Jun 01, 2023 City Council Meetings

IF AN ITEM HAS BEEN POSTPONED, LET ME JUST SAY IF THE I, AN ITEM HAS BEEN POSTPONED, THAT YOUR TESTIMONY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO CONTINUE TO MAKE COMMENTS, BUT IT WILL BE ON THE MERITS OF THE POSTPONEMENT AND, AND NOT ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ITEM, IF YOU WILL.

UH, AND I AGREE WITH THE POSTPONEMENT.

I JUST WISH IT WOULD BE AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MONICA GUZMAN, SPEAKING ON ITEMS 36 47 AND 48.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

I'M MONICA GUZMAN, POLICY DIRECTOR AT GAVA GO AUSTIN, BOMB WITH AUSTIN.

FIRST, WE THANK STAFF FOR POSTPONING.

ITEM 36.

SECOND GALVAN IS OPPOSED TO ITEM 48, ELIMINATION OF OCCUPANCY LIMITS.

OCCUPANCY LIMITS CAN BE QUESTIONED, BUT WE AGREE WITH AND SUPPORT MARIO CANTU'S CONCERNS AND SUGGESTIONS SENT TO MAYOR COUNCIL FOR A STAKEHOLDER GROUP, BECAUSE THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE, WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT ON TRUE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND THE SAFETY CONCERNS REGARDING EXCESS NOISE, PARKING, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, AND TRASH CRASH COLLECTION.

THE SAFETY CONCERNS WILL CREATE A DOMINO EFFECT RATHER THAN ELIMINATE OCCUPANCY LIMITS IN ONE BROAD VOTE, LEAVING SERIOUS QUESTIONS AND RISKS.

THIS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH STAKEHOLDERS WHO BRING PERSPECTIVES FROM THOSE MOST VULNERABLE AND IMPACTED BY OCCUPANCY LIMITS AND THEIR POTENTIAL ELIMINATION.

WE THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY FOR HER PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNSEL AND STAFF AND CONNECTING YOU WITH VULNERABLE IMPACTED RESIDENTS TO ENSURE THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD.

SHORES AREA OF DOWNTOWN WITH THE SOUTH FIRST STREET BRIDGE, THAT AREA OF TOWN WILL, WILL NEVER RECEIVE RAIL SERVICE.

NEXT SPEAKER IS PAULA BROWN SPEAKING ON ITEM 48.

GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS PAULA BROWN AND I SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT MS. GUZMAN JUST SAID CONCERNING, UH, THE, UH, CURRENTLY WRITTEN PROPOSAL NUMBER 48, UH, WITH THE SAFETY ISSUES, THE OCCUPANCY ISSUES.

WHEN THIS WAS STUDIED BEFORE, IT WAS ALWAYS, UH, PUT FORTH AND STUDIED BY THE COUNCIL AND STAFF.

UH, I ALSO SUPPORT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S AMENDMENT.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER IS SUZANNE PANTEL SPEAKING ON ITEM 72.

I SUPPORT OVERALL THE ATP PROPOSAL FOR PROJECT CONNECT, BUT I DO NOT SUPPORT THE DECISION ABOUT THE BRIDGE LOCATION, AND I DON'T THINK THAT DECISION WAS MADE WITH LEGITIMATE PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.

THE STAFF ACTUALLY MADE THAT DECISION A WHILE AGO BECAUSE I RECEIVED COMMUNICATION FROM THEM FROM, FOR THAT EFFECT TO THAT EFFECT, AND THEY DID NOT RELEASE THE INFORMATION THAT THE, THE COMMUNITY NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT DECISION.

AND TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE BEST LOCATION THE STAFF IS NOT DISCUSSING THAT THERE IS A GOLD LINE INCLUDED IN PROJECT CONNECT THAT WILL SERVE THE EAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN IN THE FUTURE.

BUT IF WE DON'T SERVE THE AUDITORIUM

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AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO SERVE AS MANY AREAS OF TOWN THAT WE CAN.

FURTHERMORE, I THINK FOR A $5 BILLION PROJECT FULLY AT BRAS, IT IS COMPLETELY REASONABLE THAT WE SHOULD REACH THE CRESTVIEW STATION IN THIS FIRST SEGMENT.

THE PRES VIEW STATION WOULD ADD SIGNIFICANT RIDERSHIP AND ALSO IMPROVE OUR RATING WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT AS A TRANSIT ADVOCATE, I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON PROJECT CONNECT ADVOCACY SINCE 2007, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT TRANSIT ADVOCATES BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN A REAL WAY IN THESE DECISIONS.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME.

UH, SWITCHING OVER TO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

UH, FIRST SPEAKER IS GUS PENA SPEAKING ON ITEMS SEVEN AND 49, 8 AND 50 AND NINE AND 51, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS HARRIS, JULIA WOODS, AND DANIEL GIANNIS.

MR. PENA, IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM.

UH, CHRIS HARRIS SPEAKING ON THE MERIT OF THE POSTPONEMENT TO ITEM 34, JULIA WOODS SPEAKING ON THE ITEMS, UH, THE MERIT OF THE POSTPONEMENT FOR ITEM 36, DANIEL YEZ.

ITEM 36, DAVID WEINBERG.

ITEM 36, NATALIE FRENSLEY.

ITEM 36, ADRIAN MACIAS.

ITEM 36, BILL BUNCH.

ITEM 36, MARIO CON, UH, CANTU SPEAKING ON THE MERIT TO THE POSTPONEMENT.

ITEM 36 AND ALSO ITEM 48, FOLLOWED BY MEGAN MICE AND BACK, UH, SPEAKING ON THE MERIT TO THE POSTPONEMENT.

ITEM 36 AND ALSO ITEM 48.

PLEASE COME.

PLEASE COME FORWARD, SIR.

GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL.

MY NAME'S MARIO CANTU.

UH, I WANTED TO SPEAK, UH, BE BRIEFLY ABOUT, UH, THE SOUTH DORMS, UH, THE AMENDMENT THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MACKENZIE KELLY IS, UH, PUTTING FORWARD ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, LITTLE OVER CLOSE TO 10 YEARS AGO, I WORKED ON THIS PROJECT, UH, WITH AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL.

ONE OF OUR BIG CONCERNS WAS THE AMOUNTS OF, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, BASICALLY COMPILED AND PUSHED INTO ONE DORM OR ONE AREA.

UM, THE INGRESS EGRESS OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES COMING INTO THESE, UM, CONDOS, DORMS IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UH, THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT.

OF COURSE, TRASH COMING IN, DISPOSAL, ET CETERA.

UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, OUR, OUR CITY IS WHAT, 10 TIMES BIGGER AND 10 TIMES MORE POPULATED.

SO I CALLED 9 1 1 THE OTHER DAY.

UH, IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD THAT, UH, I DIDN'T NEED FIRE OR, UH, EMS, UH, IN THIS SITUATION, BUT IT TOOK OVER FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES FOR ME JUST TO GET ON THE LINE WITH A DISPATCHER.

OUR 9 1 1 SYSTEM IS STILL SOMEWHAT BROKEN AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED, AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS AREA NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS ALL THESE ISSUES BEFORE WE START ADDING MORE AND MORE POPULATION, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM.

AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE BEING INVOLVED IN, UH, HEAVILY, UM, RISKY SITUATIONS WHERE OFTENTIMES THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEING COMPROMISED.

EITHER THEY'RE BEING STABBED, THEY'RE BEING PUNCHED, THEY'RE BEING HURT.

UH, SO THERE, THERE'S A WHOLE BOWL OF SOUP OF PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE THIS THING GETS OFF THE GROUND.

AND I ASKED THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THIS AREA TO, TO REALLY LOOK BACK AND GET THE STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED, GET, GET THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WERE INVOLVED YEARS AGO INTO MAKING SURE THAT THIS THING, UH, IS SAFE AND THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, SOMETHING LIKE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY WHERE YOU HAVE A HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT GET BURNED UP.

IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME.

UH, HI.

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NAME IS CHRIS HARRIS.

I'M THE POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

UM, I AM HERE TO SPEAK AROUND THE, UH, AL BASE AND LICENSE PLATE READER ISSUE, UH, AND ITEM.

UM, I WANNA FIRST THANK THOSE MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING TO, UM, UM, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARDS AROUND THE USE OF THESE TOOLS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA COUNCILMAN MCC CADRE, FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE.

UM, THIS IS A MASS SURVEILLANCE TOOL, UH, WITH, UM, EXTRAORDINARY POWERS.

AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, UM, IF THIS TYPE OF TOOL WILL BE USED, THAT ALL THE SAFEGUARDS NECESSARY TO PREVENT ITS ABUSE ARE IN PLACE.

WE ALSO NEED TO BE CAPTURING INFORMATION AROUND THE POTENTIAL VECTORS FOR ABUSE THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER PLACES WHERE WE'VE SEEN OFFICERS USE THIS TOOL TO TRY TO TRACK PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR EX, EX-GIRLFRIENDS AND WIVES, WHERE WE'VE SEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT USE THEM TO ENFORCE LAWS THAT THIS COMMUNITY DOESN'T AGREE WITH AND, AND HAS DEPRIORITIZED, IF NOT OUTRIGHT DECRIMINALIZED.

UH, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVEN THE ACCIDENTAL MISUSE OF IT, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SWITCHED A LICENSE PLATES OUT AND NOW I'M PULLING OVER THE WRONG CAR AND HOLDING PEOPLE AT GUNPOINT WHO DON'T, WHO, WHO HAVE DONE ANYTHING WRONG, UM, THAT WE ARE ACCOMMODATING AND ENSURING THAT AS MUCH PRECAUTIONS BEING TAKEN TO PREVENT THOSE ISSUES, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT WE'RE CAPTURING DATA SO THAT IF IT DOES HAPPEN AT THE END OF THIS PILOT PERIOD, YOU ALL CAN COME BACK, UH, WITH, WITH OPEN EYES ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO EXTEND.

THE LAST THING I'M GONNA SAY IS, UM, THERE'S A REAL ISSUE HERE.

THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION SAYS THAT YOU ALL SHOULD ONLY APPROVE THIS IF IT CONFORMS TO THE O P O POLICY AROUND THIS.

HAVE ANY OF Y'ALL SEEN THE O P O POLICY AROUND THIS? IT HAS NOT BEEN POSTED ON THIS CITY'S WEBSITE.

IT'S NOT BEEN POSTED IN ANY CITY BACKUP.

THE OPOS MEMOS ARE BEING ACTIVELY HIDDEN.

FROM YOU AND THIS COMMUNITY.

MS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER, MEGAN MICEN BACK FOLLOWED BY BRIAN PENA, FOLLOWED BY RYAN NELL.

IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AFTER MR NO WOULD BE HENRICK TUCKER.

GOOD MORNING COUNSEL.

UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING UP THIS ITEM.

ITEM.

MY NAME'S BRIAN PENA.

UM, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF UNIVERSITY DEMOCRATS, WEST CAMPUS NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION AND COUNTLESS STUDENTS.

UM, AT UT AUSTIN.

UM, ITEM 48 WOULD MAKE A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN GIVING STUDENTS ANOTHER OPTION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

UM, RIGHT NOW STUDENTS ARE FEELING THEIR RENT GO UP EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

YOU KNOW, I JUST SIGNED FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS MORE THAN I SIGNED LAST YEAR, AND THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD.

UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING, GETTING RID OF THIS, YOU KNOW, ITEM 48 WOULD REALLY HELP OUT STUDENTS CUZ IN THE END A LOT OF US ARE MAKING THE DECISION AT THE END OF OUR FOUR YEARS AT UT OR HOWEVER MUCH TIME WE KIND OF HAVE TO MAKE A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE GET TO STAY IN THE CITY THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MADE OUR HOME THAT WE HAVE JOBS IN, THAT WE HAVE LIVED IN FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

OR ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE INCREDIBLY FAR AWAY JUST TO BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE? CUZ IT'S JUST SIMPLY NOT AFFORDABLE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, IN THE WEST CAMPUS AREA, STUDENTS ARE JUST AS MUCH AUSTINITES AS ANYONE ELSE AND ALL WE ARE ASKING IS FOR MORE OPTIONS FOR HOUSING BEYOND THE INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE AREA OF WEST CAMPUS THAT IT JUST CONTINUES TO GET MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE EVERY YEAR.

SO I REALLY HOPE Y'ALL CONSIDER VOTING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 48.

LIMITS BASED ON HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS.

NEXT SPEAKER IS RYAN NLL, FOLLOWED BY HENRIK TUCKER, FOLLOWED BY BETSY GREENBERG.

HELLO, MY NAME IS RYAN MILL.

I REPRESENT THE AUSTIN COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.

I SENT Y'ALL A LETTER LAST NIGHT WITH SOME ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPPORT OF ELIMINATING OCCUPANCY LIMITS.

ITEM 48.

UH, WE GOT ANOTHER SIGNATORY AFTER I SENT THAT EMAIL, SO I'M HAVING THE CLERK HAND THAT OUT TO Y'ALL.

UM, SO COOPERATIVE HOUSING HOUSES ABOUT 1200 PEOPLE IN AUSTIN.

CO-OPS ARE ABOUT 50 TO 70% OF COMPARABLES WHEN IT COMES TO RENT AND ALSO, UM, ABOUT 80% OF THEM OPERATE ABOVE THE CURRENT OCCUPANCY LIMITS, UM, THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING ELIMINATING.

SO I THINK A BIG PART OF THE ABILITY FOR CO-OPS TO ACHIEVE THESE, UH, LOW RATES IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOWER SHARED HOUSING ALLOWS FOR A LOWER COST PER SQUARE FOOT, YOU NEED LESS APPLIANCES, UM, AND YOU USE LOWER ENERGY BECAUSE YOU SHARE THE SPACE.

UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS DOESN'T GET RID OF OCCUPANCY

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UM, AND, UH, ALSO THAT THIS IS FOR BASICALLY OCCUPANCY LIMITS BASED ON FAMILIAL STATUS, WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN SUITABLE IN THE PAST WHEN WE HAD MUCH MORE TRADITIONAL NUCLEAR FAMILIES.

BUT THE NATURE OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE CHANGING.

YOU HAVE MORE SINGLE PEOPLE, UM, YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN NON-TRADITIONAL FAMILIES.

UM, AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT WE LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE LIVE TOGETHER BY ELIMINATING THIS.

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH CO-OPS IS THAT I'M MOVED INTO A CO-OP AS A SOPHOMORE IN COLLEGE AND AFTER A VERY LONELY FRESHMAN YEAR, I FELT THAT LIVING INTO THIS SHARED HOUSING EXPERIENCE WAS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL AND HELPED ME, YOU KNOW, FIND MY PLACE IN THE WORLD.

THEY REMIND ME A LOT OF VISITING MY EXTENDED FAMILY IN MEXICO.

UM, AND I STUCK AROUND FOR, YOU KNOW, 15 YEARS BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT DEAL, UM, IN ADDITION TO A GREAT SOCIAL EXPERIENCE.

SO I HOPE Y'ALL WILL VOTE TO ELIMINATE ITEM 48, UM, OCCUPANCY LIMITS BASED ON FAMILIAL STATUS AND PROVIDE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO AUSTIN IMMEDIATELY.

NEXT SPEAKERS, HENRIK TUCKER, FOLLOWED BY BETSY GREENBERG AND JOLENE KIELBASA.

HELLO, I'M HENRICK TUCKER.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 48 AND FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEM 48.

I HAVE TWO MAIN POINTS FOR IT, UH, IN LIGHT THAT IT IS THE FIRST DAY OF PRIDE MONTH.

FAMILY OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN USED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, DISCRIMINATE AGAINST LGBTQ I PLUS INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE MANY QUEER AND TRANS PEOPLE REJECT, UH, NUCLEAR FAMILY.

AND I PERSONALLY AM AWARE AND AFFECTED BY THE RELATIONSHIPS AND FRIENDSHIPS I HAVE WITH PEOPLE I LIVE WITH AND BEING VERY LIMITED ON WHO I CAN LIVE WITH.

ADDITIONALLY, I AM A HOUSING CO-OP.

I'VE LIVED IN HOUSING CO-OP FOR 10 YEARS IN AUSTIN.

I WORK WITH THE A C B A, UM, AND MY ORGANIZATION, ROSEWOOD COMMUNITY HOUSING, WHERE I LIVE IN A CO-OP IN EAST AUSTIN.

WE JUST EXPANDED TO A SECOND HOUSE AND THE PROCESS WAS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE LIMITED HOUSING STOCK REALLY LIMITED THE OPTIONS OF WHERE WE WERE ALLOWED TO LIVE.

THERE ALREADY IS SO MANY BARRIERS TO LANDLORDS WANTING TO RENT TO A HOUSING CO-OP AND ONLY BEING ABLE TO SELECT FROM DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES THAT WERE BUILT BEFORE THE YEAR 2004 WAS BASICALLY THE ONLY HOUSING STOCK WE CAN GO FOR, DESPITE BEING JUST 10 INDIVIDUALS.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF HOUSES THAT HAVE ENOUGH ROOMS TO COMFORTABLY HOUSE MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE, BUT LEGALLY AREN'T MEANT TO BE OCCUPIED THAT WAY.

THAT IS IT.

NEXT SPEAKERS, BETSY GREENBERG, FOLLOWED BY JOLENE KIELBASA, ALICE WOODS AND MICHAEL NAAS.

MY NAME IS BETSY GREENBERG AND I'M OPPOSED TO ITEM 48.

THIS ITEM PROPOSES TO ELIMINATE DWELLING UNIT OCCUPANCY LIMITS AND RELY INSTEAD ON THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 4 0 4 OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE STANDARDS, WHICH QUOTE, HAVE ENFORCEABLE OCCUPANCY LIMITS BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE PER PERSON, WHICH ENSURE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND PREVENT OVERCROWDING END.

IN AUSTIN, EVEN THE SMALLEST SINGLE FAMILY LOCK CAN HAVE A HOUSE WITH AT LEAST 2300 SQUARE FEET OF LIVABLE SPACE.

THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT FOR SIX OR MORE PEOPLE, THE LIVING ROOM PLUS THE DINING ROOM BE AT LEAST 250 SQUARE FEET.

A KITCHEN ISN'T SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED, BUT IF YOU HAVE ONE, DIMENSIONS HAVE TO BE AT LEAST SEVEN BY SEVEN.

SO LET'S CALL THAT 50 SQUARE FEET THAT LEAVES 2000 SQUARE FEET IN THE HOUSE FOR BEDROOMS AND BATHROOMS. THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE REQUIRES THAT BEDROOMS BE 70 SQUARE FEET FOR ONE PERSON, 120 FOR TWO AND 50 ADDITIONAL SQUARE FEET PER PERSONS.

EACH BEDROOM NEEDS ACCESS TO A WATER CLOSET AND LAVATORY.

BUT LET'S ASSUME THAT THE BATHROOMS ALSO HAVE TUBS AND SHOWERS.

UM, SO TO BE GENEROUS, IF I ALLOW A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET PER PERSON FOR BEDROOMS AND BATHROOMS, THIS IS QUITE A BIT MORE THAN THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE REQUIRES AND WOULD STILL ALLOW 20 PEOPLE TO LIVE IN A 2300 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.

RELYING ON THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE MAKES POSSIBLE UNREGULATED AND LEGAL ABUSE OF PEOPLE WHO NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CROWDING LIVING CONDITIONS AND HEALTH.

AND SAFE IS THE HOUSE HEALTH AND SAFETY NIGHTMARES THAT WE MUST AVOID.

PLEASE SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, SO THAT IF THERE ARE CHANGES TO OCCUPANCY RULES, THEY ARE DONE THOUGHTFULLY.

NEXT SPEAKER IS JOLENE KIELBASA SPEAKING ON ITEM 48, FOLLOWED BY ALICE WOODS, MICHAEL NAJA, AND JOHN.

GOOD.

STRUCTURES, FIRE SAFETY AND TRASH AND HEALTH AND, OH, HOW DO I CLICK THIS? OKAY, WE GOT THE CLICKER GOING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME SPEAK AND I WILL BE SPEAKING ON THE PROBLEM WITH OVER OCCUPANCY AND SINGLE FAMILY

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HOW, OKAY, NEXT PLEASE.

OKAY, NEXT.

AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME SPEAK AND THIS IS ME SPEAKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

EXACT ISSUE IN 2014.

NEXT AND OCCUPANCY LIMITS IN 2014 AND 2016 WERE A CULMINATION OF A BUNCH OF ISSUES.

AND JUST QUICKLY, CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT WAS INVOLVED AND COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE MARTINEZ TOOK THIS ISSUE ON, UM, BECAUSE OF FIRE, FIRE, HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES AND THE CITY MANAGER, THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND THE HEADS OF CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT THOUGHT OVER OCCUPANCY WAS ENOUGH OF A PROBLEM THAT IT WARRANTED A SIDE SITE VISIT.

UH, SLIDE PLEASE AND SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY, LESS FIRE PROTECTION.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE EXIT FOR 12 BEDROOMS ON THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND THERE ARE RULES ABOUT MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND YOU CAN LOOK THEM UP.

AND FROM THE AF UH, AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE INSPECTION GUIDE ABOUT FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.

AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS COVERED TO, UM, PLACEMENT OF FIRE DETECTORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY, INCREASED FIRE PROTECTION.

SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY OVERFLOWING TRASH.

TWO TOO FEW TRASH BINS, PERHAPS USUALLY JUST ONE TOO MANY RESIDENTS.

IT'S A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE.

THIS IS CITY MANAGER ART MARK OT, LOOKING AT TRASH DURING HIS OCCUPANCY LIMITS TOUR.

THIS IS MF PROPERTY TRASH, INAPPROPRIATELY SIZED DUMPSTERS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS TO MAINTAIN CURRENT OXI OCCUPANCY LIMITS.

THEY HAVE PUT IN CHECK SERIOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES, SUCH AS TRASH AND FIRE STREETS ARE NO LONGER FULL OF OVERFLOWING TRASH CANS AND SPLIT OPEN HEFTY BAGS AND NO LONGER BUILDING 12, BUILD 12 BEDROOM SUPER DUPLEXES WITH THE ONLY ONE AT.

THAT IS IT.

NEXT SPEAKER IS ALICE WOODS, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL NAHAS.

JOHN GOOD, AND SUSAN RODO.

HELLO MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

MY NAME IS ALICE WOODS.

I'M AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATE AND CONSULTANT.

I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING COALITION IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 48.

THE AUSTIN HOUSING COALITION INCLUDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS, POLICY EXPERTS, ADVOCATES, ALL OF WHOM WORK TO LOWER THE BARRIERS TO HOUSING WITHIN AUSTIN AND CENTRAL TEXAS.

WE SUPPORT THE ELIMINATION OF AUSTIN'S POLICY OF REGULATING OCCUPANCY BY FAMILIAL STATUS AS THE EXISTING POLICY IS ARBITRARY AND DISCRIMINATORY AND CREATES A BARRIER TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

ELIMINATING OCCUPANCY LIMITS BASED ON FAMILIAL STATUS WOULD ALLOW AUSTIN KNIGHT'S GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN THEIR HOUSING CHOICES IMMEDIATELY AND AT ZERO COST TO THE CITY GROUPS SUCH AS STUDENTS THAT DISABLED ELDERLY IMMIGRANTS AND LGBTQIA PLUS HOUSEHOLDS WHO OFTEN SEEK TO LIVE IN COOPERATIVE HOUSING OR TOGETHER WITH ROOMMATES, WOULD SPECIFICALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS POLICY CHANGE AND ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST UNDER THE CURRENT OCCUPANCY LIMITS POLICY WITH CURRENT HOUSING COSTS IN AUSTIN, THE ABILITY TO LIVE WITH ROOMMATES OR IN COOPERATIVE HOUSING IS OFTEN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING SAFE AND STABLE HOUSING AND BEING UNHOUSED.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT OCCUPANCY LIMITS RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE ALREADY CODIFIED IN THE CITY'S BUILDING CODE.

NO MORE THAN THREE ADULTS MAY SHARE A BEDROOM AND SUFFICIENT SQUARE FOOTAGE PER PERSON FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED IF WE ELIMINATED THE OCCUPANCY LIMITS IN CITY CODE 25 DASH TWO DASH FIVE 11.

TAKING THIS ACTION WILL NOT LEAD TO CONDITIONS OF OVERCROWDING, AND CURRENTLY 20 RELATED PEOPLE CAN LIVE TOGETHER IN A 2300 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

THIS IS THE WAY THAT SAN ANTONIO, DALLAS, AND HOUSTON ALL LIMIT OCCUPANCY BASED ON HEALTH AND SAFETY RATHER THAN BY FAMILIAL STATUS.

OUR COALITION SUPPORTS AUSTIN TAKING THE SAME STEP TO ALLOW ITS RESIDENTS MORE FLEXIBILITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND COMMUNITY MINDED HOUSING OPTIONS.

AND WE HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS THESE CODE AMENDMENTS MOVE FORWARD.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL NAJA, FOLLOWED BY JOHN GOOD, SUSAN RODO AND DANIEL YTZ OR YATES, SORRY.

UH, GOOD MORNING MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL NAHAS.

I'M AN URBAN ECONOMIST AND I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF COMMUNITY HOUSING EXPANSION OF AUSTIN, WHICH OPERATES TWO CO-OPS.

I GET TO LIVE IN A 17 BEDROOM MANSION IN THE ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S LIKE TWO MILES

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THAT WAY.

IT'S A WONDERFUL HOUSE.

IT HAS EVERY AMENITY, A KITCHEN WITH EVERY APPLIANCE IN IT, A FIRE PIT BIKING DISTANCE FROM ZILKER, A WOOD SHOP.

UM, I GET TO LIVE IN THAT BECAUSE LIKE WE WERE TAUGHT IN KINDERGARTENS, I SHARE WE GET TO, I HAVE 20 HOUSEMATES AND WE'RE ABLE TO AFFORD THIS WONDERFUL PLACE.

I LOVE LIVING THERE.

UM, SO WHEN WE FOUNDED THAT HOUSE, WE HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF RESTRICTIONS, INCLUDING THE ONE WE'RE RUNNING INTO RIGHT NOW, WHICH REQUIRED A WHOLE BUNCH OF LIKE LAWYERS AND WHATNOT TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO GET US TO, UH, BE ABLE TO LIVE THERE PERMANENTLY.

UH, COMMUNITY HOUSING EXPANSION OF AUSTIN OPERATES TWO CO-OPS.

THAT'S ONE.

THE OTHER ONE IS NEAR 180 7.

IT'S A FORMER APARTMENT COMPLEX.

IT, IT HAS RENTS UNDER $500 PER MONTH, MAKING IT SOME OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AUSTIN.

SO THESE KINDS OF LIMITS DO AFFECT WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN AUSTIN.

UM, AS AN ECONOMIST, I CAN SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE SIX LAWS IN AUSTIN THAT IS CURRENTLY RESTRICTING SUPPLY AND DRIVING UP RENTS.

SO I ASK YOU TO APPROVE 48.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

GOOD.

FOLLOWED BY SUSAN RODO, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL YATES.

GOOD MORNING COUNSEL.

UH, I'M JOHN.

GOOD.

I'M SPEAKING AGAINST, UH, ITEM 48.

I'M AN OWNER, RESIDENT AND, UH, CURRENT PRESIDENT OF A 1212 UNIT HOA IN THE HERITAGE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I HAVE DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH THE RESULTS OF REDUCING, UH, OCCUPANCY LIMITS ON PROPERTIES.

UM, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AS, UH, SMALL FAMILY UNITS, NOT MANSIONS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET ARE FOR SUCH DEVELOPMENTS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS STEALTH DORMS. THESE PROPERTIES ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR HIGH OCCUPANCY.

THE OVERFLOW OF CARS, UH, TURN OUR STREET INTO UNSAFE SINGLE LANE THOROUGHFARES.

THEY'RE TRASH AND RECYCLING BINS LACKING A PROPERLY DESIGNED SPACE SIT ON OUR SIDEWALKS, MAKING THEM UNSAFE TO WALK ON THESE DWELLINGS WITH ONE EXCEPTION ARE BUSINESSES PURE AND SIMPLE THAT ARE NOT, THAT ARE REMOTELY AND OFF, OFTEN THOUGHTLESSLY MANAGED, AND THEY ARE NOT EASILY AFFORDABLE, UH, WHICH RE RESULTS IN A LOT OF TURNOVER IN THOSE UNITS.

UH, STEALTH DORMS HAVE BEEN ON OCCASION, TURNED INTO STEALTH AND NIGHTCLUBS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BRINGING A FLOOD OF GUESTS SOMETIMES WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THESE STRUCTURES, UH, WITH NO RESTRICTIONS FOR FIRE SAFETY.

IT'S KIND OF RUN AMUCK THIS FROM A RELATIVELY BRIEF PERIOD THAT ALLOWED ONLY SIX UNRELATED ADULTS AND THE WAVE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS WISELY STOPPED BACK IN 2014.

NOW THE COUNCIL APPEARS TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN WITH NO LIMITS.

A POLICY THAT IS DEMONSTRATED TO COMMODITIZE NEIGHBORHOODS MUST BE RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT IT IS AND NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.

AGAIN, I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE KELLY AMENDMENT, WHICH WILL DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THESE AREAS.

NEXT SPEAKER, SUSAN RODO, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL YATES, FOLLOWED BY MIKE.

GO.

IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR MADE TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME.

HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, MY NAME IS DANIEL YATES.

UH, FRANKLY, AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, THIS ORDINANCE IS A VIOLATION OF PRIVACY AND DISCRIMINATORY TO STUDENTS.

IT IS ALSO AN UNNECESSARY BARRIER TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PARTICULARLY CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN.

THERE'S NO WORLD IN WHICH THE RELATION OF INDIVIDUALS SHOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR ABILITY TO RENT PROPERTY.

HOW CAN WE ALL CALL OURSELVES AN EMPATHETIC OR PROGRESSIVE CITY WHEN WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ORDINANCES LIKE THIS, WHICH MAKE IT HARDER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE? AS A RECENT GRADUATE, I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO THE CHALLENGES THAT STUDENTS FACE WHEN IT COMES TO RENTING.

EVEN SMALL STEPS LIKE THIS CAN MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE FOR STUDENTS ON THE MARGINS OF BEING ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE NEAR THEIR SCHOOL.

IN REGARDS TO SOME OF MY FELLOW CITIZENS' COMMENTS, I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERN ABOUT EMERGENCY AND CITY SERVICES.

HOWEVER, TO SUGGEST THAT A FEW STUDENTS NOW LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WILL MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR CITY EMERGENCY SERVICES TO OPERATE IS UNFOUNDED AND OVERBLOWN.

IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT PARKING ISSUES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE SHOULD INSTEAD HAVE A SERIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AND HOW WE BUILD OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

I ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO REPEAL THE STEALTH DORM ORDINANCE AND MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR AFFORDABILITY

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IN AUSTIN.

NEXT SPEAKERS, MIKE GORS, FOLLOWED BY LUIS OTA LUGO, FOLLOWED BY JOSHUA SAB.

THERE'S THE SCREEN.

THANKS.

MIC IS RIGHT HERE TO YOUR LEFT.

THANK YOU MAYOR MAY, MAYOR OF HER TIME AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MIKE GORSE AND I WANTED TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM 48.

I, FIRST, I'LL SAY THAT I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF AURA, AND AS A MEMBER OF THAT ORGANIZATION, I'LL MENTION THAT WE HAVE ENDORSED THE LETTER THAT RYAN NIL HAS HAD MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WAS CIRCULATING AMONG DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THIS.

ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, I START, I HELPED START ONE OF THE CO-OPS THAT MICHAEL NEHA MENTIONED, AND IT'S NOT A STUDENT CO-OP.

THERE ARE, IT'S MOSTLY PEOPLE WHO AREN'T STUDENTS WHO LIVE THERE, ALTHOUGH MAYBE NOT EXCLUSIVELY.

BEFORE THAT, I WAS LIVING IN A HOUSE THAT THE OWNER LIVED AT AND HE HAD A FEW OTHER BEDROOMS THAT HE WAS RENTING OUT TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

AND THAT WAS GOOD FOR ME AT THE TIME BECAUSE I WAS HELPING TO START THE CO-OP AND I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN WE WERE GOING TO FIND A PROPERTY FOR THE CO-OP.

SO I WASN'T SURE EXACTLY HOW LONG I'D NEED.

I DIDN'T PARTICULARLY WANT TO HAVE TO SIGN A LONG-TERM LEASE.

AND IT WAS GOOD FOR ME TO HAVE A FLEXIBLE SITUATION THAT I COULD GET OUT OF WHEN I NEEDED TO.

AND IT WAS ALSO INEXPENSIVE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME AFFORDING TO LIVE HERE, OR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T ALREADY OWN A HOUSE.

AND PEOPLE NEED DIFFERENT THINGS IN ALL STAGES OF LIFE RIGHT NOW.

I MIGHT NOT BE LIVING IN A HOUSE LIKE THAT, BUT THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WILL WANT TO LIVE IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT SINCE IT'S ALLOWS THEM TO LIVE CLOSER IN THAT THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO.

SOMEONE EARLIER MENTIONS ISSUES WITH 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS NOT ANSWERING PROMPTLY.

AND ONE PROBLEM THE CITY HAS FUNDAMENTALLY IS THAT WITH BOTH THAT AND WITH THE EMTS IS THAT IT'S HARD TO PAY THE SALARIES THAT PEOPLE NEED IN ORDER TO AFFORD THE HOUSING.

AND AFFORDABILITY IS AN ISSUE THERE.

IF PEOPLE ARE PRICED OUT, THEN IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT, BOTH FOR THE CITY AND FOR BUSINESSES TO FIND EMPLOYEES WHO THEY CAN AFFORD TO PAY.

SO THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKERS, LUIS OTA LUGO, FOLLOWED BY JOSHUA SABIC, FOLLOWED BY ETHAN SMITH.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AS BEFORE YOU SPEAK.

HI, I AM, UH, LUIS HOSTA.

I'M A DINA N RESIDENT AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE BRIEFLY ABOUT THIS FAMILY OCCUPANCY LIMIT THAT A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE PROMISED WILL BRING FIRE AND DANGER AND RUIN TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

BUT YET SAN ANTONIO, DALLAS, HOUSTON, YET STAND BEFORE US.

YOU KNOW, WONDERFUL CITIES LIVE IN WHERE MANY OF MY FAMILY AND RELATIVES LIVE IN.

THAT'S BECAUSE THEY LIKE US, HAVE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODES TO MAKE SURE THAT OCCUPANCY WITHIN THESE HOMES ARE SAFE.

SAFETY AND HEALTH IS NOT THE ACTUAL PURPOSE THAT THIS CURRENT FAMILY OCCUPANCY SERVES, BUT INSTEAD SEEMS TO SERVE TO ME AS PURE DISCRIMINATION AS A WAY OF KEEPING THOSE KINDS OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY COULD OTHERWISE MAKE THE CITY WORK FOR, FOR THEM.

I THINK THAT THE STEPS OF THIS COUNCIL IS TAKEN TOWARDS SOLVING THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, LIKE THE PARKING MANDATES.

REMOVAL IS WONDERFUL, BUT IN THE SHORT TERM, WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAKE THE CITY OF AUSTIN WORK FOR THEM.

AND THESE KINDS OF LIKE ARBITRARY RULES AND LIMITS ARE THAT ALLOW PEOPLE, THAT PREVENT PEOPLE FROM ACTUALLY FIGURING OUT A WAY OF MAKING IT THROUGH THIS MONTH AND THE NEXT MONTH, OR GOING TO DRIVE THEM TO MORE HOMELESS LIVES, PEOPLE LEAVING THE CITY, THE COMMUNITIES THAT REALLY MAKE AUSTIN SPECIAL, JUST LEAVING, MAKING IT WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE HOUSING SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE ARE GREAT FOR THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS, BUT PEOPLE CAN'T LIVE THAT LONG WITHOUT HAD ACTUAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO I HOPE YOU GUYS PASS, UH, AMENDMENT 48, UH, NO AMENDMENT.

UH, RESOLUTION 48 AND REJECT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S UH, AMENDMENT.

AND THE UNO DISTRICT IN TERMS OF GET ALL THE STEALTH DORMS OUT AND WE'RE GONNA CONCENTRATE ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSHUA SABI, FOLLOWED BY ETHAN SMITH, FOLLOWED BY JOE POWELL CONNOLLY, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL KAMAN.

IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME.

UH, AFTER MR CA OH, GO AHEAD.

HELLO, GOOD MORNING.

I'M ETHAN SMITH.

UM, I SIGNED UP IN FAVOR OF 48.

I'D LIKE TO SWITCH THAT TO NEUTRAL.

UM, I JUST MAINLY WANTED TO TALK BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS A HISTORICAL ELEMENT HERE TO SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDERS FROM THOSE PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS, UH, SPOKE TODAY.

I WAS THINKING OF IT IN TERMS OF WEST CAMPUS

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AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF POINT THAT OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT AS Y'ALL ARE REVIEWING, UH, UNO FROM, UM, THE RESOLUTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MR. AL ALTER, THAT IT'S HOLISTIC IN ITS REVIEW, THAT IT LOOKS AT SOME OF THESE OTHER POLICIES THAT WERE RELATED AND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR Y'ALL TO KIND OF CREATE THE PUBLIC NARRATIVE, UM, WHICH WILL AFFECT POLICIES MOVING FORWARD.

UM, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME GOAL IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY AND LIVABILITY.

AND OF COURSE, UM, WE NEED TO KEEP THIS GREAT ECONOMIC ENGINE OF AUSTIN GOING, BUT IF, UM, THAT IS AT THE EXPENSE OF LIVABILITY AT SOME POINT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE THIS KIND OF SATURATION OF WHERE WE ARE AS A SOCIETY COMPARED TO OTHER PLACES PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO LIVE AND WORK.

SO, UM, I, I WAS, I WAS FOR THIS BECAUSE I FELT LIKE, UM, IT WAS JUST, UM, MIGHT TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF THIS GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN TERMS OF WHERE STUDENTS COULD LIVE.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE WORRY ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL PARKING AND IN, IN TRAFFIC IN THAT SENSE AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE KIND OF BUILDING SKY RISES WITH NO PARKING AT ALL, UH, OR EVEN HANDICAPPED PARKING.

SO, UM, JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

NEXT SPEAKER IS J PAO CONNOLLY, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL KAMAN, FOLLOWED BY BILL MC KALEY AND MATT GKI.

GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE AGENDA I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT, BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 48.

UM, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE WAY OUR CURRENT OCCUPANCY LIMITS ARE WRITTEN IN THE CODE, IT IS UNENFORCEABLE.

UM, ANY ATTEMPTS TO ENFORCE IT RELY ON STEREOTYPES AND ASSUMPTIONS.

THE VERY, UH, ENLIGHTENING PHOTOS OF PEOPLE'S TRASH CANS DO NOT TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN THOSE HOMES.

I KNOW SINGLE FAMILIES THAT HAVE REQUESTED THE CITY TO BRING THEM MULTIPLE TRASH CANS BECAUSE THEIR VOLUME OF TRASH IS SO LARGE.

UM, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, ANY ATTEMPTS TO CREATE OR ENFORCE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD ONLY HARM AUSTIN'S LOWEST INCOME RESIDENTS.

AND AUSTIN, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, OUR NUMBERS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE ON THE RISE.

EVICTIONS CONTINUE TO SPIKE, AND EVEN AS WE HAVE, UH, WE ARE APPROACHING OVER 5,000 PEOPLE LIVING UNSHELTERED ON OUR STREETS, THERE ARE WELL OVER 10,000 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSECURITY RIGHT NOW IN THIS CITY.

THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE BRINK, AND THESE ARE OFTEN PEOPLE WHO ARE IN SITUATIONS LIKE COUCH SURFING AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE, LIVING WITH FAMILY, OR LIVING WITH FRIENDS.

UM, AND SO ANY ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE THIS JUST PUSHES THOSE PEOPLE OVER THE EDGE.

AND IT'S FUNNY THAT MANY OF THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WILL COME HERE AND WILL OPPOSE, YOU KNOW, ALTERNATIVE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS THAT ALLOW MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO SHARE A ROOF, ALSO OPPOSE THE CREATION OF NEW HOUSING THAT WOULD ALLOW SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE TO ACCESS AFFORDABLE UNITS AND ALSO, OF COURSE, ARE IN FAVOR OF CRIMINALIZING THE UNHOUSED POPULATIONS THAT NOW LIVE IN THE CREEKS BEHIND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY WANT TO SQUEEZE EVERY POOR PERSON OUT OF THIS CITY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND ON THAT NOTE, I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT SO MANY OF OUR MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS AND PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS CITY WEIRD, THAT MAKE THIS CITY WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT SHOULD BE, CAN ONLY AFFORD TO LIVE HERE, CAN ONLY AFFORD TO LIVE HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE LIVING IN SOME KIND OF ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENT WITH FRIENDS, SOME KIND OF BEDROOM ARRANGEMENT DEAL.

SO ANY ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE THIS MAKES AUSTIN LESS.

AUSTIN MAKES AUSTIN A PLACE WITH MORE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND A CITY WHERE IT'S HARDER TO SURVIVE AT A TIME WHEN THIS COUNCIL HAS ON ITS AGENDA AN ITEM TO APPROVE A BUNCH OF FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY WEATHER SHELTER.

MR. CONLEY, THANK YOU.

YOUR TIME EXPIRED.

MUSICIANS THAT AS, UH, JP JUST SAID, MAKE AUSTIN WEIRD, AND THAT WE ARE SO PROUD OF TO MAKE IT UNIQUE, BUT WE'RE REGULATING AGAINST THEM.

NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL KAMAN, FOLLOWED BY BILL MCAL LEY AND MATT GSKI.

GOOD MORNING MAYOR.

COUNSEL.

MY NAME IS DANIEL KAMAN.

I WORK FOR THE NONPROFIT FOREMAN CITY.

I'M A DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ITEM 48, WHICH WILL STRIKE OCCUPANCY LIMITS FROM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

UH, THIS IS A GOOD MOVE, UM, THAT WILL ALLOW GREATER HO UH, HOUSING OPTIONS FOR MANY PEOPLE.

THEY STAND IN THE WAY CURRENTLY OF LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR STUDENTS, YOUNG PEOPLE AND CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS.

UH, MY BOSS, JAY CROSSLEY, HE ALWAYS CALLS THIS THE ANTI-AGE BAND BILL BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE LIVE WITH THEIR BAND MATES AND STUFF, AND THAT IS VIOLATES AND MANY TIMES THE CODE.

AND THIS IS A RULE THAT IS IMPACTING THE CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS AND

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I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE IN GENERAL, LIKE ME WHO DESIRE TO LIVE WITH ROOMMATES, AND I PREFER TO LIVE WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

IT'S A PREFERENCE NOT, AND IT ALLOWS ME TO LIVE AN EASIER AND LESS EXPENSIVE LIFE CLOSER TO WHERE I WORK, WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE I DO NOT OWN A CAR.

UM, THIS IS GONNA BE VERY CONTROVERSIAL, BUT I WOULD, UH, I WAS JUST IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA AND THEY HAVE A FORM-BASED CODE.

AND I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DARE GO UP TO THE SOONER LAND AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON DEVELOPMENT-WISE AROUND CAMPUS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALL THESE INCREDIBLE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE, UH, MIMIC THE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY HAVE LIKE SEVEN BEDROOMS IN THEM, AND IT'S AN AFFORDABLE OPTION THAT'S REALLY NICE AND THEY LOOK REALLY GOOD AND THEY'RE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF CAMPUS.

AND THAT COULD BE AN OPTION FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANNA LIVE IN THE TOWERS OR JUST WANT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE AND GIVE STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE OPTIONS.

UH, IT'S JUST GENERALLY IMPORTANT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO LIVE IN PLACES CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WORK AND STUDY.

AND IF WE'RE SO WORRIED ABOUT ALL THESE NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES FROM THIS, THEN REGULATE THOSE DIRECTLY.

IF WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT TRASH, NOISE, TRAFFIC SAFETY, AND PARKING, THEN WE SHOULD REGULATE THOSE AND NOT HOPE FOR A DOWNSTREAM EFFECT THROUGH EXCLUSIONARY ZONING.

NEXT SPEAKER IS BILL MCKINLEY, FOLLOWED BY MATT GEK SH MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

MY NAME IS BILL MCKINLEY, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TRANSIT FORWARD.

WE'RE IN AUSTIN 5 0 1 WITH A MISSION TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE OUR FELLOW AUSTINITES ON PROJECT CONNECT AND TRANSIT AS A WHOLE.

I'M HERE TALKING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 72.

EACH OF YOU GOT IN YOUR EMAIL THIS MORNING A LETTER BACKED BY 26 ORGANIZATIONS.

THIS COALITION REALLY BELIEVES STRONGLY IN THREE THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, THAT THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP DID AN EXCEEDINGLY GOOD JOB IN ITS RECENT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, TALKING WITH OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE FIRST PHASE OF LIGHT RAIL NUMBER TWO, THAT WE ASK YOU ALL TO VOTE ON THIS PROPOSAL, UH, IN A UNIFIED MANNER, BOTH YOURSELVES AND CAT METRO.

AND NUMBER THREE, THAT WE DO THIS QUICKLY.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP TODAY.

IT'S TIME.

AS THE MAYOR POINTED OUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, BEST TIME FOR PUTTING IN LIGHT RAIL WAS PROBABLY 2002ND.

BEST TIME IS NOW.

WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL VOTING ON THIS.

UH, LET'S GET THIS SETTLED ON THIS HORSE AND START GETTING IT OUTTA STABLE.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

AND I UNDERSTAND AS BEING POSTPONED.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MATT GEK SPEAKING ON ITEM 72.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNSEL.

MY NAME IS MATT GASKY.

I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE.

UM, ECHOING, UH, MR. MCKINLEY'S COMMENTS, WE ARE AS AN ORGANIZATION IN FAVOR OF ITEM 72.

UM, WE'VE LONG BEEN SUPPORTERS OF PROJECT CONNECT, UH, AND AS THE, UH, THE PIT MANAGER, UH, DOWNTOWN, WE, UH, ENGAGE VERY HEAVILY ON THIS ISSUE.

I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF OF ALL THREE ORGANIZATIONS, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, CAPITAL, METRO AND ATP.

WE HAD, UH, FIVE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH DEVELOPERS, BUILDERS, DOWNTOWN ENTHUSIASTS, UM, UH, TO REALLY LOOK AT, UH, THE MAPS, THE ALIGNMENTS, THE DATA, THE DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE DIDN'T COME TO THIS DECISION LIGHTLY WHEN WE SUPPORTED, UM, THE TRINITY CROSSING ALIGNMENT.

UM, WE LOOKED AT BOTH THE SOUTH FIRST AND TRINITY CROSSING.

UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS WE SUPPORT IN THIS ALIGNMENT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST FOCUS QUICKLY ON THE TRINITY CROSSING.

UM, THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL HO HOTEL AND OFFICE SPACE DEVELOPMENT, UH, PLANNED, EITHER COMPLETED OR PLANNED, UH, IN THE, UH, TRINITY ALIGNMENT CROSSING, UH, WOULD DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF HOTEL OFFICE AND RESIDENCY SPACES.

UM, IT, AND WE'VE ALSO, UM, WANT TO FOCUS ON JOBS AND CONNECTIONS TO, UH, FOR WORKERS AND RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.

AND SO WE BELIEVE THE TRINITY CROSSING GETS US THERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE BEFORE WE CLOSE SIGN UP, UM, OR CALLING ON SPEAKERS IF MS. JOSEPH IS HERE.

YES, SHE, OH, OKAY.

UH, MS. JOSEPH IS REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 21 AND ITEM 72.

GOT IT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M ZNO JOSEPH, MY COMMENTS WERE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ITEM 45.

SO I CAME IN PERSON TO REGISTER

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I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE ON THE SCREEN THE REDACTED INFORMATION AND FOR YOU TO INCLUDE THE BACKUP MATERIALS FROM TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT WHEN THIS ITEM COMES BACK AGAIN, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR THE URBAN LEAGUE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY THE PROJECT ADDRESS.

NEXT SLIDE.

AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO 27, THE PEDESTRIAN TRANSIT ITEM, I JUST WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION NORTH LAMAR.

AND I WOULD ASK COUNCIL MEMBER POOL TO, UH, CLOSE THAT MID-BLOCK STOP AND ALSO TO, UH, VELA TO ACTUALLY MOVE 8 0 1 CHINATOWN SOUTHBOUND.

HE'S HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE CAPITOL METRO MANY TIMES, AND I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WAS A STUDY IN 2009 FOR THE NORTH LAMAR CORRIDOR SPECIFICALLY, AND MID-BLOCK STOPS ARE WHERE THE INDIVIDUALS ARE KILLED THE MOST.

IT WAS AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, IT WAS CAPITAL METRO, TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE.

AND SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO FOLLOW THE FINDINGS THAT ARE IN THAT REPORT.

NEXT SLIDE.

AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO ITEM 72, AS YOU'RE AWARE, I'M AGAINST THAT ITEM.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN YOU SAY THAT THIS SERVES NORTH, IT WAS BACK IN THE HAREN BUGGY DAYS IN 1891 WHEN COLONEL MONROE, SHE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED HYDE PARK EXCLUSIVELY FOR WHITE PEOPLE.

SO IT DOES NOT SERVE NORTHEAST AND SOUTH, AS YOU WILL HEAR LINDSEY WOOD CONTINUE TO SAY IN HER PROPAGANDA.

I WANT YOU TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND AS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PROJECT CONNECT, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ON MAY 20TH, TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL DID SPECIFY THAT THE RESOLUTION, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND OTHER COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE WERE MISSTATEMENTS TO THE AUSTIN VOTERS.

SO PLEASE BE TRANSPARENT AND HONEST.

AND LASTLY, UM, IF YOU'LL GO BACK ONE SLIDE.

I JUST WANT, UH, ONE MORE, UH, JUST WANT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STILL, UH, ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO RIGHT TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION AND THE, THAT INFORMATION IS ON THE SLIDE.

UM, THE CHAIR INTENDS TO TAKE UP THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS THOSE, UH, ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED AND ANY THAT OR, OR TO BE PULLED AND ANY RECUSALS, ABSTENTIONS OR NO VOTES, UH, ONCE THEY'RE IDENTIFIED.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GO GLADLY ANSWER THEM.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE SPEAKERS.

WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP FOR A H F C.

OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MEMBERS,

[Consent Agenda (2 of 2)]

UM, LET ME ASK, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE REMOVED AT THIS TIME? FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? THE ITEMS THAT I'M GOING TO INDICATE ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE 72, 71, 48, AND 45, 72, 71, 48, AND 45.

WE WILL HAVE SOME NON NON-CONSENT ITEMS, UH, WHICH ARE 54 THROUGH, UH, 57.

ANYTHING ELSE TO BE REMOVED? OKAY.

UM, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO BE SHOWN RECUSING THEMSELVES FROM ONE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN AS ABSTAINING? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, I'D LIKE TO ABSTAIN ON ITEM NUMBER 10, PLEASE.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON ANY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

PLEASE SHOW ME AS VOTING NO ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR TODAY.

ALL RIGHT, UH, MEMBERS, BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO BE HEARD ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON AL ALTER.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES, MA'AM.

I WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON ITEM 22, WHICH FUNDS THE PURCHASE OF AN IMPORTANT RIGHT OF WAY LAND FOR THE BERKS FROM SPUR.

IT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO CREATE A MUCH NEEDED URBAN TRAIL THERE.

AS ORIGINALLY STRUCTURED, THIS URBAN TRAIL PURCHASE WAS LARGELY COMING FROM PARKS AND RECREATION DEV DEPARTMENT FUNDS RATHER THAN MOBILITY BONDS.

THAT SETUP WAS USED TO ENSURE WE COULD SECURE THE RIGHT OF WAY ON THE OWNER'S TIMETABLE.

I WANNA THANK A SAM GOODE, WHO TOGETHER WITH DIRECTOR MENDOZA, HAS IDENTIFIED A WAY FORWARD TO ALLOW THE PURCHASE TO HAPPEN IN A TIMELY MANNER AND TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON PART'S ABILITY TO PURCHASE PARKLAND ELSEWHERE.

UM, I WOULD OFFER A DIRECTION TO FOLLOW THE PLAN AS OUTLINED IN THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION IN Q AND A ON THAT.

UM, AND THEN I ALSO WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THOSE GRADUATING THIS WEEK OR LAST WEEK, INCLUDING MY SON ZACHARY'S GRADUATION IS THIS AFTERNOON, SO I WILL NEED TO LEAVE THE DIAS BY NOON TODAY TO CELEBRATE WITH HIM AND THE LOSS OF CLASS OF 2023.

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SO, THANK YOU.

AND CONGRATULATIONS.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO BE HEARD ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER, UH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UH, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT ITEM 46, THE RELATED TO THE MUSIC CENSUS.

UM, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THESE VALUABLE DATA WERE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK THE ORGANIZERS AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO CONDUCTED THIS CENSUS AND REALLY HELPED US, UH, LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE MUSIC COMMUNITY IS FEELING AND NEEDING AND GIVES US THE ABILITY TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, UH, TO HELP THE, THE MUSIC COMMUNITY, WHICH IS SUCH A, A CRITICAL FABRIC OF AUSTIN.

SO, UH, THANK YOU TO TO THE STAFF FOR, FOR FIGURING OUT A WAY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

I KNOW IT WASN'T A A STRAIGHT LINE GETTING THERE, BUT WE, WE MADE IT HAPPEN.

AND I'M EXCITED THAT IN THE FUTURE WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS CENSUS, UH, DONE AGAIN AND, AND THESE DATA PROVIDED SO THAT FUTURE COUNCILS CAN CONTINUE TO HELP ENRICH, UH, OUR MUSIC COMMUNITY AND, AND THE COMMUNITY RE AT LARGE, THOUGH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK MOMENT.

UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A VARIANCE WAIVER, UH, A, A FEE WAIVER PROGRAM FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

THAT WAS AN ISSUE THAT, UH, THE BOARD REALLY TOOK NOTE OF.

AND I WANT TO GIVE, UH, CREDIT TO THE, UH, CHAIR, UH, UH, JESSICA COHAN ALSO FOR REALLY ADVOCATING FOR IT.

IT JUST ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BRINGING, UH, A VARIANCE TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO ASK FOR A WAIVER OF THE OFTEN SUBSTANTIAL FEES THAT THEY CHARGE.

UH, IT'S, UH, A GOOD STEP FORWARD, MAKES THE PROCESS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, UH, NOT JUST THOSE WHO CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT DOWN A THOUSAND DOLLARS OR SO.

AND I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT AND, UH, THANK EVERYBODY WHO BROUGHT THAT FORWARD.

ADOPT ITEM NUMBER 54 MOTIONS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL? IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TIM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER

COUNCIL MEMBER.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO BE HEARD? UH, BRIEFLY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MEMBERS, UM, WHEN I READ THE CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS, IT, IT WAS, UH, THE, WHAT I THOUGHT WERE THE LATEST CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS, AND THERE WAS A, I I READ THAT ITEM NUMBER 45 WAS POSTPONED UNTIL THE EIGHTH.

HOWEVER, THERE HAD BEEN A REQUEST THAT IT BE PULLED AND NOT POSTPONED, SO THERE COULD BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

SO IT WILL BE ONE OF THE PULLED ITEMS. SO WHEN WE VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, IT WILL NOT HAVE ITEM NUMBER 45 ON IT, THAT IS A PULLED ITEM.

MEMBERS, UH, YOU HEARD THAT THE CHAIR INDICATED THAT WE WOULD VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ADOPTING? THE CONSENT AGENDA IS READ BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

HEARING NONE.

THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY BEING SHOWN AS ABSTAINING ON ITEM NUMBER 10 AND VOTING NO ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND ONE ABSENCE MEMBERS.

WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS TAKE US TO THE NON-CONSENT ITEMS. UH, AS I PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED, UH, THERE WERE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEMS 54 THROUGH 57 WOULD BE CONDUCTED DURING THE COURSE OF THE, THE TESTIMONY WE JUST HEARD.

UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING HEARINGS ON ITEMS 54 THROUGH 57? HEARING NONE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

THAT WILL TAKE

[58. Consider a resolution related to an application by ECG Daffan, LP, or an affiliated entity, for housing tax credits for a multi-family development to be financed through the private activity bond program and to be known as Daffan Flats, located at or near 7400 Daffan Lane, Austin, Texas 78724. This item is related to item #55.]

US TO ITEMS 58 AND 59.

DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 58? I'LL, UH, I'LL MOVE ADOPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 58 SINCE, YEAH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDS THAT MOTION.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 58? ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ITEM NUMBER 58 IS ADOPTED.

THAT'LL TAKE US TO ITEM NUMBER

[59. Consider a resolution related to an application by Seabrook Housing LP, or an affiliated entity, for housing tax credits for a multi-family development to be financed through the private activity bond program and to be known as Seabrook Square, located at or near 3511 and 3515 Manor Road, 59. Austin, Texas 78723. This item is related to item #56.]

59.

IS THERE A MOTION MAYOR PROTEM MOVES TO ADOPT.

ITEM NUMBER 59.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 59? HEARING NONE.

UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 59? HEARING NONE.

THE ITEM NUMBER 59 IS ADOPTED.

HANG ON ONE SECOND.

WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME? MEMBERS? WE'VE CONDUCTED PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ITEMS NUMBER 54 AND 57.

UH, THOSE ALSO REQUIRE ACTION.

IS THERE AN MOTION TO

[54. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance granting a site-specific amendment to City Code Section 25-8-514 of the Save Our Springs Initiative, granting variances to City Code Sections 25-8-364 and 25-8-641, and waiving requirements of City Code Sections 25-8-41 and 25-8-643 to allow construction of the Slaughter Lane Improvement Project from Loop 1 (MoPac) to 650 feet east of Brodie Lane, located at 5015 ½ West Slaughter Lane (SP-2022-0336D). This project is located within the Barton Springs Zone.]

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54? HEARING NONE.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 54? HEARING NO OBJECTION.

ITEM NUMBER 54 IS ADOPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

ITEM NUMBER

[57. Conduct a public hearing to consider an ordinance relating to the voluntary, full purpose annexation of approximately 11.9 acres located in Travis County at 10701 Dessau Road and to approve execution of an agreement with the owner of the land for the provision of services. Case number: C7a-2022-0012. The property is in Austin limited purpose jurisdiction in Council District 1.]

57.

WE CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING AND NOW, UH, THAT REQUIRES ACTION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT ITEM NUMBER 57? UH, COUNCIL MAYOR PRO, TIM MOVES TO ADOPT IT.

IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 57? HEARING NONE.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO SHE DOES THIS EVERY WEEK.

ITEM 57 IS A OWNER INITIATED ANNEXATION AND THAT ANNEXATION WILL BE COMING BACK FOR THIRD READING NEXT WEEK.

SO I'M ASKING FOR A POSTPONEMENT TO YOUR JUNE 8TH COUNCIL MEETING ON ITEM 57, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, UH, MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY AMENDMENT SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TO THE MOTION? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA MOVES TO AMEND THE MOTION, UH, TO POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER 57 UNTIL JUNE 8TH.

IT IS SECONDED BY, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO PASSAGE OF THE AMENDMENT OR DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NO OBJECTION.

THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.

THAT'LL TAKE US BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH NOW IS TO POSTPONE THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 57 TO JUNE 8TH.

IS, UH, THERE ANY OBJECTION TO POSTPONING ITEM NUMBER 57 UNTIL JUNE 8TH? HEARING NONE.

ITEM NUMBER 57 IS POSTPONED WITHOUT OBJECTION MEMBERS.

THAT WILL NOW TAKE US BACK TO THE PULLED ITEMS. UH, THE FIRST ITEM

[72. Approve a resolution adopting modifications to light rail and implementation plans related to Project Connect and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) between the City, Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Austin Transit Partnership to incorporate the Austin Light Rail Implementation Plan and to negotiate other terms of the JPA related to financing and implementation of Project Connect.]

THAT HAS BEEN PULLED IS ITEM NUMBER 72.

ITEM NUMBER 72.

UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 72? COUNCIL MEMBER VELA MOVES TO APPROVE IT.

IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON AL ALTER, UH, MEMBERS, IS THERE DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 72? UH, AND I, I, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL, I'D LIKE TO START, UM, BECAUSE I'M, I'M REAL PLEASED WITH WHERE WE ARE ON THIS.

UH, I, I DON'T, THE AUSTIN LIGHT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT'S GONNA BE ADOPTED TODAY IS, AS I POINTED OUT ON TUESDAY, THE JOINT RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE STAFF OF CAPITAL METRO, AND THE STAFF OF THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP.

IT ALSO REFLECTS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PROJECT CONNECT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS SAID THAT IT FULLY SUPPORTS THE OVERALL AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL VISION, CLOSE QUOTE.

AND MORE THAN 7,000 AUSTINITES HAD A HAND IN PICKING THIS OPTION AS WELL.

THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, THEY TOLD US WHAT MATTERED THE MOST TO THEM.

THEY SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS ON HOW TO BEST MOVE FOLKS WHERE THEY NEED AND WANT TO GO.

THEY EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR OUR TRANSIT NETWORK TO ENSURE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY AND TO REACH KEY DESTINATIONS.

THEY WANT IT TO BE CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE, AND A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR RIDERS.

BUT THE KEY UNDERLYING MESSAGE OF MUCH OF THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK IS THAT OUR COMMUNITY STILL STRONGLY SUPPORTS AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL AND WANTS IT'S DONE NOW.

THE COMMENT ON A PURPLE POST-IT NOTE FROM THE OPEN HOUSE IN MARCH SUMMED IT UP VERY NICELY.

UH, QUOTE THAT PURPLE POST-IT NOTE QUOTE, STOP HAVING MEETINGS, START BUILDING CLOSE.

QUOTE.

UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS A HUGE STEP TOWARD GETTING US TO THE DAY WHEN WE CAN START BUILDING.

WE'VE OVERCOME A LOT OF CHALLENGES TO GET HERE TODAY, AND WE DID SO BY WORKING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE STAFF, ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS, INCLUDING ALL OF THE ADVOCATES, THOSE THAT SERVED ON THE CS C A C, AND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT AND EXPRESSED THEIR POINT OF VIEW.

AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL IS A BIG AND COMPLEX ENDEAVOR, AND THERE WILL BE MANY MORE CHALLENGES TO COME, BUT WE WILL GET THIS DONE TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.

SO I, I'M, I'M VERY PLEASED THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY AND I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

VERY EXCITING TO SEE AUSTIN TAKE THIS IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD IMPLEMENTING, UH, A LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM TOWARD BUILDING A LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM.

I VISITED SO MANY OTHER CITIES WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW TRANSFORMATIVE LIGHT RAIL HAS BEEN TO THE FABRIC OF THAT CITY, HOW HELPFUL IT HAS BEEN, UH, ESPECIALLY TO ALLOW, YOU KNOW, THE WORKING CLASS FOLKS, STUDENTS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND, UH, UH, UH, FOLKS WITH, UH, MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS AS WELL.

THERE, IT JUST, IT OPENS

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UP THE WORLD FOR, UH, SO MANY PEOPLE.

IT'S, UH, EXTREMELY ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, UH, UH, WORKING CLASS, SUPPORTIVE, UH, PROJECT.

AND, AND I AM JUST SO EXCITED TO, UH, SEE IT.

I, I WISH, UH, WE WOULD'VE HAD IT IN, IN, IN 2000.

I KNOW WE WERE JUST A HANDFUL OF, UH, VOTES SHY OF, OF PASSING A VERY SIMILAR, UH, PLAN IN, IN 2000.

I'M HAPPY TO PASS IT TODAY IN 2023.

AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO, TO THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY, UH, PATH TO GET HERE.

UH, IT WAS UNDER VERY, UH, SERIOUS ATTACK, UH, AT THE, UM, THE, THE PINK DOMES JUST DOWN THE, THE STREET FROM US.

UH, AND, UH, CREDIT TO, TO THE MAYOR, TO OUR STAFF, TO EVERYONE THAT WORKED HARD TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE DIDN'T KILL AUSTIN'S FLIGHT RAIL.

IT HAS SO FAR.

LET ME KNOCK ON WOOD HERE.

SURVIVED.

UH, AND I'M EXCITED TO, UH, TO PUSH IT FORWARD.

COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

THANKS, MAYOR.

AND I JUST WANTED TO REALLY QUICKLY EXTEND SINCERE AND HEARTFELT THANK YOUS TO SOME GROUPS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY AND DOGGEDLY TOWARD THIS DAY.

UH, FIRST OFF, AT THE TOP OF THE LIST, I WANNA RECOGNIZE, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, GREG CANAL, WHO'S BACK THERE AT THE BACK OF CHAMBERS.

I WANTED TO THANK MR. CANALI AND HIS TEAM OF REALLY SUPER PROFESSIONAL AND SMART FOLKS WHO HAVE HELPED TO PULL ALL OF THESE EFFORTS TOGETHER.

THANK YOU, MR. CANALI.

THANK YOU, ATTP, AND ITS BOARD AS WELL.

VERONICA CASTRO DE BURRERA, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THAT BOARD.

I ALSO WANNA THANK DOTTY WATKINS WITH CAPITAL METRO AND JEFF TRILLIAN, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THAT BOARD ON WHICH I AM HONORED TO SIT AND THE STAFF WHO HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY AND DOGGEDLY TO PULL ALL OF THESE THREADS TOGETHER TO GET US WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

TOMORROW, THE CAP METRO BOARD WILL MEET IN A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING TO TAKE SIMILAR ACTION.

AND I, I HOPE THAT WE HAVE AS STRONG AND ROBUST A SUPPORTIVE VOTE TOMORROW WITH MY CAT METRO COLLEAGUES AS IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE HAVING HERE TODAY.

AND CERTAINLY CITY MANAGER, UH, JESUS GARZA AND MAYOR ADLER ADLER.

OH MY GOSH, MAYOR WATSON.

SO SORRY.

I'M, I'M STILL HERE.

, THAT'S HOW DEEP INTO MY THINKING I HAD BEEN.

THANK YOU MAYOR WATSON FOR YOUR DILIGENT AND DOGGED WORK ON AS A NEW MEMBER ON THE ATP BOARD AND INTERIM MANAGER, JESUS GARZA, FOR JUMPING IN AT KIND OF A VERY KEY INFLECTION POINT IN HELPING US MOVE THE CITY FORWARD ON THIS SO THAT WE COULD GET TO SOME COMPLETION ON SOME NECESSARY CHANGES AND NECESSARY PUBLIC SUPPORT, AND TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THE ADVOCATES WHO ARE OUT THERE WHO HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY AND DOGGEDLY AND VERY FOCUSED TO GET US TO THIS POINT.

MY HEARTFELT THANK YOUS.

UM, AND LET'S GET, LET'S GET MOVING.

THANK YOU ALL.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE THAN THE MAYOR PROTE.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE SHOWN AS ABSTAINING FROM THIS ITEM.

COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE.

GREAT.

UM, AND I'M, I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR MAYOR ADLER'S WORK, BUT I'M THANKFUL TO WORK WITH YOU, UH, MAYOR WATSON.

UM, SO THERE, THERE HAVE BEEN HIGH LEVEL TALKS, UH, ABOUT BUILDING RIGHT LIGHT RAIL IN AUSTIN THAT DAY, BACK TO THE 1970S, UH, WAY, WAY BEFORE.

I THINK A LOT OF US ON THE DIAS WERE EVEN BORN.

UH, DON'T GO TOO FAR.

UH, FOR DECADES WE TALKED AND TALKED AND TALKED ABOUT BIG CITY TRANSIT, UH, SYSTEM, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY BECAME A BIG CITY.

UH, AND THE BEST TIME TO PLANT THIS TREE WAS, I WOULD SAY, ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO.

AND THE SECOND BEST TIME IS, IS NOW THIS DREAM HAS SURVIVED FAILED ELECTIONS AND THE TEXAS LODGE.

IT HAS BEEN RUN THROUGH THE RINGER OF ECONOMIC REALITIES THAT FORCED US TO SCALE BACK THE VISION.

BUT OUR VOTERS HAVE PROVEN TO US THAT THEY WANT, THEY WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN.

AND MORE THAN THAT, WE KNOW IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

UH, THE PHASE ONE INVESTMENT IS IN DISTRICT NINE.

TREE MASS TRANSIT THAT IS FAST, FREQUENT, AND RELIABLE WILL UNLOCK SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CITY.

IT WILL INCREASE MOBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, SAFETY, AND AFFORDABILITY.

AND IT WILL HELP US REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT.

IT WILL DRIVE EQUITABLE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL ALLOW MORE PEOPLE OF ALL INCOME LEVELS TO LIVE IN THE HEART OF AUSTIN.

AND I'M EXCITED THAT THE LINE SHARE OF THIS PHASE,

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UH, AND I HOPE WE CAN FAST TRACK FUTURE EXPANSIONS TO GET IT IN MORE PARTS OF OUR CITY.

AND TODAY, TODAY, AS IT'S BEEN STATED, IS A VERY EXCITING DAY.

UH, BUT WE KNOW WE'RE STILL FAR FROM THE GOAL LINE.

UH, THE, THE LEDGE STILL LURKS, UH, AND OPPONENTS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR ANY AND ALL WAYS TO OVERTURN THE WILL OF OUR VOTERS MOVING FORWARD.

WE NEED TO BE VI VIGILANT, AND WE NEED TO MAINTAIN COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

THAT MEANS CARRYING THIS PROJECT FORWARD WITH AS MUCH TRANSPARENCY AND AS ACCOUNTABILITY AS WE CAN GET.

THE STATE HAS A FORTUNE OF BEING ABLE TO EXPAND HIGHWAYS WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL AND WITH LIMITED PUBLIC OVERSIGHT, WE'RE NOT SO LUCKY.

THE DECISIONS ARE, ARE PLANNERS MAKE NEED TO BE COMMUNICATED HONESTLY, OPENLY AND THOROUGHLY WITH ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE NEED AS MUCH BUY-IN AS POSSIBLE TO CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING AUSTIN'S WON BROADLY.

AND WE NEED TO HAVE CLEAR PLANS IN PLACE TO CALM FEARS ABOUT ANY DISRUPTIONS THAT TRANSIT SYSTEMS, CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS COULD CAUSE.

THERE'S GONNA BE HEADACHES, THERE WILL BE GROWING PAINS, BUT IF WE GET THIS RIGHT, OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE SO MUCH BETTER AND STRONGER FOR IT.

UH, AND AS IT'S, IT'S BEEN SAID, I DO WANT TO THANK STAFF.

I WANT TO THANK ADVOCATES.

I WANNA THANK, THANK THIS COMMUNITY.

UH, AND I WANT TO THANK MAYOR WATSON, UH, FOR, FOR WORKING OVERTIME AND GOING TO THAT VERY MENACING BUILDING JUST DOWN THE STREET AND, AND DOING GOOD WORK FOR US.

SO THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TIM.

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

I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING POINT ON THIS RESOLUTION.

I WAS OUT OF TOWN AS IT WAS BEING DEVELOPED WITH MINIMAL CELL COVERAGE.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT FOR FOLKS WHO, WHO DO A LOT OF HARD WORK.

SOMETIMES IT'S OKAY TO GET OFF THE GRID WITHOUT OBJECTION, .

UM, AND WE ALSO TOOK POINT ABOUT THE RIVER CROSSING CONVERSATION, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF WORKING WITH US DILIGENTLY ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL PAST NINE O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT, UM, ON THE PHONE WITH ME TAKING MEETINGS WITH US YESTERDAY, AND REALLY DIGGING INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF THE ENGINEERING, THE RIGHT OF WAY CAPACITY, UM, THE FEASIBILITY OF IT.

AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS AS OPEN AND TRANSPARENT OF A PROCESS AS POSSIBLE.

UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES, UM, THERE'S JUST ONE THAT'S GONNA WORK OUT BETTER.

AND SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE, UH, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT'S GONE INTO THIS PARTICULAR DECISION, AND I'M VERY EXCITED THAT THIS IS MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TIM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON AL ALTER.

I WANNA JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, UM, THANK ALL OF THE STAFF FOR INVOLVED, INCLUDING OUR CITY STAFF, LED BY THE PROJECT CONNECT OFFICE AND AN BK AND, AND OUR STATE MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, AS WELL AS THE ATTP LEADERSHIP IN GREG CANALI AND CAT METRO.

UM, AND ALL THE FOLKS OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE SERVING ON THE BOARDS OF THE RESPECTIVE PROGRAMS TO HELP US TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, AS WE, AS WE DO.

SO TODAY, WE CELEBRATE THIS MILESTONE.

UM, TOMORROW I REALLY WANNA CHARGE YOU WITH GETTING IT DONE, GETTING IT BUILT.

UM, WE WERE TRANSPARENT AND CONSERVATIVE IN OUR ESTIMATES OF THE COST FOR THESE RAIL PORTIONS.

AND, AND I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU, UM, TO KEEP LOOKING FOR THOSE EXTENSIONS AND HOW WE BUILD OUT THIS PLAN AND LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE EXTENSIONS.

UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE ABOUT THE BUS SYSTEM, THE BUS RAPIDS, THE PARK, AND RIDES, THE FLYER DOWN 2222.

UM, THAT WILL REALLY HELP US RETHINK THE BROADER TRANSIT SYSTEM NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE LIGHT RAIL PLAN IS.

UM, I THINK THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE, AND I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM.

CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MEMBERS? YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION IN THE SECOND.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE MOTION? HEARING NONE.

THE MOTION IS ADOPTED.

UH, THERE'S ONE ABSTENTION, THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY AND ONE ABSENCE.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

CHOO CHOO.

THAT'S RIGHT.

MEMBERS, UH, IT WOULD BE THE INTENTION OF THE CHAIR BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE HAVE A SPEAKER, AND I MEANT TO ACTUALLY DO THIS BEFORE WE TOOK UP THAT ITEM SO THAT WE DON'T KEEP A SPEAKER WAITING.

IT WOULD BE THE INTENTION OF THE CHAIR TO RECESS THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND GO TO THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO RECESSING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING? HEARING NONE.

THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL IS IN RECESS.

I WILL NOW

[10:30 AM - Austin Housing and Finance Corporation Meeting]

CALL TO ORDER THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AND ASK STAFF TO PLEASE, UH, WALK US THROUGH THE A H F C AGENDA.

GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT MADAM VICE PRESIDENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

MY NAME IS JAMIE MAY.

I'M THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

UH, TODAY BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE A VERY FULL AGENDA.

UH, WE WILL WALK THROUGH THIS, UH, RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

UH, THE FIRST 12 ITEMS I CAN OFFER ON CONSENT.

THE LAST ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'LL STOP AT THE 12TH AND THEN MOVE TO THE LEFT.

FIRST.

IT'S THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM YOUR MAY 4TH MEETING.

SECOND IS THE AUTHORIZATION OF A LOAN FOR AHA AT BRIARCLIFFE, WHICH IS A PROPERTY AT 1915

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B BRIARCLIFFE BOULEVARD FOR $1.5 MILLION USING GENERAL, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND HOUSING TRUST FUND DOLLARS.

NEXT, YOU HAVE AN A LOAN GOING TO KAREN POINT AT KAREN POINT AT CAMERON, UH, FOR A LOAN OF 6.077 MILLION.

UH, THAT WILL BE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 150 UNITS, UH, AFFORDABLE BELOW 50% MFI.

NEXT, YOU HAVE AN 8.86 MILLION LOAN FOR NORMAN COMMON, WHICH IS A, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION PARTNERSHIP.

UH, THAT WILL BE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 94 AFFORDABLE UNITS.

THEN YOU HAVE A LOAN FOR $6 MILLION FOR THE REBECCA, WHICH IS THE A, UH, AGC RBJ BUILDING, UH, THAT FOR IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 180 AFFORDABLE UNITS, THEN A $6.4 MILLION, UH, LOAN TO THE RENT, UH, USING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND HOUSING TRUST FUND DOLLARS FOR 71 AFFORDABLE UNITS.

THEN THE WORKS THREE, WHICH IS A PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY, UH, LIFEWORKS.

WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF LIFEWORKS IN THE BUILDING THIS AFTERNOON.

UM, THAT IS FOR $8 MILLION, UH, USING THE HPD TURS, UH, AND HOME DOLLARS.

THEN WE HAVE A LOAN FOR $4 MILLION TO RED OAKS, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT SIX.

IT'S A 200 USING 2018 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 64 AFFORDABLE UNITS.

THOSE ARE ALL NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

THE NEXT FOUR ITEMS ARE DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED FINANCING FROM AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IN THE PAST, AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL, UH, AWARD.

THESE ARE FOR JUNIPER CREEK, ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL $3.3 MILLION FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $6.6 MILLION.

UH, THIS IS DEVELOPED BY FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES, AND WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES IN THE, UH, BUILDING THIS AFTERNOON.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE HAVE, UH, FOR, UH, GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PURCHASE SEVEN ACRES.

UH, TO ADD ONTO TO THEIR GUADALUPE SALIA NETZERO NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, A TOTAL LOAN OF, UH, $2.991 MILLION.

THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY DEVELOPMENT, MONOLO TOWNHOMES, UH, WHICH IS REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL $360,000, UH, FOR A TOTAL LOAN OF $931,000.

UH, THIS WILL BE TO DEVELOP 12, UH, TOWNHOMES.

THEN FINALLY, FINALLY, WE HAVE, UH, AN ADDITIONAL AWARD OF $4.4 MILLION GOING TO, UH, CHESTNUT NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION CORPORATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CHACON.

THAT IS A TOTAL LOAN AMOUNT OF 5.7 MILLION FINANCED THROUGH THE H HPD TURS.

WITH ALL OF THOSE 11, UH, DEVELOPMENTS, I DO OFFER ALL 12 ITEMS ON CONSENT MEMBERS.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN I GET A MOTION MEMBERS, WE WILL TAKE UP ITEMS ONE THROUGH 12 AS A CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER MOVES TO ADOPT A CONSENT AGENDA.

IT'S SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER, UH, POOL.

UH, YEAH, I'M, I'M GETTING READY.

I WANT TO ASK, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM OR ARE THEY ON THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES, MAYOR, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE IN ITEM SIX.

THAT MY OPPOSITION IS NOT TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, IT IS TO THE CITY BECAUSE YOU SAY ONE THING, DO ANOTHER DOCUMENT WHAT IS SAID TO FOOL THE FEDS.

SENOIA JOSEPH, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M ZNO JOSEPH SPEAKING ON ITEM THREE, WHICH IS KAREN POINT, CAMERON ROAD IN THE HIGH SPEED ROADWAY.

IT CONCENTRATES POVERTY, AND I DO BELIEVE IT VIOLATES THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968 AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO ITEM SIX.

THAT'S THE RENT OVER ON, UH, IT'S ABOUT TWO MILES FROM SAMSUNG, JUST FOR A POINT OF REFERENCE, UH, 1000 EAST ASIA LANE.

I JUST WANT YOU TO RE RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE YOU'VE JUST CELEBRATED PROJECT CONNECT, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT ON JULY 27TH, 2020, CAPITAL METRO AND COUNCIL UNILATERALLY ELIMINATED THREE MINORITY NORTHEAST METRO RAPIDS, SPECIFICALLY SAMSUNG TO APPLE.

THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION TO THAT AREA, MAYOR, AND I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE IT'S ABOUT 1.3, 1.4 MILES TO ROUTE 3 92.

ROUTE 3 92 IS THE ROUTE THAT ACTUALLY STARTED MY ADVOCACY.

I COLLECTED 574 PETITION SIGNATURES IN 10 DAYS.

A LADY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NAMED WA COLLECTED ABOUT A HUNDRED SIGNATURES FROM THE SPANISH SPEAKERS.

AND SO I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE YOU'RE PUSHING AFRICAN AMERICANS IN PARTICULAR AND OUR LOW INCOME WRITERS TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF AUSTIN, THERE ARE OVER 2000 UNITS, TWO MILES FROM SAMSUNG, AND THERE IS NO TRANSPORTATION.

THE $9.7 MILLION METRO RAPID WAS ELIMINATED.

JULY 27TH, 2020 $4.7 MILLION METRO RAPID FROM SAMSUNG TO APPLE WAS ELIMINATED AND DECKER TO DOWNTOWN, WHICH WOULD'VE SERVED THE BLACK PEOPLE IN EAST AUSTIN.

AND SO I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE

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AND SO MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN.

SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE 6 MILLION THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR THESE TWO PROJECTS, 6000006.4 MILLION, UM, IS NOT A GOOD USE OF OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO BETTER BY AFRICAN AMERICANS IN PARTICULAR.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

YOU'RE WELCOME, MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS.

UM, I MEMBERS, THE INTENTION WILL BE TO TAKE UP THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO PULL ANY ADDITIONAL ITEM OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THE WHOLE AGENDA, THE WHOLE CONSENT AGENDA, IF THAT'S OKAY? OKAY.

LET ME, GIMME ONE.

WELL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE UP EXTENSIONS AND RECUSALS.

THE, THIS PERTAINS TO MULTIPLE OF THESE ITEMS. YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE COMING BACK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

AND I, I GET, I'M NOT AGAINST THAT.

I WANNA JUST LEAD WITH THAT.

I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IS IT, UH, DUE TO MARKET CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING AS THE REASON WHY OR IS, OR IS THERE SOME OTHER, GENERALLY SPEAKING, YES, SIR.

THE, UH, UH, MARKET CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED.

COST OF, UH, COST OF MATERIALS, COST OF LABOR, COST OF BORROWING AS, UH, EXTREMELY ELEVATED IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.

UM, JUST LOOKING AT THESE THREE D, THESE FOUR DEVELOPMENTS, UM, THEY ARE ALL UNDERWAY.

UH, THE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF G NDCS, UH, SEVEN ACRES WEST, THAT IS A LARGER PROPERTY.

SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD INTENDED TO, UH, COME OUT AND BUY THAT PROPERTY FOR.

WE DO EXPECT THEM TO COME BACK FOR CONSTRUCTION FINANCING AT THE END, UH, ONCE THEY GET THE, UM, HORIZONTAL CONSTRUCTION FINISHED.

UM, I WILL NOTE THAT THIS, UH, ALL 12, ALL 11 ITEMS CONSTITUTES ABOUT 65 MILLION IN, UH, IN AWARDS, UH, GENERATING OVER 850 AFFORDABLE UNITS.

AND THAT'S FANTASTIC.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE OUR BOND DOLLARS ALREADY GOING TO WORK AND, UH, DELIVERING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE VOTERS ASKED FOR.

I JUST ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION, AND THAT IS, AS YOU WEIGH PROJECTS LIKE THESE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS COMING FORWARD, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, DIFFERING METRICS OR DO YOU THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT, LET'S SAY A FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPER VERSUS A NON-PROFIT? YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BOTH GONNA GET THE DEVELOPER FEE WHERE IT GOES IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT, UH, DO WE WEIGH THOSE DIFFERENTLY OR DO WE JUST LOOK AT KIND OF THE END PRODUCT AND, AND THE BALANCE SHEET, THE TERM SHEET I SHOULD SAY? SO EVERY DEVELOPMENT IS DIFFERENT.

UM, AND EVERY DEVELOPER IS DIFFERENT.

WE, UH, WE HAVE MULTIPLE FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPERS THAT WE WORK WITH REGULARLY AS WELL AS OUR NON-PROFIT DEVELOPERS.

UM, GENERALLY WHERE WE HAVE ANY DIFFERENCES, UH, COMES AT THE END, UH, WHERE WE TA START TALKING ABOUT TERMS A, UH, UM, SMALL NON-PROFIT LIKE, UH, CHOTO OR GN, DC UH, MAY BE DIFFICULT TO, UH, TO PAY A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT INTEREST ON A LOAN.

UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL NEGOTIATE ON THAT LEVEL AS OPPOSED TO WHETHER OR NOT AN AWARD IS, IS VIABLE.

UM, WHEN WE ARE MAKING AN AWARD OR RECOMMENDING AN AWARD, UH, WE LOOK AT THE LOCATION, WE LOOK AT THE PROFORMA, WE LOOK AT THE DEVELOPER, WE TAKE A FULL, UH, VIEW OF THE APPLICATION AS A WHOLE AND REALLY TRY TO PULL IT APART AND, UH, UH, TEASE IT OUT SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE INVESTING, WE'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INVESTING OUR FUNDS IN THE MOST APPROPRIATE AND EFFECTIVE WAY POSSIBLE.

TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 13 AS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING? THERE IS NOT MAYOR, THERE BEING NO ONE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 13 AS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE STAFF? IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN RECUSING THEMSELVES ON ANY OF THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON ANY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO VOTE NO ON ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY? YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION.

MAYOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE SHOWN AS VOTING NO ON ITEMS TWO THROUGH EIGHT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, YOU'LL BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON ITEMS TWO THROUGH EIGHT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? YOU'VE HEARD THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ? HEARING NONE, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

COUNCILMAN KELLY BEING SHOWN VOTING NO.

ON ITEMS TWO THROUGH EIGHT AND ONE ABSENCE, THAT WILL TAKE US TO ITEM NUMBER 13.

YES, SIR.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF, UH, PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS, UH, FOR UP TO 50 MILLION FOR SEABROOK HOUSING, WHICH IS THE SEABROOK SQUARE, UH, PROPERTY LOCATED ON MAINER ACROSS FROM THE MUELLER DEVELOPMENT.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 13? HEARING NONE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED.

IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP

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IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING? HEARING NONE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

THIS IS, THIS DOESN'T INDICATE AN ACTION.

ARE YOU EXPECTING AN ACTION TODAY? NO, SIR.

CALL TO ORDER THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION, AND I'LL RECOGNIZE STAFF.

WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UM, THEN WE'LL, I THINK WE'RE DONE, RIGHT? YES, SIR.

VERY GOOD.

UM, IT'S GOOD TO BE RIGHT EVERY NOW AND THEN.

UH, SO I, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ADJOURNING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION? HEARING NONE, THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IS ADJOURNED.

WE WILL NOW, I, I WILL NOW

[10:30 AM - Austin Housing Public Facility Corporation Meeting]

GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT MADAM VICE PRESIDENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

MY NAME IS JAMIE MAY, I'M THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WITH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

UH, BEFORE YOU ON YOUR AGENDA, YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS. FIRST IS TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM YOUR LAST TWO A H P F C MEETINGS.

AND THE SECOND IS TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF 45 MILLION IN PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS FOR THE REBECCA, UH, LOCATED AT 1320 ART DELEY DRIVE.

UH, THIS IS THE A G AGC RBJ BUILDING.

ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF MEMBERS? THE, UH, CHAIR INTENDS TO TAKE UP ITEMS ONE AND TWO AS PART OF A CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT A MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOTION MADE BY, UH, BOARD MEMBER VELA? SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER VELASQUEZ.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN ABSTAINING FROM EITHER OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN AS RECUSING THEMSELVES ON EITHER OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? IS THERE ANY MEMBER WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON ANY EITHER OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE.

THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION.

TAKE UP WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 71, THEN WE WILL GO TO 48, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO 45.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ADJOURNING THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION? HEARING NONE.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION IS ADJOURNED.

I CALL BACK TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.

IT IS 1127 ON THURSDAY, JUNE 1ST.

THE FIRST ITEM THAT WE WILL

[71. Approve a resolution amending Resolution No. 20220915-056 to revise policy for data retention related to automated license plate readers and extend the timeline of the pilot program. (part 1 of 2)]

ON ITEM NUMBER 71, I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER, AND I WILL BE ALSO RECOGNIZING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MACKENZIE KELLY FOR A PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE SHE KNOWS, KNOWS THAT THAT, UH, AS WE GO FORWARD.

AND THEN IF THERE ARE OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, WE'LL TAKE THOSE UP AT THAT POINT.

BUT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

UH, I, BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION, JUST KIND OF SETTING THE TABLE, YOU KNOW, THE LICENSE PLATE READER DISCUSSION HAS BEEN SOMETHING, UM, THAT IT IS BEEN A, A REAL CHALLENGE, BOTH PERSONALLY AND, AND JUST IN TERMS OF GETTING IT, GETTING IT RIGHT, UM, WHEN WE LOOK TO USE TECHNOLOGY THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY, THERE ARE ALWAYS TRADE-OFFS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, WE HAVE THE SPEEDING CAMERAS, ALTHOUGH IT NOW WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO USE QUITE AS MUCH.

UH, BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS CONCERNS ABOUT CIVIL LIBERTIES WEIGHED AGAINST THE CONCERNS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND SO, LOOKING AT THE OTHER ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, ITEM 34 THAT WE HAVE POSTPONED TO PURCHASE THE ARS, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE WERE GONNA BE OPERATING IN A SPACE WITH FEWER POLICE OFFICERS, THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO HELP BRIDGE THAT GAP THAT WE HAVE IN OUR POLICE FORCE, BUT ALSO DO IT RESPONSIBLY IN A WAY THAT BALANCES THOSE CONCERNS.

AND SO THIS IS THE COMPROMISE THAT I BELIEVE IS THE RIGHT APPROACH.

I THINK THAT IF WE MOVE TO A SEVEN DAY RETENTION POLICY AND, AND DEPLOY THIS TOOL, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP OUR POLICE OFFICERS DO THE JOB THAT WE'RE ASKING

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THEM TO DO.

AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO COLLECT DATA SO THAT A YEAR FROM NOW WE CAN COME BACK AND SEE JUST HOW IS THIS WORKING? WHERE DID WE GET IT RIGHT? WHAT NEEDS TWEAKING? AND SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ADOPTION OF ITEM 71.

HONOR, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.

ALRIGHT, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION TO ADOPT ITEM NUMBER 70 71.

UH, JUST FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY AND THOSE THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING, AND THE COUNCIL, WHICH IS A SEVEN DAY PERIOD, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES? UH, I'M, I'M GOING TO CALL FOR D.

HERE'S WHAT I, I'D LIKE TO DO.

I'LL CALL FOR DISCUSSION, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, IF WITHOUT OBJECTION, IS GO AHEAD SO THAT WE HAVE A COMPLETE DISCUSSION AND CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY WHO HAS A PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

WE WILL PUT THAT, GET THAT AMENDMENT ON THE, THE, THE FLOOR, AND THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A COMPLETE DISCUSSION, VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.

AND THEN DEPENDING UPON HOW THAT COMES OUT, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.

AND I'LL MAKE MY MOTION AND THEN I WILL SPEAK TO IT.

IF I SECURE A SECOND, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND ITEM 71 WITH KELLY AMENDMENT ONE, WHICH WAS POSTED ON OUR COUNCIL MESSAGE BOARD FOR YOU ALL TO REVIEW.

MEMBERS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY HAS MOVED ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT ONE TO ITEM NUMBER 71, WHICH WOULD CHANGE THE NUMBER OF DAYS FROM SEVEN TO 15 DAYS.

IS THERE A SECOND? AND SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TIM.

ALRIGHT, I WILL NOW, UH, RECOGNIZE PEOPLE FOR DISCUSSION.

WHO WOULD, UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT RECOGNITION.

AND FOR THE SECOND MAYOR PRO TEM, I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR THE MANY MONTHS OF EXTREMELY THOUGHTFUL AND ROBUST DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATES SURROUNDING LICENSE PLATE READERS.

I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I'VE LI LEARNED SO MUCH MORE THAN I EVER IMAGINED ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLY USEFUL TECHNOLOGY.

AND, UM, TODAY WITH ITEM 71, THE RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER, IT OUTLINES A POLICY THAT WOULD LIMIT THE L P R DATA RETENTION TO SEVEN DAYS.

WE HEARD EARLIER THIS WEEK FROM ASSISTANT CHIEF GREENWALL THAT THE NATIONWIDE STANDARD FOR L P R DATA RETENTION IS 30 DAYS.

THIS IS THE PREVIOUSLY AGREED UPON LENGTH.

WHEN WE PASS THE RESOLUTION I AUTHORED IN THE FALL OF 2022, MY CLEAR CONCERN IS THAT BY LOWERING THE DATA RETENTION DATE TO SEVEN DAYS, THAT INVESTIGATORS WON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS MUCH NEEDED INFORMATION AFTER THAT TIME PERIOD TO CATCH CAREER CRIMINALS, REPEAT OFFENDERS, AND TO POTENTIALLY SAVE LIVES FROM BEING IN HARM'S WAY.

IN A PERFECT WORLD, WE'D KEEP THAT 30 DAYS OF DATA RETENTION, BUT IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMPROMISE.

I PROPOSED THE AMENDMENT TODAY TO MEET THOSE CAUTIOUS MEMBERS OF OUR COUNCIL HALFWAY FOR 15 DAYS.

AND LET ME BE CLEAR HERE.

LICENSE PLATE READERS ARE TOOLS THAT ENABLE OFFICERS AND INVESTIGATORS TO CATCH CRIMINALS BEFORE THEY COMMIT ANOTHER CRIME.

BY USING THE INFORMATION DA DATA GATHERED, THIS ALLOWS OUR CITY TO BE SAFER AND FOR AUSTIN TO BE A LEADER IN COMBATING CRIMES SUCH AS HUMAN TRAFFICKING, CHILD ABDUCTIONS, AND ILLEGAL DRUG AND FIREARMS ACTIVITY.

SO, MEMBERS TODAY, I JUST WANT TO URGE YOU TO VOTE IN A WAY THAT MAKES AUSTIN SAFER AND EQUIPS INVESTIGATORS AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO COMBAT HEINOUS CRIMES AT A LOCAL LEVEL.

WHEN YOU TAKE THIS VOTE, I URGE YOU TO THINK OF THE WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, THOSE FEARING FOR THEIR LIVES, INCLUDING VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO BE THE COMMUNITY'S STRONGEST ADVOCATES AND TO DO WHAT WE WERE VOTED AND SENT HERE TO DO BY OUR CONSTITUENTS TO MAKE AUSTIN THE SAFEST AND BEST CITY IT CAN BE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, FURTHER DISCUSSION.

THE VOTE WILL BE ON THE MOTION TO AMEND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSE, SAY RAISE YOUR HAND.

SO OPPOSE SAY NO.

RAISE YOUR HAND.

UH, THE MOTION FAILS.

THE AYES ARE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR.

PRO TIM.

UH, EVERYONE ELSE.

HANG ON.

YEAH, I NEED TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.

I BETTER COUNT, HUH? UM, SORRY, I, I'VE GOT, IT'S HARD TO ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.

SO, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

UM, WHO ARE, WHO ARE THE NOS? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

THE MOTION.

FA THE VOTE IS FIVE TO FIVE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR, PRO MAYOR, PRO TEM.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT.

UH, ALL OTHERS PRESENT, WERE VOTING

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NO ON THE AMENDMENT.

THE MOTION FAILS FOR FAILING TO GAIN A MAJORITY.

THAT WILL TAKE US BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER AL ALTER.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION? HEARING NONE.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ADOPTION OF THE MAIN MOTION HEARING? YES.

MAYOR PROTE MOTION BEING SEVEN DAYS.

SEVEN DAYS.

UM, I CAN'T SUPPORT SEVEN DAYS.

I WOULD LIKE THE INFORMATION TO BE COMING BACK TO US SO WE COULD VISIT IN THE FUTURE.

IF SEVEN DAYS, WE'LL GET THE JOB DONE, BUT I'M JUST NOT QUITE SURE THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT MARK TO HIT TODAY.

ALL RIGHT, THEN I'LL, I'LL CALL FOR A SHOW OF HANDS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MAIN MOTION OF SEVEN DAYS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES, COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA VELAZQUEZ AND RYAN AL ALTER ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO SEVEN DAYS.

UH, RAISE YOUR HAND.

THAT'S COUNCIL MEMBER AL ALTER.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

THE MOTION FAILS FOR, FOR LACK OF A MAJORITY.

I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER AL ALTER, AND I'M WONDERING IF, AND IN THE VOTE COUNT IF I CAN BE ON THE NO SIDE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER AL ALTER IS NOW IS, IS CHANGING HIS VOTE FROM AYE TO NAY AND THE MOTION FAILS.

UH, AND YOU MAY BE SURE, AYE I'M SORRY, HE'S, HE'S JUST, SO THOSE THAT ARE QUESTIONING THAT HE'S VOTING NO NOW, SO HE IS ON THE PREVAILING SIDE SO THAT HE'LL BE ABLE TO AT SOME POINT, MAYBE VOTE TO RECONSIDER THAT VOTE, WHICH HE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DO IF HE HAD BEEN ON THE SIDE THAT LOST.

HE'S NOW ON THE PREVAILING SIDE.

THAT'S MY GUESS AS TO WHY HE'S DOING THAT.

, HE HASN'T SAID, UH, BUT THAT'S VERY ASTUTE.

UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, UH, THE MOTION FAILS ON ITEM NUMBER 71, UH, MEMBERS, ITEM NUMBER 34 HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY PULLED, AND THAT IS THE CONTRACT RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 71.

THAT WILL TAKE US

[48. Approve a resolution initiating code amendments to City Code Title 25 related to dwelling unit occupancy limits.]

TO ITEM NUMBER 48.

I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE, UH, ON ITEM NUMBER 48, THEN I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON AL ALTER, UH, KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

UH, AND YOU KNOW, I JUST, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I, I MOVED, UH, PASSING OF ITEM 48, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE POLICIES THAT WE TAKE UP ON THIS DIAS, UM, THAT WE PUT FORWARD ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP THE LEASE AMONG US.

UM, WELL COLLEAGUES, UH, AT A TIME WHEN THE STATE LEDGE IS DOING THE MOST TO POLICE MARGINALIZED PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND AT A TIME WHEN RENTS CONTINUE TO GO OVER $200 A MONTH UPON RENEWAL, THE CITY OF AUSTIN MUST STOP POLICING PEOPLE'S RELATIONSHIPS THEY CHOOSE IN ORDER TO AFFORD HOUSING IN THE CITY.

THE CODE INITIATION BEFORE YOU TODAY DOES NOT ELIMINATE OCCUPANCY LIMITS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UH, AS THOROUGHLY ARTICULATED BY LAW ON TUESDAY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEPARATE THE RULE OF OCCUPANCY LIMITS FROM ZONING AND LA LAND USE CONCERNS.

OCCUPANCY LIMITS ARE ABOUT HUMAN HEALTH AND SAFETY, NOT ABOUT PREVENTING A CERTAIN HOUSING TYPE.

IF PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A CERTAINTY KIND OF HOUSING TYPE, THEN LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND LET'S FIX OUR BROKEN CODE.

OUR LAND COSTS HAVE BECOME SO EXPENSIVE, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT SO-CALLED STEALTH DORMS WILL BE PROLIFERATING UPON ADOPTION OF THIS CODE AMENDMENT LATER THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS A SOLE MOTIVATION FOR THE 2014 AMENDMENTS.

OCCUPANCY LIMITS.

AND I WANT TO ADD THAT I THINK PHRASES LIKE STEALTH DORMS AREN'T APPROPRIATE AND ARE HARMFUL TO STUDENTS IN WORKING CLASS AUSTIN NIGHTS.

NEVERTHELESS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME IN OUR DISTRICT HAVE CONCERNS, AND THAT'S WHY OUR OFFICE IN THE COMING DAYS WILL BE SETTING UP A SERIES OF ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS ON EXACTLY HOW OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD LIKE TO GROW AND CHANGE TO ADDRESS AUSTIN'S HOUSING CRISIS.

AND MOREOVER, WE CONTINUE TO WORK EXTENSIVELY WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ADDRESSING ISSUES THAT COME WITH LIVING AROUND MORE PEOPLE.

IT'S JUST PARKING, TRASH, PICKUP AND NOISE.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO HAVE, WHO HAVE COME BEFORE ME.

UH, AND, AND, AND I WANT TO READ SOMETHING FROM ONE OF MY PREDECESSORS, UH, WHO EMAILED, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, SOMEONE WHO I LOOK, LOOK UP TO, AND SOMEONE HAS WHO DID GREAT WORK WHILE I'M DIAS.

UH, AND THAT'S FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS RILEY.

UH, IN HIS EMAIL TO THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR PROTIME AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, HE SAID, AND A QUOTE, THE FOREPERSON CAP AND IMPOSE IN 2014 WAS NOT MEANT TO BE PERMANENT.

IT WAS INTENDED AS A SHORT TERM FIX FOR ISSUES THAT WERE AFFECTING SOME AREAS NORTH OF HYDE PARK BY ITS OWN TERMS, THEIR ORIGINAL ORDINANCE WAS SUPPOSED TO EXPIRE IN MARCH OF 2016.

AT THIS POINT, THE FOREPERSON CAP HAS LONG OUTLIVED ITS USEFULNESS AND IT UNDULY CONSTRAINS OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT HOUSING CRISIS.

SO I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF, OF, OF FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY, BUT, AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE FOLKS ON THIS DIAS WHO ARE CO-SPONSORS, MAYOR PROTIME ELLIS, COUNCIL MEMBER ENTENTES LAS, AND POOL.

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AND I THINK THAT WAS ARTICULATED BY A LOT OF OUR SPEAKERS AND, AND, AND THIS POLICY IS NO DIFFERENT.

SO LET'S, LET'S, LET'S REALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE ARE FACING AS A CITY.

UH, SO WITH THAT, I MOVE, I MOVE TO PASS.

ITEM 48 MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE HAS MOVED ADOPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 48.

IT'S SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TIM.

UM, I KNOW WE, WE HAVE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

SO WHAT I WILL DO IS NOW GO TO THOSE AND THAT WAY, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

UH, THE FIRST PERSON I'LL RECOGNIZE ON WITH A PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

THIS WILL BE CONSIDERED TO BE COUNCIL, UH, CONSIDERED TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT ONE TO ITEM NUMBER 48.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.

I MOVE TO AMEND ITEM 48 WITH KELLY AMENDMENT ONE MEMBERS.

YOU'VE HAD KELLY AMENDMENT ONE.

UM, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE KELLY AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE ON ITEM NUMBER 48? THERE BEING NO SECOND.

UH, KELLY AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE FAILS FOR, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER.

ALISON ALTER.

I'M SORRY, I DID NOT SEE YOU.

I APOLOGIZE.

THANKS FOR, UM, SO THE MOTION TO AMEND WITH KELLY AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE HAS BEEN SECONDED, UH, DISCUSSION ON KELLY AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, THANK YOU.

UM, I BROUGHT FORWARD THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD FROM PEOPLE OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE MORE INPUT REGARDING THE PROPOSAL WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US TODAY.

I FEEL THAT THIS AMENDMENT TRULY BRINGS VALUE TO THE RESOLUTION, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE RELATED TO HOUSING IN OUR CITY.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE AUTHOR BRINGING IT FORWARD.

AND I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT WHILE I UNDERSTAND, AND MY COLLEAGUES PROBABLY ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A BUILTIN STAKEHOLDER PROCESS ALREADY, IT IS A GOOD SIGNAL TO THE COMMUNITY TO INCORPORATE THAT AS PART OF OUR LANGUAGE WHEN CONSIDERING THIS RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MCC CADRE.

YEAH, I, SORRY.

UM, YEAH, AND, AND, AND I, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MCC KELLY, BUT I, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OCCUPANCY LIMITS AND ZONING.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN, IN, IN ENGAGING CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOUSING TYPES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF CALLS, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF, LOT OF EMAILS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO OPENING UP THOSE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE SUMMER AND INTO THE FALL TO DISCUSS HOW OUR CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOODS WILL LIKE TO GROW AND CHANGE WITH OUR CITY AND ADDRESS OUR HOUSING NEEDS FOR, FOR, UH, FOR ALL BY THE TIME THE CODE INITIATION RETURNS TO COUNCIL.

SO MY OFFICE WILL TAKE THIS ON AND INVITE ALL THE OTHER OFFICES, PHIL, TO JOIN US.

UH, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO PLACE THE BURDEN ON ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER PROCESSES ON CITY STAFF WHEN HE, WE'VE DONE THE DUE DILIGENCE AND WE KNOW WE CAN BETTER ADDRESS OCCUPANCY LIMITS FOR AUSTIN.

SO I, I, I RESPECTFULLY DECLINED THE, UH, THE AMENDMENT.

WELL.

UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT? NUMBER ONE, MAYOR PRO 10, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS, BUT I JUST HAD SOME BRIEF COMMENTS THERE.

THERE IS ANOTHER AMENDMENT.

UM, AND, AND SO LET ME ASK ON, ON, IS THERE ANY, WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT.

UM, IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON AMENDMENT PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND THERE BEING, UH, THREE IN FAVOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY AND THE MAYOR.

UH, ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO OR JUST RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL, UH, ALL OTHER, ALL OTHER PRESENT, YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR VOTE .

UM, YOU, YOU'VE PROVED THAT YOU'VE PROVED THAT, UH, IF, IF HE CHANGES HIS VOTE ON THIS ONE, HE IS GONNA HAVE A, AN ISSUE.

ALTHOUGH, UH, SO ALL OTHER PARTIES PRESENT VOTED NO THERE BEING THREE AYES AND THE REMAINDER NO AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE FAILS.

THAT WILL TAKE US TO PROPOSE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON AL ALTER.

UM, I WAS NOT ON COUNCIL IN 2014 WHEN THESE LIMITS WERE ADOPTED, AND I WAS NOT ON COUNCIL IN 2016, UM, WHEN THEY WERE EXTENDED.

UM, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED BY MANY, UM, I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE FAMILIAL RELATIONS AS THE BASIS FOR THE LIMITS.

I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER, UM, THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW ME TO SUPPORT, UM, THIS ITEM MOVING FORWARD TO ADDRESS CONCERNS, UM, THAT I'VE HEARD AND THAT I HAVE, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CHANGE TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING, UM, ANY ISSUES THAT MIGHT ARISE AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ IT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT POSTED TO THE MESSAGE BOARD.

ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN IN BACKUP SINCE THIS

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MORNING.

I WOULD MOVE TO AMEND TO ADD AFTER LINE 35, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED.

THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER TO ALSO BRING FORWARD ANY ADDITIONAL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED DURING THE AMENDMENT PROCESS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAN ADDRESS ANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MAY ALSO INCLUDE STRATEGIES THAT ARE NOT ZONING RELATED, SUCH AS POLICIES OR PRACTICES TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE CODE COMPLIANCE.

UH, MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON AL ALTER TO ADOPT PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ITEM NUMBER 48.

NUMBER TWO, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.

IS THERE DISCUSSION? UH, ACTUALLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY SECONDS THE MOTION, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION.

COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE.

YEAH, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON TER FOR BRINGING UP THIS AMENDMENT.

AND I JUST WANNA, I HAVE A QUESTION, I HAVE A COMMENT.

UH, I JUST WANNA CONFIRM, IS THE INTENT OF THIS AMENDMENT TO STILL STAY WITHIN THE TIMELINE PRESCRIBED BY THE RESOLUTION? ABSOLUTELY.

UM, I AGREE.

THE, THE INTENT HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE INITIATE A CODE AMENDMENT, THERE'S CONVERSATIONS OR STAFF ADD EXPERTISE, THERE'S THINGS THAT ARISE, INFORMATION THAT'S MOVED FORWARD.

AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT BY THE TIME THIS REACHES PLANNING COMMISSION OR REACHES COUNCIL, THAT, UM, WE ALREADY ARE PRESENTED WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MIGHT GO ALONG WITH THAT.

UM, THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS THAT CHANGES THE TIMELINE.

I THINK FROM WHAT WE HEARD FROM OUR STAFF, UM, IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THE CHANGES YOU WERE PROPOSING WOULD BE MORE ENFORCEABLE.

MM-HMM.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THROUGH THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS, UM, THERE WON'T BE ISSUES THAT WILL BE RAISED.

EVEN SOME OF THE SPEAKERS WHO ARE FOR IT TODAY RECOGNIZE THE NEED THAT, UM, WE MAY NEED TO HAVE SOME CODE COMPLIANCE TYPE ISSUES, UM, ADDRESSED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE GIVEN THE TIME THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, BUT I AM SURE THAT OUR STAFF, UM, WILL, UM, BE ABLE TO SURFACE THOSE WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD.

GREAT.

THAT'S, THAT'S IMAGINED.

AND I, AND I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THE TIME PERIOD WAS, BUT MY INTENTION WAS NOT TO, TO, TO CHANGE THAT, BUT TO, YOU KNOW, INVITE STAFF TO SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE WITH US AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

GREAT.

WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WASN'T GONNA, IT WASN'T GONNA SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS.

UH, I'M, I'M, I'M GOOD WITH THIS AMENDMENT.

UH, IT'S, IT'S ACCEPTABLE BY, BY ME.

UH, AND, AND, AND I JUST WANNA REAFFIRM THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL GONNA BE TALKING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES AND, AND CONSTITUENTS IN OUR, IN OUR DISTRICT, AND I ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME, BUT I I I'M IN FAVOR OF COUNCIL MEMBER AL ALTER'S, UH, AMENDMENT.

ARE THERE, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ALLISON ALTAR AMENDMENT TO ITEM NUMBER 48? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE ALLISON AL ALTER AMENDMENT TO ITEM NUMBER 48? WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED.

THAT WILL TAKE US BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE, UH, A AND THAT IS THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED AS WE JUST VOTED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED? MAYOR PROTE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SOME BRIEF COMMENTS.

I'M EXCITED TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS, AND THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE FOR LEADING ON THIS.

UM, ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, MY SISTER WAS A UT STUDENT LIVING IN A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE WITH FIVE GIRLS.

UM, AND ABOUT FIF 15 YEARS AGO, I WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS, UH, LIVING WITH FOUR PEOPLE UNRELATED IN A DUPLEX, WHICH APPARENTLY IS ALSO NOW MADE ILLEGAL.

SO I, I THINK IT'S PRETTY NOTEWORTHY THAT I AND MY SISTER BOTH AT SOME POINT, UH, WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THAT, UH, ROOF OVER OUR HEAD WOULD'VE HAD TO FIND DIFFERENT ACCOMMODATIONS.

UM, WE WERE CLEAN, WE WERE GOOD TENANTS.

UM, WE DIDN'T CAUSE A SCENE.

WE DIDN'T THROW BIG PARTIES.

AND I JUST THINK IF THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO BE HANDLING THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.

BUT I'M EXCITED TODAY THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL GET TO LIVE IN THE TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTS THAT ALLOWED ME TO LIVE WITH MY FRIENDS AND ALLOWED MY SISTER TO MEET HER NOW HUSBAND.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TODAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PROAM.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE PASSAGE? THE MOTION TO PASS ITEM NUMBER 48 AS AMENDED.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE PASSAGE OF ITEM NUMBER 48 AS AMENDED WITHOUT OBJECTION? ITEM NUMBER 48 AS I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

NORMALLY RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER AS THIS BEING AN ITEM FROM COUNCIL, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING I SHOULD RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

UM, I, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE PRETTY ROUTINE FOR YOU NOW TO LOOK UP AT ME EVERY TIME THERE'S AN POSSIBLE OBJECT.

WELL, YOU, YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD LEARN , UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE SHOWN AS VOTING NO ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

THERE THERE BEING NO OBJECTION OTHER THAN COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

THE ITEM NUMBER 48 AS AMENDED IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY BEING SHOWN VOTING NO AND ONE ABSENCE MEMBERS.

THAT'LL TAKE

[45. Approve a resolution related to authorizing the Housing Authority of Travis County (HATC) to exercise its powers within the City.]

US TO ITEM NUMBER 45.

UH, I WOULD

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COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

THANKS, MAYOR.

I'LL, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION AND THEN I WOULD LIKE THE CITY MANAGER TO OFFER SOME, UH, INFORMATION FOR ALL OF US PUBLICLY.

THAT'S FINE.

PLEASE GO.

THEN I MOVED TO POSTPONE THE FAMILY ELDER CARE PROJECT, UH, LOCATED AT 28 24 RAY STREET TO JUNE 8TH AND POSTPONE THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS NAMED IN THE RESOLUTION TO JULY 20 TO GIVE OUR STAFF TIME TO REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE MANAGER.

DO WE NEED A SECOND? OH, I, I DO NEED YOU DO NEED A SECOND.

SECONDED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER.

I RECOGNIZE THE MANAGER, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UH, WE HAD A, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM THIS WEEK.

WE HAD, UH, IT ENDED, UH, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH, UH, A, A GOOD GROUP MEETING WHERE, UH, DOWN ON THE FIRST FLOOR, UH, DURING THAT DISCUSSION, UH, THE STAFF, UH, AND I IN PARTICULAR VOICED, UH, CONCERNS THAT WE'D NOT HAD A CHANCE TO COMPLETELY VET THESE ITEMS, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION WOULD BE, AS WELL AS HOW THIS WOULD WORK UNDER THE ARRANGEMENT THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED.

AND SO WE SIMPLY ASKED AT THAT MEETING THAT WE BE ALLOWED TIME TO EVALUATE THIS APPROPRIATELY TO JULY THE 20TH.

AND YOU GOT A MEMO TO THAT EFFECT LAST NIGHT.

IN ADDITION, UH, WHAT WAS, UH, NEW INFORMATION TO US THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE, AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT WAS THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS WAS, UH, DEALING WITH SOME FINANCIAL STRESS.

UH, THAT WAS THE FIRST I HAD LEARNED OF IT.

AND, UH, AND IT WAS, WE WERE ASKED IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A STAFF ANALYSIS DONE BY JUNE 8TH.

AND WHAT WE SAID IS, WE WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO DO THE ANALYSIS.

WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT WE WOULD REC MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THE ANALYSIS AND THEN PROVIDE WHATEVER THE RESULTS OF THAT ANALYSIS WOULD BE, UH, TO THE MEMBERS OF MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ON JUNE THE EIGHTH, UH, WHICH MAY ALSO INCLUDE THAT WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT.

AND SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT AS A, AS A PREDICATE IN TERMS OF THIS DISCUSSION THAT THE COUNCIL'S GONNA HAVE.

UH, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, UH, A LOT OF QUE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TRY TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO BRING THIS TO SOME AMICABLE RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU MANAGER.

UH, DISCUSSION ON THE MEMBERS.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER, UH, YOU'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS FROM THE MANAGER.

FURTHER DISCUSSION, COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER.

AND I JUST WANNA THANK ALL THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE MET WITH TIRELESSLY, MANDY, ROSIE, MICHAEL, UM, CONNOR, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET IT RIGHT AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THIS ALLOWS US TO DO.

I THINK WE ALL SHARE THE GOAL OF THESE PROJECTS, AND, BUT WE ALSO ALL SHARE, UM, THE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MEET THE, THE RIGOROUS STANDARDS THAT ACCOMPANY ACTIONS SUCH AS THIS.

AND SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO, TO THANK COUNCILOR POOL AS WELL FOR, FOR WORKING WITH ME ON THIS AND, AND FINDING A WAY TO, TO GET THIS DONE.

SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN WALTER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER ON ITEM NUMBER 45.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 45? COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, I'M LOOKING AT YOU.

UH, THERE BEING NO OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 45.

UH, ITEM NUMBER 45 IS ADOPTED WITHOUT OBJECTION MEMBERS, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A TIME CERTAIN OF 12 O'CLOCK NOON FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL BE IN RECESS UNTIL, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL.

I DO, UM, I NEED TO MOVE TO RECONSIDER ITEM NUMBER 71 AT THIS TIME.

MAYOR, UM, IF I COULD JUST INTERJECT FOR A SECOND.

I NEED TO SIGN OFF TO GO TO THE GRADUATION.

I KNOW I HAVE SOME CONSTITUENTS IN THE ROOM.

WE'VE TRIED TO ALERT THEM.

I UNDERSTAND THAT MR. MENDOZA IS IN THE ROOM FOR THAT, UM, TO, TO TALK WITH FOLKS.

UM, BUT I DO HAVE TO SIGN OFF TO GO TO GRADUATION.

I, I MEAN TO BRING BACK AND RECONSIDER ITEM NUMBER 71.

SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU COUNCILMAN WALTER, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SON AND ENJOY THAT.

UM, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER MOVES.

HANG ON A SECOND.

YOU, YOU'RE MOVING TO RECONSIDER ITEM NUMBER 71.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THE, UM, MEMBERS, UH, HAVING VOTED IN THE SIDE THAT PREVAILED ON ITEM NUMBER 71 AFTER TAKING TWO SHOTS AT IT, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER APPROPRIATELY

MOVES TO POSTPONE.

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IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ.

UM, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER.

WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER 71 TO JUNE THE EIGHTH AT, DO I NEED TO GIVE A TIME OR DO I SAY JUNE? NO.

JUNE THE EIGHTH.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER, UM, MOVES ON RECONSIDERATION TO POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER 71 UNTIL JUNE THE EIGHTH.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER 71 TO JUNE THE EIGHTH? UH, YES.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, YOU'RE OBJECTING.

I'M OBJECTING.

WE WILL NOW HAVE A TIME CERTAIN FOR OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, I'LL RECOGNIZE IF I COULD HAVE, UH, EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.

UM, THE MOTION HAS BEEN TO POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER 71 TO JUNE THE EIGHTH.

UH, ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO BE SHOWN AS OBJECTING? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? SAY NO.

THE MOTION PASSES WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY BEING SHOWN VOTING NO MEMBERS.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS, I'M SORRY, ITEM 45 PASS.

APPARENTLY THERE'S LACK OF CLARITY ON ITEM NUMBER 45.

IF A MOTION IS A MOTION TO POSTPONE AND THE MOTION TO POSTPONE PASSES, THE ITEM IS POSTPONED.

SO THOSE THAT ARE CONFUSED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS POSTPONED OR PASSED IN SOME WAY, THE MOTION WAS TO POSTPONE FAMILY ELDER CARE TO JUNE 8TH AND THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS IN THE RESOLUTION TO JULY 20TH.

AND SO THEY'RE POSTPONED.

ANYBODY WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE ARE RECESSED UNTIL 12 O'CLOCK NOON.

I'LL CALL THE OFFICER CITY COUNCIL BACK TO ORDER.

IT'S 1201.

UH,

[Public Communication: General]

I'LL RECOGNIZE THE CITY CLERK, UH, TO START US ON OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

WE KNOW THAT SPEEDING IS A PROBLEM ON GREYSTONE DRIVE, GIVE OUR COMMUNITY THREE MONTHS TO COME TOGETHER AND SLOW DOWN VOLUNTARILY.

THE FIRST SPEAKER IS CHRIS LAMP.

IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM.

WELCOME, SIR.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I LIVE IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ABOUT 85% OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHO WANT THE OPTION TO SLOW DOWN VOLUNTARILY RATHER THAN WITH NINE SPEED CUSHIONS PLANNED FOR GRAYSTONE DRIVE.

MANY OF US WERE NOT AWARE THAT SPEEDING WAS A PROBLEM ON THIS ROAD, BUT AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT MADE US AWARE THAT IT IS A PROBLEM.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO CORRECTING THIS PROBLEM IF YOU GIVE US A CHANCE TO DO SO.

WE'VE STARTED A SPEED AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

IT'S CALLED KEEP GRAYSTONE SMOOTH.

HERE'S OUR CHALLENGE.

85% OF THE TRAFFIC WAS MEASURED AT ABOUT 34 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR AT THREE OF THE SPOTS, AND 39 MILES PER HOUR AT THE WORST SPOT.

SINCE THE GOAL IS 33 MILES PER HOUR OR LESS, WE ARE COMMITTED TO REDUCING THESE SPEEDS BY TWO MILES PER HOUR AT THREE OF THE SPOTS AND SIX MILES PER HOUR AT THE WORST LOCATION.

WE KNOW THIS CAN BE DONE BECAUSE IN 2017, JESTER ESTATES FACED A SIMILAR PROBLEM AND THEY TOOK THE SAME APPROACH.

THEY BROUGHT TOGETHER BOTH SIDES OF THE HIGHLY CONTENTIOUS DEBATE IN A MOVEMENT FOR RESIDENTS TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR SPEEDING AND SLOW DOWN VOLUNTARILY.

THEIR SUCCESS WAS INDISPUTABLE IN BOTH SPEEDS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS.

WITHIN THREE MONTHS, THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED DROPPED FIVE MILES PER HOUR FROM 38 AND 39 DOWN TO 33 AND 34 MILES PER HOUR.

WHAT THEY LEARNED IN JESTER WAS INTERESTING.

NOBODY WANTED TO BE THE ONLY PERSON DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT, BUT ONCE MOST OTHERS WERE DOING SO, THEY DIDN'T MIND JOINING.

IN SIX YEARS LATER, THEIR SPEEDS REMAINED AT THE SAME LOW LEVEL.

ANOTHER BENEFIT IS COMMUNITY RELATIONS HAVE IMPROVED.

SO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.

NOW THAT

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AFTER THAT, WE ASK THAT YOU VALIDATE OUR SUCCESS WITH A NEW SPEED TEST.

IF WE FAIL, THEN PROCEED WITH THE SPEED CUSHION INSTALLATION AS PLANNED.

IF WE SUCCEED, THEN HOLD OFF ON THE SPEED CUSHION INSTALLATION FOR AS LONG AS SPEEDS REMAIN GOOD.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO CHANGING OUR BEHAVIOR LONG TERM, AND WE CONTINUE AND WE WELCOME SOLUTIONS SUCH AS DYNAMIC SPEED DISPLAY DEVICES BY WHICH THE CITY CAN CONTINUE TO MONITOR.

HOW WE ARE DOING AT D'S CURRENT APPROACH DIVIDES OUR COMMUNITY.

THE APPROACH PITS RESIDENTS AGAINST ONE ANOTHER AND MAKES MANY FEEL PUNISHED BY THEIR NEIGHBORS.

WE ASK THAT THE CITY INSTEAD TAKE AN APPROACH OF NEIGHBORHOOD UNITY, ONE THAT UNITES US BEHIND THE COMMON GOAL OF KEEPING SPEEDS DOWN AND SPEED CUSHIONS OUT A WIN-WIN SOLUTION.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING SUCH AN APPROACH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

NEXT SPEAKER IS NANCY THOMPSON, FOLLOWED BY CARLOS LEONE.

PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED NANCY THOMPSON.

CARLOS LEON.

AFTER MR. LEON IS KATHY, UH, KAN.

SO CARLOS LEON, FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR LETTING ME EXPOSE FEMINIST FILTH EVIL DESTROYING AUSTIN AND AMERICA FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

FEBRUARY 22ND AND MARCH 19 AT TRADER JOE'S SEAHOME WHITE FEMALE MORNING CASHIER, HANNAH B REPEATEDLY INITIATED AND CONTINUED ABUSIVE MISBEHAVIOR AGAINST ME, A STRAIGHT CHRISTIAN ALPHA MALE TO TRY CONFUSING AND CONTROLLING ME TO EFFEMINATE AND EMASCULATE ME TO GASLIGHT AND DOMINATE ME TO DISRESPECT ME AND FLIP THE TRUE POWER RELATION OF ME, THE PAYING CUSTOMER OVER HER.

THE PAID EMPLOYEE REJECTING THAT UPSIDE DOWN ASS BACKWARDS CRAP.

I CALLED HER ON IT IN PERSON AND SENT TWO COMPLAINTS THROUGH TO TRADER JOE'S WEBSITE IN FRONT OF YOU.

NOW, COUNSEL ON PUBLIC RECORD.

BECAUSE I STOPPED INTERACTING WITH HER AND OTHER EMPLOYEES THERE TREATED ME RESPECTFULLY.

THE PROBLEM SEEMED SOLVED.

I REGULARLY GAVE ATTABOY FEEDBACK TO MANAGEMENT ABOUT THOSE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS.

YET APRIL 24TH, WHITE MALE STORE MANAGER JORDAN INITIALLY BANNED ME BECAUSE A COUPLE FEMALE EMPLOYEES CRY, BULLIED HIM, CLAIMING TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ME.

I FILED A THIRD COMPLAINT AGAINST THAT TARGETING.

APRIL 28TH, I SPOKE IN PERSON WITH HISPANIC SLASH WHITE FEMALE STORE DIRECTOR WENDY DELGADO.

NOT ONLY DID SHE PERMANENTLY BAN ME, BUT SHE, LIKE JORDAN, CLAIMED TO HAVE WITNESSED MISBEHAVIOR ON MY PART IN PERSON AND ON VIDEO WITHOUT SPECIFYING WHAT IT WAS WRONGLY PUNISHING ME FOR HANNAH BEE'S ATTACKS.

SHE ALSO SAID SHE GAVE ME TIME TO MAKE IT BETTER, THOUGH I GAVE HER TIME TO CASTIGATE, RETRAIN AND OR REMOVE HANNAH BEE TO MAKE IT BETTER.

I LAWFULLY DEFENDED MYSELF AFTER BEING VERBALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY ATTACKED BY THOSE GUILTY EMPLOYEES TRYING TO OVERWRITE MY HEALTHY REALITY WITH THEIR INSANE ANTI REALITY.

BECAUSE BEING BANNED IS SO UPSIDE DOWN AND WRONG.

WHEN MY COMPLAINTS ELECTRONICALLY DELETED OR ALTERED IN TRANSIT TO OR AT TRADER JOE'S SERVER.

ARE JORDAN AND DELGADO CONFUSING ME WITH SOMEONE ELSE WHO LOOKS AND DRESSES LIKE ME WHO DID MISBEHAVE AGAINST OTHER FEMALE EMPLOYEES THERE? BOTTOM LINE, BECAUSE JUST ONE FEMINIST FILTH, KAREN IN POWER CAN TURN A BUSINESS UPSIDE DOWN AND DESTROY IT.

LIKE FORMER MARKETING VP ALYSSA HEINER, MAKING TRANS DYLAN MULVANEY, THE FACE OF BUD LIGHT BEER BOYCOTT TRADER JOE'S AT SEAHOME.

UNTIL WENDY DELGADO IS REPLACED WITH A STRAIGHT MALE STORE MANAGER, DIRECTOR RESCINDING THE BAND AGAINST ME.

GO WOKE, GO BROKE.

GOD BLESS PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO WON THE 2020 ELECTION IN A LANDSLIDE COUNTING EACH AND EVERY LEGAL LEGITIMATE VOTE ONE TIME ONLY WITH EQUAL WAITING.

ONLY MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN BY MAKING AMERICA STRAIGHT MASCULINE AGAIN UNDER GOD.

NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHY KAAN, FOLLOWED BY ALICIA TALIAFERRO.

IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME

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HAND.

I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION.

YOU SIT THERE.

WHAT? I CAN STAND HERE.

I WASN'T PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE.

UM, I'M SPEAKING ALSO ABOUT THE SPEED BUMPS ON, UH, ON GRAYSTONE.

UM, YEAH, MY, UM, MY HUSBAND PASSED AWAY THIS PAST YEAR, BUT, UM, HE WOULD BE SPEAKING IF, UH, IF HE WERE AROUND, BUT, SO I'M SPEAKING FOR HIM.

HE HAD POLIO WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN, WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER.

AND, UH, AS HE GOT OLDER, HE HAD TO, WE HAD TO GET A VAN WITH A RAMP IN IT SO THAT HIS, UH, WHEELCHAIR COULD JUST ROLL IN AND POP INTO PLACE.

AND, UH, THAT RAMP CAUSED THE VAN TO BE VERY LOW.

SO IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT AND UNCOMFORTABLE FOR HIM GOING OVER HIS SPEED BUMPS AND ONE BIG PROBLEM IF WE PUT SPEED BUMPS ON, UH, UH, GRAYSTONE RIGHT AFTER VAL BURN, WE'RE BLOCKED IN.

IF SOMEONE LIKE HIM WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, WE'D HAVE TO GO ON SPEED BUMPS.

AND WE WERE ALWAYS, UM, OH, UH, WE WERE ALWAYS, UM, UH, LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE ROUTES, UH, WHEN, WHEN THERE WERE SPEED BUMPS, BECAUSE HE COULD, IT COULD HAVE RUINED THE BOTTOM OF HIS VAN, AND HE WOULD MOVE AROUND AND MOVE AROUND AS, YOU KNOW, OVER A BUMP.

WHEN YOU GO TO THE OTHER END, I WOULD BE DRIVING, SO I'D WOULD GO SO SLOWLY, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THAT LAST THING, AND IT WOULD REALLY BE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR HIM.

SO, UM, UH, THERE'S JUST NO OTHER WAY OUT.

EVEN IF WE WENT ALL THE WAY ON VAL BURN TO, TO FAR WEST, AND YOU GO UP FAR WEST, YOU END UP WITH SPEED BUMPS.

SO YOU'RE KIND OF IMPRISONED.

IF , UH, IF YOU, IF IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO GO OVER THESE SPEED BUMPS, WHAT DO YOU DO? AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE BAD BACKS, HAVE HAD BACK SURGERY.

UH, OLDER PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE GOING OVER THIS, SO IF THERE'D BE ANOTHER WAY OUT, UP TO THIS POINT, THERE WERE WERE OTHER WAYS.

BUT NOW IF YOU, IF YOU PUT THEM RIGHT THERE AT THE BEGINNING OF GREYSTONE, THERE IS NO OTHER, THERE'S NO OTHER WAY OUT.

UM, SO, UH, ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT OF TOO, THOSE ELECTRONIC, UH, SIGNS THAT TELL YOU YOU'RE GOING TOO FAST, I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD TOO.

I'M SURE IT REMINDS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T REALIZE THEY'RE GOING FASTER.

SO THERE ARE, AND THEN, UH, CHRIS HAD, UH, REALLY OTHER GOOD IDEAS, BUT, UM, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY WAY OUT UNTIL IF YOU GET TO DEEP WOODS, AND THAT'S JUST BEFORE WEST RAM.

SO YOU'D HAVE BE, YOU'D BE BLOCKED IN.

AND, UH, SO I HOPE THAT Y'ALL WOULD REALLY LOOK INTO THIS FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THAT MY HUSBAND HAD.

IT WAS REALLY HARD FOR HIM, AND WE ALWAYS HAD TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND IF WE WENT OVER A SPEED BUMP, HE REALLY HUNG ON, AND IT, IT BOTHERED, IT WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.

SO, THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL MAYOR.

AND SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.

OKAY? YES, MA'AM.

UH, KATHY, UH, UH, OUR PROTECTION FELLOW WORKS DIRECTOR RICHARD MENDOZA, IS HERE AND, UH, HE CAN WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT OUR PROCESS IS.

SO, RICHARD, IF YOU'LL DO THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT SPEAKER IS ALICIA TALIAFERRO, FOLLOWED BY DEBBIE ROMERO AND ANTHONY WALKER.

UM, ALICIA TALIAFERRO.

I'M A NATIVE AUSTINITE.

UH, MY FAMILY'S LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST A HUNDRED YEARS, AND OWNED PROPERTY IN EAST AUSTIN AND CENTRAL, UH, EAST AUSTIN.

AND I HAVE A SITUATION, I WOULDN'T BE BEFORE YOU IF IT WEREN'T SOMETHING THAT REQUIRED, UH, SOME ATTENTION.

I WILL START BY SAYING THAT MY FAMILY HAS WORKED FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

I HAVE HIM, UH, RELATIVES NOW THAT WORK FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

MY FORMER, UM, BROTHER-IN-LAW, TIMOTHY CHEATHAM, A BUILDING WAS NAMED FOR HIM BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

HE WAS A, A MECHANICAL ENGINEER FOR THE CITY.

MY BROTHER WAS A PE ELECTRICAL ENGINEER FOR THE CITY, SO I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WEREN'T SOMETHING THAT REQUIRED SOME ATTENTION.

I LIVE ON CLAYMORE DRIVE, AND I AWAKENED ON NOVEMBER 1ST TO SOME HORRENDOUS SOUNDS.

UH, HOUSE SHOOK.

THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION GOING ON OUTSIDE.

THEY WERE REPLACING WATER AND SEWER LINES.

I HAD RECEIVED NO PRIOR NOTICE.

I CALLED AROUND, STARTED WITH THREE 11.

I CALLED ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS, NEVER COULD GET AN EXPLANATION.

SO BEING THE RESOURCEFUL PERSON THAT I AM, I CALL A NEWS STATION.

AND I HAD SOMEONE COME OUT FROM K X A N.

AND ABOUT THE TIME THAT THAT PERSON ARRIVED, UH, ONE OF THE CITY

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EMPLOYEES FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, MR. HERRERA ARRIVED AND WE HAD A DIALOGUE.

HE WAS THERE TO CHECK PERMITS.

HE CHECKED WITH THE, UH, CONTRACTORS, FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE IN COMPLIANCE.

AND MY ISSUE WAS THAT BY THAT TIME, I COULDN'T DRIVE OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS GOING ON.

LOOKED AT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, SAW A LITTLE HOLE BY 11 O'CLOCK.

IT WAS SIX FEET WIDE, AND IT WAS, UM, THE WHOLE DRIVEWAY IN THE FRONT OF MY YARD.

AND I WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE CONTRACTOR, IF YOU, IF YOU REALLY HAVE TO LEAVE, YOU CAN KIND OF DRIVE ALONG THE SIDEWALK.

WELL, I HAVE A NICE CAR AND I DON'T THINK I WANT TO TEAR IT UP, TRYING TO DRIVE ON THE SIDEWALK.

SO ANYWAY, UH, THE NEWS LADY CAME OUT, DID A STORY.

IT AIRED THAT NIGHT, AND MR. HERRERA SPOKE WITH HER IN FRONT OF ME, AND HE SAID THAT BY FIVE O'CLOCK THAT EVENING, I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET EGRESS FROM MY HOME.

I SAID, FINE, I CAN LIVE WITH THAT.

BUT IN DOING SO, I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE PROJECT AND HOW LONG IT WAS GONNA LAST.

AND HE DIDN'T HAVE DETAILS ON THAT.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS NOW JUNE.

THEY STILL ARE NOT FINISHED.

THEY HAVE BEEN BACK, I THINK NOW THIS IS THREE TIMES.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

I'M A LAYPERSON.

I'M NOT AN ENGINEER.

BUT AS IT TURNED OUT, THEY WERE, THEY WERE FIXING THE, THE ROAD.

HERE'S MY, HERE'S MY PROBLEM, MA'AM.

I'M, I'M SORRY, BUT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

WELL, THE PROBLEM IS THAT I HAVE A LETTER FROM A DAVID, HER HERNANDEZ.

WE'LL GET SOMEBODY TO VISIT WITH YOU, BUT I, I MUST, I'M SORRY, BUT I OKAY.

DID YOU SAY TIM CHEATHAM? TIM CHEATHAM? MM-HMM.

YOU.

I WORKED WITH HIM IN 1980 AT THE SERVICE.

RIGHT.

THAT WAS MY BROTHER-IN-LAW.

UH, STEPHANIE, COULD YOU TALK TO HER AND SEE? WE CAN SEE WHAT YOU DO TO HELP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.

I'M GOOD.

NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBBIE ROMERO, FOLLOWED BY ANTHONY WALKER AND MAX HEIMLICK, MCC CORNERS.

IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

YES, PLEASE.

HELLO.

AND BOARD MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UM, I'M HERE ONCE AGAIN.

UM, DEBBIE ROMERO.

I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR GOGO MOBILE HOME PARK.

I HAVE LEFT ONE OF THESE IN EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL'S BOX YESTERDAY, UM, LETTING YOU REFRESH YOUR MEMORY OF WHAT TOOK PLACE.

OUR CASE WAS CLOSED THREE MONTHS AGO.

I'M HERE TO INFORM YOU THAT, UH, THE, THE VENDORS THAT WE HAD HAD, UM, ON THIS CASE, UH, THEY WERE PAYING, UH, IT WAS PAID OUT FOR 6,000 FOR THE, THE GOGO MOBILE HOME TRAILER PARK.

WELL, THEY WENT BACK AND TOOK THE FUNDING OUT OF THE PROGRAM THAT WAS SENT THROUGH Y'ALL TO, UM, I BELONG IN AUSTIN AND , THEY TOOK THE FUNDING FROM THE VENDOR, SAID THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER GONNA DO THE FUNDING, WHICH CAUSES THE GOGO MOBILE HOME PARK AGAIN, TO BE PLACED DIS DISPLACED AGAIN.

I'M HERE TO, I'M, I'M HERE.

AND I'M SADDENED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT DUE TO THIS, UM, INCONVENIENCE TO THE RESIDENTS, UH, TO THE MENTAL PAIN AND ANGUISH HAS CAUSED TO, UH, THE FAMILIES.

UH, I HAVE A SIBLING AS WELL THAT WAS THERE ON THE PROPERTY.

SHE PASSED AWAY THREE DAYS AGO.

UM, I'M HERE TO INFORM YOU THAT THE, THE, THEY'RE HERE ASKING FOR FUNDING TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.

WHERE THE COMMUNITY IS, UM, THE COMMUNITY ARE NEEDING, THEY'RE NEEDING Y'ALL'S HELP FOR THEM TO FUNCTION.

CUZ RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE NEGLECTING THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.

UH, MANY PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING DUE TO LOSS OF INCOME, LOSS OF HOUSING.

AGAIN, THE PROGRAM WAS, UM, NEEDED TO HELP THEM BEING, UM, IN PLACE IN HOMES, WHICH EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN CARE OF THREE MONTHS AGO.

AND FOR THEM TO GO BACK AND TAKE THE FUNDING FROM THE VENDORS, THE VIN, THE VENDORS THAT FORCED THEM TO BE HOMELESS AGAIN, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

MY, MY SIBLING HAS PASSED AWAY THREE DAYS AGO.

AND THEN FOR THEM TO SAY, OH, I'M SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, Y'ALL CAN HAVE THE FUNDING NOW AND NEED IT TO BE, UM, ADDRESSED.

SOMEBODY HAS TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HER DEATH.

THERE'S NOT THE FIRST DEATH THAT'S BEEN HERE DUE TO THE TRAILER PARK REPLACEMENT DISPLACEMENT HOMES.

THERE'S A SECOND DEATH.

THERE'S MANY TRAILER PARKS OUT THERE IN AUSTIN.

I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ASKING FOR FUNDING HERE, THEY NEED TO BE PROPERLY TRAINED.

UM, THAT THEY, THAT SOMEBODY'S OVERSEEING THE PROGRAMS, THAT THEIR FUNDING IS GOING TO, THE PURPOSE, THE CAUSE.

WE'RE JUST THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE HEARD.

UH, WE THANK Y'ALL FOR, UH, Y'ALL'S COMMITMENT TO OVERSEE IT, TO HELP US THROUGHOUT EVERYTHING.

LIKE I SAID, THE CASE WAS CLOSED, EVERYTHING WAS GOING GOOD FOR THREE MONTHS.

THEN THEY TOOK THE FUNDING AWAY.

AND THEN THAT'S WHEN MY SISTER PASSED AWAY TWO DAYS AGO.

WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING IT FOR THREE MONTHS, I MEAN THREE WEEKS.

AND I GOT TO, UH, GET, BE HERE, PRESENT WITH YOU.

AND I TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU.

AND I THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME

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OUT.

BUT, UM, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, PLEASE DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN TO SOMEONE ELSE.

I CAN'T BRING MY SISTER BACK AND SAY, OKAY, THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU THE FUNDING THREE WEEKS LATER OF MENTAL PAINTING LANGUAGE THAT WAS CAUSE TO HER.

SHE CAN'T, SHE DOESN'T NEED HER HOME ANYMORE.

SHE'S ALREADY GONE OFF TO BE WITH THE LORD.

SO THESE PROGRAMS NEED TO BE, UH, CHECKED OUT AND PLEASE HAVE SOMEONE OVERSEE HIM.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUNDING THAT WAS TAKING PLACE THAT WAS JUST TAKEN AWAY? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

SORRY.

YOU LOST YOUR SISTER.

NEXT SPEAKER IS ANTHONY WALKER, FOLLOWED BY MAX HEIMLICK MCS.

SOMETIME THE QUESTION HAS TO BE ASKED THOSE THAT COME DOWN HERE TO CITY HALL, IS THE CITY COUNCIL REALLY LISTENING? AND IF THEY LISTENED, HOW ARE THEY RESPONDING? I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY IN MY LIFE TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY.

I'VE BEEN TO MANY COUNTRIES AND I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED A WITNESS MORE RACISM OR DISCRIMINATION THAN OTHER COUNTRIES, THAN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

WHEN YOU HAVE A SITTING PRESIDENT IN A NATIONAL DEBATE ON THE STAGE THAT REFUSED TO DENOUNCE WHITE SUPREMACISTS, AND THE NEXT DAY THE REPUBLICAN DEPARTMENT DON'T RESPOND, THAT LETS THE WORLD KNOW THAT AMERICA IS DIVIDED AMONG RACIAL LINES.

ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE MOST FIERCE PERSON, DANGEROUS PERSON IN AMERICA IS WHEN YOU HAVE A RACIST COP.

BUT LET ME GET IT STRAIGHT.

THEY HAVE SOME GOOD COPS IN AMERICA THAT COME TO WORK EVERY DAY.

THEY WANNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR MINUTE GENERATION TO COME, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE SOME, SORRY, DIRTY, NO GOOD, LOW DOWN, BAD COPS THAT GOT BAD INTENTIONS.

SO WHAT I WANNA DO, I WANNA USE THIS BOX AS A TOOL JUST TO MAKE A POINT.

WELL, FIRST GRADER WILL UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING FROM.

THIS IS A BOX, IT'S A EMPTY BOX.

IT'S NOTHING IN IT.

IF YOU TAKE THIS BOX AND YOU PUT A MOUSE AND YOU PUT A SNAKE IN THIS BOX, WHAT DO YOU THINK GOING TO HAPPEN? THIS SNAKE IS GOING TO ATTACK BECAUSE THAT'S HIS NATURAL INSTINCT.

IT'S ONLY DOING WHAT COME NATURAL TO HIM.

WHEN YOU HAVE A COP THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP FROM A CHILD TO BE HATRED AND RACIST TOWARDS THE BLACK AND THE BROWN, THAT COP IS GOING TO ATTACK, WHETHER THEY DO IT PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY, THAT'S THEIR NATURAL INSTINCT.

SO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT, THEY'LL TRY TO OFFSET THAT.

SEND THESE GUYS TO SENSITIVE TRAINING, DIVERSE TRAINING, CULTURE TRAINING.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

YOU CAN'T TRAIN NO DARN SNAKE.

AND THIS IS REAL.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE OFFICER POLICE DEPARTMENT WANNA TEAM UP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

A AGENCY HAS A TRACK RECORD, A HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATION, THE GOOD OLD BOY SYSTEM.

WHY DO YOU THINK THE COMPLAINTS WENT UP IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, IN THE BROWN COMMUNITY? WHY DO YOU THINK A LOT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANICS WAS ARRESTED ON MISDEMEANOR THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET A CITATION FOR? WHEN SOMEONE GET ARRESTED FOR A MISDEMEANOR, A LOT OF TIMES YOU HAVE TO WAIT 48 HOURS BEFORE YOU SEE A JUDGE.

AND IF YOU AIN'T GOT THE MONEY TO GET OUT, YOU GOT TO RIDE IT OUT.

SO YOU SEND THESE GUYS OUT HERE TO ATTACK.

THIS IS NOT RIGHT.

THEY, YEAH, THEY DID SOME GREAT WORK.

WE APPRECIATE THEM FOR TAKING SOME GUNS OFF THE STREET TO HELPING OUT WITH THE 9 1 1, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT OFFSET WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.

IF Y'ALL DECIDE TO BRING THEM BACK, WE GOT TO HAVE A DIALOGUE, A REAL DIALOGUE, A REAL CONVERSATION SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.

IF THEY NOT WORKING WITH US AS A GROUP, AS A TEAM, THEN WE NEVER GONNA BE SUCCESSOR YOU AS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE.

OUR GOVERNMENT FATHER SAID, WHEN YOUR GOVERNMENT FAILED TO RESPOND, THAT GOVERNMENT BODY NEED TO BE REFORMED OR IT NEED TO BE ABOLISHED.

WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A CHANGE TO COME BACK AT A NATIONAL LEVEL WE FIRST MET.

START AT A LOCAL LEVEL.

EVERY CITIZEN, EVERY BUSINESS, EVERY COMMUNITY AND CITY MAKES AUSTIN AND CITY IN TEXAS, TEXAS, LONE STAR STATE IN AMERICA.

IN AMERICA, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, CHRIST ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

MAY GOD BLESS US ALL.

THANK YOU SIR.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MAX HEIMLICK MC CORNERS, FOLLOWED BY JOSHUA KLOE, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS SCAN.

HOW'S IT GOING, Y'ALL? UH, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE, BUT THIS TOPIC IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR ME TO BE HERE TODAY.

MY NAME IS MAX HEIM MCS AND I'M A RISING JUNIOR AT ST.

EDWARDS UNIVERSITY.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF EVERYTHING 35 AND AUSTIN STUDENT POPULATION ON THIS LOVELY THURSDAY TO SPEAK ABOUT MY CONCERNS REGARDING TECH DOTS EXPANSION OF TO I 35.

AS A NATIVE AUSTINITE.

I AM INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH I 35 IN MY CHILDHOOD AND TEEN YEARS.

WE MOVED A LOT.

I'VE LIVED TO SOUTH OF SLAUGHTER LANE AND AS NORTH AS PALMER AND MOST PLACES IN BETWEEN.

IN DOING SO, I'VE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND THE PROMINENT BARRIER THAT I 35 HAS BECOME.

NOT JUST SEPARATING THE EAST AND WEST, BUT THE NORTH AND SOUTH AS WELL.

IT IS MY BELIEF THAT A MAJOR HIGHWAY RUNNING RIGHT THROUGH THE CITY HURTS AUSTIN.

WHAT AUSTIN IS AT ITS CORE A COMMUNITY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN Y'ALL HAVE TRIED TO CROSS OVER 35 OR UNDER 35 ON FOOT, BUT IT ISN'T, SORRY, ,

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BUT IT IS NOT FUN.

UH, FOR A FEW YEARS I LIVED VERY CLOSE TO 35, BUT ME AND MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS ALMOST NEVER CROSSED IT.

THE UNFRIENDLY SIDEWALKS AND HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD MADE IT DANGEROUS TO CROSS ON FOOT OR BY BIKE, AND THERE WERE NO BUS ROUTES TO ACCESS THE OTHER SIDE.

THEREFORE, DESPITE LIVING JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY, AN ENTIRE SECTION OF THE CITY WAS INACCESSIBLE EXCEPT BY CAR.

THIS INACCESSIBILITY LEADS TO AN OVERRELIANCE ON CARS AND THEREFORE MORE CONGESTION ON THE HIGHWAYS.

I WORRY THAT A PROPOSED EXPANSION WILL NOT HELP BUT HURT AUSTIN'S WORSENING CONGESTION.

A FEW WEEKS AGO, MY FRIENDS AND I WERE DRIVING BACK FROM GEORGETOWN AT AROUND 10:00 PM WHAT WE EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT A 30 MINUTE DRIVE TURNED INTO A COUPLE HOURS.

AS TRAFFIC CONTINUED TO BUILD UP, WE EXPECTED SOME KIND OF ACCIDENT, MAYBE A ROAD CLOSURE, BUT IT WAS CONSTRUCTION.

THEY WERE TEARING DOWN THE MEDIAN TO MAKE ROOM FOR ANOTHER LANE LOOKING BEHIND US.

ALL WE SAW FOR MILES WERE STILL HEADLIGHTS.

IF THIS WAS THE EFFECT OF NIGHTTIME CONSTRUCTION THAT FAR OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION AROUND THE DOWNTOWN PORTIONS OF 35.

THE TRAFFIC WON'T STOP ONCE CONSTRUCTION'S FINISHED EITHER.

IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM INDUCED DEMAND, IT IS A PHENOMENON IN WHICH MORE SUPPLY LEADS TO MORE DEMAND FOR PRODUCT.

IN OUR CASE, MORE LANES WILL ATTRACT MORE DRIVERS.

THIS WILL PROLONG OUR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, RISE THE RATES OF DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON THE HIGHWAYS AND EXPONENTIALLY INCREASE OUR CARBON EMISSIONS.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN WANTS POSITIVE CHANGE, NOT AN EXPANSIVE, AN EXPENSIVE BAND-AID SOLUTION.

AS A COLLEGE STUDENT, SOME OF MY BEST MEMORIES ARE WALKING AROUND MY CAMPUS WITH MY FRIENDS, SETTING UP A PICNIC BLANKET ON THE ST.

ED'S SPRAWLING GRASSES.

WHEN YOU ARE SITTING UNDER THE TREES, THE MOST NOISE YOU HEAR ARE FROM THE PEOPLE WALKING BY OR THE BIRDS ABOVE YOU.

IT IS ONE OF THE ONLY PUBLIC SPACES IN AUSTIN THAT TRULY HAS NO POLLUTION, NOISE, POLLUTION COMING FROM MAJOR ROADWAYS, I FEAR THAT A HIGHWAY EXPANSION WILL DISTURB THE DELICATE BUBBLE.

IN MY FINAL TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO WALK OUTSIDE WITHOUT THE HIGHWAY NOISE WORSENING.

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO WALK DOWN THE FRONTAGE ROAD WITHOUT FEELING SCARED OF A CAR GOING 60 MILES AN HOUR, JUST A FEW FEET FROM ME.

ULTIMATELY, ME AND MANY OTHER STUDENTS WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY DISAGREE WITH HOW MUCH AUSTIN RELIES ON ITS CARS IN PACKED HIGHWAYS AND WOULD PREFER A MORE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.

NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSHUA KINCHELOE, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS SCAN.

IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE STATE OF TEXAS UNDER TEXT DOT INTENDS TO EXPAND INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH CENTRAL AUSTIN.

THESE INTENTIONS AGGRAVATE ME AS SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS ELABORATE EXPANSION PLAN WILL PROVE DETRIMENTAL TO THE ADOLESCENT EXPERIENCE IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

BASED ON MY PERSPECTIVE, THE CONCERNING ASPECTS OF THIS EXPANSION IN THE EYES OF THIS SPEAKER AS A LOCAL STUDENT IN THE AUSTIN AREA, ARE AS FOLLOWS, ONE, THE PARTIAL ACQUISITION OF THE BUTLER HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL BY TECH DOT FOR THE STORAGE OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL DURING THIS EXPANSION.

THIS IS A MAJOR BLOW FOR THOSE WHO UTILIZE THIS TRAIL AND WHAT IS ULTIMATELY ONE OF THE MOST RECREATIONAL CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.

TWO, THE LOCATION BY WHICH POLLUTED WATER RUNOFF FROM THIS EXPANDED INTERSTATE WILL FLOW UNDER CURRENT PROJECTIONS IS TOWN LAKE VIA A NEW DRAINAGE SYSTEM ALLOWING YOU TO RECRUIT MYSELF.

TECH DOT WILL EXPEL POLLUTED WATER INTO TOWN LAKE THROUGH THIS HIGHWAY EXPANSION.

THREE, THE PRIORITIZATION OF CARS OVER PUBLIC TRANSIT.

AUSTIN'S STUDENTS RIDE TRAINS AND BUSES FOR FREE WITH CAT METRO.

AND THIS SERVICE IS WELL UTILIZED AS MANY STUDENTS CANNOT OR CHOOSE NOT TO DRIVE TO DEVOW SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONCERNS.

WHY INVEST IN ONLY DRIVERS WHEN PUBLIC TRANSIT COULD SERVICE ALL US NIGHTS? FOUR.

TEXAS HIGH SCHOOLS TEACH THE PRINCIPAL KNOWN AS INDUCED DEMAND IN THEIR GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUMS, WHICH OUTRIGHT PROVES THAT EXPANDING HIGHWAYS INCREASES TRAFFIC.

STUDENTS LIKE MYSELF WONDER WHY THIS STATE IS PURSUING HIGHWAY EXPANSION WHEN IT IS UNIVERSALLY KNOWN THAT AUTOMOBILE TRIP TIMES WILL INCREASE ALONG WITH ENERGY WASTE AND AIR POLLUTION.

FIVE NUMEROUS HOMES AND SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH SERVE BOTH LOW AND HIGHER INCOME INDIVIDUALS WITHIN DEMOGRAPHICS THAT INCLUDE YOUNG PEOPLE AND STUDENTS LIE ALONG THE CURRENT I 35 F ROADS.

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THESE SMALL BUSINESSES AND HOME SITES BE SAVED AS IT WOULD BE FOOLISH TO REMOVE THESE HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL UNITS IN A CITY NOTORIOUS FOR LACKING NECESSARY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.

OVERALL, I BELIEVE THE STATE OF TEXAS UNDER ON THESE KEY ISSUES STATED ABOVE AND MANY OTHERS, WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO LIGHT IN OTHER CONTEXTS, SHOULD NOT BE FURTHER FRAGMENTING THE POLITICALLY IMPORTANT AND ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE CAPITAL OF TEXAS BY EXPANDING THE EVER CONGESTED WIDELY HATED INTERSTATE 35.

INSTEAD, I URGE YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS STANDING BEFORE ME TODAY TO GENERATE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH TEXAS TRANSPORTATION LAWMAKERS AND TAKE A STANCE AS THE CITY OF AUSTIN AGAINST THE STATE'S INTENTIONS TO PURSUE THIS FAULTED INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, WHICH IN MY HONEST OPINION, WILL NEVER YIELD SUCCESS OR BENEFIT IN ANY FORM OR FASHION.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

CHRIS SCAN.

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HELLO.

HI, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

UM, MY NAME'S CHRIS CANNON.

I'M HERE WITH MY BOYS RUSE AND CASPIAN.

UM, WE, WE SEE YOU WE'RE HERE, UH, IN OPPOSITION TO THE EXPANSION OF I 35.

UM, I HEARD THE OTHER DAY, UH, THE MAYOR SAID THAT HE WANTED TO MAKE THE CITY OF AUSTIN THE BEST PLACE TO RAISE KIDS.

SO I WANTED TO BRING MY KIDS SO THAT HE COULD HEAR FIRSTHAND, UH, THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE EXPANSION OF 35.

FIRST UP IS RUSE.

HE HAS SOME NOTES.

THE HIGHWAY IS LOUD, DIRTY, WINDY, DANGEROUS AND BAD FOR OUR HOUSE.

THE HIGHWAY MAKES IT HARD TO BIKE TO SCHOOL, GET THE HIGHWAY OUT OF OUR CITY.

WELL THEN LET'S KICK THIS THING OFF.

AND WE'VE GOT CASPIAN UP NEXT.

CASP RIGHT INTO THAT.

DO YOU HAVE YOUR NOTES? YOU CAN SPEAK RIGHT IN TIMORE.

SO YEAH, YOU GO.

SO WE NEED MORE TRAINS.

WE NEED MORE BIKES.

WE NEED MORE SKATEBOARDS.

WE NEED MORE BOATS.

WE NEED MORE LAKES.

WE NEED MORE TRAIN TRACKS.

WE NEED MORE PEOPLE.

BUT ABOLISH CAR.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU RU CASBY.

NICE JOB.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THOSE ARE ALL OF THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE.

UH, FOR THE PUBLIC CON.

THE 12 O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

UM, MEMBERS, IT, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY HAS QUESTIONED WHETHER WE ACTUALLY TOOK A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER ON ITEM NUMBER 71.

WE'VE LOOKED AT THE RECORD AND WE DID 1, 2, 3, 4.

UM, HANG ON, I GOTTA GET A QUORUM.

OH, WE GOT IT.

WE CAN HAVE IT NOW.

UM, MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY QUESTIONED WHETHER OR NOT WE'D TAKEN A VOTE.

WE CHECKED THE RECORD AND WE DID HAVE A VOTE.

IT WAS DONE BASED UPON, UH, OF NO OBJECTION.

HOWEVER, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BEEN SHOWN OBJECTING.

SHE MOVES THAT SHE BE SHOWN IN THE RECORD AS OBJECTING TO THE MOTION TO POSTPONE, I MEAN, SORRY, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THAT LED TO THE MOTION, UH, TO POSTPONE THE ITEM UNTIL NEXT WEEK WITHOUT OBJECTION TO HER BEING SHOWN VOTING NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY WILL BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER.

UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBERS, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE UNTIL WE HAVE LIVE MUSIC GETTING READY TO START.

BUT UNTIL THE TIME'S CERTAIN OF TWO O'CLOCK, WHICH WILL BE THE ZONING MATTERS.

UH, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS WE WILL RECESS UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK.

I NEED TO LET, UH, PEOPLE KNOW.

THE COUNCIL KNOWS THIS.

I WILL NOT BE BACK AT TWO O'CLOCK.

UH, THE MAYOR PRO TIM WILL BE PRESIDING BECAUSE I NEED TO TRAVEL, UM, THIS AFTERNOON TO THE U UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS.

SO WITH THAT, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'RE RECESSED UNTIL TWO O'CLOCK.

IT'S 1232.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

[Live Music Anastasia Hera]

UH, WE HAVE A REAL, UH, OPPORTUNITY TODAY AND SOMETHING EXCITING.

AND THAT IS ANASTASIA HERRA IS HERE, A RAP ARTIST, SONGWRITER, VOCALIST, PRODUCER, ACTRESS.

SHE'S WIDELY CONSIDERED A STANDOUT, A TRUE INNOVATOR AMONGST HER PEER, HER PEERS, WITH A CATALOG OF FIVE WELL RECEIVED PROJECTS, SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL GENRE BENDING COLLABORATIONS, MULTIPLE BEST FEMALE ARTIST NODS THAN IN THE AUSTIN HIP HOP AWARDS.

RECOGNITION FROM RESPECTED MEDIA, UH, DYNAMIC PERFORMANCES AT SOUND ON SOUND FEST, SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST URBAN MUSIC FEST.

AND FUN, FUN, FUN FESTIVAL.

ANASTASIA HAS WORKED TO DESIGN AND DEFINE

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HER OWN NICHE WITHIN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC.

ALWAYS ONE TO GO BIG.

SHE IS TEAMED UP WITH WORLD-CLASS MUSICIANS, THE HEROES TO DEVELOP HER ARTFUL, ENERGETIC MUSICAL PIECES FOR THE LIVE STAGE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ANASTASIA HARRA.

ALL RIGHT, ANASTASIA HERRA AND THE HEROES.

WE READY? LET'S DO IT.

SO WE'RE GONNA DO A COUPLE SONGS FOR YOU TODAY JUST TO INSPIRE YOU AND SEND YOU ON YOUR WAY.

WHAT'S FLATTERY? YOW, EVERYTHING'S ENDING.

YOU KNOW, THIS MUSIC IS HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE WORLD, WITH OURSELVES, WITH THE, AND I WROTE THIS ONE FOR MY GREAT GREAT, GREAT GREAT GRANDKIDS.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INSPIRATION.

CHECK THIS OUT.

LOOK, EVERYTHING RISKY TO EVERYTHING CRISPY, EVERYTHING HITS ME THAT EVERYTHING'S HISTORY.

EVERYTHING SIMPLY, EVERYTHING KICK ME.

EVERYTHING TEMPTS ME.

BUT EVERYTHING IS EMPTY.

I GIVE GIVE EVERYTHING IN ME FOR EVERYTHING TO MISS ME.

MESSAGE TO THE FUTURE, THOUGH MY GRANDKIDS LISTENING.

WANNA MASTERPIECE.

MAKE EVERYTHING SISTINE.

EVERY MANTLE CHALLENGE.

HOLD YOUR BALANCE.

DOESN'T MATTER.

YOU JUST KEEP SPRINTING OFF OF NO COLLATERAL.

FOSTER YOUR MINISTRY REBEL.

BE YOUR RADICAL SON.

YOU GOT DANEZ CUZ YOUR GRANDMOTHER WAS MAGICAL.

EVERYTHING PRACTICAL IS EVERYTHING APPLICABLE.

NOTHING BEATS THE MESSAGE WHEN YOU LOVE WHO YOU RAPPING IT TO.

LIFE IS WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU.

SNAPPING YOU TRAPPED IN IT TOO.

HULA HAS PREVAILED.

IT'S A SKILL.

I'M GONNA PASS IT TO YOU.

EVERYTHING IS NOTHING WITHOUT PASSION.

EVERYTHING YOU WANT REQUIRES ACTION.

EVERYTHING'S A QUESTION, ANSWER IN YOUR OWN FASHION.

BEFORE ANYONE CAN TELL YOU ANYTHING, YOU DECIPHER EVERYTHING.

YOU BETTER KNOW IT.

LASTLY, EVERYTHING IS YOURS.

MAKE EVERYTHING WORK.

EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING HURTS.

ASIDE FROM EVERYTHING, PLEASE KNOW YOUR OWN WORTH.

ASPIRE TO THE HEAVEN.

SET FIRE TO THE EARTH AND CONQUER EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING.

IT'S FIGHT TO THE HEAVEN SET, FIGHT TO THE EARTH AND CONQUER EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING.

IT'S TO THE HEAVEN SET, FIGHT TO THE CONQUER, CONQUER EVERYTHING TO THE HEAVEN.

SET FIRE TO THE EARTH AND CONQUERING EVERYTHING.

THIS ONE IS CALLED BLACK GIRL.

AND I WROTE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHAT I HAPPEN TO BE.

BUT WHATEVER IT IS YOU ARE IN THIS ROOM HERE TODAY.

BE THE BEST THAT THAT YOU CAN BE.

THIS IS MY ENCOURAGEMENT.

SAY GIRL, YOU ALRIGHT? OH, I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU SAW BABY I'MA WIN.

LET ELEVATE YOU.

THEY TRY TO PUT 'EM ON.

THEY WASN READY THOUGH.

IT AIN'T NOBODY WANNA RUMBLE WITH THE INNOVATOR.

NOW IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT NOW THAT I KILL HIM WITH JUST A LITTLE KNOW HOW.

WHEN I DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANOTHER CHICK CUTS, I CAN SHUT THE WHOLE SHOULDER DOWN.

AH.

BACK ON STAGE IN THEM PACE LIKE A LION TRYING TO SET THE WORD ON FIRE.

YOU AIN'T GOTTA KNOW WHERE I COOKING THOUGH.

JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU ARE READY TO LOOK AT SOMETHING.

FIND MINE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT GIRL.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SWIM IN HER WORLD.

HATE ON THAT.

ALL THAT YOU GOING.

SHE GOOD WITH THAT.

AND YOU KNOW WHO I, CAUSE SHE GOOD WITH YOU.

SEE I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING WHEN I WALKED IN THE BUILDING LIKE THIS.

SEE LIKE THIS.

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME GIRL.

GIRL LEMME TELL YOU.

IT'S ONLY ONE WAY TO KEEP IT.

BANG ENOUGH.

YOU PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT ONE.

HELLO MOTIVATOR.

I TRY TO

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PUT 'EM ON.

THEY WASN'T READY THOUGH.

SO NOW I GOT TO DEAL WITH THESE WHACK ISSUES.

NOW I GET TO ACT LIKE A CAN'T PRACTICE A LITTLE ACT RIGHT.

SOMETIMES THAT'S WHAT THAT'S LIKE SOMETIMES.

RIGHT? JUST DON'T PASS ME THAT MIC.

I'M SO COLD THAT THAT THING IS NOT RIGHT BACK ON STAGE.

SHAKING.

I THE FEELINGS MOVING LIKE A DO FOR A REASON.

YOU AIN'T GOT IT LEG KNOW IT HURT ME.

JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY TO GET TO WORK.

MY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THAT GIRL.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN BREATHE HER AIR.

HEY ON THAT LET YOU WANT HATE ON THAT.

LET YOU WANT.

CAUSE I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING WHEN I WAS IN THE BUILDING LIKE THIS.

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME.

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW I KNEW WAS DOING WHILE I WAS IN THE BUILDING LIKE THIS.

I CAN GIVE IT YOU.

YOU DON'T ME DON'T.

I AIN'T NEVER MET NOBODY THAT HOLD ME LOOKING FOR THE GOOD.

I'M FOR SURE AND ONE AND NLY NOT A DAMN THING TO SAY ABOUT IT.

I JUST SEEN SOME REAL THINGS.

I SHINE MY WAY ABOUT IT PRETTY BABY.

YOU COULD BET IT AIN'T NOBODY BETTER.

IF YOU NEED THE PERFECT WEAPON THEN YOU KNOW I GOT IT.

I PREFER THE KID IT PUPPY WE CAN TALK WITH.

NEVER.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

BUT I JUST KID IT DONE.

SEE I KNEW IT I WAS DOING WHEN I WALKED IN THE BUILDING LIKE THIS.

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.

ONE MORE TIME.

HEY SEE I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING WHEN I WALKED IN THE BUILDING LIKE THIS, LIKE THIS, LIKE THIS.

HOW YOU DO? LET ME LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.

MAYBE I'M A GREEDY YOUNG LADY, BUT NEVER WILL A STUDY LIVING ANY OTHER WAY.

MAYBE, BUT I'M OKAY AND IF YOU OKAY WITH YOU, I'M OKAY TOO.

OOH, MAYBE I'M A LEGEND IN A PRIME.

HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE DOWN TO THE DIME.

DEATH DON'T WATCH.

BUT IT'S NOT MY TIME.

EVERYBODY GETS A DAY SWAN'S MIND.

NO PROBLEM.

COME TOUCH THE HE APPRECIATE FANS.

I COULD TOUCH THE WIND, BUT IF IT WAS JUST ME IN THAT PEN WITH MUST HEMS, I MUST BEEN SEE THE PLAN A MUST AND EVER SINCE TRIED I THE BEND ALL IN, INK IN THE BLOOD, BLOOD ON THE HAND, HAND IN THE AIR.

ALL CUZ I CANNOT DO IT ALL BECAUSE I CAN'T.

HEY, HEY, HEY.

I DO IT ALL.

CAUSE I CAN'T, WHAT'D I SAY? EVERYBODY GETS A DAY THIS ONE TIME FOR MY BAND HEROES.

ONE TIME FOR TONY.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS ANASTASIA.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

THANKS.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

I I GET TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL.

BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS IS BLESSED WITH MANY CREATIVE MUSICIANS WHOSE TALENT EXTENDS TO VIRTUALLY EVERY MUSICAL GENRE.

AND WHEREAS OUR MUSIC SCENE THRIVES BECAUSE AUSTIN AUDIENCES SUPPORT GOOD MUSIC PRODUCED BY LEGENDS, OUR LOCAL FAVORITES AND NEWCOMERS ALIKE.

AND WHEREAS WE ARE PLEASED TO SHOWCASE AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ARTISTS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, KIRK WATSON, MAYOR OF THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 1ST, 2023 AS ANASTASIA HERRA DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

MY PLEASURE.

NOW FOLKS, IF YOU WANNA SEE HER, YOU CAN SEE HER THIS SATURDAY, JUNE 3RD AT CENTRAL MACHINE WORKS FROM SEVEN TO 10.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND HER WEBSITE IS ANASTASIA HERRA.COM.

YEP.

I'M GONNA SPELL THAT OUT FOR YOU.

A N A S T A S I A H E R A.COM.

THAT'S RIGHT.

APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE.

OH, AND I DIDN'T GET TO STATE MY RULE FOR THE DAY.

MY RULE FOR TODAY IS TAKE TIME TO MAKE A RHYME.

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HEY, THAT'S MY THING.

LIKE IT.

TAKE TIME, TAKE OFF.

HEY, Y'ALL WANNA TAKE A PICTURE? NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT.

IT IS 2:01 PM I AM MAYOR PRO TEM PAGE ELLIS.

AND WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE THE MEETING.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ON THE DIAS COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN AL ALTER, JOSE VELAZQUEZ, CHITO VELA, LESLIE POOLE, I THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

AND THEN JOINING REMOTELY WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER MACKENZIE KELLY.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JOY TO, UH, READ US THE INFORMATION FOR OUR ZONING TODAY.

BEGINS WITH ITEM NUMBER 63, NPA 20 22 0 0 0 5 0.02.

UM, MAYOR PROTEM AND COUNSEL JOY HARDEN WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

YOUR ZONING AGENDA

[2:00 PM - Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments (Public Hearings and Possible Action).]

THERE'S AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR JULY 20TH COUNCIL MEETING.

AGAIN, APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR JULY 20TH COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM 65 IS N P A 20 22 0 0 1, 16 0.02.

THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR FIRST READING ONLY.

AGAIN, THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR FIRST READING ONLY.

UM, THESE ITEMS WILL BE COMING BACK ON YOUR JUNE 8TH COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, ITEM 67 IS C 14 20 22 0 2 0 5.

THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM FIRST, READING ONLY, AGAIN RETURNING BACK NEXT WEEK.

UH, SECOND AND THIRD READINGS.

UM, ITEM NUMBER 68 IS ASSUME C 1 4 20 22 0 1 33.

THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM.

AGAIN, THIS ITEM ALONG WITH THE OWNER INITIATED ANNEXATION WILL BE BACK FOR NEXT WEEK FOR FINAL READINGS FOR THOSE ITEMS. UM, BUT, UH, 68 WILL BE DISCUSSION.

FIRST, READING ONLY.

ITEM 69 IS C 1 14 20 22 0 1 42.

THIS ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT, SO NO ACTION IS REQUIRED.

ITEM 70 IS C 14 20 22, 1 57.

AND THIS IS BEING OFFERED ON CONSENT.

SECOND READING ONLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ALL THE SPEAKERS UP FRONT.

THANK YOU MAYOR PRAM.

FIRST SPEAKER IS GINA GRANDE SPEAKING ON ITEM 65.

HI THERE.

UH, THIS IS GINA GRAND.

I AM CO-CHAIR OF THE RIVER BLUFF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS LESS THAN 500 YARDS FROM THE BOARD AND PROPERTY.

HONESTLY, I'M SHOCKED THAT THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT HAS GOTTEN THIS FAR WITHOUT ORDERS FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, A WATER QUALITY STUDY, AND A TRAFFIC STUDY.

JUST TO START.

THIS DEFINITELY WOULDN'T HAPPEN IN WEST AUSTIN.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR REDEVELOPMENTS IN THIS HIGHLY ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE AREA, WHICH INCLUDES A 43 ACRE WILDLIFE PRESERVE ON THE COLORADO RIVER ACROSS FROM THE 400 ACRE ROY GUERRERO PARK.

THIS FORMS A HUGE DENSE NATURAL AREA FILLED WITH WILDLIFE, JUST A STONES THROW FROM DOWNTOWN.

THE OVERSIZED SCOPE OF WHAT THIS DEVELOPER WANTS TO DO HERE IS ENTIRELY OUT OF SCALE AND OUT OF SYNC WITH WHERE IT'S LOCATED AND WHAT THIS AREA CAN HANDLE.

MAYOR WATSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTE NO TODAY OR POSTPONE THE VOTE ON A ZONING CHANGE UNTIL PROPER STUDIES CAN HAPPEN.

WE CANNOT SET THE WRONG PRECEDENT FOR THIS ENTIRE CORRIDOR ALONG THE RIVER.

NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID KING SPEAKING ON ITEMS 65 AND 66.

MY NAME IS DAVID KING.

PLEASE VOTE NO ON THE BOARD AND TRACK OF ZONING IN EAST AUSTIN.

PLEASE SUPPORT EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTS FOR A 60 FEET HIGH LIMIT, 65% IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMIT, AND 100 FEET.

NO BILL BUFFER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER PRESERVE.

THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL HARM TO THE COLORADO RIVER ADJACENT PARKLAND AND URBAN WILDLIFE HABITAT IS OBVIOUS AND YET COMPLETELY

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UNSTEADY.

THE IMPACT ON SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS SOME OF THE LAST AFFORDABLE POCKETS LEFT IN EAST AUSTIN IS EQUALLY OBVIOUS, PARTICULARLY IN THIS PROJECT WITH NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THIS UP ZONING SHOULD NOT PROCEED WITHOUT MORE THOUGHTFUL REVIEW OF THE ADVERSE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON THE COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

PLEASE SUPPORT A THOROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT SITE IN IMPACTED AREAS.

CONDUCT A PROPER PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE URBAN RIVER CORRIDOR THAT ALLOWS REDEVELOPMENT WHILE PROTECTING THE RIPARIAN GREEN BELT.

EXTEND THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER TO THE CITY LIMITS IN EAST AUSTIN.

REQUIRE THE DEVELOPMENT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH SETBACKS THAT PROVIDE A HEALTHY BUFFER FROM THE RIVER AND PARKLAND.

AND HEIGHT AND IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS THAT ARE NO MORE PERMISSIVE THAN ALLOWED UNDER COMMERCIAL ZONING.

PROTECT THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY BY REQUIRING DARK SKIES AND NOISE MITIGATION STANDARDS AND NO DIRECT ACCESS TO THE SANCTUARY FROM THE DEVELOPMENT.

ABSENT COMMUNITY INVESTMENT COMMITMENTS THAT ARE COMMENSURATE WITH THE REQUESTED UP ZONING, DO NOT APPROVE ANY DEVELOPMENT ENTITLEMENTS BEYOND WHAT IS ALLOWED UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING FOR THIS SITE.

PLEASE VOTE NO ON THE BOARD AND TRACK UP ZONING IN EAST AUSTIN.

PLEASE SUPPORT EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD REQUEST FOR A 60 FEET HEIGHT LIMIT, 65% IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMIT, AND 100 FEET NO BUILD BUFFER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER PRESERVE.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY COMMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

NEXT SPEAKER IS DUSTIN BEHA SPEAKING ON ITEM 68.

HI.

DO YOU HAVE MY SLIDES TO SHARE? I I THINK I EMAILED THEM WELL.

UH, YES.

YES, WE HAVE ONE.

THAT'S OKAY.

I WAS JUST GOING CAN EVERY OH YOU DO.

THE OPTIONS FOR INFERIOR PROJECTS AND CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY, BUT NOT OTHERS.

IT'S NOT SHOWING ON THE LIVE VIEW.

SO THE FIRST SLIDE I WAS GONNA SHARE IS JUST, UH, A LOCATION WITHIN THE PIONEER HILLS, RIGHT, WHICH BORDERS, UH, WHICH IS THE NEAREST MULTI-FAMILY TO THE SOUTH.

YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN ARROW, UH, IS THE, IS THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED REZONING AND DESSAU RUNS, UH, KIND OF SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST IN THE PICTURE.

I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT WITHIN THE PIONEER HILLS FARM, YOU KNOW, I SEE 125 FOOT DISTANCE BETWEEN THE MULTI-FAMILIES AND THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

UM, NEXT SLIDE.

SO WHAT THAT PRETTY MUCH LOOKS LIKE IS SHOWN HERE.

UM, THERE'S 150 FOOT TO THE SOUTH.

AND, AND I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT DOING A 25 FOOT SETBACK, WHICH IS APPARENTLY THE SETBACK REQUESTED AND THE MULTIFAMILY, THERE IS ONLY THREE STORIES, UH, NOT FOUR.

UM, SO THEN THE FINAL SLIDE, UH, IS JUST, IT'S THE NEXT NEAREST MULTI-FAMILY I COULD FIND UP DESKTOP, SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH.

UM, SO I, UH, AND IN BLUE YOU CAN SEE, UM, THERE'S AN 80 FOOT DISTANCE BETWEEN THE, THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THE MULTI-FAMILIES, WHICH WOULD BE CLOSER TO THE PROPOSED 25 FOOT SETBACK BETWEEN HOUSE TO HOUSE.

UM, BUT THOSE ARE ONLY TWO STORY UNITS IN THAT LOCATION AND INTO THE FOUR STORY UNIT, WHICH IS WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

AND THAT FOUR, YOU'VE GOT A HUNDRED, 250 FOOT SETBACKS.

SO I'M JUST REQUESTING THAT YOU, YOU REALLY CONSIDER PUTTING THAT TALL OF THE STRUCTURE WITHOUT SORT OF A BUFFER ZONE.

UM, RIGHT NEXT TO HOUSES.

I, YOU KNOW, I, I BOUGHT THIS HOUSE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO IN MY DUE DILIGENCE.

OF COURSE, I LOOKED UP THE ZONING AND IT SAID SINGLE FAMILY TWO.

AND I THOUGHT, OH, GREAT.

OKAY, WELL, THEY'LL BUILD HOUSES SOMEDAY.

THAT'LL BE GREAT.

SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S UPSETTING, UH, TO CONSIDER A FOUR STORY BUILDING OR, OR THREE STORY PLUS THE ROOF AND EVERYTHING ELSE, UM, GOING UP RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD, 25 FOOT OFF, OFF OF MY FENCE WALL LOOKING, LOOKING IN.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

I APPRECIATE IT.

BYE.

NEXT SPEAKER IS TRACY WHIT SPEAKING ON ITEMS 66 AND 67 COUNSEL.

THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AREA TOOL IS DELIVERING HUGE DEVELOPER DIVIDENDS TODAY AT AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE SITE IN GO VALLEY.

AND AT A SITE ADJACENT TO A SMALL HISTORIC MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD IN CENTRAL EAST.

THE PDA IS DELIVERING NOTHING IN THE WAY OF SUPERIORITY REQUIREMENTS OR COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

WHETHER COMBINED WITH LIMITED INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY BASED ZONING, PDA IS AN OPTION TO WRITE ONCE DESIRED HIGH 95% OF PERVIOUS COVER PERMITTED USES AND ZERO FOOT SETBACKS.

IT CANNOT REQUIRE THAT HOUSING TOWERS RATHER THAN HOTEL OR OFFICE TOWERS ARE PRODUCED WITH THE ENTITLEMENTS, MUCH LESS REQUIRE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON SITE REGULATE VEHICULAR ACCESS, FLARE OR TREATMENT PROTECTION LIKE A P U D BMU CANNOT BE ADDED TO A PDA.

THIRD PARTY AGREEMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE NOT PART OF YOUR BACKUPS.

SO THE PUBLIC HAS NO INFORMATION ABOUT THE QUALITY OR CONTINGENCIES OF ANY INSURANCES ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM THE APPLICANTS ALLOWING CH TO BE COMBINED WITH THE P D TOOL ON ANY SIZE TRACK HAS EXPANDED

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I GOING TO ENSURE THAT A PDA PROJECT HAS TO DELIVER THE SAME SUPERIORITY REQUIREMENTS AS A P U D IN THE DENNY'S CASE.

LET STONE HAS GIVEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD A PRIVATE COVENANT THAT IS ONLY ENFORCEABLE IF LEDGE STONE OR ITS PURCHASE AGREEMENT ASSIGNEE SPECIFICALLY CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY.

IF LEADSTONE LETS PURCHASE AGREEMENT EXPIRE WITHOUT ASSIGNING ITS RIGHTS, ANOTHER ENTITY MAKE BOTH ON THE PROPERTY AND THE PRIVATE COVENANT'S TERMS TO ADDRESS QUALITY OF LIFE, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS WILL NOT APPLY SINCE THE CITY'S PA CANNOT DO THE HEAVY LIFTING.

PLEASE INSIST SET A COVENANT RUNNING WITH THE LAND AND NOT CONTINGENT IN ANY WAY BEYOND BY ON A SPECIFIC BUYER.

BE EXECUTED BEFORE THIRD READING APPROVAL.

LASTLY, UM, CAN STAFF PLEASE CLARIFY IF A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT IS NEEDED, UM, FROM MIXED USE TO HIRE DENSITY MIXED USE FOR THE DENNY'S CASE? AND IF NOT, WHY NOT? THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER IS LAUREN ROCHELLE SPEAKING ON ITEM 65.

UM, HELLO.

I'M JUST CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, GORDON TRACT AND, UM, WHAT I, UM, CALLING, I'M, I'M AN ARCHITECT AND, AND I'M ALSO A NEIGHBOR, BUT I ALSO, UM, THE, THE MAIN THING THAT I'M CONCERNED WITH RIGHT NOW THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY IS, UM, THE ADJACENCY TO THE COLORADO RIVER AND NOT HAVING A BUFFER.

UM, AS WELL AS, UM, THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE OF 90, THE PROPOSED 95%.

IT REALLY, UM, ADDS, UM, CONSIDERABLE, UH, CONCERNS OF RUNOFF AND, UM, AND THE GIVEN THAT THE RIVER IS SO CLOSE BY, UM, IT WOULD POLLUTE THE, THE RIVER IN A AND REALLY BE DETRIMENTAL.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO RAISE AWARENESS TO THAT.

UM, AND, UM, THANK YOU.

THAT IS ALL MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS.

I'LL MOVE ALONG TO OUR IN-PERSON SPEAKERS SPEAKING ON ITEM 65 IS SANA MANZA, FOLLOWED BY MARIO KTU AND MEGAN MEISENBACH.

IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM.

GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M SUSAN AMAN POD, UH, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR REPRESENTATIVE, COUNCILMAN JOSE VALASQUEZ BEING FORCED TO RECUSE HIMSELF ON THIS VERY CRITICAL CASE.

SILENCING OUR REPRESENTATIVE IS SILENCING OUR VOICE.

ONE YEAR AGO, JOSE VALASQUEZ SERVED ON THE EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY ONE YEAR AGO.

HE'S NO LONGER ON THE EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY, YET THE EAST AUSTINSON CONSERVANCY IS, IS THE REASON THAT HE'S BEING FORCED TO BE SILENCED AND NOT REPRESENT OUR CONCERNS AND OUR ISSUES ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE.

WE NEED THE LEGAL RULING THAT HAS FORCED HIM TO RECUSE HIMSELF BECAUSE WE INTEND TO CHALLENGE THIS IN COURT WHEN OUR REPRESENTATIVE IS RECUSED BECAUSE HE SERVED ON A BOARD A YEAR AGO AND NO LONGER ON THERE, AND HE CANNOT REPRESENT THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY.

THEN WE HAVE A GIANT ISSUE ABOUT THIS CONCERN.

WE FEEL THIS IS VERY UNDEMOCRATIC AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER PLOY SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPER ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE BECAUSE WHEN OUR COUNCILMAN CANNOT REPRESENT WHAT THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS ARE, THEN NOBODY'S HEARING US.

AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SEE THESE LEGAL INTERPRETATION BECAUSE WE INTEND TO CHALLENGE IT.

WE ASK YOU TO OPPOSE THIS, UH, ZONING CASE ON THE BOARDING TRACK.

THERE HAS BEEN NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

UH, ASSESSMENT DONE ON IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT PEOPLE INSTEAD OF PROPHETS.

ANOTHER THING THAT, UH, WE ARE ALSO RUNNING INTO IS THAT A LOT OF THE APPLICANTS COME IN AND THEY GIVE US A PROMISE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE WITH THE VERTICAL, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE COMMERCIAL AT THE BOTTOM OF THESE, UH, NICE TALL BUILDINGS.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIO CANTU, FOLLOWED BY MEGAN MEISENBACH AND LORI ATHERTON.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

MARIO CANTU, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT, UM, INTERACTION WITH CONTACT TEAMS, UM, AND NEIGHBORHOODS WITH APPLICANTS THAT ARE COMING IN AND ARE ASKING FOR INCREASED HEIGHT.

UH, THERE IS ZERO AFFORDABILITY THAT THAT COMES WITH THIS.

UH, JUST A WHILE AGO, EARLIER I HEARD FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER OVER HERE A LITTLE BIT TO MY RIGHT, HOW HE MENTIONED HOW WE ARE IN A HOUSING CRISIS.

IF WE'RE IN A HOUSING CRISIS AND WE DON'T A ADDRESS THE AFFORDABILITY THAT DOESN'T COME WITH DEVELOPMENT, THAT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE AFFORDABILITY, THEN WHY ARE WE DOING THAT AND WHY DO WE CONTINUE THOSE PROBLEMS? THE OTHER THING IS THERE, THERE COULD BE A, A BIG ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON THIS AS WELL, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED.

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UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT OVER ON SOUTH CONGRESS THERE'S UH, A LOT OF AREAS THERE, RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE DORMANT CUZ PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO RENT THEM FOR A COFFEE SHOP, FOR A TACO PLACE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE HAVING THEM DORMANT.

SO THE APPLICANTS COME IN AND MAKE THE BIG PROMISES AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA GET THIS, EVERYBODY CAN BIKE THERE, EVERYBODY CAN TAKE THE RAIL, EVERYBODY CAN WALK THERE.

AND THERE'S NO WALKING, THERE'S NO BIKING, THERE'S NO RAIL, AND THERE IS NO RENTALS BECAUSE IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE.

SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE GUARANTEE THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE WITH THESE THINGS AND THESE ISSUES AND THESE ONGOING PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE WITH AFFORDABILITY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND THE SO-CALLED RENTAL SPACES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WALK TO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE.

AND, AND IT'S, IT'S GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.

AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOLD ACCOUNTABLE, NOT JUST THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT IF THE APPLICANT WANTS SOMETHING, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GETTING SOMETHING BACK IN RETURN BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS TAKE, TAKE, TAKE AND NO GIVE.

SO WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT THAT TAKES PLACE.

NEXT SPEAKERS, MEGAN MEISENBACH, FOLLOWED BY LORI ATHERTON AND CHRISTOPHER BROWN.

IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM.

IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, UM, AFTER CHRISTOPHER BROWN IS, UH, NOAH ELIS, FOLLOWED BY PEDRO HERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL GIANNI.

HELLO, MY NAME IS NOE ALIAS.

I'M FROM POLIS, UH, DISTRICT THREE.

I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO OPPOSE, UH, WE'RE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO OPPOSE THE BOARD AND TRACK AS AS IT'S PROPOSED BECAUSE IT ASKS FOR 120 FEET AND 1400 UNIT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WITH 90% IMPERVIOUS COVER AND IT HAS NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT AND NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OR A TRAFFIC STEADY ADJACENT TO THE COLORADO RIVER PRESERVE IN THE COLORADO RIVER IN EAST AUSTIN.

AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE, UH, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY PART OF IT, UM, YESTERDAY WE TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THE BOARDING PLANT THAT WILL BE, UH, LET GO WHEN THE BOARDING PLANT, UH, CLOSES.

AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT, NONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES, NONE OF THOSE WORKERS WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN A PLACE LIKE THIS.

UH, SO WE ASK YOU TO OPPOSE THIS, TO POSTPONE IT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY GETS SOME BENEFITS OUT OF THIS.

NEXT SPEAKER IS PEDRO HERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL GIANNI, FOLLOWED BY ADRIAN MESSIAS.

IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM.

PEDRO HERNANDEZ.

HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS PEDRO HERNANDEZ AND I AM WITH, UM, THE METROS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND VASQUES FIELDS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AMPLE.

AND I'M HERE JUST TO SIMPLY SAY THAT WE OPPOSE A BOARD AND TRACK.

THERE HAS BEEN NO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY DONE ON THAT.

WE NEED TO POSE THAT TRACK.

NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL GIANNI, FOLLOWED BY ADRIAN MESSIAS, FOLLOWED BY VALERIE MENARD.

I'D LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL, UH, MY PAPERS DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IS IT? YES, YOU ALL HAVE THAT.

UM, AS YOU, AS YOU, UH, AS YOU HEARD MS. AMANZA, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT YOU TO REJECT THE, UH, THE PDA AND WE SUGGEST THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP UNDER CS M U THAT WOULD BE UNDER THE CRITERIA OF THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT SEVEN OTHER APPROVED PROJECTS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, ALL WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THIS SITE, HAVE ALL BEEN DEVELOPED WITHIN THE EXISTING CRI UH, CODE CRITERIA, INCLUDING TWO SLATED TO BE ON THE RIVER.

TWO OF THOSE PROJECTS DID IT ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT COMING TO THE CONTACT TEAM.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S VISION FOR, UH, FOR, UH, UH, AN EDGE OF TOWN INDUSTRIAL SITE INTO A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME TO NOW GO VALLEY JOHNSON TERRACE IN PARTICULAR, AND EAST AUSTIN IN GENERAL, HAVE BEEN TWO EX HAVE, HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS TRANSITION THROUGH GENTRIFICATION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.

WE WANNA ENSURE THAT THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF EAST AUSTIN OLD AND NEW, UH, ARE ABLE TO SURF THE GENTRIFICATION AND NOT BE WIPED OUT BY IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

THE SCOPE OF THIS PLAN IS WAY TOO BIG.

UM, WE HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED ABOUT THE, THE TRANSPORTATION YOU SEE HERE.

HERE'S THE BOARDING'S TRACK.

THIS IS LA VANDER

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LOOP TWO-LANE STREET.

80% OF THE INGRESS AND EGRESS IS RIGHT HERE.

YOU CAN FIT TWO CARS, UH, UH, HERE YOU CAN FIT TWO CARS HERE, TWO CARS HERE.

CURRENT, CURRENT, UH, TRAFFIC IS 500.

UH, UM, UH, TRIPS PER DAY.

IT'S PROJECTED TO BE OVER 21,000 TRIPS A DAY.

CAN YOU IMAGINE RUSH HOUR WITH EVEN 15,000 CARS A DAY? THIS IS IMPRACTICAL.

BUT IF THEY DEVELOP UNDER CS, THEN WE CAN BOTH WIN MR. SUBTLE.

AND THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

YOU LOOK AT THAT SECOND PAGE IN NOVEMBER WHEN WE FIRST TALKED TO THEM, THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

EAST AUSTIN CONSERVANCY IS NOT EVEN ON THIS LIST FOR THIS CASE.

THANK YOU SPEAKER.

IT'S A BLUE HAIR AND DON'T LET YOURSELF BE TRICKED.

OTHERWISE, YOU'RE NOT WITH US.

NEXT SPEAKER IS ADRIAN MESSIAS, FOLLOWED BY VALERIE MENARD AND CARLOS PINON.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, I WAS HERE TO ECHO.

I'M AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COLORADO RIVER CONSERVANCY.

I'M THE PROJECT DIRECTOR.

AND SO HERE OF COURSE TO ECHO WHAT YOU'RE HEARING, WHICH I'M GLAD YOU, I'M HOPING YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO THE FOLKS THAT HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE LACK OF ANY KIND OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY AND THE RISK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALSO TO THE RIVER.

BUT NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE MAY NOT EVEN BE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT THREE TWO SPEAK, UM, FOR THESE ISSUES, I THOUGHT OF SOMETHING ELSE.

I THOUGHT OF HOW SOMEONE, I DON'T KNOW WHO, I DON'T THINK IT WAS ANYONE OF SUBSTANCE, THE ONES COMPARED AUSTIN TO THE BLUEBERRY IN A TOMATO SOUP AS IT REFLECTS TEXAS.

IF THIS IS TRUE AND WE LOSE OUR REPRESENTATIVE TO TODAY TO SPEAK THAT WE NEED SOME MORE BLUEBERRIES.

SO I'M ASKING AND LOOKING AT ALL OF YOU AND HOPING THAT YOU CAN STEP UP AND BE A BLUEBERRY TODAY TO PROTECT THIS DISTRICT AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA HAPPEN, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN AT THIS SCALE AND WITH THIS COST AND WITH THIS KIND OF DISRUPTION.

PUMP THE BRAKES, PLEASE.

LET'S GET SOME STUDIES DONE AND LET'S, LET'S LET THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY DECIDE WHAT IS COMPATIBLE TO THEM.

IN ADDITION, SETBACKS OF AT LEAST 100 FEET SHOULD BE REQUIRED NEXT TO THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY.

NEXT SPEAKER IS CARLOS PINON, FOLLOWED BY UH, MARIA SANCHEZ, FOLLOWED BY ROY WHALEY.

IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM AFTER ROY WHALEY IS BRIAN ZK FOLLOWED BY BILL BUNCH.

AFTER BILL BUNCH IS JORDAN PALMER, FOLLOWED BY MIKE TOLSON.

IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM.

IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME.

GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M BRIAN'S OBJECT FROM SA BARTON CREEK ASSOCIATION, WHERE I'M THE ADVOCACY DIRECTOR.

UH, WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1979 AND WE NOW WORK TO PROTECT ALL STREAMS IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

S B C A OPPOSES A PROPOSED REZONING FOR THE BOARD AND TRACK.

THE REVIEW PROCESS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY LIMITED AND SKIPPED THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, THIS CONCERNS US SINCE THE BOARD AND REDEVELOPMENT, WHICH SHARPLY INCREASE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND SHARPLY REDUCE SETBACKS.

THIS WILL SHARPLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF POLLUTION FLOWING INTO THE ADJACENT COLORADO RIVER WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AND INTO THE RIVER ITSELF.

AT PRESIDENT, THE BOARD AND TRACK HAS AROUND 50% IMPERVIOUS COVER PLUS WIDE SETBACKS.

NEXT TO THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, THE REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL WOULD INCREASE IMPERVIOUS COVER UP TO 95% WITH NO SETBACKS.

NEXT TO THE SANCTUARY, WATER ENGINEERS REFER TO THE FIRST FLUSH.

WHEN DISCUSSING STORM WATER POLLUTION, THIS MEANS THAT THE FIRST INCH OF RAINFALL WILL WASH AWAY MOST OF THE POLLUTANTS ON THE SURFACE OF IMPERVIOUS COVER.

THE FIRST FLUSH OF RUNOFF CAN BE JUST AS CONTAMINATED AS RAW SEWAGE.

GOOD DESIGN CAN MITIGATE STORM WATER POLLUTION.

LAST YEAR THE COUNCIL AMENDED THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO REQUIRE THE USE OF GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEW DEVELOPMENT.

SEVERAL PROJECTS IN AUSTIN HAVE RECENT PROJECTS HAVE INCORPORATED GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS GENEROUS SETBACKS.

THEY SHOW THAT IT'S POSSIBLE TO BE ECONOMICALLY SUCCESSFUL AND ENVIRONMENTALLY PROTECTIVE AT A MINIMUM IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR THE BOARD.

AND REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN 65%.

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THE REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD ALSO TO FOLLOW THE CITY'S NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE.

S B C A ASKED THE COUNCIL TO HOLD THE BOARD AND PROJECT TO THE SAME STANDARDS THAT THE CITY EXPECTS FROM OTHER DEVELOPMENTS.

THANKS.

NEXT SPEAKERS BILL BUNCH, FOLLOWED BY JORDAN PALMER, FOLLOWED BY MIKE TOLSON.

IF YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE MAKE WAY TO THE PODIUM.

THEN THE NEXT SET OF SPEAKERS IS TUAN TRON SPEAKING ON ITEM 68.

GO AHEAD SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

HELLO, MY NAME IS MIKE TOLLESON.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE SWEET HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OF WHICH I AM THE PRESIDENT.

AND I'M SPEAKING IN CONNECTION WITH, UH, ITEM 67 ON YOUR AGENDA.

REGARDING THE, UH, DENNY'S CONDOS.

AS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, WE NATURALLY HAVE MANY CONCERNS ABOUT A LARGE COMMERCIAL PROJECT BEING DEVELOPED ACROSS THE STREET AND WITHIN THE BORDERS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR MORE HOUSING AND INCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

WE HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER PURCHASING THE PROPERTY THAT MITIGATES MANY OF THOSE CONCERNS.

THIS INCLUDES THE BUILDING OF TOWNHOUSES ALONG EAST 16TH STREET WHERE WE'RE PERMITTED AND A LONG LIST OF PROHIBITED USES.

AS A RESULT, WE SUPPORT THE REZONING REQUEST AS AS AMENDED AND THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN HAS BEEN PRESENTED, WHICH INCLUDES A 200 TO 230 FOOT RESIDENTIAL TOWER TOWNHOMES ALONG EAST 16TH STREET AND 10 TO 12% OF THE UNITS MEETING CITY REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEPENDING ON THE HEIGHT.

NOW, TO ACHIEVE AND ENSURE THESE DEVELOPMENTS, WE ARE REQUESTING A CONDITION BE IMPOSED ON THE PROPERTY THAT LIMITS THE HEIGHT TO 40 FEET ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE PROPERTY FRONTING ON THE 16TH STREET FOR A DISTANCE OF 50 FEET INTO THE PROPERTY AND THE LIST OF PROHIBITED USES THAT HAVE BEEN AGREED TO BY THE APPLICANT.

WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE REZONING AND THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED, WHICH WILL ACHIEVE A PROJECT WITHIN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT AND PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DIVERSE HOUSING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TUAN TR AND I'M HERE TO HIGHLIGHT MY TWO CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSAL OF REZONING THE PROPERTY ON DESSA ROAD TO MF FOUR.

SO THERE ARE TWO CONCERNS.

UH, THE FIRST POINT IS THE INCOM INCOMPATIBILITY WITH THE EXISTING FR STRUCTURES.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS VERY INCOMPATIBLE AND INCONGRUENT WITH EVERYTHING WITH ITS SURROUNDING AREA.

WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY WITH ONLY A 25 FOOT SETBACK TO PROPOSE FOUR STORY APARTMENTS ON THE HILL.

WE'LL BE TOWERING AND LOOKING DOWN ONTO THE EXISTING SIM, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES IN THE FIVE MILE STRETCH ON DESSA ROAD BETWEEN HIGHWAY 180 3 AND EAST PALMER LANE.

THE TALLEST APARTMENT COMPLEXES HAS ONLY THREE STORIES.

THERE ARE NO FOUR STORIES AT THIS POINT.

SO WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, IF APPROVED, WE'LL BE THE FIRST HAVING THE FOUR STORY HIGH APARTMENTS NEAR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREA WITHIN THE FIVE MILE STRETCH.

I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO RECONSIDER THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF THIS PROPERTY IN ORDER TO KEEP IN CHARACTER WITH THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREA.

THE TRACK OF LAND SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AS SF SIX, OR AT MOST MF TWO INSTEAD OF MF FOUR.

MF.

UH, MF TWO DESIGNATION MAY BE APPLIED FOR THE USE OF A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREA LOCATED NEAR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE.

THE SECOND POINT IS SAFETY.

WITH ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE YEARS ON THE DESAL CORRIDOR, WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC CONGESTIONS TRAFFIC VIOLATION ACCIDENTS.

THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN DESAL AND THE MAIN STREET OF OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY DANGEROUS.

THE REZONING PROPERTY IS ONLY A THOUSAND FEET SOUTH OF THIS TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASING TRAFFIC VOLUME.

AS A RESULT OF THE MF FOUR SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY, THERE IS A BLIND CURVE UPON COMING ONTO THIS, THIS BLIND CURVE VEERING RIGHT, THE PROPERTY SITS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

DRIVERS ON THE ROAD WILL NOT SEE THE INCOMING TRAFFIC.

SO WE'LL REQUEST A THOROUGH TRAFFIC STUDY AND APP APPROPRIATE SAFETY PLANNING BEFORE APPROVING THIS DEVELOPMENT.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

NEXT SPEAKER IS AMY HAYES, FOLLOWED BY BERT CARPENTER, FOLLOWED BY CATHERINE HORTON COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

I'M A RESIDENT OF COLLINWOOD WEST AS WELL AS BUILDING A HOUSE IN THE WOODCLIFF NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, SO I HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN THIS SPECIFIC, UH, DESAL ROAD REZONING CASE.

UM, I WILL STATE VERY SIMPLY THAT DESIGNATING THIS SITE AS MF FOUR IS WILDLY INAPPROPRIATE AND DEFIES THE VERY PURPOSE OF ZONING, WHICH IS TO ENSURE COMPATIBLE USES AND APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS ACROSS TYPES AND USES OF PROPERTY.

THIS IS NOT THE CASE OF NIMBY FOR ME.

I WELCOME RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL GROWTH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD JUST ACROSS ESAL FROM THIS PROPERTY.

UH, TWO PARCELS WERE JUST REZONED SF SIX IN THE LAST YEAR, WHICH I SUPPORTED AS AN APPROPRIATE DENSITY THAT MAINTAINS THE ESTABLISHED FEEL OF THE COMMUNITY.

NO STRUCTURE WITHIN A MILE RADIUS OF THIS SITE IS MORE THAN 40 FEET IN HEIGHT.

MY PRIMARY CONCERNS FOR REZONING TO MF FOUR ARE THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF BORDERING NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS ARE BEING COMPLETELY DISREGARDED, AS WELL AS THE VALID PETITION FILED BY ADJACENT PROPERTY.

OWNERS, THIS PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE WILDLIFE URBAN INTERFACE AT A VERY HIGH RISK FOR WILDFIRE.

QUICKLY EVACUATING THE DENSITY OF MF FOUR VIA A SINGLE ACCESS TO DESSA IS NOT FEASIBLE.

THIRD, VISIBILITY IS VERY POOR, TURNING RIGHT ONTO DESSAU DUE NOT ONLY TO A CURB IN THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH, BUT ALSO THE TOPOGRAPHY COMING UP FROM THE CREEK TO THE SOUTH.

TURNING EVEN RIGHT OUT OF THIS COMPLEX WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WITHOUT A LIGHT.

THE PIONEER HILL HILL SUBDIVISION JUST TO THE SOUTH HAS BEEN BEGGING FOR THE CITY TO INSTALL A LIGHT TO ALLOW THEM SAFETY TO SAFELY ACCESS THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR YEARS, AND THEY'RE STILL WAITING.

ALSO CONCERNING IS THE RUNOFF CREATED BY 70% IN PERVIOUS COVER AND PROXIMITY TO POLE, CAT, AND WALNUT CREEKS.

UH, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF FLOODING, BUT ALSO FROM A WATER QUALITY, EROSION AND ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT.

THE 55 TO 60% IMPERVIOUS COVER RESTRICTIONS OF MF ONE OR TWO WOULD BE FAR MORE APPROPRIATE.

WE ARE NOT BEING UNREASONABLE.

WE SIMPLY WANT A MULTI-FAMILY DESIGNATION, WHICH WOULD GIVE REASONABLE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS AND IMPERVIOUS COVER COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING USES.

MF ONE AND MF TWO ARE INTENDED AS TRANSITION ZONES, WHICH IS WHAT IS NEEDED HERE.

EVEN MF THREE WOULD BE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT.

NEXT SPEAKER IS BERT CARPENTER, FOLLOWED BY KATHERINE HORTON, FOLLOWED BY MATT HORTON AND CHRISTOPHER BROWN.

TENANTS SUPPORT THIS POSITION.

MY NAME IS BERT CARPENTER.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM NUMBER 68.

THAT'S THE REZONING OF 1 0 7 0 1 DESSAU ROAD.

UM, THE WOODCLIFFE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL OWNERS OF THE OTHER APPROXIMATE PROPERTIES ARE PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS REZONING PROPOSAL.

COLLECTIVELY, YOU BORDER ALL SIDES OF THE SUBJECT TRACK, SHARE THE SAME WATERSHED, AND REQUIRE APPROXIMATE ACCESS TO THE SAME ARTERIAL, NAMELY DESAL ROAD.

ALL ARE ZONED AND BUILT AS SF SINGLE FAMILY ONE, TWO, OR THREE.

TO BE CLEAR, WE FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE AUSTIN'S HOUSING CRISIS AND SUPPORT THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO INCREASE HOUSING.

HOWEVER, DEVELOPMENT MUST BE DONE RESPONSIBLY AND SUSTAINABLY AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS.

THIS SPECIFIC PROPOSAL TO REZONE MF FOUR DOES NOT MEET THESE CRITERIA.

ANY REZONING DECISION SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER A TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

STUDIES ARE DONE TO JUSTIFY THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE BUILT IN THIS SITE.

FURTHERMORE, THE STRUCTURES MUST BE LIMITED TO A 40 FOOT HEIGHT.

THREE.

MF FOUR ALLOWS FOUR-STORY 60 FOOT STRUCTURES.

THIS IS INCONGRUENT WITH ALL THE ADJACENT ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT, WHICH ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY TWO-STORY MAX.

THERE IS NO PRECEDENT FOR INSERTING TALL STRUCTURES SUCH AS THIS AMONG SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

ALL OTHER NEW STRUCTURES ALONG DESAL ROAD ARE THREE STORY 40 FOOT MAX.

NOW, THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION OR NEED TO BUILD THIS ONE HIGHER WHEN POSSIBLE.

APPROPRIATE, UH, ALTERNATIVE IS MF TWO PER THE CITY'S OWN ZONING GUIDE.

AND MF TWO DISTRICT DESIGNATION MAY BE APPLIED TO USE IN FAULTY FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREA LOCATED NEAR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS IS NOT AN MF FOUR OR EVEN MF THREE.

TRAFFIC SAFETY.

YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD A TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPACT ANALYSIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE AT THIS CORNER, THIS DANGEROUS, UH, INTERSECTION.

YOUR DESAL ROAD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED FOR THE SENSITIVE AREA.

THE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE WATER QUALITY OF WALNUT CREEK, DIVERT GROUNDWATER FLOW FROM THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENVIRONS ENDANGER HERITAGE TREES AND DISRUPT THE THE WILDLIFE.

IN SUMMARY, THE PROPERTY SHOULD BE REZONED TO NO HIGHER THAN MF TWO 40 FOOT HEIGHT MAXS, UH, TO BE ESTABLISHED TO BE, UM, CONSISTENT WITH AUSTIN'S OWN GUIDELINES FOR ZONING.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.

NEXT SPEAKER IS CATHERINE HORTON, FOLLOWED BY MATT HORTON AND CHRISTOPHER BROWN.

MAYOR PROTE MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS

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CATHERINE MAYOR, PLEASE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR PER TIM.

SO TO THE LAST SPEAKER'S POINT, I JUST WANNA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN THE DIALOGUE.

UM, I, I THINK THERE'S SOME CONSIDERATIONS AND COMES SOME CONCERNS.

WHERE DO PEOPLE GO? WHERE ARE THEY GONNA GO? I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO OPEN THE DIALOGUE.

I WANT YOU TO CONTACT MY OFFICE AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE WILL EVENTUALLY GO.

WE ARE RUNNING OUTTA SPACE.

WHERE DO THEY GO? AND THAT'S A REAL QUESTION, AND I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO HAVE A CANDID CONVERSATION WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY JUST LIKE YOU ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE GO.

PLEASE, PLEASE CONTACT MY OFFICE.

LET'S SIT DOWN.

I WILL BUY YOU A MEAL.

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

THIS IS A REAL CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AS A COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND, AND WE'VE GOT, UM, I KNOW SOME OF YOUR STAFF IS ON SITE.

WE'LL TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT CONNECTION IS MADE.

I APPRECIATE IT.

MAY I PRETEND CONNECTION TO YOUR OFFICE? THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, IT IS, IT IS.

THIS PERSON'S TURN.

GO AHEAD, MAYOR.

PRETEND MEMBERS, MY NAME IS KATHERINE HORTON AND I ALSO COME BEFORE YOU IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSED REZONING AT 1 0 7 0 1 DESAL ROAD.

THERE ARE FOUR MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS.

YOU'VE AL ALREADY HEARD SOME OF THEM.

FIRST IS THE SAFETY ON DESAL ROAD.

IT IS A BLIND CURVE, CURRENTLY SET AT 50 MILES PER HOUR.

THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED ACCIDENTS WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS OF THIS INTERSECTION ON DESAL ROAD, AND A THIRD OF THOSE ARE OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR.

DEVASTATINGLY, THERE WAS ANOTHER FATALITY ON DESAL ROAD AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO.

SAFETY IS A, A HUGE CONCERN ON DESSA AND IF WE ARE EVER TO REACH VISION ZERO, WE MUST REALLY ADDRESS THIS EVEN BEFORE BUILDING IN THIS AREA.

AS YOU HEARD, WE ARE NOT AN MBI NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE APPRECIATE THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN AUSTIN, BUT WE ARE HIGHLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THIS DOES TO THE SAFETY ON DESSA.

OUR SECOND ISSUE IS REALLY ROUND ENVIRONMENT.

THIS IS A HIGH FLOODING AREA AND THE CREEK STABILITY.

ALL DRAINAGE FROM THIS AREA OF DESAL ROAD ACTUALLY GOES DIRECTLY INTO WALNUT CREEK, WHICH SITS OFF TO THE EAST FROM THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.

THERE'S ALSO SIGNIFICANT HERITAGE TREES IN THE AREA.

IT'S PART OF THE URBAN FOREST AND COMMUNITY TREE PRIORITY, INCLUDING THE PIONEER OAK, WHICH IS OVER 500 YEARS OLD AND PART OF THEIR ORIGINAL 1976 PROTECTED TREE STUDIES HERE IN AUSTIN.

AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A HIGH INTERFACE BETWEEN THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE AND A MAJOR CONCERN.

THE PROPERTY ALSO SITS ON A HISTORICAL DESIGNATION IN TERMS OF BEING ACTUALLY ONCE, UM, PROPERTY UNDER THE TWA TRIBE, AS WELL AS PART OF THE CHISHOLM TRAIL THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT, UH, HISTORICAL INF UH, INVESTMENT.

THE THIRD AREA IS REALLY ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF INCLUDED ADDITIONAL HOUSING, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON DESSA AND OVERALL OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES SPECIFICALLY, UM, FIRE STATION 23 IS, UH, IN DIRE NEED OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.

ALTHOUGH THIS IS PART OF AN IMAGINE AUSTIN CORRIDOR, THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION HERE DOES NOT MEET THE VISION OF AN IMAGINE AUSTIN.

IT'S MORE THAN SEVEN TENTHS OF THE MILE TO THE NEAREST BUS STOP, WHICH YOU MUST WALK ALONG A DANGEROUS CORRIDOR WITHOUT PROTECTION.

AND ADDITIONALLY, AT THE COMPATIBILITY WE ARE ASKING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL LOOK, UM, AND STUDY ROAD TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENTAL ILL IMPACT AND GEOTECHNICAL, AND THAT WE REQUEST ARE MORE COMPATIBLE AND APPROPRIATE ZONING, WHETHER THAT'S SF SIX, MF TWO, OR MF THREE.

ON PALMER, UH, ROAD AND DESSAU.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MATT HORTON, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTOPHER BROWN.

UH, THANK YOU ALL MEMBERS OF THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, EVERYONE UPON THE DAYS.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE.

IT'S, IT'S COME TO ME, UH, COME HERE TODAY.

IT'S, UH, I'VE STRUGGLED WITH WHAT TO SAY HERE TODAY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO MAINTAIN, MAINTAIN THE MINDSET OF THE, OF THE JOYFUL WARRIOR THAT I TRIED TO TAKE WITH ME IN INTO ALL MY ENDEAVORS.

AND THE REASON THAT IS, IS BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE UP AGAINST, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, A A, A GOLIATH IN, UM, IN, IN A DEVELOPER, IN A CI IN, IN A CITY GOVERNMENT SYSTEM THAT IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AND LEAVE OUT THE, THE, UH, THE HOMEOWNERS IN THE CITY, UH, UH, AND, AND THE RESIDENTS AND HOMEOWNERS OF THE CITY.

WHEN YOU ZONE OUT, WHEN YOU TAKE SINGLE FAMILY DESIGNATION AND MAKE IT MULTI-FAMILY DESIGNATION, YOU'RE ALL, YOU'RE ALMOST BY DEFINITION MAKING THAT RENTAL ONLY.

ALL RIGHT? SO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS TAKING HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES OUT OF THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN AUSTIN AND WANNA LIVE IN AUSTIN AND MAKING AND LEAVING THEM.

THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY AS TO BE IS TO LOOK TO RENTAL PROPERTIES.

I LOOKED, AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN RENT A, UH, ANY NUMBER OF, UH, EFFICIENCY OR, OR ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS FOR $2,000 A MONTH UP THERE

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AND YOU CAN, AND YOU CAN DO THAT ALL DAY.

AND NONE OF THAT IS GONNA HELP THE HOU THE, THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT THIS, THAT THIS CITY IS EXPERIENCING WHAT YOU, YOU KNOW, AND SO YOU, WHETHER OR NOT YOU KNOW IT, YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS ON THE LEVER OF, OF, UH, UH, OF, OF THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF THE HOUSING IN THIS CITY.

AND WHEN YOU OFFER PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY AND OWN A HOME, THEY TAKE IT.

IF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT, WHAT THEY'RE LEFT WITH IS RENTAL.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD ALL OF THE DIFFERENT A ARGUMENTS ABOUT COMPATIBILITY AND HOW HOW GROSSLY INCONGRUENT THIS PROPOSED REZONING IS TO THE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND, UM, AND I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT BEFORE.

YOU HAVE REJECTED THIS OUT OF HAND.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO NOW, IS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, MR. UH, HARTMAN POINTBLANK, WHEN ASKED, I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE MF FOUR? WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE 60 FEET TALL? HE GOES, WELL, ANYTHING LESS THAN MF FOUR AND THE PROJECT DOESN'T WORK FOR US.

SO I, I RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT THAT THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE PROJECT FOR YOU AND THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN IN OVER YOUR HEAD AND YOU'RE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO BAIL YOU OUT OF A BAD ECONOMIC DECISION THAT YOU'VE, THAT YOU'VE ALREADY MADE.

AND YOU KNOW, I I IMPLORE YOU TO, TO, UM, TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WE'VE, THAT THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED OVER HERE WAS SPECIFICALLY CHOSEN, UH, TO NOT EXCEED A THRESHOLD THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD TRIGGER A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDYING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR PATIENCE.

AND I, WE, WE ARE, UH, VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO THIS LEVEL OF REZONING.

YES, SIR.

NOT JUST ANY, BUT NOT EVERY REZONING.

THANK YOU SPEAKER.

AND KEEP IT REZONING YOUR TIME EXPIRED NEXT.

NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTOPHER BROWN.

I'M, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS 65 AND 66, THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT AND REZONING OF THE BOARD AND TRACK.

UH, I'M ACTUALLY PROBABLY THE CLOSEST RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOR TO THE, UH, PROJECT IN QUESTION.

I WAS SURPRISED THIS MORNING TO READ IN THE STATESMAN MR. SUBTLE COMMENTING THAT THERE WERE NO IMPACTED NEIGHBORS WHEN I WENT OUT AND I COULD HEAR THE, THE HUMMING OF THE PLANT.

UM, BUT SO IT GOES.

UM, I'M ALSO A CO-FOUNDER OF THE COLORADO RIVER CONSERVANCY, A PROJECT WE STARTED TOGETHER WITH PODER TO FOCUS ON PROTECTING THE REALLY UNIQUE AND RARE RESOURCE WE HAVE IN AUSTIN IN THE COLORADO RIVER BELOW LONGHORN DAM, WHERE REALLY UNIQUE TO ANY MAJOR CITY IN AMERICA.

WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY THE NATURAL CHANNEL OF THE RIVER THAT HAS BEEN PROTECTED THROUGH A MIX OF COMMUNITY EFFORTS BY FOLKS LIKE PODER IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND BY THE SORT OF INADVERTENT, UH, PROTECTIONS AFFORDED BY THE LEGACY INDUSTRIAL DOWN ZONING.

UH, IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE THE FIRST PROJECT THE CITY'S GONNA FACE THAT'S OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE WATERFRONT OVERLAY THAT HAS TO DATE, PROVIDED REALLY HEALTHY PROTECTIONS AND AMBANCE TO ENSURE THAT THE REDEVELOPMENT WE KNOW AND, AND IS SENSIBLY COMING THAT WAY, UH, IS BALANCED WITH THE NEED TO PROTECT THE RIVERS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS IS THE FIRST SUCH CASE IN WHICH THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING NOT TO DECREASE THE EXISTING IMPERVIOUS COVER, BUT ACTUALLY TO INCREASE IT TO ALMOST DOUBLE IT FROM THE CURRENT 50% OR REALLY UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT, UH, WARRANTS A HIGHER BAR OF REVIEW.

AND, UH, AND, AND AN AREA WHERE WE'RE NOW KIND OF BEYOND THE SCOPE OF HAVING ANY CORRIDOR PLAN TO PROTECT THE CLEANEST URBAN RIVER IN TEXAS.

UH, THE ONLY ONE THAT QUALIFIES AS A PRISTINE WATER UNDER THE STANDARDS ENACTED BY THE HOUSE LAST SESSION.

UM, WE WOULD URGE THAT THE, THE COUNCIL DEFER ANY REZONING OF THIS UNTIL A MORE COMPREHENSIVE CORRIDOR PLAN HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE THAT CAN ENSURE A BALANCING OF THE PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR THE RIVER AND FOR THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY.

WHICH IF THE PROJECT PROCEEDS AS PROPOSED, WE'LL END UP BECOMING MERELY A PARK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS, UH, NOT FOR THE WILDLIFE THAT CURRENTLY OCCUPY IT.

IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO PROCEED, WE HOPE YOU WILL ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE IN PLACE, INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIAL BUFFER, IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS, DARK SKIES, REQUIREMENTS TO PROTECT THE MIGRATORY BIRDS THAT TRAVIS AUDUBON HAS WRITTEN ABOUT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

YOU SPEAKER, YOU'RE TIME DOGS EXPIRED.

APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO SPEAK TO US.

NEXT SPEAKER IS ZENOBIA JOSEPH.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

MAY I APPROACH HIM PROTE MEMBERS? I'M ZENOPIA JOSEPH SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION OF ITEM 68 1 0 7 0 1 DESSAU ROAD.

SPECIFICALLY MY OPPOSITION IS REGARDING TRANSIT.

AS YOU ARE SEEING THIS IMAGE IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THIS PROPERTY IS NORTH OF, UM, IN THE NORTH AREA WHERE YOU SEE SAMSUNG.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY GET ABOUT 300 MILLION ABATEMENT.

UM, IT'S A BILLION DOLLAR CORRIDOR.

THERE'S NO TRANSIT.

AND I SAID EARLIER TODAY, JULY 27TH, 2020, YOU ELIMINATED THE METRO RAPIDS.

THERE WERE THREE MINORITY METRO RAPIDS, SPECIFICALLY DESSAU ROAD TO ACC HIGHLAND TO THE METRO RAIL THAT EXISTS TODAY.

ALSO SAMSUNG, THE APPLE.

AND SO WHAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE ONLY ROUTE IN THIS AREA

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IS ROUTE 3 92.

CAPITAL METRO ELIMINATED THE SERVICE TO COLLINWOOD ELDERS ON JUNE 3RD, 2018 FOR CAP REMAP.

AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PAGE ELLIS AS YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN THAT THE BUS RUNS EMPTY, 2.9 BOARDINGS AN HOUR TO CONVICT HILL.

THE SERVICES NEEDED IN THE DESAL AREA.

THERE IS NO SERVICE YOU HEARD EARLIER.

SPECIFICALLY, UM, THERE'S PIONEER CROSSING, THERE'S HARRIS BRANCH, THESE ARE TAXPAYERS TOO.

AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT PROJECT CONNECT IS NOT ELIMINATING THE TRANSIT, UM, THE CONGESTION IN THAT AREA.

DECEMBER 8TH, 2022, THIS COUNCIL ACTUALLY EXERCISED IMMINENT DOMAIN TO BROADEN EAST BREAKER LANE TO RELIEVE THE CONGESTION ON SAMSUNG.

SO PUTTING 330 MORE APARTMENTS RIGHT HERE IS JUST GOING TO ADD TO THAT CONGESTION.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO BE HONEST WITH THE TAXPAYERS, YOU'VE NOT BEEN THUS FAR, BUT I YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.

NOW LOOK AT THE TRANSPORTATION ROUTE.

3 92 OPERATES EVERY 45 MINUTES ON AVERAGE AND THEN THERE'S A 30 MINUTE TRANSFER TO THE WEST SIDE, TO THE WHITE SIDE AT THE DOMAIN.

AND I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAD A ONE SEAT RIDE, CAPITAL METRO ELIMINATED AND REDUCED OUR SERVICE.

AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO OPPOSE THIS ITEM AS WELL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU MAYOR PERIM DOT PROTEM.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE SPEAKERS.

ALL RIGHT, I SEE JOY IS COMING BACK UP.

WILL YOU READ US BACK THROUGH WHAT OUR AGENDA IS TODAY? AND THEN I'LL ASK FOR UH, RECUSALS, CUZ I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE THAT NEED TO BE SPOKEN ABOUT TODAY.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY MAYOR.

SO, UM, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I THINK YOU CAN TAKE ITEM 63, ITEM 64, AND ITEM 70 ON CONSENT IF YOU CHOSE TO DO SO.

AND THOSE ARE, UM, AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT, APPLICANT POSTPONEMENTS FOR 63, UH, 64.

AND ITEM 70 IS CONSENT SECOND READING ONLY AND WE'LL START THERE.

OKAY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER POOL SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, WE READY TO TAKE A VOTE? ARE THERE ANY REMARKS ON ITEM NUMBER 70 BEFORE WE PROCEED? ALL RIGHT, ANY OBJECTION TO ADOPTING THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE I WILL COUNT SUPPORT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, I'M NOT SURE IF YOUR CAMERA'S ON, WE'D LOVE TO COUNT YOU IF YOU'RE ABLE.

UM, OKAY.

WE HAVE NINE PEOPLE HERE.

WE HAVE MAYOR WATSON.

OFF THE DIAS WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER OFF THE DIAS.

AND WE HAVE NOW BEEN JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PUENTES CADRE AND HARPER MADISON.

SO THAT TAKES CARE OF OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

NOW LET'S MOVE TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. I WOULD SUGGEST WE TAKE UP THE DISTRICT ONE ITEMS FIRST BEFORE MOVING TO THE BOARDING TRACT.

SO LET'S PROCEED WITH ITEM NUMBER 67, THE DENNY'S CONDOS.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

JOY HARDEN WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 67 ON YOUR AGENDA.

CASE NUMBER C 14 20 22 0 2 0 5 DEN DENISE CONDOS LOCATED AT 1601 NORTH IH 35.

THE APPLICANT HAS AMENDED THEIR REQUEST TO C H P D A N P A STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.

THE APPLICANT PLANS TO DO A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

THERE ARE THREE USES, GENERAL RETAIL SALES CONVENIENCE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY PROHIBITED AND UM, THAT WOULD BECOME A PERMITTED USE COCKTAIL LOUNGE IS PROHIBITED AND THAT WOULD BECOME A CONDITIONAL USE AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS LIMITED TO 170 UNITS PER ACRE AND THAT LIMIT WOULD BE REMOVED.

THERE ARE ALSO OTHER CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS FOR PROHIBITED USES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN YOUR BACKUP SINCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED L LAP P D A, UH, WHICH WAS THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST PRIOR TO THIS COUNCIL APPROVING THE CH CODE UH, AMENDMENT.

UM, VERY RECENTLY I WILL READ INTO THE RECORD A MOTION FOR THIS COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AND THAT MOTION READS, AMEND THE DRAFT ORDINANCE TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING.

CHANGE THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT CHANGE THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT COMBINED WITH A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AREA PDA FROM LIMITED INDUSTRIAL SERVICES ALLY TO COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY CH AND MODIFY THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE TO 230 FEET ACCEPTING THE 36 FEET PARALLEL TO THE MEASURED TO AND MEASURED FROM EAST 16TH STREET FRONTAGE WHERE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE IS 40 FEET.

UM, YOU HEARD FROM THE SPEAKERS ON THIS, OH THERE WAS A QUESTION, UM, FROM A SPEAKER ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT AND I WILL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THAT SPEAKER.

BUT JUST TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL, UM, THE CURRENT FLU SHOWS MIXED USE

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AND THIS REZONING WOULD BE MIXED USE, BUT I WILL REACH OUT TO THAT SPEAKER AND ANSWER THEIR QUESTION FOR THEM.

UM, SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE DIAS FOR Y'ALL TO DISCUSS.

UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE, UM, UM, IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AS WELL.

AND JUST TO BE, UH, CERTAIN, THIS IS ON FIRST READING ONLY.

FIRST READING ONLY, AND THIS WILL BE RETURNING BACK NEXT WEEK FOR SECOND AND THIRD READINGS.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 67 MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.

ANY DISCUSSION, ANY OPPOSITION TO ADOPTING THE MOTION? I WILL CONSIDER THAT PASSED.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, DO WE HAVE YOU ON CAMERA TO COUNT YOUR HAND? SHE IS OFF SCREEN FOR NOW.

SO LET'S COUNT THE EIGHT OF US THAT ARE PRESENT AS YES ON NO PART TEN FIRST READING.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MY RECUSAL ON THIS ONE.

OKAY, YOU'RE RECUSED ON THIS ONE? YES.

THERE'S COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 YESES WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER RECUSING.

ALL RIGHT, FIRST READING IS DONE FOR THAT ITEM.

NOW LET'S MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 68.

FIRST READING AS WELL, CORRECT? MM-HMM.

FIRST, YEAH.

UH, SORRY.

UM, YES, ITEM 68 ON YOUR AGENDA IS CASE NUMBER C 14 20 22 0 1 33 LOCATED AT TEN SEVEN OH ONE DESSEL ROAD.

THE PARCEL IS 11.9 ACRES AND THE REZONING REQUEST IS FROM SF TWO TO MF FOUR.

STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THE MF FOUR ZONING CLASSIFICATION.

THE SUBJECT TRACK CURRENTLY HAS A VACANT SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURE ON 11.909 ACRES.

THE HOME IS APPROXIMATELY 2,700 SQUARE FEET AND WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY 1970S.

TO THE NORTH IS WOODCLIFF BAPTIST CHURCH AND SEVERAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BUILT ALONG.

WONDERING WAY TO THE SOUTH ARE TWO ADDITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON A LARGE CROSS TO THE EAST ARE 18 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALONG WANDERING WAY AND FIVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALONG ECHO BLUFF CO.

AGAIN THE ALAN CASH REQUEST OF THE MF FOUR MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCE, MODERATE HIGH DENSITY DISTRICT ZONING IN ORDER TO DEVELOP 330 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

ZAP AND STAFF UM, SUPPORT THE REQUEST AS DESAL FUNCTIONS AS A SIX LANE ARTERIO ROADWAY LEVEL FOUR S A S AND P.

IT HAS MANY MORE INTENSIVE USES ALONG THAT PART OF THE ROADWAY.

THERE'S A CAPITAL METRO BUS STOP WITHIN HALF A MILE OF THE SITE AND UM, THE SITE IS ALONG THE IMAGINE AUSTIN CORRIDOR.

UM, AND THERE ARE ALSO, UM, MAJOR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS IN THE VICINITY SUCH AS TECH RED, SAMSUNG, AND THE LIKE.

ADDITIONALLY, UM, THE APPLICANT ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REQUESTED AN ANNEXATION, UM, THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK NEXT WEEK.

ALONG WITH THIS FOR SECOND AND THIRD READING, THERE IS A VALID PETITION FILED IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST.

SO AT THE FINAL READING IT WOULD REQUIRE NON VOTES.

UM, AND YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE, UM, NUMEROUS OR THE SEVERAL SPEAKERS THAT DID OPPOSE THIS REZONING AND THEY OUTLINED THEIR CONCERNS ACCORDINGLY FOR Y'ALL TO MAKE SURE, UM, YOU CONSIDERING THIS DELIBERATION AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.

JOY.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 68 MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? THERE IS NOT.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO PASSING ON FIRST READING? NO RECUSALS ON THIS ITEM.

WITH THAT WE HAVE, OH WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

SORRY.

THAT'S MY FAULT.

, SORRY IT'S MY FAULT.

I DO HAVE A MOTION SHEET WITH THIS ONE AS WELL.

UM, UM, AMEND UM, SO IF I COULD READ THIS BEFORE.

TAKE A VOTE.

I A APOLOGI MY APOLOGIES.

AMEND CAPTION TO ADD THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY LANGUAGE TO THE ZONING STRING.

ADD NEW PART TWO AND THREE TO THE ORDINANCE BELOW.

AND REMEMBER THE REMAINING SECTIONS.

PART TWO, THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY OVERLAY COMBINING DISTRICT ESTABLISHES ESTABLISHED BY THIS ORDINANCE IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY IS LIMITED TO 330 DWELLING UNITS.

B, AN ORNAMENTAL FENCE MAY NOT BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE NORTHEAST OR SOUTH PROPERTY LINES.

A FENCE CONSTRUCTED ON THE NORTHEAST OR SOUTH PROPERTY LINES MAY NOT BE LESS THAN SIX FEET IN HEIGHT.

PART THREE EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED UNDER THIS ORDINANCE, THE PROPERTY MAY BE DEVELOPED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTS, MODERATE HIGH DENSITY M F FOUR BASED DISTRICT AND OTHER APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY CODE.

IT'S BEEN MOTIONED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ADOPTING IT AS JOY HAS READ INTO THE RECORD? I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S HAND IS UP.

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OKAY, SHE'S MUTED.

I THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE.

NO, WE CAN SEE YOU.

WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

WHAT ABOUT NOW? YES, THERE WE GO.

OH, PERFECT.

UM, SO I DON'T HAVE AN OBJECTION BUT I'M WONDERING IF THIS, UM, THIS AMENDMENT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE SOMEWHERE FOR US TO VIEW IT IN BACKUP JOY.

I WILL MAKE SURE, UM, IT'S ON YELLOW SO I KNOW IT WAS PASSED OUT AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN BACKUP.

ABSOLUTELY.

IF IT'S NOT ON OKAY.

IN VIRTUAL.

I DIDN'T SEE A COPY OF IT, SO I APPRECIATE YOU READING IT INTO THE RECORD.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE AT HOME COULD, COULD VIEW IT AS WELL.

I'M MAKE SURE THAT IS DONE.

MM-HMM , THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I UH, LIKE SOMETIMES WHEN WE DO FIRST READING SO WE HAVE, WE CAN MAKE SURE ALL THE BACKUP IS UHHUH PROPERLY OUT THERE AND UM, PUT TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT FUTURE READINGS.

UM, SO IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ADOPTING THIS WITHOUT HEARING ANY? WE HAVE EIGHT AND WE HAVE UM, ABSENT RIGHT NOW ARE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, MAYOR WATSON AND UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON TER.

I ALMOST SAID MAYOR ADLER CUZ YOU SAID IT EARLIER TODAY.

, NOW IT'S IN MY HEAD.

OKAY, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR LAST ITEMS, WHICH ARE 65 AND 66.

THE BOARD TRACKED.

UM, YES.

ITEM 65 ON YOUR AGENDA IS CASE NUMBER NPA 20 22 0 0 1 6 0.02.

THE TRACK, THE REQUEST IS FROM INDUSTRY TO MIX USE.

THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 21, 21 AND A HALF, 41 AND 71 STRATHAM CODE AND 11 21 41 AND 41 AND A HALF JULIANA COVE.

THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THIS NEIGHBOR OF PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST TO MIX USE.

THE SITE IS OVER 21 ACRES AND DEVELOPED WITH THE BOARD AND DAIRY FACILITY.

THE SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED L I C O N P AND THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS I P D A.

NP STAFF RECOMMENDS THE I P D A NP COMBINING DISTRICT ZONING.

ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WILL ESTABLISH THAT A COCKTAIL LOUNGE USE CANNOT EXCEED 15,015,000 SQUARE FEET AND THE PDA WILL ALSO PROHIBIT SEVERAL USAGE WHICH ARE OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT.

THE APPLICANT AGREES WITH THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

UM, THE REASON FOR SUPPORT IS THAT THE REZONING WOULD PROVIDE 'EM MIXED EXCUSES IN THIS AREA.

THE AREA STANDARDS WILL ADD TWO RESIDENTIAL UNITS, CONDOMINIUM, RESIDENTIAL, AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AGAIN, AS WELL AS THE COCKTAIL LOUNGE.

LOUNGE NOT TAKE EXCEED 15,000 SQUARE FEET.

THE PROPOSED PDA DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WILL MODIFY SETBACKS, BUILDING HEIGHTS, BUILDING COVERAGE, AND F A R TO CREATE A DENSE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS CONSISTENT TO WITH THE GROWTH TRENDS.

THE BIGGEST ASS IS THE 120 FEET IN HEIGHT AS THE EXISTING HEIGHT ALLOWS FOR 60 FEET.

UM, HOWEVER, WHEN STAFF UM, WAS REVIEWING THIS, THE SITE WAS FURTHER AWAY FROM THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY.

ITS PROXIMITY TO THE HIGHWAY AND IT WAS LOWER IN ELEVATION.

AND SO, UM, THE HEIGHT AND THE MIX OF USES WAS APPROPRIATE AT THIS LOCATION.

THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST WAS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I JUST WANNA STATE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, SUPPORTED THE 120 FEET IN HEIGHT, REDUCED THE IMPERVIOUS COVER TO 75%.

UM, AND ALLY RIGHT NOW ALLOWS 80%.

SO THIS WOULD BE A REDUCTION IN IMPERVIOUS COVER WHICH IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT.

UM, AND DID UM, ADD A BUILDING SETBACK ALONG THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE.

UM, SO YEAH, JU YEAH ALLY ALLOWS FOR 80% IN HEIGHT AND THE UM, PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION WAS 75% IMPERVIOUS COVER.

UM, YOU HEARD FROM, UM, THE NUMEROUS SPEAKERS, UM, AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

AND THIS IS JUST ON FIRST READING.

FIRST READING ONLY.

END RETURNING 65 AND 66.

ITEM 65 AND 66.

FIRST READING ONLY RETURNING BACK ON JUNE 8TH COUNCIL MEETING.

AND I WANNA NOTE A RECUSAL FROM COUNCIL MEMBER OF LAST AYE MAYOR PRO TIME.

I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM 65 AND 66 AND I SUBMITTED THE AFFIDAVIT TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE THIS MORNING.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.

THANK YOU JOY.

I MISSED THE LAST PART THAT YOU MENTIONED ON THE IMPERVIOUS COVER PERCENTAGE.

UM, YEAH, SO, UM, ALLY IS THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT AND ALLOWS FOR 80% IMPERVIOUS COVER.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION WAS 75% IMPERVIOUS COVER.

SO RIGHT NOW A DEVELOPMENT COULD BE 80%, BUT THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT COULD ONLY DEVELOP TO 75% IMPERVIOUS COVER.

SO WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY WOULD HAVE A 75 YES.

WHICH WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY WOULD BE 75% IMPERVIOUS COVER.

CORRECT.

OKAY,

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OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA READY TO TAKE A VOTE FOR FIRST READING ON THESE ITEMS? ANY OBJECTION TO ADOPTING IT? NO OBJECTION.

THAT GIVES US A COUNT OF SEVEN.