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I WILL CALL THE MEETING THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS WORK SESSION.
IT'S 9:03 AM UM, MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER IS OFF THE DIOCESE ON CITY BUSINESS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE IS ALSO OFF THE DIOCESE.
UH, THIS WEEK, UH, THE ORDER THAT WE WILL GO IN ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM.
THE FIRST ITEM WE'LL BRING UP IS THE BRIEFING ON PROJECT LIFE OAK.
WE WILL THEN HAVE A BRIEFING ON THE AIRPORT EXPANSION PROJECT.
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED, UH, THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COMMENT ON OR DISCUSS IN ANTICIPATION OF OUR THURSDAY MEETING.
AND THAT IS ITEM NUMBER NINE AND ITEM NUMBER 83.
UH, I WILL NEED TO STEP OFF THE DAAS AT AROUND RIGHT AT 11 O'CLOCK, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING A VIRTUAL, UH, SIGNING CEREMONY WITH THE CITY OF FLORENCE ON A SISTER CITY AGREEMENT.
AND SO I'LL NEED TO STEP AWAY, UH, FOR THAT.
UH, WE WILL ALSO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, IF THE, IF I'M OFF THE DAIS DURING THE TIME THAT WE GET TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE MAYOR PRO TIM WILL CALL, UH, FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THE COUNCIL WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, HAVE BEEN NOTICED.
[B2. City of Austin and NXP proposed Business Expansion Program economic development contract, under Chapter 380 of the Texas Local Government Code.]
WILL FIRST GO TO A BRIEFING ON PROJECT LIVE OAK.GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SONOVA HOLT RAB, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
JOINED TODAY BY SABINA ROMERO, OUR DIVISION MANAGER OF GLOBAL BUSINESS EXPANSION, AS WELL AS ARNIE JACOBS, OUR BUSINESS PROCESS CONSULTANT HERE TO PRESENT, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND N X P CHAPTER THREE 80 PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP TODAY.
AND NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SABINA.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, OUR PRESENTATION THIS MORNING.
WE'LL TOUCH ON AUSTIN'S CHAPTER THREE 80 PROGRAM AND N X P.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW N X P IS A STRONG COMMUNITY MEMBER.
WE'LL GO OVER THE PROPOSED FUNDING SUPPORT, AND THEN WE'LL SHARE OUR PARTNERSHIP RECOMMENDATION TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW FROM GENERAL TO SPECIFIC ABOUT AUSTIN'S CHAPTER THREE 80 PROGRAM AND N X P.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CHAPTER THREE 80 PROGRAM IS BASED IN STATE LAW, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER THREE 80, AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN IMPLEMENTED THIS STATE PROGRAM BY ORDINANCE NX P'S APPLICATION TO BE A PART OF OUR THREE 80 PROGRAM IS PART OF THEIR LARGER PROCESS OF ALSO APPLYING FOR FEDERAL CHIPS FUNDING.
THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION WITH THIS THREE 80 TO SUPPORT THEIR BUSINESS PLANS IS NECESSARY FOR THEM TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR CHIPS FUNDING.
THE PROPOSED LOCAL EXPANSION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH USING OUR THREE 80 SUPPORT IS TO REMOVE AND REPLACE FOUR OF FIVE TECHNOLOGY LINES IN THEIR LOCATIONS HERE IN AUSTIN, WHICH WOULD CREATE 53 JOBS AND INVEST OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS, QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS, I'M SORRY, N X P AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER HAS BEEN IN AUSTIN SINCE 1974.
THEIR SEMICONDUCTORS ARE, UH, PART OF PRODUCT APPLICATIONS.
THE TWO FACILITIES THAT THEY HAVE HERE IN AUSTIN EMPLOY 2,768 PEOPLE WITH THEIR ED BLUESTEIN CAMPUS EMPLOYING OVER A THOUSAND AND THEIR OAK HILL CAMPUS EMPLOYING OVER 1,700.
THEY'RE A VERY INVOLVED COMMUNITY MEMBER.
THEY HAVE A HISPANIC EDUCATION AWARENESS TEAM, A BLACK ACHIEVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND THEY'RE WELL KNOWN FOR VOLUNTEERING ACROSS THE CITY.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO ARNE JACOB TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE FINANCES OF THE THREE 80 AGREEMENT.
UH, YES, THE PROJECT DYNAMICS ARE AS FOLLOWS.
OF THE $290 MILLION INVESTMENT, UH, ACROSS THE TWO CAMPUSES, ROUGHLY 90% OF THAT WILL BE IN TERMS OF REAL PROPERTY.
THERE IS A, I'M SORRY, IN TERMS OF PER PERSONAL PROPERTY, THERE IS A REAL PROPERTY COMPONENT, BUT THERE ARE NO NEW SQUARE FOOT.
THERE'S NO NEW SQUARE FOOTAGE ADDED.
UH, THE INVESTMENTS SPLIT RELATIVELY EVENLY BETWEEN THE TWO CAMPUSES AT 148 MILLION AT, UH, OAK HILL AND, UH, 141 MILLION AT A T M C.
JOB CREATION OVER THE FIVE YEARS WILL BE 32, UH, AT OAK HILL AND 21 AT A T M C FOR A TOTAL OF 53.
OUR PROGRAM REQUIRES THAT WE DO A FISCAL BENEFIT ANALYSIS.
UH, THE EXPECTED IMPACT OVER TO THE CITY OVER FIVE YEARS IS 2.9 MILLION WITH AN ESTIMATED CITY COST OF, OF CITY SERVICES ADDED, UH, 299,000 FOR AN ESTIMATED NET FISCAL BENEFIT OF 200 OF 2.6 MILLION.
OF THAT 2.9 MILLION FISCAL IMPACT, ROUGHLY 2.5 MILLION IS, UH, GENERATED THROUGH PROPERTY TAX IMPROVEMENTS.
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UH, THE PROPERTY TAX, UH, IS, I'M SORRY, PROPERTY TAX IMPROVEMENTS.OF THAT 2.6 MILLION IN, IN FISCAL BENEFITS, WE CALCULATED A, UH, I'M SORRY, FROM THE APPLICATION, THE ABILITY TO, UH, THROUGH THE SCORE TO HAVE A 40% AWARD FOR THE BASE INDUCEMENT OF 631,000 OVER THE FIVE YEARS, UH, THE PROGRAM GUIDELINES ALLOW FOR 50%, UH, AWARD UP TO AND FOR MAXIMUM, I'M SORRY.
AND OUR TEAM CAME UP WITH AN ADDITIONAL 10% FOR A WORKFORCE TRANSIT TRANSITION AND TRAINING FUND THAT ALLOW FOR, UH, ASSISTANCE WITH TRAINING FOR WRAPAROUND SERVICES SUCH AS CHILD CHILDCARE, UH, AND ALSO ADDITION TO THAT, AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TRAINING PROGRAM FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1.5, I'M SORRY, FIVE 157,000 OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
BECAUSE THIS IS THE HIGH IMPACT PROJECT, IT ALLOWS FOR THE, THE STAFF TO COME UP WITH, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED, UH, BONUS THAT WE, WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, PROVIDES FOR, UH, ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED HIRING UP TO 25, UH, FOR A MINIMUM OF 25% COMBINING ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED DEFINITION FROM OUR PROGRAM GUIDELINES AND THE STATE'S ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM.
UH, ALSO ADDING AN ADDITIONAL SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR PARTICIPATION IN GREEN CHOICE AND GREEN BUSINESS LEADERS, AS WELL AS, UH, AGREEING TO WATER HARVESTING, UH, COMPONENTS FOR AUSTIN ENERGY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL PROPOSED INCENTIVE PACKAGE OF 1 MILLION, UH, REDUCING THAT FROM THE ESTIMATED IMPACT OF 2.6 MILLION, WHERE THE FIVE YEARS, THE NET FISCAL BENEFIT WILL STILL BE 1.5 TO THE CITY OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
THIS FINAL SLIDE PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT STAFF HAS FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH N X P.
THE THREE 80 RELATIONSHIP WOULD BE FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS, THERE WOULD BE A CITY PROPERTY TAX REIMBURSEMENT.
40% WOULD BE A BASE INDUCEMENT AWARD.
10% OF THE REIMBURSEMENT WOULD BE FOR WORKFORCE TRANSITION AND TRAINING.
15% WOULD BE FOR THAT BONUS COMMUNITY BENEFIT REIMBURSEMENT.
THE 10% FOR HIRING ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED APPLICANTS, 5% FOR SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES, THE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ANY THREE 80 WITH THE CITY COMPLIANCE WITH JOB CREATION AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT EMPLOYEE AND CONTRACTOR LIVABLE WAGES PARTICIPATING IN OUR M W B E PROGRAM.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS PROPOSAL IS SEPTEMBER EIGHT THROUGH 15.
THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE AT THIS WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING.
AND NEXT, AND COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IS FOR THE SEPTEMBER 21ST.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN? ALTER MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE THREE EIGHTIES IS THERE IS A PRETTY STRICT ENFORCEMENT OR OVERSIGHT MECHANISM, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS IT A SLIDING SCALE OR KIND OF ALL OR NOTHING? SO EXAMPLE, IF THEY PRODUCE JUST A FEW LESS JOBS THAN WHAT HAS BEEN PROMISED, DOES THE WHOLE THING GO AWAY OR JUST, IS IT JUST A PERCENTAGE THAT THEY LOSE ON THEIR INCENTIVE? THERE IS A, A, A MARGIN OF 20% WHERE THEY CAN EITHER EXCEED OR MISS TO WHERE THEY GET 100% OF THE, OF THE INCENTIVE, BUT IT'S, IT'S AN ALL OR NOTHING BEYOND THAT POINT.
SO MY QUESTION MIGHT BE FOR N X P I SEE IF THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT HAVING A LOCAL MATCH IS CRITICAL TO N X P BEING ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE, UH, FEDERAL CHIPS ACT FUNDING.
UM, AS PART OF THAT FUNDING, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IF, UH, A COMPANY GOES OUT FOR AN INVESTMENT OF MORE THAN 150 MILLION, THAT THAT THEN TRIGGERS A COMMITMENT AROUND CHILDCARE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT NX P'S UM, PLANS INCLUDE REGARDING CHILDCARE ARRANGEMENTS, EITHER ONSITE OR OFFSITE SUBSIDIES, ANY, UM, INCENTIVES AND, UM, ARRANGEMENTS THAT THEY WOULD BE PROVIDING THEIR EMPLOYEES.
AND, UM, AS YOU'RE WALKING TO THE FRONT, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE WAS A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE URBAN INSTITUTE THAT TALKED ABOUT THE DEMAND FOR NON-TRADITIONAL CHILDCARE, ESPECIALLY, UM, IN THIS INDUSTRY.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF
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YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL.FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
I'M THE AMERICA'S HR, UH, LEAD, SO THANK YOU.
UM, SO CHILDCARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR CHILDCARE IS A, WE ACTUALLY, SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, WE ACTUALLY HAVE CHILDCARE FACILITIES RIGHT NEXT TO OUR FACILITIES.
I THINK ONE OF THE ASPECTS THAT IS DIFFICULT IS, SINCE THIS IS, IS HIGH TECH MANUFACTURING FAB, AND GIVEN THE NATURE OF IT, HAVING AN ONSITE FACILITY WOULD ACTUALLY BE A LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS FOR HAVING INFANTS.
SO BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG, THEY'RE ACTUALLY FACILITIES RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS WITH THE CHILDCARE ONSITE ASPECT.
UM, THE OTHER ASPECT I WOULD SAY IS HAVING CHILDCARE, UM, IS RIGHT NOW WE PROVIDE A, A WAY FOR IF THERE'S ANY EMERGENCIES THAT HAPPEN THAT WE GIVE HELP SO THAT THEY CAN, IT'S LIKE $10, BUT IF ANYTHING URGENT HAPPENS, WE CAN GIVE THEM HELP RIGHT AWAY SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE WITH WHATEVER IS HAPPENING.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER ASPECT IS WE'RE ALSO RIGHT NOW IN CONTRACTING WITH GIVING ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIES AND SUPPORT AND DISCOUNTS FOR FOLKS THAT THEY CAN USE THOSE ONSITE, UM, FACILITIES.
THOSE, THOSE FACILITIES THAT ARE, UM, CLOSE BY.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD THANK YOU.
AND CERTAINLY, UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE N X P TO WORK WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, UH, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR LOCAL CHILDCARE NEEDS AND THE LANDSCAPE THAT WE HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDCARE ACCESSIBILITY.
UH, CERTAINLY I THINK THIS CONVERSATION WOULD BE ILLUMINATING AS TO WHAT MORE CAN BE DONE, UH, IN ADDRESSING THIS COMMUNITY NEED THAT WE HAVE.
UH, AND JUST TO, TO CLARIFY, WOULD NXP BE SEEKING, UH, YOU KNOW, SEEKING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CHIPS ACT AT THE LEVEL THAT WOULD REQUIRE A CHILDCARE PLAN? I THINK AT THIS TIME, WE ARE NOT AT THAT LEVEL.
BUT TO YOUR POINT ABOUT CONSTANTLY LISTENING TO OUR EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE MULTIPLE MECHANISMS SO THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY LISTENING TO WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE MOST, AND HOW DO WE HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THAT? AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS KEEPING A CLOSE UP YEAR AND EYE TO WHAT ARE THOSE ASKS.
AND RIGHT NOW, SOME OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS, UH, REALLY GOOD AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL THE ASPECTS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORKED REALLY HARD LAST YEAR, AS AN EXAMPLE, IS WE HELD THE RATES AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE LIKE A $300 DISCOUNT, SO THAT IF YOU DO SOME PREVENTATIVE WORK, THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS OF REDUCING THE OVERALL HEALTHCARE COSTS FOR THEM AND IF APPLICABLE FOR THEIR WHOLE FAMILY.
IF I MIGHT JUST UNDERSCORE WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS ASKING ABOUT, AND, AND IN MY CONVERSATION WITH N XP, WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT CHILDCARE.
THERE'S A FOCUS IN AUSTIN, I BELIEVE, ON THE ISSUE OF CHILDCARE AND HOW WE DO BETTER WITH REGARD TO CHILDCARE.
THE CHIPS ACT ALONG WITH THINGS LIKE THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, UH, OTHER FEDERAL ACTIVITY HAVE BUILT INTO THOSE LAWS.
THE ABILITY TO, UH, GAIN ACCESS TO CHILDCARE MONEY, TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE CHILDCARE AND TO GAIN MORE MONEY IN SOME INSTANCES, UH, IF YOU'RE PROVIDING CHILDCARE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE COUNT, I DON'T MEAN TO SPEAK FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP, BUT, BUT I THINK THAT IS WHAT SHE'S SPEAKING TO.
I GET ALSO THAT THERE MAY BE A, A, AN AMOUNT THAT YOU HAD YOU HIT, AND THEN THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, BUT WHAT THE INTEREST IS GOING TO BE, I THINK ONE OF THE INTERESTS THAT IS GOING TO BE IS NOT WHETHER YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING BUT IS INSTEAD ARE YOU WILLING TO DO SOMETHING, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE, THE TONE TENOR AND IMPORT OF THINGS LIKE THE CHIPS ACT, UH, SPEAK TO CHILDCARE.
I, I SAY THAT RECOGNIZING THAT I THINK PROBABLY THIS WHOLE COUNCIL'S GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTED, UH, IN, IN AUSTIN BEING A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEADER WHEN IT COMES TO, JUST BECAUSE OF OUR HISTORY AND, AND THE PASSAGE OF THE CHIPS ACT.
BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE VERY SPECIFIC TO THAT.
SO I, I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSCORE, UH, THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE WITH REGARD TO CHILDCARE AND NEARBY THAT SHOWS YOU ON THE CUTTING EDGE, IF NOT WELL AHEAD OF SOME PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT THIS IS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SET A, A REAL EXAMPLE, PARTICULARLY AS WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE INCENTIVIZE.
I I WOULD JUST ADD LIKE OUR SEARCH FOR THE DISCOUNTS AND CONTINUING WITH THIS CONVERSATION WITH OTHER BENEFITS PROGRAMS
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THAT WE HAVE.'CAUSE ACTUALLY IT'S A VERY ROBUST
THERE'S A VERY REAL INTEREST IN CHILDCARE.
I HAVE EXPRESSED THAT TO THE N X P PEOPLE IN HOPES THAT IF THAT QUESTION CAME UP, IT WOULD BE ANSWERED IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY.
GREAT ON HEALTHCARE THAT YOU'RE RIGHT.
UH, BUT THE NUMBER TWO EXPENSE IN MOST PEOPLE'S HOUSEHOLDS IN THIS COMMUNITY BEHIND THEIR HOUSING COST IS CHILDCARE.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT CHILDCARE, KEEP UP, ALL THE OTHER GOOD WORK, WE'RE ALL FOR IT.
BUT IF YOU COME TO US ASKING FOR INCENTIVES THAT WE ARE INCLINED TO WANT TO GIVE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC WE'RE ASKING ABOUT OR COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ASKING ABOUT, I THINK YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED TO, TO ANSWER THAT.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT 10% AND TO HELP LOWER THOSE COSTS.
AND THAT WOULD BE I RESPECTIVE OF WHETHER WE COME TO THIS AGREEMENT, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT.
WE'RE IN THE CONTRACTING PHASE, AND WHETHER WE GO THROUGH WITH THE CHIPS, THAT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY DEDICATED TO OUR YEAH, I'M NOT GETTING ON YOU.
BUT AS WE DEBATE THIS AND DISCUSS THIS AND, AND SET AN EX, THERE HASN'T BEEN AN AGREEMENT LIKE THIS IN WHAT, SEVEN YEARS NOW? HOW, HOW MUCH? I BELIEVE IT'S, YEAH, SEVEN YEARS.
UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT, BUT, BUT, BUT WE ARE, AND WE'RE HAPPY YOU ARE.
I MEAN, A LONG TIME, LONG, LONG TIME PLAYER IN THIS COMMUNITY, A LONG TIME LEADER IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND, AND I'M, AND THAT'S NOT LOST ON ANYBODY, BUT AS WE TAKE THIS FIRST STEP, WE ALSO HAVE TO BE THINKING WHAT'S WHO, WHO, WHO'S GOING TO BE NEXT AT THAT PODIUM? AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THINGS SPECIFICALLY LIKE CHILDCARE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO SET AN EXAMPLE ABOUT WE, WE WANT AUSTIN TO BE SEEN AS SOMEBODY THAT'S WILLING TO WORK WITH INDUSTRIES LIKE YOURS.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE SOME SPECIFIC NEEDS IN AUSTIN, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS.
AND, AND JUST TO UNDERSCORE, I REALLY APPRECIATE NX P'S INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU'VE BEEN A DEMONSTRATED COMMUNITY PARTNER, AND THAT GOES A LONG WAY, ESPECIALLY WITH ME.
AND I THINK WHAT I'M TRYING TO THINK THROUGH WITH THIS LENS OF POTENTIALLY APPROVING AN INCENTIVE PACKAGE IS HOW IS IT ADDRESSING OUR COMMUNITY'S TOP NEEDS OR COMMUNITY'S TOP PRIORITIES? AND SO, UH, JUST TO UNDER UNDERSCORE, I REALLY, UM, WOULD APPRECIATE IF Y'ALL CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS LIKE, UH, SUCCESS BY SIX EARLY MATTERS AUSTIN.
THEY HAVE INCREDIBLE, UH, SURVEYS AND TOOLKITS AROUND CHILDCARE, ACCESSIBILITY AND NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN AUSTIN.
I THINK THEY WOULD BE, UM, HELPFUL IN PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INSIGHT AS YOU WORK TO BUILD OUT A MORE ROBUST CHILDCARE PACKAGE.
YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? NO, YOU SURE.
ACTED LIKE YOU WANTED TO TALK
COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, IT'S A QUICK QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE, THE FEDERAL CHIPS FUNDS THAT, UH, THIS WILL, THAT OUR SUPPORT WOULD ENABLE.
COULD YOU TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? I'M NOT SURE THE, THE, I'VE HEARD THAT, THAT DISCUSSED AT VARIOUS TIMES, BUT EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE RULES SURROUNDING THE, THE CHIPS ACT, UH, COMBINED WITH LIKE LOCAL FUNDING? NOTHING.
THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FOR A LOCAL, FOR LOCAL PARTICIPATION.
THE, UM, THE ESTIMATES FROM ON THE CHIPS GUIDELINES ARE THAT THE, THERE WOULD BE RELATIVELY A FIVE TO 15%, UH, PARTICIPATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN OF TOTAL PROJECT COST.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? UH, YEAH.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE FEDS WOULD COVER FIVE TO 15% OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IN THIS CASE WOULD BE IN THE 15 TO $45 MILLION RANGE.
UH, AND THERE'S NO SPECIFIC GUIDELINES, JUST TO RESTATE TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING.
THERE'S NO SPECIFIC GUIDELINES THAT THE CITY HAS TO PUT IN X AMOUNT OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, BUT THERE, THE CITY JUST HAS TO SHOW SUPPORT.
THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF, UH, UH, FISCAL, UH, DEMONSTRATION OF LOCAL SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.
WOULD THAT BE, UH, THE RIGHT WAY TO, TO SAY IT? THE, THE GUIDELINES REQUIRED A, A LOCAL MATCH.
IT DOESN'T REALLY, NOT A SPECIFICALLY PROPORTIONATE MATCH,
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AND IT DOESN'T REALLY TALK TO WHAT THAT MIGHT BE.IT COULD BE, UM, PERMITTING ASSISTANCE, BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOME PHYSICAL PARTICIPATION.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, MADAM PRO, TIM, I'LL JUST JUMP IN IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
I, UH, APPRECIATE HAVING A LOCAL MANUFACTURING HUB HERE AND APPRECIATE THEM WANTING TO EXPAND HERE IN AUSTIN.
I KNOW, UM, SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, OBVIOUSLY AS TIMES CHANGE, THE PIECES THAT NEED TO BE MANUFACTURED CHANGE.
AND SO, UM, IT ALSO HAS BEEN A LONG TIME, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER TAKEN UP A CHAPTER THREE 80 AGREEMENT, UM, IN MY TIME ON THE DAAS.
AND SO THIS, UH, IS ALSO NEW TO ME.
UM, BUT I ALWAYS SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES TRYING TO EXPAND AND HIRE HERE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
UM, I'M EXCITED THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO LEVERAGE OUR SUPPORT WITH, UM, OTHER FEDERAL SUPPORT THAT, UM, IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SO I HOPE WE CAN WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE OTHER DETAILS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE HAD QUESTIONS ON.
UM, BUT I'M REALLY EAGER TO GO THROUGH THIS.
AND I ALSO KNOW THAT WITH CHAPTER THREE 80, IF THE CRITERIA IS NOT MET AND THE GOALS ARE MISSED, THEN THE CITY'S NOT ON THE HOOK FOR ANY SORT OF REIMBURSEMENT.
SO I THINK, UH, THIS IS PROBABLY NEW FOR EVERYBODY UP HERE, EXCEPT MAYBE SOME OF THE COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE DAIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS LONGER THAN I HAVE BEEN.
BUT, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE QUESTIONS AND THE COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND, AND I'LL UNDERSCORE SOMETHING ELSE THAT I THINK HAS BEEN SAID A COUPLE TIMES.
UM, I THINK I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO BRING UP THAT IT'S BEEN SEVEN YEARS.
AND THEN THE, WHAT THE MAYOR PRO TIM JUST SAID, THAT PROBABLY ALSO REQUIRES AT LEAST A SHOUT OUT TO OUR STAFF, UH, THAT IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, EVERY WEEK THEY'RE BRINGING US SOMETHING AND SAYING, YOU GOTTA DO THIS.
IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY, UH, A, A, A REAL SIGN THAT OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF IS BEING VERY JUDICIOUS IN WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE BRINGING FORWARD.
SO, UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT AS, AS WELL.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND N X P, THANK YOU ALL.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE.
WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH ON THIS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING ON THIS.
[B1. Airport expansion project.]
THAT WILL TAKE US TO A BRIEFING ON, UM, SOMETHING CALLED AN AIRPORT EXPANSIONI DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT REFERS TO, BUT WE'LL FIND OUT.
I GUESS I ASK YOU TO PUT THAT MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF YOUR MOUTH,
TODAY, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND WALK YOU THROUGH THE STATUS OF THE AIRPORT TODAY RELATIVE TO GROWTH, AS WELL AS WHAT OUR SHORT AND LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS ARE THAT WE WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL'S COOPERATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
AUSTIN HAS A LONG HISTORY OF GROWTH, UH, DRAMATIC GROWTH RELATIVE TO THE REST OF THE, UH, COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE AIRPORTS.
UH, IN 1999, THE AIRPORT OPENED UP WITH 25 GATES.
AT THAT TIME, WE WERE ONLY HAD 5 MILLION PEOPLE USING A FACILITY THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR 11 MILLION.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE HERE BACK IN 1999, YOU REMEMBER THAT THE AIRPORT WAS OPEN, THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CROWDS.
AS A RESULT, THERE WAS A VERY HIGH EXPECTATION FOR SERVICE LEVEL, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT TODAY BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE GROWTH.
IN ABOUT 19, UM, 2018, WE ADDED NINE GATES AND RAISED THE DESIGN CAPACITY FOR THE AIRPORT TO 15 MILLION PASSENGERS.
THE TROUBLE IS THAT THE DAY WE OPENED THAT EXPANSION, WE WERE ALREADY AT 17 MILLION PASSENGERS.
AND TODAY WE STILL HAVE A FACILITY THAT'S DESIGNED FOR A MAXIMUM OF 15 MILLION PEOPLE, AND WE'RE HANDLING 22 MILLION PASSENGERS.
SO THE BOTTOM LINE, IT IS A CROWDED AIRPORT.
WE DO HAVE LINES ON BUSIEST DAYS, UH, FOR THE RESTROOMS. WE HAVE LINES FOR CONCESSIONS.
UM, IT, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF KEEPING UP WITH THE VOLUMES OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE PROCESSING.
NEXT SLIDE TRIES TO GO OVER, UM, THE CATCHMENT AREA THAT WE DRAW FROM.
SO THE GROWTH AT THE AIRPORT IS REALLY JUST A FACTOR OF THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF THE WHOLE CENTRAL TEXAS REGION.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE SHARE THIS CATCHMENT AREA WITH SAN ANTONIO.
SO WE COMPETE TO A DEGREE WITH SAN ANTONIO OVER WHO GETS WHICH
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FLIGHTS TO SERVE, WHICH CUSTOMERS.SO OVERALL, WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS DEMOGRAPHICS OURSELF IN AUSTIN, AS WELL AS OUR ABILITY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE GROWTH IN THIS ENTIRE CATCHMENT AREA.
UH, OVERALL, THE NEXT SLIDE WAS TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THEIR GROWTH HAS LOOKED LIKE IN TERMS OF ANNUAL NUMBERS.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN 22, WE JUMPED TO 21.1 MILLION.
THIS YEAR, WE EXPECT TO HIT 22 MILLION, UH, PASSENGERS, AND THE GROWTH CONTINUES.
THE NEXT SLIDE TRIES TO ILLUSTRATE THE BUMP, WHICH REALLY PUSHED US, UH, TO THE EDGE TO A DEGREE.
UM, WHEN WE CAME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD A 38% INCREASE TO TODAY IN THE VOLUME OF SEATS THAT THE AIRLINES PUT INTO OUR MARKET.
THAT'S THE HIGHEST OF ANY AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY.
SO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WAS ALREADY ON THE EDGE, UH, WE HAVE A 38% INCREASE IN THE VOLUME, UH, WHICH MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN A, A GOOD SERVICE LEVEL.
NEXT SLIDE IS TO CONVERT THAT INTO A DAILY NUMBERS.
UM, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE HANDLING ABOUT 20 TO 25,000 OUTBOUND PASSENGERS.
TODAY, ON A TYPICAL DAY, WE'RE HANDLING 30,000 DEPARTING PASSENGERS ON A HOLIDAY OR A BUSY WEEKEND, WE'LL HANDLE 35 OR UP TO 40.
AND ON FORMULA ONE DAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 45,000 PASSENGERS, WHICH IS WAY BEYOND THE CAPABILITIES OF THE FACILITY TO HANDLE.
NEXT SLIDE IS JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME SENSE OF SCALE OF COMPARED TO OTHER FACILITIES, UH, OUR HANDLING OF 50 TO 70,000 ON A DAILY BASIS, UH, AGAINST WHAT DISNEY WORLD DOES WITH THE MAGIC KINGDOM OR DISNEYLAND IN CALIFORNIA.
SO WE HAVE A LARGE VOLUME OF, OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ON A DAILY BASIS.
THE NEXT SLIDE TRIES TO GO OVER THE PLANNING TOOL THAT WE USE TO MARK THINGS BY, BASED ON INDUSTRY STANDARDS, WHETHER THEY'RE DEFICIENT, THOSE SATISFACTORY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF THE AIRPORT LIST, THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS THAT MAKE UP A SERVICE EXPERIENCE ON THE, THE LEFT, AND WALK YOU THROUGH BY DATE.
WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IS GOING TO BE THE SERVICE LEVELS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
YOU CAN SEE IN 22, 2, WE'RE DEFICIENT IN ALMOST ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE AIRFIELD.
UH, IN 28, AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF SOME OF THE INTERIM PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE, WE GET SOME THINGS OUT OF THE DEFICIENT STAGE, BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT.
AND FINALLY, IT'S THE LONG-TERM PROJECTS THAT HAVE TO BE PUT IN PLACE BEFORE WE FINALLY GET TO, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE TO A SUFFICIENT STANDARD FOR US TO RETURN TO WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE A QUALITY LEVEL OF SERVICE.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO GHISLAINE, WHO'LL WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AS MR. SMITH MENTIONED, WE'RE LEVERAGING THE NEAR TERM PROJECT TO PROVIDE RELIEF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WHILE WE'RE PLANNING AND DESIGNING LARGE EXPANSION PROJECTS, THE FIRST PROJECT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER IS THE WESTGATE EXPANSION.
WE DID CELEBRATE THE GROUNDBREAKING ON AUGUST 30TH.
THIS PROJECT WILL HELP US SIGNIFICANTLY TO IMPROVE THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE BY ADDING THREE GATES THAT WILL SERVE AS A REPLACEMENT GATES.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ADD THE NEW CONCOURSE AND CONNECT THE TWO CONCOURSES VIA VIA TUNNEL, WE DON'T LOSE THE GATES.
WE'LL BE TAKING GATES OUT OF SERVICE, AND THIS WILL HELP US SIGNIFICANTLY.
THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO IMPROVE THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE BY ADDING ADDITIONAL AMENITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, PET RELIEF AREA, SENSORY ROOM, PUBLIC ART PLAY AREA FOR, FOR KIDS.
THESE ARE ALL ENHANCEMENT TO THE CURRENT PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AND WILL HELP US ALSO FOCUS ON THE RESILIENCY OF OUR OPERATION BY REPLACING 12 JET BRIDGES THROUGHOUT THE TERMINAL.
AND THIS WILL HELP, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER, AS WE'VE SEEN THIS, THIS SUMMER, IS THESE NEW JET BRIDGES WILL HAVE AN INTEGRATED AND UPGRADED AC UNITS TO THEM.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS OUR HAND BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM.
WE'RE BUILDING NEW BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM THAT WILL REPLACE OUR AGING AND OUTDATED CURRENT SYSTEM.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT THIS BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM IS FOR OUR OUTBOUND BAGGAGE, AND THOSE ARE THE BAGS THAT ARE CHECKED AT THE TICKET COUNTERS.
THIS WILL HELP US ENSURE THAT AS WE EXPAND OUR FOOTPRINT, WE HAVE THE CRITICAL SYSTEM
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IN PLACE FOR THE FUTURE CAPACITY WHEN WE ADD THE ADDITIONAL CONCOURSE, OUR INBOUND BAGGAGE SYSTEM, AND THOSE ARE THE BAGS THAT TRAVEL FROM THE AIRPLANE OR THE AIRCRAFT TO THE BAGGAGE CLAIM IS LESS COMPLEX AND IS WITHIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE LIFECYCLE.SO WHEN YOU GUYS HEAR COMPLAINTS FROM CUSTOMERS ABOUT DELAYS FOR OUR INBOUND BAGGAGE, THAT'S MAINLY HANDLED BY OUR AIRLINES, AND IT'S DUE TO THE AIRLINES OPERATION OR STAFFING SHORTAGES THERE.
SO THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL BE COMPLETE IN 25, BUT WE WILL BEGIN SCREENING THE BAGS IN PHASE ONE, WHICH IS NEXT YEAR.
NEXT PROJECT IS OUR WEST INFIELD PROJECT.
AND THIS, THIS IS A NEAR TERM, UH, PROJECT THAT WE'RE LEVERAGING ANY AVAILABLE SPACE THAT'S NOT USED CURRENTLY.
SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE TIMES WHERE YOU VISITED OUR AIRPORT, THERE IS A SPACE ON BOTH THE UPPER LEVEL AND THE LOWER LEVEL BEFORE YOU REACH THE FIRST SET OF TERMINAL DOORS.
THAT'S CURRENTLY JUST AN OPEN SPACE.
THIS PROJECT WILL FILL IN THAT OPEN SPACE, AND WE WILL BE EXTENDING CHECKPOINT THREE FROM TWO LANES TO EIGHT LANES TO CREATE MORE AND CREATE MORE APRON SPACE TO HOUSE THE NEW BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM, AS WELL AS ADD AN AIRLINE CLUB IN THE MEZZANINE LEVEL.
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ARE CREATING TERMINAL SPACE BY FILLING THE OPEN AREAS AND OPTIMIZING THE THE BARBARA JORDAN TERMINAL.
THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN AND WILL BE COMPLETE IN 2026.
THE NEXT PROJECT SHOULD ANOTHER INFILL PROJECT.
AND IF YOU WALK TO THE TERMINAL TODAY FROM THE UPPER CURBSIDE, YOU SEE AN OPEN SPACE OVERLOOKING THE BAGGAGE CLAIM, WE, WE WILL, WE WILL CAP THAT AND CREATE A FLOOR SPACE.
THIS FLOOR SPACE WILL HELP US WITH THE Q PROVIDE THE Q IN NEEDED AND ADDRESS ALL THOSE DEFICIENCIES.
AS YOU GUYS SEEN IN THE, IN THE PICTURES IN THIS PRESENTATION, OR YOU'VE SEEN LINES OR IN THE NEWS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT PRO PROJECT TO THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE.
IT'LL HELP US PROVIDE THE Q WE NEEDED FOR THE CHECK, THE, THE CHECK-IN PROCESS, AND ALSO THE CHECKPOINTS.
AND THIS PROJECT IS IN DESIGN AND WILL BE COMPLETE IN 2026.
OUR INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL FACILITY ALSO IS IN CRITICAL NEED OF NEAR TERM AND LONG TERM IMPROVEMENT.
WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO SECURE NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES AND FLIGHTS, AND WE WANT TO RETAIN THEM.
AND ALSO WE WANNA CONTINUE TO GROW OUR INTERNATIONAL OFFERINGS INTO THE FUTURE.
SO WE ABSOLUTELY MUST IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE FOR TRAVELERS WHO USE THIS FACILITY.
MANY WHO ARRIVE ON A LONG HAUL TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHTS.
WHEN THE AIRLINES FOLLOW THEIR PRECISE SCHEDULES, WE DO NOT SEE A LOT OF FACILITY CRUNCH.
HOWEVER, IF ONE OF OUR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS IS EITHER LATE OR ARRIVES EARLY BY 15 MINUTES, THAT CREATES A LOT OF ISSUES FOR US BECAUSE THE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS ARE DEPLANING PASSENGERS AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THESE FLIGHTS ARE THE BIGGEST FLIGHTS THAT WE SEE AT A U S, AND THEY'RE USUALLY FULLY BOOKED.
SO IN NEAR TERM IMPROVEMENTS, WE WILL BE ADDING BAGGAGE CAROUSEL, WHICH WILL HELP IN SITUATIONS WHERE MULTIPLE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS ARRIVE.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR AIRLINE PARTNERS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SCHEDULE.
THE AIRLINES CONTROL THE SCHEDULES, WHICH ARE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY OTHER AIRPORTS, TIME ZONES AND CONNECTIVITY.
WE WILL ALSO ADD MORE CUSTOMER AND BORROW PROTECTION BOOTS AND MORE SPACE FOR PROCESSING PASSENGERS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR CUSTOMER AND BORDER PROTECTION PARTNERS TO REQUEST AND ADD MORE STAFFING AS WELL AS OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
AND THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN, AND WE'RE WORKING HARD TO COMPLETE THIS IMPROVEMENTS AS EARLY AS NEXT YEAR.
WE ALSO HAVE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES TO OUR CHECKPOINTS, RESTROOM REFRESH, ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, AND OTHER, UH, PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE CURRENT PASSENGER EXPERIENCE.
AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE SUMMER, WHO WILL GO OVER THE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A GRAPHIC OF THE POTENTIAL OF PROGRAM, ALL THE ELEMENTS AND, AND COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE EXPANSION.
UM, IT IT, WE, I DO WANNA NOTE THAT THE FINALIZED SCOPE FOR THIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE TO COME TO A CONSENSUS WITH OUR AIRLINE PARTNERS AND THROUGH PROGRAMMING AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES, WE'LL
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CONTINUE TO, TO DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE CALENDAR YEAR AND FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.SO WE CAN GET A CONSENSUS ON THAT SCOPE AND COST.
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW, AND THAT IS IN THE SCOPE, AND WHAT WE DO NEED TO BUILD, UM, WILL BE GATES.
UH, CONCOURSE B WILL HAVE UP TO 20 GATES.
IT'LL BE CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING BARBARA JORDAN TERMINAL BY A TUNNEL.
THAT TUNNEL WILL BE A PASSENGER TUNNEL WITH PASSENGER CONVEYANCES, ALSO A TUNNEL SERVICE BAGGAGE SYSTEM, UM, OUR BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM AND A UTILITY CORRIDOR.
AND WE ARE ALSO FOR A FUTURE PEOPLE MOVER OR TRAIN AS, UM, WE EXPAND OUT TO CONCOURSES C AND D.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE TO DO, UH, QUITE A BIT OF ENABLING WORK TO ACTUALLY GET THIS CONCOURSE BUILT.
WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY BUILD A NEW TAXIWAY, YOU SEE THAT INDICATED HERE, MIDFIELD, TAXIWAY AND, UM, NEW CENTRAL UTILITY PLANT AS WELL.
UM, MORE GATES MEANS MORE PEOPLE.
UM, SO WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
UM, THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL BE NEEDING TO BUILD NEW PARKING.
WE'LL HAVE TO TEAR DOWN THE NEW, THE EXISTING RED PARKING GARAGE AND BUILD NEW CURBSIDE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A LONG TERM, WHAT WE NEED FOR FULL BUILD OUT, AND WE WILL AGREE WITH THE AIRLINE PARTNERS ABOUT WHAT WE BUILD FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS.
UM, THIS EFFORT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT CITYWIDE WITH ALL OF MY, UM, SISTER DEPARTMENTS, ALL OF OUR SISTER DEPARTMENTS.
UM, WE ARE IN CONSTANT CONVERSATION AND COLLABORATION WITH ALL OF THEM.
UM, D SS D CAPITAL CONTRACTING, WATERSHED, CAPITAL, UM, DELIVERY SERVICES, AND S M B R.
UM, ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS, UM, STARTING TO FORECAST WITH THE SCHEDULE, THEIR RESOURCE NEEDS, UM, AS WELL AS BEING VERY COLLABORATIVE AND CREATIVE ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO STILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY OR EXCEED OUR, THE CITY EXPECTATION AND GET THIS, UM, PROGRAM GOING FASTER.
AND AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WILL BE, UM, THE UPDATE TO THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN ORDINANCE THAT, UM, COUNCIL WILL SEE THIS WEEK.
OKAY, UM, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE, UM, THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN ORDINANCE.
UM, THE, THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE WAS PUT IN PLACE IN 1994.
THIS WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO TRANSITION FROM AN AIR FORCE BASE TO AN AIRPORT.
UM, IT ALLOWS US TO OPERATE UNDER ONE SITE PLAN.
UM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO REVISIT THIS ORDINANCE EVERY 10 YEARS.
AND, UM, OUR, THE AIRPORT, OUR STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ALMOST TO CLOSE TO TWO YEARS NOW, WORKING WITH, UM, WATERSHED PROTECTION AND D S D ON THIS UPDATE.
UM, AS WE GOT TO KNOW MORE AND MORE ABOUT THE EXPANSION PROGRAM.
SO THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHED CONSISTENT PERMIT REQUIREMENTS AND ALLOWS THE AIRPORT TO, TO PERMIT AS A SINGLE SITE.
UM, IT ALSO ALLOWS WITH FUTURE, UH, DEVELOPMENT CITY CODE AS WELL AS ALIGNS WITH F A A REQUIREMENTS.
SO SOMETIMES, UM, UH, F A A REQUIREMENTS IN CITY CODE CONTRADICT EACH OTHER.
UM, AND THEN IT ALSO SUPPORTS THE ONGOING COMMITMENT WE HAVE FOR STORM WATER POLLUTION, UM, REDUCTION STRATEGIES.
AND IT ALSO, UM, UH, CEMENTS OUR COMMITMENT, UM, AND OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO INVEST IN WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS WITH UP TO $10 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS.
UM, WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS, UM, A LOT OF OUTREACH.
UM, WE'VE GONE TO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION.
WE'VE ALSO MET, UM, WITH THE SOUTHEAST COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM IN THEIR AUGUST MEETING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE AND, UM, UM, IMPACTS TO THE, THE AIRPORT AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
UM, WE'VE LAUNCHED A WEBSITE THAT EXPLAINS THE ORDINANCE AND THE CHANGES IN EASY COMPREHENSIVE, UM, COMPREHENDIBLE LANGUAGE.
WE'VE PROMOTED THIS WEBSITE AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS AS WELL.
OUR AIRPORT AFFAIR AIRPORT COMMUNITY AFFAIRS TEAM, UM, HAS COMMUTED DIRECTLY WITH, UM, WITH OUR NEIGHBORS ONE-ON-ONE WHEN THEY HAD QUESTIONS ANSWERING THOSE EMAILS AND HAS REACHED OUT.
UM, AND IN WORKING WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE ON THIS UPDATE.
SO THIS IS A HISTORIC CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT EFFORT, WHICH MEANS, UM, WE WILL BE, REALLY NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, AND ENGAGEMENT IN THIS AREA.
WE HAVE BEEN LASER FOCUSED ON THIS.
UM, WE HAVE HAD FOUR LARGE OUTREACHES.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UM, SS M B R.
WE HAD A LARGE OUTREACH IN APRIL.
WE'VE HAD THREE VIRTUAL OVER THE SUMMER.
AND NEXT WEEK WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MATCHMAKING EVENT THAT WE'RE HOSTING WITH, UM, A NATIONAL AVIATION, UM, UH, MINORITY ORGANIZATION, AMAC, UM, WHERE WE WILL HAVE MATCHMAKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LARGE PRIMES AND OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES HERE
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SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.EACH ONE OF THESE OUTREACHES WE GO INTO DEPTH WITH THE PROGRAM IS THE, THE, THE, THE SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM, THE TRADES THAT WE WILL NEED A AS WELL.
AND WE'RE ALREADY SEEING AN INCREASE, UM, IN THE PERCENTAGE OF THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED, UM, BUSINESSES HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN BECAUSE OF THAT OUTREACH.
UM, WE, WE ARE VERY FOCUSED AS WELL AS THE BENEFITS OF LOCAL COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND THEN DURING THIS, WE'LL BE BUILDING A, A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO UPDATE AND ENGAGE OUR NEIGHBORS.
A BIG FOCUS ON THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE ON SUSTAINABILITY, OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AND METRICS AND REDUCING OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION AS WELL AT THE AIRPORT.
SO ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS, UM, FOR US IN ADVANCING, UM, VERY QUICKLY, UM, WILL BE TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL OUR CONTRACT EXTENSION REQUESTS AND FOR ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHODS.
I HAVE A LIST UP HERE OF WHAT YOU'LL BE SEEING IN SEPTEMBER AND IN NOVEMBER.
UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, WE DO NOT HAVE AGREED UPON BUDGETS OF THIS, OF THESE PROJECTS WITH OUR AIRLINE PARTNERS, BUT WE WANT TO GET STARTED ON THIS PROCESS.
UM, WE WANNA GET STARTED ON OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND RUN THAT IN PARALLEL SO THAT WE DO NOT WASTE ANY TIME.
UM, SO WE LOOK FORWARD OF COMING BACK AND UPDATING ON THE SPECIFIC BUDGETS, UM, WITH OUR AIRLINE PARTNERS IN AGREEMENT.
UM, BUT TOGETHER, UM, ACROSS ALL OF THIS, WE DO KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM, UM, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT AS WELL.
SO IN CONCLUSION, THE, UH, SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO CARRY THIS PROGRAM OUT, UH, SOME ARE MENTIONED.
THE FIRST IS TO GET CONSENSUS WITH THE AIRLINES.
AND THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT IS HOW THE AIRPORT IS FUNDED.
THE AIRLINES PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 45% TO 50% OF THE REVENUE THAT THE AIRPORT GETS TO BUILD NEW THINGS AS WELL AS OPERATE ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND BOTTOM LINE IS WE DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDS OR ABILITY TO RAISE THEM ON OUR OWN TO CARRY OUT THIS CAPITAL PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THE COOPERATION OF THE AIRLINES IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
THAT MEANS NEGOTIATING WITH THEM ON THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH THAT WE THINK WE NEED.
WE NEED TO GET THE AIRLINES TO COOPERATE WITH THAT.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT NOW AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL WRAP UP FAIRLY SOON.
WE ALSO HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE STRESSED, WE ARE PUSHING 22 MILLION PEOPLE THROUGH A 15 MILLION FACILITY.
WE HAVE TO KEEP THINGS WORKING AND WE HAVE TO DO AS GOOD AS WE CAN IN TERMS OF THE CERVIX EXPERIENCE WE PROVIDE FOR THE PASSENGERS AND OUR STAFF HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN, IN TRYING TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE TO MOVE QUICKLY ON ALL SHORT AND LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, AS WAS DISCUSSED IS A WHOLE NUMBER OF PACKAGES THAT WE WOULD BRING FORWARD TO COUNCIL.
AND WE NEED THE COOPERATION OF OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO MOVE THOSE THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL SUPPORT TO AWARD THOSE AND GET THEM STARTED.
THE MULTIPLE LARGE CONTRACTS WE MENTIONED.
AND THEN THE LAST IS THE SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION AND EXPERIENCE CHANGES FOR THE AIRPORT.
IF WE ABLE TO CARRY THIS PROGRAM OUT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 10 YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION AT THE AIRPORT, SO THERE'LL BE VERY FEW TIMES AVAILABLE WHERE THE AIRPORT ISN'T UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SOME ASPECT, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY BUILDING AN AIRPORT BIGGER THAN THE CURRENT ONE ON TOP OF THE EXISTING ONE WHILE KEEPING IT OPERATING.
I, I TRIED NOT TO SAY THAT AGAIN,
BUT THAT, THAT SCARES EVERYBODY, INCLUDING ME, BY THE WAY.
I COULD, I COULD SENSE IT IN YOUR VOICE.
ANYWAY, THAT'S REALLY BASICALLY IT IN TERMS OF THE NEXT STEPS.
THERE'S A LOT ON THE CONSTRUCTION PLATE, THERE'S A LOT ON OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AIRLINE PARTNERS.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE AT THE AIRPORT, BUT WE'VE, UH, ALWAYS MANAGED TO BE ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF AND WE FULLY EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
THAT'LL STOP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
AND, AND I, I JOKE, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S, WE WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE LEVEL AND DEPTH, UM, OF, OF REPORT ON THIS AND, AND, AND THE WORK THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO HAPPEN.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S LOST ON ANYBODY.
UM, THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE, I, LIKE I WROTE DOWN THE WORDS YOU WROTE, SERVICE, EXPERIENCE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO, WE'RE BEHIND AND WE NEED TO CATCH UP, BUT IT'S
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GONNA BE A LONG TIME CATCHING UP.AND THIS COUNCIL, I THINK, WANTS TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE NOT SEEN AS, AS, AS DIGGING THE HOLE DEEPER OR FAILING TO, TO FILL IN THE HOLE AS WE, AS WE GO ALONG.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT AND THANKS, UH, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES, YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR FRANKNESS ABOUT THE IN SETTING EXPECTATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT OUR AIRPORT IS GONNA BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND SO THE PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW WITH ARRIVE, BE SURE TO ARRIVE AT LEAST TWO HOURS EARLY, UM, IS AN EXPECTATION THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOR ALL OF OUR PASSENGERS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
SO WE JUST WANNA LEVEL SET WITH EVERYONE, UH, 'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY COME THROUGH OUR AIRPORT, WHICH I'M VERY PROUD IS, IS BASED IN DISTRICT TWO.
SO I HAVE A, A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
FIRST, COULD YOU, UM, TALK US THROUGH, AND YOU TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON IT DURING THE PRESENTATION, UM, BUT ABOUT THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT THE AIRPORT HAS, UM, PROVIDED AS PART OF THIS UPDATE, WE ESTABLISHED NEW COMMUNITY AFFAIRS GROUP.
WE HAVE THREE FTES RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING THE FOURTH F T E.
AND WE ARE FOCUSED RIGHT NOW ON DISTRICT TWO.
WE ARE BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND WE, WE ARE PROVIDING UPDATES ON OUR PROGRAM.
AS SUMMER MENTIONED, WE PROVIDED UPDATES AND HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE MASTER ORDINANCE.
AND ALSO WE'LL CONTINUE PROVIDING THEM UPDATES ON THE FUTURE PROJECTS AND ENGAGING THEM IN THE PROCESS.
AND I WANNA APPRECIATE THE AIRPORT'S PROGRESS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
CERTAINLY A LOT OF, OF EFFORT AND IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, AND WITH THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS TEAM ON BOARD, AND I KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE STILL HIRING OUT FOR, UM, FOR THAT FOR THE THIRD POSITION.
I THINK THAT WILL HELP IN PROVIDING, UH, ROBUST COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT.
AND SO I, COLLEAGUES, I'M LOOKING TO PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION ON THIS ITEM ON, UH, ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MOVING FORWARD.
UM, WHAT THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, EXTENSIVE COMMUNICATION DONE WITH THIS UPDATE, BUT I WANNA ENSURE THAT OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS FOR THE NEXT UPDATE, THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, KEEP THEM INFORMED ALONG THE JOURNEY OF, OF THIS EXPANSION PROGRAM.
AND SO I WILL BE, UH, SHARING THAT OUT SOON.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS AROUND THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM.
SO WE KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL IS VERY COMMITTED TO BETTER BUILDER STANDARDS AND HAVE THAT AS A REQUIREMENT FOR CITY LED PROJECTS.
YOU KNOW, AT THE AIRPORT WE HAVE A LOT OF THIRD PARTY, UH, WORK THAT IS BEING DONE, NAMELY WITH THE AIRLINES AND THE CONSTRUCTION THAT THEY HAVE.
AND SO I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU COULD TALK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HOW THE CITY IS, UH, ENSURING THAT OUR, THAT ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, WHETHER IT'S A CITY OR THIRD PARTY THAT IS, IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR BETTER BUILDER STANDARDS.
UH, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? YES.
SO THE CITY MEETS AND AT TIMES EXCEEDS, UM, THE BETTER BUILDER PROGRAM.
AND IT'S, THE LANGUAGE IS ALREADY WITHIN THE, UM, THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS SO LARGE AND THERE IS A, UM, EXTENSIVE AVIATION EXPERIENCE IN THE AREA, IS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING TO, IN OUR OUTREACH EVENTS, UPDATE PEOPLE ON WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS AND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE IN THE, THE CONTRACTS, UM, SUCH AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, UM, BY USING, UM, PROGRAMS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AS WELL AS, UM, UM, A LIVING WAGE REQUIREMENT, UM, TRAINING, UM, OF THE OSHA TRAINING, SAFETY, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
AND THOSE COMPONENTS, THOSE ARE ALL WITHIN ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS AS WELL, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE, UM, FOLLOWED AND THAT WE EXCEED, THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO EXCEED, UM, FOR OUR PROGRAM, EXCEED THE COMMITMENT FOR THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WHERE IT IS A, IS MORE OF A, A BEST EFFORT AND WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE IT A MINIMUM INTO OUR CONTRACTS AND WE ARE UPDATING THAT LANGUAGE.
SO THAT EFFORT'S UNDERWAY WITH CITY LED PROJECTS.
AND THEN, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU ALL ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE AIRLINES REGARDING THEIR COMMITMENT AND ABILITY TO MEET OUR BETTER BUILDER STANDARDS? YES.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I HAVE, AND THIS IS REALLY JUST TO SAVE ME AN EMAIL.
UM, I'VE NOTICED THE LAST FEW TIMES I'VE BEEN TO THE AIRPORT, THE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY, UH, ON LIKE BY GATE 12, UM, HAS BEEN OUT.
AND I'VE TALKED TO BOTH TIMES I WAS OUT THERE, I'VE TALKED TO, UH, CONCESSION WORKERS AND THEY'VE MENTIONED THAT THE CON WIFI CONNECTIVITY HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR SOME TIME NOW.
UM, SO I WANTED TO FLAG THAT AS AN SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO TO
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ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, YOU WANT TO CLOSE THIS OUT? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, 22 MILLION PASSENGERS WITH A CAPACITY OF 15.
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S FUNCTIONAL BECAUSE OF ALL OUR EMPLOYEES.
BUT THIS LEADERSHIP TEAM, JIM SMITH FOR COMING BACK AND GIVING STEADY HAND DURING THIS TRANSITION, SOME ARE FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT WHERE WE'RE AT FOR A HUGE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM IN GHISLAINE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PROMOTION TO DEPUTY C E O.
SHE ESSENTIALLY RAN THE AIRPORT DURING COVID.
IF IT WASN'T FOR GLAN IN OUR TRAVELING PUBLIC WOULD'VE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS. SO THANK YOU GHISLAINE FOR THAT WORK.
I APPRECIATE YOU POINTING ALL THAT OUT.
UM, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS, UM, UNAWARE OF WHAT WE'RE FACING, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE.
Y'ALL ARE LEADING US ON IT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, THOSE ARE THE TWO BRIEFINGS WE WERE GOING TO HAVE.
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I'LL NOW CALL UP ITEM, WHAT IS ITEM NUMBER NINE? UH, THAT IS THE TPI ITEM.THIS HAS BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER AND COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.
TELL ME WHO YOU WANT ME TO CALL ON.
UM, AS WE POSTED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD YESTERDAY, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON, UM, SOME NEGOTIATIONS AND AGREEMENT THAT WE RECEIVED WITH THE AUSTIN HOTEL LODGING ASSOCIATION.
SO AFTER OUR DISCUSSION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WE, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES AND I MET WITH THE AUSTIN HOTEL LODGING ASSOCIATION TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE CLOSURE PERIOD AND WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE SERVICE PLAN OF, OF WHAT THOSE INCENTIVES WOULD LOOK LIKE THAT ARE ULTIMATELY REMITTED TO THE CITY.
AND, AND THE FACT THAT THOSE WOULD BE VERY DIMINISHED AND, AND DELAYED.
AND SO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO, TO WORK THROUGH WITH THEM AND, AND I WILL GIVE THEM, UH, I WANT TO THANK THEM AND, AND GIVE THEM A LOT OF CREDIT FOR COMING TO THE TABLE, WANTING TO, TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AND, AND WITH IDEAS.
AND SO THE NET EFFECT IS GOING TO BE, AND, AND I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE LANGUAGE FOR YOU YET.
IT'S STILL BEING REVIEWED BY THE LAW DEPARTMENT, UM, BUT IS GOING TO, DURING THE CLOSURE PERIOD, GUARANTEE THAT 20% OF THE TPI REVENUE WILL BE USED FOR REIMBURSEMENTS FOR TOURISM.
WHETHER THAT'S, UH, THE WHAT WAS INITIALLY PER, UM, SET FORTH AS THE CONVENTION CENTER REIMBURSEMENTS AND OTHER REIMBURSEMENTS THAT'S, LET'S SAY THE PALMER OR OTHER SITES, BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THE CONVENTION CENTER.
BUT WHAT IS GONNA BE ADDED TO THAT IS ESSENTIALLY A MAJOR EVENTS REIMBURSEMENT.
SO FUNDS THAT, UH, WE SPEND TO HOST MAJOR EVENTS LIKE A C L SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST AND OTHERS.
UH, THOSE FUNDS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR T I D REIMBURSEMENTS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY, UH, FLOW TO THE CITY AND ALLOW US TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD UNDER THE DEAL FOR, UM, ADDRESSING OUR CRITICAL CITY NEEDS.
SO, UH, I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.
SHE'S BEEN, UH, A LEADER ON THIS AND, AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT HER.
UM, AND JUST WANT TO KIND OF GIVE Y'ALL THAT UPDATE.
I'LL HOPE TO HAVE LANGUAGE FOR YOU BY THE END OF TODAY SO YOU CAN REVIEW IT.
UH, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A, A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN IN THE SERVICE PLAN, BUT JUST WANNA LAY THAT OUT FOR YOU.
AND, UH, THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR THE, UM, FOR SUPPORTING THE POSTPONEMENT.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU COULD SEE, IT WAS HELPFUL AND US BEING ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING A BETTER DEAL FOR THE CITY.
AND SO I WANNA THANK CITY STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK IN, IN NEGOTIATING AND WORKING WITH THE HOTEL INDUSTRY ON, UM, ON THE SERVICE AGREEMENT.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT GOT US TO A REALLY GOOD POINT.
WE WERE ABLE TO, TO BUILD OFF OF.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT? AND UM, AND I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR ABOUT WORKING TO GET SOMETHING TO US BEFORE THE MEETING SO THAT WE'LL HAVE, UM, HAVE THAT AND EVERYBODY BE IN A POSITION TO VOTE.
ITEM NUMBER 83 WAS ALSO PULLED, IT WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.
AND SO I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY TO DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER 83.
UM, COLLEAGUES, WE, THIS MORNING MY STAFF PASSED OUT A AMENDMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD TO AMEND ITEM 83.
UM, BUT BEFORE I REVIEW THAT, I'D LIKE TO ASK STAFF A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, THERE'RE JUST SOME QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BUBBLED UP IN THE COMMUNITY THAT INDIVIDUALS IN
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MY DISTRICT HAVE COME FORWARD AND ASKED AND I THINK WOULD BE GREAT TO BRING PUBLIC.SO, UM, I GUESS WE COULD START WITH CODE.
UM, I'M WONDERING IF A TINY HOME COULD BE LICENSED AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE.
UM, DANIEL WARD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION, UM, FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL LICENSES, IT, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN TERMS OF THE WORDS WE USE AND WHAT THEY ACTUALLY MEAN.
UM, IF IT IS A PERMITTED DWELLING UNIT, THEN IT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SHORT-TERM RENTAL LICENSE.
IF IT'S A STRUCTURE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, SO IT WASN'T INSPECTED, UM, BY US, THEN WE WOULD NOT ISSUE A SHORT-TERM RENTAL LICENSE.
AND THEN WOULD CODE RULES FOR RVS BE DIFFERENT THAN REGULARLY PARKED VEHICLES? I'M SORRY, PHRASE THAT AGAIN.
YEAH, I'M CONCERNED THAT IF THERE'S AN RV PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY, UM, THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE CODED DIFFERENTLY OR IT COULD HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UM, I GUESS VIOLATIONS ATTACHED TO IT.
UM, COULD YOU MAYBE HELP EXPAND UPON THAT AS FAR AS WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND A CAR IS WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLATIONS? UM, OR SPECIFIC VIOLATIONS MAYBE THAT HAVE OCCURRED HISTORICALLY RELATED TO THE TWO? I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME ABANDONED VEHICLES IN MY DISTRICT THAT YOU ALL HAVE SPECIFICALLY GONE OUT AND TAKEN CARE OF.
WOULD THE SAME PROCESS APPLY TO A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE, UH, IF IT WERE TO BE ABANDONED? YEAH.
SO RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, IF IT'S ON WHEELS, IT'S TREATED AS A VEHICLE.
UM, AND THAT, AND THAT'S A KEY DISTINCTION.
YOU KNOW, IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES CAN BE STORED ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AS AN ACCESSORY USE, BUT THEY CANNOT BE OCCUPIED, UM, ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.
I'M SORRY THAT I PHRASED THAT ODDLY.
UM, AND THEN FOR D S D, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
UM, WHAT ARE THE CURRENT RESTRICTIONS FOR INSTALLING A TINY HOME OR HAVING AN RV ON A A PROPERTY CURRENTLY? UH, TODD WILCOX BUILDING OFFICIAL.
UM, SO THE RESTRICTIONS FOR HAVING A TINY HOME WOULD BE, UM, YOU KNOW, SETBACK WHERE THE PLACEMENT OF THE TINY HOME WOULD BE, UM, HOW IT'S CONSTRUCTED, IF IT MEETS THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, UH, UTILITY CONNECTIONS, UM, AND THEN, UH, PLACEMENT TO ANY OTHER STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY.
IS IS THAT BOOK IN FRONT OF YOU? THE INTERNATIONAL CODE? YES.
WELL, THANK YOU TO YOU AND EVERYONE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT WHO KNOWS THAT PROBABLY LIKE THE BACK OF YOUR HAND.
UM, DO YOU FORESEE A SCENARIO WHERE THE CODE COULD BE INTERPRETED TO ALLOW PROPERTY TO HAVE MULTIPLE TINY HOMES OR RVS ON IT IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS RESOLUTION? UH, AS, AS FAR AS THE TECHNICAL CODE GOES, UM, IT, IT ONLY HANDLES THE CONSTRUCTION ASPECTS OF TINY HOMES.
UH, AS FAR AS HOW MANY COULD BE ON A LOT WOULD BE MORE OF A ZONING OR A PLANNING ISSUE.
THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, SO COLLEAGUES.
UM, MY AMENDMENT HERE, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU BASICALLY IS, UM, WE CAME UP WITH THIS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE OLDER, MORE OUTLIER NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, THEY, THEY DEFINITELY WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL HOUSING, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT IN A WAY THAT ALSO PROTECTS THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROVIDES ASSURANCES TO THE RESIDENTS TO SPEAK TO US WHENEVER THE SMALLEST CHANGE HAPPENS.
AND SO IT REALLY JUST ASKS THE CITY MANAGER TO CONSIDER, BUT NOT LIMIT THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT I LISTED THERE.
AND I, I WON'T READ THEM ALL OUT.
WE'LL POST IT TO THE MESSAGE BOARD.
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WOULD HELP MAKE THIS RESOLUTION A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND ASSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ADD MORE HOUSING, BUT TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS THEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBERS, DOES ANY COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER? I HAVE A QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A TRISH QUESTION OR A LAUREN QUESTION, BUT IT'S RELATED TO ZONING DISTRICTS FOR RVS OR MOBILE HOMES AND THEN OPTION NUMBER THREE, DOOR NUMBER THREE, UH,
WE HAVE A ZONING DISTRICT FOR WHEN, WHAT EXACTLY IS IT CALLED? I FORGET.
THAT, UH, WELL YOU DIDN'T FINISH YOUR QUESTION OR YOUR STATEMENT, BUT CAMPGROUND ALLOWS FOR RVS CURRENTLY, WHICH IS ZONED, WHICH IS ALLOWED, THAT'S THE USE CAMPGROUND THAT ALLOWS FOR RVS AND THAT'S ALLOWED IN THE ZONING DISTRICT OF CSS AND LESS RESTRICTIVE IN MOST CASES.
IS THERE A LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF RVS WITHIN THAT? UM, I DON'T THINK SO, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
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ULTIMATELY, THE QUESTION I UHHUH HAVE ON THIS ITEM IS ARE THERE ANY PROTECTIONS IN PLACE OR CONSIDERATIONS, WHETHER IT'S HEALTH AND SAFETY OR OTHERWISE FOR WHAT WE HAVE WHEN WE HAVE ALLOWED THIS USE THAT MIGHT NOT BE IN PLACE IF WE WERE, UH, GOING FORWARD WITH THE RESOLUTION AS IT'S WRITTEN, UH, IN TERMS OF HAVING IT BE AN ALLOWABLE USE IN THESE RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS? SO, UM, I WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY THERE'S SOME HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS.I THINK THIS RES RESOLUTION IS ASKING STAFF TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND WHEN WE BRING IT BACK, WE WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE ADDRESS THAT.
OR MAYBE IT MAY NOT BE PERMITTED IF WE CANNOT ADDRESS THOSE HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS, BUT YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THAT'S WHY IT'S ALLOWED IN CAMPGROUNDS AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF USES WHERE YOU HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF, I MEAN, THIS IS A DANIEL OR YOU KNOW, THE WATER AND WASTEWATER CONSTRAINTS.
AND IF WE'RE TAKING THOSE AND MAKING THOSE DWELLING UNITS, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, IN MY PROPOSED AMENDMENT, IT SAYS, OUTLINING THE NUMBER OF STRUCTURES ALLOWED ON A PROPERTY.
THE LAST THING I WANNA SEE HAPPEN IS IN MY GRANDMA'S BACKYARD, WE'VE GOT FIVE RVS AND THERE'S NO REAL GOOD ESCAPE ROUTE IN CASE THERE'S A FIRE OR SOMETHING.
UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE'S NOT HERE.
AND, AND, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, OFFER A, A, A FEW COMMENTS, FIRST OF ALL, TO THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, FOR, FOR BRINGING THE ITEM.
UM, THE CURRENTLY RVS ARE ALLOWED ON A PROPERTY, JUST TO, TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THEY ARE ALLOWED ON A PROPERTY, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY CANNOT BE HOOKED UP TO UTILITIES WHILE ON THE PROPERTY.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, SO THEY'RE ALLOWED, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIALLY, UM, AS AN ACCESSORY, AND THEY WOULD NEED TO BE SCREENED AND THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED AS A PERMANENT DWELLING UNIT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND THE, AN ACCESSORY USE, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT? IT'S NOT THE PRIMARY USE.
SO YOUR PRIMARY USE WOULD MOST LIKELY BE YOUR SINGLE FAMILY.
AND RIGHT NOW, RVS ARE NOT ALLOWED AS A DWELLING UNIT IN SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT ZONING.
SO THIS CHANGE, POTENTIALLY, AGAIN, STAFF'S GONNA LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH IT, BUT THIS CHANGE WOULD ALLOW THEM TO, UH, BE USED AS A DWELLING UNIT.
AND WOULD THUS, AND AGAIN, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M, I'M MISUNDERSTANDING THIS OR WRONG, WOULD COUNT TOWARD THE DWELLING UNIT USE.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU'RE ON A, A SINGLE FAMILY SF THREE TYPE PROPERTY, AND YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING AN A D U IN THE BACK AND, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOKED AT THE COST OF BUILDING, UH, AN A D U AND YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, $350,000, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY GET A TINY HOME, YOU KNOW, PUT IT IN THE BACK PLUMMET, ADD ELECTRICITY, AND THEN THAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE YOUR A D U.
IS THAT, I MEAN, CONCEPTUALLY, IS THAT HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, UH, RESOLUTION? YES.
CONCEPTUALLY, THAT IS THE WAY STAFF IS REVIEWING HOW THIS RESOLUTION IS DRAFTED.
AND THEN I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE HAS THE ITEM WHERE SHE HAS, UH, UH, THE, THE, UH, ALLOWING ADDITIONAL UNITS ON A, ON A LOT.
AGAIN, IF YOU WERE TO ADD A, A TINY HOME, UH, YOU KNOW, PLUMMET, PUT ELECTRICITY AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, PERMITTED, THAT WOULD COUNT TO ONE OF THE, THE THREE UNITS IS YES.
IF THAT, UM, ORDINANCE PASSES THAT WOULD ALLOW THREE UNITS, UM, HOW WE ARE READING THIS, THIS WOULD COUNT AS ONE OF THE THREE UNITS.
AND, UH, BUT AGAIN, TO CLARIFY, UH, CURRENTLY YOU CAN'T, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LIVE IN A TINY HOME OR RV.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S AGAIN, PROPERLY, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, PARKED IN YOUR BACKYARD AND SCREENED AND, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
BUT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE, LIVING IN IT.
AND, AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, BRINGING THE ITEM.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU FROM, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS LIVING IN, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SMALL, UH, HOMES, RVS, I'VE EVEN SEEN SHEDS AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, FINISHED OUT.
UH, AGAIN, I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE HOUSING SITUATION IS.
IT'S A VERY, YOU KNOW, EXPENSIVE.
IT'S, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE, THE ADUS ARE, ARE WELL ABOVE A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, TO DESIGN AND TO BUILD AND TO APARTMENT, UH, AND EVEN A, A RELATIVELY SMALL ONE.
SO I, I DO, UH, THINK THAT THIS IS AN ITEM THAT COULD PROVIDE SOMEBODY, UH, A A QUICK AND EASY WAY TO ADD A UNIT TO THEIR HOME, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR KIDS, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR, FOR MOM, FOR WHATEVER THE
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CASE.AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE FOLKS ALSO TO, TO JUST, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, SEARCH FOR A TINY HOME ON, UH, THE INTERNET AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE IMAGES.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME REALLY NICE, WELL DONE, FINISHED OUT TINY HOMES THAT ARE IN, YOU KNOW, 300 SQUARE FEET, 400 SQUARE FEET, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, UH, UH, VERY FUNCTIONAL, UH, AS, UH, AS A HOME.
SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO, AGAIN, I KNOW SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT THANK COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE FOR, UH, BRINGING THIS ITEM.
I'M A CO-SPONSOR AND, AND HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT.
MAYOR PRO TIM, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS ITEM AND APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT TINY HOMES, I THINK ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO ADD THOSE LIVABLE SPACES LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER VALO WAS TALKING ABOUT.
AND I ALSO THINK IT HELPS WITH ISSUES LIKE WATERSHED PROTECTION AND MAKING SURE THAT IF WE'RE ADDING EXTRA UNITS, THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE LESS IMPERVIOUS COVER CITYWIDE.
SO IT'S KIND OF THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS WHERE YOU GET TO ADD THOSE HOUSING UNITS.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO HELP WITH THE RISING COST OF THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING IN THE CITY FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.
UM, AND I THINK TOO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S AMENDMENTS, I'M, I'M GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT 'EM AND APPRECIATE YOU CIRCULATING THIS TODAY.
UM, SOME OF THEM I THINK ARE EITHER AL ALREADY CAPTURED IN JUST OUR GENERAL ZONING, UM, PROCESSES AND ALLOWANCES.
UM, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THEM AND WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK.
AND I ALSO JUST WANNA REMIND FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST KICKING OFF THE PROCESS AND ONCE CITY STAFF IS ABLE TO BRING BACK THE ACTUAL AMENDMENTS, WE CAN GO THROUGH THEM WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB AND MAKE SURE THEY MEET THE NEEDS OF, UM, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF, OF FOLKS AND HOUSING THAT WE SEE IN THE COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, I AGREE AND, AND, AND WANT TO RE RE-EMPHASIZE THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS EARLY ENOUGH THAT WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT ON THURSDAY WE, WE ARE SENDING FORWARD, UM, THE THOROUGH WAY WE WANT IT TO BE LOOKED AT.
AND THANKS TO ALL THREE OF Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE AND, AND HELPING ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UH, IT'S APPRECIATED MEMBERS, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WITHOUT OBJECTION,
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THE COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP FOUR ITEMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7, 1 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM E ONE, JENNIFER VERDEN VERSUS CITY OF AUSTIN.
CAUSE NUMBER 1 21 CV 0 0 2 7 1 RP IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, AUSTIN DIVISION.
AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEMS E THREE, E FOUR AND E FIVE.
E THREE IS THE PERFORMANCE OF AND CONSIDER COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE CITY CLERK.
E FOUR IS THE PERFORMANCE OF AND CONSIDER COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE CITY AUDITOR.
AND E FIVE IS THE PERFORMANCE OF AND CONSIDER COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK MEMBERS.
ITEM E TWO HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN, E TWO HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO GOING INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE ITEMS ANNOUNCED? HEARING NO OBJECTION.
THE COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IT IS 10:11 AM AT THE END OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
EITHER I OR THE MAYOR PRO TEM WILL UH, COME BACK OUT INTO PUBLIC SESSION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL IN THIS WORK SESSION.
WE ARE HEADED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM E ONE AND PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEMS E THREE, E FOUR AND E FIVE.
I AM MAYOR PRO TEM, PAGE ELLI, AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 11:12 PM THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.