* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:23] WE'RE GONNA CALL THE ROLL, SO IT'LL MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR RECORD KEEPING. ADMIT MAT PRESENT REMOTELY. I'M KAREN POP, BROTHER DELGADO. DON'T THINK SHE'S HERE. CHERYL THOMPSON PRESS REMOTE. MIRIAM GARCIA. CYNTHIA JASSO. KENDRA GARRETT. THANK YOU. HEIDI SLOAN, PRESENT REMOTELY. MICHAEL TOLLIVER HERE. EXCELLENT. JULIA WOODS PRESENT REMOTELY. THANK YOU. AND IKE ERHART, COULD YOU TELL US HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME, PLEASE? YES, IT'S ERHART ERHART. EASIER THAN IT LOOKS GREAT. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME. UH, UH, CHAIR PAUL. WE HAVE SOMEBODY I THINK ONLINE. UH, CARRIE DAVIS. DID WE MENTION HER NAME OR THEIR NAME? THAT'S HIS SADIE STAFFER. OKAY. HAVE [PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL] ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? YES. MS. MACIEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK? YES. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. MY NAME IS ANNA MA. UH, I AM A RESIDENT OF THE ALRIDGE 51 LOW INCOME HOUSING FACILITY, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE REAL ESTATE, UH, UH, COMPANY THAT, THAT RUNS. IT IS OWNED BY DI UH, DIANA MACGYVER. AND I'M, I'M JUST HERE BECAUSE I'VE HAD, I HAVEN'T ALWAYS LIVED IN A LOW INCOME HOUSING. I LIVED IN TRAVIS HEIGHTS FOR MANY YEARS. I, I GOT ILL, I WAS, UM, I OWN MY HOME, BUT MY ILLNESS HAS SLOWED ME DOWN AND I DON'T HAVE THE INCOME THAT I USED TO HAVE. SO I'VE LIVED IN A LOW INCOME HOUSING NOW FOR THREE YEARS. AND THOSE THREE YEARS AT ALDRIDGE 51, WHICH IS A NEW FACILITY LOCATED AT MUELLER. I HAVE HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE WITH THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SURE THAT I'M TAKING CARE OF THERE. I HAVE EXPERIENCED, RIGHT NOW I'M EXPERIENCING BLACK MOLD, UH, THAT IS IN MY RESTROOM. UH, I HAVE A, UH, IN MY RESTROOM, I HAVE A TWO BEDROOM, TWO BATH, WHICH I EVEN BE IN THERE, BUT THAT'S ALL THEY HAD AT THE TIME. AND I WAS WORKING AT THE TIME. SO I TOOK IT IN THE BATHROOM. I'VE HAD A HOLE IN MY CEILING FOUR TIMES BECAUSE THE BATHTUB WAS GOING TO FALL INTO MY BATHROOM BECAUSE IT LEAKED SO BAD SO MANY TIMES. THEY, ALL THEY DID WAS PATCH IT UP. AND WHEN [00:05:01] I CAME BACK FROM MY OPEN HEART SURGERY, I CAME TO HAVING TO TAKE ALL MY CLOTHES OUT IN MY CLOSET AND THROW IT AWAY CUZ THERE WAS MOLD. IT WAS BAD. THEN THE INCIDENT OF THE CEILING IN THE BATHROOM THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE, TO MY CLOSET, UM, THAT HAPPENED NOT ONCE OR TWICE, BUT FOUR TIMES. THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE DONE IS PATCH IT UP AND THEY PATCH IT UP AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. THE LAST TIME THAT I, I MEAN, I TOOK PICTURES OF EVERYTHING THAT, THAT HAS HAPPENED THERE, BUT THIS LAST TIME WITH BLACK MOLD, THAT WAS IT FOR ME. CUZ I, I HAD, I, I JUST COULDN'T SEEM TO FEEL BETTER. AND SO THE, THE, UH, MANAGEMENT DOWNSTAIRS TOLD ME THEY WERE GONNA MOVE ME TO ANOTHER APARTMENT. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. AND I HAVE BEEN TELLING THEM TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO PLEASE MOVE ME CUZ THERE'S BLACK MOLD. AND THE MAINTENANCE GUY TOLD ME THERE'S OTHER BLACK MOLDS AND THIS FACILITY. SO IF YOU WANT, I HOPE THAT, UH, I HOPE THAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO WHAT I'M SAYING BECAUSE PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE SCARED TO SPEAK OUT, AFRAID THAT THEY'RE GONNA LOSE THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR SPACE THERE AT THAT FACILITY, THEIR APARTMENTS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE COMES A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE I HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND I NEED, I NEED SOME SUPPORT. I NEED SOME PEOPLE TO, TO BACK ME UP. AND I HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE KNOCKED ON MY DOOR THIS PAST SATURDAY AND SAID THAT THEY, THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING TO THEM. I'M AT 30% MFI AND FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF, MAYBE TWO, THEY HAVE TOLD ME THEY DON'T HAVE A ROOM FOR ME. SO I PAY, AT THIS MOMENT, I PAY 1285 A MONTH AND I'M SUPPOSED TO BE CONSIDERED LOW INCOME. HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT? SO I, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE THAT YOU MAKE THESE, WELL, THIS REAL ESTATE, UH, COMPANY WHO MANAGES ALL THESE LOW INCOME HOUSING FACILITIES. I HOPE YOU MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT? FOR WHAT THEY DO. NOT JUST ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT IN THE INSIDE OF THESE FACILITIES BECAUSE IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT RIGHT. AND WE HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO COME IN THROUGH THE OPEN DOORS OF OUR, OF, ON THE THIRD FLOOR WHERE I LIVE. YOU CAN JUST WALK IN AND I FOUND A, A HOMELESS PERSON SLEEPING IN THE WASHROOM TIME AND TIME AGAIN. IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, THERE HAS BEEN 10, UH, DISABLED PLACARDS, 10 CARS THAT HAVE BEEN SMASHED IN, IN, IN THEIR MIRRORS, AND THEY'RE STEALING THE DISABLED PLACARDS. I HEAR THEY'RE, THEY'RE SELLING THEM LICENSE PLATES. DISABLED ARE BEING MS. MARCIEL. YOU'VE COME TO THE END OF MORE THAN, I'M SORRY, THREE MINUTES. I DID GIVE YOU MORE TIME BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE A LOT TO SAY. I'M SORRY. WELL, DON'T HAVE, THAT'S BASICALLY, BUT, BUT, BUT THANK YOU. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I THINK THE COMMISSIONERS HERE WILL BE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING UP WITH THE STAFF TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SITUATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, COMMISSIONER TOVER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION? YES. WHAT'S THE ADDRESS OF THIS PLACE? 26. SAY IT AGAIN. 26 0 4 ALDRIDGE. 6 0 4 ALDRIDGE STREET. A L D R A L V R I R I C H C H STREET LOCATION, UH, 7 8 7 23. OKAY. HERE IN AUSTIN, 70 87 23. YES. DISTRICT NINE. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF CHERYL COLE. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION. UH, UH, UH, 7 87 23 IS IN DISTRICT, UH, ONE DISTRICT NINE COUNCIL DISTRICTS COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE. YES. MY MY CITY COUNCIL PERSON IS ZO. OKAY. PADRE, I, ANYWAY, IF THIS IS AVERAGE STREET ZIP CODE 70 87 23. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. I'LL TAKE A LOOK IN THIS. OKAY. UH, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR CAN IDO. THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU, UH, [00:10:01] MS. AMA FOR COMING DOWN HERE, ESPECIALLY DURING SOUTH BY, UH, TRAFFIC BEING CRAZY. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SPEAKING TESTIMONY. I BELIEVE THIS PROPERTY, UM, IS ALSO THE OWNERS OF THE REBECCA BANKS IN MY, IN MY DISTRICT, UH, THERE IN, IN EAST AUSTIN. AND YOU BEING AN EAST AUSTIN NATIVE, UH, MOVING TO MUELLER AND MOVING TO A DIFFERENT DISTRICT, I HOPE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT, UM, YOUR DISTRICT MEMBER AS WELL AS OUR COMMISSIONER THAT SERVES OVER THAT DEMOGRAPHIC AREA TO GET YOU SOME ASSISTANCE. OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING. THANK YOU. [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] ITEM ONE ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. WE HAVE THE DECEMBER 15TH AND THE JANUARY 10TH MINUTES TO REVIEW. THERE ARE NOTES AT THE END OF THE MINUTES THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK THE STAFF ABOUT. AT THE VERY END, THERE'S A BOLD-FACED SENTENCE THAT HAS SOME BLANKS IN THE SENTENCE. ARE THOSE FOR FILLING IN SOME SORT OF, UH, ATTENDANCE FIGURES? I REMEMBER, UH, THE, I REMEMBER, UH, THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE ACCEPTED SOMETHING OR VOTED ON IT. OKAY. VICE CHAIR POP THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM THE, UH, DRAFT MINUTES TEMPLATE THAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. OH, OKAY. YEAH, I GUESS SECOND LINE. OH, OKAY. YEAH, IT'S NOT WHAT I, YEAH, I KNOW. SO THAT WOULD NEED TO, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DEME UH, DELETED FROM BOTH, UM, MINUTES. IS THERE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES CHAIR? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING. IS THERE A SECOND? ONE SECOND CHAIR. I'LL SECOND IT JUST SO WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER TOLIVER AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DELGADO TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES. UH, THIS IS CO UH, COMMISSIONER MO 20. YES. UH, THE DECEMBER MINUTES, IT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME BY LISA RODRIGUEZ, UH, THAT THE ACTION ITEM, UH, DISCUSSION ITEM AND, UH, ACTION ITEM, WELL, BASICALLY ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, WHERE THE VOTE WAS FIVE TO TWO TO ONE, UH, WAS NOT A VALID VOTE BECAUSE IT REQUIRE, BECAUSE A VOTE REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS QUORUM AFFIRMATIVE WHENEVER THE GROUP IS ONLY THE SIZE OF A QUORUM. UM, MEANING BASICALLY YOU NEED SIX AFFIRMATIVE VOTES TO PASS SOMETHING OR TO ADOPT SOMETHING. UH, WE HAD FIVE. SO WE, IN SPEAKING WITH STAFF IN THE PLANNING MEETINGS, I THINK IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT WE AMEND THOSE MINUTES, UH, TO REMOVE THAT, UH, OR TO, TO RESCIND, I GUESS THAT VOTE AS AN ADOPTION AND POTENTIALLY REVOTE. IT STATES THAT THE MOTION FAILED. UH OH, IT SAYS FAILED. YES, IT DOES. [00:15:01] HOWEVER, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF OUR BYLAWS THAT, UM, IF WE HAVE EIGHT, THEN THE AFFIRMATIVE NUMBER IS FIVE. UH, IN READING THE BYLAWS, IT, IT SPECIFICALLY ENUMERATES SIX. SO IF WE HAVE EIGHT, THEN WE NEED SIX. MM-HMM. , I MEAN, IT LITERALLY SAYS, IF YOU HAVE A QUORUM OF, UH, 15 QUORUM FROM 15, THERE'S A PARENTHETICAL FOLLOWING IT THAT SAYS THAT MEANS SIX VOTES. SO IT'S THE QUORUM, YOU KNOW, QUORUM OF 15 IS EIGHT, TWO-THIRDS OF EIGHT IS GOING TO BE FIVE POINT SOMETHING, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS MORE THAN FIVE. YOU HAVE TO GET SIX. I I THINK THAT IT'S TWO-THIRDS OF 15. WE HAVE TO HAVE EIGHT TO PASS SOMETHING UNLESS WE ONLY HAVE EIGHT. AND THEN IT'S A LOWER NUMBER, AND I THINK IT'S FIVE, BUT MAYBE IT'S SIX. MAKES A DIFFERENCE HERE BECAUSE WE ARE EIGHT IN THIS EXAMPLE. SO WHETHER IT'S FIVE OR SIX IS CRITICAL. UM, YEAH, BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE BYLAWS AND IT'S, IT'S SAYING IT LIKE THAT. SO JUST DEFINITELY I CAN, DOES STAFF HAVE A COPY OF THE BYLAWS HANDY? I DON'T HAVE THEM HANDY, BUT HE SAID, SO I THINK SECTION SEVEN, I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO COME UP WITH THE MINUTES. SO HOW ABOUT IF WE MOVE ON AND COME BACK TO THE MINUTES? SHERIFF, IF I HAVE ANOTHER ADDENDUM TO THE MINUTES, IS NOW THE BEST TIME TO DO IT? OR WHEN WE COME BACK? UH, LET'S DO IT NOW. ALL RIGHT. ON THE DECEMBER 15TH AMENDMENTS ON ITEM TWO. UM, IT CORRECTLY, THESE MINUTES CORRECTLY REFLECT THAT I WAS ABSENT FOR THAT MEETING, BUT THEN ON ITEM TWO, REFLECT THAT I VOTED. YAY. SO THAT WOULD BE AN INCORRECT VOTE. RECORD SLOAN, WHO'S SPEAKING? COMMISSIONER SLOAN. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, WELL THAT WOULD ALSO, IF IF COMMISSIONER SLOAN WASN'T HERE AND SHE'S COUNTED TOWARDS SEVEN, THEN THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE PASSAGE OF THAT ITEM. AND NOW THAT I'M READING IT ALSO, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONERS AND GARCIA WERE ALSO ABSENT AND ARE RECORDED AS VOTING YAY IN THE SAME VOTE, AT LEAST IN WHAT IS LISTED HERE. UM, THAT'S GONNA TAKE SOME INVESTIGATING BECAUSE MM-HMM. , YES, IT IS BECAUSE LISA TOOK THE NOTES ON THAT MONTH AND SHE'S NOT HERE AND ARE AVAILABLE. SO WHY DON'T WE TABLE BOTH SETS OF MINUTES AND IS THERE MOVED TO TABLE? THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER IS MOVED TO TABLE THE CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES. IT'S ALL MOVED. IS THERE SECOND? I SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY, UH, CHAIR MATUA AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DU TABLE, THE CONSIDERATION OF THE DECEMBER AND THE JANUARY MEETINGS UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING WHEN WE HAVE MORE NOTES ON THE ACTUAL ATTENDANCE OF THE RECORDS AND THE BYLAWS. NEXT ITEM. UH, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE OH, YES, WE NEED TO VOTE. SORRY. ALL IN FAVOR OF TABLING THE MINUTES. AYE. AYE. AYE. THAT'S UNANIMOUS. UH, [2. Briefing on City Code ยง 2-1-48 - RULES OF ORDER; discussion and possible action on any CDC-authored new rules (Chair Motwani, HPD staff)] ITEM TWO BRIEFING ON CITY CODE RULES OF ORDER. DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION. THIS IS AN ITEM PUT ON THE AGENDA BY CHAIR MAT. CHAIR MAT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO ITEM TWO? [00:20:03] THANKS. THIS IS A STANDING ITEM THAT WE, UH, KEEP HERE AND IT'S TO DISCUSS, UH, MAINLY JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING, THE PROVISIONS OF DECORUM THAT WE'VE AGREED TO. UM, ALSO THIS IS WHERE WE CAN AND HOPEFULLY WILL, UH, ADOPT A MOTION TO LIMIT DISCUSSION AND DEBATE TO THREE MINUTES PER ITEM, PER PERSON, UNLESS OTHERWISE, UH, ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION. AND FINALLY, ALSO WANTED TO UPDATE AROUND SOME MECHANISMS THAT STAFF WILL BE IMPLEMENTING TO TRY TO KEEP PARTICIPATION AND MOMENTUM OF THIS MEETING CONTINUING, UH, AS WELL AS WE CAN. AND SO, LETICIA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU OR ED, UH, MIGHT WANNA SPEAK ABOUT THE, THE PARTICULAR ITEMS WE MENTIONED AROUND, UH, KEEPING RUNNING ATTENDANCE AND SH SHARING THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY, UH, UH, DURING THIS AGENDA ITEM. UM, DO YOU, UH, AND, AND ALSO MAYBE SHARING BACK IN GENERAL WHAT OUR ATTENDANCE COUNT IS UP TO THIS POINT. WAS THAT DONE OR IS THAT IN PROCESS? THAT WASN'T A PART OF THE AGENDA TODAY, SO, OKAY. I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT FOR ED TO HAVE ON THE NEXT AGENDA. SUPER. THEN, UH, VICE CHAIR. UH, CHAIR POP. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO LIMIT DEBATE ON, UH, LIMIT DISCUSSION AND DEBATE TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, PER ITEM, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, UM, BY THIS COMMISSION. IS THERE A SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER WAN'S MOTION? I THINK THAT WAS, UH, THE PERSON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, WHOSE NAME I CAN'T SEE. I SECONDED. MOTION. UH, COMMISSIONER GARRETT. UH, COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER IS SECONDED. ALRIGHT, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER MATUA AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER TOLLIVER THAT WE LIMIT DISCUSSION TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. PER ITEM. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. UNANIMOUS ITEM [3. CSBG Monthly Reporting (Angel Zambrano) ] THREE C S B G MONTHLY REPORTING ON CAL SANO. QUESTION. COMMISSIONER TOVER? UH, I'M WATCHING THE ONES ON THE SCREEN. LET'S HIT IT AGAIN. TIME. TURN IT OFF. NEED IT AGAIN? I'M WATCHING THE, UH, COMMISSIONERS ON THE SCREEN AND WE'RE TAKING VOTES. I SEE SAMMA NOT VOTING. THAT'S WHAT I SEE. OKAY, WELL, I'LL LOOK MORE CAREFULLY AND LET ME KNOW IF I MISSED SOMEBODY. IF I COUNTED SOMEBODY WHO'S SHOULDN'T BE COUNTED. I DO WANT, UH, IS COMMISSIONER DELGADO. I DID VOTE AGAINST IT. UM, SO I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT I DO WANT IT FOR THE RECORD. I AM AGAINST THAT CUZ I DO BELIEVE THAT I HAD ASKED LEGAL IF THAT WAS EVEN LEGAL FOR, UH, THAT TO BE DONE AND NOBODY EVER GAVE ME THOSE ANSWERS. SO I, I'M NOT VOTING FOR THREE MINUTES OF DISCUSSION. OKAY, MR. TOVER, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? NO COMMISSION POPE. OKAY, SO LET'S TRY VOTING ON THAT AGAIN. THE MOTION WAS TO LIMIT DEBATE TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. WAS IT PER ITEM OR NOT PER ITEM? THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. PER ITEM. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? AYE. THAT'S TWO OPPOSED. AND THE BALANCE IN FAVOR? UH, ITEM [00:25:01] THREE. COMMISSIONER, UM, CSBG MONTHLY REPORT ON HIRANO. IS MR. SORANO HERE WITH US ON THIS? I JUST GOT A, UH, TEAM'S MESSAGE. SORRY MRS. HE'S NOT GONNA BE AVAILABLE TODAY. OKAY, WELL THEN WE WILL MOVE ON FROM, AND HE DIDN'T SEND SOMEBODY WITH THAT REPORT, RIGHT? THERE IS A COPY OF THE REPORT IN THE BACKUP ALL. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE REPORTING BACKUP ON ITEMS THREE, THE C S P G MONTHLY REPORTING? NO. WE'LL MOVE [4. Presentation and discussion on the Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (ETOD) planning process (Shanisha Johnson and Lucy Hall, HPD Staff) ] ON TO DISCUSSION ITEMS. ITEM FOUR, PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE EQUITABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS EAD. PLANNING. PLANNING PROCESS. WE HAVE S SHISHA JOHNSON AND LUCY HALL FROM THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF, SSHA JOHNSON AND LUCY HALL. I DIDN'T SEE EITHER ONE OF THEM ON THE SCREEN AND I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THEIR ATTENDANCE, SO WE'LL HAVE TO SKIP THAT ITEM. THAT'S A MAJOR ITEM. ALL RIGHT. COUNSEL HAD A LONG DISCUSSION THAT SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS SUBMITTED AMENDMENTS TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNSEL. I THINK IT WAS SCHEDULED TO COME BEFORE US FOR ACTION. THIS HAS TO DO WITH LAND USE AROUND ALL OF THE BUS STOPS AND TRAIN STATIONS OR BUS STATIONS, UH, WHETHER IT'S AFFORDABLE, WHAT WE DO ABOUT ACQUIRING PROPERTY IN THOSE AREAS TO RETAIN AFFORDABILITY. WHAT, WHAT SORT OF LAND USE INCENTIVES CAN WE OFFER TO RETAIN AFFORDABILITY? HOW CAN WE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS TALKING ABOUT VALUE CAPTURE AND ADDITIONAL TURS DISTRICTS? GOOD EVENING. UH, JAMIE MAY, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR THE HOUSING AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT. I DO APOLOGIZE, UH, FOR, UH, NOT HAVING STAFF READY, UH, AT THE MOMENT. UM, I BELIEVE WE CONTACTED THEM AND, UH, WE JUST, UM, WE'LL RESCHEDULE THIS IN FOR NEXT MONTH. YOU ARE RIGHT THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TOPIC, UH, THAT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. COUNCIL, UH, ADOPTED THE EAD POLICY. SO IT IS NOW POLICY FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. UM, AND OUR STAFF WOULD BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON THAT. I DON'T WANT TO, UH, TRY AND STEP INTO THAT SHOE, THOSE SHOES TODAY BECAUSE I WILL BUTCHER AND MANGLE WHATEVER THE, ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL, UH, UH, WORDS AND IMAGES THAT THEY BROUGHT FORWARD. UM, SO I WOULD ASK JUST FOR, UM, PATIENTS TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH, AND WE WILL BE SURE TO HAVE, UH, APPROPRIATE STAFF HERE TO, TO PRESENT THAT. COMMISSIONER, SINCE THIS IS POSTED, WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TIME TO LAY OUT ANY PARTICULAR, UH, QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAVE STAFF SEND TO THE SPECIFIC STAFF ON THIS ITEM. COMMISSIONERS, OR ANY QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE TO ASK IN ADVANCE OF OUR CONSIDERING THIS ITEM NEXT MONTH. MR. WOODS, IS THAT YOUR HAND UP? SORRY. UM, YES, I'VE, UM, LOOKING AT THE MAP, IT WOULD, AND BRIEFLY, UM, GLANCING AT IT, UH, HAS CITY HAS THE CITY'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT VOICED AN OPINION ON WHETHER THIS, UM, INNOVA, WHERE, WHETHER OR NOT THE USE OF E UTAH'S IS IN VIOLATION OF THE COURT ORDER. IN THE UNA CASE, UH, WHICH YOU MAY REMEMBER, UM, REQUIRES NOTICE TO LANDOWNERS IF THEIR PROPERTY OR NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES ARE BEING REZONED. UM, IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF ALL THIS WORK HAS BEEN DONE WITHOUT AT LEAST VERIFYING THAT, THAT WE WILL NOT BE GETTING ANOTHER COURT ORDER, UM, TO [00:30:01] STOP A OFF ALL OF THAT. IF WE COULD FIND OUT ABOUT THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING, I'D APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. STAFF DID, WAS THAT A COMMENT? YOU WERE, WE'RE MAKING NOTE OF THE QUESTIONS. GREAT. THANK YOU. MR. TOVER, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES. COM CHAIR. HOW IS IT AT THIS MAP OF AUSTIN'S NEW BUS ROUTE? HOW DOES THE COURTS GET INVOLVED IN TO THIS SITUATION WHERE DOMAIN PROPERTY IS BEGINNING TO WORK NOW? HAVE YOU ANYBODY SEEN DOMAIN, WHICH THAT MEANS IS THEY CAN TAKE YOUR PROPERTY WITHOUT YOU KNOWING ANYBODY? OH, EMINENT DOMAIN, ENT DOMAIN. I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PLACE, INTIMATE DOMAIN. LET ME READ DOMAIN . OKAY. IN OTHER WORDS, JUST WITH THE, UH, COUNCIL, IS THAT CAROL DAVIS WHO JUST MENTIONED THIS? SHE'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN. THE LADY JUST MADE THE QUESTION OF THE COMMISSIONER. OH, THE, UH, JULIA WOODS. OKAY. JULIA WOODS. WOODS, YES. COMMISS WOODS. OKAY. YES. HOW DOES, HOW DOES THAT WORK IF THIS ALREADY BEEN THROUGH COURTS AND THEY STILL TRY TO PUSH IT? UH, COMMISSIONER WOODS, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN OR, OR REZONING? UH, THIS WOULD BE, UH, THE CASE REGARDING REZONING AND NOTICE REQUIREMENTS PER STATE LAW. THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT'S THE ONE I HEARD ABOUT. ARE THERE OTHER COMMI, OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONER WAN CHAIR. MATNEY CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO HEAR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, OR AT LEAST MAYBE WHAT YOU THINK OR, YEAH, ANY, I, I GUESS YOUR TOP ONE OR TWO POINTS OF, UH, IF, IF NOT CONCERN AT LEAST, UM, JUST IMPORTANT POINTS THAT, THAT WE MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT. THE ISSUE OF, ACTUALLY IT'S ALREADY ALREADY PASSED. THE ISSUE OF, OF AFFORDABILITY IS REALLY SUPREME IN THIS SITUATION. IF THE TODDS DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, WHICH IS TO BECOME A KIND OF A FOCAL POINT OF ACTIVITY OF PEOPLE GETTING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER AND STOPPING AT THE DIFFERENT STATIONS AND, AND WORKING, LIVING, SHOPPING, MEETING OTHER PEOPLE, ALL OF THOSE, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT INCREASE POPULATION IN AN AREA, THEN IT COULD BECOME AN AREA FOR A LOT OF GENTRIFICATION. AND THE, THE DEGREE THAT THERE'S AFFORDABILITY NOW, IT COULD BE RAPIDLY TRANSITIONED OVER TO UNAFFORDABLE. AND SO THE IDEA HERE, I THINK IS TO FOCUS FUNDS FOR PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND OFFERING ZONING INCENTIVES THAT INCREASE THE, UH, WHAT CAN BE BUILT ON THE PROPERTY IN RETURN FROM SOME OF THE UNITS BEING AFFORDABLE, BUT HOW AFFORDABLE, HOW MANY UNITS THAT'S ALL UP IN THE AIR. AND SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. I, THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR THE STAFF EXPERTS ON THIS TOPIC DISCUSS IS THE SPECIFIC MEANS THAT WE CAN PRESERVE AND, AND CREATE AFFORDABILITY IN THE EADS E ETO ODS. WE HEARD YOU . ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. AND WE'LL [5. Joint Sustainability Committee discussion of the implementation of the Austin Climate Equity Plan (JSC) ] MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR OF THE JOINT SUSTAIN JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE DISCUSSION AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. THIS DOESN'T HAVE A PERSON'S NAME BY IT, BY IT, SO I'M NOT SURE WHO'S SUPPOSED TO LEAD THE DISCUSSION. IS THERE ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT [00:35:01] ATTEND THAT MEETING ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT'S SUPPOSED TO REPORT OUT ON THAT? AND THAT WOULD BE COMMISSIONER FA WHO'S NOT ATTENDING TONIGHT. UM, WAS, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WAS NECESSAR. WELL, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE. UM, SORRY. VICE CHAIR THIS, UH, COULD I SPEAK? THIS IS, YES. COMMISSIONER MOWAN, UH, I'M NOT, FORGIVE ME. LETICIA, I, UH, I I I THINK THAT COMMISSIONER FIDEL WOULD HAVE REPORTED OUT ON THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE IN THE LATTER SECTION WHEN WE DO OUR WORK GROUP REPORT OUTS. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE HER ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT BECAUSE WE KNEW SHE WOULDN'T BE IN ATTENDANCE. MY UNDERSTANDING, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, WAS THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN FROM KIBA WHITE. WAS THAT, DOES, IS THERE ANY RECOLLECTION THERE? I NEVER HEARD. DOES IT MAKE SENSE THAT KIVA WHITE WOULD'VE BEEN GIVING THAT PRESENTATION? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SHE EMAILED US TO GET THIS ON THE AGENDA. UH, I THINK SHE EMAILED US AND ED EVEN RESPONDED THAT YOU'D BE PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. I DID NOT GET THAT EMAIL. OKAY. IS I, I'M SORRY. I CAN'T SEE YOU OVER THERE. IS ED, I'M GUESSING ED'S NOT THERE. ED IS NOT HERE TODAY. OKAY. UM, WELL THAT'S WHAT I GOT ABOUT THAT. I SAT IN ON THE AGENDA MEETING AND I DO NOT RECALL THAT NAME. FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, THERE WERE REOCCURRING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT THE COMMISSIONERS NORMALLY REPORT OUT ON. AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE SAID WE WANTED TO KEEP ON IN ORDER NOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THEM. NO. YEAH, NO, I, UH, OH, I'M SORRY. UH, VICE CHAIR, UH, OR CHAIR POP IF, UH, I, UH, RE SO I, I DEFINITELY REMEMBER DISCUSSING KIVA'S NAME, UH, DURING, DURING THE MEETING. UM, AND I ALSO REMEMBER US AFFIRMING THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REPORT OUT ITEMS AT THE WORK FOR THE WORK GROUPS, UH, AND APPOINTED COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE THERE ON THE BOTTOM. AND I BELIEVE WE DETERMINED NOT TO PUT THE ITEMS THAT WE KNEW FOLKS WERE NOT GOING TO ATTEND FOR BECAUSE THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS ASKING US TO BE TIGHTER ON HOW WE KEEP OUR AGENDAS. THEY DON'T JUST WANT US TO HAVE THINGS POSTED WHETHER OR NOT WE ACTUALLY REPORT ON THEM OR NOT. SO THEY WANT US TO BE TIGHTER ON WHETHER OR NOT WE, WE KNOW THAT, THAT WE'RE POSTING SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA HAPPEN. SO I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THIS REPORT OUT AS STATED ON THE AGENDA, IS NOT WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER FIDEL MIGHT HAVE REPORTED ON, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SPECIFICITY OF THE LANGUAGE IN IT. USUALLY OUR REPORT OUTS JUST SAY REPORT OUT FROM THE J FROM FROM THE GEORGE. UH, IN THAT BOTTOM SECTION WHERE YOU'LL SEE, I THINK THAT THERE'S A SCHWAB AND THERE'S A, UH, ALSO TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEMS DOWN THERE. BUT UM, IN ANY CASE, IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION. I'LL KICK IT BACK OVER TO YOU CHAIR AND WHAT I RECALL WAS THAT KABA WHITE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE APPOINTED SOMEBODY TO TAKE COMMISSIONER FED'S PLACE, BUT WE ALSO HAD SOMETHING ABOUT DISCUSSING THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, CUZ THAT'S A PRETTY SPECIFIC THING. OKAY. THAT'LL GO ON NOTE FOR THE RECORD AND WE CAN CLARIFY WITH ED FOR THE NEXT MEETING. CHAIR. MAY I SAY SOMETHING AGAIN? I WANT TO JUST, UH, UH, SAY THAT YEAH, THAT YOU'RE RIGHT. THE WAY YOU CLARIFIED IT IS RIGHT AND LETICIA UH, IS DEFINITELY RIGHT THAT KIVA WAS NOT GOING TO BE ON THAT AGENDA. SHE DID JUST SUGGEST THAT WE WANT, SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE APPOINTED SOMEBODY AND THAT THIS DISCUSSION ITEM WAS THERE. SO EVERYBODY TAKE NOTE. WE'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW REPRESENTATIVE TO THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. UH, AND ON THE REST OF OUR WORKING GROUPS, UH, COMMISSIONER ALIAS IS NOT PRESENT, SO HE'S NOT HERE TO TELL US AN UPDATE ON THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP. AND COMMISSIONER GARRETT, DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE HER? OH, I DON'T HAVE UPDATE AT THIS MEETING. OKAY. THAT BRINGS US [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS] TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND UH, THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING TO REPORT BACK NEXT MONTH ON THE, UH, SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT [00:40:02] CHAIR. YES. COMMISSIONER DELGADO? I DO. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN PUT A NEW AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH. AND IT'S SOMETHING I NEED TO ASK STAFF IF, HOW WE CAN REQUEST TO HAVE LEGAL, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT BE PRESENT. I THINK, UM, NOT JUST MYSELF OR ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, UM, REGARDING OUR SOVEREIGN BOARD AS FAR AS TERMS, UM, SERVING TERMS. UM, AND I DO SEE THAT WE HAD, I THINK, I BELIEVE THREE VACANCIES THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING UP. UM, WELL ACTUALLY TWO TERMS. WERE FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023. COMMISSIONER, POP, COMMISSIONER, WANNI. UM, AND THEN I THINK THERE IS ONE MORE I I, I'M NOT QUITE SURE, BUT I WANNA SEE IF WE CAN HAVE, UM, LEGAL COME ON OUR NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM FOR THE FUTURE SO WE CAN ASK SOME QUESTIONS. I DEFINITELY HAVE A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO ASK REGARDING THIS BOARD, UH, IN MY TERM FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS STAFF. WOULD WE BE ABLE TO DO THAT STAFF? IS THAT SOMETHING THE LAW DEPARTMENT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO COMMENT ON? WE WOULD DEFINITELY ASK. UH, I THINK I'M GONNA REACH OUT TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE FIRST TO SEE IF THEY HAVE SOMEONE ON THEIR TEAM THAT'S, UM, LEGAL, IF THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LEGAL STAFF. AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU GUYS ON THAT. THANK YOU. SECOND QUESTION, DID UM, BESIDES LEGAL, UM, OUR ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BEING HERE PRESENT FOR ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS? THAT'S ONE ITEM. THE NEXT ONE WAS, UM, ARE WE EVEN GONNA HAVE A DISCUSSION REGARDING, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, THAT ARE THE VACANCIES THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING UP? DO YOU ALL HAVE KNOW THE, UH, PROTOCOL OF A 60 DAY OR HOW LONG ARE THEY ELIGIBLE TO SERVE? UM, WHILE THEY'RE EITHER GONNA BE REAPPOINTED OR THEY'RE GONNA BE SOME NEW APPOINTEES? UM, ONE OF THEM IS MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT THREE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOSE VELAZQUEZ THAT WILL BE APPOINTING OR REAPPOINTING. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ON, ON OUR FUTURE AGENDA. THANK YOU. YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO COME AND ADDRESS THE REAPPOINTMENT OF A PARTICULAR SEAT. THE FIRST QUESTION WAS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO COME AND A AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND GO OVER OUR SOVEREIGN BOARD, UM, TERMS. I THINK WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS HERE. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY, THEY'VE EVEN IF THEY EVEN KNOW, UH, ABOUT ANY OF THEIR TERMS, NOR DO THEY EVEN KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR LEGAL. I HAVE MY OWN QUESTIONS FOR LEGAL THAT I'LL BE SUBMITTING. UH, SO THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION OF THE VACANCIES THAT ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE. UM, WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG ARE THEY GONNA BE ABLE TO STAY ON THE COMMISSION. THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION I CAN ASK THEM, BUT I DO WANT THAT AS AN AGENDA ITEM CUZ I DON'T SEE THAT AS A DISCUSSION AT ALL. OKAY. I'LL ADD THAT FOR THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, I READ IN THE BYLAWS THAT AFTER THE END OF THE TERM THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE LIKE 16 MORE DAYS AFTER THAT. SO WE DON'T REALLY NEED LAW TO ANSWER THAT. BUT IS IT OKAY IF I ASK THAT YOU SUBMIT THOSE QUESTIONS FOR LAW TO ME SO WE CAN KNOW, UM, WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE AND MAYBE THEY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO BE PRESENT? SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE ANSWERS FOR YOU. THANK YOU LETICIA. YES PLEASE. AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE OUR NEW NEWLY YEAR OFFICER. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE GONNA PUT THAT ON AGENDA FOR US TO VOTE FOR NEW CHAIRS, VICE CHAIRS. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING OR SEEN ANY OF THAT EITHER. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE COMMISSIONERS WANNA PUT ON THE NEXT AGENDA THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS. I MOVE THAT THIS OR I, UM, DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. SEE Y'ALL, THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU KAREN. BYE EVERYONE. HI. THANK YOU ALL GOOD [00:45:01] AFTERNOON, SIGNING OFF. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.