Sep 01, 2022 City Council Meetings

SO, UM, THE, THE ZONING CASES, THOSE SPEAKERS WILL BE SPEAKING AT TWO O'CLOCK OR WHENEVER WE OPEN UP ZONING, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE STATESMAN POD, WHICH WEREN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON.

AND SO WE HAVE, UH, I'M SORRY.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW, BUT DO WE, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE ZONING ASPECTS? WE HAVE 115 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR ZONING.

I, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THE REASONING AND I RESPECT WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING.

I JUST FIND IT, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST PREFER TO GET MORE THAN A MINUTE, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, I SAY THAT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR IS JUST TRYING TO MAKE OUR MEETINGS GO WELL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, OH, IT'S A CHOICE.

YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO SPEAKERS FOR EIGHT HOURS TODAY AND THEN THERE'S, WHICH IS WHAT ADDING ANOTHER MINUTE DOES.

BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A BALANCE.

WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE TO SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES.

THAT WOULD BE 12 HOURS OF SPEAKER.

JUST MAKES IT REALLY HARD TO GET WORKED OUT AS WELL.

AND, AND MANY PEOPLE REACH OUT TO THE, TO THE OFFICES.

I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, BOTH CALLS AND EMAILS.

THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO LET COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THINKING AS WELL AS OVER TOBO.

UM, I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

I, I THINK BETWEEN NOW AND TWO O'CLOCK, I'M NOT SURE MAYOR, IF YOU CALCULATED HOW MUCH JUST THE STATESMEN SPEAKERS ARE, I SAW THE LIST LAST NIGHT, BUT DIDN'T DO THE CALCULATIONS, BUT THAT IS A EXTRAORDINARILY MAJOR ZONING CASE.

AND RESTRICTING, RESTRICTING INDIVIDUALS DOWN TO ONE MINUTE DOES GIVE ME CONCERN.

I UNDERSTAND THE BALANCE YOU'RE TRYING TO STRIKE, BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT GIVING TWO MINUTES FOR, FOR THAT BODY OF SPEAKERS LOOKS LIKE.

AND IF WE'RE PLANNING ON DISCUSSING AND NOT VOTING TODAY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT MATTER.

BUT IF WE ARE PLANNING ON CONSIDERING THIS ON SECOND READING AND POTENTIALLY TAKING ACTION, I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO HEAR FROM OUR SPEAKERS.

TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

MOST OF THE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP ON ZODY ARE AUTOMATIC QUESTION.

SO JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE, UH, ON THE, ON THE AGENDA, THE INTENT IS TO, UH, UH, GO THROUGH THE GEN ED, GET TO SPEAKERS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN GIVEN THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS WE HAVE.

I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS MORNING BEYOND LISTENING TO SPEAKERS.

UH, WE HAVE CITIZEN, UH, UH, PUBLIC RATHER, UM, OUR COMMUNICATION WE'LL GET TO THAT AS CLOSE TO NOON AS WE CAN.

WE'LL STOP.

UH, WE HAVE A EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY.

MAYBE WE COULD RUN BACK AND CURRENTLY WITH, UH, WITH LUNCH, UH, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.

UH, THERE ARE A FEW FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, UH, SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.

WE HAVE STAFF TO RESPOND TO THOSE, WE'LL PULL THAT UP SO WE CAN GET THAT DONE.

UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL TRY AND TAKE CARE OF THE SAID, UH, AS BEST WE CAN IN BETWEEN THAT.

UH, AND THAT IS CLOSE TO TWO O'CLOCK AS WE CAN, WE'LL CALL THE ZONING, UH, SPEAKERS.

THE LICENSE PLATE READER, UH, ISSUE.

SO THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR US TODAY IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 91 AND ITEMS 1 33 THROUGH 1 38, 1 90 WORD, 1 33 TO 1 38, UH, PULLED ITEMS I'M SEEING ARE ITEM 85, THE AUSTIN ROWING CLUB, A POLL BY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ALICE.

UH, I PULLED THAT.

I THINK ALSO, WHERE DID THAT ITEM PULLED AS WELL? ITEM NUMBER, UH, 90, UH, PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.

THAT'S

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AND THEN WE HAVE PULLED 1 36 WHERE I'M 37 AND 1 38.

UH, AND THOSE ARE THE, UH, UH, UH, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION.

UM, ONE OF THE PARK DEDICATION RESOLUTIONS THAT I BROUGHT, UH, 1 37 IS THE CONVENTION CENTER GARAGE FEE WHERE 38 IS THE CASTLEMAN BULL HOUSE.

I'M PULLING THE, UH, PARKER DEDICATION.

SO IT COULD BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER WITH ALL THE OTHER PARK DEDICATION MATTERS.

WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 92, WHICH SETS, UH, UM, THE, THE FEES, A 1 0 2, WHICH IS JUST SPECIFIC TO, UH, COMMERCIAL, UH, PARKER DEDICATION HAS THE MEMBER RENTED A YET.

SO NOW I ALSO WANT TO BE SHOWN TO BE A CO-SPONSOR OF ITEM 86.

SO NOTED.

GOTCHA, COOL.

I WANT TO PULL ITEM 59, WHICH IS THE RENAMING OF CANCER PARK.

59, UH, THE RENAMING OF THE PARK FULL BY COUNCIL MEMBER, POOL COLLEAGUES.

IF THERE AREN'T A OBJECTION, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA TO SHOW THAT ON ITEM NUMBER 57, UH, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND WE POSTPONE THAT TO, UH, SEPTEMBER 29TH.

UH, AND THEN WE BRING THAT BACK AS TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. SO WE STAFF COMBINED TWO SEPARATE THINGS WITH WARM.

IT'S JUST, THEY SEPARATE THEM AND BRING THEM BACK ON SEPTEMBER 29TH.

UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT, UH, THE, THE ADVOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY, BOTH SIDES WORKING ON THIS ARE BOTH, UH, AGREED TO, TO THAT SUGGEST THAT'S REALLY HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED.

SO WITHOUT OBJECTION THAT COULD SAID WILL REFLECT THAT POSTPONEMENT DID THE DIVISION OF THAT QUESTION.

UH, THAT'S A TENANT RIGHT ISSUE.

I'D ADD, UH, 50, UH, SEVEN.

CATS WERE ELLIS.

I JUST WANTED TO FLAG, I'LL BE CIRCULATING A, UM, SMALL LANGUAGE UPDATE PROPOSAL TO 85.

AND IF IT'S SEEN AS FRIENDLY, I DON'T NEED TO PULL IT ANYMORE, BUT IF IT'S NOT, OR OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO DISCUSS, I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE DISCUSSING THAT.

I THINK, I THINK THE MAYOR, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

I THINK THE MAYOR AND, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER OF ENTRY, I PULLED IT ANYWAY.

DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR JUST AMENDMENTS? JUST AN AMENDMENT.

AND IT WAS THE ONE I TALKED ABOUT, UH, JUST, UH, TO, TO ASK THE, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER READ THE RE IS BRINGING IN AMENDMENT, UH, JUST ASK THE STAFF TO, TO INVESTIGATE GREW UP WITH SOME RESOLUTION FOR THE SUBTENANT IN THAT SPACE AND BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL.

UM, AND I WOULD JUST, I KNOW I'M, I'M OPEN TO SEEING THOSE AMENDMENTS.

I'M SURE THEY'RE FINE.

I WOULD JUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE NEWER ONE THAT POSTED YESTERDAY THAT ADDRESSES EPIC.

I HADN'T REALIZED THAT BOAT VERSION HADN'T POSTED FRIDAY, BUT IT IS, IT DOES ADDRESS IT.

IT MAY NOT ASK FOR WHAT ONE OF YOU IS ASKING FOR, WHICH IS TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER SITE.

IF I SCREAMED IT, I SCANNED IT REAL QUICKLY.

AND THE LANGUAGE I SAW SPOKE TO WHEN IT WAS, THEY HAD TO MOVE OUT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO COMP ACCOMMODATE THE TRANSFER, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THE AMENDMENT.

I THINK THAT COUNSELOR GOES ONE STEP BEYOND THAT.

IT DOESN'T PRESCRIBE ANYTHING, BUT IT ASKED STAFF TO COME BACK.

AND I THINK I'M GOING TO BE FINE WITH THAT.

SO IF YOU WANT TO CIRCULATE THOSE AS LONG AS WE'RE WITHIN THE POSTING LANGUAGE, UM, I'M FINE.

I'M PROBABLY FINE WITH THAT IN CONCEPT.

AND WE COULD JUST CLEAR THAT OFF THE DECKS TOO, IF YOU WANT.

SOUNDS GOOD.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT LEGAL'S CLEARED IT FROM POSTING GREAT MAYOR.

I'M JUST GOING TO ASK, IS THERE A CHANCE THAT WE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA DOESN'T HAVE SPEAKERS TODAY AND JUST PASS THOSE SO THAT STAFF CAN FINALIZE THAT WORK? IS THAT DOABLE? I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PASS ANYTHING UNTIL WE HAVE THE SPEAKER SPEAK, BUT IF THEY'RE JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE STATE LAW AND WE DON'T PRESCRIBE SOMEONE COULD GET UP AND SPEAK ABOUT WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT.

SO I'M NOT SURE WE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON AN ISSUE BEFORE WE PASS IT.

RIGHT.

BUT IF THEY HAVEN'T SIGNED UP ON IT, THE LAW SAYS THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK.

SO SOMEONE COULD GET UP INSIDE ABOUT 33 AND THEY COULD GET UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

AND NOW I REALLY WANT TO ADDRESS 45.

THERE'S NOTHING TO STOP SOMEWHERE FOR DOING THAT.

UH, COUNTS OVER BATTLING.

MAY I NEED TO RECUSE ON, UH, ITEM 64 AND I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 84 AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE SHOWN AS A CO-SPONSOR ON ITEM 86, SUPPORTING THE, UH, FREEDOM TO READ IF

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KAY.

AND JUST FOR MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY LEGAL AID WHO IS RECEIVING THE CONTRACT FROM THE CITY.

AND COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO, AGAIN, NOT TAKE A VOTE ON THE SAFE ALLIANCE QUESTION, WHICH IS, I DON'T REMEMBER 60, I DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT UNDER LAW, UH, BECAUSE I HAVE NO PERSONAL INTEREST.

MY FAMILY HAS NO PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST.

UH, BUT DIANE IS AN OFFICER OF SAFE ON THEIR VOLUNTEER BOARD.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO SHOW UP, RIGHT.

THINKING OF EXERCISING A VOTE ON RIGHT QUESTION.

THAT'S WHERE HER KITCHEN, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO BE SHOWN AS A CO-SPONSOR ON, UM, THE EIGHT, I THINK THAT'S THE, THE MURAL.

COLLEAGUES, ANYTHING BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SPEAKERS.

SO WE CAN LAUNCH IN THAT.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, THAT, UH, REGARDING TO CALL, I THINK WE SAID, UH, THE REMOTE SPEAKERS FIRST CAUSE THAT YES, MAYOR THAT'S CORRECT.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A SPANISH SPEAKER HERE IN PERSON AND THE INTERPRETER IS ON THE LINE.

CAN WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE HER UP FIRST? OH.

AND BY THE WAY, BEFORE YOU CALL THAT PERSON, LET ME READ THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS INTO THE RECORD.

ITEM NUMBER 30 AGE TO BE DISTRICT TO DISTRICT FOR ITEM 28 ITEM, UH, 33 A IS NOT TO EXCEED, UH, I MEAN, I'M SORRY.

ITEM 22.

NOT 33.

ITEM 33.

NOT TO EXCEED $500,000.

I HAD AN ABC.

ITEM 22 IS THE AMOUNT IS NOT TO EXCEED $500,000 ITEM, UH, 86, UH, SPONSORSHIP, UH, NOW INCLUDES COUNCIL MEMBERS, KITCHEN VELA, AND ELLIS ITEM, 99, PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN TO BE TAKEN UP AFTER THE RELATED ZONING CASE ITEM ONE 15 ITEM 100, THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO ANNEXATION.

SO IT WILL BE TAKEN UP AFTER THE ZONING CASE.

1 17, 1 15, A VALID PETITION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REZONING ITEM, 1 38.

UM, UH, JOINING A SPONSORSHIP OF THAT IS COUNCIL MEMBERS, VELA POOL AND KITCHEN ITEM NUMBER ONE 40, UH, IT'S ORDINANCE NUMBER, UH, 2 0 2, 2 0 8 1 7.

UH, AND THE NUMBERS, UH, AFTER THAT, BUT IT'S NOT OH ONE IT'S OH FOUR.

WE HAVE LAID BACK UP IN ITEMS. FIVE, SEVEN FIFTY SEVEN, EIGHTY THREE, EIGHTY SIX, EIGHTY FIVE, EIGHTY NINE, NINETY NINETY TWO NINETY THREE NINETY NINE, ONE OH TWO, ONE OH FIVE, ONE OH SEVEN ONE OH EIGHT ONE OH NINE ONE TEN ONE TWELVE ONE THIRTEEN ONE FOURTEEN, ONE FIFTEEN ONE SEVENTEEN ONE NINETEEN ONE TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO, ONE TWENTY FOUR, ONE TWENTY FIVE, ONE TWENTY SEVEN, ONE TWENTY EIGHT, ONE TWENTY NINE, ONE THIRTY ONE THIRTY ONE, ONE THIRTY SEVEN, ONE THIRTY EIGHT AT ONE 40 THAT'S WHEREVER TOVAR, MAYER.

UH, JUST QUICKLY, I'M GOING TO PULL ITEM SIX AND I HAVE QUESTIONS AND LIKELY WILL PULL IF I CAN'T RESOLVE THEM 21 AND 1 32.

I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT ITEM, 12 NOTES, THE DOWNTOWN, UM, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT AS IMPACTING DISTRICT FOUR AND NINE.

I THINK THAT'S JUST NINE.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT DISTRICT FOUR HAS POPPED UP, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY PART OF THE DOWNTOWN PIT THAT'S IN DISTRICT FOUR.

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S OKAY BECAUSE THE AGENDA SEEMS TO HAVE SPELLED MY NAME RIGHT.

BUT CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS SPELLED IT WRONG.

SO IF IT'S MEANINGFUL, WE CAN BREAK THAT.

COULD YOU REPEAT THOSE NUMBERS QUICKLY? SURE.

UH, 6 21 AND 1 32, BUT 21 AND 1 32.

I EXPECT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET ANSWERS AND PUT AND NOT HAVE TO PULL THOSE 21 IN 30 TO ONE 30 TO 1 32 ZONING ITEMS. NOW MY APOLOGIES LATER ON.

THEN I'LL BE ASKING YOU THAT QUESTION.

AND, AND THEN MY OTHER WAS JUST A CORRECTION ABOUT ITEM 12 BEING A DISTRICT NINE.

UM, INTERPRET GOOD MORNING.

[Public Comments (Part 1 of 2)]

LET'S GO TO THE SPEAKER.

IS IN-PERSON SPEAKER WITH AN INTERPRETER? YES, NO.

IS NORTHERN READY? C ONE OF THE S YOU KNOW,

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

WELL TODAY I COME TO SUPPORT ARTICLE 48.

DO YOU HAVE ALL THOSE I'VE BEEN SUPPORTING THE PROGRAM OF VEGETABLES FOR GABA, WITH COOPERATION OF URBAN ROOTS FARM I'VE SEEN THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THIS LAST SEASON, IT WAS GIVEN 7,000 POUNDS OF VEGETABLES OF THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH OF BOSTON.

SO NOW IMAGINE WHERE WE COULD GET TO, IF WE WERE, IF WE WERE TO BUILD A COOPERATIVE OF FOOD IN OUR COMMUNITIES, IT'S TIME TO GIVE PRIORITY TO THE COMMUNITIES AND THE RESIDENTS THAT SUFFER OF NOT HAVING FOOD AND HAVING SECURITY.

WHEN IT COMES TO FOODS, ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES DESERVE EQUITY.

WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESS TO FOODS, ALL OF THE RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY WILL NAVIGATE WITH THE NEW ACCESS IT FOR THE FOODS.

IF THEY GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY THIS WILL GIVE SUPPORT AND THE ROOT OF THE, OF THE RESULTS OF A, OF A POSITIVE SYSTEM, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR HOUSING, FOR WORK, FOR LABOR, THAT EDUCATION FOR TRANSPORTATION AND THE YOUTH OF THE LAND.

THANK YOU OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND I W AND I HOPE THAT THEY APPROVE ITEM 48 UNANIMOUSLY.

AND GOD BLESS.

OKAY, MAYOR STARTING WITH REMOTE SPEAKERS.

I HAVE WILLIAM MUNCH FOR ITEM TWO AND FIVE.

MR. BUNCH, PLEASE.

ON MUTE.

HELLO? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

OH, I NEED TO UNMUTE.

HELLO? YES, GO AHEAD.

UM, BILL BONDS WITH SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE, UH, SPEAKING AGAINST THE SERVICE EXTENSION REQUESTS AND THE BARTON SPRINGS WATERSHED, UH, ABSENT SOME AFFIRMATION FROM THE OWNER THAT THEY AGREE WITH STEPS ASSESSMENT THAT THEIR DEVELOPMENT, WE SUBJECT TO THE SABRE SPRINGS ORDINANCE.

UH, THAT'S ASSERTED IN THE STAFF MEMO.

UH, I RECOGNIZE YOU CANNOT CONDITION A SERVICE EXTENSION REQUEST, UH, ON COMPLIANCE WITH SOS, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY ASK THE APPLICANT IF THEY AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT, UM, BEFORE YOU, UH, TAKE A VOTE ON THIS, AND THAT'S A BASIC INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE ASKED OF ALL APPLICANTS FOR SERVICE EXTENSION REQUESTS IN OUR DRINKING WATER PROTECTION

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ZONE.

THANK YOU FOR AGAINST THE SITUATION, BRIAN WHEAT ON ITEM 48.

UM, I'M ASSUMING YOU CAN HEAR ME.

MY NAME IS BRIAN.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT.

MR. WHEAT.

WE CAN BARELY HEAR YOU IF YOU COULD SPEAK UP, PLEASE.

BETTER.

MY NAME IS BRIAN WHEAT AND IRONMAN DISTRICT.

UH, ONE RESIDENT I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 48 TODAY, OR THE GROCERY STORE CO-OP AND DISTRICT TWO.

I BELIEVE A FOOD INSECURITY IS A CRITICAL ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I BELIEVE THE REPORT SAID, UM, SOMETHING AROUND 15% OF OUR TRAVIS COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE FOOD INSECURE.

AND I THINK THIS IS CRITICAL TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE PRIMARILY PEOPLE NEED ACCESS TO PLANT-BASED FOODS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WHERE WE'D NEED A NATION AND LACK OF ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.

THIS, UH, FOOD INSECURITY ISSUE, UH, COMPOUNDS ITSELF WHEN, UM, UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, UH, DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A HEALTHY PLANT-BASED FOODS.

AND THEN THEY GET DIET RELATED DISEASES SUCH AS HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES.

UM, I BELIEVE THE ART PERFORMANCE CAN BEST BE USED BY CREATING A FOOD CO-OP.

SO THESE COMMUNITIES CAN HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD AND AVOID THESE PITFALLS, ELI CORTEZ ON ITEM 90.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

MY NAME IS ELI CORTEZ.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE, UM, AND I'M AN ORGANIZER AT TEXAS HARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE.

UM, I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN OPPOSITION OF FAVOR 90 AND OF ITEM 90, THESE LICENSE PLATE READERS.

UM, THEY'RE NOT TOOLS THAT ARE GONNA HELP WITH EFFICIENCY OR SOME KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE AID TO POLICE.

UM, THIS TECHNOLOGY WHEN UTILIZED TO FURTHER, THE REACH OF SURVEILLANCE AND POLICING CAN NOT BE USED FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN A WAR ON POVERTY.

UM, THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL TARGET PEOPLE WITH EXPIRED TAGS AND REGISTRATION PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.

PEOPLE WITH WARRANTS FOR UNPAID TICKETS.

THESE ARE SINGLE MOTHERS.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS WITH DISABILITIES.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO RECOVER FROM COVID.

UM, AND WHEN WE COMBINE THAT KNOWLEDGE WITH THE FACT THAT POLICING SURVEILLANCE PRACTICES ARE CONCENTRATED IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, WE KNOW WHAT THIS MEASURE WILL RESULT IN.

UM, IT SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CONCERNING THAT THIS GROUNDWORK IS BEING LAID, UM, AND LAYS THE WAY FOR THE STATE TO TRACK WOMEN, TRYING TO ACCESS REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, UM, TO KNOW THE MOVEMENTS OF UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS IN THEIR LOCATIONS, THE COMMUNITY IS WATCHING AND WE ARE DEMANDING THAT Y'ALL DO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST RESPOND TO ONE THING THERE.

UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SPEAKER FOR COMING BEFORE COUNCIL TO SPEAK TODAY.

YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY WOULD BE USED TO TARGET CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE, SPECIFICALLY THOSE WITH WARRANTS.

AND I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO LINE 100 OF PAGE FIVE THAT SAYS THE LICENSE PLATE READER DATA COLLECTED BY THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING TRAFFIC, FINES, WARRANT, ROUNDUPS, OR ANY SIMILAR PURPOSE OF GENERATING REVENUE OR COLLECTING MONEY OWED BY THE PUBLIC.

I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS TODAY.

THANK YOU, CONNOR BROPHY ON ITEM 90 GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE DIES TODAY.

CONNOR BROPHY'S SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION OF ITEM 90 TO REJECT THE USE OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE OR METERS IN AUSTIN, AUSTIN PD, KEN, AND WE'LL USE THE AOPR TO TRACK AND SHARE THE WHEREABOUTS OF THOSE SEEKING ABORTIONS TO OUTSIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT WILL UNDERMINE GREATEST PROTECTION UNTIL THE CITY HAS HAD A CHANCE TO VOTE ON THE AUSTIN POLICE OVERSIGHT ACT, BOTH THE APD AND THE CURRENT OVERSIGHT BOARD HAS NO INCENTIVE TO EMBARRASS THE DEPARTMENT OVER THE ALP MISUSE.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE ALP R'S ARE NOT A PROVEN ASSET IN CLEARING CRIMES, DESPITE AUSTIN'S CRIME VOLUME BEING IN LINE WITH THE NATIONAL AVERAGES, WE HAVE WATCHED POLICE BUDGET CONTINUALLY INCREASE WHILE CRIME CLEARANCES CONTINUALLY DECREASED EVERY YEAR, THE LPRS WERE ORIGINALLY AND USE THE LPRS AND NOTHING EXCEPT AN INVASIVE WEAPON.

AND THE POLICE HAVE SHOWN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY THAT THEY CAN HAVE MISUSED EVERY TOOL AT THEIR DISPOSAL AGAINST OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WHAT COULD POSSIBLY MAKE US BELIEVE THEY WILL NOT USE THIS, USE THIS AGAINST US TOO.

SO PLEASE TAKE TIME TO CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES OF ADDING YET ANOTHER WEAPON, THE ABTS ARSENAL, RATHER THAN INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION TODAY.

SHANE RUSTING, ITEM 90.

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MY NAME IS SHANE ROOFING.

I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO RETHINK AND REASSESS BRINGING BACK THE H L R P O.

I'M SPEAKING ON ISSUE 90 IN MY MIND, THE PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE ISSUES WITH THE SPICES DOES NOT RENDER IN A SOLUTION TO ANY PROBLEM, BUT CAN CREATE MORE PROBLEMS. I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULT ISSUES WITH OUR POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SAFE.

I SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WANT THEM TO HAVE REAL SOLUTIONS WITH LONGEVITY THAT WILL CREATE ISSUES FOR EVERYONE DOWN THE ROAD.

I HEARD THE COUNCIL TO THINK OF POLICING OUR CITY IN THE LONG-TERM ISSUE AND NOT USE AN EASY, QUICK BAND-AID FIX SUCH AS THE A L P R TO BRING ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS LIKE PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE ISSUE.

THAT BEING SAID, IF THE COUNCIL MOVES FORWARD, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY WILL CRAFT A RESOLUTION THAT WILL MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE DISK ISSUE WITH A L P R AND TAKE THE CONCERN FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR ACCOUNT SPECIFICALLY, THE DATA RETENTION, THE DATA SHARING AND THE OVERSIGHT OF THE A L R P P R LOCATION AND PLACEMENTS.

CHRISTELLE ERICKSON, COLLINS ITEM 90.

MY NAME IS CHRISTELLE ERICKSON COLLINS.

PLEASE VOTE NO ON AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS, APDS NONCOMPLIANCE WITH COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AND POOR RELATIONSHIP WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAS MADE ANY AMENDMENTS WHILE ADMIRABLE AND PRINCIPLE, NOT WORTHWHILE, PRACTICALLY GIVING DANGEROUS DATA LEAKS AND REPEATED MISUSES ABUSES OF SURVEILLANCE DATA IN THE UK IN CALIFORNIA.

THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF PRIVACY PROTECTION THAT WOULD MAKE THIS TECHNOLOGY WORK USING THE ERROR RATES ARE AS MUCH AS 35%.

THERE'S BEEN NO UPFRONT COMMUNITY EDUCATION INPUT OR DISCUSSION ON MEANINGFUL LIMITS OF THEIR USE AUDITING OR CONSEQUENCES FOR AN EQUITABLE POLICE ABUSE.

AS A MOTHER OF A YOUNG WOMAN IN AUSTIN, I APPLAUDED YOUR STANCE ON PROTECTING THE FREEDOM OF HER BODILY AUTONOMY, BUT THIS WILL JEOPARDIZE THESE EFFORTS.

AS WE KNOW THIS DATA, WHICH WILL BE WIDELY SHARED, WILL BE USED AGAINST FOLKS SEEKING REPRODUCTIVE OR GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

IT WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR IMMIGRANTS, SURVIVORS OF STALKING OR INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.

IT'S A REPRESSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE TOOL.

I URGE YOU TO CONTINUE ON THE PROGRESSIVE TRACK YOU'VE BEEN ON.

THANK YOU, RACHEL SHANNON ITEM 90 GOOD MORNING THERE ADLER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS RACHEL SHANNON ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENT DISTRICT ONE FOR OVER 21 YEARS, THAT A MEMBER OF UNDOING MITES FROM THE AUSTIN I'D LIKE TO PUSH BACK ON, UM, THE USE OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS, AND ON THE IDEA THAT THERE CAN BE SOME SORT OF ACCOUNT THAT, THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN PLACE.

WE DON'T SURVEILLANCE STANDS TO UNJUSTLY TRACK AND PERSECUTE TARGETED AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A ROBUST POLICE OVERSIGHT ACT AND REALLY THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF PRIVACY PROTECTION THAT JUSTIFIES USING THEM.

IT VIOLATES OUR FOURTH AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS AGAINST ILLEGAL SEARCH AND DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS THE COMPREHENSIVE AND THOUGHTFUL WORK OF THE CITY'S OWN REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE.

NOT TO MENTION WHAT THE RECENT ATTACK ON REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS. THIS HAS BEEN AN HOR OF, OF CHORUS AND RECKLESS UNDERMINING OF THE HEALTH PROTECTIONS SUPPORTED BY THE GRACE ACT.

UM, YOU KNOW, TOOLS LIKE ALP OURS GET MISUSED IN WAYS THAT SEVERELY AFFECT PEOPLE OF COLOR IMMIGRANTS, SURVIVORS OF STALKING OR INTIMATE PARTNER, VIOLENCE, ACTIVISTS, FOLKS SEEKING REPRODUCTIVE OR GENDER AFFIRMING HEALTH SERVICES AND CARE.

AND AS A QUEER RESIDENT OF AUSTIN, I FALL IN MANY OF THOSE CATEGORIES, BUT FAR MORE VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FALL IN MORE OF THEM.

UM, RIGHT NOW, EMERGING STATE AUDITS AND STUDY SHOWS THAT INCONSISTENT EFFECTIVITY OF THE A L P R.

SPONSORING THESE ITEMS, JUST LOOK AT WHO IS FIERCELY DEFENDING IT.

DO BETTER.

TRANSPORT.

VERY MUCH SURVEYS WERE BIG WITH US TODAY.

CLAUDIA IMMUNOS ITEM 90.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS .

I'M THE CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP.

I'M CALLING FROM THE STRYCHNINE AND OUR OFFICE IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT FOUR.

I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN SURVEILLED BY THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE FUSION CENTER HAS BEEN TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS THE ULTIMATE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER, WHICH IS ALSO AS A SAFETY MEASURE, WHICH WE KNOW IT'S QUITE AN, AND IT'S NOT REALLY DOING WHAT HE SAYS IT WILL DO AS YOU WILL KNOW THEIR PATIENT CENTER, UM, WHICH ALSO USES INSURANCES.

TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO SURVEILLING ACTIVE AND OFTEN IN CULTURAL EVENTS.

UH, AND THIS COULD BE USED TO ATTRACT PEOPLE, TAKEN ABORTIONS.

AS MANY PEOPLE MENTIONED, CONDO MEMBERS, TERRIBLE ALISON KITCHEN.

IT IS SUCH A SHAME AND DISAPPOINTMENT.

YOU ARE

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UM, AND EVEN WHEN SOME OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS APL AS YOUR MAIN, A DANGER TO OTHER POLICE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARTICULARLY IMMIGRANTS, BECAUSE STATE LAW MANDATES THAT LICENSE PLATES MUST BE SHARED WITH ICE IT'S COLLECTED.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU THINK THAT.

AND YOU THINK OF THE, HAS TO DO WITH SURVEILLANCE AND POLICE SCENE.

UM, EVEN WITH THE AMENDMENT WILL KEEP ANY OF US AS IMMIGRANTS SAFE.

AND SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE VOTE, NO, WE DON'T NEED HIM AND WE JUST DON'T NEED TO DECIDE HIM.

SO PLEASE FOCUS ON FULLY FUNDING INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITIES INSTEAD OF BACKTRACKING ON ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY SPEAKER YOUR TIME AS A CONFINEMENT CLEO PATRICK ITEM 90.

HI, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKENZIE FOR THIS ITEM, I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE REINSTATEMENT OF THE LICENSE PLATE READER PROGRAM.

SINCE OUR CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO DEFEND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2020 AGAINST PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHO OBVIOUSLY WAS FOR, UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MEET WITH AUSTINITES FROM ALL DISTRICTS.

AND ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS HAS THE RAPID INCREASE OF CRIME, ESPECIALLY IN POOR DISTRICTS.

EAST AUSTIN HAS FELT THE DISASTROUS IMPACT OF UNDERMINING THE POLICE AND REMOVING POLICE PRESENCE AND PATROL FROM THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC SPIKE IN VEHICLE RELATED CRIME LIKE REV AND DRUNK DRIVING FAKE AND EXPIRED, TEMPORARY PAPER, LICENSE PLATES, DRUG GANG, AND CARTEL ACTIVITY.

IN ADDITION TO THIS BURGLARY AND ENCROACHING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, ESPECIALLY IN POOR AREAS, ACCORDING TO THE POLICE CHIEF'S LATEST MONTHLY REPORT, AUTO THEFT HAS CONSISTENTLY GONE UP 2,973 AUTO DEATHS.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, A 27% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR AUTHORIZING THE LICENSE PLATE READER PROGRAM WILL MITIGATE THE HARM DONE BY REMOVING POLICE PRESENCE AND TRAFFIC PATROL AND DWI PATROL COUNCIL ACTIONS RELATED TO POLICE HAVE MADE OUR CITY OF SANCTUARY SELECT LAWLESSNESS AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

THIS WHOLE HELP OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ACT AND APPREHEND CRIMINALS QUICKLY LEADING TO THE DETERRENCE OF CRIME AND PREVENTING MORE OF YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED FOR AUSTINITES FROM BEGINNING PICKED UP ON DAVID HENSLEY, ITEM 90.

THAT'S A CONCERNED EFF OFTEN BOARD MEMBER, CITIZEN, AND DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT.

I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ISSUES REGARDING THE, THE REINSTATEMENT OF THE ITEM 90 AND EIGHT LPRS PRIVACY SECURITY, BIG DATA, PREDICTIVE POLICING OF MARGINALIZED PEOPLE AND VENDOR ETHICS LPRS AS A GEOLOCATION DATA ON VEHICLES.

THERE'S A CITY THAT COULD BE JUST AS REVEALING AS PAI PII AR I SEE THE FUSION CENTER THAT OFTEN COLLABORATES WITH APD.

THAT'S ONE OF THE BLUE LEAKS DATA BREACH WITH JUNE 19TH, 2020 DNF CA WENT ON TO CONFIRM THE VALIDITY OF THE STOLEN DATA.

THE SAFETY YOU SAID, THIS IS INFORMATION THAT SEEMS VIA SURVEILLANCE DEVICES WERE LEFT AT THE MERCY OF THE HACKERS APDS.

PREVIOUS POLICY ON THE LPRS DISCUSSED REFERENCING SCANDAL, LICENSE PLATES, THE HOTLIST AS PART OF ITS ONGOING PURPOSES AND SCOPE HISTORICALLY SUCH DATABASES UNFAIRLY IMPACTED MARGINALIZED PEOPLES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES.

EXAMPLES INCLUDE CHICAGO PDS OWN HEATLESS WHOSE IMPLEMENTATION SHOWED AN INCREASE IN THE VERY TYPE OF PRIME THAT IT WAS ALLEGEDLY EMPLOYED TO REDUCE CALL GAINS THE CALIFORNIA DATABASE WHOSE PROTOCOLS AND FUNCTIONS HAD LITERAL INFANTS LISTED AS POSSIBLE GANG MEMBERS.

AND EVEN THE CHICAGO POLICE CHIEF EDDIE JOHNSON, WHO DISCOVERED THAT HIS OWN PHONE WAS THAT A DATABASE OF POSSIBLE GANG MEMBERS DO IT ALONE TOO, IS PROXIMITY WITH POLICE SYSTEMIC INSTRUCTIONAL ISSUES THAT AFFECT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE AUTOMATION OF FORMULATION, OPERATION MAINTENANCE, AND EMPLOYMENT OF THESE DATABASES, LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND SECRECY, THE AUDITING AND CHALLENGE OF ETHICS, SAM KIRSCH ITEM 90 GOOD MORNING.

THEY ARE ADLER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS 10 CURSE ON THE RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE.

I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN STRONG OPPOSITION OF ITEM 90, THE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS WILL APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS IN GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE HARM IN THIS PROPOSAL.

COUNCIL MUST OUTRIGHT REJECT LICENSE SPLIT RAIDERS ALTOGETHER.

INSTEAD AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE RELYING UPON APB TO FOLLOW THESE REGULATIONS IN POLICE THEMSELVES.

WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A FUNCTIONING POLICE OVERSIGHT SYSTEM.

ANYBODY OFFICERS ROUTINELY COMMIT EGREGIOUS ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND WHITE SUPREMACY WITH NO REPERCUSSIONS OR EVEN ADMISSIONS OF WRONGDOING.

IF THIS PASSES DATA WILL BE PASSED TO OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND TO FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.

SO ASK YOURSELF IF YOU REALLY THINK LPRS ARE WORTH IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A RISK.

IT'S A GUARANTEE.

IF YOU PASS THE LPRS, YOU WERE ENDORSING DEATH SENTENCES FOR INNOCENT, BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE IN AUSTIN ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT YOU MIGHT SOLVE A COUPLE OF CRIMES.

SO VOTE NO ON ITEM 90 AND ALSO USE A BETTER BUILDER PRACTICES AT THE PUD.

AND IT SHOULD BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NOT MORE HOTELS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR

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TIME.

PRESTON MAN IS ITEM 90.

MY NAME IS PRESTON MARTINEZ.

I AM A RESIDENT AND PROPERTY TAX PAYER OF DISTRICT SIX IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN.

I AM CALLING IN FAVOR OF VITAMIN D SIX AND AGAINST ITEM 19.

THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT CONSISTENTLY RESISTS THE MEASURES, THE COMMUNITY REPORT, BUT OVERSIGHTS TREATING THEM AS BARGAINING CHIPS.

DURING CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, 19 OF THEIR OFFICERS ARE UNDER INDICTMENT FOR MISCONDUCT AND MILLIONS HAVE BEEN PUT IN LEGAL SEDIMENTS.

WHEN AUSTINITES ELECTED TO RE-IMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY, WE MADE DISTRUST OF APD CLEAR.

THE POLICE DOES THE ENFORCERS OF THE RULING CLASS AGAINST THE WORKING CLASS ARE AN INSTRUMENT OF CLASS DOMINATION.

THEIR INTEREST ARE NOT ALIGNED WITH OURS, GIVING THEM GREATER POWER IS A MISTAKE OR ITS COUNSEL NOT TO SUPPORT THE ALP PROGRAM AND TO RESIST THE APD BY ANY AND ALL LEGAL MEANS AVAILABLE.

I YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.

LAURA BLACKWELL ITEM 90.

HI, MY NAME IS LAURA BLACKWELL.

I'M FROM DISTRICT FOUR OPPOSING ITEM 90.

UM, I WANT TO VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, THE VIOLATION OF OUR FOURTH AMENDMENT, WHICH OPTION BEING THAT PROBIOTIC IS STORED FOR UP TO 30 DAYS.

THAT IS, UH, SURVEILLANCE WITH NO WARRANTS.

VERY, UH, VERY UPSETTING.

IT UNDERMINES OUR, UH, RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASKS, TASK FORCE.

THE GREAT ACT, THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF CANNABIS IN OUR CITIES AND OUR, UH, STATUS AS A SANCTUARY CITY HERE IN AUSTIN.

UH, THE INACCURACY RATES REPORTED IN CALIFORNIA OF 35%, 37%.

IT GIVES US NO CONFIDENCE THAT THIS WILL BE A USEFUL TOOL FOR APD.

AND OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WE HAVE OVER ACB AT THIS TIME.

UM, PLEASE VOTE.

NO THAT ITEM.

I DO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

SIBYL SIBYL ITEM 90.

UH, I'M CIVIL FOR BILL AND I AM THE GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP AUSTIN ORGANIZER.

I AM IN ROUTE AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS, UH, IN ROUTE TO BE A RESIDENT IN AUSTIN AS OF TODAY.

SO I'M VOTING.

I WANT YOU ALL TO VOTE.

NO FOR ITEM 90, THE CITY OF AUSTIN MUST REJECT AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER CONTRACTS BECAUSE THEY THREATENED RESIDENTS RIGHTS AND SAFETY AND PROMOTE PROFILING IN BLACK AND BROWN NEIGHBORHOODS.

AS MORE EVIDENCE EMERGES ABOUT THE LACK OF EFFICACY OF THE ALP OURS.

IT IS A GIFT OUR INTEREST TO INVEST OUR FUNDS IN TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE NO VALUE FOR ITS RESIDENTS.

I SINCERELY HOPE THAT YOU VOTE NO AGAINST THIS ITEM, THIS AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS.

I KNOW THAT YOU WILL DO THAT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS, BUT YOU'LL DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT AT LEAST VOTE FOR THE RESTRICTED DATA THOUGH.

KELSEY HUGHES ITEM 90.

HI, I'M TOBY HUGHES.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE, BEGAN ITEM 90, AND I BELIEVE THE HARMS OF THESE LICENSE FLIPPERS, ANY POTENTIAL BENEFITS.

AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO OPPOSE OR AT LEAST DELAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LACK OF DATA FROM THE POLICE ABOUT THEIR EFFECTIVENESS WHEN THEY HAD THEM.

BEFORE I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT RENTAL CAR COMPANIES FREQUENTLY REPORT CARS AS STOLEN AND FAILED TO REPORT.

WHEN THOSE CARS ARE FOUND, A RECOVERED HERTZ IS CURRENTLY BEING SUED FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD SO MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE DRIVING RENTAL CARS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY FLAGGED AS STOLEN.

AND THEN THEY ENDED UP BEING HELD AT GUNPOINT BY POLICE OFFICERS WHO BELIEVED THEY WERE APPREHENDING THE DRIVER OF A STOLEN CAR.

OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT HOW INACCURATE REEDS ARE COMMON AND UP TO 30, 30% OR MORE.

AND THESE THINGS DON'T WORK WELL IN BAD WEATHER.

IN 2021, TEXAS A AND M FOUND THAT WEATHER CAN AFFECT THE CUSTOMER'S ABILITY TO READ THESE PLATES AND GENERATE FALSE POSITIVE HITS.

I DON'T WANT TO WHAT I DO NOT WISH TO LIVE IN A CITY WHERE WE STARTED AND MORE TOOLS TO PULL PEOPLE OVER AND HARASS THEM.

PLEASE MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE TODAY AND OPPOSE THIS ITEM, OR AT LEAST DELAY IRISH, MY COUNCIL MEMBER, AND KITCHEN TO RECONSIDER THIS ITEM AND VOTE.

NO THANK YOU, SCOTT HERN ITEM 90.

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HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS SCOTT HERN REPRESENTING DISTRICT ONE.

I'M A RESIDENT THERE.

I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE INTRODUCTION OF LPRS.

UM, IF SOMEONE WAS TRAVELING OUT OF STATE, POLICE COULD LIKELY REPEATEDLY IDENTIFY WHERE THEIR LICENSE PLATE WAS SCANNED DURING THE TRIP AND THE TIMES IT WAS SCANNED WITH THAT INFORMATION, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO SKETCH OUT THE PERSON'S TRAVEL PATTERNS.

POLICE DON'T NEED A WARRANT TO OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE THE LICENSE PLATES ARE OUT IN THE OPEN CAN BE SEEN BY ANYONE, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE.

WHEN THE POLICE WANTS TO OBTAIN SOMEONE'S LOCATION DATA FROM THEIR PHONE, OR USE ANOTHER TRACKING METHOD.

THE MORE DENSELY SITUATED LLP, A L P R SCANNERS ARE THE, WHERE THEY COME TO RESEMBLE GPS TRACKING.

WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS, UH, AND, UH, UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE, WHICH I BELIEVE THIS DOES.

AND TRACKING OF CITIZENS MOVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE LIVE IN.

PLEASE OPPOSE THE INTRODUCTION OF ALP ARES.

I ALSO HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT DATA SECURITY AND RETENTION.

GIVEN THE RASH OF RANSOMWARE.

I WORKED IN THE CYBERSECURITY INDUSTRY AND AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, I OPPOSE RETENTION OF THIS DATA ON PRIVATE CITIZENS.

PLEASE VOTE.

NO ON ITEM 90 GUMBO VETROS ITEM 90, MR. VETROS PLEASE UNMUTE CASSANDRA SOLDER, GRIN ITEM 90.

HI, MY NAME IS KATHY SATTA GREEN.

I'M A DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT.

I'M SPEAKING BECAUSE I OPPOSE THE POTENTIAL PASSAGE OF THE ALP.

OUR DATA SHOWS ALP OURS ARE LARGELY INEFFECTIVE.

THESE ARE TOOLS OF MASS SURVEILLANCE THAT PERPETUATE HARM BY PUTTING RESIDENTS WHO ARE UNJUSTLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AT RISK, SUCH AS ABORTION SEEKERS, IMMIGRANTS AND OUR BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE CAN NOT TRUST APB WITH THIS KIND OF SURVEILLANCE.

IT WILL HARM MORE PEOPLE THAN IT WILL HELP STATING THAT THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT WILL AUDIT THIS PROGRAM.

ILLUMINATES THE FALSE SECURITY ALP OUR SUPPORTERS HAVE IN OUR UNACCOUNTABLE POLICE FORCE, ALP OURS GENERATE MILLIONS OF DATA POINTS ON THE MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE, NOT SUSPECTED OF VIOLATING ANY LAW.

A PASSAGE OF ALP OURS WOULD SERVE AS EVIDENCE OF PERFORMATIVE SUPPORT FOR THE RECENTLY PASSED GRACE ACT.

AND IT WILL BE DULY NOTED BY YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

ALP OURS HAVE BEEN USED TO SURVEIL PEOPLE ENGAGING IN PROTECTED FIRST AMENDMENT SPEECH.

AND WE KNOW HERE IN AUSTIN, THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT SURVEILLED IN ONLINE KUNE TEENS CELEBRATION AND MEDITATION EVENTS.

AND THE ABSURDITY OF THAT IS PROVED THAT ALP ARE, HAS, HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

FRANK NESTOR ITEM 90 AND PROUD DISTRICTS, ONE MEMBER OF AUSTIN DSI AND TEXAS STATE EMPLOYEES UNION.

I AM CALLING AGAINST ITEM 90 BECAUSE WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF VERY NICE THINGS THAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT DATA OVERSIGHT.

YOU MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WILL EVENTUALLY TERM OUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING APD WILL EVENTUALLY LEAVE IF THEY WERE EVER ACCOUNTABLE AT ALL.

AND NEW PEOPLE THAT WE DO NOT KNOW WILL BE UPHOLDING PROMISES THAT YOU ARE PINKY SWEARING.

UH, THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.

THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BELIEVE IN.

UH, THE BEST, MOST SAFE DATA IS THE DATA THAT IS KEPT PRIVATE AND IT'S NEVER COLLECTED.

UH, IF YOU CAN'T TRUST A TESLA TO NOT CRASH INTO YOU, HOW CAN YOU DRESS IN AOPR? UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

AND I AM HOPING ALSO THAT YOU USE BETTER BUILDING PRACTICES FOR THE PUTT AS A BIG, THANK YOU SO MUCH LIKE ELIZABETH ROME.

WOULD HOLD BACK ALL MISUSE OR ALL DATA LEAKS FOR ALL TIME.

MY NAME IS ELIZABETH REAM.

I'M SPEAKING AGAINST ITEM 90 AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT ON THE MATTER OF LPRS.

AND, UM, KNOWING THAT NO GUARDRAILS ARE SUFFICIENT TO FULLY PROTECT AGAINST HARMFUL USE.

I HOPE YOU'LL VOTE TO OPPOSE LPRS IN AUSTIN.

DATA LEAKS DO HAPPEN.

MS. HANDLING AND MISUSE OF PERSONS, MISUSE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DOES HAPPEN.

AND YOU CAN'T CREATE A SYSTEM LIKE THIS AND EXPECT THAT NOT TO HAPPEN.

EVEN IF THE INTENDED USE IS NOT FOR CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE.

THE TRUTH IS THAT THESE READERS WILL BE COLLECTING, GATHERING INFORMATION ON AUSTINITES WHEREABOUTS AT ALL TIMES.

SO JUST BECAUSE NO ONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT THAT INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF A SPECIFIC USE, IT DOES NOT MEAN THOSE SCHOOLS WILL ALWAYS BE FOLLOWED.

AND THAT'S WHY IT IS MASS SURVEILLANCE.

IF INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS OR STAFF HAVE ACCESS TO THE DATA, IT CAN BE ABUSIVE MYRIAD WAYS.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE NAIVE TO EXPECT THAT CITY POLICIES

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IN THE WRITTEN MATERIALS YOU RECEIVE, INCLUDING AN OPEN LETTER FROM AGC, YOU CAN SEE MANY EXAMPLES OF SIMILAR SYSTEMS BEING MISHANDLED DESPITE LOCAL ORDINANCES OR BEST INTENTIONS.

SO I REALLY HOPE THAT DESPITE SOME PROS THAT YOU SEE TO LPR SYSTEM, THAT YOU WILL CHOOSE TO VOTE AGAINST THIS IN AUSTIN.

THANK YOU, GREG BOSLEY, ITEM 90.

HI, MY NAME'S .

I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE.

I'M A MEMBER OF AND A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS STATE EMPLOYEE UNION.

I AM JOINING THE OTHER CALL AND ASK THEM THAT YOU WERE JETS FUNDING FOR ALP RS, THAT PEOPLE OFTEN DON'T SUPPORT FLEET SURVEILLANCE.

ANYONE WHO'S BEEN PAYING ATTENTION, UH, DURING THE UPRISING IN 2020 OR ANYONE WHO'S BEEN ATTENDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS KNOWS THAT ANY VOTE TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR APD OR APD TOOLS IS A VOTE AGAINST THE POPULAR WILL.

UM, CITY MANAGER, WHO IS AN UNELECTED BUREAUCRAT HAS ALREADY JOINED THE STATE LEGISLATORS, RIGHT WING BACKLASH AGAINST THE POPULAR MOVEMENT BY INCREASING, UH, ATD BY MILLIONS.

THE REASON WE DON'T SUPPORT LTRS IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT SURVEILLANCE IS A THREAT TO PRIVACY AND TO THE FREEDOM OF WORKING CLASS AND ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS TO BUFFER BROWN PEOPLE, IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE SEEKING ABORTIONS AND, UH, DEPARTMENT PARTNERS, UH, POLICE OFFICERS, APD HAD A LONG HISTORY OF ABUSING SURVEILLANCE TOOLS, INCLUDING STALKING.

UM, THEY HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF COMMITTING VIOLENCE WITH IMPUNITY AND IT'S SEEKING THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN AND OUR REPRESENTATIVES.

AND WITHIN THIS THING THAT THEIR TALES OF SURVEILLANCE AND THEIR COMMUNITY AND VIOLENCE, WE CAN'T RELY ON OR PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS TO BE RESPONSIBLE.

THEY WORK WITH JULIE NOLAN ON ITEM 90.

HI.

SO I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO A LOT OF KIND OF ALEX JONES, ABORTION MONITORING THEORY AND VILLAINIZING POLICE.

SO WE SHOULD GET DOWN TO FACTS.

MY BROTHER WAS A TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF.

HERE'S HOW HE USED THE LICENSE PLATE READER.

THERE'S AN ABDUCTION.

SOMEONE'S ABDUCTED.

THERE'S A CAR DESCRIPTION.

THERE'S A LICENSE PLATE.

HE'S RUNNING DOWN THE HIGHWAY.

HE'S SCANNING LICENSE PLATES TO FIND THIS CHILD.

WHY, IF HE DOESN'T FIND THIS CHILD IN TIME, THEY'RE SHIPPED OUT OF A SHIPPING CRATE TO ANOTHER COUNTRY, DOPED UP ON HEROIN AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

SO TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE TO FIND THIS DAUGHTER, HUSBAND, SON, WHO'S BEEN ABDUCTED.

I WANT POLICE.

WE'RE LIKE THE TOP TECHNOLOGY PLACE.

AND WE CLAIM TO HAVE ALL THE TECHNOLOGY.

WHY DON'T WE GET IT TO POLICE? WHY DON'T WE LET THEM FIND VICTIMS? WHY DON'T WE LET THEM FIND CARDS? HAVE YOU EVER HAD YOUR CAR STOLEN? IT'S THREE MONTHS BEFORE YOU CAN MAKE AN INSURANCE CLAIM.

TRY BEING A SINGLE MOM WITHOUT A CAR FOR THREE MONTHS, STILL MAKING A PAYMENT ON IT.

YOU CAN'T GO ANYWHERE.

YOU CAN'T PAY FOR AN UBER.

YOU GOT TO HAVE YOUR CREDIT SAVED.

GIVE POLICE THESE TOOLS.

THEY ARE NOT VILLAINS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED AND POLICE OVERSIGHT, DAVID KING AND ITEM 92 AND 1 0 2.

AND MIDDLE-INCOME TAXPAYERS.

ITEM 92 EFFECTIVELY DELAYS BADLY NEEDED INCREASES IN RESIDENTIAL PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES FOR ONE YEAR AND ESTABLISHES A LOWER BASELINE FOR FUTURE INCREASES.

IT ALSO DELAYS THE PAYMENT OF PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES UNTIL LATER IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, BOTH OF THESE CHANGES WILL SHIFT THE COSTS FOR PARKLAND FROM LUXURY AND MARKET RATE DEVELOPERS TO LOW.

PLEASE DO NOT REDUCE OR DELAY.

THE STAFF RECOMMENDED INCREASES IN THE RESIDENTIAL PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES.

STAFF INDICATED THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF AUSTIN RESIDENTS WITH ACCESS TO PARKS AND OPEN SPACES WILL DECLINE IN 2022 ITEMS 1 0 2 AND 1, 1 36, ESTABLISH A COMMERCIAL PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE, BUT HAVE SEVERAL PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT EFFECTIVELY REDUCE AND DELAY PARKLAND, DEDICATION FEES REQUIRED OF DEVELOPERS.

PLEASE DO NOT LOWER THE COMMERCIAL PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES IN THE URBAN CORE, WHERE LAND IS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE AND MORE PARKLAND IS NEEDED FOR A DENSER POPULATION.

PLEASE APPROVE THE COMMERCIAL PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE WITHOUT THE PROPOSED POISON PILL AMENDMENTS.

THANK YOU, FRANCES AKUNA FOR 98 AND 1 0 1.

YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU PLEASE.

GO AHEAD.

UM, MY NAME IS .

I'M A DOVE SPRINGS RESIDENT AND I'M CALLING IN FAVOR OF, UH, CONDUCTING PUBLIC THEORY, BUT,

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BUT ALSO TO TAKE YOUR TIME WHEN CONSIDERING, UM, ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE RELATING TO REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE 25 YEAR AND A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD, PLAIN, UNTIL YOU ENSURE THAT THE RIGHT WORDING NEEDS IN PLACE, UH, TO ENSURE THAT NEARBY UP AND DOWN STREAM COMMUNITIES ARE NOT AFFECTED BY FLOODING.

I JUST NEED TO, UH, ENSURE THAT THAT WATERSHED DEPARTMENT IS, IS, WERE AWARE OF ALL THE FLOODING THAT IS GOING ON IN, IN THE WHOLE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UH, PARTICULARLY WE HAVE BEEN GETTING FLOODED IN THE SPRING, LIKE CONSTANTLY.

SO, UH, KEEP THAT IN MIND WHENEVER YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION, ALSO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE, UH, ALL THE RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE ALONG THE RIVERS LAKES.

AND THANK YOU, YOUR TIME EXPIRED AND A GEAR, A ITEM 1 0 1 GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ANN NACKEY BASTROP AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSE.

AND HE, BECAUSE THE COUNCIL AND IMMEDIATE PESTERED, THE SOUTHEAST COMPANY NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM, I'M SPEAKING ONLY FOR MYSELF ON ITEM 1 0 1.

THE CONTACT TEAM WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THIS PROJECT NEEDED.

IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION FOR ITS POTENTIAL TO CREATE ATRIAL SYSTEM AND FIELD.

THIS WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY IN SOUTHEAST BOSTON UPON REVIEWING THE CDS AND PARKS BOARD BACKUP INFORMATION THAT WAS ALLOWED TO SEE THE LACK OF ANY SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION THAT THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN INCLUDED OR INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.

THIS WATER MAIN WILL GO THROUGH AN AREA, NO BRIEF CATASTROPHIC FLOODING PATIENT SHARE THE PUBLIC STATEMENTS THAT WAS CONSIDERED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DOVE SPRINGS AND DEL VALLEY NEIGHBORHOODS AND MCKINNEY, BOTH STATE PARKS, PLEASE INCLUDE THE WATERSHED PARTITION DEPARTMENT AND THE WAY BM PLANNING PROCESS FOR TREES REMOVED THESE PANTRIES IN THE DEPTH SPRINGS OF DEL VALLEY NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH ARE CONSIDERED A DIAL-IN PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING A TRAIL SYSTEM AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.

I'M COMPETENT.

OUR RESIDENTS WILL SUPPORT THIS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY MAYER.

UM, WHEN WE CONSIDER ITEM 1 0 1, CAN WE HAVE A DIRECTOR WITH US TO SPEAK TO THAT ITEM AND WE CONSIDER THANK YOU.

THAT'S WATERSHED DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU, CARMEN.

YANAS PALITO ITEM ITEM SEVEN.

HELLO, MARY BULL.

UH, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOADED AGENDA AND LOTS OF IMPORTANT STUFF.

I'M SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING ON, UM, THE STAKEHOLDER INITIATING STAKEHOLDER PROCESS FOR THE CITY FUNDED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

UM, I'M NEUTRAL ON THIS ITEM MOSTLY BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO WE ARE EAGER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE INTENTIONS ARE FOR THIS PROCESS.

UM, OBVIOUSLY IN ADDITION TO GIVING COMMUNITY BENEFIT, ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UM, I AM VERY IN FAVOR OF THAT AND THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE EXPLORED.

UM, HOWEVER, WE JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT TACTICALLY, HOW THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, UH, WITH SOME OF THE STIPULATIONS, ANY EXISTING LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE WAY THE CURRENT PROJECTS ARE BEING DEVELOPED.

I, THAT YOU WILL INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT ENSURES THAT STAKEHOLDERS ARE EQUITABLY REPRESENTED AND THAT STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS PROCESS, UM, THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS INCLUDE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON AND WHO WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE AND HOPE TO SUPPORT ENGAGEMENT IN THE PROCESS WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

UM, AND ALSO I THINK IT'S GREAT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY TO BE PUTTING HIGHER STANDARDS ON OUR OWN FUNDED HOUSING, GUMBO BEDROOMS, ITEM 90.

OH, GOOD MORNING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS GUMBO.

I USE THEY THEM PRONOUNS AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE PROUD MEMBER OF ASPEN, 16, 24 IN AUSTIN DSA.

AND IT SHOULD BE VERY LITTLE SURPRISE TO YOU THAT I'M SPEAKING AGAINST ITEM 19 FOR THE ALP RS SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, YOU ALL HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP AND FLOATED IT AS A WAY OF ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY.

SEVERAL TIMES WE'VE COME TO YOU AND MASS AND TOLD YOU IT'S NOT PUBLIC SAFETY TO AGGREGATE DATA AND FURTHER BUDGET MONEY LIKE THIS IN THE HANDS OF THE RACIST UNACCOUNTABLE INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS DPD.

SO TODAY I INVITE YOU INSTEAD TO PLACE YOURSELF IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES.

AND IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT THAT YOU'RE A YOUNG PERSON WHO'S JUST LEFT THE STATE TO OBTAIN AN ABORTION, OR MAYBE SOMEONE WHO HAS THE PAST RECORD OF PREVIOUS RUN INS WITH THE POLICE, MAYBE YOU'RE UNDOCUMENTED.

YOU RECENTLY WENT TO A PROTEST DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR BLACK LIVES AND THEN TO WAR.

AND WHILE YOU WERE THERE, THE POLICE TOOK DOWN LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS OF ALL THE CARS PARKED NEARBY OF WHICH YOURS WAS ONE JUST BROKEN, NO LAWS, AND YOU'RE PROTECTED AS THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

BUT IF 2020 IS ANY INDICATION

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THAT WILL NOT STOP POLICE AND OTHER LAW AGENCIES OF HARASSING YOU AND FINDING TRUMPED UP CHARGES, THROWING YOU, THEIR NLP, RS ONLY MAKE THIS EASIER.

YOU WERE SCARED AND RIGHTFULLY SO DATA GATHERING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE HANDS OF AN UNACCOUNTABLE FEW ARE NOT IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

THEY'RE IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC PARANOIA AMONG THE MULTIRACIAL WORKING CLASS AND THE INTEREST OF PROFITS AMONG THE TOP IN CONTRACTS.

WE ALREADY VOTED NO IN THESE YEARS AGO, MAYOR THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE REMOTE SMEARS.

IF YOU JUST GIVE ME ONE MINUTE, I WILL SWITCH TO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

AND ANY OF OUR DISTRICTS TO BE RENAMED.

THE FIRST IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS SANDY RAMIREZ FOR ITEM 19, FOLLOWED BY CLINTON RAREY AND COLLEAGUES AND NUMBERS.

I'M SHOWING HAD US WITH 30 REMOTE SPEAKERS AND 75 IN PERSON SPEAKERS HERE THIS MORNING.

PLEASE GO AHEAD.

GOOD DAY, EVERYONE.

I HAD SIGNED UP FOR BOTH 19 AND 90, BUT I'LL JUST SAY FOR 19, I'M A POST SPENDING MORE MONEY ON COVID IT'S COVID IT'S OVER ON 90, I'LL GIVE YOU FACTS.

THERE WERE A SOLUTION DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER TO IDENTIFY FUNDING USE, TO BE USED FOR REINSTATEMENT THE PROGRAM, THE LICENSE PLATE READER, DATA COLLECTED BY THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL NOT BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING TRAFFIC, FINES, WARRANT, ROUNDUPS, OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES OF GENERATING REVENUE OR COLLECTING MONEY OWED BY THE PUBLIC DATA IS NOT RETAINED FOR 30 DAYS.

IT'S ONLY RETAINED FOR 30 DAYS.

I APOLOGIZE AND WILL ONLY BE USED FOR INVESTIGATING AND PROSECUTING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD THE PROGRAM PREVIOUSLY, THERE WAS A 365 DAY RETENTION PERIOD, AN ANNUAL AUDIT AND REVIEW OF THE DATA AND THE PROGRAM WILL BE COMPLETED AND SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THE OFFICE POLICE OVERSIGHT, ANNUAL TRAINING OF ALL AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE CONDUCTED ON THE POLICIES AND RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING LICENSE PLATE, READER, CAMERAS, AND DATA.

I WILL CLOSE OFF WITH SAYING THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME, A PERSON OF COLOR AS A MOTHER, AS SOMEONE THAT HAS GOTTEN TICKETS.

I WANT THIS, I WANT YOU GUYS TO SUPPORT THIS.

IT'S ONLY FOR SAFETY WHEN SET, WHEN SECONDS REALLY COUNT A COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS DO SUPPORT SAFETY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, CLINTON.

RAREY AND THEN MARCY METZLER.

SO I'M SPEAKING ON 19 AND 90 I'M, UH, I'M AGAINST 19 SPENDING MORE MONEY ON COVID, ESPECIALLY 5 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR 90.

I KEEP ON HEARING THAT THIS IS GOING TO TARGET PEOPLE SEEKING ABORTIONS.

THAT WOULD BE A HIPAA VIOLATION ANYWAYS, FOR THE DMV AND THE POLICE TO HAVE THOSE RECORDS.

SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY THEY'RE SPREADING THIS MISINFORMATION TO JUSTIFY NOT DOING POLICE SCANNERS.

UH, WE DEFINITELY NEED THIS MACKENZIE.

MCKELLY ALREADY OUTLINED WHAT THEY WILL NOT BE GOING AFTER.

SO SAYING THAT IT'S GONNA TARGET MINORITY, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THAT THE HIGH CRIME IS HITTING THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

WHEN THE MURDER RATE HAS GONE DOUBLE LAST YEAR, WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED WERE MINORITY PEOPLE AND THE FAMILIES THAT LOST THESE INDIVIDUALS WOULD PROBABLY SAY, I WANT MORE POLICE IN MY NEIGHBORHOODS AND THESE POLICE SCANNERS TO HELP GET THE CRIMINALS OFF THE STREETS AND, UH, HELP SOLVE A DUCK ABDUCTIONS.

UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE MARCI METZLER FOR ITEM EIGHT, FOLLOWED BY LINDSEY, HAINES, MARCI, METZLER.

ARE YOU HERE? OKAY.

LINDSAY HAYNES FOR ITEM 57, FOLLOWED BY BIRTH BERTHA DELGADO, LINDSAY HAYNES, ARE YOU HERE? BERTHA DELGADO ITEM 59 FOLLOWED BY COVINO FERNANDEZ.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS BERTHA DINGO AND DELGADO, THE CITY OF BOSTON HOUSING COMMISSIONER.

I'M ALSO A EAST AUSTIN RESONANCE AND I AM AS WELL HERE WITH ALL OF THE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF OPPOSITION THAT WE'VE GIVEN YOU ALL.

WE HAVE A PETITION OF 800 AND SEMI SIGNATURES AS WELL AS, UH, WE'VE HAD A ONLINE SURVEY FROM PARKS THAT SAID 51% VOTES AGAINST RENAMING PAN-AM PARK.

WE ARE HERE NOT TO FIGHT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE ASKING THAT THIS DIOCESE RESPECT THE COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS TO OPPOSE ANY NAME CHANGING.

WE ARE AGAINST THIS.

WE DO NOT WANT ANY OF OUR PARKS

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AND WE ASKED THAT DISTRICT THREE COUNCIL MEMBER BE A RENTER.

MARIA, DO NOT SUPPORT YOUR FRIEND, YOUR COLLEAGUE TO BE READ TO NAME OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORICAL PARK.

WE ARE EMOTIONAL.

WE ARE IRATE.

WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THE LAST FIVE TO SIX MONTHS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ASK THAT THIS DIETS RESPECT US.

GAVINO FERNANDEZ FOLLOWED BY MARTIN LEMO, LEHIGH A HUNDRED DOWN THIS YEAR.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF WHENEVER WE START A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, ALSO THESE THOUGHTS AND LIONS CLUB PAST PRESIDENT OF THE, UH, EAST STARTS TO USE ASSOCIATION LITTLE LEAGUE.

THERE WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE AUSTIN POLICE ASSOCIATION AND THEY STARTED THE ALLIANCE CLUB AND, UH, IT'S A CHAIN TO HAVE SO MANY NAMES AND ONE RECREATION CENTER.

I'M HERE TO OPPOSE, UH, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO TO THE PANAMERICA RECREATION CENTER AT MORE NAMES TO WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.

SO IF YOU WOULD AGREE WITH ME, IT IS NOT RIGHT TO DO WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO.

I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THIS PERSON THAT IS TRYING TO NAME IT.

AND ONLY THING THAT I CAN REMEMBER THIS PERSON DOING WAS PLAYING A GOOD SHORTSTOP FOR THE JOKERS.

HE WAS A GOOD SOFTBALL PLAYER.

AND UH, SO, UH, APPRECIATE IT.

IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

MARTIN LIMONE FOLLOWED BY ANA MARCIO.

CAN YOU REPEAT THE NAMES PLEASE? MARTIN LEE MOAN AND THEN ANA MASEO.

ON A MARCIEL AND THEN MARY ELENA MENDOZA RODRIGUEZ.

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ANNA .

I'M THE PRESIDENT FOR THE OSWALDO BEACON THROUGH PAN-AMERICAN RECREATION CENTER.

AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ADVISORY BOARD WHO OPPOSES THE RENAMING OF THE PAN-AM NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE MR. TONY CASTEEL, BUT BECAUSE RUBIN REALLY WANTS TO PLAY FOR Y'ALL TO GO, HEY, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS REAL QUICK, CAUSE I NEED YOUR HELP.

ALL OF YOU RIGHT NOW IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR Y'ALL TO PARTICIPATE.

BECAUSE THIS MORNING WE HAD A BREASTBONE ROOF.

THERE'S SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO RENAME THE PAN-AM NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, WHERE YOU'RE SITTING.

CAN YOU SAY THAT REAL LOUD? WE NEED TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL WHO WE GO ON THURSDAY TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS YOU'LL BE OFF TO THE COMMUNITY NOW AND ALSO IF YOU CAN SHOW UP AT CITY COUNCIL ON THURSDAY AT 10, WE HAVE PRESS CONFERENCES MORNING AND THESE INDIVIDUALS RIGHT HERE.

SO I BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY TO YOU.

AND I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT, UH, THEY USED A CITY EVENT TO DO A POLITICAL EVENT LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE.

I MEAN, THERE IS NO PLACE FOR HATE.

THERE IS NO PLACE FOR HATE.

NO, AND WE'RE STOPPING RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE GOING ONTO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

NOPE, NOPE.

THIS IS NOT A BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION.

I'M SORRY, ANA.

LIFE, UM, US TONIGHT AND, UM, I'M OPPOSED TO, UM, RENAMING OF, UH, IT WAS THOSE WALDO AND I'VE KNOWN, BUT FOR A LONG TIME, WE DON'T USE PEN AS A POLITICAL THING.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIA ELAINA, MENDOZA RODRIGUEZ FOLLOWED BY MOSES SIFUENTES.

I'M A LONG

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IT IS TO DO.

UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF SPONSORS THAT GO AND PAY TO PLAY MUSIC THERE.

OF COURSE THE CITY HAS SPONSORS THAT AND UM, UM, I DON'T HAVE NO HATE IN MY HEART FOR NO ONE, NO ONE.

AND, UH, I LOVE EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL AND I LOVE MY JESUS CHRIST.

I'M HERE FOR YOU.

SPEAK FOR AB CON TOO.

HE WAS ONE OF MY MENTORS.

HE WAS THERE WITH MY CHILDREN AND I DON'T WISH ANYTHING TO COME.

UH, IN-BETWEEN RENAMING OF THAT PARK.

I WANT TO LEAVE IT AS IT IS, LET A BE REST IN PEACE AND LET'S ALL LIVE IN PEACE.

YOU WILL BE BACK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE ALL LOVE YOU REGARDLESS.

OKAY, MAYOR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE'RE NOT RENAMING ANYTHING.

AB IS GOING TO BE A B CANTU REC CENTER.

THIS IS NOT A RENAMING OF ANYTHING JUST FOR THE RECORD.

IF WE'RE NOT RENAMING ANYTHING, WE JUST NAMING THE WHOLE PARK.

THAT'S IT.

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT IT'S ON THE RECORD THAT WE'RE NOT RENAMING ANYTHING.

NEXT SPEAKER.

PLEASE HAS EXPERT MOSES SIFUENTES FOLLOWED BY PEGGY VASQUEZ.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS BORN AND RAISED IN EAST SIDE, A BOARD MEMBER FOR SIX YEARS FOR THE AB CANTU PANAMA, UH, ADVISORY BOARD.

I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE RENAMING, THE PENNAME NEIGHBORHOOD PARK TO TONY CASTEEL LET'S LEAVE THE NAME THE SAME AND AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SO YOU DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE COUNTY COMMUNITY FAMILIES.

CASTILLO FOR HISTORY WHEN I WAS BUSTED JOHNSTON, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM HONORED MAYBE IN ANOTHER WAY, MAYBE RENAMING THE SCHOOL, BUT THAT'S AN AISD ISSUE.

PEGGY VASQUEZ FOLLOWED BY YVONNE WELDON.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, HONORABLE CITY CONSOLES.

MY NAME IS PEGGY VASQUEZ.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS ISSUE, I GUESS SINCE JULY, SINCE THE, UH, HILLSIDE FESTIVAL, UH, WE KNOW THE HISTORY IT'S GOTTEN A LOT OF KNOW FROM, FROM SURVEYS FROM, UH, AND JUST RECENTLY THE SURVEY ONLINE WENT FROM 200 TO 500.

THESE ARE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE IN EAST ALSO WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE CHANGE.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WAS NOT NOTIFIED WHERE THE CHANGE AND I, WHAT I REALLY FEEL FOR THIS, UH, PARK AND FOR THE PEOPLE, THESE STRAWS, AND THEY'RE UPSET.

THEY'RE UPSET THAT THEIR NAME IS GOING TO BE TAKEN OFF OF THEIR CULTURAL HISTORY OF OSWALDO.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THE PARK IS JUST BASICALLY IN BACK OF THE S OF THE STAGE AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER AND TO THE WEST OF BALLPOINT BALLPARK THAT BELONGS TO AIB ASI, D YOU KIND OF WONDER WHAT IS THIS THAT TONY REALLY WANTS TO DO BESIDES PUT HIS NAME.

HE WANTS TO COMMERCIALIZE THIS PROPERTY AND YOU SHOULD NOT LET THIS HAPPEN.

THANK YOU, YVONNE WELDON FOLLOWED BY DEREK CASTILLO, ITEM 59.

HELLO, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I HOPE YOU RECEIVED MY HANDOUTS THAT I SENT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT ON ITEMS NUMBER 59 AND 90 BEFORE I WENT TO BED ON TUESDAY.

UH, WHEN WE WENT TO A TEN ONE SYSTEM, WE, UH, IT WAS SO THAT CONSTITUENTS IN A PARTICULAR DISTRICT COULD HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE AND BE HEARD.

KBU DID REPORT THAT OVER HALF OF THOSE IN DISTRICT THREE, OPPOSED THIS I'VE SPOKEN TO CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT THREE WHO ARE VERY UPSET BY, AS WE'VE HEARD TODAY BY THE GENTRIFICATION THAT ARE CR THAT IS OCCURRING AND ROBBING THE EAST SIDE OF ITS RICH HISTORY.

I HAD MR.

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I WOULD SAY ALSO AS A FORMER PURCHASER WITH A STATE I'VE I CAN SPEND HOURS TALKING ABOUT THE TIME AND THE COSTS AND THE EFFORTS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGING THE NAME OF THE CENTER, INCLUDING COSTS LIKE REBRANDING STATIONARY COSTS.

AND THEN ALSO THOSE COSTS TO THIRD PARTIES THAT ARE INVOLVED ON ITEM NUMBER 90.

I DID SUBMIT A HANDOUT WITH LINKS WHERE LICENSE PLATE READERS HAVE BEEN USED TO FIND STOLEN VEHICLES ASSIST WITH AMBER ALERTS AND SILVER ALERTS, AS WELL AS DISRUPTIVE DRIVING BEHAVIORS THAT CAN PREVENT UNNECESSARY ACCIDENTS, INJURIES, AND DEATHS ON OUR ROADWAYS.

THANK YOU, DEREK CASTILLO FOLLOWED BY OUR OR MARTINEZ.

HELLO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M DEREK CASTILLO.

AND I'M PART OF A BIG GROUP HERE TODAY, UH, THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF ADDING THE NAME TONY CASTILLO TO PAN-AM NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

UH, MY FATHER, TONY, WHO YOU'LL SEE UP ON THE SCREEN HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH PAN-AM SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER, HE WAS A VOLUNTEER, A COACH, AN UMPIRE OR REFEREE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS A MENTOR TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND YOUNG ADULTS THROUGHOUT THE LAST 65 YEARS, 65 YEARS.

IT'S A LONG TIME.

HE'S STILL DOING IT AT 81 YEARS OLD TODAY, I STARTED TO SEPARATE MERELY TO DO ONE THING, HONOR MY DAD FOR HIS LIFETIME DEDICATION TO PAN-AM AND HE STOPPED.

AND THIS WASN'T POLITICAL AND IT STILL ISN'T WHAT I'VE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY IS THAT SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO HONOR HIM TO THE LIST OF SUPPORTERS IS LONG.

IN FACT, THE COMMUNITY SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT OR BILLS THAT NEARLY 80%, 80% OF ALL RESPONDENTS SAID YES TO ADDING HIS NAME TO THE PARK.

MANY OF THEM HAVE CALLED AN EMAIL DUE THROUGHOUT THE LAST TWO MONTHS.

WE HAVE A CHANCE TO HONOR SOMEONE TODAY WHO HAS GIVEN BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY IN SO MANY WAYS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

I ASKED THEM.

DO YOU SAY YES TO ADDING THE NAME TONI CASTILLO TO PAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, THANK YOU.

OR MARTINEZ, AND THEN RITA QUIVAS GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER.

MY NAME IS HERBERT MARTINEZ.

I AM PRESIDENT CEO OF REAL ESTATE EXECUTIVES OF BOSTON FOR THE LAST 44 YEARS.

AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 59.

UH, I WANT TO JOIN, UH, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO, UH, ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BECAUSE TONY HAS GIVEN HIS ENTIRE LIFE ADULT LIFE, UH, TO HELPING YOUTH KEEPING THEM OFF THE STREETS BY MENTORING AND SPONSORING, UH, LOTS OF PROGRAMS TO KEEP THE KIDS OFF OF SCHOOL.

TONY GREW UP IN EAST AUSTIN AS I DID, AND MANY OF THE OTHERS.

UM, SOON AFTER, UM, SCHOOL, UH, TONY MARRIED HIS, UH, HIS SWEETHEART FROM, FROM HIS LIFETIME, UM, WENT TO SCHOOL, UM, WENT TO UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

GRADUATED, WENT BACK TO JOHNSTON HIGH SCHOOL, UH, TO TEACH AND TO BE THE, UH, COACH.

SO, UM, IN SUPPORT OF TONY, UM, WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP RITA QUIVAS AND THEN ROY NIETO.

HELLO, MY NAME IS RITA NAVARRO CUEVAS.

I AM PROUD TO HAVE GROWN UP IN EAST AUSTIN AS A LATINA.

I AM IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE NAME OF 20 CASTILLO TO PAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

TONY IS A PRODUCT OF THE EAST SIDE WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS, RECREATION AND EDUCATION IN EAST AUSTIN, THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON THAT COMES TO MIND AND THAT IS TONY.

VERY FEW AMONG US.

IF ANY CAN SAY THEY HAVE DEVOTED 65 YEARS OF SERVICE TO ONE.

CAUSE FOR TONY, ALL THOSE YEARS OF VOLUNTEERING AT PAN AMERICAN PARK HAVE BEEN AN ARE A LABOR OF LOVE.

IT WAS FUN TO GO TO PAN-AM FOR THE FAST PITCH SOFTBALL GAMES THAT TONY ORGANIZED PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY AND STATE WOULD COME TO THESE SOFTBALL EVENTS PAN-AMERICAN PARK WAS AND IS STILL THE PLACE TO BE.

WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF ALL WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO PAN-AMERICAN PARK AND MADE IT WHAT IT IS TODAY AND THE SPECIAL LEGACY THEY LEFT TO ALL OF US.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THEM, BUT TONY HAS DONE IT FOR SIX DECADES AND HE IS STILL GOING STRONG.

WHO ELSE CAN SAY THAT? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

AND I HOPE YOU VOTE.

YES, ROY AND THEN ADAM GONZALES, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ROY .

UM, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ITEM 59, ADDING TONY CASTEO'S NAME TO THE PARK AT PAN-AMERICAN I'VE KNOWN TC FOR

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50 PLUS YEARS.

SEEN AS CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, THROUGHOUT EAST AUSTIN AND PANAMERICAN UNIVERSITY.

HE COACHED ME IN BASKETBALL AND HIGH SCHOOL INSPIRED ME TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL WITH THE HOUSTON ASTROS.

UM, IT MEANT A LOT TO ME PERSONALLY, I DO WANT TO DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE WHERE OVERWHELMINGLY THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS AT 80%, UM, THAT THIS PARK BEAK HAS NAME ADDED TO THE PARK.

UH, 80% I LOOKED AT THE SURVEY OF THE RESPONDENTS.

85% HAVE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

AND 73% LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR OVER 70, OVER MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

IT WAS A VERY EDUCATED POPULATION WHO KNEW TC, DEPENDING UPON HOW YOU DEFINE EAST AUSTIN, IT'S EITHER BETWEEN 85,000 TO 120,000.

THOSE AGAINST IT WERE 0.00018%.

SO ABSOLUTELY NOT REALLY STATISTICALLY REFLECTIVE DO THE RIGHT THING AND LET THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGED TANIKA STEEL'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO EAST AUSTIN.

AND PAN-AMERICAN THANK YOU, ADAM GONZALEZ FOLLOWED BY JUAN GARZA.

GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.

UH, MY NAME IS ADAM GONZALEZ.

I'M AN ENTREPRENEUR HERE IN AUSTIN.

UH, LISTEN.

UM, I WANT TO STRESS, THERE'S TOTALLY A MISCONCEPTION ON WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, WHERE YOU'RE NOT ELIMINATING THE NAME OF A PAN-AM.

WE ARE ADDITIONALLY JUST ADDING TONY CASTIEL TO PAN-AM RICK, UH, PART RECREATIONAL PARK AREA, AS WE DID FOR AB COME TO PAN-AM REC CENTER.

THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

WE ADDED A NAME IN FRONT OF PAN-AM.

NOW WE DID WITH MR. DAWN WITH THE SOFTBALL COMPLEX.

AGAIN, WE ADDED A NAME IN FRONT OF PAN-AM.

THERE IS NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM THAT WE ARE DOING AWAY WITH THE PAN-AM NAME.

WE ARE SIMPLY ADDING MR. TONY CASTEEL, WHICH IS HONORABLY, UH, UH, DESERVING OF, OF HIS NAME IN FRONT OF PAN-AM CENTER.

SO AGAIN, WHERE THERE'S A DYSFUNCTION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IS BECAUSE OUR OPPOSERS CONTINUED TO KEEP INDICATING AND INSINUATING THAT WE ARE ELIMINATING THE MAIN PAN-AM CENTER.

WE ARE NOT DOING THAT.

WE ARE ADDING A NAME IN FRONT OF PAN-AM.

SO I STRESS I'M JUST STRESSING.

PLEASE VOTE.

FOR THE, UH, FOR THE ADDITION OF TONY CASTEEL PAN-AM, UH, RECREATIONAL PART ONE GARZA, AND THEN AUGUST DEED GARZA.

AND IT WAS JUAN GARZA.

I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION TO ADD THE NAME, TONY CASTILLO TO THE PARK.

UM, I WANT TO TALK THOUGH ABOUT, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF HEROES IN OUR LIVES.

AS A CHILD, I FELL IN LOVE WITH READING THE SIMPLIFIED BIOGRAPHIES THAT ARE WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN.

AND I THINK THEY INSPIRED ME TO DO BETTER, BUT IN ALL MY READINGS, IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO FIND NAMES OF HEROES THAT WERE, THAT SOUNDED LIKE MINE.

FOR EXAMPLE, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS REALLY CRITICAL FOR THE COLOMBO OR CRYSTAL COLOGNE, DEPENDING ON WHICH LANGUAGE, BUT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING.

AS FAR AS OUR CHILDREN TO BE BETTER, I CAN THINK OF NO ONE BETTER THAN, UH, THAN 20 CUTS TO THIS PARK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, AUGUSTINE GARZA.

AND THE NEXT UP WOULD BE ALEXANDER'S STRINGER.

THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL MAYOR.

YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE MAN, THE LEGACY OF TONY CASTIEL.

UH, I TOO HAVE GROWN UP IN EAST AUSTIN.

MOST OF MY LIFE, 48 YEARS.

I'VE KNOWN HIM SINCE HE WAS IN THE SEVENTH GRADE.

YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT HIM AND HIS LEGACY.

YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE SURVEY.

UH, YOU'VE HEARD JUST RECENTLY THAT THE NAME OF THE PAN-AMERICAN CENTER WILL NOT CHANGE.

UH, I GUESS MY, MY ONE POINT THAT I LIKE TO MAKE FOR MR. CASTILLO IS HIS SERVICE TO THE EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS LIFE.

AS A TEACHER, THINK ABOUT THAT FOR 35 YEARS, THIS MAN TAUGHT KIDS IN EAST AUSTIN.

THAT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND I, I THINK THAT THAT'S A MERITORIOUS JUST IN ITSELF WITHOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER AREAS.

SO HIS CONNECTION TO THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY ACTUALLY BEGAN WHEN HE WAS IN THE THIRD GRADE, WHEN HE ATTENDED SAVALA ELEMENTARY, HE WORKED AT THE PAN-AMERICAN CENTER BEFORE IT WAS BUILT.

WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE THIS SOME SERIOUS CONSIDERATION AND SUPPORT THE NAMING OF THIS PARK AND HIS HONOR, THANK YOU, ALEXANDER STRINGER FOR ITEM 75 AND ON DECK WOULD BE BLAKE THOMPSON.

UH,

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GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.

I'M JUST HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 75 AND THE NEED TO INVEST $2 MILLION FOR MENTAL HEALTH ON 35, 15 MAIN ROAD.

I FULLY SUPPORT THAT, BUT HONESTLY, WE GOT TO DO BETTER AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO BUILD PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AT THE W HOTEL RIGHT NEXT TO THE PENTHOUSE.

YOU KNOW, LISTEN, MAYOR STEVE ADLER, YOU ARE THE MOST PROGRESSIVE MAYOR IN THE HISTORY OF AUSTIN.

AND THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO LIVE UP TO THAT MONIKER THEN BY USING YOUR PLACE OF RESIDENCE TO PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO OUR IN HOUSE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW WHAT, FURTHERMORE, WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS IN ALL OF THE HOTELS DOWNTOWN.

JUST LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN CALIFORNIA.

LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO'S.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY TRUMP SUPPORTERS AND WHITE SUPREMACISTS PICKED UP THEIR SUITCASE AND LEFT TO GO TO RACIST, SAFE HAVENS LIKE TEXAS AND FLORIDA WHERE THEIR RACISM IS WIDELY ACCEPTED? WELL, GUESS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO DO THESE, THE SAME THING HERE AND KICK OUT THESE TRUMPSTERS AND NEVER LET THESE PEOPLE INHABIT AUSTIN UNDER ANY SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE AUSTIN IS NO PLACE FOR HATE.

SO PLEASE ALLOCATE THESE $2 MILLION, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, RIGHT.

A W HOTEL AND IN ALL OF THE HOTELS IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE IN EQUITY, BECAUSE REMEMBER GUYS, AUSTIN IS NO PLACE FOR HATE.

UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UH, SIR, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU WENT AND KNOCKED ON MY DOOR, I WAS HERE IN CITY HALL, SO I WASN'T BEING CONVENIENT TO DIE TOO.

I WAS JUST HERE AT CITY HALL.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

AND I JUST SAY CITY HALL IS A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE POLICY DISCUSSIONS LESS SO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, BLAKE THOMPSON ITEM 84 AND THEN ED MILLER'S ON DECK.

MY NAME IS BLAKE THOMPSON.

UM, I AM A PROPERTY OWNER HERE ON SIXTH STREET AND, UH, I, UH, UH, WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER AVAILA FOR POLLING ITEM 84, THAT I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT BEING AGAINST, UM, ON JUNE 9TH, YOU GUYS VOTED FOR A RESOLUTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN AMENDMENT TO THE NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT FOR SOME CHANGES ON SIXTH STREET.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BACK TO THAT OBJECTIVE AND RECLAIM THAT OBJECTIVE INSTEAD OF GETTING LOST IN A MYRIAD OF A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR IT.

THERE'S NO NEED FOR IT.

UM, THE PROPOSAL THAT STREAM HAS PUT FORTH WILL GO THROUGH HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PLANNING COMMISSION BACK TO YOU GUYS AT CITY COUNCIL AND TO PUT AN UNDUE BURDEN OF A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT ON THIS PLACE.

THAT'S ALREADY A NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT IS JUST AN ARDUOUS PROCESS.

THAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO MORE DELAYS IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

SINCE YOU GUYS VOTED ON JUNE 9TH, THERE'VE BEEN THREE MORE MURDERS DOWN THERE.

I'M NOT PUTTING THAT ON YOU, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT THE MORE WE DELAY, THE MORE DRUGS, THE MORE CRIME, THE MORE CHAOS.

AND I JUST ASK YOU TO GO BACK TO JUNE 9TH WHEN YOU GUYS VOTED TO DO THE AMENDMENT FOR THE OVERLAY TO LOOK AT THIS AREA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

FOR CREATING THOSE IS A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.

PERFECT.

TOTAL.

UM, SIR, UH, AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S INTERESTED, I'M GOING TO PULL THIS ITEM TODAY, UM, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS AND POSTPONE IT YET AGAIN, I DO WANT TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS THOUGH, AND, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, ON THAT VOTE, UH, THAT PASSED TO CHANGE THE, TO CHANGE THE ZONING OVER LINE, TO ALLOW VARIANCES TO THAT ZONING OVERLAY IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT, THERE WERE REFERENCES TO COMING BACK WITH DESIGN GUIDELINES, TO PROTECT THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF THAT AREA.

A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT CREATES DESIGN GUIDELINES TO PROTECT THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF A PARTICULAR AREA.

AND THAT'S, WHAT'S INTENDED WITH A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.

I THINK THOSE WHO HAVE GONE OUT AND TALKED WITH BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE NOT SHARED VERY MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, THIS DOESN'T, I'M JUST PROVIDING YOU WITH INFORMATION.

I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT OUTSIDE OF THIS HEARING.

I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON TODAY AND AS I SAID, I'M POSTPONING THE ITEM, BUT A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT IS SOMETHING THAT'S CRAFTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BUSINESSES.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOTTEN EMAILS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO OWN OR MANAGE HISTORIC PROPERTIES, HISTORIC ASSETS ON SIXTH STREET, WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS REALLY A CONVERSATION FOR US ON THE DAYAS AND A WORK SESSION ABOUT WHAT WAS INTENDED BY THOSE OF YOU WHO BROUGHT FORWARD THAT, THAT CODE AMENDMENT IN TERMS OF DESIGN GUIDELINES, BECAUSE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE MECHANISM

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AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS AN INTENT TO PROTECT THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY, WHICH I HOPE THERE IS AT THE NATIONAL REGISTER, HIS TOY HISTORIC DISTRICT, WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME TOOLS FOR DOING SO, ESPECIALLY IF THE TOOL THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE, THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AND THE SETBACK RESTRICTIONS IS BEING MODIFIED.

SO I AM PULLING IT, I'M POSTPONING.

IT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

AFTER SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SOME DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT THEY WORKED ON SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT ARE READY TO GO, THAT ARE GOING TO COME FORWARD TO US SOON.

AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT MAY SOLVE PART OF THE ISSUES THAT, UH, THAT I THINK WE HAVE ACHIEVING THAT BALANCE OF ALLOWING NEW DEVELOPMENT AND SOME REDEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO, TO RESPECT THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF THAT AREA.

I CERTAINLY SHARE YOUR CONCERNS OF, OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S A SAFE AREA.

I THINK WE NEED SOME, SOME REAL THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE, IN THE SHORT TERM, IN TERMS OF GETTING BUSINESSES, POP UP BUSINESSES AND OTHER KINDS OF ACTIVITIES INTO SOME OF THOSE VACANT SPACES.

I THINK THAT WOULD HELP A LOT.

UM, I I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE COUNCIL MEMBER, NATASHA HARPER, MADISON.

SHE WAS THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT, UH, UPON SOME EMAILS, UH, WITH VERY STRUGGLING BUSINESSES, SOME BEATINGS, SOME BURGLARIES, UM, ACTUALLY DIRECTED SOME RESOURCES.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND NATASHA, UM, FOR YOUR VOICE IN THAT, IT MEANT A LOT TO OUR TENANTS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 30 YEARS AND ARE LITERALLY DYING AND IN THEIR SPACE.

AND SO THE INACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE TO PUNT ON THIS LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, IT'S SPEAKING VERY LOUDLY THAT THAT THAT CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE STREET AND THE LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, A CONVERSATION NEEDS TO DIE.

WE HAVE A NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT STREAM WILL GO BEFORE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.

THERE WILL BE PUBLIC PROCESS.

I HAVE A HISTORIC BUILDING.

I WILL HOLD STREAM ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO ON THE STREET.

I CARE ABOUT SIXTH STREET IN AUSTIN.

I'M GOOD.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

AND SIR, I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS ON SIXTH STREET.

I AM HAPPY AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER IN DISTRICT NINE TO WORK WITH YOU.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT CONVERSATIONS OR, OR RESOURCES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON.

I'LL CERTAINLY CONNECT WITH HER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO CONTACT MY OFFICE.

IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF STAFF WHO ARE THE ONES WHO NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS.

UH, HARPER, MATT, PAT COUNCIL MEMBER HOPPER MADISON FOR YOUR HELP ON ITEM 85, I HAVE ADD MILLER FOLLOWED BY MALCOLM EATS.

GOOD MORNING ON THE DIETS.

I AM ED MILLER OF THE, OUR HOUSE NONPROFIT I'M HERE.

SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE MOST UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY IN AUSTIN, THE EAST RIVERSIDE OLTORF AREA.

WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT RECREATION TODAY.

RECREATION IS A GOOD THING AND WE'RE STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF IT AS WELL AS SPORTS, BUT THE PROPOSAL TO GIVE THE FORMER YOUTH HOSTEL OVER TO THE ROWING CLUB AS A SINGLE FORM OF RECREATION, RATHER THAN BASKET BALL SPORTS, A PLACE FOR COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND TO PROVIDE SERVICES, COUNSELING, MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS SERVICE TO THE NEEDY.

PEOPLE OF EAST RIVERSIDE IS A TRAVESTY.

AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL INCLUDE THE NEEDS OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

WHEN YOU'RE THINKING OF WHAT TO DO WITH THE FORMER YOUTH HOSTEL, THERE IS NO COMMUNITY CENTER THERE'S ONE VERY BADLY NEEDED.

AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A BOND ELECTION AND MILLIONS OF BUCKS TO PUT UP SOMETHING ELSE.

THANK YOU FOR ITEM 85.

MALCOLM EATS FOLLOWED BY MICAH.

HELLO, MY NAME IS MALCOLM YATES.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE.

I AM THE CHAIR OF THE EAST RIVERSIDE OLTORF COMBINED CONTACT TEAM.

THE IRAQ CONTACT TEAM VOTED TO ASK CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER USING THE FORMER YOUTH HOSTEL AS A COMMUNITY CENTER WITH THE EAST RIVERSIDE AREA.

A COMMUNITY CENTER IS WHAT THIS AREA NEEDS AND WOULD BE THE MOST BENEFICIAL USE OF THIS BUILDING THAT THE RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA, THE HERO CONTACT TEAM IS ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF THE MANY LOW INCOME RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE EASTERN RIVERSIDE AREA.

WE NEED A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR CIVIC ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL SERVICES, COMMUNITY EVENTS.

THE IRAN CONTACT TEAM IS ASKING THAT THE IRAN CONTACT TEAM AND OTHER EAST RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS BE INCLUDED IN THE DECISIONS ON THE FUTURE USE OF THE YOUTH HOSTEL.

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MICAH KING FOLLOWED BY JACKIE B SINGER MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MICAH KING WITH HUTCH BLACK OIL ON BEHALF OF EPIC.

UM, I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT I'M A FAN OF, UM, THE ROWING CLUB I LEARNED TO ROW THERE.

UM, I THINK THERE'S A SOLUTION WHERE, UM, ALL PARTIES COULD BENEFIT.

AND SO WHAT I WOULD ASK IS FOR, UM, A SLIGHT REVISION TO THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A FUTURE, UH, FOR, FOR THE GROUP THAT'S BEING DISPLACED, UM, AS PART OF THIS SOLUTION FOR, UH, THE GROWING CLUB.

THANK YOU, GREG.

UM, MICAH, THANK YOU.

I'M LOOKING OVER THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU SENT EITHER TO THE MAYOR OR COUNCIL MEMBER ENTRY.

I'M NOT SURE.

I THINK YOU'VE ALSO PROPOSED DRAGGING SOME LANGUAGE THAT THE PREVIOUS REPRESENTATIVE FOR EPIC HAD SUGGESTED.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MANAGE, UM, YOUR EDITS TO THE PREVIOUS EPIC EDITS AND, AND SOME OTHER THINGS.

THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF, A LOT OF, UM, FLYING REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENTS.

SO I'M GONNA, I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO WORK THROUGH THEM AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS DONE.

I, I THINK FROM THE CONVERSATION THAT I SEE THAT MAYBE, UM, A LITTLE LESS PRESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE IS PROBABLY WHAT YOU WERE SUGGESTING MAYOR.

AND SO WE'LL WORK TO SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

JACKIE WAS SINGER AND THEN BRIAN TALLY ON AIDEN ITEM, 86.

THIS IS PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL.

MY NAME IS JACKIE B SINGER AND I AM HERE REPRESENTING MYSELF AS WELL AS MOMS FOR LIBERTY, TEXAS IN SUPPORT OF THOSE PARENTS THAT CAN BE HERE TODAY.

I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE TEXAS PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE AND IT'S IN NO WAY ACCEPTABLE.

I HAVE TALKING ABOUT TAKING THE INNOCENT, INNOCENT CHILDREN.

I HAVE PERSONALLY STUDY THE MATERIAL I HAVE GONE THROUGH OVER 400 BOOKS MYSELF.

I ASK YOU TO NOT USE TAXPAYER FOUNDED, UH, MONEY TO KEEP GIVING TO THE LIBRARIES.

IF THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THIS MATERIAL TO CHILDREN.

I ASKED YOU TO LOOK AT THE LOSS AND TO REALLY LOOK AT THE WAR AND THE WHAT REALLY MEANS THE DEFINITION OF PORNOGRAPHY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE BOOKS ARE.

THEY ALL HAVE PORNOGRAPHY.

I ASK YOU TO PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS.

I AM WELCOMED WITH THE IDEA OF TALKING ABOUT IT AND TO FURTHER STUDY WHAT IS IN THE LIBRARY IS RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU FOR ITEM 86, BRIAN TALLY, AND THEN GAVINO FERNANDEZ.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM 86 AND YOUR RESOLUTION WHERE YOU PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY, ASSOCIATIONS, FREEDOM TO READ STATEMENT AMONG OTHER THINGS.

THIS STATEMENT SAYS, AND I QUOTE, THERE IS NO PLACE IN OUR SOCIETY FOR EFFORTS TO COERCE THE TASTES OF OTHERS, TO CONFINE ADULTS, TO THE READING MATTER, DEEMED SUITABLE FOR ADOLESCENTS, AND TO INHIBIT THE EFFORT OF WRITERS TO ACHIEVE ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.

NOT ONLY IS THIS STATEMENT INSULTING AND DANGEROUS, BUT IT CONFLICTS WITH OUR VALUES AS A STATE AND A COUNTRY.

AS A SOCIETY, WE RESTRICT ACCESS TO A VARIETY OF AGE, INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS SUCH AS GUNS, MOVIES, TOBACCO, ALCOHOL, STRIP CLUBS, ADULT THEATERS, AND PORNOGRAPHIC MAGAZINES TO NAME JUST A FEW.

WE DO THIS TO PROTECT MINOR CHILDREN FROM HARMFUL SELF DESTRUCTIVE AND DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR, AND TO PROTECT THEM FROM PEDOPHILIA AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION LANGUAGE ABOUT BOOK BANNING AND BOOK CENSORING IS A DOG WHISTLE BY HARDENED POLITICAL ACTIVISTS WITH AN AGENDA, A PROGRESSIVE AGENDA CITY OF AUSTIN RESIDENTS EXPECT OUR CITY LEADERS TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL GROOMING AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.

AND THIS ALA STATEMENT IS YET ANOTHER INVADE AND VERSION OF TRUTH AND MANIPULATION OF LANGUAGE.

I JUST URGE YOU TO HAVE ENOUGH SELF-AWARENESS AS A CITY LEADER, TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ROLE OF PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IS ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL AND BASIC ROLES YOU CAN PLAY AS A LEADER AT ANY LEVEL ANYWHERE.

GAVINO FERNANDEZ FOLLOWED BY MONICA GUZMAN.

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GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS SCAVINO FERNANDEZ.

AND ON THE ISSUE OF 59, THE COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN.

YOU TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WE HAVE OVER 800 SIGNATURES.

WE WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD I'M PRESIDENT OF BARRIO NITA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHERE THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL IS BEING CONSIDERED TO BE RENAMED.

THE APPLICANT ALREADY HAS TWO BALL FIELDS NAMED AFTER HIM.

ONE AT EASTSIDE MEMORIAL NOW'S LHASA AND THE OTHER ONE AT THE VELASQUEZ PART IN SPEAKING AND REACHING OUT TO THE FAMILY.

WE TALKED ABOUT CREATING A WALK OF FAME TO RECOGNIZE MANY AND ALL PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH PENN M'S HISTORY.

THAT IS MORE OF A COMPROMISE.

AND WHEN THIS REQUEST CAME THROUGH, THE FAMILY ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY TOLD ME, NO, MY FATHER QUOTE, UNQUOTE, NO ONE HAS DONE MORE THAN MY FATHER AT PAN-AM.

AND I SAID, WELL, I'M SORRY, BUT I HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH YOU.

BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN, WHEN THEY WERE THE CHICANOS AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE BEING SENT TO VIETNAM.

THEY WEREN'T GOING TO COLLEGE.

SO I ASK YOU TO PLEASE RESPECT THE VOICE OF THE VALUE AND THE COMMUNITY.

MANY OF YOU ARE UP THERE BECAUSE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD MOVEMENT.

SO I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKED TO VOTE AGAINST THE DISTRICT REP, BUT THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER.

THAT'S RIGHT FOR ITEM 87 AND 90 MONICA GUZMAN.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M MONICA GUZMAN POLICY DIRECTOR AT GO AUSTIN, VAMOS AUSTIN.

I SUPPORT WHAT CARMEN YANNIS GABA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAID REGARDING ITEM 87.

WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS DIRECTIVE, WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS? HOW ARE YOU DEFINING STAKEHOLDER? WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL? WILL YOU INCLUDE RESIDENTS FACING OR WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED GENTRIFICATION AND OR DISPLACEMENT, WHETHER IT BE IMPROVED ENFORCEMENT OF SHORT TERM RENTALS AND MONITORING FOR INVESTORS, PURCHASING PROPERTIES FOR USE AS SDRS AND MOBILE HOME REPAIRS.

CLEARLY CITY STAFF IS AWARE OF LEGAL LIMITATIONS REGARDING REPAIRS, BUT YOU, YOU CAN CHANGE THAT MOBILE HOMES ARE A FORM OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE CITY POLICIES, MAKING REPAIR RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ENSURE OWNERS CAN MAKE NEEDED REPAIRS TO AND STAY IN THEIR MOBILE HOMES IN THEIR CURRENT COMMUNITIES AND CLOSING AS A DISTRICT FOR A RESIDENT.

I AM OPPOSED TO ITEM 90 SO LONG AS APD SHARES INFO WITH OTHER COUNTIES.

AND ESPECIALLY WITH ARIK, THERE IS NO PROTECTION OF THE PEOPLE.

THE ONLY WAY TO PROTECT RESIDENTS IS TO VOTE THIS DOWN.

THANK YOU, ELIZA RENDON, MONTOYA ITEM 59, EILEEN.

ANDREW, HORNEMAN FOLLOWED BY DAVID JOHNSON.

THERE.

I THINK THERE'S A GLITCH ON YOUR SYSTEM.

CAUSE I SIGNED UP ON ONLINE AND I WAS NOT ON YOUR LIST TO SPEAK.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND FINDING MY DOCUMENTS THAT I DID REGISTER.

I HAD, UM, MY NAME IS ELISSA AND DON MONTOYA.

I'M AN EAST SIDE RESIDENT BORN AND RAISED.

I AM A GRANDMOTHER OF 30 GRANDCHILDREN AND LIVED IN AUSTIN ALL MY LIFE.

AND UH, I AM ALSO A TAXPAYER.

I OWN A HOME ON 2008 HASKELL STREET, CLOSE TO THE DIFFERENT PARKS, BUT I'M MAKING MYSELF, I'M KINDA UPSET BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON FOR ME TRYING TO SPEAK.

BUT I'M, I'M OPPOSING THE, THE CHANGING OF THE NAME AT PENN M UH, THAT IS GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF, UH, ERASING OF HISTORY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

MR. CASTILLO IS WELL KNOWN.

YES, I, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOWN HIM SINCE I WAS, I GREW UP, UH, BUT HE ALREADY HAS TWO FIELDS HERE NEEDS TO AUSTIN, UH, DEDICATED TO HIM OR NOT QUESTIONING THE NEIGHBORS ARE NOT QUESTIONING HIS, WHAT HE'S CONTRIBUTED TO AND HISTORICALLY, BUT THIS IS ALREADY NAMED AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS.

PANIM ALSO, ALTHOUGH CARTO THANK YOU FOR ITEM 90 EMILIA CASAS FOLLOWED BY COLE.

CUNO

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HELLO, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS AMELIA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX AND POLICY ANALYSTS WITH THE TEXAS FAIR DEFENSE PROJECT.

WE FIRMLY OPPOSE LPRS FOR THE REASONS THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE ALREADY SHARED TODAY.

BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR PROBLEM HERE.

UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN WITH SECTIONS NINE AND 10 OF THE AMENDMENT VERSION POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, POLICE WILL STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE ALP RS TO PULL PEOPLE OVER FOR LOW LEVEL OF WARRANTS, INCLUDING WARRANTS FOR UNPAID TRAFFIC TICKETS, WHICH MAKE UP MOST OF THE WARRANTS IN AUSTIN.

THIS IS BECAUSE AN OFFICER COULD USE THE AOPR GET A HIT OFF THE HOT LIST FOR THE CLASS.

YOU WEREN'T DELETE THE RECORD WITHIN THREE MINUTES AND PROCEED TO ARREST BASED ON THE CLASS THAT YOU WEREN'T.

AN OFFICER CAN SAY THAT THEY WEREN'T USING THE LPR WITH THE INTENTION OF FINDING PEOPLE WITH CLASSY WARRANTS, BUT HAPPENED TO GET A HIT AND THAT ITSELF, UM, THEY CAN ARGUE THAT STATE LAW PREEMPTS LOCAL POLICY.

SO WE DON'T THINK THAT SECTIONS NINE AND 10 WILL MITIGATE THESE HARMS. AS LONG AS THE ALP IS PING LOW LEVEL WARRANTS, STATE LAW WILL PREEMPT ANY POLICY.

THAT COUNCIL COMES UP WITH AN OFFICER'S WE'LL USE THAT INFO TO PULL PEOPLE OVER AND ARREST THEM.

I REALLY STRONGLY URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON ITEM 90.

AT THE VERY LEAST, WE NEED A LONGER TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND MORE COMMUNITY INPUT AND NECESSARY SAFEGUARDS.

THANK YOU, COLE.

CUNO FOLLOWED BY ANDREW HORNEMAN.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS COLE KUNAL.

I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO AND A POLICY ANALYST FOR THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION APPROVAL OF ITEM 90.

AND THE REINSTATEMENT OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS WOULD PROVIDE APD WITH A LOW COST FORCE MULTIPLIER AT A TIME WHEN IT FACES SIGNIFICANT VACANCY CHALLENGES, ALP OURS, OR AN UNBIASED AND SECURE TECHNOLOGY THAT COLLECTS NO PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION AND ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR ACCESS FOR NON-POLICE INITIATIVES.

WHEN APD PREVIOUSLY HAD ACCESS TO LPRS, QUARTERLY AUDIT SHOWED 100% COMPLIANCE WITH DEPARTMENT POLICY RELATED TO THE TECHNOLOGY ITEM.

90 INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT OVERSIGHT AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF THIS DATA.

AND WE THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, MCKINSEY KELLY FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK SHE'S DONE TO ENSURE THAT ALP OURS WOULD BE USED APPROPRIATELY.

UM, THE CRIME COMMISSION URGES YOU TO SUPPORT ITEM 90.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

HI, UH, CITY COUNCIL.

UH, I AM, UH, FROM DISTRICT FOUR AND, UH, I AM SPEAKING AGAINST ITEM 90.

LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE SPOKE, SPOKEN AGAINST IT.

AND I WISH THAT I HAD ALL, LIKE I COULD RECITE THE, UH, ALL THE STATEMENTS OF WHY THIS IS EACH SHOULD NOT HAVE IT.

LIKE ALL THE STATISTICS SAYING THE POLICE IS NOT GOING TO, THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP OUT PHILOSOPHICALLY.

IT JUST FEELS LIKE AUSTIN'S BECOMING A POLICE STATE TO MAKE WHITE PEOPLE COMFORTABLE.

AND I, AND, AND THAT'S LIKE THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND HONESTLY DRIVEN OUT OF THIS CITY, BUT THIS IS IT'S AS A PERSON WHO IS HALF HISPANIC.

IT KIND OF FEELS THAT WAY.

ANYWAY.

THANK YOU, DAVID JOHNSON.

AND THEN BOB LIBEL.

HELLO EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS DAVID JOHNSON.

I'M WITH GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP AND, AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE.

I AM A BLACK LIFE IN A BLACK LIFE IN DISTRICT FIVE.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME TO THIS WHITE ELEPHANT PARTY, I GUESS, UH, ALP OURS ARE, HAVE NOT BEEN PROVEN TO BE EFFECTIVE.

IN FACT, IT IS PROVEN THAT THEY ARE SIMPLY ANOTHER WAY TO PUT MONEY INTO THE POLICE FORCE.

AND SINCE THE CITY HAS YET TO DO ANYTHING TO TRULY HOLD APD ACCOUNTABLE, OR TO ENSURE THAT APD IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE, MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, IT SEEMS FOOLISH TO PUSH, TO PUT MONEY TOWARDS FURTHER POLICING THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THEN I REALIZED IT'S NOT FOOLISH.

IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT PLAN.

AND IT WAS SAID EARLIER THAT CITY HALL IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO HAVE POLICY CONVERSATIONS, BUT NOT THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM IS THAT YOU'VE LOST TOUCH AND YOU'RE OUT OF TOUCH AND OUT OF CONTACT WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, OUTSIDE OF YOUR OFFICES AND OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING.

BUT WHEN PEOPLE TIME AND TIME AGAIN, HERE, 30 TO ONE, SAY, DON'T DO THIS AND YOU CONTINUE TO DO IT.

YOU ON A VERY PUBLIC STAGE SHOW THAT THE END OF THE DAY,

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YOU AREN'T WORRIED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT CITY HALL.

SO VOTE NO MAYOR.

IF I COULD PLEASE FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE SPEAKER FOR COMING TODAY, BUT I DID WANT TO CORRECT SOMETHING THAT HE DID SAY, UM, ON LINE 1 0 2 OF MY RESOLUTION, AS IT IS CURRENTLY DRAFTED, IT SAYS THAT THIS WILL NOT BE UTILIZED FOR ANY PURPOSE OF GENERATING REVENUE OR COLLECTING MONEY OWED BY THE PUBLIC.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE THAT, OH, I, I WAS VERY AWARE OF THAT AS I AM AWARE THAT THIS CITY HAS NO CONTROL AS PROVEN BY RECENTLY PASSED LAWS AT THE STATE LEVEL OVER WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE DONE IF THE STATE SAYS, SO IT IS EASIER TO PREVENT SOMETHING FROM BEING BUILT, THEN REMOVING IT ONCE IT'S PART OF THE CARCERAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT.

SO TRULY OF WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT IS THE CITY.

YOU WILL INVITE THE PUBLIC TO TAKE PART IN THIS PROCESS BEFORE YOU APPROVE IT AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT ONCE IT'S IN PLACE CAN BE INSURED AND GUARANTEED TO NOT BE WEAPONIZED AS YOU TODAY ARE PROMISING BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY, AS MANY OF YOU WILL SAY ABOUT YOURSELF, WON'T BE HERE IN 10 YEARS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UM, OUR SPEAKER FOR HIS COMMENTS.

AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU RAISED, UH, THE COMMENT THAT I MADE ABOUT NOT HAVING ABOUT HAVING POLICY CONVERSATIONS AT CITY HALL, BECAUSE I CERTAINLY DIDN'T MEAN TO, TO IMPLY THAT WE DON'T AND SHOULDN'T HAVE THEM IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ALL THE TIME IN THE COMMUNITY AT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AT PLACES OF FAITH THAT THE GROCERY STORE, I WAS SIMPLY SUGGESTING TO THAT PARTICULAR SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT POLICY, UM, AT CITY HALL, RATHER THAN SAY AT PERSONAL RESIDENCES, WHICH I THINK IS A RELEVANT COMMENT FOR THAT, FOR THAT SPEAKER.

UM, BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR RAISING IT BECAUSE I DEFINITELY WANT TO CLARIFY THAT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD PRIMARILY BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS HERE AT CITY HALL, BOB LIBEL, AND THEN DREW MIC ANGUS IS MR. LIBEL HERE.

MR. MCKENNA SAYS, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BOSTON, TEXAS, BORN AND RAISED HERE.

UH, I'M HONORED TO COME TALK TO YOU.

I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BEING BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND EVERYDAY I'M IN THE HOMELESS CAMPS IN EACH ONE OF YOUR DISTRICTS, UH, HELPING THE HOMELESS, BEING ABLE TO GET OUT AND GETTING THEM CONNECTED TO SOCIAL SERVICES AND DOING THAT SO FAR THIS YEAR, I'VE RECOVERED OVER 25 STOLEN VEHICLES, UH, IN AND AROUND THE HOMELESS CAMP AREAS.

PARKING LOTS, THE LPRS I'M IN FAVOR OF, I THINK, COUNT THE COUNCIL WOMAN, KELLY, TO BE ABLE TO, TO PROPOSE THIS.

UH, SO MANY TIMES WE WERE RECOVERING THESE STOLEN VEHICLES.

AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT IS TO THE VICTIM WHO LOST HER CAR.

WHEN THEY WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, GO OUT AND THEIR CARS MISSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY.

THEY SIT THERE AND THEY TELL US, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET TO WORK? HOW DO WE GET OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL? HOW DO WE GET TO THE GROCERY STORE? I ONLY HAVE LIABILITY INSURANCE.

I DON'T HAVE FULL COVERAGE.

I CAN'T AFFORD IT.

SO THEIR CAR DOESN'T GET REPLACED.

AND SO THE QUICKER WE CAN FIND THESE CARS, THE QUICKER THAT WE CAN GET THEM RETURNED, UH, TO THE VICTIM, UH, THEY LPRS WILL CREATE THAT AND WE'LL ABLE TO HELP SERVE THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY.

I WORK WITH EVERY DAY, SO THEY CAN MAKE MONEY.

UH, MAYOR, COULD I ASK A QUESTION? SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY TO SPEAK TO US.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF, OF THE USEFULNESS OF THIS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONCERNS THAT FOLKS ARE RAISING ABOUT, UM, MISUSE OF THIS KIND OF, OF DATA? YES, MA'AM.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF ANY MISUSE, UH, FROM THE USE OF THE LPRS HERE IN AUSTIN.

UH, I TELL YOU WHAT MOST OF THE OFFICERS OUT ON THE STREET WITH I'M WITH THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, I'M HERE.

I REPRESENT MY CONSTABLE STACY SUITS PRECINCT THREE, BUT I WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THEM THAT ARE ABUSING THIS.

I THINK ON THE CONTRARY, IT'S A WAY TO BE ABLE TO GENERALLY HELP PEOPLE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT.

THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.

IT'S A WAY TO HELP PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY THE VICTIMS OF THOSE WHO ARE LOSING THEIR CARS, GETTING THEM STOLEN.

UH, WE FIND, UH, HISTORICALLY THEY'RE BEING STOLEN SO PEOPLE CAN USE THEM IN BURGLARIES, THEY'RE DEALING DRUGS OR THEY'RE BEING SOLD.

SO THAT ARE THE POPULATION

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THIS IS A TOOL THAT IS A GOOD TOOL.

AND I, UH, I JUST REALLY THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD ASK THAT Y'ALL, UH, RE-INSTATE THE USE OF THE LICENSE PLATE READERS FOR THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE, UM, HEARING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME TO COME HERE TODAY.

THE 30 DAY RETENTION, DO YOU FEEL THAT 30 DAYS OF RETENTION WOULD BE ADEQUATE ENOUGH TO ASSIST OUR OFFICERS IN FINDING THESE STOLEN VEHICLES AND OTHER CRIMES THAT OCCUR? YES, MA'AM.

I THINK THAT WHEN ONE OF THE READERS HIT THAT CARS, UH, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY OR SEIZED AT THAT POINT, IF, IF WE CAN FIND IT AND CATCH IT, IT'S DELETED.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OFFICER ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW THAT HAS TIME TO GO IN AND START DIGGING, LOOKING FOR ALL THE OTHER STUFF.

UH, YOUR AUSTIN POLICE OFFICERS OUT ON THE STREET ARE NONSTOP AND WE'RE COMING IN AND TRYING TO HELP AND ASSIST WHEN WE CAN, BECAUSE THEY'RE OVERWORKED OR OVERWHELMED.

SO 30 DAYS IT'S FINE.

THAT'S GREAT.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS AS A TOOL IS THAT, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF ANECDOTES ABOUT HOW IT'S HELPED IN CERTAIN CASES, BUT THERE'S A LACK OF EMPIRICAL DATA REALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON ITS USES.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT THIS IS SIMPLY ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO USE, TO SOLVE CRIMES BECAUSE IT TAKES A MULTITUDE OF TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND IF I CAN SHARE A PERSONAL STORY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND A CAMP ENDED UP RECOVERING AND STOLEN MUSTANG HAD ONE OF MY TRAFFIC DEPUTIES.

I'M ALSO OVER THE TRAFFIC UNITS AND, UH, CON WE CONTACTED THE VICTIM AS A YOUNG FEMALE WHO HAD LOST HER CAR ABOUT THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THIS.

AND SHE WAS IN TEARS BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT SHE'D NEVER SEE IT AGAIN.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INSURANCE REPLACE THAT CAR.

AND SHE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? MY QUALITY OF LIFE HAS GONE.

AND INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT CAR IN POUNDED, WHICH WOULD COST ALL THESE OTHER EXPENSES, WE WERE ABLE TO ARRANGE IT TO WHERE SHE COULD COME TO THE SCENE AND RECOVER HER CAR WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO RECOVER STOLEN PROPERTY, AS QUICK AS WE CAN, WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THAT HELPS EACH ONE OF YOU AND YOUR, YOUR CITIZENS.

UM, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT Y'ALL, BUT IF YOU'VE EVER HAD YOUR VEHICLE STOLEN, IT RUINS YOUR WHOLE LIFE.

AND SO THESE THINGS CAN BE AT A GREAT AND ESSENTIAL TOOL.

THANK YOU, MAYER.

I JUST APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY.

I KNOW THIS CONVERSATION WILL TAKE PLACE LATER, BUT I KNOW I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO GO OUT WITH YOU FOR THE POINT IN TIME COUNT AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE HOW MUCH YOU'RE IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW MUCH CAN COMMUNICATE WHEN THERE'S NEEDS.

AND THE COUNTY CONSTABLES AND SOUTHWEST ARE ALWAYS STEPPING UP.

SO WE APPRECIATE HAVING A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND SHARING YOUR EXPERTISE WITH US.

IF I CAN.

I WANT TO, I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL ON MANY OF YOU, THE MEMBERS HERE HAVE WRITTEN OUT WITH ME AND, AND THERE'S A STANDING INVITATION.

IF YOU HADN'T, YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE REAL WORLD, OUT IN THE WOODS WITH THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOU OUT.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK Y'ALL AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO IT.

I'M THE ONLY ONE RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S ALL TIME THAT DOES THIS FOR TRAVIS COUNTY, AND I'VE GOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE WOODS, SO I'M THERE TO HELP THEM, BUT I'M HERE TO HELP YOU OFF.

I CAN HELP YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR WINDLASS.

AND, UM, AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLISON.

I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, UH, WITH THE, UM, ENCAMPMENTS.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

I KNOW THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT ARE STAYING THERE, BUT I KNOW, BUT I KNOW YOU ALSO CARE ABOUT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, ABOUT ENFORCING THE LAW, AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, UH, WITH REGARD TO STOLEN VEHICLES AND OTHER THINGS, IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF, OF NEIGHBORS, AS WELL AS PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF FOLKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS.

SO I APPRECIATE, UM, I APPRECIATE THE, THE, UH, APPROACH THAT YOU TAKE.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M HONORED TO HEAR THAT.

REBECCA REBECCA SANCHEZ, AND THEN JEFFREY THOMPSON.

ALL CHAZ MOORE AND THEN CHANTEL PRIDGEN MR. MOORE HERE.

SHANTELLE.

PRIDGEN OKAY.

WE'LL COME BACK.

UH, MARIA RAZA, CARRIE ROBERTS, ARE YOU POINTING AT ME? I THINK THE OTHER SPEAKER HAS JUST ENTERED.

OH,

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UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS MARIA REZA AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR, AND I AM URGING THIS COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON ITEM MINDIE AND NOT AUTHORIZE A NEW AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE METER CONTRACT EVERY YEAR.

UM, PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE CONSTANTLY AND CRUELLY INTERRUPTED BY POLICE VIOLENCE, HARASSMENT, AND INCREDIBLE INJUSTICE.

THEY COME TO YOU AND THEY PLEAD YOU TO START INVESTING IN SERVICES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE LIVES MORE BEARABLE.

UM, AFTER YEARS OF WITNESSING POLICE MISCONDUCT AND COMPETENCE LITERAL DEATHS AT THE HANDS OF THE POLICE, AND THEN I WANT TO GIVE THEM MORE MONEY.

UM, SO WE'RE HERE TO ONCE AGAIN, OUR JEW TO STOP INVESTING IN MORE TOOLS FOR THE POLICE THAT WILL CAUSE MORE HARM THE SENTENCE.

THE POLICE HAS NEVER MISUSED TOOLS.

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT, THEN I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A REALITY CHECK.

UM, CAUSE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

UM, WE KNOW THAT THESE LICENSE PLATE READERS, UM, WILL AFFECT THE WAY THAT OUR PRIVACY, UM, IS DEALT WITH.

AND WE KNOW, AND WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH, UM, OUT OVER OVERSIGHT IN ORDER FOR US TO REALLY HOLD THE POLICE ACCOUNTABLE WHENEVER THEY DO MISUSE THESE TOOLS AND WE KNOW THAT IT WILL HAPPEN.

SO PLEASE GO NOW, CARRIE ROBERTS AND THEN LUIS RODRIGUEZ, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UM, CARRIE ROBERTS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREATER AUSTIN CRIME COMMISSION AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT.

I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY AND HER CO-SPONSORS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER VELOZ, UH, UH, WORK ON IT.

WE DID OUR HOMEWORK.

UM, THE REVISED PROCEDURAL FRAMEWORK AND THE RETENTION PERIOD ARE BOTH APPROPRIATE AND REASONABLE.

AS COLE SAID, THERE'S PREVIOUSLY KNOWN, KNOWN INSTANCES OF AUSTIN POLICE MISUSE, AND THAT WAS THAT UNDER A MUCH LONGER RETENTION PERIOD.

SO THE EXAMPLES THAT ARE GIVEN OF ABUSES OCCURRED SOMEWHERE ELSE, AND IT MAY COME, UH, INTERESTINGLY RIGHT NOW, A LPRS ARE USED BY CERTAINLY HUNDREDS AND LIKELY THOUSANDS OF PRIVATE ENTITIES AT AUSTIN.

AND THAT DATA IS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20 CAMERAS TO EQUIP APD VEHICLES WITH THIS CAPABILITY 20 THAT'S HARDLY A SURVEILLANCE STATE.

SO GIVING THE STAFFING SHORTAGES, YOU THINK WE GIVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BACK A COST-EFFECTIVE AND TARGETED TOOL THAT DISRUPTS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY LOCATES STOLEN VEHICLES SOLVES HATE CRIMES AND SAVE LIVES.

LET'S ALLOW THE POLICE CHIEF TO LEAD THE DEPARTMENT INSTEAD OF SECOND GUESSING HIM.

AND I JUST ASSUMED THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE NOT HAVE TO TELL US HOW TO RUN AUSTIN, PLEASE SUPPORT OUT OF 90 LOUIS RODRIGUEZ AND THEN REBECCA SANCHEZ.

HI, UH, MY NAME IS REBECCA SANCHEZ, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE.

NOW, UH, ALSO A NUMBER OF GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY OF COLORS UNITED.

I AM HERE ALSO TO SPEAK AGAINST ITEM NUMBER 90.

I HEARD MS. KELLY INDICATE THAT SHE KNOWS SHE DOESN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND MAYBE THE BENEFIT OF THESE THINGS, BUT IT'S A TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX.

AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND A GOOD CHUNK OF YOU ALTER KITCHEN TOVO, UH, CITY MANAGER, THE MAYOR BE ALL LESLIE POOL.

I APOLOGIZE.

I'M NOT SURE OF ELLIS, BUT I WAS HERE IN THE ROOM IN 2020.

WHEN WE ALL THOUGHT THAT WE UNDERSTOOD INVESTING AND POLICING.

I KNOW SOME OF YOU GO AROUND THE COUNTRY, YOU KIND OF APPLAUDING THE WORK OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND WHAT WE ALL ACCOMPLISHED IN 2020, I CREATED THIS SHIRT.

IT SAYS, INVEST IN COMMUNITIES, NOT POLICING AS A, AS A MARK OF THE, OF WHAT WE ALL EXPERIENCED.

AND I TOOK IT AS A VALUE.

IT'S A VALUE.

IT IS NOT A SLOGAN.

IT WASN'T SOMETHING FOR YOU TO HAVE JUST IN 2020, YOU HAVE TO KEEP REINVESTING AND RECOMMITTING TO THOSE VALUES.

SO IT'S ESPECIALLY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THE NAMES THAT VOTED IN

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UNANIMOUSLY WITH US THAT YEAR.

CO-SPONSORING THIS ITEM, JEFFREY THOMPSON, AND THEN ALICIA TORRES, ALICIA TORRES, AND THEN KEVIN WELCH.

MY NAME IS ALICIA TORRES.

I AM A MEMBER OF VICE FLORIDA, THE AUSTIN AND GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP, AS WELL AS THE RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE.

UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT AND, UH, GAVE VOICE TO OUR COMMUNITY TODAY EARLIER AND ENSURING THAT, UM, PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME AND SOUND LIKE ME ARE NOT ERASED, UM, IN AN EVER GENTRIFYING CITY.

UM, LIKE I SAID, I AM, UH, I'M ACTUALLY HERE TODAY TO UPLIFT AND URGE YOU TO VOTE.

NO.

AND ITEM 90, UH, YOU MUST VOTE.

NO, BECAUSE IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT THIS RESOLUTION CALLS FOR COMMUNITY INPUT ONLY TO ONLY HAPPEN AFTER THERE WAS A VOTE ON SUCH RESOLUTION.

WHERE'S THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY INPUT.

WHAT CAN WE, AS A COMMUNITY FIRST HAVE A SAY IN WHETHER WE WANT FOR AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS TO RETURN OR NOT.

IF WE SAID, IF WE SAID THEY HAD TO GO IN 2020, IT WAS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HELP US FEEL SAFE.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, I AM WONDERING WHY IN THE TIMES THAT THE, I DON'T KNOW WHY IN TIMES, WHICH HAS BEEN MANY TODAY, THAT THE USE OF APRS ARE JUSTIFIED.

THERE ARE ONLY FOUR INCIDENTS FROM THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT COME UP, WHERE IS THE DATA THAT APD HAS OFFERED TO JUSTIFY FOR A AOPR TO BE BROUGHT BACK WITH 114,000 INVESTMENT? HAS COUNSEL SEEN THIS DATA HACKING HOW MANY CRIMES WERE SOLVED WHEN THEY WERE BEING USED? WHERE CAN THE COMMUNITY ACCESS THIS INFORMATION? YEAH.

AND I'M ALSO AN EXPERT AT THIS, JUST LIKE POLICE ARE PLEASE VOTE.

NO, I URGE YOU TO VOTE.

NO, UH, SOMEONE THAT IS DIRECTLY IMPACTED, WE SHOULD ALSO, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ASK ME QUESTIONS AS SOMEONE THAT IS ALSO AN EXPERT ON THIS.

THANK YOU, KEVIN WELCH.

AND THEN CHRIS HARRIS, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.

COUNSEL.

MY NAME IS KEVIN WELCH AND I GOT A SECOND.

WE DON'T HAVE A RIGHT.

YOU MADE IT ALL THAT ONE.

MY BED.

COUNCILMAN NAME'S KEVIN WELCH.

UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.

I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AT EFF AUSTIN.

I WANT TO THANK MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WHO HAVE WORKED WITH MY NON-PROFIT, ESPECIALLY.

I WANT TO PRAISE THE LEADERSHIP OF CM, BELLA.

UM, WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO SEE SO MUCH OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GAVE HIM, ABOUT HOW TO CRAFT A SAFER ALP.

OUR RESOLUTION WAS INCORPORATED INTO IT.

I'M SHOWING TO MY COLLEAGUES AT EFF, THEY'VE SAID, IT'S ONE OF THE FINEST ONES THEY'VE EVER SEEN CRAFTED.

SO WE STILL WOULD LIKE THIS CONVERSATION TO CONTINUE.

THERE'S ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE.

I WOULD URGE THIS IS A COMPLEX ISSUE TO GET RIGHT.

AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, PEOPLE WHO RIGHTFULLY WANTS TO SOLVE AMBER WORDS IN THEIR CARS, WE WANT TO SOLVE THEIR ISSUES, BUT WE'VE HEARD TODAY.

THERE'S MANY OTHER COMMUNITY ISSUES AROUND THIS.

PRIVACY IS A UNIVERSAL HUMAN, RIGHT? IT'S LITERALLY IN THE UN CHARTER AND WE DESERVE TO CONSIDER ALL THE ISSUES ON THIS COMPLEX THING.

SO I WANT THIS CONVERSATION TO CONTINUE WITH EXPERTS FROM UT LAW SCHOOL IN THE INFORMATION SCHOOL TO HELP MAKE CM BELLA'S POLICY EVEN BETTER.

BUT IF YOU INSIST ON VOTING TODAY, I MUST JUST SAY THAT WAS POLICY IS A VAST IMPROVEMENT OVER THE ORIGINAL ONE, AND I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO CONSIDER IT OVER THE ORIGINAL.

JUST HOW THE PROGRAM WILL OPERATE.

THANK YOU, CHRIS HARRIS, AND THEN SANDY RAMIREZ COUNCIL, MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

I WANT TO START BY THANKING THE CO-SPONSORS OF THIS RESOLUTION FOR RESPONDING TO MANY OF THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED ABOUT POLICE ABUSE, AVAIL LPRS AND INSERTING ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON AOPR DATA COLLECTION AND USE AN AUDIT OF POLICE USAGE AND COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS.

I WANT TO FURTHER THANK COUNCIL MEMBER VELO FOR AN EVEN MORE THOROUGH RESPONSIVENESS AND EVEN MORE PROTECTIONS.

HOWEVER, I MUST POINT OUT THE LACK OF DATA BEING USED TO DRIVE THIS DECISION.

THIS PROGRAM WAS IN PLACE, WHEREAS THE DATA TO PROVE ITS EFFECTIVENESS, SOMEONE MENTIONED 20 CAMERAS, AND NOW THAT WON'T MAKE A POLICE STATE, THOSE 20 CAMERAS ARE GENERATE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF HITS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY.

PREVIOUS SPEAKER SPOKE OF AUDITS WHO TOOK THESE.

AND WHY WERE THESE INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP? WHEN WE HAVE STATEMENTS FROM THE APA INSTEAD, ONLY POLICE SEEM TO GET AWAY WITH ONLY TELLING SCARY STORIES, TO JUSTIFY INCREASED FUNDING AND VAST EXPENSES THAT OUR POWER, WHILE WE APPRECIATE THE INCLUSION OF COMMUNITY INPUT ON BOTH DRAFTS, I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS ABOUT WHY ISN'T COMMUNITY INPUT CONSIDERED ABOUT WHETHER TO IMPROVE THIS PROGRAM AND NOT

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AND ULTIMATELY, I OPPOSE THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL THE RISKS YOU'VE HEARD IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IN PARTICULAR, WHERE THE STATE MAKES ENEMIES OF PEOPLE TRYING TO VOTE LIBRARIANS AND TEACHERS AND KIDS AND THEIR CARETAKERS.

WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GIVE THEM MORE POWERS WHEN THIS DATA HAS TO BE SHARED WITH THEM.

THANK YOU, SANDY RAMIREZ AND THEN CLINTON.

RAREY HELLO AGAIN, EVERYONE.

SO I'LL CONTINUE WITH THAT.

ON 90.

I HAD NOT, I WAS SURPRISED THAT I COULD TALK FOR BOTH.

ANYWAYS.

UM, DATA IS ONLY RETAINED FOR 30 DAYS AND WILL ONLY BE USED FOR INVESTIGATING AND PROSECUTING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD THE PROGRAM PREVIOUSLY, THERE WAS A 365 DAY RETENTION PERIOD, AN ANNUAL AUDIT AND REVIEWED OF ON THE DATA AND THE PROGRAM WILL BE COMPLETED AND SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, ANNUAL TRAINING OF ALL AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE CONDUCTED ON THE POLICIES NURSE DICTIONS CONCERNING LICENSE PLATE READERS, CAMERA, DATA, AND USAGE.

THE CITY MANAGER WILL POST THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENTS USAGE AND PRIVACY POLICY ON THE CITY'S AUSTIN WEBSITE.

SUCCESS IN 2016, A LOCAL TEACHER BEFRIENDED A SEXUALLY BEFRIENDED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A 16 YEAR OLD STUDENT AFTER HIS INITIAL ARREST.

THE TEACHER BOUNDED OUT OF JAIL, MOVED TO LUBBOCK AND THREATENED ONLINE TO KILL THE VICTIM.

SHORTLY AFTER THE THREAT, HE TRAVELED FROM LUBBOCK TO AUSTIN TO CARRY OUT THIS HEINOUS ACT.

OUR LPR SUCCESSFULLY LOCATED HIS VEHICLE AT A HOTEL.

AND I'LL FINISH OFF WITH THIS AT A HOTEL WHERE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO FIND THE VICTIM OFFICERS FOUND A LOAD OF REVOLVER, SIP TIES, NUMEROUS KNIVES AND DUCT TAPE IN HIS VEHICLE.

PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS.

WE NEED IT.

AMOUNT OF MONEY IS THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S THERE.

HAVE A GOOD DAY, SUSAN SPATARO AND THEN SHANTELLE PRIDGEN THANK YOU, MAYORS AND COUNCIL.

I WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 90 AM I TOO FAR? OKAY.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY.

UM, IN, IN 2019 WE HAD 1,959 SWORN OFFICERS.

YOU REDUCE THAT TO 1809 AND THEN YOU ADDED THREE FOR THE AIRPORT THIS YEAR.

AND THAT MEANS YOU HAVE CUT 150 POSITIONS FROM OUR POLICE FORCE.

MEDIA IS SAYING THAT OF THOSE PEOPLE 270 MORE POSITIONS ARE VACANT.

THAT MEANS WE ARE 420 SLOTS DOWN.

THAT IS 23%.

TO ME, IT FEELS LIKE AN ATTACK ON LAW ENFORCEMENT ATTACK ON THE PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE, WHO DO NOT COMMIT CRIMES AND AN ATTACK ON OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

THIS IS A VERY INEXPENSIVE TOOL TO MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT.

AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVACY.

YOU KNOW, IN THIS DAY AND AGE TO WALK IN THIS BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK AT YOUR PERSON, THEY LOOK AT YOUR, YOUR BAG.

IF YOU GO TO A STORE, THEY'RE FILMING IT, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S TODAY, BUT WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING AND THE VICTIMS OF CRIME.

I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THIS AS A TOOL THAT OUR POLICE NEED.

SHANTELLE PRIDGEN AND THEN J CROSSLY IS MS. PRIDGEN BACK.

JAY CROSSLY ITEM 92 AND THEN DANIEL CAPPLEMAN.

UM, HELLO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE.

IT'S ALL THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE, OUR REGION HAS A CRISIS OF DESTROYING NATURAL SPACE AND LAND AND NATURE FOR THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN TO GET TO ENJOY.

UH, AND THAT CRISIS IS CALLED CAUSE PRETTY MUCH HALF BY OUR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION POLICIES AND HALF BY AUSTIN LAND DEVELOPMENT CODES AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO BUILD HOUSING HERE.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE FOR US HERE IN AUSTIN IS ALLOWING DENSE HOUSING IN THIS CITY.

AND SO I HOPE YOU WILL RECONSIDER THE IDEA TO MAKE IT MORE EXPENSIVE, TO BUILD HOUSING IN THE CITY AND TO BUILD DENSITY IN THE CITY, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL THING.

AND THE BEST WAY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO PARKS IS TO ALLOW DENSE HOUSING AROUND OUR PARKS.

UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, DANIEL CAVEWOMAN ITEM 92 AND THEN MARIO CAN TOO.

I THINK HE JUST WENT TO THE BATHROOM, MARIO KENTU ITEM 93 AND 98 AND THEN JOSEPH REYNOLDS.

IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUT OF THAT, UH, CHANGE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A ZONING CHANGE OVER THERE.

COUNCIL.

JUST WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE WATERFRONT AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN, UH, PROPERTY.

UH,

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UH, I ASKED YOU TO SUPPORT, UH, KATHY TOVO AND HER DECISION, UH, IN MAKING, UH, AND RECEIVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THAT.

AS FAR AS THE FLOODPLAINS IN AUSTIN, UH, MANY YEARS AGO, AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, DISPLACEMENT AND LOSS OF LIFE IN DOVE SPRINGS.

UH, YOU HAVE AN ITEM THAT'S COMING UP TO THE TABLE SHORTLY TODAY.

THAT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS TO HOW THE FUTURE OF FLOODING IS GOING TO BE IN AUSTIN.

UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF FIRST RESPONDERS THAT DO GO OUT ON THESE, UH, EVENTS WHEN THEY TAKE PLACE.

AND, UH, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM IF WE DO NOT AS A COUNCIL AND AS CITIZENS HAVE INPUT ABOUT HOW THESE THINGS AND HOW THESE CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE MADE, UH, WE CAN PUT A LOT OF, UH, LIVES IN PLACE AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT A LOT OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.

THANK YOU, JOSEPH REYNOLDS ON ITEM 98 AND THEN ROY WHALEY ON 1 0 2 MAYOR AND COUNCIL I'M JOE REYNOLDS.

I LIVE ON WEST 49TH STREET SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, UH, POST ITEM 98, THE CODE CHANGE GIVING WATERSHED DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL OR REBUILDING IN THE FLOODPLAIN.

IT'S UNNEEDED IS THERE'S NO QUEUE OF PROJECTS WAITING HEARINGS BEFORE THE BUILDING I INCLUDED IN LATE BACKUP 10 ISSUES THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED BEFORE SUCH A CODE CHANGES PASSED.

THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH POOR DATA USED TO PREDICT FLOODING PROBLEMS IN OFFICE PROCEDURE DUE TO LIMITED QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS AND PROBLEMS IN PROCESS.

IT'S RIDICULOUS TO REDUCE OVERSIGHT OF BUILDING IN THE FLOOD.

PLAIN.

THANK YOU, ROY WHALEY, ITEM 1 0 2 AND THEN DANIEL CABLE MEN, EITHER SPEAKER HERE.

I KNOW DANIEL IS DANIEL SPEAKING OUT OF 92.

UH, HELLO, MAYOR COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON 92 AND ABOUT THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES IN GENERAL.

UM, IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE JUST REALLY INCREASINGLY IS WAY TOO MUCH, AND WE'RE OBSESSED WITH PUTTING ALL THESE FEES ON NEW DEVELOPMENT, BUT A MORE EQUITABLE, UH, OPTION FOR PARKLANDS WOULD BE A BROADER FUNDING STRATEGY.

AND I THINK THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON HAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS FOR KEEPING THESE FEES WITHIN REASON IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

AND, UM, ALSO ON MOVING THE FEE PAYMENT TIME TO THE, UH, CERTIFIED CERT CERTIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY INSTEAD OF AT THE BEGINNING TO MAKE FINANCING FOR THESE PROJECTS BETTER.

AND WE JUST NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT HOUSING IS VERY MUCH THE MOST PRESSING ISSUE IN THIS TOWN AND THAT THE PARKS WHILE VERY IMPORTANT, THEY CAN'T GET IN THE WAY OF HAVING MORE HOUSING OPTIONS, GETTING IN THE WAY OF PROJECTS, DELAYS FEES.

WE NEED TO BRING THE FEES INTO, UM, A MORE REASONABLE PLACE COMPARED TO OUR PEER CITIES AND THINK ABOUT HOUSING FIRST.

AND ONE MORE SPEAKER GREG ANDERSON FOR ITEM ONE 30, JUST MR. ANDERSON HERE.

DON'T BELIEVE.

SO THAT CONCLUDES THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS THAT I HAVE.

UM, OR WE WILL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AS PART OF LUNCH, IF WE CAN.

ANYBODY ELSE THINK THEY SIGNED UP THAT WE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE.

ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, IT'S A Y BUT IT'S MURDER.

IS THERE, WOULD YOU CHECK WITH THE CLERK PLEASE? UM, THE, THE, UM, DOWNTOWN, I REALIZED THAT, UH, THEY GOT LASERS ON THE, ON THE TRUCKS AND THE METRO.

AND CAN I JUST SHOW FOR THE RECORD, THESE LASERS? YOU COULD, YOU COULD SHOW THE CLERK AND SHE'LL SHOW US.

ALRIGHT, COLLEAGUES, IT IS 1230.

UH, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE, UH, PUBLIC, UH, UH, COMMUNICATION IF WE WANT TO BRING IN SOME PREP PATCHES, AS WE, AS WE ROLL INTO THAT, THAT WOULD BE GOOD, BUT LET'S WORK QUICKLY.

UH, CAUSE IT'S ALREADY 1230.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE UP THE CONSENT.

WE'LL HEAR FROM THE SPEAKERS.

WE'LL TAKE A BREAK.

WE WILL, UH, UH, UH, PROBABLY COME BACK, HANDLE THE CONSENT AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT HOPEFULLY QUICKLY AND THEN GO TO,

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WE'LL SET A TIME AFTER WE HEAR FROM PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND THEY'D COME BACK AND DO THE CONSENT, UH, UH, AGENDA.

SO IF THERE ARE PETS, THEY NEED TO BE BROUGHT IN.

UM, SHOULD WE BE YES.

OH, FINISH YOUR THOUGHT.

AND NOW 2011 AND 2022 FORMULA ONE.

NO, NO.

I WAS GONNA START CALLING, UH, THE, THE SPEAKERS TO START COMING UP SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO BOTH THOSE THINGS.

OKAY, GOOD.

CURRENTLY I JUST WANTED TO LET MY COLLEAGUES KNOW THAT, UM, UH, I WILL BE POSTING, UH, SOME AMENDMENTS TO ITEM 90 AND, UH, APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GETTING THEM POSTED BEFORE NOW, BUT THEY'LL BE POSTED, UH, SHORTLY.

I KNOW IT'LL BE A WHILE PERHAPS BEFORE WE TAKE THEM UP.

SO, UH, IF WE HAVE PETS, THEY CAN CERTAINLY COME IN AND WE CAN LET SOME PEOPLE AT THE DAY IS HOLD THE PETS.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE END, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC, UH, COMMUNICATION.

IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE TWO REMOTE SPEAKERS.

THE FIRST MUSTAFA SHAHID BRANDON PILE.

MR. PILE, ARE YOU ON THE LINE MAYOR? THAT WAS THE ONLY REMOTE SPEAKERS I HAD.

SO I'M GONNA SWITCH TO IN PERSON, WE HAVE RICHARD VICTORIAN, RICHARD VICTORIAN.

ARE YOU HERE? ARE YOU THAT'S YOU, YOU WANT TO COME SPEAK TO US, SIR, SIR.

WELCOME TO SPEAK TO US COLLEAGUES, MAYOR COUNCIL.

I'M BEING UPSTAGED BY PAWS EVERYWHERE, BUT YOU HAVE OUR VIDEO MAYOR COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, 11 YEARS AGO.

THIS SUMMER COUNCIL VOTED NOT TO FUND 40 MILLION FOR FORMULA ONE IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS.

ALL BUT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS GONE FROM THOSE DELIBERATIONS CITY MANAGER TO AND THE WINTER AND SPRING OF 2011.

OUR REVIEW OF TAX AND ECONOMIC CALCULATIONS FOUND NUMEROUS ERRORS AND OVERSTATEMENT, WHICH INFLATED THE INCENTIVE.

AS MUCH AS THREEFOLD.

IT TOOK MUCH EFFORT, HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF PRO BONO TIME TO PERFORM THE ANALYSIS AND ADVOCACY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF REPEATEDLY SOUGHT TO UNDERMINE OUR WORK WITH TAX REVENUE AND BUDGET TO PROTECT THE CITY'S CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

THE LEGISLATION WHICH CREATED THE 300 MILLION INCENTIVE FOR FORMULA ONE WAS WRITTEN BY SENATOR KIRK WATSON, NOW CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.

SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMIND VOTERS ABOUT THE EXTREME DEGREE OF DOLLAR WASTE AND PHYSICAL ABUSE, WHICH ATTENDED SENATOR WATSON'S EFFORTS FOR FORMULA ONE, TO BE CLEAR ABOUT FORMULA ONE AND ITS PURPOSE.

KIRK WATSON SENATE BILL 15, 15 FROM 2009 WAS A STADIUM DEAL, WHICH SCHEDULED 10 $30 MILLION PAYMENTS, 290 MILLION TOTAL FOR THE MULTI-PURPOSE SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY KNOWN AS A CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS.

SB 15, 15 WAS BACKDOOR FINANCING FOR TRACK PROMOTERS, INCLUDING THE BILLIONAIRE RED MCCOMBS AND A HEDGE FUND PROFIT CAPITAL AND ITS PARTNERS.

IF THIS WAS NOT PROBLEM ENOUGH, SENATOR WATSON FORMERLY MAYOR WATSON FROM LATE 2008, WHEN LEGISLATION WAS CONCEIVED THROUGH MAY, 2010, WHEN F ONE WAS ANNOUNCED APPROXIMATELY 20 MONTHS, TOTAL WITHHELD FROM THIS BODY AND CITY MANAGEMENT, WHAT WAS COMING A RACETRACK APPARENT STRATEGY TO COMPRESS AVAILABLE TIME FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN DEBATE AND FINANCIAL REVIEW QUESTIONABLE CONDUCT TOWARDS THE CITY AND COLLEAGUES AND A BODY NOW SEEKS TO SERVE TO LEAD AGAIN.

SENATOR WATSON'S SB 15, 15 HAD MANY CURIOUS FEATURES, INCLUDING A DEAD AUDIT CLAUSE, A PRETEND AUDIT CLAUSE, WHICH 11 YEARS ON HAS PRODUCED NOT ONE AUDIT COVERING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

WE ALSO FOUND BAIT FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND SENATE BILL 15, 15 RETAINED STATUTORY APPROVAL FOR ALL MAJOR EVENTS, SCORES, BILLS REQUESTS FOR FUNDS FOR PUBLIC FUNDS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN THE LAST DOZEN YEARS WATCHING THEN

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THEN THE STATESMAN PUTIN NOW, SAME ACTORS, RICHARD SUTTLE, REPRESENTING A DEVELOPER, RODNEY GONZALEZ, THE CITY AUDITS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST URGES, CAUTION, AND MORE TIME TO UNDERSTAND AND FULLY CONSIDER THE LEVEL OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT DIRECTED AT THE STATESMAN PUD MORE TIME PLEASED TO KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AS TO THE FORMULA ONE INCENTIVE, BUT ALSO WITH CONCERN ABOUT THE CENTRAL HEALTH TRANSFERS TO THE MEDICAL SCHOOL, LARGE BUCKETS OF PUBLIC FUNDS, LACKING TRANSPARENCY, HAVING QUESTIONABLE FISCAL INTEGRITY, SHARING SENATOR WATSON'S AUTHORSHIP.

WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT KIRK WATSON RETURNING AS MAYOR.

IT SOUNDS POLITICAL TO ME.

NEXT.

WE HAVE BRIAN LEECH AND THEN ON DECK IS JANIE LEECH.

RODNEY GONZALES, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND AFFORDABILITY STAFF HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. LEECH AND THEY HAVE EXPLORED, UH, THE SITUATION.

HI, I'M BRIAN LEECH.

I OWN 7,500 BLUFF SPRINGS ROAD.

MY FAMILY HAS OWNED IT FOR HALF A CENTURY.

18 MONTHS AGO, THE SPRINGVILLE, HIS APARTMENT COMPLEX STARTED CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ME, I SHARE A 1200 FEET PROPERTY LINE WITH HIM.

AND THE FIRST STEP OF CONSTRUCTION BEFORE WE COULD START CONSTRUCTION IS PUT THE SILT FENCE UP AND HAVE A CITY MEETING SO YOU CAN MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S RIGHT.

THEY STARTED CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT PUTTING UP THE SILT FENCE.

AS A RESULT, THEY CAME OVER ONTO MY PROPERTY.

FOUR FEET WENT DOWN 600 FEET DOWN.

MY PROPERTY LINE TOOK DOWN 150 TREES RIPPED FROM RIGHT OUT OF THE GROUND.

THEN THEY PUT THE SILT FENCE UP ON MY PROPERTY, THE PRIVACY FENCE UP ON MY PROPERTY.

AND IT'S STILL THERE TO THIS DAY.

18 MONTHS LATER, I'VE EMAILED YOU STEVE A HUNDRED TIMES ABOUT IT.

THAT'S NOT EVEN THE WORST PART.

THE FIRST TIME IT RAINED TWO MONTHS INTO CONSTRUCTION.

SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY RETENTION PONDS WHATSOEVER.

MUD CAME RACING ACROSS MY PROPERTY, ACROSS MY NEIGHBORS PROPERTY AND INTO THE SOUTH BOGGY CREEK GREENBELT ARREST OF RANDALL.

THE INSPECTOR AT THE TIME WHO'S BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 35 YEARS HAS THE WORST THING HE'S EVER EVEN HEARD OF.

HE SAID THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THAT THEY START CONSTRUCTION WHILE THEIR RETENTION POND WAS IN REVISION.

EVEN THOUGH THAT'S COMPLETELY ILLEGAL, NO RETENTION UPON.

HE WALKED OVER TO THE SOUTH PARK GREENBELT.

I WAS FILMING HIM.

HE SAW I WAS FILMING HIM.

HE FREAKED OUT SCREAMING.

MY FACE RAN OFF MY PROPERTY, NEVER RETURNED.

THE NEXT INSPECTOR.

ROBERT RUIZ TOLD ME HE HAD A HEART ATTACK THE WEEK BEFORE AND COULDN'T GET OUT OF HIS TRUCK.

HE TOLD ME THAT THE RETENTION POND WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT.

IT'S ABOVE GROUND AND THEY CAN'T BUILD IT.

WELL, IF YOU RESEARCH, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN ABOVE GROUND RETENTION POND BECAUSE ON PLANET EARTH, WATER RUNS DOWNHILL.

SO THE RETENTION ONE HAS TO BE BELOW THE SURFACE.

THE WATER IS COMING FROM.

I BROUGHT IT UP.

IT'S ON THE PLANS.

IT'S UNDERGROUND.

NINE MONTHS LATER, THEY START BUILDING A SEVEN MONTHS AGO, NINE MONTHS INTO CONSTRUCTION.

THEY START BUILDING THE RETENTION POND.

THERE'S A PORTION OF THAT'S TWENTY-FIVE FEET UNDERGROUND.

THE WHOLE THING'S FOR SIX FEET UNDERGROUND.

IT'S BIGGER THAN A FOOTBALL FIELDS.

400 FEET OF UNDERGROUND.

I ASKED DAVID CHAPMAN AND ROBERT LUIS, THE INSPECTORS.

THEY SAID, OH, WE DON'T KNOW WHY IT WASN'T BUILT.

JUST BLINK FACE.

THEY HAVE NO IDEA.

EVEN THOUGH I HAD BEEN SCREAMING ON IT FOR NINE MONTHS TO GET IT BUILT.

WELL, ONCE IT'S BEEN BUILT, I NOTICED THAT IT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT.

THE HYDROLOGICAL FLOW DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT.

I BEGGED THE CITY PUBLIC SERVICE REQUESTS OVER AND OVER MONTHS AND MONTHS TRYING TO GET ALL THE PLANS.

THE HYDROLOGICAL VOLT BOTTLE NEVER SHOWS UP UNTIL THE DAY AFTER I WAS ON THE LOCAL NEWS.

THE HYDROLOGICAL FINALLY, OH, THEY FINALLY FIND IT.

I CAN PROVE I HAD MUCH MORE.

IT SHOWS THAT THE RETENTION POND IT EMPTIES.

THE PIPE COMES OUT AT 599 FEET.

MY PROPERTIES AT 6 0 1 AND IT'S RIGHT AGAINST IT.

SO EVERY TIME IT RAINS WATER SMASHES INTO MY PROPERTY, IT'S 200 FEET WIDE CREATING 200 FEET HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.

I SENT YOU A VIDEO LAST NIGHT.

IT'S HAPPENED 19 TIMES IN THE PAST 16 MONTHS, IT SMASHES MY PROPERTY CAUSES EROSION, KILLING MY TREES.

AND THEN WHEN THE RAIN SUBSIDES THERE'S WATER RIGHT THERE.

THERE'S A LAKE STAGNANT WATER THAT SITS THERE FOR MONTHS ALL THROUGH THE DROUGHT, STAGNANT WATER, ALL MY, ALL MY FENCE LINE 200 FEET.

I'VE SENT IT TO YOU.

I'VE SENT IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ALL THE TIME.

NEVER HEAR ANYTHING BACK.

IT'S THERE RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU COME BY PROPERTY RIGHT NOW TODAY, THERE'S STAGNANT WATER SITTING THERE.

NEXT TIME IT RAINS A STAGNANT WATER IS GOING TO GO OUT ONTO MY PROPERTY.

CROSS MY NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY IN THE SOUTH PARK HEAT GREENBELT.

I'VE SENT YOU MANY VIDEOS OF THAT AND IT'S GOING TO CREATE MORE AND MORE EROSION.

THERE'S A AND ENFORCE APARTMENTS COME ONTO MY PROPERTY THREE TIMES.

AND THEY SAID, THIS MUD IS INSANE.

WE JUST PUBLISHED A JOURNAL ARTICLE ON SEDIMENT, GOING ONTO FOREST AND KILLING THE TREES.

WE JUST PUBLISHED IT.

YOU HAVE TO STOP THE MUD FLOODS.

THEN WE CAN COME IN HERE AND CLEAN UP ALL THE MUD.

AND THEN THE NATURAL CLEAN FLOW OF WATER WILL HOPEFULLY EASE THE SITUATION.

WELL, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED ME TO KEEP GOING.

I MEAN, THIS ISN'T EVEN THIS ISN'T EVEN THE TIP OF IT.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET CODE, TO SEND US A NOTE, A MEMO THAT SAYS THAT HELPS US SEE IF THERE'S ACTION, THAT CODE SHOULD BE TAKING.

IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THE THINGS GENTLEMAN'S TALKING ABOUT COULD BE POSSIBLY THINGS THAT CODE SHOULD BE DEALING WITH.

SOME OF THE THINGS SOUND LIKE, UH, PRIVATE ACTIONS THAT SOMEONE TRESPASSES ON YOUR PROPERTY.

UH, THERE MIGHT BE PRIVATE ACTIONS TO BRING THAT THE CITY CAN'T BRING FOR, THEY HAVE A PERMIT TO DO IT.

SO THAT'S THE CODE.

THERE, THERE ARE TWO UNIVERSES HERE.

THERE'S THE CODE ISSUE THINGS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WOULD YOU WANNA HEAR? THE REST OF THE CODE VIOLATIONS? THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THEM WAS FIVE MORE THAT WHATEVER THEY ARE, I'M ASKING FOR STAFF TO GET WITH THE GENTLEMAN AND LET THE COUNCIL KNOW AND A DOCUMENT THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO HIM AS WELL.

WHAT IF ANYTHING CODE SHOULD BE DOING HERE? UH, SO THAT HE HAS AN ANSWER TO THAT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR

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THEY FOUND THAT THE DRAINAGE HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED ACCORDING TO APPROVED PLANS.

WHY IS IT REVISION RIGHT NOW? IT'S STILL IN REVISION.

AND TO THE EXTENT THAT A CODE HAS BEEN INVOLVED, I'LL CHECK WITH STAFF, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE WHERE THAT, UH, THAT I'LL MAKE COUNCIL WORK.

BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT MR. LEACH IS CONCERNED, STAFF HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM, BUT WE'LL FIND OUT TO WHAT EXTENT, JUST EMAILS.

THEY WON'T TALK TO ME IN PERSON, NEVER MEET WITH ME IN PERSON.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

AND SO THE POTENTIAL AND THEY BUILT HAS A DAMN WALL.

THAT'S EIGHT FEET TALL, OR YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE LEGAL JAM WALL.

THEY ADMITTED.

THERE'S A DAM WALL.

THAT'S EIGHT FEET TALL.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOUR FEET WIDE BECAUSE IT'S HOLDING BACK 1.4 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER.

WELL, WE CAN GET YOU WHAT WE CAN GET YOU AS THE RESPONSE FROM, FROM CODE.

BUT NO, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE FINISHED.

AND I WANT TO GIVE, I WANT TO GIVE YOUR WIFE HER FULL THREE MINUTES AS WELL.

I'M GOING TO USE THE THREE MINUTES.

YOU ALSO SIGNED UP AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AS WELL.

MICROPHONE, PLEASE.

CAN WE GET THE RIGHT FORM PLEASE? YEAH.

IS IT ON? YES, IT IS.

I, YEAH, WE'VE OWNED THE PROPERTY SINCE 1973 AND IT HAS NEVER FLOODED UNTIL THE, UH, CALIFORNIA APARTMENTS COME IN ABOUT WHAT YEAR AND A HALF AGO, TWO MONTHS AGO.

AND WE HAVE THESE ENORMOUS MUD FLOWS AND WATER FLOWS COMING ONTO OUR PROPERTY.

AND SO NOW IT'S NOT ONLY WATER AND MUD AND WHATEVER, WHATEVER THEY HAVE IN THEIR PARKING LOTS OR WHATEVER, IT'S TRASH, OUR PROPERTY.

WE HAVE FIVE ACRES AND THE LAST TWO ACRES IS BEING FLOODED WITH MUD WATER TRASH.

BUT, UM, AS YOU SAY, THE PERMITS WERE PERMITTED, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT COULD BE PROPER TO FLOOD US WHEN THEY NEVER FLOODED SINCE 1973.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS HAPPENING OR WHY.

AND SINCE THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE CAD FILES BACK TO MY SON TO GO OVER THEM, CAN I GET, UM, PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT? IT'S ILLEGAL BREAKING THE WALL.

AND I, AND I HEAR THAT.

SO, SO, AND I HEAR IT AND IT SOUNDS, IT SOUNDS HORRIBLE.

YOU WANT ME TO LET'S FINISH THAT? WELL, NO, NO, NO, NO, NOPE.

I CAN'T FINISH.

I CAN'T TELL HER.

YOU CAN'T FINISH FOR HER, BUT, BUT SHE CAN.

AND I THOUGHT WHEN YOU STARTED SOCKING, I THOUGHT SHE WAS FINISHED, BUT CERTAINLY MA'AM.

IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND FINISH AGAIN.

WELL, HE'S GOT ALL THE INFORMATION AND HE'S HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH 60% OF THEM SAY THAT THE POOR IS CONCRETE.

YOU'RE BUILDING IT'S 10 ACRES.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE SIX ACRES OF BUILDINGS, FOUR ACRES OF GRASS.

THEY'VE GOT TWO ACRES OF GRASS ON WHAT EVEN WORK.

SO IT'S TO CODE, BUT IT WON'T EVEN WORK.

IT'S GOING TO OVERFLOW AND GO CRAZY.

MIKE WOULD GOOGLE.

I PUT THAT TO HIM.

HE SAID, OKAY, YEAH, YOU GOT TO FIX IT THIS OBVIOUS.

HE SAYS, WE DON'T CHECK IN THE BIG PROJECT, A BIG PROJECT.

WE DON'T CHECK ALL THE DATA.

JUST THE SMALL PROJECTS.

CAUSE WE, WE DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE BIG FUCK.

AM I GOING TO DO WITH THE REVIEWERS SAID THAT HE CONTACTED ANDREW EVANS, THE ENGINEER.

HE SAID, OH, IT IS OFF BY TWO ACRES.

HE TRIED TO PUT AN ACRE BACK IN AND THEN THE OTHER EIGHT, HE PUT FOREST COPY SIDEWALKS OR NOT A SINGLE SQUARE FOOT OF POROUS, CONCRETE SIDE.

WHAT CAN BE USED? DO YOU USE POROUS CONKY SIDEWALKS.

YOU HAVE TO DO SOIL TESTS.

PRE-CONSTRUCTION THEN YOU HAVE TO LEAVE ALL THE NATURAL SOIL.

THEN YOU HAVE TO PROTECT ALL THE NATURAL SOIL.

CAN'T EVEN DRIVE A TRUCK OVER SPRING VELEZ GOT RID OF ALL THE NATURAL SOILS.

FIRST THING, COMPACT BASED THERE'S 13 FEET OF CAPAC BASE.

IN CERTAIN AREAS, YOU CANNOT HAVE A SINGLE SQUARE FOOT CONCRETE SIDEWALK BEYOND THAT.

THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S OF COURSE GOING TO BE SIDEWALKS.

YOU CAN NOT HAVE THEM NEAR BUILDINGS OR ROADS.

THEY HAVE THEM ALL THROUGH DEPARTMENTS, ALL THROUGH THE BUILDINGS AND ROADS.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT US TO DO.

AND I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU WITH THAT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN.

IT SOUNDS LIKE MOST OF THE THINGS YOU'RE RAISING ARE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO GET AN ATTORNEY FOR.

THEY'RE THERE VIOLATIONS, AS YOU SAY TO THEM OF YOUR RIGHTS, BY A NEIGHBOR, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY ADJUDICATES.

SO I'M GOING TO SUGGEST TO YOU FIRST, AS YOU GET A LAWYER TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED LAWYER, WE HAVE GREAT WITH HIM TO THE DEGREE THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH, THE DAMAGE, THE THOUSAND TREES I'VE TRIED, UH, WE'LL GET WE'LL, WE'LL GET A RESPONSE AS BEST WE CAN FROM OUR STAFF WITH RESPECT TO THE CODE VIOLATIONS, BUT THAT'S ALL THAT WE CAN DO.

THAT'S ALL THAT THE CITY DOES.

NO, NO, THE CODE PEOPLE.

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I'M NOW GOING TO CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER.

THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBBIE ROMERO.

MS. ROMERO COMING DOWN, PLEASE.

UM, WELL, WELL AN NEXT SPEAKERS COMING DOWN, I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF COUNCIL MEMBER POOL WAS GOING TO SAY A WORD ABOUT FIRST DAY AND IF I COULD INTRODUCE THIS SWEET LITTLE PUPPY AND THEN BECAUSE I THINK IT NEEDS TO LEAVE THE, I THINK THAT'S LOVELY.

SO OUTSIDE, UM, ARE SOME KITTENS AND PUPPIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.

I GOT TO HOLD TWO KITTENS JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO AND IT, IT, UH, IT WAS WONDERFUL.

AND THERE'S A FAMILY HERE WHO IS GOING TO ADOPT ONE OF THOSE KIDS THIS VERY DAY.

AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME PUPPIES.

FRANCINE WAS HERE AND FRANCINE IS LOOKING FOR A HOME.

AND MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO HAS A LITTLE SWEETHEART ON HER LAP.

TELL US ABOUT THAT ONE.

I DO.

UM, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE FIRST DAY BACK HERE AGAIN.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO WORK WITH THE ANIMAL SERVICES ON LONG AGO AND COUNCIL MEMBER FULL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ENCOURAGING THEM TO COME BACK.

UM, IT IS REALLY ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE ANIMALS HERE AT CITY HALL.

AND IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR, FOR THE MANY PEOPLE WHO WILL COME DOWN AND TALK TO US THROUGH THE DAY TO SEE, UH, KITTENS AND DOGS AND MAYBE TAKE ONE HOME.

AND I'M HOLDING A SUPER CUTE LITTLE PUPPY CALLED PEEWEE WHO I HOPE IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.

DOESN'T YET HAVE A FAMILY AND SHE'S NOT COMING HOME WITH ME.

IS IT A HERO? SHE, UH, HE, HE'S NOT COMING HOME WITH ME BECAUSE I JUST ADOPTED A PUPPY FROM THE ANIMAL CENTER JUST ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

UM, BUT SHE'S REALLY SWEET OR HE'S REALLY SWEET AND, AND WOULD BE A GREAT PET.

SO IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY FOR CITY HALL, UM, PROCEEDINGS, I HOPE YOU'LL GO OUTSIDE AND SEE IF, IF THERE'S A NEW FURRY FRIEND WHO YOU CAN ADD TO YOUR FAMILY.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I GOT TO KNOW FRANCINE PRETTY WELL OVER THERE.

FRANCINE WAS PRACTICALLY MAKING OUT WITH ME.

SO IF YOU HAVE A, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A DOG THAT WANTS TO GIVE KISSES TO YOU, FRANCINE IS JUST ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE AND KIND GREAT.

MA'AM PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

DEBBIE ROMERO AND THEN ON DECK SIMONE, TOM OF FLOWERS.

HELLO, MR. ANTLER MIRROR, MR. ELDER AND THE COUNCIL.

UM, I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR 48, 11 SOUTH CONGRESS, GOOGLE MOBILE HOME PARK.

I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAD GOTTEN A NOTICE A 36 MONTH NOTICE TO LEAVE THE VACATE, THE PROPERTY.

THE REASON I BROUGHT IT TO Y'ALL BECAUSE Y'ALL HAD, UH, SPONSORED US, ADOPTED US THROUGH THE ZONING THAT IT WOULD JUST BE USED FOR TRAILER PARK PURPOSES.

ONLY.

I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT A FILE.

WE ARE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS.

HERE'S MY COMMUNITY.

THERE, HERE, PRESENT IN THE, IN THE, HERE IN THE PRESENT HERE WITH ME.

UH, WE PAY OUR RENT ON TIME.

WE'RE ALWAYS NEVER BEEN LATE.

THEY HAVE PICKED UP THE RENT SEVERAL MONTHS, EVERY TWO MONTHS.

IT'S LIKE ANOTHER 40, $50.

I HAVE THE PROOF HERE.

WE'VE ALWAYS, IT'S ALREADY ABLE TO NINE 40.

WE'RE HERE TO ASK TO SEE IF WE CAN DO, UH, HELP US, UH, MEET WITH THE NEW OWNERS.

THE OLD OWNERS DON'T WANT TO GIVE US ANY INFORMATION.

USUALLY WE JUST SWITCH HANDS AND START PAYING THE NEW OWNER BECAUSE IT'S JUST BASICALLY STRICTLY FOR TRAILER PARK USE ONLY.

UH, WE HAD ONE, THE ZONING ON 2019, WE HAD CAME AND THANK YOU, MR. HANDLER FOR HELPING US ON THE BEHALF.

THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT TO YOUR TABLE OR ASKING IF THEY'RE GOING THEY'RE BILLIONAIRES.

UM, THEY JUST WANT US JUST TO LEAVE.

WE'RE ASKING THAT THEY HELP US PAY US TO MOVE FOR, UM, RELOCATING US, UM, UH, ON INSPECTIONS OF OUR TRAILERS TO MOVE.

OH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING AT THIS TIME.

OUR GOAL IS TO JUST TO CONTINUE TO LIVE THERE, UM, GET TO MEET THE NEW OWNER AND CONTINUE THERE.

I'M ALSO OFFERING MY VOLUNTEER WORK TO HELP THE COMMUNITY STAY SAFE AND THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND WORK FOR FREE THERE TO MANAGE THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THE OLD MANAGERS WERE NOT, THEY'RE DOING A VERY AWFUL JOB THERE AS YOU CAN SEE.

UM, WE LIKE THE LETTER THAT WE'VE GOT.

ALSO, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BELIEVE IN YOU'RE TRULY GOING TO BE MISSED ME AND MY COMMUNITY.

WE VOTED FOR YOU.

WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP.

AS LONG AS YOU STAY HERE, WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US.

HE USED TO DO A MEDIATION HEARING WITH THE NEW OWNER, TRY TO GET THEM TO MEET.

UH, RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THAT HE'S AN UNDER INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW.

UH, GOING THROUGH BANKRUPTCY.

THERE'S A LOT OF DISCREPANCIES, UM, US AS JUST THE COMMUNITY, WE NEED MORE HELP INSIDE, HELP THROUGH CITY HALL TODAY.

IF Y'ALL CAN HELP US.

CAN I HEAR THAT? REACH OUT TO, TO MY OFFICE.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN BRING IN YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, IN, IN YOUR DISTRICT AS WELL.

AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SUGGEST.

I REACHED OUT TO OUR, WITH Y'ALL, UM, PO PO CANTONESE IS OUR, UM, OUR DISTRICT.

I ALSO REACHED OUT TO BOSSA, REACHED OUT TO TENANT'S COUNCIL.

EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST.

I HAVE REACHED EVERYONE ON THE LIST AND I'VE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL TO MEET WITH THE OWNERS.

I'VE ACTUALLY WENT OUT THERE TO ALL THE SITES.

THEY'VE ALL BEEN CLOSED DOWN.

SO PLEASE WE'RE HERE AT YOUR MERCY TODAY.

SIMONE.

TAMA FLOWER SIGNED UP AND I BELIEVE IS NOT HERE.

I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK.

AND THEN ON DECK IS RICK CRIB.

SILVER, WHITE MOUNTAIN.

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BONIAK THANK YOU.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

THERE'S NO TIME FOR PLEASANTRIES.

WHO HAS THE TIMER BEFORE YOU START THE TIMER.

DOES ANYONE ELSE NEED TO GO TO THE RESTROOM? I'M GOING TO NEED THE REST OF YOU TO HOLD IT.

THEN I DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE WALKING ON MY SPEECH.

HERE'S THE PROBLEM.

THERE ARE PRESSURE PADS, SOME KIND OF SENSORS OF CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS THAT TRIGGER THE DEUCE OF LOOP THAT THEN TRIGGERS THE TRAFFIC LIGHT.

OR THEY MAY JUST BE WEIGHT SCALES.

I DON'T KNOW TRAFFIC IS BACKING UP AT SOME OF THESE INTERSECTIONS WHERE SENSORS ARE SUPPOSED TO EASE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

WHEN IT'S LOCATED D GABRIEL COLLINS AND MCKINNEY FALLS PARKWAY IN 18 FEELER AND 18 WHEELER WAS STOPPED NEAR THE LIGHT, BUT NOT IN THE AREA WHERE THE UNDERGROUND SENSOR WAS LOCATED.

THEY CAME WINTER WAS ALLOWING ENOUGH ROOM TO MAKE THE WHITE TURN.

TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP REALLY BAD, ABOUT 40 OR MORE VEHICLES.

I WAS ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE VEHICLES BEHIND.

I HAD TO GET OFF AND WALK OVER TO INFORM THE DRIVER THAT HIS TRUCK NEEDED TO MOVE UP, TO TRIGGER THE SENSOR.

HE SEEMED PUZZLED.

SO I JUST SAID, THERE'S A SCALE AND YOUR TRUCK NEEDS TO BE ON IT.

TO TRIGGER THE LIGHT.

HE OBLIGED HIM.

THE LIGHT CHANGED.

ANOTHER INTERSECTION, BRED ANY SLAUGHTER.

TRAFFIC IS ALWAYS BACKING UP BECAUSE VEHICLES DO NOT STOP ON THE SENSOR OR THEY ARE NOT WORKING.

SOMETHING IS WRONG.

SO EITHER ORDER THEM TAKEN OUT, PAINT, STOP ON SENSORS, STOP ON SCALE, FIGURE IT OUT.

I RESEARCHED THIS A BIT.

AND A LOT OF DRIVERS DON'T KNOW ABOUT THESE UNDERGROUND SENSORS ON OTHER BUSINESS.

I HAD TO TRAIN ONE OF YOUR NEW EMPLOYEES WHO ANSWERS YOUR MAIN LINE.

I'VE DEALT WITH HER THROUGH HER OCCASIONS FOR THIS MEETING ALONE.

FIRST, WHEN I CALLED TO FIND OUT THE DATE FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO SPEAK AT THE DISTANCE COMMUNICATION, SHE DIDN'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

I SAID, LOOK AROUND FOR A PAMPHLET.

SHE, SHE THEN SAID, I FOUND IT.

I SAID, OPEN IT, LOOK AT IT.

THEN I DIDN'T RECEIVE A CALL IN A TIMELY MANNER ABOUT IF I HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AT A CALL AGAIN, I WAS TOLD THAT THE INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

SHE SAID I WOULD GET AN EMAIL THE DAY BEFORE THE MEETING, I MAY BE CANTANKEROUS OR SPREAD FOR WANTING TO RECEIVE A PHONE CALL.

ALSO, I NEED TO CALL BECAUSE MY 4G PHONE WAS PHASED OUT.

ALL I HAD WAS MY RINKY-DINK PHONE.

SO NOW I AM MAD AT Y'ALL, BUT SINCE I CAN'T CURSE, CAUSE MY MOM WASHED OUT MY MOUTH.

AND SO I'LL JUST SAY THIS, YOUR MAMA WEARS COMBAT BOOTS.

I HAVE TO COMPLAIN TO Y'ALL BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC SENSORS, WHEN I CALLED TEXTS OUT OF THIS CITY, I AM SOMETIMES TOLD I WENT TO CLASSES FOR THIS AND I HAVE A DEGREE FOR THAT.

I RESPOND.

THAT'S WHY I FIND A PROBLEM.

IT IS YOUR JOB TO FIX IT.

I'M JUST TRYING TO SOLVE A FRACTION OF THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS IN AUSTIN.

THERE'S PLENTY MORE TO GO AROUND.

AND JUST LIKE I FOUND SOME PROBLEMS OUTSIDE.

I WAS TRYING THAT NORTH ENTRANCE WAS LOCKED.

I HAD TO GO.

THE DIRECT ME TO ENTER AT THE FRONT TWO CARS WERE BLOCKING IT.

I HAVE THE RKP 53 76.

I HAD TO GET ON THE STREET.

I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT A 70.

I GOT TWO YEARS TO GO.

SO I NEED YOU TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OTHER TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. THANK YOU, RICK CRICK COVE NIAC.

MY NAME IS RICK .

MY HOME IS NOW IN DISTRICT ONE.

UH, BUT I WILL BE IN DISTRICT FOUR IN JANUARY.

I'M AN ARCHITECT.

I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR ANYONE BUT MYSELF TODAY.

I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THE RECENT WINDSOR VILLAGE SITE PLAN AND INTERPRETATION APPEAL TO THE CITY'S BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

THE AUSTIN MENNONITE CHURCH, QUALIFIED TO APPEAL AND DID SO ON BEHALF OF WINDSOR PARKS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND CONTACT TEAM.

THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE $2,919 REIMBURSEMENT TOWARDS THE 3,319 FILING FEE.

SO I BELIEVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH STRUGGLED TO PAY THE FEE WOULD APPRECIATE THE REMAINING $300.

ESPECIALLY SINCE THAT APPEAL PROCESS DOES NOT WORK.

I'M A PART OF A WORKING GROUP THAT INCLUDES FIVE OTHER DESIGN PROFESSIONALS AND REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS.

WE'VE MET WEEKLY FOR TWO YEARS, POURING OVER THE SIX VMU WINDSOR VILLAGE SITE PLAN SUBMISSIONS TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ASKING THEM QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY AND HINTING.

WE WOULD APPEAL.

ONCE THE PLAN WAS APPROVED, WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS NO APPEAL PROCESS FOR US.

HOWEVER, DSDS BRENT LLOYD FOUND A STATE LAW ALLOWING A PARTY WITHIN 200 FEET TO APPEAL WITH THE CHURCH.

AS THE APPELLANT, OUR WORKING GROUP PUT TOGETHER A PACKAGE DETAILING SEVERAL OF THE STAFF'S FAULTING INTERPRETATIONS OF THE ORDINANCE.

STILL.

WE LOST FOUR TO SIX.

I CAME AWAY FROM THAT BOA MEETING SYNCING, NO MATTER WHAT WE PRESENTED, IT WOULD NOT HAVE CHANGED THE OUTCOME.

THE FORUM MEMBERS DID AGREE.

THE APPROVAL WAS QUESTIONABLE.

IT SEEMED THE REST DID NOT WANT TO TAKE WHAT WOULD NO DOUBT BE CONSIDERABLE TIME TO CORRECT THE INTERPRETATIONS FEELING THAT MIGHT BE CONSTRUED, CONSTRUED AS REWRITING THE CODE AND WERE APPARENTLY ADVISED THEY COULD BE LIABLE FOR REVERSING THE APPEAL.

ASK HER BOY APPOINTEE IS IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, I ONLY HAVE THREE

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MINUTES.

NOT ONLY IS THE APPEAL PROCESS, FUNNILY BROKEN, BUT SO IS THE REVIEW PROCESS STRAIGHT FROM SUB CHAPTER II, ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION 4.3 0.3 PRIOR TO FILING ANY FOR A DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL CONTAIN A VMU BUILDING.

THE DEVELOPER SHALL REQUEST IN WRITING A PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE WITH THE DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INFORMAL PRE-APPLICATION, UH, EVALUATION OF THE APPLICANTS PROPOSAL AND TO FAMILIARIZE THE APPLICANT AND THE CITY STAFF WITH THE APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE SUB CHAPTER THAT DID NOT HAPPEN FOR WINDSOR VILLAGE AND THE DEVELOPER SEEMINGLY HAD NO CONCEPT OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A VERTICAL MIXED USE BUILDING NOR WHAT AUSTIN'S DESIGN STANDARDS AND MIXED USE ORDINANCES WERE INTENDED TO PRODUCE, OR DID ALMOST EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO AVOID IT BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAD THEIR PLAN DESIGNED.

I KNOW YOU'RE ALL INTERESTED IN THE HOUSING THAT VERTICAL MIXED USE ZONING CAN PROVIDE, BUT IT'S CALLED A MIXED JUICE FOR A REASON.

AND VMU WAS SOLD TO AUSTIN CITIZENS WITH VERY VIVID DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.

ONE LAST THING YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO NO LONGER ALLOW LIVE WORK UNITS, TO QUALIFY AS A COMMERCIAL USE SINCE AND EVERY BUILDING CODE WE COULD FIND THERE DEFINED AS A RESIDENTIAL USE.

WE ARE LOSING AUSTIN BUSINESSES BECAUSE THIS IS ALLOWED.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, MAYOR.

UH, RICK, JUST ONE SECOND.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME THAT THE WORKING GROUP HAS SPENT, UH, TRYING TO IMPROVE THE PROJECT AND LOOKING AT THE VMU, UH, ORDINANCE AND THE ISSUES WITH IT.

UH, I WILL BE BRINGING AN ITEM, TRYING TO TIGHTEN UP SOME OF THOSE, UH, ISSUES, UH, DOWN THE ROAD AS GOOD BUDGET AND OTHER THINGS HAVE GONE THE WAY I DID WANT TO JUST MENTION ONE OTHER THING THAT, THAT I'VE NOTICED ON CAMERON ROAD, THE NEW APARTMENTS THAT OPENED UP THERE, WHERE THE, UH, THE CHURCH WAS A PRIOR, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE CROSS STREET THERE ON CAMERON, BUT, UM, THEY, AGAIN, JUST AS LITTLE THINGS THAT WE DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT, BUT THAT THE CODE AFFECTS THEIR, UM, THEIR DRAINAGE, THEIR, UH, WATERSHED, UH, DRAINAGE, WHERE THEY CATCH THE OVERFLOW.

THEY PUT IT ON CAMERON ROAD, YOU KNOW, THEY PUT IT FRONT AND CAMERON ROAD.

I MEAN, YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND IT SHOULD GO TOWARD THE BACK.

BUT I THINK BECAUSE OF THE COMPATIBILITY RESTRICTIONS, IT IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY BETTER FOR THEM TO PUT THAT ON THE CAMERON ROAD FRONTAGE THAN IT WOULD BE TO PUT IT AT THE BACK OF THE PARTY.

IT'S, IT'S AN UNATTRACTIVE PIECE.

IT AFFECTS, I THINK THE LOOK AND FEEL OF CRIMINAL ROAD.

THANKFULLY, IT'S NOT THAT BIG, BUT THOSE ARE THE LITTLE THINGS DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS THAT I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE INCENTIVIZING AS WE, UH, AS WE CRAFT THE CODE.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

THE MAYOR THAT CONCLUDES EVERYONE FOR NEWTON, CITIZEN COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC ALRIGHT, COLLEAGUES.

IT IS A ONE O'CLOCK, UH, WE'RE GOING TO STOP BEING OUT HERE.

LET'S CALL THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO START AT ONE 30.

SO I HAVE GOOD TOUCH BASE.

GIVES EVERYBODY 30 MINUTES TO KIND OF RECONNOITER I'D STOP AT ONE 30.

WE'LL DO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE'LL COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND QUICKLY HANDLE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH MEANS WE'RE NOT GOING TO DISCUSS ANYTHING.

IF THERE'S ONE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING YOU CAN STAY ON, DOES ANYTHING MORE THAN ONE QUICK QUESTION? WE'RE GOING TO PULL IT OFF AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE GOING TO START QUEUING UP HERE AT TWO O'CLOCK FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

AND I'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP THREE ITEMS PURSUANT TO 5, 5, 1 0 7 1, A GOVERNMENT CODE CITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED ITEM 92, WHICH IS A FEE SCHEDULE 1 0 2, WHICH IS A PARKLAND DEDICATION, UH, 1 36, UH, ALSO A PARKLAND DEDICATION WITHOUT OBJECTION.

UH, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ITEM 92, 1 0 2 AND ONE THIRTY SIX.

AND I'LL CALL THEM OUT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

THAT'S OUR KITCHEN? UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

WHEN WE, WHEN WE TAKE UP THE, THE ZONING SPEAKERS, ARE WE GOING TO TAKE UP, UM, BOTH THE IN-PERSON AND THE, UM, SO, SO BOTH, SO ALL THE ZONING SPEAKERS WILL BE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER THEY'RE IN PERSON OR ON.

COLLEAGUES, A CITY COUNCIL

[Executive Session]

THERE'S MUSIC GOTTA BE PLAYED HERE IN JUST A SECOND.

AND I URGE YOU ALL TO LISTEN TO THAT.

IF YOU WANT TO, UH, OTHERWISE AT ONE 30, WE'LL BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE'LL DO THAT VIRTUALLY SINCE WE'RE ALL NOT PHYSICALLY PRESENT.

UH, THE TIME IS, UM, 1 0 1.

WE'LL SEE YOU IN A BIT.

FOR WHAT IS TRULY MY FAVORITE PART OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

SO, SO, SO YOU GUYS ARE HERE

[Live Music: Kydd Jones]

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AND I APOLOGIZE THAT WE HAVE BEEN DELAYED IN GETTING TO HEAR YOU ALL GOT TO WATCH WHAT OUR LIVES ARE LIKE UP THERE, WHICH IS HOW YOU KNOW, TO APPRECIATE AS WE DO WHEN MUSIC COMES INTO THIS PLACE.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE TAKE THIS, THIS MUSIC AND THE SOUNDS, AND WE PRESS THEM INTO THE WALLS.

SO THAT TONIGHT AT 10 O'CLOCK AND 11 O'CLOCK, BUT I'M STILL LISTENING AND WE'RE STILL LISTENING TO IMPORTANT AND TOUGH ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I CAN STILL HEAR THAT MUSIC AND STILL HEAR THAT SOUND PLAN.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT IN THIS BUILDING, IN THIS CITY, BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

AND WHEN ARTISTS COME IN TO BE PART OF THIS SPACE, THIS IS LIKE AUSTIN'S VERSION OF, OF, OF CARNEGIE HALL.

UH, IT'S THE BEST WE GOT GUYS.

UM, IT JUST IS A REAL GIFT.

NOW WE PAY MUSICIANS BECAUSE I FRANKLY DON'T THINK THAT MUSICIANS SHOULD BE PERFORMING ANYWHERE IN THIS CITY AND NOT BEING PAID.

UH, BUT IT IS STILL A GIFT WHEN, WHEN MUSICIANS COME AND PLAY FOR US FOR US.

AND TODAY WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE KID JONES, UH, WITH US, UH, IS A SINGER SONGWRITER, PRODUCER, FASHION DESIGNER, DIRECTOR, VISUAL ARTIST, UH, AND MC UH, HE IS A NATIVE AUSTINITE AND HIS MUSICAL INFLUENCE AND STYLINGS RANGE FROM, UH, MELODIC, UH, R B AND HIP HOP AND SOUTHERN TRAP.

UH, JONES HAS WORKED WITH AUSTIN FC ON THEIR, UH, 2223 SEASON THEME SONG, AS WELL AS THE ROUND ROCK EXPRESS ON THEIR, UH, AUSTIN BLACK SENATORS, A MARKETING CAMPAIGN, AND HAS ALSO PERFORMED AT FESTIVALS, SUCH AS THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 FEST, AUSTIN CITY LIMITS, MUSICAL FESTIVAL, UH, AND THE BROOKLYN HIP HOP FESTIVAL.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING TO CITY HALL, KITCHEN.

I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING TODAY.

UM, I GOT THIS SONG.

IT'S CALLED JAMES BALDWIN.

I LIKE TO PLAY FOR Y'ALL.

DARK IS JAMES BOWEN.

MINE STAYED IN A STATE OF MIND WITH NO STATE OF MIND.

CROP PAYS WHILE I WAIT IN LINE, WHILE I WAIT IN LINE WHERE YOU STARLING, THEY THOUGHT THEY KNEW ME THOUGHT I KNEW MYSELF, CDG HOT SAUCE ON MY SLEEVE AND ON MY SHELF.

SHE THOUGHT TWEAKING MY LITTLE DOGGY SATAN'S STREETS MADE HIM SOMETHING ELSE.

SOMETHING ELSE I BEEN RUNNING, NOT SOMETHING ELSE TREATED LIKE THIS.

THE ONLY SUMMER LAB HAD THE MANIFEST.

MY DREAM START I'LL HAVE FELL IT ALL MYSELF.

WE CAN ADD STRENGTH TO I DID IT ALL MYSELF DIDN'T EVEN EAT.

NO FRIENDS DID IT ALL MYSELF.

IT WAS ALL ME IN HERE.

YEAH, YOURSELF.

I WAS WAY TOO LOST THIS SPACE TO JOHNNY TOWN.

PEOPLE AROUND THE TOWN.

THEY SAY HIS SHOT IS GONE.

HATE TO START A SQUAT AND THEN REOPENED WOUNDS.

WE OPENED, WE OPENS MORE LIGHT INTO THE DARKNESS TO REOPEN WOUNDS FOR SITE.

THEY WANT TO OFFER US THE MORE WE BLOOM AND STOREFRONTS WITH THE TARGETS.

ANOTHER STORY SOON, ANOTHER CLOUDY NIGHT WITH A GLORY MOON WHO KNEW I TAUGHT THIS SO WE KNOW HOW TAUGHT IS SMOOTH.

WE COULDN'T AFFORD THE SHOES, BUT YO, THE MORTGAGE DO NOW.

WELL YOU, WHEN I WANTED HELP TREAT THIS LIKE THIS, HAD TO MANIFEST MY DREAMS, ALL MYSELF, STRAND TO HIDE IT.

ALL MYSELF DIDN'T EVEN NEED NO FRIENDS DID IT ALL MYSELF.

IT WAS ALL ME IN THE END.

THAT MAKES SOME NOISE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

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SO IF, UH, THAT WAS GREAT.

UH, IF, IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO, TO, TO FIND YOU, UM, DO YOU HAVE LIKE A WEBSITE OR SOMETHING THEY COULD GO TO? YES, SIR.

YOU CAN FOLLOW ME ONLINE.

I'M ON INSTAGRAM AT KID JONES.

THAT'S ADS, K Y D D J O N E S OR@KIDJONES.COM K Y D D J O.

AND HE HAS JUST EVERYTHING KID JONES, K Y D D J ON THE US THAT WORKS.

AND IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME, COME SEE YOU, WHERE'S YOUR NEXT GIG THAT PEOPLE COULD.

UM, MY NEXT GIG IS NEXT MONTH ON THE NINTH.

WELL, THIS MONTH ON THE NINTH AT ANTON'S A NIGHTCLUB, WE THROW A MONTHLY THERE THAT'S A COMEDY SHOW.

WE CALL IT THE KID JONES COMEDY JAM PERFECT FOR A DATE NIGHT.

SO YOU'LL HAVE THE TONGUE COME OUT AND ENJOY SOME COMEDY AND SOME MUSIC AT THE END.

SOUNDS GREAT.

I HAVE A, I HAVE AN IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS IS BLESSED WITH MANY CREATIVE MUSICIANS WHOSE TALENTS EXTEND TO VIRTUALLY EVERY MUSICAL GENRE.

AND WHEREAS OUR MUSIC SCENE THRIVES BECAUSE AUSTIN AUDIENCES SUPPORT GOOD MUSIC PRODUCED BY LEGENDS AND OUR LOCAL FAVORITES AND NEWCOMERS ALIKE.

AND WE'RE AS WE ARE PLEASED TO SHOWCASE AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ARTISTS.

NOW, THEREFORE I, STEVE ADLER, MAYOR OF THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 1ST OF THE YEAR, 2022 KID JONES DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS ALL RIGHT.

UH, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOT GONNA REQUIRE DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION.

UM, THANK YOU.

UH, BUT AGAIN, JUST AS REMINDER, IT'S STILL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST.

UH, THE TIME IS, UH, 3 0 4.

UH, WE ARE OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION WHILE WE WERE IN A EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE DISCUSSED LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEMS 92, 1 0 3 1 0 2.

AND UH, WE HAD 1 36 COLLEAGUES WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THE CONSENT, UH, UH, AGENDA HERE.

UH, IF ANYTHING LOOKS LIKE IT REQUIRES ANY REAL LENGTH OF CONVERSATION, OTHER THAN AT MOST, JUST A QUICK QUESTION OF STAFF TO GET SOMETHING ON THE RECORD, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD IT OFF.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH A CONSENT AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO ACT ON JUST THAT QUICKLY.

AND LET STAFF GO THAT POTENTIALLY REALLY QUICK VOTES MANAGER THAT, UH, UH, I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UH, TO DEAL WITH WOULD BE THE 94 96 EMINENT DOMAIN MATTERS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE HFC IS JUST A QUESTION OF CONVENING THAT MEETING VOTING AND, AND RECESSING, UH, THE COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT EXCEPTION 98 LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD GO REALLY FAST.

UH, ITEM 1 0 1, UH, PARKLAND CHANGE IN USE.

I THINK, UH, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS MAY HAVE JUST A VERY QUICK QUESTION ON THAT, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T SLOWS TO DOWN.

I THINK IT'S MORE RECORD BUILDING AS, AS OTHERS.

UH, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION OF STAFF WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTRACTS ON, UH, THE OTHER WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS.

UH, JUST A CONFIRMATION THAT'LL BE REALLY FAST.

UM, IS THERE A NUMBER TO FILL IN THE BLANK ON ITEM 55? THANK YOU.

SO THAT SAID, I JUST WANT TO ALERT STAFF TO THOSE BECAUSE THAT STAFF COULD START ASSEMBLING OR BEING NEARBY OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

COLLEAGUES

[Consent Agenda]

ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IT IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 91, ALSO 1 33 TO 1 38.

THE ITEMS THAT I'M SHOWING, BEING PULLED ARE ITEMS 6 21.

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MARY ITEM 55 IS THE SETTLEMENT OF A LAWSUIT.

YOU ALL RECEIVED A MEMO IT'S SETTLEMENT FOR $156,000 TO SETTLE NUNEZ VS.

CITY OF AUSTIN.

IT'S A 2018 CAR WRECK INVOLVING THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT PAYMENT IS TO MRS. NUNEZ, MS. NUNEZ FOR SEVEN TO $8,000 INTO MR. NUNEZ FOR $78,000.

THAT'S GREAT.

THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE FILLED IN A BLANKET OR REMAIN ON CONSENT.

CONTINUING ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER 59 HAS BEEN PULLED ALSO 84, 85 AND 90 AND A 1 36, 1 37 AND 1 38.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER TOWELL MAKES A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND AS MEMBER KITCHEN MAKES THE SECOND DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER TOBER.

YEAH, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS, BUT, BUT THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO DO WAS TO MOVE, UM, THAT WE POSTPONE INDEFINITELY MY AMENDMENT, MY IFC ON THE SIXTH STREET, LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO 84 BIG POSTPONED INDEFINITELY HEARING? NONE BAD ACTION WILL BE SHOWN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, A VERY PRO 10 IN CASTLEBERRY.

KELLY.

I WANTED TO JUST CONFIRM THAT, UM, WE ARE POSTPONING AND DIVIDING ITEM 57, ITEM NUMBER 57 IS BEING POSTPONED TO THE 29TH.

IT'LL COME BACK AS TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. OKAY.

AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO MAKE TWO COMMENTS.

I'LL BE VERY QUICK.

UM, ONE FOR THE VISIT AUSTIN BUDGET.

I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE HOTEL INDUSTRY THAT I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN GET YOUR T PERIOD IN PLACE THIS FALL.

UM, IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN THROUGH COVID AND, AND THERE BEEN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD FOR US MOVING FORWARD, UM, WITH THAT ASPECT.

UM, AND SECONDLY, I WANTED TO JUST SPEAK TO ITEM, UM, 1 33, WHICH IS OUR EMS CONTRACT.

I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT THE CITY AND OUR EMS ASSOCIATION HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME TOGETHER, UM, ON A, ON A CONTRACT.

UM, IT IS FOR ONE YEAR DOES SOME REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS.

AND I THINK IT LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR A MUCH LONGER CONTRACT.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT INCREASES WAGES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS.

IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE, UM, THE ABILITY TO HIRE IN AT THE PARAMEDIC LEVEL.

UM, AND THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER THINGS, UM, THAT IT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

I THINK THAT OUR, OUR CHIEF IN OUR ASSOCIATION ARE VERY COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING THE VACANCIES AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR EMS IS, UH, THE WORLD-CLASS, UM, RESPONSE UNIT THAT IT CAN BE AND THE PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO WORK.

UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE OUR PROFESSIONALS, UM, THERE TO RESPOND.

UM, I WANT TO THANK OUR, OUR NEGOTIATING TEAM, UM, INCLUDING DEVIN'S OSI, WHO WILL BE, UH, LEAVING THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, AND THANK THAT EMS ASSOCIATION, SELENA SHE AND THE FELLOW MEMBERS THERE, UM, FOR COMING TOGETHER AND REALLY TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THROUGH THE CONTRACT AT ITS BEST.

UM, THESE CONTRACTING PROCESSES, UM, HELP US TO UPLIFT OUR EMPLOYEES AND HELP US TO, UM, SOLVE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING THAT STATE LAW, UM, ON ITS OWN DOESN'T ALLOW US TO DO IT OFTEN REQUIRES SOME CREATIVITY.

UM, IT ALSO REQUIRES US TO LEAN IN SOMETIMES AND SAY, WE NEED TO BE PAYING MORE.

UM, I THINK THIS IS AN, A REALLY IMPORTANT NEXT STEP FOR US AS WE WORK, UM, WITH OUR EMS ASSOCIATION, BUT IT IS JUST A NEXT STEP.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A LONGER CONTRACT, UM, THAT, THAT WE REALLY KEEP THE BIGGER PICTURE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT EMS IS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE INVOLVED IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

BEFORE US TODAY, AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY IS BE PAST THAT.

WHILE WE'RE ON THAT TOPIC.

I THINK WE SHOULD JUST TAKE A SECOND AND RECOGNIZE, UH, UH, UH, DEVIN WHO DON'T DECIDE, WHO, UH, JUST LEFT THE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK HERE.

YOU JUST CAN'T STAY AWAY.

HUH.

UM, BUT YOU HAVE, UH, BEEN OUR, OUR, OUR LAMP, UH, THROUGH, UH, SEVERAL PATHWAYS, UH, AS WE TRIED TO NEGOTIATE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY CONTRACTS.

HOW'D YOU WANT TO TAKE A SECOND AND YOU DID GOOD ON THIS LAST ONE HERE

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UH, MATT, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, UH, WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF THESE, UH, ITEMS THAT, UH, DEAL WITH THE, UH, UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, CONTRACTS, UH, THAT DEAL WITH, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

I DON'T KNOW IF LAUREN IS HERE OR NEARBY, WE DO HAVE HER UP VIRTUALLY.

I THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M REALLY EXCITED.

I I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE US MOVING FORWARD ON, UH, UH, PUTTING THROUGH, TO WORK A LOT OF THE DOLLARS THAT THE COUNCIL HAVE PRIORITIZED, UH, TO BE SPENT ON PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND HELPING THIS EFFORT, UH, OF, OF ACTUALLY GETTING 3000 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE OFF OUR STREETS OVER THIS THREE-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH IF WE'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE CITY IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WORLD THAN IT EXISTS IN WITH RESPECT TO, UH, HOMELESSNESS.

SO THE WORK THAT YOU AND DIANA GRAY HAVE DONE ALL OF THE CITY STAFF ON THIS OTHERS IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO IN COLLABORATION WITH ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE PART OF THIS ENTERPRISE.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONTRACTS ON IT.

THERE'S ONE FOR FAMILY ELDER CARE, ONE FOR INTERVAL CARE, THERE'S SOME FOR RAPID REHOUSING AND REFEREE HOUSING AND HEAL, UH, THAT, UH, ARE MOVING FORWARD, ECHO, UM, UH, UH, ARC, UH, INTEGRAL CARE COMMUNITY, HEALTH WORKERS, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

AND I GUESS MY QUESTION IS I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, UH, THAT, UH, THAT IT STAFF'S POLICY IS TO ENSURE THAT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, THAT'S CREATED THROUGH OUR RFPS AND THE LIKE, UH, INTEGRATES WITH THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM.

IT ACTUALLY ALLOWED, I LEFT WEDNESDAY WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

YES, THE DEPARTMENT IS EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH A HOMELESS STRATEGY DIVISION AND CAN CONFIRM THAT THROUGH OUR SOLICITATION PROCESS, WE'VE MADE IT CLEAR THAT ANY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS THAT OBTAINED REFERRALS NEED TO OBTAIN THOSE REFERRALS FROM THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM.

THAT'S GREAT.

CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE PULLING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY NOW IN THE CITY AND ST.

DAVID'S AND ECHO, I'VE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB, MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S PARTICIPATING IN THE SAME DATA COLLECTION EFFORT.

NOW THE SAME, THAT'S SUCH A HUGE ADVANCE FROM, FROM NOT VERY LONG AGO.

AND I THINK HAVING EVERYBODY WORKING IN AND UNITED TO HELP ON THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM IS PART OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, IT JUST REAL GOOD TO SEE THOSE THINGS ON OUR AGENDA, FURTHER CONVERSATION.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, YES.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

UM, WHEN THE VOTE HAPPENS, IF THE CLERK COULD JUST REFLECT MY NO VOTES ON ITEMS NUMBER 19 48, 49, 64 AND 71, AND I AM ABSTAINING FROM ITEM 86.

ASSERT THAT THERE IS NOTHING PORNOGRAPHIC IN THEM.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION CUTS OUR POOL AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THANKS MAYOR.

I AM BRINGING ITEM 86 TODAY, WHICH IS, UM, THE FREEDOM TO READ AND IT'S NOTABLE ON OUR AGENDA.

AND I WANTED TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO LEAN INTO IT HERE.

UM, THE FREEDOM TO READ IS AT THE HEART OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

THE FREEDOM TO READ IS ABOUT THE FREEDOM TO THINK AND TO SPEAK AND TO EXCHANGE IDEAS.

IT IS AN INHERENT ELEMENT OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS THAT WE ENJOY, AND THAT ARE THE BASIS OF THE GOVERNANCE OF THESE UNITED STATES.

BUT WE ARE HAVING ASSAULTS ON OUR LIBRARIES AND OUR FREEDOM TO READ.

THEY HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY FREQUENT AS BOOK BANDS, MULTIPLY TARGETING BOOKS INVOLVING GENDER RACE, SEXUALITY, POLITICS, HUMAN RIGHTS, BUT INCLUDING OTHER TITLES, THE REASONS FOR THEIR BANNING, OUR CONFOUNDING ON THEIR FACE.

FOR EXAMPLE, EARLIER THIS YEAR, A TEXAS STATE REP PUT OUT A LIST OF ALMOST 850 BOOKS THAT HE WANTS BANNED FROM TEXAS LIBRARIES.

HE STATED THAT WE MUST GET RID OF BOOKS THAT MAKE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE.

THAT IN ITSELF IS A STARTLING STATEMENT.

A STATE REP SHOULD DECIDE THAT A BOOK IS UNCOMFORTABLE TO READ THAT IS STARTLING AND TRULY A DANGEROUS STATEMENT ABOUT PUBLIC FREEDOMS IN A COUNTRY LIKE OURS, THAT WAS FOUNDED ON FREEDOMS, INCLUDING THE EMBRACE OF A BROAD ARRAY OF BELIEFS AND CULTURES.

YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHAT BOOKS ARE ON THAT LIST.

WELL, HERE'S A TOP LINE, A COLLECTION OF POLITICAL ESSAYS FROM 2010, A BIOETHICS ADULT BOOK FROM 2005 NOVELS WRITTEN BY WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS LIKE JAMES PATTERSON AND RICHARD NORTH PATTERSON.

I'VE READ THEIR BOOKS.

I COULD CONFIDENTLY

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AWARD-WINNING BOOKS ARE ON THAT LIST, LIKE THE PULITZER PRIZE, WINNING THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER BY WILLIAM STYRON AND HARVEY AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE MAGIC FISH BY TRON LEAGUE WIN THAT'S ON THE LIST TOO.

AND THEN THERE'S, THIS IS YOUR TIME BY RUBY BRIDGES.

ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK STUDENTS TO INTEGRATE INTO AN ALL WHITE SCHOOL.

AND OF COURSE THE YEAR THEY BANNED, THE BOOKS IS ON THE LIST.

IT IS A BOOK ABOUT BOOK BANNING, AND THAT HAS BEEN MAKING PEOPLE THINK SINCE 1999.

SO RATHER THAN SIMPLY STEW ABOUT THESE EFFORTS TO CONTROL WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT READ OR WHAT ANY OF YOU CAN OR CANNOT READ AND OVERREACH THAT I ABSOLUTELY OPPOSE.

INSTEAD TODAY, I AM HONORED TO PRESENT THIS RESOLUTION AMPLIFYING THE WORK OF THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY LED BY DIRECTOR ROOSEVELT WEEKS AND THE AUSTIN LIBRARY COMMISSION AND ENDORSE THE FREEDOM TO READ STATEMENT THAT WAS PUT FORTH BY THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, WHICH CLEARLY LAYS OUT WHY THE FREEDOM TO READ IS CRUCIAL TO DEMOCRACY.

SO THE CITY OF AUSTIN EXPLICITLY OPPOSES BOOK BANNING, WE CELEBRATE THE CREATIVE AND DETERMINED WORKS OF OUR LIBRARY LEADERS TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY'S RIGHT, TO READ, INCLUDING A RAPID RESPONSE TEAM, WHICH IS READY TO DEFEND LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIANS THAT HAS BEEN SET UP BY THE AUSTIN LIBRARY COMMISSION AND THE WONDERFUL BAND CAMP SET UP BY THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND DIRECTOR OF ROOSEVELT WEEKS AND BANNED IN THIS SENSE IS B A N N E D.

IT'S A SERIES OF EVENTS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE FREEDOM TO READ AND SHARE IDEAS.

SO MY THANKS TO ALL OF MY CO-SPONSORS ON THIS IMPORTANT RESOLUTION MAYOR PRO TEM ALTAR COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOVO HARPER, MADISON FUENTES, VELA KITCHEN, AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL FOR YOUR SOLID SUPPORT.

AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT WORK OF AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY DIRECTOR AT ROOSEVELT WEEKS' LIBRARY, COMMISSIONER, COURTNEY ROSENTHAL, WHO REPRESENTS SO ABLY DISTRICT SEVEN, MY DISTRICT ON THE LIBRARY COMMISSION AND THE CHAIR OF THE LIBRARY COMMISSION, MARK SMITH.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

AND LET'S GO READ SOME BANNED BOOKS.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.

I DID NOT JOIN AS A SPONSOR JUST BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE EVERYBODY WAS, AND IT WAS JUST PILING ON, BUT HEARING THE SPEAKER THAT CAME TO SPEAK TO US TODAY AND, UH, UM, WHEN THE COMMUNITY WAS INVITED TO SPEAK TO US, REALLY HIS, WHAT HE SAID REALLY RESONATED WITH ME, UH, PERHAPS NOT THE WAY THAT HE INTENDED IT TO RESONATE WITH ME.

UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A SPONSOR TO YOUR RESOLUTION AS WELL.

THE CLERK WOULD.

SO, NO THANK YOU.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OF ELLA.

UH, I JUST WANTED TO, FIRST OF ALL, ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM ULTRA'S COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO THE EMS CONTRACT.

I THINK SHE SAID IT VERY WELL, UH, BUT, UH, VERY HEARTENING AND ENCOURAGING TO SEE, UH, US COME TOGETHER WITH, UH, THE UNION ON THE AGREEMENT.

AND AGAIN, THANK COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

MY MOTHER, UH, IS, WAS RETIRED NOW, BUT WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIAN AND I WOULD ALWAYS GO TO HER LIBRARY AFTER SCHOOL.

AND I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER BANNED BOOKS WEEK WHERE SHE WOULD HAVE THE DISPLAY OF BOOKS THAT HAD BEEN BANNED, YOU KNOW, AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.

AND, UH, UH, THAT JUST IT'S BURNED INTO MY MEMORIES.

AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THIS RESOLUTION HOPPER MADISON AFTER A COUNCIL MEMBER APPRENTICE.

AND THANK YOU CUSTOMER POOL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THE FREEDOM TO REVISE SOLUTION.

I STAND WITH YOU.

UM, JUST THE OTHER DAY, WE WERE HAVING A TEAM MEETING AT OUR CENTRAL LIBRARY AND IT WAS 9:00 AM WE WALK IN AND DIRECTOR WEEKS WAS RIGHT THERE.

AND HE WAS PERSONALLY GREETING FOLKS AS THEY WALKED INTO OUR LIBRARY.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY SPECIAL TO SEE OUR DIRECTOR THERE.

AND SO JUST SHOUT OUT TO DIRECTOR WEEKS FOR, UM, FOR HIS LEADERSHIP.

AND, AND I KNOW THAT HE STANDS STRONG ON, ON THE FREEDOM TREAT EFFORT.

UM, COLLEAGUES, I DO WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO ITEM 48, WHICH IS, WHICH MOVES FORWARD OUR GROCERY STORE CO-OP INITIATIVE.

UH, THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS YOUR MARKED FOR FUNDING AS PART OF OUR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN DELIBERATIONS WHEN WE VOTED ON THE FRAMEWORK.

AND SO HERE WE ARE A YEAR LATER MOVING FORWARD ON THAT EFFORT.

AND I THINK THIS ITEM REALLY IS A UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE SOLUTION, AND GOVERNMENTS CAN ENGAGE ON ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD ACCESS AND SAKI SAUCE.

AND WE KNOW WE

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HAVE HAD FOOD DESERTS FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

MY COMMUNITY IN DEL VALLEY HAS BEEN ORGANIZING FOR OVER A DECADE ON GETTING A GROCERY STORE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO THIS MODEL THAT WE'RE CREATING HERE IN AUSTIN WILL BE A NATIONAL MODEL THAT OTHER CITIES CAN LOOK TO AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND BRINGING A GROCERY STORE CO-OP INTO YOUR COMMUNITY.

SO I'M EXCITED THAT THIS INITIATIVE IS MOVING FORWARD AND THAT IT'S MOVING FORWARD IN A WAY THAT IS CENTERED, EMPOWERED BY THE COMMUNITY, OR THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE A SAY IN WHAT THEIR GROCERY STORE LOOKS LIKE ON THE PRICES THAT ARE AT THE GROCERY STORE THAT IT'S AFFORDABLE AND CULTURALLY INCLUSIVE.

UM, SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS IMPORTANT WORK MOVE FORWARD.

COUNCIL MEMBER HOPPER MADISON.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, A COUPLE THINGS.

SO I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF ON ITEM NUMBER 80.

I'D LIKE TO BE SHOWN, ACCUSING MYSELF ON THAT ITEM.

UM, BECAUSE OUR LEGAL STAFF HAS ADVISED ME THAT I DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BUT BECAUSE ONE OF OUR FAVORITE FORMER STAFFERS NOW, UM, DOES DO A LOT OF WORK FOR THE BLACK MEN'S HEALTH CLINIC.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, I OBVIOUSLY ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION.

I THINK IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO SIT THAT BOAT OUT JUST TO NOT CAUSE ANY CONFLICT.

UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK TO, UM, JUST HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO JOIN THE, THE GROUP ON THE FREEDOM TO READ, YOU KNOW, AT A TIME WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A VERY MUCH NEEDED RECKONING WITH RACISM AND BIGOTRY IN AMERICA, BOOK BANDS ARE THE LAST THING WE NEED.

UH, THE SAME PEOPLE WHO SHOUTED ABOUT CANCEL CULTURE OVER THE REMOVAL OR RENAMING OF MONUMENTS TO WHITE SUPREMACY ARE NOW TRYING TO SILENCE VOICES AND SNUFF OUT IDEAS THAT CHALLENGE THEIR OWN WORLDVIEWS DIVERSE DISSENTING VIEWS ARE PART AND PARCEL OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.

AND PROGRESS STARTS WITH THE FREEDOM TO THINK FOR OURSELVES.

I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO JOIN THE COUNCIL WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND OUR COLLEAGUES IN SUPPORT OF THE BRAVE WORK OF OUR AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LAB, UH, AUSTIN LIBRARY COMMISSION.

UH, THIS IS A GREAT STANDUP, UH, EFFORT FOR OUR RIGHTS AND I, I REALLY WHOLEHEARTEDLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO BE A PART OF THE EFFORT.

THAT'S ALL.

TO, UM, IT'S A SIMILAR TYPE OF, UM, RESOLUTION THAT RELATES TO THE VISUAL ARTS AND CREATIVE SPACES.

THANK YOU FOR KITCHEN AND ANY COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN.

UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I WANTED TO COME IN ON A FEW ITEMS. UM, I ECHO YOUR COMMENTS MAYOR ON ITEM 71 AND 72, UH, RELATED TO, UM, RAPID REHOUSING SERVICES AND, UH, SERVICES RELATED TO HEAL.

I THINK THAT, UM, I, I THINK WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS WITH REGARD TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT PROGRESS IS, IS KEY TO HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING, FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T AS FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM HELPS FOLK HELPS FOLKS GET INTO APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND OTHER TYPES OF LOCATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS AND MOVE TOWARDS PERMANENT HOUSING AND, UM, UM, JOBS AND, AND, UM, AND GETTING BACK ON THEIR FEET.

SO, UM, I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE ITEM 71 AND 72, UH, WHICH ARE CONTRACTS FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES TO PROVIDE THESE KIND OF RAPID REHOUSING SERVICES.

UM, IN ADDITION RELATED TO, TO HEAL, I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, UM, THANK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THE FREEDOM TO READ INITIATIVE AS WELL AS TO THANK MY, UM, MY LIBRARY COMMISSIONER, WHO HAS, UM, WHOSE THIS, UH, INITIATIVE HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO THE STEPHEN SELF.

AND HE'S BEEN, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH HIM ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO, UM, SPEAK TO AUTOMATING NINE, WHICH IS, UH, MY RESOLUTION RELATED TO CREATE A SPACE, A CREATIVE SPACE, A BONUS AND INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

UM, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND WE'VE BEEN, ALL OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR QUITE SOME TIME ON, WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATIVITY, UH, TO AUSTIN'S IDENTITY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT ARTS AND CULTURE AND CREATIVITY ARE ESSENTIAL KEYS TO OUR UNIQUE AND DISTINCTIVE IDENTITY.

AND SO WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES IS IT DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OPTIONS, TO, UM, FOR PROVISIONS IN OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO PRESERVE CREATIVE SPACE.

UM, AND SO THIS BUILDS OFF OF, OR NOT BUILDS OFF OF, BUT IT'S PARALLEL TO, AND AS A NICE COMPLIMENT TO THE, UM, RESOLUTION THAT THE MAYOR BROUGHT FORWARD, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK, UM, OR NOT LAST WEEK, BUT OUR LAST MEETING, UH, RELATED TO LIVE MUSIC VENUES.

AND SO WHAT THIS ONE DOES IS

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SO, UM, I'M EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND, UM, I'LL BE EXCITED WHEN BOTH OF THESE ITEMS COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BE MORE SPECIFIC IN OUR CODE ABOUT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN INSENT AND HELP ENSURE CREATIVE SPACES IN LIVE MUSIC SPACES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, FINALLY I WANTED TO, UM, SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER 1 33 WITH REGARD TO THE EMS CONTRACT.

AND I, UM, UM, I SHARE AN ECHO, THE WORDS OF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, AND SPEAKING TO THAT CONTRACT, I KNOW IT'S BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN, UM, A BIT OF A ROAD IN TERMS OF HAVING DISCUSSIONS, UH, TO GET TO THIS, TO THIS PHASE.

AND, UM, I THINK A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT HELPS OUR, UM, EMS, UM, EMPLOYEES MOVE FORWARD.

AND, UM, I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE, UH, WHAT I'VE BEEN, UM, THE WORK THAT EMS HAS BEEN DOING AND THE POTENTIAL WE HAVE FOR SOME VERY, UH, CREATIVE, UH, INITIATIVES THROUGH OUR EMS DEPARTMENT.

SO THANK YOU COSMIC KITCHEN OR ON THE, ON YOUR, UH, UH, MOVE FORWARD ON THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH, UH, ART, ARTISTIC AND ART SPACES AS SOMEBODY RECOGNIZED IN OUR CODE AND TO INNOVATE AND TO INSENT THOSE, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, FULL SUPPORTIVE ED.

I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, THAT ONE NOW IN THE MUSIC, WHEN NOW PROBABLY NEED TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER WITH ONE ANOTHER WITH THE STAFF, I SPENT MORE TIME ON MINE ON THE DEFINITION SIDE, LESS ON THINKING OF THE INCENTIVES.

YOURS HAS LESS TO ESTABLISH THE DEFINITION, BUT MORE ON THE INCENTIVES.

SO I THINK THEY PROBABLY HELP EACH OTHER.

AND I HOPE MANAGER THAT THEY BOTH BEFORE.

THEY'RE PROBABLY TOGETHER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

UM, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER LS.

I JUST WANT TO JUST SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A SERVICE EXTENSION REQUESTS.

THAT'S OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT DATE AND WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH AUSTIN WATER STAFF, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, UNDERSTAND BETTER JUST WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WERE AND WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT WAS, UH, TO ENTAIL.

AND SO WE, WE WERE HAPPY TO LEARN THAT THIS SERVICE EXTENSION REQUEST HAS ONLY BEEN APPROVED EXACTLY FOR WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS, UM, HAS APPLIED FOR AND, AND NOTHING GREATER, AND THAT IF ANYTHING WERE TO CHANGE IN THE FUTURE AND THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH THIS PROPERTY, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE WATER UTILITIES.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF OUR MODERNIZED STANDARDS.

AND SO I KNOW THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE TRACKS OF LAND, BOTH INSIDE AND JUST OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT DATE.

AND I TOO AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW EMS CONTRACT.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT OUR MEDICS ARE DOING.

WE JUST HAD A NEW CADET CLASS GRADUATE.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT OUR TEAM IS EXPANDING AND APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL MEMBER POOL ON THE FREEDOM TO READ DAY.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND I KNOW OUR DISTRICT AID COMMISSIONER JC DWYER, UM, IS ALWAYS OF CONSTANT SERVICE TO THE LIBRARY COMMISSION AND KEEPING US INFORMED ON, ON THEIR PRODUCTIVITY.

SO WE DEFINITELY, REALLY APPRECIATE OUR LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS TODAY.

AND CONTINUE THAT JOURNEY OF GETTING PERMANENT HOUSING.

COLLEAGUES' INTERESTS BEFORE WE VOTE ON A CONSENT, A COUNCIL MEMBER TOLD THAT AND HAS MARBELLA.

YEAH, VERY QUICKLY.

UM, I TOO WANT TO ADD MY THANKS TO DEVIN, TO HIS TEAM, TO SELENA FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND THE WORK THAT OUR EMS FOLKS DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT ON 36 COLLEAGUES.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT I DID PASS SOME BUDGET DIRECTION LAST WEEK THAT RELATES TO THIS ITEM, AND THIS IS A CONTRACT FOR CUSTODIAL HELP AT AUSTIN ENERGY.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE SERVICES THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE AN ONGOING NEED FOR, AND THOSE POSITIONS REALLY NEED TO BECOME PERMANENT.

AND SO MANAGER, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE REPORT BACK FROM THAT BUDGET DIRECTION, WHICH IS OUR PLAN AND OUR PATH FOR BRINGING THOSE SERVICES IN-HOUSE AND MAKING THOSE EMPLOYEES PERMANENT EMPLOYEES.

WHEN WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING NEED, UM, AS PER OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL DIRECTION, 8 58, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE CITY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE INTERN TO IMPLEMENT THE RESILIENCE HUBS.

THIS IS CRITICAL WORK, THANK YOU TO OUR RESILIENCE OFFICER FOR TAKING THIS STEP.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, SO THERE WAS SOME GREAT S SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SO USEFUL IN HELPING US END HOMELESSNESS HERE IN AUSTIN.

I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR AWHILE.

UM, AND THAT'S THE PASSAGE IS PROGRAM NUMBER 68.

AND I DO SO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US PROBABLY STILL REMEMBER THAT DAY ON COUNCIL OR SEVERAL OF OUR COLLEAGUES WERE MISSING AND WE FAILED TO GET THE VOTES TO PASS, UM, OUR CONTRACT FOR PASSAGES.

AND THIS IS A CRITICAL PROGRAM THAT TAKES PLACE AT, AT THE SALVATION ARMY.

IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SALVATION ARMY AND IT PROVIDES REALLY NECESSARY CHILDCARE FOR, FOR THOSE SINGLE PARENTS, PRIMARILY SINGLE MOMS WITH KIDS LIVING IN LIVING IN THAT SHELTER SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO WORK AND GET JOBS AND,

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SO I HOPE I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SEE THE CITY FUND THAT PROGRAM.

I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.

I JUST WANT TO REITERATE I'M RECUSING ON ITEM 64, THE CONTRACT AWARD TO TEXAS LEGAL AID.

MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED BY THEM, AND I HAVE FILED THE APPROPRIATE AFFIDAVIT WITH THE CLERK.

AND JUST TO BRING IT HERE, UH, I'M NOT VOTING IN THE SAFE ALLIANCE ISSUE.

DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT, DON'T HAVE A PERSONAL, UH, FINANCIAL INTEREST, BUT MY WIFE, DIANE IS A TREASURER ON THAT VOLUNTEER BOARD.

THAT SETTLED.

WE WERE REGULATED TO TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND THOSE OPPOSED.

AND IT IS ALL OF US.

AND THANK YOU, CATHERINE.

BARBARA MADISON.

SEE YOU, UH, MAYOR.

THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE CAN HANDLE JUST ABSOLUTELY QUICKLY INCLUDE ITEMS DIED BIRD 94 AND 96, OUR EMINENT DOMAIN MATTERS.

I HAD PULLED SIX AND I AM 21 AND I THINK THEY CAN BOTH BE DEALT WITH PRETTY QUICKLY IF THAT'S IT, AS QUICK AS ASKING YOUR QUESTION.

YES, 21, I'VE ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTION AND I'M JUST AWAITING THE RESPONSE.

BUT SIX, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, IS, UM, UH, MAKE A MOTION FOR NEGOTIATING WITH THE REQUEST THAT IT COME BACK TO US FOR EXECUTION.

AND I CAN EXPLAIN WHY I HAD ASKED SOME QUESTIONS.

WELL, WHY DON'T I JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT MOTION? THE STAFF, UH, HAVE, UH, ANY CONCERNS OR ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO SIX NAPPING APPROVE AND EXECUTE AND JUST APPROVE WITH COMING, NEGOTIATE, AN EXECUTE, NOT NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE, JUST NEGOTIATE AND COME BACK PRICING.

AND I CAN BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT I'D LIKE THEM TO DO.

I'D LIKE THEM TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE VALUE THAT'S BEEN SET ON THAT.

UM, I HAD ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THE VALUE ABOUT THE VALUATION.

I GOT BACK AN ANSWER ABOUT HOW IT WAS CALCULATED, BUT I DO THINK, I DO THINK IT SEEMS QUITE LOW.

SO LET'S HOLD OFF ON THAT.

ONE NEEDS A FEW MINUTES TO JUST TO BE ABLE TO RUN THAT DOWN, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF REAL FAST SO WE CAN LET STAFF GO.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE SPEAKERS.

UH,

[Items 94 & 96]

UH, IS THERE A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO 94, 96 BEING NON-CONSENT CONDEMNATION ITEMS TO THE EFFECT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN AUTHORIZES THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY IS SET FORTH AND DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING FOR THE CURRENT USES DESCRIBED IN THERE IN A MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED TO ANANYMOUS ON THE DICE AGAIN, I DON'T SEE A COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, THERE IT IS, OR UNANIMOUS ON THE DEUS.

UH, THAT ONE, THOSE ARE THE 4 96 APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

[98. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance to amend Land Development Code Chapter 25-7 relating to regulation of development within the 25-year and 100-year floodplains.]

I REMEMBER 98 IS THE COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT EXCEPTION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 90, UH, EIGHT? UM, WAS THAT SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING? IT WAS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 98 AND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER VELLA MAKES THAT MOTION.

SECOND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO READ AND DISCUSSION.

THOSE ARE FAVORABLE.

ITEM NUMBER 1 0 1 CATEGORY OF WHAT THIS, DID YOU HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THAT ONE? IF WE CAN HAVE A DIRECTOR MODEL IS, OR YES.

THOSE OPPOSED THAT ONE IS ALSO A UNANIMOUS.

NO, ON THAT ITEM.

OH, I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD, COUNSEL.

I PREFER THAT THIS WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS VOTING NO ON THAT, UH, ITEM, UH, 98

[101. Conduct a public hearing in accordance with Texas Parks and Wildlife Code Chapter 26 and consider a resolution authorizing a change in use ofdedicated parkland, known as Jimmy Clay Golf Course, Roy Kizer Gol f Course, Onion Creek Soccer Complex, and Onion Creek Metropolitan Park (north and south entrances), for Austin Water to construct, operate, maintain, and repair approximately 17,000 linear feet of reclaimed water main. Austin Water will require permanent use ofapproximately 175,136 square feet of parkland and approximately 662,128 square feet oi temporary use area for construction.]

IF STAFF, WHOEVER IS AVAILABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD SOME CONCERNS EARLIER TODAY DURING A PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, GIVEN FLOODING CONCERNS IN THE AREA WITH THIS REUSE MAINS GOING THROUGH ONION CREEK FLOODPLAIN AREA.

I JUST WONDERED IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THE FLOODING CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED ON THIS PROJECT AND, UM, ANY INVOLVEMENT WITH OUR WATERSHED DEPARTMENT, TO THE EXTENT THAT WATERSHED WOULD BE INVOLVED.

THANK YOU COMES TO REMEMBER, THIS IS A QUARTER, COME ON.

AT LEAST THE DIRECTOR OF THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT ALSO HAVE SHEA OLSON, UH, PART OF THE ADE OF WATER UTILITY.

SO THIS PARTICULAR ACTION ITEM IS A LAND USE FOR PARKLAND.

UM, THIS PROJECT DID HAVE SOME INPUT FROM WATERSHED IN THEIR EARLY PROCESS.

WE WERE PART OF THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS, BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE CONCERNS FROM THE RESIDENTS, WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN QUITE A BIT OF FLOODING ISSUES IN THIS PARTICULAR PART OF TOWN.

THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS GOING TO BE, OR AS ONLY DIRECTIONALLY DRILLED THAT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE MUCH IMPACT THERE, BUT IT HAS BEEN MANAGED BY PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IT FALLS INSPECTED BY THE INSPECTORS IN PUBLIC WORKS.

WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP.

ANY ISSUES WERE TO ARISE.

I KNOW THAT WE'LL REACH OUT TO WATERSHED

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FOR AND CONSULT WITH US, BUT IF THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS, DEFINITELY HAVE WATER UTILITY HERE TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ON THE PROJECT.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON MY END, UNLESS YOU WANT TO TOSS IT, PROVIDE COMMENTS AS WELL.

EXCUSE ME.

I DO HAVE TO READ INTO THE RECORD.

THIS IS GREG WANTS US WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

I HAVE TO READ IN THE RECORD THAT PROGRESS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING WAS DUE TO A PERMANENT CHANGE IN USE FROM DEDICATED PARKLAND TO NON RECREATIONAL USE, WHICH IS THE RECLAIM WATER LINE THAT IS FOR YOU TODAY, BUT IT GOES THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARKS.

UH, OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THEM BEING, UH, TWO GOLF COURSES, JIMMY CLAY GOLF COURSE FOR KAISER.

UM, ALSO THE ONION CREEK SOCCER COMPLEX AND THE CREEK METROPOLITAN PARK.

THE LEGAL FACT FINDING FOR THIS REQUEST IS THAT THERE IS NO FEASIBLE PRUDENT ALTERNATIVE TO THE TAKING OF PARKLAND AND INCLUDES ALL PLANNING TO MINIMIZE HARM TO THE PARKS.

UH, THERE IS A PROJECT MITIGATION FUND TOTALING $818,542 THAT WILL BE PAID TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

UM, THE NOTIFICATION WAS SENT OUT IN THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN ON AUGUST 7TH, 14TH, AND 21ST OF THIS YEAR.

JUST NEED TO READ THAT IN THE RECORD.

UH, AND I'M GOING TO CONVENE THE, UM, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ITEM.

WELL, I KNOW 1 0 1, 1 0 1 WAS A VERY, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED, UH, UNANIMOUSLY THIS ITEM 1 0 1 IS APPROVED.

I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M GOING TO RECESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT, UH, 3 38.

[Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting]

TODAY'S THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2002.

UH, THE TIME IS 3 38.

UH, WE ARE IN AUSTIN CITY HALL AND WE WERE CONVENED TO CONSIDER THE, UH, AGENDA FOR AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ISSUE.

WE HAVE WHAT 17 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY WE DO MANDY TO MAYO, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

IT'S A JAM PACKED CONSENT AGENDA WITH 17 ITEMS THAT I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH.

UM, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM, BUT I DO WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION.

THE REASON THERE'S 17 ITEMS IS 14 OF THE 17 ITEMS ARE RELATED TO REQUESTING, UH, AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LOAN AGREEMENTS FOR 14 DIFFERENT RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AND OWNERSHIP, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS, THOSE TOTAL MORE THAN $46 MILLION, UH, AND WILL RESULT IN MORE THAN 1,250 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND ALMOST 500 OF THOSE UNITS WILL BE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

UH, DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUR SOURCES OF FUNDING ARE BOTH FEDERAL AND LOCAL FOR THESE 14 DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

THEY INCLUDE THE 2018 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS PROJECT CONNECT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT DOLLARS HOME FUNDING THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OUR LOCAL HOUSING TRUST FUND.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS OR ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

WELL, WHY DON'T I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND OUR STAFF AND ALL OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UH, AND EVERYONE WHO IS, HAS DONE THIS, THE FOLKS THAT CAME BEFORE US AND HELPED SET THIS UP IN TERMS OF FUNDING IN THE CITY.

UH, BUT I'M REAL PROUD TO BE WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES, UH, IN PART BECAUSE OF THE TIME THAT WE'RE IN, WHERE AFFORDABILITY IS SUCH A, AN ISSUE IN PART, BECAUSE OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING.

NOW THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE IN THE PAST, UH, FOLKS STEPPING FORWARD TO REALLY DO BEING BOND ELECTIONS.

FIRST HERE RECENTLY IN 2013, BUT AGAIN IN 2018.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER BOND BEFORE US HERE IN NOVEMBER.

UM, THE, THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE'RE BUILDING AND WE'LL HAVE ONLINE SOON.

IT JUST SO DWARFS, UH, WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN THE PAST.

AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH HAS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 17 COUNCILOR TOBO MAKES THAT MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT, BECAUSE REMEMBER AT THE REIA SECONDS THAT, AND THE DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.

THOSE OPPOSED HOW'S HER BARBARA MADISON, AND IT IS UNANIMOUS ON THE DEUS RIGHT HERE.

AS A DIRECTOR RENT, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE STAFF YET TO SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE A, UH, A BIG LEAP FORWARD, WHATEVER SOVEREIGN OUR HOMELESS PROBLEMS AND OUR HOUSING NEED HERE IN AUSTIN.

AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK I DID AND OTHER NONPROFITS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE REALLY WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOUSE OUR PEOPLE.

THEN LET'S CALL UP ITEM NUMBER SIX.

WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS HERE WHO APPRECIATE THE THANKS AND WORK REALLY HARD TO GET ALL OF THIS DONE.

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WE ALSO HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION HERE AT 3 41.

I AM GOING TO RECONVENE THE, UH, UH, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE'RE READY TO CALL GO STRAIGHT TO SPEAKERS.

UH, THIS IS, UH, SPEAKERS FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

UH, I THINK WE, I'M SORRY.

CAN WE DO SIX AND 20 MINUTES? OKAY.

IF YOU'RE PREPARED TO DO IT, LET'S DO SIX AND 21,

[6. Authorize negotiation and execution of an encroachment agreement with River & Rainey Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, for the permanent aerial encroachment ofpublic right-of-way for an aerial pool deck consisting of approximately 319 square feet, encompassing a volume of 5,102 cubic feet, extending along Rainey Street, between approximately 61 Rainey Street and 69 Rainey Street.]

YEAH, MY MOTION WAS TO APPROVE NEGOTIATION TO COME BACK TO EXECUTE AND TO ASK STAFF TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE VALUATION OF THIS TRACT.

UM, THIS IS, THIS IS A, AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT TO CREATE A SWIMMING POOL.

AND SO IT'S NOT CREATING ADDITIONAL HOUSING OR OTHER KINDS OF OTHER KINDS OF BENEFITS.

AND THE VALUATION IS EXTRAORDINARILY LOW FOR DOWNTOWN REAL ESTATE, EVEN IF IT IS AIR RIGHTS.

AND SO, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON THAT, WE, YOU KNOW, DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE, WE GOT AN APPRAISAL, BUT THAT THERE'S ALSO AN ABILITY TO ARRIVE AT A, AT A FIGURE THAT SEEMS MORE APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE MARKET VALUES.

AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE STAFF TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATIONS, BUT TO COME BACK TO US AFTER WE'VE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT VALUE.

MY QUESTION IS, DOES STAFF HAVE ANY RESERVATIONS ABOUT HANDLING THE MOTION TODAY IN THAT WAY? IT'S MICHAEL MICHAEL ORGANICS, OR I'M SORRY.

MICHAEL IS SICK.

I GOT THE AMERICA CAPITAL MICHAEL GATESVILLE STATE SERVICES OFFICER, ACTUALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE, THE CHANGE TO, UH, DROP THE EXECUTE.

UM, I'D ACTUALLY NEED TO DEFER TO, UH, DSD.

UM, THE LICENSE AGREEMENTS ARE DSD ITEMS THAT HAVE NO WITH RESPECT TO THE DEVELOPER'S PLANS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC OR NOT.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE FROM DSD IS AVAILABLE.

RODNEY GONZALES, SINCE CITY MANAGER, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DSD ON THE LINE, EITHER JENNIFER HEARST OR ELIZABETH BALLS.

WELL, ONE OF THEM, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO BE MOVED OVER OR NOT.

IF WE HAVE THEM AND LET'S GO TO 21, ELIZABETH, BOSWELL'S ONLINE RIGHT NOW.

MS. BOSWELL IS TALKING SHE'S MUTED.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.

UM, THE, THE ONLY COMMENTS THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATING PRICES THAT HISTORICALLY, UM, WE HAVE FOLLOWED, UM, THE, UH, 14, 11 APP FROM THE CITY CODE, WHICH BASICALLY STATES THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO, UH, GAIN, UH, AN APPRAISAL, UM, FOR AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT.

UM, THE, THE, THAT THERE ARE ISSUES THAT WE MAY ENCOUNTER IF WE GO ONE MORE STEP OUTSIDE OF THAT, UH, TYPE OF PERIMETER INTO A WORLD OF NEGOTIATION, UM, WHAT WE WOULD NEED, FIRST OF ALL, WITH COUNCIL DOES DIRECT US TO ATTEMPT NEGOTIATIONS.

WE WOULD NEED SOME KIND OF PARAMETERS AS TO WHAT WE WOULD SHOOT FOR AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL, UM, YOU KNOW, PRICE NEGOTIATED PRICE ITSELF.

I E UM, YOU KNOW, IN STANDARD NEGOTIATIONS, UM, DEPENDING UPON WHO YOU'RE NEGOTIATING WITH AND WHO THE OTHER ENTITY IS, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A POSSIBILITY THAT IF THE OTHER, UM, UH, PARTY IS A STRONG NEGOTIATOR, THEY MADE, WE MAY COME UP WITH A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE PUSHING FOR A LOWER PRICE.

SO IN ORDER TO PREVENT THAT AND TO KEEP IN, OR TO KEEP IN, YOU KNOW, SPIRIT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, I THINK IN ORDER FOR STAFF TO DO THIS, WE WOULD NEED SOME TYPE OF PARAMETERS FROM COUNCIL.

I E YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM WE SHOULD SHOOT FOR, ET CETERA, JUST SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT STEPPING OUTSIDE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, UH, RESPONSIBILITY OR ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE.

THAT'S REMEMBER TOVO HELPED ME.

I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION TO BE, DO YOU WANT US TO HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT HOW THIS WAS BEING CALCULATED AND WHETHER OR NOT, AND LET ME ADD MY RESEARCH TO THIS POINT SUGGESTS THAT IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARILY LOW VALUE FOR DOWNTOWN, EVEN IF IT IS EVEN IF IT IS AN AIR, RIGHT.

IT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC, WHO'S LISTENING TO THIS GRIPPING DISCUSSION ABOUT, ABOUT, UM, AERIAL ENCROACHMENTS, BUT THE TOTAL APPRAISED VALUE FOR THE ENCROACHMENT IS $21,196 FOR, YOU KNOW, IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S AN AERIAL ENCROACHMENT FOR 319 SQUARE FEET, BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, AGAIN, IT'S IT'S TO CREATE A SWIMMING POOL, WHICH WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO THOSE RESIDENTS, BUT IT'S NOT SERVING A BROADER COMMUNITY VALUE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S STILL AN EXTRAORDINARILY

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LOW VALUE.

SO YES, I AM ASKING THAT THEY, THAT WE AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATION, BUT NOT EXECUTION AND ASK OUR STAFF TO GO FORWARD.

AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO NAME WHAT I THINK WOULD BE A MORE ACCEPTABLE PRICE FROM THE DIOCESE.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S, THAT'S NOT REALLY MY ROLE, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD ASK OUR REAL ESTATE STAFF TO DO, TO SIT AND TAKE A HARD LOOK AT IT.

SO HOW IT MAY, IF WE OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY, UH, AS A CITY, THERE ARE RULES WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE GET FAIR MARKET VALUE FOR THAT.

WE HAVE TO GET AT LEAST FAIR MARKET WHAT WE HAVE TO GET AT LEAST FAIR MARKET VALUE.

WE HAVE TO ORDER AN APPRAISAL, WHICH WE'VE DONE, BUT MARKET VALUE IS DETERMINED BY THE SELLER AND THE, THE PERSON REQUESTING THAT ENTITLEMENT.

AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE CITY NOT ARRIVE AT, AT THIS PARTICULAR VALUATION, THIS MAY BE A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE MORE CON MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT OFF THE DIOCESE, BUT I THINK WE'RE, I THINK NEGOTIATED ALLOWING THEM TO NEGOTIATE WITHOUT FINALLY EXECUTING IT AND ASKING FOR A HARD LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR VALUATION ISSUE.

IT GIVES US TIME TO DO THAT, AND THEY CAN COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND LET US KNOW WHEN THEY FOUND, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR ME, I WOULDN'T WANT THEM THINKING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE THAN FOR ME THAN THE, THAN THE FAIR MARKET VALUE.

IF WE'RE CALCULATING THE AERIAL EASEMENT VALUE DIFFERENTLY, OR THERE'S A DIFFERENT THEORY, OR WE CAN USE DIFFERENT SALES, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF OUR STAFF.

LOOKING AT, I DO HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY IN FOR THIS PARTICULAR USER.

WE WILL BE STRAYING FROM OUR NORMAL PRACTICE OF SEWING PROPERTY AS IF IT'S EXCESS AND WE DON'T NEED IT.

YEAH, IT'S A FAIR, I WOULD SAY THAT WE WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN ALLEYS AND OTHERS.

I THINK WE HAVE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US STRIVE TO GET CLOSER TO AN ACTUAL MARKET VALUE WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE ARRIVING AT A FAIR MARKET VALUE, BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO ME EXTRAORDINARILY LOW, JUST AS ALL OF OUR ALLY VACATIONS, SEEM TO ME FAR TOO LOW AND WOULD THAT PRIMARY I'M OKAY WITH IT, YOU KNOW, TRY TO REALLY GET US REALLY TRUE MARKET VALUE.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET SOMETHING THAT'S BEYOND THAT FROM A HOLDUP PRICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH I DON'T THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, BUT, BUT TO THE DEGREE THAT THESE ARE TRICKY APPRAISAL ISSUES, BECAUSE AERIAL EASEMENTS OR SWIMMING POOLS, DON'T FREQUENTLY CONVEY, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM AT ALL GOING BACK AND TAKING A LOOK AT HOW HIS CALCULATOR, THE THEORY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN IT, OR THE COMPARABLE SALES THAT WERE USED IN THAT TO SEE IF THERE'S A BETTER DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO WHAT THAT MARKET VALUE IS.

OF WHO'S THE BUYER AND WHO'S THE SELLER AND THAT'S THE RULES WE FOLLOW.

AND I THINK THE QUESTION THAT STAFF HAS IS BECAUSE WE DO THIS REPEATEDLY, AS YOU KNOW, UM, IS COUNSELOR ASKING US TO LOOK AT THE PROCESS FROM A GO FORWARD BASIS AND THEN MAKE A CHANGE TO THE PROCESS, WHICH WE WOULD PREFER VERSUS EVERY TIME THAT WE BRING ONE OF THESE UP THERE, HAVING A CONVERSATION LIKE THIS, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THOSE PARAMETERS ARE FROM COUNCIL AS WE GO FORWARD.

SO IF I MAY, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE MENTIONED A FEW TIMES THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS REAL ESTATE IFC, AND I WILL CERTAINLY EMBED THIS WITHIN IT.

I'M HOPING TO COME FORWARD AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH IT.

AND SO, SO THANK YOU, UM, ACM GONZALES, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK.

HOWEVER, WE DON'T SEEM TO EVER, WE REALLY NEVER SEEM TO BE MAKING PROGRESS ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED IT MULTIPLE TIMES.

SO I WILL AWAKE WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW TO DO IT GOING FORWARD.

BUT I, I WANT NOT TO APPROVE ANOTHER ONE UNTIL WE, UNTIL WE TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THIS.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE MAKE, YOU MAY COME BACK AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT'S APPROPRIATE GOING FORWARD, BUT THIS IS WHAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.

BUT I, I THINK IF WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S AN ISSUE WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT, I WOULD SAY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT ON THIS.

UM, AND MY SENSE WOULD BE ON THIS ONE, STICK WITH THE, THE APPRAISAL PROCESS AND MARKET VALUE, BUT, BUT LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THEY'RE WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE RULES AS WE'VE BEEN DOING THERE, IS THERE DIFFERENT COMICAL SALES, A DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT IT AND, AND GATHER BARTOW, BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST TEE UP STRAIGHT UP THE QUESTION OF, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU OFF THE DICE ABOUT HOW TO TEE UP.

I THINK THAT THAT FURTHER AWAY AND AS CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE WE DID RECENTLY TALK ABOUT MARKET VALUE.

THAT WAS UNDER THE CONTEXT OF WHEN THE CITY IS A PROPERTY OWNER AND WE DO A LEASE WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS WHEN WE ARE NOT A PROPERTY OWNER, UH, OTHER THAN THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND SOMEBODY WANTS TO ACQUIRE THAT RIGHT AWAY FROM US.

AND SO, UM, I DO RECOGNIZE, I THINK THAT YOU HAD HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT FIRST PART WHEN WE'RE THE PROPERTY OWNER AND LEASING THIS TO ME IS KIND OF A NEW CONVERSATION, BUT IF COUNSEL WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THOSE PARAMETERS, WE CERTAINLY CAN, UH, TO FIGURE OUT FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE OR COUNCIL WOULD LIKE US TO LAND.

AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.

I MEAN, I THINK MARKET VALUE IS MARKET VALUE AND THEORETICALLY MARKET VALUE SHOULD BE THE SAME, WHETHER WE'RE SELLING IT OR WHETHER WE'RE BUYING IT, THERE ARE RULES AND STANDARDS OF MARKET VALUE THAT ARE INDEPENDENT

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NOW, WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT UNTIL WE CHANGE THAT.

I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO IS COMING IN AND SAYING, AND I THINK IT'S A LEGITIMATE POLICY CONVERSATION IS SHOULD WE LOOK AT THAT DIFFERENTLY WHEN WE OWN THE PROPERTY? YES.

SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT IT DIFFERENTLY? AND I THINK THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS WOULD PROBABLY SHOULD MOVE FORWARD UNDER THE RULES THAT HAVE GOTTEN THIS HERE.

UH, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA, I WOULD JOIN WITH YOU TO TEE UP THAT QUESTION.

YOU AND I MIGHT BE ON DIFFERENT PLACES ON IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU TO HELP YOU HELP THAT QUESTION, GET TEED UP FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IT, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN NEGOTIATED AND EXECUTE TODAY BECAUSE THE QUESTION IS STILL PRESENT.

ARE THERE WAYS WITHIN THE RULES WE ARE FOLLOWING NOW BECAUSE OF LIMITATION OF VERSAILLES OR THE UNIQUENESS OF WITHIN THOSE ROLES, IS THERE A WAY FOR, IS, IS THERE ANOTHER NUMBER THAT IS ALSO APPROPRIATE WITHIN THOSE ROLES? I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE TO THEN COME BACK TO IS FORESEE.

IF THAT EXISTS, IF IT DOES, THEN, THEN NEGOTIATE THAT WAY.

IF NOT, THEN COME BACK TO US OR NEGOTIATE AND THEY COME BACK, WHATEVER THAT ANALYSIS IS ABSOLUTELY SEPARATE FROM THE DIFFERENT POLICY QUESTION, WHICH WELL , SHE SAYS THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

SO THAT'S HOW WE'LL PROCEED ON THAT.

SO ON ITEM NUMBER 2126, A MOTION, THANK YOU.

A MOTION TO, UH, PROCEED ON NUMBER 26 REPERTOIRE.

DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? OKAY.

UM, I JUST WANT TO, UM, SAY THAT I'M VERY MUCH AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO ON THIS.

UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO LOOK TOO DEEPLY AT THE CALCULATION THAT'S IN THE Q AND A, BUT $63 PER SQUARE FOOT IN DOWNTOWN RAINY STREET.

EVEN IF IT'S JUST THE BALCONY OVER THERE DOES NOT SEEM LIKE WE'RE GETTING FAIR VALUE FOR WHAT, FOR WHAT WE NEED.

AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S CUBIC FEET AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER WAYS OF CALCULATING IN THERE THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN US USE BEFORE WHEN WE'VE GOTTEN THIS INFORMATION.

UM, BUT IT, IT JUST, I DON'T UNDERS I MEAN, YOU CAN'T BUY ANY REAL ESTATE FOR $20,000 IN AUSTIN AT ALL.

LET THE ONE 300 FEET SO.

AND I HAVE TO MENTION IF I'M LOOKING THAT WAY, IT'S, I'M LOOKING AT THE CLOSED CAPTIONING BECAUSE IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO HEAR COMPLETELY ON THIS END.

NO PROBLEM.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM 26, NUMBER SIX, ITEM NUMBER SIX, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SIX, MADE THAT MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? THAT'S WHERE A POST-SECOND SIDE AND HE ALWAYS A FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED IS HER EMOTION IT'S TO NEGOTIATE, BUT NOT EXECUTE, BUT NEGOTIATE WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF OUR EXISTING POLICIES.

AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK WITH CONSIDERATION OF A DIFFERENT POLICY AND SHORTLY.

UH, SO 21 IS, UH, FOR A CONTRACT, A CONTRACT RENEWAL FOR CONES AND OTHER TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, THINGS THAT, UM, THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DO ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

UH, WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM? IT'S I DON'T REMEMBER IF ANYONE COUNCILMEMBER HOPPER, MADISON, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT I MISS YOU? OKAY.

NOW SORT OF TELEPHONE.

[21. Authorize an amendment to a contract with Victor Pena, d/b/a Pena's Traffic Services, LLC for continued rental of temporary traffic control devices and roadway pavement marking services, to increase the amount by S4,920,000 and to extend the term by three years, for a revised total contract amount not to exceed S8,200,000.]

AND SO I ASKED THE STAFF THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR STAFF, AND THE REASON I PULLED IT IS WHETHER, WHETHER THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS RUN THE NUMBERS ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DEVELOP, TO DEVELOP THAT EXPERTISE IN-HOUSE AND, AND BY THE CONES AND THINGS SO THAT WE, WE DON'T NEED TO CONTINUE, UH, ENGAGING IN THIS CONTRACT BECAUSE IT IS A FAIRLY LARGE ONE IT'S IT IS INCREASING THE AMOUNT BY ALMOST $5 MILLION FOR A REVISED TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $8.2 MILLION FOR THE NEXT, FOR A TERM OF THREE YEARS.

SO HAVE THE QUESTION AND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK AND YEAH, THANK YOU.

YOLANDA MILLER, DEPUTY PURCHASING OFFICER, AND I THINK THE DIRECTOR MENDOZA IS ON THE LINE AND HE IS ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND RICHARD MENDOZA, INTERIM TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR.

UM, YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

UH, OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SIGNS AND MARKINGS DIVISION.

UH, WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.

IN-HOUSE, UH, WE HAVE THAT CAPABILITY, WHAT WE LACK, HOWEVER, UH, IS THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICE IN ADDITION TO OUR NORMAL WORKLOAD, WHICH IS MAINTAINING ALL THE TRAFFIC SIGNS AND MARKINGS THROUGHOUT OUR, UH, MOBILITY NETWORK THROUGH THE CITY.

IF WE WERE TO TAKE ON THIS WORKLOAD, UH, IT WOULD IMPACT OUR RESPONSE TIMES TO 3, 1, 1 CALLS.

IT WOULD ALSO IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM REFLECTIVITY STANDARDS FOR

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BOTH SIGNS AND MARKINGS, UH, FOR WHICH RECENTLY THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION HAS UPDATED STANDARDS FOR, UH, PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

AND STRIKINGS, YOU KNOW, THESE MINIMUM REFLECTIVITY STANDARDS ARE CRITICAL TO US ACHIEVING OUR GOALS, UH, FOR REVISION ZERO.

UM, IN ADDITION, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE, THIS SERVICE IS PRIMARILY USED FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, TEMPORARY CONTROL, UH, TEMPORARY, UH, UH, PAVEMENT MARKINGS.

IT ALSO SUPPORTS A SPECIAL AND LARGE PROJECTS IN EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE.

AND SO WE UTILIZE THAT AS, UH, ALONG WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THIS CONTRACT TO HELP US PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UH, I HAVE NOT RUN THE NUMBERS ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FINANCIALLY TO, UH, BRING THIS WORK IN-HOUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, I COULD DEFINITELY, UH, LOOK AT THAT.

UH, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD ALSO INTRODUCE A, UM, A PROCESS BY WHICH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE REIMBURSED, UH, FOR THESE SERVICES THAT ARE NOT STRICTLY MOBILITY RELATED.

UH, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR MENDOZA.

I MEAN, CERTAINLY WOULD NEVER WANT TO SEE OUR SAFETY IMPACTED OR THE REFLECTIVITY OF THE SIGNS AND ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DESCRIBED, NOT BEING ATTENDED TO, BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED MANAGER IN, IN SEEING THAT COMPARISON, BECAUSE IF WE'RE SPENDING, IF IT'S A SERVICE FOR WHICH WE'RE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, UP TO $8 MILLION, THAT'S A PRETTY ONGOING NEED AND, AND THERE MAY BE SOME REAL COST SAVINGS TO DOING IT.

IN-HOUSE.

SO WHAT, UM, IS THERE A PATH TO RENEWING THIS CONTRACT FOR A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME TO ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND PROVIDING THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THAT INFORMATION? WELL, THE CONTRACT EXPIRES IN NOVEMBER, SO IF WE NEEDED TO POSTPONE IT AND FIGURE OUT, UH, A DIFFERENT PATH, WE COULD, WELL, I WAS THINKING, SO IT EXTENDS IT FOR THREE YEARS.

IS IT REASONABLE TO EXTEND IT FOR A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AND ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT? I THINK WE COULD DO IT FOR ONE YEAR.

SO THAT WOULD GIVE US, I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY, MY RECOMMENDATION.

I MEAN, CERTAINLY THESE ARE ALL SERVICES.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE BOTH THE ONES THAT DIRECTOR MENDOZA EXPLAINED AND THIS WORKFORCE SPECIAL EVENTS, WHICH WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT IT'S AN ONGOING NEED.

UM, SO I THINK MY MOTION WILL BE, WILL BE TO, UM, EXTEND IT FOR ONE YEAR WITH THE DIRECTION TO THE MANAGER TO COME BACK AND IF IT'S REASONABLE TO DO SO, YOU COULD COME BACK WITH THAT ANALYSIS QUITE QUICKLY.

AND WE WOULD HAVE THE OPTION AT THAT POINT OF EITHER EXTENDING IT FOR THE ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS, SO THAT YOU'VE GOT THAT THREE-YEAR CONTRACT BY NOVEMBER OR, OR SETTING ON A PATH TO DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE FUTURE.

THEN THAT'S THE MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 21.

IS THERE A SECOND MORE VALID, SECOND SET AND DISCUSSION MANAGER? IS THAT SOMETHING, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU COULD COME BACK WITH THAT ANALYSIS RELATIVELY QUICKLY SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN OPTION OF JUST EXTENDING IT THE NEXT TWO YEARS? IF IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S WORTHWHILE TO TAKE THIS UP AGAIN IN A YEAR, BUT JUST TO MAKE THE DECISION NOW.

THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER.

I CERTAINLY TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT WHAT THAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS WOULD REQUIRE, BUT HAVING THE ONE YEAR IS VERY HELPFUL.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE AUTHORIZATION AMOUNT WOULD GO TO 1.6, $4 MILLION.

THAT WAS OPPOSED.

IT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE BIAS THAT PASSES.

LET'S GET TO SPEAKERS.

I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE HERE WITH US TODAY.

UH, COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 90 SPEAKERS OR WE DID A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

EVERY SPEAKER GETS A, IF EVERYBODY SPEAKS, WE'RE PROBABLY EFFECTIVELY ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO CLOSE TO TWO HOURS OF SPEAKERS.

UM, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE, I THINK WE START WITH ONES THAT ARE REMOTE, UH, MAYOR.

I DON'T, I, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO HAD SOME, SHE EARLIER SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS GOING TO LOOK INTO THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS RELATED TO THE STATESMEN POT.

I'M NOT SURE IF SHE DID THAT.

I JUST NOTICED SHE CAN'T REMEMBER TOA.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE, UM, HOW WE'RE TAKING THE SPEAKERS.

YOU HAD MENTIONED IT EARLIER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MARY, YOU WERE DECIDING SOME NUMBERS AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T CATCH HOW MANY WE HAVE FOR THE STATESMEN AND WHAT THE, WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IN TIME WOULD BE.

IF WE ALLOWED THE STATESMEN SPEAKERS TO SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES, WHICH WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.

MR. BELL, DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF MOTION YOU'RE GOING TO ULTIMATELY MAKE ON THIS VELA? DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF MOTION YOU HAD YOU'RE ULTIMATELY GOING TO MAKE ON THIS? IT WAS SENT OUT AND I'VE GOT PAPER COPIES TO BE DISTRIBUTED.

IF MY STAFF COULD HELP ME HERE, PLEASE, WE HAVE ABOUT 90 SPEAKERS TOTAL ABOUT HOW MANY OF THOSE SPEAKERS ARE ON THE PUD QUESTION,

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I THINK GIVEN THE KIND OF UNCERTAINTY, UH, OR I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF, UH, EMOTION THAT WOULD PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF TO BRING IT BACK WITH, FOR, UH, A POTENTIAL SECOND READING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

SO NO VOTE ON SECOND READING TODAY, THAT'S PLAYING IT BY EAR, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.

THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING I WOULD SUPPORT.

I JUST POUR THAT BECAUSE EARLY THIS MORNING, YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION DEPENDING ON HOW IT MIGHT EVOLVE.

WE MIGHT NOT NEED TO DO THAT TODAY.

IF THERE'S A WILL ON THIS COUNCIL TO DISCUSS, TO HEAR TESTIMONY, BUT NOT TO VOTE ON SECOND READING, THEN THAT IS A DIFFERENT MATTER.

I WOULD WELCOME THE THOUGHTS OF MY COLLEAGUE, BUT I DO WANT TO BE SURE THAT IF WE'RE VOTING ON SECOND READING, THAT PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH BLACK COUNCIL MEMBER VELA TO POINT US TO.

I GOT THAT PACKET THAT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING.

IT LOOKS LIKE MY AMENDMENTS PLANNING, COMMISSION AMENDMENTS.

SO LET ME HOLD OFF ON THAT BECAUSE I HAD, SHE HAS NO, ONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT YET, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THERE.

I WANT TO GET THE SPEAKERS, BUT, BUT THE ONLY THING I HEARD THAT WAS OPERATIVE FOR ME WAS THE SUGGESTION THAT WE DEBATE TODAY.

WHAT KIND OF DIRECTION TO GIVE STAFF, BUT NO VOTE ON SECOND READING UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH.

THAT MADE SENSE TO ME BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS UP IN THE AIR.

AND ON SECOND READING, WE REALLY NEED TO GIVE BETTER DIRECTION TO OUR STAFF FOR WHAT IT IS THAT WE REALLY WANT.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

THAT'S WHAT A TOTAL, IT DOES MATTER TO ME WHAT THAT DIRECTION IS.

I MEAN, IF THE DIRECTION IS TO STRIP OUT THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE MADE ON FIRST READING, WELL, THAT'S REALLY A VOTE.

SO I MEAN, THAT'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL VOTE.

AND THEN I REALLY WANT TO AFFORD THE SPEAKERS FOR TIME.

SO IF WE COULD GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

AND THEN MY SUGGESTION DIDN'T HELP.

HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE, UH, ON, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JOY, HARDENED WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

UM, THE SPEAKER, WE HAVE 30 SPEAKERS IN PERSON FOR THE STATEMENT AND PUT APPROXIMATELY IN SEVEN REMOTE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 37 TOTAL SPEAKERS, JUST FOR THE STATEMENT INPUT.

37 SPEAKERS ON THE STATESMAN PUTT.

I MEAN, FOR ME, I WOULD KEEP EVERYBODY SPEAKING THE SAME, BUT PEOPLE COULD CERTAINLY MAKE THE SUGGESTION TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.

SO LET'S GO TO SPEAKERS THEN.

OH, OKAY.

I'LL JUST LAY THIS OUT.

UH, JOY HARDEN, HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE POSTPONED ITEMS. I JUST WANT TO LAY THOSE OUT QUICKLY.

UM, NUMBER 1 0 6, UM, THAT'S A POSTPONE A REQUEST BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM TO YOUR SEPTEMBER 29TH COUNCIL MEETING 1 0 7 1 0 8.

THAT'S WHEN CASTER, THAT'S A STAFF POSTPONEMENT REQUESTS TO YOUR SEPTEMBER 29TH MEETING.

WE HAVE A ONE 16 PIONEER HILL PLAZA.

THAT'S A STAFF PLUS ONE REQUEST OCTOBER 13TH, ONE 19 SWANSON'S RANCH.

THAT'S AN APPLICANT POST A REQUEST TO SEPTEMBER 29TH.

WE HAVE ITEM 1 21 ALBERT ROAD.

UM, THAT'S A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN TO YOUR SEPTEMBER 15TH MEETING.

I DON'T WANT 29 IS TOWN LAKE.

THAT'S A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY STAFF TO SEPTEMBER 29TH.

AND JUST TO NOTE ONE 11 IS WITHDRAWN.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THAT ITEM THOUGH, MAYOR.

SO AGAIN, IT WOULD JUST GIVE ME THE NUMBERS REAL QUICKLY WHEN I'M 6 1 0 7 AND 1 0 8 1 16 1 19 1 21, 1 29.

THOSE ARE POSTPONEMENTS AND ONE 11 IS WITHDRAWN.

I THINK THAT THE SPEAKERS ARE GOING TO TAKE US CLOSE TO SIX.

UH, MAYOR, COULD I, UH, I WANTED TO JUST BRIEFLY SPEAK TO THE, MY POSTPONEMENT REQUEST ON, UM, 1 21 IS POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 15TH WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WOULD PROVIDE TIME FOR THE APPLICANT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS.

IF WE DETERMINE THROUGH THAT PROCESS THAT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL TIME, THEN WE MAY BE PUSHING IT TO LATER.

[Public Comments (Part 2 of 2)]

UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

CALL THEM REMOTE SPEAKERS PLACE.

THE FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS CLIFTON VAN SPEAKING ON 99 AND ONE 15.

HANG ON A SECOND.

HANG ON, HANG ON ONE SECOND.

COULD WE RESOLVE THE QUESTION OF HOW MANY, HOW MUCH TIME STATESMEN SPEAKERS? SO THE DEFAULT RIGHT NOW IS ONE MINUTE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO PROPOSE SOMETHING ELSE, WE CAN PUT IT TO A VOTE REAL FAST.

I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE ALLOW THOSE WHO ARE SPEAKING ON THE STATESMAN BECAUSE OF THE SIZE AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE ALLOW THEM TWO

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MINUTES.

COUNSEL COUNSEL HAS SUGGESTED THAT WE CONSIDER GIVING EVERYBODY TWO MINUTES.

IF WE'RE GOING TO GIVE ANYBODY TWO MINUTES, UH, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT.

UH, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE, THE, THE SUGGESTION AND ADVICE.

WE STILL HAVE FIVE ITEMS THAT OUR DISCUSSION, WE STILL HAVE DEBATED ITEMS. AND TO GO PAST DINNER WITH SPEAKERS TONIGHT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I, I WOULD RECOMMEND.

I WOULD THINK WE SHOULD JUST MOVE FORWARD.

LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IS SUGGESTING THAT WE INCREASED BY ONE MINUTE, THE SPEAKERS WERE 37.

SO I'M A GOOD MOVE.

THEY WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY TWO MINUTES.

BUT WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US IS THE SUGGESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO TO INCREASE BY ONE MINUTE.

COULD WE SEE WHO'S IN PRESENT SUPPORT THERE? JUST THE STATEMENT PART QUESTION.

CAN WE SEE WHO'S IN FAVOR OF THAT? OKAY.

IT SEEMS TO BE OKAY.

THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE FAVORITE.

SO LET'S JUST KEEP WITH ONE MINUTE THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND START.

GO AHEAD PLEASE.

REMOTE SPEAKERS, MR. VAN DYKE.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

THIS IS CLIFTON VANDYKE VICE-PRESIDENT OF OCEAN AND A RESIDENT OF THE KEELING NEIGHBORHOOD.

SINCE MY CHILDHOOD IN THE 1930S, I HAVE SEEN THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.

THE VARIOUS GROUPS OF STAKEHOLDERS HAVE LIVED THROUGH AND THEIR STRUGGLES TO IMPLEMENT CHANGE, OR JUST PRAYING STOP OTHERS FROM INFLICTING HARM.

ONCE AGAIN, AND THE AREA, OUR CURRENT REALITY IS BLASTING AMPLIFIED SOUND BASE THAT SHAKES HOUSES AND WINDOWS AND LIGHT SHOWS EMANATING FROM CURRENTLY ILLEGAL OPEN AIR.

BEEN USED NEXT TO HOME AT HOMES AT BOTH ENDS OF THE STREET.

AS BAD AS THAT IS.

EVERY PROBLEM WE RAISED TO YOU IS NOT ABOUT ENFORCEMENT OR LACK THEREOF.

AS MR. MCMILLAN ASSERTS.

WE RAISED QUESTIONS OF POLICY 20 YEARS OF PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION TOWARDS THE MIXED USE CARPENTER TO SERVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, NOT AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT DISTRICT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO THE 48 PROPERTY OWNERS WHO SIGNED A PETITION AGAINST EXPANDED BAR USE PERMISSIONS OCEAN THAT YOU ARE B PLANNING COMMISSION AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO WROTE AND CALLED YOU.

TEN ONE IS ABOUT LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE.

PLEASE VOTE NO ON ANY EXPANSION AND REJECT WAR POLITICS.

THANK YOU, MITCH.

ORRINGER ON 99 AND ONE 15.

HI, MY NAME IS MITCH AND I'M A RESIDENT OF EAST 13TH STREET, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IS VERY SIMPLE.

WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER RAINY STREET HERE ON EAST 12TH AND EAST THIRTEENS.

PLEASE VOTE NO TO MUSIC VENUES.

THANK YOU, NICOLE BLAIR, 99 IN ONE 15, I GREW UP IN EAST AUSTIN AND I LIVED AT 11TH SENTRICON FOR 18 YEARS, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A PETITION FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BLACK SHEER PROSPECT HILL, LONG STANDING RESIDENTS OF BLACK SHEER LIKE MYSELF, INCLUDING SIX AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 40 TO 60 YEARS SIGNED THIS PETITION.

WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH EAST 12TH STREET NEIGHBORS AND OPPOSE THE EXPANSION OF COCKTAIL LOUNGE USE.

HERE.

THERE ARE MANY NEARBY DISTRICTS WHERE BOTH WERE BARS ARE ALLOWED, CESAR CHAVEZ, EAST SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND NOW 11TH, AS OF LAST MONTH, COUNCIL VOTES IT'S EUREKA.

THE LLC THAT HAS BOUGHT UP A LOT OF LOTS ON THE EAST 12TH MONT BAR TENANTS.

THEY SHOULD HAVE PURCHASED PROPERTY WHERE BARS WERE ALLOWED.

WE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE FOR GENERATIONS SUPPORT THE POSITIVE GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES, SHOPS, AND RESTAURANTS UP RESTAURANTS ALREADY ALLOW LIVE MUSIC.

AND WHILE ALSO THEY ALSO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY SERVICE.

SO THEY'LL AT LEAST 50% FOOD SERVICE SALES.

THERE IS NO NEED TO EXPAND COCKTAIL LOUNGE YOUTH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON EAST 12TH.

BEANIE COLEMAN 99 AND ONE 15.

MADISON'S CURRENT APPOINTEE TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMISSION.

THIS BEANIE COLEMAN, UM, HAVE LIVED IN ABOUT EVERY DISTRICT IN AUSTIN AND DONE A LOT OF LIVING AND WORKING IN A DISTRICT.

ONE CALLING HIM IN SUPPORT OF THE ZONING CHANGE

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TO A BOAT.

YES, JUST WITH THE, UM, VIEW OF AFRICAN AMERICAN, UH, COMMUNITY.

UH, ONE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST 28 YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE IS WHEN YOU'RE, WHERE DO WE GO, UM, TO SEE EACH OTHER, TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER.

AND I THINK THAT THIS 12TH STREET DISTRICT IS THE FINAL STAKE IN THE GROUND.

UM, WE'VE BEEN DISPLACED AND MOVED AROUND A LOT, AND THIS IS A PRIME OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE THE CULTURE.

AND ENTERTAINMENT IS A BIG PART OF THAT.

AND I HAVE A SPACE THAT LET THE BLACK COMMUNITY KNOW ACROSS AUSTIN WHERE THE POPULATION IS DECLINING AMONG BLACK PEOPLE, MAKING A UNIQUE AMONG ANY URBAN GROWING CITY IN THE COUNTRY, UM, INDICATIVE OF DEWEY SMITH, 99 AND ONE 15.

YES, GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL AND VIEW SMITH.

UM, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT I AM COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER.

TODAY.

I'M JUST SPEAKING AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER FROM DISTRICT SEVEN, PLEASE CONSIDER THE LIMITING IMPACT ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT POSSIBILITY FOR THE 12TH STREET CORRIDOR.

IF CARTEL BOUND USE IS PROHIBITED, UM, THE DISTRICT COULD BENEFIT FROM EXPANDED OPTIONS TO REMEMBER, AND RE-IMAGINED THE VIBRANT CULTURE THAT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY AND CAN BE AGAIN, I BELIEVE THAT VOTING IN FAVOR, SUPPORT CONTINUED COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF A VIABLE VISION.

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

PATRICK ROSE ON 1 0 4.

MY NAME IS PATRICK ROSA OFFICE AT 1608 WEST FIFTH STREET HERE IN AUSTIN AND MY WIFE AND I RESIDE IN SAN MARCUS.

AND WHILE I'M HERE IN MY INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, I AM HERE DECIDEDLY BECAUSE OF MY BELIEF THAT AN ACCESSIBLE REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER 1 0 5 BECAUSE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE PLACES THAT CONNECTS AND THE PEOPLE IT SERVES.

IT TAKES EXPERTISE, CAPITAL PLACEMAKING THAT IS EMBODIED BY THIS PROJECT IN ORDER TO BRING PROJECT CONNECT TO LIFE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HANDFUL OF SITES ACROSS THE CITY, THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW, AND I WOULD ARGUE THE BEST THAT CAN TRULY CATALYZE THAT PROJECT.

THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS WHY APPROVAL TODAY I BELIEVE IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, DAVID KING 1 0 4.

THE STATEMENT THAT I'D LAKE FRONT PROPERTY IS AMONG THE MOST VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN TEXAS, THE TALLEST AND MOST, THE MOST LUXURIOUS TOWERS IN AUSTIN'S HISTORY WILL BE BUILT ON THIS SIDE.

PLEASE SUPPORT THE WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT REQUESTS FOR BETTER BUILDERS STANDARDS FOR ALL WORKERS ON ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OR PROJECTS AT THE PUTT, PLEASE SUPPORT SAVE OUR SPRINGS REQUEST TO ENSURE THAT THE PUTT PROTECTS 9.2 ACRES OF PUBLIC PARKLAND ALONG LADY BIRD, LAKE SHORELINE MAINTAINS FULL ACCESS TO THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL COMPLIES WITH THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY, SETBACKS AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND REMOVES ALL PUBLIC SUBSIDIES TO THE BILLIONAIRE DEVELOPER.

PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THE IN LIEU OF ONSITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THIS LUXURY LAKEFRONT PROPERTY WITH FRONT-LOAD FRONT ROW VIEWS OF LADY BIRD LAKE AND DOWNTOWN AUSTIN LOW-INCOME FAMILIES HAVE A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT TO LIVE AND THRIVE IN THIS HIGH OPPORTUNITY, LUXURY DEVELOPMENT WITH A MULTITUDE OF PUBLIC AMENITIES, SERVICES AND JOBS.

PLEASE VOTE NO ON THE WHEN OF INEQUITY RENEE PEPIN 1 0 5, THIS IS RENEE PEPIN.

I WANT TO REGISTER MY OPPOSITION TO 1 0 5, THE STATESMEN PUD.

WE NEED TO KEEP THAT AREA AS PRISTINE AS POSSIBLE FOR PARKLAND AND THE RIVER AND EX UH, ACCESS FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND ALL USERS OF THE TRAIL.

WE DON'T NEED TO GET SUBSIDIES TO WEALTHY DEVELOPERS, AND WE NEED TO KEEP THAT THE BAT VIEWING AREA ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYBODY.

I WAS SO PROUD OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL IN 1992, WHEN THEY VOTED TO PROTECT BARTON SPRINGS FROM POLLUTION FROM DEVELOPERS.

SO IT'S TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO STEP UP AGAIN, TO PROTECT THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, WATER QUALITY ON LADYBIRD LAKE PARKLAND AND THAT VIEWING AREA.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANKS

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BARBARA MARTIN 1 0 5.

HI, THIS IS BARBARA MARTIN AS A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

WE'RE ALREADY OVER 40 YEARS AND A REGULAR USER OF THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL AROUND LADY BIRD BLAKE.

I STRONGLY OPPOSED THE PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATEMENT PUD LOCATED CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL.

NOT ONLY WHILE HERITAGE TREES CUT DOWN, DESTROYING THE AREA AND POTENTIALLY HARMING THE BAT MIGRATION AND HABITAT, WHICH BRINGS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO AUSTIN.

BUT THE DEVELOPER IS ASKING TO FURTHER ENCROACH ONTO THE PARKLANDS THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE.

THE PLAN WILL ALSO REMOVE THE CURRENT HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL ACCESS FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CONGRESS OVERPASS.

THE NEW DEVELOPMENT MOVE WILL BE BUILT, FLUSH AGAINST THE CONGRESS BRIDGE, FORCING ANY ACCESS TO THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL TO FEED THROUGH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION ON THIS PRIME.

THE OTHER STATE SHOULD NOT BE DEGRADED.

AND THE CURRENT ACCESS RESTRICTED THE DEVELOPER IS ASKING FOR TAXPAYERS TO SUBSIDIZE THIS DEVELOPMENT AND GIVE GIVEAWAYS AND INCENTIVES.

THIS IS A FRONT TO THE RESIDENTS OF TEXAS AS THIS IS OUR, AND WE ASK TAX PAYERS TO FIND INCENTIVE IS JUST NOT RIGHT.

IF THE DEVELOPS ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE A PROFIT ON THIS CAR, BARBARA MACARTHUR 1 0 5.

HI.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PUT THE PUBLIC FIRST IN YOUR DELIBERATION OF THE SPACEMAN PODS, PLEASE DO NOT REDUCE BY 60%.

THE PRIMARY SETBACKS FROM TOWN LAKE INSTEAD ADHERE TO THE SOUTH SHORE CENTRAL REGULATION.

PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW DEVELOPMENT IN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.

PLEASE DO NOT INCREASE THE ALLOWED IMPERVIOUS COVER WITH EXEMPTIONS.

PLEASE DO NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF REQUIRED PARKLAND BY 16% OR MORE.

THE LIGHT RAIL STATION IS BUILT ON THE PROPERTY.

THINK ABOUT THE PROPOSED REMOVAL OF 20% OF THE CALIPER INCHES OF TREES FROM THIS ALREADY DEVELOPED PROPERTY.

THESE CHANGES DO NOT CREATE A SUPERIOR PROJECT.

540 FEET OF HEIGHT IS A VERY LARGE ENTITLEMENT.

PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW COATS HOTELS ON THIS PROPERTY, AND PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT A TEARS DISTRICT FOR THIS PROPERTY.

THANK YOU, MICHAEL.

AND TO NORA.

HELLO? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

AND WE DO HAVE YOUR VIDEO UP IF YOU'D LIKE US TO START THAT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M SPEAKING ON, ON ITEM NUMBER ONE 12, THE, UH, HISTORIC ZONING FOR 1403 CESAR CHAVEZ.

MY NAME IS MIKE LANCE NORA.

I AM AN ARCHITECT WORKING WITH THE OWNER OF 1403 CESAR CHAVEZ.

I'M OPPOSED TO THE HISTORIC ZONING OF THIS PROPERTY DUE TO THE VERY POOR CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD BE COST PROHIBITED TO REPAIR AS WELL AS THE LACK OF ORIGINAL FABRIC HISTORIC FABRIC.

SO I'D LIKE TO SHOW A 22ND VIDEO CLIP FROM THE JUNE 28TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WHERE A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, JERRY GARCIA PROVIDES HIS EXPERT OPINION THAT THE HOUSE IS IN SUCH POOR CONDITION.

IT WOULD NOT SURVIVE BEING LIFTED TO REPAIR THE FOUNDATION OR TO MOVE IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION ONSITE OR OFFSITE.

I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS LATER IN THE OPEN SESSION OR CLOSED SESSION.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IT'S BEST CERTAIN.

WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE EFFORT OF REPLACING THE FOUNDATION, PETE APPEARS IT'S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THE BUILDING.

MOVING THE BUILDING IN ANY DIRECTION IS A RATHER PRECARIOUS NOTION AT THIS POINT.

UM, NOT KNOWING IF IT WILL HOLD ITSELF TOGETHER OR NOT.

SO, UM, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO ROLL THE DICE, NO, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT.

I TRULY WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT.

I JUST DO NOT THINK IT WOULD SURVIVE THE MOVE BETH TURNER.

MY NAME IS BETH TURNER AND I'M AGAINST HISTORIC ZONING OF 1403 EAST CESAR CHAVEZ.

AND I WOULDN'T WANT IT TO SHOW A VIDEO CLIP OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING FOR THIS ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE FOUNDATION.

UM, YEAH, THERE, THERE ARE STRUCTURAL ISSUES ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.

UM, AGAIN, UM, THE LIMITED AREAS THAT WE COULD SEE HAD CEDAR POSTS, WHICH IS VERY COMMON FOR THE TIMES.

UM, AND, AND WE ASSUME THAT THE REMAINDER OF IT IS CONSIDERING IS OF THE SAME VINTAGE OR, OR OLDER IS ALSO CEDAR POSTS AND NOT KNOWING HOW DEEP THEY ARE.

UM, MORE THAN LIKELY IF EVER YOU PULL ONE OF THOSE UP THEIR BASIC PENCIL POINTS.

YOU CAN NOT KEEP THEM, THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

UM, THE BEAMS THAT SPAN BETWEEN

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THEM ARE PROBABLY DOUBLE TWO, BUT SIX IS NOWADAYS IT'D BE THE EIGHTS OR TENS DEPENDING ON THE SPANS.

SO EVERYTHING WAS, UM, THAT WAS UTILIZED WAS BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS AT THE TIME, UM, WHICH DON'T MEET CURRENT STANDARDS AND GIVEN THIS AGE AND NEGLECT, IT LOSES INTEGRITY QUICKLY, ANDREW WILKINSON, BUT OFTEN IT COMES TO NUMBERS.

UH, MY NAME IS ANDY WILKINSON.

UH, I'M ALSO, UH, SPEAKING AGAINST HISTORIC SIGNING ON THE 1403 EAST, THE CHAVEZ PROPERTY.

AND, UH, I ALSO HAVE, UH, UH, A SHORT VIDEO FROM JERRY GARCIA'S TESTIMONY AT THE SAME TIME, THE COMMISSION TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL, OH, IT'S RELATIVELY A PERFECT STORM.

INDEED.

YOU WANT THE BUILDING TO BEHAVE AS A WHOLE.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE FOUR OR FIVE COMPONENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO NOT KNOWING HOW THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT INDIVIDUALLY AND EXPECT THEM TO PERFORM IN KIND THAT'S MORE THAN ANYONE CAN THERE, IT CAN HOPEFULLY.

SO YES, IT IS A PERFECT STORM.

SO, UM, THAT HAPPENS A GREAT DEAL IN, UH, OLDER HOMES, OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE TRAVIS HEIGHTS OR PEMBERTON OR WHEREVER WE'RE PART OF HIS OWN SLAB AND PARTS APPEAR IN BEAM.

AND IT'S A VERY, VERY, UM, SERIOUS CONCERN THAT STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS HAVE.

AND THIS ONE IS NO EXCEPTION, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HIS AGE, JUST A LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY, NESTLE COOK.

ARE YOU THERE? YES, I AM.

MY NAME IS NATALIE COOK.

I'M ALSO AGAINST THE HISTORIC ZONING FOR 1403 EAST CESAR CHAVEZ.

I HAVE A VIDEO CLIP TO SHOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING FOR THIS CASE AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, AS I DRIVE BY, IT'S NOT ONE THAT I SEE AS SIGNIFICANT THAT'S MEMORABLE.

AND EVEN AS I WALK AROUND IT, WHEN I WENT TO VISIT IT TODAY, IT WAS, IT WAS AWKWARD EVEN WITH THE, AND NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY, BECAUSE FROM THE PRESENTATION WE SEE THIS ALL THE ADDITIONS AND IT KIND OF SHIFTED THE LAYOUT ON THE SITE AND IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.

THE, THE PORCH THAT WAS ADDED ON THE SIDE WAS SHIFTED OFF TO THE SIDE MORE SO THAN I THOUGHT PROPORTIONALLY.

AND I'M LIKE, THERE'S SOMETHING OFF ABOUT IT.

AND THE PRESENTATION I SAW FROM HIS HOUSE, HE EXPLAINS THIS BECAUSE OF THE, ALL THE PIECES THAT WE'RE ADDING ON.

UM, SO, AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS BEING THAT HODGEPODGE THAT EXP YOU KNOW, THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS, YOU KNOW, AS I WAS TALKING TO, UH, UH, JERRY GARCIA ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS, IS THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT WHEN WE DO ADDITIONS OR WHEN WE, UH, ASSESS RENOVATIONS, SYLVIA LUNS.

ABOUT THE, UM, UH, STATESMAN NUMBER 1 0 5.

HI, MY NAME IS SYLVIA LUNCH AND, UH, I AM AGAINST HISTORIC ZONING OF 1403 EAST OF CHAVEZ.

AND I AM GOING TO SHOW A VIDEO CLIP OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HERE IN FLORIDA'S CASE TO, UM, TO PIECE TOGETHER A BUILDING THAT HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOUNDATIONS ON THAT.

AND ONE'S GONNA DETERIORATE QUICKER THAN THE OTHER.

ONE'S GONNA BE SLIGHTLY OFF FROM THE OTHER.

AND ONCE YOU PUT TWO STORIES ON IT TO MAKE IT VIABLE, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.

AND, UM, AND I KNOW JERRY'S BECAUSE WE WORKED TOGETHER ON A HISTORIC LANDMARK PROJECT UP THE STREET ON EAST CESAR CHAVEZ AT 2205.

AND I KNOW HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, AND WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE THAT, HE TRIES, JERRY REALLY DOES TRY IT.

HE'S NOT JUST MAKING THIS STUFF UP.

SO, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING YOUR TIME TO COME DOWN HERE AND GIVE US YOUR INSIGHT.

UM, THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE VIABILITY, RIGHT? BUT I SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ECONOMIC VIABILITY AND THESE THINGS.

I MEAN, THE CONCERN I HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC VIABLY, I LOOK AT THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO, WHAT ELSE CAN YOU ADD ON TO IT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO MAKE IT MORE FIT THE TIMES THE USES OF WHAT WE NEED, BUT IN OF ITSELF, BECAUSE ALL THESE DIFFERENT PIECES, IT LACKS ITS OWN INTEGRAL VIABILITY JUST TO SAVE ITSELF.

IT'S ALREADY A CONFUSION OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S LIKE ON THIS ONE.

I, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I LIKE TO REALLY THINK THROUGH THINGS AND, UH, GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR PRESERVATION, BUT THIS ONE IS JUST, IT IT'S JUST TOO DIFFICULT.

AND MARY FARROW 1 0 5.

YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

UM, SHALL I SPEAK NOW, JUST PLEASE? UM, THANK YOU.

I, I'M CALLING

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I BELIEVE YOU ALL CITY COUNCIL CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR, BUT WORRY THAT YOU'RE LOSING SIGHT OF ALL THE PLEAD PEOPLE YOU CLAIM TO REPRESENT BECAUSE OF THE BLINDING FLASH OF MONEY IN AUSTIN TODAY, YOU CONSIDER POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF PERHAPS THE MOST DESIRABLE PROPERTY IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN AND ICONIC SPOT ALONG THE TRAIL OF LADY BIRD LAKE NAMED TO HONOR HER BEAUTIFICATION AND UNIFICATION EFFORTS.

IT'S THE FRONT YARD FOR AUSTIN AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE TRAIL SYMBOLICALLY UNITES NORTH AND SOUTH EAST AND WEST AUSTIN.

AND IT SHOULD REMAIN FREE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL THE FUTURE.

WE DON'T NEED TAX INCREMENT FINANCING TO LURE COMPANIES TO AUSTIN WHEN THERE IS A LITERAL LAND RUSH HAPPENING IN OUR CITY.

AND WE DON'T NEED A SCHEME THAT RESTRICTS THE EXPENDITURE OF FUTURE TAXES TO THIS ZONE.

MORE BUILDINGS CAN BE BUILT THAT ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC LAND MUST BE VIGILANTLY PROTECTED.

PLEASE PROTECT OPEN ACCESS, MAINTAIN PRIMARY SETBACKS FROM TOWN LAKE PROTECT, CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.

HONOR THE LEGACY AND COMMITMENTS OF THE PAST AND SAVE THE BATS.

THANK YOU, SARAH.

ZABALETA ITEM 1 0 5.

MY NAME IS SARAH .

I'M A LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER, PROUD AUSTINITE, AND OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LUXURY APARTMENTS, HOTELS AND SHOPS PROPOSED BY ITEM 1 0 5 THAT IS PLANNED FOR THE WATERFRONT OF THE COLORADO RIVER.

ALSO KNOWN AS LEADING BIRD OR A TOWN LAKE.

WE ARE FACING A CLIMATE CRISIS AND WHICH OUR RIVERS ARE DRYING UP OR REACHING HISTORICALLY LOW LEVELS, NOT WITNESSED IN HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

NOW IT'S THE TIME TO PROTECT OUR WATERWAYS FROM FURTHER POLLUTION THAT COULD JEOPARDIZE OUR WATER WILDLIFE ENVIRONMENT.

AND COMMUNITY'S WELLBEING.

WATER IS LIFE.

WATER IS SACRED.

OUR RIVERS CURRENTLY SUFFERING FROM LOW LEVELS, STAGNANT WATER, DYEING, WILDLIFE, SUCH AS FISH AND AMPHIBIANS AND BALLOONS OF THE TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA PRESENT AS BLUE-GREEN ALGAE, WHICH IS CAUSED BY FERTILIZER, RUNOFF AND OTHER CHEMICAL VIEWS BY COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, SUCH AS THE ONE PROPOSED IN ITEM 1 0 5, FROM MY RESEARCH AND TO TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA, THERE WAS NO TESTING OF THE LEVELS PRESENT IN OUR DRINKING WATER, WHICH THE CITY OF AUSTIN DRAWS FROM THE COLORADO RIVER.

YET WE KNOW THE LEVEL THEY'RE DANGEROUS DUE TO PEOPLE'S PETS, REPEATEDLY DYING FROM SWIMMING OR DRINKING FROM THE RIVER.

WHY WOULD OUR COMMUNITIES WANT ANY WATER THAT WE RELY ON TO SURVIVE? GERALD POLACA ONE 14.

UH, THIS IS GERALD BLANCA AND I LIVE AT 1800 WEST 34TH STREET.

MY PROPERTY TOUCHES 1809 WEST 35TH STREET, WHICH IS ITEM 1, 1, 4.

PLEASE REVIEW THE PRINTED HANDOUT THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED BY KURT FROM ALISON ALTERS OFFICE.

THE DIAGRAM SHOWS THAT FIVE PROPERTIES ON 35TH STREET ARE SLOPED TOWARDS US.

WATERSHED CONFIRMS IT.

WE GET ALL THE RUNOFF.

ESSENTIALLY.

MY YARD IS THEIR DRAINAGE DITCH.

A LOT OF MY DRIVEWAY HAS ENDED UP BEING WASHED INTO SHOAL CREEK.

THE APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT VISITED MY HOUSE.

THEY SAID THEY CAN REDUCE IMPERVIOUS COVER BY ABOUT 10%, BUT THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PLANS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE RUNOFF.

THEY WRITE ME AND THEY SUGGEST THINGS LIKE THINGS I SHOULD DO TO MANAGE THEIR DRAINAGE, LIKE PAVING.

MY DRIVEWAY ABOUT FIVE OR SIX INCHES WOULD NEED TO BE DUG OUT AND HAULED OFF.

OTHERWISE MY BACKYARD WOULD FILL UP WITH WATER.

THIS IS NOT AN INEXPENSIVE PROCESS.

CITY PLANNING MEETINGS TELL US THAT NEW DEVELOPMENTS WILL MANAGE THEIR OWN DRAINAGE.

THE APPLICANT THINKS THEY HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO DO ANYTHING.

I'M SIMPLY ASKING THAT WATERSHED FOLLOW UP ON THIS DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS LIKE THE CITY PROMISES.

OWNED BY THEM BEHIND MY HOUSE WAS LISTED FOR RENT FOR $7,500 A MONTH.

UM, I JUST PASSED OUT THE DOCUMENT THAT MR. BLANCA REFERENCED FOR ITEM ONE 14.

I THINK IT GOES WITH ONE 14 AND ONE 13.

UM, AND I'LL BE ASKING SOME QUESTIONS ON CONSENT, UM, THAT WILL BE ADDRESSING, UM, HIS CONCERNS.

CARRIE SLATER, 99 IN ONE 15.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'VE LIVED AT 12TH IN CHICAGO FOR 21 YEARS.

I DIDN'T MOVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED ON ITS POTENTIAL.

I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE URP OR NCCD WERE.

I MOVED HERE BECAUSE I LIKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COULD AFFORD IT.

WELL, 20 YEARS AGO THAT SAID THE ASK WAS TO ALIGN THE NCCD AND THE URP, BOTH OF WHICH RESTRICT COCKTAIL LOUNGE EXPANSION.

WE ALREADY HAVE FOUR BARS.

WE DON'T NEED MORE COUNSELORS THROWING EVERYTHING AGAINST THE WALL TO SEEING WHAT STICKS WITH NO GUARDRAILS FOR RESIDENTS.

Y WHO'S ASKING FOR THIS, NOT MY NEIGHBORS.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHO MAINLY BENEFITS FROM THIS EUREKA.

A HOME

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AND THE DESCRIPTION READS WOULD BE PERFECT FOR A BAR.

UM, IT'S NOT ZONED FOR A BAR, BUT PERHAPS THEY KNOW SOMETHING I DON'T BEST OF LUCK TO US WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT THOUGH.

RIGHT? SO WHO WINS IF YOU APPROVE THE COCKTAIL EXPANSION? EUREKA, NOT EVEN AN AUSTIN BASED FIRM WINS IN THE CURRENT FAMILIES.

BOTH YOUNG AND OLD WILL LOSE OUT THE TRASH.

THE LACK OF PARKING, THE DRUNK PEDESTRIANS, THE NOISE 12TH STREET COULD BENEFIT FROM A LOT OF THINGS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A GROCERY STORE BURYING THE POWER LINES, BUT MORE BARS ARE NOT SOMETHING WE NEED WANT, OR ARE ASKING FOR, GO INTO THE CURRENT BARS.

AND LET ME KNOW IF WE'RE PRESERVING AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL DISTRICT.

THEY'RE ALMOST ENTIRELY FILLED WITH ANGLO SPACES.

THANK YOU, TRACY, WITTY 99 AND ONE 15.

UM, A FORMER STAFF MEMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER.

MADISON WROTE AN EXIT EMAIL UPON LEAVING THE CITY.

SO REPORT IS WHAT HE BELIEVES TO BE UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER, HIS COMMUNICATION DATED APRIL 17, ABOUT THE ITEM.

AND IT'S NOT AS THIS APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW HER TO COMPLETE HER.

IT'S RELATED TO THE ITEM.

MA'AM OKAY.

START THERE.

START WITH THE RELATIONSHIP WE USED TO BE SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND.

PARDON ME, SIR.

PLEASE START WITH RELATIONSHIPS, PLEASE.

YEAH, GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE TIE.

YOU'RE REPORTING WHAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE ETHICAL BEHAVIOR BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER.

HIS COMMUNICATION DATED APRIL 17TH, 2019 STATES THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER ASKED HIM AS A LOCAL DEVELOPER MIGHT GET FOR A FINANCIAL BREAK ON HOUSING THROUGH DISTRICT.

BEFORE YOU VOTE ON THE URP AND EAST 12TH STREET, NCCD CASES, MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON WILL VERIFY WHETHER SHE OR HER FAMILY HAS EVER HAD A HOUSING RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY 12TH STREET PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM HER BAR INITIATIVE.

MAYBE ALL THEIR LOTS SHOULD BE OFF LIMITS FOR THIS NEW BENEFIT.

THIS WEEK, EUREKA ADVERTISE THE 850 SQUARE FOOT EQUALS THREE HOUSE.

THAT'S PERFECT FOR A BAR FOR $7,500 20 BARS AT 3,500 SQUARE FEET.

AT THAT RATE, THAT'S THE POTENTIAL OF SIX, 15 K A MONTH.

WHAT DO WE THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN? MARIN COUNCIL RECONSIDER CONSIDER HOW YOU ARE HARMING PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY SUPPORTING COUNCILMEMBER HARPER, MADISON BAR INITIATIVE, NOT THINKING ABOUT OTHER RESIDENTS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US NEXT SPEAKER, A MOSES ITEM 1 28.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE REQUEST TO REZONE 73, 11 AND 73 13 BLUFF SPRINGS.

I BELIEVE IT'S ITEM 1 28.

THERE ARE SIX ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, THE FIRST IS 20% OF ADJACENT LANDOWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE LAND IN QUESTION OPPOSE THE REZONING.

AND I BELIEVE THEY'VE SUBMITTED THEIR OPPOSITION.

I'VE SUBMITTED TWO LARGE TREES THAT I JUST MEASURED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO THAT HAS BEEN RECENTLY CLEAR CUT WITHOUT A TREE SURVEY.

AND OF COURSE THAT WAS BEFORE ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO REZONE THREE.

THE PROPOSED REZONING IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH LAND USE WITHIN OUR SUBDIVISION AND USED TO BLUFF SPRINGS.

SO WE HAVE SMALL FAMILY, LOTS AND LONG-TERM NOISE FOR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING INSIDERS SUBDIVISION GOES AGAINST OUR QUIET ENJOYMENT OF OUR LIVING SPACES AND COULD BE AN EYESORE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENTS WOULD EXASPERATE THE PRECARIOUS TRAFFIC CHOKE POINT AT BLUFF SPRINGS AND WILLIAM CANNON.

UH, THE MEADOWS AT BLUFF SPRINGS, SUBDIVISION PLAT RULE NUMBER 23, PROHIBITS THE REZONING SPECIFICALLY STATING THE SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEVELOPED AND CONSTRUCTED AS A SMALL LOT SUBDIVISION.

AND FINALLY INITIAL LONG STRETCH OF PIPELINE CAN BE DANGEROUS TO OUR COMMUNITY MAYOR THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE REMOTE SPEAKERS ONE MOMENT AND ALL SWITCHED IN PERSON.

THE GROWTH OF, UH, OUR YOUTH AND FOR 65 YEARS, IT HAS PROGRESSED IN MY EYES.

THE FIRST IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS DANNY THOMPSON FOR ITEM 99 AND ONE 15 ON DECK IS DANTE CLEMENS LIKE TO, UH, TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE AREA THAT IS FOR SO LONG, UH, MADE THAT AREA.

WELL, THAT AREA HAS MADE, UH, EAST AUSTIN VERY VALUABLE FOR MUSICIANS FOR ARTISTS.

UH, IT IS REPORTED

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I WATCHED THIS BE A VERY VALUABLE, VERY VALUABLE ASSET TO AUSTIN, EAST AUSTIN, AND HOPEFULLY, AND I WILL MYSELF.

UM, HOW BRO, I HELPED THE YOUTH GROW INTO WHAT HAS BECOME A BASIC, UH, HISTORY THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TOM, TAKE CLEMENS AND THEN DAY RON BOWERS.

IT'S MR. BOWERS HERE.

EDWARD WINSTON AND THEN LEE SHERMAN.

MICHELLE HOGAN, NELLY GARCIA, JANINE.

LEE SHERMAN ITEM 99 AND ONE 15.

I'M LEE SHERMAN BORN IN AUSTIN, LIVED ON THE EAST SIDE FOR 26 YEARS.

13 OF THOSE ON NEW YORK AVENUE BACKING UP TO EAST 12TH.

MY WIFE AND I ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AGES, SIX AND 10.

THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED FOR, WITH 200 FOOT SPACING BETWEEN CPS IS NOT A MEANINGFUL COMPROMISE.

AS IT STILL ALLOWS A BAR DISTRICT.

WE CAN HONOR BLACK CULTURE WITHOUT USING AN NCCD TO IMPOSE A BAR DISTRICT OVER A VALID PETITION.

WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH BARS NOT BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS, AND WE DON'T WANT TO DEPEND ON ENFORCEMENT TO LIVE PEACEFULLY.

DUI NOISE ISSUES ARE CORRELATED WITH BAR DISTRICTS, THE 7 8, 7 0 1.

WE HAD 137 DWI SO FAR IN 2022 CONCENTRATED AROUND EAST SIX AND RAINY STREET.

LAND USE IS CORRELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND NOISE ISSUES.

SO WHY A BAR DISTRICT PROPONENTS SAVED IT'S ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE, BUT MY AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT BARS AND LOUD VENUES BEHIND THEIR HOMES.

TWO SUCH NEIGHBORS ASKED ME TO SPEAK FOR THEM AS THEY COULDN'T GET OFF WORK.

CHARLES ALEXANDER HAS LIVED HERE FOR 57 YEARS AND EDWARD WINSTON AND FAMILY LIVE IN THE HOUSE BUILT BY HIS GRANDPARENTS.

WE IN 48, DIVERSE PEOPLE SIGNING OUR PETITION.

WHAT FAMILY-FRIENDLY DEVELOPMENT, NOT MORE BARS.

AND IF YOU WANT ON OUR BALLOT PETITION, PLEASE AMEND WITH, UH, SOME CONDITIONS.

AND WE HAVE, UH, SUGGESTIONS.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, I'LL READ THEM.

THANK YOU, MICHELLE HOGAN FOLLOWED BY NELLIE GARCIA.

MY NAME IS MICHELLE HOGAN AND MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE ON EAST 13TH STREET.

OUR HOUSE BACKS UP TO EAST 12TH AND WE'VE BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS.

FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH LOUD, LOUD MUSIC COMING FROM THE PROPERTY BEHIND US.

UM, YEARS AGO WE USED TO CALL 3 1, 1, BUT WE STOPPED BECAUSE THAT NEVER DID ANY GOOD.

UM, WITH THESE PROPOSES, UH, TH THIS PROPOSAL TO EXPAND, UM, BARS, COCKTAIL, LOUNGES, AND OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, THE PROBLEM WILL JUST INCREASE A HUNDRED FOLD.

I FEEL THAT THE DEVELOPERS GAIN TO, UM, STAND, TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY OFF OF TURNING EAST 12TH STREET INTO AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, BUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS WILL JUST GO DOWN.

OUR HOUSE WAS ONE OF THE OLDER HOMES BUILT IN 1925.

AND WHEN THERE'S LOUD MUSIC, THE WINDOWS LITERALLY SHAKE.

SO WE WOULD ASK YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE EXPANSION OF COCKTAIL, LOUNGES AND OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT VENUES ON EAST 12TH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

NELLY GARCIA AND THEN PATRICK HULK.

TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT OUR NEIGHBORS WANT.

I'M IN COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I OWN A BUSINESS ON 12TH AND CHICAGO.

IT'S A BAKERY THAT'S BEEN OPEN FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF NOW.

AND FOR TWO WHOLE YEARS, MY FAMILY AND I, MY SISTER AND MY MOM AND I, WE TRY TO FIND A LOCATION EVERYWHERE AT THE DOMAIN OF DON'T EVEN DREAM ABOUT IT UP NORTH AT LAMAR, EVERYWHERE WE COULD, FOR TWO WHOLE YEARS, NOBODY WILL LEASE A SPACE TO US UNTIL WE CAME TO THE CHICANO AND TURNS OUT THAT IS OUR FIRST TIME.

AND WE'VE BEEN THRIVING.

OUR NEIGHBORS IS ALSO FEMALE OWNED, MINORITY OWNED, AND THE NEIGHBORS AFTER THAT, IT WAS ALSO FEMALE BUSINESSES.

SO IF YOU VOTE NO TO THIS, YOU ARE CLOSING THE DOORS ON PEOPLE LIKE ME, WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO FIND A PLACE WHO LEADS TO OPEN A BUSINESS AND COMPETE WITH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.

WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET A CHANCE OF THE DOMAIN OR ANYONE ELSE PLEASE.

I VOTE FOR SUPPORTIVE.

THIS IS ALSO LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME, WHO HOPE TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE CHAMPAGNE WITH YOUR PASTRY OR RESALE.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CREATE A RAINY STREET.

WE'RE JUST TRYING

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THANK YOU, PATRICK HOUK, AND THEN RAW SHACK HERE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS PATRICK TELL STREET HOMEOWNER WITHIN THE URBAN RURAL PLAN, NICE 12TH STREET NCCD.

AND I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF KILLING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

PLANNING FOR EAST 12TH STREET WAS SPEARHEADED BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEY AGREED TO A VISION FOR THE STREET THAT HAS HOUSING, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, CIVIC USES LEGACY BUSINESSES AND DAILY SERVICES.

THEY AGREED NO MORE BARS.

YOU HEARD MICHAEL YOUNG REPORT THAT ON FIRST READING THE DISTRICT ONE OFFICE INSISTS.

THIS IS NOT A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

IT IS, IT IS AN URBAN RURAL AREA THAT STAKEHOLDERS HAVE PLANNED FOR MIXED YOUTH GROWTH GROWTH.

THAT CREATES A COMPLETE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN SEEDING TO THE PEOPLE WHO CAN NEVER FIND ENOUGH PLACES TO DRINK.

WE ARE TEACHERS, NURSES, STUDENTS, MUSICIANS, CIVIL SERVANTS, LOTS OF PARENTS WITH DAY JOBS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ADVOCATES, NAILING BARS AND VENUES ON EVERY LOT OR EVEN EVERY 200 FEET WILL PERMIT UP TO 20 NEW SITES.

PLUS THE EXISTING BARS IT'LL ALLOW DRINKING AND PARTYING TO ECONOMICALLY DOMINATE AND DAMAGE.

ALL OTHER ESTABLISHED USES AS WELL AS THE DAILY SERVICES THAT SO MANY PEOPLE BEFORE I GOT HERE, ENVISION PLAN FOR AND TRIED TO INCENTIVIZE A CUP AS PERMANENT.

THERE'S NO ZONING PROTEST RIGHTS, I GUESS, AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY.

SO YOU CAN A CUP.

DO YOU WANT OFFICES USING AN NCCD TO ROB PEOPLE, THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS OR MOVE THE ZONING REGULATIONS IN A STREET THAT CURRENTLY REQUIRES FOR BARS, PLEASE? UH, UH, UM, ON OUR VALID PETITION AND VOTE? NO.

AND ALLOW MORE COCKTAIL BARS.

THANK YOU, BRAH SHACK HERE.

AND THEN REBECCA.

ANGUIANO AND THEN THOMAS MIRANDA.

REBECCA LEONARD AND THEN STACY WILLIAMS. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M REBECCA LEONARD.

I AM OWNER OF LIONHEART PLANNING, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN FIRM IN EAST AUSTIN.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH EUREKA ON A VISION FOR THEIR LAND HOLDINGS.

UH, I SUPPORT, UH, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 99 AND ONE 15.

AND BELIEVE THAT IT ALIGNS BOTH WITH THE VISION OF THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND DELIVERS, UH, ON THE SPIRIT OF A SIXTH STREET, UH, OF, OF THE SIX SQUARE CULTURAL DISTRICT.

THANK YOU, STACY WILLIAMS AND THEN SUSAN ORINGER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

MY NAME IS STACY WILLIAMS. I AM VERY ACTIVE IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMUNITY HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

RIGHT NOW I'M FOCUSING ON THE EAST SIDE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE THE MOST NEED IS.

UM, I THINK THAT WE KIND OF GET INTO THE WEEDS ABOUT SOME THINGS WITH THIS NCCD, AS MUCH AS PEOPLE ARE ARE SAYING THAT IT'S NOT THE CASE.

AND I SAID, THIS LAST TIME I WAS HERE.

EAST AUSTIN WAS A VIBRANT CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT THAT HAD BARS AND RESTAURANTS AND PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO DRINK AND THINGS IN PLACES FOR PEOPLE ABLE TO GO AND GATHER IN AND ENJOY THE BLACK CULTURE THAT USED TO EXIST THERE.

AS MUCH AS PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT IT'S NOT, UH, AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

IT IS, IT IS, IT IS AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

IT ABSOLUTELY IS.

AND IN ORDER TO HAVE A VIBRANT CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT, NO MATTER WHAT THE CULTURE OR HERITAGE YOU'RE TRYING TO, WELL, I CAN'T SAY NO MATTER WHAT, THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME THAT ARE DRY, BUT MOST OF THE CULTURES THAT HANG OUT HERE IN AUSTIN IN ORDER TO HAVE A VIBRANT CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE OPTIONS.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE VARIOUS OPTIONS.

WE'RE NOT SAYING WE WANT TO PUT A BAR ON EVERY CORNER AS THE D IS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THE NCCD IS ASKING AS A COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPTION TO ASK FOR WHAT VALID STAKEHOLDERS HAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

NOT PEOPLE THAT ARE JUST PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE BAR CULTURE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR HERE.

LET'S FOCUS ON WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

WE'RE ASKING FOR THE SPACE TO ASK FOR THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BUILD A VIBRANT CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRICT.

THAT'S IT.

EXCUSE ME.

IT'S NOT YOUR TIME AT ALL RIGHT.

HEY, HEY, HEY PLEASE.

NEXT SPEAKER, SUSAN ORINGER AND THEN SYLVIA AND GUANO.

HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I LIVE ON EAST 13TH STREET AND A MOTHER OF A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EAST HEALTH IS ALREADY BEING USED AS AN ILLEGAL UN-PERMITTED ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, A EUREKA ON PROPERTY AT 1 17 17 13 EAST HOUSE STREET, 801ST QUOTE, PROPERTY ADVERTISED FOR $7,500 A MONTH IS ALREADY BEING ADVERTISED PERFECT FOR A BAR, ITS OWN GRM.

YOU ARE.

THEY BANKING ON YOUR GIFT.

TODAY.

SITES ON THE STREET ARE ALREADY BEING USED AS A LEGAL EVENT SPACES THAT FEATURE AMPLIFIED SOUND DAYS, LIGHT SHOWS HOSTING VERY LARGE CROWDS.

THIS IS A MIXED USE DISTRICT.

YOUR ROLE NATASHA IS GOING TO AMPLIFY AND THE SUFFERING OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

YOU NEVER HELP ANYONE.

WHEN WE ASK THIS IS NOT AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE, 3, 1, 1

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DOES NOT HELP US.

THE PEOPLE HOSTING THESE EVENTS DO NOT LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY CAN GO HOME TO THEIR HOUSES TO SLEEP.

NEIGHBORS CAN NOT GET INTO THEIR DRIVEWAYS OR GARAGES.

THE ALLEYS BEING USED AS A PARTY ENTRANCE 20 FEET FROM PRIVATE RESIDENCES.

THIS GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT DEVELOPERS HAVE ADVERTISED.

THEY'RE GOING TO DO, AND THEY'RE NOT.

SO PLEASE HOLD YOUR RICO ACCOUNTABLE.

PLEASE PROVIDE SERVICES AND ALL ARE VALID PETITION.

THANK YOU, SYLVIA.

MONISHA, M AND THEN MICHAEL LEE, MICHAEL LEE, HAROLD MCMILLAN.

MY NAME IS SYLVIA YOUNG.

YANNO.

I WAS BORN IN AND RAISED IN EAST AUSTIN.

I, I LOVE YOU STOCKTON.

WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A HOME, I BOUGHT IN EAST AUSTIN.

MY DREAM, MY IDEA WAS TO BRING MY PARENTS TO LIVE WITH ME.

MY PARENTS ARE ELDERLY, THEY'RE 90 AND 85 YEARS OLD.

THAT SLIPPING AWAY FROM ME.

IF THIS GOES INTO ACTION, I WON'T BE ABLE TO BRING THEM.

HOW COULD I DO THAT IN GOOD FAITH, THINKING THAT THEY WOULD GET A RESTFUL NIGHT'S SLEEP WITH BARS, EVERYWHERE, PEOPLE WALKING EVERYWHERE, LOUD TALKING AND WHAT SHE SAID THAT THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING A BAR ON EVERY CORNER.

THEY'RE PROPOSING A BAR WHERE I LIVE MY HOUSE BACKS UP TO A HISTORICAL MARKET HOME.

THEY'RE PROPOSING A BAR TO PUT, TO PUT A BAR THERE A HUNDRED FEET TO THE EAST OF ME AS ANOTHER VENUE.

THAT'S ON TWO BLOCKS NOW.

SO WHAT THIS LADY WAS SAYING BEFORE ME, IT WASN'T HAPPENING.

IT'S HAPPENING.

PLEASE MAKE I OPPOSED THIS.

THANK YOU, THOMAS MIRANDA FOLLOWED BY WHILST ARUBA.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR CITY, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

UH, MY NAME IS THOMAS MADONNA AND I'VE BEEN AN AUSTIN RESIDENT FOR AT LEAST 23 YEARS, MAYBE 25.

UH, I'VE COME HERE TO TALK ABOUT NCCD.

UM, I'M A FORMER BOARD CHAIR OF THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HERE IN AUSTIN, AUSTIN ED FUND, MISSION CAPITAL, AND HAVE SERVED ON AROUND 12 BOARDS IN THE REGION.

UM, WE HEAVILY SUPPORTED, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INITIATIVES THAT ENABLE UPWARD MOBILITY.

UM, MOST OF MY SERVANT LEADERSHIP IS, UH, TO DATE HAS BEEN PERSONAL AND STEMS FROM GROWING UP IN AN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE YOU SEE IN EAST AUSTIN.

UM, I DO SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON'S MOTION TODAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL, I WOULD SAY WE HAVE ALL SEEN A TECTONIC CHANGE IN AUSTIN'S LANDSCAPE AND GLOBAL RELEVANCE OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS.

MOST LIKELY WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 20.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE ACTUALLY WITNESSED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE FRAMEWORK AND A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT WITH THAT REGION TO INFUSE CULTURALLY RELEVANT PROGRAMMING AND GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY.

AND I, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS AND THINK THAT WE CAN REALLY ESTABLISH SOMETHING GREAT IN THIS FOR THIS DISTRICT WAS ARUBA MONISHA M GOOD AFTERNOON.

HONORABLE COUNCIL.

THANKS AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY IS THIS IS MY THIRD TIME SPEAKING ON THIS ISSUE.

I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE THAT I STAND WITH COUNCILWOMAN HARPER MADISON ON THIS MATTER.

AND TODAY I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY FELLOW BUSINESS OWNERS, PROFESSORS AND MOTHERS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST, BUT CAN NOT BE HERE.

AS YOU KNOW, THIS MEETING HAS DRAGGED ON AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE JOBS TO GET TO KIDS THAT THEY HAVE TO PICK UP.

SO THEY CANNOT SPEAK ON THEIR OWN WITH THAT SAID, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LETTERS SUBMITTED, UH, FROM THOSE WHO COULD NOT BE HERE, WHICH YOU ALL WILL BE RECEIVING.

UM, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STATE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS BUSINESS OWNERS, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, FINDING GOOD LOCATIONS, PARTICULARLY ONE IN AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORICAL DISTRICT IS DIFFICULT.

CLOSING THE DOOR TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN BE OPENED BY COUNCILWOMAN HARPER MADISON'S ACTIONS THINK ARE SHORT-SIGHTED.

I BELIEVE THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, ALL THE MATTERS THAT RELATE TO LIQUOR LICENSES CAN BE ADDRESSED.

HOWEVER, WE DO NOT WANT TO PRECLUDE THOSE WHO NEED THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THOSE WHO RESPECT THIS SPACE AND DISTRICT FROM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT IN A WAY THAT IS HISTORICALLY RELEVANT AND CONSISTENT.

SO AGAIN, I STAND WITH COUNCILWOMAN HARPER, MADISON ON THIS, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 1 0 2, 1 0 5, ROY WHALEY.

UH, HERE ARE THE PUBLIC AND I APPRECIATE MY NAME IS ROY WHALEY AND I'M THE CONSERVATION CHAIR FOR THE LOCAL SIERRA CLUB HERE IN AUSTIN.

HOW DO Y'ALL KNOW? I SPENT A LONG DAY WAKE UP, LISTEN UP AND,

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AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME ONE MINUTE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL NEED ALL OF THAT.

UH, OF COURSE, BUT THAT'S ONE MINUTE FOR DEMOCRACY.

UM, WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT SPEAKERS ON THIS MAIN THING IS BILLIONAIRES.

DON'T NEED TO COME TO ME ASKING FOR A HANDOUT IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO BUILD IT.

DON'T IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO USE THE MOST VALUABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND MAKE A PROFIT WITHOUT MY HELP, DON'T BUILD IT.

IT'S REAL SIMPLE.

UM, YEAH, I'VE GOTTEN SOME GREAT INFO ON THIS.

YOU'VE BEEN SENT SOME GREAT EMAILS.

UM, ALSO WANT TO SAY NO BOARDWALK THERE'S BEEN A TRAIL THERE FOREVER.

LET IT CONTINUE TO BE THE TRAIL.

WE HAVE A BOARDWALK WHERE IT'S NEEDED ON THE EAST SIDE.

UH, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BUT DON'T GIVE AWAY THE FARM FOR CHRIST'S SAKES.

IT'S VERY ON GARCIA.

AND THEN JIM WEIGHTLIFT THAT'S ITEM 1 0 3 OR JIM I COUNSEL, UH, I AM JUST HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPROVE THE MEN CHECK ROAD REZONING ON THIRD READING, LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I WAS ASKED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER.

WE DID THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VAILA, UH, WITH, UH, UH, WRITTEN PROOF THAT THE TWO PARTIES ARE IN AGREEMENT.

SO THAT'S IT.

THANKS JOSE ARIANO.

AND THEN ANDREW SANSOM, ANDREW SANSOM, BETTY WEED FOR ITEM 1 0 4, YOUR HONOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

I AM ANDREW SANSOM.

I CURRENTLY SERVE AS VICE-CHAIRMAN OF BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU TODAY TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF STATESMAN PUD, TO PROTECT THE BATS UNDER THE CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE, WE HAVE WORKED WITH BAT CONSERVATION, INTERNATIONAL MERLIN, TOTAL, THE BAT CONSERVATION, THE AUSTIN BAT RESCUE, AND THE CITY STAFF TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS DEVELOPMENT GOES FORWARD, THE BATS WILL NOT ONLY BE PROTECTED, BUT WILL BE AN ASSET TO THE PROJECT.

WE HAVE WORKED ON KEY BUFFER ZONES, THE SETBACKS AND ORIENTATION OF THE BUILDINGS MOVING THE PARKING GARAGE UNDERGROUND, MINIMAL, UH, IMPERVIOUS COVER DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING WHERE POSSIBLE AND NO LIGHTING ON THE BRIDGE AND IMPROVED BAT VIEWING AREAS.

WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THERE IS NO PARTICULAR NEED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

ENDEAVOR HAS AGREED TO DEDICATE A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TO BAT EDUCATION.

AND WE HAD JOINTLY COMMITTED TO CONTINUE WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR ANNUAL PLANNING TO REDUCE ISSUES ON THE BATS.

THANK YOU, BETTY WEED FOR ITEM 1 0 4 AND THEN CYNTHIA SAN MIGUEL COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS BETTY WADE.

I AM A LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF AUSTIN.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAND WHERE THE OLD STATESMAN BUILDING SITS IS PRIME FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND WE DO NEED MORE HOUSING IN CENTRAL, IN THE CENTRAL CITY, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE ALSO NEED MORE PARKLAND AND WE NEED TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO THE PARK.

FOR ALL.

AS, UH, BUILDINGS CAN BE BIG, THEY CAN ALSO BE TALL AND WITH APPROPRIATE SETBACKS THAT CAN AFFORD, UH, AVOID CLAUSTROPHOBIC CANYON.

WHAT THIS AMENDMENT TO THE STATESMAN PUB PROPOSES IS AN INCREASE IN THE CANYON EFFECT, A REDUCTION OF PARKLAND, AND IT ALSO GREATLY DIMINISHES PUBLIC ACCESS.

WHY ARE YOU EVEN CONSIDERING THIS? THINK ABOUT IT.

THIS IS THE CENTER OF THE CITY, THE ANN RICHARDS BRIDGE CROSSING

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LADY BIRD LAKE.

IT IS THE CENTER OF THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL.

THIS IS A SHAMEFUL GIVEAWAY TO THE, OF THE CENTER OF THE CITY TO CREATE ULTRA HIGH RISE, ULTRA LUXURY RESIDENCES FOR THE ULTRA RICH, WHY THESE RESIDENTS WILL NOT BE THESE RESIDENCES WILL NOT BE AFFORDABLE.

HOPEFULLY I'M DOING ITEM 1 0 4 AND THEN JOSEPH IOWA.

AND THEN RACHEL MELENDEZ.

MY NAME IS HOPE LANDING.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL 23 UNION.

I'VE WORKED AT A HOST AS A HOST AT A HILTON CONVENTION CENTER FOR EIGHT MONTHS.

NOW I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF SERVICE WORKERS IN THE AUSTIN CITY.

AS FOR MYSELF, I WANT TO THINK ABOUT MY CHALLENGES.

I WANT A FAMILY.

I WANT A PLACE FOR US TO GROW AND BOND TOGETHER, BUT WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT.

WHICH MEANS WE CAN'T BE COMFORTABLE HAVING CHILDREN RIGHT NOW.

WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE AS A, YOU REPLACED A HOTEL WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE 16 BED.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY CLOSE TO MY HEART.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT I LOVE AND RAISE A FAMILY IN THE CITY THAT I LOVE.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE.

SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TODAY.

THANK YOU, JOSEPH YALA.

IN HERE TODAY, SOME OF THE THINGS THEY WOULD SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE, IN THE WOODS AND YOU HEAR ABOUT SHOOTINGS AND THEN YOU WOULD ASK, WELL, WHAT WAS ONE GOOD THING OR GOOD THINGS THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT? WELL, I HEARD IT THAT, UH, I WISH THESE INDIVIDUALS COULD DO SOMETHING AND WHY AREN'T THEY DOING SOMETHING? AND THE THIRD THING WOULD BE THE GOOD THING THAT THEY HAD KITTENS AND THE HEAD DOGS HERE TODAY.

MY NAME IS JOSEPH .

I'M A MEMBER OF UNITE HERE, LOCAL 23, AND I WORK AT THE AUSTIN AIRPORT AS I CASHIER GOING ON FOUR YEARS.

I WANT TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WHERE WORKING PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE IN AUSTIN.

RENT IS TOO HIGH.

EVEN FOR APARTMENTS, EVERYTHING KEEPS GOING UP.

I HAVE THREE KIDS ON MY OWN AND I BARELY EVEN MAKE IT WITH MY CAR PAYMENT IN THE APARTMENT.

WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE ASKED THAT THAT YOU REPLACED THAT, REPLACE IT WITH SO WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THANK YOU, RACHEL MELENDEZ ITEM 1 0 4 AND THEN BARBARA HILLIARD.

HELLO COUNCIL.

RACHEL MELENDEZ UNITE HERE, LOCAL 23.

UM, YOU'VE HEARD FROM OUR MEMBERS FOR THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS ON THIS PROJECT ABOUT THEIR DIFFICULTIES PAYING RENT OF FEEDING THEIR KIDS, STAYING IN THE CITY.

UM, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MINIMUM WAGE YOU HEARD FROM HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY, TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES OF LIVING IN AUSTIN, PAYING FOR THE BASICS AND NECESSITIES FOR LIFE.

UM, WE WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER QUINTAS FOR INTRODUCING THE AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT HOTEL USE.

AND THE PROBLEMS WE ARE FACING IN THIS CITY ARE GOING TO REQUIRE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.

WE CAN'T ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO TRY TO CONTINUE BUSINESS AS USUAL.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

THAT'S HOW WE GOT HERE, UH, IN THE FIRST PLACE.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO REALLY LISTEN TO OUR MEMBERS AND TO, TO FOLKS, UM, WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN THE CITY.

I I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY LIKE, YOU HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHAT KIND OF CITY WE'RE GOING TO LIVE IN, WHAT KIND OF CITY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

SO THANK YOU, PLEASE.

SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER FOR SYNTHESIS AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT PROHIBIT HOTEL USE.

THANK YOU, BARBARA HILLIARD, AND THEN MARIO CAN TO GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL JUST WANTED TO MENTION JUST ONE MORE TIME ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY IN AUSTIN.

UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE OR NEED TO BE REALLY GAUGED AS TO AFFORDABILITY.

UH, AND IT WAS JUST MENTIONED JUST BEFORE I ARRIVED HERE BY THAT OTHER CITIZEN THAT, UH, THE DECISIONS YOU'RE MAKING ARE CRITICAL TO THE FUTURE OF AUSTIN.

UM, ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION HOW, UH, CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS ARE TAKING THE DECISIONS THAT YOU'RE ALSO MAKING AS WELL.

UM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THOSE DECISIONS AS TO HOW THEIR FUTURE IS GOING TO BE.

AND AS YOU KNOW, NOWADAYS MENTAL HEALTH IS VERY HIGH, UH, BECAUSE THESE KIDS HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND HAVE TO DECIDE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO LIVE IN THIS CITY.

AND IF THERE'S GOING TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, YOU KNOW, IF I WAS TO BRING AN EIGHT OR 12 YEAR OLD

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SO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT.

AUSTIN, RETICENT AND ENVIRONMENTALIST.

THANK YOU FOR 1 0 4 J CROSSLY AND THEN DANIEL CABLE MEN.

MR. CROSSLEY, DANIEL, CAVEWOMAN MOVING ON TO ITEM 1 0 4, 1 0 5.

DAVID TODD.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.

UH, MY NAME IS DAVID TODD.

THANKS VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME HAVE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, ITEMS 1 0 4 AND 1 0 5.

I OPPOSE THOSE AND URGE YOU ALL TO REJECT THOSE TWO ITEMS AS WELL.

UM, I FIND THAT THE PROPOSED HUD AMENDMENT FALL SHORT OF WHAT THE CITY SHOULD EXPECT IN SEVERAL REGARDS, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PARKLAND ACCESS AND PROTECTION, TRAFFIC FLOW CONTEXT, SENSITIVE HEIGHT, AND THE SPECIFICITY AND THE CLARITY OF THE PROPOSAL.

UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT OCCURRED TO ME THAT ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE PROPOSAL.

UM, FIRST IS THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS, UM, SHADOW THAT WOULD BE LAID ACROSS THE LAKE.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE SORT OF CANYON LIKE, UH, CONDITION THERE.

UH, SECONDLY, I THINK THAT THE TEARS SUBSIDIES WOULD BE QUITE INEQUITABLE AND COSTLY AND OPEN-ENDED FOR THE CITY.

AND THEN LASTLY, UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S BEEN A LACK OF REGARD AND FRANKLY, FOR THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE PUT IN YEARS OF STUDY ON THESE PROJECTS, WHETHER IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THE PARKS BOARD OR THE SCHWAB.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

PLEASE OPPOSE THOSE TWO ITEMS. I DON'T WANT TO FIVE AMANDA MORO FOLLOWED BY ANDY PASTORE.

AMANDA MORROW.

ANDY PASTORE, BILL OLIVER.

AFTER BILL OLIVER IS BILL BUNCH.

THANK YOU FOLKS.

I'M BILL OLIVER, A LONG TIME RESIDENT HERE.

A LITTLE LOVE SONG FOR OUR PUDDLE PUSHERS, KATHY.

GOOD LUCK OUT THERE.

NEW TOWN LAKE TOWERS, 500 FEET HIGH, LIKE FIVE GIANT HYATT'S SIDE BY SIDE BY SIDE BY SIDE BY SIDE CROWDING, NOUR RIVER AND THE HIKING PATH FLEECING THE CITY AND SCARING THE BATS SET BACKS AND VARIANCES.

WHO'S FOOLING WHO TOWN LEGS, THE KEEPS SICK.

WE'RE STICKING TO MAN FORCE THE PROTECH, THE SHORE, YOUR VARIANCES.

AREN'T VERY FUN ANYMORE.

THESE MOMENTS ARE PRECIOUS.

THESE CHANCES ARE FEW WE'RE SPITING OURSELVES, AND WE SELL OUT LIKE FOOD.

THIS LAND IS ALIVE WITH A LADY BIRD, HEART, AUSTIN SHOULD BUY IT AND BILL BUNCH.

AND THEN CRAIG NASER MR. BUNCH HAD TO TAKE HIS DAUGHTER TO A VOLLEYBALL GAME, BUT I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE RECEIVED EMAILS.

READ THEM, REREAD THEM, TAKE THEM TO HEART.

THANK YOU, CRAIG.

NASER AND THEN DOUG VOID.

HELLO AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS CRAIG NASER AND I'M A LONG TIME.

THERE WE ARE.

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WHAT DO YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE CITY HALL TREES? WHENEVER PEOPLE COME TO VISIT AUSTIN, I BRING THEM DOWN HERE AND I TAKE THEM ON A BAT CRUISE.

THE BEST VIEWS OF AUSTIN IS CHEAP AND IT'S INCREDIBLE BECAUSE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE LOOK AT THESE.

LOOK AT THESE NICE BUILDINGS WHAT'S IN FRONT OF THEM.

TREES NEXT, AH, TREES, NICE BUILDING NEXT.

AH, MORE TREES, NEW BUILDING NEXT.

AH, BALD, CYPRESS, BALD, CYPRESS.

DO YOU KNOW THEY'LL LIVE OVER 2000 YEARS.

DO YOU KNOW THE LARGEST TREE IN ALL OF NORTH AMERICA? IT'S NOT A REDWOOD AND IT'S NOT A SEQUOYAH.

IT'S A BALD CYPRESS WITH A CIRCUMFERENCE OF 170 FEET.

THESE TREES ARE AMAZING.

THEY'VE GOTTEN BIG REAL QUICK AND THEY'LL DO REALLY WELL THERE.

AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU TODAY.

MORE BALD CYPRESS.

THERE'S THREE OF THEM IN A ROW.

THEY LIKE TO GROW CLOSE TOGETHER NEXT.

NAH, THAT'S THE PATH.

AH, OVER THE TREES BATS.

SAVE IT.

DON'T IT ALWAYS SEEM TO GO THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GOT TILL IT'S GONE.

AND THEN ELIZABETH MCGREEVEY, MR. .

MS. MCGREEVEY.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

UM, I OPPOSED THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT PROPOSED UNDER ITEM ONE TO FIVE AS A STAKEHOLDER OF THE 2016 SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT FRAMEWORK PLAN.

I HELPED CONTINUE LADYBIRDS JOHNSON DIVISION TO REGENERATE THE NATURAL ECOLOGY OF A PREVIOUSLY BARREN TOWN LAKE WATERFRONT LADY BIRD'S WORK WAS DONE FOR THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN AND THE TEXAS G LAB.

SHE DID NOT DO THIS TO BENEFIT WEALTHY DEVELOPERS AND FORCE TAXPAYERS TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN.

SHE DID NOT DO THIS AS SEE HER TREES CUT DOWN AND PUBLIC LANDS.

YOU SEARCHED FROM CITIZENS ONLY TO BE REPLACED WITH AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE SHOPS, EXCESSIVE IMPERVIOUS COVER, AND MEGA TOWERS PASSING THIS ORDINANCE FLIES IN THE FACE OF LADY BIRD STREAM.

DO WHAT LADYBIRD WOULD DO AND VOTE.

NO THANK YOU, JENNIFER SCOWL LAND.

AND THEN LARRY HALLIWELL, JENNIFER LARRY HALLIWELL, LORRAINE ATHERTON HELLO COUNCIL.

I'M LORRAINE ATHERTON, A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING COMMITTEE.

UH, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE PARKS BOARDS, UH, RECENT UNANIMOUS VOTE AGAINST THE STATESMAN PUD, AND ALSO THE SECOND PAGE OF THE LETTER FROM SRC.

SEE WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD DESCRIBES, WHY IT HAS WITHDRAWN ITS SUPPORT OF THE STATESMAN PUD.

IT BOILS DOWN TO FOR DECADES, VOLUNTEERS IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AND IMPROVE STANDARDS FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF THE WATERFRONT.

THOSE COMMUNITY STANDARDS HAVE BEEN CODIFIED, BUT THEY ARE PERPETUALLY UNDERMINED BY PUD APPLICATIONS LIKE THE STATESMAN PROPOSAL.

IT'S TIME TO ENFORCE THE SUPERIOR COMMUNITY STANDARDS ON THE WATERFRONT BY DENYING THE STATESMEN PUD.

STOP WASTING OUR TIME ON THIS PUD AND ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RESPONSIBLE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.

THANK YOU, MARK.

PHARAOH'S AND THEN MEGAN BAKER BEFORE I BEGIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR THE FREEDOM TO READ.

I'M PROUD OF THAT VERY MUCH.

I'M GOING TO GO TO THE LIBRARY AND GET A BAND BOOK TO READ THIS WEEKEND.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.

UM, MARK FARROW EARTH.

UM, I LIVE IN SPYGLASS NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT DATE.

UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE I RECEIVED SOME EMAILS THAT HAD SOME INFORMATION, UH, NEGATIVE ABOUT THE 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS PROJECT.

AND I SUPPORT THAT PROJECT.

UM, I SPENT SOME TIME INVESTIGATING THESE CLAIMS AND FOUND THEM NOT TO BE TRUE.

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SO THE FIRST CLAIM WAS THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE RETAINING CONTROL OF THE PUBLIC PARKLAND.

THE 6.5 WATERFRONT PARKLAND IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPELLING ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT FOR ME.

AND I WOULDN'T, I WOULD BE CONCERNED IF THEY WERE HOLDING, UH, THE, UM, CONTROL OF THAT.

WHAT I LEARNED WAS THAT THE DEVELOPERS DEDICATING THE ENTIRE PARK IN PHASES AND WILL NOT BE PROGRAMMING.

THE DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH PARKS AND REC ON THAT, AND THEY WILL HAVE CONTROL OF THE PARK TO BE DETERMINED.

UH, THE SECOND WAS HAVING TO DO WITH COMPLIANCE, WITH WATER QUALITY AND WATER CONTROLS, THE PLANNING SEEDS, UH, ALL KNOWN WATER QUALITY TREATMENT.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, MEGAN BAKER AND THEN NO WAY ILIAS, NO WAY.

ILIAS SANDRA MOEN, VIRGINIA PALMER MAY I THINK SANDER IS HERE.

I WASN'T SURE IF HE WAS HEARD, HAD DECIDED NOT TO SPEAK.

ARE YOU VIRGINIA? OKAY.

WHAT'S HER NAME? UH, CENTER.

I DOESN'T GET TO SAY SUSAN FOR VIRGINIA.

HELLO, I'M VIRGINIA PALMER, UM, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF RESOURCES AND LIMITED HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.

I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN, MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE AND HAVE BEEN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACTIVATED ALL THIS TIME AND IT WITH, UM, A SAD HEART AND HEARTACHE AND BREAK.

I'VE WATCHED THE PAVING OF PARADISE.

I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS PUD DEVELOPMENT.

THANK YOU, WENDY PRICE, TODD, AND THEN FILE YOLA.

BARRETO HELLO EVERYONE.

I THINK YOU'VE HEARD A LOT FROM ME IN YOUR EMAILS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.

I'M WENDY PRICE.

TODD I'M PRESIDENT OF SOUTH RIVER CITY CITIZENS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

AND I WAS A REPRESENTATIVE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.

PRIOR TO THAT, I WAS ON THE STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH GROUP FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT FRAMEWORK PLAN.

AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU IN PERSON THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSE OPPOSES THE PUD AMENDMENT AS IT'S BEEN, UM, UH, THE ORDINANCE AS IT'S BEEN PUBLISHED.

AND, UM, I ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION.

DID THAT COME IN? YEAH.

SO IF I CAN INDULGE YOU, UM, ON THE SCREEN IS, UH, ARE TWO 3D OR THEY'RE TWO, NOT 3D, THEY'RE TWO ANIMATIONS OF SHADE AND SHADOW THAT THE TALLEST BUILDING WILL CAST AROUND THE CLOCK.

UM, YOU CAN JUST WATCH THAT AS I SPEAK, BUT UM, THIS PROJECT NEEDS A LOT MORE STUDY AND A LOT MORE CLARITY TO HAVE THE KIND OF CITIZEN AND STAKEHOLDER BUY-IN THAT DEVELOP THE FRAMEWORK.

YEAH, FABIOLA BARRETO AND THEN LAURA CAUGHT HIM SEIBEL.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS FABIOLA BARRETO.

I AM THE AUSTIN POLICY COORDINATOR AT WORKERS DEFENSE.

UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WORKERS DEFENSE IS A MEMBERSHIP-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS TEXAS LOW INCOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND IMPROVING THEIR LIVES IN AND OUT OF THE FIELD.

AND WE ARE NEUTRAL ON ITEM 1 0 5 POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE STATESMAN PUD.

WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT DURING THE APRIL 7TH, 2022 COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL MEMBER, TOVO PRESENTED A MOTION SHEET, PART OF WHICH INCLUDED BETTER BUILDER AS A PRIORITY, UH, FOR COUNSEL AND FOR IT TO VARY A PRIORITY ON THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT.

AND AS OF NOW, THE APPLICANT HAS NOT SIGNED A BETTER BUILDER PLEDGE.

THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST INDUSTRIES IN THE STATE WITH ONE CONSTRUCTION WORKER DYING EVERY THREE DAYS.

AS WE ALL KNOW THE STANDARDS, THE BETTER BUILDERS STANDARDS WERE COLLECTIVELY DESIGNED BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, UH, TO CREATE BETTER AND SAFER JOBS HERE.

THIS IS NOT A NEW CONCEPT ON STAN HAS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED, UM, THESE BETTER BUILDER STANDARDS IN SMALL AND LARGE CONSTRUCTION SITES ALIKE, INCLUDING IN THE GROVE PUDS, SPRINGDALE, GREENPOINT, AND AUSTIN FC STADIUM.

WE URGE ENDEAVOR TO COMMIT TO BETTER BUILDER.

LAURA CAUGHT HIM SEIBEL AND THEN EMILY, TIM.

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GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.

I AM CHAIR OF THE PARKS BOARD AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO CLARIFY A MIS-CHARACTERIZATION OF OUR UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION, THE 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS PUTT ORDINANCE.

NOW, BEFORE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE DENIED BY THE PARKS BOARD AS INFERIOR AND NOT SUPERIOR IN THE ADAPTED IN THE ADOPTED VISION PLAN, A GRAND STAIRCASE WAS PROPOSED FANNING OUT FROM CONGRESS AVENUE, JUST SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE INTO THE PARK.

THIS DESIGN OFFERED SWEEPING VIEWS OF THE BAT VIEWING AREA, THE TRAIL RIVER AND DOWNTOWN, AND CREATED EQUITABLE, INVITING TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS INTO SIGNATURE PARKLAND.

THE PARKS BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT KIND OF ACCESS BE PRESERVED, NOT A SMALL, DANGEROUS CANYON TRAIL IN THE SHADOWS, BUT A MORE VISIBLE, WELCOMING, AND EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR CITY RESIDENTS TO THIS ICONIC PARK, THE APPLICANT PLANS A 525 FOOT BUILDING BLOCKING THE ACCESS WE'VE USED FOR HALF A CENTURY.

THEY MOVED THE GREAT STEPS CONCEPT TO THE CENTER OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT, SHIFTING ACCESS AND THE VIEW.

SO RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS HAVE TO NAVIGATE AMAZE OF SKYSCRAPERS TO FIND THE PARK A MUCH LESS WELCOMING AND EQUITABLE ENTRY FOR THE PUBLIC THAT MAKES THE PARK FEEL LIKE A PRIVATE FRONT YARD FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

WE ASKED CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD THE 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS PET AMENDMENT APPLICANT, LIKE ALL OTHERS TO FULL SUPERIORITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS EMILY TIM, AND I'M THE CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WORKER'S DEFENSE.

UM, WE ARE NEUTRAL ON ITEM 1, 1 0 5, NONE AS A STATEMENT PUD.

SO 10 YEARS AGO, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN OUR COMMUNITY CREATED THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM TO ENSURE BETTER, SAFER JOBS THROUGH A SET OF COMMON SENSE STANDARDS THAT INCLUDE LIVING WAGES, OSHA CERTIFIED TRAININGS AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PROGRAM REQUIRES INDEPENDENT THIRD-PARTY MONITORING TO ENSURE THAT THESE STANDARDS ARE MET SINCE THEN BETTER BUILDER HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS BY OUR COMMUNITY AND THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL AS THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF PROTECTIONS TO ENSURE CONSTRUCTION IN AUSTIN MEETS OUR VALUES.

THE PROGRAM SAVED LIVES HELPED RECOVER OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN STOLEN WAGES AND DIRECTLY IMPACTED OVER 38,000 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN TEXAS.

MANY OF WHOM HAVE REPORTED RECEIVING OSHA AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR CAREERS.

THE KEY TO SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM IS HIGH QUALITY THIRD-PARTY MONITORING.

WE KNOW THAT WITHOUT MONITORING THESE STANDARDS ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS THE PIECE OF PAPER THAT THEY'RE WRITTEN ON.

WE URGE ENDEAVOR TO ADOPT THESE STANDARDS FULLY AND INDEPENDENT MONITORING.

LESLIE MCCOLLUM, PATRICIA MICHAEL SRINIVAS, MINI CONTI.

AND MAKE SURE YES.

MA'AM MS. TIM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON, UH, I REMEMBER A WHILE BACK, UH, THERE WAS THE, UH, WHITE LODGING.

I BELIEVE THE DEVELOPMENT, THE MARRIOTT THAT WENT UP THERE ON CONGRESS, UH, WAS IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME WHEN THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT REACHED WITH WHITE LODGING AT THE TIME TO GUARANTEE CERTAIN BENEFITS.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THERE WAS NOT ANY MONITORING AND IN A YEAR OR SO INTO THE PROJECT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THEY WERE NOT, UH, IS THAT IS MY MEMORY.

CORRECT.

AND COULD YOU JUST SPEAK ABOUT THAT FOR JUST A SECOND? SURE.

THAT THAT IS CORRECT.

I'M WHITE LODGING WHEN IT CAME BEFORE COUNCIL COMMITTED TO, UM, TO PAYING A HIGHER WAGE, TO PAYING A PREVAILING WAGE TO THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON ITS SITE, AND I'M A YEAR OR SO INTO THE PROJECT, AS YOU SAID, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THEY WERE NOT AT ALL ADHERING TO THOSE STANDARDS AND THAT THERE WERE WORKERS ON THAT SITE THAT WERE OWED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF BACK WAGES AND STOLEN WAGES.

AND WHAT'S THAT THE, THE, THE KIND OF THE SPARK FOR THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM AT THE TIME, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CASES I WOULD SAY.

AND ONE OF THE EXPERIENCES THAT SOME OF OUR CONSTRUCTION WORKER MEMBERS AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY LED TO SAY, IT'S NOT JUST ENOUGH TO REQUIRE THE POLICY THAT WE MUST HAVE INDEPENDENT ACCREDITED MONITORING, THAT THAT WILL ENSURE THAT THOSE STANDARDS AND THOSE PROMISES ARE ACTUALLY KEPT.

WE SHOULD THANK YOU FOR ITEM 1 0 6, RANDY LAWSON FOLLOWED BY BILL MIKA IS MR. LAWSON HERE? WHAT ABOUT MR. MEEKUM OR MEACHAM? OKAY.

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THIS IS FOR ITEM 1 28.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS .

I AM OWNER AND APPLICANT FOR THE REZONING APPLICATION FOR 71, 3 PALLETS PLUS SPRINGS STORE.

AND, UH, WE QUICK, WE ARE REQUESTING, UH, TO REZONE IT FROM SINGLE FAMILY, FOUR TO SINGLE FAMILIES.

SIX I'LL BE AVAILABLE HERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE DID RECEIVE SOME, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, DURING THE ZONING AND COMMISSION, BUT, UH, MOST OF THE COMMENTS WERE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE HIGHER EYES SIMILAR TO THE ONE ON THE BEST OF THE BLUFF STRENGTHS, BUT, UH, WE ARE REQUESTING TO REZONE IT FOR SINGLE FAMILY SIX SO THAT WE CAN CLUSTER HOW THEY ARE SINCE THE PROPERTY HAS MULTIPLE CONSTRAINTS, LIKE SHAPE OF THE LOT.

AND, UH, EASTMAN'S MULTIPLE THINGS GOING ON.

I'LL BE AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS.

THANK YOU, DANIEL SEWELL 1 31, MICAH KING MAYOR.

PRETEND THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS I HAVE.

UM, JOY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, TO COME UP AND TAKE US THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS, PLEASE? THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM AGAIN, JOY HARDEN WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

SO ZONING AGENDA BEGINS WITH ITEM NUMBER 1 0 3 C ONE FOR 20 21 0 1 8 7.

THIS ITEMS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.

SECOND AND THIRD READINGS ITEM NUMBER 1 0 4, NPA 20 19 0 0 2 2 0.02.

THIS IS THE STATEMENT PUD.

THIS'LL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM.

AGAIN, THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SIX TO SEE ONE FOR 20 22 0 0 4 4.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY MAYOR PRO TEM ALTER TO YOUR NINE, YOUR SEPTEMBER 29TH COUNCIL MEETING.

I DON'T WANT NO SEVEN NPA 20 22 0 0 2 3 0.01 POINT S EIGHT.

THIS IS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR SEPTEMBER 29TH COUNCIL MEETING.

I DON'T WANT TO.

NINE IS NPA 20 22 0 0 1 6 0.01.

THIS SCIENCE BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER THREA HAS A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.

HE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TRANSPORTATION HERE TO ADDRESS THAT.

SO I THINK WE'LL JUST WAIT TO THE END, IF THAT IS OKAY WITH THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.

UM, WE HAVE ITEM ONE 11.

SO YOU WENT FOR 20, 22.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS INTERESTING.

THAT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION ITEM SO THAT WE CAN WORK THAT THROUGH.

UM, I'LL DEFER TO COUNSEL.

WE WERE GOING TO OFFER FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

I WAS TOLD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WERE IN KOREA, HAD A, AN AMENDMENT THAT HE WANTED TO LIMIT VEHICULAR ACCESS TO A STREET AND TRANSPORTATION HAS CONCERNS ABOUT.

OKAY, SO WE'LL PULL THAT FOR DISCUSSION NUMBERS THAT THIS IS ITEM 1, 1 10.

ANY TREES PLANTED IN THE VEGETATIVE BUFFER SHALL BE COMPATIBLE WITH UTILITIES AND HAVE A SPACING OF 20 FEET IMPROVEMENTS PERMITTED WITHIN THE VEGETATIVE BUFFER AREA ARE LIMITED TO DRAINAGE UNDERGROUND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS OR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT MAY BE OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN OR SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED IN THIS ORDINANCE.

UM, SO ITEM 1, 11 61 FOR 20 22 0 0 1 6.

THIS IS WITHDRAWN.

SO NO ACTION JUST REQUIRED.

I DON'T WANT 12 C ONE FOUR H 20 22 0 7 1.

THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM.

ONE 13 IS NPA 20 22 0 0 2 7 0.01.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

I DON'T ONE 14 AS THE RELATED REZONING, BUT TO SEE ONE FOR 20 22 0 0 2 1, UM, AND I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS WITH CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE.

IT'S A TAD LONG.

SO JUST BEAR WITH ME, AMEND THE CAPTION TO ADD THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY LANGUAGE, THE ZONING STRING, ADD NUMBER, ADD NEW PARTS, TWO AND THREE TO THE ORDINANCE AS FOLLOWS AND RENUMBERED THE REMAINING SECTIONS PART TWO, THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY COMBINING DISTRICT ESTABLISHED BY THIS ORDINANCE IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

DEVELOP THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS.

NUMBER ONE, FOR ANY COMMERCIAL PERMITTED USES ON THE PROPERTY, THEN INCLUDE AN OUTDOOR SEATING AREA ELEVATED ABOVE ONE STORY OR 15 FEET AS MEASURED FROM GROUND LEVEL.

THE ELEVATED SEATING AREA IS LIMITED TO 2,500 SQUARE FEET.

THIS SHALL NOT APPLY TO RESIDENTIAL USES.

AND NUMBER TWO, A FIVE FOOT VEGETATIVE BUFFER SHALL BE PROVIDED AND MAINTAINED ALONG THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINES.

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PART THREE, EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED OTHER THIS ORDINANCE, THE PROPERLY SHE'LL BE DEVELOPED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR LIMITED OFFICE ELO BASED DISTRICT AND MIXED USE IM YOU COMBINING DISTRICT, UM, IN THAT I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS AND MAYOR PRO TEM.

I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU HAVE A QUESTION AND WE'LL HAVE KEVIN ON THE LINE LATER.

UM, SO I DON'T WANT 15.

SEE ONE FOR 20 21 0 0 3 7.

THIS IS THE EAST 12TH STREET IN CCD.

UM, AND THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM, ONE 16, A C ONE FOR 20 20, 20 22 0 0 4 0.

THIS IS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO OCTOBER 13TH.

UM, I DON'T WANT 17 TO SEE 8 1 4 20 12 0 1 5 2 0.04.

YES, I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT WAS POSTPONE TILL OCTOBER 13TH.

I DIDN'T HEAR, DID YOU SAY THE NCCD? OH NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

SO, UM, THE NCCD I KNOW WILL BE DISCUSSION.

THAT WAS ONE 15.

THAT WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM ON ONE 16 WAS, UM, C ONE FOR 20 22 0 0 4 0.

THAT'S A PIONEER HERE PLAZA AND THAT'S A STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO OCTOBER.

OCTOBER 13TH, UM, MOVING ONTO ONE 17, UM, CA 1 4 20 12 0 1 5 2 0.04.

THIS ITEMS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS IN MAYER.

THE PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO THIS, THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IS NUMBER 100.

AND I'D LIKE TO OFFER THAT, UH, FOR CONSENT AS WELL.

THAT'S THE ANNEXATION THAT ANNEXES THIS PROPERTY.

UM, SO 101 17.

I'D LIKE TO OFFER THOSE FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

I DON'T WANT 18 C ONE FOR 20 22 0 0 3 7.

THAT ITEMS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

I KNOW ONE 19 IS C1 FOR 20 22 0 0 5 3.

AND THERE WAS AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR SEPTEMBER 29TH COUNCIL MEETING.

I DON'T WANT 20 TO SEE ONE FOR 20 22 0 0 5 5.

THIS ITEM IS BEING FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE RATINGS ITEM 1 21 TO SEE ONE FOR 20 22 0 1 0 5 6.

THERE'S A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN TO YOUR SEPTEMBER 15TH COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, I DON'T WANT 22 IS NPA 20 22 0 0 1 4 0.01.

THE SIGN WAS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT OF ALL THREE READINGS, THE RELATED REZONINGS, UM, 1 23, A C ONE FOR 20 22 0 0 5 9.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

I DON'T WIN 24 C1 FOR 20 22 0 0 6 0.

THIS ITEM WAS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

I DON'T WANT 25 IS C1 ONE FOR 20 22 0 0 7.

FOR THIS ITEMS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE RATINGS.

I DON'T WANT 26 TO SEEN ONE FOR 20 22 0 0 6 3.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

I DON'T WANT 27 IS SEE ONE FOR 20 22 0 0 4 3.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

I DON'T WANT 2 88 IS SEE ONE FOR 20 22 0 0 6 7.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR FIRST READING, ONLY THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

UM, AND I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBER POINTED OUT THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE LOOKING INTO THIS MORE BEFORE WE BRING THIS BACK FOR SECOND AND THIRD.

UM, AND I KNOW YOU HEARD FROM THE SPEAKER AS WELL.

UM, UM, 1 29.

SO YOU WENT FOR 20 22 0 0 0 1.

THERE'S A STAFF POSTPONEMENT REQUEST, UM, TO YOUR SEPTEMBER 29TH COUNCIL MEETING.

I DON'T WANT 30 C1 FOR 20 22 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.

THIS ITEMS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.

SECOND AND THIRD READING AND 1 31.

SO YOU WENT FOR 2020, SEE ONE FOR 20 22 0 0 6 4.

THE SIGN WAS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS, ONE 30 TO SEE ONE FOR 20 22 0 0 7 9.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE RATINGS.

AND THIS CONCLUDES YOUR ZONING AGENDA.

GOOD JOB.

IN SUMMARY, THE, UH, ZONING AGENDA IS ITEMS 1 0 3 TO 1 32.

WHICH ONES ARE YOU SHOWING AS BEING PULLED? 1 0 1 0 4 AND 1 0 5 STATESMAN, ONE 12.

THAT'S THE WHOLE HISTORIC CASE.

1 15, 1 10 TRANSPORTATION, ONE 12, THE HISTORIC ITEM IN ONE 15 EAST 12TH STREET.

JUST THOSE FOUR? YES.

SO THE OTHER POSTPONEMENTS ARE AGREED OR OKAY BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

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A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA? MAYOR PRO TEM MAKES THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO SECONDS.

UH, IS THERE

[Zoning Consent Agenda]

THAT MOTION.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, MAYOR PRO TEM AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.

IS MR. SHANK AVAILABLE? CAN YOU MOVE MR. SHANK OVER PLEASE? THIS WILL TAKE JUST A SECOND IN THEORY.

GREAT, MR. SHANK, ARE YOU THERE WHILE HE'S COMING OVER? IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE UP ONE 10 OR ONE 12 REAL FAST.

LET THAT STAFF GO.

UH, IF THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE DISCUSSION OR AGREEMENT DISAGREEMENT ON THOSE, MR. SEAN, CAN YOU HEAR US? WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

CAN YOU UNMUTE? ALRIGHT.

HOW ABOUT NOW? THAT'S GREAT.

SO, UM, ON ITEM ONE 14, UM, WE'VE HEARD A CONCERN ABOUT FLOODING FROM THIS PARCEL OF PARCEL.

UM, TWO ADJACENT PARCELS THAT'S BEING EXACERBATED BY THE STONING CHANGE.

THAT'S THE CONCERN.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR WATERSHED AND, AND MR. SHRUNK IS HERE, UH, TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION, UM, MR. SHANK, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT DURING THE DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED SITE, THE ENGINEER WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE FLOW RATE OF WATER, LEAVING THE PROPERTY AT EACH OUTFALL LOCATION, AND THAT THIS INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE DSD DRAINAGE ENGINEER, AND THAT IF THERE IS AN INCREASE IN FLOW RATE, THE PROPOSED DESIGN WOULD HAVE TO MITIGATE THAT RISE WITH SOME SORT OF STORMWATER DETENTION.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE DRAINAGE CRITERIA MANUAL AS WELL AS THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

APPRECIATE IT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY STAFF KERR, CADENA MITCHELL AND THE APPLICANTS AND THE NEIGHBORS, UM, FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET TO A RESOLUTION THAT EVERYONE CAN BE COMFORTABLE WITH, UM, GIVEN THESE DRAINAGE ISSUES AND OTHER ISSUES.

WHAT IS THE INTENDED USE OF THOSE FUNDS AT THIS POINT? DO YOU HAVE A, HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION? I'M JUST THINKING, BECAUSE, BECAUSE THERE IS A BIG FUNDING GAP AT COLONY PARK, WHICH IS NEARBY, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ME TO, TO POTENTIALLY PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION OR AT LEAST PUT IT OUT THERE INTO THIS CONVERSATION THAT THE, THOSE FUNDS MIGHT BE WELL UTILIZED.

JUST TO NOTE ON THE CONSENT, UH, AS PART OF ONE, 17 IS ALSO 100, UH I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT 1 32, AND I THINK MY QUESTION IS PROBABLY FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE USE THAT'S INTENDED FOR THIS TRACK, WHICH IS FOR PROJECT CONNECT.

AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS WHO OWNS THE TRACK RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS TO ME FROM, FROM THE BACKUP AS IF RICARDO, SO THESE IS THE APPLICANTS.

SO I ASSUME THIS IS, UH, THESE TRACKS ARE OWNED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

IS THAT ACCURATE DIRECTOR MCNEELY KIMBERLY MCNEALY SERVING AS THE DIRECTOR FOR PARKS AND RECREATION.

I, I MISSED THE ITEM NUMBER.

I WAS, OH, 1 32.

THIS IS THE TRACK THAT IS, UM, NEAR CALLING THE PARK PART OF THE EXPO CENTER.

SO THAT, THAT TRACK OF LAND IS OWNED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, PERHAPS NOT PERTINENT, BUT, UH, IT, RIGHT NOW IT IS BEING LEASED BY TRAVIS COUNTY FOR THE EXPO CENTER.

AND SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS JUST A ZONING, UH, UH, A ZONING CHANGE FROM IT'S RIGHT NOW, ZONED SF THREE, AND IT WOULD BE ZONED PUBLIC.

SO IF THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT, WHAT THAT IS ABOUT, I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO OUR REAL ESTATE OFFICER TO OTHERS.

UM, BUT THAT'S THE PARKLAND PIECE OF IT.

SO IT IS OWNED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

AND SO AT THE POINT WHERE IT BECOME WHERE IT STARTS TO BE USED BY PROJECT CONNECT, WILL THERE BE MITIGATION PAYMENT TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR, FOR THE USE OF PARKLAND? SHOULD I BELIEVE THAT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS, IS AT LEAST WHAT IS PLANNED OR INTENDED IS THAT, THAT THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY WOULD BE CONDEMNED.

SO THERE WOULD BE A CHAPTER 26 PROCESS THROUGH CONDEMNATION THAT WOULD BE HOSTED IN AND CONDUCTED BY CAP METRO IN THE FUTURE.

SHOULD IT, SHOULD IT CONTINUE DOWN THAT TRACK? AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A PAYMENT TO THE CITY FOR THAT PIECE OF LAND.

DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE AT THIS POINT ABOUT WHAT, HOW MUCH THAT PAYMENT MIGHT BE? I DO NOT.

AND

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WE HAVE NOT HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

WE HAVE NOT HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS UP TO THIS POINT.

WELL, THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS, AS THE PROCESS MOVES FORWARD, IF IT DOES MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION, THAT THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD INTENDED USE OF THE FUNDS.

POLED IS ONE OH FOUR, ONE OH FIVE, ONE TEN ONE TWELVE AND ONE 15.

YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO JUST LET MY COLLEAGUE KNOW THAT, UH, IT'S ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE A RAPID BUS SERVICE FOR THAT AREA.

AND THAT'S WHY WE REALLY SUPPORTED IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THIS TRANSIT DESERT THERE THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW TAKE SOMEONE HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET DOWNTOWN.

AND THIS WAS GOING TO PROVIDE, UH, A WAY FOR THEM TO GET DOWN HERE EVERY 15 MINUTES.

YEAH, I HAVE, I HAVE NO CONCERNS.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT THE REZONING OR ABOUT THE INTENDED USE.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO THINK THROUGH IF IT IS PARKLAND, WHETHER IT WOULD GO THROUGH OUR REGULAR MITIGATION PROCESS OR, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE MONIES GENERATED BY US.

THAT ALSO LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.

UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS 1 0 3 TO 1 32.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

OR YOU TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE.

MORE DISCUSSION AS WE'RE A KITCHEN.

I, I JUST WANTED TO, TO, UM, NOTE THE, UH, WORK THAT WAS DONE ON ITEM 1 0 3 MEN CHOCO.

YOU KNOW, THIS WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE APPLICANT WORKING WITH, UM, UH, THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR ON THAT.

SO, OKAY.

LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ISSUE ON ONE 10? UH, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN RESOLVE THAT.

THOSE OPPOSED YOU COULD SET THE AGENDAS PAST.

CAN WE DO A ONE 10 AND ONE 12 QUICKLY HERE, THE TRANSPORTATION

[110. C14-2022-0054 - 830 Airport -Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 830 and 838 Airport Boulevard and 917 and 923 Shady Lane (Boggy Creek Watershed). Applicant's Request: To rezone from family residence-neighborhood plan (SF-3-NP) combining district zoning and general commercial services-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-CO-NP) combining district zoning to general commercial services-mixed use-vertical mixed use building-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-V-CO-NP) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant general commercial services-mixed use-vertical mixed use building-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-V-CO-NP) combining district zoning. Owner Applicant: Sam's Radiator, Inc.; 838 Airport 2017 LP. Agent: 838 Airport 2017 LP (Clinton Sayers). City Staff: Heather Chaffin, 512-974-2122.]

SO YES.

UM, AND THE ONLY REASON I PULLING IT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THERE IS THAT ONE OF THE OVERLAYS ADDITIONAL RELATED THAT WAS AGREED WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

THERE WAS, UH, THE LIMITED A VEHICLE ACCESS TO SHADY LANE BECAUSE IT'S OFTEN GOING TO BE FACING AIRPORT BOULEVARD AND, UH, ONLY TWO EMERGENCY VEHICLES.

NORMALLY I DON'T SUPPORT THESE KIND OF, UH, ITEMS REQUESTS, YOU KNOW, CAUSE I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A HARDER WORK EARN, UH, REQUEST THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.

AND, UH, THEY WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT CHARLIE'S A SMALL AID AND THE TIME THEY HAVE A LOT OF, UH, SOCCER, UH, GAMES THERE AND, UH, FIERO ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS THERE.

SO, UH, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, MAN.

I'LL LET STAFF COMMENT ON WHAT THEY'RE, IF THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS ON THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER OF MY NAME IS CURTIS BATEY, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

UM, WE'RE NOT OUTRIGHT OPPOSED TO THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.

THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THEY ARE NOT AT THIS TIME SEEKING ACCESS TO SHADY LANE.

WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO REALLY RESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE THAT AT THOMAS SITE PLAN WITH THE GEOMETRICS, BECAUSE WITH THIS SITE, APPROXIMATELY HALF THEIR FRONTAGE ON AIRPORT BOULEVARD IS TAKEN UP WITH A GUARD GUARDRAIL WITH THE BRIDGE OVER THE WATER, UH, WAY THERE.

UH, THEN ALSO WITH THE SPACING REQUIREMENTS FROM ADJACENT DRIVEWAYS, WE MAY BE CREATING A SITUATION WE'RE PUTTING A DRIVEWAY ON AIRPORT BOULEVARD.

ONLY ONE AIR DRIVEWAY COULD BE PROBLEMATIC.

WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO RESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MASS THEIR BUILDINGS, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ACCESS IT IS.

SO WE CAN ALSO ADDRESS SAFETY CONCERNS SINCE AIRPORT BOULEVARD, AS YOU KNOW IS A HIGH-END IN INNER HIGH INJURY, UH, NETWORK ROAD.

AND MAYOR, COULD WE JUST ADD, ADD ON IS A DIRECTION FOR STAFF TO DO INSTEAD OF, UH, I MEAN, I, SO RATHER THAN PUTTING IN A LIMITATION OF DIRECTION THAT ASKS TO HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHETHER ACCESS SHOULD BE DENIED TO SHADY LANE AT TIME OF SITE PLAN REVIEW.

YES, SIR.

ATD WOULD BE VERY ACCEPTABLE AND WE'RE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO IT.

WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU THE ACCESS THE AIRPORT.

AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE YOU TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ALSO AND GET THEIR INPUT WHILE

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YOU'RE DOING THAT.

ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING THAT DIRECTION WITH ONE 12, SAY NONE.

THAT'S PART OF NOW ONE 12, THE MOTION ONE 10 RATHER.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ONE 10 WITH THAT DIRECTION, MOTION TO APPROVE ONE TED WITH THAT DIRECTION COUNCIL MEMBER RENT, THE RHEA MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER LLS SECONDS.

THAT IS DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR.

THOSE OPPOSED.

THAT'S ALL OF US PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

LET'S

[112. C 14H-2022-0071 -Tofie and Bertha Balagia House -Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 1403 East Cesar Chavez Street (Lady Bird Lake Watershed). Applicant's request: To rezone from commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-CO-NP) combining district zoning to commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay-historic landmark-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-CO-H-NP) combining district zoning. Staff and Historic Landmark Commission Recommendation: To grant commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay-historic landmark-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-CO-H-NP) combining district zoning. Planning Commission Recommendation: To deny commercial services-mixed use-conditional overlay-historic landmark-neighborhood plan (CS-MU-CO-H-NP) combining district zoning. Applicant: Historic Landmark Commission (owner-opposed rezoning request). City Staff: Kalan Contreras, Housing & Planning Department, 5 12-974-2727. A valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning.]

CALL UP A ONE.

WHAT WAS IT? ONE 12.

YES, A MAYOR ONE 12, UM, STAFFERS IN THIS CASE AT YOUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UM, AND THE COUNCIL POST BOUNDED IN CALLAN CONTRAREZ IS HERE.

SO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, AND THIS DOES HAVE A VALID PETITION, SO IT DOES REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE.

I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER WENT THROUGH, YOU HAD A COMMENT.

OH YES, MARY.

YOU KNOW, AND I DID, I DID, UH, WE, WE CALLED IT AND REQUEST THAT, UH, WE, UH, ZONING HIS STORY, BUT I SOON REALIZED THAT THE COST IS JUST SO MUCH THAT IT'S, IT'S, UH, THEY PAY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, UM, DO REHAB IT.

SO, UH, I'M WILLING TO, UM, GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT, WITHDRAW MY OPPOSITION TO THE HISTORIC PART OF IT.

AND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY PUT A PLAQUE OUTSIDE OR SOME KIND OF MARKING THAT RECOGNIZED THE HISTORY OF THIS, UH, OF THIS SITE, BECAUSE IT IS A HIP BARRIER HISTORIC AREA, UH, WITH A LONG HISTORY IN AUSTIN.

RODNEY NEEDED TO MUTE OUR RESOURCES DON'T EXIST IN A WAY THAT ENABLES OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO SUGGEST OTHERWISE.

IS THE, IS THE OWNER REPRESENTATIVE HERE? I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER RENT'S REALLY SAYING.

THERE'S A, THERE'S, THERE'S A REQUEST HIS OWN THIS HISTORIC.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

UM, HE'S SAYING THAT HE'S WITHDRAWING HIS SUPPORT FOR HISTORIC, CORRECT? I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S GOING TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

I HAVE NO MOTION IS MADE.

IT'S JUST GOING TO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, BUT I WANTED TO, HE ALSO ASKED THAT THERE'D BE A PLAQUE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THE OWNERS YES.

SO MAYOR THE, UH, THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE IS NOT AVAILABLE HERE TODAY.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'RE ONLINE, THIS MR. RODS, ROWER, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK TO HIM, OF COURSE, IF WE DON'T OWN IT, HISTORIC WE'D NEED HIS AGREEMENT TO DO A PLAQUE.

SO WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN PULL THEM UP RIGHT NOW.

I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY, WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR MR. THROWER TO, UM, GET ON THE SCREEN THERE, I, I APPRECIATED HAVING A CHANCE TO GO OVER AND LOOK AT THE, THE TOFI AND BIRTH OF MALAYSIA HOUSE.

AND IT'S IN PRETTY SAD SHAPE.

IT REALLY IS.

UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST SAD AND, UM, THERE'S NOTHING TO BE DONE ABOUT IT AT THIS POINT.

I SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER RENTER, HIS, UM, POSITION ON THIS.

AND I ALSO WOULD POINT OUT THAT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE, THAT IT CAN'T EVEN GET INSURANCE, STRUCTURAL INSURANCE, UM, THAT INSURANCE POLICY.

AND MR. COULD PROBABLY SPEAK TO THIS.

I BELIEVE LAPSED LAPSES TODAY.

I THINK IT ENDED TODAY AND THEY, THE OWNER WASN'T ABLE TO GET IT REINSURED DESPITE TRYING REALLY, REALLY HARD.

SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE MAY OR IF WE COULD JUST, UH, DEFER THIS TO LATER ON TODAY.

SO WE RUN THROUGH OR SHERIFFS, I THINK YOU SHOULD THINK IT SHOULD BE OUT OF RIGHT NOW, MR. THOROUGH MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS ON FROM OVER HERE.

UM, THAT'S MEMORY FOR YOU.

WE ABSOLUTELY WILL DO A HISTORIC MARKER, JUST STORE PLAQUE ON THE PROPERTY TO MEMORIALIZE THE BELLAGIO FAMILY AND THIS LOCATION FOR THEIR HOMESTEAD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH HIGHER AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, BUT IT'S REALLY NICE OF YOU TO OFFER, TO DO THAT AND MAKE THAT PUBLIC COMMITMENT.

I WOULD POINT OUT HERE JUST ONE SECOND.

UM, UM, RODNEY, THAT ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE NEEDED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IN TERMS OF RESOURCING, OUR STAFF IS GETTING OUR STAFF IN THIS DEPARTMENT, THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS KIND OF SITUATION.

SO OUR STAFF COMES IN AND SAYS, WE WANT TO ZONE THIS HISTORIC PROPERTY, OR IT COMES IN AND SAYS, IT'S NEVER GOING TO WORK THAT WAY.

HERE'S MY ENGINEERING REPORT.

OUR RESOURCES DON'T EXIST.

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AND IN THE CASE WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS A ENGINEERING REPORT, WE NEED TO, IF OUR STAFF WANTS TO TAKE THE POSITION THAT THAT'S WRONG, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT IS.

WE RESOURCE THEM WITH THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THAT BURDEN OR MAKE THAT CASE.

THANK YOU, MARY.

I CAN TALK WITH ROSIE AND JERRY ABOUT THE RESOURCES AND THE STAFF ARE JUST ONGOING THE NEXT BUDGET, OR SOMETIME BECAUSE IF I'M CONFRONTED WITH A CASE WHERE A PROPERTY OWNER COMES IN AND HAS TWO ENGINEERING REPORTS THAT SAYS SOMETHING CAN HAPPEN.

AND OUR STAFF'S IN A POSITION TO SAY IT'S A REALLY HISTORIC BUILDING, BUT WE DIDN'T LOOK AT IT OR INSPECT IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE EITHER THE CAPACITY OR THE RESOURCES TO DO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR ME, I COULD VOTE FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE TWO REPORTS WE HAVE, AND IT'S GREAT DISADVANTAGE TO OUR STAFF AND TRYING TO PROTECT SOMETHING HISTORIC.

SO I JUST NOTE THAT, OKAY, BECAUSE OUR POOL, I WANTED TO ASK MR. THROWER, IF HE COULD JUST AFFIRM THE, UM, PIECE OF INFORMATION ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THE STRUCTURE INSURED, IS THAT CORRECT? NO.

IT GETS MORE BULL.

THAT IS CORRECT.

UH, THE LANDOWNER DRIED TO DIFFERENT INSURANCE AGENCIES AND WAS NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN INSURANCE.

FINALLY GOT INSURANCE THROUGH A THIRD, AND THAT INSURANCE INSURER HAS INFORMED OUR CLIENT 60 DAYS AGO THAT THE INSURANCE WAS GOING TO BE TERMINATED ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, TODAY.

I REGRET, UM, THE PATH THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON, BUT UNDERSTAND COUNSEL MEMBER ENTER YOUR REASONING.

YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY PUT SOME MORE FUNDING TOWARD, TOWARD DOING A HISTORIC SURVEY.

AND I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE I THINK AS A CITY, I HOPE WE CAN FIND RESOURCES TO HELP OUT PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAVE TO MAKE NEEDED REPAIRS.

IT'S NOT, I MEAN, I, I HAVE BEEN THE OWNER OF A HOUSE THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO GET INSURANCE.

INITIALLY WHEN WE PURCHASED IT, IT NEEDED TO BE, IT NEEDED REPAIRS.

AND YOU KNOW, NOW IT HAS INSURANCE.

SO I THINK IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT IN AND OF ITSELF, DOESN'T SAY TO ME THAT A HOUSE IS NOT ABLE TO BE, UM, RENOVATED, RESTORED AND THEN OCCUPIED.

BUT I DO THINK AS A CITY, AND AGAIN, IF WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY, IF WE'RE GOING TO INVEST IN DOING SURVEYS TO, TO IDENTIFY HISTORIC ASSETS, WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE ASSETS WHEN THEY COME HERE TO COUNSEL, UM, THROUGH ONE PROCESS OR ANOTHER LOOKING FOR HISTORIC SENDING WHEN OUR LANDMARK COMMISSION IDENTIFIES AND RECOMMENDS HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN VARIOUS SURVEYS, EITHER THESE TOSSED AND HISTORIC SURVEY OR THE, THE OTHER SURVEY WORK THAT'S COMING FORWARD, IT'S REALLY A SHAME TO LOSE THOSE SITES.

SO THAT'S, UM, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE SOLUTIONS ARE, BUT AGAIN, LOW COST LOANS, OTHER KINDS OF PROGRAMS, MORE PROACTIVE WAYS TO KEEP THOSE STRUCTURES IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD WORK TOWARD.

ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK HERE FOR PROCLAMATIONS AND FOR DINNER.

UM, MY PAPERS SHOW THAT WHAT WE STILL HAVE YET TO, UH, HANDLE, UH, OUR, UH, ITEM, UH, 59 ITEM 85 ITEM 90 ITEM 1 36, 1 37 AND 1 38 WITH ITEM 1 36 COMES WAY TO 1 0 2 WITH ITEM 1 37 COMES, UH, 1 39 AND WITH A 1 38 COMES ITEM 40.

I ANTICIPATE WE'RE GOING TO GET, UH, KIND OF AN AGREED, UH, MOTION AND POSTPONEMENT, UH, ON THE LICENSE PLATE, UH, ISSUE.

SO THAT MIGHT, UH, I THINK WE STILL WANT TO HAVE, UH, THE CHIEF, UH, TO TALK TO HIS, MAKE HIS PRESENTATION, BUT PROBABLY NOT TO THE DELIBERATE ON THAT TONIGHT.

UH, ONE 15 AND, UH, 1, 1 15, AND THEN WE HAVE A STAFF THAT'S PREPARED, FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS WE RAISED EARLY ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.

I WOULD REQUEST THAT IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH A POSTPONEMENT OF THE LICENSE PLATE READER ITEM THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE AMENDMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD WOULD POST THEM TO THE MESSAGE BOARD SO WE CAN REVIEW THEM IN ANTICIPATION OF THE NEXT MEETING.

AND ALSO THAT WE ASK THE CHIEF TONIGHT QUESTIONS IN ORDER TO FORMULATE A BETTER POSITION FOR WHEN IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AND MAKE THAT REQUEST.

WE WEREN'T DELIBERATE ON IT TONIGHT, BUT WE'LL GIVE THE CHIEF A CHANCE TO, TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.

SO THE OTHER ITEMS I SEE US STILL HAVING TO DEAL DEAL WITH OBVIOUSLY ARE 92 AND 93, THE RELATE TO, UH, THE OTHER ITEMS ALSO, UH, ITEM 99 AND 100, WHICH RELATED TO, UH, UH, ONE 15 AT ONE 17.

UM, AND, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, THEN THE POLLED, UH, ZONING MATTERS, WHICH WAS 1 0 4, 1 0 5, WHICH RELATES BACK TO SEVERAL OTHERS.

WE HAVE, UH, UM,

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UH, THEY'VE HANDED OUT A PRESENTATION.

UH, I THINK THAT'S JUST PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION THAT SHOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG.

SO WE'LL TRY TO GET THAT HANDLED AS WELL.

MAYOR.

YES, I'M SO SORRY, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE I FOLLOW AND YOU GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.

I'LL GO THROUGH WITHOUT EDITORIALIZING VACATION.

MAYBE STAFF CAN HELP.

I WROTE DOWN THAT 100 WAS TAKEN UP WITH ONE 17, THE PILOT KNOB, WHICH WAS VOTED ON CONSENT.

IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF, DID I CALL THAT AGAIN? I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE THINGS I SEE, WE STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH OUR 59 85 91 36, 1 37 AT 1 38.

I'M GOING TO GO BACK FOR A SECOND.

THIS WAS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALSO.

WE HAVE ITEMS 92 AND 93, AND WE ALSO HAVE ITEM 99 L AS WELL AS 1 39 IN ONE 40.

WE ALSO HAVE 1 0 4, 1 0 5 AND WE HAVE ONE 15.

AND ONE OR TWO .

SO IT IS A 5 53.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO A PROCLAMATIONS.

HOW ABOUT IF WE'RE BACK HERE TOGETHER AT, UH, SEVEN O'CLOCK? DOES THAT WORK THEN A BREAK? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE BACK HERE.

YOU MAY ASK A TECHNICAL QUESTION BEFORE.

UM, I I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO, UH, EVEN IF I JUST PUT MY FACE ON FOR A SECOND, THERE'S A PROCLAMATION.

THAT'S BE A DELIBERATE TONIGHT ON MY BEHALF BY COUNCIL MEMBER VALLA.

UM, BUT I'M JUST SO SAD THAT, UM, UNFORTUNATELY UNDER THE WEATHER ARE NOT ABLE TO BE THERE.

IS IT, UH, I GUESS IT'S ATX QUESTION ATX SAID, CAN I STICK AROUND IN THE BACKGROUND SO I CAN WAVE OR SAY CONGRATULATIONS OR SOMETHING TO THE RECIPIENT OF THE PROCLAMATION? UM, THE DJ BLAME PROCLAMATION.

I DON'T TELL YOU ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T DO THAT.

WE'LL CALL THAT UP FIRST.

THERE ARE, UH, UH, FOUR APPROX, I THINK THERE'S ONE BEING GIVEN BY A COUNCIL MEMBER VEDA, UH, AND THEN COUNCIL OVER TOBO COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY AND THE COUNCIL AS A MEMBER OR AT COUNCIL MEMBER VELA WOULD TO GO TWICE.

WE'LL HAVE THE DEED, WE'LL HAVE THE DJ BLAINE, WE'LL HAVE THE RASA YOU NEED THAT.

WE'LL HAVE THE JACK SPEAR CAROL CALENDAR AND THEN HAVE THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH.

THE DJ BLINK THE DJ BLING FOUNDATION.

SEE YOU GUYS BACK AT SEVEN.

O'CLOCK RECOGNIZING

[Proclamation 1]

AUSTIN HAS ONE OF THE STRONGEST ECONOMIES IN THE COUNTRY, BUT WE KNOW THAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT SHARED EQUALLY ACROSS OUR CITY.

THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IS A DIFFICULT TIME FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO DON'T READILY HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES.

THEY NEED TO GET THEIR YOUNG SCHOLARS PREPARED, BUT WE'RE LUCKY TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT LOOKS OUT FOR ITS OWN GOVERNMENTS, AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS, GROUPS, SCHOOLS, FAMILIES, AND ALL KINDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE WORK PUT IN THE WORK EVERY YEAR TO HOLD BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE THAT PROVIDE CRITICAL SUPPLIES AND SERVICES TO AUSTINITES WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEM.

WE'RE HERE TO HONOR ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND HIS ORGANIZATION TODAY.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET ME READ THE PROCLAMATION.

BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS SINCE 2013 DJ BLINK FOUNDATION HAS HELD ITS ANNUAL DJ BLINGS BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT, EVERY AUGUST BECOMING ONE OF THE LARGEST BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND WHEREAS DJ BLINGS BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT HAS GROWN TO FEATURE LIVE MUSIC, FREE HAIRCUTS, DENTAL, AND HEALTH SCREENINGS, FAMILY RESOURCES, AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR YOUNG AUSTIN SCHOLARS.

AND WHEREAS EVEN THOUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC FORCED THE EVENTS TO TRANSITION TO A VIRTUAL PLATFORM IN 2019 AND 2020, THE FOUNDATION STILL SUCCESSFULLY CONNECTED CRITICAL RESOURCES AND SUPPLIES TO THOUSANDS OF AISD FAMILIES.

AND WHEREAS WITH MORE THAN 12,000 STUDENTS SERVED AND $1.5 MILLION WORTH OF RESOURCES AND SERVICES INVESTED IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN, THE DJ BLINK FOUNDATION HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD AND IS POISED TO CONTINUE BUILDING UPON

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ITS FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE SUCCESSES.

NOW, THEREFORE I CHEAT THE VELA ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER, NATASHA HARPER, MADISON ON BEHALF OF STEVE ADLER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM, AUGUST 12TH, 2022 AS DJ BLING FOUNDATION DAY IN AUSTIN.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU TO DJ I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UH, COUNCILMAN, A WOMAN HARPER, MADISON COUNCIL MEMBER VA LOUD, UH, MR. ADLER, UH, WE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING MORE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND, YOU KNOW, JUST EDUCATION MATTERS.

I'M COUNCIL MEMBER, KATHY TOVO.

[Proclamation 2]

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME UP, UH, JACK SPEAR, KELLER CAROL CALENDER, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE A BIG GROUP OF FANS.

I'M KATHY TOVAR.

I REPRESENT CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE, AND THIS IS A, THIS IS A GREAT HONOR FOR ME TO, TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION TO JACK AND CAROL, TO JACK SPEAR AND CAROL CAROL CALENDER.

UM, THEY ARE NOT JUST FRIENDS OF MINE, BUT THEY ARE ALSO FORMER NEIGHBORS AND ROLE MODELS.

AND I HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ON THE BOARD OF THE, OF THE FOUNDATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT HERE IN A MINUTE.

SO BACK IN ABOUT, UH, 2010 JACK AND CAROL FORMED SOMETHING CALLED THE DREAM COME TRUE FOUNDATION.

AND THIS WAS REALLY A VERY INTERESTING IDEA ABOUT HOW TO SUPPORT, HOW TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS, HOW TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AND REALLY BREAKING THE CYCLE OF INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY.

AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ON THEIR BOARD VERY BRIEFLY, BUT TO SEE THEM IN ACTION AND JUST THEIR PASSION AND THEIR COMMITMENT FOR THIS WORK AND THEIR, THEIR ABILITY TO TAKE A CONCEPT THAT WAS REALLY DIFFERENT FROM SO MANY OTHER NONPROFITS HERE IN AUSTIN.

AND TO SEE IT, SEE IT GROW AND TO SEE IT DEVELOP INTO JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT HAS HAD GREAT SUCCESS.

AND I EXPECT, YOU'LL HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MINUTE.

UM, AND I KNOW THEY'RE JOINED HERE TODAY BY, BY FRIENDS, BY BOARD MEMBERS PAST AND PRESENT, UM, WHO CAN ALSO TESTIFY TO THE WORK.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION, BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS CAROL CALENDER, SPEAR AND JACK SPEAR LONG-TIME AUSTINITES FROM BOLDEN CREEK HAD A VISION FOR DISRUPTING POVERTY.

AND WHEREAS IN 2010, JACK AND CAROL TRANSLATED THAT VISION INTO THE DREAM COME TRUE FOUNDATION, WHICH PARTNERS WITH EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS TO MOVE FROM POVERTY, TO INDEPENDENCE, THROUGH EDUCATION, MENTORING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

AND WHEREAS BUILDING ON COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, PUBLIC DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS, JACK AND CAROL HAVE FOREVER CHANGED THE LIVES OF THEIR DREAM ACHIEVERS WHO HAVE EARNED PROFESSIONAL CAREERS AND FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND HAVE BECOME CONTRIBUTORS TO THE ECONOMY AND TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS IN RECOGNITION OF JACKSON CAROL'S IMPACT ON THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY, THROUGH THEIR INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO ENDING POVERTY.

NOW, THEREFORE I KATHY TOVO ON BEHALF OF MAYOR, STEVE ADLER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM

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SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022 AS JACK SPEAR AND CAROL CALENDAR DAY AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS CONGRATULATE.

WONDERFUL JACKSON.

HELLO EVERYONE.

WE'RE DELIGHTED.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR.

UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, KATHY TOVO.

AND, UH, THE ONLY THING WE WANT TO SAY IS THAT WE BEGAN THE DREAM COME TRUE FOUNDATION ON THE BACK OF AN ENVELOPE, AND WE WANTED TO ANSWER AND SERVE THE LEAST SERVED GROUP IN POVERTY.

AND THAT THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET OUT.

WE LOOKED FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD ALREADY TAKEN STEPS, AND WE FIND PEOPLE IN MINIMUM WAGE JOBS IN AT ABOUT TWO YEARS, WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THEM INTO HALF FIVE FIGURE INCOME.

WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN POVERTY AND LIVING IN TENTS AND ON STREET CORNERS, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THE P AND POVERTY IS ALSO STANDS FOR POSSIBILITY.

AND WE BELIEVE IN THE POSSIBILITY OF EVERY PERSON TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS. AND CAROL, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND MIRROR ADLER AND EVERYONE HERE.

AND, UH, JUST SUCH A WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE.

WE THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS.

UM, AND IT'S BEEN SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO PLANT DREAM COME TRUE.

AND THE CITY OF OUR HEART, AUSTIN, TEXAS, UM, AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE PLAYED SUCH A BIG ROLE IN THIS, UM, OUR FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND, UH, FOS SENT HERE, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOB RIAZI, OUR CURRENT BOARD CHAIR, HEATHER BAILEY.

AND THEN JUST RECOGNIZING, UM, THE MAYOR WHO IS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD WINNERS BEFORE HE WAS MAYOR.

AND, UM, I STILL REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST CHECK THAT DREAM-COME-TRUE GOT YOU WROTE.

AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

UM, AND UH, THIS NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE MOVING 35 INDIVIDUALS, WHICH REPRESENTS AN AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE OF THREE.

SO OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE DECISIVELY OUT OF POVERTY INTO A PROFESSIONAL CAREER.

AND IN THE COURSE OF OUR MANY YEARS NOW WE HAVE HAD ALMOST NO PEOPLE FALL BACK INTO POVERTY.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, MACKENZIE KELLY.

I'M AUSTIN

[Proclamation 3]

I'M JOINED HERE TODAY BY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL.

AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN THIS PROCLAMATION.

I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

AND I REPRESENT DISTRICT SIX IN FAR NORTHWEST AUSTIN.

BUT TODAY I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR ALL OF AUSTIN.

AUSTINITES HAVE BEEN TESTED BY TRIAL AND TRAGEDY SINCE OUR COMMUNITY WAS FOUNDED.

BUT YEAR AFTER YEAR, NO MATTER WHAT THE HARDSHIP WE PULL THROUGH AND FORGE AHEAD RECENTLY, WE'VE EXPERIENCED DISASTERS LIKE THE WINTER STORM COVID-19 AND LOOKING AHEAD, WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE A TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE THIS SEASON.

THEREFORE IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES PREPARE FOR NOT IF, BUT WHEN THESE DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES STRIKE.

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I KNOW THIS FIRSTHAND WITH MY EXPERIENCE WORKING ALONGSIDE FIRST RESPONDERS PRIOR TO BEING ELECTION OR ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THE OUTCOME OF A DISASTER DEPENDS ON YOUR PREPAREDNESS BEFORE ONE STRIKES, DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE.

AND WITHOUT WARNING AND WITH A LITTLE ADVANCED THINKING AND ACTIONS, PEOPLE AND OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE BETTER READY TO COPE.

WHEN A DISASTER OCCURS DURING DISASTERS, TIMES ARE DIFFICULT, BUT AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, THE POWER OF COMMUNITY AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS WHO STEP UP TO HELP IN CHALLENGING TIMES IS INCREDIBLE.

PREPARING FOR AN EMERGENCY CAN REDUCE THE FEAR, ANXIETY, AND LOSSES, ACCOMPANYING DISASTERS, PREPARING OURSELVES TO MEET THE UNKNOWN CHALLENGES OF TOMORROW IS A DUTY THAT WE ALL SHARE.

AND WHEN CONFRONTED WITH A CRISIS, WE NEED TO HAVE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PREPARE.

THAT'S WHY I'M PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN.

SO THE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HERE IN AUSTIN, AND WE'RE JOINED BY TRAVIS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DECLARING SEPTEMBER AS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH, WE WILL BE EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF READYING OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITIES TO BE RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF ANY EMERGENCY WE MAY ENCOUNTER.

I'LL NOW READ THE PROCLAMATION.

IT SAYS, WHEREAS EMERGENCY DISASTERS IN AUSTIN CAN HAPPEN UNEXPECTED UNEXPECTEDLY.

AND WHEREAS THE ENTIRE AUSTIN COMMUNITY CAN TAKE ACTIONS TO BECOME PREPARED, TO RESPOND, TO AND RECOVER FROM ANY NATURAL OR MANMADE DISASTER, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL, THE MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE PREPARED THE QUICKER OUR COMMUNITY WILL RECOVER.

AND WHEREAS AUSTIN, FIRST RESPONDERS MAY NOT ALWAYS BE ABLE TO REACH YOU IMMEDIATELY IN AN EMERGENCY OR DISASTER.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP YOU CAN TAKE IN HELPING THEM IS BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND THOSE IN YOUR CARE FOR AT LEAST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT AND WHEREAS READY.GOV RECOGNIZES NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH.

AS IN OBSERVANCE, EACH SEPTEMBER TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPARING FOR DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES THAT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME.

AND WHEREAS DURING NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH, SEPTEMBER, 2022 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE TIME TO PREPARE THEMSELVES AND THOSE IN THEIR CARE FOR EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS THAT CAN IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR DAYS AT A TIME.

IT'S REALLY EASY GUYS, YOU SHOULD JUST PREPARE.

AND WHEREAS IN NOVEMBER, 2021 FEMA'S READY CAMPAIGN AND THE AD COUNCIL BROKE GROUND BY PRODUCING THE FIRST EVER NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS CAMPAIGN, SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THE LATINO COMMUNITY FOR NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH.

AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE BEING DEVELOPED AND WILL BE RELEASED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THIS SEPTEMBER.

SO LOOK OUT FOR THEM TO HELP GET PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO LIVE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SIGN UP FOR FREE REAL-TIME EMERGENCY ALERTS FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS VIA WARNS CENTRAL TEXAS.ORG.

AND WHEREAS I'M ALMOST DONE HANG IN THERE.

WE URGE OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PREPARED FOR AN EMERGENCY AS PROPOSED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO ONE, MAKE A PLAN TO BUILD A KIT THREE, KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FOUR STAY INFORMED.

SO NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT SIX AND THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

WE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER, 2022 AS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH.

THANK YOU ALL.

NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR OR TEAS FROM HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE@THEREADYCENTRALTEXAS.ORG WEBSITE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY, UH, MAYOR ADLER, AND ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT DURING THIS IMPORTANT TIME.

EVERYONE CAN PREPARE IN ADVANCE OF A DISASTER BY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE FOUR PILLARS OF PREPAREDNESS, MAKE A PLAN, BUILD THE KID, KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR AND STAY INFORMED.

THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AT THAT WEBSITE.

PLEASE VISIT THAT WEBSITE TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN PREPARE BEFORE DISASTER.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WE'RE SPONSORING, A PREPAREDNESS FAIR IN CONJUNCTION WITH OVER A DOZEN CITY DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

PLEASE JOIN US ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH,

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FROM THREE TO 7:00 PM AT THE ASIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN PREPARE BEFORE DISASTER AND EMERGENCY AND MAKE SURE THAT YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ARE AS PREPARED AS THEY CAN BE NOW.

UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT PREPAREDNESS FAIR IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THAT WEBSITE READY? CENTRAL TEXAS.ORG.

AND NEXT FOR A FEW WORDS FROM TRAVIS COUNTY, MY COUNTERPART, THE CHIEF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, ERIC QUARTER.

THANK YOU ALL.

AND TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THE, UH, THE ORGANIZATION AND TO REMEMBER, UH, ITS HISTORY.

A DIRECTOR ORTIZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY AND MAYOR ADLER, AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL FOR INVITING TRAVIS COUNTY TO COME AND KICK OFF NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH WITH YOU ALL ON BEHALF OF A COUNTY JUDGE, ANDY BROWN AND THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THEY'RE ALL ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTERS OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS.

AND SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

INDIVIDUAL PREPAREDNESS IS REALLY AT THE BEDROCK.

IT'S AT THE FOUNDATION OF COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS.

I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES ON TV, WE SEE THE LIGHTS AND THE SIRENS, BUT REALLY THE ABILITY AND THE SUCCESS IN A DISASTER FOR THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS BEGINS WITH YOU AND YOUR READINESS.

SO TAKING THAT EFFORT NOW TODAY, TAKING A FEW SMALL STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE READY IN THE NEXT DISASTER IS REALLY CRITICAL.

ONE SMALL STEP YOU CAN TAKE IS DOWNLOADING THAT READY CENTRAL TEXAS APP, THAT, THAT MR. ORTIZ TALKED ABOUT.

ANOTHER ONE, IF YOU HAVE THE ENERGY, PLEASE GO SIGN UP FOR WARREN CENTRAL TEXAS SO THAT YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO GET THOSE ALERTS WHEN WE HAVE EMERGENCIES AND WE'RE, WE'RE SENDING OUT HOW TO BE SAFE AND ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE.

IT'S YOUR, IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION TO GET THOSE MESSAGES.

SO PLEASE TAKE THOSE STEPS.

UH, BUT OVERALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE TALK ABOUT PREPAREDNESS INDIVIDUAL PREPAREDNESS, FAMILY, PREPAREDNESS BUSINESS PREPAREDNESS YEAR ROUND, BUT SEPTEMBER THIS TIME OF THE YEAR IS WHEN WE CAN REALLY PUT AN EMPHASIS ON IT.

AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE TO, TO ADD SOME EMPHASIS TO WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

RIGHT.

AND LAST, BUT DEFINITELY

[Proclamation 4]

NOT LEAST.

WE'RE HERE TO, WE'RE HERE TO REMEMBER, RECOGNIZE HONOR, CELEBRATE THE RAZA UNIDA PARTY.

UH, Y'ALL COME ON UP, COME ON UP.

EVERYBODY.

COME ON UP, LEAVE.

JOIN ME UP HERE.

I AM VERY MUCH A CHILD OF THE PARTY.

SADLY, MY FATHER PASSED AWAY IN 1999 AND IS NO LONGER WITH US.

UH, MY MOTHER COULD NOT JOIN US, BUT BOTH OF THEM WERE EXTREMELY ACTIVE IN THE PARTY, UH, THROUGH ITS REALLY ITS ENTIRE EXISTENCE.

AND I GREW UP, UH, RUBY AND I GREW UP WITH, UH, THE, THE PRINCIPLES, THE SPIRIT, THE ATTITUDE OF THE RAZA UNIDA PARTY FIGHTING FOR AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC RESOURCES FIGHTING FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES, CIVIL RIGHTS FOR MEXICAN-AMERICANS IN TEXAS.

UH, IT HAS SHAPED ME.

IT HAS SHAPED WHO I AM.

IT WAS A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME, BUT ONE THAT HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT, NOT JUST ON MEXICAN AMERICANS IN SOUTH TEXAS AND IN TEXAS, BUT REALLY ON POLITICS IN THE STATE TODAY.

SO MUCH OF, OF WHO WE ARE TODAY.

SO MUCH OF OUR GAINS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

WE REALLY OWE TO THOSE ACTIVISTS THAT STOOD UP, YOU KNOW, IN THE LATE SIXTIES, EARLY 1970S, AND REALLY INSPIRED A MOVEMENT THAT WE STILL ARE PART OF TODAY.

UH, AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO BE HERE

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AND LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION.

AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS I KNOW WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE MEMORIES AND STORIES TO TELL.

AND LET ME GO AHEAD AND ASK FOLKS TO ALSO COME TO THE MIC AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HEYDAYS.

SO BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE PARTY WAS ESTABLISHED ON JANUARY 17TH, 1970 AT A MEETING OF 300 MEXICAN AMERICANS IN CRYSTAL CITY, TEXAS BEGINNING A DECADE LONG QUEST TO BRING GREATER ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SELF-DETERMINATION TO MEXICAN AMERICANS IN THE STATE, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH TEXAS, WHERE THEY HELD LITTLE OR NO POWER IN MANY LOCAL AND COUNTY JURISDICTIONS, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE OFTEN THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION AND WHEREAS CHICANO MOVEMENT LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS WILL CONVENE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH 17TH, 2022 AT THE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO TO COMMEMORATE AND CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE NATIONAL GRASSLAND, NEITHER PARTY.

AND WHEREAS MEMBERS OF THE RUSSELL NEITHER PARTY FROM TEXAS LED IN ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL PARTY AT A CONVENTION IN EL PASO, TEXAS IN 1972 WITH DELEGATES REPRESENTING 17 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE PARTY SOON FIELDED CANDIDATES FOR LOCAL AND STATE OFFICES IN ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, ILLINOIS, NEW MEXICO, AND IN OTHER REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY, SUCH AS WASHINGTON DC.

AND WHEREAS THE PARTIES PLATFORM CHAMPIONED WORKERS' RIGHTS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, STUDENT RIGHTS, BILINGUAL EDUCATION, CULTURALLY RELEVANT CURRICULUM, IMPROVED HEALTHCARE, A LIVING WAGE FOR FARM WORKERS AND OPPOSE THE WAR IN VIETNAM WITH MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMEN PLAYING PROMINENT ROLES IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE RUSSELL, NEITHER PARTY AS FOUNDERS, OFFICERS, CANDIDATES FOR POLITICAL OFFICE AND RANK AND FILE MEMBERS.

AND WHEREAS THE RAZA UNIDA PARTY REGISTERED SIGNIFICANT ELECTORAL VICTORIES IN SOUTH TEXAS WINNING SCHOOL BOARD, CITY AND COUNTY OFFICES, AND EVEN GETTING 6% OF VOTES CAST IN THE 1972, TEXAS GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION AND INSPIRED MEXICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGHOUT TEXAS, INCLUDING WHAT IS LINCOLN UNIVERSITY IN AUSTIN, A MEXICAN AMERICAN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING.

AND WHEREAS PARTY HELPED USHER IN SINGLE MEMBER VOTING DISTRICTS FROM MEXICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES LOWER THE VOTING AGE TO 18 YEARS TRAINED AND INSPIRED SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS TO RUN FOR ELECTIVE OFFICES AND INCREASED MEXICAN AMERICAN REPRESENTATION IN LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENTS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

AND WHEREAS AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGES AND CELEBRATES THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THAT PARTY AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEXAS.

NOW, THEREFORE I CHEETO VELA ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, VANESSA THIS AND MAYOR STEVE ADLER DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022 AS PARTY DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

AND, AND LET ME BEGIN BY INVITING MATTER OF FACT, WITH DATA TO COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS, UH JEFF'S HI, EVERYBODY.

I HAVE TO SAY THAT, UH, WE HAD LIVED IN AUSTIN, UH, FOR SEVEN YEARS BEFORE WE WENT TO, UH, CRYSTAL CITY SUBUTEX OF IN CRYSTAL CITY TO JOIN THE MOVEMENT.

AND, UH, WE'RE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF PARTY AS ARE ALL OUR COLLEAGUES HERE IN, IN THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE THAT THEY WERE IN.

BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT AUSTIN WAS DEFINITELY AN INSPIRATION AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY.

THERE WAS SO MUCH THAT, UM, THAT WE ALL BECAME AWARE WHEN WE MOVED TO CITIES, UH, LIKE AUSTIN FROM SOUTH TEXAS OR FROM, UH, THE BORDER.

AND SO IN THAT WAY, UM, THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD IN AUSTIN INSPIRED US TO TAKE ON, UH, THE PROGRESSIVE POLICIES AND POLITICS AND AGENDA THAT YOU SAW AND EVERYTHING IS TRUE.

EVERYBODY HERE REPRESENTING US ANITA TODAY AND REPRESENTING AUSTIN, SOME OF YOU WERE TEENAGERS, UM, HELPED DRAFT THIS PROGRESSIVE AGENDA, WHICH HAS NEVER GONE AWAY.

YOU KNOW, WE CAME BACK TO AUSTIN AFTER THREE YEARS OF WORKING IN THE MOVEMENT AND CONTINUED THE PROGRESSIVE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT AND A LITTLE BIT OF DISCOMFORT BECAUSE OUR, OUR DEMOCRATIC ALLIES THAT TO TAKE US BACK.

BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE THE PARTY, UH, HELP PUSH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, UH, TO A MORE PROGRESSIVE STAND.

AND SO WE

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CAME BACK AS DEMOCRATS AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE WERE KNOWN AS BAD BORN AGAIN, DEMOCRATS, BUT I WANT TO THANK, UH, ON BEHALF OF OUR GROUP.

I WONDER, I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR.

I WANNA THANK SHE THOUGHT YOUR PARENTS WOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOU.

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU.

I CAN HARDLY SPEAK, UH, BR HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE THROUGH THE GOOD AND THE BAD TIMES.

AND OF COURSE VANESSA, OUR BAY, OUR CHILD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS BEING ALL OF YOU.

THE PROGRESSIVE VOICE IN AUSTIN AND AUSTIN IS ALWAYS A GOOD PLACE TO GO BACK TO NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE AND IT'S BEEN A HOME, UH, I, A LOT OF, I SHOULD SHARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS OF THE SCANDALOUS PEOPLE HERE LIKE GERARD, KENNY, MALCOLM, WHO WERE WITH US IN CRYSTAL CITY.

AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE'RE SO HAPPY.

WE'RE SO HAPPY TODAY.

AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK INSPIRED MY FATHER WHEAT GROWING UP IN LAREDO, TEXAS, IT'S REALLY A COCOON OF, UH, OF, UH, , YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY NOT, YOU KNOW, DISCRIMINATION PER SE IN LOTTO CAUSE IT'S A 97% MEXICAN AMERICAN, BUT WHEN HE MOVED AWAY FROM THERE, HE WAS SHOCKED.

YOU KNOW, WHEN HE MOVED TO WACO TO SAN MARCOS, WHEN, WHEN HE AND HIS, HE WAS SHOCKED THAT HE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HE WAS A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN UNTIL HE LEFT LARGO.

AND WHEN HE WAS AWAKENED BY THAT, THAT AWAKENED HIS ACTIVISM AND HE WAS, NO, I AM NOT A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.

I DESERVE FULL RIGHTS, JUST LIKE EVERYONE.

AND SO THAT REALLY RINGS TRUE WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES LIKE, YOU KNOW, MOVING AWAY, IT CAN, IT CAN, IT CAN SPARK THAT, THAT CONSCIOUSNESS ERNIE.

UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS OR ANY POSITIVE PORTFOLIO? THANK YOU.

SHE TOLD ME WE'RE JUST, WE'RE WE'RE ALSO VERY PROUD OF YOU.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR.

T-TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR, UH, RECOGNIZING THIS, UH, 50TH ANNIVERSARY, UH, JUST A, A SHORT, UH, STATEMENT ON WORKING THE RUSSELL NIDA AGENDA BACK IN THE SIXTIES, SEVENTIES, EIGHTIES, UH, WHEN WE'D GO DOOR TO DOOR ORGANIZING, TRYING TO ORGANIZE AND RAISE AWARENESS OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS IN.

UH, WE LOST A LOT OF ENEMIES, A LOT OF FRIENDS RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE THEY WERE REALLY AGAINST THE FORMATION OF, OF LESS ANITA BECAUSE IT INTERFERED WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, BUT WE PURSUED.

AND IN THAT PROCESS, WE MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS.

WE MADE PROBABLY MORE FRIENDS THAN WE LOST.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF IS THE ASSOCIATION THAT I'VE HAD THROUGH THE YEARS WITH THESE FRIENDS THAT WERE WORKING IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE WRESTLE NITA PARTY MOVEMENT.

I TREASURE THAT FRIENDSHIP.

AND WHILE IT AT 83, I REMEMBER A LOT OF THE FRIENDS IT'S EMBARRASSING BECAUSE THE MIND DOESN'T PULL UP INFORMATION LIKE IT USED TO.

AND, UM, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO A MEDIUM BECAUSE I COULD NOT UP HIS NAME, BUT I KNEW DAMN WELL.

I KNEW THAT GUY.

SO MY APOLOGIES.

I MEAN, WHATEVER THE HELL YOU ARE.

SO ANYWAY, THE CONCENTRATION THAT I HAVE OF RUSSELL KNEW THAT EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS A LOT ACCOMPLISHED IS THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT WE FORMED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERNIE.

UH, AND ONE MORE, UH, DR.

, DR.

EMILIO SAMARRA.

HE WAS, HE HELPED ME VERY MUCH WITH THE PROCLAMATION AND I JUST WANTED TO LET HIM SAY A FEW WORDS, JUST A FEW WORDS.

I AM THE LAST CHAIR OF THE RESTAURANT OF THE PARTY IN TRAVIS COUNTY.

UM, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT IS THIS REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT POINT IN MY DEVELOPMENT, INTELLECTUAL READING SOCIALLY, THAT I'LL NEVER FORGET THEN IS AN SOL SAID THE FRIENDSHIPS LAST A LIFETIME, THE ONES WE BUILT UNDER THAT PRESSURE OF POLITICAL PRESSURE INDUSTRY THEM, UH, LET'S SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.

UM, I INTERVIEWED, UH, RAMSEY, WELL YEAST RECENTLY, WHO IS LIVING IN CORPUS AND HIS WIFE IS TAKING CARE OF THEM.

SHE'S GOING STRAIGHT

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TO HEAVEN.

I HAVE NO DOUBTS ABOUT THAT.

SHE'S DOING DIVINE WORK WITH HIM, BUT, UM, HE ASKED ME, BY THE WAY, IF I WANT HER TO BE HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER, CAUSE HE WANTS TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR AGAIN AND AS AN ASSET, ABSOLUTELY RAMSEY.

AND SO I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO BETO, O'ROURKE BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU WIN AND IT'S SITTING IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND WE'RE GOING AFTER YOU BETHEL.

UH, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY, UH, AND I KNOW THAT THAT RAMSEY IS GOING TO SEE THIS LATER IN CORPUS CHRISTI RAMSEY WAS JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUAL.

AND WHEN I INTERVIEWED HIM, HE SAID, SOMETHING REALLY MOVED ME.

A LOT OF THINGS THAT MOVED ME.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE SAID WAS A RESPONSE TO A QUESTION THAT I MADE TO HIM.

CAUSE HE KEPT TALKING ABOUT MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE, AND I SAYS, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL YOUR PEOPLE? CAN YOU TELL THE CAMERA RIGHT NOW, TELL YOUR PEOPLE THROUGH THE CAMERA, WHICH WANT THEM TO KNOW.

AND HE SAID, OUR PEOPLE ARE STILL STILL BEING BORN.

OUR PEOPLE ARE LEARNED, STILL LEARNING HOW TO WALK.

NEW PEOPLE ARE LEARNING HOW TO WALK.

MY DREAM IS TO WALK TOWARDS THE HORIZON HAND-IN-HAND WITH EACH OTHER, UNTIL WE SEE REACH OUR LIBERATION AS A PEOPLE.

HE, HE SAID THAT THAT THOSE THAT'S THE KIND OF LANGUAGE WE WERE USING.

THAT'S THE KIND OF PASSION WE SPOKE WITH.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE NOW, AS MARTHA SAID, CARRY FORWARD INTO THE PRESENT.

AND, UH, I I'M, I'M SO PLEASED THAT WE'RE BEING HONORED AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALSO AN HONOR, ALL THAT ARE, UH, HAVE LEFT US A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING YOUR, YOUR DAD.

UH, THERE ARE MANY OTHERS HAVE LEFT US AND THEY'VE LEFT AN IMPRINT IN OUR MINDS AND OUR HEARTS AS A FELLOW TRAVELERS IN A VERY IMPORTANT POINT IN OUR HISTORY AS MEXICANS IN THE U S THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

AND LET'S GET A PHOTO RIGHT QUICK.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A RECEPTION RIGHT AFTER WE GOT SOME FOOD AND, UH, STUFF.

SO PLEASE STICK AROUND.

I KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO TALK AND TRADE STORIES TOO.

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ALRIGHT.

I'M GONNA RECONVENE.

WE READY RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT SEVEN 15.

I'M STILL SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022 FORGETTING NUMBERS FOR A SECOND TO JUST TALKING ABOUT SUBSTANTIVE AREAS.

IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO FOLLOW THIS WAY.

WE HAVE NINE THINGS THAT ARE LEFT FOR US TO DO, AND I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE DO THEM IN THIS ORDER.

THE FIRST ONE IS WE HAVE SIMILAR PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF STILL WORKING THEIR WAY HERE.

I'M GOING TO SAY, LET'S START WITH THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PRESENTATIONS ABOUT A 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION.

IT'LL ANSWER SOME, SORRY.

YOU ME TO GIVE YOU THE NUMBERS HERE.

I'VE DONE 93 93.

THAT WAY WE CAN DO THAT AS PEOPLE ARE SHUFFLING AND IT ANSWERS QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED LAST WEEK, THEN I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE HANDLE SOME OF THE PULLED ITEMS THAT I THINK WE CAN HANDLE PRETTY QUICKLY.

THE PAN-AM ISSUE HAS A, THE PAT, EM, NAIMI, IT'S A PRETTY DISCREET ISSUE, UM, UH, AT 59.

SO WE TAKE THAT ONE UP SECOND.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL HAS A COMPROMISE THAT I'M PROBABLY GOING TO RECOGNIZE HER TO, TO BRING FORWARD FOR US ON THAT.

NUMBER THREE IS THE ROWING CLUB ISSUE.

AND I AGREED WITH SOME LANGUAGE WITH CASPER TOWBOAT.

I THINK THAT WOULD, MIGHT BE RELATIVELY FAST.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER 1585.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES THEN I THINK WE HAVE THE LPR WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE POLICE CHIEF.

SO HE CAN ANSWER A QUESTION SO THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN FRONT OF US, UH, AND THEN CONSISTENT WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY SAID.

WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE THAT, UH, SO THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME TO, TO, TO WORK ON THAT.

UH, WHAT NUMBER IS THAT? 90.

90.

AND THEN, UM, THAT I'M GOING TO CALL THE, THE, THE KASMIN BULL HOUSE QUESTION.

UH, SO THAT ONE CAN BE IN FRONT OF MY NUMBERS AT 1 37.

UH, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE ON MY CALL IS THE CONVENTION CENTER PARKING ISSUE, WHICH IS NUMBER 1 38, 1 38 AND 1 41 38 AT 1 48.

IS THAT WHAT? 37 OR 1 39 GO TOGETHER.

WHATEVER IT IS, CASPER, BALL'S GOTTA BE A FIFTH.

UM, UH, SIXTH, UH, IS GOING TO BE THE, UH, CONVENTION CENTER.

PARKING, UH, AIDS IS GOING TO BE EAST 12TH STREET, UH, ISSUE.

UH, AND THEN, UH, THE NEXT ONE'S GOING TO BE A PARKLAND DEDICATION.

AND THEN THE NINTH ONE IS GOING TO BE, UH, THE STATESMAN BUTTON IS THE ORDER.

I'M ON A FOLLOW.

UM, CAN YOU SAY IT JUST ONE MORE TIME? SORRY.

WE'RE GOING TO DO SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT BRIEFING FOLLOWED BY THE PAN-AM REC CENTER, FOLLOWED BY ROWING CLUB, FOLLOWED BY LICENSE PLATE READER, FOLLOWED BY A CASTLEMAN BALL BUILDING FOLLOWED BY CONVENTION CENTER, PARKING FOLLOWED BY EAST 12TH STREET, FOLLOWED BY, UM, PARKLAND DEDICATION TO FOLLOWED BY STATESMAN POD.

MAY OR YOU'VE GONE OVER THIS SEVERAL TIMES.

SCHEDULE KELLY, COULD YOU GO THROUGH THE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THOSE AGAIN, PLEASE? YES.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH FIFTH NUMBER 15, WHICH IS MEAN SO 50 WAS THE NUMBER 93.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH 93, WHICH IS SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO 59, WHICH IS PAN AM.

WE'RE GOING TO DO 85, WHICH IS ROWING CLUB.

WE'RE GOING TO DO 90, WHICH IS LICENSE PLATE READER.

WE'RE GOING TO DO 1 37, WHICH IS THE CUSTOMER BULL HOUSE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO 1 38, WHICH IS CONVENTION CENTER PARKING.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO EAST 12TH, WHICH IS NUMBER ONE 12.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO PARKLAND DEDICATION, UH, WHICH IS A 1 0 2, 1 36 AND THEN 92.

AND THEN WE'LL DO THE STATESMAN PUD, WHICH IS NUMBER 1 0 4 AND FUNNEL FIVE

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I HATE TO HAVE YOU DO IT AGAIN, BUT ONE 12 IS NOT THE EAST 12TH STREET ITEM 99.

IT CORRECT IS 99 AND 1 15, 1 15.

I GOT IT.

MANAGER, RODNEY, UM, ROSIE, WHOEVER WANTS TO START WITH THIS HOUSE CENTRAL WATERFRONT THANK YOU, MARY COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE A STAFF THAT HAS PREPARED A PRESENTATION FOR YOU ON THE CELL CENTRAL WATERFRONT, AND HERE TO KICK OFF THAT PRESENTATION IS OUR DIRECTOR ROSIE TRUE LEVEL, GOOD EVENING, TRUE, UH, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND PLANNING.

THAT'D BE THE THIRD TO LAST.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE THROUGH THESE.

YOU SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN FRONT OF US, SO BY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE MOVE THROUGH THESE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

SO, UH, I MEAN, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY AND MAKE YOUR POINTS, BUT LET'S SEE IF WE CAN DO IT EXPEDITIOUSLY TO HELP ONE ANOTHER SO THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING DECIDE IMPORTANT THINGS LATE.

[93. Council discussion regarding the South Central Waterfront District.]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UH, SOME FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE, THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT DISCUSSION WE HAD ON TUESDAY.

UH, WE HAVE STAFF FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM FINANCIAL SERVICES AND FROM HOUSING AND PLANNING THAT ARE GOING TO GO OVER, UM, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE VISION PLAN AND TO TRY TO COVER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP ON T ON TUESDAY AT THE WORK SESSION DISCUSSION.

UH, SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SUSANNA CARBO HALL, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL SUSANNAH.

DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR YOU TODAY, WE WILL BE PROVIDING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE VISION PLAN STATUS, A REGULATING PLAN, COVER SOME FINANCIALS TOOLS AND WRAP UP WITH A SUMMARY OF AUSTIN JURORS OR EXAMPLES OF THEM.

AS A BRIEF OVERVIEW FOR THE VISION PLAN IN 2016, IT DOES COVER 118 ACRES, INCLUDING 34 PRIVATELY OWNED PARCELS, AND ONLY ONE CITY OWNED PARCEL IT ENVISIONS ENVISIONS, BUILDING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING EXPANDING STREET GRID, ADDING MILES OF SIDEWALKS, APPROXIMATELY 17 ACRES OF PARKS, PLAZAS, AND TRAILS.

IT ALSO PROMOTES DENSITY BY ADDING 6.4 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF NEW RESIDENTIAL OFFICE RETAIL AND HOTELS.

IT ALSO PROPOSES AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY PLANNING 527 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH A COUNCIL GOAL OF REACHING 20% AT THE ONE TEXAS CENTER, WE DO ENVISION 150 UNITS AT THAT CITY OWNED PARCEL AND THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE IS TO BE EXPLORED FOR POTENTIAL, UM, SUPPORT, UH, FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MAJOR MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA.

WE'RE NOT YET DETERMINED IN THE, DURING THE 2016 VISION PLAN, UH, SUCH AS PROJECT CONNECT, MULTIPLE SOURCES FOR THE FINANCIAL TOOLKIT ARE, UH, CONSIDERED WITHIN THE VISION PLAN, INCLUDING PRIVATE FUNDING, SUCH AS DEVELOPMENT BONUS FEES, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT, DISTRICT PHILANTHROPY, SOME OF THE PUBLIC FUNDING SOURCES DOES INCLUDE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, PLAN PARKING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUBSIDIES.

THERE IS AN ESTIMATED GAP OF 400 TO $600 MILLION BASED ON 2020 ASSUMPTIONS.

WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE VISION PLAN, AND IT DOES IMPACT THE WATERFRONT SUB DISTRICTS, REGULAR TOOLS ARE SET FOR DISTRICT AND SUB-DISTRICT GOALS.

WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS? SO THE VISION PLAN, SOME OF THE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS DOES INCLUDE THE 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS STATES AND PUD THAT IS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, WHICH SENDS ENTITLEMENTS FOR PROMINENT PARCELS.

THE REGULATING PLAN IN WHICH OUR COLLEAGUES FROM THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF IT DOES SIT VISION BY SUB-DISTRICTS ALLOWING OWNERS TO EVALUATE OPTIONS.

THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE 19 HAS BEEN CREATED.

AND IN ORDER TO OFFER DEDICATED REVENUE STREAM FOR DISTRICT ACTIVITIES AND THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IS ALSO AN OPTION.

AND THIS ASSET DRILL WATERFORD DISTRICT CAN EITHER CREATE A NEW PIT OR BE A PART OF THE DOWNTIME PIT.

THE MAJORITY OF THE PARCELS ARE INCLUDED IN, UH, THE DOWNTOWN PIT AND THE ONE TEXAS CENTER REDEVELOPMENT DOES MEET DISTRICT AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL OF 150 UNITS ON THE CITY OWNED SITE.

SOME OF THE VARIABLES THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER IS THAT THE PROJECT CONNECT

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THERE'S NO LEGAL PATH FOR PARCEL BY PARCEL PLANNING.

THE TERS REVENUE IS UNCERTAIN DUE TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS, HAVING CHOICE TO DEVELOP, ACCORDING TO THE VISION PLAN, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS PLANS DEPEND HEAVILY ON MARKET PARTICIPATION AND COORDINATION.

AND AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THE PARCELS ARE PRIVATELY OWNED.

THERE ARE 34 PRIVATELY OWNED PARCELS IN THIS DISTRICT.

THE CITY ONLY OWNS ONE PARCEL, WHICH IS THE ONE TEXAS CENTER.

AND HERE I WILL NOW DEFER TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, I'M GREG.IN THE HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE 2016 VISION PLAN.

AND I THINK YOU ALL HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT THAT VISION PLAN, UM, REALLY HAD SOME COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

WE KIND OF GROUPED THOSE INTO THREE BUCKETS THAT YOU SEE UP ON YOUR SCREEN HERE, GREEN, UM, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, OPEN SPACES, TRAILS, PAUSES, UM, THAT ARE KIND OF CONNECTED INTO PATCHWORK THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

UH, BETTER CONNECTIVITY IN THE FORM OF STREETS AND STREETSCAPES, UM, A NEW STREET NETWORK AND THEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OF COURSE, UM, THE 20% THAT'S ENVISIONED IN THE, IN, IN THE PLAN, UM, FOR THE DISTRICT.

THIS IS AN, A MAP SHOWING A TOP-DOWN VIEW OF THE DISTRICT.

ALL OF THESE PARCELS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE DIFFERENT COLOR WERE IMAGINED TO BE THE ELIGIBLE PARCELS THAT COULD, COULD PARTICIPATE AT MENTALLY.

THEY WERE, UM, THOUGHT TO BE THOSE THAT MIGHT TURN OVER THE QUICKEST OR IN THE SHORTEST TIMEFRAME, THEY'RE COLOR CODED HERE TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE LAND USE, UM, COULD BE FOR THEM, UM, OFFICE RESIDENTIAL OR HOTEL.

IF YOU LOOK TO THE, TO THE TOP OF THE SLIDE THAT BLUE, UM, PARCEL IS PART OF THE STATESMAN POD, JUST TO ORIENT YOU PARCELS S 1 2, 3, 4, 5, OR PART OF THE STATESMEN PUD.

UH, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK OVER TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SLIDE, THAT TRIANGULAR PIECE IS THE SNOOPY PUD.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST TO ORIENT YOU TO THE, TO THE SPACE.

IN RETURN FOR MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

THIS IS THE APPENDIX FROM 2016.

THIS IS A COMPANY THAT THE WATERFRONT VISION PLAN, WHAT THIS SHOWS YOU.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL IN HERE AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO READ.

IT GOES THROUGH EVERY PARCEL THAT WAS IMAGINED TO BE A TIPPING PARCEL, AND IT BREAKS DOWN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE BY USE.

AND IT ALSO INCLUDES, I THINK, IMPORTANTLY, UH, AND THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THE HOUSING, INCLUDING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY PARCEL.

SO IF YOU LOOK IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SLIDE ON, UH, F 12, THAT COLUMN THAT SAYS F 12 AT THE TOP, THAT FOR INSTANCES ONE TEXAS CENTER.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT PARTICULAR PARCEL HAS SUCH A HIGH NUMBER FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, AGAIN, ONE TEXAS CENTER IS IMAGINED TO KIND OF DISPROPORTIONATELY PICK UP THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE DISTRICT.

AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, WE'VE GOT THE S FOUR AND S FIVE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS SLIDE.

THOSE ARE PART OF THE STATEMENT POD AT STATESMAN SITE AND THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS YOU SEE, THERE ARE 40, AGAIN, THAT'S OUT OF THEIR TOTAL OF, I THINK ABOUT A THOUSAND THAT'S WHERE THAT 4% NUMBER COMES FROM THAT YOU HEAR SO MUCH WITH THE STATESMAN SITE.

UH, AND THEN ON THE, ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE ARE THE TOTALS FOR, FOR THE HOUSING AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE UNITS THAT ARE IMAGINED IN THE DISTRICT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS FROM 2016.

SO THIS IS WHAT THEY IMAGINED AS A SCENARIO, A POSSIBLE SCENARIO FOR BREAKING DOWN HOW MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING COULD BE ACCOMMODATED ON DIFFERENT PARCELS IN THE DISTRICT.

I'M ALSO CONSIDERING THE PUBLIC BENEFITS.

EACH PARCEL WAS CONTRIBUTING TO THE DISTRICT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, FOR THE, FOR THE DEVELOPERS, UM, YOU KNOW, IN RETURN FOR WHAT THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING FOR, UM, COMMUNITY BENEFITS, WHAT THEY GET IN RETURN ARE TYPICALLY WHAT YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU THINK OF A DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, UM, OR ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT GIVES THEM GETS ADDITIONAL FLOOR AREA RATIO, ADDITIONAL HEIGHT, ADDITIONAL DENSITY, UH, REDUCE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

UM, SO MORE ENTITLEMENTS

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OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT ARE IN THE VISION PLAN, UM, ARE THERE'S A, THERE'S A CHILLED WATER PLANT.

THAT'S TALKED ABOUT THERE'S GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND STORM WATER.

SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE MAJOR INVESTMENTS, UM, THAT PROBABLY WILL NEED TO BE DISCUSSED AFTER THE, UH, ANY POTENTIAL TERRORS DISCUSSION OCCURS OR ISN'T SETTLED UPON NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UH, AND AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES.

THIS SLIDE IS A FAMILIAR SLIDE.

WE JUST WANT TO REITERATE, UM, THE ESTIMATED INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.

UM, AND OF COURSE THE 277 MILLION, IT WAS A ESTIMATED COST, UH, BACK IN 2020.

SO WE CERTAINLY PROJECT THAT, UH, USING 2022 MARKET FACTORS DOES RE WOULD REFLECT A 30% INCREASE FROM 2020.

SO THE ESTIMATE CERTAINLY RISES, UH, APPROXIMATELY TWO, 330 MILLION.

UM, AND AGAIN, THESE ESTIMATES DO NOT INCLUDE ADC ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, COST OR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF AMENITIES.

AND THE DEBT CAPACITY OF THE TOURISTS IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE VISION PLAN HAS ENVISIONED, UH, FOR THIS DISTRICT.

THIS IS A BREAKOUT OF THAT 277 MILLION.

IT ADDS ABOUT 11 MILLION MORE FOR THE COST OF ISSUANCE OF THE TEACHERS AND ADMIN COSTS.

BUT ANOTHER POINT THAT I WANT TO REFLECT HERE, AND THIS IS OUT OF EXHIBIT D FROM THE PRELIMINARY PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN THAT, UH, THE FIRST TIER, WHICH IS A ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AT THE $83.4 MILLION, UM, NUMBER THIS, THIS TIER WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING UPON THE CREATION OF THE ZONE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS.

AND THE FOLLOWING TIERS ARE CONTINGENT UPON REVENUE PERFORMANCE OF THE ZONE.

AND THIS IS AGAIN, A FAMILIAR DONUT THAT WE LIKE TO, UH, SHOWCASE TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA AS TO ALL THE ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS OF WHAT IT TAKES FOR STAFF TO BRING THE VISION PLAN FROM 2016 INTO POSSIBLE FRUITION AND IMPLEMENTATION.

AND THAT STARTS WITH THE FINANCIAL TOOLKIT, HAVING AN OPERATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, UH, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE LEGAL REGULATORY AND LAND USE FRAMEWORK.

NEXT PLAN.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE AND HERE.

UM, AGAIN, WE'LL GO BACK TO HOUSING AND PLANNING TO PROVIDE A STATUS ON THE REGULATING PLAN SO THIS SLIDE YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE, THIS IS A, UH, ANTICIPATED TIMELINE FOR THE REGULATING PLAN.

UM, NEXT MONTH WE PLAN TO BE AT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD PRESENTING, PRESENTING SOME OF THE CONTENT TO THEM.

UH, AND THE MONTH AFTER THAT EXPECT TO GET SOME RECOMMENDATIONS BACK FROM THEM THAT SAME MONTH WILL BE THE CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE, UH, FOLLOWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN EARLY NOVEMBER, AND THEN COUNCIL IN EARLY DECEMBER.

THESE ARE THE COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT, UH, WE REALLY HAVE TO GO TO, UM, BECAUSE IT'S, UH, IT'S A CODE AMENDMENT.

THE RE REGULATING PLAN IS REALLY A CODE AMENDMENT.

UM, BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE SOME OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MAKING REQUESTS AS WELL.

AND THEN JUST TO SIMPLIFY, UH, WHAT THE PROCESS IS FOR MAKING THIS REGULATING PLAN HAPPEN IN 2016, WE HAD THE FRAMEWORK PLAN RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING ON THE CREATION OF THE REGULATING PLAN.

AND, AND THEN AGAIN, THAT WILL JUST BE ADOPTED AS A CODE AMENDMENT.

IT WILL GO INTO OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

IT WAS INITIALLY IMAGINED TO BE ADOPTED AS A PART OF CODE NEXT, UH, AND THEN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REVISION.

UM, BUT, BUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS THAT, UH, IT WILL BE AMENDED TO OUR CURRENT CODE.

THE BALANCE OF THOSE THINGS HAS TO WORK THE WAY THAT, UM, OTHER BONUS PROGRAMS WORK SO THAT IT'S ACHIEVABLE, UM, IT'S MARKET FEASIBLE AND SOMETHING DEVELOPERS WANT TO USE, AND IT'S ENTICING TO THEM TO DO IT SO THAT THEY WILL USE IT AND WE WILL GET COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

AND THEN, UH, JUST TO, TO MAKE THIS, UH, GENERAL AND, AND SO YOU CAN SEE IT IN SIMPLE TERMS, THE REGULATING PLAN IS A VERY, VERY MUCH LIKE OTHER PLANS THAT WE HAVE TODAY IN OUR CODE, UH, YOUR, YOUR UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY OR THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, THE DEVELOPER IS PROVIDING A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND IN RETURN, THEY ARE GETTING ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS.

AND, UM,

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UM, SO THE REGULATING PLAN, JUST TO BE A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC.

IT WILL HAVE, UH, PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING ONSITE AND OFFSITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT A CERTAIN SENATE SET ASIDE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SET ASIDE IS GOING TO BE JUST YET, BUT, UH, THERE WILL BE A DISTRICT, UH, SET ASIDE IF THERE WILL BE IMPROVED STREETSCAPES AND ENHANCED OPEN SPACE, UH, FOR AN OVERALL IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.

UH, AND THEN AGAIN, DEVELOPERS IN RETURN FOR PROVIDING THOSE, THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET ADDITIONAL HEIGHTS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEY CAN DO TODAY.

PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE CBD LAND USES ADDITIONAL FLOOR AREA, UH, ADDITIONAL, ADDITIONAL DENSITY IN THE FORM OF NO SITE AREA REQUIREMENTS AND REDUCE PARKING.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THE VISION PLAN THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE IN THE REGULATING PLAN.

AND, UH, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY CAN'T BE ACHIEVED.

THEY JUST MAY NEED TO BE ACHIEVED IN OTHER WAYS.

THAT'S REALLY JUST BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THE VISION PLAN IS WRITTEN, IT'S A VERY SITE BY SITE SITE SPECIFIC PLAN THAT TALKS ABOUT DIFFERENT PARCELS DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND WHEN WE TRANSLATE THAT INTO A REGULATING PLAN, WE REALLY HAVE TO KIND OF SMOOTH THOSE DIFFERENCES OUT AND LOOK AT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE AND APPLY THE DISTRICT, UM, REGULATING PLAN REQUIREMENTS UNIFORMLY TO THE DISTRICT.

SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS FROM THE VISION PLAN SUCH AS THE, THE STREET NETWORK AND CROSS SECTIONS.

THOSE ARE NOT IN THE REGULATING PLAN, BUT THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE THOSE ARE A PART OF OUR STANDARD CODE NOW.

SO THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN HAS BEEN ADOPTED WITH, UH, AN UPDATED STREET SECTION TO REFLECT WHAT WAS IN THE VISION PLAN.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, UPDATED CROSS SECTIONS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL THAT WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED THAT ARE VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S IN THE VISION PLAN.

SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING WHERE IT'S BEEN TAKEN OUT BECAUSE IT'S, UH, IT'S REALLY BEEN OBVIATED BY OTHER CODES THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

DISTRICT COOLING IS AN INSTANCE WHERE THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO GET THAT INTO A REGULATING PLAN.

THAT IS, WE CAN'T REALLY PUT SOMETHING IN OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT REQUIRES THAT AND SAME THING FOR THE BOLDEN CREEK BOARDWALK.

THAT'S KIND OF A SITE BY SITE DESIGN SPECIFIC ITEM THAT IT'S JUST NOT REALLY TRANSLATABLE INTO A REGULATING PLAN TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP ON TUESDAY THAT IS NOT A PART OF THE ANTICIPATED REGULAR REGULATING PLAN.

UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN IDEA WORTH EXPLORING, BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE KIND OF AT A LARGER SCALE, UM, LARGER THAN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT DISTRICT.

SO MAYBE LOOKING AT ALL OF DOWNTOWN OR POSSIBLY THE CITY AS A WHOLE FOR WHETHER THAT A PROGRAM LIKE THAT COULD WORK.

UM, AND THEN AGAIN, SITE SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES.

THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN THING THAT YOU KIND OF LOSE A LITTLE BIT.

WHEN YOU MOVE FROM A VISION PLAN TO A REGULATING PLAN, YOU LOSE THOSE SITE-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES THAT ARE PRESENT IN THE VISION PLAN.

UH, YOU REPEALED THE CURRENT ZONING AND REPLACED IT WITH CBD, THAT WOULD BE CHANGING THE BASE ENTITLEMENTS, BUT YOU'D BE DOING IT KIND OF LIKE A AT, AT A DISTRICT LEVEL, LOOKING AT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.

AND THEN, UH, I THINK AS MR RUSS MENTIONED ON TUESDAY, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO WITH THE REGULATING PLAN, UM, OR ANY DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE ABOUT THE ENTITLEMENTS IN THE AREA PROPERTIES GOING FORWARD, WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS.

SO THERE'S THE CURRENT ZONING TODAY, WHAT THEY HAVE TODAY, UH, IF THERE WAS NO CHANGE AND BUSTED THE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA OR ZONE CS OR PUD, OR THEY HAVE L ZONING.

UM, AND SO THEY CAN ALWAYS REDEVELOP UNDER THEIR CURRENT ENTITLEMENTS.

AND IT WOULD MEAN THAT WE COULD GET COMMUNITY BENEFITS IF THEY USE VMU, UM, OR POSSIBLY VMU TOO, WHICH HAS PASSED RECENTLY.

MOST OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA CAN REACH THEIR MAXIMUM HEIGHT UNDER BMU TOO, SO THAT WE COULD GET COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WAY.

UM, BUT IF THEY DID THAT, THAT OF COURSE WOULD BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, UM, WITH, WITH NO DISCRETION INVOLVED, UM, THERE COULD BE PUD OR OTHER ZONING CHANGES, SO THEY CAN ALWAYS APPLY FOR A NEW ZONING CHANGE.

AND OBVIOUSLY, AS, AS YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE HAD PUDS COME IN IN THE AREA.

UM, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A HEAVILY NEGOTIATED PROCESS.

YOU DO GET COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UM, OUT OF THAT, UM, IT'S BUT THAT'S HEAVILY NEGOTIATED AND IS OF COURSE DISCRETIONARY, IF YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT ON TUESDAY, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU APPLIED CBD ZONING, JUST,

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UM, AND YOU COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT.

YOU COULD DO THAT WITH THE ADDITION OF DOWNTOWN SOMETHING LIKE THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, IF YOU WANTED TO.

UM, AND DEPENDING ON HOW YOU DO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD GET ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS, UM, IN RETURN FOR ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

BUT ONCE YOU PUT THAT IN PLACE, IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S NEW ZONING, THAT'S PUT IN PLACE AND WE TREAT IT THE WAY WE DO DOWNTOWN, IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.

SO DOWNTOWN, UM, CURRENTLY DOES COME BACK TO YOU SOMETIMES IF THEY HIT THEIR HEIGHT OR FAR CAPS AND THEY NEED TO GO OVER THAT.

BUT THAT'S, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A PARTICULARLY COMMON THING, MAYBE MORE COMMON THESE DAYS, BUT THAT'S LARGELY ADMINISTRATIVE.

AND THEN THE REGULATING PLAN, UM, WE'RE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IMAGINING NO CHANGE TO THE BASE ZONING.

SO AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S AN OPT-IN THING THAT IS EFFECTIVELY AN OVERLAY THAT SITS ON TOP OF THE CURRENT ENTITLEMENTS.

REDEVELOPMENT CAN OCCUR UNDER CURRENT ENTITLEMENTS, OR THEY CAN OPT IN TO THE REGULATING PLAN.

AND IF THEY DO, THEN YOU GET THE ENHANCED ENTITLEMENTS FOR THE PROPERTY IN RETURN FOR THE ENHANCED COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

AND THAT WOULD BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS.

WE'RE IMAGINING THAT THAT WOULD BE ADMINISTRATIVE SO THAT IF THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PLAN, THEN THAT THEN THEY'RE GRANTED, UH, THE ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS.

AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES AT THIS POINT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL KIMMEL LAVARUS DEPUTY CFO.

UM, ON TUESDAY THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS AND SOME QUESTIONS, UH, POSED THAT ILLUSTRATED, UH, A DESIRE FOR THERE TO BE SOME CLARITY ON SOME OF THE BASICS AROUND UTTERS.

SO WE PULLED IN SOME OF THE SLIDES, UM, THEY, THAT MIGHT LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU.

UM, FIRST SOME OF THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR TOURS.

SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU NEED TO VERIFY CLEAR AND SIGNIFICANT, BUT FOUR CRITERIA.

AND SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS SAYS IS, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT OCCUR ON ITS OWN.

UM, THE TEXAS, UH, TAX CODE IS SPECIFIC ON THAT KIND OF CRITERIA, INCLUDES THINGS SUCH AS THE PRESENT CONDITIONS, SUBSTANTIALLY IMPAIRS GROWTH OR SUBSTANDARD OR TEARY DETERIORATING STRUCTURES, INADEQUATE SIDEWALKS, OR STREET LAYOUT, UM, AND UNSANITARY, UNSANITARY, OR UNSAFE CONDITIONS.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE EXHAUSTIVE LIST IS JUST A SELECTION OF ITEMS. UM, AND THEN ONCE YOU DO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS IN A TOURS, UH, AND, OR YOU'VE PAID OFF ALL OF THE DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, THE TERMS ENDS.

AND AT THAT POINT, THE PROPERTY TAX, THAT INCREMENT THAT WAS BEING SET ASIDE FOR THE PROJECTS IN THAT ZONE, THEN RETURNS TO THE SORT OF THE GENERAL FUND FIRST FOR GENERAL PURPOSES.

SO NEXT SLIDE, THIS IMAGE GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF, BUT FOR VALUE GROWTH, UH, IN THE, THE PRESENTATION ON TUESDAY, I HAD SEVERAL SCENARIOS WHERE THERE WAS A PERCENTAGE OR CONTRIBUTED CONTRIBUTIONS PERCENTAGE, UH, RELATIVE TO THE, BUT FOR VALUE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS, THIS GRAPH, THERE'S THE BLUE SECTION, WHICH IS THE BASELINE TAXABLE VALUE.

SO WHEN COUNCIL TOOK ACTION IN DECEMBER OF 2021, UM, TO INITIALLY ADOPT THE TOURERS, THEY SET THE BASELINE PROPERTY VALUE, WHICH ARE TAXABLE VALUE FOR THE ZONE AROUND $825 MILLION.

SO THEN ANY PROPERTY TAX OR TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH BEYOND THAT 825 IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE INCREMENT NOW IN PREVIEW, IN SOME TOURS, AS WE HAVE DONE A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREMENT.

UM, BUT WITH THE, THE CURRENT FINANCIAL POLICIES, UM, IT IS, THERE'S ALSO A STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, TO GO WITH THE, BUT FOR VALUE ONLY IN ORDER TO HOLD THE GENERAL FUND HARMLESS.

SO THE, THE GROWTH THAT WOULD OCCUR OVER TIME WITH THE ZONE, THE PINK SECTION WOULD BE THAT GROWTH THAT IS HAPPENING ORGANICALLY, REGARDLESS OF ANY, UM, PUBLIC INTERVENTION WITHIN THE ZONE.

THE YELLOW IS THE GROWTH THAT IS OCCURRING BECAUSE OF PUBLIC INTERVENTION BECAUSE OF THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT WE MIGHT MAKE.

UM, AND SO YOU SAW THINGS LIKE I, 46 OR A 63%, UM, UH, VALUE ON THOSE SLIDES ON TUESDAY THAT WAS LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE EQUIVALENT OF THE YELLOW ZONE FOR THE, THE CALCULATIONS WE'VE DONE.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE AT THE END OF THE TOURS, THAT GREEN SECTION, THAT REVENUE, UM, UH, FLOWS BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.

VISION PLAN, FEASIBLE BASELINE.

WE ALSO HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WERE THE ASSUMPTIONS USED IN THE V DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR THE TOURS? THE FIRST WAS THE BASELINE SCENARIO.

SO THIS WAS BASED SPECIFICALLY ON THE 2016

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UM, IT'S A REDEVELOPMENT SCENARIO AND IT SHOWS WHAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE FEASIBLE, ASSUMING EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS GOVERN THAT REDEVELOPMENT.

AND THERE ISN'T ANY PUBLIC INVESTMENT BY THE CITY.

UM, AND THIS IS WHAT WE USE TO ESTABLISH THAT PROPORTIONAL SHARE OF GROWTH THAT HAPPENS REGARDLESS OF THE TOURS.

SO THE, THE COUNTER WAS SO AT 46% VERSUS 54% WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BASELINE.

AND IN THAT EIGHT TO ONE FIR ANALYSIS WHERE IT WAS 63% THAN 37% WOULD HAVE, WOULD BE THE, THE ORGANIC GROWTH, THE, THE NATURAL OCCURRING GROWTH, THE OTHER SCENARIO WE USE, BUT FOR THE, BUT FOR, UM, IS THE TEST SCENARIO THAT YOU WILL SEE IN, IN THE 2016 VISION PLAN.

UM, AND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE, CAN OCCUR IF THE CITY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNER TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN A SHARED INVESTMENT.

UM, IT ALSO ASSUMES A HIGHER DENSITY, UH, WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

SO SOMETHING ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS JUST HOW ARE THE NUMBERS CALCULATED OR SPECIFICALLY FOR EACH OF THOSE SCENARIOS? UM, IT'S BASED ON THE S THE POTENTIAL SQUARE FEET OF, OF DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT BE RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, UM, IN THE FEASIBLE BASELINE, WHICH IS THAT BASELINE SCENARIO, IT ASSUMES FOUR AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET ADDITIONAL.

AND THEN FOR THAT TEST SCENARIO, IT ASSUMES 8.5 MILLION.

NOW THAT, THAT, THAT 8.5 ASSUMES OBVIOUSLY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT BEYOND THAT BASELINE.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE THE TIMING OF THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO WOULD ALSO INFORM THE TIMING OF ANY DEBT ISSUANCES THAT WOULD BE DONE IN THE TOURS.

SO, BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE TIME FOR NOT ONLY THE DEVELOPMENT TO COME TO LIFE, BUT ALSO FOR, UM, FOR THEIR REVENUE TO ACCUMULATE, UM, IT, THE ISSUANCE OF DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOURS WOULD LIKELY LAG BEHIND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, UM, BECAUSE WE NEED TO ALLOW FOR THE INCREMENTAL REVENUE TO COME TO A LEVEL SUFFICIENT TO MEET THOSE DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.

SO ON THE SLIDES ON TUESDAY, WHEN I WAS REFERENCING THAT THE DEBT CAPACITY WAS A CERTAIN NUMBER, BUT THAT WAS JUST A ROUGH ESTIMATE.

AND WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE OF TIMING OF WHEN WE WOULD ISSUE DEBT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SPEAKING TO IS BECAUSE OF WHEN DEVELOPMENT HITS THE GROUND.

AND THEN ALSO HOW THAT THE TOURIST REVENUE WOULD ACCUMULATE OVER TIME.

THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING WE'VE DONE SIMILAR, UM, IN THE MILITARY IS WE DID NOT ISSUE THE DEBT RIGHT OUT THE GATE.

WE HAD TO WAIT FOR IT TO BUILD GRADUALLY NEXT SLIDE.

THERE WERE ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT TURNER'S TERMINATION.

UH, SO IN ORDER TO TERMINATE A TERSE, THERE ACTUALLY HAS TO BE AN ORDINANCE THAT COUNCIL WOULD TAKE ACTION ON.

UM, AND THAT WAS IN THE ORDINANCE WHEN THE, UH, CHORES ESTABLISHED THERE'S A DESIGNATED DATE.

UM, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE AN ORDINANCE A COUNCIL WOULD TAKE ACTION ON AT THE END.

UM, EITHER WAY THAT TERMINATION DATE IS TYPICALLY WHEN PROJECT COSTS OR THE BONDS OR INTERESTS THE MODS AND OTHER POPULATIONS HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL.

SO IN THAT PRELIMINARY PROJECT PLAN, WE DID NOTE A TIMELINE, A TERMINATION TIMELINE RELATIVE TO, UH, THE, UH, PROJECT COSTS AND ANY DEBT AND THE COMPLETION OF ANY DEBT THAT WAS ISSUED.

SO W THERE WAS ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IS THE TAX RATE IMPACTED WHEN IT, HERS TERMINATES? WELL, WE CAN'T PROVIDE REALLY SPECIFIC NUMERICAL EXAMPLES BECAUSE THIS, THAT WOULD BE 20 YEARS OUT FROM NOW.

UM, WHAT WE CAN SAY IS THAT ONCE THE TR THE TOUR'S TERMINATES THAT VALUE WOULD RETURN TO THE CITY'S TAX ROLLS, UM, A THREE AND A HALF PERCENT CALCULATION WOULD NOW BE BASED ON A LARGER TAX BASE, WHICH WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN A SLIGHTLY LOWER PROPERTY TAX RATE, BUT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY ADJUSTMENT TO REVENUE THAT, UM, THE, THE REVENUE, THEN IT JUST GOES TO THE EXISTING CONSTRUCTION.

IT'S NOT IN THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

SO THE THREE AND A HALF PERCENT, UM, IS, IS, IS JUST, IT'S HANDLED DIFFERENT.

SO THERE'S NOT SOME WINDFALL OF REVENUE, UH, THAT COMES TO THE GENERAL FUND WHEN IT, HERS, UH, TERMINATES.

UM, SO AS A RESULT, YOU WOULD NOT SEE THAT BOOST, UM, IN NEW CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE ZONE.

NEXT SLIDE, WE ALSO RECEIVED SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT FINANCING TOOLS.

UH, FIRST THERE'S A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND WHAT PROGRESS OR EVALUATION HAS BEEN DONE.

UM, RIGHT NOW THE MAJORITY OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ARE INCLUDED IN THE DOWNTOWN PID.

THE COUNCIL RECENTLY TOOK ACTION ON, UM, THIS ISN'T A MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS PIT RIGHT NOW THAT BUDGET IS AROUND $13 MILLION PER YEAR, UH, WHERE THE PARCEL OWNERS ARE CONTRIBUTING AND AN ADDITIONAL TAX ON THEIR, ON THEIR PROPERTIES TO SUPPORT THE PURPOSES OF THAT, THAT MNO PIT.

UM, WE CANNOT CREATE A SECOND, UH, MNO PID ON TOP OF THAT ONE, UNLESS THERE ARE VERY CLEAR AND DIFFERING SCOPES OF WORK

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RIGHT NOW, THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT THE DA HAS FOR THE EXISTING DOWNTOWN PYD DOES NOT INCLUDE, UM, ASPECTS OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION PLAN, UM, AND ITS WORK NOW A DEVELOPMENT PYD WOULD BE ALLOWABLE.

UM, AND THAT COULD BE THAT A DEVELOPMENT PERIOD IS VERY TYPICAL WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN VARIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN INITIATE.

THE PARCEL OWNERS WOULD HAVE TO INITIATE, AND IT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL TAX THAT THEY PAY ON THEIR PROPERTIES.

TO START HAVING PUBLIC COMMUNICATION ABOUT, UH, OUR, OUR CURRENT DRAFT OF THE REGULATING PLAN.

UH, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT JUST FUNDS WITHIN THE, THE CITY'S OVERALL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

FUTURE ALLOCATIONS OF DEPARTMENT CAPITAL BUDGETS COULD BE TARGETED TOWARD PROJECTS IN THE AREA, BUT THEY, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS, WOULD BE LIMITED, UM, FOR AT LEAST THE NON ENTERPRISE TYPE OF DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE THE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEIR CAPITAL BUDGETS ARE RELIANT ON VOTER APPROVED BOND PROGRAMS. UM, AND ALSO THERE'S THE CONTRACTS WITH THE VOTERS THAT, THAT MAY EXIST ALREADY.

UM, IN ADDITION, PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, IF IN TERMS OF UTILITY CONNECTIONS, ANY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS WE MAKE IN THE ZONE TO, UM, SUCH AS LIKE UP-SIZING LINES FOR CHANGING CAPACITY, THINGS LIKE THAT, OR, UM, THE IN ORDER TO CONNECT TO THEM.

AND THEN ALSO IF A PARTICULAR PARCEL OWNER NEEDS TO SPECIFICALLY UPSIZE A LINE FOR THEIR NEEDS BEYOND ANYTHING WE'RE ALREADY DOING, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BEAR THAT COST THAT WAS, WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN, IN OUR CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND FINALLY, AN ADDITIONAL OPTION WOULD JUST BE SIMPLY, UM, FUTURE VOTER APPROVED BOND PROGRAMS. UM, OTHER TOOLS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT WERE PARKING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND TRANSFER DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS IN DISCUSSION WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

UM, THOSE HAVE NOT PROVEN SUCCESSFULLY LOCALLY, WELL, WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THEM, BUT PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS AT THOSE APPROACHES HAVE, HAVE NOT PROVEN SUCCESSFUL.

UM, AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR OTHER TOURS AS IN THE AREA.

UM, SO FIRST THERE'S THE MILLER, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 700 ACRES, UH, CITY OWNED LAND.

THERE'S $50 MILLION THAT ARE COMING FROM THE TOURS, UM, TO BACK THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.

UM, THE DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE, UM, WITH THAT FUNDING IS THROUGH, UH, BACKED BY SALES TAX AND BY PROPERTY TAX REVENUES, THEY ARE ACTUALLY CONTRACT REVENUE, BONDS.

UM, THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF BOND THAN WHAT WE WOULD BE ISSUING HERE.

UM, IN THE CASE OF, UH, THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT TOURS, WHERE WE WOULD BE ISSUING, UM, UH, GENERAL OBLIGATION BACKED BY THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE CITY, UH, TYPE A BOND, UM, THERE'S SIGNIFICANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THAT TERM.

UM, BUT IT'S, AND IT'S SUPPORTED BY BOTH MARKET RATE HOUSING AS WELL.

IT HAS RECEIVED GAP FINANCING FROM THE HFC.

THERE'S ALSO WALLER CREEK, UH, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED IN 2008, BUT HAS BEEN AMENDED TWO TIMES SINCE THEN.

IT'S FIRST PRIORITY WAS THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALNUT CREEK TUNNEL AND THE RELATED COMPONENTS IN THE MOST RECENT AMENDMENT.

IT ALLOWED FOR THE FUNDING NECESSARY FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT WE KNOW IS THE CHAIN OF PARKS IN THE WATERLOO GREENWAY, AND THEN ALSO THEIR SECOND STREET.

THIS IS A DEFINED DOLLAR AMOUNT CONTRIBUTION.

IT'S NOT AN INCREMENT.

UM, LIKE YOU SEE IN WALLER CREEK AND, AND MILLER, IT IS A $100,000 FLAT FEE ANNUALLY, WHICH SUPPORTS MAINTENANCE OF SECOND STREETS.

THINGS LIKE POWER WASHING, PEST CONTROL, ALL OF THE DECORATIVE LIGHTS, UM, AND THAT YOU SEE AROUND HERE.

SO AT THIS POINT WE CAN OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION, AND I WILL ACTUALLY PASS IT TO ROSIE FIRST.

AND I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT AS REQUESTED, WE HAVE THE CHAIR OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD.

SO I'M WELL FRANCO, AND I'M THE CEO OF THE AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THAT HAS ALVAREZ HERE IN CHAMBERS TODAY.

IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

GREAT, THANK YOU.

UH, THEN LET ME, LET ME START OFF IS FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, AS YOU ARE MEETING WITH THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UH, FOLKS, AND AS YOU ARE MEETING WITH A REGULATING PLAN FOLKS, IS THERE ANY KIND OF DIRECTION OR SEDIMENT COMING FROM COUNCIL THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO HAVE I FROM THE CONVERSATION, UH, ON TUESDAY AND WHAT'S CARRIED FORWARD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS? I THINK THERE'S IS SOME INTEREST FROM, I THINK SOME MEMBERS OF THE DIAS TO MAYBE CHANGE THE APPROACH THAT WE'RE TAKING ON THE REGULATING PLAN TO MAYBE CONSIDER AN ALTERNATIVE, LIKE WHAT, UM, MR. DUTTON PRESENTED WITH RESPECT TO MAYBE CHANGING THE BASE ZONING TO JUST CBD OR SOME OTHER DIFFERENT KIND OF MECHANISM THAN WHAT IS TRADITIONALLY ENVISIONED.

WHEN WE STARTED OUT WITH THE 2016 PLAN, IF THAT IS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED TO GET SOME DIRECTION TO STAFF SO THAT WE CAN START WORKING ON THAT.

UM, AS MR DUTTON ALLUDED, WE ARE READY

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BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT IT'S NOT QUITE WHAT COUNCIL HAS ENVISIONED RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON CHANGING THAT AND MODIFYING THAT TO GET IT INTO A BETTER SHAPE FOR, UH, FOR WHAT COUNCIL DESIRES BEFORE WE START HAVING PUBLIC CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE ANY CONFUSION.

UH, SO ANY DIRECTION ABOUT THAT, UM, WOULD BE HELPFUL.

UH, WE ARE SCHEDULED TO START HAVING PUBLIC COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE REGULATING PLAN ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 19TH.

AND SO, UM, THAT'S THE TIMEFRAME WE'RE CURRENTLY ON.

SO I, FOR ONE, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE GUIDANCE ON HOW TO BE HELPFUL.

I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT IN THE VISION PLAN THAT, THAT I THINK IS, IS WONDERFUL.

UH, AND, AND SO I'M NOT SURE I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT IS OF ALSO SAYING WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE PART OF THE VISION PLAN, THERE'S THIS OTHER ELEMENT THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

SO I WANT TO RETURN TO THAT QUESTION MAYBE AT THE END OF THIS, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF DIRECTION OR ASSISTANCE.

CAUSE I, THERE MAY BE MORE THINGS TO TAKE A LOOK AT, BUT I'M NOT SURE OF THE, IS IN A POSITION TO, TO DECIDE ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF A FINAL DIRECTION, JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WE KNOW ENOUGH TO DO THAT YET.

ENTITLED BASED ON THE TRE VOTE, WE HAD ABOUT 20% OF OUR REVENUE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE GOES TOWARD ATP.

AND WE HAVE TIME, UM, TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT EVEN DIRECTION THAT JUST ALLOWS, YOU KNOW, FOR ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND UPDATING OF MORE OF THE ECONOMIC METRICS ASSOCIATED, BECAUSE THINGS ARE QUITE DIFFERENT IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL AREA NOW THAN WHEN WE DID THE VISION PLAN IN 2016.

UH, SO WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP ON THAT, BUT THOSE ARE FACTORS THAT ARE AFFECTING OUR, OUR WORK.

SO LET ME ASK HER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TO THAT.

AND, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE, TO THE, TO THE DISTRICT, YOU BEGAN BY TAKING US BACK THROUGH THE VISION PLAN AND WHAT WAS KNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE VISION PLAN, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 15 TRACKS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS TIPPING TRACKS AT THE TIME THAT THAT WORK WAS DONE IN THE PRESENTATION YOU GAVE US ON TUESDAY, YOU SAID THE CONSULTANT NOW LOOKING AT THE AREA SAYS THERE ARE PROBABLY A LOT MORE TIPPING TRACKS THAN JUST THOSE 15 NOW.

SO AN ANALYSIS THAT BEGAN WITH SAYING, OKAY, LET'S COME UP TO A FUTURE.

HOW MANY TIPPING TRACKS DO WE HAVE NOW AND WHAT THOSE TIPPING TRACKS MIGHT BE, I WOULD IMAGINE WOULD, WOULD ALL POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE DEVELOPMENT DENSITY OR POTENTIAL THAT THE AREA MIGHT HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THAT.

MY UNDERSTANDING AS YOU PRESENTED BACK IN JULY, AND THEN AGAIN ON TUESDAY, UH, IS THAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT THE VISION PLAN WOULD LIKE TO HAVE US DO, THE MATH NOW INDICATES THAT WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE WOULD FINANCE THOSE THINGS.

IT NO LONGER LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY TO BE GENERATED FROM THE VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES.

THE EXACTIONS WE COULD GET THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO DO POTENTIAL TERMS, OR THERE JUST IS NOT, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, THERE'S A GAP AND IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT GAP.

SO I THINK THAT THAT FOR ME, TAKING A LOOK AT THAT GAP AND SEEING IF WE COULD HAVE A REGULATING PLAN THAT WOULD SOMEHOW HELP US, UM, UH, BRIDGE THAT GAP, I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ME.

WHAT NUMBER I WANT TO ASK ABOUT COLLEAGUES ASKED THE QUESTION ON THE Q AND A THAT GETS BURIED IN THE Q AND A RESPONSE CAUSE THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, BUT THEN I THINK IT WAS WORTH POINTING OUT IS UNDER THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE TERRORS.

JUST LOOKING AT WHAT WAS IN THE VISION PLAN, IT WAS GENERATING JUST OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN BONDABLE PROJECTS OR A BONDABLE VALUE, UH, WITH THE TERMS THAT ASSUME JUST AN, AN EIGHT TO ONE F A R ON SOME ADDITIONAL BUT LIMITED NUMBER OF TIPPING TRACKS, UH, JUST BY WAY OF ILLUSTRATION AND SCALING.

UH, NO BONUS, UH, ASSUMED IN THE DAY TO ONE, THE NUMBER OF BONDABLE DOLLARS WENT TO LIKE 207 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THERE WAS ALSO A NOTE ON THE PAGE THAT SAID THAT IT WAS ASSUMING THAT ATP WOULD GET A BIG CHUNK OF THE INCREMENTAL INCOME THAT ONLY AROSE BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT THAT WE WERE MAKING IN THE, IN THE CAPITAL.

UH, I SPOKE WITH THE ATP INTERIM DIRECTOR BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE AGREEMENT THAT WE ENTERED INTO KIND OF THE, THE BUYER, THE ILA OR THE JPA, OR ONE OF THOSE AGREEMENTS SAID THAT, UH, THE ATPS

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THAT WAS THE NINE AND A HALF PENNY, UH, ISSUE.

BUT IT ALSO HAD A PROVISION THAT SAID, IF YOU EVER DO A TERS AND YOU'RE GENERATING MORE MONEY ON TOP OF THAT, COME BACK TO ATP, CAUSE THEY CAN WAIVE CLAIM TO THAT 20% OF THAT INCREMENT.

SO I WENT TO MR CANALY AND I SAID, OBVIOUSLY, A DECISION FOR YOU TO MAKE A POSITION FOR THE ATP BOARD ULTIMATELY TO MAKE, BUT WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE OR YOUR BELIEF ON WHETHER OR NOT ATP WOULD BE ENTITLED TO THE 20%, NOT ON THE BASE, BUT ALSO ON THE INCREMENT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN UNLESS THE CITY INVESTS.

AND MR. KEN ALLIE SAID SO LONG AS YOU ARE TRUE TO THE, BUT FOR STANDARD.

UH, AND YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE AWAY TAXABLE VALUE THAT IS OTHERWISE OCCURRING.

HE SAID, I WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE THAT THE ATP WOULD LAY CLAIM TO THE INCREMENT, A NEW THAT ONLY COMES BECAUSE OF THE CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION.

SINCE OF COURSE, ATP, WOULDN'T BE PARTICIPATING WITH US IN HELPING TO FUND THAT CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION.

SO I ASKED THE QUESTION IN THE Q AND A, IF YOU DIDN'T ASSUME THAT ATP WAS GOING TO TAKE ITS 20% ON THAT, HOW MUCH THEN THAT WOULD UTTERS, UH, WOULD GO UP ABOVE THE 2 0 7.

AND I THINK THAT THE ANSWER THAT WE GOT BACK, UH, IN THE, UH, UH, Q AND A WAS THAT IT WAS LIKE $247 MILLION, ALMOST $250 MILLION MIGHT BE GENERATED.

AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT COSTS THAT BACK THEN WERE 270, HE GETS CLOSE TO THAT WITH THE ESCALATION THREE 30, WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE IN THIS PRESENTATION THAT ENABLES US TO, IF WE WERE RIGHT TO DO IT TO HERS, TO REALLY GET A BIG BITE OUT OF WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THE STREET NETWORK AND THE MOBILITY, THE DISTRICT COOLING, THE, THE OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WE WILL, THAT WE WANTED, UH, IN THAT, IN THAT AREA.

SO FOR ME, TAKING A LOOK AT A REGULATING PLAN THAT MIGHT ENABLE US TO REALIZE THAT AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT TRADE OFFS, IF ANY, ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

UH I'M OKAY WITH MOVING GREATER HEIGHT.

I'M OKAY WITH MOVING EIGHT ONE THERE I'M OKAY WITH LOOKING AT DENSITY BONUSES.

LIKE WE HAD TO HAVE THAT I'M OKAY WITH LOOKING AT WHAT WE DID IN RAINY STREET TO SEE WHERE WE COULD HAVE THERE.

CAUSE I'M NOT SURE WE'RE EVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THAT AREA THAT WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE.

AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT 20 YEARS FROM NOW, 30 YEARS FROM NOW, WE'RE GOING TO WANT THAT AREA TO BE WALKABLE AND DENSE THE WAY OUR DOWNTOWN CURRENTLY IS.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE DESIGN QUESTION BECAUSE THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT TAPERING OFF AS YOU GET TO THE, TO THE, TO THE, TO THE LAKE AND THE LIKE THERE OR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS THAT I THINK ARE STILL WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT.

BUT FOR, FOR, FOR ME, IF I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE REGULATING PLAN, I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD SUPPORT HAVING A BONUS PROGRAM AKIN TO THE DOWNTOWN OR THE RAINY STREET ISSUE THAT WE WOULD HAVE ENTITLEMENTS THAT ENSURE WE MAXIMIZE POTENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT ALSO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, AND THE OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT THE DISTRICT COULD BRING, INCLUDING THE VISION PLAN THAT THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, IT HAS SO MUCH POTENTIAL WITH T TWO RAIL LINES THAT, THAT COME TO, UH, THIS, THIS AREA.

AND I JUST DON'T WANT US TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP IT THE WAY WE WOULD WANT TO, BECAUSE ONCE IT DEVELOPS OUT IT'S OVER, I MEAN, THAT'LL BE THAT WAY KIND OF, KIND OF INDEFINITELY COLLEAGUES.

IT'S MY INTENT TO, TO PUT IT IFC OUT FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO COLLECTIVELY TAKE ACTION, WHICH IS WHAT I UNDERSTOOD MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

WE MEET ON THE 15TH, YOU MEET WITH THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT BOARD ON THE 19TH.

UH, SO THEY CAN TEE UP THAT CONVERSATION SO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE MORE DIRECTION NOT TO DECIDE OF COURSE, CAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE, BUT FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SAY, AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, I THINK YOU NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THESE OTHER THINGS TOO, SO THAT, UH, A FUTURE COUNCIL CAN, CAN, CAN, CAN WEIGH THOSE, UH, THOSE, UH, THOSE PROS AND CON AND, AND, AND TO, AND TO DO THAT, UH, UH, CASPER, BAYLOR, AND THEN COUNSELOR TOVA.

UH, DO YOU WANT A SECOND THOSE COMMENTS MAYOR? I IT'S A VERY AMBITIOUS PLAN, BOTH THE, I GUESS THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AS A WHOLE, EVEN IN 2016, I THINK IT WAS AN AMBITIOUS NOW I THINK WE WERE SEEING IT KIND OF GO TO ANOTHER

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LEVEL, BUT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND THE VISION FOR THE AREA AND THE MONEY THAT IT WILL TAKE TO REALIZE THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS TO ME REALLY REQUIRES, UH, ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS, ADDITIONAL HEIGHT.

UH, IN PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING IN THE TRANSIT, THAT'S GOING TO GO RIGHT THROUGH THERE.

UM, THERE'S ALREADY A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF HEIGHT THERE.

I MEAN THE EMBASSY, YOU KNOW, THE HYATT REGENCY OF THE SNOOPY POD BUILDING, UH, AGAIN, THOSE PREDATE ANY OF THE OTHER INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

BUT TO ME, I, YOU MENTIONED RAINY AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A GUY THERE AND THE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, THAT THOSE, YOU KNOW, 30 STORY TOWERS, THOSE HUGE PROPERTY TAX CHECKS THAT THEY WRITE THE CITY.

UH, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US RUNNING AND KEEPS US ROLLING.

SO, UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO REALIZE THAT LEVEL OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WE WANT TO GET, I JUST DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN, UH, AVOID GIVING IT THE LEVEL OF DENSITY SIMILAR.

AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, TO, UH, TO A RAINY OR TO A DOWNTOWN TYPE ENVIRONMENT HAS ALREADY TOVA.

YEAH, I HAVE, I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF THAT I HOPE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO.

I DON'T GUESS WE'LL GET TO THEM ALL TONIGHT.

SO I HOPE WE'LL SCHEDULE THIS FOR OUR NEXT WORK SESSION AS WELL, BUT MAYOR I'M NOT, I'M JUST NOT REALLY SURE WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE REGULATING PLAN.

I GUESS, WHERE, WHERE I AM ON THIS IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS DELAYED IN MOVING FORWARD WITH A REGULATING PLAN.

AND I REALLY WANT THE ABILITY FOR OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THE PUBLIC THAT HAS INVESTED LOTS OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER TIME TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON IT BEFORE, BEFORE WE GIVE THEM KIND OF A NEW DIRECTION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE SUGGESTING BECAUSE YOU SAID I'M NOT REALLY CLEAR ON WHAT YOU ARE SUGGESTING, BUT COULD WE, I MEAN, IT'D BE SUPER HARD TO WEIGH IN ON, ON CHANGING ON CHANGING THE FRAMEWORK BEFORE WE SEE THE FRAMEWORK, HERE'S MY CONCERN.

AND MAYBE YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW TO HAVE TO DO IT.

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR STAFF, OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE HARD WORKERS SPEND A LOT MORE TIME ON A, ON A REGULATING PLAN THAT DELIVERS US A DISTRICT THAT'S NOT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE.

AND IF OUR ANSWER, WHEN THEY BRING IT TO US IS GOING TO BE, YOU SHOULD'VE HAD A LOT MORE HEIGHT IN HERE.

YOU SHOULD'VE HAD A LOT MORE DENSITY IN HERE.

YOU SHOULD HAVE GIVEN US A REGULATING PLAN THAT HAD THE CAPACITY TO GENERATE ENOUGH, UH, UH, UH, INCOME AND MONEY SO THAT WE COULD GET MUCH GREATER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY OR DEPTHS OF AFFORDABILITY.

I DON'T WANT THEM TO THEN SAY, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHY DID YOU JUST HAVE US DO ALL THIS WORK? SO, SO SINCE I'M PRETTY SURE THAT FOR ME, THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO WANT WHEN IT COMES BACK.

I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS FOR ME, I DON'T WANT, I W I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING THE REGULATING PLAYGROUP CAN'T FOCUS ON WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT AND WHAT THE ASPECTS OF THE VISION PLAN ARE, BUT THEY NEED TO KNOW AS THEY'RE DOING THEIR WORK AND STAFF NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WHAT I'M GOING TO WORK TO ALSO SEE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TRADE OFFS ARE, BUT I WANT THEM TO ALSO SEE A SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN THAT'S ACTUALLY FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE.

AND I THINK WE ADD A FAIRNESS BEFORE EVERYBODY SPENDS MORE TIME AND MORE WORK.

THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER OF US, IF NOT A MAJORITY OF US ON THE COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO SEE OUT OF ANY WORK.

THAT'S MY CONCERN.

SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE REGULATING PLAN WORK WOULD BASICALLY STOP AND, AND BE REDONE? OR HOW DOES THAT FOLD? HOW DOES THAT FOLD INTO THE EXISTING PROCESS? IS IT AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE, TO THIS? I MEAN, AN AND I MEAN, THERE'S JUST A LOT TO UNPACK HERE BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA, YOU MENTIONED THE HYATT, I MEAN, THE, THE TOWN LAKE CORRIDOR STUDY, AND SOME OF THE OTHER WORK THAT GREW INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT WAS A RESPONSE TO THE HYATT AND THE WAY IN WHICH THAT DEVELOPED AND, YOU KNOW, BLOCKED VIEWS AND REALLY CREATED A SPACE THAT WAS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE ON OUR WATERFRONT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I I'VE, I AM INTERESTED IN SEEING US MOVE FORWARD WITH A REGULATING PLAN THAT REALLY ACHIEVES THE VISION OF, OF HAVING DENSITY AND HEIGHT BEYOND WHAT, WHAT IS CURRENTLY ENTITLED, BUT ALSO PROTECTS FOR THOSE PUBLIC SPACES AND CREATES, YOU KNOW, AND NOW, I MEAN, IT'S, SO I, I THINK I WOULD NEED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND FROM THE STAFF, DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD A REGULATING PLAN THAT IS ULTIMATELY NOT FEASIBLE FINANCIALLY BECAUSE THIS WAS YEARS IN THE PROCESS.

AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOTTEN THAT MESSAGE SUPER CLEARLY BEFORE TONIGHT, IF, IF THAT'S REALLY

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THE CASE.

AND I DO WANT TO GO BACK AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE PLAN, LIKE THE TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WERE, WERE TO HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE FIRST YEAR, THE WORK, THE WAY THAT THE PLAN THAT THE DRAFT REGULATING PLAN IS CURRENTLY STRUCTURED.

IT, WE ARE, WE MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT SHOULD BE MARKET FEASIBLE SO THAT IT'S ACHIEVABLE WITHOUT ANY EXTERNAL FUNDING SOURCES, JUST BECAUSE THOSE THINGS CAN BE AN UNKNOWN.

TYPICALLY WHEN WE WRITE OUR REGULATIONS, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S HOW WE DO IT.

WHEN WE DO A BONUS PROGRAM, IT'S NOT DEPENDENT, UH, ON A TOURIST.

I MEAN, THIS IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION, BUT THAT'S CURRENTLY HOW IT'S DRAFTED.

IF WE GOT DIRECTION THAT IT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED TO, UM, TO REALLY DELIVER EVERYTHING THAT THE VISION IMAGINES.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY A HUNDRED PERCENT POSSIBLE OR NOT.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW THAT YET.

THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO REVISE IT.

UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY DO SOME OF THE UPDATING THAT THE MAYOR SUGGESTING ABOUT MAYBE MAKING IT A MORE INTENSE CBD, LIKE, UM, TO, TO ACHIEVE MORE OF THE THINGS IN THE VISION PLAN.

AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING AS STRAIGHTFORWARD AS PUSHING UP THE LEVEL OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, A DEEPER LEVEL.

IT COULD BE ACHIEVED IF, IF WE MADE THAT CHANGE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CHANGES TO THE DOCUMENT WOULD ENTAIL.

I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE THAT SIGNIFICANT, BUT I THINK IT'S MORE LIKE THE, THE ANALYSIS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO WHAT WOULD TAKE TIME.

AND I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT MAYBE ONE APPROACH IS TO LET THE STAFF MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REGULATING PLAN, TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS AND GET IT INTO PLACE WHILE ALSO INITIATING AN ANALYSIS OF SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS, BECAUSE, UM, YOU AND I HAVE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE REGULATION, WITH THE REGULATORY PLAN, AND THEN THERE NEEDED TO BE AN UPDATE OF THE ANALYSIS, AND THEN WE WERE MOVING FORWARD AGAIN, AND THEN IT HAD TO BE UPDATED AGAIN.

I MEAN, WE'VE JUST, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN UPDATING AND UPDATING AND UPDATING, AND AT SOME POINT WE JUST NEED TO GET SOME OF THIS IN PLACE AND HAVE IT BE MORE ITERATIVE.

BUT, UM, I AM CONCERNED THAT, THAT WE SHOULD JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REGULATING PLAN AND WORK, TO WORK, TO THINK ABOUT OTHER ELEMENTS, BECAUSE THERE WILL, THERE WILL NEED TO BE, AS I SAID ON TUESDAY, THERE WILL NEED TO BE PRETTY EXTENSIVE PUBLIC FEEDBACK, I THINK, AS THERE HAS BEEN AT OTHER OTHER TIMES.

UM, AND AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, I HOPE YOU CAN COME BACK TO ME FOR THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION.

UM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CURRENTLY.

SO, UM, CAUSE I'M JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING.

UM, I AM INTERESTED IN THE IDEA OF, OF, UM, UNDERSTANDING WHAT WOULD TAKE TO, TO FINANCIALLY ADDRESS ALL THE PIECES THAT WE WANT TO GET.

SO I'M INTERESTED IN THAT, BUT I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING, UH, THE DIFFERENCE HERE WHEN WE SAY A CBD TYPE VERSUS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IN, AM I IN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DIFFERENCE IS WHETHER OR NOT IT'S AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM, LIKE A BONUS INCENTIVE PROGRAM, AS OPPOSED TO A REGULATING PROGRAM THAT SETS THE REQUIREMENTS.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

I THINK WHAT WE'RE THINKING OF IS THAT IN THE VISION PLAN, YOU HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, PARCELS THAT COULD OPT IN AND THE INTENSITY OF THOSE PARCELS, UM, THERE WAS A RANGE OF LIKE A HUNDRED TO 400 FEET IN THE 2016 PLAN.

UM, AND, UH, THERE WAS IMAGINED TO BE, YOU KNOW, MIXED USE AND, AND, UH, MORE FAR, BUT IT WAS NOT, I MEAN, LOOKING AT THAT PLAN, IT WAS NOT REALLY AT THE LEVEL OF INTENSITY WHERE WE SEE DOWNTOWN TODAY WAS KIND OF AN IN-BETWEEN.

I'M NOT ASKING ABOUT WHAT'S THE COMPONENTS OF THE PANT PLAN ARE I'M ASKING ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PLAN, THAT'S AN OPT-IN OR IF IT'S A PLAN THAT SETS THE SETS, THE BASE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT AREA.

TH THAT, I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO COUNCIL TO LET US KNOW, UM, BECAUSE YOU, WHAT YOU, YOU COULD DO DIFFERENT THINGS.

I MEAN, YOU COULD ACTUALLY CHANGE THE ZONING TO CBD, LIKE DOWNTOWN AND ADD AN ADDED DENSITY BONUS ON TOP OF THAT, YOU COULD ADD THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS EFFECTIVELY WITHOUT CHANGING THE BASE ZONING.

YEAH, YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT.

THERE'S NOTHING TO, THERE'S NOTHING TO PRECLUDE THAT.

SO CHANGING THE BASE ZONING IS ONE QUESTION, AND THEN WHAT KIND OF A BONUS COULD GO ON TOP OF THAT IS SORT OF THE OTHER QUESTION.

WELL, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT, CAUSE THIS IS JUST FUNDAL FUNDAMENTAL TO ME.

AND IT JUST, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING THIS AS CLOSELY, BUT, UM, I HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF A REGULATING PLAN AS BEING INCENTIVE BASED, UM, OR ARE OTHER REGULATING PLANS INCENTIVE-BASED I THOUGHT THEY WERE, THEY WERE SET REQUIREMENTS.

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AND CALLING THIS A REGULATING PLAN IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MISNOMER.

IT'S REALLY CLOSER TO AN OVERLAY.

IT'S JUST VERY CONFUSING BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXISTING WATERFRONT OVERLAKE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, AND CALLING THIS A WATERFRONT OVERLAY ON TOP OF A WATERFRONT OVERLAY IS VERY CONFUSING.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

MOST REGULATING PLANS ACTUALLY DO CHANGE THE BASE ZONING LIKE OUR EAST RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR, FOR INSTANCE.

AND, AND THEY HAVE A WHOLE SUITE OF CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

BUT WITHIN THOSE PLANS, THEY ALSO HAVE DENSITY BONUSES INSIDE OF THOSE REGULATING PLANS.

I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, AND I THINK Y'ALL HAVE BEEN MENTIONING THIS TONIGHT, THAT THE VISION PLAN, UM, AS GREG RIGHTLY MENTIONED IS JUST THAT IT'S A VISION IT'S NOT CODIFIED ANYWHERE.

AND THE REASON I ASKED THAT IS THAT I HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT TO ME.

AND THIS IS JUST BASIC, YOU KNOW, THE, IF WE'RE GOING TO SET A PLAN FOR AN AREA, WE NEED A PATH TO ACTION TO MAKE SURE THAT PLAN ACTUALLY GETS IMPLEMENTED IN AND, UM, AS ENVISIONED.

AND IF WE DON'T REQUIRE IT, THEN PARTICULARLY IN, IN A CASE LIKE THIS, WHERE THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PARCELS THAT ARE OWNED DIFFERENTLY, WE, WE JUST DON'T HAVE A PATH NECESSARILY TO ENSURING THAT THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF IT THAT WE WANT TO SEE ACROSS THE DISTRICT OCCUR.

I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE HOUSING YESTERDAY.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T HAVE A PAT OR NOT YESTERDAY, WHENEVER IT WAS, IF WE DON'T HAVE A PATH TO UNDERSTANDING, UM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS THE WHOLE DISTRICT, THEN DOING IT PARCEL BY PARCEL, JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

AND I'M A BIT CONCERNED THAT JUST CREATING IT, CREATE, UH, TREATING IT AS AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM IS NOT GOING TO GET US THERE.

NOW, IF WE, WE COULD MAYBE DO THAT, IF WE MAKE SURE THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THAT, LIKE THROUGH A TERS OR WHATEVER, THEN WE MIGHT BE, SHOULD BE MORE ASSURED THAT THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

BUT I'M NERVOUS ABOUT AND CONCERNED ABOUT JUST SAYING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, THERE WAS A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE EXPECTED ACROSS THE DISTRICT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PATH FOR MAKING SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.

SO, UM, SO THAT'S WHAT, AND THE RELATED QUESTION TO THAT, I WAS LOOKING AT THE DRAFT REGULATING PLAN FROM MAY OF 2018.

SO THIS JUST CONTINUING SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE HISTORICALLY, AND BOY, I TELL YOU THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH WORK BY SO MANY PEOPLE ON THIS.

THERE ARE 17 TRACKS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE DISTRICT AND ONLY TWO OF THE 17 TRACKS HAVE BUILDING HEIGHTS HIGHER THAN 200 FEET, ONLY TWO.

AND IN FACT, FIVE OF THEM ARE AT A HUNDRED FEET, 110 FEET OR LESS.

AND, AND I'M LOOKING AT THAT THINKING, GOSH, I DON'T WANT FOR ME, I WOULDN'T WANT A GROUP SPENDING A LOT MORE TIME ON A REGULATING PLAN THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT.

OR IF THERE WAS A REASON TO DO THAT FINE, BUT I WOULD ALSO WANT THEM TO LOOK BACK AT WHAT I'M 95% SURE I WOULD WANT TO SEE, WHICH IS WAY MORE SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER HEIGHTS BUILT INTO THE PLAN THEN THAT, AND, AND I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

THE, THE, THE INTEREST THAT I HAVE IS, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PLAN THAT SHOWS US HOW WE CAN GET TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS THE DISTRICT, WHATEVER THAT IS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT I AGREE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OF WHAT THIS THANK YOU.

THIS CONVERSATION HAS BEEN SUPER INSIGHTFUL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR POINTING OUT WHAT WHAT'S IN THE DRAFT REGULATING PLAN.

I THINK THAT, TO ME, JUST FURTHER ILLUSTRATES THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN.

UM, I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, AN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER HERE WITH US TODAY THAT I WANTED TO SEE IF HE COULD JOIN US TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE ADVISORY BOARD, UM, HAS WORKED ON AND JUST GENERAL COMMENTS, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN, AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS AS A COUNCIL AND WANTED TO HEAR, UH, FROM OUR ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER TO GET A SENSE OF HIS THOUGHTS ON, ON, ON WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING ON WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE REGULATING PLAN, UM, W HOW THAT WOULD BE, AND REALLY JUST ANY GENERAL COMMENTS ON, UH, ON WHAT YOU THINK, UM, WE'RE AT, AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS.

THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT.

THAT LAST PART MIGHT TAKE A WHILE, BUT, UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS SOMEONE FRANCO.

I SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT THREE ON THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION.

I ALSO SERVE AS ON THE DESIGN COMMISSION AND THROUGH MY WORK ON THE DESIGN COMMISSION, I SERVE AS THE LIAISON TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD OF WHICH I'VE BEEN ON THAT BOARD FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.

UM, I'M CURRENTLY THE CHAIR OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD, UM, TO, UH, TO GIVE A COUNCIL MEMBER POINT IS TO TRY TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION.

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UM, WHAT REALLY SETS THE TEETH IN TO GETTING ANYTHING DONE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA IS THE REGULATING PLAN.

AND SO THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION IS BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE CONFLATE THE TWO, UM, DIVISION FOR THAT FOR, FOR, FOR THE AREA IS A MUCH, YOU KNOW, IN THE PLAN IT'S BASICALLY FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, IT'S JUST A MUCH MORE DENSELY BUILT ENVIRONMENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE THERE CURRENTLY.

BUT THE IMPORTANT THING, UM, IS THAT THERE'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM THOSE FROM THAT DENSELY BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

UH, AS GREG MENTIONED, THERE'S THE GREEN SPACE, THERE'S TRANSPORTATION, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT NEEDS, FOR MY OPINION, THERE'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, SO WITH REGARDS TO THE PLAN, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS, THIS IS FOR A COUNCIL TO DECIDE.

I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PORTION WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMUNITY.

UM, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING BEFORE I JOINED THE BOARD, THERE WAS STAKEHOLDERS THAT, THAT WEIGHED IN ON WHAT THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS WERE AND SHOULD BE.

UM, AND I THINK THOSE WERE PROBABLY HAS COUNCIL MEMBER VELA POINTED OUT VERY ROBUST AND VERY AMBITIOUS, EVEN FOR 2016 STANDARDS, LET ALONE NOW FOR 2022.

UM, BUT WITH REGARDS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT, RIGHT? WE'RE AT A CRITICAL TIME IN, UH, IN OUR CITY WHEN HOUSING MATTERS.

SO I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY TOUCH THE VISION OF THE PLAN BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALREADY LAID OUT.

I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT THE VISION IS THERE AS FAR AS COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, A DENT, MORE COMPACT, A DENSELY BUILT ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT'S THE REGULATING PLAN THAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON.

UM, AND MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE COMMENTS THAT YOU'VE MADE.

UM, WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A WHILE NOW, I'LL SAY AT LEAST FIVE YEARS, UH, FOR SOME SORT OF REGULATING PLAN, UM, AND IT'S FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE OVER THE PAST YEAR, THIS HAS BEEN A HOT, A VERY HOT TOPIC.

UM, I'M THANKFUL FOR Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP AND Y'ALL TAKING THIS UP AND I'M THANKFUL FOR STAFF'S TIME THAT IS PRESENTED TO Y'ALL TONIGHT.

UM, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE GET A REGULATING PLAN TO THIS COMMUNITY AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO POINTED OUT BEFORE US, BEFORE THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ADVISORY BOARD WAS HERE, THERE WAS COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND STAFF, UM, ALAN HALL TOO.

I HOPE SOMEDAY WE'LL GET A, UH, A STATUE BUILT IN HIS HONOR ON IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, WORKED ON THIS TIRELESSLY.

UM, AND THAT TIME NEEDS TO BE HONORED, NOT JUST OUR TIME THAT THE BOARD'S TIME, THE CURRENT BOARD, THE PREVIOUS BOARD'S TIME NEEDS TO BE HONORED STAFFS STAFF'S TIME.

THERE'S BEEN COUNTLESS HOURS PUT INTO THIS AND WORKED ON, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE FINALLY GET TO SEE A REGULATING PLAN, BUT TO YOUR POINT IN MAYOR, I AGREE AND MIND YOU, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE BOARD HERE AS A WHOLE, BUT I DO AGREE THAT WHAT GOOD IS A PLAN IF IT'S NOT IMPLEMENTABLE.

UM, AND WE WOULD HAVE WASTED A LOT OF PEOPLE'S TIME IF WE COME FORWARD WITH SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T WORK IN THE FIRST PLACE.

SO SITTING BACK THERE, LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION, UM, I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE FOR STAFF AS WELL, I THINK WHAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO KNOW IN THIS COMMUNITY TO KNOW WE NEED CLEAR DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO SEE.

UM, AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT I'LL GIVE YOU SOME, SOME, SOME TIPS AND POINTERS FOR HOW I THINK Y'ALL SHOULD DO THAT.

UM, I THINK THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE ALREADY THERE, AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO INCREASE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, BY ALL MEANS, THAT'S COMPLETELY UP TO Y'ALL.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A, WE SHOULD LOOK INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASPECT OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THESE DOLLARS FROM THE TERRORS CAN, IF THE TERMS DOES GET PASSED, CAN BE USED TO HELP BUILD AND FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY, NOT JUST THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA, THAT IS THE TERROR.

SO THAT'S A NET BENEFIT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BUT WE KNOW ASSUMING Y'ALL DON'T CHANGE ANY OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, WE ALREADY KNOW THE COST OF THAT.

WE KNOW IT'S $277 MILLION, ACCORDING TO STAFFS, TO STAFF'S CALCULATIONS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE'S SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS OR SOME SORT OF DOLLARS TIED TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PORTION.

THAT'S UP TO Y'ALL TO DECIDE HOW WE MOVE FORWARD ON THAT, BUT THAT ANSWER'S ALREADY THERE.

AND JUST TO, YOU KNOW, THE ENGINEER IN ME IS THINKING FROM MATH AND EQUATIONS, THIS IS BASICALLY A PROBLEM OF TWO TIMES X EQUALS FOUR.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS SOLVE FOR X, RIGHT? WE KNOW TWO BEING THE, THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS, THE COST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COMMUNITY, BENEFITS X BEING WHAT WE NEED TO MULTIPLY AS FAR AS HOW

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WE BUILD WHAT WE BUILD THERE TO GET US TO SOLVE THAT T TO, TO THAT FOUR.

SO I WOULD SAY THE T TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS QUICKLY, I WOULD SAY, YEAH, I WOULD SAY, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT, TELL US, TELL STAFF AND TELL THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, ULTIMATELY HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH DOLLARS Y'ALL INTEND TO SPEND THERE IS THAT THE 277 MILLION, IF IT'S 350 MILLION, INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, JUST TELL US WHAT THAT ANSWER IS.

AND THEN WE CAN SOLVE, THERE'S A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT CAN SOLVE FOR THE AMOUNT OF DENSITY THAT WE NEED TO GET THAT TAX VALUE.

THAT'S ALL WE GOT TO DO.

AND I APOLOGIZE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE IN THE FRUSTRATION COMING OUT OF MY VOICE, BUT THIS IS SIX YEARS BUILT UP AND I'M TRYING TO BE AS NICE AS POSSIBLE.

YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I MEAN, YOUR COMMENTS HAVE BEEN SUPER HELPFUL FOR ME.

THANK YOU, CASPER POOL.

THANKS MAYOR.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS PART OF TOWN AND, AND I'VE MENTIONED IN A COUPLE OF EARLIER DISCUSSIONS, A NUMBER OF EARLIER DISCUSSIONS THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TREAT THIS PART OF TOWN AS DOWNTOWN AT THIS JUNCTURE.

AND THAT REFLECTS, UM, MY THINKING ABOUT THE DENSITY, THE USES AND THE ENTITLEMENTS.

AND I DO THINK THIS AREA IS RIGHT TO THE POINTS THAT YOU WERE MAKING MARY MAYOR.

THIS AREA IS RIPE FOR MORE ENTITLEMENTS, AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GAIN MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN THAT FRAME.

UM, AND IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING ON THE NORTH BURNET GATEWAY PART OF TOWN AND OUR SECOND DOWNTOWN.

ALTHOUGH I THINK THIS AREA, IF IT WEREN'T GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO DOWNTOWN MIGHT BE THE SECOND DOWNTOWN, BUT, BUT NORTHBOURNE AT GATEWAY.

WE REALLY NEEDED TO UPDATE THE ENTITLEMENTS IN A WAY THAT REFLECT HOW THE AREA IS DEVELOPING, AND WE ARE DOING THAT, AND THAT IS BRINGING US REALLY BIG BENEFITS.

SO JUST TO REITERATE WHAT I SAID IN SOME EARLIER DISCUSSIONS, I THINK WE TREAT THIS PART OF TOWN AS, AS DOWNTOWN AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT KIND OF AS OUR FRAME OF REFERENCE WITH REGARD TO DENSITY AND THE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT ENTITLEMENTS WOULD BRING.

THANK YOU, ALICE, I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF, CAUSE I KNOW THIS IS, UM, JUST A BRIEFING AND IT'S ALREADY GETTING INTO THE EVENING HOURS, BUT I ALSO AGREE, I THINK THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS A LOT OF WHAT I THINK ABOUT IN ALL OF OUR HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING AT HOW DO WE CREATE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES THAT ARE WALKABLE, BIKEABLE ACCESSIBLE TO PROJECT CONNECT.

AND FOR ME EVEN MARKET RATE HOUSING IS STILL A COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

AND I HAVE TO KEEP THAT AT THE FOREFRONT.

YES, WE WANT THE PARKS.

WE WANT ALL THESE OTHER GREAT AMENITIES THAT I THINK NEED TO COME WITH SOMETHING THAT IS MORE OF AN INCENTIVE BASED PROGRAM.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I REALLY WORRY THAT WE'RE GOING TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO BE IN THOSE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY CAN WALK AND BIKE TO WORK AND TAKE THE TRAIN.

AND SO I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AND IN, UM, YOU KNOW, A REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD MINDSET TO JUST GET, GET THESE GOALS SET AND GET THIS PROGRAM GOING.

UM, CAUSE IT HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS AND I KNOW THERE'S NOT MANY OF US THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE DIET FOR THAT LONG.

SO I APPRECIATE OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TRYING TO HELP US THROUGH THAT.

BUT, UM, I THINK THIS NEEDS TO VERY MUCH BE A VISION FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SOMETHING REALLY BIG.

OCTOBER.

THE FACT THAT WE CAN USE THERESE FUNDING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NOT JUST IN THE AREA OF THE TOURISTS, BUT OUTSIDE OF THE AREA.

IT JUST REALLY IS THE LINCHPIN THERE.

I MEAN, IF, IF I WAS AT ALL KIND OF WAFFLING OR UNSURE ABOUT THE TOURISTS, THAT REALLY JUST, YOU KNOW, HAMMERS AT HOME AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO REALLY CRANK UP THE MONEY THAT THE TOURIST IS GOING TO GENERATE SO WE CAN BUILD OUR PARTS AND WE CAN BUILD OUR STREETS AND WE HAVE SOME MONEY LEFTOVER TO PUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT ONE TEXAS CENTER, UH, YOU KNOW, FUNDED THROUGH THE TOURS OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO THAT THAT REALLY JUST KIND OF GETS MY IMAGINATION GOING ON, WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE THERE.

SO, UH, I'M AGAIN, STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THE, OF THE APPROACH THAT, THAT THAT'S I'M WELL LINED UP AND, UH, THE MAYOR, UH, LED WITH AS WELL.

AND THE TERS, YOU HAD MORE LEVERAGE OVER HOW THIS WAS GOING TO WORK THAN YOU DID DOING PARCEL BY PARCEL ZONING.

UH, LET'S GO TO THEIR MAYOR PRO TERMINATED CANDIDATE AND THEY CANCELED A TOTAL.

SO I'M, I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS REGULAR DATING PLAN IS TOTALLY INCENTIVE-BASED.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT WHEN YOU PUT TOGETHER THE REGULATING PLAN

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AND, UM, I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THAT BEING SOLELY INCENTIVE-BASED.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THIS QUESTION CAUSE WE DO HAVE REGULATING PLANS THAT ARE MORE MANDATORY.

UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT DOING THE REGULATING PLAN AND THEN HAVING THE ZONING COME, WE HAVE A ZONING CASE BEFORE US, THAT'S TRYING TO GO FASTER THAN THE REGULATING PLAN.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT DIGITAL MEANS TO GIVE THEM IN THEIR PUD BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE REGULATING PLAN.

SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO AGAIN TO WHY THIS IS INCENTIVE AND NOT MANDATORY IN SOME WAY, OR AT LEAST LIKE, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO WHAT'S IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T GET THOSE ENTITLEMENTS UNLESS YOU DO THIS.

IT IS ENTIRELY THE LATTER.

WHAT YOU JUST SAID, YOU DON'T GET THE ENTITLEMENTS UNLESS YOU DO THE PUBLIC GOODS.

IT'S INCENTIVE-BASED UM, REALLY BECAUSE THERE THERE'S THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT THAT WE CAN'T EVER REQUIRE.

SO, UM, IT'S, UH, IT IT'S LIKE OUR UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY.

IT'S LIKE OUR DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM.

IDEALLY WITH, WITH THOSE LET'S ASSUME WE'RE NOT USING A TERRORIST, WE WOULD SET IT AT A LEVEL WHERE WE COULD BE CONFIDENT THAT A LOT OF PROJECTS WOULD USE IT AND THEIR CARROTS AND STICKS.

THEY KNOW THAT GOING INTO THE PROJECT, IF THEY'RE UTILIZING IT, THAT THAT'S HOW IT WOULD WORK.

UM, BUT, UH, IT'S REALLY THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT JUST HAS TO BE INCENTIVIZED, CAN'T BE REQUIRED.

SO IS IT POSSIBLE WHEN YOU PRESENT US WITH THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THE INCENTIVE TO GET TO WHAT THE SOUTH CENTRAL HAD IN MIND IN TERMS OF HEIGHT.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M WILLING TO CONSIDER MORE DENSITY IN THAT AREA, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT WHATEVER'S BEING CONTRIBUTED IS COMING FIRST FROM THE DEVELOPERS.

AND THEN WE'RE REALLY BEING STRATEGIC ABOUT WHAT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS WE'RE MAKING.

SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU COULD STILL DO THE REGULAR EATING PLAN WITH A COUPLE OF LEVELS AND YOU JUST MAKE THE HIGHER DENSITY ONE, YOU KNOW, MORE ATTRACTIVE, BUT THEY STILL HAVE TO DO MORE.

AND YOU, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT REQUIRES A FULLY, UM, SEPARATE PLAN IN THAT WAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND SOME WHILE YOU ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TELL US WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN.

WELL, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING AND SOME CLARITY ON WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT COULD PAY FOR THEMSELVES.

AND I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M BUYING ALL THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE BEING, WE'RE BEING GIVEN AND WE'RE GETTING REALLY CONFLICTING INFORMATION, UM, FROM THE PUBLIC.

AND SOME OF IT FRANKLY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

SOME OF IT DOESN'T, SOME OF IT DOES.

UM, AND, AND I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO WEIGH THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, UM, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE PUBLIC INVESTMENTS THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO BE DOING.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE REGULATING PLAN AND THE TOURS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO I WANTED TO JUST LAY THAT OUT.

UM, MAYOR WAS INTRIGUED BY THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE ATP FUNDS FOR THE, BUT FOR, UM, BUT I WAS NOT FOLLOWING YOUR NUMBERS OF WHAT THAT AMOUNTS TO AND HOW THAT WOULD CHANGE THE NUMBERS THAT WERE, UM, AVAILABLE TESTS ON TUESDAY'S PRESENTATION.

UM, SO IF YOU CAN SHARE THAT A LITTLE BIT IN THE Q AND A OKAY.

UH, ANSWER ADDED IT'S ITEM 93.

UNDER THE ASSUMPTION OR TUESDAY, SO $40 MILLION MORE.

QUESTION NUMBER THREE.

UM, ASSUMING THE COUNCIL CONTINUES TO OBTAIN THE THREE AND A HALF PERCENT REVENUES ALLOWED BY STATE LAW.

NO, NO, SORRY.

NUMBER SEVEN, NUMBER SEVEN.

AND THE ANSWER TO QUESTION NUMBER TWO ON TUESDAY WAS ASSUMED THAT THE ATP PARTNERSHIP, WHICH SHOULD HE 20% OF THE BUDGET FOR .

THEY ASKED THAT QUESTION.

IF SO, WHAT IS THE ANTICIPATED REVENUE IN THE APRIL ONE FAR SCENARIO? IF ATP ONLY RECEIVES 20% OF THE BASE REVENUE HAD NOT ANY OF THE, BUT FOUR TERMS REVENUE, UH, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS THERE, BUT THE NET I'VE HAD WAS $247 MILLION.

UM, WAS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AS COMPARED TO THE $207 MILLION, WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS

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UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER ABOUT THE STATESMAN PUTT, BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW WE PROVIDE THEM ENTITLEMENTS IN THE POD WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE REGULATING PLAN IS.

IF WE WANT THE REGULATING PLAN TO INCENTIVIZE THEM TO DO THINGS THAT WE WANT THEM TO DO, THAT WE DON'T SEE ME ABLE TO DO IN THE POD SITUATION.

AND I'D BE REALLY HESITANT TO GIVE THEM, NO, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR 2.9 MILLION MORE SQUARE FEET THAN THEY'RE ENTITLED TO.

UM, WHAT WE GIVE THEM IN THE POD REALLY AFFECTS THEIR WILLINGNESS TO DO WHAT'S IN THE REGULATING PLAN.

UM, SO I JUST I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH TRYING TO THINK THAT THROUGH, WITHOUT HAVING THE REGULATING PLAN, NO MA NO MATTER WHETHER IT'S THE REGULATING PLAN THAT DOES UP TO SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLANS LEVEL OR, UM, HIGHER SO I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, I THINK FOR YOU MAYOR SO THAT I BETTER UNDERSTAND, UM, ONE OF OUR COLUMNS IN THE STAFF PRESENTATION TALKED ABOUT JUST A REZONING, IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE CONTEMPLATING OR CONTEMPLATING THAT THAT WOULD JUST A HIGHER LEVEL FOR THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM? I WASN'T PRESCRIBING THAT AT ALL.

I WAS MORE DESCRIBING WHAT THE DESIRED OUTCOME WAS AND THEN ASKING THE STAFF TO HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT THE PATH WOULD BE TO THAT DESIRED OUTCOME.

AND SO I'LL JUST WAIT IN, AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM ALTER WAS.

SOME OF HER COMMENTS, UM, LEAN TOWARD AS WELL FOR ME TO GET THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND ESPECIALLY THE, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSIDERING, CONSIDERING, UM, MORE HEIGHT MIGHT MAKE SENSE, BUT IT REALLY, FOR ME, IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN WITH A BASELINE OF EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY HOW WE GET THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

AND I THINK JUST, UH, A FLAT, UM, REZONING IN THAT AREA JUST DOESN'T GET TOO.

IT DOESN'T GET TOO, FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THE EARLIER PLANS IN THIS AREA AS WELL, BEGINNING WITH THE TOWN LAKE CORRIDOR STUDY AND ALL THE OTHERS THAT TALKED ABOUT THE EXCHANGE OF THE EXCHANGE OF HEIGHT AND MORE DENSITY IN AN AREA THAT IS OF PUBLIC INTEREST, UM, WITHOUT THOSE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WAS ALWAYS DESIGNED TO BE A TRADE OFF AND A BALANCING OF, OF INTERESTS.

UM, I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BACK TO THE PRESENTATION AND I'LL TRY TO MAKE THESE REALLY QUICK.

CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY DISTRICT COOLING? I MEAN, THAT WAS KIND OF A CENTRAL, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CENTRAL ELEMENTS, WHY THAT IS WHY THAT IS NOT PART OF THE REGULATING PLAN.

I THINK YOU SPOKE TO THE INVESTMENT AND MAYBE IT IS STRICTLY AN INVESTMENT ISSUE.

SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ENVISIONED AS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE REGULATING PLAN, WHICH GREG WENT OVER EARLIER, BUT IN FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH AUSTIN ENERGY, I'M NOT SURE THAT, UM, THAT THERE, THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION THAT THAT'S BUILT INTO THEIR CAPITAL PLAN RIGHT NOW.

UM, IF WE WERE TO SEE THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PLAN REALLY MOVING INTO FULL IMPLEMENTATION, RIGHT? UM, WHEN WE'RE PAST CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE TERRORS AND THE REGULATING PLAN, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S POTENTIALLY SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE COULD SEE HOW THE PROPERTIES, ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS MIGHT WANT TO BAND TOGETHER TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT.

AND I THINK THERE'S SPACE FOR THAT, BUT IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S NOT ENVISIONED TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE REQUIRE OR, UH, THAT IS, THAT IS AN ASPECT OF THE REGULATING PLAN THAT JUST TAKES US MORE INTO IMPLEMENTATION DISCUSSIONS AND HOW WE CAN COORDINATE THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY ACROSS ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE DISTRICT.

I'D BE INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM AUSTRIAN ENERGY ABOUT WHAT THE TIMING OF THAT LOOKS LIKE THOUGH, IF YOU DON'T PLAN FOR IT UPFRONT, I IMAGINE THAT CHANGES HOW SOME OF THESE REDEVELOPMENTS ARE DESIGNED.

AND I THINK IF YOU, IF YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE, AND THERE WAS A GRAPHIC IN THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT SPOKE TO DISTRICT COOLING IN A NEW, LIKE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND STORMWATER, AND I, AND I THINK SOME OF THOSE ARE EVEN, YOU CAN SEE THOSE BEING BUILT INTO, UM, THE PUMP THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.

UM, AND SO I THINK SOME OF THE PROPERTIES WILL CHOOSE TO BUILD THAT IN INCORPORATE THOSE ASPECTS INTO THEIR OWN PROPERTIES.

UM, BUT THE DISTRICT-WIDE DISTRICT COOLING IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COORDINATE, UM, BASED ON MY CONVERSATIONS JUST THIS WEEK WITH, WITH, UM, WITH AUSTIN ENERGY.

STAKEHOLDER PLANNING MEETINGS AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COULD TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS BE USEFUL FOR PLACES LIKE THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.

UM, MAYBE NEXT TIME WE CAN HEAR A LITTLE BIT FROM THEM AS WELL, BUT THANK YOU.

THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

THE TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS.

AGAIN, I, I, I'M NOT, I AGREE WITH, I THINK IT WAS YOU MR. DUTTON, WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE A CITYWIDE.

IT NEEDS TO BE MORE OF A CITYWIDE EFFORT.

AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

AND I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE THIS COMMUNITY HAS TALKED ABOUT IT AGAIN AND AGAIN, BEGINNING, GOSH, I MEAN, LA BORROWS ON COUNCIL WENT TO DOWNTOWN

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AND THEN MR. SUTTLE HAD A CASE RECENTLY WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT WHETHER TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS COULD BE A TOOL THERE.

AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY THINK THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STRATEGY THAT WE'VE RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR MULTIPLE TIMES.

AND, AND YES, I THINK IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT CITYWIDE, BUT IT ALSO COULD BE OF HELP HERE.

SO I HOPE WE'LL, I HOPE, I HOPE THAT WILL BE A PROJECT THAT GETS PICKED UP.

I'M NOT SURE WHY IT DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD ON THE TIMELINE THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL VISION PLAN.

BUT I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S A VALUE AND OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE USED IT SUPER SUCCESSFULLY.

YEP.

AND WE'VE, AND WE'VE HAD INSTANCES WHERE WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT WITHIN THE CITY AND IT'S JUST NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CRACKED THE NUT ON AND WE'RE NOT GIVING UP ON IT, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE CRACKED THE NUT ON YET.

I HOPE, I HOPE WE CAN TAKE AN, YOU KNOW, TAKE A CAREFUL LOOK AT IT.

UM, PARKING MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, I WAS INTRIGUED BY WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THERE NOT BEING A LOCAL HAVE NOT PROVEN SUCCESSFUL LOCALLY.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT COMMENT? CAUSE WE HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEVERAL IN MY, IN MY DISTRICT AT MILLER, I BELIEVE IN WEST CAMPUS.

AND NOW ON SOUTH CONGRESS, DID YOU MEAN, I THINK THERE, I THINK IT'S MORE INTENDED THAT IT, IT'S NOT BEEN, UM, IT'S NOT GENERATED THE REVENUE.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND IF JERRY WAS PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND I THINK HE STEPPED OUT AND SO WE MIGHT SEE IF HE'S ABLE TO SHARE ANY PERSPECTIVE ON THAT, BUT IT'S BEEN MORE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD PLANS FOR THOSE.

AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST NOT REALLY COME TO FRUITION IN THE WAY THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED OR THOUGHT IT MIGHT.

UM, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE A REALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE OVERALL PICTURE THERE.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET, UM, JUST SOME NUMBERS ON THOSE.

CAUSE IT WAS MY, IT WAS MY ASSUMPTION SINCE THEY KEPT MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM, THAT THEY WERE PROVING SUCCESSFUL.

SO IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO JUST SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT MEASURE OF SUCCESS IS.

AND, AND WHERE WERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THE EXISTING ONES, WHAT THE EXISTING ONES LOOK LIKE.

AND I GUESS THAT'S IT, I GUESS THAT'S IT FOR ME FOR NOW.

THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL.

FOLLOW UP ON THAT PARKING THING.

WE WON'T, JERRY'S COMING BACK IN, BUT WE WON'T MAKE HIM RUN DOWN HERE.

IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE TONIGHT.

TWO THINGS TO JUST WRAP US UP.

THE FIRST ONE IS I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, UH, THERESA ALVAREZ BECOMING YEAR ADC.

SHE, WITH US IN THE BACK, I WANTED TO TEE UP THE SAME KIND OF GENERAL QUESTION FOR YOU AND FOR ADC.

DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON THIS DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE ALL HAVING HERE? THE ROY ADC, MY PLAYER ADVISOR SUGGESTIONS YOU WOULD GIVE TO US? YES.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL THAT A SALVADOR CEO AND PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN, EDC, WHICH YOU GUYS CREATED, UM, TO WORK ON COMPLICATED DISTRICTS LIKE THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE ARE UP AND RUNNING.

WE HAVE A THREE PERSON STAFF.

WE ARE CONTRACTING, WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON BLOCKS 16 AND 18.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, I RECOGNIZE HOW COMPLICATED THIS DISTRICT IS AND, AND WE'RE READY TO HELP, UM, AND ENSURE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UM, THAT YOU GUYS ARE, YOU KNOW, AS SOME WELL SAID THAT YOU DIRECT US FOR.

UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, I'M HERE TO LISTEN.

I'VE BEEN SPENT THE PAST SIX MONTHS, UM, GETTING READY FOR THIS.

SO JUST, WE'RE JUST READY TO HEAR WHERE YOU GUYS DIRECT US.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I JUST WONDERED YOU HAVEN'T BEEN IN FRONT OF US VERY MUCH.

I WANTED PEOPLE TO AGAIN SEE WHO YOU WERE AND UH, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? OKAY.

SO I THINK WE'RE ALL SET.

IT WANTS THAT PART OF TOWN TO LOOK LIKE.

AND THE LAST POINT I WOULD MAKE AS WE, AS WE LEAVE THIS AND LISTENING TO A LOT OF THE SPEAKERS COME UP TODAY, AND IT'S KIND OF A REOCCURRING THING.

YOU WERE REFERRING TO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE DISTRICT HERE AS BEING A DEVELOPER GIVEAWAY AND NO ONE LIKES DEVELOPER GIVEAWAYS, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST FROM EVERYTHING I'M ABOUT TO SAY HERE ON THIS, THERE IS NO DEVELOPER GIVEAWAY OF ANY KIND IT'S REALLY MISLEADING.

IT REMINDS ME OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD ON, ON DEFUNDING THE POLICE ACTUALLY.

UM, IT IS MY INTENT AND I'M SURE EVERYONE ON THIS DAYS INTEND TO CONTINUE TO EXACT AND EXTRACT FROM THE DEVELOPER, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN EXTRACT.

UH, I THINK IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM THE DEVELOPER AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT THAT WE DO IN MOST OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY AND MORE IN THIS PART OF THE CITY.

UH, IF WE'RE WILLING TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS, UH, WHERE DEVELOPERS WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE US GREATER, UH, EXTRACTIONS, UH, AND, AND, AND EXACTIONS, UM, BUT THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE THE BUILDING OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE CAN LEGALLY OR REASONABLY REQUIRE OF A DEVELOPER OR THE DEVELOPERS CAN DO AND WOULD DO ON TRACKS BY THEMSELVES EITHER.

THIS IS SOMETHING THE CITY HAS TO DECIDE WHAT

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AND THEN THE CITY HAS TO TILL THE GROUND AND SET UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CAPITAL EXPENSE AND EVERYTHING TO MAKE IT BE WHAT IT IS THAT THIS COMMUNITY WANTS.

AND THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT PLACES WE COULD GO.

THERE'S A FORK IN THE ROAD, AND THAT IS NOT A DEVELOPER GIVEAWAY.

THAT IS THE CITY ACTING IN ITS SELF-INTEREST TO DO.

IT'S VERY, UH, VERY, VERY CORE.

YES, WE PROTECTED.

I'M CURIOUS TO WHAT DEGREE THE ADC IS INVOLVED IN THE REGULATING PLAN PROCESS.

SO THE REGULATING PLAINTIFF SOLIDLY RIGHT NOW BEING DRAFTED BY STAFF.

UM, BUT THE, WHEN WE'RE READY TO HAVE THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION, WE WILL SURELY BRING IN THE EDC.

I KNOW THAT MR. DUTTON HAS BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, THAT YOU'VE TRANSACTIONS OFFICER WITH THE EDC TO HELP GUIDE THE DECISIONS AND INFORM THE DECISIONS THAT WERE, THAT ARE GOING INTO THE REGULATING PLAN.

BUT THAT IS, WE SEE THAT AS A STAFF DELIVERABLE, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WOULD BE A DELIVERABLE FROM STAFF OR JUST WE SET UP THIS ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE THESE INSIGHTS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THERE'S THE COORDINATION.

BECAUSE WE WEREN'T THERE YET.

DID YOU? I MEAN, I GUESS ANYWAY, UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT.

UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE HER.

UH, I, I, I SEEN IT IN THE PAST WHEN WE DID CURE AND WE ASKED SO MUCH WITHOUT GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BUILD TO THE POINT WHERE THEY COULD GET A RETURN ON THEIR MONEY, THAT THEY JUST BUILD WHAT THEY WERE JUST ENTITLED TO.

AND, UH, IT, UH, AND IF YOU CAN SEE RANDY NOW, IT'S, WE DIDN'T GET ANY AFFORDABILITY OUT OF IT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THAT TIME.

AND, UH, SO, UH, I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO TREAT THAT, THAT AREA JUST LIKE DOWNTOWN AND, UH, IT WAS THE ENTITLEMENT THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF IT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HELPER, MADISON UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I THINK I'M PROBABLY GOING TO ECHO WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ANDREA JUST SAID IN SOME DEGREE TO SOME DEGREE, I JUST, I FEEL, UH, LIKE I NEED TO MAKE SURE TO POINT OUT DURING THE COURSE OF THIS CONVERSATION THAT, UM, I HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS AS OF LATE THAT, THAT, UH, LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT MY ORIGINAL CONCERNS ARE UNFOUNDED, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT DOESN'T EXIST IN A VACUUM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER BIG PROJECTS OUT THERE, UM, FOR WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE JUDGED BY OUR ACTIONS OR MAYBE EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR ACTIONS AND WHAT ARE THOSE COLONY PARK.

UM, SO, UH, AS WE ARE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND FUNDING GAPS AND SUCH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I ALWAYS POINT OUT THAT I HAVE A BIG PROJECT IN DISTRICT ONE, I'M LANGUISHING WITH A GIANT FUNDING GAP.

SO, UH, THOSE ARE ALWAYS THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND AS WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS.

UM, SO THESE TWO DISCUSSIONS FOR ME ARE THAT THIS DISCUSSION IN THAT DISCUSSION FOR ME ARE HAPPENING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN MY MIND, AS I'M THINKING THROUGH, UM, THE BEST PATH FORWARD.

THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.

WE READY TO MOVE ON THEN? ALL RIGHT, STAFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, THIS IS YEOMAN'S WORK AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S A CHANGE IN DIRECTION, I KNOW IT IS EVEN THAT MUCH HARDER.

I'M ON A CALL UP IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 59, WHICH IS THE PAN-AM RENAMING.

ALL RIGHT, COLLEEN, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH SOME OF THESE ITEMS HERE QUICKLY.

AH, SORRY.

THANKS.

SAYING

[59. Approve the renaming of Pan American Neighborhood Park, located at 307 Chicon Street, to the Tony Castillo Pan American Neighborhood Park.]

LIKE WE'VE DEBATED THIS AND DISCUSS THIS.

UH, I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE A COUNCIL MEMBER POOL TO MAKE A MOTION.

SO LET'S SEE, I HAVE A MOTION RIGHT HERE TO PASS OUT AND I'M HOPING THIS WILL BE SEEN AS A, AS A GOOD COMPROMISE FOR ALL OF US IN PARTICULAR, MY COLLEAGUE, THAT'S MORE OF A WRITER YET AND ONCE, UM, AND AS BEING PASSED OUT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND READ MY EMOTION.

AND THEN IF I GET A SECOND, I'LL SPEAK TO IT.

SO I MOVED TO, UH, RENAME THE PAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD RECOMMENDATION OF 20 22 0 6 27

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, WHICH IS IN LIEU OF RENAMING PAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

A PLAQUE SHALL BE ADDED TO THE PARK TO HONOR COACH AUGUSTINE, TONY CASTILLO, AND HIS NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS TO THIS AREA.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER VALLA SECOND SAID MOTION.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? UH, YES, MAYOR AND I, YOU KNOW, THE REASON, UH, ALL THIS SUPPORT AND, UH, TOTALLY RENAMING THE PARK, THE CONTRIBUTION HE MADE TO, TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I REMEMBER THAT THE DAY THAT, UH, UH, I FIRST GOT MY FIRST JOB WORKING FOR THE CITY THROUGH THE, UH, UH, LBJ WAR ON PROPERTY, AND THEN THE MONEY THAT THROUGH THE MODEL CITY AND MY JOB WAS TO TEACH YOUNG YOUNGSTERS HOW TO HIT A BALL, WHETHER IT BASEBALL AND BASEBALL.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.

I HAD NEVER PLAYED BASEBALL BEFORE.

I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

I, I GREW UP IN AN AREA WHERE THERE WAS NO PARKS.

THERE WERE NO TOYS, NO EQUIPMENT SPORTS EQUIPMENT.

AND I HAD PEOPLE LIKE TONY, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE CALLED BUSTER CUP OF CHINO THAT ACTUALLY TOOK US ALL UNDER AND TAUGHT US HOW TO PLAY SPORTS, HOW TO KEEP SCORES.

AND, AND, UH, THAT WAS A MENTOR THAT REALLY SET ME OFF AND, AND REALLY WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS THAT I WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WITHOUT HAVING PEOPLE LIKE THAT, THAT ACTUALLY WORKED WITH ME AND HELPED ME AND MENTOR ME.

AND, AND I THINK HE'S A GREAT PERSON.

I MEAN, HE IS THE, ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTABLE RESPECTED PEOPLE IN EAST AUSTIN, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATION AND WORKING WITH CHILDREN.

AND I WAS A BOARD MEMBER THERE FOR 20 YEARS.

I WAS THE TREASURER.

WE RAISED THE MONEY FOR ALL OUR ACTIVITIES BACK THEN, OF COURSE, WE WERE ABLE TO CHAIR THE REVENUE FROM THE VENDING MACHINES THAT WE HAD THERE UNTIL WE FIND OUT THAT, THAT WASN'T VERY HEALTHY THING TO DO DRINKING COKES AND ALL THAT CANDY, BUT, UH, THOSE ARE DIFFERENT TIMES.

SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I REALLY, REALLY SUPPORTED THIS.

UH, I DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO HIM THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DIDN'T THINK HE HAD THE VOTES ON THE BOARD ON THE COUNCIL, BUT HE, HIS SON WANTED TO CONTINUE IT.

AND, UH, AND SINCE, UM, IT SEEMED LIKE I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE SUPPORT TO RENAME THE PARK.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE CAN SET ASIDE SOME FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT REALLY BECOMES POSSIBLE.

UH, WE DO OFFER A LOT OF PROMISES AND, AND, UH, AND HOPE, BUT WE NEVER FUND THEM.

AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BIT, A BIG PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO PARKS AND SPORTS.

AND, UH, I AM NOT GOING TO BE VOTING FOR IT, BUT, UH, UM, BECAUSE OF WHAT I HAVE JUST SAID, BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, UH, COLLEAGUES, I'M REALLY PROUD THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE AN HONOR LIKE THIS TO TANIKA STEEL.

WE DON'T DO THIS KIND OF THING VERY OFTEN, AND WE'RE DOING IT HERE.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY SPECIAL THAT WE ARE DOING THIS.

I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO MEET HIM.

UM, BUT I JUST RELATE TO YOU REALLY QUICKLY JUST BECAUSE IT JUST HAPPENED TO ME IS IN THAT BREAK THAT WE TOOK WHEN WE LISTENED TO THE MUSIC, UH, A GENTLEMAN, UH, CAME UP TO ME, UH, AND, AND ASKED IF, IF HE COULD TALK.

AND HE, UH, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN I AM, UH, UH, TOLD ME THAT HE REGRETTED NOT BEING ABLE TO THINK TONY CASTILLO DIRECTLY BEFORE HE DIED, BUT HE WANTED TO TELL ME THE STORY.

UH, WHAT DID HE TELL ME? THE STORY OF HIS INTERACTION WITH, WITH HIM? UM, A WHITE GUY GREW UP ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.

HE SAID, GREW UP BEING TEASED BY THE OTHER BOYS IN FRONT OF THE GIRLS, DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE COULD DO OR, AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.

UH, AND HE ENDED UP SITTING ON THE FRONT STOOP OUTSIDE OF THE CENTER WHILE THE BOXING CLUB WAS GOING ON.

AND HE DIDN'T KNOW IT.

HE DID, HE DIDN'T, HE WANTED TO GO IN, HE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE HE BELONGED GOING IN THERE APPARENTLY HAD ANOTHER GROUP OF KIDS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIM THAT WERE MAKING THEM NERVOUS.

AND, AND, UH, UH, TONY CASTILLO CAME

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OUT AND ASKED HIM WHAT HE WAS DOING THERE AND TOOK HIM INTO THAT PLACE, UM, UH, ENDED UP, UM, UH, DEFENDING HIM BEING IN THAT PLACE TO OTHER PEOPLE THERE THAT, THAT, THAT DIDN'T WANT HIM THERE OR DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE WAS THERE.

UH, HE WENT ON TO BE ON THE U S WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM, UH, AND, AND, AND SAID THAT HE OWED THAT ENTIRELY TO THAT, THAT MAN, AND THAT MAN EMBRACING HIM WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE SKINNY KID AND WAS, AND NEEDED HELP.

UH, THE, THE VERY SIMPLE PROMISE THAT, UH, MR. CASTILLO APPARENTLY GAVE HIM WAS THAT HE WOULD HELP HIM TO LEARN HOW TO FIGHT.

UM, IT WAS JUST AN INCREDIBLE STORY AND I'M HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR A REALLY SPECIAL HONOR FOR THIS MAN.

UM, AGAIN, NOT SOMETHING THAT WE OFTEN DO, MAN.

I ALSO THAT EVEN AS KAY TOLD ME THAT, HER STORY ABOUT HOW SHE KNEW TONY THROUGH HER MOTHER THAT WAS TEACHING US ABOUT AT SCHOOL.

AND I MEAN, IT'S, THIS IS HOW GREAT THIS PERSON IS.

WHEN PEOPLE SEE WHAT WE REMEMBER THROUGH THEIR PARENTS, THAT WHAT A GREAT GUY HE WAS, NO I REALLY APPRECIATE THESE COMMENTS.

AND IT'S VERY CLEAR.

THIS IS A PERSON WHO HAS TOUCHED A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY IN A VERY IMPACTFUL WAY.

UM, I HAD COMMITTED TO ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHO HAPPENS TO BE HIS SON, UH, THAT I WOULD SUPPORT THE MEASURE OF THE RENAMING.

UM, SO I'M GOING TO FOLLOW A COUNCIL MEMBER, RENTER RIAS LEAD, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT EVEN FOLKS WHO MAY DIFFER ON THE OPINION HAVE FOUND A WORKABLE SOLUTION TO HONOR HIM.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE AS WE'RE POOL.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS.

UM, I, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY IS I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD PARK WAS SO NAMED AND SUPPORTED BY KOREAN WAR VETERANS TO CELEBRATE THE UNITY ACROSS THE AMERICAS.

AND THE RENAMING WAS A BIT OF AN UNSETTLED ISSUE.

AND SO I THINK THROUGH THIS, UM, SUBSTITUTE MOTION, WE CAN FIND A WAY TO CONTINUE WITH THE PAN AMERICAN NAME THAT IS CLEARLY BELOVED WHILE WE ALSO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO MAKE SUCH SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS LIKE TONY CASTILLO ARE HONORED IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

AND THIS ALTERNATIVE TO HONOR COACH CASTILLO WITH A PLAQUE WILL DESCRIBE HIS LONG HISTORY AND DEDICATION TO MENTORING AND INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE.

AND THAT THAT'S WHAT THE PARKS BOARD IS RECOMMENDING.

THAT'S THE FOCUS OF THIS MOTION.

AND A PLAQUE CAN OFTEN TELL A STORY WELL BEYOND JUST A SIMPLE RENAMING.

UM, SO I, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO, UH, TO SIGNAL THAT WHAT WE'RE HEARING TODAY AND THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD ON THIS ISSUE OF RENAMING, UH, PUBLIC ASSETS, TO ME ILLUSTRATES THE NEED TO REVIEW THE PARKS NAMING ORDINANCE AND CONSIDER AN UPDATE.

AND IN THE FUTURE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO RAISE THE THRESHOLD FOR THE NAMING OR RENAMING OF PARKS.

SO THE COMMUNITY CAN REALLY EMBRACE AND CELEBRATE THOSE THAT WE INTEND TO HONOR WITH A CONSENSUS.

LET'S THINK ABOUT THOSE IN FAVOR OF DECIDING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, THOSE OPPOSED AND ON A, UH, NINE TO VOTE, UH, THIS ITEM PASSES.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S

[85. Approve a resolution relating to the transition ofthe Austin Rowing Club and other organizations that use the Waller Creek Boathouse to similar facilities located at the former youth hostel site owned by the City, directing the City Manager to return with a financing plan to make improvements to the former youth hostel site, and authorizing the negotiation and execution of agreements necessary for the operation ofthese organizations, including organizations that operate at the former youth hostel site.]

GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.

LET'S CALL UP NOW, THE ROWING CLUB ISSUE.

IT'S ITEM NUMBER A 85 85 NARROWED.

LINKEDIN.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE PASSAGE.

UM, AND IF I GET A SECOND, I'M GOING TO ADD A FEW AMENDMENTS AND, AND ALLOW OTHERS TO COME FORWARD WITH THIS.

CO-SPONSOR, BUT I'LL JUST TELL FOR THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES, IT STARTED OFF REALLY JUST BEING ABOUT COMING UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR THE AUSTIN ROWING CLUB AND THEN EPICS UP WITH SORT OF INTEGRATED INTO THE RESOLUTION AND THIS PARAGRAPH, IT JUST ENDED UP BEING VERY AWKWARD BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY IN THE SAME.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? COUNCILMEMBER POOL OF SECONDS IS MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.

UM, SO THE FIRST AMENDMENT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE IS THE ONE I DISTRIBUTED HERE ON THE DIOCESE AMENDING VERSION TWO, TO INCLUDE SOME JUST, UM, SLIGHTLY ALTERED LANGUAGE TO LINE 95.

DOES EVERYBODY HAVE THAT? OR SHALL I READ IT ALOUD OR BOTH? I'LL READ IT ALOUD.

SUPER, SUPER QUICKLY.

THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO COORDINATE WITH THE AUSTIN ROWING CLUB TO EXTEND THE AUSTIN ROWING CLUB CONCESSION CONTRACT.

THE AARC CONCESSION CONTRACT TO 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL SCHEDULE DEMOLITION OF THE WALNUT CREEK BOATHOUSE, ALL OF THE TERMS OF THE APEX SUP CONCESSION CONTRACT AND THE ARC CONCESSION CONTRACT SHALL REMAIN THE SAME.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT WAS INTENDED TO DO? I THINK THERE WAS SOME, IT DOESN'T CHANGE WHAT THE EARLIER DRAFT SAID.

IT JUST CLARIFIES IT A BIT.

SO WHAT, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG SAGA, IT STARTED OFF AS JUST A RESOLUTION, AS YOU KNOW, CAUSE I THINK YOU'RE A

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THEY'RE NOT, UM, THEY'RE NOT COMING AND GOING FROM THE SAME PLACES AND THE ORIGINAL VERSION TO THE ORIGINAL VERSION TWO MADE IT SOUND LIKE THEY WERE BOTH MOVING FROM THE BOATHOUSE.

SO IT JUST FIXES THAT PIECE.

DOES THAT, DOES IT SUGGEST THAT THE CONTRACT THEY'RE MOVING INTO IT NEEDS TO BE THE SAME AS THE CONTRACTOR MOVING OUT OF THAT HAS BEEN THE REQUEST THAT BASICALLY, UM, THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT WILL REMAIN BASICALLY THE SAME.

AND MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THAT IS, IS I WOULD ANTICIPATE WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO TEAR DOWN THAT BUILDING, THEY'RE GETTING MONEY FOR THAT.

THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE LIKE THE OLD BUILDING.

I MEAN, IT COULD BE THAT, UH, THE RUNNING CLUB, ONE, SOME MORE THINGS OR MORE, OR, OR OTHER KINDS OF THINGS, IT MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME PLACE.

AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE THAT DIFFERENT PLACE FIT WITH AN OLD CAR.

I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT.

WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE ANY LESS FAVORABLE TO THEM AND THE KARMA, BUT I ALSO WANT TO GIVE THEM AND, AND, AND PAR THE OPPORTUNITY, SOME FLEXIBILITY IN DOING THAT CONTRACT.

SO THAT WAS MY CONCERN WHEN I READ WHERE I THINK IT MIGHT'VE BEEN INADVERTENT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAID WITH THE INTENT WAS, AND THIS IS REALLY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM IN THEIR TRANSITION.

SO I I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

AND I THINK I, I TH I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S MORE OR LESS THE WAY THE STAFF UNDERSTAND IT.

I'M NOT SEEING THOSE MICHAEL WHALEN.

DO YOU, I GUESS I WOULD INVITE MR. WAYLON TO JUST CONFIRM THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE HERE.

MICHAEL WHALEN ON BEHALF OF AUSTIN ROWING CLUB.

THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT IS TO CONTINUE THE CONCESSION, UH, CONTRACT AS IT IS UNTIL THEY'RE KICKED OUT OF A DEMOLISHED BOATHOUSE.

SO THIS DOESN'T SPEAK TO THE NEW CONCESSION CONTRACT.

NO, NO, IT DOES NOT.

THAT WOULD, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

THAT'S BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THEM.

CAN WE INSERT THE WORD EXISTING IN FROM ALL THE TERMS OF THE EXISTING, EPIC CONCESSION CONTRACT THAN THE ARC CONCESSION CONTRACT? OR MAYBE THE TAPE? OKAY.

THERE MIGHT BE AN OBJECTION TO THAT.

THAT HE'S JUST GO IN THERE FOR THAT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN OBJECTION OR CONCERN WITH THAT AMENDMENT OTHERWISE? WELL, HANG ON.

I'M SO SORRY.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS EARLIER.

JUST ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

UM, THIS SAYS ALL OTHER TERMS OF THE EPICS UP CONCESSION CONTRACT, THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A CONCESSION CONTRACT.

THEY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE TRAIL FOUNDATION.

AND SO I'M NOT, I THINK WE HAD INTENDED TO GET THAT LANGUAGE OUT OF THERE AND IT'S BACK IN.

SO LET ME JUST SAY, BUT I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY LAW AND SO THEY MAY, THEY MAY BE OKAY WITH THIS.

I THINK THEY HAVE A SUBLEASE.

BUT THEIR, THEIR AGREEMENT IS WITH THE TRAIL FOUNDATION, NOT DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY.

SO, SO I COULD SAY ALL THE TERMS OF THE EPIC SUP SUBLEASE OR I DON'T KNOW, CAUSE THERE'S A CONTRACT INTO THE TRAVELING.

I DO HAVE A CON.

SO THEY HAVE A CONCESSION CONTRACT, BUT IT'S WITH TTF WITH THE TRAILS FOUNDATION.

SO LET'S JUST LEAVE IT AS LONG AS THE UNDERSTANDING IS FINE.

SO THAT NO OBJECT TO THAT, THAT AMENDMENT IS ADDED.

AND THEN EITHER YOU OR COUNCIL MEMBER RENTER BIA HAD AN AMENDMENT THAT LOOKED GOOD.

THAT VIDEO I'LL INTRODUCE NOW, BUT I'LL HAPPILY ACCEPTED AS FRIENDLY.

SOUNDS GOOD.

UH, THAT WAS THE ONE THAT, UH, AND I, UH, WORKED ON THE BASICALLY SAYS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO EPIC, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE ACCOMMODATE THEM.

THEY'RE INTERESTED IN STAYING OUT THERE TOO.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO TO THEM AND SAY, THIS IS A TEMPORARY THING IT'S OVER NOW, SORRY, GUYS.

I WANT YOU TO COME BACK TO US AND TELL US WHAT, WHAT MAKES SENSE, IF ANYTHING, WHAT MAKES SENSE TO DO IT, TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THEM? THAT'S BEEN HANDED OUT, UM, THE OTHER ONE 3M, UM, ARE THEY GOING TO BE ALSO INSTRUCTED TO WHEN THEY GO BACK AND MEET WORK, ARE THEY GOING TO WORK WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AND WANT TO WORK FOR THEM? OKAY, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL WITH A PLAN FOR FINANCING, THE BOAT HOUSE AND DOCK DESIGN ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT HAD BEEN BEING ADDED AIRY.

NONE THAT AMENDMENT WE'VE HANDED OUT IS ADDED HAS ALICE, I THINK YOU HAD AN AMENDMENT.

I DID.

I HANDED IT OUT, UM, A LITTLE WHILE AGO.

UM, BUT IT ADDS INTO LION'S 67 TO 70 AVERSION TO, UM, THE LANGUAGE AS IT ALREADY READ WAS THE CITY MANAGER SHALL PROVIDE

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SO THIS IS ALL THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE.

AND THEN MY AMENDMENT ADDS IN TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE AND LEGAL AND THEN CONTINUES WITH THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THE FINANCING PLAN SHALL INCLUDE FUNDING FROM PROJECT CONNECT FOR THE CONDEMNATION OF THE WALNUT CREEK BOAT HOUSE PROPERTY, AND SHALL NOT INCLUDE CITY FUNDS.

AND THIS HAS BEEN OKAYED BY, UM, PROJECT CONNECT AND THE PARK DIRECTOR.

SO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON TUESDAY, BUT JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH JOINT POWERS OR VIGOR, UH, CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS LANGUAGE AND NOT SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDING, UH, CITY DOLLARS, BUT JUST SAYING WE WOULD NOT PRIORITIZE THAT.

I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

AND I GUESS MY FIRST ONE WOULD BE THE COMMENT TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S LEGAL.

UM, AND I THINK, I THINK WE'VE ASKED OUR LAW DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST.

WE, WE TYPICALLY DON'T SAY SAY THAT BECAUSE WE ALWAYS, WE WOULD NEVER BE DIRECTING ANYTHING THAT'S NOT LEGAL.

SO I GUESS I WOULD JUST ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY HER OPINION ON INCLUDING AND INCLUDING A DIRECTION, UM, THAT, THAT SAYS TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S LEGAL.

I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY IN THERE AND JUST TAKE THAT SENTENCE, THAT WORD OUT, BUT IT DOESN'T HURT.

RIGHT.

WELL, I WOULD HATE FOR IT TO ASSUME THAT IF WE DON'T SAY IT'S LEGAL, THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM DIRECTION, WE WOULD NEVER, WE WOULD NEVER KNOW THAT YOU PUT IT IN THERE, SO IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO TAKE IT OUT.

I THINK THAT'S FINE.

AS LONG AS THE PRACTICABLE PART STAYS IN JUST KNOWING THERE'S GOING TO BE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND WE KNOW THESE PARTIES ARE ALL HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND WE'LL CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL GO WITH THE WILL OF THE DIOCESE ON IT AND I'D BE INTERESTED TO HEAR OTHERS.

I THINK IT'S, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD STRONGLY, I THINK WE SHOULD USE OUR PARTNERSHIP AND OUR ROLE IN ATP AND OUR ROLE IN THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS NOT, UM, USING CITY FUNDS ARE, ARE VERY SCARCE DOLLARS TO HAVE TO RECONSTRUCT A BOAT HOUSE THAT WE JUST FRANKLY BUILT WITHIN RECENT HISTORY.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE DIAS TO SAY TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, I THINK THAT'S FINE.

AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, UH, CERTAINLY A FINE PATH, BUT I REALLY HOPE THAT FINANCING PLAN IS GOING TO IDENTIFY OTHER KINDS OF FUNDS, INCLUDING FROM PROJECT CONNECT.

I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT PATH BECAUSE, BUT FOR PROJECT CONNECT THAT BOATHOUSE, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE THERE FOR DECADES TO COME.

AND I SEE, SEE WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM ON THAT.

AND I JUST KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE OVERLAP OF THE STATE PARKLAND RULES TO THE SIX F I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE SINCE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT US, IT IS INVOLVING MULTIPLE ENTITIES.

UM, BUT AS THE CITY MAYOR, THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I MADE THE LANGUAGE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO FIGHT ABOUT THE WORD LEGAL.

I WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE PRACTICAL PART.

I MEAN, AGAIN, I JUST WANT THE, I WANT THE, I WANT THERE TO BE A STRONG STATEMENT ABOUT WHERE WE EXPECT THIS TO BE FUNDED.

AND I TH I THINK THE STRONGEST STATEMENT IS STILL THERE.

MY ISSUE ON THIS LANGUAGE IS THAT I'M NOT SURE THAT WHAT GETS BUILT BACK IS NECESSARILY THE SAME AS WHAT GETS TORN DOWN.

AND OBVIOUSLY THE, THE CITY NEEDS TO BE COMPENSATED FULLY FOR WHAT'S BEING TAKEN AND THE INTERPLAY OF THE STATE RULES, BUT IT COULD BE THAT THE CITY CHOOSES TO BUILD SOMETHING BACK THAT'S EVEN BIGGER.

AND THE, AND THE, THE ATPS THAT GOTTA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING BACK SOMETHING THAT IS BIGGER AND DIFFERENT FROM WHAT GETS TORN DOWN.

IT MAY VERY WELL REQUIRED CITY FUNDS AT THAT POINT, IF THE CITY DECIDES IT WANTS TO DO THAT, BUT I'M OKAY WITH THE LANGUAGE YOU HAVE HERE.

CAUSE I THINK IT SETS THE STATEMENT AND ANY DESIRE OR NEED TO REQUIRE CITY FUNDS WOULD REQUIRE COMING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

ANYHOW.

SO AT THAT POINT, WHETHER THIS LANGUAGE IS HERE OR NOT, IT WOULD BE COMING BACK.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE KEEP TO THE EXTENT PRACTICAL, WE KEEP YOUR STATEMENT OF LANGUAGE AND THEN BOTH OF THOSE STATEMENTS ARE THERE, GO AHEAD.

AND SO THAT'S FINE IF, AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE HAVING COMMENTS, SO THAT'S FINE.

I'LL ACCEPT IT AS FRIENDLY.

AND WE'LL JUST MOVE ON.

I'D WANT MORE, I'M SORRY.

THAT AMENDMENT, UH, TO THESE 10 PRACTICAL WORDS ARE, UH, ARE ADDED.

I DIDN'T READ INTO THE LANGUAGE, UH, THE RENT THEORY, UH, ADLER AMENDMENT, UH, BEFORE I'VE EVER BEEN ASKED TO DO THAT.

UH, THEY HAD MEMBER JUST SAYS THE CITY MANAGERS FOR THE DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL AS TO HOW, UH, EPICS UPS, UH, CONTINUED TO UNDER A POSSESSION ON LADY BIRD LAKE MIGHT BE ACCOMMODATED.

THE QUESTION OF THE CITY STAFF.

WHAT PRESENCE ON THE LADY BIRD LAKE MIGHT BE OKAY AS WORTHWHILE MIRA? MY LAST, UM, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION, AND I ASSUME MR. GATES, UM, AT THE DIOCESE.

AND SO I HAVE, I HAVE A COMMENT AND I'D LIKE TO JUST ASK

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I'M NOT SURE, I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE A RENOVATION OF, OF WHAT'S THERE AS A HOSTEL OR A BRAND NEW FACILITY.

AND I KNOW THERE'S A STRONG INTEREST FROM IRAQ AND OTHERS TO HAVE A COMMUNITY SPACE.

AND SO I WANTED TO ASK OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, I HAVE ADDED LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT IF THERE IS SPACE THAT IF THERE'S SPACE, THAT ALLOWS, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE RENOVATION OR I GUESS THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, IF THAT'S AN OPTION RESULTS IN SPACE THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT THAT SPACE BE OFFERED FOR MEETINGS FOR FREE FOR GROUPS LIKE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

IF THERE, IF, IF THERE IS A PLAN TO RENOVATE AND, OR CREATE A NEW SPACE, I ASSUME YOU WOULD HAVE A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING IRAQ.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT TO, TO, UM, CONFIRM THAT KIMBERLY MCNEALY SERVING AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.

SO TO DIRECTLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, NO, THE DESIGN HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED YET.

THERE WILL BE A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS FOR THAT DESIGN TO BE, TO BE, UM, COMPLETED.

IT'S JUST PART OF OUR, THE STANDARD WAY IN WHICH WE DO BUSINESS.

SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED A LOCATION AND THE NEXT PART OF THAT WOULD BE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND THEN A DESIGN, A DESIGN CHARRETTE, OR A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

AND, UM, WE HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN THAT AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME BEFORE THAT, WHILE THAT BUILDING IS STILL IN EXISTENCE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUT, UH, SOME WAY TO ACCOMMODATE THE COMMUNITY NEED IMMEDIATELY.

AND THEN OF COURSE WE COULD INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS IRAQ, AND I'M SURE THERE'S OTHERS THAT, UM, WOULD NEED TO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY SPACE.

AND SO I THINK JUST SO WE CAN CAPTURE THAT WHAT YOUR PROCESS ALREADY IS.

I THINK I WOULD SUGGEST ADDING TO LINE 81, THE DESIGN PROCESS SHALL INCLUDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT.

IS THAT EVERYBODY AND OBJECTION TO THAT AREA, NONE OF THOSE WORDS AROUND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, I DON'T KNOW, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR I GUESS I SHOULD ASK YOU ONE, IF THE MAYOR'S COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, DID YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THIS? YES.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK MALCOLM YATES, IRAQ CONTACT TEAM CHAIR, UM, A COUPLE OF REQUESTS.

NUMBER ONE, THAT IT'D BE RECOGNIZED THAT THE IRAQ CONTACT TEAM IS A LEGITIMATE STAKEHOLDER.

AND NUMBER TWO, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE WOULD BE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL THAT ACTUALLY SAYS IN THE RESOLUTION THAT THE PROPERTY OF THE FORMER, UH, YOUTH HOSTEL WILL BE A PUBLIC FACILITY THAT CAN BE USED BY CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS.

THERE WILL BE SOME SPACE IN THIS NEW FACILITY FOR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS.

SO THERE IS LANGUAGE THAT I BELIEVE YOU ADDED THAT TALKS ABOUT.

UM, THE BOATHOUSE DESIGN SHOULD CREATE A ORIENTED TO THE TRAIL AND THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH PROVIDES PUBLIC AMENITIES, SUCH AS RESTROOMS, WHICH I KNOW IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING, BUT IT, IT WAS, I WAS TRYING NOT TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE YET ON THE PROGRAMMING OF THE SPACE UNTIL YOU HAVE A PROCESS YOU CAN GO THROUGH, IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO DO.

IF WE LIMIT, WE START LISTING THAT THE CONCERN WAS WHAT ARE THE OTHER 10 THINGS.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I LIST IN THERE TOO NOW, OR DO WE OPEN UP FOR A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO PROGRAM THE SPACE? I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT FITS, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE THINGS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FOREST CHOICES ARE GOING TO BE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRIORITY CHOICES ARE GOING TO BE AT.

SO I'M, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE AT THIS POINT, PROGRAMMING THE SPACE, BUT HAVING SUCH AS BATHROOMS OR COMMUNITY SPACE I THINK WOULD BE FINE, SO THAT, SO THAT WE FORCED THAT CONSIDERATION TO BE HAD WITHOUT PREDETERMINING THE ANSWER.

SO LET'S SAY, SO IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT SUGGESTION.

IT GETS BURIED BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE 15 NAMES YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO PUT IN THERE.

SO I'M ONLINE 74 AFTER PUBLIC AMENITIES, SUCH AS RESTROOMS AND COMMUNITY SPACE.

AND I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT YOU WOULD CERTAINLY THAT YOU ROCK WOULD CERTAINLY BE INCLUDED AS A COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER, BUT I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO ADDING IT IN THERE SHALL INCLUDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT WITH STAKEHOLDERS THAT INCLUDE, OH, THIS IS WHERE

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BASICALLY ADJUST, UH, EAST RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

EAST, THE DESIGN PROCESS SHALL INCLUDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT WITH STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS THE EAST RIVERSIDE, SUCH AS EAST RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS.

I WOULD SAY RATHER THAN PICKING A PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION, I WOULD SAY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO EAST AUSTIN, RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, PLURAL.

I THINK HE DID.

I THINK THAT WAS WHAT I THINK THAT WAS HIS SUGGESTION.

THAT'S WHAT I CAPTURED.

ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? BEING ADDED, HEARING NONE ALSO ADDED, I JUST WENT TO, UH, EAST, RIVERSIDE GOES A VERY LONG DISTANCE.

ARE YOU GOING TO INCLUDE UNTIL YOU KNOW, WHERE ACROSS BEN WHITE OR 180 3? I MEAN, IT JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE THAT WORD, IT SHOULD BE SAYING TO THE MATE IMMEDIATE EAST SIDE.

SO COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR, FOR CONSIDERATION, WHEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC PROCESS, WE, IT IS COMMUNICATED FAR AND, AND ANY MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY IS, OR A STAKEHOLDER OR SOMEBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN ROWING WOULD BE, OR, OR INTERESTED IN THAT SPACE WOULD BE WELCOME TO ATTEND.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE, MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE, WE DON'T SAY, OH, YOU'RE NOT FROM THIS AREA OR YOU'RE YOU, WE, HAVEN'T SEEN YOU AS A STAKEHOLDER IN THIS, IN THIS FASHION.

YOU'RE NOT WELCOME TO IN THIS MEETING.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT GIVES YOU ANY COMFORT AND KNOWING THAT WHEN WE SAY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, IT'S FAR AND WIDE.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER AREA COME IN THERE AND SAY, OH MY UNCLE.

CAUSE IT'S OUR PLACE, YOU KNOW, SO, OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, I WANTED TO GIVE MIKE A. KING, AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.

HE'S THE AGENT FOR EPIC SUB HE'S REPRESENTING THEM.

AND I THINK THERE'S SOME CONCERN THAT THERE IS SOME VAGUENESS IN THE MOTION TO THE EXTENT THAT THE CONCESSION WOULD END AT THE END OF THIS YEAR WHEN IT, OTHERWISE MIGHT'VE BEEN EXTENDED.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND I IT'S LATE.

I MIGHT JUST BE CONFUSED.

UM, SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TACO'S MOTION.

UM, IT LOOKED LIKE THE CONCESSION FOR EPIC WOULD CONTINUE BEYOND THE END OF THIS YEAR.

UM, WHEREAS THE CHANGE IT WOULD NOW NOT CONTINUE.

AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT WAS THE INTENT OR IF I'M JUST MISUNDERSTANDING THAT I'M NOT SURE WHAT PASSAGE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

MICAH.

UM, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGES SINCE YOU SAW IT EARLIER TODAY.

I DON'T BELIEVE, BUT THE, THE INTENT OF THE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THE TERMS SHOULD REMAIN THE SAME WAS TO PREVENT AGAINST JUST WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED.

I DIDN'T CATCH THAT.

SORRY.

IT HAS BEEN REALLY LINKED.

UM, THE INTENT OF THAT LAST LINE, ALL OTHER TERMS OF THE CONCESSION CONTRACT AND THE ARC CONCESSION CONTRACT SHALL REMAIN THE SAME WAS TO DO JUST WHAT I THINK YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DO, WHICH IS TO NOT CHANGE THE TERMS OF WHEN THINGS END AND START.

HOW IT IS THAT WE MIGHT, UH, HAVE CONTINUED AN UNINTERRUPTED PRESENCE OF EPIC ON THE LAKE AND YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.

IS THERE A PARTICULAR LANGUAGE THAT'S OF CONCERN OR DIRECTOR MCNEELY? DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN? I THINK IT'S JUST THE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHEN, BUT I MEAN, MAYBE WE NEED A SEPARATE, SO, SO AS YOU COME IN HERE, I CAN EXPLAIN IT.

CAUSE I HAD ONE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT RIGHTS EPIC HAS TO STAY IN THAT SPACE.

LONG-TERM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE THERE THREE YEARS.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

TO BE THERE FIVE YEARS OR IF YOUR RIGHT TO BE THERE IS IN PART DEPENDENT ON A NEGOTIATION AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO BE IN THE LIGHT.

I WAS CONCERNED THAT IF YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO BE THERE PAST, SAY DECEMBER, THAT YOU COULD WAKE UP ONE DAY WITH A NOTICE IN YOUR MAILBOX THAT SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT TO BE HERE PAST DECEMBER, SO YOU HAVE TO MOVE.

SO I TRIED TO DRAFT SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T GIVE YOU A RIGHT TO BE THERE PAST DECEMBER, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BESTOW A RIGHT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S INVOLVED IN THAT OR WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THAT.

BUT WHAT I DID WANT TO DO IS DRAFT LANGUAGE THAT SAID TO OUR STAFF, WE WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT

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SO THOSE WERE THE BEST I COULD COME UP WITH WITH PROTECTIONS FOR YOU WITHOUT ACTUALLY BESTOWING ON YOU, A RIDE, WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE NOW I'M NOT READY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

UM, SO I GUESS MY ONLY REQUEST WOULD BE IF WE COULD COME BACK, UM, I THINK THIS MIGHT MERIT A SEPARATE RESOLUTION TO ADDRESS THE LOOSE ENDS FOR EPIC.

UM, OH, IT ACTUALLY REQUIRES THEM TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.

IT REQUIRES PART TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL AS TO HOW EPIC UPS CONTINUED AND UNINTERRUPTED PRESENCE ON LAKE BIRD, LADY, BIRD, LAKE MIGHT BE ACCOMMODATED, BUT I'M NOT SURE THERE'S MUCH MORE WE COULD DO AT THIS POINT WHEN THAT COMES BACK, IF THEY RECOMMEND YOUR VOD OR IF THEY RECOMMEND YOU STAY, OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT COME IN AT THAT POINT AND SAY, WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION TOO, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION COMES BACK TO COUNCIL.

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THE RELATIONSHIP, I MEAN YOUR CONTRACT IS WITH THE TRAILS FOUNDATION, BUT ANYWAY, MAYBE THE COMPLEXITY TO THIS IS THAT COUNCIL HAS HAD DIRECTED US PREVIOUSLY TO ENTER INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH TTF WITH THE TRAIL FOUNDATION, TO ALLOW THE TRAIL FOUNDATION, TO ENTER INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH EPIC STAFF, TO BE IN THE LOCATION THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, STANDUP PADDLE BOARD SERVICES, UH, IN THAT LOCATION.

SO WE ALSO, THE SECOND COMPLEXITY IS, OR THE SECOND ITEM TO THINK, JUST THINK ABOUT IS THAT WE JUST RECENTLY SIGNED AN AGREEMENT, UM, NEGOTIATED AND EXECUTED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TRAIL FOUNDATION THAT DOES GIVE THE TRAIL FOUNDATION AND OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CONCESSIONS IN THE, IN THEIR SPACE.

UH, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH CONCESSIONS ON LADY BIRD LAKE.

SO THERE IS A PATH FORWARD.

UM, THERE IS NOT A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM THE TRAIL FOUNDATION.

HOWEVER, I DID TALK WITH THEIR CEO, HEIDI, UH, HEIDI ANDERSON, WHO DID THEN, UM, ASSURE ME THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN CONTINUING THIS RELATIONSHIP.

UM, AND SO IT, IT WOULD BE A MATTER OF US FOLLOWING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED FOR US IN THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION AND THE AGREEMENT THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY GIVEN US, UM, PERMISSION FOR APPROVED US TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH EPICS UP THROUGH TTF IS THAT LOOKS LIKE I MIGHT'VE MADE IT CLEAR AS MUD I'M LOOKING AT EVERYONE'S FACE.

I RECOGNIZE YOU HAVE YOUR, YOUR PRIVITY IS NOT WITH THIS GROUP, BUT WITH THE TRIAL FOUNDATION, BUT HOW YOU DEAL WITH THE FOUNDATION ON THIS ISSUE MIGHT VERY WELL IMPACT THEIR CONTINUED PRESENCE.

SO WHAT THIS SAYS IS YOU CAN'T JUST DEAL WITH THE PERSON THAT YOU WERE IN PRIVITY WITH TO THE DEGREE THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON THEIR CONTINUED PRESENCE AS WHAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO.

AND IT MAY BE PART OF HOW YOU DEAL WITH THE TRIAL FOUNDATION THAT IT, THAT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT PROVIDE FOR A CONTINUED PRESENCE, BUT IT DOESN'T MANDATE.

I CONTINUED PRESENCE.

IT ASKS YOU TO LOOK AT IT AND THEN COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION ASSESSMENTS ON THAT.

AND I'M, I'M TELLING, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU IS THAT WE COULD, WE WOULD DO THAT AND WE WOULD DO THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE, TO RESOLUTE THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED US AND THE AGREEMENT THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING.

SOUNDS GOOD.

IS THAT OKAY? ALL RIGHT.

HAVE WE VOTED ON THIS ONE YET? NO.

HAVE IS THE, UH, LICENSE PLATE READER, UH, BATTER, UH, IS ACHIEVED WITH US, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KELLY, DO YOU WANT TO LAY THIS OUT? MAKE A MOTION YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM AND TO POSTPONE ITEM 90 UNTIL OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

SO LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ITEM, THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH, THIS, UH, ITEM 85, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THOSE OPPOSED HOW'S MEMBER HOPPER, MADISON, YOU WITH US OKAY, SO WE'LL LET THAT VOTE REFLECT 10 0 10 0 1 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HOPPER, MADISON OFF THE DESK.

THE NEXT THING WE

[90. Approve a resolution directing the City Manager to identify funding in the amount of $114,775 in Fiscal Year 202 1-2022 to reinstate the license plate reader program at the Austin Police Department, include funding in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2022-2023 budget for continuation of the program. return to Council with any necessary actions for Council to appropriate the funding for this purpose, re-evaluate and implement appropriate changes to the former policy on license plate readers, and work with the Office of the Police Oversight and coordinate community input sessions related to the policy.]

SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA PUSH THIS OFFER.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER? UH, UH, SECONDS THAT MOTION.

UM,

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TWO WEEKS, PROBABLY INVOLVE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT THE ELEMENTS, UM, SHOULD BE, COULD BE IN THAT MOVING FORWARD.

UH, AS I'VE EXPRESSED TO SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DATES, IT'S MY ATTEMPT TO VOTE FOR THIS, AND I'M GOING TO BE IN SEARCH FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IN A WAY THAT, UM, UM, UH, ENABLES THAT TO HAPPEN, BUT STILL PROVIDES A REAL PROTECTIONS.

AND I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS THAT PROVIDE EVEN GREATER OVERSIGHT OR GREATER CONTROL.

AND I WANT TO TRY TO, TO EXPLORE THOSE.

UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW, COUNSELOR KELLY, IF YOU WERE TO ASK A LEADING QUESTION OR WHETHER YOU JUST WEREN'T ASKED THE CHIEF TO RESPOND TO THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT HE'S HEARD OR SHARE WITH US, WHAT HE WANTS TO US TO KNOW, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CHIEF HAS PREPARED A PRESENTATION FOR US TODAY.

AND SO I'D LIKE VERY MUCH IF WE COULD GO THROUGH THAT AND THEN WE COULD ALL ASK QUESTIONS.

COOL.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL, JOSEPH CHACO AND POLICE CHIEF.

UM, IF I BELIEVE THERE'S A PRESENTATION THAT SHOULD BE QUEUED UP, IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BRING THAT UP.

WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS TO BE ABLE TO SIMPLY PRESENT, UM, WHAT AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS ARE, UH, AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT.

SO, UH, IT, IT CAN GENERATE SOME DISCUSSION AND, AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE, UM, AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT POLICY.

UM, I REALIZE IT IS GETTING LATE IN THE EVENING, SO I WILL TRY TO POWER THROUGH THIS, UH, PRETTY QUICKLY.

UH, AND THEN, UH, TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WHAT IS AN AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER? IT'S SIMPLY CAMERAS THAT ARE EITHER FIXED OR MOBILE.

UH, IF THEY'RE MOBILE, GENERALLY THEY'RE ON VEHICLES AND, UM, THEY DO QUICK SCANS OF LICENSE PLATES OF VEHICLES THAT ARE PASSING BY THOSE CAMERAS.

THAT DATA IS THEN LOGGED INTO A DATABASE AND DEPENDING ON THE RETENTION IN THAT DATABASE, IT RESIDES THERE UNTIL IT IS PURGED.

UM, IT PROVIDES VERY BASIC DATA, BASICALLY THE DATE AND TIME, UH, OF THE, UM, OF WHEN THAT VEHICLE WAS LOGGED AND THE LOCATION OF WHERE IT WAS LOGGED.

UM, THE DATA IS AUTOMATICALLY COMPARED TO ANOTHER, A DIFFERENT DATABASE THAT HAS A HOT LIST OF VEHICLES THAT MIGHT INCLUDE, UH, STOLEN VEHICLES OR VEHICLES ASSOCIATED WITH MISSING OR ENDANGERED PERSONS.

UH, THOSE QUERIES ARE AUTOMATIC AND THEY PROVIDE REAL-TIME ALERT AND FEEDBACK TO OFFICERS IN THE FIELD.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, REQUIRE THE USE OF MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOOLS.

THIS IS SIMPLY ONE OF THOSE TOOLS.

IT IS A VERY POWERFUL TOOL.

HOWEVER, NO SINGLE TOOL IS THE, UH, THE ONE OVERRIDING AND, AND JUST KIND OF COMPLETE ANSWER THAT IS NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE CRIME.

UH, WE NEED THESE TYPE OF TOOLS AND, UH, GIVEN OUR STAFFING, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY AND TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO USE IT TO, TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN SOLVING A CRIME, ESPECIALLY VIOLENT CRIME.

I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW IT IS A QUICK AND EFFICIENT SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR HUMAN SOURCED, POLICE INVESTIGATIONS.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE NOT USING TECHNOLOGY TO TRY AND GENERATE, UM, CRIME REPORTS, THE, THIS, UH, DATABASES USE TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SUPPORT INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE REPORTED, UH, BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALERTS LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CRIMES IN THE MOMENT.

AND THEN IMPORTANTLY, IT HELPS TO FACILITATE INVESTIGATIONS THROUGH VEHICLE LOCATION DATA FROM THE PAST.

SO I'LL EXPLAIN HOW THAT HAPPENS, BUT REALLY THE TOOL IS A FORCE MULTIPLIER.

WE HAVE ACCESS TO IN THE FARTHER BACK IN TIME, THAT IT GOES THE MORE LIKELY WE ARE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN SOLVING NUMEROUS CRIMES PRIOR TO THE TERMINATION OF OUR LPR PROGRAM IN 2020, WE KEPT DATA SECURED FOR UP TO A YEAR.

SO AGAIN, APD DOES NOT PROACTIVELY WHEN WE HAD THE LICENSE PLATE READER, DATABASE RESEARCH DATA COLLECTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINDING NEW CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

UH, THE, THE DATA IS ONLY UTILIZED IN RESPONSE TO REPORTED CRIMES.

UM, AND ANY DATA THAT HAS ACCESS IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE CRIMES THAT ARE REPORTED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

NEXT SLIDE, LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RETENTION POLICY AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT IS, UM, THAT IS A LONGER RATHER THAN SHORTER.

UM, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE DATA THAT IS HISTORICAL.

THERE IS NO SINGLE NATIONAL REQUIREMENT REGARDING HOW LONG DATA, UM, SHOULD BE RETAINED.

WE DO KNOW HOWEVER THAT THE MORE DATA

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THE DATA PROVIDED, UM, PROVED INVALUABLE IN SOLVING NUMEROUS CASES INVOLVING REAL THREATS TO INDIVIDUALS AND TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THE LONGER TERM DATA IS USED FOR A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE, AND THAT IS TO SOLVE CRIMES AND SAVE LIVES.

IT'S CRUCIAL THAT APD HAS ACCESS TO THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE COUNCIL FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH, UH, ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO, TO RETAIN THAT DATA.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THE ORIGINAL, UM, RESOLUTION CALLED FOR 30 DAYS, UM, THIS LEVEL OF DATA ALLOWS US TO LOOK BACK IN A RELATIVELY SMALL WINDOW OF TIME TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE VEHICLES, UH, THAT CAN, UM, BE LEADS IN THESE CRIMES.

UH, IT HELPS TO LOCATE AND RECOVER MISSING PERSONS, INCLUDING AMBER AND SILVER ALERTS.

UM, IT ALSO HELPS US TO RESPOND CRIME SPREES IN PROGRESS, UH, TO STOP CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED INCLUDE A THREE MINUTE RETENTION POLICY.

UM, THE THREE-MINUTE RETENTION WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP APD TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY VEHICLES THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY BEEN FLAGGED AS STOLEN INVOLVED WITH A MISSING OR AN ENDANGERED PERSON, OR PERHAPS INVOLVED IN A KIDNAPPING OR AN AMBER ALERT.

HOWEVER, THEY ONLY WORK IF THAT INFORMATION IS ALREADY IN OUR POSSESSION IS ALREADY IN THAT DATABASE THAT IS DOING THE CROSSCHECK.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S ALREADY ON OUR HOT LIST.

THE THREE MINUTE RETENTION REQUIREMENT WOULD PREVENT THE TECHNOLOGY FROM SUPPORTING POLICE WORK REQUIRING MORE INVESTIGATION INTO OTHER TYPES OF CRIMES, INCLUDING MURDERS, SEXUAL ASSAULTS, ROBBERIES, SHOOTINGS, AND OTHER VIOLENT BEHAVIORS.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW STORIES.

UM, YOU KNOW, JUST BROADLY I CAN TELL YOU THAT LPRS CAN BE USED FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF INVESTIGATIONS, INCLUDING, UH, NARCOTIC TRAFFICKING, UM, INVESTIGATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS OF FIRST ONLY TRYING TO RECOVER STOLEN VEHICLES, UH, THE MURDERS AND OTHER TYPES, BUT THERE WERE A FEW THAT STOOD OUT, UH, AS BEING, UM, PRETTY PROFOUND IN DEMONSTRATING THE VALUE OF THE LPRS.

IN 2016, A LOCAL TEACHER BEFRIENDED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A 16 YEAR OLD STUDENT AFTER HIS INITIAL ARREST, THE TEACHER BOUNDED OUT OF JAIL, MOVED TO LUBBOCK AND THREATENED ONLINE TO KILL THE VICTIM.

SHORTLY AFTER THAT THREAT, HE TRAVELED FROM LUBBOCK TO AUSTIN TO CARRY OUT THE MURDER.

LPRS SUCCESSFULLY LOCATED HIS VEHICLE AT A HOTEL WHERE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO FIND THE VICTIM.

THE OFFICERS FOUND A LOADED REVOLVER, ZIP TIES, NUMEROUS KNIVES AND DUCT TAPE IN HIS VEHICLE WITHOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THE LONGER TERM DATA RETAINED THROUGH THE LPR PROGRAM.

WE MAY NOT HAVE LOCATED THAT SUSPECT'S VEHICLE.

UM, PRIOR TO HIM FOLLOWING THE SUSPECT, FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH HIS THREAT OF VIOLENCE IN 2019 TWO SUSPECTS KIDNAPPED A CHILD FROM A SCHOOL BUS STOP.

THEY HAD ALREADY ATTEMPTED TO ABDUCT ANOTHER CHILD EARLIER.

THEIR INTENTION WAS TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT THE FEMALE, BUT SHE ESCAPED BEFORE THEY COULD FOLLOW THROUGH INVESTIGATIVE LEADS LED TO A POTENTIAL SUSPECT VEHICLE.

AND THE LPR SYSTEM LED DETECTIVES DIRECTLY TO THE LOCATION OF THE VEHICLE, WHERE THEY TOOK ONE OF THE SUSPECTS INTO CUSTODY AND OBTAINED A FULL CONFESSION.

THE TWO SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED BEFORE ANY MORE JUVENILES WERE PLACED IN HARM'S WAY.

AND THEN FINALLY IN 2020, A VIOLENT SERIAL SHOOTING SPREE OCCURRED HERE IN SOUTH AUSTIN THAT THAT SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS AND THE SUSPECT, WHICH WAS DRIVING A PARTICULAR KIND OF VEHICLE SHOT AT NUMEROUS VEHICLES DURING VARIOUS ROAD RAGE INCIDENTS, INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND SOME SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES WITH ONE PERSON WHO DIED.

THE LPRS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN LOCATING AND IDENTIFYING THE VEHICLE AND EVENTUALLY LED TO THE SUSPECT'S LOCATION AND ARREST.

NEXT SLIDE, VERY BRIEFLY, OUR POLICY AND WHAT I'M DOING IS QUOTING POLICY THAT WAS IN PLACE.

UM, PRIOR TO, UM, THE SUSPENSION OF THE PROGRAM, LPR DATABASES DO NOT CONTAIN PII PERSONALLY, PERSONALLY, IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.

UM, APD DOES NOT USE LPRS

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FOR PARKING ENFORCEMENT, THE COLLECTION OF PARKING FEES, UH, TRAFFIC WARRANTS, OR ANY KIND OF A WARRANT ROUNDUP, AN AUDIT IS CONDUCTED.

AND THERE IS A CLEAR AUDIT TRAIL, UM, THAT EXISTS FOR EVERY SINGLE LOG ON AND EVERY TRANSACTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM, THE APD PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS UNIT HAD BEEN CONDUCTING QUARTERLY AUDITS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE.

A MISUSE OF THE SYSTEM CAN INCLUDE DISCIPLINE UP TO AND INCLUDING INDEFINITE SUSPENSION, AS WELL AS CRIMINAL CHARGES.

AND APD HAS HELD OFFICERS TO THIS, UH, TO THIS LEVEL.

AND WE HAVE HAD OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN CRIMINALLY CHARGED FOR MISUSING OFFICIAL INFORMATION.

PAST AUDITS OF THE APDS USE OF LPR SHOWED 100% COMPLIANCE WITH APPROPRIATE USAGE.

NEXT SLIDE ALP OUR, UM, DATA IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT USE.

UH, THIS INCLUDES CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATED PURPOSES.

UM, THE DATA AND THE SYSTEM IS THE PROPERTY OF APD WILL NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR DISTRIBUTED TO ANY NON LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITY.

UM, AGAIN, THAT'S, UH, WE DO NOT ALLOW THE SYSTEM FOR, TO BE USED FOR ANY TYPE OF WARRANT ROUNDUP OR COLLECTION OF PAST DUES.

AND THIS HAS BEEN ADJUSTED, UH, BASED ON THE RESOLUTION THAT DATA IN THE SYSTEM IS PURGED AFTER 30 DAYS.

UM, THAT'S THE SHORT PRESENTATION AGAIN? I WANTED TO KEEP THAT PRETTY BRIEF AND ALLOW TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND, UM, AND ANY DISCUSSION THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, KEVIN KELLY.

UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT COMPREHENSIVE, UM, PRESENTATION.

I'M WONDERING, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, HOW INVOLVED COULD THEY BE IN AN AUDITING PROCESS? UM, YOU KNOW, WE, THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT OBVIOUSLY HAS A DEFINED ROLE, MAKING SURE THAT IF THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT, THAT THEY ARE OVERSEEING THOSE INVESTIGATIONS AS THEY TAKE PLACE AND ALSO, UM, COLLABORATE WITH, UM, THE OPO DIRECTOR ON, UM, ANY UPDATES THAT WE MAY BE MAKING TO POLICY THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO, TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL AUDITING PROCESS ITSELF.

MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THAT NOT GO TO THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT.

UM, THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, FOLKS IN THERE THAT ARE REALLY SKILLED IN CONDUCTING THESE TYPE OF AUDITS.

AND QUITE HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE THE BANDWIDTH TO DO IT.

UH, MY RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT OUTSIDE OF APD IS TO PUT IT WITH THE OFFICE OF THE CITY AUDITOR, UH, AND HAVE THOSE FOLKS, UM, EITHER REVIEW THE AUDITS OR CONDUCT THE OFFICE.

THE RISK MANAGEMENT UNIT, WHO THEN, UM, GOES BACK ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AND CHECKS THOSE, UM, LOG ENTRIES AGAINST THE CASES TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE SYSTEM IS BEING USED CORRECTLY.

UM, HOW EFFECTIVE WOULD THE PROPOSED LPR PROGRAM BE IF THE SCOPE WAS LIMITED TO ONLY SPECIFIC CRIMES, WOULD IT MAKE IT MORE CHALLENGING TO UTILIZE, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST BASED ON SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS, I THINK THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, OBVIOUSLY IT'S TRYING TO, UH, KIND OF TARGET IN ON, ON, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE FELONY OFFENSES, UM, KIDNAPPINGS AND SO FORTH.

WHAT I WORRY ABOUT IS WHAT ARE THE OFFENSES THAT WE'RE MISSING? UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF, UM, REPORTS OF CRIME THAT HAPPENED IN THE CITY THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS, JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE ONES THAT ARE NAMED.

AND I WOULD HATE NOT TO BE ABLE TO USE AN IMPORTANT TOOL LIKE THIS, TO HELP SELL THOSE CRIMES FOR THOSE CITIZENS AS WELL.

SO, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION IS NOT TO PUT LIMITATIONS ON IT, APART FROM WHAT WE HAVE SAID THAT WE DEFINITELY WILL NOT USE THE SYSTEM FOR, UM, AND THEN AUDIT AND HOLD, UM, THE, THE DEPARTMENT AND MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE FOR, UM, FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE USING THE SYSTEM CORRECTLY.

AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE AUDIT, CAN YOU MAYBE EXPLAIN IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONFUSION.

I KNOW AT LEAST THERE WAS WITH ME BEFORE I FULLY UNDERSTOOD HOW AN AUDIT WORKED EVEN ON A DAILY BASIS, IT'S AUDITED.

UH, CERTAINLY SO EVERY TIME THAT THE SYSTEM IS ACCESSED BY ANY PERSON THAT IS AUTHORIZED TO GET INTO IT, THERE IS AN AUTOMATIC REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO ENTER, UM, THE, UH, THE CASE NUMBER THAT THIS IS RELATED TO THE TYPE OF OFFENSE.

UM, AND, UM, AND THEN ALL OF THE DATA IS LOGGED, INCLUDING WHAT TERMINAL, UM, THAT THE, THAT THE ACCESS OCCURRED AT THE DATE, THE TIME AND WHO THE USER WAS, THAT INFORMATION GOES TO

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UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT THE LICENSE PLATE READERS IS THAT IT'S A FORM OF SURVEILLANCE.

WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS A FORM OF SURVEILLANCE? WHY OR WHY NOT? AND HOW DOES IT DIFFER? I THINK THAT, UM, WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THE WORD SURVEILLANCE, I THINK THAT, THAT CONJURES UP AN IDEA THAT, UM, THAT APD IS ACTIVELY, UM, LOOKING AND LOGGING AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT, I WOULD THINK THAT THEY'RE TRACKING MY MOVEMENTS, UM, THE SYSTEM, I THINK THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, WITH, UH, DEPARTMENTS THAT USE LPRS, UH, IN ANY MISUSE IS BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A GOOD POLICY THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE TO HELP GUIDE A DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ABUSES DON'T OCCUR.

WE, UH, HAVE, UH, BEFORE WE EVER PUT THE, THE SYSTEM IN PLACE HAD A VERY ROBUST POLICY, UH, THAT, UM, ENSURED THAT OFFICERS WOULD ONLY GO INTO THE SYSTEM FOR VALID REASONS, UH, THAT ANY INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT OF THE SYSTEM WENT DIRECTLY INTO THE CASE FILE WAS USED TO SUPPORT THE INVESTIGATIONS.

AND THEN AFTER THE PRESCRIBED PERIOD OF TIME, THE INFORMATION WAS PURGED.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESTRICT WHO CAN SEE OUR DATA, UH, INCLUDING OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

UH, THEY, WE WOULD BE THE ONLY AGENCY THAT HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO OUR DATA.

UM, AND SO THAT OTHER AGENCIES DON'T HAVE THAT SAME ABILITY THAT, THAT WE DO.

UM, SO, UH, ALL OF THAT TO SAY IS THAT WE'RE ONLY AS I'VE MENTIONED IN THE, IN THE, UM, IN THE PRESENTATION, GOING INTO THE SYSTEM TO, UM, IF WE HAVE A REPORT THAT A CRIME HAS OCCURRED AT A PARTICULAR LOCATION ON A PARTICULAR TIME AND DATE, UH, AND NOT SURVEILLING OR KEEPING TRACK OF PEOPLE'S MOVEMENTS IN THAT SYSTEM.

I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THIS COUNCIL TO GET A COPY OF YOUR PREVIOUS POLICIES SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW THAT BEFORE WE COME BACK ON THIS ITEM.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS WHO WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD THE DATA BE AVAILABLE TO, IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE EFFECTIVE? DO YOU FIND ANY ADVANTAGES OR DISADVANTAGES FOR US TO LIMIT WHO CAN ACCESS THAT DATA IN YOUR DEPARTMENT? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ANY PERSON WHO, UM, HAS A ILLEGAL, UM, YOU KNOW, LEGAL NEED TO GET TO THE DATA SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO IT, AS WELL AS, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE DOWN TO THE STREET LEVEL OFFICER NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE DATA AND THE WAY THAT THEY ACCESS THE DATA IS AGAIN THROUGH THE HOT LIST NOTIFICATIONS AS, UH, IF THEY'RE ON MOUNTED ON VEHICLES AND THEY'RE MOBILE, AND THEY'RE GETTING THOSE HITS IMMEDIATELY THAT A STOLEN VEHICLE JUST DROVE PAST THEM.

UM, THEY NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE ACTION UPON IT.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE AND THINGS, UH, TO MAKE SURE OUR OFFICERS, UH, ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING, BUT WE'VE ALSO ENTRUSTED THEM WITH OTHER TOOLS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS AND HAVE TO HAVE THAT SAME TRUST.

UH, SO THIS TOOL REALLY IS, UM, IN, IN THAT SENSE IS NO DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER TYPES OF DATABASES THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO.

AND MAYOR I'LL HAVE A CLOSING STATEMENT, BUT I'M FINISHED WITH MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.

BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE USING BEST PRACTICES IN TERMS OF DATA SECURITY.

OUR KITCHEN.

UM, I HAVE, I JUST WANT TO SIGNAL THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS I HAVE.

WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THE DETAIL RIGHT NOW.

UM, I, AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, I CAN SAY ALSO I DO, I DO INTEND TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE, UH, UH, I THINK THAT WE CAN GET SUFFICIENT PROTECTIONS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE RAISED.

SO, UM, ONE THING THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS DATA SECURITY.

AND SO I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SYSTEM ITSELF AND, UH, UH, ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM.

THINGS LIKE ROLE-BASED ACCESS, UM, PASSWORDS, USER IDS, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THAT DETAIL RIGHT NOW, BUT I WANT, I'M GOING TO WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THE SYSTEM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A PROCESS.

UM, OF COURSE, I'M TO PICK UP, IF YOU HAVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE SECURITY PROTOCOLS THAT ARE IN PLACE, THEN I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT THE SECURITY PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY OUR CITY SECURITY OFFICER.

UM,

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SO THAT'S, UM, THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF DETAIL TO THAT.

WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT OFFLINE, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT, UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, UNDERSTANDING FOR OURSELVES AND ALSO ASSURING THE PUBLIC THAT, THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING WHEN WE'RE COLLECTING THESE, THIS DATA, WE'RE STORING IT IN A SYSTEM.

AND OUR ACCESS TO THAT SYSTEM USES THE BEST PRACTICES WITH REGARD TO ACCESSING IT AND PROTECTING AGAINST BOTH MISUSE, UM, AND HACKING IN, IN DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, AND ALSO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT THE AUDITING IS, IS THE TYPE OF THING THAT, THAT IT, TO MY MIND, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AUDITING THERE'S THE, THE DAILY KINDS OF AUDITING THAT'S CAN BE AUDIT AUTOMATED THAT CAN PROVIDE ALERTS IF THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING, IF THERE'S ACCESS THAT'S NOT AUTHORIZED.

AND THEN THERE'S THE LOOK BACK KIND OF AUDITING THAT OCCURS ON A REGULAR BASIS QUARTERLY OR WHATEVER THAT BASIS IS THAT MIGHT GIVE YOU A BROADER PICTURE ABOUT THE USE OF THE SYSTEM.

UH, UM, WE'RE USING TERMS THAT ARE CALLING BOTH AUDITS AND MAYBE THAT'S APPROPRIATE, BUT I THINK THEY'RE FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES.

AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE DISTINCT FOR PEOPLE.

SO, UM, SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SIGNAL WHAT MY CONCERNS WERE.

UM, I POSTED AN AMENDMENT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.

IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT LANGUAGE AND THAT SORT OF SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT, BUT THE GOAL OF IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING BEST PRACTICES WITH REGARD TO DATA SECURITY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THOSE SECURITY PROTOCOLS, CHIEF, UH, JUST REAL FAST AND KEEPING IN THE SAME, UH, UH, VEDAS, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, KITCHEN, SOME THINGS THAT, UH, I'M GOING TO WANT TO, UH, DISCUSS WITH YOU OR, OR, OR STAFF OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT WEEK, AS WE TRY TO CRAFT SOMETHING THAT, THAT FINDS WHERE THESE VENN DIAGRAM IS FILLED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

UM, UH, ONE CONCEPT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE BIG ISSUES WE HEAR FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE IS FEAR THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE USED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ICE FOR IMMIGRATION WORK OR USED BY THE STATE FOR, UH, REPRODUCTIVE, UH, ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE, UH, RIGHT.

UH, HEALTHCARE.

UM, SO CONSIDERING SOMETHING THAT, THAT IT MAKES IT, WHAT WE KNOW IS IF WE GET A REQUEST FROM ICE OR FROM THE STATE, ANY INFORMATION WE HAVE, WE'RE GOING TO BE LEGALLY BOUND TO TURN OVER AT THE SAME TIME.

WE THINK IT'S PROBABLY UNLIKELY THAT THAT THOSE KINDS OF REQUESTS WOULD BE MADE OF US.

AND IT SEEMS AS IF THE ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT THIS VENN DIAGRAM CONCEPT HERE WOULD BE TO SAY THAT IF THERE'S A REQUEST THAT COMES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR A REQUEST THAT COMES FROM THE STATE, THAT AT THAT MOMENT, THE FURTHER COLLECTION OF DATA IS SUSPENDED SO THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THEN TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND SAY, OKAY, WE'VE GOTTEN THIS REQUEST.

THIS IS HOW I'VE RESOLVED IT.

SO THAT IF THERE'S INFORMATION WE NEED TO PRODUCE, IT'S LIMITED BY THE 30 DAYS OR HOWEVER MANY DAYS WE HAVE, BUT WE'RE NOT CONTINUING TO ACCUMULATE MORE DATA.

IF IN FACT THAT KIND OF THING HAPPENS TO US.

SO I WANT US TO CONSIDER THAT KIND OF THING.

I THINK IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT IF IT DOES, THEN IT'S RUNNING STRAIGHT INTO THE FEAR THAT THAT'S SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AT I'D ALSO LIKE THAT WAS TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IN TERMS OF HAVING A SUNSET PROVISION ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

IF WE HAVE THE YEAR AND YOUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO ACCUMULATE THE KIND OF DATA THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT TO DEMONSTRATE ITS, ITS EFFECTIVENESS, AS WELL AS ITS SAFETY.

AND IN REAL TIME, UH, WE COULD PUT SOMETHING ON THERE THAT SAYS THAT A YEAR FROM NOW, IT HAS TO BE REENGAGED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

THAT MEANS ONE MORE TIME, YOU JUST NEED TO COME BACK.

BUT AT THAT POINT THERE'LL BE MORE INFORMATION AND DATA FROM A, FROM A YEAR'S EXPERIENCE, THERE WAS THE PRIOR, UH, LICENSE PLATE READER WORK THAT WAS DONE.

ARE THERE AUDITS OR OTHER KINDS OF THINGS THAT, UH, UH, WERE DONE BACK THEN ON THAT SYSTEM THAT WE STILL HAVE SOMEWHERE WE DO STILL HAVE THEM.

YES, SIR.

AND IS THERE INFORMATION IN THERE THAT THAT'S PROTECTED OR CONFIDENTIAL THAT, THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE, THAT THAT IS NOT, UH, UH, PUBLISHED FOR PEOPLE TO SEE? UH, THERE WOULD BE INFORMATION IN THERE THAT'S CONFIDENTIAL.

WOULD THERE ALSO BE INFORMATION THAT'S NOT CONFIDENTIAL? NUMBER OF TIMES IT WAS USED HOW WAS USED, WHERE WAS USED THAT KIND OF STUFF.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT THERE'S THINGS IN THERE THAT THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE CONFIDENTIAL.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE WERE TO REDACT THAT OR, UH, TO GET THOSE, IF IT'S DIFFICULT TO REACT, I'M TRYING NOT TO CREATE, UH, AN ORDINATE AMOUNT OF WORK HERE.

UH, BUT MAYBE WE HAVE THE AUDITOR.

UH, SO IT'S, UH, YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDED SITE

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THAT MAYBE HAVE AN OUTSIDE ISH PERSON LOOK AT IT.

UH, THEY CAN STILL MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY AS OUR AUDITOR DOES, UH, SO THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT HAVING THAT KIND OF ROUTE, JUST TO SEE WHAT WE COULD LEARN IN REAL TIME THAT MIGHT GUIDE US FURTHER ON, ON DIRECTIONS OR, OR, OR, OR RULES.

UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO RAISE IS YOU YOU'VE INDICATED THAT HOW YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING A LIST OF WHEN IT COULD BE USED, UH, FOR FEAR OF, WE FORGOT TO PUT SOMETHING IN THAT WE WANT TO HAVE PUT IN A, WE COULD ALWAYS HAVE A LIST AND THE OTHER SIDE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STAKEHOLDER WORLD LOOKING AT THAT AND SAY, WELL, THESE ARE THE THINGS WE INTENDED IT TO BE USED FOR.

SO WE DON'T THINK WE'RE MISSING ANYTHING.

WE COULD COME UP WITH A LIST, BUT, BUT TO ALLOW FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE COUNCIL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND SAY, NOW THAT WE'VE USED IT FOR THREE WEEKS, WE REALIZED THERE'S THIS SET OF CRIMES OR OTHER KINDS OF THINGS.

WE DON'T USE IT, PLEASE ADD IT TO THE, TO THE, TO THE LIST.

SO THERE MIGHT BE A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT LIST IS NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT'S SAD THAT IT'S, THAT IT IS ITERATIVE, BUT IT STARTS WITH AN UNKNOWN SET AND ALLOWS YOU TO ADD TO IT RATHER THAN STARTING WITH, UH, WITH A LARGE SET THAT WE DON'T KNOW.

AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, THIS IS A HARD ISSUE FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE JUST GENERAL TRUST ISSUES AND THERE ARE CIVILIANS CONCERNS.

SO AS WE'RE TRYING, AS I THINK THERE'S PERHAPS A MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL TO DO, TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS AND MAINTAIN IT AS, AS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL AND A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR YOU, WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT THAT GENERATES THE GREATEST LEVEL OF TRUST THAT WE CAN GIVE HIM WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

SOMEBODY ELSE COUNTERPART THIS.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

UM, YOU KNOW, I RECENTLY WENT ON A RIDE ALONG WITH ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

UM, REALLY INSIGHTFUL, GREAT EXPERIENCE.

UM, ONE OF THE INCIDENTS THAT WE WENT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS A REPORT, A SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE OFFICER WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH ME THAT THE CAR WAS FLAGGED AS A STOLEN CAR.

AND SO WHAT TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS, UH, OUR OFFICERS CURRENTLY TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT VEHICLE IS STOLEN, HE CAN RUN.

UM, THERE ARE SYSTEMS, IF FOR INSTANCE, YOU HAD YOUR VEHICLES STOLEN, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO REPORT IT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE LICENSE PLATE, AND THE VIN NUMBER WOULD BE PLACED INTO A DATABASE THAT IS MAINTAINED BY THE STATE, UM, THAT IF HE RUNS ACROSS THAT VEHICLE, HE HAS TO MANUALLY ENTER IT INTO THE COMPUTER.

AND IF IT COMES, IT COULD COME BACK AS STOLEN.

SO THERE IS SO CURRENTLY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE A TOOL THAT ALLOWS US A MECHANISM TO CROSS CHECK IF IT IS A STOLEN VEHICLE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

UM, AND THEN PART OF THAT INCIDENT, WE ALSO UNCOVERED, UM, FAKE LICENSE PLATES TAGS, UH, LIKE YEAH, FAKE LICENSE PLATES, UM, WITHIN THE VEHICLE.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS A RISING TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, GOING ON WITH PEOPLE HAVING FAKE TAGS.

SO HOW, HOW IS THAT? WHAT'S THE INTERPLAY WITH THIS LICENSE PLATE READER, IF WE KNOW THAT, UM, IT IS COMMON THAT ONCE CRIMES ARE COMMITTED, THAT THAT SUSPECT MAY ALREADY CHANGE THE LICENSE PLATE ON THEIR VEHICLE.

WELL, UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

WHEN YOU SAY, WHAT IS THE INTERPLAY? THE, THE LICENSE PLATE READER IS, IS PRETTY MUCH AGNOSTIC, WHATEVER PLATE COMES BY, IT'S GOING TO RECORD THAT PLATE.

SO IN THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU GAVE, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE RECOVERED A VEHICLE AND THERE WERE STOLEN LICENSE PLATES IN THERE, OR FAKE LICENSE PLATES IN THERE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RUN THOSE LICENSE PLATES THROUGH THE HISTORICAL DATA IN THE LPR SYSTEM AND DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OF THEM WERE IN THE AREA OF THIS PARTICULAR CRIME THAT WAS COMMITTED FOR INSTANCE.

SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE ABILITY AS LONG AS WE KNOW THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.

SO I GUESS, WOULD THE ACCURACY BE EFFECTED WITH THE LPR, GIVEN THE RISE IN FAKE LICENSE PLATES? NOT TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS SIMPLY RECORDING A LICENSE PLATE.

SO IF FOR SOME REASON THE LICENSE PLATE IS OBSCURED, UM, THERE'S SOMETHING ON IT OR IT'S COVERED THAT WOULD AFFECT THE, UH, THE LPR CAMERA'S ABILITY TO RECORD THE LICENSE PLATE.

BUT WHETHER IT'S A GENUINE TAG OR IT'S A FAKE TAG, IT'S GOING TO SIMPLY RECORD THE TAG NUMBER.

UM, AND WHAT ARE THE OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD IS RIGHT NOW, UM, I GUESS WITH THIS LICENSE PLATE READER, WOULD THAT INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH A RICK WITH THE REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER, THE AUSTIN, THEY WOULD, UM, A BRICK BEING AN EXTENSION OF APD.

IT WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO IT.

IT DOES, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE ERIC IS UNDER, UM, EVEN I WOULD SAY GREATER RESTRICTIONS WITH HOW IT CAN STORE AND SHARE DATA, BECAUSE IT'S UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY UMBRELLA FOR FUSION CENTERS, UM, THERE MUST BE A CRIMINAL OR TERRORISM NEXUS RELATED TO THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT THEY STORE DATA ON.

AND DOES ERIC CURRENTLY ALSO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES?

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SO IS THERE ANY, SO EVEN IF WE ADOPTED REGULATIONS ON HOW WE STORE OUR DATA, APD STORES, THE DATA APDS ALREADY GOING TO SHARE IT WITH A RICK AND ERIC, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE ARE CERTAIN INSTANCES IN WHICH THE INFORMATION HAS TO BE IS COMPELLED AND HAS TO BE SHARED WITH OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

UM, SO THERE IS THAT POSSIBILITY, VERY LIKELY TO GET TO WHAT THE MAYOR WAS SAYING EARLIER THAT INFOR DESPITE REGULATIONS THAT WE MIGHT PUT IN PLACE, THAT INFORMATION THAT IS CAPTURED ON APDS, LPRS STILL MIGHT BE SHARED WITH ANOTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

WELL, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT'S, WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, BUT LET ME JUST ANSWER THAT.

IF I SAW ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY COMES TO THE ERIC, THEY HAVE A CRIMINAL CASE AND THEY REQUEST INFORMATION, WE ARE COMPELLED TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I'M HEARING FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS UNDERSTANDING THE, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE AFTERMATH OF THE DISMANTLING OF ROE V WADE AND WHAT THAT CAN DO, UM, FOR, UM, ON THE ABORTION FRONT.

AND SO WHAT, UM, I JUST WANT TO GET YOUR COMMENTS ON HOW, YOU KNOW, HAVING LPRS, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW OUR INFORMATION WOULD POTENTIALLY, OR COULD POTENTIALLY BE SHARED WITH ANOTHER JURISDICTION THAT DOES CHOOSE TO PROSECUTE ABORTIONS? UM, ANY COMMENTS YOU WANT TO SHARE ON, ON THAT TOPIC? WELL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT, UM, APD ONLY OWNS, UM, AND THEY ARE DEACTIVATED 20 LPRS, 20 LPR CAMERAS.

UM, THERE ARE RIGHT NOW, LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF LPRS IN THE CITY THAT ARE NOT OWNED BY APD.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF, OF THOSE ARE OWNED PRIVATELY AND, UM, PRIVATE COMPANIES SELL THAT DATA TO ANYONE WHO WILL PAY THE PRICE FOR IT ESSENTIALLY.

SO, UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO PUT IN CONTEXT A LITTLE BIT, THE, UM, THE, THE QUESTION THAT YOU'RE ASKING, WHETHER ANY AGENCY MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO LPR DATA IN OUR JURISDICTION, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW TODAY, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA, THAT LPR DATA IN OUR, IN OUR JURISDICTION, UH, AND TO A MUCH, MUCH GREATER EXTENT THAN WHAT APD HA UM, WOULD, WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO GATHER THE VALUE OF HAVING OUR OWN LPRS IS THAT WE CAN PLACE THE CAMERAS WHERE WE NEED THEM BASED ON THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND, UM, WE ARE NOT, WE'RE REALLY NOT CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS INTO ANY TYPE OF, UM, REPRODUCTIVE CARE OR, OR THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT I, THAT I KNOW THAT COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED ABOUT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

BECAUSE THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD HAVE HAD ON MY LIST ARE THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY ASKED.

I WON'T, I WON'T DUPLICATE THEM, BUT I JUST, I WILL LIST, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS THAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT THIS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT OVERSIGHT SITUATION, UM, WHETHER THEY ARE MOUNTED ON CARS OR MOUNTED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, DO YOU HAVE, UM, THOUGHTS ON WHICH ONE PROVIDES MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION OR WHICH TYPE YOU WOULD PREFER TO USE? I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A MIXTURE.

UM, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IF WE HAVE VEHICLES BEING DRIVEN BY OFFICERS, THE PATROL CARS THAT HAVE MOUNTED, UM, CAMERAS, UM, WE HAVE A GOOD SUCCESS RATE OF BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY STOLEN VEHICLES, UM, OR OTHER TYPES OF VEHICLES.

IT MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN OTHER TYPES OF CRIMES THAT ARE FOR WHATEVER REASON ON OUR HOT LIST.

THERE'S ALSO A VALUE TO HAVING FIXED, UH, CAMERAS, UM, AND, AND PUTTING THOSE ON MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, UH, GIVES US AN ABILITY, UM, IN MANY TIMES WHEN WE'RE CONDUCTING, UM, NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATIONS, OR ARE THERE TYPES OF MAJOR CASE INVESTIGATIONS, UM, THOSE CAMERAS, UM, ARE VERY VALUABLE TOWARDS THOSE.

SO I THINK A GOOD MIX IS REALLY, UM, THE BEST WAY TO GO.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE AUDIT TIMELINES FOR STORAGE WHO HAS ACCESS AND

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ANY THIRD-PARTY SHARING.

UM, YOU ALSO BROUGHT UP THE SHOOTING SPREE INCIDENT.

DO YOU HAVE A SHORT LIST OF SOME OF THE OTHER CRIMES THAT HAVE BEEN SOLVED WITH THE USE OF LICENSE PLATE READERS? YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH TO, I GET ASKED THAT A LOT COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE, AND THE TRUTH IS, IS THAT WE REALLY, IT, LIKE I SAID, IT'S ONE OF A NUMBER OF TOOLS THAT WE USE.

SO, UH, LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

THE ROCK THROWER THAT WE HAD, UM, WHO OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS WAS ACTUALLY THROWING ROCKS ON THE HIGHWAY.

UM, THE WAY THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS CAUGHT WAS, UM, A DURING ONE OF THE INCIDENTS, UH, THERE HAPPENED TO BE A, I THINK IT WAS A DPS TROOPER OR MAYBE A UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PD OFFICER WHO WAS DRIVING BY HIS, HIS, HIS, UM, DIGITAL CAMERA ON THE DASH CAM WAS ACTIVATED.

AND IT CAUGHT THE, THE VEHICLE THAT ACTUALLY THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE ROCK.

SO WE DIDN'T TO SAY THAT WE CAUGHT HIM USING LPRS.

UM, WE ACTUALLY CAUGHT HIM USING VIDEO CAMERA.

HOWEVER WE USED LPRS TO THEN USING HISTORICAL DATA TO GO BACK OTHER ROCK THROWING INCIDENTS.

UM, SO THAT IT WAS, IT WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THE PROSECUTION OF THAT INDIVIDUAL, UH, AND HELP THAT, HELP THAT INVESTIGATION IN THAT WAY.

UM, I CAN PROVIDE OTHER ANECDOTES, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHAT LPRS DO IS GIVE US A LEAD.

SOMETIMES IT'S USED TO FIRM UP A CASE AFTER THE FACT, UM, THEY'RE JUST, IT'S JUST A GOOD TOOL, BUT THAT'S ALL IT REALLY IS, IS A TOOL.

SO, UH, JUST AS COUNCIL MEMBER POINT, THIS WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO PHYSICALLY ENTER A LICENSE PLATE TO CHECK IF IT'S STOLEN, WE CAN DO THAT NOW.

UM, BUT HAVING IT BE DONE AUTOMATED AND CHECKING EVERY SINGLE LICENSE PLATE THAT'S GOING PAST THIS CAMERA, UM, IS GOING TO BE A BIGGER BENEFIT TO LOCATING THOSE STOLEN VEHICLES.

DO THEY WORK, DO THE ONES MOUNTED ON CARS OPERATE WHILE THE OFFICER IS DRIVING.

SO FOR INSTANCE, THEY WOULD NEED TO PULL OVER TO PLUG IN A LICENSE PLATE, BUT IF THEY'RE DRIVING AND ONE GOES PAST THEM, THEN IT WILL TRIGGER AND SAY, HEY, YOU GOT TO GO CHECK THIS OUT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

RIGHT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE ALL, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.

AND THEN, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME ANECDOTES THAT I LEAVE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY CASES OF THIS HERE LOCALLY, BUT THE IDEA OF PEOPLE STOCKING XS OR LOOKING UP, YOU KNOW, FAMILY MEMBERS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND THEM, IS WOULD THIS TYPE OF DATA BE SOMETHING WHERE YOU COULD JUST GO PLUG IN ANY LICENSE PLATE AND GO CHECK IT, OR HOW DOES THAT PART OF THE DATA WORK? SO ANY SYSTEM CAN BE ABUSED AND YES.

UM, IF SOMEBODY WERE TO PLUG IN A LICENSE PLATE BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO CHECK ON THEIR GIRLFRIEND OR SOMETHING ELSE, AND I KNOW THAT HAS HAPPENED, UM, NOT HERE, BUT IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

AND AGAIN, I THINK IT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T PUT THE RIGHT POLICY AND SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

UM, SO WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST POLICY AND WE ALSO HAVE A VERY ROBUST AUDITING, UH, SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT WE WOULD GO BACK.

AND IF WE FOUND THAT THAT HAPPENED, THAT THERE WOULD BE SANCTIONS BOTH ADMINISTRATIVELY AND POTENTIALLY CRIMINALLY AGAINST ANY OFFICERS THAT DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW MANY STOLEN CARS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED WITH THIS? OR I KNOW WE HAVEN'T HAD THEM IN PLACE FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW OFTEN THEY WERE USED TO RECOVER STOLEN CARS BACK WHEN THE SOFTWARE WAS ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER ON THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'LL SEE IF WE CAN RESEARCH AND SEE, OKAY.

THAT, THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE TIME WE TALK ABOUT STOLEN CARS SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FEEL LIKE IT'S A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY VERSUS PROTECTING OTHER PEOPLE'S RIGHTS.

AND I DEFINITELY HEAR THAT, BUT I KNOW, ESPECIALLY PERTAINING TO MY DISTRICT, THERE'S A HIGH, A HIGH OWNERSHIP OF GUNS AND THEY CAN GET STOLEN OUT OF CARS.

AND SO I APPROACH IT FROM A MINDSET OF WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT FIREARMS AREN'T FALLING INTO THE WRONG PEOPLE'S HANDS, WHO SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEM ON THEIR OWN.

UM, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY I TALK ABOUT IT.

IT'S JUST BECAUSE CAR BURGLARY AND THEFT IS HIGH IN MY DISTRICT, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S THAT OVERLYING FIREARMS GETTING INTO THE WRONG HANDS.

UM, AND I W I WILL JUST CLOSE, CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OTHER GOOD QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE ANSWERED TODAY.

UM, BUT I REMEMBER WHERE THIS ALL STARTED FROM IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND A FEW OF US WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE SEX CRIMES DETECTIVES AND THE VICTIM SERVICES COUNSELORS, AND SPECIFICALLY ASK THEM WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES WOULD HELP THEM BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR TASKS MORE EFFECTIVELY.

AND SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T WANT, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE BEING MONITORED UNNECESSARILY.

WE DON'T WANT RACIAL PROFILING.

WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO ACCESS ANY KIND OF HEALTHCARE TO BE MONITORED, BUT THERE'S ALSO THAT ASPECT OF, IF WE KNOW THERE'S A RAPIST OUT THERE OR AN ALLEGED RAPIST, WE WANT THEM HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO.

AND SO THIS IS A REALLY HARD ANGLE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE POLICY LINED UP.

BUT I, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS AT THIS POINT TO TRY TO GET THIS

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UH, FIRST X CODY, GET A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND GOING OFF OF THE, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE SAYING THAT LOTS OF, UH, PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS COLLECT LPR DATA, THAT THE THINGS THAT COME TO MIND RIGHT AWAY, TOLL ROADS AND PARKING GARAGES, UH, ANY OTHER KIND OF MAJOR GENERATORS OF ALP ARE DATA THAT, THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF, OF ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT TOLL ROADS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, PARKING GARAGES NECESSARILY ARE TURNING OVER THAT INFORMATION WHERE I SEE IT MORE, YOU HAVE COMPANIES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY IN THE LPR BUSINESS AND WE'LL MOUNT THEM ON PRIVATE VEHICLES TO JUST SIMPLY COLLECT DATA.

THAT'S ALL THEY DO.

THEY'RE DRIVING AROUND, UH, DURING THE DAY.

AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE COLLECTING THAT DATA.

UM, THERE'S ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES SUCH AS, UM, MALLS, UH, YOU KNOW, LARGE, UM, GROUPS OF, UH, THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES HAVE LPRS THAT ARE MOUNTED AT THE ENTRANCES AND EXITS, UM, TO THOSE FACILITIES.

UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE PUT THEM UP IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS BEFORE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

UM, AND GENERALLY THAT, THAT DATA THEN BECOMES COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE.

AND AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE SALE DISTRIBUTION, ANYTHING OF THAT DATA? UH, NOT, I, I REALLY DON'T KNOW SINCE THAT IS REALLY MORE IN THE CIVIL AREA.

UH, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF EITHER.

UH, AND THIS IS JUST AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, JUST COMMERCIAL DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE BY JUST ABOUT ANYBODY THAT'S CORRECT.

SO APD WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA THEN.

AND AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THERE'S NO LIMITS TO THE TIME THAT THAT TYPE OF DATA COULD BE HELD.

THAT'S GOING TO BE LIMITED BY WHATEVER RULES THAT THEY'RE OPERATING UNDER, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY FEDERAL PRIVACY RULES OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD LIMIT, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG THAT DATA CAN BE HELD.

SO CONCEIVABLY, IF YOU WERE LOOKING BACKWARDS AND SAYING LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE JUST REALIZED THAT SIX MONTHS AGO, EIGHT MONTHS AGO, TWO YEARS AGO, SOMETHING HAPPENED, YOU COULD QUERY PRIVATE DATABASES AND, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS PERSON WAS AT BARTON CREEK MALL ON, YOU KNOW, JUNE 7TH, 2000, WHATEVER WOULD THAT BE AVAILABLE TO APD? I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS OR NOT, IT'S GOING TO BE DEPEND ON, UM, WHICH, UM, DATABASE ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STORING IN.

UM, AND, UM, YOU MENTIONED PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFO.

UH, WHAT IS THAT? SO THE, ALL IT DOES IS RECORD THE LICENSE PLATE ITSELF.

IT DOES NOT RECORD FOR INSTANCE, WHO OWNS THAT VEHICLE OR WHO THAT LICENSE PLATE IS REGISTERED TO.

THERE ARE NO PHOTOS THAT ARE TAKEN OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DRIVING THE, UM, DRIVING THE VEHICLE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND BECAUSE SOME OF THE MODEL LEGISLATION THAT WE LOOKED AT, UH, SPECIFICALLY SAID, NO PHOTOS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT YOU TAKING PICTURES OF PEOPLE INSIDE THE VEHICLE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT WOULD BE, IS THAT PART OF THE CONTRACT WITH VIGILANT AS AGAIN, AS FOR THE, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT SO IT'S JUST LICENSE PLATE READER CONTRACT.

IT'S NOT, UH, TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ACTUAL, UH, DOES IT TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE VEHICLE THAT, THAT, NO.

SO THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, IS IT SCANS, EXCUSE ME, IT SCANS THE LICENSE PLATE, AND THEN THAT LICENSE PLATE THAT'S SIX OR SEVEN DIGIT, UH, CHARACTERS GO INTO THE DATABASE.

THERE ARE NO PHOTOS THAT ARE ACTUALLY STORED.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

UH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPEAT THAT QUESTION AGAIN.

AND VIA THE MECHANICS OF THE LPR PROGRAM, UM, I GUESS IS THAT A SOFTWARE THAT VIGILANT PROVIDES THAT, YOU KNOW, AN OFFICER WILL THEN SIT DOWN AND USE JUST LIKE WE USE ANY OTHER TYPE OF SOFTWARE THAT'S CORRECT.

UH, AND I, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE OFFICERS DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT IN THEIR PATROL VEHICLES, ON THEIR, ON THEIR LAPTOPS.

THERE THEY WOULD.

AND YOU MENTIONED IN MY PROPOSAL STOLEN VEHICLES.

DEFINITELY.

I GET THOSE, I GET THE IDEA FOR IT.

THEY'RE EASY TO PUT ON A HOT LIST BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REPORTED YOU ADD THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE ANY REAL CONCERNS WITH, UH, THE IDENTIFICATION OF STOLEN VEHICLES VIA, UH, UH, ALP OURS, BUT IN FELONIES, AGAIN, I WOULD DRAW A SIMPLE LINE AT, AT, YOU KNOW, IGNORE MISDEMEANORS FOCUSED ON FELONIES, ASSUMING THAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN, IN MISDEMEANOR INVESTIGATIONS FOR INVOLVING LPRS?

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WHAT MISDEMEANORS WOULD YOU BE? WOULD YOU INVESTIGATE USING LPRS LIKE, WHAT WOULD REALLY DRAW THE APDS ATTENTION WITH REGARD TO A MISDEMEANOR? YOU KNOW, THE, THERE, THERE IS A MIXTURE OF BOTH FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES THROUGHOUT THE PENAL CODE.

UM, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVING HIM AN EXAMPLE, A BURGLARY OF A STORAGE SHED OR SOME TYPE OF, OF, OF A GARAGE.

IT'S NOT A HOME, UM, IS A MISDEMEANOR.

AND IF WE HAD A RASH OF THOSE THAT WAS GOING ON, UM, IN ANY GIVEN PART OF TOWN THAT, THAT WE WANTED TO SET UP LPRS TO SEE IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CATCH WHO WAS DOING THEM, UM, WOULD NOT BE ALLOWABLE PRESUMABLY BECAUSE, UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A FELONY, SO THEY WOULD BE MOSTLY PROBABLY.

AND AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK THROUGH THE MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES, MYSELF, THEFT RELATED MISDEMEANORS, UM, IT COULD BE A SIMPLE ASSAULT IS A MISDEMEANOR.

IF IT'S NOT AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, UH, YOU COULD HAVE A CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.

UH, SO PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, DESTROYING PROPERTY, GRAFFITI, TAGGERS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, UM, THERE'S THERE, UH, I MEAN, THERE'S JUST, I'D HAVE TO PULL OUT THE, THE PENAL CODE IN AND KIND OF GO THROUGH IT.

SURE, SURE.

AGAIN, MY SENSE WOULD BE THAT THOSE WOULD BE MINOR ENOUGH CRIMES THAT I WOULD BE, THAT'S A LOT OF INVESTIGATION, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF OR FOR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

BUT, UH, BUT YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY A FOCUS FOR APD? WELL, I'M SIMPLY SAYING COUNCIL MEMBER THAT TO THE PERSON THAT'S REPORTING THAT CRIME IT'S IMPORTANT.

AND WE HAVE A DUTY TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TO INVESTIGATE THOSE KINDS OF CRIMES AS EFFICIENTLY AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UM, PROVIDE A RESOLUTION THAT IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO THAT PARTICULAR CITIZEN.

AND THAT'S WHY I REALLY DON'T WANT TO RESTRICT IT.

UM, MY OFFICE TURNED UP THAT VIGILANT HAS A CONTRACT WITH ICE TO TURN OVER THEIR LPR DATA TO ICE.

UH, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A FOYER BY THE ACLU, UH, THAT, THAT TURNED UP THE CONTRACT.

ARE YOU AWARE OF WHAT VIGILANT DOES BECAUSE IT'S THEIR SOFTWARE AND THEIR DATABASE THAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY QUERYING? IS THERE ANY CERTAINTY WITH REGARD TO WHAT VIGILANT IS DOING WITH THE DATA THAT WE POTENTIALLY WOULD BE GATHERING? UH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH RA OPR, THERE IS, UM, IT'S, IT'S CONTRACTUALLY, UH, REGULATED.

SO WE WOULD ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT THAT WHETHER IT'S VIGILANT OR SOMEWHERE, UH, SOMEONE ELSE THERE ARE OTHER, UM, PROVIDERS AS WELL THAT SAYS THE DATA THAT GOES IN THERE IS OWNED BY APD.

NO ONE ELSE HAS.

AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, FOR INSTANCE, TO SHARE IT WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, UM, SO THAT THEY, THEY CAN SIMPLY GO IN, OR YOU CAN RESTRICT THAT AND SAY, NO, IF YOU WANT OUR DATA, YOU NEED TO SUBMIT A REQUEST, UH, TO APD OR TO A RIG FOR THIS PARTICULAR SET OF DATA.

YOU KNOW, THIS DATE A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD IN A CERTAIN LOCATION, WE'LL RESEARCH THE DATA AND THEN PROVIDE IT TO YOU.

ONCE WE VERIFY THAT THERE IS A CASE, AND WITH REGARD TO A RIC, THEY WOULD BY DEFAULT GET LPR DATA FROM APD THAT APD HAS, OKAY.

THAT IS HOW IT HAS WORKED IN THE PAST A BIT.

I, MY, AND I'M NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH, UH, ERIC, BUT AREN'T THE SURROUNDING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, HAYS COUNTY, UH, OTHER, UH, COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO ERIK DATA.

SO THEY HAVE TO LOG INTO THE SYSTEM, WHATEVER SYSTEM IT IS.

UM, AND THOSE LOGIN CREDENTIALS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, WE COULD PR THEIR, THEIR PARTNERS IN THE AYRIC.

SO THEY PROVIDE FINANCIAL, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FINANCIAL FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE CENTER GOING.

UM, THEY SOMETIMES PROVIDE PART-TIME PERSONNEL AND THEY, WE DO ALLOW THEM ACCESS TO OUR SYSTEMS. NOW FOR THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM, WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AN APD EMPLOYEE TO RESTRICT AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REACH OUT TO AN APD EMPLOYEE THAT SITS IN THE CENTER TO SAY, I NEED THIS PARTICULAR ONE, HERE'S THE CASE NUMBER AND HAVE THAT EMPLOYEE RUN IT FOR THEM.

UM, SO THEY DON'T HAVE,

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I GUESS, I'M, I'M NOT, UH, COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDING THE KIND OF SHARED DATABASE BETWEEN ERIC AND APD, BUT OUR REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT COLLEAGUES, PARTNERS WOULD NOT HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE DATA VIA ERIC.

W DO YOU KNOW WHAT SCOPE OF ACCESS TO THE DATA THEY WOULD HAVE VIA RICK, THE SAME SCOPE AS ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY? THEY CONTACTED THE RICK AND SAID, WE NEED THE DATA.

SO GENERALLY THAT IS PARTNER AGENCIES.

AND I THINK THERE ARE PROBABLY OVER 25 PARTNER AGENCIES IN THE ERIC THAT, UM, THAT ARE WITH THEM.

THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTACT THE ERIC AND SAY, CAN YOU CHECK APD DATABASES FOR, YOU KNOW, THIS INDIVIDUAL, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE A RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OR SOME OTHER SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THIS WOULD SIMPLY BE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM THAT WE WOULD CHECK FOR THEM.

AND IF THERE WERE DATA IN THERE, UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THEY HAVE A VALID, A VALID CASE THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE TO THEM, BUT THEY SAID THAT THEY, UH, IT HAS TO BE A CRIMINAL CASE TO SHARE WITH ERIC DATA, BUT ANY LEVEL OF CRIMINAL CASE, OR COULD IT BE ANY TYPE OF CRIMINAL CASE? IT COULD, IT COULD BE ANY TYPE OF CRIMINAL CASE JUST HAS TO BE CRIMINAL AND LASSIES ARE FINE TOO.

UM, W THANK YOU, CHIEF.

I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR CANDID RESPONSES.

I, AND THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THE MORE DATA THAT APD HAS, THE EASIER IT IS TO SOLVE CRIMES.

UH, THERE'S ALWAYS A BALANCE BETWEEN SECURITY AND LIBERTY.

UH, UH, THERE'S JUST NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

MY PERSONAL VALUES ALWAYS LEAN TOWARD LIBERTY.

UH, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INNOCENT PEOPLE JUST GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AROUND TOWN, I AM EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH COLLECTING AND KEEPING DATABASES ON PEOPLE'S WHEREABOUTS THE SAME ARGUMENTS COULD BE MADE FOR FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS FUNCTIONALLY ANY DIFFERENT THAN LPRS.

WE HAVE PEOPLE'S MUGSHOTS.

WE COULD EASILY, YOU KNOW, CREATE PROGRAMS TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL HISTORIES AS THEY COME AND GO.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, FUNDAMENTALLY, I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT I'M, I'M, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE HOTLIST SITUATION, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR KIDNAPPINGS, YOU KNOW, YOUR CHILD ABDUCTIONS YOU'RE MISSING OR ENDANGERED PEOPLE.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR STOLEN VEHICLES.

I UNDERSTAND YOUR HIGH LEVEL FELONIES, BUT I WOULD, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, OUR SECURITY INTERESTS OUTWEIGH OUR LIBERTY INTERESTS IN THESE SITUATIONS, BUT I JUST CAN'T SAY THAT OUR SECURITY INTERESTS, AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE MY CAR BROKEN INTO, YOU KNOW, I, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, BUT ULTIMATELY I ALSO DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP TRACK OF THE MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY ALL THE TIME, AND THEN BE ABLE TO QUERY A DATABASE AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OH, HERE'S JEEP NOVELLA COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, HERE HE'S CHIEF DEVELOPMENT FROM THERE.

AND AGAIN, I KNOW APD HAS SAFEGUARDS, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY YOU CANNOT ABUSE DATA THAT, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE.

AND THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S WHERE I'D LIKE TO DRAW THE LINE.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS REWARD, ORDER TO CLOSE THIS APP? YEAH.

UM, AND THANK YOU CHIEF FOR THE TIME YOU SPENT HERE AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR INDULGING US AND ASKING QUESTIONS.

UM, AS A PARENT, I WANT EVERY TOOL AVAILABLE FOR OUR POLICE TO USE IN ORDER TO BRING MY CHILD HOME, IF SHE WERE TO BE KIDNAPPED.

AND I BELIEVE EVERYONE'S SITTING UP TODAY WOULD WANT THE SAME FOR THEIR LOVED ONES.

I ALSO KNOW DEEP DOWN THAT EVERYONE HERE WOULD WANT A VICTIM OF A SEX CRIME TO GET JUSTICE SOONER FOR THEIR ASSAILANT TO BE APPREHENDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND FOR THE VICTIM TO HAVE A DEEP SENSE OF SUPPORT, KNOWING THAT THERE ARE TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR OUR POLICE TO SOLVE THE CRIME AGAINST THEM FASTER.

AND WHILE THOSE ARE JUST TWO EXAMPLES OF THE POSITIVE USE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY, I WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT, KNOWING THAT DESPITE THE SHORTAGE OF OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GIVEN THOSE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE A FORCE MULTIPLIER THAT WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS POSTPONEMENT, BECAUSE I HAVE A SENSE AMONG MY COLLEAGUES, THAT WE WANT THIS TECHNOLOGY TO WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR OFFICERS, AND THAT WE CAN COLLECTIVELY WORK TOGETHER TO REACH THE POINT BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL.

AS AN ITEM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WILL HAPPEN ON THE MESSAGE BOARD AND ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO POST AMENDMENTS THERE.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING TO A PLACE WHERE THE BALANCE OF THE COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE THIS RESOLUTION LANDS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, WHILE THERE'S NOT COMPLETE AGREEMENT, I THINK THAT THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THAT THAT CAN ALSO BE IN WHAT WE FINALLY DECIDE NEXT WEEK.

UH, I TOLD HER TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS AS WELL.

UM, UH, THE PLACE, THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, EVERYONE IS SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON THIS ISSUE.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSENSUS.

YOU HAVE TO DEVELOP, I'VE, I'VE READ VERY CAREFULLY WHAT YOU POSTED AS A POSSIBLE, UH, A SOLUTION TO THIS.

AND,

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AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, CAUSE I KNOW FROM THE OUTSET SHE HAS EXPLICITLY EXCLUDED, UH, ANY KIND OF TRAFFIC TICKETS.

AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I KNOW THERE WAS A NUMBER OF COMMENTS THAT, THAT SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN, BUT I JUST APPRECIATE THAT AT THERE'S CONSENSUS, I THINK ON THE DIASTAT, WE DO NOT WANT TO USE THEM FOR ANY TYPE OF, UH, CLASSY TRAFFIC TICKET TYPE SITUATIONS.

AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

AND IT'S BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE WITHIN REACH OF A, OF A BROADER CONSENSUS ON THIS THAT I THINK IT WARRANTS SPENDING THE ADDITIONAL TIME.

I REALLY DO WANT TO GIVE CATEGORY KELLY THE CHANCE TO REALLY CLOSE ON THIS, THAT I WAS THE ONE THAT ABROGATED THAT.

SO I'M GOING TO CALL ON OTHER PEOPLE AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU BY KELLY TO REALLY CLOSE, CLOSE, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A VOTE WE NEED TO TAKE IMMEDIATELY.

CATHERINE MARIA.

UH, YES, THEY RUN AT BEING A VICTIM OF A STOLEN CAR.

YOU KNOW, SOMEONE DID COME AND TAKE OFF WITH MY, UH, VEHICLE THAT I WAS RESTORING.

IT WAS A 1968 CUTLASS SUPREME CONVERTIBLE BEAUTIFUL CAR.

AND, UH, HE GOT, HE GOT STOLEN.

YOU FIND OUT HE WAS IN DALLAS AND AFTER ABOUT THREE WEEKS AND IT WAS TOTALLY IT UP.

AND BY THE TIME I GOT IT BACK HOME, I HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEM CAUGHT ON FIRE AND I LOST THE TOTAL VEHICLE COORDINATOR.

AND BECAUSE OF HIS AGE AND NOT THAT I DIDN'T HAVE FULL COVERAGE OR ANY KIND OF JUST LIABILITY ON THERE.

AND, UH, SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S A TYPE OF, UH, KINDA LEAVE YOUR FEELING, YOU KNOW, AS A, UH, I REFUSE TO LET IT CALL MYSELF A VICTIM OF BED, BUT I, AND IT DID HURT A LOT.

SO, UH, I HAVE ALSO LIVE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE GONE TO PLACES WHERE THERE'S CAMERAS ALL OVER THE PLACE, INCLUDING FACE RECOGNITION AND I'VE SEEN THEM HOW THEY WORK, YOU KNOW, AND HIS, UH, REQUIREMENTS ARE VERY LOW FOR THERE IN THESE PLACES.

SO, UH, IT DOES WORK.

UH, THE ONLY THING THAT MY CONCERN IS HOW LONG DO THEY NEED TO KEEP THAT, THAT INFORMATION? AND SO MY WHOLE DEBATE RIGHT NOW IN CONCERN IS HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO HOLD ON TO THIS INFORMATION? AND ONCE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE TIME LIMIT, UH, I WILL BE SUPPORTING, THANK YOU.

UH, THAT'S WHERE TOBO VERY QUICKLY.

I WONDER IF WE COULD, UM, TAG THIS AS AN ITEM FOR OUR WORK SESSION ON THE WEEK WHEN IT'S COMING BACK, IS IT COMING BACK COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE 15TH, JUST SO THAT WE'RE SURE THAT WE HAVE TIME TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH AMENDMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE POSTPONED AGAIN.

KELLY CLOSES OUT I'M FINISHED.

ALL RIGHT, THEN, UH, WE, UH, IT'S PAST 10 O'CLOCK IS 10, 15, 10 22 NOW, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEETING PAST 10 O'CLOCK LET'S GO HOME, NO MOTION.

THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE A STARTED ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE THE, UH, UH, THE, THE HOME, WHICH PROBABLY COULD BE POSTPONED.

WE HAVE THE PARKING FEE, WHICH COULD BE POSTPONED.

WE HAVE THE, UM, WE HAVE A ZONING CASE, UH, 99, 1 15.

IS THERE A PROBLEM THERE THAT NEED TO BE HANDLED NOW THAT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED NOW.

IS COUNCIL MEMBER HOPPER MADISON ON? I KNOW THAT'S HER DISTRICT.

I, I THINK THAT, UH, WE COULD TAKE IN A COUPLE OF WEAR ITEMS. GOODNESS, NO, DON'T BEAT ME UP NOW.

I DON'T THINK I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY ELSE IS STEPPING FORWARD.

THAT BEING THE CASE, THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN.

THE MEETING IS 10 24, UH, AND, AND WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE ALL OF THE ITEMS STILL BE HANDLED TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, UH, THAT WE HAVE YET TO RESOLVE.

SO ON THE ITEM, 1 36 FROM THE FOLLOWING CHANGES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT THE, UM, ITEM 1 36,

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UH, NEVERMIND.

AND I'LL JUST SIGNAL THAT I'M GOING TO PUT MY ITEMS. I'M GOING TO PULL THEM FOR THE WORK SESSION SO THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK SO THAT HOPEFULLY THEY CAN PASS WITHOUT, WITH, UM, TO SPEEDILY ON THE 15TH.

WE USED TO POST IT THAT WAY OR JUST POSTED THAT WAY.