Nov 30, 2023 City Council Meetings

AT THIS TIME, THERE'S NO ONE REMOTE, SO WE'LL GO TO IN-PERSON, SPEAKERS WILLIAM BUNCH, SPEAKING ON ITEM 60, ALSO REGISTERED FOR ITEM 19 AND 21.

THANK YOU MR. BUNCH.

MARTHA CORRA, I'M SORRY, UH, ZENOBIA JOSEPH ON ITEMS 24 52 AND 54, I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, SANDY RAMIREZ ON ITEM 54 AND 74, RIGHT, BUT IN TWO MINUTES, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.

WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL WHO'S NEXT AND, AND THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS SO THEY'LL KNOW.

THERE ARE NO OTHER REMOTE SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME OR IN PERSON.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL FIND OUT.

ARE YOU SPEAKING ON AN ITEM? YES.

WHICH ITEM? 54 AND THE TWO ITEMS THAT, UM, COUNCILWOMAN MCKENZIE, KELLY, UH, PUT FORTH, BUT I'M ALSO BRINGING LIGHT TO THE, TO THE, I'M IN SUPPORTIVE QUESTION.

SORRY, NOTHING'S HAPPENED.

PLEASE, PLEASE GO AHEAD THEN.

FIRST, I WANNA THANK, UH, EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT AND LISTENING.

UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY 520 PLUS OFFICERS SHORT.

I FEEL THAT THE COUNCIL REALLY DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CITIZENS.

UH, I DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE OUT HERE THIS QUICKLY, I APOLOGIZE.

IN 2006, A PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED FOR $20 MILLION, 16 ACRES OVER AT ST.

JOHN'S, UM, AND IT WAS SPENT TO BE FOR A PD SUBSTATION.

THE BOND WAS APPROVED.

WHAT I'VE SEEN, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT MY NOTES.

WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM Y'ALL IS DIVISIVENESS.

YOU DON'T LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT COME AND VOTE FOR YOU.

YOU, YOURSELF, MAYOR, UM, STATED THAT YOU WERE IN SUPPORT OF OUR POLICE WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT.

THE CONTRACT WAS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE STATE, AND YOU GUYS JUST NIXED IT.

MS. ALTER AND MS. KELLY WERE THE ONLY ONES IN SUPPORT.

EVEN THOUGH MS. AL ALTER WENT AHEAD AND HELPED, I FOUND THE POLICE.

THE REST OF Y'ALL PRETTY MUCH DON'T CARE.

MS. POOL'S HOME INITIATIVE AMENDMENT WILL PUSH ME AND MY FAMILY OUT.

IF THAT TAKES PLACE, IT IS UNFAIR THAT THE CITIZENS ARE NOT BEING HEARD.

UH, I KNOW THAT MS. POOL IS KIND OF IN BED OR HAS THE EAR OF THE DEVELOPERS, THE COUPLE THAT CAME IN AND, AND PUT THAT IDEA FORTH.

IT'S NOT FAIR.

OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS SUFFERING WATER STREET DRAINAGE TO BE, TO BE PUSHING THAT, AND THEN TO DO ANOTHER SPECIAL RESEARCH STUDY WASTES MORE MONEY.

SO WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE AND THE PEOPLE GET PUSHED OUT.

HOMELESSNESS, OH MY GOD, $515 MILLION.

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING WITH THAT? YOU KNOW, WE NEED POLICE.

WE NEED SAFETY FOR EVERYONE.

CRIME DOESN'T CARE IF I'M LIBERTARIAN, REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT.

WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT HAPPENS.

MY CAR WAS STOLEN, YOU KNOW, FROM MY DRIVEWAY.

MAYOR, WE HAVE ONE REMOTE SPEAKER THAT JUST CALLED IN.

A, A POSTING ERROR AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO REPOST THE AWESOME HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ITEM.

ENOVIA JOSEPH SPEAKING ON ITEMS 24 52, MA'AM.

53, YOU COMPLETED TIME AND 54.

I, I AM NOT TALKING.

DON'T FORGET.

THANK MAYOR COUNSEL.

I'M ENOVIA JOSEPH, AND I JUST WANNA MENTION MAYOR, THERE'S A JOSEPH.

HANG JOSEPH, PLEASE HANG ON FOR TODAY'S AGENDA ON, HANG ON ONE SECOND.

WE'LL START YOUR, CERTAINLY STOP HER CLOCK.

WILL YOU PLEASE, UH, COMPLETE YOUR PRESENTATION? THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MS. JOSEPH, I'M SORRY TO HAVE INTERRUPTED.

WE'VE RESET THE CLOCK FOR TWO MINUTES.

OKAY? YES, MAYOR, I, UM, THIS IS ANOVIA JOSEPH, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THERE'S

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I WENT IN PERSONAGE BEFORE 7:00 PM LAST NIGHT TO REGISTER POSITION AGAINST THE KATIE LOFT ITEM, BUT THAT WAS NOT ACTUALLY POSTED, SO IT JUST HAD THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING.

SO THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ACTUALLY REGISTER TO MAKE COMMENTS.

UM, I JUST WANNA CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION.

YOU REMEMBER, HOUSE BILL 28 40.

IT SPECIFIES A GOVERNMENTAL BODY SHALL ALLOW EACH NUM MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO DESIRES TO ADDRESS THE BODY REGARDING AN ITEM ONE AND AGENDA FOR AN OPEN MEETING OF THE BODY TO ADDRESS THE BODY REGARDING THE ITEM AT THE MEETING BEFORE OR DURING THE BODY'S CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM.

AND SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO JUST COMPLY WITH STATE LAUNDRY POST THAT AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO THE NXT ITEM 10 AND 11.

I JUST WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT THE ST.

ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL DEAL IS 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME.

IT WILL BENEFIT THE PEOPLE AT NXP, BUT IT'S ABOVE THE INCOME LEVEL FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS WOULD EARN ABOUT $42,000.

IS THAT MY TIME? YOU STILL HAVE 38 SECONDS.

I JUST CAN'T HEAR.

SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET YOU TO RECOGNIZE THIS IS A VIOLATION OF TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, BECAUSE IT WOULD PROHIBIT AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM BENEFITING AND AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING WORKS AND THE AUSTIN TENANTS COUNCIL ITEMS, AUSTIN TENANTS COUNCIL HAD A REVIEW BY TRAVIS COUNTY.

AND SO THE $900,000 THAT YOU'RE ALLOCATING THERE, I WOULD ASK YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE AUDITOR SAID AND TO COMPLY WITH THE FEDERAL LAW.

I'M NOT SURE HOW TENANTS ARE SUPPOSED TO GET RENTAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH AUSTIN TENANTS COUNSEL, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LAWYERS, SO THEY CAN'T GIVE ADVICE.

SO THIS IS NOT THE BEST USE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S MONEY, AND I'M IN THE OPPOSITION OF 54.

THIS IS THE CANDLEWOOD SUITES ITEM.

YOUR SPEAKER TIME IS EXPIRED.

HAVE, AT THIS TIME, MAYOR, WE HAVE AN IN-PERSON, SPEAKER THAT WAS CALLED EARLIER, BUT IS NOW HERE.

UH, THEY WERE REGISTERED FOR ITEM 21.

MARTHA RA, I'M NOT SURE IF SHE WANTS TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

MS. RA, YOU CAN SPEAK AT THIS TIME OR YOU CAN SPEAK, UM, AFTER WE PASS THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, WHEN WE CALL UP THAT ITEM.

VERY GOOD.

UM, I WAS GOING TO ASK MA'AM, HE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

I WAS, I WAS GOING TO ASK, UM, TO SPEAK NOT ONLY FOR MY TIME, BUT FOR THE TIME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NO LONGER WITH US, THAT WORKED SO HARD TO PROTECT OUR SHORELINE, SPECIFICALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

SINCE THE NORTH SIDE, THANKS TO EAST AUSTIN.

ACTIVISTS, UH, SOME OF WHOM ARE NO LONGER WITH US, UH, WAS PROTECTED, WAS WELL PROTECTED UP TO THIS POINT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH IRAQ OR IF IRAQ GETS ITS WAY.

ANYWAY, IT WAS A SOUTH SHORE, THE SOUTH SHORE THAT WE WERE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT.

AND SO I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR TIME, UH, TO EXPRESS THE CONCERNS OF PEOPLE, ACTIVISTS WHO WORKED ON THE TOWN LAKE PARKLAND CORPORATION BOARD WITH ME, ULMA OVERTON, REBECCA CRENSHAW, MK HAGUE, MIKE EDMAN, AND OF COURSE, MANY, MANY OTHERS THAT WERE, UH, THE ACTIVISTS BEHIND, UH, PROTECTING THE ENTIRE SHORELINE.

SO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK LATER OR TO HAVE MY SAY RIGHT NOW.

WELL, YOU'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN RECORDING YOUR, YOUR, YOUR SAY RIGHT NOW.

I CAN DO IT NOW.

I'M ALSO LOSING MY HEARING, BY THE WAY.

WELL, LET ME, LET ME HELP WITH THAT.

BEST I CAN.

UM, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR TESTIMONY, IF YOU WILL, OR WE CAN PRESERVE A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME.

YOU SPOKE FOR A MINUTE FOR AT, AT, UH, WHEN WE BRING UP THE SPECIFIC ITEM.

BUT, UM, YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF TWO MINUTES.

WELL, I, I WILL BE GLAD TO SPEAK, UH, LATER, IF IT'S OKAY.

WELL, YOU'LL HAVE A MINUTE AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

OH, WELL THEN I BETTER TALK NOW.

TIME, THE NEW YORK TIMES, UH, CAME OUT WITH AN ARTICLE AND NOT THE VERY BEST THING ABOUT AUSTIN, THAT AUSTIN WAS ONE OF THE TOP CITIES FOR INEQUITIES IN TREE CANOPY.

SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, I CAN'T, AT THE TIME, AT THE VERY TIME THAT THE BALLOT MEASURE WAS, WAS GOING, WAS BEING CONSIDERED AND PASSED TO BE PUT ON THE BALLOT WITHOUT ANY PUBLIC INPUT, WITHOUT REVIEW BY, BY THE PEOPLE, THE OVERLAY COMMISSION.

I TALKED TO LINDA GUERRERO WITHOUT REVIEW BY THE PART BOARD.

AT THAT VERY

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AND IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES.

I SAVED THE ARTICLE BECAUSE IT WAS SO IRONIC THAT AT THAT VERY TIME, UH, THE COUNCIL WAS VOTING TO RE TO ACTUALLY GIVE UP PARKLAND THAT WOULD, WHEN THE FACILITY IS REMOVED, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TREE CANOPY, YOU KNOW, AND ACCESS TO THE SHORELINE, WHICH IS FAST DISAPPEARING.

MS. RA IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN, MS. RA, I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOUR TWO MINUTES IS, IS, IS OVER.

WELL, MAYOR, I HAVE A, I I AM VERY, I HAVE A QUESTION.

MS. RA, MS. RA, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES HAS A QUESTION.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

MY QUESTION FOR YOU, MS. CORTA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS, UH, PIECE OF LAND BECAME PARKLAND, SOME OF THE HISTORICAL INSIGHT AS TO HOW THIS, UH, BECAME PARKLAND FOR THE CITY? YES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VANESSA, FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.

UM, AS, AND JESUS, JESUS WILL, WILL VOUCH FOR THIS, UM, WHEN THE HYATT RA, WELL, THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE ALARMING US IN 19, UH, 1980.

UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS DAN DAVIDSON'S TENURE AS, UH, CITY MANAGER.

AND ONE OF THE ALARMING, UH, FACTS WAS THAT, WAS THAT, UH, THE YMCA, THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP, TO HAVE A MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YMCA.

THEN IN 82, THE HEIGHT REGENCY WAS COMPLETED TAKING AWAY MORE THAN THREE ACRES OF LAND FROM THE SHORELINE AND IMPACTING PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO THE SHORELINE.

AND SO, UM, ALL OF US WERE VERY, VERY CONCERNED.

DAN DAVIDSON PULLED US TOGETHER RIGHT BEFORE HE LEFT, YOU KNOW, AND HE SAID, UH, ALONG WITH HIS POLICY AIDS, THAT, UH, WE NEEDED TO DO, UH, THINGS VERY QUICKLY TO PROTECT THE SHORELINE.

AND IN THE, IN THE CONSEQUENCE OF ALL OF THE ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK IN THE NEXT DECADE, UM, I AND MY HUSBAND, UH, WERE HONORED BY BEING NAMED TOWN LAKE HEROES.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WAS A BIG HONOR THAT WE SHARE WITH, UH, ALL THE ACTIVISTS AT THE TIME.

ANYWAY, UM, WE ESTABLISHED THE TOWN LAKE PARKLAND CORPORATION BOARD, OR SAY THE CITY DID, AND IT WAS RUN BY THE CITY.

AND AS I MENTIONED, UH, THE, UH, FIVE OF US, UH, WERE WORKING ON THAT.

AND OUR PURPOSE WAS TO BUY, WAS TO, UH, IDENTIFY AS MANY, UH, OF THE PROPERTIES AS WE COULD ON THE SOUTH SHORE, AND TO MAKE ATTEMPTS TO BUY THEM, TO ACQUIRE THEM FROM THE CITY, FOR THE CITY, AND TO FIGURE OUT WAYS IN WHICH THE CITY COULD PAY FOR THIS.

AND OF COURSE, THE LAND THAT WE OWNED ALREADY, LIKE, UH, LIKE IT HAPPENED ON THE NORTH SHORE, EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THE CITY OWNED WAS THEN DEDICATED, UH, PARKLAND, WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THERE WERE FACILITIES ON IT.

SO IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS A MAINTENANCE FACILITY, BUT THE LOT 25, 25 WAS DEDICATED PARKLAND.

SO THE CITY, INSTEAD OF GIVING UP PARKLAND, WAS ACQUIRING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO PROTECT THE SHORES.

AND THAT THAT IS THE IRONY, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE, AS YOU KNOW, UH, ALL OF THIS LAND WAS PROTECTED.

WE EVEN AGREED, UH, EAST AUSTIN AGREED, UH, FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER TO GO ON, ON THE SITE THAT IT'S ON IN ORDER TO PROTECT, YOU KNOW, OPEN SPACE AND THE SHORELINE, UH, RIGHT HERE ON THIS PART OF CESAR CHAVEZ.

SO SACRIFICES WERE MADE SO THAT THE CITY, UH, THE RESIDENTS, UH, COULD, COULD ENJOY THE PARKLAND.

AND, UM, I HAVE A, UH, A LOT OF, A LOT MORE TO SAY ABOUT THIS.

MI, MS. TER AND I, AND I, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU, BUT I, I, I, I'M GONNA NEED TO ASK YOU TO, TO, TO FINISH WITH YOUR, I I JUST WANNA SAY ONE MORE THING, UH, BECAUSE, UM, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS THE PROBLEM WITH THIS, WITH THIS ISSUE, BUT I WANNA SAY THAT THE REASON I'M WORKING IN MY EIGHTIES, MY HUSBAND ALSO IS SO WE CAN PAY OUR TAXES AND WE'RE NOT PAYING A TAXES SO THAT CORPORATES COULD WALK AWAY WITH OUR PARKLAND.

WE'RE PAYING OUR TAXES SO THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO BUY PARKLAND.

IF WE WANT PARKLAND AT A FRACTION OF THE COST OF ONE ACRE MS. GUT LAND, WE'RE GIVING UP.

AND THAT IF WE NEED TO BUILD FACILITIES FOR THE EAST SIDE, OR FOR PART, WE GO CIP AND BONDS, WE DON'T TAKE AWAY

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PEOPLE'S PARKLAND.

WE WILL DO IS WE WILL TAKE UP ITEMS 21 AND 19, UH, OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

TO BUILD FACILITIES.

WE DON'T GIVE UP AUDITORIUM.

SURE.

MS. RA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, TO BILL, AND WE, WE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.

THE EAST SIDE SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO GIVE UP PARKLAND BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.

WE HAVE ONE OTHER SPEAKER SIGNED UP ON PULLED ITEM 21, RICHARD SUTTLE.

HE'S INDICATING HE'S NOT GONNA SPEAK.

UM, THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR BOTH REMOTE AND IN PERSON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MEMBERS, WHAT

[Consent Agenda]

YOU HAVE HEARD THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

LET ME ASK, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT ANY MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT'S BEEN LAID OUT? IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN AS ABSTAINING FROM A VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, I'M SO SORRY.

ONE, UH, MOMENT, I'M SORRY I FILED THE DOCUMENT, BUT, UH, THE ITEM NUMBER, I'M NOT SURE IF, IS IT AN ABSTENTION OR A RECUSAL? IT, IT'S, UH, UH, A RECUSAL.

ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN AN ABSTAINING ON AN ITEM? COUNCIL MEMBER? UH, ALLISON ALTER, I THINK IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, ITEM 54, I'D LIKE TO BE ABSTAINING.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER WILL BE SHOWN ABSTAINING ON ITEM NUMBER 54.

UH, ANY OTHER ABSTENTIONS? RECUSALS, DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBER? IT WAS, UH, ITEM 53, BUT IT'S BEEN WITHDRAWN, SO.

NO NEED FOR ME TO, UH, RECUSE THEN.

ANY OTHER RECUSALS, ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON ANY ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT.

UM, THEN IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE.

THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER BEING SHOWN AS ABSTAINING FROM ITEM NUMBER 54, AND COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER, UH, ABSENT MEMBERS, THAT WILL TAKE US TO ITEM NUMBER 21.

UH, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON AL, WHO PULLED ITEM NUMBER 21.

MAYOR.

EXCUSE ME.

BEFORE WE GO TO 21.

WERE WE GONNA DO CONSENT REMARKS? OH, I'M SORRY.

WE WERE, I'M SORRY.

AND SO, NO, I'M HAPPY FOR YOU TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MEMBERS.

I WANNA HIGHLIGHT TWO ITEMS THAT JUST PASSED ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA THAT I AUTHORED.

ITEM 74 APPROVES A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR PROVIDING SPACE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSES AS A COMMUNITY BENEFIT ELEMENT RELATED TO DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS AND PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS.

I WANNA THANK MY CO-SPONSORS, COUNCIL MEMBER, VEELA, COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER, AND COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH THAT.

I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAD A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL INPUT ON THAT ITEM BEFORE IT CAME BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY.

AND I REALLY BELIEVE IT WILL HELP US GROW OUR PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES FOR OUR GROWING CITY.

WHEN I DRAFTED THAT ITEM, I REALLY CONSIDERED THE SIMILAR PROGRAMS THAT TAKE PLACE IN OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND I CONSIDERED THAT IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE A WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY IF DEVELOPERS CHOSE TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH A BENEFIT TO INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO THAT WAS ITEM 74.

ITEM 76 APPROVES THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A CHARITY THAT WILL AUCTION A COLLECTION.

I HAVE COLLECTED IN MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY OF POLICE BADGES AND CHALLENGE POINTS TO RAISE FUNDS TO ASSIST POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES DURING TIMES OF FINANCIAL, UM, HARDSHIP.

I WANNA THANK MAYOR WATSON, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER, AND COUNCIL MEMBER VELA FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH THAT, I ALSO WANNA THANK THE HUNDREDS OF POLICE CHIEFS FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS WHO RESPONDED TO MY PATCH REQUESTS AND PRO PROVIDED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.

IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME COMING, AND I WANT TO THANK A FORMER STAFFER, LELAND, WHO IS NO LONGER WITH MY OFFICE, WHO WORKED WITH THOSE POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS.

AND FINALLY, MAYOR, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS BADGE GIVEN TO US FOR THE PURPOSE OUTLINED IN ITEM 76 IS FROM THE MAINOR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT WAS WORN BY A POLICE OFFICER.

A WORN BADGE LIKE THIS ONE SYMBOLIZES THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

IT REPRESENTS THE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION OF THOSE WHO RISK THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND IT BECOMES A TANGIBLE REMINDER OF THOSE RISKS CARRIED OUT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE CITY DOES WITH THESE BADGES AND COINS, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY FOR BRINGING THIS PROJECT FORWARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL, I YIELD BACK, MAYOR.

THAT IT DOES NOT WANNA PARTICIPATE.

COUNCIL MC KELLY, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.

UH, THANK YOU.

THIS WAS, UH, YOU MIGHT WANNA HEAR ME, HUH? UM, THIS WAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR MY COMPUTER TO DECIDE

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I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO YIELD TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEN JUMP BACK IN THE QUEUE PLEASE.

UH, ARE THERE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? WE HAD NOT HAD ANYBODY INDICATE PRIOR TO THE MEETING, SO COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND.

I THANK YOU.

WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS.

UM, MAYOR AND COLLEAGUES, I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY EXPRESS MY SUPPORT AND PROVIDE A SPOTLIGHT FOR A FEW ITEMS ON TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA, SPECIFICALLY FOR SEVERAL THAT HAVE A BIG IMPACT.

I SEE A LOT OF Y'ALL IN THE ROOM TODAY ON D ONE RESIDENTS, UM, BUT ALSO THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS A WHOLE FOR D ONE, UH, RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG DESAL ROAD.

I KNOW A LOT OF Y'ALL ARE SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD, BUT YES.

D ONE EXTENDS ALL THE WAY UP TO PALMER LANE.

UM, SO DESAL ROAD, UH, D ONE RESIDENCE AND PALMER WILL SEE AN EXTENSION OF BREAKER LANE, UM, AND RESIDENTS ALONG HOWARD LANE WILL HAVE AN ESTABLISHED SPEED LIMIT ALONG A STRETCH OF THEIR GROWING NEIGHBORHOOD.

YES, UNTIL NOW, THEY DID NOT HAVE A SPEED LIMIT.

UM, A FUNNY STORY, WHEN I LIVED IN A, A SORT OF REMOTE PART OF MONTANA, THE SPEED LIMIT SIGN POSTED JUST SAID PRUDENCE AND JUDGMENT.

UM, AND SO NOW THIS PART OF, UH, UH, THIS AREA WILL HAVE A POSTED SPEED LIMIT.

UH, DURING THE PAST YEAR'S BUDGET, OUR OFFICE WORK TO FACILITATE THE FUNDING BEING IMPROVED TODAY IN ITEM NUMBER 63, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR EXPANDED SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT BEDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRAVIS COUNTY.

THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHERE NEITHER OUR HOUSING BONDS NOR OTHER TRADITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES WOULD'VE BEEN ACCESSIBLE.

BUT THANKS TO THE ADVOCACY OF, UH, A LOCAL ORGANIZATION CALLED A NEW ENTRY, UM, THIS NONPROFIT MANAGES THE FACILITY AND OUR COUNTY ALLIES.

WE WILL NEARLY DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF BEDS FOR AUSTINITES LOOKING TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES, WHICH I'M REALLY PROUD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY.

UM, CITYWIDE, I AM THANKFUL THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, A ISD WITH THEIR TEEN PARENT CHILDCARE PROGRAMS. UM, WHEN WE INVEST IN CHILDCARE, WE INVEST IN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO, UH, EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN THEIR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

WE INVEST IN OUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN OUR WORKFORCE, UM, AND THE SAFETY OF OUR FAMILIES, AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TONIGHT SEEKING THAT CONTINUED SO IMPORTANT HIGHER EDUCATION.

LASTLY, FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT NOT MY LAST TIME SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM, NOT TODAY, AND PROBABLY NOT FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO VOTE ON THIS.

UM, PUT AMENDMENT FORMALLY DURING OUR ZONING AGENDA, UH, IS COLONY PARK.

I WANNA THANK OUR PARTNERS AT ELLAS.

UM, Y'ALL'S TEAM HAS WORKED FOR MANY YEARS, UH, WORKING ON, UM, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UH, YOU'VE ALREADY PUT IN WORK AND YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PUT IN THE WORK ON COLONY PARK SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY.

AND, UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE TO COME.

UM, ITEM NUMBER 13, REIMBURSES ELLIS FOR THE WORK ALREADY COMPLETED.

AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR TEAM, THE D ONE TEAM AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN MAKING THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UM, BE WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE AN ITEM THAT GETS PASSED TODAY DURING OUR ZONING AGENDA.

AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MEMBERS THAT, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO BE HEARD ON ANY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? ALRIGHT, UH, VERY WELL.

WE WILL GO NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 21.

AND, UM, THAT ITEM WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER, AND I'LL RECOGNIZED COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER.

I BELIEVE, UM, I WILL NEED TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA TAKE UP THE OTHER ITEMS FIRST.

THERE, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND COMMENTS ON IT, NOT JUST THIS WEEK, BUT, UH, SINCE WE'VE MADE THE PRESENTATION TO THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE BACK IN, UH, IN SEPTEMBER, OUR PREFERENCE AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE, WE CLOSE, UH, THE JURORS AS, AS IS POSTED TODAY.

THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO THEN.

UM, IF, IF THERE'S A REQUEST FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER

[19. Approve an ordinance terminating Reinvestment Zone Number 18, City of Austin, Texas, related to the Seaholm Redevelopment Project.]

19.

UM, ITEM NUMBER 19 WAS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA BY THE MAYOR PRO TIM, AND I'LL RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TIM, I DID THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION.

I PULLED IT AS CHAIR OF THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE MOSTLY BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME CONVERSATIONS ONGOING.

AND MY VICE CHAIR OF MOBILITY COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE, WHO REPRESENTS THIS AREA, WASN'T ABLE, UM, TO PARTICIPATE.

AND I HAD TO STEP OUT EARLY FROM THE WORK SESSION.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF, UM, SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM.

I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER HAS PASSED OUT A MOTION SHEET, BUT MY POLL WAS MOSTLY THAT WE SHOULD JUST HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT AND SEE WHERE CONSENSUS IS ON THIS ITEM AND WHETHER OR NOT TO POSTPONE IT FOR TWO WEEKS.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT IT.

WHAT I WOULD, FIRST, I WOULD, I GUESS I RECOGNIZE THE MANAGER, UM, TO SEE IF HE HAS ANYTHING HE WANTS TO SAY WITH REGARD TO THE ITEM.

LET ME, UH, SAY ON THIS ITEM

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AND, UH, WE ARE PREPARED TO BRING, AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, JUST PASSED OUT A MOTION SHEET.

I KNOW SHE'S GONNA MAKE THE MOTION, BUT WE HAVE ALREADY ASKED THE STAFF TO BEGIN TO PREPARE THE DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO AMEND THE BUDGET.

WE CAN BRING BACK THAT ON THE 14TH.

AND, UH, AND IT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE, THE PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED AS PART OF, OR CAME OUT OF THE PROCESS, THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS THAT THE COUNCIL ASKED US TO DO A, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

AND THAT WAY THE COUNCIL CAN HAVE A ROBUST DEBATE IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE AND WHICH ONES YOU'D WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH AND WHICH ONES YOU'D WANT TO DEFER.

THE MONEY IS NOT GONNA BE SPENT, IT'S GONNA STAY IN THAT AREA.

AND AGAIN, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT WE CLOSE IT AND LET'S, UH, HAVE THAT ITEM PREPARED FOR THE 14TH SO WE CAN HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION ON THAT.

AND MEMBERS, I MIGHT JUST ADD THANK YOU FOR THAT, MANAGER.

I MIGHT JUST ADD THAT, THAT WHEN WE USE THESE TOOLS LIKE THIS TURS, UM, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW AND, AND PEOPLE THAT PAY ATTENTION TO WHETHER OR NOT WE FOLLOW THOSE REQUIREMENTS WHEN WE, WHEN WE UTILIZE THESE TOOLS.

AND, UM, WE WE'RE REQUIRED TO MAKE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS AND, AND, UH, AS, AS WE DO THAT.

UM, AND THE GOOD NEWS, I THINK IS THAT THE SUCCESS OF THIS TURS, UH, AND IT'S BEEN A SUCCESSFUL TURS.

I MEAN, THERE HADN'T HAD TO BE AN ISSUANCE OF ANY BONDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT EVEN, UM, BUT IT, IT CHANGES WHAT THEN THE, THE FINDINGS MIGHT BE AND HOW WE WOULD, UM, DETERMINE THE STATUS OF IT.

UM, AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO, I MEAN, WE WANNA FOLLOW THE RULES.

WE DON'T WANNA CREATE RISKS OF OF, OF NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES.

WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS AREA STILL HAS OPPORTUNITY AND STILL HAS NEEDS.

UH, I WOULD BREAK THAT UP INTO TWO PARTS.

ONE IS, AS THE MANAGER JUST INDICATED, THAT'S MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT HE'S INDICATED WILL STAY IN THAT AREA.

SO WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION AS A GROUP TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS LIKE WE DO ON OTHER THINGS ABOUT HOW THAT MONEY GETS SPENT.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE THINGS, UH, THAT HAVE COME UP WITH, WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS.

THE, THE C HOME INTAKE, UH, THINGS LIKE WHAT THE YMCA IS CONTEMPLATING, UH, WHAT WE HAVE CONTEMPLATED IN TERMS OF WORK WITH THE AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT RELATED TO, UM, UH, A A, A DEVELOPMENT, UH, AROUND AUSTIN HIGH THAT MIGHT DEAL WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MIGHT DEAL WITH PARKING, INCLUDING PARKING THAT MIGHT, UH, MIGHT, UH, WORK IN CONJUNCTION TO HELP WITH ZILKER PARK, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES HERE THAT WE OUGHT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AS OPPOSED TO, IN MY VIEW, TRYING TO PATCHWORK AN EXISTING TURS THAT HAS SUCCEEDED AND LIVED ITS LIFE.

AND THE MONEY, THE MONEY THAT'S THERE CAN BE SPENT THERE.

AND THE ADDITIONAL THINGS WE NEED TO DO GO TO GO FORWARD, WE CAN APPROPRIATELY UTILIZE THE TOOLS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO US.

SO, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO, TO DO IT THAT WAY WHERE WE CROSS T'S DOT I'S AND ACHIEVE OUR, OUR GOALS.

EPRO, TIM, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND QUITE SPECIFICALLY FOR FOLKS THAT, UH, MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING IT OVER THE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, UM, BACK WHEN THE TS WAS CREATED, THERE WAS INTENT TO CREATE BIKE PED CONNECTIVITY, UM, UNDERNEATH THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.

AND JUST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE INTRICACIES OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THAT PROJECT DIDN'T PAN OUT.

UM, I CO-SPONSORED A RESOLUTION WITH FORMER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, UH, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A WORKAROUND FOR THOSE SPECIFIC BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN NEEDS.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE, THAT'S AT LEAST MY INTENT WITH THE PROJECT, IS MAKE SURE THAT WE FILL THE GAP THAT HAS BEEN LEFT BY THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOT PANNING OUT.

UM, BUT OBVIOUSLY I KNOW THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEED IN THE AREA AND THERE MAY BE OTHER TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME GOALS.

I JUST, I WORRY THAT MOVING FORWARD WITH CLOSING IT WITHOUT COUNCIL HAVING A CHANCE TO, TO DESIGNATE EXACTLY WHAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE ARE IN THE PROJECT'S LIST WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE MONEY.

UM, I JUST, I THOUGHT MAYBE TWO WEEKS WOULD BE, UH, HELPFUL.

WELL, WE CAN DO THAT.

YOU'RE NOT PRECLUDED FROM DOING THAT BECAUSE WE CAN CLOSE THE TURS AS THE MANAGERS INDICATED, THAT MONEY WILL NOT BE, IT WILL NOT DISAPPEAR.

THAT MONEY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT AREA, AND THAT WILL GIVE US THE TIME TO, TO WORK ON THAT ASPECT OF IT.

AND THEN GOING FORWARD WITH OTHER NEEDS.

WE STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

BUT, UH, BUT IT CAN BE CLOSED AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE WAY

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THOSE TWO MAYOR PRO TEMP, THE DOLLARS BECOME GENERAL REVENUE.

UH, AND YOU'RE, WE UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF THE COUNCIL ON THIS.

WE, WE UNDERSTAND THE INTENT THAT IS TO IS TO SUPPORT PROJECTS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT, THE, THE PROCESS THAT YOU ASKED US TO DO.

WE, THOSE HAVE COME OUT.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, UH, THE, THE TURS IS BUILT OUT AND, UH, IT'S TIME.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE'VE REACHED A POINT WHERE IT MIGHT HAVE THAT IT NEEDS TO, IT NEEDS TO CLOSE.

IT BECOMES GENERAL REVENUE.

WE'LL BRING BACK THAT AMENDMENT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU JUST SAID A MINUTE AGO, CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE MOTION, UH, THE, WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER SPEAKS TO HER MOTION SO THAT WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE POLICY DIRECTION IS.

AND, UH, AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAN BEGIN TO DECIDE HOW THOSE DOLLARS THAT OUR GENERAL REVENUE CAN BE SPENT ON THE PROJECTS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT AREA CONSISTENT WITH THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PROGRAMS THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT.

COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE.

THANKS MAYOR.

AND THANKS FOR, UM, THE INFORMATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND YOUR, UH, DESCRIPTION MAYOR, AND ALSO, UH, TO THE MAYOR, PRO TAM.

I'M WONDERING CITY MANAGER, UM, WHAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE SAY OR DO TODAY THAT WOULD KICKSTART US RE-ASSESSING THE NEEDS AND POTENTIALLY TAKING THE STEPS NECESSARY TO CRAFT A NEW IF, IF I MIGHT, BEFORE HE SPEAKS? I'LL FINISH YOUR THOUGHT.

I APOLOGIZE.

UH, TO CRAFT A FRESH, UH, TURS POTENTIALLY SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THIS ANEW WITH FRESH EYES AND ADDRESS THE PROJECTS THAT ARE NECESSARY GOING FORWARD BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIFIC TOOL.

WELL, EVEN BEYOND, BECAUSE IT, THIS IS A SPECIFIC TOOL, UH, WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR THAT.

RIGHT.

SO WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO DO IS TAKE ACTION IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ACTION, AND THEN YOU'VE HEARD HIM GIVE HIS THOUGHTS, WHICH I THINK CLEARLY ANSWERED THE, THE, THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WE WILL COME FORWARD, BUT WE WILL THEN HAVE TIME AND AT LEAST TWO STEPS.

ONE IS TO VOTE ON HOW THE MONEY THAT IS STILL THERE GET SPENT.

AND, AND HE'S, HE'S MADE THAT CLEAR.

AND THE SECOND IS FOR US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OTHER POSSIBILITIES AND, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE AND ASK AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THERE TO BE DIRECTION GIVEN, UH, WITH REGARD TO THAT.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON CRAFTING THAT ADDITIONAL ACTION FOR A FUTURE AGENDA.

THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR, BEFORE ANY ACTION IS TAKEN, WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP ON 19 WILLIAM BUNCH.

WELL, FAIR ENOUGH.

WE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT, I'M NOT ACTING YET, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU JUMPING IN THERE.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER.

UM, SO I HAD WORKED WITH STAFF ON A, A MOTION SHEET THAT WOULD'VE DIRECTED THEM TO COME BACK, UM, AT THE NEXT MEETING TO, UM, CREATE A, DO A CIP BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT APPROPRIATES THE REMAINING FUNDS IN THE C HOME TOURS TO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE BUOY UNDERPASS PROJECT.

UM, AND, AND I WANTED TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER AS TO WHETHER YOUR PROCESS IS, IS FOCUSING THAT FUNDING ON THE MOBILITY PROJECTS OR SOMETHING BROADER, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE TURS HAD, UM, MONEY SET ASIDE FOR THIS PROCESS.

THE MONEY WAS, YOU KNOW, THE INTENTION OF THE TURS WAS TO ADDRESS THESE, AND I THINK THE MONEY SHOULD FIRST BE SPENT ON THOSE.

WE DON'T, AT THIS POINT KNOW IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL MONEY BEYOND, UM, THAT, AND, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE SEND A SIGNAL THAT WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THESE MOBILITY PROJECTS THAT, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM ELLIS ALSO RAISED EARLIER.

UH, I THINK IN TERMS OF YOUR, THE MOTION THAT I, THAT YOU'VE HANDED OUT EARLIER TODAY, THAT WHAT WE WOULD BE BRINGING BACK TO YOU IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THIS MOTION IS.

AND SO THAT'S OUR INTENT.

UH, IT, IT IS GENERAL REVENUE, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD THE COUNCIL'S, UH, PREFERENCE.

WE'VE HEARD THE COMMITMENT WE'VE MADE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND WE INTEND TO, UH, TO LIVE UP TO THOSE OBLIGATIONS.

UM, SO GIVEN, UM, OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT POSTING, I WILL NOT MAKE THIS DIRECTION UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE'RE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD.

UM, BUT I DO WANNA UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF US ADDRESSING THESE MOBILITY ISSUES.

WE HAVE PLANS, WE HAVE OPTIONS.

WE DO NEED TO, TO NARROW THOSE DOWN OR PERHAPS DO SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDRAISING.

UM, AND, AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR EYE ON THOSE MOBILITY NEEDS.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE.

UH, I WILL MAKE THIS AS QUICK AS I CAN.

UH, I, I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.

CITY STAFF HAS INITIATED WITH ME IN MY OFFICE AND WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN INFORMATIVE AND HELPED US UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE FOR CLOSING THE TOURS.

UH, HOWEVER, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ACTION, UH, GIVEN THE TIMING OF IT APPEARING ON THIS POST THANKSGIVING AGENDA.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON SO THAT EVERYONE, STAKEHOLDERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ALIKE CAN GET UP TO SPEED AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE.

UM,

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UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.

COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE.

I DO ALSO WANNA ECHO MY SUPPORT FOR A POSTPONEMENT OF THIS ITEM.

I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GREAT POINTS MADE IN THIS, IN THIS DISCUSSION THUS FAR.

SO I, BEFORE WE COMPLETELY CLOSE THIS, TOURS AS A TOOL, I THINK HAVING, UH, A FEW MORE WEEKS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE TOOL AS A, AS A WHOLE.

I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST, UH, TOURS THAT WE WOULD BE CLOSING AS A, AS A CITY IN A NUMBER OF YEARS.

UH, SO I WANNA BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS, ANY POTENTIAL, UH, CONSEQUENCES FROM THAT.

UM, BUT ALSO THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW TOUR AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

MAYOR, YOU HIGHLIGHTED A NUMBER OF REALLY GREAT USES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE AREA THAT I WANNA TALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT.

SO I THINK POSTPONING THIS ITEM A COUPLE MORE WEEKS WILL GIVE US THAT TIME NEEDED TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.

I'LL, UM, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK RIGHT NOW, SO LET'S GO TO, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, AND THEN I'LL, UH, ACCEPT A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER 19.

GOOD MORNING.

UH, BILL BUNCH WITH SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE.

I JUST WANNA, UH, SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IN CLOSING THIS TERMS PROMPTLY AND PUT RETURNING THE REMAINING $12 MILLION INTO THE GENERAL FUND.

UH, I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, THESE, UH, TS HAVE BEEN ABUSED BY THIS CITY, BY CHICAGO, BY DOZENS OF CITIES ACROSS THE, THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING HOUSTON.

WE HAVE A LAWSUIT PENDING AGAINST THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT, UH, T AGAINST THIS ORGANIZATION.

UH, THIS IS NOT A BLIGHTED AREA.

UH, THIS IS PARKLAND, PART OF IT.

UM, WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW WITH T'S LEGISLATION IS YOU'RE DODGING VOTER ACCOUNTABILITY ON DEBT FINANCING.

UM, AND YOU'RE ALSO POTENTIALLY TRUMPING THE CITY CHARTER THAT PROTECTS OUR PUBLIC PARKLAND.

YOU SHOULD NOT BE DOING THAT.

UM, IT'S ABSURD TO SAY THIS AREA IS BLIGHTED.

IT WASN'T BLIGHTED WHEN THIS TURTLE WAS CREATED.

IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CREATED.

IT NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN.

SO THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, GARZA, FOR RECOMMENDING THAT IT BE SHUT DOWN.

THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS, IS THAT CORRECT? ALL RIGHT.

THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER 19.

COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, ADOPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS TO END THE JURORS.

MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE TO ADOPT UP ITEM 19.

IT'S SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE SHIELD BY SAYING AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK AGAIN, JUST SO I MAKE, UH, 1, 2, 3, 4.

COUNCIL MEMBER CODRE.

FIVE.

I APOLOGIZE.

UM, YOU ACTUALLY HAD TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON, I, I JUST DIDN'T COUNT.

WELL, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ADOPT ITEM NUMBER 19, WHICH WOULD BE TO END THE TURS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR HAND.

UH, THEY'RE BEING SIX OPPOSED.

AND FOUR, UH, IN FAVOR, THOSE FOUR BEING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER AND THE MAYOR.

UH, AND WITH ONE ABSENCE, THE MOTION FAILS.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, WE WILL SEE THIS ON THE 14TH.

UM, MAYOR PROTE, UH, THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE ASKING, RIGHT? YES.

I WAS JUST GONNA CLARIFY WITH THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE.

THERE'S NO CHANCE FOR ALTERNATIVE MOTION TO POSTPONE.

WE CAN DO THAT, BUT, UH, IT JUST DIED.

SO WE CAN DO IT EITHER AS A POSTPONEMENT OR IT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK BY THE MANAGER'S OFFICE.

UH, THE REASON IT WOULD COME BACK ON THE 14TH IS BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO, IF WE DON'T TERMINATE THE TERMS ON THE 14TH, IT WILL START COLLECTING MONEY IN THE NEXT TAX YEAR.

AND IF THIS NEEDS TO BE CLOSED, THAT WOULD BE EVEN A BIGGER REASON FOR IT TO BE CLOSED.

SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR A MOTION TO POSTPONE.

WE WILL GO TO THE NON-CONSENT ITEMS RELATED TO IMMINENT DOMAIN.

OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.

UM, WITHOUT OBJECTION.

WE WILL RECESS THE MEETING

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UM, AND IT IS TEN FORTY FIVE

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

AND I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

IT IS 10 45 ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2023.

WE ARE MEETING AS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT AUSTIN CITY HALL, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET.

UH, WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH ONE ABSENCE, AND THAT'S BOARD MEMBER ALT RYAN ALTER, AND I'LL RECOGNIZE STAFF.

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

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

I AM HERE TODAY TO, UH, WALK YOU THROUGH YOUR AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS AGENDA FOR THIS MORNING.

UM, YOU, THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA, AS YOU'LL NOTE, UM, BUT WE'LL WALK THROUGH EACH, UH, RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

UH, FIRST IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 5TH.

UH, SECOND IS THE AUTHORIZATION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH INDUSTRY A TX.

THEY WERE THE SELECTED APPLICANT IN A, UH, SOLICITATION TO IDENTIFY A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER FOR 59 0 1 DROWSY WILLOW TRAIL, UH, THAT IS EXPECTED TO YIELD APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 50 UNITS.

THIS WILL BE IN DISTRICT TWO, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, FUENTES.

THE, UH, THIRD ITEM IS TO RATIFY THE FIRST AMENDMENT, UH, TO THE CONTRACT WITH FAMILY ELDER CARE FOR PECAN UH GARDENS.

THIS IS THE HOTEL FORMERLY KNOWN AS CANDLEWOOD SUITES, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 1 1 PECAN PARK BOULEVARD.

UH, THIS WILL BE A, AN AMENDMENT TO ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THAT PROPERTY.

AND TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT, UH, BEYOND THE EXPIRATION DATE, WE DO EXPECT THAT PROPERTY TO BE, UH, OCCUPIED WITHIN THE FIRST, UH, UH, QUARTER, POSSIBLY THE SECOND QUARTER OF, UH, CALENDAR 2024.

UH, BUT THE SPRING IS OUR TARGET THAT WILL YIELD APPROXIMATELY 78, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS.

THIRD IS TO AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION OF AN AMENDMENT, UH, TO OUR CONTRACTS WITH INTEGRAL CARE FOR TEXAS BUNGALOWS.

THIS IS ANOTHER HOTEL CONVERSION PROJECT.

UH, THIS IS TO ALSO EXTEND THE TIME FOR THAT CONTRACT AND TO ADD APPROXIMATELY $400,000, UH, TO COMPLETE THE REHABILITATION.

THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE FIRST QUARTER, OR AT LEAST SPRING OF 2024, AND IT WILL YIELD APPROXIMATELY 60 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS.

BOTH OF THESE PROPERTIES DO HAVE VOUCHERS ATTACHED, SO AN OPERATING SUBSIDY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED.

NEXT, UH, WE HAVE OUR, UH, WHAT IS KNOWN AS AD CAP OR ANTI DISPLACEMENT COMMUNITY ACQUISITION PROGRAM.

THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS FUNDED WITH PROJECT CONNECT FUNDS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AWARD FOR, UH, AUSTIN REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY TO, UH, PURCHASE 3 0 2 CARMEN COURT.

THIS IS A FOURPLEX, UH, LOCATED IN DISTRICT FOUR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.

UH, THE, UH, UH, THIS FOURPLEX WILL BE, UH, PRESERVED AS LONG-TERM AFFORDABILITY, AND IT DOES HELP TO, UH, BUILD CAPACITY FOR AUSTIN REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY.

NEXT, WE HAVE WHAT IS KNOWN AS OUR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND OWNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. UH, THE FIRST IN THIS PRO PROJECT IS A DEVELOPMENT WITH CAPITAL A HOUSING, UH, TO DEVELOP APPROXIMATELY 30 OWNERSHIP UNITS, UH, LOCATED AT 51 0 7 AND 51 0 9 LANCASTER BOULEVARD.

UH, ALSO IN DISTRICT FOUR IS, UH, TO APPROVE, UH, A PROJECT BY AUSTIN REVITALIZATION AUTHORITY FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR UNITS OF OWNERSHIP HOUSING, UH, AT 7 2 1 0 CARTER AVENUE.

UH, ALSO, THESE, UH, UH, WILL BE AFFORDABLE BELOW 80% OF THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME, UH, FOR HOUSEHOLDS, UH, IN THE AUSTIN AREA.

NEXT, WE HAVE A, UH, A LOAN TO SGI VENTURES FOR KATY LOFTS.

THIS IS A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 0 0 4 EAST 39TH STREET, AND WE'LL DEVELOP 100 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS.

ALSO, THAT IS IN DISTRICT NINE COUNCIL MARK RIE.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE A, AN AWARD FOR GENERAL, I'M SORRY, FOR, UH, GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UH, TO PURCHASE SEVEN ACRES OF LAND IN THE GUADALUPE SALDANA NE UH, NET ZERO NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, THIS WILL YIELD APPROXIMATELY 51 OWNERSHIP HOUSING UNITS, AFFORDABLE BELOW 80% MFI ALL, AND THAT IS IN DISTRICT THREE.

NEXT, WE HAVE AN AWARD FOR, UH, THE SAFE ALLIANCE, UH, TO CONSTRUCT A 60 UNIT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 5 1 1 1 LANCASTER COURT.

THIS IS IN, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH CAPITAL A FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY.

AND THEN FINALLY, TO AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A DEAL WITH, UH, SUMMER TREE DEVELOPMENT FOR 35 OWNERSHIP UNITS LOCATED AT, UH, 7 3 0 8 SOUTH

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CONGRESS AVENUE IN DISTRICT TWO.

UH, IN TOTAL, THIS WILL, UH, GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 300 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS AND REPRESENTS AN INVESTMENT FOR, UH, OVER 120, UH, OWNERSHIP HOUSING UNITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

I OFFER ALL OF THESE ITEMS ON CONSENT MEMBERS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? ALRIGHT, WITH REGARD TO ITEMS, UH, 10 AND 11, WE HEARD, UH, A, A QUESTION ABOUT THE POSTING OF THAT AND THE ABILITY TO SPEAK OUT ON THOSE ITEMS. ITEMS 10 AND 11 WERE, UH, PROPERLY POSTED AND, AND THEY WERE OPEN ON THE WEBSITE.

SO, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP AND SPEAK FOR THOSE ITEMS WAS ALLOWED.

UM, MEMBERS, THIS IS, UH, BEING OFFERED TO YOU AS A CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO PULL ONE OF THE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN AT, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, MANDY DE MAYO AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

I ALSO DO WANNA MENTION THAT YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, UH, ITEM 11 AND 12 THAT ARE RELATED TO THE A HFC SERVICE AGREEMENT, UM, AS WELL AS THE, UH, CAPITAL BUDGET.

THERE WERE SOME COUNCIL Q AND A, UH, QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE ITEMS THAT WE ADDRESSED VIA THE Q AND A PROCESS.

AND IN ADDITION, THIS RELATES TO ITEMS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON THE, UM, CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE CITY.

ALRIGHT, DOES THAT CREATE ANY QUESTIONS BY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN ABSTAINING FROM ANY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A HC? THERE'S NOTHING ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN RECUSING THEMSELVES FROM A VOTE.

ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING? NO.

UM, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BE SHOWN VOTING YES ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO AND NO ON THREE THROUGH 12.

MEMBER KELLY WILL BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON ITEMS THREE THROUGH 12 MEMBERS.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE, IS ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM? UM, CONSENT AGENDA.

COUNCIL MEMBER PUENTES? YES.

THANK YOU, UH, BOARD MEMBERS.

I'M REALLY EXCITED.

AS PART OF THIS CONSENT AGENDA, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A PARTNER ON BRINGING THE LARGEST COMMUNITY LAND TRUST TO DISTRICT TWO.

UH, THIS IS AFFORDABLE HOMES, UH, FOR OUR FAMILIES, AND I'M THRILLED TO SEE THIS PROGRESS, TO SEE THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF, OF A WONDERFUL USE FROM OUR 2018 BOND DOLLARS, AND I KNOW IT IS VERY APPRECIATIVE IN MY COMMUNITY, UH, AND I'M JUST VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE LARGEST COMMUNITY LAND TRUST IN THE HEART OF DISTRICT TWO.

AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO, UH, HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UH, AFFORDABLE, UH, HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD IN DISTRICT FOUR, BOTH IN THE ST.

JOHN'S HIGHLAND AREA AND IN THE WINDSOR PARK AREA.

IN PARTICULAR, THE SAFE ALLIANCE PROJECTS, WHICH WILL BE, UH, PROVIDE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, SURVIVORS OF, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

UH, JUST VERY, UH, SEEING THAT PROJECT KIND OF MOVE FORWARD OVER MY TIME ON COUNCIL.

AND VERY HAPPY TO SEE, UH, FINAL ACTION ON IT AND, AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE, UH, GROUNDBREAKING.

THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO ADOPT? WELL, I NEED A, I GOT A MOTION TO ADOPT.

DID I? YES.

UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO ADOPT WITHOUT OBJECTION? UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

AGENDA ARE, WILL BE, UH, ITEMS 80, 81 AND 82.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING, THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

IT IS 10:53 AM AND I'LL RECONVENE THE MEETING, UH, THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL AT 10 54 ON NOVEMBER 30TH.

THE NEXT ITEMS ON OUR

[Items 80 - 82]

WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP ON ITEMS 80, 81 AND 82.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

MEMBERS, I WOULD, UH, THE CHAIR WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS 80, 81 AND 82, THOSE BEING NON-CONSENT CONDEMNATION ITEMS, THE MOTION WOULD BE TO THE EFFECT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN AUTHORIZES THE USE OF THE POWER OF IMMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTIES SET FORTH AND DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA FOR THE CURRENT MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC USES THAT ARE DESCRIBED THEREIN.

IS THERE A MOTION THE MAYOR PRO TEM MOVES APPROVAL OF ITEMS 80, 81 AND 82? IT'S SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITHOUT OBJECTION? ITEMS 80, 81 AND 82 ARE APPROVED.

SUBJECT.

AND, AND WITH REGARD TO THE MO SPECIFIC MOTION THAT WAS MADE,

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MEMBERS, WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM

[85. Conduct a public hearing and approve the recommended alternative in the Preliminary Engineering Report to replace the Barton Springs Road Bridge over Barton Creek.]

NUMBER 85.

ITEM NUMBER 85 IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 85 AND, UH, ASK, IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 85? YES, THERE IS.

MAYOR.

WE'LL GO TO REMOTE SPEAKER FIRST.

BOBBY LEVINSKY SPEAKING ON ITEM 85.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS BOBBY LAVINSKY WITH THE SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE.

UM, I SUBMITTED THESE COMMENTS TOO IN WRITING, JUST, UM, TO YOUR EMAILS.

UM, WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL IS ASKED TO VOTE UPON A BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY REASONS, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO NOT HEED THAT ADVICE.

BUT WHAT HAS BEEN RAISED HERE IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE'S TIME TO ADDRESS 'EM.

UM, WITHOUT URGENT TIMELINES, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IN THIS CASE TO SEND THIS ITEM THROUGH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PROCESS TO DISCUSS THE INITIAL DESIGN PHASE.

UM, OFTENTIMES POSTPONEMENTS ARE USED FOR AVOIDANCE.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE SITUATION.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE ARE PENDING QUESTIONS THAT STILL NEED TO BE RESOLVED, INCLUDING HOW THE BRIDGE WOULD INTERACT WITH THE INTERNAL CIRCULATOR TRAIN.

UM, WHAT TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION COULD BE DONE TO SUPPORT BARTON CREEK, UM, IN THAT AREA.

AS WELL AS, UM, PENDING CONCERNS FROM THE STATE HISTORICAL COMMISSION ON THE DESIGN APPROVAL.

UM, THERE'S ALSO BEEN EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT WE COULD SUPPORT THE BRIDGE, THE CURRENT BRIDGE WITHOUT THESE IMPACTS, WITHOUT THESE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, UM, BY MAKING, UM, ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT THE STRUCTURE AS WELL AS POTENTIAL OPTIONS TO, UH, RECONFIGURE THE ROAD THAT WOULD, UM, INCLUDING THE WHAT WAS ENVISIONED IN, UM, THE ZILKER PLAN.

UM, THAT COULD MAYBE BE A ROAD DIET AND FREE UP SPACE FOR THAT ROAD.

ALL OF THESE DECISIONS COULD BE HELP, UM, COULD BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE AHEAD OF TIME.

SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING YOU TO PLEASE POSTPONE THIS ITEM, SEND IT TO THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, THE PARKS BOARD, AND THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION TO HELP TO, UM, INFORM THE PROJECT SCOPE FOR THE INITIAL DESIGN PHASE.

THAT CONCLUDES THE REMOTE SPEAKERS.

WE'LL MOVE TO IN-PERSON NOW ON ITEM 85.

WILLIAM BUNCH, FOLLOWED BY ROY WHALEY ON DECK.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR WATSON.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

BILL BUNCH, UH, SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

YOU SHOULD EACH HAVE THE COPY OF THE LETTER, ONE PAGER THAT HITS THE HIGH POINTS ON THIS ITEM FROM ME THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED EARLIER THIS MORNING AND EMAILED TO YOU MUCH EARLIER THIS MORNING.

AND THEN A LETTER FROM, UH, STRUCTURAL ENGINEER TOM CAM, WHO HAS ABOUT ALMOST 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

HE'S MASTERS, UH, IN SCIENCE ENVIR, UH, STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.

HE'S LITERALLY BUILT BRIDGES FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

AND, UM, I JUST WOULD READ ONE, THE LAST LINE ON THE FIRST PAGE OF HIS LETTER, UH, READS, REPAIRING AND MAINTAINING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE TO EXTEND ITS LIFE MANY MORE DECADES WILL BE FAR LESS THAN JUST THE COST OF REMOVING THE BRIDGE, NOT NOT COUNTING, EVEN BUILDING A WHOLE NEW BRIDGE.

SO THE WHOLE BASIS OF THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS, IS FUNDAMENTALLY FALSE.

UM, THE BACKUP MEMO THAT YOU HAVE, AND YOU JUST HAVE A TWO PAGE MEMO.

IT DOESN'T EVEN MENTION TO YOU OR THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS A HISTORIC BRIDGE, A DESIGNATED CONTRIBUTING FEATURE TO THE ZILKER PARK NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT.

AND HERE STAFF IS ASKING YOU TO VOTE TO DESTROY IT AND REPLACE IT WITH A BIG UGLY NEW HIGHWAY BRIDGE THAT'S TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.

THAT WILL COST A WHOLE LOT MORE, THAT WILL DESTROY THE HABITAT ALONG THE CREEK RIGHT THERE AND DISRUPT TRAFFIC FLOW DURING CONSTRUCTION.

THAT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL.

AS MR. LAVINSKY JUST SAID, THIS DID NOT GO TO THE PARKS BOARD, IT DID NOT GO TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION.

IT DID NOT GO TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.

SO MY QUESTION IS, WHY IS THIS EVEN ON THIS AGENDA? THIS IS TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE.

PLEASE SAVE THIS HISTORIC TREASURE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

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THANK YOU MR. BUNCH.

ROY WHALEY ON ITEM 85, HOW DO Y'ALL, ROY WHALEY CONSERVATION SHERIFF FOR THE AUSTIN REGIONAL GROUP OF THE SIERRA CLUB.

AND WE AGREE WITH MR. LAVINSKY AND MR. BUNCH.

UM, THIS IS A DESIGNATED HISTORIC BRIDGE, AND IT SHOULD BE TREATED AS OTHER HISTORIC PLACES IN AUSTIN.

AND RESPECTED, UH, SOS DOES HAVE, UH, UH, AN ALTERNATIVE TO THIS.

WE ALSO LOOK AT, AT, WELL, I WENT TO SOME OF THE OPEN HOUSES ON THIS, AND ALMOST UNIVERSALLY IT WAS OPPOSED.

PEOPLE ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS, AND THE DISRUPTION ON TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE ENORMOUS.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DISRUPTION TO THE ENVIRONMENT ALSO.

UM, THERE, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO HANDLE THIS.

UM, WHEN WE'VE SWEDGED DOWN BARTON CREEK ROAD, UH, TO ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, WHY DO WE NOW NEED AN ENORMOUS FUNNEL TO PUT EVERYONE THROUGH THE PARK? AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PLAN IS.

IT IS, IT IS A HUGE PIECE OF, IN INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT'S NOT LIKE THE EXISTING BRIDGE.

I WISH THERE WAS A SAFER WAY TO, TO GET ACROSS THE, THE CREEK ON MY BICYCLE.

OF COURSE, I WISH THERE WAS A SAFER WAY FOR ME TO JUST RIDE MY BICYCLE TODAY.

UM, BUT SIERRA CLUB OPPOSES THIS.

WE WISH THAT YOU WOULD TAKE IT OFF THE AGENDA, HAVE THE OPEN HOUSE, OR NOT THE OPEN HOUSES, BUT THE COMMISSION PROCESS SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN WEIGH IN.

AND THE COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU APPOINTED CAN ALSO REVIEW THIS AND WEIGH IN.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU MR. WAYLAND.

THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON ITEM 85.

THANK YOU, UH, MEMBERS.

THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 85.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON NINE.

ITEM NUMBER 85, I ORGANIZED COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY.

I ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ABOUT THIS ITEM, IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE.

YES, WE'RE AVAILABLE.

UH, GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M ERIC BAILEY, ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES.

HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND RESPOND TO SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM BECAUSE IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS BRIDGE IS WITH THE ZILKER NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DISTRICT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

RIGHT.

AND ACTUALLY TODAY WE HAVE, UH, OUR ENGINEER AECOM, WHO IS A, UH, WORLD RENOWNED ENGINEERING FIRM THAT DOES, UH, THIS KIND OF WORK ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND THEY CAN SPEAK MORE IN DEPTH TO THE QUESTIONS ABOUT UM, REPLACING A, UH, A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE SUCH AS THIS.

UM, I GUESS IF YOU COULD JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW FEDERAL LAW APPLIES TO THE SITUATION, BECAUSE IT IS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR OF THE BRIDGE.

I'M GONNA BRING MR. ASHBURN UP HERE TO GREAT.

TO COMMENT ON THAT.

GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL.

EXCUSE ME.

MY NAME'S DARRYL JONES.

I'M PROJECT MANAGER FOR URS AT ECOMM.

UP HERE WITH ME IS BOB ANDERSON.

HE'S OUR SENIOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT AS WELL.

UM, SO I, I KNOW WE HAD SOME OF THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME THROUGH YESTERDAY EVENING, AND WE TALKED TO OUR CULTURAL RESOURCES FOLKS, PERMITTING, FOLKS THAT HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE AGENCIES, UM, HAVE HELPED US IN DISCUSSIONS AND VETTING THE PROJECT WITH THE TEXAS HISTORIC COMMISSION.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M JUST GONNA KINDA READ OFF THE QUESTIONS AND THEIR RESPONSES.

THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.

MAYOR, I PROMISE IT'S BRIEF.

IT'S ONLY ABOUT THREE QUESTIONS.

SECTION 1 0 6 IN PARTICULAR, OH, SORRY.

I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS NECESSARY.

THERE'S SOME REGULATORY SPEAK, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I I READ IT THE RIGHT WAY.

UM, SO THE, THE FIRST QUESTION WAS, IS THE BRIDGE PROPOSED TO BE REPLACED, A DESIGNATED CONTRIBUTING FEATURE OF THE ZORA PARK NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC DISTRICTS? THE ANSWER WAS YES.

UM, THE BRIDGE IS A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE TO THE, THE DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S A YES.

THE NUMBER'S.

THE TWO SECOND QUESTION WAS IF, IF IS THE BRIDGE PROTECTED UNDER FEDERAL STATE LAW? THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, IT IS FOR FEDERAL LAW, UM, SINCE THE DISTRICT, THE NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC PLACES IS PART OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SYSTEM, FEDERAL LAW, OR

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APPLIES TO THE RESOURCE WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND UNDER THE TEXAS ANTIQUITIES CODE SECTION 26.

SINCE THE ZILKER DISTRICT IS IN, AND THE BRIDGE IS A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.

ANY COORDINATION WITH THE STATE WILL ALSO FOLLOW THE FEDERAL SECTION 1 0 6 PROCESS.

SO THAT'S KINDA A LONG, AND THEN THE THIRD QUESTION WAS, IS THE BRIDGE ABLE TO BE DESTROYED WITHOUT A SHOWING OF NECESSITY? AND WHAT IS THE NECESSITY TO DESTROY THE BRIDGE? AND THE ANSWER TO THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED, BUT THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, THE BRIDGE IS ABLE TO BE DESTROYED WITHOUT A SHOWING OF NECESSITY, HOWEVER, SINCE IT IS A RESOURCE WITHIN THE DISTRICT'S.

YOUR QUESTION THEN, DUE DILIGENCE UNDER SECTION 1 0 6, AGAIN, THE FEDERAL PORTION OF THIS WOULD REQUIRE MITIGATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF MITIGATION THAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY DO WHEN YOU ARE REMOVING A HISTORIC RESOURCE.

THE NECESSITY TO THE DEMOLISH, THE BRIDGE IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY ISSUE.

THE STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TAKE THE BRIDGE SAFETY VERY SERIOUSLY, AND IF THE BRIDGE HAS EXCEEDED ITS LIFE AND OR THE MATERIALS WHICH THE BRIDGE IS CONSTRUCTED, ARE DETERIORATED AND CANNOT BE REPAIRED, THEN YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE THE NECESSITY OF THE DEMOLITION OF THE BRIDGE.

I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU OUTLINING THAT TO MY COLLEAGUES AND TO THE PUBLIC.

I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER, UNLESS THERE'S ONE OTHER THING YOU WANTED TO ADD.

COULD I JUST, JUST, AND THIS IS NOT THERE, THIS IS JUST MY ADDITION IS, UM, SHE, IF SHE HAS A QUESTION, YOU CAN DO THAT, SIR, BUT OTHERWISE YOU'RE JUST TESTIFYING.

SO I, I WOULD APPRECIATE DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

YES, SIR.

AND, AND THE QUESTION IS, WILL WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC BE BRIEFED ON WHAT THOSE MITIGATION EFFORTS ARE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS? I THINK WHAT, WHAT'S WHAT'S MISSING HERE IS, UH, WE, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE A, A BETTER PREDICATE OF WHAT, OF WHAT, WHY THIS ITEM IS A HEARING AND WHY IT'S BEFORE YOU.

UH, THIS IS A RESULT OF A, OF, OF A RESOLUTION THAT THE COUNCIL ASKED US TO COME BACK IN TERMS OF ITS DESIGN.

AND I THINK WE DON'T HAVE THE CONTEXT.

I MEAN, I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, IS WE'VE ALMOST STARTED IN THE MIDDLE OF A DISCUSSION WITHOUT THE PROPER INTRODUCTION OF WHAT THIS IS, WHY IT'S HERE, WHY WE'VE COME BACK HERE, HOW IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

AND WE'VE DONE THE DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT THE BRIDGE CAN BE REMOVED SO WE CAN PUT A PROPER SAFE STRUCTURE SO PEOPLE CAN MOVE, UH, BACK ACROSS THAT CREEK WITH A PROPER MITIGATION, AS YOU MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO.

BUT IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, WE NEED TO REALLY START YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, UH, RATHER THAN JUST AT A, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, I WOULD PREFER IF THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMUNITY INPUT AND IF THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

AND, AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

SO COUNSEL, UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, WHAT I, I, AND BASED UPON WHAT THE CITY MANAGER JUST SAID AND THE, THE ANSWERS THAT I JUST HEARD READ, WHAT, WHAT I WOULD, UH, ACCEPT AS A MOTION WOULD BE TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO THE 14TH WITH A, UH, BRIEF WORK SESSION, UH, UH, PRESENTATION ON THE 12TH, I GUESS IT WOULD BE.

AND ALL THAT WOULD ALSO, UH, LEAVE IT OPEN TO ALLOWING FOR A MOTION ON THE 14TH.

THE POSTING BE SUCH THAT THE MOTION ON THE 14TH, UH, WOULD EVEN ALLOW FOR A REFERENCE TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND, AND COMMUNITY IMPACT INPUT, IF THAT'S THE, THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL.

I THINK THAT SOUNDS GREAT, MAYOR.

FROM UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE THAN ON TOP OF IT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU, YOU JUST MADE A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY JUST MOVED ADOPTION OF, UH, THAT IT'S SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TIM, AND I'LL RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TIM FOR COMMENT.

I DO.

I, I CAN APPRECIATE WHERE FOLKS ARE COMING FROM ON THIS.

I JUST, EVERY TI EVERY TIME THIS COMES UP, I TELL THE SAME STORY, WHICH WAS ME ATTENDING A PRE-BID MEETING IN 2015 TO TALK ABOUT THIS BRIDGE AND THE RED BUD ISLE BRIDGE.

I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE LOTS OF THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS AND OPINIONS ABOUT HOW, HOW A BRIDGE IS REPLACED, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AND EXACTLY WHAT THE NEEDS ARE TO MEET, UH, THE PUBLIC WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF PEOPLE WOULD GO AND GO ACROSS THAT BRIDGE, TRY TO CROSS IT ON A BIKE, TRY TO CROSS IT ON FOOT, LOOK AT WHERE THE BUS LANES ARE.

IT'S, IT'S A HUNDRED YEARS OLD AND I LOVE IT TOO.

AND IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, A HUNDRED YEAR OLD BRIDGE, I'M SHOCKED IT'S EVEN IN THE GOOD CONDITION THAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.

UM, RECENTLY CITY STAFF ISSUED A MEMO ASKING THAT LARGER VEHICLES NOT USED BOTH LANES HEADING EAST, THAT THEY WOULD BE AFFECTING THE BRIDGE.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE KEEPING IN MIND THE, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND THE MOBILITY FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED OF THIS BRIDGE.

IT'S HONESTLY MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL

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IT'S, IT'S, UM, NOT REALLY FUNCTIONING WITH HOW MANY PEOPLE WANNA VISIT ZILKER PARK.

AND SO I'M HAPPY TO, UM, SECOND THE MOTION TO HAVE A COUPLE MORE WEEKS TO LOOK AT THIS, BUT THIS HAS COME TO MOBILITY COMMITTEE AND IT HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION THAT'S BEEN ON COUNCIL AND STAFF'S RADAR FOR 10 YEARS OR LONGER, I WOULD SAY.

SO, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WHEN WE REVISIT THIS, THAT WE'RE NOT CONTINUING TO DELIBERATE AND DEBATE THE EXACT SAME ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE TABLE FOR A DECADE OR LONGER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PERAM.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? UM, PROBLEM WITHOUT OBJECTION.

UM, THE I, ITEM NUMBER 85 IS POSTPONED TO THE 14TH WITH A POTENTIAL WORK SESSION ON THE 12TH AND, UH, THE POTENTIAL PO THE POSTING BEING SUCH THAT IT WOULD ALLOW FOR, UM, ACTION BEYOND JUST, UH, DESTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE AND ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WITHOUT OBJECTION.

THE MOTION IS ADOPTED.

MEMBERS THAT WILL TAKE US TO ITEM NUMBER, UM, 86,

[86. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending Section 25-9-411 of the City Code relating to reclaimed water connection requirements to extend the variance for reclaimed water connection requirements for large development projects with a multifamily component.]

UM, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 86.

UM, IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES, THERE IS MAYOR.

WE HAVE IN PERSON ON ITEM 86, WILLIAM BUNCH, FOLLOWED BY ROY WHALEY.

COME ON DOWN THIS PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE RECLAIMED WATER CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

MR. BUNCH, MR. WHALE'S OUTRUNNING YOU .

COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I SPOKE TO THIS WHEN Y'ALL SET THIS MEETING.

I'LL KEEP IT SHORT.

UM, WE'RE IN A BIG TROUBLE ON WATER.

UH, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY'S HAD SEVERAL YEARS OF NOTICE THAT, UH, THIS RULE IS IN PLACE.

UM, IT COSTS A LITTLE BIT MORE UPFRONT TO HOOK UP AND, UH, DO THESE THINGS, BUT IT SAVES ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER AND MONEY OVER TIME.

IT SHOULDN'T BE POSTPONED, IT SHOULDN'T BE WEAKENED.

UM, THESE ARE BIG PROJECTS COMING THROUGH, UH, WITH ENORMOUS BUDGETS, AND WE'RE BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT A ROUNDING ERROR TO SAVE WATER FOREVER.

UH, CONVERSELY, IF YOU DON'T DO IT UP FRONT, UH, YOU'VE LOST OPPORTUNITY BASICALLY FOREVER.

SO, UH, LET'S KEEP THE, THE RECLAIMED WATER REQUIREMENT ON THE LARGE PROJECTS IN PLACE.

ROY WHALEY.

ROY WHALEY, CONSERVATION CHAIR, AUSTIN REGIONAL SIERRA CLUB.

LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT BILL BUNCH AND I FREQUENTLY SPEAK ON THE SAME ISSUES AND FREQUENTLY HAVE THE SAME, UM, OPINIONS AND VIEWPOINTS.

UH, THAT DOESN'T MAKE US TWINS.

WE DISAGREE ON A LOT OF THINGS TOO.

OKAY, , JUST TO, TO POINT THAT OUT.

UM, I WANT TO TIE THIS TO ALSO ITEM ONE 14 THAT'S ON THE AGENDA LATER.

AND, AND I WAS IN A MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK AND I TALKED ABOUT HOW IT SHOULD BE REQUIRED THAT WE USE THE RECLAIMED WATER BECAUSE THE IMPACT IT HAS ON RESIDENTIAL USERS ALSO, IT APPARENTLY DID NOT GET THROUGH TO THE PEOPLE I WAS TALKING WITH.

UM, IT WAS SCOFFED AT, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE THINGS.

IT'S ONE RESOURCE THOUGH.

IT'S JUST ONE RESOURCE, AND THAT'S WATER.

AND WE HAVE A DWINDLING SUPPLY.

WE HAVE AN UNCERTAIN SUPPLY OF WATER.

AND WHEN YOU ARE DOWN AS LOW AS WE ARE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE IN YOUR OWN SAVINGS ACCOUNT, YOU DON'T SAY, I'M GONNA GO SPEND MY MONEY AND HOPE IT WORKS OUT.

NO.

WE NEED TO HAVE THE RECLAIMED WATER USED TO EXTEND AND EX AND, AND SAVE OUR EXISTING WATER SUPPLY, OUR POTABLE WATER SUPPLY FOR THE RESIDENTIAL USERS AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL USERS.

WE HAVE A LIMITED RESOURCE HERE.

WE NEED TO TREAT IT THAT WAY AND TRY TO LIVE WITHOUT WATER.

IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER, PLEASE.

WE NEED TO HAVE THE RECLAIMED WATER PASSED THROUGH ON THIS.

AND ALSO THE HYATT IS ISSUED THE PUD IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT THEY'VE REDUCED THEIR PARKING.

IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED IT.

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UH, I'LL, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 87.

THAT SOCKS FOR CHRISTMAS.

THANKS.

THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS ON ITEM 86 MEMBERS.

UH, THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 86.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 86 MEMBERS.

UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, THIS IS A, A REQUEST THAT, THAT WE JUST EXTEND THE VARIANCE.

UH, BUT IT'S SO THAT WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK, IT WILL BE A, A, A FULLY ROBUST APPROACH SO THAT WE CAN, UH, WE CAN DO THE SORT OF RECLAMATION IN A WAY THAT, UM, UH, IS BEING, IS BEING REQUESTED BY THE PUBLIC.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER 86.

IS THERE A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MOVES ADOPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 86, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? ANY OBJECTION WITHOUT OBJECTION? ITEM NUMBER 86 IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER, UH, ABSENT, THAT'LL TAKE US TO ITEM NUMBER 87.

[87. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by repealing and replacing Chapter 25-1, Article 14 (Parkland Dedication) to align the City’s parkland dedication requirements with House Bill 1526; and waiving Code provisions related to processing amendments to City Code Title 25 (Land Development).]

IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 87? YES, MAYOR, THERE'S ONE SPEAKER IN PERSON, UH, MR. ROY WHALEY.

MR. MAYOR, I, I, I APPRECIATE THAT, THANK YOU.

AND, AND GET WELL SOON.

UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON NUMBER 80? ITEM NUMBER 87? NO, MAYOR.

UH, THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 87, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 87.

UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER VALA MOVES APPROVAL OF ITEM 87.

IS THERE A SECOND? IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTAR.

I'M VOTING, NO, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE, WE HAVE TO DO THIS.

UM, BUT THIS IS JUST PART OF AN ABSOLUTE OVERREACH BY OUR STATE GOVERNMENT TO REGULATE HOW WE CAN PROVIDE ACCESS TO OUR PARKS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I CAN'T COUNTENANCE IT WITH A YES VOTE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO PASS THIS.

UM, BUT AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN WORKING HARD OVER MANY, MANY YEARS TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND BELIEVES STRONGLY IN THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPERS PROVIDING PARKLAND, I THINK, UM, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

UP TO ITEM NUMBER 84, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION.

ITEM NUMBER 87 IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER BEING SHOWN VOTING NO.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER, UH, BEING ABSENT.

THAT'LL TAKE US BACK

[84. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan to update the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan and to adopt the Urban Trails Plan, Bicycle Plan, and Sidewalks, Crossings, and Shared Streets Plan.]

WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 84, AND I'LL, UM, ASK THE CITY CLERK TO HELP US, UH, NAVIGATE THE SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 84.

WE WILL PROCEED WITH REMOTE SPEAKERS.

FIRST.

RHONDA LEVINE.

SPEAKER, PLEASE UNMUTE RHONDA LEVINE OR LEVIN.

I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.

HEATHER VIN HOUSE.

HI, THIS IS HEATHER VINHO.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

HI.

MY BACKGROUND IS IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND UNDER URBAN PLANNING.

I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS ITEM 84, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE URBAN TRAIL PLAN.

WE REQUEST AN AMENDMENT TO THE URBAN TRAIL PLAN THAT REMOVES THE SLAUGHTER CREEK SEGMENTS 27, 28, AND 29 FROM THAT PLAN AND DIRECT STAFF TO COME UP WITH ALTERNATE ROUTES THROUGH PUBLIC LAND SUCH AS MARY MOORE, SEARIGHT PARK, AND NEIGHBORHOOD BIKE LANES, WHICH WE ARE WORKING TO BUILD AND THAT EXIST AND SIDEWALKS FOR THOSE AREAS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT REMOVING THE SEGMENT OF THE TRAIL WILL NOT PREVENT THE URBAN TRAIL SYSTEM FOR OUR C*****G AT MARY MOORE OR IN OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTIES.

THEREFORE, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO STOP THE TRAIL, BUT RATHER NOT WANTING THE PUBLIC TRAIL ON OUR PRIVATE PROPERTY, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, TEXAS OAK SOUTH, AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE KNOWLES OF SLAUGHTER CREEK, SAN LEANNA, SHADY HOLLOW AND OTHERS WERE ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED TO SEE TRAILS LOCATED ON PRIVATE LANDS WITHOUT THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR THE CONSENT OF THE LANDOWNER.

WE ARE YET TO FIND ONE LANDOWNER WHO WAS CONTACTED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN ABOUT THE URBAN TRAIL PLAN THROUGH THE PRIVATE LAND.

THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS A STRONG OUTREACH PROCESS FOR PARKS AND OTHER REDEVELOPMENTS.

THIS PROCESS SHOULD ABSOLUTELY EXTEND DIRECTLY TO THE PRIVATE LANDOWNERS WHOSE PROPERTIES HAVE ROUTED TRAILS SHOWN IN THE URBAN TRAIL PLAN.

THE FACT THAT NO ONE REACHED OUT TO US AND WE'VE HAD TO FRANTICALLY REACT AT THE LAST MINUTE, HAS CREATED A STRONG FEELING OF FRUSTRATION WITH THE CITY, AS WELL AS A LARGE SENSE OF MISTRUST.

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I UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH MONEY AND EFFORT GOES INTO MAKING THESE PLANS, YET I STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY CREATED THE PLAN THAT WITHOUT A DOUBT WOULD RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT PUSHBACK DUE TO ROUTING THROUGH PRIVATE LANDS, AND WOULD NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON REDUCING TRAFFIC IN AUSTIN, OR MAKING COMMUTING EASIER, OFTEN HAS REAL TRAFFIC ISSUES.

WE DEAL WITH THEM EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU, SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP.

PLANS TO ADDRESS IT.

WE AS MANY NEIGHBORHOODS IN AUSTIN, WE HAVE DEER THAT WANDER FREELY THROUGHOUT OUR BACKYARDS, AND THIS WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT AMONG THOSE ANIMALS IN THEIR ROUTES.

AND, AND WE HAVE A, A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, AND I WANTED TO WAIT TO HEAR, UM, AT LEAST ONE OF THE SPEAKERS BRING UP WHAT, UH, THIS SPEAKER JUST BROUGHT UP.

UH, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, LET ME JUST SAY THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER, WHO I'VE ALREADY INDICATED IS ABSENT BECAUSE OF THE BIRTH OF A NEW CHILD, UH, HAS ASKED.

AND THE MAYOR PRO TIM HAS AGREED TO CARRY TWO AMENDMENTS THAT ADDRESS ISSUES THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT.

UH, ONE AMENDMENT IS, UH, TO IN FACT REMOVE, UH, THE SLAUGHTER CREEK SEGMENTS, 27, 28 AND 29 OF THAT PLAN, UH, AS, AS WAS REQUESTED.

AND THE OTHER ONE IS TO, UH, RESTORE THE TIER ONE PRIORITIZATION, UH, THE YBC TRAIL HAS HAD, UH, SINCE THE 2014 URBAN TRAILS PLAN.

AND I CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT MY POINT BEING THAT IF THAT'S WHY YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK IS BECAUSE YOU WERE LOOKING TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES, I ANTICIPATE THAT THOSE CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE MADE, AND YOU MIGHT JUST LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE FOR THAT OR AGAINST THAT AND, AND, AND HELP US, UH, THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

UH, SO THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN BACK TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR RHONDA LEVIN IS BACK ON THE LINE.

RHONDA LEVIN, PLEASE UNMUTE.

RHONDA LEVIN, PLEASE GO FORWARD.

WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE ON.

MICHELLE ADAMS. HELLO, I'M MICHELLE ADAMS, PRESIDENT OF THE TEXAS OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD SOUTH ASSOCIATION.

TODAY I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR ASSOCIATION, OUR NEIGHBORS IN KNOWLES AT SLAUGHTER CREEK, RESIDENTS OF SAN LEANNA AND PROPERTY OWNERS NEAR SLAUGHTER CREEK AND SHADY HOLLOW.

WE'RE HERE TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE URBAN TRAIL PLAN.

OF COURSE, THE SEGMENTS 27 THROUGH 29.

I DO WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER FOR HIS RESPONSIVENESS AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO EXCLUDE THESE SEGMENTS FROM THE PLAN.

OUR GRATITUDE ALSO EXTENDS TO THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM ELLIS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT AS WELL.

OUR CONCERNS INVOLVE PROPOSING TRAILS UTILIZING PRIVATE PROPERTY.

AS AN EXPERIENCED REAL ESTATE BROKER IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WITH NEARLY 18 YEARS IN THE FIELD, I RECOGNIZE THE VALUE THAT PUBLIC TRAILS BRING TO A COMMUNITY.

HOWEVER, I MUST EXPRESS THE CONCERN OVER THE UTILIZATION OF PRIVATE LAND THROUGH PUBLIC EASEMENTS OR IMMINENT DOMAIN.

I WANNA DRAW ATTENTION TO THE SIGNIFICANT CONCERN REGARDING THE PROCESS AND THE CITY'S FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY COMMUNICATE ABOUT THIS PLAN WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT IT AFFECTS.

WE WERE ONLY MADE AWARE OF THIS SIGNIFICANT CONCERN LAST WEEK.

THE AMENDMENT WAS PROPOSED THIS WEEK.

THIS LACK OF INFORMATION EXTENDED TO OVER 80 AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS, NOTABLY INCLUDING STATE REPRESENTATIVE VICKI GOODWIN OF SHADY HOLLOW AND UNEXPECTEDLY MAYOR MOLLY, QUIRK OF SAN LEANNA, AND A PROPERTY OWNER IN SAN LEANNA WHOSE 10 ACRES WOULD THEORETICALLY HAVE A PUBLIC EASEMENT RUNNING THROUGH THE CENTER OF HER LAND RENDERING IT CONSIDERABLY DEVALUED.

THESE OVERSIGHTS AND COMMUNICATION REINFORCES OUR POSITION AGAINST THE USE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR THE URBAN TRAIL IN ANY SECTION, AND HIGHLIGHTS THE NECESSITY FOR MORE ROBUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN FUTURE CITY PLANNING INITIATIVES.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE.

NEXT SPEAKER IS SHANA JOYCE.

HI, UM, HELLO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS SHANA JOYCE AND I'M A RESIDENT OF, UM, LIVES ALONG SLAUGHTER CREEK IN SOUTH TEXAS OAKS.

UM, I SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT THAT IS MENTIONED BY MAYOR WATSON, UM, REGARDING THE URBAN TRAIL EXPANSION TO REMOVE THOSE SEGMENTS THAT ARE ALONG SUTER CREEK SEGMENTS 27, 28 AND 29 AS STATED BY MY NEIGHBORS, THERE WOULD BE AN IMPACT TO PRIVATE PROPERTY, ALSO WILDLIFE AND POSSIBLE SAFETY CONCERNS.

AND QUITE HONESTLY, WALKING, UH, ALONG THE CREEK, I'M NOT SURE HOW IT WOULD BE FEASIBLE, POSSIBLY HOW FEASIBLE TO ACTUALLY BUILD THE TRAIL ALONG THOSE ROUTES.

UM, AS A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,

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UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORKING WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'S OUT ON PATERNITY LEAVE AND, UH, THE MAYOR TO REROUTE THIS.

SO IN CONCLUSION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT MATTER OF, UM, SOUTH AUSTIN RESIDENTS AND I SUPPORT THE REROUTING OF SLAUGHTER CREEK SEGMENTS NUMBER 27 28 29, THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE, MAYBE THROUGH MARY MOORE SEA, WRIGHT PARK, OR, UM, OTHER PUBLIC LAND.

WE FIRMLY OPPOSE THE TRAIL BEING ROUTED THROUGH PRIVATE LAND.

NEXT SPEAKER IS BILL MEACHAM.

HI, THIS IS BILL MEACHAM, UH, MAYOR AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS THANK YOU AND BILL FROM TEXAS OAK SOUTH.

I JUST WANNA THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO, UM, REMOVING SEGMENTS 27, 28 AND 29 FROM THE URBAN TRAIL FOR THE REASONS THE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED.

UM, THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL.

THAT CONCLUDES THE REMOTE SPEAKERS.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO IN PERSON.

I'LL BE CALLING THEM IN BATCHES OF THREE.

PLEASE, WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME.

MCKENNA HATTER PAXTON EVE GINI, ANDREW GINI.

HI, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

UM, MY NAME IS MCKENNA HATTER PAXTON.

I SUPPORT THE BULK OF THE URBAN TRAILS PLAN, BUT I AM ALSO IN SUPPORT OF RYAN ALT ALTER'S PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ELIMINATE SEGMENTS 27 THROUGH 29.

AND I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO HIM FOR HIS PROPOSAL.

MY PROPERTY IS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY SEGMENTS 27 AND 28.

THESE SEGMENTS RUN ACROSS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF OUR PROPERTY.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS PLAN HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

SEGMENTS 27 THROUGH 29 UTILIZE AT LEAST SEVEN PRIVATE PROPERTIES IN THE VILLAGE OF SAN LEANNA PRIVATE PROPERTIES IN THE K KNOWLES OF SLAUGHTER CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD AND PRIVATE PROPERTIES IN THE ETJ.

THESE SEGMENTS ALSO IMPACT AND WOULD POTENTIALLY UTILIZE THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OF OVER 40 HOMEOWNERS IN TEXAS OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD.

DESPITE THIS PROPOSAL BEING IN THE WORKS FOR A LONG TIME, NONE OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE MADE AWARE OF THIS PLAN UNTIL LAST TUESDAY, AND WE WERE ONLY MADE AWARE OF IT BY A NEIGHBOR.

THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT A PROPOSAL THAT COULD LEAD TO POSSIBLE EMINENT DOMAIN ON MANY PROPERTY OWNERS ACROSS SEVERAL JURISDICTIONS IS VERY DISTRESSING.

I DON'T HAVE TIME TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY TRAIL SEGMENTS 27 THROUGH 29, SO I'LL JUST QUICKLY TOUCH ON TWO OF 'EM.

FIRST IS THE POTENTIAL FOR EMINENT DOMAIN.

WHILE THE PLAN DOESN'T EXPLICITLY REFERENCE EM REFERENCE EMINENT DOMAIN, I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THIS TRAIL, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S JURISDICTIONS, IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

PURSUING EMINENT DOMAIN WOULD LEAD TO AN EXPENSIVE LEGAL BATTLE BETWEEN PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE CITY, AND IT WOULD GENERATE NEGATIVE PUBLIC SENTIMENT AND WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE TRAILS PROGRAM.

SECOND, THERE ARE VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TRAIL ROUTES THAT COULD BE PLACED ON PUBLIC LANDS THROUGH MARY MOORE SEAWRIGHT PUBLIC PARK, AND IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

THESE ALTERNATIVES ARE ALREADY SUGGESTED IN THE URBAN TRAILS PLAN.

THE APPROPRIATION OF PRIVATE LAND IS UNNECESSARY, AND IT'S THE GOVERNMENT OVERREACH.

I URGE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE FOR DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER'S AMENDMENT TO REMOVE TRAIL SEGMENTS 27 THROUGH 29.

GREETINGS.

MY NAME'S ANDREW GINI.

UM, I MIRROR THE SENTIMENTS SPOKEN BY MANY OF THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE, AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER AND THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL.

I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT AS TO NOT REPEAT, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND NOT BUILD PUBLIC TRAILS ON PRIVATE LAND.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS EVE GINI.

UM, WE ADVOCATE FOR REROUTING OF SLAUGHTER CREEK SEGMENTS 27, 28 AND 29, AND WE THANK COUNCILMAN AND THE MAYOR FOR SUPPORTING THAT AMENDMENT.

UM, I AM A PROPERTY OWNER AND I DO HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN ON MY PROPERTY.

SO OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT WE WANNA ITERATE IS SAFETY, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR OUR FAMILIES.

THE PROPOSED TRAIL COULD POTENTIALLY POSE SAFETY RISKS AND BECOME A PUBLIC NUISANCE.

IT MIGHT PROVIDE EASIER ACCESS FOR UNAUTHORIZED INDIVIDUALS TO TRESPASS INTO OUR YARDS.

AND OF COURSE, THERE ARE MANY CHILDREN ACCESSING THE CREEK, ENJOYING THEIR DAY-TO-DAY, ENJOYING, YOU KNOW, LIFE AND THE ANIMALS THERE, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE SAFE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCILMAN AND MAYOR.

WE DO HAVE A REMOTE SPEAKER THAT I'LL CALL AT THIS TIME.

LACEY HOFF.

HI, MY NAME IS, UH, LACEY HOFF.

AND, UH, UH, HELLO? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

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UH, OKAY.

I ALSO, UM, I ALSO, AGAIN, UM, SUPPORT LIKE ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS AND EVERYTHING AND WOULD LIKE TO JUST, UM, REITERATE THE NEED FOR SAFETY AND THE FACT THAT THE, AS OTHERS HAVE MET, THE PARK HAS MANY BEAUTIFUL TRAILS.

UM, AND IF THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO ACCESS THOSE BEAUTIFUL TRAILS AND KEEP THE WILDLIFE SERENE, JUST LIKE THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY WANTING TO KEEP INTACT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR PROPOSING THAT.

MOVING BACK TO IN PERSON, WE HAVE MICHELLE ADAMS, KATIE LARSSON, WILLIAM BUNCH.

PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME.

PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED MR. BUNCH.

ARE YOU WAIVING YOUR TESTIMONY? YES.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

MOVING ON, LORRAINE ATHERTON, DANIEL KAMAN, KAREN HADDEN, AND TOM SMITTY SMITH, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT AND STATE YOUR NAME.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS DANIEL KAMAN, THE PROJECTS AND POLICY MANAGER AT THE SHOAL CREEK CONSERVANCY.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT ITEM 84, THE AUSTIN.

I'M THE A TX WALK BIKE ROLE IN ITS ENTIRETY ON BEHALF OF THE SHOAL CREEK CONSERVANCY.

THE URBAN TRAILS PLAN SPECIFICALLY WILL ALLOW MORE AUSTINITES TO TRAVEL AROUND THE CITY ON SAFE, COMFORTABLE, AND GRADE SEPARATED TRAILS.

THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S MODE SHIFT GOALS AND ALLOW MORE RESIDENTS TO ACCESS AUSTIN'S FAMOUS GREEN SPACES.

THE THREE PLANS WILL WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE OUR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND SHOW A REAL COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF TO THOSE WALKING, BIKING, AND USING OTHER MODES TO GET AROUND THE CITY.

THE SHOAL CREEK TRAIL IS ONE OF THE REAL TREASURES OF AUSTIN AND HAS ALLOWED PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES TO ACCESS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL ASSETS.

CREEKSIDE TRAILS IN GENERAL ARE VALUABLE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND ENJOYABLE RECREATION SPACES, AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK OF CITY STAFF TO CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE IN ALL PARTS OF TOWN TO EXPERIENCE THEM.

THANK YOU FOR WORKING EXTENSIVELY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING SHOAL CREEK CONSERVANCY AND AUSTIN OUTSIDE.

AS THE PLANS WERE DEVELOPED, WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WE EXPECT FROM CITY STAFF AS THE DETAILS AND ALIGNMENTS OF THESE TRAILS ARE FINALIZED AND CONSTRUCTED.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS TOM SMITH AND SM OR SMITTY, I OWN PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES OF SLAUGHTER CREEK, ALONG WITH MY FAMILY AND IN GENERAL.

WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS TRAILS PLAN.

WE THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO BE ABLE TO KNIT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND APPRECIATED PATHWAYS AND BICYCLE WAYS.

UM, BUT THIS PARTICULAR SEGMENT IS UNNECESSARY.

AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PROPOSE YOU CAN SAVE PROBABLY ABOUT $10 MILLION BY ELIMINATING SECTIONS 27, 28, AND 29, AND JUST USE THE PATHWAYS YOU HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED AND BOUGHT THROUGH THE MARY MOORE C WRIGHT PARK.

I'M THE DAILY WALKER, AND YOU CAN WALK FROM MANCHAC ALL THE, OR FROM FIRST STREET ALL THE WAY OVER TO MANCHAC ON PRE-EXISTING TRAILS, MANY OF WHICH YOU HAVE ALREADY FUNDED.

THE PEOPLE WHO SUGGESTED THAT WE USE THE TRAILS THROUGH THE KNOLLS OF SLAUGHTER CREEK, FOR EXAMPLE, SAID IN THEIR THING, WE RAN OUT OF TIME TO LOOK AT WHAT WAS IN THE PARK.

IF THEY HAD MERELY ASKED PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE TRAILS ON A DAILY BASIS, ARE THERE OTHER TRAILS IN THE PARK? THEY WOULD'VE HEARD A RESOUNDING YES, AND IF THEY HAD GOOGLED IT, THEY COULD HAVE FIGURED THIS OUT.

THIS IS UNNECESSARY.

AND I, AS THE, AS A PUBLIC POLICY CHAIRMAN OF THE KNOWLES OF SLAUGHTER CREEK BOARD, WE WOULD ALL ASK YOU TO TAKE THE, TO SUPPORT THE, UH, MAYOR OR, UM, MAYOR PRO TEMS AMENDMENT TO, UH, REMOVE THESE SEGMENTS FROM THIS PLAN.

AND WE HAVE ASKED OUR MEMBERS NOT TO SHOW UP HERE TODAY, MAYOR, SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE SAME THING TIME AFTER TIME.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH AND WE HOPE YOU SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THESE SEGMENTS.

OPINION, MISCHARACTERIZED SLIGHTLY.

THANK YOU, MS. ADDEN.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE EXPRESSED WILLINGNESS TO REMOVE SEGMENTS 27 THROUGH 29 IN THE TRAILS PLAN.

AND BY THE WAY, I'M KAREN HADDEN , REPRESENTING MYSELF TODAY.

UM, WE DO THINK THAT THERE ARE BETTER EXISTING PATHS IN MARY MOORE SEAWRIGHT.

THE, THE REPORT ITSELF ACTUALLY SAID, DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, THE PROJECT TEAM DID NOT EXPLORE THE EXISTING PARK TRAILS IN MARY MOORE, SEAWRIGHT METROPOLITAN PARK, JUST NORTH OF SLAUGHTER CREEK.

UM, THEY ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY CAME AND WALKED ON THE TRAILS, UM, WHICH THEY, IN MY

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UM, AND THEY DID SO WITHOUT EVER CONTACTING THE HOA, UM, THAT'S TRESPASS.

AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS FAIRLY TOLERANT IN MANY CASES OF PEOPLE COMING THROUGH.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS PURPOSE AND WITHOUT CONTACTING ANYONE THAT WAS REALLY OUT OF LINE, UM, THE FACT THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE NOT CONTACTED IS JUST, UM, REALLY PRETTY APPALLING.

I SUPPORT TRAILS IN GENERAL AND ALWAYS HAVE, UM, I SUPPORT, UM, BEING ABLE TO BICYCLE THROUGHOUT TOWN, AND I WANT YOU GUYS TO MOVE FORWARD IN HELPING MAKE THAT SAFE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

UM, HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL IN PLACEMENT OF TRAILS BECAUSE THE EMPHASIS IN THE URBAN TRAILS PLAN APPEARS TO BE 12 FOOT WIDE CEMENT TRAILS.

THEY SAY, OH YES, WE WOULD ALSO IN SOME CASES USE NON IMPERVIOUS TRAILS.

WELL, THAT SHOULD BE FLIPPED AROUND.

WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT NON IMPERVIOUS, UH, COVERS AND, AND PROTECTING THE LAND AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND ALSO WILDLIFE.

SOME, UM, AREAS WERE CHARACTERIZED AS SENSITIVE.

I WOULD PUT OURS IN THAT CATEGORY, BUT THEY FAILED TO NOTE THAT THIS IS STEEP CLIFFS ALONG, UH, A CREEK BANK AND IT'S WILDLIFE HABITAT.

I CANNOT IMAGINE TAKING BULLDOZERS THROUGH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND YOUR WORK.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR ITEM 84 MEMBERS.

THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR ITEM NUMBER 84.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 84 MEMBERS.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER 84, AND THEN I WILL RECOGNIZE THE MAYOR PRO TIM TO OFFER TWO UH, POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS.

AND I WILL THEN RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, WHO HAS A POTENTIAL THIRD AMENDMENT, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM MOVES ADOPTION OF ITEM NUMBER 84.

IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE.

THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM ON, UH, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT INDICATES IT'S A MOTION SHEET NUMBER ONE.

THANK YOU MAYOR ELLIS.

MOTION SHEET NUMBER ONE IS COMING FROM RYAN ALTER AND HIS OFFICE, AND IT IS A MOTION TO REMOVE THE SLAUGHTER CREEK SEGMENTS 27, 28 AND 29 FROM THE URBAN TRAILS PLAN.

UH, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO AMEND IT? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO A MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE COUNCIL MEMBER VELA? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.

I'M GONNA BE GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF USING CREEKS AS, UH, URBAN TRAILS, UH, AND HONESTLY GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF USING EMINENT DOMAIN TO MAKE TRAIL CONNECTIONS WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE THEM GIVEN THE, THE SITUATION THOUGH WITH, WITH COUNCILMAN ALTER, UH, OFF OF, UH, THE DAIS, UH, AND I, ALTHOUGH HIS DISTRICT, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT, I, I WILL, UH, SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT AND, AND DEFER TO, UH, TO HIS JUDGMENT AND, AND, UH, THE CONCERNS OF HIS CONSTITUENTS.

FURTHER DISCUSSION WITHOUT OBJECTION.

UM, AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO ITEM NUMBER 84 IS ADOPTED CHAIR RECOGNIZES, UH, MAYOR PRO TIMM ELLIS ON MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER TWO.

THANK YOU MAYOR ELLIS.

MOTION NUMBER TWO IS FOR DISTRICT EIGHT, THE YVC TRAIL, WHICH GOES FROM THE WYATT OAK HILL AND IS INTENDED TO CONNECT IT INTO THE BARTON CREEK GREENBELT, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT HAS STARTED WITH 2016 VOTER APPROVED BOND DOLLARS.

UM, GIVEN THE SENSITIVITY, ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY OF SOME OF THE LOCATIONS AND THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD TO BE INVOLVED IN CONVERSATIONS, UM, IT WILL NEED TO FIND MORE FUNDING, BUT WE WANTED TO KEEP IT AS TIER ONE AS IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED SINCE 2014, JUST SO WE MAKE SURE IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY.

WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE THE VIOLET CROWN TRAIL RUNNING NORTH SOUTH THROUGH DISTRICT EIGHT, AND WE JUST NEED THAT EASTWEST CONNECTIVITY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE, UH, SAFE URBAN TRAILS AND OTHER ROUTES OTHER THAN BEING VERY CLOSE TO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC.

THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR PRO TEM ELLIS MOVES ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO ITEM NUMBER 84 IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE.

UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION WITHOUT OBJECTION? MOTION TO AMEND.

NUMBER TWO IS TO ITEM NUMBER 84 IS ADOPTED COUNSEL, YOU HAVE I, UH, A POTENTIAL ITEM, A MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER THREE TO ITEM NUMBER 84.

I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, YOU HAVE A, A HANDOUT THAT INDICATES, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA AMENDMENT ONE VERSION ONE.

COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO EXTEND DALE DRIVE IN THE WOOTEN NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, BETWEEN GAULT STREET AND ANDERSON SQUARE, UH, DRIVE, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, RIGHT IN THAT AREA WHERE THE, THE HOBBY LOBBY AND THE PINK GORILLA AND THE BINGO IS RIGHT THERE IS GOING TO BE REDEVELOPING IN THE,

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UH, MEDIUM TERM.

UH, AND IF WE CAN EXTEND A GAULT STREET TO CONNECT TO ANDERSON SQUARE, THEN THAT LETS, UH, BOTH VEHICLES BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS CONNECT DIRECTLY INTO THE DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT HAVING TO GET ONTO ANDERSON LANE.

SO IN LONG TERM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC FLOW TO EXTEND THAT STREET THROUGH THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY THERE.

AND I WANTED TO ADD IT TO THE A SMP FOR CONSIDERATION BY A STAFF AND, AND FUTURE WORK.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER.

COUNCIL MEMBER VELA MOVES ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TO ITEM NUMBER 84 LABELED CMM VELA AMENDMENT ONE, VERSION ONE.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY OBJECTION WITHOUT OBJECTION? AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TO ITEM NUMBER 84 IS ADOPTED.

THAT TAKES US BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS TO ADOPT ITEM NUMBER 84 AS AMENDED BY THE THREE AMENDMENTS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY OBJECTION WITHOUT OBJECTION? ITEM NUMBER 84 AS AMENDED IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER BEING ABSENT MEMBERS.

THAT COMPLETES ALL OF THE ITEMS WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA UNTIL OUR 12 O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN.

SO THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER

[Executive Session ( Part 1 of 2 )]

ALTER, UM, I HAD ASKED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ITEM 21.

IF YOU LET ME FINISH THIS, I'LL GET YOU THERE.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 AND 5 5 1 0 7 2 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES AND REAL ESTATE MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 21, WHICH IS TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF ALL DOCUMENTS AND INSTRUMENTS NECESSARY AND DESIRABLE TO CONVEY APPROXIMATELY NINE ACRES OF PARKLAND LOCATED AT 25 25 SOUTH LAKE SHORE BOULEVARD, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL MAINTENANCE COMPLEX TO ORACLE.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO GOING INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

IT IS 11:42 AM WE WILL, UH, DO OUR BEST TO CONCLUDE THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE THE TIME CERTAIN OF 12 NOON, AND WE WILL COME BACK IN TO AN OPEN SESSION AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

UH, WE ARE HEADED INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 11:42 AM ON NOVEMBER 30TH.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

IT'S 12:00 PM ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2023.

WE'RE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.

UH, IN CLOSED SESSION WE DISCUSSED REAL ESTATE ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 21 MEMBERS.

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WILL NOW GO TO OUR TIME CERTAIN PUBLIC COMMUNICATION BEFORE WE BEGIN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

UH, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT BEHAVIOR THAT VIOLATES THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL MEETING WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.

YOU MAY NOT SPEAK OUT OF TURN DEFAME ANOTHER PERSON.

USE OBSCENE LANGUAGE.

USE ABUSIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS LIKELY TO INCITE A BREACH OF THE PEACE, MAKE THREATS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON OR OTHERWISE DISRUPT THE ORDERLY, ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING, SUCH AS SCREAMING OUT COMMENTS.

ALSO NOTE THAT YOU SHOULD SPEAK ON THE ITEM, UH, THAT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON AND IT MUST BE YOUR SPEAKING MUST BE RELEVANT TO THAT ITEM.

IF, UH, A PERSON VIOLATES THESE RULES, THE TIME MAY BE CUT SHORT OR YOU MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND TO HELP US NAVIGATE THROUGH, UH, OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND WELCOME EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

FIRST UP WE HAVE PAUL ROBBINS FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

WELCOME MR. ROBBINS.

HI MAYOR.

UH, COUNSEL.

I AM THE HUMBLE VICE CHAIR OF THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION.

WE RESEARCH POLICY RELATED TO ENERGY, WATER, AND RELATED CLIMATE ISSUES AND ADVISE COUNSEL ON DIRECTION.

IN THE PAST 15 MONTHS, WE HAVE SENT FOUR SEPARATE RESOLUTIONS TO YOU RELATED TO THE FAILINGS OF TEXAS GAS SERVICE IN THE CON IN THEIR CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE COMPANY'S TREATMENT OF THE POOR AND HIGH UTILITY COSTS.

THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A FOUR ALARM FIRE.

OUR ADVICE IS NON-BINDING.

STILL.

IF PEOPLE YOU APPOINTED CONSISTENTLY MAKE THE SAME POINTS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, I URGE YOU TO HEEDED THEM.

MOST OF THE TEXAS GAS SERVICE

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CONSERVATION BUDGET RESEMBLES A SKIMMING OPERATION IN 2022.

THE COMPANY MISSPENT ABOUT $2 MILLION IN CENTRAL TEXAS ON WHAT AMOUNTS TO GLORIFIED MARKETING AND GREENWASHING.

IT WILL GIVE CLOTHES DRYER REBATES OF AS MUCH AS $325 TO SAVE A DOLLAR 39 CENTS A YEAR IN FUEL.

IT WILL GIVE REBATES FOR FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS THAT SAVE SO LITTLE ENERGY THAT THEY DO NOT PAY FOR THEMSELVES.

FURTHER.

ACCORDING TO A NATIONAL SURVEY, TEXAS GAS SERVICE RE REBATES ARE WAY HIGHER THAN THE AVERAGE FOR ITS PEER UTILITIES.

I HAVE BEEN A CONSERVATIONIST SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER.

I PERSONALLY FIND IT BEWILDERING AND EMBARRASSING THAT THE CITY IS ALLOWING THE COMPANY TO WASTE CUSTOMERS' MONEY ON GLORIFIED MARKETING.

IN OCTOBER, THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION SENT A RESOLUTION TO COUNCIL ASKING YOU TO LOWER THIS BAD SPENDING AND USE SOME OF THE SAVINGS FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE POOR.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PREFERABLE TO ACT BY THE END OF TODAY SINCE TODAY IS THE DEADLINE TO CHANGE THE TARIFF AMOUNT.

HOWEVER, IT IS NOT TOO LATE FOR ACTION IF YOU LOWER THE REBATE AMOUNTS, THE SAVINGS RULE WILL ACCRUE AND ALLOW YOU TO LOWER THE CONSERVATION SURCHARGE NEXT YEAR.

AND IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN SET UP A PILOT CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

HIGH WINTER BILLS COUPLED WITH FUEL COST INCREASES ARE UPON US.

I URGE YOU TO ACT AND STAND READY TO HELP YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER, BARBARA MACARTHUR.

HI, I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE HOME INITIATIVE.

THE HOME INITIATIVE AND MASS REZONING WILL NOT CREATE MIDDLE CLASS EMPOWERMENT OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOWER INCOME PEOPLE.

MANY OF MY REMARKS ARE DONE FROM RESEARCH I DID FROM AN ARTICLE CALLED THE PERILS OF LAND USE DEREGULATION BY RICHARD SCHRAGER.

THIS ARTICLE IS 89 PAGES LONG AND HAS 360 UM, REFERENCES OF FACTS.

IT'S NEW LAND USE CONTROL IS A CORE POWER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND DEREGULATION OF THAT MANY PROPERTIES IS GIVING AWAY THE GOVERNMENT'S POWER TO THE MARKET.

THE EMPHASIS ON UPZONING AS A FALSE CURE FOR UNAFFORDABILITY EASILY DISTRACTS FROM THOSE SUBSTANTIVE ECONOMIC EFFORTS LIKE FAIR WAGES AND HOURS REFORM, HEALTHCARE AND PAID LEAVE, EVICTION AND TENANT PROTECTION AND LABOR RIGHTS.

THE DEREGULATION OF ZONING HAS DRAMATICALLY WORSENED THE PROBLEMS OF SOCIOECONOMIC SEGREGATION.

THE THIS DEREGULATION WILL MOSTLY READ DOWN TO THE BENEFIT OF INVESTORS AND DEVELOPERS AND NOT TO THOSE RESIDENTS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES WHO SEEK TO AFFORD TO REMAIN IN PLACE.

THE BENEFITS OF ZONING REFORM WILL THUS ACCRUE MAINLY TO THE ALREADY WEALTHY AND WEALTHY TO BE WHO ARE BEING DRIVEN TO THE REGION BY ITS PARTICULAR EMPLOYMENT PORTFOLIO.

MEANWHILE, LAND USE TO REGULATION WILL LIKELY ENCOURAGE GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT OF POOR COMMUNITIES HE COULD WHO CAN EASILY BA OUTBID FOR FAVORABLE LOCATIONS.

POLICIES SUCH AS BLANKET UP ZONING PRINCIPALLY UNLEASHED MARKET FORCES THAT SERVE HIGH INCOME EARNERS, THEREFORE REINFORCING THE EFFECTS OF INCOME INEQUALITY RATHER THAN TEMPERING THEM.

ZONING, DEREGULATION WILL EXASPERATE INEQUALITY.

MARKET FAVORING POLICIES ARE LIKELY TO ENCOURAGE DISPLACEMENT INSTEAD OF AMELIORATING IT.

WHILE SUPPLY SIDE POLICIES MIGHT LOWER THE PRICE OF THE HIGH END OF THE INCOME SCALE, THEY DO NOT TO BE APPEAR EFFECTIVE TO PROVIDING HOUSING BEYOND THE TOP QUARTILE.

THE TOP 25% OF EARNERS IS THIS FACE IN MARKETS GENERALLY AND THE HOUSING MARKET IN PARTICULAR WARRANTED THE THEORY OF LAND USE.

DEREGULATION IS THAT IT WILL LEAD TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF MORE HOUSING, WHICH WILL LOWER PRICES FOR ALL HOUSING CONSUMERS.

THE HOUSING MARKET, EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF LEGAL RESTRICTIONS, DOES NOT USUALLY AND MAY NEVER RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF LOW INCOME OR EVEN MODERATE INCOME.

CONSUMERS IN HIGH DEMAND CITIES AND REGIONS.

STUDIES SHOW THAT HOUSING COSTS IN HIGH DEMAND AREAS HAVE FALLEN FOR THE TOP QUARTILE OF THE NATIONAL INCOME DISTRIBUTION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME HAVE RISEN FOR THE BOTTOM HALF S ONLY GENERATE RAISES LAND VALUES BY UNLOCKING DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL.

IF THE HIGH COST OF LAND IS THE PRIMARY IMPEDIMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEN ADOPTING

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POLICIES THAT INCREASE UNDERLYING LAND VALUES RATHER THAN DECREASE THEM IS A MISTAKE.

SO THIS IS NOT MIDDLE INCOME EMPOWERMENT AND IT'S FREE MARKET EMPOWERMENT.

NEXT SPEAKER IS ANA AGUIRE.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS ANA GURE.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL, MAYOR MCFADDEN.

COUNCILMAN MUELLER PINNELL AND STICK WITH COUNCILMAN REED.

ABSENT, NOTICE THESE COUNCIL, THESE REFERENCES TO COUNCIL MEN.

IT WAS MARCH 22ND, 1928, THE DAY THE 1928 MASTER PLAN WAS APPROVED BY THE THEN CITY COUNCIL.

THESE MEMBERS WERE ALL WHITE MEN.

TODAY THIS COUNCIL IS MUCH MORE DIVERSE BECAUSE OF US.

THE HOME RESOLUTION CURRENTLY READS IT CAN BE AS IT CURRENTLY READS, CAN BE COMPARED TO THE 1928 MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS RACIST.

THE HOME RESOLUTION EFFECTIVELY COMPETES, COMPETES THE INTENT OF THE MASTER PLAN BY GENTRIFYING THE EASTERN CRESCENT AND EFFECTIVELY DISPLACING THE WORKING CLASS.

WE ARE THE ONES THAT MADE AUSTIN.

THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE THAT HOUSING IS THE HUMAN RIGHT FOR ALL AND ESPECIALLY THE MOST VULNERABLE.

MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT WILL BE YOUR LEGACY? IF THE HOME RESOLUTION IS PASSED AS YES, IS IT YOUR INTENT TO EFFECTIVELY GENTRIFY EVERY PERSON STANDING HERE AND THOSE WHO CANNOT BE HERE TODAY? BECAUSE BECAUSE THEY RESIDE WITHIN THE EASTERN CRESCENT TELLING US YOU CARE ABOUT, THOSE OF US IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT WILL ONLY BE MEANINGLESS IF YOUR ACTION IS IN CONTRADICTION AND DEMONSTRATES YOU VOTED IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME RESOLUTION, WHICH IS RACIST BECAUSE OF THE HARM IT'LL DO TO THE EASTERN CRESCENT.

KEEP YOUR, SOME OF YOU RAN ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MESSAGE AND PROMISE.

KEEP YOUR PROMISE AND DON'T ERASE THOSE OF US THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT AND ENSURE THAT EVERY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REVISION INCLUDES TRUE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS.

THERE ARE ALSO NO GUARDRAILS TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND THOSE ANTICIPATED HERE INCLUDE ALSO IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, THE OCCUPANCY LIMITS.

THERE'S WHAT ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING AND UNSAFE LIFE CONDITIONS IMPACT ON UTILITY AND DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE, POTENTIAL OF NEW LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY AS A RESULT OF THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL DENSITY IN AREAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO CREEK AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.

WE ARE IN FLASH FLOOD ALLEY.

POTENTIAL LOSS TO TREE CAN DUE TO ADDITIONAL DENSITY, POTENTIAL LOSS TO GREEN SPACE DUE TO ADDITIONAL DENSITY.

WE ASK YOU POSTPONE YOUR VOTE ON THE HOME RESOLUTION TO 2024 AND BRING FORTH PHASE ONE AND TWO.

TOGETHER.

WE DEMAND THAT COUNCIL IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO ENSURE QUALITATIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE REPRESENTING VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, ENVIRONMENTALISTS NEIGHBORHOODS, PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE DEPARTMENTS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.

THE A NC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAS PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED A RESOLUTION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, THE A NC INITIATED COMMUNICATION WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THANK THE COMMISSIONERS THAT MET WITH US.

WE HAVE INITIATED COMMUNICATION WITH THE MAYOR AND EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.

WE THANK THE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT HAS MET WITH US.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH THE REST OF YOU IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

NEXT SPEAKER IS CINDY REED.

WHEN THE COLONISTS CAME TO AMERICA, THEY NEEDED SHELTER.

THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WERE HERE FIRST.

TODAY WE LOOK BACK AND WE CAN'T UNDO THE HARM THAT WAS DONE.

BUT ASK YOURSELF, IS IT EVER OKAY TO TAKE SOMEONE'S LAND? NO.

SO SAYING THAT WE NEED TO SUBDIVIDE PROPERTIES HAVE THAT HAVE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS BECAUSE MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLE NEED MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING.

JUST WRONG.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT'S ABOUT LAND.

AND IF WE CAN'T MAKE MORE LAND, WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU SUBDIVIDE AND CONQUER.

TUESDAY'S AUSTIN BUSINESS JOURNAL ARTICLE TITLE INCLUDES HOME INITIATIVE.

PRAISED BY DEVELOPERS, AUSTIN DEVELOPERS ARE WAITING WITH BATED BREATH.

OWNER OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT HOUSING CONSULTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POOL.

SHE DRAFTED THE PROPOSED PLAN.

WHERE WAS THE COMMUNITY INPUT IN THE DRAFT? LET'S ANALYZE MIDDLE INCOME.

IT'S NEVER DEFINED.

THE MEDIAN INCOME IN AUSTIN IS 86,000.

MAKING 80,000 MAX YOU CAN AFFORD IS 252,000.

A TEACHER MAKES 55 FIREFIGHTER, 54 POLICE OFFICER 65 ARE WASTE PEOPLE.

39.

SO IF THIS IS FOR MIDDLE INCOME, THE NEW HOUSING BUILT WILL NOT BE FOR THESE FOLKS.

IF THE GOAL IS TO BUILD MORE 500 TO $7,000 HOUSES RIGHT NOW, A $500,000 HOME IN D FOUR WITH 20% DOWN WOULD HAVE A MORTGAGE PAYMENT OF ABOUT $4,000.

YOU WOULD NEED AN INCOME OF 142,000 TO AFFORD IT.

FINANCIAL WEBSITE, MOTLEY FOOL STATES AT THE UPPER CLASS, TOP 20% OF EARNERS MAKE 149,000

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OR HIGHER.

THE WITH THE COST OF MATERIALS, LAND PERMITTING AND LABOR, NEW HOUSING AT $300,000 AND BELOW IS SIMPLY NOT HOS POSSIBLE.

THIS IS AN UPPER CLASS PLAN, NOT A MIDDLE INCOME PLAN.

WE HAVE AN UNDERSUPPLY OF TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO GET THAT DONE.

IT WILL TAKE SPECIFIC POLICIES AND MONEY FROM GOVERNMENT TO MAKE AN IMPACT.

DEREGULATION AND LETTING MARKET FORCES PLAY THEMSELVES OUT WILL NOT DO IT BECAUSE THE MATH DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

IF THE GOAL IS TO CREATE MORE HOUSING, WHY NOT MAXIMIZE WHAT'S ALREADY CAPABLE? TODAY, ALMOST EVERY SINGLE FAMILY LOT IS ALLOWED IN A DU.

WHY AREN'T HOMEOWNERS TAKING ADVANTAGE? BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS MIRED IN RED TAPE AND PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE.

BRING DOWN THE PERMIT COST.

SIMPLIFY.

SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS.

PRE-APPROVED 10 TO 20 A DU PLANS THAT CAN BE FAST TRACKED THROUGH PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS.

DON'T FORGET THAT SMALL AREA PLANNING IS AND CAN STILL HAPPEN.

DEVELOPERS CAN STILL PUSH THROUGH DENSITY PROJECTS BY COMING UP WITH A PLAN AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND CITY HALL FOR A VARIANCE.

DON'T RUIN AND DISPLACE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHEN INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUITY AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES HAVEN'T BEEN STUDIED, THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS ARE THE LABORERS AND LOW TO MIDDLE INCOME EARNERS AND THEY CAN'T BE HERE TODAY.

THEY'RE WORKING.

I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE MY ANCESTORS PICKED COTTON.

MY DAD, WHO ONLY HAS A EIGHTH GRADER EDUCATION, BUT SAW TO IT THAT I GOT ONE AND WHENEVER I GET TIRED HE ALWAYS SAYS, AT LEAST YOU DON'T HAVE TO PICK COTTON.

SPEAK UP FOR US.

THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE ALL THOSE DEGREES.

SO HERE I AM FOR MY PEOPLE.

THE LOW INCOME, THE BLACK, THE BROWN, THE ELDERLY, THOSE ON FIXED INCOME.

I CAN'T JUSTIFY PUSHING OUT THE POOR SO THAT HIGH INCOME EARNERS CAN FEEL EMPOWERED TO TAKE PEOPLE'S LAND.

THIS IS WRONG AND I DON'T JUST BELIEVE, BUT I KNOW THAT EACH OF YOU GOT INTO PUBLIC SERVICE TO HELP AND SERVE YOUR COMMUNITIES AND YOU KNOW THAT THIS PLAN IN ITS CURRENT FORM HARMS AND DOES NOT HELP VOTE NO AND POSTPONE.

NEXT SPEAKER, NOE ELIAS, MAYOR.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL.

MAYOR, I'M NO ELIAS.

I AM A THIRD GRADE DUAL LANGUAGE TEACHER IN AUSTIN, ISD.

I'M ALSO THE VICE VICE-CHAIR OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

AS A TEACHER, I SEE EVERY DAY HOW OUR FAMILIES ARE BEING DISPLACED FROM OUR COMMUNITIES AND ALSO OUR EDUCATORS ARE BEING DISPLACED.

THIS HOME INITIATIVE WILL EXACERBATE THIS.

MY FAMILIES WHO ARE MOSTLY RENTERS AND LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS, THEY LIVE IN OLDER HOUSES OR IN MOBILE HOMES IN LARGE LOTS AND THEY, THEIR GREATEST FEAR IS THAT A DEVELOPER WILL COME AND BUY UP THESE PROPERTIES AND THEY WILL BE FORCED OUT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.

WE SEE THIS HAPPENING EVERY DAY.

DEVELOPERS ARE COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND BUYING UP PROPERTIES AND DISPLACING THOSE RENTERS AND THOSE MOBILE HOMEOWNERS.

THEY TARGET OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE LAND IS CHEAPER AND THEY CAN MAKE A BIGGER PROFIT.

I'VE SEEN MY STUDENTS' HOMES TORN DOWN IN THOSE LOTS AND THEY BUILD TWO TO THREE HOUSES SELLING THEM FOR 600 TO $700,000 EACH.

MY FAMILIES, OUR TEACHERS CANNOT AFFORD THIS.

THIS IS A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE MAKE LESS THAN $50,000 A YEAR.

HOME WILL ACCELERATE GEN, GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT IN THESE COMMUNITIES.

HOME WILL DISPLACE BLACK AND BROWN RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS FROM THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.

I'M HERE TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PREVENT THE DISPLACEMENT OF THESE FAMILIES BY VOTING NO ON THE HOME INITIATIVE.

DON'T GIVE THE DEVELOPERS THE GREEN LIGHT TO FINISH GENTRIFYING EAST AUSTIN.

ON NOVEMBER 14TH AT THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL POSTPONE THE VOTE ON PHASES ONE AND TWO OF THE HOME INITIATIVE.

THE CITY'S OWN STAFF REPORT WARNS THAT THIS INITIATIVE WILL CAUSE MORE DISPLACEMENT THROUGH INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES AND INCREASED RENTS AND THAT THOSE WITH FEW RESOURCES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE HOME INITIATIVE.

I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO UNTIL WE CAN FIND A WAY TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY'S MOST VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT.

VOTE NO.

UNTIL WE FIND A WAY TO HELP LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME AUSTINITES THROUGH THIS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.

THE REAL SOLUTION IS TO PRESERVE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO BUILD MORE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

VOTE NO ON THE HOME INITIATIVE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO STAND UP AGAINST GENOCIDE AND PALESTINE, STAND AGAINST DISPLACEMENT, STAND AGAINST THE DISPLACEMENT IN EAST AUSTIN AND AGAINST THE DISPLACEMENT AND THE GENOCIDE AND PALESTINE.

TO BRING UP BEFORE YOU TODAY.

NEXT SPEAKER IS CARINA MARTINEZ.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR WATSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS KARINA MARTINEZ AND I'M A FIFTH YEAR FIRST GENERATION STUDENT AT UT AUSTIN STUDYING SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES AND SOCIOLOGY.

I CAME HERE FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FOR SCHOOL AND HAVE LIVED IN WEST CAMPUS FOR THE PAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.

I HAVE TWO CONCERNS THAT I WOULD LIKE

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THE FIRST IS THAT THE HOME INITIATIVE IS A DANGEROUS POLICY THAT WILL ONLY FURTHER GENTRIFY COMMUNITIES IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT.

MANY UT STUDENTS HAVE BEEN MISLED TO BELIEVE THAT URBANIST PROFIT SEEKING PLANS FOR THE HOUSING MARKET WILL ALSO HELP LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

THE MISCONCEPTION THAT BUILDING MORE HOUSING WILL LOWER HOUSING COSTS IS WHAT WE'RE FED BY MANY AT SCHOOL.

NONETHELESS, WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT DEMONSTRATES A LONGSTANDING DISCONNECT BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY AND DOES NOT CAPTURE WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN AUSTIN TODAY.

I'M HERE TO SHARE SOME OF THE TRUTH BASED ON LIVED EXPERIENCE AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

THE CITY BUILDING MORE MARKET RATE AND LUXURY HOUSING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN ACCESSIBLE TO LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

IN FACT, THE HOME INITIATIVE WILL POUR GASOLINE ON THE FIRE THAT IS GENTRIFICATION IN AUSTIN.

IT'S QUITE SIMPLE BUILDING.

BUILDING LUXURY HOUSING WILL INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES, DRIVE UP SPECULATION AND PRESSURE, LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME HOMEOWNERS TO SELL TO DEVELOPERS.

AS A DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT, I HAVE WATCHED THE COST OF HOUSING RISE EACH YEAR, EVEN LIVING IN A HOUSING COOPERATIVE WHERE WE CAN SET OUR OWN RENT AND IT'S INCREASING BY 4% BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BECAUSE OF THE INFLUX OF LUXURY, LUXURY APARTMENTS THAT REMAIN UNAFFORDABLE TO MOST STUDENTS AND WARP THE WORTH OF HOUSING NEARBY COMMUNITIES.

RENTERS AND LOW TO MIDDLE HOMEOWNERS ACROSS THE CITY WILL THUS BE DISPLACED WITH HOME, PARTICULARLY FROM EAST AUSTIN, WHICH DEVELOPERS WILL TARGET FIRST AS THEY HAVE TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

IT BREAKS MY HEART TO SEE THIS HAPPEN MARKEDLY FROM A COUNCIL WHO CLAIMS TO CARE ABOUT ITS CONSI.

CONSTITUENTS HOME PURPORTS TO SERVE YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ME, BUT IF YOU VOTE TO PASS IT AS IS WITHOUT AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS, IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT BUILDING A LIFE HERE AS EITHER A HOMEOWNER OR RENTER WOULD BE A PRECARIOUS ENDEAVOR.

WHAT'S STOPPING Y'ALL FROM IMPLEMENTING AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS? IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AUSTIN MORE AFFORDABLE, WHAT'S STOPPING Y'ALL FROM SAYING NO TO HOME? A DANGEROUS PROPOSITION BACKED BY BILLIONAIRES AND DEVELOPERS WHO ONLY SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF PROFIT.

WHAT'S STOPPING Y'ALL FROM LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITIES YOU SERVE? THIS HAS NEVER BEEN ABOUT HOW MUCH HOUSING THERE IS AS WE HAVE IN AMPLE SUPPLY, IS ABOUT HOW AFFORDABLE THE HOUSING WILL BE.

DEVELOPERS JUST WANT YOU TO LET THEM BUILD MORE SO THEY CAN MAKE MORE MONEY.

SECOND, IT WOULD BE REMISS OF ME TO NOT MENTION THE PARALLEL I'VE NOTICED BETWEEN THE HOME INITIATIVES PUSHED FOR THE DISPLACEMENT OF BLACK AND BROWN AUSTINITES IN THE REMOVAL OF PALESTINIANS FROM THEIR HOMES, FROM ISRAELI BY ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCES GENTRIFICATION AND SETTLER COLONIAL COLONIALISM ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO ONE ANOTHER AND HOW AS ONE STATED BY THE BROOKLYN ANTI GENTRIFICATION NETWORK, THE LEGACY OF THE US IS BUILT ON THE INVASION AND THEFT OF LAND FROM THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF AMERICAS TO THE CURRENT THEFT OF LAND FROM HISTORICALLY LOW TO MIDDLE INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BY CITY GOVERNMENTS AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS.

IN THIS REGARD, I REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.

SPEAKER.

NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBORAH BLUM.

HI, MY NAME IS DEBORAH TRITT.

I AM UM, IN CHITO VELAS DISTRICT.

HELLO.

UM, BUT I'M HERE TO READ A STATEMENT FROM SOMEONE I HAVEN'T MET YET, BUT HE IS ALSO A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR.

HIS NAME IS JOSE MARINO AND HE SAYS, HELLO.

AUSTIN NEEDS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NOT HOUSING FOR THE RICH.

MY NAME IS JOSE MARINO.

I AM A RESIDENT OF D FOUR AND A CONSTITUENT OF COUNCIL MEMBER CHITO VELA.

WE ARE HERE TO TOUCH ON THE THEME OF THE CRISIS WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN AUSTIN, TEXAS ABOUT RENTERS AND THOSE WITHOUT HOUSING WHO NEED ACCESS TO DIGNIFIED HOUSING.

IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT AND IS A CHALLENGE.

WE LIVE THROUGH DAILY TRYING TO PAY THE RENT WITH INVESTORS WHO COME AND BUY PROPERTIES UP WHERE THERE ARE ALREADY PEOPLE LIVING AND WITHOUT CARING ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE AFFECTED.

THEY TAKE HOMES AWAY FROM RENTERS TO DEMOLISH AND BUILD MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE HOUSING.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO AFFORD THE RENT AS IT IS AND MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT HOUSING CANNOT AFFORD OR QUALIFY FOR THE RENT RIGHT NOW.

I SPOKE OUT IN THE PAST WHEN MY NEIGHBORS AT OLD HOMESTEAD WERE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AND DISPLACEMENT BECAUSE THE CITY ALLOWED A DEVELOPER TO BUILD A LUXURY CONDO WITH SOME AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS.

ALTHOUGH NONE OF THE UNITS WOULD BE AFFORDABLE TO ME OR MY NEIGHBORS, THE DEVELOPER DID NOT WANT TO GIVE US A PENNY TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT.

WE HAD TO FIGHT THEM TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION AND AVOID HOMELESSNESS.

THOUGH WE ARE STILL LOST, ALTHOUGH WE STILL LOST OUR HOUSING FOR THE BUILDING TO BE DEMOLISHED, THE DEVELOPER JUSTIFIED THIS BY SAYING, AUSTIN NEEDS MORE HOUSING.

WHY WOULD YOU THINK DEVELOPERS WOULD BUILD HOUSING AFFORDABLE TO MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLE?

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THE HOME INITIATIVE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANY AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS AND SINCE DEVELOPERS ARE MOTIVATED BY PROFITS, THEY WILL ONLY BUILD MORE HOUSING FOR THE RICH.

I HAVE HEARD YOU SAY THERE ARE NO SOLUTIONS BEING OFFERED, BUT I CAME DURING THE BUDGET HEARINGS TO SPEAK AND ASK YOU TO FUND THE ANTI DISPLACEMENT FUND FOR RENTERS DISPLACED BY DEVELOPERS AND ARE PLEASED WE'RE IGNORED.

WHAT IS THE MAIN ISSUE WE FACE TO PAY THE HIGH RENT, LOW WAGES THAT BUSINESS PAY FROM $13 AN HOUR, WHICH SUMS TO 1900 TO $2,500 A MONTH, WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH TO PAY OR QUALIFY FOR RENT IN AUSTIN.

THAT DOESN'T COUNT FOOD, ELECTRICITY, GAS, NECESSARY SERVICES.

IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE MULTIPLE JOBS TO GET AHEAD.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE KNOW OF AND SHOULDN'T IGNORE IS THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS AND DON'T HAVE THE HOUSING THEY NEED.

I HOPE.

AND MANY PEOPLE WITH GOOD INTENTIONS HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL TAKE THE CORRECT POSITION AND HAVE SUCCESS AND UNDERSTANDING OUR SITUATION.

THROUGH THESE CONVERSATIONS, WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU VOTE AGAINST THE HOME INITIATIVE BECAUSE THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AS I'VE SAID.

NEXT SPEAKER IS NADIA BARBO.

MY NAME IS NADIA BARBO.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, IN COUNCIL MEMBER HARBOR MADISON'S DISTRICT.

UM, TODAY I AM READING A STATEMENT FROM SYLVIA VIETA.

MY NAME IS SYLVIA VIETA.

I AM A YOUNG AUSTINITE IN DISTRICT TWO AND MY PARENTS ARE HOMEOWNERS.

DOVE SPRINGS HAS BEEN MY HOME FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS.

I WAS BORN, RAISED, AND FOUGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN OUR LITTLE THREE BEDROOM HOME FOLLOWING MY MOTHER'S FOOTSTEPS.

THE CITY I ONCE LOVED IS SHIFTING TOWARDS SOMETHING, BENEFITING ONLY CORPORATIONS AND THE WEALTHY COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS.

SOME WHO UPLIFTED COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THEIR DISTRICTS ARE BEING FORGOTTEN IN THE PROCESS OF CERTAIN POLICIES.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE OWNED THEIR HOMES FOR DECADES ARE BARELY SURVIVING IN THE CITY THAT THEY MADE.

THEY MAKE TOO MUCH TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR THE, FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH I WILL ADD IS UNDERFUNDED AND OVERWHELMED WITH PEOPLE IN SEVERE CRISIS, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO LIVE COMFORTABLY.

LIKE MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE HOME INITIATIVE, WHICH WAS CREATED AND FUNDED BY THE WEALTHY WILL ONLY CREATE A GREATER STRAIN BY THE GROWING PROPERTY.

TAXES FOR LOW MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES LIKE MY OWN AND MANY OTHERS.

I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE IT CLAIMS TO HELP ARE LITERALLY ONE ACCIDENT AWAY FROM BEING HOMELESS.

THIS SOLUTION IS NOT REALISTIC.

WHEN WAGES ARE STAGNANT AND COST OF LIVING IS GROWING AT A RAPID RATE, WE WILL BE FORCED OUT FROM THE CITY WE HELPED CREATE BECAUSE ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE CONTINUED TO DECIDE THEIR DONORS AND CORPORATIONS WERE MORE IMPORTANT FOR THEIR POLITICAL AMBITIONS.

DISPLACEMENT WILL BE ACCELERATED BECAUSE THIS INITIATIVE IS WRAPPED UP IN A PRETTY LITTLE BOW THAT HAS NO REAL LIMITATIONS OR FAIL SAFES.

WITH THIS, THE WE, THE WEALTHY, CONTINUE TO EXPLOIT THE LAND AND WORKING MIDDLE CLASS BROWN AND BLACK FOLK PURCHASED AND CONTINUED AND CULTIVATED, EXCUSE ME, THE CORPORATIONS AND THE RICH WILL C WILL TAKE CREDIT FOR THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS AND HOMES BEING LAID BRICK BY BRICK BY THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.

WHILE MY PEOPLE'S HOMES ARE BEING DEMOLISHED AND PUSHED TO THE PERIPHERY, LIKE ALWAYS THE WEALTHY AND CORPORATIONS WILL REAP THE BENEFITS THAT WE SOWED.

WE ARE NOT AGAINST GROWTH.

WE ARE AGAINST CORPORATIONS AND THE WEALTHY, SOMETIMES NOT EVEN LIVING IN TEXAS, BUYING UP HOMES IN IMPOVERISHED AREAS, AND THEN THEY DI DICTATE POLICIES SUCH AS THE HOME INITIATIVE, AS A SOLUTION THEY HELPED CREATE.

WE ARE NOT AGAINST GROWTH.

WE SIMPLY WANT GROWTH THAT WILL BENEFIT EVERYONE.

WE WANT INITIATIVES THAT ARE INTENSELY STUDIED AND PROVEN TO WORK.

WE SIMPLY WANT A SOLUTION THAT WILL ALLOW FOR GROWTH AND FOR US TO STAY IN OUR HOME THAT HOLDS MEMORIES OF OUR FAMILIES.

WE SIMPLY WANT TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT WE FOUGHT FOR TODAY, I URGE YOU TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES WITH AMENDMENTS LIKE THE OVERLAY, COVERING NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE, VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT, STOP THE HOME INITIATIVE AND POSTPONE FOR TRUE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY INPUT.

SHE SAYS, I COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY WITH WORK AND THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

SYLVIA VIETA, DISTRICT TWO.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MONICA GUZMAN.

EXCUSE ME.

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

GO AUSTIN, BAMO AUSTIN.

I'M READING ONE RESIDENT STATEMENT AND PLAYING ANOTHER.

THE PHOTOS YOU WERE JUST GIVEN ARE FOR THE SECOND STATEMENT.

CITY COMES EVERY WEEK AND THROWS AWAY YOUR STUFF, SO YOU HAVE TO MOVE STUFF AROUND AND IT'S YOUR PERSONAL BELONGINGS, SO YOU HAVE TO START OVER.

MY NAME IS RANDY T I'M A HOMELESS PERSON IN DISTRICT SEVEN.

EVERY DAY I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE TO KEEP MY THINGS AND BELONGINGS.

THEY GET TAKEN AND THROWN AWAY.

THE

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I HAVE TO GET NEW CLOTHES EVERY WEEK AND FIND JOBS IN THE AREA WHERE I CAN SLEEP, WHICH IS NOWHERE.

YOU'RE NOT IN A GOOD MENTAL STATE OF MIND.

IT'S COLD OUT THERE.

SO YOU'RE CONSTANTLY MOVING AND WHEN YOU FIND A WARM SPOT, THEY KICK YOU OUT OF THERE.

YOU HAVE TO MOVE TO DIFFERENT TERRITORIES AND THEY PUSH YOU THAT WAY WITH PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW AND THAT'S DANGEROUS.

I KNOW THEY CRIMINALIZE CAMPING AND HAVE BEEN MOVING PEOPLE LIKE ME FARTHER OUT WITH NOWHERE SAFE TO STAY OR SLEEP TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR LUXURY DEVELOPMENTS.

SO I UNDERSTOOD WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE HOME INITIATIVE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO CAUSE HOUSING COSTS TO RISE IN EAST AUSTIN.

GENTRIFICATION HAS ALREADY HAPPENED IN EAST AUSTIN, BUT ANYONE WHO HAS LEFT AND LOW INCOME, BLACK OR HISPANIC PERSON WILL GET PUSHED OUT.

THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY BAD.

LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET HURT AND I THINK CRIME WILL BUILD UP BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO STEAL MORE TO SURVIVE.

IF YOU ARE INVESTED IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH PEACE OF MIND, IT WOULD BE COOL, BUT THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT WITH NO AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS.

YOU MIGHT THINK THIS DOESN'T MATTER TO SOMEONE HOMELESS LIKE ME, BUT I'VE GOTTEN NO HELP FROM THE CITY TO GET HOUSING OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS OF ASKING FOR HELP AND MAKING MORE PEOPLE HOMELESS, DRIVING UP THE RENT.

SO I DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GET AN APARTMENT THAT DOES IMPACT ME AND OTHER PEOPLE ON THE STREET.

SECOND STATEMENT IS RECORDED.

I'M GONNA PUT IT ON THE MICROPHONE.

HOPEFULLY I'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR IT.

WE LIVE IN THE DOVE SPRINGS COMMUNITY.

SORRY.

I'M REPRESENTING SEVERAL NEIGHBORS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE HERE, BUT WE CAN'T BECAUSE OF OUR WORKING HOURS.

THANK YOU FOR HOSTING.

THIS WOULD BE NICER IF YOU HAD IT LATER IN THE EVENING SO WE COULD ALL ATTEND.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES, WE HAVE SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE DOVE SPRINGS COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF IMPERVIOUS COVER.

FURTHER UPSTREAM, IF YOU CHANGE THE HOUSING CODES, IT'S GONNA MAKE THE SITUATION A LOT WORSE AND WILL BE SUBJECT TO MORE FLOODING.

IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT YOU'RE INCREASING OR WILL INCREASE WITH THE CHANGE OF THE CODE WILL AFFECT OUR LIVES AND THE VALUE OF OUR HOMES.

PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUES AT HAND.

UH, UPKEEP OF OUR CREEKS.

HE'S REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO DRAINAGE IN THE INITIATIVE.

NEXT SPEAKER IS CASSIA PRINCE.

VOUCHERS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIND A PLACE THAT WOULD ACCEPT A VOUCHER.

MY NAME IS KEISHA PRINCE AND I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF AUSTIN, DISPLACED FROM DISTRICT THREE AND CURRENTLY LIVING IN DISTRICT ONE.

I PREVIOUSLY FOUGHT WITH MY NEIGHBORS TO PREVENT EVICTIONS AFTER THE WINTER STORM URI AND MISMANAGEMENT AT THE ROSEMONT AT OAK VALLEY APARTMENTS.

I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO PROVE YOU TRULY CARE ABOUT THE HOUSING CRISIS DISPLACEMENT AND LOW INCOME RENTERS OF COLOR BY OPPOSING THE HOME INITIATIVE.

THE HOME INITIATIVE WILL PUSH OUT POOR PEOPLE FOR SUPPOSEDLY MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLE.

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER? CONSIDER THE MIDDLE CLASS WITHOUT NO REQUIREMENT, THERE IS NO WAY HOME WILL BUILD WILL BUILD FOR MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLE.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUILD FOR MIDDLE PEOPLE OR THE POOR.

THEY CAN GO STRAIGHT TO THE TOP.

THAT'S AWFUL.

HOME WILL BUILD UP WEALTHY PEOPLE, NOT MIDDLE INCOME.

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO DISPLACE AND GENTRIFY THE EASTERN CRESCENT? ARE YOU REALLY OKAY WITH DISPLACING LOW INCOME RENTERS LIKE ME FOR WEALTHY PEOPLE AND I INVESTING AND INVESTORS PROFITS? THE WAY HOME IS WRITTEN IS VERY DECEPTIVE.

HOPE HOME IS NOT GOING TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLE.

IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LOW INCOME RENTERS AND PEOPLE.

IT'S GOING TO PUSH PEOPLE OUT BECAUSE I WAS DISPLACED.

I LIVE, I CURRENTLY LIVE IN A HOUSE THAT I RENT USING MY SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER.

WHEN HOME CAUSES THE PROPERTY TAXES TO INCREASE, IT WILL CAUSE LANDLORDS TO RAISE THE RENT AND THEN I WOULD BE FACED WITH POSSIBLE HOMELESSNESS AND NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.

THIS WILL INCREASE THE HOMELESS POPULATION.

THIS WILL LINE THE POCKETS OF INVESTORS AND WEALTHY LANDLORDS AS HOUSES ARE DEMOLISHED.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO USE A SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER.

RENT IS GOING UP DISPROPORTIONATELY AND THE VOUCHERS AREN'T INCREASING AT THE SAME RATE.

LAST MONTH, 500 PEOPLE LOST THEIR

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IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS ADDRESS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST VOUCHERS, VOUCHER HOLDERS, BUT INSTEAD YOU ARE INCREASING THE RENT, MAKING OUR VOUCHERS USELESS.

THIS MAKES ME FURIOUS.

A VOUCHER USED TO GUARANTEE YOU TO GET INTO A DECENT HOUSE.

WE HEAR THAT THERE'S RENT RELIEF AND THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY THE SOLUTION TO THE DISPLACEMENT.

BUT WHAT IS RENT RELIEF? WHO GETS RENT RELIEF? THE FUNDS RUN OUT.

THE PLATFORM CRASHED WITHIN AN HOUR BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE APPLIED FOR IT.

SO THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

MANY OF YOU ARE SAYING KEEP SAYING THE COMMUNITY IS NOT OFFERING SOLUTIONS.

THE SOLUTIONS ARE STOP THESE ZONING CHANGES THAT MAKE THE HOUSING CRISIS WORSE.

TO INVEST IN COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND RE RENTER COOPERATIVES AND IN DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS, 60 AND 80% MFI IS NOT AFFORDABLE.

WE NEED 50, 40, 30 TYPE UNITS AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION.

WE CANNOT DO THIS.

VOTE NO ON HOME.

PROTECT LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE EASTERN CORRECTION AND POSTPONE, POSTPONE THE VOTE.

THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S GENERAL PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR TODAY'S, UH, 12 O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN GENERAL PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT WAS HERE TODAY.

UH, MEMBERS, WHAT WE WILL DO NOW AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

WHAT WE WILL DO NOW IS WE WILL RECESS THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR LIVE MUSIC.

WE WILL RECESS UNTIL ONE O'CLOCK.

UH, WE WILL RECONVENE AT ONE O'CLOCK FOR PURPOSES OF GOING INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT, UH, WE CANNOT GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ABSENT, UH, DOING THAT IN AN OPEN SESSION.

SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN, TEXAS IS RECESSED UNTIL ONE O'CLOCK, UH, FOR OUR LIVE MUSIC AND WE WILL RETURN AT ONE O'CLOCK.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

WELL,

[Live Music DJ Leslie Cavazos]

UH, THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND THANKS FOR LISTENING TO OUR LIVE MUSIC.

IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY ENJOY DOING AND AND HIGHLIGHTING VERY TALENTED PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND TODAY WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE VERY TALENTED PEOPLE, AND THAT IS DJ LESLIE CAVASSO.

WOO-HOO.

HI, BABY HABIBI, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

UH, BORN IN MONTEREY, MEXICO, UH, DJ LESLIE CAVAZOS HAS BEEN INFLUENCING PEOPLE TO EXPLORE THEIR TALENTS WITHOUT THE BOUNDARIES OF LANGUAGE, ETHNICITY, OR GENDER.

FOR 15 YEARS NOW, SHE'S BEEN BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO USE HER TALENT AND PASSIONS OF MIXING MUSIC AND DJING TO BRING HAPPINESS AND DANCING TO ANYONE'S DAY.

LESLIE HAS BEEN DJING AT ALL VARIETIES OF EVENTS, INCLUDING RADIO CLUBS, TV, QUINCEANERAS, WEDDINGS AND FUNDRAISERS.

AUSTIN HAS BEEN LESLIE'S ADOPTED HOME SINCE SHE WAS THREE YEARS OLD, AND IT'S HER HONOR TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS REPRESENT HER BELOVED MEXICO.

SHE BELIEVES THAT MUSIC HAS A BEAUTIFUL, MAGICAL WAY OF BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO PROVIDE HOPE, HAPPINESS, AND TO HELP PEOPLE THROUGH HARD TIMES.

YES, HER RULE ON HER DAY TODAY IS TO DO SOMETHING NICE FOR A STRANGER AND APPRECIATE THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE WHILE LISTENING TO YOUR FAVORITE MUSIC.

AND IT'S OUR GREAT PLEASURE AND MY GREAT HONOR TO INTRODUCE TO YOU DJ LESLIE STOS.

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A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

REMEMBER WORLD PEACE.

WE LOVE YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT.

, MEXICO, THE AUSTIN, TEXAS DJ.

I LOVE YOU GUYS.

ALWAYS BE BLESSED.

AND REMEMBER, I APPRECIATE THE SMALL THINGS IN LIFE.

I LOVE YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR BOSTON.

, DJ LESLIE, CSO DJ LESLIE CAVAZOS.

COME HERE.

MAYOR PRO TIM.

ANY, ANY ANYBODY? COUNCIL MEMBERS COME, COME UP HERE.

I WANT TO MAKE A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION.

OH, THANK YOU.

YEAH, PLEASE STEP UP HERE.

I'VE, I'VE ALREADY TOLD HER I HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER THAT WOULD LOVE ALL THAT PINK EQUIPMENT.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

IT'S WONDERFUL.

SCENE THRIVES BECAUSE ALL AUSTIN'S AUDIENCES SUPPORT GOOD MUSIC PRODUCED BY LEGENDS, OUR LOCAL FAVORITES AND NEWCOMERS ALIKE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

WHAT A TREMENDOUS JOB.

UM, SO LET ME READ THIS PROCLAMATION.

'CAUSE THIS IS A SPECIAL PROCLAMATION, BE IT KNOWN THAT WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS IS BLESSED WITH MANY CREATIVE MUSICIANS WHOSE TALENTS EXTEND TO VIRTUALLY EVERY MUSICAL GENRE.

AND WHEREAS OUR MUSIC

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AND WHEREAS WE ARE PLEASED TO SHOWCASE AND SHOWCASE AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ARTISTS.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, KIRK WATSON, ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, AS MAYOR OF THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 30TH, 2023 AS DJ LESLIE CASOS DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

LET, LET'S, UH, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE OF IT.

BEFORE WE DO THAT, TELL US WHERE WE CAN, UH, SEE YOU PERFORM AND, AND HOW WE FOLLOW YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THINGS LIKE THAT.

PERFECT.

UH, YES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

YOU CAN FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM, DJ LESLIE ATX, ALSO ON FACEBOOK, DJ LESLIE CASOS, AND I'LL BE POPPING UP IN DIFFERENT PLACES.

I'LL POST IT UP AND THERE'S GONNA BE SO MUCH, SO MUCH SURPRISES, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A BENEFIT FOR CANCER OR KIDS WITH CANCER.

I WOULD LOVE TO GO HELP OUT.

SO YOU'LL SEE ME SOON.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

DJ LESLIE.

IT'S 1:00 PM ON NOVEMBER 30TH, 2023.

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

UM, OUR NEXT AGENDA SCHEDULED AGENDA ITEM IS AT TWO O'CLOCK, WHICH IS OUR ZONING MATTERS.

HOWEVER,

[Executive Session ( Part 2 of 2 )]

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS, IF THERE'S NOT AN OBJECTION, THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO GO BACK INTO A CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM.

UH, WE HAD RECESSED THE, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION PREVIOUSLY, AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 OF 0 7 2 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES AND REAL ESTATE MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 21.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO GOING INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE ITEM THAT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED WITHOUT OBJECTION? WE ARE RECESSED, UH, FROM THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 1:01 PM TO GO INTO A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AT THE END OF THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WILL RETURN.

IF WE RETURN IN TIME, WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 21 AND THEN GO TO THE TWO O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN THANKS EVERYBODY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.

I'LL CALL THE MEETING BACK AT THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL BACK TO ORDER.

IT IS 1:48 PM WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.

UM, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON

[21. Approve an ordinance authorizing the negotiation and execution of all documents and instruments necessary and desirable to convey approximately nine acres of parkland located at 2525 South Lakeshore Boulevard, also known as the Central Maintenance Complex to Oracle.]

ITEM? WE'LL TAKE UP NOW.

ITEM NUMBER 21.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 21 THAT DIDN'T SPEAK EARLIER TODAY ON ITEM 21? NO, MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, THEN IN THAT CASE, WHAT I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND COUNSEL, IS THAT WE GET A MOTION ON THE FLOOR SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DEBATING.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

MAYOR, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

ITEM 28, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

21.

DID I SAY 28? YEAH, I MEANT 21.

ALL RIGHT.

I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT.

THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM MEMBERS, WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, ON THE FLOOR, AND THAT IS TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 21.

UM, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND PART TWO OF THE ORDINANCE TO ONE, DELETE AND EXECUTE, UH, DELETE AND EXECUTE.

IN LINE 67, REMOVE MEETS, OR IN LINE 77 AND THREE, ADD NEW PARAGRAPH FOUR THAT READS AS FOLLOWS.

THE NEW FACILITY WILL ALSO BE DESIGNED TO INCORPORATE MORE OR ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONCEPT SITE AND FLOOR PLANS INCLUDED IN THE MCKINNEY YORK ARCHITECT STUDY DATED FEBRUARY 1ST, 2023, THAT WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO INCLUDING SEPARATED WORKSPACES FOR THE VARIOUS TRADES, PROVIDING FOR SHADE AND NECESSARY IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, AND ENSURE THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO EXPAND THE FACILITY IN THE FUTURE, INCLUDING UTILITIES SIZED AND SET TO ACCOMMODATE THAT EXPANSION.

THE FINAL DESIGN SHOULD MORE CLOSELY REFLECT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT DEVELOPED IN THE STUDY AND BE A COLLABORATIVE ITERATIVE PROCESS.

UH, MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE PRO, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO ITEM NUMBER 21.

IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES, UH, DISCUSSION ON

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THIS ITEM.

I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO MY AMENDMENT PLEASE, IF I MIGHT.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.

SO, UM, AND WITH RESPECT TO THIS AMENDMENT, THE GOAL OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE FINALIZE THIS DEAL, UM, WITH ORACLE TO GIVE UP PARKLAND ON OUR EAST SIDE, THAT FACES OUR TRAIL, UM, IN EXCHANGE FOR PARKLAND ELSEWHERE ON THE EAST SIDE, UM, AS WELL AS FOR THE REBUILDING OF A CENTRAL MAINTENANCE YARD, UM, IN DISTRICT ONE IN BO DISTRICT PARK, THAT THE CENTRAL MAINTENANCE YARD THAT WE'RE BUILDING MEETS THE NEEDS OF OUR PAR DEPARTMENT AS LAID OUT IN A STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY MCKINNEY YORK ARCHITECTS, UM, THAT WAS PUBLISHED FEBRUARY OF 2023, BUT WORKED ON FOR LONG BEFORE THAT.

UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT ARE OF CONCERN TO ME, UM, IN THE PROPOSAL, IN THE EXHIBIT, UM, THAT I QUESTION WHETHER WE ARE, WE ARE MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR EMPLOYEES.

THERE ARE NEEDS TO HAVE SEPARATED WORKSPACES FOR THE VARIOUS TRADES.

THERE'S NEED FOR SHADE AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. THERE IS NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THIS FACILITY IN THE FUTURE.

WE ARE ESSENTIALLY REBUILDING A FACILITY FROM THE 1980S OF THE SAME SIZE AND SAYING THAT THAT IS OUR NEW MODERN, UM, CMC THAT WE PROMISED TO THE VOTERS.

UM, I THINK THIS IS A REASONABLE REQUEST.

I THINK IT IS A CLEAR REQUEST.

I THINK IT IS IN, IN THE INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT IS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE PROMISED THE VOTERS.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 21? I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL MEMBER VELA IS GONNA BE ON THE HIGHEST OR NOT.

WELL, WE, WE'VE CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.

UM, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO AMEND.

UM, PLEASE INDICATE BY RAISING YOUR HAND AND AMEND THAT ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

RAISE YOUR HAND BEFORE WE HAVE TO CONSIDER RECONSIDERING THE VOTE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO, WE'RE VOTING ON THE MOTION TO AMEND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER.

UM, I'VE CALLED FOR A VOTE OF THOSE VOTING YES.

AND THEN I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE FOR THOSE VOTING.

NO, THE, THOSE VOTING.

YES, I HAVE, I I'VE ALREADY COUNTED THOSE.

THOSE OPPOSED SAY, UH, INDICATE BY RAISING YOUR HAND COUNCIL MEMBER.

THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER'S MOTION TO AMEND.

UH, AND, UH, THE, THIS WAS, UH, ON THE, NO, ON THE, UH, ON THE AMENDMENT.

THE LAST, UH, THE LAST ONE WE JUST DO, WE'RE DOING WITH VOTING.

NO, I WILL GO YES.

ON THE AMENDMENT.

AND THEN, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, I APOLOGIZE.

I DIDN'T LOOK UP.

HOW DID YOU VOTE? I VOTED NO AGAINST THE AMENDMENT MAYOR, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I, I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT THE PROCESS, BUT YOU'LL PROBABLY GO BACK AND RECOGNIZE THAT YOU DIDN'T CATCH A VOTE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER FROM ME, BECAUSE I DIDN'T QUITE HEAR WHERE YOU, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE GONNA RECONSIDER THE YES AND THE NO VOTE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER BELLA.

I, I I WAS A NO VOTE.

I WAS ON THE LADDER.

YOU'RE A NO VOTE.

THERE BEING FIVE A'S AND FIVE NO'S.

THE MOTION TO AMEND FAILS.

THAT TAKES US BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION, UM, WITHOUT THE AMENDMENT DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER.

BY MCKINNEY YORK ARCHITECTS, WHICH IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT THAT DETAILS OUR ASSESSMENT OF WHAT WE FELT LIKE WE NEEDED FOR OUR CENTRAL MAINTENANCE COMPLEX.

I'M, I'M SORRY THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO PASS THAT, UM, AMENDMENT.

UM, 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA BE FACING SOME PROBLEMS AS A, AS A COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD.

AND I WANNA GET, UM, SEVERAL THINGS ON THE RECORD BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE, THERE'S SOME REAL CHALLENGES WITH WHAT'S BEFORE US FOR THIS VOTE.

UM, FIRST I WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE RFP THAT WAS ISSUED AFTER WE, UM, AFTER THE VOTERS VOTED TO PUT THIS, UH, TO, TO APPROVE THIS ON THE BALLOT IN 2020.

THE RFP ADDENDUM, UM, WHICH HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE Q AND A AFTER I REQUESTED IT.

THE ADDENDUM REFERS TO STAFF RESPONSES TO ORACLE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS THAT THEY SHOULD SUBMIT.

AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE ANSWERS FROM STAFF WERE INFORMED BY THE INDEPENDENT STUDY COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY, AND COMPLETED

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AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE RESPONSES, SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE NEED TO BE ACCOMMODATED IN RESPONSE TO QUESTION SIX, OR THE TYPOLOGY OF THE WORKSPACE WORKSHOP SPACES PLURAL, ALTHOUGH WE'RE ONLY GETTING ONE IN THIS DRAWING THAT WE HAVE FOR EXHIBIT A TODAY, THAT OUR FIELD CREWS WOULD NEED, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO COMPARE THOSE TO EXHIBIT A.

UM, THE RFP SAYS WE NEED TO HAVE 250 FIELD EMPLOYEES AND A HUNDRED OFFICE.

WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR THAT IN THE NUMBERS THAT ARE IN EXHIBIT A.

UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE SEPARATED WORKSPACES.

UM, THERE'S NO SHADE, THERE'S NO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SPACE IS INADEQUATE.

UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES.

AND, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

UM, I ALSO REQUESTED THE EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSAL, AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT OUT OF 100 POINTS, ORACLE SCORED 37, IT RECEIVED ON THE CMC COMPONENT, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO QUESTION A MERE FIVE POINTS OUT OF 30 IN THE SCORING PROCESS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ALL COMES AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO FEEL THAT A SURROUNDING A POND MAKES IT WATERFRONT.

UM, YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE GONNA SAY THAT A SCORE OF 37 OUT OF A HUNDRED POINTS AND FIVE OUT OF 30 FOR THE CMC IS SUFFICIENT.

UM, IS THIS REALLY THE BEST THAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM A CORPORATION THAT ORCHESTRATED AND ENGINEERED EVERY STEP OF THIS PROCESS SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY THAT IS OWNED BY OUR PUBLIC AND IS, IS PARKLAND? UM, I, I THINK THAT IS, IS PROBLEMATIC.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF.

I'M NOT SURE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE HERE.

HOW MANY RESPONSES DID WE GET TO THE RFP? YOU RECEIVED A SINGLE RESPONSE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHY? WE ONLY GOT A SINGLE RESPONDENT? THE, THE, UH, PROPOSITION, UM, DID HAVE LIMITATIONS ON IT, SO IT NEEDED TO BE AT LEAST, UH, 48 ACRES OF LAKEFRONT PROPERTY.

UM, AND, UM, THAT WAS CONTIGUOUS TO ANOTHER PARK.

SO WHAT THE VOTERS APPROVED WAS FAIRLY NARROWLY DEFINED.

SO WE DIDN'T EXPECT WE'D GET A LOT OF, UH, RESPONDENTS TO THIS PROPOSAL, AND WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE.

SO I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT I THINK MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE GETTING LAKEFRONT PROPERTY, AS YOU JUST SAID, MR. VAN.

NO, BUT WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT WE'RE GETTING A POND, NOT LAKEFRONT PROPERTY.

UM, SO HOW LONG WAS THIS, UM, RFP OUT FOR ISSUE? UH, THAT I DON'T KNOW.

I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU.

OF THE SPACE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING.

WELL, IT'S THREE WEEKS OVER THANKSGIVING.

UM, SO IT'S ALSO NOT SURPRISING THAT WE GET ONE RESPONDENT.

UM, THE WATER FEATURE, UM, THE BALLOT INITIATIVE SAID AT LEAST 48 ACRES OF WATERFRONT LAND CONTIGUOUS TO AN EXISTING CITY PARK.

CAN YOU REMIND US WHAT EXACTLY IS THE WATER FEATURE THAT YOU'VE DETERMINED? THIS PROPOSAL OFFERS US TO MEET THE CRITERIA APPROVED BY THE VOTERS.

SURE.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE FINDINGS IN THE ORDINANCE.

UM, THERE IS A, A, UM, A, A LARGE POND OR A, A LAKE ON THE PROPERTY, AND IT'S ALSO, UM, CONTIGUOUS WITH, UM, A CREEK.

UH, OKAY.

UM, IN THE RFP, UM, IN THE Q AND A, I ASKED, UM, HOW THE REQUIREMENTS WERE NEGOTIATED DOWNWARDS.

SO WE HAVE AN ADDENDUM TO THE RFP.

UM, AND IN THAT STAFF INDICATED THAT QUOTE, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT PROVIDED THE CURRENT SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR ALL THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS, STORAGE WORKSPACES, ET CETERA, OF BOTH THE CENTRAL MAINTENANCE COMPLEX AND THE FIESTA GARDENS MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

ORACLE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A NEW FACILITY THAT PROVIDES THE SAME TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT IN A NEW, MODERN AND FAR MORE EFFICIENT SPACE.

UM, SO THIS IS MY QUESTION.

WE GAVE THEM THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND SO THEY'RE GIVING US SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WAS ADEQUATE WHEN WE BUILT THIS FACILITY IN THE 1980S.

AND WHEN WE BELIEVE THAT THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WAS ADEQUATE FOR OUR NEEDS IN THE 1980S REMAINS THE ADEQUATE SQUARE FOOTAGE 40 YEARS LATER AS OUR CITY AND PARK SYSTEM HAS GROWN AND EXPANDED, HOW DID WE ARRIVE AT THAT CONCLUSION? I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD AGREE.

THAT'S A CONCLUSION WE ARRIVED AT.

THE, THE CONCLUSION WE'VE ARRIVED AT IS THAT THE VOTER PROPOSITION CALLED FOR A NEW CENTRAL MAINTENANCE COMPLEX FACILITY.

UM, AND THIS PROPOSAL FROM, OR, UH, ORACLE DOES INDEED PROVIDE A NEW CENTRAL MAINTENANCE COMPLEX FACILITY THAT'S EQUIVALENT IN SQUARE FOOTAGE TO OUR CURRENT FACILITY, PLUS THE FACILITY LOCATED AT FIESTA GARDENS.

SO THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MAINTENANCE FACILITY, AND YET, UM, THE, THE MOST

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IS THAT CORRECT? I, I WOULD, LET ME PULL UP THE SQUARE FOOTAGE JUST TO CONFIRM THAT.

WELL, AS I READ IT, THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPOSAL IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE REPLACING A MAINTENANCE YARD.

UM, WE HAD A COMMISSION STUDY FROM MCKINNEY, UM, YORK ARCHITECTS AS PART OF THIS PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH.

UM, DID OUR, THAT STUDY CONCLUDE THAT OUR NEEDS WOULD BE MET WITH THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE HAVE TODAY? UH, THE MCKINNEY STUDY, UM, INCLUDED NOT ONLY CURRENT NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO PROJECTED NEEDS FOR, FOR THE FUTURE.

AND IT WAS A SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER FACILITY THAT WAS, UM, CONCEIVED OF IN THE MCKINNEY REPORT.

UM, IF WE BELIEVE THAT THE CMC PROPOSAL IS ACTUALLY ADEQUATE, WHY DID IT ONLY RECEIVE FIVE POINTS OUT OF A POSSIBLE 30 IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS? THAT I CAN'T ANSWER.

I WAS NOT ON THE EVALUATION TEAM.

UM, HOW OFTEN IN YOUR ROUGH ESTIMATION DO WE APPROVE BIDS AND SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE A SINGLE RESPONDENT AND THEY RECEIVE SOMETHING LIKE 37 OUT OF A POSSIBLE A HUNDRED POINTS IN THEIR RESPONSE? I DON'T KNOW THAT OFFHAND HOW OFTEN WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A SITUATION LIKE THIS.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THAT AS A TYPICAL PRACTICE IN OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESS? WELL, I'D DESCRIBE IS IT'S TYPICAL IN AN RFP PROCESS FOR THERE TO BE A, AN EXTENSIVE NEGOTIATION TOWARDS A, A FINAL AGREEMENT.

WE DO HAVE A DIFFERENT SOLICITATION PROCESS CALLED AN INVITATION FOR BIDS, WHERE IF WE, IF WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT AND WE'RE NOT WILLING TO NEGOTIATE, WE LAY THOSE PARAMETERS OUT AND THAT'S WHAT THE BID NEEDS TO MEET.

BUT AN RFP BY ITS VERY NATURE IS, IS INTENDED TO BE A NEGOTIATING PROCESS.

UM, AND I'M SORRY MR. VENINA, THAT YOU GET TO, TO BE THE, THE ONE WHO HAS TO ANSWER ALL THESE QUESTIONS.

I KNOW YOU WERE NOT THE ONE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE, IN THE, UM, NEGOTIATIONS, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MCKINNEY STUDY, UM, ESTIMATED WE NEEDED ABOUT $120 MILLION, AND THEN THERE WAS A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ESTIMATE THAT ALSO LANDED AT ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT.

UM, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO WHAT ORACLE IS OFFERING IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE GONNA SPEND ON THIS MAINTENANCE YARD? YEAH, THAT WE, I HAD THAT CONVERSATION, UM, RECENTLY WITH DIRECTOR MCNEELY.

UM, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MCKINNEY REPORT WAS FOR A $74 MILLION FACILITY.

UM, SO, BUT REGARDLESS WHETHER IT WAS 74 OR 120, THE, UH, THE CMC, THE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEFORE COUNSEL IS FOR A, UM, A REPLACEMENT CMC AT 23.5 MILLION.

RIGHT.

AND, AND I STAND CORRECTED, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE MCKINNEY ONE SAID 74 MILLION, BUT THEN PUBLIC WORKS WAS ASKED TO RE-LOOK AT IT, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS WHERE THE ONE 20 CAME FROM.

BUT REGARDLESS, WE'RE LOOKING AT A 23.5 MILLION AND THEY'RE BUILDING IT, WHICH IT SHOULD COST LESS THAN US, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE SAME, UM, DIFFERENCE THERE.

NO, I MEAN, I MEAN, I THINK THE MCKINNEY REPORT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER FACILITY.

AGAIN, NOT ONLY INTENDED TO MEET CURRENT NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT, BUT FUTURE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

SO IT WAS A MORE EXPENSIVE FACILITY.

IT WAS ALSO A SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER FACILITY, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S BEING OFFERED BY THE PROPOSER.

THERE, THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONS, BUT WHEN I READ IT, IT WASN'T THAT MUCH MORE DEPENDENT ON WHICH PART YOU WERE, YOU WERE COSTING OUT FROM THAT.

UM, I, I DO, UH, SOMEBODY HANDED ME THE SQUARE FOOT IS THE, UH, PROPOSAL IS FOR 19,900 SQUARE FEET OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE SPACE, 69,000 SQUARE FEET OF STORAGE AND TRADE WORKSHOPS, UM, AND 3000 SQUARE FEET OF OTHER SITE ELEMENTS, UM, WHICH IS THE SUMMATION OF THE CURRENT FACILITIES AT FIESTA GARDENS AND THE CURRENT CMC SITE.

CMC THAT COULD ALLOW FOR A FUTURE EXPANSION TO COMPLETELY MEET THE NEEDS AT THE CITY'S EXPENSE AT A LATER DATE.

AND THE ENCLOSED WORK AREAS THOUGH IS 11,000 SQUARE FEET OF THAT.

MOST OF THAT IS OPEN STORAGE AT 43,000.

UM, ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL US WITH CONFIDENCE THAT WHAT ORACLE IS PROVIDING, WHICH YOU DESCRIBE AS COMPARABLE TO SQUARE FOOTAGE WE HAVE TODAY, IS ACTUALLY ADEQUATE TO MEET OUR CURRENT NEEDS AND THE NEEDS WE CAN FORESEE IN THE NEAR FUTURE? UH, I'M GONNA DEFER THAT QUESTION TO DIRECTOR NEELY.

SO, KIMBERLY MCNEELY SERVING AS THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, UH, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT CONCEDES THAT THIS IS A SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT IS COMPARABLE TO WHAT IS EXISTING RIGHT NOW.

AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE NEEDS THAT ARE BEYOND THAT.

HOWEVER, WE ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE OTHER FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO UTILIZE, UM, MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR, OUR WORKFORCE.

AND WITH THE, UM, EXPECTATION THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DESIGN SOMETHING FOR THE CMC, THE NEW

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AND WHO WOULD BEAR THOSE EXPENSES OF EXPANDING LATER, THE EXPANSION LATER WOULD BE A CITY EXPENSE.

AND THAT WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO BE BY BONDS.

IT WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO BE LIKE BY BONDS.

AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS DEAL IN FRONT OF US, THE WHOLE FACILITY WOULD HAVE TO BE BY BONDS.

SO I'M, I JUST WANNA REMIND FOLKS THAT THE AUTHOR OF WHO KICKSTARTED THIS WHOLE PROCESS, UM, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SAID ON THE RECORD AT THE TIME THAT HE DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO THE TAXPAYERS AND ASKING THEM FOR A BOND ELECTION FOR A MAINTENANCE YARD.

AND THAT WAS WHY HE PROPOSED THIS PROCESS ORIGINALLY.

UM, SO I, I JUST, I'M REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE THAT WE WENT TO THE VOTERS AND SAID WE WERE GETTING THIS PROVIDED, UM, WE MADE THIS SWAP, UM, FOR THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST, JUST A PROBLEM.

UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANNA POINT OUT, UM, THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE APPRAISALS.

UM, THAT'S ALSO NOT STANDARD PRACTICE TO TRY TO GET TO THE SAME PLACE.

UM, WE ARE GETTING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN HOW MUCH ORACLE JUST SPENT FOR TWO AND A HALF ACRES.

NEXT DOOR WAS 43.5 MILLION.

AND THAT IS MORE THAN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GETTING COST.

UM, SO I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD DEAL FOR US.

THE VALUE OF THE LAND IS STILL THERE.

WHETHER OR NOT, UM, WE DO THIS DEAL, UM, I THINK IT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A PROBLEM.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'M DISAPPOINTED, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THE REPORT SAYS THAT THE CURRENT NEEDS ARE 25,000 SQUARE FOOTAGE, AND WE'RE REALLY FAR FROM THAT.

UM, I'M SORRY TO GET IN DEEP INTO THE WEEDS COLLEAGUES, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE EXHIBIT A ON TUESDAY, AND I'M TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT, AND I JUST REALLY THINK THIS LEAVES THE TAXPAYERS AND THE BURDEN OF PROVIDING THE MAINTENANCE YARD THAT WAS PROMISED TO US.

UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THE VOTERS THOUGHT THEY WERE GETTING, YOU KNOW, EXACTLY WORD FOR WORD.

UM, THE EXACT SQUARE FOOTAGE I HAVE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT.

UM, THIS IS NOT WATERFRONT PROPERTY.

UM, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GETTING THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE.

THIS WAS APPRAISED AT A 60 FOOT HEIGHT FOR THE CMC.

THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY THINGS HERE, AND I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS.

AND I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED, UM, THAT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.

I KNOW THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT A NEGOTIATE, UM, AND EXECUTE.

UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN PROVIDE THE DIRECTION IN PART THREE WITHOUT CHANGING THE NEGOTIATE OR EXECUTE, UM, TO ENCOURAGE, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY MANAGER IN ORACLE DURING THE NEXT STAGES OF THE NEGOTIATION.

SO, UM, IF I MIGHT MAKE A WALKING MOTION, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND PART TWO TO ADD NEW PARAGRAPH FOUR THAT READS AS PART THREE ON MY AMENDMENT WITHOUT STOPPING THE NEGOTIATING AND EXECUTE.

PLEASE STATE THAT AGAIN.

SO, AS I UNDERSTOOD THE CONCERNS, THE CONCERNS WERE IF THAT WE DIDN'T ALLOW FOR EXECUTE, THAT WE WOULD NOT, UM, BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEAL.

AND WHAT I'M PROPOSING IS, INSTEAD OF SAYING JUST NEGOTIATE TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, BY ADDING DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER, UM, TO FOLLOW PART THREE OF MY DIRECTION, WHICH IS OF, YOU KNOW, A ADDITIONAL PARAGRAPH FOUR, THAT THE NEW FACILITIES SHOULD BE DESIGNED TO INCORPORATE MORE ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONCEPT SITE AND FLOOR PLANS INCLUDED THE MCKINNEY YORK ARCHITECT STUDY DATED AS IN, UM, IN ALL OF THE REST OF THAT PARAGRAPH.

UM, SO THAT WHEN YOU ARE NEGOTIATING THE DESIGN, THAT YOU'RE REFERRING BACK TO THAT STUDY AND THAT YOU HAVE A PROCESS, UM, THAT IS GOING TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS.

SINCE YOU'VE SAID THAT IN ALL MY PAPER, I'VE LOST IT.

COUNCILMAN VELA.

JUST, UH, TO CLARIFY, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALTER, BASICALLY IT WOULD BE, UH, C ON THE PRIOR, IN OTHER WORDS, YES.

REMOVING A AND B FROM THE PRIOR AMENDMENT, AND THEN JUST ADDING THE LANGUAGE, THE DIRECTION, UH, UH, IN IN C.

PART TWO OF THE ORDINANCE TWO, AND WE WOULD DELETE THE ONE AND THE TWO AND THE WORD.

FOR THE RECORD, I'M GONNA READ, I'M GONNA ACCEPT THE CHAIR ACCEPTS THAT AS A, UH, AN ADDITIONAL MOTION TO AMEND.

AND I'LL SEEK A SECOND, JUST A SECOND, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, FOR THE RECORD, SINCE WE TYPICALLY REQUIRE THAT THINGS BE IN WRITING, AND THIS IS IN WRITING, BUT IF, IF I LOOK AT, IF I LOOK AT THE MOTION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 21, WHAT IT WOULD SAY IS I MOVE TO AMEND

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AND SO, AND, AND THE NUMBER THREE, OR HE HAS SOMETHING THAT SAYS C ON IT.

UM, HE HAD AN EARLIER VERSION.

PUBLIC SPACE BECAUSE WE WILL BE REMOVING SOME OF THE, UH, OLD DILAPIDATED, UH, MAINTENANCE FACILITIES FROM THAT SITE AND MOVED OVER TO THIS OTHER SITE.

THE ONE, BUT THE ONE YOU YOU'VE HANDED OUT SAYS ADD NEW PARAGRAPH FOUR THAT READS AS FOLLOWS.

THE NEW FACILITY WILL ALSO BE DESIGNED TO INCORPORATE MORE OR ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONCEPT SITE AND FLOOR PLANS INCLUDED IN THE MCKINNEY YORK ARCHITECT STUDY DATED FEBRUARY 1ST, 2023, THAT WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO INCLUDING SEPARATED WORKSPACES FOR THE VARIOUS TRADES, PROVIDE FOR SHADE AND NECESSARY IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, AND ENSURE THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO EXPAND THE FACILITY IN THE FUTURE, INCLUDING UTILITY SIZED AND SET TO ACCOMMODATE THAT EXPANSION.

THE FINAL DESIGN SHOULD BE MORE CLOSE, SHOULD MORE CLOSELY REFLECT THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT DEVELOPED IN THE STUDY AND BE A COLLABORATIVE ITERATIVE PROCESS.

IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION TO AMEND? IT'S SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES MEMBERS THE VOTE.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO AMEND COUNCIL MEMBER REPO? SO I'D LIKE TO, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, UM, BUT SPECIFIC ON THIS NEW AMENDMENT, I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. ENO IF THE ELEMENTS AS READ INTO THE RECORD, AND AS YOU KNOW, WERE ON THE INITIAL, UH, MOTION, WHAT IMPACT THIS WOULD HAVE ON THE WORK THAT STAFF WILL GO FORTH AND DO IN THE NEXT PROTRACTED PERIOD TOWARD NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE.

SURE.

AND, UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS SOMETHING STAFF IS BEING, BEEN NEGOTIATING NOW FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS.

THIS HAS BEEN A VERY EXTENDED PROTRACTED NEGOTIATION.

UM, TO A DEGREE, THIS ITEM REQUIRES US TO GET MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATED.

UM, BUT IT IS UNDEFINED, AND I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CANDID WITH IT.

IT SAYS MORE OR ALL, I MEAN, MORE COULD POTENTIALLY BE JUST ONE THING MORE, WHICH MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CAN NEGOTIATE WITH THE OFFERER.

UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND THE ABILITY FOR US AT THIS POINT TO NEGOTIATE MORE, OF COURSE WE'LL TAKE DIRECTION FROM THE BODY AND, AND DO THAT.

UM, BUT IT, IT, IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE.

AND SO THIS WOULD REQUIRE US TO GET SOMETHING MORE THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

AND IS IT TRUE THAT WHEN THE STAFF NEGOTIATES YOU, DO YOU EXERT EVERY PROFESSIONAL EFFORT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE GREATEST COMMUNITY BENEFIT BACK TO THE CITY? THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

WOULD THIS NEGOTIATION BE ANY DIFFERENT? NO.

OR HAS IT BEEN ANY DIFFERENT? NO.

WE'VE NEGOTIATED THIS, UH, VERY HARD ON THE CITY STAFF SIDE.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.

AND MAYOR, I DID WANT TO ASK SPECIFICALLY, AND MAYBE MR. VAN NINO CAN ANSWER THIS, THE ELEMENTS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE BALLOT PROPOSITION THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED BY MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE HERE AS NOT BEING MET, OR THAT SOMEHOW THE VOTERS THINK THAT THEY VOTED FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS ON THE BALLOT, THE ELEMENTS OF THAT BALLOT, UH, AND THE, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE OUTCOME, BUT IT WAS A PRETTY BIG, UH, WINNING MARGIN AT, AT THE POLLS FOR THIS IS THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING WITH STAFF'S NEGOTIATION, MEETING THE DEMANDS, UH, OF THE BALLOT LANGUAGE? UM, IT IS, AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT WAS 73 PASSED WITH 73% SUPPORT FROM THE VOTERS.

IT REQUIRED AT LEAST 48 ACRES OF WATERFRONT LAND CONTIGUOUS TO AN EXISTING PARK.

THAT BOX IS CHECKED BY, UH, THE 50 ACRE PARCEL THAT'S, UM, BEING OFFERED TO THE CITY, UH, THE COST OR CONSTRUCTION OF A, OF A NEW, UM, MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

UM, AND AGAIN, THE FACILITY THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED IS, UM, LARGER THAN THE FACILITY THAT'S CURRENTLY OUR CENTRAL MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

IT WOULD REPLACE THAT FACILITY AND A, UH, THE ONE AT FIESTA GARDENS, UM, AND THEN FINALLY PARTIAL, UH, OR FULL FUNDING FOR REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT FIESTA GARDENS.

AND THE PROPOSAL PROVIDES A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT TOWARDS THAT.

AND AS I RECALL, BECAUSE I WORKED ON THIS PROPOSITION, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY, THE THE FIESTA GARDENS PIECE, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE, 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE THIS BALLOT ITEM WAS PROPOSED AND PASSED, THE UM, EXPECTATION WAS THAT FIESTA GARDENS WOULD HAVE MORE ACTIVATED

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IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

FIESTA GARDENS IS A, UM, UM, A VERY NICE PARK RIGHT UP ON THE, ON THE LAKE, BUT RIGHT UP ON THE LAKE, WE HAVE MAINTENANCE FACILITIES, WE PARK VEHICLES THERE.

UM, AND SO WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO REMOVE ALL THAT FROM THAT SITE AND THEN RESTORE IT TO PUBLIC USES, UM, WHICH THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ALLOW US TO DO ONCE THE NEW CMC IS BUILT.

AND SO JUST TO WRAP THIS UP, OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDE THESE NEGOTIATIONS AND HAVE A SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ORACLE SO THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAN, AND ALL OF THE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS HERE CAN BENEFIT BASED ON WHAT WAS PROPOSED ON THE BALLOT BACK TWO PLUS YEARS AGO, UH, SO THAT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE EXPECTED CIVIC ASSETS THAT WERE OFFERED.

THAT'S THE INTENT OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

MAYOR, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE STAFF HAS BEEN DOING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ON THIS, ON THIS ISSUE.

I SUPPORT THE ORIGINAL STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

I, I, UH, WILL NOT BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU, MR. VINO.

COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, UH, IT WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION, BUT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE'S QUESTIONS, UM, ANSWERED WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.

COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY? YES.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE STAFF, IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME, OUR CITY STAFF, OUR PROFESSIONAL CITY STAFF, HAS WORKED VERY HARD AND VERY DILIGENTLY TO GET US THE BEST USE OF THIS PROPOSAL THAT'S BEFORE US.

AND I'M NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT THAT OUR, OUR COLLEAGUE BROUGHT FORWARD.

BUT I WILL SUPPORT MOVING THIS FORWARD TODAY.

AND I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE FOR HER THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS THAT SHE HAD EARLIER.

AND, AND JUST ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID OVER THE LAST YEAR TO MAKE THIS WORK.

COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL, UH, CALL ON, I'M SORRY, MAYOR PRO TIM, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.

I'M IN AGREEMENT HERE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS POOL AND KELLY.

UM, THIS HAS BEEN MANY, MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING AND I KNOW THAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS VERY HARD AS, AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID.

AND I ALSO GENERALLY HAVE A CONCERN WHEN WE GET MULTIPLE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

AND THEN IT SEEMS LIKE WE MOVE THE GOALPOST AND THEN WE WONDER WHY SOME PRIVATE ENTITIES HAVE A HARD TIME COMING TO THE CITY AND SAYING, WE WANNA PARTNER WITH YOU.

WE WANT, UM, TO BE A PART OF THE PUBLIC GOOD, UM, THAT OUR COMMUNITY SO DESPERATELY NEEDS.

AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, SINCE THIS HAS PASSED, THE, THE IT PASSED AT THE BALLOT, THE VOTER SAID THEY WANTED TO DO THIS.

UM, CITY STAFF HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CAN PENCIL OUT.

UM, I KNOW THERE'S STILL SOME FINE TUNING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

I JUST GET VERY WORRIED WHEN PEOPLE MAKE IT ALL THE WAY, ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LINE.

AND THEN COUNCIL SAYS, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE WHAT THE METRICS ARE, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE WHAT THE GOAL IS.

AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING IN LINE WITH THE ORIGINAL INTENT WITH IT, AND I THINK THAT THIS PROPOSAL GETS US THERE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR TIM.

UM, I'LL CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER TO CLOSE.

I THINK SHE INDICATED SHE HAD ALREADY, SHE SHE WAS DONE.

I, OH, I'LL ASK ONE QUESTION.

WAS OFFERED EARLIER AND VOTED DOWN.

UM, STAFF WITH THE PROPOSED MOTION BEFORE COUNSEL THAT ASKED FOR THIS DIRECTION TO BE ADDED REGARDING THE WAY I INTERPRET COUNCIL MEMBER ALISON ER'S AMENDMENT IS SEEKING TO GET A BETTER DEAL OUT OF THE CONTINUED NEGOTIATIONS, UH, THAT IS BEFORE THE CITY IN ORACLE.

IS THERE ANY CONSEQUENTIAL IMPACT THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING IF WITH THIS AMENDMENT? TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S JUST SAYING WE WANT A BETTER DEAL THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEFORE US.

UM, I I THINK IT GOES BEYOND SAYING WE WANT, I THINK IT, UH, MY INTERPRETATION IS IT REQUIRES US TO GET A BETTER DEAL.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS I'M, IT DOES, I'M, AFTER TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT WOULD BE ACHIEVABLE.

COUNCILOR VELA, CAN WE ASK THE APPLICANT, UH, OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVE TO SPEAK TO THE, UH, THE AMENDMENT, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT? SURE.

IS THAT YOU MR. SUTTLE? IF YOU'LL IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD? YEAH, THE AMENDMENT.

THIS IS IT.

MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME'S RICHARD SETTLE.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE, OF OR OF ORACLE ON THIS.

AND LET ME, I WAS NOT PROVIDED A COPY OF THE AMENDMENT PRIOR TO THIS, SO, UM, LEMME TAKE A QUICK PEEK AT IT.

THIS IS THE SAME AMENDMENT THAT

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I WOULD TELL YOU THAT I AGREE.

I THINK WITH WHAT WAS JUST REPRESENTED, THIS, THIS REQUIRES THE STAFF TO COME BACK AND RENEGOTIATE THE DEAL THAT WE'VE BEEN AT THE TABLE FOR TWO YEARS.

AND I THINK IT THAT IF THIS MOTION PASSED, IT WOULD MAKE IT, UH, VERY DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE A DEAL WITH THIS ADDITION.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WALTER, I'LL, UH, RECOGNIZE YOU TO BRIEFLY CLOSE.

UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY I DON'T THINK THAT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS GOALPOSTS THAT HAVE MOVED, UM, IN REFERRING BACK TO AN ADDENDUM TO AN RFP, WHICH WAS ISSUED BY OUR OWN STAFF THAT HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, LIMITS OF WHAT WE NEEDED AND, UM, ALSO, UM, SPECIFICATIONS FOR STORAGE, ET CETERA.

UM, WANNA ALSO REMARK ON THE FIESTA GARDENS PIECE OF THIS, THAT ONE SCORED SEVEN OUT OF 20 AS WELL.

I MEAN, SO AGAIN, WE, WE HAVE A DEAL.

YES, BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DEAL DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE DEAL AND MOVE FORWARD.

UM, I THINK THERE IS, UM, ROOM TO IMPROVE THIS DEAL FOR OUR WORKERS' SAKE, FOR THEIR SAFETY.

UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T TRY TO PUT OUR WORKERS IN SITUATIONS THAT ARE UNSAFE.

UM, BUT THE FACILITIES THAT WE CREATE AND THE AMENITIES DO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS THAT MATTER MATTER GREATLY.

AND I THINK THAT WE ARE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS AMENDMENT, UM, WOULD ENCOURAGE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN HERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THERE'S A LOT HERE THAT IS LEFT UNDEFINED, UM, AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CLARITY THAT, THAT IT WILL BE DELIVERED IN A WAY, UM, THAT I THINK MEETS THE SPIRIT OF THE PROPOSITION AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UM, I'M DISAPPOINTED WITH, WITH WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK YES, WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING FOR TWO YEARS, BUT IF YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE OFFERING IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ON OUR END.

IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF WHAT ORACLE HAS BEEN WILLING TO COME BACK WITH AND TO DELIVER FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN EXCHANGE FOR PROPERTY THAT'S WORTH WAY MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBERS, THE VOTE IS ON THE MOTION TO AMEND IT'S, UH, MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER TWO.

UH, WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION TO AMEND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO AMEND.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED RAISE YOUR HAND THERE BEING FOUR A'S AND SIX NAYS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER ABSENT, UH, THE MOTION TO AMEND FAILS FOR THE RECORD, THE FOUR A'S WERE CADRE VELASQUEZ ALLISON ALTER AND COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES, THAT TAKES US BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION.

THE MAIN MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED AND IT, AND MOTIONS TO AMEND HAVE FAILED.

SO WE'RE BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION.

UH, IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, I JUST, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER, ALWAYS PUSHING FOR MORE AND REALLY LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENTS AND REALLY DIGGING INTO THE DETAILS.

UH, ULTIMATELY THOUGH, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD DEAL FOR THE CITY.

UH, THE, UH, LAND WILL COMPLIMENT THE JOHN JOHNO PARK.

UH, IT, THE FIESTA GARDENS WILL ALSO BE IMPROVED.

THE VOTERS WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

UH, AND SO I, UH, WILL BE SUPPORTING IT AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE PROJECT, UH, MOVE FORWARD.

THAT WILL TAKE US NOW TO OUR ZONING CASES.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE'S MAKER OF THE MAIN MOTION TO CLOSE COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE AND I CLOSE.

THAT WAS, UH, VERY WELL DONE.

UM, WITHOUT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER WILL BE SHOWN.

VOTING NO.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING? NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES.

COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE, THE MOTION PASSES WITH THOSE THREE BEING SHOWN VOTING NO.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER OFF THE DAAS MEMBERS

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AND I WILL RECOGNIZE STAFF.

IT IS HER BIRTHDAY, HER BIRTHDAY.

UM, MS. HARDEN, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, JUST FOR EASE,

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COULD YOU PLEASE START WITH ITEM, UM, ONE 17 AND GO, UH, BACK UP TO ITEM 90.

EXCUSE ME, , COULD, COULD YOU START WITH ONE 17 AND GO BACK THE OTHER DIRECTION? I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO GO BACKWARDS.

YOU, YOU DON'T, NO, I DON'T.

WELL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ANYWAY.

I WAS TRYING TO, I WAS TRYING TO GIVE YOU A GIFT.

, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU TRY AND TRY IN THIS JOB AND FIVE O'CLOCK TODAY, CAN WE PRETTY PLEASE ASK THE CLERK TO GO BACK TO THE MOMENT? JOY HARDEN SAID, EXCUSE ME, .

YEAH, PLEASE.

THAT MIGHT, THAT MIGHT BECOME A MEAN.

YEAH, .

ALRIGHT, WELL, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT, WE'LL FOLLOW ALONG IN ORDER.

UM, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR COUNSEL, I'M JOY HARDEN WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

YOUR ZONING AGENDA BEGINS WITH ITEM 90 C 1 4 7 0 7 7 RCA.

THIS ITEM IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT.

ITEM 91 IS C 1 4 20 22 0 0 9 0.

THIS ITEM'S BEING OFFERED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR JANUARY 18TH 20 MS. HONOR, AND I, SERIOUSLY, I I HATE TO INTERRUPT UHHUH , BUT ON 90 IS THAT ON FIRST READING? OH, SO THIS IS A RESTRICTIVE COVENANT RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.

JUST HAVE ONE READING WHICH REQUIRES ONE READING.

UHHUH, I GOT YOU.

I'M JUST READING NOTES.

UHHUH .

SO IT'S JUST CONSENT.

UHHUH .

NO PROBLEM.

UM, UH, SO I WAS SAYING 91, SEE 1 4 20 22 0 9.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR JANUARY 18TH, 2024 COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM NUMBER 92 IS C 4 20 23 0 0 4 5.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM 93 IS NPA 20 23 0 0 2 9 0.01 WITH THE REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR POSTPONEMENT TO YOUR DECEMBER 14TH COUNCIL MEETING.

AGAIN, THIS IS OFFERED FOR POSTPONEMENT TO YOUR DECEMBER 14TH COUNCIL MEETING BY COUNCIL MEMBER BRAA.

ITEM 95 IS C 1 4 7 7, UM, 1 3 8 RCT.

THIS SIGN IS BEING OFFERED AS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR DECEMBER 14TH COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM 96 IS C 1 4 20 23 0 0 88.

THIS ITEM'S BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM 97 IS C 1 4 20 23 0 0 9 9.

THIS ITEM'S BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM 98 IS NPA 20 23 0 0 1 3 0.02.

THIS ITEM WILL BE OFFERED UM, FOR DISCUSSION.

AGAIN, THIS ITEM WILL BE OFFERED FOR DISCUSSION.

UM, AND I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE, UM, A FEW, UM, SPEAKERS TO THAT ITEM.

UM, ITEM 100 IS C ONE FOUR H 20 23 0 0 85.

THIS ITEM'S BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM 1 0 1 IS C ONE FOUR H 20 23 0 0 9 2.

THIS ITEM'S BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM 1 0 2 IS NPA 20 22 0 0 2 6 0.01.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.

SECOND AND THIRD READINGS.

AGAIN, THIS ITEM'S BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.

SECOND AND THIRD READINGS.

ITEM 1 0 4 C 1 4 20 23 0 0 7 7.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

AND I DO HAVE A MOTION SHEET WITH THIS ITEM AND IT READS, ADD THE FOLLOWING PROHIBITED USES TO PART TWO OF THE DRAFT ORDINANCE.

AND THOSE PROHIBITED USES ARE ADULT ORDERING BUSINESSES, ALTERNATIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES, BELL BOND SERVICES, CUSTOM MANUFACTURING, KENNELS, MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES, OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT, OUTDOOR SPORTS AND RECREATION SERVICE STATION, GAS AND THEATER.

AND AGAIN, WITH THAT MOTION SHEET, WE CAN OFFER THIS ITEM FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM 1 0 5 IS C 1 4 20 23 0 0 6 8.

THIS ITEM'S BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM 1 0 6 IS C 14 20 23 84.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM 1 0 7 IS C 8 14 20 14, 1 0 2 S EIGHT.

THIS IS THE COLONY PARK, PUD.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS, UM, TO INCLUDE THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED OUT.

UM, AND I DO WANNA SAY WITH THIS ITEM, UM, ALONG WITH JONATHAN TOMKO, WHO'S THE CASE MANAGER IN PLANNING, UH, I WANT TO REALLY THANK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEMBER HARBOR MADISON IN HER

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OFFICE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES.

AND I KNOW THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE, BUT REALLY THANK YOU FOR, UM, GETTING THIS, UM, ITEM ACROSS THE LINE.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE OFFERING YOU THIS FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS, UM, WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAD BEEN PASSED OUT.

UM, ITEM 1 0 8 IS NPA 20 23 0 0 1 8 0.03.

THE SIGN IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

UM, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER IN OPPOSITION, UM, TO THIS REQUEST.

UM, WE ALSO PROVIDED SOME LATE BACKUP FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE OFFERING THIS ITEM FOR CONSENT AT ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM ONE 10 IS C 1 4 20 23 0 0 3 8.

UM, THIS ITEM'S BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

THIS SITE IS THE SITE, UM, JUST FOR REFERENCE, UH, ADJACENT TO BETHANY SIM CEMETERY.

UM, AND THROUGH THIS REZONING PROCESS, STAFF APPLICANT CEMETERY REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH SPEARS AND OTHERS, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON AND HER OFFICE, UM, HAVE ALL WORKED TOGETHER AND WITH THOSE EFFORTS, AGAIN, WE CAN OFFER THIS ITEM FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM ONE 11 IS MPA 20 22 0 0 0 5 0.01.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED AS AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO YOUR JANUARY 18TH, 2024 COUNCIL MEETING.

AGAIN, THIS IS AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR JANUARY 18TH, 22, 4 COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM ONE 13 AS MPA 20 23 0 0 3, 0 0.01 S EIGHT.

THIS ITEM'S BEING OFFERED AS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO YOUR DECEMBER 14TH COUNCIL MEETING.

ITEM ONE 14 IS C 814 0 6 0 1 0 6 0.03.

UM, THIS ITEM WAS PULLED FOR DISCUSSION AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING AT YOUR NOVEMBER 2ND COUNCIL MEETING.

WE DO HAVE, UM, A FEW OPPOSITION SPEAKERS I BELIEVE, BUT THIS ITEM'S BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT.

THIRD READING ITEM ONE 15 C 14 20 23 0 0 3 2.

THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER TO YOUR JANUARY 18TH, 2024 COUNCIL MEETING.

AGAIN, THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER TO YOUR JANUARY 18TH, 2024 COUNCIL MEETING.

AND ITEM ONE 17 IS C ONE FOUR H 20 23 0 0 7 9.

THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT, SECOND AND THIRD READINGS.

AND THIS CONCLUDES THE READING OF THE ZONING AGENDA.

AND OF COURSE THIS IS AT YOUR DISCRETION.

UM, THANK YOU.

YOU ON ITEMS NUMBER 98 AND 99, THOSE ARE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND INDICATED THEY WERE DISCUSSION ITEMS AT THE, BECAUSE OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

UHHUH .

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CODRE, I'LL, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU.

YEAH, YOU READ MY MIND.

I'M GONNA TRY NOT TO COUGH DURING THIS, UH, BUT, UH, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD ITEMS 98 AND 99 TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I'M AWARE OF STAFF'S CONCERNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SPLIT, BUT I THINK THAT USERS ARE GENERALLY APPLICABLE FOR THE AREA AND THE ZONING, UH, DOESN'T PRECLUDE HOUSING.

UH, THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO WORKED WITH ADJACENT AND NEARBY NEIGHBORS TO MITIGATE POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND ALSO IS TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME COMMUNITY BENEFITS.

ITEM 1 0 5 3 1 0 6 3 1 0 7 3.

COUNCIL.

MAYOR, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION MAYOR PRO TIM.

SECONDS THE MOTION.

UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITHOUT OBJECTION? ITEMS? NUMBER ITEM NUMBERS 98 AND 99 WILL BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND THAT COULD BE CONSENT THREE.

AS WE'RE READY FOR ALL THREE READINGS, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU THAT YOU READ MY MIND.

OKAY, LOOK THAT.

UM, SO, UM, MEMBERS, LET ME READ THROUGH THIS ONCE AGAIN TO MAKE SURE.

ITEM ONE 17 IS CONSENT ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS.

ITEM ONE 16 IS RELATED TO ITEM ONE 15.

SEE, IT CAN BE, YOU CANNOT DO THAT .

IT CAN BE DONE.

NOW, LET'S GO BACK.

ITEM NUMBER 90.

ITEM NUMBER 90 IS ON CONSENT.

IT REQUIRES ONLY ONE READING ITEM NUMBER 91 IS A POSTPONEMENT.

ITEM NUMBER 90, TWOS CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

93.

ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ALL 97, ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM NUMBER 98 ON ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM NUMBER 99 ON ALL THREE READINGS, 100.

ALL THREE READINGS, 1 0 1, ALL THREE READINGS, 1 0 2 AND 1 0 3.

ITEM 1 0 4, ALL THREE READINGS.

THAT I WILL NOTE THE, UH, AMENDMENT

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SHEET THAT YOU HAVE.

ITEM 1 0 8 AND RELATED ITEM 1 0 9, ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM ONE 10, ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM ONE 11 AND RELATED ITEM ONE 12, UH, POSTPONEMENT ITEM ONE 13, A POSTPONEMENT ITEM ONE 14, ALL THREE READINGS.

ITEM ONE 15 MM-HMM, , I'M SORRY.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

THE THIRD READING.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

CORRECTION, ONE 15 AND ONE 16 POSTPONEMENT AT THE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER JANUARY 18TH AND ONE 17 CONSENT ON SECOND AND THIRD READING MEMBERS.

UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND WHEN I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE WILL THEN OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON MOVES SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TIM TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ.

THANK YOU, MS. HARDEN.

AND I'LL NOW TURN TO THE CITY CLERK TO CALL ON, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT WISH TO MAKE COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE'LL TURN TO OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS.

ISAAC COHEN SPEAKING ON ITEMS 98 AND 99.

HI, UM, ISAAC COHEN, DISTRICT NINE LIVE IN BOLDEN CREEK.

I ASSUME THIS IS MOOT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE IT'S IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THE LAST I CHECKED, GR DOES NOT ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL USE AND THE LATEST AL LAWSUIT MAKES SURE THAT'S STILL TRUE.

UM, THE APPLICANT BOUGHT A RESIDENTIAL LOT IN AN INTERIOR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE FAMILIES WANNA LEAVE.

NOW WE'RE GONNA GET A HOTEL.

ALL OF YOU RAN ON HOUSING, NOT HOTELS.

HOTELS CAN'T HIRE PEOPLE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE CAN'T LIVE HERE.

THIS IS A LOT FOR FAMILIES, NOT A LOT ON SOUTH LAMAR.

I THINK YOU'VE MADE THE WRONG CHOICE, BUT YOU MADE THE CHOICE YOU MADE.

UM, THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER IS NATALIE WILSON, SPEAKING ON ITEMS 98 AND 99.

I I, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD.

I'M NOT SURE IF I'M BEING HEARD MY FIRST TIME, BUT HELLO, MY NAME IS NATALIE WILSON.

UM, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE AS A CURRENT RESIDENT OF THE BOLDING CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 2010 AND I'VE BEEN A SOUTH AUSTIN RESIDENT SINCE 2003.

I HAVE A FAMILY WITH THREE KIDS THAT ATTEND BECKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET FROM THE PROPOSED APPLICANT'S PROPERTY.

ALSO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF FOLLOWING THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, I HAVE RECENTLY BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOLDEN CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

I WOULD LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL TO DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE INFORMATION AND OR GUARDRAILS ON THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.

AS IT STANDS TO DATE, THE REASON I'M SPEAKING AGAINST IS NOT BECAUSE I'M AGAINST MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OR ZONING CHANGE PER SE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE APPLICANT TO MAKE AN APPROVAL OR A DENIAL FOR THIS ZONING REQUEST AT THIS TIME.

QUESTIONS I HAVE ARE, HAS ANYONE SEEN A SITE PLAN? IS IT CUSTOMARY TO HAVE ACCESS TO A PROPOSED SITE PLAN AND OR TRAFFIC STUDY BEFORE ZONING CHANGE IS APPROVED? IF THE ZONING CHANGE IS GRANTED, SHOULD THERE BE A TRIP PER DAY LIMITATION FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ATTACHED TO THE ZONING CHANGE TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAFFIC SITUATIONS UNTIL THE SITE PLAN CAN BE REVIEWED BY STAFF.

WHEN THE BOWLING CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REQUESTED POSTPONEMENT ON THE HEARING BEFORE THE OCTOBER 10TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, IT STEMMED FROM A LACK OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WILL BE GOING ON THE SITE.

IT SEEMS WE ARE STILL LACKING THAT IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND DETAILS THAT WOULD AFFECT THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL.

TERRY BLACK'S RESTAURANT IS CURRENTLY ON BARTON SPRINGS ROAD AND THERE ARE MANY TIMES THAT THE TRAFFIC WILL BACK UP INTO BARTON SPRINGS ROAD BECAUSE OF CARS WAITING TO TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT RESTAURANT, THUS CAUSING MUCH CONGESTION TO THE FLOW OF EASTWARD TRAFFIC.

AND SOMETIMES VEHICLES PULL OUT TO GO AROUND THE LINE OF CARS THAT LEAK INTO BARTON SPRINGS THOROUGHFARE.

LUCKILY, BARTON SPRINGS ROAD AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION IS A FIVE LANE ROAD WITH TWO LANES DEDICATED TO EASTBOUND TRAFFIC CURRENTLY.

SPEAKER, YOUR TIME IS UP AT THAT LOCATION.

TO SUPPORT THE BLACK FAMILY'S REQUEST, ALONG WITH THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY PROVISIONS.

THERE ARE NO MORE REMOTE SPEAKERS WHO WILL NOW MOVE TO IN-PERSON SPEAKING ON ITEMS 98 AND 99 BRETT ROAD.

PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIE TAYLOR SPEAKING ON ITEM 99.

UH, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, BRETT RODIE HERE.

UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.

UH, MY NAME IS BRETT RODIE.

I'M CLOSEST NEIGHBOR TO THE, UH, 700 DAWSON CASE.

I LIVE DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY AND SHARE A PROPERTY LINE WITH IT.

AND AS THE CLOSEST NEIGHBOR, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU

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THE BLACK FAMILY HAS WORKED WITH ME FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO FIGURE OUT A GOOD COMPROMISE THAT BOTH MEETS OUR NEEDS AND ADDRESSES CONCERNS.

AND I BELIEVE THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY PROVISIONS BEFORE YOU TODAY ACCOMPLISH THAT WITH AGREEMENT ON BUILDING SETBACKS, HEIGHT, STEP BACKS, IMPERVIOUS, AND BUILDING COVER LEVELS, FAR AND A TAILORED LIST OF ALLOWABLE USES, WHICH INCLUDES CLUB LODGE, UM, HOTEL, MOTEL AND RESTAURANT USES, ALONG WITH LIMITATIONS ON ACCESSORY USES.

THE ULTIMATE GOAL HERE IS TO CRAFT A ZONING COMPROMISE THAT ALLOWS THE BLACK FAMILY TO REVITALIZE THE SITE WITH CLUB HOTEL, MOTEL RESTAURANT WHILE PUTTING SOME GUARDRAILS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT IT REMAINS A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE PROJECT.

AND I THINK THIS AGREEMENT HELPS US, UH, GET THERE WITH THAT AMOUNT.

I WOULD ASK THAT YOU HONOR THIS WORK BY SUPPORTING THE BLACK FAMILY'S REQUEST AND THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAY PROVISIONS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU, SIR.

CHRISTIE TAYLOR FOR ITEM 99, FOLLOWED BY XO PAL CONNOLLY.

ON ITEM ONE 10, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM.

IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD, WILLIAM BUNCH, SPEAKING ON ITEM ONE 14.

THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU MEMBERS.

UH, THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS ON THE ZONING CONSENT ITEMS, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE ZONING ITEMS, UH, THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA.

UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT WAS READ.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, SECONDED BY, UH, I'LL, I'LL SECOND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA.

UH, UNLESS I, I THINK WE ALREADY, WELL, I WORRIED WE DID AFTER I HEARD MYSELF SAYING IT, BUT JOY HARDEN'S GOTTEN ME SO MESSED UP TODAY.

, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT IT'S GOOD TO, YOU KNOW, BELT AND SUSPENDERS.

WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE MUL, MULTIPLE, UM, UH, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION.

LET ME ASK, IS THERE ANYONE WISHING NOW AFTER HEARING PUBLIC COMMENT TO PULL AN ITEM OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT WAS, READ ANY YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER? FUTOS? UH, MAYOR, I JUST WANNA BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON AN ITEM.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M HEADED THAT DIRECTION.

IS ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN ABSTAINING FROM AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT WAS READ? ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN RECUSING THEMSELVES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALRIGHT, I RECOGNIZE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER TO SHOW A NO.

YES, COLLEAGUES, I WILL BE VOTING NO ON ITEM ONE 14.

THIS IS THE HYATT PUD AMENDMENT.

UM, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION AT OUR LAST MEETING REGARDING THAT.

THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY PUD DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL WATERFRONT THAT IS REFUSING TO CONNECT TO OUR WATER REUSE SYSTEM.

AND KNOWING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO CONSERVE AS MUCH WATER AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY AS, AS A GROWING CITY.

UH, TO ME, I, UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT'S UNACCEPTABLE AND WILL BE SETTING A, A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT.

SO I'LL BE VOTING, VOTING NO ON THIS ISSUE.

COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE.

I JOINED, I JOINED MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE IN INDICATING A NO ON ONE 14.

AND TO REITERATE A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I MADE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, I THINK WE, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY LOST ON THIS ITEM.

UH, AUSTIN WATER ASKED THE PUD AS ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERIORITY, UH, INDICATOR TO EXTEND THE RECLAIMED WATER CONNECTION, WHICH WILL BE A REQUIREMENT OF WATER FORWARD, UH, JUST A FEW MONTHS.

AND, UH, THEY DECLINED.

AND I WOULD JUST REITERATE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY, WE HAVE GOT 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'VE ALREADY SET FOR OURSELVES.

COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER.

I'M GONNA, UH, VOTE NO ON ONE 14 ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY SAID WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.

TRICKY CASE AND ONE THAT HASN'T REALLY COME BEFORE US VERY COMMONLY.

ANYBODY ELSE? WISH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.

UM, I AM ASHAMED TO ADMIT THAT I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS ITEM.

AND HEREIN THE CONCERNS FROM MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE IN MY ABSENCE AND WHO MAY KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS ITEM.

UM, AND GIVEN, UH, THE DISTRICT'S, UM, MY CONSTITUENTS COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY, I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS.

VOTE FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE 14.

COUNCIL, MAYOR, MAYOR PROAM.

I'M SORRY, I WAS JUST GONNA COMMENT ON THIS ONE.

I KNOW THIS IS A REALLY

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UM, BUT I WORRY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TRADE, YOU KNOW, OUR HOPES FOR BETTER WATER QUALITY WORK, UM, IN EXCHANGE FOR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

AND I'M JUST, I'M CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE COMING TO US ASKING TO NOT HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE ORIGINAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN BE BETTER IN LINE WITH OUR TRANSIT USE POLICIES.

UM, WE'D LIKE TO GET THE, THE BETTER WATER USAGE AS WELL.

UM, BUT I JUST WORRY THAT WE COULD END UP WITH NEITHER OF THEM IF WE DON'T SOMETIMES TAKE TOUGH VOTES THAT DON'T GET US EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT, BUT ARE BETTER THAN NOTHING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR TIM, ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN.

ANYBODY WISHING TO ABSTAIN BE SHOWN ABSTAINING OR RECUSING THEMSELVES? ALRIGHT, WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY, I WANNA MAKE SURE 'CAUSE UH, SOMETIMES DON'T LOOK UP.

I'M LOOKING UP AND DOWN THE DIOCESE.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WISH TO BE SHOWN? VOTING NO.

ABSTAINING OR RECUSING YOURSELF? HONOR ONCE.

VERY, VERY, VERY WELL.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

JOY ? UH, YEAH.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER, BEING ABSENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON ABSTAINING ON ITEM ONE 14.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER.

COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE AND COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES BEING SHOWN VOTING NO ON ITEM ONE 14.

THAT COMPLETES THE ZONING AGENDA.

UH, MEMBER? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO OFFER COMMENTS FOR THE ZONING CONSENT AGENDA.

IT'D BE A GOOD TIME TO DO IT.

'CAUSE I WAS, I WASN'T GONNA SAY ANYTHING UNTIL I SAW MR. CUMBERBATCH COME IN AND HIS COY PARK SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY PURPLE.

YES, I WAS, YEAH, NO, I WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING.