND OF TRAINING AFTER, AFTER WHAT THEY ARE DOING? SO IN THIS CASE, I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT'S HOW WE HANDLE IT, SAY GABA AND OTHER NONPROFITS. AND MY ONLY RESPONSE TO THAT IS THAT MY LANGUAGE HAS NOT EXCLUDE ANYBODY. IT JUST SAYS THAT THE CITY, AND AGAIN, I, THE, THE JUXTAPOSITION OF GOVERNMENT OFFICE, OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, THAT CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICE OFFICER MUMS SECURITY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AISD, TRAVIS COUNTY, AND PRIVATE ENTITY, THAT RAISED CONCERNS WITH ME JUST, AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO BE PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM THE DICE. I WANT TO USE AN OBJECTIVE PROCESS. I WANT TO RELY ON STAFF'S EXPERTISE. I DON'T WANT TO BE PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM THE DICE MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. UM, SO WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE RESILIENCE HUBS IN OUR JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE, UM, WITH TRAVIS COUNTY AND AISD. UM, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT GABA HAS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPED A TOOLKIT OF SORTS, WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR THIS WORK. AND SO I DON'T REALLY SEE HOW YOU MOVE FORWARD AND, AND NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WORK, UM, IN THIS DIRECTION. I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE IS WHETHER THERE'S ANY SORT OF RFP INVOLVED. AND I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IN HERE SAYS THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE RFP, BUT IF THERE WERE ONE, UM, I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE NOTION THAT WE WOULD NOT BUILD ON THEIR WORK. UM, I THINK IT'S GREAT TO INCLUDE OTHER NONPROFITS. AND I SAY THAT AS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T GENERALLY LIKE TO NAME A PARTICULAR NONPROFIT, UM, FOR A PARTICULAR CONTRACT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN COUNCIL, REMEMBER FOOL. UM, YES, I WOULD REALLY BE UNCOMFORTABLE, UH, DELETING GABA. I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILA, IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS, UH, BUT WE'RE NOT IN THIS CASE, WE'RE JUST NAMING, UH, ENTITIES TO WORK WITH. IF THERE ARE OTHERS THAT PEOPLE FEEL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND WE NEED TO NAME, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT TOO. BUT, UH, BUT GABA IS, UM, GOV IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SOUTH AUSTIN, VERY IMPORTANT TO, TO, TO MY DISTRICT AND, AND OTHERS. AND I HAVE, UM, UH, I, I, I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE NAMED, I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH NAMING THEM BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT GIVING OUT MONEY HERE. YEAH. UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. I THINK I WAS NEXT TO ME. UM, WE FREQUENTLY ACKNOWLEDGE, ESPECIALLY OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THESE SORTS OF CIRCUMSTANCES. AND IN THIS CASE, GABA IS PREEMINENT. AND, UM, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, TOVO SAID NOT INCLUDING OUR MENTIONING THEM IS, IS LIKE OVERLOOKING A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE DONE. AND I, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY JUST VOTE ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE, BUT I THINK THE SENSE OF THE DIOCESE TO INCLUDE GABA. OKAY. I MEAN, MY INTERPRETATION OF THIS IS THAT GABA WOULDN'T BE EXCLUDED. IT DOES SAY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S VERY CLEARLY SPELLED OUT THAT GABA WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE. THERE MIGHT BE OTHERS THOUGH. SO I THINK THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THIS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY NAMED OR WHETHER THEY ARE QUALIFIED UNDER THE BROADER LANGUAGE. AND I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER VELES POINT ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLDING MORE PEOPLE INTO THIS AND UTILIZING THE NONPROFITS THAT HAVE HAD SUCCESS IN THIS, UM, WITHOUT EXCLUDING OTHERS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUBBER MADISON AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. I TEND TO AGREE WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER ALICE'S SENTIMENT THERE. UM, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, IT, IT LEADS ME TO THINK A LOT ABOUT THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT I'VE WORKED WITH OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, ALMOST FOUR YEARS. AND I CAN THINK OF SEVERAL THAT HAVE THEY HAD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY PROBABLY HAVE A SIMILAR TOOLKIT OR A SIMILAR HOST OF SUITE OF OPTIONS THAT WE COULD APPLY, UM, THAT THEY PRODUCED THAT IS THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. IN WHICH CASE I, I ALSO, UM, UH, I ECHO THE SENTIMENT OF COUNCILMEMBER VELA. I THINK WE, WE SHOULDN'T START NAMING. CAUSE IF WE DO, THEN WE'D ALSO HAVE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE, THE GROUP THAT HELPED US OUT DURING THE WINTER STORM COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TRUST, AND THEN THE AUSTIN AREA, URBAN LEAGUE HAS A PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AROUND RESILIENCE. AND THEN THERE'S AT LEAST THREE OTHERS THAT I KNOW ARE WORKING SPECIFICALLY AROUND HOW TO, YEAH. AND SO THERE'S JUST [05:45:01] SO MANY THAT ARE DOING THE WORK. I APPRECIATE WANTING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM AND OFFER THEM SOME, UH, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT TO SOME DEGREE WE ARE, UM, WE ARE WORKING ON A PROCESS THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE TOOLKIT THAT THEY'VE PRODUCED, BUT I, BUT I ALSO JUST, I FEEL LIKE EXCLUDING SOME OF THESE OTHER NAMES AND SOME OF THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS BY WAY OF NAMING A SINGULAR ORGANIZATION IS PROBLEMATIC. I WOULD SAY I WOULD AGREE WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER VELEZ LANGUAGE AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS'S POINT. IT'S NOT EXCLUDING ANYBODY, BUT IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY EXPLICITLY NAMING ANYBODY. THANK YOU. AND I JUST, DIDN'T, I'M LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTION. GABA IS REFERENCED IN LISTED WITHIN THE RESOLUTIONS AND THERE'S TWO, WHEREAS IS, WERE GABA IS, AND THEIR WORK IS INCLUDED INCLUDING THE, UH, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS KIT THAT THEY CREATED FOR DEV SPRINGS, WHICH I ACTUALLY HAVE A COPY OF IN MY OFFICE. AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT GABA HAS DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT. UH, MY CONCERN HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OPIOID OVERDOSE RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED EARLIER, WE TOOK CARE TO NOT SPECIFICALLY NAME GROUPS, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, TEXAS HARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE, WHO IS A VERY WELL-KNOWN COMMUNITY PARTNER HAS DONE EXTENSIVE WORK, UH, WITHIN THIS SPACE, UM, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO EXCLUDE ANYONE ELSE. RIGHT. SO WE KEPT IT VERY NEUTRAL. UM, AND WE DID ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR WORK IN THE WERE AS-IS I THINK THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE. UM, AND SO MY QUESTION, UM, TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO IS JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, DOES THIS RESOLUTION INITIATE AN RFP OR ANY TYPE OF FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH IT? SO IN THE LAST, WHEREAS, WHICH IS NOT THE ONE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, IT ASKS MANAGER TO PREPARE FOR AN, AN ITEM FOR INCLUSION TO SUPPORT THIS WORK IN THE BUDGET AT A MINIMUM, THE FUNDING SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR SIGNS AT COMMUNITY CLIMATE RESILIENCE, HUBS, AN ONLINE MAP OF CENTERS ONLINE AND PRINTED DISASTER PREPAREDNESS GUIDES. AND IT ASKS THE MANAGER TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO PARTNER WITH AND COMPENSATE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED SIMILAR MATERIALS TO EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS. THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE PRODUCTS THAT WE EXPECT TO COME FROM THIS AND HOW THEY SHOULD AND WHAT THEY SHOULD DO NEXT. SO, YES, IF WE PASS IT DURING THE BUDGET, IF WE PASS THE BUDGET MEASURE DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, THEN THAT WOULD BE THE, I ASSUME THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP THAT THE STAFF WOULD MOVE FORWARD IN DOING WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO TO, TO PRODUCE THOSE DOCUMENTS. MOST OF WHICH I WOULD ASSUME WOULD COME FROM IN-HOUSE. SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST SEEING THE WAY THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING, LET'S EITHER VOTE OR TAKE IT OUT OR WHATNOT. I MEAN, IT'S, LET'S LEAVE IT AT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THAT'S FINE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY ARE ACKNOWLEDGED AGAIN. I THINK THAT THE WAY THIS IS PROCEEDING IS THAT WE ARE MODELING THIS WORK IN LARGE PART ON GALVEZ WORK BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN LEADING IN THIS AREA SINCE 2018, SO, OR 2017, FRANKLY. SO IT, I MEAN THE, THE ACTUAL OUTCOME IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY DIFFERENT. THEY'RE WORKING HAND IN HAND IN HAND WITH RESILIENT, WITH GABA, LEAVING THEM OUT OF THE SPECIFIC METRIC. I MEAN, HEARING THE CONCERNS, I DON'T WISH TO CONTINUE TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT ABOUT IT. CAUSE I THINK WE ALL NEED TO GO HOME. ALRIGHT. I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, MY CONCERN IS THAT IF IT, IF IT DOESN'T COME OUT AND THEY GET THE RFP, PEOPLE ALWAYS WONDER WHETHER THEY GOT IT BECAUSE THEY WERE MENTIONED, AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO, TO, TO BEAR THAT CROSS. SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, THEN CAVA IS GOING TO COME OUT AS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED, UH, I'M SORRY. THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED. WE DID THAT FIRST AND WE'RE ON A STRIKE. OKAY. ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THIS DOCUMENT? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE SPONSOR AND CO-SPONSORS, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT ACC IS NOT LISTED IN HERE. AND I JUST WONDERED AS A, ANOTHER TEXTING ENTITY THAT HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, SPACE THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC OR OTHER SORTS OF RESOURCES, IF IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO ADD THEM IN. SURE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND BRANDY OBJECTION TO ADDING ACC HEARING ON ACC IS ADDED. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED WITH THE AMENDMENTS, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. IT WAS OPPOSED. IT APPEARS TO BE ANONYMOUS. THANK YOU. UM, ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE UP, UM, MIRROR. [05:50:01] YES. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE KNOW OR UNABLE TO TAKE UP 95 WITH THE STAFF WHO WE HAD THOUGHT WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. SO I'M GOING TO MOVE POSTPONE UNTIL JULY 27 AND PATIENT POSTPONING THIS CASE. I REMEMBER 95 TO 27. SO WE GET A FULL COMPLIMENT OF STAFF WITH US HEARING. NO OBJECTION THAT THAT ITEM WILL BE POSTPONED. I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT IT, IF THAT, SO WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW THAT SEVERAL OF US HAVE, HAVE GOTTEN EMAILS. PROBABLY ALL OF US HAVE GOTTEN EMAILS. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE REVISED RESOLUTION, WHICH I, I ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS AS MANY OF THESE AS POSSIBLE, AND PROBABLY TODAY'S NOT THE DAY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THIS WORK PROCEED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS THE MECHANISM FOR DOING WHAT YOUR RESOLUTION CALLED FOR LAST WEEK. COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, WHICH WAS TO DEVELOP DESIGN GUIDELINES, UM, AND WORK ON THE BALANCE OF PRESERVING THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF THAT AREA. MAYOR, YOU ALSO HAD LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAD ADDED TO THAT ABOUT DOING AN AREA PLAN OR DOING AREA PLANNING, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING IN THAT RESOLUTION THAT ACTUALLY INITIATED ANY OF THAT WORK BEYOND THE CODE AMENDMENTS TO THE OVERLAY. SO WE, IN MY OPINION, AND I THINK I WOULD HOPE THE STAFF WOULD, WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE MECHANISM FOR DEVELOPING THOSE DESIGN GUIDELINES. THE PROCESS IS, IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS IN SYNC WITH, AND IN COLLABORATION WITH PROPERTY OWNERS IN THAT AREA, THE INITIATION OF A, OF A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT IS NOT THE DESIGNATING OF ONE. I MEAN, THAT, THAT HAPPENS MUCH LATER IF IT HAS ENOUGH COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR, FOR A FINAL DECISION. AND I THINK ALL OF US, UM, NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL HAVE SEEN SEVERAL LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS START AND NOT BE FULLY SUPPORTED AND, AND THEY DIDN'T CONTINUE AND MOVE FORWARD. UM, MY HOPE IS THAT IT WOULDN'T BE THE CASE HERE BECAUSE I, I THINK AS THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE SUGGESTED THERE'S, AS I UNDERSTAND, UM, THE INTENT OF LAST WEEK'S MEASURE, I WOULD THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT. THANK YOU. UM, I THINK THEY SHOULD GO AHEAD AND WASH PATTERN, PULLING THIS UP FOR BRIEFING OR DISCUSSION IF IT WORKS SESSION ON THE TUESDAY BEFORE THE THURSDAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MORE I LOOK AT THESE TWO THINGS YOU REMEMBER, I'M REALLY WONDERING WHETHER IT REALLY ENDS UP IN A DIFFERENT PROCESS EITHER WAY. UM, SO I'M NOT SURE I JUST HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. I MEAN, IT MAY JUST ADD FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS THAT WAS INITIATED AND GIVE IT FURTHER DEFINITION. UH, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE ARE, THERE ARE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THAT. AND, AND, AND TO ME, I THINK THAT'S WHERE MY QUESTIONS GO. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING JUST REAL QUICKLY COUNCILOR TOVA I WANTED TO OFFER AN APOLOGY FOR INTERRUPTING YOU AND, AND, UH, LETTING MY FRUSTRATION AND EXASPERATIONS VENT INAPPROPRIATELY. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I THINK WE HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS EARLIER IN THE WEEK. I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF ALIGNMENT, UM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND OF THE PROBLEM, THE PROJECT THAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED. UM, AND MAY I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, AND YOU AND I HAVE HAD A LITTLE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS OFFLINE, THE DESIGN, YOU KNOW, THE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, A LITTLE BIT, THE LANGUAGE ABOUT IN LAST WEEK'S REVELATION THAT TALKS ABOUT IN THEIR CONSIDERATION OF THE APPROPRIATE LAND USE IN THE DISTRICT. THIS COULD INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ALTERNATE OR ADDITIONAL SMALLER PLANNING, NOTHING IN LAST WEEK'S RESOLUTION INITIATED ANY OF THAT. SO WHAT, WHAT WAS INITIATED ARE THE CHANGES TO ALLOW THE STREAM REDEVELOPMENT, TO, TO WAIVE THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS IN THE PECAN STREET OVERLAY. SO IF WE WANT THAT MORE HOLISTIC PLANNING, WE NEED, WE NEED ACTION TO DIRECT IT. AND THE LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT IS THE TOOL THAT IS THE AREA PLANNING TOOL FOR HISTORIC AREAS. SO, AND MY COMMENTS, THE SECONDARY WERE INTENDED TO SAY, I'M NOT SURE I SEE ANY HARM IN WHAT YOU WERE BRINGING, UNLESS IT'S KIND OF AN UNFORESEEN SOMETHING, WHICH IS WHY I WANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION. BUT I DO KNOW IN THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS IN THE BODY OF THE RESOLUTION FROM ACCOUNTS FOR HARM BY THAT LISTED TWO THINGS ARE LISTED HYPING AND ALSO LISTED DESIGN STANDARDS. SO IT SEEMS AS IF ENUMERATED NUMBER TWO SINCE, YOU KNOW, GO OFF AND, AND, AND INITIATE GO OFF. AND, AND, AND IF THIS GUYS DIDN'T DEVELOP DESIGN STANDARDS ALSO MAKES A REFERENCE TO THE HISTORY AND THE HISTORICAL VALUE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO THAT WITHOUT GOING TO THE HISTORIC COMMISSION, WHICH [05:55:01] WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD FOR JERRY ANYHOW. SO I THINK, SORRY, I APPRECIATE YOU POSTPONING THIS. I JUST HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS CAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE PROCESSES, BUT CERTAINLY IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU GUYS COULD WORK IT ALL OUT AND RESOLVE IT ALL, THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE. I DON'T NEED, I DON'T NEED TO LEARN IT AT THIS POINT IF I COULD AVOID IT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO ON THEN TO THE NEXT ONE. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND POSTPONE THAT, UH, [48. Approve a resolution advancing the relocation or the City's Fleet Services Department and establishing the City Council's guiding vision and policy principles for the redevelopment of City-owned real property located at 1190 Hargrave Street, Austin, Texas 78702. ] ITEM NUMBER 48 COUNTS OVER HARPER MADISON, UH, HAS THAT ITEM, A HARDWARE REDEVELOPMENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO PULLED THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, DO YOU WANT TO MOVE, MAKE YOUR MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 48? YES, PLEASE. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. WE PASS ITEM NUMBER 48 AS IS, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE SECONDS LEFT DISCUSSION OR AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOA? YEAH, MY HOPE IS THAT, UH, THESE WOULD BE REGARDED AS FRIENDLY. UM, MOST WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LINE ON 41 CAME FROM A COMMUNITY LEADER WHO HAD REACHED OUT TO ASK THAT THESE BE INCLUDED. I THINK THEY'RE ALL VERY REASONABLE. UM, INCLUSIONS ONE JUST ADDS COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND MEMBERS WITHIN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT, UM, LINE 47 ADS, OUTDOOR SPORTS AND RECREATION AS ONE SUGGESTED COMMUNITY BENEFIT. AND BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF THIS SITE, UM, THERE IS, UH, I THINK IT, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND FULLY WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION WOULD BE ON THAT, ON THAT PROPERTY. UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT I THINK WE MAY NEED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IS LINE 41, A, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON, WERE YOU OPEN TO ACCEPTING ANY OF THESE AS FRIENDLY? I AM. UM, SO ON THE AMENDMENT MAKING REFERENCE TO INCLUDING STAKEHOLDERS, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE INTENTIONALITY BEHIND EXPLICITLY, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAKEHOLDERS, UM, INCLUDING SIX SQUARE. SO I DO ACCEPT THAT ONE AS FRIENDLY, ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT ON LINE 37 BEING INCLUDED, HEARING NONE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PACE MOTION, GO AHEAD ON THE AMENDMENT THAT STRIKES MARKET RATE. UM, I, I DON'T THINK THAT STRIKING MARKET RATE HOUSING FROM CONSIDERATION WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. UM, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THIS SITE IS ALREADY SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO LARGE INCOME RESTRICTED COMMUNITIES, VERY LARGE INCOME RESTRICTED COMMUNITIES, BOOKER T WASHINGTON AND MOUNT CARMEL PROVIDE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR AUSTINITES WHO NEED IT. UM, ADDING ANOTHER EXCLUSIVELY INCOME RESTRICTED DEVELOPMENT WOULD JUST CONTINUE THE HISTORIC PATTERNS OF CONCENTRATING POVERTY ON THE EAST SIDE. AND MY OPINION TRUTH BE TOLD, I'M TALKING ABOUT THOSE TWO VERY LARGE ONES, MOUNT CARMEL, WHICH HAS ALMOST 12 ACRES, UM, AND BOOKER T, WHICH IS COMPARABLE, BUT TRUTH, YOU KNOW, TRUTH BE TOLD WITHIN THAT 0.7 MILE RADIUS. WE ALSO HAVE ROSEWOOD ELM RIDGE, THE VETERANS' HOUSING ON, UM, 12TH STREET. AND THEN THAT BACKS UP INTO OAK SPRAY, THE TERRORISTS AT OAK SPRINGS. WE JUST HAVE SO MUCH SPECIFICALLY EXPLICITLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXISTING IN THE MARGINS THAT I WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT EXCLUDING MARKET RATE FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT MARKET RATE HOUSING DO ACTUALLY ADD SOME BENEFIT, UM, INCLUDING BEING ABLE TO SUBSIDIZE SOME OF THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND FRANKLY, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO, I SAY IT ALL THE TIME, ALL INCOME LEVELS HOUSING AT ALL, INCOME LEVELS, SO AFFORDABLE, YOU KNOW, THE MORE CONVERSATIONS I'M HAVING WITH CONSTITUENTS I RECOGNIZE AFFORDABLE IS RELATIVE AFFORDABLE IS AS LUXURY. IF YOU CAN AFFORD LUXURY AFFORDABLE IS, IS, UM, MIDDLE INCOME, UM, MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING. IF THAT'S WHERE YOU LAND AFFORDABLE IS DEEPLY AFFORDABLE INCOME RESTRICTED. UM, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD EXCLUDE MARKET RATE, UM, FROM CONSIDERATION. SO I'D RATHER NOT REMOVE THAT. UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE SCIENCE REALLY SHOWS THAT RESIDENTS AT ALL LEVELS BENEFIT FROM LIVING IN MIXED INCOME COMMUNITIES. UM, AND I THINK THE MARKET RATE HOUSING REALLY SHOULD STAY ON THE TABLE. UM, ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT MARKET RATE UNITS COULD BE LEVERAGED TO SUBSIDIZE EVEN MORE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, DURING THE COURSE OF A CONVERSATION, I WAS AT A, UM, A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, THE BLACK LAND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT, AND THEY HAD SOME DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FIND OURSELVES STRUGGLING WITH WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS IN THAT GENERAL AREA IS ATTENDANCE. UM, AND I THINK ENCOURAGING MIXED COMMUNITIES OFFERS FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO PRIVATE SCHOOL OR TAKE THEM OUT OF THE DISTRICT AND GET TRANSFERS. UM, SO FOR ALL THE REASONS I WOULD REALLY RATHER NOT EXCLUDE MARKET RATE, WELL, I THINK I NEEDED TO EXPLAIN THAT IT WASN'T EXCLUDING MARKET RATE HOUSING [06:00:01] YOU'VE SAID PRIMARILY. UM, AND SO MAYBE WE HAVE MAYBE THERE IS ANOTHER WAY TO HANDLE IT. HERE'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO PREVENT THAT THIS COMES BACK TO US AND HAS PRIMARILY MARKET RATE HOUSING WITH, WITH NOT ENOUGH, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE PROXIMITY OF OTHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I ALSO THOUGH KNOW THAT OUR BEST STOCK THAT THE MARKET IS PRODUCING MARKET RATE HOUSING, AND WE HAVE SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR OWN LAND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THEM. SO COULD WE AGREE ON LANGUAGE THAT AT LEAST SAYS, UM, WELL, AND MAYBE IT'S JUST, MAYBE I'M MISUNDERSTANDING HOW YOU INTENDED THAT SENTENCE. SO WHEN YOU'RE SAYING PRIMARILY WHEN YOU'RE SAYING PRIMARILY AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET RATE HOUSING AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, WE MAY BE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING THAT THERE WILL BE. IS IT YOUR VISION THAT THERE WOULD BE THAT WHATEVER COMES BACK TO US WOULD HAVE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN A MIXED INCOME HOUSING? CORRECT. OKAY, PERFECT. AND SO THEY'RE JUST MODIFIES AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT DOES NOT MODIFY MARKET RATE HOUSING OR MIXED USE DEVELOPER, IS THAT OKAY THEN? I THINK WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT. OKAY. OKAY. SO WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE LAND 47, UM, MINE 47, THE ADDITION IS ADD OUTDOOR SPORTS AND RECREATION. UM, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT I DON'T KNOW IS NECESSARY AND I OFFER MY RATIONALE FOR THAT. AND THEN YOU TELL ME WHETHER OR NOT YOU'D STILL LIKE TO TRY TO FIND A WAY FOR IT TO SO ON ADDING OUTDOORS IN SPORTS RECREATION. UM, THE SO RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE JUXTAPOSITION IS SO HERE'S 12TH STREET, HERE'S HARGRAVE. THE FLEET SERVICES SITE IS RIGHT THERE. SO LITERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, YOU COULD THROW A NICKEL ACROSS THE STREET AND HIT DOWN'S FIELD. YOU COULD THROW A NICKEL ACROSS THE OTHER STREET AND HIT THE YELLOW JACKET STADIUM. UM, ROSEWOOD PARK IS JUST BEHIND US. AND THEN JUST IN TERMS OF PROXIMITY TO PARKS, OUTDOOR SPACES, SPORTS SPACES, THOSE ALREADY EXIST. I MEAN, WE'RE SATURATED IN THAT LITTLE AREA WITH SPACES FOR SPORTS AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. UM, SO I JUST DIDN'T SEE WHY IT WAS NECESSARY IS, IS, UH, THE QUESTION THAT I HAD THERE, I THINK, UH, GIVEN THAT ANY REDEVELOPMENT WOULD TRIGGER PARKLAND DEDICATION. I THINK WE'LL HAVE OPEN SPACES AND RECREATIONAL USES COVERED ALREADY. AND I JUST DON'T SEE THE POINT IN ADDING OUTDOOR SPACES AND SPORT SPACES FOR CONSIDERATION. I DON'T SEE WHY IT'S NECESSARY. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE WORDS, I JUST DON'T SEE WHY IT'S NECESSARY, WHAT IT ADDS. I THINK THE, I THINK THE INTENT OF THE PERSON WHO SUGGESTED IT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WOULD BE SPACE ON THE PROPERTY FOR, FOR, UM, FAMILIES WHO LIVED THERE TO HAVE OUTDOOR SPACES WITHIN THEIR OKAY. AND I CAN APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST, I GUESS I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY IN SUCH A LARGE AREA, BUT THAT TO SAY I'VE BEEN SURPRISED BEFORE, SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO BEING EXPLICIT AND SAYING OUTDOOR SPACES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED IN CAPSULATED WITH OUTDOOR SPACES AND, AND SPECIFICALLY SPORTS SPACES. UM, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I'M, I'M FINE WITH ADDING OUTDOORS AND, UH, SPORTS RECREATION. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN GOING IN HEARING NONE, THAT AMENDMENT IS IN ABOUT THE LAST ONE. UH, THE LAST ONE IS ADDING ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION. UM, UH, I THINK IT'S ALREADY CAPTURED IN LINE 39, WHICH CALLS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS TO INCLUDE PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND SITE ASSESSMENT. UM, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT ONE'S NECESSARY EITHER, BUT, UM, I CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE, I MEAN, IT'S, UH, IT'S FLEET SERVICES, SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE'S BUSTED COP CARS AND AMBULANCES AND FIRE TRUCKS, THERE'S DIESEL AND ALL, EVERY OTHER KIND OF FUEL, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF PURPOSES, THIS IS, IT'S AN AUTO SHOP. IT'S A GIANT IT'S AUTO SHOP ON STEROIDS. IT'S ALMOST EIGHT ACRES OF AUTO SHOP. SO I RECOGNIZE THAT THE REMEDIATION COMPONENT IS NECESSARY. I JUST THOUGHT WE CAPTURED THAT CONSIDERATION. OKAY. I DID. I, I, THIS IS REALLY INTENDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE AND, UH, AND FUNDING SOURCES IDENTIFIED. I UNDERSTAND ANY OBJECTION TO, INCLUDING THAT AMENDMENT, NO HEARING, NONE THAT'S INCLUDED. SO WE'VE INCLUDED A ONE, THREE AND FOUR AS WE GO DOWN HERE LINES 37, 9 47 AND LINE 49 AND 50 THAT'S. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED IT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE, UH, ON THE DAS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. [88. Approve a resolution relating to the community vision for 7211 North IH-35 and 7309 North IH-35 (St. John properties) and the sale of the St. John properties to a public facility corporation controlled by The Housing Authority of the City of Austin. ] THAT GETS US THEN I THINK TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 88, UM, MS. UH, KAISER AVAILA, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 88? UH, I DO YOUR HONOR, I HAVE A MOTION [06:05:01] THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOKO AND I HAVE, UH, UH, UH, WORKED ON AND IT, UH, UH, UH, SHE OFFERED A COUPLE OF CHANGES, UH, WHICH I ACCEPTED, AND THEN WE WORKED ON THE LANGUAGE ON LINES 90 TO 95 AND HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON IT. THE ONLY THING IS I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP THE, UH, GRAY STAR, UH, THE, UH, THE, OUR EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING PARTNER, UH, TO ASK THEM A QUESTION RIGHT QUICK. OKAY. OKAY. COUNSEL FOR BAIL, I MOVES ITEM NUMBER 88 FOR PASSAGES THERE. A SECOND TO THAT. I CAN'T REMEMBER HOPPER MEDICINE, SORRY. KITS, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA. CAN WE, WHERE CAN WE SEE THAT LANGUAGE? SORRY. UH, IT'S ON THE MESSAGE BOARD. I HAVE COPIES, LET ME CAN DISTRIBUTE THEM TO AMERICAN. I ASKED, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SO COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA, JUST TO CAPTURE. SO I HAD HANDED OUT A YELLOW SHEET ON THE EARLY THIS MORNING, AS I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE ACCEPTING MY FIRST, I THINK THE GENERAL IMPACT IS THAT YOU'RE ACCEPTING ALL OF MY AMENDMENTS. YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT DROPPING OUT THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS FINE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH HAKA HERE IN A MINUTE. AND I THINK YOU SUGGESTED A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WORDING FOR 90 TO 95. IS THAT THE UPSHOT OF, OF YOUR LAST AMENDMENT? THAT IS A, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO. AND I HAVE IN THE MOST RECENT VERSION THAT, THAT, UH, THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM WAS JUST, UH, HANDING OUT, HAVE INCLUDED WITH THE CITY WHO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTS CITY MANAGER DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS TO PURSUE A SALE OF THE ST. JOHN PROPERTY TO A PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION CONTROLLED BY HAKA WITH THE CITY RESERVING AND RETAINING A RIGHT TO PURCHASE THE ST. JOHN PROPERTY FOR THE NOMINAL SUM OF $1. AT THE END OF THE LEASE TERM, I'VE THROWN THAT LANGUAGE IN THE LEASE TERM IS, UH, AS I UNDERSTAND IT GOING TO BE 99 YEARS. AND SO ESSENTIALLY AT THE END OF THE 99 YEAR LEASE TERM, THE CITY WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO REPURCHASE THE PROPERTY FOR A $1. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WITH THE APPLICANT. AND I THINK THAT PROTECTS THE CITY, WHICH IS WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA WAS CONCERNED ABOUT FROM EVER LOSING THE LAND MOOSE MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILA. UM, I'VE CONFERRED WITH OUR GREAT PARTNERS AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN. OH, SORRY. UM, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAVID WALSH. UM, I AM WITH GRAY STAR. UM, AND YES. SO THANK YOU. AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OUR GREAT PARTNERS AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN. WE ARE IN AGREEMENT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND WE'RE TOTALLY FINE WITH THAT LANGUAGE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE NOMINAL. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT THE NOMINAL FEE THAT WOULD BE OFFERED WOULD BE $1 ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE NOMINAL FEE WILL BE $1. SUPER. THANK YOU. THAT'S TERRIFIC. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SIR. MR. COUNSELOR, ELLA HAS MADE THIS MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED BY COUNCILOR NUMBER HARPER, MADISON. UM, YOU'VE OFFERED THAT AMENDMENT REPLACING LINES 90 TO 95. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT HEARING? NONE THAT CHANGE HAS MADE YOU ALSO HAD TWO OTHER CHANGES ON WHAT YOU LAID OUT REPLACED LINE FOUR ONLINE, REPLACED FOUR IN LINE 83 AND ADD FIVE AND RENUMBER ACCORDINGLY. AND BOTH OF THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE ACCEPTABLE AND THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM. HAD THOSE, ANY OBJECTION TO ADDING THOSE TWO HEARING ON THOSE TWO ARE ADDED. SO IT'S YOUR BASE MOTION AS, AS, AS IN THE DENT IN THE AGENDA, UH, ADDING THESE THREE, MAKING THESE THREE CHANGES, THAT'S CORRECT. MARIN, ANY PRIVILEGED DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM THAT WAS IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE WAS A POST ANONYMOUSLY APPROVED WITH THOSE CHANGES AND WE WANTED TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO AND COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THAT GETS [91. Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to explore every option that would allow the City to prohibit or reduce the sale of AR-15 style weapons and other semi-automatic rifles to anyone below the age of 21. ] US TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 91. THIS WAS A MOTION FROM THE MAYOR PRO TEM. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR MOTION? I MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM 91. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION ON 91 AS WE WERE ELLIS SECONDS THAT ANY DISCUSSION OR AMENDMENTS HAVE TO REMEMBER KELLY? YEAH. I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ITEM AND I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE CITY LEGAL COULD ANSWER THEM FOR US BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I'M LEE CRAWFORD WITH THE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT. HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? THANK YOU. UM, WHAT CURRENT CITY LAW REGULATES OR PROHIBITS THE SALE OF FIREARMS? UH, CURRENTLY THERE IS NO CITY ORDINANCE OR LAW THAT REGULATES EITHER THE TRANSFER [06:10:01] OR THE SALE OF FIREARMS. IN ANY RESPECT. THERE IS A STATE STATUTE THAT'S PART OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THAT SPECIFICALLY EXPRESSLY PROHIBITS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE THE CITY FROM REGULATING THE SALE TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OR REGISTRATION OF FIREARMS. SO UNDER THAT STATE LAW, THE CITY REALLY DOESN'T HAVE THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO ACT IN THAT AREA. SO CURRENTLY THERE IS NO REGULATION OF SAILOR TRANSFER. THERE IS A PART OF THE CITY CODES, CHAPTER NINE OF THE CITY CODE THAT DOES REGULATE THE DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS WITHIN THE CITY. AND WE ARE PERMITTED UNDER STATE LAW TO REGULATE THAT DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS. AND WE DO SO, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE PROHIBITION IS YOU CANNOT, UH, UH, DISCHARGE A FIREARM WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS EXCEPT AT A SHOOTING RANGE AND IN A COUPLE OF OTHER SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS, BUT THERE'S NO REGULATION ON SAILOR TRANSFER. OKAY. UM, IF THE CITY MANAGER'S FINDINGS INCLUDE LEGAL PROVISIONS TO LIMIT THE SALE OF FIREARMS, WHAT LEGAL GROUNDS WOULD PRIVATE BUSINESS OWNERS POSSIBLY HAVE TO SUE THE CITY? IT'S A LITTLE BIT SPECULATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT I, BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY KINDA KNOW WHAT THOSE, UH, THOSE RESTRICTIONS MIGHT BE, UH, UNDER A PROPOSED ORDINANCE, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, UH, I THINK THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY TWO AVENUES OR CHANNELS, UH, THAT A BUSINESS OWNER COULD, UH, COULD HAVE TO, UH, IF, IF THERE WAS A LOCAL REGULATION ON THAT THE FIRST WOULD BE IN DEFENSE OF A CITATION OR PROSECUTION FOR VIOLATION OF THE CITY RULES. SO FOR INSTANCE, IF THE CITY PASSED AN ORDINANCE, UH, THAT SAID, UH, THAT WE WERE RESTRICTING THE SALE OF THESE WEAPONS TO PEOPLE UNDER 21, UM, AND A BUSINESS OWNER SOLD THE, THE, THE VEHICLE FOR THAT IS WE'D MAKE IT A, A VIOLATION OF CITY CODE. AND THE PENALTY THEN WOULD BE A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR CITATION, AND A BUSINESS OWNER WHO WAS CITED FOR VIOLATING THAT, UH, PROVISION OF THE CITY CODE WOULD THEN DEFEND THE CITATION BY SAYING UNDER THIS STATE LAW THAT I DESCRIBED THE CITY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO, UH, PURSUE THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE PART OF THAT STATE STATUTE SAYS ANY CITY ORDINANCE THAT IS IN VIOLATION OF THAT GENERAL PROHIBITION ON LOCAL REGULATION IS AUTOMATICALLY VOID. SO SOMEBODY COULD ASSERT IN DEFENSE OF A PROSECUTION, UH, THE, UM, UH, THE PREEMPTION BY STATE LAW. AND THE SECOND WAY, FRANKLY, IS, UH, WOULD BE THROUGH A, WHAT'S CALLED A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ACTION. THIS WOULD BE A BUSINESS OWNER AFFIRMATIVELY GOING TO THE COURT AND SAYING, THERE'S A LOCAL REGULATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS PASSED. THAT'S BURDENING MY BUSINESS. AND I NEED A DECLARATION FROM THE COURT THAT THE HIGHER STATE LAW WOULD PREEMPT OR SUPERSEDE THE LOCAL ORDINANCE, SO THAT EITHER DEFENSIVE A PROSECUTION OR A, AN AFFIRMATIVE DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ACTION. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, THE STATE LAW THAT PROHIBITS THE LOCAL REGULATION DOES SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZE THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO FILE SUIT AGAINST THE CITY, UH, SEEKING AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE LOCAL REGULATION. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT, UM, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 2 29 DOT OH ONE DOES SAY THAT A MUNICIPALITY MAY NOT ADOPT REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER POSSESSION, WEARING CARRYING OWNERSHIP, STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION, LICENSING, OR REGISTRATION OF FIREARMS, AIR GUNS, KNIVES, AMMUNITION, OR FIREARM, OR AIR, GUN SUPPLIES, OR ACCESSORIES. I BELIEVE THAT ANY ATTEMPT BY AUSTIN TO RESTRICT, REGULATE OR HAMPER THE SALES OF FIREARMS DOES VIOLATE STATE PREEMPTION LAWS. UM, AND THAT VIOLATION OF THE PRESENT PREEMPTION LAW RISKS, A LAWSUIT FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHICH I THINK IS A NEEDLESS WASTE OF TAXPAYER RESOURCES. AND I'LL JUST WRAP IT UP REAL QUICK. HERE, WE HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US IN THE FORM OF CITY STAFF AND THEIR TIME. NOTHING IN THIS ITEM KEEPS RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN FROM TRAVELING TO PARK LEANDER OR ROUND ROCK TO PURCHASE A WEAPON AS ELECTED LEADERS. I FIRMLY BELIEVE WE HAVE A DUTY TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO PROTECT THE SAFETY AND RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS JUST EXPLAINED TO US, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I CAN SUPPORT TODAY. I DO HOWEVER, WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT IF ANYONE FEELS PAST PASSIONATELY FOR, OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, THEY SHOULD USE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE AT THE STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL IN REGARDS TO IT. THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION IN FRONT OF US. IT'S BEEN SECONDED, FURTHER DISCUSSION, RIGHT? PRETEND. YES. UM, THIS IN MY VIEW IS A LIFE OR DEATH ISSUE, AND I WISH THAT OUR STATE GOVERNMENT OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THAT MATTER WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND RESTRICT THE AGE THAT PEOPLE COULD OBTAIN THESE LETHAL WEAPONS. UM, WE DO A LOT OF THINGS IN THE CITY WHERE WE PUSH THE BOUNDARIES. UM, WE DO THIS TO PROTECT OUR CITIZENS AND IN LIGHT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE ABOUT THE ABILITIES OF THOSE WHO ARE UNDER 21 [06:15:01] TO HANDLE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SUCH WEAPONS IN LIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE OF EVOLVE DAY OF BUFFALO, WHERE WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING INTO STORES AND LEGALLY PURCHASING THESE WEAPONS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SOMETHING. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS WORTH PURSUING AND EXPLORING. I'M WELL AWARE OF THE LAW THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED, BUT WE FIND WAYS ALL THE TIME TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE. AND I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE HERE. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. I HAVE A 17 YEAR OLD SON COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. IF YOU'RE GOING TO RAISE THIS, I'D LIKE YOU TO AT LEAST PRETEND TO LISTEN TO WHAT I'M SAYING. I HAVE A 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. I KNOW WE ARE ON THE DIETS. YOU RAISED THIS, YOU PULLED IT. AND YOU WAITED TO THE END OF THE DAY. YOU CAN, I DID NOT SET THE SCHEDULE FOR TODAY. YOU HAVE TO SAY, PLEASE, I HAVE A 17 YEAR OLD SON. NUMBER OF OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE CHILDREN IN SCHOOL. PEOPLE WHO ARE STAFF MEMBERS HAVE CHILDREN IN THEIR SCHOOLS. NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A 18 YEAR OLD WALKING INTO A SCHOOL WITH AN AR 15 AND SHOOTING UP THE SCHOOL. AND THAT IS NOT A FAR-FETCHED SCENARIO. THEY MIGHT GO TO YOUR CHURCH. THEY MIGHT GO TO YOUR SUPERMARKET. AND SO IF I SAVE ONE PERSON, I MAKE ONE 18 YEAR OLD, HAVE TO TAKE AN EXTRA. EVEN IF IT'S 20 MINUTES BEFORE THEY BUY THEIR GUN TO CALM DOWN. AND WE SAVE SOME MOTHER FROM HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE, WE WILL BE DOING OUR JOB. AND I THINK THAT I DON'T SEE ASKING OUR LAW DEPARTMENT TO EXPLORE EVERY AVENUE. AND THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS WHERE YOU CAN RESTRICT THAT ACCESS. WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE AND IN THE ABSENCE OF STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. AND I NOTICED COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, YOU VOTED AGAINST ITEM 86, WHICH WAS ANOTHER MEASURE THAT WE TOOK TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE ON EARTH CAN JUSTIFY WHY AN 18 YEAR OLD NEEDS ACCESS TO AN AR 15 IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. WE HAVE A MOTION IN FRONT OF THE MOOD. AND SECOND FOR THOSE DISCUSSION COUNCIL, R KELLY, I APPRECIATE HOW PASSIONATE YOU ARE ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. AND I LIKE THAT. YOU'VE BEEN MOVED TO TAKE ACTION. I AM NOT ARGUING WHETHER OR NOT A 21 YEAR OLD SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO A FIREARM BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE ROLE OF US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, GIVEN THE PURVIEW THAT WE HAVE TO WORK INSIDE WITH THE LAW, WHICH IS WHY I SUGGESTED THAT INDIVIDUALS GO AND ADVOCATE FOR THIS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. VERIFY MY, I DO WANT TO ADD THAT. ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE ADVOCATE AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL IS BY SETTING AN EXAMPLE AND PUTTING OUT RESOLUTIONS FOR WHAT WE THINK WE NEED TO DO A FOX NEWS SURVEY THIS WEEK SAID THAT 75% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT WE OUGHT TO RESTRICT THE AGE FOR ACCESSING THE PURCHASE OF AN AR 15. THAT'D BE MUCH HIGHER IN AUSTIN. THAT'S FOX NEWS, 75%. AND IN THE ABSENCE OF FEDERAL STATE ACTION, WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING THESE RESPONSIBLE GUN SAFETY STEPS. THANK YOU. AND FOR THE MEDIA, I WOULD POINT OUT THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPLORE OPTIONS ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION THIS BEFORE WE MOVE ON COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UH, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF. SO AS WE WALK AWAY FROM THIS MEETING TONIGHT, WE FEEL A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT, NOT NECESSARILY THE STRESS OF HOW DIFFICULT THIS DECISION IS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM WROTE IN HER RESOLUTION TO BUY A HANDGUN, YOU HAVE TO BE 21, BUT TO BUY AN AR 15, YOU CAN BE 18. AND THAT'S UNCONSCIONABLE TO ME. I CAN'T STAND FOR THAT. AND ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN INFURIATING OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS IS THAT WE ARE ELECTED TO LEAD. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OFFICE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE NOT LEADING. THAT IS NOT HOW WE DO THINGS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TAKE A BOAT. I WAS HER FAVORITE OF THIS ITEM. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. I WAS OPPOSED TO THIS ITEM SOMEWHERE. KELLY VOTES. NO, THERE WAS VOTING. AYE PASSES TIME TO ONE. WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT. IT'S ITEM, [75. C14-2022-0020 - 2103 W Slaughter - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 2103 West Slaughter Lane (Slaughter Creek Watershed). Applicant's Request: To rezone from neighborhood commercial-mixed use-conditional overlay (LR-MU-CO) combining district zoning to community commercial (GR) district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant neighborhood commercial-mixed use-conditional overlay (LR-MU-CO) combining district zoning, to change conditions of zoning. Owner/Applicant: Shokrollah Delaram. City Staff: Wendy Rhoades, 512-974-7719. ] NUMBER 75 IN ZONI. THANK YOU FOR STILL BEING WITH US HERE. SEVEN 30 MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. YES, GO AHEAD. OKAY. UM, [06:20:02] UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON FIRST READING ONLY THAT, UH, PASSAGE OF THE STAFF AND ZAPS A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT LR, M U C O COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING, AND TO CHANGE TWO OF THE CONDITIONS OF ZONING. IN OTHER WORDS, TO REMOVE FROM THE CEO CONSUMER REPAIR SERVICES AND TO REMOVE GUIDANCE SERVICES, UH, CIVIC USE. SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL EXPLAIN AFTER I GET A SECOND SO THAT I UNDERSTAND THE MOTION, THE MOTION, THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, YOUR CHA YOUR EMOTION CHANGES, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION BY PULLING OUT OR ADDING ONE ITEM. AND THE CHANGE DID YOU MAKE TO THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS WHAT, UM, THEY, THEY, UH, CAN I MAKE MY MOTION, THEN I CAN EXPLAIN IT. YOU JUST MADE THE MOTION. I WAS JUST, I DIDN'T GET A SECOND. UM, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE MOTION BEFORE QUITE A BIT. I'LL EXPLAIN IT. SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDED, UM, TH TH THE, THE REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT IS TO REMOVE, UM, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY TO REMOVE THREE OF THE SEAL ITEMS THAT WERE PUT ON, UH, IN THE REZONING CASE IN 2014. SO, UM, I AM MOVING ON FIRST READING TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE TWO OF THOSE, THE THIRD ONE RELATING TO PET SERVICES. I CAN'T, UH, SUPPORT REMOVING AT THIS TIME. OKAY. SO, SO MY QUESTION WAS JUST REALLY SIMPLE, JUST AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL. YOURS IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION PUT YOU'RE REMOVING TWO ALLOWED, USES IN THE CEO. THAT'S THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDED REMOVING THREE I'M REBECCA RECOMMENDING REMOVING. SO YOURS IS JUST LIKE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, BUT YOU'RE PUTTING BACK IN PET SERVICES JUST BETWEEN FIRST ONE, TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IT. I UNDERSTAND NOW THE EMOTION, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION AS IT WERE ELLIS SECONDS, EMOTION, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS IT? YES. UM, THE REASON THAT IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO REMOVE PET SERVICES, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE ANSWER YET. UM, I DON'T WANT TO, I CAN, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT BASICALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THIS PROPERTY CURRENTLY IS THE, UM, THE APPLICANT IS OPERATING A NUMBER OF USES THAT ARE NOT PERMITTED, AND THERE HAVE BEEN, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT, UM, CODE VIOLATIONS AND, UM, AND COMPLAINTS. AND SO PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS REMOVING THE PROHIBITIONS IN ORDER TO RESOLVE THE CODE VIOLATIONS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE PET SERVICES. I'M CONCERNED THAT THE CODE INSPECTORS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER AND INSPECT THE AREA THAT'S BEING USED FOR PET SERVICES, UM, WHICH CAUSES ME CONCERN. SO WHAT I'M HOPING IS THAT BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND RATING ISSUES RELATED TO PET SERVICES CAN BE RESOLVED AND WE CAN DETERMINE WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE TO REMOVE THAT PROHIBITION. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? UM, NO. I'LL JUST CLARIFY WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN STATED A RECOMMENDATION AND THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION WAS LRM UCO. AND WE LIFTED, UM, PRE UH, THREE USES THAT WERE PROHIBITED. AND I WAS CONSUMER REPAIR SERVICES, GUIDANCE SERVICES, AND PET SERVICES. AND WHAT I HEAR IS THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO REMOVE THAT, AND WE, AND BETWEEN NOW, AND SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, WE'LL NEED TO LET CODE GO OUT THERE AND DO SOME MORE RESEARCH. YEAH. IF THEATER COUNCIL GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THE PET PET OPERATIONS AND THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE, THEN I'M FINE. OKAY. I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION THAT WAS IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL MEMBER? KITCHEN'S MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. SO AS OPPOSED TO UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS, THAT ITEM PASSES, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. I THINK THAT IS ALL THE THINGS ON OUR AGENDA. EVERYBODY TRAVELS SAFELY. UH, IF YOU'RE TRAVELING OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS HERE AND WE'LL BE BACK, UH, LAST WEEKEND, JULY ON THE, UH, ON THE DAYS, AS WE SAID EARLIER, GOOD HARD WORK. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND, UH, SYDNEY MANAGER, UH, SPECIAL, GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN THIS INTERIM PERIOD OF TIME. RIGHT? BEING STERN. IT IS, UH, 7 33 * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.