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SET.ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD
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AND, AND CONVENE TODAY'S AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.TODAY IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2022.
UH, WE'RE IN THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE IN, UH, CITY HALL.
UM, COLLEAGUES KIND OF LOOKING AT THE DAY THAT WE HAVE, UM, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, WE CAN HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR EACH OF THE SPEAKERS HERE THIS MORNING THAT WE WILL START WITH, UH, UH, SOON AS WE DO THE HOUSE CLEANING, KEEPING MATTERS.
UH, IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, SPEAKERS THIS AFTERNOON, TWO MINUTES EACH ON THE, UH, ZONING CASES.
UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, UM, LET ME READ THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS HERE.
FIRST, UH, NOTE THAT IT JUMPED FROM ITEM 37, ITEM 73.
THERE WAS AN ERROR WITH THE NUMBERING SYSTEM, BUT NO ITEMS ARE MISSING.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 15TH, 2022.
ITEM NUMBER 19, UH, HAS, UH, ADDED, UH, SPONSOR OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO.
UH, AND IT'S BEEN POSED, IT'S BEING POSTPONED TO DECEMBER 1ST, 2022.
ITEM NUMBER 21, UH, IT'S BEING SUGGESTED THAT IT BE POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 15TH, UH, 2022.
JUST HEARING, UH, ITEM NUMBER 21 IS THE, UM, UH, IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR NOVEMBER 15TH AS OPPOSED TO SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FOR, UH, DECEMBER 1ST.
ITEM NUMBER 23 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED BY ADDENDA.
UM, IS ALSO BEING SUGGESTED THAT THE HEARING DATE BE DECEMBER 8TH, AS OPPOSED TO DECEMBER 1ST, 2022, SHOULD BE NOTED ON ITEM NUMBER 29 THAT A VALID PETITION HAS BEEN FILED IN OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING REQUEST.
ITEM NUMBER 73, UH, IS BEING POSTPONED TO DECEMBER 1ST, 2022.
UH, THE, UM, UH, SUGGESTED DATE, UH, FOR, UH, THAT PUBLIC HEARING, I GUESS, IS BEING, UH, MOVED TO JANUARY 26TH, 2023.
COLLEAGUES, THE, THE CONSENT, WE ALSO HAVE, BY THE WAY, LATE, LATE BACKUP, UH, IN ITEMS 4, 7 18, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 82, 84, 89, 90, 91, AND 92.
AND IF YOU ALL WOULD REMIND ME, WE HAVE LATE BACK UP IN AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ITEMS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR.
AND IF YOU HELP ME REMEMBER TO SAY THAT WHEN WE'RE IN THAT MEETING, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
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UH, CONSENT AGENDA TODAY IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 24, AND THEN ITEMS 73 TO 86.IT'S ONE TO 24, THEN 73 TO 86.
UH, WE ARE PULLING, UH, ITEMS, UM, ONE, FOUR, AND 74, WHICH ARE THE COUNTY PARK ITEMS SO THAT THEY CAN BE HEARD AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THOSE ARE THE, THE, THE PULLED ITEMS THAT WE SHOW ON, ON, ON CHANGES IN CORRECTION.
UH, 84, IT, IT'S, I'M SORRY, 1 4 74.
ONE FOUR AND 74 ARE THE COLONY PARK, UH, RELATED, UH, ITEMS. OKAY.
MY INTENT IN TERMS OF OVERALL SCHEDULE, AND WE'LL GET BACK TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER PULLED ITEMS TO BE PULLED.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, I WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER 18, BOARDS AND COMMISSION, UM, WE'RE REMOVING, UH, PILAR, RENDON FROM THE LIST OF APPOINTEES TO THE JOINT, UH, SUSTAINABILITY
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COMMITTEE.UH, AND, UM, UH, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH A SUBSTITUTE APPOINTMENT.
UH, BUT, UH, WE THANK HER FOR HER SERVICE AND SHE'S INDICATED THAT SHE'D LIKE TO MOVE ON.
UH, SO WE'LL FIND SOMEONE, UH, ELSE.
THE ATP BOARD APPOINTMENT IS A, A LATE AD, AND IT'S JUAN GARZA.
UM, ON ITEM NUMBER 76, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER 82, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, DID YOU WANT SOMETHING PUT INTO THE RECORD ON 82, OR YOU WANT TO DO THAT LATER? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S YOUR CHOICE, MAYOR.
UM, MAYBE IN JUST A MINUTE OR TWO, I JUST NEED TO PULL UP A COUPLE.
COUPLE THINGS RELATED TO THAT.
AFTER WE DO THE CONSENT, UH, ITEMS, IT'S GONNA BE MY INTENT TO IMMEDIATELY GO INTO COLONY.
UH, SO WE'LL HANDLE ITEMS 1, 4 26 AND 74.
UH, AT THAT POINT, UM, WE CAN VOTE ON THE, UH, ANNEXATION, UH, SETTINGS, UH, WHICH ARE 89 TO 92.
WE CAN VOTE ON THE AUDIT LAND, UH, WHICH IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER, UM, UH, 87, I THINK 85.
UH, WE CAN DO THE, UH, AUDIT PLAN.
I THINK THAT'LL BE, UH, QUICK AND WE CAN DO WHATEVER PULLED ITEMS. UH, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE, UM, WE'VE POSTED, UH, SOME DIRECTION, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER, UM, UH, 80, UM, THREE, WHICH IS THE, UH, UH, JUROR'S ITEM STAFF GAVE US A MEMO.
ALL WE'RE DOING IS SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT, BUT THEY ASKED FOR SOME DIRECTION, WHICH, UH, WE POSTED.
AND, AND I'LL HAND OUT HERE SHORTLY WHEN I HAVE, UH, COPIES OF, OF THAT.
UM, OH, I HAVE COPIES OF IT, SO I WILL HAND THEM OUT.
IT'S ALSO POSTED, UH, THAT GIVES US THEN THE ZONING CASES THIS AFTERNOON.
AS SOON AS WE HANDLE THE ZONING CONSENT VOTE, WE WILL IMMEDIATELY AT THAT POINT, WHEREVER ELSE WE WERE, GO INTO THE STATESMAN PUD COUNCIL, WANTED TO HAVE A TIME CERTAIN WITH RESPECT TO WHEN WE MOVE TO THAT.
UH, AND THEN, UH, AFTER WE DO THAT, WE'LL HANDLE ITEM NUMBER 29 OR OTHER, UH, PULLED, UH, ZONING CASES, IF ANY, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PULLED ITEMS WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO.
COUNCIL POOL, I SAW THERE WERE SOME, THERE WAS SOME NEW LANGUAGE ON COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S REAL ESTATE ITEM.
IS THAT NUMBER 84? YEAH, IT SAYS NUMBER 84.
AND AND I DON'T SEE THAT ONE PULLED.
UNLESS I'M NOT LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT.
IT WAS NOT ON THE PULLED LIST, BUT WE CAN PULL THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER PULLED ITEMS? THE PULLED ITEMS THAT I'M SHOWING AT THIS POINT? CONSENT AGENDA, AGAIN, ONE THROUGH 24 AND 73 TO 86.
PULLED ITEMS BEING 1 4 74 AND 84 AT THIS POINT.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, MAYOR, FOR THE, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST LAY OUT, UM, ITEM 82, WHICH IS A RENAMING OF THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER READING ROOM IN HONOR OF BETTY BAKER AND STEVE SADOWSKI.
TWO LONGTIME CITY STAFF MEMBERS, AS WELL AS JUST STRONG, PASSIONATE ADVOCATES FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
UM, IN YOUR BACKUP, UH, OR IN YOUR EMAIL, SOME MADE IT TO THE BACKUP, SOME DID NOT.
WE HAVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM THE TRAVIS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION IN SUPPORT OF THE RENAMING.
WE HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT THAT WE'VE ALL RECEIVED FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER ASSOCIATION AND FROM THE FRIENDS OF WILLARD SQUARE.
AND I HAVE ALSO CONSULTED WITH OUR LIBRARY, UH, WITH OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR, WHO INDICATED THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS REQUEST MOVING FORWARD AS WELL.
UM, THIS WAS A SUGGESTION OF STEVE AND BETTY'S COLLEAGUES, UM, INCLUDING DIRECTOR, UH, INCLUDING JERRY RUSSIN, WHO IS GOING TO MAKE, MAKE A FEW COMMENTS HERE THIS MORNING AT THIS TIME.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY HOW APPROPRIATE I THINK THIS REQUEST WAS.
AND I, I SO APPRECIATE JERRY AND JOY HARDEN AND OTHERS FOR SUGGESTING THIS RENAMING.
I THINK I MENTIONED WHEN WE HONORED STEVE SADOWSKI, THAT THERE'S PROBABLY NOT BEEN ONE TIME I'VE BEEN IN THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER READING
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ROOM, AND I'VE BEEN THERE THROUGH THE YEARS AT ALL HOURS, INCLUDING EVENING HOURS AND WEEKEND HOURS.AND NEARLY EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN THERE, I'VE SEEN STEVE SADOWSKI IN THERE DOING RESEARCH FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, HE AND BETTY BAKER WERE, WERE A TREMENDOUS CITY SERVANT, CITY STAFF MEMBERS, AND PUBLIC SERVANTS.
AND THIS IS A REALLY APPROPRIATE WAY, I THINK, TO RECOGNIZE THE, THE CONTRIBUTION THEY MADE TO THEIR COMMITTEE, TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO, MAYOR, UM, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, PERHAPS JERRY IS ON THE LINE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL.
GO AHEAD AND CALL THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS,
[Public Comment (Part 1 of 3)]
PLEASE.WE HAVE BILL BUNCH ON ITEMS 1 4 19 24 26.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY BILL BONDS FROM DISTRICT FIVE.
UM, I WANTED TO, UH, ASK THAT THE ITEM 24, THE SOS SITE SPECIFIC AMENDMENT, UH, FOR THE BRODY OAKS BE SET ON DECEMBER 8TH RATHER THAN DECEMBER 1ST.
THE APPLICANT DEVELOPERS HAVE AGREED TO THAT DATE.
UM, AND I THINK YOU CAN CONFIRM THAT.
UM, THE FIRST IS THE DAY OF OUR SAVE OUR SPRINGS 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
UM, IT'S, IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S GONNA BE POSTPONED TO DECEMBER 8TH.
YEAH, MR. BONES, THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAT IT WOULD BE DECEMBER 8TH.
UH, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO THE SAME WITH ID ITEM 83, WHICH WAS CALLED FOR ON DECEMBER 1ST AND MAKE THAT DECEMBER 8TH.
THAT'S A MATTER THAT WE'VE BEEN INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH FROM THE BEGINNING LAST DECEMBER 20TH, YOU MIGHT RECALL.
UM, SO I WOULD ASK FOR THAT, UH, SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
I WANNA SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM 84, THE RESOLUTION ON CITY OWNED LAND.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE ON THAT.
IT'S, UH, VERY IMPORTANT, UH, LIKE ACTION ITEM.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CAUTION YOU ON ITEM FOUR AND CREATING ANOTHER TURS UNTIL THE CITY HAS A REAL PROCESS OF, UH, DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WATER IMPORTANT, UM, PUBLIC INVESTMENTS AND PUBLIC BENEFITS VERSUS, UH, SIMPLY, UH, BUILDING, UH, PRIVATE FACILITIES FOR PRIVATE GAIN.
UM, OF COURSE, THERE'S A CASE TO BE MADE FOR COLONY PARK AND A PUBLIC INVESTMENT THAT DOES NOT EXIST, UH, ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, BUT I AM CONCERNED THAT YOU'RE GOING AND CREATING ANOTHER TOURIST DISTRICT WITHOUT HAVING THE, THE, THE METRICS AND THE PROCEDURES IN HAND TO, UH, DETERMINE WHEN THESE INVESTMENTS, UH, MIGHT MAKE SENSE.
UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT I WAS GONNA COVER AT THIS TIME AND COME BACK ON AT TWO ON THE, UH, STATEMENT PUT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR ADLER, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER CRO.
THIS IS CHRISY O'BRIEN, STAFF FOR THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE, AND I'M PLEASED TO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS A CO-SPONSOR FOR THE ITEM.
I AM TESTIFY IN FAVOR OF TODAY, WE ARE CALLING TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR EIGHT ITEM 84.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND HER STAFF FOR PUTTING IN THE LONG HOURS TO BRING THIS LABOR AND COMMUNITY FRIENDLY ITEM FORWARD.
THIS PUBLIC LAND FOR PUBLIC GOOD PROPOSALS IN LINE WITH OUR CORE VALUES.
WHEN ASME WORKED TO PASS A LIVING WAGE OF 20 AN HOUR FOR CITY EMPLOYEES, WE NOT ONLY WANTED TO ENSURE BETTER WAGES FOR OUR CITY OF AUSTIN FAMILY, BUT HOPED IT WOULD SET A STANDARD FOR ALL WORKERS TO EARN BETTER AND FAMILY SUSTAINING WAGES.
WHEN WORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT WORKED TO GET BETTER BUILDER STANDARDS THAN CITY PROJECTS, THEY HAD THE SAME VISION.
THESE ARE OUR SHARED COMMUNITY VALUES AS LEADERS OF OUR CITY, YOU ALL KNOW WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY TOOLS IN OUR BOX TO
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PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS, ACCESS TO GOOD QUALITY CHILDCARE, LIVABLE WAGES, AND PROTECTION FOR WORKERS WHO BUILD THE CITY.THIS PROPOSAL AIMS TO ACHIEVE THESE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ALL WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF YOUR CONTROL.
FOR THE USE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTIES, BUSINESSES WANTING TO OPERATE ON CITY LAND MUST AND SHOULD INCLUDE LIVING WAGES AND GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS IN THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.
THIS SHOULD BE THE STANDARD, AND WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN TODAY.
LET'S MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD SO WE CAN MAKE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND FOR YOUR DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE.
MY NAME IS RUBY ROA AND I ABSOLUTELY AM IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 84.
I WANNA THANK KATHY TOVO AND HER STAFF FOR CONTINUING TO ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE REAL VALUES OF OUR FAMILIES.
AND I THINK THIS, THIS ITEM PROVES, UH, THE HARD WORK THAT SHE'S DONE, NOT ONLY ON THIS ITEM, BUT UH, PREVIOUS ITEMS BEFORE.
AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR, UM, YOUR VOTE ON THIS.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR OUR VOTE FOR NOW.
DO WE HAVE ANY AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATIONS, SPEAKERS SIGNED UP RIGHT NOW? ONLY IN PERSON.
WE HAVE GUS PENA SPEAKING ON ITEMS 1 4 26 74, 14 15, AND 81 WITH ROY WALEY ON DECK.
CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND READ, READ THAT, UH, THOSE ITEMS? UH, I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAIN INJURY FROM THE HELICOPTER CRASH.
CAN YOU, UH, READ 'EM AGAIN? WOULD YOU PLEASE READ 'EM? YEAH.
YOU DID MENTION 26, RIGHT? OKAY.
UM, I'M VERY SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER, UH, 26, AND IT HAS BEEN OUR CONTENTION TO, WE ALREADY SUPPORTED MY BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
UH, THEY'RE THE ONES I REALLY, I REALLY WORK WITH HEAVILY.
AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE IT, STEVE, BUT I WANT TO THANK Y'ALL ALSO THE COMMUNITY FOR WORKING ON THIS ISSUE.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE IN COLONY PARK, SO I JUST WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT, UH, DARN.
AND, UH, I KNOW I'VE BEEN, BEEN VERY TOUGH ON Y'ALL, BUT, UH, SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE OUT THERE NEED HELP BECAUSE THERE'S TOUGH TIMES OVER THERE.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY RIGHT NOW.
OH, BEFORE I LEAVE, THIS IS FROM THE UNITED, THIS IS FROM THE PAPER.
WILL AUSTIN BE AFFORDABLE FOR THEM? I JUST WANTED TO THROW IT IN THERE.
IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE HERE IN AUSTIN.
WALEY, ITEM 19 WITH MONICA GUZMAN ON DECK.
SO, 19 HAS BEEN POSTPONED CORRECT UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH.
UM, NONETHELESS DO WORK WITH FOLKS IN HAYES COUNTY THAT HAVE THE MISGUIDED PLAN TO EXTEND SH 45 THROUGH HAYES COUNTY.
THERE'S A PORTION OF THAT THAT IS IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
UH, IT WON'T DO ANY GOOD FOR THEM TO COMPLETE THAT TO I 35.
IF THE, THE COUNTY AND THE CITY DOES NOT CONSENT, UM, THIS GOES OVER SOME OF OUR MOST FRAGILE RECHARGE, UH, AREA FOR, FOR THE BARTON SPRINGS EDWARDS AQUIFER.
AND WE HAVE SPENT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PROTECTING THAT.
SO LET'S, LET'S OPT TO NOT SPEND MONEY AND STILL PROTECT THAT.
AND I'LL BE BACK THIS AFTERNOON, I ASSUME.
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AT THAT TIME, CORRECT.PER ITEM, SINCE THERE ARE TWO ITEMS. NO, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS SAYS AND HIS, HIS, UH, HANDBOOK THAT YOU GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME FOR EACH ITEM YOU ARE SIGNED UP ON.
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? THANK YOU.
GUZMAN, ITEMS 2184 AND 87 WITH JO P CONNOLLY ON DECK.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I'M MONICA GUZMAN, POLICY DIRECTOR AT GO, AUSTIN BAO AUSTIN.
I REGISTERED AT THE KIOSK THIS MORNING, SO I DID IT PRETTY QUICKLY.
SO FOR THE RECORD, GAVA IS NEUTRAL ON ITEMS 2184 AND 87, AND OPPOSED TO ITEM 36.
ITEM 21, GAVA SUPPORTS PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THEY ARE A NEEDED AND CRITICAL PART OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS.
BUT DID I HEAR CORRECTLY, IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED TO POSTPONE IT TO NOVEMBER 15TH, AND THAT'S ALSO THE SAME DATE AS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
HOW DO YOU APPROVE A HEARING DATE ON THE DATE YOU'RE HAVING IT? I SINCERELY HOPE I HEARD WRONG.
AND THE HEARING DATE IS MUCH LATER, ALLOWING PEOPLE TIME TO REVIEW THE MATERIALS RECEIVED, WHETHER BY MAIL OR ONLINE, AND ASK QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION.
ITEM 84, GAVA SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS TO ENSURE LIVING WAGES AND BETTER BUILDER.
WE CANNOT SUPPORT REQUIRING BETTER BUILDER ONLY FOR DEVELOPMENT COMPARABLE TO PROJECT CONNECT.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE, MY PARTNER IS A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL FIVE 20.
THEY AND OTHER TRADES, WOMEN AND MEN DON'T GET TO PICK A CONTRACTOR'S PROJECTS, BUT YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO PUT THEIR LIVES IN EVEN MORE RISK.
WHEN BETTER BUILDER IS NOT REQUIRED, THE POTENTIAL COST TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES IS FAR GREATER THAN THE COST OF BETTER BUILDER.
ITEM 87, IT'S GOOD TO SEE LANGUAGE ACCESS, TENANT SUPPORT, EMS STAFFING, AND DEPARTMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT LISTED.
WE RECOMMEND UPGRADING LANGUAGE ACCESS AND EMS STAFFING TO HIGH PRIORITY AND DEPARTMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT TO AT LEAST MEDIUM PRIORITY.
GOVER RESIDENTS HAVE ADDRESSED COUNCIL AND GVA STAFF HAVE MET WITH COUNCIL OR COUNCIL STAFF REGARDING INTERPRETATION SERVICES DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS.
IN ADDITION, FOR AT LEAST THE PAST 10 YEARS, MANY IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH CITY STAFF.
TESTIFIED AT THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE IN 2016 AND ADDRESSED COUNCIL MANY TIMES REGARDING THE NEED FOR MULTILINGUAL INTERPRETATION, TRANSLATION, COMMUNICATIONS FOR ALL THINGS FOR ALL PEOPLE REGARDING DEPARTMENT MANAGE, DEPARTMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, CITY STAFF ACROSS THE BOARD, ESPECIALLY THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, SWORN OFFICERS SHOULD NOT BE ADDRESSING AND OR WORKING ON ITEMS FOR WHICH APPROPRIATE TRAINING HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED, AND WHEN THERE IS BETTER TRAINED STAFF.
ITEM NUMBER 21, BY THE WAY, IS BEING VOTED ON TODAY TO SET THE HEARING FOR NOVEMBER 15TH.
UM, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
I'M HERE, UM, TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME PIECES OF A LETTER THAT THE, UM, ATX MOBILITY COALITION SENT TO YOUR EMAILS THIS MORNING.
UM, SINCE SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HAD TIME OR OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT, I WANNA POINT OUT SOME HIGHLIGHTS.
I MEAN, BUT IS THAT RIGHT,
THAT WAS THE SHORTEST TWO MINUTES I'VE EVER HAD
SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LETTER.
UM, BUT THE IMPORTANT PART IS THAT WE'RE RAISING SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE NOMINATION PROCESS FOR THE ATP BOARD.
UM, THE NOMINATION PROCESS IS BROKEN, AND IT HAS LED TO THE NOMINATION OF A CANDIDATE WHO THE COMMUNITY HAS NOT WORKED WITH AROUND ANY OF THESE ISSUES, PARTICULARLY NOT TRANSIT, WHO DOESN'T INSPIRE TRUST FROM THE COMMUNITY.
AND IN MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE PROCESS ITSELF IS, IS BEING CALLED INTO SERIOUS QUESTION.
I WANNA RAISE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE POINTED OUT IN OUR LETTER.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OTHER ADVISORY BODIES INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY LACK THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE SELECTION CRITERIA OR NOMINATION PROCESS TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT IS CRUCIAL THAT THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PROJECT ADVISORY BODIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SUCH FEEDBACK.
THE CURRENT PROCESS LACKS TRANSPARENCY AS TO COMMUNITY.
ME AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE NO AWARENESS OF WHO APPLIED FOR THE POSITION AND WHAT APPLICATIONS WERE SHORTLISTED FOR INTERVIEWS.
UM, IT IS ALSO VITAL THAT THE NOMINATING PROCESS PRIORITIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF FREQUENT TRANSIT USERS.
AND THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS SHOULD INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO
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CAN SEE, UM, WHO SPEAK TO THE EXPERIENCE OF TRANSIT USERS, WHO UNDERSTAND OUR TRANSIT SYSTEMS AND WHO ARE ENGAGED IN IN TRANSIT ADVOCACY.SO, AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER POINTS IN THE LETTER, IT'S IN YOUR INBOX, BUT I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE MOVING FORWARD WITH ANY CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATP BOARD OR WITH THE NOMINATION OF ANY NEW ATP BOARD MEMBERS UNTIL WE HAVE A NOMINATION PROCESS THAT IS MORE TRANSPARENT, THAT INVOLVES THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT CAN INSPIRE TRUST.
PROJECT CONNECT IS A HUGE PROJECT, SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND, AND THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE HERE, AND THE ADP BOARD SHOULD REFLECT THAT.
UH, WHILE YOU'RE HERE, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE, THE WORK YOU'RE DOING ON HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY, AND, UH, APPRECIATE, UH, UH, UH, YOUR APPEARANCE YESTERDAY AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND TODAY'S HEADLINE IN THE STATESMAN THAT SAID, UH, THAT WE, THE CITY COMMUNITY, WAS CLOSING IN ON THAT $515 MILLION GOAL, ABOUT 90% COMPLETE NOW.
AND, UH, YOUR WORK ON THAT HAS BEEN CRITICAL, AS HAS THE OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
YEAH, WE SWITCH BETWEEN MANY DIFFERENT HATS IMPORTANT, UM, ISSUES THAT IMPACT THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, BUT IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU ON ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN AUSTIN.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, BEING HERE TO BRING THIS LETTER TO, UH, EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.
I WILL PASS OUT A COPY TO EVERYONE AND AT THE RIGHT TIME, MAYOR, WHEN WE GET TO THAT ITEM, I JUST WANNA, UH, SIGNAL TO PEOPLE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I WILL BE BRINGING, YOU KNOW, NOT TODAY, I'M, I'M PROCEEDING TODAY, BUT I WILL BE BRINGING SOMETHING FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION RELATED TO THE PROCESS, UH, AND TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE POINTS THAT YOU ALL ARE RAISING RELATED TO TRANSPARENCY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSION AND MAYOR, AND I APPRECIATE COUNSEL MC KITCHEN AFTERNOON TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT, IF YOU HAVE SPACE.
AND, AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BRING SOMETHING DECEMBER 1ST.
COUNCIL, PAUL, UM, JP THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS AND ALSO TO THE OTHERS WHO YOU ARE WORKING WITH ON THIS ISSUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN AND I, UM, ARE, WE SHARE THE CONCERNS AND WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW TO ADJUST THE NOMINATIONS PROCESS TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION.
MUCH LIKE WHAT WE DO WITH OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS NOMINATIONS.
I THINK ALL THAT INFORMATION IS, IS PUBLIC IS SUPER DUPER PUBLIC, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, AND, AND THIS IS A NOMINATION.
AND SO SHE AND I, UH, WILL BE CARRYING OUR CONCERNS AS WELL TO THE CAT METRO BOARD THAT WE SIT ON AND, AND, UM, HOPE THAT WE CAN RESOLVE THIS WITH SOME PROCEDURAL ADJUSTMENTS, UH, IN THE NEW YEAR.
LOOK FOR Y'ALL'S HELP AND SUPPORT IN THAT PROCESS.
AND I ALSO WANT TO, UM, JUST TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, UM, BOTH, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE ON THE CAT METRO BOARD FOR THE WORK AND SUPPORT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING WITH ALL THREE, SORRY, ON THE CAT METRO BOARD FOR THE WORK AND SUPPORT, UM, AROUND THE, THE, THE FAIRS ACCESS AND, UM, THE FREE FAIRS, UM, WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HELPING US WITH HAS BEEN CRUCIAL.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DON GREEN ITEM 81 WITH DONNA MARIE MILLER ON DECK.
MONTY WARDEN, ITEM 81, VIRGINIA WHITE PEACOCK ON ITEM 81, FOLA BERETTO, ITEM 84.
MAYOR PROTE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM THE AUSTIN POLICY COORDINATOR AT WORKERS' DEFENSE, AND I AM TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 84.
WORKERS DEFENSE IS A MEMBERSHIP BASED ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS, UH, LOW INCOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN IMPROVING THEIR LIVES AND WORKING CONDITIONS.
UH, FIRST OFF, I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, HER STAFF, AND ALL OF THE CO-SPONSORS FOR, UH, PRIORITIZING THE WORKING CONDITIONS, UH, OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BY INCLUDING COMPLIANCE IN BETTER BUILDER AS WELL AS LIVING WAGE.
UM, IN THIS RESOLUTION, TEXAS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS STATE TO BE A CONSTRUCTION WORKER.
AND BECAUSE OF THIS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WITHIN AUSTIN WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A SET OF STANDARDS THAT WOULD BE ABLE
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TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS BASED ON THEIR OWN LIVED EXPERIENCES.AND SINCE THEN, THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM HAS DIRECTLY IMPACTED 38,000 WORKERS IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
IT HAS ALSO HELPED RECOVER OVER $100,000 IN STOLEN WAGES AND PROVIDED 40% OF WORKERS OSHA TRAINING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES.
UH, THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM IS HIGH QUALITY THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT MONITORING.
AND WE KNOW THAT WITHOUT THE MONITORING, THESE STANDARDS ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE PAPER THAT THEY ARE WRITTEN ON.
AND SO TODAY, WE REALLY THINK THAT THIS RESOLUTION WOULD BE A GREAT WIN FOR WORKING PEOPLE AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, UM, IN AUSTIN.
THESE ARE COMMUNITY VALUES THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE SET FORWARD.
AND SO YOUR VOTE TODAY IS REALLY CRUCIAL FOR, UH, THAT CONTINUANCE.
AND SO, THANK YOU ALL AND WE URGE YOU ALL TO VOTE YES ON ITEM 84.
THAT CONCLUDES THE, EVERYONE THAT IS NOT A H F C, WE HAVE THREE HFC SPEAKERS.
ANYBODY ELSE SIGN UP TO SPEAK THIS MORNING THAT WE MISSED IN THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING? OKAY.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, RECESS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT 10 45.
[Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting]
UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE AT 10 45, UH, ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2022.WE'RE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM SOME SPEAKERS, AND I THINK IT'S A CONSENT AGENDA, SO WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA TRY AND TAKE CARE OF THE AGENDA BEFORE WE GO BACK TO THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SHOULD BE NOTED IN THE RECORD THAT THERE'S LAID BACKUP IN, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, ITEMS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR.
UH, WOULD YOU CALL THE SPEAKERS, PLEASE? WE HAVE GU ON HFC ITEMS 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR.
IS MR. PENA STILL WITH US? OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS TRACY FINE.
I'M THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HOUSING FOR NATIONAL CHURCH RESIDENCES, AND I AM ALSO BASED HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
I AM HEADING UP THE TRANSACTION FOR ARBOR SET CREEKSIDE NATIONAL CHURCH RESIDENCES IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT DEVELOPER THAT SPECIALIZES IN SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE'VE DONE MULTIPLE PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND SEVERAL HERE IN TEXAS, INCLUDING THE CENTRAL TEXAS AREA.
UH, THE BOND FINANCING FOR ABERT CREEK SITE IS CRITICAL TO PRESERVE THIS MUCH NEEDED SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE HFCS SUPPORT FOR THIS TRANSACTION.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK? ONE LAST SPEAKER.
I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ENCOURAGE THE NATIONAL CHURCH RESIDENCES FOLKS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE DISTRICT ONE OFFICE.
I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH, UM, BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING TENANT ACTION, AND I HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION, WHAT IS KNOWN AS, WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS A CREEKSIDE, UM, SINCE 2017.
AND, UM, WE, THE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN, UH, WORKING IN PARTICULAR FOR THE LAST MONTH, UM, TO, UM, TALK WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND, AND TALK WITH EVERYONE ABOUT THE RENOVATION THAT IS UPCOMING, UM, AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, GOING ON.
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE, UH, MRS. PATRICE COOKS, UH, WITH ME THIS MORNING.
AND, UH, MRS. COOKS AND HER, 52 OF HER NEIGHBORS, UM, SPENT THE ENTIRE MONTH OF OCTOBER, UM, HAVING LITTLE GATHERINGS, UH, WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS AND TALKING A LOT ABOUT THEIR QUESTIONS AND THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR DREAMS, UM, FOR RENEWED ARBS.
UM, AND SO EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF, UH, RESIDENTS WITH ME TODAY, UM, THEY ARE ENGAGED AND THEY ARE WORKING.
UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM AND, UM, I IN PARTICULAR, WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO, UM, THANK BOTH, UM, THE A H F C BOARD, UM, AND IN PARTICULAR A H F C STAFF, UM, FOR THE WAY THAT, UH, YOU'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND, UM, TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT AT ARBS AND IN PARTICULAR, UM, FOR THE WAYS
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THAT THERE HAS REALLY BEEN A COMMITMENT TO ENGAGING WITH RESIDENTS AND IN PARTICULAR, UH, WITH RESIDENT ASSOCIATION LEADERS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.UM, I COUNTED SINCE 2020, UH, FOLKS LIKE JAMIE MAY, BRENDAN KENNEDY, AND ESPECIALLY PATRICK RUSSELL, HAVE HAD MORE THAN 12 MEETINGS
UM, I KNOW PATRICK AND BRENDAN AND A LOT OF OTHER FOLKS THAT WALKED THE HALLS, CLIMBED THE ROOF, REALLY LOOKED AT CONDITIONS, UM, MET FOLKS AT THE DOOR.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE.
AND I THINK IT'S, IT IS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, THE WORK THAT A H F C DOES, NOT ONLY TO BUILD QUALITY HOUSING, BUT TO DO THIS OUTREACH AND TO ENGAGE WITH RESIDENTS AND SAY, NOT ONLY DO WE WANNA BUILD YOU QUALITY HOUSING, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT STAYS THAT WAY.
UM, AND I THINK THIS WHOLE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS HAS JUST BEEN REALLY, REALLY REMARKABLE.
AND I WANT TO COMMEND, UM, EVERYONE FOR IT.
AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT CONTINUE ALSO AT OTHER A H F C PROPERTIES, I, I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I GET MOST OFTEN IS, DOES THE CITY REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PLACE WHERE I LIVE? UM, AND IN THIS CASE, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT, UM, RESIDENTS ARE BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE THE CITY REALLY CARES.
THAT CONCLUDES AGE FFC SPEAKERS.
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER LAST MINUTE CALL FOR THE MORNING.
AS NOTED, ANDY DE MAYO AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, YOU HAVE FOUR ITEMS, UH, ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY.
AND AS YOU NOTED, MAYOR, THERE'S LATE BACKUP ON TWO, THREE, AND FOUR.
ITEM ONE IS APPROVING THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 13TH MEETING.
UH, ITEM TWO, AS WE HAD SPEAKERS REFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO, UM, ARBOR AT CREEKSIDE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BOND ISSUANCE, UM, UP TO 25 MILLION IN PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS OR MULTIFAMILY REVENUE BONDS.
AND ITEMS THREE AND FOUR ARE RELATED TO CITY VIEW AT THE PARK APARTMENTS, WHICH IS A 70 UNIT, UH, SENIOR, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX IN DISTRICT THREE, THAT A H C IS BOTH ASKING FOR, UM, AUTHORIZATION TO FORM A NON-PROFIT SUBSIDIARY AND TO ACQUIRE THE, UH, INVESTOR INTERESTS IN THAT PROPERTY.
I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, AS NOTED PREVIOUSLY, THERE'S LATE BACKUP ON ALL OF THESE ITEMS, AND I DO WANNA THANK THE SPEAKERS BOTH FROM NATIONAL CHURCH RESIDENCES AND OF COURSE, UH, FROM THE TENANT ORGANIZERS AND THE RESIDENTS WHO SPOKE LAST WEEK ON THE, UM, HARPERS CREEK SIDE, UH, COMPLEX.
UM, COLLEAGUES, UH, CONSENT AGENDA COULD BE ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR.
IS THERE A MOTION TO PROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? UH, DIRECTOR HARPER MADISON MAKES THAT MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? UH, MAYOR PROTE SECONDS.
THAT MOTION? UH, DISCUSSION DIRECTOR POOL RE OH, I'M GOOD.
DISCUSSION DIRECTOR HARPER MEDICINE.
I WANTED TO ECHO THE SENTIMENT OF OUR LAST SPEAKER, WHICH THANK YOU, BY THE WAY.
THAT WAS LIKE BRILLIANTLY ARTICULATED.
I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER MYSELF.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
I WANTED TO ALSO, UM, JUST A RESOUNDING THANK YOU FOR THE CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION OF THE H F C STAFF.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS UP, UM, AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE, UM, ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES WHERE IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE HAVE THE, THE BEAUTIFUL REGAL AND ROYAL PURPLE OF COLONY PARK IN THE ROOM.
UM, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE REALLY INTERESTING FRANKEN MANAGEMENT PROPERTIES THAT MY OFFICE INHERITED, AND THAT WASN'T THE ONLY ONE.
AND SO ONCE WE REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS FOR FOR FOLKS WHO ARE LISTENING, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT YOU TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN A PERSON COMES ONTO THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S A BRILLIANT, BEAUTIFUL HONOR.
AND MOST FOLKS COME IN HERE READY TO DO THE WORK, BUT THERE'S NO TRAINING.
NOBODY TRAINED YOU TO BE THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON WHO COMES IN HERE AND TAKES ON THE ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE QUEUE LONG BEFORE.
FOR ME, FOR EXAMPLE, LONG BEFORE I EVER THOUGHT ABOUT POLITICS AS A PROFESSION, POLICY MAKING AS A PROFESSION.
SO THEN YOU HAVE TO ACCLIMATE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOME COMMITMENTS.
AND SO ALL THAT SAID, I WAS NEW TO IT, BUT THE RESIDENTS, MUCH LIKE COLONY PARK AT ARBOR'S, THEY CALLED ME OVER THAT JANUARY AND THEY SAID, WE WANT YOU TO SEE OUR SWIMMING POOL.
THE WATER WAS GREEN AND IT WAS A MOSQUITO BREEDING GROUND.
AND I THINK THEY SAT US ALL NEXT TO THE POOL ON PURPOSE, UM, JUST FOR IMPACT.
UM, THEY SAID, I WANT YOU TO SEE THE POOL IN.
WE ALSO WANNA TAKE NOTE THAT WE CAN'T MEET IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM BECAUSE THERE WAS A FLOOD AND IT WAS NEVER REPAIRED.
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FORGET THE IMPACT OF THE WAY THAT THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS ADVOCATED FOR THEMSELVES.AND THE FACT THAT Y'ALL TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET CREATIVE AND THINKING THROUGH HOW TO ADDRESS IT.
BUT IT WASN'T JUST THE CREATIVITY, IT WAS THE COMMITMENT.
I DON'T THINK Y'ALL GET ENOUGH, UM, CREDIT FOR WHEN YOU REALLY DO DIG DOWN DEEP AND MAKE THE COMMITMENT FOR SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFICULT.
CUZ IT'S ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE EVEN WHILE YOU GUYS WERE WORKING, YOU COULDN'T TELL EVERYBODY WHAT YOU WERE DOING AT EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY.
SO SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE FOLKS FEEL LIKE NOTHING'S HAPPENING.
YOU CAN'T SEE THE, YOU KNOW, THE FEET KICKING FEVERISHLY UNDER THE WATER.
SO YOU, YOU FEEL LIKE NOTHING'S HAPPENING.
BUT I PROMISE Y'ALL, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, IF IT'S BEEN HANDED TO THE, TO THE HANDS OF THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO FEEL SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, COMMITMENT AND INTEGRITY AROUND DELIVERING A HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT, ESPECIALLY IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS WHERE WE ALL TOOK A LOOK AT THIS INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING PROJECT FOR OUR, UH, AGING RESIDENTS, AND IT WAS COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE.
AND, AND I DON'T WANT GO BACK, I WANT TO LOOK FORWARD, BUT I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT WITHOUT MAKING THAT COMMITMENT, WE WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE WITHOUT THEM MAKING THAT COMMITMENT TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES.
WE WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE AND JUST BECAUSE TO OUR RESIDENTS AT LARGER CI GENERAL CITIZENRY, JUST CUZ YOU DON'T SEE THE WORK, DOES NOT MEAN IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
CUZ I SAW THEM KICKING FEVERISHLY UNTIL THEY WERE ABLE TO FINALLY SAY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COME PREMATURELY, RIGHT? SO THEY HAD TO WAIT AND GET BEAT UP ALONG THE WAY WITH THE IMPLICATIONS OF THEM NOT HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, MADE THE COMMITMENT OR DOING THE WORK, BUT THEY WERE DOING THE, THE WORK ALL ALONG.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, NOT SO BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND THIS, THIS PROJECT ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER DISTRICT ONE ASSETS THAT HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED AND UNDERREPRESENTED.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR TIME TO SHINE, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THE CITY TO REALLY MAKE THESE TRUE COMMITMENTS WITH OUR TIME, WITH OUR DOLLARS, AND WITH OUR STAFF'S INNOVATION.
ONCE AGAIN, Y'ALL SHOWED UP WHEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
OUR STAFF HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE RESIDENTS, UM, AND THE TENANT ORGANIZING, UM, ON THE PROPERTY.
AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO TAKE YOU ON A TOUR, UM, OF THE PROPERTY, UH, AFTER, UH, THE RENOVATIONS HAVE OCCURRED.
SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA, ALL FOUR ITEMS HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
AND FURTHER DISCUSSION, STATE OF VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
AS OPPOSED, I'M SEEING IT AS UNANIMOUS WITH THAT WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF ALL OUR WORK.
UH, AND WE WILL ADJOURN THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE AT 10 56.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 2022.
I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER
[Public Comment (Part 2 of 3)]
WHO SIGNED UP.WOULD YOU CALL THE SPEAKER PLEASE? YES, WE HAVE ZNO JOSEPH ON ITEMS 1 4 18 26, 74, 76, AND 82.
THANK YOU MAYOR COUNSEL, I'M ZNO JOSEPH, I'M TOTALLY CONFUSED ABOUT TODAY'S SPEAKER ARRANGEMENT.
SO HOW MANY MINUTES DO WE HAVE? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE CITY COUNCIL MORNING, UH, NON ZONING AGENDA.
OKAY, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF THE CLERK COULD SHOW MY OPPOSITION TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
I RAN OUT OF TIME AND MEANT TO CUT AND PASTE THE SAMSUNG INFORMATION FROM ITEM ONE AND TWO.
NUMBER TWO, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO COLONY PARK.
I DO APPRECIATE BARBARA SCOTT'S WORK OVER THE YEARS, BUT I DO, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO COUNSEL SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THE BACKUP MATERIALS DOES NOT SPECIFY WHAT THE 3.3 MILLION, UH, WILL BE USED FOR.
IT ACTUALLY HAS A SCOPE OF WORK, BUT IT DOESN'T ENUMERATE THE AMOUNT OF MONIES THAT WILL BE USED FOR EACH OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN THE BACKUP MATERIALS.
SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY, UH, PHASE TWO IS GOING TO COST ABOUT THREE TIMES MORE THAN PHASE ONE.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY THAT THE PEOPLE IN COLONY PARK TODAY, BLACK PEOPLE WAIT 60 MINUTES FOR THE BUS.
THAT'S ABOUT 10 TIMES LONGER THAN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL AUSTIN.
AND AS YOU ARE AWARE, THERE'S A NOVEMBER 3RD, 2017 AUSTIN CHRONICLE ARTICLE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE ONCE AN HOUR BUS.
THOSE ROUTES THAT ARE IN THAT AREA ARE PARTIALLY FUNDED BY TRAVIS COUNTY AND COMMISSIONERS HAVE DONE NOTHING.
NEITHER HAS NATASHA HARPER MADISON TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS NOW.
SO I DO FIND IT DISINGENUOUS THAT IT'S NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA.
I WANT TO RECALL, UM, BACK ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2022, MAYOR, YOU ACTUALLY TOOK CREDIT FOR THE SPIRIT OF EAST AUSTIN AND INVESTED $0.
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SO I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU HAVE SUCH AN AVERSION TO BLACK PEOPLE, BUT THIS TO ME IS JUST A SMOKE SCREEN.I WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION AS WELL THAT THE GREEN LINE WILL HAVE TO PROBABLY BE LOCALLY FUNDED AND THAT I REMINDED COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY THAT A GOOD REASON FOR MAYA TO WITHDRAW FROM CAPITAL METRO IS THAT JUNE 20TH, 2017.
JOE CLEMONS TOLD THEM THAT'S ONE OF THE DEPUTY MANAGERS AT THE TIME THAT IT DOES NOT MEET THE RIDERSHIP FOR FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION FUNDING.
AS IT RELATES TO THE OTHER ITEMS THAT I SIGNED UP FOR, I SPECIFICALLY, UM, DO SUPPORT MR. SADI, ITEM 82, THE RENAMING OF THE AUSTIN HISTORY, UH, CENTER READING ROOM.
I KNOW THAT HE WAS QUITE PASSIONATE AND I'VE BEEN THERE MANY A TIMES MYSELF TO DO RESEARCH AND I APPRECIATED THE WORK THAT HE DID AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, I SIGNED UP NEUTRON 18 BECAUSE OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BYLAW STANDING I AND I OPPOSED THE 76, UH, NUMBER 76, WHICH WAS THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP PROCESS AS WELL.
BUT I DO WANT TO CALL TO COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS ATTENTION THAT IF YOU GO BACK IN TIME TO ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 17TH, 2020, YOU WILL SEE ARTICLES THAT SAY THAT AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP WAS OPAQUE AND IT WAS NOT TRANSPARENT.
SO FOR YOU TO RETROACTIVELY THINK THAT THE PUBLIC WILL BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE TRANSPARENT NOW IS REALLY DISINGENUOUS.
I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE THREE MEMBERS THAT ARE ON CAPITAL METRO'S BOARD, ONE OF THOSE THREE, COULD ACTUALLY BE A CITIZEN.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, YOUR TIME HAS CONCLUDED, ALWAYS BEEN THREE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
IF HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL WELL ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
WE'RE BACK UP TO THE, UM, TO THE,
[Consent agenda (Part 2 of 2)]
UH, AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA.AGAIN, ITEMS ONE THROUGH 24 73 TO 86, THE PULLED ITEMS ARE 1, 4 74, AND 84.
UH, 83 INCLUDES THE MOTION SHEET THAT I'VE HANDED OUT.
I WANNA GIVE YOU ONE QUICK ORAL CHANGE IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH TO THAT.
UH, WE HAD SAID THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE WOULD BE NOTICED FOR MULTIPLE MEETINGS FOR ACTION.
UM, AND I HAD THE FIRST AND THE SECOND AND THE EIGHTH AND THE NINTH.
UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING ON THE SECOND OR THE NINTH.
THAT WOULD JUST BE CARRY OVER.
WE INTEND TO FINISH ALL OUR WORK ON THE FIRST DAY.
SO I'M JUST MAKING THIS LANGUAGE CONFORM TO THAT.
SO IT JUST SAYS, INCLUDING ON DECEMBER 1ST AS WELL AS THE EIGHTH WITH EXPRESS INTENTION OF TAKING IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THAT, BECAUSE OUR INTENT IS TO TAKE CARE OF IT ON THAT DAY.
IF WE NEED TO CARRY OVER ON STUFF, WE WILL.
ANY OTHER POLL ITEMS ON OR DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BEFORE WE VOTE? YES.
IS MR. OV BEEN HERE? NO, THERE HE IS.
COUNCIL MEMBER JURY RE FROM THE HOUSING PLAN DEPARTMENT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A MOMENT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
UM, I FIRST MET BETTY BAKER WHEN I STARTED WORKING FOR THE CITY IN 1994.
UM, BETTY HAD STARTED AT THE CITY IN 1974, SO SHE'D ALREADY BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE.
UM, UPON GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL, BETTY WENT TO SECRETARIAL SCHOOL AND SHE STARTED AT THE CITY AS A TYPIST.
MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE THINGS I REMEMBERED WAS, UH, SHE LEARNED, SHE KNEW STENOGRAPHY.
UM, AND WHEN SHE DIDN'T WANT US READING HER NOTES, SHE'D WRITE THEM IN STENOGRAPHY AND TO ALL OF US, IT MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS.
WE COULD NOT READ A WORD THAT SHE SAID, AND SHE, SHE LIKED IT THAT WAY.
UM, BETTY ROSE UP WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND, UM, IF YOU TAKE YOURSELF BACK TO MAYBE THE LATE 1970S, EARLY 1980S IN AUSTIN, WHOLE BLOCKS WERE BEING DEMOLISHED ON CONGRESS AVENUE TO BUILD HIGH RISES.
UM, BETTY, AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF AUSTIN, FELT, UM, WAS FRANKLY APPALLED BY THAT.
SHE CONVINCED THE CITY MAN MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL TO CREATE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM, UM, TO, TO HELP SAVE CONGRESS AVENUE.
UH, THE LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT WAS CREATED AND, UM, THE RESULT IS THE STREET THAT WE SEE TODAY.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT MIX OF BOTH OLD AND NEW.
NOT EVERY BUILDING NEEDS TO BE SAVED.
BETTY REALIZED THAT MATTER OF FACT, UM, SOMETIMES SHE OFFENDED PEOPLE BY THAT APPROACH, BUT, UM, BECAUSE OF HER, WHAT SHE CALLED THE MAIN STREET OF TEXAS IS THE WAY THAT WE SEE IT RIGHT NOW.
UM, SIMILARLY, SHE TACKLED SIXTH STREET, WHICH WAS A MAIN SHOPPING DRAG, UM, BACK IN THE DAY.
AND, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THAT TO REDEVELOP AS WELL AS, UM, UM, CONGRESS.
UM, THE SIXTH STREET ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IS WHAT IT IS TODAY BECAUSE OF BETTY BAKER'S WORK.
SHE TAUGHT ME A LOT, BOTH IN MY PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIFE ABOUT HOW TO TREAT PEOPLE AND HOW TO BE A BETTER PERSON.
UM, SHE COULD SOMETIMES COME OFF AS ABRASIVE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE NOTE OF THAT.
UM, IF YOU READ HER OBITUARY OR ANY OF THE OLD STORIES ABOUT HER.
UM, MY EXPERIENCE THOUGH, HOWEVER, WHEN SHE WAS, UM, CHEWING YOU OUT, IT WASN'T
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FOR HER OWN SATISFACTION.IT WAS BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT YOU COULD DO BETTER AND SHE PUSHED YOU TO DO BETTER.
IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT I'M MAD BECAUSE OF A DECISION YOU MADE.
IT WAS LIKE, I THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER AND YOU SHOULD.
UM, BETTY WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT SHE DID, AND I THINK THAT WE ALL TODAY, EVEN IF WE DIDN'T KNOW HER, UM, UM, BENEFIT FROM HER WORK, UM, UPON HER RETIREMENT, AFTER 30 YEARS AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, SHE WENT TO GO WORK FOR THE, UM, AUSTIN CONVENTION VISITOR BUREAU AND THEIR, THEIR HERITAGE MARKETING PROGRAM.
UM, SHE WAS APPOINTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, WHERE SHE SERVED FOR 18 YEARS BETWEEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE ZONING PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND, UM, AFTER A BRIEF GAP, UM, STEVE SADOWSKI TOOK OVER THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE.
STEVE HAD VERY, VERY BIG SHOES TO FILL.
UM, HE ALSO HAD TO DEAL WITH BETTY AS THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH I'M SURE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE FOR HIM.
UM, AND AT TIMES THEY HAD RATHER SPIRITED DISCUSSIONS.
UM, STEVE, I KNOW STEVE FOR, UM, 21 YEARS, HE WAS AGAIN, UH, LIKE BETTY, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT TELLING THE STORY OF AUSTIN.
UM, KEEP IN MIND, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, IT'S ABOUT THE FUTURE, RIGHT? LIKE, WHAT, WHAT'S THE CITY GONNA LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? AND BOTH BETTY AND STEVE DID A GREAT JOB OF REMINDING US CITY PLANNERS THAT, THAT THERE'S ALSO THE PAST AND THAT WE NEED TO HONOR THE PAST, AND THAT THERE ARE, UM, JUST AS IMPORTANT AS LOOKING AT THE FUTURE.
BOTH BETTY AND STEVE TOTALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT NOT ALL OF OUR PAST IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE PROUD OF.
UM, AND THEY, I THINK THAT THEY BOTH TOOK, UM, IMPORTANT STEPS TO MAKE SURE WE RECOGNIZED THE WORK, THE, UM, CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ALL OF AUSTIN HAD GIVEN, NOT JUST THE GOVERNORS AND THE SENATORS AND, AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT THEY WERE, UM, VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT.
AND I THINK THAT WE TRIED TO CONTINUE THAT WORK TO THIS DAY.
UM, STEVE WAS VERY A METICULOUS RESEARCHER.
UM, HE WAS GREAT WITH PEOPLE SKILLS, BUT CONVINCING PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR FATHER OR YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR FATHER WERE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE STORY OF AUSTIN.
AND THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO HONOR THEM THAN MAYBE BY PRESERVING THEIR HOME OR PRESERVING THE, THE LOCATION OF THEIR BUSINESS.
AND, UH, THAT THAT'S A SKILL THAT NOT EVERYBODY HAS.
AND BOTH BETTY AND, AND, AND STEVE COULD DO THAT, UM, LIKEWISE, SOMETIMES YOU HAD TO TELL THE NEIGHBORS WHO WERE UPSET ABOUT DEMOLITION THAT I KNOW YOU WANNA SAVE THAT HOUSE, BUT IT'S NOT HISTORIC.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT THEY WERE BOTH VERY PROFESSIONAL IN THE WAY THAT THEY WENT ABOUT THEIR WORK.
I THINK THAT, UM, STEVE PASSED AWAY AS, AS I'M SURE Y'ALL KNOW, THIS PAST JANUARY.
UM, RATHER SUDDENLY WE'RE STILL MISSING HIM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
UM, I THINK THAT RENAMING THE AUSTIN HISTORY CENTER READING ROOM IS A GREAT WAY TO HONOR BOTH STEVE AND BETTY BECAUSE THEY BOTH SPENT SO MUCH TIME THERE DOING RESEARCH.
UM, AGAIN, BETTY CREATED THE PROGRAM, UM, WITH THE COUNCIL'S CONSENT.
STEVE DID A LOT OF WORK IN IT, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST THE PERFECT WAY FOR THEM, I THOUGHT.
I FEEL THAT THEY'D BOTH BE PROUD TO HAVE THEIR NAMES ON THAT ROOM, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL IS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
I'D LIKE TO CALL A SPECIAL GUEST, THE HONORABLE CONGRESSMAN CHIP ROY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM 81.
WELL, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, APPRECIATE THE HONOR TO, UH, BE ABLE TO ADDRESS Y'ALL.
UH, DRESSED UP FOR THE OCCASION.
AS YOU COULD SEE, UH, I WAS RUNNING AROUND AUSTIN.
UH, I KNOW I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH CITY COUNCIL.
I KNOW THAT'LL SURPRISE A LOT OF FOLKS.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'LL BE A LOT OF TEARS SHED WHEN THE REDISTRICTING FORCES ME TO NOT BE REPRESENTING DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COME JANUARY.
BUT, UH, BUT I AM HERE BECAUSE, UH, I LOVE AUSTIN.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION'S BEING CONSIDERED, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE AUSTIN THAT WE ALL LOVE.
AND, UH, I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND I DOUBT ANY OF Y'ALL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHICH THINGS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT.
WE JUST HEARD OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST.
NOT EVERY BUILDING, NOT EVERY INSTITUTION CAN FULLY BE PROTECTED.
UM, BUT IF YOU TAKE SOMETHING LIKE THE SPOKE AS ONE EXAMPLE, UM, THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR CULTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR NOW, YOU KNOW, 60 ODD YEARS, UM, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST THE SOUL OF AUSTIN STAYS INTACT? IT'S GONNA EVOLVE, IT'S GONNA CHANGE.
PEOPLE COME AND GO, AND I GET THAT BUILDINGS ARE GONNA BE BUILT AND IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO EVOLVE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK OF THE SPOKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK OF GOING THERE AS A KID.
MY FAMILY, MY PARENTS WERE, YOU KNOW, MET AND MARRIED HERE IN AUSTIN IN 1968.
UM, YOU KNOW, I LIVED ON SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE WHEN I WAS IN LAW SCHOOL.
I USED TO ROLL DOWN TO THE CONTINENTAL CLUB AND GO TO THE HIPPIE HOUR OF TONY PRICE.
I THINK I WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY REPUBLICAN IN A ONE MILE RADIUS, UH, ON EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT.
BUT, UH, BUT I LOVED DOING IT.
AND I GO DOWN TO GUAS, YOU GET TO MARGARITA, AND THEN
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GO TO THE CONTINENTAL CLUB AND LISTEN TO TUNES.LISTEN TO CHAMP HOOD BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY.
AND THEN FOLLOWED UP LISTENING TO WARREN HOOD AND THE SOUTH AUSTIN JUG BAND.
AND, UM, MY WIFE AND I HAD THE SOUTH AUSTIN JUG BAND AT OUR, UH, WEDDING REHEARSAL DINNER AT THE THREAD GILLS WORLD HEADQUARTERS, WHICH OF COURSE IS NO LONGER WITH US.
UM, I WAS THERE THE LAST DAY WHEN THEY'RE AUCTIONING EVERYTHING OFF AND COULDN'T AFFORD ANYTHING, BUT, BUT I WAS AT LEAST THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SHADY GROVE IS WHERE WE WENT ON SUNDAY, UH, AFTER OUR WEDDING ON SATURDAY, UH, WITH A BUNCH OF FRIENDS TO HANG OUT UNDER THE LIVE OAK TREE THERE.
SHADY GROVE'S NOT THERE ANYMORE.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, DRY CREEK CLOSES DOORS, WHAT, A YEAR AGO.
UM, THERE'S MANY OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE PART OF THE FABRIC OF AUSTIN.
WE CAN'T KEEP EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 'EM, BUT IF WE LOSE THE SPOKE, IF WE LOSE DON'S DEPOT, IF WE LOSE AND WE GO DOWN THE LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF A PART OF, OF, UH, WHAT MAKES AUSTIN UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DALLAS ON A LAKE WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO DALLAS.
AND SO I JUST HOPE THAT WE WILL WORK TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO KEEP A LITTLE OF THE SOUL OF AUSTIN.
AND I SAY THAT AS A OBVIOUSLY UNAPOLOGETIC CONSERVATIVE.
UM, THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO CONSERVE.
UM, AND LOOK, FRANKLY, I'D LOVE TO HAVE AN OPEN DIALOGUE WITH CITY COUNCIL IN AUSTIN ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CONSERVE ABOUT THE HILL COUNTRY AS WE GROW.
AS I DRIVE OUT TWO 90 TO MY HOME OUT TOWARDS DRIPPING SPRINGS, AND I SEE IT BECOMING ANOTHER SUBURBAN STRETCH.
UM, WHAT CAN WE DO TO PRESERVE THE LIVE OAK TREES, PRESERVE THE HILL COUNTRY, PRESERVE THE LOOK AND FEEL, PRESERVE PLACES LIKE NUTTY BROWN, WHICH IS NOW GONNA BE AN HE HEB, UH, IN MY BACKYARD.
THOSE THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE AND GROW.
BUT I STRONGLY SUPPORT, UH, RESOLUTIONS LIKE THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE SPOKE.
UM, KNOWN THE WHITES FOR MANY YEARS.
I SAT WITH THE PASSING OF MR. WHITE LAST YEAR.
TRY TO HELP OUT A LOT OF THESE SMALL BUSINESSES WITH THE PPP LOAN EFFORT, WITH A PPP FLEXIBILITY ACT, TRYING TO KEEP THESE GREAT RESTAURANTS AND LIVE MUSIC VENUES ALIVE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
UM, AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO, TO WORK ON THOSE THINGS.
UH, WENT TO THE DERAILERS THE NIGHT OF OUR WEDDING AT THE SPOKE.
UM, MY WIFE AND I, UH, ENDED UP THERE AFTER, UH, THE FESTIVITIES.
WE ALL GOT ON A BUS AND WENT TO THE, SPOKE UNTIL THE WEE HOURS, UH, DANCING TO THE DRILLERS.
UM, I'M A BIG FAN OF, OF THAT, UH, OLD AUSTIN CULTURE WHERE THE HIPPIES AND REDNECKS CAME TOGETHER.
AND I HOPE WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT A WAY TO KEEP THAT AS A PART OF OUR FABRIC.
SO I SPEAK IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THAT RESOLUTION AND HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU MAYOR AND WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND OTHERS.
UH, REGARDLESS OF IN JANUARY, IF I'M NO LONGER REPRESENTING DOWNTOWN IN SOUTH AUSTIN, I WILL BE STILL REPRESENTING A GOOD CHUNK OF TRAVIS COUNTY AND, AND, UH, HAVE A LOT OF HEART AND, UM, SUPPORT FOR PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE AUSTIN WE DON'T LOVE.
SO WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE THE TIME, THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS Y'ALL.
CONGRESSMAN, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE.
I JUST WANNA SAY THE, UM, UH, AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES, UH, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS RESOLUTION.
THIS RESOLUTION THAT I'M BRINGING IS TO INITIATE CONSIDERATION OF HISTORICAL DESIGNATION FOR THE BROKEN SPOKE.
UM, IT'S IN MY DISTRICT, IT'S, UM, IN MY HEART.
I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE.
SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO TO HEAR YOU SPEAK ABOUT IT.
AND I KNOW THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE AS WE GO DOWN THIS ROAD, UH, THAT PERHAPS YOU COULD BE HELPFUL.
AND SO WE WILL, UM, WE'LL STAY IN TOUCH.
UH, THIS IS OUR, OUR AUSTIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UM, IS AS PART OF THEIR CULTURAL TRUST ACTIVITIES, UM, IS LOOKING AT, UH, DIFFERENT PLACES IN OUR CITY, ICONIC VENUES, UH, TO PROTECT.
AND THIS IS AN AVENUE THAT THEY ARE SUGGESTING WE EXPLORE, UM, AS POTENTIALLY HELPING US, UH, PRESERVE THE BROKEN SPOKE.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
WELL, COUNCILWOMAN KITCHEN, I APPRECIATE THAT AND, UH, WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO WORK WITH YOU ON ANY OF SUCH MEASURES.
UH, I CAN NO LONGER, YOU KNOW, ROLL DOWN TO THE HORSESHOE LOUNGE, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN PRESERVE THE SPOKE.
THERE'S SOME OF THESE ICONIC VENUES.
MY WIFES AND I FIRST DATE WAS A WILLIE NELSON CONCERT AT STUBS IN MAY OF 2003.
THERE'S JUST SOME OF THESE PLACES THAT, THAT I HOPE WE CAN HOLD ONTO AS PART OF THE FABRIC OF THIS PLACE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, IS, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A MOTION TO ON THIS CONSENT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO PROVE THIS CONSENT? UH, UH, ITEMS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON MAKES A MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER PUENTES SECONDS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL, MARK KELLY, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN AND THE MAYOR PRO.
I'D LIKE THE, UM, CLERK'S OFFICE TO REFLECT A NO VOTE ON ITEM 30, EXCUSE ME, ITEM THREE AND ITEM 78.
AND I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO ITEM 82.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. OVN FOR, UM, YOUR STORY.
IT REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART AND I WANNA THANK AGAIN, THE CONGRESSMAN FOR COMING TO SPEAK AS WELL.
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IT'S OUR KITCHEN.I ALSO WANT TO, UH, POINT OUT A RESOLUTION I HAVE.
IT'S, UM, IT'S ITEM NUMBER 20.
UM, AND IT RELATES TO, UM, UM, DIRECTING THE STAFF TO WORK WITH TEXT DOT ON A MEMOR UNDERSTANDING.
THIS IS A, A VERY IMPORTANT ITEM, UH, BOTH FOR DISTRICT FIVE AND THE REST OF THE CITY.
UH, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH TECH DOT ON, UM, AREAS UNDER OUR, UM, OVERPASSES, UH, TO, UM, TO DESIGN THOSE AREAS AND ACTIVATE THOSE AREAS.
AND SO THIS IS THE AREA FROM PAC SADDLE TO LAMAR, UH, UNDER 71.
IT'S AN AREA THAT WE'VE WORKED FOR QUITE SOME TIME WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND ALSO WITH OUR CORRIDOR PROGRAM.
UM, AND NOW WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH TECH DOT, UM, ON ACTIVATING THAT SPACE.
SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT, UH, TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.
UM, SECOND THING I, I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND PASS OUT FOR THOSE THAT MAYBE HA DON'T HAVE A COPY.
UM, MR. CONNELLEY SPOKE TO, UM, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UM, THE, UM, ATX MOBILITY COALITION HAS FOR US, UM, IN RELATION TO LOOKING AT THE TRANSPARENCY, UM, IN OUR PROCESSES FOR THE AT T ATP APPOINTMENTS.
SO, I JUST WANNA SAY, I FIRST WANNA THANK OUR, OUR, OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, THE MAYOR PRO TIM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS.
UM, I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY PROCESS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WENT THROUGH LAST TIME, SO I APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS.
UH, SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TO, THAT I INTEND TO BRING WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND THE MAYOR AND, AND OTHERS.
AND WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION AT THAT TIME ON DECEMBER 1ST ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE, UH, THE WAY TO PROCEED WITH THIS.
I THINK IT'S, UH, IMPORTANT FOR THE WHOLE COUNCIL, UM, TO, UH, TO ADDRESS, UM, HOW WE WANNA PROCEED FROM A, A TRANSPARENCY AND, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE ON THESE APPOINTMENTS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT NEITHER THE MAYOR PROAM NOR COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS HAD THE BENEFIT OF HEARING FROM THE WHOLE COUNCIL, NOR DID I WHEN WE DID OUR ORIGINAL ONES.
UM, AND SO IT'LL BE A GOOD, GOOD CONVERSATION FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE, UH, TO DETERMINE WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE BEST PROCESS FROM A TRANSPARENCY PERSPECTIVE.
SO I APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS TODAY, UM, AND, UH, APPRECIATE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS APPOINTMENT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR US ALL TO DISCUSS WHAT KIND OF PROCESS, UM, IS DESIRABLE GOING FORWARD.
UM, FURTHER DISCUSSION, MEMBER TIME.
UM, MAY I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION SHEET? YOU JUST PASSED OUT FOR 83.
I WONDER IF IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO PULL IT SO THAT WE COULD HAVE YOU JUST PASSED IT OUT AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON IT.
UM, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT I'M PERSONALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
WE KNOW THAT FOUNDATIONS COMMUNITIES IS A LOCAL HOMEGROWN NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND WHAT'S WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THEIR HOUSING THAT HELPS NOT ONLY OUR SENIORS ARE VETERANS, UH, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, IS THAT THEY ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES ON SITE.
SO IT'S MUCH MORE THAN HOUSING.
IT REALLY GOES THAT EXTRA STEP IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, MUCH NEEDED RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND SO WITH ITEM 78, FOUNDATIONS COMMUNITY IS DEVELOPING 100 UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN CONJUNCTION WITH MOBILE LOAVES AND FISHES.
AND THAT'LL BE IN THE PHASE FOUR OF, OF, UM, OUR COMMUNITY FIRST, UM, UH, EXPANSION.
AND THAT'LL BE IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN, WHICH I THINK IS, IS REALLY GREAT TO SEE AND, UH, AND WELCOME.
AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT 78 AND I'M THRILLED TO HAVE THIS COUNCIL'S SUPPORT ON IT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL, REMEMBER HARBOR MADISON, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK.
I'M SO ACCUSTOMED TO BEING VIRTUAL THAT I TRIED TO UNMUTE MYSELF JUST NOW.
I KNOW I'VE SAID, UM, A BUNCH TODAY, BUT IT JUST FEELS LIKE THAT KIND OF DAY, IT FEELS ACTUALLY LIKE THAT KIND OF WEEK FOR DISTRICT ONE.
SO, UM, LAST NIGHT, UH, I AM TAKING A MOMENT OF PRIVILEGE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THE, THE ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA, I WANTED TO MAKE NOTE THAT LAST NIGHT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE CARVER MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER TO, UM, OFFER AN OFFICIAL WELCOME, UM, HOSTED BY THE CARVER, UM, AND THE AUSTIN ALUMNI CHILL, UH, CHAPTER OF THE DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INC.
UM, ALSO THERE WAS SOME LIVELY, UH, CO-OPETITION BETWEEN HBCUS YESTERDAY EVENING, UM, AS CO-HOST OF THE EVENT, THE AUSTIN ALUMNI CHAPTERS OF RAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY, UM, JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY
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AND SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY A AND M COLLEGE.MELVA KAY WILLIAMS AS THE INCOMING CEO AND PRESIDENT OF HOUSTON TILTS AND UNIVERSITY.
UM, AND WE ALL RECOGNIZE WHAT A MASSIVE IMPACT DR.
COLETTE PIERCE BURNETT MADE WHILE SHE WAS HERE WITH US IN AUSTIN.
AND, UM, I CAN TELL YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY AFTER HEARING HER SPEAK AND JUST SEEING HOW POISED AND GRACEFUL AND BRILLIANT SHE IS, UM, DR.
WILLIAMS ABSOLUTELY WHOLEHEARTEDLY UNDERSTANDS THE ASSIGNMENT AND WE'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT ON THE EAST SIDE.
SO IT REALLY HAS BEEN A GREAT WEEK, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATING COLONY PARK, CELEBRATING THE ARBOR AT CREEK SIDE, CELEBRATING HT CELEBRATING THE CARVER.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL CLOSE OUT OUR CELEBRATION FOR COLONY PARK TODAY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG DAY FOR AUSTIN.
IT'S A BIG DAY FOR GREATER EAST AUSTIN DISTRICT ONE, AND ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTS OF COLONY PARK IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
FOR 20 YEARS NOW, THE CITY'S BEEN PROMISING MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN A COMMUNITY THAT SAT LARGELY IGNORED SINCE IT WAS ANNEX BACK IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES.
IT'S BEEN A FOOD DESERT, A TRANSIT DESERT, AND A HEALTHCARE DESERT THIS WHOLE TIME.
AND DESPITE THE NEGLECTFUL STEWARDSHIP BY THE CITY, THE RESIDENTS OF THE COLONY PARK AREA HAVE PUSHED FORWARD.
AS OTHER MAJOR CITY PRODUCT PROJECTS HAVE TAKEN OFF THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEARS, COLONY PARK HAS BEEN STUCK ON THE RUNWAY.
THOSE RESIDENTS, LONG TIMERS AND THOSE WHO'VE ONLY BEEN AROUND FOR A SHORT DECADE OR SO, HAVE BEEN RELENTLESS IN THEIR PUSH TO GET THIS MOVING FORWARD.
THE DISTRICT ONE TEAM, UH, MY TEAM, UH, WHICH THANK YOU, DISTRICT ONE TEAM, AND I MADE IT A TOP PRIORITY WHEN I TOOK OFFICE BACK IN 2019 TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR EFFORTS WOULDN'T GO TO WASTE.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT A TOP PRIORITY IN JANUARY, 2019.
CUZ WHEN I WAS STILL CAMPAIGNING AS A CANDIDATE, THEY MADE SURE TO LET ME KNOW ON MORE THAN ONE FORUM
UH, I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING MY RESOLUTION EARLIER THIS YEAR, AFFIRMING OUR COMMITMENT TO SEEING THE CRITICAL PROJECT THROUGH, UM, WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY.
UM, THE FRUITS OF VERY, VERY HARD WORK AND PERSISTENT ADVOCACY.
BY CREATING THIS TE WE'RE CLOSING THE 80 MILLION FUNDING GAP THAT STALLED PROGRESS FOR FAR TOO LONG.
THIS IS A MAJOR LEAP FORWARD IN BRINGING ONE MORE, OR BRINGING MORE THAN A QUARTER BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND A COMMUNITY THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS IT.
EXISTING RESIDENTS WILL GET ACCESS TO NEW SERVICES AND AMENITIES, INCLUDING A HEALTH CLINIC, NEW OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS JOBS AND MORE.
WE'RE ALSO CREATING NEARLY 2000 NEW HOMES, INCLUDING NEARLY 400 INCOME RESTRICTED, AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR WORKING AUSTINITES.
UM, AND AS I SAY THAT, I WANNA MAKE SURE TO NOTE THAT THE COLONY PARK RESIDENTS WERE SO THOROUGH AND THOUGHTFUL IN THEIR CONSIDERATION AROUND HOW THEY WANTED TO SEE THEIR COMMUNITY DEVELOPED.
THEY WERE MAYBE THE FIRST COMMUNITY THAT I HEARD EXPLICITLY STATE THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT CONCENTRATING POVERTY IN COMMUNITIES EXPLICITLY STATE THAT WE NEEDED TO DELINEATE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? ARE YOU SAYING WORKFORCE HOUSING, INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING, AFFORDABLE FOR WHOM? I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE COMMUNITY FORCED US TO DELINEATE AND SAY WHAT OUR INTENTIONS WERE.
CAUSE IT REALLY DOES HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE IN THE END.
UM, EVENTUALLY THE PROJECT CONNECT EXPO LINE WILL BE UP AND RUNNING THROUGH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND EVEN MORE, EVENTUALLY, THE GREEN LINE COMMUTER RAIL WILL CONNECT IT TO DOWNTOWN THE COLONY PARK, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY PLAN AND VISIONS, CREATING AN ABUNDANCE OF ACCESS IN AN AREA THAT CURRENTLY HAS SO VERY LITTLE, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE COMMITMENT, LOVE, AND INVESTMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA AREN'T GONNA BELIEVE IT UNTIL THEY SEE IT, UNTIL THEY SEE DIRT BEING TURNED.
UM, I THINK GIVEN OUR CITY'S HISTORY, THAT'S A RIGHTFUL DEGREE OF SKEPTICISM.
UM, SO I, I HOPE WE PLEASANTLY SURPRISE THE COLONY PARK COMMUNITY WHEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN MOVES FORWARD WITH HASTE AND URGENCY BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT.
UM, WITHOUT THEIR TIRELESS ADVOCACY THIS DAY WOULD NEVER HAVE COME.
SO ADDITIONAL THANK YOUS I'D LIKE TO EXTEND TO CITY STAFF.
THE FOLKS AT ELLAS WHO, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, DIDN'T HAVE TO STICK AROUND Y'ALL.
I KNOW, UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S SOME DEGREE OF MISCOMMUNICATION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO BUILD THINGS, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE POINT OUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO STICK AROUND AND FIGHT WITH US AND ALONGSIDE THE COLONY PARK RESIDENTS TO SEE THIS THROUGH.
UM, AND MY STAFF WHO HAVE ALREADY MADE MENTION TO REAL TRUE COMMITMENT AND TIRELESS EFFORT AND WORK NONSTOP WORK TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, WHAT WAS LAID OUT BEFORE US, ONE OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WAS IN THE QUEUE.
SO I'D BE REMISS NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FOLKS WHO CAME BEFORE US.
UM, MY PREDECESSOR AND HERS, AND FOLKS, YOU KNOW, A LONG LINE OF FOLKS WHO HAVE SAID, WE MAKE THIS A PRIORITY, BUT DIDN'T HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEEDED.
AND WE FINALLY GOT, UM, AND I'LL CLOSE BY SAYING, LET'S KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING.
LET'S BRING SOME BADLY NEEDED PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
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TO GREATER EAST AUSTIN IN GENERAL.UM, AND LET 23, YOU KNOW, WATCH US REALLY SHINE AND MAKE MORE OF THESE, UM, MAKE MORE OF THESE CONVERSATIONS AND VISIONS OF REALITY.
AND WE'LL CALL UP ALL THE COLLEY PARK MATTERS IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE TAKE THE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, IN, IN, IN THIS WORK.
YOU'RE THE ONE THAT, THAT IS GETTING IT ACROSS THE LINE.
UH, ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN? UH, JUST A QUICK NOTE ON THE BROKEN SPOKE TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUES.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION HONORING THE BROKEN SPOKE.
SO INVITE YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE TODAY.
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THOSE A FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THOSE OPPOSED, I SHOW IT AS UNANIMOUSLY PASSING.
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UP THE TWO TOURS ITEMS. UH, FIRST ITEM WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP IS COLONY, UH, PARK.SO WE'RE CALLING UP NOW, UH, UH, TOGETHER, UH, ITEMS 1 4 26 AND 74.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON MAKES THE MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THESE MOTION? UH, I'M GONNA CALL COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES, UM, DISCUSSION ON THESE, UH, ITEMS. I WENT AHEAD AND JUMPED THE GUN ON YOU, MAYOR.
YOU, IN FACT, YOU MADE SURE YOU DID.
UH, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, THAT THIS IS, UH, WAY TOO LONG IN, IN COMING.
UH, IT'S, UH, FIRST REAL TANGIBLE STEP TO HAVING THIS, UH, AREA TRANSFORM.
UH, AND, AND IN FACT TO BE ABLE TO REALIZE THE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES AND ACCESS, AS I SAID THIS MORNING, THAT IS THE PROMISE OF THIS CITY.
UM, UH, BY THIS ACTION TODAY, WE ARE MAKING AUSTIN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST AND FAIR.
AND, AND I CONTINUE TO BE PROUD TO, TO BE A PART OF THAT.
UH, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
I ECHO YOUR COMMENTS AND ALSO WANNA EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO COUNCIL HARPER MADISON AND HER STRONG LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND, UH, AND TO THE COMMUNITY.
I ABSOLUTELY HAVE JUST ENJOYED WATCHING THE, THE FIERCE ADVOCACY BY OUR COMMUNITY.
I, I'M WITH YOU ON UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR EASTERN CRESCENT, ESPECIALLY OUR EAST SIDE COMMUNITIES EAST OF 180 3, UM, HAVE BEEN LONG TIME NEGLECTED AND UNDERINVESTED IN.
SO I AM, I'M PROUD TO STAND ALONGSIDE YOU TWO IN SOLIDARITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THIS VISION INTO FRUITION.
UM, I ALSO, UM, WANNA SHARE THAT I HAVE ASKED STAFF IF THEY WOULD, UM, CONSIDER PUTTING TOGETHER A TOUR FOR ME AND OUR NEW MEMBERS OF, OF THE DAAS, UM, FOR SOME TIME EARLY NEXT YEAR, MAYBE IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
UM, AND WOULD LOVE TO, TO TOUR COLONY PARK ALONGSIDE OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND HELP ENSURE THAT OUR NEWER MEMBERS OF THE DAAS, UM, ALSO LEARN ABOUT, UM, ABOUT WHAT'S AHEAD AND WHAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO.
SO I'M EXCITED TO, TO VOTE ON THIS EXCITING FINANCING ITEM.
COUNCILWOMAN POOL AND THE MAYOR PRO 10.
I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ALL FOR THE, UH, A GOOD SUCCESSFUL CULMINATION OF ALL THIS WORK.
AND, UH, TIP OF THE HAT TO MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON BRINGING IT HOME.
UM, SO TODAY WE CAN MARK THIS MILESTONE.
UM, I DON'T WANNA PREMATURELY SAY WE'VE GOTTEN IT OVER THE FINISH LINE CUZ I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE, AS WE ALL KNOW.
BUT, BUT LET'S PAUSE HERE AND CELEBRATE THE WORK OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE NEIGHBORS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, I WAS PLEASED TO, TO JOIN YOU EARLIER THIS YEAR AND, AND PUTTING ANOTHER PUSH FORWARD.
I THINK THAT WAS IMPORTANT STEP THAT YOU INITIATED AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
UM, I RAISED LAST WEEK IN WORK SESSION A COUPLE ISSUES THAT, UM, WANT TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SURE GET INCORPORATED APPROPRIATELY IN THE PROCESS.
I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO, UM, ADVOCATE FOR THOSE WITHIN THESE ITEMS. UM, SO AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, UM, COLONY PARK LIES WITHIN THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE.
UM, AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING CODE PROCESS THAT WE'VE SET IN PLACE FOR WOO IS APPLIED, UM, IN THIS AREA.
UM, SO THAT IN THE EVENT OF A, A WILDFIRE, UM, THAT THE NEW HOMES ARE PROTECTED AND
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THAT INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING IN THIS AREA AND THAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING IS A SOLID ONE.UM, AND THEN I HAD ASKED SOME QUESTIONS IN THE Q AND A ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, I HAD A BIT OF A CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON ABOUT THAT.
AND I JUST REALLY WANNA UNDERSCORE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S EMS, FIRE OR POLICE, AND WHETHER IT IS CITY OR COUNTY WHO'S APPROPRIATE, UM, AUTHORITY, I'M NOT SURE.
UM, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PLAN AS WE BUILD OUT, UM, THIS LARGE DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT WE WILL NOT, UM, HAVE SITUATIONS, UM, WHERE WE WILL HAVE REALLY LONG, UM, RESPONSE TIMES.
UM, THE RESPONSE TIMES THAT WE GOT BACK FOR WHAT IS EXISTING IN COLONY PARK, WERE NOT THE WORST THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE CITY, BUT THEY WERE NOT, UM, AT THE IDEAL LEVELS EITHER.
UM, SO CITY MANAGER, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT, UM, YOU FIND THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO, TO ADDRESS THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A REPEAT OF UNDERINVESTMENT IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT, EVEN AS WE MAKE THESE LARGE INVESTMENTS, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
WE HAVE ONE QUICK CLARIFYING QUESTION BEFORE WE TAKE OUR VOTE.
I KNOW THAT ALONG THE WAY THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY, MULTI-FAMILY AND MISSING MIDDLE.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT EXCLUDING CERTAIN TYPES OF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING THROUGH THIS PROPOSAL.
CAN SOMEONE JUST CLARIFY THE LANGUAGE MIGHT INCLUDE THAT OPTION THROUGH THE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT.
SO, NOVI DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WE WILL ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ALL HOUSING TYPES AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ELLAS AND THE MDA NEGOTIATIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD.
CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT AND Y'ALL ARE MORE THAN READY FOR THIS TO GET GOING.
COUNCIL HARPER MEDICINE, I UNDERSTOOD YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE, BUT JUST TO MAKE EXPLICIT, IT HAS US BOTH, UH, UH, OPENING AND CLOSING.
ACTUALLY CLOSING SINCE WE, UH, OPENED THE PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK THIS MORNING, BUT HAD US CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.
UM, JUST IN THE, IN THE, UM, NATURE OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S PART OF THE ONGOING CONVERSATION, WE HAD HAD A CONVERSATION IN WORK SESSION TWO, AND IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS GOOD RESPONSE FROM, FROM WHAT I COULD SEE, WHAT I COULD READ IN TERMS OF BODY LANGUAGE OF THOSE WHO ARE ASSEMBLED THERE, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPERS, UM, ON CONTINUING TO LOOK TOWARD POTENTIALLY INTEGRATING THE PREFERENCE POLICY HERE AND SOURCE OF INCOME PROTECTIONS.
THE PREFERENCE POLICY IS THE RIGHT TO RETURN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE RIGHT TO RETURN POLICY, WHICH WOULD, WOULD, UM, AFFIRMATIVELY MARKET AND GIVE PREFERENCE TO IN, TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED OR AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT.
AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT, I'M NOT MAKING THIS A REQUIREMENT.
I'M SIMPLY OFFERING THAT FOR CONTINUED CONVERSATION AS THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD.
THE OTHER ITEM WE TALKED ABOUT THAT STAFF HAVE COMMITTED TO FOLLOWING UP ON IS THE ISSUE RELATED TO FEES, HOMEOWNER FEES, AND HOW THEY, HOW THEY WOULD BE MANAGED.
UM, AND A PROACTIVE ATTEMPT TO, TO LOOK AT, UH, HOW TO MAINTAIN THAT AFFORDABILITY FOR THE FAMILIES WHO WILL, WHO WILL COME TO, UM, LIVE THERE.
AND I TOO WANTED TO ADD MY THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, FOR HER LEADERSHIP, AND REALLY, UM, APPRECIATE ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR YEARS OF, OF PASSIONATE AND ENERGETIC AND JUST EXTRAORDINARILY TIME CONSUMING AT WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN, WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING, UM, ADVOCACY THROUGH THE YEARS.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PAST INVOLVEMENT AND YOUR CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PASSING THESE FOUR ITEMS, INCLUDING CLOSING OF PUBLIC HEARING.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS AND THOSE OPPOSED THIS MATTER UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AT FOUR.
[83. Set a public hearing to consider an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20211220-002 to amend the tax participation rate and preliminary financing plan for the City of Austin Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 19 for the South Central Waterfront. (Suggested date: December 1, 2022 at Austin City Hall, 301 West Second Street, Austin, Texas). ]
I MOVE PASSAGE OF ITEM NUMBER 83 WITH THE, UH, INCLUDED, UH, DIRECTION AS REQUESTED BY STAFF.IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS? I PULL I ANY DISCUSSION?
UM, SO I, UM, JUST WANTED TO WALK THROUGH THE MOTION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS IN OUR BACKUP AND, UM, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE MOTION IS.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS MOTION WAS
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REQUESTED BY YOU OR BY STAFF.UM, BUT IF SOMEBODY CAN GO THROUGH EACH OF THE BULLETS SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND, UM, AND FOR TRANSPARENCY REASONS WITH THE PUBLIC, IF WE ARE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THIS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, THAT FOLKS HAVE A, HAVE A SENSE OF, OF WHERE THE DIAS MAY OR MAY NOT BE GOING.
SO MAYOR, I'LL LET YOU DECIDE WHETHER IT'S STAFF OR YOU, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE ORIGIN.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO IT QUICKLY.
AND IF YOU WANT FURTHER DETAIL, WE HAVE STAFF HERE, AND I'M SURE STAFF COULD ADDRESS THINGS THAT, THAT I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO.
THIS IS JUST SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE QUESTION.
THE DETERS, WE CAN DECIDE WHAT TO DO, UH, AND THE PUBLIC HAS A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO US, BUT STAFF HAS ASKED FOR SOME GUIDANCE WITH RESPECT TO, UH, DRAFT THE ORDINANCE SO THAT THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE RECORD AND THEY'RE SAYING, WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO PUT IN THE DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT, THAT SERVES AS THE BASIS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING? THE FIRST QUESTION THEY ASKED WAS, UH, WHAT ABOUT THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES? AS YOU RECALL, WHEN WE SET THIS DISTRICT UP BEFORE, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THE BUILDING THAT'S BEEN BUILT ON THE SNOOPY PUT, UH, WAS INCLUDED IN THE BOUNDARIES OR NOT.
THE QUESTIONNAIRE IS WHETHER OR NOT IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE, BUT FOR, UH, ELEMENT, WHETHER IT WOULD'VE BEEN BUILT WITH OR WITHOUT THE, THE PROMISE OF, OF THE, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, THE STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED WE NOT INCLUDE THAT AREA.
I THINK WE ACTUALLY DID INCLUDE THE AREA AND WHAT WE PASSED.
I'M RECOMMENDING THAT AS FAR AS THE, UH, ORDINANCE GOES, THAT WE NOT INCLUDE THAT AREA.
STAFF'S NOT COMFORTABLE DOING IT.
GET HIS CHANCE TO, TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THEM COMFORTABLE.
AND IF WE CAN'T, I'LL, I'LL STICK WITH WHAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL ULTIMATELY BE.
ULTIMATELY, I THINK THE COUNCIL NEXT YEAR, UH, THE SUCCESSOR COUNCIL HERE WILL, WILL BE THE ONE TO ULTIMATELY DECIDE THAT QUESTION AS IT GOES THROUGH THE REGULATING PLAN AND DECIDES WHAT'S IT, WHAT IT WANTS TO DO LONG TERM.
THE SECOND ISSUE THAT STAFF HAS FOR A DIRECTION, BY THE WAY, THAT'S WHAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDED IN THEIR MEMO THAT THEY SEND OUT TO, THEY SAID, GIVE US DIRECTION THEN.
BY THE WAY, THIS IS WHAT WE RECOMMEND ESTABLISHING THE, UH, PARTICIPATION RATE OF 46%, UH, IS WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDED.
SO I'M PUTTING THAT RECOMMENDATION IN HERE.
UH, SO LONG AS OUR PLAN IS THE WAY THE PLAN IS THAT LIMITS HEIGHT AND MOST BUILDINGS TO A HUNDRED FEET AND, AND 200 FEET, UM, YOU DON'T ACTUALLY GENERATE ENOUGH MONEY TO BE ABLE TO DO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO DRIVE THE VALUE TO START OFF WITH.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE NEXT COUNCIL CAN DEAL WITH.
IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES IN THE FUTURE TO, TO GO GREATER, UH, DENSITY, THEN UH, YOU CAN DO THAT.
AND AT WHICH POINT THAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE POINT TO RAISE THE PERCENTAGE.
UH, BUT AT THIS POINT WITH THE EXISTING PLAN, THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDING STATE 46%, AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE IN THE DIRECTION.
UH, THE THIRD ONE WAS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, THE STAFF, UM, UH, DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY DOLLARS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO THIS IS THE ONE WHERE I HAVE MOVED STRAIGHT FROM THE RECOMMENDATION FROM, UH, THE, THE STAFF, UH, IN KEEPING WITH, UH, THE AMENDMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO HAD BROUGHT.
UH, WHEN WE CONSIDERED THIS A YEAR AGO, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO APPROVE ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAPPEN.
I THINK THERE WAS LIKE 290 MILLION WORTH OF IDENTIFIED CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, THE TURS WITH THIS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT ONLY GENERATES ABOUT 90 MILLION, WHICH IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO DO IT ALL, BUT IT IS SUFFICIENT TO DO THE, UH, THE ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO CREATE THE VALUE THAT DRIVES THE TURS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UM, BUT RATHER THAN TAKE OUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, I HAVE PUT IT BACK IN, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL AND CERTAINLY I THINK THE DESIRED INTENT, AND I'VE PUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN AT, UH, SINCE 20% WAS WHAT THE EXISTING PLAN CALLED FOR, PUT IT IN 20% OF THAT OVERALL CAPITAL BUDGET.
AGAIN, RECOGNIZING COUNCIL NEXT YEAR IS GONNA HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH WHETHER YOU, HOW YOU HANDLE THIS AND WHETHER YOU GENERATE IN FACT ENOUGH MONEY TO, TO, TO ACTUALLY, UH, TRANSFORM THAT AREA.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST ONE, UH, THE NEXT ONE, UH, INCLUDES THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR A D C, UH, AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF AT THEIR MEMO.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS, UH, THE STAFF HAD INDICATED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE ON THE FIRST, BUT THE ORDINANCE WOULDN'T GET TO US ON THE EIGHTH.
UM, UH, AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE MANAGER AND IF THERE'S A WAY TO GET THE ORDINANCE BACK AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THEY'D BE BEST.
IT'S GONNA INFORM THE PUBLIC HEARING, ENABLES THE COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION THAT WEEK.
AND, UH, IF IT NEEDS TO GO OVER TO THE NEXT WEEK FOR OTHER READINGS, IT CERTAINLY CAN.
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BUT WE CAN'T HAVE A HEARING WITHOUT A DRAFT ORDINANCE.WHAT IS THE DENSITY THAT IS ASSUMED? WHAT IS THE WHAT? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF IT MATTERS AT THIS POINT, BUT FOR THE ACTUAL, IT SEEMS LIKE IT MATTERS FOR THE ACTUAL FINANCING PLAN.
AND WE WOULD HAVE TO SPECIFY, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE WERE DEBATING WAS THE AMOUNT OF DENSITY.
SO THERE WAS A, ON WHICH THE TES WAS BASED ON THE TES PLAN THAT THEY USED FOR THE FINANCE WAS THE TES PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BACK IN, IN WITH THE VISION PLAN.
AND THERE'S A, A, UH, EXHIBITS TO THE VISION PLAN THAT TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT ON EACH OF THE TRACK IN TERMS OF THE, THE, THE, THE FLOOR AREA RATIO OF THE VARIOUS TRACKS.
SO THE CONSULTANT THAT WAS HIRED BY THE CITY TOOK THAT INFORMATION AND THEN ESTIMATED THE WHAT THE BUT FOUR VALUE WOULD BE.
AND THAT WAS THE NUMBER THAT THE STAFF USED.
I'M NOT CHANGING ANY OF THAT IN THIS AND SAYING AT THIS POINT, THAT'S THE BEST INFORMATION WE HAVE.
MY RECOMMENDATION AND, AND HECK, I MAY SHOW UP AT AT PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND REMIND YOU ALL
UH, BUT MY RECOMMENDATION IS AT THAT POINT IN TIME IN THE FUTURE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT ISSUE.
BUT AT THIS POINT, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE AT EARLIER WORK BASED ON THE, UH, 20 12 20 14 15 VISION PLAN.
AND THEN A QUESTION FOR LEGAL.
ARE WE ABLE TO MAKE THIS KIND OF DIRECTION GIVEN THE POSTING? UH, THE STAFF ABSOLUTELY NEEDS THIS DIRECTION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BRING BACK THE ORDINANCE ON DECEMBER THE FIRST.
SO PLEASE DO GIVE THE DIRECTION.
I JUST WANNA, I WAS GETTING QUESTIONS ON IT.
UM, I'M, I STILL HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE TOURS AND I NEED TO SEE OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT THE STATESMEN THIS AFTERNOON.
SO I'M GONNA ABSTAIN ON 83, BUT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE GREATER CLARITY ON, ON WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR, UM, WHAT IS GOING INTO THE BASE, UM, FOR THIS OKAY.
UM, I CAN SUPPORT THIS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CAVEAT.
WHAT THIS IS DOING IS DIRECTING STAFF TO BRING SOMETHING BACK.
UM, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I SUPPORT EVERY ONE OF THESE ITEMS HERE, SO I DON'T WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR EVERYONE.
WE'RE NOT BEING ASKED TODAY, NOR ARE WE SAYING THAT WE SUPPORT, UM, 46% OR THAT WE THINK 20% IS ENOUGH.
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THAT IN THERE, UM, OR OTHER ASPECTS OF IT.
SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
UM, LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, I'M GONNA SUPPORT, UH, SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, BUT I, I TOO HAVE NOT DECIDED, UM, WHERE I, WHERE I STAND THESE DAYS VIS-A-VIS THE, THE TRUTH.
OKAY, TAKE ABOUT THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
SORRY, BEFORE WE, I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR.
I TOO AM SUPPORTING THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I HAVE NOT YET LANDED ON A PLACE WHERE I CAN SUPPORT THIS AS A WHOLE.
THOSE IN FAVOR SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE DIRECTION GIVEN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE, UH, OPPOSED THOSE ABSTAINING.
UH, WE HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER ABSTAINING THE MAYOR PRO TAB, THE OTHER'S VOTING TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE DIRECTION IT PASSES WITH THAT DIRECTION.
SO THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE STAFF'S WORK, UH, ON, ON THIS.
ALL RIGHT, THOSE ARE THE TWO, UH, TOURS, UH, ITEMS, UH,
[Items 89 - 92]
WE HAVE, UM, UM, ITEMS 89 TO 92, WHICH ARE, UH, ANNEXATIONS.UH, I THINK IT'S SETTING PUBLIC HEARING, IS THAT RIGHT? OR WAS THIS APPROVING THE ANNEXATION 80 TO 90 HEARING ORDINANCE, HEARING AND ORDINANCE.
UH, SO WE'RE APPROVING THE ANNEXATIONS.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THESE? SO OUR MOTION TO APPROVE THE PUB, APPROVE THE ANNEXATIONS AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAKES A MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER SECONDS THAT, ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S UNANIMOUS.
SO THOSE, UH, ITEMS, UH, 89 TO 92 ALSO PASS.
UM, WE HAVE THE, UH, AUDIT PLAN, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 87.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AUDIT PLAN? MAYOR PRO 10 MAKES THAT MOTION.
SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AUDIT PLAN? I THINK MS. STOKES MAY HAVE HAD A, WANTED TO SPEAK TO IT.
I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'S OKAY ON, OR JUST THE CHAIR.
IF YOU JUST WANNA LAY OUT GENERALLY WHAT IT IS.
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A, A MINOR SWITCH, BUT I, I DON'T WANNA MAKE THE SWITCH.IF OKAY, IF SHE, SO THIS IS, THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE ANNUAL DEAL WITH THE AUDITORS PRESENTING TO US AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICES.
IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO THE, UH, UH, AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE.
I THINK, UM, LET ME SEE IF I, COUNCIL PULL, FIGURE IT OUT.
AND WE DID PASS THIS, UM, ON TO COUNCIL, UH, SUPPORTING IT, UM, UNANIMOUSLY, THOSE OF US WHO WERE AT THE AUDIT FINANCE COMMITTEE, I DID SEE OUR CITY AUDITOR IN THE BACK, BUT I DON'T SEE HER HERE.
SO, UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, I'M NOT SURE HOW TO MAKE THIS ADJUSTMENT, BUT MAYBE WE CAN EMPOWER THE AUDITOR TO MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE AMANDA AUDIT IS NO LONGER REQUIRED AS IT WILL BE REPLACED BY THE CITY OCCUPANCY STUDY AUDIT.
UM, BUT THE BACKUP WAS NOT UPDATED.
WE READY TO VOTE ON THIS NOW WITH THAT? OR SHOULD WE WAIT TO SHE DID MAKE THOSE COMMENTS IN THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE HEARING.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE DID MAKE THEM IN THAT HEARING.
WE'RE GONNA HOLD ONTO THIS AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS ONE AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE, YEAH, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS SHE WAS GONNA BE HERE TO INTRODUCE IT, SO I DON'T, WE MOVED FASTER PERHAPS THAN SHE, THAN SHE THOUGHT.
SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THE, UH, AUDIT PLAN.
UH, WE'RE GONNA DO ITEM NUMBER 84 AFTER LUNCH, UH, WHICH IS THE REAL ESTATE ITEM.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS POINT OTHER THAN THE ZONING CASES, UM, AND THE PROPERTY RESOLUTION, WHICH WE'RE GONNA DO AFTER LUNCH.
CAN I JUST SAY A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT CITY? SURE.
I WANNA JUST MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS.
YOU HAVE ON YOUR DIAS, UM, A COPY OF THE POSTED REVISED DRAFT.
THIS DOES SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLINED ON THE, ON THE MESSAGE BOARD.
ONE, I WAS RESPONDING IN PART TO THE FACT THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD SAID IT WAS LONG AND CUMBERSOME AND SOMEWHAT TEDIOUS AND CHALLENGING TO READ.
SO WE HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY CUT MANY, MANY THINGS, UM, FROM THE DRAFT.
THERE IS NO NOTHING NEW, BUT THERE IS LESS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I CUT IS ARE THE WAREHOUSES THAT REFERRED TO PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS.
IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT, UM, I HAVE HANDED OUT, OR NO, BOBBY HAS HANDED OUT BOBBY LEWINSKY, THE FABULOUS BOBBY LEWINSKY HAS HANDED OUT EXHIBIT A, WHICH NOW CAPTURES BOTH THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE CITED IN THE ORIGINAL DRAFT, AS WELL AS SOME OTHERS.
NOT EVERY RESOLUTION WE'VE EVER PASSED ON REAL ESTATE, BUT, UM, A GOOD NUMBER OF THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN RECENT AND PART OF THIS COUNCIL TO PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE ACTION THAT MY CO-SPONSORS AND I ARE SUGGESTING WE TAKE.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S JUST SELECTED, IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUOTE HERE FROM 2017, IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, 10 RESOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED JUST IN, IN THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT THE STAFF SPA SURVEYED.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE HERE ON, ON THE DRAFT.
I MEAN, ON THE DIAS EXHIBIT A, AND AGAIN, THE REVISED POSTED VERSION, WHICH HAS NO NEW IDEAS, BUT HAS REMOVED SOME OF, REMOVED A LOT OF THE LANGUAGE HAS SIMPLIFIED LANGUAGE, HAS REORGANIZED FOR CLARITY AND HAS ADDRESSED, UM, THE CONCERNS THAT I WAS HEARING BOTH ABOUT THE PROCESS AND PRIORITIES.
AND SO THOSE SECTIONS ARE REVISED TO BE MORE OPEN-ENDED.
UM, MY STAFF AND I HAVE BOTH TALKED TO LORRAINE RISER AND INCORPORATED, UM, HER WISDOM AND EXPERTISE AND SUGGESTIONS INTO THIS THAT I THINK REALLY HELPED US MAKE SOME REFINEMENTS TO THE PROCESS THAT I HOPE WILL, WILL, UM, ALLEVIATE CONCERNS.
I JUST WANTED TO LAY THAT OUT AS WE GO OFF TO LUNCH.
S UH, QUICK QUESTION FOR THE SPONSOR, ARE THESE AVAILABLE ON THE MESSAGE BOARD JUST SO FOLKS CAN REVIEW THE COPIES THAT WERE JUST HANDED OUT? OR COULD THEY BE THE EXHIBIT? YES, THANK YOU.
THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION YES TO THE RESOLUTION.
UM, BUT WE'LL MAKE THE EXHIBIT A POSTED.
WE'LL MAKE THE EXHIBIT A AVAILABLE AND ALSO THE AGENDA OFFICE THIS MORNING DISTRIBUTED THE RESOLUTION, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY DISTRIBUTE EXHIBIT A AS WELL IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY.
WE'LL POST EXHIBIT A AND IS THERE A VERSION OF THIS THAT'S RED LINE, JUST SO WE CAN SEE THE MOST RECENT OR WHICH VERSION IT IS SO WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF THE CHANGES? WE, UM, WE COULD POST A RED LINE VERSION.
I WILL SAY THERE IS SO MUCH THAT HAS MOVED AROUND.
AND AGAIN, MY, MY GOAL WAS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TEXT.
AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE WILDLY CONFUSING, UM, TO HAVE THE RED LINE, BUT WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT AVAILABLE AS WELL.
AGAIN, THERE ARE NO NEW IDEAS.
THERE ARE JUST LESS SIMPLIFIED, REWRITTEN.
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AND AGAIN, I'VE AND, AND REVISED SUGGESTIONS, UH, REVISE THE AREAS THAT SEEM TO BE CAUSING CONCERNS.COUNCIL TORO, I'M GONNA GO, GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LUNCH.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH YOU DURING LUNCH.
MY FIRST, UH, READING OF THIS, UH, TO ME STILL HAD A LOT OF PRESCRIPTIVE ELEMENTS TO IT.
UM, AND I, I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN, IN TRYING TO TEE UP FOR COUNCILS TO MAKE POLICY DECISIONS ON THOSE RECURRENT ISSUES THAT WE KEEP GETTING.
I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DECIDE THOSE POLICY ISSUES.
AND AGAIN, I HAVE THE CONCERN THAT I HAD BEFORE THAT EVEN WHEN WE TRY TO SAY SOMETHING IS NOT MANDATORY FOR OUR STAFF, THEY READ IT THAT WAY.
UH, AND IT MAKES IT JUST REALLY DIFFICULT, I THINK, UH, FOR THEM AND FOR THE PROCESS WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH SOMETHING THAT THEY UNDERSTAND IS AN EXPECTATION WHEN THEY CAN'T.
AND, BUT I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND, AND LET'S TALK DURING, UH, LUNCH.
UM, UH, WHAT I HAD PUT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD COLLEAGUES IS WHAT I SAID I WOULD, WHERE I TRIED TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE ISSUES WERE AND SAID BASICALLY THE STAFF NEEDS TO COME BACK WITH A, WITH A WAY FOR THOSE ISSUES TO BE DECIDED AND NOT BE RECURRENT ISSUES.
COMING BACK TO, TO COUNSEL, UM, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, MS. STOKES HAS ARRIVED.
YOU DO WHAT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME THE AUDITOR HAS ARRIVED.
IF THERE'S NO MORE COM COM QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPERTY DEAL, LET'S GO TO THE AUDITOR ISSUE.
[87. Approve the 2023 proposed audit plan]
ITEM NUMBER 87.WE WERE JUST WORKING REALLY FAST.
I KNOW I WAS A LITTLE BIT SHOCKED AND WALKING VERY QUICKLY BACK.
THANK YOU FOR SEEING US SO EARLY IN THE DAY.
UM, SO MS. STOKES, WE JUST WANNA, WE ARE TAKING UP THE AUDIT PLAN AND WE WANNA MOVE APPROVAL, BUT I UNDERSTOOD YOU HAD, UM, SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU WANTED TO FLAT.
SO, UM, ON THE EXISTING AUDIT PLAN, WE HAVE A CARRYOVER PROJECT.
IT'S A PROJECT THAT WE INTENDED TO DO LAST YEAR.
UM, THE TIMING WAS BAD AS THERE WAS A, IT WAS RELATED TO THE AMANDA SYSTEM.
AND SO THERE WAS AN UPGRADE HAPPENING TO THAT SYSTEM AT THE TIME.
AT THIS TIME WE'VE BEEN TALKING, UM, WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND WITH, UH, CTM AND THEY INDICATE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BASICALLY STOP UPGRADING THAT SYSTEM AND LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATE SOLUTION.
AT WHICH POINT OUR AUDIT SEEMS, UM, LIKE NOT THE BEST USE OF RESOURCES, I GUESS IS WHAT I WOULD SAY.
AUDITING A SYSTEM THAT WE KNOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT FOR.
SO WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE IS WE DO HAVE A PROJECT ON THE REPLACEMENT LIST THAT'S OFFICE SPACE MANAGEMENT.
MANY OF YOU INDICATED INTEREST IN THAT PROJECT.
AND SO OUR PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO REPLACE THAT.
SO TO MOVE UP OFFICE SPACE MANAGEMENT, UH, TAKE OFF THE AMANDA CARRYOVER THAT WE HAVE NOT STARTED, CUZ WE'VE BEEN WAITING, UM, FOR THE UPGRADE TO BE COMPLETED.
SO, SO, UM, I WILL ADJUST MY MOTION TO, UM, REFLECT THE AUDITOR'S COMMENTS.
SO ANY OBJECTION TO CHANGING THE MOTION TO REFLECT THE AUDITOR'S COMMENTS FOR THE HEARING ON THOSE CHANGES ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE MOTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, I HAVE A QUESTION AS I'M NOT ON THE AUDIT AND FINANCE, UH, COMMITTEE, BUT AS FAR AS THE NEW SYSTEM THAT MIGHT REPLACE AMANDA, DO YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF INPUT OR INVOLVEMENT IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT SYSTEM WHEN IT COMES ONLINE, OPERATES THE WAY THAT WE NEED IT TO AND THE USERS NEED IT TO OPERATE? DO YOU KNOW THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL ON NEW SYSTEM? SO I DON'T, IN FACT, WE DON'T EVEN REALLY HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT.
WE JUST HAVE A STRONG COMMITMENT FOR IT TO BE DONE.
I THINK IT REQUIRES FUNDING AND FURTHER DISCUSSION.
SO IT'S IN THE EARLY STAGES, UH, BUT STILL FELT LIKE PUTTING AN AUDIT FOR 2023 ON OUR PLAN DID NOT MAKE SENSE.
DO YOU KNOW WHO I MIGHT COMMUNICATE WITH ON THAT? I'M, I'LL TAKE IT UP OFFLINE.
I THINK CHRIS STEWART, UM, THE, UH, DIRECTOR OF CTM IS THE, THE BEST PERSON TO TALK TO ABOUT THAT.
THOSE ARE FAVOR OF THIS, UH, ITEM, UH, 87.
THOSE OPPOSED? I SEE IT AS BEING UNANIMOUS ON THE DA.
MY COLLEAGUES SAID IT IS 1153.
I THINK WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE CARE OF UNDER THE RULES.
UM, SO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO UM, I'M GONNA RECOMMEND COLLEAGUES THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE PROCLAMATION SHORT ONES TODAY, JUST A COUPLE.
WE DON'T HAVE VERY MANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS TODAY.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME GREAT MUSIC, UH, US THAT WANT TO BE ABLE TO PARTAKE IN THAT.
I'M GONNA RECOMMEND THAT WE, UH, CONVENE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ONE 30.
UH, THAT'LL GIVE US 30 MINUTES BEFORE TWO O'CLOCK TO VISIT, UH, THE, UM, UH,
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PATTERN IN FRONT OF US, THE LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK OUT AT TWO O'CLOCK THEN AND, AND CALL THE, UH, SPEAKERS AGAIN.
WE'RE GONNA DO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, AND THAT'S EVERYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK ON, UM, THE ZONING MATTERS.
AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER HANDLING THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE WILL DO, UH, THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT MATTER.
THERE THEN WE WE'RE COMING BACK TO PUBLIC LAND AFTER ZONING AFTER THE STATESMAN.
I WAS ONLY CUZ WE SET THAT I AS A SET TIME CERTAIN ITEM BY COUNCIL, I WOULD HAVE COME TO TO PROPERTY NEXT.
BUT THE COUNCIL WANTED THAT SET.
SO WE SAID THAT, BUT THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, THEN WE'LL DO THE PROPERTY ISSUE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT BEFORE ZONING.
UM, MY SENSE IS WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA GET INVOLVED IN, IN.
WE OKAY WITH THIS? MAY I PRETEND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR THE ONE 30 EXECUTIVE SESSION, IS THAT IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL? UH, WE'RE ALL HERE.
DOING IT IN PERSON? WE'LL DO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN PERSON AT ONE 30.
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM PURSUANT TO 5 5 107 1 GOVERNMENT CODE.
IS THAT WHAT? SPEAK? PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
OH, BEFORE I RECESS, I WAS GONNA DO THAT, RIGHT? BUT LIKE PROCLAMATIONS.
UM, SO BEFORE I CLOSE THE MEETING, WE HAVE TO CALL RATHER THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS, I THINK.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, CAROL ROSE KENNEDY.
YOU'VE GOT FIVE MINUTES JUST IN CASE YOU'RE NOT HERE.
AND SHE'S NOT HERE YET, BUT IT'S STILL NOON.
WE'RE GONNA STAND DOWN FOR FIVE MINUTES.
AND AT NOON I WILL CALL THE, UH, SPEAKERS.
WE'RE GOING TO RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES UNTIL NOON.
MS. KENNEDY, WHY DON'T YOU COME ON DOWN.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE MY LEAVE, UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT BEFORE THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG, I'LL MAKE SURE I HAVE THE TV ON UPSTAIRS.
BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOMETHING REAL QUICK IF I MAY.
UM, SO THIS AFTERNOON I'M GONNA TAKE MY LEAVE DURING, UM, OUR, UH, UH, RESIDENT TESTIMONY BECAUSE I GET TO, UM, CELEBRATE SOME GRADUATES OF A HACA PROGRAM.
SO THE FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM IS A VOLUNTARY FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT MADE BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, HACA FAMILIES TO REACH THEIR ECONOMIC GOALS THROUGH SERVICE COORDINATION AND THE INVALUABLE SUPPORT OF THEIR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
UM, THE FAMILY SUFFICIENCY, SELF-SUFFICIENCY FAMILIES ARE CONNECTED TO EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, TRANSPORTATION, WORK AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
CHILDCARE AND OTHER SUPPORTS ARE PROVIDED BY HAWK'S.
AUSTIN PATHWAYS PARTICIPANTS CAN ACCRUE ESCROW SAVINGS FUNDS, UM, AS THEIR EARNED INCOME INCREASES AND UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS TO FURTHER THEIR SELF-SUFFICIENCY GOALS AFTER GRADUATION.
SO TODAY THEY ARE GRADUATING 16 HACA RESIDENTS, UM, AT THE CEREMONY THAT'S TAKEN PLACE RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M GONNA TAKE MY LEAVE AND GO SPEAK THERE BRIEFLY, BUT, UM, I WANTED TO SAY THAT IF THERE WAS ONE TESTIMONY I DIDN'T WANNA MISS MS. KENNEDY, IT'S CHEERS.
UM, YOU MAKE MY DAY EVERY TIME.
PLEASE, PLEASE CONGRATULATE THEM FOR ALL OF US.
ALL RIGHT, THE TIME IS, UH, 1202.
[Public Comment (Part 3 of 3)]
WE'RE NOW GOING TO LISTEN TO, UM, UM, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.MS. KENNEDY, IT ONLY HEARS FOR THREE MINUTES AND YOU GOT 'EM
YOU, YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS CAROLYN ROSE FROM THE DEAD KENNEDYS
I DREAMING OF BLACK CHRISTMAS, JUST LIKE THE ONES WE'VE NEVER KNOWN, WHERE THE BLACK GIRLS LISTEN AND THE WHITE BOYS LISTEN WHILE BUILDING A BIG MAN OUT OF SNOW.
DOLLY, MAY YOUR, CHRIS MAY YOUR CHRIS MISS BE MARRIED AND RIDE AND MAY ALL YOUR SNOWFLAKES REMAIN.
I'M LOOKING FOR A BLUE CHRISTMAS
[01:45:04]
JUST LIKE THE ONE YOU NEVER HEARD.CAUSE YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY ON THE RICH AND THE FUNNY.
THEN YOU RUN TO THE MIDNIGHT MASS TO SPREAD THE WORD DOLLY.
MAY YOUR CHRISTMAS BE OVER TO NA AND MAY.
ALL YOUR SNOWFLAKES DREAMING WHITE DOLLY I SCHEME AND OF BROWN CHRISTMAS, JUST LIKE THE ONES WE'VE NEVER SEEN WHEN WE WORK TO GATHER AND WE PLAY WITH WHOMEVER WE KEEP OUR HOMELAND.
SO SEREN DOLLY, MAY YOUR CHRIS, MISS B MARY, NO.
MAY YOUR CHRIS, MISS B MARY AND BRIGHT.
AND MAY ALL YOUR FLAKES RE REMAIN WHITE PLAY BALLS.
I'M GONNA MISS Y'ALL TERRIBLY.
AND KITCHEN AND, UH, MAYOR STEVE AND KATHY TOVO.
AND WHERE'D P GO? OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING LIKE THIS, BUT HE BEHIND.
AND IF ANY OF Y'ALL MAKE THE PRESIDENCY IN MY LIFETIME, I WANNA BE THE VICE.
UH, CLARO, HELLO, MY PEASANTS OF A CITY COUNCIL.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN FOR YOU.
I, UH, HOPE THAT YOU ARE JABBED FOR MONKEY PPO SEASON.
UH, BUT THAT IS NOT THE LAST, UH, DISEASE WE HAVE PLANNED FOR USE.
THAT'S A LIZARD SYNC UP THAT GOES THROUGH THE SECRET SOCIETY TOOLS, THE HUMAN SYNC TANK TO BE MORE RELATABLE.
WE HAVE LOTS MORE DISEASE THAT WE MAKE IN THE BIOLAB PROBLEM REACTION SOLUTION FOR YOU TO MAKE THE PERPETUAL REVENUE FOR YOU.
NEXT WE HAVE BULLFROG, GINGIVITIS, DOLPHIN PLAQUE, PSORIASIS, LAMA INDUCED MOON CHILD SYNDROME, GROUNDHOG, AIDS, PORT PANCREATITIS, DAL HYPOCHONDRIA, OYSTER HEMORROIDS.
ON THE NEXT, EVERYONE WILL GET THE CAMEL TOE.
WE HAVE A VACCINATION FORCES ON IT'S BEST TO HAVE INVISIBLE ENEMY LIKE A VIRUS FOR THE PERPETUAL SLASH FUND, JUST LIKE ZORA TERRORISM, FOR EXAMPLE.
OR THE GREATEST EXISTENTIAL THREAT WE HAVE IS THE EMPIRE DISIN INFORMATION ONLY TRUST OFFICIAL SOURCES SO THAT YOU ARE LED TO SLAUGHTER BY OUR TRAPS FOR YOU.
BUT, UH, IT'S NOT SO EASY TO BE THE EMPIRE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE TO MAKE COORDINATIONS OF THE BULL IN ALL THE TELEPROMPTERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US OWNED AS ALSO, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE THE PEASANTS PAY FOR THE PROPAGANDA IS A BIG LIE.
SO CNN PLUS JUST WENT BANKRUPT, FOR EXAMPLE.
UH, THE THIRD THING THAT WE HAVE DIFFICULTY FOR IS THAT JOE BIDEN KRONE HAS ESCAPE FROM THE MK ULTRA FACILITY FOR YOU.
HE IS WANDERING AROUND EATING ICE CREAM, GETTING HANDIES.
UH, HE SHOULD BE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL OR IN FRONT OF THE GREEN SCREEN MAKING THE PROPAGANDA FOR US.
BUT, UH, HE IS LOST LIKE A, UH, SENIOR WALKING AWAY FROM THE HOME FOR YOU, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, BUT UH, I HAVE MADE A SOLUTION FOR THIS.
I HAVE SOURCED A BARBER SHOP ACROSS FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I MAKE LITTLE BUNDLES OF LIKE HAIR CIGARETTES.
SO THAT IS A GOOD CARTON STICK TO GET THEM BACK IN FRONT OF THE GREEN SCREEN TO MAKE THE IZER.
SO AGAIN, UH, JOE BIDEN HAS LEFT US A GREEN SCREEN BRAINWASH FACILITY.
AND IF YOU SEE HIM MAKING SHAZA IN THE STREET OR LIKE EATING ICE CREAM, I'M GETTING HANDSY.
PLEASE, UH, CAUSE A WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM.
AGAIN, I'M EVERYONE'S FAVORITE.
I'M THE TRUST FUND BRAT OF DAVOS.
[01:50:03]
OKAY.UM, JUST REMIND EVERYBODY THERE ARE ARE RULES WITH RESPECT TO, TO HOW WE LET PEOPLE SIGN UP AND SPEAK CUZ THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SPACES.
UM, UM, AND WHAT IS THE, THE, THE RULE WITH RESPECT TO HOW OFTEN PEOPLE CAN SPEAK, UH, CAN ONLY SPEAK ONCE EVERY THREE, UH, MEETINGS.
AND TO A LARGE DEGREE, WE, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE DEPENDENT ON PEOPLE'S, UH, UM, GOOD FAITH AND HONESTY AND, AND STEPPING TO THE MICROPHONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ABIDING BY THAT.
SO AS TO GIVE PEOPLE, UH, CHANCES, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, TO SPEAK.
AND WE HOPE THAT, THAT PEOPLE DEMONSTRATE THAT MEASURE OF GRACE AND, AND, AND HONOR.
I THINK THE, THE NEXT SPEAKER, IF HE'S HERE WOULD BE NOAH SCHWARTZ.
MY NAME IS, HAVE YOU ALREADY, IF YOU ALREADY SPOKEN, OH, THAT KEVIN FIERCE.
UH, MAYOR, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.
I MEAN, THIS IS VOTER SUPPRESSION.
UM, WE'RE, WE AS A, AS A COMMUNITY, WE, WE RELY ON EACH OTHER.
WHY DON'T YOU COME BACK IN THREE WEEKS? COME BACK IN, COME BACK.
WHY DON'T YOU COME ON BACK IN THREE WEEKS.
MR. TRIER, PLEASE RESPECT THE PROCESS.
LET ME GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE IS, UH, CHRISTOPHER, UH, BOAD.
AND I WAS TOLD THAT Y'ALL, UH, GOT A HANDOUT FROM ME WITH A LIST OF, UH, QUESTIONS THAT I'VE GOT FOR Y'ALL.
DID YOU EMAIL US? DID YOU EMAIL IT? YES, I SENT THE EMAIL.
THE, UH, CITY CLERK TOLD ME, UH, WHICH EMAIL TO SEND IT TO.
I SENT IT TO, TO ALL OF OUR OFFICES.
THEN THEY WOULD'VE COME IN AND PROBABLY, PROBABLY STAFF MEMBER MAY HAD THEM, OR WE MAY HAVE BEEN MATERIALS.
WE WOULD, UH, DID THEY GIVE YOU THE HANDOUT FOR, UH, THAT, THAT I SENT, UH, VIA PDF.
WHY DON'T YOU VISIT WITH US? I'M, I'M NOT SURE THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
SO THIS IS, UM, UM, WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AGAIN TO US, PLEASE? MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER BOAD AND, UH, I AM ONE OF AUSTIN'S LOCAL HOMELESS.
I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT, UH, I'VE SEEN IN THE CITY.
IT'S, UH, BUS SERVICE THAT STOPS WELL BEFORE WHERE THE PORES ARE HOUSED.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT, UH, PEOPLE MOVING INTO THIS, UH, RING AROUND THE CITY.
IT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT THE COUNCIL ALLOWS THINGS TO BE BUILT.
BUS SERVICE DOES NOT GO OUT TO THOSE, UH, THOSE PLACES.
IT'S THE, UH, HOMELESS PROGRAMS THAT, UH, COSTS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND, UH, US HOMELESS DON'T SEE ANY BENEFIT FROM 'EM.
IT IS, UH, ZONING CODE THAT SEEMS, UM, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO INFLATE, UH, INFLATE PROPERTY VALUES.
IT'S JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY, UH, I, I GET THE WORD ON THE STREET THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT, UH, THIS BODY IS INCOMPETENT.
I DON'T THINK THAT, I THINK THAT THIS IS DELIBERATE.
I KNOW THAT SOMEONE'S GETTING SOME VALUE ON IT AND I DON'T LIKE IT.
SO I'D LIKE A RESPONSE TO THESE QUESTIONS AT SOME POINT.
AND, UH, SO AT A COUPLE OF MEDIA OUTLETS THAT I'M TALKING TO.
AND, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
JUST VERY QUICKLY, WE DID GET YOUR COMMUNICATION, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOLKS KNEW.
UM, IT CAME FROM LISA SORANO AT TWO 14 YESTERDAY, SO WE CAN ALL HAVE A LOOK AT THAT.
I THINK WE'VE ALL FOUND IT NOW.
THOSE ARE ALL THE, UH, UM, MATTERS THAT WE HAVE.
[Executive Session]
UM, SO WE WILL, UM, CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT TO THE PROCLAMATIONS AND MUSIC THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT TO, TO HAVE.WE'RE GONNA GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM PURSUANT TO 5 51 7 1, THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 88, CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, 2022 LABOR NEGOTIATIONS.
UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM AT ONE 30.
UH, THE TIME RIGHT NOW IS 1215.
[Live Music Rabbi Misha ben-David]
TO, UH, UH, THE, MY FAVORITE PART OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE WE BRING MUSIC INTO THIS PLACE, UH, BEFITTING[01:55:01]
THE, THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE, OF THE, OF THE WORLD.UH, I, IT JUST IS, IS IT'S THAT PART OF OUR CULTURE THAT THAT KEEPS A LOT OF US HERE AND MADE A LOT OF US STAY, MYSELF INCLUDED.
UH, AND WE ARE REALLY FORTUNATE WHEN, WHEN, UH, PERFORMERS AND ENTERTAINERS, UH, FROM OUR COMMUNITY STEP FORWARD.
AND TODAY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE WITH US RABBI MIS AND DAVID.
UH, HE DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A, UH, VETERAN COSMIC ROCKER.
UH, PRETTY GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES.
AND, UH, LOOKING FOR FOR OTHER SIMILARLY MINDED FOLK.
UH, A MULTI INSTRUMENTAL INSTRUMENTALIST, VOCALIST AND SONGWRITER, UH, MIS SPECIALIZES IN ACOUSTIC BLUES ROCK AND AMERICANA MUSIC.
HIS INFLUENCES INCLUDE BEATLES AND THE STONES, LED ZEPPELIN, DEEP PURPLE EAGLES, PEAK FLOYD, AND TRAFFIC AMONG MANY OTHERS.
UH, AND, UM, UH, MISHA HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE AUSTIN MUSIC SCENE FOR MANY YEARS.
IN FACT, THIS IS HIS SECOND TIME ON PROCLAMATION DAY, SECOND TIME WITH ME IN PROCLAMATION DAY.
RECEIVED HIS FIRST ON JUNE 14TH, 2018.
AND FOR PROCLAMATION DAY, MISHA ONLY REQUESTS THAT AUSTINITES VOTE BLUE ON NOVEMBER 8TH.
I CAN'T GIVE POLITICAL MESSAGES, BUT I'M JUST SAYING WHAT OUR GUEST, UH, WANTED, UH, TO, TO SAY AND CERTAINLY, UH, HE'S ABLE TO TO, TO DO THAT.
UM, RABBI, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TODAY THAN WE SAW YOU, UH, BEFORE.
AND I'M EXCITED FOR THIS MOMENT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S ATTENDANCE HERE TODAY.
I AM A BOTH A RABBI AND A ROCK AND ROLL GUITAR PLAYER.
I'M BOTH, AND I LIKE BOTH OCCUPATIONS EQUALLY WELL, AND I THINK I'M PRETTY GOOD AT BOTH OF THEM.
I'LL LET YOU BE THE JUDGE OF THAT IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS.
I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL MEMBER PO RENT, WHO I THINK IS MAYBE OUT BACK HAVING A SMOKE OR SOMETHING.
I'VE NEVER PERFORMED IT IN FRONT OF A SECULAR AUDIENCE.
I DO PLAY A NUMBER OF THEM, BUT I DIDN'T BRING ANY TODAY.
THAT WAS BECAUSE THE SONG IS SUPPOSED TO BE PERFORMED ACAPELLA.
I, IT'S CALLED GOD HELP US ALL.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT SENTIMENT.
IT'S A SONG THAT IS VERY DEAR TO MY HEART, AND IT'S A SONG THAT I HOPE YOU GET SOMETHING VALUABLE OUT OF MY PITCH PIPE YOUNG BOY IN THE ROADWAY, HIS FATHER, LONG SINCE GONE AWAY.
YOUR EYES ARE DARK AND DREAMLESS AND YOU SMELL LIKE CRACK COCAINE.
BETTER FIND A PLACE IN THAT HARD PAVE MEANT TO PRAY.
GOD, HELP US ALL TO FIND THE ERROR OF OUR WAYS.
YOUNG GIRL WITH THAT BABY AT YOUR BREAST, THOSE CLOSEST TO YOU.
GETTING OLD AND DOWNHEARTED BEFORE YOUR TIME MAKING DUE WITH LESS AND LESS.
GOD HELP US ALL TO FIND THE ERROR OF OUR WAYS.
THERE'S A PLACE OUT THERE, I SEE IT.
WE'LL WADE THE WATERS, BRING OUR SONS AND BRING OUR DAUGHTERS SHOTS RING OUT LIKE CRASHING THUNDER.
IT'S LIKE SOME KIND OF SPELL WE'RE UNDER.
OUR STREETS LIGHT UP WITH RAGE.
GOD HELP US ALL TO FIND THE ERRORS OF OUR WAYS.
WITHOUT A VISION, PEOPLE PERISH.
AND SO IT COMES TO PASS THE LAST AMONG US.
TAKE THE LEAD AND THE FIRST WILL BE THE LAST.
EVERY MINUTE OF THE PRECIOUS CHILD'S LIFE GOES TO WAYS.
GOD HELP US ALL TO FIND THE ERROR OF OUR WAYS.
GOD HELP US ALL TO FIND THE ERRORS OF OUR WAYS.
GOD HELP US ALL TO FIND THE ERROR OF OUR WAYS.
THAT WAS KINDA LIKE THE READING OF A HTH TO PORTION.
UH, SO, SO DO YOU, DO YOU PERFORM AS MUCH AS I CAN? AND IF PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE YOU PERFORM, IS THERE A PLACE THEY COULD GO TO FIND YOU? NOT RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU HAVE, UM, A, A WEBSITE OR A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE THAT YOU I DO.
JUST LOOK FOR MISHA ON BAND MIX.
THAT'S HOW PEOPLE CAN FIND YOU.
[02:00:01]
IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS IS BLESSED WITH MANY CREATIVE MUSICIANS WHOSE TALENTS EXTEND TO VIRTUALLY EVERY MUSICAL GENRE.AND WHEREAS OUR MUSICAL SCENE THRIVES BECAUSE AUSTIN AUDIENCES SUPPORT GOOD MUSIC PRODUCED BY LEGENDS, OUR LOCAL FAVORITES AND NEWCOMERS ALIKE, AND WHERE ARE, AS WE ARE PLEASED TO SHOWCASE AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ARTISTS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEVE ADLER, MAYOR OF THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL, TOGETHER WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 3RD OF THE YEAR 2022 AS RABBI MISHA BEN DAVID DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
AND THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR, FOR MAKING THIS AVAILABLE AND FOR SEEING THAT MUSICIANS ARE RECOGNIZED BECAUSE WE'RE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IN AUSTIN.
AND WE DON'T ALWAYS GET WHAT WE NEED HERE.
AND I'M HOPING THAT WILL SOON CHANGE.
WE APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.
CAN I GET MY PICTURE TAKEN WITH YOU? YOU CERTAINLY CAN.
SO WE ARE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.
WE DISCUSSED LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM ADA THAT TODAY IS STILL NOVEMBER 3RD, UH, 2022.
WE'RE STILL IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I SEE AS COLLEAGUES AS HAVING THE ZONING AGENDA IN FRONT OF US.
AND ALSO ITEM NUMBER, UM, 84, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE LEFT.
WE'RE GONNA CALL THE SPEAKERS ON CONSENT, UH, SPEAKERS ON THE AFTERNOON WORK.
WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE ZONING CONSENT AND SOON WE'RE DONE ZONING CONSENT.
WE'RE GONNA TURN TO, UH, I'M SORRY, THE OTHER ONE WE HAVE, WHICH IS THE, THE PUD ISSUE, THE STATESMAN PUD ISSUE.
UH, AND THEN AFTER THE STATESMAN PUD ISSUE, LET'S SEE HOW MANY ITEMS WERE PULLED AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
IT COULD EITHER BE THE PULLED ITEMS ON ZONING OR IT COULD BE ITEM 84.
YES, MAYOR, I DO HAVE ONE PULLED ZONING ITEM THAT I DON'T THINK, UH, I MEAN THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE STATE'S BEEN PUT CONVERSATION'S GONNA GO.
SO MIGHT WE CONSIDER TAKING THAT ONE UP FIRST? IT COULD BE THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL AT THE, AT THE WORK SESSION.
THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR A TIME CERTAIN ON THAT, AND I SAID THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.
UH, I GENERALLY DON'T LIKE US DOING TIME CERTAINS AHEAD OF TIME FOR EXACTLY THIS SITUATION.
UH, BUT I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT, IF YOU WANTED TO CHANGE THAT, YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO ASK, UH, THE COLLEAGUES IF THEY WANTED TO, TO CHANGE THAT.
AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT ON A WHITE SHEET OF PAPER IS A LITTLE BIT OF A, I'M, I'M CALLING IT THE POOL TOOL.
AND IT JUST SHOWS YOU THE UNRE
I KNOW SOMEBODY'S REALLY GONNA HAVE FUN WITH THAT
UM, IT HAS THE UNRESOLVED ISSUES ON THE FRONT.
UM, AND, AND A COUPLE ON THE BACK, COUPLE OF AMENDMENTS.
AND THEN ALL OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RESOLVED OR ARE SO CLOSE TO BEING RESOLVED, WE'RE JUST MISSING SOME LANGUAGE THAT LIKELY IS BEING VETTED BY LEGAL.
SO THIS IS JUST, THIS IS NOT A MOTION SHEET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT'S JUST, UH, THE ISSUES LAID OUT IN FRONT OF US WITH, UM, DIFFERENT, THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED ON THE STATESMAN POD.
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO, WHEN WE DO THE STATESMAN POD ONE, I THINK WE'VE REPRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY PRETTY GENERALLY THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING ON SECOND AND THIRD READING.
THAT AT MOST WE'RE CONSIDERING PASSING SOMETHING ON SECOND READING, THEN HAVING THIS COME BACK, UH, TO THE US IN THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER.
WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR? UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA PROVE THE STATE'S BEEN PUT ON SECOND AND THIRD READING TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER WHETHER TO DO IT ON SECOND READING.
WE DO A SECOND READING, WE'LL COME BACK FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER AND DO THIRD READING.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE LANGUAGE AT THIS POINT.
WE COULD SAY THE ORDINANCE THAT CAME OUT OF FIRST READING, BUT WITH THESE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT WE COULD, COULD DESCRIBE THE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES AND THEN THE SCRS COULD PUT THAT INTO WORDING IN THE SECOND AND THEN SECOND READING, UM, ORDINANCE THAT THEN COMES BACK TO US.
IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT WORDING, AND I HOPE WE'RE NOT WORDSMITHING ON THE DANCE HERE TODAY.
LET'S, LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THE CONCEPTS REALLY CLEAR SO THAT STAFF UNDERSTANDS WHAT TO
[02:05:01]
BRING BACK TO US.OKAY, SO LET'S DO, UH, THE, THE
[Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments (Public Hearings and Possible Action)]
FIRST, LET'S GO THROUGH THE ZONING AGENDA.TELL US WHAT THINGS ARE GONNA BE POSTPONED SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHETHER TO, WHETHER THEY NEED TO TALK AT ALL, AND IF THEY DO TALK THAT THEY'RE DIRECTING THEIR, THEIR TESTIMONY TOWARD THE POSTPONEMENT.
MAY I PRETEND JURY RUSSO WITH THE, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE ONLY HAVE ONE POSTPONEMENT CASE TODAY.
IT IS ITEM NUMBER 37 THAT HAS A STAFF POSTPONE REQUEST IN NOVEMBER 15TH.
IT'S A STAFF REQUESTED NOVEMBER 15TH.
THAT, THAT'S WELL THEN LET'S GO AHEAD THEN AND, AND CALL THE, UH, SPEAKERS, COLLEAGUES.
UH, UH, WE HAVE OVER 30, SO WE'RE GONNA GO TWO MINUTES.
UH, A SPEAKER, JONATHAN SCHMID, ITEM 29.
I AM A HOMEOWNER IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, A VOLUNTEER FIRST RESPONDER, AND I ALSO RUN A BUSINESS ON RALPH ADO.
UH, HAVING A COMMUNITY FOCUSED CENTER LIKE CRUX IS THE BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR THIS PROPERTY, FOR THIS MY CHILDREN, FOR MY EMPLOYEES, AND FOR ALL MY NEIGHBORS.
UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CURRENTLY LACKS A PLACE LIKE THIS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONNECT, UH, ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY TO CONNECT AND THRIVE THROUGH SOME HEALTHY ACTIVITY.
WHEN THE LOCAL DIMAR POOL WAS CL DIDN'T OPEN THIS SUMMER, WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE TO ANOTHER CRUX LOCATION IN ORDER TO RECREATE AN AIR CONDITIONING.
AND, UH, I ATTENDED THE FIRST CRUX COMMUNITY FOCUS EVENT THAT THEY HELD PROBABLY 10 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY GATHERED ALL THE AUSTIN CLIMBING COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE IDEA OF A NEW GYM AND A COMMUNITY FOCUS CENTER.
EVER SINCE THEN, CRU HAS BEEN THE DRIVER THAT HAS MADE MY BUSINESS AND MY FAMILY MORE INVOLVED WITH OUR COMMUNITY AS A HOMEOWNER, A BUSINESS OWNER, A DAD.
I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS, WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES WITH THE ROADS CONNECTING TO I 35.
ALL THAT'S VALID, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT EVERYONE'S BEEN FOCUSING ON, WHICH IS THAT THIS IS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SARAH CAMPBELL, ITEM 35, BEEN THE DRIVER THAT HAS MADE MY BUSINESS.
UM, HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED.
UM, I'M, UH, SPEAKING ON ITEMS 35, 36 AND 83 ACTUALLY.
UM, I THINK THEY'RE ALL RELATED.
UM, I'M OPPOSED TO THE STATEMENT CODE THAT THE WAY IT IS, UM, THE WAY IT IS CURRENTLY FORMULATED, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT FOR EVERY DEVIATION FROM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT THERE WAS AN IMPROVEMENT TO, UM, TO THE CODE, BUT THAT, UH, IS MISSING.
UM, I'M AGAINST REDUCED SETBACKS AND I'M WONDERING IF THE COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER A PI FOR THE WHOLE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT INSTEAD OF THE TRIGGERS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MARING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS RUBY ROA, A MEMBER OF AUSTIN WOMEN IN TU, A MEMBER OF THE LADIES OF CHARITY OF AUSTIN, A CATHOLIC ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES THE POOR.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE AMERICAN STATEMENT PUD.
WE SHOULD PRODUCE MANY MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE THE NEED IS STILL SO GREAT.
WE HAVE A MORAL AND SOCIAL OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE DECENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ALL CORNERS OF THE CITY.
I BEG YOU AS A LADY OF CHARITY AND THE PEOPLE WE SERVE TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY ALL ORDINARY FAMILIES TO ALLOW THEM TO LIVE IN DIGNITY, A SLAVE AND AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN WORK AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY.
THE PUBLIC BENEFITS THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE IS WHAT THIS COUNCIL DOING TO OUR ORDINARY FAMILIES.
JUST, I KNOW I KEEP ASKING YOU THE QUESTION THAT IF WHAT WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, JUST WE ELECTED YOU, EACH ONE OF YOU
[02:10:01]
TO, WE ELECTED EACH ONE OF YOU TO MAKE OUR SOCIETY BETTER.WE NEED A COUNCIL THAT HAS COMPASSION, EMPATHY, WILLINGNESS, THE POLITICAL WILL TO SERVE OUR FAMILIES.
YOU ALL HAVE THAT POWER AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO PUT YOU IN OFFICE.
YES, HELLO, MY NAME IS JENNIFER LYON AND MY HUSBAND OWNS BIKE A LOT, BICYCLE SHOP ON MAN CHAKA ROAD, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN PUD.
UM, WE'RE VERY CONCERNED AND OPPOSED AS THE PLAN IS CURRENTLY LAID OUT BECAUSE WE AND OUR CUSTOMERS LOVE THE ANNE AND, UH, ROY BUTLER HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL, AND WE REALLY AIDED AREAS WE NEED, UH, RIVERFRONT FOR THE TRAIL, NOT ANOTHER BOARDWALK.
UM, AND IT'S A SACRED PLACE FOR ALL OF AUSTIN AND, UM, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THE TRAIL EVERY YEAR, INCLUDING TOURISTS.
SO, UM, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, UH, SHORELINE PRESERVED AS IT IS.
UM, AND SECONDLY, WE ARE REALLY OPPOSED TO THE CORPORATE WELFARE, UM, THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING IN THE FORM OF MAJOR TAX BREAKS BECAUSE DEFACTO, THAT WOULD SHIFT THE TAX BURDEN IN AUSTIN ONTO EXISTING BUSINESSES LIKE OURS AND ALL TAXPAYERS IN AUSTIN.
AND THAT SEEMS REALLY UNFAIR FOR THEM TO COME IN AND RAKE MASSIVE PROFITS OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY WHILE, UM, GIVING NOTHING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I REALLY HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU COUNCIL AND MAYOR FOR SERVING BLESS.
I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE PUD, UH, ITEM 35 AND 36.
UM, I WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD WANT THIS WRITTEN DOWN CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU START, UH, VOTING ON IT IN ANY WAY.
UM, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE ROAD THAT IS THE DEVELOPER IS DEMANDING.
UM, HE HAS SAID VERBALLY HE DOESN'T NEED A ROAD, BUT NOW HE'S WORKING WITH THE STAFF TO GET A ROAD.
UM, THE MEMO CONFLICTS WITH WHAT RICHARD SETTLED TOLD BILL BUNCH, WHICH WAS, WAS THEY DID NOT NEED A BIGGER ROAD, JUST A SMALLER DRIVEWAY AND AVOID THE PUBLIC FUNDING, BUT THE STAFF WAS DEMANDING LARGER MARTIN SPRINGS ROAD EXTENSION.
HOWEVER, UM, THAT WITH THE UNDERGROUND PARKING IS ANOTHER PROBLEM.
THIS IS NOT A COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
IT IS NOT REQUIRED, IT WILL NOT SERVE THE PUBLIC.
THE DRAFT ORDINANCE DOES NOT REQUIRE UNDERGROUND PARKING.
ONLY THAT 95% OF THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT WITH BELOW GRADE STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE BELOW GRADE IS NOT DEFINED AND ALMOST CERTAINLY MEANS THE MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF CONGRESS AVENUE, UM, USING THAT AS THE GRADE AND NOT REALLY THE GROUND LEVEL AS THEY SUGGEST THAT IT WON'T BE REQUIRED.
SO I WOULD, I WILL HOPE YOU'LL VOTE AGAINST THIS 35 AND 36 AND AUR IS REALLY A BAD IDEA.
NICK, ITEM 35, ITEMS 35 AND 36.
HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, I, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE, THE TIME THAT I'VE SPENT, AND I'M SURE YOU HEAR THIS A LOT AS WELL, UM, IN COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, DRIVEN ENGAGEMENT PROCESSES, UH, IT'S REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN HOW MUCH, UH, AUSTINITE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE PARK SPACE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YOU YOURSELVES HAVE STATED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU AIM TO DO, UH, ACROSS THE CITY IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS DEVELOPMENT DRIVEN BY A BILLIONAIRE FAMILY AND LOBBIED FOR BY SOMEONE WHOSE NAME IS ON ALMOST EVERY, YOU KNOW, BAD DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY, UH, WARRANTS SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS TO WHAT
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EVERYONE HAS ALREADY SAID THAT THEY WANT.UH, THERE'S REALLY NO REASON FOR THE CITY TO BEND OVER BACKWARDS TO APPEASE THE DEMANDS OF A DEVELOPER WHO'S ALREADY, UH, YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO HAS CLAIMED THAT THEY CAN'T MAKE MONEY ON A PROJECT UNLESS THEY GET TO DO IT THEIR WAY.
AND I THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD JUST MAKE 'EM EAT THEIR WORDS.
IF THEY CAN'T DO IT, THEN THAT'S FINE.
SELL THE PROPERTY AND MOVE ON.
SOMEONE ELSE WILL COME ALONG AND DO SOMETHING THE RIGHT WAY.
BUT WE DON'T NEED TO BE SETTING A POOR EXAMPLE FOR, UH, FOR OTHER DEVELOPERS AROUND THE CITY WHO ARE GONNA LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, WELL, YOU GAVE IT TO, TO RICHARD AND HIS GUYS.
SO YOU GOTTA GIVE IT TO, TO US AND OUR PROJECT.
UH, IT'S JUST GONNA SET A BAD PRECEDENT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ACHIEVING OUR GOALS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE LESS PARK SPACE FOR AUSTINITE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE LESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND IT'S ALL GONNA BE AS A RESULT OF PROJECTS LIKE THIS AND BAD DEALS LIKE THIS.
UH, PLEASE STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU KNOW IS RIGHT AND CONTINUE TO BUILD THE KIND OF AUSTIN THAT EVERYONE HAS ASKED YOU TO BUILD.
BRIAN GONZALEZ, ITEMS 35 AND 36.
HI, UM, MY NAME IS BRIAN GONZALEZ.
I'M A 35 YEAR OLD FITNESS PROFESSIONAL WHO LIVES IN THE BOLD NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS AREA SINCE ABOUT 2009, SO ABOUT 13 YEARS NOW.
AND I'M CALLING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE APPROVE THE STATESMAN POD.
UM, IT REALLY IS A WIN-WIN, NOT ONLY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALSO FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
UH, THE ABILITY TO BRING MY DOG TO THE WATERFRONT, MEET FRIENDS FOR LUNCH OR DINNER, WATCH THE BATH, COME OUT AT SUNSET AND JUST ENJOY THE PARK.
NOT ONLY ENHANCES THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALSO PROVIDES A VITAL PUBLIC SPACE FOR AUSTIN.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE SO COOL.
I RUN THE AUSTIN MARATHON SEVERAL TIMES AND I TRAIN ON THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL ALL THE TIME.
THE TRAIL BY THE STATESMAN IS NOT WELL LIT AND FRANKLY FEELS KIND OF DANGEROUS AS SOMEONE WHO USES THAT PUBLIC ASSET ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT STRETCH MADE INTO A BEAUTIFUL WELDED SPACE FOR RUNNERS AND WALKERS TO SAFELY ENJOY.
MIRIAM WRIGHT, ITEMS 35 AND 36.
I CURRENTLY LIVE ON HAMILTON POOL ROAD, BUT I'M A FARMER RESIDENT OF THE GOLDEN AREA.
I WAS ACTIVE IN THE TOWN LIKE PARK ALLIANCE WHEN THE TRAIL COMPLETION ALONG THE LAKES WAS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF WHAT WE HOPED FOR.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THE PUBLIC TRAIL WOULD BE ON THE LAKE'S EDGE AND ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS WHILE MITIGATING ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE DEVELOPERS PROPERTY AND THE PUBLIC RIGHT TO MOVE ALONG THE TRAIL.
PLEASE KEEP THE TRAIL PROPERTY ALONG THE LAKESIDE IN THE PUBLIC HAND AND MAKE SURE DECISIONS ABOUT THE USE OF THAT LAND REMAIN IN THE PUBLIC'S HAND AND NOT IN PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.
I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING AND I HOPE THAT THE TRAIL WILL CONTINUE WITHOUT BREAKING.
WILLIAM QUINN, ITEMS 35 AND 36.
I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE PUD, THE STATESMAN PUD AS IT IS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED.
I AM DUMBFOUNDED AS TO THE FACT THAT IT HAS RECEIVED A 10 TO NOTHING VOTE ON FIRST READING, JUST ASTOUNDED.
I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE IN ADDITION SO THAT I DON'T REPEAT WHAT OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE SAID, I WILL RAISE JUST A FEW ISSUES, CLOSING LAKEFRONT TO THE PUBLIC AND REROUTING THE TRAIL OVER WHAT IS CALLED PARK LAND, WHICH IS REALLY OVER THE WATER IS UNCONSCIONABLE.
USING PUBLIC FUNDS TO SUBSIDIZE A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS CERTAINLY GOING TO IMPACT, I WILL NOT SAY BENEFIT ALWAYS, BUT IMPACT LARGE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH AUSTIN COMMUNITY, OF WHICH I'VE BEEN
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A PART FOR 40 YEARS IS CRAZY.THERE SHOULD BE NO PUBLIC FUNDING OF THIS, WHETHER IT COMES IN THE FORM OF ROAD ROAD CONSTRUCTION, AND I DON'T CARE WHAT THE SOURCE IS.
I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT THE APP, THAT THE BURDEN FALLS ON THE APPLICANT TO FUND THE PROGRAM.
NOT TO SAY, I'M GONNA PICK UP MY BALL AND GO HOME.
IF YOU MAKE ME DO THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY CITY ORDINANCE, OTHER CITY ORDINANCE, THERE SHOULD BE NO VARIANCES FOR SUCH THINGS.
NUMBER THREE, ALL WATER QUALITY ORDINANCES MUST TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THIS DEVELOPMENT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, I HONOR YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
PLEASE RECONSIDER ANY PRIOR VOTE HERE AND THINK THAT YOU ARE MAKING A MAJOR IMPACT.
YOU'RE HELPING THIS DEVELOPER WHO'S NOT THE DEVIL, MAKE A MAJOR IMPACT ON SOUTH AUSTIN AND THE COMMUNITY THERE.
CERTAINLY BENEFITS WILL ACCRUE.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN IT.
THANK, THANK YOU AND YOU, AND DO LIKE, THANK YOU, YOUR TIME AS EXPIRED.
SOME OF THE, THAT CONCLUDES OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS.
AT THIS TIME I'LL MOVE ON TO IN PERSON.
WE HAVE JOHN STOKES ON ITEMS 28 AND 29 WITH ARDEN GARS ON DECK.
I'D LIKE TO OPPOSE FOR BEING, UH, ON 28.
THAT WAS A RESULT OF AN OLD PERSON TRYING TO USE THE INTERNET.
OKAY, SO, UH, I CAN SPEAK ON 29 IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
UH, I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE CRUX DEVELOPMENT.
I HAD A THREE MINUTE SPEECH PLAN AND IT WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE THINGS.
TRAFFIC, BUILDING HEIGHT, AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ON THE SITE.
I DON'T LIVE AT THE END OF PEACEFUL HILL LANE WHERE CRUX IS.
I LIVE AT THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHERE CRU IS DOWN AT THE, AT THE NORTH END.
WHY SHOULD WE BE SO CONCERNED WITH WHAT TRAFFIC COMES OUT OF THE CRUS DEVELOPMENT? HOW HIGH THE BUILDINGS ARE? IT'S FOR A VERY SIMPLE REASON.
WE THINK THEY ESTABLISH A VERY BAD PRECEDENT FOR THE RAMPANT, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF PEACEFUL HILL LANE.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT I WAS HERE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT 79 0 1 PEACEFUL HILL LANE.
OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PEACEFUL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE REASON WE'RE SO CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC IS THERE IS ALREADY A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD INCREASE TRAFFIC BY 80% BY 2025.
IT PROPOSES A HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SQUARE FEET AT 60 FEET, AND IT AP IT PROPOSES COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OF HUNDREDS OF TH 80,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND 2,200,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE.
WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT PEACEFUL HILL HOLISTICALLY.
WE THINK THAT SOME OF THE I, UH, FACTORS, UH, SOME OF THE ITEMS ON CRUX, UH, ARE AT ODDS WITH WHAT THE PEOPLE ON PEACEFUL HILL LANE PREFER.
I AM THE ONLY SPEAKER IN OPPOSITION TODAY DUE TO THE, UH, EMERGENCY ILLNESS OF ONE OF THE SPEAKERS.
BUT I CAN SAY I THINK WITHOUT CONTRADICTION, THAT THE TRAFFIC, THE BUILDING HEIGHT, AND THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE OF A CONCERN TO ALL THREE NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKRIDGE PARK RIDGE GARDENS, AND PEACEFUL HILL.
ARDEN GARRIS WITH AUDREY DAVIS ON DECK.
ARDEN GARRIS IS SPEAKING AT ITEM 29.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ARDEN GARRIS.
UM, I JOINED A CRU COMMUNITY ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO.
IT WAS PRETTY IMMEDIATE THAT I DISCOVERED THAT, UH, THIS PLACE IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A CLIMBING BUSINESS.
IT'S, UH, SOMEWHERE THAT JUST TRULY ENHANCES THE COMMUNITY.
UM, PLACES LIKE THIS ARE RARE.
THEY PROVIDE A SAFE, COMFORTABLE, AND INCLUSIVE SPACE WITH A POSITIVE FOCUS ON PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SOCIAL HEALTH.
UH, AND AS CRAZY AS THE WORLD HAS BEEN GETTING, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED MORE AND MORE OF THESE PLACES.
BESIDES ALL THE USUAL CLIMBING AND YOGA AND FITNESS PROGRAMS, CRU DOES SO MUCH TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF ITS WALLS.
THEY ORGANIZED COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS, INCLUDING TRASH PICKUPS, AND TRAIL MAINTENANCE IN LOCAL PARKS.
THEY RAISE FUNDS FOR CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT ALL DEMOGRAPHICS.
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SPECIAL NEEDS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES.THEY HAVE SOBER SOCIAL NIGHTS FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET OUT AND MEET OTHERS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR ALCOHOL.
THEY HAVE SOCIAL PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES.
OLDER RETIRED FOLKS, WOMEN ONLY GROUPS, MINORITY GROUPS AND MORE.
THEY HAD PARENTS NIGHT TO GIVE PARENTS THOSE MUCH NEEDED BREAKS FOR A FEW HOURS TO SOCIALIZE AND EXERCISE.
WHILE THE KIDS HAVE A GREAT TIME, THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS. UM, YOU, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA HEAR MORE ABOUT THEM.
UH, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS CRUT ARE ACTUAL AUSTINITES, UH, NOT SOME BIG BUSINESS FROM OUTTA STATE.
UH, THEY UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING.
THEY LISTEN TO WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY AND THEY SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS THEIR OWN FAMILY.
THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ASPECTS I THINK OF CRUS ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN DURING TIMES OF CRISIS.
FOR EXAMPLE, DURING THE BIG FREEZE, THEY OPENED THEIR DOORS AS A WARMING CENTER WHEN MOST PEOPLE HAD NO ELECTRICITY.
THEY OPENED UP FREE SHOWERS TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN NO ONE HAD WATER.
THEY OFFERED WATER REFILL STATIONS WHEN NEIGHBORHOODS COULDN'T GET CLEAN POTABLE WATER.
DURING OUR BOIL NOTICES, THEY ACTED AS A STORM SHELTER.
DURING THEIR TORNADOES, THEY GATHERED AN ORGANIZED DONATIONS FOR OTHER TEXAS, OTHER AREAS OF TEXAS THAT WERE HIT WITH CATASTROPHES.
AND THEY CLOSED THEIR DOORS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC WAY BEFORE IT WAS REQUIRED TO, TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR STAFF.
AND THEY CONTINUED PAYING THEIR STAFF THEIR FULL WAGES DURING THAT ENTIRE TIME.
THIS IS JUST THE TYPE OF SOCIAL, COMMUNITY HEALTH FOCUS CENTER THAT IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE.
AUDREY DAVIS, ITEM 29 WITH GRACE NICHOLAS ON DECK.
HI, I'M AUDREY DAVIS SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF TOPIC 29.
UM, I GREW UP IN TEXAS AND MOVED TO AUSTIN ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO.
AND I KNOW THE CATCH PHRASE FOR THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOREVER, AT LEAST THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS, IS, WOW.
THINGS ARE CHANGING, THINGS ARE POPPING UP ALL THE TIME IN THIS CITY.
BUT NOT MUCH IS NEW ABOUT CRUX AND THE CLIMBING COMMUNITY.
THE CLIMBING COMMUNITY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG.
AND CRUX HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2016, SERVING THE COMMUNITY EVER SINCE.
REHOMING CRUX INTO AN ALREADY STRONG COMMUNITY JUST FEELS RIGHT AS CRUX PROVIDES A POWERFUL SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER, EITHER BY EXPLORING SOMETHING NEW, LIKE CLIMBING FITNESS OR YOGA, MAKING AN OLD HABIT, A NEW ROUTINE, UM, A WAY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH FAMILY OR A MEET OR A WAY TO MEET SOME LIFELONG FRIENDS.
FORTUNATELY OR UNFORTUNATELY, DEVELOPMENT IS INEVITABLE.
WHY NOT ALLOW FOR COMMUNITY SPACE TO COME IN INSTEAD OF A BIG CORPORATION? CRUX IS RUN BY PEOPLE WHO CARE SO MUCH ABOUT LISTENING AND BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT EACH DECISION THAT THEY MAKE.
I AM THE FITNESS AND YOGA MANAGER AT THE GYM AND HAVE BEEN SO GRATEFUL FOR THE WAY THAT THIS PLACE IS RUN.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE CARE THESE PEOPLE HAVE FOR EACH MEMBER, EACH GUEST, AND EACH PERSON THEY COME INTO CONTACT WITH.
WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT BEING A PART OF CRUX IS THAT NOTHING IS ACTUALLY ABOUT CRUX.
IT'S ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN AN EXCITING, EMPOWERING, RESPONSIBLE, TAKING CARE OF SELF AND OTHER KIND OF WAY.
IT'S A POWERFUL PLACE TO BE A PART OF.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
ITEM 29 WITH KRISTEN OLSON ON DECK.
I'M BORN AND RAISED IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
I'M PART OWNER OF CRU CLIMBING CENTER AND HEAD OF OPERATIONS.
UM, WHEN WE STARTED BACK IN 2016, WE ARE ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OFF SOUTH CONGRESS IN BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACES.
WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL, INTENTIONAL ABOUT NAMING IT A CENTER INSTEAD OF A GYM CUZ WE WANTED IT TO BE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE THAT THEY, THEY WANTED TO GO TO AND NOT THAT THEY FELT LIKE THEY HAD TO FOR LIKE WEIGHT LOSS OR TRAINING OR WHATNOT.
SO WE REALLY WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE CREATED A LOT OF PROGRAMS. UM, THEY'RE LISTED HERE AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 'EM A LOT.
THE BETA WITH ADAPTIVE CLIMBING, UM, WOMEN CLIMB NIGHTS, YOUTH PROGRAMS, BOULDERING LEAGUES, FAMILY FUN DAYS THAT MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL FAMILIES.
AND WE DO DISCOUNTS TO DIFFERENT, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, BEYOND THAT WE'VE SUPPORTED OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH FUNDRAISERS.
UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE I THINK IT SHOWS, UM, THAT WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, FOSTER ANGELS.
WE'VE WORKED WITH EXPLORE AUSTIN.
WE'VE HAD HIGH SCHOOL CLUBS MEET, UM, SO WE'VE DONE A LOT.
UM, NEXT SLIDE ALSO SHOWS WHO WE'VE DONATED TO.
BASICALLY ANYBODY THAT ASKS WHO WE ARE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM, ANY PTA OUR PROGRAM, WE REALLY WANNA HELP SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE WERE A SMALL BUSINESS THAT WAS HIT WITH RISING INCREASES OF RATES OF OUR RENT AND EVERYTHING, AND WE'RE JUST NOT SURE IF IT'S SUSTAINABLE.
THAT'S HOW WE LANDED AT THIS SPOT.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT TO TRY AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO FIX PROBLEMS THAT ARE THERE, LIKE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT ARE FLOODING BACKYARDS.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO FIX THAT FOR THEM.
CREATING A SAFE SPACE FOR SCHOOL BUSES TO BE DROPPED OFF AT.
AND WE KNOW TRAFFIC'S A CONCERN.
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CITY OF AUSTIN HAS PUT IN A LIGHT AT RALPH ADO TO MAKE IT SAFER TO GET OUT ONTO CONGRESS AND IT CONNECTS IT TO 35.I THINK OUR PEOPLE, OUR CLIENTS WILL ONLY BE USING FIRST IN CONGRESS TO GET TO OUR SITE, UM, ON A ROAD THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN FEELS SHOULD BE A COMMUTER ROAD NOW.
UM, SO WE'RE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC WITH THEM AND AS A LOCAL BUSINESS WE CAN WORK WITH THEM.
SO I HOPE YOU CONSIDER US WORTHY TO LIFT THIS KRISTIN OLSON, ITEM 29 WITH MATT ROBERTS ON DECK.
HELLO, MY NAME IS KRISTEN OLSON.
BEEN IN THIS AREA FOR THE PAST, UH, SIX YEARS OR SO NOW.
I CURRENTLY WORK AT OUR SOUTH LOCATION AND PLAN TO BE AT HOPEFULLY THIS NEW LOCATION WHEN IT COMES TO BEE.
UM, MY BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION IS IN THERAPEUTIC RECREATION, UH, DOING ADAPTIVE SPORTS, AND I'VE CREATED OUR ADAPTIVE CLIMBING PROGRAM AT CRUX, KNOWN AS THE BETA PROGRAM, BE EMPOWERED TO ASCEND.
WE'VE STARTED IN JANUARY OF 2021 AND ALREADY SERVED OVER A HUNDRED DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS WITHIN AUSTIN AND A LITTLE BIT ON THE OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN TO COME AND CLIMB, UM, INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
AND WE ALSO UTILIZE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE CLIMBING COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE THOSE CLIMBING OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, ALREADY OVER A HUNDRED OF OUR CLIMBING, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SERVED AS VOLUNTEERS.
UH, AND SO IT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES WE HOPE TO DO AND CONTINUE TO GROW, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE MORE SPACE TO JUST EXPAND ON THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH EMPLOYING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND PROVIDING THOSE JOB OPPORTUNITIES, PROVIDING OTHER PROGRAMS FOR, UM, KIND OF MENTIONED BEFORE AS FAR AS SENIORS COMING AND CLIMBING HAVE A DESIGNATED GROUP, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO THERE'S MANY BENEFITS THAT COME WITH CLIMBING.
SOME THAT MAY NOT BE AS KNOWN ARE, UM, NOT ONLY THE PHYSICAL BENEFITS, BUT THAT ALSO INCLUDES COGNITIVE EMOTIONAL SKILL, LIFESTYLE, AND SOCIAL BENEFITS.
UH, AND AS WE'VE SAID, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN IT'S SOUTH AUSTIN, IT'S INEVITABLE.
SO WHY NOT HAVE A PLACE THAT TRULY AND GENUINELY WANTS TO SERVE AND BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY? AND WE'RE ONLY GOING TO DO THAT AS WE MOVE INTO THIS SPACE AND PROVIDE, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES COMING NORTH, SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES SOUTH, UM, FOR OUR SURROUNDING CITIES AS WELL AS OF COURSE OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITIES.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
MATT ROBERTS, ITEM 29 WITH SUSAN HANDBRIGHT ON DECK.
HELLO, MY NAME IS MATT ROBERTS AND I'VE BEEN THE PROGRAMS MANAGER SLASH YOUTH DIRECTOR FOR CRU SINCE THE GYM OPENED BACK IN MARCH OF 2016.
UM, IN MY SIX AND A HALF YEARS WORKING FOR CRU, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING ABLE TO SEE THE OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE IMPACT THAT THIS SPORT HAS HAD ON SO MANY YOUNG LIVES.
FOR MOST, UH, PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, ROCK CLIMBING CAN BE AN INTIMIDATING SPORT AT FIRST.
UH, BUT WITH SOME ENCOURAGEMENT, PATIENCE, AND SOME GOOD COACHING, THAT FEAR USUALLY TURNS TO EXCITEMENT, BRAVERY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, CONFIDENCE.
UM, OVER ONE FOURTH OF AMERICAN CHILDREN DO STRUGGLE WITH SOME KIND OF OBESITY OR HEALTH ISSUES.
UH, MANY CHILDREN SPEND THEIR TIME GLUED TO A PHONE OR A TABLET OR A GAMING CONSOLE, AND A LOT OF CHILDREN STRUGGLE WITH SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND DO NOT FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF A GROUP OR A TEAM.
AND AS A PARENT, THIS IS TROUBLING TO ME.
UM, WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, I DISCOVERED ROCK CLIMBING AND IT CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER.
UH, CLIMBING HELPED ME GROW STRONGER PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY.
IT HELPED ME ESCAPE THE STRESS AND ANXIETY THAT MOST TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS FACE AND HELPED ME TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND BUILD MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST FOREVER.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE HESITATIONS ABOUT CRU JOINING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT THIS GYM WILL HAVE ON YOUR COMMUNITY WILL FAR OUTWEIGH ANY NEGATIVES.
UH, CRUX IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE ABOUT COMMUNITY AND I HOPE YOU TAKE THESE WORDS INTO CONSIDERATION.
SUSAN HAMRE, ITEM 29 WITH LAUREL FRANON DECK.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHEAST COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM, AND I AM, UM, AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK FOR THEM.
UH, THE CONTACT TEAM HAS VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, REZONING OF THE FLOW AND, UM, WE VERY MUCH SEE THE VALUE IN REZONING FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY, RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AUSTIN.
THE CONTACT TEAM IS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE APPLICANT AND OWNER'S EFFORTS TO MEET WITH US.
UM, THEY HAVE, UH, LISTENED TO US, THEY'VE, UM, GOTTEN TO KNOW US, THEY'VE OUR NEEDS AND OUR CONCERNS, AND THEY HAVE
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ACTUALLY EVEN CHANGED THEIR PLAN BASED ON OUR SAFETY CONCERNS.UM, THEY, UH, HAVE ADDITIONALLY THEY'VE MET WITH, UM, AND OUR, UM, WORKING WITH ANOTHER GROUP, THE URBAN ROOTS TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM.
AND WE REALLY THINK THAT THEY DEMONSTRATE, UM, THIS DEMONSTRATES THEIR SINCERE EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS AND DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP FOR THE BENEFIT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS NEW OWNER DOMINION IN, UM, ONGOING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN.
WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE CITY STAFF THAT'S WORKED ON THIS, SO WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UM, MS. FRANZEL FOR, FOR JOINING US TODAY.
IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE HEAR FROM A CONTACT TEAM IN SUPPORT OF A ZONING CASE AND TALK SO HIGHLY OF AN APPLICANT AND IT REALLY SHOWS, UM, THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICANT WORKED WITH OUR, WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE NEEDS WERE ADDRESSED.
HOLMES, ITEMS 31 AND 32 WITH STEVEN, CUBA AND DECK.
HEY EVERYBODY, MY NAME'S AUSTIN HOLMES.
UH, I'M HERE, UH, ON ITEMS NUMBER 31 AND NUMBER 32 REPRESENTING, UH, THE OWNER AT DOMINIUM.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF Y'ALL FOR, FOR HEARING US OUT AND, AND FOR, UH, BRINGING THIS CASE.
I'M REALLY HERE, UH, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING IF, IF THEY DO COME UP, BUT, UH, REALLY CAN'T SAY ANYTHING BETTER THAN, UH, LAUREL SAID WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO, TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE CAN BRING.
UM, AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANK GO STEVEN, CUBA AND ITEM 35 WITH BILL BUNCH ON DECK BILL BUNCH ITEMS 35 AND 36 WITH KAREN P ON DECK.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL BILL BUNCH WITH SEVERAL SPRINGS ALLIANCE HERE AGAIN TO ASK YOU TO REJECT THIS POD AS INFERIOR ON ALL RESPECTS.
UH, THIS POD FAILS TO PROTECT OUR BEAUTIFUL LADYBIRD LAKE.
IT WOULD GRANT OVER 12 VARIANCES TO THE TOWN LAKE OVERLAY ORDINANCE, UH, THE MOST OFFENSIVE OF THESE BEING, REDUCING THE SETBACK FOR CONSTRUCTION FROM THE SHORELINE OF THE LAKE FROM, UH, 150 FEET TO LESS THAN 90 FEET AND ALLOWING THEM TO ESSENTIALLY PAVE OVER THE SECOND WHAT WOULD BE THE SECONDARY SETBACK THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE, UH, LIMITED IN, UH, TO LESS THAN 30% OF PERVIOUS COVER.
UM, BY FAILING TO PROTECT THE LAKE, THEN YOU'RE ALSO FAILING TO GET THE PARK LAND THAT YOU SHOULD GET.
UM, THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT VISION PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL CALLS FOR A MINIMUM OF 9.6 ACRES OF SHOREFRONT PARK LAND.
YOU'RE GETTING ABOUT FOUR ACTUAL ACRES OF LAND, AND EVEN THIS IS ENCUMBERED WITH, UH, CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONES, UH, PRIVATE WATER QUALITY CONTROLS, AND WE'RE CALLING PARKLAND PLAZAS WHAT ARE BASICALLY REQUIRED SIDEWALKS FOR BASIC, UH, FUNCTION AND ACCESS.
UM, YOU'RE FAILING TO PROTECT TAXPAYERS.
YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING GIVING AWAY LITERALLY A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO BILLION A BILLIONAIRE, UH, DEVELOPER WELFARE TO BUILD A PRIVATE PARKING GARAGE.
UH, I DON'T THINK THE CITY'S EVER DONE THAT.
AND YOU'RE PRETENDING LIKE THAT'S SOME SORT OF PUBLIC BENEFIT.
YOU'RE ALSO BE GIVING TENS OF MILLIONS TO BUY BACK LAND OVER THE BARTON SPRINGS ROAD EXTENSION, WHICH MR. SUBTLE HIMSELF TOLD ME HE DIDN'T CARE IF IT WAS TWO OR THREE LANES.
UH, AND IF YOU READ YOUR OWN TRANSPORTATION MEMO, IT SAYS HE'S DEMANDING THE FOUR LANES, WHICH IN TURN REQUIRED THE BUY BACK OF THE EXCESS EXCESSIVE LAND, UH, FOR WHAT, HOWEVER SIZE IT IS, IS A, A PRIVATE PARK, A PRIVATE ROAD REALLY PLEASE.
SO SHOW SOME BASIC RESPECT FOR TAXPAYERS AND VOTERS AND, UH, JUST SAY NO POUND THE PU THIS IS YOUR PUT KAREN P 35 AND 36.
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GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR.MAYOR PROTE, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, YOU HAVE DISTRIBUTED TO YOU A UM, PIECE LOOKS LIKE THIS WITH THE NUMBER OF GROUPS THAT HAVE SIGNED ONTO A PROPOSAL ON HOW THE HOUSING PIECE SHOULD BE STRUCTURED IN THIS POD.
UH, THE GROUPS ARE THE AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE, AUSTIN WOMEN IN HOUSING, CARITAS OF AUSTIN, LADIES OF CHARITY OF AUSTIN, SUNRISE COMMUNITY CHURCH, TEXAS ANTI-POVERTY PROJECT, AND TEXAS HOUSERS.
THE STATESMAN PUD SHOULD NOT BE APPROVED UNLESS IT MEETS THE MINIMUM STANDARDS OF THE PUT ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD BE 10% OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AFFORDABLE AT 60% OF MEETING FAMILY IN KIMER LESS.
THE PUD ORDINANCE REQUIRES CALLS FOR SUPERIORITY.
SO AN EXAMPLE OF SUPERIORITY WOULD TAKE THE 23 AND HALF MILLION DOLLAR FEE IN LIEU AND ALLOW THE CITY TO APPLY IT, FOR EXAMPLE, TO ONE TEXAS CENTER, WHICH THE PARKING LOT OF THAT PROPERTY, WHICH IS CITY, HAS BEEN PLANNING TO USE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS PART OF THE OVERALL DISTRICT PLAN.
THE BALANCE OF THE 10% COULD BE USED WITH 3% FOR HOUSING ON SITE AFFORDABLE TO PEOPLE BELOW 30% AND 3% FOR ON SITE BELOW 50%.
A FEW YEARS AGO, THE COUNCIL OR THE CITY DEBATED REDEVELOPING THE OLD MUELLER AIRPORT.
MANY BELIEVED INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD TANK THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT A, A SUCCESS, WHAT A MODEL MUELLER IS.
THE SHORES OF LAKE LADYBIRD ARE BROADLY ENJOYED.
APARTMENTS ALONG THE LAKE ONCE HOUSED A MIX OF PEOPLE INCLUDING LOW INCOME PEOPLE AS LAKE LADYBIRD REDEVELOPS.
WILL IT BE A PLAYGROUND FOR THE RICH OR WILL IT BE THE WELCOMING INCLUSIVE PLACE? CITY PRIDES ITSELF ON BEING MAYOR.
MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVES YOU'VE LAID OUT HERE, UM, YOU AND THE OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO SIGNED ONTO THE LETTER? SO I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT, UM, THE FOUR ELEMENTS THAT YOU'VE ARTICULATED ESTABLISH A 10% AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT EXCEPT THE IN LIE PAYMENT REQUIRE THAT 6%.
ARE THESE ALTERNATIVES OR ARE YOU, ARE YOU, UM, ARE THE GROUPS EXPRESSING THESE AS A REQUEST FOR ALL FOUR? WELL, THERE'S CERTAINLY ALTERNATIVES TO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
SO IT WOULD, IT LOOKS AT A FULL 10% TAKES THE 4% THAT'S BEING OFFERED MAKES THAT PART OF THE 10% AND THEN THE REMAINING SIX DIVIDES THAT BETWEEN HOUSING WOULD BE AFFORDABLE BELOW 30 AND BELOW 50% OF MEDIA AND FAMILY INCOME.
I NOW I AM READING IT PROPERLY.
I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT IT IN YOUR TESTIMONY, BUT I DIDN'T TOTALLY FOLLOW IT.
SO, SO THE GROUPS ARE EXPRESSING 10% SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE A BARE MINIMUM OF THE 10% AND THEN IT'S SHOULD BE DIVIDED, UM, AT 4% AND 6%.
SO 6% ON SITE WOULD BE AFFORDABLE.
AND THEN THE OTHER 4% WOULD BE THE 23.5 MILLION, WHICH WOULD BE DIRECTED TO ONE TEXAS CENTER.
HOW DO Y'ALL, MY NAME IS ROY WALEY.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS THE CONSERVATION CHAIR OR THE AUSTIN REGIONAL GROUP OF THE SIERRA CLUB.
AND I'M GOING TO SAY A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, ASSUMING THAT YOU ACTUALLY LISTENED TO ME BEFORE, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST VALUABLE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND IT JUST GOES AGAINST REASON TO THINK THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE MOST VALUABLE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE IN TEXAS AND TURN A PROFIT WITHOUT ASKING FOR ALL OF THE PUBLIC MONEY THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR, FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT BENEFITS THEY'RE ASKING FOR, UM, TO, TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, TO SAY THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BE DOING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING JUST GOES AGAINST REASON.
AND I WON'T GO INTO THE SAME THINGS THAT KAREN DID, BUT SIERRA CLUB IS ASKING FOR 60% AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MORE UNITS.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO WALK ACROSS THE BRIDGE, NOT DRIVE IN FROM SMITHVILLE OR THRO TO SERVE YOU,
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YOUR MARGARITA AT THE W AND ALSO, I'VE SPENT MULTIPLE WEEKENDS OUT TALKING WITH THE, UH, TRAIL USERS AND MOST OF THEM HAVE NO IDEA THAT ANYTHING IS A FOOT ON CHANGING THE, THE PATTERN OF THE TRAIL.WE WANT TO KEEP THE TRAIL AS CLOSE TO THE LAKE AS POSSIBLE, PRESERVING THE TREE TUNNEL ON THE, ON THE EAST END OF IT, BUT PEOPLE GO THERE TO RUN BY THE LAKE, NOT TO RUN THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND I'VE SPENT SEVERAL WEEKENDS CHATTING WITH FOLKS AND ON THE, ON THE IDEA OF THE BOARDWALK.
I UNDERSTAND THAT HAS BEEN RULED OUT ALREADY.
UM, CITY'S NOT GONNA PAY FOR IT.
RICHARD HAS SAID THE DEVELOPER DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR IT, BUT THEY WANT IT JUST SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK LATER.
THEY WANT IT TO ESTABLISH A BOUNDARY WHERE A NON-EXISTENT BOARDWALK WILL BE SO THAT THEY CAN EXTEND PARKLAND UNDERWATER TO THAT BOUNDARY.
AND, AND THERE'S A LOT, LOT MORE TO SAY.
I DO WANT TO REALLY ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE NON-REFLECTIVE CLASS FOR THIS BUILDING.
THERE ARE MANY ARTICLES THAT TALK ABOUT HOW THIS PRESERVES THE LIVES OF AVI AARY SPECIES BIRDS, AND IT DOES NOT IMPACT THE, THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
ASK RICHARD THANK YOU TO SUPPLY THAT INFORMATION.
BILL OLIVER, ITEM 36 WITH CAROL BESKI ON DECK'S.
START THE, UH, IT'S RIGHT NOW.
THE AUSTIN CHRONICLED, YOU KNOW, HAS, UH, HAD A, IT'S THANKSGIVING STILL OR FOR ALMOST, UH, HALLOWEEN AGAIN.
AND, UH, WE STARTED THIS THING, UH, LOOKING THOROUGH BACK THURSDAYS ON THE HALLOWEEN TRADITION FOR THE CHRONICLE SET 30 YEARS AGO OF THE MORE CRINGE WORTHY OF OUR POPULOUS.
YOU PROBABLY NOTICE A PATTERN THERE.
UH, HERE'S THE CURRENT ONE THAT'S QUITE A COMPANY TO BE IN, BUT IN 1991 IT WAS GARY BRADLEY.
AND IN 2007, HE WAS OUR OWN GUY.
AS YOU REMEMBER, RICHARD SU THE DEVELOP OPERA AS THE, UH, CHRONICLE SAYS HE'S BEEN THE HORSE WHISPER IN THE EAR OF STEADY CITY STAFF FOR, FOR THE NORTH CROSS MALL LAS MANS STER TOWN LAKE SUPER CONDOS, HALF A DOZEN, SOMEWHAT LESS NOTORIOUS, BUT EQUALLY HEINOUS PROPOSED BLIGHTS.
IF YOU HAVE A REALLY BAD DEVELOPMENT PLAN, HE'S THE FRIEND YOU NEED AT CITY HALL.
AND HERE WE ARE IN A REAL TIME IN REAL LIFE.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR FIVE LAKE SIDE TOWERS, 500 FEET HIGH, LIKE ADDING FIVE FROST BUILDINGS SIDE BY SIDE, BY SIDE, BY SIDE BY SIDE SIZE.
MOVING THE RIVER IN THE HIKING PATH, FLEECING THE CITY AND SCARING THE BATS, SETBACKS AND VARIANCES.
WHO'S FOOLING WHO TOWN LAKES THE KEEPSAKE WE'RE STICKING TO ENFORCE THE CODE AND PROTECT THE SHORE.
YOUR VARIANCES AREN'T VERY FUN ANYMORE.
THIS LAND IS ALIVE WITH A LADY BIRD HEART.
AUSTIN SHOULD BUY IT AND MAKE IT THE HARD THANK YOU THROUGH DECEMBER.
CAROL ERKY, ITEM 36 WITH CRAIG NASER ON DECK.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I'M CAROL BESKI.
I'M HERE TODAY WITH AUSTIN WOMEN IN HOUSING.
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WE ARE FOCUSING ON ONLY ONE ASPECT OF THE STATESMAN, P U D, AND THAT IS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.AND ONE OF OUR CONCERNS IS THAT WE MAY BE CREATING A NEW 1928 TYPE MASTER PLAN IN THIS CITY IF WE ARE NOT ADEQUATELY PROVIDING FOR ALL INCOME GROUPS IN ALL DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THE STAMAN, P U D.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PIECE IS ABOUT, THAT YOU RECEIVED, UH, EARLIER TODAY THAT ALL THE GROUPS WORKED ON TOGETHER.
AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT THIS PROPOSAL THAT'S IN HERE THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING FOR CONSIDERATION, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA WENT OVER, UM, AND A MINUTE AGO IS A SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT.
AND THIS IS A MINIMUM BECAUSE THE ACTUAL PERSONAL OPINIONS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT WE WERE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH, LIKE VARIED WIDELY.
THEREFORE, UM, AND, AND A POINT THAT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU, YOU, YOU CAMPAIGN ON THE ISSUE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THEN IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN WE GET HERE ON THE DIAS, THE THE ISSUE SORT OF DIES DOWN.
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE POLITICAL WILL TO REALLY MAKE THE RIGHT THING HAPPEN IN THIS CITY WITH HOUSING.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO DO TODAY.
I LOOKED AT THE NEWSPAPER THIS MORNING AND RIGHT ON THE FRONT PAGE THERE'S AN ARTICLE ABOUT, UH, HOW ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS FUNDING AND THE, AND THE, AND THE COLLABORATIVE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THAT, WHERE THE CITY COMMITTED MONEY TO THE PROJECT PROVIDED THAT OTHER FUNDS WERE FOUND IN OTHER AREAS.
AND, AND THAT SEEMS TO BE ON THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, SEE YOU JUST SAY, THIS IS THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HAVE THEM DO IT OR GO SOMEPLACE ELSE AND BUILD MR. MAYER.
ITEM 36 WITH VIRGINIA PALMER ON DECK, CORRECT? NOT HERE.
ITEM 36 WITH MONICA GUZMAN ON DECK.
HELLO, I'M VIRGINIA PALMER, FOUNDER OF RESOURCES UNLIMITED HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION AND I'M REALLY HERE TO SUPPORT ALL THE, UH, SPEAKERS AGAINST THE PUD WHO SPOKE WITH SUCH, UH, DIGNITY AND HEART AND ELEGANCE.
I ALSO WANNA THANK MY COUNCIL MEMBER KATHY TOVO, FOR HER GREAT SERVICE AND DON'T LEAVE US
SO SORRY TO SEE YOU GO AND, UH, OUR, MY NEIGHBOR, COUNCIL MEMBER AND KITCHEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO HELP PRESERVE THE BEAUTY AND THE, UH, INTEGRITY OF AUSTIN WITH YOUR INTEGRITY AND THAT'S YOUR LEGACY.
AND THIS VOTE THAT YOU'RE GONNA TAKE IS EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER'S LEGACY.
NO ONE WILL FORGET HOW YOU VOTE ON THIS ISSUE.
AND WHEN YOU THINK OF YOUR LEGACY, IS IT FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, FOR THE, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORS? IS IT FOR PRESERVING THE UNIQUENESS OF AUSTIN AND ALL THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE NOW? OR IS IT TO GIVE ALL THIS MONEY AWAY TO THE BILLIONAIRES, TO THE OUTTA STATE PEOPLE WHO CARE NOTHING ABOUT AUSTIN, TO THE LAW FIRMS, TO THE LOBBYIST, TO THE REAL ESTATE PEOPLE WHO REALLY ONLY CARE ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN GET FROM THIS CITY, NOT WHAT THEY CAN GIVE.
SO I IMPLORE YOU TO THINK ABOUT YOUR LEGACY WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND PRESERVING THIS TOWN, THIS CITY.
NOW THAT MIGHT HAVE TO GO BACK FROM LADY BIRD LAKE TO TOWN LAKE BECAUSE WE'D HAVE A TOWN JUST BUILT ALL ACROSS THIS LAKE POLLUTING THE RIVER, BEING ANOTHER BIG CITY.
OR DO YOU WANNA PRESERVE THE BEAUTY, THE NATURE, THE ECOLOGY, THE EQUALITY, THE MUSIC, THE ART, THE
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CULTURE OF THE CITY? THANK YOU MONICA GUZMAN, ITEM 36 WITH DANIEL DANIEL WOOD, FOND DECK.GOOD AFTERNOON, MARION COUNSEL.
I'M MONICA GOMAN, POLICY DIRECTOR AT GO AUSTIN BOMBAS AUSTIN.
INSTEAD SPEAKING AS A DISTRICT FOR RESIDENT AND ORGANIZER.
MY WORK AS AN ORGANIZER IS FOCUSED IN NORTH CENTRAL, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL AUSTIN.
THE STATESMAN, PUD IS NOT IN THOSE AREAS, BUT APPROVAL SETS THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS PRECEDENCE, ESPECIALLY IN AUSTIN'S EASTERN CRESCENT.
INSTEAD OF VOTING FOR CORPORATE WELFARE AND ANOTHER PLAYGROUND FOR THE RICH.
INSTEAD, FOCUS ON COMMUNITY NEEDS, POOLS, PUBLIC LIBRARIES, PARK MAINTENANCE, AND OTHER CRITICAL NEEDS.
AND YOU DO THIS BY VOTING FOR MORE THAN 10% ONSITE HOUSING FOR ALL INCOME LEVELS, ESPECIALLY DEEPLY AFFORDABLE FAMILY FRIENDLY HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO WORK IN AND NEAR DOWNTOWN AUSTIN.
VOTE FOR PARKLAND AND GREEN SPACE THAT CAN BE USED TO ENGAGE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, RELAXATION, AND PLAYTIME INSTEAD OF LAND UNDERWATER.
COMMENTS, I OPPOSE THE STATESMAN PUD, I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE.
SIERRA CLUB, AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE, AUSTIN WOMEN IN HOUSING, CARITAS OF AUSTIN, LADIES OF CHARITY OF AUSTIN SUNRISE COMMUNITY CHURCH AND HOMELESS NAVIGATION CENTER, TEXAS ANTI-POVERTY PROJECT, TEXAS HOUSERS AND ALL OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OPPOSED TO THE STATESMAN PUT.
ITEM 34 WITH DAVID AMRUT ON DECK MS. MAY, UM, COUNSEL DANIEL WOODRUFF, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT LEAD DESIGNER REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT FOR THE BULL CREEK POD.
UH, I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION READY, UH, IF YOU SO WISH IF THE ITEM IS PULLED FROM CONSENT.
SO AT THAT POINT I'LL BE PREPARED TO MAKE PRESENTATION IF, IF SO NEEDS THANK YOU.
IF IT GETS PULLED FROM CONSENT, WE'LL CALL THAT UP.
WE'LL GIVE THE APPLICANT A CHANCE TO SPEAK FIRST.
YEP, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE ROLES.
DAVID ARMREST, ITEM 94, MR. MAYOR.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION IF THE ITEM GETS PULLED.
WE HAVE A LATE CALL IN AND I WILL SWITCH TO THAT NOW.
OKAY, ANYONE ELSE IN PERSON THINK THEY SIGNED UP? GO AHEAD AND CALL THE CALLER.
I'M ZNO JOSEPH MAKING COMMENTS ON 35 AND 36.
THE STATESMAN PUT, I JUST WANNA PREFACE MY COMMENTS BY SAYING THAT PROJECT CONNECT WILL SEGREGATE AUSTIN FOR CENTURIES.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, YOUR CONTRACT WITH THE VOTER SPECIFIED LANGUAGE THAT SAID YOU WOULD BE HELPING OR GIVING ACCESS TO THE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES.
AND SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO HONOR THE WORDS AND THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU MADE ON AUGUST 7TH, 2020.
I SPECIFICALLY WANNA TALK ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE STAFF REPORT ONE IN STAFF REPORT TWO, THE FIRST STAFF REPORT ACTUALLY SPECIFIES 4% AFFORDABLE UNITS AT 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
THE SECOND REPORT IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO QUESTION ON PAGE EIGHT OF 43, IT ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT TIER THREE AND IT SPECIFIES 60% ARE BELOW MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME FOR THE AFFORDABILITY AS IT RELATES TO THE RENTAL HOUSING, 80% FOR HOME OWNERSHIP.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO CLARIFY, AND I WOULD ALSO ASK YOU TO ASK THE STAFF WHY THEY SUPPORT ON PAGE SEVEN OF 1 27, THE 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME ARE MEDIA FAMILY INCOME.
I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU AND ASK YOU TO USE THE DATA FROM YOUR OWN REPORT.
THE 2020 MINORITY CHAMBERS REPORT SPECIFIES THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS EARN ABOUT $42,000.
HISPANICS EARN ABOUT $50,000 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME IS $61,800 ACCORDING TO THE 2022 CVG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT, BLOCK GRANT REPORT.
AND 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME IS $46,380,
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WHICH IS STILL MORE THAN AFRICAN AMERICANS MAKE.AND SO MAYOR, I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE PATTERN AND, UH, CALLER JUST TALKED ABOUT YOUR LEGACY.
UH, THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968 PROHIBITS SEGREGATION.
AND SO THE PATTERN THAT I'M SEEING IS THAT ON THE BLUE LINE, YOU REZONED, THANK YOU, SPEAKER HAS EXPIRED EIGHT AFFORDABLE UNITS, IT AND THERE IS NO PLACE ON THE PROJECT CONNECT MAJOR CORRIDORS THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS CAN AFFORD TO LIVE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME AND ASK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
ALL RIGHT, STAFF, YOU COME ON UP.
[Zoning Consent Agenda]
THE CONSENT, UH, ZONING THAT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES.UM, MAYOR CONS, JERRY OV WITH THE, UH, HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, YOUR CONSENT ZONING AGENDA FOR TODAY.
FIRST ONE IS ITEM NUMBER 28 IS CASE C 14 2020 2 69.
I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.
ITEM NUMBER 29 IS THE RALPH CASE.
THIS WILL BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION PER, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES FOR A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 30, CASE C 14 2020 2 86.
THIS CASE IS READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.
ITEM NUMBER 31, CASE NPA 2020 2 0 1 4 0.02.
I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.
ITEM NUMBER 32, THIS CASE C 14 2020 2 88 OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.
AND NUMBER 33, CASE C 14 2020 1 0 0 0 3 CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS.
ITEM NUMBER 30, I'M SORRY, 34 CASE C 14 2020 1 0 180 9.
AND ON THIS CASE, MAYOR, I HAVE, UM, UM, I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING ONLY TO GRANT LIMITED OFFICE L O C O, UM, DISTRICT ZONING.
UM, NOTWITHSTANDING OTHER CODE RESTRICTIONS, THE LIMIT DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, ADDING THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS TO THE PROPERTY, THE MAXIMUM PERVIOUS COVERAGE SHALL NOT EXCEED 3000 SQUARE FEET.
AND THAT THE, UH, CITY MANAGERS DIRECTED TO EXPLORE OPTIONS TO ENSURE UPON REDEVELOPMENT, PRIMARY ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY IS LIMITED TO BY SWITCH SPRINGS ROAD.
SO WITH THAT ADDITION, I CAN OFFER THAT CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING ONLY, AND THAT IS ITEM NUMBER 34.
ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS THE MOTION SHEET THAT THE MAYOR PRO TE SUBMITTED ON ITEM 34.
OKAY, ITEM ITEM 35 IS THE NEIGHBOR PLAN AMENDMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATESMAN PUT, THAT'LL BE DISCUSSION.
ITEM NUMBER 36 IS THE STATESMAN PUT THAT IS DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER 37.
THIS CASE NPA 2020 2 0 28 0.01.
THIS IS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT REQUEST, NOVEMBER 15TH, ITEM NUMBER 93, CASE C 14 2020 2 44.
I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING ONLY.
WITH THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONS, UH, IT WOULD BE MOVED TO APPROVE THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY FROM DR.
DEVELOPMENT RESERVE TO MF TWO CO ZONING.
UM, AND TO AMEND PART TWO OF THE ORDINANCE TO ADD THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE TO THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY IS LIMITED TO 32 DWELLING UNITS AND THE SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR TOWNHOUSE AND CONDOMINIUM RESIDENTS OR SF SIX DISTRICT SHALL APPLY UNLESS THE SITE PLAN IS APPROVED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT PREVENTS VEHICLE CARE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY FROM A TEXT DOT AUTHORIZED ACCESS POINT ONTO FM SIX 20 THROUGH AN ADJACENT PROPERTY OR CONNECTING STREET OTHER THAN ZIMMERMAN LANE WITH ACCESS TO ZIMMERMAN LANE PROHIBITED EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS IF REQUIRED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
SO WITH THAT, I CAN OFFER THAT CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING ONLY, AND I BELIEVE THE ATTENTION HERE IS TO BRING IT BACK FOR, UM, SECOND AND THIRD READING ON NOVEMBER 15TH.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, ITEM NUMBER 94, THIS CASE C EIGHT 14 2009 0 1 39 0.03.
I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS WITH THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONS TO AMEND PART 12, I'M SORRY, IT'S MEND PART 12, PART FIVE F FOUR LINES NINE AND 10 TO READ THE FOLLOWING.
SHALL VEHICLE TRIPS SHALL NOT EXCEED 400.
A TRIP IS DEFINED AS A ONE WAY DIRECTION OF VEHICLE TWO OR FROM THE PROPERTY AMEND EXHIBIT E.
THE CIVIC NOTES NOTE FIVE SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS, BEGINNING WITH THE SECOND, SECOND SENTENCE OF NOTE NUMBER FIVE, THE REMAINDER OF NOTE NUMBER FIVE SHALL BE A NEW PARAGRAPH.
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BE RE NUMBERED ACCORDINGLY.ITEM FIVE SHALL READ WHEN THE PRIMARY USE, WHILE THE PRIMARY USE OF THE PROPERTY REMAINS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, ANY CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO THE RESIDENCE AND THE EXISTING ACCESSORY STRUCTURES MAY BE PROCESSED USING THE RESIDENTIAL PERMITTING PROCESS, INCLUDING SECTION 25 DASH TWO SITE PLAN EXEMPTIONS A NEW IT ITEM NUMBER SIX WILL READ UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY 25 2 SITE PLAN EXEMPTIONS.
ALL OTHER DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PARKING DRIVES, ARTWORK, MAINTENANCE FACILITIES, TRAILS DOCKS, AND OTHER SHORELINE IMPROVEMENTS, ET CETERA, WILL REQUIRE THE SUBMITTAL OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE SITE PLAN OR A REVISION OR A CORRECTION TO AN EXISTING SITE PLAN AS TO DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT, THE DIRECTOR OF A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO WITH THAT, I CAN OFFER IT FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON SECOND AND THIRD RING ITEM.
WHAT'S THAT? THAT IS ITEM NUMBER 30, I'M SORRY, 94.
THE, UH, ZONING CONSENT AGENDAS, ITEMS 28 THROUGH 37 AND ALSO 93 AND 94.
THE PULLED ITEMS ARE 29 AND 35 AND 36.
AND WITH THE NOTATIONS THAT WERE MADE BY, UH, BY JURY, UH, TO 94, 93.
AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER NUMBER? AND 34, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT TO JENNA? MAY PRETEND MAKES A MOTION.
CAPTAIN HAR MADISON SECONDS THAT MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA HERE? PRO? THANK YOU.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEIGHBORS OF THE KONA 2222, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ALLIANCE, UM, AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT, UM, AND MR. ARMREST FOR WORKING VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER WITH MY STAFF, KURT KAENA MITCHELL, AND MYSELF, UM, TO MOVE THIS POD, UM, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, WE ARE PASSING THIS ON ALL THREE READINGS, AND THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU WORK TOGETHER OR THE SECOND AND THIRD READING, BUT WE'RE DOING IT WITHIN A WEEK'S TIME.
THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU WORK TOGETHER WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND WHEN YOU REALLY ARE ABLE TO BUILD AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE, UM, AND, AND YOU CAN ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECTS.
UM, THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY, UH, MOMENTOUS PROJECT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE WILL NOT SEE THE FRUITS OF IT FOR, FOR SOME TIME.
UM, BUT IT HAS THE POTENTIAL, UM, TO OFFER, UM, AN AMAZING ART COLLECTION FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY, UM, IN THE FUTURE, UM, WHILE PRESERVING AND ENHANCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENT, UM, ALONG LAKE AUSTIN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST WANNA PUT AN EXCLAMATION POINT.
MAY PRETEND ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID, THE, THE, THE POTENTIAL, UH, FOR THIS COMMUNITY IT'S ABLE TO WORK OUT THAT WAY IS, UH, IS, UM, ALMOST BEYOND DESCRIPTION, UH, RADIO THE DISCUSSION.
THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THOSE OPPOSED? I SEE IT AS BEING UNANIMOUS ON THE, UH, I'M THE DAAS COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.
WE WOULD ORDINARILY NOW TURN RIGHT TO THE STATESMAN POD COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES, UH, SAID THAT SHE HAS, UM, ITEM NUMBER 29, WHICH SHE SAID COULD BE HANDLED IN A MATTER OF JUST A FEW MINUTES.
DO WE WANNA LET HER DO THAT? MAY I REQUESTED THE TIME CERTAIN FOR THE STATESMAN AND I'M FINE WITH, WITH THAT GOING GOING FORWARD.
IT WAS JUST WHEN WE WERE DONE WITH CONSENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER WITH THIS THANK YOU.
[29. C 14-2022-0077 -220 Ralph Ablanedo Rezoning -Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 220 Ralph Ablanedo Drive (South Boggy Creek Watershed: Onion Creek Watershed). Applicant's Request: To rezone from general commercial services-conditional overlay (CS-CO) combining district zoning and limited industrial services-conditional overlay (LI-CO) combining district zoning to general commercial services-conditional overlay CCS-CO) combining district zoning, as amended. Staft Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant general commercial services-conditional overlay CCS-CO) combining district zoning, with conditions. Owner/Applicant: KVG Investments, LLC (Kevin Goradia). Agent: Kimley-Horn (Amanda Brown). City Staff: Wendy Rhoades, 512-974-7719.]
YES.UM, AND IF WE CAN HAVE THE APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE, MS. BROWN WITH US.
SHE HAS A VERY, OR DO YOU JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION OR IF YOU DO, JUST WANNA GO THROUGH, UM, REALLY QUICKLY HERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MARION COUNSEL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I'M REPRESENTING THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER AND HOPEFUL DEVELOPER OF A PROPERTY AT TWO 20.
RALPH ADO, UH, KNOWN AS CRUX CLIMBING GYM.
UM, THERE'S KIND OF A LOT TO UNPACK HERE, BUT I'M JUST GONNA GO TO THE END, UM, OF MY SLIDES.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE THREE NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR AREA.
WE'VE HAD APPROXIMATELY NINE MEETINGS WITH THEM, COUNTLESS HOURS SPENT WITH THEM REALLY LISTENING TO THEIR CONCERNS, UM, AND TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH STAFF, UM, ALSO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CORTEZ'S OFFICE AS WELL, UM, AND HAVE COME UP WITH A, UM, A SOLUTION TO MANY OF THOSE ISSUES, UM, TO, TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS, BOTH THROUGH A COMBINATION OF CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED BY STAFF AND ZONING AND PLATING COMMISSION AND ALSO THROUGH A PRIVATE OF COVENANT.
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UM, ONE SLIDE BEFORE PLEASE.UM, SO THE PROPOSED CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CASE ARE, UM, A 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ON BOTH THE EASTERN AND WESTERN SIDES OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 50 PERMITTED ON THE MAJORITY OF THE SITE.
THE ENTITLED HEIGHT WOULD BE 60 FEET.
UM, THERE IS AN EXISTING CONDITIONAL OVERLAY THAT LIMITS THE HEIGHT TO 35 FEET ALONG, UM, PEACEFUL HILL, AND THAT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.
THERE IS, UM, AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF PROHIBITED USES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
UH, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMITMENTS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT JUST LEGALLY COULD NOT GO INTO A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY.
SO WE'RE, UM, WORKING WITH ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO DO A, A PRIVATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE A PROHIBITION OF OUTDOOR EVENT PERMITS.
UM, NO WINDOWS SHALL BE INSTALLED ON THE EAST SIDE FACING FACADE OF THE BUILDING ABOVE THE FIRST FLOOR.
WE'LL BE PROVIDING SHADE TREES IN THOSE LANDSCAPE BUFFERS, BOTH ON THE EASTERN AND WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, PARKRIDGE GARDENS, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY TO THE EAST OF, OF, OF OUR SITE HAS A LITTLE POCKET PARK THAT HAS NOTHING ON IT.
UM, AND THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE THAT IMPROVED.
SO WE'RE, UM, HAPPY TO DO THAT.
PLANTING TREES, COMMITTING TO PLANTING BENCHES, UM, AND, AND ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE OFFERING FREE MEETING SPACE TO THE THREE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, TO HOST THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AT OUR FACILITY ONCE IT'S BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
UM, A 10% DISCOUNT, UM, ON A STANDARD MEMBERSHIP FOR EV ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, WE WANNA HOST AN EARLY ACCESS, SORT OF OPEN HOUSE SORT OF PARTY EVENT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE ABLE TO COME SEE THE FACILITY BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE DOES.
UM, AND, UH, FREE CLIMBING EVENT FOR ALL CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 17, UM, FOR, UH, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS TWICE A YEAR.
AND I DO WANNA NOTE THOSE LAST FEW ARE THINGS THAT, THAT CRUX DOES AS A STANDARD FOR MOST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE AREA.
WE REALLY DO WANT TO FORMALIZE IT, UM, WITH THIS PRIVATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, BUT, UM, THAT, THAT IS A COMMON PRACTICE FOR CRUX TO DO.
UM, WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY, UM, PRESENTATION.
I'M HERE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND WE HAVE OUR ENGINEER AND THEN, UM, LOTS OF PEOPLE FROM CRUX AS WELL.
UM, COLLEAGUES YESTERDAY I HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS IN THIS AREA TO DISCUSS THIS, UH, CASE IN GREATER DETAIL.
I'VE HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO BOTH SUPPORT THIS CASE AND AS WELL AS FROM CONSTITUENTS WHO OPPOSE THIS CASE.
UM, I, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, TORES CLIMBING GYM FOR, UH, FOR MEETING WITH OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND FOR COMING WITH THESE, UH, COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTANDING, UH, SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED, UM, FROM OUR AREA AND AREA.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT, UM, THAT CRUX CLIMBING GYM DOES A LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A LOCALLY FOUNDED COMPANY THAT Y'ALL VALUE REALLY INTEGRATING IN, IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE IN CREATING MORE CONNECTED ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITIES SO THAT FOLKS ARE ABLE TO, UM, TO GET TO THINGS WITHIN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THIS, BY PROVIDING, UH, A CLIMBING GYM, UH, CERTAINLY WILL GO A LONG WAY.
I APPRECIATE THE PROGRAMS THAT Y'ALL DO FOR YOUTH AND SENIORS AS WELL.
UM, THE, THE MAIN ISSUE THOUGH THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS IS THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
RALPH ADO IS A SUBSTANDARD STREET.
AND, UM, IS WE, WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE STREET IMPACT FEES, UM, ASSESSMENT, AND IT'S NOT CURRENTLY, IT IS LISTED AS A PRIORITY LANE, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE TOP 10.
SO CERTAINLY I WANT TO, TO WORK WITH STAFF TO SEE HOW WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER WAYS WE CAN DO TO ENSURE THAT THE STREET IMPACT FEES ARE, UM, ARE DEDICATED TO RALPH BENETO.
UH, AND I ALSO WANNA ALLOW TIME FOR, UM, THE APPLICANT TO, UM, TO, TO CONSIDER THAT RESTRICTIVE COVENANT WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
SO COLLEAGUES, WHAT I'M ASKING TODAY IS FOR SUPPORT ON FIRST READING.
UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE AND IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES, UH, TO CONSIDER.
I THINK, UH, MAYOR PROTE, ON THE PUT ITEM THAT WE APPROVED, I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY INCLUDED ON MAXIMUM TRAFFIC FLOW.
SO I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER, UM, AREA THAT MY OFFICE CAN LOOK INTO.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I AM SUPPORTING THIS ITEM, BUT WOULD LIKE TO DO MORE, UH, IN TERMS OF MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC MITIGATION, AND UNDERSTANDING THE GROWTH THAT'S IN THE AREA AND WANTING, UM, WANTING TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ADDRESSING THEIR, ONE OF THEIR TOP CONCERNS.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ON FIRST READING.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OF HARPER MADISON.
THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THOSE OPPOSED? I'M SHOWING IT UNANIMOUS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TOVO AND RENTERIA OFF OF THE, UH, DA IT PASSES ON FIRST
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READING.THAT GETS US THEN TO THE, UH, UH, STATESMEN, BUT JURY, YOU WANT HELP US WITH THIS
SHOULD WE TAKE A FEW MINUTE BREAK HERE? LET PEOPLE GO TO THE RESTROOM? LET'S DO THAT.
WE'LL COME BACK IN FIVE MINUTES.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BACK FROM OUR BREAK.
WE'RE GONNA CALL UP, UH, ITEMS
[Items 35 & 36 (Part 1 of 2)]
35 AND 36.JERRY, YOU WANNA HELP ORIENT US? I'LL GIVE IT MY BEST.
UM, IF I CAN LAY OUT REAL QUICK, THE, UH, THE CASE NUMBERS THOUGH.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 35 IS NPA 2019 0 22 0.02.
THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, STATESMAN PUT.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO GO FROM INDUSTRIAL TO MIXED USE ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE ACTUAL PUT ITSELF, THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 36 K C 8 14 89 0 3 0.02.
UM, SO MAYOR, WHAT I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD DO TODAY IS, THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO READ IN THE BACKUP, WE HAVE WHAT IS KNOWN AS VERSION FIVE, WHICH IS THE LATEST VERSION OF THE STAFF ORDINANCE BASED UPON FIRST READING.
UM, I DO HAVE, UM, SEVERAL, THREE PAGES, BUT I COULD GO THROUGH IT WITH FOUR PAGES, BUT I COULD GO THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICKLY SUMMARIZING OF POINTS THAT THE STAFF HAS WORKED ON.
CLARIFYING, UM, SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THAT VERSION FIVE.
AND, UM, ALSO DEALING WITH SOME, YOU KNOW, UM,
WE HAVE AGREEMENT ON ALL THESE POINTS.
SO INSTEAD OF READING THE EXACT LANGUAGE, WHAT I'VE PROPOSED TO DO, IT'S TO MAYBE GIVE YOU GUYS A SUMMARY AND THE SECTION NUMBER THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE, WE HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON WHERE THE STAFF, THE APPLICANT, THE LAW DEPARTMENT, ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT.
AND I GET INTO MORE DETAIL IF YOU LIKE, ON, ON EACH SPECIFIC ITEM.
UM, SO THAT WOULD, IN OTHER WORDS, BE THINGS THAT WE COULD SAY THOSE WOULD BE PROPOSED FIXES TO VERSION FIVE, WHICH IS THE FIRST READING ORDINANCE AND BACKUP.
AND THEN WE COULD GO FORWARD FROM THERE.
MAY I HAVE A QUESTION FIRST? ARE THEY IN BACKUP OR THE THREE PAGES? NO, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT IN BACKUP RIGHT NOW.
UNLESS THE LAW DEPARTMENT ADDED THEM, WHICH, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO POST THEM IN BACKUP? WE COULD.
OR ARE YOU HANDING THEM OUT? UM, WE COULD HAND 'EM OUT IF YOU'D LIKE.
I COULD HAVE SOMEONE DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
UH, I, I'M, UH, MY QUESTION IS SIMILAR TO YOURS.
SO, UM, THE, SO THE DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF NOW IS THE ONE THAT, UM, JERRY'S TALKING ABOUT.
HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER FOR US LAST TIME THAT WE HAD GONE THROUGH? UH, BECAUSE YOU HAD LANGUAGE IN YOUR LAST ONE SHOWING THE LANGUAGE THAT HAD BEEN RESOLVED, I GUESS MIGHT BE THE RIGHT WORD.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT SAME LANGUAGE IS IN WHAT MR. RUST HOPIN IS TALKING ABOUT.
IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT VERSION, THEN WE'LL NEED TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, THIS IS NOT GETTING INTO TO THOSE POINTS WE'VE DISCUSSED EARLIER.
REMEMBER WE HAD THE LIST OF 15 THINGS WE WENT THROUGH THAN THE 15, THE 12 THINGS WE WENT THROUGH.
THIS IS NOT WE, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER SHEET TODAY TO GO THROUGH, UM, DECISION POINTS AND PREVIOUSLY AGREED TO POINTS.
THIS IS STUFF THAT WE FEEL WAS ALREADY IN THE STAFF ORDINANCE FROM VERSION FIVE.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, AT, YOU KNOW, RECENT PAST.
UM, RATHER THESE ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE'RE IN.
THERE'S OTHER, WE DO HAVE A LIST OF AGREED UPON AMENDMENTS, DISAGREED UPON AMENDMENTS, DECISION POINTS, ET CETERA.
SO, SO, SO THE WAY THE PROCESS, I THINK THAT, FROM WHAT I'M HEARING THAT I THINK MAKES SENSE TO FOLLOW THE BASE MODE MOTION IS WHAT GOT APPROVED ON FIRST READING.
THAT'S ALWAYS THE POINT OF DEPARTURE.
ALL RIGHT, TO THAT THEN, LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES OF POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THAT FIRST CATEGORY ARE APPARENTLY THE ERO SHEET, THREE PAGES HERE, THE STAFF SAYING THESE ARE CHANGES THAT YOU SHOULD MAKE.
APPLICANT AGREES, DEVELOPMENT SERVICE STAFF AGREES.
SO THAT'S THE FIRST SECTION THAT GERALD WILL TAKE US THROUGH, KIND OF LIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF A BUDGET PROCESS.
THE SECOND THING WE'RE GONNA HIT ARE, AND I'M GOING TO USE TODAY, THE, THE POOL TOOL, UH, THAT WAS HANDED OUT TO EVERYBODY AND WAS, UH, POSTED.
AND Y'ALL, LET'S HOPE I DON'TS.
I DON'T LIVE TO REGRET THAT BRANDING.
I COULD MOVE OFF THAT IF YOU WANT ME TO, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY, I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THAT ARE RESOLVED ISSUES.
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THROUGH THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL RESOLVED ON THOSE ISSUES.I THINK THAT INCLUDES YOUR AMENDMENT, I THINK IT INCLUDES THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE'RE JUST GONNA GO THROUGH, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE RESOLVED.
SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO, TO, TO, TO GET TO STAFF ON THOSE.
SOME OF THOSE HAVE WORDING, LIKE YOUR AMENDMENT HAD WORDING ON IT.
SOME OF THEM MAY BE JUST CONCEPTS THAT WERE PASSING THE CONCEPT AND GIVING INSTRUCTION TO STAFF.
WHEN YOU COME BACK WITH THE SECOND READING VERSION, MAKE SURE YOU SCR DOES THESE THINGS THAT WE WANT.
THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND GROUP.
AND THEN THE THIRD SECTION WE GO THROUGH THEN ARE THE ENUMERATED THINGS ONE THROUGH EIGHT, UH, ON THE POOL TOOL THAT LOOK LIKE WE NEED TO DISCUSS AND MAKE A CHOICE ON.
I GUESS MY, MY, MY QUESTION IS THAT, UH, THIRD SET THAT YOU MENTIONED, THE, THE ONES THAT ARE RESOLVED? YEAH, THAT'S THE SECOND SET.
UM, THAT ARE ON THE BACK OF THIS.
UM, WHAT DOCUMENT? I MEAN, SEE CUZ MY AMENDMENTS, I HAVE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT ONE, WE'LL PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.
I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT DOCUMENT THAT'S IN RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT, I THINK IT'S FREESTANDING WE HAD INCORPORATED INTO OURS, BUT WE HAD JUST DONE THAT BY WAY OF DEVICE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE WHERE IT FIT.
LET US, LET'S PROCEED THIS WAY.
I THINK, I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA, I THINK THIS'LL WORK FOR A WAY TO FAIRLY TEE UP THOSE ISSUES.
SO LET'S BEGIN THEN WITH KIND OF THE AEROS SHEET AND STUFF.
MAYOR, THERE'S COPIES BEING MADE RIGHT NOW, SO THEY'LL BE HAVE IT TO SHORTLY.
SO I'M GONNA PARAPHRASE WHAT THE, THE, UM, WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND NOT READ THE EXACT LEGAL LANGUAGE.
UM, THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE PART SEVEN B OF THE ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD BE TO CLARIFY THAT THE TRAIL RECONSTRUCTION WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE FIRST VERTICAL BUILDING.
THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE SAID PRIOR TO INITIAL OR AT THE TIME OF INITIAL SITE PLAN REVIEW.
STAFF DOES NOT FEEL THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE SITE PLAN REVIEW JUST MEANS AN APPLICATION'S BEEN SUBMITTED.
WE USUALLY BASE THINGS UPON THE ISSUANCE OF A CO.
SO, UM, THE TRAIL RECONSTRUCTION WILL OCCUR BEFORE THE FIRST BUILDING IS OCCUPIED RATHER THAN PRIOR TO THE FIRST BUILDING BEING, UH, REVIEW PROCESS BEING STARTED BY THE CITY.
AND THE SECOND THING WOULD BE TO ITEM, UM, I'M SORRY, PART SEVEN G, WHICH WOULD CLARIFY THAT THERE, THERE IS AN ALLOWANCE IN HERE THAT OF THE, UM, PARKLAND AREA, THE UP TO 0.9 ACRES CAN BE USED FOR RAIN GARDENS.
UM, THIS CLARIFIES AN UNDERGROUND SYSTEM THAT'S A PART OF THAT SYSTEM WOULD NOT COUNT AGAINST THAT 0.9 ACRES.
BOTH THE WATERSHED DEPARTMENT AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT ARE OKAY WITH THAT LANGUAGE.
UM, IN PART NINE IT'S DISCUSSED, THIS IS DISCUSSING WATER FORWARD.
UM, IT CLARIFIES THAT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT A RECLAIMED WATER, EXTENDED RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM TO THE PROPERTY AND TO DO DUAL PLUMBING FOR, UM, THE, THE BUILDINGS.
UM, THAT WAS A CLARIFICATION OF SOME LANGUAGE.
THE, UH, CONTINUATION OF THAT UNDER, UM, PART NINE U, UM, SPECIFIES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO INCLUDE A LOOP AS A PART OF THE RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM.
UM, BUT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO EXTEND THAT LOOP BEYOND THE INTERSECTION OF BARTON SPRINGS ROAD AND RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
UM, PART NINE V ALSO ADDRESSES WATER FORWARD.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE IRRIGATION OF THE, UM, UM, LANDSCAPING.
AND IT STATES THAT RECLAIMED WATER WILL BE USED FOR THE LANDSCAPING IRRIGATION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF IN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.
AND IN THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAIN, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO USE WATER FROM THE LAKE AS THEY DO TODAY BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING, UM, PERMIT FROM THE LCRA.
UH, THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT DOESN'T WANT TO RECLAIMED WATER BEING USED THAT CLOSE TO THE LAKE.
SO LAKE WATER WILL BE USED ON THE SHORE OF THE LAKE AND OTHERWISE IT WILL USE RECLAIMED WATER AGAIN.
WATERSHED DEPARTMENT IS OKAY WITH THAT.
UM, PART NINE X IS TRULY A CLEANUP ITEM.
IT JUST SPECIFIES THAT THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UM, APPLIES ONLY TO THE STATESMAN PUT PROPERTY THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN.
SO THAT'S JUST CORRECTING A MISTAKE.
UM, THE NEXT PARTS ARE IN PART 11, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE, UM, TRANSPORTATION ON PART 11 A CLARIFIES THE DEDICATION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR BARTON SPRINGS ROAD WILL BE DONE PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY FOR A VERTICAL BUILDING.
SIMILAR TO, UM, WHAT I DISCUSSED BEFORE, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE TIMING AND TIME AND TYING THE TIMING TO A CERTIFICATE OF ANCY.
PART 11 B TALKS ABOUT CLOSURE OF, UM, THE, THE, UH, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OR ACCESS EASEMENTS SHALL NOT BE GATED.
AND THAT WITHIN, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DRIVEWAY D UM, AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT F, THE INTERIOR EASEMENT ROADS MAY BE CLOSED ON WEEKENDS, WEEKNIGHTS, AND DURING SPECIAL EVENTS FOR NO MORE THAN THREE DAYS STRAIGHT.
WHAT THIS IS BY, UM, THE REASON FOR THIS REQUEST IS IF YOU COULD PICTURE WITHIN THIS PROJECT WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SMALL
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GRID NETWORK, THEY MAY WANT TO CLOSE THE STREET FOR A PECAN STREET FESTIVAL TYPE EVENT OR A FARMER'S MARKET OR, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF, UM, UM, STREET FESTIVAL.AND THIS WOULD ALLOW 'EM TO DO THAT, UM, ON THE EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS, UM, AND FOR NO MORE THAN, UH, THREE DAYS IN A ROW.
SO BECAUSE THOSE ARE INTERIOR STREETS, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.
THAT'S A PART OF, UM, UM, URBAN LIFE.
UM, THE NEXT PART, UM, TALKS ABOUT THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN, UM, FACILITIES.
AND SIMILAR TO THE DISCUSSION ON BARTON SPRINGS ROAD, THIS CLARIFIES THAT THESE, UM, FACILITIES, UM, WILL BE, UM, CERTAIN ONES OF THEM WILL BE BUILT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF ANCY FOR THE FIRST VERTICAL BUILDING.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, WHILE GETTING TOWARDS THE END HERE, PART 11 F CLARIFIES THAT, UM, THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN AS OPPOSED TO THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL.
UM, THIS IS WHAT WAS INTENDED AND THE, UH, ATD IS OKAY WITH THAT.
UM, ANOTHER PART 11 G STATES THAT THE LANDOWNER SHALL CONSTRUCT, UM, UM, 95, AT LEAST 95% OF THE PARKING SPACES UNDERGROUND.
WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT EARLIER.
THIS IS JUST A WORDING CLARIFICATION.
UM, UM, WE DO HAVE THE PORTION THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING THE AFFORDABLE ON PART 13 A, WE WERE DISCUSSING THE AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL SPACE.
UM, THIS IS TO CLARIFY THAT, THAT IS A, UM, 4% OF THE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL SPACE, THE WAY IT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN AND MISTAKENLY SAID OF THE TOTAL COMMERCIAL SPACE.
UM, THAT WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE OFFICE, UM, BUILDINGS, WHICH I THINK WAS NEVER INTENDED.
THIS WAS 4% OF THE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL.
AND UM, ALSO, UM, THAT WE STAY WITH THE, UH, SAME THING THAT'S APPROVED AND APPROVED RECENTLY AT COUNCIL AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT TO DEFINE AFFORDABLE MEANS 60% OF THE, UM, CLASS A, UM, UM, GOING RATE AT THE TIME THAT THEY COMMITTED WITH A SITE PLAN.
SO AGAIN, IT JUST CLARIFIES THAT THE COMMERCIAL, AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL, UM, BE BASED UPON THE GROUND FLOOR AREA AND NOT THE ENTIRE TOWER OR TOWERS.
UM, PART 15, UM, CODE MODIFICATIONS CLARIFIES THAT THERE IS A PART THAT LIMITS ACCESS TO SOUTH CONGRESS TO ONE SINGLE ACCESS POINT.
UM, IT JUST, AND WE ALWAYS JUST, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN DISCUSSING A, A DRIVEWAY, A SINGULAR DRIVEWAY TO, UM, CONGRESS AVENUE FROM THIS PROJECT.
THIS JUST CLARIFIES THAT BARTON SPRINGS ROAD DOES NOT COUNT AS THAT ONE ACCESS.
WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN DISCUSSING A DRIVEWAY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, BARTON SPRINGS ROAD WOULD BE A PUBLIC STREET, NOT A DRIVEWAY.
UM, AND FINALLY, PART 11 F SIX WOULD CLARIFY THAT, UM, FOR A PERIOD OF 15 YEARS AFTER THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR BARTON SPRINGS ROAD IS DEDICATED, THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY BASICALLY WHAT'S CALLED A TEMPORARY USE OF RIGHT AWAY OR TUR PERMIT.
UM, THIS IS BASICALLY A RENTAL OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, IN ORDER TO DO PROBABLY CONSTRUCTION, UM, THIS WOULD CLARIFY THIS, THIS IS A REQUEST FROM THE OWNER FROM THE APPLICANT TO NOT HAVE TO, UM, PAY FEES TO BASICALLY USE THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT THEY HAVE DEDICATED TO US AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT DURING CONSTRUCTION.
UM, SO THEY SIMPLY PUT, THEY DID NOT WANT TO RENT BACK THE LAND THAT THEY GAVE TO US, UM, AS A PART OF THE PUT AND THAT THAT WOULD LAST FOR 15 YEARS.
UM, I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, THAT THAT CONCLUDES THE LIST OF THINGS THAT I HAD.
UM, WE DO HAVE A LIST I THINK THAT'S BEEN PUT TOGETHER THAT, UM, OF, UM, ISSUES, UM, THAT WE'D BE WALKING THROUGH.
BUT I DO WANNA STATE THAT THERE ARE TWO OTHER ITEMS THAT THE, UM, STAFF STILL HAS AN ISSUE WITH.
UM, BEYOND THE ITEMS ARE ON THIS LIST, UM, ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS RELATING TO, UM, A LIGHT RAIL BEING CONSTRUCTED.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN DISCUSSING HERE THE BLUE LINE, UM, GOING THROUGH THIS, UM, ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY OR THROUGH IT.
AND THEN, UM, UM, THE USE OF SOME OF THIS PROPERTY FOR A BRIDGE GOING OVER, UM, THE LAKE.
UM, THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE THAT TO SPECIFICALLY SAY, THIS IS FOR A LIGHT RAIL.
THIS IS FOR LIGHT RAIL AT SEVERAL POINTS DURING THE ORDINANCE.
UM, THE STAFF PREFERENCES THAT WE USE THE WORD TRANSIT INSTEAD OF LIGHT RAIL, UM, TO KEEP OPEN THE POSSIBILITY THAT OTHER FORMS OF TRANSIT MAY, UM, REPLACE THE LIGHT RAIL PROPOSAL.
I THINK AT THIS TIME WE ALL KNOW THE PROJECT CONNECT CALL FOR LIGHT RAIL LINE THERE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP, UM, UM, ALL POSSIBILITIES OPEN.
SO OUR PREFERENCES TO USE THE WORD TRANSIT WHERE THE WORD LIGHT RAILS USED IN THE ORDINANCE.
UM, AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE, I MEAN, SO THAT I UNDERSTAND CLEARLY.
UH, THERE WERE TWO ITEMS YOU SAID OF ADDITIONAL CONCERN.
ONE WAS WHETHER THAT BRIDGE IS LIGHT RAIL VERSUS TRANSIT AND THE OTHER ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION FOR BARTON SPRINGS ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THAT
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THE, UM, THAT THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DEDICATE THE RIGHT AWAY FOR BARTON SPRINGS ROAD UNTIL THE CITY HAS THE FUNDING COMMITTED TO, FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD.AND THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS NOT AGREEABLE TO THAT CONDITION.
SO LET'S, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA TREAT THE FIRST ONE OF THOSE AS NUMBER NINE OKAY.
AND I'M GONNA TREAT THE TRANSIT VERSUS, UH, YEAH, THERE IS NUMBER 10 ON THE POOL TOOL.
I KNOW, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THIS A MINUTE AGO, BUT, UM, I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION FROM THE PUBLIC.
WHAT IS THE, THE, THE DOCUMENT YOU WERE JUST READING THROUGH, WHERE CAN PEOPLE SEE THAT DOCUMENT? I THINK YOU MENTIONED IT MAY, BUT IT'S BEING HANDED OUT ON THE DESK RIGHT NOW.
BUT IS IT BEING, AND WE ASKED IT TO BE POSTED INTO BACKUP.
HAS IT BEEN POSTED INTO BACKUP? WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT AGAIN CUZ SOME PEOPLE WERE CONFUSED.
OKAY, SO THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS PROBABLY NO DISAGREEMENT ON UNLESS TOLD OTHERWISE BY THE COUNCIL.
AND SO THEN AT THAT POINT WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE'RE GONNA PROVE THOSE AND ADD THEM TO THE BASE MOTION, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT RIGHT YET CUZ WE'RE GONNA POST IT INTO BACKUP.
SO WE'RE GONNA TURN OUR ATTENTION RIGHT NOW TO THE LIST OF RESOLVED THINGS OKAY.
AND WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THE LIST TO RESOLVE THINGS, AND I'M GONNA DOUBLE BACK AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAD ANY OBJECTION TO ANY OF THE THINGS YOU JUST WENT THROUGH.
AND IF NOT, THEN WE'LL JUST ADD THOSE THINGS.
HOW MANY OF THE RESOLVED THINGS ARE KIND OF LIKE RESOLVED THINGS, UH, THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL CHANGES? AND SOME OF THESE MAY BE IN THE LIST OF THINGS THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, JERRY.
RIGHT? SO THE FIRST ONE IS WATER FORWARD.
UH, THAT ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED IN THE LANGUAGE I THINK THAT YOU JUST PROPOSED, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
UM, THAT WAS PART OF THAT WAS CLARIFICATION, THE WATER FORWARD LANGUAGE.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UM, WATER FORWARD AND THE APPLICANT ARE, UM, ALL IN AGREE.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S IN THE DOCUMENT WHICH YOU JUST DID.
COULD I HEAR FROM OUR, OUR WATERSHED STAFF ABOUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE, WHAT THE DIFFERENCES WOULD BE HERE? THE THE AUSTIN WATER UTILITY? YES, I BELIEVE, YEAH.
IT MIGHT BE, UM, ON THE, UH, REMOTE, I MEAN, WHAT WOULD, UM, WHAT WOULD A STRICT INTERPRETATION OF WATER FORWARD REQUIRE VERSUS WHAT IS BEING SUGGESTED HERE, PLEASE? WE'RE GONNA TRY TO CHECK TO SEE IF THEY'RE ON THE LINE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT ONE.
BUT IF YOU COULD GET THEM ON THE LINE AND WHEN THEY'RE ONLINE, LET US KNOW AND WE'LL THEN DOUBLE BACK TO IT.
AND I GUESS, AND THE QUESTIONS, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STRICT INTERPRETATION OF WATER FORWARD VERSUS WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOUR LANGUAGE PUT IN ITS PLACE? AND UH, AND THE FINAL LINE IN YOU IS OF PARTICULAR INTERESTS THAT I'LL ASK OUR WHAT UTILITY ABOUT.
IN NO EVENT WILL IT BE REQUIRED TO CONNECT TO A POINT FARTHER THAN, UM, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENS IF IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO.
AND THEN ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THE RAW WATER ISSUE,
ON YOUR THREE PAGE DEAL, WHICH WERE THE KATHY, WHERE WERE THOSE? WAS THAT ON THE SECOND PAGE? YEAH, STEVE, THOSE ARE ON, UM, THE FIRST PAGE UNDER, UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL T ELEMENT T.
AND THEN, UH, LET'S SEE, THE NEXT ONE WAS YOU PRIMARILY THE LAST LINE AND THEN LAST LINE IN YOU.
AND THEN I THOUGHT THE ORIGINAL STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS NOT TO USE RAW WATER OR I THOUGHT WE HAD EXISTING POLICY.
OKAY, SO THAT'S, IT WAS, YEAH.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, IT WAS THE RAW WATER, THE LAKE WATER WOULD ONLY BE USED IN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE AND THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAIN AND THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY WOULD USE THE RECLAIMED WATER FOR IRRIGATION.
SO STAFF, STAFF I THINK INITIALLY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THEM DRAWING FROM THE LAKE.
AND SO THEY'VE PULLED BACK, IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND ADJUSTED THEIR RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE LIMITED USE OF RAW WATER.
SO THE STAFF PREFERS NOT TO USE ENTIRELY LAKE WATER FOR IRRIGATION, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO USE RECLAIMED WATER IMMEDIATELY ON THE SHORE OF THE LAKE FOR WATER QUALITY REASONS.
AND SO THE AGREEMENT NOW IS TO USE RECLAIMED WATER FOR EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THE CRITICAL AND THE HUNDRED DEER FLOOD PLANT.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO JUST GET A SENSE OF, OF THAT FROM WATER FOLKS.
SO WE'LL COME BACK TO, WE'LL COME BACK TO THOSE PAGE ONE AND TWO ITEMS. T UH, U N D WHEN WATER STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO JOIN US.
THAT, THAT IS ON THE RESOLVED LIST THAT APPEARS, UM, TO BE THE FIRST TWO BULLET POINTS.
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BULLET POINT IS AFFORDABLE COMMERCIAL RATE.UH, SO SUPPORT APPLICANTS OFFER A PORTION OF GROUND.
IS THAT IN THE LANGUAGE CHANGES MADE? THAT WAS, YES.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONES I JUST READ IN.
UH, WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, FIVE ADA ACCESS POINTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN? ARE YOU ALL OKAY WITH HER LANGUAGE, HER AMENDMENT LANGUAGE? YES, WE ARE A STAFF.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE PAST THAT ONE AS BEING HANDLED ABOUT TRAIL REALIGNMENT.
THAT ALSO IS A KITCHEN AMENDMENT.
UM, YES, WE WERE OKAY WITH THAT CLARIFICATION THAT WE HAD BEFORE THAT.
UM, UM, WELL WITH THE REALIGNMENT, YES, WE'RE FINE WITH THE, THE REALIGN LANGUAGE AND KITCHEN.
SO, SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE LANGUAGE THAT I PUT FORWARD IS THE LANGUAGE YOU'RE FINE WITH YES.
AND THEN THERE WAS, UH, A TRAIL OR PERION RESTORATION KITCHEN LANGUAGE THREE.
YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT ONE? YES, WE ARE OKAY WITH THAT.
THAT GETS US TO PARK AMENITIES PARK PROGRAMMING PLAN.
WE OKAY WITH THE POOL AMENDMENT? MY UNDERSTANDING IS YES, BUT WE HAVE THE PARKS DEPARTMENT STAFF HERE AND I WOULD LIKE TO CHECK WITH DIRECTOR NEELY, BUT I BELIEVE OKAY.
I WANNA PUT A QUESTION MARK THERE, BUT AS I RECALL, DIRECTOR NEELY SAID AT THE LAST MEETING THAT SHE WAS UP HERE.
SHE'S HERE, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE POOL AMENDMENT? GOT IT.
SO WE'VE HAD ALL THAT
UH, KITCHEN NUMBER FOUR, LOCAL ARTISTS.
WHAT DID THAT DO? JUST AT A HIGH LEVEL? IT SAID THAT WE, THEY, WE, I DON'T HAVE THE LANGUAGE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT'S A PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL ARTISTS.
IT WAS WHAT A PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL ARTISTS.
WITH THE AIP P PROGRAM AND, HMM.
WITH AIP P, CORRECT? YES, YES, YES.
BUILDING MATERIAL, UH, WHICH WAS KITCHEN FIFTH AMENDMENT OKAY WITH THAT? YES.
EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THAT ONE THAT GETS US THEN TO THE L E D OR A THREE STAR WILL BE ACHIEVED? I THINK IT WAS EITHER, IT WAS EITHER, UM, YEAH, WE CHECKED WITH THE OFFICER ENERGY STAFF.
THEY OF COURSE PREFER REBUILD CAUSE THAT'S THEIR PROGRAM.
THEY, THEY ARE, UM, LEAD IS ANOTHER EQUALLY GOOD PROGRAM.
SO THEY'RE OKAY WITH BOTH OF THEM.
SO THAT ONE I THINK WORKS THE BIKE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISSUE.
YOU OKAY WITH THAT ONE? ALL RIGHT.
THAT GOT US TO THE BEDROOM MIX FOR ONSITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
AND THIS WAS JUST A, UM, THERE WERE TWO WORDS THAT WERE PROPOSED AT ONE POINT.
THIS IS THE GREATER IDEA THAT YOU GUYS DISCUSSED A LOT OF TIMES ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE, UM, TYPES OF AFFORDABLE UNITS, UM, ARE MIXTURE OF TYPES, YOU KNOW, 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM UNITS.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, EQUIVALENT, I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN TOGO'S LANGUAGE, THAT EQUIVALENT WAS ANOTHER, UM, LANGUAGE THAT WAS PROPOSED THAT SAID EQUAL TO, AND OF COURSE THE STAFF, I THINK THAT THEY BOTH TRY TO ACHIEVE THE SAME THING.
THE STAFF PREFERS THE EQUAL TO OKAY.
THE RATIO AND THEN IN THE, UM, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.
YOU OKAY WITH THAT? THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
WHAT COUNCIL ME, WHAT DOES IS INSTEAD OF SAYING, UM, THE MIX SHALL BE EQUIVALENT TO THE THING, IT SHALL BE EQUAL TO IT'S TO YEAH.
THAT SAME, TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME THING.
IN FACT, IT PROBABLY KEEPS, MAKES SURE YOU GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT.
HAS THAT LANGUAGE BEEN WORKED OUT NOW? YES, IT HAS.
UM, BETWEEN THE, UH, I REMEMBER LAST TIME THE, I RECALL THAT, UH, THIRD PARTY STILL MAINTAINED INDEPENDENT, UH, UH, THIRD PARTY THAT HAD WORDING THAT YOU YES.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THAT FROM THE STAFF OF THE APPLICANT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK AND JOINING US.
UH, BUT WE DON'T HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, IS SHE JUST AROUND THE CORNER? CAN YOU SEE HER? OKAY.
WE HAVE THE WATER DEPARTMENT HERE, UTILITIES TO ANSWER A QUESTION.
WE HAVE THE WATER DEPARTMENT ON, WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THREE THINGS WE WANT YOU TO TOUCH.
KATHY, YOU WANNA TAKE HIM THROUGH HIM? UH, YES.
CAN YOU PLEASE, UM, TALK, THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND JUMPING ON.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LANGUAGE UNDER
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ENVIRONMENTAL THAT WOULD, THAT ADDRESSES WATER FORWARD? CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN SORT OF STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE GUIDELINES IN WATER FORWARD VERSUS WHAT IS IN HERE? UH, KEVIN CRI AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR AUSTIN WATER, I WOULD JUST GENERALLY DESCRIBE, UM, THE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEEN WORKED OUT AND, AND AGREED WITH THE APPLICANT AND BEEN PROVIDED, UM, DOES IN FACT, UH, FOLLOW ALL OF OUR WATER FORWARD REQUIREMENTS.UM, I THINK THERE ARE SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE, THE PROCEEDING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO, UM, BUT I THINK WE ARE ALL ALIGNED AND WE FEEL LIKE THE LANGUAGE DOES FULLY REFLECT, UH, THE, THE WATER FOR REQUIREMENTS.
AND IS THE SAME TRUE OF THE LAST LINE IN YOU THAT TALKS ABOUT, UM, HOW THE HOOKUP, HOW THE WATER MAIN WOULD CONNECT TO COMMERCIAL? YES, MA'AM.
SO THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO VARIANCE FROM WHAT YOU WOULD WANNA SEE THERE.
THAT'S IN TERMS OF THE CONNECTION POINT, THE LINE THAT SAYS, BUT IN NO EVENT WILL IT BE REQUIRED TO CONNECT TO A POINT FURTHER THAN FURTHER THAN RIVERSIDE, BARTON SPRINGS OR INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THE SUPPLY TO RIVERSIDE AGAIN? YES.
THAT, THAT'S IN A, IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR, OUR RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM PLANNING.
SO WE'RE ALL, UH, ALIGNED ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WE HAD DISCUSSIONS IN EARLIER SESSIONS AND I THOUGHT THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT STAFF HAD ABOUT, ABOUT THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL TO DRAW WATER FROM LADYBIRD LAKE.
DO YOU STILL HAVE THOSE CONCERNS? NO.
AGAIN, WE, WE, WE'VE RESOLVED THE LANGUAGE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AS SUCH THAT, THAT THERE WILL BE SOME PLACES WHERE RECLAIMED WATER CAN'T BE USED FOR IRRIGATION.
SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT AS A BACKUP THEY'D BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OR USE AN EXISTING CONTRACT WITH LCRA.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT THOUGH, IT WOULDN'T BE A BACKUP.
THAT WOULD BE THEIR FIRST, FIRST RESOURCE WITHIN, AGAIN, ONLY IN THOSE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE.
WHAT ARE THE CONCERNS? WITHDRAW WATER FROM LABOR BIRD LAKE COUNCIL MEMBER.
THIS IS ROSS CROW AND I WANTED TO JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY TO THAT IF I COULD.
ONE OF THE REALLY THE CONCERN WAS IT WOULD NOT ORDINARILY BE SUBJECT TO OUR WATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE.
SO WHAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE POD LANGUAGE IS THAT THAT RAW WATER WOULD BE SUBJECT TO OUR CONSERVATION ORDINANCE.
SO COLLEAGUES, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE RESOLVED LIST OR RESOLVED LIST SO WE CAN INCORPORATE YES.
I, UM, I WASN'T SURE IF WE HAD DEALT WITH THE PARK THING DEALT WITH THE WHAT? THE PARK ONE YET? I HAVE NO, THE NINE, NOPE.
NO, THE, UM, THE, IS THERE, IS THE POOL AMENDMENT THE ONE THAT'S ON HERE OR THERE'S ANOTHER POOL? THE POOL AMENDMENT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE PARKLAND MAINTENANCE ISSUE, BUT THE POOL AMENDMENT IS THE POOL AMENDMENT.
IT'S THE ONE THAT TAKES THE 9 MILLION.
OKAY, MY QUESTIONS ON NUMBER TWO THEN.
ACTUALLY IT'S THE THINGS OTHER THAN THAT, IT WAS THE ORIGINAL POOL AMENDMENT THAT I THINK COUNCIL POOL WAS TRYING TO MOVE US ALONG HERE BY COMBINING STUFF.
IT IT'S THE POOL AMENDMENT THAT COUNCILMAN POOL HAD UP A WEEK AGO THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE OTHER PIECES.
WHAT'S BEEN HANDED OUT NOW INCLUDES SOME OF THE ISSUE ITEMS FOR US TO, TO DECIDE LIKE MAINTENANCE AND THE $9.
SO THE POOL AMENDMENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GOING BACK TO THE POOL AMENDMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL HAD FOR THREE WEEKS THAT WE WERE USING TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND THE FIRST, THE FIRST ONE I'LL JUST SAY IS THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THAT FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.
AND THAT HAS THE LIST OF WHAT'S INCLUDED.
THE SECOND MOTION SPEAKS TO THE 9 MILLION PLUS THE $100 PER DWELLING UNIT, UM, OVER THE STANDARD FEE.
AND SO YOU CAN READ THAT AND THAT IS AN ATTEMPT TO NAIL DOWN AND EXPLICATE HOW MUCH MONEY AND FOR WHAT.
SO IT IS WHAT WE'RE APPROVING IN THE RESOLVE PART IS THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS THE SAME AS WHAT YOU HAD BEFORE AND IT'S THE SECOND ONE, BUT NOT THE SECTION ABOUT $9 MILLION OR $100 BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HANDLE THAT AS PART OF THE ENUMERATED ITEMS NUMBER TWO.
SO WE'LL GET TO THAT PART IN JUST A SECOND.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE RESOLVED THINGS ARE OKAY.
UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YET ABOUT THE THREE PAGES THAT WERE HANDED OUT TO US AND POSTED? OKAY.
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OKAY.FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD, WE'VE HEARD VOTED ON ANYTHING YET.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE NOW GONNA GO THROUGH THE OTHERS, SEE IF WE CAN RESOLVE THOSE AND THEN WE'LL ASK FOR A MOTION THEN THAT INCORPORATES IT.
AND AT THAT POINT PEOPLE CAN SAY WHETHER THEY'RE READY FOR THAT OR WHETHER THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO READ THIS SECTION MORE.
I'M TRYING TO GET US TO THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN CONSTRUCT THE MOTION.
IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO LIKE READ THEM WHILE THEY'RE NOT OTHER THINGS GOING.
I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO DO HOPE.
LET'S GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO REACT MORE.
WE'LL TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK ONCE WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE ISSUES, EVERYBODY CAN, CAN THINK AND READ BEFORE WE BOTH DONE ANYTHING.
YEAH, IT'S KINDA LIKE KITCHEN.
AND I, UH, ALSO, I'M SORRY, I'LL CHECK, BUT THEY NEED TO BE POSTED SO THE PUBLIC CAN READ THEM TOO, SO.
HAVE THEY BEEN POSTED YET BY THE CLERK? CAN SOMEBODY PUT THEM ONTO THE MESSAGE BOARD IF WE HAVE A COUNCIL OFFICE THAT CAN SLAP 'EM UP THERE AND MAYOR, UM, NOTING, I'M NOTICING THAT FOR EXAMPLE, I DISTRIBUTED, WE, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THIS DOCUMENT NEEDS TO BE ELECTRONICALLY POSTED SOMEWHERE, MESSAGE, BOARD BACKUP, SOMETHING WE CAN POINT THE PUBLIC TO.
WHEN THAT'S UP, WE LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN ANNOUNCE THAT AND WHERE IT IS.
COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, I'M NOTICING THAT SOME OF THE, I SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED LAST TIME ARE POSTED AS BACKUP AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT POSTED AS BACKUP.
I MAY BE MISSING IT, BUT I'M NOT SEEING THE AMENDMENT THAT I DISTRIBUTED LAST TIME POSTED AS BACKUP ON TODAY'S MEETING.
AND I'M JUST CALLING THAT OUT.
I CAN DISTRIBUTE THIS AGAIN TOO, IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE COPY MACHINE TO WHICH ONES WERE YOURS.
QUIT DOING WHAT IT'S CURRENTLY DOING, WHICH IS NOT BEING COOPERATIVE.
UM, I HAD JUST ONE AMENDMENT THAT I DISTRIBUTED LAST TIME ON SEPTEMBER 29TH.
AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA REDISTRIBUTE IT HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT I CALL MY COLLEAGUES ATTENTION TO THAT BECAUSE THERE MAY BE OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY IN THE BACKUP THAT WE ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER TODAY.
AND WHICH TOPIC WAS THAT? WAS THAT THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS AMENDMENT? YES.
WHICH IS NUMBER SEVEN ON OUR, ON OUR, LIKE IS IT IN THE BACKUP? CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IT'S UNDERNEATH? THERE'S SUCH A STRING OF, UM, BUT WHAT, I'M SORRY, WHAT IN THE LIST? I'M MISSING IT IN THE LIST NUMBER SEVEN.
YEAH, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR IT.
AND THE LIST THAT YOU DISTRIBUTED COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.
I'M LOOKING FOR IT IN THE LIST THAT'S ON THE POSTED BACKUP FOR TODAY.
AND IT SURE MAY BE THERE, BUT I'M NOT, I'M JUST NOT, I'M MISSING IT IN THE LIST OF, UH, LINKED DOCUMENTS.
SO I'LL, I'LL TRY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S IN THERE, BUT I, AT THE MOMENT, I'M NOT SAYING IT LINKED IN THE BACKUP.
UM, POSTED TEN ONE TWENTY TWO.
IT'S KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LIST.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT? CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT IT'S UNDERNEATH? IT IS UNDERNEATH NUMBER FIVE AMENDMENT, PART 15 CM KITCHEN.
AND I THINK THE POOL AMENDMENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS POOL AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE IN THE RESOLVED LIST.
SO TO BE CLEAR, IT'S POOL OF EM NUMBER ONE AND THE RESOLVE, WHICH IS THE SAME AS WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING BEFORE.
THE RESOLVED LIST ARE THE THINGS WE JUST WENT THROUGH.
SO THEY'RE POSTING THE THREE PAGES.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE QUOTE RESOLVED LIST FROM THE, FROM THE POOL TOOL AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO THE ISSUES.
UH, DO WE ALLOW A HOTEL USE TO STAFF RECOMMENDATION? DO WE KEEP IT AS A CONDITIONAL USER? WE PROHIBIT HOTEL USE.
UM, COLLEAGUES, I, WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT, UM, THIS AMENDMENT I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT AT A WORK SESSION A MONTH AGO.
BUT, UM, TO BORROW FROM MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON AND YOUR FAVORITE REFRAIN.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT HOUSING, HOUSING, HOUSING.
UH, AND VERY SIMPLE AMENDMENT JUST STRIKES THE USE OF A HOTEL AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, JERRY WON'T RESPOND TO THAT.
THE APPLICANT WON'T RESPOND TO THAT.
THE, UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION DID INCLUDE HOTEL AS PERMITTED USE.
UM, THE APPLICANT OF COURSE, UM, IS IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THE PC RECOMMENDATION, WHICH, WHICH WAS TO MAKE A CONDITIONAL USE OR TO MAKE IT A PROHIBITED USE.
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APPLICANT MAYOR, REMEMBER THE COUNCIL? MY NAME'S RICHARD SU.WE HAD APPLIED ORIGINALLY FOR THIS POD TO HAVE A HOTEL AS A PERMITTED USE.
WE FEEL IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE MIXED USE PROJECT, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE WHOLE PROJECT.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONVERSATION.
IF WE DON'T DO A HOTEL, WE WILL DO MORE HOUSING, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT THE CASE.
AND WE FEEL LIKE A HOTEL IS A ADDITIVE TO THE PROJECT AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT WOULD REMAIN AS A PERMITTED USE.
UM, YOU WANNA PROHIBIT IT AS OPPOSED TO DOING A CONDITIONAL USE THAT REQUIRES THEM TO COME BACK TO GET APPROVAL? YES.
THIS IS UM, AND IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE BASE VERSION, CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCES AND DISTINCTION BETWEEN COUNCIL ELLAS AND YOUR AND YOUR WE'RE IN THE BASE MOTION V FIVE.
SO THIS IS A, UH, IT IS STRIKING THE HOTEL USE.
SO IT WOULD BE PROHIBITING HOTEL USE.
COLLEAGUES, LET'S DISCUSS THIS ISSUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, I'M GONNA, UM, TRY TO AVOID MAKING ANY ASSUMPTIONS, BUT, UH, IN MY MINDS, I ASSUME THE HOTEL USE WAS A MATTER OF THE PROJECT BEING ABLE TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR ITSELF.
UM, IF THERE'S ANOTHER EXPLANATION FOR THAT, COULD YOU GIVE IT TO ME AND THEN, UM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN FUND THIS? I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW WE PROPOSE IF, IF THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE CONSIDERATION AROUND THE FINANCING FOR IT.
HOW DO WE PROPOSE TO MAKE UP THAT GAP IF THERE IS A FINANCIAL GAP? AND I WOULD YOU ORDER, I MEAN, I THINK FOR ME IT WOULD BE JUST PRIORITIZING HOUSING.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT IT ON SECOND READING.
UM, BUT I'M GONNA EXPRESS SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT WHETHER I'LL STILL BE WITH YOU ON THAT ON THIRD READING.
UH, BUT SO THAT, UH, WE HAVE THE NEXT 30 DAYS TO TALK THROUGH THAT ISSUE AND TO SEE WHERE THINGS ARE.
I'M GONNA SUPPORT IT ON SECOND READING, UH, BUT NOT NECESSARILY ON THIRD READING.
LET'S SEE HOW THE CONVERSATIONS GO.
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE.
UM, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PROJECT AS A WHOLE FROM LIKE THAT 30,000 FOOT VIEW AND THE FEASIBILITY OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE, IT REALLY MAKES SENSE TO ME TO HAVE A HOTEL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR FUTURE PLANS TO POSSIBLY EXPAND THE CONVENTION CENTER AND TO BRING MORE PEOPLE HERE TO AUSTIN FOR THESE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THEM HAVING HOTELS A USE THERE.
ANYONE ELSE WANNA DISCUSS THIS ISSUE? YOU ASK COUNCIL ELLIS, I'VE, I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THIS ONE CUZ I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE TYPES OF HOUSING AT, AT ALL LEVELS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MARKET RATE HOUSING SUPPLY, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE ABILITY FOR, YOU KNOW, IN 20, 30 YEARS FOR MARKETS TO BE A LITTLE MORE AFFORDABLE? UM, SO FOR ME IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT IT IS INDEED ABOUT ALL HOUSING.
I ALSO WORRY ABOUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE HOTEL USE, CAN WE MAKE THE AFFORDABLE UNITS PENCIL OUT THE SAME WAY? AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF HOTEL USE IS BEING ABLE TO OFFSET THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THAT IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, SUBSIDIZED THROUGH THIS PROJECT.
UM, BUT I ALSO CARE ABOUT HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A REALLY CREATIVE WAY FOR US TO FUND PROJECTS FOR THE CITY.
AND I LIKE MAKING SURE THAT OTHER PEOPLE IF THEY DO COME VISIT HERE ARE HELPING TO PUT MONEY, YOU KNOW, THROUGH SALES TAX INTO THE CITY AS WELL.
SO I'VE, I'VE BEEN STRUGGLING A LOT WITH THIS ONE.
I APPRECIATE THE FOLKS I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ON THIS TOPIC.
UM, IF WE HAD TO VOTE THIS CENTER OUT TODAY, I'D LIKELY ABSTAIN JUST SO I CAN CONTINUE DOING MY RESEARCH, BUT APPRECIATE, UH, THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD ON THIS ISSUE.
COUNCIL PAUL, I'M IN, I'M IN THE SAME PLACE THAT, UM, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS ARE IN.
UH, I'M RELUCTANT, BUT I'M WILLING TO VOTE TO ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE.
SO THE ADDITIONAL WORK CAN BE DONE BETWEEN NOW AND, AND THIRD READING AND, AND I, I HOLD MY PREROGATIVE FOR THIRD READING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT, TO HAVE A DIFFERENT POSITION.
AND UH, THE ONLY REASON I'M SUPPORTING THE HOTEL IS THAT IT SEEMS TO BE THAT IF WE DON'T DO THAT, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN AND WE'LL JUST SEE A PLACE HERE THAT'S GONNA BE EMPTY FOR A WHILE LONGER.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHY I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE HOTEL USAGE.
ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE? COUNCIL TOVO AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF KITCHEN? YEAH,
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I'M SUPPORTIVE OF COUNCIL MEMBER APPRENTICE'S AMENDMENT AND AGREE WITH HER THAT HOUSING SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY ON THIS SITE.UH, YEAH, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT.
I, I THINK IT'S, AT THIS STAGE IT'S VERY, IT'S IMPORTANT AND I THINK WE SHOULD, UH, PROCEED WITH IT.
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTINUED CONVERSATION AND THAT SHOULD OCCUR AND, UM, I WILL, UM, I WILL SUPPORT IT AT THIS STAGE.
UM, THIS RAISED A RELATED ISSUE FOR ME.
I'M WONDERING IF JERRY CAN SPEAK TO WHAT KIND OF SHORT TERM RENTAL, UM, RIGHTS WOULD BE GOING WITH THIS POD? UM, WELL NOT FOR A HOTEL OF COURSE, BUT FOR A, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, A CONDOMINIUM OR APARTMENT PROJECT THAT WE'RE WITHIN THIS, THEY WOULD BE LIMITED TO, UM, NO MORE THAN 25%, UM, WITHIN A BUILDING, A SINGLE BUILDING AND 25% ON THE OVERALL PROJECT.
YEAH, I'M GONNA ASK LEGAL IF WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT, BUT BEFORE, UM, THIRD READING, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER WE JUST DON'T WANNA ALLOW IT IN THIS AREA AT ALL.
I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO, TO DO THAT.
SO PLEASE NOTE THAT WE'LL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIRD READING FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY, PROBABLY.
UM, MAY I ASK THE APPLICANT WHAT SOME OF THE, UM, I GUESS REASONS THAT YOU ALL ARE OPPOSED TO DOING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS AREA ARE, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOWEVER, HIGH RISE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE LAKE BY ITS VERY NATURE IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO BUILD.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S IN CONTEXT OF THE HOTEL CONVERSATION.
IT'S NOT AN EITHER OR HOUSING OR HOTEL.
AND NO HOTEL DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN MORE HOUSING.
A HOTEL IS JUST AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE FINANCING AND WE'VE, IT'S JUST PART OF OUR PLAN.
SO IF WE DIDN'T ALLOW HOTEL USE, WHAT WOULD BE AN OUTCOME FOR YOU ALL? UM, I DON'T KNOW.
IT, IT, IT, IT COULD RANGE FROM WE DO MORE OTHER USES THAT Y'ALL THINK ARE APPROPRIATE DOWNTOWN TO UM, MAYBE THE PROJECT DOESN'T GET FINANCED.
ANYBODY ELSE WHO HASN'T SPOKEN, UH, SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES IN HER AMENDMENT? MAY I PRETEND I DIDN'T SPEAK TO HER AMENDMENT, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT.
COLLEAGUES, THAT MEANS THERE'S MORE THAN SIX OF US ON THAT.
UH, AND WE, IF WE HAVE OPPOS A MOTION TO VOTE ON THE SECOND WE INCLUDE THAT.
UH, CUZ IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SIX PEOPLE FAVOR THAT.
AND LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE NOW.
THE NEXT ONE ON THE LIST IS, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE.
UM, THE NEXT SEVERAL ITEMS DEAL WITH, UM, PARKLAND AND SO I'M GONNA INVITE, UH, DIRECTOR KIMBERLY NEELY TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THEM.
SO WITH RESPECT TO PARKLAND, THE ISSUES I THINK IN FRONT OF US AS UH, COUNCILMAN POOL HAS, UH, LAID THEM OUT FOR US IS FIRST, IS IT THE 9 MILLION THAT IT WAS UNDER THE OLD RATE STRUCTURE? IS IT THE SIX POINT WHATEVER IT IS UNDER THE NEW RATE STRUCTURE? THAT'S ONE QUESTION I GUESS.
THEN WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHEN, WHAT IS THE TIMING OF WHEN THAT IS PAID? AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS, UH, PARK, UH, UH, MAINTENANCE, UM, WITH RESPECT TO UH, UM, SO LET'S, LET'S GO THROUGH AND LET'S HIT EACH ONE OF THESE THREE THINGS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS 9 MILLION, UH, VERSUS THE 6.9 MILLION.
AND I RECALL THAT THE WAY THAT WAS TEED UP FOR US BEFORE IS THE APPLICANT WAS SAYING HE'S HAPPY TO PAY $9 MILLION, BUT IF WE WANTED TO PUT THAT ADDITIONAL 2.1 MILLION TO SOMEWHERE ELSE, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
SO LONG AS IT'S $9 MILLION TOTAL BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY HAD PERFORMED IN THEIR MODEL, ALLOWED THEM TO SPEND.
SO I WAS GONNA SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER, SO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL'S OFFICE, THE APPLICANT AND THE DEPARTMENT REGARDS TO LANGUAGE THAT MAY WORK AND WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF INTENT.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE SOME PROPOSED LANGUAGE THAT, UM, I HAVE TO ADMIT I JUST MADE A LITTLE ADJUSTMENT TO CUZ WE WERE WORKING ON IT TODAY.
BUT, UM, WE, AND I BELIEVE THAT THE APPLICANT, BECAUSE THE INTENT IS THE SAME, I I IT'S JUST REALLY A CLARIFICATION IN THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN.
SO I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL HAD, UH, MOTION NUMBER TWO V TWO.
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IT WOULD BE UNDER THE MODIFIED PART 10 A TO READ LANDOWNER SHALL PAY AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DWELLING UNIT OVER THE STANDARD FEE.IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY $100, OH, WHAT DID I SAY? A HUNDRED THOUSAND
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW A HUNDRED THOUSAND WOULD BE WORTH, HUNDRED THOUSAND WOULD BE WORTH IT.
I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SLIDE THROUGH RICHARD JUST ABOUT JUMPED OUT OF HIS SEAT.
UM, THE LANDOWNER SHALL PAY AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DWELLING UNIT AND I JUST WANNA MAKE THE CLARIFI OR MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS THE PARKLAND FEE, PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT FEE.
SO THE LANDOWNER SHALL PAY AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DWELLING UNIT OVER THE STANDARD FEE REQUIRED UNDER CITY CODE FOR AN ADDITIONAL PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT FEE.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS THE LANDOWNER WILL PAY A FEE OF 9 MILLION CUMULATIVE FEE IN LIEU AS THE FEES ARE DURING.
I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO MANAGE THIS.
BUT THE INTENT HERE, WE HAVE TO PROBABLY WORDSMITH THIS, BUT THE INTENT HERE IS THAT WE WOULD, YOU WOULD PAY THE FEES ARE DUE DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH A $9 MILLION TOTAL NOT TO INCLUDE THE PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT FEE.
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SEPARATE THE FEE IN LIEU OF FOR PARKLAND AND THE DEVELOPMENT FEE BECAUSE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT FEES FOR PARKLAND.
AND, AND THIS NEEDS TO BE MASSAGED, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE INTENT IS, IS THERE AND WE AGREE TO THAT COUNCIL OFFICE, UM, MOTION PUT FORWARD OBVIOUSLY AGREES TO THAT AND I BELIEVE THAT THE APPLICANT AGREES TO IT.
BUT I WILL, UM, DEFER TO HUNDRED DOLLARS, NOT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, BUT I'LL DEFER TO YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT, SO THIS IS THE POOL MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO V2, AND IT'S THE FIRST ONE MODIFYING PART 10 A TO READ.
IS EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT ONE THAT'S MAKING THE CHOICE AT THIS POINT TO SPEND $9 MILLION HERE? RIGHT.
PLUS, PLUS THE, PLUS THE $100 PER DWELLING UNIT, THAT IS OVER AND ABOVE THE 9 MILLION.
SO, SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE, THIS IS WHERE I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE CLARIFICATION.
SO THE LAND, THERE'S A LAND FEE, RIGHT, WHICH IS THE LAND FEE IN LU.
SO EITHER GIVE US LAND OR FEE IN LUA FOR LAND, RIGHT? AND THAT IS, WE CALL THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PARK LAND FEE, WHICH IS THE, AND THAT'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, WHICH IS THE $9 MILLION.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE PARK LAND DEVELOPMENT FEE, WHICH IS THE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DWELLING.
SO AS OVER WHAT IT SAYS IN CODE.
SO AS LONG AS WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT, I THINK WE CAN MASSAGE THIS LANGUAGE, BUT I'M GONNA DEFER TO THE APPLICANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING TOO, MR. SUBTLE, MR. SU YES.
THE LANGUAGE AS IS IT WORKS WITH YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED.
SO AT THE END OF THE MOTION IS A MOTION THAT THIS 9 MILLION IS SET AND IT INCLUDES THE, UM, IT'S NOT IN ADDITION TO THE CONGRESS AVENUE STEPS, IT INCLUDES THE, THE CONGRESS AVENUE STEPS, BUT THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE MOTION AS WE KEEP GOING.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE IDENTIFIED FUNDING FOR THE STEPS THAT ARE BEING CALLED.
THAT'S THE CHANGE THAT YOU MADE IN NUMBER SEVEN? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IT'S $9 MILLION HERE AND THAT $9 MILLION IS IN PART OR IN WHOLE PAYING FOR THE CONGRESS AVENUE PUBLIC PARK ACCESS, WHICH WAS THE ADDITIONAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS AMENDMENT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, THEN THEN THE MAYOR PRO TEMP.
THE 9 MILLION I THINK YOU MENTIONED JUST A MINUTE AGO, BUT CAN YOU REPEAT WHERE THAT NUMBER COMES FROM? YOU SAID THAT WAS THE CALCULATED AMOUNT OR? RIGHT.
SO THE $9 MILLION CAME FROM THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATED CALCULATION BEFORE WE CHANGED, UH, BEFORE COUNCIL VOTED TO, UH, ONLY RAISE THE PARKLAND, THE RESIDENTIAL PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE, 10%.
AND THEN WE ADDED THE, OBVIOUSLY THE, UM, COMMERCIAL FEE.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE 9 MILLION CAME.
THAT WAS AN ESTIMATE ANTICIPATING THE FULL AMOUNT BEING RAISED.
BUT WE, BUT THE COUNCIL MADE A DIFFERENT DECISION, SO THAT DROPPED IT DOWN TO 6.9, HOWEVER THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO, UM, TO FORWARD OR TO PAY THE, UM, ORIGINAL ESTIMATED AMOUNT.
THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS JUST SO, UH, THE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED, UH, THAT WILL BE PAID FOR USING THE 9 MILLION PLUS THE ADDITIONAL HUNDRED I THINK IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS IF IT COSTS MORE THAN THAT? I MEAN, ARE ARE WE SAYING THAT THOSE, THOSE ITEMS WILL BE DONE AND THEY WILL BE PAID FOR? WE'RE JUST SAYING HERE'S THE DEDICATED AMOUNT THAT WILL BE USED TO PAY FOR.
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SO IN FURTHER IN THE MOTION IN A, A PREVIOUS MOTION THAT I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MADE, THERE WAS THE LIST OF THE ITEMS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO PAY FOR.WHICH I CAN PULL OUT AND, AND READ THOSE TO YOU, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE IN YOUR BACKUP.
SO THIS $9 MILLION WOULD BE USED TO PAY FOR AMENITIES THAT WERE WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN THAT ARE GO THROUGH A PRIORITIZATION PLANNING PROCESS.
THEY COULD BE USED TO PAY FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL AMENITIES THAT HA THE APPLICANT HAS NOT ALREADY, UH, AGREED TO PAY FOR WITHOUT USING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FUNDS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SOUTH CONGRESS STEPS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT.
BUT I'M, I'M, I I, I'LL JUST LOOK, LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S NOT WRITTEN SUCH THAT IF THERE ARE SOME UNANTICIPATED COSTS, THAT MEANS THAT IT DOESN'T GET BUILT.
SO THAT'S ALL I'M WANTING TO MAKE CERTAIN OF.
SO, BUT I THINK THAT THE LANG, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I WANNA MAKE CERTAIN OF, THAT THE LANGUAGE IS REAL CLEAR THAT THAT'S A RESPONSIBILITY, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPER TO PAY FOR.
NOW WE'VE IDENTIFIED FUNDING FOR IT AND THAT'S GOOD, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THE WHAT HAPPENS IF, AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THOSE STEPS WILL BE BUILT EVEN IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF GAP.
WE DON'T THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A GAP, I DON'T THINK, MY SENSE IS THAT'S NOT HOW THAT'S DRAFTED AT THIS POINT.
I THINK THERE ARE CERTAIN THING, I THINK AS I READ THIS, HOW THIS IS DRAFTED, IT SAYS THAT DEVELOPER'S GONNA PAY FOR CERTAIN THINGS AND THOSE THINGS ARE ENUMERATED.
AND THEN THERE'S A LIST OF OTHER THINGS THAT THE PARKS FEE CAN GO TO.
BUT IT HAD A PRIORITIZATION PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND ONE OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS AMENDMENT HERE IS DOING, AND I'VE JUST SEEN THIS, IT APPEARS TO NOW BE ADDING THE CONGRESS AVENUE PUBLIC PARK ACCESS INTO THE ALLOWED EXPENSES THAT THAT 9 MILLION CAN BE USED FOR.
SO, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THAT'S GONNA BE ENOUGH TO DO IT.
IF IT'S A 25 MILLION EXPENSE, THEY'RE NOT ON THE HOOK FOR 25 MILLION.
OKAY, WELL WE'LL HAVE TO TALK, LET LIKE TO CONFIRM IF MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT, MY UNDERSTANDING.
ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT IN ANOTHER PART OF THE ORDINANCE, YOUR AMENDMENT IS THERE, IT SAYS WE'RE DOING THE STEPS RIGHT? AND THEN WE HAVE THE PRIORITIZATION ON WHAT THE, THE 9 MILLION CAN BE USED FOR.
AND THEN THE REST OF IT FALLS OUT.
SO YOUR STEPS ARE THERE AND THE MONEY WILL BE THERE.
AS LONG AS, AS LONG AS THAT'S, THIS IS NOT INSTEAD OF THAT OTHER LANGUAGE, CUZ THE OTHER LANGUAGE SAYS THERE WILL BE STEPS AND THAT YOU GUYS WILL PAY FOR IT.
AND THIS IS JUST HOW, OKAY, I'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE, I UNDERSTAND CORRECTED THEN, UH, I THINK I CALLED MARI PROTE NEXT AND THEN CANCEL MARTELLO.
SO, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'LL NEED TO GET STRAIGHT ON THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES IS THERE'S A FEE IN LIEU OF LAND AND THERE'S A PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE.
UM, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER LANGUAGE WE ADOPT RECOGNIZES THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PAYING 9 MILLION IN A PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE ALONE.
OTHERWISE, THEN WE'D BE GETTING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE AS WELL, WHICH I WOULD WELCOME, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THE INTENTION WAS, WHICH IS I THINK WHAT YOU WERE GETTING AT DIRECTOR MCNELEY, I DON'T KNOW THE FIX WITHIN THE WORDING OF THIS AMENDMENT, BUT MY GOAL, AND I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL WAS TRYING TO GET AT, UM, WAS SO THAT THEY WERE PAYING AT LEAST AS MUCH AS WHAT WE HAD BEEN PROMISED WHEN WE WERE GOING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE CALCULATIONS WERE BASED ON WHAT WAS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, I WOULD LIKE US TO SEE WHETHER THERE IS A WAY TO WRITE THIS.
I I NEED TO THINK THROUGH, GIVEN THE CHANGE WE MADE ABOUT ASSESSMENT, WHETHER THERE IS ANY SCENARIO WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO OWE MORE AND THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY TAKING IN LESS.
UM, THERE IS AN ISSUE HERE THAT IF THEY SHIFT THE BALANCE OF THE BUILDING TO BE MORE OR LESS RESIDENTIAL, DEPENDING ON HOW WE WRITE THIS, THAT WE MAY NOT BE MAXIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF PARKLAND IDENTIFICATION FEES THAT WE SHOULD BE GETTING.
AND I DON'T KNOW WITHIN THIS WORDING HOW TO FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WANNA HAVE CLEAR AS WE MOVED FORWARD AND, AND, AND I JUST SAW THIS NEW LANGUAGE, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, UM, ADDRESS THAT RIGHT, RIGHT NOW.
BUT I THINK THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO SORT OUT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST DO WE WANT THE 9 MILLION? I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS A SCENARIO GIVEN HOW WE CHANGE THE ASSESSMENT FOR
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THE PARKLAND FEES, BUT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY, SORRY, I'M NOT SURE BASED ON WHAT WE CHANGE IN TERMS OF WHEN WE ASSESS THE FEES, WHETHER IT'S POSSIBLE FOR A GIVEN SET OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND COMMERCIAL FOR IT TO CHANGE, UM, THE TOTAL.BUT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE TOTAL TO CHANGE IF THEY CHANGE THE UNIT MIX, WHICH WOULD MEAN YOU'D NEED TO HAVE MORE PARKS TO SERVE THE MORE THE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE GIVING UP THAT.
AS I READ THIS, WHAT IT SAYS IS YOU'RE GONNA PAY 9 MILLION FOR THE, FOR THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE.
YOU'RE ALSO GONNA PAY THE, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT, THE, THE OTHER PARK FEE.
BUT IN, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU'RE GONNA PAY A HUNDRED DOLLARS MORE PER UNIT.
AND WHAT THIS IS SAYING IS YOU'LL PAY THE $9 MILLION AND THEN AS CONCERNS THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT IS IN ADDITION TO THE 9 MILLION MM-HMM.
SO IS THAT RIGHT? SO THE WAY THAT I'M INTERPRETING THIS AND THE APPLICANT IS OBVIOUSLY RIGHT HERE, IS THAT YOU, THERE IS A PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT FEE, AND THAT PARKLAND DEVELOPMENT FEE IS A HUNDRED DOLLARS MORE PER YEAR UNIT BASED UPON WHATEVER THE CODE IS THAT, UH, THAT, THAT THE CODE SAYS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU PAY A PARKLAND FEE IN LIEU OF WHICH WE HAD CALCULATED ORIGINALLY AT 9 MILLION.
AND, AND THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS, UM, THAT IS LISTED IN THE AMENDMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL WROTE.
SO TWO FEES, ONE IS 9 MILLION, WHICH IS THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE.
THE SECOND FEE IS A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER UNIT.
THE 9 MILLION IS THE FEE IN LIEU.
AND, UM, THE CLEANUP ON THAT IS TO DELETE THE WORDS PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE'S, THE 9 MILLION CUMULATIVE FEE FEE IN LIEU SPECIFICALLY, AND DOWN TOWARD THE BOTTOM, UM, AS THE FEES ARE DUE DURING DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH THE 9 MILLION TOTAL, NOT INCLUDING THE 100 PER DWELLING UNIT, ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WHICH IS THE TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT DIRECTOR MCNELEY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THE 9 MILLION FEE AND LIE.
SO THERE ARE THERE THREE THINGS? NO, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S THE, THERE'S THE FEE AND LIE.
THAT'S THE 9 MILLION UNDER THE OLD ORDINANCE WOULD'VE BEEN NINE UNDER THE NOON ORDINANCES, LIKE SIX.
THERE'S THE HUNDRED DOLLARS EXTRA, WHICH IS WHAT WE OFFERED.
SO THE PUD AND, AND I, I GOTTA CLARIFY A MISSTATEMENT.
THE, THE CITY WAS NEVER PROMISED $9 MILLION.
SO WE PROMISED A HUNDRED DOLLARS A UNIT MORE OVER THE STANDARD PUD OR A STANDARD PART.
WELL, WAIT, LET ME, IT'S IMPORTANT.
TWO DIFFERENT PARK FEES DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT.
FEE AND LOO 9 MILLION IS A ACCUMULATIVE OF BOTH DEVELOPMENT FEE AND FEE AND LOO.
THAT'S, AND THAT'S THE ANSWER.
SO THE EDIT THAT I WAS GIVEN ON THE VERSION TWO IS THAT THE WORDS PARK DEVELOPMENT FEE SHOULD BE STRUCK THAT IT WOULD JUST READ 9 MILLION CUMULATIVE FEE IN LIEU.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO, TO MAKE SURE.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION AND WE WILL NEED TO COME BACK, UH, TO YOU, UH, TONIGHT.
GO ON THE NEXT THING AND LET ME WORK THROUGH THIS.
BECAUSE THAT IS NOT HOW, THAT IS NOT HOW I INTERPRET IT DURING THE CONVERSATIONS AND I DON'T WANNA WASTE YOUR TIME.
WE'LL COME BACK TO ITEM TWO ON OUR, UH, DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANNA FINISH WITH, BUT LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE OTHER TWO PARK ITEMS. THE NEXT ONE IS TIMING OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION IN WORDS.
WHEN, WHEN, AT WHAT POINT IS IT DEDICATED? WAS THERE A PROPOSED LANGUAGE ON THAT? THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS, UH, WAS RELATED TO THE REQUIRED DEDICATION AT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AT THE NORTHERN MOST BUILDING OF EACH PHASE.
THAT WAS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
AND WE REALIZED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, ADDED TO THAT THE NINTH YEAR.
THAT THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDED, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
I'M LOOKING AT THE, AT COUNCIL MEMBER PULLS MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO V2 AND IT'S A MODIFICATION TO PART 10 C AND THERE'S LANGUAGE THERE, IS THERE AGREEMENT TO THAT LANGUAGE? YES.
DID THE APPLICANT AGREE TO THAT LANGUAGE? OKAY.
SO THAT HANDLES THEN THE TIMING OF DEDICATION.
SO THAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE DONE.
THEN THE THIRD ONE, THE NEXT ONE DOWN IS THE PARKLAND MAINTENANCE ISSUE.
THAT THERE'S SEVERAL CHOICES HERE.
ONE WAS THAT THE LANDOWNER PAID FOR IT.
ONE WAS THAT THE CITY PAID FOR IT.
AND I THINK COUNCIL UL YOU WERE, YOU
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HAD TALKED TO ME ABOUT A THIRD POSSIBLE CHOICE, WHICH WOULD HAVE THE DAA PAY FOR IT.HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DEEP PERT.
UH, AND MY SENSE IN THAT CONVERSATION IS THAT, UM, IT MAY VERY WELL BE THE DAA WOULD TAKE THE MONEY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS PAYING FOR THE DOWNTOWN BID AND APPLY IT TO THIS PARK MAINTENANCE.
THE FIRST ONE WAS, UH, HE WANTED THERE TO BE A REALLY CLEAR, UH, STATEMENT OF WHAT WAS MAINTENANCE AND WHAT WAS OPERATION AND PROGRAMMING.
AND I THINK THE TRAIL FOUNDATION IS DOING SO THAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE REALLY CLEAR BETWEEN THE TWO.
THE OTHER THING THAT HE MENTIONED WAS HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS OBLIGATION WASN'T GREATER THAN WHAT THIS PROPERTY WAS PAYING IN THE PI FEE.
SO THAT IT WAS, IT COVERED THAT AND HOPEFULLY MORE, BUT AT LEAST COVERED THAT.
AND THE THIRD ONE WAS A CASH FLOW OR A TIMING ISSUE.
HE DIDN'T WANT DAA TO HAVE A MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENT THAT CAME BEFORE THERE WAS PI PAYMENT BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
CUZ THEN HE WOULDN'T HAVE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO THAT.
SO I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKS OFF, BUT, BUT I LIKE YOUR IDEA COUNCILMAN POOL, UH, IN THIS AREA SAYING BEFORE THIRD READING, GO TALK TO DAA AND SEE IF THAT CAN WORK THAT OUT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE THINKING? AND TO THAT END, UM, UH, MY CHIEF OF STAFF JUST HANDED OUT STAFF DIRECTION, UM, CONSOLIDATES WHAT YOU JUST DISCUSSED, CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO CONVENE.
THE APPLICANT WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE AND THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY TO DISCUSS, UH, PROVIDING FUNDING AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PARKS MAINTENANCE IN TIME FOR THIRD READING OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
UH, COUNCIL VERTO, TO BE CLEAR, THIS, THIS MOTION, THE INTENT HERE IS TO ASK THE TRAILS FOUNDATION TO THE TRAILS CONSERVANCY TO PAY FOR FUNDING OF THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS THE DAA.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY? SO PIECE OF THIS, PLEASE.
I WAS WAITING TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE DONE.
UM, THIS STAFF DIRECTION, WE'RE HOLDING FOR THIRD READING TO GET THE RESPONSE FROM THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE ON THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PUT THE ASSESSMENT FROM THE STATESMAN PUT TOWARD THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SITE.
IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT, WE HAVE THE STANDARD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH, UM, THE CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH WOULDN'T, WHICH WOULD BE IN LIKE A BASELINE.
AND, UM, WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, ALTHOUGH DIRECTOR MCNELEY COULD PROBABLY GIVE US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
CLEARLY THE, THE APPROACH THAT I PREFER WOULD BE TO HAVE THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE WORK WITH THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY IN ORDER TO HANDLE THIS.
AND I THINK WE'RE ALL HOPING THAT THAT WILL BE THE OUTCOME.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DRIVING TO.
ABSENT THAT, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, JUST THE STANDARD MAINTENANCE FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR THE PARK.
AND I THINK BECAUSE MAYOR, IF I MAY, UM, BECAUSE I, I BELIEVE WHEN IT WENT THROUGH THE COMMISSIONS, THERE WERE THOUGHTS THAT, THAT THE APPLICANT WAS PAYING THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS.
AND I KNOW THAT LAST TIME, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT'S IN OUR ORDINANCE AT THE MOMENT.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH DIRECTOR MCNEILLY TO EITHER WITH YOU OR WITH YOUR STAFF TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FUNDING, BUT I, AS I RECALL THE, EVEN AT THE BASELINE LEVEL, IT WAS A, A SUBSTANTIAL, UH, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION COST.
AND SO WHAT I WOULD ALSO ASK IS THAT, THAT WE GET FROM YOU SOME SENSE OF, OF WHERE PARKS WOULD COME UP WITH THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECAUSE IT IS SO SUBSTANTIAL.
UH, NOT NECESSARILY RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK IT'S A, AN ONGOING QUESTION.
IF, IF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS TAKING ON THE OPERATIONS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THIS IN PERPETUITY, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT.
HOW MIGHT, HOW MIGHT THAT IMPACT, UM, OUR SERVICES TO OUR OTHER PARKS THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM.
SO I THINK THE, THE, AS I READ THIS, EM STAFF TELL ME IF THIS WORKS FOR YOU AND, UH, CAN REALLY SEE IF THIS WORKS FOR YOU.
MY SENSE OF THIS IS, WE'RE KIND OF PUNTING ON THIS NOW QUESTION TO SEE WHAT THE CAPABILITY AND CAPACITY OF DAA IS AND WHETHER WE CAN GET FOR DAA THE CERTAINTY WITH RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE CASH FLOW TIMING AND THE WHEREWITHAL TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DO IT.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE INTENT OF PUTTING TRAIL CONSERVANCY IN HERE IS TO ASK THEM TO BE PAYING FOR
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THE MAINTENANCE.UH, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE GONNA HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES WITH RESPECT TO PROGRAMMING, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO PARTICIPATE.
I THINK IN THE CONVERSATION, IF YOU'RE DRAWING UP A REALLY CLEAR LIST OF WHO DOES WHAT KIND OF THING, TRAIL CONSPIRACY IS GONNA HAVE TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT, AND TO PROTECT DAA THAT IT'S NOT BEING EXPECTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT IT DOESN'T KNOW IT'S BEING EXPECTED TO DO.
WHICH I THINK GOES PARTLY TO YOUR QUESTION COUNCIL.
SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, PLEASE KNOW THE DEPARTMENT, UH, THE APPLICANTS AND BOTH THOSE ENTITIES THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED ARE ALREADY IN ACTIVE CONVERSATIONS IN ANTICIPATION OF, OF WHAT WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT GIVE US DIRECTION TO DO TODAY.
SO PEOPLE WILL BE OKAY WITH THAT KIND OF DIRECTION, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS GO AWAY AND FIGURE IT OUT, BUT MAKE SURE THE DA'S PART OF IT, PEOPLE ARE OKAY WITH THAT.
WE WOULD GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
BUT FIRST HERE, PRO TE UM, SO I WASN'T QUITE DONE WITH THE FIRST MOTION SHEET.
I JUST WANNA MAKE UN UNDERSTAND AND GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN'S QUESTION CUZ WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH.
UM, ARE THEY PAYING FOR, YOU KNOW, DOES NUMBER SEVEN SAY THAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR ALL OF THE PARK STUFF JUST FROM THE 9 MILLION OR ARE THEY RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, CUZ IF THOSE COSTS GO OVER THE 9 MILLION, WHERE DO THOSE THINGS GET PAID FROM?
I DON'T HAVE THE ORIGINAL MOTION FROM COUNCIL.
SO THERE WAS A LIST OF HAVE SAID, WHICH I THINK SAID SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE PAYING FOR OUTRIGHT.
AND SO I'M GETTING A LITTLE CONFUSED SINCE I DON'T HAVE THAT ONE HERE.
UM, WHICH THAT SHOULD BE YOUR MOTION SHEET.
I JUST DON'T HAVE THE LANGUAGE THAT THERE'S A SECTION OF THIS THAT SAYS THE LANDOWNER WILL PAY 100% COST FOR THE FOLLOWING IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN THERE'S A HUNDRED PERCENT COST THAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR APPLICANT.
AND THAT LIST HAD SEVEN THINGS.
IT WAS ALL PLAZA AREAS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, INCLUDING THOSE WITH PARKLAND EASEMENTS.
THE GREAT STEPS, THE AMENITIZED WATER QUALITY POND, ASSOCIATED GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, THE UNDERGROUND RAIN AND WATER CS TURNED 1700 LINEAR FEET OF RECONSTRUCTED HIKING, BIKE TRAIL ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERIORITY ITEMS INCLUDING SHORELINE RESTORATION REMOVAL BASIS SPECIES WITH VEGETATION BETWEEN TRAIL AND SHORELINE.
NATIVE PLANTING IS SPLIT RAIL FENCE AND 2000 SQUARE FEET, VERTICAL GREEN WALL TO REDUCE THE URBAN HEAT EYELET FIGHT.
THOSE THINGS YOU'RE PAYING FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT.
THEN THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE PAID FOR OUT OF THE $9 MILLION.
AND THAT LIST OF THINGS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE PAID FOR OUT OF IS WHAT NUMBER SEVEN LISTS.
AND THE QUESTION THE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN HAD WAS HOW DOES SHE KNOW THAT THE FIFTH ACCESS POINT TO THE PROPERTY IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN OUTTA THAT $9 MILLION AS OPPOSED TO THAT $9 MILLION BEING SPENT ON ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE LISTED.
IS THAT A QUESTION? WELL, THERE'S ANOTHER SECTION ABOUT THE, THE, UM, ACCESS POINTS THAT SAYS THAT IT'LL SHALL BE PAID.
SO IT'S NOT IN YOUR, THE FIRST ONE YOU READ OUT, BUT IT'S IN ANOTHER SECTION THAT DOES THE SAME THING.
SO I GUESS THOSE, THAT'S WHERE THE VENN DIAGRAMS OVER EACH OTHER, THE $9 MILLION CAN BE SPENT ON ALL THESE THINGS.
AND THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER SECTION THAT SAYS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THESE FOLKS WILL BE DOING IS THOSE FIVE ACCESS POINTS.
SO YOU IT'S REQUIRED, IT'S REQUIRED TO DO SO.
I THINK THE THEN DIAGRAM CHARTS OVERLAP ON THAT.
BUT IT, WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED? I MEAN, IT SAYS THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THE GREAT STATS, BUT IT'S IN HERE.
IN THE OTHER ONE IT JUST SAYS THAT MONEY CAN GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
BUT THERE'S ANOTHER SECTION ON ACCESS POINTS.
DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS? I'M LOOKING FORWARD, BUT THEN WE'VE JUST PRIORITIZED FOR THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS WE HAVE, THAT'S THE EFFECT AT WHICH THE COUNCIL DOES NOT REALLY HAVING A PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AS CONCERNS.
THAT ELEMENT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS POINTING OUT.
IT'S MAKING THE CHOICE HERE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GETS SPENT WITH THEM.
WHERE'S THAT LANGUAGE? SO THAT WOULD BE IN PART SEVEN, I BELIEVE IT'S STILL C YEAH, IT'S LANDOWNER COMMITS TO CONSTRUCT A MINIMUM OF FIVE ADA ACCESS POINTS AS CONCEPTUALLY SHOWN ON EXHIBIT P.
EACH WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WITH THE APPROPRIATE PHASES.
LANDOWNER WILL, SHALL PROVIDE ONE OF THOSE FIVE ACCESS POINTS TO CONNECT THE SOUTH CONGRESS AVENUE RIGHT AWAY TO THE PARKLAND AND TRAIL AS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT Q, THE WIDTH.
AND IT SAYS IT'S 30 FEET MM-HMM.
SO IT'S A COMMITMENT TO BUILD THAT.
SO IN FACT, WE HAVE PRIORITIZED THAT ONE AS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN THE ORDINANCE.
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OKAY.AND SO MY QUESTION, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHENS MM-HMM.
AND IT, AND IT, IT SEEMS TO ME, WHICH I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WOULD AGREE WITH ME, BUT PROBABLY NOT THE APPLICANT THAT THEY SHOULD JUST BE COVERING THE ADA ACCESS AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE COMING OUT OF THE PARK FEES.
AND I BELIEVE THAT IF WE STRIKE THE CONGRESS AVENUE PUBLIC PARK ACCESS FROM THE MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO, THEN THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO BOTH THINGS, WHICH WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE UNABLE TO DO.
WE CAN'T DO 9 MILLION PLUS STAIRS.
AND HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THE STAIRS COST? WE DON'T KNOW.
PROBABLY AROUND TWO TO $3 MILLION.
SO NOW WE, I MEAN, AND I JUST, THAT'S THE QUESTION.
WE, WE, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN FACED.
I MEAN, I I JUST, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF THAT YOU OUGHT TO BE DOING THAT.
AND LET ME JUST ALSO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IN OUR, UM, OUR BACKUP TODAY IN OUR Q AND A, A QUESTION I THINK FROM MR. BAYLA ABOUT WOULD A DEVELOPER NORMALLY PAY FOR A PARK OF THE SCOPE ON THEIR OWN? AND WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A PUT, A DEVELOPER NORMALLY PAYS FOR AN ONSITE PARK AND THE COSTS ARE BALANCED WITH ENTITLEMENTS RECEIVED.
AND WE ARE GIVING A TON OF ENTITLEMENTS HERE AND I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY, I THINK THEY SHOULD DO BOTH.
I UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITY THAT YOU'RE PLACING IT ON, IT COMES TO MIND KITCHEN.
I JUST THINK IT THEY SHOULD BE DOING BOTH.
SO I THINK THE ISSUE THAT'S TEED UP HERE, AND NUMBER FOUR IS THAT QUESTION AND THE QUESTION, I MEAN IN QUESTION IN ITEM NUMBER ONE, ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE FIRST OF THE PART QUESTIONS, THE QUESTION IN FRONT OF US IS THE CURRENT FEE FOR PARKLAND WOULD BE 6.9 MILLION.
THE APPLICANT IS AGREEING TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL $2.1 MILLION ON TOP OF THE 6.9, EVEN THOUGH THE PARK RULES DON'T REQUIRE THAT.
AND HE'S SAYING, I WILL PAY THAT AND I WILL USE THAT MONEY TO FUND THE FIFTH ACCESS POINT.
HE ALSO SAID YOU COULD TAKE THAT MONEY AND PUT IT TO ANY OTHER THING YOU WANT TO PUT IT TO, BUT IF YOUR PRIORITY FOR THAT 2.1 IS TO SPEND IT HERE, WE SHOULD, THEY'RE WILLING TO SPEND IT THERE.
AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS SAYING WE WANT 'EM TO, TO PAY MORE THAN THE NINE.
IN ESSENCE, WE WANT THE NINE PLUS TWO, WE REALLY WANT 11 AS OPPOSED TO TO NINE.
WELL, I DON'T SEE THE ADA ACCESS AS THE PARK, BUT I THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE.
THE QUESTION IS, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS ASKING THAT THE $2 MILLION FROM THE NINE? NO, NO, I'M NOT.
WHAT I, MY AMENDMENT WAS ALL ABOUT THAT THEY AGREED TO DO IT.
I NEVER WAS PART OF DISCUSSING WHERE THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM.
OKAY, SO THE APPLICANT IS SAYING HE'S HAPPY TO DO IT AND HE'LL PAY 6.9 MILLION IS REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE.
IF YOU WANT HIM TO PAY MORE THAN THE 6.9 MILLION.
APPLICANT IS HAPPY TO TO DO THAT TOO, BUT THAT'S THE 6.9 MILLION PLUS THE ACCESS POINT.
BUT THEY'LL PAY THE 6.9 IF YOU WANNA PAY THE NINE, THEN, THEN THE APPLICANT'S SAYING WE'RE NOT GONNA PAY FOR THE EXTRA ACCESS POINT.
COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, I SEE PARK ACCESS AS PART OF THE PARK SPACE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW I USE THE TRAIL, I VERY MUCH USE THAT STAIR STEP THAT'S ALREADY THERE, EVEN THOUGH IT DOES NEED TO BE CHANGED.
UM, BUT I THINK A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE ARE GONNA BE GOING THERE WITH THE INTENT TO ACCESS THE PARK SPACE.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF AD ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR PARK SPACES, BUT TO ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S PROBABLY NOT PEOPLE GOING, UM, THAT THE PARK IS WHAT DRAWS PEOPLE INTO THAT LOCATION.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS PART OF THIS, THIS AGREEMENT.
AND I SEE PEOPLE SHAKING THEIR HEAD ON THAT.
THEY WANT THE ACCESS POINT DONE.
SO I THINK WE COULD SAY WE WANT THE ACCESS POINT DONE.
SO I THINK THE WAY TO REALLY REWRITE ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE APPLICANT IS SAYING THEY'LL PAY THE 6.9 MILLION THAT'S REQUIRED OF THEM FOR BAR BEATS.
AND, AND, AND THERE IS SOME SENTIMENT ON THE DIAS TO SAY, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO PAY 6.9, WE WANT YOU TO PAY 9 MILLION.
I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION, RIGHT? THE APPLICANT'S SAYING THEY'LL PAY 6.9 IN PARK FEES, UH, AND, AND THE DIAS, SOME MEMBERS OF THE DIAS WANT THEM TO PAY $9 MILLION FOR THAT.
BUT MAYOR, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO BUILD THE STEPS.
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I MEAN THAT, I MEAN, BUT, BUT THAT, BUT THAT'S THE, I WANNA BE CLEAR, I'M NOT ADVOCATING, I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR JUST IN, IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, I WAS NOT ADVOCATING THAT WE NOT HAVE THE ACCESS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT.UM, NO UNDERSTAND, BUT I WAS JUST REPEAT WITH THE APPLICANT.
THE APPLICANT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT, JUST NOT SURE YOUR WAY IS I, I NEED TO THINK THROUGH WHETHER YOUR WAY IS MORE BENEFICIAL TO US OR MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE DEVELOPER.
I WASN'T PROPOSING YOUR WAY, I WAS JUST TRYING TO REPEAT WHAT THE STATUS WAS.
AND I THINK THE STATUS IS, THEY'VE SAID THEY'LL PAY FOR THE FIFTH ACCESS POINT IS DESCRIBED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, THEY'LL PAY FOR IT.
BUT WHAT THEY'RE ALSO SAYING IS THEY WILL PAY 6.9 MILLION IN PARK FEES.
AND WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE STAIRS COST 2 MILLION PLUS REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT COSTS, BUT THEY COULD, BUT THE WAY THAT THEY'RE SAYING IT, THEY COULD TELL US IT COSTS 3 MILLION AND WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD DO A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS AND CALL IT PART OF THE STEPS AND WE WOULD HAVE NO, NO RECOURSE.
SO IF WE ALL WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY PAY FOR THE STEPS, I THINK WE JUST MAKE IT THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THE STEPS AND THEY PAY FOR THE STEPS.
THEN THE ONLY QUESTION IS DO THEY PAY 6.9 MILLION AS THEY'RE OFFERING FOR PARK FEES AS REQUIRED BY THE EXISTING ORDINANCE? OR DO WE ASK THEM TO PAY MORE? HOWEVER MUCH MORE WE ASK FOR, ARE WE GONNA ASK FOR MORE THAN WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS? THAT'S THE QUESTION.
BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT ANYTHING COSTS, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING 6.9 AND PARK FEES.
BUT, BUT, AND THEY'LL PAY FOR THE, THEY'LL PAY FOR THE STEPS.
THEY'LL PAY FOR THE FIVE ACCESS POINTS, NOT AN ISSUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER WENT THIS I A QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR MCNELEY, UM, DIRECTOR, CAN YOU PLEASE SHED SOME LIGHT WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS'S POINT ABOUT THE ACCESSIBILITY AND ACCESSING THE PART? IS THAT CONSIDERED A PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WOULD USE OUR PARKLAND FEES? OR IF YOU COULD JUST PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT AND WITH TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENTS, HOW DO WE HANDLE ACCESSIBILITY? SO I THINK THE WAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS, IS THAT DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS, AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION, WE ORIGINALLY STARTED OUR CONVERSATION THINKING THAT, OR THE WAY THE DESCRIPTION WAS, IS THAT HAVING A ACCESS POINT NEXT ADJACENT TO THE CONGRESS BRIDGE WAS GOING TO CREATE, I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE REMEMBERED ME SAYING, UH, A TUNNEL OR A SPACE THAT I VIEWED AS UNSAFE.
AND SO IN, UH, INSTEAD OF THAT WE AGREED TO FIVE SEPARATE ADA ACCESS POINTS.
SINCE THEN, NEGOTIATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS OCCURRED AND THE APPLICANT HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR HOW IMPORTANT THE ADJACENT ACCESS POINT TO, UH, NEXT TO THE CONGRESS BRIDGE WAS AND REDESIGNED SOME THINGS TO ALLOW FOR, FOR THAT ACCESS POINT TO OCCUR.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, ADA ACCESS, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD WANT TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHATEVER THE ADA REGULATIONS ARE.
BUT THE REASON WE CAME UP WITH FIVE OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION WAS BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS IN LIEU OF THAT ADJACENT, AND NOW THE APPLICANT HAS SAID, NOT ONLY ARE THEY AMENABLE TO THE OTHER ACCESS POINTS, THE ADA ACCESS POINTS THAT THEY ORIGINALLY AGREED TO, BUT THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING TO DESIGN THIS SPACE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT ADJACENT ACCESS POINT THAT'S ADA ACCESSIBLE RIGHT NEXT TO THE CONGRESS BRIDGE.
SO THERE'S REALLY NO, THERE'S NOT A PARTICULAR OR A, A GIVEN, THERE'S A STANDARD THAT'S WRITTEN IN A FOR ADA COMPLIANCE, BUT THIS WAS, IS BEYOND THAT.
AND THE, THE ORIGINAL NUMBER CAME FROM A ORIGINAL NEGOTIATION.
AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ON TOP OF THAT.
IS THAT, DOES THAT ANSWER? IT'S VERY HELPFUL.
SO IS THERE A WAY THOUGH THAT THERE, I MEAN, IF THE STEPS COST LESS THAN 2.1 MILLION, THEN THEY SHOULD BE PAYING THAT MONEY IN ADDITION FOR PARTS.
SO I THINK THE QUESTION OF THE APPLICANT IS YOU'RE OFFERING TO PAY $6.9 MILLION.
IF THE COST OF THAT FIFTH ADA ACCESS POINT IS LESS THAN 2.1 MILLION, WILL YOU PAY 6.9 PLUS HOWEVER MUCH THAT ACCESS POINT IS LESS THAN 2.1? THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES.
AND THAT SHOULD BE WHAT IS WRITTEN IN.
AND UM, JUST AGAIN, ON OTHER PARKS, THIS WOULD BE PAID FOR OTHER PUTS
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BY THE DEVELOPERS.WE UNDERSTAND THAT ISSUE THEN LET'S MOVE PAST THAT ISSUE.
WE HAVE THE TIMING ISSUE, WHICH WAS AGREED TO PARKLAND MAINTENANCE.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT DIRECTION, WHICH HAS THE DISCUSSION WITH DA A I THINK ON THE, THE QUESTION OF, SO I THINK, I THINK, I THINK THOSE ARE THOSE ISSUES AND WE'VE HANDLED THE PARKS ISSUES WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRST ONE.
FOR RIGHT NOW, BASED ON SHAKING HEADS ON THE DESK, WE'RE GOING TO SAY THE PARK FEE WILL BE 6.9 MILLION PLUS HOWEVER MUCH THE FIFTH ADA CONGRESS AVENUE ACCESS POINT COSTS LESS THAN 2.1.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT TO GO THROUGH AND WE HAVE SOME FOLKS HERE FOR THE PROCLAMATIONS.
UM, SO WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHT, JUST SO WE CAN LET THEM KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS.
WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT ON BREAKING WHEN WE'LL BREAK FOR THAT.
I'M LOOKING AT THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THREE MORE ISSUES TO DECIDE ON THIS.
WE HAVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING QUESTION TO DECIDE.
THE REFLECTIVITY ISSUE AND THE, IT'LL TAKE A WHILE.
USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
DO WE WANT BREAK FOR DINNER? I WOULD LIKE TO BREAK SO WE CAN DO THE PROCLAMATIONS BECAUSE IF I THOUGHT WE COULD FINISH IN 15 MINUTES, I'D SAY FUN, BUT I DON'T THINK, WE'LL, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM BREAKING FOR PROCLAMATIONS.
COUNCIL, I HAVE, UM, A FAMILY COMMITMENT AT 6 45.
I HAD ASSUMED WE WOULD END EARLIER AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I CAN POSTPONE.
SO I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE GRANT.
GRANT, UM, ME AND MY CO-SPONSORS A POSTPONE IT ON ITEM 83.
WE'RE GONNA POSTPONE 84 WHEN YOU WANT.
I'D LIKE TO POSTPONE IT UNTIL THE 15TH IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
I WON'T BE HERE ON THE 15TH, AS YOU KNOW.
UM, I HAD, COULD NOT REMEMBER WHO WAS, WHO WAS HERE, WHO'S NOT.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT, BUT I'M FINE.
I'M FINE WITH YOU POSTING IT ON THE 15 15TH.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO, I'LL ASK FOR THAT TO BE PULLED.
SO IT CAN BE, OH, IF YOU'D RATHER BE HERE, THEN WE'LL JUST, WE'LL POSTPONE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH I GUESS IS THE FIRST FIRST.
AND CERTAINLY WE WANT YOU INVOLVED CONVERSATION OBJECTION.
POSTPONING THIS ITEM, UH, THE PROPERTY REAL ESTATE TO DECEMBER 1ST HEARING NOW THAT I WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL THEN.
LET'S TAKE A BREAK HERE TO DO RECESS AND LET'S DO THE PROX, BUT LET'S COME BACK AND SEE IF WE CAN HANDLE THE OTHER ONES BEFORE WE TAKE DINNER.
AND HOPE THAT MAYBE WE CAN GET IT DONE BEFORE DINNER.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A RECESS TO DO, UH, PROCLAMATIONS.
AND, AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE THIS IS FIVE 40.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA TAKE US NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES.
RIGHT? SO AT FIVE MINUTES TILL SIX OR 5 55, LET'S COME BACK AND SEE IF WE CAN KNOCK OUT THESE REMAINING ISSUES AND THEN HAVE A MOTION FOCUS SECOND.
YOU CAN, Y'ALL CAN COME ON DOWN HERE TO
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STAND BACK HERE, HUH? NO, EVERYBODY CAN COME DOWN.SHOULD I SET MY PHONE HERE? YEAH.
HOW YOU, HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, GUYS, WE'LL GET STARTED.
SO YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE TV CAMERA WILL PICK YOU.
THIS WAY THE CAMERA WILL PICK Y'ALL UP.
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GONNA BE OUT.I DON'T WANNA RUN OVER ANYBODY'S.
UM, I AM VERY, VERY HONORED WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO, UM, TO HONOR THE BROKEN SPOKE TONIGHT.
UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES IN TOWN.
I'VE BEEN KICKER DANCING THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
I ALSO WAS VERY HONORED TO HAVE, UH, MY KICKOFF FOR BOTH OF MY CAMPAIGNS AT THE BROKEN SPOKE WHEN I WAS A STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND ALSO FOR CITY COUNCIL.
UM, IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES.
IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM ME, AND IT IS WELL, WELL LOVED.
UM, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THEY ALSO DO, THEY DO LESSONS.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHETHER YOU CAN DANCE, YOU CAN GO AND, UH, Y'ALL CAN TELL US WHAT DAYS THEY ARE, BUT YOU CAN GO AND YOU CAN JUST GO DROP IN, UM, AND GET A LESSON, AND THEN YOU CAN JOIN IN THE FUN.
SO I AM VERY HONORED TO, UH, PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION, BE IT KNOWN THAT, WHEREAS ON NOVEMBER 11TH, 1964, THE BROKEN SPOKE WAS OPENED BY JAMES AND ANNETTA WHITE IN WHAT WAS FAR SOUTH AUSTIN AT THAT TIME, FAR SOUTH AUSTIN, AND NOW HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED HONKY TONKS IN TEXAS SHOW SHOWCASING COUNTRY TALENT TO LEGIONS OF AUSTINITES, AS WELL AS VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
AND WHEREAS THE BROKEN SPOKE IS AN ICONIC CULTURAL SITE THAT HAS HOSTED NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STARS, AS WELL AS UP AND COMING TALENT FROM BOB WILLS TO WILLIE NELSON, DOLLY PARTON, TO GEORGE STRAIT, JERRY, JEFF WALKER, GARTH BROOKS, ALVIN CROW, AND SO MANY MORE.
AND WHEREAS THE BROKEN SPOKE MAINTAINS A MUSEUM, AND YOU SHOULD GO DEFINITELY GO SEE THE MUSEUM, UH, MAINTAINS A MUSEUM OF ARTIFACTS AND SOUVENIRS FROM PERFORMERS, POLITICIANS, AND CELEBRITIES WHO'VE VISITED, DOCUMENTING MUCH OF MODERN TEXAS AND AUSTIN HISTORY.
AND WHEREAS IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT AUSTIN WOULD BE TODAY WITHOUT THE INFLUENCE CONTRIBUTED BY THE BROKEN SPOKE TO OUR SHARED HISTORY AND MUSIC CULTURE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I AM KITCHEN ON BEHALF OF OUR MAYOR STEVE ADLER AND MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 11TH, 2022 AS THE BROKEN SPOKE DAY.
WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO, IS ANYBODY GONNA SPEAK? YOU WANT ME TO GO FIRST? YES.
UH, MY NAME'S MON WARDEN, UH, MY, UH, TEXAS MUSIC HALL OF FAME GROUP.
WAGONERS PLAYED THE BROKEN SPOKE LAST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
WE PLAYED IT FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO, UH, WRITE A FEW MILLION SELLERS FOR GEORGE STRAIT AND TRAVIS RIT.
AND, BUT ALL THAT MUSIC FIRST GETS TRIED OUT ON THE STAGE OF THE BROKEN SPOKE.
AND, UH, IF THE, IF THE DANCERS DON'T LIKE IT, THEN THAT USUALLY MEANS GEORGE STRAIT WON'T LIKE IT EITHER.
SO, UH, WE TRY 'EM OUT FIRST THERE AT THE SPOKE.
AND I, I JUST, UH, IT'S FUNNY TO ME THAT, UH, FOR AUSTIN TO BE THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, UH, IT WOULD BE ILL SUITED IF IT NO LONGER HAD A DANCE HALL WITHIN ITS CITY LIMITS.
AND THE, UH, BROKEN SPOKE IS THE LAST DANCE HALL WITHIN AUSTIN CITY LIMITS, WHICH IS FOR ME TONIGHT BEING ASKED TO SPEAK.
UH, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT MY FOURTH GREAT GRANDPA, A GUY NAMED JESSE BURETT.
THE REASON WHY I BRING UP JESSE, HE'S ALSO JENNY'S FOURTH GREAT GRANDPA AND, UH, UH, THAT MAKES US COUSINS.
AND WHEN, UH, MRS. WHITE ANNETTA FOUND OUT THAT SHE AND I WERE COUSINS, EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR ME AT THE BROKEN SPOKE AND
BUT, UH, WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS, UH, JESSE, UH, FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO, AND HE HELPED FOUND AUSTIN.
HE WAS TRAVIS COUNTY, SECOND TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN 1842.
AND I JUST THINK WHEREAS, UH, SO MANY CULTURAL PLACES HAVE GONE BY THE WAYSIDE, UH, PAST FEW YEARS IN AUSTIN, UH, I HOPE WE ALWAYS HAVE THE BROKEN SPOKE BECAUSE THE WHITE FAMILY IS UNIQUE TO ANY OTHER CULTURAL PROPRIETOR, IS THEY DON'T JUST HAVE A TOUCHSTONE TO OLD AUSTIN, BUT, UH, TO HISTORIC AUSTIN AS WELL.
AND, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD HONOR THAT AND REMEMBER THEIR PIONEERING SPIRIT, WHICH IS, UH, KEEPS EVERYTHING GOING ON SIX NIGHTS A WEEK AT 32 0 1 SOUTH LAMAR.
SOMETIMES IT MAKES A LITTLE SQUEAKY NOISE.
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OKAY.MY PARENTS ARE JAMES AND ANNETTA WHITE, THE FOUNDERS AND OWNERS OF THE BROKEN SPOKE.
AND, UH, I HAD A SPEECH PREPARE IT, BUT I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT A, I I WISH MY DAD WAS HERE TODAY.
MY DAD'S JAMES WHITE, HE'S, EVERYBODY KNOWS HIM.
HE'S THE GUY THAT ALWAYS HAS THE BLING SHIRTS ON, AND, UH, HE WOULD BE SO HONORED TO BE TO, FOR THE BROKEN SPOKE, TO BECOME A HISTORICAL PLACE HERE IN AUSTIN.
UH, HE USED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST A COUNTRY BOY.
I NEVER DREAMED ALL OF THIS WOULD HAPPEN TO ME.
AND, UH, HE, HE USED TO SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, HE GOES, I'M LIVING MY DREAM AND Y'ALL LET ME, SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
SO, UM, SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP LIVING HIS DREAM, WHICH IS THE BROKEN SPOKE, UH, WITH MY FAMILY.
AND, UH, I GUESS THAT'S ABOUT IT, SO.
WOULD YOU, LIKE, WOULD YOUR MOM LIKE TO SPEAK TO
I JUST WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND COUNCIL.
REMEMBER KITCHEN FOR RECOGNIZING THE BOOK AND SPOKE.
UM, I'M ONE OF THOSE FOLKS THAT CAME HERE TO, UH, AUSTIN TO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AND I'VE NEVER LEFT, YOU KNOW, BEEN HERE SINCE THE SEVENTIES AND, UH, WAS MY GOOD FRIEND ALVIN CROW WAS SAYING ON THE RIDE OVER HERE, THE, YOU KNOW, WHEN AUSTIN USED TO HAVE 200,000 POPULATION, THERE WERE PROBABLY 50 DANCE HALLS IN, IN THIS TOWN, AND NOW WE'VE GOT WELL OVER 2 MILLION AND THERE'S REALLY ONE MM-HMM.
AND SO I THINK HIS OBSERVATION WAS REALLY ASTUTE.
AND SO I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THE REST OF MY REMARKS THAT I WAS GONNA, UH, MAKE, BUT I DO WANT TO TELL YOU JUST HOW MUCH WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
NOT FROM THE FOLKS WHO ARE NECESSARILY MUSICIANS OR WHO RUN THE SPOKE, BUT FOLKS WHO COME THERE TO DANCE AND HAVE FUN AND GET ENTERTAINED BY.
SO IT'S WONDERFUL MUSICIANS AS ALVIN CROW AND MONTE WARD AND THE KINDNESS THAT THE WHITE FAMILY SHOWS US ALL THE TIME.
YOU LET, LET'S SET HER ON THE, THAT SPOTLIGHT, RIGHT?
S IF YOU SENT HER HERE, SHE'S YEAH.
I WAS ACTUALLY A QUE MORE SWISH TURN SIDEWAYS.
I ATE 19 PIECES OF CANDY TODAY.
BIG THIN
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S LIKE, I, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR I'M
I, YOU GUYS COME LAST FRIDAY OF THE THIRD THURSDAY I'S OKAY.
IS IT OKAY FOR YOU TO BE HERE? YOU OKAY? BYE.
WELL, IT'S NO, BUT I APPRECIATE FOR Y'ALL TO SEE IT.
I WON SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST NOW, SO IT'S CALLED TOM KEVIN, THE
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LEGEND OF PROVOST VOTE ON AMAZON.WHY DON'T YOU GUYS COME ON UP.
HI, KAREN, MAN, I TO KNOW YOU.
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DO ANOTHER
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PROCLAMATION.WELL, I MEAN, I LIKE WITH IT
THE OFFICIAL LIKE
SO WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION, UH, TO, TO, TO READ.
AND, AND, AND THIS ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THINGS THE CITY WENT THROUGH, UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WAS, UH, THE, THE PANDEMIC.
UH, AND THIS CITY FARED REALLY WELL, UH, IN THAT THE, THE, AND I THINK THE ULTIMATE, UH, MEASURE OF THAT, OF THE LIVES THAT WE SAVED IN THIS, IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, THE, THE, THE MORTALITY RATE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN WAS LESS THAN HALF OF THE MORTALITY RATE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
IF THE STATE HAD THE SAME MORTALITY RATE THAT WE HAD IN AUSTIN, OVER ABOUT 50,000 TEXANS WOULD STILL BE ALIVE.
AND, AND WHAT IT REALLY SHOWS IS JUST, JUST HOW WELL WE DID AS A, AS A COMMUNITY.
UH, AND, UH, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT, THAT THAT REALLY CONTRIBUTED TO, TO THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS AND, AND THE LIVES THAT WE SAVED.
AND THE PEOPLE WHOSE, WHOSE HEALTH WE, WE PROTECTED THE, UM, THE WAY THAT OUR CITY RESPONDED.
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO, TO HONOR ONE OF THOSE, UH, COMMUNITY HEROES.
UH, THAT, UH, REALLY WAS ONE OF THE TIES, UH, BETWEEN, UH, UH, OUR CITY AND, AND OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THE, UH, US HISPANIC CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION WAS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WAS DOING A LOT OF WORK ON THE GROUND.
WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO, TO HONOR THEM, UM, UH, LATER.
UH, BUT ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UH, THEY WORKED WITH AND ONE OF THE BODIES AND INSTITUTIONS IN OUR CITY THAT HAS BEEN THERE EVERY TIME OUR CITY HAS CALLED ON THEM AS THE, UH, UH, THE MEXICAN CONSULATE OFFICE, UH, IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.
AND TODAY, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE IN THAT OFFICE.
UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE, THE TIES TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE AND RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WE COULD HELP IN FACT, HAD ACCESS TO THE HELP THAT WE COULD BRING TO, TO, TO BEAR.
AND TO, TO THAT END, UH, ROXANNE, IF YOU COME ON UP HERE, I WANNA, I WANNA READ A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU.
UH, BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS, UH, ROXANA, UH, PINEDA, UH, CONTRIBUTED HER TIME AND ENERGY TO SUPPORT THE US HISPANIC CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION AS A TIRELESS ADVOCATE AND AS A CONSULTANT TO ASSIST THAT ASSOCIATION, OPEN UP COVID 19 TESTING AND VACCINE CLINICS, UH, IN CONCERT WITH THE, UH, CONS AL MEXICO, UH, THE, UH, NIA THEY, UH, SALUTE.
UH, AND WHEREAS THE ABILITY TO TEST AND VACCINATE THOUSANDS OF AUSTINITES WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SAVING IMMEASURABLE HEALTH AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, PROTECTING THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEVE ADLER MAYOR, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, TOGETHER WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL STANDING UP HERE TODAY AND, AND, AND, AND THOSE THAT ARE BEHIND US, UH, TO HEAR BY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 3RD OF THE YEAR, 2022, AS ROXANNE BE DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
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WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.I'M NERVOUS AND GRATEFUL AND MOSTLY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING.
AND FOR HELP US, THIS WAS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING LIKE TEAM, AND I REALLY, REALLY KEEP MY THANKS FOR EXPANDING CONTRACTOR ASSOCIATION, ESPECIALLY YOU, FRANK, BECAUSE YOU MAKE POSSIBLE TO BRING THAT TO THE CONSULATE AND WORKING TOGETHER AND ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.
AND OF COURSE, MY COWORKER JIM, SHE'S THERE, SHE'S IN THE MANAN TOO.
WE TRY TO DO THIS WORK FOR EVERYBODY, OF COURSE.
UH, MY CEO, UM, KAREN
SO, THANK YOU AND, UM, MY PLEASURE TO WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY AND READY TO CONTINUE DOING THE HARD WORK WITH ALL YOU GUYS.
UM, HONORABLE MAYOR AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL.
AND MY DEAR FRIENDS, IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PANDEMIC ANYMORE.
AND THAT'S A GOOD THING CUZ IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S FROM YEARS BACK.
BUT IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A YEAR AGO WE WERE STILL STRUGGLING WITH IT.
SOME, THE MAJORITY OF THE BUSINESSES SHUT DOWN.
UM, EVEN THIS COUNCIL, WE COULDN'T GET PEOPLE IN.
WE HAD TO DO EVERYTHING THROUGH ZOOM OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED, ELECTRONIC VERSION OF OUR COUNCIL.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A STRANGE TIME.
AND FOR THE US HISPANIC CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, LITERALLY WE WERE WORKING OUTSIDE, UH, OUR EXPERTISE.
BUT IT WAS LIKE WITH PERSONS LIKE R PINETA, WHO IS BEING HONORED TODAY BY OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK OUTSIDE OUR CIRCLE, WORK OUTSIDE OUR COMFORT LEVEL BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE.
SHE WAS THERE TO POINT US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO IT IS VERY ENDEARING FOR ME TODAY TO SEE HER RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION.
THIS VERY MUCH DESERVE RECOGNITION.
SIR MAYOR ATLER, I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR RECOGNIZING, LIKE YOU SAID, A TRUE HERO OF THAT TIME.
YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I JUST WANNA ADD MY THANKS TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL AND TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHICH IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, UH, AND TO BE AND ALWAYS WILLING TO CREATE PARTNERSHIPS WHO KNEW THAT PEOPLE FROM MIGRANT CLINICIANS NETWORK AND THE US HISPANIC CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION WOULD MAKE SUCH WONDERFUL PARTNERS, UH, AND MOVE TOGETHER DURING THIS LAST CRISIS TO REALLY SAVE LIVES.
UM, THANK YOU FOR HONORING, UH, OUR WONDERFUL ROXANA WHO IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINE THAT ARE SHOW UP EVERY SINGLE DAY, UH, THAT MAKE THESE THINGS POSSIBLE.
AND, UM, SHE REALLY DESERVES THIS AWARD.
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BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE, UH, QUORUM.LET'S SEE IF WE CAN KNOCK SOME STUFF OUT HERE.
SHE WAS WALKING UP TO DO SOMETHING AND I CHASED HER BACK.
ALL RIGHT, THAT, UH, WE COULD GO AHEAD.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I'M GOING BACK TO MY HANDY DANDY POOL TOOL.
UM, THERE ARE ARE A COUPLE THINGS WE'RE GONNA DO HERE REAL FAST, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, UM,
[91. Conduct a public hearing to consider an ordinance relating to the full-purpose annexation of approximately 877 acres of City-owned property located in Travis County west of the intersection of Ranch to Market Road 2222 and City Park Road and approving a written plan for the provision of municipal services. Case number: C7a-2022-0008. The area is in Austin limited purpose jurisdiction as well as extraterritorial jurisdiction adjacent to Council District 10.]
HOUSEKEEPING.WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT ORDINANCES WHEN WE DID THE ANNEXATION.
THEY'VE NOW CORRECTED THAT THEY POST THE CORRECT ORDINANCES.
SO I'M GONNA ASK FOR A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE THREE I.
SO WE'RE GONNA RECONSIDER ITEM NUMBER 91.
COME BACK WITH THE CORRECT DOCUMENT AND THEN PASS THAT.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER COUNCIL, ALICE MAKES A MOTION.
IT, UH, RECONSIDERING THE VOTE ON I THE VOTE ON ITEM 91.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
CAUSE I DON'T SEE ANYONE WANTING DEBATE.
THOSE OPPOSED? I, I'M SEEING UNANIMOUS WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, TOVO AND KELLY OFF THE, UH, DAIS.
I'M ON LINE AND I'M VOTING IN FAVOR.
CAN YOU, ARE YOU VISIBLE TO CAST? UM, OKAY, MARK, THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT, THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT THAT, UH, COUNCIL OR TOVO VOTED YES, WAS NOT VISIBLE ON THE SCREEN, BUT VOTED YES.
AND THAT'S ALL THAT THE NOTES THE MINUTE SHOULD SAY.
THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCE OF THAT WILL LET SOMEBODY ELSE DECIDE IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
UH, MAYOR, THINK I'M SENDING MY VIDEO UP.
COUNCIL MEMBER OF DOUBLE VOTES.
UH, NOW IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 91 WITH THE, UH, IN THE FORM AS CURRENTLY POSTED? I GUESS IT'S VERSION TWO.
VERSION TWO, AND IT'S IN EVERYONE'S MAILBOX.
IT'S IN EVERYONE'S MAILBOX AND IT'S POSTED, UH, IS THERE SECOND TO THAT MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREA MAKES THE MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MEDICINE.
ANY DISCUSSION? IT'S TAKE A VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION ON RECONSIDERATION.
UH, IT'S UNANIMOUS WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CALL OFF THE, UH, DA OTHERS VOTING I.
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UH, THERE WERE A SERIES OF THINGS THAT WERE ALSO CLEANUPS ON THIS ITEM.UH, JERRY, YOU WANNA WALK US THROUGH THOSE?
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GET THERE? HOUSING PLANNING DEPARTMENT.UM, IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, LIST I READ EARLIER, UM, IN DISCUSS IN HAVING SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT, THERE'S SOME OTHER POINTS THAT I CAN SAY THAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE IN AGREEMENT ON.
UM, ONE IS ON PART AA AND SOME OF THESE THINGS WE HAVE DISCUSSED EARLIER, UM, ON PART A, A TO REMOVE THE, UM, PROHIBITION AND RESIDENTIAL WITHIN 400 FEET ON NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSED THAT BEFORE STAFF IS IN AGREEMENT TO TAKE THAT OUT.
AND, UH, THE APPLICANT'S IN AGREEMENT TO TAKE THAT OUT AS WELL.
UM, IN PART NINE, APPLICANT AGREES TO THAT AS WELL? YES.
UH, THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE TO, UM, CLARIFY THAT, UH, UM, IN PART NINE, THAT SIDEWALKS WITHIN THE PARKLAND WOULD NOT COUNT TOWARDS IMPERVIOUS COVER.
THE PARKLAND, OF COURSE, WOULD BECOME CITY PROPERTY UPON DEDICATION.
AND, UM, UM, NORMALLY WE DON'T INCLUDE SIDEWALKS AND IMPERVIOUS COVER ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THIS JUST APPLIES THE SAME PRINCIPLE.
UM, THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE IN PART 10 H TO REMOVE A REQUIREMENT REQUIRING A 10 FOOT VEGETATIVE BUFFER NEXT TO CONGRESS AVENUE.
THIS HAS ALL CHANGED, OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT FROM THE, UM, ATD ABOUT THE PROJECT, THE CITY PROJECT, AND THE AGREEMENT.
AND SO THERE'S NO LONGER ACTUALLY THE 10 FOOT VEGETATIVE BUFFER WOULD, WOULD CAUSE A PROBLEM AT THIS POINT.
I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I THINK THAT WAS PUT IN ORIGINALLY FOR THE BATS.
THE THOUGHT WAS THAT YOU WANTED TO KEEP PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM THE, UM, FROM THE, THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE, UM, FOR PROTECT FOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BATS.
UM, BUT NOW WE HAVE THE ISSUE OF THE ACCESS POINTS.
AND FRANKLY, YOU CAN ALREADY WALK UNDER THE BRIDGE, UNDER THE BATS.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT THE THOUGHT WAS THAT THE 10 FOOT REALLY DID NOT HELP THEM AS MUCH AS I, I CAN TAKE IT OFFLINE.
I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND THAT ONE BETTER.
THE, THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE TO, UH, UM, AMEND PART 11.
ACTUALLY, THIS IS STILL A POINT OF OF DISCUSSION.
UM, THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE DEDICATION OF, UM, RIGHT AWAY, UM, AND RELATED TO CITY FUNDING.
SO THAT ONE I'M GONNA PUT ASIDE FOR A MOMENT.
UM, THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE ON, UM, UM, AMEND PART 15 EIGHT TO ADD THE WORD BOARDWALK.
WHAT THIS DOES IS, IN THE HIGHEST LEVEL, I CAN EXPLAIN IT, THE PUD PROPOSES MODIFICATIONS TO THE CODE.
UM, THOSE MODIFICATIONS TO THE CODE WOULD ALLOW CERTAIN PARKLAND IMPROVEMENTS TO BE DONE WITHOUT FURTHER VARIANCES BEING NECESSARY FURTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD.
SO IF WE AMENDED PART 15 B AND INCLUDED BOARDWALK, THAT DOESN'T MEAN A BOARDWALK NECESSARILY WILL GET BUILT.
UM, THAT DEPENDS UPON FUTURE DECISIONS, BUT RATHER THE MODIFICATIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE WITHIN THE PUD WOULD ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A BOARDWALK.
I, I HAVE AN AMENDMENT RELATED TO THAT.
YOU WANT ME TO MENTION IT NOW? YES, GO AHEAD.
UM, MY AMENDMENT JUST SAYS, UM, THAT NO PUBLIC DOLLARS SHALL BE UTILIZED AS A SOURCE OF FUNDS TO DESIGN OR CONSTRUCT A PROPOSED BOARDWALK ELEMENT.
I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THE BOARDWALK, BUT I'M NOT GONNA OPPOSE INCLUDING IT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA USE PUBLIC DOLLARS FOR IT.
SO I KNOW I'M BRINGING THIS WITHOUT A LOT OF DISCUSSION, SO IF, IF YOU WANT ME TO BRING IN ON THIRD READING, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.
COULD YOU BRING IT ON THIRD READING? CAUSE I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF THIS COUNCIL TELLING A FUTURE COUNCIL WHAT IT CAN SPEND MONEY ON.
WELL, WE DO THAT ALL THE TIME, BUT I'M HAPPY TO BRING IT BACK ON THIRD READING.
I'LL BRING IT ON THIRD READING.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE PEOPLE NOTICE OF THAT.
SO AGAIN, THIS JUST AMENDMENT JUST SAYS THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATIONS ARE PROPOSED WOULD ALLOW FOR THE BOARDWALK.
I HAVE A VERY SIMILAR ONE, ALMOST IDENTICAL, THAT SAYS THE SAME THING FOR THE PURE AND THE WATER STEPS.
SAME IDEA, THE MODIFICATIONS PROPOSING THE, DOESN'T MANDATE THAT THOSE GET BILLED, BUT RATHER THE MODIFICATIONS WOULD ALLOW FOR THEM TO BE BUILT.
WITHOUT FURTHER VARIANCES BEING NEEDED.
DOES DOES THAT MEAN, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
DOES THAT MEAN IF, UH, IF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE BUILT THAT THEY HAS TO COME BACK FOR APPROVAL? OR DO THEY JUST HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO IT? IT WOULD MEAN THAT THEY WOULD NOT NEED TO SEEK FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCES.
THE, THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE CODE DONE WITHIN THE POD WOULD PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR FUTURE ACTION FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD.
BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE, UM, I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING, DOES THAT MEAN THERE'S NO APPROVAL REQUIRED OF ANY SORT? WELL, I THINK UNTIL THEY'RE ACTUALLY DESIGNED, WE DON'T KNOW.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS IN THIS POD AND THOSE MODIFICATIONS IN THEIR MIND WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE THINGS IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT HAVING TO SEEK FURTHER VARIANCES UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY DESIGN THEM OUT, WHETHER YOU CAN BE A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE.
SO, SO WE COULD BE APPROVING A, A BOARDWALK NOT APPROVING A BOARDWALK, APPROVING A MODIFICATION TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL RULES THAT WILL ALLOW THE POSSIBILITY OF A BOARDWALK TO BE BUILT.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT SOME MORE.
MERA, A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ELEMENT.
WHEN IS I, I DO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE INVESTMENT OF POTENTIALLY PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES INTO THE BOARDWALK?
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BECAUSE I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE GERMANE TO THE CONVERSATION BEFORE US.SO THAT, THAT TO ME IS PART OF THE POD BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE, HOW WE'RE SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS.
SO RATHER THAN, I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF A MATTER BEFORE THE CURRENT COUNCIL, NOT, NOT A QUESTION FOR ME, I DON'T SEE THAT AS A QUESTION OF TELLING FUTURE COUNCILS HOW TO SPEND THEIR DOLLARS.
TO ME, THAT'S ABOUT WHETHER, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE, UM, HOW WE'RE EVALUATING THEIR PROPOSAL FOR SPENDING THE PARKLAND DEDICATION DOLLARS THAT ARE BEFORE US WITHIN THIS POD.
AND THEN THE SECOND POINT I HAVE IS I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY VALUABLE.
I, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE YET HAVE A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL THE VARIANCES THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED AS PART OF THIS POD.
UM, MR. OVN, AM I, AM I MISSING THE RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION? I MEAN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, THERE IS, WITHIN THE ORDINANCE, THERE IS A LIST OF THE CODE MODIFICATIONS.
DOES IT INCLUDE THE CODE MODIFICATION SPECIFIC TO THE BOARDWALK AND THE STEPS? YES, IT INCLUDES THE MODIFICATIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW THE POSSIBILITY FOR BOARDWALK AND STEPS IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO WHAT I, WHAT I THINK I UNDERSTOOD FROM WHAT YOUR RESPONSE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN IS THAT BASED ON WHAT, I MEAN YOU'VE INCLUDED, YOU'VE INCLUDED SPACE FOR THE MODIFICATIONS, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE NEEDED.
BUT IF IT'S DESIGNED, THERE MIGHT BE A REQUEST ONCE IT'S DESIGNED, THERE MIGHT BE A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL WAIVERS, BUT THE, THE PUT ORDINANCE DOES NOT, DOES NOT WAVE THOSE.
I MEAN, THE, THE PUT MODIFIES THE CODE TO THE DEGREE THAT THEY BELIEVE IS NECESSARY TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, THE BOARDWALK, THE STEPS OF THE PEER.
UM, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THOSE THINGS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN, YOU KNOW, SITE PLANNED AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, DESIGNED TO THAT LEVEL.
SO I THINK THEIR INTENTION IS TO, YOU KNOW, YES, THE PARKLAND WOULD BECOME CITY PROPERTY AND UM, BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE MODIFICATIONS NOW WHILE THEY OWN THE PROPERTY, FRANKLY, WITH THE IDEA OF, UM, ASSISTING WITH THE ABILITY TO BUILD THOSE THINGS IF THAT'S WHAT THE CITY CHOOSES TO DO.
SO ON THE, ON THE COST QUESTION, IF WE PUT IN THIS AS YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THE, THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT, SHOULD SOMEBODY FUND IT AND PROCEED TO PERMIT IT AND APPROVE IT? IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS POD THAT SAYS THAT THEY PUT, THAT THE PARK CONTRIBUTION THAT THIS APPLICANT IS PAYING COULD BE USED TO DO THAT? UM, I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO, IS IT AMONG PRIORITY LIST? IT'S ON THE LIST IN THE, IN THE AMENDMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL BROUGHT.
WHERE IT SAYS THAT, UM, THE FEE SHALL BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE BUILDINGS, THE GREAT LAWN, PIER, WATER STEPS, BOARDWALK PLAY AREA, AND OTHER PARK AMENITIES IN PART SEVEN ON HER VERSION FOUR.
I BELIEVE THAT WE DISCUSSED THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, AND I THINK MR. MCNELEY IS HERE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S ALSO IN MOTION SHEET TWO.
CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF BAD INFORMATION OUT THERE.
THE BOARDWALK IS NOT, INSTEAD OF THE TRAIL, IT'S ADDITIVE TO THE TRAIL.
AND TWO, THE BOARDWALK IS IN THE LIST OF THINGS THAT COULD BE PAID FOR WITH PARK FEES, BUT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PRIORITY PROCESS THE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL HAS PROPOSED.
AND WHAT, WHAT IS THAT PROCESS? IT WAS, IT'S A, IT'S A GROUP OF, I THINK IT'S US, THE TRAIL FOUNDATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT.
AND WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND PRIORITIZE IT, BUT THE PUBLIC'S NOT INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION.
THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN, UH, KIMBERLY MCNELEY PARKS AND RECREATION, THE WAY THAT IT'S WRITTEN OR, OR THE WAY THAT IT HAD BEEN PROPOSED IS THAT THERE'S A PRIORITIZATION RANKING PROCESS, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE DEFINED IN IN EXHIBIT G AND I BELIEVE IN EXHIBIT G IT DEFINES THAT THERE, IT'S A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS INCLUSIVE OF, BUT NOT LIMITED TO CERTAIN STAKEHOLDERS THAT WOULD GET TOGETHER, PRIORITIZE THE THINGS THAT WERE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT PLAN, AND THEN IT WOULD BE APPROVED OR IT WOULD GO THROUGH, UM, THROUGH A RECOMMENDATION PROCESS.
UH, THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE, UH, PARKS BOARD AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT FOCUS, I'M SORRY, TASK FORCE.
AND I CAN ADD TO IT, IF YOU ALL LOOK AT MOTION, UH, MOTION ONE THAT I BROUGHT, WHICH IS THE REPETITION ON THE BACK, IT SHOWS THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AND IT SHOWS THE $30,000 FROM THE LAND OWNER TO PAY FOR, UH, PARK AMENITIES UP TO A MAXIMUM.
AND IT INCLUDES, UH, HOW THE THINGS WILL BE PRIORITIZED AND WHO WOULD BE INCLUDED, UH, IN THE STAKEHOLDER.
IT CALLS OUT THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY AND, AND DAA, BUT
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IT DOES NOT EXCLUDE OTHER PARTIES.SO FOR ME ON THIS ONE, I MEAN, I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTION AMONG SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HAVING A BOARDWALK.
MY PERCEPTION IS THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PARTS OF OUR TRAIL RIGHT NOW.
SO, SO MAYOR, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA BRING IT ON THIRD READING.
I MEAN, I, SO WE'LL JUST HANDLE THAT ON THIRD READING.
SO WE'RE GONNA CREATE THE AVAILABILITY NOW AS PART SECOND READING, BUT ON THIRD READING, WE'LL CONSIDER ANY LIMITATIONS ON THAT.
AND I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO, I'M NOT SURE THAT I AGREE TO CREATE THE AVAILABILITY, SO, AND UNDERSTAND WE'LL RESOLVE THAT ON THIRD READING.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH IT NOW AS STAFF RECOMMENDED.
WE RECOGNIZE PROBABLY IT'S GONNA BE A MUCH LONGER DEBATE ON THIRD READING.
JERRY, WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE LEFT IN THAT GROUP,
MAYOR, ONE THING I'D LIKE TO JUST, UH, UM, CLARIFY OR MEND A LITTLE BIT TO WHY I ANSWERED EARLIER.
UM, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY, AGAIN, POSSIBILITY THAT THE BOARDWALK WOULD NEED A VARIANCE, UM, FROM THE FLOOD PLAIN ISSUES OF THE CITY.
AND THAT MODIFICATION IS NOT IN THE POD.
IF A BOARDWALK WERE CONSTRUCTED, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT MAY COME BACK FOR A, FOR A FLOODPLAIN VARIANCE.
UM, AND THE OTHER ONE, MAYOR, I THINK THAT WE HAVE AGREEMENT ON, UM, IS ACTUALLY, FRANKLY JUST A REPEAT FOR THE THIRD TIME.
I'M SORRY, UH, TO CHANGE 15 G4 TO CLARIFY WATER STEPS.
THERE'S MULTIPLE MODIFICATIONS AND SO WE HAVE TO SAY STEPS PURE BOARDWALK MULTIPLE TIMES AND WE'VE DONE IT IN THEIR PLACE.
BUT IT'S THE SAME EXACT IDEAS WE'VE, WE'VE JUST BEEN DISCUSSING.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE TO MENTION WAS THE, YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER THE CHANGE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE BRIDGE TO BE TRANSIT AND NOT JUST TIED TO YEAH.
SO THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO, YOU KNOW, UM, AS WE DISCUSSED, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A PORTION OF THE FUTURE PARKLAND THAT MAY BE USED FOR THE BRIDGE.
AND THERE'S ALSO PORTIONS MAY NOT, THE APPLICANT HAS STIPULATIONS PROPOSED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD SAY THAT, UM, CORE LIGHT RAIL FOR LIGHT RAIL FOR LIGHT RAIL MULTIPLE PLACES THROUGHOUT THE ORDINANCE, STAFF WOULD PREFER THAT TO SAY TRANSIT TO ALLOW FOR MULTIPLE POSSIBILITIES.
DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH ATP.
SO, SO I THINK THAT ONE IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S IN THAT GROUP OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE FIXED AS WE'D WANT TO FIX.
SO RED FIRM AND I, WE HAVE THAT FIRST LIST OF THINGS THAT JERRY GAVE US.
WE'D HAVE A SECOND LIST OF THINGS THAT JERRY GAVE US.
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE RESOLVE SECTION.
UH, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THE HOTEL, USE THE THREE PARKS QUESTIONS THAT GETS US NOW TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE REFLECTIVITY USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, AND THEN, UH, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONUS.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THOSE FOUR THINGS.
COUNCIL MEMBER WHO I, I INVITED, UM, WALTER MONROE TO, UM, GIVE US A, AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSAL THAT HE HAS FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND SO HE IS HERE AND WHENEVER IT IS APPROPRIATE, MAYOR, UM, HE'S WILLING TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND DISCUSS, UM, THE, UM, OKAY.
SO THE, IT'S THE MARY LEE PROGRAM, I THINK.
MR. YOU WANNA COME UP? SO THE CHOICES IN FRONT OF US, GENERALLY SPEAKING, UH, AND COUNCIL POOL, THANK YOU FOR KIND OF LAYING THEM OUT.
UH, APPLICANT WAS OFFERING 4% ONSITE AT 80% MFI, WHICH WAS 55 UNITS.
APPLICANT ALSO SAID, IF YOU WANNA MOVE THEM OFFSITE, BUT ADJACENT OR NEARLY ADJACENT TO THE 4 22 AT THE LAKE BUILDING, YOU CAN DO 70 UNITS AT 80% MFI OR, UM, 35 UNITS AT, WAS IT 35 UNITS? SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AT 60% MFI.
UH, ANOTHER OPTION WAS TO TAKE 23.2 MILLION, UH, IN LIEU TO BE ABLE TO INVEST INTO, AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, UH, I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY, YEAH, I THINK IT WAS 34 UNITS AND 60%.
UM, AND THAT'S, I THINK THE CHOICES IS MAY MAYOR YES.
I, I, I, UM, OR SOME COMBINATION OF THOSE.
YOU MAY HAVE, WE MAY HAVE ANOTHER CHOICE THAT WE WANNA ADD.
I DON'T, I I THINK THAT THE COALITION OF FOLKS THAT ARE, UM, INVOLVED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, MADE A PRETTY STRONG PROPOSAL TO US EARLIER.
AND, UM, I, I, I, FOR ONE WANNA CONSIDER THAT, WHAT WAS IT THEY WERE, THEY WERE PROPOSING THAT WE, THAT THE 10, 10% IS WHAT'S REQUIRED, UM, OF A POD.
THEY WERE PROPOSING THE, THE, UM,
I THINK THEY WERE BREAKING THAT DOWN THE 4% AND THE 6% THAT SOME PERCENTAGE OF IT BE USED FOR.
UM, THE, THE DOLLARS LIKE WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT AND THAT THE OTHER PERCENT BE FOR, UH, AFFORDABLE UNITS ON SITE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SAYING.
I JUST WANNA, I'M WANTING TO LEAVE THAT OPEN.
I DON'T WANT US TO JUST SAY THAT THESE ARE OUR ONLY CHOICES RIGHT HERE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO, I THINK THERE'S JUST THE IDENTIFYING I'M, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHATEVER THEY ARE, THEY JUST HAVE TO ADD UP TO 23.2 MILLION.
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YOU KNOW, UNLESS THE COUNCIL MAKES AN EFFORT TO GET MORE THAN 23, AND THAT'S THE POINT THAT I AM MAKING RIGHT NOW, I AM NOT IN AGREEMENT THAT, THAT THIS IS ONLY THAT, THAT WE CAN'T REACH THE 10%.SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT ON THE TABLE.
WE CAN GO FORWARD, BUT I JUST WANNA PUT THAT ON THE TABLE.
MR. MURROW, I'M ALTER MURROW, THE DIRECTOR AT FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO THINK ABOUT LAND AND SITES THAT ARE IN THE WATERFRONT DISTRICT OR NEARBY.
AND ONE, I THINK TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER, UM, ABOUT A MILE AWAY.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE MARY LEE FOUNDATION ON LAMAR SQUARE.
UM, PHENOMENAL 60 YEAR OLD NONPROFIT IN AUSTIN THAT HAS PROVIDED REALLY CRITICAL SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR VERY HIGH NEED FOLKS.
UM, THEY CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT EIGHT ACRES THAT THEY OWN, ABOUT 50 CLIENTS THAT ARE SERVED WITH SKILLED NURSING AND OTHER SERVICES.
ABOUT 150 AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESIDENTS, ABOUT 200 RESIDENTS TOTAL.
THE CAMPUS PLAN WOULDN'T DISPLACE ANY CURRENT RESIDENTS, BUT THERE'S LAND THERE AND VACANT BUILDINGS TO REDEVELOP TO BUILD ABOUT 600 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE FIRST PHASE WOULD BE 128 UNITS ALL BELOW 60, 50 AND 30% OF MEDIAN.
UM, FOR 23.2 MILLION, WE COULD GET WAY MORE THAN 35 UNITS AT 60%, MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR 99 YEARS, UM, AND REALLY SERVE, UH, HIGH NEED FOLKS.
UM, SO THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION.
IT'S NOT THE WATERFRONT DISTRICT.
IT'S A MILE AWAY, A LITTLE OVER A MILE AWAY.
UM, WHERE IS IT A MILE? UH, IT'S ALL THE LAND BEHIND THE SAXON PUB.
UM, HOW, HOW SOON WOULD, WOULD THAT PHASE ONE GO UP? I THINK IN THREE YEARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD TAKE US A YEAR TO GET PERMITS, UH, GIVE OR TAKE, GET THE DESIGN DONE, GET PERMITS.
UM, WHAT'S MISSING IS THAT CORE FUNDING, UM, WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW, ZILKER STUDIOS JUST A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY.
UH, AND THAT PROJECT TOOK ABOUT THREE YEARS FROM, UH, THE LAND DONATION AND, AND GETTING TAX CREDITS AND GETTING IT BUILT.
UM, I THINK THERE'S POTENTIAL AT MERELY NOT TO WAIT ON TAX CREDITS, UH, OR USE 4% CREDITS.
BUT, UM, OF THE 128 UNITS, HOW MANY AT 60% MFI, ALL OF THEM WOULD BE AFFORDABLE BELOW 60% OF MFI.
AND, AND WHEN, AND I THINK WE'D PROBABLY HAVE AT LEAST A THIRD BELOW 30% AND THEN SOME, YOU KNOW, A THIRD OR SO AT 50%.
SO IT'S A CHANCE TO, IS OUR HOUSING PEOPLE WANNA SPEAK TO THAT PROPOSAL? YEAH.
THANK YOU MAYOR MANDY DE MAYO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE MARY LEE FOUNDATION IS A LONG TERM PARTNER OF OURS.
WE'VE FUNDED MULTIPLE COMPLEXES WITHIN THEIR CAMPUS.
WE'VE ALSO MET WITH MARY LEE FOUNDATION RECENTLY TO TALK ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, AS MR. MURROW SAID, UH, NO DISPLACEMENT OF ANY OF THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS.
THEY PROVIDE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THEY ARE FANTASTIC AS IS FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, HOUSING AND PLANNING.
UM, DEPARTMENT THOUGH IS COMMITTED AND RECOMMENDS KEEPING ANY OF THE FEE.
AND LOU, SHOULD YOU ALL DECIDE TO DO, UH, A FEE AND LU FOR THE, UM, OR PARTIAL FEE AND LU, UH, FOR THE STATESMAN PPU, KEEPING IT WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON THE REGULATING PLAN FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT THAT DOES HAVE A 20% AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOAL.
IT'S GONNA BE CRUCIAL FOR EVERY, UM, PENNY, UH, THAT IS GENERATED WITHIN THE, THE TURS, UH, THAT WILL STAY WITHIN THE TURS FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I WILL ALSO NOTE AT THE LAST, UH, IT MUST HAVE BEEN FIRST READING, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE ADJACENT OPPORTUNITY AT 4 22 ON THE LAKE.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS MOST APPEALING ABOUT 4 22 ON THE LAKE IS IT EXISTS.
IT'S NOT A YEAR FROM NOW, THREE YEARS FROM NOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, IT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING A BIRD IN THE HAND, WHICH IS CERTAINLY APPEALING.
IT IS LIKE FOR, LIKE THE PU DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE, UH, AN URBAN, UH, STYLE DEVELOPMENT, PRESUMABLY.
UM, AND THIS WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR, ALTHOUGH SEVERAL YEARS OLDER, NOT THAT OLD, BUT A CLASS, A APARTMENT COMPLEX, UM, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE UNITS IMMEDIATELY.
SO WHILE WE FULLY SUPPORT THE MISSION AND THE VISION, UM, AND CERTAINLY I WOULD ANTICIPATE SUPPORTING ANY REDEVELOPMENT OF MARRIED LEE FOUNDATION CAMPUS WITHIN
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THE, WITHIN THE, UM, IN THE FUTURE, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE STATESMAN PUT AND ANY V AND LU THAT Y'ALL ARE CONTEMPLATING, WE WOULD RECOMMEND TO KEEP IT WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT.COUNCIL KITCHEN, THANK COUNCIL POOL AND MAYOR, I HAVE MY HAND UP AS WELL.
THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, MY TO OH, OKAY.
UM, I, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BETTER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE DOLLARS GO FURTHER.
AND SO I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT THE DESIRE TO KEEP THIS WITHIN THE WATERFRONT, BUT MY CONCERN WHEN I'M PUTTING THESE TWO THINGS NEXT TO EACH OTHER IS THE FACT THAT 4 22 IS NOT FOREVER AND IT'S 40 YEARS.
AND TO ME, I'M, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN, UM, IN CREATING MORE SUSTAINABLE, UM, IN LONGER TERM WAY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND SO, UM, I, UH, I AM VERY INTRIGUED BY THE, UH, PROPOSAL THAT MR. MORROW IS MAKING.
AND, UM, IT IS, IT IS VERY CLOSE BY THE WATERFRONT.
IT'S ON SOUTH OF MAR, WHICH IS A TRANSIT CORRIDOR.
AND, UM, AND SO, AND IN A HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREA.
AND SO, UM, I MIGHT AGREE IF I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS A LONG WAY, YOU KNOW, REALLY FAR AWAY AND WASN'T A LOT OF THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS, BUT I THINK IT, I THINK IT IS BECAUSE IT IS A HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREA AND IT'S A LONG TRANSIT AND STUFF.
SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
MY EARLIER REMARKS JUST GOES TO THE TOTAL, UM, AND THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE TO US BY THE GROUP, UH, ARE CONSISTENT WITH THIS BECAUSE THEY TALK ABOUT THE 4%, WHICH IS THE 23 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, UH, COULD BE USED IN A WAY LIKE THIS AND THEN WE CAN ARGUE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN GET MORE.
COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN I CLARIFY SOMETHING? THE, UH, UH, THE AFFORDABILITY THAT WOULD BE, WHETHER IT'S A FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES PROPERTY OR A MARY LEAF, UH, PROPERTY WOULD ALSO MOST LIKELY, UH, BE FOR 40 YEARS.
THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT OUR RESTRICTIVE COVENANT COVENANTS OR OUR LAURAS ARE FOR IS 40 YEARS.
I THOUGHT THIS WILL MAYBE, LET ME, LET ME HEAR FROM MR. MORRO.
WE WOULD, WE'D BE EXCITED TO DO 99 YEARS.
ON SOME OCCASIONS WITH TAX CREDITS YOU DO SHORTER PERIOD AND HAVE OPTIONS TO RENEW, BUT OUR MISSION IS WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS UNLESS IT'S PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE.
I CAN'T SEE YOU BUILDING SOMETHING.
UM, I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A COMBINATION OF THANK YOU, OF THE, UM, OF C AND D ON THIS LIST WHERE WE HAD A CERTAIN NUMBER OF UNITS AT 4 22 ON THE LAKE AT THE, THIS SAYS 80% MFI.
AND, UM, IF THERE WERE MONEY LEFT OVER, THEN THAT WOULD GO TOWARD THE MARY LEE FOUNDATION FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES CONCEPT.
WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THAT, THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE A BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND OF COURSE, WE ALL LOVE MR. MORROW AND THE WORK THAT HE'S DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED, UM, UH, TO PURSUE JUST D BASED ON, UH, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WAS SAYING, THE 40 YEAR PIECE, I HAD BEEN THINKING, WELL, THOSE UNITS WOULD BE AVAILABLE REALLY FAST, BUT THEN WHEN I BALANCE THAT OFF AGAINST THE 40 YEAR LIMIT, THAT'S SORT OF PUSHING ME A LITTLE BIT MORE TOWARD A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TOTAL FEE IN LIEU GOING TOWARD THE PROJECT, UH, ASSUMING THAT, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
WE DO ALSO HAVE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND DOLLARS, UH, UH, THAT FUND MAY BE REPLENISHED SOON.
AND SO IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL NEED TO MAKE THE MARY LEE FOUNDATION PIECE WORK WITH FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, THERE IS THAT FUND ALSO TO DRAW FROM.
BUT I'M, I'M REALLY COMPELLED, UM, BY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN WAS POINTING OUT ABOUT THE 40 YEARS VERSUS HOW QUICKLY THOSE UNITS COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE.
SO TOVO C THANK YOU TOVO, SHE'S SO WITH US.
I WAS JUST PUTTING MY CAMERA BACK ON AND I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO PEEL OFF HERE SOON, SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND THEN NOT BE ON CAMERA TO HEAR THE ANSWERS.
UM, I WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE, I THINK THE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT PRESENTED THAT PROPOSAL TO US AND AND THEIR REQUESTS ARE, ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR AN INVESTMENT.
IF THERE IS TO BE A FEE AND LU ARE LOOKING FOR THAT INVESTMENT TO BE WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL, IT'S CERTAINLY WORTH CONFIRMING
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WITH THEM.BUT THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM READING THEIR PROPOSAL, BUT ALSO TALKING INDIVIDUALLY TO, UM, SEVERAL OF THE, THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE GROUPS THAT ARE REPRESENTED.
AND I TOO, I LOVE, I THINK THE MARY MARY LEE FOUNDATION DOES TREMENDOUS WORK, AS DOES FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, AND I'M WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN SUPPORT OF, OF THEIR PROPOSAL.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM TALKING WITH, WITH HOUSING AND, AND STAFF AND REALLY HEARING MANDY TALK TODAY THAT, THAT THERE WOULD BE, THERE WOULD REALLY LIKELY BE CITY SUPPORT OF THAT PROGRAM MOVING FORWARD OF THAT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
AND I, I REALLY THINK STRONGLY THAT WE NEED, I FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE NEED BOTH.
WE NEED THAT HOUSING WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, AND WE NEED THAT HOUSING AT MARY LEE FOUNDATION IF THAT, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES AND THE MARY LEE FOUNDATION COMES, COMES TO PASS.
SO I WOULD, I'M REALLY STRONGLY INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO LOOK AT OPTIONS FOR CREATING THAT HOUSING WITHIN, WITHIN, UM, THE SOUTH CENTRAL, NOT AS, NOT AS AN ALTERNATIVE, BUT IN ADDITION TO THE PROJECT, UM, MR. MER THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, WE HAD ASKED, I HAD ASKED LAST TIME FOR THE STAFF TO ADDRESS HOW, HOW THE 4 22 PIECE COULD BE CODIFIED.
SO THAT'S ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION I HAVE.
AND I HAD ASKED, UM, MR. SU TO ADDRESS WHETHER THEY HAD CALCULATED THE TAX BENEFITS OF PROVIDING HOUSING OVER AT 4 22, BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A PROVISION WHERE IF YOU, IF YOU ARE CON, ARE DEDICATING 50% OF YOUR UNITS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, THAT YOU THEN BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR, I BELIEVE A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, TAX EXEMPT STATUS.
AND SO THAT WOULD SEEM TO ME TO, TO NET, UM, QUITE A BIT OF VALUE FOR, FOR THE DEVELOPERS, UM, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY NET, UM, MORE UNITS THERE OR AT LOWER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY.
SO THOSE ARE MY TWO QUESTIONS.
ONE FOR STAFF, UM, AND ONE FOR THE DEVELOPER.
AND, AND IF STAFF WOULD ALSO JUST UNDERSCORE WHAT I THINK I HEARD THEM SAYING TODAY, WHICH IS THAT WE REALLY NEED THOSE, WE NEED PRO, WE NEED THAT HOUSING IN BOTH PLACES.
WE NEED IT IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO REALLY LIKELY TO SUPPORT, UM, MARY LEE FOUNDATION AS WELL.
I, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I'VE SPOKEN ON THIS BEFORE.
I WOULD GO FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER OF UNITS WE COULD GET CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN, JUST PERIOD.
I, I THINK IT IS FUNCTIONALLY THE SAME TO BE WITHIN, UH, A MILE OR A MILE AND A HALF.
AND THIS TRACK IS, SO I WOULD GO WITH THE GREATEST NUMBERS.
WE HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS CITY THAT, THAT DON'T HAVE A PLACE.
UH, SO I WOULD ALWAYS BE AIRING ON THE SIDE OF GREATER NUMBERS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE WHEN THE CITY'S ABLE TO, TO REACH SOME KIND OF BALANCE.
UH, OR WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT A PLACE TO BE.
UM, THEN THAT I WOULD MOVE TO BE MORE STRICT ON HAVING, UM, A SITES, UM, AT THAT GROUND ZERO DOWNTOWN IF THERE WAS A PROJECT.
BUT, UM, IF WE WERE JUST TO CONSISTENTLY GET THE GREATEST NUMBER OF UNITS WE COULD GET IN APPROXIMATE LOCATION, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME WE COULD HAVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN A PLACE THAT DON'T HAVE A PLACE.
AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S COMPETING VALUES IN THAT.
SO COUNCIL, OUR KITCHEN, I AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT THAT YOU EXPRESSED AS WELL.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAY I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA HAD QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT, THOSE WERE QUESTIONS YOU WANTED ANSWERED.
I THINK JERRY WAS LOOKING, YOU WANNA RESPOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER'S QUESTION? I'M SORRY.
MARY WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
COULD YOU, UM, WHICH TOPIC WERE WE AT? I MEAN, I KNOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WHICH, UH, WHICH QUESTION WAS SHE ASKING JERRY? I'D ASKED, UM, A QUESTION OF THE HOUSING STAFF IF THEY HAD, OR ACTUALLY LAST TIME I HAD ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT HOW LEGAL STAFF WOULD CODIFY THE 4 22.
I THINK LAST TIME WHEN I ASKED, UM, THE ANSWER WAS THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN GIVING SOME THOUGHT TO THAT.
AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A RESPONSE YET ON THAT FRONT.
AND THEN I ALSO HAD A QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPER ABOUT EXPLORING WHETHER THEY HAD EXPLORED WHAT KIND OF VALUE THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BRING THEM IF 50% OF THE CHANCE WERE AFFORDABLE OVER AT 4 22.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, THE QUESTION, THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF HOW DO WE APPLY SOMETHING ON 4 22 WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON THE, UH, STATESMAN PUT IS SOMETHING I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE LAW DEPARTMENT ANSWER.
UM, LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH THEM, THEY WERE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WOULD DO THAT.
I IMAGINE IT WOULD TAKE SOME FORM OF PROBABLY RESTRICTED COVENANT, BUT I, I DON'T BELIEVE, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT FINALIZED JUST YET.
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OKAY, THANKS.IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET A FOLLOW UP ANSWER ON THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER KRISTEN, THEN THEIR SECOND QUESTION FROM MR. SUBTLE COULD SUBTLE, ANOTHER QUESTION.
I THINK THE QUESTION WAS, IS THERE AN ADVANTAGE TO YOU OF HAVING EVEN MORE UNITS IN 4 22 SO THAT YOU GET THE TAX ADVANTAGE? BEFORE I ANSWER AND BEFORE WE GET OUTTA HERE, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR TAKING ALL THE TIME ON THIS CASE TONIGHT.
THE ANSWER IS, THERE IS A PROGRAM, A PFC PROGRAM THAT IF YOU DO 50% AT 80%, YOU DO GET TO WAIVE ALL THE TAXES, INCLUDING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TAXES.
UM, AND THERE IS A BENEFIT TO THAT.
WHAT WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIND IN THE MARKETPLACE IS WHAT DOES THAT DO TO YOUR ASSET AND DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU HOLD IT FOREVER OR IS THERE AN EXIT STRATEGY AND WHAT DOES IT DO TO THE VALUE IN THE EXIT STRATEGY? AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER YET.
UH, MAYOR, YOU KNOW, I, THIS IS SOMETHING NEAR ABOUT THE, UM, MARY LEE FOUNDATION PROPERTY AND UH, UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY EXCITING TO ME, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING OVER 600 DEEP AFFORDABLE UNITS THERE.
AND, UH, I REALLY GONNA TAKE THAT CONSIDERATION REALLY SERIOUS BECAUSE, UH, I BELIEVE YOUR PEOPLE CARE MORE ABOUT HAVING SHELTER AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAN LIVING THERE ON THE RIVERFRONT COUNCIL.
I SHARE YOUR SENTIMENTS, MAYOR.
UH, I WOULD SAY NUMBERS GAME, NO MORE UNITS WE CAN GET THE BETTER.
UH, AND I WOULD NOTE ALSO THAT, I MEAN THE, THE PROPOSED, UH, LOCATION ON, YOU KNOW, SOUTH LAMAR THERE BEHIND THE SAXON PUB, IT'S A GREAT LOCATION.
I MEAN, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING 'EM FROM A, A GOOD LOCATION AND PUTTING 'EM IN A, A LESS DESIRABLE LOCATION.
YOU KNOW, SOUTH LAMAR IS, IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT AND, UH, ACTIVE, UM, PLEASANT PARTS OF, UH, OF THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, SO, UH, IF IF, IF IT, IF IT'S 70 IN THIS LOCATION AND ONE 40 IN THAT OTHER LOCATION, I MEAN, TO ME IT'S NOT EVEN A QUESTION.
I MEAN, I'LL TAKE THE ONE 40 AND IT HAS DEEPER AFFORDABILITY, MAY 10.
SO I, I THINK THAT I WOULD THINK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, ASSUMING THAT THE BOND PASSES ON TUESDAY.
UM, I'M NOT SURE THIS IS AN EITHER OR CHOICE, BUT A YES AND CHOICE.
UM, AND THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT IS THE PERFECT, UM, SPOT TO BE INVESTING OUR BOND DOLLARS IN LEVERAGING THEM.
AND I SEE THE HOUSING STAFF, UM, SHAKING THEIR HEAD AND UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SEEING THEM SHAKE THEIR HEADS THAT THAT MAY BE THE WAY TO TO THINK ABOUT IT HERE.
SO, UM, THAT'S HOW I THINK ABOUT IT.
AND NOTHING AGAINST WHAT WALTER IS SUGGESTING, I THINK IT'S A FABULOUS IDEA AND WE SHOULD DEFINITELY INVEST IN IT.
UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS WOULD BE THE WAY THAT I WOULD, UM, DO THAT.
UM, IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO THAT THOUGH, I DO WANNA SUGGEST THAT AT THE MINIMUM IN THE THREE OR FOUR YEARS IT TAKES TO GET THAT BUILT THAT YOU SHOULD BE SECURING THE UNITS AT 4 22 REGARDLESS.
UM, THAT'S AGAIN, I PREFER, I PREFER THE OTHER, BUT IF YOU ARE GONNA GO THIS DIRECTION, I THINK WE SHOULD BE GETTING THE TEMPORARY, UM, YEARS OF HOUSING AT THE OTHER LOCATION FIRST.
MAYBE THERE'S A WAY ON SECOND READING TO, TO TEE THAT UP.
THAT QUESTION WOULD BE DECIDED ON THIRD READING BY HAVING LIKE AN AB OPTION SO THAT STAFF WOULD DRAFT AN A WHICH ADDED IN 4 22 A B, THAT WOULD HAVE IT JUST THE V LU TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN IN PROJECT LIKE THAT WITHIN A MILE, MILE AND A HALF, WHICH WOULD ENABLE US ON THIRD READING TO EITHER PICK A OR B OR SOME COMBINATION THEREOF.
CAN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, MR. MONROE'S PROPOSAL AND A ONE SHEETER SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, OKAY, SO LET'S MOVE OFF THAT ONE AND TALK ABOUT REFLECTIVITY.
UM, JERRY, WHERE ARE WE ON REFLECTIVITY? SO REFLECTIVITY MAYOR, UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION HAS NOT, UM, CHANGED.
UM, WE'RE STILL RECOMMENDING 15% REFLECTIVITY ON THE FIRST 40 FEET
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AND 25% ABOVE THAT.UM, THE, UM, WE DID HAVE AN AMENDMENT FROM COUNCIL METOVA THAT HAD 15% MAX FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE THING.
UM, AND UM, WE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, Y'ALL RECEIVED LETTER FROM NOT UPON SOCIETY, UM, REGARDING THEIR OPINION OF IT AS WELL.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE 25 DASH TWO S 7 21? SURE.
THERE, UM, THERE'S ALREADY IN THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY, UM, A CODE PROVISION, UM, THAT MAXIMIZES BUILDINGS WITHIN THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY AT 20 PER 20% OVERALL REFLECTIVITY.
SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A MODIFICATION TO THAT SECTION TO ALLOW FOR THE 15% UP TO 40, AND THEN 25 ABOVE 40.
SO THAT CODE SECTION WOULD BE MODIFIED TO ALLOW FOR WHAT THE STAFF AND THE APPLICANT HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON.
AS I SAID, COUNCIL MATO HAD AMENDMENT THAT RESTRICTED THE 15 FOR THE ENTIRE THING.
IF YOU HAD 20, 15% IN THE FIRST 40 AND 25% OVER THE OTHER, WHAT IS THE OVERALL REFLECTIVITY? DO YOU KNOW? NO, I DON'T, I KNOW THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW, RELATION TO BIRD STRIKES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD BLEND THOSE TWO TOGETHER, COME UP WITH AN OVERALL AVERAGE NUMBER.
WELL, WHEN THEY SAY 20% OVERALL REFLECTIVITY, DOES THAT MEAN 20% IN EACH OF THE GLAZE OR DOES THAT MEAN THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE BUILDING HALF NEEDED TO BE AT 15% AND HALF NEEDED TO BE AT 25%, WHICH WOULD BE 20% OVERALL? I THINK BEAR, I THINK YOU JUST STUMPED US.
I THINK WE'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE MORE.
DO YOU KNOW LIZ? I THINK THAT'S A WATER FUND REALLY.
SO THERE, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES.
ONE IS RELATED TO BIRD STRIKE.
ACCORDING TO AUDUBON, UM, ANYTHING ABOVE 15%, THE DATA SHOWS IS, UM, UH, MAKES THE BUILDING MORE AT RISK AT BIRD STRIKE.
SO THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS 15%.
UM, THAT THE MIRRORED GLASS WAS NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO BIRD STRIKE.
IT'S MORE OF A, A HUMAN, UM, EXPERIENCE ISSUE RELATED TO THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY AND, UM, MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF REFLECTIVITY, UM, ONTO USERS ALONG THE TRAIL.
SO OUR EXISTING, WOULD OUR EXISTING WATERFRONT OVERLAY ALLOW FOR HALF THE BUILDING TO BE AT 15%, HALF THE WINDOWS AT 15% AND HALF THE WINDOWS AT 25%? I, I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS EVEN IF THAT ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN, THERE'S A SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT REASON THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN OUR ORDINANCES RIGHT NOW THAT RELATES TO AUTO BOND REQUIREMENTS WITH BIRD STRIKES? CORRECT.
COLLEAGUES, ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE SHOULD DO ON SECOND READING WITH RESPECT TO THAT ISSUE? MAYOR THEM.
I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP IT AT 15%.
HOW'S OUR POOL? UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE THE STAFF'S, UM, RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS AGREED TO BY THE APPLICANT, WHICH I THINK IS B I'M NOT SURE THERE WAS A STAFF.
IS THERE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MAYOR WAS FOR THE, UH, 15 UP TO 40 FEET AND, UH, 25 ABOVE THAT.
THAT WAS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? YES.
AND DID THE APPLICANT AGREE TO THAT? YES.
AND IS THAT QUALIFIED FOR THE AON PEOPLE? I THINK THE AUDUBON SOCIETY, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK, BUT I THINK THAT THEY WANTED LESS OVERALL.
OVERALL, WHY IS OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR 15 FOR THE FIRST 40 FEET AND 25% ABOVE THAT? UH, IF THE AUDUBON SOCIETY IS RECOMMENDING 15% OVERALL, HOW DO WE ASSESS THAT SAME ENVIRONMENTAL OR ISSUE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO OUR ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION WAS 15%.
UM, THE APPLICANT CAME BACK WITH A COMPROMISE, WHICH WE ACCEPTED, AND THAT WAS WELL BEFORE THE AUDUBON SOCIETY WAS, UM, JUST WE, BEFORE WE REACHED OUT TO THEM TO GET THEIR OPINIONS.
COUNCIL MORALES, I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL HAD OFFERED TO GO WITH OPTION B JUST FOR SECOND READING SO WE COULD FURTHER ANALYZE IT.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THERE WERE CONCERNS BROUGHT UP.
UM, AND ONE OF THE OTHER TIMES WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, JUST ABOUT CONSERVATION OF ENERGY AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THESE BUILDINGS THE REFLECTIVITY HELPS BRING DOWN THE, THE ENERGY USAGE OF THE BUILDING.
AND SO I I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE COMPROMISE, AT LEAST FOR SECOND READING.
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IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE ON THE DAYS THAT THINKS THAT THAT'S APPROPRIATE COMPROMISE FOR SECOND READING? HMM.APPROPRIATE FOR SECOND READING? I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S SIX VOTES FOR THAT ON SECOND READING APPEARS TO BE, SO I WOULD SUGGEST COLLEAGUES THAT WE DO THAT ON SECOND READING, BUT CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THAT ISSUE CUZ THERE ARE MORE THAN SIX VOTES FOR THAT.
I DON'T SUPPORT THAT, BUT GO AHEAD.
I DON'T SUPPORT THAT, BUT GO AHEAD.
I UNDERSTAND IT DID NOT, WAS NOT UNANIMOUS, WHICH IS WHY I, I ASKED TO SEE IF THERE WAS, THIS IS JUST SECOND READING, BUT THIS IS GONNA NARROW DOWN THE THINGS THAT ARE IN CONTROVERSY ON THIRD READING WHEN WE HAVE TO FINALLY DECIDE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO OR SHE'S STILL WITH US IF YOU GIVE ME A SECOND.
UM, ESSENTIALLY SHE WANTED TO NOT ALLOW OTHER, UM, I THINK SHE HAD POSTED IT BEFORE.
DO YOU ME TO COME BACK TO THAT ONE? OH, I FOUND IT.
SHE WANTED TO AMEND THE DRAFT ORDINANCE TO ADD A NEW PART 20 AND REREMEMBER THE REMAINDER, THE ORDINANCE ACCORDINGLY.
UM, AND THIS WAS PASSED OUT AT THE SEPTEMBER 29TH MEETING.
THIS IS NOT A NEW AMENDMENT, UM, FOR OUR NEW PART 20 PART XX EXCEPT FOR PARK AMENITIES THAT EXCEED LANDOWNER CONTRIBUTION IN PART 10.
SECTION F LANDOWNER SHALL NOT USE PUBLIC FUNDS TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE DESCRIBED IN THIS ORDINANCE AS A REQUIREMENT OF LANDOWNER OR TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS A REQUIREMENT OF CODE AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT AGAINST HERE.
DO YOU KNOW, SUBSIDIZING THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THINGS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO WITHIN THE BUD BEYOND WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO, WHAT THE PUD LAYS OUT AS POSSIBLE WITH RESPECT TO PARKS.
SO SAY, CAN THE APPLICANT SPEAK TO THIS IF THE PUB PROPOSAL HAS YOU SPENDING X DOLLARS ON AN IMPROVEMENT OF SOME KIND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
SHOULD THAT MONEY BE PUT INTO OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS? THAT'S NOT WHAT THE AMENDMENT SAYS.
THEN HELP MANAGE BETTER SAYS THAT, UM, THEY CANNOT USE PUBLIC FUNDS TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE DESCRIBED IN THE ORDINANCE AS A REQUIREMENT OF LANDOWNER OR TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS A REQUIREMENT OF CODE AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN.
SO IF WE PASS AERS AND IT'S GOING TO BE INVESTED IN THIS AREA, CAN'T GO FOR THINGS THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO IN THE POD OR, UM, AS A REQUIREMENT OF CODE AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN.
SO I'M, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN INTENT OR IF WE'RE JUST DEALING WITH A DIFFERENCE IN LANGUAGES.
I'M TRYING TO, TO NARROW DOWN, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU'VE AGREED TO BUILD AS PART OF THIS.
ARE YOU GONNA BE SEEKING MONEY FROM THE TURS OR OTHERWISE TO PAY FOR THINGS THAT YOU'VE AGREED TO BUILD? NO.
IS THAT WHAT THAT'S SAYING? I MEAN, IF THAT'S WHAT THAT'S SAYING, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT IT'S SAYING, BUT I CAN MAKE IT DOWN TO, SO DO YOU HAVE CONCERN WITH THE WORD? IT'S SUBTLE TO SEE, OKAY.
EXCEPT FOR PARK AMENITIES THAT EXCEED YOUR CONTRIBUTION IN PART 10, THINGS THAT COST MORE THAN WHAT THEY ARE.
LANDOWNERS SHALL NOT USE PUBLIC FUNDS LIKE THIRDS FUNDS TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S DESCRIBED IN THIS ORDINANCE AS A REQUIREMENT OF LANDOWNER OR TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS A REQUIREMENT OF CODE AT THE TIME OF THE SITE PLAN.
WHAT'S THE, HOW WE UNDERSTAND RESERVATION? SO WE'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD, UM, THE TURS WAS THE MAIN THING THAT, THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR TURS PAYMENT ON IS BARTON SPRINGS ROAD AND THE RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE IN BARTON SPRINGS ROAD.
AND THE OVER AND ABOVE PARK THINGS THAT OKAY.
BUT NEITHER OF THOSE TWO THINGS IN THE POD HAVE YOU AGREED TO DO AND NEITHER OF THOSE ARE EITHER OF THOSE THINGS REQUIRED OF YOU UNDER ORDINANCES? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
I THINK THAT ATD MIGHT SAY THAT BARTON SPRINGS IS A REQUIREMENT.
HE HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.
BUT WE'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT WE NEED SOME SORT OF CITY FUNDING FOR BARTON SPRINGS AND THE RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO IF THIS AMENDMENT STOPS THAT, THEN WE CANNOT AGREE TO THIS AMENDMENT.
AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT'S A REAL RISK OR
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JUST A FEARED RISK THAT WE CAN DRAFT AROUND AROUND.I DIDN'T, STAFF CAN SPEAK, I DIDN'T DRAFT IT, BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS AN AMENDMENT THAT, UM, ADDRESSES CONCERNED IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT US USING, UM, TURS FUNDING TO SUBSIDIZE DEVELOPMENT FOR THINGS THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO IN THE POD.
AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IT'S THAT YOU DON'T PLAN TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK THIS IS JUST A, A SAFEGUARD TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO ON THIRD READING CAN CORRECT ME IF I MISINTERPRETED THAT.
AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S, IF THAT A REAL FEAR.
I UNDERSTAND THE WORDING FOR THE, FOR THE WORDS.
IT'S A REAL, AND IT'S SO, AND IT'S IN THE COMMUNITY'S WHETHER HIS FEAR IS A REAL, REAL FEAR IS THE QUESTION THAT I'M ASKING STAFF.
SO STAFF, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT? UH, THE APPLICANT IS CONCERNED THAT, UH, THINGS THAT THE, THE CHURCH IS INTENDED TO PAY FOR WILL NOT BE PAID FOR BY THE TERMS BECAUSE THE CITY TAKES THE POSITION THAT THAT'S THE LANDOWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY.
THIS IS CURTIS BAY WITH AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
IT IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE TIA THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY WOULD BE DEDICATED AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE RIGHT OF BARTON SPRINGS EXTENSION AND THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS OF BARTON SPRINGS AND SOUTH CONGRESS WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE APPLICANT.
UM, IT HAS ALSO BEEN ASSUMED THAT THOSE FUNDS WOULD NOT BE PUBLIC FUNDS AND SO IT WOULD NOT COME, THEY COULD CONSTRUCT IT AS AN OFFSET TO THEIR STREET IMPACT FEES, WHICH THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OBLIGATED TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN.
UM, BUT IT WAS NOT ASSUMED THAT OTHER PUBLIC FUNDS WOULD BE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS.
ARE ANY OF THE TURS FUNDING BEING USED FOR THAT TO BILL BARTON SPRINGS ROAD? THE APPLICANT HAS TOLD US YES IT IS.
IT'S IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN THAT THE TURS BUILDS BARTON SPRINGS ROAD IN THE RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE.
THAT WAS THE GREAT, SO SO HELP ME STAFF WITH THAT.
I MEAN, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE TURS IS INTENDED TO PAY? CLEARLY I DON'T THINK COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IS TRYING TO GET THE LANDOWNER TO PAY FOR THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE RECOGNIZED THE TURS IS PAYING FOR.
SO IS THERE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT, IS THERE AN AMENDMENT TO THIS LANGUAGE WE COULD PUT IN THAT IS COUNCIL MEMBER TO VOTE'S LANGUAGE, BUT IT'S, BUT IT SAYS THAT, UM, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LANDOWNER BECAUSE THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE PAID FOR WITH THE THIRDS THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE.
I THINK FROM ATDS PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE CONCERNED THAT CURRENTLY THERE IS NO REGULATING PLAN REQUIRING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH THE TURS AND ALSO THE TES IS UNFUNDED AND THEREFORE IF WE'RE OBLIGATING TES FUNDS THAT'S NOT THERE.
WHERE WILL THE CITY COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO DO IT? WELL, EITHER THE CITY WOULD COME OVER WITH THE TURS.
I MEAN, THE WHOLE ISSUE HERE IS THAT WE NEED THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE IF THERE'S NO MONEY TO MAKE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
SO, SO IF, IF, IF, AND THE BUILDING'S NOT GONNA BE BUILT, IF, IF, IF THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOT MADE, THAT'S WHAT ENABLES THE GREATER DENSITY TO HAPPEN AND THE GREATER DENSITY THAT'S HAPPENING ENABLES US THEN TO DEMAND COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT GIVE US AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PARKS.
I MEAN THAT ALL HAPPENS THAT WAY.
SO NOTHING HAPPENS HERE IF WE DON'T GET THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DONE.
AND AT SOME POINT A FUTURE COUNCIL'S GONNA HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH DOING A SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT THAT ACTUALLY PAYS FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY THAT'S BEEN TEED UP AND THEY'RE GONNA DEAL WITH IT NEXT SPRING.
BUT AS FAR AS THIS LANGUAGE GOES, IF THIS LANGUAGE SAYS THAT THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT THE LANDOWNER'S GOING TO PAY FOR AT THE TIME WE'RE DOING THIS, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ANY PUBLIC MONEY TO DO THOSE THINGS.
AND IF YOU DO, YOU HAVE TO GIVE US MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS.
I THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE THING TO SAY.
SO LONG AS WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE EXPECTED TO DO AND NOT TO, AND IN THIS CASE, THE TURS FUNDING BY THE TURS PLAN BY THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT HAS THE TURS PAYING, I THINK FOR THAT ROAD AND FOR THE UTILITIES THAT ARE UNDERNEATH THAT ROAD.
RODNEY, IS THAT CORRECT? MAYOR? I BELIEVE YOU'RE CORRECT.
EXHIBIT D OF THE TES SPEAKS TO THOSE VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS AND I BELIEVE THAT IS PART OF IT.
SO IT SEEMS TO ME THEN THAT EXHIBIT D THEN JUST NEEDS TO EXCLUDE FROM THIS LANGUAGE, THE THINGS IN EXHIBIT D THAT ARE, THAT THE LANDOWNER IS NOT EXPECTED TO PAY FOR.
WE'RE JUST GIVING GREATER DEFINITION TO THAT.
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MAYBE THE WAY WE SOLVE IT IS WE LIST OURS AND YOU LIST YOURS, MEANING WE'LL LIST WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR AND THE CITY LISTS WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR.THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M ANX ANXIOUS ABOUT IT.
RIGHT? AND LET'S ASSUME IT'S NOT A TRAP AND LET'S JUST, AND AND
BUT LET'S, BUT LET'S, BUT LET'S, BUT LET'S DRAFT.
SO TO PROTECT THAT, I THINK THE INTENT HERE IS TO SAY THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT, THAT AS WE ENTER INTO THIS POD, THE LANDOWNER IS EXPECTING TO PAY AND THE CITY'S EXPECTING THE LANDOWNER TO PAY.
SO HOWEVER YOU DRAFT THIS LANGUAGE, IT NEEDS TO REFLECT THAT SO THAT THE LANDOWNER'S NOT AGREEING TO SOMETHING THAT ACCIDENTALLY HAS THEM PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NO ONE'S EXPECTING THEM TO PAY.
WE JUST NEED A LANGUAGE THAT REFLECTS THAT.
AND I CAN TRUST THE, THE STAFF AND THE SCRS TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH, I DON'T THINK COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S LANGUAGE WAS INTENDED TO TRICK ANYBODY.
BUT TO THE DEGREE THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THAT ARE NOT BEING PAID FOR BY THE JURORS.
IF YOU GET MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE TO PAY FOR THOSE THINGS, THEN I THINK IT'S REASONABLE THAT YOU SHOULD BE ADDING TO COMMUNITY BENEFITS OR YOU SHOULD, AND THAT'S WHAT THE LANGUAGE SHOULD SAY.
IF THERE'S MONEY THAT COMES IN, I DON'T MIND YOU TAKING OTHER PUBLIC FUNDS SOMEWHERE TO PAY FOR THAT.
SO LONG AS YOU, YOU GIVE THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT THE COMMUNITY TAKES.
AND, AND I THINK THAT OUR INSTRUCTION ON THIRD READING SHOULD BE TO DRAFT THAT AND THAT I WOULD SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S AMENDMENT.
I UH, I WAS GONNA SPEAK EARLIER AND THEN IT GOT A LITTLE MUDDY AND THEN YOU GOT IT CLEANED UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO SORRY, I I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF HAVING THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR OF THE AMENDMENT HERE TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT WAS INTENDED, UM, I THINK ALL WE'RE DOING IS KIND OF GUESSING AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUAL INFORMATION AND NAMING OF, OF PROJECTS.
I KNOW THAT THE ONES THAT WERE IN THE BEGINNING OF HER AMENDMENT SAYING, EXCEPT FOR THE PARK AMENITIES LISTED IN PART 10, SECTION F THAT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME CUZ THOSE ARE DELINEATED.
BUT I THINK IN THE FUTURE HAVING THAT LIST IS GONNA BE HELPFUL.
SO WE UNDERSTAND HOW THE ROAD PROJECT IS GONNA HAPPEN.
CAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE DEDICATING THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE ROAD AND THAT'S WHY THE ROAD WOULD BE ABLE TO BE, UM, IMPROVED WITH TURS DOLLARS.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED THIS MORNING.
IS THERE LANGUAGE IN THIS PILOT AGREEMENT THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO BUILD THE ROAD? WE HAVE A PARAGRAPH THAT TALKS ABOUT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DEDICATE THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDING? NO, BUT THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THE POD THAT SAYS WE'RE NOT GONNA DEDICATE THE RIGHT OF WAY AND BUILD THE ROAD UNTIL THERE'S FUNDING.
AND I UNDERSTAND FROM LEGAL THAT THE REASON THAT LANGUAGE LIKE THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN THE ORDINANCES BECAUSE WE UH, DON'T USE PODS TO OBLIGATE THE CITY'S PORTION OF THIS.
OKAY? IT JUST SAYS THE POD WON'T BE BUILT UNLESS THE ROAD'S BUILT.
UH, YES, HE CAN DECIDE WE HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO BUILD THE ROAD, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO DO THE PODD OR PERFORM UNDER THE PUD IF WE DON'T BUILD THE ROAD, WHICH I THINK IS HOW THAT WORKS.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER, I I WOULD BE OKAY WITH APPROVING THIS LANGUAGE, BUT ASKING STAFF TO ADD IN LANGUAGE THAT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THE ONLY THING THAT, THAT TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT THE, THAT THOSE THINGS THAT THE WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE TURS OR THE CITY OR SOMEBODY ELSE IS GONNA PAY FOR ARE ALSO EXCLUDED AS ARE THE PARK AMENITIES THAT EXCEED THE LANDOWNER CONTRIBUTION.
RIGHT? AND I THINK IN A NUTSHELL, THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING TO ACHIEVE SUPERIORITY, THAT'S ON OUR, ON OUR NICKEL THINGS THAT WE'VE SAID IN THE ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE PAYING FOR, THAT'S ON OUR NICKEL, RIGHT? THE OTHER STUFF, WHETHER IT'S PARKS IMPROVEMENTS, IT'S BOARDWALK, IT'S BARTON SPRINGS ROAD, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE TURS AND THEN BARTON SPRINGS ROAD, WE HAVE LANGUAGE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT SAYS IF THE CITY'S NOT GONNA PAY FOR THE ROAD, THEN WE'RE NOT GONNA DEDICATE THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND I, AND, AND THAT, AND THAT DOESN'T OBLIGATE THE CITY TO DO ANYTHING.
RIGHT? THE CITY DOESN'T COME UP WITH ANY MONEY THEN YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO PERFORM ON THEN WE HAVE MORE LAND TO BUILD ON.
UM, I WHAT I'M READING COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S AMENDMENT HERE, BUT THERE MAY ALSO BE THINGS THAT ARE NOT LISTED IN THE BUT AGREEMENT THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO JUST BY REGULAR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
AND THOSE BE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD ANTICIPATE DOING UNLESS THERE'S SPECIFICALLY THINGS THAT IN THIS CASE, GIVEN THE PUN NEGOTIATIONS WE'VE NEGOTIATED THAT YOU'RE
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NOT GOING TO DO.WHAT I HEARD STAFF SAY IS THAT BUILDING AN ADJACENT ROAD COULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S REQUIRED ABSENT THE, THE GREATER DEALS THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER THINGS AND, AND IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THAT'S GONNA BE PAID BY THE TURS OR BY THE PUBLIC.
THAT WAS THE, THAT'S THE DEAL BEING STRUCK HERE IN ORDER TO GET ALL THE PARK LAND AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE DRAFT TO THAT SO AS TO NOT EXCUSE YOU FROM THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NORMAL PARTS OF DEVELOPMENT BUT ARE NOT CONTEMPLATED TO BE PAID BY THE JURORS.
IS THERE A UNIVERSE OF THOSE THINGS? I WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T THINK SO, BUT I, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS, WITHOUT BEING PRESCRIPTIVE ABOUT HOW IT NEEDED TO BE DRAFTED, I THINK THE UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER TOGO'S LANGUAGE, BUT IT'S EXCLUDING FROM THAT THOSE THINGS.
AND YOU CAN GET WITH THE STAFF AND ARGUE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT.
WHETHER IT'S A POSITIVE LIST OR A NEGATIVE LIST OR PART POSITIVE LIST, PART NEGATIVE LIST, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THE INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS THAT THE PUT ENVISIONS YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR, YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET SUBSIDIES FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE AGREED TO PAY FOR.
THOSE THINGS THAT THE PUD DOES NOT ENVISION YOU TO BE PAID FOR.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BEING PAID BY PUBLIC FUNDS AND THOSE SHOULD BE PAID FOR BY PUBLIC FUNDS.
AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT GOING INTO THIRD READING.
AND THEN WE COULD ALL LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE AND SEE WHETHER THAT ACCOMPLISHES THAT TASK OR NOT.
YOU DON'T WANT PUBLIC FUNDS GOING IN TO SUBSIDIZE A PRIVATE PROJECT THAT WE WOULD OTHERWISE NORMALLY DO, BUT WE TALK THE CITY INTO DOING THROUGH PUBLIC FUNDS.
WE'RE WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO SUBSIDIZE OUR PROJECT.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO, TO PAY FOR THE THINGS THAT OUR DISTRICT INFRASTRUCTURE AND DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S IF THE INTENT OF HER AMENDMENT IS THAT, THAT'S OKAY THEN I THINK WE'RE OKAY.
BUT I WANT TO, OKAY, SO I'M FIGURING OUT HOW TO SAY THAT OUT LOUD AND, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY OUT LOUD IS, FOR EXAMPLE, BARTON SPRINGS ROAD.
YOU'RE NOT, THIS POD IS NOT ENVISION YOU PAYING FOR BARTON SPRINGS ROAD.
THE DEAL HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED AS YOU'RE DEDICATING THE RIGHT AWAY AND THE TURS OR OTHER PUBLIC FUNDS ARE PAYING FOR BAR SPRINGS ROAD, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND, AND THAT'S WITHOUT REGARD TO WHAT OTHER OBLIGATIONS MIGHT OR MAY NOT EXIST.
IF YOU WEREN'T GIVING US PARK, GIVING US AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE WERE ENTERING INTO A DEAL, RIGHT? SO, SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE COME UP WITH CRAFT LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT AS MORALES? I'M JUST VERY WORRIED.
WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT IT SAYS AND I'M LEERY OF ADOPTING LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE NOT SURE OF, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME.
AND I FEEL LIKE IF COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO CAN BE HERE FOR THE CONVERSATION FOR THE NEXT TIME, MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME CLARITY.
AND I HOPE THAT STAFF AND THE APPLICANTS WILL, WILL MAKE THAT LIST REGARDLESS.
BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY I'M, SO YOU'RE PROPOSING HERE, WE DON'T APPROVE THIS EVEN TRYING TO MODIFY IT TODAY THAT WE JUST DON'T INCLUDE THIS IN THE SECOND READING.
I THINK WE SHOULD JUST KEEP IT IN THE LIST OF TBD IS MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GUESSING ABOUT WHAT THIS SAYS AND I'M JUST VERY APPREHENSIVE OF ADOPTING SOMETHING I I CAN'T EXPLAIN TO SOMEONE MYSELF.
UM, MR. SU, IS THERE ANYTHING BESIDES THE BARTON SPRINGS ROAD AREA THAT IS AT QUESTION HERE, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN THAT WE CAN DO PARK STUFF.
IS THERE ANOTHER INVESTMENT THAT'S ON YOUR PROPERTY? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT, SO I DON'T HAVE MY SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN WITH ME BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE THAT I'LL FORGET.
BUT THE MAIN ONE IS THE DISTRICT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS INCLUDES BARTON SPRINGS ROAD AND THE UTILITIES AND THE BIKE LANES AND ALL THAT COME WITH THAT.
SO, SO RATHER THAN NOT INCLUDE THIS, PERHAPS WE COULD SAY EXCEPT FOR PARK AMENITIES THAT EXCEED LANDOWNER CONTRIBUTION IN PARK 10 SECTION F OR THE BARTON SPRING ROAD IMPROVEMENTS OUTLINED IN THE PU THAT ARE NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LANDOWNER.
THE LANDOWNER SHALL NOT USE PUBLIC FUNDS TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE DESCRIBED IN THIS ORDINANCE AS A REQUIREMENT OF LANDOWNER OR TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS A REQUIREMENT OF CODE AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN RATHER THAN SAY BARTON SPRINGS.
CAN WE SAY, OTHER THAN THOSE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED OF THE LANDOWNER? WELL SEE.
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KATHY'S SAYING HERE IS NOT ONLY THOSE THINGS THAT ARE ENVISIONED IN THE POD THAT THE LANDOWNER PAY, BUT THOSE THINGS THAT THE LANDOWNER WOULD NEED TO PAY UNDER NORMAL PERMITTING PROCESSES.I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A LIST OF THOSE THINGS THAT COMES IN THE SECOND PART CAUSE THAT'S WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO MAKE HAPPEN.
RIGHT? OR TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURES CARBON OF.
BUT BARTON SPRINGS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE READ TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S REQUIRED OF A NORMAL DEVELOPMENT.
BUT IT SAYS, BUT IF WE'RE ACCEPTING THAT, I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT THE ONLY THING AS PART OF SPRING.
SO I'M NOT COMFORTABLE COMING UP WITH A LIST THAT INTENDS TO BE COMPLETE IF WE DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S COMPLETE.
WHAT, WHAT DO YOU, RODNEY, HOW DO YOU THINK WE GET OUTTA THIS BOX? UH, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE COULD, OF COURSE WE COULD, UH, HOLD ON THIS ITEM IN THE INTERIM IN BETWEEN NOW AND THIRD READING, WE COULD WORK WITH STAFF TO GET THAT CLARIFIED.
LIKE YOU HAD MENTIONED, WHAT WE'D NEED IS WE'D NEED ATD IN THE ROOM, JERRY, UH, RICHARD AND HIS TEAM IN LEGAL JUST TO CARVE OUT, UH, WHAT YOU HAD DESCRIBED, WHICH IS WHAT IS THE DEVELOPER OBLIGATING THEMSELVES TO DO ON THEIR OWN NICKEL RIGHT NOW? AND CRAFTING THIS WORDING SUCH THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA USE ANY PUBLIC FUNDS TO PAY FOR THOSE THINGS.
I, SO KATHRYN, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN VOTE ON THAT KEEPS THAT DOOR OPEN.
WHAT WE COULD JUST SAY IS WE'RE NOT GONNA ADOPT ANY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE WITH RESPECT TO THIS, BUT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST DID WITH THE, UM, DAA, WE'RE INSTRUCTING STAFF TO GO AWAY AND BRING US BACK LANGUAGE ON THIRD REASON THAT AFFECTS WHAT THIS DISCUSSION SEEMS TO BE, WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS.
CAUSE I THINK WE'RE IN VIOLENT AGREEMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER HERE.
I JUST THINK WE'RE ALL KIND OF TRYING TO GUESS IN THE ABSENCE OF THE AUTHOR AND I WOULD JUST, I THINK IT WILL DO US ALL A GREAT SERVICE TO JUST SEE A LIST AND TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IF THIS, IF THIS ORDINANCE SAYS LANDOWNER PAYS FOR, IT SEEMS VERY CLEAR THAT LANDOWNER, LANDOWNER WILL PAY FOR THAT.
SO I, I JUST, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE KIND OF GUESSING AT THE INTENT HERE AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO APPROACH, UM, TRYING TO SORT THIS OUT TONIGHT.
SO ARE THERE SIX PEOPLE THAT WOULD APPROVE NOT JUST NOT ADDRESSING THIS, BUT AFFIRMATIVELY ADDRESSING THIS SECTION AND ASKING STAFF TO COME BACK WITH LANGUAGE THAT AFFECTS THE INTENT THAT THE DI HAS ALMOST AS UNANIMOUSLY EXPRESSED AS BEING THE INTENT? WE JUST DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT WORDS TO DO IT.
I IF WE IS, IS THE APPLICANT OKAY WITH THAT? CAN YOU THINK THAT, THAT THIS IS AMENABLE TO COMING UP WITH LANGUAGE THAT DOESN'T END UP WITH A TRICK? I I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THERE IF I WISH COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA WERE HERE BECAUSE IF SHE WOULD JUST SAY, HERE'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT, WE COULD, WE COULD POINT TO IT.
A VAGUE AMENDMENT LIKE THIS IS QUITE SCARY.
BUT I THINK IF WE CAME UP WITH A LIST, OUR LIST SAYS WE'RE DOING THESE THINGS FOR SUPERIORITY, WE'RE DOING THESE THINGS IN THE PARK, WE'RE DOING THESE THINGS, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE GETTING ANY MONEY FOR THAT.
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S TALKED ABOUT IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN OR NEEDED FOR THE DISTRICT TO BUILD OUT, WE EXPECT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR TOURIST FUNDING.
I I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I'M, UM, I'M OKAY WITH YOU WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, MAYOR, BUT I'M NOT OKAY WITH THE STAFF AND OTHERS GOING OFF AND WORKING ON LANGUAGE WITHOUT INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO AND, AND I'M AND I WOULD AGREE.
AND I AGREE NOT ONLY SHE SHOULD, BUT YOU SHOULD KEEP THE COUNCIL, KEEP THE COUNCIL INVOLVED IN THAT SO THE COUNCIL CAN DO THAT.
BECAUSE MY SENSE IS THERE'S LANGUAGE HERE THAT MAKES ABSOLUTE SENSE TO THE APPLICANT IN THIS ONE.
IF WE CAN JUST ARTICULATE THAT.
BUT I SENSE THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT WOULD JUST LIKE US TO PASS ON THIS ONE.
WHERE ARE YOU ON THIS? I JUST THINK, I THINK THE CONVERSATION SHOULD COME BACK WHEN THE AUTHOR'S HERE AND I THINK WE HAVE PRETTY, UM, A PRETTY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING NOW OF, WE'D LIKE TO SEE A LIST OF WHAT WOULD BE PUBLIC FUNDS, WHAT WOULD BE TURS, WHAT WOULD BE LANDOWNER PAID FOR.
CAUSE I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WATER FOUNTAINS OR BOARDWALK OR ROAD CONSTRUCTION AT THIS POINT.
AND THESE ARE, I I JUST FEEL A, A BIT OKAY, UM, OFF, OFF THE CLEAN POLICY LINES I LIKE TO OPERATE ON.
SO LET'S TAKE IT OUT THEN OF, OF THINGS WE WOULD BE APPROVING ON SECOND READING.
AND IT SAID JUST INCLUDE A DIRECTION TO STAFF TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS ISSUE IS AND COME BACK WITH LANGUAGE THAT'S APPROPRIATE IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE.
WE HAVE SIX PEOPLE IN FAVOR OF THAT SEEMS AS THERE IS.
THE LAST ITEM THAT I THINK WE HAVE IS THE MOTION SHEET THAT I'VE HANDED OUT, UM, MOTION SHEET THAT I'VE HANDED OUT THAT'S, UH, BEEN POSTED, UH, AS A
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SECTION THAT JUST ALLOWS FOR GREATER DEVELOPMENT HERE IN EXCHANGE FOR, UH, UM, GREATER AFFORDABILITY.UH, THERE'S THREE AND A HALF MILLION UH, SQUARE FEET IN THIS PLAN.
THIS SAYS YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND EXCEED THE THREE AND A HALF MILLION SQUARE FEET.
UM, IF, UM, UM, IT'S TIED TO AFFORDABILITY.
IT SAYS BASICALLY MODEL OFF OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, IT LIMITS THE MATCH.
YOU CAN GO TO, TO A SIX TO ONE AOR.
IT'S EIGHT TO ONE A R DOWNTOWN.
I WOULD RESERVE THE RIGHT ON THIRD READING TO PUSH THAT FARTHER THAN SIX TO ONE, BUT I'M PUTTING IN SIX TO ONE RIGHT NOW.
UH, BUT I WON'T HAVE A CONVERSATION.
UH, I THINK THAT, UH, H P D INDICATES THAT IF THEY WENT TO A SIX TO ONE AAR, WHICH IS ABOUT, UH, 1.4, UM, UH, BONUS SQUARE FEET AT $9 A SQUARE FEET, THAT WOULD BE ALMOST 13 MILLION ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IF WE WENT TO AN EIGHT TO ONE A R, THAT'D BE AN ADDITIONAL 3 MILLION SQUARE FEET THAT WOULD, UH, $9 WOULD BE ALMOST 28 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO, UH, WITHOUT DECIDING THE ISSUE, BUT TO GIVE US A PLACEHOLDER AND TO PUT SOMETHING IN HERE, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THESE FOLKS COULD INCREASE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THE TRACK WHETHER THEY WOULD WANT THAT ENTITLEMENT.
MY HOPE IS, IS THAT IF WE GAVE THEM ENOUGH, WE WOULD BE ABLE AS A BONUS AS OPPOSED TO, TO ENTICE THEM TO DO MORE AND GIVE US GREATER CONTRIBUTIONS.
UH, BUT THIS BASICALLY, YOU SEE THE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEEN LAID OUT SAYS YOU CAN DO IT, IT'S PURE BONUS.
YOU DON'T GET IT WITHOUT A BONUS.
YOU DON'T GET IT ANY MORE THAN WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR NOW.
BUT IF YOU WILL GO ABOVE, IF YOU, WE'LL LET YOU GO ABOVE THAT.
IF YOU GIVE US ADDITIONAL FORMAL HOUSING, AND I HAVE ON HERE, THAT COULD BE, UH, UH, FI AND LOU, UH, IT COULD BE ONSITE OR IT COULD BE OFFSITE WITHIN A MILE AND A HALF RADIUS OF THE SITE, WHICH JUST HAPPENS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EARLIER CONVERSATION WE WERE HAVING, UH, OR THROUGH A FEE AND LIE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN ME AND A HALF RADIUS AT THE SITE.
SO I WOULD PROPOSE PUTTING THIS IN.
I THINK IT PUTS IN ALL THOSE ISSUES IN BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD READING.
WE CAN FIGURE OUT IF WE WANT TO FINE TUNE THAT OR EXPAND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
UM, JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, ARE WE, ARE WE CONSIDERED, UM, THE DIRECTION ON THE TURS AND THE DIRECTION ON THE TURS SPECIFIED, UM, DOLLARS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING? SO, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW THAT RELATES TO THIS.
UM, I'M NOT CERTAIN I'M, I, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, I, I'M FINE WITH HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT YET WHETHER I SUPPORT IT.
UH, SO I'D RATHER JUST HAVE THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN NOW AND THIRD READING.
UM, I AM LOOKING FOR WAYS TO FIND MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UH, BUT PART OF ME IS THINKING, WELL, MAYBE THE TURS IS THE WAY TO DO THAT, UM, AS OPPOSED TO, UM, ADDITIONAL, UM, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT HERE.
SO I'M GONNA, I'D HAVE TO THINK THROUGH THAT.
SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I'M NOT READY.
I, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS UP.
I REALLY DO BECAUSE I, I WANT US TO, TO THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING WE CAN IN TERMS OF GETTING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT I'M NOT READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
I WOULD ALSO WANT TO BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT HOW MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT.
SO, AND I KNOW WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IS SPENDING THE TIME, TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, WHICH I THINK IS GOOD, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO PUT THIS IN NOW TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION.
I WOULD JUST ASSUME PUT IT IN.
I THINK IT'S DEFINED CLEARLY ENOUGH WITH THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS.
LIKE IT GIVES NUMBERS WE CAN CHANGE.
AND I'VE OBVIOUSLY INDICATED OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS, FOUR WEEKS THAT I WAS GONNA BE ADDING THIS.
UH, ANOTHER THING HE GIVES IN SOMETHING SPECIFIC FOR THE COMMUNITY TO REACT TO AS WELL AS, UH, FOLKS ON THE DIAS, UH, MAYOR PROAM THAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FUENTES AND THEN COUNCIL MORALES, UM, MAYOR, HOW MUCH MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE, I DON'T THINK IN SIX TO ONE FLORIDA AREA RATIO.
SO, UM, WE'RE ALREADY UP TO 3.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET.
HOW MUCH MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE WOULD THAT BE AND AND WHAT WOULD BE THE HEIGHT OPTIONS? 1.4 MILLION IS THE BONUS.
SQUARE FEET DOESN'T MENTION A HEIGHT, UH, BUT 1.4 MILLION SQUARE FEET JURY.
I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME THING.
UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S 3.5, IT'S A 4.27 A, UM, TO ALLOW FOR THE FUTURE OF SIX TO ONE, IT COULD POSSIBLY UP TO 4.9 MILLION SQUARE FEET.
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DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.WHAT'S THE A ON THE EXISTING POD? SORRY, IT'S 4.27.
AND WHAT WOULD THE A BE AT 6.1? SIX TO ONE? IT'D BE SIX TO ONE
IT WOULD BE, UM, AN ADDITIONAL 1.4 MILLION FOR A TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 4.9 OKAY.
AND AGAIN, THEN WHEN WE DO THAT, JUST SO YOU KNOW, NOW YOU ADD ALL THAT EXTRA FOOTAGE, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDO THE PARKLAND STUFF BECAUSE THEY WOULD NEED TO BE PAYING PARKLAND FEES MM-HMM.
I MEAN, SO THERE, THERE'S SOME OTHER, THERE'S SOME OTHER ISSUES HERE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PUT AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SUPERIOR AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST KEPT THINGS THE WAY YOU DO THAT, WE HAVE TO, I'M NOT SAYING WE CAN'T ENTERTAIN SOME OF THIS, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE HERE THAT WE HAVE TO, ISN'T THAT, THAT'S JUST WHERE OUR ORDINANCES WORK.
I MEAN, IF THEY, NO, BUT WE JUST HAVE JUST CAPPED THEIR PARKLAND AT 9 MILLION AND NOW YOU'RE ADDING 1.4 MILLION SQUARE FEET AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE UNITS THAT IS THEN WE'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF WITH RESPECT TO THE PARK, AND WE'RE ALREADY VERY CLEAR THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THE PARKS THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR.
UM, AND UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS ON THOSE OTHER 90% OF THE UNITS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY, UM, PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES, UM, TO THAT.
OR IF IT'S COMMERCIAL, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND, AND I'M NOT, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT I, I, I'M NOT SURE WHERE I STAND ON THE HEIGHT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY OVER THERE TO KNOW.
AND I, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS TRANSLATES TO IN HEIGHT, WHICH I DO THINK MATTERS OR HOW THIS WOULD MASS OUT GIVEN WHAT, GIVEN WHAT WE'VE SEEN, I, I WANTED TO KIND OF JUST RAISE THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT WE WILL HAVE TO RESOLVE, UM, BEFORE PASSING IT ON, ON THIRD READING.
UM, SO I WANTED TO SURFACE THOSE AS, AS THINGS THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ME, UM, IN EVALUATING WHAT THIS PROPOSAL DOES.
COUNCIL MEMBER OF WHAT THIS, THANK YOU MAYOR.
I, I THINK THIS AMENDMENT MAKES SENSE AND I SUPPORT, UM, INCLUDING IT IN ON SECOND RATING.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN ADVANCING THE CONVERSATION.
I ALSO THINK THAT, UM, THIS AREA IS PRIME FOR, FOR MORE DENSITY.
UM, IT MAKES, UM, A LOT OF SENSE JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT WE WANNA GET AS MANY PEOPLE, UM, CONNECTED TO SERVICES AND ON THE RAIL LINE AND IN HOUSING.
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS, UH, BO, THIS DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM CAN HELP US WITH ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND AN INVESTMENT IN OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THANK YOU POOL.
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FOCUS ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE SCENARIOS THAT WERE PITCHED TO US ABOUT HOW MANY UNITS AND IN WHAT TIMELINE, OR IF WE DO FEE AND LIEU AND, AND HOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT DECISION, I THINK WHAT IF WE COULD HAVE THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS? WHAT IF WE COULD HAVE SOME OF THE UNITS, FOR INSTANCE, AT 4 22, WHAT IF WE COULD ALSO DO B ROSE'S PROJECT AS WELL? UM, I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY HERE.
WE KNOW THAT WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND SO THIS IS DEFINITELY TO COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES POINT, AN IDEAL SITUATION FOR, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT ORIENTED, WALKABLE, BIKEABLE, UH, COMMUNITIES WITH GREAT ACCESS TO JOBS.
AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY WHERE WE NEED TO BE GETTING CREATIVE AND, AND THINKING BIG.
COUNCIL PAUL? YEAH, I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE EIGHT TO ONE, THE SIX TO ONE MAKES SENSE TO ME AND SO THE ADDITIONAL TIME WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THAT.
AND, UM, BEFORE WE LEAVE, I ALSO WANTED JUST TO CLARIFY SOME DIRECTION ON, ON THE, UH, THE FUNDING PIECE, THE 9 MILLION BEFORE WE LEAVE.
ARE THERE SIX PEOPLE THAT ARE OKAY WITH THIS AMENDMENT? APPEAR TO BE OKAY.
COULD ADD, UM, SOME DIRECTION TO THAT.
I DON'T HAVE AN AMENDMENT, BUT TO, UM, COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THE ADDITIONAL NEED FOR THE PARKLAND, UM, DEDICATION AS YOU INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, CUZ THAT THAT CAN BE CON CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT, UM, OF PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BE ACCOMMODATING WITHIN THE PARK.
I WOULD SUPPORT A REQUEST FOR THAT DIRECTION.
ANY OBJECTION TO THAT DIRECTION BEING INCLUDED AND OR ACTUALLY TAKING VOTES YET, BUT I THINK THAT'D BE INCLUDED AS WELL.
SO IN TERMS OF THE THINGS THAT WE DECIDE, IF WE WERE GONNA HAVE A MOTION, JUST TELL ME, JERRY, HELP ME KEEP STRAIGHT HERE.
THE MOTION WOULD BE FOR THE FIRST READING BASE MOTION AS DRAFTED BY COUNSEL, WHICH WAS V FIVE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT WOULD BE THE CHANGES THAT YOU LAID OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS.
IN ADDITION, IT WOULD BE THE THINGS THAT YOU LAID OUT ON THE SECOND LIST THAT YOU PULLED TOGETHER.
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THE ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE RESOLVED LIST ON THE POOL TOOL ITEMS. IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE LIGHT RAIL PIECE THAT YOU HAD AND THE BRIDGE BEING TRANSIT THAT YOU HAD.AND THEN IT WOULD, UH, ON HOTEL USE, IT WOULD PROHIBIT HOTEL USE.
I THINK IT WAS THE WAY WE DECIDED ON THAT, GOING INTO THIRD READING, IT WOULD'VE THE, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE BEING THE, UH, 9 MILLION, UM, NO, IT WOULD BE THE 6.9 MILLION PLUS HOWEVER MUCH THE ADA ACCESS POINT, UH, IS LESS THAN 2.1 MILLION.
SO IT'D BE 6.9 PLUS WHATEVER THAT DELTA IS.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY DOLLARS LEFT OVER, THEY WOULD BE SPENT ON AMENITIES.
ANY EXTRA DOLLARS THEY WOULD BE SPENT ON AMENITIES.
THE TIMING OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION IS, AS YOU GUYS WORKED IT OUT, THE, UH, AS INDICATED BY THE LANGUAGE THAT KASMAR POOL GAVE US, THE PARKLAND MAINTENANCE IS ASKING YOU TO VISIT WITH, UH, DAA.
IT'S THE AMENDMENT, THE DIRECTION THAT WAS ON THE MOTION SHEET THAT WE, UH, GOT THAT BASICALLY SAYS GO TALK TO DA AND TRAIL FOUNDATION AND THE LIKE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT'S ASKING YOU TO DO US BOTH AN A AND A B ONE FOCUSES ON 4 22 FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT WORK.
AND THE OTHER ONE, THE FEE AND LOO THAT COULD BE SPENT ON SOMETHING LIKE WALTER MAROSE, SO THAT WE CAN EITHER PICK ONE OR THE OTHER, OR A COMBINATION OF THAT ON THE REFLECTIVITY.
IT'S, UH, B UH, WHICH WAS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE MENTIONED IN THE DRAFT, BUT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO COME BACK WITH LANGUAGE THAT WOULD REFLECT THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ON THE, UH, DIAZ.
UH, AND THEN THE, MY AMENDMENT IS ALSO INCLUDED.
I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE PIECES.
ARE THOSE ALL THE PIECES? MAYOR PROTE? UM, WE NEED SOME FURTHER CLARITY IN THE PARKLAND.
AND THEN I HAD ASKED EARLIER ABOUT PROHIBITING STR.
I DIDN'T HAVE A PARTICULAR AMENDMENT, BUT UM, PERHAPS STAFF CAN CHAT WITH MY OFFICE.
CAN YOU COME BACK ON THIRD READING WITH WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE? WORK WITH COUNSEL IN THE MARI PRO'S OFFICE.
MAYBE GIVE US CHOICES ON STR WE'RE NOT PAYING.
I I'M ASKING, I NEED THE LANGUAGE AND MAKE SURE THAT I CAN LEGALLY DO IT.
OH, WE'RE GONNA EXECUTIVE SESSION.
I'M ASKING FOR MAKING SURE I CAN LEGALLY DO IT.
WE'RE GONNA GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
YOU'LL, IF YOU DON'T FIND OUT BEFORE THEN I THINK I HAVE THAT QUESTION TOO, BUT WHEN WE'RE ALL TOGETHER, WE'LL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THAT QUESTION.
IS THAT IT? IS THERE A MOTION TO THAT EXTENT? COUNCIL MEMBER PULL MAKES THAT MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER EARNING SECOND TO THAT MOTION.
THIS IS TO APPROVE ON SECOND READING ONLY AS WE HAVE LAID OUT DISCUSSION.
UM, THIS IS A POD AND, UM, I'VE BEEN CONTINUALLY CONCERNED THAT WE ARE JUDGING IT BASED ON THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT ENTITLEMENTS, UM, WHICH ARE MUCH HIGHER BY, I DON'T KNOW, AROUND 3 MILLION SQUARE FEET, I THINK IF I HAVE MY NUMBERS CORRECT OVER WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY ENTITLED.
UM, AND AS SUCH, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS PUTT IS YET SUPERIOR.
UM, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT ELSE.
UM, BUT AT THIS POINT I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THIS YET, UM, AS SUPERIOR.
UM, WE ALSO DON'T HAVE A REGULATING PLAN, SO I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I'VE MENTIONED THAT MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT, UM, THIS PROCESS AND, UM, IT'S REALLY HARD TO JUDGE WHAT WE'RE GETTING IN THIS POD ABSENCE, WHAT THAT REGULATING PLAN IS, UM, AS WELL.
SO AT THIS POINT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE VOTING FOR IT, SO I NO.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE VOTE? BECAUSE OF OUR KITCHEN? UM, I AM JUST NOT COMFORTABLE YET WITH THE, THE HOUSING, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ASPECT OF THIS.
AND, AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING TO, I, I DON'T, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT AND SO I AM NOT COMFORTABLE VOTING FOR THIS.
I WILL ABSTAIN BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT I AM COMFORTABLE WITH AND I AM COMFORTABLE WITH IT MOVING FORWARD, BUT I AM SERIOUSLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE HOUSING AND, AND SO I'M JUST GONNA ABSTAIN AT THIS POINT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? LET'S TAKE A VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
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HMM.DID THAT MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, THOSE VOTING.
I, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON POOL, RENT, FUENTES, ALICE, UM, BELLA AND ME THOSE OPPOSED, UH, IS THE MAYOR PRO TAM, THOSE ABSTAINING COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN.
UH, AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY ABSTAINING.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO IS OFF THE, UH, DAIS.
SO ON A VOTE OF SEVEN TO ONE TO TWO, ABSTENTIONS TO ONE OFF THE DAIS.
IT PASSES SECOND READING AND WE'LL COME BACK, UM, UH, THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER.
I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH THAT.
THEN I AM ADJOURNING THE COUNCIL MEETING AT 7 37.
I'M BEING FOLLOWED BY A MOON SHADOW.