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WE START THE, UH, MEETING, I'M SORRY, WHAT? BEFORE WE START THE MEETING, UM, UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND, AND RECOGNIZE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY FOR A MOMENT.UM, AS MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, ON THE MORNING OF FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, SENIOR POLICE OFFICER ANTHONY TONY MARTIN, WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
OFFICER MARTIN BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A CADET WITH THE HUNDRED AND 12TH CADET CLASS ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2006, AND WAS COMMISSIONED AS AN OFFICER ON APRIL 27TH, 2007.
OFFICER MARTIN DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SERVICE RETIRING AFTER 20 YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.
BEFORE JOINING THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, OFFICER MARTIN SERVICE WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT INCLUDED PATROL THE DWI UNIT AND THE MOTORS UNIT.
EVERY DAY, POLICE OFFICERS RISK THEIR LIVES PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S A THANKLESS JOB THEY CHOOSE TO DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT EVERYONE IN AUSTIN KEEP OFFICER MARTIN'S FAMILY AND THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR BRINGING ATTENTION TO, UH, THIS OFFICER IN HIS CAREER, UH, WENT DOWN IN, IN THE LINE OF DUTY AS HE WAS IN UNIFORM AND ON HIS, UH, UH, UNIT.
UM, I HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK TO HIS WIFE, UH, THEY HAVE CHILDREN, AND OFFERED, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY SUPPORT THAT THE CITY COULD OFFER WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT.
BUT GIVEN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET'S TAKE JUST A MOMENT HERE OF, OF SILENCE TO THE OFFICER INTO HIS FAMILY, OR WE, WE GRIEVE WITH YOU.
UM, AND WITH THE, UH, THE ENTIRE FORCE, WITH THE LOSS OF THEIR COLLEAGUE, UM, COLLEAGUES.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, THREE MAYBE I HAD WANTED TO, I'M SORRY, I HAD WANTED TO DO A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AS WELL.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE, WE HAVE THREE BIRTHDAYS ON OUR COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU AWARE OF THE FACT THAT 3, 3, 3 OF OUR COLLEAGUES ALL HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY.
UM, APPARENTLY THERE'S A, THERE'S A, UH, ALL RIGHT, REQUIRE WE HAVE, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A COALITION, UM, UM, ON OUR COUNCIL.
SO WE NEED TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AND WHEN WE FILL IN NAMES, WE NEED TO FILL THEM IN WITH, UH, A MEMBER, UH, UH, HARPER MADISON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES AND COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.
IS THAT RIGHT? DO I HAVE THE THREE? OKAY.
YOU READY? I SUGGEST EVERYONE TURN OFF THEIR MICROPHONES UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE THE VOICE THAT EVERYBODY HEARS.
EVERYONE IN ON BEHALF OF, UH, OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MEDICINE AND COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.
UH, SEPTEMBER 28TH IS A GREAT DAY TO BE BORN.
I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT, UM, TO WISH OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY AND JEWISH STAFF MEMBERS SHANA TOVA.
UM, THIS IS A WEEK THAT WE OBSERVED THE JEWISH HIGH HOLIDAYS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN THREE YEARS THAT MANY CONGREGATIONS WILL BE ABLE TO WORSHIP IN PERSON AT THIS VERY IMPORTANT TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, MY OWN SYNAGOGUE CONGREGATION, BETH ISRAEL, WAS THE VICTIM OF ARSON LAST OCTOBER, AND WE ARE UNABLE TO CELEBRATE AND OBSERVE THESE HIGH HOLIDAYS IN OUR OWN TEMPLE.
UM, AND I WANNA RECOGNIZE AND REFLECT ON THE RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND TO THINK ST.
MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, WHICH IS HOSTING OUR COMMUNITY DURING THIS, UH, PERIOD.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO BE BACK INTO OUR SANCTUARY.
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SO I WANNA DO, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY, UM, WISH SHAVA TO THOSE WHO ARE OBSERVING AND CELEBRATING, BUT ALSO TO REAFFIRM OUR COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT THAT AUSTIN SHOULD BE NO PLACE FOR HATE.UM, SO IF YOU HAVE, UM, JEWISH FRIENDS WHO ARE CELEBRATING, UM, THE NEW YEAR, UM, PLEASE DO REACH OUT AND WISH THEM SHANA TOVA.
UM, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT PEOPLE ARE WITH US, UM, AND THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF EVERYONE WHO IS IN LEADERSHIP ROLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR DOING THAT.
ALSO, WANT TO JOIN AND WISHING EVERYONE HAPPY NEW YEAR.
UM, AND I, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE INCREASED FOCUS AND WE NEED GREATER FOCUS WITH RESPECT TO, UM, UH, HATE CRIMES, UH, IN, IN THE CITY.
THE IMPACT THEY HAVE IS, IS FAR REACHING AND LASTING, UH, AND IT, AND IT HITS SO MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT ATTENTION.
I WANTED TO, UM, LET EVERYBODY, UM, ON THE DIASON IN THE AUDIENCE KNOW THAT DURING PROCLAMATIONS TODAY, I WILL BE BRINGING A PROCLAMATION TO DECLARE OCTOBER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WEARING PURPLE TODAY IN, UM, IN RECOGNITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND, UM, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT VIOLENCE ANYWHERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD SEEK WHOLEHEARTEDLY EVERY DAY TO ERADICATE.
AND I APPRECIATE, UH, THE MAYOR PRO TENS COMMENTS, UM, ABOUT, UM, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SYNAGOGUE AND THE OTHER, UM, BUILDINGS AROUND OUR CITY THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.
AND THEN SPECIFICALLY, UM, OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHO MAY BE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SO, PLEASE JOIN ME THIS AFTERNOON WHEN WE HAVE PROCLAMATIONS FOR THE RECOGNITION OF OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL TO, UH, ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL HERE ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2022.
WE ARE IN THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE AT CITY HALL.
UH, EVERYONE IS HERE WITH US ON THE DAIS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, UH, IS, UM, UH, WITH US, UH, VIRTUALLY, UH, NOW, BUT WILL ONLY BE WITH US FOR A PART OF THE MEETING.
SHE'S TRAVELING TODAY TO THE EAST COAST, WHERE SHE'LL SPEND THE NEXT FEW DAYS CONFERRING ON HOUSING, MOBILITY AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WITH, UH, MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AND OTHER LOCAL OFFICIALS FROM BALTIMORE UP TO, UH, BOSTON.
UH, AND WE THANK HER FOR DOING THAT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBER, FUENTES, UH, IS NOT WITH US.
SHE WAS INVITED BY THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT FOR AN URBAN MOBILITY STUDY TOUR, UH, IN THE NETHERLANDS.
UH, SHE'S JOINED BY OTHER LOCAL AND FEDERAL US GOVERNMENT LEADERS TO STUDY HOW HIGH QUALITY URBAN MOBILITY AND CYCLING OR INCORPORATED INTO EVERYDAY LIFE.
UH, AND SHE WILL RETURN BY THE START OF, UH, NEXT WEEK.
I THINK THAT'S A PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY FOR HER ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
I HAD THE CHANCE TO, TO DO THAT, UH, IN, UH, IN AMSTERDAM WITH THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION.
THEN, UH, AS WELL AS THE FUTURE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, THEN THE MAYOR OF, UH, UM, OF SOUTH BEND IN, UH, INDIANA.
UH, AND, AND I HOPE THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES GETS TO SEE THE PARKING GARAGE THAT'S DOWNTOWN NETHERLANDS.
THAT IS NOT FOR CARS, IT'S JUST FOR BICYCLES.
AND I THINK ON THE DAY I WAS THERE, THERE WERE 27,000 BICYCLES IN THEIR, UH, PARKING GARAGE.
UH, IT JUST GIVES YOU AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT, UH, WORLDVIEW, ESPECIALLY TO NOTE THAT THAT IS A CITY WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE, ARE IN BICYCLES, RIDING BICYCLES NOW, EVEN IN WINTER STORMS. UH, WHICH MAKES ME THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT PEOPLE WON'T RIDE BICYCLES IN TEXAS CUZ IT GETS TOO HOT.
UH, I THINK IT'S A QUESTION OF WHAT YOU GET USED TO IN, IN YOUR CLOTHING THAT YOU, UH, THAT, THAT YOU, THAT YOU WEAR.
BUT TO KNOW THAT IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES, UH, THE TRAFFIC IN, UH, IN THE NETHERLANDS AND IN AMSTERDAM WAS WORSE THAN THE TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE HERE IN AUSTIN, UH, TODAY.
UH, SO IT'S ALWAYS, IT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN A BICYCLE CENTRIC, UH, CITY.
IT WAS A CONSCIOUS CHOICE THAT WAS MADE AS WELL AS, UH, THE BENEFIT OF BUILDING OUT A NETWORK WHERE PEOPLE ON BICYCLES FELT SAFE BECAUSE OF, UH,
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PHYSICAL BARRIERS BETWEEN, UH, THEIR, THEIR LANES AND, AND, AND CAR LANES.SO I'M GLAD THAT, UH, UH, SHE'S GONNA BE THERE DOING THAT.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE, UH, A LITTLE OVER 30 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK HERE THIS MORNING.
SO IT'S MY INTENT TO DO TWO MINUTES.
UH, SPEAKER, AS I POSTED ON THE BOARD YESTERDAY, THEY GETS US ROUGHLY TO THE HOUR THAT I SAID WE WERE GOING TO USE THIS AFTERNOON.
TWO MINUTES, UH, PER, PER, PER SPEAKER.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, OUR KITCHEN, UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT I HAVE TO LEAVE AT 1215 FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL ON AN ITEM.
UM, UH, IF IT IS OKAY WITH YOU, WE WE MAY USE THAT TIME TO TRY TO HEAR FROM THE, UH, PUBLIC, UH, COMMUNICATIONS, UH, BUT, BUT SEE IF WE CAN, UH, AVOID, UH, CALLING ANYTHING FOR A VOTE, UH, DURING, MAYBE TAKE THE LUNCH BREAK DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, UH, UH, ON THE, UH, I'M GONNA READ THE, THE CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, UH, ON SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2022.
THAT WAS NOT, UH, REVIEWED BY THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION CAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A QUORUM.
41, UH, CONCERNS THE APPROVAL OF A GRANT, NOT A SUPPLEMENT GRANT.
ITEM 44 IS WITHDRAWN, 48 IS WITHDRAWN.
ITEM NUMBER 62 HAS ADDITIONAL SPONSORS BEING, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, KELLY KITCHEN AND THE MAYOR PRO TE ITEM NUMBER 70, UH, WHEN PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE TAKING UP, THIS ITEM IS GONNA BE POSTPONED TO, UH, UH, OCTOBER 13TH.
A VALID PETITION HAS BEEN FILED IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ZONING REQUEST.
ITEM NUMBER 90, UH, IS THE WAIVER, UM, UH, FOR THE FESTIVAL.
THE DATE THE FESTIVAL WAS HELD WAS MAY 7TH TO, UH, TO, UH, TO, TO, TO EIGHTH.
ITEM NUMBER 70, UH, THAT WILL BE POSTPONED IN PUBLIC HEARING WHEN WE GET TO IT, IS THE WATER QUALITY ORDINANCE, UH, ANTICIPATE.
WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE POSTPONING ITEM NUMBER 71, WHICH IS THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, RELATED TO, UH, AN, AN ACTION RELATED TO THE AUSTIN ENERGY PASS THROUGH CHARGE.
SO ITEMS NUMBER 70 AND 71 ARE GONNA BE POSTPONED WHEN WE GET TO, UH, THOSE TWO, UH, ITEMS. UH, THE POLL ITEMS TODAY INCLUDE ITEM 38 BY COUNCIL, BY THE MAYOR, PRO 10, ITEM 59, PULLED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VELA.
UH, AND, UH, ALSO, UH, ITEM NUMBER 92, NO, I'M SORRY, WHICH IS THE, UH, NUMBER FOR, UH, HEALTH SOUTH.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO IS PULLING ITEM NUMBER 12.
SO I'M LOOKING AT A CONSENT AGENDA TODAY, WHICH IS ITEMS NUMBER ONE THROUGH 60, UM, UM, 66, AND ALSO ITEMS 86 TO 93.
I'M SHOWING THE POLL ITEMS OR ITEMS 12 HOUSE SELL, ITEM NUMBER 30, UM, UH, EIGHT, WHICH IS THE COUNCIL MEMBER SCHEDULE.
UH, UNLESS WE CAN JUST PUT SOMETHING IN AND KEEP IT ON CONSENT.
I'M GONNA COME BACK TO YOU IN JUST A SECOND ON THAT.
MAYOR PROTE, ITEM NUMBER 39 AND 40 ARE BOTH POSTPONED.
THOSE ARE THE TENANT LANDLORD, UH, UH, ISSUES.
ITEM NUMBER 59 HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, THAT'S THE I 35, UH, MATTER.
UH, AND, UH, ITEM NUMBER 92, UH, IS GOING TO STAY ON CONSENT, BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IT'S BEING POSTPONED TO 10 13 AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO O'S UH, REAL ESTATE, UH, OMNIBUS, UH, RESOLUTION MAYOR PRO TOWN.
UM, I WOULD BE PERFECTLY HAPPY TO HAVE, UM, 38 GO ON CONSENT WITH, UM, MY EXHIBIT A, UH, SUBSTITUTING FOR WHAT IS IN THE BACKUP, UM, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT UP.
LET ME JUST EXPLAIN IT REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, SO THE DRAFT CALENDAR HAD TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS, UM, BETWEEN THE TIME THAT WE WERE PRESENTED, THE BUDGET AND THE BUDGET, UM, WHICH IS
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UNUSUAL.UM, SO WE REMOVED ONE OF THOSE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND WE BASICALLY MADE, UM, THE FIRST AND THE THIRD AND THE EIGHTH AND THE 10TH BUDGET WORK SESSION SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE MORE TIME TO WORK, UM, AS A COUNCIL.
ONE OF THOSE WORK SESSIONS ON, I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT'S THE FIRST OR THE THIRD, IS ALSO THE TIME FOR OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AND SETTING THE TAX RATE.
UM, AND THEN WE MOVED, UM, THE NOVEMBER MEETING FROM NOVEMBER 16TH TO NOVEMBER 9TH TO AVOID, UM, THE ATLANTA HOSTING OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, WHICH, UM, SEVERAL OF US MAY WANT TO ATTEND NEXT YEAR.
UM, THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR MORE DISCUSSION FOR THE NEW COUNCIL IF THEY WANT TO HAVE ADDITIONAL WORK SESSIONS, UM, EARLIER OR TO HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT.
AND THEN I WOULD JUST CALL ATTENTION, UM, TO FRIDAY THE 21ST, WHICH IS, WOULD BE THE ONE, THE 20TH WOULD BE THE ONE COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE BUDGET.
UM, AND JUST ASK PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE RESERVING THE 21ST.
UM, CITY MANAGER HAS SAID THAT HE WILL LET FOLKS KNOW IF YOU THINK THAT THE 20TH IS A FULL, UM, COUNCIL MEETING DAY.
UM, BUT THAT WAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOT TO GO PAST 10 AND TO DO OUR BUSINESS WHEN WE, WHEN WE ARE FRESH.
BUT THAT IS NOT ON THE CALENDAR AS A SAFE DATE AT THIS POINT.
STAFF'S OKAY WITH THOSE, UH, CHANGES MANAGER? YES.
IS THERE AN OBJECTION TO SUBSTITUTING OUT THE, UH, CALENDAR AS THE MAYOR PRO 10 PROPOSES, UH, HEARING AND SEEING? NO OBJECTION TO THAT, THAT SUBSTITUTIONS MADE.
AND THIS ITEM NUMBER 38 REMAINS ON THE, UH, CONSENT, UH, AGENDA.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE GET TO SPEAKERS? COUNCIL NUMBER TOBO MAYOR, I HAVE A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ABOUT A COUPLE DIFFERENT ITEMS. IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT WE COULD ASK THOSE BEFORE THE SPEAKERS SO THAT WE CAN BE MULLING OVER THE ANSWERS PRIOR TO VOTING ON CONSENT? UM, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE.
THEY ARE, UM, IF, IF WE HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE, I HAD INDICATED THAT I WANTED OUR STAFF JUST TO AFFIRM THEIR PLANS FOR THE RENAISSANCE MARKET BEYOND JUST THE WAIVER OF THE FEES THAT'S ON OUR AGENDA.
THAT'LL JUST TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES.
I HAVE, UM, A QUICK QUESTION FOR, AND MAYBE I'LL JUST ASK IT AND THEN THE STAFF CAN, CAN EMAIL ME ON 29 FOR THE HEALING MODALITY CONTRACT WITH THE Y W C A.
IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME FROM THE BACKUP INFORMATION HOW INDIVIDUALS WILL BE SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE, IN THOSE, UM, OR TO RECEIVE THOSE RESOURCES.
AND I HAVE, I, I CONTINUE TO HAVE QUESTIONS.
UM, AND WE'LL NEED TO PULL THE TWO APD ITEMS WITH REGARD TO TEXT DOT AND UT, BECAUSE I THINK MY FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION, QUESTION SINCE OUR CONVERSATION ON TUESDAY IS WHAT HAPPENS? WHAT HAPPENS IF THOSE POSITIONS CAN'T BE FILLED OVER OVER TIME? AND WHY ARE WE, WHY ARE WE DOING IT THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT MOST OF THE TIME OFFICERS OPT INTO THOSE ASSIGNMENTS, WHETHER IT'S AT WHOLE FOODS OR OTHER KINDS OF THINGS THROUGH INDIVIDUALLY, THAT THEY DO THOSE, UM, THAT THOSE ARE HANDLED OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES.
I KNOW THAT'S HOW THE SOBERING CENTER CONTRACT WAS HANDLED DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THEY HAD ONE WITH P D.
IT WAS AN INDIVIDUAL OFFICER WHO ORGANIZED THOSE OFFICERS.
IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WENT THROUGH APD.
SO I DON'T, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE DISTINCTION OF WHY.
SO LET ME PULL THOSE TWO ITEMS. SO LET'S PULL 53 AND 54.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GET TO SPEAKERS CUZ RIGHT AFTER SPEAKERS IF WE CAN, I WANT TO TRY TO PULL UP ITEM NUMBER 12 WHILE WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON HERE.
SO I WANT TO GET TO THAT QUICKLY.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL PULL UP THE, THE OTHER THING SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, UH, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND ONE LAST ITEM FOR ANYONE WHO MAY BE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 71, WHICH IS THE AUSTIN ENERGY ITEM.
AND SO THE TOPIC WILL NOT BE ONE FOR IF YOU CHOOSE TO SPEAK, IT WILL ONLY BE ON, UH, WHETHER YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE US POSTPONING IT TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHICH SEEMS TO BE THE REQUEST ACROSS THE BOARD.
UM, AND SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR AND GIVE PEOPLE THEIR TIME BACK.
IF THEY HAVE BETTER PLACES THAT THEY WOULD RATHER BE TODAY.
WE WILL NOT BE TAKING UP ITEM 71 TODAY.
INSTEAD, WE WILL BE POSTPONING IT.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT BOTH ITEMS 70 AND 71.
UH, THE WATER QUALITY ORDINANCE, UH, AND THE AE BOTH BEING POSTPONED TO 10 13.
UH, IF SPEAKERS WOULD, UH, CHOOSE NOT TO SPEAK ON THE QUESTION OF POSTPONEMENT TODAY, THAT WOULD BETTER ENSURE WE CAN GET TO THE HEALTH SOUTH MATTER WHILE, UH, UH, BEFORE COUNCIL MEMBER HARBOR MEDICINE GETS ON THE PLANE.
COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN AND COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR, I HAVE TWO ITEMS. I THINK THEY CAN STAY ON CONSENT.
THAT'S, UH, ITEM 58 IN ITEM 87.
I WANNA MOVE, UH, NEGOTIATION, UM, AND EXECUTION
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ON, ON OCTOBER 13TH.UM, THESE ARE THE STREET OUTREACH, UM, CONTRACTS THAT WILL GIVE SOME TIME FOR THE STAFF TO CONTINUE TO WORK OUT.
UM, SOME, UH, TERMS FOR THESE CONTRACTS, THESE ARE NEW CONTRACTS, SO WE CAN, WE CAN GET 'EM STARTED BY, UM, VOTING ON NEGOTIATING, THEN HAVE IT COME BACK ON THE 13TH, UH, FOR EXECUTION.
AND THAT'S THE, UM, 58 AND, UH, 87, BUT WE COULD LEAVE IT ON CONSENT IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.
UH, WHILE THE SPEAKERS ARE SPEAKING BETTER, IF YOU COULD CHECK WITH STAFF AND SEE IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH APPROVING ON CONSENT.
JUST NEGOTIATE, BUT HAVING EXECUTION COME BACK.
YEAH, I'VE WORKED WITH, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR ON THAT, BUT, OKAY.
SO GIVEN THAT RESPONSE, MAYOR, UM, I'M GONNA WITHDRAW MY REQUEST THAT OUR PARK STAFF SPEAK TO THE RENAISSANCE MARKET.
I'LL JUST SUMMARIZE WHAT I THINK AND MY EXPECTATION SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE PART OF KIND OF WAITING THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
UM, AND I THINK I VOICED MY QUESTION ABOUT THE Y D B C A, SO MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN GET BACK TO ME, BUT I DO, I AM GONNA NEED TO TALK AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TWO, UM, ITEMS ONCE I FIGURE OUT WHAT NUMBERS THOSE ARE.
UH, COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE LATE BACKUP IN AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
IF SOMEONE WOULD REMIND ME TO SAY THAT WHEN I CALL UP ALLISON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
WE ALSO HAVE BACKUP IN 12 37 41, 61, 63, 70, 71, 72, 75, UM, 77, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, AND 91 COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
I, UH, JUST WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK ON THE CALENDAR.
UM, I THINK FOR WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED FOR TODAY IS ACCEPTABLE.
I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED DURING THE WORK SESSION THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH A NEW DIAS, SOME OF THOSE LATER DATES WITH, YOU KNOW, A SLEW OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE GOING THROUGH THEIR FIRST BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, THE, THE DATE OF THE 20TH ESSENTIALLY MEANS, I'M ASSUMING THE MANAGER MAY UNVEIL THE BUDGET ON AROUND THE 14TH.
SO WE'D BE KIND OF TRIAGING AN AGENDA WHILE HAVING THE FIRST WEEK OF BUDGET.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS GREAT TO APPROVE FOR TODAY AND APPRECIATE THE MARI PRO TIM'S WORK ON IT.
UM, BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF FLAGGED IF THERE'S ANY DATES EARLY NEXT YEAR THAT WE MAYBE IN JANUARY JUST DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE.
BUT I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA TIME FOR WORK SESSIONS AND JUST KIND OF THINK THE 20TH IS A LITTLE EARLY WITH THE BUDGET COMING OUT A WEEK AHEAD OF THAT.
I'M SURE THAT, THAT THE NEXT COUNCIL WILL WANT TO ENTERTAIN THAT.
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TO, UH, SPEAKERS.UH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT THE ONES IN PERSON FIRST OR REMOTE? FIRST REMOTE.
LET'S START WITH THE REMOTE SPEAKERS.
EVERYONE HAS TWO MINUTES AT THE END OF THIS, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN DEAL WITH, UH, HEALTH SOUTH.
FIRST SPEAKER SPEAKING ON ITEM 12.
KAREN POP IS MS. POP HERE NEXT SPEAKER SPEAKING ON ITEM 1137 AND 70.
AGAINST INCREASE OF 15 10 MILLION TO THE A E D C BUDGET, UNLESS YOU RESTRICT IT TO BE USED FOR THE ICONIC MUSIC FUND AND THE CULTURAL ARTS WORK OF THE A C WHICH I THINK IS BROADLY SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WHILE THE EFFORTS OF THE A E D C ON THE PROPOSED SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT TERMS IS, UH, OPPOSED BY THE COMMUNITY AGGRESSIVELY IS ILLEGAL UNDER STATE LAW AND IS, UH, HIGHLY OFFENSIVE TO BASIC DECENCY IN THE SENSE THAT THE A C IS SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING POOR PEOPLE AND FOLKS IN NEED, RATHER THAN PROVIDING WELFARE FOR BILLIONAIRES, DEVELOPING THE MOST VALUABLE REAL ESTATE PROPERTY AND PERHAPS THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO, PLEASE, UH, TAKE STEPS TO RESTRICT THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS AND KEEP A E D C FOCUSED ON ITS PROPER MISSION.
I'M A SUPPORTER OF RETHINK 35.
I'M URGING YOU TO OPPOSE ITEM 59.
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BECAUSE INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS DON'T BELONG IN CITIES, WE REALLY TAKE A SECOND TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY RIGHT THROUGH DOWNTOWN.UM, IT JUST REQUIRES PEOPLE TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, TO GO TO SCHOOL.
IT BRINGS IN MORE NOISE, POLLUTION, CAR CRASHES, DEATHS, ACCELERATES CLIMATE CHANGE, AND VOTING YES.
JUST PUT A LITTLE BIT OF GREEN SPACE ON TOP.
WE NEED TO STUDY RERO I 35 AROUND THE CITY THAT WE CAN USE THAT LAND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
SO I URGE YOU TO PLEASE OPPOSE ITEM 59 AND STUDY RETHINK 35 AND RECONNECT AUSTIN'S PLAN.
THANK YOU, KAREN POP SPEAKING ON ITEM 12.
MY NAME IS KAREN POP, UH, SPEAKING ON ITEM 12.
I WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF FOR GETTING SO MUCH MORE OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT THAN WAS THOUGHT POSSIBLE WHEN IT FIRST CAME BEFORE COUNCIL.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WOULD BENEFIT FOR MORE PUBLIC, UH, INPUT OR MORE COUNCIL INPUT.
THOSE ARE AN AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING PLAN FOR THE HOUSING, WHETHER WE CAN GET A GOOD DAYCARE CENTER THERE AND WHETHER WE CAN PAY, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE EMPLOYEES THERE A GOOD, PAID A GOOD WAGE, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH THIS AND GETTING SO MUCH MORE OUT OF IT.
MONICA GUZMAN SPEAKING ON ITEMS 11 70 92 AS WELL AS ITEM THREE FOR THE AUSTIN HOUSING PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.
UH, I AM NOT SPEAKING ON 1170 AND 92, BUT REGARDING THE, THE OTHER ONE,
I JUST WANNA SAY, I MEAN, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE TOTALITY OF IT, BUT KNOWING THAT CARITAS IS PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
DISTRICT FOUR HAS BEEN IN CRITICAL NEED OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING GOOD NEWS BOTH FROM THE CITY AND CHERITA ON PROGRESS ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
AND FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES, I AM A MEMBER OF THE CHERITA BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BUT I AM NOT SPEAKING IN THAT CAPACITY.
THAT CONCLUDES REMOTE SPEAKERS.
WE WILL MOVE TO IN PERSON FIRST SPEAKER YVONNE WELDON ON ITEM THREE ON DECK, GUS PENA.
SO, UH, ALSO ON ITEM NUMBER 71 AS WELL.
BUT, UM, SO IN 2020, DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, THE AUSTIN ENERGY ANNOUNCED SPECIAL DISCOUNTS FOR LOW INCOME, UH, RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET DISCOUNTS ON ENERGY OR, UH, ELECTRIC BILLS AND ELECTRIC CREDITS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, IT ALSO OPENED UP THE DOOR TO THOSE THAT WERE UNDER 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY RATE, UH, PART POVERTY INCOME LEVEL.
SO MY INCOME LEVEL WAS ABOUT 102%.
SO AS PART OF THAT, I APPLIED FOR THAT, UM, FOR THAT DISCOUNT RATE, AND I WAS DENIED.
I REACHED OUT, UM, TO FIND OUT.
I CROSSED MY TS DOTTED MY EYES, REACHED OUT TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG OR WHAT WAS, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED.
AND NOBODY COULD ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
UH, WHEN I CALLED THE THREE 11 OPERATOR, SHE AGREED, I MET EVERY ONE OF THE QUALIFICATIONS, BUT THEY COULD NOT COME UP WITH AN ANSWER.
I EVEN EMAILED MY CITY REPRE, UH, CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, AND I GOT NO RESPONSE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED THROUGHOUT THE, UM, ELECTRIC PROCESSES, THERE'S A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE FLAWS THAT ARE GOING ON, AND WE NEED A FULL CITY AUDIT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE, UM, AUSTIN ENERGY, UM, THEIR PROCESSES, THEIR ADMINISTRATION PROCESSES.
UM, I I, I REALLY WISH Y'ALL WOULD AT LEAST KINDA LIKE LOOK UP AND ACKNOWLEDGE ME.
UM, I APOLOGIZE, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE BUSY, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M JUST TAKING MY TIME, SO AT LEAST JUST KIND OF GIVE ME THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT Y'ALL ARE LISTENING.
BUT YEAH, SO I WOULD LIKE Y'ALL TO PLEASE TO TAKE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER THIS WHEN YOU'RE PASSING THESE ELECTRIC, UM, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES, HOW IT'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IMPACTING OR IS IT JUST ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THESE? AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT AUDIT, UM, BE DONE.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GONNA PRESS VERY HARD FOR GOING FORWARD IS A FULL INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY AUDIT, AUSTIN ENERGY, AS WELL AS OTHER, UM, AUSTIN, UM, DEPARTMENTS.
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THANK YOU GU PENYA SPEAKING ON 12 18, 20 35, 36, 37, 49, 55, 56, 57, AND 58 ON DECK A VAUGHN.UM, I'M HERE TO BE, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE BECAUSE I NEARLY WAS REAR-ENDED BY A AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
ANYWAY, I'M GONNA SPEAK TO, UH, NUMBER 18 ABOUT BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THEY NEED A HOLD, A WHOLE LOT OF HELP.
NUMBER 20, UH, THE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM, YOU CAN'T, UH, YOU CAN'T PASS, PASS BY THAT.
UH, NUMBER 43, RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTED THE GRANT FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS, UH, A, UH, DEPARTMENT OF AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT ENTITLED APD VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.
RIGHT? NOBODY HAS A RIGHT TO, TO TO HIT A WOMAN CHILD OR WHATEVER.
AND, UH, SUNRISE CHURCH NUMBER 58, UH, IS A CHURCH OUT THERE IN, UH, DEEP SOUTH AUSTIN THAT HELPS OUT THE HOMELESS.
AND IT IS VERY, VERY NEEDED, UH, UH, UH, CHURCH THAT HAS GIVEN SO MUCH HELP TO, UH, TO THE HOMELESS.
UH, I'M SURE, I HOPE ANY OF Y'ALL CAN TELL ME, DID YOU READ THE PAPER, UH, YESTERDAY OR YESTERDAY? WELL, WILL AUSTIN BE AFFORDABLE FOR THEM? WHAT IN THE HECK ARE WE DOING TO HELP THIS SITUATION? COME GET THIS SITUATION DOWN TO, TO, UH, ZERO.
OKAY? YOU REMEMBER WHEN MY WIFE AND I WERE PHONE BANKING FOR YOU? LOOK AT, LOOK AT IT.
STEVE, FORMER SPECIAL AGENT WITH IRS OKAY, IRS ALSO.
OKAY, GIVE ME SOME, AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I'M NO, SO I'M NO SO LOCAL.
I'M NOT STUPID, OKAY? I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND I WANT PEOPLE TO STOP, UH, TALKING BAD ABOUT ME.
I'M NOT GONNA PUT UP WITH THAT FROM ANYBODY.
UH, KATHY, UH, YOU KNOW, I WORK HARD IN YOUR CAMPAIGN.
UH, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA SEE YOU LEAVE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU BECAUSE, UH, YOU'VE BEEN ONE OF THE TOP ONES ALSO.
AND MACKENZIE, UH, KELLY, YOU'VE BEEN ALSO HELPFUL TO THIS FAT, UGLY MAN.
I MEAN, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE HELP THAT YOU DO, AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO HELP OUT THE COMMUNITY.
SPEAKING ON ITEMS 39 AND 40, ALAN VAUGHN ON DECK.
ALEX STRINGER, UM, MAYOR, WELL, THE SPEAKERS ARE COMING UP.
I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, I THINK WE HAVE SOME, SOME UT JOURNALISTS HERE FROM THE REPORTING CLASS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THIS CLASS EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND I THINK WE HAVE OF DOZENS OF REPORTERS COVERING OUR, OUR COUNCIL MEETING.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY.
WE HOPE, WE HOPE IT'S A VERY ENTERTAINING DAY FOR YOU
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE NORTH CENTRAL I 35 NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION KNOWN AS NSYNC.
UH, WE ARE A COALITION OF 13 NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, UH, IN CENTRAL AUSTIN.
I AM SPEAKING ON MY ON BEHALF IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 59 TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE U S D O T RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT PROGRAM.
BUT I ALSO COME WITH CONCERNS AND ALARON CALL FOR MORE LEADERSHIP FROM THIS COUNCIL.
WE'RE CALLING THIS THE CONNECTING EQUITABILITY EQUITABLY STUDY, YET THE CURRENT SCOPE OF THIS STUDY IS SIMPLY TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK ON A SMALL NUMBER OF TEXT DOT PROVIDED CAPS OVER 35 BETWEEN LADYBIRD LAKE AND AIRPORT BOULEVARD, TOTALING ONLY 15 ACRES PREORDAINED LOCATIONS BY TEXT DOT NEARLY ENTIRELY IN DOWNTOWN AND LACKING ANY SUBSTANTIVE COMMUNITY INPUT.
BUT THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF CAPPING I 35 ARE UNASSAILABLE.
BUT A PROJECT THAT BENEFITS DOWNTOWN WHILE HURTING THE REST OF THE CITY IS NOT A PATH TOWARD EQUITY IF WE ONLY CAP I 35 DOWNTOWN, WHILE TECH.CLAIMS 100 NEW FEET OF RIGHT AWAY IN THE CHERRYWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD CLEARING HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
WHILE TECH DOT USES INCOME RESTRICTED RESIDENTS OF AREA GRANT AS HUMAN PONDS TO CLAIM THAT THEY CANNOT MAINTAIN ALREADY EXISTING CROSSINGS WHILE TECH DOT WON'T LOWER THE MAIN LANES AND IS ADDING ZERO NEW CROSSINGS IN DISTRICT FOUR, WHERE I 35 IS CURRENTLY THE MOST DEADLY TO PEDESTRIANS, THIS JUST IS INEQUITY.
SO TODAY, LET'S ENSURE THAT THIS RESOLUTION CLEARLY STATES THAT THE FOCUS AREA FOR
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THIS GRANT APPLICATION IS THE ENTIRE CENTRAL SEGMENT, UH, FROM TWO 90 TO BEN WHITE, AS IT SAYS NOW, BUT WITHOUT ANY, WITH EMPHASIS ON ANY SPECIFIC AREA WITHIN THAT REGION.SECOND, IT'S TIME FOR COUNCIL TO GET OFF THE BENCH ON THIS.
WE ARE DESPERATE FOR LEADERSHIP ON A PROJECT THAT PURPORTS TO DO GOOD WHILE SYSTEMATICALLY OBSCURING AND MISREPRESENTING ITS GENERATIONAL HARM TIME.
AND AGAIN, COUNCIL HAS MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD ITS OWN VISION FOR WHAT I 35 CAN BE.
I CALL IN THIS COUNCIL TO WORK WITH US TO PROVIDE CLEAR GUIDANCE TO STAFF AND I SUPPORT THIS ITEM 59.
BRENDAN, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO, TO THANK YOU AND THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS I 35, UH, REDEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS A REALLY CRITICAL ISSUE FOR DISTRICT FOUR.
UH, I PULLED, UH, THE ITEM, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE GRANT SO WE CAN JUST, UH, TALK ABOUT IT AND HAVE, UH, AN AMENDMENT, UH, ALONG THE LINES THAT, UM, THAT, THAT YOU MENTIONED.
UH, BUT, UH, I, I JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE FROM, FROM YOU IN TERMS OF THE, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE MEETINGS THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN HAVING.
UH, WHAT IS THE, THE, WHAT DO FOLKS IN THE AREA WANT FROM AN I 35 REDEVELOPMENT? I THINK BROAD AND, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.
I, I HAVE TO SAY THAT I'M SPEAKING OF MY OBSERVATIONS OF THE GROUP THERE, THERE IS NOT AN OFFICIAL POSITION TAKEN ON THIS BROADLY.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE SAME KIND OF INNOVATION THAT WE'VE STARTED TO SEE FROM TECHO DOWNTOWN OF MITIGATING THE DAILY IMPACT OF THE HIGHWAY ON THE COMMUNITIES.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING, WE'RE SEEING WIDENING.
WE'RE SEEING, UH, FRONTAGE IN SPEEDS THAT ARE NOT, UH, AT A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL.
WE'RE SEEING, UM, RAMPS THAT ARE COMING OFF THE MANAGED LANES THAT AREN'T, UH, SERVING TRANSIT, THAT ARE PRECLUDING THE ABILITY TO CAP, UM, IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, WE'RE SEEING, UH, AS YOU WELL KNOW IN YOUR DISTRICT, THE MAIN LANES ARE NO LONGER LOWERED, UM, IN DISTRICT FOUR.
UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WE COULD BE MITIGATING THE EFFECT OF THE HIGHWAY ON THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUILD MORE CROSSINGS, UM, AND, AND, UM, JUST GENERALLY HAVE, HAVE SAFER COMMUNITIES AND A SMALLER FOOTPRINT TO THIS HIGHWAY.
AND JUST FOR REFERENCE, AND I'LL BE DISCUSSING THIS FURTHER, BUT YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 51ST STREET, UH, AND TWO 90, UH, THOSE ARE THE LAST, THE TWO, YOU KNOW, CROSSINGS THERE, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF DISTRICT FOUR, THAT'S 0.7 MILES WITHOUT AN EAST WEST CROSSING, UH, IN THE HEART OF A MAJOR AMERICAN CITY, YOU KNOW, AND A FREEWAY JUST SHOULD NOT DIVIDE A COMMUNITY LIKE THAT.
UH, AND, AND I MEAN, LOOKING AT IT, I KNOW THIS IS PARTIALLY IN DISTRICT NINE AS WELL, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT AIRPORT CROSSING OF I 35, I, I, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW A PEDESTRIAN IS GONNA BE ABLE TO CROSS I 35.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO GET FROM, FROM THE MUELLER NEIGHBORHOOD TO HYDE PARK, THERE MAY BE SOME COMPLEX SYSTEM OF RAMPS AND PATHWAYS AT TEXTILE IS GONNA HAVE TO DESIGN AROUND AT THAT INTERSECTION.
SO, UH, THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LOTS OF CONCERNS AND, AND I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, YOUR WORK, UH, AND THE GROUP'S WORK IN, UH, IN, IN, UH, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THESE UP AND, AND, UH, AND ORGANIZING AROUND THEM.
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN ZACH ALLEN ON 59 ON DECK, ALEXANDER STRINGER.
UM, MY NAME'S ZACH ALLEN AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY WIFE AND I.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BASICALLY VISIT MANY GREAT CITIES AROUND THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD, AND WE BOTH SHARE A LOVE OF BEING ABLE TO GO THERE, EXPLORE, AND JUST HAVING MANY OPTIONS OF GETTING AROUND, UH, GOOD CITIES.
AND SO WE USED TO LIVE ON SOUTH LAMAR, AND ONCE WE MOVED DOWN THERE, WE WERE JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT BEING IN THIS SPACE WITH ALL THIS WONDERFUL STUFF.
UM, BUT THEN BASICALLY WHAT WE FOUND ONCE WE GOT THERE WAS WE COULDN'T QUITE GET WHERE WE WANTED TO GO BECAUSE IT WAS ON ESSENTIALLY A FIVE LANE HIGHWAY WITH ANOTHER FOUR LANE ROAD INTERSECTING IT, RIGHT? AND SO IT WAS LIKE WALKING WASN'T, WASN'T, UM, COULD BE DANGEROUS.
THAT IS AS LONG AS YOU WENT IN THE BACK NEIGHBORHOOD AND GOT TO THE GRAVEL TRAILS, RIGHT? OTHERWISE IT WAS REALLY DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS.
AND SO THIS REALLY KIND OF SHRINK WHERE WE WANTED TO GO UNLESS WE WANTED TO JUST GET IN A CAR AND DRIVE.
AND SO I CAN IMAGINE HOW MANY TIMES OVER THIS EXISTS IN AUSTIN AND IT AFFECTS COMMUNITIES OVER THE YEARS.
AND SO THIS IS JUST ONE THING, AND I'VE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED IT, BUT I SEE SO MANY MISSED OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN AUSTIN FOR PROJECTS THAT NEED FUNDING AND SUPPORT.
AND SO MORE WALKABLE BIKES, OTHER TRANSIT OPTIONS, THINGS LIKE SMALL SIDEWALKS NEXT TO DANGEROUS, NOISY ROADS THAT WAS JUST LIKE OUR PLACE IN FRONT OF LAMAR.
IT WAS LITERALLY TWO FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK,
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UH, RIGHT NEXT TO CARS IS GOING 40, 50, 60 A TRAIN RUNNING EVERY HOUR, DOESN'T CUT IT RIGHT? AND A BIKE LANE ED NEXT TO A FOUR LANE, UH, HIGHWAY THAT MAADE IS A STREET, IS ALSO NOT GREAT.AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO A POOR CHOICE BETWEEN A HIGHWAY EXPANSION THROUGH THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN, OR A SLIGHTLY LESS WORSE OPTION, I GUESS, WITH THE CAP AND STITCH.
AND IT'S ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO HAVE A WAY, OR ULTIMATELY THAT WE'RE ENDING UP HAVING TO PAY OR SOLICIT GRANT FUNDING TO TRY TO MAKE THIS THING THAT'S BEING FORCED UPON US VAGUELY HABITABLE OR USABLE.
AND SO JUST THINK ABOUT HOW MANY COMMUNITIES THERE ARE AROUND AUSTIN THAT CAN'T TRULY THRIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE DISCONNECTED BY LARGE ROADS, WHICH AGAIN, MASQUERADES STREETS OR EVEN JUST AN OVER INTERSTATE.
SO THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE'LL BE FORCED TO USE A GIANT, UH, A GRANT TO RECONNECT COMMUNITIES TO SOMEHOW TRY TO MAKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH 35 BETTER, THAT'S ODD.
AND YOU COULD EVEN SAY PERVERSE.
UM, AND I THINK THERE'S GREAT PROJECTS THAT ALREADY EXIST IN AUSTIN THAT WE SHOULD DREAM UP SOMETHING THAT'S FANTASTIC AND A REALLY GOOD USE OF THESE FUNDS RATHER THAN TRYING TO MAKE 35 NOT I SWEAR THEM.
SPEAKING ON ITEMS 48 AND 52, ALEXANDER STRINGER ON DECK J CROSSLEY.
I AM, UH, SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER, UH, 48 AND 52 IN THE SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY TO ENSURE SAFETY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS WEARING A MASK AND THAT EVERYONE IS GETTING VACCINATED.
AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO INVEST IN HIRING MORE POLICE OFFICERS TO REALLY CRACK DOWN AGAINST THESE ANTI MAX MASKS, THE PEOPLE THAT REFUSE TO GET THEIR SHOTS, AND ALSO THE PEOPLE WHO SPREAD CLIMATE CHANGE DISINFORMATION ON THE INTERNET.
YOU KNOW, JUST LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH HURRICANE E.
AND YOU THINK THIS HURRICANE WOULD'VE OCCURRED IF PEOPLE OWNED, IF PEOPLE HAD A CAR, IF PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE CARS OR OWNED PRIVATE PROPERTY? ABSOLUTELY NOT, NOT ONLY THAT, NOBODY EVEN KNOWS WHAT GENDER HURRICANE IAN IS.
AND LIKE MI MISGENDERING THAT HURRICANE, LIKE, THAT'S A LITERAL MICROAGGRESSION THAT'S ALMOST WORSE THAN CALLING COUNCILWOMAN MADISON BY HER FIRST NAME.
YOU KNOW, THAT IS ACTUAL RACISM, OKAY? IF YOU DO THAT, YOU DESERVE TO SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN PRISON, HUH? ANYWAY, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, I DO WANNA SAY ONE THING THOUGH, AND THAT IF WE ADD MONEY TO THESE, UM, THESE POLICE FUNDS, IT CANNOT BE FOR, UH, PROSECUTING VIOLENT CRIMES LIKE RAPES, ARMED ROBBERIES, UM, BURGLARIES OR ASSAULTS, BECAUSE THAT'S LITERAL RIGHT SUPREMACY.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IS, YOU KNOW, ARRESTING PEOPLE FOR NOT WEARING MASKS, NOT GETTING THEIR SHOTS.
WE GOTTA ARREST PARENTS FOR COMPLAINING AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS.
YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA FOCUS ON THE REAL ISSUES THAT ARE ACTUAL PERTINENT THREATS TO OUR DEMOCRACY.
YOU GUYS ALL AGREE WITH ME ON THIS? I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT.
UM, AND ONE LAST THING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 52, WE GOTTA ADD MONEY TO THE JUVENILE FUND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF THE KIDS DON'T WANNA WEAR MASK OR GET VACCINATED, WELL THEY BELONG IN PRISON TOO.
ITEM 59, JAY CROSSLEY ON DECK.
HELLO MAYOR COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, MY NAME IS JAY BLA AT CROSSLEY.
UH, I LIVE IN D FOUR AND I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A NONPROFIT CALLED FARM AND CITY, AND I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH TRYING TO WORK WITH TECHO TO IMPROVE THE WAY THEY DESIGN THINGS AND IMPROVE I 35.
AND I'M HERE TO STRONGLY SUPPORT THE CITY'S APPLICATION TO RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.
I THINK IT'S CRUCIAL THAT WE RECONNECT AUSTIN AND WE COMPLETELY BUILD THE URBAN STREET GRID BACK TOGETHER THE WAY IT WAS, AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, THE COUNCIL VELA TALKING ABOUT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LONG DISTANCES YOU, YOU CAN'T GET ACROSS.
UM, UH, I DO WANT TO PUSH THAT THE SCOPE OF THIS AND THE SCOPE OF THE CITY'S ROLE, UM, SHOULD BE NOT JUST SORT OF CAPS AND STITCHES IN PARKS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING WALKABLE URBANISM.
WE'RE BUILDING CITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN TO LIVE, UM, BETWEEN THIRD AND SEVENTH.
WE SHOULD IMAGINE PLAZA SALTILLO CONTINUING THROUGH TO DOWNTOWN.
IF I AM WALKING WITH A FRIEND IN A WHEELCHAIR, UH, FROM THE SALTILLO STATION, I WANT TO BE ON A SIDEWALK AND ALL THE WAY TO THE, TO CITY HALL AND, AND NEVER INTERACT WITH FAST CARS.
AND YOU CAN ACHIEVE THAT WITH TEXT DOT.
AND SO I HOPE YOU CAN FOCUS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE DO ON CAPS IS WORTHLESS IF, IF YOU HAVE TO CROSS A HIGH SPEED STREET TO GET THERE.
UM, AND SO I BELIEVE TEXT.IS IN A POSITION WHERE THEY WILL ACCEPT THE KIND OF STREET DESIGNS THAT YOU ARE DOING IN DOWNTOWN.
AND WE SHOULD DESIGN ANY SURFACE ELEMENTS OF THIS PROJECT THE SAME AS THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS NOW DESIGNING STREETS IN DOWNTOWN.
UM, AND I HOPE THAT THIS CAN BE PART OF THIS GRANT, AND I HOPE, AND I DO HOPE THAT YOU, UM, PRIORITIZE HUMAN HABITAT AND, AND NOT
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NECESSARILY PARKS AND ENTERTAINMENT ON THE CAP SPACE.THANK YOU VERY MUCH SPEAKING ON ITEM 59, ADAM GREENFIELD ON DECK, ANNA MARCEL, UH, GOOD MORNING MAYOR COUNCIL, ADAM GREENFIELD, DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT, UM, WITH RETHINK 35.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST AGENDA ITEM, UH, 59.
UH, I WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS AND THE ADVOCACY AROUND, UH, CREATING THIS FEDERAL RECONNECTING AUSTIN, UH, RE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN AT THAT TIME AMONG ADVOCATES THAT, UH, THESE FUNDS COULD BE USED TO ACTUALLY ASSIST AND, AND SUGARCOAT HIGHWAY EXPANSIONS.
UH, THE, THE INTENTION AMONG MOST ADVOCATES WAS VERY MUCH THAT THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM HELPED STEER US AWAY FROM THE DREADFUL THINGS THAT WE DID IN THE 20TH CENTURY WITH HIGHWAYS THROUGH CITIES AND HIGHWAY EXPANSIONS.
SO, UM, A LOT OF ADVOCATES, UH, ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED AND SAD TO SEE SO MANY APPLICATIONS COMING IN FOR THIS PROGRAM, UH, TO, UH, TO, UH, GO ALONG WITH HIGHWAY EXPANSIONS AND NEW HIGHWAYS.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT YOU VOTE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE, UH, OTHERWISE THIS KIND OF APPROACH WILL BE USED BY STATE, STATE DOTS MORE AND MORE TO GET NEW HIGHWAY EXPANSIONS IN AND NEW HIGHWAYS IN, THEY'LL USE THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY, I THINK, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BACKFIRE AND LEAD TO MORE HIGHWAY EXPANSIONS AND MORE HARMS FOR, UM, LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
UM, I JUST ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT RETHINK 35 AND, AND OTHER GROUPS ARE WORKING EVERY DAY VERY, VERY HARD TO, UH, RALLY THE PUBLIC TO GIVE YOU THE SUPPORT YOU NEED TO COME OUT AND VOICE WHAT I THINK IS IN YOUR HEARTS, WHICH IS, UH, THIS, THIS HIGHWAY EXPANSION IS A VERY, WILL BE A VERY, VERY BAD THING FOR AUSTIN.
UM, THERE IS A HISTORICAL PRECEDENT OF COMMUNITIES AND COUNCILS STANDING UP TO STATE DOTS AND SUCCESSFULLY STOPPING HIGHWAY EXPANSIONS.
UH, WE'VE SEEN THIS RECENTLY IN HOUSTON WITH I 45 WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAME IN AND TOLD TECH STOCK TO PAUSE WHILE THEY INVESTIGATE CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.
AND, UH, WE CAN DO THAT HERE TOO.
SO WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD, UM, TO, TO HELP YOU ON THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ALREADY ON THIS.
UM, AND FOR, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ALREADY COME OUT AGAINST THIS EXPANSION.
HI, ITEM 59, ANNA MARCIEL ON DECK.
MIRIAM SHOE, INFIELD MIRIAMS SHOE INFIELD SPEAKING ON ITEM 59 ON DECK.
MIRIAM SHEFIELD, DISTRICT NINE SUPPORTER OF RETHINK 35, OUR FUTURE 35.
THE NAME OF THIS PROJECT IS A COLLABORATION WITH A HIGHWAY EXPANSION, AN EXPANSION THAT IS ANTITHETICAL IN EVERY WAY TO THE CLIMATE AND EQUITY GOALS OF THE CITY.
IF THIS EXPANSION GOES THROUGH, IT WILL MEAN THAT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT LIVES IN THIS AREA IS GONNA BE MORE RELIANT ON CARS.
I HAD A DISABILITY FOR MANY YEARS, WHICH PREVENTED ME FROM BEING ABLE TO DRIVE.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ABLE TO AFFORD DRIVING A CAR.
EXPANDING THE HIGHWAY JUST MEANS IT BECOMES INCREASINGLY, INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO LIVE HERE WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE.
WE NEED YOU, WE NEED YOUR LE LEADERSHIP TO STAND UP AND SAY AN ABSOLUTE NO TO EXPANDING THE HIGHWAY, NOT TO BE COLLABORATING WITH IT.
WHO WOULD TELL SOMEBODY, SURE, YOU CAN EXPAND THIS GIANT GASH IN MY LEG SO LONG AS MAYBE YOU'RE WILLING TO MAKE IT SO THAT A FEW BANDAIDS CAN BE PUT ON TOP THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR.
THAT IS NOT A SOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO WORK.
THIS IS A BAD DEAL FOR AUSTIN AND THE LEADERSHIP IN THIS CITY SHOULD BE FIGHTING IT TOOTH AND NAIL.
LIKE WE'VE SEEN LEADERSHIP IN HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY.
WE NEED YOU TO SAY NO TO TEXT DOTS PROPOSED EXPANSION, NOT TO WORK ALONGSIDE IT.
ITEM 62, GLEN TOWERY ON DECK, TRACE SALINAS, THANK YOU.
CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN AND MAYOR.
UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE AUSTIN VETERANS ARTS FESTIVAL AND THE POWER OF USING ART TO HELP HEAL VETERANS.
THIS IS OUR FOURTH ANNUAL EVENT AND UM, WE ARE ON THE, ON ITEM NUMBER 62.
UH, WE DO NEED APPROVAL IN ORDER TO GET SECURE SOME OF THE THEATERS AND THINGS THAT WE NEED, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE ARE TWO WEEKS FROM THIS FESTIVAL STARTING
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AND WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING THESE, UM, TALKING ABOUT RECEIVING THESE FACILITIES.AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THERE'LL BE A BETTER WAY THAT WE CAN DO THIS IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO PLAN, UM, WITHOUT ACTUALLY KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THESE THEATERS.
BUT RIGHT NOW, THE CITY HAS BEEN GIVING US A LOT OF SUPPORT.
YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THE CULTURAL CENTER, DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL CENTER RECORD RECREATIONS.
THIS IS, UM, UM, EXHIBIT THAT WE'RE DOING.
IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE CITY THIS WAY.
IT'S A COMBAT WARRIOR EXHIBIT.
WE ARE PRESSING FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE POWER AND THE USE OF ART AND VETERANS.
ALSO, I JUST WANNA SAY RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE, BUT TEXAS IS THE LEADING STATE IN TERMS OF VETERAN SUICIDE AND WE JUST HAD, UM, A ART.
WE ARE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE VFW MAGAZINE, THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE.
AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE THERE IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THERE BELIEVE IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
USING A NON-PHARMACEUTICAL APPROACH TO, UM, SAVING VETERANS LIVES, TO IMPROVING THEIR HEALTH THROUGH THE ARTS IS A VERY, VERY POWERFUL THING.
AND I HOPE THAT AUSTIN TAKES THE LEADERSHIP IN THIS AND WE ARE TAKING THE LEADERSHIP IN, IN THIS WHOLE APPROACH RIGHT NOW BY DOING THE AUSTIN VETERANS ARTS FESTIVAL.
THIS IS OUR FOURTH ANNUAL ART FESTIVAL.
WE WOULD NOT BE HERE DOING IT IF IT WAS NOT FOR YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR BELIEF, SIR.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO SPEAK ON OCCASION AND, AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, LET YOU KNOW CUZ OUR PROCESSES ARE, ARE A LITTLE CONFUSING AT TIMES.
UM, I KNOW THAT MY OFFICE WAS ABLE TO PUT IN ANOTHER THOUSAND DOLLARS TOWARDS YOUR FEE WAIVER AND A COUPLE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO ADDED IN ADDITION TO THE WORK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL HAD DONE.
UM, SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR ENTIRE FEE WAIVER OF THE 4,000 4 28 WILL, UM, BE TAKEN CARE OF BY COUNCIL.
UM, I'M NOT AWARE THAT THERE'S ANY MORE BALANCE.
MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL KNOWS IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT'S FULL.
SO AT LEAST FOR THAT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, HOPEFULLY WE HAVE THAT RESOLVED.
AND JUST WANTED TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER IF THERE ARE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS ABOUT SECURING THE LOCATIONS, UM, IN THIS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
IF WE COULD TRY TO EXPEDITE THAT.
CUZ I THINK THIS COUNCIL FULLY SUPPORTS THIS WORK.
IS EVERYTHING OKAY? SENIOR MANAGER, MAY I, I WAS GONNA SPEAK TO THIS WHEN WE WERE DONE WITH CONSENT, BUT I, I MAY AS WELL WITH MR. TOWERY STANDING THERE.
UM, THE AUSTIN VETERANS ART FESTIVAL INDEED WILL BE HAPPENING IN PERSON AND SOON AND WE DID, UH, FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO COVER ALL OF THE WAIVERS THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR AND I WANTED TO THANK MY CO-SPONSORS, MAYOR ADLER, MAYOR PROTE ALTER COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, RENTER FUENTES KELLY, AND KITCHEN FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE AVA FEST AND FULFILLING THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO JUST WOULD NOTE THAT THE DATES ARE OCTOBER 12 TO NOVEMBER 12TH.
YES, AT THE DOHERTY ARTS CENTER AND AT THE CARVER MUSEUM.
THE SHOWCASES WILL BE VETERANS, ART, DANCE, COMEDY, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE.
AVA FEST.ORG IS THE SITE THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON AND GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTISTS AND THE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE.
AND THEN JUST TO SHOUT OUT, IN SPECIAL THANKS TO DISTRICT SEVEN, COMMISSIONER PETE SALAZAR ON THE VETERANS AFFAIR COMMISSION FOR HIS WORK TO BRING AVA FEST BACK AND FOR ALL THE WORK ON, UH, THAT THE COMMISSION DOES TO SUPPORT VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
PETE HAS, ALY REPRESENTED D SEVEN ON THE VETERANS COMMISSION SINCE THE START OF 2015 WHEN I FIRST TOOK THIS SEAT.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HIS STEWARDSHIP AND WORK WITH MR. TOWERY ON ISSUES OF CONCERNS TO OUR VETS.
AND I KNOW WE ALL APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION'S WORK.
SO AVA FEST 2022 IS ON THANK YOU MR. TOWER AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, POOL FOR, UH, TAKING THE LEAD IN THIS AND FOR BELIEVING IN US AND FOR PUSHING THIS FORWARD.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FOR SPONSORING THIS ITEM AND I'M GLAD THAT MY OFFICE WAS ABLE TO DONATE THE REMAINDER OF THE BALANCE AT $1,378 SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT THE FEES WERE WAIVED.
SUCH A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL TO BE A PART OF IT.
NEXT SPEAKER SPEAKING ON THE MERIT TO THE POSTPONEMENT ADMIN ADAM
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71 TRACE SALINAS ON DECK.PAUL ROBBINS COUNCIL, UH, A WEEK AGO, AUSTIN KNIGHTS WERE SHOCKED BY AUSTIN ENERGY'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIGH FUEL PRICES THAT ARE INTENDED TO BE IMPLEMENTED THIS FALL.
I AM AWARE THAT THIS ITEM IS POSTPONED.
UH, I WANT TO DESCRIBE INFORMATION THAT WE WILL NEED TO MAKE A DECISION.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET FUEL COSTS FOR MONTHS AND THE UTILITY HAS HIDDEN THEM.
FOR EACH MONTH OF FISCAL YEAR'S 2021 AND 2022, WE NEED THE SUPPLY OF KILOWATT HOURS AND THE COST IN DOLLARS OF EACH FUEL, INCLUDING GAS, COAL, NUCLEAR, SOLAR, WIND, AND PURCHASED POWER.
UH, SECOND, UH, UM, WE NEED AN EXPLANATION OF WHY AUSTIN'S MAIN GAS PLANT, SANDHILL WAS NOT PRODUCING POWER FOR MOST OF FOUR MONTHS OF 2022.
UH, DO NOT LET AUSTIN ENERGY TRY TO SCARE YOU WITH THE ROOS THAT THIS INFORMATION IS COMPETITIVE DURING LARRY WEISS'S TIME AS MANAGER.
THIS INFORMATION WAS ROUTINELY MADE PUBLIC.
UH, SOME OF IT IS ACTUALLY ON A FEDERAL INTERNET SITE.
IT'S JUST NOT IN A USER FRIENDLY FORM.
AND REGARDING RATES, I'M, UH, ONE OF 10 ACTIVE INTERVENERS IN THE AUSTIN RATE CASE, WHICH LOOKS AT THE NON-FUEL PORTION OF THE BILL.
THE UTILITY IS ALSO HIDING KEY INFORMATION.
SPECIFICALLY, I'VE ASKED ABOUT WINDFALL REVENUES THAT THE UTILITY HAS EARNED IN THIS HOT SUMMER AND AUSTIN ENERGY HAS NOT PROVIDED IT AT SAN ANTONIO'S MUNICIPAL UTILITY.
THE COUNCIL RECENTLY DECIDED HOW TO SPEND A 75 MILLION SURPLUS.
WHY ISN'T THIS HAPPENING HERE? AND SECOND, UH, I HAVE ALSO ASKED ABOUT KEY INFORMATION ON HOW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS MIGHT BE DEFRAYED BY, UH, INCREASED CHARGES ON NEW BILLINGS.
WHEN THIS TOOK PLACE IN 2014, AUSTIN ENERGY EXPERIENCED A RATE DECREASE.
UH, I THINK THERE'S MORE MONEY IN THIS STRATEGY, BUT THE UTILITY HAS NOT PROVIDED INFORMATION.
COUNSEL, I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, PAUL TILBERT ON DECK.
BRITTANY JACK, MAYOR, DO WE HAVE TO CALL THE MEETING TO HEAR SOMEBODY FOR AGE OF C? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY, SO MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? THE LAST TWO ARE HFC.
UH, LET'S RECESS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT 11:14 AM
[Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting (Part 1 of 2)]
AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, UH, MEETING HERE ON, UH, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2022.UH, THE QUORUM OF DIRECTORS ARE PRESENT HERE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND CITY HALL.
UH, WE'RE CONVENING THE MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF HEARING, UM, UH, SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP AND ALSO TO NOTE THAT, UH, THERE IS, UH, LATE BACKUP, UH, FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO, UM, FOR THE ASPIRE AT BIG AUSTIN.
THAT IS IN THE BACKUP, UH, MATERIALS POSTED.
LET'S HEAR THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON TODAY'S AGENDA ON ITEM ONE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN PERSON OR REMOTELY ON THE AUSTIN AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION? UH, MATTERS? NO, SIR.
OKAY, THEN LET'S GO AHEAD THEN.
AND, UH, RECESS, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE MEETING, UH, HERE AT, UH, 11:15 AM
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UH, AND I AM GOING TO THEN, UH, RETURN TO AND, AND CALL TO ORDER THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2022 AT 11:15 AM HAVING JUST CONCLUDED A RECESS SO THAT WE COULD HEAR THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AGENDA.WE ARE BACK IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS SIGNED UP? NO, SIR.
ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, UH, THAT GETS US TO, UH, OUR, OUR AGENDA.
I DON'T KNOW HOW, WOULD YOU CHECK AND SEE IF KATHY'S RIGHT OUT BACK CUSTOMER KITCHEN? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 11 IS THE A E D C ONE.
SO I'VE SENT THE QUESTION TO STAFF AND HOPEFULLY IT'S JUST A QUICK ANSWER IN WHICH CASE, UM, WE CAN LEAVE IT ON CONSENT.
BUT I I, IF I DON'T GET THE ANSWER BY THE TIME WE DO CONSENT, I'LL HAVE TO PULL IT.
SO, OKAY, WELL IT'S GOOD THAT YOU SENT THAT AND LET'S SEE LATER IF WE NEED TO, UH, PULL IT, LET'S SEE HOW
[12. Authorize negotiation and execution of a master development agreement with Aspen Heights Partners, or its affiliates, for terms governing the development, construction, and lease of a mixed-use residential development and associated infrastructure on City-owned sites located at 1215 Red River Street and 606 East 12th Street under terms outlined in a term sheet.]
CLOSE WE CAN GET TO, TO TAKING A VOTE ON THE, UH, HEALTH SOUTH MATTER.UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TO, DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? THE BASE MOTION? I DO, MAYOR.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL TO NEGOTIATE A MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS POSTED IN THE BACKUP, BUT TO SEPARATE THE EXECUTION.
THE MOTION IS TO, UM, UM, WELL HE'S APPROVE THE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, WITH RESPECT TO HEALTH SOUTH AND REMEMBER 12 EXCEPT THAT IT'S ONLY TO, UH, NEGOTIATE AND THEN RETURN TO, TO COUNCIL PRIOR TO, UH, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER OF HARPER MADISON, DO YOU WANNA SECOND THAT MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.
SECOND THAT MOTION, UH, DISCUSSION.
GO TO THE MAKER OF THE MOTION FIRST IF THE MAKER WANTS TO ADDRESS.
I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS IN JUST A BIT.
MAYOR, I DO HAVE, UM, AMENDMENTS TO DISTRIBUTE.
I'M HAVING SOME CHALLENGES HERE TODAY THAT I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS WITH CTM.
I CAN'T ACTUALLY PRINT FOR MY COMPUTER AND I CAN'T SAVE DOCUMENTS FOR MY COMPUTER AND SOME OTHER THINGS.
SO I'M RUNNING BEHIND ON THOSE.
I CAN READ THEM IF I NEED TO, BUT JUST AS A HEADS UP, I DO HAVE A FEW AMENDMENTS AND, AND SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
AND THEN AT THE END I'LL MAKE MY COMMENTS.
OKAY, SO IN THAT REGARD, IT'S 1118.
NOW I THINK WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, HERE FOR A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR.
SO I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION TO US, ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THE, THE AMENDMENTS, UH, IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO, TO ASCERTAIN COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.
I WAS JUST GONNA WEIGH IN AND SUPPORT OF THE SEPARATING THE NEGOTIATE FROM THE EXECUTE AS YOU HAD TALKED ON TUESDAY IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
SO THAT'S OUR BASE MOTION AT THIS POINT, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY SUGGEST AN OBJECTION TO THAT.
AND I POSTED YESTERDAY REQUESTING SOMEBODY RAISE THEIR HAND IF THEY OBJECT TO THAT.
DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY OBJECTIONS.
STAFF SEEMS TO BE OKAY WITH THAT AS WELL FOR THE REASONS WE TALKED ABOUT ON WORK SESSION ON ON TUESDAY.
UM, UH, KA I'M SORRY, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A QUICK RECESS SO THAT YOU CAN FINALIZE YOUR AMENDMENTS? DO YOU WANT ADDRESS THEM OUT LOUD QUICKLY AND THEN TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW.
REALLY BRIEFLY, IDENTIFY THE FOUR AMENDMENTS YOU'RE DOING NOW IS TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS, THAT MIGHT BE THE QUICKEST WAY SO YOU CAN POST THEM, WHETHER THE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON CAN SEE THEM AS WELL.
UM, THE FIRST ONE AFFIRMS OUR EXPECTATION THAT ASPEN HEIGHTS AND ANY OTHER INVESTORS WHO ARE A PART OF THIS DEAL, UM, SHE PAY FULL TAXES ON THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE, FOR ANY COMMERCIAL OR MARKET RATE HOUSING ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
UM, IT ALSO ASKS THAT AS PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, IN ADDITION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH I THINK YOU'VE PICKED UP IN YOUR, UM, MOTION SHEET MAYOR, THE MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO PRIORITIZE FAIR WAGES AND AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE AS AS, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED.
UM, LIVING WAGES ARE AT THE MOMENT THOUGH THEY WERE REQUIRED THOUGH THEY WERE, AND CONTAINED IN THE, IN THE MOTION SHEET THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD ASKING BE NEGOTIATED IN THE, UM, EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT.
THEY ARE NOT PART OF THIS DEAL RIGHT NOW.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION TO STAFF THAT I PUT IN THE Q AND A ABOUT WHY THAT IS, WHAT THE OBSTACLES ARE TO
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REQUIRING LIVING WAGE OF OUR COMMERCIAL OPERATORS.I'M NOT, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSE BACK, SO THAT'S A QUESTION I NEED TO GET ANSWERED HERE IN OPEN SESSION.
UM, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE OBSTACLES ARE FROM THE, FROM, UM, ASPEN HEIGHTS PERSPECTIVE, WHAT TO REQUIRING A LIVING WAGE.
BUT IT IS, IT IS REALLY A CHALLENGE FOR, FOR ME, UH, MAYBE FOR SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES TO HAVE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES OPERATING ON CITY OWN TRACKS THAT ARE NOT PAYING A LIVING WAGE.
I THINK THAT'S OUT OF LINE ALIGNMENT WITH OUR, WITH THE VALUES THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE HAVE, UM, ECHOED AGAIN AND AGAIN.
UH, IT'S AN EXPECTATION WE NOW MAKE AND, AND TALK ABOUT WITH OUR PRIVATE DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY COME FORWARD AND ASK FOR MAJOR ZONING CHANGES WHERE WE HAVE ZONE ZONING DISCRETION.
AND SO IT, IT JUST WOULD BE, I WOULD BE, UM, ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S MY POINT ON THAT.
SO TO CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE FOR THAT, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS BACK AND FORTH ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE.
IT'S MY, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ASPEN HEIGHTS HAS AS WELL WITH SOME OF THE PARTIES WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO.
IT IS, I, I THINK WE'VE CONTINUED TO TALK ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE, THE 60% MARKET RATE FOR, FOR THE LEASE SPACE, WHICH IS ONLY PART OF THE EQUATION.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO WOULD BE ACCOMMODATED IN THAT SPACE IS TOO LOW TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT 60% AFFORDABLE FOR MOST HIGH QUALITY CHILDCARE, UM, OPERATORS WHO ACCEPT CHILDCARE VOUCHERS OR, UM, CHILDCARE VOUCHERS.
AND SO I THINK WE'VE, WE DO NOT YET HAVE A DEAL THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ASSURE THAT WE HAVE AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE IN THAT SPACE.
AND SO THAT IS A SUBSTANCE IN MY SECOND BULLET, UM, THAT THE, THAT THE MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATING WITH THE HOPES OF, OF ACHIEVING A MORE AFFORDABLE ANNUAL GROSS RENTAL RATE FOR THE CHILDCARE FACILITY.
AND THEN THIRDLY, THAT THERE BE AN, AN AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING PLAN TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPOSED AFFORDABLE MULTI BEDROOM UNITS ARE MARKETED TOWARD MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS.
ACTUALLY, I THINK ALL THREE OF THESE ARE ITEMS THAT, THAT, UM, KAREN POP AND MAYBE OTHERS IN OUR CONVERSATIONS TODAY SPOKE TO.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE MY, THOSE ARE MY AMENDMENTS.
MAY I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOURS? I'M SORRY.
I HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL ONE, AND THAT IS THAT THERE BE REGULAR CHECK-INS WITH COUNSEL ON THE PROGRESS TOWARD THAT MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT THOSE BE MONTHLY EITHER IN THE FORM OF A MEMO OR A VERY BRIEF UPDATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION IF NECESSARY.
THERE ARE ESPECIALLY MAYOR, CONTAINED WITHIN YOUR AMENDMENT SHEET.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO EXPLORE.
AGAIN, I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM, BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE REGULAR CHECK INS SO THAT WHEN THAT MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT COMES BACK, THERE AREN'T, THERE AREN'T, UM, THE, THE COUNCIL IS REALLY WELL INFORMED ABOUT ANY CHANGES OR ANY ADDITIONS THAT HAVE COME ACROSS, COME, COME UP IN THE COURSE OF NEGOTIATIONS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A QUICK 10 MINUTE BREAK SO THAT YOU CAN PASS OUT, UH, THE WORDING COLLEAGUES I HAD AS, AS COUNCIL TOPO HAD, UH, MENTIONED, UH, A MOTION SHEET THAT WAS POSTED, UM, I THINK YESTERDAY ON THE MESSAGE BOARD, UH, THAT SEEMS TO, TO, TO GO WITH, UM, THAT SEEMS TO, TO GO WITH, UH, UM, AND, AND RELATE SIMILAR TO THE SECOND ONE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO RAISED.
UH, BUT THAT'S, UH, ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.
LET'S COME BACK AT 25 TILL NOONS.
THEY GIVE YOU 10 MINUTES TO DO THAT.
YEAH, I, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT YOURS, BUT MAYBE YOU AND I CAN TALK ABOUT OFF THE DI SINCE WE'RE IN THE SAME CELL.
SO THE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON AND THE PUBLIC HAS A CHANCE TO SEE THEM AS WELL.
LET'S GO INTO RECESS FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
THERE, I THINK THERE WERE SOME FOLKS THAT DID NOT GET TO SPEAK ON, UH, HEALTH SOUTH.
I WAS, IF WE COULD POSSIBLY, UH, TAKE THEM AFTER THE BREAK.
THAT'S, IF YOU WANTED TO CALL AS IS THE PREROGATIVE FOR ANY COUNCIL MEMBER TO CALL UP SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK.
YOU WANNA HAVE 'EM CALL UP, CALL UP NOW IN CASE.
UH, AND LET ME GO AHEAD AND, UH, COULD WE DO IT JUST RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK? UH, YES, WE CAN.
AND, AND THE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS ARE FOR TWO MINUTES EACH.
ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS, UH, LET, LET'S, LET'S URGE THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO TRY AND DO THAT.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE A SPEAKING RULE WITH RESPECT TO THIS KIND OF THING, BUT, BUT I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCIL MAYOR POOL THAT OUR GOAL HERE IS TO IS TO MOVE THIS QUICKLY FORWARD.
I'M SORRY, ARE THEY SIGN, ARE THEY NOT SIGNED UP? I'M NOT SURE.
I, I'M, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING.
DID THEY NOT SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? BUT YOU'RE CALLING ON IT? UH, I'M NOT SURE.
UH, ON, I BELIEVE THEY DID, BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK.
IF THEY'RE SPEAKING PURSUANT TO SIGNING UP, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO MINUTES.
IF THEY'RE NOT SIGNED UP AND YOU'RE CALLING
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THEM, WE DON'T HAVE A TWO MINUTE RULE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO, TO POLICE THAT.AND CERTAINLY THE, THE DIAS CAN IMPOSE ONE WHO, WHO ARE THEY? CAN WE, ALL RIGHT.
LET'S TAKE THE 10 MINUTE BREAK.
UM, IS STAFF HERE? DOES STAFF WANT TO GIVE US ANY OPENING COMMENTS ON THIS PROPERTY? GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL RODNEY GONZALEZ, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO SUSANA CARBER HALL, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHO HAS BEEN LEADING THIS PROJECT.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL SUSANA KAHA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
IT IS MY PLEASURE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN NEGOTIATING TEAM TO PRESENT TO YOU ITEM 12 FOR APPROVAL TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BASED ON THE TERM SHEET, UH, THAT IS IN BACKUP, UH, FOR THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH ASPEN HEIGHTS FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE FORMER HEALTH SOUTH PROPERTY.
UH, THIS DOES BRING, UH, SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY BENEFITS TO, UH, THE COMMUNITY, TO THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN WITH SIGNIFICANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR LIFE, MUSIC VENUE, UH, CHILDCARE FACILITY, AS WELL AS RETAIL SPACE FOR A LOCAL FOOD INCUBATOR.
AND WITH THAT, I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
WAS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU WANTED TO CALL TO SPEAK? OKAY, SO MAYOR MANDY DE MAYO, UM, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
WE DID HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO HAD SIGNED UP AND WAS SOMEHOW MISSED.
UM, HER NAME IS PHYLLIS EVERETT, AND SHE HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN TO HELP WITH AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING OF THE, UH, PARTICULARLY THE FAMILY AND THE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NHP FOUNDATION, SHE RUNS A NONPROFIT CALLED SAFFRON TRUST.
AND, UH, I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE'LL GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
AS REQUESTED BY STAFF, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF ITEM 12 IN SUPPORT OF IT.
I AM WITH STAFFRON TRUST WOMEN'S FOUNDATION.
WE LOOK TO CYCLE WOMEN OUT OF GENERATIONAL POVERTY BY ACTING AS CARE COORDINATORS AND HELPING OUT OF THE HOUSING CYCLE THROUGH SUPPORT, DIVERSION AND ASSISTANCE.
WE'RE ALSO PART OF THE DIVERSION PROGRAM HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHERE WE HAVE, UH, 15 FAMILIES THAT WE'RE HELPING TO, UM, INPUT TO THEIR INCOME FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
UH, WE ARE ACCEPTING THE RIGHTS OF REFUSALS FOR 20 TO 30 UNITS WITH CAPITAL A HOUSING, CAPITAL A HOUSING IS WORKING WITH US TO PLACE OUR PROGRAM CLIENTS IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT.
THIS IS REALLY GONNA MAKE A GREAT IMPACT HERE IN AUSTIN, AND THE FAMILIES OF SAFRON TRUST WILL GREATLY BENEFIT.
SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM 12.
CATHERINE TOBO, YOU SAID YOU HAD QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YES, I HAVE A COUPLE QUICK ONES.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I MAY, I THINK THIS IS FIRST FOR STAFF OR FOR ASPEN HEIGHTS.
I NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OBSTACLES ARE THAT, UH, WITH RELATIONSHIP TO LIVING WAGE.
I DID ASK THAT QUESTION IN THE Q AND A, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT I, THAT I YET REALLY UNDERSTAND IT.
JUST THE ANSWER JUST CAME BACK THAT THEY'RE NOT PAYING LIVING WAGE, BUT I'M NOT, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE THERE.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, UH, SUSAN HAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, PER THE CITY'S RESOLUTION, THE RESOLUTION APPLIES TO THE CITY'S CONTRACTOR, AND IN THIS CASE IT'S ASPEN HEIGHTS.
ASPEN HEIGHTS HAS COMMITTED AND IS PAYING, UH, THE MINIMUM LIVING WAGE TO ITS EMPLOYEES.
THE RESOLUTION DOES NOT DIRECTLY APPLY TO THE COMMERCIAL TENANTS WITHIN OUR REDEVELOPED PROPERTIES.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I'M, I'M ALSO WELCOME ASPEN HEIGHTS TO COME ON BOARD AND, AND TALK TO THEIR PIECE.
AND, AND THAT IS JUST, JUST TO REFLECT BACK, THAT WAS ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT I HAD BROUGHT FORWARD BACK WHEN WE VOTED TO AUTHORIZE THE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT.
AND, AND MY HOPE IS THIS IS ONE OF MULTIPLE THINGS THAT HAVE ARISEN OUT OF THIS REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION OR OTHERS THAT I'M HOPING TO EMBED WITH IN OUR CITY POLICY SO THAT WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION THAT FUTURE COUNCILS AREN'T IN A POSITION.
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WE ARE THIS TIME NEGOTIATING FOR SOMETHING THAT WASN'T IN THE RFP, IT'LL JUST BE PART OF CITY POLICY THAT ANY, ANY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS ON CITY OWN LAND WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY A LIVING WAGE.BUT I WOULD INVITE SOMEONE FROM ASPEN HEIGHTS UP TO TALK ABOUT, ABOUT WHY THAT WAS AN ELEMENT THAT, UM, AT LEAST UNTIL NOW YOU HAVEN'T COMMITTED TO, BUT PERHAPS YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT IT AND, AND ARE NOW WILLING TO MAKE THAT COMMITMENT.
AMANDA SWORE, UM, WITH YOUR GROUP REPRESENTING ASPEN HEIGHTS.
UM, ASPEN HEIGHTS AS, UH, MS. CAR HALL MENTIONED, HAS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING LIVING WAGE FOR, UM, ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT WORK THROUGH THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT THAT IS PART OF THE BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT AND WILL BE INCLUDED.
UM, WE DO HAVE CONCERNS AS STAFF MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, PUTTING THE LIVING WAGE THROUGH TO THE TENANTS.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON OTHER, ON OTHER PROJECTS.
AND IT WOULD PUT THIS PROJECT AT A, UM, AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE GOING FORWARD FOR TENANTS.
UM, THANK YOU MISS, WE, AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I GOT YOUR LAST NAME WRONG THE OTHER DAY.
UM, WHEN YOU SAY IT, IT'S NOT A PRO, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DONE ON OTHER PROJECTS.
DO YOU MEAN ON CITY OWN TRACKS OR DO YOU MEAN IN PROJECTS THAT YOUR CLIENT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN? IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT HASN'T BEEN DONE ON OTHER CITY OWNED TRACKS, AND THAT THAT SURE MAY BE TRUE.
I THINK THAT, UM, THE WORLD HAS PROBABLY CHANGED SINCE, SINCE WE HAD OUR LAST CONVERSATION ABOUT CITY OWN TRACKS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT VERY FREQUENTLY WHEN WE'RE ENGAGED WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPERS THESE DAYS, THAT THAT IS A, A CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING.
I DO HAVE LANGUAGE IN MY AMENDMENT SHEET AND, UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN A COPY, I'D BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU A COPY OF MY AMENDMENT SHEET.
BUT IT IS, IT IS GOING TO ASK ASPEN HEIGHTS TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD THAT AND FIGURE OUT, UM, HOW TO ACHIEVE IT.
MY GUESS IS THAT, MY GUESS IS THAT THE COMMERCIAL USES YOU HAVE ON SITE WILL BE GIVEN THEIR LOCATION BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN A PRETTY STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE PRETTY HIGH DOLLAR RENT, I WOULD THINK.
AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMPENSATING THEIR EMPLOYEES AT A, AT A RATE THAT WE REGARD AS, AS, UH, LIVING WAGE HERE IN AUSTIN.
SO I HOPE THAT, UM, I HOPE THAT WE'LL SEE SOME SUCCESS ON THAT AS YOU WORK WITH THE CITY.
THE OTHER IS WITH REGARD TO THE CHILDCARE PIECE, UM, MS. WORSE, AND YOU'RE UP AT THE DIAS, AND I THINK YOU HEARD MY QUESTION, MY QUESTION BEFORE, AND, AND AS I UNDERSTAND FROM SOME OF THOSE WHO ARE EXPERTS, AND THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
IS THERE ANY RESOLUTION, ANY BETTER RESOLUTION ON THAT, ON THAT PIECE OF IT? SO, FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION AT WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, WE DID REACH OUT, UM, AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE SOME PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, KATHY, AND I'M DRAWING A COMPLETE LINK ON HER NAME, UH, URS KATHY MC, COURSE OF UNITED ADVISOR.
UM, SHE WAS VERY GENEROUS WITH HER TIME AND MET WITH US ON TUESDAY.
SHE HAS PROVIDED US WITH SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO, UM, CONNECT AND COLLABORATE WITH.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WE GO TO THE NEXT STEPS.
AND IT'S MY, I MEAN, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THE CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD WITH STAFF, THAT THERE IS A REAL COMMITMENT AND INTENT TO TRY TO GET THIS PIECE WORKED OUT WELL.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT IS MY AMENDMENT, YOU KNOW, SIMPLY ASKS FOR, FOR THE MANAGER TO CONTINUE TO, UH, IS DIRECTED TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATING WITH THE INTENT TO REQUIRE.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND AT THIS POINT, SINCE IT WASN'T PART OF THE RFP, THAT WE CAN'T MAKE IT A BLANKET REQUIREMENT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE COMMITMENT IS THERE ON THAT PIECE.
AND I REALLY, I REALLY JUST WANNA URGE ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED TO TRY TO GET THAT PIECE RIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS JUST EXACTLY THE KIND OF SITE WHERE WE NEED AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE AND IF WE'RE GOING TO REGARD IT AS AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S REALLY LIVING UP TO THAT PROMISE.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK WITH KATHY MACOR AND OTHERS WHO ARE, WHO CAN REALLY HELP GUIDE US TO, TO HOW TO ACHIEVE THAT ON THAT SIDE.
SUSAN, HOW WOULD YOU COME UP, PLEASE FOR A SECOND? AND COLLEAGUES, THIS, I'M GONNA RAISE SOMETHING HERE THAT I, THAT, THAT MAY BE MORE THAN A NUANCE.
IT MAY JUST BE A, A NUANCE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT YOU'VE NEGOTIATED A DEAL AT THIS POINT AND ORIGINALLY ASKED TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO FINALIZE THE NEGOTIATIONS AND EXECUTED AND THAT'S THE DEAL THAT YOU BROUGHT TO US.
AND, AND IN DOING THAT, YOU HAVE NEGOTIATED AND GOTTEN, IN YOUR OPINION, THE, THE, THE ABSOLUTE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT CAN BE DERIVED FROM THIS DEAL BASED ON THE, THE CURRENT DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW AND THE ECONOMICS PRESENTED.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
NOW, I HANDED OUT, UH, AT HIS AD, WHICH HAS SAID WE'RE NOT GONNA AUTHORIZE EXECUTION NOW, BUT IF WE CAN CHANGE THINGS,
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IF THERE CAN BE MORE MONEY THAT'S BROUGHT TO THE DEAL, UH, NOT KNOWING WHETHER THAT'S, WHETHER THAT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO HAPPEN OR NOT, BUT IF THERE'S MORE MONEY BROUGHT TO THE DEAL, THEN WE WANT YOU TO, TO ADD, TAKE THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY AND, AND SEE IF YOU CAN GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.SO IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE APPLICANT CAN GET FINANCING AT A LOWER COST BY USING AN EEB FIVE VEHICLE, OR IF THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A PARTNERSHIP AND TO GET, UH, AN AD VALOREM, UH, A TAX, UH, WAIVER OR REDUCTION, IF YOU CAN BRING MORE MONEY TO THE DEAL, WE WANT YOU TO PRIORITIZE THESE THINGS.
I, I THINK THAT I SUPPORT WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IS DOING BECAUSE SHE'S NOT SAYING GET MORE MONEY OUT OF THE DEAL THAT WE SEE, BUT IF THERE'S MORE RESOURCES THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO THE DEAL TO HELP WITH CHILDCARE, THEN SEE IF YOU CAN GET MORE RESOURCES BROUGHT TO THE DEAL AND, AND GET US A BETTER DEAL ON CHILDCARE OR ON WAGES.
BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE CLEAR THAT IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL BENEFITS WITH THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S ALREADY IN THE DEAL, THEN IF WE GOT ADDITIONAL CHILDCARE OR WE GOT ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OR WE GOT ADDITIONAL OTHER CONCESSIONS, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO COME OUT OF SOMEWHERE ELSE ABSENT BRINGING MORE REVENUE OR RESOURCES INTO THE DEAL.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO I'M GONNA WANT TO MAKE SURE IN THAT REGARD THAT AS WE'RE PASSING DIRECTION, WE'RE MAKING THAT CLEAR BECAUSE I WILL NOT SUPPORT SENDING STAFF BACK IN AND SAYING, RENEGOTIATE THE DEAL AND JUST GET A BETTER DEAL BA GET US MORE THINGS.
BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, HAVING SENT YOU BACK THREE TIMES, I'M GONNA TRUST THAT YOU HAVE GOTTEN EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN GET ABSENT THERE BEING MORE REVENUE, WHICH IS WHY OUR DIRECTION SAID TRY TO FIND MORE REVENUE.
AND IF YOU CAN FIND MORE REVENUE OR MORE VALUE, GET BETTER THINGS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA BE LOOKING AT IN THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PRESENTED.
I'M NOW GONNA RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHETHER OR NOT YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME OKAY WITH MY HEADPHONES? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, I SAID IT ALREADY ON TUESDAY THAT THIS AREA WAS HIT, UH, REALLY HARD BY A MISGUIDED PROGRAM CALLED URBAN RENEWAL.
UH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY PEOPLE CALL IT URBAN REMOVAL INSTEAD, IT'S BECAUSE THE CITY OF AUSTIN VERY INTENTIONALLY DISPLACED 475 WORKING CLASS HOUSEHOLDS RIGHT THERE IN THAT CORNER OF DOWNTOWN.
UH, WE REPLACED THEM WITH PARKING GARAGES, HOSPITAL, THE URBAN CENTER, AND WATERLOO PARK.
OUTSIDE OF DAYTIME BUSINESS HOURS OR SPECIAL EVENTS, WHAT WAS ONCE A BUSTLING COMMUNITY WAS TURNED INTO A LIFELESS CRATER.
THE CENSUS TRACK POPULATION, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHERN DOWNTOWN WAS MORE THAN 3,500 IN 1960.
BY 1990 IT WAS DOWN TO 1300, LARGELY BECAUSE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
WE DELIBERATELY, DELIBERATELY KICKED OUT OF THE 144 ACRES OF THE SO-CALLED BRENRIDGE AREA.
TODAY, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ESSENTIALLY REBUILT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, MORE THAN 900 NEW HOMES, MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THEM RESERVED FOR 99 YEARS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE LESS THAN 60% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE, A LIVE MUSIC VENUE THAT WILL CATER TO HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED MUSICIANS, PROVED CONNECTIVITY THROUGH A RESTORED STREET GRID ACCESS TO WATERLOO PARK, THE WATERLOO GREENWAY, AND MAYBE ONE DAY THE CAPS AND STITCHES OVER I 35 AND JUST A SHORT WALK AWAY FROM PROJECT CONNECT'S UPCOMING GOLD LINE.
SO I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF HAS DONE WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO REALLY DIAL IN TO SO MANY COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
AND I'M ALSO GLAD THAT MY COLLEAGUES STUCK IT OUT, UH, WHEN WE ASKED TO GIVE THIS DEAL JUST A FEW MORE WEEKS, UH, TO COME TOGETHER OVER THE SUMMER.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME REAL TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE TO A PART OF DOWNTOWN THAT'S GONE THROUGH IT BEFORE, BUT THIS TIME THINGS ARE GONNA BE SO MUCH BETTER.
UM, AND WHILE I HAVE JUST A A MOMENT, I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY, MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE, UH, TO EVERYBODY ON THE DAY AS FOR YOUR PATIENTS, UM, AND UNDERSTANDING AS I AM TRAVELING.
AND SO WE HAD TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT I MISSED YOU ALL SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UH, TO THE LIBRAS ON THE D AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT AS WELL.
THANKS FOR RECOGNIZING ME, MAYOR.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL TRY OUR BEST TO DO THIS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU BOARD A PLANE IN 15 MINUTES OR 20 MINUTES OR SO.
SO IF WE LOSE YOU, WE'LL LOSE YOU, UH, TRAVEL SAFELY FROM ALL OF US AND WE'LL SEE HOW CLOSE WE CAN GET.
MAYOR, IS IT POSSIBLE AT ALL FROM A PROCEDURAL PERSPECTIVE FOR ME TO CAST MY YES VOTE BEFORE I BOARD, UM, ON THE RECORD OR DO I HAVE
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TO WAIT FOR THE MOTION AND THEN, UH, SUBSEQUENT SECOND AND VOTE, I'M AFRAID UNDER OUR RULES, YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE CALL THE VOTE.BUT THE MINUTES CAN CERTAINLY REFLECT THAT YOU WERE HERE, UH, AND EXPRESSED, UH, THAT UH, IF WE COULD CALL THE VOTE WHILE YOU WERE HERE, YOU WOULD BE VOTING YES AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE MINUTES CLERK, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE NOTE THAT SPECIFICALLY IN THE MINUTES COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
AND I HAVE TO LE LEAVE IN 10 MINUTES.
ALSO, UM, I DO SUPPORT BOTH OF THESE AMENDMENTS AND I SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD.
SO IF, IF I'M NOT HERE WHEN Y'ALL VOTE, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND UM, JUST ALSO SUGGEST THAT, UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE, UH, TO DO SOMETHING, UH, AROUND BETTER WAGES AND LIVING WAGE RELATED TO THE, UH, CHILDCARE.
THAT IS A FUNDAMENTAL TENANT OF, UM, FUNDAMENTAL POLICY FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS TAKING CARE OF OUR WORKERS.
IT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR CHILDCARE.
SO I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
UM, MAYOR, I ALSO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING FORWARD THE SUGGESTION OR OF SOME WAYS TO SEE IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR THE DEAL.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO DO ALSO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS CUZ I WILL HAVE TO STEP OFF THE DIAS SHORT SHORTLY.
AND, UH,
UH, UH, I WOULD OFFER MY DIRECTION.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO MY DIRECTION BEING IN THERE? COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO? UM, MI I DON'T, I DO HAVE TO CLARIFY SOMETHING YOU SAID ABOUT MY MOTION THOUGH.
SO WE DO, WE ARE GONNA NEED TO TAKE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES ON THAT AND I NEED TO ASK OUR STAFF TO, UM, TO PROVIDE US WITH SOME INFORMATION ABOUT TAXES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PLACE WITH REGARD TO TAXES.
BUT, UH, WHEN, WHEN, WITH REGARD TO YOURS, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT, UM, SPECIFICALLY NEGOTIATING TO ACHIEVE AT ANOTHER BULLET, UM, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT WAS IN OUR ORIGINAL AMENDMENT WAY BACK WHEN.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S OBJECTION BEING ADDED, HEARING NONE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING GETS, UH, ADDED AS A FOURTH DOTTED BULLET POINT.
AND JUST TO GO BACK TO WHAT YOU, I MEAN I APPRECIATE THAT YOUR SUPPORTIVE OF MINE, BUT I DO WANNA SAY THAT IT IS, YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK AT THE TERM SHEET, IT SAYS AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS A LITTLE MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY CAN CHECK THAT BOX.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DO REGARD MY OKAY, MY, MY AMENDMENTS AS NOT ONLY IN THE CASE THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL VALUE, I REGARD THEM AS I REALLY WANT THE STAFF TO, I AM PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CLARITY.
OKAY, SO LET'S ABOUT ITEMS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
AND I WOULD JUST POINT OUT, HANG ON MY MA'AM, WE HAVE YOUR AMENDMENT YET, BUT WE'LL CALL IT IN JUST A SECOND AND THEN, AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
I'LL MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO YOUR AMENDMENT AND YOU CAN ARGUE AGAINST MY AMENDMENT AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A VOTE ON IT.
BUT THE WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW IS, IS THE ONE THAT I POSTED YESTERDAY, BUT THEN AMENDMENT TOURS WOULD BE TO ADD PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
BUT SINCE YOU WERE DESCRIBING MY AMENDMENT AND I NEEDED TO CLARIFY, I WAS USING MY OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
AND, AND IF WE DO IT THE OTHER WAY, I THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE MORE SENSE TO DO, CUZ THERE'LL BE SOMETHING IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL VOTE ON.
OKAY, SO MY AMENDMENT WITHOUT OBJECTION HAS BEEN ADDED.
COUNCIL MEMBER, TOVO, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR AMENDMENT TO THE YES, I DO NEED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT YOURS IN THAT THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TAXING, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I AREN AREN'T GOING TO BE ON THE COUNCIL AS THIS CONTINUES TO COME BACK.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE STAFF HIGHLIGHT ANY, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL WAYS IN WHICH, UM, THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO ASK FOR TAX EXEMPTIONS AND OTHER THINGS.
THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE KIND OF THINGS THAT SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THOSE MONTHLY UPDATES BECAUSE SOME OF THEFOR THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER AS WE REGARDED WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS A GOOD FINANCIAL DEAL WITH THE CITY, TALKED ABOUT THE TAX BENEFITS ON THIS PROPERTY.
SO IF, IF THE DEAL CHANGES AND THERE ARE SUDDENLY PROPERTY TAXES THAT WE EXPECTED THAT ARE NOT COMING TO THE CITY, THOSE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BE DISCUSSED POSSIBLY ALSO WITH THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES WHO WOULD ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT LIKE A I S D.
SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE, UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT LAST BULLET THAT THE MAYOR HAS ABOUT EXPLORING OTHER FINANCIAL TOOLS.
BUT THOSE, SOME OF THOSE WILL COME AT A A COST IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIAL UNDERPINNINGS OF THIS DEAL.
AM I UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT WE'RE GIVING THE STAFF THE ABILITY, IF YOU CAN BRING ADDITIONAL
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VALUE AND RESOURCES BECAUSE OF TAXES, THEN, THEN MAKE THAT PART OF NEGOTIATIONS.OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.
PLEASE MAKE IT PART OF YOUR, YOUR UPDATES.
UH, PLEASE INVOLVE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES SO THAT NOBODY FEELS BLINDSIDED AND THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO, TO DISCUSS AND BE AND BE PART OF THAT.
UH, AND I THINK THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE INTENT.
ABSENT ANY ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE TAXES ARE PAID AS IS CONTAINED RIGHT NOW IN THE PROPOSED DCF DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW.
KATHERINE TOVO, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE, MOVE YOUR AMENDMENT? UH, YES.
AND, AND I WOULD SAY THE LAST ONE IS, IS DESIGNED MANAGER TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT ANY, ANY ADDITIONAL, UM, SHIFTS IN THE AGREEMENT.
I'M GOING TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO COUNCIL MEMBER TO O'S AMENDMENT.
AND THE AMENDMENT THAT I WOULD PROPOSE TO HERS IS IN NUMBER TWO.
AND I WOULD ADD A PHRASE, IT READS NOW AS A PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN ADDITION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED.
AND THEN I WOULD ADD THE PHRASE IF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OR REVENUE CAN COME TO BEAR.
AND THEN CONTINUING ON TO PRIORITIZE FAIR WAGES AND AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE.
UH, AND IF THERE'S A SECOND TO THAT'LL EXPLAIN IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, WERE THE SECONDS THAT I JUST THINK AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, MANAGER, THERE SHOULD BE SOMEBODY ON STAFF THAT IS OUR OWN INDEPENDENT IN-HOUSE PERSON TO ADDRESS CALIBRATION AND WHAT WE CAN GET.
BUT WORKING ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT, THAT OUR STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO NEGOTIATE AND GET ALL THE BLOOD OUT OF THE TURNIP AT THIS POINT, WE CAN'T ASK FOR MORE BLOOD OUT OF THE TURNIP WITHOUT ALSO SAYING, THESE ARE THE THINGS YOU NEGOTIATED FOR THAT WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE UP ON.
UNLESS OF COURSE YOU'RE ABLE TO GET MORE REVENUE INTO THE DEAL, EITHER WITH THE CONVERSATIONS THAT, UH, YOU'RE HAVING, APPARENTLY WITH, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
INSO, I MEAN MEAN CHILDCARE TO BRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
OTHER WAYS TO BRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES INTO THE DEAL.
WE'VE LISTED SOME OF THEM HERE.
UM, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD URGE THAT WE ADD THOSE WORDS SO THAT STAFF KNOWS THAT WE ARE GOOD WITH THE DEAL AS IT IS, WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO MAKE IT BETTER BY BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF MY AMENDMENT.
MAYOR, CAN I SPEAK? CAUSE I HAVE TO LEAVE.
UM, I CANNOT SUPPORT THAT AMENDMENT.
I THINK YOU'VE MADE IT CLEAR YOUR POSITION AND WHICH IS FINE.
I THINK THE STAFF PROBABLY HEARD IT, BUT TO ASK US ALL TO VOTE ON THAT I THINK IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
IT, I MEAN, IT'S JUST, I CAN'T VOTE FOR THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA PUT MY THUMB ON THE SCALE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
I WANT THE STAFF, I TRUST THE STAFF AND I TRUST THEM TO HEAR WHAT YOU SAID.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT YOU SAID, BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE VOTING ON IT AND, AND REDUCING THE INTENT OF COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S AMENDMENT.
AND I CANNOT VOTE FOR YOUR AMENDMENT.
I CAN SUPPORT WHAT YOU SUGGESTED AND I KNOW THE STAFF WILL LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
BUT LET'S NOT PUT A THUMB ON ON WHAT THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH WHEN THEY COME BACK.
OKAY, FURTHER DISCUSSION, MAYOR PROTE.
SO, UM, WITH RESPECT TO CHILDCARE, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WAS THE INTENTION OF THE DEVELOPER TO PROVIDE THIS AT AN AFFORDABLE LEVEL AND WE NOW HAVE SOME CONFLICTING INFORMATION.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DELTA IS.
I'M NOT SURE THAT ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE DELTA, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING STAFF TO FIGURE OUT HOW, HOW TO DO THAT.
BUT THAT DELTA MAY BE IN THE SCHEME OF A GAZILLION MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, IT MAY BE SMALL ENOUGH.
UM, AND THERE MAY BE COMMITMENT ENOUGH ON THE DEVELOPER'S PART TO DO THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FROM THE CITY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO SAY THAT IT HAS TO, UM, GIVEN, GIVEN WHAT WE'VE HEARD, UM, FOR THAT, UM, CERTAINLY THE, YOUR AMENDMENT TAKES CARE OF OTHER, UM, FINANCIAL TOOLS THAT MIGHT ALLOW US TO GET ADDITIONAL, UM, LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY, ET CETERA.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS THIS PROJECT EVOLVES, THOSE, THOSE MAY BE THERE AND ALLOW US TO DO ADDITIONAL THINGS.
BUT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT YOUR, UM, ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IS, IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE IN THE DIRECTION.
I THINK IT, IT, UM, YEAH, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.
CATHERINE TOBO IN, IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT WHEN ASPEN, WHEN MS WERE SPOKE, THERE SEEMED A WILLINGNESS TO TRY TO WORK IT OUT.
AND SO I JUST, I CAN'T SUPPORT THAT.
AND I UNDERSTAND, LET'S TAKE, AND IN FACT, IF IT'S A TIGHT VOTE, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK THAT IT HAPPENED LATER.
IT'S JUST NOT BETTER WHAT? THAT IT HAPPENED LATER.
WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN GETS BACK, IF WE, WE LOSE BY ONE.
LET'S, LET'S SEE WHAT THE VOTE IS.
UM, CAN WE TAKE THEM UP SEPARATELY? ONE, TWO.
AND THEN, UM, RIGHT NOW YOUR THINGS BEEN OFFERED.
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RIGHT NOW THAT'S BROUGHT THE COUNCIL ARE THE SEVEN WORDS THAT I SUGGESTED TO BE ADDED.SO WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THOSE SEVEN WORDS TO SEE WHAT THE VOTE IS.
IF COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS VOTE WOULD CHANGE THAT, THEN, THEN LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT WE DO THEN.
OKAY, LET'S VOTE ON THOSE SEVEN WORDS.
THOSE, TO ME IT MAKES SENSE TO SPLIT OUT LIVING WAGE FROM LIVING WAGE FOR ONE THING.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALSO THEN MODIFYING MY THIRD BULLET ABOUT AN AFFIRMATIVE MARKETING PLAN, WHICH IS THE INTENT OF THE DEVELOPER ANYWAY.
SO I'M GOING TO, AS THE MAKER OF THE AMENDMENT, I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT WE SPLIT THESE OUT.
AND SO, OKAY, WHAT WOULD YOU, YOURS, I THINK YOURS SHOULD, I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE YOURS.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT MY AMENDMENT DIFFERENTLY AND I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE INTRO, THE INTRO TO NUMBER TWO WITH, UM, THE THIRD BULLET.
LET'S KNOCK THAT ONE OUT QUICKLY AND THEN WE'LL TAKE CHILDCARE AND LIVING WAGE UP SEPARATELY AS WELL.
ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING NUMBER TWO AT THIS POINT? JUST WITH THE THIRD BULLET POINT HEARING NO OBJECTION TO, WITH THE THIRD BULLET POINT IS INCLUDED.
NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE DO NUMBER TWO WITH THE CHILDCARE FACILITY, WHICH AGAIN, PLEASE NOTE THAT ON THE TERM SHEET, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S SO CRITICAL THAT THAT MDA COME BACK, WHICH I'M GLAD YOU ALL HAVE AGREED TO, BUT THE INTENT WAS TO CREATE AN AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
SO I WOULD, UM, REALLY STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU USE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE THERE.
OKAY, SO I, I THINK IN, IN, IN, IN THE EFFORT TO, TO REACH SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON CONSISTENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS REQUESTS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO NUMBER TWO WITH RESPECT TO CHILDCARE WITHOUT MY ADDITIONAL SEVEN WORDS, BECAUSE I HEARD THAT THERE'S GONNA BE ADDITIONAL REVENUE BROUGHT TO GET THAT DONE.
SO BASED ON THAT, UH, ASSUMPTION IN THAT DISCUSSION, I WON'T OFFER THE SEVEN WORDS WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED? HEARING NONE, THAT'S INCLUDED.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE SEVEN WORDS WITH RESPECT TO PRIORITIZE FAIR WAGES? I'M STILL GONNA HAVE TO VOTE AGAINST THEM.
AND HERE'S WHY WE ARE, THIS DEAL IS BASED ON A APPRAISAL FROM 2016 ON OUR PROPERTY.
OBVIOUSLY THE VALUES HAVE INCREASED QUITE A BIT.
THIS NEW PROPOSAL IS ALSO BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY'VE ACQUIRED A TRACK THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING OUR ASSISTANCE AND REZONING.
I THINK THE LANGUAGE HAS NOW CHANGED SO THAT THEY'RE GONNA FILE IT ON THEIR OWN, BUT IT IS BASED ON A ZONING CHANGE AND AN INCREASE IN ENTITLEMENT.
SO MORE VALUE, I WILL FINISH MY SINS.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ASK TO BE INCLUDED FROM THE TIME OF THE E A MORE VALUE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE PROJECT THROUGH THE VARIOUS MEANS I TALKED ABOUT, AND I THINK THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE THE LIVING WAGE, SO I'M GONNA VOTE AGAINST IT.
BUT UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT YOU MAY FEEL DIFFERENTLY.
YES, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR THE, FOR THE DEAL FIRST AND I UNDERSTAND.
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE ASKED IN THE E SO LET'S TAKE A QUESTION.
SHOULD WE AN DID ADD THE SEVEN WORDS IN THAT LAST LAST SITUATION? THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RAN THEA, UM, UH, VELA, UH, ELLIS, UH, 1, 2, 3, 4.
AND NATASHA RAISED THEIR HAND.
UH, THOSE OPPOSED, UM, TWO VOTES OPPOSED.
UM, SO THE AMENDMENT FAILS? YES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER FULL IS DOING, BUT I'M ABSTAINING.
THAT THAT EFFECTIVELY COUNTS AS A NO VOTE, UH, IN THAT INSTANCE.
OKAY, SO ON A VOTE, COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO.
UM, SO LET'S, LET'S SAY THE DIRECTOR, THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS WITH ASPEN HEIGHTS AROUND BULLET THIS LIVING WAGE.
I MEAN, CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS I THINK IS NOT REQUIRED.
OKAY, I'M FINE WITH THAT AS AN SUBSTITUTE TO ALL OF THIS, THE PEOPLE OKAY WITH SAYING WE HAVE CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS ON FAIR WAGES AS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, ANY OBJECTION TO THAT? HEARING NONE.
THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA HANDLE THE FAIR WAGES COMPONENT.
THAT BEING SAID, AS ANYBODY OBJECT TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, IS AMENDMENT BEING ADDED AS AMENDED? UH, HEARING NONE, UH, UH, THAT'S ADDED.
WE ARE NOW TO THE BASE MOTION AS AMENDED.
MAYOR, I DON'T THINK WE VOTED ON ONE ON MY AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE REGARDING TAXES.
AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ONE.
THIS IS THE ONE I REFERENCED EARLIER ABOUT, I HAD INTENDED IT TO ACTUALLY BE PART OF THAT FIRST VOTE, BUT IF IT WAS NOT, THEN WE'LL WE'LL VOTE ON IT.
SPECIFICALLY, I MOVE NUMBER ONE.
ANYBODY OBJECTION TO ADDING NUMBER ONE CAST MEMBERS.
SO ARE, ARE WE GONNA, I, I'M, YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY CONFUSING THAT THE WAY IT SEEMS LIKE EITHER WE'RE TRYING TO THROW A POISON PILL IN THIS PO PROGRAM AND TO KILL THE WHOLE PROJECT.
TO ME, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MULTIPLE BEDROOMS,
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AND WE, WE, THE CITIZENS ARE ALWAYS SAYING WE CAN, HOW COME YOU'RE NOT BUILDING ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING? AND HERE WE ARE DEBATING, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.AND IT'S SO FRUSTRATING TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON ON THESE GUYS BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE WE JUST WANT TO KILL THIS PROJECT.
AND IF THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT WANT YOU WANT TO DO, THEN WHY DON'T WE JUST COME OUT AND SAY IT, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF BRINGING ALL THESE AMENDMENTS TO THIS PROJECT COUNCIL MEMBER ENTRY, I'M GONNA ASSURE YOU THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO.
YOU MAY REMEMBER BACK WHEN THIS, WHEN THESE PROPOSALS CAME FORWARD, I WAS THE BRUN WHO BROUGHT FORWARD THE AMENDMENTS AND YOU CO-SPONSORED THEM TO ASK OUR STAFF TO GO BACK AND IN THE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT, WE COULDN'T REQUIRE AT THAT POINT.
BUT WE ASKED THEM TO USE THEIR ABSOLUTE BEST EFFORTS TO GET A BETTER AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEAL, FRANKLY, WITHOUT OUR AMENDMENTS, WHICH YOU SUPPORTED.
AND I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR DOING SO AND, AND A LOT OF HARD WORK AND ARGUING SINCE I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD HAVE THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN HERE.
YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THE VERY FIRST CONVERSATIONS WE HAD ON THIS DIAS ABOUT THIS TRACK.
REMEMBER, WE WERE, WE WERE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THIS DIAS WHO FELT LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THIS SITE WAS GONNA BE TOO COSTLY.
AND I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE STRONGEST, LOUDEST VOICES AND CHAMPIONING, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE AFFORDABLE UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY.
SO I CAN ASSURE YOU THIS IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE A POISON PILL.
I AM COMMITTED, I COMMITTED TO COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSTON, TO MY COLLEAGUES, TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CARE AND HAVE ASKED US FOR YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING OUR CITY OWN TRACKS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
I HAVE COMMITTED THAT I AM GOING TO, I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER HOUSTON, I, AND WE PROBABLY SAID IT IN THESE MEETINGS.
WE WERE GOING TO CHAIN OURSELVES TO THIS PROPERTY IF WE COULDN'T GET AFFORDABLE UNITS ON THIS TRACK.
SO YOU HAVE MY ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE THAT I AM, I AM GOING TO, UNTIL WE VOTE THIS OUT, I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO RETURN AS MANY BENEFITS FOR THE PUBLIC AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO OWN THIS SITE.
NUMBER ONE, MY AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING TAXES ON THE PIECES OF THE PROPERTY THAT ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY THE INTENT, IT'S PART OF THE PROFORMA THAT, THAT, UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF THAT IS PUBLIC, BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT PART OF THE FINANCIAL DEAL THAT OUR CITY STAFF HAVE EVALUATED INCLUDES RECEIVING PROPERTY TAXES, PAYING PROPERTY TAXES.
MY NUMBER ONE IS ENSURING THAT THAT'S THE CASE.
BECAUSE AGAIN, AS A CITY COUNCIL, THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY BELONGS TO THE TAXPAYERS.
AND IF IT'S BEING USED FOR MARKET RATE HOUSING OR OTHER COMMERCIAL USES, THEY NEED TO PAY PROPERTY TAXES ON IT.
IT'S JUST CODIFYING WHAT WOULD BE THE ORDINARY PRACTICE IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
CAN WE STAFF COME UP PLEASE FOR A SECOND? SO IT IS A QUESTION I WANT TO ASK CUZ I HAVE THE SAME CONCERN THE COUNCIL MEMBER REN HAD, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD ON THE DS AND THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE BEING GIVEN, ONE, I I DO CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE WORK OF SO MANY PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL.
UH, INITIALLY BEGINNING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, UH, HOUSTON, IN IN, IN IDENTIFYING THIS AS A PLACE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND A LONG CHAIN OF THINGS UP TO AND INCLUDING THE LAST BIG THING, WHICH WAS, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SAID, HEY, WAIT A SECOND, LET'S NOT GET $22 MILLION IN RENTAL PAYMENT.
LET'S REDUCE THEIR PAYMENT TO $12 $12 MILLION, WHICH SEEMED TO BE THE THING THAT POPPED EVERYTHING OPEN AND, AND GOT US THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THE END AND GOT US THIS DEAL, WHICH I THINK HAS MAJORITY SUPPORT ON THE COUNCIL TO DO THIS DEAL AS THIS DEAL IS BECAUSE YOU'VE NEGOTIATED A REALLY GOOD DEAL, BUT THIS AMENDMENT IS COMING BACK AND SAYING, ONE, MAKE SURE THEY PAY TAXES.
BUT I READ NUMBER ONE TO ALSO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT WE JUST PASSED A MOMENT AGO, WHICH IS TO SAY, BUT IN NEGOTIATIONS YOU CAN CONSIDER WAIVING TAXES IF IT GIVES US GREATER COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
SO ONE DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH, WITH THAT INSTRUCTION, THEY SHOULD BE READ TOGETHER.
SO IF THERE'S NO MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, THEN WE EXPECT THIS, THE TAXES TO BE PAID AS SHOWN IN THE, IN THE DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE UNDERSTANDING ON THAT.
ON NUMBER TWO, THERE ARE THREE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED.
AGAIN, I THINK THAT THE DEAL AS NEGOTIATED IS A REALLY GOOD DEAL.
UH, AND, AND IF YOU CAME BACK IN NEGOTIATIONS AND SAID, THIS IS THE BEST DEAL THAT WE CAN HAVE, UH, I THINK YOU HAVE THE EMPOWERED AND EXPECTED TO BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL AS THE BEST DEAL THAT WE CAN.
I'M TALKING TO, OH, THAT'S OKAY.
I'M LISTENING AND, AND LISTENING.
I'M LIKE THEN WITH RESPECT TO, SO THAT'S THE TAXES PART, WHATEVER THE TAXES WERE SHOWN IN THE DCF AND I THINK PART OF IT MAY BE WAIVED BECAUSE OF THE, CUZ OF THE ARRANGEMENTS THAT
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WERE MADE.PART OF IT'S NOT BEING WAIVED IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL TAXES BEING WAD OTHER THAN WHAT'S IN THE DCF AND IN YOUR DEAL, WE EXPECT IT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
OTHERWISE WE EXPECT THAT MEASURE OF TAXES TO BE PAID.
SECOND, WE WANT TO HAVE, UH, AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE.
WE UNDERSTAND IN THE DISCUSSIONS THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.
UH, AND WE WANT YOU TO PUSH TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO THAT.
I'M OKAY WITH NOT INCLUDING THOSE SEVEN WORDS BECAUSE OF THE DISCUSSION I HEARD WHERE, WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE SOURCE OF THAT.
UH, AND THEN, AND IN, UH, THE LAST ONE, CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON, UH, ON, ON FAIR WAGES AND THEN THE OTHER AMENDMENT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING SAYS, TRY TO GET AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
UH, RECOGNIZE THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, REVENUE.
BUT AS WE SIT HERE, IF WE PASS ALL THESE, DO YOU SEE THIS AS, UH, SOMETHING THAT INDICATES TO YOU THAT THIS DEAL SHOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR YOU HAVE TO MAKE THIS DEAL BETTER IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL? MANDY DE MAYO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE DEAL AS PRESENTED, WE HAVE REVIEWED, THOROUGHLY VETTED WITH BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OUR THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT AND WE FEEL LIKE IT IS A GOOD DEAL AND WORTHY OF RECOMMENDATION.
UM, THE CHILDCARE CONVERSATIONS, AS MANPO MENTIONED, ARE ONGOING AND WE ALWAYS ANTICIPATED THOSE TO BE ONGOING.
WE HAVEN'T NAILED DOWN A CHILDCARE OPERATOR.
UM, AND THAT FRANKLY IS YEARS FROM NOW BASED ON THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE REGARDING LIVING WAGE.
WE HAVE COMMITTED, BASED ON TODAY'S CONVERSATION TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS WITH ASPEN HEIGHTS REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY REGARDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE PROPERTY TAXES.
WHAT WE KNOW IS THE CURRENT PROFORMA IS CURRENTLY MODELED WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THERE WILL BE A 50% PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION ON THE AFFORDABLE UNITS, WHICH IS IN THE SOUTH TOWER.
THE 232 UNITS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY TWO THIRDS OF THE SOUTH TOWER, UM, CURRENTLY MODELED, AND I'VE CONFIRMED THIS WITH OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES AT NP AND CAPITAL A CURRENTLY MODELED THE 232 UNITS.
UM, THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION IS ON THE IMPROVEMENTS ONLY.
THEY HAVEN'T CONTEMPLATED OR INCORPORATED ANY PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION ON THE LAND.
UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE FOR FUTURE CONVERSATIONS AND A BUNCH OF TAX ATTORNEYS TO HASH OUT.
FRANKLY, THIS IS A BIT OF A UNIQUE ANIMAL.
WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A LITECH, A LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT, UH, DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED INTO A LARGER DEVELOPMENT.
SO HOW YOU APPORTION ANY PROPERTY TAX BENEFITS, I WILL LEAVE TO THE, UH, TAX ATTORNEYS AND I AM CERTAINLY NOT ONE OF THEM AND TO OUR TAX ASSESSOR.
UM, REGARDING THE LARGER QUESTION ABOUT, UH, GOING BACK AND NEGOTIATING FOR, UH, UH, KIND OF TRADE OFF BETWEEN PROPERTY TAXES, PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, AND UM, UH, ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WAS NOT CONTEMPLATED AS PART OF THE MDA NEGOTIATIONS.
BUT, BUT, BUT IF THAT OPPORTUNITY EXISTS, IF, IF, IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND GET GREATER AFFORDABILITY, UH, THIS IS ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT IF THE PROPERTY OWNER BRINGS IN EEB FIVE FINANCING, THAT REDUCES THE, UM, UH, FINANCING CHARGES THAT ARE PAID.
THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE, THE, UH, THE, THE DCF.
THERE MAY BE OTHER KINDS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING REVENUE THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO BEAR IF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN AND IT IMPACTS THE DCF, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE WANT THAT BENEFIT TO, TO, TO AT LEAST SOME DEGREE TO, TO, UH, ACCRUE TO INER TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
AND WE WOULD ALWAYS WANT ANY SORT OF WINDFALL TO ACCRUE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
THAT WOULD ALWAYS BE OUR EXPECTATION.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, FRANKLY, OTHER THAN NIBBLING AROUND THE EDGES FROM A FINANCING PERSPECTIVE, THE VOLUME OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE 232 UNITS UNDER THE, UH, LITECH PROGRAM, THAT THAT'S A SOLID NUMBER.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GET 500 UNITS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA CONTINUE DOUBLING THE AFFORDABLE UNITS JUST BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATIONS WITHIN THE PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS.
AND THE LIMITATIONS WITHIN MYTECH PROGRAM, I THINK'S MENTIONED 400 OR 500.
THERE ARE ANOTHER SIX THAT YOU CAN, THERE COULD BE NIBBLING AROUND THE EDGES IF THAT IS A TECHNICAL TERM IN THIS HOUSING MARKET.
I WOULD TAKE EVERY ADDITIONAL UNIT YOU CAN GET IN THAT BUILDING.
AND WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT SAID, BUT IF WE PASS THIS, DO YOU SEE THIS AS A POISON PILL OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT
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PRESENTS A, CUZ YOU'VE ALREADY NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL AND IF WE NEED TO POSTPONE THIS TO THIS AFTERNOON OR TO TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, I'M GONNA DO THAT BEFORE I'M GONNA VOTE FOR SOMETHING THAT, THAT PUTS ON YOU AN ADDITIONAL NEGOTIATING DEMAND FROM THE CITY COUNCIL THAT CAN STAND IN THE WAY OF THIS DEAL BEING DONE.I DON'T HEAR OR READ THIS AS DOING THAT, AND I WANNA SEE IF THAT'S YOUR READ AS WELL.
IF NOT, SAY THAT AND THEN GIVE US CHANCE TO POSTPONE THIS.
IF, IF, IF, IF THE MAKER OF THE AMENDMENT WANTS TO, TO DO THIS, LET'S, LET'S POSTPONE IT UNTIL NEXT WEEK OR TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.
I'M NOT CLEAR MAYOR ON WHAT, WHICH AMENDMENT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL THE AMENDMENTS TAKEN IN TOTAL AND I'M GOING, BUT YOURS ARE THE ONE I'M GOING TO COUNCIL REPRESE, I WONDER KNOW IF ANY OF THEM, OKAY.
WHAT I AM HEARING FROM THE DIAS IS DIRECTION TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS ON SOME VERY IMPORTANT PUBLIC PRIORITIES, WHICH WE WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MDA.
UM, BUT THE TERM SHEET AS PRESENTED IN IN BACKUP IS THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT IS MOVING INTO THE MDA.
SO, UM, SO YOU DON'T SEE IT AS A POISON PILL THAT'S GOING TO PRESENT, UH, AN OBSTACLE TO BEING ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL AND BRING IT BACK TO US.
I'M HEARING CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS REGARDING LIVING WAGE AND CHILDCARE AND WE WILL DO THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ASPEN HEIGHTS AND HP FOUNDATION CAPITAL A.
UM, I I, IN GOOD FAITH THROUGHOUT THE MDA OKAY, WE WILL BRING BACK, UM, I HEARD ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO BRING BACK WHETHER IT'S MEMO OR EXECUTIVE SESSION TO BRING BACK UPDATES IF IN FACT THERE IS SOME UNANTICIPATED WINDFALL, YOU MENTIONED DB FIVE OR SOME OTHER THING THAT COMES UP DURING THE M B M D A, UM, THEN WE WOULD ANTICIPATE BRINGING THAT BACK, WHETHER IT'S AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OR JUST PART OF A MEMO.
UH, I THINK WE'RE READY TO VOTE ON WHAT, WHERE WERE WE? WE WERE STILL, WE STILL HAVE NOT VOTED ON THE CODIFICATION OF NUMBER ONE.
I THINK YOU SAID YOU THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY VOTED ON IT, WHICH MAY BE RIGHT.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH NUMBER ONE BEING ADDED? WAS MY DESCRIPTION OF NUMBER ONE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT WE SHOULD PUT TEXT? THAT THERE'S YES.
ANY OBJECTION? THE DEAL AS IS I THINK ONE CONFUSING THING.
I MEAN, MINE ARE ABOUT THE TERM SHEET.
YOURS IS ABOUT ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS.
IF THERE'S A WINDFALL, MY UPDATES APPLIES TO BOTH, BUT YES, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE EXISTING DEAL AS I UNDERSTAND IT, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE TAX.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT BEING INCLUDED? NUMBER ONE, HEARING NONE.
I THINK WE'VE HIT EVERYTHING THEN, RIGHT? THAT'S IT.
LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON HEALTH SOUTH.
THOSE OPPOSED THOSE ABTA COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY VOTES? NO.
UH, THE OTHER, UH, UH, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6 7 OF US ON THE DAY IS VOTING YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.
IS SHE STILL WITH US? AYE, AYE, AYE.
WHAT SHE WAS LIKE A MINUTE AGO.
SHE WAS A MINUTE AGO AND NOT HERE.
NOW THE RECORD WOULD REFLECT THAT COUNCILWOMAN TASHA HARPER MADISON, SHE WAS PRESENT AND SHE WAS JUST A MINUTE AGO, BUT HAD TO GET HER PLANE WOULD'VE VOTED YES IF SHE WAS HERE.
UM, UM, WHAT THIS IS OFF THE DIAS.
SO ONE AGAINST TWO OFF THE DIAS.
THE OTHER'S VOTING I IT, UH, PASSES COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S NOT HERE.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN ALSO ALSO IN THE DI ALSO, I IMAGINE SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SAME WAY NATASHA WAS, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK FOR HER.
AND WE COULD CERTAINLY, WE COULD CERTAINLY REOPEN IT LATER AND ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN TO VOTE AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MEDICINE IF SHE HASN'T AND WE COULD DO THAT THE FUTURE.
AND I UNDERSTOOD COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S COMMENTS EARLIER TO ASK THAT THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHE SUPPORTED AS WELL.
AND I THINK THE MINUTE SHOULD, SHOULD REFLECT THAT.
ALL RIGHT, THAT GETS US THROUGH THAT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY'S STAFF, EVERYBODY THAT'S WORKED SO HARD ON THIS.
LET'S GET TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
UM, MAYOR, IS THERE A REASON WE CAN'T VOTE ON CONSENT? CAN'T VOTE ON WHAT CONSENT? WE A
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LOT OF STAFF HERE WE COULD TRY.YOU WANNA VOTE ON CONSENT? IT'S 1234.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WAITING HERE TO, TO SPEAK.
UM, LET'S, LET'S SEE HOW QUICKLY, HOW QUICK MEAM THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
UH, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I'M LOOKING AT THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 66 AND, UM, UH, 86 THROUGH 93.
I'M SHOWING THE PULLED ITEMS, UH, ARE
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NUMBER 12 BECAUSE THAT WAS ALREADY VOTED ON SEPARATELY.UH, I'M SHOWING, UH, ITEMS, UM, 53 AND 54 AND 59 AS THE POLL ITEMS 53, 54 AND 59.
IS THERE A SECOND TO, UH, UH, PASSING THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER VELA SECONDS AT ANY DISCUSSION NOW ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, I NEED TO BE SHOWN AS RECUSING ON ITEM NUMBER 60.
RECORD, WHICH SHOWS SO REFLECT MAYOR PRO 10.
I'D LIKE TO BE SHOWN AS ABSTAINING AN ITEM 57, WHICH IS NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, FOR THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES.
I'M ABSTAINING BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OVER, UH, REIMBURSING US FOR COVID EXPENSES.
UM, THE COUNTY RECEIVED MONEY FROM APA AND CARES, UM, THE APA MONEY DOUBLE COUNTED WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
UM, OUR ORIGINAL ILA DOES NOT COVER COVID.
I KNOW THAT OUR STAFF ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO SECURE THAT FUNDING.
UM, BUT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR MORE THAN A YEAR NOW THAT WE HAVE SURFACED THIS AND WE STILL DO NOT HAVE RESOLUTION AND I CAN'T, UM, VOTE AFFIRMATIVELY FOR AN AGREEMENT.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S ONLY THREE MONTHS SO THAT, THAT, UM, RESOLUTION CAN HAPPEN.
UM, BUT I CAN'T VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT.
OKAY, SO NOTED COUNCIL, MAYOR POLL.
YEAH, I, I WANNA, UH, ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THAT ITEM AND WOULD, UM, EXTEND, UH, THE MAYOR PRO TEN'S COMMENTS TO SAY THAT THE COUNTY JUST PASSED ITS BUDGET, I THINK TUESDAY, AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN AN OPPORTUNE TIME FOR THE APPROPRIATION, OR AT LEAST A GENERAL ESTIMATE OF IT TO HAVE BEEN MADE.
AND THOSE NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN AGREED TO COULD HAVE BEEN REIMBURSED TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, POTENTIALLY WITH LEAVING THE PIECE THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM LEFT UN UH, REIMBURSE, BUT I, I STRONGLY SUPPORT TRAVIS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF BOSTON MAKING GOOD ON ITS DEBTS TO EACH OTHER AS ENTITIES.
UM, I'D LIKE THE CONSENT AGENDA TO REFLECT ITEMS 56 AND 87.
I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST AND I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM ITEM NUMBER 19.
UM, THE MINUTE SHOULD REFLECT MY VOTE AGAINST 37, WHICH IS ANOTHER FEE.
AND LOU, IN OUR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OF SANT, UM, I DID ASK A QUICK QUESTION OF STAFF.
I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE ANSWER TO.
I'M GONNA SUPPORT 29, BUT I STILL AM INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW WE'RE ELE HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE, UM, HOW WE'RE GOING TO SELECT INDIVIDUALS TO RECEIVE THOSE RESOURCES FROM THE Y W C A AND ON NUMBER 12, NO, I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE IT IS.
THE ONE ABOUT ANIMAL SERVICES, THE EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY ON ANIMAL SERVICES.
I HAVE REQUESTED A BRIEFING FROM OUR ANIMAL SERVICES IN A FEW WEEKS AT ONE OF OUR WORK SESSIONS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE, UM, A REFERENCE TO, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO EXPLAIN MANAGER HOW WE ASSESS COSTS TO ANIMAL FOR ANIMAL SERVICES TO TRAVIS COUNTY AS WELL AS PART OF THAT PRESENTATION, THOUGH THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE BULK OF THE PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANT AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION DURING THE PRESENTATION.
UM, STAFF HAS JUST ALERTED ME TO A MINOR CORRECTION ON ITEM NUMBER 11, WHICH IS THE ADC ITEM AND BACKUP EXHIBIT A AMENDMENT SIX TO THE ILA UNDER ADDENDUM NUMBER TWO.
UH, THE FUND SHOULD READ THE ICONIC VENUE FUND, NOT THE ICONIC MUSIC VENUE FUND, WHICH REFLECTS THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION FROM DECEMBER, 2020.
IT'S JUST A TYPO THAT THEY HAD.
OKAY, SO NOTED IN, IN, IN THE NATURE OF A, OF A LATE BACKUP.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED, THAT'S UNANIMOUS THAT THOSE VOTING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, KITCHEN FUENTES AND HARPER MADISON ARE OFF THE D THE OTHER'S VOTING HIGH.
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ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION NOW, UH, COLLEAGUES.UH, DO WE HAVE SOME MUSIC TODAY? NOT TODAY.
UM, SO WE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SO AT LEAST THERE WAS SOME MUSIC.
UH, LET'S, LET'S HEAR FROM THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION SPEAKERS.
THERE'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 PEOPLE, SEVEN PEOPLE.
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UH, SO WE SHOULD BE DONE APPROXIMATELY ONE O'CLOCK.UH, WE'LL COME BACK AT TWO O'CLOCK AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH, UH, AFTERNOON SPEAKERS AT, UH, TWO O'CLOCK.
COUNCILOR KELLY, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF CAN ANSWER THIS, BUT, UM, I'VE GOTTEN QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY, WELL, I GUESS ALL OVER AUSTIN, HOW THEY CAN APPLY TO DO MUSIC HERE AT CITY HALL ON COUNCIL MEETING DAYS.
I WAS WONDERING IF SOMEBODY MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT AND IF NOT, MAYBE WE COULD GET A MEMO.
HI COUNCIL MEMBER, IF THOSE, UH, EMAILS WILL BE ADDRESSED TO ERICA SHAMLEY AND THE MUSIC OFFICE, WE CAN, UH, GET THOSE COORDINATED AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH ERICA'S SPECIFIC EMAIL ADDRESS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS OR ALL THESE FOLKS IN PERSON TODAY.
UM, HAS JESUS MENDOZA, THANK YOU.
UH, A MAYOR, UH, CITY OFFICIALS.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR OFFICE AN ORDINANCE TO CRIMINALIZE BULLYING AS DOMESTIC TERRORISM AND OR, AND DIRECT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE AND REFER FOR PROSECUTION, THOSE WHO ARE PROVOKING CHILDREN TO VIOLENCE OR TO THREAT OR VIOLENCE ON THE GROUND.
THAT INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF BULLYING HAS DOMESTIC TERRORISM CAN BE A STRONG DETERRENT TO PREVENT MORE TRAGEDIES IN SCHOOLS.
I HAVE BEEN HOME BOUND FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS WITH A, LIKE THREATEN IN ELECTRO SENSITIVITY, HS, WHICH WAS CAUSED AND AGGRAVATED BY THE SAME MION RADIATIONS SURVEILLANCE, REACHING CHILDREN AT SCHOOL.
THE SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS SO HS ARE SIMILAR TO THE SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS ARE MOST ILLNESSES INCLUDING SERIOUS, LIKE THREATENING AND DEADLY ILLNESSES.
EVEN THOUGH LEVELS OF RADIATION AGREE WITH MY EHS, I HAVE BE I HAVE BEEN VOLUNTARY SEVERAL TIMES.
I'M ASLEEP, DEPRIVED IN PAIN ALL THE TIME.
THIS IS A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE.
MY EHS HAS RECOGNIZED BY FEDERAL AND, AND BY COURT OF PHYSICAL MEDICAL CONDITION AND A DISABILITY BECAUSE MOST DOCTORS ARE IN THE DARK.
ON DENIAL OS MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ARE BEEN MISDIAGNOSED AND MISTREATED WITH FUL DRUGS, INVASIVE PROCEDURES, AND THE LIPPEN KILLER.
THE HARM CAUSE BY THE M AND RADIATION SURVEILLANCE SCHOOL, A SPECIFIC CONCRETE AND UNDERSTOOD MEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND LEGAL EVIDENCE ON THE RECORD HAS PROVEN THAT THOSE IN CHARGE WITH KIDNEY AND PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN COMMITTED FRAUD ON THE COURSE.
TO CO CONCEAL ON THAT, THE CHRONIC COMPULSORY AND NECESSARY EXPOSURES TO M AND RADIATORS SURVEILLANCE AT SCHOOL ARE CAUSING CHILDREN KNEW CHEST AND ALL CATASTROPHIC, REVERSIBLE, AND DAILY HARM AND DISABILITIES THAT DEFEAT THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION TO CONCEAL THAT GOVERNMENT SPONSOR HATE GROUP BULLYING, WHICH INCLUDES A SCHOOL OFFICIALS TEACHERS, AND THE STUDENTS ARE PROVOKING CHILDREN AND A MENTALLY DISABLED TO COMMIT MASS CHILDRENS TO JUSTIFY UNDER THE FABRICATED EXCUSES OF NATIONAL SECURITY, THE MASSEY POWERFUL AND HARM FOR MILITARY GREAT SAFETY AND WIRELESS RELATIONS, SURVEIL,
AND TO CONCEAL UNDER THE FABRICATED EXCUSES OF NATIONAL SECURITY.
THE FU THAT THE FUTURE CHILDREN AND THE FUTURE COUNTRY NATIONAL SECURITY ARE BEING SOLD TO THE TRILLION DOLLAR WIRELESS, BIG PHARMA AND MEDICAL CARTELS AS DETAILED BY THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT TO THE SPECIAL PROSECUTION DIVISION BY THE MOTION TOUSE REFERRAL JUDGES, AND BY REQUEST TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.
SENATOR ROLAND GUTS AND POSTER ON THE CASE LAW SECTION OF JAY DOZA AT WIRELESS WATCH BLOCK DO OG BECAUSE FEDERAL AND THE STATE TOLD IS COURTS AND EVEN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA ARE CONCEALING THIS ATROCITIES INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF BULLYING A DOMESTIC TERRIBLE REASON CAN SAVE IMMENSE PAIN AND SUFFERING AND CAN SAVE CHILDREN'S LIVES.
A COPY OF THE REQUEST TO SENATOR WITH WAS SUBMITTED TO YOUR OFFICE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRO POTENTIAL TO THIS MATTER.
RESPECTFULLY, THANK YOU AGAIN.
I'M WILLIAM LEE IS ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, UM, WHO SIGNED US UP.
WE, WE'LL LET THAT GO THIS TIME, BUT, BUT OUR CUSTOMER RULE IS YOU, YOU CAN'T DONATE YOUR TIME TO SOMEONE ELSE.
UH, IN, IN, IN THIS COMMUNICATION.
SO THE PERSON WHO SIGNED UP IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE PERSON WHO WHO SPEAKS.
BUT BUT GO AHEAD CUZ I HAVEN'T SAID THAT OUT LOUD IN A LONG TIME.
SO I'M GONNA SAY IT OUT LOUD FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW.
UM, HELLO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN RECOVERY AND I'M HERE SUPPORTED BY OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND STUDENTS.
AUSTIN RECOVERY HAS PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN TREATING SUBSTANCE MISUSE IN CENTRAL TEXAS FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN SUFFERING FROM DRUG, ALCOHOL, AND DRUG MISUSE.
THE MENTAL HEALTH PARITY AND ADDICTION EQUITY ACT
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IN 2010 REQUIRED GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT SERVICES.SINCE THEN, FOR-PROFIT TREATMENT CENTERS HAVE PROLIFERATED AND DRAWN INSURED AND SELF-PAY CLIENTS AWAY FROM NON-PROFIT PROVIDERS LIKE AUSTIN RECOVERY.
AS A RESULT, MAINTAINING ADULT TREATMENT SERVICES BECAME UNVIABLE.
FORTUNATELY THAT WAS NOT THE CASE FOR AUSTIN RECOVERY'S YOUTH SERVICES UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL AND KEYSTONE AUSTIN.
THESE PROGRAMS PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THE BEST LONG TERM IMPACT.
UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL IS AUSTIN'S ONLY RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOL AND IT PROVIDES STUDENTS IN RECOVERY WITH A SAFE, SOBER HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.
STUDENTS RECEIVE HIGH QUALITY ACADEMICS COMPLIMENTED BY WRAPAROUND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES, INCLUDING DAILY PROCESS AND LIFE SKILLS GROUPS, BRIEF CRISIS INTERVENTIONS AND INDIVIDUAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT THAT EMPOWERS THEM TO FULLY ENGAGE IN THEIR RECOVERY AND EDUCATION.
SINCE OPENING IN 2014, UHS HAS SERVED 234 STUDENTS, 457 PARENTS AND 345 SIBLINGS.
UHS IS ONE OF SEVEN ACCREDITED RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE, AND WE PROVIDE CRITICAL LIFE SAVING SERVICES.
NO STUDENT HAS EVER BEEN TURNED AWAY FOR FINANCIAL REASONS, AND UHS HAS RECEIVED VIRTUALLY NO GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FROM THE STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
KEYSTONE AUSTIN IS AUSTIN'S LARGEST YOUTH RECOVERY COMMUNITY AND IT ENGAGES TEENS IN MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY RECOVERY AND BUILD SOCIAL CONNECTIONS.
ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SUPPORT GROUPS, SOCIAL OUTINGS AND ROBUST FAMILY PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED WITH TEENS AT WHEN TEENS ARE AT HIGHEST RISK FOR SUBSTANCE USE.
KEYSTONE PROVIDES LONG LASTING SUPPORT AND SUCCESS TO ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
SINCE OPENING IN 2018, KEYSTONE HAS SERVED 131 FAMILIES WITH 130 YOUTH, 139 YOUTH PARTICIPATING.
SO WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? SERVING YOUTH ALLOWS AUSTIN RECOVERY THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER EPIDEMIC BY, BY FOCUSING ON THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION IN ITS EARLY STAGES TO IMPEDE ITS PROGRESSION INTO ADULTHOOD.
BETWEEN 2016 AND 2020, DRUG USE AMONG EIGHTH GRADERS INCREASED 61%.
THE RATE OF OVERDOSE DEATHS AMONG US TEENAGERS NEARLY DOUBLED IN 2020.
THE FIRST YEAR OF THE COVID PANDEMIC AROSE ANOTHER 20% IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2021, COMPARED WITH THE 10 YEARS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.
PROVIDING YOUTH RECOVERY PROGRAMMING IS A LIFE SAVING SERVICE THAT NEEDS BROADBASED COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
WE ASK THE COUNCIL TO INSTRUCT THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF TO WORK WITH US ON FUNDING MECHANISMS TO SUSTAIN AND BUILD THE CAPACITY TO MAKE THESE CRITICAL SERVICES AVAILABLE TO A LARGER PORTION OF THOSE IN NEED IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION DO.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, WERE IN PURPLE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE MISSION.
NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, SUSAN PITARO.
GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PRIMARY FUNCTION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING A P D AN INTEGRAL PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
I'M GONNA KIND OF START WITH MY CONCLUSION FIRST, IN CASE I RUN OUT OF TIME.
I WANNA CONVEY MY SINCERE THANKS TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT EVERY DAY DO THEIR VERY BEST TO PROTECT AND SERVE ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THROUGHOUT COVID RIOTS, CAMPING, SEVERE SHORTAGE IN STAFF, EXCESS OVERTIME, THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE HERE, THEY ARE OFTEN IN POSITIONS WHERE THEY HAVE TO MAKE SPLIT SECOND DECISIONS AND IT'S EASY TO BE A SUNDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK, SO TO SPEAK.
THEIR STAFFING NEEDS TO BE INCREASED.
THE CITY GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO PROVIDE THEM EXCELLENT TRAINING IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE WORK THEY DO AND ENABLE THEM TO ENGAGE IN, IN COMMUNITY POLICING, WHICH MAKES OUR COMMUNITY SAFE FOR EVERYONE.
AND, AND COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL LOOK TOWARD PROVIDING THAT KIND OF FUNDING.
ALL TOO OFTEN I'VE HEARD ONE SIDED ATTACKS ON APDS.
I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE AND WATCH ON TELEVISION WITH NO OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER VIEWPOINTS OR APD TO RESPOND.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO EXPRESS MY VIEWS AND THE VIEWS OF MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SOME ACTIVIST GROUPS LIKE TO PREFACE THEIR COMMENTS TO YOU AS THE COMMUNITY DEMANDS.
THESE GROUPS CERTAINLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD, BUT TO SAY THEY'RE THEY C THAT THEY ARE THE COMMUNITY IS A BIT OF AN OVERSTATEMENT.
THE COMMUNITY AND I, I JUST FOR A NUMBER USED THE NUMBER THAT SIGNED THE, UH, PETITION FOR OVERSIGHT.
SO IT'S PART OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY NOT ALL THE COMMUNITY.
THE POLICE HAVE BEEN DEFUNDED.
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SWORN OFFICERS IN 20 20, 21, 22.THE 150 CUT THAT WERE TOUTED BY FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER KASAR HAVE NOT BEEN REINSTATED.
FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE 278 VACANCIES AND THOSE TWO 150 POSITIONS THAT WERE CUT IN 2020 HAVE NOT BEEN RESTORED.
SPECIALIZED UNITS, PATROL D DWI PARKS ARE GONE.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A SMALL GROUP DOMINATED THE DECISION.
SOON REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGED.
IN MY OPINION, THIS STRATEGY HAS BEEN A FAILURE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
THAT'S THE LARGEST INCREASE I SAW THIS ON, ON CABLE.
IF ANY TOWN, ANY LARGE TOWN IN THE COUNTRY, THAT'S TERRIBLE.
UH, CITY ACCIDENTS, UM, AND OTHER CRIMES, TRAFFIC FATALITIES HAVE INCREASED DUE TO A LACK OF STAFFING.
RESPONSE TIMES ARE TOO LONG AND SOMETIMES THERE IS NO RESPONSE ON 9 1 1 AND 3 1 1 CALLS.
A GOOD PART OF THE COMMUNITY IS DISSATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSE TIME.
IS ETHAN SMITH HERE MR. SMITH? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
HELLO? UM, YEAH, SO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HEALTH SOUTH.
UM, I WAS HOPING TO TALK ABOUT IT EARLIER.
UM, Y'ALL DID A GOOD THING BY NOT GOING TO EXECUTE IT YET.
I HAVE A STATE LEGISLATIVE, UH, EFFORT UNDERWAY THAT WOULD RELATE TO THIS TRACT.
I THINK IT WOULD ULTIMATELY HAVE SUPPORT OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BECAUSE IT PLAYS INTO, UM, PRESERVING THE LIONS MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE, WHICH IS A PRIORITY FOR HIM.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY CUZ ASPEN HEIGHTS, THEY WON THE RFP AND, UH, WE HAVE TO HONOR THAT PROCESS.
AND IF OUR PROCESS IS THAT THINGS CAN DRASTICALLY CHANGE FROM WHEN YOU SUBMIT IT TO WHEN IT'S FINALIZED, THAT'S OUR PROCESS AND WE HAVE TO STAND BY THAT.
AND I DON'T EVER ADVOCATE FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD, IF SOMEBODY'S TRYING TO MAKE MONEY AND I'M GONNA ADVOCATE ON THAT TOPIC, THEY EITHER HAVE TO MAKE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY OR THEY HAVE TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS.
AND I DO THINK THAT HEALTH SOUTH SHOULD MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH ASPEN HEIGHTS AS A PARTNER, BUT I THINK THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SHOULD ALSO BE IN THAT, UH, CONVERSATION AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE THAN THREE MINUTES TO GO INTO IT.
AND WE HAVE THIS KIND OF THING THAT WE SAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS, IS DISTRICT 10 PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE QUOTE UNQUOTE, AND IS MORE NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING BEING DEVELOPED OVER THERE? AND THIS IS KIND OF A SITE THAT'S IED FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
AND I THINK THAT YOU COULD, IN A BRACKENRIDGE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DO KIND OF A TRADE TO SAY UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, YOU'RE GONNA PRESERVE THIS, UH, SCIENTIFIC PLACE WITH LONGITUDINAL DATA THAT RELATES TO CLIENT, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE.
YOU'RE GONNA PRESERVE IT IN ITS CURRENT STATE FOR ITS CURRENT FUNCTION, BUT WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE FULL MARKET VALUE OF THAT TRACK AT THAT POINT.
BUT WE'LL TRADE YOU AND WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME CITY OF BOSTON LAND ELSEWHERE.
THE FIRST PLACE YOU WOULD LOOK IS HEALTH SOUTH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE MEDICAL SCHOOL.
AND IF YOU DO THAT, YOU CAN DO SOME STRENGTHS ATTACHED.
WHAT ARE THEY GONNA BUILD THERE? WELL, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH ASPEN HEIGHTS BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY GONE THIS FAR DOWN THE ROAD IN THE PROCESS.
UM, AND I THINK IF I'M ASPEN HEIGHTS, I LIKE THAT BECAUSE NOW I HAVE A TENANT THAT'S GONNA BE A STABLE TENANT FOR THE LIFETIME OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO THAT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A GOOD DEAL TO ME, BUT I'LL TRY AND BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU GUYS ON THIS.
UM, THIS HELPS SAVE THE GOLF COURSE CAN MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY.
IT GIVES KEVIN LTI FULL MARKET VALUE OF THE BRACKENRIDGE TRACK WITHOUT PUTTING TOO MUCH DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES ON THAT PART OF TOWN, WHICH DOES NOT HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE TO DO THAT.
IT SAVES PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT CITY CENTRAL DENSITY AS THE POINT OF THAT IS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOME WAY.
CAN YOU GO TO THE PREVIOUS SIDE, PLEASE? SLIDE ONE.
I SAY TO THE AUSTIN INFILL COALITION, INFILL BUILD SOMETHING FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF MUELLER AROUND LAKE LONG.
PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING AUSTIN ARE MOVING TO THE SUBURBS.
IS IT BETTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IF WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVING THERE OR OUT IN TAYLOR, OUT IN LOCKHART? UM, THAT THIS SHOULD BE THE FUTURE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE FOR ALL THESE PRIVATE MARKET DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS TO GO TO DEVELOP.
AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK IT SHOULD BE ALONG HIGHWAY ONE 30.
WHAT ABOUT, UM, UH, CHADRICK, UH,
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COUTURE, C O U T U R E, UH, CAROL ANN ROSE KENNEDY.WANNA COME ON DOWN WHILE MS. KENNEDY IS COMING DOWN? IS ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP ON PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE HERE? THAT I HAVE NOT CALLED? OKAY.
KENNEDY WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER.
CAN YOU MOVE THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER? I NEVER CAN GET THIS RIGHT.
DOES THE MASK GET IN THE WAY OR WHAT? NO, NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
I USED TO WORK AT IRS, THE, OH GOD.
I USED TO WORK AT IRS AMONG THE BEST, WHO SERVED.
AND THEN MY BOSS SAID, KENNEDY, YOU'RE GETTING ON MY NERVE.
IN 1,991, I LOOKED THROUGH TRUCKS OF MAIL THAT CAME INTO THE TEXAS SHOP THROUGH WIND AND FIRE, INHALE BY BIRD, BY PLANE, BY SUPERMAN, OR ON FOOT, SO JOYFULLY BY GOAT, BY ROAD, OR ON BICYCLE.
I AIR MARKED RED MARK TAX RETURNS WITH DOG BITES, PEE AND WINE, BUT THE ONES FROM THE POPS.
AND THE P SMELLED VERY BAD OF WINE, BUT I WORE MY SUIT WITH HOSE AND HEELS, MY HAIR, THE LATEST STYLE, AND I WALKED REAL FINE AND I TALKED REAL STRAIGHT, BUT I PLASTERED ON MY SMILE.
AND THEN I GOT TO MOVE DOWNTOWN ON THE HILL NEAR THE CAFE.
HOW PROUD I WAS, BUT HUMBLED WHEN I FACED THE ALBINO BULL THROUGH THE OKAY BOMB IN 9 1 1.
I LIVED WITHOUT A SCRATCH, BUT SOON I FOUND THAT THE ONE TO FEAR WAS RIGHT BEHIND MY ASS.
SHE CRITICIZED MY MESSY DESK, THE FILE PS ON MY FLOOR, MY OVERLOADED VOICE MAILBOX, MY E UNREAD EMAIL CHORE.
AND THEN IT WAS MY TONE OF VOICE, THE COLOR OF MY EYES, AND THEN MY RESPIRATION RATE COULD BE I'M TWICE HER SIZE.
THE MORAL TO HER STORY IS DON'T GIVE YOUR TIME IN LIFE TO FED OR ROLL SHENANIGANS UNLESS YOU HAVE A WIFE.
I GAVE MY TIME IN LIFE TO Y'ALL, MY MONEY AND MY FUN.
AND NOW I HAVE GREAT NEWS FOR Y'ALL FROM YOUR UNCLE SAM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COLLEAGUES.
THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS WE HAVE.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A RECESS UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK WILL BEGIN WITH, UH, AFTERNOON SPEAKERS, UH, AT THAT TIME.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, JUST BEFORE WE, UH, GO TO, UM, UM, ZONING SPEAKERS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, MAKE THE CHANGE THAT YOU WANTED WITH, UH, RESPECT TO NEGOTIATE, BUT NOT NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE.
WHICH ITEMS WERE THOSE? UM, IT WAS, UH, 58 AND 87.
[Items 58 & 87]
MEMBER KITCHEN, UH, REQUEST THAT WE RECONSIDER, UH, 58 AND 87.UH, SO AS TO, UH, SPECIFY THAT WE ARE NEGOTIATING BUT NOT EXECUTING, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER WHICH ITEMS
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ARE THE, COULD YOU JUST HOUSE WHICH ITEMS? IT'S, IT'S, UH, 50 58.AND DON'T HAVE THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M STILL GETTING MY COMPUTER LOGGED UP TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
SO IF YOU COULD TELL US, THIS IS THE STREET OUTREACH ONES.
THIS IS THE SUNRISE COMMUNITY CHURCH ISSUE NUMBER 58 AND 87 IS ALSO THE STREET OUTREACH TEAM.
AND MAYOR, I WOULD, YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT MOTION.
YOU HAVE TO BE AN AFFIRMATIVE TO BE ABLE TO WRITE THAT MOTION.
SECOND OF BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL OR ANY OBJECTIONS? HEARING NO OBJECTIONS.
WE'RE GONNA RECONSIDER THOSE TWO.
WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THEM AGAIN, BUT BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, YOU WANT TO OFFER THAT THOSE CHANGES? YEAH.
AND MY EXPECTATION IS IT WOULD COME BACK FOR EXECUTION ON OCTOBER 13TH.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO SPECIFY THAT OR NOT.
I JUST WANTED THE CITY MANAGER TO KNOW.
THAT WAS MY THINKING, SO, OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN MAKES THAT CHANGE ON 58 AND 87 SO THAT IT COMES BACK TO US.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE VOTE NOW ON RECONSIDERING THOSE IN FAVOR.
UH, AND THOSE OPPOSED OFF THE, IT'S UNANIMOUS WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE DIAS.
PEOPLE THAT ARE OFF THE DIAS ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS TOVO, UM, UH, FUTU AND HARPER MADISON? UH, YES.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WITH THAT CHANGE, ORIGINALLY WHEN THE CONSENT AGENDA WAS PASSED, I HAD INDICATED A NO ON 87, BUT I DO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT, WITH THAT ADJUSTMENT.
AND SO I WILL BE VOTING FOR THAT ITEM.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, WE'VE RE WE'RE, WE'RE ON RECONSIDERATION.
WE'RE BRINGING ITEMS 58 AND 87 BACK TO THE VOTE.
UH, THESE ARE THE THEES ON RYAN RANCH.
WITH THE CHANGE BEING THAT IT'S JUST TO NEGOTIATE, BUT NOT TO EXECUTE.
UH, DO YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF THAT? ABSOLUTELY ALL.
SO IT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE DI EVERYBODY VOTING? YES.
WITH ONLY TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS GONE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE ON.
WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH, UH, THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE HERE.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, DO YOU WANNA TAKE US THROUGH THE ONES THAT ARE BEING POSTPONED? THANKS, JOHN.
UH, THE POSTPONEMENT ITEMS FOR ZONING ARE ITEMS 73 AND 74 SPRINGDALE COMMERCIAL, AND THAT'S THE STAFF POST WOMEN TO OCTOBER 27TH.
UM, NUMBER 76 IS THE ZIMMERMAN POSTPONEMENT TO THE OCTOBER 13TH COUNCIL MEETING BY MAYOR PROTON ALTER.
THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR OCTOBER 13TH COUNCIL MEETING.
NUMBER 79 IN SWANSON'S RANCH AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD POST MOMENT TO YOUR OCTOBER 27TH COUNCIL MEETING.
STAFF POST MOMENT TO YOUR OCTOBER 13TH MEETING.
COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES POSTPONE REQUEST TO YOUR OCTOBER 27TH COUNCIL MEETING.
AND LASTLY, NUMBER 84 IS ALBERT ROAD.
AND THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO OCTOBER 13TH COUNCIL MEETING.
AND THESE ARE ALL CONSENT POSTPONE ALL CONSENT POSTPONE.
SO, UM, JUST TO NOTE FOR THE, THE ZIMAN ONE IN MY DISTRICT THAT YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GO FOR OCTOBER 13TH, BUT, UM, RATHER THAN PUSH IT TO THE 27TH, BUT, UM, THERE'S STILL A CHANCE WE MAY NOT HAVE IT RESOLVED BY THE 13TH.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE, UH, SPEAKERS.
WE'LL START WITH IN PERSON FIRST.
I, LET'S GO AHEAD AND WE'LL RECESS.
DID WE HAVE RECESS? DID WE HAVE WEB ACCESS BEFORE WITH THE INITIAL ACTION? WE TOOK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS OKAY.
CAN YOU, UH, REPEAT ALL OF ALL OF THE ONES THAT GOT POSTPONED? YES, WE'LL COME, WE'LL START WITH THAT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
MAYOR, ARE WE IN RECESS OR DID YOU NEED ME TO REPEAT THE POSTPONED? WE'RE IN RECESS UNTIL WE'RE TOLD THAT WE'RE BACK UP.
HI COLLEAGUES, WE HAD A KIND OF A FALSE START HERE CUZ WE TRIED TO CONVENE, BUT WE DIDN'T PERHAPS HAVE A WEB, UH, COVERAGE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO, IN ESSENCE START AGAIN AND
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REPEAT WHAT WE DID, UH, UH, A COUPLE MINUTES AGO.I'M ON A RECONVENE, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT 2 25.
IT'S STILL SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2022.
UH, WE HAD, UM, UH, FIRST THING THAT WE DID IS, UH, UH, I MADE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEMS, UM, 58, UH, AND ALSO, UH, 87 THAT WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OF POLL.
UH, I CHECKED AND THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS TO THAT.
I ASSUME THERE'S STILL NO OBJECTIONS TO RECONSIDERATION.
THAT'S THE SENTIMENT OF THE, UH, DA.
UH, COUNCIL MEMER KITCHEN RECOMMENDED AND ASKED THAT WE PASS, UH, ITEMS 58 AND AND FIF IN 87 ON RECONSIDERATION, BUT ONLY TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATION, BUT TO HAVE THE STAFF RETURN FOR EXECUTION HOPEFULLY ON OCTOBER 13TH.
UM, THAT, UH, UH, MOTION WAS, UH, ALSO SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.
UH, AND, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VOTE ON THAT AGAIN.
MOST IN FAVOR OF THAT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED, IT'S, IT'S UNANIMOUS.
UH, WITH, UM, UH, COUPLE MEMBERS OFF OF THE DAIS, UH, OFF THE DAS OR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, UH, FUENTES AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.
COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MENTION AS YOU DID BEFORE? YES, I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT, UM, I HAD VOTED AGAINST ITEM NUMBER 87 DURING THE ORIGINAL CONSENT AND THAT WAS BECAUSE I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH BOTH OF THE ITEMS, BUT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS CHANGE AND SUGGESTION, I'M MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
UM, THEN THE, UH, WE MOVED THEN TO, UH, ZONING.
BEFORE WE CALLED THE SPEAKERS, WE WANTED THE SPEAKERS TO KNOW THE ITEMS THAT WERE BEING POSTPONED.
UH, THESE ARE, WERE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON POSTPONEMENT THAT STAFF TOLD US ABOUT.
ITEMS, UH, 73 AND 74 BOTH BEING POSTPONED BY STAFF TO 10 27, ITEM 76 AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO 10 POSTPONED UNTIL THE 13TH.
UH, IF IT'S READY ON THE 13TH, IF NOT THEN LATER, BUT WE'RE GONNA PUT IT ON THE 13TH FOR NOW.
UH, ALSO POSTPONE TO THE 13TH BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR ITEM 77 AND 78.
UH, ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONING, I'M ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S REQUEST RATHER NEIGHBORHOOD CAN'T POSTPONE.
BUT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S REQUEST, ITEM NUMBER 79 BEING POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 27TH.
UH, NUMBER 80 IS POSTPONE TO 10 13.
WHO WAS IT THAT REQUESTED THAT STAFF REQUESTED THAT POSTPONEMENT? UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A POSTPONEMENT OF ITEM NUMBER 80.
UM, DID I SAY 81 BEING POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 27TH? UH, IS THAT ALSO A STAFF POSTPONEMENT? COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES ASKING FOR 81 TO BE POSTPONED TO 10 27 AND ITEM NUMBER 84 NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTED A POSTPONE TO 10 13.
ALL THOSE ITEMS ARE CONSENT TO POSTPONEMENTS.
UM, BEFORE WE UM, UH, CONSIDER ANYTHING WITH RESPECT TO ZONING, LET'S GO AHEAD AND HEAR THE SPEAKERS.
UM, WE APPRECIATE THEIR PATIENCE CUZ THEY'VE BEEN WAITING ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR NOW.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH REMOTE FIRST SPEAKER ON ITEM 72.
OH, MY NAME IS COLETTE BAR AND I'M HERE FOR GEMINI SCHOOL OF VI ARTS.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO WHAT IS PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO BE AVAILABLE.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, WE APPRECIATE THE COMMENT.
WELL, IT LOOKS AS IF THAT ITEM, UH, IS ON CONSENT TO BE APPROVED ON ALL THREE READINGS, SO I'M NOT SURE THERE'LL BE ANY QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, IF, IF I COULD JUST SPEAK REAL QUICK, THAT IS IN MY DISTRICT.
WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH IN MY OFFICE ABOUT THAT, AND WE ARE PERFECTLY OKAY WITH THE CONSENT FOR ALL THREE READINGS ON THE ITEM.
WE'LL VOTE ON THAT IN IN A MOMENT.
UH, CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
NICK, SPEAK ON SPEAKING ON ITEM 82 AND 83.
HELLO, UH, I'M CALLING TO ASK AGAIN FOR YOU TO PLEASE HONOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UH, DISTRICT PLANNING PROCESS.
IN YEARS OF VOLUNTEER AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT THAT WAS INVESTED TO CREATED ECONOMISTS, ARCHITECTS, URBAN PLANNERS, NEIGHBORS, NONPROFITS AND DEVELOPERS ALL SAT DOWN AND SHOOK HANDS OVER THE DETAILS THAT ARE NOW BEING DISPUTED BY A
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HANDFUL OF HIGH PAID LEGAL MERCENARIES WHO APPARENTLY KNOW MORE THAN EVERYONE BUT WHO CAN'T SEEM TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT SIMPLE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT AS THEY PERTAIN TO SETBACKS ALONG CONGRESS OR ACCESSING PARKLAND THAT IS LITERALLY UNDERWATER.UH, THE NUMBER OF ACRES PER, UH, OF PARKLAND PER CITIZEN IN AUSTIN HAS BEEN STEADILY DECLINING SINCE 1995.
AND THE PRECEDENT THAT THIS PROJECT SETS ONLY HELPS TO EXACERBATE THAT PROBLEM AS EVERYONE AFTER THIS WILL BE ASKING FOR THE SAME SORT OF PRETEND PUT, UM, EXEMPTIONS.
IF THIS DEVELOPER HAS FAILED TO IMAGINE A SCENARIO WHERE THEY CAN MAKE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE VIABLE WHILE BUILDING IT WITHIN EXISTING GUIDELINE, THEN THEY DO HAVE THE OPTION TO SELL THE PROPERTY AND MOVE ON.
THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO BELIEVE THERE ARE THE ONLY OPTION FOR MAKING THIS GATEWAY PROPERTY AND SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT YOU YOURSELVES VOTED IN FAVOR OF.
WHEN YOU APPROVE THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT DISTRICT VISION PLAN, STOP LETTING WELL KNOWN HIGH PAID LEGAL MERCENARIES HOLD THIS CITY HOSTAGE WITH EMPTY THREATS.
HOLD THIS BUDD TO HIGHER STANDARD AS IS DEFINED BY LAW OR SIMPLY WALK AWAY FROM IT.
ITEMS 82 AND 83, WENDY PRICE, TODD, GOOD AFTERNOON.
SOUTH RIVER, RIVER CITY CITIZENS IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT INCLUDE ZILKER, BARTON HILLS, GALINDO, DAWSON C OPPOSED THIS POD IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT DISTRICT FOR NOT EXCEEDING OR EVEN MEETING THE STANDARDS OF THE 21ST CENTURY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT WITH RESPECT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PARKLAND, DEDICATION AND TRANSPORTATION THAT INCLUDES PEDESTRIANS AND THOSE WITH MOBILITY CHALLENGES.
FURTHERMORE, THE SETBACKS FROM LADY BIRD LAKE HAVE BEEN ABUSED AND DISREGARDED WITHOUT STUDYING THE CONSEQUENCES.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE SITE, WHICH IS UNDER CONSIDERATION, THERE'S A REDUCTION FROM 150 FOOT PRIMARY AND A 50 FOOT SECONDARY SETBACK THAT'S USUALLY 200 FEET TO 90 FEET, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 3,600 SQUARE FEET.
IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT 3,600 SQUARE FEET TIMES THE PROPOSED HEIGHT IN THE PRIMARY SETBACK, SOMETHING IN THE ORDER OF TWO, 300 FEET TALL, YOU WILL SEE AN UNVALUED GIFT OF THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND THOSE THAT RECOMMEND THIS OF OVER A MILLION SQUARE FEET OF CONSTRUCTION IN THE PRIMARY SETBACK.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL UNACCEPTABLE TERMS THAT ARE BAKED INTO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
AND FOR THE PUB THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING TODAY, PLEASE, WITHOUT A REGULATING PLAN AND WITHOUT A FINANCIAL TOOL THAT'S FUNDED, THIS PROJECT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE ON FIRST READING ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PORTION OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL FUND.
THIS THE PERCENTAGES OF 10% OF HOUSING RENTALS AFFORDABLE BELOW 60% OF MFI AND 5% OF OWNERSHIP AFFORDABLE AT 80%.
THESE ARE SET AT LEVELS ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, CORRIDOR INCENTIVES AND ACTUALLY HOUSING PEOPLE WHO NEED MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
YET IN CONTRAST, THE SOUTH CONGRESS PLEDGE DEVELOPERS SUGGEST THAT HIS DEVELOPMENT IS A CHRISTMAS TREE WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING BEING THE ORNAMENT THAT WOULD TOPPLE THE TREE.
AFFORDABLE AFFORDABILITY IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FACING THIS CITY TODAY.
SOMETHING MORE FUNDAMENTAL THAN AN OPTIONAL HOLIDAY ORNAMENT.
WHEN THE OWNERS OF THIS POD PROPOSE TO REPLACE THE HEIGHTS AND THE OFFICIAL 2016 WATERFRONT VERSION THAT THE FIRST SPEAKER REFERRED TO, WITH MASSIVELY GREATER BUILDING HEIGHTS, THEY PLEDGED TO OBSERVE THE CURRENT POD ORDINANCE, EXCEPT APPARENTLY NOT.
THE PUT ORDINANCE IS AFFORDABILITY EXPECTATIONS.
EARLIER TODAY, YOU APPROVED HEALTH SOUTH.
NOW HEALTH SOUTH SHARES WITH THE THE STATESMAN POD BEING A PLACE WHERE MANY SERIOUSLY DOUBTED THERE WAS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, BUT YOU
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KEPT COMING BACK AND KEPT IMPROVING SOUTH CENTRAL.SIMILARLY, THIS POD NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED.
THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY THROUGHOUT AUSTIN IS BROADLY VALUED.
AND CERTAINLY ON THE SHORES OF LIKE LADY BIRD, I ASK YOU TO STICK WITH THE AFFORDABILITY SET ON FIRST READING AND TO PUSH FOR A WAY TO THIRD READING THAT REALIZES THE AFFORDABILITY GOAL OF THE SOUTH WATER, SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION.
WE'LL SWITCH TO IN PERSON SPEAKERS.
FIRST IS LINDA BAILEY, ITEM 76 ON DECK.
RANDY LAWSON ON DECK WILL HEATH JULIA SPAN ON DECK.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL BILL BUNCH WITH SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE HERE, ASKING YOU TO POSTPONE THIS MATTER AGAIN AS YOU WERE MOVING TOWARDS DOING LAST TIME.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT COOKED, THERE'S STILL WAY TOO MANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED OR ANSWERED.
UM, THE READING, AS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO ORDINANCE, SO THIS IS REALLY FIRST READING.
UM, MY GUESS, AND I WOULD ASK, HAS ANY ONE OF YOU ACTUALLY READ THE WHOLE ORDINANCE AND ALL THE EXHIBITS? DIDN'T THINK SO.
DO HAS A SINGLE ONE OF YOU, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE TOWN LIKE OVERLAY VARIANCES AND DISAPPEARANCES ARE? I DIDN'T THINK SO.
THERE'S BEEN TWO OR THREE DECADES OF COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH AND PROTECT THE, THE SHORELINE ALONG LADYBIRD LAKE.
THIS STARTED WITH LADY BIRD, HERSELF AND OTHERS, UH, THAT WE'RE ALL BLESSED THAT THEY MADE THOSE EFFORTS AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA SWEEP OUT THE DOOR INTO THE TRASH CAN.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IN THIS, THAT WAS NOT EVEN DISCLOSED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THAT'S THE REDUCTION OF THE SETBACK FROM THE SHORELINE.
THE PRIMARY SETBACK FROM 150 FEET TO 90 FEET.
THE BACKUP MENTIONS THAT IT'S BEING REDUCED TO 90, BUT IT DOESN'T EVEN SAY THAT IT STARTED AT ONE 50.
WATERSHED PROTECTION DIDN'T EVEN MENTION IT AT ALL.
THEY SAID IT WAS A ZONING MATTER.
NOW, SETBACKS FROM THE SHORELINE ARE ONLY ZONING AND HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE PRIMARY SETBACK VARIANCE THAT INCREASES IMPERVIOUS COVER IN, EXCUSE ME, IN THE SECONDARY SETBACK FROM 30 TO PERCENT TO 60%.
THAT'S A DOUBLING A HUNDRED PERCENT INCREASE.
NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THAT MATTER.
MAYBE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS DISCUSSED IT.
AND THERE'S ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT OTHER VARIANCES FROM THE OVERLAY THAT Y'ALL HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN TOLD ABOUT OR DISCUSSED OR ADDRESSED.
IT'S NOT SECOND READING, IT'S FIRST READING AND IT'S NOT, UH, COOKED.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE POINTS.
I WANTED TO SAY, I BELIEVE I SUBMITTED A QUESTION THE LAST TIME AROUND ASKING FOR A LIST OF ANY VARIANCES.
UM, AND I AM LOOKING THROUGH THE Q AND A TO SEE IF WE'VE GOTTEN AN ANSWER BACK ABOUT THAT, BUT I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION AND THANK YOU FOR RAISING AND I WILL ASK OUR STAFF WHEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, WHETHER THOSE ISSUES WERE BROUGHT BEFORE THE ENVIRO COMMISSION.
WE HAVE REMOTE SPEAKERS BACK ON THE LINE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU
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GOOD.UM, SPEAKING ON 82 AND 83 ITEM, AND I'D LIKE TO ECHO ALL THE THINGS THAT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS SAID, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO VOTE NO AND AT LEAST POSTPONE IT SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SPEAKING ON ITEM 83, GARY BABITZ.
HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE.
UM, LET ME START BY WISHING YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL WHO HAVE HAD THEM.
I'M A RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER IN MONTA DISTRICT THREE IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
I SPEAK TO SUPPORT THE STATESMAN, PUT ITEM 83.
UH, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE COX FAMILY WANTING TO REPLACE THE STATESMAN BUILDING WITH NEW BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURES AND A SIZABLE PARKLAND AREA FOR AUSTINITES AND VISITORS ALIKE TO ENJOY AND TO INCREASE THE NON-CAR TRANSIT AND OVERALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND TAX REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO ANY AMENDMENTS WHICH WOULD REQUIRE EVEN MORE SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THIS, FRANKLY, VERY LUXURY REAL ESTATE.
I UNDERSTAND THE URGE TO HELP PEOPLE AFFORD HOUSING, BUT THE DATA ON THESE REQUIREMENTS, SOMETIMES CALLED INCLUSIONARY ZONING ARE CLEAR.
WHILE THEY HELP THE VERY SMALL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO RECEIVE THE SUBSIDY, THE NET EFFECT THESE POLICIES IS TO RESTRICT SUPPLY OF MARKET RATE HOUSING AND DRIVE UP HOUSING PRICES FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AUSTIN.
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO FOCUS MORE ON REMOVING RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FROM PROPERTY NOT ADDING THEM.
MY NAME IS JAY CROSSLEY AND I WORK FOR A NONPROFIT CALLED FIREMAN CITY.
UM, AND I, I'VE SPENT MY WHOLE CAREER WORKING FOR, UM, TEXAS NONPROFITS AND SINCE 2005 FOR TEXAS NONPROFITS WORKING TO REDUCE FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE, UH, IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS AND REDUCE LAND LOSS.
AND SO I'M HERE TODAY TO STRONGLY SUPPORT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN.
AND, AND THIS PLAN, WHICH THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL PASSED A WHILE AGO, IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CLIMATE MEASURES THIS COUNCIL HAS TAKEN.
UM, GIVEN THE GROWTH OF THE HUMAN SPECIES ON THIS PLANET, THE AUSTIN REGION ISN'T REALLY GROWING VERY FAST.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO HERE, UM, FOR CLIMATE IS TO PROVIDE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE HEALTHY, UM, LOW CARBON LIFESTYLES IN THE EXISTING URBAN PLACES AND TO STOP DESTROYING LAND OUT TO THE WEST, UH, WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SPRAWLING ACROSS OUR REGION.
UM, AND SO I I, I HOPE, UM, YOU'LL SUPPORT PROJECT LIKE THIS.
THERE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS WITH THIS PROJECT.
THEY, I, I THINK THEY HAVE 4,000 PLANNED PARKING SPACES.
UH, FOR A PLACE LIKE THIS, OF COURSE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE PARKING MAXIMUMS. YOU SHOULD ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND NOT HAVE TO DRIVE.
UM, ALSO THE HEIGHT LIMITS, UM, THINGS LIKE THIS, AESTHETIC CONCEPTS, UM, THAT BAR PEOPLE FROM LIVING AND WORKING IN THE DENSE PARTS OF AUSTIN ARE, ARE DESTROYING OUR ENVIRONMENT AND WE SHOULD STOP DOING THAT.
UM, AND THERE, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC BENEFITS TO THESE THINGS LIKE HEIGHT LIMITS.
AND SO, UH, FINALLY, I, I TRUST THAT YOU ALL AND STAFF HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS QUITE A LOT.
AND WHILE I APPRECIATE HOW FUN IT IS, UM, TO ACCUSE YOU AND STAFF OF NOT KNOWING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, UM, I THINK WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE BY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO LIVE LOW CARBON LIFESTYLES IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
BETH GALLAGHER ON DECK GRACE GILER.
IN THE 35 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN, I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON OUR BEAUTIFUL RIVER.
I'D HATE TO SEE IT BECOME A NARROW CANYON IF WE GUT OUR LADYBIRD LAKE PROTECTION ORDINANCE BY SHRINKING THE REQUIRED SHORELINE SETBACK FOR CONSTRUCTION FROM 150 FEET TO LESS THAN 90 FEET AND DOUBLED OR MORE THE ALLOWABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN 200
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FEET OF THE SHORE.I WOULD HATE TO SEE THE LAKEFRONT PARK LAND CALLED FOR IN THE 2016 SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN, CUT TO LESS THAN HALF AND HAVE EVEN THAT SMALL SHARE OF PUBLIC PARK TURNED INTO PRIVATE DRAINAGE AND CONCESSIONS CONTROLLED BY THE DEVELOPER.
AND HONESTLY, I ESPECIALLY HATE THE TENS OF MILLIONS IN TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES TO THE BILLIONAIRE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE FORM OF FEE CREDITS AND WAIVERS, TAX REBATES, AND THE GIVEAWAY OF A MASSIVE ENTITLEMENT INCREASES WITHOUT REQUIRING STANDARD, STANDARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEDICATIONS.
I'M A WORKING MUSICIAN AND A MUSIC TEACHER.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE GIVEN A LOT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND I'M STRUGGLING ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER TEACHERS AND POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS AND NURSES AND SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THIS TOWN WHO CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT THEY LOVE AND WORK IN.
DEVOTE THAT MONEY TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TO HEALTHCARE, REDUCE OUR PROPERTY TAXES.
THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO THOSE WHO TRULY NEED TO CONTINUE MAKING AUSTIN THE BEAUTIFUL, VIBRANT CITY WE KNOW AND LOVE.
VOTE NO SPECIAL DEALS AND NO TAXPAYER GIVEAWAYS TO THE STATESMAN.
DANIEL KEMAN, DANIEL KEMAN, VIRGINIA PALMER IS ON DECK.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR ADLER, MAYOR PRO 10 ALTER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE.
UH, I WANT TO VOICE MY VERY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT PLAN AT THE STATE AND SITE A PART OF THE AWARD-WINNING SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN.
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE FUTURE FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN.
BOTH THOSE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
THIS PROJECT IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT THE CITY NEEDS MORE OF, THOUGHTFUL, SUSTAINABLE, AND FORWARD LOOKING.
THIS PROJECT WOULD HOUSE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE NEAR JOB RICH, DOWNTOWN LADYBIRD LAKE, AND A NEW EIGHT ACRE PART AND A NEW LIGHT RAIL LINE.
TO OPPOSE THIS PROJECT FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE IS BIZARRE AND DISHONEST.
THE ALTERNATIVE TO LARGE DENSE PROJECTS NEAR TRANSIT AND JOBS IS SPRAWL.
SPRAWL IS BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
IT PAS OVER UNDEVELOPED LAND AND INCREASES VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.
HOWEVER, IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT INCREASING THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND AFFORDABILITY IMPACTS OF THIS PROJECT, WE COULD START WITH THE 4,000 PARKING SPACES, WHICH WERE MENTIONED BEFORE.
AND THE FACT THAT IT IS HEIGHT LIMITED WHEN IT COULD JUST BE LARGER, HAVE LESS PARKING, ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO LIVE THERE, INCREASE THE OVERALL HOUSING SUPPLY IN THE CITY, AND PUSH AGGREGATE PRICES DOWN IN ADDITION TO MORE ENTITLEMENT REFORM ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY.
THIS PROJECT IS EXCITING AND IT'S FORWARD LOOKING AND I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT WE'RE THROWING AROUND DEVELOPER GIVEAWAY IS JUST DOESN'T REALLY MAKE ANY SENSE.
AND I HOPE THAT WE ALL KNOW BETTER THAN TO BELIEVE THAT SO MANY AUSTINITES WILL BENEFIT FROM THE WORK OF THIS PROJECT.
BOTH THOSE WHO WILL LIVE THERE AND VISITORS AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO USE THIS AMAZING NEW PARK WHERE A NON-DESCRIPT BUILDING AND A PARKING LOT CURRENTLY STANDS.
SO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND CONTINUE TO MOVE US TOWARDS OUR STATED GOALS ON AFFORDABILITY, CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY, MOBILITY, AFFORDABILITY,
HELLO, I'M VIRGINIA PALMER, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF RESOURCES UNLIMITED HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, AND I URGE YOU TO SLOW DOWN.
THERE'S MANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE PLANS THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED.
CITY AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, UM, IN THE, THE HISTORICAL VALUE OF LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD LAKE, THE BEAUTY AND THE ECOLOGY OF AUSTIN, WHICH SO MANY PEOPLE COME TO AUSTIN FOR.
AND I'M PART OF THE LONGTIME AUSTIN, UH, I PART OF THE CREATIVE COMMUNITY TO HELP THAT HELPED, UH, MAKE AUSTIN SO UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL, WHICH AGAIN IS BEING CHIPPED AND CHIPPED AWAY BY THESE PUDS.
WHY DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT THE HOT TAX MONEY
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THAT YOU HAVE SQUIRRELED AWAY AND MAYBE USE SOME OF THAT MONEY TO GO IN PARTNERSHIP AND BUY THIS LAND, HAVE IT A CITY OWNED AND PRIVATE OWNED UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT.YES, WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE NEED A LOT OF THINGS, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE TAXPAYER MONEY TO BILLIONAIRES WHO DON'T LIVE HERE, WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT AUSTIN, ARE THE ENVIRONMENT, ARE THE BEAUTY, ARE THE CULTURE, ARE THE ART, ARE THE MUSIC.
WE DON'T NEED TO PUSH THIS THROUGH FOR SOME LEGACY.
OKAY, FOLA BARRETO, I'M DECK JOHN FUENTES.
MY NAME IS FOLA BARRETO AND I AM THE AUSTIN POLICY COORDINATOR AT WORKERS DEFENSE.
WE ARE NEUTRAL ON THE ITEM, BUT WE DID WANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
THE APPLICANT HAS VERBALLY AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING THEIR SIGNED PLEDGE AND ALSO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE APPLICANT HAS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SAFEGUARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON THE PROJECT AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ALSO CONTINUE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THOSE COMMITMENTS.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD DAY.
ALSO ON ITEM 83, JOHN FUENTES ON DECK.
AND I'VE, UH, BEEN HOMELESS IN THE CITY FOR 10 YEARS AND I AM NOW HOUSED.
AND I DON'T, I SEE INDIVIDUALS WHO, UM, LET ME, THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND LOW INCOME CAN'T COEXIST WITH THE MIDDLE CLASS OR LOWER UPPER CLASS.
AND I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT'S TRUE.
I FEEL LIKE YOU ALL SHOULD NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS.
CAUSE WE'RE ALSO ALWAYS KIND OF LIKE, SEEM AS, UH, WE'RE GUILTY FIRST WHEN WE HAVEN'T EVEN DONE ANYTHING YET.
GIVE US A CHANCE TO PROVE OURSELVES THAT WE CAN LIKE, UH, COEXIST AND MAYBE WE WILL SURPRISE YOU.
THAT'S, I GOT PAUL MULLEN ON DECK.
OKAY, FOR A WORLD BALANCED CITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.
UM, GROWTH BRINGS THE PRICE THAT, UH, OF UNAFFORDABILITY CUZ NEW HOUSING DOES 10 EXPENSIVE LAND PRICES RISE WITH GROWTH AND, UH, THAT AGAIN WILL PUT HOUSING PRICES UP.
SO WHILE WE ARE BUILDING THE HOUSING FOR THE HIGH PAID TECH PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING FOR TESLA AND, AND FACEBOOK AND, AND GOOGLE AND APPLE, AND YOU'RE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT THAT, EACH OF THOSE HIGH TECH JOBS GENERATES AN ADDITIONAL FIVE JOBS IN SERVICE INDUSTRIES.
AND MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN RETAIL OR, UH, OR THE CATERING BUSINESS, UH, ARE NOT WELL PAID.
WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO LIVE? YOU'LL BE FINDING YOUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS CLOSED DOWN BECAUSE THEY, THEY CAN'T GET ANY STAFF.
IF WE DON'T HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, WE WON'T HAVE A VIABLE CITY.
YOU'LL BE THE RICH PEOPLE AND THE HOMELESS A BIT LIKE THE CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO AT THE MOMENT.
THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE GOING AT THE MOMENT.
YOU HAD A PLAN IN 20 20 17 THAT SAID YOU NEED AN ADDITIONAL 60,000 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YOUR PROGRESS REPORTS ARE VERY, VERY SLOW TO APPEAR.
JUST LAST WEEK YOU BROUGHT OUT THE 2021 REPORT AND THE REASON IT WAS SO LATE IS OBVIOUS BECAUSE IT RECORDS NO PROGRESS.
YOU ARE GETTING, THE SITUATION IS GETTING WORSE YEAR BY YEAR.
YOU HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS IN THE LAST YEAR TOWARDS HOUSING HOMELESS PEOPLE,
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BUT EVERY ONE OF THOSE HOMELESS PEOPLE YOU HOUSE IS GOING INTO AN EXISTING APARTMENT.AND THAT MEANS THAT SOME OTHER LOW INCOME FAMILY CANNOT HAVE THE APARTMENT THEY HOPE TO GET.
AND HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE HOMELESS? WELL, SINCE THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IS INCREASING, UH, DESPITE ALL THOSE PEOPLE BEING HOUSED, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE PUSHING MORE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.
AND THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO CAN WHO CAN HELP YOU GET ACHIEVABLE NUMBERS ARE THE DEVELOPERS WHO ARE PROFITING FROM THE GROWTH.
I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING US PRESENT THIS WAY.
AND I'M AWARE THAT NOT EVERY PLACE LETS THAT HAPPEN.
OH, THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO 2007 WHEN THIS SITE, THE, THE, UH, STAMAN SITE WAS UP FOR ANOTHER BOONDOGGLE.
THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE CALLED IT THE MISTAKE BY THE LAKE.
AND THEN OCTOBER'S COVER WAS A, THIS COVER HERE, THE SCARIEST MASK OF THE YEAR.
OH, THERE, OH, THERE HE IS NOW CHRONICLE PHANTOM OF THE DEVELOP OPERA.
THE MISTAKE BY THE LAKE AND IT'S BACK AND IT'S ALMOST HALLOWEEN AGAIN.
THEY WILL BALL THEIR NUMBERS THEN BLOCK OUT THE SKY FOR LUXURY HIGH RISES.
THE BANKS OF SOUTH AUSTIN WILL LOOK LIKE A MALL.
UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING AND CONDOS FRAUD, SETBACKS AND VARIANCES.
WHOSE FOOLING WHO THESE BILLIONAIRE BULLIES GOT YOUR NUMBERS TOO.
TAX BREAKS AND NECK ACHES AND CONDOS GALORE.
YOUR VARIANCES AREN'T VERY FUN ANYMORE.
THIS LAND IS ALIVE WITH A LADY BIRD HEART.
THE CITY SHOULD BUY IT AND MAKE IT A PART.
SETBACKS IN VARIANCE IS HOST FOOLING WHO TOWN LIKES TO KEEP SICK.
AND WE'RE STICKING TO THIS LAND IS ALIVE WITH A LADY BIRD HEART.
AUSTIN SHOULD BUY IT IN THE JORDAN.
THE PRINTER IS SCREAMING AGAIN.
ALVIN SANDERSON, SANDY SHORTZ.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TODAY.
MY NAME IS PAULETTE SOLTANI AND I'M THE A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE.
I'M ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZING AT THE TEXAS HARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE.
I ORGANIZE WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS EVERY DAY.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LITTLE ACCESS TO DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR RESOURCES LIKE RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO FIND HOUSING.
AT OUR MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS, PEOPLE HAVE SAID, I SLEEP ON THE GROUND AND WHEN I WAKE UP I SEE TOWERS GOING UP ALL AROUND ME.
WHY ARE THESE UNITS SO EXPENSIVE? HOW WOULD I EVER HAVE ANY CHANCE TO AT LIVING THERE? AND WHY ARE SOME OF THESE TOWERS JUST SITTING LESS? WE'RE IN A HOUSING CRISIS.
OUR HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IS LEFT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND OUR NEIGHBORS ARE BEING PUSHED OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IMPACTED HARDEST, BUT THE KEY THING TO UNDERSTAND HERE IS THAT HOMELESSNESS IS CONNECTED TO HOUSING.
HOUSING IS THE SOLUTION TO HOMELESSNESS.
BUT WE CONTINUE TO TREAT THESE ISSUES AS SEPARATE ISSUES IN OUR CITY.
OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS LITTLE TO SAY ABOUT OUR HOMELESSNESS CRISIS AND OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE IS TUCKED AWAY IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, WE SHOULD NOT BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS IMPACTS OUR HOMELESSNESS
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CRISIS, OUR AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE SHOULD BE AT THE TABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND GIVE INPUT ABOUT HOW DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS COULD ACTUALLY RELIEVE OUR HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
OUR CITY'S DEVELOPMENT GOALS SHOULD BE GUIDED BY THE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW DEVELOPMENT WILL HELP PEOPLE THAT NEED THE MOST SUPPORT IN OUR CITY.
BUT WE SHOULD NOT BE INCENTIVIZING.
WE WE NEED TO BE DEVELOPING MORE HOUSING.
WE ARE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPING HOUSING, BUT WE SHOULD NOT BE INCENTIVIZING DEVELOPMENT IF IT PROMISES TO WORSEN OUR WHOLE, OUR HOUSING CRISIS.
AND IF IT EXCLUDES UN UNHOUSED PEOPLE AND LOW INCOME PEOPLE ENDEAVORS A MASSIVE LUXURY DEVELOPER, WE DON'T BUY THAT.
THEY CAN'T BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND YOU SHOULDN'T EITHER.
WE'RE CALLING ON YOU TO DO MORE TO REIGN IN THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTIN, IN DEMAND THAT DEVELOPERS BUILD TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE'RE CALLING ON YOU TO CONNECT THE DOTS AND DO MORE TO USE DEVELOPMENT IN AUSTIN AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS AND OUR AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
HOW DO Y'ALL? MY NAME'S ROY WHALEY AND I'M THE CONSERVATION CHAIR FOR THE AUSTIN REGIONAL GROUP OF THE SIERRA CLUB.
AND, UM, SPEAKING ABOUT THE STATESMEN, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, THANKSGIVING, WE'VE GOT A HALF BAKED TURKEY AND IT'S NOT READY TO SERVE.
LET'S STICK IT BACK IN THE OVEN.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPING THIS SITE, UH, AND I'M NOT GONNA THINK THE COX FAMILY FOR MAKING A BOONDOGGLE OF MONEY OUT OF IT EITHER.
UM, BUT I'M ALL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE.
IT CAN BE AN OUTSTANDING DEVELOPMENT AND AN OUTSTANDING PARK.
SOMETHING THAT THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS COULD BE PROUD OF.
UM, ONE THING I WANT TO SAY IS THAT WE NEED TO MOVE AT LEAST ONE BUILDING TO INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS, INCLUDING ADA, OUR FRIENDS IN THE ADA COMMUNITY.
THERE'S ALMOST NO ACCESS THERE.
UM, ALSO ON THE TRAIL SIERRA CLUB IS, IS, UH, APPROVES IN PART OF RELOCATING THE TRAIL, BUT NOT FULLY.
AND WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE BOARDWALK IS GOING TO GET TOSSED BECAUSE THAT WAS A RED HERRING THE WHOLE TIME.
ANYWAY, UM, JUST SOMETHING FOR RICHARD TO THROW IN AND SAY, I'M DOING THIS FOR YOU.
UM, AS FAR AS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THIS ISN'T AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITE, EVEN WITH THE FEW UNITS THERE, IT WASN'T GOING TO BE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITE AND MOVING IT TO THE RUN TECH SITE DOESN'T WORK EITHER.
THAT SHOULD BE AT LEAST 60% MFI, 80% IS SLIGHTLY LESS RICH PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO LIVE THERE.
UM, WE DON'T WANT THE SIERRA CLUB DOESN'T WANNA SEE ANY, ANY WAIVERS OR SUBSIDIES, UM, UH, TO THE, UH, THE TOWN LAKE, UH, LADYBIRD LAKE ORDINANCE AND, AND SET BACK AN IMPERVIOUS COVER.
WE NEED THAT AND PROTECT THE EXISTING TREES.
THERE'S NO REASON TO TAKE DOWN THE TREES THAT ARE THERE.
WE WANT TO ADD TO THOSE TREES.
AND THANK YOU FOR TWO MINUTES.
WE'RE TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THERE.
FINAL SPEAKER, JEFF DICKERSON.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, UH, THAT, UH, HAVE SIGNED UP THAT, UH, WE HAVE NOT CALLED.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND IMPROVE THE, UH, CONSENT ZONING WHEN WE, UH, APPROVE THAT.
WE'RE THEN GONNA GO TO THE NON-CONSENT ITEMS, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, THE EMINENT DOMAIN.
IT, THOSE THINGS THAT I THINK WILL BE QUICK VOTES.
UH, AND UH, AFTER WE DO THAT, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE, UH, POLL ITEMS THAT WE HAVE YET TO CONSIDER.
AND THAT WILL LEAVE US JUST ONE THING LEFT ON THE DAY, WHICH WILL BE THE, UM, STATESMAN PUT.
UH, AND WE'LL CONSIDER THAT, UH, UH, THEN, UM, UH, TO HELP WITH THAT ANALYSIS.
IT'S GONNA BE MY SUGGESTION TO THE DAY THAT WE NOT TAKE A VOTE ON THE STATESMAN PUT TODAY, BUT THAT WE SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCED THE LIBERATION OF THE ISSUES.
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HANDED OUT TWO THINGS THAT ARE HELPFUL FOR ME, UH, AND I'VE ALSO POSTED THEM TO THE MESSAGE BOARD AND SENT THEM TO THE CLERK TO BE PUT INTO BACKUP.ONE IS THE, UH, ORDINANCE, UH, THAT WAS, UH, REFLECT THE, UH, FIRST READING DRAFT, IT'S COLOR CODED SO THAT YOU COULD SEE WHICH THINGS CAME FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THAT DRAFT.
WHICH THINGS CAME FROM, UH, UH, UH, THE AMENDMENTS, UH, THAT WE APPROVED ON ON FIRST READING, UH, THAT SAYS STAFF DID IT USE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT COLOR ONLY CAUSE WITH MY EYES I COULDN'T MAKE OUT THE, THE CONTRAST.
UH, BUT IT ALSO, UM, UH, HIGHLIGHTS THE, THE CHANGES, UH, THAT WERE SUGGESTED IN THE, UH, VELA AMENDMENT THAT'S POSTED TO THE BOARD.
ALL THAT IS COLOR CODED, SO IT'S EASY TO SEE.
AND THEN I TRIED AS BEST I COULD TO EXTRACT THE, THE HIGH LEVEL ISSUES THAT WERE PRESENTED.
I THINK WE COULD GO THROUGH THAT DRAFT AND, AND SEE, JUST CONFIRM QUICKLY THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS WERE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE MADE, UM, THAT IT DOESN'T APPEAR THERE'S ANY CONTROVERSY ON.
AND WE COULD TOUCH THOSE AND JUST CONFIRM THAT.
UH, BUT WHEN IT GETS TO THE REST OF IT, MAYBE WE FRAME A CONVERSATION TODAY AROUND THESE ISSUES PLUS THE OTHER ISSUES THAT, UH, UH, HAVE BEEN RAISED BY AMENDMENTS THAT ARE, UH, JUST BEING POSTED NOW.
BUT THE GOAL IS TO, TO MAYBE WORK TO DINNER, ELEVATE ALL THESE ISSUES.
LET'S REALLY TALK THROUGH THESE ISSUES.
LET'S ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF, ASK QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANTS WHEN WE GET THERE.
STAFF WILL PROBABLY BEGIN WITH THE PRESENTATION THAT, THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED.
UH, BUT THEN GO THROUGH THOSE ELEMENTS.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY INTENT ON HOW WE PROCEED.
UM, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THE APPLICANT HAD FLOWN IN, PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE ESPECIALLY TO TALK TO US TODAY.
UM, AND IF SO, IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE TIME SO THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM THEM SO WE CAN BENEFIT FROM NO QUESTION THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
AND I, AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH THESE ISSUES, WE'LL CO WE'LL I KNOW, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET SO OFF TRACK CUZ THEY MAY BE ADDRESSING, LET'S MAKE SURE, SURE.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DO THAT AND WE WILL.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES, MAYOR COUNCIL JOEY HARDEN WITH THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
YOUR ZING AGENDA BEGINS WITH ITEM NUMBER 72 C 1 4 20 22 0 2 0 4.
AND THIS, IT'S BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.
ITEMS 73 IS C 1 4 20 22 0 0 7 0.
THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR STAFF POSTPONE TO YOUR OCTOBER 27TH COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS IT RELATED TO 73 AND AGAIN OFFERED FOR STAFF POSTPONE TO YOUR OCTOBER 27 COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM 75 IS C 1 4 20 22 0 0 5 2.
THIS ITEM IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.
ITEM 76 IS C 1 4 20 22 0 0 4 4.
THIS ITEM IS OFFERED FOR POSTPONE IT BY MAYOR PROTE ALTERED TO YOUR OCTOBER 13TH COUNCIL MEETING.
COULD BE LONGER, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE OFFERING IT, UM, FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM 77, NPA 20 22 0 0 2, 3 0.01 POINT S EIGHT.
THIS ITEM'S BEING OFFERED FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONE REQUEST TO YOUR OCTOBER 13TH COUNCIL MEETING.
THE RELATED REZONING IS NUMBER 78 C 1 4 20 22 0 0 1 8 POINT S H.
AGAIN, NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR OCTOBER 13TH COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM 79 IS C 1 4 20 22 0 0 5 3.
THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR OCTOBER 27TH COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM 80 IS C 1 4 20 22 0 0 0 1.
UM, THIS, IT'S BEING OFFERED FOR A STAFF POST MOMENT TO YOUR OCTOBER 13TH COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM 81 IS SCENE 4, 20 22 0 0 6 7.
THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR POSTPONE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES TO YOUR OCTOBER 27TH COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM 82 IS NPA 20 19 0 0 2 2 0.02.
THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM.
THE RELATED REZONING IS ITEM 83 C 8 1 4 89 0 0 0 3 0.02.
AGAIN, THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM.
THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONE REQUEST TO YOUR OCTOBER 13TH COUNCIL MEETING.
ITEM 85 IS SCENE 1 4 20 22 0 0 5 0.
THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS.
AND THIS CONCLUDES THE READING OF YOUR ZONING AGENDA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COLLEAGUES.
THE CONSENT AGENDA ON THE ZONING AGENDAS, ITEM 72 THROUGH 85, ALL OF THEM ARE CONSENT ITEMS EXCEPT FOR ITEMS 82 AND 83,
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WHICH HAVE BEEN PULLED.THOSE ARE THE STATES BEEN PUT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAKES THAT MOTION.
SECONDED, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
AND ANY DISCUSSION'S, TAKE A VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
THOSE OPPOSED, I'M SHOWING THAT IT'S BEING UNANIMOUS ON THE, UH, DAIS, UM, WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, HARPER MADISON.
AND, UH, FU THIS OFF THE, UH, OFF THE DIAS WHILE WE LOOK AT ITEMS THAT ARE BEING POSTPONED AT THIS POINT.
UH, COLLEAGUES, AS WE DISCUSSED ON, UH, TUESDAY, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE EITHER NOT HERE ON NOVEMBER 17TH OR HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN ATTENDING THE, UH, UH, NATIONAL MEETING, UH, THE LEAGUE OF CITIES.
I'LL BE, UH, ATTENDING THE, THE COP 27 CONFERENCE, UH, ON THE 17TH.
UM, SO, UM, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS AN OBJECTION, I THINK WE SHOULD BE SUGGESTING TO, TO STAFF THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT DAY.
UH, AND WE ASK STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT THINGS YOU CAN BRING TO US THE WEEK BEFORE, UH, UH, SO THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE, UH, OVERRUN MEETINGS AND IF IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO, TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALL, UH, WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
IF IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED AFTER WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE STATESMAN PUT SO THAT WE CAN PULL THAT OUT AND ACT ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING WE TAKE A LOOK AT AS WELL.
BUT IN TERMS OF NOTICING ZONING HEARINGS AND THE LIKE, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE THEM MEETING ON THE 17TH AND, UH, LET'S STAFF TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN THEY'RE GIVING NOTICES.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THAT SUGGESTION.
I WILL BE AT THE NATIONAL LEGAL CITY CONFERENCE IN MY, ON ATTENDING A MEETING IN MY ROLE AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER ON THE FEDERAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIME PREVENTION.
THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR SUGGESTIONS SO THAT I CAN ATTEND THAT THAT OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES CAN ATTEND THEIR COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS WELL.
SO MANAGER, IF YOU WOULD HELP US WITH, UH, MEETING MANAGEMENT IN TERMS OF, UH, SETTINGS AND THE LIKE.
UH, I THINK SOME OF THE TOOLS YOU HAVE ARE THE HEAVY UP THE MEETING THAT, UH, IS THE, THE WEEK BEFORE, UM, UM, OR THE FIRST MEETING BEFORE THE, THE, THE 17TH.
AND AT THE END, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE, UH, STATESMAN PAD TODAY, LET'S TAKE A, A LOOK AT WHETHER WE THINK WE NEED A SPECIAL CALLED ON THAT COUNCIL POLL.
SHOULD WE ALSO EITHER REPURPOSE OR CANCEL THE WORK SESSION THAT'S ON THE 15TH? YES.
ARE WE SURE, MAYOR, ARE WE SURE THAT, THAT OUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE GONE BY THEN? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MULTIPLE BRIEFINGS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THAT DAY.
I THINK WE MIGHT ALSO HAVE AN AUSTIN ENERGY WORK SESSION ON THAT DAY.
SO LET'S, I JUST, UM, IF, UNLESS THAT'S A SCHEDULING CONFLICT, I WOULD SAY LET'S, I WOULD SUGGEST WE GO AHEAD AND HAVE AT LEAST THE BRIEFINGS, EVEN IF IT'S JUST A HALF DAY.
LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CHECK ON THAT.
I WON'T BE THERE THAT DAY, BUT IF IT'S JUST A BRIEFING DAY, YOU, YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED ME.
UH, BUT I'LL BE AT THAT CUP 27.
BUT LET'S, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THE LOOK.
WE CAN REPURPOSE IT IF THE CLERK AND AND THE MANAGER WOULD HELP US CHECK WITH, UH, COUNCIL OFFICES AND SEE WHAT KIND OF ATTENDANCE WE WOULD HAVE THAT DAY.
AND MAYOR, IF I MAY JUST, WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST WHERE IT'S BEEN MORE NON-CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS AND IN ORDER TO KEEP AGENDAS MOVING FORWARD, WE'VE HAD SHORTER MEETING, UH, AGENDA.
UH, AND IF THERE WAS ONLY SIX PEOPLE OR IF WE EVEN THAT TO THE WORK SESSION, WE COULD TAKE ACTION ON SOME THINGS THAT WOULD BE, AGAIN, CONSENT NON-CONTROVERSIAL, UM, AND GET AGREEMENT FROM THE DIAS BEFORE THAT.
BUT AS, AS WE HEAR WHAT WILL BE ON THAT AGENDA, WE'LL CERTAINLY KEEP THE COUNCIL INFORMED.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COME TO US OR HELP US WITH MANAGEMENT, MEETING MANAGEMENT AND LET'S, IF WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DAYS TO GET THROUGH BRIEFINGS OR THROUGH, UH, CONSENT ITEMS THAT, THAT ARE NOT, NO ONE WANTS TO DISCUSS, I GUESS SIMILAR TO HOW THE TEXAS SENATE DOES OR WHERE ANY ONE PERSON CAN PULL SOMETHING OFF THAT KIND OF AN AGENDA.
JUST TO CLARIFY, MANAGER YOU WERE SAYING AT THE MOMENT, SEE WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A MEETING ON THAT DAY JUST WITH SOME ABSENCES AS LONG AS IT'S NON CONTROVERSIAL.
JUST SO THOSE ITEMS CAN AFFORD POSSIBLY EVEN FOR THAT WORK SESSION.
CUZ IT SOUNDED LIKE, AT LEAST FOR THE 17TH, THERE WASN'T A DESIRE TO HOLD THAT MEETING, BUT MAYBE WE COULD ADD ACTION ITEMS FOR THAT 15TH MEETING.
UM, IF, AGAIN, STAFF NEEDED TO GET THINGS FORWARD, THAT WOULDN'T BE CONTROVERSIAL.
I JUST WANNA KEEP SOME OF THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE.
AND I, AND I THINK THAT, I GUESS EITHER OF THOSE THINGS ARE FINE WITH ME.
I WOULD JUST SUGGEST IF WE'RE MOVING ACTION ITEMS TO TUESDAY, THAT WE REALLY MESSAGE THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT USUALLY A DAY WHERE WE TAKE ACTION.
BUT I, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE, UNLESS THERE'S MORE THAN A QUORUM MISSING TO JUST GO AHEAD AND TRY TO GET BUSINESS DONE ON THAT THURSDAY.
UNLESS IF WE HAVE MAJORITY, AND MY, MY ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT NOTHING ACTUALLY APPEARS
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ON THAT AGENDA THAT ANY ONE OF US WOULD LIKE TO, TO HAVE HANDLED ON THE DAY WHEN WE HAD, UH, A FULL COUNSEL.SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.
LET'S CALL UP THE, UM, UH, THE NON-CONSENT, UH, ITEMS. UH, WE HAVE AN EMINENT DOMAIN ITEM, UH, FOR US TO CONSIDER.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 67 BEING A NON-CONSENT CONDEMNATION ITEM.
IS THERE A MOTION TO THE EFFECT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL LAWS AND AUTHORIZES THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY SET FORTH AND DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA FOR THE CURRENT MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC USES DESCRIBED THEREIN? DO I HAVE SUCH A MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY MAKES THE MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCIL MEMBER SECONDS? ANY DISCUSSION? I A VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED? I'M SEEING IT AS UNANIMOUS ON THE DIAS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, OFF, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND RECESS THE, UH, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT, UH, THREE 16.
[Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting ( Part 2 of 2 )]
UH, AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2022.IT IS THREE 16 AND WE ARE IN THIS THREE 17 NOW.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UH, HERE AT, UH, CITY HALL.
UH, MR. D MAYO, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA? SURE.
MANDY D MAYO AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
WE ONLY HAVE TWO THINGS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
THE FIRST IS APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 1ST, A HFC MEETING.
AND THE SECOND IS AUTHORIZING STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF, UH, CONTRACTS WITH 14 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS, AND PARTNERSHIPS, UM, THAT WERE SUCCESSFUL THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY INITIATED SOLUTIONS PROCESS.
UM, THESE WILL BE FUNDED WITH 20 MILLION, UH, IN PROJECT CONNECT ANTIS DISPLACEMENT FUNDING.
AND I DO HAVE HERE NEPHRO TD JACKMAN, WHO IS OUR COMMUNITY DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION OFFICER IN THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON, UH, THE SPECIFIC, UH, AGREEMENTS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING, AND I SHOULD NOTE THAT THEY ARE PART OF BACKUP.
THERE'S A MEMO IN BACKUP THAT LISTS ALL 14 ORGANIZATIONS.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT, UH, AGENDA, WHICH IS BOTH ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER DIRECTOR RENTER R MAKES THAT MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? UH, COUNCIL DIRECTOR OF VELA SECOND.
THAT MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.
UH, I KNOW THIS INVOLVE REAL EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY, UH, INVOLVEMENT IN THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING TO SEE THIS THROUGH THE ENTIRE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
IT IS EXCITING TO SEE, UH, THESE DOLLARS SPENT, UH, THIS WAY.
UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE FACT THAT WE MADE THIS A LINE ITEM IN PROJECT CONNECT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REVERBERATING AROUND THE COUNTRY.
UH, THE, THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION WAS IN TOWN LAST WEEKEND, MENTIONED IT, UH, AGAIN IN SOUTH, AND HE TALKS ABOUT IT AROUND THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF COMMITMENTS THAT, UH, WOULD BE GREAT IF WE WERE SEEING HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
SO IT'S A GREAT MODEL, A GREAT WAY TO STEP FORWARD.
TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED? I SEE IT AS BEING I CATHERINE KELLEY VOTING NO.
COUNCIL KELLEY ABSTAINS OTHERS VOTING I COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, HARPER MADISON AND, UH, FUENTES OFF THE, UH, UH, DAISH DIRECTORS.
UH, SO ON A VOTE OF, UH, EIGHT TO ZERO TO THREE, WITH THREE BEING ONE ABSTENTION AND TWO OFF THE DA AGAINST END AGENDA PASSES.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS FOR THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.
UM, MEETING, UH, THAT TAKES US THEN TO, UM, UH, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THAT MEETING AT, UH, THREE 19.
[Austin Housing and Public Facility Corporation Meeting]
GOING TO NOW CONVENE THE, UH, MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING PUBLIC FINANCE CORPORATION.UH, I THINK THIS IS THE VERY FIRST, UH, BOARD MEETING THAT WE HAVE OF THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE DIRECTOR'S PRESENT HERE ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, UH, 2022 AT THREE 20, UH, IN THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL OF CHAMBER HERE AT CITY HALL.
UH, YOU WANNA TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT, UH, AGENDA FOR THE, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING PUBLIC FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING? YES, SIR.
I'M THE, UH, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER.
I WILL NOTE THAT, UH, ITEM ONE ON THE A H P F C AGENDA IS, UH, THE ADOPTION OF BYLAWS AND SELECTION OF OFFICERS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT FIRST AND THEN I'LL WALK THROUGH THE, UH, UH, CONSENT AGENDA.
AND LET ME CORRECT THE RECORD.
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IS THE AUSTIN HOUSING PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION NOT FINANCE CORPORATION.I CALLED IT BY THE WRONG NAME AND I APOLOGIZE TO, TO THE FOLKS THAT'VE WORKED ON THIS SO HARD.
YOU WANT TO CALL THESE THINGS UP INDIVIDUALLY.
YOU WANT THAT HANDLED SEPARATELY? ONLY THE FIRST ITEM NEEDS, UH, NEEDS ACTION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE, UH, THE, THE BYLAWS AND APPROVE THE OFFICERS SELECTION PROCESSES SET FORTH IN THE BYLAWS? COUNCIL MEMBER THE RE MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SECONDS THAT ARE DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR POOL SECONDS AT ANY DISCUSSION? YES.
UM, UM, JUST SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT LATER.
I FELT LIKE THERE WAS SOME LATE BACKUP FOR ONE OF THESE MEETINGS.
I REMEMBERED TO DO THAT WHEN WE CALLED THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
MOST OCCASIONS I'M GONNA NEED THAT REMINDER.
UH, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THIS.
NUMBER ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS.
THOSE OPPOSED, IT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE DS WITH DIRECTORS HAR MEDICINE AND FUENTES OFF THE DA.
UH, WITH THAT NOW ACCOMPLISHED, YOU WANNA TAKE US THROUGH THE REST OF THE, THE CONSENT AGENDA? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, AGAIN, UH, YOU HAVE SEVEN ITEMS ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA.
THESE ARE SEVEN INDUCEMENT RESOLUTIONS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS.
UH, THESE, UH, APPLICATIONS INCLUDE THREE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION PARTNERSHIPS, TWO POTENTIAL AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE STILL UNDER NEGOTIATION.
ONE, UH, REHABILITATION PROPERTY, WHICH IS, UH, THE LAST ITEM THAT'S WOODWAY.
AND, UH, ONE PROPERTY THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
IT'S, UH, THE RBJ DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE OFFER ALL, ITS SEVEN OF THESE APPLICATIONS ON CONSENT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? UH, DIRECTOR AUTHOR MAKES THAT MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? UH, DIRECTOR, UH, VELA, UH, SECONDS.
THAT, UM, DIRECTOR, AUTHOR, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO IT FIRST? SURE.
UM, SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE MEETING, UM, FOR THE PUBLIC, CAN YOU JUST, UM, GO THROUGH WHAT AN INDUCEMENT RESOLUTION MEANS? YES.
UM, AN INDUCEMENT RESOLUTION IS A RESOLUTION BY, UH, THE GOVERNING BODY, UM, AND THE ISSUER OF THE PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS BOND REVIEW BOARD FOR THE, UH, ISSUANCE OF PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS.
UH, WE ARE INDUCING THAT APPLICATION SO THAT WE CAN THEN RECEIVE THOSE PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE ARE TAKING NO FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR BACKING THOSE BONDS.
THERE, THERE IS NO FINANCIAL, UH, RESPONSIBILITY UNDER H PFC OR UNDER AFC WHEN THEY ISSUE PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS AS WELL.
I DO NOTE IN, IN TAKING A LOOK AT THESE, THAT SIX OF THE SEVEN OF THESE PROJECTS ARE IN DISTRICTS ON THE EAST SIDE OF OUR CITY.
UH, AND, AND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT.
ALL RIGHT, UH, MOVED IN SECOND.
IT DOES IN FAVOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THOSE OPPOSED, UNANIMOUS ON THE DIAS.
COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, DIRECTOR KELLY VOTING, NO OTHERS VOTING? I, UH, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS OFF.
TWO DIRECTORS OFF THE DIAS, UH, DIRECTOR POIS AND, AND, AND DIRECTOR HARBOR MADISON.
SO ON A VOTE OF EIGHT TO ONE TO TWO, THE CONSENT AGENDA PASSES.
WITH THAT, WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE, UH, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING PUBLIC FACILITY, UH, UH, CORPORATION.
COUNCIL, THE DIRECTOR INTERVIEW.
I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT, UM, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FUND, UH, REBECCA BA JOHNSON.
OUR SENIOR FACILITY IS, UM, THAT ONE IS ON ITEM SEVEN.
AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU CUZ UH, IT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY IN MY COMMUNITY.
SO THANK AND BY HAVING THESE SENIORS THERE, THEY'RE, MOST OF 'EM ARE MY FRIENDS RIGHT NOW, SO THANK YOU
UM, BUT THAT THE, THE MEETING IS, UH, ADJOURNED HERE AT, UH, 3 25.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 3 25.
WE'RE CONTINUING HERE ON, ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2022.
COLLEAGUES, UH, WE HAVE A, UH, ITEM NUMBER 70, UH, WHICH IS THE ORDER QUALITY ORDINANCE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THAT TO OCTOBER 13TH? UH, MAYOR PROTA MAKES A MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER, VALI, ANY DISCUSSION GOES IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED, UNANIMOUS ON THE DICE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, FUENTES AND HARPER MADISON, OFF IT PASSES.
ITEM NUMBER 71, UH, IS THERE, UH, THIS IS THE AUSTIN ENERGY, UH, PSA CHARGE.
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IS THERE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM? OCTOBER 13TH.UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAKES THAT MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, ANY DISCUSSION? I PROAM.
UM, I HOPE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT MORE INFORMATION AND, UM, MATERIAL THAT WILL ALLOW US TO, UM, HONE IN ON THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
UM, THE REASONS FOR IT AND THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR ADDRESSING IT IN A WAY THAT RECOGNIZES THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY OF AUSTIN ENERGY AND THAT ENERGY PRICES HAVE GONE UP, UM, BUT RECOGNIZES THE BURDEN THAT THIS PLACE ON OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT THAT INFORMATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE A BROADER PERSPECTIVE ON HOW THE MARKET HAS CHANGED ACROSS TEXAS, UM, AND, AND IN WHAT THE STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ACCORDINGLY.
I REITERATE WE WOULD REITERATE THAT, UH, MANAGER, THIS IS BEING POSED POSTPONED, NOT BECAUSE WE'VE WANTED MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE NEAR ENOUGH ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER IT.
UM, LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON POSTPONE.
I THINK LET'S TAKE THE VOTE ON POSTPONING THOSE IN FAVOR.
THOSE OPPOSED, UNANIMOUS ON THE DIES WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS GOING THROUGH SOME HARPER MADISON OFF THE
DO WE HAVE A OVERSIGHT MEETING ON THE 11TH ALREADY SCHEDULED? YES.
SO, WE'LL, WE WILL THEN HAVE, AS PART OF THAT AGENDA, A DEEPER DIVE INTO THIS.
LET, LET'S HOPE WE CAN LET YOU LOOK AT THIS MEETING MANAGEMENT QUESTION.
UH, WE'RE EITHER GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT IT ON THE 11TH OR THE 13TH, SO IF YOU COULD HELP US FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.
BUT I WOULD BE PREPARED MANAGER IF YOU COULD, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT ON THE 11TH, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND PLEASE DON'T WAIT TILL THE 11TH TO GET US THE INFORMATION AND THE ANSWERS TO THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE WERE ASKING.
AND THEN JUST TO, UM, GIVE A LITTLE FORECAST ON THE 11TH, UH, AND PROBABLY BEFORE AUSTIN ENERGY IS WORKING WITH MY STAFF AND CITY, UM, STAFF GENERALLY TO SET UP A SERIES OF WORK SESSIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON NOT JUST THE PSA, BUT ALSO THE, UH, TAX RATE, UH, COST, THE RATE INCREASE.
THOSE TWO ISSUES THAT WE WILL NEED TO RESOLVE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THEM SEPARATE, BUT REALLY THEY JUST ARE WOVEN TOGETHER.
SO WE'RE SETTING UP A SERIES OF OPPORTUNITIES AND, AND IT WILL BE, I HOPE, NOT TOO MANY NEW MEETINGS.
WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THEM ON DATES THAT ARE ALREADY ENCUMBERED.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING AROUND, UH, TO HAVE PROBABLY FIVE, MAYBE SIX ADDITIONAL MEETINGS ON THESE.
UH, ALRIGHT, WITH THAT THEN, UH, LET'S MOVE THEN TO
[94. Approve an ordinance amending the bylaws for the Commission on Seniors.]
ITEM NUMBER 94.THIS IS THE, UH, BYLAWS CHANGE FOR THE COMMISSION ON SENIORS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN MAKES THAT MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO SECONDS THAT MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? STATE OF OATH? THOSE IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY ABSTAINS.
UH, IT PASSES WITH TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS OFF THE DIAS COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.
SO ON A VOTE OF 8 0 3 WITH ONE ABSTENTION, TWO OFF THE DI THAT ITEM PASSES.
THOSE ARE ALL THE, UH, NON-CONSENT ITEMS. WE HAVE THREE POLL ITEMS WE'RE GONNA CALL IN ORDER NOW, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO THE STATESMAN BUD DISCUSSION.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 53, 54 AND 59.
[Items 53 & 54]
TOVO.UM, YOUR RECOGNIZED ON 53 AND 54.
SO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THESE ON TUESDAY, BUT I NEED TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND WITH OUR POLICE TO, TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION.
I THINK THEY MAY BE ON, SHALL I JUST JUMP INTO MY QUESTIONS? YEAH, WE DO HAVE STAFF ONLINE.
UM, SO I THINK WE NEED TO JUST BACK UP FOR A MINUTE.
AND CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY WE ARE BEING ASKED TO ENGAGE IN AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ON THIS? UM, I DESCRIBED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ON CONSENT.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE KINDS OF OVERTIME, THESE OVERTIME OPPORTUNITIES ARE USUALLY HANDLED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY PROCESS.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY MY BASIS FOR THAT IS HAVING ASKED QUESTIONS IN THE PAST WHEN I'VE SEEN APD OFFICERS AT WHOLE FOODS OR OTHER KINDS OF PLACES, HOW THOSE ARRANGEMENTS ARE STRUCK.
AND IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM, FROM THE ANSWERS I GOT BACK IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT ALSO
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MY WORK ON THE SOBERING CENTER BOARD, THAT, THAT USUALLY THESE ARE AGAIN, ARRANGED OUTSIDE BY ONE OR TWO, UM, OFFICERS WHO RECRUIT OTHERS TO THOSE KINDS OF POSITIONS.AND SO I WHY ARE WE DOING IT INTERLOCAL AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SOBERING CENTER, WHEN THIS, WHEN APD WAS, I, ONE OF THE OFFICERS WAS, UH, RECRUITING DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT APD OFFICERS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN THAT OVERTIME POSITION.
AND THEN IT BECAME CHALLENGING TO DO SO BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF, UM, SOME OF THE VACANCIES THROUGHOUT OUR APD SYSTEM.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AFTER, AFTER IT BECAME A CHALLENGE TO GET THOSE POSITIONS STAFFED, THE SOBER CENTER IN MANY CONVERSATIONS, I KNOW, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ARIANO IS, IS AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER AND ATTENDED A LOT OF THOSE MEETING AND, AND HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.
YOU KNOW, THE SOBERING CENTER NOW WORKS WITH A PRIVATE SECURITY FIRM INSTEAD OF WITH P D BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE, UM, CAPACITY ISSUES.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A LOT OF CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION, BUT THE UPSHOT IS, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF US ASKED QUESTIONS IN THE Q AND A ABOUT WHETHER THIS WOULD IMPACT APD STAFFING AND WE'RE TOLD IT WOULD NOT, BUT I'M NOT CERTAIN I UNDERSTAND WHY THESE ARE BEING HANDLED THROUGH AN INTERLOCAL.
IT WOULD SEEM THAT, THAT THAT ARRANGEMENT MIGHT MAKE US RESPONSIBLE AS A CITY FOR SUPPLYING THOSE OFFICERS WHETHER OR NOT, UM, OFFICERS HAVE SIGNED UP TO BE PART OF THEIR, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OVERTIME OPPORTUNITY.
SO, I'M SORRY, LET ME START WITH THIS QUESTION.
IS IT, ISN'T IT, AM I ACCURATE IN THAT TYPICALLY THESE KINDS OF OVERTIME OPPORTUNITIES ARE ARRANGED OUTSIDE OF CITY PROCESSES? THEY'RE NOT PART OF KIND OF A CITY AGREEMENT.
THEY ARE INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS WHO ARE ORGANIZING EITHER FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR OTHERS, UH, THEIR COMMITMENT TO AN OUTSIDE PRIVATE BUSINESS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, RAY ARIAN.
AND AGAIN, UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO RESPOND TO THESE QUESTIONS.
IN ANSWER TO THAT DIRECT QUESTION, YES, IT IS TYPICALLY, UM, ARRANGED THROUGH EITHER SPECIAL EVENTS OR THROUGH THE SUPPLEMENTARY, UH, OFF DUTY HOURS, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE, THAT APD CAN STAFF THESE KINDS OF ASSIGNMENTS.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THESE INTER LOCALS ARE ON YOUR AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION BECAUSE THE, THE STATE OF TEXAS IN BOTH THE STA IN THE CASE OF UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, IS SPECIFICALLY REQUIRING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR THESE, UM, ASSIGNMENTS.
WE ARE, THERE IS FLEXIBILITY IN THE INTER LOCALS SHOULD WE NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO, TO PROVIDE THE, UM, THE RESOURCES REQUESTED FOR SECURITY.
UM, BUT WE BELIEVE, AGAIN, THERE SHOULD BE NO IMPACT, UH, TO OUR, UH, STAFFING OR OUR NORMAL PATROL OPERATIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES FOR THAT ARE REQUESTED IN THE ILA UM, ACR MARIANO, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE WAS A, THAT THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS THAT I KNOW YOU WERE ENGAGED WITH BACK WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SOBER CENTER, ABOUT WHETHER THERE COULD BE A MORE FORMAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SOBERING CENTER.
AND I THOUGHT THE ANSWER TO THAT WAS NO, IN PART BECAUSE OF THE, SOME OF THE CAPACITY ISSUES, EVEN THOUGH THAT IS AN ENTITY THAT WAS CREATED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY AND IS A FUN, I WOULD ARGUE IS A FUNDAMENTAL PART OF OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM.
AND AGAIN, UH, IT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CHALLENGED AND IS WORKING WITH THE, THE STAFFING THAT WE'RE HAVING.
WE'RE CERTAINLY MAKING PROGRESS IN TERMS OF THE CADE CLA ACADEMIES THAT WE'RE, UH, MAKING PROGRESS THROUGH.
I WOULD SAY THAT THE DIFFERENCE WITH BETWEEN THE, UM, SOBERING CENTER, UH, STAFFING SECURITY REQUIREMENTS, UH, AND THOSE THAT ARE CONTEMPLATED UNDER THE ILAS THAT ARE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE CONTINUOUS LONG TERM, UH, ENGAGEMENT THAT WOULD BE REPRESENTED IN A SOBERING CENTER ASSIGNMENT AS COMPARED TO IN THE CASE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ONCE A MONTH, UH, FOR TWO OR SOME SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND OR SPECIFIC, UH, EVENTS THAT ARE, UH, HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.
SO YOU MAY HAVE ADDRESSED, UM, THIS ISSUE IN YOUR RESPONSE JUST A MINUTE AGO, BUT I WANNA REALLY UNDERSCORE IT.
HOW DOES THE INTERLOCAL ADDRESS A SITUATION WHERE THERE AREN'T OFFICERS WHO ARE INTERESTED OR AVAILABLE FOR A PARTICULAR WEEKEND? IS IT, IS THE CITY ON THE HOOK TO SUPPLY THOSE OFFICERS? UH, I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UH, AND I CAN CERTAINLY DEFER TO, UH, ACS, DENNIS ZUKI TO SEE IF, IF WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A SPECIFIC INSTANCE WHERE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE IN TOTAL NOT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE, UM, NECESSARY SECURITY.
AGAIN, MOST OF WHAT WE WOULD DO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, IS TO PROVIDE SECURITY IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT OUTSIDE OF THE EVENTS.
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IT'S UHCS TR THE TRAVIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT IS REALLY INVOLVED IN SECURITY INSIDE, UM, THAT'S WHAT THEY DESCRIBED THE OTHER DAY.AND, AND, AND I, AND I WANNA SAY I APPRECIATED THE EXPLANATION THE OTHER DAY ABOUT WHY THAT'S A BENEFIT TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE TO HAVE APD ON THE OUTSIDE MANAGING THE TRAFFIC, THAT IT CAN ALLEVIATE ISSUES THAT WOULD IMPACT, YOU KNOW, BEYOND, BEYOND JUST THOSE IMMEDIATE BORDERS OF THE UNIVERSITY.
IT, I'LL, I'LL ASK YOUR COLLEAGUE, UM, IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTION.
IT, IT DOES SEEM, IT DOES SEEM THAT WITH AN INTERLOCAL IT WOULD BE MORE CHALLENGING IF THE ANSWER A PARTICULAR WEEKEND IS WE DON'T HAVE THE OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT BECAUSE WE'VE MADE THIS COMMITMENT TO THE STATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM IN THAT, IN THOSE CAPACITIES.
BUT WHAT DOES THE, WHAT DOES THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE ALLOW IN TERMS OF FLEXIBILITY? UM, I'D ASK PERHAPS IF, UH, MS. MICHELLE SCHMIDT, UM, MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE, IF SHE HAS THE ACTUAL, UH, LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF HER.
I'M MICHELLE SCHMID, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT LANGUAGE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT UM, CERTAINLY DOES SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT IT IS, UM, OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE FOR APD TO PROVIDE WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, I BELIEVE LAW IS THERE AND, AND MAY HAVE THAT CONTRACT IN FRONT OF THEM THAT CAN ADD ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC LANGUAGE TO CLARIFY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT ON BOTH OF THESE INTER LOCALS.
AND I DO HAPPEN TO HAVE, UM, THE DRAFT OF ONE OF THE INTER LOCALS IN FRONT OF ME.
AND THE LANGUAGE SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT I HAVE IT UNDERLINED.
UM, APD SHALL REVIEW EACH REQUEST AND DETERMINE IF A P D CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF UT AUSTIN FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL REQUEST.
APD SHALL NOTIFY THE UT AUSTIN LIAISON IF A AP D CAN OR CANNOT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL REQUEST.
AND, UH, IN THE STATEMENT OF SERVICES TO BE, TO BE PERFORMED IN SECTION TWO OF THE DRAFT INTERLOCAL, UM, APD SPECIAL EVENTS UNIT WILL PROVIDE TO UT AUSTIN ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS ALSO.
SO, UM, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION AND I'M, I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THAT WAS VERY, VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
UM, AND CAN SOMEWHAT AMONG YOU, PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEED IS FOR APD OFFICERS AT THE TECH DOT MEETINGS.
I UNDERSTOOD WELL THE RATIONALE THAT WAS BEING DESCRIBED ON TUESDAY ABOUT TRAFFIC CONTROL OUTSIDE UT BUT AS I REFLECTED ON IT BETWEEN TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T COME AWAY WITH THAT MEETING FOR A REAL CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHY OUR OFFICERS WOULD NEED TO BE PRESENT AT A TEXT STOP MEETING.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT WAS TWO OFFICERS, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY ASKED THAT QUESTION, THE Q AND A, BUT IT DID SAY IT WOULD FLUCTUATE AS NEEDED DEPENDING ON THE AGENDA, SO THAT'S CORRECT.
IT IS FOR, AS I'M UNDERSTANDING AS WELL, TWO OFFICERS FOR EACH OF THE MEETINGS FOR APPROXIMATELY THE TWO TO FOUR HOURS, HOWEVER LONG THE MEETING MIGHT, UM, LAST ON A MONTHLY BASIS AS TO WHY, IF THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING.
YEAH, IT WAS WHY, IT WAS WHY GIVEN THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS RIGHT AT THE STATE.
I I HAVE NOT ASKED THAT QUESTION.
I I DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY THAT CHIEF, UH, STEN SUSKI MIGHT HAVE THAT.
UH, YEAH, I I BELIEVE IT'S THE, THE BIGGEST REASON IS JUST SO WE CAN HAVE A, UH, COHESIVE METHOD OF CONVEYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT OUR ROLE IS.
SO IT'S MORE OF LIAISONS WITH THE SPECIAL EVENT AND SO WE CAN, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY NO GAPS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO IT'S, IT'S MORE OF A COLLABORATION, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
BUT THEY'RE PAYING, BUT THOSE ARE OVERTIME ISSUES.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE OVERTIME OFFICERS.
AND IT MIGHT VARY FROM OFFICER TO OFF, I MEAN, NOT CONSISTENTLY THE SAME AS I WOULD EXPECT A LIAISON TO BE.
THEY'LL BE JUST DIFFERENT OFFICERS DEPENDING ON WHO'S SIGNED UP FOR THAT OVERTIME.
I, I, AND SO, UH, PERHAPS MICHELLE SCHMIDT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE CAN ANSWER WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A SET RATE REGARDLESS OF THE RANK, IF YOU WILL, OR, UH, THAT WASN'T REALLY MY QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, I THINK IF MY COLLEAGUES DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, I THINK THE BEST THING I'M GONNA DO IS JUST TO NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY BASED ON SOME LINGERING CONCERNS.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
IT, IT IS VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT IF THERE IS, IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO SUPPLY THE NEED, UM, THAT
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OFFICERS WON'T BE DRAWN FROM OTHER AREAS.SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR THAT INFO.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS 53 AND 54? I NEED A MOTION PROVE.
PAGE 30 WORK COUNCIL FELLOW MAKES THE MOTIONS THERE.
SECOND TO THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER IN THREE SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED, THOSE ABSTAINING COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO ABSTAIN.
COUNCIL MEMBER 20TH AND HARPER MADISON OFF THE DI THE OTHERS VOTING AYE.
ON A EIGHT ZERO TO THREE, ONE ABS EXTENSION TWO GONE ITEMS OF 53 AND 54 CASUALLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS ALSO OFF.
SO WITH A VOTE OF 7 0 4, UM, WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN TO THOSE THAT ARE OFF THE DAY THAT THOSE ITEMS PASS.
THIS DOES BRING UP, UH, MANAGER THE RECURRING QUESTION ABOUT, UH, CITY STAFFING LEVELS.
I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CADET CLASSES.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO HEAR, UH, THE CONCERN THAT EVEN INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CADET CLASSES WILL NOT GET US ENOUGH OFFICERS TO, TO GET BACK TO THE APPROVED STAFFING LEVELS, UH, QUICKLY.
AND I THINK IT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL IF, IF THERE WAS KIND OF A RENEWED EFFORT TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, A PLAN OR PROPOSAL, WHAT DO WE DO IF WE WANT TO TRY TO CATCH THOSE NUMBERS UP MORE QUICKLY? UM, AS WE SEE WITH THE, WITH THE VACANCIES AND 9 1 1, THE CONCERNS WILL REACH KIND OF A TIPPING POINT THAN IT'LL BE THAT MUCH HARDER TO TO, BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH A, WITH A NOTE, BUT I THINK PROBABLY THE COMMUNITY'S ASKING FOR THAT AT THIS POINT.
UM, MAYOR, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT WE DID APPROVE A RESOLUTION FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY VACANCY STAFFING PLAN, WHICH FOR ME, WHEN I READ IT REALLY KIND OF CULMINATED EVERYTHING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE COULD ADD ADDITIONAL, UM, SPACES SO THAT WE COULD FILL THOSE VACANCIES.
I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITIES OR AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE IS INCREASING TRAINING CAPACITY.
AND SO IT MIGHT JUST BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT LOCATIONS WE COULD UTILIZE IN ORDER TO DO THAT, MAYBE WITH THE CITY MANAGER SO THAT WE COULD INCREASE THAT.
UM, JUST TRYING TO, TO ADD MY THOUGHTS THAT, THAT I THINK TIMING IS INCREASINGLY BECOMING AN ISSUE ON THIS.
UM, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT POLL ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 50,
YEAH, I JUST, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE SAID FOUR, BUT, OR I MAY HAVE HEARD FOUR.
[59. Approve a resolution authorizing the submittal of the Our Future 35: Connecting Equitably Study as a candidate for the Reconnecting Communities Pilot program, administered by the United States Department of Transportation, for funding and planning needs associated with the I-35 Cap and Stitch initiative.]
GO.I HAVE, UH, AN AMENDMENT WHICH I'VE, UH, IT'S IN THE BACKUP AND I'VE PASSED OUT TO, UH, THE DIAS I'VE, UH, CHECKED WITH, UH, STAFF AS WELL AND THEY'RE FINE WITH IT.
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE ITEM ITSELF.
IT IS TO APPLY FOR A PLANNING GRANT, UH, CALLED, UH, RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES TO HELP US ESSENTIALLY LOOK AT THE I 35 CORRIDOR AND, UH, TRY TO RECONNECT AUSTIN, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE HIGHWAY IN THE FUTURE, UH, AND TRY TO MAKE IT LESS OF A DIVISION, UH, AND MAKE IT JUST A BETTER CORRIDOR IN GENERAL.
MY AMENDMENT JUST IN THE, IN THE, THE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THERE WAS A FOCUS ON THE, UH, DOWNTOWN KIND OF SECTION, THE DOWNTOWN AND JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN, UH, SECTION IN TERMS OF THE CAPS IN, UH, UH, RECONNECTING THE, UH, THE CORRIDOR.
BUT MY AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE STAFF LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR, ALL THE WAY FROM, UH, US TWO 90 IN THE NORTH, IN IN DISTRICT FOUR, UH, DOWN TO, UH, THE 71 IN, UH, IN THE, IN THE SOUTH.
ARE THERE KITCHEN, UM, JUST TO COMMENT, I MEAN THIS IS, THIS IS FINE CUZ I THINK YOU INTENDED TO SAY THAT, TO DO THE CAPITAL EXPRESS, THE CENTRAL PART OF IT, THAT THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL OF I 35, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN PORTION, WHICH IS FROM BEN WHITE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SLAUGHTER.
SO DID YOU INTEND TO JUST KEEP IT IN? IS THERE ANY ROOM TO CONSIDER OTHER PORTIONS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UNFORTUNATELY, NO, THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE, OF I 35, I BELIEVE THE CONTRACT WAS JUST ISSUED MAYBE A MONTH AGO.
UH, I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE A $600 MILLION CONTRACT TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS NORTH OF TWO 90.
AND LIKEWISE, WITH THE PORTION SOUTH OF 71, THE, YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
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AND I BELIEVE IF IT'S NOT ALREADY, THE CONTRACT'S ALREADY BEEN LET, SO UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE ALREADY DONE WITH THOSE PORTIONS.BUT THIS LAST PORTION, WHICH IS REALLY THE HEART OF AUSTIN AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, HAS SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO, YOU KNOW, RECONNECT OUR, UH, COMMUNITY AND UNDO SO MUCH DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE WHEN WE ORIGINALLY BUILT, UH, I 35.
I JUST WANNA, IT, IT'S, I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'RE DOING DOWNTOWN WITH THE IDEA OF THE, THE CAPS, WHAT'S GOOD THERE, YOU KNOW, IN, IN DOWNTOWN AND RECONNECTING THOSE COMMUNITIES IS ALSO VERY GOOD IN DISTRICT FOUR.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE COULD BURY I 35 THERE AND RECONNECT THE COMMUNITY THERE, THAT'S, UH, THE DIRECTION THAT, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, GO IN AND, AND JUST, I WILL BE BRINGING, UH, AN ITEM BEFORE COUNCIL ON THIS ALONG THE SAME TOPIC.
UM, IT, IT'S JUST, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
I KNOW THAT TEXT.IS RELUCTANT TO KIND OF GO AS FAR AS MAYBE MANY OF US ON THE DIAS WOULD LIKE TO GO, BUT I, I DO REALLY THINK WE HAVE TO PUSH THIS AS, AS, AS FAR AS WE CAN.
C KITCHEN, UH, YES, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND, AND I SUPPORT THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, I WOULD JUST SAY I, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT EAST WEST CONNECTIONS THROUGH THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF 35 MM-HMM.
NOW, I WOULD SAY THAT THE, THE SEGMENT DOWN TO BEN WIDE IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS BECAUSE WHAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED IS, UM, AN ELEVATED FREEWAY THERE.
SO WE'RE JUST PUSHING THE ELEVATED FROM, FROM WHERE IT IS NOW TO FURTHER SOUTH, WHICH IS GONNA CREATE GREATER, UM, DIVISIONS MM-HMM.
I JUST WOULD LIKE OUR STAFF TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON EAST WEST CONNECTIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF 35.
AND I, I, I COMPLETELY AGREE AND, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN 51ST STREET IN, IN MY DISTRICT AND TWO 90, THERE'S 0.7 MILES WITHOUT AN EAST WEST CROSSING AND IN, IN A VERY DENSELY POPULATED, LOTS OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND NO EAST WEST CROSSING BETWEEN US 180 3, UH, AND RUNDBERG, UH, AGAIN, IN MY DISTRICT, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 1.5 MILES WITHOUT AN EAST WEST CROSSING IN A MAJOR AMERICAN CITY.
AND THAT'S JUST UNACCEPTABLE FOR PURPOSES OF MOBILITY AND, AND TECH DOT KNOWS, TECH.IN THAT 51ST THROUGH TWO 90 SECTION, THEY'RE PROPOSING A, A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE BECAUSE OF SO MANY DEATHS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OF FOLKS TRYING TO WALK ACROSS I 35.
UH, SO AGAIN, EVEN THEY IN THEIR CURRENT PLAN ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE IS THIS NEED FOR EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY.
I THINK THAT'S JUST A SMALL PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
THERE IS NOT A, A GOOD SOLUTION.
BUT, UH, I THINK THIS IS A, A FIRST STEP FORWARD TOWARD, AND, AND I DO GOTTA GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO, I KNOW MIKE TREMBLE IS IN THE AUDIENCE, AND, AND I SPOKE WITH, UH, HIM AND, AND, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, UH, FIAN DACA YESTERDAY, AND I, THEY HAVE BEEN REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS IN THIS REGARD.
UH, THIS IS A LITTLE PUSH, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF CONTINUE IN, IN THOSE SAME EFFORTS.
UM, LET'S CONTINUE TO TALK FOR, LET'S MOVE PAST THIS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN SO WE GET INTO THE LONGER TIME ITEM AIR PRO TIME.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER BAY, I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, BRINGING THIS UP.
AND I WANTED TO ASK IF OUR MOBILITY CHAIR, IF WE COULD, UM, MAYBE HAVE A AGENDA ON ONE OF OUR NEXT MOBILITY COMMITTEE MEETINGS WHERE WE, WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, UM, ENDS OF THAT CENTRAL SEGMENT THAT WE TALK LESS ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE CAPS AND, AND, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE FOR EAST WEST OR WHAT SOME OF THE CONSTRAINTS ARE FOR ADDING THAT, UM, IN THE FUTURE.
I, I THINK WE, WE'VE SPENT A LOT MORE TIME ON THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CENTRAL SECTION.
UM, AND, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD, UM, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS DIRECTLY.
I KNOW THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR IS WHERE ALL THE FOCUS IS ATTEN, UH, ALL THE ATTENTION IS BEING FOCUSED RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT, BUT THE NORTH AND SOUTH, I JUST THINK GENERALLY HIGHWAYS IN AUSTIN, IN IN OTHER BIG TEXAS CITIES, WE NEED TO BE UNDERSTANDING BETTER HOW TO NOT FURTHER DIVIDE COMMUNITIES.
AND SO SINCE THE SOUTH AND NORTH DIDN'T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO AT LEAST HAVE THE CONVERSATION, FIGURE OUT WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE CAN POSSIBLY DO TO, UM, INCENTIVIZE, YOU KNOW, BETTER DECISIONS AND MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MOVING FORWARD.
UM, BUT ALSO TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING CREATIVE HERE LOCALLY TO TRY TO BRING COMMUNITIES PHYSICALLY BACK TOGETHER.
SO I WOULD, UH, MOVE PASSAGE WITH MY, UH, AMENDMENT.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION?
THERE WAS ABSTAINING COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY ABSTAINS.
TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS OFF THE, UH, DA COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FUTU AND HARPER MADISON.
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AN EIGHT TO ONE TO TWO VOTE NO.EIGHT TO ZERO, YOU ABSTAIN OR WERE VOTED AGAINST 8 0 3 VOTE OF THE THREE BEING ONE ABSTENTION AND TWO OFF THE, UH, DI THIS ITEM PASSES COLLEAGUE.
THAT GETS US TO, UH, THE, UH, STATESMEN, UH, UH, UH, PUT, UH, I WANT TO CALL STAFF UP TO, TO, TO ORIENT US.
UM, AND AGAIN, MY RECOMMENDATION'S GONNA BE THAT, UH, WE NOT VOTE ON THIS TODAY, BUT WE REALLY SUBSTANTIALLY ADVANCE ISSUES, TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE.
UM, I'VE HANDED OUT TWO DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NOW IN BACKUP AND HAVE BEEN PRODUCED, UH, THAT I'M GOING TO BE USING.
AND CERTAINLY PEOPLE ARE INVITED TO USE THOSE IF IT HELPS THEM.
MAY COULD I HAVE A JUST PROCEDURAL QUICK QUESTION.
SO, UM, ARE, ARE YOU THINKING THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH EACH OF OUR AMENDMENTS? YES.
YES, THE LIST OF, UH, OF, OF, OF, UM, IDENTIFIED ISSUES WAS DONE BEFORE AMENDMENT.
SO IT DOESN'T INCLUDE MY AMENDMENT OR ANYONE.
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WANT TO, I WANT US TO GET THROUGH ALL THOSE IF WE CAN.UH, WE HAVE PROCLAMATIONS THAT ARE SET RIGHT NOW AT FIVE 30 THAT IS, UH, UH, AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY.
WE COULD CERTAINLY HIT THAT LATE OR WE COULD TAKE, UH, A QUICK BREAK AND LET PEOPLE GO TO THE RESTROOM AND THE LIKE AND COME BACK IF WE NEED TO, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE MAKE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS ON THIS ITEM.
JERRY, SO MATTER IF I COULD JUST REAL QUICK, UH, WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, ITEM AUTOMATED TWO CASE NPA 2019 0 22 0.02, WHICH IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS BUD, THE RELATED ZONING CASES.
ITEM NUMBER 83, CASE C 8 14 89 0 0 3 0.02.
UM, AS WE SPOKE ABOUT TUESDAY AT THE WORK SESSION, IF THE COUNCIL RECALLS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, STAFF HIRED, UM, ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS INCORPORATED OTHERWISE KNOWN AS EPS TO HELP STAFF IN ASSIST IN, UM, ANALYZING THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THIS POD.
UM, WE HAVE HAD, UH, DARREN FROM EPS, UH, AND LUKE PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY, UH, THE FIRST PHASE OF THEIR, UM, STUDY, WHICH LOOKED AT THE, UH, UPDATING THE COST ESTIMATES, UM, THE COST OF THE ITEMS THAT THE APPLICANT HAD AGREED TO, AS WELL AS THE COST OF SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT THE APPLICANT HAD NOT AGREED TO.
UH, WE DO HAVE DARREN SMITH ON THE, UM, UM, ON THE WEBEX RIGHT NOW TO WALK US THROUGH THE FINAL PHASE OF THAT REPORT, UH, WHICH DISCUSSES THE ECONOMICS AS THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE, AS LONG AS WE REFRESHER ON THE, UH, UH, SOME OF THE AMENDMENT NUMBERS.
SO I THINK IT'D BE BEST MAYOR IF WE START WITH, UH, DARREN WALKING US THROUGH THAT PRESENTATION.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, UM, I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, COURSE THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL.
CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.
UM, AGAIN, I'M DARREN SMITH, MANAGING PRINCIPLE WITH ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS AND WITH MY COLLEAGUE LUKE FA, UH, WHO PRESENTED SOME PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS TO COUNCIL IN JULY.
EPS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY STAFF TO UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS OF THE STATESMAN PUT PROPOSAL AND SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS.
THIS STATEMAN HUD, UM, AT 3 0 5 SOUTH CONGRESS HAS PROPOSED AS A THREE AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FOOT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE LAKE.
AND AT ABOUT 19 ACRES REPRESENT ABOUT 20% OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT DISTRICT'S AREA.
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO FINANCIAL ANALYSIS DONE FOR THE CITY BY CONSULTANTS AT ECO NORTHWEST, UH, IN PREVIOUS YEARS, ONE IN 2016, AND A FOLLOW UP IN 2020.
THE MOST REASON OF WHICH SUGGESTED A FUNDING GAP FOR THE STATEMENT PUT PROJECT OF ABOUT 146 MILLION, MEANING THAT IT'S, UH, THE COST TO DEVELOP IT, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS AND EXACTIONS, UM, WOULD EXCEED THE PROJECT'S VALUE BY ABOUT 146 MILLION EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AFTER CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THE REZONING FOR THE SITE WITH A NUMBER OF AMENDMENT REQUESTS INCLUDED, THE DEVELOPER IDENTIFIED SIX OF THOSE AMENDMENT REQUESTS THAT THEY COULD NOT AGREE TO ON THE BASIS THAT THE PROJECT COULD NOT BEAR THE ADDITIONAL COST OF THESE ITEMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE PURPOSE OF EPSS ASSIGNMENT IS THREEFOLD.
NUMBER ONE, TO UPDATE THE 2020 ECO NORTHWEST FINDINGS USING CURRENT MARKET ECONOMICS AND DETERMINE IF THAT PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED FUNDY GAP HAS CHANGED.
NUMBER TWO, TO ESTIMATE THE COSTS OF EACH OF THE SIX AMENDMENT REQUEST ITEMS THAT THE DEVELOPER DID NOT AGREE TO.
AND NUMBER THREE, TO ESTIMATE THE VALUE OF THE SUPERIOR COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT ARE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE CURRENTLY PROPOSED.
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AND THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE, UH, REVIEW OF MATERIAL PRESENTED IN JULY.SO I'M GOING TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH THEM, BUT I INVITE THE CONVERSATION, UH, FOLLOWING THE FLY OF COURSE.
UM, SO THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS TAKE THE FINDINGS OF THE ECO NORTHWEST 2020 ANALYSIS AND USE MARKET METRICS TO INFLATE THE VALUE SIDE AND THE COST SIDE OF THE EQUATION TO REFLECT MARKET CHANGES SINCE THAT STUDY WAS COMPLETED.
UH, IN SO DOING, WE FOUND THAT WHILE VALUE SIDE METRICS HAVE INDEED INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE INTERIM, THAT IS, SAY RENTS HAVE GONE UP, PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY BY 25% IN JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS.
CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE ACTUALLY INCREASED EVEN MORE SUGGESTING THAT THE, THE OVERALL, UH, PROJECT ECONOMICS HAVE NOT IMPROVED, UH, IN SPITE OF THE INCREASING VALUE AND THAT THE FUNDING GAP REMAINS AND PERHAPS HAS EVEN GROWN.
ON THIS SLIDE, WE, UH, SPEAK TO THE VARIOUS ITEMS THAT PLANNING COMMISSION AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD SUGGESTED AS AMENDMENTS.
UM, THESE ARE THE SIX REQUESTS TO WHICH THE DEVELOPER HAS NOT AGREED, AND I WANNA POINT OUT THAT THESE REQUESTED AMENDMENTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY ADDITIVE AS THREE OF THEM.
UH, PIECE THE PLANNING COMMISSION NUMBER 14, PLANNING COMMISSION NUMBER 21, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S, UH, ITEM HAD REFLECT DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT TAKES ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO IN SOME OF THESE CASES, WE'VE SIMPLY ESTIMATED THESE COSTS BASED ON THE CAPITAL COST OF DEVELOPING THE REQUESTED FEATURES SUCH AS THE 2.7 MILLION FIGURE FOR THE PIER AND WATER STEPS UNDER, UM, PC 16.
AND, UH, UNDER PC, UM, SORRY, 20, UH, ABOUT 15.7 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BAR BARTON STRINGS SPRINGS EXTENSION AND BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.
IN THE OTHER CASES, WE'VE ESTIMATED THE IMPACT ON THE PROJECT REVENUES OR OPERATING EXPENSES SUCH AS PROVIDING MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS OR DEEPER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY.
WE'RE REQUIRING THE DEVELOPMENT TO FUND PARK MAINTENANCE IN SUCH CASES THE NET OPERATING INCOME GENERATED BY THE PROJECT WOULD GO DOWN, WHICH HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE PROJECT'S VALUE.
AND WE'VE USED, UH, STANDARD MARKET STANDARD CAPITALIZATION RATES TO ESTIMATE THE COST IMPACT OF THOSE REQUEST.
AND AS YOU SEE, THEY RANGE SIGNIFICANTLY FROM AS LITTLE AS, UH, JUST OVER $2 MILLION FOR THE PIER AND AND WATER STEPS TO WELL OVER 200 MILLION UNDER ONE INTERPRETATION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING LEFT.
THEN THIS SLIDE, WE'VE USED A SIMILAR APPROACH TO ESTIMATE THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUPERIOR BENEFITS PROPOSED IN THE PUT AND AS SHOWN, WE ESTIMATE THE TOTAL COST OF TO THE PROJECT OF THESE ITEMS TO BE IN THE RANGE OF 118 MILLION.
UM, NOW THESE ARE A COMBINATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL SPACE, UH, UNDERGROUND PARKING AS OPPOSED TO ABOVEGROUND PARKING, AND THERE'S A COST, SIGNIFICANT COST PREMIUM ASSOCIATED WITH DOING THAT.
UH, THERE'S SOME PARK LAND DEDICATION AND IMPROVEMENT FEES THAT EXCEED THE STANDARDS FOR THE CITY.
UM, THE EXPECTATION THAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE MAINTAINING THE COST OF THE PARK LAND EASEMENT.
AND FINALLY, UH, LAND DEDICATION, ONE, ROUGHLY TWO ACRES OF LAND WOULD BE DEDICATED FOR, UH, THE BARN SPRINGS EXTENSION AND BIKE AND PET FACILITIES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE, UH, DEVELOPABLE.
SO AGAIN, THE SUM OF THESE ITEMS COMES TO ABOUT $118 MILLION.
SO WHAT WE PRESENTED THUS FAR WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT ACTUALLY THE SAME AS WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN, UH, JULY.
AND TO THAT WE'VE ADDED SOME NEW INFORMATION.
UH, WE'VE CONDUCTED ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE VALUE OF THE PROPOSED PUT RELATES TO THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY UNDER ITS CURRENT DEVELOPMENT ENTITLEMENT.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE DENSITY FROZEN SQUARE FEET TO 3.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET.
AND THIS DENSITY INCREASE SHOULD HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE VALUE OF THE SITE, OF COURSE, AND BASED ON OTHER DOWNTOWN HIGHRISE LAND TRANSACTIONS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE ESTIMATE THAT THE LAND MAY BE WORTH OVER 217 MILLION ONCE IT'S ENTITLED AND IMPROVED.
UH, HOWEVER, THE COMPARABLE TRANSACTIONS RE REFLECT SMALL SITES.
EACH OF THEM IS UNDER AN ACRE THAT ALREADY HAVE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE SITE.
AND THE MENT PROPERTY IS A LARGE SITE THAT NEEDS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ON AND OFFSITE
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INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT THE REQUESTED DENSITY.THESE COSTS ARE ESTIMATED AT ROUGHLY 102 MILLION.
WE ESTIMATE THE NET VALUE AFTER THE SITE IS IMPROVED TO BE ROUGHLY 115 MILLION BEFORE ACCOUNTING FOR THE PUT EXACTIONS.
SO THAT'S THE 217,000,217 MILLION.
UH, ONCE IT'S IMPROVED, MINUS THE 102 MILLION OF COSTS TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD NET ABOUT 115 MILLION.
NOW THIS 115 MILLION WOULD REPRESENT A 41 MILLION VALUE INCREASE COMPARED TO, UH, THE EXISTING PROPERTY VALUE.
ACCORDING TO TCAD, UH, THE PROPERTY WHICH INCLUDES BOTH THE LAND AND AND EXISTING 305,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IS WORTH ROUGHLY $74 MILLION.
SO THE, THE 115 NET VALUE, UH, WOULD EXCEED THAT CURRENT VALUE BY 41 MILLION.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE 102 MILLION OF INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS DO NOT INCLUDE THE COST OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE OTHER SUPERIOR BENEFITS, UH, DISCUSSED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
AND, UH, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THAT, UH, THOSE ITEMS SUM TO ABOUT 118 MILLION COST.
SO ONCE THOSE COSTS ARE NETTED OUT OF THE VALUE GAINED FROM THE INCREASED DENSITY, WE CONCLUDE AS ECO NORTHWEST PREVIOUSLY DID, THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS NOT FEASIBLE UNDER CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS.
UM, MEANING THAT IT WOULD NEED SOME COMBINATION OF MARKET IMPROVEMENTS AND OR PUBLIC SUBSIDY TO BE FEASIBLE AND ANY ADDITIONAL EXACTIONS REQUIRED OF THE PROJECT ARE THUS EXPECTED TO MAKE THE PROJECT LESS FEASIBLE AND REQUIRE FURTHER MARKET IMPROVEMENTS AND OR SUBSIDY.
SO THIS SLIDE LAYS OUT THE MATH I JUST, UH, DESCRIBED TO YOU AND WE'LL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO, UH, VISIT ON ANY OF THESE LINE ITEM WHEN THE Q AND A SECTION COMES, BUT I'VE ALREADY DESCRIBED HOW IT WORKS.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE, SORRY, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, SO THIS GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATES THE ESTIMATED GROSS VALUE OF THE LAND ONCE IT'S IMPROVED.
THAT, UH, VERTICAL BAR, GREEN BAR IS THE $218 MILLION, UH, TOTAL VALUE ONCE IMPROVED.
AND THEN IT COMPARES THAT TO THE CURRENT PROPERTY VALUE, THE LOWEST, THE DARK GREEN ON THE RIGHT, UH, 74 MILLION AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS OF 102 MILLION TO IMPROVE THE LAND.
AND SO THE TOP OUTLINED IN RED IS THE, THE 41 MILLION NET GAIN IN VALUE, UH, THAT WOULD ACCRUE PRIOR TO, UH, THE COST OF THE PUTS ACTIONS.
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE TAKES THAT SAME 41 MILLION AND LAYS IT ASIDE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VARIOUS, UH, SUPERIOR BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUT AS CURRENTLY PROPOSED, WHICH AGAIN, IS A COMBINATION OF LAND DEDICATIONS, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL SPACE, UH, THE UNDERGROUND PARKING.
AND SO AGAIN, THAT SUMS TO ABOUT 118 MILLION.
SO THE, THE DIFFERENCE IN HEIGHT OF THESE TWO BARS IS ABOUT $77 MILLION, WHICH IS THE, UH, SCALE OF THE, UH, MARKET IMPROVEMENTS AND OR, UH, PUBLIC SUBSIDY THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT TO PROCEED, UH, UNDER THE PROPOSED PUT.
SO IN SOME, UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE OUR CONCLUSIONS THAT, UH, CHANGES TO THE MARKET ECONOMICS SINCE THE 2020 ECO NORTHWEST ANALYSIS HAVE LIKE THE INCREASED THE STATESMAN FEASIBILITY CHALLENGES, BUT STILL DEVELOPABLE LAND IN DOWNTOWN OFTEN OBVIOUSLY HAS SIGNIFICANT MARKET VALUE AND ADDING DENSITY SHOULD ADD LAND VALUE.
UM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE COST TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY MUST BE NETTED OUT FROM ITS GROSS VALUE TO UNDERSTAND THE NET VALUE TO THE DEVELOPER.
AND AGAIN, WE ESTIMATE THAT NET VALUE BEFORE THE PUT ACTIONS TO BE ABOUT 41 MILLION OVER ITS CURRENT MARKET VALUE.
UM, AND THE COST OF THE BENEFITS ALREADY AGREED TO, UH, EXCEED THAT 41 MILLION BY A FAIR MARGIN AND SUGGEST THAT AGAIN, MAR MARKET IMPROVEMENTS OR, UH, SUBSIDY WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT TO IN FACT, UH, MOVE FORWARD IN THE VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, PAUSE, UM, AND SEE WHAT WE
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WANT TO DISCUSS.ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, COUNCIL KITCHEN, UM, I WANTED TO EXAMINE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER THE COST OF THE UNDERGROUND PARKING.
THIS IS SOMETHING I SURE I DON'T REMEMBER US REALLY DIVING INTO.
AND AS, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION, I'M LOOKING AT THE CLOCK BEFORE WE ASK THIS PERSON QUESTION, WE HAVE THEM.
I ALSO DON'T WANT TO USE UP ALL OUR TIME TODAY GOING TO A LEVEL OF DETAIL LIKE THIS THAT WE, WE COULD ALSO GET ANSWERS TO IF WE JUST IDENTIFY THE QUESTION AND ASK FOR A FOLLOW UP.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE STILL HAVE TIME.
I CAN JUST IDENTIFY THE QUESTION.
NO, I'M HAPPY TO JUST IDENTIFY THE QUESTION.
UM, I, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, UH, FOR THE UNDERGROUND PARKING, AND I WOULD LIKE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY, WHY 4,000? UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO POINT ME TO THE RATIONALE FOR IT SOMEWHERE THAT I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON A PROJECT CONNECT LINE AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF SPACES, UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT COSTS SO MUCH.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S HAVING A BIG IMPACT ON WHAT WE CAN DO THERE AND WHAT WE CAN AFFORD FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR OTHER THINGS LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO I'LL JUST PUT THAT AS A PLACEHOLDER AND IF, IF SOMEONE CAN POINT ME TO WHERE I CAN UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE FOR THAT SIZE OF AN UNDERGROUND, UH, PARKING THAT'S SO EXPENSIVE, I, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
PLEASE PROVIDE THE UNDERLYING DATA OR BASIS TO SUPPORT THE COST NUMBER.
WELL, I ALSO WANNA SUPPORT WHY 4,000, UM, WHY SO MANY SPACES? OKAY, GUYS? YEAH, I HAVE, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I, I GUESS I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE STOCK OF, OF WHAT WE WANNA DO HERE.
THIS IS A, I MEAN THE INFORMATION WE JUST GOT I THINK GETS TO THE CRUX OF THE ISSUES THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING ABOUT A LOT OF THESE AREAS.
AND I'M NOT SURE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, I THINK THE QUESTION YOU'VE RAISED DOES HAVE A DOLLAR SIGN HERE ATTACHED TO IT.
AND IT IS ALSO GETTING TO THE KIND OF SOME OF THE CRUX OF THE ISSUE.
SO I'M NOT SURE, WHILE I APPRECIATE OUR INTEREST IN CONTAINING THE CONVERSATION HERE TODAY, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A BACK AND FORTH ON THIS ISSUE.
UM, ABOUT THE PRESENTATION THAT WE JUST GOT GOT, UH, HERE TODAY.
I THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AS I SEE IT, UM, THE ISSUES THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED, MAYOR, WHERE THERE'S SOME REAL DIVERGENCE, YOU KNOW, AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, WHAT YOU'VE JUST IDENTIFIED, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS, IS A HIGH AMOUNT.
AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WANNA GET INTO HERE TODAY AND WHAT WE DON'T WANNA GET INTO, BUT THESE ARE, THESE ARE JUST THE ISSUES WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SORT THROUGH.
SO WHAT, WHAT, UM, HOW DO YOU WANNA DIVIDE UP OUR TIME HERE TODAY? BECAUSE I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT.
I'M GONNA HAVE MORE ONCE I HAVE A TIME TO, TO REVIEW IT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT TUESDAY PRESENTATION SO THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT IT AND ASK QUESTIONS BY THURSDAY, BUT I JUST DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START.
IS THE REPORT THAT WE GOT LATE SO NO ONE'S HAD A CHANCE REALLY TO DEVELOP QUESTIONS.
UH, I THINK WE SHOULD BE HIT TRYING TO HIT AS MANY ISSUES AT A HIGH LEVEL AS WE CAN.
WHERE ARE PEOPLE ON AFFORDABILITY? WHERE ARE PEOPLE? AND I THINK WE COULD GO THROUGH THOSE 12.
AND I THINK WITH RESPECT TO THOSE 12, IT MAY BE THAT WE SAY, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY CAN'T ANSWER THIS QUESTION UNTIL WE BETTER UNDERSTAND THE COSTS WITH RESPECT TO THIS.
SO IT COULD BE THAT A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS WILL TURN US BACK TO THAT.
AND I THINK IF WE DO IT THAT WAY, WE'LL HAVE A CONTEXT FOR THE COST QUESTIONS.
UH, SO, SO I WOULD SAY REALLY BIG HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW ON COST.
LET'S GO THROUGH THE ISSUES AND THEN LET'S COME BACK THEN TO THE, TO THE COST.
MY GUESS IS WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO RESOLVE A LOT OF THESE ISSUES, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SURFACE THE KINDS OF INFORMATION PEOPLE NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE A FINAL OPINION ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THAT WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT MAYBE THE DEVELOPER CAN SPEAK TO THE QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED BECAUSE 70 MILLION IS A LOT, AND IF WE'RE TRYING, YOU KNOW, IF OUR PRIORITY IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT MIGHT BE A TRADE OFF THAT WE WANNA TALK ABOUT.
YEAH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T, I'M NOT INFORMED AS TO THE REASONING BEHIND THAT NUMBER OF, UH, OF, UM, YOU KNOW, OF, OF CAR OF SPACES FOR CARS.
AND SO GIVEN THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT THE DOLLAR COST HERE, I JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO, SO MAYOR, WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION NOW OR WE CAN HAVE IT LATER.
WELL SEE THE, THE, THE COST NUMBER AROSE BECAUSE OF WHICH AMENDMENT ABOVE GROUND PARKING AT A COST OF CONSTRUCTING 39 81 SPACES UNDERGROUND.
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AND THE ORANGE LINE CROSSING.SO I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE BASIS BEHIND THE 39 81.
SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHERE 39 81 COMES FROM? THE 39 81 IS LESS THAN THE CODE WOULD OTHERWISE REQUIRE, UM, BUT IT IS THE NUMBER THAT THE APPLICANT PROPOSED, SO I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO MAKE THE, UH, UM, PROPERTY LEASEABLE THAT I WILL, UH, PREFER FOR THEM TO ANSWER THAT DIRECTLY, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
IF WE COULD JUST SPEAK TO THAT.
SO, SO WOULD YOU COME UP, WHERE IS THE 39 81 NUMBER COME FROM? THAT'S A NUMBER OF SPACES, RIGHT? THAT'S A NUMBER OF SPACES, RIGHT? THAT REPRESENTS A NUMBER THAT IS ABOUT 35% LESS THAN WHAT CODE WOULD REQUIRE.
AND THEN WHAT WE DID WAS WE LOOKED AT THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO THAT REDUCTION IS TO HAVE A MONOLITHIC GARAGE, ONE GARAGE WHERE EVERYBODY'S SHARING, AND THEN YOU CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SPACES AND GET THERE.
WE ALSO WENT AROUND THE COUNTRY AND LOOKED AT WHAT GREAT WATERFRONT PROPERTIES LOOKED LIKE.
IN, IN THE KEY, ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS WAS YOU DON'T HAVE PARKING GARAGES ABOVE GRADE LIKE WE SEE HERE, AND THEN BUILDINGS ON TOP BECAUSE YOU END UP WITH A WALL EFFECT.
SO IT WAS A COMBINATION OF DESIGN REDUCTION IN PARKING AND UM, WE GOT IT DOWN AS LOW AS WE COULD.
SO WAS THERE, WAS THERE AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS OFFERED BY PLANNING COMMISSION THAT SAID, PUT THE PARKING SPACES UNDERGROUND? NO, WE'VE ALWAYS PROPOSED UNDERGROUND.
THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE SAID WE DON'T CARE ABOUT UNDERGROUND PARKING, PUT IT ABOVE GROUND, SAVE THE MONEY.
AND THAT GETS BACK TO WHETHER OR NOT THE UNDERGROUND PARKING IS A SUPERIORITY ITEM OR NOT.
SO, UH, LET ME ASK YOU JUST ANOTHER QUESTION.
SO THE, UM, THE 39 81, IS THAT, CAN YOU TELL ME JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT'S BASED ON? IS THE THINKING THAT'S NEEDED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA LIVE THERE OR PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING TO VISIT? OR IS IT A COMBINATION? IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE OFFICE SPACE, THE RETAIL SPACE, THE HOTEL SPACE, THE CONDO SPACE, AND THE APARTMENTS.
AND DOES IT ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT IT'S ON, UM, YOU KNOW, THE RAILROAD INFLUENCE OF RAIL LINES? IT DOES.
SO THERE WAS A FACTOR THAT REDUCED, WAS THAT THE 35% OR WAS THAT SOMETHING ELSE? UM, I WOULD HAVE TO GET WITH OUR PARKING GUYS TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY DID IT.
BUT WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY SAID IF YOU HAVE ONE GARAGE THAT EVERYBODY GETS TO SHARE, YOU CAN REDUCE IT DOWN BELOW CODE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE FINANCIAL PRESSURES OF BEING ABLE TO FINANCE A THING WITH PARKING.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT QUITE TO THE POINT YET, LIKE IN NEW YORK WHERE YOU CAN FINANCE A PROJECT THAT HAS NO PARKING.
I, I WILL THINK ABOUT THAT AND DIG INTO SOME MORE DETAIL.
I MAY HAVE SOME MORE DETAIL I WANT TO ASK.
AND THE REASON, AND I, AND I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, CUZ THAT'S REALLY 70 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE, UH, SUPERIORITY HERE.
PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE STRUGGLING TRYING TO, UM, TO ADDRESS SOME OTHER PRIORITIES.
AND, AND I THINK THEIR NEXT STEP WOULD BE, DON'T DO UNDERGROUND PARKING.
TAKE THAT 70 MILLION, PUT IT TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
NOW WE'D BE FORCED TO BE BUILDING ABOVE GRADE PARKING, WHICH BY THE WAY, WE WON'T DO, CUZ IF, IF WE'RE NOT GONNA BUILD ABOVE GRADE PARKING AT THIS LOCATION ON THE LAKE.
BUT IF WE DID, YOU'D HAVE TO NET OUT THE COST NOW OF MORE PARKING CUZ YOU CAN'T SHARE MM-HMM.
AND THE THINKING IS THAT YOU CAN'T REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SPACES ENOUGH TO CUT THAT COST.
CUZ YOU DON'T, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO SHARE BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS WITH PARKING GARAGES AND YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO SHARE 'EM.
WELL YOU COULD JUST CUT OUT A FLOOR OF THE UNDERGROUND PARKING, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS YOU MUCH SO.
BUT WE COULD TALK ABOUT, I DON'T, I KNOW YOU WANTED TO GET IN ALL THE DETAILS RIGHT NOW, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FULLY EXAMINED THAT COST.
SO, HIGH CVA WITH REGARD TO THE PARKING, UH, AGAINST, FOR THE BUILDING THE HOTEL, THIS IS ALSO FOR PUBLIC PARKING.
I'M ASSUMING THAT IT WOULD BE PAID PUBLIC PARKING.
UH, AND THEN ALSO WITH REGARD TO THE DESIGN, AND I AM COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE OF BEARING THE PARKING.
THIS I DON'T LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, PARKING VOLUMES DOWNTOWN, UH, YOU KNOW, MUCH LESS ALONG THE LAKEFRONT IN A VERY SCENIC AND BEAUTIFUL SITE THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS GONNA HOPEFULLY HOST, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PREMIER PARKS.
BUT I KNOW NOTICE THAT ON THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDINGS, YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY PROVIDING ACCESS FROM BARTON SPRINGS THROUGH THE PROPERTY TO THE LATE FRONT.
UH, IS THAT THE, THE, THE BASIC DESIGN? UM, IT'S DECEIVING CUZ YOU HAVE GRADE
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THAT GOES DOWN TO THE RIVER.WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT BASICALLY A SHELF AND THE, AND THE PRIVATE ROADS COME IN AND THAT'S WHERE YOU, YOU GET INTO THE GARAGE TO GET DOWN TO THE PARK.
THERE'S ACTUALLY STAIRS AND RAMPS AND STUFF SO YOU DON'T DRIVE DOWN TO THE PARK.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE PUTTING THE PARKING UNDERGROUND ALSO PRESERVES THE VIEWS ESSENTIALLY FROM BARTON SPRINGS.
IT DOES A ROAD, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE BUILDINGS AND ONTO THE WATER.
AND IT ALSO PROVIDES THE ABILITY TO PUT SKINNIER BUILDINGS WITH MORE SPACE BETWEEN THEM.
SO NOW YOU'RE GETTING AIR AND SPACE BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS.
I KNOW I'VE, I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH OTHER FOLKS ABOUT UNDERGROUND PARKING AND HOW EXPENSIVE IT IS AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS.
BUT, UH, I I I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE DESIGN, THE BENEFICIAL ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN OUT.
AND, AND MY QUESTION IS NOT UNDERGROUND VERSUS ABOVE GROUND.
MY QUESTION IS WHY SO MANY SPACES ON THE CONFLUENCE OF TWO RAIL LINES? THAT'S REALLY WHAT MY QUESTION IS.
I MEAN, I CAN, I CAN SEE YOU MIGHT NEED CARS FOR FOLKS.
I'M HOPING THE PEOPLE THAT CAN LIVE IN A PLACE LIKE THIS CAN, CAN, UM, RELY LESS ON CARS BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY'RE, BECAUSE OF THE BLUE LINE AND THE ORANGE LINE.
BUT I WOULD, AND I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO VISIT THE VARIOUS ATTRACTIONS AT THIS PLACE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ORANGE LINE AND THE BLUE LINE.
SO MORE INFORMATION ON IS, IS WHETHER HOW WE GOT TO THE REDUCTION THE PROJECT CAN REDUCE THE, THE PARKING.
AND JUST TO CORRECT THE, THE RECORD, I TO BE CLEAR, THE, FROM THIS, UH, UH, COST, UH, UH, EXPERT, THE $70 MILLION IS NOT THE COST OF DOING UNDERGROUND, IT'S THE INCREMENTAL COST OF DOING UNDERGROUND VERSUS THE COST OF DOING ABOVE GROUND.
UH, ANY OTHER BIG KIND OF THE 70 MILLION NUMBER.
IS THERE OTHER KIND OF LARGE LEVEL QUESTIONS TO BE ASKING THE COST PERSON BEFORE WE GET INTO ISSUES THAT TOGO? YEAH, IF I COULD ASK THE APS CONSULTANT A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.
UM, I WANNA BE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU LAID OUT.
SO THE PROPERTY VALUATIONS, YOU SAID YOU COMPARED, SO YOU'RE, YOU ARE VALUING, YOU'RE VALUING THE STATESMAN TRACK BASED NOT ON APPRAISED VALUE, BUT ON, ON RECENT SALES.
IS THAT RIGHT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
WE LOOKED AT, UH, ABOUT A HALF DOZEN DIFFERENT TRANSACTIONS IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN FOR HIGH RISE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, OR 20, 20 AND 21.
UM, THOSE SIX PROPERTIES, SOME TO, UH, JUST OVER 3 MILLION COMBINED SQUARE, SQUARE FEET.
AND, UM, SO WE, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERED THAT TO BE COMPARABLE PHYSICAL SPACE AS WELL AS A COMPARABLE MARKET.
ARE THEY, AND USED THE VALUES FROM THOSE TRANSACTIONS TO REPRESENT THE FUTURE MARKET VALUE ONCE IMPROVED AGAIN, THOSE PROPERTIES WERE TYPICALLY UNDER AN ACRE, EVEN UNDER HAPPENING.
AND I MEAN, TO CUT YOU OFF, I JUST KNOW WE'RE UNDER A LIMITED TIME, SO I JUST WANNA GET TO THE, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO IS THAT, UM, WERE THOSE, WERE ANY OF THOSE WATERFRONT PROPERTIES, ANY OF THOSE, SORRY, ONE OF THEM WAS ON RAINY STREET, SO NOT, NOT EXACTLY WATERFRONT, BUT, UH, ALL, ALL DOWNTOWN HIGH-RES.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT RAINY CELL WAS? I KNOW YOU SAID YOU LOOKED, UM, AT SALES IN 2020 AND 2021.
SO, UM, ONE OF YOUR NEXT BULLETS TALKS ABOUT, TALKS ABOUT, UH, THE 102 MILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS.
IS THAT, ARE THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS OUTSIDE OF THE 70 PLUS MILLION FOR PARKING? OR DOES THAT CONTAIN, DOES THAT FIGURING CONTAIN THE 70 MILLION IN THE, THE DIFFERENTIAL? IT'S FROM THAT IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE PARK AND CUT.
AND HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THESE BEING UPFRONT COSTS, BUT THE VALUATION CONTINUING OVER TIME? UM, WELL, I MEAN, SOME OF THE, I GUESS, LET ME TRY TO ASK IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
TWO, TWO PARTS OF THE QUESTION.
ONE IS, IN, IN THIS STUDY OR ANY OF THE EXISTING STUDIES, CAN YOU REMIND ME, DID, DID, DID YOU PUT A VALUATION ON WHAT THE INCREASED ENTITLEMENTS WOULD BRING IN TERMS OF LAND VALUE INCREASE? YES.
NOT, NOT FROM WHAT THE VISION PLAN, BUT THE, BUT FROM THEIR EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS, THE SIX 60 THAT YOU HAVE IN THERE IS THEIR EXISTING PUT ENTITLEMENTS.
NOT THE VISION PLAN, NOT WHAT WAS DESCRIBED
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IN THE VISION PLAN.AND CAN YOU, I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN EVEN ARTICULATE THIS QUESTION, BUT HOW, UM, HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THESE UPFRONT COSTS ALSO BRINGING VALUE OVER TIME TO THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF AND TO THE VALUE OF THE LAND? WELL, UM, IT IS CERTAINLY TRUE THAT THE INVESTMENT THAT WOULD BE MADE IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND SITE PREPARATION AND THAT SORT OF THING WOULD, WOULD ENHANCE THE VALUE OF THE LAND.
UM, THAT IN A TYPICAL INVEST SCENARIO, THOUGH, THOSE FIRST DOLLARS, YOU NEED A RETURN ON THOSE FIRST DOLLARS OF COURSE.
AND, UH, THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT YOU'RE PUTTING THOSE DOLLARS IN UP FRONT SO THAT YOU WOULD GET THAT, UH, RISE IN VALUE IN THE FUTURE.
SO IN THIS CASE, WHAT WE'VE ESTIMATED IS, AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING LIKE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE, THIS IS A MULTI-FAITH PROJECT.
THERE IS SEVERAL DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE HERE.
SO WE WOULD NOT EXPECT ALL $102 MILLION OF THAT COST TO BE BORN PRIOR TO ANY OF THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING WOULD BE SORT OF IN, IN PHASES I WOULD IMAGINE.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY THOSE COSTS, BECAUSE IT'S PHASED, WOULD BE GOING UP OVER TIME AS WELL.
AND HOPEFULLY FOR, UH, THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PROJECT, THE VALUE WOULD BE INCREASING, UH, AT LEAST THE FACT AT THE COST OF THOSE INVESTMENTS.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT FULLY ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, BUT THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT, YOUR QUESTION.
AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF IN A BIT, BUT THAT'S MY LAST ONE AT THE MOMENT FOR OUR PS.
ANY OTHER REAL HIGH LEVEL GLOBAL QUESTIONS? I APPRECIATE THIS, THIS WORK.
UH, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ONE FOR US TO SEE, TO BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND SECOND, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.
UM, BECAUSE I, I HEAR THE COMMUNITY SUGGESTING THAT THAT WHAT'S BEEN CONSIDERED IS A GIVEAWAY TO A DEVELOPER.
AND I THINK MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE PARK LAND THERE AND, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE THINGS THAT WE WANT.
UH, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS AN EXERCISE OF WHAT DOES THE CITY HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
UH, BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR THAT ONE UNDER LAW WE'RE JUST NOT ALLOWED TO DEMAND OF THE PROPERTY UNDER THAT THEY GIVE US EVERYTHING WE WANT.
AND SECOND, THAT, THAT THE ECONOMICS ARE SUCH THAT THEY CAN'T GIVE US EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT, UM, UH, ABSENT US PARTICIPATING IN THAT SOMEHOW.
SO IS TO INCREASE THE, THE CAPACITY FOR REVENUE TO BE RAISED.
UM, CAN WE GO ON, YOU WANT TO SAY? YEAH, I, I JUST, I ALSO THOUGH WANT NOT TO LOSE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO OPERATING WITHIN A CONTEXT OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE, AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND IT LAYS OUT CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO YES, SOME OF THESE ARE, I, I GUESS I'M, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SOME OF THE LANGUAGE ABOUT IT BEING A WANT.
I MEAN, IT IS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUT ORDINANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THERE BE 10% OF THE UNITS IN THE, THAT REPRESENT 10% OF THE DELTA AS AFFORDABLE.
WE THOSE 10% OF THE BONUS AREA AND MADE THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
CAUSE WE WANT 'EM, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT MADE, THAT'S WHY WE MADE THE REQUIREMENT.
BUT THAT IS THE EXISTING PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENT UNDER WHICH THEY'RE COMING FORWARD WITH THEIR PROPOSALS.
THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT THEY CAN DO, THERE'S AMOUNT THEY CAN'T DO.
AND WE'RE IN THIS SEARCH NOW TO TRY AND HONE THAT AND MAKE SURE WE GET EVERYTHING WE CAN CAN, CAN GET OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT AND HAVE, UH, TRY TO REQUIRE THROUGH THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US.
UH, BY WAY OF STRUCTURING THIS, AND I THINK WE COULD PROBABLY GET THROUGH THIS LIST TO IDENTIFY ISSUES AND MAYBE WHERE PEOPLE ARE QUICKLY.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE EVERYBODY A LOT BETTER IDEA.
UH, COLLEAGUES IN THE, THE, UH, VERSION OF THIS THAT I'VE HANDED OUT THAT'S COLOR CODED, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE THINGS THAT, THIS IS THE, THE ITEM AS IT CAME FROM OUR STAFF, THE SECTIONS THAT ARE COLOR CODED ARE THE SECTIONS THAT ARE COLOR CODED BY OUR STAFF AND A VERSION THAT THEY PUT INTO, UH, INTO, TO BACK UP.
ALL WE'VE DONE HERE IS JUST CHANGE THE, THE TINT.
SO IT'S MAYBE EASIER TO READ THE, THE UNDERLYING TEXT, BUT THE GREEN ARE THE THINGS THAT WERE ADDED.
THE PC AMENDMENTS THAT COUNCIL ADDED ON FIRST READING THE BLUE ARE COUNCIL MEMBER TOPOS AMENDMENTS THAT WE ADDED ON FIRST READING.
THE YELLOW IS LANGUAGE THAT IS NEW LANGUAGE THAT, THAT WE FIRST SAW IN WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BELLA FILED.
AND THAT YELLOW, UH, EITHER CONSISTS OF THINGS THAT ARE UNDERLINED, WHICH ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, BUT, BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S, THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THE BLUE AND THE GREEN THAT IS STRICKEN
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THAT STRIKE OUT, THAT SHOULD BE TREATED AS IF IT WERE YELLOW.SO THAT IS STRIKES TO EITHER A PC, UH, OR TO A, UM, TOVO AMENDMENT THAT, UH, UH, CAME IN THE, IN THE CHEETO VILLA RESOLUTION.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS TO TRY TO ASCERTAIN IF THERE WERE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ADDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, TO WHICH THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY OBJECTION CUZ THERE WERE NO CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO IT.
AND THE FIRST ONE OF THOSE IS PAGE 11, PAGE 10 OF, OF 22.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON PAGE 10 OF 22, THERE WAS ADDED LANGUAGE BY COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO THAT SAID, THE DESIGN OF THE PARK LAND SHALL TAKE PLACE THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS LED AND IMPLEMENTED BY PART.
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY CHALLENGE WITH THAT.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADOPT QUICKLY.
UM, THEN DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? YOU'RE LOOKING KIND OF CURIOUS, LOOKING DOWN THE DIAS AT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL BECAUSE SHE HAS BROUGHT FORWARD SOME AMENDED LANGUAGE THAT MAY MODIFY THAT.
WELL WE'LL GET TO, WE'LL GET TO ALL THE AMENDMENTS LATER AND WE'LL GET TO, BECAUSE IT ADDS GREATER SPECIFICITY TO THAT PROCESS.
YEAH, I HAD, I HAD SOME AMENDMENTS TOO, RIGHT.
AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THE AMENDMENTS WE'VE BEEN HANDING OUT ON THE DAY, ALL OF WHICH WE NEED TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH TO.
SO LET'S HURRY SO WE CAN GET TO THOSE.
THE NEXT THING THAT'S IN HERE THAT I THINK BARRING AN AMENDMENT FROM SOMEBODY ALSO REPRESENTS SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT'S, UH, UH, WITHOUT AGREEMENT IS WITHOUT DISAGREEMENT IS ON TOP OF PAGE 11 OF 22.
THE ANNUAL PROGRAMMING PLAN LOOKS LIKE THAT IS, IS SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT.
ON PAGE 14 OF 22, THERE WAS A CHANGE SUGGESTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, THESE ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, RENTAL UNITS AND AFFORDABLE OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS.
AND THERE'S A LIST, ABC AND THEN 5 67.
UM, UH, THOSE THINGS APPEAR TO BE, UH, THINGS THAT CAN BE ADDED WITHOUT, UH, DISAGREEMENT.
UH, AND I THINK THOSE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE, THE LAST CHANGES IN WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS HANDED OUT THAT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A BUY AGREEMENT.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE ASSUMPTION ABSENT SOMEBODY SAYING, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT, OR I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
THE NEXT THING THAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS WE THEN HAVE LISTED ISSUES THAT BASICALLY TRACK IN ORDER THE CHANGES THAT THEY ARE MADE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE THREE OF 22, THE FIRST CHANGED LANGUAGE AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE THREE OF 22 RELATES TO LAND OWNER SHALL PROVIDE, UH, THESE ARE THE ADA ACCESS POINT, UH, QUESTION.
UH, IT LOOKED, LOOKS LIKE IT'S FIVE ADA ACCESS POINTS, UH, REQUIRED ONE ON THE SOUTH CONGRESS RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, AND THIS SUGGESTED CHANGE TO THIS WAS TO, UH, MAKE REFERENCE TO AN EXHIBIT WHICH SHOWED WHERE THE ACCESS POINTS WERE.
I THINK THAT'S THE SUBSTANCE OF THE CHANGE IN THAT SECTION.
YEAH, THIS JUST, I'M FLAGGING IT FOR YOU, UH, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT WHEN YOU'RE READY.
BUT THIS IS THE AREA THAT I HAVE AT AMENDMENT RELATED.
LET'S, FIRST, LET'S GO THROUGH THIS LIST OF OKAY.
OF, OF 15 THINGS PLUS THE AMENDMENTS.
SO THE FIRST ONE LET'S TALK ABOUT IS ACCESS POINT.
AND LET'S, IF STAFF'S HERE OR, UH, MR. SUBTLE, IF YOU'RE HERE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THAT ISSUE HERE.
THE HOPE IS, IS THAT WHEN WE STOP TONIGHT, EVERYONE'S GONNA UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT ISSUE IS.
AND COULD I LAY OUT MY AMENDMENT FOR IT? OKAY.
SHOULD I DO THAT NOW OR? SURE, GO AHEAD.
SO THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS, OF THIS SECTION.
AND IT, UM, IT, IT, UH, TO ME IT RELATES TO, UM, FROM A BROAD PICTURE, HOW, HOW PEOPLE ACCESS, UM, THE LAKE BASICALLY.
SO MY AMENDMENTS, UM, I, I'VE WORKED WITH THE DEVELOPER ON IDENTIFYING A WAY TO ACCESS THE LAKE, UH, ALONG CONGRESS, UH, AVENUE SO THAT THERE'S AN OPTION TO BOTH GO, GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THERE'S ALSO AN OPTION TO GO ALONG CONGRESS THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE GOING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, BOTH OF THEM INVOLVE ADA ACCESS, WHICH IS WHY I, MY AMENDMENT, UH, GOES TO THIS SECTION AND MY AMENDMENT IS MY MOTION NUMBER ONE.
AND SO IN, IN WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER, THEY HAVE PROVIDED, UM, AN APPROACH AND A MECHANISM FOR, UM, FOR, UM,
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FOR ACCESSING RIGHT NEXT TO CON CONGRESS.THERE'S A, UM, I KNOW THEY PUT TOGETHER A SCHEMATIC THAT I HAVE REFERENCED IN MY MOTION BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF HARD TO EXPLAIN IT WITHOUT THE SCHEMATIC.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WANNA SEE THAT NOW OR THEY CAN SEE IT LATER, BUT BASICALLY IT ALLOWS YOU TO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THERE'S THE STAIRS, UM, TO GO DOWN.
UH, WHAT IT WOULD DO IS IT WOULD ALLOW, IT WOULD ALLOW THAT WALKWAY TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO CONGRESS SO YOU COULD CONTINUE DOWN IT AND THEN GO DOWNSTAIRS AND DOWN THE STAIRS AGAIN SO THAT YOU COULD GET TO THE LAKE WITHOUT EVER WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR.
SO IS THERE ANY DISPUTE WITH RESPECT TO THIS? UM, NOT, I'VE WORKED, SO LET'S, LET'S ASK MR. SUBTLE THAT QUESTION AND ASK OUR STAFF THAT QUESTION.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE, THE, THE ISSUE IN CONTROVERSY MIGHT BE WITH RESPECT TO, I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE AGREED TO IT.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES, SO, OKAY.
LET'S JUST MAYOR THAT THE STAFF IS AGREED TO THE AMENDMENT.
UM, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S WORDS OR AN EXHIBIT, WE PROBABLY PREFER THE EXHIBIT TO NAIL THE LOCATION DOWN EXACTLY.
BUT, UM, THIS IS ONE ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINT BEYOND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT BEFORE ABOUT THE PLAZA ENTRANCE AND WE'RE OKAY IN ACTUALLY HAPPY WITH IT.
SO I'LL, HAVE YOU SEEN CONVICTION AMENDMENT? YES.
MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF, BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO BACK AND SEE WHERE THIS ISSUE CAME FROM.
THERE IS CURRENTLY A STAIRWAY THAT CUTS INTO THE SIDE OF THE EMBANKMENT AND YOU CAN WALK DOWN THE STAIRS AND WALK DOWN TO THE TRAIL CURRENTLY.
AND THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER LITTLE ROUTE THAT GOES AROUND THE DRIVEWAY.
AS WE WENT THROUGH THE HEARING PROCESS AT THE PARKS BOARD, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE BUILDINGS.
SO WITH WORKING WITH VARIOUS FOLKS IN OUR DESIGN FOLKS AND DOUG IS GONNA SHOW YOU HOW WE'VE SOLVED THAT IN WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN ON THIS, WE'VE COME UP WITH AN EXHIBIT AND OF, OF VISUAL SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S GONNA WORK AND I THINK IT SOLVES THE ISSUE, BUT I THINK YOU PROBABLY OUGHT TO LOOK AT THE DIAGRAM TO SEE IF EVERYBODY GETS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
SO YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE KITCHEN AMENDMENT IN THIS SENSE BECAUSE YOU THINK IT RESOLVES THE QUESTION.
SO THAT IS, DID YOU WANT, CAN, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN PULL UP OR HAND OUT? YEAH.
AND I, AND I WANT TO FIRST THANK MAYOR PROTE ALTER FOR MENTIONING OUR, OUR ARCHITECT FROM OUT OF TOWN.
HE DID COME IN AGAIN TODAY AND WE DO APPRECIATE HIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT DESIGN STUFF.
HE'S THE ONE THAT CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA.
UM, HE'S GOT SLIDES UP THAT'LL SHOW YOU.
I WOULD DO THIS AS BRIEFLY AS YOU CAN CUZ IF WE'RE IN AGREEMENT, I WANNA GET TO THE THINGS WE'RE NOT IN AGREEMENT ON.
SO BEFORE WE DO THAT, I MISSED THE PART.
ARE WE GONNA TALK UNTIL FIVE AND THEN COME BACK AFTERWARDS? WE, WE, WE ARE GONNA GO PAST FIVE.
WE'RE GONNA GO TO AT LEAST FIVE 30.
WE COULD GO PAST THAT AND AT THAT POINT, LET'S SEE WHERE WE ARE.
MY HOPE IS TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THESE ISSUES TODAY.
CAUSE ABSENT THAT, I DON'T THINK WE REALLY HAVE GUIDANCE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE NEXT STEP.
WE'RE NOT GONNA DECIDE ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT MY HOPE IS, IS THAT EVERYBODY ON THE DAY AT LEAST UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE ISSUES ARE WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
AND, AND WE SO APPRECIATE FINALLY GETTING TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE BILL BUNCH AND I DON'T AGREE ON MUCH, BUT NOW THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY AGREE ON.
ONE IS HE SAID TODAY WE DIDN'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO FIRST READING.
OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD THEN AND START.
UH, WE HAVE THREE SLIDES TO SHARE QUICKLY, UH, SINCE WE LAST MET, WE FURTHER LOOKED INTO THIS ISSUE AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IF YOU CAN GO FULL SCREEN PLEASE.
UM, COMING FROM THE SOUTH FROM BARTON SPRINGS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ELEVATION INCREASES AS YOU MOVE NORTH TOWARDS THE CONGRESS AVENUE BRIDGE.
OUR PROPOSAL IS TO ACTUALLY EXPAND THAT SIDEWALK.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY CREATING A MUCH WIDER SIDEWALK UP TO A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO PROVIDE ACCESS DOWN TO WHERE IT SAYS 4 45, THE GREAT LONG WE CALL THE BAT VIEWING AREA.
THOSE STEPS ARE QUITE GRACIOUS AND WIDE AND PROVIDE CONTINUED ACCESS WITHOUT GOING AS WAS REFERRED EARLIER THROUGH THE PROJECT.
IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE NEXT SLIDE, ZOOMING IN A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO MAKE A CONNECTION DIRECTLY FROM THE BRIDGE ACROSS THOSE STAIRS.
THAT'S AT ELEVATION 4 72, WHICH IS THE ELEVATION OF THE BRIDGE.
THIS WOULD BRING YOU INTO UPPER OUTDOOR TERRACES THAT WOULD BRING YOU INTO POINTS WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS ELEVATOR AND OTHER ADA POINTS DOWN TO THE GREAT LAWN AND PLAZA.
AND THEN FINALLY ON THE LAST SLIDE, WE TOOK A VERY QUICK JUST STUDY OF WHAT IS THE SCALE, WHAT IS THE QUALITY OF THIS PUBLIC ACCESS THAT'S BEING PROVIDED AS AN EXTENSION OF CONGRESS AVENUE SIDEWALK DOWN TO THE PARK AND THE WATERFRONT.
IS THAT, UM, I THINK THAT WAS GREAT.
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YOU.I APPRECIATE THOSE DIAGRAMS. I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO ENVISION IT.
UM, AND I DO, UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS AS EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO, UM, PEDESTRIANS OR CYCLISTS OR, OR OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE USING THE TRAIL.
UM, COULD THERE BE ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, MORE OF A DUTCH STYLE BICYCLE? UM, THERE'S SOME STAIRCASES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE TRACKS NEXT TO THEM SO THAT CYCLISTS DON'T HAVE TO BE REROUTED REALLY FAR OUT OF THE WAY WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY WALK DOWN THE STAIRS AND HAVE YOUR BIKE RIGHT NEXT TO YOU.
UM, AND I THINK IT ENCOURAGES DISMOUNTING AS WELL SO THAT PEOPLE ARE MOVING A LITTLE BIT SLOWER IN THE PUBLIC SPACE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NEEDS TO BE IN AN ORDINANCE.
I CAN, I CAN WORK WITH MR. SUBTLE ON THAT, BUT I, I WOULD BE EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF THAT INTENTIONALITY HERE IN THIS SPACE.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE? IT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE BECAUSE THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF ROOM THERE TO INCORPORATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA RAISE ANYTHING ABOUT ADA ACCESS POINTS AT THIS POINT BEFORE WE GO ON TO QUESTION NUMBER TWO? MAYOR PROTE? UM, I WOULD LOVE A COPY OF THAT DIAGRAM CUZ I COULDN'T FOLLOW IT PERFECTLY.
IT'S, UM, IT'LL BE ATTACHED TO MY MOTION SHEET.
BUT IS MY MOTION SHEET ONE THAT REFERENCES THAT? OKAY.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE EXTRA ONE OF THE ONE AND TWO? CAUSE I SEEM TO HAVE THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE AT THIS END, BUT NOT ONE AND TWO.
COULD THE CLERK MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DIAGRAMS ARE POSTED ALSO IN BACKUP FOR THIS? UM, TODAY'S MEETING, SO THE PUBLIC HAS A MEETING, IS THERE ANY, UM, CONSEQUENCES WITH THAT TRAIL AND THE BAT VIEWING? NO, THE STAIRS, UH, LAND PRIOR TO THE BAT VIEWING AREA.
SO THEY DON'T INTERFERE AT ALL WITH THE BAT UH, VIEWING AREA.
THEY ACTUALLY CONNECT DIRECTLY TO IT EXTENDING ACCESS FROM CONGRESS.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S THEN TWO PARTS THAT ARE CONTIGUOUS WITH THE CONGRESS BRIDGE.
SO THERE'S THE, THE TOP OF THIS, THE TOP OF THE STAIRS IS CONTIGUOUS WITH THE SIDEWALK, AND THEN THERE'S A BRIDGE THAT'S CONTIGUOUS AS WELL.
UP TO A CERTAIN POINT YOU'RE APPROACHING CONGRESS, AVENUE BRIDGE.
THOSE ARE STAIRS THAT LEAD YOU DOWN TO THE BRIDGE ON.
BUT THEN THERE'S A CLOSER TO THE BRIDGE, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL WALKWAY COMING STRAIGHT OFF OF THE BRIDGE TO THESE UPPER OUTDOOR TERRACES THAT CAN THEN ALSO BRING YOU TO AN ELEVATOR AND OTHER WAYS OF GETTING DOWN TO THE PARK.
SO LET ME RESTATE IT USING YOUR TERMS, THE, THERE ARE, THERE'S A WALKWAY OFF OF THE CONGRESS STREET BRIDGE.
THAT GOES STRAIGHT FROM THERE.
AND THEN THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER SECTION THAT WOULD BE CONTIGUOUS WITH THE SIDEWALK.
BY THE WAY, TO MAKE JUST CORRECT THE RECORD COLLEAGUES, THERE WAS SOMETHING ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 14 OF 22 THAT WAS ALSO BLOCKED IN BY RED.
ALSO A PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, UH, AMENDMENT THAT SEEMS TO NOT BE IN DISAGREEMENT.
AND THAT WAS TO, UH, HAVE THE LANDOWNER PROVIDE A MINIMUM OF A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL, UH, SPACE ADJACENT THE PARK LAND ENTERPRISES AT NO COST OR BAD EDUCATION IN SIMILAR ITEMS. JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
UH, CUSTOMER POOLING HAS TO, YEAH, I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION, BUT JUST, UM, AN APPRECIATION.
I KNOW THAT THAT BUILDING, THAT PICTURE THAT YOU HAD PUT UP THERE, THAT BUILDING PREVIOUSLY, UP UNTIL MAYBE A MONTH AGO, HAD BEEN A WHOLE LOT CLOSER TO CONGRESS AVENUE AND THAT WAS CREATING THE CANYON EFFECT THAT MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DIAS HAD POINTED TO VERY SPECIFICALLY.
AND A NUMBER OF FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT, AND IT JUST SEEMED REALLY KIND OF UNFRIENDLY AND POTENTIALLY UNSAFE.
SO THE BUILDING HAS NOW SHIFTED TO THE EAST BY 20 TO ODD FEET.
IT, IT'S A 30 FOOT SETBACK, SO INSTEAD OF 10, IT'S NOW 30.
AND THAT MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENCE.
AND AS THAT PICTURE, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE AS BEAUTIFUL AS THAT PICTURE, AS THAT PICTURE SHOWS.
AND I, I THINK THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE THAT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE ASKED THAT THAT HAPPENED AND, UH, INCLUDING THE ADA ACCESS AND THE HOPEFULLY THE ELEVATOR, UM, IN HAVING ELEVATORS THERE TOO, WHICH I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT CHANGE.
IT HAS IMPROVED THE PROJECT, I THINK IN A, IN A GREAT WAY.
BEFORE WE GET TO BATS, COUNCIL MEMBER, TOBA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON THE ACCIDENTS POINTS? UM, YES.
I THINK THAT THIS LOOKS LIKE A REALLY INTERESTING SOLUTION AND I ALSO APPRECIATE IT.
I AM, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT THIS COUNCIL PASSED ON, FIRST READING THAT WAS CONTAINED WITHIN MINE, DEALT WITH ACCESS.
AND SO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, I ASSUME THAT YOUR LANGUAGE IS AMENDING ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAD PUT IN ON FIRST READING.
IS THAT ACCURATE OR? MY LANGUAGE GOES WHEREVER IT SHOULD GO.
I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, I I HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHERE ALL THESE LANGUAGE SHOULD GO.
WELL THAT'S PART OF WHY I'M ASKING YOU THE QUESTION.
SO MAYOR, I JUST, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU KIND OF LAID OUT THIS CODE AND KEY AND I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW, I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE
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NOW WORKING WITH, I'M RESERVING THE RIGHT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE ISSUES IN HERE FOR ME BECAUSE YOU'RE WORKING WITH A, AN ORDINANCE THAT WE DIDN'T PASS ON FIRST READING.AND SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SET OF CHANGES HERE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA HAS BROUGHT FORWARD AND WE HAVE AMENDMENTS AND WE HAVE THE DRAFT THAT REFLECTS WHAT WE ACTUALLY VOTED ON.
AND SO THERE'S JUST, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF, A LOT OF AMENDMENTS LAYERED ON ONE ANOTHER HERE.
AND SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE, UM, THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS I'M NOT, I DID NOT TOTALLY FOLLOW YOU IN WHEN YOU KIND OF LAID OUT WHERE YOU SEE THE POINTS OF AGREEMENT.
WELL THE POINTS, THE POINTS OF AGREEMENT, BUT THAT IS I THINK A POINT OF AGREEMENT.
THE ONE THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WHEREVER IT GOES.
AND SO I THINK THE POINTS OF AGREEMENT ARE THINGS THAT ARE IN RED BOXES, SO THEY'RE PRETTY EASY TO FIND.
DO YOU HAVE THIS THING WITH THE COLOR CODE AND THE UPPER? YEAH, I MEAN I HAVE A RED BOX IN THE KEY, BUT I DON'T SEE RED BOXES WITHIN THE BOX.
LOOK AT THE TOP OF PAGE 10 OF 22.
THERE'S A LANGUAGE THAT'S BLUE IN A RED BOX.
THERE'S ALSO A RED BOX AT THE TOP OF 11 OF 22.
NOW I THINK WE'RE ALL WORKING OR, YES, A RED BOX.
I THINK WHAT'S CONFUSING IS THAT THOSE MAY BE RED BOXES HERE, BUT WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, BUT WE'LL SORT IT OUT AS WE GOT TO THE, OKAY.
TO ME, IT DIDN'T IDENTIFY AN ISSUE THAT WE NEEDED TO SPEND TIME ON AT THIS POINT, BUT IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE US FROM SPENDING TIME ON ANY OF THESE THINGS IN THE FUTURE.
SO FOR THE MISSION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S PUTTING FORWARD, IT REFERS TO AN EXHIBIT P AND AN EXHIBIT R.
SO WHICH EXHIBIT P AND WHICH EXHIBIT R CUZ I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU GET, GET THAT.
LIKE HOW DO YOU GET WHAT HE JUST SHOWED US IN THE POD WHEN THEY'RE NOT GIVING US FULL DIAGRAMS? THOSE ARE THE, THOSE SLIDES THAT WERE JUST SHOWN TO US ARE INTENDED TO BE THE ATTACHED EXHIBITS THAT WERE JUST PUT TOGETHER IN THE LAST DAY OR SO.
SO I DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE 'EM TO ATTACH.
SO THE POINT OF THIS EXERCISE IS NOT TO COME UP WITH AMENDMENT LANGUAGE.
I THINK YOU CAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE, YEAH, WE OFTEN AGREE TO THINGS IN PODS BECAUSE WE SEE A PRETTY PICTURE AND THEN IT'S NOT IN THE POD.
AND SO WE WANNA KNOW, AS I'M FOLLOWING THIS THROUGH WHERE I WOULD FIND THAT YOU WOULD FIND IT ATTACHED TO THE AMENDMENT, THE AMENDMENT LANGUAGE REFERENCES, A IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS THESE ACCESS POINTS AS DEPICTED IN THIS ATTACHMENT.
SO YES, WE DON'T WANNA JUST RELY ON LANGUAGE, WE NEED THE, WE NEED THE, UM, ATTACHMENT, WHICH IT REFERENCES.
AND SO WHAT I TAKE FROM OUR CONVERSATION IS NOT ANYBODY'S PROVED ANY WORDING, BUT PEOPLE HAVE SEEN PICTURES THAT LOOK OKAY.
SO IF THOSE PICTURES SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER MAKE IT INTO THIS DOCUMENT AND THEY END THE MEN THAT MAY VERY WELL DO IT, THEN THAT'D BE GREAT.
BUT I THINK PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE PICTURES INSTEAD OF IT LOOKS LIKE THAT.
THAT GENERALLY SEEMS GOOD AT THIS MATTER OF, IF I COULD ADD REAL QUICK, WE'LL FIND A WAY WE UNDERSTAND THE WILL TO COUNCIL WITH REGARD TO THIS.
EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT ON IT.
WE WILL FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
IT, IT MAY NOT TAKE THE FORM OF A WATERCOLOR PICTURE.
UM, BUT WE WILL FIND A WAY TO, TO RIGHT NOW, JERRY, MY AMENDMENT, I I WE CAREFULLY WORKED ON THE LANGUAGE OF MY AMENDMENT.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS PUT IT IN THE RIGHT SECTION, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE LANGUAGE THAT DESCRIBES IT WITH THE ATTACHMENT.
AND IF YOU WANNA RECOMMEND IT TO BE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE, IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BRING THAT TO US TOO.
SO IN ADDITION TO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS AMENDMENT, SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER, DON'T FEEL LIMITED BY THAT.
I THINK THAT TODAY WE'RE IN VIOLENT AGREEMENT THAT PEOPLE LIKE THE PICTURE AND THIS IS THE ONE WE'RE IN VIOLENT AGREEMENT ON.
SO I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING TO THE ONES THAT WE'RE NOT IN VIOLENT AGREEMENT ON.
WHERE ARE WE ON BATS? YES MA'AM.
WE WE'RE BURNED VIOLENT AGREEMENT ON WE VIOLENTLY LOVE BATS.
UM, THIS ONE MAY, UM, HAD TO DO WITH A CONCERN, UM, EXPRESSED BY A, A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER REGARDING, UM, SPECIFICALLY NIGHTTIME LIGHTING AND THE BATS AND THE, UH, POSSIBILITY THAT, UM, NIGHTTIME LIGHTING MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE BATS.
AND, UH, THE PRESUMPTION MADE HERE WAS THAT RESIDENTIAL WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE LIGHTING ON AT NIGHT THAN, UM, COMMERCIAL.
AND SO THIS WAS A DISTANCE PUT IN THERE TO, UM, TRY TO MOVE THE, THE POSSIBLE RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING AT NIGHT FURTHER AWAY FROM THE BACK COLONY.
OKAY, SO MR. SUBTLE, IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH, UH, 400 FEET? DO WE NEED 400 FEET TO TAKE CARE OF THE BATS? WHETHER WE NEED 400 FEET OR NOT? ARE YOU OKAY WITH 400 FEET? TALK TO US ABOUT BATS IN 400 FEET.
MAYOR, IT WAS AN ADDITIONAL SETBACK AND IT WAS ADDITIONAL CONSTRAINT ON THE SITE.
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WENT TO ALL THE BAT PEOPLE, WE SAID, IS THIS NECESSARY? THEY ALL SAID NO.SO WE, WE DO HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH IT, BUT SO THAT EVERYBODY STAYS COMFORTABLE, I'VE GOT THE BAT LETTER SIGNED BY ALL THREE BAT PEOPLE THAT SAY IT'S OKAY THAT WE DON'T DO THIS AND, AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS TO THE CLERK SO THAT THAT'S IN BACKUP.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? RECOGNIZING WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE BAT LETTERS.
UM, HAVE THEY BEEN PROVIDED TO PEOPLE? I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF BAD LETTER, GOTTEN A LOT OF BAD LETTERS FROM BAD PEOPLE FROM THE BAD ORGANIZATIONS.
YES, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT LETTER.
SO I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE BAD ISSUE, UH, AT, AT THIS POINT.
AND IF THERE'S NOT A BAD ISSUE THEN, THEN I'M COMFORTABLE NOT SOLVING FOR A BAD ISSUE THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
I THINK THERE WERE TWO BAD ISSUES THAT CAME OUTTA THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ONE WAS THE 400 FOOT SETBACK, THE OTHER WAS AN ADDITIONAL 10 FOOT SETBACK ALONG THE BRIDGE.
BOTH OF THOSE ARE UNNECESSARY.
BOTH OF THEM CLEARED BY THE BAT FOLKS AND WE DON'T WANNA DO EM.
ANYTHING ELSE ON BATS? MAYOR PRO 10.
UM, DOESN'T COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S MOTION ADDRESS THE OTHER 10 FEET FROM THE BRIDGE COUNCIL MEMBER? IT MAY WELL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
I MEAN, I KNOW HE'S SAYING THEY DON'T CARE, BUT THAT WAS A REQUEST.
IT DOES SEEM LIKE IT'S ADDRESSED.
YEAH, IT MIGHT BE BY MOVING THAT BUILDING WE TALKED ABOUT.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT HOTEL USE.
SO MAYOR, THIS ISSUE WAS, UH, UH, CAME UP AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS A PART OF THEIR MOTION TO, UM, UM, MAKE IT A CONDITIONAL USE, IF I BELIEVE CORRECTLY.
UH, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FUENTES HAD A PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT SHE POSTED AND ONE OF THE PREVIOUS TIMES THAT THIS WAS POSTPONED.
SO THE STAFF DOES SUPPORT A HOTEL USE ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, I BELIEVE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT HER AMENDMENT, BUT I BELIEVE IT, UM, PROHIBITED IT.
AND, UM, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THE PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MAKE ANY CONDITIONAL USE.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WANTS TO HELP EXPLAIN WHAT THE POLICY IS FOR NOT ALLOWING HOTEL USES ON THE TRACK COUNCIL? FUENTES IS NOT HERE.
WE WANT TO GIVE HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT OR WHILE WE WERE HERE, DID ANYONE SPEAK TO IT? OKAY.
AND LET'S GO ON AND WE'LL HOLD THAT TO COUNCIL MEMBER POINT.
THIS IS, IS HERE WITH US, UH, LEAD VERSUS AE THREE STAR, MS. MAYOR.
THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHETHER RECORDING THREE STAR, UH, GREEN BUILDER, UM, OR GOING WITH THE LEAD RATING.
OBVIOUSLY, UH, GREEN, I'M SORRY, NOT GREEN BUILDING.
THE AUSTIN ENERGY STAR RATING IS INTERNAL TO THE CITY.
THE LEAD IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
UM, WE TYPICALLY GO WITH THE CITY APPROACH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A STRONG OPINION ABOUT IT.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCE? IS THERE ONE? UM, I'D HAVE TO, I THINK HAVE THE ARCHITECT ADDRESS THAT.
IS THERE AN ARCHITECT HERE THAT CAN ADDRESS ANY SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO? WHAT'S THE MARI CAN I ASK THE QUESTION WHILE, WHILE WE'RE GETTING FOLKS TO WEIGH IN ON IT.
SO, SO AS I'M, I'M FOLLOWING HERE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GIVES RISE TO THE CHANGES THAT WERE AT THE TOP OF PAGE FIVE OF 22.
YEAH, I'M, I'M TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO TRACE THE CHRONOLOGY HERE.
SO THESE WERE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PLACED THE BLUE, THESE WERE AMENDMENTS THAT WE PASSED ON.
FIRST READING THE BLUE IS THE YELLOW IS NOT, AND THE YELLOW IS LANGUAGE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VE IS BRINGING FORWARD AS AN ALTERNATIVE.
AND I THINK THE QUESTION THEN IS REALLY ONE FOR OUR GREEN BUILDING STAFF OR SOMEBODY ELSE ON STAFF ABOUT WHETHER GOLD LEAD GOLD IS AN, IS A, AN APPROPRIATE EQUIVALENT TO THREE STAR.
I'M JUST TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING, ALL OF THIS IS BEING MAPPED ON A ORDINANCE, WE HAVEN'T PASSED.
I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO, BUT IT'S JUST A WAY TO IDENTIFY, UNDERSTAND ISSUES.
BUT I'M JUST, I'M TRYING TO LAY OUT WHAT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE RIGHT, WHAT THE ISSUE IS HERE.
THE ISSUE IS, SHOULD IT BE EITHER A LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY DESIGN OR A LEAD GOLF CERTIFICATE OR A THREE STAR GREATER RATING, OR SHOULD IT JUST BE A THREE STAR GREATER RATING AS OPPOSED BY A PLAN COMMISSION? THE QUESTION WAS WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO? SO CUSTOMER, I, I DON'T KNOW.
WE, WE, WE, WE HAVE, I DO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE EITHER ONE IN THE PAST.
WE'VE ALWAYS, WE DEFAULT TO THE CITY PROGRAM.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE WANNA DO THE OTHER.
WE CAN HAVE THE ARCH HERE TODAY FROM THE APPLICANT AND TELL WHAT, WHAT HIS OPINION IS OF, OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO
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OF THEM IF YOU'D LIKE.I CAN FOLLOW THAT UP WITH AUSTIN ENERGY.
IF YOU COULD FOLLOW UP WITH AUSTIN AND MJ, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THEY THINK THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE DIFFERENCE.
I MEAN, ON THE SURFACE I DON'T THINK THERE IS, SO I'M PROBABLY PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MY COLLEAGUES WHO VOTED ON IT, BUT THAT SEEMS FINE TO ME.
SO LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE THEN.
AS I, I MEAN, PLATINUM WOULD BE GREAT, BUT IF WE HAVE TO BUMP BACK FROM PLATINUM, THEN GOLD IS OKAY.
AS I GO ONTO THE NEXT ONE, IT'S PAGE SIX OF 22 IS ACTUALLY, THE CHANGES ARE AT SEVEN OF 22 AND THIS SEEMED TO HIT TRAIL REALIGNMENT ISSUES.
WHAT ABOUT THE TRAIL REALIGNMENT ISSUE? SO MAYOR CONS, UM, I DO HAVE, UM, SCOTT FROM THE, UH, UH, PARTS DEPARTMENT HERE AND LIZ FROM THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, THEY COULD PROBABLY BETTER ADDRESS THE UH, UH, TRAIL LINE ISSUE.
I THINK THAT, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT TUESDAY.
COUNCIL KITCHEN BROUGHT IT UP AND THIS JUST HAS TO DO WITH THE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THE DESIRE OF THE WATERSHED DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRAIL DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO EROSION.
UM, AND THEN, UM, COUNCIL KITCHEN, I BELIEVE YOU HAD SOME ISSUE WITH TREES ALONG THE TRAIL.
SO DEFERRED IT'S GOTTEN LIST? YEAH, I HAVE TWO AMENDMENTS.
AND, AND, AND CORRECT ME, UH, CATHERINE, YOUR AMENDMENTS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE AESTHETICS OF THE TRAIL ARE NOT CHANGED.
WELL, THERE'S TWO, TWO PARTS OF THEM.
ONE OF 'EM IS THE ALIGNMENT IS NOT CHANGED.
UM, IT'S AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, A LITTLE CAVEAT THERE, BUT THEY, WE KEEP THE ALIGNMENT.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND HAS TO DO WITH THE, UM, THE, UM, SURROUNDING TREES.
SO, SO HOW DO WE PLEASE COME UP? UM, THERE WAS A CHANGE THAT THE, THE APPLICANT PROVIDED THAT HAD REALIGNMENT NO CLOSER TO THE SHORELINE THAN EXISTING TRAIL AND NO CLOSER THAN AVERAGE 25 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE.
PART OF THAT WAS IN THERE AND PART OF THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE CHANGES THAT WERE PROPOSED? UM, YES, I DID LOOK AT THOSE CHANGES THIS WAY.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE, UM, I THINK IT'S A COMPROMISE.
I WILL SAY THAT, UM, THE EXISTING LOCATION OF THE TRAIL IS NOT A CODE COMPLIANT.
UM, THE WAY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE READS A TRAIL THAT CLOSE TO THE SHORELINE OF LADYBIRD LAKE WOULD BE LIMITED TO SIX FEET IN WIDTH.
UM, TO BE WIDER THAN THAT IT WOULD BE NEED TO BE 50 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE.
SO THE REQUEST FOR A 25 FOOT SETBACK IS, UH, ALREADY A COMPROMISE TO TRY TO, UM, BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE, THE, THE TRAIL AND UM, THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO, UM, I THINK WE COULD ACCEPT THE AVERAGE, UM, THAT ALLOWS SOME FLEXIBILITY, BUT, UM, IT IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHAT STAFF WERE ORIGINALLY ASKING FOR.
ORIGINALLY ASKING FOR 50, BUT THAT OBVIOUSLY SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGES THE EXPERIENCE IF WE'RE TRYING TO GRANDFATHER IT AND WE MAKE IT 25 FEET.
SO CAN I ASK A QUESTION? GO AHEAD.
SO, UH, SO THE LANGUAGES I'VE, THE MOTION IS EVER WRITTEN AND IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE OKAY WITH, RIGHT? YES.
MR. SOLE, HAVE YOU SEEN THE MOTION THAT CAME FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN? YOU OKAY WITH THAT THERE? YES, I AM.
AND, AND IT'S LIKE WE ALL SAID, IT'S, THE INTENT IS TO KEEP THE TRAIL BASICALLY WHERE IT IS WITH SOME MINOR IMPROVEMENTS TO KEEP IT WHERE IT IS.
NOW, IN, IN YOUR COLOR CODED ORDINANCE, THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE STRUCK.
THE LA THE WORDS EXCLUDING TRAIL SECTIONS BUILT SPECIFICALLY TO ACCESS WATER ACCESS POINTS.
THESE ARE TRAIL POINTS THAT COME OFF THE TRAIL AND GO DOWN TO THE WATER.
THOSE CL WON'T BE LESS THAN 25 FEET AND WE JUST NEED THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE SO THAT WE DON'T END UP NOT BEING ABLE TO GET DOWN TO THE WATER IN THOSE, THOSE ON THE EXHIBIT.
SO THAT LANGUAGE AND STAFF AND STAFF IS COOL WITH THAT, THAT LANGUAGE WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDED, ADDED BACK IN FROM THE STRIKE.
IS STAFF OKAY WITH THAT? UM, YES.
SHORELINE ACCESS AND ALSO IF NECESSARY TO CONNECT TO OTHER PORTIONS OF THE TRAIL ON EITHER SIDE.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO, SO WOULD YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE IN THE MEANTIME HERE? WE WOULD BE ADDING BACK IN EXCLUDING TRAIL SECTIONS BUILT SPECIFICALLY TO ACCESS, ACCESS BORDER ACCESS POINTS, SEE IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE.
AGAIN, OUR PURPOSE TODAY IS NOT TO FINE TUNE LANGUAGE.
THE INTENT IS TO, IS TO AFFECT THAT COMPROMISE AND ALLOW FOR WHATEVER EXCEPTIONS IT IS THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
SO IF YOU COULD WORK WITH JERRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE SEEING GOING FORWARD, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
LOOK AT THE AMENDMENT, SEE IF YOU CAN JUST USE THE AMENDMENT THAT'S COMING AND SEE IF THAT DOES THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE REMOVAL OF THAT LAST LINE OF FINAL RELOCATION AND TRAIL SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE WATERSHED AND PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT? UM, THE, THE SUGGESTION FROM REMOVING
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THAT IS BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE EXPRESSING HERE IS OUR INTENT, AND I DIDN'T WANT OUR INTENT CHANGED.UM, AND THAT LANGUAGE IS VERY BROAD, SO I THINK IF WE GET A, IF WE, AS WE JUST DID WITH STAFF, IF WE GET THEIR UNDERSTANDING THAT STAFF IS OKAY, I DON'T WANNA PUT A LANGUAGE IN HERE NOW THAT CAN JUST COMPLETELY DO IT.
SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS KITCHEN, UH, UM, MOTION NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER THREE.
SO THEN WE MOVE THEN FROM TRAIL ALIGNMENT.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, UH, THE NEXT THING IS ON EIGHT OF 22 SECTION T WHERE WE HAVE WATER FORWARD, RIGHT? FAMILIAR.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A AUSTIN WATER UTILITY STAFF HERE TODAY, BUT I DID, UM, UH, RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM HIM THIS MORNING.
WE, THE APPLICANT HAS PRESENTED, UM, AN EXHIBIT.
I BELIEVE IT'S TERMED, UM, EXHIBIT, EXHIBIT BACK AT MY DESK, KEVIN, ON THE SAMPLE DESK.
UM, SO, UM, THE, THE APPLICANT HAS, THERE'S AN EXHIBIT, UM, ATTACHED OF THE PORTIONS OF WATER FORWARD THAT THE APPLICANT DOES AGREE WITH.
UM, THE AUSTIN WATER UTILITY RESPONDED THIS MORNING THAT THEY WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE TOTAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE WATER FORWARD PLAN.
AND KEVIN IS ON THE, UH, THE WEBEX IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UNDERSTAND CITY'S DESIRE THAT WE USE THE CITY CODE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND, RICHARD, IF YOU WANTED SUBTLE, IF YOU WANTED TO COME UP AND HIGHLIGHT, UM, WITH THE DEFAULT BEING THE CITY CODE, IF YOU WANTED TO PUT ANYTHING AT ISSUE, WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? I'M GONNA LET OUR ENGINEER DO THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE TECHNICAL.
AND HEY KEVIN, WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE UNTIL JUST NOW BETWEEN US AND THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
SO THIS ONE MAY BE ONE THAT WE MIGHT MAKE BETTER PROGRESS IF WE GO BACK TO AND SEE WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU LATER.
IF WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW, I DON'T WANT US TO BE KIND OF GUESSING.
SO LET'S HOLD OFF THEN WATER FORWARD, LET'S DO THAT.
MY SENSE IS FROM, FROM LOOKING AT PEOPLE'S FACES, THE DEFAULTS GONNA BE TO USE THE CODE AS, SO IF THERE'S A REASON NOT TO USE THE CODE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD BE VARYING FROM THAT.
SO THEN AS I READ THIS, UH, FURTHER, CAN I AHEAD, MAY I ASK MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER, BELLA, I THINK THIS AROSE IN PART BECAUSE YOU HAD PROPOSED REMOVING IT.
DID YOU HAVE A, A RATIONALE FOR DOING THAT? THIS IS WITH REGARDING THE WATER FORWARD? YEAH, NO, UH, THIS WAS BASED ON WHAT, UH, THE APPLICANT HAD AGREED TO.
AND AGAIN, I WOULD DEF, I WOULD DEFER TO THEM IN TERMS OF THE, THE DISTINCTIONS AND THE, AND THE RATIONALE.
SO MY UNDERSTAND COUNCIL MEMBER JANET BELLA, IS THAT YOUR AMENDMENT DID NOT CONTAIN THE THINGS THAT YOU WERE PROPOSING TO DO, BUT WAS HELPING THIS PROCESS MOVE FORWARD BY HELPING US SEE WHERE THERE WERE DISAGREEMENTS? THAT, THAT'S CORRECT.
HONESTLY, I, I COULD NOT SPEAK TO A LOT OF THE DETAILS WITHIN THE LANGUAGE OF THE AMENDMENT.
MY GUIDANCE TO STAFF WAS TO PREPARE SOME THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION PLUS THE, UM, PROPOSED AMENDMENT FROM PLANNING COMMISSION AND OTHERWISE THAT WERE ACCEPTABLE TO THE APPLICANT SO THAT WE HAD A DOCUMENT THAT WAS KIND OF, THIS IS UNIVERSALLY OKAY.
I APPRECIATE THE, THE FACILITATION AS A TOOL.
WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THROUGH SIX TO THE 15.
LET'S KEEP GOING AND SEE HOW FAR WE CAN GET IN IDENTIFYING AND UNDERSTANDING ISSUES, MAKING GOOD PROGRESS, MAYOR.
ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S KEEP PLUGGING COUNCIL OUR POOL.
JUST REALLY QUICK, I THINK I WANT TO ECHO SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID AND, AND ON THE WATER FORWARD, I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE, UH, ALIGNING WITH THE CURRENT CITY CODE ON, UH, AT THE TIME OF THE SITE PLAN AS FAR AS WATER FORWARD.
AND I THINK THAT WAS WHAT YOU HAD SAID.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'LL BE LOOKING FOR.
AND WHAT I DID IS I, I SAID THAT'S MY DEFAULT, BUT CERTAINLY THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN TO US WHY THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
BUT I WAS TRYING TO PUT THE BURDEN ON THEM TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, I, I MEAN, WHAT I'M SAYING IS I, I DO WANT TO HEAR TO CURRENT CODE AS WHEN THE SITE PLAN IS, I UNDERSTAND DROPPED WITH REGARD TO WATER FORWARD.
OKAY, LET'S KEEP MOVING AFTER WATER FORWARD.
I THINK THE NEXT ISSUE IS WE GO THROUGH THESE PAGES AND V WHICH IS IRRIGATION TO KEEP THE WATER THEME GOING.
THIS ONE'S PRETTY SIMPLE TOO AS FAR AS JUST UNDERSTANDING IT.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT HERE NOW OR SHOULD WE BE DEFERRING THAT THE SAME WAY WE JUST DID WATER FOR WAY WE JUST DID WATER FORWARD? UM, WELL, I THINK IT'S A SIMPLE ISSUE, SO I'LL JUST LAY IT OUT REAL QUICK.
SO THE AMENDMENT SAID THAT THEY HAD TO USE RECLAIMED WATER TO DO IRRIGATION.
UM, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING INSTEAD IS THAT THEY'D BE ALLOWED TO GO TO THE LC TO PULL WATER OUT OF THE LAKE OR TO USE CLAIMED, UH, RECLAIMED RAINWATER OR AC CONDENSATE, UH, STORM WATER, ET CETERA.
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BETWEEN WHETHER IT'S A, UM, RECLAIMED WATER, YOU KNOW, AGAIN USING THAT OR WHETHER THE OPTION TO USE LAKE WATER OR RAIN WATER.DOES OUR, DOES OUR STAFF HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT? THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING.
DOES OUR STAFF HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT? WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS, HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'D BE THE WATER UTILITY HERE, IF IT BE, UH, WATERSHED PROTECTION, UM, PROBABLY THE WATER UTILITY.
SO I CAN CHECK WITH KEVIN ON THAT IF YOU LIKE.
KEVIN, DO, DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS ONE? UH, KEVIN CRI AND AUSTIN WATER.
UM, I THINK LIKE THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION, WE WOULD JUST LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER ALL OF THE PROPOSED WATER FORWARD RELATED AMENDMENTS, UM, IN THEIR TOTALITY.
UM, I THINK WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT, THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONSITE SOURCES AS PRIMARY INSTEAD OF RELYING ON THE CORE COLORADO SUPPLY AS A PRIMARY SOURCE.
I'M GONNA, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA DISCUSS THAT NOW CUZ WE REALLY CAN'T, LET'S WAIT TILL YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK WITH, UH, WITH THE APPLICANT ON THIS AND YOU CAN BETTER NARROW DOWN FOR US THE ISSUES THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO, TO WRESTLE WITH.
COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA AND THE MAYOR PROTE.
UM, I AM IN RECEIPT OF SOME INFORMATION THAT, THAT OUR WATER UTILITY, UM, I BELIEVE SENT TO YOU COUNCIL MEMBER BELLA, IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
AND, AND I JUST, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, A CONVERSATION ABOUT, ABOUT THESE ELEMENTS BECAUSE IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE USE OF RAW WATER, I'M JUST READING FROM THIS EMAIL, OTHER AUSTIN WATER CONCERNS THAT THE PROPOSED USE OF RAW WATER FROM LADYBIRD LAKE WOULD BE IN CONFLICT WITH THE GOALS OF WATER FORWARD.
UM, YOU KNOW, STORM WATER HARVESTING AS PROPOSED DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF WATER FORWARD.
SO AGAIN, I THINK IT GETS BACK TO, I THINK THIS ELEMENT TOO GETS BACK TO THE POINT YOU MADE BEFORE ABOUT CURRENT CODE, OR LET'S HEAR WHY WE'RE SUGGESTING VARYING FROM IT.
LET'S, AND ESPECIALLY WITH WATER FORWARD, WHICH, YOU KNOW, AS A CRITICAL, CRITICAL, AND THIS ONE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT, IT'S NOT JUST WATER FORWARD.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A WATER RIGHTS PERMIT.
WE CURRENTLY USE LADYBIRD LAKE WATER TO IRRIGATE ON THIS AND WE WANNA MAINTAIN THAT.
WE WANT TO ALSO SUPPLEMENT IT WITH CONDENSATE RECLAIMED AND ALL, AND YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT WILL TELL YOU THEY DON'T WANT US USING RECLAIMED WATER TO IRRIGATE IN THE CRITICAL, BUT IT'S OKAY TO USE LADYBIRD LAKE.
OKAY? WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO GIVE UP OUR WATER RIGHTS.
I WASN'T ASSUMING ANYBODY WAS RIGHT OR WRONG ON THAT ONE.
WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO ADDRESS THAT ONE YET.
PLEASE GO TO OUR WATER FOLKS AND THEN COME BACK TO THEN NEXT TIME WE ARE MEETING ON THIS, WE NEED EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT ISSUE AND HOPEFULLY DIFFERENCES WILL HAVE BEEN NARROWED DOWN AND IF NOT, THEY'LL COME TO US.
UM, I JUST WANNA FLAG THAT WHAT'S WRITTEN HERE IN THE YELLOW, DOES IT NOT MATCH WHAT MR. OVN SAID IN TERMS OF WHAT IT MEANT? AND IT SAYS THEY'RE GONNA USE THEIR WATER RIGHTS AND THEY'RE ONLY GONNA USE THE RECLAIMED IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH WATER, WHICH IS NOT THE SAME AS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA USE A MIXTURE OF THESE KIND OF THINGS, ET CETERA.
UM, THAT CAN BE FIGURED OUT WHEN WE ADDRESS IT, BUT I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT'S NOT WHAT'S, WHAT THEY'VE AGREED TO IS NOT WHAT WAS EXPLAINED.
AND IT'S A SUBTLE DIFFERENCE THE WAY, NO PUN INTENDED.
LET'S, LET'S NOTE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION YOU'LL HAVE WHILE YOU'RE RESOLVING THAT.
ALL RIGHT, SO NOW I LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE AFTER IRRIGATION, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE, THE NEXT ONE CONCERNS THE TIMING OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION.
AGAIN, LET'S CUT GRANT HERE FROM PARKS, BUT TO SUMMARIZE IT BRIEFLY IN A HIGH LEVEL, UM, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, UH, SINCE WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS PROJECT WAS CONTEMPLATED TO HAPPEN IN PHASES.
UH, THE IMPORTANT REASON FOR THAT IS TO ALLOW THE, THE CONTRACTOR THAT DEVELOPER WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SITE OF HORSE FROM THE ENTIRETY OF THE AREA AROUND THE BUILDING AND WITH CRANES, TRUCKS, ET CETERA, IN ORDER TO, TO, TO DO CONSTRUCTION.
AND ONCE THAT IS DEDICATED AS PARKLAND, THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHAPTER 26 ISSUE TO DO THAT.
SO EVERYONE AGREED, THE PARTS DEPARTMENT, THE, UH, THE, THE APPLICANT ALL AGREED THAT WE'D THE BEST TO NOT DEDICATE THE PARKLAND UNTIL AFTER THE BUILDINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED TO, TO PREVENT THE NEED FOR CHAPTER 20, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE CHAPTER 26 HEARINGS.
UM, IS THAT OUR STANDARD PRACTICE IN THIS SITUATION? WE GENERALLY HAVE DONE WHAT WE CAN TO AVOID IT.
IF THERE'S NOT A NEED TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN PREEMPTIVELY FIND A WAY THAT DOESN'T NEED IT, THEN WE DO IT.
UM, SO THIS WOULD, UM, THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED, UM, WOULD SAY THAT AFTER NINE YEARS IR, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ALL BUILDINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED, THE ENTIRETY OF THE PARKLAND WOULD HAVE TO BE DEDICATED TO THE CITY.
SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO.
SIR POINT OF CLARIFICATION, THE CHAPTER 26 IS NOT NECESSARY IF A PARKLAND IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE.
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THEN, SO CAN I ASK SCOTT, ONE OF US NEEDS TO, WHY DON'T YOU AHEAD AND ASK THAT QUESTION? SURE.WOULD YOU MIND, UM, THEN REFLECTING ON WHAT PARKS, WHAT IS PARKS RECOMMENDATION, WHEN DO YOU WANT THE LAND, IF IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE CHAPTER 26 HEARING, WOULD, WOULD THE PARKS DEPARTMENT PREFER TO HAVE THE LANGUAGE AS IT WAS? YES, MA'AM.
IN THAT THE, IN THAT THE PARKS, UM, ARE DEDICATED TO THE CITY EARLIER? YES, MA'AM.
SO THE LANGUAGE HAS WRITTEN, UM, UH, WITH THE NORTHERNMOST PHASE OF THE, UH, OF EACH, THE NORTHERNMOST BUILDING OF EACH PHASE.
AND THEN THE, UM, THE STOP GAP THERE IS THE, UH, THE FIRST DAY OF THE NINTH YEAR, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IN CASE THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT TAKES A, A VERY LONG TIME, THAT THE PARKLAND BE DEDICATED AT THAT TIME.
AND IF IN, IN SUCH A CASE WHERE, UM, THE PARKLAND WAS NOT CONSTRUCTED AT THAT TIME, UM, A IT'S ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO HAVE A PARKLAND IMPROVEMENT MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE DEVELOPER, UM, OR PART, UM, IN, IN THIS CASE, THE DEVELOPERS GONNA BE DOING A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE DEVELOPER COULD DO, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ON DEDICATED PARKLAND.
SO ARE YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION LANGUAGES IN GREEN.
MR. SO DO YOU WANT ADDRESS, IF, IF SO I CAN CLARIFY.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS THE NORTHERNMOST BUILDINGS CORRECT.
PLANNING COMMISSION ADDED ON THE NINE YEAR DEAL.
THAT'S NOT YOUR RECOMMENDATION, CORRECT? NOT OUR ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION.
SO HERE'S, SO HERE'S WHICH IS, WHICH IS ALLOWED.
BUT WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS, IS THAT THE POINT OF, OF WHAT WE CAME UP HERE WITH WAS THINGS THAT WE'D AGREED WITH WAS STAFF AND WHAT WE COULDN'T AGREE WITH AND WHAT WE COULDN'T AGREE WITH WAS THE NINE YEAR DEAL.
BUT WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO IS AS WE BUILD NEXT TO THE PARK FOR THAT SEGMENT, THAT'S WHEN THE PARKLAND COMES TO YOU, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE PARKLAND REQUIREMENT IS TRIGGERED.
AND THAT'S, WE, WE DISAGREE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION.
WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU ADDRESS, WHY DO YOU, WHY DO YOU NEED THE NINE YEAR DEAL RATHER THAN JUST LETTING IT TRIGGER OFF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PARCEL? JASON PARCEL? UM, THE NINE YEAR DEAL IS, IS REALLY SEEN AS A, UM, IN CASE THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING VERY SLOWLY, THAT, UM, REALLY THE, THE, THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE THIS PARKLAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND IT TO BE DEDICATED, UM, TO THE CITY, UM, IN THE, IN THE HANDS OF THE CITY.
AT THAT POINT, I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE.
UH, MAYOR PROTE, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS FOR MR. SUBTLE OR FOR PAR, BUT, UM, WHAT PROTECTS US DURING THIS POINT PERIOD OF TIME FOR HAVING ACCESS TO THE, TO THE TRAIL OF CONSTRUCTIONS GOING ON, BEYOND THE NINE YEARS OR DURING THAT PERIOD? SO ONE, ONE ASPECT IS THAT THE, UM, THAT THE TRAIL IS, UH, IS CURRENTLY PARKLAND.
THE, IT'S, IT'S A, UH, IT, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, 25 FEET IN, IN WIDTH.
AND SO THAT IS CURRENTLY PARKLAND.
UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS GIVEN VERBAL ASSURANCE THAT THERE WILL BE ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE, IT'S NOT IN THE, THE TIME PERIOD OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO I'M GONNA PUT A PIN ON THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE TIMING THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ACCESS.
I KNOW THAT'S YOUR INTENTION, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE IN THE POD AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
IS, IS THERE'S CURRENT ACCESS NOW.
SO COULD YOU DISTURB THE CURRENT ACCESS? I THINK IT'S GOOD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S OUT THERE NOW, WHAT'S OUT THERE NOW IS A 12 FOOT WIDE TRAIL EASEMENT.
IT EXPANDS TO A 15 FOOT TRAIL EASEMENT.
IT'S DEFINED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE TRAIL EASEMENT.
IT CAN BE MOVED 90 FEET AT THE OPTION OF THE OWNER ANY WHICH WAY AND CAN BE CLOSED FOR 90 DAYS AT A TIME OPTION OF THE LANDOWNER.
WE'RE NOT PROPOSING CLOSING THE TRAIL UNLESS IF THERE IS A CONCRETE POUR OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS THAT WHERE A TEMPORARY SAFETY ISSUE COMES UP, WE MIGHT REROUTE THE TRAIL AND DETOUR IT, BUT WE HAVE NO INTENT TO CLOSE THE TRAIL OR, OR, OR, OR DO THE ACCESS.
I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHERE SCOTT COMES FROM ON HIS 25 FEET AND ALL THAT, BECAUSE I CAN SHOW YOU THESE ONES.
IT'S 12 AND 15 WITH THE ABILITY TO DETOUR AND TO CLOSE IF NECESSARY.
BUT WE AND IS THAT WRITTEN IN THE ORDINANCE OR LIKE NO, THAT IS WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE EASEMENT TO THE CITY WHEN IT WAS GIVEN BY THE COX FAMILY ORIGINALLY.
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HAPPENS TO THAT WHEN WE ADOPT THE PUT OR THE AMENDMENT TO THE PUT ORDINANCE? UM, IT'S NOT ADDRESSED.AND MAYBE WE SHOULD ADDRESS IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S AN IMPORTANT ENOUGH THING THAT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WOULD WANNA SURE.
CALL OUT EVEN IT'S JUST REPEATING IT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S YOUR INTENTION TO ADDRESS IT, BUT I'M, AS I'M UNDERSTANDING IT, IT'S NOT, THERE'S NOT A, I MEAN, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF YOU SHIFT, IF YOU SHIFT WHAT'S GOVERNING YOU AND THEN THE PUT DOESN'T HAVE IT, THEN THAT CAN BE PROBLEMATIC AND I DON'T WANNA LEAVE AND, AND YOU'VE OFFERED TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER THAN THE EASEMENT PROVIDES ANYHOW, SO LET'S THINK ABOUT PUTTING THAT LANGUAGE IN.
SO IS TO INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL STUFF AS WELL.
I THINK WHAT I HEAR IS, IS THAT WE WANNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN NOT TO BLOCK ACCESS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
SAFETY, BUT SAFETY, SAFETY ALSO MATTERS.
SO THERE MAY BE CERTAIN INSTANCES WHERE WE REROUTE OR CLOSE FOR A TEMPORARY AND MAYBE THAT OUGHT TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND SINCE THE RIGHT TO THE OBLIGATION TO REROUTE IS NOT PART OF THE AGREEMENT, SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S AN ADDITION THING THAT YOU'RE NO, IT'S IN THE AGREEMENT AS WELL.
BUT I MEAN, REMEMBER THIS TRAIL EASEMENT WAS DEDICATED TO THE CITY AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS NOT REQUIRED.
LET'S PULL IT FORWARD INTO THE PUG JUST SO THAT NO ONE EVER HAS TO WORK.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY, I'M NOT, IN SAYING THAT, I'M NOT YET SURE WHERE I LAND ON THE NINE YEAR PART, BUT I THINK THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PARK DURING THIS PERIOD OF, OF CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE THE TRAIL ACCESS.
AND SO WE'RE IT TO TAKE LONGER, WE WANNA MAKE SURE AT THE MINIMUM THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE WHERE I LAND ON THE SOUNDS GOOD.
UNDERSTAND, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE TRAIL DEDICATE, OR I'M SORRY, NOT THE TRAIL PARK DEDICATION IS NOT TRIGGERED UNTIL YOU HAVE A USE THAT TRIGGERS IT.
UP UNTIL RECENTLY IT WAS RESIDENTIAL OR HOTEL.
AND I'M NOT SURE UNDER THE COMMERCIAL THING THAT I HAVEN'T READ IT, BUT I KNOW WE AT LEAST PAY A FEE FOR COMMERCIAL, I GUESS, UM, THAT GOES TO THE 90.
YEAH, THE LETTER DEDICATE LAND.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEVELOP TRAIL STAYS.
MAYBE THAT'S HOW WE HANDLE IT.
I UNDERSTAND THE NINE YEAR THING IS STILL AN ISSUE.
WE'RE NOT DEVELOPING THAT ARGUMENT HERE TONIGHT.
ALLEN, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM ALSO WITH REGARD TO THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE.
UH, OUR, WE STILL LOOKING AT THE $9 MILLION OR SO, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED AS PART OF THE PUT, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE, THE MOST RECENT, UH, FEES, UH, WOULD, WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 5.2 MILLION, UM, BASED ON WHAT COUNCIL PASSED ON SEPTEMBER 15TH.
AND SO THE QUESTION, MR. SOLE TO YOU IS BECAUSE OF WHAT WE JUST DID, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A SAVINGS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF $4 MILLION.
UM, CAN YOU, CAN YOU CONTINUE TO JUST PAY THAT? DEPENDS ON IF THE PUD PASSES AND HOW IT LOOKS.
I WOULD THINK THAT, THAT, THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF WHAT THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS, YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED AN ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AND STILL HAVE THE ECONOMICS OF THE PLAN WORK.
WE, WE WERE TRYING TO ANTICIPATE THE FEE INCREASES THAT WERE COMING UP AND WE, WE FACTORED THAT IN.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO GONNA TALK ABOUT EVENTUALLY.
I, YOU CAN'T PASS A PUT UNDER ONE CIRCUMSTANCES AND HAVE THE UN UNILATERAL RIGHT.
TO THEN MAKE IT MORE INFEASIBLE BY INCREASING FEES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THAT AN ELEMENT HERE IS GONNA THROW OFF.
THE ECONOMICS THERE, I'M JUST SAYING IS IN MY HEAD, WELL, I'M COUNTING MY CREDITS AND I'M TRYING NOT PIN ME DOWN.
AND I UNDERSTAND I'M COUNTING A $4 MILLION CREDIT IN MY LEDGER THERE FOR, FOR THAT, UM, ISSUE.
THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT ISSUE.
AND I DO WANT TO GIVE, UM, RICHARD AND TEAM CREDIT FOR, UH, WHAT, WHAT THEY WOULD BE GIVE GIVING TO AS PART OF THE SAME ORDINANCE.
IT WOULD BE, UM, FROM THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF IT, IT WOULD BE ROUGHLY 1.9 MILLION IN ADDITION TO THAT 5.2.
SO REALLY THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT ABOUT 7.5.
SO TO JUST, SO THE SHORTAGE HERE, UH, NOW THAT WE'VE PASSED THAT AS A COMMERCIAL PARKLAND DEDICATION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE OF A ONE AND A HALF, YOU KNOW, TO 2 MILLION SHORTAGE, UH, FROM THE ORIGINAL KIND OF PREMISE TO TODAY.
IF YOU COULD GET US THE CALCULATIONS BASED ON WHAT WE PASSED, WHAT IT WOULD BE VERSUS WHAT THEY WERE PROMISING.
AND I'LL JUST, UM, ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID.
I THINK IT'S, THERE'S BEEN A DEMONSTRATED
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ABILITY TO PAY, UM, THE LARGER AMOUNT THAT WAS, UM, OTHERWISE REQUIRED UNDER THE ANTICIPATED AMOUNT.AND AS IT IS, I'M, I AM CONCERNED THAT WE ARE NOT, UM, FULLY MEETING THE COMMUNITY'S, UH, EXPECTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE PARK AND THE PARK BUILD OUT.
SO THAT WOULD BE DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO ME AS WELL.
NEXT SECTION D LOOKS LIKE TO ME, LIKE IT'S IN AGREEMENT THAT GETS US THEN TO THE ANNUAL PROGRAMMING PLAN.
UH, THE FIRST ISSUE IS WITH RESPECT TO TIMING.
AND I WILL LET SCOTT ADDRESS THIS AS RATHER COMPLICATED ISSUE.
AND ALSO JUST AS A REMINDER, IT IS ADDRESSED BY ONE, A COUNCIL MEMBER OF POOLS, AMENDMENTS AS WELL.
YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT YOUR AMENDMENT? YEAH.
UM, ESSENTIALLY IT, IT, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, MY MOTION TO AMEND PART 10, THAT FIRST E IT'S THE PARKS PROGRAMMING PLAN, AND THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT I GOT FROM THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
AND YOU WILL SEE THAT ESSENTIALLY E IS SHORTENED.
UM, AND THEN MAYBE MR. GRANTHAM, I KNOW MSME IS STUCK IN FLORIDA BECAUSE OF, UH, HURRICANE IAN.
AND SO SCOTT'S HERE TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP, BUT, UM, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE CHANGES THAT WERE WORKED OUT BETWEEN Y'ALL? MY STAFF AND THE APPLICANT? YES, MA'AM.
AND, AND, AND SO I KNOW MR. SO HAVE YOU READ THE POOL AMENDMENT? YES, SIR.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE POOL AMENDMENT? MR. YES, SIR.
MR. SOLE, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE POOL AMENDMENT? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT THERE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THAT MUCH TIME.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND ANY TIME.
UNLESS, UNLESS THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS.
BUT I DID WANT TO GIVE OUR STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO LAY IT OUT TO EXPLAIN TO THE DIAS WHERE THE CHANGES, WHERE THEY WERE, UM, KIND OF TECHNICAL.
WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THAT QUICKLY.
BUT MR. GRANT, TO ANSWER THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AGREEMENT HERE, WE NEED TO GET TO THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE AGREEMENT ON VERY QUICKLY.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY FROM THE GET GO, THE APPLICANT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARKLAND, UM, WITH THE IDEA THAT, UM, UH, EVENTS AND POT, POTENTIALLY POLICY CHANGES, I E THAT WOULD RELATE TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS COULD HAPPEN VERY CLOSE TO THEM AND NOT HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
UH, PART IS SYMPATHETIC TO THOSE CONCERNS.
UM, MOREOVER, WE ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A PROCESS ALREADY THAT GOES THAT, UM, DEALS WITH EVENTS EVENT PLANNING THAT INVOLVES A PUBLIC HEARING THAT DOES INVOLVE APPROACHING THE LANDOWNER.
SO, UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO HAVE A NEW PLANNING PROCESS EVERY YEAR, WASTE A LOT OF STAFF TIME, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TIME.
AND SO WE WOULD RATHER, UH, USE OUR EXISTING PROCESS AND REALLY GIVE OUR ASSURANCE THAT, UM, THESE ARE KEY STAKEHOLDERS HERE THAT THE, THE LANDOWNER AND WE WOULD NOT MAKE ANY BIG POLICY CHANGES WITHOUT INVOLVING THEM.
I'M SORRY MR. GRANTHAM, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION TO HOMELESSNESS.
WOULD YOU MIND CLARIFYING THAT POINT PLEASE? YES.
UM, THIS WAS A CONCERN THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY RAISED BY THE APPLICANT THAT THEY DID NOT WANT, UH, A BIG POLICY CHANGE TO OCCUR, UM, REGARDING PARKLAND.
UM, WHERE, UM, THAT THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY CHANGE RULES ABOUT, UH, HOW, HOW IT WAS, UH, HOW RULES, UH, REGARDING CAMPING WERE, UM, WERE ENFORCED.
AND SO, UH, BASICALLY WE, WE EXPLAINED TO THE, THE APPLICANT THAT THE RULES ARE THE RULES.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, IT'S, WE WOULDN'T, WE WOULDN'T TREAT THEM ANY DIFFERENTLY FROM ANY OTHER PARK SPACE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THE, UH, REALLY THE IDEA OF, OF IT, IT MIGHT BE THAT THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS REALLY LOOKING AT, AT MORE EVENT PLANNING.
HOWEVER, WE, WE AS THE DEPARTMENT DO, UH, ARE READY TO, TO WORK WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS ON ANY POLICY CHANGES.
I THINK MAYBE WHAT MR. GRANTHAM IS SAYING IS OUR ORDINANCES DO NOT ALLOW CAMPING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS IN OUR PARKS.
AND THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD ALSO BE THE CASE IN THIS PARK.
UM, AND THAT IS THE PIECE THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS VERY CLEAR.
UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, COOL TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR WORKING ON THIS.
UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS DOES AND DOES NOT DO.
SO, UM, IT BASICALLY SAYS THEY'RE GONNA FOLLOW THE SAME PROGRAMMING PLAN AS THEY DO FOR OTHER OF OUR CONSERVANCIES.
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UM, BUT THEN IT SAYS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COSTS FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF IT'S VERY SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF EXHIBIT G.AND THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE 9 MILLION PLUS THAT THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE IN, IN PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES FOR THE FEE IN LIEU OF LAND PORTION.
AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A PLANNING PROCESS FOR THOSE OTHER FUNDS TO DECIDE WHERE TO INVEST THEM AMONG THE MANY PRIORITIES THERE ARE FOR THE PARKS.
BUT IT DOES NOT SAY THAT THEY ARE FUNDING ALL OF THOSE OR THAT ALL OF THOSE WILL BE FUNDED.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, I HAVE, I IDENTIFIED AND ENUMERATED ALL OF THE ITEMS IN PART 10 F UH, THAT INDICATES THE LANDOWNER HAS AGREED TO PAY 100% OF THE COST FOR THE FOLLOWING IMPROVEMENTS.
ON THE FRONT PART OF THE PAGE, WE ARE ADDING A NEW SECTION TO PART 10 THAT ACCOMPLISHES THE FOLLOWING LANDOWNER SHELF FUND, A PARK, PUBLIC PARK, AMENITIES PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AS FOLLOWS.
AND THOSE ARE THE SEVEN ENUMERATIONS ON THE BACK.
IS THERE A LIST SOMEWHERE OF THE THINGS THAT WERE LEFT OFF FROM G SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT'S BEING PRIORITIZED ON THE, AN ESTIMATED COST OF THAT BALANCE? MR. GRANTHAM, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT? YES.
SO THE, UH, I MEAN, GOING THROUGH REALLY QUICKLY, UM, THESE, THESE ITEMS ON, ON YOUR LIST ARE PLAZA AREAS, GREAT STEPS, IZED WATER QUALITY PONDS, UNDERWATER RAINWATER, CISTERN, 1700 FEET RECONSTRUCTED, HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERIOR ITEMS, UM, INCLUDING SHORELINE RESTORATION, 2000 SQUARE FEET OF VERTICAL GREEN WALL.
SO BASICALLY YOUR QUESTION AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS WHAT, WHAT IS LEFT OFF OF THIS LIST THAT IS ALT THAT IS SHOWN ON THE OPEN SPACE PLAN, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS THE MAYOR TIMES QUESTION, YES.
I'M MUCH AND HOW MUCH EACH OF THOSE ITEMS COST, AND IF YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT RIGHT NOW, YOU COULD PROVIDE IT IN A FOLLOW UP, UH, Q AND A OR SOMETHING.
SO THOSE, THOSE ITEMS WOULD BE, FOR INSTANCE, THE AMPHITHEATER AND UM, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS THE WATER STEPS, UM, AND GREAT LAWN AND, UM, THE, THE IRRIGATION THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH THE GREAT LAWN, WE MIGHT THINK OF THAT AS THE BAT VIEWING AREA.
AM I, AM I RIGHT? SO FAR IT'S ALSO IT'S WATER STEPS.
SO, SO IF, IF PARK COULD PROVIDE US SURE.
WITH A CLEAR LIST OF THAT AND WHAT THE ESTIMATED COSTS, UNDERSTANDING THOSE ARE ROUGH FOR THOSE PIECES THAT FALL UNDER THE PARK PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, UM, ASSUMING THAT WE WOULD GO FORWARD MM-HMM.
AND WE DO HAVE THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE MONIES AVAILABLE AND MAYBE MR. SUBTLE COULD SPEAK TO THAT, BUT IT'S NOT SAYING THAT THESE THINGS CANNOT HAPPEN.
IT WOULD SIMPLY BE THAT THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE PRIORITIZATION THAT WE'D ASK OUR, THE PUBLIC TO HELP US WITH.
I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND WHETHER I WANNA PRIORITIZE SOME OF THOSE AND SUGGEST THAT THOSE OUGHT TO BE IN THE BASE.
AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A CLEAR LIST OF WHAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN, IN YOUR AGREEMENT.
MR. SOLE DID YOU WANNA SPEAK TO IS THIS ISSUE IS TWOFOLD.
THIS WILL BE A UNIQUE PART BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE NEIGHBORS TO THE PARK.
WE NEVER HAVE WANTED TO CONTROL THE PROGRAMMING OF THE PARK.
WE JUST WANTED A SEAT AT THE TABLE SO THAT FUTURE COUNCIL, IF IT DECIDES TO SOMEDAY HAVE THE MONSTER TRUCK EXHIBITION OUT THERE, WE WANT TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, SAY, WE'D RATHER YOU NOT.
OR IF A FUTURE COUNCIL DECIDE THAT CAMPING IS OKAY IN PARKS, WE'D WANNA A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
THAT THAT'S THE PROGRAMMING ISSUE.
THE PRIORITIZATION ISSUE IS THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO DO AND WE'VE TA WE'RE SHOULDERING THOSE AND THAT THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN AND THE PARK PLAN THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK UNDER COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS, A AMENDMENT, THOSE WOULD HAVE A MORE PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF HOW THEY GET PRIORITIZED AND FUNDED AND DONE.
AND I THINK WHAT I HEAR MAYOR PROTE SAY IS THERE MAY BE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WANT US TO SHOULDER.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT I'M HEARING FROM ON THIS ARE REALLY
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CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THE PARKLAND, UM, LOOKS LIKE IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN ENJOY AND BENEFIT FROM THAT.AND SO I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH ANY KIND OF KIND OF POD, FOR ME, IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT FURTHER CLARITY.
AND, AND BEFORE I CAN SAY IF THERE ARE ANY ONE OF THOSE THINGS OR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S LEFT OUT FROM WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, WE JUST GOT THIS AMENDMENT, I THINK TODAY I ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING THOSE COSTS ARE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW FAR THE POD IS CURRENTLY, UM, PROPOSED, ASSUMING THE 9 MILLION PLUS IS GOING TO GET US TO IT SO THAT WE CAN BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THIS PUT IS GOING TO PROVIDE OR WHAT IT'S NOT.
OR WE CAN NEGOTIATE, UM, FOR MORE.
UM, BUT THAT SEEMS EVEN THIS EXERCISE SEEMS TO BE THE APPROPRIATE, UM, NEXT STEP.
CUZ I DON'T WANNA PULL SOMETHING OUT OF THE HAT AND SAY I WANT THIS OR WHATEVER, BUT IF THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS IS IS, UM, NOT EVEN GONNA GET US THE GREAT LAWN WITHOUT FURTHER SUBSIDY, THEN WE NEED TO KNOW THAT FOR INSTANCE.
SO LET'S, I THINK WE'RE SO, SO IF JERRY, COULD YOU GIVE US A LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE IN OR OUT OF THE PLAN SO THE COUNCIL CAN SEE THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
MY GOAL HERE IS TO TRY AND GET US DONE BY SIX.
THERE WAS NO DINNER ORDERED FOR US.
LET'S SPEND LIKE FIVE MINUTES ON EACH ONE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH 'EM.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING'S GONNA BE THE BIG ONE.
I THINK WE WANNA SPEND MORE TIME THERE.
SO LET'S CONTINUE TO, TO PUSH THROUGH THIS IF WE CAN.
I THINK UNDERSTANDING THESE ISSUES AND HEARING IMMEDIATE REACTIONS FROM PEOPLE IS HELPFUL FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS IT, BUT I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CHANGE THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING COUNCIL MEMBER POOL FITS IN WITH OUR USUAL PROCESS OF WORKING WITH CONSERVANCIES ON PUBLIC PARKS.
AND SO WE DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW GIVEN THE TIME, BUT I DO, UM, I DO NOTICE THAT IT'S STRIKE IT'S, IT'S CHANGING FROM BEING AN ANNUAL PROGRAMMING PLAN TO A PARKS PROGRAMMING PLAN.
THE KIND OF INTERACTIVITY WITH, WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT SEEMS TO BE SHIFTING AT LEAST IN THE LANGUAGE.
SO BETWEEN NOW AND, AND WHEN WE ACTUALLY TAKE A VOTE ON IT, I WANNA UNDERSTAND THAT DIFFERENCE.
I KNOW WITH REPUBLIC SQUARE PARK AND SOME OF THE OTHERS, WE HAD A YEAR OR TWO WHERE, WHERE THE COUNCIL WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN, IN WEIGHING IN ON THAT PRO.
AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THAT PROGRAM PLANNED BEFORE THE LANGUAGE CAME FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
SO I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AND WHAT, HOW THAT COMPARES.
IT'S, IT'S A GOOD ISSUE TO IDENTIFY.
YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S NOT MR. RESTO AND IT'S MS. MCNELEY WHO CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION.
I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT GONNA RESOLVE THAT ONE HERE TODAY, BUT WE IDENTIFY THAT ISSUE AND THE REQUEST WAS FOR MORE INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT.
THERE ARE THREE, AND I WOULD JUST ASK THAT AS WE, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE QUICKLY.
IF WE COULD JUST MAKE AN EFFORT NOT TO CUT EACH OTHER OFF, I THINK THAT'D BE OKAY.
THERE ARE THREE THINGS WITH OTHER ISSUES UNDER THIS SECTION.
THE FIRST ONE WAS THE CONSTRUCTION, THE GREAT LAWN PI AND WATER STEPS, WHICH I THINK WE JUST DISCUSSED.
THE SECOND ONE WAS DEVELOPER MAINTENANCE OF AT LEAST A LEVEL ONE STANDARD.
UH, IS THERE AN ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S COVERED IN COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS.
UM, UH, ISSUE, UH, WAS THAT LANGUAGE, UH, MR. SOTO THAT YOU TOOK OUT WHERE SOMEONE SAID, UH, UH, STANDARD ONE, A LEVEL ONE STANDARD? I THINK THE ISSUE WAS THE MAINTENANCE OF A CITYWIDE PARK WAS BEING PUT ON THE DEVELOPER AND WE PREFER THE MAINTENANCE STAY WITH THE CITY.
THE STAFF WANT TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF WHO MAINTAINS THE PARK IN THIS CONTEXT OR THAT SEEMS TO BE BEEN PUT AT ISSUE, CERTAINLY IN BRIEF.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR, UM, FROM EARLY STAGES AND IT'S A, UM, IT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT HELPS THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT, THAT ESSENTIALLY WE ARE, UM, WE HAVE PARKS EVERYWHERE.
WE DO OUR BEST TO MAINTAIN THEM.
SO I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE.
THE ISSUE IS YOU'D LIKE THEM TO MAINTAIN IT AND THEY'RE SAYING THEY WANT YOU TO MAINTAIN IT AND IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE LEDGER COST ISSUES.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE, MAYOR PROTE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN SPEAK FULLY TO THIS, BUT I THINK THERE IS A, A THIRD WAY THAT INVOLVES THE TRAIL FOUNDATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE DEVELOPER TO THE TRAIL FOUNDATION.
UM, WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT, WHERE THAT MIGHT, MIGHT LEAD AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK, BUT THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING FINANCIALLY IN A SUBSTANTIAL WAY, UM, TO THE TRAIL FOUNDATION.
WE HAVE HAD, STEPH HAS A FEW DISCUSSIONS WITH US.
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IT.WE'LL CONTINUE YOU PURSUE THAT.
AND THEN THE THIRD, I'M SORRY, AND IF WE COULD GET, UH, AN ESTIMATE OF COSTS IF, IF THE CITY DOES TAKE ON THE OPERATION MAINTENANCE AGAIN, NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT IF WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION.
SO NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT SO THAT WE COULD PUT THAT ON THE LEDGER LATER.
THE LAST ONE WAS THE 10 FOOT WIDE VEGETATIVE BUFFER ALONG THE PARKLAND ADJACENT TO SOUTH CONGRESS.
IS THAT HANDLED BY THE KITCHEN AMENDMENT? UH, I THINK MAYOR, I THINK IT MIGHT BE, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THIS MEANS.
I THINK THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE WATER.
IT'S THE EASIEST ONE IS THIS IS CLOSE BATS.
WHAT? THIS IS BATS AND THE BAT GUYS SAY WE DON'T NEED IT.
THIS WAS CLOSER TO THE WATER, LIKE WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE FURTHER UP.
SO I THINK THE NEXT ONE WE GOT IT.
THE NEXT ONE IS BIKE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
SO THIS IS PRETTY EASY ALSO MAY I BELIEVE.
UM, SO, UH, IN THE, UH, NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE STAFF, THE APPLICANT AGREED TO CONSTRUCT A, UH, SIX FOOT WIDE PROTECTED BIKE LANE BETWEEN SOUTH CONGRESS GOING TO THE SOUTH AND RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
UM, THE APPLICANT WOULD PAY FOR THAT, WOULD CONSTRUCT IT THEMSELVES.
UH, THE PLAN COMMISSION, UH, RECOMMENDATION INCLUDED AN ADDITIONAL $200,000 FROM THE APPLICANT IN CASE THE STAFF CAN THINK OF ANYTHING BEYOND THAT.
UM, THE, UH, THE TRANSPORTATION STAFF DOESN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR THE AMENDMENT SINCE THEY'VE ALREADY AGREED TO BUILD THE BIKE LANE.
UH, THE ONE CAVEAT IS THAT, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THE, UH, UM, UM, THE, UH, THE RP ON THE PROPERTY, THE, THE ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS AMOUNT DID NOT EXCEED THE ALLOWABLE BY LAW ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY.
SO TO BE HONEST, FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE, IT'S REDUNDANT BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THEM ON THE HOOK FOR CONSTRUCTING THE BIKE LANE.
AND I SAY HAVE THE STAFF SHAKING THEIR HEAD.
IF ANYBODY, IF YOU, IF YOU LEARN DIFFERENTLY THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY THAT WAS ASKED, PLEASE AIR THAT QUESTION.
COUNCIL KITCHEN CONSTRUCTING THE BIKE LANE, WHAT KIND OF BIKE LANE? I MEAN HOW MUCH, WHAT KIND OF SAFETY? IT SAYS HERE A SIX FOOT PROTECTED BIKE LANE, BUT UM, WITH A TWO FOOT PER BUFFER ALONG THE EAST CURB OF SOUTH CONGRESS BETWEEN CONGRESS, EAST RIVERSIDE, BETWEEN THE BRIDGES, CURB BUFFER.
I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY CURB? YES.
THE NEXT ITEM IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, BEST AS I CAN TELL, I THINK WHAT WAS IN ONE PLAN WAS 4% ON SITE AT 80% MFI, WHICH IS 55 UNITS.
UH, THE, UH, COUNCIL APPROVED 10%, UH, ON SITE.
UM, MEAN, THIS IS JUST A A QUESTION OF OF OF COST AND I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT THE, THE APPLICANT, UH, SAID THEY, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO, COULDN'T DO THE 10% AND 60% MFI.
UM, AND AT THIS POINT, THE ECONOMICS BEING THE SAME, THAT SEEMS TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE ECONOMIC PEOPLE THAT, THAT YOU HAD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WAS ONE OF THE IDEA, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY IDENTIFIED THE COST OF IN THE POWERPOINT THAT, UH, DARREN MORGAN? YES.
UM, APPLICANT, DO YOU, DO YOU WANNA PROPOSE ANY ALTERNATIVES? AS A RECAP, MAYOR, THE 4% THAT WE PROPOSED CAME STRAIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN AND THAT EQUATED TO 55 ONSITE UNITS AT 80% MFI.
AS WE STARTED GOING THROUGH THE, THE PROCESS, WE REALIZED THAT SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH.
THAT HAS A DOLLAR FIGURE ATTACHED TO IT OF, OF ABOUT 23.2 MILLION.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID, WHY DON'T WE JUST TAKE THAT MONEY AS A FEE IN LIE AND GO BUILD A LOT MORE UNITS SOMEWHERE CLOSE BY? AND WE WOULD BE FINE WITH THAT.
THE THIRD THING THAT WE CAME UP WITH IS WE WERE ABLE AND NOW CONTROL 4 22 ON THE LAKE, WHICH IS A CURRENTLY BUILT APARTMENT COMPLEX, VERY NICE ONE.
AND WE RAN THE NUMBERS AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN 55 UNITS AT THAT AT 80% AND IT GETS MORE UNITS A LOT FASTER.
AND WE HAVE PROPOSED THAT RECENTLY TO THE CITY AS YET ANOTHER OPTION.
SO IN THE APPLICANT'S MINDS, THOSE ARE THE THREE OPTIONS THAT, THAT WE CAN DO AND STILL MAKE ALL THE NUMBERS WORK AND THE PROJECT WORK.
SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR US ON THIS IS DO WE WANT TO HAVE IT IN THE PROJECT OR ARE WE AMENABLE TO HAVING AFFORDABLE UNITS OUTSIDE OF THIS PROJECT? IF THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF THIS PROJECT IN 4 22, UH, BUILDING, CAN YOU GIVE US MORE UNITS THAN YOU WOULD HAVE IN ON SITE? YES.
THE NUMBERS, THE WAY THEY WORK OUT IT'S 55 UNITS ON SITE SOMEWHERE, 10 YEARS MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD, OR IT COULD BE UP TO 70 UNITS CURRENTLY WITH APPROPRIATE PROTECTIONS FOR SO THAT WE DON'T GIVE YOU THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NOW AND THEN WE DON'T GET SITE PLANS.
AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TERMS AND ALL THAT.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF IN, IN HOUSING AND I DON'T KNOW IF HOUSING STAFF IS HERE, IF WE GOT THE 23.2 AND WE TOOK THAT CASH, UH, OR THAT MONEY AND WE WANTED TO INVEST, COULD WE GET MORE UNITS IF WE INVESTED IT SAY WITH WALTER MURROW
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ON HIS PROJECT THAT'S THREE QUARTER MILES AWAY? SO, UH, ONE THING WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT INTERNALLY IS THE COMMITMENT TO KEEP THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHETHER IT'S ONSITE OR OFFSITE WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT AREA.OKAY, MY QUESTION WAS COULD WE GET MORE UNITS IF WE TOOK THE 23.2 MILLION AND INVESTED IN SOMETHING LIKE WATER MOROSE PROJECT, THAT'S I THINK ABOUT THREE QUARTER MILES AWAY.
DO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING OF, BUT I WILL SAY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE, UM, THE 23.2 MILLION EQUATING TO 55 UNITS OR 70, NOW WE'RE HEARING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 55 AND 70 IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGH RISE CONSTRUCTION.
SO IT'S STEEL CONSTRUCTION, IT'S NOT STICK BUILT.
IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ALTERNATE PROJECTS AND THEY ARE IN FACT IN A LESS DESIRABLE AREA AND THEY ARE STICK BUILT, THERE COULD BE SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE, BUT WE ARE LOSING OUT ON THE PROXIMITY TO THE LAKE AND THE, THE SOUTH, SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION.
I UNDERSTAND HAVING IT ON SITE AND THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE BY THE POLICY QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE.
I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A HUNDRED UNITS ON THE LAKE IN THIS AREA.
ALL OF THE THINGS BEING EQUAL.
BUT, BUT I'M TRYING JUST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CHOICES ARE FOR THE COUNCIL.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND 55 UNITS ON SITE.
UH, THE UNITS IN 4 22 APPARENTLY LESS EXPENSIVE FOR WHATEVER REASON.
A LITTLE BIT LESS EXPENSIVE, MORE EXPENSIVE, A LITTLE BIT MORE UNITS.
I HEARD 70 70 IS WHAT I HEARD TOO, SO I'M GONNA LOCK ON THAT.
SO I JUST RAN IT HERE AND ONE OF THE OPTIONS IS TO TAKE THE 23.2 ME AND, AND PUT IT IN A A, A PROJECT RATHER THAN PUTTING IT INTO AN ACCOUNT WHERE IT JUST SITS THERE.
NO ONE KNOWS HOW IT'S GONNA BE USED OR WHERE IT'S GONNA BE USED.
I, ONE THING I WOULD APPRECIATE THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TAKE A LOOK AT IS IF THERE, WHAT ARE THE, THE NEAREST PROJECTS, UH, TO THIS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE REAL OR COULD BE REAL IF THERE WAS INVESTMENT AND I SAID WALTER MORO FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, JUST BECAUSE I'VE HEARD HE MAY HAVE ONE THAT'S, UH, THREE QUARTER MILES AWAY.
I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE THERE COULD BE OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT, THAT ARE, ARE EQUALLY APPROXIMATE.
I RECOGNIZE IT'S A PROBABLY A DIFFERENT KIND OF CONSTRUCTION, NOT AS DESIRABLE AS BEING AT THE LEG.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'M TRYING TO DECIDE DO I, DO I MAKE THOSE SACRIFICES TO GET 75 UNITS OR WOULD I BE MAKING THOSE SACRIFICES TO GET 150 UNITS AND I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE TRADE OFFS ARE.
WE ARE HAPPY TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK, BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT OFF THE CUFF THAT THERE ARE NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL FRONT PLANNED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OTHER THAN ONE TEXAS CENTER, WHICH IS CONTEMPLATED AND PART OF UM, WE'RE COMMITTED TO HAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON SITE AND ONE TEXAS CENTER.
UM, BUT WHEN I HEAR 70 UNITS AT 4 22 ON THE LAKE, UM, I THINK IT'S A BIRD IN THE HAND AND I HEAR THAT AND THERE'S GONNA BE PLENTY TIME FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS WHAT YOUR PREFERENCES IS AND, AND WE WILL ALL EXPRESS WHAT OUR PREFERENCES ARE.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT ALL THE CHOICES ARE.
SO, SO YOU'VE IDENTIFIED ANOTHER ONE, WHICH IS ONE TEXAS CENTER.
WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT OF TAKING THE 23.2 AND PUTTING THAT IMMEDIATELY INTO ONE TEXAS CENTER? SO COULD YOU PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THOSE OTHER OPTIONS ARE, RECOGNIZING THAT, THAT THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN BE AN OPTION THAT IS SUPPORTED BY HOUSING, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS TRYING REALLY HARD TO GET SOMETHING IN THE DISTRICT AND I UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS OF THAT, BUT JUST TO DEVELOP THE CHOICES, CAN YOU DEVELOP THE ALTERNATIVES SO THAT COUNCIL CAN AT LEAST SEE WHAT THE ALTERNATIVES ARE? WE CAN DEVELOP SOME ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS.
I WILL SAY THAT WE WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND, OR I CAN'T CONTEMPLATE A SCENARIO IN WHICH WE WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, IDENTIFYING A SPECIFIC PROJECT TO PUT THOSE FUNDS INTO.
IF IN FACT WE WERE TO ACCEPT A FEE IN LIE, UH, WE WOULD WANT THOSE FUNDS TO GO INTO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND THEN DETERMINE FROM THERE THE HIGHEST PRIORITIES BASED ON THAT.
SO RATHER THAN PREDETERMINING A DEVELOPER OR A PROJECT OR A SITE, OKAY.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE TEXAS CENTER BECAUSE IT IS CITY OWNED.
OKAY, I HAVE TO THINK THAT THROUGH IT.
HELP ME, HELP ME THEN IF CUZ I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE SAYING TO ME, I WOULD CONSIDER IT GOING THERE IF I FELT FOR SURE THAT IT WASN'T JUST GONNA SIT THERE IF IT WAS GOING TO BE DEPLOYED.
UH, AND, AND SO I GUESS THE ISSUE WOULD BE IF WE'RE NOT GONNA
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IDENTIFY ONE IN PARTICULAR, HOW QUICKLY DO WE THINK WE COULD DEPLOY IT? HOW REAL CAN WE MAKE THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE FUNDS QUICKLY EITHER BE OR NOT BE? CUZ THAT'S A QUESTION.SO HELP, HELP IN THAT AREA WOULD BE, WOULD BE APPRECIATED TOO.
SO I FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT IN OUR TRACK RECORD AT HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON DEPLOYING OUR FUNDS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE 2018 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS, 250 MILLION, UH, OUR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND OWNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD BE THIS SUBSIDY THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE FUNDS WOULD FLOW THROUGH.
UH, WE ARE, WE HAVE AND, AND AND GENERAL 20 MILLION LEFT OUT OF, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PLUS MILLION GOT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CHANCES ARE OF ACTUALLY DEPLOYING IT QUICKLY IN THIS DOWNTOWN AREA WOULD BE WITHIN A MILE SAY OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY THAT I DON'T KNOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT'S PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE OFFLINE, BUT I JUST WANNA RAISE IT SINCE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, PART OF, PART OF WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING WITHIN CONS, DOLLAR CONSTRAINTS IS I'M RETHINKING EVERY, ALL THE DOLLARS.
SO I'M GONNA WANNA ASK, UM, HOW IMPORTANT AND WHY WE'RE PUTTING MONEY INTO EXTENDING THE ROAD BECAUSE IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THERE WAS SOME DOLLARS THERE, BUT AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE IF WE CHOSE NOT TO EXTEND THE ROAD, WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT MAKE MORE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR, FOR, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING? WHICH ROAD? THE, IT'S BARTON WHATEVER.
JERRY, YOU WANNA COMMENT ON THAT? UM, WELL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THE, UM, YES, THE APPLICANT AT THIS POINT IS PROPOSING TO DEDICATE THE RIGHT OF WAY BUT NOT LEAVING THE FUNDING FOR THE ROAD UP TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO, UM, UM, THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THAT CONSTRUCTION COST WILL HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR BY SOMEBODY.
UM, BUT KEEP IN MIND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A THREE AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FOOT DEVELOPMENT AND SO THERE IS A NEED FOR THE ROAD THERE AS WELL AS THE SOURCE, THE LOCATION OF THE NEW, UH, TRANSIT STATION.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, STAFF STANDS BY THE NEED FOR THE ROAD.
THE ISSUE IS AT THIS POINT, THE, THE WHO PAYS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT THE VALUE THAT WE SAW IN THE EARLIER ANALYSIS FOR THE ROAD COMES FROM DEDICATING THE LAND? YES.
WELL THERE WAS, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT VALUE WAS.
WAS IT 17? I'D HAVE TO GO BACK, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK FROM THE CUSTOMER.
BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST DOCUMENT THAT WE, THE FIRST PRESENTATION THAT WE SAW.
SO, UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, TO MY MIND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, SURE, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE ROAD AND SURE.
BUT WE'RE ALSO JUST STRUGGLING HERE WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO, TO THINK ABOUT, UH, AND, AND I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE EXTENT TO WHICH THAT'S NECESSARY AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THAT'S COUNTED TOWARDS, UM, THE VALUE THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THIS PUT.
SO I WILL JUST LEAVE THAT AS A PLACEHOLDER.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
CUZ IT COULD BE IF WE DON'T BUILD THE ROAD THEN WE GET EVEN LESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE THE PROJECT THAT IT SUPPORTS ISN'T AS GREAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ASK.
UM, WELL MY UNDERSTANDING WAS, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.
I WAS GONNA SAY HOW MUCH OR HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT ROAD TO CREATING THE VALUE THAT WE'RE THEN TRYING TO HARVEST TO DO THE, THE, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? AND THAT'S, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE DEVELOPER THAT.
I MEAN, UM, I IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ROAD WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL FELT WAS NECESSARY, BUT MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT THE ACCESS IS NECESSARY.
THE ROAD IS ACTUALLY A DISTRICT ROAD.
IT'S GOING TO SERVE AS A CONNECTOR ALL THE WAY TO RIVERSIDE FROM THE REST OF THE DISTRICT.
IF YOU PUT IT ON US, WOULD WE BUILD THE LANES AND THE BIKE LANES AND THE SIDEWALKS AND ALL THAT THE CITY WISE OR WOULD WE DO THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THAT? PROBABLY NOT.
SO MY QUE MY FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION REALLY IS IF, IF THAT WAS A PIECE THAT WE TOOK OUT OF THE POD, UH, IT IS REALLY THE MAYOR'S QUESTION, WOULD THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO PLAY WITH IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING? COULD IT ADD TO THAT 23.2? WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO A LAND PLAN TO SEE WITH LESS RIGHT OF WAY? COULD WE GET MORE DEVELOPABLE? OKAY.
MORE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS AND MORE SQUARE FEET.
AND THEN, AND THEN I THINK THE CORRESPONDING QUESTION, CUZ I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION CAUSE I'D REALLY LIKE TO, TO TO TEASE THIS OUT.
JERRY WOULD BE FOR ATD, UH, WHAT'S ATD GONNA THINK ABOUT IF WE DO A PROJECT THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE, THE
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BAR SPRINGS CONNECTION, UH, IN THE DISTRICT, RIGHT? I MEAN THERE'S A STAKEHOLDER IN THIS TOO.UM, WELL THERE I WILL, UM, JUST HAD TO LEAVE, BUT I WILL GET BACK WITH HIM.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE DID TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT WHILE WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE BOND END.
SO WE, I THINK THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND MM-HMM.
AND IT HAS TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT, THIS DEVELOPMENT TRANSIT STATION, ETC.
BUT WE'LL BE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT TIME.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU'RE ZEROING IN ON SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL COSTS BECAUSE I, I REALLY WANNA PRESERVE AS MUCH OF THAT VALUE AND AS MUCH OF THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT AS POSSIBLE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. SUBTLE.
UM, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THE 70 UNITS THAT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF THAT WOULD BE YOUR, YOUR OFFER AT 4 22 ON THE LAKE WOULD BE AT 80%.
HOW MANY UNITS COULD YOU DO? WERE IT AT 60%? I'M GONNA ASK SANDRA TO GIVE ME THE, WE LOOKED AT THAT AND I BELIEVE IT WAS 36.
PARDON ME, THE ONE TEXT, IF IT'S ALL 60% OF MY MFI WOULD BE 60, IT'D BE 36 UNITS MUSCLE MANO.
I WILL TELL YOU IF YOUR, IF YOUR COLLEAGUES IN TERMS OF GAUGING WHERE PEOPLE ARE, IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO GET TO 60% MFI FOR THE RENTAL UNITS, I WOULD PREFER TO US TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING 60% FOR, FOR RENTAL UNITS.
SO I'D REALLY LIKE FOR US TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THERE WITH RENTAL UNITS.
THAT SAID, UH, I RECOGNIZE THE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF UNITS AT 60 VERSUS 80% AND THAT GOES KIND OF THE LEDGER SHEET.
BUT I WILL ALSO SAY THAT WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, I WOULD TAKE 25% MORE UNITS IN 4 22 THAN TO PUT THE UNITS, UH, IN, IN ON SITE.
SO WHATEVER THE EQUIVALENT IS THAT 60% IS, IS WHAT I AM MOST FOCUSED ON.
THEN IF I GET 25% MORE AT 4 22, I WOULD PROBABLY MAKE THAT TRADE.
AND I AM OPEN TO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT TAKING THE 23.2 AND SEEING HOW MANY 60% UNITS WE COULD GET WITHIN A MILE OF THIS TRACK.
AND I AM OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS ON OUR PROPERTY ONE AMERICAN CENTER, HOW MANY UNITS COULD WE GET, HOW MUCH MORE QUICKLY, UM, UH, IF WE WERE TO TAKE THE, THE MONEY AND PUT IT THERE.
SO I'M, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER CUZ WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION, BUT I'M OPEN TO, TO LEARNING ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
THERE'S ALSO A STRATEGY AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SELL OUT THE HOUSING FOLKS.
YOU CAN HAVE A GRADUATED SCALE AND GET MORE UNITS TOO.
YOU CAN HAVE SUMMIT 60, SOME AT 80, SOME A HUNDRED SUMMIT 120.
IT'S STILL LESS THAN SOMETIMES THE MARKET, BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN MOVE THOSE NUMBER OF UNITS AROUND AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HAVE CONVERSATION WITH HOUSING ABOUT THAT.
I'D BE AMENABLE TO HEARING WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.
UM, I, I AM INTERESTED IN SEEING THESE UNITS BE WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.
OF COURSE, I WANNA SEE ONE CHEST, ONE CENTRAL, ONE TEXAS CENTER REDEVELOP FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT'S CERTAINLY PART OF, OF THE VISION I SUPPORT.
ONE DISADVANTAGE OF, OF SHIFTING THEM THERE OF COURSE IS THAT THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAPPEN QUICKLY AND THAT'S A, TO ME THAT'S A DISADVANTAGE.
THE OTHER IS THAT IF WE'RE REALLY GONNA GET 20%, IF WE'RE GONNA MEET OUR GOAL OF 20% OF THE TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL BEING AFFORDABLE, WE'RE GONNA NEED UNITS ON MORE THAN JUST ONE TEXAS CENTER SITE.
WE'RE GONNA NEED THEM WITHIN SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS ON OUR CITY OWN TRACK.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, JUST AN, A CONCERN I WOULD AIR I WOULD ALSO SAY, UH, MR. SULE, I THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US WITH THAT NUMBER.
I, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU TAKE A LOOK AT, AT SOME OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE WITH REGARD TO THE PARKING, WITH REGARD TO THE EASEMENT, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AS AS SUPERIOR WHERE WE COULD GET INCREASED VALUE? YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, AS I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT, UH, THE STAFF HAVE PROVIDED US WITH, IF WE USED YOUR EXISTING POD AS THE BASELINE AS WE DO WITH PODS, THE STAFF HAVE PROVIDED TO US WHAT THAT WOULD, WHAT THE NUMBER OF UNITS WOULD BE THAT WOULD RE WOULD BE REQUIRED UNDER THAT.
AND IT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN THE 55 UNDER THE 4%.
UM, IN FACT, I'LL INVITE MR. RUSTO IN JUST TO ENCAPSULATE THAT FOR US.
IT'S IN THE Q AND A, UM, BUT I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW.
IT WAS A, I THINK ABOUT 194, IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, IT WAS ABOUT 200.
WELL, YES, IT WAS ABOUT 293,000 UM, SQUARE FEET.
WHAT I DID WAS I TOOK THIS THREE AND A MILLION OF PROPOSED ENTITLEMENT FOR
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ROUGHLY 600,000 OF EXISTING ENTITLEMENT.IT WAS 2.9 MILLION, TOOK 10% OF THAT.
IT WOULD BE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 293,000, HOW MANY UNITS THAT EQUATES DO DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE YEAR.
YEAH, I THINK YOU SAID IT WAS ABOUT AT ABOUT A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, OBVIOUSLY 2 93.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, 4% OF THAT, EVEN IF WE WENT WITH THE 4% NUMBER, WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE THAN A HUNDRED UNITS.
116, SOMETHING LIKE THAT I THINK.
UM, IF I HAD ASKED IN THE Q AND A THAT YOU DO 4% AND 10%, I THINK YOU ONLY DID THE 10%.
YEAH, 4% WOULD BE SOMEWHERE ABOUT, WE KINDA HAD THREE NUMBERS.
WE HAVE THE 4% APPLICANT PROPOSAL STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THAT'S AROUND 55.
WE HAVE THE, UH, THE, THE YEAR AMENDMENT THAT FIRST READING, WHICH WAS 10% OF THE TOTAL UNITS, 1500 UNITS, ABOUT 150.
AND THEN THE TIER THREE, WHAT YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 300.
WOULD YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE SO THAT I CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THOSE? SURE.
IS THIS POD FALL UNDER TIER THREE? NO, UM, MAYOR IN 2007 THAT THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL AMENDED THE, THE PUT ORDINANCE PLEDGE GENERALLY SPEAKING, AS YOU KNOW, REQUIRES SUPERIOR DEVELOPMENT TO STANDARD CODE.
THE DEVELOPER GETS TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THE CODE.
THE CITY GETS COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WE NORMALLY COULD NOT OTHERWISE LEGALLY, UH, REQUIRE.
UM, IN 2007 THERE WAS SOME RESTRUCTURING DONE TO THE ORDINANCE AND IT, IT CREATED TIER ONE SET SITUATION THAT EVERYONE HAS TO COMPLY WITH A TIER TWO, WHICH IS THE GENERAL SUPERIORITY THAT WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY.
AND THEN THERE'S A TIER THREE, UM, UM, WHICH ACTUALLY I THINK IT'S CALLED THE BONUS, BONUS PROVISION IN THERE THAT, UM, TALKS ABOUT, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.
IT REQUIRES 10% OF THE BONUS AREA.
IT DEFINES A BONUS AREA AS BEING ABOVE A BASELINE, WHICH IS THE EXISTING ENTITLEMENT.
UM, HOWEVER, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING POD.
UM, AND UM, WE HAVE NEVER REQUIRED AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING PODS TO GO THROUGH THE TIER THREE PROCESS.
WE DO AMENDMENTS TO OTHER PODS ALL THE TIME.
SOME ARE ADMINISTRATIVE, SOME WE'VE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL, JUST DEPENDING ON WHETHER, WHAT THE CRITERIA THEY MEET IN THE CODE.
AND, UM, WE HAVE NOT APPLIED RETROACTIVELY, IF YOU WILL, TIER THREE TO ANY POD THAT CAME IN PRIOR TO 2007.
SO THAT I UNDERSTAND THE THREE NUMBERS THEN DON'T GO BETTER BACK TO YOU KATHY, THAT THE TIER THREE, WHICH THE 10% OF TOTAL UNITS IN THAT BONUS SITUATION IS NOT SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE CITY APPLIES TO A PROPERTY IN THIS SITUATION.
THE 10% WAS WHAT THE DISTRICT SAID THEY WANTED TO HAVE ACROSS THE ENTIRE, THAT'S 20% DIS I MEAN 20% ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, YES.
BUT THEN DID IT CALL OUT SPECIFIC NUMBERS FOR SPECIFIC PARCELS AS PART OF THAT 20%? IT, IT DID AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY ON THIS TRACK IT THE NUMBER IS 4% AND NOT 20.
UM, WHAT THEY PLANNED THE VISION PLAN, UM, CONTEMPLATED, UM, WAS THAT CERTAIN TRACKS, IT KIND OF CREATED A, A VISION IF YOU WILL, FOR RIGHT DISTRICTWIDE IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, PLAZA HERE, A REAL NICE LAKEFRONT HERE, BAD VIEWING AREA HERE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND UH, THIS TRACK, BECAUSE OF ITS PHYSICAL LOCATION, UM, BEARS THE BRUNT, IF YOU WILL, OF MANY OF THOSE DESIRED, UM, THINGS THAT THE CITY WANTS TO SEE.
THE PARKLAND, THE BARTON SPRINGS ROAD, EXTENSION CETERA.
AND SO KNOWING THAT TO BE THE CASE, THE RECOMMENDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT FOR THIS TRACK AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN WAS 4%.
THAT'S THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
THAT'S WHAT THE VISION PLAN HAD.
IN THE VISION PLAN FOR THIS PROPERTY.
SO SOMEWHAT DISCOUNTED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE FACT THAT THEY'RE OBLIGATED TO DO THINGS THAT ATTRACT, SUCH AS THE SNOOPY TRACK ON YOUR WINDOW.
THERE DID NOT HAVE TO DO BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ON THE LAKE, THEY DIDN'T NEED THE ROAD EXTENDED, ET CETERA.
SO SOME HAD TO DO MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SOME ACCOUNT TO PLAY LESS DEPENDING UPON THEIR TOTAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE DISTRICT EFFORT.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES TODAY, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT WE TALK AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT, ABOUT JUST THAT VERY ISSUE.
I THINK THERE ARE DIFFERING OPINIONS ABOUT WHETHER, WHETHER THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING POD OR A VERY SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT, WHICH IS SUBJECT UNDER OUR CODE, A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT, UM, IS SUBJECT TO CURRENT CODE REQUIREMENTS.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE'S AGREEMENT ON THAT POINT, EVEN AMONG OUR CITY STAFF.
SO I THINK IF, IF IT BECOMES A RELEVANT ISSUE, I THINK THAT, AND IT, AND IT SEEMS TO KEEP COMING UP, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT IT.
I WOULD SAY TOO, JERRY, I I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE 4%, BUT THE VISION PLAN ALSO ALSO SET A DIFFERENT SET OF ENTITLEMENTS FOR THAT TRACK.
IT DID, WHICH ARE LESS THAN WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED.
THAT CORRECT? THAT'S JUST A DIFFERENT POINT AS WELL.
YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY THE COUNCIL HAS THE DISCRETION OF, OF CONSIDERING DIFFERENT THINGS FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
I GUESS THE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD UNDER SQUIRREL OF THIS BY SAYING IF WE WENT WITH THE POD REQUIREMENTS, THEY WOULD, EVEN WITH THE BASELINE BEING SET AT THE SOUTH CENTRAL, THE HOUSING REQUIREMENT WOULD BE GREATER IF WE USED THEIR EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS, WE'D BE LOOKING AT MUCH, MANY MORE UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE POINT IS WE JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, MY POINT IS WE WANNA GET AS MANY
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AS POSSIBLE THERE AND I THINK GIVEN OUR PUT ORDINANCE AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS IN PLACE, UH, WE HAVE GOOD REASON TO MAKE THAT REQUEST.I UNDERSTAND THE APPLICANT'S POINTS ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF IT HAVE TO WORK OUT FOR THEM CLEARLY.
SO I'M JUST SIMPLY ASKING, WOULD YOU PLEASE GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AS YOU HAVE BEEN ALL ALONG, BUT CAN YOU TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT YOU'RE IDENTIFYING AS SUPERIOR TO SEE HOW WE COULD GET TO 60% MFI, UM, WITH, WITH A, A HIGHER NUMBER OF UNITS.
AND I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO CONTEMPLATE HAVING THEM AT 4 22 RATHER THAN ON SITE IF THAT GETS US MORE UNITS.
SO, OKAY, I YOU'VE ALREADY BEGUN THAT DISCUSSION, WHICH IS GREAT.
IF WE COULD CONTINUE IT AND SEE, AND SEE HOW, UM, HOW MUCH CLOSER WE COULD GET TO MAYOR PRO, THAT 10%, THAT'D BE GREAT.
MAYOR PROTE, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO A LIGHTNING ROUND HERE ON SOME ISSUES.
UM, JERRY, ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT NOT WITH RESPECT TO THE HOUSING, WHERE THEY HAVE, UM, RECEIVED MORE IN BENEFITS OR ENTITLEMENTS THAN WAS IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN? UM, I WOULD SAY ROUGHLY THE ONLY OTHER POD WE'VE DONE IS THE SNOOPY POD.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER POD WE'VE DONE AND, UH, IT IT PRETTY CLOSELY TRACKED WHAT THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN HAD IN TERMS OF HEIGHT.
NO, MY QUESTION IS, I THOUGHT THERE WAS ADDITIONAL HEIGHT AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY GOT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN.
OH, BESIDES HEIGHT, WHAT DID THEY GET THAT GOES BEYOND? WELL I'M, I'M ASKING, SO WE'RE SAYING THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN SAID THEY ONLY HAD TO DO 4%, BUT THEY'VE GOTTEN, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY'RE EXAMPLE FOUR FEET.
THEY'VE GOTTEN ENTITLEMENTS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN.
SO, UM, HOW WOULD WE MEASURE THOSE? BECAUSE THAT 4% DOESN'T APPLY TO THE, I MEAN EVEN IF YOU WANNA MAKE THAT ARGUMENT, THEY'RE GETTING MORE OF SOMETHING.
I BELIEVE THIS IS KIND OF A CONFUSING PROCESS, BUT I THINK THERE'S OTHER STUFF THAT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND THERE.
PRETEND THERE, THERE ARE THAT, THE THING IS THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PIECES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE CORRECT, THE UM, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT, YOU KNOW, FOUR PORTION OF THE TRACK WAS 400 FEET.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IN THE, IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLANT THEY'RE PROPOSING, YOU KNOW, FIVE IS 5 25 40.
UM, HOWEVER, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLANT ALSO CONTEMPLATED BARTON SPRINGS ROAD EXTENSION BEING MOSTLY ON THE ADJOINING CROCKETT PROPERTY.
AND BECAUSE FOR SOME PROPERTY LINE ASSUMPTIONS ARE WRONG BECAUSE THE CROCKETS AREN'T READY TO DO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
FOR BOTH THOSE REASONS, IT'S GOING ENTIRELY ON THE, ON THE STATESMAN SIDE.
AND SO YES, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S PORTIONS WHERE THEY'RE GETTING MORE THAN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN AND THERE'S ALSO PORTIONS WHERE THEY ARE EVEN TAKING ON MORE THAN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED.
SO I WOULD SAY BOTH BOTH ARE TRUE, SURE.
AND BOTH CAN BE TRUE AND THEY CAN ALSO NEED TO DO MORE.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANNA WEIGH IN ON, UH, THEIR, CUZ AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE BIG ISSUE I THINK HERE WITH RESPECT TO YOUR, UH, IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR? YES.
YOU KNOW, I WAS THE ONE THAT WHO HAD THE ORIGINAL SUGGESTION TO, UH, USE IT FOR HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S SO MONEY I WAS, WE VISITED NORTHBRIDGE, UH, THE OTHER DAY AND UM, YOU KNOW, AT AT THE 23 MILLION, WE TAKE THAT 23 MILLION AND BUY ANOTHER HOTEL WITH APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED TH A HUNDRED UNITS AT $200,000.
EVERYTHING IS ABOUT $200,000 A DOOR THAT THEY'RE PAYING RIGHT NOW.
THAT IS A VERY, I I, I STILL THINK THAT'S A, A GOOD SOLID OPTION.
THAT SAID, EVEN THAT PLAN WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO IMPLEMENT, WHEREAS PUTTING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S I THINK A VERY, UH, ATTRACTIVE OPTION, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE GET THE HOUSING ESSENTIALLY IMMEDIATELY.
WHEREAS UNDER EVERY OTHER SCENARIO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, MONTHS OUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE VERY LEAST MONTHS AND MORE LIKE YEARS OUT.
AND, AND SO IT'S, IT'S A REALLY A COMPELLING, UH, PROPOSAL FROM, UM, FROM THE APPLICANT.
YOU, I'M TRYING TO SPEED US UP HERE NOW.
SO FOR QUICK ANSWERS ON STUFF SO WE CAN MOVE TO THE PROCLAMATIONS AS COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M INTRIGUED BY THE 4 22.
ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS FOR HOW LONG IS THAT A 99 YEARS, UH, FOR THAT, THOSE 70 UNITS WOULD BE AVAILABLE? WELL, 40 YEARS.
HOW? 40? WELL THEN PART OF MY QUESTION WOULD BE, UH, COULD WE EXTEND IT BEYOND 40 YEARS? WE'LL DISCUSS WHAT WE, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS ALWAYS INTEREST, OKAY, MOVE ON.
LET OTHER PEOPLE GONNA WEIGH IN CANCER.
I, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE, UH, 70 UNITS THAT 4, 2, 2.
SO THAT'S ALL I JUST WANT TO SAY.
ANYBODY ELSE WANNA WEIGH IN ON THAT? SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY OKAY WITH THAT OPTION.
REAL FAST HERE, LET'S, WE'RE GONNA DO A LIGHTNING ROUND ON REMAINING ISSUES, UH, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THOSE.
THE BEDROOM MAKES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING QUESTION IS WHETHER THERE'S
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AN EMPHASIS ON MULTI BEDROOM OR AN EQUAL MIX OF MULTI BEDROOM.THIS YOU IS SEMANTICS, BUT I THINK IT ALSO MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, TOGO'S AMENDMENTS WERE MADE IN FIRST READING IT SAID WITH AN EMPHASIS ON, UM, MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING.
UH, WITH THE, UH, THIS, THE ORDINANCE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VELA HAS LAID OUT, IT ACTUALLY REQUIRES AN EQUAL MIX.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE PROBABLY WOULD PREFER EQUAL MIX BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A DEFINABLE NUMBER.
UM, WHEREAS EMPHASIZE SEEMS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A JUDGMENT CALL IN IT.
THAT'S OUR, OUR TAKE FEEDBACK.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE IS AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL RATE.
AND THIS JUST HAS TO DO BEAR WITH, UM, HOW MUCH THE, UH, WHAT AFFORDABLE MEANS.
UM, THE, UM, THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE OR THE AMENDMENT SAYS THAT THAT RATE WOULD BE DETERMINED, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WHAT PERCENTAGE IT WOULD BE TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE WOULD BE UP TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OF ALAS PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE DEFINES IT AS 60% OF CLASS A.
DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ON THAT? YES.
IT, IT, WE PREFER THE 60% OF CLASS A IN THE AREA.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IT'S THE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL, NOT THE OFFICE.
IT WAS THE ABILITY TO GET LOCAL BUSINESSES IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL.
AND WHAT WE WOULD DO IS DOWN CONGRESS AND SEE YOU LIKE THAT BETTER BECAUSE WHY? WE LIKE THE 60% OF CLASS A BETTER.
BE BECAUSE THAT IS AN OBJECTIVE, UH, NUMBER.
REFLECT, REFLECT REFLECTIVITY OF THE GLASS OR THE BUILDING.
MAYOR, AND THIS WAS AN ISSUE, WAS BROUGHT UP A PLAN COMMISSION RELATING TO BIRDS, UM, AND ATTEMPT TO, UH, TRY TO LISTEN THE AMOUNT OF BIRD STRIKES.
AND SO, UM, THE DIFFERENCE IS WHETHER IT'S, UM, 15% MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY OR 15% FOR THE FIRST 40 FEET CONTIGUOUS TO PARK LAND.
DOES STAFF HAVE A VIEW? STAFF HAVE A VIEW ON THAT? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE DO.
I, I THINK WATERSHED PROTECTION DOES.
THIS WAS A, A CONDITION OF RECOMMENDATION FOR A SUPERIORITY FROM WATERSHED PROTECTION STAFF.
THE 15% REFLECTIVITY, UH, WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE TRAVIS COUNTY AUTOBON SOCIETY.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAS INDICATED THAT THEY CAN DO, UM, 15% MAXIMUM FOR THE FIRST 40 FEET.
THAT WOULD, UM, BENEFIT LOCAL BIRDS ALONG THE TREE LINE, WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HELP, UH, MIGRATORY BIRDS.
DO WE KNOW WHERE THE AUTOBON IS ON, ON THE PROPOSAL? I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM.
AND THEN WE GET CAUGHT WITH THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY BECAUSE THE LOWER THE REFLECTIVITY, THE HIGHER YOUR HEAT LOAD.
AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS TO COME UP WITH BASICALLY ABOVE THE TREE LINE, WE DO THE ENERGY EFFICIENT GLASS AND BELOW THE TREE LINE, WE DO THE BIRD FRIENDLY GLASS.
COULD YOU CHECK IF YOU HAD CHECKED WITH OTTMAN BEFORE? CAN YOU CHECK WITH THEM AGAIN TO SEE WHETHER THEY THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE COMPROMISE GIVEN THE ENERGY? I WILL REACH OUT.
UM, I WILL SAY THE 15% CAME FROM JUST GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT FOR THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY.
SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE PREVIOUS STAFF HAVE, UM, REACHED OUT TO THEM.
SO IT MAY BE KIND OF A NEW QUESTION FOR THEM, BUT IT WILL GOTCHA.
CAUSE THERE'S, IT SEEMS TO BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE ON BOTH SIDES.
DO WE FAVOR THE LOCAL BIRDS OR THE OUT-OF-TOWN BIRDS?
OH, WHERE THOSE OUT OF TOWN BIRDS COMING FROM? THEY'RE COMING FROM COLLEGE STATION OUT OF TOWN.
BIRDS PAY HOT TAX, SO KEEP THAT IN NIGHT AS WELL.
DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD? OKAY.
THE LAST ITEM, MAYOR IS BETTER BUILDER, UM, BETTER BUILDER.
THIS IS PRETTY SIMPLE AS FAR AS WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.
UM, THE, UM, THE AMENDMENT REQUIRED, UH, COMPLIANCE WITH THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM.
THE APPLICANT SAYS THAT THEY ARE AGREEABLE TO COMPLIANCE WITH BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM, BUT THEY DO NOT WANT TO USE A MONITOR CHOSEN BY THE WORKER DEFENSE PROJECT.
RATHER, THEY WANT TO USE A, UM, A MONITOR THAT THEY WOULD, UH, PROPOSE THEMSELVES AND, AND MAYOR.
AND, AND I THINK THAT THERE WERE SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT OCCURRED.
WHERE, WHERE ARE YOU WITH, UH, WHERE'S THE APPLICANT RIGHT NOW WITH WORKER? THIS ONE'S EASY.
WE'VE SIGNED THE PLEDGE WITH WORKERS' DEFENSE ON BETTER BUILDER.
THEY WANTED EIGHT MONTHS NOTICE.
WE ARE SIGNED UP WITH WORKER'S DEFENSE.
WOULD YOU GET THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY OR POST THAT AND BACK UP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, LET'S GO TO AMENDMENTS.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA, LET'S GO TO AMENDMENTS NOW.
LIGHTNING ROUND ON AMENDMENTS.
UM, I DON'T HAVE AMENDMENTS, BUT I JUST WANNA FLAG, UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEARD ABOUT THE SETBACK ISSUES TODAY.
I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER OR PROPOSAL, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER THE VARIANCES THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN HERE, VIS AVITA OVERLAY FOR THE, FOR THE SETBACKS.
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UM, AND I HAVE NOT TALKED TO THE APPLICANT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT.UM, CAUSE I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT LARGE OF A SHIFT.
UM, I AM STILL INTERESTED IN MORE INVESTMENTS IN THE PARKS, BUT I WANNA SEE, UM, THE CHART THAT I ASKED FOR EARLIER.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA BE REALLY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE NO REGULATING PLAN AND WE HAVE NO JURORS.
AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT FITS IN WITH MOVING THIS FORWARD ON A LOT OF LEVELS.
I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS ARE KITCHEN AMENDMENTS.
UM, JUST QUICKLY, THERE ARE NUMBER, UM, FIVE, FOUR AND FIVE.
NUMBER FOUR RELATES TO ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PREFERENCE FOR, UM, LOCAL ARTISTS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S BEEN ACCEPTED.
AND THEN THE FIFTH ONE IS ALSO, I BELIEVE, HAS BEEN ACCEPTED.
AND THAT JUST HAS TO DO WITH USING A MIX OF NATIVE NATURAL STONE MATERIAL.
AND NUMBER SIX, WHAT HAS THE AGREED, HAS THE AFRICAN AGREED TO A MILLION AND HALF DOLLARS? WELL, YES.
YEAH, THAT'S THE, THE NUMBER THAT'S BEEN AGREED TO THAT MIGHT CHANGES WERE THE, UM, YES.
AND THE SECOND ONE WAS WHAT? THE SECOND ONE IS TO, UH, ALLOW A MIX OF NATIVE NATURAL STONE MATERIAL.
IS APPLICANT OKAY WITH THAT? YES.
LET'S GET HIM TO SAY IT OUT LOUD HERE ON TV.
WELL, I CAN SPEAK FOR HIM, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
UM, UM, OTHER AMENDMENTS, I THINK WE HAVE THE, THE, THE, THE, THE PUT BENEFIT THERE.
I HAD HANDED OUT A MOTION SHEET COLLEAGUES.
THE FIRST ONE WAS RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
I, I, I ORALLY, UH, ASKED, UH, MS. D MAYO TO, TO DO THAT.
THAT'S THIS, UM, I MEAN, WAS, IF WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE APPROVE STUFF ON SECOND READING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UH, AND THEN COLLEAGUES, THIS IS, THIS IS A DIFFERENT ONE.
AND IT RELATES TO THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ABOUT THE REGULATING PLAN.
UM, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, THAT IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT BRINGING GREATER DENSITY TO THIS DISTRICT IN EXCHANGE FOR GREATER AFFORDABILITY, IF WE'RE GONNA START WITH A LOWER BASE ENTITLEMENT AND GIVE ENTITLEMENTS, UM, IN EXCHANGE FOR, FOR AFFORDABILITY, UH, I WOULD WANT STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT SAID THEY'VE REQUESTED THREE AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET.
THERE'S A DEAL WE'RE CUTTING FOR THREE AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET AS PART OF THE POD.
UH, I WOULD LIKE US TO ALSO INCLUDE SOME KIND OF BONUS THAT SAYS YOU CAN GO ABOVE THREE AND A HALF MILLION FEET, UH, BUT ONLY IF YOU'RE PROVIDING AFFORDABILITY.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MEASURE THAT LIMIT ON HOW MUCH YOU GO ABOVE THAT.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BONUS WOULD BE.
UH, BUT I WOULD BE, UH, UH, INTERESTED IN CONSIDERING SOMETHING THAT, THAT PROVIDED A BONUS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UH, IN CASE MARKET CONDITIONS CHANGE OR THEY FIND AN EXTRA PAD SITE OR, OR WHATEVER, UH, I'D LIKE TO BUILD IN A BONUS THAT GIVES NO ENTITLEMENT BY RIGHT.
BUT ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENT ABOVE THE THREE AND A HALF IN EXCHANGE FOR AFFORDABILITY.
AND I'M ASKING STAFF IF STAFF COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE GIVE US SOME IDEAS BEFORE WE COME BACK ON SECOND READING, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE.
WE COULD, WE COULD PUT INTO A SECOND READING, UH, APPROVAL.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO, TO DAYLIGHT ANY, UH, AMENDMENTS OR THINGS? COUNCIL POOL? I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND I THINK STAFF IS GOING TO PROVIDE A LIST OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN, UH, PART 10 F.
BUT BASICALLY IT'S A PLAY AREA, THE GREAT LAWN AND THE WATER STEPS, THE PEER AND THE BOARDWALK.
AND WE HAD RECEIVED CONCERNS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL FOLKS, UH, AROUND THE PEER AND THE BOARDWALK.
AND I THINK STAFF SPOKE TO THAT EARLIER TODAY.
SO THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT TO, UH, TO BE PAID A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, BY THE APPLICANT THAT, AS FAR AS THIS AGREEMENT, BUT THEY COULD BE PRIORITIZED DURING THE PARKS PROGRAMMING PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.
SO THOSE ITEMS ARE NOT NECESSARILY OFF THE TABLE.
THEY'RE JUST NOT INCLUDED IN THE A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREEMENT THAT, UM, THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
DOES ANYBODY WANNA BRING ANY ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS? OKAY.
AND I THINK THAT'S OUR DISCUSSION ON THIS TODAY.
TOGO? I DO HAVE AN EXISTING AMENDMENT THAT I DISTRIBUTED LAST TIME, DISTRIBUTED AGAIN TODAY.
I JUST DID NEED TO DISCUSS IT.
BUT YES, I, I PLAN TO BRING THAT ONE.
YOU WANT TO LAY IT OUT OR TALK ABOUT IT AT ALL? UM, I DON'T NEED TO, BUT IT, I'LL JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW.
I DID ASK A QUESTION, THE Q AND A, ASKING FOR A LIST OF ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER FEE WAIVERS OR OTHER
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KINDS OF SUBSIDIES THAT ARE BEING USED TO PAY THE REQUIREMENTS.I NEED STAFF AT SOME POINT TO REALLY CLARIFY THE RESPONSE TO THAT.
AND THIS IS REALLY GETTING AT THE QUESTION THAT WE KEEP GETTING FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE OTHER FEES THAT ARE BEING WAIVED? ANY OTHER KIND OF PUBLIC MONEY IN THIS SITE? I THINK JUST GETTING A REALLY CLEAR RESPONSE WOULD HELP ANSWER THAT QUESTION FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT CLARITY, MY AMENDMENT JUST CODIFIES THAT THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE, OTHER THAN THE PARKS FEES IN LIEU, THERE ARE NOT GOING TO BE OTHER, OTHER KINDS OF FEES THAT ARE WAIVED, UM, OR REINVESTED IN THE SITE OTHER THAN THOSE THAT ARE CALLED OUT AS PART OF THE POD AT THE MOMENT.
THE ONLY ONE THAT'S BEEN CALLED OUT AS PART OF THE PUB, PUD
SO THE APPLICANT, UH, HAVE ANY ISSUE ON THIS.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THIS ISSUE? WE DO.
AND, AND THERE'S, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN FEE AND LIEU AND FEE WAIVERS.
AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE TWO FEE WAIVERS THAT I'M AWARE OF RIGHT NOW THAT THERE, THERE WAIVERS, BUT THEY'RE NOT.
AND ONE IS, WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN BARTON SPRINGS ROAD.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO TAKE OUR LAND, DEDICATE IT TO THE CITY, AND THEN DO A LICENSE FEEDBACK TO DO THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE ROAD.
THE OTHER IS, WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE BARTON SPRINGS ROAD TO THE CITY AND THEN HAVE TO RENT IT BACK FROM THE CITY TO USE A LANE FOR CONSTRUCTION.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO FEE WAIVERS THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS, IS THAT IF THE VALUE OF THE LAND WE'RE GIVEN UP FOR RIGHT AWAY EXCEEDS RP OR THE STREET IMPACT FEE, WE WANT TO TALK TO THE CITY ABOUT A CREDIT FOR THAT.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO MAYOR, IF I COULD ASK THE STAFF THEN, IN THE ANSWER IN THE QUESTION THAT I SUBMITTED THAT SAYS, PLEASE IDENTIFY ANY PART OR SUBSECTION WHERE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A FEE WAIVER OR OTHER PUBLIC SUBSIDY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF YOUR STAFF ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE INVOLVED, PLEASE ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
BECAUSE WE DID NOT GET BACK THE INFORMATION THAT MR. SETTLE JUST ADDRESSED.
AND SO I DIDN'T CALL OUT THOSE AS EXCEPTIONS BECAUSE I WASN'T MADE AWARE OF THEM.
IT'D BE GOOD TO GET THAT DEFINITIVE LIST.
AND I ALSO, SO I'M NOT SURPRISED LATER, I DID PROMISE MR. BUNCH EARLIER, I SAID THAT I HAD SUBMITTED A QUESTION THAT GOT TO THE QUESTION THAT HE WAS RAISING.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE DONE THAT ABOUT LISTING AND I THINK MAY APPROACH HIM.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS TOO, THE LIST OF VARIANCES, UM, TO THE WATERFRONT OVERLINE.
SO I THINK THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GET FROM STAFF AND I'LL, I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER TO SUBMIT A QUESTION THROUGH THE SCANNER.
AND I UNDERSTOOD THE MAYOR PROTE TO HAVE ASKED FOR THAT.
SO ON THE VARIANCES YOU JUST MENTIONED, THE FIRST TWO SOUND LIKE THEY MAKE A LOT OF SENSE, BUT IF YOU'RE UNDER ROUGH PROPORTION, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE MEASURED BY ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY BECAUSE WE SET OUR STREAM PACK STREET IMPACT FEES TO BE QUITE BELOW ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY IN GENERAL.
THIS MAY BE DIFFERENT IN THIS CASE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE GIVING.
UM, BUT WERE IT TO BE TRUE THAT THE STREET IMPACT FEES WERE BELOW ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SHOULD BE GIVING A CREDIT BACK, UM, FOR THAT OTHER PART.
BUT I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE TO RENT BACK YOUR LAND FOR YOUR BUILDING OR TO DO THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT, THAT WE'RE REQUIRING.
BUT IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT ALL THREE OF THOSE ARE EQUIVALENT IN MY VIEW.
AND, AND ALSO I WANNA MAKE SURE, JUST SO CLEAR TRANSPARENCY.
THERE ARE SOME IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE SAYING THAT WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING THE TERMS TO PAY FOR IS A FEE WAIVER.
WE'RE EXPECTING TO GIVE THE RIGHT OF AWAY FOR BARTON SPRINGS.
WE'RE EXPECTING THE TOUR TO PAY FOR BARTON SPRINGS ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND PARTS OF THE PARK.
SOME ARE SAYING THAT'S A FEE WAIVER OR SUBSIDY.
WE'RE JUST THINKING THAT'S AN, AN INVESTMENT.
THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.
THANK, AND WITHOUT THE TERMS, THEN THE WHOLE THING COMES UNRE THE TERMS I PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, UM, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THE QUESTION ON NOVEMBER 17TH, AND THEN MEETING MANAGEMENT MANAGER, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO, TO PULL A SPECIAL CALL TO SEE IF WE CAN PLOW THROUGH THIS.
I'M ACTUALLY, I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE CLOSER THAN I THOUGHT WE WERE WHEN WE STARTED THIS MORNING.
AND, AND THAT PART OF THAT WAS, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE THINGS THAT ISSUE WERE.
AND I KNOW WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY IDENTIFY THEM ALL TODAY, BUT WE IDENTIFIED THE ONES THAT WERE IN FRONT OF US NOW, AND I THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY GET THROUGH THIS.
ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH THIS ITEM.
CLIENTS BEFORE WE OH, GO AHEAD.
I NEED YOU TO POSTPONE IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S A FILLING CASE.
SO, UH, ZERO MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS TO, UH, THE 13TH.
PULL MAKES THAT MOTION GUYS BURN.
IT, HOW ARE WE GONNA GET, ARE WE GONNA REALLY GET ALL THIS INFORMATION IN TIME FOR THE 13TH AND IT TWO WEEKS FROM NOW? WE JUST ASKED FOR A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION.
IF WE CAN GET ALL THE INFORMATION AND TIME FOR US TO REVIEW IT, FINE.
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I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT THE INFORMATION WE NEED AND LET'S SEE WHAT WE GET BACK AND, AND THE VERY LEAST WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROCESS SOME OF IT.LET'S ME, I'M NOT SURE IF WE'D BE READY BY THE 13TH EITHER, BUT WE DEFINITELY NEEDED TO POSTPONE TO A DATE CERTAIN.
UM, SO, UM, SO LET'S POST BACK ON 13TH, LET'S SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AND LET'S SEE HOW MANY ISSUES WE CAN KNOCK OUT ON THAT DAY.
I WOULD BE PREPARED THOUGH, JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT WE MAY NOT, I MEAN, WE MAY NOT VOTE TO THE SECOND READING UNTIL WE GET, I MEAN, I THINK WE MADE PROGRESS TODAY AND I, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT.
BUT I, I, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO VOTE EVEN ON SECOND READING, BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED PUT.
AND, AND I WANT US A THIRD READING TO ACTUALLY HAVE A REAL ORDINANCE THAT WE ARE REVIEWING AND ABLE TO, TO, TO VOTE ON CLEARLY.
THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST THAT WE RECONSIDER OUR VOTE THIS MORNING ON THE SOUTH ON, UH, HEALTH SOUTH TO VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING TO THE 13, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED, UH, I'M SEEING EVERYBODY VOTING.
I WITH, UH, TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS OFF THE, UH, DAAS ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTEZ.
OH, COUNCIL MEMBER FUTU OFF THE DIAS DAAS.
I SEE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE ON THE PHONE.
SO THE VOTE WAS TEN ZERO ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES OFF THE DIAS POSTPONE TO THE 13TH.
THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST THAT WE RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON HEALTH SOUTH, WHICH IS ON NUMBER 12, SO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE VOTE.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO RECONSIDERATION? HEARING NONE.
WE'RE GONNA RECONSIDER, UH, WE'RE GONNA NOW, UH, WE NOW HAVE IN FRONT OF US THE, THE HEALTH SOUTH.
UH, WE READY TO TAKE A VOTE? ALL RIGHT, THOSE IN FAVOR OF HOW SOUTH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED? OKAY, SO, AND MAYOR, JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT'S THE FINAL VOTE THAT WE'RE RECONSIDERING IS THE FINAL VOTE AS AMENDED.
UM, IT'S THE FINAL VOTE IS THE ONLY VOTE THAT WE'RE RECONSIDERING.
UH, AND ON A VOTE OF 10 TO ONE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY VOTING, OH, SORRY, NINE ONE TO ONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY VOTING NO.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES OFF THE DIAS, UH, THE HELL SOUTH, UH, IS PASSED 9 1 1.
THAT IS ALL OF THE ITEMS WE HAVE.
UH, COUNCIL, WE HAVE SOME GREAT PROCLAMATIONS TODAY IN FRONT OF US, AND I APOLOGIZE TO, TO EVERYONE FOR THE TARDINESS AND GETTING TO YOU, BUT REALLY GOOD WORK DONE TODAY, UH, IN TODAY'S MEETING.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY ON HOUSE SOUTH AND FOR ADVANCING THIS OTHER ONE WITH THAT, THIS MEETING, UH, CITY COUNCIL HAS ADJOURNED HERE AT 6:18 PM THANK YOU.
I'M SPEAK, I'M, YOU'RE GONNA GET A CHANCE TO.
IS EVERYBODY READY? WE CAN HAVE THE ATTENTION IN THE ROOM.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE, UH, SEVEN PROCLAMATIONS OR SIX PROCLAMATIONS IN A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, UH, WITH US, UH, TODAY.
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UM, THE FIRST ONE OF THESE CONCERNS, UH, DATA HEALTH OR, OR, OR CYBER SECURITY, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN, AN AN ISSUE, WHICH I THINK WE, WE ALL HEAR ABOUT AT SOME LEVEL.IT'S KIND OF SCARY, BUT, BUT ALSO UNKNOWN.
WE'VE ALL READ IN THE NEWSPAPER ABOUT SOME OF THE SECURITY, UH, ATTACKS IN, IN, IN OTHER CITIES.
UH, AND, AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST GOES FOR, FOR CITIES, BUT IT GOES TO INDIVIDUALS.
UH, I THINK PROBABLY WE'VE ALL FOUND THOSE EMAILS OR TEXT MESSAGES THAT LOOKS SUSPICIOUS TO US.
I THINK WE'RE ALL PROBABLY FRUSTRATED A LITTLE BIT WITH, UH, UH, TWO FACTOR, UH, AUTHENTICATION EVERY TIME WE'RE TRYING TO SIGN ON TO SOMETHING.
UH, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THAT PRESENTS PREVENTS 97% OF FISHING ATTACKS WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
UH, IT'S AN AREA THAT, THAT WE'RE ALL LEARNING ABOUT IN OUR CITY HAS PUT A, A REAL SPECIAL FOCUS ON THIS.
I, I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO LEARN A LOT AS THE ENTIRE COUNCIL HAS, UH, ON THIS ISSUE, UH, ESPECIALLY FROM, UM, OUR, UM, UH, SECURITY INFORMATION SECURITY, UH, OFFICE.
AND OUR OFFICER SHIRLEY, HER, UH, UH, AND, AND I, UH, WAS ASKED, UM, UH, BY THE WHITE HOUSE TO SERVE ON THE, THE,
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THE NATIONAL CYBER, UH, SECURITY CIS, A AGENCY, UH, ADVISORY BOARD, UM, WHICH IS, UH, BOTH AN INCREDIBLY INFORMATIVE BUT ALSO SCARY PLACE TO, TO, TO BE.WE HAD TWO BIG CYBER SECURITY, UM, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS IN OUR CITY JUST THIS WEEK.
UH, CYBER SUMMIT, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, UM, UH, UH, HACKERS AND, AND HACKER FINDERS.
AND, AND AS THE GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESSES ARE TRYING TO HIRE YOUNG HACKERS NOW TO, TO, TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT, I TOLD THE STORY ABOUT ON THIS SIS A BOARD.
THERE ARE 21 PEOPLE, IT'S A 22 MEMBER BOARD, AND 21 OF THE PEOPLE LIVE THIS AND ARE SOME OF OUR, OUR HIGHEST RANKING GOVERNMENT, UH, OFFICIALS IN THIS AREA.
AND, AND, AND THE CHIEF SECURITY OFFICERS FOR SOME OF THE, THE LARGEST MULTINATIONAL CORPOR PEOPLE THAT REALLY KNOW THIS STUFF.
UM, AND, AND I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY IT WAS THAT I WAS PUT ON ON THAT.
I THINK IT WAS JUST TO GIVE KIND OF THE COMMON TOUCH IN SOMEBODY THAT'S INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT AND HAS QUITE FRANKLY BEEN THROUGH CAMPAIGNS.
UM, BUT PART OF THE, THE WORK THAT WE HAVE IS, IS INFORMATION WE'RE GIVEN THAT'S TOP SECURITY.
UH, AND IT'S DONE, AND IT SKIFF AND WE'VE ALL NOW PROBABLY LEARNED THE WORD SKIFF FROM WATCHING THE NEWS HERE RECENTLY.
UM, BUT ABOUT THE SAME TIME IS THAT THAT SECURITY POTENTIAL BREACH OR SECURITY BREACH THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN READING ABOUT, THERE WAS A SECOND ONE THAT INVOLVED ME.
UH, IT TURNS OUT THAT YOU CAN GET A DAY PASS, YOU CAN GET A DAILY LONG TOP SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE, AND IT'S GOOD JUST FOR THE DAY.
IN FACT, IT'S GOOD FOR JUST AS LONG AS YOU WALK INTO THE SKIFF AND YOU WALK OUTTA THE SKIFF AND THEN, UH, AND THEN IT'S, UH, OVER.
AND YOU, I WENT THROUGH A 20 MINUTE BRIEFING JUST TO BE ABLE TO WALK INTO THE ROOM.
UH, AND IF THEY TOLD ME ONCE, THEY TOLD ME 10 TIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, THAT WHEN I WALKED INTO THAT ROOM, I DIDN'T CARRY, UH, YOU KNOW, MY PHONE WITH ME TO, TO, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE PICTURES OR TO RECORD WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING.
I WAS THE ONLY ONE OF THE 22 THAT WENT THROUGH THAT, THAT BRIEFING.
AND THEN WE ALL WENT INTO THE SKIFF, AND I'M SITTING THERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES TRYING NOT TO LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF THEM.
AND THIS UNIFORMED OFFICER WALKED UP TO THE FRONT OF MY DESK AND LOOKED AT ME, AND IN A VOICE LOUD ENOUGH FOR THE ENTIRE ROOM TO HEAR, HE SAID, DON'T YOU WANT TO TURN OVER YOUR OTHER DEVICE? AND THE ROOM JUST WENT SILENT.
AND I IMMEDIATELY STARTED SWEATING, WONDERING IF I WAS HEADING TO LEAVENWORTH AT THAT POINT, BUT IT WAS MY, UH, MY APPLE WATCH THAT I HAD NEGLECTED TO TAKE OFF.
BUT APPARENTLY THEY HAVE, WHEN YOU WALK INTO THIS GIFT, PEOPLE THAT NOTICE THAT KIND OF THING.
AND, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT THAT INVOLVES US ALL.
AND FOR ALL OF US TO BE AWARE OF THIS AND, AND WORKING, UH, ON THIS CHALLENGE.
IT, IT MAY BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGES THAT OUR COUNTRY FACES RIGHT NOW, UH, TO WATCH.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IS, UH, WE WATCH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH RUSSIA RIGHT NOW, WITH CHINA RIGHT NOW, THAT, THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE DISPUTES HAPPENING GEOGRAPHICALLY IN, IN CERTAIN PLACES IN THE WORLD, IT COULD EASILY BE THAT, THAT WE ARE, THAT MANIFESTS ITSELF ULTIMATELY IS IN CYBER SECURITY ATTACKS TO US INDIVIDUALLY OR TO OUR BUSINESSES OR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OR OUR POWER STATIONS.
SO IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT JUST AS OUR, OUR COUNCIL IS FOCUSED MORE AND MORE ON THIS, OUR CITY HAS FOCUSED MORE ON THIS, THAT EVERYBODY KNOW TO DO THAT TOO, WHICH LEADS US TO PROCLAMATION BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN RECOGNIZES THAT IT HAS A VITAL ROLE IN IDENTIFYING, PROTECTING ITS RESIDENTS FROM AND RESPONDING TO CYBER THREATS THAT MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE SECURITY AND PRIVACY.
AND WHEREAS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS ARE INCREASINGLY RELIANT ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT FINANCIAL SERVICES, ENERGY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES, HEALTHCARE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS. AND WHEREAS MAINTAINING THE SECURITY OF CYBERSPACE IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY IN WHICH EACH OF US HAS A CRITICAL ROLE TO PLAY.
AND AWARENESS OF COMPUTER SECURITY ESSENTIALS WILL IMPROVE THE SECURITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S INFORMATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEVE ADLER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, TOGETHER WITH MIKE, COLLEAGUES ON
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THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER, 2022 AS CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH.OFFICER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO TO PROTECT OUR CITY.
I WANNA THANK MARY ADLER FOR BEING THE CHAMPION FOR CYBER SECURITY.
NOT MANY CITIES HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR MAYOR REPRESENTED AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
I ALSO WANNA THANK ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY MANAGEMENT FOR SUPPORT OF THE CYBER SECURITY PROGRAM.
IT, IT INVOLVES ALL THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE TO YOU, YOUR DATA.
AND SO THIS CITY IS TAKING IT VERY, UM, SERIOUS, AND THEY'RE VERY PROACTIVE ABOUT IT.
AND, UH, THAT TO ME IS A VERY, UM, INDICATION THAT THEY WANNA BE A LEADER AS FAR AS THE CITY AND, AND PROTECTING YOU ALL.
SO I WANNA, AGAIN, THANK EVERYONE.
I DON'T DO IT ALONE, AND I'M NORMALLY IN THE BACK ROOM WHILE, UH, AND, AND THAT'S MORE COMFORTABLE FOR ME.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DO APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT THE CITY IS PUTTING FORTH FOR, UM, THIS VERY SERIOUS, UH, SUBJECT.
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RIGHT.WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE A SECOND PROCLAMATION HERE.
UH, AND THIS ONE IS TO, TO TO, TO, TO HONOR AND POINT OUT AND, AND TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, CO-OPS IN THE, IN THE CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, A REALLY IMPORTANT FUNCTION AND, AND PROVIDING, UH, AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESS AND, AND OPPORTUNITY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT, IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
UH, AND, AND WE HAVE WITH US HERE, THE, THE DIRECTOR OF OUR ECONOMIC, UM, UH, THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, SO NOVIA HOL, ROB, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US HERE TODAY, PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS NATIONAL CO-OP MONTH IS CELEBRATED BY COOPERATIVES AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, IT'S AN ANNUAL OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS TRUSTED AND PROVEN WAY TO DO BUSINESS AND BUILD COMMUNITIES.
AND WHEREAS COOPERATIVES OFFER A PRACTICAL ECONOMIC TOOL THAT CAN ADDRESS SOME OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES, SUCH AS SYSTEMIC RACISM, THE WIDENING GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR WORKER JUSTICE AND FOOD SECURITY.
AND WHEREAS CO-OPS ARE GROUNDED IN PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY AND EQUITY AND RESILIENCE, RESOURCEFULNESS AND CONCERN FOR COMMUNITY, AND ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF A MORE JUST AND PROSPER'S FUTURE FOR AUSTIN.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEVE ADLER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER, 2022 AS NATIONAL CO-OP MONTH IN AUSTIN DIRECTOR.
AS MAYOR MENTIONED, OCTOBER IS NATIONAL CO-OP MONTH, AND THIS DESIGNATION IS AN ANNUAL OPPORTUNITY, AS HE MENTIONED, TO RAISE AWARENESS OF A TRUSTED, UH, WAY TO DO BUSINESS.
RECOGNIZING AUSTIN AS A GREAT PLACE FOR SUCCESSFUL CO-OPS, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE BUSINESS TRAINING CLASSES FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN STARTING A CO-OP.
ACCORDINGLY, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRAND VALLEY CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL ADVANCEMENT.
AND THANK YOU TO ANNALEE LAMAN TO PROVIDE TRAINING CLASSES AND COACHING TO THE, UM, AUSTIN NIGHTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN CO-OPS CLASSES INCLUDE HOW TO START A WORKER OR HOUSING CO-OP, CONVERT AN EXISTING BUSINESS TO A COOPERATIVE, AS WELL AS TRAINING BOARD MEMBERS.
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR FIRST COHORT ATTAINING
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THEIR COOPERATIVE BUSINESS SKILLS CERTIFICATION, AND THEY JOINED US TODAY.SO, AGAIN, MORE INFORMATION AND LIST OF COOPERATIVE CLASSES CAN BE FOUND AT WWW SMALL BIZ AUSTIN.ORG.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR THIS IMPORTANT, UH, PASSAGE OF WORK.
[Award 1]
SO THIS, UH, NOT A PROCLAMATION, THIS IS A, THIS IS A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, UH, WE GIVE OUT, UH, NOT TOO OFTEN, UH, BUT WE GIVE OUT TO PEOPLE, UH, IN OUR CITY, IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE, THAT ARE REALLY DESERVING A SPECIAL, UH, RECOGNITION.AND TODAY, UH, WE GET TO, UH, TO, TO HONOR, UH, LORDES WITH ONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MY EIGHT YEARS SERVING AS MAYOR, WHICH IS, UH, UH, COMING TO A CLOSE, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE DID AS A COMMUNITY THAT I'M, THAT I'M PROUD OF.
UH, BUT I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ONE THING THAT I'M, THAT I'M MORE PROUD OF.
UH, THEN AS A COMMUNITY, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH COVID, WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A MORTALITY RATE THAT WAS LESS THAN HALF THE MORTALITY RATE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS IN GENERAL.
UH, THAT MEANS WE SAVED LIVES.
IF THE STATE HAD THE SAME MORTALITY RATE WE HAD, WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT 48,000 TEXANS THAT WERE STILL ALIVE TODAY.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A YOUNG COMMUNITY AND, AND A LOT OF US ARE OUT BY THE LAKE.
UH, BUT EVEN STILL, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY BIG NUMBER.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW A COMMUNITY DOES THAT, IT IS NOT JUST WHAT THE CITY DOES WHERE THE COUNTY DOES IT, IS IT, IT TAKES REALLY A COMMUNITY THAT IS WILLING TO HELP PROTECT ONE ANOTHER THAT FIGHTS FIERCELY AS AN ADVOCATE FOR ONE ANOTHER.
UM, LORDES, AND I'M GONNA READ THIS HERE IN JUST A SECOND, HAS BEEN A, A CHAMPION OF HELPING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, THAT, THAT HAVE NOT HAD THE SAME ACCESS OR OPPORTUNITY, UH, THE SAME EXPERIENCE TO THAT, THAT THAT MANY OTHERS OF US HAVE.
I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'VE SPENT A LONG TIME WITH HER ON THE PHONE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHERE SHE WAS ONLY YELLING AT ME THE ENTIRE TIME.
UM, BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT FREQUENTLY, BUT IN, IN EVERY INSTANCE, ADVOCATING FOR, FOR THINGS THAT WE COULD DO AS A CITY OR COMMUNITY TO BETTER HELP PEOPLE.
AND THAT INCLUDED OUR COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO, TO, TO COVID 19 AND, AND GETTING HELP AND ASSISTANCE TO, TO PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THE SYSTEM WAS OTHERWISE NOT, NOT REACHING, BUT THIS DISTINGUISH SERVICE WORD GOES FOR MORE THAN THAT.
IT GOES FOR, FOR, UH, A BODY OF WORK.
THIS CITY OF AUSTIN, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR HER ROLE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL HEALTH PATHWAYS, WHICH PROVIDED IMPORTANT SERVICES AND RESOURCES DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC, HER COMMUNITY SERVICE AND HER PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA.
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ZUNI IS DESERVING A PUBLIC ACCLAIM AND RECOGNITION, AND THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION THEREOF.THIS 29TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER AND THE YEAR OF 2022 BY THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, SIGNED BY ME AS MAYOR LORDES.
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
I TO THANK MAYOR ADLER FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND FOR HIS OPENNESS TO HEAR MY YELLING AND SCREAMING ON THE PHONE.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY A VERY SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITION DURING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
I AM SOMEONE THAT CAME 20 YEARS AGO TO THIS CITY AND FELL IN LOVE WITH AUSTIN.
AND WHEN MY JOURNEY HAS NOT BEEN GLAMOROUS AS PERHAPS MOST PEOPLE THINK IT IS TODAY, I REMEMBER WHO I WAS 20 YEARS AGO, AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF NAVIGATING THE SYSTEMS AND DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT I HAD TO OVERCOME.
I WAS RECENTLY TALKING TO SOMEONE ABOUT MY FIRST JOB IN AUSTIN.
I WAS CLEANING SEAFOOD AT A RESTAURANT THAT NO LONGER EXISTS IN AUSTIN DOWNTOWN WHILE I WAS FREELANCING FOR THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATEMENT.
AND IF I REMEMBER THAT PERSON, AND IF SOMEONE WERE TO SAY TO ME THAT I WOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY THAT I LOVE BY LEADERS THAT I WORK WITH VERY CLOSELY, THAT I WILL BE SITTING WITH PRESIDENTS.
AS I GRADUATED THIS YEAR FROM A PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP SCHOLAR PROGRAM, AND I MET TO PRESIDENTS OR FORMER PRESIDENTS, I WOULD SAY TO THAT PERSON, YOU'RE CRAZY.
THE WORK THAT WE DO IS DIFFICULT AND HAS MANY CHALLENGES, BUT WHAT I DO FEEL PROUD OF IS THAT MY STORY CAN INSPIRE YOUNG LEADERS, YOUNG LATINOS, TO REACH HIGH, TO AIM HIGH, AND TO HAVE AN UNCOMPROMISING COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE REPRESENT.
AND THAT'S THE FIGHT THAT I PUT OUT EVERY DAY.
AND I HOPE THAT IF I MAKE ANYBODY'S JOURNEY A LITTLE BIT MORE EASIER THAN WHAT IT WAS FOR ME, THEN I FEEL LIKE I FULFILL MY PURPOSE IN LIFE.
THANK YOU MAYOR LER, AND THANK YOU.
[Proclamation 4]
PROCLAMATION IS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.EVERYBODY WHO'S INVOLVED, COME ON DOWN.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CAN SCOOCH TOGETHER MAYBE, AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ANYWAY, BECAUSE I CAN'T GET, WELL, WE'RE NOT TAKING THE PICTURE YET.
IS EVERYBODY HERE WHO NEEDS TO BE? ALL RIGHT.
HEY EVERYBODY, I'M COUNCIL MEMBER LESLIE POOLE, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PROCLAIM OCTOBER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
I'M JOINED BY A CAST OF MILLIONS, WHICH IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE THAT'S THE SIZE OF THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE, UM, WE'RE BATTLING.
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UH, BUT SPECIFICALLY TODAY, AP D POLICE CHIEF JOSEPH CHOON, MICHELLE MILES, THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITIES AND OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SAFE ALLIANCE, THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE, AND THE AUSTIN TRAVIS FAMILY VIOLENCE TASK FORCE.AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
THERE'S, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF FOLKS HERE DOING THIS WORK, AND THIS WORK IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER SINCE THE PANDEMIC REPORTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAVE DOUBLED.
AND DUE TO THE EASE WITH WHICH FIREARMS ARE OBTAINED IN TEXAS, THE LEVEL OF DEATH AND SERIOUS BODILY INJURY CONNECTED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS ESCALATED DRAMATICALLY AS WELL.
AUSTIN CHIEF OF POLICE, JOSEPH CHICON, IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH HIS CRISIS, AND I WILL NOW ASK HIM TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE.
CHIEF, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
I FIRST WANNA SAY HOW GRATEFUL, UH, AND PROUD THAT YOU KNOW, WE AT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE TO PARTNER WITH EVERYONE THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME.
THE PERVASIVENESS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS REAL.
ON AVERAGE, ONE IN THREE WOMEN AND ONE AND FOUR MEN HAVE EXPERIENCED EITHER PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, RAPE, OR STALKING BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER IN THEIR LIFETIME.
IN AUSTIN ALONE, THERE WERE OVER 8,100 REPORTS TO APD OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED OFFENSES.
IN 2021, EACH INCIDENT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT, NOT ONLY ON THE SURVIVOR, BUT THEIR FAMILY, THEIR FRIENDS AND WITNESSES.
ANOTHER SOBERING STATISTIC IS THAT THE PRESENCE OF A GUN IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION INCREASES THE RISK OF HOMICIDE BY 500%.
AND MOST INTIMATE PARTNER HOMICIDES ARE COMMITTED WITH FIREARMS. A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE CITY OF AUSTIN WAS AWARDED A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR GRANT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR A NEW FIREARM SURRENDER PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY TARGETED AT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO GET GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF ABUSERS.
THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY AND SAFE, WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO RECEIVE THIS GRANT, AND I'M SO GLAD TO SAY IT WILL SAVE MANY LIVES.
APD HAS A DEDICATED TEAM MADE UP OF DETECTIVES, OFFICERS, AND VICTIM SERVICES COUNSELORS TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
BUT WE COULD NOT DO THIS WORK WITHOUT OUR PARTNERS ON THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY FAMILY VIOLENCE TASK FORCE.
THROUGH THIS COLLABORATION, WE'RE ABLE TO COORDINATE EFFORTS TO REDUCE AND PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
EVERYONE KNOWS SOMEONE WHO'S IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN WORKING TO END IT.
I HOPE EVERYONE WILL JOIN US DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND BEYOND TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
MY NAME IS MICHELLE MILES AND I LEAD THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, AND TO CHIEF AND EVERYONE WHO HAS JOINED US TODAY TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, OUR JOB IS TO INVEST IN SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS THAT WORK TO CREATE A SAFER FOR AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY.
WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE, WE CANNOT IGNORE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GUN VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THE PRESENCE OF A GUN IN THE HOME MAKES IT FIVEFOLD MORE LIKELY THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WILL TURN FATAL.
THAT THREAT AND INTIMIDATION ALSO PREVENT VICTIMS FROM SEEKING DESPERATELY NEEDED HELP AND SUPPORT.
IN JUST OUR FIRST YEAR, APHS OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, PARTNERED WITH TRAVIS COUNTY SAFE AND THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY FAMILY VIOLENCE TASK FORCE TO BRING IN FEDERAL RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT GETTING GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF ABUSERS.
BY ORGANIZING WITH INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION CAN MAKE SYSTEMS WORK FOR SURVIVORS, REMOVING THE THREAT OF GUN VIOLENCE FROM AN ALREADY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
THIS WORK NOT ONLY SAVES LIVES, BUT ALSO HELPS TO STABILIZE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES THAT THEY LIVE IN WHILE DECREASING THE RISK TO FIRST RESPONDERS WHILE WE BUILD OUR SYSTEMS. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOW YOU CAN BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION@SAFEAUSTIN.ORG SLASH D A.
THIS KNOWLEDGE CAN HELP YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW.
I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PREPARE FOR PREVENTING VIOLENCE BY LEARNING MORE ABOUT NAVIGATING YOUR BODY'S STRESS RESPONSE@AUSTINTEXAS.GOV SLASH STRESS.
TO LEARN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO IANNA AGUILAR WITH SAFE.UH, I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE SAFE ALLIANCE AT SAFE.
WE SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THROUGH MORE THAN 20 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, AND I WANT TO SHARE OUR INFORMATION FOR OUR SAFELINE.
UH, PEOPLE CAN CONTACT US BY CALLING US TO THE NUMBER 512 2 6 7 SAFE, WHICH IS 7 2 3 3, OR TEXTING US TO THE NUMBER 7 3 7 8 8 8 SAFE OR, UH, CHATTING WITH US IN OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS SAFE AUSTIN.ORG.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO TRANSLATE NOT EXACTLY WHAT I JUST SAID TO SPANISH PAINTED PROGRAM.
AND I'D LIKE TO HAND THE MIC OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.
IF EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO GATHER AROUND, WE'RE GONNA READ THE PROCLAMATION NOW.
WHAT'S GOING? THIS IS A CHANCE TO READ OVER SOMEBODY'S SHOULDER.
ALL RIGHT, Y'ALL READY? PROCLAMATION, BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NOT CONFINED TO ANY GROUP OR GROUPS OF PEOPLE, BUT CROSSES ALL ECONOMIC, RACIAL, GENDER, EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, AND SOCIETAL BARRIERS.
AND WHEREAS KEY PARTNERSHIPS WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIVISION OF VICTIMS SERVICES HELP ELIMINATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PROMOTE JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS, AND ENHANCE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS ONLY A COORDINATED COMMUNITY EFFORT CAN IMPROVE THE SYSTEMIC RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND DECREASE ITS PREVALENCE IN THE FUTURE.
AND WHEREAS THE COVID PANDEMIC CAUSED THE NUMBER AND SEVERITY OF REPORTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO INCREASE EXPONENTIALLY, AND WHEREAS EASY ACCESS TO FIREARMS HAS INCREASED THE LEVEL OF DANGER INVOLVED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND WE URGE RESIDENTS TO, TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES BY THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY FAMILY VIOLENCE TASK FORCE, THE SAFE ALLIANCE AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SO WE CAN COME TOGETHER TO ELIMINATE VIOLENCE FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND PROMOTE SAFE AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.
AND NOW, THEREFORE, I LESLIE POOL COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT SEVEN ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ADLER AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, DO DECLARE TODAY, OCTOBER, ACTUALLY THE WHOLE MONTH, OCTOBER, 2022, AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
SHOULD I GET YOU THIS WITH, OH, THERE YOU GO.
AND NOW WE'LL GET SOME PICTURES AND IT'S A BIG GROUP, SO STAGGER TWO OR THREE LINES.
PHOTOGRAPHER WILL TELL US WHERE, WHY DON'T YOU, CAN I FACE? I WON'T BE ABLE TO TWO.
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THANK YOU.DOES SHE SAY A FEW? I'LL LET HER SAY A FEW WORDS.
I MEAN, I, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? BUT I WANNA TALK ABOUT, THANK YOU.
COME ON UP AND LEMME GET OUTTA YOUR, SORRY.
JUST NEED TO THIS CAUSE I, WHAT'S THAT? I JUST WROTE MY TWO SENTENCES.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SAY.
I WILL HAVE SHORT REMARKS AS WELL.
ALL THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
I KNOW THERE'S, UH, QUITE A LIST OF PROCLAMATIONS TO GET THROUGH.
CAN WE, CAN WE HAVE A LITTLE QUIETNESS
[Proclamation 6]
RIGHT.I AM AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEMBER PAIGE JEALOUS.
I AM PROUD TO REPRESENT SOUTHWEST AUSTIN DISTRICT DATE.
I AM HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION FOR HILL COUNTRY NIGHT SKY MONTH.
SO WE KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS IN SOUTHWEST AUSTIN AND ALL OVER THE CITY ARE REALLY PROUD OF OUR INTERNATIONAL DARK SKIES AND THE WAY THAT WE AS A CITY CAN CONTINUE TO BALANCE, YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE ARE, HOW WE CAN HAVE QUIETER AND DARKER PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS HELPS WITH OUR LOCAL BIRDS, THIS HELPS WITH MIGRATORY BIRDS.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET OUT OF THE CITY A LITTLE BIT AND SEE SOME BEAUTIFUL STARS AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TOO FAR.
SO IT'S A REALLY WONDERFUL PART OF BEING IN SOUTHWEST AUSTIN.
SO I AM HERE TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION, BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE AESTHETIC BEAUTY AND WONDER OF STAR FILLED SKIES ARE THE HERITAGE OF ALL HUMANKIND AND ARE WORTHY OF CELEBRATION.
AND WHEREAS THE HISTORIC VIEW OF THE NIGHT SKIES HAS BEEN VANISHING IN MANY NEARBY AREAS, AND GENERATIONS ARE GROWING UP WITH A DIMINISHED VIEW OF THE WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE.
AND WHEREAS SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF LIGHT POLLUTION INVOLVES MAKING BETTER USE OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING FOR THE SAKE OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AUSTIN RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
AND WHEREAS HILL COUNTRY COMMUNITIES ARE INCREASINGLY DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE REGION'S NIGHT SKIES THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND UPHOLDING THE VALUES OF THE INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY ASSOCIATION.
NOW THEREFORE, I PAY JEALOUS AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ON BEHALF OF MAYOR STEVE ADLER AND THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER, 2022 AS HILL COUNTRY NIGHT SKY MONTH.
AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SUSAN TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
WELL, I, I ASSURE YOU, I WILL KEEP THIS SHORT AND SWEET JUST LIKE ME.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, I I SIMPLY WANNA SAY ON BEHALF OF TRAVIS COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE NIGHT SKY, ALL OF ITS MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS, THANK YOU.
UM, AND MAY THIS VERY SPECIAL MONTH BE FILLED WITH MANY STAR STUDIED DARK SKY NIGHTS FOR YOURSELVES.
[Proclamation 5]
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, UH, REAL FITTING PROCLAMATION, UH, TO BE COMING UP AFTER THE ONE THAT WE JUST HAD, UH, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE,[06:55:01]
THE, UH, SEXUAL VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BECAUSE THIS IS AN ANSWER TO THAT.UM, IT'S ESTABLISHING AN EXPECTATION IN A CULTURE, UH, AND THE, AND THE, THE, THE POWER BEHIND THE ALTERNATIVES BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF NONVIOLENCE IS OBSERVED ON OCTOBER 2ND, THE BIRTHDAY OF, UM, HUNTER GANDHI, WHO HAD A DECADE LONG NONVIOLENT MOVEMENT THAT SECURED THE INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA.
GANDHI AND NONVIOLENCE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING WHEN IT WAS EMPLOYED AND ADOPTED AND ADAPTED BY FIGURES SUCH AS DR.
AND ROSA PARKS, AND JAMES LAWSON AND JOHN LEWIS AND DIANE NASH AND BERNARD LAFAYETTE AND BAYARD RUSTIN AND MANY OTHERS DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS ERA.
AND WHEREAS AUSTIN, AS THE STATE CAPITAL OF TEXAS HAD AND CONTINUES TO HAVE A PLACE IN THE PROGRESSIVE EXPANSION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND JUSTICE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I STEVE ADLER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER PIO AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2ND, 2022 AS INTERNATIONAL DAY VIOLENCE.
AND, AND JOHN JOHN CROSBY OF NONVIOLENT AUSTIN, WHY DON'T YOU SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER ILLA AND THE WHOLE COUNCIL AND CITY OF AUSTIN FOR THIS, UM, NONVIOLENT AUSTIN SEEKS TO BUILD ON THE, THE, UH, RECORD OF AND THE EFFORTS OF, UH, THE LIKES OF MAHAN GANDHI AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
AND IN KEEPING WITH THAT, I MAINLY JUST WANNA BE SHORT AND ANNOUNCE A PARTY.
UH, WE'RE HAVING GANDHI'S BIRTHDAY PARTY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER THE SECOND, WHICH IS THE DAY, UH, THE UNION NOW INTERNATIONAL DAY OF NONVIOLENCE.
UH, IT IS IN LISA ROGERS OF THE THERAPY SISTERS BACKYARD, UH, IN SOUTH AUSTIN AND COUNCILMAN'S DISTRICT, UH, 25 0 5 PRINCETON DRIVE.
I'VE GOT A FEW COPIES OF THE, OF THE, UH, UH, POSTER HERE.
BUT WE'LL HAVE 10 MUSICAL ACTS FROM ONE TO SIX IN THE AFTERNOON.
DAVID CLAUS, JOHN D. GRAHAM, PARKER, WOODLAND, JONATHAN HORSMAN, PAUL AND SHARON FINLEY, STEVE BROOKS, FRANCO CHAVEZ, STUART HAMPTON, CHIP, BACH, AND THE THERAPY SISTERS.
YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT ON THE NONVIOLENT AUSTIN FACEBOOK PAGE.
[Proclamation 6]
GOOD EVENING.I'M AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MCKENZIE KELLY AND I SERVE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR AUSTIN'S DISTRICT SIX.
I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL TODAY, JOINED BY OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL.
TODAY'S PROCLAMATION IS ONE THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.
THE DISTRICT AND THE ENTIRE CITY LIFE CAN BE A STRESSFUL ENDEAVOR AND FOR SOME, A SUPPORT NETWORK ISN'T READILY AVAILABLE.
THE PAINFUL LOSS OF LIFE AND IT'S HEARTBREAKING.
AFTERMATH CAN SPREAD BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY TAKING ON TOLL ON THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
PREVENTING SUICIDE TAKES EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER, BUT IT BEGINS WITH A PERSONAL COMMITMENT.
THAT'S WHY WE ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND RALLY AROUND THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT NEED US THE MOST.
BECAUSE OF COUNCIL ACTION, THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS BEEN ABLE TO APPROPRIATELY RESPOND
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TO COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH REQUESTS AND CONCERNS.BY ADDING A FOURTH MENTAL HEALTH OPTION TO OUR NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER AND ADDRESSING CALLS IN OUR CITY, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WHEN 9 1 1 CALLS ARE MADE.
WITH THE HELP OF INTEGRAL CARE, SINCE FEBRUARY 1ST, 2020 ONE, NINE ONE ONE, CALL TAKERS ARE NOW ASKED IF THEY NEED POLICE, FIRE, EMS, OR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
THIS IS KNOWN AS THE AUSTIN CARES INITIATIVE.
ADDING THE MENTAL HEALTH OPTION FOR 9 1 1 CALLS IS ONE OF THE MANY POSITIVE STEPS TOWARD ACHIEVING THE CITY'S GOAL OF DIVERTING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF CALLERS WITH A MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT WHO DO NOT POSE A RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE.
THESE CALLS ARE TAKEN BY INTEGRAL CARE, WHICH HAS AUSTIN CENTRAL'S, TEXAS SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION, WHICH IS A COLLABORATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY STRIVE TO REDUCE SUICIDES THROUGH ADVOCACY EFFORTS, IMPLEMENTATION OF EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES, AND TRAINING FOR SCHOOLS, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE COMMUNITY.
TODAY IN HONOR OF THIS WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY EFFORT, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT A PROCLAMATION MAKING THIS MONTH, SEPTEMBER SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH TO INTEGRAL CARE.
I'LL JUST READ THE PROCLAMATION REAL QUICK.
BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS SEPTEMBER IS RECOGNIZED AS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH INTERNATIONALLY AND IS SUPPORTED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AS A TIME WHEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD JOIN THEIR VOICES TO RAISE AWARENESS OF SUICIDE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY.
AND WHEREAS THIS IS A TIME THAT IS DEDICATED TO BRINGING VISIBILITY TO THE ROLE EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN PLAY IN PREVENTING SUICIDE.
AND TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO KNOW THE SIGNS, FIND THE WORDS, AND REACH OUT TO SOMEONE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND WHEREAS EDUCATION ABOUT THE WARNING SIGNS OF SUICIDE, THE VALUE OF PREVENTATIVE MEASURES AND THE BEST METHODS TO SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND WHEREAS INTEGRAL CARE SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION CONTINUES TO COORDINATE THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AS EVIDENCE BASED SUICIDE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND POST PREVENTION STRATEGIES.
AND WHEREAS THE SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION STATES THAT SUICIDE IS PREVENTABLE YET IS ONE OF THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN OUR STATE.
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 15 TO 34, IT IS A SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH.
ONE TEXAN DIES EVERY THREE HOURS BY SUICIDE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES TO INCLUDE 9 1 1 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BECAUSE OF THE COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH INTEGRAL CARE.
AND WHEREAS WE COMPEL OUR FELLOW AUSTIN RESIDENTS TO CHECK IN WITH THEIR FRIENDS, ACQUAINTANCES, AND FAMILY MEMBERS, AND MAKE USE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S MENTAL HEALTH HOTLINE BY CALLING 9 1 1 AND REQUESTING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IF SOMEONE THEY KNOW IS STRUGGLING AND IN NEED OF AID NOW.
THEREFORE, I AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MACKENZIE KELLY OF DISTRICT SIX, ALONG WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, OF TEXAS DUE HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER, 2222 AS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH.
WOULD YOU? SO TODAY WE RECOGNIZE SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW SUICIDE IS PREVENTABLE.
WHEN WE COME TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS, WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SUICIDE, LEARN HOW TO HAVE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS, REDUCE STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, SAVE LIVES.
OUR WORK AT INTEGRAL CARE PROVIDES SUICIDE PREVENTION, EDUCATION, TRAINING TO SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BUSINESSES.
OUR 24 7 HELPLINE OFFERS AROUND THE CLOCK EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
OUR LONGTIME PARTNERSHIP WITH APD BROUGHT THE FIRST 9 1 1 MENTAL HEALTH OPTION TO THE COUNTRY, TO AUSTIN.
TRAVIS COUNTY WAS VERY PROUD OF THAT WORK, VERY PROUD OF OUR PARTNERSHIP AND THE SUPPORT WE RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.
THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR RAISING AWARENESS AROUND SUICIDE PREVENTION.
OUR COMMUNITY IS A LEADER IN INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO CRITICAL CRISIS CARE, AND TOGETHER WE ARE PREVENTING SUICIDE AND SAVING LIVES.
YEAH, THANK I ALWAYS FORGET, CAN I? THANKS.
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THANK YOU.