Jul 28, 2022 City Council Meetings

UM, IT SAYS I HAVE PULLED, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE EXPEDIENT IF WE JUST POSTPONED IT TILL SEPTEMBER 1ST.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS STAFF IS OKAY WITH THIS POSTPONEMENT.

I JUST HAD LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS AND WANTED TO SORT THOSE.

UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, BEING POSTPONED TILL SEPTEMBER 1ST? UM, UH, AND MORGAN IS INDICATED STAFF'S OKAY WITH THAT HEARING NONE.

ANY OBJECTION TO IT BEING POSTPONED HEARING? NO OBJECTION.

I REMEMBER FOUR IS POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 1ST COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER, RENTER, MARIA, GO AHEAD.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE ALSO BEEN OUT OF TOWN.

I WENT TO WASHINGTON DC TO LOBBY FOR MORE FUNDING FOR CAPITAL METRO.

AND I JUST GOT BACK LAST NIGHT FROM SOUTHFIELD WITH OUR SISTER CITY, AND I WANT TO PULL ITEM 70, HAD TIME TO CONCENTRATE ON THIS ITEM AND I POSTPONED IT TO, I WANT TO POSTPONE IT TO THE NEXT WEEK TO OUR NEXT, TO, TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

I BELIEVE IT IN SEPTEMBER 1ST, SEPTEMBER 1ST? YES.

AND THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 70, CORRECT.

SO I REMEMBER SEVENTIES, YOU GOING TO GET PULLED WELL, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT OUR FAIRS.

UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION WHOSE WOULD BE THE INTERESTED PARTY IN THAT COUNTING THE BROS, THAT THE ITEM THAT STARTED AS AN IFC THAT HAS COME BACK TO US, THIS IS THE RENAMING OF THE PAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

ANY OBJECTION TO POSTPONING THAT THIS IS A SEPARATE PERSON? I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS CHANCE TO WORK ON IT HEARING.

NO OBJECTION.

THAT ITEM IS POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

HOW'S OUR KITCHEN.

UM, I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO ITEM NUMBER 94.

THAT'S THE ONE RELATED TO THE, UM, MUSIC VENUES AND THE PROPOSAL FOR INITIATING AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

SO I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR.

WILL THE CLERK PLEASE REFLECT THAT IN THE MINUTES? ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE START ON SPEAKERS, COUNCILOR TOVO, UM, MAYOR I'D LIKE TO POSTPONE 91, AND I THINK THE RECORD ALREADY REFLECTS THAT I REQUESTED A POSTPONEMENT OF 99 AS WELL.

BOTH OF THEM ARE MINE.

BOTH OF THEM ARE MY ITEMS 91 AND 99.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, AND I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH STAFF, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF ON ITEM 44 TO LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT POSTPONING THAT ITEM.

AND I APOLOGIZE WITH THIS WEEK'S AGENDA JUST HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DIVE INTO IT.

UM, THE STAFF ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE WORKING TOWARD BRINGING THOSE CONTRACTS IN-HOUSE UM, BUT I REALLY NEED TO JUST HAVE A MINUTE TO TALK THROUGH WITH THEM, WHETHER THIS IS THE OUTCOME WE NEED AND, AND WHAT KIND OF TIMING IT IS.

UM, SO YOU'RE PULLING ITEMS NUMBER 91 AND 98.

AND THEN YOU ASKED THE QUESTION ON WHICH NUMBER, UM, MAYOR, I'M SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION, BUT NO 99 IS ALREADY POSTPONED.

IT'S MY ITEM.

IT'S ON THE POSTPONEMENT LIST AND I AM ALSO GOING TO POSTPONE MY IFC 91.

I'M POSTPONING 91 AND I AM, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO POSTPONE 44, BUT I'M INVITING STAFF TO JUST REACH OUT IF THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO POSTPONING ITEM NUMBER 91 AS WELL? HOPPER, MADISON? UM, I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION.

CAN YOU REMIND ME REAL QUICK? WHICH ITEM IS NUMBER 91? I DO.

ONE IS THE, UH, HISTORIC ZONING, UH, DISTRICT FOR A E OR SIXTH STREET.

AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO POSTPONE THE ITEM.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IS REQUESTING POSTPONEMENT OF THAT ITEM.

UM, IT STAFF OR THE PEOPLE REPRESENTING THE ITEM.

ARE THEY COMFORTABLE WITH THE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST COUNCIL MEMBER? IT'S MY, IT'S MY, UM, IT'S THE RESOLUTION I BROUGHT FORWARD.

SO I'M SO UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

I WAS JUST MAKING SURE THAT TO CLARIFY THAT ANYBODY WHO WAS A STAKEHOLDER IN THE PROCESS HAD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

BRINGING CONTRACT INSIDE.

POSTPONING THIS ITEM TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, HEARING NINE ITEM NUMBER 91 IS POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

NUMBER 99 IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

AND THEN I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER.

TOBO YOU HAD QUESTIONS ON WHICH NUMBER

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IT WAS 44 AND 45.

UM, IF IT WAS JUST 44, BUT IF, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN IT COMES UP, IF MY, MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN RESOLVE IT AND JUST POSTPONE IT SO THAT STAFF DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT ANSWER.

BUT IF THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS, WELL, I WILL REACH OUT TO STAFF, BUT JUST KNOW THAT I AM ASKING STAFF, UM, IF WE COULD PASS ON THAT.

GOTCHA.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE LEAVING IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO SPEAK UP OR LET US KNOW IF WE AT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, DID, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA.

DID YOU ALSO MENTION ITEM 99 OR AM I, AM I HEARING I DID, BUT IT'S ALREADY ON CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS AS A POSTPONEMENT 99.

WE'LL BE POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 1ST ON THE CONSENT, UH, VOTE.

GOTCHA.

ALRIGHT.

UH, WITH THOSE, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, UH, ASKED FOR A SPEAKERS.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH REMOTE SPEAKERS.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO SPEAKERS THAT ARE IN HOUSE, UH, UH, ABLE TO BE DISCUSSED TODAY IS, UH, THE SOUTH, UH, IS THE, UH, STATESMAN POD, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE TAKING ACTION ON IT, UH, AVAILABLE TO, TO BE SPOKEN TO TODAY WOULD BE THE LICENSE PLATE READER, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE TAKING ANY, UH, ACTION ON THAT ABLE TO BE SPOKEN TO TODAY IS THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, UH, ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, BUT WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY ACTION ON THAT.

UH, EITHER, UH, COLLEAGUES THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SOME QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTRACT, UM, UH, FU UH, REPLACEMENT FOR FRONT STEPS IN, UH, TO TWO LOCATIONS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY, UH, UH, SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS.

UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE WORK INTO THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING BY THE STAKEHOLDERS AND DIRECTOR STIRRUP, UH, DIANA GRAY, UM, AND, UM, UM, UM, THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, JP CONNELLY, UH, AND OTHERS, UH, I'LL BE BRINGING, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THOSE TWO THAT REFLECT THE AGREEMENT, UH, OF THAT GROUP ON, UH, SOME DIRECTION THAT WILL ENABLE THOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, ALL THEIR SUPPORT.

AND I JUST MENTIONED THAT TO THE, TO THE SPEAKERS AS WELL.

THAT'S OUR POOL WILL THAT AMENDMENT INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THE IDENTIFICATION AND THE UNIFORMS AND THE, UM, REEMPLOYMENT OF EXISTING, UH, UH, IT ADDRESSES THE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE RAISED, WHICH INCLUDES THE REEMPLOYMENT ISSUE.

IT DOESN'T ADDRESS UNIFORMS. AND THAT WAS A PIECE THAT I BROUGHT ON TUESDAY AND OUR WORK SESSION THAT I THINK OUR STAFF HAD INDICATED COULD BE INCLUDED INTO THE CONTRACT THAT THE UNIFORMS GO TO IDENTIFICATION, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED HAVING EMPLOYEES NAMES LIKE A NAME BADGE SO THAT IT COULD BE EASILY IDENTIFIED.

SO BETWEEN NOW AND THAT COMING UP, LET US DOUBLE BACK AND SEE IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH US ADDING THAT IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC LANGUAGE ON THAT, SHOOT IT OVER.

OTHERWISE WE'LL TRY TO FASHION SOME AND WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE.

THAT'S GREAT.

AND I THINK DIRECTOR STIRRUP HAD, HAD FIGURED THAT OUT.

I DON'T, CAN I SEE ACM HAYDEN HOWARD HAS GIVEN US A THUMBS UP ON IT.

THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT.

FOR US TO LOOK SOMEWHERE YET.

WE'LL TRY TO INCLUDE THAT IN THAT WE WILL INCLUDE THAT, UH, JANINE, IF YOU WOULD.

UM, FINALLY COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, THIS IS, UH, JANINE CLARK'S, UH, LAST, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH US.

UH, HERE ARE A COUPLE OF SIDES ON THE, ON THE DAY IS REFLECTING THE WORK SHE DOES WITH OTHER OFFICES.

I GUARANTEE YOU THAT NONE OF YOUR SIZE ARE AS LOUD OR AUDIBLE AS MINE IS, UH, TO, TO LOSE HER, UH, STARTED OUT AS A, AS A VISTA, UM, UM, JOINED THE STAFF AND HAS JUST BEEN INVALUABLE, REALLY RISEN THROUGH THE, KIND OF THE RANKS IN, UH, COUNCIL, UH, AND MAYOR OFFICE, UH, SUPPORT, UH, IS MOVING ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS, UH, NOW, UM, UM, BUT JANINE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR HELPING ME AND FOR HELPING EVERYBODY ON THIS DIET.

THANK YOU WITH THAT.

LET'S GO, UM, MAYOR JUST QUICKLY, UM, ON THE, UM, UH, THE DIRECTION OR AMENDMENT, I'M NOT SURE WHICH IT IS.

THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT OUT YET

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THE ONE YOU'RE WORKING ON IS IT JUST CAME OUT IN AN EMAIL.

AND MAYOR, WE WILL ADD TO THAT ONE, THE LAST POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO ITEM 100, THE STATEMENT REGARDING THE DOBBS, UH, AND THE, UH, OTHER RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AS A CO-SPONSOR.

IF THE CLERIC WOULD REFLECT THAT AS WELL, CO-SPONSORING ITEM NUMBER 100 S I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE ADDED ON THAT ITEM.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT.

OKAY, CATHERINE, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE LISTED AS A CO-SPONSOR OF THAT ITEM.

[Public Comments (Part 1 of 4)]

LET'S GO TO SPEAKERS.

PLEASE START WITH THE REMOTE SPEAKERS.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS RYAN.

SPEAKING ON 54 AND 1 0 3, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR ADLER, MAYOR PRO TEM, AND IT SEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS BRIAN BEZOS.

UH, MEANING THE COMMUNITY WILL KNOW ME, HAS GUMBO, AND I USE THEY THEM PRONOUNS.

I CALL YOU TODAY AS THE RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE, AND IT'S A PROUD MEMBER OF ASKED ME 16, 24, AND OFTEN DSA ASKED YOU TO VOTE NO ON ITEMS, 54 AND 1 0 3.

I MOVED TO AUSTIN ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR AGO FROM NEW ORLEANS, THE PROMISE OF A BETTER LIFE.

I DELIBERATELY CHOSE TO WORK FOR THIS GREAT CITY RATHER THAN WORK IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT THE CITY IS ONLY AS GREAT AS HOW EXPENSIVE BUDGET AND PRIORITIZING OVER POLICING AND TECHNOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE, NOT GREATNESS.

FOR EXAMPLE, NEW ORLEANS HAS LONG BEEN THE PLAYGROUND FOR TESTING NEW SURVEILLANCE, POLICING TECHNOLOGIES, LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN 2018, I CAN VIEW INTO BACKYARDS AND EVEN PEOPLE'S HOUSES, AND IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT THEY ALSO HAVE THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATE OF ANYWHERE ON THE PLANET AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPRISONED BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE TWICE.

AS OFTEN AS WHITE PEOPLE.

THIS IS WHAT AUSTIN WANTS TO EMULATE BECAUSE GIVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS ALREADY GETS 38% OF THE BUDGET.

IT'S HOW YOU START DOWN THIS STEEP AND SLIPPERY SLOPE TOWARDS EXTREME SURVEILLANCE AND OVER BELIEFS.

SOMETHING THAT AUSTIN ALREADY STRUGGLES WITH.

I THINK THE HB 1900 THAT'S MONEY THAT CAN NEVER BE TAKEN BACK BY OTHER PROGRAMS VOTE NO ON ITEMS, 54 AND 1 0 3.

STOP RAISING THEIR BUDGET.

LINDSEY IGNITE TILE SKI ON ITEMS. 54 62, 1 0 3 AND ONE 90.

HI, MY NAME IS LINDSAY IGNATOWSKI SHE? THEY PRONOUNS.

I LIVE IN TEMPLE DISTRICT FOUR AND I'M A MEMBER OF DSA.

UM, SO YEAH, I'M CALLING SPECIFICALLY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE 1.4 MILLION ALLOCATION FOR THE BLUE SANTE, WHICH IS REALLY JUST, UM, A PROPAGANDA TO MAKE US FEEL GOOD ABOUT POLICE AND MAKE US FEEL LIKE THEY CARE ABOUT OUR CHILDREN WHEN AFTER YOU'VE ALL DAY, WE'VE SEEN THAT IT'S ANYTHING.

BUT, UM, I THINK IF WE REALLY WANT TO HELP CHILDREN AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, THERE ARE MUCH BETTER AND LESS PROPAGANDIZING WAYS THAT WE COULD SPEND 1.4 MILLION TO ACTUALLY MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT.

UM, SO THE OTHER THING IS WITH THE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS, UM, THIS IS A DANGEROUS TOOL OF RACISM.

THEATER SHOWS THAT THESE DO NOT ACTUALLY POSITIVELY AFFECT, UH, CRIME OUTCOMES OR SOLVING CRIMES.

IT'S A FORM OF TECHNOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE.

AND YOU KNOW, WE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN SAY THAT WE CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.

WE SAY THAT WE WANT TO DECRIMINALIZE ABORTION AND NOT THE, LIKE THE REST OF TEXAS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN SAY THAT WHEN THEN WE TURN AND WE TALK ABOUT SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY TO GIVE NEW SURVEILLANCE TOOLS TO THE POLICE, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY MODELING BIPOLAR, BUT WILL ALSO HURT PEOPLE SEEKING ABORTION.

FRANK NASHER ON 54, 62, 75, 76 92, 1 0 3, 180 9 AND ONE 90.

HI, MY NAME IS FRANK .

I AM A MEMBER OF DISTRICT ONE LOUD AND PROUD, AND I, UH, YES, URGING YOU TO VOTE ON ALL THOSE ITEMS, ALL THOSE WAYS.

UH, YESTERDAY MY POWER WENT OUT TO THE THIRD TIME THIS MONTH, UH, AND WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON THE POLICE AND THEIR PR PROGRAMS RATHER THAN PROVIDING STABLE HOUSING, STABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, STABLE POWER.

AND MY MOM HAD A PULMONARY ELMO EMBOLISM TWO DAYS AGO, AND SHE SLEPT IN THE HALL ROOM WITH THE ER, BECAUSE THERE'S NO MORE ROOMS LEFT AT THE ER.

MEANWHILE, WE HAVE EMT THAT CAN'T REACH PEOPLE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH AMBULANCES AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BMTS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PAYING THEM WELL ENOUGH.

THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT OUR BUDGET SHOULD REFLECT.

SO YES, PLEASE VOTE ALL THOSE WAYS ON ALL THOSE ITEMS. STOP PUTTING MONEY INTO APDS,

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GIVE US SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSING CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEAT WAVE.

SOME OF THANK YOU.

JORDAN MILTON MIDDLEBROOKS ON ITEM 54, 62, 75, 76 AND 1 0 3.

HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JORDAN MIDDLEBROOKS.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR.

I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT OFTEN.

AND, UM, I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS.

I'M SPEAKING TO OPPOSE ITEMS, 54 AND ONE OF THREE.

UM, I AM DEFINITELY AGAINST INCREASING ANY POLICE BUDGET.

AND AS WE SEE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET ALLOCATION, HISTORICALLY APD HAS GOTTEN MORE THAN 50% OF THE CITY'S BUDGET, TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN CRIME.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THAT'S BECAUSE ADDITIONAL POLICING AND POLICE BUDGETS DO NOT ACTUALLY PROMOTE COMMUNITY SAFETY THAT IS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.

UM, SO I VERY MUCH OPPOSE ANY, UM, AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS.

I THINK THAT PERPETUATES HARM, ESPECIALLY AS WOMEN ARE NOW ON THE HUNT, UM, IF THEY TRY TO GET REPRODUCTIVE CARE IN TERMS OF ABORTION AND WHO KNOWS IN THE FUTURE FOR CONTRACEPTIVE CARE, UM, AND AS WE'VE SEEN FROM THE STATE, WE DO GET PENALIZED.

IF WE TRY TO ATD BUDGET, AIDEN BISSELL, CIDERS ITEM 62, 76, 77 AND 92 MAYOR ADLER AND ESTEEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS AIDEN AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO.

I STRONGLY SUPPORT ITEM TWO BEFORE HOUSING VIOLENCE.

I ALSO WANTED TO SUPPORT INCREASING THE BOTTOM SIZE TO AT LEAST $340 MILLION IN 2018.

THIS COUNCIL ASKED AUSTIN VOTERS TO APPROVE A TWO $50 MILLION BOND FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND 73% OF VOTERS APPROVED.

IT WAS HUGELY POPULAR SINCE THEN, RENTED AUSTIN HAVE CONTINUED TO RISE, BUT THIS BILL DOES NOT KEEP PACE.

ACCORDING TO ZILLOW, THE MEDIAN RENT IN JUNE, 2022 WAS 36% HIGHER THAN IN JUNE, 2018.

WE'RE IN AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.

IF THIS BOND HAD KEPT UP, IT WOULD BE $340 MILLION.

AND BASED ON WHERE RENTS ARE GOING, IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE MORE LIKE $380 MILLION.

UH, BREAKING THE BOND WILL NOT INCREASE ANY TAX OBLIGATIONS.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT WAGES AREN'T KEEPING UP WITH RENT AND WE ALL KNOW THAT HIGHER RENTS HITS THE HARDEST FOR THE MOST IMPOVERISHED.

MOST MARGINALIZED PEOPLE IN AUSTIN, MAKING HOUSING CHEAPER WILL FIGHT POVERTY AND SAVE LIVES.

WHEN AUSTIN HAS MORE THAN 1500 HOMELESS AND UNSHELTERED PEOPLE ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT, EXPANDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR THE SAME REASON.

THAT'S WHY THE COURT HAS EXPIRED.

ITEM 62 75 76.

THANK YOU, TRAVIS WARD ON ITEM 54 92 AND 1 0 3.

HEY, ALL MY NAME IS TRAVIS WARD.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA.

I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM ONE TO THREE.

UM, I DID NOT TRUST APD OR A TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT AT LARGE TO NOT USE THIS PROGRAM AGAINST PEOPLE SEEKING ABORTIONS OR PEOPLE EATING THOSE, TAKING ABORTIONS.

I THINK INCREASING SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIES WHEN PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALIZED FOR BODILY, AUTONOMY IS INSANE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS DATA MAKE IT STRAIGHT ICE AND KEN PAXTON, IF THERE'S EVEN A SMALL CHANCE THAT THIS DATA COULD MAKE ITS WAY TO THEM, UM, IT SHOULD NOT BE COLLECTED.

I ALSO POSE ITEM 54.

I THINK $1.4 MILLION HAS FAR BETTER USE IN GOING TOWARDS COMMUNITY POLICING AND PROPAGANDA PROGRAMS. UM, THESE ONLY SERVE TO IMPROVE THE IMAGE OF POLICE WITHOUT INCREASING SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITIES.

WE HAVE 21 OFFICERS INDICTED FOR POLICE BRUTALITY AND I'VE SPENT OVER 10 MILLION AND POLICE BRUTALITY SETTLEMENTS.

WE SHOULDN'T BE REWARDING POLICE, UM, UNTIL THEY CAN LEARN TO TREAT THE COMMUNITY BETTER THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT.

AND I'M ALSO SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 92, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND COST OF LIVING IN AUSTIN.

AUSTIN SKYROCKETED NOT KEPT UP.

UM, WE NEED THIS BOND AND WE NEED TO INCREASE IT TO 350 MILLION.

THANK YOU, ELENA BOUGHS ITEMS, 54, 60 TO 75, 76 AND 1 0 3.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR ADLER AND UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ELENA .

I USE,

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UH, SHE, THEY PRONOUNS AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE.

UH, I SPOKE LAST WEEK, UH, ON THE OVAL WHELMING IMPORTANCE OF THE GRACE ACT AS A FIRST STEP TOWARDS PROTECTING AUSTIN AND TEXAS RESIDENTS.

AS A WHOLE, WHOEVER I SEE THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF ALP ARE INTO THE CONVERSATION OF SAFETY IN OUR CITY AS A DIRECT CONTRADICTION TO THIS END, IF WE WANT TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO THOSE SEEKING, TO MAINTAIN THEIR BODILY AUTONOMY, PROVIDING POLICE WITH THE RESOURCES TO PLAY BIG BROTHER TO EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'VE COMMITTED ANY RECOGNIZABLE CRIME, DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A GOOD FACE BEHAVIOR.

THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY USED TO VICTIMIZE BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE, AND HASN'T BEEN SHOWN TO POSITIVELY IMPACT CRIME.

UH, FOR INSTANCE, IN A STUDY PERFORMED BY TRANSPARENCY, CHICAGO IN DETECTIONS OF 4.4, I'M SORRY, 414 MILLION LIVES.

20.

CALL ME ABOUT POINT 22% WERE ACTUALLY OF INTEREST TO ANYONE PHYLLIS SNODGRASS ITEM 92.

GOOD MORNING, UM, MAYOR ADLER CITY COUNCIL.

UM, SO LET'S NOT GRASS CEO OF AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO PRIORITIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUR COMMUNITY.

TODAY, I'M HERE TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR A $350 MILLION BOND THAT WILL PROVIDE THE FUNDS NEEDED TO ENABLE MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES TO BE BUILT THROUGHOUT AUSTIN, AS WELL AS TO SUPPORT CRITICAL HOME REPAIR FOR SENIORS, LOOKING TO AGE IN PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOUR SUPPORT WILL HELP US ENSURE MORE HARDWORKING.

AUSTINITES HAVE ACCESS TO HOUSING, PLEASE VOTE.

YES FOR THIS MUCH NEEDED $350 MILLION BOND.

FAMILIES BECOME HOMEOWNERS.

JOANNE NORTON ITEM 96.

WELL, I WOULDN'T HAVE STARTED NORTON.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE AND GRATEFULLY REPRESENTED SIX THREE ON THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION.

I'M REQUESTING YOUR SUPPORT FOR ITEM 96 CHANGES TO SECTION 3 47.

THIS IS DOG, WHICH I PROPOSED AND WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE AUSTIN ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION.

AND IT'S SUPPORTED BY THE AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER, A DOG BEING VICIOUS AS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED, A DOG CAT OR OTHER DOMESTIC PET COLLAR LIVESTOCK WHILE RUNNING AT LARGE FROM 1908 TO 2002.

SO I'VE SEEN DISHES COULD REMAIN IN THE CITY WITH THEIR OWNERS IN 2002 ASSISTANCE.

A SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE WAS MADE TO SECTION 3 47 THAT WAS NEVER RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION OR APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.

THE CHANGEMENT ADOPTEE VICIOUS COULD NO LONGER RESIDE WITHIN AUSTIN CITY LIMITS.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES ALIGNED SECTION 3 47 WITH THE STATE DANGEROUS DOG STATUTE EIGHT TWO TO CORRECT THE, OR TO ALLOW THESE DOGS TO REMAIN WITH THEIR OWNERS AND KEEPS OUR COMMUNITY SAFER BY IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON THE DOGS, SUCH AS NOT GOING OUT IN PUBLIC WITHOUT BEING ON A LEASE OR SIMILAR YOUR RESTRAINT.

I BELIEVE THIS CHANGE WOULD BE MORE HUMANE TO DOGS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITHOUT INCREASED RISK TO THE PUBLIC.

I ASKED FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 96, THEN I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS MAYOR.

I JUST WANTED TO REALLY QUICK THANK MS. NORTON FOR SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM TODAY.

SHE IS MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER ENTRY IS APPOINTEE TO THE ANIMAL SERVICES COMMISSION AND SHE BROUGHT THE CHANGES THAT WE WILL BE, UM, THAT ARE ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA AS ITEM NUMBER 96.

SHE BROUGHT THESE CHANGES TO THE COMMISSION, UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HER SIGNING UP AND BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE ISSUE THAT IS OF HIGH INTEREST AND CONCERN TO ALL OF US.

ANYBODY LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN, UH, LOOK AT THE MESSAGE BOARD POSTS THAT RELATES TO THIS ITEM, UH, WAS PUT UP.

UM, I THINK YESTERDAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SILVIO CRUZ ITEM 92.

HI, MY NAME IS SILVIO CRUZ AND THE VP OF CLIENT SERVICES FOR AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, YOU KNOW, BUT IT SHOULD BE APPROVED FOR A PRESIDENT TODAY, AUSTIN, THE CLIENT SERVICES AND AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO AUSTIN RESIDENTS.

AS FAMILIAR AS THE PRESIDENT, THE JACKIE, THE AUSTIN THROUGH AUSTIN ANNOUNCING INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP MANY AUSTIN RESIDENTS ACHIEVE THE DREAM OF HOMEOWNERSHIP PARAMA THE AUSTIN HAS AN INFERENTIAL CORPORATION.

AUSTIN IN 2001, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP 20

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ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS INCLUDED 11 HOMES AT THE PHILOMENA PROJECT AND ALSO 14 MORE HOUSES ARE IN THE WORKS TO BE ABLE TO HELP OTHER FAMILIES.

IN THE SCENIC POINT.

PROJECT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW MORE THAN EVER, ACCORDING TO ABEL REPORT, MAY, 2022 HOUSING SHOWS THAT MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME OR HOUSE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD SALES PRICE IS $550,000.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT BY KATHY TYLER 92.

HI, MY NAME IS KATHY TYLER, AND I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF BOSTON WOMEN IN HOUSING.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM AS YOU CONSIDER PUTTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS ON THE NEXT ELECTIONS FOR VOTERS TO CONSIDER, WE HOPE THE BOND FUNDING LEVEL WILL BE AT LEAST 350 MILLION.

WE'RE PROUD OF BOSTON SUCCESS WITH HAVING PROVIDED $122 MILLION IN HOUSING BONDS THAT HAVE LEVERAGED OVER $1 BILLION.

AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS ENSURED THESE BONDS CONTINUE TO BE A MODEL FOR THE FUTURE, BUT IF WE QUIT NOW, THE OPPORTUNITY'S LOSS WILL BE TRAGIC.

NOT ONLY WOULD WE INCREASE HOW NOT INCREASE HOUSING OPTIONS, WE WOULD FORFEIT THE LEVERAGED FUNDS.

WE FORFEIT THE BENEFIT AND THE HARDEST COSTS WOULD BE BORNE BY OUR RESIDENTS WHO NOW ARE WITHOUT HOMES OR WHO LIVE IN SUBSTANDARD, PLACES THAT ARE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR THEIR BUDGET.

THEY EXPEND EXPERIENCED HOUSING INSECURITY, WHICH THEN SPIRAL DOWNWARD AND TO EVERY OTHER LEVEL OF WELLBEING, PLEASE CONTINUE TO CALL ON WOMEN IN HOUSING TO HELP THE BOND.

MATTHEW MOLLICA ON I ITEM 92, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M CALLING IN, UH, TO EXPRESS THE ENDING COMMUNITY HOMELESSNESS, UH, SUPPORT FOR ITEM 92 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF AT LEAST $350 MILLION.

EVERY PERSON, NO MATTER THEIR INCOME LEVEL, BUT WILL DESERVE THE SAFE STABLE PLACE TO CALL HOME.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN MUST CONTINUE ITS VITAL ROLE IN LEADERSHIP AND CREATING AND PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OFTEN INCLUDING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS ON OUR STREETS, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NECESSARY TO REDUCE HOMELESSNESS IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY CONTINUE TO FIGHT GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT AND SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STABILITY.

UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN AUSTIN, SUPPORTING INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF FIGHTING FOR HOUSING JUSTICE AND RACIAL JUSTICE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

ECHO ENDORPHIN THE 300, A $350 MILLION AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND.

UM, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO USE OUR OFTEN PRIORITIZATION TOOL, UH, TO ENSURE THAT EQUITY REMAIN ON THE FOREFRONT OF THE BOND.

THANK YOU, CRAIG.

NAZAR ON 96 AND 98.

FROM THE CITY OF ALLAH, THE ENTIRE LAKE.

MY NAME IS DR.

CRAIG NASER.

I AM THE CHAIR OF ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ITEM 96, ADDRESSES OCCURRENCE LAW IN AUSTIN, VICIOUS DOG ORDINANCE COMMISSIONER NORTON HAS EXCELLENTLY EXPLAINED THIS ISSUE AND I ASKED YOU TO VOTE FOR IT.

ITEM 98 CONCERNS, ONGOING STATUS OF OUR NO KILL SHELTER.

THE SUCCESSFUL NO KILL SHELTER IS A MOVING TARGET BECAUSE THIS IS AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF INNOVATION.

DON'T KILL THIS EVALUATED BY OUTCOME NUMBERS, BUT NO KILL IS NOT A NUMBER.

IT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLE THAT WE WILL NOT KILL ANIMALS SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE RUN OUT OF SPACE.

WE MUST ALWAYS BE AN ALL HANDS ON DECK, ENTERPRISE SEEKING AND RECEIVING HELP FROM AS LARGE A POOL OF PARTNERS AS POSSIBLE.

I RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PASS THIS OUTSIDE AUDIT OF THE SHELTER TO HELP US KEEP OUR SHELTER THE MOST HUMANE AND FORWARD-LOOKING SHELTER IN THE NATION.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU MAY HAVE BEVERLY LUNA ON ITEM 96 AND 98.

HI, THIS IS BEVERLY LUNA.

I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 96.

THE WAY THAT, UH, ORDINANCE IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN.

IF MY DOG GETS LOOSE AND KILLS THE NEIGHBOR'S CHICKEN, MY DOG HAS TO BE REMOVED

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I THINK THE ERROR IS INCONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 19, NUMBER 98.

I SUPPORTED AUDIT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER.

I INCLUDED AN EXHIBIT, WHICH SHOWS THAT THE NUMBERS OF, OF DOGS, THE INTAKE TO THE FACILITY HAS DRASTICALLY GONE DOWN AND THIS AND THIS ADMINISTRATION YET THE SHELTER IS OVERCROWDED AND CERTAINLY AN OUTSIDE AUDITOR WOULD HELP FIGURE OUT WHY THAT'S THE CASE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JULIE MARQUEE ON 98.

I'M A FORMER VOLUNTEER AT THE AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER AND I'M A CONCERNED CITIZEN OF DISTRICT FOUR.

I SUPPORT I DID 98.

IF THE CITY AUDITOR DOES IDENTIFY AN EXPERT, I X I URGE THAT EXPERT TO CLOSELY EXAMINE THE SHELTER NEUTER RETURN OR SNR PROGRAM AT THE CENTER AND ENSURE THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF CATS THROUGH SNR KITTENS.

AS YOUNG AS THREE MONTHS OLD CAN BE RETURNED TO THE STREETS.

CATS AND KITTENS IN QUESTIONABLE PHYSICAL CONDITION CAN BE RETURNED TO THE STREETS.

CATS AND KITTENS CAN BE RETURNED TO DANGEROUS LOCATIONS.

AND THESE CATS AND KITTENS ARE RETURNED TO THE STREETS WITHOUT KNOWN CARETAKERS.

I REQUESTED TO EXAMINE HOW MANY CATS AND KITTENS ARE ACTUALLY BEING SENT THROUGH SNR.

WHETHER ANYONE IS FOLLOWING UP TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES AND WHETHER THE PROGRAM SHOULD BE MODIFIED SNR INCREASES THE CENTER'S LIED OUTCOME, RIGHT? BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY TO ENSURE THE CATS AND KITTENS ARE SURVIVING AFTER THE RETURN TO THE STREETS.

JUST BECAUSE SNR LEADS TO LIVE OUTCOMES FOR THE TENDER DOES NOT MEAN IT LEADS TO SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES FOR THE CATS AND KITTENS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

SANDRA MUELLER, 98.

UH, HI, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, THIS IS SANDRA MILLER.

I AM NEWLY REDISTRICT INTO D ONE.

I'M HERE REGARDING ITEM 98 AS NEUTRAL.

I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT IF YOU PASS THIS RESOLUTION THAT THIS CITY ONLY APPOINT AN EXPERT WITHOUT TIES TO AUSTIN, PETS ALIVE, NO ONE FROM AUSTIN PETS ALIVE OR ASSOCIATED WITH APA SHOULD BE ASSIGNED TO THIS TASK.

JUST A REMINDER THAT APA HAS TIED THE BEST FRIEND AND MADDIE'S FUND AND THE ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION HAS SEVEN MEMBERS ALIGNED WITH APA.

UM, EVEN SHELTERS CONNECTED TO APA ARE STRUGGLING FOR INSTANCE, FAITH, RIGHT OF AMERICAN PETS ALIVE.

NOW DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS IN PALM VALLEY RECENTLY USED AN ICE FOR SPACE, MONICA ANGLER OF AUSTIN, PETS ALIVE.

NOW PIMA ANIMAL CARE IS IN A SPACE CRISIS AND THREATENING YOU.

THE NASIA AUSTIN.

SHE DID AN UNBIASED PERSON FROM ONE OF THE NORTHERN STATES, BUT TEXAS IS SHIPPING ANIMALS TOO.

SO LET'S FIND OUT HOW TO SOLVE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM INSTEAD OF CONTINUOUSLY SENDING OUR PROBLEMS TO THE MAGICAL.

AND IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL.

THIS COUNCIL RETRACTED THERE TO BRING IN THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS PER YEAR.

THANK YOU, PAT BELL, 3S ITEM 98.

UM, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I WANT TO SUPPORT WHAT MY, UM, FELLOW ANIMAL ADVOCATES, JULIE MARQUIS AND SANDRA MOHLER JUST SAID, I AGREE THAT AN AUDIT IS NEEDED.

I SUPPORT AN AUDIT, BUT I HAVE HUGE CONCERNS ABOUT THE EXPERT THAT WILL BE CHOSEN AS SHANDRA MUELLER POINTED OUT.

THERE ARE MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO PURPORT TO BE EXPERTS FOR ACTUALLY AFFILIATED WITH BEST FRIENDS, MADDIE'S FUND AMERICAN PET TO LIVE IN AUSTIN, PETS ALIVE, AND ARE REALLY VERY MUCH ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION ADVOCATING FOR A NO KILL NUMBER AT ALL COSTS.

EVEN AT THE COST OF CLOSING FORMERLY OPEN INTAKE, ANIMAL SHELTERS, MAKING THEM EITHER CLOSED INTAKE OR LIMITED INTAKE, AND THEN CLAIMING THAT NO KILL IS SUCCESSFUL.

LEAVING ANIMALS ON THE STREET IS NOT A SUCCESSFUL WAY TO NOT KILL ANIMALS.

THEY DIED BEING HIT BY CARS, BEING CONNOR BROPHY ITEM 1 0 3.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE ON THE DIVE TODAY, I'M KIND OF BROPHY.

I LIVE IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF DISTRICT SIX AND I'M AN OPPOSITION TO THE AUTOMATIC PLACEMENTS THAT USUALLY WENT OFTEN

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ON THE ALP OURS.

WE GIVE OFF PD THE DISCRETION TO TRACK AND SHARE THE WHEREABOUTS OF THOSE SEEKING ABORTIONS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OUTSIDE OF AUGUSTINE, COMPLETELY UNDERMINE AND GRACE'S PROJECTION.

UM, AUSTIN'S CRIME HAS BEEN IN LINE WITH NATIONAL LEVELS, UH, DESPITE THE ALP OURS BEING USED IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

SO AS POLICE BUDGETS HAVE BALLOONED YEAR OVER YEAR, WE'VE NOT ONLY SEEN AN INCREASE IN CRIME VOLUME, BUT ALSO THE DECREASE IN CRIME CLEARANCES YEAR OVER YEAR.

UH, THE LAST TIME THE BUDGET WAS AS SMALL AS IT WAS LAST YEAR, IT WAS 2013 AND IN 2013, WE HAVE A 50% HIGHER CLEARANCE RATE.

SO DESPITE ANECDOTES OFFERED DURING CM, KELLY'S Q AND A LAST WEEK, THE ALP OURS HAVE NOT BEEN AS STATISTICALLY USEFUL TO ADDRESS IN CRIME.

ALSO, KELLY SPOKE ABOUT POTENTIAL PUNISHMENTS.

IF THE DEPARTMENT MISUSED ANY OF THE DATA COLLECTED WAS GOING TO RESULT IN A PENAL CODE IN PRODUCTION.

IF IT'S DONE THE INFORMATION WOULD USE INTENTIONALLY OR MALICIOUSLY.

SO UNTIL AUSTIN HAS A CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD, APD WOULD HAVE NO OVERSIGHT AND COULD EASILY SWEEP ANY OF THESE FRACTIONS UNDER THE ROAD.

SO MEMBERS ON THE DUMBEST MASKING TO VOTE AGAINST ONE OF THE THREE, BECAUSE IT WILL HELP IN THE CRIMINALIZATION OF HEALTHCARE OUTSIDE OF THE, WHAT HAS BEEN PROVEN AT THE INCLUDES, GRIMES IS NOT AN INVASIVE TOOL TO BE GIVEN TO COMPENSATE FOR THE APD IS SHORTCOMING, AND IT HAS A FUNDAMENTAL LACK OF OVERSIGHT.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

MIMI STILES ON 1 0 3, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

UM, I JUST KINDA JUST, I WANT, I WANTED TO SAY, I URGE YOU TO READ LAST YEAR, WASHINGTON POST REPORT, WHICH READ LICENSE PLATE SCANNERS WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING PEACE OF MIND, BUT INSTEAD THEY TOURED THE NEIGHBORHOOD APART.

MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT I'VE, I'VE HAD SEVERAL YEARS OF ENGAGING CRITICALLY IN THE WORK OF BIG DATA AND POLICING.

AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED, UM, THIS FAR IS THAT IN MANY CASES, DATA FOR GOOD INTENTION PRODUCE MORE HARM AND TEAR NEIGHBORHOODS APART.

AND SO CURRENTLY THE DATA REFLECTING LPR IS IT'S JUST WAY TOO LIMITED, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS TECHNOLOGY.

BUT WHAT I DO KNOW THAT LICENSE PLATE READERS DO NOT REDUCE CRIME.

I MEAN, YEAH, THEY MAY HAVE HELPED APP STAT SOLVE A COUPLE OF CRIMES OR TWO, BUT THE TRULY AT WHAT EXPENSE.

AND SO I OPPOSE THE USE OF LICENSE PLATE READER, TECHNOLOGY AS A METHOD OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AND INEVITABLE, UH, SURVEILLANCE OF THE DATA COLLECTED BY THESE DEVICES THAT ARE OFTEN INACCURATE.

THE ALGORITHMS ARE USUALLY BIASED.

AND SO AS A RESULT, THE VERY PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTED BY THIS TECHNOLOGY ARE OFTEN THE ONES WHO ARE MOST AT RISK.

SO WE BELIEVE THAT UNTIL THESE UNDERLYING ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED, IT'S TECHNOLOGY TIME HAS EXPIRED.

I URGE POLICY ALL OF THE POLICY MAKERS TO CONSIDER THESE CONCERNS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

EMILIA GASES ON 1 0 3.

MY NAME IS DISTRICT SIX AND POLICY ANALYST WITH THE TEXAS FAIR DEFENSE PROJECT TESTIFYING IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM ONE WITH THREE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS ARE AN INEFFECTIVE AND HARMFUL TECHNOLOGY THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN SHOULD AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

WE STRONGLY BELIEVE ITEM 1 0 3 WILL ENABLE MASTER VALENCE AND UNNECESSARY TRACKING OF AUSTIN RESIDENTS.

THAT'S THREATENING PRIVACY AND INCREASED CRIMINALIZATION OF LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AT TFTP.

WE SEE OVER AND OVER THAT.

ONE OF THE MAIN USES OF ALP RS.

IT'S NOT THE MAIN USE IS FOR OFFICERS TO SIT IN PARKING LOT AND SCAN CARDS TO FIND HIT FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY TRAFFIC TICKETS AND THEN ARREST THEM ON THEIR WARRANTS THAT WERE ISSUED FOR THE UNPAID TICKETS.

LPRS ARE A TOOL OF MODERN DAY DEBTORS' PRISONS.

I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO OPPOSE ITEM 1, 2, 3, AND ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS, BUT INCREASE THE POLICE BUDGET.

INSTEAD, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO FULLY SUPPORT AND FUND THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES HIGHLY SUPPORTED AND NEEDED INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING FUNDING, A VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER PROGRAM AND HARM REDUCTION SERVICES.

ASK THAT YOU PLEASE DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO OPPOSE ITEM 1 0 3.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

CHRISTIAN DURHAM, 1 0 3 CHRISTIAN, PLEASE.

ON MUTE.

KEVIN WELCH ITEM 1 0 3 MEMBERS OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS KEVIN WELCH AND I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EFF AUSTIN AT DIGITAL CELEBRITIES ADVOCACY GROUP.

WE'RE SPEAKING YOU TODAY, STRONGLY STRONGLY URGE YOU TO REFUSE TO REAUTHORIZE THE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER PROGRAM.

ACCORDING

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TO STATEMENTS FROM PD ALP, OURS ONLY SOLVE FOR CRIMES OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SOLVED.

OTHERWISE IT'S SHOCKINGLY LOW SUCCESS RATE FOR A TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE USED TO IDENTIFY THE MOVEMENTS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND SUBJECT THEM TO RISKS OF ARREST AND INCARCERATION BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, THAT MANY MEMBERS OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL PUBLICLY AND BASICALLY STATED THEY DO NOT SEEM TO BE CRIMINAL JUST LAST WEEK, 10 OUT OF 11 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STRONGLY PASSED THE GRAY FACT, WHICH PROMISES TO PROTECT ABORTION ACCESS, OR WE THIS SPRING MAYOR ADLER, ALONG WITH KATHY TOVA AND ALISON ALTER PUBLIC EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT FOR TRANSGENDER CHILDREN, HAVING ACCESS TO GENDER AFFIRMING CARE AND 20 17 6 CURRENT MEMBERS OF COUNCILS EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT FOR AUSTIN AS A SANCTUARY CITY, PROTECTING UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS FROM ICE DEPORTATION WITHOUT RAPID DATA ERASURE BARRIERS TO DATA SHARING IN PLACE AND ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE BARRIERS, WHICH INCLUDES THE IMMEDIATE ELIMINATION OF ALP RS, ESPECIALLY MOBILE AUSTIN PRINCIPALS SHARED THAT DATA WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OR CRIMES RELATED REPRODUCTIVE CARE, IMMIGRATION STATUS, AND GENDER AFFIRMING CARE.

THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO GIVE PETER COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT MORE SIGNIFICANT SURVEILLANCE DATA ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF TEXAS ARE NOT ACCUSED OF A CRIME IS RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KAELYN GILDERSLEEVE 1 0 3 UH, GOOD MORNING.

AND ALL THIS IS KAELIN.

UH, SHE HEARD FROM DISTRICT ONE OF A MEMBER OF AUSTIN DSA CALLING TO SHARE MY CONCERNS ABOUT ITEM 1 0 3 OF SPEAKERS HAVE ALREADY DRAWN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN INCREASED SURVEILLANCE AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT BLACK AND BROWN INDIVIDUALS, AS WELL AS THOSE SEEKING ABORTION AS A LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE.

I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO THE COUNCIL FOR PASSING THE GRACE BACK LAST WEEK.

LET'S DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BACK THAT UP BY RIGID THING, THE ALP RS, UH, PROGRAM BEING RENEWED AND ALSO REGARDING ITEM 90 TWOS, HOUSING BOND.

THAT'S A BIG HECK.

YES, LET'S KEEP OUR NEIGHBORS IN HOUSING AND THIS HOSPITAL RENT ENVIRONMENT.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

BYRON WILSON, ITEM ONE 90 MAYER ONE SECOND.

UM, EVERYTHING JUST DISCONNECTED ON MY COMPUTER.

HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS BAY RON WILSON.

I AM THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND CO-FOUNDER OF URBAN OPTIMI.

I AM SPEAKING ON, ON THE B UH, REGARDING THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WE'VE MADE, UH, AN F AND AUSTIN.

UM, CURRENTLY AT THIS POINT WE HAVE LITERALLY SPOKE TO OVER SERVING THREE ORGANIZATIONS, ONE PARTICULAR BLUE TREE.

UH, WE CAN OF COURSE, TO, UH, SUMMARIZE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER AMAZING ORGANIZATIONS.

UM, PART OF OUR MODEL IS COLLABORATIVE, UM, AND COLLABORATING.

UM, AND OF COURSE WE LOVE TO DO THIS.

THIS IS A PART OF WHAT WE DO.

UM, I, I EMPHASIZE AND AUSTIN HAD BEEN EVERY SCENE HAD BEEN REALLY WELL.

UM, ONE THING I AM REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT THAT HOW WELL AUSTIN HAS BEEN RECEIVING, UM, IN TERMS OF FEEDBACK AND OF COURSE FROM US.

UM, BUT IN TERMS OF FEEDBACK, COMMENTS AND CONCERNS, UM, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE CURRENTLY DONE GAVE US SOME GREAT FEEDBACK.

AND IN TERMS OF TALK ABOUT BEST PRACTICES, I AM, I, I'M A, I'M A BIG FAN OF BOSTON.

WE ARE BIG FANS OF AUSTIN IN TERMS OF ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS YOU'VE MET WITH.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE PEOPLE WE SERVE, WHICH IS THE GUESTS, THE HOMELESS POPULATION, HOMELESS POPULATION, UH, AS, AS THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION WE COME FROM AND I SAY, THANK YOU, JEFF COSTLY ONE 90.

OUR GROWTH HAS BEEN INTENTIONAL AND WILL NOT WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES AND SETBACKS THAT REFLECTS OUR SUCCESS.

MY NAME IS JESSICA .

I'M THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR URBAN ALCHEMY.

MY COLLEAGUES AND I ARE HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION.

AND I'M ADDRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE IN RAPID GROWTH.

UH, URBAN ALCHEMY BECAME AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY IN 2018, BUT WE WERE INITIALLY PART OF A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED HUNTERS POINT FAMILY.

AND WHILE URBAN ALCHEMY IS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD, OUR EXPERIENCE SERVING THE COMMUNITY, PREDATES OUR INCORPORATION BY DECADES.

WE UNDERSTAND FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE SURPRISING THAT A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, ESPECIALLY ONE LED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO WERE ONCE INCARCERATED CAN GO FROM ZERO TO 60 MILLION IN FOUR YEARS.

HOWEVER,

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THE REASON WE'VE GROWN SO QUICKLY IS BECAUSE WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE AND VERY GOOD AT WHAT WE DO.

WE HAVE A HISTORY OF TAKING ON CHALLENGING PROGRAMS, SUCH AS NEW SHELTERS, TINY HOME VILLAGES, SANCTIONED TO CAMP MINTS AND SAFE PARKING SITES.

AND DURING COVID, WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST ORGANIZATIONS TO OPEN UP A SHELTER IN PLACE, HOTELS IN THE STATE OR EXPANSION HAS HELPED DEEPEN THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

AND SAN FRANCISCO IS ONE OF THE ONLY MAJOR CITY ON THE WEST COAST TO SEE A REDUCTION IN HOMELESSNESS, UH, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING SOME OF OUR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE, UH, TO AUSTIN, UH, VIA THE ARCH.

CHRISTIAN DURHAM, CHRISTIAN, PLEASE.

UNMUTE MAYER.

UM, WILL REPRESENTATIVES FROM URBAN ALCHEMY BEYOND THE LINE LATER IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I DO YET.

I'M JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

UH, ARE, DO WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM URBAN ALCHEMY WHEN JUST SPOKE? TWO OF THEM JUST SPOKE.

I JUST WANT TO, WILL THEY BE STAY ON THE LINE TO BE AVAILABLE WHEN THIS ITEM COMES UP FOR DISCUSSION OR BE PLACED BACK ON THE LINE, CAN YOU CHECK THEIR AVAILABILITY AND SEE IF WE CALL THEM, THERE'LL BE AVAILABLE, PLEASE ASK THEM NOT TO LEAVE YET BECAUSE WE'LL MIGHT ASK THEM QUESTIONS FOR THEM.

IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE LATER, BETTER THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE LATER AND CAN BE HERE WHEN WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.

IF YOU COULD CHECK WITH THEM, THANK YOU.

AND THEY MAY NOT NEED TO STAY ON THAT LINE, BUT JUST FOR THEIR AVAILABILITY FOR LATER, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE CHECKING TO SEE IF WE CAN CALL THEM AND GET THEM TO JOIN US LATER.

PLEASE PROCEED.

TYLER KIRKPATRICK, ONE 90 KIRKPATRICK TYLER, CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR URBAN ALCHEMY.

UH, YES, WE WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO STAY ON THE LINE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

UH, I WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE, UH, THE, THE ARTICLE IN THE SUN.

UH, ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO IS TO RESPOND, UH, REALLY TO, UH, SUE AN UNTRUE MEASUREMENT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO.

UM, THE, THE PACIFIC SUN ARTICLE IS AN ISOLATED ARTICLE THAT DOESN'T REFLECT, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE COVERAGE THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE MEDIA.

UH, ALL OF THE CLAIMS HAVE TO THIS POINT BEEN UNSUBSTANTIATED.

UM, AND WE'RE NOT ABOVE REPROACH, WE'RE NOT ABOVE, UM, CRITICISM, BUT WHAT WE ASK IS THAT THE CRITICISM THAT WE'RE HELD TO AND THE CONTENT THAT WE'RE HEADED TO SELL TO ARE THINGS THAT ARE FOUND TO BE TRUE, UH, BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS AND THE SALSALITO ENCAMPMENTS THEMSELVES, THE CITY OF SAUSALITO, UH, AND OUR OWN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION, WE'VE SHOWN THAT NONE OF THOSE ISSUES, UH, WHERE WE'RE ACTUAL ISSUE THAT HAPPENED, AND THE ONE INSTANCE WHERE THERE WAS INAPPROPRIATE, UM, RELATIONSHIP THAT HAD BEEN LONGSTANDING BEFORE WE CAME TO FINISH YOUR ANSWER BEFORE WE CAME ON TO THAT ENCAMPMENT, UH, WA WAS IMMEDIATELY RESOLVED, UH, THAT STAFF PERSON LET GO, AND WE DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, ANY OTHER INCIDENTS BEYOND THAT.

AND SO AT MOST WE JUST ASKED TO BE, UH, TO BE MEASURED BY A FAIR MEASUREMENT AND NOT ONE ISOLATED ARTICLE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STAY ON THE LINE.

MY GUESS WOULD BE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THIS ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AFTER LUNCH.

WOULD YOU BE AMENABLE IF WE CALLED YOU A AND THEY ASKED YOU TO GET ON THE PHONE THIS AFTERNOON, WHEN WE GET TO THIS ITEM FOR DISCUSSION ABSOLUTELY.

WHERE WE'RE AT YOUR DISPOSAL.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO YOU DON'T NEED TO STAY ON THE LINE, WE'LL CALL YOU THIS AFTERNOON AND LET YOU KNOW IF WE NEED YOU.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND STAFF.

YOU HAVE THE PHONE NUMBERS OF THESE FOLKS.

GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION HERE ON JULY 28TH, 2022.

GREAT CLERK.

WHY DON'T YOU GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER MAYER? UM, ALL THE SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN CALLED.

THE NEXT ONES ARE FOR HFC.

WE HAVE TWO ON THE LINE, THEN WE HAVE MULTIPLE IN-PERSON.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CALL THAT MEETING TO ORDER, HEAR THE SPEAKERS AND THEN RETURNED

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TO BE CONSENT.

THAT'S GOOD.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND RECESS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT TWO MINUTES AFTER 11.

AND LET'S

[Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting]

UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE PRESENT.

WE HAVE, UH, A QUORUM, UH, WE'RE MEETING IN THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBER OF WHAT THIS IS, UM, UH, UH, WITH US, UH, UH, REMOTELY.

UM, WE SHOULD NOTE THAT THERE IS, UM, UH, UH, UH, CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS THAT WE WANT TO READ INTO THE, UH, RECORD SPECIFICALLY.

THERE'S LAID BACK UP IN ITEM NUMBER TWO, UH, JADE, UH, THERE'S REALLY A BACKUP, AN ITEM.

NUMBER TWO IS OUR STAFF WITH US ACTUALLY, BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S CAUSE I THINK WE MAY BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT THE MEETING RAPIDLY AS WELL, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND, AND, AND ASK FOR SPEAKERS.

LET'S GET THE REMOTE SPEAKERS AND THEN LET'S GET THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE HERE IN PERSON.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JORN GEORGE HINDMAN.

HI, MY NAME IS GEORGE HEINZEN AND I'D LIKE TO THANK FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE NHP PROPOSAL, THAT 4 35 11 MAINER.

I'M A RESIDENT AT JJC BROOK AND A FORMER DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER CANDIDATE.

AND I LIVE CLOSE TO THIS LOT, AND THERE ARE VARIOUS ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, BUT I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY BY ABILITY AND MANAGEMENT OF THIS PROPOSAL.

THE CITY SUMMARY CHART SHOWS NHP REQUIRING OVER $7 MILLION IN SUBSIDY AS WELL.

ANOTHER PROPOSAL, WHICH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTS THE FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES PROPOSAL REQUIRES NO SUB ALMOST NO SUBSIDIES.

FURTHERMORE, THE NHP PROPOSAL SECTION D PAGE 57 IN THEIR PROPOSAL SHOWS THAT IT'S MORE LIKE $10 MILLION OVER 15 YEARS OF SUBSIDIES THAT ARE REQUIRED.

UH, AND BEYOND THAT, THERE'S ALSO ISSUES AS FAR AS THE VIABILITY OF OBTAINING HUD LOANS.

UH, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IS THE NHP ITSELF HAS SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE IN THIS MANAGEMENT AT THEIR HOUSTON PROJECTS.

THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE HAS HAD STORY WITHIN THE PAST WEEK ABOUT WHICH THE, UM, UH, UH, WHICH THE, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN BIG ISSUES TO NHP PLEASE, UH, THOUGH BREATHER THE FC PROPOSAL FOR, FOR, UM, TABLING THIS UNTIL NHP CAN BE FURTHER VETTED.

THANK YOU, BEN HIGHSMITH, COUNCIL AND A MAYOR.

UH, THIS HAS BEEN HAIM SANDS.

I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE HISTORIC LANDMARKS COMMISSION, BUT I'M SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY.

AND MY CAPACITY AS A NEIGHBOR ONLY I LIVE 300 FEET FROM THIS PROPERTY ON GREENWOOD AVENUE AND THE NEIGHBORS HERE HAVE WANTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR YEARS.

UH, THE HISTORY, HOWEVER, WITH THIS SITE HAS NOT BEEN VERY GOOD PUBLIC WORKS, AS YOU MAY RECALL, USED IT FOR AN INDUSTRIAL SITE UNTIL, UH, WITHOUT PERMITS UNTIL WE STOPPED THEM.

UH, THERE WAS A, UH, UNFORTUNATE PROPOSAL FOR A HOMELESS CAMP ON THE SITE, WHICH WE DID NOT SUPPORT.

AND WITH YOUR HELP, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THAT, THAT NOW NOT, NOT DIRECTED ANYMORE.

SO WE WORKED, WE THOUGHT WITH THE STAFF, UH, ONE FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, UH, RESPONDENTS TO THE RFP, IT MET THE CRITERIA THAT WE SAID WERE MOST IMPORTANT THAT THERE'D BE RELATIONSHIP TO OUR HOMES ON GREENWOOD AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE FAMILIES.

BUT ANY PROPOSAL DOESN'T DO EITHER.

THERE'S A FIVE STORY WALL THAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT AT THE CURRENT PROPOSAL AGAINST OUR HOMES ON GREENWOOD WERE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND THERE WAS FIVE STORIES RIGHT UP AGAINST US.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO US.

AND THE PROPOSAL IS PRIMARILY SINGLE ROMANS.

SO THIS IS NOT ACCOMMODATING FAMILIES.

WE URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER THIS RECOMMENDATION.

UH, WE ARE ALSO TAPERING DOWN TO THREE STORIES ON GREENWOOD, UH, ACROSS FROM THOSE, UH, UNITS.

SO THE SPEAKERS FOR HSE ARE NOW IN PERSON.

WE'VE GOT CONNOR, KENNY IN Q IS ROGER AND YOU WITH CAPITAL A HOUSING.

OOH, UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR SUPER SQUARE PROPOSAL.

UM, AND THERE ARE DIVERSE DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INTRODUCING THEM.

I WANTED TO ASK IF CITY COUNCIL HAD DIRECTION ON OUR EXPANDED COMMERCIAL OPTION, WHICH WOULD PARTNER WITH AEDC TO CREATE MORE SPACE FOR NONPROFITS AND SMALL BUSINESSES ON THE SITE.

I ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND NEIGHBORHOOD STAKEHOLDERS TO CRAFT A WONDERFUL NEW PART OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING IF COUNCIL HAS DIRECTION ON TRYING TO INCLUDE MULTI BEDROOM UNITS.

UM, AND JUST TO CORRECT, MAYBE A MISPERCEPTION.

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SO WE HAVE, UH, OTHER TEAM MEMBERS SPEAKING HERE, BUT NOT SPEAKING, UH, WITH US, UM, ON OUR GREAT TEAM, OUR PRINCIPALS, UH, NICOLE JOSLIN, AND YET CASSINI WITH CAPITAL, A URBAN DESIGNER, KEVIN HOWARD WITH CAPITAL A CIVIL ENGINEER, ALEJANDRA FLORES WITH CIVILITY, PUBLIC FINANCE CONSULTANT, KENDRICK GARRETT, WITH BETCO, UH, ARTIST AND TENANT RAISIN IN THE SUN.

COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

BUT WE LIKE TO THINK THAT THIS TERM REFLECTS, UH, BOTH THE ART COMMUNITY AS A CITY AND THE COMMUNITY INTO WHICH THIS DEVELOPMENT IS COMING.

AND WE'RE HERE FOR QUESTIONS.

ROGER ON DECK IS RUTH'S AARON, HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ROGER CANOLA, AND I AM, I AM WITH THE NHP FOUNDATION.

I'M THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT.

AND HP IS A NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER THAT IS OWNED AND OPERATES OVER 11,000 UNITS THROUGHOUT THE, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WE HAVE BEEN IN TEXAS SINCE 2003.

UM, AND AS REGIONAL DIRECTOR, I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THIS AREA FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

UH, OUR, MY COLLEAGUE LAUREN, UH, OLIVIA, SHE ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THE CITY AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UM, WITH OUR PARTNERS CAPITAL A AND INTEGRAL CARE.

WE EXCITED AND BELIEVED THAT, UM, IT MAKES THIS RFP, UH, EXCUSE ME, COMMUNITY ON PRIORITIES.

THIS PROJECT IDENTIFIES THOSE ISSUES.

UH, THE ITEMS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, UM, WE'VE EVEN, UH, PROVIDING OFFICE SPACE FOR, UH, RAISING IN THE SUN AND, UM, ORIGIN STUDIOS HOUSE.

AND WE'VE ALSO PROVIDING LIVE WORK.

WE LOOK AT, WE REALLY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET YOUR SUPPORT.

GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR ADLER, I'M BRUCE INTEGRAL CARE'S PRACTICE ADMINISTRATOR FOR HOUSING AND HOMELESS INITIATIVES.

WE SEEK YOUR SUPPORT FOR AN HPC SEABROOK SQUARE PROPOSAL.

WHEN OUR NEIGHBORS ARE MOVING FROM HOMELESS TO HOUSE, THERE IS HIGH ACUITY OF NEED IN RURAL CARE HAS YEARS EXPERIENCE USING THE EVIDENCE BASED PRINCIPLES OF HOUSING.

FIRST, PROVIDING A SAFE HOME WITH CRITICAL WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND ONGOING SUPPORT WE DESIGNED TO BUILD AND OPERATE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND PERMANENT SUPPORTED HOUSING COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL TEXAS MODELED AFTER OTHER SUCCESSFUL HOUSING.

FIRST PROGRAMS THAT COST ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SEABROOK SQUARE IS THE PROPOSAL THAT MOST CLOSELY ALIGNS WITH YOUR HOUSING PRIORITIES AND THE LARGER COMMUNITY'S GOAL TO EXPAND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

THIS COLLABORATION LEVERAGES YOUR INVESTMENT WITH STATE AND OTHER FUNDING.

IT'S CRITICAL.

WE MOVE AHEAD QUICKLY TO MEET A DEADLINE, TO DRAW DOWN SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE FUNDING AS IT'S REQUIRED BY THE RFP AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY'S STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT, ALL RESIDENTS OF THE PSH PORTION OF SEABROOK SQUARE WILL BE REFERRED THROUGH ECHO'S COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND ONGOING INVESTMENT AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO END HOMELESSNESS AND AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY, DAVID VAUGHN ON DECK IS DANTE CLEMENS.

GOOD MORNING COUNSEL.

MY NAME IS PAMELA VINCENT OWENS.

MAYOR DAVID VAUGHN, AUSTIN AREA, URBAN LEAGUE.

WE'LL BE DOING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO BRING EAST AUSTINITES, UH, IN NEED OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND AS WELL, WE URGE YOU TO CONSIDER, UH, EXPANDED COMMERCIAL OPTION AND THE PROPOSAL OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SMALL BUSINESS AND NON-PROFIT DEVELOPMENT TO THE RESIDENTS THAT SEEK, UH, COACHING, MENTORSHIP AND FINANCIAL LITERACY, CREDIT READINESS, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU, DANTE CLEMENS ON DECK IS PAMELA OWENS.

HELLO EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS DANTE CLEMENS AND I'M A CEO OF ORIGIN STUDIO HOUSE, MRS. BRITNEY WILLIAMS, MY PARTNER OR JUST STUDIO HOUSE IS THRILLED TO BE THE CAFE AND GALLERY CONCEPT PARTNER AND THE SEABROOK SPRAYER PROJECT SEABROOK SQUARE EXCITES US BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS AT THE CORE OF THIS PROJECT.

AND IT IS ALIGNED WITH OUR EFFORTS TO CREATE MEANINGFUL ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH ENGAGEMENT AND INTENTIONAL ARTS.

WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU, PAMELA OWENS.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I AM THE CEO OF SIX SQUARE AUSTIN'S BLACK CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT.

AND IF YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TRUE COLLABORATION LOOKS LIKE IT IS THIS PROJECT, ALL VOICES HAVE BEEN HEARD AND THIS PROJECT, AND I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT ABSOLUTELY EXPANDS SPACE FOR NONPROFITS, ARTISTS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US THAT WE REALLY LOOK AT HOW TO EXPAND AND USE SPACE, SIX SQUARES, UM, COMMITMENT TO THIS IS TO HELP PLACE THE ARTISTS

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AND THE 10, UM, UNITS THAT WILL BE PART OF THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT.

IT IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO RIGHT BY THE COMMUNITY AND TO NOT JUST TALK ABOUT IT, BUT BE ABOUT IT.

AND SO I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER IT STRONGLY.

AND BY DOING THAT, YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY BE ALIGNED WITH THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CREATE TRUE COLLABORATION, TRUE COMMUNITY, REAL, UM, ACCESS TO ASSESS A PROBLEM.

AND I HOPE THAT THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS SUPPORTED IN THESE EFFORTS.

THANK YOU, QUINCY DUNLAP ON DECK IS ANGELA GARZA.

WELL MAYOR AND CITY LEADERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

UM, I AM HERE REPRESENTING EAST MLK COMBINED CONTACT TEAM.

UH, WE JUST GOT SOME INFORMATION FROM LAUREN RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE ACTUALLY MADE, PROVIDED BY NFP.

UM, I CAN TELL YOU FOR A FACT THAT THE DNA DID NOT HAPPEN.

IN FACT, SHE'S HERE, DNA IN AN AREA HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST GRACIOUS AND NAYS TO TRY TO COME IN WITH MODELS THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO HOUSE FOLKS AND SO MANY AREAS AND SO MANY VAST DIFFERENCES.

AND THEY HAVE NOT REALLY HAD THE TIME WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY DROP WITH COMMUNICATING IT IN PAPERWORK.

WE'RE NOT IN ALL FAIRNESS TO THE DNA.

UM, THE PAPERWORK WAS NON GROUNDED WHEN WE TRY TO BE PROACTIVE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S A DISCONNECT BETWEEN, UM, TECHNOLOGY AND PAPER THAT NEEDS TO COMMUNICATE TO THE TEAM, UH, OR COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN ALL FAIRNESS FOR THEM.

THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY SAYING THAT THIS IS A BAD IDEA, BUT WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT WE COULD POSTPONE UNTIL SEPTEMBER ONE JUST NOW INSTEAD OF SEPTEMBER 30TH.

SO THAT MISINFORMATION JOSHUA ELLINGER ON DECK IS ADELIA HINDERMAN DELEA HYNDMAN ON DECK IS PHILIP NI MAYER.

WHO IS TRYING TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR OUR UNHOUSED RESIDENTS TO GET OFF THE STREETS.

UM, W UH, OUR JJC, BROOKE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO, UH, SPEAK, UH, IN SOME MORE DETAILS, UM, IN A BIT, UM, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO OVERRIDE THIS CITY STAFF PICK AND AUTHORIZE FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES FOR THIS PROJECT.

34% OF AUSTIN HOMELESS, UH, IS FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.

UH, THE 35 15 MAINER, UH, SPOT IS ON THE ASD BOUNDARY, UH, WITH, FOR THE AISD PROJECT HELPS SCHOOLS WITH MORE THAN 2000 HOMELESS KIDS.

UH, SUPPOSEDLY WE ARE IN A CHILDCARE.

WE ARE NOT IN CHILDCARE DESERT, BUT WHEN WE CALLED, UM, IS THEY'RE ALL FULL AND THEY HAVE EXTENSIVE WAIT LIFTS SO EXTREME.

THEY DON'T AREN'T EVEN TAKING NAMES ANYMORE.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE STATION, UH, FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, WONDERFUL OPEN DOOR, A SCHOOL THERE, IT HAS A LIST OF OVER 200 KIDS AND THEY'RE NOT TAKING ANY MORE NAMES.

WE ARE HEMORRHAGING AFRICAN-AMERICAN INTERGENERATIONAL FAMILIES WHO BUILT THEIR HOMES IN 50 YEARS AGO, RAISED KIDS, GRANDKIDS IN THOSE SAME HOMES.

WE ARE NOW WORKING, UM, WORKING TO STAY IN JJC SEABROOK.

PLEASE HEAR US AND PLEASE, UM, VOTE, OVERRIDE AND VOTE FOR FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORT THE EXCELLENT STEWARDSHIP THEY WILL RE YOU WILL REAP DIVIDENDS, UM, WITH THAT SUPPORT WELL INTO THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU, PHILLIP NIEMEYER ON DECK IS BETH NOTTINGHAM.

BETH NOTTINGHAM ON DECK IS LAUREN STANLEY CHASE RIGHT ON DECK IS ELIZABETH JOHNSON.

HELLO, GOOD MORNING GUYS.

UH, FIRST I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THINK, UM, OUR CITY COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK, UH, NATASHA HOPPER MADISON'S OFFICE FOR HELPING US OUT, UH, WITH RESOURCES TO BRING AN EMS HOST TEAM OUT, UH, BRINGING RESOURCES TO MY COMMUNITY.

UM, MY NAME IS CHASE WRIGHT AND I'M THE PRESIDENT.

UH, WE ARE A NONPROFIT.

WE ARE ENGAGING WITH ECHO INTEGRAL CARE.

ANYBODY WHO'S INVOLVED WITH THE SOLUTION OF ENDED HOMELESS CRISIS HERE IN AUSTIN, WE ARE INVOLVED WITH THEM.

I'M ACTUALLY HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN REFERENCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT.

UH, THE NHP, UH, WE WOULD LIKE ANYONE

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WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THEM.

UH, IF THEY ARE ALLOWING NON-PROFITS TO MOVE INTO SPACE, NONPROFITS IS NO SECRET.

UH, ARE THE ONES WHO ARE, LET'S SAY BOOTS ON THE GROUND, ACTUALLY OUT IN THE FIELD, HELPING THESE INDIVIDUALS.

I WORK WITH OVER 170 CLIENTS, UH, AND THEY ALL NEED HOUSING AT THIS POINT.

SO TO BE HERE, SPEAKING, IF WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE NHP OR NOT, IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UH, AT THIS POINT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE ARE NOT IN, WE DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS FOR, UH, THE CALIFORNIA.

WHAT IS IT ALCHEMY? BUT WE DO ASK THAT THEY GIVE THE ARCH EMPLOYEES OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THEM AS WELL, SO THAT THEY'RE NOT DISPLACED FOR WORK BECAUSE THEY ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AS WELL.

IT'S NO SECRET THAT THE ARCH PROBLEMS STARTED OUTSIDE.

IT WASN'T TOO MUCH INSIDE.

LET'S GIVE THOSE EMPLOYEES A CHANCE.

COULD JUST REAL BRIEF TELL FOLKS WHAT IT IS THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING AND HOW THEY CAN HELP YOU OUT.

MA'AM I CHASE.

WOULD YOU MIND, I'M GOING TO DO TWO THINGS.

I'M GOING TO, UM, I'M GOING TO VOLUNTEER, TELL YOU TO TELL THESE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT Y'ALL DO, BUT THEN I'M ALSO GONNA, I'M GOING TO OFFER YOU A LITTLE BIT OF SHINE.

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT THAT KIND OF BROTHER THAT REALLY DOES IT FOR THE SHINE, BUT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE.

WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION SORT OF BRIEFLY THIS MORNING.

UM, SO WE HAD, WE HAD A SHACK PROBLEM IN MY COMMUNITY.

UH, THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS EVERY DISTRICT HAS A SHED.

IT'S THE STOP AND SHOP.

IT'S THE POP IN AND GO.

IT'S THE, IT'S THE GAS STATION WHERE PEOPLE CONGREGATE.

IT'S THE ONE WHERE THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS.

UM, NOT RIGHT, NOT WRONG, JUST IS RIGHT OLD SCHOOL, AUSTIN EYES.

WHO'VE BEEN CONGREGATING THAT SPOTS FOR YEARS.

AND, UM, AS THE COMMUNITY GROWS AND CHANGES AROUND THEM AND PEOPLE SORT OF FLOCK TO WHAT'S FAMILIAR.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FLOCKING TO THE SHACK, UM, MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF NEW NEIGHBORS WHO SPENT A HALF, A MILLION DOLLARS ON THEIR, THEIR HOUSE AND WHAT THEY CONSIDERED AN UP AND COMING NEIGHBORHOOD DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS.

SO THIS IS A STORY OF HOW A COMMUNITY DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GONNA WORK TOGETHER AND THAT OLD NEIGHBORS, NEW NEIGHBORS WERE GOING TO JUST WORK TOWARDS MAKING THIS A COMPLETE COMMUNITY.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT PERSONALLY.

SO CHASE AND ANOTHER NEIGHBOR THEY GET TOGETHER.

AND SO, INSTEAD OF SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO HELP TO ADDRESS A PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY STARTED AN ORGANIZATION AND THEY STARTED TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THE PROBLEM, RIGHT? OFTENTIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BLIGHT, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CONDITIONS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUMANS.

AND SO THE HUMANS WHO WERE TAKING ISSUE WITH THE HUMANS THAT WERE PROVIDING, UM, UNSIGHTLY CONDITIONS WERE ADDRESSED BY THESE TWO NEIGHBORS THAT GOT TOGETHER, YOU AND ANTHONY GOT TOGETHER AND SAID, HOW DO WE DO THIS? SO THEY FILLED THE SHED FULL OF TOOLS AND THEY DO A TOOL SHARE, GUESS WHAT? DOESN'T GET STOLEN ANYMORE.

SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE A COUPLE DOLLARS.

NOBODY'S SHED IS GETTING BROKEN INTO AND THEIR WEED WACKER GETTING STOLEN.

CAUSE THEY HAVE A TOOL SHARE OPERATION IN THIS COMMUNITY.

NOW THERE'S A RESOURCE SHARE FOR HEALTHCARE ACCESS.

THERE'S A RESOURCE SHARE FOR FOOD AND FOR WATER.

AS A COMMUNITY, WE TALK ABOUT RESILIENCE AS A COMMUNITY.

THESE PEOPLE GOT TOGETHER AND STARTED AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS TO UPLIFT PEOPLE.

WHO'VE BEEN LIVING IN THESE WOODS BEHIND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR FIVE DECADES.

THEY DIDN'T JUST GET THERE BY WAY OF ANYTHING.

CITY COUNCIL DID, PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAD BEEN LIVING OUTDOORS FOR DECADES.

SO THIS COMMUNITY GOT TOGETHER.

PEOPLE GOT TOGETHER.

ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HELPED TO START THIS ORGANIZATION Y'ALL KNOW HE TOOK OUT A SECOND MORTGAGE ON HIS HOUSE, HIS MONEY, 40,000 PLUS DOLLARS OUT OF HIS POCKET TO ADDRESS A NEED IN HIS COMMUNITY.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN HE MADE THE COMMITMENT WAS THEN CHASE MADE THE COMMITMENT AND THEN THE NEIGHBORS, SOME OF THEM WERE NOT NICE TO ME ONLINE.

WHOOP, NEXT DOOR IS A SPOT.

LET ME TELL YOU, THEY DIDN'T SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT ME ON NEXT DOOR.

BUT THEN THEY REALIZED HOW DIRECTLY CONNECTED I WAS TO THE CAUSE AND THE COMMITMENT.

AND THEN, AND THEN WE ALL START WORKING TOGETHER.

AND NOT ONLY DID THEY STOP SEEING YUCKY THINGS ABOUT ME ONLINE, WHICH BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW, YOU GET ELECTED.

PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY AWFUL THINGS ABOUT YOU, YOU KNOW YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TRUE.

IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER THAT MUCH, BUT IT DOES HELP BRING A COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

WHEN THE COMMUNITY CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE A LEADER, WHO'S GOING TO SHOW UP FOR YOU AND YOU DRAGGING THEM EVERY DAY IS NOT ESPECIALLY NICE.

AND SO THEY GOT TOGETHER AND DID THE WORK AND ARE DOING THE WORK.

I MEAN LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE THE MADDEST ARE AT THE TABLE NOW, AS PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROCESS, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING, BUT I WANT YOU TO TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT, SO WHEN YOU SHOW UP AND YOU SAY, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THIS ORGANIZATION DOES.

I THINK SAYING THAT YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE SPRINGDALE ORGANIZATION, DIDN'T OFFER IT THE CLOUT AND THE LIKE THE REAL WORLD LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE WHEN YOU MAKE THE ASSESSMENT ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION.

SO IF YOU

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W WELL, THE, KEEP IT REAL SHORT.

UH, AS OF NOW WHAT WE HAVE HERE, WE, WE ARE ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE INVOLVING OUR NEW NEIGHBORS AND ENGAGING THEM WITH OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.

I ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE EAST MLK CONTACT TEAM.

AND WE KIND OF EXPLAINED SOME OF OUR, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE, WHICH IS OUR, OUR SYSTEM THAT WE'RE SETTING UP.

WE OFFER THESE INDIVIDUALS WORK.

WE OFFER THESE INDIVIDUALS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EAT EVERY DAY.

WE OFFER THESE INDIVIDUALS OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY RECEIVE CLOSE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY BARRIERS OR ANY EXCUSES FOR THEM TO GO OUT AND SEEK GOOD OPPORTUNITY SO THAT THEY DON'T BE UNHOUSED.

MY ONLY PROBLEM NOW IS THAT WE DO HAVE NEW NEIGHBORS, UH, WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE CULTURE IN THESE AREAS.

AND WE HAVE THESE INDIVIDUALS HERE AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BECOME THE OPPOSITION.

UH, I HAVE OVER 30 UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR OVER FOUR MONTHS.

UH, LET'S SAY OUT OF THOSE 30, NOW 15 OF THEM HAVE HOMES.

THEY WENT OUT TO HAVE COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE AND THEY RECEIVED HOUSING.

SO THESE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU DON'T THINK CAN WORK THEIR WAY OUT OF HOMELESS ARE NOW LOWER INCOME EARNING CITIZENS WHO ARE PAYING THEIR TAXES.

SO AT THAT POINT, I SEE THAT AS A COMMUNICATION BARRIER, I SEE THAT WE NEED TO GET IN THE FIELD AND WE NEED TO ALL COMMUNICATE, UM, KIMBERLY WITH THE DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN PARK.

SHE'S BEEN OUT IN THE FIELD, SHE'S BEEN SETTING OUT HOW WE CAN ENGAGE TO GET THESE INDIVIDUALS, NOT PUT IN JAIL, BUT TO PUT THEM IN HOMES.

UH, IT'S NO SECRET THAT THEY LIVE IN SOME OF AUSTIN PARKS AND RECS LIKE GIVENS, UH, SPRINGDALE PARK, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS.

MY TOPLESS, THESE ARE PLACES THAT THEY CREATE.

ENCAMPMENTS, ENCAMPMENTS ARE NOT DANGEROUS.

AND CHEMISTS ARE PLACES THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY LIVING, UH, TO TRY TO SEARCH AUSTIN'S GROWTH.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE A GROWING CITY.

UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF HIGH RENT AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE'LL GET THESE INDIVIDUALS OUT OF THESE PLACES SO THAT YOU'RE NOT CONSIDERING THEM A NUISANCE.

I FEEL THAT WE ALL COMMUNICATE ON ALL LEVELS FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM.

WE CAN CAUSE I MEAN, WE CAN PRETTY MUCH CURE THIS HOMELESS CRISIS.

UM, AND AT THAT POINT, I MEAN, I JUST ASKED ANYBODY THAT WANT TO ENGAGE WITH MY NONPROFIT, ANYONE THAT WANTED TO GO AND SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND SEE HOW WE CAN HELP LET'S FIX THIS.

ELIZABETH JOHNSON, LIZ JOHNSON.

THANK YOU FOR TOUCHING TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.

UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA EVEN TRY.

UM, BUT I AM GOING, I DID SEND SLIDES IN IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT THOSE COULD COME UP FOR 35, 15 MAIN ROAD, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.

MY NAME IS LIZ JOHNSON AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE JJC BURKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE HOME OF THE 35 15 MAINER ROAD, UM, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

I FIRST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS BEEN ASKED FOR FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

UM, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT THE TWO PROPERTIES FOR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ON THE CORNER OF MAYNOR GREENWOOD AND IAN FRANKLIN.

IT'S A BIG CHUNK THERE.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CURRENTLY HAS TWO COMPLEXES.

NEXT SLIDE.

THE NO, SORRY.

OH CRAP.

THE HANDOUTS ARE ALL FOR JUST PUT IT AWAY.

GO BACK DOWN ON THE BOTTOM LEFT.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CURRENTLY HAS TWO DEEPLY AFFORDABLE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE FRANKLIN GARDENS AND KENSINGTON APARTMENTS.

AND THAT IS A TOTAL OF 160 PLACES.

THOSE ARE PRIMARILY UNITS THAT ARE EFFICIENCIES SINGLES AND ONE BEDROOMS. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT NHP IS WILLING TO REVISE TO INCLUDE MORE, MORE LARGER MULTI BEDROOM UNITS.

THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.

UM, BUT I AM HERE, UM, BECAUSE THE FRANKLIN GARDENS AND, UM, KENSINGTON APARTMENTS ARE SINGLES IN OCTOBER.

WE FORMED A TASK FORCE.

UM, I WAS HOPING I COULD GET THREE MINUTES SINCE I'M THE MAIN SPEAKER, UM, JJC BRICK NEIGHBORHOOD COMPARED THE PROPOSALS FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES HAS A 97% SUCCESS RATE ONSITE SERVICES AND PRIORITIZATION OF DELIVERING.

AND IT'S THE DIVERSIFIED.

MULTI-USE BETTER.

YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR THOUGHT, BUT I CAN'T GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES.

YOU CANNOT.

WELL, IT'S ALL THERE IN THE HANDOUTS AND THE BACKUPS.

AND THE LETTER THAT I SENT IS THE UPDATED LETTER FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, THANKS FOR BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

HOPEFULLY YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE RIGHT THERE.

CLINTON RARING THAT CONCLUDES THE HFC SPEAKERS.

IS ANYBODY ELSE HERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION THAT I HAVEN'T, THAT DIDN'T GET CALLED.

UM, WHAT WAS IT? THE, UH, JUNE, UH, THE JUNE 16TH, MANDY DE MAYO, AUSTIN HOUSING, FINANCE CORPORATION, TWO THINGS ON YOUR DAY.

THAT GETS US TO THE GENDER STAFF WOULD COME UP FOR US IN THE AGENDA.

THERE ARE TWO ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS THE MINUTES, UH, FROM THE, UH,

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IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 16TH, 2022 COUNSEL, NUMBER THREE, IT MAKES THE MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER HARPER MEDICINE SECONDS.

ANY DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

UH, THOSE OPPOSED.

I CAN'T SEE A COUNCIL MEMBER OF BECAUSE WE HAVE A ROOM VIEW.

SO SHE'S NOT WITH US RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT? AND SO IT'S A UNANIMOUS VOTE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POINT PARENTHESIS OFF THE DEUS THAT GETS US TO THE SECOND ITEM.

UH, THAT IS CORRECT.

MAYOR MANDY DEMAYO, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS AUTHORIZING STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NEGOTIATIONS WITH NHP FOUNDATION, UM, OR OTHER, UM, SELECTED PROPOSER TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE SITE.

I DO WANT TO, WE'VE HEARD FROM, UM, A VARIETY OF FOLKS EARLIER, INCLUDING THE TEAM, UM, THE NHP TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES CAPITAL HOUSING, UM, AAU L SIX SQUARE RAISIN IN THE SUN INTEGRAL CARE FOR THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND ORIGIN STUDIO.

YOU HEARD FROM THEM EARLIER.

I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS SOLICITATION WAS, UM, AN EXCITING, UH, EVENT FOR AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, BECAUSE IT WAS A JOINT SOLICITATION BETWEEN AUSTIN HOUSING, FINANCE CORPORATION AND AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR FRIENDS AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER, UH, TO PUT OUT THE SOLICITATION WHICH WE DID ON MARCH 11TH.

UM, WE REVIEWED THE SOLICITATION INTERNALLY.

WE TOOK IT OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON MAY 31ST, UH, FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WEEKS.

UH, WE DID HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT CLOSED ON JUNE 19TH.

WE HAD 400 PLUS UNIQUE RESPONSES, UH, TO THE PUBLIC SURVEY REGARDING THE TOP PROPOSERS, UM, WHICH WERE THREE DIFFERENT PROPOSERS.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING UNANIMOUSLY.

UM, THE NHP FOUNDATION PROPOSAL.

I WILL NOTE THAT IT HAS THE MOST, UH, AFFORDABLE UNITS PROPOSED 262 UNITS AND THE MOST PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS PROPOSED.

THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INTEGRAL CARE WHO YOU HEARD FROM EARLIER.

I WILL NOTE THAT ALL 60 OF THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS ARE COMMITTED TO ACCEPT PEOPLE THROUGH THE CONTINUUM OF CARES COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, WHICH WE FELT WAS EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME.

UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES 106 MULTI BEDROOM UNITS.

UH, THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 42% OF THE UNITS.

AND OUT OF ALL OF THE INCOME, OUT OF ALL OF THE PROPOSALS, THAT INCLUDES THE MOST INCOME RESTRICTED, DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS WITH 158 UNITS AT 50% OR BELOW MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME AND 82 OF THOSE UNITS WILL BE FOR FOLKS AT, OR BELOW 30% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

YOU HEARD FROM THE PARTNERSHIP.

UH, WE, UH, ARE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE DIOCESE, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE NHP IN THEIR PARTNERS HERE, UH, WHO CAN ADDRESS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AS YOU NOTED MERRITT, THERE WAS LATE BACKUP.

I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE FOR SURE.

YOU ALREADY NOTED THAT IN THE RECORD.

UH, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE REMINDER.

UH, IS THERE, UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MEDICINE MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER RENT THE RHEA SECOND SET? UH, IS THERE DISCUSSION, OKAY, LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND WAS OPPOSED.

I'M SEEING IT AS BEING UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POINT THIS OFF.

COUNCIL MEMBER AND MANDY.

I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

THIS IS VERY MUCH NEEDED IN AUSTIN, AND THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU KNOW, OUR BOND MONEY CAN DO.

AND THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF.

DID INCREDIBLE WORK ON THIS COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON.

THANK YOU, MARY.

THEY HAVE TO IT'S BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE REALLY RECOGNIZING THAT IF WE WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WE CAN HAVE IT.

I WAS TRYING TO NOT TALK TOO MUCH AND I'VE TAKEN UP SOME SPACE TODAY.

UM, JUST, I WANT TO, I GUESS, JUST EXPRESS YOU, YOU KIND OF ALREADY DID MANDY, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT THAT GOT US TO WHAT REALLY IS A GREAT OUTCOME.

UH, SOMEBODY ASKED ME THIS MORNING, WHETHER OR NOT I FELT ANY OPTIMISM MOVING INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, BUDGET CYCLE AND MOVING INTO HAVING DISCUSSIONS AROUND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE BATTLING.

AND THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS I ACTUALLY REALLY DO.

UM, I'M OPTIMISTIC, YOU KNOW, DR.

BURNETT CALLS, CALLS YOUNG FOLKS, THE GENIUS GENERATION, AND I'M CALLING THEM ON THE RISE UP GENERATION.

CAUSE THEY'RE OVER IT, THEY'RE ALL PARTIED OUT AND THEY'RE TIRED OF DOING THINGS BECAUSE

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ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS GO GET IT, YOU KNOW, AND LOOKING AT EACH OTHER AND SAYING, DO YOU WANT IT? YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE SAYING, HEY, FOLKS NEED A PLACE TO LIVE.

AND I NEED SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT.

DO YOU WANT IT? AND I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF THIS KIND OF PROJECT THAT REALLY YIELDS THE OUTCOMES THAT WE NEED AS A COMMUNITY.

SO I AM REALLY OPTIMISTIC.

I THINK, DECADES OF CAR DEPENDENCE, SPRAWL, UM, REALLY ROOTED AND EXCLUSIONARY LAND USE PRACTICES.

THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S LED US TO THIS STATUS QUO WHERE WE'RE RENT IS.

I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A PERSON IN THE ROOM WHO CAN'T HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT THEY KNOW WHO'S EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES BASED ON AFFORDABILITY IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND FOR SO MANY PEOPLE THAT'S HOUSING.

YOU KNOW, I, I, I TALKED ABOUT THIS BRIEFLY IN, UH, UH, RIGHT AFTER THE EVENT, I HOSTED A TOWN HALL WHERE A CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEE, UH, CAME AND TALKED TO US ABOUT BEING HOMELESS.

HE'S COUCH SURFING.

HE'S A MAN IN HIS FIFTIES, WHO'S GAINFULLY EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND DOESN'T HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE.

I MEAN, WE ALL REALLY SHOULD BE SITTING HERE IN ABSOLUTE DISMAY AND SHOCK, BUT WE'RE NOT SHOCKED CAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT GUY, EVEN WITHOUT KNOWING HIM, WE ALL KNOW SOMEBODY WHO'S EXPERIENCING TRUE CHALLENGES AROUND THE AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING THAT THEY JUST CAN'T OVERCOME WITHOUT US DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND BETTER AND BOLDER AND BREAKING THE CYCLE OF ADHERING TO THE STATUS QUO.

SO I'M, I'M PUMPED ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MANY MORE LIKE IT, I THINK AS A BODY, WE HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM AND WE'RE REALLY WE'RE DOING IT.

I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE DOING THE WORK.

I THINK ADOPTING POLICIES THAT LEAD MORE HOUSING FOR MORE PEOPLE AND MORE PARTS OF TOWN, UH, PARTICULARLY THOSE TRANSIT FRIENDLY AND WALKABLE PARTS OF TOWN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING FOR.

WE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT MOBILITY.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING, WE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT ACCESS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING, IT'S ALL DIRECTLY CONNECTED.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE RECOGNIZING THAT THE NEED IS GREATER THAN WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING, BUT WE'RE PUSHING TOWARDS IT.

SO I THINK I, ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE ON THIS DICE, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M A TAXPAYER TOO.

UH, I'LL BE PAYING FOR THIS TOO.

AND I REALLY ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT IT'LL BE WELL WORTH EVERY DOLLAR I SPEND.

SO I'M ESPECIALLY PROUD TO BE A PART OF, UH, CASTING A VOTE FOR YES.

ON THIS PROJECT.

AND YOUR ONLY DATA POINT ON WHAT A FACILITY LOOKS LIKE THAT IS PROVIDING HOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IS THE ARCH.

MA'AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S WHAT I'M A HOPPER MAN.

I SAID, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, UH, AMONG MANY OTHERS ON THIS DAY AS WORKING ON THIS CHALLENGE.

UH, BUT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR THREE ACRES FOR, FOR SOME TIME NOW.

UH, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.

THE DEALING WITH THE HOMELESSNESS CHALLENGE, UH, THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY WAS SET AS A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, UH, FOR US TO ACT ON.

AND WHEN WE SET IT AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, BECAUSE THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE WHILE DAUNTING IS OF A SCALE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MEET THE CHALLENGE AND THEN HOMELESSNESS, IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT IT.

AND IF WE DO THE WORK AND PUT THE RESOURCES TOWARD IT, WE HAVE A CHANCE OF BEING THE FIRST CITY, OUR SIZE TO DO THAT, TO, TO ACTUALLY END HOMELESSNESS.

UH, AND WE'VE SET THAT GOAL.

UH, WE SET A GOAL AS A COMMUNITY OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO HOUSE 3000 MORE PEOPLE THAN OUR SYSTEM WOULD OTHERWISE HOUSE.

UH, AND THAT REQUIRES US TO, TO BUILD MORE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE, FOR THE LONGEST TIME, THE CITY HAD 500 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS.

AND JUST COULDN'T SEEM TO, TO BUDGE FROM THAT NUMBER WHEN YOU TALLY UP THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE, UH, IN THE PIPELINE NOW WITH, WITH LAND IDENTIFIED, DEVELOPERS IDENTIFIED AND FINANCING IDENTIFIED.

SO THESE ARE REAL PROJECTS, MANY OF WHICH, IF NOT, MOST OF WHICH, IF NOT NEARLY ALL OF WHICH THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS PART OF THE EFFORT TO PUT ON THE GROUND.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 1300, 1400 UNITS.

UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A TREMENDOUS LEAP FROM A CITY THAT, UH, WAS HOLDING IT AT 500 FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

AND WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH THE ABILITY WITH VOUCHERS, AS, AS HAKA STARTS DIRECTING MORE AND MORE PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS, UH, WE ACTUALLY, UH, HAVE IT WITHIN OUR GRASP TO, TO HOUSE MORE THAN 3000 INCREMENTAL PEOPLE, ADDITIONAL PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT ARE NECESSARY.

I, YOU KNOW, I HEAR THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD COME IN AND, AND IF, IF YOUR ONLY EXPERIENCE

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THEN, THEN AN ANYBODY WHO'S GONNA LIVE PROXIMATE TO THAT IS GOING TO HAVE CONCERNS.

SO I THINK THAT THE, THE, THE, THE, THE LESSON FOR EACH OF US IS NUMBER ONE, TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE PROJECTS, THE ARCH WAS STARTED BACK IN 2000 OR THERE ABOUTS.

UH, BUT THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE STARTED RECENTLY, OR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU CAN'T DISCERN THAT THAT PROJECT IS JUST NOT ANOTHER APARTMENT BUILDING A APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY, THEY LOOK THAT WAY.

THEY FEEL THAT WAY.

THEY, THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAY.

AND I THINK THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE APPROVE THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS, IT'S JUST REALLY INCUMBENT ON US AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S HOW THEY OPERATE, BECAUSE OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO OPEN MORE FACILITIES LIKE THIS, AND TO OPEN UP HOUSING, UM, IN, IN ALL PARTS OF OUR CITY, SO THAT WE CAN HOUSE EVERYBODY THAT NEEDS HOUSING IS DEPENDENT ON OUR ABILITY TO HELP ENSURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING LOOKS LIKE WHAT'S BEEN BUILT RECENTLY AND DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WHAT SOME PEOPLE'S MEMORY IS OF, OF WHAT THE ARCH WAS FOR, FOR TOO LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.

SO THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND WE HAVE TO MAKE GOOD ON IT.

UH, BUT THIS PROJECT, UH, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE FOLKS, THE STAKEHOLDERS WORKING TOGETHER, UH, THIS WAS A BIG LIFT FOR OUR STAFF.

UH, IT JUST A WONDERFUL PROJECT, UH, IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME, IN THE RIGHT WAY.

UH, AND I JUST REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS.

I WANTED TO THANK, UM, ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE DIALOGUE.

UM, IT SOUNDED TO ME AS IF ALL WHO'VE PARTICIPATED, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY RECOMMENDED, UM, EMBRACES THE IDEA OF HAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND I, AND I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS US, THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, THESE ARE OUR, UM, FAMILY MEMBERS.

THESE ARE, THESE ARE PEOPLE WE WORK WITH, UM, AND INTERACT WITH ALL THE TIME.

AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM DISTRICT NINE, FROM MILLER MUELLER DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

AND, AND WE DO HAVE SOME LETTERS FROM, FROM THAT, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT AS WELL, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING SOME DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF, OF THE PROPOSAL.

UM, AND I REALLY WANTED TO THANK STAFF BECAUSE THIS IS, I REMEMBER IN MY FIRST TERM GETTING SOME OF THOSE CONSTITUENT EMAILS OF, OF CONCERN ABOUT THIS TRACT, AND IT IS SUCH A GREAT, A GREAT THING TO SEE THE VALUE THAT IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO THIS SITE.

NOT THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE USING CITY-OWNED LAND, UM, FOR CITY PURPOSES, OF COURSE, THE PUBLIC BENEFITS WHEN WE TAKE ARE ABLE TO TAKE A PUBLIC TRACK LIKE THIS ONE, THOUGH, AND, UM, ASSIGN IT TO THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY CHALLENGING TO DO IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHICH IS TO CREATE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS FOR DECADES URGED US TO TAKE THOSE UNDER UTILIZED CITY-OWNED LAND AND USE IT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING LONG BEFORE MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY REALIZED, UM, WE WERE GOING TO NEED IT.

WE HAD MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO WERE ADVOCATING FOR BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON CITY ON LAND, BECAUSE WE CAN GET SUCH VALUE FOR AUSTINITES.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT TRANSITION FOR TRANSFERRING THIS TRACK TO THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, AND THEN EMBARKING ON THIS PROCESS.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT AMENITY AND A GREAT RESOURCE TO OUR CITY.

I THINK WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THE AGENDA.

UH, AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO, UM, UM, ADJOURN, THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, UH, HERE AT 1141, WHICH SHOULD BE THE TIME WE NOTE FOR THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TAKE SPEAKERS.

UH, AND I THINK THAT WE'RE IN THE, UH, UH, ROOM NOW TAKING, UH, UH, SPEAKERS.

IF YOU COULD START TO CALL THEM A COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER MEDICINE, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE GOT BACK TO SPEAKERS? THANK YOU, MARY.

I DIDN'T ACTUALLY SAY ANYTHING.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

I JUST REALIZED AS WHEN YOU ASKED IF ANYBODY WANTED TO MAKE THE MOTION.

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I JUST SAID YES.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION.

SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WITH THE CLERK THAT IT WAS CLEAR WHAT I WAS MOVING YOUR WAS.

WE HAVE ONE MORE PERSON, UM, WHO CALLED IN.

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SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM JOSHUA LO ONE DOW SKI ON ITEM ONE 90.

UH, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.

I'M CURRENTLY THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING HERE AT FOOTSTEPS.

UH, JUST WANT TO SPEAK AGAINST URBAN ALCHEMY, BEING THE NEW VENDOR FOR THE ARCH CONTRACT.

UM, THEY HAVE A POOR TRACK RECORD OF OPERATIONS, CLEAN ALLEGATIONS REGARDING THIS TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES, LABOR LAW, AND FEDERAL VIOLATIONS RESULTING IN CIVIL LAWSUITS, BEING LITIGATED AGAINST THEM.

THEY HAVE NEVER RAN A CON, NOT A CONGREGATE SHELTER AND HAVE VERY LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF AUSTIN AND ITS COMPLEX ISSUES SURROUNDING HOMELESSNESS.

I STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO RECONSIDER, EXTEND THE SOLICITATION PERIOD TO ALLOW OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUBMIT INTEREST.

UH, THIS HAS BEEN DONE IN A VERY SHORT TIME.

ALL THE FRONT STEPS, CLIENTS AND EMPLOYEES ARE UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS, TAKING OVER THE ARCH.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

NOW TWO IN-PERSON ZENOBIA JOSEPH ON ITEM 8 62, 73, 85 AND 1 24 ON DECK IS GUS BENYA.

GUS BENYA ON ITEM 7, 10 60 62 64 65, 70 92 AND 11 1 11 ON DECK IS DEBRA MILLER.

HELLO, I'M DEBORAH HARMAN MILLER.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY.

UM, I COME TO YOU TODAY ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER 73, TO ASK YOU TO INCREASE THE FUNDING BY $10 MILLION.

I COME TODAY TO ASK YOU FOR THAT BASED ON THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE EVIDENCE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, I'VE BEEN WRITING A BOOK ABOUT THE ASKED MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY, ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND HAVE COME BACK FROM THAT AND HAVE SUSTAINED THAT 100%.

THE SOLUTION IS PARTIALLY ADDING THESE RESOURCES.

THE OTHER PART OF IT IS TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES TO FIND THESE RESOURCES SO THAT WHEN THEY GET AT RISK, AGAIN, THEY KNOW WHO TO CALL.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY AGAIN FOR THOSE DEPOSITS TO PUT THEM IN ANOTHER PLACE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE THEM.

WE CAN SUSTAIN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE TO HEAL OUR MINDS AND OUR BODIES WILL FOLLOW THE STUDY IN A BOOK CALLED WE ARE THE SHACK, OPEN YOUR MIND TO SEE ALL PEOPLE.

MOST OF THE TIME, PEOPLE DO NOT LOOK AT US OR HEAR AS IF WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER.

I ALSO WROTE A COPY OF THE CHALLENGER TODAY.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS NEED, TALK TO THEM.

SAM IS SPEAKING ON 54, 62 63, 73, 75, 76, 77 92, 1 0 3, 180 9 AND ONE 90.

SAM KIRSCH ON DECK IS DEREK GUSTO.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS SAM AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE.

FIRSTLY, I'M APPALLED TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S BACK-TO-BACK COUNCIL MEETINGS AND THAT TODAY IS PACKED WITH SO MANY IMPORTANT AGENDA ITEMS. I OBVIOUSLY WON'T HAVE TIME TO GET TO ALL OF THOSE.

UM, BUT IT FEELS LIKE COUNCIL IS DELIBERATELY TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH ITEMS WITHOUT OVERSIGHT.

I'M VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO ITEM 54.

I'M ALL FOR THE CITY, GIVING AWAY CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO FAMILIES WHO CAN'T AFFORD THEM.

BUT I'M DISGUSTED AT THE BLUE SANTA PROGRAM WHERE POLICE WHITEWASH THE REPUTATION IN THE COMMUNITY AND GIVE CHILDREN A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY AROUND POLICE.

CLEARLY $1.4 MILLION CAN BE BETTER SPENT ELSEWHERE.

I SUPPORT ITEM 92, UH, THE HOUSING BOND, BUT IT SHOULD BE RAISED TO $350 MILLION.

UM, IT SHOULD PRIMARILY CONSIST OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND SOCIAL HOUSING WITH STRONG TENANT PROTECTIONS.

AND ON THAT NOTE ITEMS 60 TO 75 AND 76, UH, WITH TENANT PROTECTIONS AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SHOULD ALSO BE PASSED TODAY.

UM, THE HOUSING BOND IS NOT A GUARANTEE AND WE NEED THAT HOUSING.

NOW I'M ALSO STRONGLY OPPOSED TO ITEM ONE TO THREE, THE LPRS THAT THEY'RE DANGEROUS TOOLS OF MASS SURVEILLANCE.

UH, WE DO NOT NEED THIS.

UH, I COMMEND COUNCIL FOR PASSING THE GRACE ACT, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DEREK.

GUSTIER SPEAKING ON THE MERITS OF THE POSTPONEMENT FOR ITEM 70 ON DECK IS OUR NEXT IS RITA

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CUEVAS FOR ITEM 70 AUGUSTINE GAZA.

HERBERT MARTINEZ.

ROY NIETO ON DECK IS STEWART HIRSCH ON ITEM 90 OR UP NEXT IS STUART HIRSCH ON ITEM 90 STUART HIRSCH THANKING YOU FOR ITEM NUMBER 90 FOR THE FEE WAIVERS AND REIMBURSEMENTS RELATED TO THE VERTICAL MIX.

USE INTERPRETATION AND APPEAL IN WINDSOR PARK.

I'M STU FROM DISTRICT TWO, AND I'M AS PROUD AS I COULD BE TO HELPING MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS UP IN WINDSOR PARK.

MAKING SURE THAT WHAT, UH, THE COUNCILS PROMISE WAS WHEN VERTICAL MIXED USE WAS ADOPTED, ACTUALLY GETS ACHIEVED ON SITE.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF ALL OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN WINDSOR PARK.

OH, WHY'S AZHAR ON DECK IS NICOLE JOCELYN, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

MY NAME IS HART AND I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF HOUSING WORKS AUSTIN WE'RE PART OF FI LARGE COALITION OF OVER 25 ORGANIZATIONS MADE UP OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS AND ADVOCATES ASKING FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

SO WE CAN HELP THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY MOST IN NEED.

WE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT ITEM 90, DO AND SUPPORT A $350 MILLION AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND TO BE PLACED ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

SO WE CAN HAVE OUR COMMUNITY GO OUT AND SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AS THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE PAST, SUCH A BOND WILL HELP THOSE MOST IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING PROVIDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITY.

LOW-INCOME FOLKS HOUSING, PROVIDING HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO MIDDLE INCOME FOLKS, AND ALSO PROVIDING OUR SENIORS AND VETERANS WITH THE ABILITY TO STAY WITHIN THEIR HOMES AND WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

I MUST TACK THE MAYOR AND ALL OF Y'ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND AND FOR YOUR WORK ON ADDRESSING AFFORDABILITY IN OUR CITY.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.

I MISSED SOME NAMES ON THE ITEM.

NUMBER 70 SPEAKING ON THE MERITS OF THE POSTPONEMENT, UM, ON DECK IS BIRTH AT RENDON THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY IS DONE.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR LISTENING TODAY ON A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE, I'M GOING TO SHOW A CLIP BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING ELSE TO RENAME THE PAN-AM NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, WHERE YOU'RE SITTING THAT'S PROBABLY NEED TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL WHO WE GO ON THURSDAY TO LET HIM KNOW THAT THIS HE'LL BE OFF TO THE COMMUNITY.

NOW, LONELY INDIVIDUAL.

WE NEED A READING HERE, ALL OF YOU TO EITHER SIGN THE PETITION.

AND ALSO IF YOU CAN SHOW UP AT CITY COUNCIL ON THURSDAY AT JEN WEEK, WE HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCES MORNING, AND THESE INDIVIDUALS RIGHT HERE THAT ARE FITTING STANDING NEXT TO ME, HAD BEEN WITH US FOR THE VERY BEGINNING.

CAN WE BE, UM,

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON THE MERITS OF THE POSTPONEMENT ON DECK AS MEDEA LINA HELLO.

I AM EAST AUSTIN NATIVE AND PRESIDENT OF EAST TOWN, LAKE CITIZENS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND LULAC DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR DISTRICT SEVEN FOR WOMEN.

WE ARE HERE IN OPPOSITION OF ITEM 70.

THE PROPOSED APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WAS BARELY THIS YEAR OF FEBRUARY, 2022.

THE RENAMING OF OUR HISTORICAL PAN-AM NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WAS FILED THAT RECENT TWO NAME, AUGUSTINE TONY CASTEEL PAN-AM PARK AND MARCH, 2022.

THE CITIZENS HAD NO TIME TO DISCUSS OR NOMINATE ANYONE ELSE.

IT WAS POSTED PUBLICLY ON A MEMO.

WE WERE JUST GIVEN MONTHS, THE COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN NO TO THIS RENAMING, A PAN-AM NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WITH 51% OF OUR DISTRICT THREE THAT HAS SAID NO.

WE ASKED THAT TO RESPECT OUR PETITIONS.

WE HAVE OVER 500 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE THAT HAVE SAID NO TO THIS PARK.

WE HAVE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION THAT IS IN YOUR BACKUP.

WE ASKED IT TO RESPECT THE COMMUNITY AND DO YOUR JOB.

WE THINK NO TO AUGUSTINE TONY PAN-AM PARK.

WE DO NOT WANT OUR NAME CHANGE.

THANK YOU, GAVINO FERNANDEZ ON DECK.

SO WHEN YOU COME UP AND SPEAK, KNOW THAT THIS IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE POSTPONED, WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING THE MARRIAGE.

WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING YET WHETHER WE WANT TO DO IT, OR YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT BECAUSE THAT'LL BE THE DEBATE THAT WE HAVE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO YOUR DEBATE RIGHT NOW SHOULD BE, SHOULD THIS BE POSTPONED OR NOT? SO, AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING.

SO WHY DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE POSTPONED? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MY NAME IS SCAVINO FERNANDEZ AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING AND CONTINUE, WHICH IS A COALITION OF MEXICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORS, LANDOWNERS.

AND HE STARTS AUSTIN.

AND NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE CELEBRATING OUR 50TH YEAR AND WORKING TOGETHER AND ADDRESSING MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY.

AND NO, WHY SHOULD WE POST PHONE? WE'VE HAD 90 DAYS, WE'VE HAD TWO VIRTUAL MEETINGS.

WE'VE HAD TWO IN-PERSON MEETINGS, UH, AND, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, WAITED ALL THIS TIME.

AND, UH, THE BOSTON PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD ALREADY SENT YOU A RECOMMENDATION.

THEY'VE ALREADY SPOKEN.

SO, UH, 30 DAYS FROM NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO CHANGE.

UH, BUT I STRONGLY FEEL THAT WE NEED TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AS GOVERNMENT.

AND THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO HAVE TO WAIT.

ANOTHER 30 DAYS WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, ALL THE DOCUMENTATION WE'RE HERE, THE OTHER PARTY ALREADY LEFT.

SO THEY READ, I GUESS THEY'RE THEY'RE GOOD MIND, READERS JOB ALREADY VOTED TO, UH, POSTPONE DECIDED, AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN VOTED YET, BUT THEY'RE GONE AND THAT'S POWERFUL AND THAT'S DANGEROUS AS A GOVERNMENT.

THANK YOU, MARIA.

LENA MENDOSA RODRIGUEZ ON DECK IS MUCH THING, BUT NAVINA, BENAMI THIS I PREFER.

WAS FILED, UH, POSSIBLY IN 2021.

I ALL MY HONOR AND GLORY TO MY GOD.

I WANT TO, UM, I DON'T WANT THIS ITEM POSTPONE.

IT HAS GONE ON TOO LONG.

UH, MR. CUSTODY ALREADY HAS TWO PARKS NAMED IN HIS NAME IN EAST AUSTIN.

HE DOESN'T NEED IT IN ANOTHER ONE.

SO I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO GO, GO AHEAD AND, AND UH, VOTE ON IT TODAY.

AND I THINK HE WAS PROBABLY TALKING TO YOU DON'T BEFORE WE EVEN GOT HERE, BECAUSE OF ALL THE PUBLICITY THAT WE HAVE BEEN MAKING.

UH, I LOVE TONY AND ALL HIS FAMILY.

I LOVE ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS BECAUSE WE WERE ALL RAISED TOGETHER IN THOUGHTS SITE IN AUSTIN.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO MAKE A DECISION.

I'M NOT USED TO COMING OVER HERE AND SPEAK BEFORE Y'ALL, BUT I GIVE YOU THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME AND FEEL YOU NEED TO MAKE UP YOUR MIND BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO A LOT OF FAITH, A LOT OF PEOPLES.

SO YOU UNDO THIS THING.

OKAY? THANK YOU.

ON DECK IS PEGGY VALASCUS UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS PEGGY VASQUEZ.

I'M A NATIVE EAST AUSTIN KNIGHT AND I'M OPPOSED TO THE POSTPONEMENT.

AN APPLICATION

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I'M NOT TOO SURE I COULD WOULD GET THAT INFORMATION, UH, APPLICATION TO CHANGE THE NAME OF AB UH, A SWAB TO AB CON TO RECREATION PARK PARKED DEPART DEPARTMENT ON JUNE THE 27TH VOTED TO NOT HAVE A NAME CHANGE AND VOTED NINE NOS AND ONE ABSTENTION PART RECOMMENDATION.

IT WAS TO REPLAY A PART RECOMMENDED THAT A PLAQUE WE PUT FOR TONY GARCIA, TONY CASTEEL AFTER PART TOOK A POS POSITION ON THIS ISSUE OF NO NAME CHANGE.

THE ISSUE WAS TO BE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL.

HERE WE ARE TODAY, HAVING A POSTPONEMENT.

I, I REJECT THAT.

ANGELA GARZA ITEMS, 70 92 94 AND 98.

KEVIN, GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ON US.

I'M GOING TO FOLLOW THE CROWD ON THIS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH MOBILIZATION IN RECORD TIMING.

THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING DAYS AND NIGHTS TO MOBILIZE EVERYONE TO GET THEIR VOICES ON RECORD.

HOW MUCH JUST MEANS WE HAVE NOTHING NEGATIVE TO SAY ABOUT THE OTHER GENTLEMEN, GREAT ACCOLADES, BUT THIS SAYING NO TO HIS POSTPONEMENT IS A BIG ONE.

MAKE A DECISION TODAY.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO MOBILIZE EVERYONE.

I WITNESSED IT.

I WITNESSED IT ALSO, WE DO SUPPORT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND WITH VANESSA POINT.

THIS THAT IS AWESOME.

AND WE ALSO SUPPORT THE AUDIT, THE, THE ANIMAL SHUTTERS NUMBER 98 AS WELL.

UM, AND WE ALSO WANT TO GO HAVE, WE WANT TO HAVE TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT 1 66 AND 1 67.

THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THE NAA, STILL WORK AGAIN, A GENEROUS IN, IN A REALLY MAKING THINGS HAPPEN IN THAT AREA.

WANTS TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT A S UH, ASK ON THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU, CONNOR, KENNY SPEAKING ON ITEM 92.

I COUNSEL, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF AN, UH, UH, MAXIMUM POSSIBLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND.

UM, TWO THINGS ABOUT IT.

ONE IS LEVERAGE, UH, THE PROJECT YOU JUST APPROVED TODAY LEVERAGES 6 MILLION IN CITY FUNDS AND TWO 60 MILLION AND OTHER FUNDING.

THE CITY FUNDS REALLY UNLOCK EXPONENTIALLY.

MORE FUNDING ON PROJECTS.

SECOND IS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

PSH PROJECTS ARE REALLY, REALLY HARD TO MAKE A PENCIL.

UH, THE SERVICE COSTS ARE ENORMOUS.

SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE DEBT ON THEM, THE BETTER THOSE PROJECTS WORK.

UH, WE HAVE THREE PSH PROJECTS COMING TO YOU ON SEPTEMBER 1ST AS HFC FOR EXCUSE ME, HEAD OF RHD AWARDS.

THOSE PROJECTS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT BOND FUNDING, UH, PSH PROJECTS, BOND FUNDING, ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO MAKING THEM WORK.

UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I CAPTURED WHAT YOU SAID.

THE TRACT OF LAND THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED AT 3, 5, 1 5 MAJOR CITY OWNED LAND, AN INVESTMENT OF $6 MILLION IN CITY BOND FUNDING.

YOU SAID ENABLED THE PROJECT TO, TO PULL DOWN AN ADDITIONAL $60 MILLION OF OTHER FUNDING.

IS THAT, DID I CAPTURE YOUR NOTES CORRECTLY? I'M ALMOST 60.

IT'S 58, BUT YES.

WALTER MAURO, UM, WALTER MAROTTA, THE DIRECTOR AT FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND A 93% OF THE UNITS ON THAT TRACT ARE GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE.

IS THAT, IS THAT ACCURATE? UH, YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, NICOLE.

JOCELYN, SPEAKING ON ITEM 92 ON DECK IS WALTER MAURO.

GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.

UM, MY NAME IS NICOLE JOSLIN WITH CAPITAL A HOUSING.

FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, MAYOR ADLER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD AND THE SUPPORT OF, UM, ALL OF YOUR CO-SPONSORS HERE IN 2018.

ALSO UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.

OUR COMMUNITY PASSED A HOUSING BOND AT A LEVEL NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THAT THAT BOND ENABLED OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO LEVERAGE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING, CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS.

AND OF COURSE BUILD THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL HOMES FOR FAMILIES IN AUSTIN.

WE NOW FACE AN EVEN GREATER CRISIS CRISIS.

THE COST OF OWNING AND RENTING A HOME IN OUR CITY IS INCREASINGLY OUT OF REACH HOUSING.

BONDS CONTINUE TO BE A CRITICAL RESOURCE IN THE BATTLE TO KEEP AUSTIN AFFORDABLE.

AND I JOINED MY NEIGHBORS AND COLLEAGUES TODAY AND ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT A $350 MILLION BOND TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND CALL AUSTIN HOME.

THANK YOU,

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THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING ITEM 92 FOR THE HOUSING BONDS AT 350 MILLION.

AND THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE 2018 BONDS.

UH, WE OPENED OUR LAUREL CREEK APARTMENTS EARLY THIS YEAR.

LATER THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN ZILKER STUDIOS.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN, UM, THE LORETTA APARTMENTS IN NORTH AUSTIN AND OUR COUNTY'S TERRACE.

AND WE'LL WELCOME HOME A THOUSAND NEW RESIDENTS THIS YEAR, AND WE COULD NEVER BE GROWING AT THAT VOLUME WITHOUT THE BOND FUNDING TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE.

AND WE, WE SERVE A WHOLE RANGE OF RESIDENTS FROM FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN CHRONICALLY HOMELESS FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN AT THE SHELTER AND MANY, MANY FAMILIES THAT ARE JUST ON A TIGHT BUDGET, TRYING TO FIND RENT THAT THEY CAN AFFORD.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THE BONDS IS NOT THE ONLY TOOL THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY, BUT IT HELPS TO ADDRESS WHERE THE MARKET CAN'T.

UH, THE MARKET'S NEVER GOING TO REACH A RENTAL PRICE POINT OR A HOUSING PRICE POINT, UH, WITHOUT SUBSIDY SUPPORT.

SO IF WE WANT AUSTIN TO BE A COMMUNITY, I WANT AUSTIN TO BE A COMMUNITY THAT'S DIVERSE.

THAT'S INCLUSIVE THAT THAT DOESN'T PRICE PEOPLE OUT.

AND SO WE NEED THIS TOOL TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU, YVONNE WELDON ON ITEM 92 ON DECK IS ALICE WOODS ON ITEM 92.

HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ALICE WOODS, AND I AM SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF SAGE BROOK DEVELOPMENT.

THOSE TWO INDUSTRIES AND SGI VENTURES, THREE WOMEN OWNED TEXAS-BASED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS, WHICH ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD HUNDREDS OF UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AUSTIN.

AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE 2018 HOUSING BOND.

WE ARE QUICKLY COMING TO THE END OF THESE BOND DOLLARS, BUT WITH RISING INTEREST RATES AND STILL INCREASING CONSTRUCTION COSTS, THIS GOT FINANCING FROM THE CITY IS MORE CRUCIAL THAN EVER.

AND IN MANY CASES, OUR DEALS ARE NOT FEASIBLE WITHOUT IT.

I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR ADLER AND THIS COUNCIL IN SUPPORTING ANOTHER BOND TO FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SOMETHING WE'RE ALL AWARE IS DESPERATELY NEEDED IN AUSTIN, PUTTING A BOND OF AT LEAST $350 MILLION ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT THOSE AUSTINITES MOST IN NEED WHILE BUILDING ON THE SUCCESSES OF THE 2018 BOND.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND FOR CONTINUING TO PRIORITIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

MONICA GUZMAN SPEAKING ON 92, 1 0 1, 1 0 3 AND 1 24 ON DECK IS ABBY PENNER.

I'M MONICA GUZMAN POLICY DIRECTOR AT GAVA GO AUSTIN VAMOS AUSTIN SPEAKING ON, ON ITEM 1 24, THE GABA COMMUNITY URGES, INCLUDING LANGUAGE REGARDING COMMUNITY, BUT BENEFITS SPECIFICALLY ONE USE OF COMMERCIAL PARKLAND FEES IN LIEU THAT PARK DEFICIENT COMMUNITIES AND AUSTIN'S EASTERN CRESCENT SUCH AS DISTRICT FOUR, BE PRIORITIZE WHEN USING FEES FOR LAND ACQUISITION FOR A PARK OR PARK AMENITIES TO REMOVAL OF TREES.

WHEN NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT RESULTS IN REMOVAL OF TREES, YOU REPLANTING OR PLANTING OF NUTRIENTS ON OR NEAR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT ON ITEM 1 0 3.

I AM SPEAKING AS A DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT.

MY ARE MINE AND MINE ALONE.

I HAVE BEEN AND STILL AM OPPOSED TO THE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS.

I WAS TUNED INTO THE COUNCIL'S WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY.

THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER OF WINTERS FOR ASKING APD ABOUT ACCESS TO INFORMATION.

WELL, ICE MIGHT ONLY BE ABLE TO ACCESS VIGILANCE INFORMATION WITH A CONTRACT.

THEY MAY STILL GAIN ACCESS THROUGH ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY WITH WHICH APD SHARES INFORMATION SUCH AS TRAVIS, THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND ERIC, THE AUSTIN REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER.

THE X'S ISSUE WAS RAISED IN AN AUSTIN CHRONICLE, MARCH, 2018.

ARTICLE I STRIKES DEAL WITH SURVEILLANCE FOR THANK YOU.

SPEAKING ON ITEM 92 AND ONE 14 ABBY PENNER ON DECK IS RYAN CLINTON.

HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ABBY PENNER.

I'M HERE TO ECHO THE SUPPORT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD FOR ITEM 92 FOR THE HOUSING BOND.

AND I'M ALSO HERE FOR ITEM ONE 14, JUST FOR JUNE WEST APARTMENTS AND TWO 80 UNIT, A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR A FLOODPLAIN VARIANCE.

SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON BEHALF OF OWNERSHIP WHEN THAT ITEM COMES UP FOR DISCUSSION.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THE BOND.

AND I WILL BE HERE WHENEVER THE ITEM COMES BACK UP FOR ONE 14.

TOESY AND DRAYA TREMON TOESY ON DECK IS DAVID LLOYD NON ON ITEM 98.

ON ITEMS 96 AND 98, RYAN CLINTON ON DECK AND DRAYA, TREMEN

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DANE CORREA ON ITEM 98, EMILY WELLS, AARON LINKEDIN HIM DANNY FIT TONY ON ITEM 100.

HAROLD MCMILLAN ON ITEM ONE 18 GREG ANDERSON ITEM 1 68.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

UM, TAKE ACTION HERE AT THE LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.

IS THERE ANYBODY, LET ME MAKE THE LAST CALL TO ANYBODY SIGN UP THAT, UH, THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY GOT CALLED.

WOULD YOU COME ON DOWN TO THE CLERK? I MAY HAVE MISSED SOME, SORRY.

WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH.

THAT'S OKAY.

UM, YOU'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB.

WELL, THANK YOU.

LET'S TRY AGAIN.

I DON'T 100 BARBARA BEN TANTE, MICHAEL LEWIS.

THESE ALL SAY NO THAT THEY WISH NOT TO SPEAK, SO, OKAY.

WHY DON'T YOU SEE THE LINE BEHIND YOU AND SEE YOU HAVE THOSE FOLKS.

WHY DON'T YOU GIVE YOUR NAMES TO THE CLERK SO SHE CAN SEE IF SHE CAN FIND YOU ON HER LIST.

MICHAEL LEWIS, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD, SIR? UH, MY NAME'S MICHAEL LEWIS.

I AM THE CLEAN AIR AND WATER ADVOCATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, TEXAS.

UM, WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR BRINGING THE RESOLUTION, UH, FORWARD, UH, THE SUPREME COURT RULING WEST VIRGINIA VERSUS THE EPA MADE THE MONUMENTAL TASK OF CLEANING UP OUR AIR AND REDUCING, UH, CLIMATE WARMING POLLUTION MUCH, MUCH HARDER AS JUSTICE KAGAN WROTE IN HER DISSENT.

THE COURT STRIPS, THE EPA OF THE POWER CONGRESS GAVE IT TO RESPOND TO THE MOST PRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME.

NOW THAT THE COURT HAS PUT A STABLE CLIMATE EVEN FURTHER OUT OF REACH LAWMAKERS AT ALL LEVELS, UH, MUST SEEK OUT OTHER WAYS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND TO SECURE A CLEANER AND HEALTHIER FUTURE THAT WOULD INCLUDE REDOUBLING OUR EFFORTS TO CLOSE THE FAYETTE COAL PLANT.

THAT CLOSURE IS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE ANY OF AUSTIN'S, UH, STATED ZERO EMISSIONS GOALS THAT THEY HAD PLANT ACCOUNTS FOR 15% OF OUR TOTAL GENERATING CAPACITY AND 80% OF AUSTIN ENERGY'S EMISSIONS.

IT IS THE 15TH, MOST 50TH DIRTIEST PLANT IN THE NATION.

IT, WE JUST TALKS IT INTO OUR SOIL HARVEST HEALTH PARKS SENTENCES, AND IS ECONOMICALLY UNTENABLE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

METZKER ON ITEM 100 ON DECK IS COLE GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR BRINGING FORWARD ITEM 100.

UM, JUST THIS, THIS CURRENT MONTH HERE IN JULY IS FIVE DEGREES HOTTER THAN THE HISTORIC AVERAGE AND A FULL DEGREE HOTTER THAN JULY OF 2011, WHICH REMEMBER HOW MISERABLE THAT, UH, LAKE TRAVIS IS ALMOST HALF EMPTY.

UH, WE'RE SEEING WILDFIRES RAGING, UH, IT'S NOT CLIMATE SCIENTISTS ARE CLEAR THAT BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS AND THE WARMING OF OUR ATMOSPHERE, OUR KEY DRIVERS TO THESE, UH, THESE TERRIBLE THINGS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.

AND IF WE DON'T TAKE ACTION TO REDUCE EMISSIONS QUICKLY, WE'RE GOING TO ONLY SEE WORSE AND WORSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

SO IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE,

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THE SUPREME COURT DECISION WAS A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT, UH, SOME GREAT NEWS COMING OUT OF THE SENATE YESTERDAY, HOPEFULLY THAT, UH, THEY CAN GET THAT DONE, UH, WITH, UH, UH, BIG INVESTMENTS IN CLEAN ENERGY.

BUT WE ALSO NEED TO DO OUR PART HERE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HIT THE GOAL OF 50% REDUCTIONS BY 2030 AND ZERO EMISSIONS BY BY 2050.

SO, UH, THANKS FOR THIS.

AND THANK YOU, COLE COON UP ON DECK IS RYAN POLLACK FOR ITEMS 1 0 3 KERRY ROBERTS ITEM 1 0 3.

ALICIA DORIS FOR ITEM 1 0 3.

ANDREW HORNEMAN ITEM 1 0 3.

HELLO, THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR GIVING ME YOUR TIME.

UM, I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON, I DON'T WANT TO THREE, CAUSE I AM AGAINST IT.

LIKE I, AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AGAINST IT.

THEY THERE'S, THERE'S A PAC MEETING TODAY.

SO, UH, I'M SINGING FOR JUST BASICALLY SAYING NO, BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A SURVEILLANCE AND IT MAKES, UH, IT DOESN'T, IT SEEMS TO BE DOING MORE HARM THAN THE, THAN, THAN HAVING IT.

AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU, DANIEL TURTON ON 1 0 3 ON DECK IS HAROLD MCMILLAN ON ITEM ONE 18.

EMILY SCALES ON ITEM 180 8 ON DECK IS JOE PAUL CONLEY ON 180 8 AND 180 9.

SHAWNA ARN.

ARNESON ON ITEM ONE 90 MAYOR.

MAY I REAL QUICK.

I'M LOOKING AT JP UP THE WINDOW RIGHT THERE.

IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO'S HERE WITH JP, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LET HIM KNOW THAT THEY JUST CALLED HIM CLINTON.

RAREY ON ITEM ONE 90 ELIZABETH JOHNSON.

THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON OUR LIST FOR THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON.

SORRY ABOUT THAT LITTLE CONFUSED WITH THE SCHEDULE.

UM, THANK YOU.

I WAS GOING TO COME HERE TODAY AND READ AN OFFICIAL LETTER FROM THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY CONTINUUM OF CARE ABOUT THE, UH, CON UH, FRONT STEPS CONTRACTS THAT ARE BEING AWARDED TODAY.

HOWEVER, UM, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS SINCE THAT LETTER WAS SENT, AND I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT AND REVIEW IT.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS IN, IN, IN ADDRESSING OUR CONCERNS.

I ALSO ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR WORKING WITH US TO COME UP WITH SOME DIRECTION THAT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD.

WE HAVE TO ABSOLUTELY DO EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR POWER TO NOT HAVE THIS KIND OF SITUATION HAPPEN AGAIN.

AND TO HAVE THE KIND OF PROACTIVE LONG-TERM THINKING THAT GETS US OUT OF THIS KIND OF, THAT DOESN'T BACK US INTO THESE KINDS OF CORNERS.

OUR CONGREGATE SHELTER NATIONALLY IS A DYING PARADIGM.

WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM CONGREGATE SHELTER.

THE COUNTRY IS MOVING AWAY.

HUD IS MOVING AWAY FROM CONGREGATE SHELTER.

AND SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR SHELTER SPACES AND THE ONGOING SHELTER NEEDS OF THE CITY, I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE A LONG-TERM PROACTIVE VISION AND PLAN THAT CAN GET US THERE.

AND I WASN'T ABLE TO SPEAK ON THIS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING THE $350 MILLION HOUSING BOND.

I'M EXCITED TO WORK ON THAT CAMPAIGN.

HANG ON A SECOND.

THAT'S YOU KINDLY, UH, WHEN WE WERE WORKING LAST NIGHT, UM, WE AGREED ON SUBSECTIONS THERE HAD IT, UH, ON THE DAY IS HERE AND I JUST WANT TO READ THEM TO YOU JUST SO THAT YOU SEE THEM TO GET ANY KIND OF REACTION YOU MIGHT HAVE TO THAT.

AND, AND, AND WON IT IN OR AGREED TO HAVE IN THE FIRST ONE WAS, UH, THE DIRECTING THAT, UH, UH, THE RECIPIENTS OF THE CONTRACTS, UH, PRIORITIZE REHIRING OF THE FRONT STEP EMPLOYEES.

THE ONES THAT, UH, UH, YOU HAD, UH, UH, DISCUSSED AND,

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UH, THE SECOND ONE, UH, DIRECTED, UH, UH, THE MANAGER TO REPORT QUARTERLY TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, UH, QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA ON PERFORMANCE AND OPERATIONS AT THE TO SHELTER SHELTERS, UH, TO GIVE THE COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL GUIDANCE.

THE THIRD ONE, UH, DIRECTLY TO THE MANAGER TO REQUIRE THE NEW RECIPIENTS, UH, OF THESE CONTRACTS TO, UH, MEET QUARTERLY, TO ACTUALLY MEET QUARTERLY WITH THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEMS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S LIMITED TO QUARTERLY, BUT AT LEAST THAT, UH, WHICH THE NEW CONTRACT RECIPIENTS WOULD PROVIDE UPDATES AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.

THOSE ARE ALL WORDINGS THAT YOU'VE SEEN NO CHANGES IN THOSE, NO CHANGES IN THE FOURTH ONE, UH, TO, UH, UH, HELP ENSURE THE MANAGER DIRECTED, HELP ENSURE THE CONTRACT RECIPIENTS RECEIVE THE GUIDANCE MENTORSHIP AND OTHER SUPPORT NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND THAT THE MANAGERS DIRECTED TO ENCOURAGE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE CONTRACTS TO FORM PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES AND WHERE APPROPRIATE THE ENTIRE CONTINUUM OF CARE TO HELP ENSURE QUALITY OF SERVICES AND SYSTEM WIDE APPROACH LANGUAGE YOU HAVE SEEN AND APPROVED THE FIFTH ONE.

ALSO THE MANAGER DIRECTED DEVELOP A PLAN AND COLLABORATION WITH THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY OF IMPACTED STAKEHOLDERS TO ASSESS THE CURRENT CITYWIDE SHELTER PLAN.

YOUR LAST POINT THAT YOU SPOKE TO SET FORTH THE LONG-TERM VISION FOR THE DESIGN SCOPE AND FUNDING OF THE SHELTER SYSTEM, UH, PRIOR TO REBIDDING THESE CONTRACTS FOR COMPETITORS OF SOLICITATION DETERMINATION, ALL ONES YOU'VE SEEN, I JUST REPEATED IT INTO HERE.

SO PEOPLE WOULDN'T THINK OF ONLY THE LAST TWO, WHICH ARE THE TWO AREN'T INTERESTED IN, OKAY.

UH, NUMBER, UH, SIX, UH, THE MANAGERS DIRECTOR TO ENSURE THAT THE CONTRACTS, UH, WITH THE NEW CONTRACT RECIPIENTS REQUIRE PROMINENT POSTING OF CLIENT GRIEVANCE POLICIES AND SHELTER FACILITIES.

AND THAT VENDORS INCLUDE REPORTS ON THE FILING AND RESOLUTION, THE CLIENT GRIEVANCES TO THE CITY AS PART OF THE REGULAR, UH, UH, REPORTING.

AND THEN THE SIXTH ONE, THE SEVENTH ONE, UH, UH, IS THE ISSUE THAT COUNCIL OUR POOL RAISED ON TUESDAY, UH, THE MANAGERS DIRECTLY TO ENSURE THE NEW CONTRACT RECIPIENTS REQUIRE UNIFORMS AND NAMED BADGES FOR THEIR ONSITE STAFF, SO THAT THEY CAN BE IDENTIFIED AS EMPLOYEES OF THE SHELTER UNIFORMS MAY BE DESIGNED TO PICK BY THE AGENCIES.

I ASSUME.

YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE LAST TWO.

I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND ON THE LAST TWO, I CANNOT SPEAK IN MY CAPACITY AS CHAIR OF LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, SINCE I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HAVE TIME TO REVIEW THOSE WITH THE COUNCIL, BUT IN MY CAPACITY AS AN INDIVIDUALS AND ADVOCATE, UM, I THINK THOSE ARE TWO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THEY'RE EXCELLENT ADDITIONS TO THE DIRECTION AND I DON'T SEE ANY, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM IN ADDING THOSE TO THE DIRECTION.

I THINK THAT THEY ENHANCE, UM, UH, THE INTENT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT, AND I KNOW THAT SOME FOLKS SPEND A LOT OF TIME LAST NIGHT WORKING ON THIS STUFF INTO THE WEED LATE HOURS.

AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT MEANS A LOT TO US.

COUNCIL MEMBER TO-GO THEN COUNSELOR MAYER.

UM, SINCE YOU ONLY BECAUSE YOU'VE GONE THROUGH YOUR AMENDMENTS, I JUST WANT TO BE, I JUST WANT TO SHARE ALSO THAT I INTEND TO BRING FORWARD SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TO, UM, IF SOMEBODY REMINDS ME WHAT NUMBER THIS IS, I CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY ARE ONE 90.

ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF, OF WHAT'S GOING ON THROUGHOUT THIS, THROUGHOUT THE CONTINUUM SO THAT WE, WE CAN, UM, RESPOND IN AN APPROPRIATE TIMEFRAME.

UM, I INTEND TO OFFER AS AN AMENDMENT AS TWO AMENDMENTS, UM, THAT THE NEW RECIPIENTS OF THE CONTRACT SHALL ALSO MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT COUNCIL COMMITTEES FOR ONGOING DISCUSSIONS.

I THINK IT IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE INCREASINGLY USED OUR PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE AS KIND OF THE CHECK-IN FOR HOMELESSNESS ISSUES, INITIATIVES, PROGRAMS, AND FUNDING.

AND SO THIS THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THIS.

UM, AND LET ME JUST BACK UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ARCH IS IN DISTRICT NINE.

I MEAN, YOU SAID WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THESE THINGS.

THE ARCHES IN DISTRICT NINE, I HAVE, UM, TAKEN AN ACTIVE, ACTIVE ROLE, UM, IN ARCH OPERATIONS HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD MULTIPLE RESOLUTIONS AT THIS POINT, DIRECTED TO THE ARCH.

THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE, WHERE MY STAFF AND I WERE THERE WEEKLY ON FRIDAY, UM, PLANNING FOR AN INITIATIVE.

AND I HAVE TO SAY I WAS WILDLY TAKEN ABACK.

I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE CHALLENGES WITH THE FRONT STEPS, UM, IN THE LAST MONTH AND WAS EXTREMELY SHOCKED AND SURPRISED WHEN I HEARD THAT STAFF WERE AT A POINT WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO, ABSOLUTELY, I THINK WE ALL NEED THE COMMUNITY NEEDS MORE HEADS UP ON THIS KIND OF THING, AND WE NEED TO BE, WE

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SO THANKS FOR MENTIONING THAT COMMENT.

UM, MY OTHER, UH, AMENDMENT IS GOING TO JUST ENSURE, AND, UH, WE'VE CHECKED WITH APH AND THIS IS ALREADY IN THE PLAN, BUT IT'S GOING TO ENSURE THAT THE NEW VENDOR FOR THE ARCH, UM, SHALL PROVIDE THE SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED, SOME OF WHICH WERE FOR TRAUMA INFORMED CARE AND CASE MANAGEMENT AND OTHER THINGS.

UM, AND IN ALLIANCE WITH, UM, IN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PREVIOUS COUNCIL DIRECTION, INCLUDING THE RESOLUTIONS, UM, AND I WON'T NAME THE NUMBERS, BUT THE AMENDMENT WILL.

AND AGAIN, PART OF THOSE WERE FOR TRAUMA INFORMED CARE FOR TRAINING AND LIVING WAGES FOR THOSE WORKING ONSITE AND ANOTHER.

SO I THINK HOPEFULLY THOSE, OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, BUT THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT A LITTLE LATER.

UH, YES.

AND, AND, AND THANK YOU, UM, MR. KINDLY FOR WORKING WITH ALL OF US AND WITH THE MAYOR AND, UM, ON THIS EFFORT, I MEAN, IT'S, I, I COULDN'T SAY IT ANY, ANY BETTER THAN YOU JUST DID.

WE SHOULD NEVER GET BE IN THIS SITUATION AGAIN.

UH, SO I WANT TO CLARIFY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT NEEDS LANGUAGE OR NOT, BUT ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS INTENDED TO GET US TOWARDS THE LONG RANGE PLAN FOR HOW WE OPERATE, UM, SHELTERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE EXAMPLE YOU JUST GAVE, WHICH IS THE CONCERN ABOUT, UH, CONGREGATE SHELTER.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THIS HAS DONE INTENDED TO, TO HALT THE PROCESSES THAT OUR CITY IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT WE JUST GOT BRIEFING ON YESTERDAY FOR ACQUISITION OF PSA OR SHELTER PROPERTIES.

NO, I TENDED TO STOP ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO ACTUALLY SAY THAT THAT PROCESS HAS TO AT LEAST WORK ITS WAY THROUGH, UH, AS CONCERNS THESE TWO SHELTERS BEFORE, UH, UH, RENEWAL CONTRACTS ENTERED.

THAT'S WHAT MY HOPE IS THAT THEY'LL MOVE QUICKLY BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE.

I JUST DON'T WANT US TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE IDENTIFIED A PROPERTY FOR SHELTER OR BRIDGE SHELTER, AND WE SAY, NO, WE CANNOT MOVE ON IT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE MORE PLANNING TO DO.

THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS AMENDMENT THAT WOULD CAUSE US TO DELAY.

I DIDN'T THINK SO.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.

I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT IN FAVOR OF DELAYING THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE SHELTER AND PSH, THAT IS SO DESPERATELY NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THE INTENT OF THIS PLAN IS NOT TO DELAY THAT PROCESS, BUT TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN 13 AND A HALF MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SIGN A NEW CONTRACT.

AND ANYONE WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH THE ARCH KNOWS HOW BADLY THAT SPACE IS IN NEED OF, OF A NEW VISION AND A NEW PLAN.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN BE PROACTIVE WELL WHEN THAT TIME COMES, WHEN THOSE 13 MONTHS EXPIRE AND HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT IS, THAT IS INFORMED BY THE COMMUNITY'S SHARED VALUES AND GOALS.

ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT.

MA'AM.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK YOU, MR. CONLEY FOR COMING DOWN HERE AND FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT IN, ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, KNOWING THAT THIS IS AN EMERGENCY CONTRACT, THEN SITUATION, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT WITHOUT THAT HEAVY LIFT FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST US, TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE'RE COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD.

SO JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

THANK YOU ALL.

AND, AND SINCE I ALREADY HAVE THE MIC, I'LL JUST SAY WE HAVE A OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF US TO REALLY DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND REIMAGINE THIS SPACE THAT IS SO CENTRAL TO OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM.

SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN TAKE A FIRST STEP TODAY AND MOVE TOWARDS A NEW VISION FOR OUR CAR AND GET SHELTER IN OUR DOWNTOWN SHELTERS.

ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES.

UM, UH, WE'RE NOW BACK UP TO THE, THE S UH, I WANT TO READ INTO THE, AND WE DO HAVE GREG ANDERSON HERE TO SPEAK ON 1 68, AND THEN I THINK THAT IS HELLO.

OF THEM INCOME RESTRICTED, BUT NO SUBSIDY AND $21 MILLION.

YOU'RE HEARING ME THE LAST SPEAKER.

UM, THIS IS VERY EXCITING.

I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS KNOW THIS AREA PRETTY WELL, AND THERE'S THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HOUSING HERE IN THIS AREA.

THAT FOR A LONG TIME WAS KIND OF THE ORPHAN AREA OF DOWNTOWN, AND THERE'S THE WATERLOO INVESTMENT.

AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK WITH MAYOR PRO TEM, CHERYL COLE, TO WORK ON THE WATERLOO PART FOREVER.

AND THE IDEA OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES BEING BUILT IN THIS AREA.

IT JUST WASN'T AROUND THAT LONG AGO.

AND YOU GUYS PUT OUT A GREAT RFP THAT IS POSSIBLY RETURNING 921 HOMES, 116

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UM, MY BIG FEAR HERE IS THAT WE TRY AND RETRADE ON OUR RFPS AND MAKE OUR RFPS WORTH A LOT LESS BY SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS WAS OUR RFP, THIS IS WHAT WE SAID WE WANTED.

AND THANKS FOR ACHIEVING THIS, BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE RULES AND PULL THE ROAD RIGHT DOWN UNDER YA.

AND DE-VALUE ALL OF OUR RFPS IN THE FUTURE.

LET'S NOT DO THAT.

LET'S PLEASE SUPPORT NATASHA HARPER, MADISON, AND EXTEND THE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HOUSING HERE, BECAUSE WE ALSO NEED MARKET RATE HOUSING.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO THINKS THEY WERE, SHOULD BE SPEAKING? ALL RIGHT.

I'M SHOWING THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1 0 2 AND ITEMS 1 68 THROUGH 1 92 WITH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS BEING POLLED ITEMS 9, 10, 11, WHICH WE CAN ACT ON TILL WE HEAR 1 11, 1 12 AND ONE 13.

THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE.

I'M GOING TO READ INTO THE RECORD COLLEAGUES ON ITEM NUMBER 89.

WE HAD ONE LATE ADDITION TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS NOMINATION OF WAIVERS.

UH, THE MAYOR PRO TAM, UH, IS, UH, NOMINATING, UH, UH, HILARIO, UH, AMARO TO THE, UH, UH, MEXICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER ADVISORY BOARD.

UH,

[Consent Agenda]

SO NINE, 10, AND 11 ALSO ITEM 61, WHICH WE CAN'T HEAR UNTIL WE CONSIDER ONE 19 AND 1 33, UH, ALSO BEING PULLED AS 75 BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH, KELLY, I ENDED UP NUMBER 92 PULLED BY ME 95.

UH, I'M SORRY.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT WAS.

ITEM NUMBER 92, 1 BIG QUOTE.

I DON'T SEE.

UH, AND THEN, UH, ALSO ITEM, UH, 1 68 PULLED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER MADISON, 180 2 THAT I POLLED 180 9 AND ONE 90.

UH, I PULLED THEM BOTH COUNTS.

REMEMBER KELLY, UH, PULLED ONE 90.

SO I'LL READ THEM AGAIN, UH, WITHOUT THE, UH, DISCUSSING THAT AND MAKE IT EASIER.

I'M SHOWING THAT THE PULLED ITEMS ARE 9 10, 11 61 75 92, 1 68, 180 2, 180 9 AND ONE 90.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER OF ELVIS SECONDS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? THOSE ARE A POOL.

THANKS MAYOR.

UM, I WANTED TO SEE IF, IS DON BLAND IN THE HOUSE, UM, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO JUST ASK, UM, OUR ANIMALS, CHIEF ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICER TO COME UP FOR A MOMENT IN LIGHT OF, UH, THE INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY AUDIT THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ON ANIMAL SERVICES AND OUR CONCERN ABOUT OUR, UH, FURRY FAMILY FRIENDS.

I WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UH, I WANTED, UH, DIRECTOR BLAND TO TALK ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ARF THAT IS OUT IN OUR LOBBY TODAY.

AND THEN I, I HAD ONE MORE THING TO SAY AFTER THAT.

SO JUST BRIEFLY, SIR, THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'LL, UH, OUR MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IS PORTRAITS OF OUR LONG STAY RESIDENTS.

THESE ANIMALS HAVE BEEN IN THEIR CAGES AND BEEN OVERLOOKED AND THEY ARE DESERVING OF SOME ATTENTION.

SO WE PUT TOGETHER THIS, UH, DISPLAY, WHICH WE MADE A TRAVELING DISPLAY TO COME DOWN HERE TODAY.

AND, UH, THESE ANIMALS, UH, IF YOU ADOPT ONE OF THESE LONG STAY DOGS, YOU TAKE THE PORTRAIT HOME WITH YOU.

AND IT'S A WAY FOR US TO BRING ATTENTION TO SOME OF THESE LONG RESIDENTS THAT CONTINUE TO GET OVERLOOKED IN OUR KENNELS.

THAT'S GREAT.

AND MAY I WANTED TO KNOW THAT SOME OF US WERE PRETTY EXCITED THINKING THAT MAYBE TODAY WE WOULD HAVE RETURNED TO OUR TRADITION OF FIRST DAY, WHICH IS WHEN, UM, OUR ANIMAL SERVICES FOLKS WOULD BRING SOME ADOPTABLE PUPPIES AND KITTENS FOR US TO, UM, SEE, AND MAYBE DECIDE TO TAKE HOME WITH US AND

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ADOPT.

AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN TODAY.

AND I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT BUILDING SERVICES WAS SAYING THAT THEY JUST COULDN'T HAVE THE, THE ANIMALS COME IN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A PART OF OUR, OUR CITY FUNCTIONING.

AND SO I WANTED TO JUST ELEVATE THE FACT THAT WE ALL VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE, UM, ANIMAL SERVICES BRING IN A, UH, UH, PETS FOR ADOPTABLE PETS, KITTENS, AND PUPPIES TODAY.

AND THEN TO LOOK AT SEPTEMBER 1ST AS A FORMAL REINTRODUCTION OF, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN WE CAN DO THE CADENCE, BUT LET'S TRY TO GET THE, UH, ADOPTABLES IN FOR PEOPLE TO SEE AND BRING THE VAN LIKE WE HAD DONE PRE PANDEMIC SO WE CAN RETURN TO A REGULAR CADENCE OF FIRST DAY.

CAUSE I THINK IT REALLY LIFTS ALL OF OUR SPIRITS.

AND IF I COULD HAVE, UM, AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT KIT RIGHT NOW, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING.

I THINK ALL OF US, YOU MIGHT NOT WANT A KITTEN.

YOU MIGHT WANT A PUPPY, BUT IT MIGHT BE A NICE THING TO DO.

SO I'D LIKE TO ASK, UM, OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN, UH, IF WE CAN RETURN TO, UM, SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS THAT WE DID BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AND THEN WE CAN ALL LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, UH, MR. BLAND, UH, SPONSORING OUR FIRST DAY.

COME SEPTEMBER 1ST.

THANKS SO MUCH, MAYOR, FOR THAT LITTLE PIECE OF PRIVILEGE COLLEAGUES, THERE'S BEEN AN EMOTION IN THE SECOND TIME, THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

UM, IF THE CLERK COULD JUST NOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, MY NO VOTES ON NUMBERS, 97 AND 100.

AND I'D LIKE TO SECOND YOUR MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR FIRST DAY, IF THAT'S AVAILABLE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, A MAYOR PRO TEM.

UM, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A COUNCIL MEMBER WILL AND HER WORK, UM, WITH THE ANIMAL AUDIT AND MOST SERVICES AUDIT, WHICH I'M PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR UM, THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.

UM, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS A REALLY LONG AGENDA AND THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT WORK IN HERE AND A LOT OF SORT OF CONTRACTS THAT JUST NEED TO BE, BE, UM, AGREED TO TODAY.

UM, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ITEM 60, WHICH RELATES TO OUR WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN AFD AND TEXAS PARKS AND WILDFIRE WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT FOR HANDS-ON PRESCRIBED FIRE TRAINING.

UM, THESE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WILL HELP OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO MAKE OUR CITY SAFER.

UM, THESE ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES, UM, FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS.

AND, AND WHILE I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE SOME FIREFIGHTERS WHO ARE DEPLOYED TO HELP FIGHT WILDFIRES, UM, AROUND THE STATE AND, AND I WANT TO WISH THEM WELL AND, AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO, TO HEARING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND APPRECIATE HOW THAT EXPERIENCE WILL HELP US IN OUR EFFORTS, UM, TO PREVENT WILDFIRES AND TO BE PREPARED IN THE EVENT OF A WILDFIRE.

I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, THREE ITEMS THAT RELATE TO THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION.

UM, ITEM 180 7 IS A GRANT THAT THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION HAS RECEIVED TO ADDRESS THE NEXUS OF GUN AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITH AN OVERARCHING GOAL OF ESTABLISHING A STANDARDIZED FIREARMS SURRENDER PROTOCOL IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES, ACROSS JURISDICTIONS FOR AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY.

UM, THIS IS A GRANT THAT OBP WILL BE LEADING AND IS IN, IS COLLABORATING WITH THE COUNTY AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND OTHERS ON, UM, TO REALLY IMPROVE THOSE SYSTEMS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF, OF PERPETRATORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

UM, THE GRANT AWARD IS FOR $500,000 OVER 36 MONTHS, ITEM 77 IS A CONTRACT WITH JAILS TO JOBS WHICH WILL BE PROVIDING COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, INTERVENTION PROGRAMMING IN TWO IDENTIFIED CRIME HOTSPOTS LOCATIONS IN AUSTIN.

THEY WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HIGH RISK FOR ENGAGING IN GUN AND COMMUNITY VIOLENCE.

AND THEN ITEM 78 SUSTAINS FUNDING FOR WORK DONE BY MEXICALI MUSEUM TO PROMOTE POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE ARTS IN A LARGER SWATH OF OUR CITY.

UM, I WANT TO APPLAUD MICHELLE MILES AND THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND APH FOR THEIR CONTINUED WORK, UM, TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

NUMBER 98, WORKING VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR STAFF, UM, AND WITH THE COMMUNITY IN DEVELOPING THOSE, UM, DEVELOPING THAT ITEM.

IT GOES FROM OUR KITCHEN.

UH, YES, I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, A NUMBER OF THINGS FIRST OFF.

I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF, OF, UH, MY CHIEF OF STAFF, DONNA TIEMAN AND LOUISA BRYNN'S MADE IN COUNCIL MEMBER POOL'S OFFICE.

THE TWO OF THEM WORKED HAND IN HAND IN DEVELOPING THE, UH, IN PARTICULAR, THE ANIMAL SERVICE AUDIT ITEM

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SO I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO THEM, AS WELL AS THE MANY, UM, UM, ADVOCATES AND CONSTITUENTS WHO WORKED TOGETHER WITH STAFF ON DEVELOPING THAT ITEM.

I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS SPOKE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE EXTERNAL ANIMAL SHELTERING EXPERT TO ASSIST IN THIS PROCESS.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CITY AUDITOR WHO'S WELL-VERSED IN, UM, IN, UH, CARRYING OUT THESE KINDS OF AUDITS, I THINK THAT THIS WILL BE, UM, ALTHOUGH CHALLENGING WILL BE DONE IN A WAY THAT WE CAN ALL, UH, WE CAN ALL EXPECT TO PRODUCE GREAT RESULTS.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO, UM, DO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH RELATES TO THE BARTON SPRINGS BATH HOUSE, WHERE YOU ABLE TO REALLY HAVE A LIMITATION ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, PROJECT, UH, WHERE CHOOSING, UM, AN ARTIST TO WORK ON THAT PROJECT AND, YOU KNOW, EXCITED ABOUT THE BARTON SPRINGS BATH HOUSE REHABILITATION, WHICH HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, ITERATIONS.

I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HAS BEEN, UH, REALLY A CHAMPION OF THAT ALSO.

AND SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.

AND THEN FINALLY, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO EL BLIND, TAMARA TONNEAU.

UM, THEY ARE IN MY DISTRICT AND, UH, WE HAVE AN ITEM HERE, NUMBER 62, UH, UH, RELATED TO CONTRACTING WITH THEM ON THE WORK THAT THEY DO, UH, TO HELP HELP HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE VULNERABLE TO EVICTIONS.

SO I WANTED TO, TO THANK THEM, UH, FOR THEIR EFFORTS, KELLY, THEN CUSTOMER.

OF MAYOR ADLER, COUNCIL MEMBERS, HARPER, MADISON POOL, TOVO RENTA, RHEA, AND CASAR.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ITEM 75 BACK ONTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH STAFF IN ORDER TO GET MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

AND SO IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU ALL, WE CAN PUT IT BACK ON CONSENT.

ONE LESS THING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.

UM, AND THEN I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 95, WHICH I AUTHORED IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT AWARENESS TO THE UPCOMING POINT IN TIME COUNT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE CONDUCTED BY ECHO.

AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO MAY BE HERE TODAY OR WATCHING AT HOME OR LISTENING TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ECHO, TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT.

IT DOES OCCUR IN JANUARY OF 2023.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR GOAL OF HELPING SHELTER, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO GET A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE POINT-IN-TIME COUNT IS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO ECHO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS, UH, PROPS TO WHEN SOMEBODY TUNNEL, THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING THE RESIDENTS OF, UH, THE SANTA FE AND CLAYTON LANE APARTMENTS WHO WERE RECENTLY DISPLACED.

UH, THE, WE HAD A NUMBER OF ISSUES HERE BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND THEY WERE THE ORGANIZATION THAT STEPPED UP AGAIN WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY, UH, AND CITY PLANS, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO HELP THE RENTERS THERE WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.

SO IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND A GREAT ORGANIZATION.

AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT.

YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS. THE FIRST OF WHICH ARE MOBILITY RELATED 83 AND 85, OUR INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH CAP METRO FOR TRANSIT STOP IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR 2016 CORRIDORS AND FOR THE CO-MANAGEMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE METRO BIKE SYSTEM WITH PROJECT CONNECT, WE SOMETIMES TAKE THESE INTER-AGENCY COLLABORATIONS FOR GRANTED BECAUSE CITY OF AUSTIN AND CAP METRO OFTENTIMES WORK SO SEAMLESSLY TOGETHER.

UM, THESE INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENTS WILL BRING MORE TRANSIT, STOP IMPROVEMENTS AND MORE METRO BIKE STATIONS TO LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY HELPING TO PROMOTE A WALKABLE BIKEABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITY IS KEY TO FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE AND MAKING OUR FAMILY BUDGET STRETCH JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

AND I THINK STAFF ARE CONSISTENTLY SEEKING THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THESE COLLABORATIONS WORK ITEM 87 IS AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF A FEDERAL GRANT FOR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT PROGRAM.

THESE WILL GO FOR SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS.

AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH THESE FEDERAL GRANT APPLICATIONS IS WE CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE A LOCAL MATCH HERE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN BECAUSE OF THE 2020 MOBILITY BONDS THAT VOTERS APPROVED.

AND I WAS HAPPY TO SPONSOR IN 2020, AND THEY CAN SAY WE HAVE A LOCAL MATCH.

THEY APPLY FOR THE FEDERAL GRANT.

IT MAKES THEM MORE COMPETITIVE.

AND THEN WE GET TO TURN AROUND AND ACTUALLY KEEP THOSE DOLLARS HERE AND TO JUST EXPAND THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT GET TO BE FUNDED WITH THAT ITEM 87 IS THE BLOCK PARTIES ORDINANCE.

THIS IS COMING OUT OF THE LIVING STREETS RESOLUTION THAT IS INTENDED TO HELP WITH THE BLOCK PARTY PROGRAM AND CREATE PLAY STREETS AND RESIDENT LED HEALTHY STREETS.

SO THIS IS JUST THE, UM, ORDINANCE UPDATE FOR THE BLOCK PARTY APPLICATIONS, UM, WHICH PASSED WITH THE CO-SPONSORSHIP

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AND I'M HAPPY TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ORDINANCE WILL MAKE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THESE BLOCK PARTIES PREVIOUSLY, ANY NEIGHBORHOOD STREET THAT HAPPENED TO INCLUDE A CHURCH, A SCHOOL OR A CORNER STORE WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM APP FROM SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION.

UM, BUT NOW THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR WILL HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO CONSIDER THESE REQUESTS.

THIS ORDINANCE ALSO HAPPENS TO OPEN THE DOOR TO ALLOWING APARTMENT COMPLEXES, TO HOLD BLOCK PARTIES WITH STAFF APPROVAL.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS ITEM MOVING FORWARD.

I HAD ALSO FLAGGED ITEM 180 7, THE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ITEM, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY CREATIVE AND VERY MUCH NEEDED IN OUR CITY.

AND I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, LETTING ME CO-SPONSOR THE INITIAL GUN VIOLENCE TASK FORCE, WHICH RECOMMENDED THAT WE CREATE THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION.

SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS WORK CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND THEN THE LAST TWO ARE LOCAL TO DISTRICT DATE.

NUMBER 51 IS AN EASEMENT FOR THE NEW FIRE AND EMS STATION THAT IS DEDICATED TO SERVE TRAVIS COUNTRY.

UM, THE FIRE STATION WAS BUILT BECAUSE OF THE RESPONSE TIMES FOR TRAVIS COUNTRY WERE SO LONG THAT THE CITY DEPARTMENTS WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD A NEW FIRE AND EMS STATION ON HIGHWAY TWO 90 THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WEAR.

AND IT IS A REALLY CREATIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TWO DEPARTMENTS WHERE THEY HAVE ACTUALLY BUILT IN EXTRA TRAINING CAPACITY SO THAT, UM, OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO TO DIFFERENT STATIONS.

UM, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO ONE PLACE FAR AWAY TO PERFECT THEIR TRAINING OVER THE YEARS, BUT THEY CAN DO IT IN-HOUSE AND PRACTICE ON THESE WHILE, WHILE THEY'RE AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, THE DRIVEWAY, AS IT EXISTS RIGHT NOW HAS SPEED BUMPS ON IT.

AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS COLLABORATION TO MODERNIZE THE TYPE OF SPEED BUMP THAT'S BEING USED.

SO THE FIRE AND EMS TRUCKS CAN GET THROUGH QUICKER TO TRAVIS COUNTRY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE REGULAR TRAFFIC THAT MIGHT GO THROUGH THERE, UM, WON'T BE SPEEDING, WHICH IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE DISTRICT.

AND THEN ITEM 56 IS MAPLE RUN PARKLAND ACQUISITION.

THIS IS VERY EXCITING.

IT'S FOUR ACRES OF LAND IN THE MAPLE RUN NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THIS ACQUISITION WILL FUNCTION AS A POCKET PARK, A TRAIL HEAD, AND A TRAIL CONNECTION, AS WELL AS CLOSING A GAP IN THE LATTER BRANCH CREEK GREENBELT SYSTEM.

THE RECOMMENDATION SPECIFICALLY CAME FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS, COUNCIL ADOPTED LONG RANGE PLAN, OUR PARKS, OUR FUTURE.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS PARKLAND ACQUISITION MOVING FORWARD.

ARE THERE COMMENTS? YEAH.

COUNCILMEMBER 30.

MARIN, UM, I TO SPEAK ON ITEM 70, UH, RENAMING THE, UH, UH, PAN-AM PARK, YOU KNOW, ANYONE CAN GO IN AND INITIATE A RENAMING.

IF THEY FEEL THAT A PERSON IS WORTH LEAH RENAMING A PARK, WE DON'T DO IT.

THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN THE BOARD DECIDES THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT BEEN HERE IN AUSTIN.

I HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, DOING MY JOB OUT, GOING TO WASHINGTON DC, TO LOBBY FOR METRO FUNDING, THEN GOING WITH OUR SISTER CITY DELEGATION, WHICH WE HAVE A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING, INCLUDING WORKING WITH EXCHANGING STUDENTS AND A T AND FUTURES EXCHANGE OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS BACK AND FORTH FROM AUSTIN TO SOUTH TO YARN.

SO I HAD NOT HAD A CHANCE TO OVERVIEW, OH, LOOK OVER THIS NAME CHANGED THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PARK.

I HAVE BEEN BARELY BUSY.

THERE'S THIS US SUMMER BREAK, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO COME UP TO A REALLY POSITIVE SOLUTION.

AND I'VE SEEN THIS, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT I RECEIVED JUST HERE ON THE DYES COULD BE A REALLY POSITIVE OUTCOME IF WE CAN WORK TO IT.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING THROUGH THIS, UH, CHILDREN THERE IN AUGUST TO OUR NEXT WEEK.

I APPROACH.

THAT WOULD BE ANY OBJECTION TO POSTPONING ITEMS, 44 AND 45.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT WE ARE POSTPONING ITEM FOUR TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS FOR PULLING THAT FROM OUR DISCUSSION.

AND THEN, UM, WHERE DID WE LAND ON 44? IT'S STILL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

COUNCILOR TOVA PULLS IT OFF.

UH, AND I HADN'T ASKED FOR A CHANCE TO SPEAK YET, BUT I DO HAVE SEVERAL THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT IT.

AND I WOULD PREFER TO, I MEAN, ABOUT THE AGENDA, THE CONSENT AGENDA GENERALLY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO TELL IT FOR POSTPONEMENT.

I KNOW STAFF DID REACH OUT AND SAID THEY BELIEVE THEY REGARD IT AS TIME SENSITIVE, BUT IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CONTRACT IS NOT UP UNTIL OCTOBER.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING.

IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING MANAGER? THAT'S CORRECT.

YOU CAN, WE CAN POSTPONE IT TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, IF YOU ALL LIKE

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IS THAT CORRECT? JUST 44.

ANY OBJECTION, MOOT POSTPONING 44 TO SEPTEMBER 1ST HEARING NONE.

UH, 44 IS POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 1ST AND THAT WAS OKAY WITH STUFF AND IT'S OKAY WITH STUFF.

UH, I WOULD JUST NOTE ON THE AGENDA TODAY, 75, 76, 77, 78.

THAT'S OUR PRE-FUNDING, UH, IN FURTHER INS OF THE, UM, UH, HOUSING 3000 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE, UH, OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, UH, INCREASING CAPACITY.

AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE US, UH, UH, GOING TO SCALE, UH, ON THESE EFFORTS BECAUSE THE CHALLENGE REQUIRES US TO ACT THAT WAY.

UH, I'M PLEASED TO SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR US TO, UH, SOMETIMES TO GET BOND MONEY OUT ON THE STREETS, BUT A HAPPY TO SEE, UH, UH, ON 83 AND 85, THE 2016 BOND THAT THE COMMUNITY, UH, PAST, UH, BEING PUT TO WORK, UH, THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A SERIES OF TRANSPORTATION BONDS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, UH, APPROVED.

AND WHAT I REALLY THINK IS KIND OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF MOBILITY, UH, IN THE, UH, IN THE CITY.

UH, I APPRECIATE THE CHANGE THAT YOU MADE COUNTS.

REMEMBER ELLIS TO 1 92, THE, THE BOATING DOCKS, UH, RESOLUTION, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IS THAT THAT THEY WANT TO DO SOME WORK.

SO THEY'RE INTERESTED IN GETTING, UH, SOME MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE RFP STAFF HAD SOME RESERVATIONS BECAUSE THEY HAVE STRATEGIC PLANS THAT ARE COMING OUT THAT COULD IMPACT THE NUMBER OF BOATS ON THE RIVER AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS.

AND THEY JUST WANTED TO ENSURE THAT BY APPROVING THIS, UH, THEY, THEY, WEREN'T GOING TO ULTIMATELY HEAR AN ARGUMENT THAT SAID, HEY, BECAUSE YOU GAVE US A OR LONGER TERM STAY.

WE MADE CHANGES THAT ARE NOW IN CONSISTENT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

YOU, YOU CAN ADOPT THAT ELEMENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THAT PURPOSE, BUT YOU ADDED A CLAUSE THAT SAID, NO, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ARGUMENT AVAILABLE TO YOU.

ANYTHING YOU DO, YOU HAVE TO DO KIND OF SUBJECT TO, UH, WHAT THOSE STRATEGIC PLANS WILL BE.

UH, AND I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THAT CHANGE SO THAT THAT CAN, CAN MOVE FORWARD.

PREVIOUS POSITION, BUT IT ALSO WILL IF PASSED, UM, LET AUSTIN JOIN THE VERY, THE OTHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION THAT ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THE MOVE TO A MEN CAMPAIGN CALLING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE U S CONSTITUTION TO ABOLISH CORPORATE PERSONHOOD AND THE DOCTRINE OF MONEY AS SPEECH.

ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE VOTE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, TOBO SUPER QUICKLY.

I JUST WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STAFF, UM, FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO GET OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOLLARS INVESTED IN OUR OPERA FUNDING.

WE HAVE SOME GREAT INVESTMENTS, AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, MAYOR ON THIS WEEK'S AGENDA.

I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, WITH THE ACTION THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE HERE IS ONE 10 ON THE CONSENT OR NO, THEN I'LL, I'LL SAVE IT.

UM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD THAT I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT.

I THINK THE CENTER AUDIT IS REALLY MUCH NEEDED.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, AND YOUR CO-SPONSORS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR REALLY AMPLIFYING THE WORK OF THE POINT IN TIME COUNT.

THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK WE, WE ON COUNCIL HAVE A GREAT ROLE TO PLAY IN REALLY GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT IT.

I KNOW WHENEVER I TALK TO GROUPS, UM, WHO ASKED ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE THEM TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.

I THINK IT'S A REALLY THE BEST WAY TO UNDERSTAND, UM, OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND TO REALLY SEE THE, SEE THE GREAT NEED AND UNDERSTAND HOW EACH, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US CAN BE A PART OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK.

UM, ONE 70 IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE, ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ACTIONS THAT RESPONDS TO SOME LONG AGO, RESOLUTIONS, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THIS WORK CONTINUES TO ENHANCE OUR RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO GROW AND CHANGE, WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENHANCING THOSE AREAS OF AUSTIN THAT ARE SPECIAL AND THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UM, IMPORTANT SITES.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

UH, 93, WE'LL CORRECT.

THIS IS ANOTHER RESOLUTION THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD.

WE'LL CORRECT.

AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGED WITH FOR A LONG WHILE, WHICH IS IN PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT, UM, ABLE TO COMPLY WITH GREAT STREETS.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE, TO GET A FAMILY AND APPLY IT TO OTHER OTHER AREAS WHERE WE KNOW THOSE RESOURCES AND 97.

I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO BROUGHT FORWARD THIS ACTION.

UM, THIS IS VERY CONSISTENT.

AND IN FACT, YOU KNOW, JUST REAFFIRMS A PREVIOUS POSITION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE, WE, UH, MADE SOME CHANGES TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, UM, THAT THAT CALLED FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND OR OTHER LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS TO ENSURE THAT MONEY IS NOT CONSIDERED SPEECH.

UM, THIS ACTION, AGAIN, JUST REAFFIRMS THAT

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SO THANKS AGAIN TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR THAT.

AND AGAIN, THERE'S LOTS OF OTHER GOOD STUFF ON THE AGENDA, BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THOSE ACTIONS.

THAT WAS GOOD.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE.

I REALIZED THAT, UM, I NEEDED TO DO SOME THANK YOUS AS WELL TO OUR STAFF WHO WORKED PRETTY HARD ON A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT I BROUGHT.

SO I'LL DO THIS QUICKLY BRIEF REMARKS ON ITEM 98, WHICH IS THE ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AUDIT DIRECTION.

I WANT TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT, WHICH WAS COUNCIL MEMBERS, KITCHEN QUINTAS, ALTER, AND MAYOR ADLER.

I WANT TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS, THANKS TO OUR STAFFS FOR THE GOOD WORK, GETTING THIS DONE AND REALLY WORKING PRETTY HARD WITH DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE.

MY THANKS TO SEE AUDITOR COREY STOKES, AND TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, STEPHANIE HAYDEN HOWARD, AND TWO DIRECTOR DON BLAND FOR THEIR COLLABORATION WITH MY STAFF AND ME, AND WITHOUT WHICH THIS COLLABORATION, THIS ITEM WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.

I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE OUR ANIMAL ADVISORY COMMISSIONERS.

THEY VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE AND WHO LIKE OUR ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF ARE PASSIONATELY DEVOTED TO GOOD OUTCOMES FOR ANIMALS IN OUR CITY.

AND JUST TO NOTE, ON THE FIRST DAY TRADITION, I RECALL THAT IT WAS MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S IDEA, UH, TO BRING THE PETS HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE TO ENCOURAGE ADOPTION FROM OUR SHELTER.

I REALLY WANT TO THANK HER FOR THAT INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO HELP WITH GETTING THAT CONCEPT STARTED UP ONCE AGAIN.

I THINK WE MISS IT.

THANKS MAYOR.

SORRY.

I FORGOT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

ITEM NUMBER 180 2, A THAT STAFF HAS NOW INDICATED THAT THEY CAN AGREE TO, UM, THE CROLL CONTRACT IS GOING INTO THE NEXT PHASE.

AND I THINK ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS CAME UP WITH THE NAME FOR HIS DAY, ACTUALLY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

UM, AND I THINK IT IS GREAT.

I REALLY, I THINK THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ANIMAL CENTER IS AMAZING AND THE STAFF WHO COME ARE, ARE REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC AND ONE DAY I BELIEVE THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND FAMILIES FOR ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE ANIMALS IN THE VAN, WHICH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.

UM, I NEGLECTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS, ONE, UM, MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND BRINGING FORWARD THE BOND ACTION AND MY COLLEAGUES WHO CO-SPONSORED, THAT, THAT HAS A TREMENDOUS, AS ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS SAID, THE BONDS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND HOME REPAIR AND OTHER PROJECTS, UM, WITH OUR BOND WORK, IS THIS BOLD OR IS THIS ON THOSE? OKAY, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER, BUT IN ANY, OR, WELL, LET ME JUST FINISH IT AND THEN I WON'T NEED TO REPEAT MYSELF, UM, HAVE JUST BEEN TREMENDOUSLY IMPACTFUL.

AND AS YOU HEARD FROM ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS BEFORE THEY'VE ENABLED, UM, ENABLED DEVELOPERS TO REALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS, TO LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS, TO BRING IN TENS AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO OUR COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE MUCH, MUCH NEEDED HOUSING.

SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

AND 54, I JUST WANT TO GIVE, GIVE THE STAFF AND MY COLLEAGUES A HEADS UP.

THIS IS A LEASE THAT WE HEARD SOME TESTIMONY ABOUT, UM, THAT OUR COMMUNITY LIAISONS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR BLUE SANTE PROGRAM IS, UM, BRINGING FORWARD AND, UM, UM, SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS. I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS LEASE.

I WANT TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER TO PLEASE WORK TOWARD IDENTIFYING SOME SPACE THAT IS OWNERSHIP.

IT SEEMS TO ME THEY'VE BEEN THERE AND THAT WAREHOUSE FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE CONTINUE TO, TO PAYING FOR THAT LEASE.

AND THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH, WITH OUR, OUR S OFF STATED INTEREST IN MOVING INTO OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT REALLY JUST ALWAYS, UM, WE'RE NOT LEASING, WE'RE NOT LEASING PROPERTIES YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SO I DID SEE AN, AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOCATE A SPACE, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE'S REALLY A PLAN FOR DOING SO.

SO IF, AGAIN, I'M GOING TO BRING SOME BUDGET DIRECTION, ASKING FOR SOME, FOR SOME WORK TO BE DONE ON THAT CONCRETE PLAN TO IDENTIFY THAT.

AND ALSO SINCE I'M TALKING ABOUT IT, I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE REALLY IMPORTANT PROGRAM THAT THE COMMUNITY LIAISON, UM, SPONSORS ARE THE ROLE MODEL DAYS.

AND I KNOW A COUPLE OF US HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THOSE.

UM, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES IF YOU'RE NOT ON, ON MARJORIE AND BEEMAN'S LIST OF FOLKS THAT SHE INVITES TO THOSE TO, TO ASK TO BE ADDED BECAUSE, UM, THOSE HAVE BEEN SOME, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE YEARS, I'VE TRIED TO GO TO AS MANY AS I CAN.

UH, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS IN, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY IN YOUR DISTRICT, BUT SHE ALWAYS WELCOMES YOU TO PARTICIPATE ANYWAY.

AND IT'S JUST AN AMAZING THING TO BE OUT THERE AND, AND TALK TO TALK TO SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.

AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE REALLY HARD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER, OR THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MAKE AND WHERE YOU WORK AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER, OTHER THINGS AND, AND WHAT WE DO.

SO, UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL THANKS.

UM, COLLEAGUES I'VE PASSED ON AN AMENDMENT ON KROLL, IT'S ON

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IT'S ASKING FOR A DIRECTION, UH, THAT SAYS WHILE YOU'RE TALKING TO A CRAWL, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UM, UH, COME BACK TO COUNTS, GET A TALK TO THEM ABOUT, UH, STAYING WITH US AT IF, IF, UH, THE COUNT, IF THE MANAGER'S GOING TO BE COMING IN ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL AG, UH, ACADEMY CLASSES, UH, THAT HE ALSO COME BACK WITH A, UH, UH, PROPOSAL OR WHAT IT WOULD COST TO KEEP CRAWLING ENGAGED AT THAT POINT.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT ITEM? I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION NECESSARILY, BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU ABOUT IT, WHICH MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES OF DISCUSSION.

AND SO IF YOU COULD KEEP IT PULLED SO THAT WE COULD JUST REVIEW IT SO THAT I HAVE CLARITY, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT'S FINE.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND KEEP THAT PULLED.

WE'LL KEEP THE CONSENT I HAD AGENDA THE WAY THAT IT IS.

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

UM, IF THE RECORD JUST REFLECT THAT I HAVE RECUSED MYSELF ON ITEMS NINE AND 1 12, 1 12, THIS IS THE DOWNTOWN, UM, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

AT THIS 0.9 HAS BEEN PULLED AND WE'LL BE CONSIDERING THE OTHERS LATER.

SO DON'T FORGET TO DO IT LATER.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE A FAIR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED IS A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS, STILL NOT WITH US.

THEN THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT UNANIMOUS VOTE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POINT THIS OFF THE DYES COLLEAGUES.

IT IS 1259.

WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT INTO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.

THERE ARE 10 SPEAKERS, THREE MINUTES EACH WILL GET US TO ONE 30, AND THEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO MIDNIGHT SNACK WHO HAS BEEN, UH, COOLING THEIR HEELS WAITING TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF MUSIC.

UH, AND WE WANT TO TRY TO START WITH ZONING SPEAKERS AT TWO O'CLOCK SO THAT WE CAN HEAR THEM WHILE THEY'RE WAITING ON, UH, ON THE PHONE.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE AGENDA HERE, UH, AND SEE WHAT THINGS WE THINK WE CAN KNOCK OUT, UH, REAL QUICKLY.

SO AFTER WE DO THE CONSENT ON ZONING, UH, WE'RE JUST GOING TO SEE IF THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN RIFLE THROUGH REAL FAST, UH, THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IN, IN LITERALLY A MINUTE OR TWO.

UM, WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH ONLY ONE ITEM TO COVER, AND THAT'S HOW SOUTH, UH, MAYOR I DON'T, I DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS THAT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UNLESS COUNCIL MEMBER, REGGIE, MARIA, WHO WAS ABSENT ON THURSDAY REQUESTED.

UM, SO, UH, IF ANYBODY WANTS, THE DEFAULT IS GOING TO BE NO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON HEALTH SOUTH, BUT WE ANNOUNCED WE WOULD.

SO IF ANYBODY WANTS THAT, THEY JUST NEED TO FIND ME AND, UH, AND LET ME KNOW.

UM, BUT THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.

TWO O'CLOCK, UH, UH, BACK COUNCILMEMBER HARPER, MADISON.

I CAN APPRECIATE IT.

UM, AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO OUR LOVELY AND WONDERFUL MS. KAY, WHO I LOVE MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF.

I HAD A HANKERING FOR FRIED CHICKEN TODAY.

SO IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO JOIN US FOR OUR FRIED CHICKEN LUNCH ORDER, JUST HIT UP MY TEAM.

HERE AT, UH, ONE O'CLOCK, UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE INTO, UH, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.

SO, UH, WITH THAT

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CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE LIST AND PLEASE TELL A MIDNIGHT SNACK THAT WILL BE WITH THAT MOMENTARILY.

OKAY, MAYOR, UM, THERE IS A CHANGE FOR NOON PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE HAD A VERY LAST MINUTE REQUEST THIS MORNING FOR, UH, INTERPRETATION SERVICE.

SO I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO THANK THE INTERPRETER, JACQUELINE FOR ACCOMMODATING OUR REQUEST AT SUCH A LATE NOTICE.

UM, SINCE WE TYPICALLY REQUIRE 48 HOURS TO SECURE SERVICE.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL BEGIN WITH AND JACQUELINE, ARE YOU ONLINE? WE ARE NOTHING.

ONE SECOND.

UM, WE WOULD ASK STATUS OKAY.

TEGA MY NAME IS MARIA MORELLA AND I LIVE IN ZIP CODE 7, 8, 7 4 4.

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IN AN THOUGH.

I NEED IT.

I'M HERE TO KNOW IF I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE NEXT AND MY GOING TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THEM IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

NO, I, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS CHANGING AND OUR ABILITY TO STAY LIVING THERE HAS CHANGED AS WELL.

BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH THE TAXES ARE GOING UP ANNUALLY FOR HOUSING THAT YOU THINK MAY YOUR FACILITY.

I SAID, NO SIDE EFFECT AND RUN THE MAIN THING, UH, THAT YOU MAKE OVER PAPER HOODS THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE.

THEY AFFECT US IN A LARGE WAY.

THE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING FOR OUR COMMUNITY BACK.

I'LL START TO MOVE TO THIS PLUS.

I MEAN, SO THEY FAMILIAS GET THE NAME OF PLENTY OF IT'S GOING TO CAUSE A LOT OF DISPLACEMENT FOR THE FAMILIES THAT PLAN TO LIVE THERE.

OUR AT HOME.

WE HAVE THE WORRY THAT HOW ARE WE GOING TO LIVE THERE WHEN WE DON'T HAVE OUR JOBS ANY LONGER? WHERE ARE WE GOING? AND MANY, MANY COASTS GET THE NAME WAS JACKIE.

WELL, WE HAVE THE SAME BENEFITS MEDIC THE SAME MEDICAL BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

MY MAIN THING, SIR.

QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING OURSELVES LATELY.

GET TOMORROW.

WHEN WE HEAR THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN PLACE.

YES .

SO WHEN A PHYSIO SOCCER LAST PERSONAS HAIR, GRASS.

I ASKED YOU NOT TO PUT US IN IT AND PEOPLE PUT US IN JEOPARDY THAT PEOPLE THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT.

NEXT SPEAKER IS WHEN I STARTED THIS, WE NORMALLY AND I'VE EVEN PUT IN THE ZIP CODE 7, 8, 7 4 1.

YES .

AND WE'RE HERE TO BE COMING TO DECISIONS THAT YOU TAKE.

IT CAN ALSO AFFECT THEM.

THEY DIRECT THEM.

AND THAT AFFECTS US DIRECTLY.

AS RESIDENT, THE , THE PROPERTY OF THE APARTMENT, NOSOTROS WE ARE BEING ABLE TO COME EBV MOST AFFECTIVE OF AND THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE FOR THE RENT GOING UP ONE WHEN WE ARE , UH, WE ARE WORKING HARD.

AND WITH THIS INFLATION THAT THAT'S AFFECTING US ALL, NOT ONLY ME, EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, THE RENT IS UP IN THE SKY AND IT'S VERY HIGH YOKO AND THE OWNERS OF THE APARTMENT, OR LIKE PEOPLE HE'S A RESIDENT IN THOSE APARTMENTS.

THAT AFFECTS

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ME A LOT.

BECAUSE IT'S GOING UP IT'S THREE AND $400 MORE IN RENT AND WE'RE NOT LEAVING IN SOME RESIDENTIAL SUITE TO BE PAYING THOSE HIGH PRICES AND THEY DON'T EVEN, THEY DON'T TOUCH, THEY DON'T LOOK INTO THEIR HEARTS OR TOUCH THEIR HEARTS TO THINK OF HOW MUCH THEY'RE RAISING OUR RENT.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO COMPLETE RENT AND AND THE APARTMENTS WHERE I LIVED, THE RENT IS GOING UP TOO MUCH GENERAL HAS DONE, EH, IT'S DONE PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED.

WE HAVE MEANT THIS ALMOST PERSONAS, OBVIOUSLY WHERE PEOPLE WOULD KNOW DOCUMENT.

HE GENERALLY STAN, UH UM, UH AND THEY'RE PUTTING THE RAISING AND DAY BY DAY, NOW THE MANAGERS AND THE OWNERS OF THE APARTMENT NOW THEY DON'T ATTEMPT TO, TO ANY DOCUMENT AS, UH, AS ID NOW THEY WANT PASSPORTS WITH TEALS.

AS SOON AS, AND THAT'S NOT JUST, THAT'S NOT JUSTICE.

THE VISITORS THAT ARE COMING WITH JUST THE VISA.

THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO RENT AN APARTMENT.

ME.

AND THE NAME OF ALL MY COMMUNITY.

I'D HOPE THAT YOU GUYS TAKE CONSCIOUS OF THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE.

HE CAN ALSO AFFECT THEM.

GRASS.

AND THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US HISPANICS.

THEY AND US, AND ESPECIALLY MYSELF, THEY WERE VERY DISMISSIVE, UH, UNACCEPTABLE AND QUITE INSULTING TO THE PROJECT PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE GROSSLY DISADVANTAGED IN HARM BY THE CITY'S DECISION TO SUDDENLY CANCEL THE PROJECT AFTER TWO PLUS YEARS.

THANK YOU, JACQUELINE.

UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS REMOTE IS A REMOTE SPEAKER.

I'M TRYING TO, OKAY, THERE WE GO.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, MY NAME IS SANKOFA.

I'M HERE VIRTUALLY TO SPEAK ON A COUPLE OF MATTERS VERY QUICKLY, UM, THAT ARE STILL FACING BLACK CREATIVES, UH, ARTS, CULTURAL PROGRAMS, AND SMALL CREATIVE, SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN AUSTIN.

UH, AND SPECIFICALLY IN, UM, EAST AUSTIN SLASH DISTRICT ONE.

UM, SO, AND THEN ALSO MY COMMENTS MAY HAVE A COUPLE OF QUOTES IN HERE THAT ARE APPROPRIATE.

AND THE FIRST ONE IS TO AVOID CRITICISM, SAY NOTHING, DO NOTHING AND BE NOTHING.

SO THE FIRST QUICK UPDATE, IF ON THE BOX WITH OUR PROJECT, THAT CONTINUES TO BE SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET, UM, BY THE CITY.

UM, THE LAST TIME I SPOKE HERE AT CITY COUNCIL, UH, ABOUT THIS WAS EITHER THIS PAST DECEMBER OR JANUARY.

AND ONE OF YOU SUGGESTED, UM, ONE OF YOU ON THE DIET SUGGESTED THAT I CONTACT THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WHICH I DID.

AND THERE WERE, UM, A FEW MEETINGS CONVERSATIONS, UH, VIRTUALLY, UM, VIDEO WISE, WHOM SO ON AND, UH, EMAILS, UH, PHONE CALLS, UM, WITH MYSELF AND ONE OF THE OTHER PROJECT PARTICIPANTS OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

AND FROM THAT, UH, DECISION IN THE FORM OF A MEMORANDUM, UM, THAT CAME FROM HOUSING AND PLANNING, WHICH WAS, WHICH WAS THE PROJECT CITY DEPARTMENT, UM, MANAGING, UH, THE PROJECT, UM, WAS EMAILED TO US LAST MONTH.

AND, UM, AND I'M HERE TO PUBLICLY REJECT THAT DECISION AND THE REASONS LISTED FOR IT.

UM,

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UM, AND THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DECISION, I GUESS WHAT THE THUMBS UP FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO IGNORE INTENTIONALLY, NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR ACCOUNTABILITY TOWARDS CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO HONOR THE PROMISES MADE TO THE PROJECT PARTICIPANTS.

UM, THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.

UM, IT'S CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, YOU IN ADVANCE THAT ANY EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE CORRECTION, CORRECTIVE ACTIONS BY THE CITY WAS NOT GOING TO BE IN OUR FAVOR AND ONLY SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL THEY'LL BE MONTHS WITH OUR TIME AND CITY RESOURCES TO GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF PRETENDING TO CORRECT BROKEN PROMISES, UH, TO THE PROJECT, BECAUSE IT WASN'T COOL BY THE WAY WE'RE IN SPECIALLY IN THE END, WERE ALL WOMEN PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND WOMEN OF COLOR.

UM, SO AGAIN, NOTHING IS BEING DONE SO REPAIRED.

THE DAMAGE WAS DONE.

AND SO THAT LATEST YEAR ON THIS MATTER, UM, I NEXT SPEAKER IS ETHAN SMITH.

A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN A GIVEN DISTRICT, AREN'T EVEN GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT HOUSING.

UM, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 92, THE HOUSING BOND, I'M ACTUALLY NEUTRAL ON THIS.

UM, AND I SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING OBVIOUSLY, UM, BECAUSE A HOUSING BOND, I UNDERSTAND THINKING OF IT AS A TOOL AND A TOOL BELT, BUT YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT BY INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES.

AND SO MY BIG QUESTION IS HOW IS THAT, HOW MUCH OF THAT IS GOING TO BE PASSED ON TO RENTERS? BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR, RIGHT? WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING A CITY THAT TEACHERS AND MUSICIANS AND FIREFIGHTERS, ET CETERA, CAN LIVE IN THE CITY, IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR DOWN PAYMENT YEAR, YOU'RE FINE.

IT'S REALLY THE RENTAL MARKET THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT, UH, MAINTAINING AFFORDABILITY.

SO, UM, IF YOU RAISE PROPERTY TAXES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE A BOND WHICH I THINK WOULD PASS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT MONEY IS GONNA INCREASE THE COST OF RENTS.

UM, SO YOU'RE GONNA INCREASE RENT ACROSS THE BOARD TO HELP SOME PEOPLE TO MAKE SOME UNITS.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANOTHER METHODOLOGY WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND MONEY OR FUNDING THAT WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA RAISE THE COST OF RENTS AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EFFICACY WILL BE, WHAT YOUR RETURN WILL BE.

UM, AND ONE OF THE REASONS YOU DON'T KNOW THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO PREDICT THE FUTURE OF THE HOUSING MARKET.

UM, DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULDN'T NECESSARILY DO IT, BUT, UH, IF YOU COULD HAVE PREDICTED WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN TO AUSTIN'S HOUSING MARKET IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN BUYING PROPERTY TO SELL.

UM, YOU'D BE RICH, UM, BUT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

AND I THINK I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES.

ONE THING THAT I THINK IS PREDICTABLE IS I DON'T THINK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PRICES GO UP THE WAY THEY HAVE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT'S GOING TO BE FLATTER.

IT MIGHT STILL GO UP A LITTLE BIT IN AUSTIN.

I MEAN, AND NATIONALLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PREDICTING THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE MARKETS WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN.

SO THEN IF YOU GO FURTHER IN THE FUTURE, YOUR ABILITY TO PREDICT BECOMES LESS.

BUT IN THE, THE VARIETY OF THINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN BECOME GREATER.

BUT IF RENTS AND OTHER PLACE, IF HOUSING MARKETS AND OTHER PLACES GO DOWN, IF THERE'S A BUBBLE AND AUSTIN STAYS KIND OF FLAT, MAYBE FIVE, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, YOU WILL HAVE A SITUATION WHERE, UH, YOU'RE BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY IS YOUR FOLKS THAT HAVE INVESTED IN RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE IN AUSTIN ARE LOOKING TO REBALANCE THEIR PORTFOLIOS AND TO SAY, HEY, THE CHANCE OF MAKING A PROFIT IS GOING TO BE IN THESE OTHER MARKETS.

SO, UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SUPPLY AND DEMAND, YOU MIGHT HAVE A SITUATION WHERE, UH, MONEY FROM THESE, THIS CORPORATE EQUITY IS, IS LEAVING AUSTIN TO SOME EXTENT, UM, AND THAT YOU'D HAVE MORE UNITS COME ON THE MARKET, BUT THESE KINDS OF HOUSING BOND PROJECTS IS GOING TO BE BAKED IN.

YOU HAVE A SITUATION WITH MFI.

IF YOU'RE SAYING, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE TO FUND PROJECTS THAT ARE 20% LIMITED MFI YOU HAVE BECAUSE OF THE CRAZINESS OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO YOU HAVE DISTRICTS IN AUSTIN WHERE MFI OF THE CITY OF, UH, FAMILY OF FOUR IS ABOVE THE MFI OF THAT DISTRICT.

SO 50 OR 60 OUT OF

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SO IS IT REALLY AFFORDABLE? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

LET ME TELL YOU A STORY.

A STORY OF A WOMAN WHO HAD A TOUGH UPBRINGING, HER CHILDHOOD NEEDS WERE NOT MET TERRIBLY ABUSED.

GROWING UP, FELL IN LOVE AND LOVE WITH THE WRONG GUY IN LOVE WITH HER CHILDHOOD TRAUMA.

BUT THIS TIME IT WAS MUCH WORSE.

ONE DAY, THIS WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD, THROWN INTO DITCHED MURDERED.

THERE WAS NO INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED ON HER BEHALF.

HER FAMILY WAS TOLD BY AUTHORITIES AND I QUOTE, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT? SHE LIKED BAD BOYS.

THIS IS A STORY OF AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN TEXAN WOMAN SHARED, SHARED BY HER SURVIVING SISTER.

I HESITATED MANY TIMES TO CONTACT THE POLICE FEBRUARY 22ND IN THE CLOSET, SHIVERING IN FEAR, SCREAMING, YELLING, CRYING, TERRIFIED HOURS PASSED BY FINALLY, I GRABBED MY PHONE HELP.

YOU NEED TO CALL 9 1 1.

THEY SAID THEY ARE TRAINED TO DEAL WITH THESE SITUATIONS.

MAY 26.

I CALL 9 1, 1 12 HOURS LATER.

THEY SHOW UP.

I SHARE MY STORY.

THEY LET ME KNOW I WAS ASSAULTED.

AND IT'S A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY LAW, REALLY? OR AM I JUST ANOTHER WOMAN WHO LIKE THE BAD BOY FIRST ATTEMPT TO PROSECUTOR CALLED? WE ARE READY TO GRANT YOU A PROTECTIVE ORDER, BUT YOU HAVE TO TELL US WHERE HE IS.

SERIOUSLY.

YOU EXPECT ME TO TELL YOU WHERE HE IS WHILE I'M BARRICADING MYSELF BEHIND MY HOME IN FEAR FOR MY LIFE.

SECOND ATTEMPT, ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE READY TO APPLY FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER? YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU HAVE TO GO SHARE YOUR STORY IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE WORLD.

LIVE ON YOUTUBE.

WAIT, IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

WHAT I WENT THROUGH NOW, I GET TO BE SHAMED AND HUMILIATED PUBLICLY THIRD ATTEMPT.

FINALLY, I ACTUALLY FILE AN APPLICATION FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER.

YOU GUESSED IT DENIED JUST ANOTHER WOMAN WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH A BAD BOY.

SADLY, THIS IS VERY COMMON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO MY SURPRISE, THE WOMAN I SPOKE TO TO HELP ME.

SHE COULDN'T EVEN HEAR ME.

SHE WAS EVEN MORE STRESSED THAN I WAS I, A VICTIM OF A CRIME SEEKING HELP.

AND THE PEOPLE I'M TALKING TO, THEY'RE SO STRESSED OUT.

THEY CAN'T EVEN HEAR ME.

I'M HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY TO SUGGEST ONE STEP ONE STEP, JUST THE TINIEST SOLUTION.

THERE'S A PROGRAM IT'S ONE HOUR, IT'S FREE BY HEARTMATH INSTITUTE.

IT'S GEARED TO HELP THOSE IN CRISIS RESPONDERS.

I BELIEVE THAT ANYONE IN GOVERNMENT WHO'S RESPONDING TO THINGS, SITUATIONS LIKE THIS SHOULD HAVE THIS TRAINING.

THIS TRAINING IS TO HELP THEM.

IT'S NOT TO HELP THE VICTIMS. IT'S NOT TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT DIED IT TO HELPS IT'S TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE WHO PICK UP THE PHONE WHO INTERVIEWED THE VICTIMS. SO THEY'RE NOT STRESSED ANY LONGER.

SO WITH YOUR HELP, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, MOVE YOUR HELP AND GUIDANCE.

A CITY RESOLUTION TO MANDATE THIS FREE PROGRAM, I BELIEVE WOULD SAVE LIVES.

UM, THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO GO ABOUT THIS ONE IN DECISION AND ONE IN CIRCUMSTANCE.

AND I PRAY.

YOU MAKE A DECISION TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'M HYPER, I'M VOLUNTEERING MY TIME, ENERGY AND EFFORT AND DRAFTING THIS RESOLUTION WITH YOUR HELP.

MAYBE WE CAN SAVE A LIFE, BUT MAYBE IN THIS PROCESS, WE CAN KEEP THE INTEGRITY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF OUR CITY.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MAY I? YES.

WE'RE PRETTY EASY TO FIND, BUT NATASHA DOT MADISON AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV IS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO, TO SEND US YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION SO WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.

I ALSO CHAIRED THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, UM, AND I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS MISS, UM, UH, UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING WHAT YOU JUST DID, WHICH IS REALLY BRAVE BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US TODAY.

BUT WHEN YOU COME AND SHARE, UH, WITH US AS A BODY LIKE THIS, OR BEFORE A COMMITTEE WHERE MULTIPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND THEN IT INSPIRES A POLICY THAT COMES OUT OF IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO FOLLOWING UP.

THANKS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ, JEANETTE MATTHEWS.

I'LL BE IN TOUCH.

I'M SORRY THAT SHE'S REMOTE ANA GOOD AFTERNOON.

MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL AND THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR OF THE SOUTHEAST COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM.

BUT I'M SPEAKING ONLY FOR MYSELF.

I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS PUT FORTH BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO CONTINUED TO MEET WITH NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES AND CURRENT RESIDENTS.

I'M HERE TO WHAT'S THE CONCERN REGARDING THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN THE PROCESSES BEING CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL

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WHAT IS MISSING IS PLANNING.

A PORTABILITY SHOULD NOT, AND CANNOT BE A TUNNEL VISION APPROACH.

IT IS IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT.

YOU TAKE LOOK FROM 10,000 FEET UP AND LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE, A MOVE HERE AS A SINGLE PARENT WITH THREE SMALL CHILDREN, I COULD ONLY AFFORD TO LIVE IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN AND WE WERE BARELY MAKING IT.

BUT THEN BACK THEN IN-DEPTH SPRINGS.

WE DID NOT HAVE A RECREATION CENTER, A SPOTTER SOCCER FIELDS, A LIBRARY, OR EVEN A PARK HAVING ACCESS AND KEEPING MY KIDS BUSY.

WHAT'S THE MAJOR CHALLENGE.

AT THAT TIME, WE WERE ONE OF 11 ZIP CODES IN THE STATE WITH THE HIGHEST JUVENILE CRIME RATE.

THIS WAS BECAUSE OF POOR PLANNING, BUT WE DID SOMETHING BAD.

AND THAT SAYS THE RESIDENTS.

WE NOW HAVE THE GEORGE MEDALLIA STUFFED SPRINGS RECREATION CENTER WITH ADJACENT BASEBALL AND SOCCER APPEALS AND PARKS.

ONE PARK.

WE HAVE EACH OF THE 2013 AND 2015 CATASTROPHIC FLOODS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LIBRARY.

AND SOON WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY.

WE GOT THE SUPPORT OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

PLEASE ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT PLANNING.

I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBERS, KITCHEN AND POINT.

THIS ADVOCACY FOR DISTRICT PLANNING.

WE HAVE SOME PLANNED AREAS, BUT A LOT OF AREAS THAT ARE STILL NOT PLANNED, EVERY PART OF THE CITY SHOULD HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN.

WHEN THE MFI OF THE CENSUS TRACK IS MUCH LOWER THAN THE COMMONLY USED CITY.

WHAT MFI NUMBERS RESIDENTS ARE NOT BEING HELPED IN A PORTABILITY IS CONSIDERED TO BE 80 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT MFI.

THIS IS DISPLACING US AS DEMONSTRATED WHEN REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS AND THERE IS NO REALISTIC OR ADEQUATE BACKUP PLAN FOR CURRENT RESIDENTS THAT ARE RENTING, NOT EVEN AI AI, AS THE TEACHERS MAKE THAT KIND OF MONEY.

THIS CITY HAS A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES BY YOUR SYSTEM WITH HOME, HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENTS, BUT IT IS REPORTED THAT HE DOES NOT FULLY STEP WOULD THAT HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE.

THEY VALUE THE VULNERABLE HOMEOWNERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE BEING DISPLACED.

PLEASE BE JUDICIOUS.

WHEN ALLOWING PEAS IN LIEU, WE HAVE BEES IN LIEU FOR AFFORDABILITY, PARTS, TREES, DRAINAGE, PARKING, AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES.

WE NEED A HEALTHY TREE CANOPY.

IT IS OUTRAGEOUS TO SEE THE EXTREME PETE WORN IS BE APPLIED MORE CONSISTENTLY TO THE EAT AREAS IN EAST AUSTIN, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, PARKS, SIDEWALKS, ADEQUATE PARKING, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, A DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DOES NOT COMPROMISE THE PUBLIC SAFETY BY CREATING ADDITIONAL CREEK OR LOCAL AS STUDY SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.

WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PROPOSED ON FLOODPLAINS THAT COULD POSE A RISK ON CURRENT RESIDENTS AND EVEN BUSINESSES DOWNSTREAM.

THE DEVELOPERS HAVE THEIR ENGINEERS.

AND SO DOES THE CITY, BUT WHERE ARE THE ENGINEERS FOR THE CURRENT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES WHO CANNOT AFFORD AN ENGINEER? WE ALL KNOW THAT THE 2018 BOND ADDRESSING FLOODING GAINED MORE SUPPORT THAN THE HOUSING BOND.

NO ONE SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL INJUSTICES.

WHEN RESIDENTS ARE NOT, ARE NOT BEING PROVIDED THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND ON SITE, THE EQUITY OFFICE IS NOT BEING CONSULTED IN AS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING AND EQUITY ISSUES.

MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO BE COMPROMISED AND WE'RE STILL BEING PUSHED OUT.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DISPLAY, ANTI-DISPLACEMENT WHAT YOU SAY NEEDS TO MATCH WHAT YOU DO.

PLEASE PLAN ALL OF OUR CITY ACCORDINGLY.

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

ASHLEY HAMILTON, CAROLYN ROSE KENNEDY.

HI.

I WOULD LIKE TO TELL EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, INCLUDING THE ONES THAT ARE MISSING, I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE.

I AM SO GRATEFUL.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

OH, OH, GIVE ME A HOME WHERE THE TEXT SICKENS, ROME, WHERE THE, WHERE THE MOMS AND THE BABIES DON'T CRY.

I DON'T KNOW.

WELL WORD, UH, THEN AS SPIN YOU'LL VERB AND THE GODS ONLY KNOW HOW I'VE TRIED HOME, LESS ON DIRECT.

MY VOICE IS TERRIBLE TODAY.

HOME LESS SUN DERANGED, WHERE THE BACK BURNERS BROKE AND, UH, GAIN,

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BUT I DON'T HAVE TO COOK BECAUSE MY BEST TOOL YOU TOOK.

SO LET'S GO OUT AND PRETEND WE'RE IN SAYING, OH, GIVE ME GIVE BACK MY HOUSE WITH MY FINE LITTLE WHITE SPOUSE WITH THE WHITE BIG IT INSTALL AROUND ALL WERE ROSES AND PEARLS TILL THE END OF THO WORLD, YOU CAN TELL THE GOOD NEIGHBORS I'VE DROWNED.

OH, GET, OH, GIVE ME A CELL WITH YOUR DRUGS.

ZEN MORE HELL.

WHEN THE GODS ONLY KNOW WHAT I'VE DONE, WE'LL ALL CRY.

AND I'LL SING WITH MY TWO ROPE AND WINGS.

YOU MADE ME CRAWL WHEN I WANTED TO RUN.

OH, GIVE ME A ROOM WITH SOME NURSING HOME GLOOM WHERE I ROCK OR GET ROLLED DOWN THE HALL.

MY BREADTH IS NOW SHORT.

IT IS IN THE REPORT, BUT THEY'LL SEAL THAT AND MAIL IT TO Y'ALL.

OH, GIVE ME A HUT WHERE RP MY MOUTH SHUT, WHERE THEY CALL ME BY POLL OR BY NAME WE'LL ALL FLY AND ALL CRASH.

UM, MY LILY WHITE AS THAT, JEANETTE ARE STUCK TRYING TO TAME, OH, GIVE ME A GRAVE WHERE THE BAD BOYS BE HAVEN, WHERE THE COYOTES CALL OUT.

MY NAME NOW WAS SOAR THROUGH THE CLOUDS WHILE I'M CRY IN OUT LOUD THAT I'M NO LONGER PLAY IN YOUR GAMES.

OH, LESS ON DERANGED WHERE THE, UM, LESS SONG DERANGED WHERE THE BACK BURNERS BROKE AND, UH, GAIN.

BUT I DON'T HAVE TO COOK CAUSE MY BEST TOOL YOU TOOK.

SO LET'S GO OUT AND PRETEND WE'RE IN SAFETY, PLAY BALLS.

TAKE A BREAK AND WE BRING LIVE MUSIC INTO THIS PLACE.

WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT.

WHEN YOU COME, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE SPEAKERS.

ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, IT'S ONE 30.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK A MIDNIGHT SNACK.

COME ON OUT.

IF YOU WANT TO STAY AND LISTEN TO SOME MUSIC, I WILL BE BACK DOWN HERE AT TWO O'CLOCK, UH, TO LISTEN TO, UH, ZONING, UH, SPEAKERS.

UH, THE TIME IS ONE 30 AND WE'RE IN RECESS UNTIL TWO SUBJECT TO A MIDNIGHT SNACK AT OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS.

[Live Music: Midnight Snack]

AND THAT'S JUST A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO DO BECAUSE OF THE STATEMENT THAT IT MAKES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVE MUSIC IN THIS COMMUNITY.

IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE'VE BEEN GOING SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING AND WE HAVE ALMOST 200 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

AND WHEN WE COME BACK AT TWO O'CLOCK, WE START IN WITH ANOTHER TWO HOURS OF LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, COMING TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT ZONING CASES BECAUSE WE LOVE DEMOCRACY IN THIS CITY.

AND WE REALLY DO.

I MEAN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO GOOD STUFF, BUT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A BREAK AND LISTEN TO SOME MUSIC JUST REALLY HELPS YOU GET THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY.

I LIKE TO THINK THAT WE TAKE THE MUSIC AND WE PRESS IT INTO THE WALLS.

AND WHEN THINGS GET REALLY ROUGH IN HERE, I CAN KIND OF SPACE OUT FOR JUST A SECOND AND PULL BACK THE SOUND OF, OF, OF, OF MUSIC IN THIS SPACE.

NOW IT'S NOT EXACTLY ASKING OUR MUSICIANS TO PLAY AT CARNEGIE HALL, BUT IT'S ABOUT AS CLOSE AS, AS WE CAN GET TO THAT.

UM, SO IN OUR CITIES, UH, CARNEGIE HALL TODAY, WE GET TO, TO, TO BRING IN MIDNIGHT SNACK, UH, WHICH IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE GIFT TO, TO US AND THE CITY.

UH, THEY RECORDED, IT'LL BE PLAYED, IT'S AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE, UH, AND IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT GETS SHARED

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AND CHRONICLE THEN A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW, WHEN SOME HISTORIAN IS DOING A PIECE ABOUT MUSIC A HUNDRED YEARS AGO IN AUSTIN, THIS IS PROBABLY WHERE THEY BEGAN.

THERE'S NO MORE, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO VENUE IN THIS CITY THAT HAS AS A ECLECTIC COLLECTION OF REALLY GOOD MUSIC AS CITY HALL, UH, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO COME IN AND PLAY A PIECE IN THIS PLACE, UH, AND IT'S SPECIAL.

AND WE TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

UH, SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE WITH US HERE, A MIDNIGHT SNACK, IT'S A, IT'S A POP RNB TRIO CONSISTING OF TY AUSTIN AND MAKING MILLA.

AND, UH, ZACH MORGAN FORMED IN 2020 IS MICKEY AND TY AND ADOPTING THEIR NEW NAME IN THE SUMMER OF 2022.

THEIR SOUND FEELS FAMILIAR LIKE SOMETHING YOU'VE, YOU'VE HEARD, UH, YOUR WHOLE LIFE, BUT WITH A SPRINKLE OF SOMETHING NEW AND UNIQUE, THAT LEAVES YOU JUST WARNING MORE.

UH, THEY PLAY AS A TRIO PRIMARILY, UH, BUT THEY ALSO COLLABORATE WITH SOME OF AUSTIN'S FINEST MUSICIANS FOR A FULL BAND SOUND, UM, WITH, WITH, WITH HIGHLIGHTS, INCLUDING, UH, SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST SHOWCASE AND 2021 PLAYING SOME OF AUSTIN'S FAVORITE VENUES LIKE SAXON PUB AT THREE 10, UH, SCOOT IN HALF-STEP AND ALSO HAVE A MONTHLY, UH, PURGING RESIDENCY.

UH, THEY HAVE QUICKLY GROWN TO BECOME A REAL STAPLE OF THE AUSTIN MUSIC SCENE.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO THESE GUYS HERE IN JUST A SECOND, BUT PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING MIDNIGHT SNACK TO AUSTIN'S CARNEGIE HALL AT CITY HALL.

ALL OF THAT IS FOR THE LIVING JUSTIN YOU CAN FIND ME AT HOME PRESSED INTO OUR WALLS.

SO, SO IF SOMEBODY WATCHING THIS, I'M NOT A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW, BUT TODAY OR TONIGHT OR NEXT WEEK,

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UM, WANTS TO COME HERE, YOU PLAY LIE.

HOW WOULD THEY DO THAT? UM, WE POST THINGS ON OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE, UH, WHICH IS AT HAVE A MIDNIGHT SNACK.

UM, WE HAVE A, UH, RESIDENCY AT THE PERSHING.

UM, THIS IS OUR LOVELY SOCIAL MEDIA GURU.

SO, I MEAN, HE'S DEFINITELY GOING TO POST SOME GREAT CONTENT ABOUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING NEXT AUGUST 10TH.

DO YOU HAVE ANY GIGS SAID AT THIS POINT? PARDON? DO YOU HAVE ANY NEXT GIGS SET AT THIS POINT? OH YEAH.

AUGUST 10TH AT THE PERSHING.

SO WE PLAY EVERY SECOND WEDNESDAY.

THAT'S OUR RESIDENCY.

SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE US, THAT'S OUR FIRST OFFICIAL MIDNIGHT SNACK GIG.

SO COME ON OVER.

DOES IT GO ON UNTIL MIDNIGHT? I MEAN, WE CAN HAVE A SNACK.

WHAT TIME ARE YOU THERE? WE START AT 10.

IS A POSTPONED REQUEST, UH, BY YOU MAY REPORT TO THE SHELTER.

AND THEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU GIVE IT US WHERE YOU ARE ON INSTAGRAM.

UH, WHAT ABOUT A WEBSITE? DO YOU HAVE A WEBPAGE? YEAH, BUT GENERALLY WE REALLY USE INSTAGRAM HEAVILY.

IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH A LOT OF OUR FANS AND FRIENDS.

AND THAT'S WHERE MY DAUGHTER IS THE EASIEST PUSH FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN INSTAGRAM.

I GET THE SAME.

UH, UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY COOL.

AND YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY JUST SOUND GREAT AND WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO READ ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS IS BLESSED WITH MANY CREATIVE MUSICIANS WHOSE TALENTS EXTEND THE VIRTUALLY EVERY MUSICAL GENRE.

AND WHEREAS OUR MUSIC SCENE THRIVES BECAUSE AUSTIN AUDIENCES SUPPORT GOOD MUSIC PRODUCED BY LEGENDS, OUR LOCAL FAVORITES AND NEWCOMERS, LIKE, AND WHEREAS WE ARE PLEASED TO SHOWCASE AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ARTISTS.

NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVE ADLER, MAYOR OF THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM, JULY 28TH OF THE YEAR, 2022 ON BEHALF OF ALL MY COLLEAGUES OF THE CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, WHO IS ALSO WITH US TODAY, I DECLARE JULY 28TH, 2022 HAS BID NIGHTS BACK DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

CONGRATULATIONS DID IT MA SMALL TOWN MAYOR PRO TEM.

IT IS THURSDAY, JULY 28TH AT TWO 11 AND I'LL RECONVENE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE, GETS STARTED, UM, WITH ZONING ON IF, UM, MR. ROSS TOBIN WOULD LIKE TO START US OFF AND THEN WE'LL HEAR OUR SPEAKERS.

DO YOU REMEMBER DUMB JURY RESTAURANT WITH A HOUSING PLAN DEPARTMENT? UM, WHAT I'LL DO FIRST, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU IS READING TO THE RECORD.

THE ITEMS THAT I BELIEVE WILL BE POSTPONED WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE DO SPEAKERS SO THAT THE LEARNING SPEAKERS ARE AWARE THAT THOSE ITEMS ARE PROJECTED TO BE POSTPONED.

SO WE'LL JUST HELD THAT FIRST, UH, THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'LL BE OFFERING FOR CONSENT LATER FOR POSTPONEMENTS.

I REMEMBER 1 28 WOULD BE A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT TO SEPTEMBER 15TH.

I HAVE NUMBER 1 31 WOULD BE A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SEPTEMBER 1ST ITEM 1 32.

WE'D BE POSTPARTUM REQUESTS BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD DECEMBER 1ST.

THOSE ARE BOTH THE STATESMAN ITEMS. UM, ITEM NUMBER 1 36

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I BELIEVE TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

UM, ITEM NUMBER 1 38 IS SUPPOSED TO PULL REQUEST BY THE STAFF.

THIS NUMBER FIRST ITEM 1 39 HAS POSTPONED REQUESTS BY THE STAFF TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

I DIDN'T WANT FOR YOU TO BE A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT TO SEPTEMBER 15TH.

I HAVE NUMBER 1 45.

IT'D BE POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO SEPTEMBER 1ST 1 46 WILL BE A POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT, KIMBER 15TH.

AND THEN 1 51 WOULD BE A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF ALSO TO SEPTEMBER 15TH.

I DIDN'T REMEMBER ONE 60 WOULD BE A POSTPONED REQUEST BY THE STAFF NUMBER.

FIRST 1 61 POSTPONEMENT REQUESTS BY STAFF TO SEPTEMBER 1ST AND FINALLY ITEM 1 65 WOULD BE A POSTPONED REQUEST BY STAFF TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO THOSE ARE THE ITEMS I BELIEVE WILL BE POSTPONING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND FOR THE ITEM THAT I'M POSTPONING, JUST FOR THOSE WHO ARE PAYING ATTENTION, UM, THE NEW DISTRICTS HAVE GONE INTO EFFECT, UM, WITH RESPECT TO, UM, HOW WE ARE OPERATING.

AND SO I HAVE A ZONING CASE THAT'S NEW TO MY DISTRICT THAT WE WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME WITH AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND IT USED TO BE IN DISTRICT SIX.

AND NOW THAT IT'S IN DISTRICT 10, I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE POSTPONEMENT PROCESS.

COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN.

I APOLOGIZE.

I GOT DONE HERE A LITTLE LATE.

I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT 1 42 IS POSTPONED.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, WE'LL BE READING THE POSTPONEMENT LATER, BUT I'M PROJECTING WILL BE LESS PRONE TO SEPTEMBER 15TH BY THE APPLICANT CAN'T REMEMBER TO VOTE.

DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING? I DO.

UM, CAN I ASK MR TO TALK ABOUT THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE Q AND A FOR THE STATESMAN, UH, POD PLEASE? SURE.

UM, WE DID RECEIVE EIGHT QUESTIONS I BELIEVE FROM YOUR OFFICE.

UM, AND, UM, WE, UH, INCLUDED IN THE RESPONSE TO THE Q AND A TODAY OR YESTERDAY THAT THE, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT DADDY WAS BEING POSTPONED TODAY.

SO WE DID NOT ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

UM, AND, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER IS AS WE GET THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND UPLOAD THEM TO THE, UH, Q AND A SYSTEM.

SO THAT THERE'LL BE, UM, ON TODAY'S AGENDA Q AND A, AS WE GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND UPLOAD THEM AND NOT WAIT UNTIL THE POSTING ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TALKING.

I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM FOR THOSE WHO ARE SPEAKING, UM, WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE'VE APPROACHED THE STATESMAN PUD IN TERMS OF HOW WE WERE SAYING PEOPLE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT IT TODAY UNDER OUR TRADITIONAL RULES, FOLKS WOULD BE ONLY SPEAKING TO THE POSTPONEMENT, BUT I THINK WE HAD SAID THAT WE WANTED TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE SUBSTANTIVELY TOO.

SO IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT BOTH OF THOSE WOULD BE OKAY WHEN THEY'RE SPEAKING TODAY FOR THAT, THE WAY THAT WE, THE WAY THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AS A LITTLE BIT, I THINK THAT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH, WITH KIND OF WHAT I TOOK AWAY FROM THE WORK SESSION AND COMMUNICATED TO CONSTITUENTS.

SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE ALLOWED PEOPLE TO SPEAK TO THE MERITS OR ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE.

UM, GREAT.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE AND HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? I DON'T HAVE THAT.

WE HAVE 16 REMOTE SPEAKERS AND, UM, ABOUT NINE 30 IN PERSON, IF THEY'RE ALL HERE.

NONE, I WOULD ASK THE CLERK TO BEGIN CALLING FOLKS UP TO SPEAK.

SO I BELIEVE THAT THE MAYOR EARLIER SAID THAT WE WOULD PROCEED WITH ONE MINUTE EACH GIVEN THE NUMBERS AND THE SIZE OF OUR AGENDA.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING HOW WE PROCEED? UM, SEEING

[Public Comment (Part 4 of 4)]

I GUESS WE BEGIN REMOTELY.

HOUSING IS TOO EXPENSIVE ON THIS LAND, PUSHING OUT MUSICIANS AND OTHERS WHO MAKE OUR CITY UNIQUE AND SET THE STAGE FOR ACL SOUTH BY AUSTIN HAD BEEN CONSUMED BY THOSE WHO ENRICHED THEMSELVES WITH THOSE WHO FIGHT TO PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF LIVES HERE.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS LAURA COTTMAN SASH BELL ON 1 32.

HI, THIS POD PROMOTES PUBLIC AMENITIES.

THAT'S MORPHED INTO A TAX FUNDED ROAD EXTENSION TO SERVE THE DEVELOPMENT AND A DRAINAGE POND.

UNDER THE BATS DIVISION PLANS, PROPOSED GRAND STAIRCASE FROM CONGRESS BRIDGE TO THE SIGNATURE PARK WAS CO-OPTED INTO THE CENTER OF THE DEVELOPMENT.

SO PEDESTRIANS MUST NAVIGATE A MAZE OF SKYSCRAPERS TO FIND HOW TO ACCESS POINTS CUT OFF FROM STREETS.

THE PARK WILL FEEL LIKE A BEAUTIFUL FRONT YARD FOR AN EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.

THE MAYOR AND APPLICANT PUSH EXTRA HEIGHTS TO MAKE THE POD WHILE PROFITABLE IGNORING ENVIRONMENTAL ATTACKS LIKE ADDITIONAL WASTE CONSTRAINED ROADWAYS AND CONSTRUCTIONS NEAR THE BAT.

HABITAT DENSITY IS SUCCESSFUL ONLY IN TANDEM WITH OPEN SPACE IN ABSOLUTE TERMS. THIS PUB DECREASES PARKLAND FROM THE VISION PLANTS NINE ACRES TO NEARLY 3.5 ACRES DEEDED, SOME UNDERWATER BECAUSE THE DEVELOPERS APPETITES CAN NEVER BE SATISFIED.

AFFORDABLE

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AND WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO THIS RIGHT.

PLEASE VOTE NO ON THE 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS PALATE WHEN IT COMES UP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

EDWARD WINSTON ON ITEMS ONE 16 AND 1 64.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME SPEAK TODAY.

I WAS SPEAKING ON ITEMS ONE 16 AND 1 64, AND I'M ASKING IT THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, NOT APPROVED, UH, THE AMENDMENTS TO THE MCCD FOR THE IS 12TH STREET EXTENSION.

UM, SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO ALLOWING MORE, UH, COCKTAIL USE BETWEEN 35 AND THE ON 12TH STREET.

I APPRECIATE THE HISTORICAL USE OF THE AREA FOR ENTERTAINMENT, BUT THE CURRENT USE AS LEANS MORE TOWARDS FAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

AND I THINK THAT THE INCLUSION OF THIS, UH, INCLUSION OF MORE COCKTAIL USE WOULD BE PROHIBITED TO, UH, FAMILY, UH, FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU, NICOLE BLAIR ITEMS ONE 16 AND 1 64, I GUESS I'D LIKE TO, UM, UH, SECOND WHAT THE LAST GENTLEMAN JUST SAID ON ITEMS ONE 16 AND 1 64.

UM, I AM PRO-DEVELOPMENT I'M PRO DENSITY.

I'M FOR BRINGING MORE BUSINESSES THAT ARE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY AND MORE DENSITY TO THE NCCD CORRIDORS ON 11TH AND 12TH STREET.

WHAT I THINK WOULD REALLY BE A DETRIMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THIS, UM, IS THIS, THIS AMENDMENT ALLOWED FOR BARS FOR MORE OUTDOOR MUSIC VENUES, UM, FOR COCKTAIL BAR YOUTH? UM, I THINK THAT WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER SIXTH STREET OR RADIUS STREET OR RED RIVER RIVER ON 11TH AND 12TH.

UM, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE STRICKEN FROM THIS AMENDMENT.

MITCHELL ORINGER ON ONE 16 AND 1 64.

UM, MY NAME IS MITCHELL ON ENDURING RESIDENT ABUSE 13TH STREET, WHO WANT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAVE ACCESS AND SERVICES THAT LIFT EVERYONE UP AND THEN INCLUDES NO MORE BARS AND NO MORE NIGHT CLUBS.

THANK YOU, TRACY WHIT ON ONE 16 AND 1 64 COUNSEL THIS MORNING, MS. LINCOLN, THE LAW DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED FOR ME THAT EAST 12TH STREET REGULATIONS AS WRITTEN FOR YOUR APPROVAL TODAY WILL ELIMINATE THE LGC REQUIREMENTS FOR CS.

ONE BASED ZONING TO ESTABLISH A COCKTAIL LOUNGE USE IF APPROVED ONLY A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO REQUIRE FOR ANY PARCEL, NO MATTER IF TONY NOT A SINGLE CUP AND RAINY HAS BEEN DENIED, THOSE EXAMPLES ARE MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE SITUATION THAN THE ALCOHOL USE CASE FOR ZILKER PARK.

THIS CHANGE IMPACTS MORE THAN 1.3 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF LAND.

WHAT'S THE DOLLAR VALUE ON THAT UNNOTICED FILLING AT THE EXPENSE OF THE LIVABILITY OF AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

YOU SPOKE STRAIGHT AS LINES WITH MP3 FOR LRG OUR CSM NEW ZONING THAT CURRENTLY DEFINES WHAT USES ARE PERMITTED AND PROHIBITED ONLY A FEW LOSS OR ZONES.

THIS NOW THROUGH YOUR PROCESS TO ALIGN AND STREAMLINE REGULATORY DOCUMENTS WITH BUILDER AS CLEANUP OBVIATING ZONING REQUIREMENTS FOR COCKTAIL LOUNGE USE GOES FAR BEYOND THAT TASK.

IT'S FRANKLY, THE ANTITHESIS OF REVITALIZATION RENEWAL THAT WAS SPEARHEADED BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERS WHO WERE FED UP WITH THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF OVER ZONING AND HOSTILE LAND USE POLICIES.

THESE DON'T ROLL BACK THE PROGRESS ACHIEVED BY SO MANY.

PLEASE DON'T PASS THESE DOCUMENTS WITH COCKTAIL LOUNGES PERMISSIONS EXPANDED.

THANK YOU, DARCY BON TEMPO ON 1 31.

IS, UM, HEATING OUR WORLD.

HELLO, THIS IS DARCY BOND TEMPO.

AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 1 31 AND 1 32.

AND, UM, I'M VERY DISHEARTENED BY THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE, UH, LADY BIRD LAKE.

I'M NOT SURE THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A VISION FOR THE BEAUTY NATURAL BEAUTY OF AUSTIN B.

UM, WE'RE LIVING IN A SITUATION WHERE CLIMATE CONTROL HAVING CLIMATE CHANGE

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WE'RE SITTING IN A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE GREEN SPACE AND, UM, THE CITY, AND INSTEAD IS LOOKING AT DEVELOPING THE NATURAL SPACE FOR BOTH PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE AND PEOPLE WHO WILDLIFE ARE CONNECTED INTO, UM, UH, INTO LUXURY HOTELS AND LUXURY CONDOS, UM, WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE PARK FOR THE PUBLIC THAT CURRENTLY HAVE THAT ACCESS TO THE, THE, TO THE RIVERSIDE, TO THE LIGHT RIVERSIDE.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO REASON TO GIVE THE TAX CREDITS MUCH LESS TO ALLOW THE ZONING AND LESS WE, THE WEALTH THE DEVELOPERS ARE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT RATHER THAN SHIP AWAY TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, BILL BUNCH ON ITEMS, 1 31 AND 1 32.

BILL BONDS HERE WITH SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE FIRST.

THANK YOU ALL COUNCIL FOR HONORING THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S REQUESTS FOR THE POSTPONEMENT.

UM, AND I MAINLY JUST, UH, WOULD SECOND THE STATEMENT BY, UH, LAURA COTTAM SEIBEL OUR PARKS BOARD CHAIR IN THAT, UM, THIS PROJECT REALLY WANTS YOU DO HAVE IT ON YOUR DIOCESE FOR THE MERITS SHOULD NOT RECEIVE ANY SUBSIDIES WHATSOEVER.

THIS IS THE MOST VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN AUSTIN AND PROBABLY IN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND, UM, IF THEY CAN'T MAKE IT A PROFIT ON THE ENORMOUS UP ZONING AND INCREASING THE ENTITLEMENTS, UH, THEN THEY SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE.

UM, THE ARGUMENT THAT THEY, THEY NEED OUR, OUR TAXPAYER GIVEAWAYS TO HELP THEM MAKE A PROFIT, IS THIS SIMPLY ABSURD.

UH, YOU SAID ALSO DEMAND THAT WE GET THE FULL AMOUNT OF PARKS, PARKLAND, DEDICATION.

YOU CAN'T REPLACE IT WITH DOLLARS.

AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING SUPERIOR.

AND IN FACT, THERE ARE SEVERAL ACRES INFERIOR ON THE PARKLANDS THAT WE SHOULD BE ENTITLED TO.

THANK YOU, JANE AND PARKER ON 1 38 COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS ARE INCLINED TO PROVIDE AUSTIN'S IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH BUFFERS FROM LARGE MULTI-STORY DEVELOPMENTS, THEY ARE TO ENSURE OUR CITY HAS A VARIETY OF NEIGHBORHOODS OF SINGLE FAMILY, DUPLEX TYPE BUILDINGS, A MULTI-STORY BUILDING ADJACENT TO OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX WILL CAST A PERMANENT SHADOW OVER US, BUT CERTAINLY THE PAYING NEIGHBORHOODS CITIZENS WILL NOT BENEFIT FROM HAVING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD'S IDENTITY DRAMATICALLY CHANGED WHILE WE ARE SYMPATHETIC TO THE MISSION OF SAFE.

WE DO NOT DO BELIEVE THERE ARE LOCATIONS IN AUSTIN THAT ARE BETTER SUITED FOR IT.

THE LACK OF ANY GREEN SPACE PLAN FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT IS SHORT SIDED.

THE LANCASTER PROJECT PROPOSES TO HAVE NO GENERAL PARKING, ONLY FIVE HANDICAP SPACES FOR A 60 UNIT COMPLEX, BUT AT LEAST SIX EMPLOYEES, LANCASTER COURT CAN BE EXPECTED TO BECOME NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE WITH ROUTINE TRAFFIC VOLUME, NOT TO MENTION THE SLIGHT SIGNIFICANT INFLUX OF PEOPLE WHO WILL HAVE A LONG LIST OF UNCERTAIN AND POTENTIALLY NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE BLANK HESTER PROJECT PROPOSES DANI 5% IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT ASPECT ALONE WILL PUSH OUR HOMES INTO THE FLOOD PLAIN POTENTIALLY CAUSING SERIOUS THREATS TO OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY.

UM, ABBY RUIZ ON 1 58 AND THAT'S IN UNION COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF REZONING TO GENERAL COMMERCIALS SERVICES MIXED USE VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDING NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FOR THE PROJECT AT FIVE, FIVE TO FIVE EAST 51ST STREET.

I RESIDE IN THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD SENATE HILLS AND WITHIN THE PECAN SPRINGS SPRINGDALE HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE DEVELOPER HAS BEEN EXTREMELY ENGAGED WITH THE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT ONLY TO GET OUR INPUT, BUT ALSO ADDRESS ANY AND ALL OF OUR CONCERNS IN ADDITION TO GREAT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND INCLUSION.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AREA WITH DESIRABLE BUSINESSES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LITTLE WALNUT CREEK TRAIL AND A POTENTIAL CONNECTOR BETWEEN EAST 51ST AND KENNETH HILL ROAD.

I ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THIS REZONING FOR THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

EDDIE STOUT ON 1 63 AND 1 64.

THE FOUNDATION, THE EAST SIDE KING FOUNDATION THAT PUTS ON THE EAST SIDE KINGS FESTIVAL EVERY YEAR ON 12TH STREET.

ALSO, UH, YEAH, 1 16, 1 64.

THIS IS EDDIE STOUT.

I OWN DOWNTOWN RECORDS HERE IN COUNTER.

AND ALSO I RUN

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FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, I REPRESENT A LOT OF MUSICIANS THAT WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF MORE SPACES TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON OUR ARTS AND OUR MUSIC.

AND I AM FOR THIS MOTION THAT MASON HARPER MA HARPER MADISON HAS PUT FORWARD.

ALL RIGHT NOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK DAHLIA HYNDMAN ON 1 66 AND 1 67.

UM, I'M AGAINST, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT ON 20 11, 20 15 AND FRANKLIN.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN, UM, ENGAGED, TRIED TO BE ENGAGED WITH THIS DEVELOPER, UM, TO, UH, DO A COMPROMISE FROM, UH, THE SEVERE UP ZONING HE'S USING AFFORDABLE ON LOCK TO GET WAY MORE IMPERVIOUS COVER.

AND IN COMPATIBILITY, THE HEIGHTS ARE WAY TOO MUCH, AND THIS IS ON TANNAHILL BRANCH.

YOU ALL HAVE SPENT A MILLION AND A HALF TO RENOVATE A RESTORE ONE CANNON HILL BRANCH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD JUST TO DESTROY THE OTHER SIDE, PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THIS OR HAVE THE DEVELOPER, UM, RE-ENGAGE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, BETTER COMPROMISE, UH, WITH, UH, AND NOT SET A PRECEDENT FOR THIS UP-ZONING TO GO THROUGH OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THE, UM, AND, AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AFFORDABILITY, THE AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED PROTECTIONS, THAT GUARANTEE THAT HE MUST GO THROUGH WITH THOSE.

UM, BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD THAT THEY'RE JUST PAYING FEES AND LIMITED SERVICE, AND, UM, WE DON'T WANT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DEFICIT.

SARAH WELCH ITEM 1 66 AND 1 67, MY BACKYARD, BUT THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF MR. MARRIAGE PROPERTY AND I AM IN FULL SUPPORTIVE HAS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND REQUIRED REZONING FOR THREE PRIMARY REASONS.

ONE IS SUSTAINABILITY, MR. MEREZ PROJECT PROMOTES SUSTAINABILITY ON BOTH THE MACRO MICRO AND THE MACRO LEVEL PRESERVING PLENTY OF GREEN SPACE ALONG WITH THE ADJACENT CREEK WHILE AIMING TO REDUCE SPRAWL BY ENABLING TEACHERS, MUNICIPAL WORKERS, ARTISTS, NURSES, AND NON-PROFIT WORKERS TO LIVE NEAR WHERE THEY WORK.

TWO IS DENSITY AND AFFORDABILITY.

THOSE KINDS OF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING IS MUCH NEEDED IN JJC BROOK, WHICH HAS BECOME OUT OF REACH FOR THE AVERAGE ESTIMATE.

THIS IS THE ONLY EXISTING OR PROPOSED FOR SALE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN JJC BROOK.

AND AS IT WILL WELCOME NEW HOMEOWNERS AT A WIDE RANGE OF INCOME LEVELS, NUMBER THREE, THOUGHTFUL DESIGN, IT WOULD BE EASY TO PLOT THE GIANT CONCRETE BLOCK ONTO THIS LOT AND CALL IT A DAY.

BUT MR. MARA HAS ENVISIONED THE PROJECT THAT ALIGNS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE, PRESERVES NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, AND REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY CENTRIC VALUES.

I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE PROJECT MR. MERRITT HAS PROPOSED, AND I HOPE THAT CITY COUNCIL WILL SEE FIT TO GRANT HIM THE REQUESTED REZONING.

THANK YOU, LILA SHAMS, 1 66 AND 1 67.

MY NAME IS LAYLA SHAMS AND I AM A HOMEOWNER ON IAM FRANKLIN.

I AM GREATLY IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT LOCATION FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS.

I SEE BETWEEN TWO TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR.

UH, IT'S A REALLY UNIQUE STREET.

THAT'S A WIDE STREET.

AND, UM, AND I'D ALSO HAVE TO SAY THAT THERE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE NEIGHBORS.

WE DID, THEY, UH, SURVEY AND 48% OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS VERY RARE FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT.

WE NEED AFFORDABILITY.

WHERE DOES CODE REDS CRISIS IN THE CITY? AND I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT TO ADD THE APPROVED.

THANK YOU, MATT WELCH ON 1 66 AND 1 67.

HI, MY NAME IS MATT WELCH.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRANKLIN GROVE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH GOVERNS THE 28 HOME NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THIS PROPOSED PROJECT AT 2011 AND 2015 IN FRANKLIN.

I'M HERE SPEAKING TODAY TO LET COUNCIL KNOW THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STANDS FIRMLY IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND URGES YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR.

OVER TWO YEARS AGO, THE DEVELOPER BEHIND THE PROJECT, MR. MIRA PROACTIVELY REACHED OUT TO OUR, INCLUDING VISITING SEVERAL TIMES IN PERSON TO ENGAGE WITH US IN A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO COLLABORATE ON HIS VISION FOR THE PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THIS DIALOGUE, WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, MR. MERRITT, SINCERELY LISTENING TO OUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.

AND IN SEVERAL CASES COMPROMISED ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT TO ACCOMMODATE AFTER THE DEDICATED EFFORT TO BUILD CONSENSUS WITHIN FRANKLIN GROVE OR NEIGHBORHOOD VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING THE PROJECT SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE NOW INCLUDED IN A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT GOVERNING PROJECT.

WE SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND HAVE FULL COMPETENCE THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL ABIDE BY THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT.

WE NOW REQUEST THAT YOU HONOR OUR EFFORTS WITH THE DEVELOPER TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO LIFE FROM THE

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BROKEN CREEK.

THANK YOU, ANIMAL MIRA, 1 66 AND 1 67.

I'M THE DEVELOPER AT VM FRANKLIN PROJECT THAT MIXED-INCOME MISSING MIDDLE TRANSIT FRIENDLY PROJECT, JUST ONE BLOCK FROM MUELLER AND WHAT IS ALREADY A MIXED USE BLOCK.

THE PROJECT WILL PRODUCE 143 FOR SALE RESIDENCES.

43 OF THEM MAY COME RESTRICTED.

AND 100 MARKET RATE UNITS OF THE A HUNDRED MARKET RATE HOMES.

THE VAST MAJORITY WILL BE ONE TO TWO BEDROOMS UNDER A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

YOU'LL LOSE THE MISSING METAL AND WE NEED JUST A MODEST INCREASE IN ENTITLEMENTS TO ALLOW FOR MORE DENSITY.

AND IF I COULD INCREASE IN HEIGHT UNDER BASE ZONING, THIS GREENFIELD PROJECT ON AN EMPTY LOT WILL FOCUS ON THE MIDDLE CLASS TEACHERS, HOSPITAL WORKERS, CITY, EMPLOYEES, ARTISTS, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK OF BEING DISPLACED OR HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISPLACED.

THEY WANT TO LIVE CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WORK IN PLAY.

WE HAVE BEEN EARNESTLY ENGAGING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR TWO YEARS.

WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OVER IMMEDIATE BUTTERS, THE 29 SINGLE FAMILY HOME SUBDIVISION AND A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL ALSO SUPPORT THEIR REZONING THAT WOULD PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

LIZ JOHNSON ON 1 66 AND 1 67.

HI, MY NAME IS LIZ JOHNSON.

I'M THE JJC BURKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE 1 60 61 67 ARE BEING PROPOSED.

WHEN PLANNING COMMISSION DISCUSS THESE ITEMS. TWO COMMISSIONERS HAD STAINED IN SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS RATES QUESTIONS THAT STILL REQUIRE ANSWERS.

I'M HERE TO AMPLIFY THOSE QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER APPOINTED COMMISSIONER PRACTICE REQUESTED DATA ON PROJECTED REVENUES FOR THIS PROJECT THAT CIVICS WERE NOT PROVIDED.

PLEASE DEMAND THEM.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY COMMISSIONER, ALL ARE ASKED FOR A FULL ACCOUNTING OF CURRENT DEVELOPMENT CASES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DETAILED CITY STAFF STILL NEED TO INCLUDE IN THEIR CITY STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED.

PLEASE ASK FOR THEM.

THERE ARE SEVERAL LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENTS PROPOSED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND UNDERWAY SUBMITTED ONE AT A TIME.

NONE OF THEM HAVE TRIGGERED A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS SO THAT ALL DEVELOPERS OF CURRENT AND PROPOSED POD PROJECTS TO SHARE THE COST OF AN ANALYSIS.

SO INFRASTRUCTURE MEETS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO COMMISSIONER POLITO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT PROTECTING THE CREEK RUNOFF AND ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS AND GIVEN THE HISTORY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PROPOSED AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HIGHLIGHTED THAT DISPLACEMENT WILL HAPPEN AND SHOULD BE PREVENTED.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

THE COUNCIL MEMBER COMMISSIONER SNYDER REQUESTED THAT EVERYTHING BEEN MEMORIALIZED IN CITY OWNED RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS IN CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.

PLEASE ASK THE DEVELOPER MEMORIALIZED ESCROW FOR ENFORCEMENT OF ALL RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.

NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS GANNON ON 1 66 AND 1 67.

HELLO, MY NAME IS CHRIS GANNON.

I'M AN ARCHITECT.

I LIVE ON IAN FRANKLIN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROJECT I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT FOR THREE REASONS, MY FAMILY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND MY ENVIRONMENT.

I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WITH A THIRD ON THE WAY I'M DEEPLY INVESTED IN THEIR WELLBEING.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM GROW UP IN A DENSE, DIVERSE MULTI-GENERATIONAL WALKABLE BIKEABLE PLAYABLE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND MOST PROJECTS WILL PROVIDE AMENITIES TO OUR STREET LIKE A COMMUNITY PARK SPACE, A CAFE HE'S KEEPING THE STARLIGHT THEATER AND ALL WITH VERY LITTLE SURFACE PARKING.

TO ME, THIS IS IMPORTANT.

THE ATTITUDE THAT EAST SIDE HAS SEEN AN UNFAIR AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT IGNORES THE FACT THAT THE EAST SIDE HAS ALSO SEEN AN UNFAIR AMOUNT OF DISPLACEMENT.

I HAVE A FRIEND RIGHT NOW AT THE KENSINGTON.

HE'S A TIME RESIDENT WHO GREW UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHOSE RENT HAS NEARLY DOUBLED IN THE LAST YEAR TO 1400 PER MONTH FOR A SINGLE ROOM.

HE IS BARELY HANGING ON TO THAT VERY LAST RUNG OF THE HOUSING LADDER.

AND IF WE CAN EASE THE PRESSURE JUST A LITTLE BIT, BY BUILDING MORE HOUSING, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO KEEP SOME OF THESE RESIDENTS IN THEIR HOMES.

M I WAS PROPOSING 143 UNITS ON ABOUT FOUR ACRES SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS.

THIS IS 143 UNITS THAT AREN'T BEING DEVELOPED OUT IN BUDA, PFLUGERVILLE, MAINER, OR LIBERTY HILL, UH, EACH ON SIXTH OF ACRE AND SERVICED BY ROAD AND ALL THE UTILITIES.

AND THEN ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WILL COME INTO AUSTIN WITH THEIR CARS, BUILDING DENSITY INTO THE CORE OF OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY AROUND TRANSPORTATION.

CORRIDORS IS THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND THING WE CAN DO.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE, UM, SORRY.

ALL OF THE, UH, REMOTE SPEAKERS.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO IN-PERSON OR

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ITEMS ONE 16.

MICHELLE HOGAN HELLO.

MY NAME IS MICHELLE HOGAN AND FOR 20 YEARS, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED ON EAST 13TH STREET IN OUR HOME THAT BACKS UP TO EAST 12TH.

WE DO NOT WANT OURS AND LIVE MUSIC VENUES ON EAST 12TH.

I ALSO HAVE A STATEMENT FROM A RESIDENT WHO CAN'T BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE SHE HAS MOBILITY ISSUES.

AND OUT OF RESPECT FOR HER, I WILL READ IT IN HER OWN WORDS IN SPANISH.

AND THEN I'LL TRANSLATE YOU.

NOBODY HAS MARIA .

MY NAME IS MARIA .

I LIVE AT 109, 2 AND A HALF.

WE'LL KEEP THOSE STRAIGHT I'M 84 YEARS OLD AND HAVE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS FOR 26 YEARS.

I DO NOT WANT BARS ON 12TH STREET.

I HAVE SIGNED COPIES OF HER STATEMENT FOR EACH MEMBER OF COUNCIL.

AND I ASKED THAT YOU NOT ONLY HEAR HER STATEMENT, BUT YOU PLEASE LISTEN TO IT.

THANK YOU, REBECCA LEONARD ON ITEM ONE 16 ON DECK IT'S CHRIS RODRIGUEZ.

I'M REBECCA LEONARD, OWNER OF LIONHEART AND EAST AUSTIN PLANNING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH EUREKA ON AN URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK FOR THEIR PROPERTIES ON EAST 12TH STREET.

THROUGH THAT EFFORT, WE HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE SIX SQUARE CULTURAL DISTRICT, THE ONLY STATE DESIGNATED BLACK CULTURAL DISTRICT IN TEXAS.

WE UNDERSTAND, AND WE SUPPORT THEIR MISSION, WHICH IS TO PRESERVE AND CELEBRATE THE HISTORIC LEGACY OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY THAT ONCE THRIVED IN EAST AUSTIN, THIS LEGACY INCLUDES THE MUSICAL AND CULINARY ARTS CULTURE AND HISTORY OF CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN.

ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS, THE DESIGNATE, THE DESIGNATOR OF CULTURAL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THESE CREATE A THRIVING CREATIVE SECTOR, WHICH IN TURN HELPS BOOST THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND LOOKING AT OTHER CULTURAL DISTRICTS, THE SALE OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE IS ESSENTIAL TO ATTRACTING VISITORS AND TURNING APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS INTO INCOME FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE BUILT THE GOALS FOR OUR CULTURAL DISTRICT AROUND, UH, BUILT THE GOALS FOR OUR FRAMEWORK AROUND THIS CULTURAL DISTRICT, AND WE SUPPORT, UH, THE, UM, UH, THE MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.

THANK YOU, CHRIS RODRIGUEZ ON ONE 16 ON DECK IS DANNY THOMPSON HEY, HOW YOU DOING? UM, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE ARTS ON, ON THE 12TH DISTRICT AREA.

UM, I BELIEVE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

UM, IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT FOR THE ARTS TO BE THERE, TO NOT BE TAKEN AWAY, TO BE AMPLIFIED, TO BE, UH, UPLIFTED, UH, NOT JUST FOR THE ARTS, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO HELP AND BUILD, UH, UH, EVERYTHING IN THAT AREA.

UM, I'M NOT FROM AUSTIN, I'M ORIGINALLY FROM CHICAGO AND I KNOW HOW MUCH, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BUILD YOUR COMMUNITY TO UPLIFT IT AND TO, UM, YEAH.

UH, SORRY.

UH, UH, THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

THANK YOU, DANNY.

DANNY THOMPSON ON DECK IS HAROLD MCMILLAN, HAROLD MACMILLAN, HEATH CREECH, MARIN COUNCIL.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, MY NAME IS HAROLD MCMILLAN.

I AM RESIDENT OF JUNIPER STREET, WHICH IS BETWEEN EAST 11TH AND 12TH STREET.

AND WITH MINDFUL CONSIDERATION AND GOOD PLANNING.

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YES, ABSOLUTELY.

IN MY BACKYARD.

UM, AUSTIN, AS GROWING, SOME PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO REALIZE THAT AND THE WORK THAT WE DO TODAY, IT'S NOT FOR US.

IT'S FOR THE NEXT GENERATION IS FOR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW FOR 10 YEARS FROM NOW, I'M 65.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE TO SEE SOME OF THE WORK THAT I'VE WORKED ON FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.

I UNDERSTAND MY NEIGHBOR'S FRUSTRATION ABOUT THIS CONDITIONAL USE THING.

CONDITIONAL USE DOES NOT MEAN A BAR ON EVERY LOT.

AND IF THERE ARE ISSUES WITH WHAT EXISTS THERE RIGHT NOW ON 12TH STREET OR ANY OTHER STREET AT AUSTIN, THAT'S AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE.

LET'S KEEP GOING ON THIS.

THIS DISTRICT IS NOW WITH THE NCCD AND THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND THE PLAN FOR THE CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT THAT OVERLAY WORKS.

NOW, THE PIECES ARE IN PLACE.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A BUNCH OF BARS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS THAT MIGHT BE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT HELP THE CITY'S ECONOMY.

HE CREECH ON DECK IS CARMELA GREEN CARMELA.

GREEN LEE SHERMAN ON DECK IS MICHAEL WARD.

HELLO? YESTERDAY NEIGHBORS ADJACENT TO THE EAST 12TH STREET NCCD AREA FILE A ZONING PROTEST POSITION THAT HAS BEEN VALIDATED BY STAFF.

THESE INCLUDE MANY LONGTIME RESIDENTS.

THE MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN LATINO AND ASIAN, ALONG WITH MANY MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, THEY INCLUDE SCIENTISTS, EDUCATORS, NURSES, LABORERS, COUNSELORS, ARTISTS, ENGINEERS, VETERANS, SINGLE PARENTS, THE ELDERLY, THE BEDRIDDEN, THOSE WITH THE BILL, HATING DISEASES, STRUGGLING TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE ON THE EDGE OF THIS PLACEMENT.

DOZENS OF NEIGHBORS OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BUFFER ALSO SIGNED IN SOLIDARITY AND THEY ALSO REPRESENT OUR DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE CHIEF CONCERN OF THOSE PROTESTING IS COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON'S LAST MINUTE MOTION TO VEER FROM REGULATORY ALIGNMENT TO RADICAL EXPANSION OF COCKTAIL LOUNGE USE PERMISSIONS ALONG THE STREET WHERE MULTIPLE PLANNING EFFORTS COALESCED AROUND A SHARED VISION TO PROMOTE WALKABILITY AND LIVABILITY A STREET LINE WITH NEW AND EXISTING HOUSING DAILY SERVICES, LEGACY BUSINESSES, CHURCHES, AND HONORING AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE.

COCKTAIL LOUNGE USE WAS ALLOWED IN SOME LOCATIONS, BUT NOT EVERYWHERE.

JUST STRIKE A BALANCE, A COMPROMISE NEGOTIATED IN GOOD FAITH, BOTH THE URBAN RENEWAL BOARD AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED AGAINST EXPANSION OF ALCOHOL USE PERMISSIONS AS DID THE ORGANIZATION OF CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE AUSTIN REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY.

WE AGREE, PLEASE STAND WITH US.

MICHAEL WARD ON DECK IS MICHELLE HOGAN.

MICHELLE HOGAN ON DECK IS PATRICK HOKE.

MY NAME IS PATRICK .

I'M AN EAST 12TH STREET HOMEOWNER WITHIN THE URBAN RULE PLAN IN EAST 12TH STREET NCCD.

AND I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF KILLING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND OUR NEIGHBORS.

AND I RESPECT THAT THE STREET HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MIX OF USES AND THE URBAN RULE PLAN AND NCCD REGULATIONS REFLECT THAT THERE'S HOUSING, SINGLE THERE'S HOUSING, SINGLE FAMILY FROM WAY BACK AND MORE RECENT MARSHALL APARTMENTS AND NEW MULTI-FAMILY WITH GROUND.

FOR COMMERCIAL, THERE ARE CHURCHES, CIVIC INSTITUTIONS, AND TWO ICONIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN FUNERAL HOME BUSINESSES.

THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF BARS, A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE BUILDING, AND SEVERAL HISTORIC STRUCTURES IN NEED OF PRESERVATION, AWAITING NEW PURPOSE THAT WILL BUILD ON THE HERITAGE OF COMMUNITY CARVED OUT BY CITIZENS WHO WERE OFTEN TREATED AS LESSER AND STRUGGLED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL THE NEEDS THAT NO ONE ELSE IN THE CITY CARE WERE MET.

KILLING RESIDENTS HAVE ADVOCATED FOR PRESERVATION OF PROPERTIES OF HISTORIC AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE AND FOR POSITIVE, INCLUSIVE REDEVELOPMENT ON EMPTY LOTS THAT MAKE SPACE FOR DAILY COMMERCIAL NEEDS AND HOUSING TODAY.

LAW DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED EAST 12TH STREET REGULATIONS AS RECENT WRITTEN FOR YOU TO APPROVE TODAY.

WHEN ALONG REQUIRES CS ONE BASED ZONING TO ESTABLISH A COCKTAIL LOUNGE USE.

THIS IS A HUGE SHIFT FROM THE INITIAL INTENT TO ALIGN THE 11TH AND 12TH STREET NCDS, NAILING BARS AND VENUES ON EVERY LOT IN THE STREET HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ECONOMICALLY DOMINATE.

ALL OTHER ESTABLISHED USES AS WELL AS DAILY SERVICES THAT SO MANY PEOPLE BEFORE I GOT HERE ENVISIONED PLANNED FOR AND TRIED

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URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST EXPANSION OF COCKTAIL, LOUNGE, PERMISSIONS, AND KEEP ALL USE PERMISSIONS EXACTLY AS THEY ARE.

UM, JUST A MOMENT MAY OR MAY I ASK A QUESTION, MR. HAWK? I HAPPENED TO KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, CAUSE YOU'RE MY NEIGHBOR.

AND I'VE SEEN YOU TAKE OUT YOUR TRASH.

I'M VERY CURIOUS HOW IT'S POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE KEELING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHEN YOU LIVE WITHIN THE DAVIS THOMPSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOUNDARIES.

NO, I'M AT 1511 EAST 12TH.

THAT'S IN KEELING.

SO IF DAVE IS THOMPSON FROM A MOMENT, PLEASE.

SO IF DAVID THOMPSON GOES FROM DAVIS, THOMPSON GOES FROM CHICAGO TO KOMAL FROM 12TH TO MLK KEELING'S BOUNDARIES ALSO ARE WITHIN THAT BOUNDARY.

I'M WITHIN THE KEEL.

I'VE BEEN THE PRESIDENT FOR AWHILE AND A PARTICIPANT MR. VANDYKE.

SO YES.

REBECCA LEONARD ON DECK IS STACY STACY, REBECCA LEONARD ALREADY SPOKEN.

SHE SEEMS CONFUSED.

WELL, THANK YOU.

UM, SUSAN ORRINGER ON DECK IS TOBIN LEVY MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS SUSAN ORANGE AND I LIVE ON EAST 13TH STREET.

I'M HERE TO ASK, PLEASE KNOW, EXPANSION OF BARS OR LOUD MUSIC VENUES AND WALKING MY COMMUNITY WITH NEIGHBORS FROM TO POQUITO SPEAKING WITH THE RESIDENTS WHOSE PROPERTY ARE WITHIN 200 FEET, WHO WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED.

MANY ARE ELDERLY WITH MOBILITY ISSUES AND DO NOT ACCESS SOCIAL MEDIA.

MANY NEIGHBORS CLOSE TO ME THAT I'VE MET AND ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO'VE LIVED HERE FOR GENERATIONS.

THEY ARE NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THEY ARE UNAWARE OF THESE CHANGES AND ARE VERY CONCERNED.

ONE ELDERLY WOMAN, A LONGTIME RESIDENT TOLD ME SHE FEELS LIKE SHE'S BEING FORCED OUT OF HER HOUSE AND HAS NOWHERE TO GO.

SHE IS SURROUNDED BY SHORT-TERM RENTALS PARTY HOUSES.

WE NEED TO HEAR THEIR VOICES AND HONOR IT.

THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO CELEBRATE CENTRAL EAST AUSTIN CULTURE WITHOUT ADDING MORE BARS AND LIVE MUSIC.

WE HAVE THEM ALREADY AND ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM.

THE CURRENT ONES THAT ARE THERE, PLEASE FOCUS ON HOUSING, MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES, WALKABILITY SERVICES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS IS BY FAR WHAT EVERYONE I'VE SPOKE TO FROM TO POQUITO ON BOTH SIDES OF 12TH.

ONE.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND PLEASE LISTEN AND HONOR THOSE WHO'VE I'VE SPOKEN FOR THAT CANNOT BE HERE TODAY.

TOBIN LEVY ON DECK IS .

HI, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS TOBIN LEVY.

I'M AN AUSTIN NATIVE AND I'VE OWNED AND LIVED AT MY HOME ON YORK AVENUE.

ONE BLOCK EAST OF ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF EAST 12TH.

FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, I CAME TO MY ATTENTION THIS MORNING THAT THE EAST 12TH STREET REGULATIONS IS WRITTEN FOR YOU TO APPROVE TODAY WILL NO LONGER REQUIRE BASED ZONING TO ESTABLISH COCKTAIL LOUNGE JUICE.

THIS MEANS THE ONLY IMPEDIMENT TO OPENING A BAR IN THE EAST 12TH STREET NCCD AREA WILL BE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, WHICH BY ALL ACCOUNTS ARE EASILY OBTAINED.

IF APPROVED THE REGULATIONS WILL ALLOW FOR A RADICAL EXPANSION OF COCKTAIL LOUNGES IN A COMMUNITY THAT UNTIL RECENTLY WAS LED TO BELIEVE AFTER YEARS OF HARD WORK CONCESSIONS AND COMPROMISE THAT WE, THE IRB AND NCCD SHARED AND SUPPORTED A COLLECTIVE VISION FOR A CLEANER REVITALIZED EAST 12TH STREET, THAT WOULD PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THIS HISTORICALLY FAMILY-FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE ADDRESSING THE HOUSING, RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL NEEDS OF THIS GROWING CITY.

I AM GENUINELY AT A LOSS AS TO HOW AN INFLUX OF BARS COULD BE VIEWED AS A PREREQUISITE RATHER THAN COUNTERINTUITIVE TO ACHIEVING THESE GOALS.

AND I'M FAR FROM ALONE.

UM, I DO HOPE THAT YOU'LL TAKE THE RECENT SUBMITTED PETITION SIGNED BY MY NEIGHBORS AS PROOF THAT I'M THERE.

I'M ONE OF MANY.

UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

I'M 1 16, 1 63 AND 1 64.

MY NAME IS GARBER.

I'M THE CEO OF HARLEM LABS AND ADVISORY BUSINESS THAT SERVES AND CONTINUES TO SERVE BUSINESS OWNERS, ARTISTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE BIPAP COMMUNITY WITH THEIR LAUNCHING GROWTH MATTERS HERE IN AUSTIN.

HAVING DONE THIS FOR ALMOST A DECADE, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEIR STRUGGLES, WITH THEIR CONCERNS AND CHALLENGES, AND IT PUTS SIMPLY ACTIONS THAT REDUCE THE COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT THAT THEY NEED TO ACTUALLY GROW, DEFINE.

AND WHAT DEFINES THE CITY WE LOVE ARE BOTH UNFAIR AND CHANGE THE FABRIC AND LANDSCAPE.

THEY ALSO HAVE A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON MY COMMUNITY.

ARTISTS NEED CANVASES AND LOCATIONS WHERE THEY CAN BE SEEN OUR MUSICIANS, NEED AUDIENCES TO HEAR AND FOLLOW THEM.

AND THIS DOES INCLUDE COCKTAIL

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LOUNGES, OUR BUSINESS OWNERS, YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL CLASS NEED AFFORDABILITY, LAUNCH SUPPORT, AND POLICIES THAT SUPPORT GROWTH.

I NEED NOT REMIND YOU THAT THE AREA IN QUESTION IS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORICAL DISTRICT AND THE HISTORY AND IMPORTANCE OF THIS AREA IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT BUSINESS CLASS.

IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I ASKED YOU ALL TO SUPPORT COUNCIL HARPER, MAT COUNCIL, WOMAN HARPER MADISON'S MOTION, AND RATHER THAN SWEEP AWAY THE OPTIONS WE'RE CREATING ECONOMIC DISPARITY ALLOW US AS A COMMUNITY TO MANAGE THE DECISION-MAKING ON CASE BY CASE BASIS.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

SEND OLIVIA JOSEPH ON 1 16, 1 28, 1 31 AND 1 32 JOSE ARIANO ON 1 29 ON DECK IS SPD ON GARCIA.

THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS LANEY ARIANNA.

I'M HERE IN REGARDS TO ITEM NUMBER 1 29 AT 11 5 31 CHECKER ROAD.

WE'RE HERE TO, AGAIN, REITERATE OUR OPPOSITION AT THIS ZONING CHANGE, ESPECIALLY THE TRACK ONE REQUEST REGARDING THE CS ONE COMMERCIAL LIQUID LIQUOR SALES DISTRICT FOR A COCKTAIL LOUNGE, OUR ATTORNEY, THEN A TITLE RESEARCH, STOKE CLARIFYING SOME ISSUES.

THE APPLICANT PROVIDED SOME DOCUMENTATION TO THE CITY STAFF THAT WE RECEIVED JUST THIS MONDAY.

AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THAT IN TERMS OF THE ACCESS ISSUE.

WE ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE FROM THAT.

WE, THE APPLICANT IS SUBMITTING TWO TRACKS FOR ZONING AND ALTHOUGH TRACK ONE, WHICH HAS THE COCKTAIL BAR COMPONENT HAS APPROXIMATELY 20 PARKING SPOTS.

THE APPLICANT AND CITY STAFF ARE CONSIDERING ALL THE PARKING ON TRACK TO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO FALL WITHIN THE GUIDELINES, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE 82 PARKING SPOTS.

THERE A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 20 PARKING SPOT, 82 PARKING SPOTS.

UM, THE TRACK TWO PARKING IS NOT CLOSE TO THE MAIN ROAD AND THIS DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF SEPARATING THE TRACKS OF YOU ARE GOING TO LET THEM USE IT IN THIS MANNER.

ANYWAY, WITHOUT REGARD AS TO WHERE EVERYONE ELSE WOULD PARK, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING, DIDN'T SEND IT WITH A RECOMMENDATION HERE.

WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU BOTH OWN THE ITEM.

AND SO WE CAN LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

THANK YOU, MR. ARIANO.

THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE ROAD THAT'S THERE IS THAT PRIVATELY OWNED ROAD.

IT'S A PRIVATELY OWN ROAD.

IT HAS A PUBLIC USE, A DEDICATION FROM WHAT WE SAW ON THE, ON THE WORK, BUT IT'S STILL A PRIVATE ROAD, SO THE PUBLIC CAN USE IT TO GET HALFWAY INTO THE PROPERTY.

NOT ALL THE WAY BACK THE REST OF THE ACCESS EAST MEANT FOR THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.

AND IS IT A PAVED ROAD OR IS IT A DIRT ROAD? SO THE, THE PART THAT HAS THE PUBLIC PART OF IT IS PAVED AND THE BACK PART IS COLLEGIATE.

AND, UH, IS THERE, IS THERE, UH, A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO OWNERS OF THE, OF THE NEIGHBORING TRACKS? NO, THAT WE TAKE CARE OF, YOU KNOW, POTHOLES AND PAVING AND, AND WHENEVER WE NEED TO DO THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JIM WITLESS ON ITEMS 1 29 AND 1 57.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.

UH, MY NAME'S JIM WHITLOAF, I'M ONLY GONNA SPEAK ON 1 29.

I AM THE APPLICANT ON THAT CASE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VAILA, THERE IS A JOINT USE ACCESS EASEMENT THAT WAS DONE WITH THE PLAT ALL THE WAY BACK, THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY.

IT'S IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE THE PROPERTY WAS PLANTED AND MY CLIENT'S TENANT DO PAY, UH, TO THE MAINTENANCE AND WE'VE OFFERED TO MODIFY THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IF THEY WANT.

BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WE HAVE EVERY LEGAL RIGHT TO USE THAT IN ANY OF OUR TENANTS HAVE EVERY LEGAL RIGHT TO USE IT.

THEY USE IT FOR A MOVING COMPANY AND FOR A VERY POPULAR RESTAURANT THAT IS, UH, WAS RECENTLY VOTED THE 10TH, MOST POPULAR RESTAURANT IN AUSTIN, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY A FOOD TRUCK AND THEY PROVIDE ZERO PARKING SPACES, THEY USE THE ENTIRE ACCESS EASEMENT FOR THEIR PARKING, FOR THE FOOD TRUCK.

UM, UH, LET'S SEE, MAYOR, UM, I'M GOING TO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT WHEN THIS COMES UP.

SHOULD I BE ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS NOW, OR I'M SORRY, I STEPPED OUT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN JUST CAME BACK.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE ARE IN OUR PROCESS.

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IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE POOLED.

I NEED TO STICK AROUND SO WE COULD ASK YOU QUESTIONS TO THAT POINT.

IF IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GOTTA BE A PULLED ITEMS. OKAY.

I THINK YOUR, UH, YOUR MICROPHONE'S OFF WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT TO BE A POLE ITEM WHEN IT GETS PULLED.

WE'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO COME BACK UP TO THE TOP.

RUBEN BETTIS ON ITEM ONE 30 ON DECK IS ROY WHALEY ON ITEMS ONE 30 AND 1 31.

I'M A REMEMBER AS I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 30 ALABBAR AND SOUTH, I BELIEVE, UM, I'M AGAINST IT.

UM, MOSTLY FOR THE DENSITY AND WE STILL HAVE ISSUES THAT, UH, CAME UP, UH, FROM YESTERDAY'S MEETING WITH, UH, MS. KITCHENS AND, AND OUR TEAM LEADER.

AND, UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING HE HAD, UH, HE UNDERSTOOD THAT HAD AGREED TO, UH, 28 UNITS TOTAL.

AND, UH, BUT THAT IS WHAT I UNDERSTOOD FROM HIM.

AND I THINK THAT, UM, THERE SHOULD BE SOME MORE TIME TO FIGURE THAT OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THERE'S STILL ISSUES WITH, WITH SAY THE, UH, THE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON POWERBAR.

UH, IF I COULD SPEAK TO, YES, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES RELATED TO ACCESS ON DEMAND CHAKA.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE BACK AT THE ORIGINAL THINKING, WHICH IS THAT ACCESS IS RELATED TO ACCESS ALMOND CHAKA, AND WE'LL BE READING OUT WHAT THOSE PROVISIONS ARE WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES TIME.

OH, OKAY.

THEN.

SO SHOULD WE POSTPONE THEM? WE'LL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, UM, IN A BIT, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO POSTPONE WELL, CONSIDERING THAT, THAT, UH, MY, OUR TEAM LEADER WAS UNDER ONE IMPRESSION OF, UH, I HAVE, I'VE TALKED WITH YOUR TEAM LEADERS, SO PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, I CAN SEND, UM, DONNA DOWN TO TALK WITH YOU.

WE, WE WERE NOT USING THIS TIME FOR A BACK AND FORTH, SO I'LL SEND, UH, DONNA TIEMAN DOWN TO VISIT WITH YOU, BUT WE HAVE TALKED TO MR. SUTTON AND, UM, CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT CONVERSATION.

THE FOLLOWING SPEAKERS ARE REGISTERED ON ITEM 1 31.

UM, AND THEY WILL BE SPEAKING ON THE MERITS OF THE POSTPONEMENT.

NEXT SPEAKERS.

ROY WHALEY ON DECK IS CONSUELA.

HOW DO Y'ALL? MY NAME IS ROY WALEY.

I AM THE CONSERVATION CHAIR FOR THE AUSTIN REGIONAL GROUP OF THE SIERRA CLUB.

AND I ACCIDENTALLY SIGNED UP ON ONE 30 WHEN I WANTED TO BE 1 31, 1 32 ON THE STATESMAN PUD.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASPECT OF IT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT SERVE YOU, YOUR MARGARITAS AT THE W SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK ACROSS THE CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE TO DO THAT.

THIS IS AN AIR QUALITY ISSUE, AS WELL AS A, UH, UH, JUSTICE ISSUE.

THE OTHER THING IS, AND I KNOW Y'ALL KNOW ME.

IT WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACT.

THAT'S VERY FEW PEOPLE REALIZE I'M ACTUALLY A REALTOR TOO.

AND SO LOOKING AT THIS FROM A REAL ESTATE STANDPOINT, I HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND SAY, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT WORK WITHOUT A MAJOR HANDOUT, GET OUT OF THE WAY AND LET SOMEONE ELSE DO IT.

THIS IS VERY SIMPLE.

DON'T ASK US TO SUBSIDIZE YOUR PROJECT.

THAT'S THE WAY CAPITALISM WORKS.

IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT, MOVE OUT OF THE WAY SOMEBODY ELSE WILL DO IT.

UP AND THERE SHOULD BE MORE HOUSING WHERE PEOPLE THAT CAN AFFORD IT, THE HOTEL AND THE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE TURNED INTO HOUSING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

ON DECK IS JUST SET YALA HELLO.

MY NAME IS CONSUELA.

I'M HERE TO, I WORK AT AND WE KNOW, OH, WORK AT THE AIRPORT AND I'M IN UNIT LOCAL 23.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THE LAST EVERYTHING IS GOING

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JOE SAID, I, ALLAH ON DECK IS KEATON BAKER.

HI, MY NAME IS JOSIAH YALA.

I WORK AT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT, UM, AND I'M A MEMBER OF UNITE HERE, LOCAL 23.

I'VE BEEN HERE TO TALK TO Y'ALL BEFORE ABOUT THE EXPENSE ABOUT HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS TO LIVE IN THE CITY.

AND EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S NOT STOPPING.

I HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS AND IT'S HARD TO AFFORD HOUSING AND PAY FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.

MY FAMILY NEEDS.

WE'RE ASKING TO TURN THE HOTEL INTO, IN THIS DEVELOPMENT INTO MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.

KEATON BAKER ON DECK IS HOPE BLENDING.

MY NAME IS KEATON BAKER.

I AM A HOTEL WORKER HERE AND DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.

WHEN I MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE HERE FROM DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FOUR YEARS AGO, I SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE, HAVE A FRESH START.

UH, AUSTIN DEFINITELY SPOKE TO ME IN MAY VOLUMES, AND I WAS HOPING TO STAY HERE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

UNFORTUNATELY, UM, AS WE HAVE ALL SEEN, AS WE ARE SEEING THE RISE AND BUILDINGS, WE'RE ALSO SEEING THE RISE IN RENT.

I HAVE TWO, TWO ROOMMATES RIGHT NOW, AND UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN WITH THEM, I AM STILL PAYING RENT.

AND I DO FEAR THAT WHEN APRIL COMES, I AM GOING TO HAVE TO PAY MORE IN RENT AND THAT COULD LEAD TO MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS, WHICH COULD BE, I MAY HAVE TO FACE HOMELESSNESS.

I MAY HAVE TO BE SOMEWHERE OUTLIVED ON WHERE ELSE LIVE IN ANOTHER CITY OR MOVED BACK TO DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

AND I'M JUST NOT READY FOR THAT YET.

UM, MY THING ABOUT THIS IS IF WE ARE GOING TO CATER TO THE HIGH PRICE, PEOPLE WHO ARE BUYING LAND AND BUYING OUR BUILDINGS, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO CATER TO THOSE WHO WORK HERE AND BASICALLY SERVE THE CITY.

UH, WE LOVE IT HERE, AND WE DESERVE A CHANCE TO BE, UH, TO LIVE HERE AS LONG AS, AS WELL AS EVERYBODY ELSE.

UH, PLEASE WE DO CONSIDER THAT YOU GIVE US A MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE DO NOT NEED MORE HOTELS.

WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THEM ALREADY, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE NOT, THEY'RE NOT.

UH WELL-STAFFED SO PLEASE CONSIDER THIS.

SPINO GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

HOPE BLANDING ON DECK IS THERESA.

MY NAME IS HELPLINE AS A RESTAURANT HOST AT A HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.

I AM CURRENTLY MAKING ONLY 1540 AN HOUR, AND I'M QUITE NERVOUS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE PRICED AT ALL.

AUSTIN.

I MOVED TO AUSTIN ALMOST EIGHT YEARS AGO BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE A JOB, A FAMILY, AND NOT BE STRESSED OUT ABOUT BILLS.

MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE HAD TO TAKE ON A ROOMMATE AT ONE POINT, JUST TO KEEP UP WITH OUR BILLS AND EVERYTHING.

I HAVE WORKED TWO JOBS AND STILL THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH BILLS AND RENT AND WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE BACK EAST.

MY DREAM OF LIVING A FULFILLING LIFE IN AN AUSTIN, SHOULDN'T BE OUT OF REACH SIMPLY BECAUSE COMPANIES DRIVING OUT RENT AND THE COST OF LIVING HERE, YOUR DREAMS SHOULDN'T BE OUT OF, REACH OUT TO THE HOTEL AND DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE REPLACED BY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THANK YOU, THERESA IS SPINO ON DECK IS EVE ESTRADA.

RACHEL MELINDA'S HELLO COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS THERESA SPINO AND I TO WORK AT THE AIRPORT AND HERE FOR 30 YEARS, I'M MY, A RETAIL CASHIER.

UM, I'M JUST HERE TO, YOU KNOW, ALSO TO HAVE OUR, UM, NOT TO HAVE ANY HOTELS AND HAVE A PORTABLE HOUSING.

I'M A SINGLE MOM RIGHT NOW TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH BEVELS.

I'M A SINGLE MOM HELPING ALSO MY DAD, MY MOM JUST PASSED AWAY AND, UM, IT'S JUST HARD WITH THE COST OF LIVING SINGLE HERE, HELPING MY DAD AS WELL AS THESE OLDER GENTLEMEN.

AND I'M SCARED THAT HE HAS TO GO SOON AND THEN TO HAVE THIS HOTELS THAT WE DON'T NEED ANYMORE.

UM, UM, JUST IF YOU CAN JUST PLEASE CONSIDER MORE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING

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FOR US THEN THE HOTEL.

THANK YOU, EVE.

A STRAVA ON DECK IS GAIL JOHNSON.

GAIL JOHNSON ON DECK IS NATALIE MARIE.

MY NAME IS RACHEL MELENDEZ.

I'M WITH UNITE HERE, LOCAL 23.

WE REPRESENT HOSPITALITY WORKERS HERE IN AUSTIN.

UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO REALLY DISCUSS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

IN RELATION TO THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE ALL KNOW THE CITY IS LACKING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOSPITALITY WORKERS, THAT WELCOME VISITORS.

THEY COOK, THEY CLEAN AND ALL THE WORKING PEOPLE IN THE CITY SHOULD ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO LIVE IN THE CITY.

UH, THEY ARE BEING PUSHED FURTHER AND FURTHER OUT OF AUSTIN EVERY DAY.

AND AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR MEMBERS, THEY'RE THERE MORE TO SPEAK.

UM, THEY ARE HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IN THIS DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ENSURE THAT WORKING PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO NEW HOUSING AND THAT THE HOTEL, THIS DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

CYNTHIA SUN BEGAN ON DECK IS WILLIAM TUCKER.

MY NAME IS CYNTHIA.

UH, I AM A AIRPORT WORKER.

I HAVE WORKED IN THE AIRPORT, UH, FOR LIKE OVER EIGHT YEARS FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE.

I HAVE LIVED FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN AUSTIN.

UM, MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO MOVE FURTHER OUT OF AUSTIN.

UH, AND FURTHER, EVERY TIME WE TRY TO LOOK FOR A NEW PLACE, A PERMINTER GETTING MORE AND MORE CRAZY EXPENSIVE AT THE TIME WERE TRYING TO LIVE WITH SOME RELATIVES JUST TO HELP OURSELVES OUT FOR A BIT.

AND WE'RE OUR GOAL IS TO ONE DAY, HAVE OUR OWN HOME AND HAVE OUR OWN PROPERTY, HAVE OUR KIDS TO ACTUALLY HAVE A BACKYARD AND PLAY AND FOR THEM TO HAVE MORE ACCESS TO BETTER QUALITY EDUCATION.

UM, I REALLY DON'T THINK WE NEED MORE HOTELS.

I THINK THIS HOTEL SHOULD BE MORE MADE INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE WORKING FAMILIES LIKE MINE.

HI, MY NAME'S STEVE ALDERMAN.

WILLIAM TUCKER ON DECK IS CAR MONIQUE TUNER, MARIA DEL CARMEN GONZALEZ ON DECK IS BARBARA HILLARD, BILL OLIVER, RICHARD FRANCIS.

THINK ON ITEM 1 32 ON DECK IS AMEET MOTWANI ON 1 36.

MATT JOHNSON ON DECK IS ANDY BRESLIN ITEM 1 38.

JASON COLEMAN.

I DON'T WANT 38 STEEL.

MY ZINGER STUART ALDERMAN.

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I'M THE, UH, AGENT FOR ITEM 1 34.

AND I ONLY SIGNED UP TO, UH, IF THERE WERE QUESTIONS, IF IT DOES GET PULLED FROM THE CONSENT, OF COURSE WE HAVE WHAT GOES ON CONSENT? SO OF COURSE WE'RE FOR THE PRODUCT FOR THE ZONE CHANGE.

THANK YOU, SAMMY.

EASTERDAY ON 1 37.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES.

I'M A CITIZEN LIVING IN A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND OUR ONLY ENTRANCE AND EXIT IS SPRINKLE CUTOFF ROAD.

WE ARE IN CON UH, TAPPED WITH A DEVELOPER AND HIS LETTER CITING WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR A CONDO DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BEEN, YOU WILL BE, UH, LOOKING TO CONSENT AGREEMENT ON GETTING TOGETHER CITIZENS FROM THE COMMUNITY, AS YOU KNOW, AS VOLUNTEERS TAKES TIME.

SO WE DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND GETTING CONSENSUS.

WE HAVE NO QUARREL WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND WE, BUT WE DO NOT WANT ANOTHER ROAD FATALITY ON SPRINKLE CUTOFF.

THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PRIMARILY MERRILY AND DEVELOPING SOME SORT OF SAFE WALKING OR BIKE PATH ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF SPRINKLE CUTOFF.

WE MAY NEED SOME CITY HELP WITH THIS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO HAVE A SAFER COMMUNITY FOR INCOMING RESIDENTS.

AND FOR US THAT THREE MINUTES IS THAT THREE MINUTES TODAY, EVERYBODY GETS ONE MINUTE BECAUSE WE HAD 180 OR ALMOST 180 SPEAKERS SIZE THREE.

OH, IT WAS THE ONE MINUTE THAT EVERYONE GETS ONE MINUTE, WHICH IS ABOUT FOUR HOURS OF SPEAKING.

CAN I SPEAK THREE MINUTES OR NO? NO.

YOU HAVE A COPY OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, AND THAT IS SPRINKLED.

CUTOFF IS A DANGEROUS ROAD.

THERE'S BEEN A FATALITY THERE AND YOU SHOULD NOT ALLOW DENSE HOUSING OR ANY HOUSING UNTIL YOU FIX THE ROAD.

CHRIS RODRIGUEZ, DANNY THOMPSON.

THANK YOU, MICHAEL.

AND TO NORA SPEAKING ON ITEM 1 54 ON DECK IS JERRY GARCIA.

JERRY GARCIA ON DECK IS NICK COSTELLO.

UH, MY NAME IS NICHOLAS COSTELLO AND I'M REPRESENTING THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY AT 9 0 2 EAST SEVENTH STREET.

UH, BRIEFLY I INTEND TO MAKE A CASE OF POSING THIS DESIGNATION BY REVIEWING A SALIENT POINT MADE IN THE PROPERTY EVALUATION DESIGNATION CRITERIA OF THE 2016 EAST AUSTIN HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY.

UM, IT'S IN DEPTH AND YOU CAN READ IT, BUT ONE THING IT DOES STATE AND I QUOTE, UH, THE PROPERTY DOES NOT POSSESS A UNIQUE LOCATION, PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC OR SIGNIFICANT FEATURE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE CHARACTER IMAGE OR CULTURAL IDENTITY OF THE CITY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR A PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP END QUOTE.

THE SURVEY SEEMS TO INDICATE TO US THAT THE PROPERTY AT 9 0 2 EAST SEVENTH STREET AS IS DOESN'T ADD ANY COMMUNITY VALUE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UH, THE CURRENT CONSIDERATION FOR HISTORICAL DESIGNATION IS BASED ON A 2016 OUTDATED ASSESSMENT.

UM, PLEASE VOTE AGAINST DESIGNATING OUR SITE HISTORICAL.

IF YOU READ THE SURVEY, IT WILL STATE THAT THERE IS NO LANDSCAPE FEATURES, NO SIGNIFICANT ARCHITECTURE, UH, NO HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND LIKE I JUST READ NO COMMUNITY VALUE THAT CONCLUDES ALL THIS IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

A TWO ITEMS AND THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT'S ITEM ONE 40 AND 1 41.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THAT WE, UH, DIDN'T CALL IT THINKS THEY SHOULD BE SPEAKING.

ALL RIGHT, THEN THAT GIVES US THEN ALL THE AFTERNOON SPEAKERS, JERRY, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES.

THERE'S

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I, I CAN'T GET MORE INFORMATION.

I WOULD PREFER TO POSTPONE IT TO SEPTEMBER ONE MAYBE.

OR THERE SEEMS TO BE A BIT OF A HULLABALOO OVER HERE SURROUNDING THE CLERK.

I WONDER IF YOU WANT TO RESOLVE THAT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE SPEAKERS THAT WERE NOT ON THE LIST.

WE'LL GET BACK TO PO WE'LL GET BACK TO YOUR ISSUE AND JUST A SECOND.

YES, I DID SIGN UP BEFORE, UM, ONLINE, WELL IN ADVANCE, SO I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.

HAVE YOU CHECKED WITH DECLARE? THANK YOU.

YES, I DID.

LET'S START WITH THE CLERK, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

SO MY NAME IS IVAN LAW FOR AN AIR SANDOVAL.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT 1 66 AND 1 67, THE REZONING OF 2011 AND 20:15 AM.

UH, FRANKLIN.

UM, I LIVE ON AM FRANKLIN.

I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.

I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE REZONED.

UM, TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS ARE IN REGARDS TO THE TRAFFIC IMPACT AND ALSO THE IMPACT ON THE SPRING FED CREEK.

UM, THERE WILL BE LOTS OF NEW RESIDENTS THERE, WHICH MEANS LOTS OF NEW PETS, AND THAT MEANS THE PET WASTE AND THIS PET WASTE COULD LEACH INTO THE CREEK.

SO I THINK THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THE NEA HAS VOTED NO ON THIS REZONING, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM HAS ALSO SAID NO.

AND JUST ONE LAST THING THING, THERE IS A PROPOSAL FOR A COMPROMISE AND THE COMPROMISE IS INSTEAD OF TO DO .

SO PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE MFA FOR ONLY APPROVED MF ONE.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN.

THANK YOU, CHASE RIGHT ON ITEMS. 1 66 AND 1 67.

UM, I'M HERE TO BASICALLY STAY AS A NEIGHBOR.

UH, NOT AS IT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TODAY, NOT AS A PRESIDENT OF A NONPROFIT STATE, BUT AS A NEIGHBOR, I'M A LONG-TERM RESIDENTS IN EAST AUSTIN.

I'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN MY WHOLE LIFE.

OVER 30 YEARS.

I BROUGHT MY GRANDMOTHER EARLIER WHO LIVES ON EAST 12TH STREET.

I LIVE AT TOOL TO GREENWOOD.

UH, THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED ARE FOR THE PEOPLE.

I HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING UP TO THE STAND TODAY, REPRESENTING A NEIGHBORHOOD IN A CULTURE THAT THEY HAVEN'T EVEN LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MORE THAN EIGHT TO 10 YEARS.

UH, NO OFFENSE, BUT WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU'RE A NEWBIE.

UH, MY CULTURE IS DRIVEN OFF OF MUSIC AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE BECAUSE THOSE WERE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE.

THAT'S WHERE THERE ARE BARS ALONG 12TH AND 11TH STREET.

THESE ARE PLACES THAT WE WERE, UH, WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY SECTION OFF TO CAUSE WE COULDN'T REACH OTHER PLACES.

THOSE ARE WHERE OUR OPPORTUNITIES STOP, THAT THESE BARS HELP US WITH EMPLOYMENT.

THESE BARS HELP OUR COMMUNITY WITH EMPLOYMENT AND THEY HELP THE COMMUNITY THRIVE.

UM, WE HAVE DEVELOPERS COMING IN AND TRYING TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK OF BEING DISPLACED HAVE SOMEWHERE TO LOOK FORWARD TO GO TO, UH, I'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN 30 YEARS AND I WANT TO REMAIN ON THE EAST SIDE WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE DO APPRECIATE DEVELOPERS LIKE MR. ANIMAL MAYOR AND MR. UH, KENNY WHO ARE DEVELOPING THESE UNITS FOR US.

UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP EAST AUSTIN AND THIS CULTURE THERE, MY DAUGHTERS CULTURE SHOULD NOT BE UPROOTED BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE MOVED IN FOR VARIOUS REASONS THAT THEY THOUGHT WERE OKAY.

AND GOOD.

SO WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE Y'ALL CONSIDER THE MOTION.

THE SHERMAN AND ANA ON DECK.

MR. SHARMAN SPOKE ONLY EARLIER AND I DON'T SEE HIM HERE ANYMORE.

I WONDER IF HE ALREADY LIVED ANA ON DECK IS LAUREN STANLEY.

IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN THAT ARE EQUIPPED TO HANDLE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

MAYOR PRO TEM, YOUR PER TAM AND MIRROR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS SANDRA .

I CURRENTLY SERVE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL, BUT I'M ONLY SPEAKING.

I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE COMMISSION OR FOR THE COUNCIL.

I'M SPEAKING ON THE BEHALF OF THE SOUTHEAST COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM ON ITEM ONE 50, THE CONTACT TEAM HAS WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT, CITY LEGAL AND CASTLE MEMBER FOR THIS, THIS OFFICE ON RESPONDING TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS SPECIFIC TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN OUR HIGHLY ZONED INDUSTRIAL LIGHT DISTRICTS IN PLANT AREA, IN THEIR PLANNED AREA, AND AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, BE ADDED.

THE YOGA'S CLASSIFIED AS LIMITED WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION USE WITH CLASS ONE, FLAMMABLE OR CLASS TWO COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID STORAGE ARE PROHIBIT ON THE PROPERTY WITHIN 250 FEET ABOVE PROPERTY LINES, ADJACENT TO PROPERTY DEVELOPED, USED, OR ZONED RESIDENTIAL.

WE HAVE NO POWER STATIONS

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AND THE PAR DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED FIVE LOCATIONS WITH PERMITS FOR ABOVE GROUND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND HIGH PAL COMBUSTIBLE STORAGE HERE AT THIS PROPERTY.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS TAKE YOU ANGELA GARZA ON 1 66 AND 1 67.

THAT SHOULD CONCLUDE ALL THE SPEAKERS.

SOUNDS GOOD.

THANK YOU, JERRY.

YOU WANT TO COME UP AND TAKE US THROUGH A CONSENT, THE MAYOR CONSOLE JURY REST OF, AND AGAIN FROM OTHER HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UM, I'LL BE TAKING YOU THROUGH

[Zoning Consent Agenda (Part 1 of 2)]

THE CONSENT ZONING CASES TODAY.

UM, WE WILL START WITH, UM, ITEM NUMBER 1 28, WHICH IS KC 14, 2020 0 1 43.

ON THIS ONE, WE HAVE A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT, DECEMBER 15TH.

I HAVE NUMBER 1 29, MS. CASEY 14 20 21 0 180 7.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION CASE FOR A SECOND AND THIRD READING ITEM.

NUMBER ONE 30 IS KC 14, 2020 1 0 1 50.

THIS CASE I CAN OFFER FOR CONSENT ON SECOND AND THIRD READING.

HOWEVER, I DO HAVE A RATHER LENGTHY AND PLEASE BEAR WITH ME, UM, AMENDMENT TO THIS CASE.

IT'S ABOUT A PAGE LONG.

SO THIS WILL TAKE A MINUTE, UM, AMEND THE CAPTION TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONAL OVERLAY LANGUAGE IN THE ZONING STRING AT NEW PARTS, TWO AND THREE, THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS AND RENUMBER THE REMAINING SECTIONS PART TWO, THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY COMBINED DISTRICT ESTABLISHED BY THIS ORDINANCE TO SUBSIDY THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, A DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTIES WILL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS, ONE, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY.

SO THAT EXCEED 35 FEET TO THE MAXIMUM PERVIOUS COVER IS 55% THREE.

THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS IS 20 PER ACRE FOR THE MAXIMUM BUILDING.

COVERAGE IS 40% PART TO BE IF FOUR FOOT WIDE VEGETATED BUFFER SHALL BE PROVIDED AND MAINTAINED BETWEEN ANY BUILDING AND THE RIGHT AWAY ALONG THE SOUTH AND WEST PROPERTY LINES IMPROVEMENTS PERMITTED WITHIN THE VEGETATIVE BUFFER ARE LIMITED TO DRAINAGE UNDERGROUND, NEW UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, OR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS MAY BE DEEMED, UM, MAY OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN OR ARE SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY THIS ORDINANCE C VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY TO KEL KILBURN LANE IS PROHIBITED UNLESS AT THE TIME OF THE SITE PLAN, THE CITY MANAGER REQUIRES IT FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY REASONS.

AND FINALLY, PER THREE, EXCEPT THIS SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTING THIS ORDINANCE, THE PROPERTY MAY BE DEVELOPED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR THE COMMUNITY, OR I'M SORRY FOR THE MULTIFAMILY TO DISTRICT AND OTHER APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE.

SO WITH THAT ADDITION, I CAN OFFER A NUMBER ONE THIRD D FOR CONSENT ON SECOND AND THIRD READING.

UM, NUMBER 1 31 IS CASE NPA TOOTH 2019 0 0 22 0.02.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

I HAVE NUMBER 1 32 IS CASEY 8, 14 88, I'M SORRY, 89, 0 88 0 1 0 8 0.02.

THIS IS THE STATESMAN PUD.

SO BOTH 1 31 AND 1 32, WE HAVE A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD NUMBER FIRST, I BELIEVE THOUGH, MAYOR THAT WE WERE GOING TO POSSIBLY BE DISCUSSING THIS ITEM A LITTLE LATER THIS EVENING.

IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.

SO I WILL NOT READ THOSE INTO CONSENT RIGHT NOW, BUT DISCUSS IT WITHOUT ACTION.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE POSTPONED OR YOU'D LIKE TO POSTPONE IT NOW THEN, AND THEN JUST ACCESS IT LATER.

WOULD YOU HAVE TO POSTPONE IT LATER? WE CAN'T SO MUCH POSTPONE IT NOW.

SO AT THE END OF IT, WE'LL POSTPONE IT.

AND LAST THAT ENABLES US TO DISCUSS IT AND THEN WE'LL POSTPONE IT.

WELL, I'LL PULL THE BOTH 1 31 AND 1 32 THAT, UM, NUMBER 1 33, MAYOR ACTUALLY HAS TWO OTHER RELATED ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, THOSE ARE BOTH.

UM, UM, ONE IS A 10 O'CLOCK ITEM THAT WAS PULLED AND ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.

THEY WERE BOTH ANNEXATION RELATED AND THIS IS A ZONING CASE.

SO IF WE GET, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I'M GOING TO READ THOSE TWO ITEMS INTO THE RECORD PRIOR TO READING THIS ITEM TO THE RECORD.

AND THEY'LL ALL THREE BE APPROVED AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH IS WHAT WE NEED TO HAPPEN.

THE ZONING CASE FINALLY, UH, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 1 33, WHICH IS ZONING CASE C 14 20 21 0 1 94.

SO ITEM 61 IS TO PROVE AN ORDINANCE, UM, APPROVING THE TERMINATION OF THE REMNANT AND WINLAND ANNEXATION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE LEE ANNEXATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THIS IS ITEM 61.

SO I'D OFFER THAT FOR YOUR APPROVAL ITEM.

NUMBER ONE, 19 IS RELATED ANNEXATION.

I AM.

SO THAT, THAT TERMINATES A NON ANNEXATION AGREEMENT ITEM ONE 19 IS NOT ORDINANCE TO, UH, FOR THE FULL PURPOSE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY NINETY FOUR, A HUNDRED NINETY FOUR ACRES OF LAND, UH, WITHIN TRAVIS COUNTY NEAR 6,100 BLUE GOOSE ROAD AND TO RATIFY AGREEMENTS WITH THE OWNERS OF THE LAND FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES ON THIS IS CASE NUMBER 2022 ZEROS 0 0 2.

SO THAT IS THE ANNEXATION.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE

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SO I'D OFFER ALL THREE OF THOSE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL AND THERE'LL BE BROUGHT INTO THE CITY.

UM, ITEM NUMBER 1 34, C 14, 2020 2 0 0 46.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT OR APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 1 35 IS KC 14, 2020 2 0 0 41.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 1 36.

THAT'S ONE REQUEST BY MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022 I 1 37.

I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.

ON FIRST READING ONLY I'VE NEVER 1 38 HAS THIS NPA 2020 2 0 0 23 0.01 DOT THAT'S AGE.

THIS HAS POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

I DIDN'T 1 39 14, 2022 ZEROS 0 1 8 1 EIGHT.SH POSTPONE REQUEST BY STAFF JUST TO THE FIRST 2022.

I DIDN'T WANT IN 40 CUSTOMER.

NUMBER THREE, I BELIEVE I JUST HEARD YOU SAY YOU WOULD LIKE TO POSTPONE THIS CASE TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO THAT WOULD BE A POSTPONE REQUEST BY CUSTOMER REP FIRST, LIKEWISE, ON ITEM 1 41, WHICH IS RELATED TO ZONING CASE C 14, 2020 2 0 0 54.

PLUS ONE REQUEST.

MY CUSTOMER THREE HAD JUST BEEN FIRST ITEM 1 42, KC 14 AND 2020 1 0 1 61, DISPOSABLE AND REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT DECEMBER 15TH, I DIDN'T 1 43 KC 14, 2020 1 0 1 93.

THIS IS, I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.

ON SECOND AND THIRD READING AND 1 44, MS. CASEY, EIGHT 14, 2012, ZEROS ARE 85.02.

I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.

I DIDN'T ONE 40 FIVES CAUSE SEE 14, 2022 ZEROS OR ONE SIX IT'S.

THE STEPH WAS PULLING REQUEST TO SPEND THE FIRST ITEM 1 46 K 14, 2022 ZEROS OR A 20 THIS POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE AFRICAN DECEMBER 15TH.

I DIDN'T 1 47 IS CASEY AT 14 95, 0 0 0 1 0.02.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL AND ALL THREE READINGS OR THEN 1 48 IS CASEY 14, 2020 2 0 0 34 CONSENT APPROVAL AND ALL THREE READINGS.

I DIDN'T 1 49 KC 14, 2022 ISRAEL'S HUNDRED 38 OFF OF THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.

ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS ITEM ONE 15 IS CASE C 14, 2020 2 0 0 42.

I DO HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL CONDITION ACTUALLY READING THE RECORD ON THIS CASE.

AND THAT IS TO AMEND SECTION B PART TWO OF THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS PART TWO B BUILDINGS CLASSIFIED AS LIMITED WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION.

YOU USE WITH A CLASS, ONE FLAMMABLE OR CLASS TWO COMBUSTIBLE, LIQUID STORAGE ARE PROHIBITED ON THE PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET OF ALL PROPERTY LINES, ADJACENT TO PROPERTY DEVELOPED, USED, OR ZONED AS RESIDENTIAL.

WITH THAT ADDITION, I CAN OFFER THAT CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS, MR. ROSTOV.

AND THAT WAS ONE 50, NOT ONE 15.

IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? THAT WAS 1 5 0.

I'M 1 51 IS SEE 14, 2020 TWO HUNDRED, A HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN.

THIS IS POSTPONE REQUESTS BY THE STAFF.

THIS 15TH ITEM 1 4 52 IS K C 14, 2022.

ZEROS ARE 48.

I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 1 53 IS KC 14, 2020 2 0 0 51.

CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM NUMBER 1 54 WILL BE DISCUSSION CASE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE HISTORIC CASES AS WELL.

ITEM NUMBER 1 55.

THOSE WILL BE SHORT DISCUSSION CASES.

ITEM 1 56 IS KC 14, 2020 200 HUNDRED 57.

NOT FOR THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.

I DIDN'T WANT 57 IS K C 14, 2022 ZEROS OR 11.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 1 58, CASEY 14, 2022 IS 0 0 0 9.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.

ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 1 59 IS CASE C 14, 2020 2 0 0 1 17.

I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL AND OFFER READINGS.

SO WE'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT THAT IS FOR THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.

UM, AS OPPOSED TO THE STAFF REQUEST, WHICH WAS FOR MF THREE, I'M SORRY, THE STAFF RECOGNITION, WHICH WAS FROM A THREAD AND THE PLANKTON IS RECOGNITION ITEM ONE 16, THIS CASE C NPA 2022 ZEROS 0 27 0.01.

THIS IS A PUMP REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO SEPTEMBER 1ST ITEM 1 61 IS K C 14, 2022.

USERS ARE AT 21 POSTPARTUM REQUESTS BY THE STAFF.

JUST NUMBER FIRST ITEM 1 62.

CAN I SEE, AND 2020 2 0 0 0 1, I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL.

ON FIRST READING ONLY ITEM NUMBER 1 63 IS K C 14, 2020 1 0 0 33.

THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION CASE.

THIS IS THE USE OF 11TH STREET, NCCD ITEM 1 64 AND THE REST OF IT.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, CAUSE THIS ITEM IN MY DISTRICT, UM, IT WAS ITEM 1 69, 1 16.

THAT WAS POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO PROBLEM IF WE HAVE THE NUMBER WRONG.

SO, UM, ITEM ONE 60, HE SAID ONE 16 AND THEN READ EVERYTHING ELSE FINE.

UM, ITEM 1 64 IS C 14, 2021.

AND ON A SECOND, I MISS THAT.

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AND MY DISTRICT.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH THE POSTPONEMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER.

SO I JUST READING IT FOR THE RECORD.

SOUNDS GOOD.

1 63 AND 1 64 ABOUT DISCUSSION CASES.

I BELIEVE I DID 1 64 HAS A VALID PETITION I A MINIMUM 1 65, C 14, 2022 ZEROS OR A 40.

THIS IS POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE STAFF DECEMBER 1ST ITEM 1 66 IS CASE NPA 2020 0 0 0 1 5 0.0 TWO.SH.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT TO PROVE ON SECOND, THIRD READING.

I DIDN'T WANT 67, C 14, 2020 2 0 8 DOT S H.

I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON SECOND AND THIRD READING.

AND THAT IS ITEM NUMBER 1 67.

I LEAVE, I MAY HAVE A CORRECTIONS MOMENT, 66 AND 67.

I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THE IMPERVIOUS COVER.

THESE THAT'S TWO 15.

ON, UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE 50, THE, UM, THE PROHIBITION ON THE, UM, THE COMBUSTIBLE LIQUID STORAGE AND THE FLAMMABLE CLASS ONE STORAGE.

THE NUMBERS SHOULD BE 250 FEET.

I WAS INFORMED BY X, AT LEAST AT 200 FEET.

THAT'S AN ITEM ONE 50.

AND THEN, UM, HOW'S MEMBER HARPER, MADISON.

I BELIEVE YOU WANTED TO CHANGE THE IMPERVIOUS COVER ON ITEM NUMBER 1 66 AND 1 67 AND CHANGE IT TO 65%.

THAT CORRECT.

JUST FOR THE REST OF US.

IS THAT MAKING THERE BE LESS THAN COVER SO THAT'S INCREASING THE ALLOWABLE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND IT'S LESS IMPERVIOUS COVER IT'S IT'S YOU'RE DECREASING THUMBS UP IN THAT AS LONG AS IT'S, IF IT'S DECREASING, THAT'S FINE.

I JUST, IF IT WAS INCREASING IT, I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS.

AND, AND THAT'S CLEAR THAT IT'S A DECREASE FROM STAFF.

AND THAT WOULD BE JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT IS FOR ITEM NUMBER 1 67, 1 66 WAS THE NEIGHBOR PLAN AMENDMENT DOESN'T HAVE OF EVERYTHING WITH IT.

ARE THERE ANY ZONING CASES ON A TANDEM? NO.

SO I'M SAYING THAT THE ZONING CASES ARE NUMBERS 1 28 TO 1 67.

I'M SHOWING THE ITEMS THAT ARE POLLED ARE 1 29, 1 31 AND 1 32, ALSO 1 54 AND 1 55, 1 63 AND 1 64 AND 1 68.

I'M SORRY, 1 68 IS NOT ONE OF THOSE.

SO 1 63 AND 1 64.

THAT'S CORRECT ME.

READ OUT, THERE'S ALSO A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, UM, THAT IS, UM, RECOGNIZING SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL, UH, TO, FOR THE, FOR THIS, UM, UH, PROPERTY IN THIS DEVELOPMENT TO, TO REALLY WORK WELL, UH, IN THAT LOCATION, UH, AND WITH THE SURROUNDING, UM, HOMES.

AGAIN, ONE LAST TIME THE ZONING CASES ARE 1 28 THROUGH 1 67.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON CONSENT, UH, TO BE, UH, AS INDICATED BY JERRY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN POLLED 1 29, 1 31, 1 32, 1 54, 1 55, 1 63, 1 64.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ZONING CONSENT AGENDA? THAT'S WHERE HER KITCHEN MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY SECONDS.

THAT MOTION.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN? UH, YES.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON, UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE 31ST OFF.

I WANT TO THANK, UM, I WANT TO THANK THE NEIGHBORS.

UM, AND, UM, THE APPLICANT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO COME TO SOME AGREEMENTS AND, UH, ALTHOUGH I'M AWARE THAT, UM, THAT NOT, NOT EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE WANTED WAS ABLE TO BE REACHED, IT DOES REACH A GOOD BALANCE.

AND SO I ALSO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN ADDITION TO THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, UM, ITEMS THAT, UH, WERE

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AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ THOSE REAL QUICK, JUST SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THOSE.

UH, THE BUILDING WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO HABITABLE STORIES OVER PARKING THEY'LL INSTALL ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO DRAINAGE INLETS AS PART OF THE PROJECT TO TREAT AND DETAIN ADDITIONAL STORM WATER ON SITE, SUBJECT TO CITY APPROVAL.

THEY'LL PARK AT A RATE OF 2.5 SPACES PER UNIT.

THERE'LL BE FENCING ALONG HILL BAR TO THE T TERROR PEDESTRIANS, AND THEY'LL COMPLY WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN TREE ORDINANCES.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF HERITAGE TREES ON THE SITE.

UM, SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK, UM, THE NEIGHBORS WHO WORKED VERY, VERY HARD ON THIS AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR AWHILE, UM, ALONG WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THAT RIGHT? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.

I SEE IT AS BEING UNANIMOUS ON THE DIOCESE WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER, WENT THIS OFF, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER OPER MADISON IS ALSO OFF THE DAS.

GOT IT.

ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN TAKE CARE OF SOME THINGS QUICKLY.

ITEM NUMBER 1 0 4 HAS BEEN REFERRED BY THE AUSTIN, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

AND THEN WE'LL, UH, TAKE A REVIEW OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE HAVE LEFT

[104. Approve proposed bylaw amendment to add the office of Secretary for the Airport Advisory Commission.]

IT'S THAT DATA SECRETARY FOR THE AIRPORT COMMISSION, A MAYOR PRO TEM.

YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? SURE.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS FOR THE AIRPORT COMMISSION THAT WAS PUT FORWARD BY THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.

MOVED TO, UH, ADOPT, UH, ITEMS, UH, ONE OH, UM, FIVE THROUGH 1 0 8, UH, CONDEMNING CERTAIN PROPERTY, UH, FOR THE, UH, PUBLIC USES AND PURPOSES, UH, AS EXPRESSED, UH, IN, UH, MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION, KATHERINE POOL SECONDS, THAT MOTION DISCUSSION.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE? RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE POSE IT'S ADOPTED, UH, AT A VOTE OF 9 0 2 WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS WENT THIS AND HARPER OFF OF THE DANCE, UM, ON A, UH, UM, ITEMS NUMBER 1 0 5 AND 1 0 8.

OUR EMINENT DOMAIN CASES.

I USUALLY HAVE A SCRIPT FOR THOSE.

I DON'T SEE ONE NOW.

UH, BUT WITH SOMEONE

[Items 105 - 108]

AND THEN THE AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, VELA MAKES THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? CAUSE A MEMBER ELLIS SECOND, THE MOTION.

ANY DISCUSSION, TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

10 0 1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WENT THIS, UH, OFF OF THE, UM, UH, DEUS MAYOR.

[Zoning Consent Agenda (Part 2 of 2)]

DID.

I DID I MISS THE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ZONING? YOU DID.

DO YOU MIND IF WE RECONSIDER? IF I CONTRIBUTE TO THAT NOW? UM, IF I OBJECT TO THAT, UH, OKAY.

IS THERE A, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER HEARING? NO OBJECTION.

WE'RE GOING TO RECONSIDER THAT VOTE.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THOSE A FAVOR, THAT CONSENT AGENDA.

THOSE OPPOSED IS THAT AGENDA PASSES 10 0 1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WENT OFF THE DAS.

I APPRECIATE THAT CONSIDERATION.

NO PROBLEM.

A PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, ITEMS ONE 10 THROUGH A 1 23.

UH, WE HAVE

[Items 110 - 115, 117, 118, 120, 122, & 123]

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UH, WE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN A VOTE.

UH, I THINK ON, UH, ON ONE 19, WE'RE GOING TO PULL ONE 16 SO THAT THAT CAN BE HANDLED WITH 1 63 AND 1 64.

SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE PUBLIC HEARING CASES.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE ON ONE 10 TO 1 23, BUT NOT INCLUDING A ONE 16 AND ONE 19 MAYOR.

CAN WE MOVE ONE 14 OUT SINCE OUR STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING DENIAL? YES.

WE CAN ALSO PULL OUT ONE 14 AND MAYBE IF I COULD JUST BRIEFLY ADD Y'ALL DID POSTPONE THIS MORNING.

NUMBER 1 21.

LET'S CLARIFY.

AND 1 21 WAS POSTPONED.

SO WE'RE CLOSING THE PUB MAYER.

MAY I SAY ONE THING? I JUST WANT HER TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT UH, STAFF CHANGED THE RECOMMENDATION FOR ONE 14 TO APPROVAL AND THERE IS A MEMO IN THE BACKUP, MR. SHANK.

THANKS FOR COME UP TO SAY THAT I, UM, I, I HAD READ THAT STAFF WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT CHANGED THE RECOMMENDATION.

DOES ANYBODY OBJECT TO KEEPING ONE 14 IN THIS LIST OF ONES TO BE APPROVED? I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT GOING FORWARD.

I LOVE STAYING ON THAT ONE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT READ THE ADDITIONAL BACKUP.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT I JUST TAKE A SEPARATE BOAT.

I WORKED THE GUIDE TAKE SEPARATE BOAT ON ONE 14.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE A SEPARATE VOTE ON ONE 16, OR WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON ONE 19 AND WE HAVE ALREADY POSTPONED ITEM 1 21.

OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE VOTING TO APPROVE ONE 10 THROUGH 1 24.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE ITEMS? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KELLY MAKES THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER OF BELLA SECONDS.

ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO NOTED EARLIER IN THE AGENDA.

I HAVE A RECUSAL AFFIDAVIT FOR ONE 12 AND THE CORRESPONDING ITEM NUMBER NINE CAN I ASK WHERE I WOULD FIND THE MEMO FOR ONE 14? CAUSE I'M NOT SEEING IT.

IT'S IT'S IN THE BACKUP ON THE WEBSITE.

I CAN SEND YOU A LINK TO IT IF YOU'D LIKE.

YEAH, I'M THERE.

I'M NOT SEEING SOMETHING THAT'S SAYS BOTTOM OF THE LIST, RIGHT? OKAY.

SO WE'RE VOTING ON ONE 10 THROUGH 24 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1 14, 1 16, 1 19 AND 1 21 AND THE PARKLAND DEDICATION WE'RE GOING TO PULL.

CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THAT.

IT'S LITERALLY THREE SENTENCES.

SO, UH, 1 14, 1 16, 1 19 1 21 AND 1 24 PULLED FROM THAT GROUP.

THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE COLLECTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

EVERY DIRECTOR MCNEELY, SORRY, SORRY.

I THINK THAT THERE IS NOT A CLEAR, IT'S NOT CLEAR, BUT I THINK I, I THINK FOR, UH, CHAPTER 26, 1, 1 15, THAT WE JUST HAVE TO READ SOMETHING INTO THE RECORD.

WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE? YES.

UM, MAYOR AND COUNSEL ITEM NUMBER ONE 15 IS CHAPTER 26 OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION WILDLIFE CODE PUBLIC HEARING.

MY NAME IS KIMBERLY MCNEALY WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

THE REQUEST FOR THE COUNCIL IS TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHANGE IN THE USE OF GO VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD PARK FOR THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT TO USE, MAINTAIN AND REPAIR.

OH, 160, SORRY, 156 LINEAR FOOTAGE OF A 60 INCH REINFORCED CONCRETE STORM PIPE TO BE CONSTRUCTED.

THE LEGAL FACT FINDING IS FOR THIS ITEM IS THAT THERE'S NO OTHER FEASIBLE OR PRUDENT AND ALTERNATIVE FOR THIS USE OF DEDICATED PARKLAND, WHICH INCLUDES ALL REASONABLE PLANNING TO MINIMIZE HARM OF SUCH LANDS.

THE DATES OF THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION, UH, IN THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN WERE MAY EIGHT 15TH AND 22ND OF 2022.

THAT CONCLUDES, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU.

BUT WE ARE NOT INCLUDING 1 14, 1 16, 1 19 1 21 AND 1 24 WHERE WE CAN PUT ONE 14 BACK.

UM, ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES AGAIN, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BUNDLE OF CASES ONE 10TH OR 1 24 A,

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I, MY SCREEN WAS NOT UPDATING, SO I WASN'T ABLE TO SEE THE MEMO, BUT I GOT IT FROM MY COLLEAGUE.

SO I'M OKAY.

I'M ON 14.

WE'LL KEEP ONE 14 IN THE GROUP.

ALRIGHT.

THAT WAS IN FAVOR OF THAT GROUP.

THOSE OPPOSED THOSE ITEMS ARE, UH, APPROVED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITH THE RECUSAL AS NOTED WITH THE CREW REFUSALS NOTED MIRA.

ONE MORE TIME.

THE ONE THAT WE'RE NOT IN, THE ONES THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED WERE ONE 16.

ONE 19, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON 1 19 1 21 BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY POSTPONED THAT TO SEPTEMBER 1ST AND 1 24, BECAUSE WHILE WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ACTION ON IT, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IT.

UH, CAN WE TAKE UP 1 16, 1 63 AND 1 64 ALL AT THE SAME TIME HERE? I THINK WE, OR DO WE WANNA TAKE THAT UP? THAT'S GOING TO BE A RELATIVELY LONG DISCUSSION THOUGH.

PROBABLY I HOPE NOT.

I WAS, I WAS GOING TO ASK IF WE COULD, IF WE DO DO THAT, IF WE COULD TAKE UP THE FIRST TWO BEFORE ONE 16, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT I'VE POSED TO LEGAL, THAT I'M WAITING FOR A RESPONSE, UH, FOR BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ON ONE 16, DID WE HAVE AN ANSWER YET? WE HAVE A VALID THAT WE HAVE A PETITION THAT WAS FILED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A CHALLENGE TO THAT.

LEGAL INDICATED WE HAVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CHALLENGE ISSUE.

I WOULD ACTUALLY, I WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY HAVE TO ASK STAFF, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE PETITION? JOY AND HOUSING AND PLANNING.

MARK WALTERS IS THE STAFF OF THIS.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET HIM, BUT WHAT HE HAS RELAYED TO ME AND HE'LL BE HERE SOON IS THAT THERE IS A PETITION.

HE'LL GIVE YOU THE COUNT.

IT'S 20% ZIP TIED OVER 20% FOR EAST 12TH STREET.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET THE APPROPRIATE STAFF TO CONVERT.

AND THAT'S 12TH STREET ONLY NOT 11TH STREET.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME, UM, UH, PAIRED ITEMS NOW THAT WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON THESE ARE ITEMS NINE, 10, AND 11, UM, THAT CAN BE TAKEN BECAUSE WE'VE NOW HANDLED 1 11, 1 12 AND ONE 13.

WE ALSO HAVE, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WHAT WE COULD DO HERE QUICKLY.

[Items 9 - 11]

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ITEMS 9, 10, 11, MAYOR PRO TEM MAKES A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND AS A MEMBER ELLIS SECOND SET IN MOTION, ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEMS NINE, 10, AND 11, THEN LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THOSE ITEMS. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE ARE FOLKS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

MIRA.

WOULD YOU MIND JUST TAKING THEM UP SEPARATELY OR AT LEAST IF YOU COULD JUST RECOGNIZE MY RECUSAL ON NINE I'M PREPARED TO VOTE ON THE OTHER TWO.

THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA IS RECUSING ON NINE.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON NINE.

THOSE ARE FAVOR OF NINE.

I'M SAYING NINE VOTES IN FAVOR.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO HAS RECUSED AND COUNCIL MEMBER WENT.

THIS IS OFF THE DAS.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON ITEMS 10 AND 11.

THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

UP THE HOUSING BOND ITEM NUMBER 92.

I'M SEEING THAT AS 10 0 1, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER OFF OF THE, UH, OFF OF THE, UH, THE, THE DAY IS UM, DID WE, DID YOU PUT 75 BACK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE TOOK THE BOAT? YES.

MAY STAFF WAS ABLE TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS IN 75 WAS PUT BACK ONTO THE CONSENT AGENDA EARLY THAT'S RIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER A 61.

UH, I THINK WE TOOK CARE OF WHEN WE TOOK CARE OF 1 33 AND ONE 19 THAT, UH, JERRY, ALL THOSE CASES TOGETHER, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE

[92. Approve a resolution relating to an affordable housing general obligation bond for the November 2022 election. (Part 1 of 2)]

I THINK THAT'LL BE A FAIRLY, A QUICK AS WELL.

UM, UH, COLLEAGUES, I FILED A, UM, A BASE MOTION, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE, UM, UH, BOND.

UM,

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IT, UH, UH, RECOMMENDS WE TAKE, UH, SIGNIFICANT ACTION AGAINST WHAT IS OUR MOST PRESSING, UH, CITY ISSUE, WHICH IS HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY, UH, WOULD HAVE US, UH, UH, ACTING AT SCALE.

UH, IT'S IN RESPONSE TO A REALLY WIDE AND DEEP, UH, COMMUNITY REQUESTS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD IN THIS DIRECTION TO PUT THIS ITEM ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

I THINK OUR COMMUNITY ASKS OF US THAT WE ACT IN THIS REGARD.

UM, SO I MAKE THAT MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND, AS I REMEMBER RENT THE VIA SECONDS, UH, ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN? UH, YES, MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, BRINGING THIS, UM, THIS RESOLUTION I'M, I'M, I'M EXCITED TO BE A CO-SPONSOR.

UM, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, UM, THAT, UM, WE RAISED THE AMOUNT FROM 300 TO 350 MILLION.

UM, I THINK THAT, UM, GIVEN OUR, OUR HOUSING CRISIS AND GIVEN THE EXTRAORDINARY VALUE WE'VE GOTTEN FROM OUR HOUSING BONDS IN THE PAST, UM, THE RETURN ON OUR HOUSING BOND DOLLARS IS MULTIPLE FOLD.

AND SO TO ADDRESS OUR CRISIS IN HOUSING, I THINK WE NEED TO GO AS BIG AS WE CAN.

AND I THINK, UM, 315 MILLION WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE MAP.

SO I WANTED TO PROPOSE THAT WE RAISED IT TO 350 MILLION.

IS THERE A SECOND, UH, TO, UH, TO THIS MOTION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, AVAILA SECONDS, THIS MOTION, UH, ITEM IS IN FRONT OF US NOW.

UM, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE ANOTHER AMENDMENT.

UH, IT'S BEEN HANDED OUT THE FIRST ADS ARE WHEREAS CLAUSE, UH, AS HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY, UH, THE MAYOR PRO TAM AT OUR TUESDAY WORK SESSION, UH, THAT, UH, POINTS OUT THAT, UH, ABOUT 90% OF THE 2018, $250 MILLION AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND, UM, UH, UH, IT'S BEEN SPENT WILL HAVE BEEN SPENT OR, OR OBLIGATED ON IN OTHER WORDS, UH, WHERE WE'VE SPENT THAT MONEY.

UH, IT'S ONE OF THE MORE EFFECTIVE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AND WHEN WE SPEND THAT MONEY, AS WE HEARD EARLIER IN TESTIMONY GETS LEVERAGED, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT, UH, AMENDMENT, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDS THAT, UM, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO, INCLUDING THAT AMENDMENT HEARING NONE THAT AMENDMENTS ADDED? I ALSO ADDED A BULLET POINT A ON THE PAGES OUT TO YOU, THE TRACKS, UH, I THINK THE LANGUAGE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO HAD RAISED AN ISSUE, UM, JUST MAKING EXPLICIT, UM, WHAT MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN COVERED, BUT NONETHELESS, IN CASE THERE'S ANY DOUBT THAT ONE OF THE USES FOR IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON PUBLIC LAND, UH, WHICH WE'VE TALKED FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT PERHAPS BEING ONE OF OUR MOST, UH, UH, GREATEST OPPORTUNITIES.

UM, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT AMENDMENT COUNCIL MEMBER? TOBO SECOND SIDE.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT HEARING? NONE THAT AMENDMENT IS INCLUDED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM NUMBER 92, WHICH IS THE, UM, UH, BOND ITEM AIR PRO 10.

UM, AS I MENTIONED ON TUESDAY, I GONNA BE ABSTAINING ON ITEM 92.

THIS IS A TWO-STEP PROCESS.

THIS IS THE FIRST STEP WHERE WE ASK STAFF TO COME BACK, UM, WITH THE MATERIAL, THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO PLACE IT ON THE BALLOT.

I HAVE MY, UM, BUDGET TOWN HALL NEXT WEEK ON THE FOURTH.

AND, AND I FEEL THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, WITH A BOND THIS SIZE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH MY CONSTITUENTS AND HEAR THEIR THOUGHTS ON THIS ITEM.

UM, AS, AS ACKNOWLEDGED WITH MY REQUEST TO ADD THE WHEREAS CLAUSE ABOUT, UM, HOW MUCH OF THE EXISTING HOUSING BOND THAT WE HAVE SPENT.

UM, I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THIS PURPOSE, UM, BEFORE WE WOULD GET TO THE NORMAL COURSE OF A 20, 24 BOND.

UM, AND I RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE MADE BY THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

HOWEVER, THIS RESOLUTION DOES HAVE FINANCIAL IMPACTS, AND AS WE HEARD FROM SPEAKERS EARLIER AT CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, IT DOES AFFECT THE TAXES AND AFFECTS AFFORDABILITY

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IN OTHER KINDS OF WAYS.

AND SO, UM, BEFORE I'M GOING TO VOTE ON THE, AN ITEM OF THIS MAGNITUDE, I REALLY DO WANT TO HEAR FROM MY CONSTITUENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, UM, THE IMPACT TO THEM, GIVEN THE INFORMATION WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY OUR STAFF ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL TAXES THAT WILL COME, COME WITH THIS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ITEM IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DEBATE, UH, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE HOUSING BOND ITEM, NUMBER 92 AS AMENDED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY VOTING, NO OTHERS VOTING AYE.

COUNSELOR FLINT IS OFF THE COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM ABSTAINING.

UH, I COUNT THAT VOTE AS, UM, EIGHT TO ONE TO TWO ON A PASSES.

UM, I THINK IT'S 8 1, 1 OFF DIAS.

UM, DREAM AS IN NOVO, MAN IS NOT A VOTE, BUT YES, 8, 4, 1 AGAINST ONE OFF THE DYESS.

AND ONE UPSTANDING IS THE, IS THE CALL THERE.

AND MAY, ARE YOU, UM, ACKNOWLEDGED ON TUESDAY ARE COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTOS ACKNOWLEDGED ON TUESDAY THAT SHE WAS OFF THE DIETS, UM, REPRESENTING THE CITY IF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES FOR A PARTICULAR COMMITTEE.

SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHY SHE'S NOT HERE.

HAS SHE HAD INDICATED THAT SHE HAD WANTED TO SECOND THE, THE KITCHEN AMENDMENT GOING FROM 300 TO THREE 50.

UM, AND I KEPT LOOKING TO SEE IF SHE COULD DUCK IN, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE THING TO DO WHEN YOU'RE, UH, AT A NATIONAL MEETING LIKE THAT REPRESENTING THE, THE, THE CITY.

COLLEAGUES, JUST FROM A, FROM A HOUSE CLEANING, UH, STANDPOINT.

UM, GIVE ME JUST A SECOND PLEASE.

I THINK THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE LAST IS TO FINISH THE DISCUSSION ON ITEM, UH, 1 0 3, UM, WHICH IS THE LICENSE PLATE READERS, UH, RECOGNIZING THAT THAT ITEM IS BEING POSTPONED.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ACTION.

WE HAVE THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO BE POSTPONED WITHOUT TAKING ACTION.

UH, WE HAVE THE, UH, HEALTH SOUTH ITEM.

WE HAVE THE CRO REPORT, UM, THAT I HAD PUT AN AMENDMENT ON ASKING, UH, STAFF TO COME BACK WITH, UH, A BID, UH, FOR KROLL OR ANOTHER THIRD PARTY TO BE INVOLVED ON THE CURRICULUM.

MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF HE COULD READ THE NUMBERS THAT WOULD HELP.

I'M SORRY, WHAT ARE THREE LICENSE PLATE READERS? 1 24 IS PARKLAND DEDICATION.

1 68 IS HOW SOUTH 180 2 IS THE CRO, UH, CONTRACT THAT, UH, I'M GOING TO OFFER DIRECTION ON, UH, 180 9 AND ONE 90 ARE THE SOUTH BRIDGE AND THE ARCH, UH, CONTRACTS, UH, RESPECTFULLY.

AND THEN ON ZONING, I HAVE US WITH 1 29, WHICH IS THE MEN CHAKA CASE 1 31 AND 1 32, THE STATESMAN PUD CASE, WHICH WE SAID WE WERE WRITING TO DISCUSS THE, NOT TAKE ACTION ON 1 54 AND A 1 55, WHICH ARE BOTH HISTORIC, UH, ZONING CASES.

AND THEN 1 63, 1 64 AND ONE 16, WHICH ARE THE, UH, U R B NCCD, UH, CASES.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE LEFT IN FRONT OF US.

MARY.

I KNOW WE HAD STAFF ON TUESDAY PREPARED TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION ABOUT, UM, COMMERCIAL

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PARKLAND DEDICATION.

ARE THEY, ARE WE ANTICIPATING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT PRESENTATION TODAY? THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PRESENTATION.

THEY WERE JUST HERE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND SERVE AS RESOURCE.

SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PRESENTATION.

AND I THINK THEY'RE HERE IN CASE WE WANT THEM, UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU, BUT LET'S, LET'S MOVE FORWARD ON THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE, UH, UH, ACTION ON.

SO LET'S MOVE FIRST FORWARD ON HEALTH SOUTH, I THINK, UM, HOW SOUTH, UM, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE EXTENSION, UH, ADDRESS THAT IF THERE'S A SECOND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, HARBOR MADISON COUNTS OVER ELLIS SECOND THAT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO OFFER SOME, SOME DIRECTION.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE VETTING IT WITH, UM, WITH CITY STAFF RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.

UM, BUT I THINK WE'RE AT THE PLACE RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THE ANSWER TO THE Q AND A, UH, WHERE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A REAL SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THIS TRACK AT A MINIMUM, ANOTHER 116 UNITS, A POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER 312 UNITS.

UH, THE PRICE PER UNIT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY COMPETITIVE, BETTER THAN WHAT WE MAY BE GETTING IN MOST OF THE OTHER TRANSACTIONS THAT WE DO.

AND I THINK THE EXTENSION WOULD GIVE OUR STAFF A TIME TO TAKE A, TAKE A REAL HARD LOOK AT THAT.

UH, BUT I THINK THAT OUR STAFF, UM, UH, IN ANY EXTENSION TIME, CAUSE IT'S ONLY TALKING ABOUT DOING NEGOTIATIONS.

IT'S NOT COMMITTING TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT'LL COME BACK TO US AGAIN AS A COUNCIL.

UH, BUT IT ASKS THAT, UH, THE, THE STAFF ASKED FOR GREATER CLARITY ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE CHILDCARE SPACE AND WITH THE MUSIC VENUE SPACE, WHICH IS BEING OFFERED AT A REALLY GOOD RATE FOR THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

BUT I'M UNCERTAIN AS TO WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE THREE TO FIVE YEARS ARE GETTING THAT KIND OF CLARITY WOULD BE A REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE THE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IF WE TAKE LESS IN RENT PAYMENTS AND, AND, AND ASK FOR GREATER, UH, UH, HOUSING, UH, ON THE SIDE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE GET UP TO, UM, YOU KNOW, 25% OR, OR EVEN WELL BEYOND THAT.

UM, BUT, UH, TO TEASE THAT OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT'S THE CASE, UH, TO COMPARE, UH, WHAT THE PRICE OF THAT IS WITH WHAT WE'RE OTHERWISE PAYING FOR, UM, UH, SIMILAR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THIS MIGHT BE AMONG THE BEST DEALS WE CAN GET, IN WHICH CASE WE MAY WANT TO FURTHER INVEST, UH, IN IT TO GIVE OUR STAFF, UH, THE TIME AND, AND FOR THE DEVELOPER TO KNOW THAT WE WANT OUR STAFF TO REALLY GET INTO THE PROJECT PROFORMA, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS.

AND, AND WE EXPECT THE DEVELOPER TO BE VERY FORTHCOMING WITH OUR STAFF QUICKLY ON THAT, SO THAT IT CAN BE, UH, UH, VETTED.

UM, BUT THEN, UH, WE ALSO WANT, I THINK, UH, OUR STAFF TO COME BACK TO US AND GIVE US THEIR BEST, UH, INDICATION AS BEST THEY CAN DO IT OF, OF WHAT THEY COULD OFFER IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

UH, IF, UH, THEY WERE TO, UH, UH, DO A P THREE OR DO SOMETHING WITH THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OR, OR, OR OTHERWISE.

UM, AND WE HAVE THAT WRITTEN UP, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT PRINTED OUT SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN HANDLE THAT.

BUT RODNEY, YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT.

SO MAYOR SOME OF US HAVE SOME, CAN WE SAY SOMETHING FIRST? YEAH.

SO MAYOR, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN FRONT OF US.

I WOULD RATHER HAVE AN, A DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF US.

AND I THINK WE, THE REST OF US WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOME THINGS BEFORE WE GO, BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT, WE'LL DO THAT.

BUT I WANT RODNEY TO ADDRESS THE CONCEPTS THAT I RAISED.

BUT RIGHT.

UH, MAYOR WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU'RE ASKING WHAT STAFF MEMBER HAVE TO RESPOND TO A DOCUMENT THAT NOBODY ON HERE HAS SEEN, AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

COULD WE TAKE UP ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND HAVE A MINUTE TO LOOK AT IT BEFORE WE HEAR RODNEY'S RESPONSE? I JUST THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE MORE MEANING OF HIS

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ANALYSIS.

ONCE WE, ONCE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT, THE OTHER THING TO AT LEAST LET HIM FINISH, LAYING IT OUT, WE ALL APPRECIATE TIME TO REVIEW THINGS.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS PLACE, WE'LL GET THE DOCUMENTS, WE CAN HAND IT OUT.

AND WE'LL STILL START WITH RODNEY RESPONDING, UH, TO THE, UH, THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED IN TERMS OF THE LAYOUT, BUT WE CAN MOVE OUT.

WE CAN MOVE PAST THAT AND GO TO THE, TO THE, UH, CRO REPORT.

SO MAYOR ONE QUICK QUESTION.

I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'RE LAYING IT OUT AND THAT'S FINE, BUT UM, YOU REFERENCED SOME NUMBERS AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT DOCUMENT YOU'RE REFERENCING, JUST SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW THAT UNTIL WE TAKE UP THE REPORT.

YOU REFERENCED THAT THERE HAD BEEN CHANGES Q AND A RESPONSE THAT WAS POSTED YESTERDAY.

UH, AS I UNDERSTAND THE, YOUR COMMENTS AND CERTAINLY THE DIRECTION THAT'S ON THAT ON THE MOTION SHEET, IT IS TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT LOOK, WHETHER IT'S BY CRAWL OR BY ANOTHER ENTITY TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE PUT FORTH, UH, EARLIER ON, UH, AS A RESULT OF THE PILOT, 140 THE FOURTH CLASS, AS WELL AS THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED IN ORDER FOR US TO START THE 140 FIFTH CLASS.

THAT'S FINE.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO TO KNOW.

SO LET'S

[182. Authorize an amendment to a contract with Kroll Associates, Inc. to provide continued review of the Austin Police Department regarding incidents leading to lawsuits for alleged police misconduct and related matters, to increase the amount by $350,000 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $2,025,000.]

MOVE THEN TO 180 2.

UH, IF MY STAFF COULD, COULD PRINT THAT DOCUMENT AND BRING IT DOWN COPIES FOR EVERYBODY, THAT WOULD BE A HELPFUL, DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'VE ASKED EARLIER.

HOW HAS THAT CHANGED? I DON'T THINK THAT WE FOUND OUT ANYTHING ON, SORRY.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT 180 2, ALL RIGHTY, BUT 180 2.

IT'S WHAT I PASSED OUT EARLIER ON THE CRAWL, UH, REPORT.

UM, THIS IS THE ITEM THAT IS ASKING, UH, UH, CROLL TO BE INVOLVED IN THE NEXT STAGE OF THEIR WORK.

UH, AND THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT'S BEEN HANDED OUT THAT ASKED THE MANAGER TO, UH, COME BACK, UH, WITH A, UH, A BID OR A PROPOSAL FOR HOW CRO COULD CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED, UH, IN, UH, IN THE CURRICULUM.

UH, SHOULD THERE BE A REQUEST TO, UH, UM, INCREASE OR, OR EXPEDITE THE, UH, CLASSES RAY, DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? CERTAINLY COUNCIL, A MAYOR AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER RAY ARIANO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

SO IN REVIEWING THE MOTION SHEET THAT STAFF IS PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS KIND OF DIRECTION.

UH, BY WAY OF CONTEXT IN MID FEBRUARY COUNTY STAFF CAME FORWARD IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT ALLOWED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A CURRENT 140 FIFTH CLASS CADET CLASS, WHICH STARTED IN MARCH AND WILL END IN NOVEMBER, UH, IN MARCH CURL PROVIDED AS A FRAMEWORK FOR AN, UH, FOR AN AUDIT TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOMMODATING OR WHAT CHALLENGES OR PROGRESS THAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY MADE EARLIER DURING THE 140 FOURTH CLASS.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, OR THAT WE HAVE IN STAFF IS A FRAMEWORK TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, GAUGING HOW WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS, AS WELL AS AN AUDIT PROCESS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO CARRY FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE.

SO WE ARE PREPARED TO DO THIS, UH, THIS KIND OF ACTION, UM, WITH NO ISSUES.

I'M SORRY, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE DIRECTION I'VE LAID OUT? MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDS.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I'VE ALSO CHECKED WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CRIME COMMISSION.

I'VE ALSO CHECKED WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CRIME COMMISSION, TOLD ME THAT THE WORDING IS FINE WITH HIM.

UH, AND I'VE CHECKED WITH, UH, UH, THE, UH, WITH KATHY, UH, WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH SOME OF THE ADVOCACY GROUPS, UH, AND THE LANGUAGE IS FINE WITH HER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? YES, MA'AM PRO TAM AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, FOR, FOR THIS DIRECTION, I AGREE WITH THE DIRECTION.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD WHAT RAY SIDE, CAUSE I HAD BEEN VERY INVOLVED, UM, WITH TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT THAT AUDIT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY, UM, SO THEY'VE CREATED THIS PROCESS THAT THEY WORKED ON WITH CRO WITH HOW THEY WOULD BE HAVING ACCOUNTABILITY OVER TIME WITH RESPECT TO THE ACADEMY.

UM, AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE WE'RE ASKING FOR WITH THIS DIRECTION IS ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM CROLL ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT PROCESS, WHICH DOES NOT ACTUALLY INCLUDE CROLL OTHER THAN IN LAYING THAT OUT.

AND I WANT TO, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE AGREEING TO THIS, YOU'RE NOT JUST SAYING THAT WE ARE AGREEING TO THE SAME ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN MOTION THAT THIS IS AN EXTRA LAYER OF VERDE.

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AND SO I SEE IT AS TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED BEFORE, HOW ARE WE DOING WITH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MIGHT COME FORWARD AS A RESULT OF THAT EVALUATION? IS, DOES THAT MATCH UP? I THINK SO.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ACADEMY AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE ACADEMY, WHAT OUR STAFF AT THE ACADEMY ARE DOING, WHAT THE CHIEF IS LEAVING LEANING INTO AT OUR CADETS ARE, UM, ARE, UM, INVESTING THEIR TIME IN IS, IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.

UM, AND WE NEED TO GET IT RIGHT AND, AND, UM, WE ARE MOVING IN A REALLY IMPORTANT DIRECTION, BUT THE SPEED AT WHICH WE'RE DOING IT AND THE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING IT, DON'T ALWAYS MATCH THE EXPECTATIONS.

AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO LEAN INTO THIS PROCESS IN THE WAY THAT IT, THAT IT MERITS, UM, FOR ALL SIDES.

SO THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT, SO THAT WE HAVE NEW CADETS WHO ARE TRAINED IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE LAID OUT, YOU KNOW, UM, TEAM TIMES.

AND I GUESS THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED THAT I THINK PROMPTED THIS ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY, UM, LEANING IN AND MAKING SURE THAT THE, THESE CHANGES ARE HAPPENING AND THAT WE'RE NOT WAITING FIVE CADET CLASSES.

I MEAN, IT'S ITERATIVE, BUT THAT DIDN'T EVER MEAN LIKE IT SHOULDN'T BE THE FIFTH CLASS OUT WHERE SOME REALLY BASIC CHANGES GET MADE.

SO JUST TO ADD ONTO THAT, TO GIVE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, WE, I ANTICIPATE THAT THE MANAGER WILL BE COMING TO THE COUNCIL AND ASKING, OR THE CHIEF WILL BE COMING THROUGH THE MANAGER AND ASKING, UH, FOR, UH, AN ADDITIONAL CADET CLASS OR ADDITIONAL CADET CLASSES, DEPENDING ON RANK.

AND, AND I WANT TO SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE WE'RE 200 SOME ODD OFFICERS DOWN NOW IN TERMS OF THE, UH, FUNDED, BUT UNFILLED POSITIONS.

UH, AND I THINK WE ALREADY SEE THE, THE IMPACT OF NOT HAVING, UH, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE NEED.

THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY CONCERNS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT BUILDING THE PLANE WHILE WE FLY.

UH, AND I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO ANTICIPATE, UH, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR REGARDING TO BE ABLE TO, TO, UM, UM, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UH, DEMONSTRATE THAT WE HEAR THAT AS WELL AS BUILDING MEASURES, UH, SO THAT WE CAN BEST BUILD THAT PLANE WHEN WE FLY.

SO IT'S GETTING CRAWLED INVOLVED IN THE CURRICULUM REVIEW PROCESS.

I THINK ONCE THE CLASSES START, THEY'RE GOING TO BE FEEDBACK THAT'S, UH, ACHIEVED, UH, CRAWL IN THE PAST REPORTS HAD IDENTIFIED SOME CONCERNS, UM, UH, WITH HOW THE CURRICULUM WAS HAPPENING, HOW IT WAS BEING TAUGHT AND THE, LIKE THAT PART OF THEIR PROJECT WAS OVER.

UH, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME INTEREST IN HAVING THEM CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE PROGRESS AND THE CHANGES THAT WEREN'T QUITE MADE YET ARE MADE.

SO IT'S MORE OF AN ONGOING THING.

IT SAYS THE MAYOR PRO TEM DESCRIBED, OR WE'RE TRYING TO SWITCH THE CONCERNS AT THE SAME TIME, ALLOW THE CLASSES TO GO FORWARD, BUT THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME MEASURE OF THIRD PARTY MONITORING OR INVOLVEMENT TO ASSURE BOTH SIDES, UH, THAT IT'S GOING WELL.

IT IS NOT PUTTING UP A RE UH, OBLIGATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL STUDY OR REPORT BEFORE CLASSES CAN START.

I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING BACK TO REPEAT WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE, BUT GOING FORWARD AS WE DO CLASSES, IT'S HAVING A THIRD PARTY, THAT'S THERE TO, TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR, TO TAKE IN INFORMATION AND DATA, TO BE ABLE TO ALERT, UH, APD LEADERSHIP AND THE COUNCIL AND MANAGER, THEY SEE CONCERNS, BUT TO HELP FACILITATE US, UH, UH, SHOULD WE DECIDE AS I THINK WE, WE REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO, UH, TO, TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAYOR, AND AGAIN, WITH THE CURRENT CLASS GRADUATING IN NOVEMBER, SHOULD, WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS,

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UH, WE WILL CERTAINLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE IN THE CURRENT 140 FIFTH CLASS BEFORE WE START THE 146.

THAT'S FAIR AVAILA, I'M SORRY, CATHERINE.

KELLY.

AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR US.

UM, WE HAVE 250 VACANCIES AT APD NOW, INCLUDING 125 IN PATROL.

AND SO MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS MOTION SHEET WAS THAT WE MAY BE LOSING PROGRESS AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD.

AND I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, WE DO NEED THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW PROCESS TO HAPPEN.

SO, UM, AS LONG AS THERE ARE NO UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THIS MOTION SHEET, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

THANK YOU AS MSI AND THE HOUSE, WE REMEMBER MED, UH, REAL QUICKLY FOR THE CLERK ON THE BOND MATTER.

UH, I HAD MADE THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

IT WAS SECONDED.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN MADE AN AMENDMENT TO, UH, RAISE IT TO $350, $350 MILLION SECONDED BY COUNCILOR MURMUR, VELA THAT WAS, UH, UH, APPROVED, UH, BY, UH, BY COUNCIL VOTE THAT I THINK WAS, DID ANYONE VOTE NO TO THAT? THERE WAS ONE NO VOTE.

AND ONE MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OFF THE DAS AND ONE OBSESSION.

AND ONE OTHER ONE, THIS WAS NOT ON THE FINAL BILL.

WE JUST ARE INVITED FROM 300 TO THREE 50.

OH, I DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T VOTE ON THAT.

ACCEPTED THEM ALL.

AND THEN WE VOTED, IF THERE WAS OBJECTION TO THE AMENDMENT BEING ADDED, NO PRICE HAD, WAS THERE AN OBJECTION TO THAT BEING ADDED TO THE BASE BILL? THERE WAS A COUNCIL KELLY OBJECTED TO THAT.

I VOTED NO ON THE OVERALL I DID NOT OBJECT TO THE AMENDMENT.

THAT WAS THAT'S.

SO THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS TO THAT BEING ADDED.

SO IT WAS ADDED TO THE BASE MOTION.

I THEN MADE TWO OTHER AMENDMENTS.

THERE WAS NO OBJECTION TO THOSE BEING ADDED TO THE BASE MOTION THEY WERE ADDED.

AND THEN WE TOOK A VOTE ON THE WHOLE BASE MOTION, INCLUDING THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ADDED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

AND THERE WERE THREE.

THANK YOU GUYS.

THAT'S VERY REVEALING.

THANK YOU, MAN.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE, UH, THE COMMENTS EXPRESSED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND, AND, UH, AND THE MAYOR WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, THE TRAINING.

THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONCERNS EXPRESSED WITH REGARD TO THE TRAINING AND THE REVIEW PROCESS THAT THE COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH, UH, WHEREBY THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE, WERE NOT IMPLEMENTED, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT I WOULD SAY SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FELT LIKE THEY SHOULD BE.

AND I AM FULLY AWARE OF THE PERSONNEL ISSUES THAT THE POLICE ARE HAVING.

WE WANT TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS, BUT THE TRAINING PIPELINE IS JUST SUCH A CRITICAL COMPONENT AND THAT IF WE DON'T GET THE TRAINING, RIGHT, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, TO CHANGE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REFORM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, AND SO AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO, AS PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE ISSUING THE EXTENSION WITH GROW, UH, IF NEED BE, HAVE THEM TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AND THEN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE, UH, WITH THE CURRENT TRAINING STANDARDS AND IF THEY ARE REFLECTING WHAT THE, THE GOALS AND VALUES THAT THE COMMITTEE EXPRESSED AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, PROPERLY TRAINED, UH, POLICE OFFICERS, AGAIN, MORE IN THE, THE, I GUESS, THE GUARDIAN MOLD THAN, UH, THAN THE, UH, THE WARRIOR MOLD.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, PARTICULARLY AFTER, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL HAS, HAS WRITTEN ABOUT $15 MILLION IN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN DAMAGES, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF SITUATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE JUST GOT TO GET THEM, RIGHT.

UH, BOTH FOR THE RELATIONSHIP THAT OUR POLICE AND OUR COMMUNITY HAVE, AND ALSO JUST FOR THE POTENTIAL PHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE NOT RIGHT.

UM, THANK YOU.

I WANT TO JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, UNDERSCORE THAT WE HAVE FABULOUS STAFF IN THE ACADEMY WHO ARE REALLY LEANING IN TO MAKING THESE CHANGES.

OUR CHIEF HAS, UM, EXPRESSED A STRONG INTEREST IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE REFORMS TO THE ACADEMY.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, UNANIMOUSLY SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THE BEST TRAINED,

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UM, POLICE OFFICERS.

WE WANT THEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, TRAINED IN DEESCALATION.

WE WANT THEM TO HAVE A GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF OUR COMMUNITY, ET CETERA.

THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE.

I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, AN ACCOUNTABILITY OF TRANSPARENCY MECHANISMS THAT ARE IN PLACE.

THEY DON'T REALLY HAPPEN UNTIL THE END OF THE SORT OF THE CLASS.

UM, AND WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS HERE THAT WE BELIEVE AS WE MOVE ON TO THESE OTHER CLASSES, WHICH WE SEE THAT WE NEED, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL THIRD PARTY, UM, REVIEW, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON TRACK AND THAT OUR STAFF HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED, UM, AND THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE FURTHER CHANGES AS NECESSARY, UM, TO, TO HELP US ACHIEVE THE FINAL, YOU KNOW, GOALS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THROUGH THIS ITERATIVE PROCESS OF IMPROVING THE ACADEMY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS DIRECTION, ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING THIS DIRECTION, UH, IN THIS ITEM, HEARING NONE IT'S INCLUDED, UM, UH, SAKE OF VOTE ON, UH, THIS, UH, ITEM, UH, WITH THE INCLUDED, UH, DIRECTION.

UM, WHAT NUMBER IS THIS? I THINK IT'S 180 2, UH, THOSE IN FAVOR, VITAMIN 180 2 WITH THE INCLUDED DIRECTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I'M COUNTING THAT AS BEING UNANIMOUS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FIGHT THIS OFF THE, UH, DAY S SO 180 2 IS NOW TAKEN CARE OF, UH, RODNEY, IF YOU'D COME BACK AND JOIN US.

IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND EXECUTIVE SESSION? THAT SEEMS A LITTLE, IT SEEMS A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE TO HAVE THIS GIVEN OUR PRIOR CONVERSATION TO DO THIS WITHOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE APPROPRIATE TIME IS FOR THAT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

SO WE'LL HOLD THIS TILL WE GET TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UH, ITEMS 180 9 AND ONE 90? UM, I WOULD MOVE PASSAGE OF ITEMS 180 9 AND ONE 90.

LET'S SEE.

LET'S STAY HERE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF, OF, OF SOMETHING MORE HERE.

UH, WHAT ABOUT,

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UM, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION CUSTOMER POOL SECONDS THAT THANK YOU.

DO YOU WANT TO JUST MAKE THE AMENDMENTS? UM, I'M LOOKING AT, UM, THE SHEET, I JUST PASSED OUT.

IT'S MY AMENDMENTS TO MAYOR ADLER'S MOTION SHEET VERSION FIVE.

AND IF YOU FLIP TO THE BACK, YOU'LL SEE THE NEW LANGUAGE.

THIS JUST SPEAKS TO HAVING SOME UNIFORM ATTIRE, NOT SPECIFICALLY UNIFORMS, BUT UNIFORM ATTIRE, LIKE POLOS OR T-SHIRTS, THAT WOULD BE IDENTIFIABLE AS THE, UH, UH, THE EMPLOYEES OF THE SHELTER.

AND THEN I WANTED TO BE SURE THEIR NAMES WERE ON THEIR SHIRTS.

UH, IT COULD BE A BADGE OR IT COULD BE STITCHED ON, AND IT SAYS THE UNIFORMS MAYBE DESIGNED AND PICKED BY THE AGENCIES.

AND I WOULD HOPE THAT MAYBE OUR CITY STAFF COULD HAVE A LOOK SEE AT THEM BEFORE THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE ACTUALLY CHOSEN ANYMORE MAINLY JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THESE ARE THE PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES OF URBAN ALCHEMY ITEMS, ONE THROUGH SIX, WHERE THE ITEMS I WENT THROUGH AND, UH, UM, MR. CONLEY WAS UP HERE, LANGUAGE WORKED OUT, UH, HE WAS INVOLVED, UH, DR.

STIR WAS INVOLVED OUT OF HAND, HATE AN HOUR, WHO WAS, UH, UH, INVOLVED, UM, SAY ANYBODY HAVE AN OBJECTION TO ADDING THIS DIRECTION, UH, TO BOTH ITEMS 180 9 AND ONE 90 HEARING NONE THAT DIRECTION IS ADDED.

COUNCILMEMBER TOVA.

DID YOU HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS YOU WANTED TO BRING? I DO.

UM, I JUST NEED A MINUTE TO FIND THEM THAT'S OKAY.

TAKE YOUR TIME THERE.

UH, WHILE YOU'RE WAITING FOR, FOR, UH, I'LL JUST REPEAT WHAT I SAID EARLIER SINCE, UH, IT MIGHT BE EASIER FOR THE RECORDS TO HAVE IT AT THIS POINT.

KNOW, ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE PROPERTIES FOR ACQUISITION, FOR PSA, GENDER, OR SO, JUST WANTING TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD AND MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR MINUTES.

AND THAT'S THE, UM, THE ITEM RELATED TO, UM, TO NUMBER FIVE ON YOUR AMENDMENT, UH, IS NOT INTENDED AND IN NO WAY, UH, MAKES ANY COMMENT ON THE PROCESS WHERE THE CITY HAS BEEN PURSUING WITH REGARD TO, YOU

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UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR, UM, TO YOUR NUMBER FOUR IN THE SENTENCE THAT TALKS ABOUT IN NEGOTIATING THESE CONTRACTS, THE MANAGER'S DIRECTED TO ENCOURAGE RECIPIENTS OF THE CONTRACT AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS.

UM, HERE, I WOULD ADD WITH OTHER SHELTER PROVIDERS, COMMA, AND THEN PICK UP THE REST, OTHER AGENCIES, ET CETERA.

SO SPECIFICALLY ADDING OTHER SHELTER PROVIDERS, ANY OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT.

CAN YOU SAY AGAIN WHERE THAT WOULD GIVE, SORRY.

UM, SURE.

AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR IN THE MAYOR'S AMENDMENTS, NUMBER FOUR, AND IT'S ON THE FOURTH SENTENCE, THERE'S KIND OF A SERIES OF IT'S, UH, THE SENTENCES, THE MANAGERS DIRECTED TO ENCOURAGE RECIPIENTS OF THE CONTRACTS TO FORM PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH, AND HERE I WOULD INSERT OTHER SHELTER PROVIDERS, COMMA, AND THEN PICK UP OTHER AGENCIES, COMMA, AND WHEN APPROPRIATE, ET CETERA.

SO JUST MAKING IT REALLY EXPLICIT THAT WE EXPECT SOME OF THOSE AGENCIES TO ACTUALLY BE SKELTER PROVIDERS.

OBJECTION, HEARING.

NO OBJECTION.

THAT AMENDMENT IS ADDED TO THE, TO THE BASE MOTION.

NEXT I WOULD ASK.

AND I'M INDIFFERENT ABOUT WHERE THIS GOES.

UM, BUT I WOULD WELL IT'S DIRECTION, UM, THAT THE NEW RECIPIENTS PROBABLY AS LIKE A, UH, TO A, UH, THE NEW RECIPIENT SHALL MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT COUNCIL OR STAFF REQUEST.

WE'LL MAKE THAT A SECOND PARAGRAPH.

AND NUMBER TWO, ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING ADDED IS IN REDMOND.

HARRY, WOULD YOU READ THIS? WHAT WOULD BE SURE? NOW I WROTE THIS OUT AND I'M HAPPY TO HAND IT OVER TO THE NEW RECIPIENT SHALL MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT COUNCIL OR STAFF REQUEST.

WITHOUT OBJECTION HEARING NONE.

HOW DOES THAT ADD TO THE BASE MOTION AS WELL? AND THEN LASTLY, I WOULD, UM, PROPOSE ADDING THE NEW VENDOR FOR THE ARCH SHALL PROVIDE SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS RECOMMENDATIONS AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL DIRECTION, INCLUDING RESOLUTIONS 20 17, 10 12, HYPHEN ZERO 15 AND RESOLUTION 20 19 0 8 2 2 HYPHEN 0 6 7.

AND AS I REFERENCED EARLIER, THOSE ARE OUR TWO DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS.

ONE IS THE ONE THAT INITIATED THE WORK WITH THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE, UM, IN PARTICULAR, ON TRANSFORMING THE CARE AND SERVICES AT THE ARCH TO TRAUMA INFORMED ALSO, UM, MORE TRAINING LIVING WAGES.

NO, ACTUALLY I THINK THE LIVING WAGE WAS IN THE SECOND ONE.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE SECOND ONE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ABOUT INSOURCING, BUT IT WAS ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT WE NEEDED BETTER COMPENSATED GET BETTER COMPENSATION AND DIFFERENT TRAINING AT THE ARCH.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO RESOLUTIONS, I WOULD SAY, SUGGEST THEY OPERATE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHERE'D.

YOU READ THAT ONE AGAIN? SURE.

THE NEW VENDOR FOR THE ARTS SHALL PROVIDE SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS RECOMMENDATIONS AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL DIRECTION, INCLUDING RESOLUTIONS 20 17, 10 12, 5, AND ZERO 15.

AND RESOLUTION 20 19 0 8 2 2 HYPHEN 0 6 7.

DO YOU HAVE COPIES OF THOSE OTHER RESOLUTIONS? YES, I DO.

CAN YOU JUST GO THROUGH AND JUST SAY, WHAT IS THE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT IF THEY OPPOSE IMPOSE UM, I'LL START WITH THE SECOND ONE FIRST, UH, 20 19 0 8 2 2 0 6 7.

THE ONLY PIECE THIS IS, UM, AS I MENTIONED ABOUT THE INSOURCING, IT'S THE WORK THAT OUR WORK GROUP DID, AND THEN WE CAME FORWARD AND I, AND OTHERS, UM, HAD SPONSORED THE CHANGE TO, TO REQUIRE THE MANAGER TO START BRINGING IN THOSE CUSTODIAL CONTRACTS AND WHATNOT IN HOUSE, RATHER THAN RELYING ON RELYING ON CONTRACTS FOR CONSISTENT, CONSISTENT JOBS, PERFORMANCE FOR THE, FOR THE EXECUTION OF, OF JOBS THAT ARE CONSISTENT AND ONGOINGLY NECESSARY.

IF I'M FEELING LIKE IT'D BE A WORD OR YELLOW SHEET, I MEAN, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE YELLOW SHEETS?

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VISIT COUNCIL MEMBER ENTRY, I'M HAPPY TO HAND THEM OUT.

I HAD READ THEM OUT EARLIER.

AND I, I JUST SORT OF, I HAD, I HAD THOUGHT THERE WAS A GENERAL, OKAY.

WITH, WITH JUST READING IT OUT, IT'S SIMPLY REALLY TO KIND OF GET DOWN TO THE BASICS HERE.

IT'S JUST ASKING THEM TO COME TO COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR REGULAR REPORTING AND THEN THIS PIECE, WHICH IS TO MAKE SURE THIS COUNCIL HAS TAKEN MULTIPLE ACTIONS AT THE ARCH TO TRY TO TRANSFORM THE WAY SERVICES WERE OFFERED.

AND I'LL, I'LL HIT ON SOME OF THOSE SPECIFICS.

AND IT'S BASICALLY JUST SAYING WITH THIS NEW VENDOR, WE EXPECT THEM TO COMPLY WITH THOSE PREVIOUS PREVIOUSLY OFFERED, UM, WITH THOSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED POLICIES.

SO AGAIN, THIS, THIS RESOLUTION, THIS PIECE IS JUST, UM, I'LL READ YOU THE PART THAT'S RELEVANT TO THIS.

UM, THE COUNSELOR COUNCIL DESIRES, THE MANAGER TO CONSIDER STAFFING SECURITY PERSONNEL AT THE ARCH WITH CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TRAINED IN DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES, POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS.

UM, THE OTHER RESOLUTION WAS MORE, IT WAS REALLY FOCUSED ENTIRELY ON THE ARM.

SO AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT THAT THEY ENTER INTO? DOES THAT MEAN THAT BECOME THAT, UH, UH, UH, A REQUIREMENT OF THE DIFFERENT CONTRACT? WELL, IT SAID CONSIDER, BUT I, I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEW VENDOR IS TRAINED IN DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES, POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE TRANSFORMATION THAT WE WERE HOPING TO AFFECT AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO AFFECT AT THE ARCH.

SO I WOULD EXPECT JUST IN THE SAME WAY WE SET THOSE EXPECTATIONS AND FRONT STEPS.

WE SHOULD SET THEM OF ANY NEW VENDOR AS WELL.

WE WANT TRAUMA INFORMED CARE.

WE WANT, UM, POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SKILLS.

WE WANT THEM TO BE TRAINED IN DEESCALATION FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BENEFIT, NOT JUST OF THOSE EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO OF COURSE, FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING SERVICES THERE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOCTOR STIRRUP AND HAYDEN HOWARD I'M IN FACT, RATHER THAN REFERENCING THE DOCUMENT, WHAT WE COULD SAY IS THE MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO INCLUDE IN THE CONTRACT OR REQUIREMENT THAT THE WORKERS BE TRAINED IN TRAUMA INFORMED CARE OR THE SECOND AND THIRD ITEMS. YEAH.

THIS WAS ABOUT THE STAFF, THE SECURITY SPECIFICALLY, UM, CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE TRAINED IN DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES.

AND I DID AT YOUR REQUEST RUN THIS BY, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, HIDDEN HOWARD A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE MEETING AND THAT'S BEEN CONFIRMED.

SO I THINK COUNSELING AND RENT THE RHEA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SEEING THAT, WHAT IT'S SAYING IS THAT IN THE CONTRACTS, THE SECURITY PEOPLE NEED TO BE TRAINED IN TRAUMA INFORMED CARE.

UM, AND THE OTHER TWO ELEMENTS AND, AND DIRECTOR, UH, HEADING HOWARD SAID THAT SHE'S FINE WITH THAT.

WHAT WAS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FIRST ONE? YEAH, THE FIRST ONE KIND OF KICKED OFF SOME OF THAT WORK.

IT WAS THE ONE THAT REALLY SET UP THE CONTRACT WITH THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO, UM, THE N THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS.

AND SO IT ASKED THE MANAGER TO DO SOME THINGS AS PART OF THAT PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE NAA, N E H UM, IT ASKED, UH, UH, THAT THE REVISED SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE DO WITH THE NIH, UH, TAKES INTO ACCOUNT RECOMMENDATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE PREVIOUS, PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS SOUGHT SERVICES.

I MEAN, IT'S REALLY BACKING UP THE NEXT ONE IT WAS REALLY SETTING UP THE WORK THAT WE DID WITH THE NEA, N A E H RATHER THAN SETTING REQUIREMENTS, THE OPERATION, BASICALLY, WHAT, WHAT MAYBE IT'S THE, MAYBE THE EASIEST THING TO DO HERE IS JUST TO SAY, WE REALLY EXPECT THAT NEW VENDOR TO COMPLY WITH THE EXISTING EXISTING STANDARDS OF CARE THAT WE HAVE SET FOR FRONT STEPS, AS WELL AS WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE PREPARED FOR US SPECIFICALLY BY THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS.

YOU KNOW, THEY CAME IN, WE DID A CONTRACT, THE FIRST RESOLUTION INITIATED THE CONTRACTS, THAT HOW WE WANTED THEM TO WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS.

AND THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCES TO COME UP WITH A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ARCH, SO THAT THEY COULD DELIVER A BETTER AND TRAUMA INFORMED CARE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SLOWLY IMPLEMENTING, WELL, NOT SLOWLY.

I HOPE, YOU KNOW, ACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO THE WORK AT THE ARCH, AND I WANT THAT WORK TO CONTINUE.

SO THAT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF IT.

IN THE SECOND ONE, UH, WITH THE FIRST ELEMENT, IT WAS KIND OF MORE THE GLOBAL, UH, SETTING UP THE CORRECT STANDARDS TO BE DEVELOPED.

AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO REWRITE IT BECAUSE THE DIRECTOR'S OKAY WITH IT.

BUT JUST SO THAT SOMEONE WATCHING, IF IT'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE RESOLUTIONS, BASICALLY IT SAYS IT'S REALLY THOSE ELEMENTS THAT YOU HAD

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AND IN PART, THOSE LATER ONES WERE WHAT WAS DEVELOPED, RIGHT.

AND MORE LIKE THERE WERE MORE RECOMMENDATIONS TOO.

SO THE BASIC POINT, AND I'LL JUST SUMMARIZE THE BASIC POINT IS THAT WE SPENT, WE SPENT MONEY AND TIME AND ENERGY AND INCLUDED LOTS OF LISTS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, ASKING HOW WE COULD DELIVER BETTER SERVICES AT THE ARCH.

AND I WOULD, AND WE'VE HELD FRONT STEPS TO THOSE STANDARDS.

AND I WOULD ASK THAT WE DO THE SAME WITH ANY NEW VENDOR.

THAT WAS GOOD.

IT'S OKAY.

WITH DIRECTOR HOWARD HAYDEN, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE CONCLUDING COUNCILMEMBER TOPO HIS AMENDMENT IN THE BATMAN MOTION? MAYOR? I HAVE A QUESTION.

NOT AN OBJECTION, RIGHT.

I'D JUST LIKE TO HEAR FROM ACM HADN'T HOWARD.

JUST ASK HER A QUESTION REAL QUICK.

I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM, UH, WHAT, WHAT I'M HEARING EVERYONE SAY IN THAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE RESULTS OF THOSE, THOSE, UM, ANALYSES AND CONSULTATION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA WAS REFERRING TO, UH, PRODUCE A SET OF STANDARDS.

SO, UM, IS THE PLAN TO INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE STANDARDS IN THE, UM, IN THE CONTRACT.

UM, AND THIS CONTRACT WITH URBAN ALCHEMY, STEPHANIE HAYDEN, HOWARD ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, WE CAN INCLUDE THOSE IN THE CONTRACT.

UM, THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THAT WE DID NOT COMPLETE, UM, ACCORDING TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, AND SO STAFF NEED TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THOSE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THEM WAS, UM, THE DAY RESOURCE CENTER, UM, BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO FIND ANOTHER LOCATION FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE HAD PAIRED BACK, BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT'S STILL A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE'LL WORK WITH, UM, THE NONPROFIT ON THAT, UM, DIRECTOR STIRRUP IS, IS ON THE CALL AS WELL.

SO THEY CAN WORK WITH THE STAFF ON THAT.

AND SHE AGREED TO THE, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY WOULD ADHERE TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO THERE MAY BE A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE NOT COMPLETED, BUT THOSE WILL BE CONTINUED TO BE PURSUED AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE ARCH.

IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KELLY THEN COMES FROM OCTOBER.

UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DIVIDE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN VOTE DIFFERENTLY ON EACH ITEM.

WE'LL DO THAT.

MAY I ASK I'M SO SORRY.

UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, HAYDEN HOWARD, WHILE YOU WERE AT THE, UH, DYESS.

I WANTED TO PUT HIM, I WANTED TO ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION.

SO THE TERM THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS 13 MONTHS OR 12 MONTHS WE HAD, WELL, IF THERE ARE, IF THERE IS ANY NEED IN THE INTERIM FOR THE, FOR THE CITY TO TERMINATE THAT CONTRACT, I THINK I HEARD DIRECTOR STIRRUP SAY ON TUESDAY THAT WE HAVE THAT ABILITY.

IS THAT CORRECT? YOU ARE CORRECT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE FIRST ON ITEM 180 9.

UH, I THINK 180 9 IS THE, YES, I'M SORRY.

WHAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TOPO SAID, JUST BROUGHT SOMETHING UP TO ME.

UM, SO IF WE WERE TO NEED TO CANCEL THEIR CONTRACT ACM, UM, COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THAT PROCESS MIGHT LOOK LIKE OR WHAT YOU MIGHT DO DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT HAPPENED WITH FRONT STEPS? BUT IF YOU KNOW, I AM GOING TO DEFER TO A KESHA JOHNSON SMOTHERS MANAGER.

SHE IS ON THE LINE.

AND SO SHE CAN WALK THROUGH THAT.

UM, I DIDN'T SEE AN ATTORNEY PRESENT BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE US INTO THAT LEGAL SPACE THAT I WILL NOT BE COMFORTABLE WITH COVERING.

WILL BE TO ENSURE THAT THE DOORS STAY OPEN AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

UH, GOOD MORNING, ADRIAN STOR, UH, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH I'LL START, AND THEN ACACIA CAN FILL IN ANY OF THE GRANULAR DETAILS THAT I'LL MISS.

UM, SIMILAR TO THIS SITUATION.

IF WE FIND OURSELVES NEEDING TO MAKE A DECISION, UM, AS ACM MENTIONED, THERE'LL BE A CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEYS.

UM, THERE'LL BE NOTIFICATION OF THE COUNCIL, AND THEN WE WILL, UM, MOVE TO OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF THE AGENCY.

UM, I THINK WHAT IS AT ISSUE HERE IS HOW WE GO ABOUT DECIDING A PROVIDER.

UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'LL BE IN A DIFFERENT SPACE, UM, BECAUSE THE, THE MAIN GOAL

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UM, SO THE STAFF ARE OPEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS OR DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, UM, ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC, UH, PORTION OF IT.

BUT THE BASICS WOULD BE THE SAME THAT WE WOULD, UM, HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE AGENCY.

WE WOULD NOTIFY OUR COUNCIL.

WE WOULD GET OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, WE WOULD GET THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION.

WE WOULD INFORM, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, UH, FORM INFORMED MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THEN ISSUE THE FORMAL NOTICE TO THE VENDOR.

I'M READY TO VOTE.

MAYOR I ITEM 180 9 SOUTH BRIDGE.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THAT.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN NOT ADDED WITHOUT THE OBJECTION, THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 180 9, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I'M SHOWING IT AS BEING UNANIMOUS ON THE DIOCESE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS WENT THIS AND RENT THE RHEA OFF THE DIOCESE ITEM.

NUMBER ONE, NINETIES, THE ARCH PROPERTY MOVED AND SECONDED, UH, THE, UH, ITEM IN FRONT OF US WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ADDED, UH, WITHOUT, UH, OBJECTION, NEAR PROGRAM.

I WANT TO JUST SPEAK TO THIS.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOUR SENTENCE.

UM, SO THIS IS NOT A SITUATION.

I THINK ANY ONE OF US ON THE DIAS WANTS TO BE IN, UM, WITH OUR SHELTER.

UM, I SEE VERY MUCH THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE IN PLACE TO OPERATE, UM, THE SHELTER AND THAT THERE'S A TIME CRUNCH FOR THAT.

UM, I AM NOT YET AT A PLACE WHERE I CAN AFFIRMATIVELY VOTE IN FAVOR OF URBAN ALCHEMY.

UM, I HAVE CONNECTIONS TO THE HOMELESSNESS PROVIDER COMMUNITY OUT IN CALIFORNIA AND HAVE IN THE LITTLE THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE, UM, TO RESEARCH, BEEN HEARING MIXED THINGS, SOME VERY POSITIVE, SOME QUESTIONABLE, AND I'M NOT IN A, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE AFFIRMATIVELY, UM, SUPPORTING THIS.

SO I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO HAVE AN OPERATOR AND THIS IS THE PLAN BEFORE US AND THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAVE.

UM, BUT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE, UM, AFFIRMING THIS PARTICULAR PROVIDER.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KELLY THEN COUNTS MAR KITCHEN, UM, AND MUCH LIKE THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

I'M NOT IN A SPOT WHERE I'M COMFORTABLE AWARDING THIS CONTRACT TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR FOUR YEARS.

UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, DIRECTOR STIRRUP HAD MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A CALCULATED RISK, BUT TO ME THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE GIVEN SOME OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ALLEGATIONS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD, THAT I DON'T YET FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING RESOLVED.

AND SO I WILL BE VOTING.

UM, I DO BELIEVE WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND A BETTER FIT FOR THE ARCH, BUT WE DO DESERVE TO GIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, THE BEST QUALITY OF SERVICES AVAILABLE.

AND I'M NOT SURE I CAN AFFIRMATIVELY SAY THAT GIVEN AN AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT.

SO AGAIN, I WILL BE VOTING.

OPERATIONAL ISSUES, CHALLENGES, UM, THAT HAVE NOT YET IMPACTED SERVICE DELIVERY.

ALL RIGHT GUYS, WE'RE KITCHEN.

UM, I RE I RESPECT THE CONCERNS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE.

I HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS.

UM, BUT, UM, BUT I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT WE NOT HAVE AN INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN TO US NOW IN TERMS OF OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.

SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CONVERSATION HERE, UM, RIGHT, RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF DELAYING.

SO I THINK GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS THAT ARE RAISED, I'D LIKE TO HAVE, I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION OR TWO.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR DIRECTOR STIRRUP OR ACM HAYDEN HOWARD, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, AND CAN YOU ARTICULATE TO US, UH, THE REASONS THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE CONSEQUENCES WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, SERVICES FOR OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS IN THE ARCH.

IN OTHER WORDS, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW? UM, AFTER SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BORDER FRONT STEPS, UM, THIS DECISION IS TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE CITY AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE, UM, PROMISED THE COMMUNITY THAT WE PROVIDE THE BOARD IS, UM, HAVING DIFFICULTY ATTRACTING AND RETAINING EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP.

AND CONSEQUENTLY, THERE ARE SOME

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THE STAFF ON THE GROUND ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.

UM, BUT AFTER SOMETIME IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT THERE IS A RESOLUTION TO THEIR LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES, INSIGHT FOR THE NEAR FUTURE, WHICH LEAVES OUR CONTRACTS AND THE SERVICES IN A TENUOUS POSITION.

OOPS, SORRY.

AND YOU, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE TIMING? I MEAN, TO THE TIMING, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THIS IS AN, THIS IS URGENT.

UM, AND I WANT TO JUST DOUBLE CHECK MY PERCEPTION THAT IT'S URGENT THAT WE TAKE ACTION NOW, BUT IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH A CONTRACT WE'RE RISKING, UM, SERVICES, IS THAT INAPPROPRIATE PERCEPTION ON MY PART, THAT THAT IS THE ASSESSMENT OF THE STAFF, AS WELL AS THE CONSULTANT THAT WE ENGAGE TO ASSIST FRONT STEPS WITH THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND FROM THE STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, IS THIS THE BEST OPTION THAT WE HAVE FROM EVERY YES MA'AM, AS YOU STATED, IT'S A MIXED BAG OF THINGS THAT YOU HEAR.

UM, BUT BASED ON WHAT I HEARD FROM THE LIEUTENANT IN SAUSALITO, AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER, UM, AS WELL AS DR.

MILLER'S, UM, EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH TRAUMA INFORMED CARE, AS A MATTER OF FACT, URBAN ALCHEMY IS A NATIONWIDE TRAINER IN THAT PRACTICE.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL BRING SOMETHING TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE, UM, YET TO ACCOMPLISH, UM, SPECIFICALLY WHAT SOME OF THOSE OUTSTANDING GOALS WITH THE RESOLUTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO REFERENCED.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS JUST, IS JUST THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE DIRECTION, UM, MAYOR FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD AND ALL THE AMENDMENTS.

AND I WANTED TO THANK, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND, UM, AN ECHO FOR THE GUIDANCE THAT THEY'VE OFFERED.

UM, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT, OR NOT ASSUMING, BUT WHAT, UM, WHAT I WOULD BE WANTING IN, IN PASSING THIS DIRECTION IS, YOU KNOW, IS CLOSE OVERSIGHT.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED IN TERMS OF AT A MINIMUM QUARTERLY REPORTS, BUT, UM, I TRUST THAT OUR STAFF WILL BE, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY WILL BE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS USING THEM BASED ON THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE PASSING.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE SO THAT WE WILL BE AWARE OF AND ABLE TO DETECT AND INTERCEDE IF THERE ARE IN FACT PROBLEMS. IS THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT? YES.

PERSON THAT ONE ENTITY THAT'S OFFERING TO DO IT, UH, SHOULD SEND OFF WARNING PLAYERS.

GIVEN ALL THAT, I, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND THAT'S WHY I'M VOTING FOR THIS.

I SHARE CONCERNS THAT OTHERS HAVE RAISED, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, UH, IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ME TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED SERVICES FOR OUR, UH, FOR THE UNHOUSED FOLKS AT THE ARCH, AS WELL AS ITSELF BRIDGE.

AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO NOT PROCEED.

I THINK WE'VE BUILT IN QUITE A FEW, UH, PROTECTIONS, UM, WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, WITH THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, UH, AND WITH OUR STAFF.

AND SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE PROCEEDING COUNCILMEMBER KITCHEN, RIGHT? I FEEL, I THINK PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WAY THAT YOU DO.

THIS IS A REALLY BAD SITUATION, AND WE DON'T HAVE A REALLY GOOD OPTION AND CHOICE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY DEVELOP ONE.

UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS, UH, FILLING THE VACANCIES BEING, UH, WAY TOO QUICK.

AND IT WAS WAY TOO QUICK.

THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION BEING PAID, ULTIMATELY BEING CREATIVE IN THE COMPENSATION THAT WAS, UH, INITIALLY DISCUSSED AND OFFERED WITH THE PROVIDERS TRUE AS WELL.

UM, AND, AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE HAVE MORE TIME TO VET BE GREAT.

WE HAD, UH, PEOPLE THAT HAD MORE LOCAL EXPERIENCE.

UM, I KNOW IN THE INTERVENING PERIOD OF TIME, SOME OF THE PLAYERS, UH, UH, AND STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS TRIED TO FIND OTHER PEOPLE TO STEP IN AND SAY, BE INTERESTED IN STEPPING UP AND, AND BIDDING ON THIS AND COULDN'T FIND ANY, UH, THAT ITSELF IS AN INDICATION OF, OF TROUBLES AND CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, THE FACT THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT.

AND I THINK THERE WAS JUST ONE RESPONDENT TO THE RFP GOING BACK, UH, IS A WARNING SIGN, UH, THAT WE HAVE A CONTRACT THAT'S GOING OUT.

AND REALLY ONLY ONE

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THAT THERE'S A CHALLENGE THAT ALL SAID.

I THINK THAT, UH, THE, THE DANGER AND RISK ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING NO PROVIDER OR HAVING, UM, UH, WORKERS THAT ARE JUST REAL UNCERTAIN AS TO THEIR FUTURE, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN EMPLOYER THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, UH, WE OWE IT TO THOSE WORKERS, UH, TO ADD SOME STABILITY TO THEIR, TO THEIR LIVES.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS DOES, UH, BY SPECIFICALLY ASKING THESE FOLKS TO PRIORITIZE REHIRING THEM.

UH, IT ALSO SAYS THAT BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION, WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR SUCCESS AS WE PUT THEM INTO THESE ROLES.

AND ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE DIRECTION IS THE, THE MANAGER IS, UM, UH, UH, DIRECTED TO ENSURE THE NEW CONTRACT RECIPIENTS RECEIVE THE GUIDANCE, MENTORSHIP AND OTHER SUPPORT NECESSARY FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO OUR STAFF IS GOING TO BE ENGAGED WITH THESE FOLKS AND, AND, AND HELPING TO ENSURE THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL AND THEN BEARING PART OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM BEING SUCCESSFUL.

THE, UM, UH, COMMUNITIES ALSO PITCHING IN TO DO THAT THE, THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE IS, AND LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, UM, UH, TO THEIR CREDIT ARE ASKING FOR A, A SIGNIFICANT ROLE TO HELP ENSURE THE SUCCESS BECAUSE EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES THAT THERE, THERE ARE CHALLENGES HERE.

SO THIS IS EVERYBODY KIND OF JOINING TOGETHER.

UM, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE PERFECT ANSWER.

IT'S NOT THE PERFECT SOLUTION.

UM, THERE JUST AREN'T ANY BETTER ALTERNATIVES AS I SEE IT, GIVEN THE TIMING THAT WE HAVE.

SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION HERE AS WELL, GUYS, ALICE, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'M IN AGREEMENT, UM, WITH THESE SENTIMENTS AND WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAD LAID OUT EARLIER.

I JUST REMEMBER HEARING, YOU KNOW, A WHILE AGO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S A GAP IN SERVICES.

AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT MEANS PEOPLE GO ELSEWHERE.

THEY FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE TO STAY.

THEY TRY TO GET CONNECTED WITH SERVICES AT ANOTHER PLACE.

AND THEN WHEN IT'S TIME TO CONNECT THEM TO HOUSING OR TO CONNECT THEM WITH THE APPOINTMENTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN NEEDING, YOU CAN'T FIND THEM.

AND SO I REALLY AM CONCERNED THAT IF WE DON'T MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION THAT WE COULD INADVERTENTLY END UP IN THAT SITUATION.

SO I'M AGREEING WITH MY COLLEAGUES SENTIMENTS UP HERE, I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT TODAY, BUT I TRUST THAT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH IS GOING TO BE WATCHING THIS WITH A VERY CLOSE EYE IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU HAD BEEN WATCHING IT PREVIOUSLY.

UM, AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, OUR CONSTITUENTS CARE VERY MUCH TO SEE THE SUCCESS OF THIS INITIATIVE.

AND SO I WE'RE TRUSTING AND RELYING ON YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE WATCHING THIS VERY CLOSELY.

AND, UM, IF THERE NEEDS TO BE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN QUICKLY, THAT, THAT WE'RE INFORMED AND ABLE TO DO THAT.

OF THAT THIS WEEK, BUT IT HAS BEEN AN UNBELIEVABLY UNBELIEVABLE AT LEAST SCHEDULED WEEK.

I NEED TO ASK THE STAFF, UM, A FEW MORE QUESTIONS, MAYOR, YOU, YOU HIT ON SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I NEEDED TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT.

SO CAN YOU NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO GO TO THE QUESTION AND I'M JUST, I HAVE TO BE HONEST, I'M REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THIS ONE.

I MEAN, THIS IS, THESE ARE MY CONSTITUENTS.

THIS IS, UM, A RESOURCE THAT I THINK IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE AND MUCH NEEDED, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE BEST PATH REALLY IS FORWARD HERE TODAY, DIRECTOR STIRRUP.

CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND THE TIMING, TIMING ELEMENT? I UNDERSTAND WE NEED, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY.

IF WE WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A DAY WHERE WE COULD TAKE THIS UP AGAIN AND SAY TWO WEEKS, WOULD THAT GIVE YOU ENOUGH OPPORTUNITY TO, TO STILL, UM, IF WE MADE A DECISION ON THAT DAY TO GET SOMEBODY IN PLACE BY THE SEPTEMBER DEADLINE, UH, UNDERSTANDING, AND I'LL JUST TELL THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, THIS POSTED ON FRIDAY.

SO WE'VE, WE'VE HAD, UM, REALLY LESS THAN A WEEK TO, TO LEARN ABOUT URBAN ALCHEMY, TO SORT THROUGH SOME OF, SOME OF THE EMAILS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT THEM, TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR, WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS AND HOW IT WOULD BEST APPLY HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE HEARD, UM, SOME, SOME EXTREMELY POSITIVE, UM, EXTREMELY POSITIVE THINGS FROM PEOPLE I REALLY VALUE AND TRUST.

UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, HAVE READ AND, AND HAVE HEARD ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT, THAT GIVES ME PAUSE.

I KNOW THAT THEY, UM, THAT OUR STAFF REACHED OUT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, AND I WISH I'D BEEN ABLE TO AVAIL MYSELF

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UM, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH URBAN ALCHEMY.

AND I KNOW THEY, THEY HAVE EXPRESSED, UH, A WILLINGNESS TO PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION TO BE AS AVAILABLE.

SO THAT'S GREAT TOO, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TIME DIDN'T PERMIT ANY OF THAT TO HAPPEN WITH THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL AGENDA.

SO I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT IF WE HAD TWO MORE WEEKS, WHAT DOES THAT DO IN TERMS OF THE SEPTEMBER DEADLINE? I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, WE CAN'T, WE SIMPLY CAN'T HAVE A GAP IN SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO DEPEND ON THEM AT THE ARCH.

IT QUITE FRANKLY, IT GIVES THE NEW VENDOR WHOEVER'S COMING IN LESS TIME TO HAVE THAT OVERLAP AND TRANSITION.

UM, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE, UM, UNEASE AT THE LOCATION, NOT ONLY FOR THE STAFF, BUT FOR THE CLIENTS THAT RECEIVE SERVICES, UH, BECAUSE THEIR FUTURES IS STILL UP IN THE AIR.

UM, OKAY.

I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A LOT OF ASSURANCES ABOUT WHAT MAY HAPPEN.

UM, I APOLOGIZE.

NO, I UNDERSTAND.

I MEAN, IT'S A VERY CHALLENGING SITUATION.

I THANKED YOU ON TUESDAY, BUT I'LL THANK YOU AGAIN HERE PUBLICLY YOU AND, AND YOUR, AND THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS.

THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY AND REALLY, REALLY CHALLENGING SITUATION.

I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO TRY TO BRING A GOOD RESOLUTION HERE TODAY.

UM, CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND? I, I SUBMITTED A QUESTION IN THE Q AND A, AND I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER ABOUT THE, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE INVITED TO ATTEND THAT FIRST MEETING.

CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY WE DON'T SEE MORE SHELTER PROVIDERS AMONG THEM? UM, ONE OF OUR LONGTIME PARTNERS IN SHELTER HAS BEEN THE SALVATION ARMY.

THEY RUN THE CITY'S WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER.

THEY ALSO RUN THEIR OWN RATHGEBER FAMILY CENTER.

I WAS SURPRISED NOT TO SEE THEM ON THE LIST.

AS I UNDERSTAND THE ANSWER, OUR STAFF WERE UNABLE TO GET, GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM, OR WHAT COULD YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED THERE, PLUS AS WELL AS WHETHER THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ANY OF THE SMALLER SHELTERS, UM, UP SMALLER, THOSE OPERATORS OF SMALLER SHELTERS, UM, IN THE CONVERSATION, BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO RESPECT THE BOARD'S TIMELINE OF INFORMING THEIR STAFF ABOUT, UM, THE STATUS OF THEIR ORGANIZATION.

WE WERE TRYING TO DO AS MUCH BACKGROUND PLANNING AS POSSIBLE, RECOGNIZING THAT THE PROVIDER COMMUNITY IS SMALL AND THAT WORD WOULD PROBABLY BE BACK, BUT KNOWING THAT WE HAD TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST AND FOREMOST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE THE ORGANIZATION WITH PROFESSIONAL COURTESY AND RESPECT WHILE TAKING CARE OF OUR INTERESTS.

UM, THE STAFF GOT TOGETHER TO CURATE A LIST OF PROVIDERS THAT WE FELT WERE WELL POSITIONED IN COMMUNITY AND HAD CAPACITY TO TAKE ON THIS LARGE PROJECT, UM, WITH THE FISCAL, UM, RESOURCES IN PLACE, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO STAFF UP QUICKLY FROM THAT LIST.

UM, BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE PUBLIC CHATTER AND GOSSIP AHEAD OF THE BOARD'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE STAFF.

I ENDED UP, I CALLED EACH, UM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR CEO PERSONALLY, TO GAUGE THEIR INTEREST AND THEN INVITE THEM TO EMITTING.

UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS UNABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE LEADERSHIP AT SALVATION ARMY, UM, FROM A CONTACT WITH BOOTS ON THE GROUND STAFF, STILL NOT THE DECISION MAKER.

THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND EXPRESS INTEREST AND WERE SENT THE APPLICATION MATERIALS AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO COMPLETE AN APPLICATION.

SO THEY WERE, THEY DID RECEIVE THE INFO, THEY RECEIVED THE MATERIAL.

I KNOW THERE WAS A VERY SHORT DEADLINE, A TIMEFRAME OF, OF ONE DAY, DID SALVATION ARMY RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD IN AN, IN AN OPERA WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD THAT ENABLED THEM TO APPLY, UM, WERE ANY OF THE SMALLER SHELTERS, CASA MARIANELLA OR ANY OF THE OTHERS? I KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE OPERATING AT A MUCH SMALLER SCALE WITH A MUCH MORE FOCUSED, UM, FOCUSED MISSION, BUT DID YOU CONTEMPLATE INVITING ANY OF THOSE OR WAS IT PRIMARILY JUST THOSE ON THE LIST WHO EVENTUALLY ATTENDED THE MEETING, PRIMARILY THOSE ON THE LIST THAT ATTENDED THE MEETING AND THE MAYOR REFERENCED SOMETHING THAT I NEEDED TO TRACK DOWN, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS TRUE, UM, IN THE MEETING, WAS THERE A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT WAS INDICATED AS POSSIBLE FOR THE CONTRACT AND DID IT CHANGE FROM THE MEETING TO, TO THE, TO WHAT'S BEFORE US HERE ON THE AGENDA? WELL, WE PRESENTED TO THE STAFF IS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET FOR, UM, UH, FRONT STEPS OPERATION.

THAT'S A COMBINATION OF GENERAL FUND AND ESG DOLL DOLLARS.

KESHA WE'LL HAVE TO GIVE YOU THAT DETAIL

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IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT.

WE ALSO INDICATED THAT WE DID HAVE SOME CARRY OVER FUNDS THAT WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE TRANSITION PROCESS, NOTING THAT STAFF MIGHT, OR AN AGENCY MIGHT COME IN AND NEED TO MAKE SOME STRUCTURAL CHANGES OR SOME OTHER ITEMS, SOME, UM, RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO HELP A SMOOTH TRANSITION.

AND SO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT YOU SEE THERE IS JUST US ASKING FOR, UM, AUTHORIZATION OF THAT FULL AUTHORITY.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE CONTRACT WILL END UP BEING FOR THAT EXACT AMOUNT.

SO IT JUST GIVES THE STAFF, THE WIGGLE ROOM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE VENDOR WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD.

SO IT HAS, SO I THINK THE SUGGESTION THAT THERE WAS ONE NUMBER MENTIONED TO THE GROUP WHO MET AND THEN A DIFFERENT NUMBER HERE ON OUR AGENDA OKAY.

IS REALLY EXPLAINED NOT BY THE AMOUNT CHANGING, BUT JUST YOU DECIDED TO COME FORWARD AND ASK FOR HIGHER AUTHORIZATION IN CASE THAT BECAME NECESSARY.

I THINK IT'S A MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS.

SO IN ORDER FOR THOSE FUNDS THAT WE MENTIONED THOSE CRUSHING FUNDS TO THAT WE MENTIONED TO BE MADE AVAILABLE, WE HAVE TO ASK FOR THE AUTHORIZATION AT THIS TIME.

UM, DO YOU, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE, AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN REFERENCED, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE QUARTERLY REPORTS, MAYOR, I APPRECIATE YOUR AMENDMENTS.

I THINK THEY ADJUST, THEY ADD ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS AND, AND POINTS OF MONITORING.

I WOULD ASK THAT WE, FOR THESE FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS THAT WE HAVE MORE REGULAR REPORTS AND PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN BUILD INTO OUR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, OR IF IT'S A FULL INTEREST TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE DO IT AS PART OF OUR WORK SESSION OR A MEMO, WHATEVER'S MOST, WHATEVER'S THE BEST METHOD FOR STAFF AND THE MOST EFFICIENT, BUT I THINK WE NEED, I THINK WE NEED TO HERE PRETTY SOON AFTER THIS CONTRACT IS EXECUTED, HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND WHAT KINDS OF CHANGES AND HOW THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY MEET SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE BEING ADVANCED TODAY, INCLUDING HIRING FRONT STEP STAFF AS AS POSSIBLE.

ON THE DIOCESE NOW, EXCEPT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUESTIONS THAT THE COURT, UH, THAT THE CLERK ASKED ABOUT THE VOTE ON THE MATTER.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT.

UM, I, I, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF MY REMARKS, I'VE REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THIS.

UM, I AM GOING TO, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE NEED THAT CONTINUITY OF SERVICES.

IT IS NOT WITHOUT RESERVATIONS.

AND I, I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING IN REAL CLOSE TOUCH, UM, WITH THE STAFF ON, ON HOW THIS RELATIONSHIP IS IS GOING.

AND OF COURSE, CERTAINLY, UH, I'M GOING TO WISH YOU THE BEST SUCCESS TO URBAN ALCHEMY AND, AND, AND HOPE THAT OUR COUNCIL WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THEM.

IF THIS VOTE IS SUCCESSFUL HERE TODAY, COLLEAGUES, ARE WE READY TO VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER ONE 90? JUST TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF ONE 90 WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ACCEPTED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED THOSE ABSTAINING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY OPPOSES COUNTS, UH, THE MAYOR PRO 10 ABSTAINS COUNTERPOINT.

THIS IS OFF THE DAY S THE OTHERS EIGHT VOTING, AYE.

THIS ITEM NUMBER ONE 90 PASSES, UH, SINCE WE'RE ALL

[92. Approve a resolution relating to an affordable housing general obligation bond for the November 2022 election. (Part 2 of 2)]

YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE A VOTE AGAIN FOR THE PURPOSES OF, UM, THE, UH, THE, THE, THE RECORD, SO THAT IT'S CLEAR.

WE HAD A BASE MOTION THAT, UH, I MOVED, UH, THAT WAS, THAT WAS PUBLISHED ON, ON ITEM 1 91 92.

I'M SORRY, JUST 92 ON ITEM NUMBER 92.

UH, THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN TO RAISE IT FROM 300 TO 350.

UH, I ADDED AN AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENTS, UH, THAT ADDED A WHEREAS CLAUSE, BUT ALSO ADDED A BULLET POINT ABOUT BUILDING ON A PUBLIC LANDS.

ARE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE BOND? I DON'T THINK THERE WERE ALISON, DID YOU BRING YOU UNDER A DIFFERENT AMENDMENT? NO.

WHEN YOU OFFERED YOUR WHEREAS CLAUSE, I SECOND, RIGHT? YEAH.

BOTH OF THOSE AMENDMENTS WERE DEEMED TO BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

UM, THAT GAVE US THEN THE, UH, BASE MOTION WITH THOSE THREE AMENDMENTS

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ADDED, UM, WITH THAT BEING IN FRONT OF US, THE BASE MOTION AS AMENDED WITH THOSE THREE AMENDMENTS, LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM, NUMBER 92, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED THOSE ABSTAINING, UH, THE VOTE IS, UM, UH, EIGHT AND FAVOR COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY VOTING.

NO, THE MAYOR PRO TEM ABSTAINING AND COUNCIL MEMBER WENT THIS OFF THE DESK.

IS THE MED CHAKRA ROAD CASE.

IT IS 5 0 7.

WE HAVE PROCLAMATIONS AT FIVE 30.

UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, 23 MINUTES.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME, UH, WORK DONE AGAIN.

PARKLAND DEDICATION IS JUST GOING TO BE DISCUSSION AS HIS LICENSE PLATE READER AS IS, UH, THE SOUTH.

UM, AS THE STATESMEN POD, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE ZONING CASES.

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[129. C14-2021-0187 - Menchaca Road - Calvo - Approve second and third readings of an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by zoning property locally known as 11530 Menchaca Road (Slaughter Creek Watershed). Applicant’s Request: To zone from interim-rural residence (I-RR) district zoning to commercial-liquor sales (CS-1) district zoning for Tract 1 and general commercial services (CS) district zoning for Tract 2. First Reading approved commercial-liquor sales-conditional overlay (CS-1-CO) combining district zoning for Tract 1 and general commercial services-conditional overlay (CS-CO) combining district zoning for Tract 2 on May 5, 2022. Vote: 8-0, Council Members Harper-Madison, Kelly, and Tovo were off the dais. Owner/Applicant: Manchaca Holdings, LLC (Antonio Calvo). Agent: Land Answers, Inc. (Jim Wittliff). City Staff: Wendy Rhoades, 512-974-7719.]

UH, LET'S CALL THAT UP STAFF WITH US TO DO THAT MAYOR WHILE THEY, UH, GET A PULLED TOGETHER COMMAND REAL QUICK.

I THINK SHE ALREADY LEFT, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT THERE WAS A LADY YOU PROBABLY NOTICED HER.

SHE WAS RAISED IN A SIGN OVER THERE REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO TALK TO US ABOUT HER OPPOSITION TO OUR PATH FORWARD ON THE ARCH ITEM.

UM, AND THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT TRANSPIRED THAT MADE IT, SO SHE WASN'T ABLE TO SPEAK TO US THIS MORNING, BUT SHE WAS REALLY ADAMANT ABOUT WANTING US TO VOTE.

SO IF SHE'S LISTENING OR IF SOMEBODY KNOWS SHAUNA, SHE'S A SERVICE PROVIDER IN, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SPACE, IF YOU KNOW HER, PLEASE, UH, ENCOURAGE HER TO REACH OUT TO THE DISTRICT ONE OFFICE.

I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HER REALLY ADAMANT OPPOSITION.

THAT'S NATASHA DOT MADISON AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV.

AND THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE FINE JUST TO REVIEW, UH, AS A, AS A COUNCIL, WE'VE PUT TIME LIMITS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE TO SIGN UP, THAT INCLUDES THE KIOSK BY NINE 15, OUR CLERK'S OFFICE GETS FLOODED BY FOLKS WANTING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK THAT DIDN'T SIGN UP BY NINE 15, UH, IN ORDER TO MAKE THEIR JOB AS EASY AS IT CAN BE.

UH, I ENFORCED THAT RULE THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED AND SAID, IF YOU DIDN'T SIGN UP, YOU'RE YOU CAN'T TESTIFY.

IT MAKES IT MUCH EASIER FOR OUR CLERK'S OFFICE, CERTAINLY, UH, ANYWHERE ON HIS DESK BY OUR CUSTOMER AND PRACTICE CAN ASK TO, TO ALLOW ANYONE TO SPEAK THAT THAT, THAT YOU WANT TO, UH, BUT, UH, I WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, BE PRETTY STRICT ON THAT RULE JUST BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP THE CLERK'S LIFE, UH, MOVING FORWARD.

UH, DRY, CAN WE HAND, CAN WE DO, UH, THE ZONING CASE? WE HAVE 27 MINUTES.

LET'S SEE HOW MANY OF THESE WE CAN, UH, KNOCK OUT AND IF HE CAN GET THE ALL FOUR, THEN YOU COULD LEAVE BEFORE DINNER.

YOU HAVE 20 MINUTES.

I HAVE 20 MINUTES.

SO I CAN START THE MED CHECK.

UM, THIS IS CASEY 14, 2020 1 0 180 7.

I JUST, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 11 5 30 MIN ROAD.

UM, THIS CASE IS TO APPROVE ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, UH, REZONING FROM INTERIM RESIDENTIAL OR IRR TO COMMERCIAL LIQUOR SALES, OR ZONING FOR TRACK ONE IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL SERVICES OR CS ZONING FOR TRACK TWO.

UM, IT WAS APPROVED ON FIRST READING ON MAY 5TH OF THIS YEAR, AND ON JUNE 16TH, IT WAS, UM, POSTPONED TO THE STATE.

SO WITH THAT, HAVING ANY QUESTIONS I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, IF YOU WANT TO, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS GO AHEAD.

AND CATHERINE THE KITCHEN.

SO, UM, THE REASON I PULLED IT OFF OF CONSENT IS I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.

UM, I HAD UNDERSTOOD, I HAD THOUGHT THAT IT WAS AGREED TO, BUT NOW, UM, I'D, I'D GOTTEN AN EMAIL AND HEARD THAT THERE WERE STILL SOME, UM, OBJECTIONS TO IT.

AND I THINK THEY MAY HAVE RELATED TO, UM, CASA GARCIA'S, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING AND PERHAPS ABOUT THE, THE JOINT USE OF THE DRIVEWAY.

UM, AND THE, IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, SOME CONCERNS THAT, THAT THE ZONING CHANGE THAT WE'RE MAKING WOULD ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING.

UM, AND THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT WHETHER THAT WAS ALLOWED WITHIN THE JOINT USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE, UM, CASA GARCIA AND THE APPLICANT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM, AM I, AM I UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THAT THERE'S STILL AN OBJECTION, UM, TO THE CASE?

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WE HEARD EARLIER FROM A SPEAKER FROM, UM, WHO WAS REPRESENTING CARTS, CASA GARCIA, A RESTAURANT WHO, UM, DID STATE OF CONTINUED OBJECTION WITH THE CASE.

AND DID I JUST CHARACTERIZE THEIR OBJECTION? THE OTHER OBJECTION HAS TO DO WITH THAT PRIVATE ACCESS TO THESE MINT, THAT'S SHOWN ON THE MAPS IS A CASA GARCIA ROAD, TECHNICALLY NOT A ROAD, IT'S A, IT'S A PRIVATE ACCESS EASEMENT, AND THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TRACK, UM, THAT COULD RESULT FROM THE ZONING AND THE IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE ON THE, UH, THE ACCESS TO THESE.

BUT AGAIN, THE PRIVATE, THE ACCESS HAS BEEN A PRIVATE MATTER BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THE CITY IS NOT A PARTY TO.

SO TH TH THAT WAS MY, YOU ANTICIPATED MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH WAS WHAT IS THE STAFF'S, UH, THINKING OR POSITION ON, ON THAT? UM, WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A POSITION ON THE ACCESS HAS BEEN PER SE.

UM, WHAT WE'RE TASKED WITH IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE IS JUST LOOKING AT THE ZONING, THE APPROPRIATE ZONING.

AND SO, UM, AS I SAID, WE HAVE TWO, TWO ZONING DIFFERENT ZONINGS REQUESTED HERE.

UM, IT DOES HAVE INTERIM ZONING RIGHT NOW, SO IT IS APPROPRIATE TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE INTERIM RURAL RESIDENTIAL.

THAT'S WHAT THE ZONING THAT THEY GET UPON ANNEXATION.

UM, IT DOES HAVE SOME EXISTING, UM, DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY ALREADY.

OBVIOUSLY I THINK THE DEVELOPER INTENT OR THE PROPERTY OWNER IN ATTENDANCE TO REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY, BECAUSE I'M EITHER ASKING FOR CSN ZONING, WHICH IS, UM, BLOGS FOR COCKTAIL LOUNGES ON THE CORRECT ONE, AND THEN SEE US ON THE REMAINDER, SEE US ON THE REMAINDER WOULD KIND OF MATCH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, ALTHOUGH IT'S RATHER SPARSE, IT'S NOT HEAVILY DEVELOPED, BUT, UM, FROM THE APPEARANCES ON THE AREA AND WHAT I'VE SEEN ON GOOGLE MAPS, THAT'S THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT KIND OF WAREHOUSES, SOMEWHAT, UM, COMMERCIAL TYPE DEVELOPMENT.

SO, UM, CSI ZONING WOULD BE A PR YOU KNOW, WOULD BE WHAT WE NORMALLY EXPECT IN THIS CASE.

THEY ASKED FOR A CS ONE FOR A PORTION OF IT.

AND, UM, UM, THAT'S OKAY.

SO THEN, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THOSE TWO PARTIES IS A PRIVATE AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY DOESN'T GET INVOLVED IN, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT OUR ZONING THAT WOULD IMPACT THAT AGREEMENT? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A LEGAL QUESTION OR A QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS WHAT HAPPENS AT MAYBE AT SITE PLAN, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY COME IN AND, AND THEY, WE TELL THEM THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PARKING, BUT THAT'S IN CONFLICT WITH THEIR JOINT AGREEMENT, JOINT USE AGREEMENT.

DO THEY HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT FIRST, OR HOW DOES THAT TH THE REQUIRED PARKING WOULD HAVE TO BE ON THEIR PROPERTY? UM, IF THE REQUIRED PARKING WAS, IF THE JOINT ACCESS AGREEMENT IS PARTIALLY ON THEIR PROPERTY, I WOULD IMAGINE THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE JOINT ACCESS AGREEMENTS TO MAKE SURE IT DOES NOT GET COMPETED.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PUT PARKING IN IT, I IMAGINE, WITHOUT HAVING SEEN THAT AGREEMENT MYSELF, UM, I THINK THE BIGGEST IMPACT WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ON THE EASEMENT, AS, UH, AS A RESULT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD EXPECT TO BE POSSIBLE ISSUE, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE WOULD HAVE A, UH, SITE PLAN.

THERE IS ACCESS TO , YOU KNOW, FROM BOTH TRACKS.

UM, IF THEY WANT IT TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING EASEMENT, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THAT EASEMENT WITH THE ADJOINING PROPERTY.

AND WHAT IF THEY'RE IN DISPUTE, THEN THEY WOULD TAKE, THEY WOULD PROBABLY TAKE EACH OTHER TO COURT, BUT WHAT WOULD WE DO? I MEAN, DOES THE CITY, JUST, THE CITY WOULD NOT ENFORCE THE TERMS OF THE JOINT AXIS? WE W WE WOULD MAKE SURE IF THEY WERE, IF THEY WERE DOING A SITE PLAN AND THEY WERE TAKING ACCESS TO THAT JOINT ACCESS AGREEMENT, WE WOULD ASK THEM TO GIVE US A COPY AND TO BE SURE THAT THEY WERE IN FACT ENTITLED TO USE OF THAT EASEMENT.

UM, WE WOULD STILL REQUIRE ACCESS TO A, UM, IT'S A PUBLIC ROADWAY, WHICH WOULD BE IN CHACO.

UM, BUT, UM, WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ENTITLED TO ACCESS TO THAT.

BUT IF THERE WAS A DISAGREEMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIVING UP TO THE TERMS OF THE EASEMENT, THAT WOULD BE FOR THE TWO PARTIES TO WORK OUT, BUT WOULD WE JUST STOP OUR ACTION AND WAIT TILL THEY FIGURED IT OUT? IN OTHER WORDS, WE WOULD THAT, I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T PUT OUR THUMB ON THE SCALES ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, IF, IF IT'S A, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A, UM, IF IT'S A DISPUTE BETWEEN PRIVATE PARTIES.

I THINK THAT THIS, THIS IS ABOUT WHICH USES ARE ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY AND, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IMPERVIOUS COVER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

UM, IT DOES NOT REALLY ADDRESS THE, THE, UH, JOINT ACCESS EASEMENT.

THAT'S A SITE PLAN.

AND JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S, UH, THE REQUIRED PARKING FOR, UH, AND I'M, I SEE, I'M SEEING THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE REZONING THE FIRST, UH, THE FRONT PORTION WITH THE CUP FOR A COCKTAIL LOUNGE.

AND THEN THE BACK PORTION IS JUST GOING TO BE ZONED COMMERCIAL SERVICES.

WHAT'S THE, YEAH, LIKE THE BAR BARS ARE CALCULATED AS A CITY CALLS THEM HAVE, UM, PROBABLY THE HIGHEST, UM, PARKING REQUIREMENT IN THE CITY.

AND HOW DOES A PARKING STRUCTURE ITSELF WINDOWS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THOSE TWO DIFFERENT USES, IN OTHER WORDS, DOES THE BAR UP FRONT NEED TO HAVE ITS OWN PARKING OR CAN THEY COMBINE PARKING OR

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BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT A BAR, YOU CAN GET A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF SPACE, RIGHT.

COMPARED TO A RESTAURANT OR, YOU KNOW, AN OFFICE BUILDING.

SO THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR A, UM, IS ONE SPACE FOR EVERY A HUNDRED FOR A COCKTAIL LOUNGE IS LESS THAN 2,500 SQUARE FEET.

AND FOR A COCKTAIL LOUNGE IS BETWEEN 20 510,000.

IT'S ONE PER 50.

AND FOR A, UM, COCKTAIL LOUNGE THAT IS OVER 10,000, 10,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS A RATHER LARGE ONE.

THAT WOULD BE, UH, WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

IT'S ONE FOR 25.

SO I DON'T THINK IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET, BUT IT COULD EASILY BE BETWEEN THE 25 AND 10,000.

SO IT WOULD BE ONE PER 50 PARKING THERE WITH REGARD TO THE REST OF THE PROPERTY.

THERE ARE A WIDE VARIETY OF USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN CF ZONING.

UM, SO IT'S HARD TO SAY RIGHT NOW WHAT THE PARKING WOULD BE, BUT IF IT WERE WAREHOUSE, IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LOWEST PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A WAREHOUSE THERE'S MORE STORAGE.

AND IN THE BACK PART OF THE CSO AND PROPERTY, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS A WAREHOUSE USE.

THAT'S WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE FROM THE AREAS THAT I SAW IN WHY IS IT LOOKING AT IT FROM THE GOOGLE EARTH? YES.

OR AT LEAST WAREHOUSE LOOKING STRUCTURES, YOU KNOW, METAL STRUCTURES.

AND IS THERE DIRECT ACCESS TO, UH, THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, GARCIA ROAD? YES.

I BELIEVE IT HAS ACCESS TO, UH, BOTH TRACKS HAVE ACCESS TO MEN CHOCOLATE BREAD.

I SEE THAT.

BUT I GUESS AGAIN, JUST LOOKING AT THE, THE AERIAL VIEW OF IT, I GUESS, TO ADEQUATELY PARK THE PROJECT, THEY WOULD NEED ACCESS TO THE PARKING, UH, INTO THE WARD, THE REAR WHERE THE WAREHOUSE IS.

THEY, THEY, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO PARK THE PARKING FOR THE COCKTAIL LOUNGE ON THE ZONING THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE ARE PRIVATE MATTERS OF BEYOND THE CITY'S PURVIEW, IN TERMS OF THE SHARED USE OF AN EASEMENT BETWEEN TWO PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS FROM JUST KIND OF A GOOD GOVERNANCE SIMPLICITY POINT OF VIEW, I SURE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE KIND OF AN AGREEMENT BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, I'D HATE TO LIKE REZONE IT.

AND THEN THAT KIND OF TRIGGERS THIS HUGE, YOU KNOW, CIVIL COMMERCIAL DISPUTE.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THERE WAS SOME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, AGREEMENT OR MEETING OF THE MINDS BEFOREHAND.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T THEN KIND OF, UH, BUT, UH, BUT I, IT, IT, THAT'S NOT ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE, WHAT THE CITY'S POSITION IS THOUGH.

HUH.

IT APPEARS THAT THE, FROM THE ZONING MAP, THE ACCESS EASEMENT IS ENTIRELY ON THE ADJOINING PROPERTY, AS OPPOSED TO THE PROPERTY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REZONING HERE, YOU KNOW, IT DOES SOUND LIKE THEY HAVE OBVIOUSLY JOINT ACCESS RIBBON ON THAT, BUT IT'S NOT A PART OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING REZONED HERE.

UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S AN ISSUE BETWEEN YOUR JOINING PROPERTY IN THIS PROPERTY OWNER AS TO HOW THAT EASEMENT GETS USED AND WHETHER IT'S COMPLIANT WITH THE TERMS OF THAT AGREEMENT OR NOT.

W WHEN I SPOKE LAST MAY WITH MY CLIENT, WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT QUESTIONS FROM MR. ARIANO ABOUT JOINED XS AND, OR JOINT MAINTENANCE, MY CLIENT SAID, HE'D BE WILLING TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH THEM ABOUT THAT.

AND I SEE THE APPLICANT IS, I DON'T KNOW IF HE, UH, WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

I'LL SURE.

TRY WITH THE, THE EASEMENT RIGHT NOW IS, UH, YOU SAID THAT THERE, THERE, YOU DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH CASA GARCIA WITH REGARD TO MAINTENANCE OF, UH, OF THE EASEMENT.

UM, I SPOKE WITH, UH, MR. ARIANO THERE, UH, CEO OUT IN THE HALL AFTER WE BOTH, WE BOTH SPOKE EARLIER.

AND, UM, HE TOLD ME THAT THERE'S NOT ANY FORMAL AGREEMENT RIGHT NOW.

UM, AS I STATED EARLIER, THE JOINT USE ACCESS EASEMENT WAS DONE AT THE TIME THIS PROPERTY WAS PLANTED.

AND IT WAS BECAUSE BOTH OF THESE TRACKS, UH, THE GARCIA TRACT AND THIS TRACT HAVE QUITE A SMALL RATIO OF FRONTAGE ALONG MANCHESTER COMPARED TO THE DEPTH, THE DEPTH OF THESE PROPERTIES IS LIKE ALMOST A HALF A MILE.

UH, SO THE EASEMENT GOES BACK THERE TO GET ACCESS TO, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF, OF THE REAR OF THE PROPERTIES.

AND SO THERE'S THE LEGAL ENTITLEMENT LEGAL RIGHT? FOR BOTH PARTIES TO USE THE EASEMENT.

NOW, ONCE YOU GET BEYOND THE PART THAT SHOWS ON THE SURVEY TO BE PUBLIC, WHICH NEVER IT'S, IT, IT WAS DEDICATED TO THE CITY, BUT ACCORDING TO MR ARIANO, IT WAS NEVER ACCEPTED BY THE CITY.

AND I, I CONCUR, IT'S A PRIVATELY MAINTAINED DRIVEWAY.

IT'S A WEIRD SITUATION, BUT THEY HAPPEN.

SO, UH, THAT PART IS PAVED.

THE BACK PART IS CULICHI.

AND BEFORE WE COULD USE THE BACK PART FOR ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO A FORMAL PARKING, I BELIEVE WE PROBABLY HAVE TO COME TO SOME KIND OF AN AGREEMENT TO PAVE THE REAR PART.

I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY BIG BATTLE BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES.

I THINK IT CAN BE WORKED OUT WHEN I

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AND, UH, I THINK WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT, ALTHOUGH IT'S, THERE'S NOTHING, YOU KNOW, WE BOTH HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE IT RIGHT NOW.

THE GARCIA, UH, OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE MAINTENANCE APPARENTLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT REALLY FAIR.

THAT'S NOT A GOOD, GOOD WAY TO DO THINGS.

SO, UH, MY CLIENT WILL TRY TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.

I, I, I MEASURE MY CLIENTS WHEN THEY FIRST APPROACHED ME AND I TRY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT I THINK ARE, ARE SOLID PEOPLE AND NOT, YOU KNOW, DEVIOUS PURPOSE.

AND, UH, I BELIEVE MR. CALVIN, MY CLIENT IS, UH, A GOOD PERSON AND THAT HE'S A MAN OF HIS WORD.

AND I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK SOMETHING OUT WELL IN, IN, IN THAT SPIRIT.

AND IF, IF COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WOULD, WOULD BE, UH, UH, UH, WILLING TO, TO SECOND, I WOULD A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO ALLOW THE, YOU KNOW, THE PARTIES TO HOPEFULLY WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE EASEMENT.

AND THEN WE COULD, UH, TAKE UP THE MATTER.

I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT.

DO YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK TO, UH, A SHORT POSTPONEMENT? UH, I'LL ONLY SAY I'M HOPING TO GET THIS DONE IN MY LIFETIME, SO, WELL, HOPEFULLY YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE LONGER THAN THE SHORT POSTPONEMENT.

IF I, IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS YOU WANT US TO COME BACK WITH A JOINT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BEFORE SECOND AND THIRD READINGS, IDEALLY.

1 54, 1 55 IN SIX MINUTES? I THINK WE COULD.

I'LL I MEAN, I'LL TAKE THAT TO THEM AND IT'S NOT THAT THAT'LL PUT A LITTLE HEAT ON THINGS.

THANK YOU, SIR.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THAT'S OUR KITCHEN.

YOU WANT TO MOVE HER POSTPONE? YEAH, I'LL MOVE POSTPONEMENT TO, I THINK OUR NEXT MEETING SEPTEMBER 1ST, IF THAT'S RIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO POSTPONE CUSTOMER VELA? ANY OBJECTION TO THE POSTPONEMENT HEARING DONE THIS ITEM IS POSTPONE TILL THEN SEPTEMBER 1ST MARE SEPTEMBER 1ST.

UM, DO YOU THINK WE COULD DO

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I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A CALLAN CONTRAST FROM THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE SHE'LL BE DOING ABOUT THOSE CASES.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I WILL BE BRIEF.

UM, STARTING WITH ITEM 1 54, A C4 TEENAGE TWENTY TWENTY TWO ZERO ZERO SEVEN ONE, THE TOFI AND BIRTH OF ELIJAH HOUSE AT 1403 EAST DAYS ARE CHAVEZ STREET.

THIS ITEM HAS AN OWNER OPPOSED HISTORIC ZONING REQUEST INITIATED BY THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION, UH, PER LDC, 25, 11 TO 13, UPON THEIR REVIEW OF A DEMOLITION APPLICATION FOR THE BUILDING.

THE COMMISSION DETERMINED THAT THE HOUSE MET THE REQUIRED ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR HISTORIC ZONING AND CONCURRENCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE 2016 EAST AUSTIN HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY.

UH, FIRST THE HOUSE MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR ARCHITECTURE IS IT EMBODIES THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF A CRAFTSMAN STYLE HOME.

IT ALSO MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS FOR ITS CONNECTION, WITH THE BELLAGIO FAMILY WHO LIVED THERE FROM 1925 TO 1959 TOFI AND BIRTH OF BELLAGIO OWNED BELLAGIO PRODUCE ONE OF THE OLDEST AND LARGEST PROVIDERS OF BEET AND OTHER FRESH PRODUCE IN THE STATE LANDMARK COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND HISTORIC ZONING ON JUNE 1ST AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO DENY HISTORIC ZONING ON JUNE 28.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

UM, DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR STAFF WHERE WE HAVE STAFF HERE.

I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.

JUST VERY BRIEF.

SO WE HAVE A TWO OWNER OPPOSED, UH, HISTORIC, UH, ZONINGS.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THREE, UM, THIS WILL REQUIRE, UH, EIGHT VOTES TO PASS.

IS THAT CORRECT? SUPER MAJORITY.

NINE VOTES TO PASS AND REQUIRE NINE VOTES TO PASS.

YES, I AYE.

REALLY KATE'S SUPPORT AND, UH, YEAH, I HAVE FRIENDS THAT LIVED IN THAT HOUSE AND I ALWAYS ADMIRED THAT HOUSE GOING BY THERE EVERY DAY, COMING BACK FROM CITY HALL.

AND BEFORE THEN, UH, IT'S UH, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR BOX IS ONE OF THE FEW BLOCKS LEFT, AND THEN YOU SAW AUSTIN, THEY STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL HOUSING ON, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, IT'S, UH, THE NEXT TWO HOUSES NEXT TO THAT ARE ALL ALSO ALL HISTORIC AND I WOULD HATE TO LOSE SOMETHING

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THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

UM, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT, UM, I WANT TO STAY AT HISTORIC.

SO YOU WOULD VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE HISTORIC ZONING.

VOTE IN FAVOR OF HISTORIC ZONING, UM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER.

I WOULD SUPPORT YOU IN THAT.

AND I, I NOTE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A FULL DIOCESE HERE TODAY, AND TYPICALLY WE DON'T TAKE UP VALID PETITION CASES IF WE DON'T HAVE A FULL DYESS.

SO WE MIGHT CONSIDER, UM, I GUESS WE COULD HEAR IT ON FIRST READING THOUGH.

JUST KNOW THAT WE DO ALSO HAVE AN APPLICANT, UM, AVAILABLE TO SPEAK AS WELL.

LET'S GIVE THE APPLICANT, LET'S GIVE THE APPLICANT A CHANCE TO TALK AS IS OUR CUSTOMERS.

THE APPLICANT WANT TO ADDRESS THIS AFRICAN IS THIS CITY ON THIS? DOES THE PROPERTY OWNER WANTED TO SPEAK? UH, CAN YOU RESTATE WHAT YOU, OH, STAFF SPOKE A SECOND AGO.

I UNDERSTOOD THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE BOTH THE CITY, THE STAFF, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

IF IT WANTS IT.

I'M ALSO GOING TO GIVE THE PROPERTY OWNER A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO YES, BECAUSE THIS IS CITY INITIATED.

SO THE CITY'S THE APPLICANT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR NOW FROM MS. HAAS.

AND MAYOR, WHICH ONE OF THESE ITEMS IS, IS, IS IT PICKING UP THE FIRST ONE NOW? RIGHT FIRST 1, 1 54.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, VICTORIA.

HASI WITH THROWER DESIGN ON BEHALF OF THE LANDOWNER.

AS YOU HEARD FROM STAFF, THE STRUCTURE DOES HAVE ASSOCIATION WITH ONE OF MANY GOODS AND PRODUCE COMPANIES IN EARLY AUSTIN.

CAN YOU PULL UP THE PRESENTATION PLEASE AND ADVANCE TO THE SECOND SLIDE? I GUESS MAYBE, MAYBE THE PRESENTATION IS NOT AVAILABLE.

UM, SO IF THE PRODUCE COMPANY WAS OF A LEVEL TO WARRANT DESIGNATION, THE CITY WOULD HAVE DESIGNATED THE STORE BUILDING THAT WAS LOCATED AT, ON EAST FIFTH STREET.

UM, BUT INSTEAD THAT BUILDING WAS APPROVED FOR DEMOLITION TO MAKE WAY FOR THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL, EVEN IF IT WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY WITH THAT STORE BUILDING, THE STRUCTURE DOES NOT EMBODY THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PRODUCE COMPANY RATHER ISN'T.

IT IS AN INDIRECT ASSOCIATION AND IS IN VERY POOR CONDITION.

AND IN MY RESEARCH ON THIS PROPERTY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FOUND, UM, IN 1910 WAS ACTUALLY AN EX AN EXCERPT THAT SAID AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE ANY ONE AGENCY SOLE CREDIT FOR THE PRESERVATION, FOR THE PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS MARKED THE GROSS, THE GROWTH OF AUSTIN WOULD BE UNFAIR.

AND I CHALLENGE YOU TO CONSIDER THAT, BUT THE BELLAGIO PRODUCE COMPANY, WHILE IT WAS ONE, IT WAS ONE OF MANY, NOT THE FIRST, NOT THE LAST, NOT THE BIGGEST TO SERVE AUSTIN, UH, EARLY AUSTIN RESIDENTS AND STATE INSTITUTIONS.

THE STRUCTURE HAS UNDERGONE MULTIPLE CHANGES OVER THE DECADES AND ARCHITECTURAL EXPLORATION REVEALED GREATER INSIGHT TO THE PIECEMEAL ADDITIONS.

UM, AND THE DILAPIDATION, THE DILAPIDATED CONDITIONS REQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF WORK TO BRING IT TO CODE.

AND THE PIECEMEAL NATURE OF THE ADDITIONS IS LIKELY TO, TO CAUSE STRUCTURAL FAILURE WITH AN ATTEMPT TO BRING THE STRUCTURE TO CODE.

I APOLOGIZE, I'M READING FROM MY PRESENTATION WITHOUT MY PRESENTATION SO THERE'S SEVERAL ELEMENTS OF THE, OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WERE NOT ORIGINAL.

MOST NOTABLY IS THE FRONT PORCH.

UM, MOST NOTABLY FROM THE STREET IS THE FRONT PORCH.

IT'S NOT ORIGINAL.

UM, IT'S NOT INDICATIVE OF 19 HUNDREDS CONSTRUCTION AND IT IS SHOWN TO HAVE LIKELY BEEN ADDED ON SOME TIME IN THE 1930S.

AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES, UM, CONCERNING THE STRUCTURE IS THE CONDITION TO THE DEGREE THAT IN ORDER TO BRING IT UP TO CODE, THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A LOT OF WORK DONE.

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AND IT WOULD BE A LOT OF REPLACEMENT OF ORIGINAL MATERIALS, SUCH THAT WHAT WOULD WE REALLY BE PRESERVING IN THE END? UM, THE IDEA OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS TO HAVE THE ORIGINAL BUILDING AND THE MATERIALS, UM, FROM ITS ORIGINATION.

AND THERE WOULD BE SO MUCH THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED ON THE STRUCTURE THAT WE WOULD BUILDING BACK WHAT ONCE WAS.

SO THE LANDOWNER DID ACHIEVE TWO INDEPENDENT STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENTS, BOTH DOCUMENTING THE SEVERE STATE OF DETERIORATION.

AND WE DO HAVE THE, UH, A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, JERRY GARCIA, AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY, UH, AND THE SAFETY OF THE PROPERTY.

UH, BOTH REPORTS SURMISE THAT DUE TO DECADES OF NEGLECT RESTORATION WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT OF MOST OF THE ORIGINAL FABRIC AND AN UNDERTAKING OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD NOT ONLY BE COST PROHIBITIVE, BUT WOULD RESULT IN NEARLY A COMPLETE REBUILD OF THE STRUCTURE.

AGAIN, IS IT WORTH PRESERVATION? IF IT'S GOING TO BE NEW MATERIALS TO LOOK LIKE THE OLD FORCING LANDMARK DESIGNATION IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN AN OUTCOME WHERE NO ONE WINS, ALTERNATIVELY, THE LANDOWNER IS MORE THAN WILLING TO SALVAGE AND REUSE THE SHIPLAP INTERIOR WALLS.

IF IT IS FOUND THAT THEY ARE SUITABLE TO REUSE.

AND ALSO TOO IS ALSO AGREE IN AGREEMENT TO PRODUCE A HABS DOCUMENTATION PACKAGE FOR ARCHIVE AT THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER.

WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU DO NOT APPROVE THE HISTORIC ZONING OF THIS CASE BECAUSE THE BELLAGIO PRODUCE COMPANY WAS ONE OF MANY IN AUSTIN THAT SERVED EARLY AUSTIN.

THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE DOES NOT EMBODY THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PRODUCE COMPANY, AND IT'S AN EXTREMELY POOR CONDITION RESTORATION WOULD AMOUNT TO A COMPLETE REBUILD, WHICH IS COST PROHIBITIVE, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT FINANCING AND INSURANCE TO DO SO.

THE CURRENT OWNER HAS ATTEMPTED TO GAIN BOTH OF THOSE AND HAS BEEN DENIED SEVERAL INSURANCE POLICIES, EVEN AN INSURANCE POLICY THAT WAS INTENDED TO BE IN THE INTERIM WHILE THIS CASE WAS, UM, THE DETERMINATION WAS MADE ON THIS CASE.

SO WE DO ASK THAT YOU NOT SUPPORT HISTORIC DESIGNATION, UM, AND FIND OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP THE STRUCTURE TO RE TO LIVE IN THE FUTURE, BUT WITHOUT CAUSING NEW CONSTRUCTION OF SOMETHING THAT WAS ONCE OLD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THE CITY STAFF HAVE A PRESENTATION STUFF, PRESENTATION.

UM, DOESN'T WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN WHAT'S IN THE BACKUP.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT PUTS THE COUNCIL IN A PREDICAMENT.

SO THERE MAY BE A DISCUSSION IN THE SECOND ABOUT WHETHER COUNCIL MEMBER MARIA, IF YOU COULD HANG ON JUST A SECOND, A DISCUSSION JUST A SECOND ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL WE HAVE A FULL, UM, UM, DEUS, BUT BEFORE WE GET THERE, UM, BECAUSE IF THERE'S MORE TIME HAS, HAS, HAS THE CITY PRESERVATION OFFICE, DO YOU GUYS HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND PHYSICALLY INSPECT A PROPERTY LIKE THIS? UH, NO MATTER WE DO NOT PHYSICALLY INSPECT, UM, EACH PROPERTY THAT WE REVIEW.

UM, WE REVIEW ONLY FOR ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE.

SO WHILE WE SOMETIMES DRIVE, UM, TO DO KIND OF A WINDSHIELD SURVEY, UH, WE DO NOT INSPECT FOR STRUCTURAL OR ANY OTHER, UM, INTEGRITY ISSUES.

HOW, HOW HAS THE COUNCIL SUPPOSED TO FACTOR IN THAT ISSUE? I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT THAT STRUCTURALLY, THIS IS SUCH THAT IF YOU ACTUALLY TRIED TO PRESERVE IT, YOU DESTROY IT BY PRESERVING IT.

UH, ALTHOUGH IT'S SOMETHING I PROBABLY WOULD WANT THE PRESERVATION FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT IF THIS WENT AWAY TO COME BACK TO US.

BUT AS WE SIT HERE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE DESK, HOW, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH THAT ASSUME FOR A SECOND? THAT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS CORRECT.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT IS ABOUT A SILVER SECOND THERE.

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS CORRECT THAT TO PRESERVE IT IN ESSENCE DESTROYS IT.

WHAT DO WE DO THEN? UM, THIS SITUATION HAS COME UP BEFORE, UM, AS COLIN SAID, WE, WE DON'T NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE ON THE STAFF TO ACTUALLY DO STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS.

UM, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON IN THESE CASES TO HAVE WHAT WE HAD HAPPENED HERE, WHERE WE HAVE AN ENGINEER FROM THE, FROM THE APPLICANT TELLING US THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAVE IT.

UM, SOMETIMES WE HAVE IN THIS CASE, WE DON'T, BUT IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE ADVOCATING FOR SAVING PROPERTY, HAVE ENGINEERED SAYING JUST THE OPPOSITE THERE.

UM,

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UM, BUT WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO, UM, ANALYZE WHETHER THE WORK DONE BY THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEER IS VALID OR NOT.

UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE HAVE HAD PROPERTIES BEFORE WERE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TOLD THEY COULD NEVER BE SAVED AND THEY WERE SAVED.

THEY EXIST TODAY.

THEY WERE REHABBED AND SAVED THE PRESERVATION.

AUSTIN BUILDING IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.

UM, BUT I'M SORRY, YOU'RE IN THE POSITION YOU'RE IN, BUT THAT KIND OF IS WHAT IT IS.

WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE A RETORT TO THE, UM, TO THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEER'S POSITION AT THIS TIME.

IF, IF WE KNEW FOR A FACT THAT TO PRESERVE THIS BUILDING MEANT YOU WERE DESTROYED, THE BUILDING WOULD THE RIGHT THING FOR US TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR US TO BE DUE TO VOTE NO, TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

I THINK THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE RECLAMATION OF RESTORERS ZONING IT'S TO SAVE THE BUILDING.

SO IF IN THE PROCESS OF SAVING BUILDING THE BUILDING IS DESTROYED, THEN THAT WOULD NOT ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL OF SAVING THE BUILDING.

IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN THINK OF THAT? WE COULD GET A THIRD PARTY DETERMINATION TO THAT QUESTION? UM, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.

IT WOULD REQUIRE THE CITY HIRING AN ENGINEER TO GO OUT AND DO THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE MONEY SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED FOR THAT IN OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGET, NOT TO SAY THAT IT COULD NOT HAPPEN, BUT WE WOULD WE'D HAVE TO GO HIRE SOMEBODY TO GO DO IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ON THAT CITY STAFF AS A WHOLE WHO HAS THAT EXPERTISE, TO BE HONEST.

I BELIEVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THE TESTIMONY OF THE APPLICANT'S, UH, ENGINEER, UM, AND SPOKE TO THAT, UM, ON THE DAYAS.

HOW'S HER TOVO HAS THIS HOUSE BEEN OCCUPIED RECENTLY? I BELIEVE THE HOUSE HAS BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME.

UM, JERRY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION HERE TODAY.

IT SOUNDS AS IF WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE JUST GOING TO TAKE IT UP ON FIRST READING OR POSTPONE IT.

UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL, UH, JUST IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN ON THE DAYAS I'VE HEARD JUST WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED, THOSE KINDS OF DISCUSSIONS SAYING, HOW'S THIS TOTALLY, YOU KNOW, CANNOT BE SAVED.

AND LO AND BEHOLD IT'S RENOVATED AND CONTINUES TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE A HOME FOR FAMILIES AND CONTINUES TO BE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO IT'D BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A FEW EXAMPLES.

YOU MENTIONED ONE, THE PRESERVATION AUSTIN HOUSE.

UM, AND I KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS, SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE, HAVE THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, IN LOOKING AT THE PHOTO.

OF COURSE, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T BEEN INSIDE, BUT LOOKING AT THE PHOTO, IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE IT'S INSTRUCTIONALLY A GOOD SHAPE, AND I'M GOING TO DIG IN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO WHAT THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE SAID, BUT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE IT'S IT'S IN SHAPE.

AND I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, AS I SEE OUR ROLE, OUR ROLE IS TO SEE WHETHER IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE.

AND SO WE'LL LOOK FOR IT ON THE SURFACE OF IT, IT, AS OUR STAFF HAVE RECOMMENDED, IT DOES.

AND AS THE LANDMARK COMMISSION DECIDED IT DOES MEET THE, IT DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR ORDINANCE ON THOSE POINTS.

OKAY, WELL, WE'LL LOOK FOR, SO, AND I, I JUST, UH, HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE, THE OWNERS, UH, THE FAMILY.

AND, UH, UH, I WAS JUST TELLING THEM TO HOLD ON AND SELL IT AS HIGH AS YOU CAN.

THEY'D BEEN OFFERED OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OVER IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL SALE WAS.

I KNOW THE APPRAISED VALUE OF LIKE 600, IT WAS UNDER SENIOR EXEMPTION.

SO, UH, UH, THEIR FATHER WAS, UH, THE CEDAR EXEMPTION.

SO, UH, I KNOW THAT THEY DEFINITELY GOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND HE WAS STILL LIVING IN THERE, BUT YES, THEY ARE NOT THERE ANYMORE.

HE SOLD THE HOUSE AMERICAN, I JUST PASSED, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER AND THREE, BEFORE THEY SOLD IT, THEY WERE LIVING IN IT.

THEY WERE ABLE TO OCCUPY IT.

SO IT WAS IN GOOD ENOUGH SHAPE TO BE OCCUPIED.

IT DIDN'T HAVE SERIOUS STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT WERE PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BEING THERE AS WE WERE KITCHEN.

I'M NOT CERTAIN WHO'S THE RIGHT PERSON TO SPEAK TO THIS, BUT I THINK I HEARD THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID NOT MAKE, DID NOT RECOMMEND, UM, MOVING FORWARD.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

THAT'S CORRECT.

I THINK I UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY HAD DONE SOME PREP, SOME ADDITIONAL DEPTH OF, OF REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURE AND CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT, THAT IT, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDED TO ME FROM WHAT, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY, UM, THAT THEY CONCURRED WITH THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED ABOUT THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, TO REHABILITATE IT BECAUSE OF THE COST AND THE CONDITION IT WAS IN.

UM, IS, IS THERE, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT OR CAN ANYONE SPEAK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROACH?

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I DO NOT RECALL ANY EXTERNAL, UM, ENGINEERING REPORT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT, UM, THAT THEY BASED THEIR DENIAL ON, BUT THEY AGREED APPARENTLY THEY DID.

THEY CONCURRED WITH THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEER.

THEY CONCUR WITH THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEERING A REPORT, WHICH IS WHAT WE HEARD EARLIER IN TERMS OF THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY.

I THINK ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, JAMES SHEA, UH, WENT OUT AND DID AN INSPECTION.

AND WHEN I SAY INSPECTION, I MEAN THAT LOOSELY, UH, WENT OUT TO THE PROPERTY AND LOOKED AT HE'S IN R IS AN ARCHITECT OR AN ENGINEER.

UM, AND HE CAME BACK WITH THE ASSESSMENT THAT YOU COULDN'T SAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE DESTROYING IT.

IS THAT RIGHT? JERRY, DO YOU KNOW? YES.

MR. SHAY IS AN ARCHITECT.

SO I THINK HE TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO GO AND SEE THE HOUSE WITH US ON THIS.

MAYOR.

OBJECTION TO POSTPONE ASSIST SEPTEMBER 1ST.

THAT'S WHERE I, UH, UH, AND THEN MS. HASI SENT THE, UH, THE REPORT.

UH, I, I I'M ASSUMING TO EVERYBODY, BUT, UH, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES WAS THAT THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS PIECEMEALED.

AND I THINK THE OTHER REPORT DOES A GOOD JOB OF KIND OF GOING THROUGH AND JUST TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FIRST THEY STARTED OUT WITH, LET'S SAY AN 800 SQUARE FOOT HOME, AND EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY ADDED A WHOLE OTHER WING AND THEN THE BACK PART, AND THEN THE FRONT PART, AND THEY MOVED THE FRONT DOOR AND THEN THEY MOVED THE WINDOWS AND THEY DID ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT.

UH, THEN THE CONCLUSION OF THE REPORT IS THAT BECAUSE OF THOSE, THEY, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THAT, BUT, UH, I, I BELIEVE THAT'S A REPORT THAT, THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO SHOW THAT, UM, THAT, UH, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WAS SENT TO, UH, TO EVERYONE ON COUNCIL.

I GUESS I WOULD ASK OUR STAFF TO JUST KIND OF RESPOND TO THAT MOST OLD HOUSES.

I HAVE JUST THAT SAME KIND OF HISTORY.

I MEAN, I LIVE IN A HOUSE WHERE THE SCREEN, WHERE THE PORCHES GOT CLOSED IN AND THE DOORWAY CHANGED.

AND, YOU KNOW, IF A HOUSE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES AND DECADES, ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS OR MORE OR LESS, THOSE KINDS OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES HAPPEN, IS THAT PRETTY COMMON, MR. ASTROVAN IN YOUR EXPERIENCE THAT WITH HOUSES THAT COME FORWARD SOMETIMES HAVE ADDITIONS OR CLOSED IN PORTIONS OR SOMEWHAT ADJUSTED DOORWAYS.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY COMMON, BUT IT IS ALSO SOMETHING WE CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE MAKING OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR A SHORT SETTING, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN HAVE AN ADDITION THAT CAN, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, SWALLOW THE HOUSE AND MAKE IT NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR HISTORIC ZONING.

OTHER TIMES YOU HAVE ADDITIONS THAT WE FEEL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FIT IN WITH THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OR WERE DONE SO LONG AGO THAT IT'S A PART OF THE HOUSE AT THIS TIME.

IT'S JUST KIND OF JUDGMENT CALL IT A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

ALL RIGHT, CATHERINE, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS TILL SEPTEMBER 1ST? YES.

I MAKE A MOTION THAT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A FULL CONSOLE, THAT WE POSTPONED IT TO SEPTEMBER, HEY BUDDY.

VERY NO OBJECTION.

THIS IS POSTPONE TILL SEPTEMBER 1ST IN THE MEANTIME, I'M GOING TO WRESTLE WITH THIS ISSUE OF TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND DATA.

I MEAN, I I'M, I, IF WE CAN'T SAVE IT WITHOUT DESTROYING IT, THEN IT'S NOT A CANDIDATE FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION AT THE SAME TIME.

I DON'T, WE HAVE EXPERIENCES OBVIOUSLY WHERE LANDOWNERS HAVE COME IN AND CLAIM THAT, AND, AND LATER NOT BEEN TRUE, BUT YET THERE'S PROBABLY A DISINTERESTED ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.

AND SO I'M GOING TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE BRING THAT TO BEAR MAYOR.

SO YES, A VERY GOOD CHECK.

I ALSO WILL BE LOOKING INTO THAT AND IT ALSO IS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID SOME ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW AND CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THEY DID.

SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BEAR IN MIND ALSO.

UH, WE HAVE THE, UH, SECOND HISTORIC ZONING CASE AND WE HAVE THE U R B N C C D TWO CASES.

IT IS 5 45.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PROCLAMATIONS RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND THEN WE WILL, UH, COME BACK.

I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT AFTER PROCLAMATIONS, WE MEET BACK THEN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM AND DO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON HEALTH SOUTH, UH, AND THEN COME BACK OUT AND FINISH, UH, THE, THE, THE DAY THAT WE, UH, HAVE, UH, THE ITEMS LEFT FOR US WHEN WE COME OUT TO, UH, UH, DECIDE ARE GOING TO BE HOW SOUTH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN PICK THAT UP.

WHEN WE COME BACK OUT,

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SO WE HAVE THREE CASES LEFT THAT INVOLVE DECISIONS.

AND THEN WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT WERE SET UP TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO TALK.

WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC ON ALL THREE, BUT IT WAS ALSO TO ALLOW A COUNCIL TO ENGAGE IF THEY WISH TO DO THAT.

AND THAT'S ITEMS 1 0 3, 1 24 AND 1 30, 1 32, WHICH ARE THE LICENSE PLATE READER OF THE PARK AND DEDICATION AND THE STATESMEN PUD.

SO BASICALLY WE HAVE THOSE SIX ITEMS LEFT, SO, OH, I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD AND CANCEL OUR KITCHEN.

I DIDN'T HEAR THE FIRST PART OF WHAT YOU SAID IN TERMS OF WHAT TIME WE'RE GOING TO.

IT'S 5 45.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PROCLAMATIONS.

UH, I SUGGEST WE COME BACK AT, UH, I THINK THERE WERE FIVE PROCLAMATIONS.

IT'S GONNA TAKE US TIL SIX 15.

SO LET'S MEET AT QUARTER TO SEVEN, UH, VIRTUALLY, WELL, WE COULD MEET IN PERSON IF WE BOSTON COUNCIL MEMBER WENT THIS, BUT SHE COULD SIGN IN.

LET'S MEET VIRTUALLY ON EXECUTIVE SESSION AT, UH, 6 45.

COULD WE MEET AT SEVEN? I HAVE.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

UH, TO, TO, TO BE MADE, UH, AND, AND NO DEDICATED PLACE TO, TO HEAR THEM.

FINE WITH ME.

SEVEN O'CLOCK WE'LL MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WHAT WE'LL DO, HOW SOUTH WE'LL COME OUT.

SEE IF WE CAN DECIDE HOW SOUTH SEE IF WE CAN DECIDE THE SECOND HISTORIC, UH, CASE AND THE A U R B N C C D CASE.

UH, AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE HOW MUCH WE WANT TO DISCUSS THE LICENSE PLATE READER, THE PARK, AND DEDICATION, THE STATESMEN PUD, BUT WE COULD JUST CLOSE THOSE OUT IF WE WANTED TO, UH, CAUSE WE'VE NEVER HEARD THE PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT.

UM, AND WITH THAT HERE AT, UH, 5 48, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT SEVEN TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM PURSUANT TO MATTER.

SECTION 5, 5, 1 0 7 TO THE GOVERNMENT CODE COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS REAL ESTATE MATTERS RELATED TO 1 25.

HOW SOUTH PROPERTY, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THAT ITEM AT THAT TIME, UH, SEE YOU ALL THEN,

[Proclamation 1]

UH, SO THEY WERE BEING HEARD IN AN AD HOC KIND OF WAY.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE SAID AS A CITY THAT, UH, EQUITY WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT AN ADD ON, UH, BUT IT WAS CORE TO OUR MISSION AND EQUITY WAS PART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DID EXCEPT INSTITUTIONALLY THAT JUST, THAT WASN'T TRUE.

UH, INSTITUTIONALLY IT WAS AN AD-ON, UH, INSTITUTIONALLY.

IT WAS HANDLED DIFFERENTLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY PROCESS.

UM, THERE WAS NO CONSISTENCY, UH, IN, IN, IN RESOLUTION OR POLICY, UH, AND THE, AND THE DISCUSSIONS TO, TO CREATE, UH, AN EQUITY OFFICE,

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UH, BECAME A CAUSE THAT, UH, BECAME REALLY IMPORTANT IN, IN MY OFFICE.

AND I WASN'T ALONE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL, UH, ALSO, UH, JOINING IN.

UM, BUT, UH, AT THAT INITIAL TIME, UH, AS WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT IS THAT YOU DO AN EQUITY OFFICE, UM, UH, PEOPLE IN MY OFFICE STARTED TRAVELING TO GO TO SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT WERE DEALING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF EQUITY TOLLS.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT AN EQUITY TOOL WAS, UH, BACK WHEN, WHEN THIS PROCESS FIRST, FIRST STARTED.

UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, THAT SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD, UH, WHEN WE STARTED ADVOCATING FOR THE CREATION OF AN EQUITY OFFICE, UM, UH, WERE THE ANSWER WAS LIKE, WHY? I MEAN, IT SOUNDED TO MANY THAT WE WERE TAKING A VERY REAL PROBLEM AND TURNING IT INTO SOMETHING THAT JUST, IT JUST SOUNDED TOO ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUREAUCRATIC.

IT SOUNDED TOO MUCH LIKE A GOVERNMENT RESPONSE.

I THINK THE REASON WHY OUR EQUITY OFFICE HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL AND IT, AND IT MIGHT NOT HAVE TURNED OUT THAT WAY WAS BECAUSE OF THE LEADERSHIP AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THAT OFFICE, BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE GONE A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS.

I MEAN, THIS WAS AN OFFICE THAT WAS CREATED ON A WHITEBOARD.

IT WAS, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT WAS BORN AND, AND, AND CREATED BY THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT WERE CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CARRYING IT OUT.

THERE WAS NO PRECEDENT.

THERE WAS NO REAL RIGHT ANSWER OR WRONG ANSWER.

UH, THERE WAS JUST AN AMORPHOUS, UM, UH, EXPECTATION THAT THIS CITY COULD DO BETTER IN EQUITY THAN IT WAS DOING THAT WE COULD GIVE REAL LIFE TO, TO, TO WHAT WE SAID WHEN WE SAID EQUITY NEEDED TO BE PART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE, THAT WE DID WHEN WE SAID THAT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT MOST PEOPLE BACK THEN COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED THE DEGREE TO WHICH EQUITY IS PART OF THE LIFE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

AND WHEN I TALKED TO MY PEERS AND MAYORS AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, I CAN'T THINK OF A CITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS INSTITUTIONALIZED EQUITY AND EQUITY REVIEW AND EQUITY CONSCIOUSNESS ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS, THE WAY THAT THIS CITY HAS.

AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT BEGINS TO GET REFLECTED IN POLICY.

IT BEGINS TO GET REFLECTED IN, IN WHAT WE DO.

AND I THINK THAT, THAT THIS CITY HAS GROWN OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, OR HOWEVER LONG IT'S BEEN, UH, HAS REALLY GROWN.

UM, UH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST TALK ABOUT.

IT'S NOT AN ADD ON, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE REMEMBER.

IT IS, IT IS CORE TO HOW WE OPEN OUR EYES AND SEE THE WORLD.

IT IS CORE TO HOW WE SIT DOWN TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES.

AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO THE LEADERSHIP IN THIS OFFICE AND THAT LEADERSHIP BEGINS WITH, UH, WITH BRIAN.

UM, UM, I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED FOR THE CITY THAT HE'S MOVING ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS, TRUTH BE KNOWN.

UH, BUT IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT HE, THAT HE IS CAUSE HE'S, UH, HE'S JUST A SUPERSTAR.

I WANT TO, UH, TO, TO AWARD THIS, UM, CITY OF AUSTIN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, UH, FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO THE RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AND FOR PROVIDING STEADFAST LEADERSHIP AS THE CITY'S FIRST EQUITY OFFICER, DURING A PERIOD, A PIVOTAL CHANGE, BRIAN OAKS IS DESERVING OF PUBLIC ACCLAIM AND RECOGNITION.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION THEREOF.

THIS 28TH DAY OF JULY, 2022, SIGNED BY ANNE MORGAN AS THE ACTING CITY MANAGER.

AND I'VE SIGNED IT AS MAYOR ON BEHALF OF AN ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL THAT I KNOW IS AS GRATEFUL AS, AS I AM BRIAN, CONGRATULATIONS,

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MAYOR.

IF OTHER CITIES DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE AN EQUITY OFFICE, I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DON'T HAVE ANY EXCUSE BECAUSE BRIAN HAS TALKED TO EVERY ONE OF THEM.

BRIAN AND HIS TEAM HAVE TALKED TO A ZILLION DIFFERENT CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND A ZILLION BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND ZILLION NONPROFITS.

AND TO ALL OF US AT THE CITY, IT'S HIS PASSION, HIS ZEAL, HIS VERY PERSONAL MANNER THAT MADE THIS SO IMPORTANT AND MAKES OUR OFFICE SO GREAT.

AND I'M, I COULDN'T BE MORE THRILLED AND MORE HONORED TO BE HERE, STANDING WITH YOU, BRIAN, AND WITH YOUR TEAM, UM, TALKING ABOUT YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.

I MET BRIAN WHEN HE APPLIED FOR THE JOB HERE, I WAS ON THE PANEL AND IT WAS HIS REALLY PERSONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HIS FAMILY, ABOUT GROWING UP IN HOUSTON, ABOUT THE THINGS THAT HE KNEW GROWING UP, THAT HE WANTED TO BRING TO OUR CITY, TO SHOW US IN A REALLY PERSONAL WAY, HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK.

AND HE HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.

HE JUST A TINY NUMBER OF THINGS HE'S DONE TRAINED OVER 1100 STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH THE ENDING RACISM PROGRAM.

HE DEVELOPED AND ADMINISTERED THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL AND PROCESS LEADING OVER 30 DEPARTMENTS TO BEGIN RECOGNIZING AND ADDRESSING EQUITY WITHIN THEIR WORK.

HE CO-CHAIRED THE RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.

HE CO-CHAIRED THE CONTINUATION OF CARE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.

UM, HE HAS ESTABLISHED THE CITY'S DEFINITION OF EQUITY THROUGH DEEP COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

IN ADDITION TO TALKING TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, HE WAS ASKED TO GO TO EUROPE.

HE WENT TO ITALY AND PRESENTED WHAT INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CITY AND WHAT HE AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN DOING.

SO REALLY FANTASTIC WORK.

I WON'T READ EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, BUT THAT'S JUST A LITTLE SNIPPET.

THANK YOU, BRIAN.

THANK YOU ALL.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

UM, I WILL TELL YOU ALL THAT, UH, THE, IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S FIRST CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER IS ONE OF THE MOST HUMBLING, AND I THINK HONORING THINGS THAT I'VE EVER DONE IN MY CAREER, AND I LEARNED SO MUCH, UH, AND, UH, THIS WAS REALLY A HARD DECISION FOR ME, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAD SOME TEARS AS A TEAM BEFORE I MADE THIS DECISION.

UM, BUT I FELT LIKE IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY TIME AND, UM, WHAT I REFLECT ON AND WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE MOST, UM, IS THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE FROM THE COMMUNITY AS A PART OF THIS JOURNEY.

UM, THAT FIRST YEAR WAS ROUGH.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE IN A CITY LIKE AUSTIN, EVERYBODY THAT WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS WORK AROUND EQUITY, OR HAD THIS VISION, OR THE IDEAS AROUND THAT.

AND I CAN JUST REMEMBER, UM, THAT FIRST YEAR OF US HAVING THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND PEOPLE BEING LIKE, UH, ONLINE ON GOOGLE DOCS, YOU KNOW, AS WE WRESTLED TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A UNITED DEFINITION OF EQUITY FOR OUR CITY THAT FIRST YEAR, UM, WE REALLY SORT OF STEPPED INTO LIKE THAT COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION OF LIKE US LEADING WITH RACE, UH, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT EQUITY FOR AUSTIN, AND AS WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THESE QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATORS, IT WASN'T EASY FOR US TO GET, GET THERE, BUT WE GOT THERE AND I'M REALLY PROUD THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP OUR CITY'S FIRST EQUITY ASSESSMENT TOOL THAT I HOPE THAT THIS CITY WILL CONTINUE TO, TO, TO USE FROM HERE TO ATERNITY TO REALLY CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, WE SORT OF SAY THIS IS A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS OF HOW WE SORTA TO SEE OUR DECISIONS.

WE GET THEM BETTER.

UM, WE SORTA JUST KEEP REVISITING SO THAT WE, WE HAVE A BETTER IMPACT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND THIS CITY, AND IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE OUR CONTINUOUS, UM, APPROACH TO IT.

I, UM, I'VE BEEN REALLY SORT OF REFLECTED ON THIS, ON THIS, AND AS I LEAVE THE CITY, UM, I CONTINUE TO TELL EVERYONE THAT I'M STILL HERE IN THE AUSTIN AREA.

I'M STILL WILLING TO VOLUNTEER AND, UH, AND TO SUPPORT THE WORK IN ANY WAY THAT, UH, THAT I CAN, BUT THIS IS REALLY A CRITICAL MOMENT FOR US.

UH, I THINK, I THINK WE'LL SEE SO MANY THINGS IN OUR NATION AND IN THE MEDIA THAT IS REALLY, I WOULD SAY, WOULD SAY AN ASSAULT ON, UH, US DOING THIS WORK AROUND RACIAL EQUITY REALLY WELL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

UH, I'M LEAVING TO GO TAKE ON AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE CHARLES BUD FOUNDATION, UH, TO REALLY WORK ON HOW WE IMPROVE, UH, EQUITY AND EDUCATION FOR TEXAS STUDENTS.

AND WE'RE FACED WITH THINGS LIKE TRYING TO GET RID OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN OUR HISTORY, RIGHT? UH, WE'RE FACED WITH

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AROUND HOW WE FINANCE OUR SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO SORT OF GET THROUGH, AND THIS IS THE NEXT GENERATION THAT'S COMING.

AND SO THERE'S SO MUCH WORK TO DO.

AND, UM, I WAS REFLECTING WITH THIS ON THE TEAM BEFORE I DECIDED TO LEAD, BUT I WAS SORT OF, UM, READING, UH, DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING'S LETTER FROM, FROM BIRMINGHAM.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE SAID WAS THAT, UM, THE BIGGEST STUMBLING BLOCK OR THE BIGGEST WALL IN DOING THIS WORK AROUND CIVIL RIGHTS, AND AT THAT TIME THEY DIDN'T USE THIS TERM EQUITY.

UM, BUT THE BIGGEST STUMBLING BLOCK WAS US HAVING THIS MODERATE APPROACH TO HOW WE DO THIS WORK.

AND IT'S THE MODERATE APPROACH THAT WILL ACTUALLY DESTROY IT IN THIS WORK.

UH, WHEN WE START TO TELL OURSELVES THAT IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO MAKE, UH, THIS DECISION AROUND EQUITY, WHO HAS NOT THE RIGHT, IT'S NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO TRY TO MAKE THIS DECISION AROUND MAKING THESE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE.

THAT'S THE PART THAT ACTUALLY KILLS THE WORK.

AND SO, AS I SORT OF TRANSITIONED, I HOPE THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND LOVE AND LIFT UP THE EQUITY TEAM, BUT ALSO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO REALLY MAKE THE HARD, TOUGH DECISIONS ARE THE COURAGE FOR US TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY AS, AS A CITY.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALONG THAT JOURNEY, THE COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR US TO DO THAT WORK, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE SUPPORT FOR US, UH, TO DO THAT WORK.

AND WE ENDED UP DOING SOME THINGS THAT I THINK YOU WOULD PROBABLY NEVER IMAGINABLE.

YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK ONE OF MY PROUDEST MOMENTS FOR THE WORK WITH THE CITY WAS TO SEE US DURING THE PANDEMIC, UH, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER DO DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES THAT WERE EXPERIENCING COVID HARDSHIP.

AND THAT TOOK A LOT OF HOOPS TO GET THROUGH FOR US TO GET THERE, BUT WE DID IT.

AND THAT HAS EVOLVED INTO, UH, OUR CITY BEING ABLE TO THE FIRST CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO LAUNCH A GUARANTEED INCOME, UH, PILOT PROGRAM IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY HELPING PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.

AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I WOULD TELL YOU EARLY ON, NEVER IMAGINABLE, BUT WE HAD THE COURAGE TO REALLY GET THERE.

AND SO I LEAVE TO SAY THAT CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT COURAGE TO INNOVATE, CONTINUE TO KEEP THE COURAGE TO CHANGE.

UM, I THINK WITHIN, AS, AS FOR STAFF, WE, WE LIKE TO SAY SOMETIMES WE HAVE THESE THINGS THAT ARE LIKE THE, DO NOT TOUCH THINGS, UM, HOW TO CURSE, TO TOUCH THE THINGS THAT SAY DO NOT TOUCH BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHERE ALL OF THE RACIAL INEQUITIES LIVE, RIGHT? THEY LIVE IN ALL THE THINGS THAT, THAT ARE, ARE THE, DO NOT TOUCH THINGS.

SO AS YOU CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, I HOPE THAT THAT THE CITY CONTINUES TO HAVE THAT COURAGE TO KEEP PUSHING THAT THROUGH.

AND I'M SO HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND I WILL FOREVER TAKE THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND, AND APPLY THEM TO WHEREVER I GO.

AND I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FOR THAT AND APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING OUT TONIGHT.

THANK Y'ALL BRIAN

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KELLY, A SERIES OF IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH PROCLAMATION, IF YOU WANT TO COME DOWN DOING ANOTHER PICTURE, ARE WE DOING ANOTHER PICTURE HERE? SORRY.

I SPOKE TOO SOON.

MY NAME IS ALISON ALTER AND IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM, AND TO REPRESENT DISTRICT 10 ON THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.

SO IF YOU'RE HERE WITH THE PARKS FOLKS, IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK HERE, YOU CAN OR SIT THERE AND COME BACK, WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU PREFER ARE YOU READY FOR ME TO SIGN? CAN I GO AHEAD? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

[Proclamation 2]

UM, TODAY I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, PROFESSIONALS WITH THIS PROCLAMATION.

I'M JOINED TODAY BY KIMBERLY MCNEALY, FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, OUR ACM, STEPHANIE HAYDEN, HOWARD, SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS FROM OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PARKS HAVE LONG BEEN, UH, NEAR AND DEAR TO ME, I THINK I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR PARKS FOR CLOSE TO 20 YEARS NOW, AT ONE POINT I WAS CALLED THE, THE PARKS LADY, UM, BECAUSE I SAW PARK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT REALLY NEEDED, UM, SOME EXTRA LOVE AND, AND, AND I HELPED TO IMPROVE THAT.

AND THEN I JUST, AND THEN I DID THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN.

UM, AND SO IT'S REALLY A PLEASURE TO BE HERE, TO CELEBRATE OUR PARKS AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES, UM, WE'VE REALLY WORKED TO IMPROVE OUR EXISTING TRAILS AND PARKS AND POOLS, AND TO INVEST IN NEW ONES AND FOUND MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THAT.

UM, BUT OUR WORK WOULDN'T MATTER WITHOUT THE DAY IN AND DAY OUT, DEDICATION OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF, OUR AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION, THE MANY ADVOCATES, UM, THE VOLUNTEERS, ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, THE CONSERVANCIES, UM, THAT WORK HARD EVERY DAY TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE IN AUSTIN TO ACCESS THE OUTDOORS AT THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC, WE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND JUST HOW IMPORTANT OUR PARKS AND GREEN SPACES CAN BE.

OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, STAFF RESPONDED SWIFTLY AND WORKED THROUGH UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE SAFE ACCESS TO THE OUTDOOR SPACES WE LOVE.

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AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE THERE EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SPACES ARE THERE FOR US HERE IN AUSTIN.

WE LOVE OUR PARKS.

THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS SHOW UP EACH YEAR, UM, TO SUPPORT AUSTIN PARKS.

FOUNDATION'S IT'S MY PARK DAY, EVERY FALL AND SPRING AUSTIN.

I ALSO SUPPORT INVESTING IN OUR PARKS.

WE'VE PASSED BOND ELECTIONS TO PARKS WITH OVERWHELMING SUPPORT.

I BELIEVE THAT SUPPORTING OUR PARKS IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO INVEST IN OUR LONG-TERM GROWTH ACCESS TO PARKS.

WE ALL KNOW IMPROVES HEALTH, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REDUCES CRIME RATES, BOOST, LOCAL PROPERTY VALUES, ATTRACTS BUSINESSES AND STRENGTHENS CLIMATE RESILIENCE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AN OLD PROVERB THAT WE TALK ABOUT A LOT IN MY OFFICE IS THAT WE SHOULD ALL PLANT TREES WHO SHADE.

WE WILL NEVER REST UNDER, BUT WHICH OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WILL ENJOY.

I HOPE THAT OUR PARKS AND TRAILS WILL BE ASSETS FOR ALL AUSTINITES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME TO THE ENTIRE PARK TEAM, TO THE AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION, TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES AND VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT THEIR IMPORTANT WORK FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.

THANK YOU AND HAPPY PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

I WILL NOW READ A PROCLAMATION.

BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE AUSTIN AREA CONTAINS OVER 20,000 ACRES OF PARKLAND AND OVER 200 MILES OF TRAILS.

AND WHEREAS AUSTINITES HAVE A STRONG CONNECTION TO NATURE AND TIME SPENT OUTDOORS HAS BEEN PROVEN TO POSITIVELY IMPACT MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.

AND WHEREAS AUSTIN'S PARKS, GREENWAYS, AND TRAILS HELP ATTRACT NEW INDUSTRIES, CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS AND ENTREPRENEURS, AND WHEREAS PARKS AND GREEN SPACES ARE KEY TO COMMUNITY RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGES, SUCH AS WATER MANAGEMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND WHERE AS ACCESS TO PARKS AND RECREATION INCREASES LOCAL PROPERTY VALUES DRIVES TOURISM, PROMOTES HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND REDUCES CRIME.

NOW, THEREFORE I, ALISON ALTER OUR MAYOR PER TIME OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN ON BEHALF OF STEVE ADLER.

AND MY COLLEAGUES DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY, 2022 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

AND I WANT TO INVITE UP DIRECTOR MCNEELY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL I'LL MAKE THIS VERY SHORT ON BEHALF OF OUR DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE HUMBLED TO THAT.

UH, OUR COMMUNITY LOVES OUR PARK SYSTEM SO MUCH, AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL AND ARE HONORED TO SERVE, UH, IN THIS CAPACITY, UH, THAT WE ARE REPRESENTED TONIGHT BY OUR PLANNING MANY INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR PLANNING TEAM, NOT OUR ENTIRE PLANNING TEAM, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE FOLKS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, UM, CONDUCTING SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS AND TAKING CARE OF OUR SWIMMING POOLS AND CLEANING UP OUR TRASH AND TRAILS AND DOING LITERAL BASEMENT.

AND SO THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO JOIN US, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE THIS AS A TEAM WHEN WE HAVE OUR APPRECIATION DAY ON SEPTEMBER 8TH AND ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND, IF THEY WOULD LIKE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR ENTIRE TEAM KNOWS HOW APPRECIATED THEY ARE.

UH, OUR MOTTO IS WE CREATE COMMUNITY AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.

SENSIBLE SHOES.

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HI, COME ON UP.

HAVE YOU MET MY FRIEND? THE MAYOR, STEVE ADLER.

[Proclamation 3]

AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY OUT AT I'D ASK RESPECTFULLY, IF YOU COULD KEEP IT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT WHILE WE HONOR, UM, HONOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE STANDING BEHIND ME NOW, UH, MY NAME IS NATASHA HARPER MADISON, AND I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD TO BE BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD, UM, FOR US TO JUST OFFER SOME RECOGNITION TO PEOPLE DOING THIS SUPER IMPORTANT WORK.

UM, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU GUYS THIS, BUT I SUSPECT IT'S GOING TO BECOME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL SORT OF FACE THE, THE TRUE AFTERMATH OF GOING THROUGH A, A GLOBAL PANDEMIC TOGETHER.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I'LL SAY, UH, DEATH IS A PART OF LIFE ALONG WITH TAXES AND THE SUMMER HEAT.

IT'S THE ONE THING THAT WE ALL HAVE TO DEAL WITH NO MATTER WHAT, BUT TOO OFTEN IN OUR CULTURE, WE TRY TO DEAL WITH LOSS IN OUR OWN WAY ON OUR OWN.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT THOUGH.

THANKFULLY, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS, BLESS YOU OF THE NORMALITY OF GRIEF.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS HEARTS TO HEAL A BLACK LATINEX WOMAN AND VETERAN LED NONPROFIT THAT FOSTERS COMMUNITY-BASED GRIEF SUPPORT AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION ACKNOWLEDGES THE IMPORTANCE OF GRIEF AWARENESS.

AND WHEREAS TIME SET ASIDE FOR GRIEF AWARENESS CAN HEIGHTEN UNDERSTANDING THAT GRIEF IS A PROCESS AND CAN HELP ADDRESS OUR COMMON NEED FOR MOURNING AND HEALING, AND WE'LL PROMOTE SPIRITUAL, MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH.

AND WHEREAS HEARTS TO HEAL WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN ENCOURAGES BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, FAITH, COMMUNITIES, HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS, CIVIC GROUPS, AND RESIDENTS TO JOIN AND OBSERVING A SPECIAL TIME OF GRIEF AWARENESS TO HONOR EVERY PERSON'S RIGHT TO GRIEVE IN THE FACE OF AND LOSS.

NOW THERE FOR I NATASHA UPPER MADISON PROUD CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT ONE, ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES, THE MAYOR, STEVE ADLER, AND THE REST OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S CITY OF COUNTY CITY COUNCIL, UM, DO HERE BY PROCLAIM AUGUST, 2022 AS GRIEF AWARENESS BUMP.

TO US, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS WORK.

CITY OF AUSTIN COUNCIL MEMBER, NATASHA HARPER, MADISON, OR ADLER.

MY NAME IS MARIA BROWN SPINS AND I'M THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF HEARTS TO HEAL.

I USE MY LIVED EXPERIENCES WITH GRIEF AND LOSS TO GUIDE ME INTO WHAT I CONSIDER MY LIFE'S WORK AND PURPOSE.

IN 2012, I WOULD LOSE MY GRANDMOTHER TO STAGE FOUR PANCREATIC CANCER AND A MARIE BROWN IN 2018.

I WOULD LOSE MY SIGNIFICANT OTHER TO DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA, RIGHT AT ST.

DAVID'S SOUTH.

I WAS THROWN INTO THE DAUNTING WORLD OF GRIEF AND FOUND OUT THAT YOU CAN NOT NAVIGATE THAT JOURNEY ALONE.

I USE MY EXTROVERTED PERSONALITY TO SHARE THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY, AND THE INSPIRING WITH GRIEF.

IT WAS IN 2012 THAT I SAID, IT'S TIME FOR ME TO PUT ON THESE BOOTS AND BRING OTHER HEARTS TO HEAL ALONG THE WAY THUS HEARTS TO HEAL WAS CREATED AUGUST 30TH IS GRIEF AWARENESS DAY, BUT AS WE KNOW ABOUT GRIEF, ONE TO THREE BEREAVEMENT DAYS IS NOT ENOUGH, NEITHER AS A DAY NOR MONTH GRIEF IS A LIFELONG JOURNEY, BUT WE'LL START HERE.

SO AS WE GO OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, BE KIND, BE GENTLE AND BE UNDERSTANDING THERE'S A LOT THAT WE'VE HAD TO HANDLE, ESPECIALLY IN THESE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO USE AUGUST AS A REMINDER, TO GIVE SOMEONE A HUG, TO SHARE A PIECE OF GRATITUDE.

AND I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO TWO OF OUR MEMBERS HERE AT HEARTS TO HEAL OUR VICE-PRESIDENT JASMEEN AND BECKY CARTER, OUR MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTANT.

AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT

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NIKKI.

THEY LET TK TUNE CHEZ IN CITY HALL, NOTHING BUT TROUBLE AND LAST, BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT AND ACTUALLY KIND OF A THEME NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT THE LAST TWO.

UH, HI THERE

[Proclamation 4]

FOLKS.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS NATASHA HARPER MADISON PROUD REPRESENTATIVE ON THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL FOR DISTRICT ONE THAT'S EASTERN NORTHEAST AUSTIN.

UM, I'VE SAID IT A THOUSAND TIMES.

THE PANDEMIC CERTAINLY SHED A HARSH LIGHT ON A TON OF DISPARITIES THAT WE EXPERIENCED AS A MUNICIPALITY.

AND THE TRUTH IS WE JUST IGNORED THEM FOR FAR TOO LONG.

WE SAW DISPROPORTIONATE RATES OF INFECTIONS AND DEATH AND OUR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.

AND JUST HEAR THIS LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AS WE WERE WATCHING THE NUMBERS START TO RISE AGAIN.

I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE STARTING TO FEEL THOSE EARLY DAY PANICS COMING BACK AS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOSPITALIZATION AND WHO IS BEING HOSPITALIZED.

AND SO, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY REALLY TIMELY, UM, THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ALL TODAY.

UH, THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN NEWS TO ANYONE WHO HAD BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH INEQUITIES THAT HAVE LONG, LONG BEEN KNOWN IN AUSTIN.

I AM GRATEFUL TO GROUPS LIKE CONTIGO WELLNESS AND THE HARD WORK OF FIGHTING THOSE INEQUITIES EVERY DAY TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITY, OUR ENTIRE CITY HAS THE HEALTHCARE THAT THEY NEED.

AND WITH THAT, I'M VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE SO PROCLAMATION BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS INSTITUTIONAL RACISM EXISTS IN AMERICA AND IN AUSTIN AND, AND ALL PLACES, IT LEADS TO HIGHER RATES OF HEALTH DISPARITIES IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LANGUAGE BARRIERS, LEGAL STATUS, AND STIGMA, BIPAP COMMUNITIES RECEIVE LESS MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT THAN THE NATIONAL.

AND WHEREAS CONTIGO WELLNESS IS AN AUSTIN BASED.

NON-PROFIT FOUNDED IN 2020 TO MEET THE DISPROPORTIONATE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BY INCREASING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, BUILDING CAPACITY AND MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND CREATING NETWORKS OF SUPPORT PROVIDED BY PRACTITIONERS OF COLOR AND WHEREAS CONTIGO WELLNESS AND ITS STAFF HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

I'M SORRY, INVALUABLE COMMUNITY PARTNERS DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND ARE POISED TO MAKE CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WILL HELP AUSTIN TO BE A HEALTHIER CITY FOR ALL ITS RESIDENTS.

NOW, THEREFORE I NATASHA HARPER MADISON ALONGSIDE STEVE ADLER, OUR MAYOR, UH, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND MY COLLEAGUES ON THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JULY 28TH, 2022 AS CONTIGO WELLNESS DAY.

PLEASE DO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCIL MEMBER, NATASHA HARPER, MADISON.

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YOU ARE WONDERFUL.

AND OF COURSE THANK YOU TO OUR MAYOR.

STEVE ADLER, UH, CONTIGO WELLNESS IS TRULY HONORED TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF FOLKS WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF TONIGHT'S PROCLAMATIONS.

AND OF COURSE, MR. OAKS AMAZING WORK.

I DON'T THINK IT'S SERENDIPITOUS THAT WE ARE HERE TONIGHT RECEIVING OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND DISTINGUISHED AWARDS TOGETHER.

UM, DIANA ANSALDO WHO IS THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF CONTIGO COULD NOT JOIN US TONIGHT.

SHE'S ACTUALLY TAKING CARE OF HERSELF AND HER MENTAL HEALTH AS SHE IS MODELING THAT FOR THE REST OF US.

I AM BLANCA VALENCIA, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF CONTIGO TONIGHT.

I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF OUR BOARD.

AND, UM, WE KNOW THAT WHILE JUSTICE IS ALWAYS THE END GOLD, THE WORK IS OF EQUITY IS A KEY PATHWAY TO THAT.

AND AS NATASHA HARPER MEDICINE SAID, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, ESCONDIDO WELLNESS WORKS TO MAKE MENTAL HEALTH, MORE AFFORDABLE, KEY PEOPLE OF COLOR, AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS OF COLOR.

AND TO END THE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH IN BIPAP COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE ON THE TOPIC OF EQUITY, IF EVERYONE ACROSS OUR COUNTRY IS HAVING TO RECKON WITH WHAT IS MOST VITAL IN LIFE, HAVING TO RECKON WITH WHAT IT MEANS TO BE TRULY HOLISTICALLY, HEALTHY, AND RECKONING WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH BIPAP COMMUNITIES AND THEIR SUFFERING ARE ALL TOO OFTEN LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION OR THE CONVERSATION COMES FROM A PLACE OF DEFICIT, BUT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SO VERY, VERY RICH AS TONIGHT HAS SHOWN AND THEY DESERVE SO MUCH MORE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR MAYOR AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER, NATASHA HARPER, MADISON FOR RECOGNIZING OUR WORK AND THE WORK OF OUR COLLEAGUES AND EQUITY.

WE DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING MORE WAYS TO PARTNER AND TO CONTINUE THIS WORK IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY, WHICH HAS A YES.

AND SHE'S AN EDUCATOR, SO DOUBLE SERVICE.

CAN WE GIVE YOU A PHONE? WELL, THAT ONE WAS ACTUALLY WORSE.

[Executive Session]

UM, RODNEY, IF YOU WOULD COME BACK UP WHERE WE WERE, WE HAD LEFT YOU COLLEAGUES,

WE ARE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION, CLOSED SESSION.

WE DISCUSSED REAL ESTATE MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM 1 25.

IT IS 8 45 OR CONTINUING, UH, IN THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, AGENDA.

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[168. Authorize an amendment of the exclusive negotiation agreement with Aspen Heights Partners for the redevelopment of 1215 Red River Street and 606 East 12th Street, the former Health South tract, to extend the agreement through September 30, 2022. (Part 1 of 2)]

I'VE HANDED OUT HERE, A VERSION TWO OF THE AMENDMENT.

UH, THIS IS, UM, THE AMENDMENT I GAVE HIM THE CLERK FOR COPIES.

THIS IS THE DOCUMENT AS I RECEIVED IT FROM, UM, STAFF, UH, I'VE READ A LINE, UH, CHANGES THAT, UH, STAFF REQUESTED THAT WE MAKE WHEN WE WERE, UH, EARLIER TALKING ABOUT THIS, UH, RODNEY, UH, I WANT TO CONFIRM AGAIN THAT AT THIS POINT, IT'S STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT WE, UH, VOTE TO EXTEND THE, UH, UH, THE NEGOTIATIONS IN THIS CONTRACT.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

I CONCUR MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, WHAT STAFF WANTS TO DO IS UTILIZE THIS TIME TO, UH, PERFORM A DUE DILIGENCE ON ASPEN HEIGHTS PROPOSAL THAT THEY SUBMITTED YESTERDAY.

UH, WHAT'S IN FRONT OF COUNCIL IS AN EXTENSION OF THE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT TILL SEPTEMBER 30TH.

WE INTEND TO COMPLETE THAT WORK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE INFORMATION TO COUNCIL.

WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS A PROPOSAL AND WHAT WE NEED TO, UH, PERFORM DUE DILIGENCE ON IS THE PROFORMA.

OKAY, GREAT.

UH, AS WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, VERSION TWO OF THIS, UH, HAS BEEN POSTED TO THE MESSAGE BOARD SENT TO THE CLERK, OR IT'S JUST ABOUT TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD AND THEN SENT TO THE CLERK, BUT A PRI IT, UH, NOT ONLY THIS WOULD GO IF WE EXTEND THE CONTRACT, THE DIRECTION TO STAFF TO GET MORE CERTAINTY AS TO WHAT HAPPENS AT WHAT COST TO THE END OF THE INITIAL TERM FOR CHILDCARE AND MUSIC VENUE SPACES, UM, UH, TO LOOK AT HOW MANY AFFORDABLE UNITS IS VALPROATE WOULD PROVIDE, IF IT DID NOT PAY A CASH REESE PAYMENT AS THE CITY HAD, UH, REQUIRED IN THE RFP, BUT THE CITY WANTED TO CHANGE HIS MIND AND NO LONGER, UH, DEMAND A CASH PAYMENT OR INDICATE THAT THAT HAS VALUE, UH, TO THE CITY.

AND INSTEAD ONCE A AFFORDABLE UNITS, HOW MANY AFFORDABLE UNITS COULD BE PROVIDED, WHICH THE, UM, UM, UH, DEVELOPER, UH, INDICATED IN THE, UH, ANSWERS THAT WERE PUBLISHED TO THE PUBLIC IN THE QUESTION AND ANSWER LAST NIGHT, CONJUNCTION WITH THE FOREGOING POINT IS TAKE, TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, UM, HOW MANY AFFORDABLE UNITS THE CITY GETS, UH, FOR NO LONGER REQUIRING A CASH PAYMENT OR A CASH PAYMENT, OR ONE OF YOUR CASH PAYMENT THAT THAT'S LARGE AND SEEING HOW THAT COST OR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNIT AND DOLLARS COMPARES TO WHAT WE ARE GETTING ELSEWHERE.

UM, BUT ALSO AN IMPORTANTLY PERFORMING THE NECESSARY DUE DILIGENCE TO DETERMINE IF THE PROJECT PROFORMANCE SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPS PROPOSAL, UH, THAT WAS CONVEYED TO THE CITY STAFF, UH, YESTERDAY AS PART OF A Q AND A, UH, ANALYSIS.

UH, AND, AND THE DEVELOPER SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL I'M SURE IS ALIGNED IN MAKING SURE AND WANTING OUR STAFF TO GET ALL OF THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROFORMA FOR THAT PROPOSAL FROM YESTERDAY, JUST AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THE CITY CAN, CAN TEST ITS VALIDITY, UM, AND ALSO, UH, ASKING THE STAFF TO PROVIDE ITS BEST INFORMATION, UH, ON, ON WHAT IT THINKS IT COULD DO, UH, AT THE END OF, UH, OF AN EXPIRED OR TERMINATED EMA, IF IT WERE TO, UH, DEVELOP THE PROPERTY ITSELF WITH A P THREE OR WITH, UH, UH, ECONOMIC, UH, UH, AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OR ANOTHER SCENARIOS.

AND YOU'VE READ THE SHEET AND THEN STAFF'S GONE OVER IT.

YES, MA'AM, WE'VE READ THE SHEET AND LET STAFF POINTS OUT ANY CHANGES TO THE ITEMS THAT ARE EDITED.

UM, IT CONCURS WITH WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE MOTION SHEET, BOTTOM LINE, AND JUST REAL QUICKLY, WHY IS STAFF RECOMMENDING THAT WE EXTEND THE ENA? WHAT WAS THAT? OKAY.

I'M READING, IT'S HARD TO HEAR, BUT I'M READING THE CAPTIONS UP THERE.

SORRY, JUST GENERALLY.

WHY IS IT THE STAFF IS, IS RECOMMENDING THAT COUNCIL EXTEND THE DNA IN A NUTSHELL, AND I'LL POINT OUT THAT IT WAS RECEIVED LAST NIGHT, IT'S IN THE Q AND A, THAT WAS PUBLISHED.

UM, ASPEN HEIGHTS HAS SAID THAT THEY CAN, UH, ACHIEVE

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MORE ON-SITE AFFORDABILITY.

AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE THE ADDITIONAL TIME PERIOD, UH, UP TILL SEPTEMBER 30TH TO PERFORM A DUE DILIGENCE AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEIR PROJECT PROFORMA ACTUALLY SUPPORTS WHAT THEY SIT TO US LAST NIGHT.

UM, AND SO IF IT DOES, WE WILL COME BACK AND GIVE THAT COUNTY COUNTY COUNCIL THAT INFORMATION, IF IT DOESN'T, AND YOU CAN REST ASSURED WE WILL COME BACK AND TELL COUNCIL THEIR, THEIR PERFORMANCE DOES NOT SUPPORT THEIR PROPOSAL.

OKAY, GREAT.

COLLEAGUES RUN THE DIOCESE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

UH TOBO UH, THANK YOU.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AND PROBABLY SOME FOR THE APPLIQUE FOR THE DEVELOPER AS WELL OF ASPEN HEIGHTS IS HERE, BUT I'LL START WITH, WITH YOU, UM, RODNEY OR, OR ANY OF YOUR STAFF, UM, BEFORE LAST NIGHT WAS STAFF RECOMMENDING THE EXTENSION BEFORE THE IT, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAME IN LAST NIGHT.

YOU KNOW, LAST UP TILL LAST NIGHT, UH, WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF US PRIOR TO LAST NIGHT'S PROPOSAL DID NOT SUPPORT OUR THOUGHT THAT ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS COULD BE ACHIEVED.

UM, AND SO WHAT WAS SENT OVER LAST NIGHT MODIFIED THAT THINKING? DID IT MODIFY THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION? YES.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, BEFORE LAST NIGHT, THE STAFF WERE NOT RECOMMENDING EXTENSION.

BEFORE LAST NIGHT, UH, WE HAD THOUGHT THAT WE COULD ACHIEVE MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAD CONVEYED WAS THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD ACHIEVE MORE CONVENIENCE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

AND THEN WHAT WAS RECEIVED LAST NIGHT, UM, HAS, UH, POINTED TOWARDS ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS BEING ACHIEVED.

AND SO NOW WHAT WE WANT IS THE TIME TO, UH, DRILL DOWN IN THEIR PROFORMA AND TO VERIFY WITH OUR OWN EYES, WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS THE CASE.

AND SO THE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS, AS I UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSE AND THE, IN THE Q AND A, THE ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE BEING, UM, MORE UNITS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED AND WE'RE ALSO GETTING LESS OF A PAYMENT.

SO IN ESSENCE, WE ARE, WE ARE REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF PAYMENT THAT WE WERE, THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AND ARE, ARE GETTING MORE UNITS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I'M UNDERSTANDING, UM, THE RESPONSE IN THE Q AND A, UM, YEAH.

SO THE WAY THAT I LOOK AT THE RESPONSE IS YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

LESS PAYMENT, MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

AND SO WE'RE PAYING FOR THEM WITH PUBLIC SUBSIDY.

I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE PAYING FOR THEM WITH A PUBLIC INVESTMENT.

UH, YES.

I MEAN, IN ESSENCE, WE'RE PAYING FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UM, ONE OF OUR HOUSING STAFF, IF THEY COULD TALK TO US ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, IN PARTICULAR, THE RESPONSE WITH REGARD TO HOUSING.

WELL, LET ME JUST, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THE BEST AND FINAL OFFER.

SO THIS HAS BEEN EXTENDED ONCE BEFORE, BACK IN JUNE, IS THAT RIGHT? YES.

UM, WHEN DID STAFF AND STAFF HAD BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH, WITH ASPEN HEIGHTS FOR HOW LONG? UNTIL BEFORE JUNE, I'LL HAVE TO BRING SUSANA UP HERE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR SUSANA GARBER HALL, BECAUSE SHE CAN GIVE YOU MORE EXACT DATES AS TO WHEN WE STARTED THOSE NEGOTIATIONS WITH ASPEN HEIGHTS.

THANK YOU, MS. CARLA HALL, HOW LONG HAD, UM, STAFF BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH ASPEN HEIGHTS? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

SO SOUND LIKE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

UH, WE EXECUTED THE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT WITH ASPEN HEIGHTS SINCE MAY OF 2021.

SO WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING FOR THE, FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER 12 MONTHS.

UM, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND, AND I'M GONNA JUST PREFACE MY COMMENTS, UM, TO THE PUBLIC BY SAYING THERE'S A GOOD DEAL OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IN AN OPEN SESSION.

AND SO IF YOU HEAR ME HESITATING, I'M TRYING TO THINK THROUGH WHAT I'M SAYING AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT PART OF THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION HERE.

UM, BUT I THINK, AND SO THE STAFF MAY ALSO NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THE BEST.

WHEN DID YOU, UM, RECEIVE A BEST AND FINAL OFFER FROM WHEN DID YOU ASK FOR A BEST AND FINAL OFFER FROM ASPEN HEIGHTS? AND WHEN DID YOU RECEIVE ONE? WE ASKED, UH, THE BEST FINAL OFFER.

I'M GOING TO SAY.

UM, WHEN WE EXTENDED, UH, THE LAST, UH, EXTENSION FOR THE ENA, UH, IN MAY AND WE RECEIVED IT, UM, IN JUNE 15TH, THAT WAS THEIR FIRST SUBMITTAL OF THE BEST AND FINAL OFFER.

AND IT HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OVER, UM, SINCE JUNE 15TH OF THIS YEAR, DO WE HAVE ONE TERM, ONE LIST OF TERM SHEETS? WE HAVE, UH, VARIOUS TERM SHEETS FOR, UH, THEIR BEST FINAL, AND THEN IT, AND THEN IT WAS ADJUSTED AGAIN LAST NIGHT.

AND SO, AND THEN I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT HOUSING.

UM, OKAY.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. BARBARA HALL.

I MAY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS LATER.

UM, AND SO I HAD SUBMITTED SOME QUESTIONS IN THE Q AND A, AND I PROBABLY WOULD WANT TO ASK ASPEN HEIGHTS ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHERS WHEN WE PASS THIS BACK IN JANUARY, 2020, UM, I BROUGHT FORWARD A GOOD NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS THAT WERE INCLUDED AND PASSED BY THIS COUNCIL, INCLUDING, UM, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE LIVING WAGE REQUIREMENTS ON THIS PROPERTY AND OTHERS.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE Q AND A THAT IT IS THAT, UM, ASPEN HEIGHTS PROVIDED AN ANSWER THAT THE OFFER DOES NOT INCLUDE A LIVING WAGE REQUIREMENT.

WE HAD ALSO, UM, THE AMENDMENT THAT I HAD BROUGHT FORWARD THAT THIS COUNCIL PASSED AND BECAME PART OF THE DIRECTION WAS FOR STAFF TO NEGOTIATE SUCH THAT, UH, THE PRIMARY USE ON THESE TRACKS WAS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND SO, UM, MR. MIO, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PROPOSAL, THE QUESTION LAST NIGHT ASKED, OR THE QUESTION THE Q AND A ASKED FOR WHAT THE PERCENTAGES WERE AND ASPEN HEIGHTS PROVIDED, PROVIDED THE INFORMATION THAT THE BEST AND FINAL OFFER PRIOR TO LAST NIGHT INCLUDED 116 UNITS, WHICH IS 12.6% OF THE TOTAL UNITS ON THE TRACT.

IF, UM, WHEN WE UNDERTAKE PROJECTS AT THE AUSTIN HOUSING AND FINANCE CORPORATION, WHAT KIND OF PERCENTAGE AFFORDABLE UNITS DO WE USUALLY AIM FOR MANDY DEMAYO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

UM, IF THIS IS AN H F C A RELATED DEVELOPMENT, EITHER WE ARE SUBSIDIZING THE DEVELOPMENT OR IN SOME CASES WE'RE A PARTNER IN THE DEVELOPMENT.

UM, MOST OFTEN WE ARE LOOKING AT AN 85% TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND THIS AFTERNOON WE HAD ONE ON ANOTHER CITY OWNED TRACT THAT IS ABOUT 93% AFFORDABLE UNITS.

IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

THAT IS A REFERENCE TO THE 35, 15 MAIN ROAD SOLICITATION, WHICH THE HFC BOARD PASSED UNANIMOUSLY THIS MORNING.

AND SO THIS IS A CITY OWNED TRACT.

AND PRIOR TO THE DEAL THAT CAME IN LAST NIGHT, IT WAS AT 12%, 12.6% WITH THE ADDITIONAL SUBSIDY FROM THE CITY, UM, AS CONTEMPLATED AS PROPOSED, WHAT PERCENTAGE WOULD WE BE AT APPROXIMATELY WITH THE MOST CURRENT BEST AND FINAL OFFER, WHICH IS PROPOSING TO EFFECTIVELY DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS? SO FROM ONE 16 TO 232 UNITS, MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON WHAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE Q AND A AS THOSE UNITS ARE ALSO AT 50% AND 60% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, UH, THAT WOULD BRING THEM UP TO SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 20, ALMOST 20% AFFORDABLE, 20%.

UM, AND THIS AGAIN IS, IS A CITY OWNED TRACT.

THE QUESTION WAS ASKED THE QUESTION I ASKED YOU IN THE Q AND A WAS, UM, DO STAFF BELIEVE WE COULD ACHIEVE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UM, INCLUDING PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE, PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE SPACE.

IF WE LET THE EXTENSION EXPIRE AND PURSUE A DIFFERENT METHOD OF REDEVELOPING, THE CITY OWNED HEALTH SOUTH TRACT, AND THE ANSWER CAME BACK.

IF THE COUNCIL SEEKS GREATER COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAN WHAT ASPEN HEIGHTS AS BEST AND FINAL OFFER PROVIDES, CITY STAFF DOES BELIEVE GREATER COMMUNITY BENEFITS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY RESTARTING THE PROJECT AND REQUIRING THE SPECIFIC BENEFITS COUNCIL SEEKS FOR THIS PROPERTY.

I KNOW THAT THE ARRANGEMENT CHANGED AND IT WENT FROM 12.6 TO 2020.

I THINK YOU SAID JUST NOW, DO YOU THINK WE COULD ACHIEVE SOMETHING CLOSER TO, YOU KNOW, 45% OR SOMETHING EVEN, I MEAN, PERHAPS DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE WE WOULD WANT TO DEVELOP THE TRACT THAT HAS MARKET RATE, UM, THAT HAS THE NO VIEW CORRIDOR.

UM, SO IT MIGHT NOT, IT MIGHT NOT BE A PROJECT THAT IS MORE LIKE 93% AS WE APPROVED THIS MORNING OR 80% AS, AS, UM, OTHER HFC PROJECTS HAPPEN.

BUT DO YOU, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IF UNDER OTHER ARRANGEMENTS WE COULD ACHIEVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY ON THIS TRACKED? IF THIS IN FACT WERE TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT THE PROJECT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY INCOME RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

UM, THANKS VERY MUCH.

JUST FOLLOWING UP ON A COUNCIL MEMBER TEBOW'S LINE OF QUESTIONING, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE APPLICANT ABOUT THE INCOME COMPONENT AND THE OTHER QUESTION SHE HAS, BUT BEFORE, UM, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE PROCEED.

UM, I'D LIKE TO

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AND IN FACT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS AVOID Y'ALL HAVING TO DO THIS, THIS FANCY MAMBO ALL NIGHT.

IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO NOT BOUNCING BETWEEN THEM LIKE THAT? LIKE JUST AS WE ALL JUST ASKED THE APPLICANT OR WE ALL JUST ASKED EDD OR WE ALL DO OR DO, ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH, WE COULD TRY THAT.

BUT I THINK A LOT OF TIMES THE QUESTION OF ONE LEADS TO THE QUESTION BEFORE, BUT BEFORE WE GO ANY FARTHER, BECAUSE I NEGLECTED TO DO THIS, WHEN WE FIRST CAME OUT, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE CAUGHT HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS ITEM FOR AWHILE.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE U R B A AND THE OTHER ZONING CASE FOR AWHILE.

WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA THAT WE CAN'T TAKE ANY ACTION ON TODAY THAT WERE SAID PRIMARILY.

SO WE COULD GET PUBLIC INPUT, WHICH WE HAVE NOW GOTTEN.

UM, WE ALSO WOULD ALLOW FOR, FOR, FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION ABOUT COLLEAGUES, YOU TELL ME IF, UM, UNLESS THERE'S COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANT TO DISCUSS THEM, I WOULD LET THE STAFF GO HOME ON ITEM 1 0 3, WHICH IS THE LICENSE PLATE READERS, WHICH WILL BE COMING BACK TO US IN, IN MID AUGUST.

UH, I WOULD HAVE LET THE STAFF GO HOME ON 1 24, UM, WITH THE, UH, ADMISSION MAYOR PRO TEM.

I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING WRITTEN UP ABOUT, UH, WHEN THAT WOULD COME BACK TO US, BUT ALSO, UM, THAT WE LET THOSE THINGS GO AND THAT WE ALSO LET THE STATESMEN PUD, UH, FOR A COUNCIL DISCUSSION, UH, UH, GO, UH, AT, UH, AT THIS POINT WE'VE ALREADY POSTPONED STATESMAN, BUT I THINK TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO LETTING STAFF GO ON THAT HEARING ON, UH, CATHERINE MEMBER MERIT?

[124. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Title 25-1 to require parkland dedication for commercial developments.]

PART-TIME UM, I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON THE STATESMAN POD THAT I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO.

WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND LET'S MAKE YOUR STATEMENT SO WE CAN LET STAFF GO.

ITEMS, WHICH IS ACCESS TO PARKS.

CAN I DO THE PARK'S MOTION FIRST? GO AHEAD AND DO THE PARCHMENT FIRST, IF YOU LIKE.

UM, SO I PASSED OUT A MOTION SHEET.

I'M GOING TO JUST READ THE MOTION SHEET AND THEN I'LL EXPLAIN IT AFTER I MAKE THE MOTION, IF I MIGHT.

UM, SO 1 28 IS ON OUR AGENDA FOR ACTION.

WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE ACTION TODAY, BUT WE STILL NEED TO POSTPONE IT.

UM, SO I HAVE TWO PARTS TO MY MOTION.

ONE, I MOVED TO POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER 1 24 TO THE AUGUST 11TH, 2022 MEETING WITH DIRECTIONS TO THE MANAGER TO ALSO POST THE ITEM ON THE AUGUST 17TH, 18TH, AND 19TH AGENDAS.

UM, TO I FURTHER MOVED TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AUGUST 11TH AGENDA TO WAIVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW OF THE COMMERCIAL PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE, IF NECESSARY.

AND I WANT TO EXPLAIN THIS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING THIS.

THEY HAD ONE MEETING IN JULY.

THEY WANTED TO SEND IT TO A COMMITTEE.

THAT COMMITTEE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE QUORUM BECAUSE IT'S JULY PEOPLE ARE ON VACATION.

UM, ON TUESDAY, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGREED THAT THEY WOULD COME BACK AND HAVE AN, UH, HAVE, UM, A RECOMMENDATION ON AUGUST 9TH.

THEY HAVE SET UP A WORKING COMMITTEE ON A THANK OF AS AZHAR AND GRAYSON COPS FOR LEADING THAT COMMITTEE.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF LISTENING SESSIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE SURE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS HEARING WHAT WE'VE HEARD.

UM, AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR AUGUST 9TH, WHICH WOULD MEAN WE WOULD HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN WE MADE A DECISION, HOWEVER, IF THEY ARE UNABLE FOR WHATEVER REASON TO MAKE IT FOR AUGUST 9TH.

UM, AND WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE BUDGET, WHICH I BELIEVE WE SHOULD.

UM, WE HAVE TO WAIVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION REQUIREMENT.

AND SO THE SECOND PART IS REALLY JUST SETTING IT UP SO THAT IF THEY DON'T COME BACK, WE'RE SET FOR THAT PROCEDURALLY AND NOT IN A POSITION WHERE WE CANNOT TAKE IT UP IN BUDGET.

UM, AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO THE 11TH, THAT'S ONE OF THE DAYS THAT WE'RE HAVING THE BUDGET WORK SESSION SINCE THE ORDINANCE ITSELF IS NOT IN THE BUDGET, BUT THE FEES WOULD BE, THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION COMES BACK AND THERE'S NO DISCUSSION AND THEY RUBBER STAMP IT AND WHATEVER WE WANT TO PASS IT ON THE 11TH WE COULD.

UM, BUT MY EXPECTATION IS WE MAY WANT TO HAVE, UM, SOME CONVERSATION ON THE 11TH AND THEN FINALIZE IT, UM, DURING BUDGET.

BUT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO ALL THOSE PREMIERE PERMUTATIONS FOR THAT.

UM, AND THAT'S WITH RESPECT TO THE COMMERCIAL PARKLAND, UM, DEDICATION ORDINANCE, WHICH I WILL JUST REMIND FOLKS, UM, CAME OUT OF A RECOMMENDATION IN FEBRUARY OF 2020 FROM THE PARKS BOARD.

AND THEN IN THE SPRING, UH, WE PASSED A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE THAT PROCESS.

UM, BELIEVE IT WAS APPROVED

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UNANIMOUSLY.

IT WAS CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS WENT JUST ELIS, ADLER AND POOL.

UM, AND THE CURRENT PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE, UM, RECOGNIZES THE NEXUS AND DEMAND PLACED ON OUR PARK SYSTEM BY NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND HOTEL VISITORS, BUT DOES NOT CAPTURE THE IMPACT FROM NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT PUTS A DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN ON RESIDENTIAL AND HOTEL DEVELOPMENT COSTS.

UM, THIS PROPOSAL, WHICH I THINK IS VERY CLEAR AND SIMPLE ALLOWS US A LEGALLY VIABLE OPTION TO JOIN OTHER TEXAS CITIES, TO ENSURE THAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE AND IMPORTANTLY PROVIDE THE TRAIL CONNECTIONS THAT WE NEED.

AND WE HAD SEVERAL TRIAL CONNECTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO SECURE BECAUSE IT WAS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY RATHER THAN RESIDENTIAL.

UM, AND, AND SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT STEP.

UM, IN ADDITION, DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE WILL WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RESPECT TO RESIDENTIAL PARKLAND.

UM, BUT MY EMOTION IS STRICTLY ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL PARKLAND TO SET US UP, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UM, IN A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE MOVEMENT FORWARD DURING BUDGET.

I APPRECIATE THAT I'M ON TO SUPPORT, UH, THIS TIMING SO THAT IT, IT SAID IT COMES BACK TO US.

IT GIVES US THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO ACT IF WE'RE READY TO ACT AT THOSE POINTS IN TIME.

UH, I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN GET TO THE MESSAGE BOARD TO, TO POST SOME THOUGHTS OR IDEAS.

UH, I THINK AT THE TIME THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AND LOOKING AT THIS, UM, ORDINANCE AND I SUPPORT, UH, A, UM, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE FOR COMMERCIAL, AS I THINK IT IS ALSO APPROPRIATE FOR RESIDENTIAL.

UM, BUT TAKING A LOOK AT LOCKING IN THE FEES, UH, FOR COMMERCIAL, UM, UM, UH, WHEN YOU SUBMIT THE SITE PLAN SO THAT THERE'S SOME CERTAINTY AS PEOPLE GO THROUGH AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE OVER THE LIFE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT TO PAY THOSE THINGS UNTIL YOU GET A BUILDING PERMIT.

SO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AREN'T PAYING ASS TO, UM, UH, FINANCE, UH, THOSE, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

UH, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THE FEES ON, ON RESIDENTIAL.

MY HOPE IS THAT WITH COMMERCIAL, WE HAVE A VALUE ADD.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, WHEN WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE, HOW WE, UM, UH, SET THE FEE, UH, AT THAT POINT IN TIME AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, IT'S NOT IN FRONT OF US, WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UH, HOW THAT FEES, UM, FOR PARKLAND DEDICATIONS HAVE, HAVE RISEN.

SO I SUPPORT THIS.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, UH, WITH SOME OTHER ISSUES.

AND I WOULD INVITE MY COLLEAGUES.

SO I KNOW THERE'S DISCUSSION TO JOIN IN ON THAT, SO THAT WE'RE NOT INTRODUCING THOSE TOPICS AT THE, AT THE LAST MINUTE, BUT SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THEM AND, AND, AND VET THEM.

BUT I SUPPORT A MOTION SHEET THAT YOU HAVE HANDED OUT HERE TODAY.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBERS? I, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH MOTION.

I'M JUST CONCERNED AGAIN, GIVEN TONIGHT'S EXPERIENCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO RUN INTO THE SAME SITUATION, UH, YOU KNOW, TAKING IT OVER TO THE BUDGET DISCUSSION, UH, JUST, UH, I'LL JUST MAKE THAT COMMENT.

I HAVE NOT BEEN A PART OF A BUDGET DISCUSSION, SO, UH, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

AND I GUESS WITH THIS MOTION AND THIS PROCESS, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR SOME OF US IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ADD THIS IN THE BUDGET AND IT'S IT'S PART AND PARCEL BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SET THE FEES FOR THAT.

UM, AND AS WE, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS, UM, RESIDENTIAL FEES, KNOWING WHETHER WE HAVE ADDRESS COMMERCIAL FEES AND, AND BEEN ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IS, IS IMPORTANT, UM, IMPORTANT NEXT STEP.

SO I WOULD INVITE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE AND HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS SO THAT, SO THAT YOU ARE PREPARED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

AND, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION COMES BACK WITH.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A LEGALLY VIABLE OPTION.

THERE IS A FORMULA, THE FORMULA DOES INCLUDE HOW MUCH LAND COSTS AND LAND COSTS HAVE GONE UP.

UM, BUT WE, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS ANY OF THE FEES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NEXUS THAT HAS TO BE BASED ON FACTS.

AND SO, UM, THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS, IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT, THOSE KINDS OF, UM, FEES.

AND I WILL SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PARKLAND DEDICATION RELATES DIRECTLY TO ONE OF OUR TOP 10 STRATEGIC DIRECTION

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UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE METRICS WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN MOVEMENT.

SO I THINK WE'VE GONE FROM 64% TO 68% OF THE COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS WITHIN A QUARTER MILE AND A HALF MILE.

THAT'S REAL MOVEMENT ON A METRIC THAT WE HAVE WITH SD TWENTY-THREE.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE FEW THAT WE HAVE AND PARKLAND DEDICATION IS KEY TO THAT.

IT IS ALSO, UM, TARGETED TO WHERE THE MOST DEVELOPMENT IS TAKING PLACE.

AND SO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT, UM, THAT WE ARE INVESTING WHERE THAT DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING IN WAYS THAT ARE REALLY KEY AND IMPORTANT.

I SHOULD TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SHEET, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LET, UH, UH, THE LICENSE PLATE READER, UM, MOVE, UH, MOVE FORWARD, UH, INTO, INTO, UH, AUGUST.

I'M SHOWING IT UNANIMOUS ON THE DIASPORA.

THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FIGHT THIS AND RENT A RHEA OFF THE DAYS.

UH,

[103. Discussion regarding direction to identify potential funding to reinstate the license plate reader program at the Austin Police Department, return to Council with any necessary actions for Council to appropriate the funding for this purpose, to re-evaluate and implement necessary and appropriate changes to the former policy and/or procedure on license plate readers, and to include funding in the upcoming Fiscal Year budget for continuation of the license plate reader program.]

UM, I THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO STUDY THE ISSUE OF, UM, ONE I'M I'M I'M SUPPORT.

I MEAN, IN THE LICENSE PLATE READER, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT AS I, WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS A FORCE MULTIPLIER.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY AND, AND BRINGING THIS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOME ANSWERS TO AVAILABILITY, TO OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT MIGHT BE USING IT FOR THINGS LIKE, UH, IMMIGRATION, UM, OR, UH, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS PROSECUTION, THINGS THAT WE WOULDN'T DO HERE LOCALLY, BUT THAT OTHER AGENCIES MIGHT BE USING.

SO THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PROTECTION.

UM, YOU HAVE PROVIDED IN YOUR MOTION FOR A LOTS OF PROTECTIONS.

UM, UH, AND I THINK THAT, UH, WE MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE SOME MORE SO THAT MORE PEOPLE SEE THE, THE SPECIFICS, UH, THAT YOU HAVE, UH, GENERALLY HIT.

UH, BUT, UH, AGAIN, I, UH, I COMMITTED TO, UH, TO, TO WORK WITH YOU, TO SEE IF WE CAN GET TO A PLACE ON THAT, THAT WILL WORK FOR THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WAS THE, UH, UH, PUD, UH, ANY COMMENTS ON THAT FOUR WAS AT THAT ONE GO, YOU ASKED ME ARE PRO TEM.

[Items 131 & 132]

JERRY, YOU'RE STANDING UP.

IS THERE.

OKAY, I'M SORRY.

UM, WE DID, IF YOU REMEMBER EARLIER, NOT POSTPONE THIS HIM, SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PULL THE POSTPONE 1 31, 1 32 TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, GET A VOTE ON THAT.

OH, HE DIDN'T VOTE TO POSTPONE IT BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO DO IT AFTER THE DISCUSSION.

SO LET'S HAVE THE DISCUSSION THEN WE'LL VOTE THE POSTPONE.

SO, SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PUD.

UM, I WILL MEET WITH THE, UM, DEVELOPER BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING TO ASK SOME OF THOSE, BUT, UM, SO I'M, I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM FIVE MINUTES TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS.

CAUSE HE ASKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER, IF HE WANTS IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR COMMENTS BEFORE HE'S GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

YOU CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT CHANCE.

YOU WANT TO SPEAK FIRST MARATHON TIME.

I'M HAPPY TO HEAR HIS COMMENTS FIRST, MR. SUTTLE, MY NAME'S RICHARD SETTLE.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR FIVE MINUTES.

AT SOME POINT, WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THIS CASE.

WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS FOR THREE YEARS.

AT SOME POINT, WHETHER IT'S ESPECIALLY CALLED MEETING OR SOMETHING, I WOULD, WE WOULD LOVE TO DISCUSS THIS CASE.

WE DID BECAUSE IT'S FASCINATING.

IT'S GOT LOTS OF GOOD THINGS FOR OUR CITY.

THE LONGER WE KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD IS THE LONGER IT TAKES TO GET THE TAX BASE, THE PARKLAND, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE, WE ALL WANT OUT OF THIS AND KICKSTART THE SOUTH OR THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN.

ALL I WOULD ASK IS THAT TONIGHT WE DIDN'T OPPOSE THE POSTPONEMENT OF ACTION BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE COULD AIR SOME ISSUES OUT.

I KNOW Y'ALL ARE TIRED.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO TALKING ABOUT MY STUFF WHEN YOU'RE TIRED.

SO PLEASE JUST AT SOME POINT, MAKE IT A PRIORITY, PLEASE.

UM, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT PIECES.

I'M GONNA PRETEND.

SO THERE'S PART OF THERE THAT I ACTUALLY REALLY AGREED WITH YOU, RICHARD.

I THINK WE DO HAVE TO ON IT AND HAVE A FOCUSED CONVERSATION.

UM, I'M SORT OF FEELING LIKE I'M IN GROUNDHOG DAY WITH THIS ITEM AND WE HAVE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE MORE REAL INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AND TO REALLY BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE WEIGHING AND TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT DIRECTION STAFF NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, TO PUSH FORWARD WHERE WE'RE MISSING THE CLARITY, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST PIECES OF IT THAT DON'T SEEM TO BE, THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE GETTING ANY CLEARER.

WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT,

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UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF CLAIMS THAT ARE AROUND SOME OF WHICH ARE PROBABLY ACCURATE, SOME OF WHICH ARE NOT ACCURATE OUT THERE AND HOW WE'RE, HOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CITY AND IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE APPROPRIATE INVESTMENTS AND WHAT ARE NOT.

UM, AND WHAT IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT WITH LABOR COSTS AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND VALUE CAPTURE THAT CAN HAPPEN, WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO.

AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET OUT OF THIS GROUNDHOG DAY, BUT EVERY TIME WE HAVE ONE OF THESE MEETINGS, I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS THE PIECE THAT KEEPS US FROM GETTING TO THE MEAT OF WHAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.

UM, SO I JUST THROW THAT CHALLENGE OUT THERE.

I WISH I HAD A SOLUTION, BUT IT'S LATE AND I DON'T.

UM, AND I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN I HAVE ANSWERS AT THIS POINT.

THAT'S OUR KITCHEN.

UM, IF HAVE YOU FINISHED, OKAY, THEN, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.

UM, I ASKED THIS THE OTHER DAY OF STAFF, SO I, UH, I'D LIKE TO, SINCE YOU'RE HERE, I'D LIKE TO JUST GO AHEAD AND ASK YOU, AND THAT HAS TO DO FROM YOUR, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU VIEW, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH PROJECT CONNECT IN TERMS OF, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, ANALYSIS THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR WITH REGARD TO, UM, CROSSING OVER THE LAKE? UM, UH, ARE YOU PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AT ALL? OR WILL YOU BE, OR DO YOU, DO YOU SEE IT IMPACTING AT ALL? THE ONLY REASON I ASKED THAT IS BECAUSE PART OF THE PROPOSAL HAS TO DO WITH THE LAND THAT YOU'RE MAKING AVAILABLE.

SO I COULD, I COULD GUESS WHAT THE ANSWER IS, BUT YOU'RE HERE.

SO I THOUGHT I'D JUST GO AHEAD AND ASK.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS THREE-YEAR PROCESS, PROJECT CONNECT CAME UP AND THEY CAME TO US AND SAID, WE'D LIKE TO RUN A TRAIN.

AT FIRST, IT WAS PUT THE TRAIN STATION ON OUR PROPERTY.

AND THEN IT WAS MAYBE JUST GO ACROSS OUR PROPERTY AND LEAP OFF ON THE BRIDGE, THE BRIDGE.

AND WE SAID, THAT IS GREAT.

AND WE'LL MAKE THE LAND AVAILABLE.

AND THEN THE PARKS PEOPLE SAID, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU'RE TAKING THE PARKLAND OUT.

AND THEN WE SAID, WHAT WE'LL DO THEN ON THE PARK, THE PARK LAND THAT GETS TAKEN AWAY BY THE TRAIN, WE WILL PAY FEE IN LIEU FOR THAT.

SO THERE IS SO THAT THERE WAS NO NET, NO NET LOSS.

SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO STAND IN THE WAY OF PROJECT CONNECT.

SO WE STILL HAVE A PLACEHOLDER ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THIS TRACK FOR THE TRAIN STATION OR THE TRAIN TO COME THROUGH.

UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR ADJOINING NEIGHBORS ON THE, ON THE ACTUAL STATION.

SO IT, WHILE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A CURVE BALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCESS, WE'VE, WE'VE MADE ACCOMMODATION FOR IT.

AND AT, AT NO LOSS TO THE PARK AT THIS POINT, ARE YOU CONTINUING TO HAVE, OR HAVE, HAS, HAS ADP REACHED OUT TO YOU AGAIN? WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM ACTUALLY TOMORROW.

IT, IT KINDA MORPHED A LITTLE BIT.

IT WENT FROM A TRAIN TRACK TO MAYBE TRAINS AND BUSES TO MAYBE TRAINS BUSES AND PEDESTRIANS, AND THEN BARTON SPRINGS ROAD CHANGE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE.

BUT WE'VE, WE'VE SHIFTED GEARS ALL ALONG AND WE'RE, WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON IT.

I JUST ASKED BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW.

WE JUST, AND I DON'T ATP DOESN'T EITHER.

IT'S JUST THAT ATP IS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS THEY TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST ATP BOARD MEETING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR IS MORE, PROBABLY MORE IN TUNE WITH IT.

I AM, BUT THEY DID, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL TIME NEEDED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS.

UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE LOOKING AT OR RELOOKING AT IS HOW THEY CROSS THE RIVER.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO NOT PRECLUDE ANYTHING AND NOT GET IN THE WAY.

SO ONE LAST THING, WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU PROBABLY CAN'T ANSWER THIS, BUT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU ANTICIPATE IN ANYTHING IMPACTING THE IMPACT IN YOUR PROPOSAL.

SO OUR PROPOSAL.

YOU KNOW, I GUESS YOU PROBABLY CAN'T PREDICT AT THE MOMENT.

NO, ACTUALLY WE JUST, WE TOOK IT ACROSS AN AREA THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO PUT A BUILDING ANYWAY, SO IT DIDN'T AFFECT IT.

UM, IT BECAME MORE INTERESTING BECAUSE NOW WE'RE MORE OF A TOD THAN WE ARE A PIECE OF LOWER.

IN ADDITION TO BEING A PIECE OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL.

NOW WE'RE A TOD AND MAYBE WE DIDN'T SHOOT HIGH ENOUGH ON THE DENSITY RIGHT THERE AT THE TRAIN STATION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT WE'RE KEEPING EVERYTHING THE SAME NOW.

IS I DON'T KNOW THE CONTEXT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF, OF THE STATESMAN POD RELATIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

SO MR. SUBTLE, IN TERMS OF HAVING SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATION, I'D LIKE TO HAVE ONE AND I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

BUT PART OF THE CONCERN I'M HAVING

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UH, AND NOT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE REGULATING PLAN FOR THE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT JUST A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING.

UM, WHEN THE HEIGHTS WERE SET FOR THE DISTRICT AS PART OF THE VISION PLAN IN 20 12, 20 13, 20 14, UH, THERE WERE ENVISAGING A RANGE OF HYPOS BUILDINGS THAT WERE 200, 300, 400 IN HEIGHT.

I THINK WE'RE AT A DIFFERENT WORLD WITH RESPECT TO HEIGHT NOW THAN WE WERE THEN.

AND I THINK THAT THERE THERE'S, THERE'S GROWING INTEREST IN TAKING A LOOK AT WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE THE SOUTH WATERFRONT TREATED LIKE THE CBD, JUST AN EXTENSION OF DOWNTOWN, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, LIKE YOU SEE IN CITIES LIKE CHICAGO, ONE REASON TO, TO DO THAT, UH, I THINK IS, UH, MAKE BEST USE OF LAND, OBVIOUSLY PROVIDING SERVICES FOR PEOPLE.

IT'S THE LOWEST COST DEVELOPMENT TO A CITY THAT EXISTS, GENERATES THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF AD VALOREM TAX REVENUE.

UH, BUT IT'S ALSO THE WAY I THINK, TO MAXIMIZE THE, UM, UH, TIFF, UH, REVENUE THAT'S THAT'S PRODUCED.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH SOME OF THE SIT DOWN WITH CITY STAFF YESTERDAY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CHARLES HIMES HAT REPORT OF, OF, OF, UH, LAST YEAR.

UM, AND IT'S HARD TO TELL, UH, PROBABLY THE FOURTH THAT HE RAISED, BUT THOROUGHLY SOME INDICATIONS THAT, THAT THE TOTAL GENERATED WAS IN PART DEPENDENT ON, ON WHAT WAS THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL, UH, IN, IN THAT AREA, BOTH IN TERMS OF ITS SHARE OF THE DOWNTOWN, UH, OFFICE CONDO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THAT WOULD BE CAPTURED, UH, UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE ABSORPTION STUDY.

SO MY HOPE IS THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

UM, BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A DESIRE TO HAVE A LOT MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, BUT AT THIS POINT WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW IT IS WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE, UH, THE, THE CAPITAL FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, THAT WILL SERVE PROBABLY NOT, NOT EVEN PRIMARILY YOUR CLIENTS TRACK, BUT AN ENTIRE, UH, UH, A HUNDRED PLUS ACRES OF PROPERTY BECAUSE IT WON'T DEVELOP THE WAY THE CITY WOULD WANT IT TO DEVELOP WITHOUT THAT INVESTMENT.

BUT IF WE MAKE THAT INVESTMENT, IT'S GOING TO THROW OFF MORE.

AND IF WE SAW THAT, I THINK WE COULD BETTER PUT INTO CONTEXT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.

I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S NOT FAIR YOU, THE PROPERTY OWNER'S ALREADY BEEN HELD UP FOR A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD OF TIME, BUT I THINK THE STAFF'S GOTTA BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH THOSE NUMBERS SOONER THAN LATER.

AND I THINK THAT CONTEXT MIGHT BE VERY HELPFUL IN HELPING, UH, THE COUNCIL, UH, TO, TO DEAL WITH, UH, WHAT'S REALLY BEING ASKED OF THIS PROPERTY OWNER IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH WATERFRONT CENTRAL AREA, BY TAKING A LOOK AT HOW A CHANGE IN HEIGHT WOULD IMPACT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, NOT JUST THIS TRIBE, PUT THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE CITY GETS THE MOST BANG FOR THEIR BUCK ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT DISTRICT, THE SERVICES ARE LESS, YOU GET MORE TAX BASE, YOU GET MORE AND MORE AND MORE IT'S FAR BETTER THAN THE SPRAWL PLAN.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO LOOK AT THIS IN CONTEXT, BUT MAYOR WE'VE BEEN I'VE, I'VE WORKED ON THE STATION SIDE SINCE BEFORE ENDEAVOR GOT INVOLVED 2012, 2016 THAN 2020.

AND IT'S JUST TIME NOW FOR THIS ONE TO MOVE ON.

AND, AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN DOES NOT MOVE WITHOUT THIS ONE.

THIS IS THE LINCHPIN.

AND BY THE END, ALSO, THERE'S A LONG LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE WAITING ON THIS ONE TO COME THROUGH.

SO I AGREE WITH YOU, CONTEXTS WOULD BE BETTER.

WE'VE HAD ALL THE FUN, WE CAN STAND WAITING ON THE CONTEXT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TOO.

I THINK IN THE MEETINGS WE HAD YESTERDAY, SOME OF THE, THE, MY INABILITY TO COMMUNICATE AS WELL AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE DONE, I THINK GOT, GOT CLEARED UP IN SOME THINGS.

SO I HOPE IS THAT AT LEAST TO THOSE REQUESTS, IT'LL START MOVING MORE QUICKLY.

WELL, THANK YOU.

WE'LL WORK WITH YOU OBVIOUSLY.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO MAKES THE MOTION? UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO POSTPONE VISTA SEPTEMBER 1ST HEARING? NO.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO, UH, POSTPONE THIS MATTER TO SEPTEMBER 1ST

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OBJECTION.

THIS ITEM IS POSTPONE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST MAYOR PRO TEM.

CAN I, THEY RECOGNIZE FOR A FEW COMMENTS YES.

THERE FOR 10.

DID COUNCIL MEMBER TOCA WANT TO GO FIRST OR? OKAY.

SHE DOES.

SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE SHE GETS RECOGNIZED AND I PROMISED HER OKAY.

SORRY.

I ONLY HEARD HALF WITH THE BASKET.

UM, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, I'M NOT EXPECTING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO SECOND AND THIRD READING WHEN WE TAKE THIS UP.

I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KIND OF HINTED AT, UM, MR. SUTTLE AND THE MAYOR MENTIONED, AND WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION IN OUR CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY WAS WHETHER THE DEVELOPER THOUGHT THAT THERE COULD BE MORE ENTITLEMENTS, THAT WE COULD BE FACTORING INTO HOW WE THOUGHT ABOUT THINGS.

AND ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THE BLUE LINE WOULD BE GOING THROUGH THERE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE SHOULD BE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AND WHETHER THE DEVELOPER THOUGHT THAT WAS VALUABLE.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? CAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS A LITTLE, I'M NOT TRYING AGREED WITH THE CONVERSATION TURN THAT WE HAD.

SO IF YOU COULD SHARE YOUR VIEWS ON THAT.

AND I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THERE'S A THOUGHT, AT LEAST AMONGST SOME OF YOU THAT ENTITLEMENTS THEMSELVES ARE WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

IF NOT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS ENTITLEMENTS ARE ONLY WORTH IT, IF YOU CAN BUILD A VIABLE PROJECT.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE GONE BACK AND SAID, WELL, DID WE SHOOT TOO LOW? AND, AND WE, WE DO HAVE AN IDEA NOW OF ANOTHER BUILDING IN A FEW MORE, A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, IT WOULD WORK AND IT MIGHT GET US CLOSER ON A LOT OF THE FINANCIAL GAPS THAT ARE THERE.

SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE A DOUBLE OR TRIPLE IT IT'S, IT'S AN INCREMENTAL THAT WOULD MAKE THE WHOLE MODEL WORK A LITTLE BETTER.

AND, AND WHEN WOULD YOU BE IN A POSITION TO GIVE US A SENSE OF THAT? I'M SORRY.

I COULDN'T.

WHEN WOULD YOU BE IN A POSITION TO GIVE US A SENSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THAT AND WHAT IT WAS? RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY IN THE MAGNITUDE OF ANOTHER BUILDING AND ANOTHER 700,000 SQUARE FEET.

INSTEAD OF WAITING 10 YEARS.

BUT IT'S, IT, IT, IT'S NOT THAT SAME INCREMENTAL ADD ON ALL THE OTHER STUFF.

IT MEANS WE STILL NEED HELP ON THE ROAD, BUT WE CAN DO A, A LESS ROBUST PARKS DESIGN, MORE OF US TO PARK DESIGN.

IF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DO A MORE OF US PARK DESIGN, IF YOU DID THAT, NOT OUR LAST, WELL, IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH OF THE TERS GETS KICKED IN BECAUSE THEN WITH 700,000, IF YOU DO THE TOURS, THE TERS JUMPS UP AND IT WOULD BE LESS OF THE TERMS. IT IT'S ALMOST LIKE JELLO, YOU PUSH HERE, IT GOES UP HERE, YOU PUSH HERE, BUT IT'S VERY COMPLICATED.

AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO GET INTO A WORK SESSION WITH Y'ALL SO WE COULD WALK THROUGH AND WE CAN GET SANDRA UP HERE WITH THE SPREADSHEETS AND SAY, WELL, EXTRA 700,000, THAT'S THIS THAT'S THIS.

AND IT SHOWS THE IMPACTS ON ALL THE PIECES THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

IT'S REALLY INTERESTING.

BUT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I, I CONCUR WITH THE NEED TO REALLY SPEND SOME SIGNIFICANT TIME ON IT.

AND I THINK THE WORK SESSION YOU SUGGEST IS A GOOD IDEA.

AS I MENTIONED ON TUESDAY, I THINK WE ALSO REALLY NEED ECO NORTHWEST THERE.

I WOULD ALSO WELCOME THE PARTICIPATION OF POTENTIALLY SOME OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE, THOSE ANALYSES FROM, UH, A FEW DIFFERENT ANGLES.

UM, AND I DID WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

UM, I THINK WE'VE MET THREE TIMES THIS WEEK.

UM, I THINK I'VE MET FOUR TIMES OVER THE LAST WEEK ABOUT THIS PROJECT, AND I APPRECIATE, UH, I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'VE PARTICIPATED IN BOTH WITH LABOR, AS WELL AS WITH THE HOUSING FOLKS.

UM, I, I KNOW I'VE SHARED THIS WITH YOU IN THOSE MEETINGS, BUT I'LL JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY DO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING A PLAN, A POT ON THIS PROPERTY THAT IS, THAT HAS HIGHER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS WE'RE DISCUSSING, AND I STILL HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN GET THERE.

SO THANKS FOR THE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATIONS TOO, JUST TO GET IT ON THE TABLE.

SO EVERYBODY'S GOT THE SAME INFORMATION.

WE'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF Y'ALL ABOUT THIS.

THE AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT ARE OCCUR ON THIS PROJECT ARE PROBABLY 10 YEARS OUT.

WE NOW CAN PROVIDE AFFORDABLE UNITS AT A, AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, LESS THAN TWO TENTHS OF A MILE AWAY STARTING THE DAY YOU APPROVED THE PUD SAME NUMBER OF UNITS

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AND WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.

UM, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF IDEAS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO Y'ALL SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN.

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT RICHARD HAD JUST SAID ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY AND, UH, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, YOU NOTICED THAT HE HAS A FAIL FOR, BUT NOW WE'RE WHERE WE APPROVED.

IF WE APPROVED THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT MORE UM, I'LL PULL UP AN AREA REAL QUICK.

AND THEN I PROMISE THIS IS THREE MINUTES, AS Y'ALL KNOW, UNDER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN, THIS, THE STATESMAN PROPERTY HAS BEEN ASKED TO BEAR PARKLAND AND ROADS AND ACCESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND UNDER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN, WE WERE ASSIGNED 4%, WHICH IS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH IS ABOUT 55 UNITS.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S 10 YEARS OFF IN THE BEST OF CASES WITH THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESS AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

SINCE THAT, SINCE WE'VE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, IF YOU LOOK ON THE SCREEN IN YELLOW IS 4 22 RIVERSIDE DRIVE.

THAT IS A, UH, THAT'S A CLASS, A APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT IS COMPLETELY FULL RIGHT NOW AT VERY HIGH RENTS AND WE CONTROL IT.

AND WHILE IT WOULDN'T BE TECHNICALLY ONSITE, WE CAN INCOME RESTRICT THE RENTALS ON THE APART ON, ON APARTMENTS DAY.

ONE IN THAT UNIT, IN THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX, THE DAY WE REACH SHORE ON THIS PUD.

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT INSTEAD OF WAITING 10 YEARS, THE MINUTE, A ONE BEDROOM OR A TWO BEDROOM LEASE ROLLS OFF WITHIN A MONTH, WE CAN HAVE THAT LEASE TO A FAMILY AT 80% MFI.

AND IT IT'S JUST, IT'S 55 UNITS WITH IT PROBABLY WITHIN A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.

WE THOUGHT THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO VET THAT WITH Y'ALL.

UM, BUT THAT WE'VE, WE THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AND THAT'S WHAT A COUNCIL MEMBER READ OR ENTRY OF THAT'S.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT IMMEDIATE UNITS INSTEAD OF WAITING, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE IT'S RIGHT DOWNTOWN.

WELL, IF YOU, IF YOU DRAW A LINE FROM 4 22 STRAIGHT OVER TO THE STATES, WHEN IT'S ABOUT TWO TENTHS OF A MILE, THANK YOU FOR THAT MAYOR FROM HER KITCHEN.

GO AHEAD.

UM, I THINK I KNOW WHICH COMPLEX THAT IS.

CAN YOU REMIND ME THE NAME OF THAT AGAIN? IT'S CALLED 4 22 ON THE LAKE.

IT'S WHERE RUN TECHS USED TO BE.

AND THEN, UM, SO THE THINKING IS HOW MANY UNITS ARE IN THAT COMPANY? THERE'S 207 UNITS AT 4 22.

AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UH, AN OBLIGATION OF 55 UNITS AT THE STATESMAN PROJECT.

WE WOULD TAKE THOSE 55 UNITS AT 80% AND START MAKING THEM AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY AT 4 22.

UM, IS, IS, IS WHAT YOU WERE THINKING ON THE STATESMEN 55 AT 80%.

YES, BECAUSE THAT'S, WHAT'S IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN AND THAT'S WHAT WE PROFORMA FOR WHEN WE STARTED THIS THING FOUR YEARS AGO.

HAVE YOU EXAMINED TO SEE IF YOU COULD PUSH THE ENVELOPE A LITTLE ON THAT SINCE IT'S A MORE IMMEDIATE THING AND IT'S A, A RENTAL AND OTHER DIFFERENCES, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET INTO THE CONVERSATION FINANCIALLY, THERE MAY BE SOME ROOM THERE TO DEEPEN THE AFFORDABILITY A LITTLE BIT, OR MAYBE INCREASE UNITS, BUT AGAIN, IT'S A MATH EQUATION, RIGHT? IT'S IT.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU'D DONE THAT ANALYSIS YET, OR NO, WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT BEFORE WE OFFERED ANYTHING UP.

WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

I MEAN, WE COULD EVEN DO A DEAL.

WE KNOW WHAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT OF OUR PROPOSAL COSTS.

AND AFTER OUR MEETING, UM, WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES WERE WILLING TO TAKE THAT MONEY, THAT CHECK AND WRITE A CHECK TO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDER.

THEY CAN TAKE THE 23 MILLION OVER TO ONE TEXAS CENTER AND IMMEDIATELY START BUILDING MORE THAN THE 55 UNITS WITH THAT MONEY.

THEN WHAT WE CAN DO IN A HIGH RISE BUILDING DOWNTOWN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT IDEAS.

IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT IT IS? 23 MILLION IT'S 23, 20 4 MILLION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

TOVA.

DISCUSSING THIS IS, WHICH IS FINE.

SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPOSAL AND I GUESS, I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE

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UM, I'LL HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS TOO, AS I UNDERSTOOD THE, THAT WE HAD THE OTHER DAY WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES AS WELL, THE RENTS, AS, AS UNITS COME UP FOR RENEWAL, THEY WOULD BE, THEY WOULD BECOME PART OF THIS GROUP.

SO THEY WOULDN'T ALL BE, THEY WOULDN'T ALL BE READY THE FIRST DAY, BUT THEY WOULD BE, AS THOSE, AS THOSE APARTMENTS CAME DUE FOR RENEWAL, THEY WOULD, SOME WOULD, SOME WOULD RENEW AT A MARKET RATE.

SOME WOULD BE AFFORDABLE.

IS THAT RIGHT? W AND WE, WE NEGOTIATE WITH YOU GUYS THAT SCHEDULE, BUT WE HAVE LEASES COMING DUE ALMOST EVERY MONTH.

UM, WHEN ONE PERSON IN OUR MEETING, AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I TRY NOT TO SPEAK FOR OTHER FOLKS, BUT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT, I THINK, A SIGNIFICANT, UM, CALL FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MADE IN THAT EARLIER MEETING FROM THOSE WHO WERE ASSEMBLED, THAT THE DIFFERENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT MEETING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH, WITH WHAT I AND OTHERS ON THIS DIOCESE I'VE ASKED YOU TO DO AND TO CONSIDER, UM, ONE, ONE PERSON MADE THE GOOD POINT THAT IT'S GIVEN THAT YOU WERE MAKING A PROPOSAL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN A HIGH RISE DEVELOPMENT.

THERE'S CERTAINLY A COST SAVINGS USING, USING THE UNITS YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.

AND I THINK YOU SAID THAT WAS, THAT WAS ACCURATE.

TH THERE IS A COST SAVINGS, AND IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S JUST THE MATH, IT'S, WE'RE NOT ASKING, WE'RE WILLING TO MAKE UP THAT COST DIFFERENCE, BUT IT'S NOT AS BIG AS ONE MIGHT THINK.

THAT'S WHY WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET DEEPER AFFORDABILITY OR A FEW MORE UNITS.

IT WON'T BE DOUBLE.

I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM THAT EITHER WANT A 10% OR 20% AFFORDABLE UNITS ON THE STATEMENT.

AND I CAN TELL YOU IF THAT IS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, YOU CAN TELL US THAT TONIGHT, AND WE CAN JUST PUT THIS THING TO BED.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

WELL, THAT IS, UH, I THINK WE STILL DO HAVE STAFF HERE, AND I DO WANT THEM TO REMIND US WHAT THE, WHAT THE THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

CAUSE I THINK IT IS 10%.

IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THAT ORDINANCE.

WELL, THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE, I MEAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION TONIGHT.

IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CITY LEGAL BELIEFS YOU ARE.

YOU KNOW, I SAY THAT SO BOLDLY, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.

ZONING IS TOTALLY IN YOUR DISCRETION.

YOU CAN MAKE US SUBJECT TO THE LAKE AUSTIN ORDINANCE IF YOU WANT.

IT'S TOTALLY IN YOUR DISCRETION.

CAN YOU, UM, HELP ME REMEMBER, OR MAYBE THE STAFF, MAYBE THIS IS A MORE APPROPRIATE QUESTION FOR STAFF, BUT AS I RECALL, YOU, THE PROJECT THAT YOU HAVE PROPOSED ACTUALLY PROPOSES A HIGHER HEIGHT THAN WAS CONTEMPLATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN, BY HOW MUCH BY HOW MANY FEET.

COUNCIL MEMBER, THE, UM, SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN ACTUALLY CALLED FOR SIX GRADIENTS OF HEIGHT WITHIN THIS PROPERTY, THE MAXIMUM BEING 400 AND THEN STEPPING DOWN FIVE MORE STEPS BEYOND THAT.

THE PROPOSED PUD PROPOSES THREE GRADIENTS OF HEIGHT, MAXIMUM 5 25, I BELIEVE 400.

AND I THINK THE OTHER ONES EITHER TWO 50 OR TWO SEVENTY FIVE, IF I CALL IT CORRECTLY.

SO THERE'S SO IT'S, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE HEIGHT THAN WAS YEAH.

I MEAN, IT'S MOSES GOING FROM FIVE, 400 TO 5 25.

FOR ABOUT A THIRD OF THIS.

I MEAN, I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT AND, UM, AGAINST, AGAINST THE, WHAT WAS INITIALLY SUBSCRIBED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THIS SITE PRESCRIBED AND MR. ASTROVAN WHILE YOU WERE UP HERE, WAS IT 10%? WAS I REMEMBERING THAT CORRECTLY? WELL, THE EXISTING PORT ORDINANCE DOES CALL FOR 10% OF THE BONUS AREA TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS FOR RENTAL VERSUS A, UM, OWNER, OWNER OCCUPIED.

WE OF COURSE HAVE A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDS RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN.

BUT WE'VE PROBABLY TALKED ABOUT THAT MORE FOR MORE LATER, BUT THE, BUT THE PEDAL ORDINANCE IS 10% THE EXISTING PORT ORDINANCE IN THE CODE AS A 10% TIER THREE, WE CALL IT OR A DENSITY BONUS HAS SAID AN ACCOUNT HAS THIS 10% REQUIREMENT IN THERE.

THOSE ARE POSTPONING UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO WE'VE QUICKLY BOOED PAST THOSE THREE.

SO IT'S AFTER GO.

SORRY.

DID WE GET UP ON THE POSTPONEMENT? I KNOW WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND, BUT COULD WE GET A VOTE ON THE POSTPONEMENT? I THINK WE DID IT WITHOUT OBJECTION.

MOST TAKE A VOTE.

THOSE OPPOSED UNANIMOUS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WENT THIS OFF THE DIETS.

BE MELDED IF, UH, IF I COULD GO THROUGH THAT, IS THIS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO GO THROUGH THAT? MAY I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON HAD SAID SHE HAD QUESTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER AND I DID TOO, SO I DON'T, WHATEVER LET'S HOLD OFF.

BACK TO, UH, UH, HOW SAL, UH, THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US IS TO EXTEND TILL SEPTEMBER 30TH.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, PERHAPS BARBER KITCHEN, UH, MAYOR.

I PASSED OUT, UM, UH, EMOTION SHEET ALSO.

I THINK MAYBE THE TWO COULD

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LET'S ASK SOME MORE QUESTIONS IN THERE TO THE AMENDMENTS COUNCIL, REMEMBER HARBOR MADISON.

UM, BUT I ACTUALLY SORTA GOT LOST.

OR WERE YOU BACK AT THE PUTT? ARE WE BACK AT HEALTHSOUTH? WE'RE

BACK AT HEALTH, SOUTH POD IS GOING, UM, I DO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT AND I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL, UNTIL EVERYBODY CLEARS THE ROOM, IF THERE'S KIND OF SOME HULLABALOO.

AND SO I THINK TWO OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO I THINK YOU ASKED ALSO, UH, AND ONE WAS ABOUT, UM, UH, INCOME PROVISION.

IT WAS, THERE WAS, UH, ONE OF THE PROVISIONS WAS ABOUT FAIR WAGES.

A LITTLE BIT HARD FOR ME TO HEAR YOU.

I APOLOGIZE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR MICROPHONE'S ON OR, UM, IT WAS ABOUT WAGES.

THE FIRST QUESTION WAS ABOUT WAGES THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, UH, POSED THE QUESTION OF, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE ENA DOES THE BEST AND FINAL OFFER, UH, REQUIRE THE, UH, CITY FAIR WAGES.

AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE ASPEN HEIGHTS TEAM WAS ABLE TO INCLUDE.

IT WOULD INVOLVE GOING THROUGH AND I CAN LET THEM EXPLAIN THAT PIECE A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT IT WOULD INVOLVE, UM, IT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT WOULD BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO IMPLEMENT ON FUTURE TENANTS.

IT WOULD REQUIRE, UM, GOING THROUGH A LICENSE AGREEMENT PROCESS, SIMILAR TO THE AIRPORT DID, WHICH WOULD PUT THE RETAIL IN A VERY FAR DISADVANTAGE, GIVEN THE LOCATION OF THE PROJECT.

IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT ANIMAL.

THAT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO INCORPORATE INTO THIS PROJECT.

I GUESS I'M HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME UNDERSTANDING IT.

SOMEBODY SAID EARLIER CAPITALISM, THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS.

I JUST KEEP THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT I'M HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH ANY OTHER SITUATION WHERE I'VE SEEN THAT BE THE CASE.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR? AND IF YOU, IF YOU KNOW OFF HAND GREAT, IF NOT, THEN IT'S SOMETHING I JUST NEED TO LOOK INTO BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M FAMILIAR WITH HAVING HAPPENED ANYWHERE ELSE.

I HEARD SOMEONE MENTIONED THE AIRPORT, BUT I'M NOT SUPER FAMILIAR WITH.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBY I WAS TRYING TO ASK.

CAN'T REMEMBER, DO YOU REMEMBER WHICH TWO QUESTIONS YOU ASKED TO LEAD WITH? I WAS LIKE, I HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS.

DO I'LL START MINE WITH THOSE.

IT WAS ABOUT, I THINK I, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF I TALKED ABOUT, UM, EXCUSE ME, PROFIT SHARING.

I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

I THINK I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT ABOUT THAT, BUT I HERE TODAY.

I MEAN, JUST NOW IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I'M JUST, I'M FORGETTING IT AT THE MOMENT.

I'M PRETTY SURE THE TWO THINGS YOU SAID HOUSING.

NO, IT WAS, IT WAS CAUSE IT WAS TWO QUESTIONS THAT I ALSO HAD THAT YOU POSED IN AN, IN ANOTHER SETTING AND IT WAS ABOUT, IT WAS ABOUT, UM, INCOME AND IT WAS ABOUT PROFIT SHARING.

WAS THE OTHER QUESTION YOU DID ASK ABOUT IT? SO PROFIT SHARING IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE, THAT WE RECEIVED.

UH, MY DAYS ARE ALL MIXED UP.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT THIS IS A LONG DAY.

THIS ISN'T A CRAZY WEEK.

UM, BUT PROFIT SHARING IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED.

AND THAT WAS, UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WERE ALSO NOT ABLE TO INCORPORATE IN THE ENA.

IT WOULD INCORPORATE THAT WOULD RESULT IN A COMPLETE, UH, MODIFICATION TO THE WAY THAT THE FINANCIALS WERE SET UP AND PROPOSED.

UM, SO, UH, PROFIT SHARING IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ENA.

VOIDS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, AND, AND THERE'S PROBABLY ACTUALLY SOMETHING ELSE THAT I NEED TO GO BACK AND RESEARCH ON MY OWN.

UM, SO THE RESPONSES IN THE Q AND A WERE HELPFUL BY THE WAY.

UM, BUT THEY REVEALED A MUCH DIFFERENT PROPOSAL.

UM, AND I THINK FOLKS WATCHING TODAY AND HEARING US DISCUSS THIS SO FAR THIS EVENING, UM, WHY ARE THOSE ALTERNATIVES JUST NOW BEING PROVIDED FOR COUNCIL? I THINK IS A QUESTION THAT FOLKS WATCHING WILL HAVE.

YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY FAIR QUESTION.

UM, THIS PROJECT AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, HAS BEEN EVOLVING, UH, OVER A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME.

SO IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPONENTS THAT SHIFTED THIS PROJECT IS WHEN ASPEN HEIGHTS WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN CONTROL OF THE FFA SITE, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHERN HEALTH SOUTH PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH ESSENTIALLY DOUBLED THAT FOOTPRINT, UM, FOR THE SOUTHERN BUILDING THAT THE CITY FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THAT CITY CONTROLS FOR THE HEALTH SOUTH SITE.

AND THAT MADE THAT PIECE OF THE PROJECT THAT, UH, CAME UNDER CONTROL IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, UM, THAT ALLOWED THE PROJECT TO PIVOT AND IT MADE THAT FOOTPRINT BIG ENOUGH TO BECOME A RESIDENTIAL PROJECT.

AND SO WHEN THE ENA WAS ORIGINALLY EXTENDED, UH, IN JUNE ASPEN HEIGHTS, THERE WERE SOME

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THERE WERE SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED IN THE RFP AND WHERE THE OFFER WAS WITH THE CITY.

AND SO OUR DIRECTION WAS TO GET THOSE TOGETHER AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

AND SO THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT ASPEN HEIGHTS WENT.

THEY WORKED TO GET THE UPFRONT PAYMENT TO THE, UH, TO THE 21 MILLION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED.

THEY WORKED TO GET THE HUNDREDS AND 16 ON-SITE UNITS, UH, THAT WERE PROPOSED WITHOUT ANY SUBSIDIES OR ANY REQUIREMENTS BACK TO THE CITY.

UM, AND THEY GOT TO A PROPOSAL WITH THE CITY THAT FILLED EVERY SINGLE GAP.

UM, THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED RFP, AS WELL AS MATT.

I BELIEVE IT'S 23 OF THE 27 ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE ENA.

UM, THAT WAS PROPOSED, THAT WAS IN JUNE ON, UM, JULY 8TH.

WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH CITY STAFF.

AND AT THAT POINT IN THE MEETING, WE WERE AT A POINT WHERE WE KNEW THAT WE COULD DELIVER THIS PROJECT WITH THE FULL UPFRONT PAYMENT, WITH THE 116 ON-SITE UNITS WITHOUT ANY MODIFICATIONS, WITHOUT ANY REINVESTMENT OF DOLLARS.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE DID MENTION THAT THERE WAS THE POSSIBILITY TO REINVEST SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT ASPEN HEIGHTS WOULD BE PAYING TO THE CITY AND OR FEES.

UM, WE WERE KIND OF GENERALLY DIRECTED AT THAT POINT IN TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WENT IN WITH OUR BEST AND FINAL AND THAT THERE WASN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO BE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REINVEST FEES.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE STOOD WITH SOMETHING THAT WE KNEW THAT WE COULD DELIVER.

UH, WE RECEIVED THE QUESTION YESTERDAY ON IF FEES COULD BE REINVESTED, UM, AS WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED OR HAD MENTIONED.

AND THAT IS WHERE THOSE NUMBERS CAME FROM.

I THINK THAT'LL BE HELPFUL FOR, UH, FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS TO UNDERSTAND SORT OF THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS.

CAUSE IT ALMOST SEEMS AS THOUGH THIS WAS AN OPTION BEFORE, BUT IT WASN'T PRESENTED TO US, WHICH I THINK WOULD, WOULD CAUSE MORE QUESTIONS YESTERDAY.

UM, UH, DOES ASPEN HEIGHTS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE MORE ONSITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE TABLE? I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS THAT'S BEING ASKED RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF, THIS HAS BEEN A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S GONE AROUND REALLY QUICKLY.

SO THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS INTO THE CITY WAS FOR THE 116 ON-SITE UNITS.

UM, THE QUESTION THAT WE RECEIVED YESTERDAY WAS WOULD THERE BE THE ABILITY TO REINVEST, UM, SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT THE ASPEN HEIGHTS WOULD BE PAYING TO THE CITY AS PART OF THE GROUND LEASE INTO THE PROJECT.

AND, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO COMMIT THAT WITH THE REINVESTMENT OF SOME OF THOSE FUNDS THAT WE COULD ABSOLUTELY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF ONSITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE'VE REALLY BROKEN THAT INTO TWO WAYS.

THE NUMBERS CAME, THE INFORMATION CAME REALLY QUICKLY YESTERDAY.

SO THERE'S THE PIECES THAT WE 100% KNOW, AND THERE'S THE PIECES THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO EVALUATE.

SO WE DO KNOW THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO REINVEST INTO THE PROJECT, THE FUNDS BETWEEN THE $21 MILLION UPFRONT PAYMENT AND THE MINIMUM THAT THE CITY NEEDS FOR DEBT SERVICES, THAT WE CAN AT A MINIMUM DOUBLE THAT ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, IT'S 25%, NOT 20, UM, THE, THE IT'S 12.6 TODAY.

AND SO THE ADDITIONAL 116 IS 25% WITH THE ABILITY TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT INVESTING MORE THAN THAT.

WE KNOW THAT WE CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS DEEPER.

UM, WE HAVE SOME ESTIMATED NUMBERS THAT ABOUT 428 UNITS.

THAT IS THE PIECE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN EVALUATE.

UM, BUT BASED ON THE ESTIMATES, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

UM, WHAT WE ARE AT A BENEFIT OF BEING ABLE TO DO IS WITH THE INCREASED NUMBER OF UNITS, WE ARE ABLE TO CROSS SUBSIDIZE SOME OF THESE UNITS, WHICH WITH THE RELIEF OF SOME OF THE UPFRONT UPFRONT PAYMENTS, LETS US BE A LOT MORE CREATIVE ON HOW THE FINANCING WORKS THROUGH THE PROJECT.

RFP PROCESS, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I DON'T THINK THE ORIGINAL RFP PROCESS HAD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS THE PRIMARY USE FOR THE SPACE.

UM, UH, UH, WOULD ANY CITY SUBSIDY, I THINK YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY JUST ANSWER MY QUESTION ABOUT THE SUBSIDY BECAUSE WHAT YOU SAID.

WELL, THAT DOESN'T, I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT THE SUBSIDY, UM, WHICH OF THE ADDITIONAL ASK OUTLINED IN THE JANUARY 20, 21 MINUTES WAS ASPEN HEIGHTS ABLE TO INCLUDE IN THE UPDATED PROPOSAL.

UM, AND I COULD GO BACK TO THE MINUTES IF YOU NEED ME TO.

I, I HAVE, SO I HAVE SOME OF THOSE BULLETED OUT IF YOU NEED ME TO, AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY ASPEN HEIGHTS WASN'T ABLE TO INCLUDE ANY OF THE OTHER ASK IN THE UPDATED PROPOSAL? THERE'S SOMETHING HERE THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE CONFUSING FOR OTHER FOLKS, CAUSE I'M CONFUSING MYSELF WITH IT TOO.

SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT DOING IT.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THE SAME IF THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE ASKED FOR, UM, THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE REQUIRMENTS THAT WERE, THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE OFFERED DIRECTION AND SAID, IF YOU WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, COME BACK WITH IT.

AND I THINK ALL THOSE THINGS ARE STARTING TO GET MIXED UP.

UM, IN WHICH CASE, WHAT IT IS THAT WAS REQUIRED IS ONE THING, RIGHT? BUT THEN WHAT IT IS THAT WE SAID, CAN YOU EXPLORE WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS POSSIBLE? THAT'S ALL TOGETHER DIFFERENT.

SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE

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I THINK WE WERE TALKING MORE ABOUT THE GENERATION OF REVENUE, BUT THAT'S ACCURATE.

OBVIOUSLY THINGS HAVE CHANGED ALONG THE WAY, BUT I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE ARE CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION THAT WE DON'T CONFUSE PEOPLE, UM, WITH THOSE DELINEATIONS, UM, IN WHICH CASE THE QUESTION I'LL GO BACK TO, IT WAS ABOUT THE 20, 21 MINUTES WHERE THERE WERE SOME SPECIFIC AND ASIDE ASKS THAT ARE, ARE AVAILABLE NOW, BUT WEREN'T BEFORE, UM, DO YOU NEED ME TO GO BACK TO THOSE MINUTES AND SORT OF LIKE I CAN, NO WORRIES.

I THINK I HAVE THEM.

SO LET ME TAKE MY BEST SHOT AT IT.

SO, UM, ANSWERING THE KIND OF THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION IS THE DELINEATION BETWEEN WHAT WAS REQUIRED AND WHAT WAS SUGGESTED.

SO YES, THE ORIGINAL RFP, UM, REQUESTED AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT, BUT IT DID NOT MANDATE A PERCENTAGE OF ON-SITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, WHAT ASPEN HEIGHTS OFFERED IN THE ORIGINAL RFP THAT WAS ACCEPTED WAS, UM, 116 UNITS AT THAT TIME.

UM, THE PROJECT HAD BOTH A RESIDENTIAL AND AN OFFICE COMPONENT.

THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT I'LL TALK THROUGH WITH THE ADDITION OF THE FFA LAND.

WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE PIVOT TO CREATE AN ENTIRE RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, UM, JUST FOR REFERENCE THAT ADDS 413 UNITS.

SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.

SO IT WENT FROM 508 TO 921 RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN GENERAL.

UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE RFP AS WE WERE SELECTED THE ITEMS IN THE RESUME OR THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY.

IF MY MATH IS RIGHT, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 27 OF THEM.

UM, I CAN RUN THROUGH THOSE REALLY QUICKLY.

SO THE FIRST ONE WAS PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHOUT SUBSIDIES.

AND SO THAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS THE 116 UNITS.

UM, WITHOUT ANY SUBSIDIES, THERE WERE, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT INCREASING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE JUST BEEN, UM, JUST BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT WITH THE, WITH THE REINVESTMENT OPTIONS.

THERE WAS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE, UH, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS, AS WELL AS INCREASING THOSE NUMBERS.

THE UNITS THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TODAY, UH, ARE AT 50% AND 60% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, AND THEY ARE ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

THE THIRD ITEM WAS EITHER THE EXTENSION OF THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD FOR THE TERM OF THE GROUND LEASE OR A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO THE CITY WE HAVE ENTERED INTO OR AGREED TO A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.

SO THE CITY FOR THE AFFORDABLE UNITS AT THE END OF THE AFFORDABILITY TERM, UM, I'M GOING TO KIND OF PARAPHRASE SOME OF THESE BECAUSE THEY WERE LONG, BUT WE HAVE AGREED TO ACCEPT, UM, HOUSING VOUCHERS FOR THE PROJECT.

UM, THE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, UM, WERE SUGGESTED THAT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PROJECT, THOSE HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE PROJECT.

UM, THERE WAS A REQUEST IN A REQUIREMENT THAT THE AFFORDABLE RENTS NOT EXCEED 30% OF THE INCOME THAT HAS BEEN AGREED TO.

UM, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO PROVIDE A SOUND STUDY BY AN ACOUSTICAL CONSULTANT TO ADDRESS THE SOUND MITIGATIONS THAT HAS BEEN AGREED TO.

UM, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR, YES MA'AM, I'M SORRY, YOU SAID HOUSING VOUCHERS.

IT'S SAFE TO ASSUME YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS, INCOME RESTRICTED.

THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES MENTIONED AND WE HAVE NOT RESTRICTED ANYTHING.

WE HAVE AGREED TO ALL TYPES OF HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS TO BE ALLOWED IN THE PROJECT.

A PUSH TO INCLUDE LOCAL TENANTS.

YES, MA'AM THE SORRY.

I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT FOR A SECOND.

UM, THERE WAS, WHEN WE GET TO THE COMMUNITY ASSET COMPONENTS OF THIS, THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR ONSITE, UM, HIGH QUALITY AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED.

UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED THAT, UM, WAS NOT IN THE PRESENTATION UP UNTIL THIS WEEK, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED AS PART OF THE QUESTION AND ANSWER YESTERDAY, UM, IS THAT WE HAVE IN WE'LL AGREE TO MAKE THAT A CHILDCARE FACILITY GO TO THE CITY AS A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL AT THE END OF THAT TERM, SO THAT IT CAN BE, UM, CONTROLLED BY THE CITY IN PERPETUITY.

THE NEXT ITEM UNDER COMMUNITY ASSETS WAS THE LIVE MUSIC SPACE AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE.

UM, WE HAVE INCORPORATED THAT AND WORKED WITH THE RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT TO DETERMINE WHAT THOSE TIMELINES ARE NEEDED TO SUBSIDIZE THE, AND REALLY BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A VENUE THAT CAN BE SUCCESSFUL THERE.

UM, THE THIRD IS A COMMUNAL LEARNING SPACE THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY AN AREA THAT PROVIDES TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES TO RESIDENTS THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IN BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH TOWER.

THERE WAS A REQUEST TO REDUCE OFFICE SPACE.

OFFICE SPACE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROJECT, AND THAT AGAIN HAS BEEN SHIFTED INTO THOSE ADDITIONAL 431 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

UH, THERE WAS

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THOSE PROVISIONS HAVE IN THE RETAIL PORTION, THOSE PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.

AND THEN, UM, WRAPPING UP WITH PUBLIC ACCESS.

THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT THE, THAT THE VIEWING DECK COULD BE ACCESSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC THAT HAS BEEN AGREED TO, UM, THAT THE GREEN SPACE BE FULLY ACCESSIBLE AND HAVE SIGNAGE, UM, THAT HAS BEEN AGREED TO BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, UM, FOR DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE, FROM ANYBODY ON THE GROUND TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THAT SPACE THAT THERE BE, UM, IF THERE'S AN AQUATIC FACILITY THAT IT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UM, THE ACTUAL POOLS FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE DIRECTLY FOR THE RESIDENTS, BUT THERE IS A NEW AQUATIC FEATURE THAT WILL BE A SPLASH PAD IN THE GREEN SPACE THAT WILL BE FULLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE.

UM, THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT ALL OF THOSE ITEMS BE MAINTAINED BY THE DEVELOPER THAT HAS BEEN AGREED TO.

AND THEN THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR A FOUR STAR GREEN BUILDER, UM, WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN AGREED TO, UH, GOING ON TO STREET LEVEL ACTIVATION.

THERE WAS A REQUEST TO RESTORE THE URBAN GRID, UM, WITH A NEW ALLEY ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT WOULD BE KNOWN AS 13TH STREET, UM, THAT HAS BEEN AGREED TO KNOWING THAT THAT WILL NEED TO BE LOOKED AT AT SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.

BUT WE HAVE INCORPORATED THAT INTO OUR DESIGNS AND UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH ENGINEERING THROUGHOUT THE, UM, THE FINAL DESIGN OF THE PROJECT THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED, UH, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC AWAY ALONG THE EAST WEST ALLEY, UH, THAT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED.

AND THEN THERE WERE SOME DIRECTIVES ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, WHICH TO MY UNDERSTANDING ARE ALL AGREED TO IN THE FINAL DOCUMENTS.

THE SECOND, I THINK PART OF YOUR QUESTION WAS WHAT OF THAT LONG LIST? WHAT DID WE NOT INCORPORATE DID I THINK, OKAY.

WHAT WASN'T INCORPORATED ORIGINALLY, THAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO COME BACK AND INCORPORATE LATER, BUT FOR IN THE, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WONDER IF, I THINK YOU'VE SORT OF ANSWERED MY QUESTION ALREADY.

UM, SO WE'LL JUST SKIP TO THE NEXT QUESTION AND THEN, UM, FOR WHAT I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION AFTER THAT, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL SEND IT BACK OVER TO THE MAYOR TO DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS.

LET'S SEE.

UM, SO ASIDE FROM THE AFFORDABLE UNITS, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED DOLLAR VALUE OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS OFFERED IN THE UPDATED PROPOSAL? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO IN THE, NOT INCLUDING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BECAUSE THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MONSTER, THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS IS OVER $50 MILLION.

THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED, BUT OKAY.

AND THEN, UM, LASTLY, UH, GIVEN THAT THIS IS A FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL TAX REVENUE THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD GENERATE, UH, WE WOULD ESTIMATE THAT THE TAX REVENUE IS $13 MILLION.

I HAVE, UM, I HAVE QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS AND I MIGHT NEED TO COME BACK AFTER I GET SOME OF YOUR ANSWERS, UM, SO THAT I CAN FIGURE OUT SOME, SOME DOLLARS, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST GIVE OUR HEADS, OUR STAFF, A HEADS UP THAT I'M GOING TO WANT TO RETURN TO ASK YOU IF YOU CAN TALK US THROUGH THE PROFIT SHARING MODELS AT SEAHOLM MILLER AND SECOND STREET, BECAUSE THERE IS PROFIT SHARING BUILT INTO ALL OF THOSE, I BELIEVE.

AND ALSO, UM, I, I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY REQUIRES LIVING WAGE WHEN WE ARE, WHEN WE HAVE VENDORS THROUGH OUR THIRD PARTY AGREEMENTS AND IN A VARIETY OF OTHER SETTINGS.

SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF, OF THOSE, UM, WHERE WE HAVE CITY-OWNED LAND, UM, THAT WE'RE ALLOWING OTHERS TO LEASE.

I BELIEVE WE DO REQUIRE IT.

AND IF NOT, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT, BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE REALLY TRIED TO APPLY THAT, NOT JUST A CITY OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO IN THOSE KINDS OF CONTRACTS WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THIRD PARTIES.

UM, THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR GOING THROUGH THAT LIST.

I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT I AM UNDERSTANDING WELL, UM, THE THINGS THAT YOU DID NOT INCORPORATE, WE TALKED ABOUT PROFIT SHARING.

I MEAN, THE BIG, THE BIG ONE, I THINK IS THAT WE'RE STILL NOT AT NOT WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US ON A CITY ON TRACK WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND I DO WANT TO, SINCE THE RFP CAME UP, I DO WANT TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS A PROJECT.

I MEAN, WE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS TRACT BECAUSE I WORKED WITH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, WHO LED ON IT TO BRING THIS, TO BRING THOSE RESOLUTIONS, TO COUNCIL, TO ASK COUNCIL, TO CONSIDER THE REDEVELOPMENT.

AND WE CERTAINLY HAD AS A PRIORITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, THERE WAS, I BELIEVE, UM, WE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS AS WE PASS THOSE RESOLUTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE RFP OR THE STAFF WOULD COME BACK AND CHECK IN WITH COUNCIL BEFORE THAT RFP WAS RELEASED.

I TOOK AWAY FROM THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THAT CHECK-IN POINT.

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UM, HOWEVER THE RFP WAS RELEASED AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT RE IT REQUESTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT DID NOT SET A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, WHICH IS WHY THOSE TERMS THAT WE INCLUDED ON THAT SHEET WERE JUST SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE CITY ON LAND, WHICH OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING US AND URGING US TO DO FOR DECADES, UM, WE HAVE, WE SHOULD BE USING IT TO CREATE AS MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS POSSIBLE.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HAVE, UM, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT MANDATE AS, AS ASPEN HEIGHTS AND TOTALLY GET THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, BUT THE, THAT IS WHY THERE IS A GAP BETWEEN WHAT THE RFP SAID AND WHAT, AND WHAT WE PASSED IN TERMS OF WANTING TO NEGOTIATE.

BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE STILL, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS IN THE RFP.

UM, THE COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION TO SAY, WE WANT THE PRIMARY USE ON THIS, ON THIS TRACK TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPLEMENTED, UM, AND USING REVENUE FROM MARKET RATE UNITS AND, AND OTHER COMMERCIAL USES ON THAT PROPERTY.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THESE AGAIN, WHAT I TOOK AWAY IS PROFIT SHARING IS NOT INCLUDED.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CHILDCARE AND ASK YOU TO TALK THROUGH WHAT EXACTLY IS INCLUDED AND WHAT THAT MEANS LIVING WAGE.

UM, THE URBAN GRID, ARE YOU, UM, IS ASPEN HEIGHTS PROPOSING TO PAY FOR THOSE CHANGES TO THE URBAN GRID TO HELPING RESTORE THE URBAN GRID? I'M NOT SURE OF THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT IF YOU GIVE ME A MOMENT, I CAN FIND IT FOR YOU.

AND FOR SOME OF THE OTHER RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT ASPEN HEIGHTS IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE URBAN GRID.

I THINK GRID IMPROVEMENTS, LET ME CONFER WITH OKAY.

TO GET BACK TO US IN A BIT.

I, I, WELL, WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, BUT I DON'T, I KNOW THAT WE HAD THOSE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO I DON'T WANT TO, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND FOR WHAT I JUST GOT THIS UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, THAT THAT IS STILL NOT CONCRETE, THAT THERE IS STILL, UM, CONVERSATIONS GOING BACK AND FORTH ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS SOME, UM, COST REIMBURSEMENT OR NOT.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A FINAL ANSWER ON THAT.

SO THERE'S, UH, SO THAT, UM, SO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS SOMETHING THAT YOU AGREED TO DO, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S REALLY, ACTUALLY A QUESTION MARK.

WE HAVE AGREED 100% TO INCORPORATE THE DESIGN.

I THINK THE QUESTION ON WHERE THE FUNDING COMES IS STILL UP IN THE AIR.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT HAS BEEN FINALIZED.

UM, THERE WERE ALSO ON THIS SHEET, AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY ASKED US TO INCLUDE, TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES, CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN TO SHIFT MORE PARKING UNDERGROUND.

I THINK YOU MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, UM, BUT ALSO TO MAKE, TO CONSTRUCT ANY ABOVE GRADE PARKING IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT COULD LATER BE CONSTRUCTED IT LATER, BE CONVERTED, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

ARE YOU, WHERE ARE YOU WITH REGARD TO THOSE PIECES? UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOKED AT AND EVALUATED THE, SOME OF THE PARKING, THE PARKING IS BOTH BELOW GRADE AND ABOVE GRADE IN THIS PART, IN THIS PROJECT, UM, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO INCORPORATE THE FLAT PLATE ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THE FLAT PLATE THAT CAN CONVERT TO LIVING UNITS IN THE FUTURE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE REMAINDER OF THE GAPS AND PROVIDE THE CITY WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE, THE CLOSING, THE GAPS ON THE FUNDING.

IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED.

IT WAS COST PROHIBITIVE.

HOW ABOUT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES WE ARE SENT WITH THE STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN? THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH CODE FROM A PARKING PERSPECTIVE.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, UM, AND I THINK WHAT WAS CON I'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY EMAIL, TO THOSE WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR THAT.

I THINK THEY WANTED TO SEE MORE LIKE A 50 50 MODE SHARE AND KIND OF A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF ONSITE PARKING, BUT IT, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE PLAN AT THIS POINT IS TO INCLUDE WHATEVER THE CODE REQUIRES.

THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.

PARKING TO MARKET AT THIS POINT YESTERDAY.

WHAT IS THE REDUCTION THAT IS RESPONDING? YES.

UM, AND I DO, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RFP AND THE, AND THE GAP THERE, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WHEN WE, WHEN WE SENT FORWARD THESE ITEMS, WE DID ASK THE MANAGER TO RETURN TO COUNCIL.

IF, IF ASPEN HEIGHTS WAS UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO INCLUDE ANY OF THE ABOVE PROVISIONS.

SO, BECAUSE THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE RFP, BUT THESE WERE STRONGLY HELD, STRONGLY HELD PRIORITIES.

UM, WE DID ASK THE MANAGER TO COME BACK ON THAT.

SO YOU MENTIONED, YOU MENTIONED A $21 MILLION ORIGINAL, UM, PAYMENT PROPOSED.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT WAS FOR THE, FOR THE LEASE? YES, MA'AM.

AND WHAT ARE YOU, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE REDUCTION, WHAT IS THE REDUCTION THAT IS CONTEMPLATED HERE? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T END UP ON YOUR BEST AND FINAL OFFER.

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UH, SO THERE WAS TWO OPTIONS THAT WE WERE ASKED TO EVALUATE.

ONE WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE RFP STATED WAS THE MINIMUM FEE THAT THE CITY COULD TAKE AND THE 21 MILLION, SO THAT DELTA, UM, REINVESTING THAT INTO THE PROJECT VERSUS TAKING THAT AS A FEE TO THE CITY.

THAT'S WHERE WE RESULTED IN THE DOUBLING OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO GET TO THAT 25%.

AND THEN THE SECOND COMPONENT WAS POTENTIALLY INVESTING THE ENTIRE FEE, THE ENTIRE 21 MILLION.

SO THE, NOT JUST THE DELTA ABOVE WHAT WAS THE MINIMUM IN THE RFP, BUT, UH, EVEN THAT THOSE DOLLARS INTO THE PROJECT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ESTIMATED APPROXIMATELY THE 428 MINUTES.

AND I THINK THAT I, I'M JUST GOING TO LOOK TO STAFF TO NOD.

UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT WAS A PUBLIC WAS PUBLIC INFORMATION.

IS THAT CORRECT? CAN I SAY THAT NUMBER IN OPEN SESSION, BUT THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T.

UM, AND IT WAS 8.5.

IS THAT CORRECT? COUNCIL MEMBER? THE AMOUNT WAS 12.2 AND IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE RP.

GOT IT.

SO THAT BRINGS OUR DELTA TO 8.8.

YES MA'AM.

SO THIS, UM, AND THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU CAN CONSTRUCT WITH 8.8 MILLION IS HOW MANY, AN ADDITIONAL HUNDRED AND 16 YESTERDAY.

SO THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL UNIT COST TO WHAT PER, PER UNIT.

IT IS WHAT, I'M NOT THAT FAST AT MAP IT'S ABOUT $75,000.

YES MA'AM.

SO THAT'S, UM, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOWER NUMBER THAN, AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR STAFF TO TALK ABOUT, ABOUT WHETHER THAT'S A TYPICAL UNIT COST AS WE, AS, AS THEY LOOK ACROSS THE CITY, UM, HAS ASPEN HEIGHTS CONSTRUCTED UNITS FOR $75,000 HERE IN THE AUSTIN MARKET.

RECENTLY, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OF A PROJECT.

SO ASPEN HEIGHTS HAS CONSTRUCTED ONSITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN THE AUSTIN MARKET.

WHAT THIS PROJECT, LET ME MAYBE EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

SO GIVEN THE POSITION THAT WE ARE IN NOW, WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY, UM, THAT PUTS US IN THIS PLACE BY OBTAINING THAT FFA PROPERTY.

SO WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT FAA PROPERTY AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS, UM, WHEN YOU ADD THAT ADDITIONAL 413 UNITS FOR 921, IT GIVES ASPEN HEIGHTS THE ABILITY TO CROSS SUBSIDIZE.

AND WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO TAKE OUT THAT UPFRONT PAYMENT, IT ALLOWS ASPEN HEIGHTS TO THEN TAKE IN A SLOWER, UM, AND SMALLER CASHFLOW, WHICH ALLOWS US TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT.

SO IT'S BOTH A, IT'S BOTH A MATTER OF HAVING THE NUMBER OF UNITS TO SPREAD, UM, SPREAD THE PROJECT ACROSS, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE UPFRONT COSTS OUT TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO BRING THE FEES BACK IN SLOWER.

SO, AND I ASSUME BECAUSE, BECAUSE YOUR FFA SITE IS ADJACENT TO THE PARKING GARAGE THAT WE OWN, WHICH IS NOT IN THE CAPITOL VIEW QUARTER, YOU'RE ALSO GETTING THE VALUE OF BEING ABLE TO, TO CONSTRUCT, UM, ON THE, ON THE PARKING.

I MEAN, IT'S ALSO, IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT OUR LAND IS ALSO HELPING CROSS SUBSIDIZE THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS.

TH TH THAT'S RIGHT.

SO THE CITY LAND THAT EXISTS IS A VERY SMALL FOOTPRINT ON THE SOUTHERN LOT, WHICH DOESN'T LEAD TOWARDS A BIG ENOUGH FOOTPRINT TO DO A RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, WHICH IS WHY WOULD ASPEN HEIGHTS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED, HAD AN OFFICE COMPONENT ON THAT PIECE? ADDING THE ADDITIONAL LAND ALLOWS FOR A FOOTPRINT THAT IS MORE CONDUCIVE TO RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS WHERE THE SWITCH CAME FROM, WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE LARGER NUMBERS FOR THE SUBSIDY.

SO IT ALL KIND OF, IT ALL ROLLS TO.

I SEE.

SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SUBMITTED THIS INFORMATION AND THIS OFFER LAST NIGHT, DID YOU SUBMIT THE FINANCIAL, UM, THE, UH, PROFORMA THAT WOULD EXPLAIN AND ALLOW STAFF TO KIND OF VET THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OF THIS OFFER? WE HAD TWO HOURS, SO NO MA'AM, BUT WE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS AS SOON AS WE GOT THE REQUEST WE CAN.

UM, I ASKED FOR THE TIME THAT I COULD MAKE SURE TO HAVE THAT COMMITMENT.

UM, I WAS TOLD IN A WEEK OR LESS, SO WE ARE WORKING TO HAVE IT VERY FAST.

WE CAN GUARANTEE THAT WE WOULD HAVE IT BY NEXT WEEK.

UM, WE HAD DONE ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT WE COULD OFFER IT, BUT WE ARE COMMITTED AND HEARD THE COMMENTS FROM THE DIOCESE THAT THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE VETTED.

AND WE ARE, UM, THANKS FULLY PREPARED TO SHARE THOSE WITH THE CITY AS SOON AS WE HAVE THEM.

AND THEN I THINK MY LAST QUESTION, AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT IS THE CHILDCARE.

COULD YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THE CHILDCARE, WHAT IT MEANS, UM, WHAT THE COMMITMENT IS FROM ASPEN HEIGHTS OR WHAT THE OFFER IS FROM ASPEN HEIGHTS WITH REGARD TO AN ONSITE CHILDCARE FACILITY.

A SHELF SPACE THAT WILL BE DEDICATED FOR CHILDCARE.

AND IF I MESS THIS UP, PLEASE COME AND TAP ME ON THE SHOULDER.

UM, SO THE, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF ABOUT THIS.

I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT CHILDCARE.

UM, AND SO THE OFFER THAT'S ON THE TABLE TODAY IS TO PROVIDE

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AND THE, THERE HAS BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT THAT CHILDCARE SPACE WOULD BE BUILT OUT.

THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE THAT THAT SPACE WOULD NOT BE BUILT OUT UNTIL A TENANT IS, UM, ONBOARD.

HOWEVER, ASPEN HEIGHTS DOES HAVE SET ASIDE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TENANT FINISH OUT DOLLARS.

THAT WAY, WHOMEVER THE TENANT IS THEY CAN DESIGN THE SPACE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS, VERSUS TRYING TO JUST DESIGN SOMETHING THAT, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

AND SO THE INTENT IS THAT ONCE A TENANT COMES ON BOARD ASPEN HEIGHTS AND THE TENANT WOULD WORK TO DESIGN THE SPACE, FINISH IT OUT WITH THE TENANT, FINISHED OUT DOLLARS THAT EXIST TODAY, AND THEN THAT SPACE WOULD BE AFFORDABLE FOR THE TERM.

UM, THAT IS AGREED UPON NOW, WHICH I BELIEVE IS WE HAVEN'T SET A TERM.

UM, THE QUESTION THAT I, THAT WE WERE ASKED, UM, WAS, IS THERE A MECHANISM TO MAKE THAT TERM LONGER, RIGHT.

IS THERE A WAY TO ENSURE THAT THAT CHILDCARE SPACE GOES IN PERPETUITY? AND, UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE YESTERDAY THAT WAS, UM, FLOATED WAS THE ABILITY TO GIVE THAT SPACE TO THE CITY WITH A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL SO THAT IT COULD GO TO THE CITY IN PERPETUITY, BUT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE IT.

IN ESSENCE, WE'D HAVE TO KIND OF BUY BACK OUR LAND, BUY BACK THAT PIECE OF OUR LAND.

YES MA'AM.

UM, AND AT THIS POINT THERE'S NOT A TERM THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH THE COMMITMENT WITH THE AFFORDABLE, A NUMBER OF YEARS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT OFFER THAT'S AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE.

THANKS FOR TALKING THROUGH THOSE ELEMENTS BEFORE WE GET THERE.

NOT QUITE YET.

I NEED A MOTION TO GO PAST 10 O'CLOCK.

I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW UPPER MADISON MAKES THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION NOW, REMEMBER ELLA SECONDS, THE MOTION AND HE DISCUSSION WHATEVER AUTHOR I'M GOING TO VOTE? NO, I DON'T THINK WE MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AFTER 10.

I'M GOING TO VOTE.

BECAUSE IF WE DON'T PASS ON THIS, IT'S EFFECTIVELY KILLING IT.

AND I DON'T WANT US TO POCKET KILL THIS, THOSE IN FAVOR OF GOING PAST 10, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

UH, I HAVE, UM, UM, ON, I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON COUNCIL MEMBER, THE RHEA COUNCIL MEMBER, ALICE COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY COUNCIL MEMBER TOHO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UH, I HAD MYSELF THOSE POWS, SORRY, I I'VE I'M WAS MY, THAT YOU'RE WITHDRAWING YOUR BOAT.

UM, THOSE OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR HAND.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PULL, UH, KITCHEN TOVO AND, UH, AUTHOR, UH, HAD PASSES, UH, 6, 4 1 WITH A COUNCIL MEMBER POINT THIS OFF THE DESK.

DO YOU WANT TO TALK, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM OR YOU JUST WANT TO PASS IT ON SO WE CAN MOVE MORE QUICKLY? UM, I JUST HAD ONE CLARIFICATION.

UM, DOES THE APPLICANT ALREADY OWN THE ADJACENT SITE OR DO YOU JUST HAVE AN OPTION TO BUY IT? IT'S UNDER CONTRACT, UNDER CONTRACT, BY OR UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE YET.

CLARIFICATION'S IN APOLOGIZE.

REMEMBER KITCHEN? UH, JUST A FEW QUICK.

IF, IF IT WAS PART OF WHAT YOU SAID THERE WAS A LOT DISCUSSED.

SO, UM, ON THE AFFORDABLE, UM, UH, COMPONENTS, PORTABLE UNITS, COMPONENTS OF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WAS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, HARBOR, MADISON AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOBER WERE GOING OVER SOME OF THE THINGS IN THAT, UM, JULY, UM, 20, 21 MOTION SHEET, AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT DID YOU SPEAK TO THE TENANT PROTECTIONS BECAUSE ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS TO REQUIRE THE TENANT PROTECTIONS CURRENTLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE CITY'S RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENT? YES, MA'AM.

THAT WAS AGREED TO.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON WAS DESIGNATING.

UM, I THINK YOU ALREADY MENTIONED THAT THE INCOME RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE RENT RENTAL UNITS, UH, YOU WOULD ACCEPT VOUCHER HOLDERS, RIGHT? WHAT ABOUT THE COC UNITS, CONTINUUM OF CARE UNITS? YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE UNITS THAT ARE DEDICATED FOR, UH, FOR, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

AND AS PART OF DEVELOPMENTS, WE ASK FOR DEVELOPERS TO DEDICATE CERTAIN UNITS FOR CONTINUUM OF CARE.

AND THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST THAT I HAVE HEARD THIS REQUEST.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE EVALUATED.

IT'S WRITTEN INTO THE JULY MEMO.

SHEET, UH, THE, THE MOTION SHEET.

OR NOT MEMO MOTION

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UH, SO ON PAGE TWO AT THE VERY TOP, UM, JUST TO HELP YOU LOCATE IT, DESIGNATE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE INCOME RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOMES TO BE RESERVED FOR VOUCHER, HOLDERS AND CONTINUUM CARE UNITS, ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT.

WE HA WE HAVE ACTUALLY, SO I THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THE ENTIRE SENTENCE.

SO WE ACTUALLY DID.

CAN I BORROW IT? UM, THANK YOU FOR SPECIFYING.

SO WE DID TALK ABOUT CREATING A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF UNITS TO BE SET ASIDE FOR VOUCHER HOLDERS.

SO I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T PUT THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER, AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY INCORPORATED, BUT WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS POINT BY POINT YESTERDAY, UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT ASPEN HEIGHTS IS WILLING TO AGREE TO.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, WILLING TO AGREE TO COC UNITS, ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

I THINK THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO EVALUATE THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT IT FROM A BOUCHER PERSPECTIVE.

UM, SO WE HAD MADE THE COMMITMENT FROM A VOUCHER PERSPECTIVE.

SO I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOT MORE TO IT THAN THAT, BUT IN GENERAL, YES.

MA'AM, THAT'S FINE.

I I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T EXPECT AN ANSWER.

I JUST WANT YOU TO EVALUATE THAT AND CONSIDER THAT AS PART OF THE PROPOSAL, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME FOLKS CONSIDER THOSE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMITMENT TO THE CONTINUUM OF CARE UNITS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL EVALUATE.

AND, UM, OUR STAFF LETS US KNOW WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE, THAT, THAT YOU ALL HAVE AGREED TO.

YES, MA'AM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S INCORPORATED TODAY, BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.

UH, LET'S SEE.

AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING WAS, UM, I, I, AGAIN, APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED IT, BUT YOU'VE, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL UNITS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DID, HOW LONG WERE YOU ESTIMATING THOSE AVAILABLE? HOW LONG WOULD THEY BE AVAILABLE FOR, IS IT 40 YEARS? IS IT 99 YEARS? 40 YEARS WITH THE RIGHT OF FIRST RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL GOING TO THE CITY, WHICH WAS REQUESTED.

SO THE MEMORANDUM IN THE MINUTES SAID EITHER TO HAVE THE LEASE TERM TO BE THE SAME AS THE GROUND LEASE TERM.

AND IF THAT COULDN'T BE ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO THE CITY TO PURCHASE, AND WE HAVE GONE TO THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO THE CITY IS INCORPORATED.

I'M NOT TRYING TO UNDERSTAND YOU MEAN, UM, YOU MEAN THE, UM, THE UNITS WOULD REMAIN AFFORDABLE FOR THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, IS THAT SO THE, THE UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE UNDER THE TERMS OF ASPEN HEIGHTS IS OPERATION FOR 40 YEARS.

AT THE END OF THAT 40 YEARS, THE CITY WOULD HAVE THE FI THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL ON THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS TO DO WHAT WITH THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS TO OPERATE THEM, TO, TO PURCHASE THEM OWN THEM, OR WOULD THE CITY HAVE TO PURCHASE THEM? I THINK THAT THERE'S THERE'S OPTIONS.

WE, WE WERE ASKED TO INCLUDE THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.

I DON'T, I THINK THAT THE CITY WOULD THEN DETERMINE HOW THEY WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD.

GO AHEAD.

I THINK THE QUESTION IS WHO OWNS THOSE UNITS? YEAH.

WELL THAT, THAT, THAT NEEDS SOME CLARIFICATION AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLARIFY IT RIGHT NOW.

I'M JUST NOT SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING.

WHAT'D YOU SAY? OKAY, GO AHEAD, KATHY.

CAUSE YOU CAN ASK THAT QUESTION AND THEN I WANT TO TURN TO THAT'S FINE, MAYOR.

I MEAN, YOU'VE, YOU'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT AS OF ALL OF US.

SO IF YOU WOULD RATHER GO TO SOMEONE BEFORE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA, THAT'S FINE.

IT'S JUST, I'M NOT CERTAIN HOW TO ASK THE QUESTION.

AND, UM, I WAS TURNING TO HER IPOD.

THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL MEAN? SO W THE MINUTES ASKED FOR A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL TO GO TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, WE HAVE AGREED TO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THE TERMS OF THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL HAVE BEEN FINALIZED.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS, I WAS CURIOUS, YOU SAID YOU, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING TWO HOURS TO RESPOND AND, AND, UM, DO YOU MEAN WHEN WAS THAT YESTERDAY OR YES.

MA'AM.

SO DOES THAT MEAN WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WERE GIVEN AN EMAIL, JUST TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.

TELL ME WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU HAD TO, WE RECEIVED A QUESTION FROM THE QUESTION AND ANSWER THAT, UM, STAFF ASKS FOR US TO, UM, EVALUATE AND RESPOND AND THE TIMELINE.

I THINK IT WAS MAYBE TWO AND A HALF HOURS.

I THINK WE RELIEVED RECEIVED IT SOMETIME AROUND 11 O'CLOCK AND ASKED FOR A RESPONSE BACK BY 2:00 PM.

THAT'S, THAT'S HOW MY QUESTIONS.

I HAVE OTHER COMMENTS LATER, BUT THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.

YOU WERE ASKED JUST REAL, ROUGHLY WHAT THE PERCENTAGE WERE OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS.

UH, JUST REAL FAST, JUST TO, TO, TO, TO CLEAR THE RECORD, UM, MR. MAYO, UH, IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THE, UH, UNITS, UM,

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I USE A 2014 MISTAKENLY SAID 20%, AND I WAS CORRECTED BY MULTIPLE TEXTS THAT MY MATH WAS WRONG.

I DIDN'T HAVE MY CALCULATOR IN FRONT OF ME.

I APOLOGIZE.

I KNOW YOU DIDN'T, BUT IT WAS, IT IS IN FACT, 25%.

SO 116 PLUS 116 DIVIDED BY 9 21 DOES EQUAL, SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 25%.

AND THEN THE OTHER OFFER WAS 428 UNITS OUT OF 9 21, OR A LITTLE OVER 46%.

THAT IS CORRECT.

I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO READ A MONITOR TOMORROW.

THAT'S A 20% THAT'S OKAY.

UM, AND MANDY, WHILE WE HAVE YOU THERE, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD PRACTICE TO, TO TAKE THIS BUILDING AND MAKE IT, UH, 85% OR A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE UNITS? THAT WOULD NOT BE MY RECOMMENDATION, UM, FOR IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 900 PLUS UNITS FROM A CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S NOT CONSIDERED A BEST PRACTICE.

UM, WE WOULD, IF H F C WERE INVOLVED IN A PROJECT OF THIS SIZE AND THIS TYPE, WE WOULD LOOK AT A MIXED INCOME PROPERTY INCORPORATING DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS ALL THE WAY UP TO MARKET RATE.

HOW ABOUT YOU HAVE KIDS IN THE PROJECT, BOTH FROM A FLUENT HOMES AND NOT AFFLUENT HOMES GROWING UP WITH ONE ANOTHER AND LEARNING THAT THEY'RE ALL KIDS AND THEY'RE PLAYING WITH EACH OTHER, AND THEY HAVE FRIENDS AT ALL INCOME LEVELS, BUT THE BEST WAY FOR KIDS TO GROW UP, I THINK A MIXED INCOME COMMUNITY PROVIDES ENORMOUS BENEFITS TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

THEY WOULD DO ON THE RFP, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THOSE THINGS.

I, YOU KNOW, I, I, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHARACTERIZING USING IN THIS CONTEXT AND INCREASING THE AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE TALKING ABOUT USING PUBLIC FUNDS TO, TO BUY THE AFFORDABLE UNITS, BECAUSE REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE CITY CHANGING ITS MIND AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR, UM, A LOT OF CASH COMING BACK, BUT NOW WE DON'T WANT A LOT ON CASH COMING BACK.

NOW WE WANT YOU, INSTEAD OF GIVING US CASH TO GIVE US MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS, AND THEN LISTENING TO THE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S USING, WHEN WE SAY THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S USING PUBLIC FUNDS BECAUSE WE NEVER GOT THE CASH.

UM, WE'RE CHANGING OUR MIND ABOUT HOW MUCH CASH WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO GET IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE A, UM, A DEVELOPER THAT, THAT WAS GIVEN AN RFP BY THE CITY THAT SAID WHAT IT WAS THAT THE CITY WANTED.

AND THEY RESPONDED TO THAT AND THEY GAVE THE CITY EXACTLY WHAT IT ASKS FOR AND MORE AND SO MUCH MORE THAT IT FINISHED FIRST AMONG ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE RESPONDING TO THAT RFP.

SO THEY, THEY, THEY WERE THE SELECTED, UH, ENTITY WHEN THEY CAME BACK TO US.

UH, AND THEY WERE THE SELECTED ENTITY.

THERE WERE SOME ON THE DYES THAT SAID, HEY, LET'S NOT AWARD IT TO THEM BECAUSE WE SHOULD CHANGE WHAT WE ASKED FOR.

WE SHOULD REBID IT.

WE SHOULD CHANGE IT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T REALLY REFLECT WHAT IT WAS THAT, THAT, THAT WE WANTED.

WE SHOULD ASK FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LESS CASH, AND DO THAT.

AND THE COUNCIL COULD HAVE, AT THAT POINT SAID, WE'RE NOT GOING TO AWARD ON THIS RFP AND WE WANT TO REBID IT.

BUT THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT AND TO SAY, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

WE WANT TO STICK WITH R BECAUSE THESE WERE THE THINGS THAT WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH RFP WINTER.

BUT WHAT WE DID DO WAS, UH, THERE WAS, UM, A COUPLE OF US ON, ON THE DAY.

I SAID, WELL, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA REISSUE THAT, LET'S AT LEAST MAKE A LIST OF OTHER THINGS WE WOULD ASK FOR.

SO WHEN OUR STAFF WENT TO NEGOTIATE, WE COULD SAY, WE KNOW THESE WEREN'T PART OF THE RFP.

WE KNOW THESE, WEREN'T THE THINGS THAT WE ASKED FOR, BUT AS WE NEGOTIATE, HERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS WE WANT.

AND IT WAS A LONG LIST.

MY RECOLLECTION IS IT WAS LIKE FOUR OR FIVE PAGES OF ADDITIONAL THINGS CAME OUT AFTER WE DID THE RFP AND IDENTIFIED WHAT WE WANTED TO DO.

AND THESE FOLKS EVEN CAME BACK WITH AN ADDITIONAL LIST AND, AND, AND, AND SAID, WE'LL DO ALMOST ALL OF THEM, UH, ON THE ADDITIONAL LIST OF THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT WE HAD.

UM, AND THEN NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEN THEY APPROVED, IMPROVED UPON WHAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY SAID

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I MEAN, TO ME, THE QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT IS REALLY, CAN THESE FOLKS ACTUALLY PERFORM, UH, BECAUSE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS EXTENDED THEMSELVES IN THE OFFER.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE OFFERING TO PROVIDE UNITS WE'VE HEARD AT, UH, SUBSTANTIALLY, UH, UH, LESS AND COSTS THAN, THAN, THAN WHAT WE'RE PAYING ELSEWHERE.

UM, AND, UM, WE SHOULD FIND THAT OUT, THE VERY LEAST WE SHOULD EXTEND THIS PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT OUR STAFF HAS THE FULL ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO VET THAT, UH, TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS IN FACT TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

UH, AND THESE FOLKS CAN'T REALLY PERFORM TO DO THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE TASK FOR OUR STAFF.

AND, AND I WILL ITERATE AGAIN, IF WE EXTEND, IT'S GOT TO BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE THAT REVIEW PROCESS WHERE QUICKLY AND COMPLETELY FOR OUR STAFF, SO THAT, UH, THEY'RE NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING IMPEDED IN THAT BECAUSE THEY, THEY REALLY DO NEED TO COME BACK TO THE PUBLIC ENTITY AND, AND, AND GIVE US A REAL FAIR ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, CAN, UH, CAN, CAN ACTUALLY BE DONE, UH, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION OR WHETHER OR NOT YOU, YOU CAN, UH, UH, PERFORM IT MAY BE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, BUT IF IT'S NOT, AND, AND THIS CAN BE PERFORMED, THEN IT'S AN INCREDIBLE USE OF PUBLIC ON PROPERTY, UH, DOWNTOWN, ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK.

COUNCILOR TOVO.

CITY HAVE THE OPTION OF, OF MAINTAINING THOSE AS AFFORDABLE IN PERPETUITY? SO IN ANY OF OUR EIGHT H F C PARTNERSHIP DEALS, UM, H C MAINTAINS THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.

UM, I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS ON THAT, BUT I NEED TO ASK OUR, I'M SORRY, AMANDA, I'M GOING TO NEED TO ASK YOU TO JUST GO OVER A FEW MORE DETAILS.

AND I REALLY, I WANT TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR OPENNESS ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE THESE ARE SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PUBLIC INFORMATION.

AND I, BECAUSE I CAN'T SORT OF READ THE TRANSCRIPT AT THE SAME TIME.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT OF THIS YOU'VE COVERED.

SO WOULD YOU MIND JUST QUICKLY GOING THROUGH THE NUMBERS AGAIN, UM, IN THE PROPOSAL NORTH AND SOUTH AND THE NUMBER AND THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS, I'M SORRY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD FOR ME TO HEAR YOU.

YOU SAID, SORRY, COULD YOU JUST GO THROUGH THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS AS PROPOSED IN THE NORTH TOWER AND THE SOUTH TOWER AND THE LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE THAT? YES, MA'AM.

SO THE THERE'S 116 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT WE WILL BE EVALUATING, THERE WILL BE 116 UNITS IN THE NORTH TOWER AND 116 UNITS IN THE SOUTH TOWER.

THIS IS MADE UP OF UNITS THAT ARE BOTH 50% MEDIAN, FAMILY INCOME AND 66 0.

UH, I DON'T FEEL LIKE MY NUMBERS ALWAYS COME OUT THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD WHEN I TALK A 60% MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.

AND THAT IS MADE UP OF BOTH ONE, TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND SO, UM, I, I DO WANT TO ASK ON YOU, YOU STARTED TALKING AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS GOING TO BE FOR MANDY.

UM, BUT THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR THAT INFORMATION.

SO MANDY, WE WERE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS, UM, QUESTION PROMPTED ABOUT RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.

SO IT SEEMS TO ME AS WE'RE EVALUATING, AS WE'RE EVALUATING WHETHER THIS IS THE RIGHT ARRANGEMENT AND THE RIGHT DISPOSITION FOR THIS TRACT, THAT, THAT, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

IF, IF SOMETHING LIKE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION DID A PIECE OF IT.

AND, AND MAY YOU ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER WE WOULD WANT TO DO A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING? I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO DO SOME MARKET RATE HOUSING TO HELP SUBSIDIZE, AND ALSO TO MIX IT IN FOR JUST THE REASONS YOU SUGGESTED.

SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE THAT AT ANY POINT WHEN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A PROJECT ON THIS TRACK THAT WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE.

WE DID TALK ABOUT HAVING A SIGNIFICANT, IF NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE HOUSING BEING AFFORDABLE AND THEN SUPPLEMENTED OFFSET IN COSTS BY, BY OTHER KINDS OF MARKET USES.

UM, BUT IF, IF WE UNDERTOOK THAT AND IT REMAINED AS A PUBLIC PROJECT, WHAT, UM, WOULD THOSE UNITS, WOULD WE BE IN A POSITION? COULD WE NEGOTIATE? UM, WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ASK THIS QUESTION, BUT AT THE END OF 40 YEARS, I MEAN, THOSE UNITS WOULD REMAIN AFFORDABLE IN PERPETUITY, I ASSUME.

I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE PROJECT THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS MORNING, 35, 1 5 MAIN OR ROAD, ARE THOSE UNITS EXPIRING IN 40 YEARS, OR DOES THE

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SO AT THE END OF THE AFFORDABILITY TERM, UH, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY ACQUIRE OUR PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS.

THAT'S ALL NEGOTIATED DURING THE WHAT'S EFFECTIVELY A EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION, BECAUSE IT IS A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT IN WHICH THERE IS A PORTION OF AFFORDABLE INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS.

I'M NOT SURE HOW A RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL IS EASILY APPLICABLE.

IT MAKES SENSE AND IS NOT UNCOMMON WHEN IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT OR MAJORITY AFFORDABLE.

UM, IT, IT MAKES SENSE, OR WHEN IT IS AN OWNERSHIP PRODUCT, AHF C TYPICALLY HAS THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR AN OWNERSHIP PRODUCT.

UM, IN THIS CASE, THE NEGOTIATING TEAM, OUR UNDERSTANDING FROM, UH, ONE OF THE, IF NOT ALL OF THE BEST AND FINAL OFFERS, AND I WOULD LOVE CONFIRMATION FROM ASPEN HEIGHTS ON THIS, WAS THAT THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD FOR THE RENTAL HOUSING EXTENDED FOR THE LENGTH OF THE TERM, THE LEASE, OUR LEASE WITH ANY DEVELOPER.

THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL, WHICH OBVIATES THE NEED TO HAVE EFFECTIVELY FOR THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.

BECAUSE AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE LEASE WITH ASPEN HEIGHTS, THOSE UNITS REMAIN AFFORDABLE.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THAT LEASE TERM, THE CITY OWNS A WHOLE PROJECT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

SO THAT'S, I THINK SIGNIFICANT, UM, YOU KNOW, AND MAYOR TO GET BACK TO YOUR POINT, I MEAN, THIS WITHOUT BELABORING, IT YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE HAD THE OPTION AT THE TIME THAT, UH, THE PROPOSALS CAME FORWARD TO RESTART THE RFP PROPOSAL.

UM, AND FRANKLY I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE MINUTES, BUT I BELIEVE I, I SUGGESTED THAT WE DO JUST THAT.

AND AGAIN, AS, AS ONE OF THE, I HELP LEAD THE EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GOT ON THE AGENDA.

AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE SAW THAT THE RFP HAD NOT SUFFICIENTLY EMPHASIZED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT WE SHOULD DO RATHER THAN TRY TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE THROUGH OUR REALLY LIMITED MEANS AT THAT POINT, UM, DEVELOPERS TO CON TO WORK TOWARD THAT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS VERY CHALLENGING, BUT I, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS, IS ONE, WHETHER WHAT THE DEVELOPER, UM, WHAT ASPEN HEIGHTS HAS PROPOSED IS FINANCIALLY VIABLE, BUT ALSO WHETHER WE'RE GETTING ENOUGH COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM THIS PIECE OF CITY ON LAND.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 25%, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN, WHEN WE, WHEN WE GO TO THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, WE OFTEN ASK FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR SOMETHING CLOSE TO THAT.

AND SO THIS IS, UM, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN, WE CAN ACHIEVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE HAD A DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TOOK THE BREAK AND SHIFTED TO PARKLAND, AND THEN THE STATESMAN AND THE OTHER ISSUES ABOUT WHAT WE TYPICALLY, WHAT WE TYPICALLY CAN ACHIEVE IN AUSTIN.

HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IS MUCH, MUCH HIGHER, AND I BELIEVE WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE ON THIS TRACK.

IF WE STRUCTURE THE DEAL DIFFERENTLY IS ALSO HIGHER.

SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT, UM, I, WHILE I APPRECIATE ASPEN HEIGHTS AND YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THIS, I STILL BELIEVE THAT OUR BEST, UM, OUR BEST USE OF THIS TRACT IS TO LET THE ENA EXPIRE AND TO RESTRUCTURE THE DEAL SO THAT IT'S SO THAT THE CITY IS REALLY USING THE ENTITIES THAT WE NOW HAVE, NOT JUST THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, BUT ALSO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO, TO ACHIEVE HIGHER, HIGHER AMOUNTS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THIS TRACK.

HOW LONG DID WE HAVE TWO MORE MATTERS TO CONSIDER AFTER THIS? WE READY TO TAKE A VOTE, UH, MAYOR I HAVE AMENDMENT.

UM, OKAY.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

I FORGOT ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS.

THERE'S ONE AMENDMENT THAT'S BEEN HANDED, UH, VERSION TWO, UH, WAS THE ONE THAT CAME FROM IT.

HAS THE STAFF CHANGES TO IT.

IS THERE AN OBJECTION TO THAT AMENDMENT BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE BASE MOTION? HEARING NONE THAT AMENDMENT, CAN YOU GIVE ME, I HAVE A LOT OF YELLOW PAPERS IN FRONT OF ME.

IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A CHANCE TO GET HERS IN FRONT OF ME.

SO THEY ARE, MY, MY AMENDMENTS ARE ON TOP OF YOUR AMENDMENTS.

SO IF YOU WANT TO PUT YOURS IN FIRST, THEN I WILL SPEAK TO MINE THAT ADD TO YOURS.

YOU'RE STILL HAPPY PUT ON TOP OF MINE AND TELL MINE.

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SO SHOULD I TALK THROUGH MY CHAPTER? WE HAVE TO PUT MINE IN FIRST.

OH, SORRY.

VERSION TWO IS WRITTEN IN THE UPPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER, HISTORICALLY EXPENSE.

I MOVED TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DIRECTION.

I HAD 1 68 DURING THE EXTENSION PERIOD CITY MANAGER SHOULD ON NEGOTIATE.

AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITION, RED LIGHT AND RED AS IT CAME FROM, UH, RODNEY AND ITS DESIGNER.

UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, THE FIVE BULLET POINTS.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED, HEARING NONE THAT AMENDMENT IS, UH, INCLUDED ANY FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO THIS SIDE OR COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN? UM, YES.

SO I'LL JUST SPEAK TO THE, TO THE PARTS THAT I THINK MIGHT STILL BE RELEVANT.

SO, UM, SO, AND I'M, I'M SPEAKING TO YOUR, TO YOUR MOTION.

I MEAN, DO YOU REMEMBER, OKAY, SO YOUR FIRST BULLET THAT SAYS DURING THE EXTENSION PERIOD OF THE CITY MANAGER SHALL NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAVE, I WOULD DEFER TO THAT LANGUAGE, BUT I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE ADDING A CLAUSE ON THE END OF IT.

THAT PICKS UP MY FIRST BULLET.

SO IT WOULD READ DURING THE EXTENSION PERIOD, THE CITY MANAGER SHALL NEGOTIATE A COMPREHENSIVE TERM SHEET FOR THE ASPEN HEIGHTS PROPOSAL, CONVEYED TO CITY STAFF ON JULY 27TH WITH NO FURTHER AMENDMENTS FROM ASPEN HEIGHTS, ALL OF THAT'S YOURS.

AND THEN I WOULD ADD IF PRODUCTIVE AND WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE RFP DOCUMENT AND THE COUNCIL DIRECTION OF JANUARY 26TH, 2021.

SO WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE JUST MY INTENT THERE IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR RFP DOCUMENT SETS THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW, UM, AS WELL AS THE, UM, AS WELL AS THE MOTION THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED ON JANUARY 26TH, 2021.

I THINK THAT'S THE INTENT, BUT I WANTED TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT IT, RODNEY, IS THAT, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE AMENDMENT AS PROPOSED BY COUNSELING KITCHEN? WE'VE LOOKED AT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS AMENDMENTS, AND WE WERE OKAY WITH THOSE.

DOES ANYBODY, EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT AMENDMENT BEING ADDED ALREADY? NO OBJECTION.

THAT AMENDMENT IS INCLUDED.

THEN THE NEXT ONE IS THE THIRD BULLET.

I'VE JUST ADDED SOME CLARITY.

UM, UH, YOUR LANGUAGE IS HOW MANY AFFORDABLE UNITS WOULD THE DEVELOPER PROVIDE? I JUST ADDED SOME CLARITY FOR HOW MANY YEARS AT WHAT MFL LEVEL AND AT WHAT LEVEL OF CITY SUBSIDY, ANYBODY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED, THEN THAT AMENDMENT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BASE MOTION.

THE NEXT BULLET, UM, I ADDED WHAT I THINK IS SOME CLARIFICATION.

UM, SO THE FIRST ASPECT OF IT, AS I STRUCK OUT THROUGH ACCEPTING A LOAN STRUCK OUT OR NO LEASE PAYMENT, THE REASON I STRUCK OUT OR NO IS BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATION THAT WITHIN THE RFP, WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT A DEAL THAT HAS NO LEASE PAYMENT.

SO I THINK THAT THAT WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT THERE FROM YOUR ORIGINAL MOTION.

I OBJECT TO THAT BECAUSE I THINK IN THE CONVERSATION WE HAD, UH, THE ATTORNEYS ALLOWED THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER KINDS OF TOOLS OR THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO.

AND I WANT THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THOSE WELL, I, I HEARD THE ATTORNEYS DIFFERENTLY.

UM, THIS JUST SAYS I'VE LEFT IN THROUGH ACCEPTING A LOWER LEASE PAYMENT, SO YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DO, UM, BUT I, BUT I ASKED A DIFFERENT QUESTION WHEN WE WERE TOGETHER WITH THE ATTORNEYS AND I GAVE A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF, OF ONE POSSIBLE TOOL.

UH, AND THE ATTORNEY, UH, I THINK SAID THAT, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT WORK, UH, AND HE WOULD NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT FURTHER IN THAT SENTENCE.

UH, DEBRA, IS THAT DRY? REMEMBER THAT ACCURATELY? WHERE'S THE ATTORNEY.

CAN WE HAVE YOUR ATTORNEY WITH US? YEAH, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT, UM, IF WE SAID NO LEASE PAYMENTS, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, THAT YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT WORTHY OF TAKING A LOOK AT FURTHER.

I RUN POCKET WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT.

UM, YES, THERE ARE, THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT WE SHOULD EXPLORE THAT WON'T VIOLATE THE RFA THAT ARE NO LEASE PAYMENT.

WELL, CAN WE, I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO SPECIFIC INTERNET SINCE THAT WAS PART OF MY EXECUTIVE SESSION COMMENTS WITH YOU.

AND I CAN'T REVEAL THAT OUT HERE.

I CAN'T REVEAL MY CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY WELL, SURE.

BUT I, IT JUST READS TO ME, THAT SECTION READS TO ME IS CONTRARY TO THE RFP.

SO WOULD IT, UM, BUT THAT ASSUMES THE LEGAL

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CONCLUSION.

I MEAN, I HOPE THAT WE COULD JUST LET THE LAWYER WHO'S COME UP AND SAID THAT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO EXPLORE, LET HIM EXPLORE THOSE THINGS.

UH, AS LONG AS THE STAFF IS NOT TAKING THIS AS DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO DO THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE AGREEMENT ON THE DIAS.

THAT'S NOT SAYING WE WANT TO DO, IT'S JUST ANALYZING I, THAT REALLY CAUSES A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN TO ME.

I THINK WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO IS COVERED THROUGH ACCEPTING A LOWER LEASE PAYMENT.

I MEAN, TO MY MIND, PUTTING IN WRITING THROUGH ACCEPTING OR NO LEASE PAYMENT CAUSES ME CONCERN.

SO, AND I HEAR THAT, UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE COUNCIL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO CAUSE THE, BECAUSE HE WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING HIM NOT TO DO ANYTHING THAT VIOLATES THE, THE PRACTICE OR WOULD REQUIRE US TO, TO, TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING.

AND I'D LIKE, HE THINKS THERE MIGHT BE SOME TOOLS AND I'D LIKE HIM TO BE ABLE TO SCORE THOSE.

UM, I WANNA, I WANT TO PUT AN EMPHATIC POINT ON THIS.

WE CAN'T GO AND RETRADE THE INITIAL RFP, RIGHT? WE CAN'T VIOLATE THOSE BRIGHT LINES BECAUSE IF WE DO, THEN EVERYTHING HAS TO GO BACK TO, UH, TO THE VERY BEGINNING.

AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS CONCERNED IS CONTAINED IN THE LANGUAGE THAT MAYOR IS MOVING.

AND I AM VERY EMPHATIC AS I CAN SEE OUR LEGAL COUNSEL IS AGREEING WITH ME THAT WE CAN'T GO ANYWHERE OVER THAT LINE AS ARE WE ALL? YEAH.

I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF NOT GOING PAST THE RFP.

SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING WE COME BACK TO YOU WITH IS, DOES NOT VIOLATE THE RFP, OR IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, I WILL POINT IT OUT TO ME.

SO I'LL DROP THAT WITH, WITH TWO UNDERSTANDINGS FIRST, AS YOU SAID, UH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING THAT VIOLATES THE RP, BUT SECOND, I, I AM NOT, YOU KNOW, AGREEING WITH A DEAL THAT HAS NO LEASE AGREEMENT.

AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE VOTING TO, TO AGREE TO THAT.

SO I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDING MAYOR THAT ALL YOU'RE SAYING IS TO ANALYZE.

YOU'RE NOT SAYING THAT THERE'S ANY DIRECTIONS FROM THIS COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE A DEAL THAT SAYS NO LEASE AGREEMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A FOREGOING BULLET POINT, ANALYZE HOW THE COST OF GETTING MORE UNITS IN THE PROJECT WHO ARE ACCEPTING A LOWER, NO LEASE PAYMENT.

I WILL DROP COMPARES TO THE COST OF THE CITY PER 50 TO 60% MFI AFFORDABLE URANUS IS WHAT THE LANGUAGE SET.

IN IT OR NOT, BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

SO I'LL GO ONTO MY NEXT AMENDMENT IN THERE IN THAT SAME SECTION I'M ADDED OF ADDED NETTED AGAINST THE VALUE OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENT THROUGH PROVIDING THE LAND AND ANY OTHER CITY ASSETS.

SO WHAT I, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT HERE IS THIS BULLET ASKED FOR ANALYZING THE COST OF GETTING MORE UNITS IN THE PROJECT, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IF WE'RE GETTING MORE UNITS IN THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THE CITY'S INVESTING, WE WANT TO NET THAT AGAINST THE VALUE OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENT.

SO THAT WE'RE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE COMPARING GETTING MORE UNITS IN THIS PROJECT AND NOT ACCOUNTING FOR THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE THE CITY, BECAUSE THE CITY IS PUTTING SOME, SOME SOMETHING IN THE GAME, IF YOU'RE COMPARING THAT TO THE COST OF THE CITY, UM, FOR DOING THE UNITS AND OTHER LOCATIONS AND PROJECTS, YOU'RE NOT DOING A FAIR COMPARISON.

SO THAT'S WHY I ADDED NET IT AGAINST THE VALUE OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENT.

SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO COMPARE IS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GET FOR THIS IN TERMS OF UNITS THAT ARE, THAT YOU'RE GETTING FROM THE DEVELOPER, NOT FROM SOMETHING WE'RE PAYING FOR AGAINST WHAT COULD WE GET, UM, IN OTHER LOCATIONS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WAS SUGGESTING THAT LANGUAGE.

IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST LANGUAGE, BUT, UM, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT.

SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU, RODNEY? THAT IT, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME CAUSE I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS.

AND MAYBE WE CAN JUST WEAVE, MAYBE WE CAN JUST DO BULLET POINTS AND, AND YOU CAN HAVE A BULLET POINT THAT HITS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT.

WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THE CITY, INVESTING ANYTHING OTHER THAN PUTTING THE LAND INTO THE DEAL.

THAT'S AN INVESTMENT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T KNOW.

AND THEY ARE, THEY'RE PUTTING THE LAND INTO THE DEAL, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY INVESTMENT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

NOW, IF THIS IS A REALLY GOOD DEAL AND THEY CAN DO THIS DEAL, THEN IT MAY BE THAT OUR HOUSING PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHETHER IT WANTS TO INVEST MORE

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SO THAT BEING THE CASE, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, SINCE ALL WE'RE DOING IS PUTTING IN THE USE OF THE LAND FOR THE TERM OF THE LEASE.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS.

THE BULLET, THE BASEBALL APPOINT BASICALLY SAID, UM, UH, WE CAN EITHER TAKE MONEY OR WE CAN TAKE AFFORDABLE UNITS.

WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE EITHER OF THOSE TWO THINGS WE WANT.

SO THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNITS AND DOLLARS.

AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THAT RELATIONSHIP EACH WERE HOW THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNIT AND DOLLARS COMPARES TO WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS BETWEEN UNITS AND DOLLARS IN OTHER DEALS WE DO.

SO, SO GIVE ME, UM, THAT'S NOT HOW I READ IT ORIGINALLY, BUT IS WHAT IS WHAT YOU MEAN? SO SAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $21 MILLION RIGHT NOW, JUST, JUST FOR PURPOSES OF, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH $21 MILLION.

IT'S SAYING IF THE, BETWEEN WE CAN EITHER TAKE UNITS OR DOLLARS.

SO I THINK WE CAN EITHER TAKE $75,000 IS WHAT THE DEVELOPER SAID.

OR YOU CAN TAKE A UNIT.

THAT'S THE CHOICE.

WE HAVE $75,000 OR UNITS.

AND WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOLLARS IN UNITS AND OTHER DEALS THAT THE CITY DOES? IS IT $75,000? IS IT $40,000? IS IT $125,000? THAT'S THE RELATIONSHIP I WAS HOPING WE WOULD GET INFORMATION ON.

SO THAT'S ALL YOU'RE ASKING FOR.

AND THIS IS JUST, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, ANALYZE HOW THE COST OF GETTING MORE UNITS IN THE PROJECT OR ACCEPTING A LOWER OR NO LEASE PAYMENT.

I, YOU, BY TAKING, NOT TAKING $75,000 AND GETTING A UNIT HOW THAT COMPARES TO THE COST OF THE CITY FOR GETTING THE SAME 50 TO 60 MFI UNITS IN OTHER LOCATIONS AND PROJECTS.

SO, SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS AN APPLES TO APPLES.

CAUSE YOU'RE ASKING FOR, IF I'VE GOT A S IF I'M PAYING FOR UNIT AT THIS LOCATION, WHAT DOES IT COST VERSUS IF I'M PAYING FOR IT SOMEWHERE ELSE? WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION EARLIER WHERE THEY SAID IT WAS LIKE 70,000 OR 75,000.

I W I WOULDN'T USE PAYMENT.

CAUSE YOU'RE MAKING A CHOICE.

YOU COULD EITHER TAKE 70, OR YOU CAN TAKE A UNIT.

UM, BUT THAT SETS UP THAT RELATIONSHIP AT $75, YOU TAKE 75,000, YOU COULD TAKE A UNIT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND I'M SAYING, WHAT IS IT, ANOTHER, ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE ASKING FOR COSTS.

THAT'S WHY I USE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR WHAT IS THE, ARE YOU ESSENTIALLY ASKING FOR WHAT IS THE COST FOR A UNIT IN THIS PROJECT VERSUS WHAT IS THE COST FOR A UNIT IN OTHER LOCATIONS IN PROJECTS? YES.

SO IS THAT HOW YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THIS TO ME? WELL, YES, WE'RE, WE'RE UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS TO DO THAT ANALYSIS, UNDERSTAND OF COURSE, HOW MANY UNITS AND THE, THEN THE COST OR INVESTMENT, UM, ON THAT SITE AND COMPARE IT TO OTHER SITES.

HOW IS THAT COMPARABLE? IN OTHER WORDS, IS THAT, WOULD YOU ALSO BE LOOKING AT THE COST IF YOU DID A DIFFERENT KIND OF PROJECT ON THAT SIDE OR IS THAT WITH THE LAST BULLETS FOR, UM, I DON'T THINK WE'RE READY TO TALK ABOUT A DIFFERENT PROJECT ON THAT SITE, BUT THE WAY THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND, UM, IS IF THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT WE'RE GETTING THROUGH THIS PROJECT ARE GOING TO COST, OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE AN INVESTMENT OF X AMOUNT.

WE KNOW THAT NUMBER OF UNITS, LET'S SAY WE'RE A MILE FROM DOWNTOWN FOR THAT SAME VALUE.

COULD WE GET THAT SAME NUMBER OF UNITS OR WOULD IT BE MORE TWO MILES FROM DOWNTOWN? WOULD IT BE THAT SAME NUMBER OF UNITS OR MORE, OR D OR ANOTHER COMPARABLE DOWNTOWN LOCATION, UH, YOU KNOW, WOULD WE GET THAT SAME NUMBER OF UNITS OR, OR MORE OR LESS INSIDE? I BELIEVE THAT'S ANALYSIS THAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO.

OVER MAYOR, THIS, THIS HEARKENS BACK TO THE FIRST RESOLUTION OR THE SECOND ABOUT HEALTH SOUTH.

I MEAN, WE, WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME IN TERMS OF UNITS AND I THINK OUR HOUSING FOLKS HAVE A, HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FEEL FOR WHAT WE PAY FOR, FOR UNITS.

AND I'M JUST ASKING TO, TO SEE THAT, UH, MEAN PART OF IT WILL GO TO KIND OF EVALUATING AT SOME LEVEL WHETHER THIS COULD BE DONE OR NOT.

UM, BUT YES, IT'S TRYING TO GET TO AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.

THAT'S ALL, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER 12

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I THINK YOU ADDED AN AMENDMENT ASKING OUR STAFF TO DO THIS KIND OF RESEARCH AND TO LOOK AT WHETHER WE COULD GET MORE HOUSING WITHIN, I PUT IN A GEOGRAPHICAL DISTANCE IN IT.

AND I WAS AFRAID THAT THAT WOULD HARKEN BACK TO THAT FOR YOU, WHAT I READ IT.

SO THAT'S NOT WHAT I INTENDED, I THINK WITHOUT REGARD TO GEOGRAPHY, JUST IN TERMS OF, CAN I EXPLAIN THOUGH FOR, FOR PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE CONVERSATION, I JUST FEEL LIKE I NEED TO BE ABLE TO FINISH MY SENTENCE.

UM, AND WE ASKED OUR REAL ESTATE STAFF TO GO FORWARD AND KIND OF SEE WHETHER THERE WERE TRACKS AVAILABLE WITHIN EXTREMELY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN WHERE WE COULD ACHIEVE MORE AFFORDABLE VERSUS HOUSING VERSUS USING THIS TRACT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE STAFF CAME BACK AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD SOME PROPERTIES FOR US AND THEY, AS I RECALL, THEY WERE ALL SUPER COSTLY.

AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO, I MEAN, IN THAT WE COULDN'T, WE COULDN'T PURCHASE A PROPERTY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE HEALTH SOUTH TRACT, UM, AND GET MORE HOUSING ON IT THAN WE WOULD ON THE TRACK THAT WE ALREADY OWN.

AND THE PATIENT ON EVERYTHING I'M HEARING.

I'M NOT SURE THAT ANYBODY IS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE GETTING THESE KINDS OF RENTAL UNITS AT THIS PRICE AT THAT, UH, DEPTH OF AFFORDABILITY.

AND I WANT TO KNOW, I WANT TO KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE.

I JUST WANTED TO OVER PAY CUSTOMARILY MORE THAN THAT IN ORDER TO OPEN UP RENTAL SPACES FOR PEOPLE WITH 50 TO 60%.

AND WE'VE HEARD GENERAL CONCLUSIONS, I'M ASKING STAFF TO ACTUALLY TAKE A LONG LOOK AT IT.

AND QUITE FRANK THAT I WROTE THIS BEFORE.

UM, UM, MR. UH, MY, UH, TESTIFIED, UH, BUT IT'S STILL A QUESTION.

IT'S GOTTA BE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, BUT NO, I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT GEOGRAPHIC LIMITS OR THAT IT'S CHEAPER, CLOSER THAN FARTHER.

IT'S JUST LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT AND THE COST OF UNITS IN THIS PROJECT.

IT JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR HOW THAT RELATES TO THE COST OF 50 TO 60 RENTAL UNITS AND OTHER PROJECTS, NOTHING ELSE.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, I, UM, GIVEN THE LATE HOUR, I'LL LET THAT ONE GO.

I, I SHARE COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

SO THEN THE LAST ONE IS THE, IS THE BULLET THAT I ADDED IS THE NEXT TO THE LAST BULLET WHERE IT SAYS PERFORM.

AND AGAIN, THIS COULD BE BETTER WORDED.

SO RODNEY, I NEED TO CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING, BUT WHAT I HAVE IS PERFORM THE NECESSARY DUE DILIGENCE TO ANALYZE THE VALUE TO THE CITY, NET IT AGAINST THE COST OF THE JULY 27TH BEST AND FINAL OFFER.

THE PURPOSE OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE IS, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANALYZING THE PROFORMA IN TERMS OF WHETHER THE PROJECT IS FEASIBLE, YOU KNOW, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, WE ALSO NEED TO ANALYZE WHETHER IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR THE CITY.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO WRITE THERE.

DOES THIS, DOES THIS LANGUAGE MAKE SENSE TO YOU ALL AND CASTS OVER KITCHEN? I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PUTTING THIS IN.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET, BUT IF YOU THINK THIS WILL GIVE YOU USEFUL INFORMATION, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH LEAVING IT IN HERE.

IF STAFF THINKS THEY CAN RESPOND TO IT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING THE SECOND TO LAST BULLET POINT, THE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN ROAD? THAT'S OUR TOVO.

I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION, BUT I WANT TO BE, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR POINT IS.

I HAVE ACTUALLY TWO AMENDMENTS TO PROPOSE.

AND THE ONE YOU MAY HAVE JUST PROPOSED MINE WAS, UM, ASKING OUR CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE COUNCIL WITH AN ESTIMATION OF THE FINANCIAL VALUE OF THE USE OF THE LAND.

IS THAT BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING? IT, IT BETTER, YOU SAID IT BETTER.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S BETTER.

I JUST WANT TO BE SURE.

AND I'LL DO MINE TOO, BUT I THINK BETWEEN MY BULLET AND YOURS, WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY TRYING TO GET TO IS, IS, UM, I THINK WHAT THE VALUE OF, OF THESE, OF THE LAND IS YEAH.

IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY, COOL.

WITHOUT ANY OBJECTION, UH, THAT ONE'S INCLUDED.

SO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS, UM, POINTS IN THE FIRST BULLET POINT, I THINK WE'RE ACCEPTED IN THE THIRD BULLET POINT WE'RE ACCEPTED.

AND THEN THE 1, 2, 3, 4 FIFTH BULLET POINT OR ACCEPTED.

PROCEED WITH THE FIFTH BULLET POINT.

IT'S THE SIXTH, MY SIX BULLET POINT.

I LET, I DIDN'T

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CAUSE WE DON'T NEED THAT CONSIDERING WHAT YOU DID THAT'S RIGHT.

YOUR, YOUR SET YOUR DURING WAS A BULLET POINT IN MINE.

WASN'T EVEN THAT WASN'T A BULLET POINT.

THE, THEY, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

UM, SO I CALL IT THE LANGUAGE WHERE YOU HAD A NEGOTIATED FURTHER, THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU READ ABOUT THE SCOPE AND THE FIRST BULLET POINT WAS ACCEPTED.

THE LANGUAGE YOU READ ABOUT FOR HOW MANY YEARS, WHATEVER BI-LEVEL AND ET CETERA WAS ACCEPTED.

AND THE BULLET POINT THAT HAD PERFORMED A NECESSARY DUE DILIGENCE TO ANALYZE THE VALUE TO THE CITY NET THAT AGAINST THE COST OF THE JULY 27 BEST AND FINAL OFFER IS, UM, ALSO ACCEPTED AND MADE PART OF THE RESOLUTION BASED RESOLUTION.

THE RIGHT ANSWER ANSWERS.

YOU SAID THAT PERFORM THE NECESSARY DUE DILIGENCE TO ANALYZE THE VALUE TO THE CITY, RIGHT? YES.

THAT ONE'S ALSO ACCEPTED.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO DID YOU HAVE AMENDMENTS? I DO, BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AND THE NECESSARY DO YOU KNOW? YEAH.

THAT IS NOW YOU'RE NOT ADDING THAT SAME SIMILAR LANGUAGE TO THE THIRD BULLET.

IS THAT CORRECT? I HAVE A MOTION SHEET.

THE ONE THAT WAS SENT OUT HAS LANGUAGE LIKE THAT IN THE MAYORS FOURTH BULLET, I HAVE NOT CHANGED THE MAYOR'S FOURTH BULLET.

YOU DID NOT ADD LANGUAGE NETTED AGAINST THE VALUE OF THE CITY'S INVESTMENT.

NO, I JUST ADDED A NEW BILLET BULLET.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO BEFORE FOURTH BULLET POINT I HAVE IS PERFORMING NECESSARY DUE DILIGENCE TO DETERMINE THE PRO FORMA SUPPORT TO DEVELOPER'S PROPOSAL.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.

I AM LOOKING AT A REVISED MOTION SHEET FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

UM, AND I HAVE, I HAVE BOTH A, I HAVE BOTH, UH, SIXTH NEW BULLET SAYING PERFORM THE NECESSARY DUE DILIGENCE TO ANALYZE THE VALUE TO THE CASE.

I ALSO HAVE LANGUAGE OF THAT SORT ADDED TO THE MAYORS.

I THINK I KNOW WHAT THE MISTAKE IS ON THE MAYOR'S VERSION TOO.

HIS FIRST PARAGRAPH IS NOT BULLETED, BUT IT IS BULLETED AND REVISE MOTION SHEET.

THE DURING THE EXTENSION PERIOD IS A BULLET.

THAT'S WHY HE'S SAYING FIVE AND Y'ALL ARE SAYING SIX.

THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE.

BUT THE OTHER PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, YOU DON'T SEEM TO BE PROPOSING SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE IN THE DRAFT THAT I RECEIVED AS YOUR REVISED MOTION.

THE ONLY ONE I'M DROPPING IS THE ONE THAT STARTS PERFORM THE NECESSARY DO DYLAN'S TO DETERMINE IF THE PR PROJECT PROFORMA SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPER'S PROPOSAL.

I HAD ADDED LANGUAGE ON THE END OF THAT, WHICH WE DON'T KNOW.

WE DON'T KNOW.

NOW YOUR JOB THAT, IT'S THE, IT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT I SEE YOU ADDING IN THE ONE BEFORE IT, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT THE LOWER LEASE PAYMENT.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

YEAH, BUT I HAVE MY DRAFT, MY, MY REVISED MOTION SHEET FROM YOU SAYS ALSO HAS LANGUAGE NETTED AGAINST THE .

THIS IS COMPLICATED AND CONFUSING.

UM, SO MINE IS SOMEWHAT DUPLICATIVE, BUT I'LL OFFER IT JUST IN CASE.

AND THAT IS THAT THE CITY MANAGER SHALL ALSO PROVIDE COUNSEL WITH AN ESTIMATE OF THE FINANCIAL VALUE OF THE USE OF HEALTH SOUTHLAND OBJECTION TO THAT BULLET POINT, PAYING AT IT, HEARING NONE THAT'S ADDED.

UM, AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THE DIRECTION THAT THEY ASPEN HEIGHT HEIGHTS TEAM NEGOTIATE DIRECTLY WITH THE STAFF, WITH THE INTER DEPARTMENTAL STAFF TEAM THAT IS REPRESENTING THE CITY ON THIS PROCESS.

OBJECTION TO THAT HEARING.

NO OBJECTION.

ONCE YOU READ THAT AGAIN, UH, THAT THE CITY, UM, I'M ADDING THE DIRECTION THAT ASPEN HEIGHTS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES NEGOTIATE DIRECTLY WITH THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM.

THAT'S REPRESENTING THE CITY IN THIS REAL ESTATE MATTER.

ANYBODY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING IN, PUT IN.

AND LET ME JUST SAY MY RATIONALE IS THAT I JUST, I THINK AT THIS POINT WE REALLY NEED ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO GO THROUGH OUR REAL ESTATE AND OUR STAFF TEAM.

UM, THIS WAS KIND OF A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

I THINK FOR SEVERAL OF US ON THIS DIOCESE THAT ARE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROCUREMENT POLICY OF NO SOLICITATION.

AND SO I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF MAKING SURE OUR COMMUNICATIONS ARE BEING HANDLED IN THE SAME WAY WE HANDLE OTHER PROCUREMENTS AND OTHER REAL ESTATE DEALS PRIOR TO THIS ONE, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE COUNCIL NOT BE IN THE ROLE OF, OF, UM, NEGOTIATING AND THAT THOSE, THOSE, UM, THAT WE POSITION OUR STAFF WELL TO BE, TO BE STRONG IN THEIR NEGOTIATIONS AND TO HAVE LACK OF, UM, CONFUSION ON POINTS.

OF THIS ITEM AS AMENDED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS READY TO THINK ABOUT? ALRIGHT, THOSE IN FAVOR

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IT'S COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, VELA, UH, KELLY, UH, L S A HARPER MADISON RENT THE RHEA AND MAY THAT SIX, THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HEAD, UH, ALTER KITCHEN TOVO AND PULL, UH, FOUR AGAINST, UH, PART.

THIS IS OFF THE DYE AS IT PASSES 6, 4, 1.

IT GETS US TO THE NEXT ITEM.

LET'S DO THE, UH, UM, THE, UH, UH, URBAN, UM, CASE EAST AUSTIN MAYOR WHILE WE'RE PULLING THAT 1 16, 1 63, 1 63, 1 64

[Items 116, 163, & 164]

AND ONE 16.

THIS IS THE U R B N C C D MATTER.

UM, BEFORE OUR STAFF LEAVE, I HAD ASKED A QUESTION THAT WE DIDN'T HEAR THE RESPONSE TO.

AND IN LIGHT OF THE TIME, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK IF STAFF WOULD PLEASE GET BACK TO US ON THAT QUESTION ABOUT PROFIT SHARING AND ALSO THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LIVING WAGE REQUIREMENTS ON CITY OWNED TRACKS, WHERE WE HAVE, OR OTHER KINDS OF CITY CONTRACTS, WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH THIRD PARTIES, IF THEY COULD TREAT THAT AS LIKE A Q AND A FOR THIS AGENDA, SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION BACK.

THAT'D BE SUPER THANK YOU.

WELL, THAT WAS GOOD STAFF.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A DRILL THAT HAS HAD YOU WORKING A KNOB AND WORKING AT NIGHT.

I KNOW THAT, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

AND I SEE THAT.

AND MAYOR ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION IN EXTENSION OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, TOPAZ QUESTION WITH THE PROFIT SHARING.

THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS, UM, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND PROFIT SHARING DOESN'T WORK WHEN IT'S THIS KIND OF SCENARIO, THE GROUND LEASE, LIKE THERE'S NO SALES FOR US TO SHARE PROFITS ON, SO I'M NOT SURE.

UH, SO WHEN Y'ALL DO CLARIFY THAT, I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO JUST SORT OF UNDERSTAND HOW PROFIT SHARE WOULD WORK IN A SCENARIO LIKE THIS ANYWAY, CAUSE I DON'T THINK LATER.

ALRIGHT.

UH, CATHERINE HARPER, MADISON, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, OR STAFF YOU WANT TO SET THIS UP? I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S GOING TO UPPER MADISON FIRST, MAKE A MOTION OR WHETHER ESTABLISHES, LAY IT OUT WELL, SO FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, UH, JUST, UH, OVER, OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY, UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS HAVE COME TO LIGHT FOR ME, INCLUDING I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT WASN'T CUSTOMARY FOR US AS A BODY TO NOT TAKE UP, UH, A VOTE THAT HAS A PETITION IF WE DON'T HAVE A FULL DIET.

AND SO WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE A FULL DICE AND AT LEAST ONE OF MY ITEMS HERE HAS A PETITION.

SO CAN WE POSTPONE THE ITEM WITH A PETITION AND TAKE UP THE OTHER TWO ITEMS IS THE MOTION THAT I WOULD MAKE, I WOULD SAY YES.

IN WHICH CASE I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE VOTE ON ALL THREE READINGS FOR ITEMS, NUMBER ONE 16 AND 1 63, AND THEN POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER 1 64 TO SEPTEMBER ONE.

UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, CAN WE ACTUALLY POSTPONE ONE 16 AS WELL? BECAUSE ONE 16 IS DEPENDENT ON 1 64.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IN 1 64? BECAUSE THE YOU RB, I'M SORRY, THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN APPLIES TO BOTH IN CCDS.

IT APPLIES TO BOTH BUT DIFFERENTLY HOW 11TH AND 12TH STREET ARE CONSIDERED AS DIFFERENT.

AND THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF THE COUNCIL, IF WHAT YOU PASS ON 1 64 IS DIFFERENT, UM, AT THE AFTER POSTPONEMENT.

SO LET'S SAY ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, IF IT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS IN THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, WE WILL HAVE A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO.

SO MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO FIRST POSTPONE A ONE 16 IN 64 AND THEN GO FAR, MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THREE READINGS ON 1 63.

THEN THAT'S THE MOTION MAYOR.

SHOULD I REPEAT IT WITHOUT IT BEING? YES.

IS IT READY TO GO AS IS? NO GREAT IS READY TO GO AS IS.

UH, SO THE MOTION THAT I'M MAKING IS FOR US TO POSTPONE ITEMS, NUMBER ONE 16, AND 1 64 TO SEPTEMBER 1ST AND TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 1 63 TODAY AND, UM, MOVE IT FOR APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS COUNSEL, THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE 1 63 ON ALL THREE READINGS AND POSTPONE 1 64 AND ONE 16 TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

IS THAT RIGHT? IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER ELLIS SECONDS.

THE MOTION, UH, DISCUSSION.

COUNT THE QUESTION FOR MS. LINK.

UH, IS THERE ANY AMENDMENTS THAT WERE MADE ON TO THE 11TH STREET NCCD THAT COULD AFFECT OR

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AND WHEN IT COMES BACK AT ONE 16, WHEN ONE 16 COMES BACK, WE WILL ENSURE THAT IT REFLECTS WHAT HAPPENED TODAY OR, UH, EAST 11TH STREET.

AND THEN WHAT WILL POTENTIALLY HAPPEN AT THE NEXT MEETING.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION MAYOR PRO TEM? UM, I JUST HAD A QUESTION AS WE TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE EASIER ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.

UM, YOU HAD A MOTION RELATED TO, UM, THE COCKTAIL USES.

UM, ARE YOU STILL INTENDING TO MAKE THAT? I AM.

AND SO WHAT I HANDED OUT WERE TWO.

UM, AND SO THE FIRST ONE I WOULD SAY DISREGARD, AND I'M GOING TO BRING FORWARD THE SECOND ONE.

UM, IN WHICH CASE, THE MOTION THAT I'M GOING TO BRING FORWARD FOR THE SECOND ONE IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR COCKTAIL LOUNGE USE MAY NOT BE LOCATED ON THE LOT THAT IS WITHIN 200 FEET OF A LOT ON WHICH ANOTHER COCKTAIL LOUNGE USE IS LOCATED UNLESS THE COCKTAIL LOUNGE IS A CONFORMING USE.

UM, SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, THE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT I'LL BRING FORWARD ON THE FIRST ONE ON 1 64, WHICH IS BEING IMPROVED ON ALL THREE READINGS.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT WHEN THE MIKE IVAN COMES UP ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, I WAS ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION BECAUSE, UM, I LIKE THAT AMENDMENT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A USEFUL AMENDMENT.

AND THEN PUTTING THAT TOGETHER WITH THE FACT THAT ON 12TH STREET AND 11TH STREET, THERE'S DIFFERENT RULES WITH RESPECT TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

SO IT'S ALREADY LIMITED, UM, ON 12TH STREET TO THE 3,500 SQUARE FEET, UM, WHICH IS NOT BEEN REALLY PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING, UM, FROM THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN COMING WITH THEIR CONCERNS.

UM, SO IT SEEMS LIKE THAT PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT GUARDRAIL.

I MEAN, YOU REMEMBER, I WAS ASKING YOU BEFORE, WHY DO YOU HAVE THAT ON ONE AND NOT THE OTHER? AND NOW I'M SORT OF UNDERSTANDING THERE MAY BE THAT SOME OF THE RATIONALE FOR THAT.

UM, AND SO I THINK PUTTING THOSE TOGETHER DOES PROVIDE SOME SAFE GUARDS, CAUSE IT'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT WAS THE INTENTION TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH YOUR AMENDMENT TO WHAT'S THERE, UM, TO MAKE THAT, TO MAKE THOSE GUARDRAILS BE REAL.

SOUNDS GOOD.

MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO PAST 1 63 ON ALL THREE READINGS POSTPONE 1 64 AND ONE 16 TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR.

THAT WAS OPPOSED UNANIMOUS ON THE DIASPORA COUNCIL MEMBER WENT THIS OFF.

YOU GUYS REMEMBER TOBO MAYOR.

I THINK THAT, UM, OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN DOING SOME WORK LOOKING AT HOW MANY, HOW MANY, UM, COCKTAIL LOUNGES COULD BE POSSIBLE UNDER THIS AMENDMENT THAT YOU HAD CIRCULATED.

AND SO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE READY TO SHARE THAT TODAY, MR. WALTERS, OR YOU WOULD PREFER TO DO IT, UM, IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.

AND IF YOU HAVE A NUMBER FOR THE EXISTING, FOR THE, FOR THOSE WHO ARE, UM, FOR THOSE COCKTAIL LUNCHES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MARK WALTERS, HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, BASED ON THE SPACING REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE PUT IN.

I DID SOME BACK OF THE NAPKIN TYPE CALCULATIONS WITH A RULER AND A MAP HERE.

AND AFTER RECONSIDERING IT AT 150 FEET, IT'S ABOUT 30 THEORETICAL COCKTAIL LOUNGES AT 200 FEET.

IT'S ABOUT 20 TO 22 THEORETICAL COCKTAIL LOUNGES.

BECAUSE AT THAT POINT YOU'RE NOT ACCOUNTING FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS, ESTABLISHED LAND USES AND SO FORTH.

AND SO ON THIS STUFF, THAT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

THERE'S SOME FAIRLY BRAND NEW TOWNHOUSES ON 12TH STREET.

SO THOSE ARE NOT GOING TO BE BARS.

UH, SO THAT'S REALLY KIND OF THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN.

I MEAN, I CAN GO BACK AND WORK WITH OUR GIS ANALYST AND GET A LITTLE WORK TO GET A LITTLE MORE ACCURATE, UH, PICTURE OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AT DIFFERENT SPACINGS.

BUT I, BUT NOT TONIGHT.

WHAT WAS THE NUMBER YOU HAD? UH, 400, 500 FEET FOR 200 FEET, 20 TO 22 THEORETICAL BARS.

AND THEN AT 1 50 30 THEORETICAL BARS, AND THEN DID YOU RUN 300, 300? CAUSE UH, IT WAS 15 ISH THEORETICAL BARS JUST DEPENDS.

CAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO KIND OF A, A SAWTOOTH PATTERN TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT THE SPACING REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE IT'S HORIZONTALLY AS WELL AS ACROSS THE STREET.

SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

THREE, I'VE HEARD A FEW DIFFERENT, BUT THEY'RE ALL I THINK I HEARD THREE AND FOUR.

AND IF, IF YOU WOULD DO THAT ADDITIONAL LEVEL WITH THE GIS, UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP WITH THESE ESTIMATES TODAY.

AND THEN IF WE COULD ALSO ADD THE PIECE OF, OF THE NUMBER AND JUST EMBED WITHIN THE, THE RESPONSE, HOW MANY, I THINK THERE'S THREE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I'M

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I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT THE COMPANY EXISTING ONES THERE ARE.

HOW MANY COCKTAIL LOUNGES BARS ARE ON 12TH STREET? WELL, THERE'S 13TH FLOOR.

THERE'S OUTER HEAVEN.

THERE'S KING B, AND THEN THERE'S FULL CIRCLE BAR.

SO THERE'S FOUR.

YEAH, I'D HEARD THREE ON FOUR.

AND THEN I THOUGHT I HEARD FIVE TO THE BIG, EASY BAR AND GRILL IS NOT CURRENTLY IN OPERATION, BUT EVEN WHEN IT WAS, IT WAS A RESTAURANT, THEN THERE'S NICK STA THAT SERVES ALCOHOL ALSO A RESTAURANT.

SO THERE'S SIX PLACES TOTAL THAT SERVE FOOD AND OR ALCOHOL, BUT ONLY THE FOUR THAT SERVE ALCOHOL AND NO FRUIT.

THANKS AGAIN FOR DOING THAT WORK SO QUICKLY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

LET'S GO ON TO THE LAST CASE WE HAVE, WHAT'S CALLED ITEM 1 55 COUNCIL.

REMEMBER OUR PERMIT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I CERTAINLY DON'T BELIEVE THAT, UM, MY COLLEAGUE WAS INTENDING TO OFFER INFORMATION THAT, UM, SWAYED PEOPLE'S DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

BUT I THINK WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THIS AREA, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WHO UNLIKE ME, YOU KNOW, DON'T WALK DOWN THE STREET EVERY DAY.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO SORT OF GET THE JUXTAPOSITION OF IT ALL WHEN YOU HEAR A NUMBER, RIGHT? SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IT THAT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

IF ANYBODY, FOR WHOM THE NUMBER 20 LIKE IS RELEVANT TO YOU MEAN SOMETHING MEANS A LOT OR A LITTLE OR WHATEVER, PLEASE GO DRIVE DOWN THE BLOCK AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

I THINK THAT'S A PART OF WHAT I'VE BEEN HAVING.

A LOT OF STRUGGLES WITH, WITH THIS CONVERSATION IS THAT WHAT'S BEING SAID TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT A BAR ON EVERY BLACK AND ALL THESE KIDS.

IT'S FEAR-MONGERING FRANKLY, AND IT'S JUST NOT EVEN POSSIBLE.

I REALLY WISH PEOPLE WOULD JUST GO DRIVE THE BLOCK, TAKE A LOOK AROUND YOU AND JUST SEE IT'S NOT EVEN POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE 20 OF THOSE.

LIKE HE SAID, IN THEORY, BACK OF THE NAPKIN WITH A RULER, IT'S NOT EVEN POSSIBLE.

BUT IF, IF FOR FOLKS WHO HEAR THAT NUMBER, IF, IF THAT PRODUCES SOME EMOTION FOR YOU, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO DRIVE DOWN THE BLOCK AND TAKE A LOOK AND SEE THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S NOT EVEN POSSIBLE.

I DO WANT TO SAY, OKAY, HANG ON, HANG ON, HANGING ON HIM.

YEAH, MAYOR, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THAT.

THE SPECIALTY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T, I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT DISCUSSION DONE ANYWHERE.

OTHER PARTS OF THIS CHANNEL AND FOR THIS DISCUSSION TO BE ABOUT BACK TILL ALARMS ON 11TH STREET, GIVE ME A BREAK.

11TH STREET WAS THE BLACK ENTERTAINMENT CENTER.

WHEN YOU TELL A LITTLE WHITE PEOPLE CAN BE, AND SINCE THEN IT'S BEEN ALL CONTROVERSY.

I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED, ALMOST CLOSE TO RACISM TO ME.

AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST, IT TOOK ME DISGUSTING TO HEAR THE KIND OF CONVERSATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER, HARVARD MEDICINE.

MA'AM ALL RIGHT.

THE COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND THEN LET'S GET THE ITEM ONE 50 FOR SURE.

I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

THAT EVERYTHING IS IN CONTEXT.

UM, THE REASON I ASKED MR. WALTERS TO RUN THOSE NUMBERS IS THAT THE FIRST, THE FIRST MOTION SHEET YOU HANDED OUT HAD A CAP OF 15.

AND SO I WAS INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW IT, HOW IT MAPPED TO YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT I THINK STAFF ASKED YOU TO DROP THE CAP.

AND SO THAT WAS MY REQUEST TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW THOSE ALIGNED.

SO WHAT IT'S WORTH, I, I ENTIRELY APPRECIATED YOUR QUESTION AND DIDN'T AND WHAT I JUST OFFERED IT AS FAR AS CLARIFICATION IS CONCERNED, WAS NOT DIRECTED AT YOU.

THAT'S WHY I SAID, I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE ATTEMPTING TO, TO INDUCE FEAR AND ALARM, BUT I, I AM A HUNDRED PERCENT CERTAIN THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO THAT TO MY NEIGHBORS.

AND, AND IT MAKES ME ANGRY.

I MEAN, ASIDE FROM JUST BEING THE PERSON, WHO'S THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE, WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, THE STEWARD FOR THE DISTRICT.

UM, I DON'T LIKE WHEN PEOPLE MANIPULATE MY CONSTITUENTS AND MY NEIGHBORS, AND I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN DOING SO.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT CLARIFICATION.

I DON'T THINK YOU WERE DOING SO THOUGH, JUST TO BE CLEAR.

IS STAFF HERE TO LAY OUT THE ITEM? A 1 55? YES, SIR.

[155. C14H-2022-0072 - Carlson-Colunga House - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 902 East 7th Street (Waller Creek Watershed). Applicant’s request: To rezone from transit-oriented development-neighborhood plan (TOD-NP) combining district zoning to transit-oriented development-historic landmark-neighborhood plan (TOD-H-NP) combining district zoning. Staff, Historic Landmark Commission, and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant transit-oriented development-historic landmark-neighborhood plan (TOD-H-NP) combining district zoning. Applicant: Historic Landmark Commission (owner-opposed rezoning request). City Staff: Kalan Contreras, Housing & Planning Department, 512-974-2727. A valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning.]

ITEM 1 55.

UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR STAYING UP LATE WITH US C 14 H 20 22 0 0 7.

TWO IS THE CARLSON COLUMBIA HOUSE AT 9 0 2 EAST SEVENTH STREET.

THIS IS AN OWNER OF POSED HISTORIC ZONING REQUEST INITIATED BY THE LANDMARK COMMISSION PER LDC, 25, 11 TO 13, UPON THEIR REVIEW OF A RELOCATION APPLICATION FOR THE BUILDING TO BE MOVED TO KYLE.

THE COMMISSION DETERMINED THAT THE HOUSE MET THE REQUIRED CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK AND AGREEMENT WITH THE 2016 EAST AUSTIN HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY RECOMMENDATIONS, THIS ONE STORY FOOT VICTORIAN HOUSE AND BODIES, THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT STYLE RETAINING MOST OF ITS PERIOD DETAILS.

AND IT ALSO MEETS THE CRITERIA

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FOR HISTORIC ASSOCIATION THROUGH ITS CONNECTION WITH RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND HISTORIC DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES.

IT WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1903 AND 1906 BY SWEDISH IMMIGRANTS, VICTOR AND CARL CARLSON.

AND THE LONGEST TERM OWNERS WERE THE COLUMBIA SISTERS WHO IMMIGRATED FROM MEXICO AND OCCUPIED THE HOME FROM THE 1930S TO THE 1970S ON MAY 4TH, THE LANDMARK COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND HISTORIC ZONING AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED A HISTORIC ZONING ON JUNE 28TH.

UM, CONCLUDES THE STAFF PRESENTATION.

I HEAR YOU COLLEAGUES.

I HAVE NUMBER 1 55, I GUESS IN DISTRICT ONE.

UH, IS THERE, IS THERE A PETITION FILED IN THIS? WHAT WAS THAT? IS THERE A PETITION FILED HERE? IT IS AN OWNER OF POST OWNER POST AND WE DO HAVE THE OWNERS.

UM, YOU HAVE GRACIOUSLY STAYED UP LATE WITH US TO, UH, HERE TONIGHT.

ONE IS A TOUGH ONE JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN GOOD CONDITION.

THE OWNERS HERE, JOE DON'T WANT TO ADDRESS US BEFORE WE GO TO THE DYES.

YEAH, YOU COULD WAIT TO PUT IT UP FIRST.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU, UH, FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

UH, IN THE MATTER I BRING BEFORE YOU, AND IN GENERAL WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE, UH, TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UH, I'M REPRESENTING THE OWNER ARREST CIGAR HOLDING PROPERTY, UM, AT 9 0 2 EAST SEVENTH STREET OF THE 2016 EAST AUSTIN HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY.

WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT MEETS THE HISTORICAL LANDMARK CRITERIA BRIEFLY.

I INTEND TO MAKE A CASE OF POSING THIS DESIGNATION BY REVIEWING THE PROPERTY EVALUATION AND DESIGNATION CRITERIA FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK BASED ON THE 2016 EAST AUSTIN HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY, IN ORDER TO REZONE A PROPERTY AS HISTORIC, IT MUST UNDOUBTEDLY MEET TWO CRITERIA.

UH, I'D LIKE TO JUST START WITHIN THAT SURVEY WITH THE LANDSCAPE FEATURE, THE SURVEY STATES QUOTE, THE PROPERTY IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT NATURAL OR DESIGN LANDSCAPE WITH ARTISTIC AESTHETIC CULTURAL OR HISTORICAL VALUE TO THE CITY END QUOTE.

AS WE UNDERSTAND THIS ASSESSMENT, THERE IS NO LANDSCAPE FEATURE OF VALUE IN THIS PROPERTY, ARCHEOLOGY, THE SURVEY STATES QUOTE, THE PROPERTY WAS NOT EVALUATED FOR ITS POTENTIAL TO YIELD SIGNIFICANT DATA CONCERNING THE HUMAN HISTORY OR PRE-HISTORY OF THE REGION.

END QUOTE.

AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THERE HAVE BEEN NO ARCHEOLOGICAL INTERESTS OR FINDINGS AND NO INDICATION OF POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANCE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, AND A, YOU CAN PUT UP THE DRONE SHOT IF YOU'D LIKE, UH, HERE, THE DOCUMENT STATES.

AND I QUOTE THAT THE PROPERTY IS ASSOCIATED WITH RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE AREA AND QUOTE, BECAUSE OF THIS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED IN 2016, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER THIS ASSESSMENT FOR ITS ACCURACY AND TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT.

IF YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE DRONE FOOTAGE, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL.

YOU'LL SEE IN THE TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER MOVING RIGHT.

THE FIRST PROPERTY ON THE BLOCK IS A 24,000 SQUARE FOOT DEVELOPMENT OF BOUTIQUE OFFICE SPACES.

NEXT IS A GAS STATION, THEN A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT.

AND NEXT TO THAT, THE 9 0 2 PROPERTY WE'RE DISCUSSING CONTINUING ALONG THE STREET, THE NEXT PROPERTY, UH, THE NEIGHBORS HAS BEEN BOARDED UP ABANDONED AND READY TO BE TORN DOWN AND HIT HAS BEEN ISSUED IN OUR 6, 6, 4, 5 D DEMOLITION PERMIT.

AS WE COME TO THE END OF THE BLOCK, THERE ARE TWO PROPERTIES THAT WERE BUILT IN 1982.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THAT BLOCK, 110,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT.

SINCE THE 2016 SURVEY, WE FEEL THE FAST PACED GROWTH IN AUSTIN HAS OVERTAKEN THE ORIGINAL ASSESSMENT IN 2022.

THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION WITH WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER PRIMARILY COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.

THE NEXT IN THE SURVEY IS ARCHITECTURE QUOTE, ACCORDING TO THE EAST AUSTIN HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY, THE BUILDING IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF FOLK VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE AND QUOTE.

THIS WAS A STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE POPULAR BETWEEN 1870

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AND 1910.

HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TAX RECORDS, THEY SAY IT WAS BUILT IN 1970, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE MANY ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS THAT WERE DONE TO THIS PROPERTY THAT NO LONGER MAKE IT A GREAT EXAMPLE OF FOLK VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE.

THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM PAREN BEAM TO SLAB ON GRADE.

THE REAR ENTRANCE IS AN ENTIRE ADD ONTO THE PROPERTY.

THE WINDOWS HAVE BEEN MODIFIED AND THE SHUTTERS ARE NOT OPERABLE.

UH, WE HAVE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN GRAFFITI JUST LIKE THIS, THE TEAR DOWN NEXT TO US.

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE INTERIOR, WHICH THERE IS NO ASSESSMENT ON IT, THE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM WERE RENOVATED AND THE PROPERTY NO LONGER HAS THE ORIGINAL FLOORING.

IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE OF FOLK VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE.

THESE CHANGES WERE DONE AND APPROVED BEFORE THE CURRENT OWNERS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.

AND THEY RELIED ON THOSE CHANGES AS INDICATIONS THAT THIS PROPERTY WOULD NOT BE HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED, WHICH BRINGS ME.

SO THE NEXT, UH, PART OF THE SURVEY, WHICH IS COMMUNITY VALUE AND A VERY IMPORTANT ONE, THE SURVEY STATES THAT QUOTE THE PROPERTY DOES NOT POSSESS A UNIQUE LOCATION, PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC OR SIGNIFICANT FEATURE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE CHARACTER IMAGE, CULTURAL IDENTITY OF THE CITY.

IF I MAY JUST FINISH, WE'VE BEEN HERE QUITE SOME TIME.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE SECONDS.

UM, SO IT, IT DOES NOT CONTAIN A UNIQUE LOCATION, PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC OR SIGNIFICANT FEATURE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE CHARACTER IMAGE OR CULTURAL IDENTITY OF THE CITY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OR A PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP END QUOTE.

THE SURVEY SEEMS TO INDICATE TO US THAT THE PROPERTY AT 9 0 2 EAST SEVENTH STREET AS IS DOESN'T ADD COMMUNITY VALUE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

THE CURRENT CONSIDERATION OF HISTORICAL DESIGNATION IS BASED ON A 2016 OUTDATED ASSESSMENT.

AND WE SUGGEST THAT THE PROPERTY HAS LITTLE OR NO HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

SO TO SUMMARIZE, THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE FEATURE, NO SIGNIFICANT ARCHEOLOGY, NO HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, LITTLE TO NO ARCHITECTURE LEFT AND NO COMMUNITY VALUE.

ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS PROCESS CAME TO BE UPON, UH, LEADERSHIP THAT WAS WITH THE COMPANY BEFORE THEY WERE LOOKING TO RELOCATE THE PROPERTY, THAT'S NO LONGER ARE OUR PLANS ANYMORE BECAUSE IT IS COST PROHIBITIVE.

UM, SO WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER AND REQUEST FAVORABLY.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

IT GETS US BACK UP TO THE DAY IS PETITION.

IN THIS CASE, IT TAKES NINE VOTES TO PASS THIS.

WE HAVE ONE COLLEAGUE THAT'S GONE ON A PETITION.

UH, DO WE CONSIDER THIS? YEAH, IT GETS SHUTTERED.

AND IF, IF ONE VOTE MAKES A DIFFERENCE, WE COULD OPEN IT UP FOR POSSIBLE RECONSIDERATION.

IF THAT VOTE TURNS OUT IT WOULD'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE, UH, IN THE BOAT AND ALLOW FOR A VOTE FOR RECONSIDERATION.

IF IT TURNS OUT THAT IT WOULD HAVE, LET'S PROCEED WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING.

DOES EVERYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION HERE? COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THIS, THIS LOVELY HOME, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT, UH, TO THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE'S POINT, I DON'T THINK THAT IT, IT, IT MEETS THE MARK FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION.

SO I, I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO, TO NOT DESIGNATE THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY HISTORIC, ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE DESIRES OF THE OWNERS, I NEVER WANT TO FIND OURSELVES IN THAT POSITION.

DOES ANYBODY DISAGREE WITH THAT OUTCOME? IF NO ONE IS GOING TO DISAGREE WITH THAT OUTCOME IN THIS INSTANCE, WE'LL JUST END THE MEETING WITHOUT EMOTION.

UH, BUT IF, UH, SOMEONE WANTS TO, UH, HAVE A VOTE ON THE ITEM, THEN I'LL CALL, I'LL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON COMMENT.

UM, UH, I'M VERY HESITANT TO VOTE FOR HISTORIC ZONING OVER OWNER OPPOSITION, BUT I MEAN, THIS

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UH, AND IT IS AN OLD AND BEAUTIFUL HOUSE.

AND JUST BEING HONEST WITH MYSELF, I MEAN, IF THIS IS NOT HISTORIC THAN WHAT IS, AND I GUESS I WOULD DIRECT THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE STAFF HAS FOUND THAT IT'S HISTORIC AND PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO VOTED THAT IT'S HISTORIC.

I MEAN, THINKING ABOUT THE BELLAGIO HOUSE THAT WE LOOKED AT EARLIER, THERE WERE, I THINK, ISSUES WITH THAT PROPERTY THAT GIVE ME PAUSE THIS ONE.

THERE'S NOT REALLY ISSUES THAT, THAT, THAT GIVE ME PAUSE.

IT IT'S LOOKS LIKE, UH, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE OF THE OWNER, UH, THAT IT'S IN A COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE LO LOCATION NOWADAYS.

IT'S COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTEXT NOWADAYS, THAT'S IT? I MEAN, THE BUILDING ITSELF IS IN GOOD SHAPE.

AND SO JUST THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, IT'S PART OF ME, UH, STRUGGLES WITH THIS ONE QUITE A BIT.

I WAS TO TELL, YEAH, THIS, I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, AS WE SAW TONIGHT, WE HAD TWO CASES, ONE RECOMMENDED ONE, NOT BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

THEY DON'T ALWAYS RECOMMEND HISTORIC ZONING, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER OF BELLA.

I WOULD CERTAINLY SECOND YOUR EMOTION AND, AND WE CAN CONSIDER IT AT LEAST ON FIRST READING AND, UM, CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.

YOU KNOW, I NOTE TOO, UM, AND, AND I'M APOLOGIZE.

I HAD TO STEP OFF, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN IN OUR STAFF COMMENTS, THE 2016 EAST AUSTIN HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY RECOMMENDS THIS PROPERTY AS ELIGIBLE FOR DESIGNATION.

UM, AND ALSO NOT JUST AS A LOCAL LANDMARK, BUT ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

UM, AND ALSO AS, UH, CONTRIBUTING TO POTENTIAL LOCAL AND NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICTS.

SO I, I REALLY, UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, I'LL SECOND.

IT, UM, OTHERWISE I'D BE PREPARED TO MAKE MINE AS WELL.

THE MOTION THAT WILL BE MADE WHEN WE MAY ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE FIRST ONE WILL BE COUNCILMEMBER HARPER MADISON'S MOTION.

UM, IS THERE, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT, UH, WOULD ANTICIPATE VOTING, UH, NO, UH, ON A HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

SO COULD YOU, COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE MOTION WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD BE VOTING THE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER'S MADISON'S MOTION WOULD BE TO DENY HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

I'M ASKING YOU IF THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE DIOCESE WHO WOULD VOTE NO, UH, TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

IN OTHER WORDS, SUPPORTING HARP COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON'S OH, CAN'T REMEMBER KITCHEN.

I WOULD.

THAT'S MEMBER KAREN, UM, PEPPING THE CASE, UH, IF THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE VOTES THAT ARE GOING TO VOTE, NO FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THIS, EXCEPT PERHAPS ON FIRST READING.

SO THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO PUT IT TO A VOTE, GET THE MORE THAN GET THE THREE VOTES THAT WILL ULTIMATELY, UH, STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING AND AT THIS CASE MOVE ON? OR DO WE WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S A MAJORITY TO PASS IT ON FIRST READING AND HAVE IT COME BACK TO US CANCER OR ELLIS, I'LL BE SUPPORTING COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON'S OPINION ON THIS.

I THINK SHE PROBABLY KNOWS BEST CAUSE SHE'S LOOKED INTO IT.

SO I WILL ADD MY VOICE TO SUPPORTING HER.

THE DRIFT AND THE COUNTING OF THE VOTES.

SO WE KNOW THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR, NO VOTES ON THIS COUNSELOR AND POOL.

AND WHEN I SAY NO, I MEAN VOTING AGAINST HISTORIC PRESERVATION, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I MISSED WHO THEY WERE.

COULD YOU, I THINK BECAUSE WE'VE ASKED THE QUESTION A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS, I'M JUST NOT CLEAR ON WHO, WHO YOU'RE COUNTING AMONG THE NO VOTES COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON.

I REMEMBER ADDISON KEPPRA, UH, LF COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN AND COUNCIL MEMBER.

KELLY ARE THE FOUR VOTES THUS FAR GUYS, OUR POOL.

OH, I, I SUPPORT, UM, THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DESIGNATION FOR THIS PROPERTY.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA.

OH, THERE HE IS.

HE HAD, I THINK HE HAD SOME, UH, KIND WORDS TO SAY ABOUT THE STRUCTURE TOO.

SO HE MAY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU EARLIER THERE COUNCIL MEMBER ENTRY OF, I'M GLAD YOU'RE BACK, BUT I DO SUPPORT, UM, SAVING THE, SO PRIOR TO THE ISSUE WE'RE DEALING WITH IS IF THREE PEOPLE VOTED AGAINST IT, IT CAN'T PASS.

AND THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE THAT HAVE INDICATED THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT.

NO, I, I COMPLETELY CAPTURE THE,

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AND I'M JUST SAYING THAT I THINK THAT THE DIOCESE SPLIT ON THIS AND I WANTED TO REGISTER MY POSITION ON IT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION WOULD FEEL WELCOME TO VOICE IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON CAPITAL, REMEMBER HARPER, MADISON.

UM, I REALIZE YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, BUT THIS MIGHT BE HELPFUL MAY OR MAY NOT BE HELPFUL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, PROVIDE SOME HESITATION FOR ME HERE IS JUST AS A STRUCTURE IN MY DISTRICT THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RENT OUT.

NOBODY CAN AFFORD IT AS IT IS.

SO IF YOU DESIGNATE THIS STRUCTURE HISTORIC AS A COMMERCIAL SPACE, WHICH IS HOW IT'S ZONED, IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER COMMERCIAL BUILDING THAT IS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN MY COMMUNITY IN MY DISTRICT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD.

I WANT TO ADD THAT TO THE LIST OF CONSIDERATIONS.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD TO THE LIST OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE IN OUR, OUR TOD.

AND I JUST THINK WE COULD GET A HIGHER, BETTER VALUE FOR THE PROPERTY.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME TO MIND FOR ME AS I WAS TAKING THIS INTO CONSIDERATION, THE ECONOMICS, FRANKLY, JUST DON'T WORK OUT IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING DISTRICT ONE.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EQUITY TWICE TODAY.

I REALLY WANT TO WANT US TO ALWAYS COME BACK TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAND USE, WE ALMOST ALWAYS DO SO FROM A RESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT COMMERCIAL IS CRITICAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN DISTRICT ONE TWO.

AND IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, THEN THAT REALLY IS AN IMPEDIMENT TO SUCCESS FOR A LOT OF MY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

SO I, I JUST HOPE THAT AS WE CONSIDER TO CONSIDER THIS ITEM, WHETHER WE MOVE IN ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER, THAT AT LEAST A PART OF THE CONVERSATION IS ABOUT HIGHEST, BEST USE.

I GET THAT THE STRUCTURE IS SOUND, BUT CAN ANYBODY AFFORD TO RENT THE STRUCTURE OR OWN? THE STRUCTURE IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND IF SO, WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE? UM, SO I JUST ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AS OUR KITCHEN.

UH, OH, I WAS JUST, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IF WE NEED TO, WE CAN POSTPONE THIS.

WE DID POSTPONE 1 54, BUT, BUT I, I, UH, I WILL SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON'S UM, MOTION.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR.

I AGREE THAT THIS, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, TAKING EVERYTHING IN THOUGH, TOTALITY, I DON'T SUPPORT THE HISTORIC.

IT BEING A SOUND YOU THINKING FROM A DISTANCE, IT LOOKS SOUND BASED ON AN OLD SURVEY IS NOT ENOUGH TO PASS, AND IT HAS TO BE UNDOUBTEDLY TO THANK YOU.

THAT'S FINE.

LET'S TAKE, LET'S TAKE TWO VOTES AND LET'S TAKE THE FIRST VOTE.

AND THEN THE SECOND VOTE, IF IT'S SOMEONE MOVES IT IN IT'S NECESSARY, LET'S TAKE THE VOTE FIRST ON, ON, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER HOPPER'S MADISON'S MOTION WAS TO DENY, UM, IT JUST, UH, IT JUST PLAYS HARDER.

I WANT TO GET A VOTE UP THAT SHOWS AT LEAST FOUR VOTES THAT ARE VOTING.

NO, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO FAIL.

AND THEN THE SECOND VOTE, IF WE WANTED ONE WAS TO PASS IT ON FIRST READING ONLY, AND WE CAN SEE WHETHER SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

UH, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THOSE SEPARATELY RATHER THAN TAKING THE FIRST VOTE AND HAVING IT AUTOMATICALLY, UH, LEAD US TO, UH, TO A FIRST VOTE APPROVAL COUNCILOR POOL.

WELL, I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ZONING FOR THE, YEAH.

WE'RE KIND OF VIOLATING ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER HERE.

THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU BECAUSE, UM, I, IT WAS YOUR EMOTION TO BE ABLE TO MAKE JUST THE RECORD'S GOING TO BE CLEARER IF WE STAYED AT OR AFFIRMATIVELY, SO THAT OKAY WITH YOU.

THAT'S OKAY WITH ME.

UM, BUT SINCE WE'RE BREAKING THE LAW HERE, THEN I, UM, I DO HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.

KEN, IS THERE ANYBODY ON STAFF WHO CAN TELL ME HOW LONG THIS BUILDING HAS SAT VACANT? BECAUSE THAT'S A PART OF THE POINT THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE AND, AND IT'S LACK OF VIABILITY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND MAYOR WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT.

COULD I JUST DOUBLE CHECK WITH OUR LEGAL ADVISOR? I MADE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

I DON'T THINK WHERE YOU CAN.

THAT'S OKAY.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR MOTION.

I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN IT WHEN YOU, WHEN ALL YOU'RE DOING IS SAYING NO TO EMOTION THAT SAYS, YES, IT'S NOT REALLY A SUBSTITUTE.

YOU JUST VOTE NO ON THAT BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE WOULD MAKE SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS GOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

SO IN OUR EIGHT YEARS, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT.

SHE'S HAVING US CONTINUE ON THE MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER POOL IS TO GRANT HISTORIC ZONING IS HER SECOND TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER.

IT WAS VACANT BEFORE WE BOUGHT IT.

AND, UM, FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL THINKING ABOUT VOTING IN FAVOR, JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU IN ORDER TO CREATE A STORIC LANDMARK, IT HAS TO MEET TO DESIGNATE DESIGNATION.

SO JUST

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THE TWO THAT THEY'RE SUGGESTING IS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION AND ARCHITECTURE.

SO IF THERE IS A DOUBT IN YOUR MIND THAT THERE IS NO HISTORIC ASSOCIATION CANNOT PASS.

EMOTION HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

AND THOSE IN FAVOR, HISTORIC SEWN IN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

UH, IT IS, UH, UH, PAUL, UH, MAY TOVO VALLA AND, UH, ALTER, UH AND RENT THAT AREA.

THAT'S FIVE.

THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

IT IS, UH, UH, KITCHEN, UH, KELLY, L S HARPER, MADISON, WHO DID I MATCH? DID ANYBODY SUSTAIN? I'M COUNTING FIVE TO FIVE.

IS THAT RIGHT? AND FOUR, THIS HAS GONE SO FIVE TO FIVE THAT DOES NOT PASS.

WE CAN STOP RIGHT HERE, UH, WITHIN, JUST LEAVE THE, NO VOTE WITH A NO VOTE.

I THINK I KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.

MAYOR, YOU VOTED FOR MY MOTION.