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          GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          [Call to Order]
I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. 
          IT'S NOVEMBER 2ND, 2023. 
          IT'S 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. 
          WE ARE MEETING IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          AND WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, UH, PRESENT. 
          UM, MEMBERS, THE ORDER THAT WE WILL FOLLOW TODAY IS WE WILL HEAR THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          AFTER I READ THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS INTO THE AGENDA, WE WILL HEAR THE CONSENT AGENDA, SPEAKERS, BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON. 
          UH, THEN WE WILL GO TO A CONSENT VOTE WITH BRIEF COMMENTS FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          WE WILL THEN GO TO THE NON-CONSENT SPEAKERS, AGAIN, BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON. 
          WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT'S RELATED TO IMMINENT DOMAIN, AND WE WILL ALSO TAKE UP, UH, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS ON WHICH ARE REALLY 28 AND 20 ITEMS, 28 AND 29. 
          UH, I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT ANYONE REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM WILL BE HEARD, UH, EITHER WITH THE, NOT, WITH, WITH THE CONSENT SPEAKERS OR AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 
          UH, IF, DEPENDING UPON WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU, IF YOU'VE ALREADY REGISTERED, UM, IF YOU'VE REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON A CONSENT AND A NON-CONSENT ITEM, UH, THEN WE WILL CALL YOU UP. 
          AS, AS EXPECTED, WE WILL HEAR NOON PUBLIC COMMENT AND HAVE LIVE MUSIC. 
          WE WILL, UH, CLOSE OUT THE AGENDA WITH THE TWO O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN ON ZONING ITEMS. LET ME READ INTO THE RECORD THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND, 2023. 
          ITEMS NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER FOUR ARE POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 9TH, 2023. 
          ITEM NUMBER 15 IS WITHDRAWN. 
          ITEM NUMBER 22 IS WITHDRAWN. 
          ITEM NUMBER 27 IS WITHDRAWN MEMBERS. 
          WE WILL 
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NOW GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANT TO CALL UP, UH, THE LAW DEPARTMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 19. 
          ITEM NUMBER 19 WILL REMAIN ON CONSENT, BUT THE LAW DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO MAKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION PRIOR TO OUR SPEAKERS. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, MEGAN RILEY ON BEHALF OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT, I'M HERE TO RECOMMEND, UH, THAT YOU APPROVE A PAYMENT OF $110,000 TO SETTLE THE MAEU VERSUS CITY OF AUSTIN LAWSUIT. 
          UH, THIS LAWSUIT IS RELATED TO A MARCH, 2021 CAR WRECK, UH, WHERE PLAINTIFF GREGORIA MAEU, UH, SEEKS PAYMENT FOR HER INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT INVOLVING AN AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT VEHICLE. 
          IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PAYMENT, THE CITY WILL OBTAIN A FULL AND FINAL RELEASE, UH, FROM MS. MACIAS THAT INCLUDES THE CITY AND ITS EMPLOYEES FROM ANY CLAIMS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN OR COULD BE ASSERTED AS PART OF THE LAWSUIT. 
          AND MS. MASIAS WILL DISMISS A LAWSUIT. 
          BASED ON THOSE TERMS, WE RECOMMEND, UH, THAT YOU APPROVE THE PAYMENT. 
          THANK YOU MEMBERS. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNSEL? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE WILL NOW GO TO THE CON, UH, 
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SPEAKERS THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK TO HELP US NAVIGATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANY REMOTE SPEAKERS FOR CONSENT, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH IN PERSON FOR ITEM 20. 
          ZIA JOSEPH, FOLLOWED BY LUCIA BRIMMER AND LAKEISHA HARDING. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, COULD YOU PLEASE COME DOWN TO THE FRONT? LUCIA BRIMMER. 
          LAKEISHA HARDING, PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AT THE PODIUM. 
          GOOD. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M LAKEISHA HARDING. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          ARE YOU, ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK? OH, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED EVERYBODY TO SAY NAMES. 
          NO, NO, NO. 
          JUST FEEL FREE TO TELL US WHAT YOU THINK. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I AM HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THINKERY. 
          I'M OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, AND I'M SPEAKING, UM, ON THE RESOLUTION DRAFT, UH, FOR THE ECLIPSE PLANNING. 
          UH, WE HAVE RECENTLY CONVENED OVER 20 NONPROFITS AND SEVERAL AISD AND DELL VALLEY SCHOOLS, UH, TO GET EVERYBODY READY FOR JOYFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES RELATED TO THE ECLIPSE. 
          UM, I SEE THAT IN THE DRAFT THERE, UM, IS A MOVE TO HAVE A PLAN THAT IS SET BY ABOUT FEBRUARY 1ST. 
          UH, THE, THE ASK THAT WE HAVE IS THAT SOME OF THAT TIMELINE HAS MOVED UP. 
          WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN CONVENING AT, UH, AS AN AUSTIN AREA ECLIPSE TASK FORCE, WHICH, WHICH LUCIA WILL, UM, SPEAK TO IN JUST A MOMENT FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. 
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UM, AND WE HAVE PLANS TO CONVENE, UH, THROUGH SOME JOYFUL LEARNING COLLABORATIVE SESSIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. 
          OUR NEXT ONE BEING IN DECEMBER WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE PLACE AND SPACE, HOW TO HOST EVENTS, WHAT ACCESSIBILITY LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE CITY IS SAYING. 
          AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO ALIGN THAT LANGUAGE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN TIME IF I DON'T HAVE LANGUAGE TO GIVE. 
          THAT WON'T BE GIVEN UNTIL FEBRUARY MARCH. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH SEVERAL SCHOOLS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT TEACHERS, UM, HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PLAN AND PREP. 
          WE, WE DO KNOW THAT STUDENTS ARE IN SCHOOL THAT DAY. 
          UM, SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE SUPPORTS ARE, ARE IN PLACE AND TIMELY. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT IF, IF THAT IS NOT HAPPENING UNTIL FEBRUARY OR MARCH. 
          SO THE REQUEST IS THAT YES, WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 23, BUT IF WE COULD WORK TO HAVE, UH, MORE IMMEDIATE COMMUNICATIONS THAT HAPPEN A LITTLE BIT SOONER, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. 
          UM, AND IF WE COULD WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NONPROFITS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH AND THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE'RE WORKING WITH ARE WELL PREPARED WITH TIMELY COMMUNICATIONS AND PLANNING, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT AS WELL. 
          LETICIA, I JUST, LETICIA SEE MANAGER? YEAH, MA'AM. 
          MA'AM, MA'AM, MA'AM. 
          YEAH. 
          WE, UH, KIM MC, KIMBERLY MCNEELY IS IN THE, AT THE BACK OF THE, UH, RIGHT OVER THERE. 
          SHE'S OUR PARKS DIRECTOR. 
          SHE'S THE ONE THAT IS IN PART LEADING THE EFFORT ON OUR SIDE TO GET OURSELVES READY FOR THAT. 
          AS WELL AS KEN SNIPES, I'D URGE YOU TO TALK TO THEM. 
          WE WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AN EXPERIENCE THAT ANYBODY CAN, EVERYBODY CAN ENJOY FOR SOMETHING THAT WON'T HAPPEN FOR ANOTHER, I'M TOLD FOR A GOOD LONG WHILE AFTER THE, AFTER THE GLS, AFTER THIS APRIL. 
          SO PLEASE GO VISIT WITH HER. 
          WE'RE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE WHATEVER IT IS YOU NEED FOR IT ON THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          IF IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE AUTHOR OF ITEM 23, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON AL ALTER AND TO THE DIET, I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM WITH WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          WITH WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          I'M HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AND LETICIA. 
          UM, I'M COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTAR. 
          I'M THE SPONSOR OF THE RESOLUTION, AND IF YOU WANNA BE IN TOUCH WITH MY OFFICE, WE'D LOVE TO CONNECT WITH YOU AS WELL. 
          AND IF WE CAN ASSIST AT ALL, UM, WE WILL. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION IS, UM, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS THAT HAVE, UM, EMERGED IN DIFFERENT WAYS, WHICH REALLY JUST UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE SOME COORDINATION AND FACILITATION SO THAT WE CAN REALLY MAKE THIS BE, UM, UP TO ITS POTENTIAL. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. 
          IT'S VERY EXCITING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE ANY DOCUMENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE RUNNING WITH YOU ALL AS WELL, AND I'LL BE IN TOUCH. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANKS FOR PARTNERING WITH US. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND, HELLO, MY NAME IS LUCIA BRIMER. 
          I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX. 
          UM, I'M ASTRONOMY EDUCATOR, UH, CO-OWNER OF STARS AND SCIENCE AUSTIN, AND I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE AUSTIN AREA SOLAR ECLIPSE TASK FORCE. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN MEETING FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. 
          UM, WE'RE A GROUP OF LOCAL ASTRONOMERS, EDUCATORS, UM, PROFESSIONAL AMATEUR, UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME CONTACTS WITH NASA. 
          UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE UPCOMING TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. 
          UM, IT WILL BE A VERY BIG EVENT. 
          UM, ECLIPSE, UH, TOTAL ECLIPSES ARE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES THAT HAPPEN ABOVE YOU, AROUND YOU AND WITHIN YOU. 
          UM, THE SKY GETS DARK, UM, ENOUGH TO SEE SOME PLANETS IN, UM, IN THE SKY, AND YOU WILL SEE THE SUN DISAPPEAR BEHIND THIS BIG BLACK MOON. 
          IT'S AMAZING. 
          UM, THE LANDSCAPE DARKENS ALL AROUND. 
          THE TEMPERATURE DROPS. 
          UM, YOU CAN HEAR CRICKETS CHIRPING AND THE BIRDS WILL STOP SINGING. 
          AND THIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, AND IT'S JUST WITHIN YOU IS A FEELING OF WONDER. 
          SOME PEOPLE HAVE DECLARED IT TO BE A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS RESOLVED TO CREATE A PLAN TO SUPPORT A POSITIVE, SAFE, AND INCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR VIEWING THE TOTAL ECLIPSE. 
          AND, UM, WE'RE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION. 
          IT ADDRESSES ALL THE IMPORTANT ISSUES, UM, AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL. 
          UM, BUT WE ARE CONCERNED, AS LAKEISHA MENTIONED, WITH THE TIMELINE OF CREATING A PLAN BY FEBRUARY 1ST. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO, WE RECOMMEND A MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE IN ORDER TO COORDINATE ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE ONES THAT, UM, LAKEISHA HAS BEEN PLANNING. 
          UM, ALSO THINGS FOR, UM, SCHOOLS NEED TO PREPARE WELL IN ADVANCE, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO PLAN. 
          THEY CAN'T BE TOLD, OH, TOMORROW YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS, IT, IT WON'T WORK. 
          UM, AND THEY HAVE, UM, EXAMS, UH, THE STAR EXAMS ARE COMING UP THAT SAME WEEK TOO. 
          UM, ENGAGING EXPERTS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY MENTIONED AT YOUR KEY SITES. 
          UM, MOST ASTRONOMY EXPERTS WILL ALREADY HAVE HAD PLANS MADE WELL BEFORE THEN. 
          IS THAT MY 32ND WARNING OR SOMETHING THAT, THAT NO, THAT INDICATES YOUR TIME IS UP. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYWAY, SO 
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THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WE PREFER, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU PASS THE RESOLUTION AND, UM, BUT MOVE AGGRESSIVELY. 
          EVERYONE WILL TOWARDS DOING IT. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HEAR THAT WE NEED TO WORK WITH DISPATCH AND YES. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN. 
          YES. 
          OH, AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, OUR GROUP IS GOOD, SO, YEAH, I'M SORRY. 
          AND QUESTIONS. 
          I GUESS IF, IF YOU HAVE MORE THAT YOU WANNA SAY, IF YOU WANNA GET IN TOUCH WITH MY OFFICE. 
          OKAY, I'LL DO THAT. 
          THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          WE, WE, WE SEEK YOUR INPUT, SO THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND IT'S, YOU CAN ALSO CONNECT WITH MS. MCNEELY IN THE BACK AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          BEFORE YOU LEAVE, YOU CAN ALSO SPEAK WITH DIRECTOR MCNEELY, WHO IS IN THE BACK. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BEFORE YOU LEAVE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT SPEAKER FOR ITEM. 
          I THINK IT'S GREAT HOW AISD SCHEDULED THE STAR EXAM FOR THE WEEK OF THE ECLIPSE. 
          YEAH, I KNOW IT SAYS THAT. 
          I THINK THAT'D BE THE GOVERNOR. 
          I DON'T SAY THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST GOOD PLANNING. 
          JUST GOOD PLANNING. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          I'M SORRY, MADAM CLERK. 
          THANKS, MAIR. 
          UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER ON ITEM 23 IS DAWN DAVIES, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY PETER BRENTON AND ZENOBIA JOSEPH, IF SHE'S CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS DAWN DAVIES. 
          I'M THE NIGHT SKY PROGRAM MANAGER FOR HILL COUNTRY ALLIANCE, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION HERE IN THE HILL COUNTRY. 
          I ALSO LEAD THE ECLIPSE TEAM FOR THE HILL COUNTRY, AND WE'RE AN ORGANIZATION OF OVER 600 VOLUNTEERS FROM THROUGHOUT 23 COUNTIES AND OVER 50 CITIES. 
          WE HAVE BEEN CONVENING SINCE OCTOBER OF 2020, AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT COUNCILWOMAN ALDER HAS, UH, PUT FORTH THIS, UH, RESOLUTION AND THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A RESOUNDING, UH, POSITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT IN YOUR SUPPORT OF IT. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS THE REGION. 
          UM, ALSO WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          WE'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH PARD AS THEY'RE PLANNING MANY EVENTS. 
          UM, AND ALSO THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED HERE TODAY. 
          UH, WE HAVE THE INTENTION OF HOSTING INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO MITIGATE, UH, TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND ENSURE THAT ALL RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THIS WONDERFUL PHENOMENON. 
          SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU, UH, FROM THE AUSTIN AREA ECLIPSE TASK FORCE FROM THE HILL COUNTRY ALLIANCE, AND ESPECIALLY FROM THE HILL COUNTRY ECLIPSE TEAM FOR YOUR PASSING OF THIS RESOLUTION AND YOUR SUPPORT, UH, FOR EVERYONE TO EXPERIENCE THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE BROUGHT SOME, UH, ECLIPSE CLASSES HERE FOR YOU TODAY TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE PREPARED IN ADVANCE. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          UM, AND WELCOME ANY COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR OFFICES OR PARTNERS TO BETTER FURTHER OUR SUCCESS IN, UH, PROCEEDING WITH THIS EVENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, MAYOR PRO TEM DON, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND WE APPRECIATED SEEING YOU LAST MONTH FOR HILL COUNTRY NIGHT SKY PROCLAMATION THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES JOINED ME FOR. 
          SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU TODAY. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FOUNDING LOOK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          PETER, GO AHEAD. 
          YES, HI THERE. 
          I AM PETER BRETON, UH, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          I THINK I WAS CALLED UP FOR 23, ALTHOUGH I AM ACTUALLY SPEAKING ON 28, UH, PARKING MINIMUMS. I WAS, I I WON'T LIE, I HAVE NOT WRITTEN MY TESTIMONY. 
          I WAS HOPING THAT OTHER PEOPLE WOULD COME AND SPEAK IN SUPPORT, SO I COULD JUST SAY WHAT THEY SAID, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY I AM HAPPY THAT THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING TO REMOVE PARKING MINIMUMS. I THINK THAT IT WILL LEAD TO A HEALTHIER, HAPPIER AUSTIN. 
          UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I'LL SAY IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL SPEND SOME TIME THIS WEEK TO GO OUTSIDE AND ENJOY, UH, YOUR LOCAL PARK. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE LAST WEEK I HAVE IS ENOVIA JOSEPH, RIGHT? 20 XENOBI I YOU HERE? YES. 
          OH, THERE WE GO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          I'M ENOVIA JOSEPH SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION. 
          ITEM 20 SPECIFICALLY, THAT IS YOUR $4,377,000, UH, ITEM FOR EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO THE AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE THROUGH THE CENTERS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. 
          SPECIFICALLY, I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE TITLE SIX ASSURANCES. 
          TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN. 
          AND AS YOU MAY BE AWARE OR PERHAPS NOT, THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER NORTH OF US, 180 3. 
          AND I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL THAT THE, WHAT I HAVE BEFORE YOU ARE THE TREASURY GUIDELINES, AND SPECIFICALLY, IT ALLOWS YOU TO PAY THE TENANT DIRECTLY. 
          AND I CAN'T 
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READ IT, IT'S ILLEGIBLE ON MY SCREEN AS WELL, BUT I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE WHAT IT IS TRYING TO SAY IS THAT YOU CAN IN FACT PAY THE TENANTS DIRECTLY, BUT THE PROCESS THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS DOES NOT PAY THE TENANT DIRECTLY. 
          I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT ON OCTOBER 12TH, 2022, I ACTUALLY HAD A CASE THAT WAS NON-SUITED. 
          AND ON OCTOBER 13TH, 2022, I THANKED BUTLER SNOW. 
          I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS CONVOLUTED. 
          THE PROCESS IS, AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO ALIGN YOUR POLICIES WITH THE FEDERAL LAW. 
          AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, MAYOR FEDERAL LAW TRUMPS STATE LAW AND ALSO THE LOCAL ORDINANCES, I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL THAT THIS IS A BARRIER. 
          SO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT TENANTS HAVE TO ACTUALLY CALL ON MONDAYS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS. 
          IT'S LIKE A LOTTERY. 
          AND THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS THEN ACTUALLY PRIORITIZE WOMEN WHO HAVE CHILDREN AND OTHERS BEFORE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ACTUALLY BEING EVICTED. 
          AND BECAUSE THEY, YOU HAVE TO PERFECT THE, YOUR CASE WITHIN ABOUT FIVE DAYS, YOU LITERALLY NEED THE MONEY TWICE THE AMOUNT OF THE RENT. 
          AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN DALLAS COUNTY, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE LAWYERS STAFFING THE DOCKETS IN EVICTION COURT. 
          AND SO IF YOU COULD PERHAPS HAVE A WORK SESSION WHERE YOU HAVE TEXAS REAL GRANDE LEGAL AID COME BEFORE YOU IN THE VOLUNTARY LEGAL SERVICES, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE HELPFUL. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          MAYOR. 
          THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR CONSENT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MEMBERS. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, 
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UH, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          MOTIONS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER, UH, MEMBERS, UH, IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN ABSTAINING FROM AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN AS RECUSING THEMSELVES FROM A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, ABSENT, AND COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ OFF THE DAAS. 
          I'LL NOW RECOGNIZE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR BRIEF COMMENTS RELATED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. 
          THANKS MAYOR. 
          AND THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER FOR BRINGING, UH, FORTH ITEM 24. 
          I WAS HAPPY TO HAVE MY STAFF WORK ON THIS ITEM WITH YOUR STAFF, WITH YOUR TEAM, AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AS THE HOME INITIATIVE MOVES FORWARD. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE OPTIONS FOR EXISTING STRUCTURES. 
          EXISTING HOMES HAVE VALUE, AND RELOCATING A HOUSE EITHER ON SITE OR ELSEWHERE SHOULD BE EASIER THAN GETTING A DEMOLITION PERMIT. 
          OTHERWISE, THE PERMITTING PROCESS COULD BE INCENTIVIZING DEMOLITIONS, DIVERTING CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS FROM LANDFILLS BY SAVING A STRUCTURE OR BY EXPANDING OUR DECONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS WILL HELP THE CITY MEET ITS FAST APPROACHING CLIMATE GOALS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ITEM 24 AND THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE. 
          I NOW RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER. 
          AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. 
          AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, I TOO, JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, ITEM 24, WHICH WILL PROMOTE PRESERVATION, AFFORDABILITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGHOUT AUSTIN. 
          UH, THIS ITEM WILL RAISE, WILL RAISE AWARENESS AND MINIMIZE BARRIERS TO RELOCATING A HOUSE BY INFORMING PEOPLE ABOUT THE OPTION, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE CONSIDERING DEMOLITION, STREAMLINING THE PROCESS TO MAKE IT CHEAPER AND FASTER IN FACILITATING A MARKET FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO BUY OR SELL THESE HOMES WITH CONCERNS THAT INCREASED DENSITY WILL RESULT IN THE DEMOLITION OF OLDER, SMALLER HOMES. 
          HOUSE RELOCATION PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE EXISTING HOUSING. 
          HOMES CAN BE RELOCATED WITHIN A LOT OR TO A SEPARATE LOT TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP OPTIONS. 
          EQUALLY IMPORTANT, AS COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE MENTIONED, RELOCATION HELPS DIVERT WASTE TO OUR LANDFILLS. 
          I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT 25% OF THE WASTE IN OUR LANDFILLS IS A RESULT OF DEMOLITIONS. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO NOT ONLY ADDRESS OUR AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, BUT OUR CLIMATE CRISIS. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THIS ITEM IS A TRUE WIN-WIN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER CONEY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WANNA START BY EXTENDING MY APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO THE STAFF WHO HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD THE AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER TWO. 
          THIS IS A PLAN THAT'S GONNA HELP US ADVANCE AND DEEPEN OUR COMMITMENTS TO SUSTAINABILITY AND ZERO WASTE GOALS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENORMOUS EFFORTS ON THAT, UM, AND BRINGING THAT FORWARD. 
          UM, I WANT TO ALSO, 
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FIRST OF ALL, THANK UM, THE FOLKS WHO CAME TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM 23. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. 
          AND AS THE CITY MANAGER INDICATED, UM, HE WILL ACCELERATE THE PIECES THAT NEED TO BE ACCELERATED TO MAKE, UM, THIS WHOLE PROCESS A SUCCESS. 
          WE OFTEN GIVE A DEADLINE, AND IT'S A DEADLINE. 
          IT DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T BE DONE SOONER. 
          UM, SO TODAY WITH ITEM 23, WE ARE DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO CREATE AND EXECUTE A PLAN TO SUPPORT A POSITIVE, SAFE, AND INCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR VIEWING THE TOTAL ECLIPSE ON APRIL 8TH, 2024, RIGHT HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          UM, THIS RESOLUTION LOOKS AHEAD TO APRIL 8TH, 2024, WHEN WE WILL EXPERIENCE ONE OF NATURE'S WONDERS, A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE. 
          WITH THIS DIRECTION, THE COUNCIL IS INVITING AUSTIN TO ENJOY THIS WONDER OF NATURE. 
          TOGETHER, WE ARE A CREATIVE CITY THAT VALUES THE NATURAL WORLD, AND THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS DREAMING UP WAYS TO HELP ENHANCE THE ECLIPSE EXPERIENCE. 
          WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF THEM, UM, THIS MORNING, THERE ARE DEVELOPING PLANS OF THE SIMONS FOUNDATION, IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT TODAY, UM, TO LEAD A IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY INITIATIVE, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MANY, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, EVEN ONES WHO ARE HERE TODAY, UM, HOSTED AT THE LONG CENTER AND AT WATERLOO GREENWAY. 
          WHETHER IT IS THROUGH THAT INITIATIVE OR THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HEARD ABOUT, UM, FROM OUR SPEAKERS FROM VISIT AUSTIN, UT AUSTIN, THE LIBRARY, OUR PARKS, AISD OR A BELOVED HILL COUNTRY WINERY OR BREWERY, THERE ARE GONNA BE MANY, MANY WAYS THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE AND LEARN DURING THE SPECIAL TIME WITH THIS RESOLUTION. 
          WE ARE ASKING THE CITY MANAGER TO CONNECT AND FACILITATE THESE EFFORTS IN AN INCLUSIVE AND SAFE MANNER FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND TO HELP US WELCOME THE WORLD TO CENTRAL TEXAS CONFIDENTLY AND WITH WIDE OPEN ARMS. WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE AN EVENT CITY, BUT WE HAVE NOT YET NAVIGATED AN EVENT WHERE THE SKY WILL TURN BLACK IN THE MIDDLE OF A MONDAY AFTERNOON, AND WE MUST PREPARE OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR REGION, AND OUR RESIDENTS ALREADY, WE ARE HEARING REPORTS THAT HOTELS ARE BOOKED AND THAT THE VISITORS WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF F ONE OR MORE. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THE LONGEST PERIODS OF TOTALITY, UM, ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE WEST, IN WEST AUSTIN, WEST CENTRAL TEXAS, CONCENTRATED IN AREAS THAT ARE OF HIGH WILDFIRE RISK. 
          THE WEEKEND BEFORE, WE WILL HOST THE CAP 10 K AND THE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. 
          AND THERE ARE THUS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE THE CELEBRATIONS FOR AUSTINITES AND OUR VISITORS ALIKE. 
          MY CO-SPONSORS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, BAYLA KELLY MAYOR PRO TEM ELLIS, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES. 
          AND I WANT THE CITY TO CONVENE THE FOLKS WHO NEED TO BE IN THE ROOM. 
          AND WE WANT THE CITY TO ANTICIPATE WHAT THIS TOTAL ECLIPSE EVENT WILL AND MAY MEAN, AND WHAT IT RE IS REQUIRED TO MAKE IT SAFE AND INCLUSIVE. 
          THE LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES ARE REAL, AND AS WE'VE BEEN PREPARING THIS, WE LEARN MORE AND MORE ABOUT THINGS YOU WOULD NEVER IMAGINE, UM, THAT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR. 
          UM, SO I KNOW THAT WE CAN MEET THEM WITH SOME FORETHOUGHT AND PRESENT PREPARATION. 
          I KNOW THERE ARE FOLKS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION WHO HAVE BEGUN TO THINK ABOUT THEM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S HAPPENING IN SILOS. 
          AND WHAT THIS IS REALLY INVITING YOU TO DO IS TO CREATE AND FACILITATE, UH, A LARGER CONVERSATION AND MAKE SURE WE'RE PLANNING ACCORDINGLY. 
          THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ON APRIL 8TH IS NOT ONLY A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH OF US, IT IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY. 
          WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEIZE IT IN OUR OWN SPECIAL AUSTIN WAY, TO KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD AND TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT REALLY, UM, HELPS US ALL ENJOY THE AWE AND THE WONDER OF THIS NATURAL PHENOMENON. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CADRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WANNA START TODAY'S REMARKS BY THANKING THE NONPROFIT DIVINE CANINES, THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF, CITY STAFF, AND MY COLLEAGUES WHO JOINED ME THIS MORNING TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUABLE AND CRUCIAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DIVINE CANINES AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HOW THEY SERVE THOSE WHO SERVE US. 
          IT WAS DELIGHTFUL GETTING TO MEET ALL THOSE THERAPY DOGS IN CITY HALL THIS MORNING, AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER, FOR ALLOWING ME TO COLLABORATE WITH HER AND HER TEAM ON ITEM 23, THE ECLIPSE, THE RESOLUTION THAT SHE JUST SPOKE ABOUT. 
          ECLIPSES ARE NOT JUST AWE-INSPIRING CELESTIAL EVENTS. 
          THEY ALSO SERVE AS VALUABLE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          EXPLORING ECLIPSES ENCOURAGES SCIENTIFIC CURIOSITY AND FOSTERS A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF ASTRONOMY AND THE NATURAL WORLD. 
          THESE RARE OCCURRENCES INSPIRE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO EXPLORE THE PRINCIPLES OF CELESTIAL MECHANICS, SPACE SCIENCE, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PRECISE OBSERVATIONS. 
          EDUCATION ABOUT ECLIPSES SPARKS A SENSE OF WONDER AND CURIOSITY THAT CAN IGNITE A LIFELONG PASSION FOR SCIENCE, MAKING IT AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO, AGAIN, THANK MY DISTRICT 10 COLLEAGUE FOR THIS EFFORT FOR ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE IN A PROCESS OF DRAFTING THE ITEM, THE INCORPORATION OF 
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SOME OF MY LANGUAGE, AND FOR SUPPORTING THE WORK OF SCIENCE EXPLORATION IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          AND MRS. BREMER, I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY STILL IN HERE SOMEWHERE. 
          HI, IT'S BEEN A DELIGHT GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND AS THE DISTRICT LINES HAVE CHANGED AND YOU'VE BECOME PART OF MY DISTRICT. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO MY ATTENTION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AT A MEETING AT OUR FIELD OFFICE. 
          I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT AND THE WORK OF OTHERS IN THIS SPACE. 
          AND WITH THAT MAYOR, I YIELD BACK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CODRE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, RYAN TER AND HIS STAFF FOR BRINGING FORWARD ITEM 24. 
          UH, AND IF POSSIBLE, I'D LOVE TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THE ITEM. 
          UH, AND THEN WANT TO QUICKLY, UH, SPEAK ON ITEM 28, WHICH IS PARKING MANDATES. 
          I'M WANNA THANK EVERYONE ON THE DAIS, UH, AND ALL THE ADVOCATES AND JUST EVERYONE WHO'S COME IN AND, AND SPOKEN ON THE, ON THE MATTER. 
          UH, BUT IT'S AN EXCITING MOMENT FOR ME AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE IN AUSTIN TODAY. 
          UH, AS WE LOOK TO PASS ITEM 28, UH, WE'RE NOW ONE OF THE LARGEST, IF NOT THE LARGEST AMERICAN CITY TO JOIN A GROWING TREND OF ELIMINATING, UH, LOCAL PARKING MANDATES. 
          UH, IF WE TRULY WANT TO ACHIEVE OUR PROGRESSIVE GOALS OF MAKING AUSTIN A LESS, A LESS CAR DEPENDENT CITY, WE CANNOT BE FORCING DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE CAR STORAGE ON EVERY SINGLE NEW PROJECT THAT GOES UP IN OUR CITY LIMITS. 
          IT GOBBLES OBS SCARCE LAND. 
          IT ADDS BURDENSOME COSTS, DEVELOPMENTS THAT GET PASSED ONTO RENTERS AND BUYERS. 
          IT MAKES IT HARDER FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO GET OFF THE GROUND, AND IT HARMS WALKABILITY AND ACTIVELY WORKS AGAINST OUR PUBLIC INVESTMENTS AND TRANSIT BIKE LANES, TRAILS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN, TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR, WE'RE NOT ELIMINATING PARKING. 
          WE'RE SIMPLY FREEING UP PROPERTY OWNERS FROM RED TAPE RESTRICTIONS AND LETTING THEM DECIDE HOW MUCH PARKING THEY NEED TO PROVIDE. 
          AND WE KNOW FROM THE RECENT RECORD THAT THE MARKET WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SPACE FOR CARS. 
          THIS IS AN INCREMENTAL STEP TOWARDS A LESS ICENTRIC CITY. 
          WE'VE GOT MORE WORK TO DO, AND AS I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, MY OFFICE AND MY COLLEAGUES ARE WORKING ON THE NEXT PHASE. 
          THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE HAS CONVENED A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PANEL THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE ACTIONS. 
          WE'LL GET A FINAL REPORT SOON, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, UH, ARE DECOUPLING PARKING, SO SPACES AREN'T AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDED IN LEASES, AND TENANTS CAN CHOOSE WHETHER THEY WANT TO PAY FOR THAT EXTRA REAL ESTATE. 
          ALSO, POSSIBLY MAKING ABOVE GROUND PARKING DOWNTOWN COUNT AGAINST FLORIDA AREA RATIOS, WHICH WOULD DISCOURAGE THESE 12 AND 15 FLOOR PARKING PODIUMS THAT SIT AROUND TOO MANY TOWERS ALONG OUR BUSIEST TRANSIT QUARTERS. 
          I'M ALSO PROUD OF THE WORK OUR STAFF HAS DONE TO ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN AND EVEN STRENGTHEN OUR ACCESSIBLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. 
          IT'S OFTEN TOO EASY FOR MANY OF US TO OVERLOOK THE NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED, BUT THEIR NEED SHOULD ALWAYS BE AT THE FOREFRONT WHEN IT COMES TO PLANNING HOW PEOPLE MOVE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. 
          I APPRECIATE THE INPUT THAT ADVOCATES FROM ADAPTIVE CENTRAL TEXAS HAVE PROVIDED TO MY OFFICE AND STAFF, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS NECESSARY AND PRODUCTIVE COLLABORATION ON FUTURE INITIATIVES. 
          WE GOT HERE TODAY WITH A BUNCH OF SUPPORT FROM BOTH THE, FROM BOTH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND GRASSROOTS ADVOCATES WHO WANT A MORE SUSTAINABLE CITY. 
          BUT I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO ONE OF MY PREDECESSORS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS RILEY. 
          HE SPENT, NO, HE SPENT HIS TIME ON THE DIOCESE SPEARHEADING POLICIES THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR THIS ACTION TODAY, AND HE'S ALSO BEEN A TIRELESS CHAMPION SINCE, FOR MAKING AUSTIN A SAFER, MORE, MORE MOBILE PLACE FOR PEOPLE ON BIKES, SCOOTERS, AND ON AND ON FOOT. 
          SO MY STAFF AND I DEDICATE THIS ACTION TODAY, UH, TO COUNCILMAN RILEY AND I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON HIS LEGACY AND HIS LEADERSHIP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN CADRE. 
          IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO BE, UH, TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ, UH, IS HERE AND PRESENT. 
          UH, HE HAS REQUESTED THAT HE BE SHOWN VOTING, AYE, IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, I WOULD MOVE THAT HE BE SH WILL NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE. 
          I WOULD MOVE THAT HE BE SHOWN VOTING. 
          AYE. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? WITHOUT OBJECTION? COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ WILL BE SHOWN VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ MEMBERS 
          [26. Approve a resolution authorizing the filing of eminent domain proceedings and payment to acquire the property interests needed for the Upper Harris Branch Wastewater Interceptor - Phase 1 Project for the public use of installing wastewater infrastructure requiring the acquisition of one wastewater easement consisting of approximately 2.551 acres (111,098 square feet) and one temporary working space easement consisting of approximately 1.086 acres (47,323 square feet), out of the Mariquita Castro Survey, Abstract Number 160, Section 50, Travis County, Texas, being a portion of the remainder of a called 78.516-acre tract, described to Eton Meadows, LP recorded in Document No. 2003006187 of the Official Public Records of Travis County, Texas, currently appraised at $270,580, subject to an increase in value based on updated appraisals or a Special Commissioner’s award. The owner of the needed property is Eton Meadows, LP. The property is located at 00 Parmer Lane, Austin, Texas 78653. The general route of the project is the Upper Harris Branch wastewater basin from Dessau Road to Harris Branch Parkway.]
THAT WILL TAKE US TO ITEM NUMBER 26. 
          ITEM NUMBER 27, UH, WAS PULLED OR HAS WITH, HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN, BUT ITEM NUMBER 26, WE WILL NOW TAKE UP AND I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 26. 
          AND LET ME ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 26. 
          NO, MAYOR. 
          THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS FOR 26. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 26 MEMBERS. 
          WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER 26 BEING A NON-CONSENT CONDEMNATION ITEM. 
          UH, THE CHAIR WILL RECOGNIZE A MOTION TO THE EFFECT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN AUTHORIZES THE USE OF THE POWER OF IMMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY SET FORTH AND DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA FOR THE CURRENT MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC USES THAT ARE DESCRIBED THEREIN. 
          IS THERE 
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A MOTION? MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITHOUT OBJECTION? ITEM NUMBER 26 IS ADOPTED AND, UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON BEING ABSENT. 
          AS I INDICATED, ITEM NUMBER 27 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. 
          UH, MEMBERS THAT WILL NOW TAKE 
          [28. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to eliminate minimum parking space requirements, except for accessible parking spaces.]
US TO ITEM NUMBER 28, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY SET IT UP FOR US. 
          I, I, I, I REALIZED I MISREAD MY NOTES. 
          I DUNNO WHY I HAD IT AS A CONSENT ITEM, BUT I ALREADY SAID WHAT I NEEDED TO SAY, SO. 
          WELL, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU IF YOU WANTED TO REPEAT YOURSELF, BUT I IF YOU, IF YOU WANT ME TO, I'M MORE AND I PROBABLY WASN'T GONNA RECOGNIZE YOU FOR IT, MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT. 
          NO, NO, I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR LAYING IT OUT FOR US. 
          UM, SO I'LL, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 28, AND I'LL CALL ON THE CITY CLERK TO HELP US. 
          YES, MAYOR, WE HAVE TWO REMOTE SPEAKERS. 
          I WILL CALL THEM FIRST ITEM 28. 
          FIRST IS TY HOKI. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, I AM, UH, TY HOKI, UH, HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 28. 
          UM, YEAH, WHENEVER, I GUESS SEVERAL POINTS I HAVE TO MAKE. 
          SO LIKE WHENEVER AMERICANS TALK ABOUT HOW WE DON'T HAVE THINGS LIKE PUBLIC TRANSIT, WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, ET CETERA, THE COMMON REPLY IS JUST THAT, OH, IT'S TOO BIG HERE. 
          WE HAVE TOO MUCH LAND. 
          YES, AND I THINK OUR COUNTRY HAS WASTED, UM, IT'S, IT'S USED AS LAND WASTEFULLY, LIKE A DRUNK LOTTERY WINNER THAT SQUANDERED THEIR NEW FOUND WEALTH, THE USE OF LAND FOR UNNECESSARY PARKING SPACES. 
          AS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THAT, UH, WE LITERALLY PAVE PARADISE AND PUT UP A PARKING LOT. 
          UM, WHEN LAND IS SCARCE BECAUSE OF WASTEFUL USE, THAT MEANS THERE'S LESS LAND AVAILABLE FOR HOUSING, FOR PARKS, BUSINESSES, ET CETERA. 
          AND THAT MEANS THAT IT'S COST CLEAR TO BUY THAT LAND AND DEVELOP PROPERTIES ON IT, WHICH THEN LEADS TO COSTS BEING PASSED ON TO THE HOME BUYERS, THE RENTERS, ET CETERA. 
          ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER, EVERY LONG TIME AUSTINITE HAS COMPLAINED AT SOME POINT ABOUT THEIR FAVORITE RESTAURANT OR BAR CLOSING DOWN WHILE MOANING ALL THESE NEW UPSCALE, YOU KNOW, HIPSTER RESTAURANTS. 
          IF THE LAND AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL USE OF SCARCE BECAUSE SO MUCH WAS USED FOR PARKING LOTS, WELL, THAT MEANS THAT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROPERTY OWNERS CAN JACK UP THEIR RENT LEADING TO YOUR FAVORITE SMALL BUSINESS BEING DRIVEN OUT. 
          AND THEN SOME NATIONAL MILLENNIALS, HIPSTER FRANCHISE OR SOME BIG BOX STORE THAT HAS ENOUGH CAPITAL, THEY CAN THEN MOVE IN TO THAT SAME SPOT. 
          SUCH PARKING MANDATES ALSO MAKE IT HARDER FOR NEW HOMEGROWN SMALL BUSINESSES TO BE CREATED BECAUSE THE MANDATES DRIVE UP THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS. 
          IF YOU WANNA KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD, REMOVING THESE PARKING MANDATES, OBVIOUSLY NOT A CURE ALL IS A GOOD PLACE TO START. 
          SO ONCE AGAIN, I URGE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE YES ON ELIMINATING THE MANDATES. 
          UM, IT HAS WORKED WELL IN EVERY OTHER CITY THAT IT HAS BEEN TRIED IN. 
          AND, UH, YEAH, LET BUSINESS OWNERS AND BUILDERS DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES, UH, HOW MUCH PARKING IS NECESSARY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          KAYLA REESE? KAYLA, ARE YOU THERE? HI, YES, THIS IS KAYLA. 
          GOOD. 
          I WAS ACTUALLY SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 29. 
          UM, SO I DON'T KNOW, I CAN GO NOW OR IF I SHOULD WAIT. 
          WELL, WHAT, WHAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ON 29 AND THE COUNCIL NOTES THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 29. 
          UM, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, LET'S DO, JUST SO THAT WE DO THIS CLOSE TO CORRECT, I'LL, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 29 AS WELL AS ITEM NUMBER 28. 
          AND, UH, MS. REESE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE US YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS. 
          YES, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT CONFUSION. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          UM, I'M, UH, THE ADVOCACY MANAGER WITH AUSTIN, AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION. 
          UM, AND I WAS JUST CALLING, UM, TO SAY THAT WHILE WE'RE DEVASTATED ABOUT THE NEW LAW WITH, UH, PARKLAND DE, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION CHANGES AND HOW IT'LL BEST MAKE THE LEVEL OF PARK SERVICE THAT OUR CITY HAS COME TO EXPECT, UH, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES THAT MAXIMIZE THE PARKLAND DEDICATION THAT THE CITY CAN COLLECT WHILE COMPLYING WITH THE LAW. 
          UM, WE ARE AS DETERMINED AS EVER TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO FIND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE FUNDING CHALLENGES THAT WE'LL FACE IN THE FUTURE FROM THE LAW THAT THIS PARKLAND DEDICATION. 
          UM, AND ALSO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S OUR 20TH, IT'S MY PARK DAY ON THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, LETTING ME SPEAK. 
          THANK YOU FOR TALKING. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S ALL THE REMOTE SPEAKERS WE HAVE THIS TIME. 
          SO I'LL GO AHEAD IN PERSON FOR ITEM 28. 
          FIRST IS BILL MCKINLEY, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL CAMAN AND JAY CROSSLEY. 
          IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN TO THE FRONT AND PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME AT THE PODIUM BEFORE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SAM, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS BILL MCKINLEY. 
          I REPRESENT TRANSIT FORWARD AND AUSTIN 5 0 1 
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C THREE WITH THE MISSION OF EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT, MOUNT PUBLIC AND J UH, TRANSIT IN GENERAL WITH A REAL FOCUS ON PROJECT CONNECT. 
          UH, BACK IN JANUARY, WE WERE PART OF A PANEL HERE IN CITY COUNCIL, UH, PRESENTING ON BEST PRACTICES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY ON HOW TO DO DEVELOPMENT AROUND TRANSIT CORRIDORS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. 
          ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT WAS REMOVING PARKING MINIMUMS FROM CODE CHANGES. 
          SO WE ARE EXTREMELY HAPPY THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING THIS TODAY. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS WONDERFUL NEW ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA, AND WE ALSO APPRECIATE ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          Y'ALL STAY WARM OUT THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS DANIEL CAVEMAN. 
          I'M THE PROJECTS AND POLICY MANAGER FOR SHOAL CREEK CONSERVANCY, A MEMBER OF THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE. 
          TODAY, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY CAPACITY AS A MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN PARKING REFORM COALITION, WHICH HAS WORKED FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF COSTLY PARKING MANDATES AND OPEN UP MORE LAND IN OUR CITY TO BETTER AND MORE DESIRABLE LAND USES OTHER THAN CAR STORAGE. 
          I AM THRILLED TODAY THAT WE WILL BE ACTING ON ITEM 28, WHICH WILL FINALLY END THE OUTDATED PRACTICE OF PRESCRIBING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES PER BUILDING, REGARDLESS OF CONTEXT, COST, IMPERVIOUS COVER, OR ANY OTHER FEASIBILITY CONCERNS. 
          AUSTIN IS CHANGING AND THIS IS GOOD, AND IT IS A HEALTHY THING FOR A LARGE CITY. 
          UH, WE ARE A DYNAMIC CITY THAT IS HOME TO MANY FORWARD-LOOKING INDUSTRIES, INSTITUTIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS. 
          THIS REFORM TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE HELPS ALIGN OUR CITY RULES WITH THE SPIRIT OF AUSTIN. 
          WITH THIS CHANGE, WE CAN ALLOW DEVELOPMENT THAT WELCOMES NEWCOMERS, RESPECTS OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALLOWS PEOPLE TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN LAND AS THEY SEE FIT. 
          IT WILL ALLOW MORE HOMES TO BE BUILT, ALLOW MORE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, AND ALLOW MORE AUSTINITES TO TRAVEL AROUND THE CITY BY WHICHEVER MODE THEY DESIRE AND CAN AFFORD. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL, COUNCIL STAFF, AND ALSO THANK YOU TO DAN HENNESSY AND TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, UH, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US AND LISTEN TO ADVOCATES WHO ARE HERE ALWAYS TO HELP YOU CREATE A CITY AND A CITY CODE THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, HELLO MAYOR WATSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          UH, JAY BELIEVES IT CROSSLEY RESIDENT OF D SEVEN AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FARM AND CITY. 
          AND JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE POINTS. 
          UM, THE AMOUNT THAT PEOPLE DRIVE IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO INCOME AND LOWER INCOME. 
          PEOPLE DRIVE LESS THAN HIGHER INCOME PEOPLE. 
          SO TO WHATEVER EXTENT OUR GOVERNMENTS SUBSIDIZE AND MANDATE CAR DEPENDENCY, IT HURTS LOWER INCOME PEOPLE AND HELPS HIGHER INCOME PEOPLE. 
          UM, AND SO I THINK THIS IS A TERRIFIC MOVE TOWARDS A MORE EQUITABLE CITY. 
          UH, AND JUST WANNA SAY THAT FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL POINT OF VIEW, MANDATING PARKING IS ONE OF THE MOST CLEAR, TERRIBLE THINGS YOU CAN DO, , AND THERE'S NOT A, NOT ANOTHER POLICY THAT'S SO SIMPLY WRONG THAN THIS. 
          AND SO, UM, AND, AND THE FINAL POINT IS THE REASON THAT BANKS, UH, ARE AFRAID OF SUPPORTING A PROJECT DOWNTOWN OR IN AN EQUITABLE TRANS ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WITHOUT ENOUGH PARKING IS BECAUSE THE 2 MILLION RESIDENTS OF OUR REGION ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE PARKING AT THEIR HOME . 
          AND WE'RE REQUIRING ALL OF OUR PARTNER CITIES IN THE REGION ARE REQUIRING PEOPLE TO HAVE CARS OR PLACES TO STORE CARS. 
          AND IF OUR WHOLE REGION COULD STOP DOING THAT TERRIBLE THING, IT ALSO WILL HELP US DEVELOP, UH, WALKABLE, EQUITABLE, TRANS ORIENTED PLACES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT IS ROGER KAVIN, FOLLOWED BY ADAM GREENFIELD AND THEN ADAM POWELL. 
          IF YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME ON DOWN AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME AT THE PODIUM BEFORE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. 
          I'M ROGER COLVIN. 
          UH, I LIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I'M HERE REPRESENTING FRIENDS OF AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS, A COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND RESIDENTS. 
          RECLAIMING THE WORD NEIGHBORHOOD TO INCLUDE THE FULL DIVERSITY OF VOICES MOVING BEYOND NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTIONISM. 
          PARKING MANDATES ARE BAD FOR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          PARKING MANDATES REDUCE THE ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF HOUSING THAT PEOPLE MAY BUILD WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THEIR LAND MAKING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS LESS INCLUSIVE. 
          PARKING MANDATES ARE BAD FOR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THE VAST SURFACE PARKING LOTS THAT RESULT FROM PARKING MANDATES MAKE SHOPS, OFFICES AND SERVICES LESS ACCESSIBLE TO NEIGHBORS WHO WALK BIKE, WHEEL AND TAKE TRANSIT. 
          PARKING 
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MANDATES ARE BAD FOR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          PARKING MANDATES INDUCE TRAFFIC AND INCREASE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED. 
          THE RESULTING EMISSIONS ACCELERATE CLIMATE CHANGE AND REDUCE AIR QUALITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          PARKING MANDATES ARE BAD FOR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          PARKING MANDATES ADD UNNECESSARY IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT INCREASES RUNOFF IN THE RISK OF FLOODING AND THAT POLLUTES OUR LAKES AND STREAMS. PARKING MANDATES ARE BAD FOR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          IN 2017, THE MEMBERSHIP OF FRIENDS OF AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS VOTED TO SUPPORT CITYWIDE ELIMINATION OF COSTLY PARKING MANDATES. 
          WE APPLAUD STAFF'S WORK AND COUNCIL'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF SHE'S CALLED YOUR NAME AND YOU'RE UP FRONT, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          I, UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR, MAYOR PROAM AND COUNCIL ADAM GREENFIELD WITH SAFE STREETS AUSTIN. 
          UM, I AM HERE TO, UH, JOYFULLY SPEAK IN, UH, SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM 28. 
          UH, THE EVIDENCE FROM OUR PEER CITIES IS, IS CLEAR. 
          WHEN YOU GET RID OF PARKING MANDATES, HOUSING PRODUCTION GOES UP AND YOU MOVE MORE IN THE DIRECTION OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION. 
          UM, THIS IS A REALLY AMAZING MOMENT FOR OUR CITY, UH, JUST ON HOUSING. 
          IMAGINE ONE FAMILY BEING ABLE TO LIVE IN AUSTIN BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE, WHO COULDN'T HAVE LIVED HERE OTHERWISE. 
          NOW IMAGINE THAT SPREAD OVER THIS ENTIRE CITY FOR DECADES TO COME. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT EVEN MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN PARKING REFORM COALITION, THAT CITIES ACROSS TEXAS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE WATCHING AUSTIN. 
          THIS IS GONNA BE ON THE NEWS TODAY IF THIS PASSES. 
          AND THOSE CITIES ARE AS INSPIRED BY US AS WE WERE INSPIRED BY OUR PEERS. 
          SO THE EFFECTS OF YOUR VOTE TODAY FOR AGENDA ITEM 28 CANNOT BE OVERESTIMATED. 
          THIS IS A REALLY AMAZING MOMENT FOR EVERY GOAL THAT THIS CITY HAS. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COUNCIL MEMBER KDRY FOR, FOR LEADING THIS AND FOR THE REST OF COUNCIL TOO. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED TO INVITE YOU ALL TO A CELEBRATION. 
          UM, SHOULD THIS PASS AT 6:00 PM TODAY, UPSTAIRS AT CAROLINE ON SEVENTH AND CONGRESS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. 
          IF YOU ARE THERE, WE'LL INVITE YOU TO SPEAK IF YOU LIKE. 
          WE'LL HAVE SOME PHOTOS AND, UM, LET'S CELEBRATE. 
          THIS IS A GREAT DAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE THAT WE'LL BE DONE BY SIX . 
          HEY, ALL, MY NAME IS ADAM POWELL. 
          I'M A DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT AND SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 28, ELIMINATING PARKING MANDATES OR MOVING TOWARDS THAT. 
          UM, SPECIFICALLY I WANNA SPEAK ON THE FLEXIBILITIES AND BENEFITS THIS, THAT THIS COULD HAVE TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND FUTURE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. 
          UM, I COME FROM A FAMILY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE LIVING IN AUSTIN. 
          I WAS BORN IN AUSTIN, BUT WE MOVED TO LEANDER AND THAT'S WHERE I GREW UP. 
          AND OVER TIME I'VE SEEN THIS STARTLING TREND OF SO MANY SMALL BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY ONES THAT ARE RUN BY IMMIGRANTS, WORKING CLASS FOLKS MOVING MORE TOWARDS THAT AREA, LEANDER, CEDAR PARK, ROUND ROCK, PFLUGERVILLE, THOSE SUBURBS INSTEAD OF IN AUSTIN. 
          AND I, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE FLEXIBILITY THAT COMES WITH, YOU KNOW, ON THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND THE BUSINESS STARTING PROCESS OF ELIMINATING PARKING MANDATES, WE'LL BRING SOME MORE OF THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, SOME MORE OF THOSE FUTURE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO CONSIDER AUSTIN IN THE CITY LIMITS PROPER. 
          UH, SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S VOTE ON THIS. 
          UM, AS ADAM GREENFIELD SAID IS A WONDERFUL DAY AND APPRECIATE Y'ALLS WORK ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER STEVEN REED, FOLLOWED BY FELICITY MAXWELL AND JUDAH RICE. 
          IF I'VE CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME DOWN AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME BEFORE YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. 
          STEVEN REED FELICITY MAXWELL. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS FELICITY MAXWELL. 
          I'M AN AURA BOARD MEMBER, AD FIVE RESIDENT AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AUSTIN PARKING REFORM COALITION. 
          UM, HERE TO SPEAK STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF ITEM 28. 
          I'M DELIGHTED TO BEGIN TODAY WITH THIS MESSAGE FROM DR. 
          DONALD CHUPE, DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSOR AT UCLA AND A FORMER EXPERT ON PARKING WORLDWIDE. 
          HE SHARES I STRONGLY SUPPORT REMOVING OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE ALMOST AN ESTABLISHED RE RELIGION IN AMERICAN CITY PLANNING, BUT I'M A PROTESTANT. 
          IN 2005, THIS AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION PUBLISHED THE HIGH COST OF FREE PARKING A 750 PAGE BOOK, IN WHICH I ARGUED THAT PARKING REQUIREMENTS SUBSIDIZED CARS INCREASE THE KI THE COST OF HOUSING, CONGEST TRAFFIC POLLUTE THE AIR WORSEN CARBON EMISSIONS, DEGRADE URBAN DESIGN, PREVENT WALKABILITY, INCREASE, WA WA WATER RUNOFF, CREATE 
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HIGH HEAT ISLANDS DAMAGE THE ECONOMY AND PENALIZE EVERYONE WHO CANNOT AFFORD A CAR. 
          I HAVE NEVER HEARD A CITY PLANNER ARGUE THAT PARKING REQUIREMENTS DO NOT CAUSE THESE CONSEQUENCES. 
          IN PRACTICE, THE DREAM OF ABUNDANT FREE PARKING HAS TURNED INTO AN URBAN NIGHTMARE. 
          PARKING REQUIREMENTS HAVE FOR DECADE, DECADES POISONED OUR CITIES WITH TOO MUCH ASPHALT AND TOO MANY CARS. 
          A CITY WHERE EVERYONE HAPPILY PAYS FOR EVERYONE ELSE'S FREE PARKING IS A FOOL'S PARADISE. 
          THERE ARE THE AUSTIN PARKING REFORM COALITION STRONGLY SUPPORTS DR. 
          SHEEP'S COMMENTS AND APPRECIATE, APPRECIATES THE ACTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER QUADRI AND THIS COUNCIL HAVE TAKEN TO ELIMINATE PARKING MANDATES IN THIS, IN OUR CITY. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTICULARLY RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF DAN HENNESSY AND OUR CITY STAFF WHO WOULD HELP TO MAKE THESE CHANGES OF REALITY AND RECOGNIZE THE ADVOCACY EFFORTS OF DANIEL KAMAN, ROGER CURTIS ROGERS AND MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR YEARS TO REALIZE THIS CRITICAL CHANGE. 
          LAST NIGHT, THE TEXAS RANGERS WON THEIR FIRST WORLD SERIES AND . 
          TODAY AUSTIN IS ON THE CUSP OF ELIMINATING PARKING MANDATES CITYWIDE. 
          I THINK IT'S A GREAT DAY TO SAY GOD BLESS TEXAS. 
          THANK YOU JUDAH RICE ZENOBIA JOSEPH, GREG ANDERSON, IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE COME DOWN. 
          AND BY THE WAY, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO PASS UNLESS SOMEBODY TALKS US OUT OF IT. 
          MR. ANDERSON , MAYOR COUNCIL, GREG ANDERSON, PLEASE SUPPORT THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          WELL DONE. 
          AND I BELIEVE I SEE MS. JOSEPH WALKING DOWN, MS. JOSEPH, THAT BARELY SURVIVING, JUST POURED COFFEE ALL DAY. 
          OH MY GOD. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          COUNSEL, I'M ENOVIA JOSEPH SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION. 
          UH, ITEM 28 SPECIFICALLY I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THIS IMAGE ON THE SCREEN IS ACTUALLY CRESS VIEW STATION THIS MORNING. 
          IT'S A HOMELESS PERSON SLEEPING OUT THERE, A WHITE CHOICE RIDER'S NOT GETTING ON THE BUS. 
          AND I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CREATIVE AND MUSIC VENUES, ET CETERA, WHICH IS ON THE SCREEN. 
          I SPECIFICALLY WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS IT RELATES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU ARE RE CODIFYING THE 1928 CITY PLAN. 
          AS YOU KNOW, MAYOR, YOU HAVE 700, UH, UNITS THAT YOU WANNA PUT IN THE SOUTHEAST AUSTIN AREA FOR THE HOMELESS. 
          YOU HAVE THAT, UH, ONE MILE FROM THE MARSHALING YARD, WHICH IS NEXT TO THE 200 UNITS THAT YOU HAVE SPECIFICALLY AT THE CAMP ESPERANZA. 
          THAT'S OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN ADDITION TO THE ENCAMPMENT THAT IS THERE. 
          AND SO I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN IT'S EAST OF I 35, 60% AREA MEDIAN INCOME IN BELOW, AND WHEN IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE, IT'S ACTUALLY 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $65,000. 
          AND SO THIS IS A FOREST I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE AS WELL THAT YOU'RE NOT BUILDING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHEAST AREA OTHER THAN EAST VILLAGE, WHICH IS 425 ACRES ACROSS FROM SAMSUNG. 
          SO I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT WHILE THE THE MINIMUM MAY WORK IN THE CENTRAL AREA IN SOME PARTS OF AUSTIN, IT IS NOT AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESOURCES AND IT WILL NOT HELP AFRICAN AMERICANS IN PARTICULAR. 
          SO MY COMMENTS, AS THEY WERE BEFORE IN THE CONTEXT OF TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN. 
          AND SO I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS HAS A DISPARATE IMPACT ON AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO ARE SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE HOMELESS, AS YOU ARE AWARE, ACCORDING TO THE JULY 1ST, 2022 ECHO REPORT. 
          AND SO I WANT YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING, MAYOR, AND I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU HAVE SUCH AN AVERSION TO AFRICAN AMERICANS, BUT I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. 
          AND WHILE I CERTAINLY RESPECT THAT YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD, I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE NUMBERS DON'T SHOW THAT YOU ARE FAVORABLE TO US BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY HOMELESS. 
          AND THERE IS ACTUALLY AN AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN ARTICLE AND THERE'S AN AUSTIN CHRONICLE ARTICLE, WHICH IS ABOUT BLACK VETERANS BEING MORE LIKELY TO BE HOMELESS AS WELL, 2015. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL GLADLY ANSWER THEM AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU MS. JOSEPH. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE NON-CONSENT SPEAKERS WE HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, UM, MEMBERS. 
          THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 28. 
          UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 28. 
          CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR A MOTION FOR, AND I'LL UH, CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER CODRE FOR A SECOND. 
          BUT I RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          SHE HAS PROVIDED, UM, A MOTION WITH DIRECTION AND THAT'S WHY I'M RECOGNIZING HER. 
          AND I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER 
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CADRE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I CERTAINLY DON'T MEAN TO TAKE COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE'S THUNDER OUT OF THIS, UM, BUT IT WAS JUST THE WAY THAT WE HAD WORDED THE, THE DIRECTION. 
          AND SO IT SPEAKS TO THE BICYCLE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, UM, AS MENTIONED IN THE ASMP AND PER THE URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION FROM THEIR OCTOBER 3RD MEETING. 
          AND THEN ALSO SPEAKS TO THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT MINIMUM BICYCLE PARKING MEET MODERN STANDARDS. 
          AND THE LAST SECTION IS ABOUT INCENTIVIZING INSTALLATION OF BIKE PARKING FOR CURRENTLY EXISTING, UM, BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING THAT'S ALREADY MADE IT THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS AND UM, AND HAS ALREADY CONSTRUCTED THEIR FACILITIES WOULD NOT BE BEHOLDEN TO THIS. 
          SO THE MOST WE CAN DO IS INCENTIVIZE IT. 
          BUT THAT IS WHAT MY MOTION SPEAKS TO, UH, COUNCIL, THE MAYOR PRO TIM MOVES ADOPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 28 WITH THE ADDITIONAL FOLLOWING DIRECTION. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE SECONDS. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER? ALLISON ALTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA SPEAK BEFORE WE VOTE. 
          UM, I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS ITEM. 
          UM, ALTHOUGH I THINK THAT OUR EXISTING PARKING REQUIREMENTS DO NEED REFORM AND THERE ARE MANY SCENARIOS WHERE I WOULD RELAX OR ELIMINATE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. 
          THIS UNIVERSAL ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENTS IS A STEP BEYOND WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE PRUDENT. 
          I'M CONCERNED THAT THERE WILL BE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND SCENARIOS THAT CREATE REAL PROBLEMS FOR NAVIGATING AREAS WHERE RESIDENTIAL USES ABUT COMMERCIAL USES, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE OLDER NARROW STREETS. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE UPDATING OUR CODE AND UPDATES ARE NEEDED. 
          UM, BUT I WOULD PREFER WE TAKE TIME TO HAVE A MORE GRANULAR APPROACH. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS IS MAKING, BUT THE OVERALL ITEM I AM GONNA BE VOTING AGAINST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THE RECOGNITION. 
          UM, I WILL NOT REPEAT BASICALLY EVERYTHING THAT MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT 10 SAID BECAUSE THOSE WERE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I HAD TO SAY. 
          I DO AGREE THAT THERE COULD BE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES BY THE PASSAGE OF THIS ITEM AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE SHOWN AS VOTING. 
          NO, THANK YOU. 
          YOU WILL BE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? UH, SAY NO THERE BEING EIGHT AYES AND TWO NO'S. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCKENZIE KELLY BEING SHOWN VOTING NO. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON BEING ABSENT THE ITEM. 
          GO AHEAD, I'M SORRY. 
          NO, YOU'RE GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ITEM NUMBER 28 IS APPROVED. 
          WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER 
          [29. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance to designate all territory within the City’s municipal boundaries as urban, suburban, or central business district for the purposes of establishing parkland dedication fees to comply with state law House Bill 1526 (88th Regular Session).]
29. 
          ITEM NUMBER 29. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN OPENED. 
          I'LL CHECK WITH THE CITY CLERK TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 29. 
          NO, MAYOR, WE HAVE NO MORE SPEAKERS WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 29 IS CLOSED. 
          THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES COUNCIL MEMBER VELA FOR A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 29. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I, UH, I I I WOULD LIKE JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS. 
          THERE'S SOME PRETTY COMPLEX, UH, CALCULATIONS GOING ON, UH, UNDERLYING THE MAP AND, UH, THANKFULLY I KNOW WE'RE ON A TIGHT DEADLINE, BUT, UH, IF WE COULD JUST PUSH THIS TO THE NOVEMBER 9TH MEETING. 
          UH, UH, THAT SHOULD GIVE US JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME TO, TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE, THE DETAILS, UH, AND THEN VOTED, APPROVE IT WITH ENOUGH TIME TO GET IT TO THE, THE TRAVIS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE FOLLOWS, THE SUBSEQUENT STEPS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VALA MOVES TO POSTPONE ITEM NUMBER 29 TO NOVEMBER 9TH, 2023. 
          IT'S SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE. 
          IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION WITHOUT OBJECTION? UM, ITEM NUMBER 29 IS POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER 9TH, 2023 MEMBERS. 
          THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A 12 O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN. 
          SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS UNTIL 12 O'CLOCK, UH, FOR OUR TIME, CERTAIN PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY LIVE MUSIC. 
          UH, WE ARE IN RECESS. 
          IT IS 10:54 AM THANK Y'ALL. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME EVERYONE. 
          IT IS 12:01 PM AND I'LL CALL BACK TO ORDER THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2023. 
          UM, 
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MEMBERS, WE ARE AT OUR NOON TIME CERTAIN FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND THEN THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY LIVE MUSIC. 
          I ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL TAKE A RECESS, UH, AT THE CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          WE WILL HAVE THE LIVE MUSIC AND THEN WE WILL RETURN FOR OUR TWO O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN ON ZONING. 
          UH, WITH THAT I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK TO CALL ON THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR, WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANYONE CALLING IN REMOTELY, SO I'LL GO TO IN PERSON. 
          AND THE FIRST SPEAKER IS DIANA CHER OR PREACHER PROCTOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
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WELCOME. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS DIANA PROCTOR. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU PHOTOS THAT I TOOK YESTERDAY MORNING IN ER PARK ALONG THE PICNIC AREAS OF THE BANKS OF BARTON CREEK. 
          I PRESENTED THESE PHOTOS LAST NIGHT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. 
          I'VE ASKED THE CITY CLERK TO PRINT OUT AND DELIVER MY REPORT TO YOUR OFFICES. 
          I ASKED THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT IF THEY HAVE PLANS TO REMEDIATE THIS PARKLAND BEFORE SUMMER OF 2024. 
          THEY TOLD ME THERE ARE NO CURRENT PR PLANS TO ADDRESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS OF THIS AREA. 
          THIS IS PARKLAND. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT OUR COMMITMENT TO IMAGINE AUSTIN BEGUN IN 2012 IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE WATERSHED, THE TREE CANOPY AND ACCESS TO PARKS ACCESS TO THIS VALUABLE AND BELOVED PARKLAND IS AT RISK. 
          IF THE CITY CHOOSES TO CONTINUE TO IGNORE IT, IT BECOMES AN ISSUE OF EQUITY. 
          THIS IS THE FREE SIDE OF THE COOL SPRING WATERS. 
          THE POOL IS THE PAID SIDE AND A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NONPROFIT BARTON SPRINGS CONSERVANCY. 
          OVER $17 MILLION WILL SOON BE SPENT ON THE POOL. 
          BATHHOUSE REMODELING PROJECT STARTED NEXT YEAR. 
          WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE WHEN POOL VISITORS ENJOY THEIR NEW BATHHOUSE IN 2025 AND THE SHADE TREES OF THE CREEK HAVE FALLEN INTO THE RIVER? THIS IS WHY PARK ACTIVISTS OBJECT TO NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT AND SELECTION OF PROJECTS IN OUR PUBLIC PARKS. 
          PARK. 
          NONPROFITS CAN HAVE BLIND SPOTS FOR ISSUES OF EQUITY. 
          DOES THE CITY HAVE MONEY TO REMEDIATE THE CREEK BANKS? I THINK THAT THEY DO. 
          OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, PARD HAS SWEPT OVER $1.6 MILLION FROM PARKING FEES INTO THE PARD CIP FUND. 
          DURING THAT SAME TIME, PARD DID NOT SPEND $1.6 MILLION BUDGETED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR ZILKER PARK MAINTENANCE. 
          PLEASE DRAFT A RESOLUTION TO REPAIR AT LEAST SOME OF THE CREEK BANKS IN ZILKER PARK PRIOR TO THE SUMMER 2024 SEASON. 
          I'M PAUSING SO YOU CAN SEE THE REMAINING PHOTOGRAPHS FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE. 
          THERE'S JUST A FEW MORE. 
          THIS STORY WITH THESE PHOTOS AND MORE CAN BE FOUND ON MY WEBSITE TODAY IN ZILKER PARK.COM. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION, SANDRA MUELLER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AYE, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL, MAYOR, MANAGERS. 
          MY NAME IS SANDRA MUELLER FROM D ONE. 
          AT THE SEPTEMBER 27TH AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING, THE AUDITORS PRESENTED THE RESULTS OF THE ANIMAL SERVICES AUDIT. 
          THE KEY FINDINGS WERE AUSTIN'S ANIMAL WELFARE PRIORITIES CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER. 
          SUCCESSES COME AT THE EXPENSE OF ANIMAL CARE. 
          THE CITY REDUCED THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS AUSTIN PETS ALIVE WAS REQUIRED TO TAKE FROM THE CITY. 
          RELATIONSHIPS ARE STRAINED AND DATA IS INCOMPLETE. 
          AT THE AUDIT MEETING, A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID THEY WERE SICKENED AND DISAPPOINTED WITH THE RESULTS. 
          IF ANYONE IS APPALLED AT ISSUES LIKE BIRD DROPPINGS, STANDING WATER, OR STRESSFUL CONDITIONS FOR ANIMALS AT AAC, THEY SHOULD ALSO FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT THE CITY TRANSFERS ITS ANIMALS TO ITS LARGEST PARTNER, APA, WHICH USES TOWN LAKE ANIMAL CENTER FOR FREE, WHICH THE CITY OWNS. 
          THE CONDITIONS THERE HAVE BEEN AWFUL FOR A DECADE. 
          SO HERE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM APA AND THIS IS THE FIRST SLIDE. 
          THERE'S A FENCE ABOVE THE KENNELS. 
          UH, THE EQUIPMENT IS NOT SANITIZED. 
          SLIDE THREE, IT DRAINS CLOG CAUSING FLOODING. 
          SLIDE FOUR CEMENT IS CRUMBLING AND SLIDE FIVE REBAR IS EXPOSED. 
          AND THAT'S ALL ACROSS THE CAMPUS PRETTY MUCH. 
          SO I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR THE AUDITORS REPORT ABOUT THE INDOOR BUILDING IN OUTDOOR ASTROTURF TEMPERATURES AT AAC. 
          BUT THERE IS NO CLIMATE CONTROL AT A-P-A-A-P-A HOUSES ARE OUR ANIMALS AND ANIMALS FROM EVERYWHERE ELSE IN TEXAS FOR MONTHS AND SOMETIMES YEARS IN A FACILITY THAT WAS BUILT IN 1954 AND IT FAILED INSPECTION OVER 10 YEARS AGO. 
          SO WHEN I VOLUNTEERED AT APA, I WAS PRETTY SURE THEY ONLY CLEANED THEIR KENNELS WITH WATER. 
          THERE WAS NO DISINFECTANT THERE, THERE WAS NEVER A DEEP CLEANING. 
          SO FOR A CITY THAT LOVES ITS ANIMALS AND WANTS 
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TO CLINGING TO THIS NO KILL TITLE, I EXPECT A LOT MORE. 
          AND I EXPECT FAIRNESS. 
          SO PLEASE MAKE SURE APA COMPLIES WITH THE NEW OPERATIONS AGREEMENT. 
          AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE ANIMALS THAT LIVE THERE, MAKE SURE APA REBUILDS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE AUDITORS FOR THIS REPORT 'CAUSE IT WAS HARD WORK AND IT'S A VERY SENSITIVE TOPIC. 
          AND ADDITIONALLY, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THE AUDIT REPORT SAID THAT THE VETERINARY TEAM AT AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF PROVIDING CARE TO THE ANIMALS AND OFTEN EXCEEDS STANDARDS AND A'S POLICIES REGARDING EUTHANASIA ARE BEST PRACTICES AND PERHAPS THE BEST POLICY THEY HAVE ENCOUNTERED IN ALL THEIR EVALUATIONS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          JULIAN REYES. 
          DUSTIN GRANT, THE NAB HATER. 
          MY NAME IS DANA HAER. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYOR KIRK WATSON. 
          ON OCTOBER 8TH, YOU POSTED ON TWITTER THAT YOU STAND WITH ISRAEL AND YOU DECLARED YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL. 
          YOU MADE A VISIT TO A PROMINENT PRO-ISRAEL ORGANIZATION TO DECLARE YOUR SUPPORT. 
          YET IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS SINCE YOU HAVE MADE NO MENTION, NO MENTION AT ALL OF THE HORRIFIC BOMBING CAMPAIGN THAT ISRAEL IS UNDERTAKEN AGAINST THE GAZA STRIP. 
          BUT OVER 12,000 TONS OF EXPLOSIVES FUNDED BY US TAX DOLLARS, OVER 8,000 CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN COLD, COLD BLOOD, INCLUDING 3000 CHILDREN, 1 MILLION PEOPLE. 
          BOTH PALESTINIAN MUSLIMS AND PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES WITH ONLY WHAT THEY CAN CARRY. 
          HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES HAVE BEEN BOMBED BY ISRAEL, A COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT OF THE ENTIRE GAZA STRIP, WHICH IS UNDENIABLY WRONG AND VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW. 
          PALESTINIAN LIVES MATTER TOO. 
          THIS DOUBLED STANDARD AND LACK OF EMPATHY FOR THESE LIVES, EVEN AS THEIR DEATHS HOLD DOUBLED AND THEN TRIPLED THAT OF THE OCTOBER 7TH EVENT, CAN ONLY BE RACISM. 
          MAYOR WATSON, IN VALUING ONE SET OF LIVES, YOU HAVE SHOWN THAT YOU HAVE DE DEHUMANIZED THE MOTHER'S, FATHERS, CHILDREN'S DOCTORS AND JOURNALISTS OF GAZA. 
          MAYOR WATSON, WE DEMAND THAT YOU ISSUE A STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE CIVILIANS OF GAZA, THAT YOU CONDEMN THE KILLING OF CHILDREN AND EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES. 
          AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, WE ASK THAT YOU EXPRESS YOUR SUPPORT FOR A CEASEFIRE. 
          WE ASK YOU TO STAND WITH THE TRUTH AND BE TRUTHFUL. 
          I WILL NEVER FORGET THE FOOTAGE THAT I'VE SEEN COMING OUT OF GAZA OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS. 
          A MOTHER SCREAMING THAT HER CHILDREN DIED HUNGRY, A TODDLER SHAKING HIS DEAD MOTHER TRYING TO WAKE HER UP, A FATHER CARRYING THE PIECES OF HIS CHILDREN IN PLASTIC BAGS BECAUSE THEY WERE SO HORRIFICALLY BLASTED TO PIECES. 
          THAT IMAGE WILL HAUNT MY NIGHTMARES. 
          3000 PLUS CHILDREN KILLED IN A CARPET BOMBING CAMPAIGN SUPPORTED BY OUR TAX DOLLARS. 
          WHAT WAS THEIR CRIME? IF ANYONE WATCHING THIS DOESN'T CONDEMN THE GENOCIDE, THEY ARE COMPLICIT. 
          ON SUNDAY, MORE THAN 6,000 AMERICANS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, MUSLIMS, JEWS, CHRISTIANS, PROGRESSIVES, AND CONSERVATIVES MARCHED IN FRONT OF THE CAPITOL HERE IN AUSTIN IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN FREEDOM AND AGAINST GENOCIDE AND CALLED FOR A CEASEFIRE. 
          THESE PEOPLE ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS TOO. 
          PALESTINIAN AMERICANS AND MUSLIM AMERICANS ARE YOUR CONSTITUENTS TOO. 
          IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THERE HAS BEEN A RISE IN HEAT CRIMES AGAINST MUSLIMS AND AMERICA. 
          IN CHICAGO, A SIX YEAR OLD PALESTINIAN BOY WAS STABBED TO DEATH 27 TIMES, AND A MUSLIM DOCTOR WAS KILLED AT A PARK IN HOUSTON THIS PAST WEEKEND. 
          MUSLIMS ARE SCARED, YET THERE HAS BEEN NO STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY MADE FOR THE MUSLIM OR PALESTINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN AUSTIN OR EVEN TEXAS. 
          WHAT'S MORE ASTOUNDING IS THAT AUSTIN SHARE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC FUNDING DOLLARS GOING TO ISRAEL ANNUALLY IS $14 MILLION WHILE THEY HAVE A HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IN THIS CITY. 
          UM, OUR WE ARE FUNDING THE MILITARY OF ANOTHER COUNTRY TO COMMIT WHAT EVERY HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IS CALLED A GENOCIDE, A CAMPAIGN OF ETHNIC CLEANSING THAT DIDN'T START THIS MONTH BUT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 75 YEARS. 
          PALESTINIANS AND THE GAZA STRIP AND THE WEST BANK ARE GOVERNED BY A DIFFERENT SET OF LAWS THAN ISRAELIS. 
          THEY HAVE LESS RIGHTS FORCED TO USE DIFFERENT ROADS AND SUBJUGATED AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS IN THEIR OWN ANCESTRAL LAND. 
          THIS IS APART HIDE. 
          ISRAEL IS THE LAST COUNTRY LEFT IN THE WORLD THAT PRACTICES THE APARTHEID SYSTEM, AND THAT IS WHY UPON VICTORY IN SOUTH AFRICA, NELSON MANDELA SAID, WE KNOW ALL TOO WELL THAT OUR FREEDOM IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT THE FREEDOM OF THE PALESTINIANS. 
          WE CONDEMN THE STATE OF ISRAEL FOR DRAGGING THE PALESTINIANS THROUGH A RACIST APARTHEID REGIME FOR THE PAST 75 YEARS FOR PLACING THEIR OWN CITIZENS IN DANGER THROUGH ILLEGAL OCCUPATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M MAYOR. 
          I'M GONNA GO TO THE REMOTE CALLER AM SORRY FOLKS. 
          FOLKS, WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON OTHER ITEMS AND I'D ASK THAT YOU FOLLOW THE DECORUM OF OUR RULES. 
          PLEASE CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'M GONNA CALL OUR REMOTE SPEAKER, MEGAN CASSON. 
          HEY EVERYBODY. 
          UM, I KNOW THINGS ARE EVOLVING A LOT AS FEEDBACK CONTINUES AROUND REZONING IN AUSTIN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION 
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AND MY NEIGHBOR'S OPPOSITION TO THE RVS AS PART OF THAT. 
          UH, AT ANY TIME IN THE FUTURE. 
          THEY JUST AREN'T ENVIRONMENTALLY FEASIBLE. 
          THEY WEAR AND TEAR MORE LIKE A CAR THAN A HOME, AND THEY'VE GOT A LIFESPAN ABOUT 10 TO 30 YEARS. 
          IT'S ALSO WHY YOU CAN'T GET TRADITIONAL FINANCING FOR THEM. 
          BANKS DON'T CONSIDER THEM PRIMARY DWELLINGS. 
          AND IN LA PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE DEALING WITH ISSUES AROUND HUMAN WASTE AND DETERIORATING UNITS. 
          THEY'RE JUST NOT SUBJECT TO BUILDING CODES. 
          THEY CREATE A LOT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS. 
          AND FINALLY, RVS ARE THE ONLY THING YOU CAN OWN AND LIVE IN THAT DEPRECIATES. 
          SO IT'S A DEPRECIATING ASSET THAT DEPRESSES THE VALUES OF HOMES AROUND IT. 
          SO I JUST DON'T WANNA PROPOSE A BANDAID THAT ENDS UP CAUSING A BIGGER WOUND DOWN THE LINE AND RELAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR HUNDREDS OF PREDATORY LANDLORDS IN THE CITY TO POP UP. 
          UH, ANYWAYS, UH, JUST APPRECIATE YOU GO KEEPING AN OPEN MIND TO PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S THE ONLY REMOTE SPEAKER WE HAVE. 
          SO I'LL SWITCH BACK TO IN PERSON WITH ANDREW TIKAL. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR WATSON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU. 
          I AM, UH, EXPRESSING MY OPPOSITION AND THE OPPOSITION OF MY NEIGHBORS AS WELL TO THE PROPOSED ZONING REGULATION CHANGES HERE IN AUSTIN THAT WILL ALLOW, UM, MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS ON WHAT WERE PREVIOUSLY SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. 
          UH, THAT'S A PICTURE OF ME AND, UH, I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN SINCE 2004, BEEN AT MY CURRENT ADDRESS SINCE 2010 AND LAST YEAR I PAID $8,075 IN PROPERTY TAXES. 
          LEMME SHOW THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THAT'S MY HOUSE ON THE LEFT OF THIS PICTURE. 
          AND ON THE RIGHT IS A HOUSE THAT WAS, UH, WAS RECENTLY, UM, RENTED OUT BY THE OWNER, UH, A COUPLE OF TIMES. 
          UH, THERE'S A CLOSER PICTURE OF IT THAT'S, UH, 12 6 0 4 ORO VALLEY COVE. 
          I'M IN 12 6 0 2. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE LAWN IS DILAPIDATED. 
          UH, AND THEN, UH, THERE'S MULTIPLE CARS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. 
          THIS INDICATES THAT THERE IS A PRETTY TRANSIENT, UH, UH, POPULATION COMING IN AND OUT OF THAT, THAT HOUSE, I MEAN, WE ALMOST NEVER SAW THE SAME CAR TWICE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, UH, IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, UH, THE, THE KIDS WERE OUT PLAYING IN THE CUL-DE-SAC. 
          AND AS SOON AS THEY ALL WENT INSIDE FOR DINNER, A A SQUADRON OF FEDERAL MARSHALS DESCENDED ON OUR QUIET STREET. 
          THEY WERE SERVING AN ARREST WARRANT ON A FUGITIVE FROM NEW MEXICO WHO WAS, UH, IN THE HOUSE. 
          AND, UH, THEY WERE ALL ARMED, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT ASSAULT STYLE RIFLES, BUT NO KIDDING ASSAULT RIFLES, 5.6 MILLIMETER AMMUNITION. 
          THEY WERE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL. 
          UH, THEY CALLED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE ONE AT A TIME. 
          UH, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE ALL LOOKED LIKE THEY'D DONE THIS BEFORE, SO IT WASN'T A SHOCK TO THEM. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THERE THEY ARE, UM, PUTTING THE FUGITIVE IN HANDCUFFS THERE. 
          UM, THERE'S A, AND ALSO IN THAT SLIDE IS A, UH, SOME TEXTS THAT I SHARED WITH THE OWNER OF THE FEDERAL MARSHAL SAID THAT THIS FUGITIVE HAD BEEN LAYING HER HEAD THERE, BUT DIDN'T LIVE THERE. 
          EVERYONE WAS PRETTY UPSET. 
          SO WHAT MY, MY POINT IS THAT WHEN YOU OPEN UP A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGNED TO HAVE FAMILIES, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS WITH CHILDREN AND, AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH THAT, AND YOU OPEN THAT UP TO A TRANSIENT POPULATION, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO DISPARAGE PEOPLE THAT RENT. 
          MOST OF THEM ARE LAW ABIDING AND, AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I'VE RENTED FOR, FOR THE FIRST HALF OF MY LIFE. 
          UM, BUT IT'S EXPOSING, UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO SCENES LIKE THIS UNNECESSARILY. 
          I DON'T KNOW THE GENESIS OF THIS, UH, THIS PROPOSAL TO DO THE REZONING. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ASKED FOR BY THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S REALLY NEEDED. 
          UM, THERE, THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF IT ARE DEBATABLE, THE BENEFITS OR THE, OR THE DETRIMENTS. 
          UM, BUT I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION AND I HOPE IT WILL BE CONSIDERED. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF I MAY, REAL FAST, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR FOR COMING DOWN TO COUNCIL TO SPEAK. 
          I BELIEVE YOUR STREET IS IN MY DISTRICT. 
          I BELIEVE I'M YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU WOULD PLEASE EMAIL MY OFFICE WITH THE EMAIL DISTRICT THE NUMBER6@AUSTINTEXAS.GOV. 
          I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL AND THEN JUST FOLLOW UP ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT TODAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNSEL. 
          CAMILLE COOK. 
          CAMILLE COOK, ARE YOU HERE? OKAY, 
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PLEASE BEGIN. 
          HI, MY NAME IS CAMILLE COOK AND I'M AN AUSTIN ENERGY CUSTOMER AND A CITIZEN CONCERNED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          TWO YEARS AGO ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 2021, AUSTIN ENERGY ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD CONTINUE TO BURN COAL AT THE FAYETTE POWER PROJECT. 
          BREAKING THE PROMISE AUSTIN ENERGY MADE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN IN THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN TO SHUTTER ITS PORTION OF FAYETTE BY 2022. 
          IN THE TWO YEARS SINCE THEN, AUSTIN HAS HAD ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR, ONE HUNDRED DEGREE DAYS. 
          WINTER STORM MARA AND A CONTINUING DROUGHT THAT RIVALS THE WORST IN AUSTIN'S HISTORY. 
          JUST TO NAME A FEW EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, PROBABLY LIKE Y'ALL. 
          I'M SO HAPPY THAT OUR LONG SUMMER HAS FINALLY COME TO AN END. 
          I DON'T HAVE TO RUN MY AC CONTINUOUSLY. 
          I CAN ACTUALLY ENJOY THE WEATHER OUTSIDE AND MY ELECTRICITY BILL IS LOWER FOR NOW. 
          BUT WHILE THIS BRIEF REPRIEVE FROM THE HEAT IS NICE, I KNOW THAT EXTREME WEATHER IS STILL COMING AND IT'S FUELED BY CARBON EMISSIONS FROM OUR CITY. 
          OUR POWER PLANTS ARE CARS AND OUR BUILDINGS WE'RE ALL IMPLICATED IN THIS. 
          WHILE EACH OF US CAN INDIVIDUALLY REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT THROUGH CHANGES IN OUR LIFESTYLES, SOME THINGS REQUIRE COMMUNITY-WIDE POLITICAL ACTION. 
          IN 2020, AUSTIN ENERGY MADE A PROMISE TO SHUT DOWN ITS PORTION OF FAYETTE. 
          IF IT SHUT DOWN TODAY, 25% OF THE ENTIRE CITY'S, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY'S EMISSIONS WOULD BE GONE. 
          THAT IS A CARBON REDUCTION THAT NO INDIVIDUAL CAN DO ON THEIR OWN. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN ONLY BE DONE THROUGH THE HARD WORK OF MANY PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER AND PRACTICING THEIR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS TO HAVE CONTROL OVER THEIR LIVES. 
          BY Y'ALL NOT HOLDING AUSTIN ENERGY ACCOUNTABLE TO UPHOLD ITS COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU ARE RENDERING INEFFECTIVE. 
          THE SINGLE GREATEST TOOL WE HAVE TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE DEMOCRACY. 
          Y'ALL ARE LUCKY TO HAVE OVERSIGHT POWER OF THE SECOND LARGEST MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY IN THE STATE. 
          THAT IS NO SMALL RESPONSIBILITY. 
          WE KNOW THAT THIS IS DIFFICULT, BUT WE EXPECT Y'ALL TO BE A VOICE FOR US AND TO KEEP TRYING NEW STRATEGIES UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE. 
          CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT JUST ABOUT ENERGY POLICY OR ELECTRIC UTILITY POLICY, IT'S ALSO ABOUT DEMOCRACY. 
          PLEASE HOLD AUSTIN ENERGY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE PROMISE IT MADE TO US AND TO Y'ALL. 
          REMEMBER THEIR PROMISE. 
          WHEN Y'ALL ARE VOTING ON THE RESOURCE GENERATION PLAN UPDATE IN EARLY 2024, THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN HAVE ALREADY USED THEIR VOICE TO SAY, WE DON'T WANT COAL FUELING OUR CITY. 
          PLEASE USE YOUR OVERSIGHT POWERS TO HOLD AUSTIN ENERGY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          TILL THEN, WE HAVE COAL IN OUR HANDS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SHANE JOHNSON. 
          SHANE JOHNSON, HE AND PRONOUNS. 
          I'M A CLEAN ENERGY ORGANIZER WITH THE TECH SIERRA CLUB AND, UM, HERE AS WELL TO SPEAK ABOUT SHUTTING DOWN, PRIORITIZING, SHUTTING DOWN THE FAYETTE COAL PLANT. 
          AS I'M SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW, THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS ALREADY UPON US FROM THE DEVASTATING IMPACTS OF WINTER STORM URI TO THE RECORD-BREAKING HEAT NEARLY EVERY SUMMER TO THE DEVASTATING RECENT IMPACTS OF THE ICE STORM THIS YEAR. 
          UM, THAT MANY DESCRIBED AS HAVING A A HURRICANE SCALE OF DAMAGE. 
          UM, EVERYONE IN AUSTIN HAS BEEN AFFECTED, AT LEAST IN SOME WAY, BUT OF COURSE, PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED FIRST AND WORSE. 
          UM, THERE ARE LONGTIME RESIDENTS FROM THE EASTERN CRESCENT, OTHER PARTS OF AUSTIN WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEIR POWER WOULD COME BACK ON. 
          AND PARTICULARLY IN EAST AUSTIN, WHERE, UH, IF YOU LOOK UP, YOU COULD SEE DOWNTOWN LIT UP DURING WINTER STORM MURRY. 
          BUT, UH, THE EASTERN PART AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY WERE, WERE STILL BLACK. 
          SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELD OUT AGAINST GENTRIFICATION, UM, BUT ARE LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS TO, UH, PEOPLE WHO CAN ONLY AFFORD TO RENT IN THIS CITY. 
          UM, MANY OF US DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT HOW BAD THIS WINTER IS GONNA BE, WHETHER OUR LIGHTS WILL ACTUALLY STAY ON IF ANOTHER CRISIS HITS. 
          AND SO, UM, THE CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT A THEORY AND, AND IT IT IS HAVING THESE, UH, TERRIBLE IMPACTS ON US, UM, JUST THROUGH, THROUGH EXTREME WEATHER. 
          AND THEN THERE'S LOCAL POLLUTION, TOXIC AIR, WATER, GROUND POLLUTION, UH, AND IN ADDITION TO THE CARBON POLLUTION IMPACTS, UM, AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE, THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, UH, AND I WAS CO-CHAIR OF THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN FOR, FOR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO DIDN'T KNOW, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE IS, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, UH, RACE IS THE PRIMARY PREDICTOR OF QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          AND SO WE CENTER THAT IN THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          'CAUSE WE KNOW, LIKE I WAS DESCRIBING, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE IS A RACIAL JUSTICE ISSUE. 
          IT IS AN ECONOMIC JUSTICE ISSUE. 
          UM, FROM THE IMPACTS I WAS, UH, JUST SAID TO THE PECAN FARMERS 
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NEARBY WHO LOST THEIR LIVELIHOODS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE SHUTTING DOWN FAYETTE AND, AND LEV UTILIZE MORE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX LIKE CAMILLE WAS, WAS GETTING AT. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT TO SOME EXTENT THE FAILURE TO COME TO AGREEMENT TO SHUT IT DOWN WAS NOT ENTIRELY WITHIN OUR CONTROL, BUT THE FACT THAT WE'VE GONE ESSENTIALLY TWO YEARS WITHOUT ANY REAL EFFORT, UH, AS FAR AS I KNOW, NO, NO ADDITIONAL NEGOTIATIONS AND ESSENTIALLY NO TRANSPARENCY FROM ALL SYNERGY. 
          IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. 
          AND THEY LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT HOW IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS THEY'RE BRAGGING ABOUT HOW FAYETTE MADE A MILLION DOLLARS ON ONE DAY. 
          THE DIFFERENT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT WE CAN EASILY REPLACE THAT. 
          AND SO, UH, WE DON'T NEED IT FOR RELIABILITY IN REALITY AND WE DON'T NEED IT FOR ECONOMICS EITHER. 
          SEEM TO PRIORITIZE SHUTTING UP FAYETTE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU AL BRADEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR WATSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, MY NAME IS AL BRADEN, A DISTRICT SEVEN VOTER AND AUSTIN ENERGY SHOW SHAREHOLDER TO TALK ABOUT OUR CLIMATE CRISIS. 
          ANYONE REMEMBER THIS SUMMER? I'D LIKE TO SAY IT'S NOT NORMAL YET. 
          I'M AFRAID WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT AS MAYBE ONE OF OUR COOL SUMMERS. 
          WE ALL HAVE A BIG ROLE TO PLAY IN STOPPING CARBON EMISSIONS AND NONE BIGGER THAN FAYETTE, WHICH CONTRIBUTES 80% OF AUSTIN ENERGY'S EMISSIONS. 
          I STOOD WITH MANY OF THESE SAME ACTIVISTS AT A LATE NIGHT MEETING IN 2014, ACTUALLY WEARING THE SAME SHIRT WHEN AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL COMMITTED TO ZERO CARBON BY 2030 FAIR AND EQUITABLE RATES AND THE CLOSURE OF THE FAYETTE COAL PLANT FIRST TO CLOSE BY 2017. 
          THEN THE DATE SLID TO 2020. 
          AS YOU KNOW, 2022 IS NOW IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND WE STILL HAVE COAL ON OUR HANDS THAT NIGHT. 
          I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND RESOLVE COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE MARTINEZ COMMENT STUCK WITH ME. 
          HE SAID, WHAT WE PASSED TONIGHT WAS JUST A PIECE OF PAPER THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN, BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO KEEP COMING BACK TO US AND MAKE SURE WE MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          WELL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE WE'RE ALL BACK WITH MIKE'S DIRECTIVE TO TRY AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          SINCE 2014, WE'VE BEEN BACK MANY TIMES AND WE'LL KEEP COMING BACK. 
          THE MASSIVE CARBON EMISSIONS HAVE OUR NAME ON 'EM AND NEGOTIATIONS AREN'T EASY WITH A RICK PERRY AND GREG ABBOTT APPOINTED LCRA BOARD. 
          CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT SOMETHING THEY HAVE A DEMONSTRATED INTEREST IN, BUT AUSTIN ENERGY HAS BEEN PLAYING A REVISIONIST TUNE LATELY, TOUTING THE $11 MILLION THAT FAYETTE MADE ONE HOT SUMMER DAY. 
          I DON'T DOUBT THAT ENERGY WAS IN CRITICAL SHORTAGE AND ANY POWER FROM ANY SOURCE WOULD'VE MADE THE SAME OBSCENE HIGH PROFITS THAT ERCOT T'S MARKET MODEL CREATES IN A CRISIS SITUATION. 
          BUT DURING MOST OF THE 8,768 HOURS A YEAR, FAYETTE IS LIMPING ALONG IDLING AT ITS LOWER SUSTAINED LIMIT OF ABOUT 160 MEGAWATTS, POURING ITS POWER INTO THE MARKET BELOW COST. 
          WHEN A BIG DEMAND SPIKE COMES ALONG, IT RAMPS UP, MAKES BIG MONEY FOR A FEW HOURS, THEN RAMPS BACK DOWN. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY'S INNOVATIVE REACH PROGRAM HELPS KEEP IT IDLING MORE OF THE TIME AND I STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT. 
          BUT COAL PLANTS ALL OVER TEXAS AND THE COUNTRY ARE CLOSING FOR ECONOMIC REASONS WITH LOW COST WIND, SOLAR, AND NOW BATTERY COMPETITION FOR THOSE SUMMER AND WINTER PEAKS. 
          THE ECONOMIC WRITING IS ON THE WALL, BUT ONLY YOU AS AUSTIN ENERGY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CAN STOP THESE EMISSIONS. 
          DON'T LET AUSTIN ENERGY FOLD ITS HAND AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. 
          FIND A WAY TO AMORTIZE THE SHUTDOWN, FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          80% OF OUR CARBON EMISSIONS ARE JUST WAY TOO MUCH TO KEEP BURNING. 
          SO WITH MIKE'S PERMISSION, WE'LL KEEP COMING BACK 'CAUSE WE STILL HAVE COAL ON OUR HANDS IN AUSTIN. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR NOON PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MEMBERS. 
          THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AT ARE 12 O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN. 
          UH, WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL RECESS UNTIL OUR TWO O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN, WHICH ARE THE ZONING HEARINGS, ALTHOUGH WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR LIVE MUSIC WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN, TEXAS IS RECESSED UNTIL 2:00 PM IT'S 12:26 PM THANK Y'ALL 
          [Live Music – Jaime Ospina]
TO OUR LIVE MUSIC ON THIS THURSDAY AND I'M VERY PLEASED THAT WE HAVE JAIME OA WITH US. 
          UH, JAIME IS A COLOMBIAN COMPOSER, MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST AND TEACHER LIVING AND WORKING IN AUSTIN. 
          HE BEGAN HIS MUSICAL CAREER AS A BASS PLAYER WITH HIS NATIVE BOGOTA IN HIS NATIVE BOGOTA AND HAS PERFORMED 
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ON FESTIVALS LIKE AUSTIN CITY LIMITS AND SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          AND ROCK AL PARQUE IN BOGOTA AND EXTENSIVELY IN THE VENUE CIRCUIT IN BOTH CITIES AS AN INSTRUMENTALIST, HE'S WORKED WITH ARTISTS AND GROUPS SUCH AS ADRIAN CASADA OF BLACK PUMAS, KERRY RODRIGUEZ OF GROUP OF FMA, OR WITH AND GROUP OF FSMA, ALSO BROWN OUT AND MANY MORE. 
          HE'S CURRENTLY THE LEAD SINGER, FRONT MAN SONGWRITER AND FLUTE PLAYER WITH SUPER KOS, A FOUNDER OF THE LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, FEEDING SOULS AND TEACHER AT THE RECORDING CONSERVATORY OF AUSTIN. 
          JAIME STUDIED MUSIC FORMERLY IN LA HAVANA, CUBA AND HAS A DEGREE IN MUSIC EDUCATION. 
          HIS BACKGROUND IN THE TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN COAST GIVES A UNIQUE EDGE TO HIS COMPOSITIONS AND RECORDINGS. 
          HIS SOUND IS FULL OF GROOVY RHYTHMS AND PROFOUND MELODIES AND DRAWS ELEMENTS FROM HIS TIME TRAVELING AND LEARNING FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE. 
          MUSIC MAESTROS IN THE SMALL TOWNS OF COLUMBIA. 
          LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, JAIME OA. 
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THANK YOU. 
          DON'T YOU COME UP REAL QUICK. 
          WHY, WHY DON'T YOU COME OVER HERE? THAT WAS GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, COUNCIL, THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL RY AND COUNCIL VELASQUEZ. 
          UM, WELL THAT WAS A GREAT PERFORMANCE AND WE LOVE OUR, OUR MUSICIANS IN THIS TOWN. 
          AND SO PART OF WHAT I I GET TO DO TODAY ALONG WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THIS PROCLAMATION BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS IS BLESSED WITH MANY CREATIVE MUSICIANS WHOSE TALENT EXTENDS TO E VIRTUALLY EVERY MUSICAL GENRE. 
          AND WHEREAS OUR MUSIC SCENE THRIVES BECAUSE AUSTIN AUDIENCES SUPPORT GOOD MUSIC THAT'S PRODUCED BY LEGENDS, OUR LOCAL FAVORITES AND NEWCOMERS ALIKE. 
          AND WHEREAS WE ARE PLEASED TO SHOWCASE AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ARTIST NOW, THEREFORE, I, KIRK WATSON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, MAYOR OF THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, ALONG WITH OUR COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 2ND, 2023 AS JAIME DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WHERE CAN WE HEAR YOU? WHERE WHERE WILL YOU BE PLAYING? WE'LL BE PLAYING TOMORROW WITH FUNKO. 
          THAT IS THE BAND THAT I PLAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          WELL STEP UP HERE SO WE WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HEAR YOU. 
          SO WE HAVE TWO GIGS TOMORROW, UH, SATURDAY, SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
           , UH, AT UH, 5 1 2 BREWERY. 
          GOOD. 
          OH YEAH, AT 3:00 PM SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          AND THEN WE PLAY HOTEL VEGAS AT NIGHT NIGHT. 
          THEY GET THERE EARLY, THEY CAN DRINK BEER. 
          YES, OF COURSE. 
          . 
          TELL ME THE SECOND ONE YOU SAID SECOND ONE IS GONNA BE HOTEL VEGAS AROUND NINE, I THINK NINE TO 10 30. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE PERFORMING THERE. 
          OUTSTANDING. 
          IF WE WANNA FOLLOW YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHAT DO WE DO? HI MUSINA MUSIC AT AND INSTAGRAM. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          I'M JUSTINA MUSIC AT INSTAGRAM AND J*P AT FACEBOOK. 
          AND UH, THERE'S A BAND CAM WITH MY NAME AS WELL AND WITH MY MUSIC AND UH, YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WONDERFUL. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS FOR WHAT YOU DO. 
          THANK VERY NICE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2023. 
          IT IS 2:00 PM UH, 
          [2:00 PM - Zoning and Neighborhood Plan Amendments (Public Hearings and Possible Action)]
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          WE ARE ON OUR TWO O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN WHICH IS RELATED TO ZONING AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENTS. 
          I'LL RECOGNIZE STAFF AND LEMME JUST TELL YOU THAT MS. HARDIN TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE GOING TO TRY TO DRAG THIS OUT . 
          SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S TRUE, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT SHE TOLD ME. 
          WE'LL BREAK FOR DINNER AROUND SIX OR 8:00 PM DEPENDING ON, THERE YOU GO. 
          WHERE WE ARE IN THE AGENDA. 
          GO FOR IT. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M ERIC THOMAS, THE ACTING ACTING ZONING DIVISION MANAGER WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 
          YOUR ZONING AGENDA BEGINS WITH ITEM NUMBER 32 C 1 4 20 23 0 0 6 0. 
          THIS IS KNOWN AS THE TSUI NORTH REZONING AND IT IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          ITEM NUMBER 33 IS NPA 20 23 0 0 1 4 0.0 SH AT 59 0 1 DROWSY WILLOW TRAIL. 
          THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS AND THE RELATED ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 34 C 4 20 23 7 8 SH. 
          THIS ITEM IS ALSO BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          MOVING ON, ITEM 35 IS NPA 20 23 0 0 1 4 0.0 SH IT IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS AND THE RELATED ITEM IS NUMBER 36 C 1 4 20 23 0 0 7 1 POINT SH KNOWN AS 5,900 SOUTH PLEASANT VALLEY APARTMENTS. 
          THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
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THE FOLLOWING ITEM NUMBER 37 IS C 8 14 0 6 0 1 0 6 3. 
          THIS IS THE HYATT WEST PUTT AMENDMENT. 
          THIS ITEM WAS APPROVED FIRST READING ON OCTOBER 5TH AND IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT SECOND AND THIRD READINGS TODAY. 
          MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 38, WHICH IS NPA 20 23 0 0 1, 8 0.02 AND ITEM 39, WHICH IS C 4 20 23 0 0 1 9, KNOWN AS THE CANE AGREE ZONING WITH A REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. 
          THESE RELATED ITEMS ARE BEING OFFERED FOR POSTPONEMENT TO YOUR NOVEMBER 9TH MEETING. 
          THE FINAL ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY IS ITEM NUMBER 40 C 4 20 23 0 0 4 5 AT 24 0 4 RUTLAND DRIVE. 
          THIS IS AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR NOVEMBER 30TH MEETING. 
          THIS CONCLUDES THE READING OF THE AGENDA, WHICH OF COURSE IS AT YOUR DISCRETION ON ITEM NUMBER 40. 
          YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT IS A POSTPONEMENT CORRECT TO NOVEMBER 30TH MEMBERS. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF WITH REGARD TO THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA? UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          LET ME READ IT AGAIN SO THAT WE HAVE IT FOR CLARITY IN THE RECORD. 
          ITEM NUMBER 32 ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          ITEM NUMBER 33 IN THE RELATED ITEM NUMBER 34 ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          ITEM NUMBER 35 AND THE RELATED ITEM NUMBER 36, ALL THREE READINGS. 
          ITEM NUMBER 37, UH, FOR ON SECOND AND THIRD READING ITEMS 38 AND 39 POSTPONEMENT TO NOVEMBER 9TH, 2023. 
          AND ITEM NUMBER 40 A POSTPONEMENT TO NOVEMBER 30TH, 2023. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. 
          MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ, IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT SOMEONE WOULD LIKE, UH, TO BE SHOWN ABSTAINING? I HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE BEING SHOWN ABSTAINING ON ITEM NUMBER 37. 
          ARE THERE ANYBODY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER? NO. 
          OKAY, I'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A SECOND. 
          ARE THERE ANY, UH, ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT ANYONE WISHES TO BE SHOWN AS ABSTAINING? ANYONE WISHING TO RECUSE THEMSELF FROM ANY OTHER ITEM? ALL RIGHT, NOW NO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER ON ITEM NUMBER 37. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO BE NO, ON 37. 
          ALL RIGHT, 
          [37. C814-06-0106.03 - Hyatt West PUD Amendment - Approve second and third readings of an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 151 South 1st Street (Lady Bird Lake Watershed). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from planned unit development-neighborhood plan (PUD-NP) combining district zoning to planned unit development-neighborhood plan (PUD-NP) combining district zoning, to change a condition of zoning. The ordinance may include exemption from or waiver of fees, alternative funding methods, modifications of City regulations, and acquisition of property. First Reading approved on October 5, 2023. Vote: 7-1. Council Member R. Alter voted nay. Council Member Harper-Madison, Council Member A. Alter, and Council Member Pool were off the dais. Owner/Applicant: River South Venture, LLC. Agent: Drenner Group, PC (Leah Bojo). City Staff: Nancy Estrada, Planning Department, 512-974-7617.]
MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 37 FOR QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES MOVES THAT WE RECONSIDER THE MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 37. 
          UM, AND, AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA. 
          IS THERE ANY OBJECTION, HEARING NONE? UH, WE NOW NO LONGER HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS PULL, WE WILL PULL ITEM NUMBER 37, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CADRE MOVES AND IT'S SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ABSENT ITEM NUMBER 37. 
          I WILL, UH, ANY, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ? HEARING NONE, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED. 
          THAT'LL TAKE US TO ITEM NUMBER 37. 
          IF YOU'D PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE, UH, ACTUALLY I'M GONNA, WELL PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 37 C 804 0 6 0 1 0 6 3 HYATT WEST PUD AMENDMENT. 
          THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE, IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT FROM THE WEST PARCEL. 
          THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 12TH AND BY THIS COUNCIL ON FIRST READING AT YOUR OCTOBER 5TH MEETING, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO SUPPORT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, BUT THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION FROM AUSTIN WATER AND THERE IS REPRESENTATION HERE FROM AUSTIN WATER TO SPEAK FURTHER OR ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THAT RECOMMENDATION TODAY. 
          THE APPLICANT IS ALSO ATTENDING THIS MEETING VIRTUALLY TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM IF NEEDED. 
          I, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, WHY DON'T WE BRING AUSTIN WATER UP? 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUE IS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR KEVIN CRIDEN. 
          AUSTIN WATER. 
          WHY DON'T YOU DESCRIBE WHAT IT IS THAT AUSTIN WATER IS WANTING TO DO ON THIS HAS CREATED THE CONTROVERSY. 
          GOT IT. 
          UM, BASICALLY WHAT AUSTIN WATER IS RECOMMENDED IS THAT THE APPLICANT BE REQUIRED TO CONNECT TO A, UH, LOCAL, UH, RECLAIMED WATERLINE AND USE THAT RECLAIMED WATERLINE FOR, UH, REUSE NON-POTABLE USE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. 
          SO THAT'S THE VERY SIMPLEST VERSION OF IT. 
          AND 
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THAT'S BEING DONE AT A TIME WHEN WE HAVE YET TO ADOPT A POLICY. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? SO THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THAT AT THIS POINT THAT IS NOT REQUIRED BY EXISTING CODE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER, BUT THIS IS A PUD AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR A CHANGE TO A PUD SO WE DON'T HAVE TO ONLY ABIDE BY EXISTING. 
          WELL, I'M NOT, I'M NOT CREATING AN ARGUMENT. 
          I WAS JUST INDICATING WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. 
          I I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE'RE NOT IN VIOLATION OF ANYTHING IF WE NO, I'M JUST, WE WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY YET. 
          AND, AND SO I I I WASN'T TRYING TO CREATE A FIGHT E EVEN IF WE, WE LOOK FOR ONE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          FUENTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HOLD ON, MAYOR, I WASN'T LOOKING FOR A FIGHT. 
          I WAS JUST CLARIFYING YOUR COMMENT. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, CAN YOU REMIND US WHEN THE POLICY COMES BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FULL ADOPTION? SO WE WILL BE, UM, COMING TO COUNCIL FOR RECOMMENDATION TO ACTUALLY DELAY A POLICY. 
          UM, THAT POLICY WAS SCHEDULED TO GO INTO EFFECT ON DECEMBER THE FIRST. 
          UH, WE'RE REC WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING A 90 DAY DELAY TO CONSIDER THAT AND THEN PICK THAT MATTER UP BEFORE COUNSEL, I BELIEVE ON MARCH THE SEVENTH. 
          AND CAN YOU, UM, IS IT TRUE OR IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS HUD AMENDMENT IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT WOULD BE THE ONLY AREA THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT CONNECTED TO THE RECLAIM WATER SYSTEM? THE ONLY PUD IN THE AREA THAT WOULD NOT BE CONNECTED. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN SPEAK TO THE ONLY PUD. 
          I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PUDS THAT SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THEIR PUD ARRAN AMENDMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND CAN THE APPLICANT SPEAK TO IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE MADE ON SITE AS IT RELATES TO WATER REUSE? CAN YOU CONNECT THE APPLICANT PLEASE? AND, AND TO FURTHER CLARIFY MY PREVIOUS STATEMENTS, THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          THIS IS THE ONLY P PROJECT THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT CONNECTED TO OUR RECLAIM WATER SYSTEM. 
          AND SO, IS THAT CORRECT? LEAH? CAN YOU HEAR US? I CAN. 
          I COUNSEL. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? I APOLOGIZE. 
          YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          DID YOU HEAR THE QUESTION? I I HAD TROUBLE. 
          I DID. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          I HAD TROUBLE CONNECTING. 
          YES. 
          UM, SO, UH, I, I DON'T ALSO KNOW IF THERE ARE NO OTHER PUDS THAT ARE CONNECTED, BUT I DO KNOW THAT SEVERAL OF THE PUDS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP AS EXAMPLES HAVE BEEN NEW PUDS LIKE THE SNOOPY PUD, THE STATESMAN PUD PUDS RECEIVING HUGE AMOUNTS OF NEW ENTITLEMENTS. 
          AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS, UH, AMENDMENT IS THIS IS AN OLDER PUD AND THE ONLY REQUESTED AMENDMENT IS TO REMOVE PARKING MINIMUMS. UM, WE ARE ARE NOT RECEIVING NEW ENTITLEMENTS AS PART OF IT. 
          EVERYTHING ELSE IS PERMITTED AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN LINE WITH THE, WITH THE PUD AND CURRENT CODE. 
          AND WILL YOU ALL IN A FUTURE DATE BE SEEKING NEW ENTITLEMENTS? I DON'T BELIEVE SO, NO. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS IS THE LAST PORTION OF THE PUD TO REDEVELOP. 
          IT'S A SURFACE PARKING LOT TODAY. 
          TODAY. 
          UM, AND SO THIS WOULD BE THE, THE FINAL COMPONENT. 
          AND CAN YOU SPEAK TO IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE MADE TO THE REUSE SYSTEM ONSITE? UH, WE ARE, UM, IN AGREEMENT WITH, YOU KNOW, AS, AS I THINK YOU ALL KNOW, THERE ARE SORT OF TWO COMPONENTS OF THE WATER REUSE ORDINANCE. 
          THERE'S THE ONSITE REQUIREMENTS AND THERE'S THE CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ONSITE REQUIREMENTS, UM, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT, UH, IRRIGATION, UH, COMPONENT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF GREEN SPACE ON THE SITE AND IS ALSO THE FIRST AND SECOND STORY ARE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED USE. 
          AND THOSE WOULD BE CONNECTED TO THE, TO THE ONSITE RECLAIM SYSTEM. 
          WHAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO COMPLY WITH IS THE CONNECTION TO THE OFFSITE SYSTEM, UM, WHICH IS THE SECOND COMPONENT, BOTH OF WHICH ARE BEING POSTPONED AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT, BY STAFF NEXT AT THE NEXT MEETING. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND GIVEN THE, THE FACT THAT STAFF WILL BE RECOMMENDING A POSTPONEMENT FOR THE POLICY REQUIREMENT, COLLEAGUES, EARLIER TODAY WE ADOPTED A, WE LIFTED OUR, UM, MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT THIS REZONING CASE BEFORE US IS REGARDING PARKING REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS, UM, ON SECOND AND THIRD READING, BUT JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT THESE WERE CONCERNS THAT CAME FROM AUSTIN WATER MEMBER VELA. 
          UH, UH, APPRECIATE IT. 
          I'M GONNA, UH, JOIN COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES AND I, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THEY COULD WITHDRAW THE PUT AND THEN JUST BUILD BUNCH BARKING. 
          SO, AND I, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO GO IN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE THEN COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, JUST KIND OF WANT TO ECHO WHAT'S KIND OF BEEN SAID. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE PUD AMENDMENT AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE FIRST PUD REQUEST TO ELIMINATE PARKING MANDATES. 
          AND IT'S ESPECIALLY FITTING, UH, THAT IT'S ON THIS DAY AS WE CELEBRATE ELIMINATING PARKING MANDATES 
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CITYWIDE. 
          UH, AUSTIN'S COME A LONG WAY, AND I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE THEIR RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS ITEM, BUT IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT THIS PROJECT FULFILLS THE, UPON DEFINITION OF GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND OUR EXISTING REGULATIONS. 
          UH, AS THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH STAFF, UH, TO MEET THE ONSITE PORTION OF THE PENDING WATER FORWARD REQUIREMENTS, UH, PARKING REDUCTION IN AND ITSELF IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT. 
          UH, THE PROJECT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, AND EACH OF THESE NEW HOUSING UNITS, ALONG WITH EVERY REDUCTION IN PARKING SPACES, WILL HA, WILL HELP MAKE PROJECT CONNECT A SUCCESS. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. 
          THANKS. 
          AND MR. CUR, AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          I HAD PUT THEM UP FOR THE Q AND A, SO I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU WANT TO FIELD THEM OR IF THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE DO THAT. 
          SO I DON'T HAVE THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AT HAND. 
          I THINK THE, THE QUESTIONS REALLY INVOLVED THE DIFFERENCE IN WATER SAVINGS BETWEEN, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED VERSUS WHAT CONNECTION TO THE, THE CENTRALIZED RECLAIM SYSTEM WOULD ALLOW. 
          UM, BASICALLY THERE'S ABOUT 1.2 MILLION GALLONS OF, OF POTABLE WATER THAT WON'T BE OFFSET BY THE PROPOSED, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS CONCEDED OR MAYBE MAYBE A LITTLE CLOSER TO 1.9 MILLION. 
          YEAH, CORRECT. 
          TOTALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE QUESTION OF HOW MANY GALLONS OF POTABLE WATER COULD BE OFFSET BY USING RECLAIMED WATER WAS JUST SHY OF 2 MILLION GALLONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S IF WE WERE TO CONNECT, UH, TO THEIR CENTRALIZED RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT THE STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED. 
          CORRECT. 
          UH, THE QUESTION OF HOW MANY GALLONS OF POTABLE WATER WILL BE OFFSET USING THE CURRENT SYSTEM PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT? THIS IS THE DEVELOPER PREPARED AUSTIN WATER WATER BALANCE CALCULATION. 
          DO YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF YOU? I THINK THAT'S THE SECOND QUESTION THERE. 
          YEAH, I'M GETTING TO IT RIGHT HERE. 
          GREAT. 
          I THINK IT'S RIGHT AT 600,000 GALLONS BY MEMORY. 
          YEAH. 
          OR 670,000. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          GALLONS PER YEAR OF POTABLE WATER WOULD BE OFFSET. 
          SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE OF, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE A FACTOR OF THREE, IF I'M DOING MY MATH CORRECTLY, BETWEEN 760,000 VERSUS 1.9 MILLION. 
          AND THEN THE DISTANCE OF THE RECLAIMED WATER PIPE FROM THIS PROJECT, IT'S, UH, 500 FOOT DISTANCE IS WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND THIS EXISTING WATER RECLAIMED WATER SYSTEM IS FOUR 70. 
          YEAH, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I SEE TOO, ABOUT 470 FEET FROM THE, SO IT'S WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          AND I'LL JUST CLOSE MAYOR BY SAYING THAT I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY LOST ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PROJECT. 
          WE HAVE LOST AN OPPORTUNITY ON THIS ONE. 
          AUSTIN WATER ASKED THIS POD AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERIORITY TO EXTEND THE RECLAIMED WATER CONNECTION. 
          THIS WILL BE A REQUIREMENT OF WATER FORWARD IN THE COMING MONTHS. 
          THE RAIN COLLECTION ON SITE WILL ONLY PROVIDE A FRACTION OF WHAT WILL BE NEEDED AND CONNECTING TO AUSTIN WATER'S RECLAIMED WATER WOULD'VE SERVED THE PROJECT AND WOULD HAVE FURTHERED THE LINE SO THAT OTHER PROJECTS COULD THEN CONNECT. 
          SO I THINK IN CLOSING, WHAT I WOULD SAY AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY, WE NEED TO DECIDE WHERE OUR PRIORITIES LIE AND HOW BEST TO ACHIEVE THEM. 
          ALLOWING PROJECTS TO OPT OUT IN THE FUTURE WON'T HELP US REACH THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE SET FOR OURSELVES. 
          I APPRECIATE AUSTIN WATER'S STRONG STANCE IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, AND THAT IS THE REASON FOR MY ABSTENTION IN THIS CASE BECAUSE I DO SUPPORT THE POSITION MAYOR THAT THE STAFF HAS BROUGHT TO US ON THIS PART. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I SHARE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL'S CONCERN, BUT I'M GONNA VOTE NO ON ITEM 37. 
          UM, AS SHE NOTED, IT'S A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. 
          I THINK AUSTIN WATERS MADE A VERY REASONABLE ASK. 
          UM, AND THE HALF MEASURE THAT'S BEING OFFERED IS JUST THAT, UM, PODS ARE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER ZONING. 
          UM, AND PODS SHOULD BE ACHIEVING SUPERIORITY. 
          THIS INITIATIVE IS A, A KEY PART OF OUR WATER CONSERVATION PLANNING. 
          I ALSO HAVE TO SAY THAT WHILE I APPRECIATE THE DESIRE TO BE CONSISTENT, UM, WITH THE EARLIER ACTION, WITH RESPECT TO PARKING PODS WERE NEGOTIATED USUALLY, I DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS PARTICULAR POD, BUT THEY WERE USUALLY A NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT THAT INVOLVED A LOT OF PARTIES. 
          UM, AND THAT CAN BE FUNDAMENTALLY SHIFTED, UM, BY THE ELIMINATION OF THE PARKING, BY THE LOGIC THAT HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD. 
          UM, AND, AND IT JUST MAKES FOR A WHOLE DIFFERENT BARGAIN. 
          AND, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT JUST ELIMINATING PARKING IN EVERY CASE AS OUR, 
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AS OUR, UM, APPROACH IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE OR THE WAY TO ACHIEVE THE BEST KIND OF PLANNING FOR OUR CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'M, I'M FORGETTING NOW. 
          DID WE GET A MOTION ON THIS? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE MOVES APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 32ND, I'M SORRY, 37. 
          IT'S SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TIM. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          OPPOSED? SAY NO. 
          THE MOTION CARRIES ON. 
          SECOND READING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER BEING SHOWN VOTING NO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOL ABSTAINING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON. 
          UH, ABSENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY OFF THE DAAS MEMBERS, THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND BY THE WAY, YOU DID DRAG IT OUT. 
          UM, I JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, HERE, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THE VOTE COUNT ON THIS ITEM? YES. 
          UH, THE, THERE WERE TWO NO'S. 
          MM-HMM. 
           COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON AL ALTER. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          THERE WAS ONE ABSTENTION. 
          OKAY. 
          ONE ABSENCE AND ONE OFF. 
          THE DAS THERE BEING SIX VOTES IN FAVOR. 
          THAT CAN PASS ONLY ON SECOND READING. 
          YOU WOULD NEED SEVEN TO ALSO PASS ON THIRD READING. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL IN THAT CASE, SINCE THIS IS COMING BACK TO US ON THIRD READING, I REALLY HOPE THE APPLICANT AND THE DEVELOPER, UM, CONSIDER THEIR STANCE ON THE ISSUE. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. 
          THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL AT THIS REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 2:18 PM.
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