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          GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          UH, CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. 
          IT IS DECEMBER 7TH, 2023, AND IT'S 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. 
          WE ARE MEETING IN THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WHICH ARE LOCATED IN CITY HALL AT 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND A QUORUM OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL IS PRESENT. 
          AGAIN, I WANNA WELCOME EVERYONE THAT'S HERE. 
          UH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE TODAY AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING AND PAYING ATTENTION. 
          AS I INDICATED THIS IS A SPECIAL COLD MEETING. 
          IT IS A SPECIAL COLD MEETING THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WHAT HAS BEEN GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THE PROPOSED HOME ORDINANCE. 
          LET ME EXPLAIN HOW WE'LL PROCEED DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY. 
          FIRST, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE AUSTIN CITY STAFF, UH, FOR QUICK REMARKS BY CITY STAFF ON THE AGENDA ITEM THAT'S BEFORE US. 
          THEN I WILL ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS TO LAY OUT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT THEY MAY BE PROPOSING LATER IN THE DAY, OR, UH, WHEN WE TAKE UP THE ITEM. 
          UH, WE'RE DOING THAT SO THAT THOSE OF YOU IN THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THE TRANSPARENCY OF KNOW WHAT, KNOWING WHAT WE WILL BE CONSIDERING, UH, IN TOTO AS BEST WE CAN AT THIS POINT IN TIME, MEANING BOTH THE, OR THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. 
          UH, WE'LL JUST LAY THOSE OUT SO THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEM. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO INDICATE THAT TO, TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL, IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOMETHING AND YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY TOLD STAFF, UH, WHAT THOSE, WHAT YOU MAY NEED, WHO YOU MAY NEED TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND DO THAT AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE'S HERE, UH, TO, TO ADDRESS THOSE. 
          ONCE WE LAY OUT THOSE AMENDMENTS, WE WILL THEN HEAR FROM THOSE WHO ARE WISHING TO SPEAK. 
          EACH PERSON WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES, AS I INDICATED ON THE MESSAGE BOARD. 
          PEOPLE MAY DONATE TIME TO SOMEONE SO THAT A SINGLE SPEAKER CAN SPEAK UP TO SIX MINUTES. 
          IF YOU'RE DONATING TIME, PLEASE SEE THE CITY CLERK OVER HERE TO MY RIGHT, TO YOUR LEFT, TO COMPLETE A TIME DONATION FORM IN ADVANCE SO THAT WE CAN BE ORGANIZED. 
          THE DONORS OF TIME MUST BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT AT THE TIME. 
          UH, THE PERSON TO WHOM THEY'VE DONATED TIME IS, UH, GOING TO BE SPEAKING AGAIN, DUE TO, I, I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER, BUT LET'S, LET'S GO OVER A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS. 
          DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ROOM, UH, WHICH IS ACROSS THE ATRIUM HERE, IT WILL BE USED AS AN OVERFLOW ROOM. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO, YOU CAN, UH, PEOPLE CAN BE THERE, UH, AND WATCH AND, AND, AND KNOW WHAT ORDER WE'RE GOING IN. 
          A TXN WILL BE STREAMING THE MEETING IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM, AS WELL AS, UM, SO THAT YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP. 
          SPEAKERS WILL BE ABLE TO CHECK THE ORDER OF UPCOMING SPEAKERS AT THE KIOSK OUTSIDE THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          BUT I DO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE, PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH THE SYSTEM. 
          DUE TO THE VOLUME OF SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP, THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF LAG TIME. 
          WE HAVE TWO PODIUMS THAT ARE SET UP, UH, SO THAT PEOPLE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN ACT IN A, A, AN EFFICIENT MANNER AND, UH, OUT OF RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK LATER IN THE DAY WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. 
          UH, AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE WILL CALL NAMES, UH, MORE THAN ONE NAME AT A TIME WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN TO THE FRONT WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, NOT WHEN YOU THINK IT'S GONNA BE YOUR TIME TO SPEAK, BECAUSE WE, WE, AGAIN, WANNA BE RESPECTFUL OF THE PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE FOLLOWING YOU, AND WE WANNA MOVE WITH SOME EFFICIENCY. 
          AND THE REASON WE HAVE TWO PODIUMS, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE TYPICALLY DO, WHICH IS JUST ONE PODIUM, IS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ALTERNATE AND BY ALTERNATING, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR SPEAKERS, UH, IN A MORE ROUTINE FASHION. 
          A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS. 
          ONE IS, I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I WANNA SAY IT AGAIN. 
          OUR RULES ALLOW FOR SIGNS, UH, AND IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, AS I INDICATED, WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE LAX ON THAT IN THE, IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          BUT THE REASON WE DO THAT, PARTICULARLY ON A DAY LIKE TODAY WHERE WE HAVE, UH, A FULL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, IS BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO SEE AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS. 
          AND IF SIGNS ARE HELD UP, UH, SOMEPLACE OTHER THAN IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, AND WE 
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CAN SEE 'EM, BUT IF SIGNS ARE HELD UP, THEN YOU'RE BLOCKING SOMEONE. 
          SO I WOULD ASK THAT AND, AND WE'LL ENFORCE, PLEASE DON'T PUT SIGNS IN SEATS WHERE YOU'RE BLOCKING A SEAT FROM SOMEBODY, AND PLEASE DON'T HOLD SIGNS IN A WAY THAT YOU'RE BLOCKING SOMEONE'S VIEW OF THE DAIS AS THEY ARE HERE ALSO TRYING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING. 
          WE'RE ALSO, UH, ASKING THAT PEOPLE DON'T ALL COME UP AND GATHER BEHIND THE PODIUM. 
          IF SOMEONE IS CALLED ON TO SPEAK, LET THAT PERSON COME FORWARD AND LET THAT PERSON SPEAK. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THERE MAY BE SOME, UM, UH, EXCEPTIONS TO THAT. 
          IF, IF SOMEONE COMES UP AND THEY HAVE A, A CHILD WITH THEM OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, OR DEMONSTRATIONS AROUND THE PODIUM AREN'T GOING TO BE ALLOWED BECAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY IN AN EFFICIENT AND ROUTINE MANNER. 
          UH, IF YOU ARE HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING, UH, YOU HAVE SPOKEN AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPEN UP A SEAT FOR SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO SPEAK AFTER YOU, UH, I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT YOU BE COURTEOUS TO THE SPEAKERS FOLLOWING YOU, AND YOU OPEN UP THAT SEAT SO THAT OTHERS MAY MOVE INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND BE A PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          ALL RIGHT, I THINK THAT COVERS EVERYTHING. 
          I WILL, UM, UH, MAKE A FEW COMMENTS JUST BEFORE WE START THE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PART, BUT I WILL NOW CALL UPON, 
          [1. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 (Land Development) that would allow up to three housing units, including tiny homes, on single-family (SF) zoned property; revise regulations that apply to a property with two housing units; and remove restrictions on the number of unrelated adults living in a housing unit.]
UM, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, TO BE RECOGNIZED AS WE GO INTO, UM, OUR DISCUSSION OF THIS IMPORTANT ORDINANCE. 
          UH, MAYOR COUNSEL, WE HAVE, UH, VERONICA ENO, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER THAT'S IN, UH, CHARGE OF THIS ITEM, AND SHE WILL BE MAKING A BRIEF PRESENTATION, THEN TURN IT OVER TO THE STAFF FOR ADDITIONAL DETAIL. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERONICA ENO, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. 
          I FIRST WANNA START BY THANKING STAFF. 
          I DID THIS LAST TIME AT WORK SESSION, BUT I WANNA ECHO THAT. 
          THANKS. 
          STAFF HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO GET TO THIS POINT. 
          THEY HAVE WORKED THROUGH A THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, AND THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING SURE TO GET ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, PROVIDING INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED AND SO FORTH. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF OUR STAFF HERE TODAY, BUT THEY'RE STANDING BEFORE MANY BEHIND US, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR STAFF. 
          TODAY IS THE FINAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO RESIDENTIAL USES AND STANDARDS IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, INCLUDING PHASE ONE OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THE POLICY CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL BEGAN THIS PAST SUMMER WHEN COUNSEL ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS THAT CALLED FOR THE CODE AMENDMENTS BEFORE YOU TODAY, COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ON OCTOBER 26TH. 
          ON NOVEMBER 14TH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED TO RECOMMEND THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROPOSAL WITH A VARIETY OF AMENDMENTS. 
          TWO, THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S KEY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO SET A, A MAXIMUM FLORIDA AREA RATIO OR FAR FOR TWO AND THREE UNIT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE MCMA MCMANSION AREA TO REDUCE THE SIZE UNITS AND TO CREATE THE PRESERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY BONUSES TO ENCOURAGE HOMEOWNERS TO KEEP ALL OR PART OF AN EXISTING STRUCTURE ON A LOT. 
          STAFF DESCRIBED THESE AND OTHER PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS DURING A WORK SESSION LAST WEEK ON NOVEMBER 28TH, OVER THE WEEKEND, STAFF PROVIDED A MEMO WITH INFORMATION AND OPTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          I WON'T DESCRIBE THOSE IN DETAIL NOW, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF NEEDED. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS PLAN TO OFFER AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSAL. 
          STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS YOU DISCUSS OPTIONS TO IMPROVE THE, THE PROPOSAL. 
          WE HAVE STAFF HERE FROM PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS, AUSTIN, FIRE WATERSHED PROTECTION, AUSTIN WATER, AND AUSTIN ENERGY. 
          IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ANY DEPARTMENTS THAT I HAVEN'T NAMED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, AND WE WILL ENSURE THAT STAFF ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          WITH THAT, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM OUR COMMUNITY ON THESE IMPORTANT CHANGES TO OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MEMBERS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? OKAY. 
          WHAT I WILL DO NEXT IS, AS I INDICATED SO THAT WE WILL HAVE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT ALL IS BEING CONSIDERED AND THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW AS WE GO FORWARD ON THOSE MEMBERS. 
          I'M GOING TO CALL UPON INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS THAT I KNOW HAVE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS SO THAT YOU CAN JUST LAY OUT THE AMENDMENT SO THAT THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW WHAT THAT PROPOSED AMENDMENT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE BASIS OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS. 
          AND, UM, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND, UM, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, I JUST OPENED MY, MY NOTEBOOK. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, KELLY, YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE COULD PUT THOSE AMENDMENTS UP ON THE SCREEN SO THAT THOSE AT HOME COULD SEE THEM IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY, AND THEN THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE COULD AS WELL. 
          WELL, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          AND SO WE CAN EITHER NOT PUT 'EM UP OR WE CAN DO 'EM LATER WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TIME TO VOTE. 
          UH, BUT I, SO WHAT I'LL, WHAT I'LL DO IS I WILL ASK STAFF TO WORK ON, 
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UH, WHEN WE GET TO THE TIME FOR VOTING, WHETHER WE, WE CAN BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          AND FOR NOW, JUST ASK THAT COUNCIL, LAY OUT THE AMENDMENTS. 
          DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD, GOOD. 
          UH, AND MAYBE WE REMIND THEM THEY'RE ALSO ON THE MESSAGE BOARD SO THAT THEY CAN VIEW THEM THERE AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, YOU MAYOR. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THAT'S A VERY GOOD REMINDER. 
          UM, YEAH, I'M SITTING UP HERE. 
          I'M NOT GONNA FOLLOW YOUR RULE FAULT. 
          WELL, I'M SORRY. 
          YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO THE DEAL. 
          THIS DUDE, DANIEL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M SORRY, SIR. 
          YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER. 
          BUILD THE HOUSE. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER. 
          AND I'M GONNA ASK THAT YOU BE EXCUSED FROM THE, THE CHAMBERS. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA START THIS WAY, SIR. 
          PAUL, PLEASE, PLEASE ESCORT HIM. 
          YOU DON'T GET THAT THOUGH. 
          YOU DON'T GET THAT. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          A PROBLEM. 
          MY PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE IN AUSTIN ARE HURT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          PLEASE. 
          THAT'S GOING, MAN. 
          THIS THING IS WRONG, MAN. 
          PLEASE NOT GOING TO DO IT. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          PLEASE ENFORCE OUR RULES AND THAT'S F****D UP. 
          PLEASE. 
          I'M GOING. 
          COME ON FOLKS. 
          YOU MESSED UP. 
          THAT'S THE DEAL. 
          AND THAT'S THE DEAL ON YOU, MAN. 
          Y'ALL ME LAYING OUT. 
          DON'T COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GONNA ASK YOU, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO LAY OUT YOUR PROPOSED AMENDMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE COUNCIL MEMBER VELA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I, I HAVE, UH, THREE AMENDMENTS. 
          ALL I WOULD CHARACTERIZE AS KIND OF TWEAKS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, VERSION, UM, THE AMENDMENT, UH, ONE MOTION SHEET NUMBER ONE, WHICH HAS BEEN, UH, PASSED OUT TO EVERYONE. 
          UH, CHANGES THE, I'D SAY SIMPLIFIES THE, UH, UH, FLOOR AREA RATIO. 
          THE FAR CALCULATIONS, UH, THE CURRENT FAR CALCULATIONS INCLUDE, UH, A SERIES OF COMPLICATED, UH, EXCEPTIONS AND ARE KIND OF DIFFICULT TO ADMINISTER. 
          THIS PROVIDES JUST A SIMPLE AND CLEAN DEFINITION FOR FLORAL AREA, UH, RATIO. 
          UH, IT ALSO DOES, UH, IT PUSHES UP THE, UH, MAXIMUM FAR FOR A 0.65 UNIT, UH, TO, UH, 43 50, OR I SHOULD SAY THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE FROM, UH, 37 50 SQUARE FEET TOTAL TO 43 50 SQUARE FEET TOTAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THREE UNIT CONFIGURATIONS ON SMALLER LOTS HAVE, UH, ENOUGH, UH, SQUARE FOOTAGE. 
          UH, AND THEN IT, UH, AND THEN IT ADJUSTS THE, UH, TWO EXISTING DWELLING UNITS. 
          THERE'S A, THERE'S A DISTINCTION IN, UH, THE CURRENT VERSION WHERE, UH, THE TWO, UH, UNIT FORMATION, THE DUPLEX FORMATION GETS 0.5 FAR IN ONE, UH, PORTION OF THE, UH, ORDINANCE AND 0.55 IN THE OTHER. 
          AND WE JUST, UH, MAKE BOTH OF THOSE 0.55. 
          SO IF YOU'RE DOING TWO UNITS, REGARDLESS OF OF OF WHAT THE HISTORY OR, OR OR SITUATION IS, YOU GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF, UH, FAR. 
          THAT'S, UH, MOTION SHEET NUMBER ONE. 
          UH, MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO DEALS WITH THE MINIMUM FRONT YARD SETBACK. 
          UM, CURRENTLY, UH, CITYWIDE IT'S, UH, 25 FOOT SETBACK FOR THE MCMANSION AREA. 
          IT IS A COMPLICATED CALCULATION WHERE YOU, IT'S THE AVERAGE OF A MULTIPLE UNITS. 
          THAT'S, AGAIN, A VERY DIFFICULT TO ADMINISTER. 
          FOLKS HAVE TO HIRE A SURVEYOR, GO OUT AND MEASURE THE, THE FRONT, UH, SETBACKS ON THE, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY THE BLOCK. 
          AND THEN TAKE THE AVERAGE, WE, UH, CHANGE IT TO A STANDARD 15 FOOT, UH, SET MINIMUM FRONT YARD SETBACK. 
          UH, THAT WAY THE HOUSES CAN BE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE CURB. 
          AND THAT GIVES PEOPLE, AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN DESIGNING, UH, 
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THEIR UNITS. 
          UM, I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT ON, UH, REDUCING THE, UH, FRONT YARD SETBACK, UH, WE WILL REDUCE IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          UH, A BIG CHUNK OF IMPERVIOUS COVER IS THE DRIVEWAY, YOU KNOW, THE DRIVEWAY, THE FARTHER BACK THE DRIVEWAY HAS TO GO TO THE HOUSE. 
          THE MORE CONCRETE WE HAVE TO, UH, POUR IN ORDER FOR THAT DRIVEWAY TO REACH THE, THE, THE HOUSE. 
          SAME THING WITH THE, UH, THE SIDEWALK. 
          SO BY MOVING THE HOUSES UP CLOSER TO THE FRONT OF THE STREET, THERE'S GONNA BE LESS DRIVEWAY AND THUS, UH, LESS, UH, IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          UM, AND THEN THE OTHER, THE LAST ONE IS ALSO INVOLVES A, UH, A, UH, SETBACK. 
          ALTHOUGH THIS ONE IS, UH, CHANGING THE SETBACKS FOR A STREET SIDE, UH, A STREET SIDE YARD SETBACK, MEANING WHERE A HOUSE FRONT IS A CORNER HOUSE WHERE IT FRONTS THE, UH, STREET, BUT THEN THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE FRONTS A SIDE STREET. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW THE, UH, SETBACK ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE THAT IS ON THE SIDE STREET IS 15 FEET. 
          UH, WE ARE REDUCING IT TO FIVE FEET. 
          UM, THIS AMENDMENT IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW CORNER, LOTS TO HAVE FRONT FACING TO IN, TO HAVE, ESSENTIALLY, WHEN YOU DO THREE UNITS ON A CORNER LOT, YOU WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO HAVE THREE STREET FACING UNITS. 
          IF WE'RE ALLOWING THEM TO GET A CLOSER TO THE, UH, SIDE STREET SETBACK, BASICALLY ON CERTAIN LOTS, IT WILL HELP THAT ALIGNMENT SO THAT ALL THE HOUSES HAVE SOME, UH, STREET, UH, FRONTAGE. 
          THOSE ARE MY THREE AMENDMENTS. 
          MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MAYOR, IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON AMENDMENTS, WHEN DO YOU WANT US TO TAKE THOSE? WHEN WE BRING 'EM UP? OKAY. 
          UM, I'LL NOW RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER. 
          AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER. 
          SO COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE MAYOR. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, I AM BRINGING ONE AMENDMENT THAT MAINTAINS OUR STANDARD ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE DATE, BUT GIVES STAFF 60 DAYS, THE 60 DAYS THEY NEED TO SHAPE THEIR PROCEDURES FOR APPLICATIONS. 
          AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. 
          I POSTED THIS AMENDMENT AND AN UPDATE FROM LEGAL TO THE MESSAGE BOARD. 
          THE AMENDMENT IS RELATED TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE HOME ORDINANCE, GIVING CITY DEPARTMENTS ENOUGH TIME TO DEVELOP THEIR PROCESSES TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE. 
          I MAKE MINE REALLY QUICK. 
          UH, WE'RE BRINGING A HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UH, AMENDMENT, UH, MY AMENDMENT ENSURE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF. 
          UM, ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRESERVATION BONUS, IT ADDRESSES STAFF'S MEMO OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT IT WAS RELEASED LAST FRIDAY. 
          AND I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE HOW VALUABLE THIS PRESERVATION BONUSES TO OUR CITY, AND ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT NINE, PRESERVING EXISTING STRUCTURES FURTHERS THE CITY'S AFFORDABILITY, UM, CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND CLIMATE GOALS BY DIVERTING CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS FROM THE LANDFILL. 
          SO I BELIEVE THIS AMENDMENT WILL HELP ENSURE THE PROGRAM'S SUCCESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER. 
          THEN COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER. 
          GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT THIS MORNING TO HAVE YOUR VOICES HEARD. 
          UM, I POSTED ONE AMENDMENT, UM, RELATED TO SHORT, SHORT-TERM RENTALS. 
          UH, VERSION TWO HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED WITH SOME ADDITIONAL EDITS FROM LAW, UM, AS POSTED, UH, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD EXPAND SHORT-TERM RENTALS BEYOND OUR EXISTING LIMITS AND ALLOW A HUNDRED PERCENT OF NEWLY DEVELOPED SITE UNDER THIS USE TO BE A MULTI-UNIT. 
          SHORT-TERM RENTAL. 
          WHILE I BELIEVE SHORT-TERM RENTALS HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN CREATING THE VIBRANT AND HOSPITABLE CITY THAT WE ASPIRE TO BE, I DON'T TYPICALLY HEAR THE CONCERN RAISED IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE TOO FEW SHORT-TERM RENTALS. 
          GIVEN THAT I WOULD PREFER THAT ANY EXPANSION OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS BE CONSIDERED MORE COMPREHENSIVELY, RATHER THAN USING THIS ITEM AS A VEHICLE TO CHANGE OUR EXISTING LIMITS ON THIS USE, INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH INCOME INVESTOR DRIVEN USE OF OUR LIMITED HOUSING STOCK DOES NOT, IN MY ESTIMATION FURTHER OUR HOUSING SUPPLY GOALS. 
          UM, WHAT WE ASKED LAW TO DRAFT WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD KEEP, UM, THE SDR RULES, UM, THE SAME AS WHAT WE HAVE NOW. 
          AND SO THAT IS WHAT IS IN YOUR BACKUP. 
          UM, SECONDLY, I HAD REALLY HOPED THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD PUT FORWARD SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT OUR STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED THAT WOULD IMPROVE, UM, THE PROPOSAL. 
          UM, SEEING THAT THOSE ARE NOT ON OFFER, I'LL BE WORKING WITH STAFF TO PREPARE, UM, SOME OF THOSE AMENDMENTS. 
          SO, FOR INSTANCE, UM, ONE THAT DOES ALTERNATIVE ONE WITH RESPECT TO THE FAR THAT EXEMPTS, UM, GARAGES, UM, WITHOUT ADDING ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THE FAR, UM, WE, WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE DO THAT. 
          IT HAS A BIG 
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POTENTIAL IN IMPACTS. 
          UM, AND ALSO FOR THE FRONT SETBACK FOLLOWING WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDED WITH RESPECT TO THE PORCH. 
          UM, I ALSO WILL HAVE AN AMENDMENT ADDING, UM, SOME REQUESTS FOR DATA TO WATSON'S AMENDMENT FOR THE STUDY, UM, RELATED TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT SIZE UNITS WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING FROM, UM, THIS PROPOSAL. 
          UM, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAY, UM, SINCE WE'LL HAVE A LONG TIME, MAY FASHION SOME OTHER AMENDMENTS ALONG THE WAY THIS MORNING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY. 
          HELLO, EVERYBODY. 
          OH, LET'S SEE. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          SORRY, I GET A HELPER TODAY. 
          THERE YOU ARE. 
          UM, . 
          OH, SO I HAVE AN AMENDMENT RELATED TO TREE PRESERVATION. 
          SO WHAT THIS WILL DO IS LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT TREES ON A LOT ARE PRESERVED THROUGH A VARIETY OF, OF OPTIONS, WHETHER IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE OR POTENTIALLY ALLOWING SOMEBODY TO BUILD A LITTLE BIT INTO THE SETBACK. 
          IF THEY'RE AVOIDING A TREE, UH, STAFF'S GOING TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND COME BACK TO US IN MARCH SO THAT WE CAN PRESERVE OUR TREE CANOPY. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          UH, MEMBERS, UH, I'LL END THIS PART OF OUR PROGRAM WITH, UM, LAYING OUT AN AMENDMENT THAT I WILL OFFER. 
          UH, I PUT THIS UP ON THE MESSAGE BOARD AND, UH, PUT UP A RED LINE VERSION. 
          BUT, UH, WITH A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, WE NEED TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STUDYING THE DATA AND THE EFFECTS AND IMPACTS OF SUCH AN AN ACTION. 
          AND SO MY, UH, MOTION TO AMEND WOULD INCLUDE THAT WE RECEIVE AT A MINIMUM THE FOLLOWING THINGS IN A REPORT STARTING THREE MONTHS, AND THEN SIX MONTHS, AND THEN A, UH, THREE, I'M SORRY, SIX MONTHS, THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS AND A YEAR. 
          AND THEN, UH, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS, DATA METRICS FOR ENACTING THE INITIATIVE THAT INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THE NUMBER OF PERMITS APPLIED FOR AND REQUESTED. 
          UNDER THIS, THE NUMBER OF DEMOLITION PERMITS, MARKETING ANALYSIS RELATED TO HOUSING PRICES AND THE PRICE OF THE VARIOUS, UH, TYPES OF UNITS. 
          ALSO RELATED TO GEOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF THIS ORDINANCE, DOING AN ANALYSIS OF THE GEOGRAPHIC IMPACT, A ANALYSIS, AND PROVIDING DATA ON WITH REGARD TO POTENTIAL DISPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AND UTILIZING DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. 
          UH, IT WILL ALSO SEEK AN ANALYSIS RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, AND THEN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT VARIOUS PLANS OF THE, THE CITY, SUCH AS THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, THE WATER FORWARD PLAN, AND FORWARD, AS I INDICATED. 
          UM, IT WOULD ALSO DO A COMPARISON OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS SO THAT THE DATA ALLOWS FOR A COMPARISON, UH, WHERE WE CAN MAKE DETERMINATIONS ABOUT ACTUAL IMPACT. 
          WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL BEGIN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 
          I'M GOING TO TURN TO THE, UH, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO ASK, UH, FOR HELP IN NAVIGATING THAT. 
          UH, THE FIRST WE WILL HEAR FROM ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, UH, WANTING SPANISH TRANSLATION TRANSLATION FROM, UH, SPANISH. 
          SO WE WILL HEAR THOSE, UH, FOLKS FIRST. 
          THEN WE WILL GO TO THE REMOTE SPEAKERS, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE IN-PERSON. 
          SPEAKERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR HELPING US OUT. 
          OKAY, MAYOR, THE FIRST SPEAKER, UM, IS REMOTE, BUT HE HAS NOT, UM, CALLED IN. 
          SO I WILL GO TO IN PERSON M RODRIGUEZ. 
          TONYA VASQUEZ FOLLOWING IS AMANDA CARILLO. 
          YOU WANT HER EITHER WAY? YES, I'M SORRY. 
          YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          MM-HMM?  VASQUEZ. 
          GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE HERE. 
          MY NAME IS ANTONIO VASQUEZ. 
          I'VE LIVED IN, IN THE EAST AUSTIN FOR OVER 60 YEARS. 
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I'M SEVEN, I'M 72 YEARS OLD. 
          I, I MOVE SLOWLY, BUT HERE I AM. 
          MM-HMM,  . 
          I WORK FOR AUSTIN SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND I'M BEING RETIRED FOR THREE YEARS, AND I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE RESTING NOW, BUT, UH, THAT'S NOT THE CASE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I WANT YOU, SO HERE I AM, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EVERY TIME THAT I COME HERE TO SPEAK UP, THIS IS THE HEART THAT I HAVE WITH ME. 
          UH, THIS IS THE COLOR OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WHERE YOU WILL BE ROLL OVER AND WILL BE DISPLACED, AND, AND YOU WILL CON GO ON, UH, IN ANY CASE, RIGHT? MM-HMM, , MY FAMILY HAS A PROPERTY AND A HOUSE AND A PROPERTY THERE. 
          AND NOW WE'RE FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE THE MONEY TO REALLY SPREAD AND COVER THE BASIC NEEDS. 
          I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT HOME IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE, THE HOUSING CRISIS AND IS NOT GOING TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS, UH, FOR MIDDLE CLASS HOME SOLO, AS HOME WILL ONLY DE UH, ACCELERATE THE DISPLACEMENT OF TENANTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          UH, LOW INCOME PROPERTY OWNERS, HOME PRE COST, UH, HOME WILL INCREASE, UH, OR, OR, OR TAXES, UH, THE RENT. 
          AND IT WILL ALSO, UH, PROFIT, UH, THE DEVELOPERS THAT WILL BE, UH, BUILDING FOR, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY WEALTHY, HOME DOESN'T HAVE REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE IS, UH, UH, IT IS SUCCESSFUL FOR LOW INCOME, UH, UH, FOR LOW, FOR LOW INCOME PEOPLE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. 
          MAYOR. 
          MAYOR, JUST A MOMENT. 
          UH, JUST, UH, BECAUSE THERE IS THE DELAY WITH THE TRANSLATION, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE HER THOUGHT. 
          WELL, SHE WAS GIVEN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS IF THERE'S TRANSLATION, THEY'RE GIVEN DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF TIME, SO SHE GOT THE ADDITIONAL THANK YOU. 
          SO YES. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          RODRIGUEZ. 
          OH, AMANDA CARILLO. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          SUSANNA, IF WE, IF YOU CAN REMAIN HERE IN CASE, UM, THE REMOTE SPEAKER CALLS IN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'LL PROCEED TO, IN, I MEAN, UH, REMOTE SPEAKERS. 
          RUTH LAUER. 
          THERE IS A DELAY WITH THE, HELLO? I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M GONNA TURN PHONE OFF. 
          SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS RUTH LAUER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY. 
          I AM SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I SUPPORT EFFORTS TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT AUSTIN. 
          HOWEVER, THE HOME INITIATIVE WILL DO JUST THE OPPOSITE. 
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UH, MANY CITIES ACROSS THE US AND THE WORLD ARE ALSO FACING A HOUSING SHORTAGE. 
          SOME TOWNS HAVE TRIED SIMILAR INITIATIVES. 
          MINNEAPOLIS, BASTROP, PORTLAND, HOUSTON. 
          THEY'VE FOUND THAT, UM, THIS INCREASES THE COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE, INCREASES EXPENSIVE HOUSING FOR NEW PEOPLE WITH MORE MONEY MOVING INTO THE AREA, BUT DOES NOTHING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER ALSO KNOWS THIS BECAUSE HE TRIED TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN EAST AUSTIN, AND HIS PROJECT ENDED UP, UM, BEING SOLD ON THE COUNTY STEPS. 
          UH, I THINK THAT THIS WILL DO A LOT FOR DEVELOPERS. 
          THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE THE MONEY. 
          I CAN, WE DO NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR HOUSING IN AUSTIN. 
          I CAN SEE MAYBE DOING SOMETHING IN THE CENTER OF TOWN LIKE THIS OR WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF TRANSPORT CORRIDORS. 
          BUT OTHERWISE, I THINK THIS IS JUST GONNA CREATE A BIG MESS. 
          I'M SORRY THAT YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          THE HOUSING MARKET IS DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF MARKETS. 
          IT'S DRIVEN BY COSTS, AND AS LONG AS PEOPLE HAVE MONEY, THEY'RE GONNA OUTBID EVERY, ALL THE AFFORDABLE, UH, THINGS. 
          I REALLY REQUEST THE CITY TO STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING FOR OUR SCHOOL TEACHERS, OUR RETAIL WORKERS, AND OTHERS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          AND I DO, I TOTALLY OPPOSE THIS INITIATIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ALEXANDRIA MAYOR. 
          HELLO, COUNCIL AND MAYOR, IT'S GOOD TO TALK TO YOU TODAY. 
          I'M SPEAKING IN, IN FAVOR OF THE HOME INITIATIVE WHERE AUSTIN, I'VE BEEN SEEING AUSTIN'S HOUSING CRISIS GROW MORE SEVERE OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS. 
          HOME. 
          I, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, WILL BE ABLE TO TURN BACK THE CLOCK, WELL TURN BACK THE PROGRESS OF AN, OF GROWING HOUSING PRICES. 
          IT ISN'T A GOOD STEP TOWARDS ACTUALLY MAKING THINGS MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANI KIZZY, PLEASE UNMUTE. 
          LYNN SPROG. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, LYNN HERE. 
          I'M A DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT, AND I AM CALLING IN STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          UM, I FEEL VERY CLEARLY THAT THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO THE, UM, HOUSING CRISIS IN AUSTIN, AND THAT WE NEED SOLUTIONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY CENTERING OUR MOST AT RISK NEIGHBORS, UM, FOR DISPLACEMENT AND NOT SOLUTIONS THAT WILL JUST BE PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO DEVELOPERS' POCKETS. 
          SO I URGE YOU TO LOOK FOR DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, YOU ALSO, IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR THE COUNCIL TO ISSUE A RESOLUTION, UM, FOR THE CEASEFIRE AGAINST THE GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I BELIEVE THIS IS AMANDA CARILLO. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? DO LET ME ASK A QUESTION. 
          ARE ARE, DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU NEED A WANT TRANSLATION? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU KNOW WHAT, YES. 
          SO THAT THE, THE SPANISH SPEAKER COMMUNITY CAN UNDERSTAND. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          SO I'M GONNA SPEAK IN ENGLISH IF YOU CAN TRANSLATE FOR ME, PLEASE. 
          NO, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          OKAY, THAT'S FINE THEN. 
          I DON'T NEED TRANSLATION THEN. 
          IS SHE THEN SHE'S OUT OF ORDER. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER. 
          WE, WE HAD, YOUR NAME WAS CALLED BECAUSE WE BELIEVE YOU, YOU NEEDED OR WANTED A SPANISH TRANSLATOR SO THAT YOU COULD SPEAK SPANISH. 
          OH, NO, SIR. 
          I DO NOT NEED, SO WE'LL CALL ON YOU, UH, WHEN WE GET TO PEOPLE IN PERSON. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS JEREMY HENDRICKS. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. 
          I'M JEREMY HENDRICKS WITH THE LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION. 
          I REPRESENT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WHO BUILD THIS BOOMING CITY, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR, AND I'M ALSO A RECENTLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE WINDSOR HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE HOME ACT THAT WILL HELP CREATE MORE HOUSING 
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR MEMBERS. 
          AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING TERRIBLY WITH RISING RENTS AND MORTGAGES, SADLY. 
          AND I'M ALSO LEADER WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS BUILDING TRADES, THE AUSTIN CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL, WHICH HAVE BOTH ENDORSED ITS IMPORTANT MEASURE BECAUSE OUR MEMBERS NEED IT. 
          CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS TO THE FUTURE OF AUSTIN AND CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          BUT SADLY, OUR MEMBERS ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS CITY. 
          THEY PROUDLY WORK TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN. 
          THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH ADDITIONAL HOUSING FOR THEIR CHILDREN, FOR THEIR AGING PARENTS. 
          AND SADLY, THIS HOUSING CRISIS IS MAKING IT MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND THE SKILLED WORKERS NEEDED TO KEEP OUR BUILDING BOOM GOING. 
          SO THE NEED FOR THE THE PASSAGE OF THE HOME ACT IS CRITICAL AND URGENT. 
          TO ADDRESS THIS SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOME IS A CRUCIAL STEP IN MAKING OWNERSHIP MORE ACCESSIBLE AND REVERSING THE RISING COST OF HOUSING. 
          THE PRICES OUR MEMBERS OUT OF THIS MARKET. 
          WE IN LABOR, ARE ALARMED BY THE WIDENING GAP BETWEEN THE AVERAGE SALARY AND THE COST OF HOMES, WHICH THREATENS THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWTH OF OUR CITY. 
          WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED THAT AS MORE MEMBERS ARE FORCED TO MOVE FURTHER OUT OF AUSTIN, THEY LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO VOTE AND CHOOSE THE LEADERS AND POLICIES, POLICIES THAT ACCURATELY REFLECT THEIR VALUES. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE LOSING THE BEATING HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY WHEN WE LOSE OUR TEACHERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR EMS WORKERS, OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS, OUR CITY WORKERS, OUR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, AND OTHERS WHO SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN, IN, OR NEAR AUSTIN. 
          THESE ESSENTIAL WORKERS DESERVE THE CHANCE TO LIVE AND THRIVE HERE AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AS NEIGHBORS, AS HOMEOWNERS. 
          AND WE MUST TAKE THIS ACTION, UH, BY PASSING THE HOME ACT. 
          SO PLEASE, I URGE YOU TO GIVE THE HOME ACT YOUR FULL SUPPORT AND WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION TO MAKE THIS CITY, UH, A CITY FOR EVERYONE. 
          AND I ALSO APPRECIATE MAYOR ADLER, OR EXCUSE ME, MAYOR WATSON'S ADDITIONAL, UH, AMENDMENT TO ADD, UH, THE, UM, THE RESEARCH ALONG THE WAY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THIS IS WORKING FOR EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS M SHAW. 
          YES, I OPPOSE THE HOME PLAN, WHICH WILL CAUSE NOT DESTRUCTION OF TREES AND SHRUGS IN A GREEDY RUSH TO MAKE PILES OF MONEY WHERE AMERICAN FOR GREEDY, I GREEDY PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET AS MUCH MONEY OUT OF THEIR PROPERTY AS THEY CAN. 
          AND THIS IS A BIG BOONDOGGLE FOR ALL OF US WHO OWN PROPERTY. 
          RIGHT NOW. 
          ALL THIS DESTRUCTION WILL ALSO INCREASE FLOODING. 
          YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER FLOOD PLAIN DESIGNATIONS, BUT HUH AT LEAST WHITE PEOPLE ARE THE MOST LITIGIOUS PEOPLE. 
          AMERICAN, WELL, WHITE AMERICANS ARE THE MOST LITIGIOUS PEOPLE ON EARTH. 
          AND EVERYONE I KNOW WHO HAS EVER RECEIVED A FLOOD CLAIM DESIGNATION WHO DOES NOT LIVE ON THE COAST, HAS SUCCESSFULLY FOUGHT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THAT, INCLUDING PEOPLE IN UNIVERSITY HILLS, WHICH IS WHERE I OWN A PROPERTY AND HAVE OWNED IT FOR 30 YEARS. 
          THAT PROPERTY IS A HAVEN FOR BIRDS, TREES, WILD FLOWERS. 
          I THOUGHT THE CITY SUCCESSFULLY THIS SUMMER TO BE ALLOWED TO KEEP A YARD FULL OF WILD FLOWERS OUT FRONT BURDEN. 
          THESE ARE CRUCIAL TO OUR SURVIVAL AS SPECIES. 
          BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS FLOODING AND UNIVERSITY HILL. 
          WHAT THERE HAS BEEN STANDING WATER 18 INCHES DEEP AT LEAST 200 TIMES IN 30 YEARS IN MY BACKYARD. 
          IN THIS PARTICULAR DROUGHTY CENTURY, I'VE HAD LITTLE WALNUT CREEK 15 FEET UP THE INCLINE IN MY FRONT YARD. 
          THE CREEK BOTH FLOWED OVER THE BRIDGE BY WILLAMETTE AND MISPRONOUNCED WILLAMETTE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FLOWED UP THROUGH STORM DRAINS. 
          STILL, I'M NOT IN THE FLOODPLAIN IN THE LATE NINETIES. 
          I KNOW ONE HOUSE. 
          WELL, I I'VE ALREADY COVERED THAT. 
          PEOPLE WHO FIGHT FLOODPLAIN DESIGNATION IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SAYING THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THE FLOODPLAIN DESIGNATION IS COMPLETELY DISINGENUOUS, MEANINGLESS. 
          WE ARE SLASH FLOOD ALLEY AND ALL OF AUSTIN THANK YOU IS DOWNSTREAM FROM SOMETHING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED THAT ARE DRY MOST OF THE TIME. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS JESSICA CURRY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. 
          I'M AGAINST THIS INITIATIVE IN ITS CURRENT FORM AS IT OFFERS NO PROTECTIONS TO CURRENT HOMEOWNERS AND WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE HOMEOWNER'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES, HURTING THE MOST VULNERABLE AND LOWEST INCOME PROPERTY OWNERS BY PUSHING THEM OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          THE WORKPLACES OF THE POPULATION TO WHICH YOU CLAIM TO BE TRYING TO PROVIDE ADDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS ARE ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          SCHOOLS AND MEDICAL OFFICES SERVE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN AUSTIN TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          THIS INITIATIVE HAS TO INCLUDE LIMITS TO INCREASE DENSITY PER BLOCK, SQUARE MILE A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND THOSE LIMITS SHOULD NOT BE EXCEEDED IN ANY AREA UNTIL REED 
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CITYWIDE SPREAD THE IMPACTS AND, UH, BUILD CITYWIDE RESPONDING TO REALIZE DEMAND NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOMEOWNERS ALSO NEED PROTECTIONS IN PLACE. 
          ADDED DEVELOPMENTS ON THE SIDE, UM, WITHOUT ONSITE PARKING SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY AT NO COST. 
          ALLOW THAT BLOCK TO ENROLL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING PROGRAM AND PERMITS ISSUES TIED TO STREET FRONTAGE OF EACH LOT ISSUES WITH INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD HALT NEW PERMITS UNTIL ISSUE RESOLVED. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY IS YEARS BEHIND ON SERVICE LINE UPGRADES TO SERVE CURRENT DEMAND. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY JUST REMOVED THE PAGE ON UPGRADING. 
          NORTH AUSTIN'S 50-YEAR-OLD LINES THAT RUN OVER MY HOME. 
          I PRESUME TO AVOID ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND ATTENTION TO A PROJECT THAT MORE THAN DOUBLES THE TRANSMISSION CAPACITY, BUT IS YEARS BEHIND IN COMPLETING. 
          LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OFTEN NEEDS TO PROTECT HOMEOWNERS FROM APPRAISAL VALUES ON LOSS BEING RAISED BASED ON POTENTIAL HIGHEST AND BEST USE WHEN A HOMEOWNER IS NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF UP ZONING. 
          POTENTIAL VALUE ON SPECULATIVE USE SHOULD NOT INCREASE TAXATION ON A PROPERTY UNTIL OR IF EVER REALIZED THE TAXABLE VALUE OF A SINGLE FAMILY LOT SHOULD NOT INCREASE BASED ON UNREALIZED POTENTIAL USE. 
          AND CHASE HOMEOWNERS OUT OF AUSTIN BY RAISING THEIR TAXES BEYOND THEIR MEANS. 
          STRUGGLING. 
          HOMEOWNERS CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF UPZONING ENTITLEMENTS TO ADD AN A DU OR DUPLEX TO THEIR HOME. 
          THEY WILL JUST BE TAXED OUTTA THEIR HOME, POTENTIALLY THE ONLY GENERATIONAL WEALTH THEIR FAMILY HAS. 
          LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SIGNED BAFFLED BY THE CONCENTRATION ON SINGLE FAMILY LOTS TO MEET THIS MIDDLE HOUSING NEED. 
          USING HOUSTON AS A MODEL OR EXAMPLE, HOUSTON AT LEAST MADE AN ALLOWANCE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO OPT OUT BLOCK BY BOX. 
          AND IN THE END, THANK YOU SPEAKER. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED USED BY MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THEY DID LEAST MAYOR. 
          IF I MAY MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. 
          WE ARE RECEIVING PHONE CALLS FROM PHONE NUMBERS THAT ARE NOT ON OUR, UH, FINAL SPEAKER LIST, UM, THAT WE ARE NOT ADMITTING, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DENY. 
          SO IF YOU DID NOT REGISTER AND SOMEONE IS DISTRIBUTING THE CALLING NUMBER, YOU WILL NOT BE ADMITTED. 
          YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE REGISTERED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NEXT CALLER IS JEANNIE RAMIREZ. 
          HI, COUNSEL. 
          I'M JEAN LA I'M A RESIDENT OF GRADUATE 82. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M AGAINST THIS. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THE REASON I'M AGAINST THIS, 'CAUSE I DON'T, I DO NOT TRUST THIS COUNCIL OR THE MAYOR TO OVERSEE TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE OF ACTIONS OF LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, EVEN IN THE HOMELESS BUDGET. 
          SO WE DON'T NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS. 
          I DON'T SEE ANYTHING BEING ROLLED OUT ON ANY OF THE AGENDAS ON THIS. 
          UM, AND, AND ALSO NO ONE'S THINKING ABOUT THE WATER HERE. 
          NO ONE IS THINKING ABOUT WATER. 
          NO ONE IS THINKING ABOUT THE STRUCTURES THAT ARE GONNA BE SHADING OVER SOMEONE'S YARD. 
          UH, GARDENING EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF THE HIGH, THE HIGH STRUCTURE. 
          UM, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE 20 TO 30-YEAR-OLD THAT SPOKE OUT THE FIRST MEETING, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING? YOU WANNA STAY HERE BECAUSE YOU GRADUATE FROM UT AND GUESS WHAT? YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE THE MONEY YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IF YOU DON'T MOVE WHERE THE JOB IS. 
          AND THEN YOU EXPECT US TO ALSO PAY FOR STUDENT LOANS. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. 
          WE, ME AND MY HUSBAND, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO BUY OUR HOUSE. 
          WE WERE WAY OLD AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA GET PRICED OUT HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          YOU KNOW THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY IT. 
          AND ALSO THIS COUNCIL APPROVED FOR APARTMENTS AND CONDOS RIGHT THERE ON TOWN LAKES. 
          AND GUESS WHAT? THEY SAID THEY WERE GONNA MAKE THE BUILDER HAVE AFFORDABLE UNITS. 
          WHERE ARE THOSE? I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. 
          UM, ALSO, THIS IS A LAND GRAPH. 
          EVERY MONTH WE GET LETTERS FROM PEOPLE WANTING TO BUY. 
          AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THOSE BUYERS HAVE MONEY. 
          THEY HAVE THE MONEY THEY HAVE, THEY WANT TO BUYERS OUR HOUSE. 
          AND, AND, AND YOU THINK THEY'RE GONNA SELL IT FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSE? THIS IS RIDICULOUS, MAN. 
          UM, AND OH, OH, BUT ALL THE SINGLE PEOPLE WHO WANNA BUY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES LATER WHEN THEY DO GET MARRIED, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE OUTTA AUSTIN TO GET THAT. 
          'CAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THAT IF THIS PASSES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS LAURA BLACKWELL. 
          WELL, HELLO COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME'S LAURA BLACKWELL, A RENTER IN DISTRICT FOUR, AND I'M SPEAKING OUT TODAY AGAINST THE HOME INITIATIVE AND URGING THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PREVENT THE DISPLACEMENT AND ACCELERATION OF AUSTIN'S HOUSING CRISIS THROUGH THE FOLLOWING. 
          UM, FIRST WE WOULD LIKE A POSTPONEMENT, UH, FOR A LESS BUSY TIME WHEN THE COMMUNI COMMUNITY CAN BE MORE INVOLVED, UM, IN THESE PROPOSITIONS. 
          AND OF COURSE, I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE NO. 
          UM, SOME ALTERNATIVES THAT PORE AUSTIN IS ASKING FOR, UM, THAT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF ARE PERMITTING ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS ON ALL SINGLE FAMILY LOTS WITH CREATIVE FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES LIKE FORGIVABLE LOANS FOR MID AND LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS, AND, UM, CREATING DENSITY BONUSES, UM, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN OVERLAY THAT PROTECTS SOME OF AUSTIN'S MOST VULNERABLE 
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NEIGHBORHOODS FROM DISPLACEMENT, UH, BY NOT APPLYING THE UP ZONING, UH, PROPOSED IN HOME, UH, IN THIS LOCATION. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD MORNING. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS MONICA BEATTY. 
          YES, HELLO, I'M A TRUSTEE FOR THE TEXAS FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUB'S HEADQUARTERS, A 92-YEAR-OLD HISTORIC LANDMARK IN THE OLD WEST UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE OPPOSE THE PROPOSED HOME PLAN AS WE LIVE WITHIN THE OVERDEVELOPED WEST CAMPUS AND ALREADY SUFFER FROM TOO MUCH TRAFFIC AND TOO FEW STREET PARKING OPTIONS. 
          THE IDEA OF TRIPLING HOUSING AND PARKING WILL MAKE THE ROADS EVEN MORE OF A NIGHTMARE AND A HEAVILY PEDESTRIAN AND BIKING AREA. 
          THE UNTESTED REAL ESTATE MODEL OF HOPES AND DREAMS, BENEFITS NEWLY ARRIVED INVESTORS, DEVELOPERS, AND LANDOWNERS. 
          INSTEAD OF THE DECADES LONG EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS, BASIC SUPPLY AND DEMAND ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES DICTATE THAT AUSTIN DOES NOT, WILL NOT EVER HAVE ROOM FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO LIVE HERE BY RADICALLY CHANGING THE ZONING RULES. 
          FOR OVER 700,000 CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS, OUR PROPERTY VALUES WILL IMMEDIATELY DECREASE WHILE TAXES WILL INCREASE DUE TO INCREASED DEMAND FOR CITY SERVICES. 
          THIS UNPROVEN UNTESTED GAME OF AUSTIN REAL ESTATE POKER IS TOO IMPORTANT TO FAST TRACK WITHOUT MORE COMMUNITY CONSIDERATION AND COMMENTARY. 
          THE TIMING OF THESE ZONING CHANGES WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING ALL THE FINAL DETAILS AND IMPACT BEING KNOWN AT THIS TIME. 
          AS ZONING HAS MENTIONED, THESE PROPOSALS ARE BEING RUSHED INTO EXISTENCE WITH FEW CITIZENS BEING INVOLVED DURING THE BUSIEST HOLIDAY AND FAMILY TIME OF THE YEAR. 
          TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT, MORE OPEN HOUSES SHOULD BE HELD IN THE 10, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICTS INSTEAD OF JUST ONE. 
          AND AGAIN, WE OPPOSE THIS BECAUSE IT IS A NIGHTMARE IN THE MAKING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS CAROLYN KRUM CREW. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I, I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE HOME AMENDMENTS, PARTLY BECAUSE CHANGES WOULD BE IN TWO PHASES. 
          SO IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO EVALUATE THE EVENTUAL OUTCOME FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS FIRST PHASE ALONE. 
          PLEASE POSTPONE VOTING TO A FUTURE DATE TO INCORPORATE IDEAS TO IMPROVE BOTH AFFORDABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND TO COMBINE PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO INTO ONE SET OF AMENDMENTS SO THAT THE POTENTIAL CHANGES CAN BE EVALUATED AS A WHOLE. 
          ONE SET OF SUGGESTIONS TO STRENGTHEN HOME THAT RECENTLY CAME OUT THAT IS WORTH EVALUATING TO IMPROVE DWELLING, AFFORDABILITY AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT IS FROM COMMUNITY POWERED A TX. 
          THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY NEEDS MORE TIME TO CONSIDER THESE IDEAS AND OTHERS. 
          HOME WOULD BE SUCH A BIG OVERHAUL THAT AUSTIN NEEDS THE TIME TO GET THIS RIGHT. 
          PHASE TWO WOULD ADD EVEN MORE DENSITY AND MAKE CHANGES TO IMPERVIOUS COVER SETBACKS AND TREE REGULATIONS SO THAT THAT PHASE COULD BE VERY DAMAGING TO THE ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS HIGHER IMPERVIOUS COVER, INCREASED LOCALIZED FLOODING, INCREASED URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, AND A REDUCTION IN OUR TREE CANOPY. 
          IN AUSTIN, SINGLE FAMILY LOTS ARE THE SECOND LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO CANOPY COVERAGE. 
          TREES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE URBAN FOREST, REDUCING FLOODING, REDUCING HEAT, REDUCING WATER POLLUTION, AND COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          THE 2021 CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN HAS A GOAL OF ACHIEVING A 50% CITYWIDE TREE CANOPY COVER BY 2050. 
          PRESENTLY, THE CITY HAS ABOUT 40% COVER AND WITH HOME THAT GOAL WOULD BE IN JEOPARDY. 
          PLEASE POSTPONE VOTING UNTIL BOTH PHASES HAVE BEEN COMBINED INTO ONE SET OF AMENDMENTS. 
          HOME CAN BE EVALUATED IN A DEMOCRATIC AND FAIR MANNER. 
          THIS WILL ALSO GIVE TIME TO PROPERLY EVALUATE IDEAS FROM THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY THAT HAVE JUST RECENTLY BEEN PROPOSED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DIANA. 
          DEAN? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          HELLO. 
          YES, WE CAN. 
          OKAY. 
          HELLO, UH, TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND TO OUR OUR MAYOR. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, LET YOU KNOW THAT MY NAME IS DIANA DEAN. 
          UH, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN D ONE, UH, IN OUR 2002 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN WITH THE OCCUPANT HOUSING OCCUP OCCUPANCY. 
          IT STATED THAT HOMEOWNERS HAVE BEEN OUTPACED BY RENTERS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE HAVE, UH, SENIOR HOUSING, WE HAVE RVS, WE HAVE $400,000 HOMES, $600,000 HOMES, $800,000 HOMES, A HOME BEHIND A HOME, A MILLION DOLLAR HOME. 
          AND ANOTHER THING THAT THAT IS UP AND COMING, WE ALSO HAVE FIVE STORY, UH, LUXURY UNITS AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THAT IS ANOTHER LAYER OF DENSITY. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT 
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DOES PUT A STRAIN ON OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, EMS, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY, AND MOST IMPORTANT MENTAL HEALTH OF COMMUNITY AND MENTAL HEALTH OF A SENIOR LIKE MYSELF. 
          SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR STAFFERS OUT TO CONTACT TEAMS, CITYWIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE UPDATES, INPUT, ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND MOST OF ALL TO BUILD TRUST AT THIS PHASE ONE OF THE HOME OPTIONS FOR MIDDLE INCOME EMPOWERMENT. 
          AND ALSO WITH SO MUCH DENSITY IN MY AREA, WE DO RUN THE RISK OF MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON LARGE LOTS TO MOVE OUT BECAUSE IT CHANGED THE CHARACTER OF THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LEILA LEVINSON. 
          HELLO. 
          I HAVE THREE MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT THE HOME ORDINANCE. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT THE EFFECT WILL BE ON PROPERTY TAXES BECAUSE I KNOW VERY WELL FROM MY PAST EXPERIENCE IN MY MANY YEARS IN AUSTIN THAT WHEN UM, MORE BUILDINGS ARE ALLOWED TO GO UP ON A LOT, WHEN THE VALUE OF THE LOT INCREASES, THEN THAT TRANSLATES INTO HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES. 
          MY OTHER CONCERN IS AS SIMILAR TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXPRESSING IMPERVIOUS COVER, I LIVE A BLOCK FROM WALLER CREEK, WHICH ANY TYPE OF RAIN EVENT, WHICH MORE AND MORE ARE VERY HEAVY RAIN EVENTS, FLOODS AND FLOODS THE HOMES AROUND IT. 
          HOW IS REDUCING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UM, REDUCING THE INCREASED AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER GOING TO AFFECT URBAN FLOODING? AND ALSO AS SOME OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT TREE CANOPY, WHEN WE SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN AUSTIN LAST SUMMER, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NOW WITH REDUCING OUR TREE CANOPY FOR THE ISLAND EFFECT, WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR RAIN TO COME TO AUSTIN, GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW NOW ABOUT THE CONFIGURATION OF CITIES AND HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS AND THWARTING OFF ANY RAIN. 
          UM, I ALSO AM, WELL ACTUALLY A FOURTH CONCERN. 
          I DON'T SEE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN SUSTAIN THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. 
          SEWAGE LINES, WATER AVAILABILITY, ELECTRICITY, I JUST DON'T SEE IT IN PLACE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ROY WHALE. 
          HELLO, THIS IS ROY WHALEY, THE CONSERVATION CHAIR FOR THE AUSTIN REGIONAL GROUP, THE SIERRA CLUB. 
          WE HAVE SIGNED UP NEUTRAL ON THIS AND I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          IF I MAY. 
          IT DOES NOT MEAN WE SUPPORT IT. 
          IT MEANS THAT WE WANT MORE INFORMATION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE. 
          AND IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE OPPOSE OUR OLD FRIENDS AND ALLIES AND THE EASTERN CRESCENT AND ALL THE, THE RESIDENTS OF THE EASTERN CRESCENT. 
          WE DO, WE WANT THE, I CAN COUNT VOTES. 
          I KNOW Y'ALL ARE GONNA PASS THIS. 
          I HOPE YOU POSTPONE IT SO WE CAN HAVE A DEEPER DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. 
          BUT IT'S GONNA PASS. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT THE BEST IT CAN BE. 
          AND THAT IS FOR OUR OLD FRIENDS AND ALLISS AND GAVA AND PODER AND OTHERS. 
          UM, I WANT TO THANK THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS TALKING ABOUT THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT AND, AND THE FLOOD WATERS. 
          UM, WE WANT TO TO SEE THAT THERE IS STORM WATER PROTECTION AND HOPEFULLY CAPTURE AND READ USE. 
          UM, THE CODE WILL NEED TO REQUIRE, UH, RAIN GUTTERS AND RAIN WATER TANKS AT A VERY MINIMUM. 
          UM, WE ENCOURAGE AGAIN, OUR FRIENDS IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT TO CONTINUE THEIR OPPOSITION ON THIS BECAUSE THAT WILL MAKE IT BETTER, WHICH IS WHAT SIERRA CLUB IS GOING, IS TRYING TO DO. 
          THE IDEA THAT IT WILL STOP SPRAWL IS COMPLETELY BOGUS, AND THIS IS MIDDLE MISSING HOUSING, NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE MUST ALSO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE HAVE TO HAVE REAL AFFORDABILITY AND OFTEN. 
          AND SO I KNOW IT'S A HEADACHE IF YOU HAVE TO POSTPONE THIS 'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS AGAIN. 
          BUT WE DO NEED TO HAVE A FULLER AND DEEPER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. 
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AND, AND THANKS TO CAROLYN CHROME TOO, A SIERRA CLUB MEMBER THAT SPOKE VERY WELL AND OPPOSITION TO THIS THANK AND COVERED A LOT OF THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED ISSUES THAT CAROL PHILLIPSON. 
          HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          YES. 
          HELLO? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, MY NAME IS CAROL PHILLIPSON. 
          I'M IN DISTRICT 10. 
          SOMETIMES A PLAN MAY SOUND LIKE THE PERFECT ANSWER IN THEORY, BUT AS WE SEE THIS PLAN UNFOLD, IT IS FAR FROM THE PERFECT ANSWER AS IT IS WRITTEN. 
          I REALIZE THAT NO ONE LIKES TO ADMIT WHEN THEY'RE WRONG, BUT WHEN IT AFFECTS AN ENTIRE CITY, COMMISSIONERS STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AND ADMIT THIS PLAN NEEDS MORE WORK. 
          YOUR DECISIONS WILL SEVERELY AFFECT ALL BUSINESS, INCLUDING YOUR HOME, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SHOULD NOT BE RIGHT. 
          THE FUTURE OF AUSTIN IS IN YOUR HANDS. 
          SO ALL QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS MUST BE ADDRESSED, SUCH AS SEWER LINES MADE FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, NOW NEEDING TO HANDLE INCREASED AMOUNTS OF SEWAGE AND FIRE HYDRANTS WITH THE CAPACITY TO SAVE ONLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          PLUS NO CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE INCREASED FIRE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH DENSITY IN FIRE PRONE AREAS WITHIN THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE WITH THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES, TAXES, AND THE COST OF BUILDING. 
          PLUS, THERE IS NOWHERE IN THE STAND THAT MANDATES ANY PERCENTAGE OF NEW UNITS TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THIS PLAN CANNOT AND WILL NOT GUARANTEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS WILL BE THE ONLY WINNERS WITH THIS TO, WITH THIS ASSAULT TO OUR CITY AS THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN AFFORD TO BUILD MULTIPLE UNITS ON A LOT. 
          THIS EXTREME RESTRUCTURING OF AUSTIN HOUSING AFFECTING THOUSANDS OF HOMEOWNERS SHOULD NOT BE DETERMINED BY ONLY 11 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          IT SHOULD BE VOTED ON EVERYONE IT AFFECTS. 
          REMEMBER THE OLD SAYING, IT'S ALL ABOUT QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY. 
          DON'T THROW AWAY THE QUALITY OF LIFE WE ALL ENJOY AND THAT PEOPLE MOVE HERE FOR, FOR THIS MASSIVE PLAN THAT WILL DESTROY THE AUSTIN WE LOVE. 
          MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR YOURSELVES, FOR YOUR AUSTIN. 
          DO NOT VOTE IN THIS PROPOSAL TODAY. 
          RESPECT THE FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM FOR ALL TO VOTE ON THIS PLAN THAT AFFECTS THE FUTURE OF THEIR PROPERTY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANDY COCO. 
          HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS ANDY COCO, DISTRICT ONE. 
          I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE STATED INTENT, YOU'RE RIGHT THAT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. 
          UH, YOU STATED THAT YOU WANT AUSTIN TO BE A SPECIAL PLACE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME AND WE SHARE THAT DREAM. 
          SO IN LOOKING FORWARD, ARE YOU VISIONING MOSTLY MIDDLE AND HIGHER INCOME PEOPLE? ARE YOU THINKING ONLY OF NEWCOMERS BECAUSE I'M BOOKENDED ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS CALL BY MULTI-GENERATIONAL AUSTINITE WITH HOPE FOR THE OPTION TWO, AND FRANKLY, THEIR RIGHT TO REMAIN OFFITE ABSENT REAL DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC PROCESS. 
          AND THANKS FOR TWO MINUTES TODAY INSTEAD OF ONE. 
          TODAY'S WHAT WE'VE GOT. 
          THESE WISE FOLKS ARE SAYING POSTPONE AND THEY ACTUALLY GET POLICY. 
          AND THEY'RE TELLING YOU THAT THIS INITIATIVE AS WRITTEN IS NOT IT. 
          EVEN WITH AMENDMENTS, THE DATA I'VE SEEN DOES NOT KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. 
          AND SAFE DISPLACEMENT CAN LOOK LIKE THE NIGHTMARE IN PALESTINE. 
          AND SOMETIMES IT'S QUIETER AND WELL-INTENTIONED, BUT STILL UNJUST. 
          LIKE THESE CODE CHANGES BY THE WAY, TIMES TO CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AFTER CODE NEXT AND SMART GROWTH. 
          IF YOU COUNSEL FOLKS WANNA PLANT YOUR LEGACY AS A FORCE FOR GOOD RATHER THAN MARKED BY EVEN MORE UNPRECEDENTED, SHAMEFUL DISPLACEMENT. 
          HERE ARE THE PEOPLE. 
          THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO RUN THE CITY ONE. 
          DEEP AFFORDABILITY. 
          FIRST TWO, POSTPONE THE VOTE. 
          THREE MORE PUBLIC PROCESS. 
          THIS IS A HUGE CHANGE. 
          FOUR, PRIORITIZE THE VOICES OF THE MOST DEEPLY AFFECTED PEOPLE, NOT BUSINESSES. 
          THE PEOPLE MAKE UP. 
          AUSTIN AND DEVELOPER BUSINESSES ARE NOT PEOPLE. 
          WHAT'S BEST FOR LOW INCOME? AUSTINITE IS WHAT'S BEST FOR AUSTIN. 
          I'D LIKE TO ASSUME YOUR INTENTIONS ARE GOOD, BUT MY MOM ALWAYS SAID THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TES ORTEGA. 
          HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          UM, HI. 
          MY NAME IS CHRIS ORTEGA. 
          I AM IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
          I'VE BEEN LIVING IN AUSTIN FOR ABOUT, UH, 10 YEARS NOW. 
          AND I HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS PRICES CONTINUE TO INCREASE. 
          UH, I'VE SEEN FRIENDS HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF THE CITY, UM, TO FIND MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UH, MY SIBLING HAS STRUGGLED WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND DEALT WITH HOUSING INSTABILITY. 
          UM, WHAT I'VE SEEN OF THIS INITIATIVE, IT DOES NOT ACTUALLY, UH, 
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SOLVE FOR THE PROBLEM THAT AUSTIN HAS, WHICH IS NOT A HOUSING SHORTAGE, BUT IN FACT AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGE. 
          AND TO BE CLEAR, A DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGE. 
          UM, LEAVING, UH, DEVELOPERS TO DECIDE PRICING, LEAVING IT UP TO MARKET RATES IS NOT GOING TO RESULT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, WE SEE SMALL LOTS BEING PRICED AT THE SAME, UH, PRICE AS, UM, LARGER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, ALL OF WHICH ARE UNAFFORDABLE NOT ONLY FOR LOW INCOME FOLKS, BUT FOR, UH, MIDDLE CLASS FOLKS AS WELL. 
          UM, I'M ASKING FOR THE COUNCIL TO POSTPONE THE VOTE TO, UH, ALLOW FOR MORE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN, ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME, IMPACTED PEOPLE OF COLOR TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR PUBLIC INPUT, UM, AND BE ABLE TO COME TO THE TABLE AND HELP COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE AND HELPS. 
          UH, AUSTIN, UH, PLEASE POSTPONE, UH, THE VOTE ON THIS INITIATIVE, UM, TO MAKE ROOM FOR A SOLUTION THAT ACTUALLY IS IN FAVOR AND HELPS SUPPORT, UH, LOW-INCOME FOLKS IN AUSTIN TO AFFORD, BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEIR HOUSING, STAY IN THEIR HOUSING, UH, AND NOT BE CONTINUED TO BE PUSHED OUT AS WE'VE SEEN, UH, FOR MANY YEARS THUS FAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS THERESE CROCKER. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THIS IS THERESE CROCKER. 
          UH, I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TEXAS FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUB, WHICH IS HOUSED IN THE MANSION OF 2312 SAN GABRIEL. 
          MY SEVEN REASONS FOR OPPOSITION TO THIS ARE NUMBER ONE, A NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, WHICH REDUCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE DUE TO OVERPOPULATION IN A CONFINED AREA. 
          STRESS TO THE AQUIFERS, TRUST, DEMAND, ANIMAL AND REMAINING TREE LIVES. 
          THERE'S DESTRUCTION OF TREES AND VEGETATION TO ACCOMMODATE BUILDINGS AND DRIVEWAYS WILL GREATLY REDUCE AIR QUALITY, CLIMATE IMPROVEMENT, WATER CONSERVATION, SOIL PRESERVATION, AND WILDLIFE HABITAT. 
          IT ALSO REDUCES THE SHADE THAT NATURALLY INSULATES HOMES, UH, CAUSING INCREASED ENERGY CONSUMPTION. 
          NUMBER TWO, DECREASED SAFETY AND SECURITY AND HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE BURDEN TO POLICE FORCE, FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES, TRASH COLLECTION AND OTHER SERVICES. 
          NUMBER THREE, INHIBITION OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICES. 
          FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES AND TRASH COLLECTIONS. 
          THE GREATLY INCREASED PARKING ALONG STREETS WILL INHIBIT AUSTIN CITY SERVICES SUCH AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND FIRE AND RESCUE, UH, CAUSING DANGER TO CITIZENS. 
          AND NUMBER FOUR, STRESS AND OVERLOAD TO EXISTING UTILITIES. 
          MAJOR STRESS WILL BE ON ALL OF THE UTILITIES OF WATER, GAS, ELECTRICAL, AND INTERNET CAPABILITIES. 
          UM, COST OF IMPROVING UTILITIES TO MEET THE INCREASED NEED WILL NEED TO BE BUDGETED AND PAID FOR AND COST TO THE CITIZENS OF THEIR TIME, MONEY, AND CONVENIENCE TO LIVE WITH THE WORK NEEDED FOR UPGRADES IS UNFAIR TO EXISTING RESIDENTS. 
          NUMBER FIVE, EXACERBATION OF THE EXISTING PARKING CRISIS AND STREET TRAVEL. 
          MULTIPLE RE RESIDENCES WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF CARS ON ALREADY VERY CROWDED STREETS CAUSING EVEN MORE HAVOC TO TRAVEL AND TIME MANAGEMENT. 
          SIX, REDUCTION OF PROPERTY VALUES FOR CURRENT HOMEOWNERS. 
          UM, REDUCTION IN CITY TAX REVENUE DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ONLY ONE LANDOWNER FOR MANY LOT, UH, MANY FROM MANY RESIDENTS ON ONE LOT WHO MAY NOT EVEN BE TAX PAYING CUSTOMERS. 
          NUMBER SEVEN, TREMENDOUS COST TO TR RECENT RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS. 
          TAX INCREASES ARE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE COVER THE COST OF NON-PERMANENT RESIDENTS. 
          ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES WILL BE NEEDED, THE COST OF A LOSS, A LOSS OF INCOME FOR BUSINESSES THAT REQUIRE AUTO AND TRAVEL AND PARKING. 
          LOSS OF QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EXISTING TAX, TAX PAYING CITIZENS AND LOSS THE . 
          THANK YOU SPEAKER. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          PLEASE VOTE NOTE TO PHASE ONE AND TWO. 
          MARIO. 
          A GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          COUNCIL, I'M FROM DISTRICT FIVE. 
          PLEASE DO NOT SIDE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY. 
          WE ARE PLEADING NOT TO CONTINUE WITH THE HOME ACT DENSITY DOES NOT EQUATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS ACT. 
          THERE IS NO CORRELATION IN CONTRAST. 
          THIS ACT DOES NOT CONSIDER INFRASTRUCTURE, LOGISTICS, WASTE, PLUMBING, PARKING, AND YOU'RE HEARING THE MARAD OF INFORMATION AND LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARES THAT WILL COME IN THE LONG TERM. 
          ALL THESE WILL BECOME YOUR PROBLEMS. ALL THESE WILL BECOME OUR PROBLEMS IMMEDIATELY. 
          THIS IS NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          CONSIDER THE LONG TERM AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEMOGRAPHICS WHO 
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ARE FOR AND AGAINST THIS ACT. 
          THIS ACT IS NOT FOR US. 
          THIS WILL NOT GIVE US OPTIONS OR SUPPORT HOUSING SOLUTIONS. 
          SEEK ALTERNATIVES POSTPONED. 
          LOOK FOR MORE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING VERY LOUD. 
          NOW LISTEN, AS A CHAIR OF SEVERAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WE IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER AND NOT BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY. 
          THE FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS. 
          THE COMMUNITIES ARE LOUD RIGHT NOW, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          BARB, BARBARA EPSTEIN. 
          OH, HELLO. 
          MY NAME IS BARBARA EPSTEIN. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE, NORTH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. 
          I'M ASKING YOU TODAY TO STEP BACK AND RETHINK YOUR PLAN. 
          WHY IS YOUR CURRENT HOME INITIATIVE THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF THE 2020 RESOLUTION THAT WOULD'VE FUNDED LOW INTEREST LOANS TO BUILD ADUS REQUIRED TO BE AFFORDABLE AND PROHIBITED AS SHORT-TERM RENTALS? HAVING WORKED IN ELDER LAW FOR 21 YEARS, I WAS STARTLED THAT A A RP ENDORSED THE CURRENT PLAN. 
          I THOUGHT THAT A A RP SUPPORTED SENIORS AGING IN PLACE, NOT DEVELOPMENT, PRESSURING THEM TO LEAVE PAID FOR HOMES. 
          I DOUBT THAT YOU EXPECT THIS INITIATIVE TO RESULT IN TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AFTER READING ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER'S INVOLVEMENT BUILDING 18 CONDOS AND SEEING ONE ADVERTISED FOR $596,000. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE PREMISE IS THAT IF WE JUST BUILD MORE PRICES WILL GO DOWN. 
          BUT NOTHING YOU DO TO THE ZONING CODE WILL REDUCE LAND PRICES. 
          WHEN PEOPLE BUILD MORE UNITS, THE VALUE OF LAND GOES UP. 
          SO DO THE NEIGHBORS. 
          SO EVERYONE'S LAND TAXES WILL GO UP, GIVING OWNERS NO INCENTIVE TO LOWER RENT OR SALES PRICE. 
          THE ONLY WAY TO REDUCE LAND PRICES IS FOR YOU TO USE THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST PROGRAM TO PURCHASE LAND. 
          ELIMINATING LAND PRICE IN THE EQUATION. 
          IF OCCUPANCY LIMITS END RESULTING IN CONSTANT CONSTRUCTION NOISE, OVERCROWDING PARKING, AND GARBAGE PROBLEMS, RAT INFESTATIONS, A LOT OF SENIORS ARE GOING TO FEEL FORCED TO MOVE, BUT THEY'LL HAVE FEW OPTIONS. 
          THE CURRENT RATE FOR ASSISTED LIVING IN AUSTIN IS $6,000 A MONTH PRIVATE PAY SINCE THE AUSTIN AREA IS THE FASTEST GROWING AREA IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. 
          FOR SENIORS, IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A HOMELESS PROBLEM NOW YOU SHOULD THINK TWICE BEFORE UNLEASHING UNFETTERED HOUSING MARKET FORCES HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          KYRA HILL. 
          HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, HELLO. 
          MY NAME IS KYRA HILL. 
          I'VE GROWN UP IN TEXAS, BEEN HERE MY WHOLE LIFE. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE HOMES INITIATIVE. 
          I ACTUALLY RENT IN A TRIPLEX WHERE TWO OF THE THREE UNITS ARE OWNED BY LANDLORDS WHO COLLECT OUR RENT AS PASSIVE INCOME. 
          THEY WERE INITIALLY BUILT AS NEW CONSTRUCTIONS AND MARKETED AS MORE AFFORDABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING. 
          YET A MAJORITY OF THE TRIPLEXES BUILT ON OUR STREET LIKE OURS ARE NOT USED AS PRIMARY RESIDE, WHICH IS NO DOUBT WHAT HOMES INITIATIVE WILL REPLICATE IF PASSED. 
          LIKE THE REST OF AMERICA. 
          AUSTIN, TEXAS DOES NOT HAVE A HOUSING SHORTAGE. 
          WE HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, QUOTE UNQUOTE SHORTAGE THAT IS MANUFACTURED BY INVESTOR GREED. 
          IN 2023, AN ESTIMATED 27% OF ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WERE PURCHASED BY INVESTORS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT JUST OVER 22 MILLION HOMES PURCHASED BY LANDLORDS AND RENTED OUT FOR EXORBITANT PRICES OR LIKE THE TRIUS NEXT DOOR TO US LEFT VACANT FOR OVER SEVEN MONTHS BECAUSE THE LANDLORD WOULD NOT LOWER THE RENT TO A REASONABLE PRICE BY NOT ADDING ANY STIPULATION TO THE HOME INITIATIVE, ENSURING THAT THE PEOPLE IN NEED OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING RECEIVE IT. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DO NOTHING FOR THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF AUSTIN, BUT CREATE EVEN MORE PASSIVE INCOME FOR INVESTORS SELLING OUT OUR COMMUNITY TO A PIECE OF RICH BY PUTTING EVEN MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ARTHUR WITTENBERGER. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS ARTHUR LICHTENBERGER AND I LIVE IN THE HOLLY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THEY'VE PROVIDED IN THIS PROCESS. 
          I SUPPORT THESE PROPOSED CHANGES AS A COUNTRY AND AS A CITY. 
          UM, WE HAVE DUG A WHOLE OVER DECADES BY NOT ENCOURAGING HOUSING AND IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME TO FIX IT, BUT 
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THIS PROPOSAL IS A GREAT STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO PROVIDE MORE SUPPLY OF HOUSING TO OUR CITY. 
          PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT IT DOES NOTHING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THERE IS NOTHING UNIQUE ABOUT THE HOUSING MARKET. 
          IT'S SUPP SUPPLY AND DEMAND DRIVEN BY, UM, UH, VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSAL WILL INCREASE THE SUPPLY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE HOUSING BECOME AFFORDABLE. 
          AND IT'S NOT A SILVER BULLET, BUT WE NEED TO SOLVE THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS WITH MANY LED BULLETS. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT START. 
          IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WE'RE GONNA LOSE THE CHARACTER OF OUR CITY BY PUSHING LONGTIME RESIDENTS OUT, HURT YOUNG FAMILIES AND FACE INCREASING PROBLEMS THAT INEQUALITY ACCELERATES. 
          I ENCOURAGE THE COUNSELORS TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSAL AND LET'S LEGALIZE HOUSING AND SET UP OUR CITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PAULA BROWN. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE HOE UH, INITIATIVE IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN. 
          IT WILL NOT BENEFIT LOW INCOME MIDDLE INCOME STUDENTS AND SENIORS WHO ARE ALL STRUGGLING TO CONTINUE TO LIVE THE GOOD LIFE IN AUSTIN. 
          I DO APPRECIATE SOME OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, BUT I ASK THAT THE VOTE TODAY BE POSTPONED BECAUSE THIS HAS NOT HAD ENOUGH OUTREACH FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, OR OTHER AREAS INTO THE COMMUNITIES, IT WILL IMPACT THE MOST. 
          THIS INITIATIVE HAS BEEN RUSHED THROUGH AND WILL HAVE DIRE CONSEQUENCES TO CURRENT RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN. 
          WE WILL WIND UP PAYING FOR EVERYTHING IN THIS INITIATIVE SO DEVELOPERS CAN DEVELOP MORE EXPENSIVE HOUSING THAT LOW INCOME MIDDLE INCOME STUDENTS AND SENIORS CANNOT AFFORD. 
          I AGREE THAT SOMETHING TO BE DONE, BUT NOT A BLANKET CITYWIDE INITIATIVE AS HOME IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN. 
          OUR CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE, THE WATER FIRE, ELECTRIC GAS, UM, AND TRASH COLLECTION CANNOT SUPPORT OUR CURRENT HOMES AND DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESSES MUCH LESS BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR DOUBLING OUR, OUR TRIPLING THE STRESS ON THESE SYSTEMS THAT ARE OVER 50 YEARS TO 75 YEARS OLD IN SOME OF OUR MOST DENSELY, MOST POPULATED RESIDENTIAL, UH, AREAS OF AUSTIN IN THE CENTER SUCH AS DISTRICT NINE WHERE I LIVE. 
          UH, PREMISE FOR BUILDING WILL TAKE EVEN LONGER AND COST EVEN MORE. 
          IT'S INCOME. 
          MIDDLE INCOME. 
          PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN HOUSES NOW WHO THINK THEY'RE GONNA BUILD AN A UD, UH, IS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR PROBABLY LESS THAN 200,000 WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS WITH THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND PERMITTING AND TIME AND UH, CONTRACTING. 
          UM, IT WILL ALSO INCREASE RESPONSE TIMES FOR EMS FIRE AND POLICE DUE TO VEHICLES BEING PARKED IN ALREADY OVERCROWDED STREETS AND BLOCKED STREETS. 
          IN SOME CASES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAVE STREETS WHERE FIRE TRUCKS CANNOT EVEN GET DOWN THE STREET BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PARKED ON EITHER SIDE. 
          YOU CAN'T EVEN GET A SMALL VEHICLE DOWN THE STREET. 
          I THANK YOU. 
          THANK SPEAKER. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          DEB, DR. DEBORAH MURPHY. 
          DR. MURPHY, PLEASE UNMUTE. 
          UH, HELLO. 
          MY NAME IS DR. MURPHY. 
          I HAVE FAMILIAL ROOTS IN, UH, AUSTIN ETHOS IN GOING BACK THREE GENERATIONS I LIVE IN D ONE, I OPPOSE PLANS THAT CONTINUE TO DISPROPORTIONATELY INCREASE THE DENSITY IN EAST AUSTIN, THE TRAFFIC BURDEN, THE RISKS IN THE EVENT OF A DISASTER, AND THE DECREASE OF OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          WE IN EAST AUSTIN ARE A PART OF THE ORIGINAL HISTORY OF AUSTIN AND NO PLANS SHOULD GO FORWARD WITHOUT THE INPUT OF THE ACTUAL RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          INCLUDED. 
          THE ORIGINAL EAST AUSTIN IS BURSTING AT THE SEAM. 
          IT HAS BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY OVERDEVELOPED WITHOUT A CLEAR TRANSPORTATION PLAN OR A DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN. 
          WE ARE ALREADY TRAPPED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS DURING RUSH HOUR, SO I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE HAD AN EVEN WORSE NATURAL DISASTER THAN THE RECENT HAILSTORM THAT CAUSED $600 MILLION WORTH OF DAMAGE CITYWIDE THE ORIGINAL SAW, SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGES AND WE ARE YET TO RECEIVE MEDIA ATTENTION, ALTHOUGH MUELLER NORTH WAS AND VILLE ARE ALWAYS MENTIONED, AND THIS IS EVEN AFTER REACHING OUT AND FOR HELP UP AND DOWN THE CHAIN OF ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY EXAMPLES OF THE CONTINUED OVERLOOKING OF EAST AUSTIN CONCERNS WHERE LAND IS THE ONLY GENERATIONAL WEALTH THAT MANY RESIDENTS HAVE TO PASS ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          BRANDY BURTON. 
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GREETINGS, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, I GREW UP HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          I'M VERY INVOLVED IN THE CITY AND I LOVE THE CITY AND I AM A HUGE PROPONENT OF DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES AND SIZES. 
          I WELCOME ALL KINDS OF HOUSING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AS A LONGTIME ADVOCATE FOR CO-HOUSING, I HAVE LIMITS ON UNRELATED PEOPLE ON A PROPERTY. 
          UM, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT COMPACT DEVELOPMENT WILL HELP OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM FLOURISH. 
          HOWEVER, THERE IS A REGRETTABLE LACK OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS OR PLANNING FOR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND NO REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFORDABILITY IN EXCHANGE FOR THE ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS. 
          I'M AFRAID THAT DOING THIS BLANKET ONE SIZE FITS ALL WILL NOT ONLY UNDERCUT ANY BARGAINING CHIPS, WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE FOR MORE AFFORDABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, BUT IT WILL CAUSE MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT, SIGNIFICANT LOSS TO OUR URBAN TREE CANOPY LEADING TO MORE FLOODING PEA ISLAND EFFECT AND OVERRUN OUR UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          WE CAN'T MAINTAIN OUR TREE CANOPY. 
          IF HERITAGE TREES, WHICH ARE THE ONLY 5% OF OUR TREES ARE PROTECTED, WHICH ARE 19 INCHES AT ABOVE. 
          IF WE DON'T PUT IN PLACE PROTECTIONS OR REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TREES THAT ARE EIGHT TO 18 INCHES, WE'LL DRASTICALLY REDUCE OUR URBAN CANOPY AND INCREASE OUR HER HEAT ISLAND EFFECT AT A TIME. 
          THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALREADY IMPACTING OUR CITY DEEPLY WITH EXTREME HEAT AND WEATHER. 
          SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T LEAD TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I WANNA SEE SMART, CAREFUL INFILL. 
          THIS PROPOSAL IS WAY LESS NUANCED THAN PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN MENTIONED INCLUDING CODE NEXT. 
          UM, FOR THAT REASON, I REQUEST THAT YOU DELAY THIS UNTIL AFFORDABILITY. 
          ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY PLANNING CAN BE BUILT INTO IT. 
          I TRACK THE NECESSARY TRANSITION TO OUR ELECTRIC, ELECTRIFYING OUR VEHICLES AND HOMES. 
          IF WE MULTIPLY THE NUMBER OF HOMES TO THREE HOMES PER LOT IN THIS PHASE AND UP TO NINE IN THE NEXT PHASE, THE ASSOCIATED UTILITY DEMAND PER TRANSFORMER WILL MUSHROOM. 
          AND EVEN THEN, IF EACH ONE OF THOSE HOMES HAS JUST ONE ELECTRIC VEHICLE WHICH DRAWS ABOUT THE EQUIVALENT ENERGY OF THE HOME, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SPACE OR CAPACITY TO CHARGE AND ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THIS. 
          I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT PROCEEDING WITH THIS POLICY WITHOUT A CONCURRENT SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE UPGRADE OR REQUIREMENTS OF ON ONSITE WATER CAPTURE WILL HAVE EVEN MORE FLOODING AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND LOSS OF LIFE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR TOWN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED AT ALL IN AREAS IT'S DRAINAGES MEG DAVIS. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS FOR OUR CITY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO VOICE MY NEIGHBORHOOD'S OPPOSITION TO THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I'M PRESIDENT OF MILLWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          A POLL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SHOWED A MAJORITY WERE OPPOSED. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE MEDIUM AGE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS PRETTY YOUNG AS IT SURROUNDS A MILITARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH LOTS OF YOUNG FAMILIES FIND IT THE RIGHT PLACE TO START THEIR LIVES. 
          TO MAKE THIS BROAD SWEEPING CHANGE, ESPECIALLY ON THE HEELS OF CODE NECKS BEING BOWED DOWN BY OURS RESIDENTS IS CONCERNING TO US. 
          WE DON'T SEE THE DATA THAT SHOWS THE BENEFIT TO MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING WOULD OCCUR. 
          IN ADDITION, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A FEW CHANGES TO BE CONSIDERED. 
          ONE, PLEASE. 
          EXEMPT AREAS THAT HAVE DEEDED RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE AS THE NEIGHBORS WITHIN THOSE AREAS SIGN THEIR DEEDS WITH UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS. 
          AT THE TIME, DEEDED RESTRICTIONS ARE PERSONALLY ENFORCED AT A LARGE COST AND TIME COMMITMENT TO THE OWNERS IN THOSE AREAS. 
          IF THE HOME INITIATIVE CHANGES THE AREA ZONING TO ALLOW AN INCREASE IN THE UNITS FOR SSF TWO AND SSF THREE ZONING, THEN IT WILL CREATE COSTLY, UNNECESSARY LITIGATIONS TO FALL IN THE RESIDENTS OF THOSE AREAS AND THE COURT SYSTEM. 
          TWO, PLEASE CONSIDER STRONGER PRESERVATION INCENTIVES TO DISCOURAGE DEVELOPERS FROM MOWING DOWN THE OLDER, MORE AFFORDABLE CURRENT HOUSING TO REPLACE THE NEWER AND MORE EXPENSIVE HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MATCH THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE AREA. 
          IN ADDITION, THIS WOULD HELP PERFECTLY FINE, BUT OLDER HOMES STAY OUTTA THE LANDFILL. 
          NUMBER THREE, PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING A SHORT TERM RENTAL RESTRICTIONS SO NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T FILL WITH SHORT-TERM PEOPLE AT THE EXPENSE OF COMMUNITY BEING LOST. 
          THIS SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM IF WE ARE LOOKING TO ACCOMMODATE MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES. 
          OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS EXPERIENCED BAD ACTORS IN THE STR AREA AND IT MAKES LIVING NEAR THEM VERY TOUGH AT TIMES. 
          WE MOVED INTO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE DETAILS THAT MADE UP THAT COMMUNITY AND WE FELT THE CITY OFFICIALS AND THE DEEDS RESTRICTIONS AND TIMES WOULD HELP US PRESERVE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          FRONT YARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          XIA MARTINEZ. 
          UM, HELLO EVERYONE. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          ONE MOMENT PLEASE. 
          HI, MY NAME IS XIA MARTINEZ. 
          UM, I'M A 27-YEAR-OLD HISPANIC WOMAN. 
          I HAVE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR NINE YEARS NOW 
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AND I CONSIDER AUSTIN MY HOME. 
          THE REASON I'M CALLING IS IN OPPOSITION TO HOME. 
          I'VE BEEN A RENTER SINCE DAY ONE AND BECAUSE OF JUST, UH, FINANCIAL AND HEALTH ISSUES, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BUY A HOME. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN TACKLING STUDENT LOAN DEBT AND MEDICAL DEBT FOR YEARS NOW. 
          THE FACT THAT THIS PLAN IS LIKELY TO DRIVE PROPERTY TAXES, UH, MAKES ME THINK THAT I MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME IN AUSTIN. 
          IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE FOR, UM, MIDDLE CLASS INCOME PEOPLE AND PEOPLE LIKE ME. 
          UM, I LOVE LIVING HERE. 
          I HAVE LOVED ONES HERE. 
          MY JOB IS HERE AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE A HOME HERE AT AT SOME POINT. 
          I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO FEELS THIS WAY. 
          HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISPLACED UNDERCURRENT LOSS AND REGULATIONS? I CURRENTLY EARN ABOUT 60,000 AND ABOUT A FOURTH OF MY INCOME GOES TO MY DEBTS. 
          CITY COUNCIL GAVE IT, GAVE ITSELF A RAISE. 
          MAYBE Y'ALL CAN AFFORD TO LIVE HERE NOW, BUT A LOT OF US WILL NOT BE ABLE TO IF THIS PASSES. 
          I WONDER HOW MUCH MONEY FORCE THE FORCE WAS BEHIND HOME ARE CONTRIBUTING TO YOU GUYS' CAMPAIGNS. 
          HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN KEEP THIS IN MIND. 
          RESPECTFULLY SEND YOU PETER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBER FIRST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CITY STAFF. 
          UM, I LIVE WITH MY FIANCE AND OUR 4-YEAR-OLD SON IN MONTOPOLIS ON THE CITY'S EASTERN CRESCENT DISTRICT THREE. 
          IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, THRIVING COMMUNITY AND ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST DIVERSE. 
          MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE LIVED HERE PEACEFULLY FOR GENERATIONS AND DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE JOIN MY NEIGHBORS ON THE OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF AUSTINITES FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHO'VE SPOKEN IN OPPOSITION OR ASKED FOR A POSTPONEMENT AND A VOTE. 
          I'M SURE YOU'RE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH AUSTIN'S NOT SO GREAT TRACK RECORD ON LAND USE, ESPECIALLY THE IMPACT ON THE EASTERN CRESCENT. 
          STILL, IT SEEMS WE'RE REPEATING OURSELVES BY IGNORING THE DIRECT REQUEST OF THIS CITY'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS WHO CONTINUE ASKING FOR SPECIFIC PROTECTIONS WHILE STATED INTENTION OF HELPING MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLE WITH AFFORDABILITY. 
          SOUNDS NOBLE. 
          THE PROMISE IS JUST TOO VAGUE WITHOUT PROTECTIONS IN PLACE. 
          HOW DO WE KNOW THE PROFITS WILL, UM, BE, UH, SHARED WITH HOME BUYERS AND NOT, UH, SORT OF CONSUMED BY THE UM, DEVELOPERS? UH, I KEEP HEARING THAT THE AIM OF THE GOAL OF THIS INITIATIVE IS TO HELP MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLE, BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO GUARANTEE THIS AFFORDABLE, UH, HOUSING. 
          THE INIT, THE INITIATIVE ALSO DOESN'T REASONABLY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE DISPLACED BY IT. 
          THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S REPORT ON AFFORDABILITY MAKES CLEAR THE SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS, UM, IS, IS THE CAUSE OF THE RUNUP IN HOME PRICES AND, AND NOT ZONING RESTRICTIONS. 
          SO WHY ARE WE IGNORING THAT? UM, WHY NOT DEAL WITH THE ROOT CAUSE DIRECTLY? IF SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT IS THE CAUSE OF THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, THIS CAN'T BE THE SOLUTION. 
          UH, THE HOME INITIATIVE IS SUPPOSED TO INCENTIVIZE SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND IT SEEMS LIKE WISHFUL THINKING THAT TO BELIEVE THAT DEVELOPERS WILL SHARE THE PROFITS FROM THE REDUCED CONSTRUCTION COSTS OR THAT SOMEHOW THE SUPPLY SIDE WILL EVENTUALLY TRICKLE DOWN TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S REPORT ALSO INDICATES THAT PROPERTY TAXES AND DISPLACEMENT WILL LIKELY ACCELERATE AS A RESULT OF THE MEASURE FURTHER AGGRAVATING THE DISPLACEMENT OF AUSTIN'S MOST VULNERABLE. 
          I'D LIKE TO KEEP MY NEIGHBORS PLEASE, SO PLEASE DON'T DO THIS. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PEOPLE LOBBYING FOR THIS INITIATIVE ENVISION A UTOPIA WITHOUT CARS AND WITH EVERYONE LIVING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT THIS AND I DOUBT THIS GOAL WILL BE ACHIEVED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED CONSIDERATION OF DEREK INE. 
          HELLO. 
          THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS MORNING. 
          I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN, UH, BE A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT ONE FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I KNOW WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD THIS HOME FOR 2023 PRICES. 
          SO I JUST, I SIMPLY WANTED TO REITERATE THAT WE KNOW THE ABILITY TO BUILD MORE HOUSING IS INDEED PROVEN TO LOWER HOUSING PRICES AND ESPECIALLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS WILL HELP US REDUCE EMISSIONS. 
          ALSO, I APPRECIATE THIS BEING A CITYWIDE APPROACH AND NOT LIMITED TO THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE AREN'T POWERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO OPPOSE TO THOSE WHO OPPOSE. 
          I AM ALSO GENUINELY CURIOUS WHAT YOUR SOLUTION IS INSTEAD OF INCREASING HOUSING SUPPLY TO THOSE WHO OPPOSE THIS BASED ON HOW IT'LL AFFECT YOU AS A HOMEOWNER. 
          LET ME JUST SAY THE HOME INITIATIVE IS A WIN FOR PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS. 
          YOU ARE NOW ALLOWED TO IMPROVE AND INVEST YOUR PROPERTY EVEN MORE THAN BEFORE. 
          PROPERTY OWNER RIGHTS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOR IS OR ISN'T ALLOWED TO BUILD ON THEIR PROPERTY. 
          I CAN'T THINK OF TWO BIGGER PRIORITIES FOR THIS COUNCIL THAN TACKLING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND DOING OUR PART TO FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN MODERNIZING OUR LAND USE CODE 
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THROUGH THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          BRIAN BISHOP, THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS BRIAN BISHOP. 
          I'M A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT THREE AND BORN AND RAISED IN THE AUSTIN AREA. 
          I'M CALLING IN FAVOR OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHERE DO CITIES COME FROM AND WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE. 
          IT'S A LOT OF VERY HARD WORKING PEOPLE TO MAKE A CITY. 
          UH, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, CITIES ARE ABOUT PEOPLE. 
          WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, PEOPLE ARE COMING TO AUSTIN. 
          UH, THEY LIKE WHAT WE'RE SELLING HERE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, WE SHOULD MAKE MORE OF IT. 
          WE NEED TO MAKE MORE ROOM FOR MORE PEOPLE. 
          AND IF WE WANNA DO THAT, IF WE WANNA WELCOME MORE PEOPLE AND MORE BUSINESSES AND MORE FAMILIES TO AUSTIN, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THAT AND WE NEED TO PLAN FOR GROWTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IAN ERTA? HEY. 
          OH, HEY. 
          UH, YOU CAN HEAR ME? YES, YES, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I FIRST AND FOREMOST AM IN OPPOSITION TO THIS, UH, AMEND OR THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          MANY OF THE REASONS OR STUFF ALREADY STATED SUCH AS HEAT ISLAND EFFECT BEING GREATLY INCREASED, UH, DUE TO THIS EXPONENTIALLY. 
          UH, WE SHOULD ALSO BE REDUCING NEW CONSTRUCTIONS OVERALL, UH, A KD GROWTH MOVEMENT AS I WOULD IF ANYBODY REMEMBERS THAT. 
          UM, I JUST ALSO WANT TO SAY THIS IS QUITE A LAND GRAB. 
          SMALL HOUSES HONESTLY WILL BECOME JUST AS EXPENSIVE AS THE, THE THE LARGER ONES IN YEARS TO COME. 
          THIS IS JUST A WAY TO SQUEEZE MORE MONEY OUT OF A LOT, UH, AND IT STILL RAISES RATES. 
          THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO STILL CONTINUE TO GET WORSE WITH THIS. 
          AND ON TOP OF THAT, YEAH, I WOULD SAY ALSO TO THE FRONT YARD ARGUMENT, PUSHING THE FRONT YARD BACK AND REDUCING YOU, YOU KNOW, THE DRIVEWAY THAT DOESN'T SOLVE HEAT ISLAND, THAT STILL MAKES IT WORSE BECAUSE THE ROOFTOP. 
          SO THE ARGUMENT THAT, AND YOU KNOW, THE FRONT Y UH, FRONT YARD BEING SHRANK, IT'S GONNA REDUCE HEAT ISLAND. 
          THE FACT THAT HONESTLY IS NIL. 
          SO ANYWAYS, UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF THIS IS ONE OF MUSK'S, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE HERE. 
          GRIMES IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS ONE OF, UH, MUSK'S, UH, GIRL, UH, GIRLFRIENDS AT THE TIME. 
          AND, UH, IT INDEED SEEMS TO BE IN LINE OF KIND OF THIS HAVEN CONQUER, UH, HAD IDEALISM. 
          SO YEMM, I'D STRONGLY SUGGEST DROPPING THIS, NOT DOING IT OR YES, PUT IT TO A VOTE. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          JOHN GUTIERREZ? YES, I'M HERE. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          YEAH, SO I'M A MEMBER OF DISTRICT FIVE, UH, CITY MEMBER. 
          UH, UM, I AM OPPOSING HOME THE HOME INITIATIVE BECAUSE THERE'S NO GUARANTEED AND INTENTIONAL AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS WITH THIS INITIATIVE. 
          HOUSELESSNESS IS A HUGE PROBLEM THE CITY'S ALREADY FACING. 
          GENTRIFICATION IS A HUGE PROBLEM THE CITY'S ALREADY FACING. 
          THERE'S AN INCREASING HIGH COST OF LIVING. 
          AUSTIN IS BECOMING A CITY FOR RICH PEOPLE, FOR THE ELITES IN MANY WAYS, AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE BEING PRICED OUT CONTINUALLY AND HAVE BEEN FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. 
          I WANNA ALSO NOTE TOO, THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PROPOSING THIS ARE THE NOEX FAMILY THAT COMES FROM SILICONE VALLEY. 
          UM, THEY ARE BILLIONAIRES. 
          UH, THEY TRIED TO PASS THIS TO GET FUNDED AND, AND PASS THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATOR BEFORE COMING INTO THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          UM, AND YEAH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY LIKE AGAIN, WHO IS, WHO IS IN IN SUPPORT OF THIS? WHO IS PUSHING THIS? UH, AND THEN AGAIN, WHO IS THIS FOR? I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT WHO THAT LESS THAN 1% OF THE 20 23, 20 24 BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS INCLUDED AND ALLOTTED IN OUR GENERAL FUND FOR HOUSING 0.9, LESS THAN 1%. 
          SO MY ASK TO CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE MAYOR AND TO STAFF IN GENERAL IS THAT WE NEED TO BE ALLOTTING HIGHER AMOUNT OF OUR CITY BUDGET FOR HOUSING AS 
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A, AS A HUGE INTEREST, UH, SOMETHING AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR PLANNING AND BUDGETING FOR THE CITY. 
          THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO GO AND I PLEASE, PLEASE ASK US TO RECONSIDER THIS. 
          UH, THERE ARE AMENDMENTS FROM COMMUNITY POWERED A TX AND FOR THAT AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TRUSTED TRACK RECORDS THAT CARING AND SUPPORTING FOR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED EVERYBODY. 
          MATTHEW ATKINSON. 
          YES. 
          HI, MY NAME'S MATTHEW ATKINSON. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE. 
          I SUPPORT HOME AND I COMMEND THE COUNCIL FOR TAKING ON THIS CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE. 
          I THINK THE MAJORITY OF AUSTINITES SUPPORT, AFFORDABILITY, DENSITY AND PRESERVATION AS LONG AS IT'S NOT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU ACT LIKE WITH THIS TYPE OF ULAR THINKING, THE CITY AS A WHOLE SUFFERS. 
          I BUILT A GARAGE APARTMENT LAST YEAR AND IT'S GREAT. 
          MY TENANT IS GREAT, SHE'S NOW PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE RENTAL INCOME ALLOWS ME TO AFFORD LIVING IN CENTRAL AUSTIN. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF OBJECTIONS TODAY ABOUT FIRE SAFETY, LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ABOUT DRAINAGE ISSUES. 
          ALTHOUGH I SOMETIMES QUESTION THE MOTIVE OF THESE OBJECTIONS, I JUST TO STAY UNFOCUSED AND REMEMBER THAT THE PROPOSED HOME AMENDMENTS DO NOT CHANGE OR SUPERSEDE THE FIRE CODE. 
          THE HOME AMENDMENTS DO NOT CHANGE CURRENT AND PREVIOUS COVERAGE OR DRAINAGE REG REGULATIONS. 
          YES, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WILL NEED TO BE SLOWLY UPGRADED AS MORE DENSITY ADDED. 
          HOWEVER, THIS IS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT IN BUILDING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND UPGRADES ARE PAID FOR BY THE ADDITIONAL UNITS VIA PERMIT FEES, IMPACT FEES, TAX FEES, PROPERTY TAXES, AND UTILITY PAYMENTS. 
          AGAIN, COUNSEL, THANKS FOR THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND THANKS FOR THIS ISSUE. 
          PAN ARIF, PLEASE UNMUTE VICKY SPRADLIN. 
          YES, THIS IS A DANGEROUS TROJAN HORSE BRINGING PERMANENT DAMAGE TO OUR CITY. 
          THE OUTSIDE IS BENIGN AND DECORATED WITH THE DESIRES FOR JUSTICE, EQUITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EVEN VOWS OF PROTECTING THE CLAIMANT. 
          BUT INSIDE THIS TROJAN HORSE ARE GREEDY, BILLERS, DEVELOPERS, REALTORS, INVESTORS, SPECULATORS, WAITING TO SPRING OUT AND BEGIN RAPING OUR CITY FOR PROFIT. 
          THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF THE ADVERSE EFFECTS LISTED, UH, ON STREET PARKING, TRAFFIC, IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, UH, VIOLATIONS, LEADING FLOOD ISSUES, LOSS OF TREES. 
          YES, BUILDERS CUT DOWN TREES 'CAUSE THEY SAY IT'S JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. 
          THEY JUST PAY THE FINE. 
          THERE'S SOCIAL STRESS FROM INCREASED DENSITY AND MOST CLEARLY IT'S BREAKING THE BACKS OF OUR ALREADY OVERWHELMED CITY SERVICES. 
          E-M-S-A-P-D, FIRE AND UTILITIES. 
          THERE'S NOTHING IN THESE PLANS ADDRESSING ANY OF THESE ADVERSE EFFECTS AND NO ONE IS TELLING YOU ABOUT THE INCREASE ON LAND VALUES THAT WILL INEVITABLY COME. 
          OUR PROPERTY TAXES WILL GO THROUGH THE ROOF BECAUSE OF THIS AND WHO WILL BE DRIVEN OUT? SENIORS, MINORITY COMMUNITIES. 
          MAYBE THE GOVERNMENT WILL UH, BE GLAD TO HAVE, UH, THE FAT OR TAX BASE, BUT UH, THE PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT THE MOST OR THE PROPER TIER WHO WILL LOSE FOLKS LIKE ME WHOSE HOUSE STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY, UH, TAXED AT ZERO VALUE 'CAUSE IT'S A FALL DOWN, BUT I PAY TAXES ON OVER A MILLION DOLLAR, UH, LAND SITTING UNDER MY HOUSE. 
          UM, THIS IS GONNA BECOME EVEN MORE VALUABLE AND TAXABLE IF THREE HOUSES CAN BE REPLACED BY ONE AND THE PROFITEERS CAN GET MORE MONEY. 
          UM, THE PEOPLE ON THIS OUT WHO ARE COVERING THE OUTSIDE OF THIS TROJAN HORSE INCLUDES SOME WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          PAID LOBBYIST, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'VE ACCEPTED CAMPAIGN DONATIONS. 
          SADLY, THOUGH MANY ARE WELL-INTENTIONED FOLKS SEEKING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT WHOSE NAIVETE HAS BEEN HIJACKED AND AIDING AND ABETTING THE PROFITEERS BEHIND THESE PROPOSED CHANGES. 
          THESE CHANGES ARE GONNA FORCE MANY OF US OUT OF OUR HOMES THAT WE'VE LIVED IN FOR A LIFETIME. 
          SENIORS AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES WILL BE THE MOST DISPLACED, BUT SIMPLY SUPPLY AND DEMAND A LOT YOU CAN BUILD THREE HOUSES ON IS WORTH MORE THAN YOU CAN ONE BUILD ONE HOUSE ON. 
          SO THE LOT VALUE WILL INCREASE ALONG WITH THE TAXES ON IT, WITH A LOT COSTS. 
          MORE FOLKS HAVE TO BUILD MORE EXPENSIVE HOUSES ON IT TO RECOUP THEIR INVESTMENT. 
          NOBODY IS GONNA BUILD CHEAP HOUSES ON HIGH PRICED LAND. 
          AND EVEN IF Y'ALL, YOU KNOW ABOUT A COMPLIMENT, UH, ECONOMICS IS COMING FROM MONOPOLY. 
          YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY WITH THREE HOUSES CAN CHARGE YOU MORE THAN ONE THAN ONE THAT JUST HAS ONE HOUSE. 
          NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GUARANTEED FROM THESE CHANGES. 
          THERE'S GONNA BE IMMENSE PROFITS FOR ALL INVOLVED IN THE BUILDING DEVELOPING INVESTING GROUP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THERE'LL BE A DESTRUCTION OF THE OPTIONS FOR SEEING THANK, THANK YOU SPEAKER. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          I'M SAYING IS JACQUELINE O'KEEFE. 
          HELLO. 
          UM, I AM HOPING THAT YOU CAN HEAR ME. 
          WE CAN. 
          UM, VERY GOOD. 
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UM, I JUST WANT TO ECHO SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ALREADY SPOKEN HERE TODAY. 
          UH, RUM, BARBARA EPSTEIN, BRANDY BURTON. 
          THEY'VE SPOKEN PRETTY ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES, THE UNINTENDED AND UNSOUGHT OUT CONSEQUENCES THAT WE ARE INCURRING. 
          THE LACK OF COOPERATION WITH THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST TO DO A BETTER JOB AND A JOB THAT IS, THAT IS ACTUALLY GUARANTEED TO PRODUCE THE EFFECTS THAT WE WANT. 
          I THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE ARE FACING HERE IS THAT WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU ON THE GOALS OF HOME. 
          WE JUST THINK THESE MECHANISMS ARE TOTALLY WRONGHEADED AND THAT YOU ARE SO CERTAIN YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING WONDERFUL, BUT YOU ARE MAKING A, A CONSEQUENTIAL CHANGE WITH, WITHOUT UH, TAKING CARE OF A LOT OF THE DETAILS WHICH WILL, WHICH WILL GUARANTEE CONSEQUENCES YOU DO NOT WANT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BYE. 
          THANK YOU KAREN FERNANDEZ. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS KAREN FERNANDEZ. 
          I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE MATTHEWS LANE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LOCATED AT DISTRICT FIVE. 
          WE DO SHOULD NOT SUPPORT THE HOME PROPOSAL AS IT DOES NOT GUARANTEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WILL PUSH OUT MORE OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ALREADY STRUGGLE TO PAY THEIR EVER INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES. 
          WE DO SUPPORT AMENDMENTS AS PUT FORTH BY THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION, GAVA AND JE. 
          WE HAVE SEEN THIS TRICK BEFORE WHERE DEVELOPERS TARGET LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COMMUNITIES FOR THEIR CENTRAL LOCATED PROPERTIES AND RECRUIT WELL-MEANING NEIGHBORS AND ADVOCATES WITH PROMISES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THROUGH DENSITY, WHICH NEVER HAPPENED. 
          WE LEARNED THE HARD WAY THAT THE INTENTION WAS NEVER TO KEEP THE DIVERSITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SIMPLY PROVIDE MORE HOUSING OPTIONS. 
          THE LAND WAS DEVELOPED IN THE OFTEN GENERATIONAL INHABITANTS PRICED OUT FOR GOOD. 
          EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO VOTES FOR THIS ORDINANCE AS IS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES. 
          WE'RE IGNORING THE VOICES OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          THE TEACHERS, ARTISTS, HEALTHCARE SERVICE WORKERS AND TRADESMEN WHO BUILT AUSTIN HAVE BEEN MOVED OUT AND THEIR MODEST HOME BULLDOZED TO BE REPLACED BY SOULLESS BOXES. 
          MANY OF THEM SIMPLY INVESTMENTS FOR THE MONEY CLASS, NOT A FOREVER HOME FOR A FAMILY. 
          IF YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT HOUSING FOR MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES, YOU WOULD ELIMINATE THE SPRS AND YOU WOULD ALLOW THE ADDITION OF AN A DU FOR HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES WITH TAX INCENTIVES AND LOAN PROGRAMS MAKING THAT ADDITION AN ATTAINABLE GOAL FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER. 
          YOU SHOULD ALSO RESPECT EXISTING DEED RESTRICTIONS IN NEIGHBORHOODS RATHER THAN PUTTING THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF THE ON THE HOMEOWNERS TO ENFORCE. 
          FINALLY, I WOULD ASK THAT EVERYONE WHO IS NOT YET VIEWED STEVE MEN'S DOCUMENTARY SOME DIVIDE AND CONQUERED THE REALITIES OF HOME TO DO SO QUICKLY SO THAT YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHO'S REALLY BEHIND THIS PUSH. 
          I ASK THAT YOU NOT VOTE ON HOME TO POSTPONE IT AND TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE WITH WHO IS INVOLVED IN LOOKING AT SOLUTIONS FOR PROVIDING HOUSING FOR THE MIDDLE INCOME AND LOW INCOME OF AUSTIN. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          JORDAN BIRD. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AGAINST THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I'M A DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT AND SEVERAL MEASURES INCLUDED IN HOME ARE ALARMING AND HAZARDOUS TO HUMAN HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, I LOOKED OUT OUR WINDOW TO SEE BLACK SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. 
          A HOUSE THAT FREQUENTLY HAS EIGHT OR MORE SHORT-TERM RENTAL OCCUPANTS IN IT. 
          I WAS SCARED AND CONCERNED FOR THE INDIVIDUALS INSIDE ALL OF WHOM ARE LOW INCOME, MANY OF WHOM ARE DISABLED. 
          FIVE FIRE TRUCKS, DOZENS OF FIRST RESPONDERS BATTLING THE FLAMES. 
          MY NEIGHBORS AND I LATER FOUND OUT THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THIS BOARDING HOUSE CAUGHT ON FIRE THIS SUMMER. 
          ANOTHER SHORT-TERM RENTAL HOUSE ALSO CAUGHT ON FIRE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AT THAT FIRE A RESIDENT AND SEVERAL FIREFIGHTERS WERE INJURED AND HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. 
          THE HOME MEASURE TO REMOVE THE LIMIT ON UNRELATED ADULTS PER DWELLING UNIT IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROPOSITION GIVEN HOW HAZARDOUS MANY OF THESE HOMES ARE WITH THE CURRENT LIMIT OF EIGHT UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS PER UNIT. 
          WHAT DOES MORE THAN UN EIGHT UN UNRELATED PEOPLE PER LOT AND NO RESTRICTIONS ON RVS LOOK LIKE TODAY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH AUSTIN. 
          BED BUGS, RATS, FAULTY WIRING, PEOPLE SLEEPING IN GARAGES, CLOSETS, TENTS AND SHEDS WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO POWER, WATER, HEAT AND COOLING, ALL WITH LITTLE TO NO ENFORCEMENT FROM THE CITY. 
          DOES THAT SOUND SAFE TO YOU? ONE WEALTHY INVESTOR FAMILY OWNS 20 OF THESE SHORT-TERM RENTAL HOMES IN NORTH AUSTIN. 
          DOES THAT SOUND AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO YOU? THAT'S TODAY. 
          IMAGINE HOW BAD THE CONDITIONS WILL BE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN A FUTURE STATE WITH NO LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER UNIT OR ARVS SHELTERS. 
          THESE MEASURES BENEFIT WEALTHY INVESTORS AND DO LITTLE TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WHAT THEY WILL DO 
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IS CREATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE UNSAFE FOR INDIVIDUALS STAYING IN THESE UNITS. 
          AND FOR THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, I'VE EXPRESSED THESE CONCERNS TO COUNCILMAN BELLA AND NOW TO YOU AND EXPECT YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TRENTON HENDRICKSON. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS TRENT HENDRICKSON, A LONG TIME AFFORDABILITY ADVOCATE IN VOTER DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I'M HERE TO URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO POSTPONE THE VOTE ON HOME AND HAVE A SERIOUS DIALOGUE WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS LIKE GAVA AND COMMUNITIES FOR COLOR UNITED. 
          BEFORE CREATING ANOTHER GENTRIFICATION METS GENERATION OF GENERATIONS OF AUSTINITES WILL BE AFFECTED BY, I GUESS YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO READ THE CITY'S OWN STAFF REPORT ON HOME. 
          THEY CONCLUDED THE MASSIVE INCREASES IN HOME PRICES WERE THE RESULT OF LAND SPECULATION, NOT A SHORTAGE IN IN SUPPLY, AND THAT A MARKET-BASED APPROACH WOULD CONTINUE ESCALATING HOME PRICES. 
          IF YOU WANT AFFORDABILITY, YOU NEED AN AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT. 
          FULL STOP FURTHER. 
          YOUR STAFF CAUTIONED HOME COULD INCREASE TAXES ON HOMEOWNERS AND INCENTIVIZE DISPLACEMENT OF RENTERS, ESPECIALLY IN MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. 
          YOU ARE RUSHING THROUGH LAWS IN EARLY DECEMBER THAT YOUR OWN RESEARCH CAN'T JUSTIFY. 
          SHE IS NOT THE SEASON FOR SHADY PROFIT DRIVEN POLITICS UP THE BREAKS AND START WORKING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY AGAIN. 
          HAPPY HOLIDAYS, NICOLE MANN. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS NICOLE MANN. 
          I'M A RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          I'M A TEACHER  IN . 
          I HAVE A YOUNG SON WHO IS STARTING SCHOOL NEXT, NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, I AM CALLING AN OPPOSITION TO THE HOME INITIATIVE BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WILL BE HELPFUL IN CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          IT WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITIES. 
          IT WILL OVERWHELM OUR ALREADY STRUGGLING UTILITIES OF WATER, ENERGY, AND WASTE MANAGEMENT HOME WILL LIKELY FURTHER DRIVE UP OUR LAND VALUES, WHICH TRANSLATES INTO HIGHER COSTS FOR THE CURRENT RESIDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH OUR INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES. 
          THE TREND IN AUSTIN HAS BEEN THAT MOST NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT FOR HOME HOMEOWNER OCCUPIED PROPERTIES. 
          HOME IS LIKELY ONLY GOING TO EXPAND THE REACH OF DEVELOPERS AND WILL CONTINUE CONTINUE TO PUSH MIDDLE AND LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS FARTHER OUT OF THE CITY BECAUSE LET'S BE REAL INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES, FAMILIES, WE CANNOT COMPETE FINANCIALLY AGAINST THESE DEVELOPERS AND LARGE INVESTMENT FIRMS. ULTIMATELY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU THE CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIZE HOME OWNERSHIP OVER HOUSING AS INVESTMENTS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO ENSURE THAT HOUSING SALES ARE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO US TEACHERS, POLICE, FIRST RESPONDERS, NURSES INSTEAD OF DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS. 
          AS A RESIDENT OF THIS INCREDIBLE CITY, I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES. 
          I AM IN SUPPORT OF THOUGHTFUL AND INCLUSIVE DENSIFICATION. 
          NOT A SWEEPING ONE. 
          SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL INITIATIVE. 
          PLEASE VOTE NO. 
          THIS IS A FIRST DRAFT THAT NEEDS TO BE REEVALUATED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BROKEN UP INTO SMALLER PIECES. 
          THANK YOU SPEAKER. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED TAKEN ON ONE PIECE AT A TIME. 
          ALENE BAKER ALENE. 
          ALENE BAKER, PLEASE UNMUTE. 
          JOYCE BASCIANO. 
          HOW DO I UNMUTE? YOU'RE WE CAN HEAR YOU PLEASE. 
          WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES MA'AM. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          . 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M JOYCE BASCIANO. 
          I'M A HOMEOWNER AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 10 AND I OPPOSE BOTH PHASES OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THIS ISN'T PLANNING IT'S PLUNDERING HOME WILL CHANGE THE NUMBER OF UNITS ALLOWED IN SINGLE FAMILY ZONING TO THE NUMBER OF UNITS CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN MULTIPLE FAMILY ZONING FOR 175,000 SINGLE 
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FAMILY ZONE PROPERTIES. 
          BY ALLOWING THESE ADDITIONAL UNITS AND SINGLE FAMILY ZONING BY RIGHT, THE CITY CIRCUMVENTS THE STATE'S NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT THAT IS TRIGGERED BY A NORMAL ZONING CHANGE TO AVOID CONFUSION AND IN FAIRNESS TO THE PUBLIC, LET'S LEAVE THE EXISTING SINGLE AND MULTIPLE FAMILY ZONING CATEGORIES AS IS AND CREATE MISSING MIDDLE ZONING CATEGORIES THAT A PROPERTY OWNER CAN APPLY FOR USING THE EXISTING ZONING CHANGE PROCESS, THE HOME INITIATIVE COULD EASILY ENCUMBER RATHER THAN EMPOWER MIDDLE INCOME PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          OUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE BASED ON THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE USE OF OUR LAND HOME. 
          INCREASES THAT USE THIS WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON THOSE WITH A FIXED INCOME, PARTICULARLY SENIOR CITIZENS WHO WANT TO AGE IN PLACE. 
          ACCESSORY DWELLINGS CAN ALREADY BE BUILT ON SF THREE ZONE PROPERTIES, BUT THEY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO BUILD. 
          SO HOME WILL BE USED BY THOSE WITH THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO REMOVE AN EXISTING HOUSE TO BUILD MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING. 
          THIS WILL INCREASE LAND SPECULATION AND WILL ACCELERATE DISPLACEMENT, PARTICULARLY IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT. 
          THE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS CALLED OUT FOR IN PHASE TWO SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE PHASE ONE WAS PROPOSED. 
          ITEM G OF MAYOR WATSON'S MOTION SHEET ONE VERSION TWO CALLS FOR A COMPARISON OF THE DATA METRICS IN HIS MOTION UP TO THREE YEARS PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF HOME. 
          IF DONE BEFORE PHASE ONE, IT WILL PROVIDE A SNAPSHOT OF THE CITY THAT WILL HELP US LOCATE APPROPRIATE SITES FOR MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING IN ALL 10 COUNCIL DISTRICTS. 
          THANK YOU SPEAKER. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED THE VOTE ON THE HOME IN GWEN ROW. 
          GWEN, PLEASE UNMUTE LYDIA ZAMAN. 
          HI, MY NAME IS LYDIA ZAMAN. 
          I'M AN ATTORNEY, A REAL ESTATE AGENT AND A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR. 
          I EVEN OWN AIRBNBS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME INCREDIBLY UNPOPULAR AND EVEN I CAN TELL THAT HOME IS AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER FOR THE CITY. 
          WHEN LOOKING AT IT WITH EVEN A VIEWING A MODICUM OF BALANCE, ONE COMES TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS WILL NOT CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THE SIMPLE SOLUTION IS THAT WHY NOT MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING? AND THE OBVIOUS ANSWER IS THAT THE INTENTION OF THIS IS NOT TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THE INTENTION OF THIS IS TO BENEFIT THE DEVELOPERS AND TO BEN BENEFIT THE CAREERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, WHO APPARENTLY DOES NOT CARE. 
          WHAT ITS CONSTITUENTS WANT IS THE COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF LETTERS. 
          OPPOSING THE COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF CALLS. 
          THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HERE SPEAKING TO OPPOSE, AND YET THEY DON'T CARE. 
          EVEN ON THE SCREEN, I CAN SEE YOU SHOVELING YOUR PAPERS, WALKING OUTTA THE ROOM ON YOUR PHONES. 
          AND YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THE DECISION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE. 
          YOU DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT. 
          YOU HAVE SUBSTITUTED YOUR JUDGMENT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ELECTED YOU. 
          YOU'RE PASSING THIS THROUGH DURING THE BUSIEST HOLIDAY SEASON OF THE YEAR, MUCH LIKE YOU DID WITH THE BMU COMPATIBILITY AND THE STATES. 
          PLEASE, PLEASE DOWN DAVID FOUTS. 
          HELLO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS DAVID FOUTS AND I SUPPORT THE HOME INITIATIVE BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE AUSTIN MORE AFFORDABLE. 
          BUT, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE THINK IT WON'T AND WHY THEY ARE MISTAKEN. 
          THIS SUMMER, KUT RELEASED A REALLY GREAT PODCAST ABOUT AUSTIN HOUSING MARKET CALLED GROWTH MACHINE. 
          IN EPISODE SIX, PROFESSOR SARAH, UH, UH, BROIN OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY EXPLAINS THAT SCHOLARLY RESEARCH HAS SHOWN IN STUDY AFTER STUDY THAT MORE WHEN MORE HOUSING IS BUILT, THE LOWER PRICES TEND TO BE, AND THAT AREAS WITH LESS RESTRICTIVE ZONING THAT ENABLES MORE HOUSING TO BE BUILT, DON'T SEE PRICES INCREASE AS QUICKLY AS AREAS WITH MORE RESTRICTIVE ZONING. 
          THIS IS IN LINE WITH BOTH OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ECONOMICS AND THE REAL WORLD EXAMPLES, SUCH AS IN HOUSTON, MINNEAPOLIS, PORTLAND, AND THE RENTAL MARKET HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          SO WHY DO WE KEEP HEARING THAT HOME EITHER WON'T WORK OR WILL HAVE THE OPPOSITE EFFECT? EPISODE SEVEN OF GROWTH MACHINE PROVIDES SOME VERY INTERESTING INSIGHTS. 
          SO STAN  
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OF TULANE UNIVERSITY, ANOTHER PROFESSOR HAD A VERY SIMILAR QUESTION. 
          UH, IN HIS RESEARCH HE FOUND THAT MANY AMERICANS ACTUALLY DON'T SEE A CONNECTION BETWEEN AND THEY REALLY DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A CONNECTION, UH, BETWEEN HOUSING SUPPLY AND DEMAND AND PRICES. 
          EVEN THOUGH THIS IS FACTUALLY FALSE, HE HYPOTHESIZED, THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY SIMPLE MISUNDERSTANDING BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE SEE MORE HOMES GO UP AND MORE DENSITY, THEY ALSO SEE PRICES GO UP, MISIDENTIFYING THE EFFECT FOR THE CAUSE. 
          UH, AND HE COMPARED THIS TO PEOPLE THINKING THAT AN EVACUATION CAUSES HURRICANES BECAUSE THEY SEE PEOPLE PACKING UP AND THEN A HURRICANE COMES. 
          ALTHOUGH THIS WAS A JOKE, THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT, UM, THIS VERY COMMON AND UNDERSTANDABLE MISCONCEPTION HAS LED US TO FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING BAN EVACUATIONS TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM HURRICANES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THANK YOU SPEAKER. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BILL SPEEDMAN. 
          MR. MAYOR? YES, OVER HERE. 
          UM, AFTER THIS NEXT SPEAKER'S TIME EXPIRES, I HAVE A, A REQUEST PLEASE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, HELLO, MY NAME IS BILL SPEEDMAN, UH, IN, UH, DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          UM, HOME IS NO SILVER BULLET REDUCING LOT SIZE HAS IN FACT CONTRIBUTED TO INCREASING HOME VALUES AND GROWING PROPERTY TAXES IN AUSTIN AND MANY OTHER CITIES LIKE HOUSTON AND PORTLAND. 
          TO THINK THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIND A MAGIC SOLUTION TO HOME AFFORDABILITY, WHEN HAS BEFUDDLED THE GREATEST ECONOMIC MINDS IS LAUGHABLE. 
          THE COMMERCIAL MARKETS DID NOT THRIVE BY PROVIDING AFFORDABILITY. 
          HOME IS A PLAN TO DISPLACE PEOPLE AND GRAB THEIR LAND JUST AS IT DID MORE THAN A DECADE AGO IN EAST AUSTIN WHERE SIMILAR, UH, OR SMALLER LOTS RESULTED IN A NEARLY COMPLETE DIS UH, DISPLACEMENT OF OFF AUSTIN'S AFRICAN COMMUNITY, UH, AUSTIN'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. 
          WHAT HOME WILL DO IS PROVIDE A BOON FOR DEVELOPERS TO MAKE MONEY. 
          IT WILL RESULT IN GENEROUS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SUPPORTING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          IT WILL DISPLACE THOSE, UH, THAT DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR OWN PROPERTY. 
          IT WILL CONTRIBUTE FURTHER TO THE LOSS OF LOCALLY HOUSED TEACHERS, POLICE AND FIREMEN. 
          IT WILL RESULT IN LARGE INCREASE OF, UH, IMPERMEABLE CO COVER LEADING TO MORE FLOODING. 
          IT WILL LEAD TO THE DESTRUCTION OF AUSTIN'S URBAN FORESTS, WHICH CURRENTLY REDUCES SUMMER TEMPERATURES BY 10 OR MORE DEGREES. 
          IT WILL, UH, STRESS OUR FRAGILE SEWER, WATER AND POWER INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH ALREADY STRUGGLE TO KEEP UP. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL AL UH, UH, ALREADY, UH, APPROVES DEVELOPMENTS WHERE STAFF SAYS THAT SEWER CAPACITY IS INSUFFICIENT. 
          AND FINALLY, WITH, UH, THE MANY THOUSANDS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS SENDING IN PROTESTS AGAINST HOME, I WOULD WARN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THEIR POLITICAL FUTURES ARE AT STAKE IF THEY FORCE THIS INITIATIVE THROUGH TODAY WITHOUT REAL COMMUNITY INPUT AND SUPPORT. 
          PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT. 
          LET US THE VOTERS DECIDE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          ALRIGHT, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL, I'LL DIRECT THE FIRST PART OF WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY TO YOU. 
          YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ALONGSIDE MY PREDECESSOR WHO, UM, I THINK IS PROBABLY IN OPPOSITION TO HOME. 
          I WILL IN FACT BE VOTING FOR THE INITIATIVE, BUT MY PREDECESSOR WOULD PROBABLY BE AN OPPOSITION TO THIS. 
          AND I SAY THAT TO SAY I RESPECT OUR ALL INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL OPINIONS ON POLITICS. 
          WE'RE TALKING POLITICS POLICY, NOT PEOPLE. 
          UM, DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON THE PEOPLE, TAKE IT OUT ON THE POLICY AND ON THE POLITICS. 
          UM, AND I'M SAYING THAT TO SAY MY, MY PREDECESSOR TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND US THAT EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS JUST A PERSON. 
          UM, SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM WHO ARE STANDING IN OPPOSITION TO POLICY THAT I WILL BE VOTING FOR, SAY HELLO TO ME AND I SEE YOU IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I SEE YOU AROUND CITY HALL AND I SEE YOU DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THOSE MOMENTS TO BE FRIENDLY AND KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. 
          I HATE THAT WE DON'T OPEN COUNCIL MEETINGS ANYMORE WITH A PRAYER. 
          UM, AND TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE, FOR THOSE OF US WHO IDENTIFY AS CHRISTIAN, WE ARE ALL BORN AND RAISED AND MADE IN HIS IMAGE AND CAN TREAT ONE ANOTHER WITH RESPECT AND KINDNESS. 
          THERE'S NO REASON, THERE'S NO REASON TO TAKE THAT PART OUT OF THIS PROCESS. 
          I ENCOURAGE, I ENCOURAGE THE PARTICIPATION. 
          I'D LIKE TO DISCOURAGE ANYTHING THAT COMES ACROSS AS VISCERAL AND NASTY 'CAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARY. 
          MY PREDECESSOR WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO DO THIS WHEN WE WANTED TO APPLAUD. 
          THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. 
          I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO BE HERE ALL DAY IN ORDER TO TESTIFY. 
          BUT IF WE HAVE TO WAIT IN BETWEEN EVERY SINGLE SPEAKER FOR THE APPLAUSE 
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TO DECREASE, THEN THAT MAKES IT TAKE LONGER. 
          WE ALL, WE SIGNED UP FOR THIS JOB FOR US TO HAVE TO BE HERE TODAY AND THEN MAYBE AGAIN TOMORROW AND THEN AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          I GOT ELECTED FOR THIS JOB. 
          I'M HERE FOR IT. 
          I DRANK MY RED BULL, BUT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T ANTICIPATE BEING HERE FOR DAYS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR CONTRIBUTION, TO NOT BE ABLE TO DO SO BECAUSE OF THE EXTENDED APPLAUSE. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE US TO DO IT SILENTLY SO WE CAN KEEP THE PROCESS ROLLING AND I'LL LEAVE IT WITH THIS, SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT, ESPECIALLY FOLKS WHO ARE STANDING HERE TODAY IN OPPOSITION TO THIS INITIATIVE, SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE CALLING IN, THEY'RE ALONGSIDE YOU. 
          Y'ALL ARE ALLIES AND WE CAN'T HEAR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. 
          I UNLIKE WHAT ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS SAID, I'M NOT SHUFFLING PAPERS. 
          I'M NOT ON MY PHONE. 
          I'M NOT WALKING OUT OF THE ROOM BECAUSE I DO THINK IT IS OUR INHERENT OBLIGATION TO HEAR Y'ALL OUT, BUT I CAN'T HEAR THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO LOUD. 
          SO IF WE COULD AT THE VERY LEAST LET EVERYBODY FINISH THEIR TESTIMONY, I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO BE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. 
          AND IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE WITH ME OR MY COLLEAGUES OUTSIDE OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE DECORUM IN CHAMBERS, PLEASE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO US OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM. 
          IT'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ME, MR. MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY PARTICIPATING. 
          UM, TIS THIS SEASON AND I REALLY, REALLY DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S PARTICIPATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER OR DAVIS? HELLO? YES, HELLO. 
          GO AHEAD PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          YES. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THIS IS UH, OR DAVIS. 
          I AM A 39 YEAR RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER IN ALLENDALE AND I'M AGAINST THIS HOME INITIATIVE PROPOSAL. 
          I WANT TO PRESERVE THE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE PROPOSAL WILL BE HARMFUL BECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING THREE POINTS. 
          ONE, THERE IS NO INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THE DENSITY YOU WANT FOR EITHER WATER TRAFFIC OR ELECTRICITY. 
          I HAVE ALREADY NOTICED WATER PRESSURES GOING DOWN. 
          TWO, THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED RISK OF FIRE FLOODING AND IF HEAT ISLANDS, IF OUR TREES AND GREENERY ARE DESTROYED. 
          AND THREE, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE WILL GO WAY DOWN IF WE HAVE NO BIRDS OR OTHER WILDLIFE TO ENJOY. 
          AND FINALLY, I HOPE TO LIVE IN MY HOME FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS AND WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE COMMUNITY SUPPORT, VOLUNTEERISM AND GARDENING. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          LARRY AKERS. 
          YES. 
          UH, THE HOME INITIATIVE BETRAYS HOMEOWNERS LONGSTANDING TRUST IN THE CITY'S ZONING COVENANTS. 
          IT WILL RESULT IN HIGHER LAND APPRAISALS AND TAXES FOR RESIDENTS. 
          THEREFORE SHIFTING TAX BURDEN FROM, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES TO RESIDENTS. 
          IT WILL RESULT IN AN EXCESS OF IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR OUR WATERWAYS. 
          SINCE MOST SF HOMES ARE WELL BELOW ALLOWED LIMITS, BUT REDEVELOPMENT WILL MAX OUT IMPERVIOUS COVER, IT WILL MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS MORE HAZARDOUS AND STRESS ALL ASPECTS OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          IT CONTRADICTS THE NEED TO CONCENTRATE POPULATION ALONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS TO MAKE OUR TRANSIT INVESTMENT VIABLE. 
          IT DOES NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE OF UNAFFORDABILITY, WHICH IS THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF SUBSIDIZED CORPORATE RELOCATIONS TO AUSTIN. 
          THE BARTON HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION VOTED 45 TO TWO IN OPPOSITION TO HOME. 
          WHY NOT PUT THE PROPOSAL TO A PUBLIC VOTE AND IMPOSE THE CHANGES ONLY IN DISTRICTS THAT ACCEPT THEM. 
          BUT IF YOU DO VOTE TO ADOPT, PLEASE LIMIT YOURSELF TO EIGHT VOTES IN FAVOR. 
          IN ORDER TO HONOR THE MANY INDIVIDUAL PROTESTS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED TO IMPOSE THESE CHANGES OVER SO MANY OBJECTIONS IS AUTHORITARIAN, NOT DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS THE LIKE OF WHICH I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I HUGHES. 
          HI, MY NAME'S KELSEY HUGHES AND I AM A RENTER IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          I'M A HOUSING ADVOCATE BECAUSE I READ THE BOOK THE COLOR OF LAW. 
          I LEARNED HOW SINGLE FAMILY ZONING MINIMUM LOT SIZES AND OTHER REGULATIONS WE'RE NOT DESIGNED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL OR AFFORDABILITY REASONS, BUT TO PURPOSEFULLY ENSURE THAT CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE ARE EXCLUDED FROM NEIGHBORHOODS BY RESTRICTING HOUSING UNITS AND INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF LAND A PERSON MUST OWN. 
          IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT THAT AND IT'S LED TO OUR CURRENT HOUSING CRISIS TODAY CRISIS. 
          I SUPPORT HOME BECAUSE SMALLER HOMES ARE MORE AFFORDABLE AND REDUCE SUBURBAN SPRAWL. 
          THANK YOU. 
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DREW DE LOS SANTOS. 
          HELLO. 
          HELLO. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, MY NAME IS DREW LOS SANTOS. 
          I'M WITH AUSTIN COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE AND SPEAKING NEUTRAL ON THIS INITIATIVE AND IN FAVOR OF ELIMINATING OCCUPANCY LIMITS. 
          I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN SINCE I WAS A CHILD. 
          ONE OF THE REASONS I WAS ABLE TO AFFORD TO STAY IN AUSTIN WAS BY LIVING AT A CO-OP WHERE I LIVED WITH 12 PEOPLE IN A LARGE HOUSE. 
          WE ORGANIZED OURSELVES TO SHARE HOUSE CO CHORES, FOOD AND EXPENSES IN ORDER TO CUT COSTS. 
          I STILL LIVE IN A CO-OP TODAY AND IT'S STILL ONE OF THE SAFEST COST EFFECTIVE AND ENRICHING PLACES TO LIVE IN AUSTIN. 
          AND THAT IS WHY ELIMINATING OCCUPANCY LIMITS IS IMPORTANT FOR CO-OPS. 
          INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES AND COOPERATIVES ARE ORGANIZED WAYS FOR WORKING CLASS AND LOW INCOME PEOPLE TO SURVIVE AND WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS RISING COST OF LIVING. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS TYPE OF LIVING STYLE BE RECOGNIZED AND RESPECTED IN THIS PROCESS. 
          AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE OCCUPANCY LIMITS GOT LUMPED IN TO THIS LARGER VOTE WITH HOME BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO ELIMINATE OCCUPANCY LIMITS FOR CO-OPS FOR YEARS. 
          AND BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL VALID CONCERNS ABOUT HOME AND AFFORDABILITY GUARANTEES, WHICH WAS, WHICH IS WHY I'M NEUTRAL ON THIS ITEM. 
          AS FOR CO-OPS, WE'VE SEEN AND I'VE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED HOW INTENTIONAL LIVING WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE MAINTAINS AFFORDABILITY. 
          CO-OPS HAVE SOME OF THE LOWEST RENTS IN AUSTIN, RANGING FROM 500 TO 1100, INCLUDING UTILITIES, INTERNET, FOOD ACCESS, EMERGENCY SUPPLIES, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. 
          CO-OP LIVING HAS ENRICHED MY LIFE AND MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO PAY OFF MY STUDENT LOANS AND STAY IN AUSTIN WHILE I IMPROVE MY FINANCIAL HEALTH AND BUILD SKILLS IN MEETING FACILITATION, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, CONFLICT RESOLUTION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, AND ANTI-RACIST COMMUNITY BUILDING. 
          AND SO I URGE COUNCIL TO ELIMINATE THE OCCUPANCY LIMITS. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ORTEGA. 
          GREETINGS. 
          MY NAME IS FRANK ORTEGA FROM DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          I FIRST ASK THAT YOU POSTPONE THE VOTE ON THE HOME ACT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN AUSTIN, TEXAS ON AND OFF SINCE 2019. 
          IN THE TIME PERIOD THAT I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN, I'VE EXPERIENCED MANY DIFFICULTIES OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I HAVE ALSO BEEN FORCED TO MOVE BACK TO HOUSTON ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS OF SIX MONTH PERIODS WITHIN THIS PAST FIVE YEARS DUE TO HOUSING INSECURITY. 
          DESPITE WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS WITH HOURS TOTALING 40 PLUS WEEKLY, I HAVE CONTINUED TO LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK AND STRUGGLE TO AFFORD MY RENT. 
          IN MY MOST RECENT LIVING SITUATION, I WAS PAYING 1200 PLUS FOR A SINGLE STUDIO SPACE IN HYDE PARK. 
          THE CEILING IN MY APARTMENT HAD AN ENORMOUS HOLE IN IT DUE TO RAIN DAMAGE THAT CONSTANTLY LEAKED. 
          EVERY TIME IT RAINED, MY APARTMENT BEGAN TO SMELL OF MOLD. 
          AND DESPITE HAVING AN OPEN LEAKING HOLE FOR OVER A MONTH WITHOUT MAINTENANCE, I STILL WAS REQUIRED TO PAY 1200 PLUS AND SOLELY MY RENT. 
          THIS IS CONSISTENT OF WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LIVE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          I LOVE AUSTIN AND I LOVE TEXAS, BUT DUE TO UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GENTRIFICATION, I'LL SOON BE FORCED OUT. 
          LIKE MANY OF MY BLACK AND BROWN FRIENDS, FAMILY AND COWORKERS, MY HEART BREAKS WITH THE CONSISTENT AND BLATANT PRIORITIZATION OF AFFLUENT WHITE TENANTS IN AUSTIN. 
          I'M IN OPPOSITION OF THE HOME ACT AND ANY OTHER INITIATIVE THAT MAKES AUSTIN UNAFFORDABLE AND UNLIVABLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT IT. 
          THE HOME ACT CLAIMS TO BE A SOLUTION TO AUSTIN'S AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. 
          YET THERE ARE NO REQUIREMENTS THAT MAKE HOUSING ACTUALLY AFFORDABLE. 
          THE HOME ACT WILL NOT AID PEOPLE LIKE ME OR THE AUSTINITES WHO HAVE FUELED CARED FOR AND LOVED AUSTIN FOR GENERATIONS. 
          WE DEMAND DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE RESTRICTION OF DEMOLITION OF CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRUCTURES AND LOWER PROPERTY TAXES. 
          WE DEMAND A HOME THAT IS LIVABLE AND AFFORDABLE UNDER 40 HOUR WORK WEEK AND WE DEMAND HOUSING JUSTICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MATTHEW MCCOY. 
          HI EVERYONE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS MAYOR. 
          UH, MY NAME IS MATTHEW MCCOY AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY DEMOCRATS HERE AT UT AUSTIN. 
          I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE. 
          I WISH I COULD JOIN Y'ALL IN PERSON TODAY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I GOT A FINAL TO GET TO IN ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR. 
          UH, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES TO THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE ONCE AGAIN BEEN UPROOTED BY ANOTHER INSTANCE OF TRAGIC GUN VIOLENCE IN RECENT DAYS. 
          AND THANK ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO RESPONDED TO VISA ATTACKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN GEN Z WHO LIVE IN THE CITY WHO ARE SO OFTEN NOT REPRESENTED IN BOARD SUCH AS THIS, AND TO SHOW SUPPORT STUDENT SUPPORT FOR THE HOME INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING HOUSING CRISIS HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          AS A STUDENT WHO LIVES IN AUSTIN AND HAS PREVIOUSLY WORKED EXTENSIVELY IN STUDENT HOUSING, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THE HOME INITIATIVE IS ANOTHER STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          THIS COUNCIL HAS TAKEN BY ALLOWING MORE DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS AND MORE UNITS IN SMALLER WALLETS AND MORE, UH, OPTIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE THE STRAIN CURRENTLY LIMITING GROWTH AS WELL AS MAKE THE CITY MORE SUSTAINABLE AND CLIMATE FRIENDLY. 
          AUSTIN SHOULD BE A WELCOMING PLACE FOR EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO LIVE AND WORK HERE AND NOT 
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JUST THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD IT. 
          UH, WE ARE CONCERNED WITH INSTANCES OF DISPLACEMENT, A LACK OF AFFORD OF AFFORDABILITY, BUT BELIEVE NOTHING, DOING NOTHING IS THE WORST THING THAT CAN BE DONE TO SACK THOSE HOUSING CRISIS AND ALLOWING MORE OPTIONS OF HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION. 
          MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. 
          UH, NOT NO SURPRISE, BUT UH, HOUSING COSTS CONTINUE TO BE A LIMITING FACTOR FOR ATTRACTING STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONALS WHO WISH TO COME TO UT AUSTIN AND UH, AND ANY OF THE GREAT UNIVERSITIES IN THE CITY. 
          UM, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR PLACES AROUND THE CAMPUS TO BE UPWARDS OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS A A MONTH AND UH, OR EVEN GREATER THAN A FULL YEAR WORTH OF TUITION. 
          UM, ONCE THEY GRADUATE, THE NEXT ISSUE IS WHERE DO THEY GO? WHERE DO THEY TURN TO ADVANCE THEIR CAREERS? IN MANY CASES, STUDENTS MOVE TO OTHER CITIES WHERE THEY CAN AFFORD TO LIVE AND ARE LOSING SO MANY TALENTED INDIVIDUALS WHO COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE THRIVING CULTURE AND WORKFORCE HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          IN ORDER TO TRAPPED AND RETAIN SO MANY TALENTED PEOPLE AND CONTINUE TO BE A TOP RESEARCH CITY AND TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS VIBRANT CITY, AUSTIN MUST DIRECT THE HOUS, THE LACK OF HOUSING BY RESTRICTIVE ZONING AND ALLOW FOR MORE HOUSING OPTIONS TO BE BUILT. 
          DOING NOTHING IS THE WORST THING THAT WE CAN DO TO TACKLE THIS HOUSING CRISIS. 
          AND I APPLAUD THE WORK THIS COUNCIL HAS. 
          THANK YOU RUSSELL SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LAURA TABOR HUERTA. 
          HELLO. 
          I AM AGAINST THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          AUSTIN IS AT A CRITICAL POINT IN ITS GROWTH. 
          RAPID, UNCONTROLLED GROWTH FROM FORMER CITY COUNCILS HAS CHANGED THE CHARACTER OF THE CITY AND I BELIEVE AUSTIN SHOULD NOW FOCUS ON QUALITY OVER QUANTITY. 
          UNCONTROLLED GROWTH IS UNSUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG TERM WITH WHAT WE NOW KNOW ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          AUSTIN SHOULD BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE AND LOW-INCOME HOUSING. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE RELIES ON A TYPE OF TRICKLE DOWN BUILDING TO SUPPLY THIS MUCH NEEDED HOUSING. 
          THIS SEEMS DISINGENUOUS TO ME AND MORE FOCUSED ON ALLOWING AUSTIN TO BE PULLED AGAIN TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. 
          VERY FOOLISH. 
          A SKILLED, COMPETENT CITY PLANNER ALONG WITH CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR SHOULD ADDRESS RESEARCH AND BUILD ONLY THESE TYPES OF HOUSING. 
          WE HAVE ENOUGH HOUSING FOR THE WEALTHY YES, IN MY BACKYARD TO MORE AFFORDABLE AND LOW INCOME HOUSING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY TO THAT ONE MEMBER WHO INTERRUPTED AND GAVE A SHORT SPEECH. 
          IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY DECIDED TO BE FOR THE INITIATIVE BEFORE EVERYONE HAS FINISHED SPEAKING AND SO MANY ARE AGAINST IT AND THAT'S NOT GONNA SWAY YOU, WHICH I FIND VERY INTERESTING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ADELE YORK. 
          HELLO, UH, MY NAME'S ADELE YORK AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF TEXAS, A MOTHER, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND AN ARCHITECT. 
          AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME INITIATIVES. 
          THE HOME ORDINANCE WILL IMPROVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND AVAILABILITY IN AUSTIN CHALLENGES NO AUSTINITE CAN PLAUSIBLY IGNORE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO AUGMENT OUR EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES, SUBSTANTIATING OUR METRO RAIL WITH POPULATION DENSITY SHORTENING CAR GATES AND INCREASING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MULTIMODAL MODAL TRANSPORTATION. 
          ADVERSARIES OF THE ORDINANCE ARGUE THAT IT WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR TREE CANOPIES AND WATERSHEDS. 
          AND TO THOSE I ASK, HOW IS URBAN SPRAWL AFFECTING OUR TREE CANOPIES AND WATERSHEDS? SHALL WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUTWARD LENGTHENING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE MILES, ADDING MORE ROOFS PER CAPITA, MORE HARD SURFACE AND MORE CAR COMMUTES? CERTAINLY THAT SOLUTION DOES NOT DO RIGHT BY OUR CITIZENS NOR OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. 
          ON THE CONTRARY, THE HOME ORDINANCE MAINTAINS TREE PROTECTION AND DENSIFIED WITHOUT CREATING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RUNOFF THAN IS ALREADY ALLOWED. 
          I HAVE LIVED AND WORKED ON BOTH EAST AND WEST COAST AND SEEN FIRSTHAND THE POSITIVE IMPACTS OF MIDDLE INCOME AND MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING TO THOSE WHO ARE SKEPTICAL. 
          I URGE YOU TO LOOK AT MINNEAPOLIS WHO HAVE SIMILARLY REFORMED THEIR ZONING CODE AND RECENTLY PUBLISHED DATA ON THE DECREASE OF RENTS. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE WOULD SUPPORT AUSTIN'S NATIONAL REPUTATION OF A FORWARD-THINKING, WELCOMING CITY. 
          I APPLAUD THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO BRING THIS LEGISLATION TO THE TABLE AND BELIEVE THAT IF APPROVED, THE HOME ORDINANCE WILL PUT AUSTIN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HOUSING HISTORY. 
          I SAY YES TO HOME. 
          THANK YOU ERIC HARRIS. 
          ERIC, PLEASE UNMUTE. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS ERIC HARRIS. 
          I'M AN AUSTIN RESIDENT SINCE 1984. 
          I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER AND BOARD MEMBER OF THE MILLWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          I'M AGAINST THE HOME INITIATIVE AS ARE AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF NEIGHBORS. 
          I WORKED IN LAND DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION IN AUSTIN SINCE 1993, INCLUDING 12 YEARS WITH THE CITY AND WATERSHED PROTECTION AND PUBLIC WORKS. 
          AS SUCH, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS AND ALARM THAT THE CITY IS PROMOTING. 
          THIS ILL-CONCEIVED PLAN IN DISMANTLING THE CURRENT OR I APPRECIATE THE URGENCY OF ADDRESSING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, BUT THIS EFFORT DOES NOT DO THAT. 
          PROBLEMS ARE 
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SOLVED BY FOCUSING ON SPECIFIC CHANGES TO ACHIEVE A GOAL. 
          INSTEAD, THIS PROPOSAL DISMANTLES IMPORTANT LIMITS TO PRODUCE OR PROMOTE HARMONY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT ANY REAL PROMISE FOR AFFORDABILITY AND DISMANTLING THESE LIMITS. 
          KEY PLANNING CRITERIA ARE EITHER OUTRIGHT IGNORED OR NOT GIVEN APPROPRIATE CONSIDERATION. 
          CONSIDERATION NUMBER ONE IS THE CAPACITY OF IN EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASED DENSITY, EMERGENCY ACCESS, PARKING, ELECTRIC SERVICE, TRASH, RECYCLE COLLECTION, WATER, SEWER DRAINAGE. 
          THESE ALL MUST BE CONSIDERED BEFORE CHANGES. 
          THE DENSITIES ARE ALLOWED. 
          THE CURRENT REZONING PROCESS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. 
          THE PROPOSED DOES NOT. 
          I'LL REMIND YOU THAT THE CITY SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE NINETIES AND TWO THOUSANDS ADDRESSING SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS AND THE CITY'S DRAINAGE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT. 
          BACKLOG IS DECADES LONG. 
          CONSIDERATION. 
          TWO IS THE DESIRABILITY OF THE DENSITY IN AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE IMPACT TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS WALKABLE, HAS A MIX OF SINGLE FAMILY TOWN HOMES, DUPLEXES, AND THERE ARE APARTMENTS ABUTTING OUR AREA. 
          MY NEIGHBOR'S OVERWHELMING OBJECT TO THIS CHANGE. 
          WE ALL AGREED TO SINGLE FAMILY RESTRICTIONS. 
          WE BOUGHT OUR HOMES AND OUR CHANGES ARE TO HAPPEN. 
          WE SHOULD HAVE A SAY AS WE WOULD UNDER THE CURRENT REZONING PROCESS. 
          OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NOT OBJECTED TO A REASONABLE REZONING IN OUR AREA. 
          SOMEONE REMARKED THAT YOUR PROPERTY RIGHTS DON'T EXTEND PAST YOUR PROPERTY. 
          THAT IS AN UNINFORMED POSITION. 
          ZONING AND RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS PROMOTE HARMONIOUS LIVING BY ESTABLISHING LIMITS ON WHAT FOLKS CAN BILL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          KIMBERLY KOAS. 
          HI, MY NAME IS KIMBERLY COLES. 
          I OPPOSE THIS INITIATIVE AND ENCOURAGE FOR A DELAY FOR FURTHER STUDY. 
          I DO NOT SEE ANY EVIDENCE THAT IT WILL HAVE THE RESULTS THAT YOU WANT AND INSTEAD HAVE UNINTENDED, IRREVERSIBLE RESULTS. 
          WE WILL NOT GET A DO-OVER. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE AND HAVE WATCHED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS AS NATURALLY OCCURRING. 
          AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS PURCHASED BY DEVELOPERS WHO CONSISTENTLY WON BIDS WITH CASH OVER OFFER. 
          OVER ALL OTHER OFFERS. 
          I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I'M A REALTOR AND I WATCHED OLDER HOMES THAT FIVE YEARS AGO SOLD FOR FIVE TO 700,000, SELL FOR 1 MILLION PLUS AS A TEAR DOWN. 
          THIS WILL ONLY CONTINUE. 
          CONTINUE. 
          I WORK WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION AND WE'VE HAD OVER 2000 SIGNED PETITIONS TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AGAINST RUINING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          I'M ALSO AN ARCHITECT AND ADHERE TO THE MANY RULES, UM, WHICH WERE ALL CONSIDERED SACROSANCT WHEN THEY WERE CREATED AND SUDDENLY TO FIT TWO MORE FAMILIES PER LOT. 
          NONE OF THE ORIGINAL LIMITS APPLY ANYMORE. 
          NO ONE IS ABLE HERE, THE JOB OF THE ARCHITECT, THE REALTOR, THE INVESTOR, DEVELOPER, AND EVEN OUR NEIGHBORS WHEN THEY'RE READY TO SELL. 
          ALL JUST WANT THE MAXIMUM PROFIT ON EACH PROPERTY. 
          WE ARE ALL JUST DOING OUR JOB. 
          THIS INITIATIVE ENCOURAGES, DOES NOT ENCOURAGE AFFORDABILITY AND INSTEAD ENCOURAGES MAXIMUM DENSITY FOR MAXIMUM PROFIT. 
          IF YOUR MIND IS ALREADY MADE UP, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? YOU'RE ALL SITTING IN THOSE SEATS BECAUSE OF OUR VOTES. 
          IF MORE OF US SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS, DO YOU CARE? THANK YOU, COLIN LINEBERRY. 
          GOOD MORNING OR GOOD AFTERNOON NOW. 
          MY NAME'S COLIN LINEBERRY. 
          I LIVE IN SOUTHWEST AUSTIN IN A SUBDIVISION OF ABOUT 1400 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          I'M OPPOSED TO THE COUNCIL'S PROPOSAL TO CHANGE ZONING REQUIREMENTS AND ALLOW TWO OR MORE AUXILIARY DWELLING UNITS OR ADUS ON EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. 
          I'M AGAINST THE PROPOSAL BOTH BECAUSE IT WILL HARM EXISTING HOMEOWNERS LIKE ME AND BECAUSE IT WILL NOT PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS CLAIMED, ONE DEFINITION OF INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT BY THAT STANDARD. 
          THIS PROPOSAL IS INSANE. 
          THE PROPOSAL LARGELY MIMICS EXISTING CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE STATUTES. 
          CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 6 5 8 5 2 0.2 AND 0.2 REQUIRE CALIFORNIA MUNICIPALITIES, ALL OF THEM TO PROVIDE TWO AUXILIARY DWELLING UNITS OR APPROVED TWO AUXILIARY DWELLING UNITS ON ANY SINGLE FAMILY ZONE LOT WITHOUT REGARD TO SQUARE FOOTAGE. 
          VERY MUCH LIKE THIS PROPOSAL THAT STATEWIDE STATUTE, WHICH HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, HAS NOT MADE CALIFORNIA HOUSING AFFORDABLE. 
          THERE IS NO SAME REASON TO THINK THAT THAT CONCEPT THAT DIDN'T WORK IN CALIFORNIA WILL WORK TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AUSTIN. 
          I HAVE TWO ADULT SONS, BOTH OF WHOM GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, HAVE GOOD JOBS BUT CANNOT AFFORD A FIRST HOME IN AUSTIN. 
          I WOULD VERY MUCH FAIL ANY CONSTRUCTIVE CHANGES THAT WOULD MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE FOR THEM AND OTHERS, BUT THIS PROPOSAL WILL NOT DO THAT. 
          THE PROPOSAL WILL HOWEVER HARM THOSE OF US SOUGHT OUT GOOD AT STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE ARE TREES, THE KIDS HAVE YARDS TO PLAY IN AND YOU KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS AND THERE'S A REASONABLE DISTANCE HOUSES. 
          SHORT-TERM RENTAL ADUS WILL BE OCCUPIED BY INDIVIDUALS WITH L NO LONG-TERM INTEREST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO CARE 
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LITTLE IF AT ALL ABOUT THE APPEARANCE, PROPERTY VALUES, AND AMENITIES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY'RE STAYING. 
          THIS PROPOSAL WILL GREATLY HARM EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSAL IS TOUTED AS A MEANS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN THE PROPOSAL THAT REQUIRES OR GIVES ANY INCENTIVE FOR ANY OF THE ADUS TO BE AFFORDABLE. 
          INCREASED DENSITY OF HOUSING DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN INCREASED AFFORDABILITY. 
          RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF MANHATTAN ARE DENSELY POPULATED, BUT THEY'RE NOT AFFORDABLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, POPULATED WILLIAM HART. 
          MY NAME'S BILL HART. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS, WHETHER THEY'RE FOR OR AGAINST THIS FOR THEIR COMMENTS 'CAUSE IT'LL SPARE ME SOME OF THE POINTS I WAS GOING TO OTHERWISE MAKE. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S A PART OF THE FABRIC OF THIS CITY'S HISTORY. 
          AND ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING CONNECTIONS, THE OLD AUSTIN. 
          I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOSS OF CHARACTER IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SPOKEN ELOQUENTLY TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTS. 
          I CAME FROM NEW YORK, DENSE, DIRTY PARKING AND CONGESTION NIGHTMARE. 
          ALSO, YOU'D PROBABLY AGREE WITH ME NOT SO CHEAP TO LIVE THERE. 
          ULTIMATELY, THE COST OF THIS, AND HERE'S MY REAL CONCERN, IS IF, UM, I GOT IT RIGHT, I THINK IT WAS, UH, COUNCIL PERSON ALLISON ALTER WHO SAID THAT THE CURRENT PROPOSAL ALLOWS UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR, UH, LIKE AIRBNB OR SHORT-TERM RENTAL. 
          TRANSIENT RESIDENTS DO NOT MAKE FOR GOOD NEIGHBORS NOR DO REMOTE OWNERS WHO ARE INVESTORS. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF ALTERNATIVES TO THIS. 
          I WOULD ASK THAT THE COUNCIL NOT DO THIS BY DECREE AND ENGAGE MORE CLOSELY ON THE GRANULAR ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          I'LL CLOSE WITH TWO COMMENTS. 
          ONE, I'M TO WHERE I REMEMBER VIETNAM. 
          SOME OF YOU DO, YOU'LL REMEMBER THE LINE. 
          WE HAD TO DESTROY THE VILLAGE TO SAVE IT. 
          I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THE LAST POINT, AND I'LL CLOSE WAS I REMEMBER WHEN THE COUNCIL OR THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL LIFTED THE PUBLIC CAMPING BAN AFTER TWO YEARS, THEY REALIZED THAT CREATED HAVOC SO THEY REINSTATED IT. 
          IF YOU START TO DESTROY THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND TEAR DOWN SOME OF THE OLD HOUSES, AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE HISTORIC LANDMARKS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO REINSTATE THE NEIGHBORHOODS OR REINSTATE THE DEMOLISHED HOUSES. 
          DO THIS DELIBERATELY WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND BY VOTE. 
          I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          JULIA WOOD. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS JULIA WOODS AND I, UM, HI. 
          I, UH, REPRESENT THE, UM, DAWSON NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO AM A MEMBER OF THE A NC. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, MEMBERS OF THE, UH, COUNCIL AND MAYOR WATSON FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP, UM, IN PARTICULAR FOR SUPPORTING DATA GATHERING THAT WILL KEEP US INFORMED ABOUT HOW THESE RULE CHANGES WOULD WORK. 
          BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT WE ALSO NEED, UM, GUARDRAILS. 
          WE NEED, UH, AN AUTOMATIC PAUSE ON PERMITS IN AREAS AT RISK FOR DISPLACEMENT, ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 
          UM, PERHAPS A CIRCUIT BREAKER WOULD BE A BETTER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. 
          I'D ALSO ASK THAT WE NOT JUST GATHER DATA ON FLOODING AND POTENTIAL FLOODING, BUT THAT WE HAVE A MORATORIUM ON INCREASED IMPERVIOUS COVER IN FLOOD THROWN AREAS. 
          OTHERWISE, WE'LL HAVE ALL THE DATA RIGHT IN FRONT OF US AS WE WATCH PEOPLE AND WATCH PEOPLE SWEPT AWAY IN THEIR CARS AND IN THEIR HOMES, WHICH I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE. 
          WE DON'T WANT THE HOME INITIATIVE, UM, WILL NOT SOLVE HOUSING SUPPLY PROBLEMS FOR THE MISSING METAL. 
          AND WE WANT TO SEE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY STAYING IN THIS CITY AND LIVING AMONGST US. 
          UM, I RECOMMEND BETTER WAYS TO ENFORCE THE SINGLE SHORT TERM RENTAL LIMITS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE HOUSING THAT SITS EMPTY FOR MONTHS AT A TIME. 
          IN FACT, PERHAPS WE SHOULD INVESTIGATE TAXING, VACANT AND INCREASED TAXES ON VACANT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES BECAUSE MANY DEVELOPERS WITH DEEP POCKETS ARE ABLE TO LET A UNIT SIT EMPTY RATHER THAN RENT IT AT WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE BELOW MARKET RENT. 
          AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND PLEASE THANK YOU, SPEAKER. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED 
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OVER AGAIN. 
          PAUL PAULA VAUGHN FOR PAULA VAUGHN. 
          HELLO, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          UH, YES, I'M PAULA VAUGHN AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          I ALSO WORK WITH, UH, MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT FACE, UH, HOUSING SHORTAGES AND AFFORDABILITY CRISES. 
          AND SO I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT YOU AT LEAST POSTPONE TODAY'S VOTE AND THAT IT BE CONSIDERED FOR BROADER, UH, REVIEW AND DETAIL AND, UH, SUSSING OUT THE, UH, REACTION OF THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED. 
          UH, I WAS VERY CONCERNED, UH, WHEN I WAS TRYING TO, UH, REVIEW THE WEBSITE THAT HAD THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT, UH, HOME BECAUSE WHAT I SAW WAS ALL THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, THE GREEN SPACE ISSUES, UH, IMPERVIOUS COVER AND FLOODING ISSUES GENERALLY HAD A, UH, RESPONSE THAT WAS, WE DON'T BELIEVE THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE QUICK ENOUGH TO HAVE A SEVERE IMPACT. 
          SO THE QUESTION WOULD BE, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THE DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA BE QUICK ENOUGH, HOW'S IT GOING TO SOLVE THE MIDDLE INCOME PROBLEM? THE OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, UH, AND I AM, UM, GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE METRICS THAT ARE BEING, UH, CONSIDERED FOR IN PLACE, UH, FOR THE WHOLE ACTIVITY. 
          BUT WE REALLY SHOULD KNOW, UH, BEST CASE, WORST CASE, A PROBABLE CASE ON SOME OF THESE IMPACT AREAS, ESPECIALLY FOR, UH, OUR TRANSPORTATION AND ALL OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, SITUATIONS. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT BLANKETS THE WHOLE CITY WITH ONE SOLUTION, UH, I AM IN FAVOR OF HAVING A DU UH, AVAILABILITY FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED THAT. 
          UH, BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY, UH, ASSESSING THE IMPACT AND ONCE WE GET THESE MEASURES, THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          GWENDOLYN JU GWENDOLYN, PLEASE UNMUTE MARY CHISHOLM. 
          HI, UH, MY NAME'S MARY PHAM. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR IN THE SKYVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD AND I AM AGAINST THE HOME INITIATIVE MAINLY BECAUSE THE CITY HAS NO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BUILDING, UM, THE DENSE, THE DENSITY THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          I'M NOT AGAINST DENSITY, I AM FOR THAT, HOWEVER, SPECIFICALLY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT'S A POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD WE CAN BARELY GET OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT IS. 
          UH, AND IF THIS COMES TO FRUITION, UM, I MEAN I, SO IT DOESN'T MAKE ME, CARS CAN'T GET IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR IT TAKES FOREVER. 
          UM, SO YOU KNOW, ONE, THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          TWO, THE, ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ARE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE THOUGHT ABOUT AND THAT THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          YOU ARE, WHEN YOU SAY THIS IS GONNA HELP A FACILITY, IT IS NOT, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I HOPE YOU CONSIDER POSTPONING THE VOTE AND I HOPE THAT COUNCILMAN BELLA LISTENS TO, UH, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CALLING FROM HIS DISTRICT AGAINST THE INITIATIVE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR THANK YOU ROBERT NASH. 
          HI, ROBERT NASH, DISTRICT 10. 
          APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ALISON ALTER. 
          UH, RATHER IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL JUST ECHO THE COMMENTS OF BRANDY BURTON, BARBARA EPSTEIN AND OTHERS WHO SO ARTICULATELY DESCRIBED WHY THIS IS A REALLY BAD IDEA. 
          IT'S A BAD ONE SIZE FITS ALL IDEA THAT, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD SLOW WAY DOWN AND HAVE MEANINGFUL PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING NOT JUST A LITTLE PURPLE POSTCARD. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CASSIE DERREN. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS CASSIE DERREN AND I AM A RESIDENT AND RENTER LIVING IN A DUPLEX IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN OPPOSITION OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          UM, FIRST I WANNA SAY IT'S REALLY DISINGENUOUS 
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TO HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON SAY HOW SHE VALUES COMMUNITY INPUT AND HEARING PEOPLE OUT, BUT IT'S ALREADY SPEAKING TO HOW SHE'S GOING TO VOTE. 
          IT'S ALSO NOT OKAY TO USE YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEF TO BYPASS AND SUPPRESS THE EXPRESSION OF HOW HOME IS PERSONALLY HURTING PEOPLE YOU REPRESENT. 
          AND TO THINK THAT POLICY ISN'T PERSONAL IS HUGELY PROBLEMATIC. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, I WANNA SAY IT'S HARD TO DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT IT MAKES YOUR LIFE EASY AND IT'S EASY TO DO THE WRONG THING, BUT IT MAKES YOUR LIFE HARD. 
          HOME WILL MAKE LIFE HARD. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE IS DRIVEN BY GREED AND PROFIT, NOT WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEST FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S SHORTSIGHTED TO BELIEVE THAT THIS INITIATIVE WILL DRIVE DOWN HOUSING COSTS FOR MIDDLE AND LOW INCOME. 
          HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS, MIDDLE AND LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS CAN'T AFFORD TO DEMOLISH AND REDEVELOP THEIR HOME OR BUILD AN A VU. 
          ONLY HIGH INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND INVESTORS CAN DO THIS. 
          THIS MEANS INVESTORS WILL BUY UP HOUSING FROM LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME HOMEOWNERS AND HOMEOWNERS WILL FEEL THE PRESSURE TO SELL BECAUSE PROPERTY TAXES WILL INCREASE. 
          THIS IS GENTRIFICATION BECAUSE HOME IS INVESTOR DRIVEN. 
          THERE ARE NO AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          MONEY IS WHAT'S FUELING THIS INITIATIVE. 
          INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING ONLY CAUSES HOUSING COSTS TO GO DOWN WHEN THERE IS A SUPPLY OF DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND HOME IS MISSING THIS KEY INGREDIENT. 
          WE NEED COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT. 
          WE NEED A DENSITY, NOT MARKET RATE DENSITY, AND WE NEED THESE PLANS TO ALIGN WITH OUR CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN GOALS. 
          PLEASE POSTPONE THIS VOTE OR VOTE NO TO MAKE ROOM FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND REAL SOLUTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CANDICE SWARM. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS CANDICE SWARM AND I AM A COLLEGE STUDENT WHO IS ACTUALLY HOMELESS. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THE HOME INITIATIVE HAS SOME GOOD ASPECTS TO IT AND I THINK THAT IT ALSO HAS SOME BAD ASPECTS TO IT. 
          UM, THE ONE THING THAT I LOOK AT AND IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND WHEN I SAY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I MEAN HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE TO EVERYONE. 
          UM, BEFORE I MOVED TO AUSTIN, MY DAD HAD ALREADY MOVED DOWN HERE TO WORK AT THE SAMSUNG PLANT AND HE TOLD ME SIX YEARS AGO THAT I DID NOT NEED TO MOVE TO AUSTIN BECAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD IT. 
          AND THAT WAS SIX YEARS AGO. 
          AND SINCE THEN, IT HAS ONLY GOTTEN MORE EXPENSIVE AS A HOMELESS COLLEGE STUDENT, I THINK THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO AUSTIN AND ALSO TO MINIMALIZE THE RISK OF DISPLACING FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS. 
          WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT TO BRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO AUSTIN, I'M NOT TOO SURE THAT THIS IS THE WAY OF DOING IT. 
          I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ESTABLISH MY OWN NONPROFIT, WHICH AIMS TO BUILD A SELF-SUSTAINING COMMUNITY HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR TRUE INCOME-BASED RENTAL UNITS AS WELL AS SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES. 
          AND IT'S A MUCH BETTER MEANS TO BRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAN REZONING THE CURRENT ZONES. 
          UM, WHILE MANY HAVE STATED THAT THE HOME INITIATIVE WAS NO RISK OF RAISING PROPERTY VALUES OR LEADING TO GEN, GENTRIFICATION OR DISPLACEMENT OF CURRENT RESIDENTS IN THESE ZONES, BUT THE TRUTH IS, AS AN AVERAGE CITIZEN IN AMERICA, I KNOW AS WELL AS MOST THAT THE GOVERNMENTS DO NOT ALWAYS DO. 
          THEY DO NOT ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH. 
          AND THOSE WHO ARE IN THE UPPER CLASS AND DO NOT WANT TO LOSE THE MONEY THAT THEY HAVE, UM, IF THEY CAN MAKE MORE, ALL THE BETTER. 
          THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS A BEACON OF GROWTH OF HOPE, AND A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE WITH A LARGE RANGE OF SOCIAL CLASSES LIVE HERE. 
          WHILE THEY HOLD THE POWER, THERE ARE FEWER OF THEM THAN THE AVERAGE AUSTINITE. 
          WHILE I AM HOMELESS, MY SISTER IS NOT AND I WANT HER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SPEAKER. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED STRUGGLING. 
          ANASTASIA BALDWIN. 
          HELLO? YES, YOU CAN BE HEARD. 
          HELLO. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, HELLO AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. 
          UM, I WANT TO SPEAK, UM, IN FAVOR OF AMENDING THE OCCUPANCY LIMITS FOR HOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UNRELATED. 
          UM, MY POINT OF THIS IS THAT, UM, IT ENCOURAGES CONNECTION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS THAT AREN'T CONSIDERED A NUCLEAR FAMILY. 
          UM, AND THE TERM FAMILY DOES NOT NECESSARILY ENSURE SAFETY LIKE FAMILY MEMBERS RELATED TO EACH OTHER, DOES NOT ENSURE SAFETY IN AN ENVIRONMENT AND DOESN'T ENCOURAGE LIKE INDIVIDUALS TO, UM, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY AND BE FINANCIALLY STABLE. 
          UM, I BELIEVE INDIVIDUALS BEING ABLE TO SHARE A HOME OUTSIDE THE OCCUPANCY LIMITS PROMOTES COMMUNITY AND ELIMINATES ISOLATION, ESPECIALLY 
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FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T, ARE UNABLE TO GENERATE INCOME AND WILL INCREASE CARE FOR, UM, ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
          I CAN SPEAK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UM, I'M COMING FROM MILTON, FLORIDA AS A SINGLE MOTHER AND I WAS, UH, ALLOWED TO LIVE IN A CO-OP, WHICH IT HAD MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS AND WE ARE UNRELATED AND IT WAS VERY SUSTAINABLE FOR ME, UM, VERY AFFORDABLE FOR ME 'CAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD, UM, CHILDCARE AT THE TIME. 
          SO I BELIEVE THAT INDIVIDUALS BEING ABLE TO SHARE A HOME CAN, UM, CIRCULATE RESOURCES AND, AND AND JUST OFFER SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T, THAT CAN'T REACH THAT FINANCIAL BRACKET OF LIKE 60,000 PLUS. 
          UM, AUSTIN IS IN A PROCESS OF CATERING TO A SPECIFIC CLASS OF PEOPLE, AN ECONOMIC CLASS OF PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND I, I BELIEVE THAT UM, THIS, THIS, UH, ITEM IS ENCOURAGING LIKE GROWTH AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO COME HERE AND MAKE A LIVING FOR THEMSELVES AND ELIMINATE HOMELESSNESS. 
          'CAUSE I BELIEVE HOMELESSNESS IS A BIG, I MEAN IT'S SHOCKING HOW BIG OF AN ISSUE IT IS IN THE CITY AND ALSO, UM, THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT COMES FROM THAT. 
          THANK YOU SPEAKER. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          SOLVE PROBLEMS I BELIEVE. 
          ROB SCHNEIDER. 
          ROB, PLEASE UNMUTE. 
          HI, I'M ROB SCHNEIDER. 
          I'M A VOLUNTEER MEMBER OF THE A A RP TEXAS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. 
          I'M ALSO A FORMER MEMBER OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AND I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE OF COMMON ELEMENTS FOR PEOPLE AS THEY AGE. 
          MOST PEOPLE WILL NEED SOME KIND OF CAREGIVING SUPPORT AS THEY GET OLDER AND BECOME MORE FRAIL AND MOST PEOPLE WANT TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE GIVES PEOPLE OPTIONS AS THEY AGE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE ABLE TO BUILD HOUSING ON THEIR PROPERTY THAT THEY OWN TO PROVIDE INCOME AND SUPPORT FOR THEMSELVES. 
          THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, CAREGIVERS, FAMILY OR CHOSEN FAMILY A PLACE TO LIVE TO SUPPORT THEIR CAREGIVING. 
          THEY'RE ABLE TO MOVE INTO A SMALLER HOME TO SAVE MONEY. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE, MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS FULL OF DUPLEXES, SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS, SMALL SCALE CONDO COMPLEXES, AS WELL AS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          THERE ARE PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, SIDEWALK, SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT IT'S A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THINGS TO DO IN WALKING DISTANCE AND A REAL FEELING OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH ITS OWN CHARACTER AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE CAN FACILITATE MORE OF THE KINDS OF HOUSING THAT I HAVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT CAN HELP PEOPLE SUPPORT THEMSELVES AS THEY AGE SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND IN THEIR OWN HOMES. 
          THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR PEOPLE AS THEY AGE, AND IT'S A GOOD THING FOR AUSTIN. 
          THANK YOU RODRIGO AL. 
          HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS RODRIGO AL AND I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. 
          I SERVE ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO URGE CITY COUNCIL TO PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND SERIOUSLY REFLECT ON THE CONCERNS AND ISSUES THAT THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE MOST AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT HAVE RAISED. 
          MANY OF THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SHARED STORIES ABOUT HOW FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET DUE TO LIMITED INCOMES, LACK OF REAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS AND RISING COSTS. 
          MANY HAVE BEEN PUSHED OUT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY GREW UP IN. 
          SOME ARE EVEN WITHOUT SHELTER. 
          MANY OTHER FOLKS ARE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF OUR CITY'S WORKING CLASS. 
          THEY'RE THE CUSTODIANS, THE TEACHERS, THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THE RESTAURANT WORKERS, THE SINGLE PARENTS LIVING IN RENTAL HOUSING. 
          THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KEEP THIS CITY RUNNING THAT MAKE THIS CITY'S PROSPERITY POSSIBLE. 
          ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THESE FOLKS ARE QUOTE, ESSENTIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE REFLECTED ON OUR CITY'S HISTORY OF DISENFRANCHISEMENT, OF RACISM AND THE CASTING ASIDE OF ENTIRE COMMUNITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WITH PRIVILEGE, POWER, AND ACCESS TO CITY POLITICS. 
          IF WE ARE TRULY COMMITTED TO ANTI-RACISM AND HOUSING JUSTICE, IF WE TRULY WANT FOLKS TO TRUST IN CITY GOVERNMENT, IF WE WANT LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR TO FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICE ACTUALLY MATTERS, WE SHOULDN'T SIMPLY DISPARAGE THEM BY CALLING THEM NIMBYS, BY ACCUSE THEM OF BEING ANTI HOUSING OR DISMISS THEM BY CLAIMING THAT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND, QUOTE, SIMPLE SUPPLY AND DEMAND THAT IS AT BEST PATRONIZING AND AT WORST, AN INSIDIOUS 
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ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT THEIR CONCERNS. 
          PLEASE COME TO THE COMMUNITY NEGOTIATING TABLE, COLLABORATE WITH THESE FOLKS AND THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT THEIR NEEDS. 
          THEY'RE THE ONES WHO CARRY THE BURDEN OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR BACKS. 
          THEY HAVE SEEN WHAT HASN'T WORKED. 
          THEY HAVE ASPIRATIONS FOR WHAT COULD WORK. 
          PLEASE POSTPONE THE PASSAGE OF THIS PROPOSAL AND WORK WITH YOUR MOST MARGINALIZED NEIGHBORS IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT. 
          THEY KNOW THEIR COMMUNITIES BEST. 
          ABRAHAM MARTINEZ. 
          HI. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR SCREENING TODAY. 
          UM, I DISTRICT SEVEN, A RESIDENT OF LENDALE AND AN URBAN PLANNER. 
          I ASKED COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE US BUREAUS PROJECTION OF A POTENTIAL POPULATION PLATEAU OR DECLINE BY THE CENTURY END. 
          I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES PROMOTING GRADUAL URBAN DENSITY INCREASES OVER TIME LIKE THOSE IN THE HOME ACT, WHICH ISN'T JUST ABOUT CURRENT HOUSING NEEDS, BUT ALSO PREPARING FOR A FUTURE WHERE A STABLE, DEEPLY ROOTED POPULATION CAN PREVENT URBAN DECLINE. 
          IN AUSTIN, ENCOURAGING DENSITY FOSTERS ORGANIC COMMUNITY GROWTH AND DEEP RESIDENT CONNECTIONS WITH THE CITY. 
          LEARNING FROM CITIES LIKE NEW YORK IN THE SEVENTIES AND ITS WAY TO EXPERIENCE CHALLENGES AS A RESULT OF POPULATION DECLINE OFTEN CAN PROACTIVELY BUILD A STRONG COMMUNITY RESILIENT AGAINST DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT. 
          THE COUNCIL SHOULD SUPPORT INCREASED HOUSING OPTIONS AND DENSER DEVELOPMENT TO MAINTAIN OFTEN THE VIBRANCY AND RESILIENCE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          I'D ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER PASSING THESE AMENDMENTS TO START PREP, TO START PREPARING TODAY. 
          THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL AND STAFF FOR CONSIDERING THIS PERSPECTIVE AND ALLOWING DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROCESS. 
          I TOM POLK, THIS IS TOM. 
          LET ME GET MY SCREEN ON WHERE I CAN TALK. 
          UH, A MOMENT. 
          I'M TOM POPE, DISTRICT EIGHT CHAIRMAN, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF AUSTIN, BOARD OF REALTORS AND ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH BE CAVE WOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT HOME IS READY FOR PRIME TIME BECAUSE IT RELIES SO MUCH ON HOPES AND OPTIMISTIC ASSUMPTIONS. 
          IT NEEDS ADDITIONAL DUE DILIGENCE. 
          FIRST HOME NEEDS TO STATE CLEARLY THAT IT DOES NOT APPLY IF IT CONFLICTS WITH DEEDED RESTRICTIONS. 
          CITY COUNCIL SPONSORS HAVE ASSERTED THAT EXISTING HOMEOWNERS WOULD BE PROTECTED BY DEEDED RESTRICTIONS. 
          ACTUALLY, THIS ISN'T THE CASE AS A REALTOR. 
          I PERSONALLY KNOW OF TWO CASES WHERE DEEDED RESTRICTIONS WERE ATTACKED AND WHERE THE ATTACKERS PREVAILED. 
          LITIGATION IS A TYPICAL WAY TO DECIDE WHO WINS THE PARTIES WHO GOT THEIR WAY HAD THE DEEPEST POCKETS, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          IF YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT DEEDED RESTRICTIONS ALONE WILL PROTECT THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS AGAINST WEALTHY DEVELOPERS, THEN YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH, YOU CAN ACCOMMODATE BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE WITH NO LOSS TO YOUR CAUSE. 
          SIMPLY MAKE SURE THAT HOME CLEARLY STATES THAT IT WOULD, DOES, DOES NOT APPLY IF IT CONFLICTS WITH DEEDED RESTRICTIONS. 
          THIS WOULD ENSURE THAT YOUR DEEDED RESTRICTION PROMISES COME TRUE AND YOU WOULD PREVENT MYRIAD POSSIBILITIES. 
          LITIGATION SECOND, THE PLANNING COMMISSION PRESENTED A RENDERING OF A SAMPLE OF HOME THREE UNIT RESIDENCE. 
          WHAT WE'VE NOT SEEN ARE THE ACTUAL COST OF BUILDING AND SELLING IT BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH HOME. 
          NECESSARY DUE DILIGENCE WOULD INCLUDE THE CITY COUNCIL GETTING AT LEAST ONE BUILDER TO ACTUALLY BID THIS PROJECT AND TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MUCH HE'D HAVE TO SELL IT. 
          THANK FILE YOU SPEAKER YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          AUSTIN TALBERT AUSTIN, PLEASE UNMUTE. 
          HELLO, I'M HERE. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, COUNCIL MAYOR FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          HUGE SUPPORTER OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          UM, LOOK FORWARD TO IT. 
          I JUST WANNA ADDRESS ONE THING. 
          UH, IN THE DRAFT THERE'S A PROVISION THAT'S GOING TO ELIMINATE, NOT CLARIFY THE ACCESSORY APARTMENT PROVISION. 
          UH, I SENT SOME STUFF TO COUNCIL OFFICES. 
          UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE CHEAPEST, EASIEST AND MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR EXISTING HOMEOWNERS AND RESIDENTS BY CONVERTING 
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EXISTING SPACE IN THEIR HOUSE, INCLUDING GARAGES INTO WHAT WE STILL CALL GRANNY OR UM,  UNIT THE HOUSE. 
          AND AS SOMEONE THAT'S BUILT IN A DU, THOSE ARE WHAT MAKE A IS, UM, INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE. 
          SO THIS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY AS WE ADD UNITS. 
          IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT CURRENT HOMEOWNERS AND WAYS THAT CAN MAKE IT, UM, AGAIN, EASIER, MORE FLEXIBLE AND AFFORDABLE. 
          SO JUST REMOVING THOSE RESTRICTIONS OF HAVING TO BE OVER 65 OR DISABLED. 
          THESE ARE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 
          THIS AMENDMENT HAD PASSED IN THE LAST ROUND AND ALSO, UH, IT WAS ADDRESSED IN THE 80 ORDINANCES. 
          IT JUST SOMEWHERE IN THE TRANSLATION IT GOT CLARIFIED AS A REMOVAL AND NOT A CLARIFICATION. 
          SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO LOOK AT THAT AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE AS WE'RE ADDING ENTITLEMENTS, HOW WE CAN MAKE IT MORE FLEXIBLE AS WELL WITH THE CURRENT ENTITLEMENT THAT WE ALREADY HAD WITH THAT ACCESSORY APARTMENT OR INTERNAL SUITE PROVISION. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          BYE. 
          VALERIE Z HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? PLEASE? GO AHEAD. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          HI, MY NAME IS VALERIE. 
          HI, MY NAME IS VALERIE. 
          UM, I'M THE RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I'M CALLING IT THE PART OF THE PROPOSAL. 
          UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I'VE NOTICED IS THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE HERE ARE, UM, MUCH OLDER AND THERE'S NOT AS MUCH OF A GEN Z VOICE. 
          I AM 24, I'M A BT COLLEGE GRAD. 
          AND UH, I THINK THAT FOR MANY OF THE PEOPLE MY AGE WE'RE REALLY UNSURE OF HOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING IN AUSTIN. 
          UM, AND I THINK THE HOME PROPOSAL IS LIKE A REALLY GREAT WAY FOR LIKE PEOPLE MY AGE TO LIKE HAVE LIKE HOPE OR LIKE A VISION OF HOW WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOUSE ONE DAY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE, UH, ONE OF MY, UH, FRIENDS RECENTLY HAD TO MOVE AWAY FROM AUSTIN, UH, WITH HER HUSBAND AND HER KID BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T, COULDN'T CONCEIVE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF OWN A HOME. 
          AND I THINK THAT, UH, LIKE THE HOME PROPOSAL WILL ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE CASES WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOWER INCOME AND DON'T WORK IN TECH OR FINANCE WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO STAY HERE AND, UM, BE ABLE TO HAVE A HOME NEXT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANDREW PYLE. 
          HI. 
          UM, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YES. 
          HI. 
          UM, MY NAME'S ANDREW PAO. 
          I'M A NATIVE AUSTINITE. 
          I AM MEMBER OF DISTRICT NINE AND I WANNA VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE HOAC. 
          I SUPPORT, UM, INCREASED NUMBER OF TRIPLEXES, DUPLEXES AND MULTIPLE FORMS OF HOUSING IN THE CITY. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OPTIONS FOR EVERYONE, UM, UM, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING BY THEIR FIRST HOME. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          QATAR GONZALEZ. 
          HELLO, UM, I'M CUTTER GONZALEZ. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE. 
          UH, RECENTLY MOVED BACK TO AUSTIN BECAUSE I'M A MUSICIAN AND I WAS A GRAD STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. 
          UM, AND I WANTED TO VOICE MY STRONG, STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE HOME INITIATIVE, UM, HOUSING IN AUSTIN. 
          THE HOUSING COST IN AUSTIN IS ACTUALLY WHAT INITIALLY DROVE ME OUT. 
          I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL FOR MUSIC, UM, WHICH I HEAR AUSTIN CLAIMS IT'S FAMOUS FOR. 
          UM, BUT BY NOT ALLOWING HOUSING FOR FOLKS LIKE ME, IT MADE ME AND OTHERS HAVE TO MOVE AWAY. 
          UM, AND LIKEWISE WHEN I WENT TO GRAD SCHOOL, LUCKILY I ENDED UP IN HOUSTON AND I WAS ABLE TO LIVE IN A PLACE, UH, IN MONTROSE, WHICH IS ONE OF HOUSTON'S PREMIER NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE HOUSTON DIDN'T HAVE EXTENSIVE RESTRICTIONS ON THE NUMBER OF HOMES. 
          SO I WAS ABLE TO FIND AN AFFORDABLE APARTMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN THAT ALLOWED ME TO BIKE, TAKE THE BUS AND LIVE MY LIFE AS A MUSICIAN IN A WORLD-CLASS. 
          CITY AUSTIN IS A PLACE I LOVE AND WAS READY TO, TO RETURN TO. 
          UH, AND IT WASN'T UNTIL THIS CITY COUNCIL, UM, TOOK THE HELM THAT I FELT CONFIDENT THAT I'D HAVE A HOME HERE. 
          UM, ONCE I STARTED TO HEAR SOME OF THE THINGS ABOUT REFORMING PARKING, REFORMING THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT CAN BE BUILT AND ALL THESE THINGS, I HAD THE FAITH THAT THIS WOULD BE A PLACE AFFORDABLE TO ME AND TO MY CREATIVE LIFE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. 
          SO, UM, ALL THAT TO SAY I AM 
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SUPER, SUPER GRATEFUL FOR THE COURAGE TO DO THIS. 
          I KNOW IT IS HARD TO DO IN THE FACE OF SUCH OPPOSITION, BUT PEOPLE LIKE ME DESERVE A HOME HERE TOO. 
          I'M A SEVENTH GENERATION TEXAN AND THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN MATTER, BUT IF PEOPLE LIKE ME CAN'T MAKE A HOME HERE, IMAGINE ALL THE CREATIVITY THAT WE'RE LOSING BY BEING SO RESTRICTIVE. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS IT. 
          I'M EXCITED TO WATCH THIS HAPPEN AND THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY. 
          YORGOS ECONOMIST. 
          HELLO. 
          UH, I'M IN FAVOR OF HOME AS AN INCREMENTAL STEP TO CREATE A MORE INCLUSIVE CITY THAT'S BETTER CONNECTED BY TRANSIT. 
          THE AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES FACING AUSTIN ARE NOT UNIQUE. 
          THE BLUEPRINT IS OUT THERE TO LIMIT ENVIRONMENT DESTROYING SPRAWL. 
          THE PROPOSED CHANGES IN HOME ARE VERY MODEST AND HAVE BEEN THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDERED AND RESEARCHED. 
          AND THESE CHANGES ARE VERY PERSONALLY PERSONAL TO ME. 
          MY FATHER STRUGGLED WITH DEMENTIA FOR YEARS BEFORE EVENTUALLY PASSING AWAY. 
          I WAS HIS CARETAKER FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS OF HIS LIFE. 
          TO ME, HOME BRINGS OPTIONS TO FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH ISSUES THAT ARISE PARENTS' AGE AND WILL BRING THE ABILITY TO HAVE MULTI-GENERATIONAL LIVING OR EXTRA INCOME GENERATING CAPABILITY THAT SUPPORT CARE. 
          I'VE WATCHED MY NEIGHBORHOOD OF TRAVIS HEIGHTS SEE HUMBLE DUPLEXES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED WITH LUMBERING MANSIONS. 
          FRIENDS OF MINE HAVE MOSTLY FLED CENTRAL AUSTIN DUE TO SKYROCKETING HOME PRICES AS OWNERSHIP HAS SWEPT OUT OF THEIR GRASS WHILE NOT AT PANACEA. 
          FOR ALL OF OUR CITY CHALLENGES, HOME IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO AFTER YEARS OF INACTION AND I WELCOME MORE GENTLE GROWTH POLICIES THAT BETTER INTEGRATE OUR CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALAN BAKER. 
          ALAN, PLEASE UNMUTE TAMMY EASTON. 
           TAMMY, PLEASE UNMUTE. 
          YES, HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          MY NAME IS TAMMY SEN. 
          I HAVE AN SSF THREE IN DISTRICT EIGHT RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF ROLLINGWOOD FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS. 
          BEFORE GOING INTO MY REASONS FOR OPPOSING THIS CODE, I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR WATSON THAT YOU ARE A CIVIL SERVANT AND YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO REPRESENT WHAT THE MAJORITY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS WANT. 
          AND I THINK IT'S FAIRLY OBVIOUS THAT THE MAJORITY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS DO NOT WANT THIS CODE TO BE PASSED AS IS GIVEN THE STRONG NUMBER OF OBJECTIONS. 
          YOU HAVE A DUTY TO POSTPONE THIS ORDINANCE UNTIL FURTHER DISCUSSION AND RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE. 
          ULTIMATELY, IF YOU HONESTLY CARE ABOUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND THEIR NEEDS, YOU WILL FORWARD THIS DECISION TO PEOPLE THROUGH A VOTE BY THE PUBLIC IN THE NEXT ELECTION ELECTION. 
          I APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR GOAL OF CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AS WELL. 
          HOWEVER, YOU HAVE NO PROOF THAT THIS WILL CREATE THAT GOAL. 
          I HAVE NO IDEA WHY YOU WOULD POTENTIALLY PASS A CODE OF THIS SIGNIFICANT OUT A PUBLIC VOTE AND WITHOUT FIRST TESTING IT OUT IN ONE OR TWO NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WHILE YOU THINK THIS WILL BE CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE THINK THIS WILL BE A GIFT YOU ARE GIVING TO DEVELOPERS THAT WILL HAVE DEVASTATING EFFECTS ON OVER 106,000 PEOPLE. 
          HOW DO I KNOW THAT? BECAUSE I'M A DEVELOPER MYSELF AND AS DEVELOPER, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT LAW. 
          BUT BEFORE I'M A DEVELOPER, I'M A CIVIL I, I'M A MEMBER OF COMMUNITY AND A MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT MYSELF AND MY COMMUNITY ARE PROTECTED. 
          THIS CODE WILL NOT HELP MIDDLE CLASS INCOME . 
          IT IS A CODE THAT WILL PUT MORE MONEY INTO POCKETS OF THE WEALTHY BUYERS AND INVESTORS. 
          THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THIS CODE IS THAT HOW IT WILL, IT'S CLEAR AIR CUTS CANNOT NOT HANDLE POPULATION SINCE IT'S BARELY HANGING ON NOW EVERY HOT IN THE HUNDREDS, I RECEIVE A NOTE. 
          AUSTIN UTILITIES PLEADING WITH EVERYONE TO DECREASE ELECTRICITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER TIME. 
          INSPIRING THE INSIDE TEMPERATURE. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS TERRY MCGINTY. 
          TERRY MCGINTY, PLEASE UNMUTE. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS GWENDOLYN JEWISH. 
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 GWENDOLYN? YES. 
          HI. 
          I CHECKED TO GET UNMUTED, I APOLOGIZE. 
          THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FELLOW CITIZENS OF AUSTIN. 
          I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE HAVING TO FINALLY DISCUSS THIS IN A REALLY OPEN FORUM. 
          THIS IS A TAKING WE ALL, WHEN WE PURCHASED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OR WHATEVER TYPE OF HOMES WE'RE LIVING IN, WE BOUGHT THEM WITH CERTAIN DEEDED RESTRICTIONS THAT WE UNDERSTOOD, WE WERE ABLE TO FIND OUT WAS REALLY GOING ON WITH OUR PROPERTY. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO HAVE THREE THINGS. 
          WE NEED TO POSTPONE THE CIVIL UNTIL WE HAVE MORE DATA. 
          WE NEED TO DO MORE RESEARCH, TESTING IT IN A SMALL AREA RATHER THAN BLANKING IT CITYWIDE. 
          AND WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE. 
          COMMUNICATE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS. 
          I'M A MEMBER OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM AND WE NEED TO HAVE THE CITY BE MORE TRANSPARENT. 
          THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS HOME INITIATIVE THAT'S GONNA PRECLUDE AN URBAN SPRAWL. 
          THERE'S NOTHING HERE THAT FORCES NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY. 
          THE GREENEST HOME AND THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOME IS THE ONE THAT'S ALREADY THERE. 
          THERE IS NO ECONOMICS THAT ALLOWS SOMEBODY TO DEMOLISH SOMETHING BUILD FROM SCRATCH AND MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE. 
          THAT'S JUST A PIPE DREAM, I'M SORRY TO SAY. 
          AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS. 
          THERE'S TWO HOUSES NEAR ME WHERE WE ALREADY HAD WITH OUR CURRENT SF THREE ZONING, ONE HOUSE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND IT CAUGHT THE SECOND HOUSE ON FIRE. 
          NOW TWO FAMILIES ARE OUT HOMES AND ONCE WE GET SIX HOMES ON A SF THREE AN EXIST, YOU KNOW OUR TODAY'S SSF THREE LOT, THERE'S NO WAY THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN GET TO THOSE HOUSES. 
          WE'RE JUST CREATING A BUNCH OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES WITHOUT HAVING THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED THE WHOLE THING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S REALLY THANK YOU SPEAKER. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED AND NOTHING FOR NEXT SPEAKER IST WARD. 
          HELLO. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME'S TONYA WARD. 
          I'M A CULTURAL WORKER. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I HAVE LIVED IN DISTRICT ONE AND FOUR AND SAW THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH INCREASE IN DENSITY AT THE SAME TIME AS INCREASE IN PRICE. 
          AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME THERE WAS A DUPLEX THAT WAS PUT ON A SINGLE FAMILY LOT THAT THOSE DUPLEXES WOULD SELL FOR EVEN MORE THAN THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WOULD IN MOST CASES. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF ALL THE DATA THAT THE MAYOR INTENDS TO COLLECT AFTER THE PASSAGE OF HOME FOR UH, THREE PLEXES COULD NOT JUST BE APPLIED TO ALREADY WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH DUPLEXES. 
          I THINK WE'D SEE THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, THAT THIS ACTUALLY INCREASES THE PRICE OF HOUSING, WHICH IS WHY I AM OPPOSED TO THE HOME INITIATIVE AND I CAN'T REALLY FIGURE OUT WHY. 
          BESIDES A DEEP FAITH IN TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS. 
          NO ONE HERE HAS CEASED TO EXPLAIN EXACTLY HOW THIS IS GOING TO MAKE AUSTIN MORE AFFORDABLE. 
          BUT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE DESCRIBED EXACTLY HOW WILL MAKE IT LESS AFFORDABLE. 
          AND I THINK WITH SO MANY BRILLIANT PEOPLE ON ALL SIDES OF THIS ISSUE HERE WILLING TO DISCUSS AND HOW TO MAKE THIS BETTER, WHY WOULDN'T WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER DURING THE SPRING AND COME UP WITH SOME GREAT PROPOSALS IN GOOD FAITH WITH EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER. 
          MAYBE CUT OUT THE BILLIONAIRE INVESTORS FOR A MOMENT AND TRY TO WORK ON WHAT THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY WANTS. 
          AND SO WE DON'T REMAIN DIVIDED ON THESE TYPES OF ISSUES. 
          WE COULD POTENTIALLY COME TOGETHER AND CREATE REAL SOLUTIONS. 
          I'VE HEARD A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS FROM A LOT OF AMAZING PEOPLE ALREADY TODAY. 
          I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR COMING OUT AND THANK YOU ALL, ALL FOR YOUR TIME. 
          PEACE JAS BELL. 
          HELLO. 
          UM, MY NAME IS JA BELL. 
          UM, I'M IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          I AM HAVE LIVED IN AUSTIN MY ENTIRE LIFE. 
          UM, I AM HERE TO, UH, OPPOSE HOME AND TO ASK FOR, UM, IT TO BE POSTPONED. 
          UH, I AM ALSO A HOMEOWNER. 
          I DON'T HAVE FAITH BASED ON, UH, WHAT PEOPLE HAVE DESCRIBED THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO MAKE PRICES SHOOT UP. 
          UM, THERE'S REALLY, IT DOESN'T REALLY, UH, ADDRESS THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. 
          UM, AND UM, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE SAY THE SAME WITH AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER DESCRIBED, LIKE CONCRETE REASONS AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD CONCRETE REASONS, UM, FOR HOW THIS WILL ACTUALLY MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE. 
          UM, SO I'M ASKING YOU TO POSTPONE THIS, ASKING YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY COME UP WITH 
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THOSE SOLUTIONS. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          GARY BABBITT. 
          HI, MY NAME IS GARY AND I WAS BORN IN 1989, DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT IN MONTAO SPEAKING IN SUPPORT. 
          I'D LIKE TO START BY EXPRESSING GRATITUDE. 
          GRATITUDE FOR LIVING IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD. 
          I'M GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD MY SINGLE FAMILY HOME. 
          I'D LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO INTRODUCED THIS MEASURE, UM, CHANGING HER POLICY MINDSET FROM ONE OF SCARCITY AND RESTRICTION TO ONE OF GROWTH. 
          UM, THANKS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO CALLED FOR CIVILITY, HUMANITY, AND OPEN DISCUSSION AS SHE EXERCISED HER FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND FREE SPEECH. 
          IT'S AMAZING THAT JUST A DECADE AGO THIS BODY WOULD MEET AND DISCUSS WHETHER A SINGLE RESIDENT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO INSTALL A GARAGE DOOR ON THEIR CARPORT AND IT WOULD BE AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR ALL INVOLVED. 
          AND NOW WE ARE DECIDING TO MAKE A BIG SWEEPING CHANGE LIKE THIS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO BUILD MORE ON THEIR LOTS. 
          UM, CHANGE IS HARD, IT'S DIFFICULT, IT'S EMOTIONAL, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT MOVE FOR THE CITY TO ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE AND BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE GREAT CITY THAT WE HAVE. 
          THANKS, TERRY MCGINTY. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS TERRY MCGINTY. 
          I LIVE IN NUNA NEAR 34TH STREET AND DUVAL IN A HISTORIC HOME THAT WE HAVE LOVINGLY RESTORED OVER THE YEARS. 
          UH, FOR A LONG TIME I WAS ON MAYOR WATSON'S, UH, EXERCISE ROUTE TO HE WALKED BY OUR HOUSE. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE ELIMINATION OF SIX UNRELATED ADULT LIMITS ADULTS LIVING IN A UNIT. 
          I LIVE NEAR THREE STUDENT GROUP HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, EACH OF WHICH SUPPOSEDLY HAVE A SIX PERSON LIMIT. 
          THERE ARE SEVEN SUPER DUPLEX TYPE UNITS ON MY BLOCK, WHICH WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 42 ADULTS LIVING IN THESE HOUSES. 
          ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE LIKELY IT IS MORE. 
          WE CONSTANTLY DEAL WITH PARTIES, LIVE BANDS, DJS, TRASH, ILLEGAL PARKING, DRIVING, TRESPASSING AND GRAFFITI. 
          WE HAVE BEEN TREATED TO WHAT THE SEC HOUSE REFERRED TO AS THE HALLOWEEN S**T FESTIVAL WHERE THERE WERE MORE THAN A HUNDRED ATTENDEES ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS AGO. 
          THERE WAS A LIVE BAND AT ONE OF THE HOUSES ONE DAY. 
          THERE WAS A DJ WHO PLAYED AMPLIFIED MUSIC UNTIL SEVEN IN THE MORNING. 
          WE'VE HAD KIDS SHOOT BOTTLE ROCKETS AT OUR HOUSE WILL BE COMPLAINED. 
          WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY CITY STAFF THAT THERE'S NO RECOURSE EXCEPT TO GO TO MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          THAT PUTS THE ENTIRE ONUS ON THE HOMEOWNERS. 
          WE DO GO SPEAK TO TENANTS. 
          WE CALL 3 1 1 AND NINE ONE ONE. 
          WE CONTACT OWNERS, WE CONTACT RENTAL AGENTS. 
          SOMETIMES WE GET RELEASED MOST OFTEN WE DO NOT. 
          IF YOU DO AWAY WITH THE SIX PERSON LIMIT, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BECOME A DE FACTO FRAT HOUSE PARTY AREA AND MOST OF US WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SURVIVE. 
          I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 35 YEARS, MY HUSBAND FOR 50 YEARS, AND WE IMPLORE YOU NOT TO DO AWAY WITH THE SIX PERSON LIMIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TERRELL WEDERMEYER? UM, YES, I JUST WANNA KNOW IF EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME. 
          YES, GO AHEAD PLEASE. 
          OH YES, UM, I JUST, I, I'M, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN AUSTIN. 
          UM, MY GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER OWNED A HOUSE ON EAST AUSTIN AND BASICALLY AUSTIN IS HOME FOR ME. 
          UM, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT GREW UP AROUND EAST AUSTIN ARE FAMILY AND WE DEVELOPED LIKE A LOVE FOR EACH OTHER. 
          UM, ONE THING THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT AUSTIN, ESPECIALLY EAST AUSTIN, IS THAT EVEN THROUGH EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOVE AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOW COMING INTO THE CITY ARE CAUSING A LOT OF FINANCIAL STRIFE FOR ONE ANOTHER. 
          AND UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S PUTTING A LOT OF ON OUR, OUR SHOULDERS. 
          UM, I THINK THAT I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THIS MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO TO TO SPEAK FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND TO GET ANYONE WHO IS POSSIBLY TOO FOCUSED ON LIKE THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF, OF LIFE, UM, TO KIND OF GROUND THEMSELVES 
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A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW AND TO THINK ABOUT THOSE OF US IN THE COMMUNITY THAT GREW UP IN AUSTIN AND ABOUT HOW THIS WILL AFFECT THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE FOR ONE ANOTHER. 
          AND WE'RE TRYING TO BASICALLY KEEP OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT OUR ANCESTORS STARTED. 
          THIS IS WHAT THE ONES THAT WENT BEFORE US STARTED. 
          SO THIS IS KIND OF LIKE US COMING TOGETHER WITH OUR VOICES. 
          WE MAY NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES FINANCIALLY, BUT WE'RE COMING TOGETHER WITH OUR HEARTS AND UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE NIKA ARNOLD AND JUST PRETTY MUCH MY ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR JUST COMING TOGETHER AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SHARING THEIR VOICES AND THEIR OPINIONS AND THEIR LOVE. 
          AND I JUST HOPE THAT YOU KNOW ANYONE ON THE, THE OPPOSITE SIDE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, ANYONE TRYING TO BASICALLY PUSH FORWARD WITH THIS AGENDA, UM, CAN JUST KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE SO IN THEIR HEARTS WITH, WITH WITH LIFE. 
          YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS HAS CAUSED A LOT OF SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          THAT CONCLUDES REMOTE SPEAKERS. 
          SO THIS SESSION IS ENDED. 
          UM, I'LL NOW GO ON TO IN PERSON. 
          SO AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, THERE ARE TWO PODIUMS. I'M GOING TO CALL FIVE PEOPLE AT A TIME. 
          PLEASE USE EITHER ONE OF THE VACANT OR OPEN, UH, PODIUMS. UM, YOUR NAME WILL BE CALLED ONCE AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT. 
          UM, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS ANTHONY LUSARDI, FOLLOWED BY CYRUS, TASHA, COREY, LISA GRAY, LISA WIMBERLEY, AND TINA BARRETT. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU, UM, BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          READY? GO AHEAD. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS ANTHONY AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE. 
          I'M SPEAKING IN TODAY AS THE SUPPORT OF HOME. 
          THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS WONDERFUL BILL AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE FOR PROPOSING IT. 
          I ALSO WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS VELAZQUEZ AND HARPER MADISON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VELAZQUEZ FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE SPEECH OPPOSING THE I 35 EXPANSION BECAUSE WE NEED VOICES LIKE YOURS TO SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, FOR YOUR ABILITY TO BE DIRECT AND TO CALL OUT MISINFORMATION. 
          AND IT'S A RARE QUALITY THAT IS SORELY NEEDED IN OUR POLITICAL DISCOURSE. 
          MY WIFE AND I ARE HUGE FANS OF YOU AND WE SHOULD ALL BE SO BRAVE TODAY. 
          AUSTIN IS IN A HOUSING CRISIS BECAUSE OF OUTDATED AND OFTEN RACIST LAND USE POLICIES. 
          POLICIES THAT ARE NOT UNIQUE TO AUSTIN BUT ARE ENDEMIC ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND THERE ARE SINS THAT WE CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE AND PAY FOR, BUT WE ARE NOT ONLY FACING A HOUSING CRISIS. 
          INSTEAD OUR HOUSING CRISIS IS PLAYING LARGE PART IN UNRAVELING OUR SOCIAL FABRIC WITHOUT REALIZING THAT WE'VE BEEN PLACED IN BOXES. 
          OUR HOMES ARE DISTANT AND THEY LACK SIDEWALKS, CARS SPEED DOWN WIDE RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND KIDS CAN'T PLAY SAFELY. 
          OUTSIDE HOUSES ARE GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER AND THEY'RE HOLDING LESS OF US. 
          THE AVERAGE NEW HOME IN AUSTIN IS OVER 3000 SQUARE FEET AND HOLDS TWO PEOPLE. 
          PEOPLE WE'VE PUSHED OUT OF AUSTIN NOW DRIVE THEIR DOGS TO PARKING LOTS TO WALK THEM AND PARENTS DRIVE THEIR KIDS 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR EACH WAY TO ATTEND SCHOOL, VISIT A PARK, OR SEE FRIENDS. 
          AND THIS IS NOT NORMAL BEHAVIOR. 
          WE HAVE ALTERED OUR CITIES TO BE INHUMANE, COLD AND DISTANT. 
          WE, OUR ACTIONS CAUSE OUR WORLD TO HEAT UP WHILE OUR PERSONAL LIVES GROW COLDER. 
          WE ARE COLLECTIVELY LONELY, POLARIZED AS YOU CAN SEE AND POORLY HOUSED. 
          BUT IT'S NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM FOR MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. 
          PAUL TO CHARLOTTE AND RALEIGH, ARLINGTON, HOUSTON, OREGON AND MONTANA. 
          GOOD PEOPLE THERE AND ELSEWHERE ARE DOING THE WORK TO HEAL THIS BETTER LEGACY. 
          AND SO SHOULD WE. 
          HOME IS ONE OF MANY, MANY NECESSARY STEPS TOWARDS REPAIRING OUR CITY. 
          IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE AND THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO IN NO TIME TO RAISE. 
          WE WILL SUCCEED IN THIS AND WE MUST SUCCEED IN THIS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING ME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. 
          AND BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION TO THE AUDIENCE THAT THERE ARE TVS BEHIND US TOO. 
          SO IF YOU SEE PEOPLE STEP OFF TO GRAB A SODA, WE CAN STILL HEAR THE TESTIMONY. 
          I JUST, JUST DIDN'T WANT YOU TO THINK BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE MOVING AROUND THAT. 
          UM, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          HI, I'M LISA GRAY. 
          I AM FOR THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          FIRST I WANNA THANK COUNSEL FOR LOOKING AT THIS. 
          I KNOW YOU'VE ALL DONE YOUR RESEARCH AND THIS IS NOT A FLIPPANT VOTE FOR ANY OF YOU. 
          A LOT OF THE OPPOSITION TALK ABOUT NOT BEING AFFORDABLE ENOUGH AND I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THEM, BUT THAT SHIP HAS SAILED. 
          WE NEEDED THESE CHANGES 10 YEARS AGO TO KEEP UP WITH THE PEOPLE MOVING HERE. 
          WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW IS TO KEEP UP THE LOW END OF THE PRICE RANGE TO KEEP IT DOWN AND TRY AND LOWER IT. 
          IF WE DO NOTHING, IT WILL KEEP GOING UP. 
          SO LET'S LOOK AT SOME DATA. 
          I DID A SEARCH OF THE BRENTWOOD CRESTVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE I LOAD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND UM, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA. 
          I TRIED THIS IN MANY DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS TOO. 
          AND IT'S THE SAME THING. 
          FOR EXAMPLE HERE I LOOKED AT THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES UNDER $450,000. 
          GO TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          THIS IS THE AREA. 
          ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO REPRODUCE THIS CAN DO THIS. 
          I DIDN'T 
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DO ANY TRICKS. 
          AND THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE 25 RESULTS EXCLUDING THE FLOODPLAIN, WHICH MOST PEOPLE DO NOT WANNA LIVE IN. 
          IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO ANY REPAIRS IN THE FLOODPLAIN. 
          UM, AND IT'S A FLOODPLAIN. 
          SO ANYWAYS, UH, EXCLUDING THE FLOODPLAIN, THE TOP ARE IN, ARE THE SHARED LOTS. 
          YOU CAN SEE I HAVE TO MARK IT OUT 'CAUSE IT'S DATA, BUT THE, YOU CAN SEE THE B ONE, B ONE, ALL THOSE ARE SHARED HOMES, SHARED LOTS, TWO HOMES ON A LOT. 
          SO WE ARE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW AND IT IS WORKING. 
          ZERO OF THOSE FIRST 15 ARE HOMES ON ONE LOT. 
          SO THIS IS PROVIDING THE LOWER END OF THE MARKET FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND SO THEN I THOUGHT, OKAY WELL LET'S LOOK AT SOMETHING MORE RECENT. 
          'CAUSE CRESTVIEW HAS GOTTEN MORE EXPENSIVE, THERE'S NOTHING FOR THAT PRICE ANYMORE. 
          UM, CAN YOU GO THE NEXT ONE? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU GO BACK ? I THINK WE SKIPPED AROUND HERE. 
          SORRY. 
          GO FORWARD . 
          I GUESS YOU SKIPPED THE DATA PART, BUT THAT'S OKAY. 
          THIS IS CURRENT ACTIVE FAMILY HOMES RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT WAS MY TIME UP ALREADY. 
          OKAY, , I'M CALLING UP THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS. 
          IF YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM, EITHER ONE AND MA STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED CINDY REED WHO HAS DONATED TIME BY BOBBY LAVINSKY. 
          AND I SEE MR. LAVINSKY HERE. 
          SO CINDY GETS FOUR MINUTES. 
          UM, ON DECK IS KIRK MARK, LEAH MAYOR PRO ACHE DAVID WHITWORTH AND SHE'S ABOUT TO LEAVE. 
          I'M TRYING TO CATCH HER. 
          DID YOU NEED THE LAST SPEAKER? I WANTED TO ASK MS. MS. GRAY COULD HAVE YOU SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR OFFICES. 
          WOULD YOU MIND DOING SO? WELL, UM, YOU COULD SHARE IT WITH THE CLERK WHO COULD SHARE IT WITH US ALL OR YOU COULD SEND IT TO US ELECTRONICALLY. 
          I'D APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME ON UP SO THAT AS SOON AS ONE SPEAKER'S FINISHED THAT YOUR NEXT IN LINE. 
          CAN I GO? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          GROWING UP THE EAST SIDE WAS A BUSTLING COMMUNITY THAT NO ONE ELSE DESIRED, BUT PEOPLE LIKE ME, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME? CINDY REED. 
          I REMEMBER CROSSING THE FREEWAY WHILE ATTENDING UT AND MS. ALBERT, WHO OWNED A MAKESHIFT BEAUTY SHOP ACROSS FROM DOWNSVILLE, WOULD REMINISCE ABOUT HER FORMER FRIEND AND CLIENT, THE GREAT BARBARA JORDAN. 
          NOW THAT LITTLE SHOP'S GONE AND WHAT STANDS ARE LUXURY HOMES? THE HISTORY ERASED MY MEMORY OF OUR CHATS MAKES ME THINK OF THIS QUOTE FROM BARBARA JORDAN. 
          IF WE PROMISE AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS WE MUST DELIVER. 
          IF WE AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS PROPOSE WE MUST PRODUCE. 
          YOU ARE PROPOSING A PLAN WITHOUT PRODUCING ANY STUDIES OR EVIDENCE OF ITS IMPACT. 
          AS PUBLIC OFFICIALS, YOU SHOULD NEVER IMPLEMENT PLANS THAT IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES BASED ON HOPING THE PLAN WILL WORK OUT. 
          IT SHOULD BE BASED ON SOUND DATA STUDIES AND COUNTLESS RESEARCH. 
          THE PROBLEM WITH THIS PLAN IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO STUDIES ON INFRASTRUCTURE, EQUITY, GENTRIFICATION, AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND ADDING AMENDMENTS THE DAY OF THE VOTE IS NOT BEING TRANSPARENT. 
          YOU DON'T DO STUDIES AFTER IMPLEMENTATION. 
          YOU DO THEM BEFORE. 
          THAT'S WHAT FORECASTING IS FOR. 
          THIS PLAN IS NOT ABOUT HOUSING THOUGH IT'S ABOUT LAND. 
          AND BY REZONING ALMOST THE ENTIRE CITY FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY, YOU ARE EFFECTIVELY COLONIZING THE LAND THROUGH REZONING, TAKING IT OUT OF THE HANDS OF SINGLE FAMILY, HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS AND GIVING IT BY LEGISLATIVE FORCE TO DEVELOPERS THAT IS WRONG. 
          SPECULATORS ARE ALREADY CIRCULATING. 
          AND AS A REALTOR IN SOMEONE ADEPT AT COMPETITIVE MARKET ANALYSIS AND COMPARATIVE CELLS, I KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS FOLKS START TO SELL, THE LAND VALUE WILL GO UP AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING YOU CAN'T PROTEST ON YOUR TAXES. 
          LANDLORDS WILL HAVE TO RAISE RENTS AND HOMEOWNERS THAT CAN'T AFFORD THE INCREASE WILL HAVE TO SELL. 
          THE AUSTIN MEDIAN INCOME IS 86,500, MAKING 80,000 THE MAX YOU CAN AFFORD AT 252,000 A TEACHER MAKES 55 FIREFIGHTER, 54 POLICE OFFICER 65. 
          OUR WASTE PICKUP PROFESSIONALS 39. 
          SO THIS IS FOR THE MIDDLE INCOME. 
          THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE OUR CITY TICK. 
          THE NEW HOUSING BUILT WILL NOT BE FOR THESE FOLKS. 
          RIGHT NOW. 
          A 500,000 HOME IN D FOUR WITH 20% DOWN WOULD HAVE A MORTGAGE PAYMENT OF $4,000 YOU WOULD NEED OF A, UH, INCOME OF 142,000 TO AFFORD IT. 
          FINANCIAL WEBSITE MOTLEY FOOL STATES THAT THE UPPER CLASS TOP 20% OF EARNERS MAKE 149,000. 
          THIS IS AN UPPER CLASS PLAN, NOT A MIDDLE INCOME PLAN. 
          WE HAVE AN UNDERSUPPLY OF TRULY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TO GET THAT DONE, IT WILL TAKE TARGETED POLICIES AND MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE AN IMPACT. 
          DEREGULATION AND TRICKLE DOWN HOME ECONOMICS DOES NOT WORK. 
          DO MORE AFFORDABLE PROJECTS WITH CITY LAND TRUST AND HOUSING PARTNERSHIPS. 
          MY FRIEND EMMA, A TEACHER AT A ISD AND SINGLE MOM PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS AND NOW SHE CAN LIVE CLOSER TO HER SCHOOL. 
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EXPAND THESE PROGRAMS, MAXIMIZE WHAT'S ALREADY CAPABLE. 
          TODAY, ALMOST EVERY SINGLE FAMILY LOT IS ALLOWED IN A DU. 
          HOMEOWNERS AREN'T TAKING ADVANTAGE BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS MIRED IN RED TAPE AND PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE. 
          BRING DOWN PERMIT COSTS. 
          SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS. 
          PRE-APPROVED 10 TO 20 A DU PLANS THAT CAN BE FAST TRACKED THROUGH PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS. 
          IT'S IRONIC THAT YOU'RE MANAGING THE OCCUPANCY OF THIS ROOM YET YOU WANT TO REMOVE OCCUPANCY SAFETY FOR RESIDENTS. 
          WE, WHAT WE'LL SEE ARE HIPSTER CO-OPS WHERE YOU EEK OUT MORE PROFIT PER BED A AKA PODS AND THAT WILL BE MORE MONEY THAN A A AIRBNB COULD EVER DREAM OF. 
          500 PER BED, 200 BUCK BEDS. 
          THAT'S 6,000 A MONTH IN A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE. 
          WHO'S ASKING FOR THAT? THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE MOST IMPACTED ARE THE LABORERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING. 
          AND I'M HERE FOR MY PEOPLE. 
          THE LOW INCOME, THE LABORERS, THE BLACK, THE BROWN, THE ELDERLY, THOSE ON FIXED INCOME DON'T RUIN AND DISPLACE YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHEN IMPACT HASN'T BEEN STUDIED. 
          I CANNOT JUSTIFY PUSHING OUT THE POOR SO THAT HIGH INCOME EARNERS CAN FEEL EMPOWERED TO TAKE PEOPLE'S LAND. 
          THIS IS WRONG. 
          VOTE NO. 
          AND POSTPONE. 
          DO MORE STUDIES. 
          PLEASE PROCEED. 
          STATE YOUR NAME AT THE PODIUM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER AND AS, AS ASKED EARLIER, SNAPS ALSO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS AND GET US MOVING SO THAT EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO SPEAK TODAY PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, HI. 
          UH, MY NAME IS LISA WIMBERLEY. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME PROPOSAL. 
          I'VE BEEN LIVING IN MY HOUSE FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS AND IN THAT TIME I'VE SEEN MANY INITIATIVES THAT ARE MEANT TO MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD TOWARD PROGRESS LIKE BIKE LANES, ADUS, CODE NEXT AND EVEN SIDEWALKS. 
          AND THESE ARE ALWAYS MET WITH THE SAME NEGATIVITY AND ALMOST ALWAYS FROM THE SAME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO STOP PROGRESS AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. 
          OFTEN RESORTING TO SCARE TACTICS, FEARMONGERING MISINFORMATION, CONSPIRACY THEORIES, EV EVEN LAWSUITS SUCH AS THE MIND-BOGGLING LAWSUIT AGAINST AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED. 
          I'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH TIME WE SPEND DISCUSSING, LISTENING, TRYING TO CONVINCE, SHOWING DATA AND SCIENCE AND VAST NUMBER OF ACADEMIC STUDIES THAT SUPPORT ANY GIVEN STEP TOWARD PROGRESS. 
          WE WILL NEVER CONVINCE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO BE CONVINCED, WHO USE FEAR AND UN SCRUPULOUS SCARE TACTICS AS A METHOD TO GET THEIR WAY WHO ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN THEIR MY, THEIR OWN MYOPIC SELF-SERVING VIEW. 
          I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK PAST THIS AND TO SEE HOW MUCH SUPPORT THERE IS FOR THE HOME ORDINANCE. 
          IT IS VAST. 
          OUR CITY, OUR CONSTITUENTS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS NEED THIS. 
          OBJECTIVELY SPEAKING, RELATIVELY MODEST PROPOSAL CHANGE PROPOSED CHANGED. 
          IF YOU DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOMENTUM AND THIS OVERWHELMING SUPPORT NOW, WE MAY HAVE TO WAIT A GENERATION TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS WILL SUFFER FOR IT. 
          PLEASE DON'T LET THE USUAL DETRACTORS SWAY YOUR RESOLVE. 
          DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE CITY, FOR THE CLIMATE, FOR THE YOUNG GENERATION AND PASS THE HOMES PROPOSAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS TINA BARRETT. 
          UM, . 
          I'M A 20 YEAR RESIDENT OF ROSEDALE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO ADMIT I'M ALSO A DEVELOPER. 
          I BUILD URBAN HOMES ON SMALL LOTS IN THE CITY CORPS. 
          I REALLY WANT TO KEEP DOING THIS TO MAKE A LIVING AND SUPPORT MY FAMILY. 
          SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF HAVE SAID WE NEED A LOT MORE HOUSING TO SUPPORT OUR GROWING CITY AND STAVE OFF RISING HOUSING PRICES. 
          NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE DIVERSE HOUSING TYPES TO MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE. 
          THE STATE OF TEXAS ISN'T GOING TO DO THIS. 
          ORDINARY CITIZENS AREN'T GOING TO DO THIS AND THE CITY CAN'T DO THIS ALONE. 
          WE, THE DEVELOPERS ARE THE ONES WHO YOU ARE DEPENDING ON TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          YET MY CENTRAL AUSTIN NEIGHBORS WANT TO MAKE IT HARDER TO BUILD SMALL HOUSES ON SMALL LOTS. 
          THEY BELIEVE THE ONLY, THAT ONLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BELONG IN CENTRAL AUSTIN. 
          AND SURE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE THE EASIEST AND CHEAPEST THING TO BUILD. 
          I CAN EASILY BUILD MORE HOMES NOW THAT SELL FAR WELL INTO THE MILLIONS LIKE THE ONES GOING UP IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN ROSEDALE. 
          THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT TO BUILD. 
          GIVE ME THE TOOLS TO BUILD TRIPLEXES, FOURPLEXES, COTTAGE COURTS AND TOWN HOMES. 
          THE MORE BARRIERS THAT ARE IN PLACE, THE MORE DEVELOPERS LIKE ME WILL THROW UP OUR HANDS AND GIVE YOU MIL, MULTIMILLION DOLLAR MANSIONS AND KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ONLY FOR THE RICH BOARD. 
          AFFORDABILITY ISN'T THE ONLY ISSUE. 
          I THINK MANY OF MY ROSEDALE AND DALE LA NEIGHBORS WOULD AGREE THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS A MAJOR ISSUE FACING ALL OF US. 
          ACCORDING TO ANALYSIS BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AVERAGE NEIGHBORHOOD DENSITY IN THE AUSTIN METRO AREA FELL BY 5% IN RECENT YEARS. 
          THE SECOND HIGHEST DECLINE IN THE NATION SAN ANTONIO IS FIRST BECAUSE OF ALL THAT SPRAWL. 
          AUSTIN LEADS THE STATE'S MAJOR METRO AREAS IN THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF MILES DRIVEN DAILY ACCORDING TO TXDOT AND THE ZONING LAWS WE HAVE NOW ONLY PUSH HOME BUYERS FURTHER AND FURTHER TO THE SUBURBS WHERE THE MILES DRIVEN DAILY 
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WILL ONLY GO UP. 
          OUR CITY ISN'T AFFORDABLE, OUR PLANET IS ON FIRE. 
          WE CANNOT KEEP THE STATUS QUO. 
          THANK YOU MARK KIRK. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I LIVE WITH MY WIFE AND 10-YEAR-OLD SON IN A 1952 HOME COMPLETE WITH A CRUMBLING FOUNDATION IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          WE DESPERATELY WANT TO REMAIN IN AUSTIN. 
          WE ALL WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THERE ARE NO PROVISIONS IN THIS ORDINANCE TO ENSURE THIS. 
          WHEN NINE TO 12 UNITS CAN BE CITED ON A LOT LAND VALUES AND PROPERTY TAXES WILL SKYROCKET. 
          DISPLACING AUSTIN RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 
          MM-HMM , AMEN. 
          THOSE NINE TO 12 UNITS WILL MOSTLY BE REYNOLDS OWNED BY INVESTORS, NOT INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES. 
          THIS IS NOT THE PATH TO INCREASED HOME OWNERSHIP OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS ORDINANCE TO PREVENT THIS. 
          AND WE KNOW FROM THE LAST 25 YEARS OF AUSTIN REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT THAT THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN. 
          DEREGULATION IS ALWAYS EXPLOITED BY A FREE MARKET. 
          WHEN THE EFFECTS BECOME APPARENT, THREE GROUPS ARE GOING TO BE EXTREMELY ANGRY. 
          FIRST COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN EAST AUSTIN WHO ARE BEING DISPLACED BY THE EXTRAORDINARILY DEVELOP EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE, ASPIRING HOMEOWNERS WHO FIND THAT THEY ARE STILL PAYING EXORBITANT RENTS FOR THOSE INVESTOR OWNED UNITS AND MIDDLE CLASS HOMEOWNERS AND FAMILIES LIKE MY OWN, WHO ARE BEING FORCED OUT OF AUSTIN BY CRUSHING PROPERTY TAXES FROM BEING COMPED AGAINST AN EXISTING HOME THAT WAS SOLD, DEMOLISHED AND TURNED INTO 12 UNITS. 
          MAYOR WATSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I BEG YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK AND RAISE FAMILIES HERE. 
          IF YOU APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE AS IT STANDS WITHOUT ADDRESSING INVESTOR EXPLOITATION THAT WILL OCCUR, YOU'LL BE KNOWN AS THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL THAT CREATED AN UNPRECEDENTED INVESTOR HANDOUT AT THE EXPENSE OF AUSTINITES, PARTICULARLY PEOPLE OF COLOR AND MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES. 
          PLEASE TAKE A STEP BACK, POSTPONE AND WORK TOWARDS A BETTER SOLUTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          LET'S HEAR FROM OUR NEXT SPEAKER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK HERE TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS LAN ANI. 
          I AM A PROUD RENTER AND DISTRICT NINE AND I'M AN ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTER OF HOME. 
          I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP, ESPECIALLY THE CO-SPONSORS OF HOME, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER LESLIE POOLE AND MAYOR WATSON ON THIS, ON TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO TACKLE THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. 
          MY PARENTS IMMIGRATED AS REFUGEES AFTER THEY WERE KICKED OUT OF AFRICA BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN. 
          AND THEIR FIRST HOME WAS A DUPLEX THEY RENTED. 
          AND IN THAT DUPLEX, THEY MADE A HOME FOR THEMSELVES AND MY FAMILY. 
          THAT DUPLEX WAS OUR HOME. 
          A DUPLEX IS A HOME, A TRIPLEX IS A HOME, AN APARTMENT IS A HOME, AND A SINGLE FAMILY IS A HOME. 
          A HOME IS A HOME IS A HOME. 
          AND I AM WONDERING IF MY FAMILY INSTEAD CAME IN 2023 TO AUSTIN AS REFUGEES IF THEY COULD FIND A HOME FOR THEMSELVES HERE. 
          AND IF NOT, WHY ARE WE NOT BUILDING HOMES FOR PEOPLE LIKE MY FAMILY? AND WHERE WILL WE BE BUILT THEM? WILL YOU ALLOW THEM TO BE BUILT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? SO I'M ASKING COUNCIL TODAY TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE FOR PEOPLE LIKE MY FAMILY AND THE PEOPLE WHO WANT COME TO THE CITY FOR VARIOUS REASONS, EITHER AS REFUGEES OR AS ASPIRING ARTISTS OR AS ENTREPRENEURS OR PEOPLE WHO WANNA WORK IN OUR CITY AND MAKE IT GREAT. 
          LET'S BUILD HOMES FOR THEM, WHETHER THOSE HOMES BE DUPLEXES OR TRIPLEXES OR APARTMENTS OR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS. 
          PLEASE LISTEN FOR YOUR NAME. 
          YOU'RE ONLY BEING CALLED ONCE, RILEY PATTERSON, NORA EZ MOELLER. 
          KIM COOK, DWAYNE REED, A WISE AZAR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AT THE PODIUM AND APPROACH ANY OF THE, UM, AVAILABLE PODIUMS. IF YOUR NAME WAS JUST CALLED, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME ON DOWN SO YOU'RE CLOSE TO A MICROPHONE. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          HI, I'M RILEY PATTERSON. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF TERRYTOWN IN DISTRICT 10. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING THIS MEASURE IN FRONT OF US TODAY. 
          UM, AS WE'RE ALL TOO AWARE, HOME OWNERSHIP IS SLIPPING OUT OF THE REACH FOR AN INCREASING PROPORTION OF AUSTINITES. 
          UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT HOME AND THE PHASE ONE IS A CRITICAL FIRST STEP IN TACKLING THIS AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. 
          UH, I LOVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UH, THE BLOCK I'M ON HAS A NUMBER OF ADUS AND 
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SMALLER HOMES, INCLUDING MINE ON A 2,700 SQUARE FOOT LOT, UH, THAT HAVE PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEWER RESIDENTS THAT OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD TO, UH, UH, TO, TO JOIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, IT'S THE MOST WALKABLE PART OF TARRYTOWN. 
          IT'S NEAR DEEP PETTY, A NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS, A NUMBER OF SHOPS, UM, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER, UH, UNITS IN THE AREA ARE UNABLE TO BE BUILT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T BUILT BEFORE THE 1984 CODE OR BECAUSE WE, THERE, YOU'RE ALREADY BUILT IN A DU AND THERE ARE ONLY TWO UNITS ON THE, THERE ARE ALREADY TWO UNITS ON THE LOT. 
          UH, THIS PHASE ONE WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE DENSITY IN THIS AREA THAT OBVIOUSLY COULD BENEFIT FROM THAT DENSITY WHERE, UM, IT'S, UH, UH, IT WOULD ALLOW ACCESS TO PEOPLE THAT OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT SEE HOME OWNERSHIP AS A POSSIBILITY FOR THEM IN 2020 THREES AUSTIN. 
          UM, IT'S, I, I, UM, I, I I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ENABLING PHASE TWO AND ALLOWING FOR MORE LOTS TO SPLIT LIKE OURS HAVE BEFORE THE 1984 CODE, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT, UM, THE, THE, THE CURRENT LOT SIZE JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR WHAT THE CURRENT LAND VALUES ARE IN AUSTIN. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY AND, UM, UM, YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, MY, MY NAME IS NORA LEE NOTEZ MILLER. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING WORKS AUSTIN. 
          WE ARE A 5 0 1 C3 ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES ON RESEARCH, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES AND ADVOCACY AROUND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN THE TOWN, IN THIS TOWN AND IN THE REGION. 
          HOUSING WORKS. 
          AUSTIN SUPPORTS ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO IMPLEMENT PHASE ONE OF THE HOME OPTIONS FOR MIDDLE INCOME EMPOWERMENT, THE HOME INITIATIVE AND THE REMOVAL OF DWELLING UNIT OCCUPANCY LIMITS. 
          THESE AMENDMENTS WOULD ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GREATER DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS THAN CURRENTLY ALLOWED IN SINGLE FAMILY ZONE DISTRICTS, WHICH WOULD INCREASE ACCESS TO ATTAINABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSEHOLDS AT A RANGE OF INCOME, ESPECIALLY FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS AND SENIORS FOR OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS WISHING TO REMAIN IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND INCREASE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS. 
          WE FURTHER RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER PROVIDING DIRECTION TO CITY STAFF TO INCREASE ACCESS TO PROGRAMS THAT ENSURE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME. 
          HOMEOWNERS ARE ABLE TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF INCREASED DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND ARE PROTECTED FROM PREDATORY REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES. 
          HOUSING WORKS TAGLINE IS ALL KINDS OF HOMES IN ALL PARTS OF TOWN FOR ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE SPEAKS CLEARLY TO THIS TAGLINE AND WE URGE PASSAGE OF THIS IMPORTANT EFFORT. 
          WE THANK THE COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE FOR, UH, MOVING FORWARD ON YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS INITIATIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS KIM TYSON COOK. 
          I'M HERE IN OPPOSITION OF HOME. 
          I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, INCLUDING 31 IN MY HOUSE IN NORTHWEST TILLS. 
          FOR 20 YEARS I WAS A BUSINESS REPORTER CO COVERING AUSTIN REAL ESTATE. 
          LIKE MANY HOMEOWNERS, WHEN I RECEIVED THIS LAVENDER POSTCARD IN THE MAIL WITH MY JUNK MAIL, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS MUCH OF CONSEQUENCE. 
          I WOULD LOOK AT IT LATER. 
          THAT WAS ALL THE NOTICE THAT I AND 170,000 HOMEOWNERS IN AUSTIN HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT WHAT IS A VERY CONSEQUENTIAL CHANGE. 
          I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY 80% OF AUSTIN RESIDENTS PROBABLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S IN HOME AND ALL THE DETAILS, HOW'S IT GONNA AFFECT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD? THERE WAS NO CITYWIDE VOTE ON SOMETHING THAT WOULD AFFECT EVERY SINGLE LOT IN THIS CITY. 
          THERE WAS NO OUTREACH TO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          MY NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP ONLY HAD ITS MEETING THE DAY AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING ON THIS. 
          I CAME DOWN TO THAT NOVEMBER 14TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FULLY INTENDING TO SPEAK, BUT INSTEAD DECIDE I'D LISTENED TO THE FIVE HOURS OF TESTIMONY. 
          WHAT I HEARD WAS CITY COUNCIL STAFF SAYING NO STUDIES HAD BEEN COMPLETED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THIS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, ON UTILITIES, ON FIRE, ON SCHOOLS. 
          THE CITY WOULD HAVE NO POWER TO ENFORCE DEEDED RESTRICTIONS AND HOMEOWNERS WOULD BE LEFT OFFEND FOR THEMSELVES, SUING THEIR NEIGHBORS. 
          I HEARD EAST SIDE RESIDENTS WORRIED ABOUT POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE FLOODING, THAT THEY HAD NO DEEDED RESTRICTIONS. 
          THERE WAS NOTHING IN HOME TO ENSURE THAT ACTUAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE BUILT. 
          I DUG MORE AND FOUND THERE WAS NO STUDIES OF WHETHER THIS KIND OF URBANIZATION ACTUALLY PRODUCES AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I HAVE REALTOR FRIENDS WHO TELL ME THEY'VE DONE THE NUMBERS AND IT STILL DOES NOT RESORT RESULT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AN URBAN INSTITUTE REPORT IN MARCH LOOKED AT 1,136 CITIES THAT TRIED 
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SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          WE FIND NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE, ADDITIONAL LOWER COST UNITS BECOME AVAILABLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 
          MY NAME IS DWAYNE REED FROM DISTRICT FOUR. 
          MR. CHEETO VELAS, UH, DISTRICT. 
          THERE ISN'T, THERE ISN'T COVERAGE THAT IS FAIR, UH, ON THIS ISSUE. 
          UH, I DON'T SEE CASEY CLAIRBORNE OR NIKITA JOHNSON TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT THIS PLAN HAS GOING AGAINST IT. 
          UH, IT'S EXCLUSIONARY. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          IT IS, UH, IT YOU, THERE IS, UM, ARBITRARY. 
          THERE'S ARBITRARY, SORRY, THERE'S GONNA BE A STRAIN ON INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UH, I'D LIKE YOU TO DO WHAT YOU SAID FIRST, WHICH IS LIMIT AIRBNB. 
          ENCOURAGE AFFORDABLE AND PUNISHED WITH, UH, AND PUNISH THOSE THAT DO NOT, DO NOT HAVE AFFORDABILITY IN THEIR PLAN. 
          UH, THIS WILL ALLOW THE WEALTHY TO GET WEALTHIER BECAUSE ALL YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS TAKE THEIR LAND, MAKE IT MORE EXPENSIVE, THEREFORE, PUSHING OUT THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE THERE, INCREASING THE RANTS OF RENTERS. 
          UH, THIS IS, THIS IS MORE PURGING OF THE REMAINING SOUL OF AUSTIN WITH THESE WHERE SHORT TERM RENTALS WILL BE, UH, WILL BE THE NORM AND PROBABLY OVERTAKE, UH, OVERTAKE WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF AIRBNBS THAT ARE OUT THERE, THEY OUTSTRIPPED THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE, UH, THE AVAILABLE HOUSING. 
          MANY OF THESE PLANS HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT, AND PEOPLE WILL TALK ABOUT IT MORE HERE. 
          WHAT, WHAT I WANT TO TO SAY IS THAT GIVEN ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE WRONG WITH THIS, HOW CAN YOU GO FORWARD WITH THIS? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY EN ENGAGEMENT. 
          THIS IS A PUBLIC FORUM. 
          NATASHA HAS SAID THAT SHE'S ALREADY MADE HER MIND UP. 
          WHY, WHY ARE WE HERE? W WHAT ARE WE DOING? I, I I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. 
          IT, HOW CAN YOU, HOW CAN YOU MAKE YOUR MIND UP WHEN THERE'S TONS OF PEOPLE HERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S AGAINST WHAT'S, WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT? AND YOU SAID YOU'RE DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU SAID YOU'RE DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          MAY, MAY I PRETEND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO LET, UH, MY COLLEAGUES KNOW, AND THOSE IN THE CHAMBER KNOW THAT I HAVE POSTED THREE ADDITIONAL MOTION SHEETS. 
          I'LL PASS THEM OUT HERE. 
          AND THEY'RE IN THE BACKUP ONLINE. 
          THEY'RE MOTION SHEET TWO, THREE, AND FOUR. 
          THEY RELATE TO WHAT I, UM, RAISED THIS MORNING IN TERMS OF THE FAR EXEMPTIONS, THE FRONT YARD SETBACK, UM, AND THE DATA COLLECTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR PROAM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS SESHA AND I'M AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATE. 
          I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          FIRST, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER LESLIE POOLE FOR BRINGING THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES, LABOR GROUPS, PRESERVATION ADVOCATES, AND FOLKS WORKING TO EXPAND SUPPORT FOR SENIORS AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS ARE INCLUDED IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AS THIS MOVES FORWARD. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF COUNCIL FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON AFFORDABILITY AND INCREASING HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL IN AUSTINITE. 
          I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, KADRI AND FUENTES FOR BRINGING FORTH AMENDMENTS THAT IT ADDRESSED CONCERNS RAISED BY STAFF IN RESPONSE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S AMENDMENTS ON FAR SETBACKS, PRESERVATION BONUS, AND THE SUSTAINABILITY, UH, BONUS. 
          THESE AMENDMENTS MEANINGFULLY ADDRESS ALL CONCERNS RAISED BY STAFF AND ENSURE THAT THE FOCUS OF HOME REMAINS ON AFFORDABILITY, PRESERVATION, AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          I ASK AT THIS TIME THAT ALL OF COUNCIL SUPPORT THESE AMENDMENTS FROM, UH, THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I ALSO ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT AMENDMENTS FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER POOL TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THIS OR ORDINANCE IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY AND TRACKING OUTCOMES. 
          IN, IN ADDITION, I SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER THAT FURTHER, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS AS A COMMUNITY HOME WILL EXPAND HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, PARTICULARLY OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SUCH OPPORTUNITIES TODAY. 
          THIS INITIATIVE CAN ALLOW SENIORS TO AGE IN PLACE AND ACCESS HOUSING THAT BENEFITS THE NEEDS OVER THE LIFECYCLE OF THEIR HOUSEHOLDS. 
          THE PRESERVATION BONUS AS CHAMPIONED BY PRESERVATION AUSTIN AND OTHER PRESERVATION ADVOCATES CAN HELP PROTECT HISTORIC CHARACTER AND MINIMIZE THE TEAR DOWN OF HOMES, THEREBY ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS AS WELL. 
          THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT HOME ALONE CANNOT ADDRESS ALL OF OUR AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD. 
          HOWEVER, THE HOME INITIATIVE CAN PLAY A KEY ROLE IN ADVANCING OUR COMMUNITY'S 
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AFFORDABILITY AND HOUSING GOALS. 
          AND THAT IS WHY I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT IT. 
          ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I JUST WANNA SAY, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, WELCOME BACK. 
          IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOUR VOICE ON THIS EYES. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE JASMINE KELLY, JASMINE KELLY, MARSHALL GAYER, VIVIAN PATTERSON, CARLOS PINON, BETSY GREENBERG. 
          HAS TIME DONATED BY HELEN PLEVIK. 
          IS MS. PLEVIK HERE? THANK YOU. 
          MS. GREENBERG GETS FOUR MINUTES. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, MAKE YOUR WAY TO A PODIUM IF AVAILABLE. 
          PLEASE DON'T SIT DOWN. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM. 
          IF YOUR NAME WAS JUST CALLED, GO AHEAD AND COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. 
          I WAS LAST. 
          IT DOESN'T MATTER. 
          JUST GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT. 
          OKAY, I HAVE SLIDES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS BETSY GREENBERG AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          I'M OPPOSED TO THE HOME INITIATIVE AND I, I HEAR THE WORDS ABOUT INTENT TO MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE FOR THOSE WITH MIDDLE INCOMES, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE LIP SERVICE TO ME. 
          IF YOU REALLY WANNA HELP WITH AFFORDABILITY INSTEAD OF GIVING AWAY ENTITLEMENTS, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER INCREASED ENTITLEMENT TO BE A DENSITY BONUS IF AND WHEN THE DENSITY BONUS IS USED, THERE SHOULD BE A REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION INTO A HOUSING AFFORDABILITY TRUST FUND THAT IS USED TO BUILD, PRESERVE AND REHABILITATE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH THE LOWEST INCOMES. 
          IF YOU CONSIDERED AFFORDABILITY, I WOULD BELIEVE THAT WAS REALLY A GOAL HERE. 
          RIGHT NOW, I DON'T, I WILL SPEND THE REST OF MY TIME. 
          HOW DO YOU GET THIS TO GO FORWARD? OKAY. 
          OOPS, IT'S GONE TOO FAR. 
          SORRY. 
          I'LL SPEND THE REST OF MY TIME TALKING ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF OCCUPANCY LIMITS. 
          THE PROPOSED CODE CHANGE READS AS IF THE OCCUPANCY LIMIT WILL CHANGE FROM SIX UNRELATED ADULTS TO 16. 
          IF YOU LIVE NEAR A HOUSE WITH SIX UNRELATED ADULTS AS I DO, YOU'D KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE BIG PROBLEMS. IF YOU READ THE WORDS CAREFULLY, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE CODE CHANGE WILL ALSO ALLOW AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE. 
          UNLESS FOOD IS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIRD PARTY FOOD IS INAPPROPRIATE AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE DRAFT LANGUAGE. 
          TODAY, THE RESOLUTION FOR REMOVING OCCUPANCY LIMITS FOR UNRELATED ADULTS REFERENCE LANGUAGE ABOUT OCCUPANCY LIMITS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CODE. 
          THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE PROVIDES SOME LIMIT ON OCCUPANCY BASED ON THE SIZE OF BEDROOMS AND TEXAS PROPERTY CODE LIMITS OCCUPANCY TO THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS IN A HOUSE WITH APOLOGIES TO REAL ARCHITECTS. 
          THIS DRAWING ILLUSTRATES A 2300 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE WITH 11 BEDROOMS THAT 33 ADULTS COULD OCCUPY AND COMPLY WITH BOTH OF THESE CODES. 
          THE HOUSE IS ALLOWED TODAY, AND IF OCCUPANCY LIMITS ARE REMOVED, THERE WILL BE AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE TO BUILD IT. 
          RELYING ON AN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD LIKE THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, WHICH ALSO ALLOWS BEDROOMS OUT WINDOWS, DOES NOT PROVIDE THE HOUSING I BELIEVE WE WANT. 
          IN AUSTIN, CURRENTLY AUSTIN CODE INSPECTS ROOMING HOUSES AND BOARDING HOMES TO ENSURE THAT PROPERTIES ARE CLEAN AND SAFE. 
          AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY INSPECTIONS FOR ALL MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES. 
          CURRENTLY, HOMES WITH SEVEN OR MORE UNRELATED ADULTS ARE INSPECTED BY CODE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          IF THE NEW GROUP RESIDENTIAL DEFINITION IS ADOPTED, ONLY HOMES WITH MORE THAN 16 RESULT ADULTS. 
          IF THIRD PARTY PROVIDES FOOD, WILL RECEIVE INSPECTIONS. 
          THIS MEANS OCCUPANTS WILL RECEIVE NO PROTECTIONS FROM THE CITY. 
          AS PART OF THE CODE CHANGE, FAMILY AND GROUP HOME DEFINITIONS ARE BEING REMOVED. 
          THESE ARE HOMES THAT PROVIDE CARE FOR ILL ELDERLY, DISABLED, AS WELL AS FOSTER CHILDREN AND JUVENILES, UNLESS THERE ARE AT LEAST 17 ADULTS, FOSTER CHILDREN AND JUVENILES NEVER QUALIFY AND FOOD IS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY, THERE WILL BE NO LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND NO FIRE OR SAFETY INSPECTIONS. 
          AS THESE FACILITIES ARE OFTEN RUN BY FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES, REGULATION IS CRUCIAL. 
          THIS CODE CHANGE WILL SUBJECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS TO ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EVEN EXPLOITATION. 
          THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANTED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 
          HI, MY NAME IS MARSHALL GEIER. 
          UM, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 17 YEARS AND MY WIFE 
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AND I ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE RECENTLY BECOME HOMEOWNERS IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          UH, MOST OF MY PEERS, HOWEVER, HAVE NOT BEEN SO LUCKY. 
          UM, I'M HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE HOME ACT. 
          SO IN AUSTIN, WE HAVE TO MAKE PROACTIVE DECISIONS TO MOVE BEYOND THE STATUS QUO THAT SO MANY WITH PRIVILEGE FIGHT HERE TO PRESERVE AND THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. 
          THIS MEANS PRIORITIZING THE ENVIRONMENT, PREVENTING MORE SPRAWL, PROMOTING RESIDENTIAL DIVERSITY AND HELPING OUR YOUNG AND WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORS FIND A WAY TO ESTABLISH A HOME HERE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. 
          THE HOME ACT WILL BE A FANTASTIC START TO PROVIDING MORE HOUSING IN OUR CITY THROUGH URBAN INFILL, WHICH WE ARE INCR AN INCREASING NEED FOR AS OUR CITY APPROACHES. 
          ITS ITS MAXIMUM CAPACITY FOR THE AMOUNT OF DAILY CARS DRIVING AROUND. 
          WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON REDUCING SPRAWL AND MAKING SMART CHOICES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT TODAY AND NOT TOMORROW. 
          THE HOME ACT WILL PROVIDE HELPFUL PROGRESS ON BOTH OF THESE ITEMS AS WE HEAD TOWARDS PROJECT CONNECT'S ESTABLISHMENT AND MAKE OTHER STRIDES TOWARDS HAVING BETTER TRANSIT IN THE CITY. 
          WHEN I LOOK AROUND THE ROOM TODAY OF PEOPLE COMING TO TESTIFY, FOR THE MOST PART, I DON'T SEE THE FUTURE OF AUSTIN REPRESENTED HERE. 
          OUR LOCAL POLITICAL SYSTEM MORE OFTEN THAN NOT FAVORS FOLKS, HEY, HANG ON, HANG ON. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          STOP. 
          STOP HIS HOLD HIS TIME FOR A SECOND. 
          REALLY, WE NEED TO HAVE A RESPECTFUL HEARING AND EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE, PLEASE DO NOT CRY OUT LIKE THAT. 
          UH, IT IT, IT'S INAPPROPRIATE. 
          THAT'S NOT THE WAY AUSTIN WANTS TO DO ITS BUSINESS. 
          EVEN IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH WHERE THINGS END UP, WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE SOMEONE CAN SAY WHAT THEY THINK AND YOU RESPECT THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO WHAT THEY THINK AS OPPOSED EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THEM. 
          SO ACT LIKE YOU WOULD WANT YOUR KIDS TO ACT AND, AND I SUPPOSE THAT'S IT FOR SOME OF YOU, RIGHT? OUR LOCAL POLITICAL SYSTEM, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT FAVORS AUSTIN HOMEOWNERS THAT FIGHT AGAINST MORE HOUSING BEING BUILT BECAUSE IT RELIES ON YOUNG PEOPLE NOT KNOWING ABOUT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND THEIR VOICES NOT BEING HEARD. 
          ULTIMATELY, IF WE CONTINUE TO UPHOLD THE ARTIFICIAL HOME SCARCITY VIA LEGISLATION, WE'LL PRICE OUT EVEN MORE AUSTINITES IN FAVOR OF ENRICHING THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE ALREADY SITTING ON MASSIVE INVESTMENTS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AS YOU GO AHEAD. 
          HI THERE. 
          MY NAME IS VIVIAN PATTERSON. 
          UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN IN DISTRICT 10 WITH COUNCILWOMAN TER. 
          UM, AND I'M HERE TO TODAY TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE IN THE DEEP EDDIE PART OF TERRYTOWN AND OUR HOUSE IS A 1600 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE, UM, ON A PRETTY SMALL LOT THAT'S BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN. 
          YOU BASICALLY COULDN'T BUILD A HOUSE LIKE THAT TODAY. 
          UM, AND WE LOVE IT. 
          IT'S LESS LAWN TO MAINTAIN, IT'S LESS HOUSE TO MAINTAIN. 
          IT'S UM, BUT IT'S BIG ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, OUR GROWING FAMILY. 
          SO WE LOVE THE LOCATION. 
          WE TAKE THE BUS DOWNTOWN, WE WALK TO THE LAKE TRAIL, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HEB UM, REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO, UH, HAVE A BABY AND TAKE HER TO HEB AS WELL. 
          IT'S IN A GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT AND UM, WE'RE NOT CAR DEPENDENT. 
          UM, AND OUR NEIGHBORS AREN'T EITHER. 
          WE COULD ONLY AFFORD BUYING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THE HOUSE AND THE LOT ARE SMALL AND WE GOT REALLY LUCKY. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE WOULD GIVE MORE PEOPLE AND FUTURE GENERATIONS, YOU KNOW, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN, OPPORTUNITIES TO LIVE WHERE THEY WANT TO LIVE AND THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN IF WE START ALLOWING THE OPTION OF HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING TODAY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THE COUNCIL HAS DONE SO FAR, UM, ON CONSIDERING THE INITIATIVE AND DOING STUDIES AND PUTTING IN LOTS OF WORK AND, UM, PLEASE SUPPORT THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR WATSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS CARLOS PINON. 
          I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT FIVE AND WORK AT POED, WHICH SERVES DISTRICT THREE. 
          I LIVED IN AUSTIN FROM 2015 TO 2019 AS A STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AT UT AND RETURN JUST THIS PAST APRIL. 
          BUT SEEING WHAT YOU PLANNED WITH THE HOME INITIATIVE AS IS, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'LL BE POSSIBLE FOR ME TO STAY HOME, LITERALLY HAS NO AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT, SO I QUESTION HOW THIS WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME. 
          AUSTINITES MARKET RATE HOUSING ONLY PRODUCES HOUSING FOR BUYERS AND INVESTORS ACCELERATING GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT OF LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS OF COLOR BY DRIVING UP PROPERTY TAXES, RENT AND INCENTIVES FOR DEVELOPERS TO TAKE OVER NEIGHBORHOODS AND DEMOLISH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          IN ORGANIZING WHAT PO COMMUNITY POWERED A TX AND THE WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, THAT HOME WILL INEVITABLY FORCE AWAY FROM AUSTIN. 
          I'VE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY'S LONGSTANDING HISTORY OF SYSTEMIC DISPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, SPECIFICALLY IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT FROM THE 1928 MASTER PLAN IN REDLINING TO URBAN REMOVAL ON THE FAILED CODE NEXT HOME IS PERFECTLY POISED TO BE ANOTHER PEG IN THE SHAMEFUL LINEAGE. 
          NOTE 
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THAT THIS ISN'T A FIGHT AGAINST DENSITY, IT'S A FIGHT AGAINST DENSITY WITHOUT REGULATION. 
          IF YOU PAID ATTENTION, YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN IT HAPPEN. 
          AS PROFIT MARGINS ARE HIGHEST IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT, DEVELOPERS WILL DEMOLISH HOMES TO BUILD LUXURY APARTMENTS AND ICE FOUR TOWN HOMES LIKE THEY'VE DOUBT DONE. 
          IN THE PAST, WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY SEVERAL CITY STAFF THAT THERE'S BEEN MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT SINCE THE LAST HEARING, IT'S BEEN CLEAR THAT THAT CITY'S OUTREACH DID NOT REACH MOST OF THOSE WHO WILL BE IMPACTED. 
          IF YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN HAVING THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE IN THIS DECISION, WHY IS A DECISION THAT WILL COMPLETELY UP PEEVE THE CITY BEING MADE DURING THE WORKDAY? TWO WEEKS BEFORE EVERYONE LEAVES FOR HOLIDAY BREAK, PLEASE VOTE NO ON HOME OR AT THE VERY LEAST, POSTPONE THE VOTE SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO CRAFT REAL RESIDENT LED SOLUTIONS. 
          ONES THAT ENSURE CITYWIDE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY, ACTUALLY REQUIRE AFFORDABILITY AND PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT. 
          AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU MUST THINK ABOUT YOUR LEGACY AND HOW LATER GENERATIONS FROM THE FAMILIES THAT HOME WILL DISPLACE CONSIDER YOU YEARS DOWN THE LINE. 
          STOP SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF PROFIT AND LISTEN TO YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR CONSTITUENCY, THE VULNERABLE WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHO VOTED YOU IN. 
          STOP HOME NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS DAVID WHITWORTH. 
          I HAVE BEEN A SMALL INFILL BUILDER WITH MY WIFE IN CENTRAL NORTH AUSTIN. 
          FOR 20 YEARS WE HAD PROJECTS WHERE WE BUILT THREE HOMES IN PLACE OF SINGLE HOMES. 
          THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD APPROPRIATE FAMILY HOMES SERVE AS ON THE GROUND EXAMPLES SHOULD YOU WANT TO REFERENCE THEM, WE BUILT THEM UNDER A SEPARATE SECTION OF CODE SMALL CALLED SMALL LOT AMNESTY, BUT ON THE GROUND THEY ARE SIMILAR TO THE HOME INITIATIVE IN DWELLING COUNT AND SIZE, THEY WERE THREE HOMES AT 63% FAR, JUST REGULAR LOOKING NEIGHBORHOOD APPROPRIATE FAMILY HOMES. 
          WERE THEY DEEPLY AFFORDABLE? NO, THEY WERE NEW MARKET RATE, BUT THEY DID SELL BELOW THE AVERAGE HOME PRICE IN THE AREA AND THEY SOLD WELL BELOW THE OTHER NEW HOUSING PRODUCTS IN THE AREA. 
          ALAS, THERE WERE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS AND COUNCIL SHUT DOWN THAT SECTION OF CODE AND RESPONSE. 
          IT WAS PRUDENT AND IT RESPECTED THE WISHES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOLED, AS A MATTER OF FACT, VOTED TO STOP SMALL HOMES IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. 
          BUT WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS THE NORTH LOOP NEIGHBORHOOD NOW SUPPORTS MULTIPLE SMALLER HOMES. 
          AGAIN, WHAT THEY LEARNED WAS THAT THEY GOT SINGLE MILLION DOLLAR HOMES INSTEAD AND AS OWNERS THEY HAD LESS FLEXIBILITY WITH THEIR OWN PROPERTIES. 
          YOU RECENTLY PASSED THE VELA RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY AND ON CONSENT TO BRING THAT SECTION OF CODE BACK, NOBODY SIGNED UP OR PULLED THEM, PULLED THE ITEM BUILDERS ARE JUST THE DELIVERY MECHANISM. 
          THEY'LL BUILD WHAT IS ALLOWED. 
          AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTION WAS REMOVED AND BUILDERS KEPT ON ROLLING WITH EXPENSIVE SINGLE HOMES. 
          THIS IS PUBLIC POLICY. 
          WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE? THIS IS NOT FOR THE BUILDERS, IT'S FOR THE BUYERS, WORKING PROFESSIONALS AND FAMILIES BESIDE THE MEGA RICH. 
          BESIDES THE MEG, THE MEGA RICH ARE NOT BUILDING CORNER TRIPLEXES THAT CAPITAL NEEDS TO FIND HUGE DEALS. 
          THIS IS NOT A GIVEAWAY, THIS IS NOT A ZERO SUM GAME. 
          MANY OF THE FAMILIES WE SOLD HOMES TO OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS MADE MORE MONEY WHEN THEY SOLD THEIR HOMES THAN WHEN WE SOLD THE HOME TO THEM, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          THIS POLICY PROVIDES HOUSING OPTIONS AND VALUE THROUGH HOME EQUITY TO THE RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AT A MIDDLE PRICE THAT DOESN'T EXIST TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE ADRIAN MACIAS, LEONARD WE, BENJAMIN WOOSLEY, ROGER KAVIN AND JAKE WEGMAN WITH TIME DONATED FROM ZACH FADI IS ZACH HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND FROM MIRIAM SCHOEN FIELDS, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO MR, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. 
          MR WEGMAN GETS SIX MINUTES. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ADRIAN MACIAS. 
          I'M THE YOUNG SCHOLARSHIP JUSTICE COORDINATOR FOR PORTA. 
          THE RECENT PROPOSAL HOME IS UNAFFORDABLE FOR THE LOWER MIDDLE AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. 
          WITH THIS PROPOSAL RESOLUTION, DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS WILL BILL FOR THE WEALTHIEST BUYERS. 
          THIS WILL PRESSURE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK TO SELL THEIR HOMES TO INVESTORS DUE TO THE RISING PROPERTY TAXES. 
          AS A YOUTH COORDINATOR, I TEACH KIDS THAT COME FROM WORKING IN LOWER MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES. 
          IF HOME IS TO GO THROUGH, I'M FINDING THAT ONE DAY I WILL HEAR FROM ONE OF MY STUDENTS OF THEIR PARENT OR THEIR PARENTS THAT THEY WILL LOSE THEIR HOME. 
          I'M ALSO AFRAID FROM MY STUDENTS' FUTURE WITH ALL THEIR HOME, WITH ALL OF THEM GROWING UP IN AUSTIN, I'M WORRIED THAT THAT THEY WILL HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING A PLACE OR LET ALONE STAY IN THE CITY. 
          DUE TO THE HIGH, HIGH PRICES ON HOUSING, HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT NEED LOW INCOME HOUSING AND NOT HIGH PRICE TOWN HOMES. 
          SO PLEASE, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING UP, I'M ASKING YOU TO POSTPONE THE VOTE ON HOME AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE POSTPONEMENT ON HOME, I WILL ASK YOU ALL OF YOU TO RECONSIDER YOUR DECISIONS AND VOTE NO ON HOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR 
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AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M ROGER COVEN. 
          I LIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I'M HERE REPRESENTING FRIENDS OF AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS, A COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND RESIDENTS. 
          RECLAIMING THE WORD NEIGHBORHOOD TO INCLUDE THE FULL DIVERSITY OF VOICES MOVING BEYOND NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTIONISM. 
          CURRENTLY IT IS ILLEGAL TO BUILD A DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF HOMES IN MUCH OF AUSTIN, THEREBY EXCLUDING FAMILIES FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND CITY. 
          WE BELIEVE INCLUDING MORE NEIGHBORS AND A GREATER DIVERSITY OF NEIGHBORS ENRICHES OUR LIVES. 
          BUT BEYOND ENRICHING OUR LIVES, ABUNDANT AND DIVERSE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORS MAKE FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE CITY. 
          URBAN SPRAWL AND THE COST OF PUBLIC SERVICES FOUND THAT THE PER CAPITA COST OF MOST SERVICES DECLINES WITH DENSITY. 
          THE INFLUENCE OF URBAN FORM ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE US HOUSEHOLD SECTOR FOUND THAT INCREASED DENSITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED CO2 EMISSIONS AND REDUCED RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION. 
          HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT AND WATER PROTECTION FROM THE EPA FOUND THAT HIGHER DENSITY GROWTH GENERATES LESS STORMWATER RUNOFF PER HOUSE AT ALL SCALES. 
          HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT PRODUCES LESS RUNOFF AND LESS IMPERVIOUS COVER THAN LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND FOR A GIVEN AMOUNT OF GROWTH, LOWER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS MORE OF THE WATERSHED DENSITY ZONING AND CLASS SEGREGATION IN US METROPOLITAN AREAS FOUND THAT RESTRICTIVE DENSITY REGULATIONS PREVENT THE CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH DENSITY, MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING AND THEREBY LIMIT THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY INCREASING THE AVERAGE PRICE OF UNITS IN AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE EXCLUSION OF LOWER INCOME PEOPLE. 
          FRIENDS OF AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTS THE HOME INITIATIVE AS A MODEST STEP TOWARDS LEGALIZING THE FULL DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TAX. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO? HELLO, MY NAME IS BENJAMIN WOOSLEY. 
          I'M A RENTER IN DISTRICT NINE AND I URGE SUPPORT OF THE HOME ACT. 
          I RUN THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION, WHICH IS A PRO PEOPLE PROPLAN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. 
          YOU CAN FIND US@ACC.ECO. 
          WHEN THE CITY GROWS IN POPULATION, IT HAS ONLY TWO OPTIONS FOR ACCOMMODATING NEW RESIDENTS TO INCREASE ITS HOUSING DENSITY WITH INFILL DEVELOPMENT OR TO SPRAWL OUTWARDS. 
          BY ENABLING INFILL DEVELOPMENT, THE HOME ACT WILL GREATLY REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF NEW RESIDENTS BY REDUCING THE DISTANCE THEY NEED TO TRAVEL FOR THEIR DAILY COMMUTE AND PLACING THEM IN AREAS WITH MORE AMENITIES THAT THEY CAN WALK TO, LESS DRIVING AND TRAFFIC COMPARED TO THE ALTERNATIVE AND WHICH ALSO MAY ENABLE THEM TO COMMUTE BY SCOOTER, BIKE OR BUS FURTHER REDUCING THEIR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND ON TRAFFIC. 
          FINALLY, INCREASED DENSITY MEANS THAT MORE TR TRANSIT PROJECTS WILL BECOME VIABLE BECAUSE THE RIDERSHIP EXISTS TO JUSTIFY EXPANSION. 
          BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ASPECT THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME, THE FUTURE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN AUSTIN. 
          IF YOUNG GRADUATES AND PROFESSIONALS CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY A HOME IN THE PLACES THAT THEY PREFER TO LIVE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING BOUGHT THEM LONG AGO, SOME WILL LEAVE DEPRIVING US OF THEIR ENERGY AND VITALITY. 
          OTHERS WILL INSTEAD RENT FOREVER AND NEVER ENJOYED THE BENEFITS OF HOME HOME OWNERSHIP, WHICH INCLUDE FINANCIAL AND HOUSING STABILITY AND INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF FAMILY FORMATION. 
          THIS ACT PRODUCES A PATHWAY FOR MORE YOUNG FAMILIES TO EXIST IN AND PARTICIPATE IN THIS CITY THAT WE LOVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE RITA THOMPSON, CHRIS GANNON, EDGAR HANDEL, GEORGE COFER. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME UP AND IF THERE'S AN EMPTY PODIUM, GO AHEAD AND STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. 
          THAT WAY WE'LL KNOW THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE HERE. 
          SO PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I'M JAKE WEGMAN AND I'M SPEAKING FOR SIX MINUTES. 
          UH, I'M A RESIDENT IN COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS DISTRICT AND A FACULTY MEMBER IN COMMUNITY REGIONAL PLANNING AT UT. 
          RIGHT OFF THE BAT, I WANT TO NOTE THAT I'M ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF UPROOTED A 2018 STUDY COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY ABOUT GENTRIFICATION RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENT. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT HERE THAT UPROOTED DOESN'T REALLY SAY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WHETHER THE HOME INITIATIVE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT WOULD EITHER SPEED UP OR SLOW DOWN DISPLACEMENT OF INCUMBENT RESIDENTS IN GENTRIFYING NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UH, I'M PERSONALLY VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME PROPOSAL, BUT I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR TODAY THAT I'M SPEAKING ONLY FOR MYSELF, NOT ON BEHALF OF UT AND NOT ON BEHALF OF THE TWO OTHER AUTHORS OF THE UPROOTED REPORT. 
          OKAY, SO WHAT DO WE KNOW FROM RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU MAKE IT EASIER TO BUILD ON SINGLE FAMILY ZONE PARCELS? NOT MUCH ACTUALLY. 
          AND FOR A PRETTY SIMPLE REASON, WHICH IS THAT FOR ALMOST A CENTURY, SINCE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING BECAME WIDESPREAD IN THE 1920S, WE'VE HAD PRACTICALLY NO EXAMPLES IN THE 
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US OF LOOSENING IT UP. 
          IT'S PRETTY HARD TO STUDY SOMETHING THAT FOR MOST OF OUR LIFETIMES JUST HASN'T HAPPENED. 
          WE MIGHT NOT KNOW MUCH, BUT LUCKILY WE KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN NOTHING AT ALL. 
          THIS IS BECAUSE A SMALL HANDFUL OF OTHER CITIES HAVE JUST BEGUN TO PASS REFORMS ALONG THE LINES OF HOME. 
          ALTHOUGH ALL OF THEM IN JUST THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH ONE BIG EXCEPTION, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN A BIT OF THE RECENT REFORMS MAY BE THE MOST INSTRUCTIVE FOR AUSTIN, IS PORTLAND'S RESIDENTIAL INFILL PROGRAM. 
          PORTLAND IS A DECENT COMPARISON FOR AUSTIN BECAUSE ITS MEDIAN HOUSE PRICE IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO OURS AT THE CURRENT MOMENT. 
          ACCORDING TO A CITY COMMISSION REPORT THAT LOOKED AT THE EFFECTS OF THE FIRST YEAR OF THAT REFORM, WHICH TOOK EFFECT IN SUMMER OF 2021, THE REFORM WAS WORKING LARGELY AS INTENDED, LIKE HOME. 
          PORTLAND NOW LETS YOU BUILD MORE IF YOU BUILD MULTIPLE SMALLER UNITS ON A PARCEL RATHER THAN ONE ENORMOUS HOUSE. 
          THE PROGRESS REPORT FOUND INDEED THAT IONIZATION HAS BEEN GREATLY CURTAILED BY THE REFORM. 
          NOW TWO TO SIX UNIT PROJECTS ARE BEING BUILT IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT PORTLAND RATHER THAN CONCENTRATED IN ONE PARTICULAR AREA. 
          MANY OF THEM ARE DELIVERING MUCH MORE REASONABLY PRICED HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAN WAS PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE IN THOSE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THE REPORT INCLUDES AN EXAMPLE OF A 12 UNIT PROJECT BUILT ON MULTIPLE ADJACENT LOTS THAT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE REFORM. 
          IT'S IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS ROUGHLY AS FAR FROM PORTLAND'S DOWNTOWN AS HYDE PARK IS FROM WHERE WE'RE STANDING HERE, THE AVERAGE UNIT IN THE PROJECT IS TWO BEDROOMS A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND SELLS FOR $420,000. 
          THE OTHER EXAMPLE THAT I THINK IS MOST RELEVANT FOR US IS HOUSTON. 
          NOW THIS ONE'S INTERESTING NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO US, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS PASSED IN THE LATE NINETIES. 
          SO IT'S BEEN LONG ENOUGH SO THAT WE CAN SEE ITS EFFECTS. 
          AND HERE I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE IT'S TRUE THAT HOUSTON IS FAMOUSLY THE ONLY BIG CITY IN THE US THAT DOES NOT HAVE ZONING, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A WILD WEST PLACE WHERE YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT. 
          HOUSTON DOES IN FACT HAVE LAND USE REGULATION. 
          IT JUST DOES IT WITH A BUNCH OF SEPARATE LAWS RATHER THAN WITH ZONING. 
          IN 1998, HOUSTON'S MAYOR AND COUNCIL CHOSE TO CHANGE ONE OF THOSE LAWS AND THEY REDUCED THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR A HOUSE FROM 5,000 SQUARE FEET DOWN TO 1400 UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          SO THIS WAS SOMEWHAT PARALLEL TO WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT YEAR HERE UNDER HOME PHASE TWO. 
          AT THIS POINT I WANNA BRING UP A PEER REVIEWED STUDY THAT I AUTHORED ALONG WITH TWO OF OUR TALENTED UT PHD STUDENTS, AA, NOMAN, BAKAY AND JOSH CONRAD ON WHAT HAPPENED ON PARCELS WHERE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES ON LARGE LOTS IN HOUSTON WERE REPLACED BY SMALL LOT TOWNHOUSES. 
          WE IDENTIFIED JUST OVER 5,000 SUCH TOWNHOUSES THAT WERE BUILT BETWEEN 2007 AND 2020. 
          THEY WERE MOSTLY BUILT IN CLOSE IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT IN 2000 ALREADY HAD MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOMES WELL ABOVE THE CITYWIDE AVERAGE. 
          OR TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, WE DID NOT FIND THAT HOUSTON'S MINIMUM LOT SIZE REFORMS FIELD GENTRIFICATION. 
          INSTEAD, THE NEW BUILD TOWNHOUSES ENDED UP IN PREDOMINANTLY AFFLUENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE URBAN CORE. 
          WE ALSO COMPARED THE TOWNHOUSES BUILT ON SINGLE FAMILY LOTS BETWEEN 2007, 2020 TO ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES ON LARGE LOTS BUILT IN HOUSTON DURING THAT SAME TIME PERIOD AS OF 2020, THE MEDIA NEW TOWNHOUSE BUILT ON A LOT SUBDIVIDED FROM WHAT USED TO BE A LARGE SINGLE FAMILY PARCEL, WAS ASSESSED FOR $235,000 LESS THAN THE MEDIA NEW BUILD, LARGE LOTS, SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE BUILT IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD. 
          AND THIS IS NOT A CASE OF THE TOWNHOUSES BEING CHEAP BECAUSE THEY'RE SMALL. 
          THE MEDIAN ONE IS OVER 2100 SQUARE FEET. 
          SO ON THE WHOLE, THESE NEW TOWNHOUSES ARE PROVIDING MUCH MORE AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. 
          IF YOU WANNA SEE OUR STUDY, JUST TYPE TALL SKINNY HOUSES HOUSTON INTO YOUR SEARCH ENGINE AND IT'LL COME RIGHT UP ON THE NYU FUR AND CENTER WEBSITE. 
          AND IF YOU WANNA SEE THE PORTLAND STUDY DONE BY CASCADIA PARTNERS TYPE PORTLAND RESIDENTIAL INFILL CASCADIA AND YOU'LL GET TO A CITY OF PORTLAND WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THAT STUDY. 
          LET ME CLOSE WITH AN OBSERVATION. 
          I'VE PAID REALLY CLOSE ATTENTION TO PROPOSALS SIMILAR TO HOME THAT HAVE BEGUN TO SURGE IN THE US IN THESE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          BUT ONE THING THAT I SEE REALLY RARELY IS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO HAS THE INTELLECTUAL HONESTY TO TRULY CHANGE HER MIND. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE'S SPONSORSHIP OF HOME IS SO NOTABLE UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING. 
          SHE AND THE MAYOR OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA ARE TWO OF THE ONLY ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO'VE MADE A COMPLETE SWITCH TOWARD FULLY EMBRACING SMALL LOT MULTI-UNIT DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE TURN IT OUT IN BERKELEY, WHICH WAS LONG FAMOUS IN CALIFORNIA FOR RESISTING HOUSING, HAS BEEN DRAMATIC. 
          I THINK THE SAME THING CAN BE TRUE HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I'M RITA THOMPSON. 
          I'VE BEEN A 
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RESIDENT IN AUSTIN FOR OVER 40 YEARS. 
          UM, MY HUSBAND HAD WORKED AT A CC FOR 40 PLUS YEARS. 
          I'VE BEEN A SOCIAL WORKER IN AUSTIN FOR 40 PLUS YEARS. 
          THAT AFFORDED US THE OPPORTUNITY AND PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH VARIOUS COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          AND ONE THING I KNOW IS THAT WE MUST HAVE HUMILITY. 
          NOT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THE SAME AND THAT IS MY CONCERN WITH THIS. 
          IT IS FAR TOO SWEEPING. 
          AT ONE POINT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND AT THAT TIME WHO APPOINTED ME WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER JACKIE GOODMAN. 
          AND THERE WAS SUCH A RESPECT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND THERE WERE BRIDGES TO BE NEEDED THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE WITH EAST AUSTIN. 
          SO I SAY THIS TO YOU TODAY WITH HUMILITY. 
          HOW MUCH MORE WILL WE TAKE FROM EAST AUSTIN AND WHEN DO WE BEGIN TO MAKE OUR AMENDS TO THEM? THE TANK FARM, HOLLY PLANT, ONION CREEK, FLOODING, RAINY STREET, IT GOES ON AND ON. 
          WE MUST LISTEN TO THOSE NEIGHBORS. 
          NOT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THE SAME. 
          THEY'RE FRAGILE. 
          THIS PLAN IS A NO PLAN. 
          PLAN, NO PLAN FOR AFFORDABILITY. 
          THAT IS KEY TO ME. 
          NO ASSURANCE OF AFFORDABILITY. 
          IT IS NOT THERE. 
          NO PLAN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH MEANS INCREASED FLOODING AND WITH DUE RESPECT, HOUSTON HAS A FLOODING PROBLEM. 
          NO ROAD ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. 
          I LIVE IN A SUBDIVISION, MANY OF YOU WON'T KNOW THESE STREETS, BUT PISANO TRAIL, UH, HARPERS FERRY, LONGVIEW, THESE HOUSES ARE ALREADY UP ON A SUBDIVIDED ROAD THAT CRUMBLES. 
          IF YOU PUT MORE DENSITY THERE, FIRE TRUCKS P THROUGH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS GEORGE FER, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF TRAVIS COUNTY. 
          I URGE YOU WITH THE APPROPRIATE AMENDMENTS TO VOTE YES ON THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          LET ME REPEAT THAT. 
          I STRONGLY FERVENTLY PLEAD WITH YOU TO VOTE. 
          YES. 
          IN THE 34 YEARS IN WHICH I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS CONVERSATION, IT'S NOT A NEW CONVERSATION. 
          WHAT CAUSED ME TO CHANGE MY MIND WAS WHEN FORMER CITY MANAGER, TOBY RELL, STARTED HER ANNUAL STATE OF THE CITY COMMENTS ONE YEAR WITH HI FRIENDS, I KNOW THERE ARE TWO THINGS YOU HATE, DENSITY AND SPRAWL. 
          AND I REALIZED I'VE BEEN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THIS ISSUE. 
          AND SO I THINK TO GO FORWARD, TO ACHIEVE EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM WANTS THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS FIRST STEP. 
          HI, MY NAME IS CHRIS GANNON. 
          I'M AN ARCHITECT WITH THE A I A HOUSING GROUP AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE HOME RESOLUTION. 
          SO Y'ALL HAVE HEARD A LOT FROM US OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, UH, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO FACTS AND FIGURES AND I'M HAPPY TO KEEP TALKING. 
          FAR CAPS, FAR FLOORS, PARKING EXEMPTIONS AT EXEMPTIONS BASEMENT EXEMPTIONS, IMPERVIOUS COVER, SETBACK, INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS, AND THE PRECEDENTS OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS OR PORTLAND. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK, UH, TO ANYONE HERE. 
          UM, UH, YOU CAN FIND ME IN THE LOBBY. 
          I'LL BE HERE TODAY THOUGH. 
          I'M GONNA KEEP A BRIEF. 
          I AM HERE ONLY TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE. 
          I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE HERE, BOTH THOSE IN SUPPORT AND THOSE IN OPPOSITION. 
          I THINK THE COMMON GROUND WE CAN FIND IS THAT WE ALL CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE CITY AND WANNA SEE IT THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE. 
          I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL. 
          THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP WE'RE TAKING AS A CITY. 
          I'VE SPOKEN TO CITY PLANNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THEY ALL HAVE THEIR EYES ON WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY AS AN ARCHITECT HOPING TO SEE A BETTER CODE WITH BETTER RESULTING BUILDING FORM AS A LONGTIME RESIDENT WHO LOVES THIS CITY AND AS A FATHER OF THREE YOUNG AUSTINITES HOPING THAT THERE'S A PLACE FOR THEM IN THIS CITY WHEN THEY GROW UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WE AT THE A I A FULLY SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER OF ELLA'S AMENDMENTS. 
          HI, MY NAME IS EDGAR HANDEL. 
          I LIVE IN GO VALLEY IN DISTRICT THREE AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THIS PAST THANKSGIVING I VISITED MY SISTER'S HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          SHE HAD MOVED INTO A NEW TOWN HOME ON A VERY SMALL LOT AND I'D ASKED HER WHY SHE HAD CHOSEN THAT TYPE OF HOME. 
          SHE EXPLAINED TO ME 
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THAT THE ALTERNATIVE WAS A LARGER HOME IN A FAR-FLUNG SUBURB, BUT SHE CHOSE THE TOWN HOME TO BE CLOSER TO WORK. 
          I'M VERY GLAD SHE CHOSE THAT HOME BECAUSE IT WAS ALSO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE GREW UP. 
          FOR CONTEXT, WE GREW UP PART OF A WORKING CLASS IMMIGRANT FAMILY IN A WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          BOTH OUR PARENTS WERE BORN IN HONDURAS. 
          THEN MY DAD COMES FROM A FAMILY OF PALESTINIAN IMMIGRANTS. 
          OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS MEDIAN INCOME OF $42,000. 
          IT'S HALF HISPANIC, A QUARTER BLACK AND ONLY 6% WHITE. 
          HALF ITS RESIDENTS ARE US BORN. 
          THAT TOWN HOME BUILT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALLOWED MY SISTER TO STAY CLOSE BY, BUT SHE'S NOT THE ONLY FAMILY MEMBER WHO BENEFITED FROM MIDDLE HOMES. 
          MY GRANDFATHER LIVES IN A RELATIVELY NEW SMALL LOT HOME WITH HIS SISTER. 
          HE'S NEARLY 80, BUT HE WORKS AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL, JUST DRI SCHOOL BUS DRIVER FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN 'CAUSE HE WANTS TO PROVIDE STABILITY FOR THE CHILDREN WHEN THERE'S MUCH TURNOVER IN SCHOOL STAFF. 
          MY BROTHER LIVED IN A TOWN HOME WHILE HE WORKED AND PURSUED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE, WHICH HE RECEIVED AT THE AGE OF 34 2 YEARS AGO. 
          HONESTLY, I COULD GO ON MOST OF MY FRIENDS, MANY OF THEM, PEOPLE OF COLOR AND IMMIGRANTS AS WELL EITHER FOUND MIDDLE HOMES OR WERE OTHERWISE FORCED TO MOVE FAR OUT OF THE CITY. 
          TO BE CLEAR, I'M ALSO SUPPORTER OF SUBSIDIZED HOMES. 
          I ALSO HAVE FAMILY WHO HAVE FOUND HOMES THIS WAY, BUT MY SISTER WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE GREW UP. 
          IF TOWN HOMES WERE DISALLOWED OR IF TOWN HOMES COULD ONLY BE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE, INCOME RESTRICTED, WE NEED HOMES OF MANY DIFFERENT KINDS AND DIFFERENT PRICES AND HOME IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS CURBING THE RISE OF MULTIMILLION DOLLAR HOMES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GOING TO CALL THE NEXT NIGHT'S SPEAKERS BRUCE LUM LUM LUM AND SORRY, ANUSH. 
          IAN WAYNE DAVIDSON WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY GARY COCO, ARE YOU HERE? JERRY HERE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AFR IAN AND ALEXANDRIA ANDERSON WHO HAS A DONATION OF TIME FROM IRENE PICKARD, ARE YOU HERE? THANK YOU. 
          IS KAREN KREPPS HERE? HERE? THANK YOU. 
          SO SHE WILL GET SIX MINUTES. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY AND STATE YOUR NAME AT THE PODIUM. 
          HI, MY NAME IS ANNU SHAAN. 
          I LIVE IN GO VALLEY IN DISTRICT THREE WITH MY TWO KIDS AND PARTNER. 
          I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS AND HAVE CHOSEN TO RAISE MY KIDS HERE. 
          I WANT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY GROW UP IN TO BE A DIVERSE ONE, BUT THAT IS NOT WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY HEADED. 
          LARGE HOMES IN THE MILLION TO $2 MILLION RANGE ARE TAKING OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          A BIG PART OF WHAT WE NEED IS DEEPLY AFFORDABLE SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. 
          THERE'S CLEARLY A GREAT NEED FOR HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD A MARKET RATE HOME AND WE MUST BUILD AS MUCH OF IT AS WE CAN. 
          BUT INEV INEVITABLY THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE WHO WILL NOT MAKE IT INTO SUBSIDIZED HOMES, BUT WILL ALSO NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE LARGE $2 MILLION HOMES THAT WILL MAKE UP THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE HOUSEHOLDS IN THIS GAP ARE OUR TEACHERS, NURSES, SOCIAL WORKERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND MANY MORE. 
          $2 MILLION HOMES ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF QUESTION FOR MOST OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT A SMALLER HOMES ON SMALLER LOTS CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER THAN WHAT WE'RE GETTING TODAY. 
          AS A RESULT, WE WOULD, WE COULD REDUCE THE GAP AND SEE A LOT MORE PEOPLE INCLUDED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          I KNOW THE HOME INITIATIVE LIKELY WON'T SOLVE ALL OF OUR AFFORDABILITY PROBLEMS AND FILL A HOUSING NEEDS, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S MEANINGFUL STEP TOWARDS IMPROVING THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY, UM, IN AUSTIN. 
          SO LET'S SAY YES TO MORE KINDS OF HOUSING, YES, TO MORE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE SUBSIDIZED HOUSING AND ALSO YES TO REPLACING MARKET RATE LARGE HOMES WITH SMALLER, CHEAPER MIDDLE HOMES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M WAYNE DAVISON AND I LIVE IN THE OAK FOREST SUBDIVISION IN DISTRICT 10 FOR 43 YEARS. 
          I'VE REDUCED MY TALK HERE SO THAT HOPEFULLY I WON'T USE THE THREE MINUTES I WAS GIVEN. 
          WHEN WE RECEIVED THE PURPLE CARD, WE EXPECTED TO SEE THE CITY SEND ME FLYERS WITH PICTURES OF MY STREET AFTER IM IMPLEMENTATION WITH NUMEROUS CARS PARKED IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE AND STREET. 
          ALSO, PICTURES FROM MY BACKYARD SUMMARIZED SURROUNDED BY TINY HOMES AND RVS. 
          WE DIDN'T GET THOSE. 
          WE RECEIVED A MINIMUM OF INFORMATION FROM THE CITY THAT APPEARS TO BE DECEPTIVE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS NO MENTION OF CODE NEST, WHICH HAS BEEN RENAMED HOME. 
          THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. 
          THE CITY SAYS THIS IS PHASE ONE WITH PHASE TWO NEXT YEAR. 
          HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL DID IN MAY, YOU ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED NO PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDERS. 
          SO YOU HAD NO PARKING REQUIREMENTS. 
          UNLIMITED NUMBER OF ADULTS AND THREE UNITS ON A PROPERTY THAT MAKES FOR, YOU KNOW, A REALLY BAD SITUATION. 
          AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, WE LIVE ON A QUARTER ACRE LOT. 
          THE CITY'S, UH, OTHER ITEMS ARE CONCERNED. 
          THE NEW C UH, CITY OF AUSTIN POLICY NOW IGNORES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS AND DEEDED RESTRICTIONS, WHICH WE HAVE. 
          WE'RE LIMITED TO ONE, UH, UNIT, UH, ON OUR QUARTER ACRE. 
          THIS IS A VIOLATION OF LEGAL 
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DOCUMENT. 
          WHEN THE CITY ISSUES A BUILDING PERMIT, THE CITY NEEDS TO CONDUCT A STUDY LISTING THE APPRAISED VALUE OF EACH AFFECTED LOT RANKED FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST, THEN STUDY THE VALUE, WHICH IT IS FEASIBLE FOR A DEVELOPER TO PURCHASE LOTS FOR TEAR DOWN AND REBUILD UNDER CODE. 
          THERE'S THREE POTENTIALS ON OUR BLOCK RIGHT NOW. 
          THIS WILL SHOW WHO IN AUSTIN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AND THOSE NOT AFFECTED BECAUSE WE KNOW NOT EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE AFFECTED. 
          EVEN THOUGH THE CODE SAYS EVERYBODY IS AFFECTED, THE CITY NEEDS TO BE TRANSPARENT ON THIS CHANGE AND MAKE AND HAVE VOTES. 
          VOTERS, UH, VOTE ON IT. 
          ANYTHING THAT HAS A TREMENDOUS IMPACT AS THIS DOES NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON. 
          YES, THE CITY'S PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS FROM OCTOBER 26TH TO DECEMBER 7TH IS 41 DAYS FAST TRACKED. 
          WHY THE RUSH? THE CITY IS CONTINUING TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE PLAN YOU SO YOU CANNOT VOTE TODAY. 
          AND MY MAIN POINT, IT APPEARS THAT PEOPLE WITH MONEY AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN ARE TELLING THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN THAT YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY TO DIVIDE YOUR LOT AND RENT A TINY HOME R RV TO SOMEONE FOR MYSELF AND MY AND MANY OTHERS, THIS MEANS I'M SUPPOSED TO TAKE MY ONE FOURTH ACRE LOT AND SPLIT IT SO I NOW HAVE A HALF AC OR ONE EIGHTH AC ACRE. 
          IF WE DON'T AGREE TO THIS, WE WILL EVENTUALLY BE FORCED OUT AS DEVELOPERS BY SURROUNDING POTENTIAL TEAR DOWN HOMES AND PUT IN MULTIPLE HOMES, MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND MULTIPLE CARS AND MAYBE NO DRIVEWAY, MAYBE PARKED ON THE LOT, BUT THEY'RE DEFINITELY GONNA BE PARKED IN THE STREET. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ROOM IN OUR STREET. 
          IF WE DON'T AGREE, WE WILL BE FORCED OUT AS DEVELOPERS BY SURROUNDING HOMES AND BUILD THREE UNITS OF MULTIPLE ACRES THAT'S MAKING YOUR SUBDIVISION NOT SO DESIRABLE. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, PROPERTY OWNERS WITH HIGH VALUE ONE TO FIVE ACRE LOTTS WILL NOT SEE ANY CHANGE DUE TO THEIR ABILITY TO AVOID LITIGATION. 
          I RESENT THIS CONDESCENDING APPROACH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, I'M BRUCE BLOOMING TRID. 
          I LIVE IN A DIVERSE AND QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD ONE MILE EAST OF THE Q2 STOCKER STADIUM. 
          COUNCILMAN VELAS DISTRICT. 
          OUR MODEST MIDDLE CLASS HOMES RUN FOR AROUND 14 TO 1500 SQUARE FEET ON VERY SMALL LOTS, ABOUT 6,000 SQUARE FEET. 
          IT'S NOT FEASIBLE AND IT'S COST PROHIBITIVE FOR ME TO TEAR MY HOUSE DOWN AND BUILD TWO. 
          SO I EXPLORED THE MATH ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BUILD AN A DU. 
          ACCORDING TO THE A DU EXPERTS, MAX FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE PRICE FOR AN A DU AUSTIN IS FROM 125,000 TO THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE, THREE HUNDRED 50,000. 
          WITH A 1 25 BEING THE LOW END FOR A PREFAB PREFABS WON'T WORK IN QUAIL HOLLOW. 
          PEOPLE THAT BUILD BACKYARD SHACKS HAVE TO HAVE THEM BUILT ON SITE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET BETWEEN THE HOUSES. 
          SCOTT TURNER OF RIVERSIDE HOMES HAS BEEN BUILDING 80 IN AUSTIN FOR 20 YEARS. 
          SAYS IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD AN A DU THAT'S 1100 SQUARE FEET, IT'S GONNA COST YOU AT LEAST $300,000. 
          I DON'T HAVE $300,000 AVERAGE IF I HAD TO BUY THAT, IF I HAD TO BORROW IT, I'D HAVE MY PAYBACK IS OVER $1,800 A MONTH. 
          I'D HAVE TO CHARGE 2020 $200 A MONTH FOR 1000 SQUARE FOOT A DU IN QUAIL HOLLOW, YOU CAN READ AN ENTIRE HOME FOR $2,200 A MONTH. 
          THE LATEST HOME SALES ARE DOWN FROM 600 TO FOUR 30. 
          YOU WANT TO EMPOWER THE MIDDLE CLASS. 
          I CAN'T AFFORD TO DROP A QUARTER MILL ON AN A DU. 
          30% OF THE HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE ALREADY OWNED BY OUT OF TOWN INVESTORS. 
          AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE EMPOWERED BECAUSE THEY CAN AFFORD TO TEAR DOWN THE HOUSE. 
          THEY CAN AFFORD TO BUILD TWO IN THE STR BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I CALL THIS DAMN DESTROY AUSTIN'S MARVELOUS NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK PLEASE PROCEED. 
          NO, PLEASE PROCEED. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR WATSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ALEXANDRIA ANDERSON. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE AND THE CHAIR OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          AS SOMEONE WHO HAS SEEN SEVERAL NEIGHBORS, SEVERAL FAMILIES HAVE TO MOVE, WORRY ABOUT IF THEY'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEIR MORTGAGE OR RENT OR BE DISPLACED BY PREDATORY MEASURES. 
          WITH THE LAST AND CURRENT WAVE OF HOUSING, I STAND ASKING YOU TO POSTPONE THE VOTE OR TO VOTE NO ON HOME. 
          AS IT STANDS AND PROTECT. 
          THE EASTERN CRESCENT HOME WILL NOT ADDRESS THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS OR CREATE MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          HOME HAS NO AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          IT WILL NOT CREATE HOUSING FOR 
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EXTREMELY WEALTHY BUYERS AND INVESTORS. 
          HOME WILL ONLY ACCELERATE THE DISPLACEMENT OF LOW INCOME BIPOC, HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS BY DRIVING UP PROPERTY TAXES, RENT AND INCENTIVES FOR DEVELOPERS TO TAKE OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          DEMOLISHING AFFORDABLE HOUSING HOME WILL DRIVE UP HOUSING COSTS, MAKING THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS WORSEN FOR EVERYONE AND HOME HAS NO MENTION OF HOW IT PLANS TO DEAL AND UPDATE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE SIDEWALKS, DRAINAGE, LIMITED PAR LIMITED PARKING, ET CETERA. 
          AS WE KNOW IT IS INADEQUATE IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          UPZONING HAS ALREADY FAILED. 
          IN AUSTIN, ONE COUNCIL MEMBER EVEN MENTIONED THAT AUSTIN IS THE POSTER CHILD FOR GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT. 
          THE CITY EFFECTIVELY UP ZONE CLOSE IN EAST AUSTIN COMMUNITIES. 
          IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROCESS THROUGH THE USE OF SPECIAL IN IN-HOUSE INFIELD, EXCUSE ME, OPTIONS PERMITTING, SMALL LOT SIZES AND INCREASED UNITS AFTER THESE TOOLS PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY AS A MEANS OF INCREASING AFFORDABILITY WERE ADOPTED. 
          REDEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY RAPIDLY OCCURRED IN 10 YEARS. 
          THE BLACK POPULATION HAS DECREASED BY 66%. 
          THE LATINO POPULATION HAS DECREASED BY 33% AND THE WHITE POPULATION HAS INCREASED BY 442%. 
          IT IS DISHEARTENING AND DIS DISAPPOINTING AS I WALKED IN TO HEAR MY DISTRICT REP. 
          DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE HAS ALREADY MADE UP HER MIND WITH LIMITED ENGAGEMENT, POSTPONE THE VOTES WITH PUBLIC INPUT AND REAL SOLUTIONS. 
          THE COMMUNITY'S OUTREACH DID NOT REACH MOST OF THOSE WHO WERE IMPACTED SCHEDULING THESE DURING THE HOLIDAYS AS EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY, EXCUSE ME, LIMITING WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE JUST FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS. 
          NOW YOU HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL POST PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND MET WITH COMMUNITY GRASSROOTS LED ORGANIZATIONS. 
          BY THE WAY, THANK I THANK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MET WITH US FROM THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY POWER, A TX, WHO HAVE THE DATA TO BACK UP OUR AMENDMENTS. 
          SOME OF THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS INCLUDE CRE, UM, CREATIVE FINANCING WITH FORGIVABLE LOANS TO LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES WHO WANT TO BUILD AT A DU AT 50% MFI AND THE RIGHT TO BUILD A SECOND AT 30% MFI. 
          THIS WAY WE ACCOMPLISH WHAT HOME CLAIMS IT IS TO DO, ACTUALLY GET AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 30% TO 50% MFI BECAUSE THE INCOME LEVELS HOUSEHOLDS BEING DISPLACED BASED ON THE 2020 CENSUS. 
          AN OVERLAY THAT PROTECTS NEIGHBORHOODS VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT BY NOT UP UP-ZONING. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE THERE WITH A PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH HOMEOWNERS AND RENTER RENTERS CAN REQUEST A REVIEW FOR THE AREA, INCLUDING THE OVERLAY. 
          NEW URBANISM DENSITY AND WALKABLE CITIES MEAN NOTHING IF LOW INCOME PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE NOT EVEN THERE TO EXPERIENCE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DISPLACED. 
          I'M CALLING ON COUNCIL TO STOP BUYING INTO THE FALSE NARRATIVES AND PREVENT, PREVENT DISPLACEMENT AND ACCELERATION OF AUSTIN HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          I'LL CALL THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS. 
          UJA ABBA, VALERIE MENARD, KIMBERLY LEVINSON, KATHERINE WRIGHT. 
          MEYER FRAN. 
          WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY DOROTHY BARNETT. 
          IS MS. BARNETT HERE? MS. BARNETT? THEY ARE NOT. 
          SO FRAN GETS TWO MINUTES. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM AND FEEL FREE TO BEGIN. 
          STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE. 
          COOL. 
          UH, MY NAME IS UJA ABBA AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I'M URGING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VOTE NO OR AT THE VERY LEAST POSTPONED VOTING UNTIL 2024. 
          THERE ARE CREATIVE FINANCING OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND RESTRICTIONS THAT CAN BE PUT IN PLACE AS SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE THAT DENSITY CAN BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT DISPLACING PEOPLE AND RAISING PROPERTY TAXES. 
          JUST UPZONING WITHOUT A DEEP COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABILITY ENSURES HOUSING WILL BE BUILT, BUT NOT THAT IT WILL, IT WILL BE AFFORDABLE. 
          HOW MANY TIMES CAN THIS HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF BEFORE WE START TO IDENTIFY THIS PATTERN OF VOTING AS MALICIOUS AND INTENTIONAL? JUST SAYING DENSITY CREATES AFFORDABILITY, DOESN'T MAKE IT TRUE. 
          TAKING THE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE SAFEGUARDS FOR DEEP AFFORDABILITY MAKES IT TRUE. 
          THE CURRENT STATE OF AUSTIN PROVES JUST BUILDING HOUSING DOESN'T MAKE IT AFFORDABLE. 
          DESPITE WHAT NEOLIBERAL URBANISTS SAY, THE HISTORY OF PLANNING IS A LOT OF WHITE GUYS WITH GREAT IDEAS AND WE HAVE ALL SEEN HOW THAT PLAYED OUT. 
          CONTINUING TO PUSH FOR DENSITY WITHOUT ANY SAFEGUARDS FOR AFFORDABILITY WHEN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IMPACTED OR CALLING IN, ASKING FOR THEM TO, ASKING FOR THEM IS DEEPLY CLASSIST AND FRANKLY IT'S RACIST. 
          STOP HOME NOW. 
          MY NAME IS KIMBERLY LEVINSON. 
          I'M A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT NINE AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE 
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SUPPORT THE HOME ACT SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE, FOR INSTANCE, THAT ARE OUR WORKFORCE, OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR TEACHERS, NURSES AT ST. 
          DAVID'S. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW THESE PEOPLE ARE PRICED OUT OF LIVING IN AUSTIN. 
          SOME OF THEM DRIVE HUGE DISTANCES TO COME AND WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WORK IN. 
          THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN IF WE KEEP BUILDING EXPENSIVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          THE ONLY WAY THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS IF WE LEGALIZE ALL SORTS OF HOUSING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET INTO ALL SORTS OF HOMES THAT MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR MORE PEOPLE TO OWN HOMES, FOR MORE PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY TO STAY HERE WHEN THEY FINISH COLLEGE AND RAISE FAMILIES HERE WHEN THEY FINISH COLLEGE. 
          WE CAN'T AFFORD TO PUSH THESE PEOPLE OUT. 
          THESE PEOPLE ARE THE FUTURE OF AUSTIN AND WE NEED THEM. 
          WE NEED THEM TO STAY AND THE HOME ACT WILL HELP THEM TO STAY. 
          SO I BEG YOU, PLEASE SUPPORT THE HOME ACT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MY NAME IS CATHERINE WRIGHT MEYER AND, UM, I'M IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHANGE THE SINGLE FAMILY CATEGORY AND MAKE IT UP TO THREE UNITS IN ON A SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY AND ALSO AGAINST OPPOSED AGAINST THE UH, HOMES PROGRAM. 
          I'M SPEAKING ON A DIFFERENT ASPECT, THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL IMPACT ON THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS PURSUING HAPPINESS AND THEIR DREAMS OF OWNING A HOME INSECURITY AND QUIET FOR YEARS AND OVER THEIR GENERATIONS. 
          AND I HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH REZONING AS A VICTIM YEARS AGO IN THE LOS ANGELES CITY LIMITS, I GREW UP IN A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE HOME BUILT BY MY FATHER IN A, ON A 10 ACRE PRODUCING WALNUT GROVE. 
          MY FATHER NOT ONLY WORKED AS A BUILDER AND BROKER AND ARCHITECT, BUT THAT, BUT AS A FARMER OF THIS PROPERTY, DOING ALL THE PLOWING, IRRIGATING, AND TASK TO PRODUCE A GOOD CROP EACH YEAR. 
          OVER THE YEARS, THE ZONING DID CHANGE SOMEWHAT THEN WHILE I WAS IN COLLEGE. 
          THE NEWS CAME ONE DAY THAT THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION HAD SUDDENLY REZONED OUR FAMILY'S PROPERTY TO COMMERCIAL. 
          THIS RAISED THE TAXES IMMEDIATELY TO A MUCH HIGHER AMOUNT, AND WE COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO LIVE ON THAT PROPERTY. 
          WE WERE FORCED TO MOVE. 
          IT WAS A DEVASTATING BLOW TO ME AND TO MY FAMILY. 
          IT WAS A SHOCK TO FIND OUR CITY GOVERNMENT COULD IN EFFECT SEIZE OUR PROPERTY, OUR BEAUTIFUL LITTLE HOUSE AND OUR BEAUTIFUL PRODUCING GROVE OF WALNUT TREATS. 
          IT THREW ME INTO A DEPRESSION, WHICH LASTED FOR MONTHS. 
          IT ALSO PRODUCED AWFUL NIGHTMARES FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEY WERE QUITE DETAILED. 
          UM, PICTURES IN MY HEAD OF DESTROYING THE HOUSE, DESTROYING THE TREES, BULLDOZING, HAULING AWAY EVERYTHING IN DUMP TRUCKS. 
          THE DREAMS WERE VIVID AND DISMAL. 
          SO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, UH, WOULD DESTROY THE DREAMS AND EXPECTATIONS OF THOUSANDS OF AUSTINITES. 
          THEIR HOMES AND PROPERTY ARE THE EMBODIMENT OF THEIR DREAMS WHERE THEY CAN PLANT REAP GARDEN PROJECTS. 
          BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS, YARDS AND TREES. 
          VOTE NO THANK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY? YES. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE RECOGNITION, MAYOR PROTE. 
          MRS. WRIGHT MEYER, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR COMING ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM DISTRICT SIX TO SHARE YOUR STORY, WHICH YOU SHARED WITH ME A WHILE BACK. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME IS VALERIE MENARD. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO HOME AS A MIDDLE CLASS HOMEOWNER LIVING IN DISTRICT ONE, I HAVE NO DESIRE TO BUILD A TINY HOME IN MY BACKYARD OR TO DEMOLISH MY HOME IN ORDER TO BUILD THREE MORE UNITS ON MY LAND. 
          I COULDN'T AFFORD IT EVEN IF I WANTED TO. 
          THE PREMISE THAT HOME WILL CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY ALLOWING MIDDLE CLASS HOME OWNERS TO DIVIDE THEIR PROPERTIES IS A CROCK. 
          AND YOU ALL KNOW IT AND SHAME ON YOU FOR CONVINCING THESE NICE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT THIS IS THEIR ONLY CHANCE FOR PURCHASING A HOME OF THEIR OWN HOME WILL ONLY HELP DEVELOPERS WHO CAN OUTBID HOME BUYERS AND WHO ALREADY BUILD TWO PROPERTIES FOR EVERY HOUSE THEY DEMOLISH AND IT WILL BEGIN PURCHASING PROPERTIES EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVELY. 
          BECAUSE IF THEY CAN BUILD THREE UNITS OF ONE LOT THANKS TO HOME, WHY NOT BUY TWO OR THREE ADJOINING HOMES TO BILL SIX OR NINE NEW PROPERTIES THAT WILL NOT BE AFFORDABLE BECAUSE THERE'RE IN NO INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO DO DO SO. 
          AND THIS IS NOT MERELY CONJECTURE. 
          WE HAVE PROOF OF THAT FROM STUDIES ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF SIMILAR EFFORTS AND FROM YOUR OWN CITY STAFF WHO HAVE WARNED QUOTE, THE PROPOSED CHANGES MAY HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON HOMEOWNERS EXPERIENCING PRE PRECARITY AND SOME RENTERS. 
          AND DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE FROM PROPERTY TAX MAY INCREASE AS WELL. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE NOT CONVINCED, JUST LOOK AROUND TOWN. 
          BUT PARTICULARLY IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT WHERE SMALLER HUMBLE HOMES ARE BEING PURCHASED, DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED BY TWO HOMES, UH, TREE 
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HOUSES WE CALL THEM THAT ARE PRICED ABOVE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, FORCING THE MARKET PRICE AND PROPERTY TAXES TO RISE AND ULTIMATELY FORCING WORKING IN MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES OUT. 
          THAT'S WHERE THE URBAN SPRAWL IS. 
          YEAH. 
          LATINO AND AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILIES ARE MOVING TO KYLE AND TO GROUND ROCK AND PFLUGERVILLE BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE. 
          IT'S CALLED GENTRIFICATION AND IT'S HAPPENING IN EAST AUSTIN BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRY TO CHANGE THE ZONING. 
          IN 1999, THE ZONING WAS CHANGED FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL SERVICE MIX, UM, USE. 
          AND WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED. 
          EAST AUSTIN IS GONE. 
          FAMILIES WERE DISPLACED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. 
          PRICES, HOUSING PRICES SOARED. 
          DON'T REPEAT HISTORY, VOTE NO OR POSTPONE THIS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OPENING UP THE FLOOR TO US TODAY AND MAKING US FEEL LIKE WHAT WE CARE ABOUT MATTERS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY AND THEN DECIDE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          MY NAME IS FRAN TATU. 
          I'M OUTREACH DIRECTOR FOR AUSTIN MUTUAL AID. 
          AND WE'RE HIGHLY ALARMED AT HOME, AS HAS BEEN OUTLINED FOR BY MY COMMUNITY TODAY. 
          HOME MEANS NOTHING BUT GENTRIFICATION. 
          MORE DISPLACEMENT, MORE DESPERATION. 
          WE ARE NOT ONLY SERVICING PEOPLE ON THE STREETS NOW WE ARE SERVICING SINGLE MOTHERS AT HOME. 
          I HAD TO DRIVE DIAPERS OVER TO A MOM THE OTHER NIGHT BECAUSE SHE'S HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN KEEPING A ROOF OVER HER HEAD, UH, KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON AND FEEDING HER CHILDREN. 
          AND MORE AND MORE WE SEE FOOD INSECURITY. 
          THERE WAS AN ARTICLE THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY THAT OUR, UM, OUR FOOD HUBS ARE RUNNING OUTTA FOOD BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH DESPERATION. 
          SO PLEASE, I IMPLORE ALL OF YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR COMMUNITY TODAY. 
          I HAVE A DREAM. 
          UM, MY COLLEAGUE SASHA, I HAVE A DREAM OF CREATING A HOME FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND FOR THOSE ON THE STREET WHO CANNOT, UH, RECEIVE SURGERY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO GO. 
          IT'S CALLED RESPITE CARE. 
          SO WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD, UM, A PLACE LIKE THIS NEAR CITY SERVICES IF THE DEVELOPERS COME IN AND WE KNOW ABOUT THE PAYPAL MAFIA, WE KNOW ABOUT THE NOX AND ELON MUSK AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE. 
          COME ON, OPEN UP YOUR EYES. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THE PEOPLE HERE REALIZE, BUT THINK ABOUT THE BROKEN SPOKE, THEIR WHITE RUN. 
          THEY'RE LOCAL. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE FAMOUS, AND YET THEY HAD TO HAVE A, A DELL DEVELOPER PROTECT THEM. 
          THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE BROKEN SPOKE COST $60 MILLION. 
          NONE OF US CAN CAN COMPETE WITH THAT. 
          THEY WERE ONLY PROTECTED BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER TOOK FAVOR ON THEM AND THEY GAVE THEM A GENEROUS 10 YEAR LEASE. 
          SO PLEASE, THERE ARE, UM, THERE ARE, UH, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. 
          WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND, AND, AND REDEVELOP LAND TRUST. 
          WE CAN COME UP WITH CREATIVE IDEAS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I'LL CALL THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS. 
          JOHN HAGAR, WILL DAVIS, RYAN PKI, MADDIE GUTIERREZ, AND ROBERTO ROBERTO DE MOSIER. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN AT THE PODIUM. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS WILL DAVIS AND I'M A MEMBER OF DISTRICT NINE, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL HOUSING ADVOCACY, ADVOCACY. 
          ADVOCACY IS A FUNDAMENTALLY OPTIMISTIC MOVEMENT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO COME UP HERE AND SHARE A BIT OF, OF WHY I'M EXCITED ABOUT HOME. 
          I'M EXCITED FOR MORE HOUSING OPTIONS. 
          I'M EXCITED FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS. 
          I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN. 
          I'M EXCITED TO FINALLY DO SOMETHING TO HELP PREVENT THE SUBURBAN SPRAWL THAT'S DESTROYING OUR BELOVED HILL COUNTRY. 
          I'M EXCITED FOR NEW NEIGHBORS. 
          I'M EXCITED FOR RENEWED VIBRANCY AND VITALITY IN OUR CITY. 
          I'M EXCITED FOR MORE WEIRD THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN POOL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND ALL OF YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH SO MUCH OVER THESE PAST FEW MONTHS. 
          CURRENT AND FUTURE AUSTINITES WILL LOOK BACK FONDLY ON THIS MUCH NEEDED CHANGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO AND THANK YOU MAYOR WATSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR LISTENING. 
          MY NAME IS MAORI GUTIERREZ. 
          I'M 21, 21 YEARS OLD AND A COLLEGE STUDENT. 
          I'M ALSO A YSJ COORDINATOR AT ED. 
          TODAY I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND REALITY IN DISTRICT THREE AND WHY POLICIES LIKE HOME ARE THE CAUSE OF HOUSING CRISIS, NOT THE SOLUTION FOR OVER THE YEARS I'VE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN HOW MIDDLE AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE DISPLACED TO MAKE ROOM FOR MARKET RATE APARTMENTS THAT OUR COMMUNITY CANNOT AFFORD. 
          I'VE EXPERIENCED THIS. 
          MY HOME OF 10 YEARS WAS TAKEN FROM MY FAMILY OF SEVEN AND TURNED INTO AN AIRBNB. 
          EVEN NOW AS A DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS, IT IS STILL THE SAME. 
          THOSE LUXURY 
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APARTMENTS HAVE CAUSED SPECULATION AND PROPERTY TAXES TO INCREASE LEADING RENT TO TRIPLING AND MASSIVE GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, A HOME WILL ACCELERATE THAT AND WE WILL SEE OUR COMMUNITIES TURNED INTO AIRBNBS AND LUXURY HOUSINGS. 
          HOME HAS NO AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANY MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN AFFORD A $600,000 TOWN HOMES AND MARKET HOUSING. 
          SO WHO IS HOME FOR, DESPITE THE TEXTS PUSH CARTS, PRESS AND THOSE IN SUPPORTIVE HOME HAVE PAID TO PUT OUT IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          OUR COMMUNITY SEE THROUGH THIS FALSE NARRATIVE THAT HOME WILL HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS. 
          MAKE NO MISTAKE, HOME WILL ACCELERATE GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT. 
          OUR COMMUNITIES ARE STARTING TO SPEAK UP TO SHARES PER PERSPECTIVES AND CONCERNS, AND WE AT THE VERY LEAST, DESERVE TO BE HEARD. 
          THEREFORE, WE ASK YOU TO POSTPONE THIS VOTE AND TRULY CONSULT TO THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS BEFORE PASSING ANYTHING. 
          OUR GENERATION OF YOUNG AUSTINITES OF COLOR IS PAYING ATTENTION AND WE ARE READY TO DEFEND OUR COMMUNITIES NOW, ESPECIALLY DURING THE ELECTION SEASON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, HI. 
          UH, MY NAME IS RYAN PKI AND I'M A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL TODAY FOR TODAY. 
          UM, I STRONGLY SUPPORT HOME AND URGE YOU TO DO SO AS WELL. 
          UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT I'M ON THE BOARD OF AURA AND I'D LIKE TO EXTEND, UH, THANKS ON THE BEHALF OF MANY OF OUR MEMBERS WHO SUPPORT THESE REFORMS, BUT WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND CHILDCARE OR THEY WERE STUCK IN FINAL EXAMS OR THEY COULD NOT AFFORD THE LUXURY OF TAKING A DAY OFF FROM WORK. 
          UM, THEIR VOICE DESERVES TO BE, UH, TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT PHYSICALLY IN THE ROOM AT PRESENT. 
          THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          THANKS. 
          HELLO. 
          UH, MY NAME IS ROBERTO RONA DE MOSIER. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE AND I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR 12 YEARS AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF HOME. 
          AND THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY HOUSING WAS ABUNDANT AND AFFORDABLE AND WE BUILT A RANGE OF HOUSING TYPES ON VARYING LOT SIZES SO THE NEW HOUSING COULD BE BUILT SO THAT ALL WAGE EARNERS COULD AFFORD HOUSING. 
          HOUSING WAS EASIER TO ACCESS FOR ALL CLASSES. 
          AND WITH THAT CAME DIVERSITY AND PEOPLE AFRAID OF DIVERSITY REALIZED THAT ZONING LAWS COULD BE USED TO RAISE PRICES AND RENTS, MAKING HOMES UNAFFORDABLE FOR BLACKS, HISPANICS, JEWS, EASTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPEANS STATES AND MUNI MUNICIPALITIES ADOPTED ZONING LAWS WHICH RESTRICTED MOST OF THE NATION'S RESIDENTIAL LAND TO LARGE LOT SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES, OUTLINE OR EXCLUDING OTHER MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS. 
          AND THAT HAPPENED HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          AND IRONICALLY, OPPOSING MEASURES TO INCREASE HOUSING SUPPLY IS PIGGYBACKING OFF OF OUR HISTORICALLY PURPOSEFUL EXCLUSIONARY ZONING LAWS. 
          AND IT MOST AFFECTS THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. 
          HOME WILL FACILITATE MORE HOUSING OPTIONS TO HELP STEM HOUSING COST GROWTH, ENCOURAGE INCLUSION AND MAKE DISPLACEMENT LESS COMMON. 
          DISPLACEMENT AND LACK OF DIVERSITY IS MORE PREVALENT IN LOCATIONS WHERE RESTRICTIVE ZONING POLICIES MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO BUILD ENOUGH HOMES FOR ALL RESIDENTS. 
          AND THAT'S AUSTIN ARE, ARE, UM, OUR EXISTING ZONINGS, UM, IS WIDE DISPLACEMENT. 
          IT'S HAPPENING AND HOUSTON TELLS THE STORY FROM 2000 TO 2021. 
          HOUSTON'S BLACK AND HISPANIC POPULATIONS GREW BY 4% AND 40% AFTER THEY UPDATED THEIR ZONING LAWS TO ALLOW FOR SMALLER LOT SIZES. 
          THE LESSON IS SIMPLE. 
          WHEN THERE IS A HOUSING, WHEN THERE IS MORE HOUSING AVAILABLE, DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE PRESSURES ARE EASED. 
          LET'S NOT LET EXISTING EXCLUSIONARY ZONING POLICIES FROM DECADES AGO CONTINUE IT'S TIME TO VOTE YES ON HOME SO THAT WE CAN ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A HOME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THE NEXT SPIKE SPEAKERS ARE SUSANNA ALMANZA, WHO HAS DONATED TIME FROM PAUL DIRE. 
          ARE YOU HERE? PAUL PEDRO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND ALSO PEDRO HERNANDEZ. 
          ARE YOU HERE? OKAY. 
          SUSANNA ALMANZA GETS FOUR MINUTES. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIA SANCHEZ CLINTON DAVIS. 
          HOLD ON. 
          DON'T, DON'T START MY CLOCK BECAUSE I HAVE POWER. 
          WE ARE CALLING SPEAKERS, OTHER SPEAKERS AT THE MOMENT. 
           LET, I'M STILL CALLING OTHER SPEAKERS. 
          ONE SECOND. 
          SO SUSAN ALMANZA HAS FOUR MINUTES. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS ALSO CELINE RENDON. 
          JASON JOHN PAUL HASKINS. 
          NIKIA ARNOLD. 
          WHO HAS DONATED TIME FROM JESUS GONZALEZ IS MR. GONZALEZ HERE? THANK YOU. 
          YOU GET FOUR MINUTES. 
          WELCOME. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MAAM, I'M SUSAN MANA FROM POED AND THIS, THIS, NO, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. 
          NO. 
          START THE CLOCK OVER PLEASE. 
          I'M SUSANNA MANA AND DISTRICT THREE. 
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IN 1928, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED ITS MASTER PLAN DESIGNATED EAST AUSTIN AS THE AREA WHERE PEOPLE OF COLOR WOULD BE RELOCATED ALONG WITH POLLUTING FACILITIES. 
          THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MASTER PLAN WAS SEEN AS THE CONTINUED COLONIZATION OF PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
          AUSTIN'S HIGHWAY 35 BECAME OUR WALL. 
          IT CREATED THE CLEAREST PHYSICAL BARRIER BETWEEN EAST AUSTIN AND THE REST OF THE CITY, DEEPENING RACIAL SEGREGATION. 
          THE HISTORY OF LAND USE, PLANNING AND ZONING IN AUSTIN'S HELPS US TO EXPLAIN HOW THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS HAS OCCURRED AND WHY THESE HISTORIC PATTERNS HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE OF MANY INJUSTICES THAT CONFRONT PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          WHY DO WE SAY HOME IS JUST CODE NEXT IN DISGUISE? HERE IS A 2018 NUMBER TWO DRAFT PLAN OF CODE NEXT FOR EAST ESA CHAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD PROPOSED THE PROPOSAL WAS TO PUT THREE OR MORE HOUSES ON EACH SINGLE FAMILY LOT. 
          YOU CAN SEE YELLOW SINGLE FAMILY AND WHAT RED WOULD DO IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 
          AND HERE IS THE PROPOSAL FOR HOLLY NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AREA. 
          AGAIN, THE YELLOW SINGLE FAMILY IN RED. 
          THREE OR MORE HOUSING ALL ON TOP OF THIS WILL BECOME HIGH DENSITY. 
          THE NEIGHBORS IN THE ONTOP NEIGHBORHOOD IN AUSTIN ARE LOW INCOME MAKING AMONG THE LOWEST INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS IN AMERICA. 
          NEIGHBORHOOD SCOUTS RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS AN INCOME LOWER THAN 88.4% OF US NEIGHBORHOODS WITH 24.4% OF THE CHILDREN HERE BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE. 
          THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A HIGHER RATE OF CHILDHOOD POVERTY THAN 74.0% OF US NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THE ON TOPES COMMUNITY WILL BE TOTALLY GENTRIFIED BY HOME. 
          THE DEMOLITION OF HOUSING HAS BEEN OCCURRING AT A RATE AT A HIGH RATE IN EAST DAWSON. 
          BY ANALYZING THE APPROVED DEMOLITION PERMITS IN EAST DAWSON BETWEEN 2010 TO MAY, 2020, WE SAW THE DESTRUCTION OF SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION OF DOUBLE TOWN HOMES ON LOTS WITH MARKET RATE HOUSING 400 AND THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ABOVE. 
          WE OPPOSE CODE NEXT. 
          I MEAN WE OPPOSE HOME NOW CALL HOME FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON. 
          IT DOESN'T ADHERE TO THE ADOPTED NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS. 
          IT DOESN'T PRESERVE EXISTING LOW-INCOME HOUSING. 
          IT DOESN'T PRESERVE EXISTING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          PROCESS DENSITY DOESN'T GIVE US LOW-INCOME HOUSING OR EVEN AFFORDABILITY. 
          IT DOESN'T ADDRESS RACISM AND CITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND IT WILL DRIVE UP PROPERTY VALUES AND TAXES. 
          AUSTIN ZONING AND LAND USE CODE IS ROOTED IN THE HISTORY OF RACISM AND HAS FOSTERED THE WEALTH, SECURITY AND SAFETY OF AUSTIN'S AFFLUENT AND UPPER MIDDLE CLASS WHITE RESIDENTS WHILE FAILING TO PROVIDE THE SAME FOR OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 
          IT HAS SERVED THE INTEREST OF DEVELOPERS, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AUSTIN REAL ESTATE COUNCIL, AUSTIN BOARD OF REALTORS AND HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER AUSTIN. 
          I HOPE TO SEE A, OUR HOME IS A FALSE NARRATIVE WITH FALSE SOLUTIONS. 
          I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO SEE Y'ALL IN COURT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS NIKA ARNOLD. 
          I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HEALING PROJECT. 
          I'M A BORN AND RAISED AUSTIN KNIGHT, SIXTH GENERATION AND I'M IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          AND I AM TELLING Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL APPROVE THIS, OUR PEOPLE, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO GO TO THE CITY CLERK AND DO A RECALL. 
          RIGHT? AND LEMME START BY SAYING, I HELP SINGLE FAMILIES, SINGLE MOTHERS NAVIGATE RESOURCES. 
          AND I HAVE A FEW WOMEN LIVING IN A STORAGE UNIT WITH THREE KIDS. 
          I HAVE A WOMAN IN HOTEL WITH FOUR KIDS FACING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND THE ONLY THING THE CITY CAN TELL US IS IF YOU'RE ON THE STREET, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET HELP. 
          AND Y'ALL WONDER WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING FOR THE UNHOUSED OR HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION BECAUSE WE'RE STEADY STUCK IN THESE SAME CYCLES BECAUSE Y'ALL FEEL LIKE Y'ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR US OR DON'T WANNA ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          THAT'S NOT RIGHT. 
          AND HOW DARE YOU SIT IN, IN FRONT OF US AND SAY, YES, YOU ALREADY MADE UP YOUR MIND. 
          YOU'RE FROM EAST AUSTIN, NATASHA HARPER MADISON, YOU'RE OUR VOICE. 
          YOU OUR FACE. 
          HOW DARE YOU? SO THAT'S ONLY GONNA CONFIRM THAT WE'RE GONNA DO A RECALL. 
          WE'RE GONNA PETITION. 
          I'M A NOTARY. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUR START. 
          AND HOW DARE YOU MAYOR KIRK WATSON, GO TO ZILKER PARK AND LIGHT UP THE TREE WHEN WE'RE OUT 
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HERE FACING HOMELESSNESS EVERY DAY, EVERY MONTH, EVERY WEEK. 
          AND Y'ALL DON'T EVEN HAVE THE FINANCES TO GIVE US RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 
          Y'ALL JUST WANNA KEEP US ON THE STREETS. 
          THAT'S NOT RIGHT. 
          Y'ALL KEEP REPEATING HISTORY AND REPEATING HISTORY AND I HOPE Y'ALL SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          HOW DARE Y'ALL LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. 
          BLACK PEOPLE MAKE UP 6% OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, BUT WE MAKE UP OVER 33% OF HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND Y'ALL WONDER WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING. 
          WE'RE IN THE STREETS AND Y'ALL ARE NOT HELPING US. 
          IF THE DEVELOPERS WANNA DO SOMETHING, CREATE A FUND OR INSTALLMENT, FUND A TRUST TO INVEST INTO LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, LOW INCOME HOUSES, SINGLE MOTHERS, SINGLE PARENTS. 
          WE'RE TIRED OF STRUGGLING WITH OUR KIDS. 
          WE CAN'T PULL UP OUR BOOTSTRAPS NO MORE. 
          WE CAN'T, WE'VE DONE IT. 
          I'M A COLLEGE STUDENT AT ACC. 
          I JUST GOT ACCEPTED IN THE UT AND I'M STILL KNOCKING ON CHURCH'S DOOR FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE AND GONNA FOOD PANTRIES AND CLOSING CLOSETS. 
          WHY? WHEN I'M A SIX GENERATION AUSTIN KNIGHT, I GOT A COMMUNITY. 
          I HAVE A COMMUNITY NAMED AFTER MY GRANDFATHER, ST. 
          JOHN'S COMMUNITY. 
          REVEREND JOHN, HENRY WYNN, SR. 
          AND WHAT DO I GOT TO SHOW FOR IT? I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO CAPITAL. 
          I DON'T HAVE A HOME OR I DON'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO COME UP HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT CONDOS. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO COME UP HERE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT A COMMUNITY THAT'S NOT DIVERSE. 
          I DON'T HAVE THAT PRIVILEGE. 
          EVERY DAY I'M FACING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND Y'ALL DON'T WANNA HELP US. 
          'CAUSE Y'ALL, WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANY RELIEF FOR YOUR FINANCIAL ISSUES. 
          WE GOTTA LEAN ON OUR PEOPLE. 
          THAT'S A LOT. 
          HOW CAN I HELP MY PEOPLE WHEN Y'ALL WON'T EVEN HELP ME EVERY DAY I HAVE SINGLE MOTHERS TEXTING MY PHONE. 
          THEY'RE ABOUT TO GET KICKED OUT. 
          THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE PUT ON THE STREET WITH THEIR KIDS. 
          I CAN'T HELP THEM. 
          I'M NOT EVEN IN A POSITION TO HELP THEM. 
          AND Y'ALL DON'T EVEN CARE. 
          THIS IS A CYCLE. 
          REPEATING HISTORY, REPEATING HISTORY. 
          AND Y'ALL WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE OR WE GONNA RECALL Y'ALL, WE'RE GONNA GET A PETITION STARTED AND Y'ALL WILL BE GONE AND WATCH HOW NIKA ARNOLD WILL BE UP THERE. 
          AND Y'ALL GONE. 
          AND I PROMISE Y'ALL DEVELOPERS, Y'ALL BETTER TALK TO US AND SEE HOW Y'ALL CAN INVEST INTO LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES TODAY. 
          AMEN. 
          OR WE GONNA BURN THIS THING DOWN. 
          SAVE. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          AUSTIN, PLEASE BEGIN. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS CELINE RENDON AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN LIVING IN AUSTIN FOR SEVEN YEARS WITH FAMILY NOT FARM IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'VE BEEN WORKING IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, LAND USE AND HOUSING DURING MY TIME HERE SINCE ATTENDING UT AUSTIN WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS ON THE EAST SIDE, LIKE  COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. 
          YEP. 
          YEAH. 
          TAKING PUT THAT COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES THE IMPACT ON GENTRIFICATION. 
          DISPLACEMENT PROPONENTS OF HOMES SUCH AS STUDENTS AND URBAN PLANNERS MUST RECOGNIZE THEIR IDEAS. 
          REFERENCING THINGS LIKE THE COLOR OF LAW OR JAKE WAGMAN'S HOUSTON ARTICLE ARE CONSTANTLY CHERRY PICKING DATA, CLAIMING THAT THE INCREASED MARKET RATE SUPPLY HAS BENEFITS WITHOUT PROVING CAUSATION. 
          IF URBANISTS POINTS TO THE FACT THAT RENT IS DOWN 5% THIS YEAR AND MARKET RATE SUPPLY HAS BEEN HIGH, REMEMBER THE DECREASES AFTER A 35% INCREASE FROM 2021 TO 2022. 
          AND CAN ALSO BE EXPLAINED BY MANY OTHER FACTORS LIKE RISING INTEREST RATES, GENERAL UNCERTAINTY IN THE ECONOMY AND MORE. 
          JUST BECAUSE TWO THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITHIN THE SAME TIME PERIOD, DOESN'T MEAN CAUSATION HAS BEEN PROVEN WITH COMMUNITY POWERED A TX IN JUST A FEW WEEKS, WE'VE HAD 2,800 LETTERS SENT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR DEMANDING TO POSTPONE AND VOTE NO ON HOME. 
          HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP EVEN DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND WITH WORK. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, MY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, DISTRICT EIGHT NEVER AGREED TO MEET WITH US, NOT JUST MYSELF, BUT TEACHERS AND OTHER LOW TO MIDDLE INCOME FOLKS THAT DESPERATELY WANTED TO SHARE OUR COMMUNITY CONCERNS. 
          CITY COUNCIL STAFF HAVE ARGUED THAT THERE'S BEEN WIDESPREAD ENGAGEMENT, BUT THAT HAS GOTTA BE A JOKE. 
          SERVICE PROVIDERS DURING THE HOUSING CRISIS AND PEOPLE MOST IMPACTED HAVE BEEN THE LEAST INVOLVED. 
          MOST OF THE PROPONENTS SPEAKING ON HOME ARE ALREADY HOMEOWNERS, ALREADY ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF URBAN LIVING. 
          LIVING HERE LESS THAN 15 YEARS WORKING CLASS PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO RIDE THE BUS AND IT'S A VERY DISTANT DREAM TO ONE DAY BE HOMEOWNERS BECAUSE WE'RE STUCK IN AN OPPRESSIVE HAMSTER WHEEL WITH NO GENERATIONAL WEALTH AND CAPITALISM'S BOOT ON OUR NECK. 
          COMMUNITIES ACROSS AUSTIN ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS MASSIVE CHANGE TO CODE AND ARE REALIZING THAT MARKET DRIVEN PLANS LIKE HOME ARE NOT THE 
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SOLUTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE VOTE TO POSTPONE AND STOP HOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS JASON HASKINS. 
          I'M AN ARCHITECT, UH, WORKING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UH, I'VE, AND OVER THE YEARS I'VE BEEN CALLED MANY NASTY THINGS IN THIS ROOM. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT MY OPINION IS WORTH LESS BECAUSE I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN. 
          MY FAMILY WAS PRICED OUT 10 YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE PAYING FOR QUARTERLY PEDIATRIC, UH, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERIES TO KEEP MY OLDEST DAUGHTER ALIVE AND WE WERE FORCED OUT. 
          BUT MOST INSULTING TO ME IS THAT I'VE BEEN CALLED A SHILL FOR DEVELOPERS. 
          BUT FINE IF I'M GONNA BE A SHILL FOR DEVELOPERS, LET ME EXPLAIN WHO I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARCHITECT, NOT THE MORALLY BANKRUPT PROFIT, HUNGRY DEVIANCE THAT SERVED AS OPPOSED TO DELETE MY CLIENTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY BUILDING AFFORDABLE AND MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING SOLUTIONS TODAY. 
          CLIENTS LIKE GUADALUPE, NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, OR COLLEAGUES LIKE THOSE AT BLACKLAND, BLACK SHEAR CHICON AND OTHERS WHO ALL HAVE SITES READY FOR MORE SET ASIDE UNITS IF ONLY THEY WERE LEGAL. 
          AND THE COUNTLESS CLIENTS THAT I AND MY DESIGN COLLEAGUES HAVE WORKED WITH AS HOMEOWNERS WHO WANT TO BUILD ADUS BUT CAN'T DO TODAY'S, TO DO TODAY'S ARBITRARY RE UH, REGULATIONS. 
          THERE IS PENT UP DEMAND FOR THIS READY TO GO THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          NO ONE MEASURE IS GOING TO SOLVE THE FULL SPECTRUM OF OUR HOUSING CRISES. 
          AND THERE ARE THINGS WELL OUTSIDE OF ZONING THAT WE STILL NEED TO ADDRESS, LIKE ACCESS TO, TO CAPITAL. 
          BUT I'M CERTAIN THAT THIS ONE WILL HELP AND IS FAR BETTER THAN THE STATUS QUO. 
          WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO A FINELY BALANCED POLICY HERE THAT WILL BENEFIT MY CLIENTS WITHOUT ENABLING THE RICH TO GET RICHER AS WELL AS MITIGATE THE FEW, UH, RELEVANT CONCERNS OF THE OPPOSITION. 
          YOU SHOULD HAVE OUR A I A SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORT, BUT THERE'S ONE, UH, IMPORTANT THING HERE THAT'S RESOLVED, THAT'S UNRESOLVED AFTER THEIR PLANNING COMMISSION ALLOWANCES FOR PARKING AS PROVIDED BY THE CURRENT SUBCHAPTER F EXEMPTIONS WERE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE 0.55 AND 0.65 FAR LIMITS. 
          ADDING THE EXEMPTIONS AGAIN, NOT ONLY DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF SIMPLIFYING THE APPLICATION REVIEWS IT DOUBLE DIPS ON PARKING, UH, TO THE BENEFIT OF PROFIT DRIVEN DEVELOPERS WHO EX AND EXCLUSIVELY BLOAT STRUCTURES DO NOT GIVE INTO THAT GREED. 
          REJECT THE PARKING EXEMPTION AMENDMENTS AND INCLUDE ALL PARKING AND THE GROSS FLOOR AREA DEFINITION. 
          WE ARE DEFENSELESS BEFORE THE INTERESTS OF A DEIFIED MARKET. 
          PAY ATTENTION TO THE MOTIVES AND PRIVILEGES OF THOSE PEOPLE SPEAKING TO YOU. 
          PUT DISPLACED UNHOUSED AND MARGINALIZED FIRST VOTE YES TO PUT PEOPLE OVER PROFITS. 
          THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE MARIA SANCHEZ, CLINTON DAVIS, RYAN JOHNSON, MEGAN RAMOS, NOAH ELIAS, AND NATALIE DOWD. 
          WHO HAS DONATED TIME FROM CHERYL THOMPSON. 
          IS CHERYL THOMPSON HERE? THANK YOU. 
          SO NATALIE WILL GET, UM, FOUR MINUTES. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM. 
          PLEASE MAKE THE WAY FRONT IF SHE, IF SHE'S CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME DOWN TO THE FRONT SO THAT YOU CAN BEGIN SPEAKING. 
          IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE. 
          NATALIE. 
          OKAY. 
          IS NATALIE HERE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO A PODIUM. 
          GO TO A PODIUM. 
          OH, I, YEAH, PLEASE. 
          OH, I DIDN'T, I WASN'T THE FIRST ONE, BUT, OKAY. 
          WELL, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY, COOL. 
          IF, IF IT'S AN OPEN PODIUM, IT'S ALL YOURS. 
          ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. 
          WE'LL BEGIN NOW. 
          I AM CHERYL THOMPSON. 
          I AM, UH, REPRESENTING THE CORONA HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT. 
          WE'RE LOCATED ADJACENT TO ST. 
          JOHN'S WITHIN THE TRIANGLE OF CAMERON ROAD TWO 90 AND 180 3. 
          DISTRICT ONE. 
          UM, MADISON IS OUR, UM, OUR REPRESENTATIVE. 
          WE HAVE ALL TYPES OF HOUSINGS, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT, HOUSING, SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES, AND GROUP HOMES. 
          UH, 77.5% OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE AGAINST THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE, I'LL START OFF WITH DEMOCRACY. 
          DEMOCRACY IS UNDER ATTACK ACROSS THIS ENTIRE NATION IS EVIDENT HERE AS WELL IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          THIS IS ANTI-DEMOCRATIC. 
          IT'S ANTI REPRESENTATIVE, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR THE COUNCIL TO SAY AND THIS QUIET STUFF OUT LOUD AND SAY THAT THEY ARE TELLING CITIZENS THAT THEY CAN'T HEAR, BUT THEY ALREADY KNOW HOW THEY'RE GONNA VOTE. 
          SO IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF YOU HEAR OR NOT BECAUSE YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE. 
          AND THAT'S PROBABLY FOR ALL OF YOU. 
          SHE MAY HAVE BEEN THE ONE WHO SAID IT, BUT SHE MAY HAVE BEEN SPEAKING FOR EVERYONE. 
          UM, THAT BEING SAID, WHY CAN'T COUNT? WHY CAN'T THIS BE PUT TO A VOTE FOR THE BALLOT SO THAT ALL THE CITIZENS HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE? AND IF IT'S REALLY SUCH A GOOD DEAL, I APPLAUD, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, BEG YOU TO PLEASE MEET WITH THE CITIZENS. 
          IF IT'S A GOOD DEAL, YOU'RE GONNA CONVINCE US. 
          YOU WILL CONVINCE US, AUSTIN ICE, OUR INTELLIGENT INDIVIDUALS. 
          WE, IF IT'S A GOOD DEAL, YOU'RE GONNA CONVINCE US. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO RAM IT DOWN AND VOTE, UH, BEHIND THE SCENES AND, AND, AND NOT LET THE CITIZENS VOTE. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL SAY IS JUST THIS, WE WANNA GET IT RIGHT. 
          IT'S EMBARRASSING TO BE FROM AUSTIN AND HAVE US IN THE NATIONAL NEWS WHERE WE GET SUED. 
          OUR CITY GETS SUED OVER AND OVER AGAIN BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING. 
          SO LET'S 
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GET THIS RIGHT. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL SAY IS WE IN A SOCIETY TELL, UH, WE SAY NO MEANS NO. 
          STOP MEANS STOP. 
          I'M HEARING A LOT OF, NO, I'M HEARING A LOT OF STOP. 
          BUT IT OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF, IF, IF THE YOU WANNA KEEP DOING IT, YOU JUST DO IT. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE CRIMES CONTINUE ON THE DEVELOPMENT, THE REALITY. 
          OUR NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED THAT THREE HOUSES ARE ON THEIR LOT. 
          AND I WAS TELLING THEM, I SAID, THEY WERE SAYING, HOW CAN I SQUEEZE TWO MORE HOUSES? I SAID, OH, NO, NO, THERE THOSE ARE DEVELOPERS ARE GONNA COME IN AND BUY IT OUT, TEAR IT DOWN AND REBUILD. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SQUEEZING TWO MORE HOUSES ON YOUR LOT. 
          WHY NOT HONOR THE EXISTING DEEDED RESTRICTIONS? WHY NOT TRY THIS INITIATIVE IN A NEWLY DEVELOPED COMMUNITY TO SEE HOW IT WORKS? IDENTIFY THE KINKS. 
          THIS DOES NOT ADDRESS THE CORE AFFORDABILITY ISSUE WHICH WE DO HAVE. 
          AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE DO HAVE SOLUTIONS FOR AFFORDABILITY THAT WE CAN WORK TRICKLE DOWN HAS NOT WORKED BECAUSE THE DEVELOPERS WON'T BE SHARING THE PROFITS. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THIS IS A TOUGH PROBLEM, BUT DENSITY DOES NOT EQUAL AFFORDABILITY. 
          OTHERWISE, WHY ARE THE HOMES DOWNTOWN HERE? WHY ARE THEY NOT AFFORDABLE? THERE'S MORE DENSE DOWNTOWN, SO THAT MEANS THEY SHOULD BE REALLY CHEAPER. 
          IT SHOULD BE REALLY CHEAP FOR ME TO LIVE DOWNTOWN. 
          SO LET'S, LET'S KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL. 
          DON'T FALL FOR THE QUICK FIX. 
          THIS INITIATIVE WILL PRICE OUT FIXED, UH, INCOME NEIGHBORS, INCREASE HOMELESSNESS AND ADD THE STRESS ON OUR ALREADY EXISTING FOOD PANTRY PROBLEM. 
          UM, THE SERVICES THEY'VE BEEN MENTIONED, THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          WE HAVE TO GET OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TOGETHER. 
          OUR SEWAGE LINES ARE ALREADY UNDER STRESS. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY ACTUALLY HAS THE NERVE WITH AS MUCH AS THEY CHARGE TO ASK US TO TALK ABOUT ROLLING BLACKOUTS. 
          AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT ELECTRIC CARS. 
          I DON'T HAVE ONE YET, BUT NOW I'M THINKING, OH SHOOT, I BETTER NOT GO DOWN THAT ROAD BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE CAR IS GONNA TAKE UP AS MUCH AS ONE OF THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSES. 
          SO THAT IS A CONCERN. 
          SAFETY, THE REDUCTION OF POLICE AND FIRE AND EMS RESPONSE. 
          RECENTLY, UH, I UH, TOLD I DIDN'T TELL YOU ALL THAT. 
          WE HAVE GROUP HOMES IN OUR AREA. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, PLEASE VOTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO VOTE. 
          NO THANK YOU. 
          VOTE NO. 
          LET US VOTE. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS IN MAYOR WATSON. 
          I'M MEGAN RAMOS, A DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT AND UT UNDERGRAD STUDENT. 
          TODAY I GET TO BRIEFLY ESCAPE THE ROUGH WEEK THAT IS FINALS TO SPEAK HERE TODAY. 
          HOWEVER, I'M NOT HERE TO SIMPLY PROCRASTINATE ON STUDYING. 
          SORRY, DR. 
          SHANAHAN, IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS, I PROMISE I'LL GET BACK TO IT AS SOON AS I GET HOME. 
          I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND OTHER STUDENTS TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          AUSTIN'S RAPID GROWTH IS UNDENIABLE, DRAWING IN MANY MI YOUNG MINDS TO THE CITY. 
          WE ARE THE FUTURE OF AUSTIN, AND OUR FUTURE IS IN DANGER. 
          THIS DOES NOT PASS. 
          HOUSING PRICES HAVE DOUBLED OVER THE LAST DECADE AND CONTINUE TO PRICE OUT MIDDLE AND LOW. 
          LOWER INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN AUSTIN HOME OFFERS A SOLUTION OF ATTAINABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WHILE ADDRESSING CONCERNS THAT OTHERS HAVE PRESENTED HERE TODAY. 
          HOME PHASE ONE MAINTAINS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS SUCH AS INCENTIVIZING TREE PRESERVATION AND LIMITING IMPERVIOUS COVER TOOLS LIKE FLEXIBLE PERMITTING FOSTER AN EQUITABLE PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL HOMEOWNERS AND INCREASED POTENTIAL HIGHER QUALITIES OF LIFE FOR MARGINALIZED NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER EDUCATION, JOBS AND PROGRAMS. BY INVESTING IN UNDERDEVELOPED NEIGHBORHOODS, THIS WILL LEAD TO A MORE OPEN AUSTIN. 
          EXPANDING HOUSING OPTIONS WILL ADDRESS ISSUES OF MASSIVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND PROMOTE A HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MULTI-GENERATIONAL LIVING. 
          AND LASTLY, ADVOCATING FOR MORE DENSE HOUSING WILL LOWER OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT, WHICH WILL AFFECT ALL OF OUR FUTURES. 
          IN ESSENCE, HOME ADDRESSES AUSTIN'S HOUSING CRISIS WHILE CONSIDERING AFFORDABILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACT, SUSTAINABILITY, GENTRIFICATION, AND ALL THE ISSUES THAT EVERYONE HAS BROUGHT TODAY. 
          AND AS A RESIDENT AND STUDENT IN AUSTIN, I URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR A HOME AND I APPRECIATE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MAYOR. 
          I AM NOELS. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE AND I AM A THIRD GRADE TEACHER IN MY COMMUNITY OF MENTALIS. 
          UH, FIRST I WANNA SAY TO WHOEVER SAID THAT WE'RE NOT THE FUTURE OF AUSTIN. 
          WE ARE MY CHIL. 
          MY CHILDREN ARE MY STUDENTS. 
          MY BLACK BROWN IMMIGRANT STUDENTS ARE THE FUTURE OF AUSTIN. 
          I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT ME AND MY COMMUNITY ARE AGAINST THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          WE OPPOSE THE HOME INITIATIVE BECAUSE IT WILL FURTHER DISPLACE OUR WORKING CLASS FAMILIES. 
          THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR AFFORDABILITY, AND THE DEVELOPERS WILL TARGET THOSE COMMUNITIES, OUR COMMUNITIES, IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THEIR PROFITS. 
          OUR COMMUNITY IS A WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY AND MANY HAVE 
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LIVED THERE FOR GENERATIONS. 
          SO WHY ARE MY NEIGHBORS NOT HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE HOME INITIATIVE? BECAUSE THEY ARE AT WORK. 
          THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE A DAY OFF BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR RENT, THEIR MORTGAGE, THEIR TAXES THAT ARE INCREASING EVERY DAY. 
          MANY IN MY COMMUNITY ARE ONE CRISIS AWAY FROM BEING DISPLACED AND THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE A DAY OFF TO SPEND AT CITY HALL. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE WILL INCREASE THE PRESSURES THAT THESE FAMILIES FACE ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          ALSO, SOME PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE HOME INITIATIVE BECAUSE THEIR CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES DIDN'T EVEN HOLD TOWN HALLS TO SPEAK TO THEM. 
          ESPECIALLY FOR OUR, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SPANISH SPEAKING AND IMMIGRANT FAMILIES. 
          OUR CITY COUNCIL IS FAILING OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          IT IS SAD WHEN YOU THINK OF SOME OF YOU RAN YOUR CAMPAIGN ON A PLATFORM OF COMMUNITY AND AFFORDABILITY, AND YOU CAN'T EVEN GO OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND SPEAK TO THEM ON THIS. 
          WE NEED A DEEPLY AFFORD, WE NEED DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE NEED THESE, THOSE PEOPLE MOST AFFECTED BY THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS TO BE AT THE TABLE. 
          THOSE CLOSEST TO THE PAIN SHOULD BE CLOSER TO THE POWER. 
          SO I ASK YOU TO POSTPONE, POSTPONE UNTIL WE CAN GET A PLAN THAT WORKS FOR OUR WORKERS AND OUR WORKING FAMILIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MY NAME IS RYAN JOHNSON. 
          I'M A DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT, UH, A MEMBER OF THE CITY'S ZONING COMMISSION. 
          AND IN MY DAY JOB, I AM A PROFESSIONAL PLANNER. 
          UH, OTHER CITIES HIRE ME TO HELP WRITE THEIR ZONING CODES. 
          UH, I'M A NERD ABOUT THIS STUFF. 
          I'M DOING IT FOR FREE AND FOR MY JOB. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT A LOT OF THE TESTIMONY TODAY OPPOSED TO THE HOME INITIATIVE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY MOVING. 
          AS A NATIVE AUSTINITE, I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME. 
          UH, THEY JUST GOT MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE EVERY YEAR, WAY MORE THAN SALARIES COULD KEEP UP. 
          UM, BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT BELIEVE THAT MANY OF THOSE OPPOSED TO THIS INITIATIVE WHILE REALLY, REALLY HEARTFELT AND WELL-INTENTIONED ARE JUST WRONG. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE AS WRITTEN WILL NOT INCREASE DISPLACEMENT. 
          IT CAN'T. 
          OH MY GOD, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. 
          THERE IS NO WAY TO INCREASE AFFORDABILITY WITHOUT ONE OF TWO THINGS, GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH A BONUS PROGRAM OR CASH OR RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR VOUCHERS, OR BY PUTTING MORE HOMES ON LESS LAND. 
          IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND YOU HAVE A HOME, A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, OR EVEN A TOWNHOUSE, YOUR LAND IS WORTH MORE THAN THAT HOUSE. 
          AND IF YOU PUT MORE HOUSE ON LESS LAND, IT WILL REDUCE THE PRICES OF THOSE HOUSES. 
          AND WHILE NEW BUILD HOUSES, I'VE, I'VE HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, HIGH DENSITY, HIGH-RISE TOWERS DOWNTOWN, EACH UNIT IS SELLING FOR 800,000, A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          YOU SHOULDN'T COMPARE THAT TO A SMALL HOUSE ON THE EAST SIDE. 
          COMPARE THAT TO A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE DOWNTOWN THAT WILL SELL FOR 15 OR $20 MILLION. 
          AND SO WHILE CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN WILL ALWAYS BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN OTHERS, THE ONLY WAY WITHIN ONE OF THOSE AREAS TO REDUCE PRICES, AS HAS BEEN SHOWN IN ALL THE CITIES I'VE WORKED IN, THE COUNTLESS STUDIES THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS, STAFF AND OTHERS HAVE SHARED, IS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF LAND DEDICATED TO EACH HOME. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR VOTING YES ON HOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE CONNOR OGILVY, JEFF DICKERSON, DAVID KENON, LINDSEY DARRINGTON, AND LUDWIG ACOSTA. 
          WHO HAS TIME DONATION FROM DEBORAH BLOOM. 
          BLOOM AND TRITT. 
          ARE YOU HERE, DEBORAH? HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND AS, AS WELL AS PATTY SPRINKLE HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO LUDWIG ACOSTA GETS SIX MINUTES. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS CONNOR OGILVY FROM DISTRICT NINE AND I'M HERE IN FAVOR OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THE HOME INITIATIVE IS BENEFICIAL TO OPENING UP NEW HOUSING OPTIONS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE AREAS THAT NEED THEM THE MOST. 
          AND AS SOMEONE WHO WILL LIKELY BE HERE FOR A WHILE, I HOPE TO ONE DAY SEE A WIDER RANGE OF CHOICES AND WHERE I'M ABLE TO LIVE. 
          AUSTIN RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO SPACES THAT FIT BOTH THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR BUDGETS. 
          I WILL NEVER NEED A 3000 SQUARE FOOT HOME ON A HUGE LOT, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WANTING ONE EITHER. 
          INCREASING HOUSING SUPPLY IN MORE DIVERSE FORMATS, CATERS TO THOSE LOOKING FOR A SPACE TO CALL THEIR OWN. 
          I KNOW THAT ALL THIS IS LIKELY FAR OFF IN THE FUTURE FOR ME SINCE I'M NOT EVEN 20 YET. 
          BUT I'D BE LYING IF I SAID HOUSING WASN'T SOMETHING I THOUGHT ABOUT EVERY DAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          PLEASE VOTE YES ON THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MAYOR KIRK WATSON FOR THE DEBATE DEBATE AROUND LESLIE PODIUM. 
          OH, WE HAVE PODIUMS. OH, WHAT? YOU CAN GO, NO, 
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YOU CAN GO. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          HI. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING, I'M, OR GOOD AFTERNOON AT THIS POINT. 
          I'M LINDSAY DARRINGTON. 
          I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PRESERVATION AUSTIN. 
          WE ARE AUSTIN'S ONLY CITYWIDE NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND WE EXIST TO EMPOWER AUSTINITES TO SHAPE A MORE INCLUSIVE, RESILIENT AND MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY CULTURE THROUGH PRESERVATION IN SERVICE TO THIS MISSION. 
          I'M HERE TO EXPRESS PRESERVATION. 
          AUSTIN'S SUPPORT FOR THE HOME ORDINANCE WITH THE PRESERVATION BONUS AND SUSTAINABILITY BONUS INCLUDED, AUSTIN LOSES OVER 500 OLDER, SMALLER, MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES TO REDEVELOPMENT FOR LARGER, MORE EXPENSIVE HOMES EVERY YEAR, MARKET FORCES PAIRED WITH OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE MAKE THIS A LOSING BATTLE. 
          WE ARE LOSING OUR CULTURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL FABRIC, OUR SENSE OF PLACE AND IDENTITY AS AUSTINITES BECAUSE OUR CURRENT SYSTEM FAVORS DEMOLITION. 
          THE PRESERVATION BONUS, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN WHAT YOU ALL CONSIDER TODAY, WILL GIVE HOMEOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS A BETTER ALTERNATIVE TO DEMOLITION. 
          IT INCENTIVIZES RETENTION OF PRE 1960 HOMES ACCORDING TO PRESERVATION BEST PRACTICES, WHILE ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HOUSING WITHIN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THE SUSTAINABILITY BONUS IS, IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPANION TO THIS POLICY. 
          FOR HOMES BUILT AFTER 1960 HOMES PRESERVED THROUGH THESE BONUSES ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE TO DEMOLITION TODAY. 
          THEY HAVE GREAT BONES AND GREAT CHARACTER, BUT WILL NEVER RISE TO CITY LANDMARK STATUS OR SURVIVE LONG ENOUGH TO BECOME CONTRIBUTORS TO LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS. 
          THESE NEW BONUS PROGRAMS ARE A LIFELINE FOR HISTORIC HOMES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE LOST. 
          THESE BONUSES MAKE HOMES STRONGER BY SUPPORTING AUSTIN'S GOALS FOR BUILDING MORE SUSTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE, AND CULTURALLY VIBRANT CITY. 
          I THINK THEY LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR FUTURE SUPPORTS FOR HOMEOWNERS TO BETTER ACCESS HOME, TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP MORE OF THESE UNITS ON THEIR SITES TO HELP, UM, COMBAT ANTI OR DISPLACEMENT ISSUES AND PRESSURES, WHICH EVERYONE  VERY RIGHTLY IS A REAL CONCERN THAT WE REALLY SYMPATHIZE WITH. 
          IT'S NOT JUST JUST ABOUT BUILDINGS, BUT IT'S ABOUT HOMES FOR PEOPLE. 
          IN OUR CASE, WE'RE LOOKING AT HISTORIC HOMES, HISTORIC COMMUNITIES, AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT PEOPLE THROUGH PRESERVATION. 
          PRESERVATION. 
          AUSTIN, THANKS. 
          THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OUR PARTNERS OF THE AUSTIN INFO COALITION AND A I AUSTIN FOR SUPPORTING THIS VISION. 
          WE THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS, POOL, CADRE, AND FUENTES FOR BEING CHAMPIONS OF THESE BONUSES AND LOOK FORWARD TO PRES, UH, TO BETTER PRESERVATION OUTCOMES BECAUSE OF THEIR SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY, PLEASE BEGIN. 
          HI, I'M DAVID KENNISON AND MY WIFE AND I ARE HOMEOWNERS UP IN WINDSOR PARK AREA. 
          MR. VELA, I HOPE YOU READ HER LETTER YESTERDAY. 
          . 
          ANYWAY, WE ARE AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL AND I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU WHY THIS AMENDMENT WILL BRING GENTRIFICATION BY ACQUISITION OR EXPANSION BY EXPULSION. 
          SPECULATORS WILL BUY PROPERTIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAXIMUM DEVELOPMENT AND PROFIT WITH NO EXPECT FOR THE EXISTING COMMUNITY. 
          TAXES WILL GO UP DUE TO THE POTENTIAL INCOME FROM PROPERTY RESIDENTS WILL BE FORCED OUT AND LEAVE AND DISCUSS SETTING UP A DOMINO EFFECT. 
          THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR WAS BOUGHT BY AN LLCA YEAR AND A HALF AGO WAITING FOR THESE CHANGES. 
          IT SITS FALLING APART AND OVERGROWN AND SHOULD BE CONDEMNED. 
          THIS IS NOT PROGRESS OR PLANNING. 
          IT IS AGREED IN ANTICIPATION. 
          INVESTORS WOULD END UP BEING LANDLORDS AND SLUMLORDS. 
          NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY STATUS QUO WILL BE DESTROYED BY AN INFLUX OF RENTERS WITH NO TIES TO THE COMMUNITY AND RESIDING IN MULTIPLE HOUSING UNITS. 
          THEY COULD VERY WELL LACK ANY SENSE OF BELONGING OR RESPECT FOR THE PROPERTY THEY LIVE ON OR EACH OTHER. 
          THERE WOULD BE NO SENSE OF HOME AND CRIME RATES WOULD INEVITABLY GO UP, JEOPARDIZING EVERYONE'S PERSONS AND PROPERTY PASSING THIS AMENDMENT WOULD BE A GREAT DISSERVICE TO AUSTIN OR ANYWHERE THAT WAS SUBJECT TO FORCING GROSS ENCROACHMENT BY ITS ALLOWANCE, THE KIND OF SEIZURE OF LAND BY LOW EMINENT DOMAIN. 
          FINALLY, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECT THAT INCREASED POPULATION DENSITY WILL HAVE ON EVERY ASPECT OF INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          BOTH WATER AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLY LINES WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED, EXPANDED, AND INSTALLED TO SUPPLY ALL THE ADDITIONAL HOMES. 
          THIS WILL INCLUDE METERS. 
          TREES WILL BE CUT DOWN FROM MORE HOMES ON ALLOTTED FOOTAGE AREAS. 
          INCREASING THE IMPERVIOUS RATIO AND MAKING IT EVEN HOTTER STREETS WILL HAVE TO BE WIDENED FOR ALL THE NEW CARS CUTTING SWABS OUT OF EVERYONE'S YARDS. 
          MOREHOUSE IS LESS PROPERTY AND ONCE AGAIN, AS WELL AS LOSING THEIR PROPERTY AND ESTABLISH SENSITIVE COMMUNITY, TAXPAYERS WILL BE ASKED TO FOOT THE BILL. 
          WE ASK THAT THE COUNCIL GARNER MORE PUBLIC INPUT AND CONSIDER PUTTING THIS MATTER ON A BALLOT. 
          PLEASE DO NOT BE SWAYED OR CAPITULATE TO THE LOBBYING OF INVESTORS. 
          HIS ONLY MOTIVATION IS FUTURE PROFIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME MA'AM. 
          SIR, SIR, SIR, HANG ON ONE SECOND. 
          JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. 
          IS THAT PUMA AND DEBORAH? SIR? SIR, IS IT PUMA AND DEBORAH KINISON? YES. 
          ALL RIGHT, I GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST ALRIGHT, WANNA MAKE SURE? THANK VERY MUCH. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          MY NAME IS JEFF DICKERSON. 
          I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF THE MATTHEWS LANE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT I WILL BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF TODAY. 
          WOO. 
          THERE'S SOME EXCITING SPEAKERS OUT HERE. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I AM NOT ONE OF 'EM. 
          I'M JUST A NUMBERS AND DETAILS GUY. 
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UH, FOR YOUR BENEFIT, I READ THROUGH ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED ONLINE AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE STATISTICS. 
          HOME QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK ABOUT HOME QUESTIONS THAT REPRESENTED 24% OF THE INPUT PEOPLE THAT WERE FOR HOME. 
          AGAIN, THIS WAS EMAIL AND PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE ENTER ONLINE 74 PEOPLE APPROXIMATELY. 
          AND THIS INCLUDES THE TWO DAYS OF COMMENTS. 
          THAT'S ABOUT 14% OF THE TOTAL. 
          THOSE THAT WERE AGAINST THE HOME AMENDMENT 297 APPROXIMATELY, OR 300. 
          THAT'S ABOUT ALMOST 60% OF THE PEOPLE THAT OPPOSE HOME. 
          THESE ARE NUMBERS. 
          THESE DON'T COME FROM ME, THESE COME FROM THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. 
          I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED TO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL'S, AMENDMENTS. 
          IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY AFFORDABILITY COMPONENTS. 
          IN FACT, THE REPORT STATES UPZONING LEADS TO DISPLACEMENT. 
          THIS IS ON PAGE 70 AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT REPORT DATED OCTOBER 26TH, 2023. 
          THE HOME AMENDMENT INFRASTRUCTURE LANGUAGE IS TOOTHLESS. 
          IT, UH, CONTAINS NO INSTANCE OF MONEY FOR STREET TRAFFIC, WATER SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND I QUOTE GENERAL RECOMMENDATION, COUNSEL SHALL REQUIRE ALL RELATIVE DEPARTMENTS ASSESS IMPACTS OF ADDITIONAL UNITS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSESS COMMITTEE. 
          TOOTHLESS, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS IF TRENT, SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          TIME'S UP. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK MR. ACOSTA. 
          YES, MY NAME IS LODO ACOSTA. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR KERICK WATSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR ACTUALLY HEARING ME. 
          MY STATEMENT, MY NAME, UM, REPRESENT FROM DISTRICT EIGHT AND UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY THIS SHOWCASE A VIDEO FROM A FELLOW NEIGHBOR FOR ME OF DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          PLEASE ACTUALLY HAVE THE DECENCY TO PLAY THE VIDEO PLEASE. 
          IF YOU FOLLOW LOCAL POLITICS IN AUSTIN OR THE DEBATE AROUND LESLIE POOLE'S HOME INITIATIVE, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT A RECENTLY PUBLISHED STUDY OF MINIMUM LOT SIZE REFORM IN HOUSTON AS PROOF THAT THE HOME INITIATIVE WILL MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE IN AUSTIN. 
          YEP. 
          YOU MAY HAVE EVEN SEEN THE VIDEO OF THIS GUY TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE FANCY VIDEOS LIKE HIS WHERE YOU CAN HAVE IMAGES BEHIND YOU AND ALL THAT, BUT I DO KNOW HOW TO READ AND INTERPRET A RESEARCH PAPER AND THIS GUY HAS GOT IT ALL WRONG. 
          THIS IS ME. 
          I TEACH URBAN STUDIES AT UT AND I'VE BEEN RESEARCHING AND TEACHING ABOUT URBAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OVER 25 YEARS. 
          18 OF WHICH AT UT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORT ABOUT MINIMUM LOT SIZE REFORM IN HOUSTON. 
          WHAT'S BEHIND THIS GUY IS A BLOG POST ABOUT THE RESEARCH REPORT. 
          HE CLAIMS THAT MINIMUM LOT SIZE REFORM IN HOUSTON PRODUCED 35,000 TOWNHOUSES AND SUGGESTED HOME THE HOME INITIATIVE WILL HAVE A SIMILAR EFFECT IN AUSTIN. 
          WHAT THE RESEARCH PAPER ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT IS 5,359 TOWNHOUSES PRODUCED OVER THE COURSE OF 15 YEARS BY THE SUBDIVISION OF RESIDENTIAL LOTS BASED ON A LAND USE CHANGE THAT HAPPENED IN 1998. 
          25 YEARS AGO. 
          THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE 34,000 UNITS WERE BUILT ON LARGE VACANT COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL SITES, WHICH HOUSTON HAD PLENTY OF IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, BUT WHICH AUSTIN DOES NOT IN 2023 CONVERSIONS OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS, WHICH IS THE FOCUS OF THE HOME INITIATIVE HERE IN AUSTIN, THE RESEARCHERS SAY WAS RELATIVELY, WAS A RELATIVELY RARE EVENT THAT HAPPENED ON ONLY 0.5% OF ELIGIBLE LOTS. 
          AN ASSESSMENT OF THE RESEARCH BY BIPARTISAN POLICY.ORG EXPLAINS THAT QUOTE, NEW SMALLER LOTS WERE PARTICULARLY PROMINENT IN UNDERUTILIZED COMMERCIAL LAND AND MIDDLE INCOME RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, LIKELY BECAUSE WEALTHIER COMMUNITIES OPTED OUT OF THE REDUCED LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS. 
          WHILE LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES LACK SUFFICIENT DEMAND FOR ANY NEW HOUSING THAT MIGHT BE BUILT. 
          THAT'S A VASTLY DIFFERENT SITUATION THAN THE ONE WE FACE HERE IN AUSTIN WHERE LOWER INCOME AND BIPOC COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER INTENSE REDEVELOPMENT PRESSURE DUE TO THE MASSIVE POPULATION GROWTH RATE, ROUGHLY 32% OVER THE TIME PERIOD COVERED BY THE RESEARCH ARTICLE COMPARED TO HOUSTON'S MORE MODERATE 18% INCREASE. 
          SO THE HOUSTON CASE STUDY DOESN'T FIT TODAY'S AUSTIN, REMEMBER THIS GUY, HE WANTED TO KNOW IF MINIMUM LOT SIZE REDUCTION WOULD CAUSE GENTRIFICATION. 
          ACCORDING TO HIM, THE BLOG SUMMARY OF THE HOUSTON 
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RESEARCH SAID IT DIDN'T AND HE POINTED TO A CHART BEHIND HIM SHOWING AN INCREASE IN POPULATION OF BLACK AND LATINX POPULATIONS IN HOUSTON. 
          WHAT DOES THE RESEARCH PAPER ITSELF SHOW? IT BASICALLY SAYS THAT REDEVELOPMENT BASED ON UPZONING REQUIRES THE INFUSION OF CAPITAL, THE DRIVING FORCE OF GENTRIFICATION. 
          THE UNIFYING THEME IS A DRASTIC INTENSIFICATION IN THE USE OF THESE PARCELS. 
          AND AS ONE WOULD EXPECT AFTER ALL, FOR A BUILDER TO EXPEND THE CAPITAL TO ACQUIRE AN EXISTING PROPERTY DEMOLISH ITS EXISTING USE AND REPLACE IT WITH NEW HOUSING UNITS REQUIRES A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN VALUE. 
          AND WHAT DOES THE RESEARCH PAPER SAY ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE RESIDENTIAL LOTS WERE SUBDIVIDED AND REDEVELOPED INTO TOWNHOUSES COMPARED TO NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE LOTS WERE SUB WEREN'T SUBDIVIDED? IT SHOWS THAT REDEVELOPMENT CAUSED NEIGHBORHOODS TO HAVE FEWER YOUNG AND OLD PEOPLE. 
          FEWER BLACK AND LATINX PEOPLE, MORE WHITE PEOPLE. 
          A MASSIVE INCREASE IN FAMILY INCOME, A HIGHER PERCENT OF COLLEGE EDUCATION EDUCATED PEOPLE AND HOUSES WORTH TWO AND A HALF TIMES AS MUCH. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, GENTRIFICATION. 
          SO GOING BACK TO THIS GUY JUST REDUCING MINIMUM PARCEL SIZE CAUSE GENTRIFICATION. 
          YEP, YOU BET. 
          AND TO FINALIZE MY STATEMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY SAY TO, UH, EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL, UM, WITH A QUOTE THAT STATES, THE POWER TENDS TO PROTECT ITSELF, MARI BETTER TO MAINTAIN ITS OWN STATUS AND CONTROL. 
          YET PRINCIPLE GIVES UP THE POWER FOR THE SAKE OF CREATING THE BEST PUBLIC POLICY. 
          I DO BELIEVE THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF Y'ALL'S DISTRICTS THAT YOU REPRESENT WILL GIVE THE BEST DECISIONS FOR ASSISTANCE AND THE DISTRICTS THAT YOU REPRESENT UPON THIS POLICY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION. 
          HANG ON ONE SECOND. 
          MR. . 
          COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE NAME OF THE PROFESSOR WHO WAS FEATURED IN THE VIDEO. 
          RICH HAMAN. 
          RICH HAMAN. 
          RICH HAMAN. 
          MS. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          MS. NEXT FIVE, FIVE SPEAKERS ARE MEGAN KEEN, DARA HARMON, MARY KALE, JEFF BRADFORD, AND TRAVIS HOLLER. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME. 
          IF THERE'S AN EMPTY PODIUM, IT'S YOURS, SO FEEL FREE TO SPEAK. 
          JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. 
          HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS MEGAN KING AND I'M THE POLICY AND OUTREACH PLANNER FOR PRESERVATION AUSTIN. 
          I'M HERE TO EXPRESS PRESERVATION AUSTIN SUPPORT FOR THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          WITH THE PRESERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY BONUSES INCLUDED, WE KNOW THAT THE CURRENT STATUS QUO IS NOT WORKING FOR PRESERVATION. 
          TO ADDRESS THIS PRESERVATION, AUSTIN PARTNERED WITH THE AUSTIN INFILL COALITION IN 2021 TO IMAGINE A NEW PRESERVATION BONUS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 
          WE'VE CONSISTENTLY FOUGHT FOR THE BONUS TO FOLLOW PRESERVATION BEST PRACTICES WHILE ADDING MUCH NEEDED HOUSING FOR HOMES BUILT BEFORE 1960. 
          THE PRESERVATION BONUS WOULD EXEMPT THE EXISTING HOUSE FROM A SITE'S FAR LIMITS IN EXCHANGE FOR PRESERVING 100% OF THE STREET FACING FACADE AND AT LEAST 50% OF ITS STRUCTURE. 
          OVERALL REVIEW CRITERIA FOR THESE PROJECTS WILL DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE CITYWIDE HISTORIC DESIGN STANDARDS. 
          TO DATE, LESS THAN 1% OF AUSTIN'S PARCELS ARE PROTECTED FROM DEMOLITION BY HISTORIC ZONING. 
          SINCE 2013, THE CITY HAS DESIGNATED AN AVERAGE OF JUST EIGHT LOCAL LANDMARKS E EACH YEAR. 
          AUSTIN, WHICH HAS ONLY EIGHT LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS, HAS NOT SEEN A NEW ONE SINCE 2020. 
          COMPARE THIS TO THE RATE OF RESIDENTIAL DEMOLITIONS OCCURRING IN AUSTIN FROM 2010 TO 2021. 
          AN AVERAGE OF 514 RESIDENCES WERE DEMOLISHED EACH YEAR. 
          DISTRICT NINE AND DISTRICT THREE, WHICH EXPERIENCED THE CITY'S HIGHEST RATES OF DEMOLITION, ALSO HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF HOUSING BUILT PRE 1960. 
          IMAGINE IF WE COULD TRANSFORM EVEN 100 OF THESE DEMOLITIONS INTO TWO AND THREE UNIT PRESERVATION BONUSES. 
          THAT'S 100 HOMES KEPT FROM THE LANDFILL. 
          100 STARTER HOMES MAINTAINED FOR MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES. 
          THE PRESERVATION BONUS CREATES THESE POSSIBILITIES. 
          PRESERVATION AUSTIN'S WORK IS GROUNDED IN THE BELIEF THAT PRESERVATION CAN MEANINGFULLY SUPPORT AFFORDABLE AND SUSTAINABLE HOUSING OUTCOMES WHILE MAINTAINING OUR CITY'S HISTORY AND CULTURE. 
          PRESERVATION, DENSITY, AFFORDABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY NEED NOT BE AT ODDS AND THESE BONUSES ARE AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR WATSON AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, OH, WELL THAT DIDN'T SEEM FAIR. 
           UH, , BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. 
          YES, NO COULD ALL RIGHT, THE CLARK. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THE CLARK AUSTIN RESTARTED. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YES. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS TRAVIS HOLLERER AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE AND I SERVE ON PRESERVATION AUSTIN'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          I'M HERE TO FURTHER REITERATE PRESERVATION AUSTIN'S SUPPORT FOR THE HOME INITIATIVE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PRESERVATION 
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AND SUSTAINABILITY BONUSES INCLUDED. 
          THESE BONUSES SHOWCASE THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE THAT PRESERVATION CAN PLAY IN ACHIEVING, EXCUSE ME, IN ACHIEVING AUSTIN'S SUSTAINABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY GOALS. 
          THE AVERAGE SIZE OF A DEMOLISHED SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS 1100 SQUARE FEET AND CONTRIBUTES ANYWHERE BETWEEN 23 TO 28 TONS OF WASTE TO OUR LANDFILLS. 
          THAT MEANS ROUGHLY 13,000 TONS OF WASTE IS PRODUCED BY RESIDENTIAL DEMOLITIONS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO ACHIEVE ITS ZERO WASTE GOALS BY 2040, PRESERVATION OF OUR EXISTING HOUSING STOCK MUST BE PART OF THIS SOLUTION. 
          IN TRAVIS COUNTY, 25% OF WASTE IN OUR THREE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS COMES FROM CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS ALONE. 
          CONSIDERING THAT ALL THREE LANDFILLS ARE LOCATED EAST OF I 35, INCREASED DEMOLITIONS ALSO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EQUITY IMPACT ON EAST AUSTIN'S HISTORIC BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE ALSO KNOW THAT OLDER, SMALLER HOMES ARE AMONG OUR CITY'S MOST AFFORDABLE FOR RENTERS AND LOWER INCOME HOME BUYERS. 
          HOWEVER, OUR CURRENT LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE DISINCENTIVIZES PRESERVATION IN FAVOR OF WHOLESALE REDEVELOPMENT. 
          WHEN WE CONSIDER THAT THE AVERAGE SIZE OF A NEW HOME IN AUSTIN IS 2,800 SQUARE FEET, IT'S CLEAR THAT WE'RE LOSING OLDER, SMALLER, MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES TO LARGER, LESS AFFORDABLE ONES EVERY DAY. 
          BY PROVIDING ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVES TO DEMOLITION THE PROPOSED PRESERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY BONUSES WOULD ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION OF EXISTING HOUSING, KEEP DEMOLITION WASTE OUT OF OUR LANDFILLS, AND RETAIN THE NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABILITY OF OLDER, SMALLER HOMES. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          DO I START NOW? YEAH, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS MARY KALE AND I SERVE ON PRESERVATION AUSTIN'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          I'M ALSO, UH, AN ORAL HISTORY PRACTITIONER. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS PRESERVATION. 
          AUSTIN'S SUPPORT FOR THE HOME INITIATIVE WITH THE PRESERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY BONUSES INCLUDED. 
          LAST YEAR PRESERVATION AUSTIN PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN ON A REPORT, THE TAP REPORT INVESTIGATING HOW PRESERVATION CAN SUPPORT OUR AFFORDABILITY AND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT GOALS. 
          THIS YEAR WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE WORKED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER ON A RELOCATION RESOLUTION WITH THE ADOPTION OF HOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSE RELOCATION WILL BE FURTHER EXPANDED. 
          I WANT TO ENCOURAGE CITY COUNCIL GOING FORWARD TO REALLY CONSIDER THOSE TOOLS WE RECOMMENDED IN THE UI ULI TAP REPORT. 
          THESE INCLUDE COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS, WHICH SOME ADVOCATES IN EAST AUSTIN HAVE BEEN, UM, DISCUSSING AS A GREAT TOOL TO, UM, ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND DISPLACEMENT ISSUES. 
          THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM CHRONICALLY UNDERFUNDED, IT'S ALSO UNDERFUNDED AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. 
          THAT IS A FABULOUS WAY TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. 
          THE CITY HAS DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF HOME REPAIR THAT THEY COULD EXPAND AND KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. 
          UM, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO HELP HOMEOWNERS ACCESS HOMES, NEW ENTITLEMENTS, ESPECIALLY OF MONETIZING THEIR PROPERTY WILL HELP THEM STAY IN THEIR HOMES. 
          WE NEED PROGRAMS AND POLICIES THAT NARROW THE COST GAP BETWEEN HOMEOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS TO SUPPORT PEOPLE STAYING IN PLACE SO THAT MORE AUSTINITES CAN PARTICIPATE IN OUR GROWTH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          HI, MY NAME IS JEFF BRADFORD. 
          I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF BUILDING MORE HOUSING. 
          I SEE THIS JUST NOT AS AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT, WHICH I THINK OUGHT TO BE OBVIOUS, BUT ALSO AS A QUESTION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE. 
          I THINK SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAME CONVINCED THAT STOPPING HOUSING FROM BEING BUILT WAS PROGRESSIVE. 
          AND I THINK IT'S CLEARLY THE OPPOSITE, REGRESSIVE THAT IT BENEFITS MOSTLY OLDER PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOME MONEY AND OWN THEIR OWN HOMES LIKE MYSELF REALLY AND HURTS YOUNGER PEOPLE THAT ARE STARTING OUT IN LIFE AND ARE PRICED OUT OF HOUSING MARKETS. 
          AND I THINK OLDER PEOPLE ARE PRETTY ASSERTIVE ABOUT GETTING BENEFITS OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT, WHEREAS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MOSTLY CLUELESS ABOUT THAT. 
          AND I DO HAVE CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN MYSELF, BUT I THINK IN THIS CASE, POLICIES TO ALLOW MORE HOUSING TO BE BUILT ARE BOTH ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL AND MORE SOCIALLY JUST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE JANICE RANKIN, WHO HAS DONATION OF TIME BY CAROLINE REYNOLDS. 
          IS CAROLINE REYNOLDS HERE? RIGHT HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY UP. 
          YOU GET FOUR MINUTES ON DECK ARE GREG ANDERSON, JUAN RAYMOND RUBIO, MATEO BARN STONE, AND CHRISTINA POLLARD. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT. 
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THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS JUAN RAYMOND RUBIO. 
          I REPRESENT DISTRICT TWO ON THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION, AND I ALSO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR PRESERVATION AUSTIN. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS PRESERVATION AUSTIN SUPPORT FOR HOME WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE PRESERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY BONUSES. 
          AS A MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION, WE SEE THESE HOUSES BEING TORN DOWN. 
          UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH WITH RAINY STREET, UH, LONG AGO IS CONTINUING TO HAPPEN TO PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES. 
          THESE HOUSES ARE BEING DEMOLISHED. 
          NOBODY CAN GET HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THESE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BEING, UH, DESTROYED AND THEIR HOMES ARE BEING LOST. 
          UH, THAT CONTINUES TO, UH, DISPLACE THESE RESIDENTS OF THESE CITIES. 
          AS WE'VE HEARD FROM TODAY, BY THE TIME THESE DEMOLITION REQUESTS COME TO THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION, IT'S TOO LATE, RIGHT? UM, AND SO WE DON'T HAVE MANY TOOLS TO SAVE THESE HOUSES, TO SAVE THESE COMMUNITIES. 
          AND SO, UM, PRESERVATION AUSTIN ACTUALLY RECENTLY ANALYZED THESE DEMOLITIONS AS WELL AS THE CITY'S EAST AUSTIN HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY. 
          AND WE FOUND THAT ALL OF, UH, OUT OF ALL THE PROPERTIES SINCE 2016 THAT WERE DETERMINED ELIGIBLE ABOUT 1300, UH, 10% OF THOSE HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED. 
          SO WE ARE LOSING HOMES, WE ARE LOSING COMMUNITIES. 
          THAT IS WHY PEOPLE ARE UPSET, RIGHT? UH, WE DON'T HAVE MANY TOOLS THAT ARE DISPOSAL, BUT WE HOPE THAT SOMETHING CAN BE DONE TO, TO STEM THAT TIDE OF, OF DIS DEMOLITION AND DISPLACEMENT, ESPECIALLY IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          AND SO IF YOU ALL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS HOMES INITIATIVE, THERE HAS TO BE PRESERVATION BONUSES. 
          YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE PRESERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY BONUSES. 
          UH, THAT OFFERS US A BRAND NEW WAY TO, TO CREATE, UH, TO KEEP NEIGHBORHOODS HERE. 
          UH, FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UPSET ABOUT WHAT THIS WOULD DO TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK INTO HISTORIC LANDMARK, UH, DISTRICTS, UH, GET YOUR PROPERTY OWNERS NEARBY, GET YOUR NEIGHBORS FIGURE OUT HOW TO BECOME A LANDMARK DISTRICT. 
          THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE A HISTORIC HOUSE FROM DEMOLITION. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S AN UPHILL BATTLE. 
          I KNOW THERE'S EQUITY CONCERNS. 
          UM, AND WE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS THEIR OWN PRESERVER PRESERVATION PLAN COMING OUT FOR THOSE EQUITY CONCERNS. 
          BUT, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE CONSIDER PRESERVATION. 
          THIS IS, UH, HOPING TO HELP US WITH THAT DISPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITIES. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          PLEASE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. 
          MY NAME IS JANICE RANKIN. 
          I'M A RETIRED ATTORNEY AND I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN SINCE 1988. 
          I BECAME A HOMEOWNER IN 1992 AND I'VE BEEN PAYING PROPERTY TAXES EVER SINCE IN COUNCIL. 
          THIS DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          THIS HOME PROPOSAL IS NOT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK IT IS, BUT IT IS REALLY ABOUT AN EFFORT TO GENERATE MORE TAX REVENUE FROM PROPERTY TAXES. 
          THE REALITY IS IT WILL INCREASE TAX REVENUE FROM INCREASED APPRAISAL VALUES, NOT FROM A RATE INCREASE. 
          THIS REVENUE WILL BE NEEDED FOR PAYING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO DELIVER MORE ELECTRICITY, WATER SUPPLY, WASTEWATER SERVICES, FLOODING, RESTORATION, FLOODING CONTROL, EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND MAYBE EVEN A NEW LANDFILL. 
          YOU HAVE HEARD THE FORMER CITY AUDITOR IN PAST MEETINGS EXPLAIN THIS MORE THAN ONCE. 
          THIS WILL GENERATE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS THAT NEED FULL EVALUATION AND ACROSS THE BOARD COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS BEFORE YOU ACT. 
          I DO THANK THE MAYOR FOR HIS AMENDMENTS TO DO SOME STUDIES. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I WANT TO MENTION THAT AFFORDABILITY IS A RELATIVE CONCEPT AND IT CHANGES WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES OVER TIME. 
          WHAT'S AFFORDABLE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER POOL MAY NOT BE AFFORDABLE FOR ME. 
          UH, IT MAY NOT BE WHAT I CAN AFFORD, UH, VERSUS WHAT A STUDENT CAN AFFORD. 
          THE TRUTH IS AUSTIN HAS NOT HAD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR DECADES, AND THIS WILL NOT FIX THAT PROBLEM IN 2021. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, DATA SHOWS THAT OVER 17,000 DEGREES WERE CONFERRED ACROSS ALL UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS. SURE, MANY OF THESE STUDENTS FALL IN LOVE WITH AUSTIN AND THEY WANT TO STAY. 
          I WAS THAT WAY ONCE MYSELF IT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY. 
          THE IDEAL OF STAYING AFTER YOU GRADUATE HERE IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE. 
          A STUDENT WITH A DEGREE, BUT LITTLE OR NO FULL-TIME, EMPLOYMENT HISTORY, WHO HAS EDUCATION LOANS TO PAY MAY WELL NEED TO CONSIDER OTHER ALTERNATIVES LIKE DIFFERENT PLACES TO LIVE AND WORK. 
          I'M A LIVING EXAMPLE. 
          AFTER GRADUATION, I FOUND EMPLOYMENT ELSEWHERE, AND 10 YEARS LATER I WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO AUSTIN. 
          I THEN BECAME A RENTER FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE I TOOK UP A 30 YEAR MORTGAGE AND PAID PROPERTY TAXES, UTILITIES, AND INSURANCE ON IT. 
          THIS PROPOSAL IS AN EXPERIMENT. 
          IT'S A FAILURE 
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TO PLAN, AND THAT IS A PLAN TO FAIL. 
          AUSTIN HOMEOWNERS AND RESIDENTS ARE BEING SUBJECTED TO AN UNTRIED AND UNTESTED PROPOSAL. 
          THIS EXPERIMENT WOULD COME AT HUGE FINANCIAL AND PERSONAL COST. 
          WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE LONG-TERM DETRIMENT TO THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR GUINEA PIGS. 
          THIS POSES A THREAT TO NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          IT IMPACTS HOMEOWNERS AND RESIDENTS LIVING IN SINGLE HOMES ON SINGLE LOTS ALL OVER AUSTIN, NOT JUST CERTAIN AREAS. 
          AND IT CUTS ACROSS ALL ECONOMIC LEVELS. 
          IT'S AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY THREAT THAT JEOPARDIZES ALL OF THESE AUSTINITES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          IT CREATES DISPLACEMENT EFFECTS. 
          THESE CHANGES CALL FOR A CITYWIDE STUDY OF THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF RESIDENTS AND HOMEOWNERS WHO WOULD BE DISPLACED, INCLUDING DATA ON INCOME, AGE, AND RACE RELATED CRITERIA. 
          THE FACT IS THE HOME PROPOSAL WILL NOT KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD AND WONDERFUL. 
          IT WILL MAKE IT UGLY AND UNDESIRABLE FOR MANY FAMILIES. 
          IT MAY ACTUALLY INCREASE URBAN STRAW WHEN THE SINGLE INCOME NO KIDS WORKERS DECIDE TO OPT FOR FAMILY LIFE MAKING SURROUNDING TOWNS MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN LIVING IN A COMPACT DENSIFIED AUSTIN. 
          A PUBLIC VOTE IS NEEDED IN PUBLIC GOVERNANCE. 
          A PROPOSAL OF THIS MAGNITUDE CALLS FOR TRANSPARENCY, BROAD AND EXTENSIVE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. 
          MOST PEOPLE IN AUSTIN HAVE NOT EVEN HEARD ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL AND THEY'RE SHOCKED TO KNOW THEY WILL NOT HAVE A VOTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          IF HISTORY HAS TAUGHT US ANYTHING, IT IS THAT LEGALIZING HOUSING IN AUSTIN, TEXAS IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. 
          SO I'M, I'M GLAD WE'RE ALL HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE, THE, THE CONCERN ABOUT NOT HAVING A GUARANTEE OF AFFORDABILITY. 
          UM, THE DENSITY BONUS REQUIREMENT IN AUSTIN WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABILITY IS WEST CAMPUS WHERE WE GO TO 300 FEET AND THAT REQUIRES 200 FEET, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, TWO, UH, 20% OF ON ONSITE AFFORDABILITY TO REQUIRE 33% WOULD BE A BONUS THAT WOULD BE SO OVER THE TOP THAT THE ONLY WAY YOU'D GET IT IS THROUGH SUBSIDY. 
          SO I'M WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND EVERY TIME WE BUILD A HOME THAT IS SINGLE FAMILY OR AN A DU OR A TOWN HOME, WE HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE IT. 
          AND TO HAVE SUCH A SMALL DENSITY BONUS B INCOME RESTRICTED, IT WOULD JUST REQUIRE SUCH A SUBSIDY THAT THERE'S REALLY NO WAY WE COULD POSSIBLY DO IT. 
          BUT THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO SIMPLY ADD HOMES TO EXISTING PROPERTIES AND ALLOW FOR A DIFFERENT VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES TO BE BUILT IN AUSTIN. 
          SO THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DATA TODAY THAT SHOWS THAT A PRIMARY UNIT WITH AN A DU BEHIND IT SELLS FOR QUITE A BIT LESS THAN A PRIMARY UNIT WITH NOTHING ELSE BEHIND IT. 
          AND THAT THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS BUILT BEHIND THE PRIMARY GOES FOR LESS THAN THE PRIMARY ON THE SAME LOT. 
          SO WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT IS AS WE ALLOW FOR MORE UNITS, IT DOES BRING DOWN THE PRICE OF HOUSING AND IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO LIVE IN AUSTIN. 
          WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE CAN HAVE MORE PEOPLE LIVE HERE, NOT LIVE SO FAR AWAY. 
          THESE ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          TODAY I'VE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT, WELL, WHAT ABOUT TODAY? AND, AND THE DISPLACEMENT CAUSED TODAY BY, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING FOR MORE HOUSING UNITS. 
          WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE. 
          THESE ARE ARE TORN DOWN AND VERY BIG THINGS ARE BUILT IN THEIR PLACE BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE ALLOW TO BUILD IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND THESE ARE THESE EXACT EAST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT TODAY. 
          AND WE COULD ALLOW FOR A LOT MORE HOUSING IF WE ALLOWED FOR THESE SMALLER UNITS TO BE BUILT THROUGHOUT AUSTIN. 
          AND THIS IS ALL OVER OUR CITY WHERE WE'RE WATCHING THIS HAPPEN. 
          AND THESE ARE THE OLDER HOUSING PRODUCTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND WE CAN EVEN WATCH THESE GET PRESERVED THROUGH THE PRESERVATION BONUS THAT YOU ALL ARE CONTEMPLATING. 
          AND I'VE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE SHARE WITH ME THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT GROWING UP IN AUSTIN AND NOT BEING ABLE TO STAY IN AUSTIN. 
          AND IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          SHOULD YOUNG PEOPLE BE ALLOWED TO STAY? THANKS. 
          THANKS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR PROAM AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M MATEO BARN STONE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CONGRESS FOR THE NEW URBANISM CENTRAL TEXAS CHAPTER. 
          I'M A RESIDENT IN, UH, DISTRICT NINE. 
          I'M HERE TO EXPRESS OUR BOARD'S ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          WE APPLAUD THE DILIGENT EFFORTS AND COURAGE OF COUNCIL AND YOUR VERY HARDWORKING STAFFS AND THE CITY STAFF ARE TAKING THIS VERY IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS CREATING A MORE EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE, AND VIBRANT CITY FOR ALL. 
          OUR ENDORSEMENT OF HOME AND OTHER COUNCIL INITIATIVES IS, UM, DRIVEN BY KEY FACTORS THAT ALIGN WITH THE PRESSING NEEDS OF AUSTIN. 
          TODAY, AUSTIN IS FACING A HOUSING CRISIS IMPACTING HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS HOME EXPANDS THE HOUSING OPTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY BY ALLOWING SMALLER RESIDENTS ON LESS LAND, WHICH WILL HELP MITIGATE COST ESCALATION HAPPENING UNDER THE CURRENT LAND USE POLICIES BENEFITING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HOME ALIGNS WITH THE IMAGINE. 
          AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EMPHASIZES 
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THE NEED FOR DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS AND ACCOMMODATE THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THE DIVERSE HOUSING, THE DIVERSE POPULATION THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. 
          BY EMBRACING A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, WE PROMOTE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND INTERACTION AMONGST PEOPLE OF A WIDE VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS, REINFORCING THE BONDS ESSENTIAL TO THRIVING COMMUNITIES. 
          DENSER HOUSING. 
          AS SUPPORTED BY THE RESEARCH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY CONTRIBUTES TO LOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PER HOUSEHOLD AND ALIGNS WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. 
          DENSER HOUSING ALSO, UH, NOT ONLY BENEFITS THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO LEADS TO COST SAVINGS FOR RESIDENTS REDUCING TRANSPORTATION COSTS. 
          BUT BECAUSE IT PUTS RESIDENTS IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE DAILY NEEDS, WANTS AND DESIRES, LOWERS THE TAX BURDEN AND LOWERS UTILITY BILLS CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL FINANCIAL WELLBEING OF THOSE WHO RESIDE IN SUCH HOUSING, INCREASING HOUSING DENSITY IS CRUCIAL TO SUPPORTING FEDERAL GRANT REQUESTS FOR PROJECT CONNECT AND WILL BOOST TRANSIT RIDERSHIP AND ENHANCE THE CITY'S CONNECTIVITY. 
          WE APPLAUD YOU FOR TAKING THIS CONTROVERSIAL BUT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE AND STRONGLY SUPPORT YOUR ADOPTION OF HOME TODAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING. 
          THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE CHLOE WILKINSON, STEVEN REED, JOSEPH HIRSCH, CHRISTOPHER PAGE. 
          WHO HAS DONATED TIME FROM KIKA? PRINCE IS MR. PRINCE HERE. 
          OKAY, UM, CHRISTOPHER GETS FOUR MINUTES AND CARMEN YEZ, WHO HAS DONATED TIME FROM GEORGE GODWIN IS GEORGE HERE? THANK YOU. 
          YES, HE'S HERE. 
          AND SUSAN LIPMAN HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MS. YANES GETS SIX MINUTES. 
          Y'ALL JUST ONE OF YOU GO. 
          SORRY, GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, HELLO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR WATSON. 
          UH, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY HOLIDAY. 
          HAPPY HANUKKAH, MERRY CHRISTMAS. 
          WHATEVER YOU CELEBRATE. 
          TONIGHT IS THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE AT HOME WATCHING A MUPPETS CHRISTMAS CAROL . 
          I KNOW THAT SOUNDS CONTRADICTORY, BUT IT IS MY ONE GUILTY PLEASURE OUT OF, UH, CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS. 
          I LOVE MUPPETS, EVERYTHING MUPPETS. 
          I PROMISE YOU I'VE SEEN EVERY MOVIE AND IF YOU THINK I HAVEN'T, PLEASE JUST, UH, SHOUT ONE OUT AFTER I'M DONE SPEAKING . 
          BUT I WANNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT MUPPETS THAT I ACTUALLY LOVE ABOUT MUPPETS CHRISTMAS CAROL IS THE HOMES AND THE HOUSING THAT IS SHOWN IN THOSE MOVIES. 
          MAYBE IT'S A BIT SILLY TO BRING THAT UP TODAY, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE COULD ALL STRIVE FOR A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE MANY PROBLEMS OF THE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE IN AMERICA, NOT JUST HERE IN AUSTIN, BUT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHERE SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS THE MAJORITY, HAS LED TO THIS SENSE OF POLARIZATION WHERE WE CAN'T FEEL AS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER. 
          IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE LISTEN TO AND HEAR WHAT EVERYONE HAS TO SAY. 
          SO I RESPECT THOSE WHO HAVE COME HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TODAY, BUT I AM HERE TO SUPPORT HOME. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ALL YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS STEVEN REED FROM DISTRICT TWO, AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORTIVE HOME. 
          UM, I WANT TO DISREGARD SOME OF THE NOTES THAT I WROTE TODAY AND KIND OF JUST SPEAK FROM THE HEART. 
          SO MY FIANCE IS FROM EAST AUSTIN. 
          SHE GREW UP IN DELL VALLEY. 
          A LOT OF HER FAMILY HAD HOMES OFF OF RIVERSIDE AND IN THAT AREA. 
          AND WE OFTEN DRIVE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE WHERE SHE AND HER FAMILY USED TO LIVE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THOSE HOUSES ARE NOW SHOPS TODAY OR THEY'RE EXPENSIVE SINGLE FAMILY HOME DEVELOPMENTS AND, AND YEAH, IN SOME CASES THEY'RE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF GENTRIFICATION UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE, GENTRIFICATION IS NOT CAUSED BY ALLOWING MORE HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT'S CAUSED BY ALLOWING HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT ONLY IN AREAS WHERE PEOPLE OF COLOR LIVE. 
          AND THAT IS WHAT AUSTIN DID IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          THE THE SEGREGATION OF AUSTIN'S NEIGHBORHOODS WAS THE EXPLICIT GOAL OF THE CURRENT ZONING CODE WHEN IT WAS CREATED IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES HAD THEIR SCHOOLS RELOCATED AND HOUSING REDLINED EAST OF I 35 AND CO-LOCATED WITH INDUSTRY. 
          AND TODAY, BLACK AND BROWN POPULATIONS IN AUSTIN HAVE BEEN DECLINING PROPORTIONALLY FOR OVER A DECADE. 
          WHILE AUSTIN'S POPULATION GREW BY 22% OVER THE PAST DECADE. 
          THIS IS FROM KUT. 
          MUCH OF THAT WAS FUELED BY THE GROWTH OF WHITE RESIDENTS. 
          THE REVERSE WAS TRUE ACROSS TEXAS IN THE NATION WHERE PEOPLE OF COLOR DROVE MUCH OF THE POPULATION INCREASE. 
          IN 2010, HISPANIC AUSTINITES MADE UP 35% OF THE TOTAL POPULATION. 
          IN 2020, THAT PORTION FELL TO 32%. 
          AND THE SAME PATTERN OCCURRED AMONG BLACK, BLACK AUSTINITES. 
          AND QUOTE, THIS IS UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING CODE, NOT UNDER HOME, NOT UNDER CODE NEXT, AND NOT UNDER ANY OF THE PRO DENSITY 
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REFORMS THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED. 
          THE SOLUTION IS CITYWIDE UPZONING THAT APPLIES TO THE WEALTHY AREAS IN ADDISON AL ALTER'S DISTRICT AS MUCH AS IT APPLIES TO VANESSA FUENTES AND, UH, AND NATASHA HUBBER, MADISON'S DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR SUPPORTING HOME. 
          PLEASE VOTE YES. 
          WE, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS JOSEPH HIRSCH. 
          UH, I ALSO LOVE MUPPETS, BUT I DIDN'T COME TO TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY. 
          . 
          UM, I TOOK A BREAK FROM GRADING ABOUT LIKE 800 EXAMS, UH, TO COME SPEAK TO YOU ALL, BUT, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN GRADING ALL MY EXAMS ALL DAY. 
          , THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 
          UM, I TEACH AT TEXAS STATE IN THE MATH DEPARTMENT. 
          I TEACH FULL-TIME AND, UH, I REALLY LOVE AUSTIN BECAUSE I MOVED HERE WITH MY LIFE IN PIECES AND, UH, AUSTIN REALLY GAVE ME SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES. 
          I WAS ABLE TO AFFORD MY APARTMENT AT THE TIME WITH A VERY LOW PAYING JOB. 
          AND NOW I AM BACK IN ACADEMIA TEACHING AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL. 
          UH, AND ALSO I CAN'T REALLY AFFORD TO KEEP LIVING HERE. 
          UM, THAT'S NOT YOUR PROBLEM. 
          I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO AUSTIN STILL. 
          IF AUSTIN DECIDES THAT IT DOESN'T WANT PEOPLE LIKE ME TEACHING THEIR STUDENTS, UM, I'M OPEN TO THAT. 
          I'M OPEN TO MOVING SOMEWHERE ELSE AND BUILDING MY LIFE SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          BUT I JUST CAME HERE TO TELL YOU ALL THAT I REALLY LOVE THIS CITY. 
          I LOVE BEING HERE AND I REALLY LOVE MY STUDENTS. 
          I LOVE TEACHING THE FUTURE ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS OF, YOU KNOW, THE UNITED STATES, THE WORLD. 
          AND, UM, LIKE I SAID, VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK. 
          GRATEFUL TO THE CITY AND I HOPE I CAN STAY AND, UH, KEEP DOING MY WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BEGIN TO STATE YOUR NAME, SIR CHRIS PAGE, DISTRICT ONE, PRESIDENT OF THE HOMEWOOD HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND A MEMBER OF THE ROSEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM. 
          A VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS POLICY IS A GAMBLE THAT POWER IS MEASURED IN DOLLARS AND NOT PEOPLE, AND YOU'RE GONNA LOSE THAT BET. 
          THIS POLICY SEEKS TO DIVEST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS FROM THE MOST VALUABLE THING THEY HAVE DURING A TIME OF UNIQUE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP FOR THE WORKING CLASS. 
          UNDER THE CONFUSING SMOKESCREEN OF DEREGULATION, IT CHUMS THE WATERS FOR INVESTORS DRIPPING WITH UNFAIR INFORMATIONAL AND FINANCIAL ADVANTAGES. 
          THIS POLICY IS NOT A CURE OR A TREATMENT, IT IS THE DISEASE. 
          IT'S LIKE PRESCRIBING CIGARETTES TO SOMEONE WITH LUNG CANCER. 
          IT PRETENDS THAT SUBDIVIDED PROPERTY WILL REDUCE LAND COSTS BUT COMPLETELY BETRAYS ITSELF BY LAYERING A 600 TO 900% ENTITLEMENT INCREASE AFTER PHASE TWO, IT WOULD TAKE A CHILD TO BELIEVE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. 
          THIS POLICY DEREGULATES A HOUSING MARKET THAT HAS PROVEN ITS SINGULAR PURPOSE IS HIGHER PROFITS, NOT COMMUNITY BENEFITS, NOT RACIAL AND CULTURAL EQUITY, NOT INCOME EQUALITY, NOT SUSTAINABILITY AND NOT AFFORDABILITY. 
          LAST THURSDAY I WENT TO A BITCOIN COMMONS MEETING AND LISTENED TO A TECH BILLIONAIRE FOR UNREASONABLE SOLUTIONS, LIKEN HERSELF TO MLK. 
          I DON'T THINK MLK CHARTERED DISCRIMINATORY POLICY FROM A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR MULTI ACRE PROPERTY OUTSIDE THE CITY, IT WOULD IMPACT. 
          AND I DON'T THINK MLK HAD A BILLIONAIRE SPOUSE POSITIONING VAST SUMS OF CAPITAL TO PROFIT FROM THE MARKET CHANGES. 
          THEY SEEM TO VIEW OUR COMMUNITIES LIKE SOFTWARE THAT THEY SHOULD REWRITE. 
          THEY FORECAST POLICY CHANGES BY DRAWING FALSE EQUIVALENTS WITH OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE AN OTHER UTTERLY DIFFERENT REGULATORY SYSTEM. 
          THEY GET TAXES DIFFERENTLY. 
          THEY HAVE RENTAL, UH, THEY HAVE RENT INCOME CONTROLS, THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF OTHER TOOLS THAT WE DON'T AND CAN'T HAVE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THE EFFECTS OF THIS POLICY WILL BE DEVASTATING. 
          LEGAL CONDITIONS, UH, LEGAL PRECONDITIONS IN THE CITY LIKE DEEDED RESTRICTIONS, HOAS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS. 
          THESE WILL FOCUS MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE INTO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS AURA EVEN WROTE ABOUT THIS THREE YEARS AGO. 
          THEIR OWN PUBLICATION SAID THEY MAPPED OUT WHERE THE DEEDED RESTRICTIONS ARE. 
          THEY MAPPED OUT WHERE THE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ARE AND THEY SHOWED THAT THIS KIND OF POLICY IS DISCRIMINATORY. 
          AND HERE THEY ARE WITH AMNESIA, FORGETTING THAT, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          IF APPROVED, THE FIRST VICTIMS ARE GONNA BE RENTERS AND NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAX INCREASES ARE GONNA BE FOLDED INTO THEIR RENT. 
          AND AS THE, AS THE RENTAL COST MOVES INCREASINGLY OUTTA SYNC WITH THE ASSET OWNERS ARE GONNA BE FORCED TO SELL TO INVESTORS THAT CONSTRUCT WHATEVER IS MOST PROFITABLE. 
          YOU KNOW THIS IN PARALLEL WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND SENIORS LIVING 
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ON FIXED INCOMES IN YOUR MOST ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE THAT CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF LIVING. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          CHANGING. 
          THEY CAN'T EASILY RELOCATE EITHER. 
          THEY GOT NOWHERE TO GO AND THEY'RE GONNA BE UPROOTED FROM THE COMMUNITIES THEY CREATED AND THAT THIS CITY PRIZES ITSELF ON. 
          IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THOSE COMMUNITIES FIRST AND FOREMOST, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE UP THERE. 
          YOU SHOULDN'T BE PUBLIC OFFICIALS. 
          AND I'M SURE THAT OUR VOTERS WILL SEE TO THAT IN THE NEXT ELECTION. 
          YES. 
          IF YOU THINK, IF YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT A BETTER IDEA OF HOW THINGS WORK, MAYBE YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO YOUR OWN CITY'S HOUSING DEPARTMENT THAT SAYS MARKET DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO HOW TO THIS HOUSING CRISIS WILL LIKELY REPRODUCE THE SAME DYNAMICS THAT PLAY OUT TODAY WHEREIN PARTIES WITH MORE RESOURCES WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW REGULATORY LANDSCAPE WHILE THOSE WITH THE FEWEST RESOURCES EXPERIENCE INCREASED PRECARITY. 
          WHY DON'T YOU LISTEN TO YOUR EXPERTS? WHY DON'T YOU LISTEN TO THE 700 PEOPLE THAT REGISTER IN OPPOSITION AND ALL THE PEOPLE HERE TODAY THAT ARE THE REAL AUSTIN RESIDENTS, NOT PEOPLE THAT JUST GOT SHUTTLED HERE BY FELICITY AND GREG AND A I A AM I NEXT? YES, YOU ARE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, HI. 
          Y'ALL HAVE SIX MINUTES. 
          I'M CARMEN YIANNIS AND I WAS BORN ON THIS DAY WHEN REAGAN WAS PRESIDENT. 
          I'M HERE ON MY BIRTHDAY 'CAUSE THAT'S HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS CITY. 
          AND, UM, A LOT OF, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE I LOVE ARE HERE. 
          AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE I LOVE TO ARGUE WITH ARE ALSO HERE. 
          SO WHERE ELSE WOULD I BE? UM, AND BECAUSE I, I AM OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE DECADES THAT FOLLOWED REAGAN, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER REAGANOMICS AND IT'S WHY I'M SUPER DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THIS TRICKLE DOWN POLICY PROPOSED WITH NO EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE THAT IT ACTUALLY DOES ANYTHING FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS, LET ALONE THE LOWER CLASS. 
          UM, AND WE CAN THROW STUDIES AT EACH OTHER LEFT AND RIGHT, BUT IT'S OBVIOUS WE'RE NOT READING THE STUDIES THE SAME. 
          BECAUSE IF WE LOOK AT PORTLAND AND WE LOOK AT HOUSTON, THE BLACK POPULATION WAS DECIMATED BY THESE PO POLICIES, THESE TOWN HOMES THAT Y'ALL KEEP TALKING ABOUT IN HOUSTON. 
          I HAVE A FRIEND IN THE HEIGHTS IN HOUSTON, THE HEIGHTS, 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN SO GENTRIFIED. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT TOWNHOMES RENT FOR 29 95 A MONTH IN THE INNER LOOP. 
          UH, PEOPLE MIGHT BE TALKING TO RESEARCHERS ABOUT HOUSTON, BUT ARE YOU TALKING TO ANYBODY FROM THE FIFTH WARD? ARE YOU TALKING TO ANYBODY FROM THE THIRD WARD? ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE HOUSING THAT'S BEING DEMOLISHED TO CHURN OUT THESE, YOU KNOW, OH, IT'S NOT 600,000. 
          THE MEDIAN PRICE, IT'S 489,000. 
          AND GUESS WHAT? THAT'S A STARTING LEVEL. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES, YOU ACTUALLY TOLD US THIS WAS TO, I APPRECIATED THIS. 
          YOU TOLD US IT WAS TO CREATE HOUSING 500 TO $700,000 PER HOUSE. 
          AND I ASKED YOU WHY IS IT YOUR JOB AS DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL MEMBER? WHY IS IT YOUR JOB COUNCIL MEMBER VELA OR ANY OF Y'ALL WHOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GOING TO BE WHERE THE RENT GAP IS? THIS IS WHERE REDEVELOPMENT WILL HAPPEN WITHOUT AFFORDABILITY. 
          BUT THEY'LL SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT WAS AFFORDABLE TO SOMEBODY WHO MADE $130,000 SALARY. 
          THEY WERE ABLE TO BUY SOMETHING BELOW THE MEDIAN. 
          I'M SO SAD, I'M SO SICKENED THAT BILLIONAIRES HAVE CONVINCED AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO APPARENTLY DON'T REMEMBER THE PITFALLS OF TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS TO BELIEVE THAT THESE INVESTORS ARE GONNA BUILD FOR YOU. 
          THIS ISN'T FOR YOU EITHER. 
          THIS IS NOT FOR MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLE. 
          ALL THOSE TEACHERS AND FIREFIGHTERS, THOSE SALARIES WE NAMED, THEY'RE ALL FIVE FIGURES. 
          THEY'RE IN THE THIRTIES, FORTIES, FIFTIES AND SIXTIES. 
          THIS IS FOR PEOPLE AT 150, 200 K AND MORE SALARIES. 
          AND LET ME SAY THIS TO Y'ALL, ADVOCATES, PLEASE STOP TELLING PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED THE HISTORY THAT YOU STUDIED IN SCHOOL. 
          WHAT IS GOOD FOR US? PLEASE STOP TELLING US THAT DENSITY IS GOOD FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 
          PLEASE STOP TELLING US THAT THIS PREVENTS SPRAWL. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT SPRAWL? THAT'S WHERE OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE GONE. 
          OUR COMMUNITIES THAT LIVED IN THE CENTRAL CITY, GUESS WHERE THEY LIVE? LESS DENSE PLACES THAT ARE LESS EXPENSIVE. 
          WHERE THERE ARE HOMES WHERE YOU CAN RAISE A FAMILY. 
          I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO WORK ON THE STUFF WE AGREE ON. 
          I'D LOVE TO SEE GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT DONE WITH PLEXES, FOURPLEXES, MIXED MI, MISSING MIDDLE, ALL THE MISSING MIDDLE YOU WANT. 
          BUT REDEVELOPING YOUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS IS CANNIBALIZING. 
          IT IS UNLEASHING THE MARKET. 
          THIS IS THE ONE OPPORTUNITY Y'ALL HAVE TO REQUIRE AFFORDABILITY. 
          HOW OFTEN DO YOU TELL US WE'RE IN TEXAS, WE CAN'T HAVE RENT CONTROL, WE CAN'T HAVE INCLUSIONARY ZONING. 
          THAT'S UP FOR THE DEBATE BY THE WAY. 
          BUT HERE YOU COULD FASHION THIS AS A DENSITY BONUS AND YOU CAN PUT ALL THE REQUIREMENTS YOU WANT ON IT. 
          YOU CAN REQUIRE AFFORDABILITY. 
          COMMISSIONER GREG ANDERSON, 
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST, COLONIZER MENTALITY. 
          I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU. 
          THROW OUT GUADALUPE AND HABITAT. 
          IF Y'ALL NEED THIS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE STUFF, THEN YOU SHOULD SUPPORT A RESTRICTION TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE. 
          YES, IT REQUIRES SUBSIDY. 
          YES, IT REQUIRES SUBSIDY BECAUSE WE DON'T AGREE ON THE PROBLEM. 
          IF YOUR GOAL IS JUST TO CHURN OUT A BUNCH OF UNITS AND ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS QUANTITY AND NOT QUALITY, THEN YOU'RE JUST AS BAD AS THE NEOLIBERAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENT. 
          PEOPLE WHO SOLD OUT ENTIRE COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMIES SO THAT A FEW PEOPLE COULD HAVE MORE MONEY. 
          THIS IS NEOLIBERALISM AT ITS WORST AND IT HAS CO-OPTED OUR PROGRESSIVE ECONOMY. 
          PLEASE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED. 
          WE KNOW HOW SPECULATION WORKS. 
          I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY, I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE HOW ADDING SUPPLY DOESN'T HELP BECAUSE NOBODY'S EVER GIVEN YOU A PIECE OF PAPER THAT SAID YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THIS APARTMENT 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE DEMOLISHED FOR A HIGHER DENSITY BUILDING WITH A A FEW DENSITY UNITS. 
          AND GUESS WHAT? YOU CAN'T AFFORD ANY OF 'EM. 
          AND HERE'S THE WAITING LIST FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          IT'S FIVE YEARS LONG. 
          DON'T TELL US YOU'RE DOING OTHER STUFF FOR AFFORDABILITY. 
          THOSE ARE BAND-AIDS. 
          THIS IS A MACHETE. 
          IF YOU STOP A MACHETE, YOU NEED ABOUT 300,000 FEWER BAND-AIDS. 
          SO STOP MOVING THE GOALPOSTS FURTHER FROM US. 
          PRESERVATION MEANS THAT YOU WOULD GIVE SOMETHING TO GET SOMETHING, NOT GIVE A BUNCH AWAY AND THEN GIVE A BUNCH MORE IF THEY KEEP A FEW WALLS. 
          YOU WANT PRESERVATION. 
          PUT AN OVERLAY ON THIS. 
          PUT A DENSITY BONUS ON IT. 
          LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR CRISIS IS NOT SUPPLY. 
          WE'RE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS WITH NEW PRODUCTION AND PERMITS. 
          OUR PROBLEM IS AFFORDABILITY, SPECULATION, STAGNATION OF WAGES. 
          YOU CAN'T FIX ALL THOSE THINGS WITH THE CODE, BUT YOU SURE AS HELL CAN PREVENT IT. 
          SO I'M GONNA JUST FINISH UP BY TELLING YOU ADUS TINY HOMES, PRE-MANUFACTURED HOUSING, CLIMATE RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS, GENTLE DENSITY, LIKE THE RESOLUTION YOU PASSED. 
          PLEASE DON'T TAKE CREDIT FOR CREATIVE FINANCING ON ADUS. 
          Y'ALL DID NOT COME UP WITH THAT. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR 10 YEARS. 
          IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO IMPLEMENT IT. 
          IT'S OVERDUE STAFF. 
          SOMEBODY IN STAFF TOLD US THE PEOPLE'S PLAN HAS MOSTLY BEEN IMPLEMENTED. 
          HAD Y'ALL HEARD THAT? I'D SAY IT'S ABOUT 5%. 
          WE HAVE DRAINAGE CRITERIA MANUALS TO UPDATE. 
          THEN YOU CAN DO GENTLE DENSITY, AFFORDABLY AND RESPONSIBLY. 
          LET'S DO IT TOGETHER. 
          Y'ALL, WE DON'T WANNA FIGHT YOU ON THIS, BUT YOU HAD PEOPLE, YOU HAD BILLIONAIRES AT THE TABLE AND A BUNCH OF WHITE FOLKS WHO DON'T FEEL THE PAIN OF THIS AT YOUR TABLE. 
          LESLIE POOLE. 
          AND WE WERE LOCKED OUT HERE FOR TWO, THREE YEARS. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO COME TO YOUR TABLE. 
          THERE IS PLENTY WE CAN AGREE ON Y'ALL. 
          THERE IS PLENTY WE CAN AGREE ON. 
          YOU HEARD FROM BLACK BROWN, YOU HEARD FROM THE THE LONG-TERM SERVICE WORKERS, THE WHITE FOLKS WHO WERE SOCIAL WORKERS WHO BOUGHT THEIR HOUSES FOR VERY LITTLE. 
          YES, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE INFILL. 
          GUESS WHAT? LOOK DOWN SOUTH LAMAR, NORTH LAMARR EAST AUSTIN. 
          THOUSANDS OF NEW UNITS. 
          WE'VE GIVEN YOU TONS. 
          PLEASE DON'T TAKE THE ONES RIGHT UNDER US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE LUKE METZGER, MAGGIE WADE, OMAR SHAMS, DAVID CARROLL, AND ZACH ABNETT. 
          WE COULDN'T HEAR THE FIRST TIME. 
          YEAH, PLEASE READ THROUGH THOSE AGAIN. 
          LUKE METZGER, MAGGIE WADE, OMAR SHAMS, DAVID CARROLL, ZACH ABNETT. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS, UH, LUKE MEKA. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENT TEXAS. 
          WE'RE A NONPROFIT ADVOCATE FOR CLEAN AIR AND WATER PARKS AND WILDLIFE IN A LIVABLE CLIMATE. 
          WE'VE DONE A FAIR AMOUNT OF RESEARCH ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT SPRAWL IS OVERWHELMINGLY FAR WORSE FOR OUR CLIMATE AND OUR ENVIRONMENT THAN DENSITY. 
          I'D LIKE TO SHARE JUST A FEW OF THE FACTS. 
          WE, WE LEARNED. 
          PEOPLE LIVING IN COMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS DRIVE 20 TO 40% LESS THAN THOSE LIVING IN SPRAWLING NEIGHBORHOODS, PRODUCING LESS POLLUTION. 
          THAT MEANS LOWER LEVELS OF OZONE, A POLLUTANT THAT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS. SPRAWLING CITIES HAVE BEEN FOUND TO EXPERIENCE UP TO 62% MORE HIGH OZONE DAYS THAN COMPACT CITIES. 
          COMPACT URBAN DEVELOPMENT CAN HELP MINIMIZE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PAVED LAND IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO LESS TOTAL RUNOFF IN REDUCED FLOOD RISKS AND WATER POLLUTION. 
          HIGH AND MEDIUM DENSITY DEVELOPMENT INCREASES IMPERVIOUS COVER, 72% LESS THAN THE LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENTS WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES CAN CONSUME UP TO THREE TIMES MORE ENERGY IN CON UH, CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS AND UP TO 50% MORE ENERGY IN DAILY OPERATION THAN A DENSELY DEVELOPED NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR THAT COMPACT FORMS OF DEVELOPMENT DELIVER SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS AND THAT'S WHY WE SUPPORT THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          HOWEVER, AS WE DEVELOP MORE DENSELY, WE DO NEED TO WORK TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND THAT'S WHY WE ALSO SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER'S AMENDMENT TO PROTECT THAT TREE CANOPY AND URGE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT MEASURES TO PROMOTE GREATER USE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS CISTERNS AND RAIN GARDENS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE GIVES AUSTIN A. GOLDEN 
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OPPORTUNITY TO RESHAPE HOW WE DEVELOP FOR COMING GENERATIONS. 
          EXPANDING THE AREAS WITHIN AUSTIN WHERE COMPACT AND WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS CAN BE BUILT WILL REDUCE THE PRESSURE FOR FURTHER SPRAWL, PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND ENHANCE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, HELLO COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME IS ZACH ABNETT AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF DO INITIATIVE. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE AND I'M ALSO THE STATE DIRECTOR FOR A LARGE ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT. 
          MY DAY-TO-DAY WORK IS ADVANCING AND SUPPORTING POLICY THAT IS BOTH GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, GOOD FOR PEOPLE, AND GOOD FOR OUR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. 
          I THINK THE KEY PART THERE IS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND GOOD FOR PEOPLE, AND I BELIEVE THE HOME INITIATIVE DEFINITELY FITS THAT. 
          MARK. 
          WHILE I AM A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN, I DID GREW UP IN THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA. 
          AND THE ISSUE THAT CITIES LIKE DFW HOUSTON AND OTHER LARGE METROPOLITAN AREAS, FACE IS THE ISSUE OF SPRAWL IN EVERY DIRECTION. 
          WHEN AN AREA'S GROWING, WHEN PEOPLE WANNA MOVE THERE, AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO BUILD CLOSE TO WHERE PEOPLE WANNA WORK AND GENUINELY LIVE, YOU BUILD OUT. 
          UM, AND THE ISSUE THERE IS AS YOU BUILD OUT, YOU HAVE TO BUILD HIGHWAYS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT INTO DOWNTOWN AREAS. 
          AND OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND OUR IMPACT, OUR NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT GROWS. 
          UM, AUSTIN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO BUILD HOUSING THAT, THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY BE IN. 
          THAT'S CLOSE TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN WORK AND CLOSE TO THE AREAS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO ENJOY. 
          THE BEAUTIFUL GREENERY THAT THE CENTRAL TEXAS HAS TO OFFER. 
          UM, AND HOME, THE HOME INITIATIVE HAS THE ABILITY TO GET US THERE. 
          UM, I HAVE SEEN MANY PEOPLE HERE SPEAK TODAY ABOUT THE ISSUE OF GENTRIFICATION AND RIGHTFULLY SO, BUT I THINK ONE THING WE MUST BE HONEST ABOUT IS GENTRIFICATION IS THE STATUS QUO GENTRIFICATION'S HAPPENING BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO BUILD CLOSE TO WHERE PEOPLE WANNA LIVE. 
          AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO MOVE HERE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO PRICE OUT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE. 
          SO THIS IS WHY I SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME INITIATIVE AND UH, DEFINITELY ASK THE CITY COUNCIL HERE TODAY TO ALSO GIVE IT A SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 
          I MADE THE EFFORT TO COME AGAIN. 
          I WAS HERE LAST TIME AND I WILL COME AGAIN AS MUCH AS I NEED TO. 
          SO I HEAR PEOPLE SAY A LOT OF STUFF, BUT ABSOLUTELY MAKE NO SENSE. 
          AND MOST OF THE TIME IT'S FLAT OUT FALSE. 
          AND BY THE WAY, I'M FOUR, SO YOU CAN START BOOING IF YOU WANT TO. 
          UM, SOMEBODY HERE HAS BEEN FIGHTING AGAINST THE STUDY AND I THINK, UM, THAT STUDY THAT THEY BROUGHT UP, UM, AND IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS, I WANTED TO ADDRESS HOW, WHY THAT ARGUMENT WAS WRONG. 
          UM, DID UM, SIMILAR POLICIES WORK IN OTHER CITIES IN THE PAST? THE ANSWER IS YES. 
          IN 2019, DESPITE MINNEAPOLIS GROWING IN POPULATION AFTER PASSING HOME THERE, THE RENTS ACTUALLY STABILIZED FAR MORE THAN IN PLACES THAT DID NOT. 
          AND, UM, SO THERE HOME SERVED AS ONE OF THE KEY POLICIES TO TAM HOUSING PRICES, UM, IN THAT CITY. 
          AND IF HISTORY TELLS ANY STORY, IT WILL CONTRIBUTE GRITTY IN, UM, TAMING HOUSING PRICES HERE AS WELL. 
          SO I WANTED TO CORRECT THAT, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO CORRECT. 
          I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START. 
          PEOPLE THINKING THAT YOU HAVE TO BUILD ON YOUR LAND. 
          I I AM STILL WONDERING WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING THIS INFORMATION FROM, BUT YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT I'M STARTING TO REALIZE, PEOPLE COMING HERE SAYING, WE DON'T WANT THIS HOME THING BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA HELP WITH AFFORDABILITY. 
          I THINK YOUR PROBLEM IS NOT WITH AFFORDABILITY. 
          ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. 
          I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHY. 
          LAST TIME I CAME HERE, SOME WOMEN, AND I THINK SHE SPOKE EARLIER, SHE HAD THE NERVES TO COME TO SAY THAT I WAS A NON-LEGACY BLACK. 
          SIT FOR A SECOND THERE. 
          THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          NON LEGACY BLACK. 
          WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? NON LEGACY BLACK. 
          WHEN I DON'T SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR ME SAY, OR MAYBE THERE ARE GOOD BLACKS AND BAD BLACKS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I USED TO BE PART OF COMMUNITIES. 
          WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN TOLD THE SAME CRAP ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, SITUATION WHERE TELLING US, OH, IF YOU DO THIS, YOU'RE GONNA BE EXPELLED, YOU'RE GONNA BE GENTRIFIED, YOU'RE GONNA BE MOVED OUT. 
          WELL, GUESS WHAT? WE GOT MOVED OUT ANYWAY WITHOUT EVEN THIS GETTING PASSED. 
          RIGHT? AND MY LAST STORY HERE FOR YOU GUYS, THE REASON WHY THIS IS SO PERSONAL TO ME, DESPITE THIS WOMAN, BY THE WAY, COMING TO ME AND SAYING, OH, YOU FRIEND TO REACH, UH, PEOPLE. 
          WELL, GUESS WHAT? I DON'T CARE IF IT COMES FROM A BILLIONAIRE OR FROM A HOMELESS PERSON. 
          I GOT DISPLACED MYSELF. 
          I USED TO LIVE IN METROPOLIS DRIVE. 
          I GOT DISPLACED. 
          I'M OUTTA AUSTIN. 
          MA'AM, THIS GONNA KEEP HAPPENING TO YOU NO MATTER WHAT SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 
          HI, I'M OMAR SHAMS. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT AND AN ENTREPRENEUR. 
          I'M HERE TO ASK WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AMERICAN DREAM. 
          THERE IS NO AMERICAN DREAM WITHOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I'M THE FOUNDER OF A TECHNOLOGY STARTUP BASE RIGHT HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          AND I CHOSE AUSTIN OVER A PLACE LIKE SAN FRANCISCO BECAUSE IN 
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AUSTIN WE BUILD, IF YOU BUILD MORE HOUSES, MORE HOUSING PRICES FALL. 
          THAT'S COMMON SENSE. 
          THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT OR WHO ARE DENYING THAT THEIR MATH, THEIR MATH ISN'T MATTING. 
          IF YOU BUILD MORE HOUSING, PRICING PRICES FALL. 
          WHEN HOUSING PRICES FALL, MORE PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT HOW TO PAY THEIR LANDLORD OR THEIR MORTGAGE. 
          MOST PEOPLE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME IN SAN FRANCISCO. 
          I SUPPORT THE HOME INITIATIVE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN DREAM AND I BELIEVE IT'S STILL ALIVE HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NEXT FIGHT SPEAKERS ARE SHARON BLYTHE, RICHARD SMITH, SARAH HERZER, JOE SUE HOWARD, AND KATHY GATTUSO. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT AND IF THERE'S AN OPEN PODIUM, IT'S YOURS. 
          STATE YOUR NAME AS YOU START. 
          YEAH, MY NAME'S RICHARD SMITH. 
          UH, I'M AN ATTORNEY, A 30 YEAR RESIDENT OF AUSTIN, AND UH, I'M THE SECTOR FOUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL. 
          I'M OPPOSED TO HOME AS CURRENTLY DRAFTED BECAUSE, UH, IT DOES NOT PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THOSE NEED. 
          THE SO-CALLED HOME INITIATIVE PURPORTS TO ADVANCE AFFORDABLE AFFORDABILITY TO MIDDLE CLASS OR MIDDLE INCOME RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN AFFORDABILITY AND MIDDLE INCOME OR MIDDLE CLASS ARE POLITICIANS' WORDS THAT ARE USED TO DECEIVE PEOPLE AND BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WANT WOULD, WOULD AGREE WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MOST PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS. 
          YES. 
          THE REALITY IS IN THIS CASE, THE HOME INITIATIVE DOES NOT EITHER EVER SAY WHAT AFFORDABLE IS. 
          HOWEVER, WE KNOW THAT FROM, FROM CITY DOCUMENTS, THE, UH, THE MIDDLE CLASS IN AUSTIN FOR A FOUR FOUR PERSON FAMILY IS $122,000 OF INCOME. 
          AND IT, IT WILL LIKELY INCREASE WELL OVER 130,000 NEXT YEAR. 
          SO WHAT YOU'RE REALLY TELLING PEOPLE IS THAT, UH, IF YOU MAKE 125 TO $130,000, THIS IS GONNA WORK FOR YOU. 
          FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT THINK THAT THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD FOR TEACHERS, FOR POLICE OFFICERS, FOR SERVICE WORKERS, FOR ANYBODY MAKING LESS THAN THAT AMOUNT, THEY'RE, YOU'RE CRAZY. 
          THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. 
          EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. 
          EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, MY, MY COMPLAINT HERE IS PUT AN AFFORDABILITY CAP IN HERE TO WHERE THE, THE, THE PERSONS THAT ARE MAKING USE OF THIS PROPOSITION ARE FOCUSING ON AND HAVE TO BE AT A MFI OF LIKE 60% OR LESS. 
          WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? THAT WILL HELP THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE HELP. 
          I'M SORRY, PEOPLE, SOMEONE MAKING 130 OR $40,000 A YEAR DOESN'T NEED HELP IN HOUSING. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY DON'T, BUT, BUT, BUT PEOPLE, PEOPLE MAKING UNDER 70,000 NEED THE HELP. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD JOB. 
          PLEASED TO SEE YOU. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          HI THERE. 
          I'M SARAH. 
          HER, I MEAN, WHAT HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE. 
          I WAS BORN AT ST. 
          DAVID'S TO TWO TEACHERS WHO MET AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY BACK WHEN IT WAS DOWNTOWN AND STRUGGLED TO MAKE ENDS MEET GROWING UP, BUT THEY WERE STILL ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          I FOLLOWED IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS AND AM ALSO HERE IN AUSTIN, WORKING IN EDUCATION NOW AND LIVING IN DISTRICT 10. 
          HEY ALLISON. 
          I DID EVERYTHING THEY TOLD ME I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. 
          I GRADUATED FROM UT AUSTIN WITH HIGH HONORS, DID SEVERAL INTERNSHIPS, JOINED PRESTIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AT UT. 
          GOT A 40 HOUR A WEEK JOB AND IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT HERE IN AUSTIN AS A SINGLE WOMAN AT ALL. 
          ALL OF MY COWORKERS ARE EITHER MARRIED TO HIGHER WAGE EARNERS OR HAVE ONE TO TWO OTHER JOBS OR SIDE HUSTLES. 
          I JUST APPLIED TO GET A SECOND JOB THIS PAST WEEKEND AND HAVE HAD MY FAIR SHARE OF SIDE HUSTLES JUST TO PAY BILLS AND RENT IN THIS CITY. 
          BILLIONAIRES LIKE THE NOIC SAY THAT THIS BILL WILL BE GREAT NEWS FOR MIDDLE INCOME FOLKS LIKE MYSELF. 
          BUT I SAY THAT THIS BILL AS IS AGAIN, AS IS WILL BE HORRIBLE NEWS FOR ME AND MY COWORKERS AND FRIENDS. 
          THEY'RE USING PEOPLE LIKE ME AS PAWNS IN THEIR GAME TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE CITY I LOVE. 
          AND Y'ALL, I AM SO IN LOVE WITH THIS CITY. 
          IT'S GROSS AND I DON'T BUY IT JUST LIKE THEY CAN'T BUY AUSTIN BILLIONAIRES CAN'T BUY AUSTIN. 
          OUR COMMUNITIES ARE NOT FOR SALE. 
          THIS BILL WILL NOT ONLY MAKE AUSTIN MORE INACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS LIKE ME, BUT IT WILL CAUSE JUST RENT TO SKYROCKET AND I'LL BE FORCED OUT OF AUSTIN AS A MIDDLE INCOME AND MIDDLE CLASS AUSTINITE. 
          I KNOW THAT THE HOME 
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INITIATIVE WILL NOT CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLE LIKE ME WITHOUT DRASTIC AND I'M TALKING DRASTIC MEASURES TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY. 
          I'M A RENTER NOW AND I WILL MOST LIKELY BE KICKED OUTTA THE CITY UNLESS OUR COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER WITH REAL SOLUTIONS TO THE HOUSING CRISIS. 
          POSTPONE AND VOTE. 
          NO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          MY NAME IS SHARON BLYTHE. 
          I'M HERE TO TELL MY STORY. 
          1989, MARCH 6TH. 
          I LOST MY HUSBAND TO CANCER. 
          I HAD TWO TEENAGE KIDS TO TRY TO MAKE IT. 
          I DIDN'T OWN A HOME AT THAT TIME. 
          I BOUGHT A LOT. 
          I BUILT MY HOME. 
          I'M STILL LIVING IN THAT SAME HOME AND YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          HOW DARE YOU. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          HOW DARE YOU? I DO NOT HAVE CONTROL OVER MY NEIGHBORS. 
          WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO IF YOU CHANGE, IF YOU CHANGE THIS, THESE ZONING I HAVE NO, I HAVE NO PROTECTION. 
          I BOUGHT THAT HOUSE BECAUSE I HAD PROTECTION FOR THE ZONING LAWS AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO CHANGE IT IN JUST TWO OR THREE MONTHS. 
          THIS THING HAS JUST BLOOMED IN TWO OR THREE MONTHS. 
          AND SHAME ON YOU. 
          AND I'M GONNA TELL EVERY ONE OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY THAT I WILL SUE YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY, EVERY ONE OF YOU. 
          IF YOU PASS THIS THING, SAY NO TO THIS HOME INITIATIVE, START IT OVER AND GET SOME PUBLIC INPUT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THE NEXT FIVE, THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE FRANCIS UNA, SHARON ALBRECHT, SCOTT TURNER, JOLENE KIELBASA, AND HOLLY REED. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT IF SHE CALLS YOUR NAME. 
          I THINK THEY WENT TO THE BATHROOM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ALL FIVE OF 'EM. 
          AH, IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. 
          PLEASE CALL THE NEXT FIVE. 
          I'M HERE. 
          YEP, THAT'S NOT IT. 
           MAYOR WATSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS HOLLY REED. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT 10. 
          I SERVE ON THE PARKS BOARD AND AS PRESIDENT OF THE WEST AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE DEVELOPMENT ENTITLEMENTS BEING ADDED TO SINGLE FAMILY ZONING BY THE HOME INITIATIVE WITHOUT ADEQUATE SIZE RESTRICTIONS TO MAKE NEW CONSTRUCTION AFFORDABLE AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, THESE ENTITLEMENTS WILL RESULT IN TWO OR THREE NEW BUILDINGS, REPLACING LESS EXPENSIVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT WILL NOT BE AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE EARNING A MIDDLE INCOME TO PURCHASE OR RENT, DEPENDING ON YOUR DEFINITION OF MIDDLE INCOME. 
          PLEASE ANSWER A QUESTION FOR ME. 
          WHAT IS THE HOME INITIATIVES DEFINITION OF MIDDLE INCOME? CAN ANYONE TELL ME? ARE TEACHERS, EMTS, FIREFIGHTERS AND NURSES, MIDDLE INCOME EARNERS? ACCORDING TO YOU, HERE ARE THE AVERAGE AUSTIN SALARIES FOR THESE JOBS AND CORRESPONDING HOME PRICES FOR AFFORDABLE AT AT THAT INCOME LEVEL. 
          WILL THE HOME INITIATIVE PRODUCE HOMES AT THOSE PRICES? NOT IF YOU DO THIS NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          IF YOU WANT HOUSING TO BE BUILT IN THESE PRICE RANGES, GREATER RESTRICTION THAN 0.55 AND 0.65 FAR FOR TWO AND THREE UNITS AS NEEDED. 
          OR THIS WILL PRODUCE THREE MCMANSIONS PER LOT INSTEAD OF ONE. 
          LET'S PRETEND WE'RE BUILDERS AND RUN THE NUMBERS TO MAXIMIZE OUR PROFITS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          HERE IS A HOME CURRENTLY FOR SALE FOR $525,000 ON AN 8,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT IN COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS DISTRICT. 
          IF A BUILDER PURCHASED THE LOT AND PUT THREE 1,730 SQUARE FOOT TOWN HOMES AT 800 AND $581 A SQUARE FOOT, THIS WOULD YIELD THREE HOMES PRICED AT $1,005,000 EACH. 
          REPLACING THE ONE HOME OF $525,000. 
          IS THAT AFFORDABLE FOR MIDDLE INCOME EARNERS? THIS IS MISLEADING TO SO MANY PEOPLE WHO THINK IT WILL PROVIDE HOUSING THEY CAN AFFORD. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE MARKET, BUT YOU CAN CONTROL THE SIZE OF THE UNITS ALLOWED IN THIS PROPOSAL. 
          KEEP THE FAR AT 0.4 FOR ALL CONSTRUCTION IN NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          ALL NEIGHBORHOODS RETAIN FRONT SIDE AND REAR SETBACKS REQUIRE ANY THIRD UNIT, BE NO LARGER THAN 400 SQUARE FEET. 
          POSTPONE VOTING ON THIS ORDINANCE AND HANDLE BOTH PHASES AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT THE TERMS IN PHASE ONE ARE NOT CHANGED OR ELIMINATED IN PHASE TWO. 
          PLEASE POSTPONE OR VOTE ON VOTE NO ON THIS ORDINANCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
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THANK YOU, SIR. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. 
          I HELLO MAYOR COUNCIL. 
          I'M SCOTT TURNER. 
          I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME RESOLUTION. 
          UM, UH, I SUPPORT IT BECAUSE IT OFFERS A CHOICE. 
          UH, IT OFFERS A CHOICE BETWEEN TODAY, UH, THE CODE INCENTIVIZES SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          UH, YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT FAR. 
          THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND HOME SIZES. 
          UM, WELL RIGHT NOW THE CODE ENCOURAGES SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          UH, EVERYTHING IS UNAFFORDABLE. 
          I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T ALREADY SAID HERE ABOUT THAT AND THAT IS UNFORTUNATE. 
          BUT UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING, UNLESS WE OFFER MORE CHOICES FOR MORE TYPES OF HOUSING THAT ARE MORE AFFORDABLE, THEN IT WILL NEVER BE AFFORDABLE AGAIN. 
          WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. 
          AND, AND FOR ME, I HOPE THAT THAT STARTS TODAY, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THREE UNITS WILL, WILL SELL FOR LESS THAN ONE BIG HOME. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT INCENTIVE TODAY, UH, THE CODE THAT HAS BEEN BAKED INTO THE CODE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND CERTAINLY WAS BAKED INTO THE MCMANSION ORDINANCE, UH, FAVORS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          UH, AND AS A HOME BUILDER, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. 
          SO I APPRECIATE Y'ALL TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO EVERYBODY HERE TODAY. 
          I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS YOU'VE GONE THROUGH TO REALLY TRY AND MAKE A GOOD DECISION AND, UH, I APPLAUD THAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE JANE CRAVEY, RICH HAMAN, ADAM GREENFIELD, KIARA BEAUMONT, AND TOBY NUNLEY. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, MY NAME IS RICH HAMAN AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          UH, I'M AN URBAN GEOGRAPHER AND I'VE BEEN AT UT FOR 18 YEARS TEACHING GEOGRAPHY, URBAN STUDIES AND URBAN PLANNING OVER THE YEARS. 
          AND I'VE ALSO TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITIES OF WASHINGTON, MINNESOTA, AND NORTH CAROLINA. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THAT EVERYBODY HERE, EVERYBODY HERE IS COGNIZANT OF THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND THAT YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS IT. 
          WE KNOW THE MULTIPLE BENEFITS OF DENSITY, HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY REASONS AN AMPLE SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE PROPOSED CHANGES WILL HAVE A HARMFUL IMPACT ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS, NAMELY SPEEDING UP DISPLACEMENT IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT. 
          THIS IS NOT AN EQUITABLE PLAN AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE STRONG PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES BEFORE WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THE CHANGES PROPOSED HERE. 
          EVEN WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY, I URGE YOU TO TAKE A PAGE OUTTA THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH AND FIRST, DO NO HARM BY PROPO, BY POSTPONE, BY POSTPONING A VOTE ON THIS HARMFUL INITIATIVE. 
          SUCH A PAUSE WILL GIVE YOU TIME TO WORK OUT MEANINGFUL PROTECTIONS FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THIS WILL ALSO GIVE US TIME TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE MISTAKEN CLAIMS OF MARKET URBANISTS, SUCH AS THE LESS DIRT EQUALS CHEAPER HOMES MYTH, WHICH IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE SCHOLARSHIP. 
          AND THE ECON 1 0 1 ARGUMENT. 
          OF COURSE, HOUSING, UH, IS AFFECTED BY SUPPLY AND DEMAND, BUT NOT IN THE SIMPLISTIC WAY THAT MARKET AND URBANISTS THAT MARKET URBANISTS. 
          THINK IT DOES. 
          AS IT STANDS, THIS IS NOT AN EQUITABLE PLAN AND I URGE YOU TO POSTPONE THE VOTE. 
          I KNOW THAT SOME IMPORTANT PROGRAMS THAT WILL PROVIDE PROTECTIONS FOR VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS ARE IN THE WORKS, SUCH AS THE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS. 
          WANNA ADD ADUS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS, VELA HARPER, MADISON FUENTES AND VELAZQUEZ ARE WORKING ON THESE AND OTHER PROTECTIONS NEED TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE WE MAKE THESE CHANGES. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE STATUS QUO AND A FLAWED PLAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          GREETINGS. 
          HI, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, LONGTIME LISTENER. 
          FIRST TIME SPEAKER . 
          MY NAME IS JANE RABY AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE AND I'M A 44 PLUS YEAR RESIDENT OF THE ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND I WANNA SPEAK STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I RECOGNIZE THAT IT MAY NOT BE THE USUAL DEMOGRAPHIC THAT IS SPOKEN IN FAVOR OF THIS CHANGE, WHICH IS WHY I WANNA TELL YOU MY STORY ON MY PROPERTY IS THE STANDARD TWO ONE AUSTIN, UH, COTTAGE THAT WAS BUILT IN THE 1940S. 
          I LIVED IN THAT COTTAGE FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS, RAISED MY CHILDREN THERE AND RAISED MY CHILDREN THERE. 
          MY, UM, THE PREVIOUS OWNER, UH, TORE DOWN THE DETACHED GARAGE AND BUILT A SECOND HOUSE, ATTACHED THE TWO HOUSES TOGETHER WITH A BREEZEWAY AND, UH, CALLED IT A DUPLEX. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE I LIVE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY WITH 
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THE IDEA THAT THE RENTAL INCOME FROM THE OTHER RESIDENTS WOULD PAY FOR OUR MORTGAGE, WHICH IT DID, AND THE HOUSE HAS PAID OFF. 
          YAY. 
          BUT NOW THAT RENTAL INCOME PAYS FOR MY EVER INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I AM, I CAN STILL LIVE IN THE ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UH, 'CAUSE OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE THERE. 
          I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THIS INITIATIVE BECAUSE I WANNA ADD A THIRD UNIT TO MY PROPERTY. 
          I BELIEVE THAT HAVING THIS THIRD UNIT WILL ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN MY HOME. 
          I'M CURRENTLY WORKING. 
          ONCE I STOP WORKING, THAT FIXED INCOME WILL NOT COVER THE 10% A YEAR PROPERTY TAX INCREASE THAT HAPPENS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE IN. 
          I DON'T WANNA SELL MY HOME AND MOVE. 
          I WANT TO AGE IN PLACE. 
          I WANNA CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LOVE. 
          I HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL OAK TREES THAT I WANT TO SAVE. 
          THEY PLANTED THEM 35 AND 40 YEARS AGO. 
          THEY WOULD GET BULLDOZED IF SOMEBODY ELSE WERE TO TAKE OVER THE PROPERTY AND DEVELOP IT. 
          AND I WANNA PROVIDE HOUSING THAT, UM, WOULD SUIT SOMEONE WHO, UM, NEEDS A SMALLER SPACE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I URGE YOU TO VOTE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE INITIATIVE AND THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          ANNA GREENFIELD HERE, DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          UM, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD FROM OTHER PEOPLE THAT IN OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE PASSED THESE REFORMS THAT THE IMPACT HAS BEEN, UH, HAS BEEN MODEST BUT IMPORTANT. 
          EVERY FAMILY MATTERS AND EVERY HOUSE MATTERS. 
          EVERY HOME MATTERS. 
          UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS PASS AND THEN TO, TO CONTINUE VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS MEASURE. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW CAN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS MORE BEAUTIFUL? HOW CAN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT MAKE OUR, CAN ENHANCE THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS? UH, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT A PORTION OF THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT GOES BACK INTO PREVENTING, UH, GENTRIFICATION, UH, GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT? HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS CREATED BY SMALL BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS? I THINK THESE ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS AND I THINK THAT THEY WOULD MAKE A LOT MORE PEOPLE HAPPY TO REALLY, UM, ADDRESS THEM AND MAKE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS ON THEM. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME FOR THIS IMPORTANT MEASURE AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR DECISION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE MAX HORSMAN RITA BERRY, WHO HAS, UH, TIME DONATED BY BILL BUNCH IS MR. BUNCH HERE. 
          OKAY, SO RITA WILL ONLY GET FOUR MINUTES. 
          NEXT IS JULIAN REYES AND KELLEN GILDERSLEEVE. 
          LEMME, BEFORE WE START, LET ME INTERRUPT YOU JUST LONG ENOUGH WHEN SOMEONE SPEAKS AND THEY'RE LEAVING, PLEASE NO ONE ENGAGE IN COMMENTING OR HARASSING THEM AS THEY'RE WALKING AWAY FROM THE PODIUM. 
          LET THEM STATE THEIR POSITION, EVEN IF YOU DISAGREE WITH IT, THEY DON'T NEED THEN YOUR COMMENTARY, UH, OR CRITIQUE OR, OR GRADING THEIR PAPER. 
          GOTCHA. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I'M, I'M GLAD WE KNEW WHO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. 
          YEAH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TALK START. 
          UH, HELLO, COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME IS MAX HORSEMAN. 
          I'M AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN HOUSING DEPARTMENT, BUT I WAS PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO TAKE SOME PTO OFF TODAY TO BE HERE, UH, AS A RENTER IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          UM, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS, BUT I DON'T WANNA LIVE IN A PLAYGROUND FOR THE WEALTHY TECH BILLIONAIRE INVESTOR CLASS. 
          I WANT DENSITY IN MY CITY, BUT NOT IF IT'S DONE AS A MARKET DRIVEN SOLUTION PUSHED BY BILLIONAIRES LIKE NICOLE AND LUKE SEK. 
          I WANT HOUSING POLICY SOLUTIONS FROM GROUPS LIKE PODER AND GAVA POLICIES THAT SUPPORT AUSTIN'S COMMUNITY, LAND TRUSTS AND TENANT PROTECTIONS POLICIES THAT HAVE CREATED FINANCING FOR ADUS. 
          HOME IS AN EXACERBATION OF THE STATUS QUO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND OTHERS HAVE REPEATED OVER AND OVER THAT THIS WILL BUILD SMALL UNITS AND THEREFORE THE HOMES WILL BE CHEAPER. 
          CLEARLY, WE SAW FROM AN EARLIER PRESENTER HOW THAT IS LOGISTICALLY NOT TRUE BASED ON FLOOR TO AREA RATIO POSSIBILITIES WRITTEN INTO THE HOME AMENDMENT. 
          UM, AND LOOKING TO THE AFFORDABILITY IMPACT STATEMENT WRITTEN BY CITY STAFF, UH, WITH UNIT WITHOUT UNIT SIZE RESTRICTIONS EITHER BY SUBCHAPTER F OR ANOTHER FAR LIMITATION. 
          THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS MAY RESULT IN UNITS WITH SIMILAR SIZE AND PRICE TO CURRENT SINGLE UNIT USES, WHICH WOULD NOT ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF THE RESOLUTION TO ACHIEVE SMALLER AND MORE DIVERSE HOUSING TYPES FOR MIDDLE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. 
          SO THE CITY HAS DONE A STUDY ABOUT THE PROPOSED HOME AMENDMENT, AND IT'S SHOWN THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING SMALLER UNITS OUT OF THIS. 
          WE'LL GET WHATEVER DEVELOPERS ARE WILLING TO GIVE US, AND DEVELOPERS WILL BUILD AS MUCH AS THEY CAN AND CHARGE AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. 
          THESE HOMES AREN'T GOING TO BE CHEAP AND SUPPLY DOESN'T LEAVE, UH, 
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SUPPLY DOESN'T LET, UH, DOESN'T LEAD TO INCREASING, UH, TO DECREASING PRICES. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENT FIRMS THAT CAN BUY UP PROPERTY REALLY, REALLY FAST, UH, I IMAGINE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE, UH, IF HOME IS PASSED WILL MOSTLY LOOK LIKE THOSE HUGE WHITE AND BLACK TRIM GENTRIFICATION MODELS THAT CONTINUE TO POP UP EVERYWHERE AND HAVE NO REAL TIE TO COMMUNITY OR CULTURE HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          UH, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DENSIFY AUSTIN, TRY TO CREATE AN OVERLAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          VOTE NO ON HOME AND THANK YOU DELAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE. 
          HI, I'M JULIAN REYES. 
          I'M A REPORTER, UH, AND AN ACTIVIST HERE IN TOWN. 
          UM, YOU'RE NOW SITTING ON STOLEN INDIGENOUS LAND. 
          ALL OF Y'ALL RIGHT THERE ARE STOLEN ON, ARE SITTING ON MY PEOPLE'S STOLEN LAND. 
          WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 10,000 YEARS, UM, AND AUSTIN IS, HAS SHAMEFUL HISTORY OF RACIST ATTACKS ON BLACK BROWN. 
          AND YES, MY INDIGENOUS ANCESTORS SINCE, SINCE, UH, ITS BEGINNING OF EUROPEAN COLONIZATION BEGAN ON THIS LAND. 
          UM, THIS NEW, THIS NEWEST CODE NEXT, A-K-A-H-O-M-E INITIATIVE IS NOTHING MORE THAN YET ANOTHER WHITE SUPREMACIST LAND GRAB BY THE WEALTHY, INCLUDING DIRTY LAWYER MAYOR KIRK WATSON AND THIS CITY COUNCIL TO WHAT WE'RE WE ARE HEARING YOU'RE SAYING IS RICH WHITE PEOPLE, ONLY RICH WHITE PEOPLE ONLY. 
          I'VE BEEN HOMELESS. 
          I'VE BEEN GENTRIFIED. 
          I'VE SPENT THE LAST 20 YEARS ON AND OFF HOMELESS COUCH SITTING, UM, LIVING WITH PEOPLE DOING THAT BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE AND I HAVE DEGREES. 
          I'M A FORMER ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST. 
          I WORKED AT MICROSOFT. 
          I USED TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT I CAN'T DO IT WHEN THEY'RE ONLY HIRING WHITE PEOPLE. 
          THEY'RE ONLY BRINGING IN WHITE PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN. 
          THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE. 
          UM, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH COMMUNITY INPUT IN THIS PLAN, AS YOU ALL KNOW, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE UP YOUR DECISIONS, BUT WE, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU ADMITTING THAT PROBABLY CITY COUNCIL'S ALREADY BEEN BOUGHT AND SOLD BY DEVELOPERS. 
          Y'ALL MADE UP YOUR MIND BEFORE WE EVER GOT HERE. 
          NOT TO MENTION WHY DO WE HAVE A KNOWN NAZI BARBIE MCKENZIE KELLY ON CITY COUNCIL STILL? WHY DO YOU WORK WITH NAZI WHITE SUPREMACISTS? YOU'RE, SIR, YOU CAN'T, WE'RE NOT GOING. 
          IT'S OUTTA ORDER FOR YOU TO MAKE, UH, IT'S MY FREE SPEECH, SIR. 
          IF YOU DON'T APPRECIATE MY FREE SPEECH, I'M GONNA, WE'RE WE HAVE RULES AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE DIRECT ATTACKS ON COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          CONTINUE. 
          IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE. 
          THERE ARE TOO MANY EMPTY BRAND NEW HOMES IN AUSTIN. 
          EMPTY CONDOS AND SKY RISES ARE STILL GOING UP EMPTY. 
          WE DON'T NEED TO BUILD, WE DON'T NEED EQUITY. 
          WE DON'T NEED BUILDING. 
          WE NEED EQUITY. 
          JUSTICE NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JOHN HAGER, KRISTEN POLLARD, CHRISTIAN CHU, TAN SCHOUP AND ERIC PAULIS. 
          IT'S ALL YOURS. 
          HI, MY NAME IS CHRISTINA POLLARD. 
          UM, I CAME HERE TO THE LAST ONE AND I JUST BARELY MADE IT TO THIS ONE. 
          UM, I AM A TEACHER IN AUSTIN. 
          I'M ALSO A WAITRESS. 
          MOST WEEKS I CLOCK IN ABOUT 65 TO 75 HOURS OF WORK THAT'S NONSTOP. 
          I GET UP AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING AND I GET HOME AT 10:00 PM ON GOOD DAYS, I GET TO TAKE A NAP IN MY CAR IN BETWEEN JOBS AND THOSE ARE THE GOOD DAYS AND THAT TO THE CARE OF MY VETERAN DISABLED FATHER. 
          AND MY LIFE IS JUST A SERIES OF NEVER ENDING TASKS AND I AM NOWHERE CLOSER TO HOME OWNERSHIP. 
          I WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLEASE PUSH THIS THROUGH SO THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME CAN HAVE A CHANCE AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE ARE GETTING PRICED OUT OF THE CITY AND IT IS NOT ON OUR FAULT. 
          I DID EVERYTHING THE LAST GENERATION TOLD ME TO DO. 
          I GOT TWO VERY GOOD DEGREES AND I WORK AT A JOB THAT MEANS SOMETHING. 
          AND WHEN THAT JOB DIDN'T WORK OUT, I GOT ANOTHER JOB. 
          I DID NOT ASK FOR HANDOUTS. 
          I DID NOT ASK FOR CHARITY. 
          WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT I PROVIDE MEANINGFUL SERVICES AT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE. 
          HOWDY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN SHAPEY AND I'M A DISTRICT 10 RESIDENT. 
          I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD TO GET HERE AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY STILL AHEAD. 
          UH, SO I THOUGHT I COULD CRAM EVERY PUN I COULD INTO TWO MINUTES. 
          UH, BUT FIRST, A FEW OF THE ENDORSEMENTS OF HOME. 
          UH, YOU HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TRANSIT WITH CAT METRO ENVIRONMENTAL, TEXAS ELDERLY SUPPORT WITH, UH, A A RP, TEXAS, AUSTIN, EMS, AND THE EVEN PRESERVATIONISTS WITH PRESERVATION AUSTIN. 
          I THINK THIS BROAD COALITION IN SUPPORT OF 
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HA HOME SAYS SOMETHING NOW FOR THE BAD PUNTS, AUSTIN IS NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT A PLACE WE PROUDLY CALL HOME. 
          THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE AUSTIN AND THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME. 
          THIS PROPOSAL, IT, IT JUST KNOCKS IT OUTTA THE PARK. 
          A TRUE HOME RUN FREE UNITS BY RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT INCREASING NUMBERS, IT'S ABOUT INVITING MORE FAMILIES TO THE AUSTIN PARTY IN AUSTIN. 
          THREE'S NOT A CROWD, THREE'S A HOME. 
          NOW LET'S TALK TINY HOMES. 
          AS MY HUSBAND KNOWS, EVERYTHING'S BIGGER IN TEXAS, BUT IN AUSTIN WE KNOW THAT SIZE IS IN EVERYTHING. 
          IT'S THE HEART AND THE PERSONALITY OF THE HOME THAT REALLY MATTERS. 
          NOW FOR THOSE WHO OPPOSE, UH, NOW FOR THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE HOME RECORDS, LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. 
          WE'RE BUILDING A HOME FOR ALL A PLACE EVERYBODY CAN CALL HOME, SUITE HOME. 
          THIS IS SUCH A TIMELY PROPOSAL. 
          COUNSEL, LET'S BRING THIS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS JOHN HAGAR. 
          I'M A DISTRICT NINE HOMEOWNER. 
          UH, AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORTIVE HOME. 
          WHEN MY WIFE AND I HAD OUR FIRST KID, WE DID THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT MANY PEOPLE DO. 
          WE DOWNSIZED AND MOVED INTO THE CITY. 
          FEW OPTIONS WERE AVAILABLE TO US IN OUR PRICE RANGE, AND WE WERE REALLY LUCKY TO FIND OUR BEAUTIFUL LITTLE 850 SQUARE FOOT BUNGALOW IN RIDGETOP NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOME, THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR WAS BEING REDEVELOPED. 
          A HOUSE NEARLY IDENTICAL TO OURS HAD BEEN DEMOLISHED FOR MUCH LARGER HOUSE THAT LISTED FOR $1.5 MILLION WAY OUT OF OUR REACH AND WAY OUT OF REACH FOR MOST MIDDLE INCOME EARNERS. 
          AND THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER AUSTIN. 
          SMALLER, HISTORIC, MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES ARE BEING DEMOLISHED, THROWN INTO THE LANDFILL AT 25 TONS OF POP AND REPLACED WITH ENORMOUS NEW BUILDS. 
          THIS IS ALL BECAUSE OUR CURRENT CODE INCENTIVIZES THAT PRACTICE HOME AND ESPECIALLY THE PRESERVATION BONUS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO REVERSE THAT TREND. 
          I URGE YOU TO PASS IT AND I URGE YOU TO HEED THE RECOMMENDATION OF MY COLLEAGUES AT A I A AUSTIN PRESERVATION AUSTIN AND THE AUSTIN INFILL COALITION. 
          THEIR EXHAUSTIVE AND METHOD METHODICAL WORK HELPS MAKE THIS A BOLD, YET REALISTIC POLICY PROPOSAL THAT COULD PUT MORE HOMES IN REACH OF MORE AUSTINITES VOTERS IN OUR CITY HAVE GIVEN YOU A STRONG MANDATE TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING CRISIS. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE FOR TAKING THIS ISSUE HEAD ON, AS WELL AS OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND CITY STAFF WHO HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO MAKE IT BETTER. 
          THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY, SO PLEASE DON'T WASTE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ERIC POLLIS. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EEC ECOLOGY ACTION OF TEXAS, ONE OF AUSTIN'S OLDEST GRASSROOTS ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. 
          I'M HERE TODAY AS A DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT, UH, AND I, I AM SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I BELIEVE LIKE MANY OF YOU, THAT AUSTIN NEEDS BOLD, BIG IDEAS TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND HOME CERTAINLY IS A BOLD AND BIG IDEA. 
          HOWEVER, IT IS ALSO A RADICAL ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH THAT HAS A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL UNINTENDED AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE RESULTS. 
          I'VE HEARD SOME OF YOU DISCUSSING WHY YOU SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WISHFUL THINKING GOING ON WITH THIS COUNCIL. 
          THE IDEA THAT THIS PROPOSAL WILL BRING ABOUT ORGANIC AFFORDABILITY SOUNDS INCREDIBLY NAIVE. 
          THERE'S NOTHING GENTLE ABOUT THIS PLAN. 
          THIS IS TAKING A SLEDGEHAMMER TO THE COMMUNITY FABRIC OF MANY NEIGHBORHOODS, A FABRIC THAT WILL BE INTEGRAL TO OUR RESILIENCY IN A FUTURE CLIMATE THAT IS LOOKING INCREASINGLY DIRE. 
          I HONESTLY CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THOSE OF YOU THAT CLAIM TO BE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT CLIMATE CRISIS ARE PITCHING THIS AS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY. 
          IN ADDITION TO CREATING A DISPLACEMENT ENGINE THAT WILL RESULT IN THE CONTINUED DEPARTURE OF THE WORKING POOR FROM AUSTIN AND INDUCING MORE SPRAWL. 
          THIS WILL ALSO HINDER OUR EFFORTS TO INCREASE OUR URBAN CANOPY COVER, OVERBURDEN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESULT IN MORE FREQUENT AND COSTLIER FLASH FLOODING. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE MONEYED INTEREST BEHIND THIS BILL HAVE GIVEN YOU ALL A CONVENIENT NARRATIVE TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY OF IT TRUE. 
          SIMPLY PUT HOME IS NOT AN EQUITABLE PROPOSAL AND WILL HAVE HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES THAT WILL COUNTER THE STATED INTENTIONS OF THIS BILL. 
          THIS IS A POLICY THAT WILL ENRICH THE ALREADY WEALTHY, MIGHT HELP SOME OF THE MIDDLE CLASS AND WILL HURT THE POOR. 
          I URGE YOU TO POSTPONE THIS VOTE AND MEET WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO FIND A BETTER SOLUTION. 
          YOU CANNOT RELY ON THE SAME PET, NOT-FOR-PROFITS AND CONFLICTED COMMISSIONERS FOR THE SAME TIRED OLD ANSWER TO GIVE THE DEVELOPERS MORE AND MORE. 
          WHEN DID ANY OF YOU RUN ON TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS OR AS LIBERTARIAN IDEOLOGUES? YOU DIDN'T, YOU WEREN'T PUT HERE TO PUSH POLICIES LIKE THIS. 
          YOU WEREN'T PUT HERE TO DO THE BIDDING OF CALIFORNIA PLUTOCRATS. 
          THE CITY NEEDS TO RESET ITS MORAL COMPASS, NOT TAKE US IN A RADICAL INVESTOR DRIVEN DIRECTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS TAN SHEPE, A PROUD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10. 
          THREE YEARS AGO I IMMIGRATED HERE IN AUSTIN, A CITY THAT QUICKLY 
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BECAME MY HOME FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING, ALL DUE TO MY FAMILY'S AND IMMENSE SACRIFICES. 
          HOWEVER, UM, MY FAMILY IN VIETNAM, WHOM I'M HOPE TO BRING HERE, MAY NOT BE AS LUCKY DUE TO THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ISSUE. 
          SO I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE HOME INITIATIVE, ESPECIALLY THE THREE UNITS BY RIGHT PROPOSAL. 
          THIS ISN'T JUST A POLICY, IT'S ABOUT FAMILY UNITY, COMMUNITY DIVERSITY. 
          UM, THE INITIATIVE COULD GREATLY IMPACT MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES, INCLUDING MINE. 
          MY PARENTS AND BROTHER DESERVE A CHANCE TO LIVE NEAR ME. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN AWAY FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS IN THE CITY. 
          THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO US. 
          UM, AND THIS INITIATIVE COULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE. 
          SO THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LESLIE POOL AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR CONSIDERING THIS LIFE-CHANGING INITIATIVE. 
          UM, YOUR DECISION CAN HELP KEEP FAMILY LIKE MINE TOGETHER, AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE MARIAN MOTECH, EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, L ALLEN AUSTIN STOWELL. 
          KELLY SHANNON, WHO HAS A DONATION OF TIME BY JAVIER SHANNON LOPEZ. 
          IS JAVIER HERE SHE IS. 
          IS KELLY ROGERS HERE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, KELLY SHANNON GETS SIX MINUTES AND LUIS OSTA LUGO, PLEASE BEGIN. 
          WELCOME. 
          HI, I AM MARIANNE OTAK AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          UH, I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS MASSIVE CHANGE TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND ZONING. 
          AND HERE'S WHY. 
          ONE, AS LAND BECOMES MORE VALUABLE FOR BUILDING PROPERTY, TAXES WILL INCREASE AS THE TREE CANOPY IS REDUCED TO MAKE WAY FOR HOUSING ARE ALREADY UNBEARABLE. 
          SOME SUMMER TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE AT A FASTER RATE AS HOMES ARE TORN DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR MORE UNITS ON THE SAME LAND. 
          THE FABRIC OF NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE DESTROYED LEADING TO INCREASING OUR GENTRIFICATION PROBLEM IN LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS HOUSING CREATES MORE IMPOR, IMPERVIOUS COVER, ALL ALREADY AND ADEQUATELY FUNCTIONING STORM WATER RUNOFF SYSTEM WILL BE ASKED TO DO EVEN MORE. 
          AUSTIN, WE HAVE A DRAINAGE PROBLEM ALREADY. 
          AS AN EXAMPLE, SOUTH OF THE RIVER, THE WATER SHOWED CLOSE WEST TO EAST. 
          ADDITIONAL IMPERVIOUS COVER WILL CAUSE MORE FLOODING FROM ONION CREEK IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          I WAS ON THE GROUND IN 2013 IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE HALLOWEEN FLOOD, BRINGING HOT FOOD AND HELPING CLEAN UP WHAT WAS LEFT OF PEOPLE'S HOMES AFTER THE FLOOD. 
          IT WAS REALLY HEARTBREAKING. 
          MANY OF THE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE HOME INSURANCE AS THEY COULDN'T AFFORD IT. 
          SOME PEOPLE DIED IN THAT FLOOD. 
          AND AS FAR AS WATER GOES, WE ALREADY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OUR WATER SYSTEM PROVIDING CLEAN WATER. 
          AND AS THE DROUGHT INCREASES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE OF A PROBLEM WITH WATER. 
          SO INCREASING HOUSING FOR MORE PEOPLE TO MOVE HERE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. 
          IN THE SOUTHWEST ANYWHERE. 
          OUR ELECTRIC GRID IS ALREADY PROBLEMATIC. 
          AND TO PUT MORE PEOPLE UNDER THE SAME ELECTRIC GRID IS GONNA CREATE MORE STRESS AS I SEE IT. 
          THE REAL BENEFICIARIES OF THIS PROPOSED CHANGE ARE THE DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS, ALL OF THE BUILDING PEOPLE, ARCHITECTS, DEVELOPERS AT THE EXPENSE OF US ORDINARY FOLKS LIVING HERE. 
          I ASK YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I'M KELLY SHANNON, A NATIVE LIFELONG FOURTH GENERATION AUSTINITE IN D FIVE. 
          AND I'M HERE TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE HOME INITIATIVES IN THESE CHAMBERS. 
          TODAY. 
          I'M HEARING FEAR FOR WHAT WILL BE IF HOME PASSES. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THE BIGGEST CAUSE OF THE CHANGES WE FEAR WON'T BE IN THE FUTURE. 
          THEY WERE IN THE PAST IN THE MID EIGHTIES. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, I TELL YOU WHAT, AUSTIN DIDN'T USED TO BE SPRAWLING SUBURBS, CENTRAL CITY HOMES SELLING FOR 50 TIMES OUR MEDIAN INCOME. 
          OLD AUSTIN WAS AFFORDABLE, FUNKY, AND A 10 MINUTE DRIVE ANYWHERE. 
          AND FOND MEMORIES OF THAT CONTRIBUTE TO A FEAR OF CHANGE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT FEAR IS MISPLACED. 
          GROWING UP HERE, A FREEWHEELING KID WALKING AND BIKING EVERYWHERE, ALL OVER TOWN. 
          I KNEW ALL THE COOL PLACES I WANTED TO LIVE WHEN I GREW UP. 
          THE FUNKY, UH, UH, THE LUCKY FINDS TINY HOUSE IN A COTTAGE COURT, THE SINGLE LOT, 1960S GARAGE APARTMENT, A UNIT IN A SUBDIVIDED OLD MANSION, 
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OR A UNIT IN A MELROSE PLACE LIKE 1920S, EIGHT PLEX. 
          I IMAGINE GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE IN MY BUILDING THE RANDOM CONVERSATIONS OR BABYSITTING FOR THE YOUNG COUPLE, OR TAKING MY ELDERLY NEIGHBOR'S TRASH OUT. 
          THESE PLACES I'VE DESCRIBED WERE BUILT ALL OVER THE ORIGINAL CITY. 
          AND THEN, UH, TOWNHOUSES AND GARDEN HOMES STARTED POPPING UP, UM, AS INFILL IN THE, UH, FIRST, UH, WAVE SUBURBS THAT WAS OLD AUSTIN, WALKABLE, NEIGHBORLY AND AFFORDABLE. 
          THAT HOUSING DIVERSITY OFFERED LOWER COST ENTRY FOR MORE PEOPLE IN MORE AREAS OF THE CITY. 
          I WANNA SAY THAT AGAIN, THAT HOUSING DIVERSITY OFFERED LOWER COST ENTRY FOR MORE PEOPLE IN MORE AREAS OF THE CITY. 
          BUT OUR 1984 CODE REWRITE PROHIBITED ALL THOSE TYPES OF HOMES AND PUT IN MOTION THE CONDITIONS FOR OUR SPIRALING HOUSING COSTS, DISPLACEMENT AND SPRAWL. 
          BY THE TIME I WAS AN ADULT, THOSE COOL OLD PLACES WERE SCARCE. 
          SO LIKE MANY AUSTINITES, I ENDED UP LIVING MOSTLY IN SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES ON LARGE LOTS. 
          BUT EVERYBODY DOESN'T NEED OR WANT TO LIVE ON A LARGE LOT. 
          MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER LIVED IN A BRIER WOODS GRANNY FLAT INTO HER NINETIES INDEPENDENT AND ABLE TO WALK TO THE GROCERY DRUG STORE HAIR SALON OR VISIT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN NEARBY HOUSES, APARTMENTS, AND TOWN HOMES IN THE AUSTIN WE'VE BUILT SINCE 1984. 
          THAT'S RARELY AN OPTION, AND I'M BAFFLED WHY THAT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH SO MANY AUSTINITES PONDERING WHAT I WANTED TO SAY TODAY. 
          I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW AS WE GET OLDER, WE START TO SEE THE, UH, LIFE AS A CYCLE, AS A CIRCLE FOR ME AS I APPROACH, APPROACH MY SIXTIES. 
          AS MUCH AS I LOVE MY HOUSE, I'M STARTING TO WANT TO LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE PLACES LIKE I DREAMED OF AS A KID. 
          I WAS FORTUNATE TO BUY A HOME IN THE LATE NINETIES, A FIFTIES SPLIT LEVEL HOME ON A THIRD OF AN ACRE, AN EIGHT MINUTE WALK TO SOUTH LAMAR AND ALL THE SERVICES THAT IT OFFERS, AND NOW MULTIPLE BUS LINES. 
          BUT I'VE COME FULL CIRCLE WITH A NUMBER OF THE CHANGES BEING CONSIDERED IN BOTH PHASES OF HOME. 
          MY LOT BECOMES AN IDEAL, UH, IDEAL TO REDEVELOP INTO A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS SIZE HOMES FOR MYSELF AND SEVERAL OTHERS, BUYERS AND RENTERS WHO'D BENEFIT FROM WHAT NOW ONLY ONE AUSTINITE DOES. 
          BUT I'M NOT HERE TO JUST TALK ABOUT MY OWN NEEDS. 
          I LOVE AUSTIN AND I WANT IT TO BE AFFORDABLE AND LIVABLE FOR MANY, NOT JUST THE SUPER WEALTHY AND RETIREES WITH FAT PORTFOLIOS. 
          I WATCHED THE OPPOSITION VIDEO SUBDIVIDE AND CONQUER, AND I WAS FRUSTRATED TO SEE MY FELLOW AUSTINITES MAKE AN ARGUMENT VERY LIGHT ON HOUSING FACTS. 
          AND INSTEAD WITH SWEEPING GENERALITIES INTENSE MUSIC AND DRAMATIC IMAGES TO SCARE PEOPLE ABOUT CHANGE, THEY CLAIM THE HOME INITIATIVE IS ALL ABOUT DEVELOPER PROFITS AND LIBERTARIAN PLUTOCRATS. 
          WELL, I'M A LIBERAL ENVIRONMENTALIST NA UH, NATIVE WHO WANTS TO AGE IN PLACE, BUT I'M BEING TAXED OUT IN THAT VIDEO. 
          AND I QUOTE, MORE DENSITY DOES NOT EQUAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WHAT THE LAND IS 78% OF MY APPRAISED VALUE, WHICH CONTINUES TO SKYROCKET WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO MY HOUSE. 
          IF I PUT THREE COMPACT HOMES ON EACH HALF OF MY LOT, THAT TAXABLE LAND VALUE IS DIVIDED BY SIX. 
          OF COURSE, EVEN A SMALL HOME IN BARTON HILLS WON'T LIKELY BE DEEMED AFFORDABLE, BUT SMALLER HOMES ON SMALLER PARCELS OF LAND WILL BE FAR MORE ATTAINABLE FOR SOME THAN THE 4,000 SQUARE FOOT SCRAPE BUILDS HAPPENING ALL OVER MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SELLING FOR A MIND-NUMBING THREE AND $4 MILLION TALK ABOUT CHANGING THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER. 
          AND THAT CHANGE IS COMING TO EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD INSIDE THE LOOP. 
          IF WE DON'T DIVERSIFY OUR HOUSING OPTIONS, THE CHANGE PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT IS ALREADY HAPPENING. 
          STARTED IN 84 WHEN WE MADE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, LARGE LOTS AND SPRAWL AND SPRAWL. 
          THE ONLY WAY TO BUILD IN AUSTIN, AND USING THE NEGATIVE RESULTS OF CURRENT CODE TO OPPOSE HOME MAKES NO SENSE. 
          NOW'S OUR CHANCE TO REVERSE THAT 40-YEAR-OLD MISTAKE. 
          AND HOME IS THE RIGHT APPROACH TO DO SO. 
          I FLATLY REJECT THE CHARACTERIZATION OF IT AS BANNING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT IT WILL ALLOW MORE VARIETY AND ACCESS FOR MORE PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. 
          ALLOWING THREE UNITS PER LOT WON'T SOLVE ALL OUR HOUSING ISSUES AND THE BENEFITS WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. 
          BUT FOR AFFORDABILITY, FOR LIVABILITY, FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, IT'S TIME. 
          WE HAVE A YES AND APPRO HOUSING APPROACH AND START BUILDING LIKE WE DID IN OLD AUSTIN. 
          I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE HOME INITIATIVES. 
          I THANK COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELCOME. 
          HI ALL. 
          MY NAME IS ELLIE ALLEN. 
          UH, I HAVE BEEN IN THE HOUSING SPACE FOR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS, 
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AND I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE AUSTIN INFILL COALITION. 
          THIS COMING YEAR WILL BE MY FIRST YEAR BUILDING A BUSINESS ON MY OWN AND NOT WORKING FOR A LARGER COMPANY. 
          AS A NEW BUSINESS OWNER AND AS AN INCOMING GENERATION OF BUILDERS, I SUPPORT THE HOME INITIATIVE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE HOUSING THAT MY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND PEERS, UH, COULD MORE EASILY AFFORD IN THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO MAKE HOUSING MORE PLENTIFUL AND AFFORDABLE IN TEXAS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE DAVID SULLIVAN, UH, CITY CLERK. 
          WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO GO? IF YOUR NAME WAS CALLED, IF YOUR NAME IS CALLED DIAZ, PLEASE APPROACH THE, THE, UH, PODIUM. 
          SHE CALLED YOUR NAME. 
          SHE CALLED YOUR NAME. 
          NO. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          MY APOLOGIES. 
          MAYOR, I'LL GO QUICKLY, PLEASE. 
          UM, I AM, UH, LUIS OLUGO, UM, JUST A, A LOCAL NEIGHBOR AND A PRO HOUSING PERSON. 
          UH, ONE THING I JUST WANTED TO SAY OFF THE TOP OF THE HOUR, NOT TOP OF THE HOUR, JUST TOP OF MY COMMENT IS THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE DO NOT HAVE IS TIME AND NOT A LOT OF THE HOMEOWNERS TALK ABOUT, OH, MAYBE SIX MORE MONTHS OF STUDY, MAYBE ONE YEAR MORE OF STUDY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT BETWEEN 2020 AND 2022 HOME PRICES DOUBLED. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE, I KNOW VERY VISCERALLY THAT'S THE CASE BECAUSE MY RENT BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021, BUT NOT BY 90% BETWEEN, UH, THE, UH, BEGINNING LIKE END OF 2019 WHEN MY LEASE, UH, STARTED AT A NEW PLACE THAT WAS LIKE THE NICEST PLACE I EVER LIVED IN. 
          THAT WAS, UH, FOR I THINK $1,200 TO THE END OF 2020 WHEN IT WAS RENEWED AT $2,300 FOR A STUDIO APARTMENT. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE TIME AS, THAT WAS ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY THAT POINT. 
          ON THE OTHER HAND, UH, JUST ON A PERSONAL BASIS, THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC REASONS TO SUPPORT HOME. 
          IT'S EXTREMELY COMMON SENSE POLICY AROUND THE WORLD. 
          JUST ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONSPIRE MY TWO BROTHERS TO MOVE TO AUSTIN FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
          I'VE SACRIFICED, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO LEAD AT EVERY POINT, YOU KNOW, UH, AND YOU KNOW, THEY LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO HAVING SEEN THE MID AGES AND IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO LIVE IN TEXAS, LIVE IN AUSTIN, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN PROSPER. 
          THEY CAN LEARN. 
          MY OLDER BROTHER'S TRYING TO BECOME A DOCTOR. 
          MY YOUNGER BROTHER'S A MUSICIAN, TWO CAREERS THAT I'M SURE THE CITY COULD AGREE ON THAT THEY COULD LOVE. 
          BUT IN SAN ANTONIO, THEY OWN, THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE THREE YEARS AGO FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A CONDO THAT IS FAIRLY COMMON THERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I COULD NOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME, FIND THEM LITERALLY ANYWHERE IN THIS CITY THAT IS NOT FAR FAR SOUTHEAST APARTMENT NEXT TO A HIGHWAY OR FAR FAR NORTHWEST NEXT TO A HIGHWAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'VE DECIDED THAT PEOPLE LIKE MY FAMILY ARE ALLOWED TO LIVE IN, YOU KNOW, LIKE S****Y OLD APARTMENTS NEXT TO HIGHWAYS. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MY NAME IS DAVE SULLIVAN. 
          I'M HERE WITH A RESOLUTION FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION ON WHICH I SERVED LAST NIGHT. 
          WE PASSED A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF HOME. 
          I'LL READ A FEW PARTS OF IT, WHEREAS TESTIMONY WAS PRESENTED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 4TH THAT THAT TO HELP REACH NET ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AUSTIN NEEDS TO INCREASE POPULATION DENSITY AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE MODELING CONDUCTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY. 
          UM, WHEREAS THE POPULATION DENSITY INCREASES LEAD TO MORE SHARED WALLS THAT CONSERVE HEAT AND COOLING, THUS REQUIRING LESS ENERGY CONSUMPTION. 
          HIGHER POPULATION DENSITY ATTRACTS CLOSER, UH, BUSINESSES AND SERVICES, THUS REDUCING TRAVEL DISTANCES AND ALLOWING MORE TRIPS TO BE MADE BY FOOT OR BIKE. 
          AND OTHER MICRO MOBILITY MEANS, AND HIGHER POPULATION DENSITY SLOWS URBAN SPRAWL, WHICH PROTECTS FARMLAND AND WILDERNESS AREAS, AND WHEREBY WHERE THE, UM, EFFORTS TO INCREASE POPULATION DENSITY WILL NEED TO BE DEMONSTRATED IN THE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL MONEY FOR PROJECT CONNECT. 
          THEREFORE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE HOME AMENDMENTS TO ALLOW MORE HOUSEHOLD UNITS PER LOT AND OTHER MEASURES TO INCREASE AUSTIN'S HOUSING STOCK AND RESULTING POPULATION DENSITY. 
          FURTHERMORE, THESE, THIS SUPPORT IS CONDITIONAL ON MAINTAINING CURRENT PROTECTION FOR TREES AND CURRENT IMPERVIOUS COVER REQUIREMENTS AND THE ELEMENTS LISTED BELOW. 
          AND THEN MY COLLEAGUES AND I PILED ON A LONG LIST OF ADDITIONAL, UH, DEALIES. 
          THIS, UH, RE RESOLUTION WAS E EMAILED TO EACH OF YOU BY ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, UH, EARLIER TODAY OR YESTERDAY. 
          BUT I WILL POINT OUT THAT WE ALSO INCLUDED A REQUIREMENT THAT THE HOME INITIATIVE SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AUSTIN'S CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN TO ENSURE RACIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 
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AND HOW AUSTIN IMPLEMENTS THE HOME INITIATIVE ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND UNDERSERVED AUSTIN COMMUNITIES. 
          SPECIAL ATTENTION SHOULD BE EXPENDED TO PREVENT INVOLUNTARY DISPLACEMENT. 
          THANK, THANK YOU MR. SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE IAN LIEN, HEATHER HUBS, JOSHUA WEBB, PETER, BRI, BRI, AND JARED. 
          HA. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND IF A MICROPHONE IS AVAILABLE, GO AHEAD AND BEGIN YOUR SPEAKING. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          HELLO EVERYBODY. 
          UM, MY NAME IS HEATHER HUBS AND I'M A UT STUDENT AS WELL AS A DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT. 
          I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF EVERY STUDENT THAT COULD NOT MAKE IT TODAY DUE THE IMPENDING DUMA FINALS. 
          I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TO TELL YOU WITH ASSURANCE THAT IF THE HOME RESOLUTION DOES NOT GET PASSED, WE WILL NOT HAVE A FUTURE GENERATION OF AUSTINITES TO WELCOME. 
          AS US STUDENTS STRUGGLE TO PAY RENT OF DILAPIDATED WEST CAMPUS APARTMENTS, WE ARE FORCED TO THE HARSH REALIZATION. 
          RENTING A HOME IN AUSTIN IS SIMPLY UNREALISTIC AFTER GRADUATION. 
          IF RENTING SEEMS UNREALISTIC, DO YOU THINK WE'D EVEN DREAM ABOUT BUYING A HOME IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS? SAY A RENTER GETS HOPEFUL OF BUYING A HOME IN AUSTIN AND GOES ON ZILLOW TO LOOK FOR A HOME THAT ISN'T A CONDO OR AN APARTMENT. 
          THEY WON'T FIND ANYTHING UNDER A MILLION. 
          EVERYONE MUST ACCEPT AUSTIN IS CHANGING AND WE CAN NO LONGER KEEP OUR OUTDATED HOUSING POLICIES. 
          PEOPLE NEED HOUSING SECURITY FOR THE FUTURE OF AUSTIN VOTE HOME, AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO'S IN HERE WHO DOES NOT UNDERSTAND SUPPLY AND DEMAND TO TAKE A BASIC ECONOMICS CLASS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          HI, MY NAME IS JARED HOES. 
          I'M REPRESENTING DISTRICT NINE. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO RELAY MY OPINION FROM SOMEONE THAT HAS LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR OVER 16 YEARS, HAS BEEN DEALING WITH POOR REGULATIONS ON A PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL BASIS. 
          I STARTED MY BUSINESS DESIGNING HOMES FOR MANY MIDDLE INCOME OWNERS AND FELLOW PEERS BACK IN 2011. 
          12 YEARS LATER, YOU NOW NEED TO MAKE AN AVERAGE OF $180,000 A YEAR JUST TO AFFORD MY SERVICES. 
          I DESIGNED FOR THE WEALTHY AKA, THE AVERAGE JOE IN AUSTIN. 
          I BLAME POOR PLANNING AND COMPLEX AND ARBITRARY REGULATION THAT DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR HEALTH, WELFARE, OR SAFETY. 
          INSTEAD, OUR PLANNING IN ZONING IS, IS DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY TO HINDER HOUSING AND MAKE THE PROCESS UNNECESSARILY RIGOROUS. 
          IT'S AN INSANE AND LUDICROUS CONCEPT THAT MR. MIDDLE HOUSING IS ILLEGAL IN AUSTIN OR ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER, EVEN PRE ELIMINATE ALL REGULATIONS TODAY, AUSTIN IS STILL GONNA BE UNAFFORDABLE TOMORROW. 
          AUSTIN WILL REMAIN AN EXCLUSIVE CITY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. 
          WE CANNOT PUT THE TOOTHPASTE BACK IN THE TUBE, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN OFFER OPTIONS THAT CAN HELP TAKE, TAKE THE RIGHT STEPS TO COMBAT HOMOGENEITY AND EXCLUSIVITY. 
          I FULLY SUPPORT THIS MEASURE, AND THAT IS A SMALL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          IT ALLOWED ME TO DO MY JOB. 
          IT ALLOWED ME TO DESIGN A HOUSE FOR AN ARTIST, A MUSICIAN, A TEACHER, OR EVEN FOR MYSELF. 
          THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO TAKE THE PROPER STEP TO LEGALIZE ALL HOUSING AND HOUSING FOR ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          UH, PETER BRETTON. 
          I'VE GOT SLIDES. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY WORK. 
          GIMME ONE SECOND. 
          COOL. 
          UH, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT MARCEL YES. 
          THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON. 
          IT'S A WONDERFUL MOVIE. 
          MARCEL IS A YOUNG SHELL AND LIVES WITH AND CARESS FOR HIS GRANDMOTHER, CONNIE, BUT THEY LIVE ALONE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          THE REST OF HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN FORCED OUT, TAKEN AFTER THE COUPLE LIVING IN THE HOME, HAD A NASTY BREAKUP THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE MOVIE, MARCEL ACHIEVES FAME ONLINE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIND HIS COMMUNITY. 
          BUT IT'S NOT SO EASY FOR MARCEL. 
          HE'S COMFORTABLE WHERE HE IS. 
          AND MOREOVER, HE'S AFRAID THAT THE STRESS OF THE NEW FAME MAY WORSEN HIS GRANDMOTHER'S HEALTH. 
          HE WON'T MAKE THE STEP. 
          CONNIE HAS LIVED A LONG LIFE AND SHE LOVES MARCEL. 
          SHE PUSHES HIM TO TAKE THE LEAP, BUT HE ASKS, WHAT IF EVERYTHING CHANGES AGAIN? SHE RESPONDS WITH A SMILE. 
          IT WILL. 
          SHE'S GONE BEFORE. 
          MARCEL IS REUNITED WITH HIS COMMUNITY, BUT IS ASSURED IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT MARCEL HAS DIVED INTO LIFE. 
          I DON'T MEAN TO PORTRAY THIS EXACT MOVIE AS SUPPORT FOR HOME, BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE VALUES IT ESPOUSES, EMBRACING THE FACT THAT CHANGE IS INEVITABLE IN LIFE AND BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES. 
          AND JOYCE, CONSIDER THE POEM FROM PHILIP LARKIN. 
          THE TREES ARE COMING INTO LEAF. 
          LIKE SOMETHING ALMOST BEING SAID, THE RECENT BUDS RELAX AND SPREAD THEIR GREENNESS. 
          IS IT KIND OF GRIEF? IS IT THAT THEY ARE BORN AGAIN AND WE GROW OLD? NO, THEY DIE TOO. 
          THE YEARLY TRICK OF LOOKING NEW IS WRITTEN DOWN IN RINGS OF GRAIN. 
          YET STILL THE UNREST IN CASTLE'S, THRESH IN FULLNESS, FULL GROWN THICKNESS EVERY MAY LAST YEAR IS DEAD. 
          THEY SEEM TO SAY BEGIN AFRESH. 
          AFRESH, AFRESH. 
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PLEASE HELP US BRING OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER AGAIN. 
          YES. 
          DIVE INTO LIFE. 
          PLEASE PASS HOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. 
          MY NAME IS JOSHUA. 
          UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX. 
          I'M MS. KELLY. 
          WHAT IS YOUR LAST NAME? JOSHUA WEBB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'M RESIDENT OF DISTRICTS. 
          UM, I'M NOT AN INVESTOR. 
          I'M NOT A, I'M NOT A HOME BUILDER. 
          I'M NOT A DEVELOPER. 
          UM, I AM A WORKING CLASS TEXAN. 
          I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR TWO YEARS, SO EVERYBODY CAN HATE ME. 
          UM, BUT I, I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR TWO YEARS. 
          YOU KNOW, I LOVE AUSTIN. 
          IT'S A GREAT CITY. 
          I LOVE TEXAS. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT PERFECT. 
          NO PLACE IS, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT PASSING THIS HOME AMENDMENT WILL REALLY, UM, PROVIDE A MORE AFFORDABLE AUSTIN FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST LIKE ME, WHO ARE NOT HOMEOWNERS, WHO ARE NOT SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO BENEFIT FROM, UM, KEEPING THEIR HOME A SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF AUSTIN. 
          TECH IS ONE OF THE MOST, UM, PLACES THAT PEOPLE LOOK TO, TO LIVE. 
          WE HAVE TECH PLACES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ARE HERE. 
          AND IF YOU ONLY PLACE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON SUCH DESIRABLE LAND, YOU'RE MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE EXCLUDING PEOPLE LIKE ME, LIKE BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE. 
          MY FAMILY WAS HOMELESS. 
          UH, MY DAD, MY BROTHER, MY TWO BROTHERS, MY SISTER AND MY MOM ALL GOT EXPELLED FROM THE HOME. 
          AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER CAME IN AND BUILT A NEW HOUSE. 
          IT WAS BECAUSE HOUSING GOT SO EXPENSIVE BECAUSE MY, MY, MY HOMETOWN WASN'T BUILT ANY HOUSING. 
          THE SUPPLY WASN'T THERE. 
          SUPPLYING IS A, SUPPLYING HOUSING IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR BUILDING MORE HOUSING. 
          I SPEAK STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THIS HOME INITIATIVE BECAUSE OF THAT. 
          AND I, I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE PEOPLE SAYING, OH, WELL, I'M A RACIST. 
          I'M SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, BUT I'VE HAD THOSE EFFECTS HAPPEN TO ME AND TO MY FAMILY. 
          I'VE HAD IT DIRECTLY. 
          AND I KNOW THAT BUILDING MORE HOUSING, HAVING MORE SUPPLY, IS GOING TO HELP ME AS A BLACK AND BROWN PERSON, AS SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT THE RICHEST PERSON IN THE WORLD. 
          IT'S GOING TO HELP ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDER, TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IT WILL SPUR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOT OF HOUSING AND IT WILL ALLOW US, ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE IN AUSTIN WHERE I LOVE SO MUCH. 
          YOU KNOW, I AM A RENTER. 
          APPARENTLY I'M A TRANSIENT RENTER, BUT I THANK YOU. 
          JOHNNY RUTHER OD AL ROBIN HOFF. 
          P STEPHANIE THOMAS, AND WE HAVE RUSSELL FRAZIER WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY, UM, NITA. 
          SHE, ALEXIS, DID YOU HELP WITH THOSE CHAIRS? HELLO, I'M ROBIN HOFFER. 
          I'M THE ACCESS AVENGER ORGANIZER WITH ADAPTIVE TEXAS. 
          AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF GREAT THINGS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THE ONE THING I HAVEN'T HEARD IS ACCESSIBILITY. 
          WHERE IS THE ACCESSIBILITY IN THIS PLAN? DO WE HAVE IT? YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ELSE WE NEED TO ADD TO THIS? WE NEED TO ADD VISIT ABILITY. 
          THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO VISIT OUR FRIENDS IN THESE NEW HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          THERE NEEDS TO BE ACCESS SOMEWHERE IN THESE NEW BUILDS. 
          HOW, HOW DO WE GET PRIVATE OWNERS TO PROVIDE ACCESS? IT'S BEEN 30 PLUS YEARS SINCE THE A DA WAS PASSED, AND WE'RE STILL ASKING FOR OUR ACCESS. 
          I'M, I'M ASTONISHED. 
          I'M, I'M, I'M, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I'M UPSET. 
          I'M UPSET. 
          I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR WATSON, I VOTED FOR YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I, YOU KNOW, I, I I BELIEVED IN YOU, YOU STOOD WITH US IN YOUR LAST TERM HERE, BUT I'M NOT SEEING IT THIS TRIP. 
          AND, UH, WE NEED ACCESSIBILITY. 
          WE NEED VISIBILITY, AND WE NEED DEEP, DEEP, DEEP AFFORDABILITY. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE WE ALL SAY INTEGRATED, ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY IS A LARGE COMMUNITY. 
          WE MAKE UP 20% OF TEXAS AND WE NEED TO BE REPRESENTED AND WE NEED TO BE HEARD, AND WE NEED TO BE SEEN, AND WE NEED TO BE ACCOMMODATED. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO ME, AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
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HI, MY NAME'S STEPHANIE THOMAS AND I'M ALSO WITH ADAPTIVE TEXAS. 
          AND, UM, WE CHOSE TO SPEAK ON THIS, UM, ISSUE BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, WITHOUT, WELL, WE SUPPORT DENSITY. 
          WE THINK THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP WITH, UM, AFFORDABILITY. 
          ALTHOUGH I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE DONE THAN, UM, WHAT THIS PLAN INVOLVES. 
          AND I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SUBSIDIES INCLUDED AS WELL. 
          BUT WE WANNA SEE THAT, UM, THE NEW HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT ARE ACCESSIBLE. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEW HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT NOW, THEY'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE. 
          THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE VISIBLE. 
          THEY'RE LITTLE CUBES STACKED UP INTO THE AIR WITH NO ELEVATOR. 
          UM, AND TINY HOMES CAN BE ACCESSIBLE, BUT THEY NEED TO BE DESIGNED THAT WAY. 
          SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ASSURANCES FROM Y'ALL THAT THERE'S MORE ACCESSIBILITY INCLUDED IN THAT. 
          AND ALSO, UM, WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UH, RAISING OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE UNIT. 
          WHILE I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THAT MAKES A GOOD THING FOR SOME PEOPLE, LIKE CO-OPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          THERE, THERE WAS AN ISSUE NOT THAT LONG AGO, IT WAS IN MY LIFETIME, WHERE THE BOARD AND CARE HOMES IN THIS TOWN WERE TOTALLY ABUSIVE TO THE DISABLED PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING THERE. 
          PEOPLE WERE JUST CRAMMED IN THERE. 
          THERE WAS NOT REALLY ANY PER SERVICES PROVIDED. 
          JUST SOMEBODY COLLECTED THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY MONEY AND THEN THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS KIND OF IT FOR THEM. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AFRAID, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE AFRAID OF WITH THE RAISING OF THE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE IN THE, UM, IN THE UNITS. 
          SO WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU LOOK AT THAT ISSUE A LITTLE BIT MORE CAREFULLY. 
          UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NOT DOING ANYTHING ISN'T GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. 
          THINGS ARE GETTING UNAFFORDABLE RIGHT NOW AT AN INCREDIBLE RATE, UH, WITHOUT ANY HELP FROM ANY HOME INITIATIVE OR ANYTHING. 
          SO I DON'T SUPPORT THAT. 
          BUT I DO REALLY THINK THAT YOU NEED TO LINK SOME AFFORDABILITY INCENTIVES AND DEEP AFFORDABILITY, BECAUSE AS POORER PEOPLE ARE MOVED OUT, AFFORDABILITY GETS. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, ALL. 
          UH, MY NAME IS JOHNNY UFFER. 
          I'M A STUDENT AT UT AUSTIN, UH, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE. 
          AND I WANTED TO STATE MY SUPPORT FOR THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I WANNA START BY, OF COURSE, THANKING COUNSEL FOR CONSIDERING THIS ITEM. 
          AND STATE THAT MY SUPPORT IS ROOTED IN THE FACT THAT I BELIEVE THE HOME INITIATIVE RECOGNIZES THE REALITY AUSTIN IS IN AND WORKS TO MAKE THE CITY MORE AFFORDABLE. 
          THIS ITEM WOULD BE A VITAL FIRST STEP IN OPENING UP NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO ACCESS. 
          THAT INCLUDES HYDE PARK, BOLDON CREEK, AND TARRYTOWN. 
          AND FRANKLY, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A SCARY CONCEPT FOR A LOT OF FOLKS. 
          YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY THAT IT IMPACTS NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, BUT IN MY MIND, NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER IS NOT ABOUT HOW A NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS, BUT WHO THE CHARACTERS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THAT SHOULD BE AN ORGANIC PROCESS, NOT SOMETHING BUILT ON SYSTEMATIC EXCLUSION. 
          I WILL BE HONEST, I'M A COMMS MAJOR. 
          I'M NOT EXPECTING TO BE ROLLING IN MONEY AFTER I GRADUATE. 
          HOWEVER, THAT REALITY SHOULDN'T EXILE ME AWAY FROM THE CORE OF THE CITY. 
          PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM BETWEEN A MCMANSION OR MANOR OR PFLUGERVILLE OR ROUND ROCK. 
          ADDING A GREATER SUPPLY OF HOUSING IN THE CITY BENEFITS EVERYONE. 
          THERE IS VALID HESITANCY AGAINST ACTIONS THE CITY TAKES BECAUSE OF ITS LONG HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATION. 
          BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT HOME ACTUALLY UNDOES ONE OF THE KEY TOOLS THAT WERE USED TO CREATE THE SYSTEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          ENSURING THAT WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS REMAIN HOMOGENOUS AND FAST TRACKING GENTRIFICATION. 
          NOW, IT ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE THE ISSUES OF GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT. 
          BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT IS A CRITICAL FIRST STEP. 
          AND FOR THAT REASON, ASK Y'ALL TO SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US TIME TO SPEAK. 
          MA'AM, YOU PROMISED ME SO. 
          YOU PRO YOU PROMISED ME YOU WEREN'T GOING TO COMMENT ON ALL, GIVE COLOR, WHATEVER'S THE CASE. 
          PLEASE, PLEASE AVOID COMMENTING TO PEOPLE AS THEY SPEAK. 
          YOU LYING. 
          AND MA'AM, MA'AM, PLEASE LYING PUBLIC, MA'AM. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT WE SAID EARLIER TODAY WAS THAT WE WERE GONNA FOLLOW THE RULES AND PEOPLE WOULD BE AT THE BACK IF THEY HAD SIGNS. 
          WE'VE ALLOWED YOU, WE'VE ALLOWED YOU TO DO THAT, EXCEPT YOU DISTRACT FROM OTHER SPEAKERS BECAUSE YOU PUT THOSE BEHIND THEM WHILE THEY'RE SPEAKING. 
          AND I'LL ASK YOU NOT TO DO THAT AS WELL. 
          WELL, SO TWO VIOLATIONS OF THE RULES OF ALL YOUR CLAIMING. 
          PLEASE, SIR, GO AHEAD AND START. 
          SHOW ME THE LAW. 
          NEUTRAL. 
          I'M NEUTRAL. 
          SO IF YOU COULD JUST HOLD OFF WITH THE PLACARD, , UM, RUSSELL FRAZIER, DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT 25 YEARS. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG DAY, 
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UH, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE LONG DAYS AHEAD, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO COME TO GRIPS WITH, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. 
          UM, I HAD A, I HAD SOME NOTES I WAS GONNA GO THROUGH, BUT, UH, SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME THIS MORNING THAT MADE ME RETHINK THIS. 
          AND AS I SAT HERE SINCE 10, IT DAWNED ON ME THAT, THAT THE POINTS I WAS GONNA RAISE HAVE BEEN SPOKEN TO OVER AND OVER AGAIN MORE ELOQUENTLY WITH MORE DATA. 
          SO I'M JUST GONNA RELATE TO WHAT HAPPENED TO ME THIS MORNING. 
          I GOT AN EMAIL I'VE LIVED IN, IN TRAVIS HEIGHTS FOR 25 YEARS. 
          I KNOW HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. 
          I GOT AN EMAIL FROM AN ELDERLY NEIGHBOR. 
          UH, THEY'RE WORRIED THAT THEY CAN'T MAINTAIN THEIR HOME AND THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF, UH, THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          UM, I CAME HERE AS, UH, FORMERLY NEGATIVE, BUT AFTER LAST, LAST MONTH'S, UH, PRESENTATION, THE, THE, IS THERE ANYBODY FROM PLANNING DEPARTMENT HERE AFTER THAT? UH, VERY PROFESSIONAL, UH, GRAPHIC AND DETAILED PRESENTATION OF BOTH, UM, WHAT, WHAT IS PLANNED IN THE HOME INITIATIVE AS WELL AS SOME BACKGROUND DATA. 
          I'M NEUTRAL. 
          UM, I, AND I DON'T LIKE BEING NEUTRAL. 
          I'D RATHER BE PRO OR CON. 
          SO I'M OPEN-MINDED ABOUT IT ANYWAY. 
          UM, I REALLY, FRANKLY, DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL MY NEIGHBOR. 
          UM, BUT I, I'LL HAVE TO MAKE UP MY MIND 'CAUSE I HAVE TO VOTE YES OR NO. 
          UM, I'M, I'M NOT A TEXAS NATIVE. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 
          UM, MY DAUGHTER IS A TEXAS NATIVE AND SHE IS A TEXAS EX. 
          AND BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WITH HER FOR SEVERAL DECADES, AND LIVING HERE PRESIDING IN TEXAS FOR 50 YEARS, WE KNOW THAT TEXANS ARE TOUGH AND THEY WILL MAKE DECISIONS AND THEY'LL DECIDE TO STAY OR GO. 
          AND, UM, THEY'RE VERY, YOU KNOW, VERY FIERCE AND INDEPENDENT. 
          AND I, I LOVE THAT. 
          UM, AND SHE ALSO LEFT US HER CAT WHEN SHE LEFT FOR ALBUQUERQUE, BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T AFFORD TO, TO STAY HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          AND, AND HER MOM AND I ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT IT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUR. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE SUSAN SPATARO, WHO HAS DONATED TIME BY MARGARET GOMEZ. 
          SO SUSAN SPIT, YES, SHE'S BY THE DOOR. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          SUSAN SPIRO GETS FOUR MINUTES ON DECK IS RACHEL SHORES STREETCAR, NALU, MARILYN SHOCKEY, AND ADAM POWELL. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM. 
          WELCOME MS. PETRO, SUSAN SPIT. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          AND YOU KNOW, AFTER SITTING HERE ALL DAY AND LISTENING, AND I'VE ATTENDED TWO OTHER SESSIONS, ONE PHRASE COMES TO MIND AND THAT IS PLAN BEFORE YOU ACT. 
          AND I THINK THIS INITIATIVE, UM, HAS NOT HAD NEARLY ENOUGH PLANNING. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS TO BE LOOKED AT, AND I PREPARED A, A HANDOUT, WHICH I DID SUBMIT EARLIER, WHICH YOU PROBABLY HAVE, IS THAT OF INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT IT'S WHO PAYS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY OR MOVE THIS FORWARD WITHOUT A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          HOW MUCH WATER YOU YOU'RE GONNA NEED. 
          DO YOU HAVE THAT MUCH WATER? WHAT ARE THE LINES GONNA LOOK LIKE? WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THEM? IF YOU HAVE A SUBDIVISION WITH A HUNDRED HOUSES, AND LET'S SAY 40 OF THEM PUT TWO MORE UNITS IN THEIR YARD, DO THEY PAY FOR ALL THE EXTRA INFRASTRUCTURE? DOES EVERYONE THERE OR EVERYONE IN THE CITY? ONE OF THE RESPONSES I SAW FROM A QUESTION ASKED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS, WELL, WE'LL DO WHAT WE ALWAYS DO. 
          WE'LL JUST BOND ALL THAT. 
          WE'RE TALKING BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT BEFORE YOU CAN MAKE THIS DECISION. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE TO SPEND 10, I'M JUST SAYING THIS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, $10 BILLION TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THEN ASK YOURSELF, , IS THIS AN AFFORDABLE PROJECT? SO I DO THINK YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          SO I THINK THAT THAT IS, IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. 
          THE OTHER, ONE OF THE OTHER RESPONSES I SAW IS, WELL, THIS WILL BE PAID BY IN IMPACT FEES. 
          WHAT THAT SAYS TO ME IS WE'RE REALLY NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE PUTTING A GRANNY FLAT IN THE BACK OF THEIR YARD. 
          'CAUSE DEVELOPERS DON'T DO THAT. 
          WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT COMING IN THERE, KNOCKING OUT THE HOUSE THAT'S THERE AND REBUILDING AND HAVE DEVELOPERS DO THAT. 
          I BELIEVE THIS IS GENTRIFICATION ON STEROIDS BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA COME IN JUST LIKE YOU'VE HEARD DEVELOPERS WITH MONEY AND THEY'RE GOING TO KNOCK THE HOUSES THERE AND, AND GENTRIFIED BECAUSE, UM, THE, THE POORER PARTS OF TOWN GET AFFECTED THE MOST, MOST IMPACT. 
          UM, IN A, IN WHERE I LIVE, I LIVE IN CIRCLE C AND WE HAVE DEEDED RESTRICTIONS IN CIRCLE C. 
          AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE DEEDED RESTRICTIONS, PROBABLY EVERYONE IN CIRCLE C WOULD BE HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE NOT. 
          SO PEOPLE WITHOUT 
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DEEDED RESTRICTIONS, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE TOO. 
          AND I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE. 
          THE OTHER THING IS THAT AS I LISTEN, NOT EVERYONE CAN HAVE EVERYTHING THEY WANT. 
          . 
          THAT'S JUST HOW LIFE GOES. 
          AND THAT IS, YOU DON'T JUST GET A HOUSE WHEN YOU WANT IT. 
          YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD. 
          UH, IT TAKES YEARS. 
          AND NOT EVERYONE WANTS THE SAME THING. 
          YOUNGER PEOPLE TODAY, SOME OF THE ONES I KNOW, THEY'RE NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN A HOUSE. 
          THEY WANNA REALLY NEED APARTMENT AND THEY WANNA TRAVEL INSTEAD. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          UH, OTHER PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THE STABILITY OF A HOUSE, AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG OR ELITIST WITH HAVING A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE WITH A BACKYARD. 
          SO YOUR KIDS CAN HAVE A DOG PLAY OUT THERE, THE SCHOOL IS DOWN THE BLOCK, THEY CAN WALK OR RIDE THEIR BIKE. 
          THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. 
          AND TO ACT LIKE THAT'S AN ELITIST STANCE I FIND REALLY OFFENSIVE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL ARE SUPPORTING TELEWORKING WELL, UM, AND AUSTIN HAS A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE, 28% TELEWORK, PEOPLE WHO ARE TELEWORKING, A REALTOR TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR BIGGER HOUSES BECAUSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, IF IT'S A COUPLE, TWO OFFICES IN THAT HOUSE. 
          SO IT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANNA THINK OF. 
          LIFESTYLE CHANGING. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, UM, JUST TWO DAYS AGO THERE WAS A REPORT, UH, FROM REALTOR.COM SAYING THAT REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS ARE PREDICTING HOME PRICES WILL FALL IN 2024. 
          AUSTIN, TEXAS COULD SEE THE STEEPEST DECLINE WITH A 12.2% DROP EXPECTED. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING OUT OF A, OF A THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND, AND COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          HI, UM, MY NAME IS MARLON SHOCKEY AND I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT NINE AND CURRENTLY A STUDENT AT UT. 
          I HAD MY LAST FINAL EXAM THIS MORNING AND LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE TODAY. 
          UM, UNLIKE A LOT OF MY FELLOW STUDENTS WHO MAY FEEL SIMILARLY. 
          UM, BUT TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR THE HOME INITIATIVE AND WHY IT IS CRUCIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND OUR FUTURE. 
          WHILE THE INITIATIVE DOESN'T GUARANTEE AFFORDABILITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, I WILL SAY AS SUPPLY GOES UP, UM, PRICES GO DOWN. 
          THAT'S BASIC ECONOMICS. 
          UM, AND IT WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE DIVERSE HOUSING TYPES TO BE BUILT THAT CAN COMPLY WITH THE NEEDS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE. 
          UM, ALSO AS LAND VALUES INCREASE AND PROPERTY TAXES INCREASE, SPLITTING THAT AMONGST THREE HOUSES ON A SINGLE PROPERTY MIGHT MAKE IT LESS THAN SPLITTING IT BETWEEN ONE OR TWO HOUSE ON A SINGLE PROPERTY. 
          UM, INCREASED DENSITY ALSO MAKES IT EASIER TO BRING WATER TO PEOPLE THAN IT IS IN THE SUBURBS WHERE EVERYBODY'S ALL SPREAD OUT. 
          UM, AND LASTLY, THIS INITIATIVE DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOUR HOME HAS TO CHANGE OR DO ANYTHING AS A HOMEOWNER. 
          IF YOU DON'T WANT IT TO, IT COULD STAY. 
          IT'S YOUR HOUSE, YOU OWN IT. 
          UM, BUT I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN AN AUSTIN THAT WELCOMES ALL AN AUSTIN THAT THRIVES ON DIVERSITY AND AN AUSTIN, UH, THAT GIVES EVERY CITIZEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIFE. 
          AND I THINK THIS, UH, INITIATIVE REPRESENTS A PATH TO A BRIGHTER, MORE INCLUSIVE FU, MORE INCLUSIVE FUTURE, UH, WHERE NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND AND EVERYONE CAN PARTAKE IN THE OPPORTUNITIES OUR WONDERFUL CITY HAS TO OFFER. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          HI, I AM RACHEL SHORES AND I'M A DISTRICT, I , I'M A RESIDENT, EXCUSE ME, OF DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UM, MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT OUR HOUSE IN, UH, 2014, AND WE BOUGHT A VERY SMALL TINY HOUSE. 
          HOWEVER, OUR SMALL TINY HOUSE IS ON A VERY LARGE LOT, AND THAT IS THE SITUATION WITH A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS. 
          UM, IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE OWNED OUR HOUSE ALMOST 10 YEARS. 
          WE, UM, HAVE HAD THE HOUSE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF US TORN DOWN, AND THEY PUT TWO HOUSES ON THAT LOT. 
          AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF US, THEY TORE DOWN THAT OLD HOUSE THAT WAS THERE AND THEY BUILT A FOURPLEX. 
          AND I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS. 
          I HAVE EXPERIENCED IT. 
          WE DID NOT CUT, WE DIDN'T SUFFER ANY KIND OF NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCE FROM THIS. 
          UM, IF ANYTHING, IT'S A BENEFIT BECAUSE OUR NEIGHBORS ARE HELPFUL. 
          THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, WATCH OUR FRONT PORCH FOR PACKAGES WHEN WE'RE OUT OF TOWN. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL KEEP AN EYE ON OUR HOUSE WHEN WE'RE OUT OF TOWN. 
          THEY'LL INVITE US OVER FOR PICNICS OR BACKYARD BARBECUES, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND, UM, HOUSING CAN BE DONE. 
          UM, SORRY, MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING CAN BE DONE WELL. 
          UM, THE FOURPLEX THAT WAS BUILT NEXT TO US, THEY PLANNED AHEAD AND THEY PUT A ONE CAR GARAGE FOR EACH OF THOSE FOURPLEXES. 
          SO THOSE PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE TO PARK AT LEAST ONE CAR, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A DRIVEWAY. 
          SO I'M JUST HERE TO SAY THAT 
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IT CAN BE DONE. 
          WELL, I DO SUPPORT IT AND I DO WANT YOU TO SUPPORT THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HEY, Y'ALL. 
          MY NAME IS EVAN POWELL. 
          I WAS BORN IN AUSTIN. 
          I'M A DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT, AND I'VE SAID IT BEFORE IN THESE CHAMBERS, BUT IT BEARS REPEATING THAT THE REASON THAT I WAS ABLE TO BECOME A DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT WAS BECAUSE I FOUND A TOWNHOUSE TO RENT. 
          THAT'S PART OF A THREEPLEX. 
          BUT TODAY I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A REALLY IMPORTANT TRUTH, WHICH IS THAT ALL OF THE POLICY DECISIONS THAT OUR CITY HAS TAKEN IN OUR HISTORY HAVE LED US RIGHT HERE, HAVE LED US INTO THIS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. 
          WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. 
          AND WHILE THE HOME RESOLUTION WILL NOT FIX EVERYTHING, I REALLY TRULY BELIEVE IT IS A MEANINGFUL STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IN ADDITION TO THIS RESOLUTION, WE CAN CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO PURSUE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT POLICIES AND SUBSIDIZED CAPITAL A AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WHAT I'M HEARING SO MUCH HERE TODAY AS PEOPLE AFRAID OF DISPLACEMENT AND CONCERN FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I COMPLETELY AGREE THE RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE THINGS, AND WE CAN PURSUE POLICIES THAT ADDRESS THEM. 
          SO I HOPE TO SEE THIS COUNCIL VOTE YES ON THE HOME RESOLUTION TODAY TO CONTINUE TO INVEST AND REALLY URGENTLY PURSUE ANTI-DISPLACEMENT POLICIES, SUBSIDIZED CAPITAL A AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SO THAT WE ENSURE NOBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY IS LEFT BEHIND. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. 
          UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          UM, AND TO UNDERSTAND WHY I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK HOW, WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK THE DEFINITION OF LUXURY IS? BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING, WHY ARE ALL THE NEW CONDOS AND APARTMENTS AND HOMES GOING UP LUXURY? WELL, I, I HAVE POURED CONCRETE MYSELF, ADDING A FLOOR TO MY GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE. 
          I'VE HELPED BUILD OUT OF TWO BY FOURS. 
          YOU KNOW, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOUSES. 
          IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO, TO MAKE A BUILDING. 
          THE REASON WHY A CONDO OR APARTMENT IS LUXURY IS WE DON'T ALLOW THEM TO BE BUILT IN MOST PLACES. 
          IT'S A LUXURY BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY BUILD THEM IN CERTAIN PLACES. 
          THAT'S WITHIN OUR CONTROL. 
          WHAT WE ALLOW TO BE BUILT, WHAT'S NOT IN OUR CONTROL IS WHY A HOUSE IN CENTRAL AUSTIN IS LUXURY. 
          A HOUSE IN CENTRAL AUSTIN IS LUXURY BECAUSE WE CAN NEVER MAKE MORE LAND CLOSE TO CENTRAL AUSTIN. 
          THAT LAND WAS GIVEN TO US BY WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE IN GOD EARTH, BUT IT'S THERE AND WE CAN'T MAKE MORE OF IT. 
          UH, AND I THINK IT'S A REAL LUXURY TO SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO OWN 5,000 OR 7,000 SQUARE FEET OF IT TO BUILD A HOUSE. 
          I THINK YOU SHOULD BE ABLE, IF YOU WANT TO, TO BUY A SMALLER PIECE AND BUILD A HOME ON IT. 
          SO I I REALLY HOPE THAT, UH, YOU SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE, PLEASE, SO THAT, UH, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO BUILD HOMES THAT SUIT THEM OR, OR THAT THEY CAN AFFORD. 
          THANKS. 
          HUG. 
          THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE BOB KAFKA, BRENT THOMAS, IAN BROWN, BEN LUKINS, AND RON CRANSTON. 
          WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY KATHY CRANSTON. 
          IS KATHY HERE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, RON CRANSTON GETS FOUR MINUTES. 
          HI FOLKS. 
          I'M ROD SKE. 
          JUST A SECOND. 
          I THINK THE MICROPHONE NEEDS TO BE TURNED ON. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OH, YES. 
          YES. 
          UM, MY NAME IS RON CRANSTON. 
          I'M WITH ADAPTIVE TEXAS AND THE PERSONAL ATTENDANT COALITION OF TEXAS. 
          YES, YOU AND I, UM, I AGREE WITH WHAT MY COHORTS OF ADAPTIVE HAVE SAID ABOUT SPEAKING NEUTRALLY ON THIS IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT YES, WE KNOW THAT CHANGE IS COMING. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A, AN ISSUE WITH, UH, HOUSING FOR EVERYONE. 
          THE THING THAT I HAVE TO SAY IS, AS WE ALWAYS SAY, AFFORDABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, THAT IS PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY AND INTEGRATION OF FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES INTO THE COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY WHO IS ON SSI IS AT ABOUT 15 
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ONE 5% OF MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME. 
          SO THIS, IT'S, IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF JUST HOW IMPORTANT THE ACCESSIBILITY OR AFFORDABILITY IS IN HOUSING. 
          NOW, I'M, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, MA'AM, THE MAYOR ALREADY ASKED YOU NOT TO HOLD SIGNS BEHIND THE SPEAKERS. 
          CAN YOU LET HIM HAVE HIS MINUTES TO SPEAK? I'M NOT LOOKING ANYTHING. 
          MAYBE AV CAN HELP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T INTERRUPTING IN HIS SPEAKING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE PROCEED NOW, UM, AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY HAS TO GO THROUGH FOR, UH, LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, OUR ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES AND HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE ARE ALL SCRUTINIZED BY OUR INCOME. 
          NOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, IF WE WISH TO MAKE THIS EQUITABLE, THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO DEVELOP AND INVEST AND SELL HOUSING IN AUSTIN OUGHT TO BE SCRUTINIZED AS WELL. 
          IF THEY, THEY MATCH A TRIGGER POINT UP AND ABOVE A CERTAIN PROFIT AMOUNT, THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD BE HAVING THEM INVEST IN THE FUNDING FOR LOW, VERY DEEPLY SUBSIDIZED HOUSING IN AUSTIN. 
          IF THIS CAN BE DONE, I THINK YOU WILL SEE WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM FOLKS IN TERMS OF HOUSING AND A COMMUNITY. 
          THAT IS FOR EVERYONE. 
          IT REALLY EXISTS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE DON'T GO FURTHER WITHOUT ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES OF ACCESSIBILITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND INTEGRATION OF FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES INTO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. 
          IF THE CLERK HAS CALLED YOUR NAME, FEEL FREE TO STEP UP TO ONE OF THE MICROPHONES AND STATE YOUR NAME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HEY, UM, I'M IAN BROWN. 
          UH, I'M HERE IN FAVOR OF THE HOAC. 
          UM, CAN'T BELIEVE I'M TALKING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
          I HONESTLY HAVEN'T VOTED IN 15 YEARS. 
          UH,  DIDN'T KNOW WHO MY REP WAS, BUT IT'S PAIGE. 
          NICE TO MEET YOU, PAIGE. 
          UM, SO I THOUGHT I WAS PRETTY FIRED UP ABOUT THIS ISSUE TO COME IN AND TALK, BUT I'VE WATCHED LIVESTREAM ALL DAY AND THERE ARE PEOPLE VERY MUCH, VERY MUCH MORE FIRED UP THAN I AM. 
          UM, I, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS ON THE MACRO, UH, WHICH BRINGS UP A LOT OF GREAT POINTS. 
          THE, THE ENVIRONMENTALIST EFFECT, THE, THE GENTRIFICATION EFFECT, THE ACCESSIBILITY EFFECT. 
          UM, I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I REPRESENT THE, THE MICRO HERE. 
          I HAVE A BIG YARD. 
          UM, I LIVE IN AN INTERGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLD. 
          I HAVE TWO KIDS AND TWO GRANDPARENTS LIVING WITH ME. 
          THE HOUSE IS A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET ALREADY. 
          I'D LOVE TO BUILD A GRANNY FLAT. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT'S INSANE THAT I CAN'T, I THINK IT'S WEIRD THAT THERE'S ALL THESE RESTRICTIONS ON HOW CLOSE MY GARAGE CAN BE TO THE STREET AND ALL THAT. 
          UM, I'M SURE SOME OF IT'S REASONABLE, BUT I, I, I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WHEN YOU ZOOM IN ON THE MICRO OF, OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA HAPPEN, IT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          I, I'D ALSO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO REALIZE IT'S NOT LIKE A ONE SHOT THING. 
          LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD MAKE THIS DECISION AND THEN YOU COULD IMPROVE IT NEXT YEAR OR ADJUST IT OR DO SOMETHING ELSE FOR, FOR, IT'S NOT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST ONE STEP THAT WE COULD MOVE TOWARDS. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          SO, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU JUST WANTED TO COME MAKE MY VOICE HEARD. 
          PRETTY EXCITING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY OPINION OF ALL OF YOU IS ABSOLUTELY RAISED FROM WHATEVER WAS IN MY IMAGINATION BEFORE. 
          YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S, IT'S PRETTY EASY TO REGISTER TO VOTE TOO. 
          I REGISTERED NO GOOD. 
          THE NEXT WELL THEN USE THAT. 
          NEXT SPEAKERS ARE JIM ADAMS, ANDREW TIKAL, BARBARA GIBSON, AMBER, OR, AND RYAN N WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MR. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          MY NAME IS JIM ADAMS. I LIVE IN THE MILLER NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I APPLAUD COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, UH, FOR BRINGING THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD. 
          AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUES AT THE A I A FOR WORKING SO INTENSELY WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL TO BRING THIS, UH, THESE POLICIES AND TO REFINE THEM. 
          TODAY, I BELIEVE THAT THE HOME INITIATIVE IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN REALIZING THE CITY'S VISION FOR A MORE 
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EQUITABLE, AFFORDABLE, DIVERSE, AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY. 
          AS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF MILLER, UH, AND AS ITS MASTER PLAN ARCHITECT, I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME LESSONS LEARNED FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WILL CELEBRATE ITS 20TH BIRTHDAY NEXT YEAR. 
          I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS LARGE PUBLIC PRIVATE PROJECT IS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT THAN INFILL IN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE POLICIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HOME INITIATIVE CAN ACHIEVE MANY OF THE POSITIVE QUALITIES OF MILLER. 
          ONE OF THOSE QUALITIES IS HOUSING CHOICE AND AFFORDABILITY. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE WILL INCENTIVIZE A WIDER RANGE OF CHOICES FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO TOWNHOUSES, COTTAGES, ADUS, MAKING NEIGHBORHOODS SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE AT ALL STAGES OF THEIR LIVES, ALLOWING RESIDENTS TO AGE IN PLACE AND FOR FAMILY MEMBERS TO LIVE NEAR ONE ANOTHER. 
          AT MILLER, WE HAVE TRI GENERATIONAL FAMILIES WHO LIVE WITHIN A STONE'S THROW OF EACH OTHER. 
          WE ALSO HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING OUT OF THEIR PARENTS' HOUSES INTO ADUS NEARBY AFFORDABILITY. 
          WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT TODAY. 
          IT'S A SERIOUS CHALLENGE IN AUSTIN. 
          IT, IT'S A SERIOUS CHALLENGE AT MILLER, BUT HOUSING ATTAINABILITY CAN BE ENHANCED WITH SMALLER HOUSING TYPES AND WITH PROGRAMS THAT CAN ASSIST FOLKS TO PURCHASE A HOME AT. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE YOU, UH, COME VISIT MILLER AND SEE WHAT A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD IT'S. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LONG TIME. 
          NO C YES SIR. 
          MY NAME IS BEN LUIN AND I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE NORTHWEST AUSTIN CIVIC ASSOCIATION. 
          OUR SERVICE AREA IS FROM 180 3 TO 2222. 
          MOPAC DE LOOP 360. 
          GOT A BIT MORE THAN 900 DUES PAYING HOUSEHOLDS. 
          WE'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1970. 
          WE HOST A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES. 
          YOU CAN LOOK AT US, YOU KNOW THE WEBSITE ON THE 15TH. 
          WE HELD AN INFORMAL TOWN HALL ON THE PROPOSED LDC CHANGES AND THEN BETWEEN THE 15TH, AND WE HAD, BY THE WAY, ABOUT 170 PEOPLE AT THAT TOWN HALL. 
          AND BETWEEN THE 15TH AND AND DECEMBER 4TH, WE SURVEYED NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS REGARDING PROPOSED CHANGES. 
          GOT 194 RESPONSES, AND I'M JUST GONNA RUN. 
          WE HAVE 10 QUESTIONS, I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH 'EM. 
          SO DO YOU SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL BEFORE COUNCIL TO REDUCE THE LOT SIZE OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO 57 50 SQUARE FEET? WE HAD 79% SAID NO. 
          DO YOU SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL THAT EACH SINGLE FAMILY LOT COULD HAVE MORE THAN COULD HAVE THREE UNITS BUILT ON A 57 50 SQUARE FOOT LOT? 84% SAID NO. 
          DO YOU SUPPORT THE REMOVAL OF SETBACK REQUIREMENTS? 89% SAID NO. 
          DO YOU SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN HEIGHT LIMITATIONS WITH SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES? 82% SAID NO. 
          DO YOU SUPPORT THE REMOVAL OF HEIGHT RESTRICTION? HEIGHT LIMITATIONS IN SINGLE FAMILY? 92% SAID NO. 
          DO YOU SUPPORT AN OWNER'S RIGHT OR CHOICE TO BUILD A TINY HOME, NOT TO EXCEED A FOUR, FOUR AND A SQUARE FEET? 61% SAID YES. 
          SO IT'S A LOT OF POSITIVITY ON THAT. 
          WOULD YOU SUPPORT A FUTURE PROPOSAL TO REDUCE LOT SIZE TO 2,500 SQUARE FEET? 89% SAID NO. 
          WOULD YOU SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN IMPERVIOUS COVER? 79%? NO. 
          DO YOU KNOW THEIR DEEDED RESTRICTIONS? 63% SAID YES. 
          ARE YOU AWARE THE CITY OF AUSTIN DOESN'T RE ENFORCE DEED RESTRICTIONS? AND AGAIN, 63% SAID YES. 
          WE HAD ABOUT 80% OF OUR PEOPLE FROM THE 7, 3, 1 AND 18 FIVE. 
          NO. 
          SO, HI, MY NAME IS AMBER OR, AND I'M A DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT, BUT I'M GOING TO READ AND I'M OPPOSED TO HOME. 
          AND I'M GOING TO READ YOU, UM, FROM A DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT. 
          I HOPE THIS LETTER FINDS YOU WELL. 
          I'M WRITING TO EXPRESS MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED HOME INITIATIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SPECIFICALLY, HOW WILL THIS INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOMES? WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPONSIBLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT, I BELIEVE THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL POSES SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS THAT SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY CONSIDERED BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT OPPOSE THIS. 
          MY PRIMARY OBJECTIONS INCLUDE TRAFFIC. 
          THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS LIKELY TO EXACERBATE EXISTING TRAFFIC ISSUES AND COULD LEAD TO CONGESTION AFFECTING BOTH THE SAFETY AND CONVENIENCE OF RESIDENTS AND COMMUTERS. 
          IT WILL ELIMINATE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WILL CREATE MANY PROBLEMS. INFRASTRUCTURE STRAIN. 
          OUR COMMUNITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE MAY NOT BE ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE ADDITIONAL LOAD IMPOSED BY NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS INCLUDES CONCERNS ABOUT WATER SUPPLY, SEWAGE, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL 
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SERVICES. 
          ENVIRONMENTAL. 
          THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING POTENTIAL HARM TO LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS, WILDLIFE HABITATS NEED TO BE THOROUGHLY ASSESSED. 
          PRESERVATION OF OUR NATURAL SURROUNDS IS CRUCIAL FOR THE WELLBEING OF BOTH RESIDENTS AND OF OUR ENVIRONMENT. 
          IMPACT ON SCHOOLS AND SERVICES. 
          THE INFLUX OF NEW RESIDENTS COULD STRAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC SERVICES. 
          IT IS THEREFORE ESSENTIAL TO EVALUATE THE CAPACITY OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC AMENITIES TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED POPULATION. 
          INCREASE AESTHETIC AND CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS. 
          THE UNIQUE CHARACTER AND AESTHETICS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE INTEGRAL TO ITS IDENTITY. 
          SIMILAR PROJECTS HAVE ALREADY ALTERED THE LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURAL HARMONY AND COULD DIMINISH THE CULTURAL AND AESTHETIC APPEAL THAT DREW MANY OF US TO THIS AREA. 
          I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER THESE CONCERNS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKERS ARE JONATHAN PUCKETT, DENNIS ELWELL, CHASE, DALTON, AND ROBIN SANDERS. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT. 
          OKAY. 
          HI EVERYONE. 
          MY NAME IS DENNIS HOWWELL. 
          I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. 
          UH, AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          UM, I'M 33 YEARS OLD. 
          I'M A PRETTY YOUNG GUY, UH, BUT I'M ABOUT TO GET MARRIED THIS YEAR AND I'M LOOKING AT, UM, HOW DO I BUY A HOME? I'VE NEVER BOUGHT A HOME BEFORE. 
          I'VE ALWAYS RENTED, UH, IN MY ENTIRE ADULT WORK IN LIFE. 
          AND AUSTIN IS KNOWN FOR BEING A REALLY, REALLY EXPENSIVE CITY. 
          UH, WHEN I TOLD PEOPLE I WAS MOVING TO AUSTIN, THEY ALL SAID, HOW DO YOU AFFORD IT? ISN'T THAT SUPER, SUPER EXPENSIVE? AND YES, YES IT IS. 
          UM, BUT I LOVE IT. 
          I LOVE THE CULTURE HERE. 
          I LOVE, UH, THE FOOD. 
          I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE LIVE MUSIC SCENE HERE. 
          AND IT'S ONE PLACE THAT, UM, I CAN REALLY SEE MYSELF, UM, CALLING HOME. 
          BUT WHAT'S REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT IS THERE'S ALMOST REALLY NO AFFORDABLE STARTER HOMES HERE. 
          I LOOKED AT, UM, THE MEDIAN HOME PRICE RECENTLY. 
          IT WAS SOMETHING OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          UM, SO WITH MORE SUPPLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ECON 1 0 1 ARGUMENT, WE'LL HAVE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND THIS HAS BEEN PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN IN CITIES, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ACROSS THE WORLD. 
          MINNEAPOLIS IS THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME, UM, HOW IT IS, UM, KEPT PRICES PRETTY STABLE, UM, AS COMPARED TO ITS MIDWEST NEIGHBORS. 
          AND WE CAN DO THE SAME HERE IN THE SOUTH IN TEXAS AND AUSTIN. 
          UM, SO I IMPLORE YOU PLEASE SUPPORT THE HOME INITIATIVE, UM, MAKE AUSTIN AFFORDABLE FOR FOLKS LIKE ME. 
          AND I WANNA ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR STAMINA. 
          I'M TRAINING FOR A MARATHON AND I APPLAUD THE STAMINA OF SEEING YOU GUYS HERE. 
          LISTEN TO EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY TODAY. 
          UM, AND, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          AND SPECIAL THANKS TO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, POOL AND COUNCILWOMAN HARPER. 
          MADISON, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MOVING ALONG, SHERRY TAYLOR, MARK MAY, HALEY, COLE, SANDY RAMIREZ. 
          IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM. 
          HI EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME SPEAK TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS HALEY COLE AND I LIVE IN CLARKSVILLE. 
          I'M AN ARTIST AND I HAVE BEEN, UM, IN AUSTIN FOR NINE YEARS. 
          UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE COUNCIL AND EVERYONE LISTENING, EVERYONE, FOR BRINGING YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR DESIRES TO MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE. 
          I THINK WE'RE ALL ACTIVELY WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME PLACE. 
          UM, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I WAS OUT UNHOUSED LAST YEAR FOR ALMOST A YEAR. 
          MOVING AROUND FROM DIFFERENT COUCH TO COUCH, UM, AS AN ARTIST AND ENTREPRENEUR WAS DEFINITELY REALLY HARD ON MY OVERALL WELLBEING, MY MENTAL HEALTH, EMOTIONAL HEALTH. 
          AND, UM, I, MY HEART REALLY DOES GO OUT TO ANYONE WHO IS STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW AND IS BEING DISPLACED. 
          ANYONE WHO'S A SINGLE WOMAN, SINGLE MOTHER, UM, I THINK, I THINK WE OBVIOUSLY NEED CHANGE. 
          UM, SO FOR ME, OBVIOUSLY THIS PLAN ISN'T PERFECT, BUT WE DO NEED THIS. 
          WE DO NEED MORE HOUSING, PERIOD. 
          UM, I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO SAFEGUARD AFFORDABILITY IN THIS PLAN. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE ASKING WHY THE RUSH? AND OF COURSE WE DON'T WANNA RUSH INTO ANYTHING. 
          BUT THERE IS URGENCY AROUND THIS ISSUE AS PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES, TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND KEEP, KEEP A BED FOR THEIR, THEM AND THEIR FAMILY TO SLEEP IN. 
          UM, AS WE KNOW AS WE GO, LIKE PAST SURVIVAL, GOING INTO CREATIVITY OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, THIS HAS BEEN A CITY THAT HAS REALLY HONORED ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS, UM, AND FREE THINKERS OVER TIME. 
          AND I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          UM, WE CAN'T CONTROL INFLATION, BUT WE CAN CONTROL PAST LAWS TO STRENGTHEN SECURITY IN THE CI THE CITY. 
          AND AGAIN, WE JUST SIMPLY NEED CHANGE. 
          UM, THESE BASIC, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTENCE, 
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UM, SHOULDN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE AUSTINITES SUFFERING AT ALL TIMES. 
          I WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, OUR CONVERSATIONS MORE AROUND THRIVING, AROUND CREATIVITY, AROUND LOVE, UNITY AND HARMONY AND WHAT WE CAN BUILD IN THIS CITY, UM, AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU, YOU MAY BE SEATED IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA DO, OR YOU CAN STAND AT THE PODIUM. 
          SO DO I TRANSLATE MYSELF OR TELL YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME IF YOU, WE, WE KNOW YOU CAN SPEAK ENGLISH, SO IF YOU'D PLEASE PRESENT ME. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU RAISE YOUR, YOU RAISED YOUR, YOUR INCOME BY 40%, WHILE SOME PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING . 
          WHAT'S UP WITH THE $515 MILLION THAT YOU'VE RESERVED FOR THE, TO ERADICATE THE HOMELESS? WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT  IS RAISING THE PRICES AGAIN. 
          WHAT IS THE COUNCIL DOING TO ATE THAT? THIS COUNCIL GOES OUT OF THEIR WAY TO IGNORE THE RIGHTS OF THE PROPER PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          SHE'S IN BED WITH THEM, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER, WELL CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WITH THE DEVELOPERS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALER ADLER. 
          WHERE'S HE AT NOW? ALER IS OVER THERE WITH THE SHORT TERM. 
          MA'AM, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. 
          INTERPRETER. 
          HI. 
          HI. 
          UH, MY NAME IS MARK MANN. 
          I LIVE IN D FIVE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT WE CANNOT MAKE AN INFORMED VOTE ON THE HOME, UH, PROPOSAL TODAY. 
          WHY? BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT, UH, PROVIDED THE DATA THAT JUSTIFIES PASSING HOME. 
          THE TOTAL PROPERTY VALUE OF, OF IMPACTED PROPERTIES IN AUSTIN IS SOMETHING NORTH OF $50 BILLION. 
          THAT'S WITH A B. 
          THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING LIKE THE ENTIRE MARKET CAP OF TARGET OR VOLKSWAGEN. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 
          AND WHEN PEOPLE MANAGE THAT MUCH MONEY, THEY MAKE CHOICES DRIVEN BY DATA. 
          SO WHERE'S YOUR DATA? HOME IS A BIG CHANGE AND IT'S COMPLICATED. 
          THIS IS EXACTLY WHY YOU HAVE TO HAVE DATA TO INFORM YOUR VOTE. 
          THERE IS A PARTICULAR PRO CON LIST WITH THE HOME PLAN. 
          THERE'S ALSO A DIFFERENT PRO CON LIST TO JUST DO NOTHING OR ANY OTHER PLAN. 
          I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY RECKLESS TO VOTE YES ON HOME AND THEN START TO COLLECT DATA. 
          YOU NEED THIS DATA TO COMPARE BEFORE YOU VOTE. 
          SO I PROPOSE YOU COMPARE, DO NOTHING TO HOME. 
          PUT THE RESULTS OUT ON THE WATSON WIRE AND LESLIE PULLS FACTS. 
          PAGE A, A SUGGESTION FOR THREE PIECES OF PROCON DATA TO START WITH ARE, ARE THE FOLLOWING. 
          HOW MANY UNITS UNDER $500,000 ARE GONNA BE PRODUCED WITH THE TWO OPTIONS? HOW DOES THE RACIAL MAKEUP OF EAST AUSTIN CHANGE IN PERCENT WITH THE TWO OPTIONS? WHAT IS THE RATIO OF GRAY VERSUS GREEN IN THE CITY WITH THE TWO OPTIONS BY GRAY, BY GREEN VERSUS GRAY? I MEAN GREEN SPACE VERSUS IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          THIS ISN'T A COMPLETE LIST, BUT WOULD GIVE US SOME REAL DATA TO SEE HOW THE TWO OPTIONS COMPARE. 
          IF YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS WITHOUT DATA, THEN YOU'RE JUST TAKING YOUR 50 BILLION, OUR 50 BILLION TO VEGAS AND YOU SHOULDN'T GAMBLE WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          HI, GOOD AFTERNOON BECAUSE 
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I CAN'T GET UP THERE. 
          THIS CHAIR. 
          YOU WANNA SIT DOWN? YOU CAN DO AWAY WHATEVER. 
          YOU MAY BE SEATED OR STAND AT THE PODIUM. 
          ALRIGHT, I, I, I GOT HERE. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, MY NAME IS SHERRY TAYLOR. 
          I HAPPEN TO LIVE IN MUELLER, WHICH IS DISTRICT NINE. 
          I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT SINCE THIS IS PEARL HARBOR FOR, UH, MILITARY PERSONS, BUT I DON'T HAVE BUT TWO MINUTES. 
          SO I GUESS I'LL JUST MENTION IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I DO WANT TO SAY THOUGH THAT, UH, IN MUELLER IS AN AWFUL LOT OF BUILDING AND, UH, THE PART I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ANYBODY WOULD VOTE YES FOR THIS IS BECAUSE HOW DO YOU GET THE CONSTRUCTION EVEN GOING IF THE BULLDOZERS AND WHATNOT CAN'T EVEN GET TO THE SITE? IN MUELLER, WE HAD THE ISSUE, UH, WHERE I LIVE, OF THE GARBAGE BINS HAVE TO BE OUT IN PLACE. 
          THE CHILDREN, THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CHILDREN HAVE TO RIDE A BUS. 
          THE, UH, CAP METRO BUS COMES, PICKS UP ELDERLY, THEN THE US POSTAL SERVICE COMES AND THE FEDEX COMES, AND ALL THESE TEMPORARY PEOPLE USE THE THOROUGHFARES. 
          WHERE, WHERE WOULD THERE BE TIME TO BUILD SOMETHING TO PUT IN THE BACK OF YOUR, YOUR HOUSE? SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AND HOW IT HELPS BECAUSE IF YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE, ARE LOST INCOME OR LOW INCOME, OR COULDN'T COME BACK FROM COVID 'CAUSE THEIR JOB LIKE A WAITRESS OR, OR LMSW WHATEVER, DIDN'T, DIDN'T COME BACK, THEY DON'T HAVE THE INCOME TO BUY WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU WOULD GET OUT THERE. 
          SO I, I JUST WANNA SAY WE HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED THAT IN MUELLER, UH, IN THE THING WE'RE EXPERIENCING NOW IS THEY'RE BUILDING THE BUILDINGS RIGHT TO THE SIDEWALK. 
          SO WHAT THE THING ABOUT, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOME SPACE FOR A FRONT YARD IF YOU BUILD THE END OF THE BUILDING OF THE APARTMENT RIGHT TO THE SIDEWALK, THE TRAFFIC TRYING TO USE THAT FOUR-WAY STOP IS THE TURTLENECK, TURTLENECK OUT, TRY TO GET BY. 
          SO I HOPE YOU'LL AT LEAST GIVE SOME SPACE WHERE KIDS GROWING UP WOULD HAVE A DECENT YARD AND THEIR PARENTS HAVE A DECENT YARD AND THEIR PETS HAVE A DECENT YARD. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          NEXT SPEAKERS ARE MARY ENGLE, WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY LEAH ZIEGLER ARE EITHER HERE. 
          THEN WE'VE GOT FRANCIS PREVE, JAY CROSSLEY, WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY KATRINA MILLER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS ALLISON VARGAS HERE? OKAY, SO, UH, JAY CROSSLEY GETS SIX MINUTES. 
          UM, HI, MY NAME'S JAY BLAZER CROSSLEY, UH, I LIVE IN D FOUR IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH MY MI MY WIFE AND MY 9-YEAR-OLD KID. 
          UM, AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A NONPROFIT CALLED FARM AND CITY. 
          AND WE WORK ACROSS THE STATE ON TEXAS PUBLIC POLICIES. 
          UM, WE ARE ESSENTIALLY A CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES ON TEXANS BEING ABLE TO AFFORD LIVING HEALTHY LOW CARBON LIFESTYLES IN OUR CITIES. 
          UM, AND UM, AND I, MY SLIDE DIDN'T WORK AND IT'S JUST, TODAY'S BEEN, TODAY'S BEEN A LOT. 
          AND I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU AND I WANT THANK EVERYONE WHO'S HERE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR WORLD IS CHANGING, OUR REGION IS GROWING. 
          UM, VERY DIFFICULT THING CHANGE HAPPENS AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HURT PEOPLE AND, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP HURTING PEOPLE WITH EXCLUSIONARY POLICIES. 
          UM, AND SO I HOPE WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE THIS OUT. 
          I WANTED TO JUST COVER, MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF OUR CURRENT ZONING SYSTEM, WHICH IS DEVASTATING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, OUR REGION TRANSPORTATION IS THE BIGGEST WAY WE EMIT CARBON, THE PEOPLE OF OUR REGION. 
          IT'S OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT WE ARE DOING TO THE WORLD IS OUR TRANSPORTATION AND AUSTINITES DRIVE MORE THAN THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON OR DALLAS OR SAN ANTONIO. 
          UH, 'CAUSE WE HAVE MORE ROADS AND WE'RE MORE SPRAWLED, WE'RE MORE CAR DEPENDENT IN OUR REGION THAN THE OTHER REGIONS. 
          PART OF THAT HAS BEEN THAT WE'VE BUILT MORE ROADS IN SPITE OF MISINFORMATION. 
          WE'VE BUILT MORE ROADS PER CAPITA THAN HOUSTON OR DALLAS. 
          UM, BUT PART OF IT IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S POLICIES TO NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO LIVE INSIDE OF THE CITY AND WHICH HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, SOME OF THIS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, BUT THE CARBON IMPACTS OF LIVING ANYWHERE NEAR HERE OR WHERE I LIVE SEVEN MILES THAT WAY VERSUS LIVING 40 MILES THAT WAY ARE HUGE. 
          AND, AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE 40 MILES LIKE THAT WAY, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY WANT TO BE ADMITTING CARBON. 
          IT'S LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE AN OPTION. 
          THEY, THE, THEY CANNOT GET TO HEB WITHOUT DRIVING FIVE MILES. 
          UM, AND SO THIS KIND OF POLICY COULD CHANGE THAT. 
          UM, AND ALSO LAND CONSERVATION. 
          OUR REGION DESTROYS 
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TREES AND DESTROYS LAND AT AN EXTRAORDINARILY FAST RATE. 
          OUR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE OFFICIAL PLAN IS WE WILL CONVERT 350 SQUARE MILES OF RURAL AND OPEN SPACE TO SUBURBAN SPACE OVER, UH, BETWEEN NOW AND 25TH, 45. 
          IT'S EXTRAORDINARY, THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE ARE CUTTING DOWN TREES PAST MANNAR, UM, AND, AND SOUTH OF BUDDHA. 
          WE ARE, WE ARE. 
          IT'S, IT'S TERRIBLE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WE SHOULDN'T DO THAT ANYMORE. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, IS THERE, ARE THERE POLICIES THAT COULD MAKE US HAVE A BETTER APPROACH TO THE CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT , WHILE ALSO HELPING US AFFORD THINGS? AND YES, THERE ARE, AND IT'S NOT, I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE CONCEPT THAT THAT IS UN IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF YOU PASS THIS TODAY. 
          THERE IS PLENTY OF RESEARCH AND WE HAVE TRIED TO SHARE LOTS OF DATA ON THE EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE LIVING IN AUSTIN. 
          AND THERE IS DATA LIKE IT THERE. 
          THE STORY OF AUSTIN IS HOW EVERYTHING'S GOTTEN SO MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE. 
          THE HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, IT COST $900 MORE A MONTH TO LIVE IN HYDE PARK TODAY THAN IT DID 10 YEARS AGO. 
          AND THE EASTAR CHAVEZ NEIGHBORHOOD, IT COSTS MORE, IT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE ONES WE LOOKED AT  IN TERMS OF INCREASED COSTS. 
          THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVEN'T CHANGED. 
          THEY HAVEN'T LET MORE PEOPLE BE THERE AND THEY'VE GOTTEN WAY MORE EXPENSIVE. 
          WHEREAS OUR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, LIKE, LIKE THE UNO PROJECT, WHICH ALLOWED MORE PEOPLE THAT PART, MOST OF WEST CAMPUS HAS GOTTEN SLIGHTLY CHEAPER IN TERMS OF MEDIAN MONTHLY HOUSING COSTS OVER THAT 10 YEARS, LIKE SLIGHTLY CHEAPER  AND, AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE, HAVE ALLOWED PEOPLE TO LIVE IN APARTMENTS OR PEOPLE TO LIVE THE WAY THEY WANT. 
          UM, WE HAVE SEEN THE BENEFITS OF THIS. 
          UM, AND, AND SO, AND, AND THE OTHER EXAMPLES, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS NOT AFFORDABLE. 
          THERE'S NOWHERE AFFORDABLE IN HAYES COUNTY. 
          THE WHOLE STORY THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO DRIVE TO QUALIFY IT, RUNDBERG AT NORTH LAMAR IS AFFORDABLE. 
          UH, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVE AT REHBERG AND LAMAR. 
          UM, UH, AND SO WE SHOULD HAVE MORE OF THAT. 
          WE SHOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE IN THIS CITY, LOW CARBON LIFESTYLES IN AN AFFORDABLE MANNER AND ALLOWING ME TO PUT AN A DU IN MY BACKYARD SO MY MOM CAN LIVE THERE WHEN SHE CAN'T DRIVE ANYMORE, WILL HELP WITH THAT. 
          UH, AND EVERYTHING YOU DO LIKE THIS WILL HELP WITH THAT. 
          UM, AND A FINAL THING IS A LOT, THERE'S LOTS OF, WE'RE ALL GONNA DISAGREE ON DATA. 
          UM, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL TRY TO LOOK FOR IN THE DATA FOR THE, TO UNDERSTAND THE EXPERIENCES OF OTHERS AND ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN AUSTIN AND WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEM. 
          AND I'LL SAY, IF YOU ONLY LOOK AT SAY, BIG A CAPITAL AFFORDABLE UNITS, MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE 30% BELOW MFI DON'T LIVE IN THOSE UNITS. 
           AND THEIR EXPERIENCES ARE DIFFERENT AND DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPEN TO THEM, UH, THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT BIG A WORLD AND WE DON'T HAVE TO IGNORE THEIR EXPERIENCES. 
          AND, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE PREFER MEDIAN MONTHLY HOUSING COSTS BEING A GOOD WAY TO MEASURE IT. 
          HOW, WHAT ARE PEOPLE REALLY PAYING? AND, AND LOOK AT WHAT IT COSTS TO RENT AND WHAT IT TAKES TO THE HOME. 
          AND UH, I THINK WE CAN ALL DO THIS BETTER. 
          SO, UM, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF US TODAY AND THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE. 
          FOLLOWING SPEAKERS ARE ROGER FALK, WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY BRAD PARSONS IS ARE BOTH HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU GET FOUR MINUTES ON DECK IS KEITH HUSBANDS LORRAINE ATHERTON AND MICHAEL CANDI. 
          GOOD EVENING, ROGER FA UH, DISTRICT 10 TO QUOTE STEVEN STILLS. 
          UH, THERE'S SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE. 
          WHAT IT IS AIN'T EXACTLY CLEAR. 
          UH, MANY OF THE SPEAKERS IN FAVOR AND I RESPECT THEIR ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS. 
          THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS SOMEHOW GONNA MAGICALLY MAKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IT'S GOING TO BE LOW RENTS AND ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          THERE'S NO PROOF OF THAT. 
          AND THERE'S PLENTY OF STUDIES AND ATTEMPTS TO DO THIS KIND OF THING IN THE PAST THAT HAVE HAD VERY MIXED RESULTS. 
          THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ARE VERY TROUBLING FROM THIS. 
          I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE NEIGHBOR AGAINST NEIGHBOR, SOMEBODY BUILDS A THREE STORY TOWER IN THEIR BACKYARD NEXT TO MY HOUSE AND THEY'RE LOOKING DOWN AT MY, INTO MY BACKYARD. 
          I'M NOT GONNA BE REAL HAPPY WITH THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, PEOPLE BOUGHT HOUSES WITH SINGLE FAMILY ZONING THINKING THAT THIS CITY WAS GONNA STAND BEHIND THAT ZONING AND THEY WERE GONNA PROTECT THEIR INVESTMENT. 
          NOW YOU JUST WANNA WIPE THAT AWAY. 
          AND THAT WAS ZONING THAT WAS CREATED OVER 
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DECADES BY MANY CITY COUNCILS. 
          YOU KNOW, THE HUBRIS THAT I'M SEEING HERE IS OFF THE CHARTS. 
          WE HAVE A QUARTER TRILLION DOLLARS IN REAL ESTATE VALUE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          THIS ISN'T GONNA MOVE THE NEEDLE THAT MUCH. 
          AND I FEEL SORRY FOR A LOT OF THESE FOLKS THAT REALLY THINK THIS IS GONNA GET THEM AN AFFORDABLE HOUSE. 
          RIGHT NOW, A $400,000 STRUCTURE IS GONNA HAVE WITH CURRENT RATES ALMOST A $3,000 A MONTH NOTE. 
          THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE PROPERTY TAXES ON TOP OF THAT. 
          HOW IS IT GONNA RENT FOR LESS THAN THAT? I MEAN, THIS IS JUST REALITY. 
          THIS THING'S HALF BAKED. 
          I WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD'VE LEARNED FROM PROJECT CONNECT, THE GREATEST BAIT AND SWITCH THAT'S EVER HAPPENED IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          THAT THING WASN'T ON THE STREET A YEAR AND THE PRICE ALMOST DOUBLED BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T DO THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT YOU NEED TO DO. 
          AND NOW YOU'RE DOING A MUCH, MUCH GREATER DISSERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY WITH WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO HERE WITHOUT DOING THE RESEARCH AND HAVING THE FOUNDATION TO JUSTIFY THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO DO. 
          AND YOU'RE GONNA CREATE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES LIKE IT'S UP THERE ON THE SCREEN. 
          THIS IS A PROBLEM. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE RESOLVE HAVING LOW COST HOUSING. 
          I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT CITY GOVERNMENT HERE HAS NOT SOLVED ANY OF OUR PROBLEMS. OUR HOMELESSNESS, IT'S STILL A PROBLEM. 
          OUR POLICE ISSUES, WE STILL HAVE THAT TRANSIENT, WE STILL HAVE THAT PROBLEM. 
          AFFORDABILITY'S A PROBLEM, GENTRIFICATION, WHICH YOU'RE DOUBLING DOWN WITH THIS ON WHAT HAVE YOU FIXED. 
          THINK ABOUT IT. 
          YOU'RE MAKING POLICIES THAT'S GONNA HAVE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS AND YOU'RE NOT FIXING THIS STUFF. 
          TRAFFIC INGESTION. 
          I REMEMBER DEBATING THE A ADLER ON THE MOBILITY BOND. 
          OH, IT'S GONNA FIX TRAFFIC INGESTION. 
          WELL, GOD, WHAT WAS THAT SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO? HAS IT WORKED? THE PANDEMIC DID MORE FOR US THAN THAN THE MOBILITY BOND. 
          AND NOW WE GOT THIS LAUGHABLE NOODLE OF A TRAIN OVER HERE. 
          IT DOESN'T SERVE ANY OF THE MAJOR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS CITY. 
          YOU'RE GONNA POUR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THIS THING AND YOU, AND YOU, IT'S NOT GONNA FLY BECAUSE IT'S IN COURT. 
          IT'S NOT WHAT WE VOTED ON. 
          AND THIS DENSITY THAT YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET HERE THAT'S GONNA RESCUE THEIR GRANTS ISN'T GONNA RESCUE IT. 
          WE HAVE 3000 PEOPLE PER SQUARE MILE HERE. 
          THEY'RE NOT GONNA JUSTIFY IT. 
          TRANSIT'S, CRATERING ALL OVER THE NATION. 
          WE NEED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO FIX THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE RUNNING NOW. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M LORRAINE ATHERTON FROM, UH, DISTRICT FIVE. 
          THE 18 EMPTY TOWN HOMES AT 59 12. 
          HAROLD COURT PROVIDE A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE OF WHAT INVESTORS ACTUALLY BUILD WHEN THEY ARE FREE OF SINGLE FAMILY REGULATIONS. 
          THEY ARE ON CHEAP, COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROPERTY WITH NONE OF THE RESTRICTIONS OF SINGLE FAMILY ZONING. 
          THE COMMERCIAL ZONING ALLOWS THE EQUIVALENT OF 54 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. 
          THE OWNERS CHOSE TO BUILD TO 27 UNITS PER ACRE, 40 FEET HIGH, 74% IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          TO BUILD MORE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TALLER AND MAKE EACH UNIT SMALLER, BUT THAT WOULD BALLOON THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, WHICH IS WHY DENSITY BEYOND CERTAIN LIMITS IS NEVER AFFORDABLE. 
          THE FORECLOSURE HERE DEMONSTRATES THAT EVEN 27 UNITS PER ACRE IS NOT VIABLE IN AUSTIN'S MARKET. 
          THE DENSITY PROPOSED IN THE HOME ORDINANCE IS 52 UNITS PER ACRE. 
          IF 27 UNITS PER ACRE DOESN'T WORK ON 74% IMPERVIOUS COVER, THEN 52 UNITS PER ACRE CANNOT POSSIBLY WORK IN AREAS WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY ACCOMMODATES LESS THAN 20 UNITS, 20 UNITS PER ACRE. 
          YES. 
          FIGURE OUT HOW TO ASSIST LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS WHO NEED TO REPAIR OR ADD ON TO EXISTING HOUSING. 
          YES. 
          ENCOURAGE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO BUILD MODEST TOWN HOMES ON UNDERUSED COMMERCIALLY ZONED LOTS. 
          NO, DO NOT REZONE THE ENTIRE 
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CITY FOR STRUCTURES THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY AND PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, GREETINGS MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME'S MIKE KANATI. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT 10. 
          I STAND HERE TODAY AS A COMBINATION OF A LONGTIME NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVIST, UH, A MCMANSION TASK FORCE MEMBER AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER. 
          AND I'M NOT REPRESENTING ANY OF THESE GROUPS TODAY, BUT I DID WANT TO SPEAK AS A LONGTIME AUSTINITE AND FATHER OF THREE CHILDREN AND ONE, ONE GRANDSON WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD HOUSING IN AUSTIN. 
          UM, I I THINK THAT THE EXISTING SITUATION IS OUTTA CONTROL. 
          OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS CHANGING. 
          IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ON MY STREET ALONE, 60% OF THE HOMES HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN AND REPLACED WITH LARGER HOMES, UM, SINCE WE MOVED IN ON THE STREET. 
          AND I'M GONNA ADMIT I'M PART OF THE PROBLEM. 
          I TOOK DOWN ONE OF THOSE HOUSES, BUT THAT WAS THE RULES. 
          AND IF WE DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING, THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE. 
          I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA BEHIND THE HOME ORDINANCE THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO FIND A LITTLE BIT MORE DENSITY. 
          AND I ALSO EN AM ENCOURAGED BY THE IDEA THAT Y'ALL ARE STEPPING THE SIZE INCREMENTS. 
          I THINK THE INITIAL PROPOSAL DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY SIZE LIMITS AND THAT WAS GONNA PROBABLY RESULT IN SOME REALLY BIG, REAL EXPENSIVE HOMES. 
          I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO TRY TO STEP THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND I HOPE Y'ALL WILL REALLY WRESTLE WITH FINDING SOME SIZE LIMITS TO MAKE THINGS MORE AFFORDABLE THAN THE CURRENT TRAJECTORY WE'RE ON. 
          UM, I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET THERE, FIND SOMETHING MORE AFFORDABLE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FOLLOWING SPEAKERS ARE BERTHA DELGADO. 
          WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY TANYA PAYNE. 
          IS TANYA HERE? YES. 
          IS ROBIN RATHER HERE? IS MS. DELGADO HERE? MS. DELGADO'S NOT HERE. 
          OKAY, SO MARINA MARTINEZ, VERNON REED, SUSAN DENKO, AND DR. GEORGE ROD. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. 
          I NEED TO TELL YOU THAT THE HOME INITIATIVE SCARES ME. 
          I AM MORALLY OBLIGATED TO SPEAK AGAINST IT. 
          I LIVE IN THE HERITAGE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS WILL TURN THE HERITAGE NEIGHBORHOOD INTO A SLUM. 
          IT WILL FURTHER CROWD OUR STREETS, PROMOTE HAZARDOUS LIVING CONDITIONS, AND MAKE LAND DEVELOPERS RICH. 
          THIS WILL HAPPEN AS FAST AS DEVELOPERS CAN ACQUIRE THE PROPERTIES. 
          HOME INITIATIVE PROMISES AFFORD AFFORDABILITY, BUT THE AFFORDABILITY ISN'T GUARANTEED. 
          SO AFFORDABILITY IS A LIE. 
          IF YOU APPROVE THE HOME INITIATIVE AS IT STANDS, IT'S GONNA CAUSE PEOPLE TO DIE. 
          AND I'M GONNA SAY THAT AGAIN. 
          IT'S GONNA CAUSE PEOPLE TO DIE. 
          THERE ISN'T A LOT OF SAFETY REGULATIONS TO THIS. 
          AND I'M GONNA GO OFF MY TRACK A LITTLE BIT. 
          IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS DO NOT HAVE ANY LICENSE. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL. 
          THEY DON'T NEED A DEGREE. 
          THERE'S NOTHING YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU ALL ARE BUILDERS ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF BOSTON. 
          AND I FOUND THAT THE HARD WAY IF A BUILDER DECIDES TO, AND NOW WHO'S GONNA BE BUILDING ALL THESE HOMES? THESE ADUS, YOU GUYS NEED TO FIX THAT FIRST BECAUSE THE BUILDERS, IF THEY'RE CORRUPT, THEY CAN STEAL YOUR MONEY. 
          THEY CAN BUILD A HAZARDOUS HOUSE FOR YOU AND WALK AWAY. 
          THEY'LL DISSOLVE THE LLC. 
          YOU CAN'T SUE 'EM. 
          YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO 'EM. 
          THEY HAVE NO ACCOUNTABILITY WHATSOEVER. 
          YOU GUYS NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM. 
          IT'S A REALLY BIG PROBLEM. 
          I HAD A BUILDER WHO'S BUILDING ALL OVER TERRYTOWN. 
          HE LEFT TWO OPEN ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS IN MY ATTIC WHEN I WENT UP THERE TO CLEAN UP MY, MY MY, UH, MY CELLULOSE BECAUSE IT WAS COMING ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
          I ALMOST GOT ELECTROCUTED. 
          IT WAS PERMITTED BY THE CITY AND IT WAS INSPECTED BY THE CITY AND IT STILL HAPPENED. 
          THEY ALSO PUT IN THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          HI, I'M VERNON REED. 
          WE OWN A HOUSE IN, UM, IN DISTRICT 10 AND WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT. 
          AND I'M WORRIED THAT HOME IS GOING TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLY DIFFICULT. 
          THE WHOLE HOME INITIATIVE HAS BEEN PRESENTED UNDER, UH, A FALSE FLAG OF, UH, FRAUD ASSUMPTION THAT THAT DENSITY NATURALLY EQUALS AFFORDABILITY. 
          AND THAT JUST FLIES IN THE FACE OF, OF FACTS. 
          UH, WE'RE WE'RE ASKED TO BELIEVE THAT THIS UM, LAISSEZ-FAIRE FREE MARKET TRICKLE DOWN APPROACH IS GOING 
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TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHEN IN FACT THE PEOPLE DOING THIS ARE GOING TO MAXIMIZE THEIR PROFIT TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. 
          THAT'S JUST UNFORTUNATELY THE WAY THINGS WORK AND HAVING MULTIPLE UNITS WILL INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE LAND TAXATION IS BASED ON VALUE. 
          PEOPLE'S PRO NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO BE HIDING MORE TAXES BECAUSE THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE BUILDING UP EXTRA PROPERTIES ON THEIR LAND. 
          SOME NEIGHBORS WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT. 
          THEY'LL HAVE TO SELL. 
          WHO ARE THEY GONNA SELL TO? BUILDERS, DEVELOPERS, THE PEOPLE WITH THE MONEY TO DO THIS. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO BUILD UP MY PROPERTY. 
          IT'S EXPENSIVE. 
          THE OTHER ASPECT IS INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THERE HAS BEEN NO CONSIDERATION. 
          INFRASTRUCTURE IS, THANK YOU SIR. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          YOUR TIME. 
          YES. 
          HELLO MAYOR WATSON AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS MARINA MARTINEZ AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME I'VE COME TO Y'ALL IN REGARDS TO THIS KIND OF TOPIC. 
          UM, IT'S BEING DISPLACED, DISPLACEMENT IS REAL, AND DISPLACEMENT TAKES A LOT TO RECOVER FROM. 
          UM, I KNOW THIS FIRSTHAND JUST BY EXPERIENCING THIS LAST YEAR. 
          I CAME TO MANY OF YOU THROUGH THE CITY AND THROUGH COUNCIL TO ASK FOR SOLUTIONS TO PROTECT NOT JUST ME, BUT MY FAMILY THAT I SAW DETERIORATING WITH ALL THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT DISPLACEMENT HAS. 
          AND THIS WAS STRAIGHT FROM DEVELOPERS COMING IN, BUYING OUT AND DEMANDING THREE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF RENT THAT WE COULD EVEN AFFORD. 
          SO WHAT DOES THAT DO THAT PUSHES YOU OUT. 
          I GOT PUSHED OUTTA DISTRICT THREE AND I REACHED OUT TO MANY, MANY OF YOU WE'RE NOT SUPPORTED. 
          THERE IS A BIG DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT PLAN AND SOLUTIONS SHOULD BE IN PLACE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY RECEIVING. 
          AND THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY I SEE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AT MY JOB. 
          MANY PEOPLE ARE IN CRISIS FOR INSTABILITY IN HOME. 
          WE'RE NOT SECURE. 
          AND IF YOU FEEL YOU'RE SECURE AND THIS IS NOT IMPACTING YOU, WELL, IT HASN'T HIT YOU YET, BUT IT IS COMING IF YOU ALLOW THIS TO MOVE THROUGH. 
          SO ALL I WANNA SAY AGAIN IS THAT THE DOMINO EFFECTS OF THIS DOES HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT ON US AND IT IS GONNA IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY EVEN MORE. 
          SO I THINK THAT WE AS PARENTS ARE WORKING WAY MORE THAN WE SHOULD. 
          WE HAVEN'T EVEN PAY ATTENTION TO OUR KIDS. 
          OUR KIDS AREN'T EVEN PAYING ATTENTION IN SCHOOL. 
          SO THAT MEANS THEY'RE LACKING THAT EDUCATION. 
          SO WE ARE DAMAGING THAT NEXT GENERATION COMING IN THAT SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HERE. 
          BUT BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE. 
          SO AGAIN, I ASK YOU TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS CODE, REALLY EVALUATE IT WITH STRONG INFORMATION TO AVERAGE TO GAUGE, TO, TO JUST BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER INFORMED DECISION ON WHAT'S BEST FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          BECAUSE I'VE HEARD MANY THINGS COME OUT TODAY THAT ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOU MS. DELGADO. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, MY NAME IS BETA DELGADO. 
          IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU ALL HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 10 30 THIS MORNING. 
          I'M THE CITY OF AUSTIN HOUSING COMMISSIONER THAT SITS ON THE CDC COMMISSION OVER AFFORDABILITY. 
          AND WE HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE TODAY. 
          ALL OF YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT IN YOUR EMAIL. 
          OUR CHAIR SPOKE EARLIER, SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS FROM THE HOUSING COMMISSION HAVE SPOKE EARLIER. 
          BUT BEFORE I DIVE INTO THAT RESOLUTION, JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW I AM A SIXTH GENERATION EAST AUSTIN NATIVE. 
          MY PARENTS STILL OWN THEIR HOME AND WE ARE STILL FIGHTING TO PRESERVE WHAT'S LEFT IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          SO AS YOU ALL ARE IN A TEN ONE SYSTEM, WHICH I HOPE THAT WE CAN CHANGE THAT SYSTEM BECAUSE ITS SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN WORKING. 
          JUST TO BE CLARIFIED, DO I HAVE SIX MINUTES? YES MA'AM. 
          YOU NOW HAVE FIVE MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST WANNA MAKE SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, IT'S NOT WORKING. 
          'CAUSE EACH OF YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE TO REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND I'VE, I'VE HEARD ALMOST IT WILL BE AT 700 CONSTITUENTS THAT HAVE SPOKEN HERE TODAY. 
          THE MAJORITY OF 'EM ARE, ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ZONING CHANGE. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. 
          ONLY 60 DAYS AGO, 30 DAYS, 62 MONTHS, WE CAN'T EVEN KEEP COUNT. 
          WE RECEIVED A PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE MAIL SAYING THAT YOU ALL WERE HAVING THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 
          NO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS DONE. 
          OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, JOSE VELASQUEZ, NATASHA MADISON, 
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VANESSA FUENTES, EVERYONE EAST OF 35 HAVE YET TO COME TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND LET THE RESIDENTS AND HOMEOWNERS KNOW THAT THE ZONING CHANGE WAS ABOUT TO TAKE A VOTE AND TAKE PLACE. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? NO, IT'S NOT. 
          DID YOU GET ELECTED TO SERVE, UH, ON YOUR POSITIONS BY THE PEOPLE? YES, YOU DID. 
          ARE YOU RUNNING FOR REELECTION? YES YOU ARE. 
          IF YOU'RE NOT, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO SERVE AGAIN. 
          YOU ARE THERE TO SERVE THE POOR, THE WORKING CLASS, THE ELDERS, THE CHILDREN, THE NATIVES, AND THE NEWCOMERS. 
          YOU ARE TO REPRESENT ALL. 
          AND THAT'S NOT HAPPENING ON THIS DAAS. 
          AS THE DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE ON THIS DAAS WEEKLY ARE AFFECTING AND HURTING THE COMMUNITY. 
          I ASK THAT EVERY ATTORNEY THAT IS IN THIS FIGHT, THAT WE, WE MOBILIZE OUR CITY AND WE SUE YOU ALL. 
          IF YOU ALL ARE FORCING US TO REZONE OUR PROPERTY, THIS IS UNFAIR SYSTEM. 
          THIS IS NOT A TEN ONE SYSTEM. 
          IT'S RACIST AND IT'S NOT RIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE HERE TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          AND AS YOU ARE HEARING THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE ANGRY, WHY ARE THEY ANGRY? BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET ENOUGH NOTICE OR WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR INPUT FOR THIS CHANGE. 
          THIS IS CODE NEXT COMING IN A DIFFERENT WAY WITH A DIFFERENT FACE, WITH THE, WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 
          AND WE'RE NOT STUPID BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HERE FIGHTING. 
          WE'VE BEEN HERE PRESERVING OUR CITIES AND WE ARE OWED MORE. 
          I WANT REPARATIONS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED OF EAST AUSTIN. 
          I WANT JOSE VELAZQUEZ TO FIGHT FOR US. 
          DISTRICT THREE HAS LOST SO MUCH AND WE'RE LOSING MORE EVERY DAY NOW. 
          THEY'RE COMING AFTER OUR PARKS NOW THEY'VE ALREADY CAME AFTER OUR SCHOOLS. 
          WHAT ELSE ARE WE GONNA LOSE? WHAT ELSE ARE YOU GONNA TAKE FROM US? WHEN IS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH? WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? DO WE HAVE TO TO CREATE A RIOT IN THIS CITY FOR US TO DEMAND ANSWERS AND ACTION. 
          YEAH, WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A HOUSING JUSTICE CRISIS AND A SOCIAL JUSTICE CRISIS, AN ECONOMIC JUSTICE CRISIS. 
          AND WE'RE DONE. 
          OUR RESOLUTION SAYS, AND I HOPE THAT YOU TAKE IT OUT OF YOUR EMAILS AND YOU READ IT BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES MATTER. 
          WE DO MATTER AND I KNOW YOU ALL GET PAID A GOOD SALARY UP THERE. 
          WE DON'T. 
          SO MOST OF US CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. 
          Y'ALL PUSHED US OUT TO BUTTA, KYLE MAYNARD, ROUND ROCK. 
          EVERY EVERY OUTSKIRT CITY OF THIS CITY, Y'ALL HAVE PUSHED US OUT. 
          SO OUR NUMBERS ARE DROPPING. 
          MINORITY PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF COLOR WILL NO LONGER LIVE IN AUSTIN AND EVEN PEOPLE OF THE WORKING CLASS AND THE LOW INCOME WILL NO LONGER LIVE IN AUSTIN. 
          SO I'M HERE TO VOICE THOSE CONCERNS AND I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM. 
          AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON OUR RESOLUTION AS A COMMISSIONER. 
          I SERVE TIRELESSLY. 
          I'M UP THERE SERVING AND SERVING FOR LOW INCOME AND AIN'T NOTHING CHANGED. 
          OUR HOMELESS PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE. 
          ECHO IS NOT DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          ARE WE HOLDING OUR NONPROFITS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING FOR OUR PEOPLE? NOWHERE NOT. 
          THAT IS YOUR JOB. 
          YOUR JOB IS TO HOLD THOSE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. 
          YOUR JOB IS TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN AND YOU'RE NOT DOING IT. 
          SO WE ASK, WE ASK AND WE BEG YOU ALL. 
          AND IF WE DON'T GET WHAT WE WANT, THEN WHAT DO WE ASK FOR? FOR YOU ALL TO BE REMOVED FROM YOUR COUNCIL SEATS? WE ASK FOR A RECALL. 
          WE ASK TO BOYCOTT YOU. 
          WE ASK TO NOT REELECT YOU. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE REAL, THOSE ARE THE REAL DEMANDS BECAUSE WHEN ALL OF Y'ALL RUN FREE ELECTION, YOU'RE KNOCKING AT OUR DOORS, GETTING US OUT THERE TO VOTE, TELLING US THAT IF WE ELECT YOU THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS AND YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT. 
          THESE ARE BROKEN PROMISES THAT YOU HAVE LET DOWN THE CITY OVER AND OVER AND OVER. 
          AND Y'ALL PROMISE THAT Y'ALL WOULD STOP THAT Y'ALL WOULD, Y'ALL WOULD STOP THE CYCLE OF DOING THAT. 
          I HAVE NOT SEEN IT STOPPED. 
          I'VE SEEN IT CONTINUING. 
          CONTINUING. 
          SO WHEN IS IT GONNA STOP? MY QUESTION IS, I'M TRYING TO GET WIFI REAL QUICK SO I CAN READ YOU THE RESOLUTION AND HERE IT GOES. 
          IT'S OUR RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN HOUSING COMMISSION IS IMPORTANT AND WE DO MATTER. 
          SO WHEREAS COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF CITY OF AUSTIN'S FACING HOUSING, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. 
          WHEREAS IN 2018, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS UPROOTED REPORT IDENTIFIED ST. 
          JOHN'S MEAS AND EAST AUSTIN AND OTHER HISTORICAL BLACK AND BROWN INDIGENOUS AND IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE VULNERABLE TO DISPLACEMENT. 
          MA'AM, I'M SORRY. 
          READ YOUR RESOLUTION. 
          YOUR YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FOLLOWING SPEAKERS ARE BARBARA LAFOLLETTE, PETER DENKO, KAREN CLARY, 
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REED DENKO, AND EMILY DENKO. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TO SPEAK TONIGHT. 
          UM, I'M BARBARA LA FOLLETT. 
          I'M RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE AND I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO CALL BARTON HILLS HOME. 
          UM, I'M HOPING THAT I CAN GET TO CONTINUE TO DO SO, BUT BECAUSE OF RISING TAXES AND THEY WILL BE OUT OF CONTROL IF YOU PASS HOME, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY, I WILL BE ABLE TO, OUR HOME WILL BE PAID OFF IN APRIL AS TO WHETHER WE'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD JUST THE TAXES ON IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          UM, AND THAT'S SAD. 
          I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BECAUSE OF TAXES. 
          PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPENT THEIR ENTIRE ADULT LIVES THERE. 
          MY HUSBAND'S FAMILY BUILT THE HOUSE. 
          HE'S BEEN IN IT 50 YEARS. 
          UM, SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED IS SPECIFICALLY TO OUR PARTICULAR AREA IS THE WILD INCREASED WILDFIRE RISK WITH THE INCREASED FUEL LOAD WITH ADDITIONAL HOUSES IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 
          WE SPENT TWO MONTHS UNDER, UM, WILDFIRE WATCH. 
          WE, OUR HOUSE BACKS UP ONTO, ONTO THE GREEN BELT AND WE SPENT TWO MONTHS UNDER WILDFIRE WATCH THIS PAST SUMMER. 
          WHAT DO YOU THINK'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN YOU PUT THAT MUCH MORE FUEL RIGHT IN DIRECT HARM'S WAY? IT'S JUST GONNA BE A HIGHER RISK AND THE SUMMERS ARE ONLY GETTING HOTTER AND HOTTER. 
          SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, UM, IF AFFORDABILITY IS A POINT HERE, WHICH I'M SURE IT'S NOT, BUT SHOULDN'T THERE BE SOMETHING GUARANTEED IN THERE IN A TIERED SYSTEM SUCH AS SO MUCH AT, AT SUCH AT SO MUCH OF IT HAS TO BE BUILT AT SUCH AND SUCH LEVEL. 
          SO MUCH OF IT AT THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME IS DR. 
          KAREN CLARY AND I AM AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST WITH EXPERTISE IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ANALYSIS. 
          THANK YOU FOR HEARING US TONIGHT. 
          WELL, TODAY I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. 
          IT INCLUDES ALL OF THOSE OTHER LIVING THINGS LIKE TREES AND BIRDS AND BUGS AND BUNNIES AND EARTHWORMS. NOT TO MENTION SALAMANDERS. 
          I ASK YOU THE CITY COUNCIL TO PAUSE THE VOTE AND TO FIRST EXERCISE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND TAKE THE HARD, THE HARD LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT THAT THIS INITIATIVE COULD BRING ABOUT. 
          WILL THEY BE POSITIVE? WILL THEY BE NEGATIVE OR NEUTRAL? WE DON'T KNOW. 
          WE NEED REAL DATA TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND WE NEED TO GET IT RIGHT. 
          IMPACTS ANALYSIS IS JUST GOOD PLANNING. 
          WE CAN ALREADY CALCULATE POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. 
          WE CAN MEASURE THE POTENTIAL FOR THE INCREASE IN IMPERVIOUS COVER AND RUNOFF, THE LOSS OF PERMEABLE GROUND COVER THAT ABSORBS GROUNDWATER, THE LOSS OF URBAN CANOPY TREES AND SHADE, THE LOSS OF GOOD OLD OPEN SPACE. 
          AND LASTLY, THE LOSS OF HABITAT FOR ALL CREATURES. 
          GREAT AND SMALL. 
          THOSE BIRDS, THOSE BUGS, THOSE BUNNIES AND EARTHWORMS. NOT TO MENTION SALAMANDERS. 
          WE CAN USE THESE DATA TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. 
          PLEASE EXERCISE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, PLEASE PAUSE YOUR VOTE TODAY SO WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FOLLOWING SPEAKERS ARE DENNIS MCLAUGHLIN, S ZACH SANCHEZ, ANN CHARLOTTE PATTERSON, VE PRAXIS WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY ALICIA TORRES. 
          IS ALICIA TORRES HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO VE GETS FOUR MINUTES. 
          HI, MY NAME'S STA SANCHEZ. 
          UH, WE MOVED HERE FROM PUERTO RICO IN THE SIXTIES AND I'VE BEEN LIVING IN AUSTIN SINCE 1970 OFF AND ON. 
          UH, I WAS PROPERTY OWNER SINCE THE MID EIGHTIES AND I LIVE ON THE EAST SIDE, CENTRAL EAST 11TH STREET. 
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UM, I MADE A LIVING DOING CONSTRUCTION HERE IN THIS TOWN. 
          I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A HOUSING NEED BUT MAKE BUT MAKING THE CHANGE YOU OFFER IS WAY OVER THE TOP. 
          COMPROMISE. 
          LEARN THE COMPROMISE. 
          BREAKING LOTS INTO THAT SIZE IS AN EFFECT. 
          A COMMERCIAL HIGH DENSITY MOVE WHILE TRYING TO CALL THEM SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. 
          SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST DESIGNATE PRE-EXISTING COMMERCIAL LOTS ADJACENT LOTS, CITY OWNED LOTS, UM, FOR YOUR SCHEME. 
          YEP. 
          BILL MORE SKYSCRAPERS AND LEAVE THE REST OF US IN PEACE. 
          I DID BUILD AN A DU IN FRONT BEHIND MY HOUSE. 
          I HAD TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS TWO MEETINGS SEVEN YEARS AGO. 
          VIRTUALLY BEG FOR THAT AND NOW YOU'RE LETTING DEVELOPERS COME IN AND DO WHAT THE HELL THEY WANT. 
          OKAY, NOW SOMEBODY SAID, OH, I WANTED YOU TO PASS THIS SO I CAN BUILD A UNIT IN THE BACK. 
          YOU CAN BUILD A UNIT IN THE BACK ALREADY. 
          WE DON'T NEED THIS TRASH TO DO THAT. 
          IT WHAT, WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO BE AUSTIN PROPER ANYWAY, YOU KNOW THERE'S GO FAR FARTHER EAST. 
          GO TO DECKER LAKE, WAY OUT. 
          I'M OKAY THE CORRIDOR AND UH, AIRPORT BOULEVARD. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES HERE, THE COMMERCIAL VIABLE, THEY'RE UNDERDEVELOPED COMMERCIALLY, BUT YOU CAN JUST TAKE OVER, BUILD YOUR LITTLE, YOU KNOW, TINY HOMES AND, AND UH, LEAVE THE REST OF US BE BECAUSE MY FEAR IS I GOT NOW MY LOT IS CONSIDERED THREE LOTS EVEN THOUGH I DON'T DEVELOP THEM. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          HI, MY NAME'S ANN CHARLOTTE PATTERSON. 
          I'M VICE CHAIR OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION. 
          I'M ALSO THE FACILITATOR OF THE JOINT ARTS AND MUSIC LAND USE WORKING GROUP. 
          UH, ONE OF OUR CHIEF CONCERNS IS AFFORDABLE SPACES FOR OUR CREATIVE WORKERS AND CREATIVE BUSINESSES. 
          I AM STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE CREATION OF SMALLER, MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES, FOUR PLEXES AND HOUSING VILLAGES FOR EDUCATORS AND MUSIC WORKERS. 
          HOWEVER, I'M ALARMED BY THE CITY'S REPORT INDICATING THAT THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE HOME INITIATIVE WILL NOT PRODUCE AFFORDABILITY. 
          I ASK THAT YOU POSTPONE THIS VOTE. 
          IN RESPONSE TO THE IMPACT REPORT STAFF WAS ASKED TO PRODUCE A MEMO ON THE COST OF DOING NOTHING. 
          THIS IS A FALSE CHOICE. 
          ALMOST NO ONE HERE IS ASKING FOR NOTHING. 
          AND IN FACT WE ARE ASKING FOR MORE ROBUST POLICY THAT INCLUDES INTENTIONAL AFFORDABILITY AND DIS ANTI DISPLACEMENT MEASURES BAKED IN. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR SPECIFIC MEASURES INCLUDING HOUSE SIZE CONSTRAINTS AND SENSIBLE FAR RATIOS. 
          SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATION THAT LIMITS CORPORATE SDR PROLIFERATION FOR FORGIVABLE BANS AND ASSISTANCE FORGIVABLE LOANS AND ASSISTANCE TO HELP HOMEOWNERS BUILD ADDITIONAL UNITS ON THEIR PROPERTY PRESERVATION BONUSES AND COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS AND INCENTIVES OR AFFORDABLE DEVELOPER HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO CREATE LOW COST HOUSING THAT INCLUDES OWNERSHIP UNITS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I ASK THAT IN YOUR CONSIDERATION OF ALL THIS POLICY, YOU THINK ABOUT OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND RESIDENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          OSA DISTRICT THREE, I GREW UP IN AUSTIN ALL OVER AS A RENTING FAMILY DISPLACED MANY TIMES BY RISING RENTS. 
          OUR OPPOSITION HAD BIG MONEY FOR MASS TEXTS TO THOUSANDS FOR RADIO ADS AND FOR YEARS WELL-FUNDED, MARKET DRIVEN URBANIST GROUPS HAVE BEEN SPREADING LIES. 
          THE FOUNDER OF THE ANTI-EVICTION MAPPING PROJECT IN URBAN STUDIES RESEARCHER AARON ROY SHARED THE REPORT, DENSIFYING BERKELEY THAT DEMONSTRATES UPZONING CAUSES MASS DISPLACEMENT AND RECOMMENDS PROTECTION FOR LOW INCOME BIPOC COMMUNITIES THAT ARE TARGETED. 
          THEY TOLD US AS WELL THAT THEY WERE THERE AT THE START OF THE YIMBY MOVEMENT, WHICH BEGAN IN SAN FRANCISCO ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. 
          THE CONTEXT WAS MASSIVE GENTRIFICATION OF BLACK AND LATINA IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND POWERFUL ORGANIZING BY RENTERS DEMANDING AN END TO DISPLACEMENT AND THE RAPE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES BY DEVELOPERS. 
          SUDDENLY AN ORGANIZATION POPPED UP AND STARTED CALLING THEM NIMBYS FOR TRYING TO SAVE THEIR HOUSING AND LO AND BEHOLD, THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY WAS FUNDING THEM TARGETING COLLEGE STUDENTS. 
          MOSTLY WHITE UPPER CLASS GENDER FIRES. 
          MANY IN THE TECH INDUSTRY WITH NO TIES TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SOUND FAMILIAR? THAT'S NOT GRASSROOTS. 
          THAT'S CALLED ASTROTURFING. 
          WHAT HAVE WE HAD? COMMUNITY. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          A TIRED, STRUGGLING COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN BATTERED BY THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND BEEN TRYING TO KEEP OUR FOLKS IN THEIR HOMES AND FROM DYING IN THE STREETS. 
          YOU FORCED US TO COME FORWARD DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND NOW WE'RE TOGETHER. 
          WE'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO ORGANIZE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND YET WE MOBILIZED HUNDREDS MORE AUSTIN COMMUNITY MEMBERS 
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WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AGAINST HOME. 
          THAT'S THE REAL GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY POWER. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP. 
          AND IF YOU DO THIS, EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER IN AUSTIN WHO IS TRULY DEDICATED TO THE COMMUNITY IS GONNA SEE THIS COUNCIL TURN THEIR BACKS ON US. 
          VOTE NO ON HOME. 
          AN EARLIER URBANIST SPEAKER MUST HAVE SLIPPED UP AND SET IT FOR US. 
          QUOTE, GENTRIFICATION IS CAUSED BY HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT ONLY WHEN IT'S IN AREAS WHERE POC LIVE. 
          WHEN IT'S FOCUSED ON AREAS WHERE POC LIVE. 
          THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS WILL DO. 
          WE TOLD CITY STAFF THAT HOME WILL NOT IMPACT WEALTHY WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HOAS DEEDED RESTRICTIONS AND THE POWER TO WIN LAWSUITS. 
          COMMUNITY POWERED A TX ASKED FOR AN OVERLAY AMENDMENT TO PROTECT LOW INCOME BIPOC COMMUNITIES IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT THAT WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY EXPLOITATIVE INVESTMENT TRIGGERING DISPLACEMENT. 
          AND WE WERE TOLD THEY'RE NOT SURE THAT IF IT'S THAT IT'S FAIR TO TREAT DIFFERENT AREAS DIFFERENTLY. 
          WE NEED A ONE SIZE FITS ALL BEING BLIND TO THE HISTORY OF DISINVESTMENT THAT MAKES THE EASTERN CRESCENT A PROFIT OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPERS WITH HIGHER PROFIT MARGINS. 
          THE DATA THAT SHOWS SUPPLY ASIDE FREE MAR MARKET ECONOMICS DOESN'T WORK. 
          AND THE SUFFERING WE KNOW THIS WILL CAUSE IS DISGUSTING. 
          IT'S IMMORAL. 
          MANY MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY POWERED A TX HAVE REACHED OUT PERSONALLY AS LOW, LOW-INCOME. 
          HOMEOWNERS, RENTERS, FORMERLY UNHOUSED PEOPLE, LONGTIME EAST AUSTINITES OF COLOR, CURRENT LANDLORDS WHO OFFER AFFORDABLE UNITS, TEACHERS AND RESEARCHERS WHEN THEY WERE TOLD THE AMENDMENTS BEING OFFERED ARE TO STUDY DATA ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AFTER THE FACT WITH THE POWER TO DO NOTHING TO STOP IT ONCE IT'S PASSED. 
          WE WERE HORRIFIED. 
          I SPOKE WITH CLERGY REPRESENTING CONGREGATIONS ALL OVER THE AUSTIN METRO AREA WHO WERE TOLD THE SAME AND THEY SAID THEY FELT DISGUST, DISDAIN, AND SHAME. 
          EVERYONE WILL REMEMBER WHO VOTED FOR, WHO VOTED TO POSTPONE AND WHO VOTED AGAINST HOME. 
          NICOLE KNOWS IT COMPARED HERSELF TO MARTIN LUTHER KING IN HER LATEST PODCAST FOR PROMOTING HOME A BILLIONAIRE'S WIFE WHO SPENT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FUND THE RIGHT WING. 
          SAVE AUSTIN NOW CAMPING BAN TO CRIMINALIZE UNHOUSED. 
          PEOPLE SWEEP CAMPS AND MAKE WAY FOR DEVELOPMENT, CAUSING DEATH, CAUSING OVERDOSES, CAUSING WOMEN TO RELY ON ABUSERS AND DIE AT THEIR HANDS, CAUSING PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR CHILDREN TO CPS. 
          I'M SURE I'M OKAY. 
          THE CHAMPION OF BLACK AND POOR PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO CRIMINALIZE THE DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK UNHOUSED COMMUNITY. 
          THE NO SIX VENTURE CAPITALIST FUND HAS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL COMPANY AND A TINY HOME COMPANY. 
          THIS IS ALL PROFITS FOR THEM. 
          THEY DON'T CARE WHO DIES. 
          THERE ARE FRIENDS, THEY'RE FRIENDS OF ELON MUSK AND PETER THIEL. 
          NOIC SAID HE WANTED TO START A CITY FROM SCRATCH. 
          SO APPARENTLY HE'S WILLING TO DEMOLISH AUSTIN AND ALLOW FAMILIES TO BE TORN APART AND DIE ON THE STREETS. 
          HE SAYS JUST GET RID OF THEM. 
          THIS CRISIS IS HAPPENING IN TECH CENTERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          THESE ARE THE PROFITEERS THAT ARE CAUSING THE HOUSING CRISIS. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE THE SOLUTIONS. 
          WHEN WE SAID WE WANNA REQUIRE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INSTEAD OF GIVING AWAY ENTITLEMENT, SOME STAFF TOLD US THE DEVELOPERS WOULDN'T LIKE THAT VERY MUCH SO WE SHOULDN'T. 
          ANOTHER CITY STAFFERS SAID TEACHERS CAN AFFORD THIS IF THEY HAVE SPOUSES MAKING SIX FIGURES. 
          WHO IS THIS FOR? ED WENDLER UPDATED HIS DATA AND HE FOUND THE AUSTIN HOUSING MARKET IS DRIVEN BY EXTREMELY WEALTHY HOUSEHOLDS MAKING OVER 250,000 A YEAR ON INVESTORS. 
          SMALLER LOTS AND HOUSES DON'T WORK. 
          RICH HAMAN AND OTHER REGIONS HAVE HAVE DISPROVEN THIS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          WELL THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL AND I HAVE TO SAY I AGREE WITH HER. 
          UM, MY NAME IS DENNIS MCLAUGHLIN AND I LIVE IN BARTON HILLS. 
          UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THAT I TRIED TO GET A POOL PUT INTO MY HOUSE AND THE BIGGEST POOL I COULD HAVE PUT IN WAS FIVE SQUARE FOOT. 
          BUT NOW MY HOUSE CAN HOLD 12 OTHER HOUSES. 
          NOW UNDER YOUR THING. 
          I HAD LIKE SOMEBODY TO DO DO THE MATH FOR ME ON THAT 'CAUSE I JUST REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. 
          PLUS WHEN YOU BRING THE HOUSES ALL THE WAY UP TO THE STREET RIGHT NOW I HAVE ABOUT SEVEN PEOPLE. 
          I'M ON A CUL-DE-SAC. 
          SO THERE'S SEVEN HOMES ON THAT CUL-DE-SAC. 
          EACH HOME HAS TWO CARS RIGHT NOW IF YOU PUT ALL OF OUR CARS AROUND THE CUL-DE-SAC, THAT'S PROBABLY ALL THE CARS YOU CAN PUT THERE. 
          SO IF I CAN PUT 12 HOMES WITH TWO CARS, A PIECE WITH NO PARKING AROUND THAT CUL-DE-SAC, SEVEN LOTS THAT COMES UP TO 164 CARS. 
          HOW THE BUSES GONNA GET THERE, HOW THE DUMP TRUCK'S GONNA GET THERE. 
          HOW'S ANYBODY GONNA GET THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL RIGHT NOW? THE STREETS ARE SO SCREWED UP THAT YOU HAVE TO GET WEAVE IN AND OUT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. 
          WELL JUST THINK WHEN, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN EVERY SINGLE STREET IS LIKE THAT. 
          YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GO DOWN IT. 
          HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL? KIDS RIDING BICYCLES. 
          THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS. 
          HOW ARE THE KIDS GONNA GET TO SCHOOL? ARE THEY GONNA WALK DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, I GUESS, HUH? YEAH, THAT'S SAFE. 
          Y'ALL NEED TO POSTPONE THIS THING. 
          THINK ABOUT IT AND GET INVOLVED WITH THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE HERE. 
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THE NEXT SPEAKERS ARE DAVID PARK, CONNOR KENNY, MIKE WAIN WRIGHT, SARAH FOS AND ANTONIA ROMERO. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS DAVID PARK. 
          I'M A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          UM, I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR 14 YEARS. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIAL TITLE OR JOB OR I'M JUST AN ORDINARY DUDE. 
          I LIKE TO DRINK BEER. 
          UM, FIVE YEARS AGO IS WHEN I PURCHASED MY HOUSE. 
          UM, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO BUY A HOUSE WHERE THE MEDIAN'S SINGLE FAMILY HOME GOES FOR WELL OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          I PURCHASED MY TOWN HOME FOR $236,000 AND THAT IS WHY I SUPPORT THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THOSE NUMBERS DON'T LIE WITHOUT UPZONING PEOPLE LIKE ME AND THE OTHER HARDWORKING FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN MY COMMUNITY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A HOME IN THE AREA. 
          AND TO THE POINT OF SOME PE PEOPLE OF THE OPPOSITION, WE DID NOT DESTROY THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE WOULD THINK THAT. 
          WE ARE HARDWORKING AMERICANS. 
          WE PAY OUR TAXES, WE LOVE OUR FAMILIES, WE DRINK BEER AND THAT IS ALL YOU'RE HERE. 
          HEY EVERYBODY. 
          UH, MY NAME IS MIKE. 
          I'M A DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT, UH, SINCE THE YEAR 2000. 
          I'M A TOUR GUIDE MUSICIAN, UH, AND I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF AUSTIN NEW LIBERALS. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT OF EMOTION AND FEAR AND ANGER AROUND THE SUBJECT OF HOUSING IN AUSTIN. 
          I HEARD ONE GUY REALLY ANGRY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY DATA, SO I BROUGHT IT FOR YOU. 
          UM, I GOT IT FROM THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS, IT REQUIRES OF INCOME OF 170 5K TO BUY THE MEDIAN SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN AUSTIN. 
          BUT DUPLEXES AND TRI QUADPLEXES ARE A LOT MORE AFFORDABLE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, JUST OVER A HUNDRED K, LIKE TWO BARTENDERS OR TWO TEACHERS OR TWO POLICE OFFICERS COULD CONCEIVABLY PURCHASE THAT HOME. 
          SO THAT'S GREAT. 
          THEY CAN JUST LIVE THERE. 
          RIGHT? NEXT SLIDE. 
          NO, BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THOSE UNITS. 
          LOOK HERE. 
          THIS IS THE CENTRAL AUSTIN HOUSING STOCK. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, DUPLEXES ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN 10% AND THREE FOURPLEXES ACCOUNT FOR VANISHINGLY. 
          SMALL AMOUNT. 
          THERE ARE MORE LOTS IN CENTRAL AUSTIN DEVOTED TO LARGE LOT MANSIONS THAN THERE ARE TRIES AND QUADPLEXES. 
          UM, LET'S SEE, UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS IS BUILDING PERMITS IN AUSTIN. 
          UH, THE BLUE THERE IS, UH, DUPLEXES, TRIES AND QUADS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BEFORE 1984 THEY WERE A PRETTY HEALTHY PART OF OUR HOUSING MIX, BUT IT JUST FELL OFF A CLIFF THERE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THE REASON FOR THAT, YOU CAN SEE EVEN MORE HERE, UH, IN 1984, THAT'S WHEN UH, THE LAND USE CODE WAS CHANGED AND THIS TYPE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AUSTIN STOPPED BEING CONSTRUCTED ALMOST COMPLETELY AND NEVER RECOVERED. 
          UH, AS A RESULT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BARELY ANY OF THIS IN AUSTIN. 
          SO WHY ARE THERE SO FEW? NEXT SLIDE. 
          IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE OUTRAGEOUS MUNICIPAL FEES FOR THIS TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
          YOU GUYS, THERE IS A $41,000 SITE PLAN PREMIUM TO BUILD A TRIER QUADPLEX IN THE CITY AND AS A RESULT IT IS NOT FEASIBLE AND WE'VE COMPLETELY REGULATED THIS TYPE OF HOUSING OUT OF EXISTENCE. 
          UH, SO PLEASE SUPPORT HOME AND BRING BACK THIS TYPE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO OUR CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THE NEXT UM, BATCH ARE ANNA ROMERO, MATEO MALDONADO, BRIAN AND MEGAN MEISENBACH. 
          IF SHE'S CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP UP TO ONE OF THE OPEN PODIUMS. I'M SARAH BA. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AT THE PODIUM. 
          THANKS. 
          MY NAME IS SARAH FAUST. 
          I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER LAW ATTORNEY. 
          I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS, GRATEFUL FOR EVERY DAY. 
          I'VE SERVED ON THE WATER AND WASTEWATER COMMISSION AND THE PARKS BOARD AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME REALLY INTENSE LONG-TERM STAKEHOLDER 
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PROCESSES THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN CONVENED ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO. 
          I WAS ON THE STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE WHERE WE MET WITH ALL THESE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND WE TALKED ABOUT MAKING MINUTE CHANGES TO IMPERVIOUS COVER IN THE BARTON SPRING ZONE WHEN A PROPERTY WAS REDEVELOPED. 
          AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING TO ME THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS AND THERE HAS BEEN NONE OF THAT IN THIS PROCESS. 
          THIS IS A BROAD SWEEPING, INSANE CHANGE TO OUR LAND USE, LIKE WE HAVEN'T REALLY EVER DONE BEFORE. 
          AND I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I HEARD THAT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED. 
          SO I SUPPORT THE CALLS THAT YOU'VE HEARD EARLIER TODAY FOR A STAKEHOLDER GROUP OF DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES SUPPORTED BY WATERSHED PROTECTION AND ALL THE RELEVANT CITY DEPARTMENTS TO DO MODELING ON DISPLACEMENT, IMPERVIOUS COVER, ENVIRONMENTAL, GENTRIFICATION, AFFORDABILITY, EVERYTHING YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT. 
          I HOPE YOU CAN, UM, PAUSE THE VOTING TODAY AND TAKE A STEP BACK. 
          ONE OF THE BIGGEST ASSETS THAT AUSTIN HAS IS THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND YOU'VE HEARD SO MUCH TODAY ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED. 
          SO LET'S MAKE USE OF OUR GREATEST ASSET, WHICH IS ALL THESE INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR TIME AND THEIR UM, THEIR ASSETS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE. 
          YOU CAN STEP BACK AND YOU CAN COME AT THIS ISSUE AGAIN WITH SOME MORE NUANCED PROPOSALS THAT ARE GONNA PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          IN PARTICULAR, I APPRECIATED THE CALL FOR A STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE FROM GAVA. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY I SUPPORT THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL RESOLUTION AND BARTON HILL'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT BATCH OF SPEAKERS ARE ROBERT CARTER. 
          LANCE GLISER. 
          KAREN WOLF, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME. 
          COME ON UP. 
          IT'S FINE. 
          I THOUGHT THERE WERE PEOPLE, I THOUGHT THERE WERE PEOPLE AHEAD OF ME. 
          OKAY, I'M IN WAN AND I'VE LIVED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 10 FOR ALMOST 37 YEARS AND I HAVE SUPPORTED THE HOME ACT INITIATIVE SINCE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IN JULY. 
          YOU NEWS STORIES HAVE STATED THAT MOST OLDER ADULTS WILL EXPERIENCE HOUSING INSECURITY UNLESS THE COUNTRY DRAMATICALLY INCREASES ITS SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR PEOPLE OVER 65, INCLUDING ME, WHO MAKE UP ABOUT 20% OF THE NATION. 
          AND TRAVIS COUNTY, THAT'S 11%. 
          SO WE HAVE SOME TIME TO INCREASE THE HOUSING SUPPLY IF WE START WORKING NOW. 
          WE CAN'T WAIT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO FIX A PROBLEM DOWN THE ROAD AND PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA STOP COMING HERE AND HOMEOWNERS ARE NOT GONNA BE FORCED TO DO ANYTHING WITH THEIR PROPERTY IF THEY DON'T WANT TO. 
          BUT PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO WOULD LIKE THAT OPPORTUNITY SHOULD NOT BE DENIED. 
          I KNOW PEOPLE WHO MOVE TO THE SUBURBS OR RURAL COMMUNITIES WHO NOW LIKE TO RETURN TRAFFIC IS A PAIN. 
          LIVING IN RURAL AREAS ALSO MAKES IT HARD TO ACCESS SHOPPING DOCTORS PHARMACIES AND HOSPITALS AND RURAL HOSPITALS ARE CLOSING. 
          WHILE THERE ARE CLINICS AND HOSPITALS IN RURAL AREAS, THEY DON'T HAVE THE TYPES OF CARE THAT MAJOR HOSPITALS IN AUSTIN HAVE. 
          AND AT OUR AGE, HOSPITALS ARE IMPORTANT, SO ARE DOCTORS, ESPECIALLY SPECIALTY DOCTORS. 
          YOU SHOULD SEE HALF THE PEOPLE ON MY PHONE ARE DOCTORS, SO PLEASE VOTE YES ON THIS INITIATIVE. 
          WE CANNOT CONTINUE DOING NOTHING AND EXPECT THINGS TO IMPROVE ON THEIR OWN, WHICH IS GRACIAS. 
          NEXT BATCH IS SKYLER CORGI, AMY PEREZ, LUCY BEG, BRANDON TEMPLE AND ROYA JOHNSON WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY JERRY JOHNSON. 
          ARE EITHER OF YOU HERE IF I'VE CALLED ANY NAMES, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME. 
          HELLO, I'M ROYA JOHNSON AND UM, I WAS HERE LAST TIME AND I DID SEND EACH OF YOU EMAILS SEPARATELY, UM, LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING AND WHY I FEEL THIS IS NOT RIGHT FOR AUSTIN. 
          I HAVE LIVED IN AUSTIN SINCE 1972. 
          I BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE IN AUSTIN IN 1979. 
          I WAS WORKING AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AS THIS, UH, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ENGINEER. 
          I'M MAKING 16,000 A YEAR 
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AND UH, SOMEONE IN AUSTIN TODAY IN THE SAME KIND OF EDUCATION AS ME WILL BE MAKING BETWEEN 120,000 TO 200,000. 
          SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF THE AFFORDABILITY. 
          SO WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT I'M THANKFUL FOR YOU BEING OVER HERE. 
          I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE NINE 30 THIS MORNING WITH YOU. 
          UH, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. 
          THIS, THIS IS TOTALLY MISLABELED BECAUSE IF WE TAKE THE GROVE, WHICH IS ON 45TH AND BULL CREEK AND WE TAKE THE MUELLER, WHICH IS IN EAST AUSTIN, AND I COULD GIVE YOU THE AVERAGE, I'M A REALTOR BY THE WAY FOR 40 YEARS. 
          SO I'M VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT AUSTIN MARKET. 
          I KNOW WHAT THE PRICES ARE. 
          I AM NOT FOR THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE I THINK IT'S WRONG FOR AUSTIN. 
          YOU NEED TO CHANGE IT. 
          YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU'RE WRONG IN TERMS OF USING THE WORD AFFORD AFFORDABILITY, THAT WORD IS ABUSED. 
          THE AVERAGE PRICE IN A MUELLER IS 926 K FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. 
          FOR SOMEONE TO BUY THAT HOUSE, THEIR PAYMENT WILL BE $5,779. 
          TODAY IF THEY PUT $185,000 DOWN, IS THAT AFFORDABLE TO YOU? IS THAT AFFORDABLE? THAT THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING ALL OVER AUSTIN. 
          THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MUELLER AND ALL OVER AUSTIN IS MUELLER HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          TERRYTOWN DOESN'T HAVE IT. 
          CENTRAL AUSTIN DOESN'T HAVE IT. 
          BARTON CREEK DOESN'T HAVE IT. 
          NONE OF THOSE OLD NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD THOSE HOUSES AND CHARGE PEOPLE THOSE PRICES. 
          GROVE. 
          THE AVERAGE PRICE IS 1,427,000 PER UNIT. 
          AND DO YOU HAVE TO PUT 285,000 K, THAT'S THE 20% DOWN. 
          YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE 10,143,000. 
          ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. 
          IS THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING? IS THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING? Y'ALL ANSWERED MY QUESTION. 
          SHE SIT OVER THERE AND TELLS ME SHE ALREADY MADE THE DECISION AND SHE'S NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO ANYBODY SAYING ANYTHING. 
          I LOVE AUSTIN. 
          I'VE WORKED IN THIS AUSTIN IN REAL ESTATE FOR 40 YEARS. 
          WHAT YOU ARE DOING, YOU ARE DESTROYING EVERY BIT OF AUSTIN. 
          I LOVE AUSTIN. 
          I THINK YOU ARE WRONG IN DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO DRAWING BOARD. 
          I WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH UM, THE CODE XI WAS INVOLVED IN IT FIVE YEARS. 
          I WENT TO EVERY MEETING. 
          THE REASON DIDN'T PASS BECAUSE YOU WERE PUTTING THINGS LIKE THAT IN AND NO ONE WANTED IT. 
          I HAVE A DUPLEX ON MARSHALL LANE IS ZONE MF FOUR. 
          I COULD HAVE SIX UNITS ON IT. 
          I HAVE TWO UNITS ON IT. 
          SO WHAT HAPPENS? I LIVE IN THE FRONT, THE BACK PART I WAS GOING TO USE FOR MY KIDS. 
          COME IN, VISIT ME, GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT CHARGING ME TAXES ON IT AS AN INVESTMENT AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO ALL THOSE UNITS AND PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          ISABELLE WEBB CARE. 
          MARY ARNOLD, WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY SARAH MADERA. 
          IS SARAH HERE? I AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MARY GETS FOUR MINUTES. 
          MICIAH RAMOS AND DAVID GOSWICK. 
          IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR WATSON AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS MARY ARNOLD AND UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT HAVING SERVED ON A NUMBER OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OVER, UH, ABOUT 19 YEARS, UM, I THINK I HAVE SOME INSIGHTS THAT I HOPE WILL MAKE YOU STEP BACK FROM THIS FOR A WHILE. 
          UM, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE STATEMENTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE MADE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE VARIOUS 
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PROBLEMS THAT WE COULD HAVE BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO TAKE CARE OF THE DENSITY THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VITAL FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW. 
          UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE TOILET SYSTEM, UH, HAS ENOUGH, UM, ROOM TO, TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF ALL OF THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, THESE NEW HOUSES. 
          UM, AND UH, I THINK THAT THAT MANY PEOPLE, UH, REALIZE THAT. 
          AND, AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AND HAVE THE STAFF TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED EARLY ON WAS ABOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND HOW IT HAS GROWN. 
          WHAT IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, WHAT THE SOILS ARE LIKE AND WHY THERE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS. 
          UM, PRETTY MUCH HALF THE CITY IS IN THE BLACKLAND PRAIRIE AND THE OTHER HALF IS IN THE HILL COUNTRY. 
          AND THOSE TWO ENVIRONMENTS ARE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT AND THEY CAUSE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. UH, WITH THE BLACK LAND PRAIRIE, YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH CLAY IN THE SOIL. 
          UM, AND WITH THE HILL COUNTRY YOU'VE GOT LOTS OF ROCKS. 
          UM, SO THERE ARE THOSE VERY BIG DIFFERENCES THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT IT COSTS TO BUILD, UM, HOSE HOUSES AND WHAT IT COSTS THE CITY TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HOUSES NEED. 
          AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS NOT BEEN ADEQUATELY, UM, SURVEYED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE THE CITY STAFF. 
          UM, I THINK THEY'RE ALL JUST KIND OF MUST BE OVERWHELMED WITH TRYING TO DO ALL OF THIS AT ONE TIME. 
          SO I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU'LL POSTPONE YOUR DISCUSSION AND UM, I AM CERTAINLY NOT IN FAVOR OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          HELLO, UM, MY NAME IS ISABEL WEBB CAREY. 
          I AM A SENIOR AT UT AUSTIN AND I WANT TO STOP BY THANKING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU UP THERE FOR LISTENING TO US AND I HOPE YOU DO LISTEN TO US. 
          AS I MENTIONED, I'M A STUDENT HERE AT UT AUSTIN AND I SPEAK FOR YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF MY FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN COPS, ON BEHALF OF MY FRIENDS WHO WANT TO BE NURSES ON BEHALF OF MY FRIENDS WHO WANT TO BE TEACHERS AND LIVE IN AUSTIN, WHICH IS A CITY WHICH HAS ALLOWED ME TO FLOURISH AND HAS GIVEN ME SUCH AN AMAZING EDUCATION THAT I'M TALKING BEYOND THE SCOPE OF MY CLASSROOMS. THIS ISN'T PERFECT. 
          I'LL RECKON WITH YOU. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WHO EXPRESSED A LOT OF ANGER, A LOT OF EMOTION, AND I URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO THEM. 
          BUT I ALSO URGE YOU TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO ARE SAYING THAT WE WILL DO THE WORK. 
          WE TRUST YOU TO DO THE WORK TOO. 
          WE TRUST YOU TO DO THE RESEARCH. 
          WE TRUST YOU TO MAKE SURE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE TO HOLD US UP. 
          THERE'S SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE AND WE NEED A REAL HARD LOOK AT THE GENTRIFICATION ASKED, WHICH HAS HISTORICALLY DISPLACED COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES. 
          WE KNOW THE HISTORY. 
          DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. 
          BUT ALSO DON'T TAKE AWAY THE HOPE. 
          DON'T LET THIS BE ANOTHER CODE. 
          NEXT, PLEASE JUST LET US HAVE HOPE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          HEY Y'ALL. 
          SO MY NAME'S MESSIAH RAMOS AND AS Y'ALL KNOW, I OPPOSE THIS INITIATIVE CURRENTLY. 
          UM, HOPE AS IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN WITHOUT AN AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT WILL JUST EXACERBATE IN GENTRIFICATION IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          AND THESE LAST MINUTE AMENDMENTS, THEY WON'T HELP, THEY WON'T HELP ANYTHING. 
          WE NEED REAL PROTECTIONS AND REGULATIONS TO ENSURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ACTUALLY BUILT FOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE BECAUSE ADDITIONAL DENSITY WITHOUT ANY REGULATION DOESN'T LEAD TO AFFORDABILITY. 
          THE MASTER OF PLAN IN EAST RIVERSIDE, IT WAS THE EXPERIMENT THAT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN. 
          WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS ACTUALLY HAPPEN. 
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AND YEAH, IT WAS BEING SOLD AS ADDITIONAL DENSITY WILL EQUAL AFFORDABILITY. 
          WELL GUESS WHAT? ONLY A HANDFUL OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS ACTUALLY BUILT IN THAT AREA AND IT'S STILL AS EXPENSIVE AS THE REST OF AUSTIN. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY FUNNY BECAUSE THE WAY THIS POLICY IS BEING PUSHED, IT'S GIVING THE FALSE NARRATIVE THAT WE WILL GET AFFORDABILITY. 
          UM, I ACTUALLY JUST MET, UH, A WOMAN NAMED MAGGIE THAT CAME UP EARLIER AND SPOKE IN FAVOR OF HOME. 
          SHE WAS DISPLACED FROM RIVERSIDE, THE RIVERSIDE AREA. 
          AND SHE ASKED ME, WHY AM I AGAINST THIS? WHY AM I SO OPPOSED TO THE HOME INITIATIVE? AND I HAD TO TELL HER SO THAT WE CAN PUT AN END TO STORIES LIKE YOURS SO THAT FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN IN EAST AUSTIN SPECIFICALLY ARE NOT PUSHED OUT OR DISPLACED ANY FURTHER. 
          WE NEED AN AFFORDABILITY COMPONENT ADDED THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP THOSE IN EAST AUSTIN THAT AREN'T MAKING SIX FIGURES A YEAR. 
          AND WE NEED TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TO THE TABLE INSTEAD OF PUTTING THEM ON THE DAMN TABLE TO BE CONSUMED BY OUTSIDE INTERESTS WHO ARE ONLY LOOKING TO INCREASE THEIR PROFITS. 
          VOTE NOW ON HOME AND POSTPONE THIS VOTE AND POSTPONE THIS INITIATIVE AND SAVE EAST AUSTIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL FOSO. 
          WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY SOLA MARNA. 
          OKAY, YOU GET FOUR MINUTES FOLLOWING. 
          IS CRAIG NAOR WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY JESSICA COHEN? ARE BOTH OF YOU HERE? JESSICA? THANK YOU. 
          YOU GET FOUR MINUTES THEN. 
          MELISSA HAWTHORNE, ANGELA GARZA, AND ROBERT ALLEN. 
          IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE UM, APPROACH THE PODIUM. 
          IT DOES NOT MATTER IN WHICH ORDER, JUST STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU START. 
          MY NAME IS MICHAEL FOSSUM WITH AUSTIN HERITAGE TREE FOUNDATION. 
          I LIVE IN SOUTH AUSTIN. 
          I'M OPPOSED TO THE HOME PHASE ONE AND ASK THAT YOU VOTE AGAINST IT MORE PROTECTED AND HERITAGE TREES WILL BE REMOVED IN PHASES ONE AND TWO AND THE IMPERVIOUS COVER WILL INCREASE IN PHASE TWO. 
          IF YOU MUST APPROVE THIS, THEN I ASK THAT YOU MAKE THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TODAY. 
          CAP THE IMPERVIOUS COVER AT 45% AND DIRECT CITY STAFF TO USE THIS CAP DURING THEIR SIMULATIONS AND STUDIES OF REGULATIONS IN PHASE TWO DIRECT CITY STAFF TO IN PHASES ONE AND TWO, NOT WEAKEN OR EXEMPT THE PROTECTED AND HERITAGE TREE ORDINANCE AND NOT USE ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE TO REMOVE PROTECTED OR HERITAGE TREES. 
          I ALSO SAW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER'S AMENDMENT ONLINE AND WOULD, UH, TELL HIM IF HE'S WATCHING THAT HE SHOULD SPECIFY THAT ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE WILL NOT NULLIFY TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCES. 
          NOW THE SLIDE SHOWS WHAT HIGHER DENSITY MIGHT LOOK LIKE WITH THREE UNITS, WITH THREE STORIES EACH VERSUS THREE UNITS WITH ONLY ONE STORY, EACH WITH THE SAME FOUR AND MAX GROSS FLOOR AREA RECOMMENDED BY THE PC. 
          THE UNITS COULD BE BUILT WITH A SMALL FOOTPRINT AND HEIGHT, BUT COULD ALSO BE BUILT WITH ONLY ONE STORY OCCUPYING MOST OF THE LOT. 
          THIS IS WHY THE IMPERVIOUS COVER NEEDS TO REMAIN CAPPED AT 45%, NOT ALSO THAT THERE MAY NOT BE MUCH ROOM LEFT HERE FOR HERITAGE TREES ON THESE LOTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO WHY SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT THIS? THIS ORDINANCE ALLOWS HIGHER DENSITY AT THE COST OF REMOVING PROTECTED AND HERITAGE TREES, THUS REDUCING THE ECOLOGICAL AND HEALTH BENEFITS THEY PROVIDE. 
          THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE ECOLOGICAL AND HEALTH BENEFITS PROVIDED BY TREES. 
          THE FIRST SECTION, ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS, THE SECOND SECTION, HEALTH BENEFITS, AND THE LAST SECTION, REVENUE BENEFITS. 
          HERITAGE TREES AND PRIVATE BACKYARDS PROVIDE NUMEROUS ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR MEETING GOALS OF THE EQUITY CLIMATE CHANGE, CO2 AND AIR QUALITY PLANS AS WELL AS OTHER CITY GOALS. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          I HAVE TWO MINUTES DONATED PLEASE. 
          FROM VEGA. 
          MARNA DID? YES, SHE HAD TIME DONATED. 
          OKAY, I'M SORRY. 
          ADD ANOTHER TWO MINUTES FOR HIM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, LET'S SEE. 
          IN ADDITION, TREES ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE CITIZENS AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          THE LAST TWO ITEMS ARE REVENUE GENERATING ITEMS ON THE SLIDE THAT CAN HELP ENSURE HEALTHY REVENUE FOR THE CITY BUDGET. 
          ALREADY THE TREE CANOPY IS 41% SHORTER. 
          THE 50% GOAL, THERE'S LESS CANOPY IN EAST AUSTIN, LESS THAN 2% ARE HERITAGE TREES OUT OF A DESIRED LEVEL OF 5%. 
          THERE'S AVAILABLE AREA TO PLANT IN PUBLIC STREETS, BUT STREET TREES DO NOT PROVIDE THE BENEFITS OF HERITAGE TREES. 
          THE LARGEST AREA AVAILABLE TO PLANT IS 30% AND THAT'S IN PRIVATE BACKYARDS. 
          THERE'S NO MITIGATION FOR PRIVATE TREES. 
          SO I ASK YOU TO PRESERVE THESE BENEFITS FOR THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN BY 
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AMENDING THE ORDINANCE TO CAP IMPERVIOUS COVER AT 45%. 
          KEEP THE PROTECTED AND HERITAGE TREE ORDINANCES OUT OF PHASE TWO SIMULATIONS AND DO NOT ALLOW ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE TO GREEN LIGHT THE REMOVAL OF TREES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, CRAIG NAZER, PRESIDENT AUSTIN ENVIRONMENTAL DEMOCRATS. 
          YESTERDAY I MISTAKENLY EMAILED YOU OUR UNAM AMENDED HOME RESOLUTION. 
          I HAVE EMAILED YOU THE AMENDED VERSION. 
          I WILL NOW READ AN ABBREVIATED VERSION. 
          IT PASSED BY 80%, WHEREAS AUSTIN ENVIRONMENTAL DEMOCRATS IS A DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION FOCUSING ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. 
          AND WHEREAS BECAUSE THE HOME INITIATIVE IS A COMPLEX PROPOSAL, AUSTIN ENVIRONMENTAL DEMOCRATS WILL SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. 
          AND WHEREAS AUSTIN'S CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN HAS A GOAL OF EQUITABLY REACHING NET ZERO COMMUNITY WIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 2040. 
          AND WHEREAS THIS EQUITY PLAN CALLS FOR COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION, LAND USE AND ANTI DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WHILE SUPPORTING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. 
          AND WHEREAS THE EQUITY PLAN CALLS FOR 135,000 HOUSING UNITS BE PRESERVED AND PRODUCED BY 2027, INCLUDING 60,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AT 80% MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME OR BELOW, WITH 75% OF NEW HOUSING LOCATED WITHIN A HALF MILE OF THE CITY'S ACTIVITY CENTERS. 
          AND WHEREAS FEMA ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 25% OF ECONOMIC LOSSES RESULTING FROM FLOODING OCCUR IN AREAS NOT IN A FLOODPLAIN, BUT AS A RESULT OF LOCALIZED URBAN DRAINAGE. 
          AND WHEREAS THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT HAS STATED THAT THE HOME AMENDMENTS WILL NOT SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGE STORMWATER RUNOFF CONDITIONS AT A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE YET REPORTED THAT 2,250 CITIZENS CONTACTED THE CITY TO REPORT LOCALIZED FLOODING IN 2017. 
          A NUMBER THAT IS LIKELY TO BE HIGHER IN 2023 DUE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          AND WHEREAS ALTHOUGH IMPERVIOUS COVER IS LIMITED TO 45% IN PHASE ONE, THERE HAS BEEN NO RECOMMENDATIONS MADE FOR PHASE TWO, MEANING THAT IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS COULD BE INCREASED BEYOND 45% IN PHASE TWO. 
          AND WHEREAS THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN CALLS FOR AT LEAST 50% CITYWIDE TREE CANOPY COVER BE ACHIEVED BY 2050. 
          AND WHEREAS NO COMPREHENSIVE MODELING WAS PRESENTED SHOWING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. 
          AND WHEREAS A LEGISLATURE RECENTLY PASSED LEGISLATION THAT GREATLY REDUCED COMMERCIAL PARKLAND DEDICATION FEES. 
          AND WHEREAS WATERSHED ESTIMATED IN 2017 THEY HAD $1.4 BILLION IN UNMET NEEDS FOR DRAINAGE, WATER QUALITY EROSION AND PARK ACQUISITION. 
          NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED GIVEN THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE HOME INITIATIVE, WHICH THE PUBLIC HAS NOT, HAS ONLY HAD FOR A MONTH TO REVIEW SINCE THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS WERE RELEASED. 
          WE URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO POSTPONE ADOPTION OF PHASE ONE UNTIL THE PUBLIC HAS HAD TIME TO REVIEW THE AMENDMENTS AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. 
          THE AUSTIN ENVIRONMENTAL DEMOCRATS WILL NOT SUPPORT PHASE ONE OR PHASE TWO OF THE INITIATIVE WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING. 
          MODELING SHOWING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF MULTIPLE SCENARIOS BEFORE THE COUNCIL VOTES ON PHASE ONE OF HOME AND AT LEAST THREE MONTHS BEFORE ADOPTION OF PHASE TWO, UTILIZE GREEN BUILDING TECHNIQUES, GRAY WATER SYSTEMS, RAINWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS, AND ENCOURAGE SOLAR FOR ALL NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS. 
          THREE, ADDRESS LOCALIZED FLOODING AREAS IMMEDIATELY RATHER THAN IN THE NEXT BOND ELECTION WHERE DRAINAGE ISSUES ARE LIKELY TO COMPETE WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS CREATED BY THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          FOUR, LIMIT IMPERVIOUS COVER TO 45% IN BOTH PHASES. 
          FIVE, PRESERVE PROTECTED AND MATURE TREES ON SITE IN BOTH PHASES SINCE THE TREE ORDINANCE ALLOWS TREES EIGHT INCHES OR LESS TO BE REMOVED AND NOT REPLACED. 
          SIX, ENSURE THE ACQUISITION OF NEARBY PARKLAND FOR AREAS WITH INCREASED DENSITY. 
          AUSTIN ENVIRONMENTAL DEMOCRATS RECOGNIZES THERE ARE SOME VERY GOOD POLICY INITIATIVES IN HOME, BUT MANY WERE SKEPTICAL THAT HOME WILL INCREASE AFFORDABILITY OR THAT IT WILL DECREASE URBAN SPRAWL OUTSIDE THE CITY IN ANY SIGNIFICANT WAY. 
          WE ARE ALSO VERY CONCERNED THAT HOME COULD ADD TO THE ONGOING GENTRIFICATION OF AUSTIN. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS TRUMAN'S BEEN HOME ALONE AN AWFUL LONG TIME NOW. 
          SO THIS HAS BEEN VERY FAST PACED. 
          UH, THERE'S BEEN VERY LITTLE TIME FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND FOR, YOU KNOW, TO FIND SOME MIDDLE GROUND. 
          I'D BE THE, I'M A CODE NERD AND I WOULD PROBABLY SAY, YOU KNOW, THE CLOWN CAR OF AMENDMENTS THAT 
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HAVE COME OUT IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY IS SUPPOSED TO KEEP UP WITH THIS AND ESPECIALLY YOUR LAYMAN PERSON THAT GOT A PURPLE POSTCARD IN THE MAIL. 
          I THINK THAT THERE CAN BE SOME MIDDLE GROUND HERE, BUT I THINK THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT PART ONE AND PART TWO TOGETHER FOR THERE TO BE, FOR THE WORDS TO COME TOGETHER. 
          'CAUSE CODE IS COMPLICATED AND THIS THING OVER HERE, YOU KNOW, AFFECTS THIS THING OVER HERE, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT UNTIL, YOU KNOW, FIRE, READY, AIM. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          UM, I THINK THAT STUDYING THE EFFECTS HAS REALLY, THAT'S A REALLY NICE THOUGHT, BUT I I REALLY THINK THAT YOU'RE, IT'S TOO LATE. 
          YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN AWAY THE ENTITLEMENT. 
          AND THEN THERE'S THE GREEN VER THE GRAY VERSUS GREEN. 
          I MEAN, WE ARE TREES, WE ALL OF THESE THINGS, THESE, THESE HAVE IMPACTS. 
          I LIVE IN BARTON CREEK, I'M REALLY TERRIFIED ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF DENSIFICATION, THE LACK OF CANOPY AND ALL OF THESE THINGS ON THE CREEK. 
          AND I LIVE IN THE WILD LAND URBAN INTERFACE AREA. 
          AND WHEN YOU WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A WILDFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT AND ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WAS UP HERE BEFORE, AND I MEAN, IF YOU CHANGE SETBACKS, THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE DISTANCE THAT, I MEAN, THE FIRE HYDRANT IS OVER THERE AND THE HOSE LENGTH IS SO FAR TO GET TO MY HOUSE. 
          IF THERE'S NOT A SETBACK FOR THAT HOSE TO GET TO MY HOUSE, I'M ALREADY IN A ZONE WHERE MY HOUSE IS RED. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT, I'M IN THE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT SETTING UP TO SAVE MY HOUSE. 
          THAT'S JUST A FACT. 
          UM, AND THEN THE EVACUATION ROUTES TO GET OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I MEAN, I'VE GOT ACL FESTIVAL ON ONE SIDE. 
          I'M, I'M SORRY, BUT YOUR TIME'S UP. 
          I'LL SEND YOU ANOTHER TRUMAN PICTURE THOUGH. 
          SEND ME THAT PICTURE. 
          HELLO. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR HUMANITY. 
          TAKE CARE. 
          THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          UM, NATASHA HARPER MADISON, DISTRICT ONE. 
          UM, I WANNA SAY THAT YOUR TEAM WAS AMAZING. 
          THEY CAME OUT ON THANKSGIVING WEEK ON A LATE NIGHT EVENING TO COME TALK WITH US ABOUT THIS HOME PROJECT. 
          IT'S THE FIRST THING THAT WE'VE REALLY HEARD ANYBODY INTERACT WITH THIS ABOUT. 
          UM, WE KNOW LESLIE POOLE HAD AN OPEN HOUSE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, BUT THERE WASN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO ATTENDED. 
          UM, I I THINK THAT EVERYBODY'S LIKE ON EVERYBODY'S GOT THE RIGHT HEART AND RIGHT SOUL. 
          IT'S JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN REALLY WELL-INFORMED ABOUT IT. 
          AND YOU HAVE, I I KNOW GOOD PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS COIN. 
          I KNOW THE HENDRICKS AND I WOULD'VE NOT KNOWN ABOUT THE AMENDMENT THAT PASSED THROUGH TODAY ABOUT RESEARCH IF IT WASN'T FOR JEREMY HENDRICKS WHO LET US KNOW THAT I KNOW CARMEN ON THE OTHER SIDE WHO ACTUALLY WORKED REALLY HARD DAY NIGHTS, WEEKENDS. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH CARMEN ON A SUNDAY RIGHT AFTER THANKSGIVING AFTER THE MEETING WITH DISTRICT ONE'S LEADERS AND ALEXIA WHO KNOCKED IT OUT. 
          THE PARK CAME UP WITH IDEAS AS WELL THAT WOULD BE MORE FITTING FOR EAST AUSTIN. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THEM AND THEIR IDEAS AND THEIR INPUT. 
          THE THE BIGGEST THING HERE IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR HERE. 
          THE THE BAD THING HERE IS THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GENTRIFYING ANYWAY. 
          TODAY. 
          WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          AND I KNOW I BELIEVE IN ALL OF US TO WORK TOGETHER IN UNISON WITH ALL THE TALENT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY. 
          THERE'S NO REASON THAT WE CANNOT FIGURE THIS OUT TOGETHER. 
          FAMILIES ARE BEING GENTRIFIED SO FAST RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY. 
          AND THEY WERE REALLY GENTRIFIED REALLY FAST DURING COVID. 
          SO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER ALREADY. 
          IT'S JUST THE WAY WE'VE GOTTA DO IT. 
          THE THING IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE I, I VERIFIED AND WE CONFIRMED THIS AND WE EVEN CONFIRMED IT WAS WITH THE MEETING WITH OUR FOLKS, GIVE FOLKS A DISTRICT ONE AS WELL THAT CAME IN. 
          THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST, ARE NOT AWARE. 
          THEY, THEY, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          WE HAD SOMEONE BREAK DOWN IN TEARS 'CAUSE THEY'RE SO SCARED THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO PASS THROUGH SOMETHING, UM, WHEN PEOPLE ARE ON HOLIDAYS, WHEN THEY SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES AND THAT LACK MISSES TRUST WITH PEOPLE. 
          I'M ASKING FOR A POSTPONEMENT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ROBERT ALLEN. 
          MONICA GUZMAN WHO HAS TIME? UM, DONATED BY MARTHA OVERTON. 
          MARVA OVERTON. 
          ARE YOU, ARE EITHER OF YOU HERE? I'M HERE. 
          BARB IS HERE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          YOU GET FOUR MINUTES. 
          JEAN WILKINS, ALEX CHOI, LIZ MCGEE AND ZHA MALIK. 
          SO I'M NEXT. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          I'M MONICA GUZMAN, POLICY DIRECTOR AT GO AUSTIN. 
          VAMOS AUSTIN. 
          WE DON'T WANNA KEEP THE STATUS QUO BECAUSE THE STATUS QUO HAS MOVED AND CONTINUES TO MOVE THE GENTRIFICATION LEVER. 
          WHAT WE DO WANT IS CITYWIDE 
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NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY WITH DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FOLKS STRUGGLING TO RAISE FAMILIES IN PLACE AND SENIORS TO AGE IN PLACE. 
          IMPROVED DRAINAGE ORDINANCES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, INCREASED URBAN CANOPY ACCESS TO STARTER HOMES FOR LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME. 
          BY THE WAY, LAST MONTH, COUNCIL MEMBERS CHIEF OF STAFF SAID MIDDLE INCOME IS 50 TO 90 K, YET ACCORDING TO HUD 65,400, LET ME REPEAT THAT. 
          $65,400 FOR A HOUSEHOLD OF ONE IS CONSIDERED LOW INCOME. 
          WE WANT COUNCIL TO ENSURE CITYWIDE NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY, ESPECIALLY FOR LOW INCOME WORKING CLASS BIPOC AND OTHER VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN AUSTIN'S EASTERN CRESCENT. 
          WE WANT COUNCIL TO POSTPONE THE HOME INITIATIVE VOTE BY AT LEAST SEVEN TO EIGHT MONTHS DURING WHICH TIME STAFF IS DIRECTED TO WORK WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE TO CONDUCT AUTHENTIC ENGAGEMENT OF THE LOW INCOME WORKING CLASS BIPOC AND OTHER VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS FOR RESIDENT LED AMENDMENTS. 
          YOU'RE INSISTING WE'RE IN A HOUSING CRISIS, THERE'S A DEMAND FOR HOUSING. 
          WHAT I FIND INTERESTING RELATES TO AN EARLIER SPEAKER WHO SPOKE ABOUT BASIC SUPPLY AND DEMAND. 
          WHAT SHE DIDN'T SAY IS THIS QUOTE, A SIMILAR RELATIONSHIP EXISTS BETWEEN PRICE AND DEMAND. 
          WHEN THE DEMAND FOR THE GOOD INCREASES, THE PRICE OF THE GOOD ALSO INCREASES. 
          THAT IS FROM THE HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL. 
          SURE DOESN'T SOUND LIKE AFFORDABLE TO ME, DOING RIGHT BY THE COMMUNITY. 
          YOUR CONSTITUENCY, THE LOW INCOME WORKING CLASS BIPOC AND OTHER VULNERABLE RESIDENTS WHO VOTED YOU IN IS THE LEGACY. 
          ANY AND ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD WANT TO BE REMEMBERED BY THE FOLLOWING THOUGHTS ARE MINE ALONE. 
          MAYOR WATSON WATSON WAS ONCE QUOTE IS SAYING, QUOTE AUSTIN, TEXAS IS A TRULY EXCEPTIONAL PLACE. 
          THAT'S END QUOTE AS A NATIVE AUSTINITE. 
          I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE AUSTIN, TEXAS IS A PLACE I DREAMED OF OWNING A HOUSE, RAISING MY CHILD, WATCHING MY GRANDCHILDREN PLAY IN THE BACKYARD TO SOME DAY RETIRE AND EVENTUALLY LEAVE MY HOUSE TO THEM. 
          INSTEAD, I WAS A SINGLE PARENT AT TIMES, WORKING MORE THAN ONE JOB, STRUGGLING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE APARTMENT MOVING SPECIAL, WHICH ALSO MEANT MOVING EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 
          I'M A LONGTIME RENTER. 
          MY CHILD AND GRANDCHILDREN NOW LIVE IN ANOTHER CITY. 
          AND AT THE RATE COUNCIL APPROVES DRASTIC LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES, BENEFITING DEVELOPERS AND INVESTORS, LACKING RESPONSIBLE, EQUITABLE RESIDENT LED PLANNING LIKE MANY OTHERS. 
          I AWAIT THE NAIL SIGNALING A NEED TO MOVE FROM THE CITY I CALL HOME. 
          WHAT SIDE ARE YOU ON? MY PEOPLE. 
          WHAT SIDE ARE YOU ON? AFFORDABILITY. 
          WHAT SIDE ARE YOU ON? MY PEOPLE? WHAT SIDE ARE YOU ON THE EQUITY SIDE? WHAT SIDE ARE YOU ON? MY PEOPLE? WHAT SIDE ARE YOU ON WITH COMMUNITY? MY NAME IS GENE WILKINS, LONGTIME RESIDENT AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I OPPOSE THIS HOME INITIATIVE AS PROPOSED AND FEEL THAT SPLITTING THE ZONING CHANGE INTO TWO PHASES IS REALLY SNEAKY AND NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PURPLE NOTIFICATION CARDS SENT OUT. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE REALLY SURPRISED. 
          I'M AGAINST ANY PLAN THAT UNDERHANDEDLY PROMOTES THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MODESTLY PRICED HOMES AND THE DISPLACEMENT OF FAMILIES, BOTH OWNERS AND RENTERS. 
          WE NEED A SAFEGUARD THAT AFFORDABLE HOMES ARE GAINED WITH A PLAN AND NOT A PASS FOR DEVELOPERS TO BUILD EXPENSIVE TOWN HOMES AND MORE STR AND AIRBNBS. 
          ANY PLAN THAT IS TRULY TARGETING AFFORDABILITY WOULD NOT ELIMINATE THE RESTRICTIONS ON STR WHICH THIS PLAN IS DOING ALREADY. 
          OUR HOUSING INVENTORY HAS TOO MANY HOMES FOR THIS USE AND NOT FOR WORKING FAMILIES. 
          MANY SPOKE OUT ABOUT THE NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT INCLUDING TREE CANOPY DESTRUCTION, HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, FIRE DANGERS, FLOODING, FUTURE WATER QUALITY LOSS AND OTHER ISSUES. 
          NONE OF THIS IS REALLY BEING DRILLED DOWN, LOOKED AT AND ADDRESSED AS IT IS BEING RUSHED THROUGH THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF CURRENT AUSTIN, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ARE NOT THERE. 
          I'M A RETIRED TEACHER AFTER 37 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THIS AREA, NOT 
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WEALTHY. 
          AND LEGITIMATELY I'M CONCERNED WITH THE INEVITABLE LAND VALUE INCREASE AND TAXATION INCREASE. 
          I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN MY MODEST HOME AND DON'T APPRECIATE HOW THIS PLAN TRIVIALIZES IT, BUILD ANOTHER UNIT, MAKE THREE. 
          IT'S NOT HAPPENING. 
          GET REAL. 
          UM, ALISON ALTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS ON THIS ISSUE. 
          IT MUST BE DARN LONELY UP THERE. 
          UM, AT LEAST I HOPE TODAY THIS AFFIRMS HEARING SO MANY AUSTINITES REALLY APPRECIATING YOUR CONCERNS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          HI, I'M ALEX CHOI. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE AND I SUPPORT THE HOME ORDINANCE. 
          UM, I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT AND SWEET. 
          IT'S UH, I THINK YOU GOT A LONG NIGHT AHEAD OF YOU. 
          UH, I BELIEVE ALL EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE AND DATA SHOWS THAT INCREASING DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING IN AUSTIN AVAILABLE IN AUSTIN CAN ONLY LEAD TO INCREASED AFFORDABILITY AND DE EFFICIENCY. 
          UM, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO CONTINUE CONSIDERING PEOPLE WHO IN ADDITION OR IN ADDITION TO THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO BE HERE DUE TO LOGISTICAL ISSUES. 
          PEOPLE SUCH AS STUDENTS, SUCH AS WORKERS, SUCH AS, UH, PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THE EMOTIONAL CAPACITY TO BE HERE BECAUSE FRANKLY OWNING A HOME IS JUST NOT FEASIBLE FOR THEM RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND IT FEELS LIKE THE CITY CAN SOMETIMES BE DOING NOTHING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING Y'ALL. 
          MY NAME IS LIZ MICKI AND I AM A PROUD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO. 
          SHOUT OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES. 
          UM, AND I SUPPORT THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          UM, I MOVED HERE IN 2017 WITH MY HUSBAND WHO IS A NATIVE AUSTINITE. 
          UM, AND HE IS A LOCAL, A TEACHER IN THE LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WELL. 
          AND BASICALLY WE MOVED HERE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WE WANNA BE CLOSER TO FAMILY, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE BELIEVE AUSTIN IS A CITY THAT IS BUILDING TOWARDS THE FUTURE. 
          IN A FUTURE, I WANNA SEE WHERE WE CAN MEET AMBITIOUS CLIMATE GOALS, WHERE WE CAN TRY TO OFFER MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE THE CITY AND TO EXPERIENCE OUR COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF A CAR. 
          AND REALLY, FOR ME, THE REASON I SUPPORT HOME IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE NEED TO MAKE AUSTIN MORE DENSE. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED THIS FOR COMMUNITY AND ALSO JUST FOR HEALTH FOR WALKABILITY. 
          IN ADDITION TO MEETING ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS RELATED TO CARBON. 
          UM, WOW, THIS WAS NERVOUS NERVE INDUCING. 
          UM, SO I THINK LIVING IN DISTRICT TWO, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GONNA COME NO MATTER WHAT. 
          AND I WOULD REALLY LOVE AS A RESIDENT AND A HOMEOWNER TO SEE THAT DEVELOPMENT NOT BE SPRAWL. 
          I THINK THAT WE ALL DESERVE ACCESS TO NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE CAN WALK SOMEWHERE OR BIKE SOMEWHERE SAFELY OR WE CAN ACCESS PUBLIC TRANSIT. 
          UM, AND I FEEL LIKE SO MUCH OF OUR CITY HAS CURRENTLY BEEN CONSTRUCTED FOR CAR USE. 
          SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE THAT INEVITABLE DEVELOPMENT, UM, BE FOCUSED MORE TOWARDS A HEALTHIER WAY OF LIVING IN A COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S BASICALLY IT. 
          I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING TO WRESTLE WITH THESE TOUGH QUESTIONS. 
          CHANGE IS HARD AND IT'S A LOT OF TIME HERE SPENT. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          APPRECIATE YOU. 
          BYE. 
          ELIZABETH WOOD, TODD BERGNER, LORI ROSS, BILL BUNCH AND JEN RAMOS. 
          IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME. 
          JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THE PODIUM, FEEL FREE, FEEL FREE TO JUST COME FORWARD AND START YOUR TESTIMONY AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE. 
          SURE. 
          MY NAME IS LAUREN ROSS AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          I AM HERE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED HOME INITIATIVE AND I'M SUPPORTING COMMUNITY POWERED A T ACCESS REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT AND THEIR REQUESTED AMENDMENTS. 
          THE IDEA OF A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUPPLY AND DEMAND IS A MARKET IDEA AND MARKETS SERVE ONE GOD, THAT GOD IS PROFIT. 
          THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF AUSTIN HOUSEHOLDS BETWEEN 2017 AND 2022 IN INCOME CATEGORIES. 
          THAT GREEN BAR ON THE FAR RIGHT SHOWS THAT THERE WERE MORE NEW HOUSEHOLDS IN AUSTIN WITH ANNUAL INCOMES OF MORE THAN $200,000 A YEAR THAN EVERY OTHER INCOME BRACKET COMBINED. 
          THEIR MONTHLY HOUSING BUDGET STARTS 
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AT $5,000 PER MONTH, AND FOR MANY OF THEM, IT'S A LOT MORE. 
          THIS IS THE MARKET THAT DRIVES AUSTIN'S HOUSING SYSTEM AND IT'S THE MARKET THAT DRIVES THE POST. 
          UH, THE PROPOSED HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE WAS CRAFTED, DRAFTED, AND BROUGHT TO THIS COUNCIL BY OUR WEALTHIEST RESIDENTS, BY THE GLOBAL INVESTMENT COMMUNITY, BY PEOPLE WHO OWN THE MOST, HAVE THE MOST TO GAIN AND PROPORTIONATELY TO THEIR WEALTH THE LEAST. 
          TO LOSE FROM ITS CONSEQUENCES TO PRETEND THAT IT WILL SERVE AFFORDABILITY AND EQUITY IS DELUSIONAL AND IT'S INSULTING. 
          AUSTIN WORKING FAMILIES DESPERATELY NEED MORE HOUSING OPTIONS AND THERE ARE LOTS OF ACTIONS THAT YOU COULD TAKE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY CREATE SAFETY AND SHELTER FOR EACH AND ALL OF US. 
          SOME OF THOSE ACTIONS WILL MEAN THAT OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WILL BE MORE DENSE, THEY WILL BE SAFELY, RESPONSIBLY AND EQUITABLY MORE DENSE. 
          BUT HOME IS NOT THAT. 
          AND I URGE YOU TONIGHT TO VOTE. 
          NO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, BILL BUNCH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND, UH, LAWYER FOR SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE. 
          I'M ALSO A OFFICER OF THE ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE. 
          YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION FROM THE ZNA OPPOSING THIS MEASURE. 
          UM, THIS WILL DO REAL AND IRREVOCABLE HARM TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND IS HOSTILE TO DECADES OF, UH, OUR HERITAGE DOING OTHERWISE. 
          UH, MORE PAVEMENT OF ROOFTOPS TRANSLATES DIRECTLY INTO MORE FLOODING, UH, MORE WATER POLLUTION, UH, LESS REACH GROUNDWATER RECHARGE. 
          THIS WILL DECIMATE OUR URBAN TREE CANOPY THAT'S ALREADY DIMINISHING RAPIDLY, UH, BECAUSE OF RE INFILL DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, IT WILL DO NOTHING TO REDUCE SPRAWL. 
          UH, THE EVIDENCE IS CRYSTAL CLEAR ON THAT. 
          AND IF YOU HAD RU RED DARRYL SLUSHER COLUMN THIS MORNING AND THE INDEPENDENT, YOU SHOULD 'CAUSE HE MAKES THAT RATHER CLEAR. 
          UM, THIS IS NOT ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. 
          UM, THIS HOME THING IS CYNICAL AND DISHONEST IN THE NAME ITSELF. 
          HOMES ARE WHERE SINGLE FAMILIES LIVE WITH MORTGAGES AND THEY STAY THERE AND THEY VALUE THE HOME AS SHELTER AND AS COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THIS IS FOR INVESTORS WHO SEE A SINGLE FAMILY LOT AS AN INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY TO CASH IN AND MAXIMIZE PROFITS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT. 
          Y'ALL KNOW IT, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WITH IT'S HOSTILE AFFORDABILITY 'CAUSE IT'S BASICALLY A GIANT, UH, TAX INCREASE THAT'S HIDDEN SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL IT A TAX INCREASE FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO WANTS TO LIVE AND STAY IN THEIR HOME. 
          IT'S A HUGE TAX INCREASE. 
          UM, IT'S A DIRECT THREAT TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, UH, AS YOU'VE HEARD SO MUCH. 
          UH, REAL QUICK ON THE PROCESS, UH, MAYOR WATSON, YOU WERE ELECTED TELLING US YOU WERE GONNA DO, UH, DISTRICT BY DISTRICT, UH, UH, PLANNING, UH, AND CHALLENGE EACH DISTRICT TO ABSORB AND SUPPORT INFILL DEVELOPMENT. 
          THAT HASN'T HAPPENED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, YOU SAID THERE WAS GONNA BE A DIALOGUE, A CONVERSATION THAT NEVER HAPPENED. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          POSTPONED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JEN RAMOS. 
          LINDA GO, HUGH LOWE, MIKE BURNETT AND CINDY MISKA. 
          CAN YOU SAY THE NAME AGAIN? JEN RAMOS. 
          LINDA GODES, HUGH LOWE, MIKE BURNETT, AND CINDY MISKA. 
          LOOKS LIKE I'M ON DOWN IF SHE'S CALLED YOUR NAME. 
          IT'S ALL YOURS. 
          ONCE AGAIN, I'M GONNA CHANGE THE TOMBER OF THE DISCUSSION. 
          UH, I WONDER WHETHER THIS THING'S MOOT THE, UH, EASTERN EAST, I'M SORRY, EASTERN DEVELOPMENT AND SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS UP ALONG THE, UH, UH, MAINOR ROAD AREA HAVE OPENED DEVELOPMENT ON THE EAST SIDE WIDELY. 
          I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT. 
          YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE DEVELOPER, UH, BUILDING AND SAY IT'S OKAY FOR YOU. 
          IT'S OKAY FOR YOU, BUT OH WAIT, IT'S NOT OKAY FOR YOU. 
          SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE EQUAL PROTECTION PROBLEM AS YOU GO FORWARD, WHICH MEANS EFFECTIVELY, GIVEN THAT EASTON'S COME TO YOU WITH A SPECIFIC REQUEST TO EXECUTE ALL OF THE GOALS OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THE REAL QUESTION THAT SITS ON THE TABLE IS WHY ARE WE EVEN LOOKING AT THIS? AND SO, AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, I FIND THIS TO BE CAPRICIOUS AND ARBITRARY ON TOP OF THAT LITTLE QUESTION AT THIS POINT, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IN MY OPINION, THIS IS MOOT, THAT OPENS THE DOOR TO A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THIS IS A TAKING. 
          AND SO WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, DO US ALL A FAVOR. 
          GO AHEAD AND VOTE THIS THROUGH AND 
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GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. 
          I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS DAY. 
          OH, BY THE WAY, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT BELIEVE THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE WORKING IN YOUR BEST INTEREST, WE'VE HEARD THE SAME EXACT THINGS SINCE MAYOR WYNN ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND OFFERING ADDITIONAL HOUSING CAPABILITIES AND, UH, OFFERINGS FOR, UH, BOTH MIDDLE AND LOW INCOME. 
          AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AGAIN TODAY. 
          I KEEP HEARING THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          AND TO QUOTE HOMER JAY SIMPSON, YOU'VE SAID THIS SO OFTEN, IT'S LOST ALL MEANING. 
          THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING. 
          MARIO CANTU. 
          ANNA AGUIRE. 
          CARLA KENYON MAX. 
          MARTY DOUGLAS KENAN. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS MARIO CANTU. 
          I'M FROM SOUTH AUSTIN, A NATIVE HERE, UH, IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THERE'S UH, 22 WARS GOING ON ON THIS PLANET, AND THERE'S ONE GOING ON HERE AS WELL. 
          UH, AND IT'S BETWEEN THE LIGHT AND THE DARKNESS THAT'S EXISTING HERE ON THIS PLANET, AND MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING DISPLACED ALL OVER. 
          UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE BEING DISPLACED AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF DIRT. 
          IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S A MATTER OF DIRT THAT THAT'S ALL IT IS. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU GET THAT DIRT, YOU GET THE RESOURCES, AND WHEN YOU TAKE THE RESOURCES, YOU MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. 
          THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST US AS INDIVIDUALS, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT JUST A, WE'RE A CITIZEN OR OUR PERSON. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE ALL HUMAN BEINGS THAT LIVE HERE. 
          AND THERE'S A BIG SHIFT THAT'S GOING ON BETWEEN ALL OF US. 
          AND I ASK YOU TO LISTEN TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT COME HERE, EVEN THE ONES THAT ARE OPPOSED AND EVEN THE ONES THAT WANT THIS TO TAKE PLACE BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. 
          AND I THINK WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND REALLY FOCUS ONTO THAT. 
          AND AS MEXICANOS HERE, YOU KNOW, VANESSA CHITO, JOSE, YOU KNOW, THE MEXICANOS HAVE BEEN CARRYING A LOT OF THE LOAD FOR A LONG TIME AROUND HERE. 
          AND NOT JUST HERE, BUT ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. 
          THE CONCRETE THAT WE'RE STANDING ON RIGHT NOW, ALL THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
          AND I ASK YOU AS INDIVIDUALS IN MEXICANS, MEXICANAS, TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND GIVE THE PEOPLE HERE ALSO, EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT'S COME UP TODAY, THE BLACKS, THE ASIANS, THE WHITES, EVERYBODY OF ALL COLOR TO UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT YOU REPRESENT THEM AND GIVE THEM YOUR FULL ABILITY TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB AND YOU'RE DOING, GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ANA GIRA. 
          I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL AND IMMEDIATE PASTOR OF THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM. 
          THE A NC THINKS THE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS FUENTES, KELLY ELLA ALLISON ALTER AND POOL, AND THE STAFF COUNCIL MEMBERS, MATT HARPER, MADISON RYAN ALTER AND QURE FOR RESPONDING TO OUR REQUEST TO MEET. 
          WE WERE NOT INVITED TO THE TABLE WHEN THIS INITIATIVE WAS FIRST CONSIDERED. 
          THE A NC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO OPPOSE THIS INITIATIVE AS CURRENTLY WRITTEN AND PRESENTED A RESOLUTION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING THE NEED FOR DATA PRIOR TO TAKING ANY ACTION. 
          THE CONTACT TEAM, BECAUSE OF CATASTROPHIC AND DEADLY 2013 AND 2015 FLOODS HAS MAJOR PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS REGARDING CREEK AND LOCALIZED FLOODING AND THE DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          WE KNOW MORE ROOFS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED STORM STORMWATER RUNOFF AND FLOODING. 
          THIS INITIATIVE IS NOT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          IT DOES NOT REQUIRE AFFORDABILITY. 
          IT WILL GENTRIFY THE REMAINING AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BLACK, HISPANIC, AND LATINO HOMEOWNERS OR RENTERS IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT. 
          WE STAND WITH  GAVA COMMUNITY POWERED A TX AND THE BLACK AND BROWN HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS VULNERABLE TO GENTRIFICATION. 
          WE HAVE WORKED WITH PAST COUNCILS AND SOME OF YOU'RE HERE TODAY ON POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. 
          WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS? WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC GOALS OF THE COUNCIL? WHAT IS THE DATA SPECIFICALLY OUTLINING HOW HOME WILL ALLOW PUBLIC SERVANTS OF THE WORKING CLASS TO LIVE HERE? MANY HERE TODAY ARE A CONCERN ABOUT GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT. 
          THE PRIMARY RECOMMENDATION BEING VOICE IS TO INCLUDE A DEEP AFFORDABILITY HOUSING REQUIREMENT. 
          YOU HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THIS INITIATIVE WILL HAVE IF THIS COUNCIL CHOOSES TO PROCEED AND NOT ADDRESS THESE UNINTENDED CON CONSEQUENCES. 
          AT THAT POINT, WE WILL KNOW THESE CONSEQUENCES, INCLUDING GENTRIFICATION ARE INTENDED. 
          POSTPONE YOUR VOTE, COMBINE PHASES ONE AND TWO, AND CONSIDER A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT INCLUDES CITY STAFF, EASTERN CRESCENT RESIDENTS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. 
          COME TOGETHER WITH A PLAN THAT WILL 
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WORK FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. 
          ONLY THROUGH THIS PROCESS WILL A GOOD SOLUTION ARISE FOR AUSTIN. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          MY NAME IS MAX MARTY, UH, A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          THANKS ALL FOR BEING HERE SO LATE. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 10:00 AM AS WELL. 
          IT'S GETTING THERE. 
          I'M NOT AN EXPERT AND I'M NOT PAID TO HEAR HERE BY ANY ORGANIZATION, BUT I AM SOMEONE WHO DEC, UH, DECIDED TO MOVE TO AUSTIN BY CHOICE OF ALL THE PLACES IN THE COUNTRY OF ALL THE PLACES IN THE WORLD. 
          I CHOSE TO LIVE RIGHT HERE IN AUSTIN BECAUSE AUSTIN WAS A PLACE WHERE ONE COULD BUILD A CAREER, BUILD A LIFELONG, UH, BUILD LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS, RAISE A FAMILY, AND WHERE YOUR KIDS AND PARENTS COULD SOMEDAY HOPE TO DO ALL THIS TOO. 
          A PLACE WHERE NEW IDEAS CAN AND DO MINGLE WITH OLD TRADITIONS AND WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T AFRAID TO LOOK AHEAD. 
          I HAD LIVED BEFORE THIS IN A PLACE WHERE, UH, THAT USED TO HAVE THAT SAME SPIRIT ONCE, BUT WHERE SOME PEOPLE BECAME JADED OF NEW HOUSING AND DISTRUSTFUL OF CHANGE. 
          SO OVER TIME, I WITNESSED WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU COMBINE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANNA LIVE WITH A PUBLIC POLICY THAT DID NOT ALLOW THAT HOUSING TO KEEP UP. 
          THE RESULT WAS STAGNATION, DECAY AND DISILLUSION AS MORE PEOPLE CAME IN, EVERYONE FOUGHT FOR SMALLER PORTIONS OF THE FIXED PIE OF AVAILABLE HOUSING INSTEAD OF BEING A PLACE FOR EVERYONE, THE CITY BECAME A PLACE WHERE KIDS, UH, COULDN'T AFFORD TO BUY A HOME WHERE THEY GREW UP, WHERE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS COULDN'T FIND HOUSING THAT SUITS THEIR NEEDS AT A PRICE THAT THEY COULD AFFORD. 
          WHERE IMMIGRANTS, UH, WHETHER FROM ACROSS THE STATE OR FROM ACROSS THE WORLD, COULD NO LONGER ADD THEIR DISTINCTIVE CULTURE, THEIR IDEAS, THEIR ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY, OR THEIR TAX DOLLARS TO THE PLACE THEY DESIRE TO CALL HOME. 
          I URGE US NOT TO MAKE THIS SAME MISTAKE HERE. 
          DON'T LET AUSTIN MAKE CALIFORNIA'S MISTAKES. 
          GROWTH AND PROSPERITY COME IN MANY FORMS. SOMETIMES THAT GROWTH CAN COME FROM PEOPLE LIKE US DECIDING TO MAKE SPACE IN OUR OWN BACKYARDS FOR THAT UT STUDENT WHO WANTS TO STAY AND FIND A JOB AFTER THEY GRADUATE, OR THE GRANDMOTHER WHO WANTS TO MOVE HERE TO WATCH HER KIDS GROW UP. 
          I SUPPORT THE HOME EC BECAUSE I WANT EVERYONE TO GET THE SAME CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED HERE. 
          IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, YES, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SPACE FOR THEM IN MY OWN BACKYARD, PLEASE GIVE ME THE CHANCE TO DO SO. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          YOU'RE HERE, KURT PHILLIPS, GWENDOLYN STROUD, RICHARD OISH, AND GAIL DICKINSON. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS RICHARD OISH IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          UM, LOOKING AROUND THE WORLD OF WHAT'S GOING ON, WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE IN A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY COULD VOICE THEIR OPINION. 
          AND THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY FOR YOU GUYS. 
          UM, SO, UM, I'M ACTUALLY, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT, UH, THE HOUSE INITIATIVE. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE, UM, AUSTIN HAS GROWN FROM, FROM A SMALL COLLEGE TOWN TO MORE OF A WORLD RENOWNED CITY AND, UM, IT'S MAKING IT HARDER AND HARDER TO GET AROUND BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S SPREAD APART VERY MUCH. 
          AND SO WITH THE CURRENT REGULATION THAT WE SEE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A CERTAIN LOT SIZE WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOMES ON IT, AGAIN, IT, IT LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF HOMES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND IT PUSHES PEOPLE OUT OF THE CITY, UH, MOSTLY INTO THE SUBURBS BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NO PLACE TO, TO BE FOUND HERE. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT, UH, THIS INITIATIVE COULD HELP REDUCE VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND, UM, MAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT MORE VIABLE BECAUSE PEOPLE LIVE CLOSER TOGETHER. 
          UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, UM, IN AND SEE HOW THEY PERFORM, THE CITIES THAT HAVE HIGHER DENSITY, THEY USUALLY HAVE BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 
          UM, THEY'RE MORE BIKEABLE, WALKABLE AND ALSO MORE, MORE ENJOYABLE TO, TO VISIT AND, AND LIVE IN. 
          WHEREAS CITIES THAT THAT ACTUALLY FOCUS ON THE 100% SINGLE FAMILY HOME CONCEPT THAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, THEY, THEY'RE VERY CAR DEPENDENT, UH, DANGEROUS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND, AND CYCLISTS AND NOT GREAT PLACE TO LIVE IN. 
          SO AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE ON A PATH RIGHT NOW WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE MOVING HERE. 
          WE CAN'T STOP THAT BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT PLACE. 
          AND, UM, BY, BY OFFERING ADDITIONAL CHOICES FOR PEOPLE, UH, TO ACCESS, I THINK IT OPENS UP SOME POSSIBILITY. 
          UM, I DO NOT THINK THAT SUDDENLY EVERYBODY'S GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, THREE HOMES ON THEIR HOME SITE. 
          THERE'S GONNA PEOPLE THAT WANT IT AND PEOPLE THAT DON'T. 
          BUT, UH, I, I URGE YOU TO, TO KEEP ON THE PATH TO OFFER MORE OPTIONS, UM, FOR HOMEOWNERS AND ALSO FOR NEW RESIDENTS. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          HELLO, MY NAME'S GAIL DICKINSON. 
          I'M A 34 YEAR RESIDENT OF AUSTIN AND I'M A TEACHER. 
          UM, IN 1993, I BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE IN PFLUGERVILLE. 
          'CAUSE BACK THEN TEACHERS COULDN'T AFFORD HOUSES IN AUSTIN EITHER. 
          THIS IS NOT A NEW PROBLEM. 
          IT TOOK ME TWO LOANS PLUS WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS TO PAY FOR MY 
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HOUSE. 
          MY KIDS NEVER GOT TO GO TO VACATION IN A HOTEL BECAUSE WE JUST COULDN'T AFFORD THAT. 
          BUT SOMEHOW THESE URBANISTS THINK THAT I'M SOME WEALTHY, GREEDY LANDOWNER THAT JUST WON'T SHARE MY PROPERTY. 
          UM, LESLIE POOLE PUBLICLY STATED THAT SHE WOULD DIRECT STAFF TO EXAMINE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF HER INITIATIVE. 
          SHE PROMISED THERE WOULD BE GUARDRAILS TO ADDRESS THOSE CONSEQUENCES. 
          ONE THING IS VERY CLEAR. 
          TODAY'S, TODAY YOU PLAN TO VOTE ON THIS INITIATIVE WITH NO GUARDRAILS TO PROTECT THE MIDDLE CLASS. 
          AUSTINS AUSTINITES LIKE MYSELF FROM DISPLACEMENT, FROM SKYROCKETING TAXES. 
          HOW DO I KNOW THIS? TRAVIS COUNTY WILL TAX OUR HOMES TO THE MA OPTIMAL VALUE. 
          AND THE REALTORS ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LISTERVS ARE DROOLING OVER THE MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT THAT THEY KNOW WILL HAPPEN. 
          THE TURNOVER OF MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT CAN'T AFFORD THE TAXES HERE, THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES INCLUDE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WILL DISPLACE IN THIS PROCESS. 
          PEOPLE IN EAST AUSTIN, OLDER AUSTIN KNIGHTS, TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS, ET CETERA. 
          MAYOR WATSON WANTS SOLUTIONS. 
          SO LET ME JUST GIVE A FEW OF THEM. 
          FIRST, PAY FIRST RESPONDERS AND TEACHERS A LIVABLE WAGE. 
          SECONDLY, SUBSIDIZE HOUSING FOR THE MIDDLE INCOME AND LOWER INCOME AUSTINITES. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE OTHER BIG CITIES DO. 
          THIRD, CHANGE THE PERMITTING PROCESS TO FAVOR MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING PROCESSES. 
          WHAT WOULD THE MONEY, WHERE WOULD THE MONEY COME FROM? HOW ABOUT AGGRESSIVELY IDENTIFYING AND TAXING SHORT TERM RENTALS? WE'RE ASKING THE BILLIONAIRES WHO DONATE TO YOUR CAMPAIGNS TO DONATE TO ENOW ENDOWMENT TO SUPPORT MIDDLE INCOME HOUSE OWNER OWNERSHIP IN AUSTIN. 
          MAYOR WATSON HAS INDICATED HE WANTS TRANSPARENCY AND INCLUSION IN HIS POLITICAL PROCESS. 
          YET THIS RADICAL CHANGE HAS BEEN PUSHED THROUGH WITH LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THE FACT THAT THIS IMPORTANT MEETING IS BEING HELD AT A TIME WHEN MOST WORKING AUSTINITES CAN ATTEND, REMOVES THEIR VOICES FROM THE DISCOURSE AND, AND DEHUMANIZES US. 
          YOU NEED TO VOTE NO AND POSTPONE THIS. 
          LAUREN MAUER, MAHER RIVERA, MICHAEL NAS, LISA ALLEN AND STEVEN BROWN. 
          TERRY TYLER TERRY CLARIN WILLIAMS, MARK DUGAN. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 
          UH, MY NAME IS MICHAEL NEHA. 
          UH, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          I'M AN URBAN ECONOMIST. 
          I'M AN EXPERT IN THIS AREA AND I AM STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF HOMES PHASE ONE. 
          UH, I'VE ALREADY MESSAGED Y'ALL. 
          I'VE TALKED TO MANY OF YOU. 
          I'M HAPPY TO EXPLAIN THE EFFECTS TO ANYBODY HERE OR ANY GROUP THAT WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THEM. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. 
          THANK YOU FOR STAYING LATE TODAY. 
          IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. 
          UM, Y'ALL ARE BUSY TODAY. 
          I'LL SEED MY TIME. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS STEVEN BROWN. 
          I AM A FOURTH GENERATION AUSTINITE. 
          UH, I ALSO SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND I'M A LONG-TERM RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. 
          UM, AS A SITTING ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WE WROTE A RESOLUTION, UH, ASKING THAT THIS VOTE BE POSTPONED AND IT BE POSTPONED BECAUSE A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS FELT LIKE THERE WERE NO ENGAGEMENT DONE, THERE WAS NOT ANY ENGAGEMENT DONE THAT ALLOWED THEM TO VOICE THEIR OPINION. 
          AND SO I STAND HERE NOT ONLY AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, BUT AS A PERSON ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ASKING THAT Y'ALL POSTPONE THIS VOTE SO THAT THOSE MEMBERS CAN HAVE THEIR VOICES REFLECTED IN THE AMENDMENTS AND RESOLUTIONS THAT WILL AFFECT THEIR LIVES. 
          THIS HAS, WE HAVE TO BE HONEST HERE, MAN, THIS, THIS RESOLUTION, THIS HOME INITIATIVE DOES NOT CREATE AFFORDABILITY. 
          THIS, THIS AFFECTS THE DEVELOPERS. 
          THIS, THIS DOES NOT PROTECT THE, THE COMMUNITY MEMBER, THE AVERAGE COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT IS STRUGGLING HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          THIS DOES NOTHING FOR THEM. 
          IF SOMEONE WAS TO SIT HERE AND TELL ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS HOME INITIATIVE, MOST OF THE HOMES WILL BE DEVELOPED IN WEST AUSTIN AND OTHER AREAS, THEN I WOULD BE LIKE, OKAY, COOL. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, HOUSING FOR EVERYONE. 
          I WANNA LIVE IN WEST AUSTIN. 
          BUT, BUT THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT WEST AUSTIN. 
          THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THAT'S IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          THIS HOME INITIATIVE DOES NOTHING TO PROTECT AS IT'S RIGHT WRITTEN RIGHT NOW. 
          IT DOES NOTHING TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT'S IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          THE DEVELOPERS THAT, THAT OWN MOST OF EAST AUSTIN WILL BENEFIT MORE THAN THE AVERAGE COMMUNITY MEMBER. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND WE, THIS SHOULD BE TRUE. 
          LET'S JUST BE HONEST HERE. 
          AT WHAT POINT IS ANY ONE OF THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND MAYOR, WHAT'S, WHEN IS SOMEONE JUST GONNA LOOK AT US AND SAY, THE FUTURE IS COMING AND WE DON'T SEE Y'ALL HERE. 
          THANK 
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YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          APPRECIATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I AM MARK UCHIN. 
          I OWN A CONDO IN DISTRICT 10. 
          I'VE RECENTLY HAD THE CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH ANY PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF WILLING TO LISTEN OF THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS SUPPORTING THIS PLAN. 
          IT FEELS PLAIN AS DAY TO ME THAT NO AMOUNT OF OPPOSITION WILL CHANGE MINDS. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN OUT IN OPPOSITION AT MEETINGS. 
          LIKE TODAY, AT LEAST 13,000 PETITIONS HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE CITY. 
          I HAVE TO ASK, WOULD ANY NUMBER OF OF OPPONENTS OF PETITIONS OR DATA CHANGE ANY MINDS UP THERE? AND WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT OUR COUNCIL? I WANNA SHARE THREE STORIES FROM THOSE MEETINGS. 
          ONE, COUNCIL MEMBERS SEEMED UNAWARE THAT BUILDING MULTIPLE UNITS IN THE SAME LOT IS GONNA REQUIRE THE UNITS FALLING UNDER A CONDO REGIME. 
          AS SOMEONE ON A CONDO BOARD, IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO FIND PEOPLE WHO WANNA VOLUNTEER TO MANAGE A CONDO PROPERTY. 
          AND MOST OF THESE NEW MULTIFAMILY UNITS WILL BE SUBJECT TO ONE LOT OWNER MANAGING CONDOS, WHICH IS A FUTURE COMPLICATION FOR HOME BUYERS WHO WON'T OWN THEIR LAND. 
          ANOTHER COUNCILMAN WAS PRESENTED WITH RIGHTS UNIVERSITY DATA SHOWING DRAMATIC GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT IN HOUSTON AND HOUSTON'S INNER LOOP RIGHT AFTER A SIMILAR POLICY WAS ADOPTED THERE, THE INTER LOOP NEIGHBORHOOD SHOWED DRAMATIC DISPLACEMENT AT A HUGE INFLUX OF WEALTHIER, EDUCATED ANGLOS AND EQUALLY LARGE DROP OF POOR NON-COLLEGE EDUCATED PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
          THE COUNCIL MEMBER ARGUED ALL KINDS OF FACTORS COULD HAVE CAUSED THAT DISPLACEMENT. 
          BUT THERE ARE THREE PROBLEMS WITH THIS ONE. 
          THE DISPLACEMENT, THE REPORT CONCLUDES DISPLACEMENT WAS MUCH LOWER THAN 1990S AND THEN RAPIDLY ACCELERATED IN THE TWO THOUSANDS. 
          TWO, THE USE FROM REFORM WAS IMPLEMENTED JUST BEFORE 2003. 
          THE DISPLACEMENT WAS LOCALIZED INSIDE THE LOOP WHERE THE REFORM TOOK PLACE, NOT OUTSIDE THE LOOP. 
          SO WE CAN'T DISAMBIGUATE EVERY FACTOR, BUT THE TIMING, GEOGRAPHY INTENSITY OUGHT TO GIVE ANY PERSON THAT HAS WHO ACTUALLY GIVES A DAMN ABOUT DISPLACEMENT. 
          SOME PAUSE. 
          AND FINALLY, WE'RE TOLD THERE'LL BE PERIODIC REPORTING ON THE POLICY OUTCOMES FOR THE MAYOR'S AMENDMENT. 
          TWO THINGS ARE CRUCIALLY ABSENT THOUGH. 
          FIRST MEASURING HOW MANY SUPPOSED MIDDLE INCOME OWNERS ARE YOU GONNA USE THE POLICY TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY VERSUS DEVELOPER BOUGHT SCRAPED AND BUILT LOT BUILT LOTS. 
          SECOND, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE AVERAGE LAND TAX VALUE? THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE GET THAT DATE OF MR. MAYOR BEN GOWDY, KAREN MCGRAW, ERIC MEISNER, BETHANY CARSON, MARTHA LEONO, AND RICHARD BRIMER. 
          IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE APPROACH ANY OF THE PODIUMS AND STATE YOUR NAME, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME'S KAREN MCGRAW. 
          I'M AN ARCHITECT. 
          I'VE LIVED HERE OVER 40 YEARS IN HYDE PARK. 
          I'VE BEEN ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE RDCC, MANY CITY TASK FORCES. 
          I'VE CHAIRED MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND UM, I PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES AND PRESERVATION PLANNING SERVICES IS TWO MINUTES IS SHORT. 
          I ALWAYS SAY I LOVE AUSTIN, BUT LIVING HERE MEANS YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR HOUSE AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          I'M GETTING TIRED. 
          25 YEARS AGO, THE CITY OF AUSTIN EMBARKED ON A PROGRAM CALLED NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING AND THE PURPOSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING IS INFILL DEVELOPMENT. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THAT'S A WHOLE PURPOSE. 
          THOUSANDS OF NEIGHBORS PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM AND DEVELOPED NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS THAT IDENTIFIED HOW TO INFILL THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WHAT HAPPENED? WE HAVE NO PLANNING. 
          NOBODY CAME BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO TALK ABOUT THIS. 
          NOBODY LOOKED AT WHAT'S HAPPENED. 
          MY NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN HAS ADDED DENSITY PLACES FOR INFILL, BUT WE'RE NOT PLANNING. 
          AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS COUNCIL'S DECIDED WE'RE GONNA USE A SLEDGEHAMMER APPROACH. 
          WE'RE JUST GONNA HAND IT ALL TO THE SPECULATORS AND LET THEM BUILD WHATEVER THEY WANT WHEREVER THEY WANT. 
          THAT'S NOT PLANNING. 
          AND I THINK YOUR JOB IS PLANNING AND I THINK ALL OF THESE HOUSING OPTIONS PEOPLE WANT ARE FINE. 
          SURE. 
          HAVE LOTS OF KINDS OF HOUSING. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE LOTS OF KINDS OF HOUSING, BUT WHERE IT BELONGS IS THE QUESTION BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO RUN HOMEOWNERS OUT OF HERE. 
          YOU'RE TRYING TO USE THE MCMANSION ORDINANCE TO PUNISH HOMEOWNERS. 
          REALLY EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE TURNED AGAINST ON US. 
          I SURE HOPE YOU WILL RETHINK THIS. 
          I THINK YOU NEED TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER PART OF THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S KIND OF A TRICK AND HAVE SERIOUS PLANNING CONVERSATIONS WITH NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE ALREADY DONE A LOT OF PLANNING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS BETHANY CARSON. 
          I'M A RENTER IN 
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DISTRICT FOUR AND SPEAKING AGAINST THE HOME INITIATIVE AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITY POWERS, A TX REQUESTS FOR A POSTPONEMENT. 
          AUSTIN DOES NOT HAVE A GENERAL HOUSING QUANTITY ISSUE. 
          THERE ARE MANY LUXURY CONDOS AND ABOVE MEDIAN RENTAL UNITS AVAILABLE. 
          AUSTIN HAS AN AFFORDABLE AND DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS THAT IS DISPLACING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AT ALARMING RATES. 
          HOME WILL EXACERBATE THIS CRISIS BY DISPLACING LONG-TERM LOW INCOME RESIDENTS FROM THEIR HOUSES WHEN PROPERTY TAXES RISE DUE TO THE INCREASE OF THE LAND VALUE AND ON THE SPECULATIVE MARKET, IT WILL ALSO PRICE EXISTING RENTERS OUT OF THE CITY DUE TO NEW ABOVE MARKET RENT RATE UNITS THAT WILL BE BUILT AS A RESULT OF UPZONING WITH NO AFFORDABILITY RESTRICTIONS ON NEW DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS THE LACK OF PROTECTIONS FOR EXISTING DEEPLY AFFORDABLE PROPERTIES THAT WILL BE TARGETED BY INVESTORS FOR REDEVELOPMENT. 
          UNRESTRICTED DEVELOPMENT BUILDS FOR THOSE WHO CAN PROVIDE THE MOST PROFIT, SUCH AS NEW TECH WORKERS MOVING FROM OUTTA STATE AND HIGHER INCOME RESIDENTS MOVING INTO LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AKA GENTRIFICATION. 
          SO RESERVE THE UPZONING AND EXPEDITED PERMITTING FOR CDCS CLTS AND RENTER COOPERATIVES. 
          ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT MUST BE AFFORDABLE OR DEEPLY AFFORDABLE AND CANNOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF DISPLACING RESIDENTS IN CURRENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SPEAKING PERSONALLY, DESPITE WORKING A SALARIED NONPROFIT JOB WHEN I WAS MOVING SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I COULD NOT AFFORD TO RENT A TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT WITH A ROOMMATE IN THE SUPPOSEDLY AFFORDABLE MUELLER. 
          DEVELOPMENT METRICS USED FOR AFFORDABILITY MUST PRODUCE ACTUALLY AFFORDABLE RENTS AND MORTGAGES AND REF REFLECT HYPER-LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL REALITIES SO THAT WE DO NOT DISPLACE LONG-TERM LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS. 
          I WANT TO CLOSE WITH A REMINDER THAT SAVE COMMUNITIES ARE RESOURCED COMMUNITIES. 
          PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR THE BILLIONAIRES, UH, THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS PLAN, TELLING YOU THAT IT WILL BE AFFORDABLE BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE OUR COMMUNITY LESS SAFE. 
          THIS IS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. 
          GROUPS LIKE COMMUNITY POWERED A TX BROUGHT SO MANY COMMUNITIES REPRESENTING THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY THE HOUSING CRISIS TO THE TABLE. 
          COLLABORATE WITH US IN 2024. 
          PLEASE STOP HOME, LISTEN TO AND FIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          HAVE OUR BACK AND WE'LL HAVE YOURS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS RICK BRIER. 
          I'M RESIDENT DISTRICT SIX AND I'M SPEAKING AGAINST THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          FIRST I'D LIKE TO SAY I SUPPORT 100% THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, WHICH WAS PASSED LAST NIGHT. 
          IT IS IN YOUR EMAIL NOW. 
          I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ IT CAREFULLY. 
          IT ADDRESSES MANY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS RAISED TODAY. 
          I ALSO SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ON MONDAY. 
          I SENT EACH OF YOU MY REVIEW OF MULTIPLE STUDIES FROM GROUPS AS DIVERSE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHARTON SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, THE URBAN INSTITUTE, THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, HARVARD, AND THE CATO INSTITUTE. 
          THESE CONCLUDE THE GOALS OF THE HOME INITIATIVE ARE UNLIKELY TO BE MET BY INCREASING HOUSING DENSITY ALONE. 
          BRIEFLY, THESE STUDIES INDICATE THE NUMBER OF OTHER POLICY CHANGES HAVE TO BE, ARE ALSO REQUIRED FOR THIS TYPE OF POLICY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          MY PERSONAL STUDY INDICATES THE INCREASED DENSITY ALONG CAP METRO ROUTES DATE ROUTE DATA IN EAST AUSTIN DO DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE RIDER RIDERSHIP ANALYSIS OF TCAD AND ZILLOW RECORDS IN, UH, SHOW THAT INCREASED DENSITY THROUGH MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT INCREASES PROPERTY TAXES IN ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          PRICES FOR CONDOS IN EAST AUSTIN EXCEED 50 $500,000 PER UNIT AFFORDABLE TO THOSE WHO MAKE IN EXCESS OF $130,000 A YEAR. 
          THIS IS THE UPPER 20% OF INCOME LEVEL IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          ALMOST 97% OF THE TREE CANOPY OF THE CITY IS NOT PROTECTED USING EXISTING ORDINANCES FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          INDEED, THE ONLY WINNERS FROM THIS INITIATIVE ARE THE DEVELOPERS WHO WILL BE CONSTRUCTING THE NEW BUILDINGS AND THE CITY FROM THE ADDITIONAL TAX RES REVENUES. 
          THE LOSERS WILL BE THE LOAN INCOME PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND THOSE DISPLACED BY THE ORDINANCE AND DEGRADED ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 
          HAVE A GOOD EVENING. 
          HELLO. 
          UH, MY NAME IS BEN GOWDY. 
          UM, I BOUGHT MY HOME FIRST HOME, UH, HERE IN AUSTIN IN 2021 AT THE AGE OF 35. 
          UM, IT WASN'T REALLY, AND IT WAS IN DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          UM, IT WASN'T REALLY THE HOUSE THAT I TOTALLY WANTED. 
          IT WAS A LITTLE OLDER. 
          IT WAS A LITTLE FURTHER OUTSIDE OF TOWN. 
          UM, IT HAD SOME LEAKS, IT STILL HAS SOME CREEKS. 
          UM, BUT I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE IT AND, UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE I, I HAVE ONE PROBLEM WITH THE HOME INITIATIVE AND THAT'S THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE 10 YEARS AGO. 
          UM, IT WOULD'VE MADE SO MANY OPTIONS FOR SO MANY MORE PEOPLE. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS TONIGHT. 
          THANK FOR HEARING 
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US AND KEEP IT UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CYNTHIA ORR, LESLIE KERNS, BILL MCCALLEY, TAYLOR JACKSON, DAVID GLENN, ANNA NOEL NAVAL. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME WHEN YOU ARE AT THE PODIUM. 
          THIS MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS BILL MCCALLEY. 
          I'M A RESIDENT AND RENTER IN DISTRICT ONE, AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TRANSIT FORWARD AND AUSTIN NONPROFIT WITH A RESPONSIBILITY TO EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT REGARDING PROJECT CONNECT. 
          I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE YOU ALL, SO I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT MYSELF, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE CAN PROBABLY SUM UP WHY TRANSIT FORWARD SUPPORTS THIS IN FOUR NUMBERS. 
          THE FIRST IS 2.5 BILLION. 
          THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE GONNA NEED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE LIGHT RAIL PORTION OF PROJECT CONNECT. 
          I WAS ON THE PHONE LITERALLY FOUR HOURS AGO WITH THE FTA REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND THEY REITERATED WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW. 
          FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LOVES OUR RAIL ROUTE, THEY LOVE OUR FUNDING MODEL, BUT THEY SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN, YOU GOTTA HAVE MORE HOUSING, MORE HOUSING. 
          NEAR TRANSIT ALLOWS MORE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT TRANSIT AND HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SYSTEM. 
          SECOND NUMBER IS ZERO AS IN NET ZERO TRANSIT FORWARD. 
          PUT OUT A REPORT THAT WE WORKED WITH A GRAD STUDENT AT UT, UH, IN THE SPRING SHOWING THAT WITHOUT MORE TRANSIT AND MORE DENSITY NEAR TRANSIT STOPS, AUSTIN WILL NOT, WILL NOT MEET ITS GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION GOALS. 
          SO IF WE TRULY CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND WE BELIEVE LIKE I DO THAT GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST THREATS. 
          WE DO THINGS LIKE THIS. 
          THE THIRD NUMBER IS 10,000 AS IN $10,000. 
          IF SOMEONE, A FAMILY CAN GIVE UP THEIR CAR BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN AFFORDABLE ACCESSIBLE HOUSE THAT'S NEAR A TRANSIT SYSTEM, THEY CAN SAVE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THEIR BUDGET EVERY YEAR. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE MOST CONCRETE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO INCREASE AFFORDABILITY, WHICH IS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN OF AUSTINITES. 
          THE FOURTH NUMBER IS ALSO 10,000. 
          AUSTIN IS GONNA NEED 10,000 WORKERS PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT 17 YEARS IN ORDER TO MEET ALL OF OUR NEW TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, INCLUDING ROAD EXPANSION, PROJECT CONNECT AIRPORT, YOU NAME IT. 
          THAT, THAT COMES FROM, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS. 
          IF WE DON'T HAVE MORE HOUSING, OUR WORKERS AREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          IT'S GONNA BE HARDER ON THEM AND IT'S GONNA BE HARDER TO GET THOSE WORKERS YOU HEARD FROM THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE IBEW AND THE EMTS UNION AND THE LABORERS. 
          THESE AREN'T BILLIONAIRES. 
          THESE ARE FOLKS THAT REPRESENT WORKERS JUST LIKE THE A A RP AND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, JIMMY CARTER'S ORGANIZATION. 
          THESE FOLKS WORK FOR COMMON FOLKS WHO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. 
          SO WE URGE YOU TO PASS THIS. 
          AND ALSO ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, UH, I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS ON AND OFF ALL DAY. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE THANKED YOU, BUT I'VE BEEN IN YOUR POSITION WHERE I'VE WAITED HOURS TO HEAR COMMUNITY TESTIMONY. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU ALL DOING IT. 
          UH, THIS IS WHY DEMOCRACY IS IMPORTANT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK. 
          APPRECIATE Y'ALL. 
          HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M TAYLOR JACKSON, CEO OF THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF GREATER AUSTIN HERE TODAY SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THE HBA OF GREATER AUSTIN REPRESENTS OVER 750 MEMBERS, A MEMBER COMPANIES AND THOUSANDS OF PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE HOME BUILDING INDUSTRY WHO WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE SAFE, QUALITY AND RELIABLE HOMES AND SERVICES FOR AUSTIN FAMILIES. 
          AUSTIN IS AT AN AFFORDABILITY BREAKING POINT. 
          THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS RELEASED A REPORT EARLIER THIS YEAR INDICATING THAT 73% OF HOUSEHOLDS CANNOT AFFORD THE MEDIAN HOME PRICE IN GREATER AUSTIN. 
          FOR EVERY THOUSAND DOLLARS, THE PRICE OF A HOME INCREASES 1100 HOUSEHOLDS ARE PRICED OUT. 
          THE STATUS QUO IS UNACCEPTABLE. 
          WE NEED MEANINGFUL SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING DEMAND OF TODAY AND TO PROVIDE GREATER HOUSING OPPORTUNITY. 
          OPPORTUNITY THAN THE CURRENT LAND USE POLICIES ARE DESIGNATED FOR. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE PROVIDES A MODEST STEP FORWARD THAT WILL LEGALIZE MORE HOUSING IN A MARKET THAT FOR FOR TOO LONG HAS BEEN UNATTAINABLE. 
          FOR SO MANY, THE HOME INITIATIVE WILL HELP INCREASE THE SUPPLY AND VARIETY OF HOUSING, WHICH IS VITAL TO LOWERING THE COST OF HOME OWNERSHIP. 
          IT WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR TEACHERS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR YOUNG FAMILIES TO ENTER THE HOUSING MARKET WITH MORE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS AND STARTER HOMES IN AUSTIN. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE IS A GREAT FIRST STEP THAT WILL ALLOW MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES TO STAY IN AUSTIN FOR THE LONG TERM, OWN A HOME, AND 
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TO BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH. 
          THE HBA OF GREATER AUSTIN IS PROUD TO JOIN ALONGSIDE WITH A A RP, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ENVIRONMENT, TEXAS AND MANY OTHERS AS A PART OF A GROWING COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT GREATER THANK YOU HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THANK YOU DOROTHY BARNETT. 
          BARBARA SILLY WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY LOUIS MAN. 
          OKAY, MS. SILLY GETS FOUR MINUTES. 
          FRANK MUMFORD, MARTHA BIXLER AND JIM BICKLER. 
          DO I DONATE MY TIME OVER HERE? I DONATE MY TIME. 
          MS. SILLY. 
          YES. 
          MAYOR, MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS BARBARA SILLY. 
          UH, WE HAVE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS IN AUSTIN. 
          THIS IS THE ONE POINT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WILL AGREE TO THE COUNCIL AND SOME OF THE MEDIA SUPPORT. 
          THE IDEA THAT INCREASING THE HOUSING SUPPLY THROUGH A MASSIVE REWRITE OF THE ZONING CODE WILL HELP RESOLVE THIS CRISIS. 
          THE FUNDAMENTAL PREMISE BEHIND THIS POLICY IS THAT INCREASED SUPPLY WILL OCCUR WHEN THE ZONING CODE IS NO LONGER A ROADBLOCK. 
          THE NEXT STEP IN THIS LOGIC TRAIN IS IF THIS INCREASED SUPPLY WILL RESULT IN AFFORDABILITY. 
          THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF IRONY IN WATCHING A PROGRESSIVE COUNCIL ARGUE FOR WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE HALLMARKS OF REAGANOMICS. 
          THE PROBLEM IS THAT MARKET FORCES WILL PRODUCE NEITHER SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY AFFORDABLE UNITS. 
          AS A COUNTRY, WE ARE AT THE POINT THAT ONLY HIGH INCOME FAMILIES, THOSE EARNING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ABOVE, CAN AFFORD TO PURCHASE A HOME ACCORDING TO THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM HOME BUILDERS. 
          THE DATA FOR APARTMENTS IS EVEN WORSE. 
          ACCORDING FROM TO INTERATION. 
          FROM STATISTICA, A SITE THAT TRACKS REAL ESTATE DATA. 
          IN 2012, THE SHARE OF THE APARTMENTS THAT WERE BUILT DEFINED AS LUXURY WAS 52%. 
          SHE FOUR IN 2018. 
          HANG ON, SHE HAD FOUR MINUTES. 
          SO YOU NEED TO ADD TWO MINUTES. 
          SORRY, THE TIMER, BUT I'LL OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, IN 2018, IT WAS 87 AND I COULDN'T FIND ANY MORE, UH, VALID DATA, BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE, UH, IT ISN'T QUITE THAT HIGH NOW. 
          WELL, I DO NOT THINK THE PERCENTAGE NOW IS QUITE THAT HIGH. 
          BOTTOM LINE IS WE ARE BUILDING A LOT OF APARTMENTS, BUT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY ARE NOT AFFORDABLE. 
          AND THIS FACT OF LIFE IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE. 
          WE HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM IN AUSTIN AND OUR TENDENCY IS TO USE A LENS THAT SAYS THIS IS UNIQUE TO OUR CITY. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS TRUE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND ACROSS THE US. 
          TAKE A LOOK AT RECENT HEADLINES. 
          RENTS FOR NEW APARTMENTS IN BERLIN ARE 40% MORE EXPENSIVE. 
          BERLIN IN MUNICH FACE RENT SURGES AT DOUBLE DIGIT RATES. 
          THE LAST INTERNATIONAL HEADLINE IS FROM SWISS IN. 
          OH, IT READS HOW GOOGLE IS DRIVING RENTS IN ZURICH. 
          RENTS FOR FLATS AND ZURICH ARE REACHING STRATOSPHERIC LEVELS. 
          THE RELEVANCY FOR AUSTIN IS WE HAVE LURED TESLA, ORACLE, JP MORGAN SCHWAB, AND YES, GOOGLE. 
          IN A NUTSHELL, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO LURE THE HIGH TECH INDUSTRY TO AUSTIN HAS MEANT THAT LOWER INCOME FAMILIES CANNOT COMPETE FOR THE AVAILABLE HOUSING. 
          THE SECOND STRING TO AUSTIN'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IS CREATED. 
          THE INTENSE COMPETITION FOR HOUSING IS TOURISM. 
          THE STRONG TOURISM MARKET HAS FUELED IT'S FUELED BY EVENTS. 
          THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OCCUPYING THE DWELLING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. 
          MOST OF THE SHORT TERM RENTAL IN AUSTIN IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR LONG-TERM RENTAL. 
          EVEN WORSE, THERE IS A STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC MARKET PROBLEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND I DO 
          [09:35:01]
HOPE YOU WILL POSTPONE THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY. 
          ONCE MARTHA BIXLER AND DONATING TIME IS JIM BIXLER. 
          YOU GET FOUR MINUTES. 
          CAN I? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE WE START. 
          IS, IS THE TIMER NOW WORKING? IT'S, IT IS NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS MARTHA BIXLER. 
          MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR OVER 50 YEARS. 
          WE LIVE IN A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE DON'T APPEAR TO BE TOO WELL REPRESENTATIVE TONIGHT. 
          MANY OF US ARE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHY YOU'RE DOING IT, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR ACTIONS. 
          AND YES, WE'VE LIVED HISTORY THAT YOU LONGER FOLK THAT YOU YOUNGER FOLKS HAVE ONLY READ ABOUT. 
          I'M OPPOSED TO HOME. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL'S EFFORT ARE INTRINSICALLY WRONG, ALTHOUGH THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO CHANGE BUILDING AND LOT REGULATIONS AND HAND THEM OVER IN A SILVER PLATTER TO DEVELOPERS. 
          IT IS ALSO DIVISIVE IN MAJOR BY CLAIMING TO AID THOSE THAT NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY COMMANDEERING THE LAND OF THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, A USURPTION OF SORTS, THE HAVES VERSUS THE HAVE NOTS, IT'S DISCRIMINATORY. 
          MANY YEARS AGO, SINGLE FAMILY ZONING WAS CREATED TO PROTECT SINGLE FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNERS FROM MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL IS TRYING TO TAKE OUR TAKE AWAY, OUR RIGHT TO BE INFORMED OF WHAT IS BEING BUILT ADJACENT TO US, AND TO BE ABLE TO PROTEST IT. 
          THEY'RE COMING IN THROUGH THE BACK DOOR BY ACHIEVING THEIR GOALS, BY NOT CHANGING THE ZONING, BUT CHANGING THE RULES OF ZONING. 
          THUS NOTHING TO PROTEST AND NOT PUTTING IT TO A CITYWIDE VOTE. 
          IT IS DISCRIMINATORY, PROMOTES GENTRIFICATION, DISPLACEMENT OF THE AGING POPULATION AS WELL, AND IS ENVIRONMENTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIBLE. 
          WE MOVE TO A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A BREATHABLE SPACE. 
          PRIVACY, A YARD FOR OUR KIDS. 
          PEACE AND QUIET AND SAFETY. 
          WE HAVE IT BECAUSE WE CHOSE IT AND WE WORKED LONG AND HARD FOR IT. 
          YOU NEED SINGLE FAMILY, COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WE ARE A COHESIVE BIND TO THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY. 
          WE DONATE TO THE SCHOOLS, THE ARTS, MEDICAL COMMUNITY, YOUR CAMPAIGNS, AND WE HOLD YOUR FUNDRAISERS. 
          WE ARE A PEACEFUL, SAFE, BEAUTIFUL AREAS OF AUSTIN, GIVING IT CHARACTER AND CHARM. 
          OUR TREE CANOPIES HELP TO KEEP THE SUMMER TEMPERATURES DOWN. 
          YOU WANT TO CHANGE THIS WHOLE DYNAMIC WITH SDRS, CONDOS, A D EIGHTS, ET CETERA. 
          DISREGARD FOR THE HISTORIC IMPORTANCE WE HAVE AS WELL. 
          DON'T DO SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE UNDONE OR GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE ONES THAT RUINED AUSTIN. 
          GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. 
          TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AVAILABLE PROGRAMS, TRUST, ET CETERA. 
          FOR THOSE IN NEED, KEEP DENSIFICATION ALONG THE CURRENT AND PROPOSED TRANSIT CORRIDORS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE VOTED FOR. 
          TRAFFIC AND AIR POLLUTION IS ALREADY AT LIMITS INSIDE THE LOOPS. 
          MAKE IT ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN, NOT THE DEVELOPERS, AND BRING IT TO A CITYWIDE VOTE. 
          LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S ROLLING OVER IN HER GRAVE. 
          SO IS BEVERLY SHEFFIELD. 
          THIS IS NOT ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          IT'S A GROSSLY DISCRIMINATING LAND GRAB AGAINST SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS BY THE CITY. 
          THE AUSTIN LAND RUN FOR DEVELOPERS. 
          PLAIN AND SIMPLE. 
          SHAME ON YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. 
          I'M NOT, AND FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR REFERENCE WAS TO, YOU'RE NOT BEING REPRESENTED, BUT DISTRICT FIVE IS REPRESENTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER, AND HE'S BEEN ON THE SCREEN. 
          HE'S AT HOME BECAUSE THEY, UH, HE AND HIS WIFE HAD A NEW BABY LAST WEEK, AND SO, BUT HE'S, HE'S PARTICIPATING, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT AN INAPPROPRIATE REFERENCE TO HIS, UH, ABSENCE. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          . 
          THAT'S THE FASTEST HE'S EVER PROVED ME. 
          RIGHT. 
          . 
          [09:40:05]
DAVID RIE, AMANDA CARILLO, PATRICK LAUREN, LYNN WILLIAMS AND FORD SMITH. 
          OKAY, ALL YOURS? IT'S ALL ME, I GUESS. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, MY NAME IS LYNN WILLIAMS AND I AM A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT EIGHT, AND I ALSO AM A MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOMEOWNER. 
          UM, MY HOUSE IS OWNED BY MY 78-YEAR-OLD MOTHER, UM, AND ALSO IS OCCUPIED BY MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT. 
          UM, I'M ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HOME AID, NOT HOMEMADE LIKE COOKIES, BUT HOME AID, UM, AUSTIN. 
          AND WE ARE A NONPROFIT HELPING PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK OR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS THROUGH CONSTRUCTION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION. 
          MY HOME, I PURCHASED TWO YEARS AGO IN DISTRICT EIGHT BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS 31 YEARS OLD, SUFFERED A MASSIVE STROKE. 
          SHE'D BEEN A SCHOOL TEACHER IN AUSTIN FOR THIR FOR 13 YEARS WHEN IT HAPPENED, AND I NEEDED TO MOVE HERE TO HELP HER. 
          UM, I SOLD MY HOUSE IN HOUSTON. 
          I LEFT EVERYTHING BEHIND AND I CAME HERE TO HELP HER. 
          WHEN I GOT HERE, I REALIZED I WAS GONNA STAY, SO I KEPT MY, UM, PROMISE TO HER THAT I WOULD KEEP HER IN HER SOUTH AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND WE TRIED TO PURCHASE A HOME, WHICH WAS VERY DIFFICULT. 
          WE WERE SPECIFICALLY PURCHASING A HOME IN THAT AREA TO, UM, MAKE SURE WE COULD BUILD AN A DU IN THE BACKYARD. 
          SO BETWEEN CALLING THE CITY AND LOOKING ON THE MAPS AND TRYING TO FIND AN SSF ONE THREE HOUSE FOR SALE, UM, IT WAS VERY STRESSFUL, VERY TIME CONSUMING, AND I WISH THE HOME INITIATIVE HAD BEEN IN EFFECT WHEN I WAS SEARCHING FOR MY HOUSE FOR MY FAMILY, UH, TWO YEARS AGO. 
          I, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE BEEN A LOT LESS STRESSFUL. 
          AND I'VE BEEN HERE LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE ALL DAY WHO SAY, THIS IS ONLY FOR THE RICH, THIS IS ONLY FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. 
          AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THIS IS FOR ME AND MY DAUGHTER AND MY FAMILY AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT THIS IS ONLY FOR THE EX THE DEVELOPERS. 
          I'M HERE TO PROVE EVERYBODY WRONG AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK JUST LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, AND I NEED TO BUILD AN A DU AND I NEED TO FIND A PLACE TO BUILD ONE, BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS A TEACHER, CANNOT AFFORD A HOUSE WHETHER SHE HAS A DISABILITY OR NOT. 
          SHE MAKES $58,000 A YEAR AND HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD A HOUSE IN AUSTIN. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR PROMOTING THIS. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS AMANDA CARRIO. 
          I LIVE IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          UM, I OPPOSE HOME. 
          UM, THE AFFORDABLE, UM, THE AFFORDABLE REQUIREMENT WILL NOT, WILL LEAD TO HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES AND, UH, INCREASE GENTRIFICATION AND RAPID, UM, HOMELESSNESS. 
          THIS WILL NOT HELP THE MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES. 
          ONLY THE RICH DEVELOPERS WANT TO BUILD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE MONEY. 
          THIS WILL GIVE THEM THE GREEN LIGHT. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE LACK OF, OF ENGAGING MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WITH WILL DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT MIDDLE IN MIDDLE CLASS, LOW INCOME, AND SPANISH SPEAKING PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          WITHOUT PROPER COMMUNICATION, THIS INDIVIDUALS MAY BE UNINFORMED ABOUT PENDING CHANGES, PUTTING THEM AT HIGHER RISK FOR DISPLACEMENT OR CHALLENGES IN NAVIGATING THE REZONING PROCESS. 
          LANGUAGE BARRIERS WOULD, COULD, UH, WORSEN THE ISSUE FOR SPANISH SPEAKING. 
          PROPERTY OWNERS HINDERING THEIR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE DECISION MAKING. 
          AGAIN, I WANNA EMPHASIZE THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT A SPANISH SPEAKER AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN LACKS THE TRANSPARENCY AND TRANSLATION IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          THIS IS ALSO HAP HAPPENING DURING THE HOLIDAYS, SO THIS IS WHY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO PLEASE OPPOSE, OPPOSE THIS. 
          UM, WE ALSO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, COUNCILMAN MEMBER VELASQUEZ AND FUENTES, UM, TO PLEASE PUT A PAUSE ON THIS AND SAY NO TO WHOM. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 
          SYLVIA, ZIP NKI, NOAH WRIGHT, MICHAEL CURRY, JASON HOFFMAN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 
          MY NAME'S FORD SMITH. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          UM, I AM FOR THE HOUSING INITIATIVE. 
          UH, I MAY OR, UM, JUST LEFT, BUT I GOTTA LISTEN TO HIM SPEAK ON TUESDAY NIGHT IN FRONT OF A GROUP OF, UM, WHAT I WOULD ASSUME ARE PROBABLY HIGH NET WORTH INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND HE GOT CALLED OUT BY A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS ASKING ABOUT THE HOUSING INITIATIVE AND WHY HE SUPPORTED IT. 
          AND, AND I THINK THEY REALLY SIMPLIFIED IT EXTREMELY WELL. 
          HE SAID, THE WAY I SEE IT IS I HAVE GOTTEN MINE AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO GET THEIRS. 
          AND, UM, I THINK IT SAYS IT VERY SIMPLY, BEAUTIFULLY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          HI, 
          [09:45:01]
MY NAME'S MICHAEL CURRY, UH, PRO-DEMOCRACY SCHOLARS AND ADVOCATES COUNSEL THAT OUTSIDE OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, THE BEST WAY TO RESPOND TO ANTI-DEMOCRATIC TRENDS IN THIS COUNTRY IS TO FOCUS ON DEMOCRACY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 
          TAKING THAT TO HEART, I'VE TRIED TO EVALUATE THE CITY'S ACTIONS TO REVISE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THROUGH A PRO-DEMOCRACY LENS. 
          YOU'VE HEARD ME INVOKE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. 
          ONE OF THE PRINT PRINCIPLE PILLARS OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY IS RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW. 
          THE IDEA THAT NO ONE, ESPECIALLY THE GOVERNMENT, IS ABOVE THE LAW. 
          AND SO I AND OTHERS PUT CONSIDERABLE EFFORT INTO FORCING THE CITY TO PROVIDE NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO PROTEST AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AND THE CITY CODE. 
          IT TOOK TWO COURTS AND THE IMPENDING DECISION OF A THIRD TO GET THE CITY TO DO THAT. 
          AND HERE WE ARE TODAY, AND THIS COUNCIL IS POISED TO BREAK THE LAW ONCE AGAIN. 
          SECTION TWO 11.004 A OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE REQUIRES ZONING REGULATIONS TO BE ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          ARTICLE 10, SECTION SIX OF THE AUSTIN CITY CHARTER PROVIDES THAT ALL LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, INCLUDING ZONING IN THE MAP AND ALL CITY REGULATORY ACTIONS RELATING TO LAND USE, SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          THE CODE AMENDMENTS YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY WILL CHANGE THE ZONING REGULATIONS AND AUTHORIZED LAND USE ON SINGLE FAMILY ZONE PROPERTIES IN WAYS THAT ARE IRREFUTABLY AND CONSISTENT WITH THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          IF YOU RUSH AND ADOPT THESE CHANGES TODAY, YOU WILL UNNECESSARILY VIOLATE THE CITY CHARTER AND THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          WHEN THE CITY FLOUTS THE LAW, IT UNDERMINES DEMOCRACY AND IT SENDS A TERRIBLE MESSAGE TO ITS CITIZENS. 
          ACTING ON PHASE ONE TODAY IS NOT ONLY DECEPTIVE AND PREMATURE, IT VIOLATES OUR LAWS. 
          PLEASE DON'T DO IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE CAN TAKE A GO AHEAD. 
          DEEP BREATH. 
          WHILE WE'RE BRINGING UP MY PRESENTATION, . 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, HI ALL MY NAME'S SYLVIA KY. 
          I LIVE IN TRAVIS HEIGHTS, DISTRICT NINE. 
          MY RENT WAS RAISED 33% THIS YEAR TO BRING IT UP TO MARKET AND TO ADDRESS MY LANDLORD'S RAISED PROPERTY TAXES. 
          AS SHE PUT IT, PUBLIC SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE HAVEN'T IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          SO WHAT ARE Y'ALL PAYING FOR? THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO ME, SOLD FOR $2.2 MILLION THIS MARCH. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          A DILAPIDATED SPLIT LEVEL HOME ON 0.6 ACRES OF NEGLECTED LAND WITH AN INDUSTRIAL DUMP IN THE FRONT AND CHICKEN AND QUAIL COOPS IN THE BACK. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          NOTE THE HISTORICAL VALUATION. 
          A 120% INCREASE OVER FIVE YEARS. 
          IN JUNE, I LEFT MY NEIGHBOR A WELCOME. 
          UH, WE KIND OF SPOILED IT . 
          IN JUNE, I LEFT MY NEW NEIGHBOR A WELCOME GIFT WITH A NOTE AND MY NUMBER DAYS LATER I GOT A TEXT FROM RYAN SAYING THAT HE COULDN'T WAIT TO MEET. 
          AND THANKS FOR THE GIFT. 
          A FEW WEEKS LATER, I SAW BOXES AND BAGS ON THE FRONT PORCH, SO I WENT OVER TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO MY NEW NEIGHBOR. 
          I MET HIS EMPLOYEE INSTEAD INSTALLING A DISCO BALL. 
          TURNS OUT RYAN LIVES IN SEATTLE AND ALONG WITH HIS BUSINESS PARTNER HAS A PORTFOLIO OF 21 COMPANIES, SORRY, 21 PROPERTIES NATIONWIDE. 
          UM, AND I REGISTERED THE CORN HOLE AND THE COWBOY POOL. 
          THE HOME'S BEEN FLIPPED TO A SHORT-TERM RENTAL. 
          IT AVERAGES $1,200 A NIGHT AND SLEEPS UP TO 15. 
          SO BACK TO MY QUESTION ABOUT WHAT HOMEOWNERS ARE PAYING FOR WITH THEIR RAISED PROPERTY TAXES I JUST SHOWED YOU. 
          YOU ARE PAYING THE PRICE FOR AN INFLATED HOUSING MARKET WHOSE LIMITED SUPPLY IS BOXING OUT LONG-TERM, FULL-TIME HOMEOWNERS, AND ONLY ATTRACTING THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD IT. 
          BY WAY OF EXTRACTING FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUSINESSES AND INVESTORS, WE HAVE A MARKET PROBLEM. 
          IF SUPPLY INCREASES AND DEMAND REMAINS THE SAME, THE COST OF THE UNITS WILL GO DOWN. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE IS A STEP TOWARDS ADDRESSING THAT BY ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE HOMES, MORE TYPES OF HOMES. 
          DISTRICT NINE CONSTITUENTS ONLY AN ENTITY WHO WILL YIELD RETURNS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE CAN AFFORD OUR MEDIAN HOME PRICE OF 1.1 MILLION. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE MARKET IS LIKE A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS. 
          WE NEED MORE CHAIRS OR LIKE A BIG CAKE. 
          WE CAN CUT SMALLER, MORE PIECES. 
          AS LONG AS I CAN'T GRADUATE TO BEING A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, I WILL CONTINUE TO STRAIN THE RENTAL MARKET. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          LAURIE HADDEN, MARY SANGER, PEGGY MORTON, BARBARA 
          [09:50:01]
MACARTHUR, RAY VASQUEZ, SCOTT MACKEY. 
          IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME. 
          HI, MY NAME IS LORI HAYDEN. 
          I LIVE IN THE BRENTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT SEVEN, AND I AM OPPOSED TO THE HOME INITIATIVE AND I WANTED TO DISCUSS MY CONCERNS. 
          UM, MY PRIMARY CONCERN, I, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO DENSITY PER SE, BUT I AM OPPOSED TO ANY DENSITY INITIATIVE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A MEANINGFUL AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT. 
          UM, AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT PEOPLE CAN ALREADY BUILD ADUS AND I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. 
          IN FACT, I WANNA TELL YOU MY STORY ABOUT BUILDING AN A DU. 
          UM, BUT I, AND I BELIEVE ALSO COMMUNITY POWER TO A TX. 
          WE SUPPORT THAT, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO, UM, MIDDLE AND LOWER INCOME PEOPLE AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, THE PROGRAM I PARTICIPATED IN A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, I GUESS IN 2016 WAS CALLED THE FLAT INITIATIVE AND IT WAS CO-JOINED, I GUESS WITH THE SMART HOUSING PROGRAM. 
          SO BASICALLY IN A NUTSHELL, UM, WHAT, UM, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE ABLE TO DO IN OUR ATTEMPT TO CONVERT OUR DETACHED GARAGE INTO AN APARTMENT. 
          UM, WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND RECEIVED A WAIVER OF CITY PERMIT FEES IN EXCHANGE FOR US AGREEING TO MAKE OUR RENTAL UNIT AFFORDABLE AND, AND IT WAS MEANINGFUL. 
          UH, IN FACT, UH, WE AGREED TO PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE AGREED TO CHARGE RENT THAT WAS, UH, UNDER 80% OF MFI FOR FIVE YEARS AND WE, OUR CHARGE, AND IT'S ALSO ALL BILLS PAID BECAUSE WE WERE ALLOWED UNDER THAT PROGRAM TO USE ONE METER, THE METER THAT OUR MAIN HOUSE USES, THE A DU WAS ALSO ABLE TO USE. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY, UH, THE RENT WE CHARGED WAS ALL BILLS PAID AND THE RENT WE, UM, THAT WAS AT THE 80% IN 2017 WAS 1064. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, MY NAME IS BARBARA MACARTHUR. 
          I'M IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND I LIVE IN BRENTWOOD TOO. 
          YOU'RE ABOUT TO CONDUCT AN EXPERIMENT ON OVER 170,000 FAMILY PARCELS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT THE MARKET WILL BECOME ALTRUISTIC AND MIRACULOUSLY PRODUCE HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE YOU WERE PROMISING IT TO. 
          AS YOU KNOW, YOUR OWN CITY STUDY SAID THAT IT WAS NOT ZONING, BUT SPECULATION IN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT THAT DROVE THE PRICE UP. 
          AND THEY TOLD THIS WOULD, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY TOLD YOU THAT THIS WOULD CONTINUE THE TREND AND DISPLACE MORE PEOPLE. 
          YOUR SOLUTION IGNORES THE CAUSE. 
          SO YOU'RE HANDING OVER THE CONTROL OF LAND TO THE ACTORS THAT DROVE THE PRICES UP IN THE FIRST PLACE AND PUSHED PEOPLE OUT OF THE EASTERN CRESCENT. 
          YOU ALREADY DID THIS EXPERIMENT IN EAST AUSTIN WITH THE INFO OPTIONS YOU PUSHED ON THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, SMALL LOTS MORE UNITS, YOU KNOW, THE RESULTS. 
          BROWN AND BLACK PEOPLE REM REMOVED AND 400% INCREASE IN WHITE POPULATION. 
          I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW DISINGENUOUS IT SOUNDS TO LOWER AND MIDDLE INCOME PEOPLE, THAT THIS GIVES PEOPLE OPTIONS. 
          IT GIVES DEVELOPERS AND SPECULATORS OPTIONS. 
          THE AUTHOR OF THE CURRENTLY TOUTED PEW STUDY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO DISPLACEMENT OF BLACK AND BROWN IN HOUSTON, IN CONTRAST TO THE RICE UNIVERSITY STUDY THAT SHOWED 40 TO 60% DISPLACEMENT OF BLACK AND BROWN WITH THE SMALL LOTS. 
          HE ALSO OPINED IN A PBS STORY OF HISPANIC DISPLACEMENT IN LA SILVER LAKE THAT THE TROUBLE WITH THESE THINGS IS WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE PEOPLE WHO GET DISPLACED INSTEAD OF THE PEOPLE WE WANT TO MOVE HERE. 
          MAYBE YOU COULD PASS A PLAN THAT WAS AS JUSTICE ORIENTED AS THIS IS MARKET ORIENTED FROM A PLANNING COMMISSIONER. 
          SADLY, FOR A PLANNING COMMISSIONER SAID THIS IN THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE TODAY. 
          SADLY, IT'S 2023 WITH THE HOME INITIATIVE, IF APPROVED IN ITS CURRENT FORM, WOULD SPUR ANOTHER FORCED RELOCATION OF BLACK AND BROWN RESIDENTS AS WE APPROACH THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF 1928. 
          THANK YOU SUSAN SUSIE BRYANT, JENNY GRAYSON, CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ, EVAN BOOKOUT, AND JANICE BOOKOUT. 
          PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, JENNY GRAYSON. 
          DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL WOULD NEVER REZONE PROPERTY IF NOT REQUESTED BY A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER. 
          AND HERE YOU ARE REZONING 170,000 
          [09:55:01]
LOTS, WHICH WERE NOT REQUESTED TO BE REZONED BY THE OWNERS. 
          WE HAVE NEARLY 11,000 VALID PETITIONS AGAINST HOME. 
          IF THE OPPOSED PROPERTY OWNERS WERE DEVELOPERS, YOU WOULD NEVER PASS THIS INITIATIVE. 
          BASED ON OUR STRONG OPPOSITION, A NUMBER OF EAST AUSTIN RESIDENTS, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOODS, INCLUDING MY OWN, VOTED TO OPPOSE THE CURRENT HOME OPTIONS FOR MIDDLE INCOME EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE. 
          CITING IT LACKS FUNDAMENTAL LANGUAGE, DEFINING AFFORDABILITY AND OTHER FACTORS THAT WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO VULNERABLE HOMEOWNERS IN EFFORTS TO INCREASE DENSITY IN A SAFE, RESPECTABLE MANNER AND TO ENSURE NEW HOMES ARE ACTUALLY AFFORDABLE. 
          WE SENT A LETTER TO COUNSEL REQUESTING THAT YOU WRITE TERMS INTO THE HOME INITIATIVE, SPECIFICALLY STATING HOW THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS WILL BE ADDRESSED IN A LEGAL AND BINDING MANNER. 
          INCREASING AFFORDABILITY, LENDING OPTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS, REDUCING SPECULATION, LIMITING SHORT-TERM RENTALS, UPGRADING THE CITY'S UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND CON IN JUST ADDRESSING PROPERTY TAXES AS A COMMUNITY, WE DO NOT AGREE THAT SUCH A BROAD, UNDEFINED, UNRESTRICTED REZONING CHANGE IS THE WAY TO EFFECTIVELY OR EFFICIENTLY SOLVE AFFORDABILITY. 
          AFTER ALL, AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS AREN'T EVEN MENTIONED IN THE HOME OPTIONS FOR MIDDLE INCOME EMPOWERMENT AMENDMENTS. 
          AND IF A CURRENT HOMEOWNER DID, HOMEOWNER DID WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ADDING UNITS TO THEIR LAND, THEY'D HAVE TO TEAR DOWN THEIR CURRENT HOME, REMOVING THE ONLY REMAINING NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS IN AUSTIN. 
          THIS DEADLINE'S ARBITRARY. 
          THERE'S NO REASON WHY THIS NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON TODAY. 
          WE AGREE AUSTIN NEEDS MORE HOUSING. 
          WE AGREE AUSTIN NEEDS MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE DISAGREE BY THE MEANS, BY, ON THE MEANS BY WHICH COUNCIL IS GOING ABOUT THIS. 
          VOTE NO AND TAKE THE TIME TO PLAN WITH THE COMMUNITIES YOU SERVE. 
          THE TINY HOME BUILDERS ARE ALREADY OUT IN FULL FORCE ADVERTISING IN CHAMBERS TODAY. 
          THERE'S THREE OF THEM AND DON'T WORRY IF I'VE ALREADY PASSED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THEY SAY TO CALL OUT CITY COUNCIL FOR A $2,000 DISCOUNT ON THEIR NEXT TINY HOME. 
          THIS LOOKS BAD FOR Y'ALL. 
          WELL, DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          BRI, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU GO GET A COPY OF THAT? GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME'S, UH, CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ FROM DISTRICT 10 IN AUSTIN, UH, HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORTIVE HOME. 
          UH, AUSTIN'S HOUSING SUPPLY IS NOT KEEPING PACE WITH NEW JOBS AND INCOMING RESIDENTS EQUALLY. 
          INCOME RAISES ARE NOT ENOUGH TO COMBAT RISING HOME COSTS HOME, ALONG WITH RECENT CHANGES TO FHA LOANS THAT ALLOW HOMEOWNERS UTILIZE LOANS TO BUILD NEW HOMES ON THEIR PROPERTY, UH, WILL MAKE IT MUCH EASIER FOR THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER TO BENEFIT THEMSELVES AND INCREASE THE HOUSING SUPPLY IN AUSTIN. 
          AN INCREASE IN THE HOUSING SUPPLY MEANS THAT NEARLY THAT TO NEARLY 78% OF UH, EMS MEDICS THAT SERVE THE CITY OF AUSTIN, BUT UH, CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE, HAVE A CHANCE TO LIVE WHERE THEY WORK HOME WILL ALLOW AUSTIN TO ORGANICALLY DENSIFY WITHOUT, UH, SUPERSEDING CURRENT HOA OR RESTRICTED COVENANTS. 
          AND, UH, KEEPING THE SAME MANDATED RESTRICTIONS ON IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          UH, I URGE YOU TO KEEP AUSTIN AFFORDABLE AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHELSEA BURNS, AMY DELUNA, STEVEN GERSON, AND MARY HILL. 
          IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME. 
          IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT ORDER YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED IN. 
          IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE APPROACH. 
          HAS YOUR NAME BEEN CALLED MA'AM? YEAH. 
          WELL THEN GO AHEAD AND COME ON AND TESTIFY. 
          HI, MY NAME'S EVAN BOOKOUT. 
          UM, I'M A DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT AND I'M DONATING MY TIME TO MY MOM. 
          HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU DONE THE DONATION THAT WE EVER REQUESTED? OH, I DIDN'T KNOW. 
          DO WE NEED DO THAT FIRST? NO, BUT THEY GET FOUR MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, JANICE BOOK OUT. 
          DISTRICT FOUR FIRST DO NO HARM CONFIRMATION BIAS IS THE TENDENCY TO INTERPRET INFORMATION IN A WAY THAT CONFIRMS YOUR OPINION. 
          CONFIRMATION BIAS KEPT DOCTORS PERFORMING LOBOTOMIES EVEN AS GROWING EVIDENCE SHOWED THE SURGERY WAS HARMFUL. 
          I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND. 
          WE LOOK AT DISPLACEMENT AND WE THINK WE'VE GOTTA DO SOMETHING. 
          BUT WHAT IF THE TOOLS YOU'RE USING ARE THE WRONG TOOLS AND THE IMPACTED PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU TO STOP? THIS INITIATIVE IS LIKE AN EXPERIMENT. 
          IT'S AN EXPERIMENT BASED ON A SUPPLY SIDE THEORY THAT ONLY WORKS IN STATIC MARKETS, NOT DYNAMIC MARKETS LIKE AUSTIN WITH UNIQUE SUB-MARKETS IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE SPRINGDALE OR RIVERSIDE. 
          SO I ANALYZE THE DATA AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. 
          FIRST. 
          SUPPLY DRIVEN EXPERIMENTS ARE NOT WORKING. 
          WE'RE HEARING OF PEOPLE GETTING EVICTED FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS THE WRITING RISING MFI, WHICH INCREASED $22,000 IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, OUTPACES THEIR INCOME. 
          IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A NET LOSS 4,297 AFFORDABLE UNITS DUE TO RISING MFI AND EXPIRATION DATES WHILE ADDING 8,854 
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DISPLACEMENT DRIVING UNITS IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH OUR QUOTE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICIES THAT ARE MARKET DRIVEN. 
          WHAT DO I MEAN BY DISPLACEMENT? DRIVING? 32 ZIP CODES HAVE A MEDIUM INCOME IN MEDIAN INCOME UNDER AUSTIN'S MFI 27 ARE UNDER 80 14 OR UNDER 60 AND SEVEN ARE UNDER 50 MFI. 
          OUR SUPPOSED AFFORDABLE INITIATIVES HAVE EFFECTIVELY ADDED UNIT PRI UNITS PRICED ABOVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD INCOME LEVEL, A FACTOR KNOWN TO DRIVE DISPLACEMENT. 
          ACCORDING TO OUR OWN UT UPROOTED STUDY IN 2023. 
          FOR EVERY ONE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNIT BUILT THROUGH MARKET DRIVEN INCENTIVES, WE HAVE ADDED 28 UNITS PRICED ABOVE THE RE THE REACH OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEY WERE PLACED IN. 
          SINCE AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED IN 2019, WE'VE ONLY ADDED 678 UNITS AFFORDABLE TO THE RESIDENTS LIVING THERE AND INCENTIVIZED THE PLACEMENTS OF 15,647 OVERPRICED UNITS IN OUR MOST AT-RISK ZIP CODES. 
          THIS POLICY WAS PASSED DESPITE THE OBJECTIONS OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MOST IMPACTED. 
          GOING BACK FURTHER, EAST RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR MASTER PLAN OPPOSED BY ORGANIZERS PASSED BY COUNCIL CLAIM TO INCENTIVIZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE RIVERSIDE AREA. 
          SINCE THAT TIME, 7 8 7 4 1 HAS SEEN EXACTLY TWO UNITS OF AFFORDABLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND 2200 AFFORD UNAFFORDABLE ONES. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THE DESIRE DEVELOPMENT ZONE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE EXODUS OF OUR BLACK COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          SOME MIGHT DRAW A RATHER CYNICAL VIEW THAT THE WORD AFFORDABILITY IS BEING USED TO JUSTIFY SPECULATION AND MODERN DAY COLONIZATION. 
          I BELIEVE THAT MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE DOING GOOD, BUT THEN MOST OF THE WORLD'S EVIL IS DONE BY WELL-MEANING PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THEY KNOW WHAT'S BEST OVER AND OVER. 
          WE KEEP HEARING THE COUNCIL AND COUN, UH, COUNCIL AFTER COUNCIL SAY, BUT WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WHILE NOT LISTENING TO THE NEIGHBORS THEY CLAIM TO SERVE. 
          AND EVERY TIME THE EXPERIMENT HAS NOT JUST FAILED, BUT CAUSED HARM, THE EVIDENCE IS MOUNTING, YET WE KEEP EXPERIMENTING. 
          HOME IS A SUPPLY DRIVEN EXPERIMENT WITH NO AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          COMMUNITY POWERED A TX HAS MULTIPLE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE IN YOUR INBOX AND ON THE AGENDA. 
          DON'T LEAVE THE DS FOR THIS VOTE, VOTE NO OR POSTPONE AND CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVES. 
          WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU IN DOING THAT. 
          WHATEVER YOU DO FIRST, DO NO HARM. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS AMY DELUNA AND ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS TRIPLEXES . 
          UM, I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I WORK FOR THE STATE AND MANY OF MY COWORKERS AND I ARE MIDDLE INCOME EARNERS. 
          SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES WORK IN AUSTIN, BUT LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AFFORD HOMES HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          I HAVE COWORKERS WHO COMMUTE AS FAR AS NEW BRAUNFELS AND TEMPLE. 
          MANY OF THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH DEVOTE SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME IN THEMSELVES TO SERVING RESIDENTS OF TEXAS. 
          THEY AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVANTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THE CITY THAT THEY WORK IN. 
          I WANT ANYONE WHO WISHES TO LIVE IN AUSTIN TO BE ABLE TO DO SO, AND I THINK THAT THE HOME INITIATIVE IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. 
          MAYOR MA'AM. 
          UM, WOULD YOU MIND TERRIBLY IF THE D ONE STAFF FOUND YOU AND TOOK A PICTURE OF YOUR GINGERBREAD TRIPLEX, PLEASE. 
          . 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS JIM DUNCAN, WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY MIKE MAYER. 
          IS MIKE HERE CAN SIT YOU MOVE THAT HEAD BACK HERE. 
          YOU CAN JUST PULL, SIR, YOU CAN MOVE THAT CHAIR AND MOVE YOUR CHAIR UP TO IT IF YOU WANT. 
          ALL, WHATEVER. 
          AND BRYANT DUNCAN. 
          OKAY, SO MR. DUNCAN GETS FOUR MINUTES. 
          SIX. 
          YOU SHOULD HAVE SIX. 
          I DONATED TWO AND THEN ANOTHER DONE IS DONE. 
          WHERE? WHO? UM, THE OTHER PERSON IS NOT PRESENT. 
          GOTTA BE PRESENT. 
          FOUR MINUTES. 
          YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES, SIR. 
          FOUR MINUTES. 
          WELL FIRST OF ALL, UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER. 
          JESUS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS JIM DUNCAN AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT 10. 
          I'M A RETIRED CITY PLANNER WHO HAS WORKED WITH A LOT OF CITIES AND DRAFTED A LOT OF CODES OVER THE LAST 60 YEARS. 
          UH, BEFORE THE DISCLOSURE, I WOULDN'T NORMALLY SAY THIS. 
          I, I'M A FORMER SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT AND I OWN AN AIRBNB. 
          UH, USUALLY IT'S NOT RELEVANT, BUT, UH, FOR THE RECORD, WHILE I AM PROBABLY ONE OF THE STRONGEST PERSONS TO AGREE THAT AUSTIN'S LAND USE CODE AND DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL PROCESS IS AN ABOMINATION 
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AND NEEDS SERIOUS, REFRESHING AND UPDATING, I DON'T THINK THAT THE HOME INITIATIVE IS BEFORE YOU TODAY IS CURRENTLY DRAFTED IS THE RIGHT ANSWER. 
          AS A PLANNER, I WANTED TO LOOK AT IT AND WHERE IT CAME FROM AND IT, IT IS AN OUTGROWTH. 
          I THINK YOU ALL AWARE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS THERE'S BEEN A NATIONWIDE DISCUSSION ON DOING AWAY WITH SINGLE FAMILY ZONING. 
          AND THE FIRST MAJOR CITY TO DO THAT WAS MINNEAPOLIS. 
          SO I WANTED TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN MINNEAPOLIS IN THE FIVE YEARS SINCE THEY ADOPTED IT IN 2018. 
          AND I WANTED TO COMPARE IT WITH AUSTIN BECAUSE AUSTIN AND MINNEAPOLIS ARE TWO SEPARATE CITIES, TWO VERY DIFFERENT CITIES. 
          THE, UH, DO I NEED TO DO I CLICK IT HERE OR YOU? OKAY. 
          SO I CAME UP WITH FOUR REASONS WHY IT IS A NOT A GOOD FIT AS IT IS DRAFTED BEFORE YOU TODAY. 
          AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT PORTIONS OF IT THAT MIGHT BE APPLICABLE, I'M JUST SAYING IT IS NOT READY TO ADOPT AND PUT INTO A PLACE. 
          UH, WHICH BUTTON DO I PUSH? THE RED ONE? UH, NO. 
          OKAY, HERE WE GO. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT ONE. 
          I GOT IT. 
          , I SHOULD KNOW THIS. 
          AFTER SERVING WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALLISON ALTER FOR A LONG TIME, AUSTIN AND MINNEAPOLIS ARE VERY DISSIMILAR. 
          IN FACT, A LOT OF YOU MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF THIS, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A WONDERFUL CITY, BUT IT IS MAY JUST GO AHEAD AND CLICK SEVERAL OF THESE. 
          'CAUSE IT'S TAKING THE TIME TO, FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE THREE TIMES BIGGER THAN MINNEAPOLIS. 
          SECOND OF ALL, WE'RE GROWING A LOT FASTER. 
          MINNEAPOLIS IS MORE, UH, UH, IS SEEKING GROWTH MORE THAN WE ARE. 
          GROWTH IS COMING TO US. 
          UH, WE'RE THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          AND THIS IS UNIQUE AND I THINK WE ALL NEED TO, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LAND USE REGULATIONS, REMEMBER THIS CITY OF AUSTIN IS UNIQUE AMONG ALL MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS IN THIS COUNTRY IN TERMS OF HOW WE DOMINATE THE METRO AREA. 
          HALF OF THE, UH, AUSTIN METRO AREA IS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND MINNEAPOLIS. 
          IT'S ONLY 10%. 
          THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AS COMPARED TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS LIKE THE TWO, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICTS IN THE, IN THE CORE OF THE CITY. 
          SO WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING LAND USE REGULATIONS, YOU HAVE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY. 
          YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE URBAN AND THE SUBURBAN PORTIONS, AND THAT IS WHY ADOPTING A BLANKET ZONING ORDINANCE OVER THE ENTIRE JURISDICTION OF AUSTIN MAKES NO SENSE. 
          I CAN ASSURE YOU IN MINNEAPOLIS THAT IF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WANTED TO ADOPT WHAT YOU'RE NOT OPTING TODAY AND WHAT THEY ADOPTED IN 2018 TRIED TO APPLY TO AGAN OR ANY OF THEIR MAJOR SUBURBS, THERE ARE 218 SUBURBS SURROUNDING MINNEAPOLIS. 
          THERE ARE 22 SURROUNDING US. 
          I THOUGHT I HAD SIX MINUTES. 
          YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES. 
          GO FOUR. 
          LET ME GO FAST THEN. 
          WELL, NO, YOUR TIME IS, YOUR TIME IS UP. 
          NO, THAT WAS FOUR MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          FOUR MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND JIM, THANK YOU FOR THE BOOK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE BOOK, JIM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANNA ABRAHAM, LINDA WASHINGTON, LAURA GRIM, BEN LIVINGSTON, ELIZABETH GALLAGHER, MARIE CAMPO, ROBERT HALE. 
          SHANE JOHNSON, WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY JEREMY GARZA. 
          OKAY, SO WHO'S WAIVING? I'M JEREMY. 
          THAT'S SHANE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SHANE. 
          GETS FOUR MINUTES. 
          EVENING COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS ROBERT HYLE. 
          I'M A LONGTIME AUSTINITE AND, UH, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          AND I'M ALSO A CITY PLANNER, PROFESSIONAL PLANNER. 
          UH, WITH ABOUT 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, MOST OF THAT ON CITY STAFF, UH, WORKING TO INTERPRET, IMPLEMENT, AND TRY AND IMPROVE OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM AGREES THAT OUR CURRENT CODE AT OUR CURRENT MARKET IS NOT WORKING AT ALL. 
          UH, IT'S PRICING. 
          REGULAR AUSTINITES OUT OF HOME OWNERSHIP AND INCREASINGLY OUT OF, UH, EVEN RENTING. 
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AND EVERYBODY HERE WANTS TO CHANGE THAT. 
          I THINK THE GENERAL IDEA IS THAT IF WE BUILD MORE HOUSING, THAT THE PRICE WILL GO DOWN. 
          BUT THE HOUSING MARKET IS NOT THAT SIMPLE AND THE HOME INITIATIVE AS IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN, IS NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE ITS STATED GOALS. 
          HOWEVER, YOU CAN CHANGE THAT. 
          YOU CAN CHANGE THAT IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS BY ADOPTING SEVERAL OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. 
          UM, LIMITING SHORT-TERM RENTALS. 
          EVERY SHORT-TERM RENTAL THAT'S TAKEN OFF IS ONE MORE HOME THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR A AUSTIN FAMILY. 
          UM, WORKING TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING UNITS THAT ARE ON THIS, ON THE, UH, ON THE LOTS THAT EXIST NOW. 
          AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO TAKE AN INVESTMENT. 
          MAYOR WATSON, WHEN YOU WERE MAYOR FIRST TIME AROUND, WE FACED A REAL CRISIS IN THE DOWNTOWN. 
          THE DOWNTOWN WAS DEAD. 
          I MEAN, REMEMBER THE OLD CITY ANNEX? I MEAN THAT PLACE WAS A DUMP. 
          I TRY NOT TO. 
          YEAH, EXACTLY. 
          I HAVE BAD DREAMS MYSELF. 
          BUT YOU FACED THAT CHALLENGE HEAD ON WITH VISION AND WITH LEADERSHIP AND WITH CITY MONEY. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU WERE ABLE TO TURN DOWNTOWN AROUND. 
          AND I'M ASKING YOU TO DO THAT AGAIN. 
          MAKE ANOTHER INVESTMENT IN THE CITY. 
          WE CAN DO LOW INTEREST LOANS TO EXISTING HOMEOWNERS WANTING TO ADD ANOTHER UNIT, AND WE CAN MAKE A COMMITTED LONG-TERM INVESTMENT INTO A TRUST FUND FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING. 
          THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY COMPLEX, UH, THAT'S PROBLEM IS VERY COMPLEX AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOLVED WITH ONE SIMPLE SOLUTION. 
          THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD ANSWERS. 
          YOU'VE HEARD THEM TONIGHT IN THIS ROOM AND THERE ARE EVEN MORE IN YOUR DISTRICTS. 
          SO PLEASE TAKE THE IDEAS TONIGHT, BACK YOUR DISTRICTS, TALK TO THE PEOPLE AND COME BACK WITH A, WITH A PLAN THAT ACHIEVES EVERYTHING YOU KNEW YOU WANTED TO DO. 
          MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A REAL QUICK LITTLE, UM, ADD AND RECOGNITION 'CAUSE I THINK FOUR OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DIOCESE ARE IN FACT BRINGING SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT, UM, IDEA IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ON OUR AGENDA NEXT. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU CAN DO IT ANYWAY, PLEASE, MR. JOHNSON. 
          UH, THEY'RE SETTING UP A VIDEO TO PLAY. 
          UH, I DON'T YOU'LL NEED LIKE FIVE SECONDS. 
          IF ANYONE ELSE WAS CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          OKAY. 
          VERY BLACK. 
          AND I'M A CITY COUNSELOR IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. 
          RALEIGH AND AUSTIN ARE SIMILAR IN MANY WAYS. 
          WE BOTH ARE RAPIDLY GROWING SOUTHERN CITIES WITH A STRONG TECH PRESENCE AND A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY THAT HOPES TO BUILD PROGRESSIVE VISIONS OF THE FUTURE. 
          WE ALSO BOTH GRAPPLE WITH A DEEP HISTORY OF RACISM AND EQUITY AND GENTRIFICATION. 
          I HAVE THE PLEASURE TO VISIT AUSTIN TWICE THIS YEAR, ONCE TO SPEAK ON A SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST PANEL AND ANOTHER TIME TO SPEAK AT A UNIVERSITY OF AUSTIN'S LAW SCHOOL. 
          EVERY TIME I TRAVEL, I ASK PEOPLE LIVING THERE TO TELL ME ABOUT THE SOCIAL ISSUES THEY'RE FACING. 
          EVERY SINGLE PERSON MENTIONED HOUSING IN RALEIGH. 
          UPZONING WITHOUT AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS HAS FUELED GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT. 
          RALEIGH'S RENT SURGE REFLECTS THIS TREND IN 2021. 
          OUR RENTS SPIKED BY 21% OUTPACING THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. 
          LIKE TEXAS, NORTH CAROLINA, CITIES CAN'T MANDATE INCLUSIONARY ZONING, WHICH HAS LED TO A SURGE IN MARKET RATE AND LUXURY HOUSING, BENEFITING DEVELOPERS MOSTLY WHILE DISPLACING LOW INCOME OWNERS, HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS. 
          IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE FABRIC OF OUR CITY HAS CHANGED FOREVER. 
          ONCE THRIVING, WORKING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE NOW REPLACED BY MCMANSION AND MILLION DOLLARS HOMES, INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES, INCREASED RENTAL RATES, INCREASED HOME COSTS. 
          MORE THAN ONE IN EVERY FOUR HOUSEHOLDS ARE FACING AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGE. 
          AND A DECEMBER, 2022 REPORT SHOWED THAT RALEIGH RENT GREW AT THE FASTEST RATE AMONG ANY OF THE 50 MOST POPULOUS METROPOLITAN AREAS. 
          MY BACKGROUND IS IN CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY. 
          SO I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING DENTURE AND MORE WALKABLE CITIES IN ORDER TO ACT ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS. 
          BUT DENSITY AND WALKABILITY IN A CITY MEAN LITTLE IF LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES THAT RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ARE DISPLACED AND CANNOT EXPERIENCE THEM UNLESS THAT'S THE INTENDED PURPOSE. 
          AUSTIN'S COUNCIL MUST CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES AND VOTE AGAINST INITIATIVES LIKE HOME PRIORITIZING INSTEAD, GENUINE MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING SOLUTION OVER DEVELOPER PROFITS. 
          AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE HAVE A DUE DILIGENCE TO FOCUS ON REAL SOLUTIONS LIKE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST, DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND CREATIVE FINANCING, ENSURING THAT HOUSING REMAINS ACCESSIBLE. 
          IT'S CRUCIAL FOR CITIES LIKE AUSTIN AND RALEIGH TO BE DEEPLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT WE ARE BUILDING, WHAT FUTURE ARE WE WORKING TOWARDS. 
          AND IF IT'S COLLECTIVE FOR EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF A THRIVING TAPESTRY THAT MAKES UP OUR BEAUTIFUL SOUTHERN CITIES, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THE PITFALLS OF CITIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO, ATLANTA, AND NEW YORK, WHERE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING IN MASS AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT TRULY ADDRESS THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. 
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I HOPE THAT AUSTIN COUNCIL MEMBERS CHOOSE TO VOTE NO ON THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR CITY COUNCIL SHANE JOHNSON, HE AND PRONOUNS, DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT. 
          FIRST OF, I WANNA START WITH SOME BREAKING NEWS THAT JUST IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, THE AUSTIN COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION FORMALLY BACKED OUT OF ENDORSING THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          ONCE THEY'VE REALIZED WHAT IT TRULY DOES, WE HAVE TIME TO POSTPONE THE VOTE AND DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY. 
          WE CANNOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, ALLOW HOME TO PASS RIGHT NOW WITHOUT POSTPONING, BECAUSE IF WE DO THIS, UH, PLAN, EVEN WITH THE AMENDMENTS LISTED THIS MORNING, HOME WILL LEGALLY PROHIBIT US FROM REQUIRING NEW UNITS TO BE AFFORDABLE BECAUSE THAT IS HOW THE POLICY WORKS. 
          WHEN WE HAVE ALREADY GIVEN THE ENTITLEMENTS AWAY, WE CANNOT THEN LATER ACQUIRE AFFORDABILITY AND WE'LL BE BLOCKING OURSELVES FROM TRULY BUILDING AND REQUIRING DEEPLY AFFORDABLE BY HOUSING, BY DOING SOMETHING LIKE A DENSITY BONUS. 
          AND WE CAN ALSO THEN BAN A, YOU KNOW, A PERCENT FROM BEING SDRS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND I'M AFRAID, I'M AFRAID THAT IF, UH, MANY OF YOU VOTE IN, UH, WE ADD THESE MINUTES ON, YOU'LL SEE IT AS POLITICAL COVER TO THEN VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS DISASTROUS POLICY THAT WILL UPROOT FAMILIES. 
          I WAS CHAIR OF THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND THIS WOULD NEVER HAVE PASSED OUR . 
          PLEASE POSTPONE THE VOTE. 
          TERRY MEYERS. 
          LEONARD WEESE. 
          LAURA WEAND. 
          TOBIN WEAND. 
          GEORGE OBERG. 
          YOUR NAME? TERRY MYERS. 
          CAN I GO? SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          I LIVE IN HANCOCK IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          I SERVED THE CITY FOR 14 YEARS ON THE LANDMARK COMMISSION. 
          DURING THAT TIME, DEMOLITIONS OF HISTORIC HOUSES OF ACTUAL HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN AUSTIN ROSE FROM ABOUT 5,000 PER YEAR TO OVER 9,000 A YEAR. 
          AND THOSE ARE ONLY THE HOUSES THAT WENT TO THE LANDMARK COMMISSION. 
          OTHERS WERE ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED FOR DEMOLITIONS. 
          I'M OPPOSED TO THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          IT THREATENS OLDER CENTRAL CITY NEIGHBORHOODS, BOTH EAST AND WEST, BUT PARTICULARLY IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED HERE IN 1989. 
          WE WERE LOOKING FOR AN AN OLDER, UH, HOUSE, BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT, WE WERE LOOKING FOR AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AFTER TWO YEARS, 200 SHOWINGS AND THREE REALTORS FIRING US, I SAW A REALTOR POUNDING A SIGN IN THE YARD OF A RUNDOWN, BUT HISTORIC BUNGALOW. 
          I WAITED FOR HER TO LEAVE AND I JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND I RIPPED THAT SIGN OUT OF THE YARD. 
          I WENT AND GOT MY HUSBAND. 
          WE PUT IN AN OFFER ON THE HOUSE. 
          IT HAD BEEN VACANT FOR 10 YEARS, HADN'T HAD WATER, ELECTRICITY, OR GAS FOR 10 YEARS. 
          IT WAS ONLY PAINTED ON THE FRONT STREET SIDE OF THE HOUSE. 
          IT HAD NO EEC OR HEAT, ONLY A FIREPLACE. 
          IT WAS PERFECT, BUT EQUALLY PERFECT WAS IT WAS IN A NICE OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD WITH TREELINE STREETS AND FAMILIES AND DOGS. 
          AND IT WAS VERY PLEASANT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT WAS ALSO DENSE OF THE 12 HOUSES IN MY BLOCK. 
          SEVEN HAD 80 USE AND OR GARAGE APARTMENTS, INCLUDING MINE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK THAT THEY CAN, THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT HOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MEREDITH OBERG. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          MEREDITH MURRAY, SCOTT COLLIER, SAM HAYDEN, SHARON BROWN, SHIVA WATSON, CHRIS FLORES, REBECCA GREEN. 
          IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE UM, STATE YOUR NAME AT THE PODIUM. 
          SHEVA WATSON. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          I'M CHAVIS WATSON AND I REPRESENT EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          THOSE OF US WHO STAND UP FOR ALL AUSTINITES WANTS TO KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN A CONSTITUTIONAL LENS APPLIED TO THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          DOES THIS PETITION UPHOLD OR NOT OUR LIVES, OUR LIBERTIES OR OUR PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS? I DOUBT IT DOES. 
          BOTTOM LINE, I THINK THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION HAS SPOKEN AGAINST ITEM ONE. 
          YOUR ROLE AND YOUR OATH IS TO RECEIVE AND EMBRACE US, BUT 
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ALSO TO ALIGN WHAT WE'VE SAID HERE TODAY. 
          AS A CITY OF AUSTIN 2023 NET ZERO HERO, I DIDN'T FIND THE HOME INITIATIVE TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS, NOR DOES IT SPEAK TO THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF GREENHOUSE GAS THAT'S PRODUCED AND THE AMOUNT THAT'S REMOVED FROM THE ATMOSPHERE. 
          WE WON'T EVER ACHIEVE NET ZERO BY 20 30, 20 50, OR EVEN 2100 WITH THIS INITIATIVE. 
          AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A NASTY CHRONOLOGICAL TERM THAT HASN'T WORKED OUT IN CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, AND DEFINITELY NOT IN AUSTIN. 
          WHAT'S AFFORDABLE IN THIS INITIATIVE IF IT SPEAKS NOTHING TO THE 700% INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS? LET'S GET SOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATIONS ESTABLISHED SO RENTERS CAN OWN THEIR DWELLINGS. 
          THAT'S WORKING IN THE BRONX AS PERHAPS THE ONLY FELON IN THE CHAMBERS TONIGHT. 
          UH, ANYTHING THAT ONLY SPEAKS TO THE MIDDLE CLASS AS THE HOME INITIATIVE DOES DOESN'T INCLUDE ME, NOR ALLOWS ME TO JOIN THE TABLE. 
          ARE YOU AWARE OF THIS FOUNDATION? COMMUNITIES CONTINUES TO GAIN MORE HOUSING LOTS ACROSS AUSTIN. 
          AND ISN'T THAT CALLED AFFORDABLE? WELL, YOU'RE UNABLE TO GET IN WITH A FELONY CHARGE IN YOUR PAST FIVE YEARS. 
          AND THIS WAS BEFORE THE HOME INITIATIVE THAT SPEAKS TO AFFORDABILITY. 
          WHERE'S THE TRUTH? LESLIE? I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR YEARS ON THE DIETS. 
          I CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN D SEVEN ANYMORE. 
          NATASHA AND VANESSA. 
          NOTHING'S BEEN CREATED THAT I CAN BE INCLUDED IN IN D ONE OR D TWO MACKENZIE. 
          I CAN'T. 
          I GOTTA MOVE TO KILLEEN PERHAPS 'CAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD ANYTHING NORTH OF ANDERSON MILL. 
          ALLISON, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO SHOW UP WHERE YOUR COUNTERPARTS ARE NOT TO SEE THIS INITIATIVE. 
          WHAT FOR WHAT IT IS? YOU ALL CAN CONTINUE TO VIOLATE OUR PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, BUT NOT FOR LONG. 
          THE PEOPLE WILL RISE AGAIN AS WE DID IN 2020. 
          AND KIRK, I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT THAT IF PETITIONS ARE CONTINUE TO BE PASSED LIKE THIS. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          NONE OF US WANT ANOTHER SOCIAL UPRISING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VOTE NO ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VOTE NO ON THIS. 
          COME BACK YOUR LAWSUIT. 
          LIKE I SAID, I DON'T EVEN NEED, SIR, YOUR TIME IS UP. 
          I DON'T, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          YOU HAVE SHOWED YOUR ASS IN THIS CITY. 
          WE, YOU, YOU AND MEISHA, THE LAST NAME, THE SAME LAST NAME. 
          WE WANT YOUR ASS REALLY OUT OF HERE UNTIL YOU SHOW THAT YOU UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION FAIR. 
          I KEEP SPEAKING AS LONG AS I WANT. 
          NO, YOU YOU REALLY WON'T. 
          I HAD TO WAIT. 
          I KEEP SPEAKING AS MUCH AS I WOULD. 
          YOU PLEASE ASK HIM TO LEAVE. 
          TOUCHING MY EYES ON YOU TOO, VANESSA. 
          MY EYES ON YOU TOO. 
          IT'S TIME TO GO. 
          AFFORDABLE FOR WHO? AFFORDABLE FOR WHO? AFFORDABLE FOR WHO? I KNOW PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOUSE EVERY DAY IN THIS CITY. 
          EVERY DAY. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          EVICTIONS ARE UP. 
          HOMELESSNESS IS HIGHER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN, THAN IT'S EVER BEEN. 
          YOU REMEMBER MY FACE? THE ONE YOU CAN'T SHUT UP THE ONE YOU CAN'T TURN OFF HIS MONEY. 
          STEVE ALLEN TRIED TO DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          STRAIGHT UP. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT YOUR NONE THAT S**T. 
          I WANNA LET YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING, YOU'RE ONGOING. 
          UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION STRAIGHT LIKE THAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US FATHER. 
          UM, GOOD EVENING, ELECTED PEOPLE. 
          UH, MY NAME IS CHRIS FLORES. 
          I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10. 
          I LEFT YOU A LETTER IN YOUR CITY HALL MAILBOXES ASKING FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED CODES FOR FAIRNESS IN DENSITY. 
          I'M USING MY TWO MINUTES TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO GIVE US A VISUAL THAT WE CAN GET BEHIND SOMETHING THAT BRINGS THE GENERATIONS AND THE SOCIOECONOMIC CLASSES TOGETHER. 
          WILL YOU PLEASE INVITE THE EXPERTISE OF NEUTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE TO DRAW US A MAP, SOME SORT OF OVERLAY THAT WILL GIVE US A VIEW OF HOW WE WILL LIVE HERE WITH SEVERAL MILLION MORE PEOPLE IN BEAUTY AND IN HARMONY AND IN GOOD HEALTH. 
          WILL YOU SHOW US WHAT OUR DWELLINGS WILL LOOK LIKE BY INCOME LEVEL? WITH THIS VISUAL WE CAN PICTURE OURSELVES WITHIN OUR BELOVED CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CARL MCCLAIN, PAUL HUSBETH, JUDY FALK, JOHN BO PORO, WARD TISDALE, KAREN PORO. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, JUST PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND START TALKING. 
          WARD TISDALE, DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I LIVE IN THE SOUTH, UH, SOUTHWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          OWN A HOME THERE ABOUT NINE YEARS. 
          UH, I AM HERE WITH A STRONG YES FOR HOME. 
          UM, I REMEMBER READING IN MARCH OF 22 THAT FROM A WAR'S, UH, REPORT THAT THE MEDIAN PRICE OF HOMES $624,000. 
          AND I REMEMBER THAT DAY SAYING THEY'VE DONE IT. 
          WE'RE NOW NO LONGER AN AFFORDABLE CITY. 
          WE'VE BEEN GOING ON THAT PATH FOR MANY YEARS. 
          BUT, UH, THIS IS NOT A HOUSING AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM. 
          IT'S A CRISIS. 
          AND SO SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          UM, I HAVE A 
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ABILITY TO, TO BUILD AN A DU IN MY BACKYARD. 
          I DON'T HAVE ONE, BUT ALL THIS. 
          AND I COULD DO THAT, BUT THIS WOULD BE JUST ANOTHER UNIT THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR ME TO DO. 
          SO IT'S NOT REALLY A RADICAL CHANGE, BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS COUNCIL TO SAY YES BECAUSE PREVIOUS COUNCILS SAID, NO, NO, NO. 
          AND WHAT HAPPENED? THE CHICKENS CAME HOME TO ROOST. 
          WE HAVE A PROBLEM. 
          WE HAVE A CRISIS. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO TAKE STEPS. 
          THIS ISN'T A PANACEA, IT'S NOT GONNA FIX IT ALL, BUT THIS IS A GREAT STEP FORWARD. 
          AND SO IN CLOSING, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU MAKE A DECISION FOR THE FUTURE, NOT THE PAST. 
          CHOOSE LOVE OVER FEAR. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR GOING ON HERE TODAY. 
          AND, UM, PUN INTENDED, THIS IS A HOME RUN. 
          KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE PROCEED. 
          I'M, I'M JOHN PORO. 
          I, UH, MY WIFE KAREN AND I HAVE A HOME IN, UH, DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          UM, AND IN HONOR OF OUR, I FEEL, I FEEL THE PRESENCE OF, UH, THE PAYPAL MAFIAA HERE A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO IN THEIR HONOR, I WANT TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PHILOSOPHY OF MOVING FAST AND BREAKING THINGS, UM, WHICH IS AWESOME FOR BUILDING ROCKETS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, YOU BUILD YOUR BEST GUESS AT A ROCKET. 
          YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT WORKS OR NOT OFF THE BAT, YOU KNOW, TEST YOUR ASSUMPTIONS. 
          IF IT FALLS OUT OF THE SKY, MAKE ANOTHER ONE. 
          INCORPORATE YOUR LEARNING. 
          UM, EVERY, EVERY TIME IT FAILS, YOU LEARN SOMETHING. 
          UM, AND THE KEY THING IS YOU DON'T PUT PEOPLE ON IT UNTIL IT WORKS. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU JUST DON'T DO THAT. 
          NOW, IT'S NOT A GREAT PHILOSOPHY FOR CITY PLANNING. 
          I THINK, UH, AT LEAST AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT TONIGHT, YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY PULLING IN 170,000 LOTS. 
          UH, ONCE THE APPRAISALS HAVE BEEN IN THE PROPERTY VALUES GO UP, DEVELOPMENT HAS BEGUN. 
          THERE'S NO UNDO, THERE'S NO UNDO BUTTON ON THIS. 
          AND IF ANY OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE BENEFITS ARE INCORRECT, YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, NON-ZERO CHANCE OF ONE OR MORE OF THESE THINGS. 
          YOU KNOW, LOSS OF OUR TREE SCAPE, UH, LOSS OF OUR FLOOD FLASH, FLOOD RESILIENCY, UH, DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO REDEVELOP IN ORDER TO PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAX OVERLOADING OF CITY SERVICES. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, FINALLY A FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE WANTED, UH, AFFORDABILITY. 
          SO I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE TO GO THE WAY OF, UH, REFINING THE HOME PROPOSAL WITH A RESEARCH INPUT. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          DON'T LOAD US ONTO THE GARAGE. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          WITHOUT TESTING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          UM, UH, HI. 
          MY NAME IS CARL MCLEAN AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION OUT OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          I'M A LIFELONG TEXAN AND I'VE LIVED US IN AUSTIN NOW FOR A DECADE. 
          UH, I HAPPEN TO LIVE IN COUNCILWOMAN ALTERS DISTRICT AND IN MY ZIP CODE 7 8, 7 5 9, THE MEDIAN HOME PRICE IS NOW $670,000. 
          NOW I'VE PLAYED BY THE RULES SAVE WHERE I COULD FOR THOSE 10 YEARS. 
          GOT A WELL-PAYING JOB AND I'VE BEEN RENTING THAT WHOLE TIME. 
          BUT AT TODAY'S RATES, A MORTGAGE PAYMENT ON A HOUSE LIKE THAT IS 90% OF MY INCOME FOR THE YEAR. 
          PUT ANOTHER WAY WITH THE PURCHASE BUDGET THAT I HAVE, I CANNOT AFFORD A SINGLE HOUSE IN THAT ZIP CODE. 
          NOW THE IRONY IS I COULD HAVE BOUGHT A HOUSE IN THE SAME AREA 10 YEARS AGO WHEN HOME PRICES WERE HALF OF THAT VALUE. 
          BUT LIKE MANY OF MY FELLOW RENTERS WHO ARE HALF OF THIS CITY, I CANNOT AFFORD A TIME MACHINE, LET ALONE A HOUSE. 
          WHAT ARE NEXT GENERATION AUSTINITES SUPPOSED TO AFFORD? CURRENTLY NOTHING. 
          BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT MY FRIENDS, MANY WHO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL WORK FOR THIS CITY. 
          MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, AN AUSTIN SCHOOL TEACHER STARTING ON 51,000, JUST HAD TO MOVE TO KYLE BECAUSE OF HIGH RENTS. 
          I'VE SEEN THE SAME SAD STORY HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          NURSES GONE, FIREFIGHTERS GONE. 
          ARTISTS GONE, MUSICIANS GONE, ALL MOVING OUTTA THE AREA BECAUSE THEY'RE UNABLE TO AFFORD RENT OR PROPERTY TAXES 
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THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, WE ARE THROTTLING THE CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH EVER HIGHER HOME PRICES AND RENTS. 
          AUSTIN IS NO LONGER WEIRD OR INCLUSIVE OR VIBRANT. 
          IT'S JUST GENERICALLY EXPENSIVE. 
          THE PLAIN TRUTH IS THAT THIS DISPLACEMENT, WHAT'S CALLED GENTRIFICATION IS HAPPENING NOW. 
          IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR DECADES. 
          NOT BECAUSE OF MORE DENSITY, BUT BECAUSE INVENTORIES ARE SO LOW. 
          VACANCIES ARE ROCK BOTTOM. 
          SALES DATES FLY BY. 
          AND FOR 10 YEARS I'VE WATCHED WEIRD MOVE AWAY AND SAMENESS TAKE ROOT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO, I'M KAREN PROW, DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          UM, I'M USUALLY A PRETTY BIG FAN OF LETTING FANTASY LIVE. 
          UH, THAT SAID THIS, UH, WHEN REALITY HITS, IT CAN HIT HARD. 
          IT SEEMS OUR SILLY AND OUR CITY AND OUR LIVES HAVE GOTTEN IN THE WAY OF SOME WHEELER DEALER'S DREAMS AND THE REAL WORLD. 
          OF COURSE, WE WANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          BUT TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THIS PROPOSAL WILL PROVIDE THAT, UM, BE PREPARED TO BE SMACKED BY THE REALITY THAT DECEIT IS BUILT INTO THIS PLAN. 
          AND ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LITTLE THING TO SOME FROM WHERE WILL THE WATER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS DENSELY PACKED CITY COME? I DO HOPE THAT'S PART OF THE FAT KAT'S DREAM. 
          BUT ONE THING I GOTTA WONDER IS HOW DID THEIR DREAMS GET PRECEDENTS OVER OURS? AND TO CITY COUNCIL, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL? WE MET AT THE ROSEDALE SCHOOL PRECINCT. 
          WE MET AT THE ROSEDALE SCHOOL PRECINCT ON ELECTION DAY MORNING WHEN YOU WON YOUR FIRST TERM. 
          YOU HAD MY VOTE. 
          AND I'VE BEEN GRATEFUL FOR YOUR REPRESENTATION THROUGH MANY UNNERVING PROPOSALS THROUGH THE YEARS. 
          YOU'VE STOOD ON THE SIDE OF REASON MANY TIMES. 
          AND FOR THAT, I THANK YOU. 
          THAT SAID, I SO WANT TO BELIEVE THAT THE PERSON OUT CANVASSING FOR VOTES THAT DAY, UH, THE ONE WITH INTEGRITY, WANTING TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR CITY IS STILL IN THERE. 
          ARE YOU THERE? THANK YOU. 
          SYLVIA. 
          VIETA RODRIGUEZ. 
          ZACHARY FADI, JEFF, JEFF KESSEL, DIANA MOLINA, RISHI BOT, REESE CARAWAY, ENOVIA JOSEPH, IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AT THE PODIUM. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS RISHI BOTT AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. 
          I WILL BE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN SINCE 2007 AND HAVE LIVED ALL OVER THE CITY AND WATCHED IT RAPIDLY GROW. 
          MY WIFE AND I ARE BOTH FORTUNATE THAT, UM, WE'RE ABLE TO OWN A SMALL HOME IN CENT CENTRALLY LOCATED THAT PROVIDES US THE TYPE OF UNIQUE LIFESTYLE THAT AUSTIN PROVIDES. 
          BIKING TO WORK OR TO RESTAURANTS, TAKING THE TRAIN DOWNTOWN OR TO AUSTIN FC GAMES, WALKING OUR DOG ON THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. 
          BUT I KNOW THAT THESE THINGS ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. 
          OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD COUNTLESS CLOSE FRIENDS MOVE AWAY FROM CENTRAL AUSTIN OR LEAVE AUSTIN ENTIRELY, UM, BECAUSE HOME OWNERSHIP WAS OUT OF REACH FOR THEM. 
          THESE FRIENDS WERE TEACHERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, A UT PROFESSOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF A NOT LOCAL NONPROFIT. 
          THEY BROUGHT SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY BOTH IN THE WORK THAT THEY DID AND OUTSIDE OF IT, BUT THEY HAD TO MAKE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO LEAVE THE PLACE THAT THEY LOVED. 
          WE TALK, WE TALK A LOT OF IN AUSTIN ABOUT EQUITY AND DIVERSITY. 
          NOTHING COULD FURTHER THE THAT GOAL MORE THAN MAKING HOME OWNERSHIP IN AUSTIN ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T TECH WORKERS LIKE ME OR DIDN'T MOVE HERE IN THE NINETIES. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE CAN HELP AUSTIN KEEP THE VIBRANCY THAT SO MANY CITIES ARE LOSING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS DIANA MOLINA AND I RESIDE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          AS SOMEONE WHO MOVED HERE, UH, WHEN I WAS STILL A 
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KID AND WHO HAS A LOT OF FAMILY LIVING HERE AS WELL. 
          I'M VERY INVESTED IN THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. 
          I WANNA COMMEND ALL OF YOU FOR BRINGING THE HOME INITIATIVE TO VOTE WITH SO MUCH COMMUNITY INPUT, GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK OUT LIKE THIS AND PUTTING UP WITH ALL OF IT THROUGHOUT THE DAYS. 
          UM, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT A SINGLE POLICY CANNOT ALONE SOLVE ALL OF THE ISSUES WITH HOUSING. 
          IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT MORE TO UNDO THE HARM OF EXCLUSIONARY ZONING, BUT THIS IS A GOOD BEGINNING. 
          THOSE OF US WITH GOOD MANNERS AND UPBRINGING, WE LEARNED THAT AS CHILDREN, THAT YOU FINISH WHAT'S ON YOUR PLATE BEFORE YOU GET UP AND GET SECONDS. 
          PUT ANOTHER WAY YOU INFILL BEFORE YOU SPRAWL. 
          KEEPING THE STATUS QUO EQUALS MORE ROADS, MORE HIGHWAYS, MORE CAR DEPENDENCY. 
          WE CANNOT AFFORD THAT. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          MAY THOSE OF YOU VOTING IN FAVOR OF HOME WEATHER, THE STORMS, THE FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS THAT MAY COME, KNOWING THAT THOSE OF YOU ROOT FOR YOU, OUTNUMBER THOSE AGAINST. 
          THANK YOU MS. JOSEPH. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR COUNSEL. 
          I'M ZENOBIA JOSEPH. 
          I'LL JUST PREFACE BY SAYING A FIVE-YEAR-OLD LITTLE HISPANIC GIRL GAVE ME THIS SMILEY FACE YESTERDAY AND SHE SAID, MS. JOSEPH, I WANNA PRAY FOR YOU AND COUNSEL, I WANNA PRAY FOR YOU TOO. 
          I HOPE THAT YOU WILL LISTEN TO THE MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE STATED OPPOSITION TO THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          THE E STANDS FOR EMPOWERMENT. 
          AS A MATTER OF TRANSPARENCY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I SENT MY COMMENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE EO CLASS@IRS.GOV COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. 
          I'M RELYING ON THE OCTOBER 26TH, 2023 PRESENTATION, WHICH IS THE FIRST DOCUMENT IN BACKUP, SPECIFICALLY ON OCTOBER 25TH, 2023. 
          THE $10 MILLION PRO HOUSING GRANT WAS SUBMITTED TO HUD ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2023. 
          THAT IS ACTUALLY WHEN YOU HAD YOUR JOINT HEARING ON PAGE TWO OF THE DOCUMENT. 
          THAT IS WHERE THE STAFF ACTUALLY RELIED ON PROJECT CONNECT. 
          NUMBER THREE, PAGE THREE ON THE DOCUMENT SPECIFIES THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY 2060 6,000 JOBS THAT WERE CREATED SINCE 2010. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY. 
          IN 2014, THE PROJECT CONNECT NORTH CORRIDOR LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE SPECIFIED THAT 58% OF THE JOBS WOULD BE IN THE NORTH CORRIDOR BY 2035. 
          IN 2018, CAPITAL METRO ACTUALLY ELIMINATED NORTHEAST WEST CONNECTIVITY NORTH OF US. 
          180 3. 
          ON JULY 27TH, 2020, COUNCIL ACTUALLY UNILATERALLY ELIMINATED THREE NORTHEAST METRO RAPIDS, SPECIFICALLY SAMSUNG TO APPLE. 
          I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION THAT YOU HAD ABOUT FAIR HOUSING DURING THE WORK SESSION. 
          I WOULD ASK MCKENZIE KELLY TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO COMPLY WITH TITLE VI AND NOT JUST THE FAIR HOUSING ACT OF 1968. 
          I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT MY COMMENTS ARE IN THE CONTEXT OF TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN. 
          AND I DO RECOGNIZE THAT MY COMMENTS EQUATE TO A MERE EXERCISE IN FUTILITY, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS HOW YOU GET YOUR FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          SO FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS RIGHT TO THE IRS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE ESTIMATES, FINE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          MS. JOSEPH ANN LER, PARKER WELCH, INGRID MORTON, LINDA JACKSON, AND HAN HANS MAGNUSSON. 
          WELCOME MS. DINKLER, DO WE NEED A STRETCH BREAK,  OR A DEEP BREATH BREAK?  AM ANN DINKLER. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THE TIME Y'ALL HAVE GIVEN THIS ISSUE. 
          I APPRECIATE, UH, DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S PROFESSIONALISM THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE EXERCISE. 
          AND I WANT, UM, UM, CITY MANAGER JESUS GARZA TO EXTEND MY THANKS FOR TO HIS STAFF. 
          HOME HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A WAY TO KEEP TEACHERS EMS FIREFIGHTERS IN AUSTIN. 
          THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT WE WANT THESE RESIDENTS TO HAVE HOUSING, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE MUSICIANS AND BARISTAS WHO MAKE LESS THAN 80% MFI? WE ADD A STORY, ALLOW CONSTRUCTION AND SETBACKS AS DENSITY BONUSES TO GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WHY AREN'T WE DOING THIS IN HOME? YOU ARE ADDING TWO UNITS TO SINGLE FAMILY, ONE AND SSF TWO AND ONE UNIT TO SSF THREE. 
          YET WE ARE NOT REQUIRING ANYTHING IN THE WAY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING BELOW 80% WHERE THE NEED IS THE GREATEST. 
          YOU'RE GIVING AWAY ENTITLEMENTS. 
          WHY NOT REQUIRE A FEE THAT COULD BE USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IF YOU ADD ADDITIONAL UNITS OR USE SOME OTHER METHOD TO ADDRESS THIS, WE DO NOT NEED TO UP ZONE TO GET AFFORDABLE 
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AFFORDABILITY. 
          PORTLAND HAS BEEN CALLED UP AS A MODEL FOR INCREASING, MISSING MIDDLE. 
          BUT ON CLOSER EXAMINATION, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN HOME. 
          IT EMPHASIZES DETACHED HOMES, WHEREAS PORTLAND REQUIRED SHARED WALLS, WHICH MAKE THE UNITS CHEAPER AND HELPED REDUCE CARBON. 
          BOTH PORTLAND, THE AMERICAN, UH, AUSTIN INSTITUTES OF ARCHITECTS, A I A, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND YOUR OWN STAFF SUGGESTED REDUCED FAR AS A MEANS OF INCREASING AFFORDABILITY. 
          YET HOME GOES FROM 0.4 TO 0.65. 
          THANK YOU. 
          REDUCE THE BAR. 
          LILIANA MENDOZA. 
          JUDY BRADFORD, JULIO ROJAS, AGUILAR, KAI GRAY, ANGELICA, BENTON, MOLINA. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, MY NAME IS HULU ROJAS AGUILAR. 
          I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR FOR HOME. 
          UM, I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A NEW HOMEOWNER, A TITLE I WEAR WITH GRATITUDE. 
          KNOWING THAT TODAY AFFORDING A HOME IN AUSTIN SEEMS LIKE CATCHING A SHOOTING STAR, I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY, BUT LUCK SHOULDN'T DETERMINE WHO GETS TO BE PART OF THIS INCREDIBLE CITY. 
          AS WE LOOK AT POPULAR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH SOARING PRICES, WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NOT A STROKE OF GENIUS OR SECRET CODE THAT MADE CURRENT HOMEOWNERS FORTUNATE. 
          IT'S A SUPPLY AND DEMAND DANCE. 
          THE DEMAND FOR MIXED USE, WALKABLE HOUSING, AND VIBRANT AREAS IS DRIVING COSTS TO THE SKY. 
          LET'S FACE IT, THE DEMAND WON'T DIMINISH UNLESS WE MAKE AUSTIN INTO A CITY NO AND DESIRES. 
          THE ONLY SENSIBLE SOLUTION IS TO INCREASE SUPPLY. 
          THIS WILL ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY. 
          IMAGINE A FUTURE WHERE MORE DIVERSE ETHNIC AND ECONOMIC GROUPS CONTRIBUTE TO THE RICHNESS OF OUR CITY. 
          WHERE BEING AN AUSTINITE ISN'T JUST ABOUT LUCK, BUT OPPORTUNITY. 
          LET'S SHAPE AUSTIN'S DESTINY, NOT LEAVE IT TO CHANCE. 
          AND LET'S NOT LET THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD. 
          WE ARE AUSTIN. 
          WE MAKE OUR OWN PATH. 
          THE PEOPLE LETTING THEIR, UM, THE PEOPLE ARE LETTING THEIR DESIRES BE KNOWN THROUGH PRICES. 
          IT'S TIME TO LET OUR CITY ADJUST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND LET'S MAKE SURE THE DOORS OF AUSTIN'S VIBRANT FEATURES ARE OPEN FOR ALL. 
          HI, MY NAME IS KAI. 
          UM, I ACTUALLY WANNA TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED FOR A SECOND. 
          UM, SO AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED WAS A GREAT PROGRAM IN THE SENSE THAT IT PROVIDED DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IT WAS, UM, KIND OF WORKED WHERE IT WORKED BEST WITH LARGER, UM, PROJECTS AND WITH NONPROFITS BUILDING THE HOUSING WITH GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES. 
          SO WHEN AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED CAME UP, WHO WAS COMING UP SUPPORTING IT, IT WAS THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE SUPPORTING HOME WE WERE IN SUPPORTIVE OF THAT BECAUSE WE ARE IN SUPPORTIVE OF DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          NOW, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN OPPOSED FROM THE CNC, UM, THEY'VE BEEN SAYING THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, BUT HOW DID THEY REACT TO AFFORDABILITY AND LOCKS? WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THEY SUED TO BLOCK IT. 
          YES. 
          UM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS, UH, AND WHAT THEY SAID WAS, WELL, WE CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN ACTUALLY PRODUCING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I, I DON'T BUY THAT, AND I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD EITHER. 
          UM, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION THAT, UH, UM, HOUSES ON SHARED LOTS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. 
          SO I, I DID SOME ANALYSIS. 
          CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE? THESE ARE THE PARAMETERS I, WE SEARCHED. 
          UM, GO TO THE NEXT PAGE. 
          HERE IS THE AREA WE LOOKED IN. 
          THESE ARE ALL THE HOUSES. 
          GO TO THE NEXT PAGE. 
          AND SO THESE ARE THE CHEAPEST HOUSES THAT HAVE SOLD IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          UH, GREEN ARE THE HOUSES THAT ARE IN SHARED LOTS. 
          SO IT'S KIND OF WEIRD THAT SHARED LOTS APPARENTLY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT THEY ALSO ARE THE CHEAPEST HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN THIS AREA IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          PURPLE ARE THE ONES IN THE FLOODPLAIN. 
          SO WHAT I USUALLY TELL PEOPLE IS, IF YOU WANNA BUY UNDER THIS PRICE RANGE, YOU NEED TO BE ON A SHARED LOT OR YOU NEED TO LIVE IN THE FLOODPLAIN. 
          NEXT PAGE. 
          UM, THEN I DECIDE TO LOOK FOR THINGS CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET. 
          NEXT PAGE. 
          UM, AND THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS IS, AND ANYONE CAN DO THIS, YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE MARKET. 
          GREEN ARE THINGS ON SHARED LOTS. 
          PURPLE IS ON THE FLOODPLAIN, AND THE ONES AT THE TOP ARE THE LEAST EXPENSIVE. 
          SO CURRENTLY, IF YOU WANNA BUY SOMETHING UNDER 400,000 AND THIS AREA, PRETTY MUCH THE OPTIONS ARE SHARED LOTS. 
          UM, SO IT'S CONFUSING WHEN PEOPLE SAY SHARED LOTS ARE SO EXPENSIVE. 
          'CAUSE I'M LIKE, THE FACTUAL DATA OBVIOUSLY PROVES THAT'S NOT TRUE. 
          IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE. 
          THANK, AND I APOLOGIZE HOW I PRONOUNCE THIS NAME. 
          ADAM, IAN ANGELICA, BENTON MOLINA, T HAKI, ADAM STAK, MICHAEL RHODES, AND FELICITY 
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MAXWELL. 
          IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I'M TY HOKI, A HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S A PLACE THAT AUSTIN COULD ONE DAY BECOME WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING. 
          THIS PLACE HAS THE MOST EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS, THE MOST COMMUNITY INPUT AND LOCAL CONTROL. 
          UH, IT'S REALLY STUCK IT TO THE GREEDY DEVELOPERS. 
          NO ONE HAS TAKEN LONGER TO CRAFT THE PERFECT PLAN THAN THEM. 
          THIS PLACE IS CALIFORNIA. 
          ANYONE EXCITED FOR SAN FRANCISCO RENTS LA TRAFFIC? YEAH. 
          THEY'RE STILL WAITING ON THEIR PERFECT PLAN ACCORDING TO LEGEND. 
          UM, I SAY THIS TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR STATUS QUO. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE MENTIONED THE HOUSTON STUDY AS PROOF THAT UPZONING FAILED. 
          WELL, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THERE'S A COUNTER EXAMPLE IN MOST MAJOR AMERICAN CITIES, UH, THAT HAVE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING SIMILAR TO OURS SET UP. 
          NOW IT'S YIELDED THE EXACT THINGS THAT THE OPPOSITION WEREN'T ABOUT. 
          HIGH HOUSING COSTS, GENTRIFICATION, ENVIRONMENTAL, DEGRADATE DEGRADATION, ENDLESS SPRAWL. 
          BACK TO MY CALIFORNIA EXAMPLE. 
          ACCORDING TO A USED BERKELEY STUDY IN 2022, LA IS 77% SINGLE FAMILY ZONED. 
          UH, AND THOSE AREAS HAVE A MEDIAN HOME VALUE OF $811,000 COMPARED TO FLEXIBLY ZONED AREAS, WHICH HAD A MEDIAN HOME VALUE OF $405,000. 
          SAN JOSE, 94% SINGLE FAMILY ZONED SSF DESIGNED BEING ON A SMALL PENINSULA, 76% SINGLE FAMILY ZONING. 
          COMBINED THAT WITH THE YEARS LONG PERMITTING PROCESS AND SOME OF THE LOWEST RATES OF HOUSING APPROVALS AND BUILDING RELATIVE TO THE, RELATIVE TO THEIR GROWTH, THE RESULT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE WORST HOUSING CRISES IN OUR COUNTRY. 
          PEOPLE HERE LOVE SAYING, DON'T CALIFORNIA, MY TEXAS, BUT IF YOU, YOU MAKE CALIFORNIA NIMBY DECISIONS, YOU'RE GONNA GET CALIFORNIA RESULTS. 
          MEANWHILE, THE CITIES THAT ADOPTED FLEXIBLE ZONING SUCH AS MINNEAPOLIS, PORTLAND, TYSON, AND VIRGINIA, HAD SOME OF THE LOWEST RENT GROWTH FROM 2017 TO 2023, ACCORDING TO A PEW STUDY. 
          SO TODAY, IT COULD EITHER BE A GREAT FIRST STEP AMONG MANY THAT WILL BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE, OR IT CAN BE A FOOTNOTE ON THE PATH TO A CERTAIN FUTURE THAT WE CAN ALREADY SEE IN OTHER CITIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS SCOTT MACKEY. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE. 
          FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, I'VE BEEN A HOMEOWNER FOR FIVE OF THOSE YEARS. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOME AFFORDABILITY IN AUSTIN, MY GUT REACTION IS TO SAY THAT WE'VE ALREADY LOST. 
          I THINK MANY IN THIS ROOM WOULD AGREE. 
          THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO AM IN FAVOR OF DOING WHAT WE CAN TO CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND IN THAT REGARD, I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS. 
          I'M FORGETTING THE WORD FOR WHAT THIS IS. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE  HERE TO SERVE, UM, . 
          ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE FOR CITIZENS AND INDIVIDUALS TO INCREASE DENSITY ON OUR LOTS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CREATIVITY WE SEE. 
          WHEN A PERSON DESIGNS A HOME, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ARTIST, THE SORT THAT ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF THIS CITY EVERY SINGLE DAY TO LIVE IN A BACK LOT FOR AN AFFORDABLE HOUSE. 
          AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US, AT LEAST IN A SMALL WAY, TO REVERSE THE OVERWHELMING TREND THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING, WHICH IS PEOPLE, ARTISTS, AND EVERYDAY CITIZENS CREATE CULTURE. 
          CAPITAL FOLLOWS CULTURE. 
          CAPITAL KILLS CULTURE, AND CULTURE HAS KILLED PEOPLE HAVE TO LEAVE. 
          I DON'T THINK THIS SOLVES OUR AFFORDABILITY CRISIS, BUT AT LEAST AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE PEOPLE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO STAY IN CENTRAL AUSTIN WHERE THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY LIVING THE LIFE THAT MADE THE CITY WHAT IT IS. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, PUBLICITY MAXWELL D FIVE RESIDENT AND AURA BOARD MEMBER. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          I WANNA THANK ME COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, FOR BRINGING FORWARD THIS INITIATIVE AND TO THE EXCELLENT WORK BY HER STAFF THROUGHOUT SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT. 
          THANK YOU TO THE HOME CO-SPONSORS ON THE DAIS, AND TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE BROUGHT THOUGHTFUL AMENDMENTS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN HOME PHASE ONE. 
          AND THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTAR FOR DIALING IN TODAY. 
          I'M SO GLAD WE HAVE ANOTHER NEW RESIDENT IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I HAVE THE BLESSING TO LIVE IN ZILKER, ONE OF THE BEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN AUSTIN. 
          I'M LUCKY TO HAVE A PARTNER WHO'S A NATIVE AUSTINITE. 
          I KNEW EARLY ON HE WANTED TO LIVE IN SOUTH AUSTIN, MOSTLY TO GET AWAY FROM HIS PARENTS LIVING NEAR UT. 
          WE'RE RAISING TWO OF COURSE, PERFECTLY PERFECT CHILDREN IN A GREAT COMMUNITY. 
          I SUPPORT HOME BECAUSE I WANT THESE SAME OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE. 
          I WANT THE ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE A BLESSING MORE PEOPLE CAN ENJOY, FOR FAMILIES TO ENROLL MORE KIDS IN ZILKER ELEMENTARY, TO ENJOY THE TRAIL OF LIGHTS, SWIMS IN BARTON SPRINGS POOL AND HAVE THEIR KIDS PLAY ON SOUTH AUSTIN BASEBALL TEAMS TO WALK TO ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE, TO UMLA SCULPTURE GARDEN AND DRINK MARGARIE AT CHEWY'S ON BARTON SPRINGS ROAD TO HAVE THE SAME AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES MY FAMILY HAS HAD JUST BECAUSE WE HAD THE LUCK TO BUY A HOUSE IN A SPECIAL PART OF AUSTIN 
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OVER 10 YEARS AGO. 
          AND UNLIKE SOME PROMINENT ZILKER RESIDENTS, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO OWN A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE OR HAVE A MORTGAGE TO CARE ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND BELIEVE, YES, I LIVE IN A 13 UNIT CONDO REGIME. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY GREAT. 
          SO PLEASE ALLOW MORE HOUSING TYPES OF DIFFERENT SIZES AT MORE PRICE POINTS BY SUPPORTING THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I'D VERY MUCH LIKE TO SHARE MY AMAZING NEIGHBORHOOD WITH MORE AUSTINITES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD PLEASE. 
          MY NAME IS MICHAEL RHODES. 
          I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE, AND I CAME HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE HOME REFORMS. NOW, I'D LIKE TO THANK AURA AND EVERYONE WITH THIS ORGANIZATION FOR THEIR WORK ORGANIZING, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE. 
          AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK LONG, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I THINK ANY MEASURE THAT WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HOUSING AND BUILDING NEW HOUSING AND MORE DENSELY IN AUSTIN IS A GOOD THING. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO SEE CONTINUED WORK ON THIS FRONT EVEN AFTER WE MOVE ON FROM THIS MEASURE. 
          AND YOU KNOW, MY SISTER, SHE LIVED IN HOUSTON. 
          SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAD A BEAUTIFUL HOME IN A DENSE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT COULD NEVER BE BUILT HERE IN AUSTIN TODAY BECAUSE LOT SIZES ARE TOO LARGE AMONG OTHER ISSUES. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SEE CONTINUED WORK ON THIS EFFORT AND I THANK EVERYONE WHO'S WORKED TO BRING THIS FORWARD TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          RICHARD SULLIVAN, GREG HANSON, CURTIS ROGERS, KARINA MARTINEZ, KATHY GOODWIN. 
          IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME. 
          ALEX SORO, SCOOTER CHEATHAM, WHO HAS TIME DONATED BY LORI WILLICK AND LYNN MARSHALL, WHO IS RAISING THEIR HAND. 
          LYNN MARSHALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS SCOOTER HERE? AND IS LYNN HERE? OKAY, SO WHO'S LORI? THANK YOU. 
          UM, MS. UH, SCOOTER GETS SIX MINUTES. 
          IF YOU'RE AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE PROCEED. 
          MY NAME IS KATHY GOODWIN. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          I'VE LIVED IN THE, UH, STREET ON CHERRYWOOD IN CHERRYWOOD, UM, IN THE 864 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE. 
          I'M BECOMING INCREASINGLY ALARMED AS THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WHO MOVE INTO THESE SMALL HOUSES, UH, HAVE FOUR CARS IN EACH, AT EACH HOME. 
          SO RIGHT NOW IN THE HOMES RIGHT AROUND WHERE I LIVE, THERE'S A TOTAL OF 12 TO 15 CARS, EITHER IN THE DRIVEWAYS OR IN THE STREETS. 
          AND I FIND THAT IF WE HAVE THREE HOUSES ON A LOT, THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE THAT PROBLEM. 
          AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THAT. 
          BUT MY MAIN REASON HERE IS MY CONCERN THAT THERE IS NO PROVISION IN THIS, UM, IDEA FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING. 
          AND THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. 
          YOU KNOW, WE KEEP, WE KEEP, UH, TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS REALLY. 
          BUT I DO KNOW WHAT LOW INCOME HOUSING MEANS. 
          AND SO I'M ASKING YOU TONIGHT IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER, IF YOU WOULD POSTPONE THIS UNTIL WE GET, UH, SOMEBODY WHO CAN COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, THE ONLY EXAMPLE I HAVE OF, I ASKED A YOUNG WOMAN WHO IS A CO-OWNER OF A BOUTIQUE HOUSING BUILDING COMPANY, AND I SAID, WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, UM, BUILDING SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSES? AND SHE SAYS, WELL, I CAN JUST TELL YOU THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THE HIGHEST PRICE WE CAN GET FOR OUR HOUSES THAT WE BUILD. 
          SO, UM, I'M, I, I AM CURIOUS AT THE PEOPLE, THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SO SURE THAT THIS IS GOING TO WORK, THAT WE ACTUALLY WILL HAVE THAT. 
          BUT THAT'S NOT MY MAIN CONCERN. 
          THERE'S GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS AND NOT GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT. 
          BUT THE MAIN THING THAT I THINK IS REALLY INTOLERABLE IS THAT WE HAVE NO, UH, NOTHING HAS COME UP ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE HAVE NO PROVISIONS FOR IT. 
          PLEASE PROCEED. 
          MR. HELLO. 
          UM, GOOD EVENING, , UH, I SHOULD SAY MORNING, NOON, AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 
          UH, 
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I'M SCOOTER CHEATHAM. 
          I'M AN ARCHITECT PLANNER. 
          I LIVE IN, UH, I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UM, OUR BUSINESS IS IN, UH, DISTRICT ONE. 
          UM, I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION AND, UM, UM, I'M DOING THAT. 
          I, I, I THINK ONLY ONE OTHER ARCHITECT IN THE, IN THE SPEAKING LINEUP. 
          THEY'VE SPOKEN AGAINST IT. 
          UM, BUT I WANT TO, UH, I WANT TO INVOKE, UM, THE, THE WISDOM OF NEW URBANISM AS I LEARNED IT, UH, LEARNED ABOUT IT THROUGH ANDRE DUANI WHO CREATED NEW URBANISM, THE, UH, CONGRESS OF NEW URBANISM, AND HANK DITTMAR, HANK HANK DITTMAR. 
          AND I WENT TO SCHOOL, UH, AT THE SAME TIME IN, UH, COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING. 
          AND WANNI, UH, WHEN HE CAME TO AUSTIN, HE CAME TO AUSTIN IN 2008 AND 2011. 
          AND I DIDN'T GET TO MEET HIM IN 2008, BUT, UH, WHEN HE CAME BACK, HE WAS HARSHLY CRITICAL OF OUR APPROACH TO NEW URBANISM. 
          AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID, UH, WAS THAT, UM, IT WAS REALLY A MISTAKE TO RIP UP THE FABRIC OF THE CITY BECAUSE THE FABRIC OF THE CITY IS WHAT GIVES YOU THE, YOU KNOW, THE DNA, THE FEEL OF AUSTIN. 
          AND HE WAS ACTUALLY NOT IN FAVOR OF THE CORRIDOR PLAN BECAUSE HE SAID THE QUARTER PLAN CREATES WALLS, I WOULD SAY NOW, LIKE, UM, A, A TRUMP WALL BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO YOU, YOU, YOU LOSE THAT CONNECTIVE, UH, TISSUE THAT YOU REALLY NEED. 
          AND, UM, UM, HE PROPOSED WHEN BACK AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS A BIG ISSUE AROUND CONCORDIA AND SEVERAL OTHER BIG PROJECTS. 
          AND THE NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORHOODS WERE FIGHTING AGAINST THE DEVELOPERS, AND THE CITY COUNCIL WAS HAVING TO REFEREE THAT. 
          AND, UH, GANI MADE THE COMMENT THAT WHAT EVERY, EVERY CITY NEEDS IS A, A, A DEPARTMENT FOR A TOWN ARCHITECT THAT CAN ACTUALLY WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AND HELP THEM MAKE DECISIONS AT THE SMALLEST POSSIBLE LEVEL. 
          AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE DOING THAT. 
          I MEAN, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE TONIGHT HAVE HAVE SORT OF SEEN THIS IS A RAMPANT AND JAM IT WHAM BAM, THANK YOU MA'AM APPROACH. 
          AND I THINK THE COUNCIL'S JUST, I THINK YOU CAN TELL THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REACH OUT AND MAKE A STRONGER CONNECTION. 
          ONE OTHER THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS, UH, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK THE COUNCIL CAN HONESTLY ADDRESS, UH, THE MARKET. 
          I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SORT OF THROWING THIS IDEA OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT THE MARKET DOES. 
          WELL, THE DEVELOPERS I KNOW DON'T DEVELOP UNLESS THEY CAN MAKE A LOT OF MONEY AND THEY, THEY DON'T DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UH, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, IT'S BEEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT TAXATION. 
          SO, UM, MY COLLEAGUE LYNN MARSHALL AND ANOTHER COUPLE OF OF US HAVE, HAVE TALKED TO SOMEONE ON THE APPRAISAL BOARD. 
          AND THE COUNCIL HAS NOTHING TO DO. 
          THE APPRAISAL BOARD MAKES THEIR OWN DECISIONS. 
          UH, AND I KNOW THAT SOMEONE HAS SPOKEN HERE WHO WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT SAID THAT THEY HAVE TALKED TO, UH, PEOPLE ON THE APPRAISAL BOARD AND THAT UPZONING DOESN'T LEAD TO TAXATION, HIGHER TAXATION. 
          WELL, I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY HARD THING TO PROVE RIGHT NOW SINCE THE TAXES HAVE RISEN AS MUCH AS THEY HAVE. 
          BUT IN OUR CONVERSATION, UH, THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF, TWO KINDS OF PROBLEMS WITH TAXES. 
          UH, AND, AND ONE OF 'EM IS IN THIS, IN THE CASE OF THE HOME INITIATIVE, IF YOU HAVE A HOMESTEAD AND YOU HAVE ANY ACREAGE AT ALL, AND YOU PUT ONE UNIT ON YOUR PROPERTY THAT'S A RESIDENTIAL UNIT, YOU GIVE UP IT. 
          THIS PERSON SAID YOU LIFT THE VEIL, UH, ON YOUR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS, I WOULD CALL IT A BEAR TRAP . 
          UH, SO THAT ONLY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF YOUR HOUSE IS YOUR HOMESTEAD. 
          SO YOUR TAXES SHOOT UP ON EVERYTHING, EVERY BIT OF, UH, YOUR PROPERTY, THE REST OF YOUR PROPERTY. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE FAILINGS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY SEEM TO UNDERSTAND, DON'T KNOW ABOUT YET. 
          BUT, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG DANGERS OF THE HOME INITIATIVES. 
          UM, I JUST URGE YOU TO TAKE MORE TIME, FINISH THE RESEARCH, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND NOT PASS IT RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU, GREG. 
          GRANDMA DWIGHT SCALES. 
          KELLY MARTIN 
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ALEJANDRA LES GRACIE KEL, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 
          UH, MY NAME IS PARKER WELCH. 
          I WAS CALLED EARLIER. 
          I THINK IT'S FITTING THAT THIS ITEM COMES BEFORE COUNCIL AT CHRISTMAS TIME. 
          IF YOU RECALL THE STORY, JOSEPH AND MARY RETURNED TO THEIR HOMETOWN IN BETHLEHEM TO BE REGISTERED FOR THE CENSUS. 
          BETHLEHEM IS A LITTLE UNDER FIVE MILES FROM THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM. 
          ABOUT AS FAR AS CRESTVIEW OR HIGHLAND ARE FROM HERE AT CITY HALL. 
          I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD EVEN CALL IT A SUBURB WHEN THEY ARRIVE. 
          THERE IS NO ROOM FOR THEM AT THE KATALUMA, THE LODGING PLACE, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THIS TRANSLATED AS AN IN, BUT ELSEWHERE IN THE SAME GOSPEL, IT REFERS TO THE GUEST CHAMBERS OF A PRIVATE HOME, WHAT TODAY WE CALL AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT. 
           TOO POOR TO RENT OR BUILD A HOME FOR THEMSELVES IN BETHLEHEM. 
          JOSEPH AND MARY HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO TAKE SHELTER WITH FARM ANIMALS DURING HER PREGNANCY. 
          EVEN AFTER JESUS IS BORN, THEY HAVE NOWHERE FOR HIM TO SLEEP, BUT THE TROUGH WHERE THE ANIMALS EAT. 
          SO BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH SHELTER IN THE VILLAGES OF CENTRAL JUDEA WITH THE CROWD STREAMING IN THE CHRISTMAS STORY TELLS US JESUS WAS BORN WHERE THE LIVESTOCK WERE KEPT. 
          IN A TIME BEFORE SANITATION, BEFORE MODERN MEDICINE, CHRISTIANS BELIEVE OUR LORD'S FIRST AFFLICTION ON THIS EARTH WAS A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING . 
          AND THEN AS NOW CHRISTMAS TEACHES US THAT WHEN THERE IS NOT ENOUGH HOUSING TO GO AROUND, IT IS THE POOR, IT IS THE NEWCOMERS, AND IT IS YOUNG FAMILIES WHO SUFFER. 
          WHATEVER YOUR FAITH, WHATEVER YOUR OPINIONS ABOUT THE PROPER TRANSLATION OF ANCIENT GREEK, WE SHOULD ALL AGREE THAT NO CHILD IN OUR CITY SHOULD HAVE TO GROW UP IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          NO MOTHER SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE HER CHILD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND IT COULD BE THAT WE'RE MEETING ON SUNDAY. 
          . 
          HI, I'M GRACIE. 
          UM, PINKEL. 
          I HAVE LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR MOST OF MY LIFE, AND I'M ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS INITIATIVE. 
          UM, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, POSTPONE IT. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT I WISH THAT I HAD THE TIME MYSELF AS SOMEONE WHO IS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS INITIATIVE WOULD ACTUALLY DO, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S BEING ADVERTISED AS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WHEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY PUSHING IT AND BACKING IT, IT IS ALL PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY, LIKE SOME OF THE SPEAKERS HAVE SAID BEFORE, ARE MOST LIKELY GOING TO USE THAT TO PROFIT OFF OF WHICH, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PROFIT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          I KNOW I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR MOST OF MY LIFE, LIKE I SAID, AND I HAVE ALWAYS SEEN RENT GO UP AND UP AND UP AND UP, AND MY WAGES HAVE NOT GONE UP AT ALL. 
          I MAKE $10 AN HOUR AT ONE JOB AND $16 AN HOUR AT THE OTHER, AND PROBABLY ABOUT 70% IF NOT MORE OF MY INCOME GOES TO RENT. 
          AND IT'S JUST CONTINUALLY TO GO UP. 
          SO THIS, I AGREE THAT WE NEED A SOLUTION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT IT SEEMS VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT THIS IS NOT IT. 
          AND AT THE VERY LEAST, WE NEED TIME TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THIS INITIATIVE, UM, OR TO CREATE AMENDMENTS IN THE INITIATIVE TO REQUIRE AFFORDABILITY IN THESE POSSIBLE NEW HOUSING UNITS. 
          UM, I REALLY ASK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES REALLY CONSIDER VOTING TO POSTPONE OR VOTING TO SAY NO TO THIS INITIATIVE. 
          UM, JUST PLEASE, I REALLY ASK, I KNOW MY COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER QUADRI, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU'VE COME INTO ONE OF THE SHOPS I'VE WORKED BEFORE AND WE'VE, WE'VE BONDED OVER THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE EXPRESSED HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT HOW SO MANY OF US ARE BEING DISPLACED BECAUSE OF THE RENTS. 
          AND I BELIEVE YOU IN WHAT YOU SAY. 
          AND IF YOU REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT, PLEASE REVERSE YOUR SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I BEG OF YOU. 
          PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ZACH SLACKER, ASHLEY HAMILTON, PAUL ROBINS, AURORA SALCIDO, PHILIP WILEY, 
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STEVEN WOLF, JASON CHOTO, MARIA RENEE MORALES CRUZ. 
          DANIELLA GUTIERREZ, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. 
          UH, HI. 
          I AM STEVEN WOLF. 
          I'VE LIVED IN AUSTIN DISTRICT 10 FOR 30 YEARS. 
          UH, I'M A HOMEOWNER THERE AND UM, I APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING THIS DAY WITH ME. 
          I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE BEGINNING TODAY AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT. 
          I HOPE YOU'VE LEARNED A LOT AS WELL. 
          I HAD SOME OTHER PREPARED REMARKS, BUT I'M JUST GONNA SPEAK OFF THE CUFF HERE. 
          UH, I LEARNED TODAY THAT THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED PHASE TWO, WHICH I WAS UNAWARE OF UNTIL THIS EVENING. 
          I LEARNED SOMETHING CALLED A PRESERVATION BONUS, A DENSITY BONUS, SOMETHING CALLED A CONDO REGIME, WHICH MAYBE I NEED TO GO RESEARCH THOSE THINGS AND LEARN ABOUT THEM. 
          UM, MY POINT IS THAT I DON'T THINK I'VE HAD ENOUGH TIME SINCE WE GOT THE LITTLE PURPLE CARD IN THE MAIL TO ADEQUATELY RESEARCH AND COME TO AN INFORMED OPINION ON WHETHER I SUPPORT THIS OR NOT. 
          I ORIGINALLY REGISTERED TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS, UH, REQUESTING THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THIS. 
          BUT NOW I THINK MAYBE I'M GETTING TO, YES, IF THERE ARE APPROPRIATE AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORTH THIS EVENING, UH, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO ANY OF THOSE ISSUES. 
          I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT, UM, I DO HOPE YOU POSTPONE THE DECISION ON THIS SO THAT MORE TIME, MORE THOUGHT CAN GO INTO MAKING THIS APPROPRIATE FOR EVERYONE CONCERNED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS FOR STAYING. 
          KB BROOKINS. 
          ALICE WOODS, ARE YOU REGISTERED TO SPEAK OR YOU'RE SHOWING ME SPEAKER? OH, GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, GUS PENA. 
          HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS ALICE WOODS. 
          I'M A COMMUNITY OUTREACH CONSULTANT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATE. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME SPENT HERE TONIGHT LISTENING TO TESTIMONY. 
          I SERVE ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING COALITION, AND I WANTED TO SHARE A LETTER ON BEHALF OF THAT COALITION IN SUPPORT OF HOME. 
          THE AUSTIN HOUSING COALITION COMPRISES NONPROFITS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS, HOUSING AND POLICY EXPERTS, AND OTHER INTERESTED ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS WHO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR AUSTIN RESIDENTS. 
          WHILE OUR FOCUS IS GENERALLY ON SUBSIDIZED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE RECOGNIZE THAT LEGALIZING ALL HOUSING TYPES IS NECESSARY TO COMBAT AUSTIN'S HOUSING CRISIS, INCLUDING MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING. 
          WITH THIS IN MIND, WE STRONGLY URGE CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS PER SINGLE FAMILY LOT AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SMALLER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAN ARE ALLOWED UNDER THE CURRENT CODE. 
          IMPORTANTLY FOR THE AUSTIN HOUSING COALITION, ALLOWING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING AT NO COST TO THE CITY ALSO FREES UP CITY HOUSING BOND FUNDS TO BE USED TO DEVELOP MORE DEEPLY AFFORDABLE UNITS AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, HOUSING TYPES THAT OUR COALITION MEMBERS WORK HARD TO DEVELOP AND WHICH GENERALLY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CITY SUBSIDIES TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          ALLOWING AUSTINITES THE OPTION TO BUILD AND LIVE IN A GREATER DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES AND SIZES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE, GIVES HOUSEHOLDS MORE AFFORDABLE, FLEXIBLE, AND MULTI-GENERATIONAL LIVING OPTIONS. 
          THESE CHANGES CAN CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXISTING HOMEOWNERS TO UTILIZE A PORTION OF THEIR LOT TO CREATE ANOTHER SMALLER DWELLING, HELPING AUSTINITES STAY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS RATHER THAN BE DISPLACED BY RISING RENTS AND PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          THESE POLICIES CAN CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SENIORS TO AGE IN PLACE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH DIFFERENT HOUSING OPTIONS AND CAN ALLOW FAMILIES TO STAY TOGETHER MORE EASILY IN INTERGENERATIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS SHARING IN THE COST OF HOUSING, THE AUSTIN HOUSING COALITION URGES CITY COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE THESE POLICY CHANGES TO ALLOW AUSTINITES MORE FLEXIBILITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING OPTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE BLOCK, SOPHIA BLOCK. 
          NATALIE RELEY, YASMINE SMITH. 
          DAN BRICKLEY. 
          MARISSA PERALES. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME IS YASMIN SMITH. 
          I'M A PROUD AND BORN AND RAISED AUSTINITE AND HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS VICE PRESIDENT OF JUSTICE AND ADVOCACY FOR THE AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE. 
          AND WE HAVE SIGNED AN OPPOSITION OF HOME AS CURRENTLY DRAFTED AND ASKED FOR A POSTPONEMENT. 
          WE DO NOT OPPOSE, WE DO NOT OPPOSE HOME BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT THINGS TO CHANGE. 
          WE ARE A PRO DENSITY, HOWEVER, AND WE BELIEVE THAT DENSITY WITHOUT ADEQUATE REGULATIONS 
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IS NOT A TOOL FOR AFFORDABILITY. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT THE STATUS QUO IS NOT WORKING AND THAT IT IS NEGLIGENT NOT TO ACTIVELY ADDRESS FORESEEABLE NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE MOST VULNERABLE OF OUR POPULATIONS. 
          I WILL NOT GO INTO REPEATING THE MULTITUDE OF ARGUMENTS, AMENDMENTS TO LIVED EXPERIENCE AND DATA POINTS YOU'VE HEARD TODAY. 
          INSTEAD, I'LL USE MY TIME TO DISCUSS THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE BECAUSE TODAY, FAR BY FAR AND LARGE YOU DID NOT HEAR HOME VERSUS ANTI HOME RHETORIC. 
          NO. 
          RATHER, BY AND LARGE YOU HEARD PRO HOME WITHOUT MODIFICATIONS VERSUS PRO HOME WITH MODIFICATIONS. 
          BY AND LARGE, YOU HEARD THAT WE AS AUSTINITES NEED MORE HOMES, BUT THAT THOSE MOST AT RISK OF BEING DISPLACED SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED. 
          DURING THIS CONTINUOUS SEEMINGLY DEBATE, I LED A THOUGHT EXERCISE WITH A PERSON FROM EACH SIDE OF THE CAMP GOING CENSUS TRACK BY CENSUS TRACK, ZIP CODE BY ZIP CODE. 
          ARMED WITH THEIR COMPUTERS, DATA, IDEOLOGIES, AND LIVED EXPERIENCES, WE BEGAN A CONVERSATION ON HOW OUR DIFFERENTIATING LOGIC, THEORIES BY WHICH WE CONSUME AND ANALYZE AVAILABLE DATA, MODIFIES THE PREMISES BY WHICH WE DEFINE HARM AND BENEFIT AND FOR WHOM WE PRIORITI PRIORITIZE. 
          IN THOSE DEFINITIONS, WE BEGAN A HONEST AND TRANSPARENT AND YES, SOMETIMES TENSE DISCUSSION, NOT DEBATE ON WHAT AREAS THERE ARE FOR POTENTIAL COMPROMISE, UH, TO LESSEN, SORRY, COMPROMISE WITH SHARED INTENT THAT WE ALL WANT TO LESSEN DISPLACEMENT. 
          THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WE SHOULD SEE. 
          WE WANT TO SEE SEIZES BEFORE THE, THE A VOTE OF THIS MAGNITUDE, THE DIFFICULT WORK OF PULLING TOGETHER CONTENT MATTER EXPERTS OF ALL TYPES TOGETHER, PRO AND PRO. 
          WITH MODIFICATIONS INTO A ROOM TO BUILD UNDERSTANDING. 
          I URGE YOU TO THINK IF YOU THINK THIS ROOM HAS ALREADY BEEN BUILT, THINK ABOUT THAT ROOM AND THINK ABOUT WHO WAS MISSING AND WHO ACTUALLY HAD POWER. 
          THIS IS THE WORK THAT IS YES TO DO, BE DO, DONE. 
          THIS IS THE WORK DUE DILIGENCE. 
          REQUIRES, REQUIRES EQUITY SHOULD BE A PART OF THE PLAN, NOT AN AFTER-THOUGHT. 
          THEREAFTER, WE ANXIOUSLY AWAIT FOR THE LAYERS OF PROTECTION YOU DIDN'T THINK WAS ENOUGH TO BE PUT IN THE BASE RESOLUTION ITSELF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, JOHN FOXWORTH. 
          CYNTHIA VASQUEZ. 
          IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM. 
          IF THE PODIUM AND STATE ATTORNEY, IF THE PODIUM'S EMPTY AND YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, JUST GO TO THE PODIUM. 
          OH, VERY GOOD. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, GO TO THE PODIUM AND START TALKING. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD EVENING, I'M NATALIE RESLEY. 
          I LIVE IN D SEVEN. 
          TODAY WE'VE SEEN THE COMMUNITY CONFLICT, ANGUISH AND ANGER CAUSED BY THE HOME INITIATIVE PROCESS. 
          MAYOR WATSON, YOU'VE RESPONDED TO COMMUNITY CONFLICTS BEFORE, SPECIFICALLY OVER THE ZILKER VISION PLANNING PROCESS BY VERY WISELY SAYING WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT REALLY GOOD PEOPLE CAN OFTEN DISAGREE. 
          MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE COOL OFF FOR A SPELL. 
          WE COULD ALL BENEFIT FROM A LITTLE TIME AND PERSPECTIVE. 
          MAYOR WATSON, YOUR WORDS WERE WISE THEN AND YOU AND THIS COUNCIL SHOULD APPLY THAT CONFLICT RESOLUTION MOVE TONIGHT AND POSTPONE VOTING ON THIS SIX MONTH OLD HOME INITIATIVE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALISON ALTER. 
          YOU'VE ASTUTELY OBSERVED THAT THIS HOME INITIATIVE GOES MUCH FURTHER THAN THE CODE NEXT LDC REWRITE. 
          LET'S, LET'S THINK ABOUT CODE NEXT. 
          CODE NEXT TOOK FIVE YEARS. 
          THIS SIX MONTH OLD HOME INITIATIVE IS TAKING ONE 10TH OF THAT. 
          IMAGINE AUSTIN. 
          THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN TOOK TWO YEARS. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE IS TAKING ONE QUARTER OF THAT. 
          THE CITY OF AUSTIN SPENT MORE TIME ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THE Q2 SOCCER STADIUM THAN IT HAS ON THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          FROM 2018 THROUGH 2021 COUNCIL IN AUSTINITES TOOK 36 MONTHS TO ANALYZE AND DELIBERATE THE EFFECTS OF A STADIUM AND FOR SPORTS FRANCHISE ON THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE WILL SOCIETALLY AFFECT MANY MORE ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES, INCLUDING OUR SOCIAL FABRIC, HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, INFRASTRUCTURE, DEMAND, TAXES AND MORE. 
          BUT INEXPLICABLY, THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO TAKE LITERALLY ONE SIXTH OF THE TIME, AUSTINITES HAD TO DELIBERATE ON SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT, SHORTING AUSTINITES OF TIME TO PROPERLY DELIBERATE AND ASK QUESTIONS. 
          IS IT INSULT? THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE PROCEED. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS JOHN FOXWORTH. 
          UH, I'M A 40 PLUS YEAR HOMEOWNER AND A COUNCIL DISTRICT NINE. 
          UH, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ON, UH, THE CENTRAL AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING TEAM THAT BROUGHT US, UH, UNO, THE DENSEST, UH, AREA IN THE CITY. 
          IT TOOK TWO YEARS OF PLANNING TO BRING MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF PLANNING TO BRING YOU THAT WE ARE GOING TOO QUICK. 
          I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO 
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POSTPONE THIS CURRENT RESOLUTION SO WE CAN GET IT RIGHT. 
          I'M NOT AGAINST DENSITY, LIKE I SAID, BLOCKS FROM MY HOME, THE DENSEST IN THE CITY. 
          I AM MAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THIS GOING FORWARD WITHOUT CON UH, GUARDRAILS WILL AFFECT GENTRIFICATION. 
          I WON'T GO ON AND ON ABOUT GEN GENTRIFICATION, ABOUT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE EAST, BUT I WANT THAT TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          I'M GONNA PLUR A FEW OTHER THINGS. 
          WE'RE GIVING AWAY ENTITLEMENTS. 
          WE SHOULD NOT DO THAT. 
          WE SHOULD PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE SHOULD PROVIDE SU SUB, UH, SUBSID SUB SUBSIDIES TO HELP THE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE OUT DENSITY BONUSES. 
          I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A FREE FOR ALL FOR WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN YOU JUST GIVE IT TO DEVELOPERS. 
          YOU GOTTA PLAN. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE DID TO GIVE YOU THE DENSEST, UH, AREA IN THE CITY. 
          IT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. 
          IT DIDN'T HAPPEN A FEW MONTHS AND IT HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TALKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND GETTING IT DONE RIGHT. 
          SO LET'S TAKE MORE TIME. 
          LET'S GET IT RIGHT AND LET'S GET SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NOT RUN OFF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO CAN'T AFFORD IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S ON. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          HEY Y'ALL. 
          UH, MY NAME IS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ. 
          I'M AN EAST AUSTIN CHICANA NATIVE DAUGHTER OF TONYA AND ALEX VASQUEZ. 
          AND I'M RIDING THAT GENTRIFICATION WAVE FROM 7 8 7 0 2 TO 7 8 7 4 4. 
          IF THIS HOME INITIATIVE PASSES WITHOUT AN AFFORDABLE OVERLAY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FREAK I'LL BE LIVING OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          LIKE MANY OF MY EAST SIDE RIDERS AND MY SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORS, I WOULD LOVE TO STAY LIVING IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT I GREW UP IN, WORKED IN, PLAYED AND PRAYED IN. 
          SOME OF US ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO LIVE LIFE IN THE HOMES THAT OUR FAMILIES LITERALLY BUILT WITH THEIR OWN HANDS. 
          THEY SUSTAIN THESE PROPERTIES WITH THEIR VERY OWN HANDS, TIME AND ENERGY. 
          SOME OF US ARE NOT IN THIS FOR PROFIT. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO LIVE WITHOUT THE PRESSURES OF GENTRIFIED TAXES AND AVOID AUSTIN'S EVOLUTION FROM HOMEOWNER TO RENTER TO HOUSELESS. 
          I RENTED AN AREA, MS. FUENTES, WHERE GENTRIFICATION HAS SLOWLY CREEPED UPON MANY OF MY UNSUSPECTING AND ELDERLY NEIGHBORS FOR THREE YEARS. 
          AND EVERY YEAR WE ARE FACED WITH THREATS FROM OUR LANDLORD TO RAISE RENT TO 2,500 OR EVEN 3000. 
          I'M GONNA SKIP DOWN BECAUSE LISTENING TO EVERYBODY'S TESTIMONY, MR. VELAZQUEZ, MS. NATASHA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL MEETING ME IN 2018, BUT I MET YOU IN 2018 AT THE SUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER AT A FOOD JUSTICE MEETING. 
          AND YOU TOLD ME, OH, I'M FROM THE EAST SIDE TOO. 
          I USED TO RIDE IN CHICANO PARK IN MY LOW RIDERS. 
          I FELT AN INSTANT CONNECTION. 
          MR. VELASQUEZ, A FEW MONTHS AGO OR MAYBE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, YOU WERE AT COME AND TAKE IT LIVE READING A PROCLAMATION, REPPIN OH TWO ON YOUR HAND, VANESSA, YOU SHOW UP TO OUR FRIENDS OF GRAND MEADOW PARK MEETINGS. 
          HAVE ANY THREE OF Y'ALL GONE BACK TO THAT COMMUNITY? HAVE YOU GONE BACK TO COME AND TAKE IT LIVE TO TELL THEM WHAT YOU ABOUT TO DO? HAVE YOU GONE BACK TO THE FOOD JUSTICE CONVERSATIONS TO TELL THEM? AND VANESSA, HAVE YOU GONE TO THE MA'AM, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE PROCEED. 
          UH, HI, MY NAME'S DAN BRICKLEY. 
          I REPRESENT, UH, . 
          I REPRESENT MY FAMILY. 
          UM, AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, MY, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY YOU CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL. 
          I, MY FIRST TIME I EVER CAME DOWN TO THIS SPACE WAS, UM, FOR MCMANSION AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          I WAS A NEOPHYTE, BUT, UM, I CIRCUITOUSLY WENT THROUGH CRAZY CHANNELS TO BUILD A MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILY FOR MY HOME. 
          MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOME FOR MY FAMILY IN 2010 FOR MY MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MY WELL NOW CHILDREN I DIDN'T HAVE AT THE TIME. 
          AND I WOUND UP FOUNDING. 
          I'M A FOUNDER OF THE FRIENDS OF ZILKER, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BECAUSE THE DIFFICULTY IT, WE HAD TO BUILD A MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILY IN, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ZILKER. 
          AND I BEAT MY HEAD ON THE WALLS. 
          AND I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE AND I'VE SPOKEN TO LOTS OF FOLKS AND I JUST, HONESTLY, THIS WAS ALMOST LIKE A LOVE LETTER TO YOU, LESLIE POOLE, BECAUSE I HONESTLY THOUGHT THAT NO ONE COULD CHANGE THEIR 
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MIND. 
          I JUST, I JUST THOUGHT THAT LIKE, YOU DON'T, LIKE PEOPLE JUST WEREN'T GONNA CHANGE THEIR MIND. 
          AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW LIVES, SHE'S WATCHING MY CHILDREN RIGHT NOW. 
          THEY'RE NOT HERE. 
          I GOT A SEVEN, 9-YEAR-OLD. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE HOME WITH MY MOTHER-IN-LAW RIGHT ACROSS THE RIVER. 
          AND THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE OF A MULTI-GENERATIONAL. 
          SHE HAD TO SIGN A WAIVER THAT SHE'S OVER 65 AND THAT SHE LIVES THERE. 
          AND THAT'S INSANE. 
          LIKE, AND IT HAS TO SAY LIKE, CAN SOMEONE ELSE WALK INTO HER PROPERTY? LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS CONTAINED IN OUR HOME. 
          THE, THE CIRCUITOUS THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TO MAKE MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOMES, HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS, IT'S WILD. 
          I LOVE THIS TOWN. 
          I LOVE YOU ALL. 
          I LOVE YOU MR. MAYOR. 
          I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH. 
          I LOVE THIS TOWN. 
          I DON'T CARE. 
          I LOVE THE PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH ME. 
          I REALLY DO. 
          I LOVE YOU ALL AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND I SUPPORT. 
          IT'S, IT'S WITH LOVE. 
          I TELL YOU, YOUR TIME IS UP. 
           LAUREN ICE, JONATHAN KINNEY, AIA, BARASH, SORRY. 
          B, IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. 
          I'M JONATHAN KINNEY. 
          UH, THANK YOU ALL. 
          UM, LONG EVENING FOR YOU DIDN'T NEED TO BE, BUT YOU LOVE US, RIGHT?  DOESN'T NEED TO BE LIKE THIS. 
          UM, UH, LAST TIME I WAS UP HERE, I'M GONNA SPEAK ABOUT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING YOU'VE HEARD IS, UH, AN ISSUE WITH PROCESS. 
          UM, I HAVE MET WITH MY, UH, COUNCILMAN FOR THE FIRST TIME YESTERDAY, SECOND TIME TODAY. 
          UH, I WISH THAT, UM, HAD HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO. 
          HE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, HOW LAND CODE HASN'T CHANGED IN A LONG TIME. 
          AND, UH, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO, UM, REALLY PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND THINK ABOUT, UM, IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEMS AND NEEDS THAT WE ALL HAVE. 
          UH, WHEN WE USE BLANKET TERMS LIKE AFFORDABILITY, THAT INCLUDE SO MANY OTHER ISSUES LIKE HEALTH, UH, HOME PRICES, SALARIES, UTILITIES, FOOD COST, UM, THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT. 
          UM, CHANGING THE LAND CODE IS LIKE, UH, TAKING A BATTERING RAM, UH, BEFORE SOMEONE SCREAMS, UH, WHY DON'T WE JUST KNOCK, UM, AND ASK QUESTIONS AND TALK. 
          UM, NOBODY IS, EVERYBODY IS SPEAKING FOR THE SAME THING UP HERE. 
          IT IS JUST A DIFFERENCE IN PROCESS. 
          UM, WHEN, UM, CREATING A TASK FORCE WITH, UM, GOALS OF COMPACT AND HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS, MEETINGS, UH, HUNDREDS OF MEETINGS WITH, UH, WORK SESSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY, TAKING YEARS TO PLAN OUT A COHERENT VISION. 
          THAT INCLUDES BUSINESS LEADERS, COUNCIL MEMBERS, NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, POLICE AND FIRE ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS, HEALTH EXPERTS, UH, UT A ISD UNDER HOUSED REPRESENTATION, MUSIC AND ARTS INFRASTRUCTURE, PRESERVATIONISTS ENVIRONMENTALISTS BUILDERS. 
          IF THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR, THIS WAS MUELLER. 
          UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WAS ON A BLANKET TRACK OF LAND THAT WAS EASY TO DO, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T MAKE US SHY AWAY FROM HARD WORK. 
          LET'S DO THE HARD WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOUR TIME EXPIRED. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          HELLO, COUNCIL PEOPLE. 
          I'M ADI A PROUD RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. 
          UM, AND I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. 
          UH, ON A MORE DIRE NOTE, I, I THINK, UM, COMMUNITY IN AMERICA IS FALLING APART. 
          I THINK WE ARE LIVING IN OUR OWN SILOED ECHO CHAMBERS OF THOUGHT. 
          AND THIS IS PROPAGATED BY THE FACT THAT, UM, THE AMERICAN DREAM IS A FALSE NARRATIVE OF OWNING A BIG HOME AND HAVING A BIG BACKYARD, WHEN IN REALITY IT'S JUST COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE IS, IS, IS, IS US. 
          AND, UM, AUSTIN'S SPECIAL IN THAT REGARD. 
          I THINK, UM, ANYTIME YOU GO ON A WALK, YOU ARE GREETED WITH A, HI, HOW ARE YOU? UM, UH, AND A MILLION SMILES AND THEIR COMMUNITY TRULY EXISTS HERE. 
          UH, AND I THINK HOME WILL, UH, BE ABLE TO, UM, MAKE AUSTIN A MORE INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, FOR TWO REASONS. 
          I THINK ONE, UM, UH, NOT ONLY WILL IT GIVE PEOPLE THE CHANCE TO, UM, BE LOCATED IN, UM, CLOSE TO CITY CENTERS, BUT ALSO WILL OPEN UP THE CHANCE FOR US TO FOCUS ON MORE IMPORTANT AREAS SUCH AS, UM, TRANSIT AND PARKS, UH, WHICH ARE CRUCIAL FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY, UM, THROUGH HOME. 
          I THINK WE CAN BE, UH, AUSTIN CONSERVANT IS AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL, UM, THE CITY UPON A SHINING HILL. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHAT RONALD REAGAN SAID, UH, 
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UM, TO OTHER, OTHER PLACES, UH, IS HOW, UH, WE CAN BE A HOME FOR ALL AND CHEERS. 
          AND I THINK I'M THE LAST PERSON. 
          SO LET'S GO MAYOR. 
          ALL THE SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN CALLED THANK YOU. 
          REMEMBER, THIS IS THE WAY I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE PROCEED. 
          WHAT I'LL FIRST DO IS I WILL RECOGNIZE A, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND SO THAT WE HAVE AN ITEM, UH, THAT'S ON THE, TO BE DISCUSSED. 
          AT WHICH POINT, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS THAT MEMBERS HAVE OF, UH, WE'LL HAVE DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT. 
          IF THERE'S QUESTIONS OF STAFF THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO ASK, THEY CAN CALL STAFF UP AND WE'LL ALLOW FOR QUESTIONS. 
          AND THEN WHAT I'LL DO IS, UH, RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS FOR MOTIONS TO AMEND BASED UPON, UH, UH, THE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AND PUT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD OR HAVE BEEN MODIFIED DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY BASED UPON, UH, DISCUSSION AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM SPEAKERS. 
          AND THE ORDER THAT I INTEND TO GO IN ON AMENDMENTS, JUST SO THAT YOU'LL KNOW AND CAN BE PREPARED, WOULD BE COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER, COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER. 
          AND THEN I'LL, UH, HAVE A PROPOSED AMENDMENT. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WILL RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE FOR A MOTION RELATED TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND I, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE THE BASE ORDINANCE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE MOVES TO APPROVE THE BASE ORDINANCE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          IT'S SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELA. 
          WITH THAT MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THAT WISH TO ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF? WE HAVE, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER NUMBER SENIO HERE, AND SHE CAN, UH, HELP US, UH, NAVIGATE THAT PROCESS. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 
          UM, SO I HAVE QUESTIONS THAT RELATE TO SOME AMENDMENTS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT ME TO ASK THE QUESTIONS NOW OR WHEN , I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE AMENDMENTS ON THE FLOOR, IF, IF THAT, THAT'S FINE, IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, MOTION TO ADOPT THE BASE ORDINANCE? WITH THAT, UH, BEING THE CASE, THEN I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE IS GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MOTIONS TO AMEND. 
          UH, THE FIRST MOTION TO AMEND IS LABELED COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE MOTION SHEET. 
          IT DOESN'T HAVE A NUMBER ON IT, UH, BUT IT BEGINS WITH I MOVE TO AMEND PART 18 OF THE ORDINANCE TO READ AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION, UH, TO AMEND. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THIS AMENDMENT IS RELATED TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE HOME ORDINANCE, WHICH ALSO GIVES CITY DEPARTMENTS ENOUGH TIME TO DEVELOP THE PROCESSES NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM. 
          AND I MOVE APPROVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE MOVES TO AMEND THE BASE MOTION, UH, WITH MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          IS THERE DISCUSSION OR DESIRE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF WITH REGARD TO THIS MOTION TO AMEND ANY DISCUSSION WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          THE MOTION TO AMEND BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE. 
          MOTION NUMBER ONE IS ADOPTED. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER. 
          I'M, I'M LOOKING UP AT YOU, BUT IF I MISS YOU, CRY OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          OR, OR MAYBE HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE CRY OUT. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          , WE DON'T TALK ABOUT CRYING RIGHT NOW. 
          YEAH, . 
          OKAY, GOOD POINT. 
          UM, THAT'LL TAKE US TO COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE. 
          MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO. 
          UH, THIS IS A MOTION THAT IS, IT'S LABELED MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO, AND IT CREATES A NEW PART OF THE BASE MOTION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THIS, UH, MOTION IS TO ADD DIRECTION. 
          IT IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO AN AMENDMENT THAT MAY COME LATER. 
          UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THAT INTO THE, UH, AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT. 
          DO YOU WANT ME TO GO AHEAD AND LAY THE, EXPLAIN, EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SAYING? UM, WELL, AS PART OF THE CHANGES THE LAW DEPARTMENT HAD RECOMMENDED REMOVING SHORT TERM RENTAL LIMITATIONS SPECIFIC TO TWO UNIT RESIDENTIAL USE. 
          SO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE STAFF COULD WORK UP THE SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT WERE NECESSARY. 
          IT SHORT 
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TERM RENTALS HAD, LAW HAS SAID THEY NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS SECTION BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGED BY OTHER LEGAL ACTION. 
          AND WE NEED TO HAVE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HOW WE HANDLE SHORT-TERM RENTALS. 
          I'M HAPPY TO HOLD OFF ON THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK OF OUR LEGAL, UH, STAFF SPECIFIC TO THIS UNTIL WE GET TO THIS SECTION LATER. 
          THEN LET'S, LET US, UH, THEN I'LL PULL DOWN, UH, POOL MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER TWO. 
          UM, AND WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER VELAS PROPOSED MOTION. 
          THAT SOUNDS GOOD. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED ON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA MOTION SHEET NUMBER ONE, MEMBERS YOU HAVE MOTION SHEET NUMBER ONE, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA IS GOING TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THREE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELA ITEM NUMBER ONE, MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, MOTION, UH, TO AMEND NUMBER ONE WOULD, UH, DO A HANDFUL OF THINGS. 
          THE, FIRST OF ALL, IT WOULD BE, UH, FOR TWO AND THREE UNITS, WE WOULD USE THE STANDARD DEFINITION OF A FLOOR AREA RATIO, UH, WITHOUT ANY OF THE MCMANSION EXCEPTIONS. 
          UH, IN OTHER WORDS, UH, THE FAR CALCULATION THAT SET OUT IS A, IS A RAW FAR CALCULATION. 
          THE TRADITIONAL AND NORMAL, UH, UH, CALCULATION THAT'S, UH, THE FIRST, UH, UH, CHANGE THAT IT WOULD MAKE. 
          UH, THE SECOND CHANGE THAT IT WOULD MAKE WOULD BE TO INCREASE THE, UH, FAR FLOOR FOR A THREE UNIT CONFIGURATION FROM, UH, 4,350 SQUARE FEET TO 4,350 SQUARE FEET FROM, UH, 3,750 UH, SQUARE FEET. 
          UH, SOME OF THE, UH, EXEMPTIONS, UH, IN THE, UH, MCMANSION, UH, FAR CALCULATIONS, UH, ARE RELATED TO, UH, PARKING. 
          UH, SO IT'S KIND OF JUST TRYING TO GIVE THE SMALLEST UNITS A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM, UH, SO THEY COULD POTENTIALLY, UH, WORK IN, UH, PARKING AS NEEDED. 
          UH, IT'S NOT MANDATING THAT IT GOES TO PARKING, BUT IT IS, UH, ADDING A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM TO THE SMALLEST CONFIGURATION. 
          IT'S ALSO A WAY TO, UH, INCENTIVIZE ESSENTIALLY THE THREE UNIT CONFIGURATION. 
          MAKE SURE THAT IT IS THE THREE UNIT CONFIGURATION EVEN ON A, ON A SMALL LOT IS A, A REALISTIC, UH, CONFIGURATION. 
          UM, AND THEN THE, THE FINAL, UH, CHANGE WOULD BE, RIGHT NOW THE FAR LIMITS FOR, UH, ANY TWO UNITS IN, IN A THREE UNIT DWELLING, UH, WOULD BE THE SAME AS THE FAR LIMIT FOR JUST TWO UNITS RIGHT NOW. 
          THERE THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO UNIT FAR INDEPENDENTLY OF THIS, THE, THE, THE HOME ORDINANCE AND THE, AND THE, THE THREE UNIT CONFIGURATION. 
          THE DIFFERENCE IS VERY SMALL. 
          IT'S 0.55, UH, FOR ONE AND 0.50 FOR THE OTHER. 
          I WOULD JUST MAKE THOSE BOTH 0.55 FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, THE SAME NUMBER OF UNITS HAVE THE SAME FAR, REGARDLESS OF, UH, UH, OF THE, THE WHAT SECTION OF THE CODE THEY'RE WORKING FROM. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELA MOVES TO APPROVE HIS MOTION TO HIS MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM, UM, DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO AMEND COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK STAFF IF THEY COULD BRING UP THEIR, UM, LATEST MODELS WHILE WE TALK THROUGH THE FAR OPTIONS I'VE ASKED. 
          I HAD ASKED THEM TO HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE. 
          WE DO HAVE THOSE MODELS AVAILABLE. 
          AND WHILE THOSE ARE BEING PULLED UP, I'M GONNA ASK KEITH MARS TO COME UP TO THE ONE PODIUM AND LAUREN, UH, MILTON PRATT TO COME UP TO ANOTHER PODIUM. 
          UH, KEITH IS FROM DSD, LAUREN IS FROM PLANNING AND THEY'LL HELP US NAVIGATE ANSWERING QUESTIONS BY CALLING UP APPROPRIATE STAFF TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, AS WE GO, I'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS A WAY IN WHICH MY AMENDMENT IS AN ALTERNATIVE AMENDMENT TO THIS AMENDMENT. 
          AND SO I JUST DUNNO HOW YOU WANNA, HOW YOU WANNA, UM, HANDLE THAT. 
          UM, BUT WHAT, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS YOU ASKED THE QUESTIONS AND WORK THROUGH THE MODELING AND THEN MAKE AS AN ARGUMENT WHAT THE, WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. 
          IF YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO AMEND, THEN I WOULD ACCEPT THAT AND WE CAN VOTE ON THAT AS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. 
          OR, UH, IF HIS MOTION WERE TO FAIL, YOU COULD THEN I I WOULD THEN RECOGNIZE YOU'D OFFER THAT AMENDMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO 
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IF WE COULD BRING UP THE ACTUAL IMAGES OF THE THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO, SO STAFF, AS I UNDERSTAND THESE MODELS REPRESENT WHAT IS POSSIBLE BASED ON THE BASE ORDINANCE, NOT OUR AMENDMENTS. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? SO IT DOESN'T HAVE THIS AMENDMENT WHICH GIVES ADDITIONAL FAR FOR THE THREE UNITS, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. 
          SO I WANNA, I WANTED TO START WITH JUST CONFIRMING THAT SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, THAT THAT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE A TRICK QUESTION. 
          UM, SO CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT MIGHT CHANGE IN THESE MODELS IF WE WERE TO, UM, ADOPT MOTION TWO OF MINE, WHICH IS A SIMPLE, WHICH IS SIMPLY THE OPTION ONE THAT STAFF WROTE IN THE LATEST MEMO AS BEING AN OPTION TO REDUCE THE UNIT SIZES, WHICH WE WOULD BELIEVE HAVE AN IMPACT ON AFFORDABILITY. 
          SO MINE JUST EXEMPTS GARAGES WITHOUT GIVING ADDITIONAL FAR AS STAFF PROPOSED AS ALTERNATIVE ONE. 
          SO IF STAFF OPTION ONE WAS ADOPTED, WHAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IN THESE MODELS? COUNCIL MEMBER KEITH MARS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WE THINK WE NEED, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. 
          MY APOLOGIES. 
          KEITH MARS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          I BELIEVE WE'LL NEED OUR, SOME OF OUR TECHNICAL STAFF TO BE ABLE TO BETTER ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          UH, LINDY GARWOOD IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNSEL. 
          LINDY GARWOOD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, SO FOR THESE UNITS, THEY'RE BUILT UNDER THE BASE PROPOSAL, LIKE, UM, WAS CONFIRMED PRIOR. 
          BASICALLY THE, ANY ONE UNIT WOULD STILL BE CAPPED AT THE 0.4 AND THE TWO UNITS COULD THEN, UM, COULD, UM, RIGHT NOW IT, IF ONE UNIT WAS CAPPED AT 0.4 IN THESE MODELS, THE OTHER UNIT COULD ONLY BE 0.1 TO REACH THE 0.5. 
          IN THIS SCENARIO THAT'S ON THE, UM, PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW. 
          THE SECOND UNIT COULD BE 0.15. 
          SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENTIATION IN THE SIZE OF THE PARTICULAR UNITS WITH COUNTING GARAGES. 
          UM, THESE MODELS TAKE GARAGE EXCEPTIONS INTO ACCOUNT AND MOST OF THEM, UM, DO HAVE GARAGES FOR AT LEAST, OR FOR TYPICALLY ONE UNIT PER, OR EXCUSE ME, ONE GARAGE PER UNIT. 
          UM, SO EACH WOULD HAVE TO GET SMALLER BY THAT AMOUNT OF SQUARE FEET BECAUSE THE GARAGE WOULD THEN BE CALCULATED IN, INTO THE FAR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THESE MODELS, UM, UNDER COUNCIL MEMBER VELAS MOTION TO INCLUDE GARAGES IN THE CALCULATIONS BUT ALSO INCREASE THE PERMISSIBLE FAR? SO YES. 
          SO THE MODELS WOULD LIKELY GET SMALLER AS THE, UM, THE GARAGES WOULD NOW COUNT FOR FAR, SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO, UM, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE EXEMPTED, SO THEY COUNT AS ZERO AND UM, THEY WOULD COUNT AS PART OF THE FAR SO THAT ALL THE UNITS WOULD HAVE TO GET SMALLER. 
          AND WITH THE POINT, UH, WITH THE UNITS, IT'S, IT'S ONLY TWO UNITS THAT HAVE TO COUNT TO THE 0.55. 
          AND SO IT JUST WOULD HAVE IT, IT WOULD MEAN THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW THE FAR IS DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE TWO UNITS. 
          BUT THE, THE THREE UNIT CAP AS A SITE OF 0.65, I BELIEVE WOULD REMAIN THE SAME UNDER COUNCIL MEMBER VELAS PROPOSAL. 
          SO HE'S ADDING ADDITIONAL, UM, IF HE'S ADDING ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE EVEN IN AREAS, UM, WHERE YOU, I'M TRYING TO BACK OUT OF THIS FROM WHAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE PRESENTED. 
          SO WHAT I WAS PROPOSING IS WHAT STAFF WAS PROPOSING, WHICH WAS WHAT A I A WAS PROPOSING WHEN THEY HAD THE CONVERSATION, UM, AT OUR WORK SESSION, WHICH WAS TO EXEMPT THE GARAGES, WHICH HAS THE EFFECT OF REDUCING THE SIZES OF THESE BUILDINGS BY THE AMOUNT OF THE GARAGES. 
          IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO GARAGES. 
          YES. 
          THEY DON'T CHOOSE TO DO GARAGES, THEY GET TO BUILD THE SAME AMOUNT CORRECT. 
          OF SQUARE FOOTAGE. 
          THAT IS WHAT A I A RECOMMENDED, UM, LAST WEEK. 
          THAT IS WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDED. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT US SET, WE DIDN'T WANNA INCENTIVIZE THE GARAGES. 
          WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER VELA IS DOING, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS HE'S ALSO EXEMPTING THE GARAGES, BUT THEN HE IS GIVING THEM BACK THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE. 
          SO YOU'RE STILL INCENTIVIZING IN THE SAME WAY AS YOU DID LAST WEEK. 
          THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING THE GARAGES YOU GET TO CHOOSE OR YOU CAN HAVE A BIGGER ONE. 
          UM, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY SAYING YOU SHOULDN'T DO GARAGE SPACES, YOU SHOULD DO HOUSE SPACE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VELAS AMENDMENT, 
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UM, BY CHANGING THE, UH, THE SQUARE FEET THAT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED WILL AID SMALLER LOTS, UM, TO HAVE UNITS OF, UM, MORE, MORE LIVABLE SPACE. 
          UM, WITH THE 0.5 DISTRIBUTION FOR TWO UNITS, IT JUST ALLOWS THE, THE SECOND UNIT TO BE, UH, SLIGHTLY LARGER. 
          BUT IT'S STILL CA THE ENTIRE SITE IS STILL CAPPED AT 0.65. 
          UM, SO HOW, HOW EACH HOUSE USES THAT FAR WOULD BE UP TO THEM. 
          THEY COULD STILL HAVE A CARPORT OR A GARAGE. 
          SO, SO UNDER EITHER OF OURS THEY, THEY CAN CHOOSE WHETHER TO USE A CARPORT, CORRECT, A GARAGE, OR TO HAVE LIVING SPACE. 
          THAT'S TRUE FOR BOTH OF US. 
          BOTH OF US ARE SAYING WE SHOULD EXEMPT GARAGES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELA IS GIVING THEM AN ADDITIONAL 600 SQUARE FEET. 
          AND, AND I JUST WANNA BE REALLY CLEAR THAT IF YOU TAKE A 57 50 LOT THAT WE'VE BEEN TELLING EVERYBODY THAT YOU GET A 0.65 FAR ON, IF YOU'RE DOING THREE UNITS, YOU THEN GET, UM, 42 50, WHICH IS A 0.75 FAR. 
          UM, SO YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT GETTING WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WAS IMPORTANT. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE MORE FAR YOU GIVE IT FOR EVERY THREE UNITS, THE LESS INCENTIVE PEOPLE HAVE TO ADOPT THE PRESERVATION AND THE SUSTAINABILITY BONUS. 
          UM, SO BY ADDING THIS ADDITIONAL 600 SQUARE FEET, YOU ARE ACTUALLY GIVING THEM MORE FAR FOR THIS WINDOW OF SIZES. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE MATH FOR THE SIZES BETWEEN 57 50 AND WHAT WOULD BE ABOVE THAT. 
          UM, BUT THERE, THERE IS A RANGE OF WHICH YOU'RE GETTING MORE THAN THE 0.65 FAR. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN HAVE THE GARAGES. 
          AND SO WE'RE JUST GETTING THESE UNITS BIGGER AND BIGGER. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS THAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING LARGE UNITS, UM, WITH THE ACTUAL DETAILS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHILE WE'RE CLAIMING THAT WE WANT TO HAVE SMALL UNITS THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN THAT WILL BE MORE AFFORDABLE. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT 'CAUSE IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH ZONING AND THE DETAILS DO MATTER. 
          UM, SO WHAT, WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER VELA IS PROPOSING IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT OUR STAFF PROPOSED AND IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IAIA WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, SO STAFF, YOU PROPOSED THIS ALTERNATIVE. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU PROPOSED THIS ALTERNATIVE, UM, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT EXEMPTED GARAGES BUT DIDN'T ADD ADDITIONAL FAR? YES. 
          SO COUN, UM, SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION EXEMPTED, UM, GARAGES SIMILAR TO THE SUBCHAPTER F AND WE TRIED TO STAY AS CLOSE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AS POSSIBLE WHILE STILL, UM, MAKING, AND I'M SORRY IT DIDN'T, I'M GETTING CONFUSED WITH THE EXEMPTING, THE FA THE GARAGES, IT'S EXEMPTING THEM FROM THE FAR CALCULATION IS WHAT I MEANT TO BE SAYING. 
          SO YES. 
          UM, SO YES, WE TRIED TO STAY, UM, AS CLOSE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AS POSSIBLE WHILE STILL STREAMLINING IT AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR OUR REVIEW STAFF. 
          UM, SO OUR RECOMMENDATION REFLECTS THAT. 
          OKAY, SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS EXEMPTING GARAGES FROM THE IS NOT EXEMPTING GARAGES FROM THE FAR CALCULATION. 
          I JUST WANNA, THE TERMINOLOGY IS CONFUSING, BUT YES. 
          ONE ALTERNATIVE THAT WE SUGGESTED WAS TO INCLUDE THE GARAGES INTO THE FAR. 
          YES. 
          UM, AND ANOTHER WOULD BE, UM, TO ADJUST THE FAR, UM, TO, UH, IN A, IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          BUT, BUT YES, IN RELATION TO THE GARAGES, WE DID RECOMMEND, UM, JUST INCLUDING THEM IN THE BASE CALCULATION. 
          LIKE A, I A HAD RECOMMENDED BECAUSE IT MAKES IT MORE STREAMLINED FOR OUR STAFF TO NOT HAVE TO, UM, TO NOT HAVE TO CONSIDER SPECIFIC EXEMPTIONS BASED ON HOW A GARAGE IS ORIENTED OR HOW IT'S, UM, APPLIED TO THE PROPERTY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF WE, IN, SO IF WE AGREE THAT WE WANNA INCLUDE GARAGES, UM, IN THE FAR CALCULATIONS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY AMENDMENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER VELA IS IGNORING THE TWO UNIT PART IS THAT HE'S GIVING THEM AN ADDITIONAL 600 FEET, WHICH FOR A BASE LAW TO 57 50 GIVES THEM ANOTHER POINT, LIKE ANOTHER 0.1 FAR, WHICH GIVES THEM A MUCH BIGGER SIZE. 
          YES. 
          BY INCREASING THE, UM, THE ALLOWED SQUARE FOOTAGE, UM, AND THE, AND THE STATEMENT BEING GREATER, WHICHEVER IS THE GREATER OF, FOR LOTS THAT ARE UNDER 6,600 SQUARE FEET, UM, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WOULD BE THE LARGER 
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OPTION TO SELECT AND IT IS THEN GREATER THAN THE 0.65. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I THINK THAT, UM, IS, YOU KNOW, I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS PROVIDING MORE AND MORE SIZE WHEN WE WANT, SAY THAT WE ARE GETTING SMALL UNITS. 
          UM, AND IF WE WANT TO HAVE THE SMALL UNITS AND WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE PRESERVATION, WHICH IS BEING INCENTIVIZED BY GIVING THEM ADDITIONAL SPACE, THE MORE SPACE WE GIVE THEM IN THE BASE, THE LESS LIKELY THEY ARE TO ADOPT THE PRESERVATION INCENTIVE AND KEEP THE OTHER, THE OTHER HOUSE. 
          UM, SO MY ALTERNATIVE IS THE STAFF MOTION ALTERNATIVE ONE, WHICH WOULD NOT INCLUDE GARAGES IN THE FAR CALCULATIONS, BUT DOES NOT INCREASE THE FAR EVEN FURTHER. 
          AND I WILL JUST POINT OUT THAT THEY HAVE A SECOND OPTION, WHICH I THINK REDUCES THE FAR, UM, SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, STAFF COULD ALSO TALK ABOUT WHY YOU THOUGHT WE SHOULD BE REDUCING THE FAR FURTHER IN YOUR SECOND OPTION. 
          DO YOU WANNA ANSWER AND THEN I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, THE SECOND ALTERNATIVE TO THE FAR, UM, THAT STAFF PROPOSED IS, UM, LOWERING THE 0.5 FOR TWO UNITS TO 0.5 BECAUSE THAT MORE CLOSELY REC, UM, ALIGNS WITH WHAT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED TODAY UNDER MCMANSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. 
          SO I THINK WHAT I, I THINK WHAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE IS ENSURE THAT THIS PARTICULAR SPACE, IT COULD BE 200 SQUARE FEET, COULD ON THREE, IT COULD BE A TOTAL OF 600 SQUARE FEET IS FLEXIBLE. 
          SO PEOPLE COULD USE IT AS GARAGE SPACE OR THEY COULD CHOOSE TO USE IT AS, UM, AS A BEDROOM FOR EXAMPLE. 
          BUT WE DON'T WANNA DOUBLE DIP, WE DON'T WANNA BOTH EXEMPT THE GARAGE SPACE AND ADD 0.05 TO THE FAR, BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD BE OFFERING THAT SPACE TWICE. 
          SO BOTH STAFF AND I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER ELLA, AND I THINK YOU AS WELL COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER ARE SAYING WE ONLY WANNA DO ONE OF THESE. 
          SO LET'S BE CLEAR ON THAT. 
          I DID WANT TO ASK THE, UM, MAKER OF THE MOTION, MR, TO UH, CONFIRM THAT THE ADDITIONAL FAR THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS INSTANCE IS ON A SMALLER LOT MM-HMM. 
          , IS THAT CORRECT? COUNCIL MEMBER VEELA? THAT IS, UH, CORRECT. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. 
          UH, THE DIFFERENCE REALLY BETWEEN PUTTING THAT TWO UNIT PART OF THE MOTION ASIDE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER AUSTIN ALTER'S PROPOSAL IS THAT, UH, FOR THE SMALLEST LOTS, THEY WILL GET A MINIMUM OF, IF IT'S THREE UNITS, 1450 PER UNIT AS OPPOSED TO THE, THE, THE WITHOUT MY AMENDMENT, WITH HER AMENDMENT, THE, THE THREE UNITS WOULD BE 1250, UH, SQUARE FEET PER UNIT. 
          YOU KNOW, SO I'M GIVING 'EM, BASICALLY I'M SAYING THAT FOR THE SMALLEST LOTS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSING THAT'S ON THERE THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, FAR TO WORK WITH SO WE CAN GET A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT'S BASICALLY, I JUST WANNA GIVE THE SMALLEST LOTS, A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY. 
          SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE FAMILY, UH, SIZE UNITS, UH, THAT THAT'S, I'D SAY THAT'S THE, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE RIGHT THERE. 
          THEY WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, BUT THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE 12, UH, 50 SQUARE FEET, UH, IN HER AMENDMENT FOR THE SMALLEST LOTS VERSUS 1450 SQUARE FEET. 
          IN MY VERSION, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER, AND THEN I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER VELA TO CLOSE. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU RECOMMEND ACTUALLY RE REDUCING THE FAR FURTHER FOR, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING THE PRESERVATION INCENTIVE. 
          UM, AND THIS IS INCREASING THE FAR BY ONE POINT ON THOSE SMALLER LOTS, WHICH IS ALSO GONNA BE HAPPENING WHERE IT'S CLOSER IN THAT ALL THE LOTS WILL BE CLOSER IN. 
          AND SO IT'S GONNA HAVE A MUCH BIGGER IMPACT IN THOSE AREAS. 
          SO, UM, OF THE TWO OPTIONS FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, GIVEN WHAT YOU PRESENTED TO US, UM, WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE? LAUREN MIDDLETON PRATT PLANNING DIRECTOR. 
          UM, THE PURPOSE FOR US AS STAFF, GIVING YOU THE OPTIONS IS TO ALLOW YOU TO HAVE THE POLICY, DELIBERATION AND 
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DISCUSSION. 
          UM, SO WE AS STAFF WOULD PREFER THAT YOU ALL DISCUSSED BETWEEN THE TWO OPTIONS AND, AND CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION FOR THE CITY. 
          OKAY, BUT I'M ASKING BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY PROPOSED SOMETHING THAT WAS A LOWER FAR BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER IN YOUR OPTION. 
          SO, SO, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS, IS WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED. 
          UM, AND SO WE, SO IT'S WHAT I PROPOSED, WHICH IS OPTION ONE OR OPTION TWO. 
          I JUST PICKED ONE OF THE TWO, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER VALA, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO CLOSE ON YOUR MOTION TO AMEND. 
          UH, NUMBER ONE, AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO GIVE FOLKS A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE DESIGN AND STRUCTURE OF THE SMALLEST LOTS TO MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, WE CAN GET FAMILY SIZE UNITS. 
          HONESTLY, ANOTHER CONSIDERATION, ESPECIALLY WITH SO MUCH KIND OF WORK FROM HOME, A STUDY, YOU KNOW, AN OFFICE LIKE THAT. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF, SO AGAIN, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY, UH, IN THE DESIGN AND I WOULD, UH, MOVE ADOPTION OF MY AMENDMENT. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA HAS MOVED ADOPTION AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED. 
          UM, IS THERE OBJECTION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER? I OBJECT. 
          OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH. 
          YOU, THANK YOU. 
          SORRY, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND WE CAN, IF MINE PASSES, THEN WE CAN DEAL WITH THE TWO UNIT PIECE. 
          I'VE ALREADY, I'VE ALREADY CALLED FOR, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION, I'M SORRY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I'VE CALLED FOR A VOTE. 
          UM, I'LL, I'LL RECOGNIZE, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE YOU FOR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, BUT TYPICALLY AFTER THE, A VOTE HAS BEEN CALLED, IT'S TOO LATE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, BUT WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL ALLOW FOR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO BE MADE. 
          NO OBJECTION. 
          YOU'RE . 
          SO I WOULD MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO MOVE PASSAGE OF YOUR MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO. 
          SHEET NUMBER TWO, PLEASE. 
          MEMBERS YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO. 
          THAT IS THE SUB. 
          SHE MAKES THAT AS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. 
          AND THAT'S STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. 
          IS THERE AMENDMENT A SECOND TO THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND. 
          THAT WILL TAKE US BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS VELA MOTION, UH, TO AMEND. 
          NUMBER ONE. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT THERE'S OBJECTION FROM TWO. 
          IS THERE ANY OTHER OBJECTION? WITHOUT OBJECTION, I OBJECT. 
          I KNOW I SAID THERE WAS TWO PEOPLE THAT OBJECTED AND THAT WOULD BE YOU AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. 
          SO THERE WOULD BE THE MOTION PASSES. 
          MOTION TO AMEND IS ADOPTED WITH TWO VOTING NO NINE VOTING IN FAVOR. 
          AND THE TWO VOTING NO. 
          OR COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. 
          THAT WILL TAKE US TO VELA. 
          MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER TWO MEMBERS. 
          IT IS LISTED AS COUNCIL MEMBER VELA. 
          MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO, RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER VELA. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, I ALSO, ON THE PRIOR ONE, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE, THE CALCULATION, THE OTHER GOAL OF BOTH THE PRIOR AMENDMENT THAT JUST PASSED, AND THIS ONE WE'RE TRYING TO SIMPLIFY PROCESSES. 
          UH, THE CALCULATION FOR THE GARAGES, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BUILDER HAS TO SUBMIT IT. 
          THE, THE, THE CITY STAFF HAS TO APPROVE IT, OFFER THAT 200 FOOT GARAGE EXEMPTION. 
          AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF THAT. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO ALSO JUST STREAMLINE INTERNAL CITY PROCESSES TO, TO MAKE OUR, UH, UH, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, UH, WORKLOAD SMALLER. 
          THIS NEXT AMENDMENT IS VERY MUCH IN THAT SAME VEIN. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW, THIS AMENDMENT WOULD, UH, MAKE THE, UH, MINIMUM FRONT YARD SETBACK, UH, TAKE IT DOWN TO 15 FEET. 
          AND RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT CALCULATION IN THE MCMANSION, UH, AREA IS THIS KIND OF FRONT YARD. 
          'CAUSE AUSTIN HAS HAD DIFFERENT, UH, FRONT YARD SETBACKS OVER THE YEARS. 
          IT HAS MOVED OVER THE YEARS, AND SO YOU'VE GOT POTENTIALLY SIMILAR NEIGHBORHOODS OR DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS WITH DIFFERENT SETBACKS. 
          SO IT'S HARD TO JUST USE ONE STANDARD. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE HAVE BEEN DOING IS THIS WHOLE FRONT YARD, UH, UH, SETBACK AVERAGING WHERE YOU HAVE TO HIRE A SURVEYOR TO, UH, GET A BUNCH OF THE, THE, UH, SETBACKS AND, AND THE, YOUR, THE SETBACK THAT YOU GET IS THE AVERAGE OF, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THE CALCULATION, BUT IT'S THE AVERAGE OF SOME KIND OF COMBINATION OF OTHER, YOU KNOW, PROPERTIES AROUND YOU. 
          THIS WOULD JUST SAY 15 FEET, UH, FRONT YARD, A SETBACK WITH JUST 15 FEET. 
          UH, SAVE EVERYBODY A TIME AND EFFORT. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, JUST TRYING TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS. 
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ALSO, JUST TRYING TO GIVE FOLKS SINCE, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT SMALL LOTS, HERITAGE TREES, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT KIND OF THINGS THAT COME UP, GIVE 'EM A LITTLE MORE SPACE ON THEIR OWN LOT TO ACTUALLY, UH, FIT THE, THE THREE UNIT CONFIGURATION. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS ALSO KIND OF TRYING TO PROMOTE THE, THE THREE UNIT CONFIGURATION, UH, AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          SO WE DO GET THE, THE BOOST TO OUR HOUSING SUPPLY THAT, THAT WE NEED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VALA MOVES TO APPROVE VELA. 
          MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER TWO. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON. 
          MEMBERS, WE'RE GONNA GO TO DISCUSSION AND I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER FOR DISCUSSION. 
          AND I YOU ALSO HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER MOTION SHEET NUMBER ONE. 
          THAT IS A PROPOSED, I'M SORRY, IS IT NUMBER THREE? WELL, I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER THREE. 
          I AM SORRY. 
          IT'S, IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          IT'S LABELED COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ALTER ALISON ALTER MOTION SHEET NUMBER THREE FOR ITEM ONE IS HOW IT'S LABELED. 
          THAT WILL BE OFFERED AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. 
          AND I WILL RECOGNIZE HER AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO GET THOSE IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER FOR QUESTIONS OF STAFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, AS I UNDERSTAND, UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UM, MY MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER VELAS IS, IS FIVE FEET. 
          SO I THINK WE CURRENTLY ARE AT 25. 
          I'M PROPOSING THAT WE GO TO 20 FOR THE MINIMUM FRONT YARD SETBACK, WHICH WOULD STILL ALLOW THE PORCHES, UM, TO GO ANOTHER FIVE FEET IN. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER VELA IS PROPOSING TO GO TO A 15 FOOT, UM, FRONT YARD SETBACK, UM, STAFF, YOU RECOMMENDED A 20 FOOT YARD SETBACK. 
          IN YOUR MEMO, CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHY YOU RECOMMENDED A 20 FOOT YARD? UM, SET FRONT YARD SETBACK. 
          JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, SINCE THE MAYOR STEPPED OFF, HAVE YOU MADE A MOTION OR ARE YOU JUST ASKING QUESTIONS THAT CHIEF DOES MOTIONS. 
          I'M ASKING QUESTIONS FIRST BECAUSE I HAVE TO, HE WANTED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND, AND WE NEED TO . 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I WAS STARTING IN THE RIGHT SPOT. 
          SO LET'S PROCEED WITH QUESTIONS. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR TECHNICAL STAFF COME AND RESPOND TO THE QUESTION. 
          I APOLOGIES. 
          HAVE TO STEP WAY. 
          TALK TO OUR STAFF FOR JUST A MINUTE. 
          UH, KEITH MARS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          SO IN PART WHY, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDED THE THE 20 FOOT SETBACK IS TO JUST GET AWAY FROM SETBACK AVERAGING, UH, IT'S ADMINISTRATIVELY DIFFICULT AND THIS WAS A MORE STREAMLINED APPROACH. 
          AND, AND, UM, WHY DID YOU PICK 20? AND AS THE NUMBER, AS I UNDERSTAND, THE, THE MOTIONS ARE 15 FEET AND 20 FEET. 
          I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE SIMILAR TO THE, THE PRIOR QUESTION OF OR SCENARIO, THIS BEING A POLICY MATTER. 
          I WILL SAY THE 25 FOOT REQUIREMENT AND THEN GOING LOT TO LOT, UH, ON RESIDENTIAL, ESPECIALLY OF HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE AVERAGE SETBACK EXERCISE, UH, IS DIFFICULT FOR STAFF. 
          AND, UH, AND ON THOSE THAT ARE, THAT ARE SUBMITTING, UH, UH, I, I THINK THE 25 FOOT WAS RECOMMENDED AS A, THIS IS KIND OF COMMONLY SEEN, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE AVERAGING EXERCISE. 
          SO, SO I THINK BOTH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA AND I ARE AGREEING ON THE BENEFIT THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED FOR MOVING AWAY FROM THE AVERAGING. 
          UM, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT GOING TOO FAR ON THOSE FRONT YARD SETBACKS AND NEED THOSE SETBACKS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY REASONS AND, AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS AS WELL. 
          AND YOU PUT A 20 FOOT NUMBER, YOU DIDN'T PUT 15 WHEN YOU HAD THE CHOICE OF PUTTING IT. 
          SO I'M ASKING YOU TO SPEAK TO THE CHOICE, AND IT IS A POLICY QUESTION, BUT THEY'RE ALSO PLANNING PRINCIPLES THAT I ASSUME THAT OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT CAN SHARE. 
          SHE HAS NOT PAID HER MOTION YET. 
          SHE JUST SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER, I BELIEVE I NEED TO TALK MORE, TALK MORE DEEPLY WITH STAFF. 
          THAT'S THE BEST ANSWER I CAN PROVIDE AT THIS TIME. 
          BEFORE WE, 
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UM, TAKE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, UM, MEMBERS UNDER OUR RULES, UM, I NEED TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND IT, IT HURTS ME TO DO THIS. 
          UH, BUT IF WE WANT, IF, BUT IT'S TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          MOTIONS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE. 
          AND IT'S SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE THAT THE COUNCIL MEET AFTER 10 O'CLOCK. 
          UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS, THIS YEAR AND LET'S, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. 
          YEAH, THAT WAS A GOOD POINT. 
          WE, IT DOES, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE, BUT THE FACT THAT WE'VE EVEN GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR HURTS MY SOUL. 
          UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? I OBJECT. 
          I OBJECT. 
           COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, KELLY, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, ALLISON ALTER AND COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, OBJECT TO GOING PAST 10 O'CLOCK. 
          UH, THE VOTE THEN IS EIGHT TO THREE FOR US TO CONTINUE WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM. 
          THE MOTION TO GO PAST 10 O'CLOCK IS ADOPTED. 
          WITH THAT. 
          I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE FOR DISCUSSION ON THE VELA AMENDMENT. 
          NUMBER TWO, I THINK THE FIVE FOOT DIFFERENCE, UM, AND MAYBE THE MAKER, THE, THE INITIAL AMENDMENT MOTION WOULD WANNA SPEAK TO IT. 
          IT ALLOWS SOME FLEXIBILITY OF THE SIGHTING OF WHERE THE ADDITIONAL, UH, UNIT MIGHT BE. 
          AND IF, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH SMALL LOTS, UM, YOU MAY NEED THAT ADDITIONAL FIVE FEET TO FIT EVERYTHING IN. 
          AND SO IN LINE WITH WHAT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO, UH, IS TO MAKE THINGS SIMPLER AND TO INFUSE THESE PROCESSES WITH THE FLEXIBILITY NECESSARY TO REACH OUR, OUR GOALS, WHICH IS MORE ACHIEVABLE HOUSING. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, THE FIVE FEET. 
          CAN I, I THINK WE WILL FIND THAT THAT MAY ACTUALLY MAKE IT POSSIBLE IN MANY INSTANCES TO GET A SECOND OR A THIRD UNIT ON SOME OF THE LOTS IN THE CITY. 
          I MORNING RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER VELA. 
          AND THEN I'M GONNA ORGANIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER FOR A MOTION, A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BAILO, UH, UH, THANK YOU FOR THOSE, UH, COMMENTS. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, UH, COMPLETELY AGREE. 
          WE ARE, AGAIN, WE GOTTA PRESERVE OUR TREES, BUT THEY ARE SOMETIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOT AND THEY MAKE IT VERY, VERY HARD TO BUILD. 
          SO WE, I THINK WE'VE GOT TO GIVE PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO KIND OF MOVE AROUND THE VARIOUS OBJECTS AND, AND, AND FEATURES OF, UH, INDIVIDUAL LOTS THAT, THAT COULD MAKE IT, UH, VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BUILD. 
          ONE OTHER, UH, UH, NOTE THAT I WOULD, UH, ADD IS THAT THE FARTHER THE SETBACK, THE LONGER THE DRIVEWAY HAS TO BE UNTIL YOU GET TO YOUR GARAGE OR YOU GET TO YOUR CARPORT, OR YOU GET TO WHEREVER YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA, UH, PARK YOUR CAR. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 15 FEET, UH, UH, FRONT SETBACK AND A 25 FEET FRONT SETBACK IS, UH, 10 FEET OF SIDEWALK AND DRIVEWAY IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          AND IF WE'RE NOT GONNA BE CHANGING THE IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS, THEN I'D RATHER USE THAT IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR HOUSING THAN USE THAT IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR AN ADDITIONAL DRIVEWAY AND, AND, AND SIDEWALK SPACE. 
          SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING. 
          THE CLOSER THE, THE, THE, THE SETBACK IS TO THE STREET, THE LESS CONCRETE WE HAVE TO POUR TO GET TO THE HOUSE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          I MEAN, IF STAFF CAN'T GIVE A COMPELLING REASON FOR A RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY THEMSELVES PUT IN WRITING TO US, THEN DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? COUNSELOR? YES, I HAVE SPOKEN WITH COLLEAGUES AND HAVE A BETTER RESPONSE FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO STAFF DID RECOMMEND 20 FEET, HOWEVER, THERE WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU CAN ENCROACH BEYOND THE 20 FEET WITH THE FRONT PORCH, UH, DOWN TO 15 FEET. 
          UH, AS WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE A I A RECOMMENDATION OF THE 15 FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACK, RIGHT? WHICH WAS MY MOTION, I MEAN, IS MY MOTION IF I MAKE THE MOTION, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO MAKE A MOTION IF, IF STAFF CAN'T JUSTIFY THEIR OWN MOTION, THEIR OWN RECOMMENDATION HERE. 
          SO, UH, I THINK THAT THAT IS THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE 20 FEET. 
          IT WAS A STAFF WAS LOOKING AT A, THEY AGAIN OFFERED TWO ALTERNATIVES AND LOOKING AT THE SETBACKS, THEY WERE LOOKING AT A REDUCTION FROM THE 25 FEET. 
          AND 20 FEET SEEMED LIKE A REASONABLE REDUCTION. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT IF STAFF CONSIDERED OR DELIBERATED ON GOING TO THE 15 FEET, BUT I THINK THAT IS BY WHERE THEY LANDED ON THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 20 FEET. 
          THAT'S CORRECT, ASSISTANT C MANAGER. 
          AND THEN, UH, TO, TO FURTHER THAT, THE, THE SETBACK IS AT 20 FEET. 
          HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE, IF YOU ARE CONSTRUCTING A FRONT PORCH, YOU CAN GO TO 15. 
          UH, AND THAT WAS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. 
          SO, SO I'M WELL AWARE OF WHAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WAS PROPOSING. 
          I WAS JUST HOPING THAT YOU COULD 
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CONTRAST THE TWO. 
          UM, I MEAN, IF I HAVE A SECOND, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. 
          BUT I HAVE A SENSE THAT IF THE STAFF CAN'T, UM, PROVIDE A JUSTIFICATION FOR THEIR OWN RECOMMENDATION, THEN I'M NOT SURE WHERE THIS GOES HERE. 
          DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? UM, I'LL, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA IF I HAVE A SECOND. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER MOVES, UH, MAKES A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. 
          IT IS, UH, IT'S RECOGNIZED AS COUNCIL MEMBER A ALTER MOTION SHEET NUMBER THREE. 
          IT'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION. 
          IT'S A SUBSTITUTE TO COUNCIL MEMBER VELAS. 
          MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER TWO. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? THE MOTION TO AMEND BY, UH, MOTION. 
          THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO AMEND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON TER FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND MEMBERS. 
          THAT TAKES US BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION TO AMEND, WHICH IS COUNCIL MEMBER VELA. 
          MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER TWO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU FOR A BRIEF CLOSING MOVE PASSAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELA MOVES THE PASSAGE OF MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER TWO. 
          IT'S BEEN SECONDED. 
          IS THERE OBJECTION? I OBJECT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER WILL BE SHOWN VOTING NO. 
          SO THE MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER TWO OF VELA PASSES ON A VOTE OF NINE TO TWO. 
          THAT WILL TAKE US TO VELA MOTION SHEET NUMBER THREE, VERSION TWO, VELA MOTION SHEET NUMBER THREE, VERSION TWO. 
          I WILL RECOGNIZE THIS AS VELA. 
          MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER THREE, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, YOU WERE RECOGNIZED FOR DISCUSSION AND TO MAKE A MOTION. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, THE, UH, FINAL MOTION. 
          THIS IS A VERY, AGAIN, VERY NARROW MOTION, TARGETED TOWARD LARGE, UH, CORNER LOTS, WHICH ARE GONNA BE SOME OF THE BEST LOTS FOR, UH, FOR CREATING THREE UNITS ON. 
          BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF, UH, I WISH I HAD A LITTLE PICTURE, BUT I DON'T. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT A HOUSE THAT, THAT IS ON A, A CORNER, YOU KNOW, THE FRONT IS FACING THE MAIN STREET, AND THEN THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE IS FACING THE SIDE STREET. 
          AND WHAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY DO IN THOSE SITUATIONS IS RECONFIGURE IT TO WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, EITHER TWO HOUSES FACING THE, THE, THE MAIN STREET AND ONE FACING THE SIDE STREET OR ONE FACING, BUT YOU GET THAT KIND OF CORNER HOUSE. 
          YOU GET THREE HOUSES ON THAT CORNER, UH, WHERE BEFORE YOU JUST HAD ONE CORNER. 
          LOTS ARE GENERALLY LARGER, UH, LOTS, A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN YOUR OTHER LOTS. 
          SO, UH, MOST FOLKS WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE TO WORK WITH ON THOSE CORNER LOTS. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, THE, THE, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT CONFIGURATION RIGHT NOW UNDER THE CURRENT CODE IS THAT, UH, NORMALLY YOU JUST HAVE A FIVE FOOT SETBACK BETWEEN HOMES, BUT WHEN YOU'RE ON A SIDE STREET, YOU HAVE A 15 FOOT, UH, SETBACK FROM THE SIDE STREET. 
          AND SO THAT WOULD, AGAIN, PUSH THE HOUSES. 
          UH, IT WOULD MAKE THE CONFIGURATION A LITTLE BIT, UH, UH, DIFFERENT. 
          UM, THE, WE, WE WORKED WITH STAFF. 
          WE ORIGINALLY HAD IT SET AS A, AS A FIVE FOOT SIDE STREET, UH, SETBACK. 
          BUT, UH, THE, UH, VERSION TWO WENT FROM, UH, IT'S A FIVE FOOT SIDE STREET SETBACK ON LEVEL ONE STREETS, WHICH ARE YOUR SMALLEST KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. 
          UH, AND A A 10 FOOT, UH, SIDE STREET SETBACKS IF THE STREET IS A LEVEL TWO STREET. 
          UH, WE, WE, UH, RAN THAT BY TRANSPORTATION STAFF AND TRANSPORTATION RECOMMENDED THAT, UH, LEVEL ONE STREETS ARE SLOW AND, AND, AND SIMPLE LEVEL TWO STREETS ARE A LITTLE FASTER. 
          AND SO YOU WANNA HAVE THAT, THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBILITY AT THE CORNER AND, UH, A CLEARANCE. 
          UH, AND, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, JUST TRYING TO GIVE FOLKS FLEXIBILITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY GET THE SUPPLY THAT WE'RE, UH, LOOKING FOR. 
          UH, OUT OF, UH, UH, OUT OF THE, THE HOME INITIATIVE MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER VELA MOVES TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THIS IS NUMBER THREE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELA. 
          MOTION SHEET NUMBER THREE, VERSION TWO. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, OR QUESTIONS OF STAFF? HEARING NONE. 
          IS THERE OBJECTION. 
          I OBJECT. 
          I OBJECT. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THE MOTION TO AMEND IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS KELLY AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER BEING SHOWN AS VOTING NO, IT PASSES ON A VOTE OF NINE TO TWO MEMBERS THAT WILL TAKE US TO, TO COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE'S. 
          MOTION TO AMEND IT IS LABELED COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE MOTION SHEET. 
          IT IS, UH, AT, AT THE TOP IT SAYS ITEM ONE. 
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UM, IT'S A MOTION SHEET TO AMEND ITEM ONE, BUT THAT'S FOR THE MAIN MOTION. 
          I'M GOING TO DISCUSS THIS AS CADRE. 
          MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          AND I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE TO DISCUSS AND MAKE A MOTION ON MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I, I SHARE EVERYONE'S FRUSTRATION THAT WE'RE NOT OUT BY TWO 30 TODAY, BUT, UH, BUT I, BUT I GUESS IT IS WHAT IT IS. 
          UM, UH, SO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION MOTION ADDRESSES STAFF'S MEMO OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT WAS RELEASED LAST FRIDAY. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, ONCE AGAIN EMPHASIZE HOW VALUABLE THIS PRESERVATION BONUS IS, IS TO OUR CITY, AND ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          PRESERVING EXISTING STRUCTURES FURTHERS THE CITY'S AFFORDABILITY, CULTURAL PRESERVATION, AND CLIMATE GOALS BY DIVERTING CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS FROM THE LANDFILL. 
          SO I BELIEVE THIS AMENDMENT WILL HELP ENSURE THE PROGRAM SUCCESS. 
          AND WITH THAT I MOVE PASSAGE OF GOD MOTION MEMBERS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE MOVES TO AMEND THE BASE MOTION WITH CADRE. 
          MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON CADRE? MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO I HAVE A, A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS WITH HOW WELL THE PRESERVATION BONUS WILL WORK AND WHETHER WE WERE ACTUALLY NOTICED FOR IT. 
          UM, BUT I SUPPORT THE ADDITION OF THIS LANGUAGE TO THE ORDINANCE. 
          IS THERE COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE FOR THE THOUGHTFUL WORK HIM AND HIS STAFF DID TO CREATE THIS AMENDMENT. 
          IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO ADOPTION OF THE CADRE? MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE WITHOUT OBJECTION CADRE. 
          MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE IS ADOPTED MEMBERS THAT WILL TAKE US TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER'S, UH, MOTION SHEET NUMBER, WHAT'S LABELED MOTION SHEET NUMBER ONE. 
          I WILL RECOGNIZE THIS AS ALLISON COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER. 
          MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE AND I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER TO DISCUSS MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE MEMBERS BY THE WAY, IT SHOWS IN THE MAIN HEADING MOTION SHEET NUMBER ONE FOR ITEM ONE, VERSION TWO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, TODAY THE ORDINANCE AS DRAFTED WOULD EXPAND SHORT-TERM RENTALS BEYOND OUR EXISTING LIMITS AND ALLOW A HUNDRED PERCENT OF A NEWLY DEVELOPED SITE UNDER THIS USED TO BE A MULTI-UNIT, SHORT-TERM RENTAL. 
          UM, SHORT-TERM RENTALS HAVE A ROLE, BUT I REALLY DON'T HEAR THE CONCERN RAISED IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TOO FEW SHORT-TERM RENTALS. 
          UM, GIVEN THAT I WOULD PREFER THAT ANY EXPANSION OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS BE CONSIDERED MORE COMPREHENSIVELY RATHER THAN USING THIS ITEM AS A VEHICLE TO CHANGE OUR EXISTING LIMITS ON THIS USE, INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH INCOME INVESTOR DRIVEN USE OF OUR LIMITED HOUSING STOCK DOES NOT, IN MY ESTIMATION FURTHER OUR HOUSING SUPPLY GOALS. 
          UM, VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE AGAINST STR OR DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN OUR CITY, BUT STR ARE ALREADY ALLOWED TODAY. 
          AND IF OUR GOAL IS TO PRODUCE HOUSING, THEN LET'S ENSURE THAT WHAT GETS PRODUCED IS HOUSING NOT HOTELS. 
          TODAY SOMEONE CAN USE A UA UNIT FOR AN STR. 
          THIS WOULD SIMPLY HOLD TO THAT SITUATION FOR AN, THEY CAN USE ONE UNIT FOR AN SDR. 
          THIS WOULD SIMPLY HOLD TO THAT SITUATION. 
          FOR NOW, UNTIL WE DEAL WITH STRS MORE COMPREHENSIVELY, MY MOTION DOES NOTHING TO FURTHER PROHIBIT SDRS. 
          IT SIMPLY KEEPS OUR CURRENT RULES IN PLACE UNTIL WE CAN HAVE A MORE SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATION ON WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING WITHOUT CREATING UNNECESSARY HARM. 
          SO I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER MOVES ADOPTION OF HER MOTION TO AMEND THE BASE MOTION. 
          MOTION. 
          UH, MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES. 
          IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY? I DO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR, UM, STAFF IF THEY'RE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT. 
          WE HAVE DANIEL WARD MAKING HIS WAY TO THE PODIUM FROM DSD COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          UH, I, AFTER REVIEWING THIS AMENDMENT, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS RELATED TO ANY CHALLENGES OR UNFORESEEN CHALLENGES MAYBE THAT MIGHT, UM, COME AS A RESULT OF PASSING THIS AMENDMENT. 
          COULD YOU MAYBE SPEAK TO SOME OF THOSE IF THEY EXIST? SURE. 
          UH, DANIEL WORD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, THE LANGUAGE BEING PROPOSED ESSENTIALLY MIMICS EXISTING LANGUAGE IN THE CODE REGARDING TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE. 
          UM, IT DOES TAKE THAT STANDARD AND THEN ALSO APPLY IT TO DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL USE WITH A SLIGHTLY LATER DATE. 
          UM, BUT THE DIFFICULTIES THAT EXIST AROUND, UM, ENFORCEMENT OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE DIFFICULT TODAY. 
          , UM, THEY WON'T, DON'T BECOME MORE DIFFICULT BASED ON THIS AMENDMENT. 
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OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. 
          I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS A QUESTION THAT I HAD RAISED AT A PREVIOUS WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD RELATED TO A BRIEFING ON THIS ITEM. 
          AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE A, A LARGER OVERHAUL OF THE STR ORDINANCES AND THAT WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL AT A LATER TIME. 
          IS THAT STILL THE, THE GENERAL IDEA? I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT TRISH LINK ACTUALLY BROUGHT TO US. 
          I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          WE ARE WORKING ON A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO STRS THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO DOES ANYTHING RELATED TO, JUST FOR MY CLARITY'S SAKE, DOES ANYTHING IN HOME CURRENTLY ASIDE FROM THIS AMENDMENT, PREVENTS US FROM GOING BACK AND I GUESS UTILIZING THAT PROCESS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO APPLY IT TO HOME? DOES THAT QUESTION MAKE SENSE? I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN MY HEAD. 
          ARE YOU ASKING ME OR ARE YOU ASKING? WELL, HE, I'M, I'M ASKING VERONICA. 
          WELL, IF I MIGHT JUMP IN, IF, IF IT WERE TO BE, TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THE MOTION TO AMEND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE HAD THAT, THAT I PULLED BACK AND SAID, WE'LL BRING UP LATER IS ONE THAT SPECIFICALLY REFERENCES ALLOWING AND GIVING DIRECTION TO ALLOW STAFF TO DO THAT ON A HOLISTIC APPROACH. 
          THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF THAT. 
          AND THE COMMUNITY ALSO FOLLOWING ALONG HAS BEEN, IT'S BEEN GREAT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          NO, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, THE, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER TO CLOSE. 
          SO IF YOU GIVE SOMEBODY THE RIGHT, I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A QUESTION. 
          LEMME GO TO HIM THEN I'LL LET YOU CLOSE. 
          AND, AND THIS WOULD BE, I'M NOT A A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE OF, BUT, AND I GUESS THIS IS A QUESTION FOR LAW AND OR, UH, UH, STAFF, BUT WOULD THIS TREAT UNITS DIFFERENTLY BASED ON, I I I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. 
          'CAUSE MY CONCERN WOULD BE SINCE THE LAST TIME, UH, THE LAST COURT CASE THAT WE HAD WHERE THE, THE FOLKS OUT OF, I THINK HOUSTON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SUED US, UH, SAYING THAT WE CAN'T TREAT RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN, UH, DIFFERENT THAN NON-RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN FOR THE PURPOSES OF ISSUING A A SHORT-TERM RENTAL LICENSE. 
          UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL COURT OVERTURNED, IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, MS LINK, UH, TRISH LINK WITH THE LAW DEPARTMENT, THIS AMENDMENT WOULD APPLY IT ON A USE BASIS AND IT WOULD APPLY TO IRRE IRRESPECTIVE IF IT WAS OWNER OCCUPIED OR NON OWNER OCCUPIED. 
          MM-HMM, . 
          BUT I GUESS MY CONCERN WOULD BE ARE WE TREATING SIMILAR PARTIES IN DIFFERENT MANNERS BASED ON KIND OF ARBITRARY PRINCIPLES? THAT WAS MY CONCERN OR THAT WAS WHAT I TOOK OUT OF THE, THE FEDERAL CASES THAT WE LOST ON THE S STR IS THAT BASICALLY THEY'RE LIKE, STOP SUBDIVIDING EVERYBODY INTO LITTLE CATEGORIES AND SAYING THAT THEY CAN, AND YOU CAN'T, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A GENERAL BROAD RULE. 
          IS, IS THAT, IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? CORRECT. 
          THIS AMENDMENT DOES NOT FOCUS ON WHETHER IT IS AN OWNER OCCUPIED PROPERTY OR A, UH, NON-OWNER OCCUPIED PROPERTY. 
          IT IS AT A USE LEVEL. 
          SO THIS LIMITATION WOULD APPLY IF IT IS AN OWNER OCCUPIED PROPERTY OR IF IT IS A NON-OWNER OCCUPIED PROPERTY. 
          AND THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DECISION FROM THE COURTS. 
          MM-HMM, . 
          AND CAN YOU TELL US EXACTLY 'CAUSE AGAIN, I I'M NOT SEEING THE FULL CONTEXT FOR IT. 
          HOW DOES IT WORK? WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY, SO THIS, UH, LIMITATION MEANS THAT IF SOMEONE WAS TO APPLY FOR A SHORT-TERM RENTAL LICENSE, WHETHER THEY LIVE THERE OR NOT, IF ONE OF THE UNITS COULD BE USED AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULARLY, THE OTHER ONE COULD BE USED AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL FOR 30 DAYS OUT OF A CALENDAR YEAR. 
          MM-HMM. 
           THAT IS OUR EXISTING RULE FOR A TWO UNIT SET UP? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT, THANK YOU. 
          UH, UH, VERY MUCH. 
          CAN I ASK A CODE, UH, TO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TOO? SURE. 
          AND JUST AGAIN, I KNOW YOU HAD COMMENTED I DIDN'T QUITE GET THE FULL SCOPE OF IT IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT, HOW, HOW, HOW WOULD CODE ENFORCE THIS TYPE OF, UH, RULE? OR I SHOULD SAY ALSO, I GUESS HOW IS CODE CURRENTLY ENFORCING THIS TYPE OF RULE? SURE. 
          AGAIN, DANIEL WORD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, THIS CURRENT RULE AGAIN APPLIES IN, IN THE CURRENT CODE. 
          THIS RULE APPLIES. 
          THERE ARE TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE. 
          UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL CALL THAT GARAGE APARTMENT A DU, UM, WITH THE 30 DAY LIMITATION, UM, IT IS ADMITTEDLY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE. 
          UM, WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY DATA SHARING WITH THE HOSTING PLATFORMS. 
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UM, AND SO ENFORCEMENT ESPECIALLY ON THE MARGINS IS DIFFICULT. 
          UM, TRYING TO PROVE WHAT DAY WAS THE 31ST DAY THAT SOMEONE USED THE UNIT IS THEIR SHORT TERM RENTAL. 
          UM, BUT UH, AGAIN, IN TERMS OF DIFFICULTY ENFORCEMENT, THIS MIMICS WHAT'S IN THE CURRENT CODE AND THEN EXPANDS IT TO DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL USE AS WELL. 
          SO IT DOESN'T CREATE NEW COMPLICATIONS FOR US, IT JUST MAINTAINS THE EXISTING ONES THAT WE HAVE. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL AND COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          I WANTED, OH, AND I SEE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER HAS HIS HAND UP TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO HE'S GOT, HE'S GOT STAFF HELP SITTING WITH HIM. 
          YEAH, TRUE. 
          SO MAYBE MS. LINK, COULD I ASK YOU A SERIES OF QUESTIONS? WHAT I WANNA DO IS KIND OF UNPACK THIS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE, UM, COULD YOU EXPLAIN KIND OF THE HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT TO HERE TODAY, WHY ST ARE EVEN UNDER DISCUSSION WHEN IT WASN'T A PART OF HOMES SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT WAS IN THAT PART OF THE CODE, AND THEN WHY, UH, LEGAL WANTED TO REMOVE THIS LANGUAGE IF YOU COULD PLEASE. 
          UH, SO THE RESOLUTIONS THAT, UM, WERE INITIATED, THE RESOLUTIONS THAT INITIATED THIS SET OF CODE CHANGES, THERE ARE ONES ABOUT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, THERE ARE THE HOME AND THEN ALSO THE OCCUPANCY LIMITS. 
          AND IN LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE REVISIONS TO THE TWO UNIT USE, SO DUPLEX AND THEN OUR EXISTING TWO FAMILY. 
          AND WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING, WE ALSO HAVE DIRECTION FROM THE COURTS THAT WE WILL NEED TO CHANGE OUR SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS. 
          AND SO WHEN WE DO THAT, OUR RECOMMENDATION A LAW DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN AND IS TO DO THAT ON A HOLISTIC WAY. 
          SO TO ACHIEVE THAT, WE WERE REC WE WERE RECOMMENDING STRIPPING THAT OUT OF THIS SET OF, UH, CODE AS PART OF THIS SET OF CODE CHANGES. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK, WE WILL DEAL WITH THE SHORT TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS KIND OF IN ONE PIECE. 
          AND, UM, ALSO JUST KIND OF FUNDAMENTALLY WE DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE PIECES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CODE, SO WE WOULD WANT THEM ALL KIND OF TOGETHER. 
          SO, SO YOU CAN CONFIRM, AND JUST TO CONFIRM WITH YOU, IT WAS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSAL TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE LIMITING STR IN THE TWO UNIT RESIDENTIAL USE CATEGORY? YES. 
          AS PART OF, SO THAT WE CAN DO A HOLISTIC CHANGE. 
          AND THE REMOVAL OF THAT LANGUAGE WASN'T PART OF THE HOME INITIATIVE AND THE CODE CHANGES THAT WERE PROPOSED, CORRECT? NO, IT IS A RESULT, UM, OF CHANGES THAT WE WILL NEED TO MAKE AS AN ORGANIZATION, UH, BASED ON SOME COURT DECISIONS. 
          AND YOU ADDRESSED QUESTIONS REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF THAT LANGUAGE LIMITING STR USE BOTH IN PUBLIC MEETINGS AND IN THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION Q AND A. 
          SO WE CAN GO BACK AND READ, UH, LAW'S ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS. 
          YOU'VE POINTED TO THE FACT THAT STR CURRENTLY HAVE TO REGISTER WITH THE CITY AND FOLLOW OUR CODE. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          THAT WOULD NOT CHANGE HERE WITH THIS SET OF CODE CHANGES EITHER. 
          SO COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT, UM, WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER THAT WOULD REINSERT THAT LANGUAGE. 
          BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT'S NOT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE LEGAL STAFF. 
          THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF REMAINS THAT WE DEAL WITH STR IN A HOLISTIC WAY AS A PART OF A LARGER EFFORT. 
          AND MS. LINK, CAN YOU, SORRY, DIDN'T REALIZE YOU HAD WALKED AWAY. 
          . 
          CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON TREATING THIS IN A HOLISTIC MANNER, WHICH I THINK YOU HAVE SAID HAS NOT CHANGED? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER AND I JINXED MYSELF BY WALKING AWAY  THAT YOU DID. 
          BUT I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT HAS NOT CHANGED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A DEADLY JINX. 
          SO COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE ALL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW MANY STRS ARE TAKING UP TOO MUCH OF OUR HOUSING STOCK. 
          WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY RUN UP AGAINST COURT RULINGS, WHICH CONSTRAIN OUR ABILITY TO PROHIBIT OR REGULATE THEM AS FULLY AS MANY OF US WOULD LIKE. 
          AND I WOULD FOOTNOTE THAT BY SAYING AS MANY OF US WOULD LIKE FOR LITERALLY YEARS, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT SOME OF US ON THE DIES HAVE TAKEN ON STR I SUPPORT HAVING LIMITATIONS ON SDRS. 
          I'M EAGER TO DO IT ACROSS THE CITY AND ACROSS RESIDENTIAL USES, INCLUDING THE SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY ZONES. 
          WE CAN'T AFFORD THE LOSS OF HOUSING IN OUR CITY, BUT WE HAVE SOME CONSTRAINTS AND WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH THEM. 
          SO I'M EAGER TO GET STARTED ON THE HOLISTIC LOOK AND 
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THAT MAYOR IS, UH, SPEAKS TO THE DIRECTION THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE MEETING. 
          UH, IT WOULD BE DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER THAT WE TAKE UP STRS HOLISTICALLY AS LEGAL STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, FIND WAYS TO MANAGE STR AND ENFORCE OUR AUSTIN CODE RULES MORE EFFECTIVELY, WHICH ALL OF US FERVENTLY WOULD LIKE TO DO. 
          THE, THE, HANG ON ONE SECOND. 
          WHAT I'M WILLING TO DO TO, TO FOR CLARITY PURPOSES IS COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER AS A MOTION AND A SECOND, I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE THOSE THAT STILL HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT BASED UPON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE'S QUESTIONS WERE OF, OF LEGAL STAFF AND WHAT HER MOTION SHEET NUMBER TWO WAS, WHICH IS TO GIVE DIRECTION THAT INDICATES THAT IT CAN, THE, THE CITY STAFF CAN COME BACK TO US WITH A HOLISTIC APPROACH. 
          I'M WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT AS A MOTION TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT SO THAT THE DIRECTION WOULD BE PART OF THE ALLISON ALTER MOTION TO AMEND, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE? YES. 
          IF THE, UH, MAKER OF THE INITIAL, SHE DOESN'T OH, IF YOU, IF YOU MAKE THE MOTION I'LL LOOK FOR A SECOND. 
          OKAY SIR. 
          AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON YES, YOUR MOTION TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE MOVES TO AMEND ALTER AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. 
          UH, MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ. 
          THAT IS THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR. 
          LET ME ASK IF THERE'S, CAN I CLARIFY? COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER, I WANNA JUST CLARIFY THE MOTION. 
          ARE YOU ADDING DIRECTION TO, IN ADDITION, HAVE A HOLISTIC RESPONSE TO KEEPING SO MINE KEEPS THE STR RULES AS THEY ARE AND THEN YOU'RE ADDING HERS AS A HOLISTIC RESPONSE. 
          YES. 
          AS, AS HER, UH, MOVING FORWARD, YES. 
          AS HERS WAS WRITTEN AS PART OF THESE CHANGES, THE LAW DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED REMOVING SHORT-TERM RENTAL LI LIMITATIONS SPECIFIC TO TWO UNIT RESIDENTIAL USE OF THE CITY MANAGER CAN PROPOSE AND CITY COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER CHANGES TO SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS USING A HOLISTIC APPROACH. 
          THEREFORE, THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO CONTINUE WORKING ON A PROPOSAL TO REGULATE SHORT-TERM RENTALS WITH THE PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE CHANGES ADOPTED IN THIS ORDINANCE. 
          AND TO BRING BACK THE PROPOSED HOLISTIC CHANGES WHEN THEY'RE READY. 
          IT WOULD NOT CHANGE YOUR MOTION, IT WOULD JUST ADD DIRECTION AS WE GO FORWARD ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS, I WOULD CONSIDER THAT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          YES. 
          WELL, MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM IS STAFF'S UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD GO IN FOR NOW AND THEN BE CHANGED LATER TO BE IN A DIFFERENT SECTION OF CODE AND REMOVED FROM HOME. 
          MY EXPECTATION IS THAT WE WOULD GROUP ALL OF THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGULATIONS TOGETHER SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE, UM, KINDA SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND LEGAL'S OKAY WITH THAT PROCESS. 
          IF THE COUNSEL WANTS TO KEEP IT IN HERE, THAT THEN THAT IS THE COUNSEL'S DECISION AND WE CAN WORK WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELA. 
          MR. MAYOR, ACTUALLY, YOU CALLED ON COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AL ALTER ALREADY. 
          NO, I JUST RECOGNIZED THAT I WAS GONNA GET TO HIM. 
          UM, SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          BUT, BUT THAT WAS ON THE, UH, RIGHT NOW THAT WAS ON THE, THE MAIN MOTION TO AMEND WHAT I, I'M CALLING ON IS DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO AMEND ALTER AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION. 
          SO THANK YOU COUNCIL VELA. 
          UH, THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          I'M SORRY, UH, MS LINK. 
          BUT ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          UH, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE, UH, ON GETTING A COMPREHENSIVE STR REGULATION BACK TO COUNCIL? 'CAUSE I I, I, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE ACADEMIC IN THE SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE PRODUCTS, YOU KNOW, HOMES UNDER THIS FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME TIME. 
          I MEAN, IT'S GOT A PASS. 
          THERE'S GONNA BE RULES AND THEN OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BUILD, IN OTHER WORDS, SO THE STR REGULATIONS THAT APPLY TO THE UNITS ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, HYPOTHETICAL, UH, UH, AT THIS POINT. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN ARE, ARE YOU GONNA HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE STR ITEM BACK BEFORE YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE THE FIRST FOLKS ARE GETTING THE KEYS TO THEIR NEW UNITS? SO THE MOTION THAT PASSED EARLIER TODAY SAYS THAT THE ORDINANCE WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IN ITS NORMAL 10 DAYS AND THEN THE APPLI, BUT IT WOULDN'T APPLY TO AN APPLICATION UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 2024. 
          I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE WOULD HAVE IT BACK BEFORE THAT TIME PERIOD. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES US A LITTLE TIME TO DO, UH, CHANGES. 
          NO, AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, BUT I GUESS MY POINT WOULD BE THAT THEY'RE GONNA START BUILDING, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, NONE, NONE OF, LIKE, IN OTHER WORDS, NONE OF THESE TWO OR THREE RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE YET THEY DON'T EXIST AND THEY WILL NOT 
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EXIST FOR, UH, I MEAN TOWARD THE END OF 2024. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WORDS, ARE WE LOOKING AT AN STR REGULATION SOMETIME IN 2024? THAT WOULD BE THE PLAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE EXIST, THE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING RULES WOULD IMPACT HOUSING UNITS ALREADY ON THE GROUND TODAY, NOT JUST NEW CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO IT IMPACTS ALL OF THE EXISTING TWO UNIT STRUCTURES TODAY. 
          UM, AND IF YOU WERE TO GO TO GET FINANCING FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT STR VERSUS A 30 DAY, YOU MAY MAKE DIFFERENT CHOICES ABOUT BUILDING YOUR UNITS FOR STRS. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT WE EVER HAD A DISCUSSION HERE THAT WE WERE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE STR WITH THIS PROCESS. 
          AND AGAIN, STR HAVE A ROLE. 
          I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE NEVER A ROLE IN, IN THIS. 
          I'M SIMPLY TRYING TO KEEP THOSE PROTECTIONS WHEN WE GO TO CHANGE IT. 
          IF WE'VE TAKEN AWAY, IF WE'VE GIVEN THEM THE RIGHT TO HAVE SDR R WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. 
          AND IT DOES IMPACT MANY, MANY UNITS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE NEW ONES THAT ARE COMING ON. 
          SO THIS IS, I THINK A, A PRUDENT PRECAUTION, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, STR IS A QUAGMIRE TO REGULATE. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT SETS US UP IN A BETTER POSITION FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, INVESTIGATION, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE THAT'S GONNA COME OUT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO THAT WITH THE STRONGEST HAND THAT WE HAVE IN THE PROCESS. 
          AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I AGREE. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE WITH THE STR REGULATIONS AND KIND OF, I TRYING TO GET A, A BETTER GRASP OF THAT. 
          BUT I I APPRECIATE THAT WE, UH, WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE THE TYPE OF SST R REGULATIONS THAT WE NEED. 
          UH, AND, UH, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE YOU TO CLOSE ON YOUR MOTION TO AMEND THE SURE. 
          AND I I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION FOR, UH, MS. LINK BY REMOVING IT WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO TAKE THAT LANGUAGE OUT. 
          DID THAT MEAN THEN THAT WE WOULD BE BEREFT OF STR REGULATIONS OR YOU HAD MENTIONED THEY'RE SPRINKLED ELSEWHERE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CODE, OR WAS THAT SUFFICIENT UNTIL WE GROUPED THEM ALL TOGETHER UNDER ONE TITLE? SO WE HAVE A SET OF REGULATIONS THAT APPLY TO STR REGULAR REGULARLY IN, UM, CHAPTER 25 2, AND THEN THIS, UM, FOR THE SECONDARY UNIT INTO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HAD ITS OWN SPECIAL STR REGULATION. 
          AND SO ANYTHING WE BRING BACK TO COUNCIL, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO SIMPLIFY AND HAVE THOSE AS ALL CONSOLIDATED IN ONE PLACE AS POSSIBLE FOR STAFF'S, UH, EASE OF IMPLEMENTATION BY STAFF ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES AND ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC SO THAT THEY KNOW, UM, ALL OF THE REGULATIONS THAT WOULD APPLY TO SHORT-TERM RENTALS AS IT RELATES TO ZONING. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, UM, MAYOR, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE. 
          I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE ISN'T REALLY THE MOST ELEGANT APPROACH BY ALLOWING IT TO, UH, BY REINSERTING IT AFTER STAFF HAD REMOVED IT. 
          UM, I, I TRUST STAFF IF THIS IS THE WAY WE MOVE FORWARD, THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO, UM, MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY. 
          MEMBERS. 
          THE VOTE IS ON THE MOTION TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT AND THAT IS TO PROVIDE THE POOL CLARIFICATION OR POOL DIRECTION TO THE ALLISON ALTER MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          THE MOTION TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. 
          THAT WILL NOW TAKE US BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS THE MOTION TO AMEND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER AS IT IS NOW AMENDED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU. 
          I HAD YOU DOWN AS SOMEONE WISHING TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION, AND THEN I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR THE RECOGNITION. 
          UM, AFTER FURTHER CONSIDERATION, I, I'LL GO AHEAD AND YIELD MY TIME. 
          GREAT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED I'LL PASS. 
          ALRIGHT, MAYOR, BEFORE THE COUNCIL VOTES. 
          TRISH? YES. 
          UM, I DO NEED TO MAKE ONE EDIT TO THE MOTION THAT WAS IN THE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER VERSION TWO. 
          UM, ON THE SECOND PART, THAT'S AMENDING LINES TWO 11 THROUGH TWO 13 AND 2 22 THROUGH 2 24. 
          AND CURRENT CURRENTLY IT READS INCLUDED DWELLING UNIT IN A DUPLEX OR TWO UNIT. 
          IT SHOULD SAY RESIDENTIAL USE AND IT SAYS ACCEPT AS PROVIDED. 
          I NEED THAT ACTUALLY TO SAY A TWO UNIT, UH, RESIDENTIAL USE DESCRIBED IN 25 2 7 7 3G. 
          SO INSTEAD OF ACCEPT AS PROVIDED, 
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I WILL NEEDS TO SAY DESCRIBED IN, LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU SAID. 
          ITEM FOUR WOULD READ, INCLUDE A DWELLING UNIT IN A DUPLEX OR TWO UNIT. 
          YOU WOULD DELETE THE WORDS AS EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY SO THAT IT WOULD READ OR TO UNIT RESIDENTIAL USE AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 25 2 7 7 3G CORRECT MEMBERS. 
          AND I CAN EXPLAIN WHY I NEEDED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. 
          IF, IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE DICE. 
          WELL, HANG ON, LET ME GET, WHY DON'T YOU DO THAT? OKAY. 
          AND THEN I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO AMEND. 
          SO THIS FOUR IN CURRENT CODE SAYS YOU CANNOT USE THE SHORT TERM RENTAL THIS WAY. 
          AND SO IN REREADING THIS AS YOU'RE DISCUSSING IT, I REALIZE THAT I HAVE INADVERTENTLY STRIPPED OUT THE USE COMPLETELY, WHICH IS NOT THE ATTENTION OF THE MOTION. 
          AND SO I'M CLARIFYING THAT YOU WOULD BE ON ONE OF THE UNITS YOU WOULD BE LIMITED TO 30 DAYS AS I DESCRIBED EARLIER. 
          MEMBERS, UM, I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND HER MAIN MOTION AND THE MOTION TO AMEND THAT. 
          I WILL ACCEPT IT'S A MOTION TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT OF AL ALLISON ALTER MOTION NUMBER ONE. 
          IT WILL READ FOUR INCLUDE A DWELLING UNIT IN A DUPLEX OR TWO UNIT RESIDENTIAL USE AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 25 2 7 70 3G OR SECONDARY APARTMENT EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY SECTION 25 2 1 4 6 3 C SIX SECONDARY APARTMENT REGULATIONS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER MAKES THAT HOUSE ALT ALTER MAKES THAT MOTION. 
          IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE MEMBERS. 
          IT IS THE, IT IS A MOTION TO AMEND ALLISON ALTER MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          IS THERE DISCUSSION? THERE BEING NO DISCUSSION. 
          IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MOTION TO AMEND ALLISON ALTER MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE HEARING. 
          NO OBJECTION WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          THE MOTION TO AMEND IS ADOPTED. 
          NOW WE'RE BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION TO AMEND. 
          IT'S BEEN AMENDED TWICE. 
          ONCE BY A MOTION TO AMEND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAP POOL ONCE BY A MOTION TO AMEND, UH, BY STAFF VIA COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON AL ALTER. 
          UM, AND NOW WE'RE BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION TO AMEND. 
          IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON AL ALTER FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE GONNA REVISIT THE TOPIC OF STR AT A LATER TIME AND THAT THIS WILL GET REPEALED AT A, AT A LATER TIME, BUT I THINK TODAY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE REALLY CLEAR THAT WE ARE WANTING TO BUILD HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN AUSTIN. 
          SO I APPRECIATE YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE MO TO THE MOTION TO AMEND AS AMENDED? THIS IS ALLISON ALTER MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE AS AMENDED WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          ALLISON ALTER MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE AS AMENDED IS ADOPTED, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          THAT WILL TAKE US TO COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER. 
          I WILL DISCUSS THIS AS RYAN ALTER MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER TO DISCUSS HIS AMENDMENT AND TO MAKE A MOTION. 
          JUST LOOKING TO SAVE SOME TREES. 
          I MOVE ADOPTION . 
          EVERYBODY WANTS TO, UM, WELL WE COULD START WITHOUT ALL THESE MOTION SHEETS, BUT I'M NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. 
          . 
          UH, UH, YEAH, I'M TEASING. 
          OF COURSE. 
          CAST MEMBER RYAN ALTER MOVES TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION WITH RYAN ALTER MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          IT IS SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO. 
          TIM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THE INTEREST IN PRESERVING TREES AND THE SPIRIT IN WHICH THIS AMENDMENT IS BEING OFFERED. 
          I AM HOWEVER CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR MANIPULATION AND ABUSE WHEN WE OFFER ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE METHODS. 
          SO I'M GONNA ABSTAIN ON THIS AMENDMENT AND I'LL LOOK CLOSELY AT THE RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN THEY RETURN TO SEE WHAT ACTUALLY COMES BACK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 
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COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY TREES ARE IMPORTANT. 
          I'M SUPPORTING THIS  WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          THE MOTION TO AMEND BY COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN ALTER, UH, MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE BY RYAN ALTER IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER, BEING SHOWN ABSTAINING MEMBERS THAT WILL TAKE US TO WATSON MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE MEMBERS. 
          LET ME, UH, WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER, BUT WE WE'RE MAKING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND, UM, SOME OF 'EM VERY INNOVATIVE AND UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE, UH, DATA THAT WE CAN ANALYZE TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE BEING DONE, UH, HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE, WHETHER THEY'RE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. 
          UH, I, I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH ITEM IN THIS, BUT I WILL POINT OUT THAT IT WILL DETERMINE, UH, PROVIDE US DATA AND OUTCOMES ON THE AMOUNT OF UNITS CREATED AS A RESULT OF THIS ORDINANCE. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PRESERVATION BONUS HOUSING MARKET ANALYSIS AND INFORMATION ON WHERE THESE UNITS ARE BEING BUILT. 
          UH, THE AMENDMENT, UH, ALSO SEEKS, UH, GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, UM, AND, AND ITEMS RELATED TO DENSITY. 
          I WILL POINT OUT ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE NOTE OF, AND THAT IS IN ITEM F. 
          IT SAYS, THE REPORT SHALL CONSIDER THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, WATER FORWARD STRATEGIC HOUSING BLUEPRINT, AND THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY, IT SAYS PARTNERSHIP THAT SHOULD BE PLAN. 
          SO MY MOTION WILL BE, UH, THE SHEET THAT YOU HAVE WITH PARTNERSHIP DELETED AND THE WORD PLAN, UH, BEING PLACED IN THERE. 
          UH, IT'S SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ, UH, DISCUSSION AND I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER FOR A MOTION TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTAR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, UM, TO STUDY THIS. 
          AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT IS THE SIZE OF THE HOMES THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE. 
          UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO ADD A NUMBER FIVE UNDER YOUR DATA METRICS FROM ENACTING OF THE HOME INITIATIVE, INCLUDING THAT'S PART A, UM, TO READ MEAN AND MEDIAN MEASURES OF GROSS GROSS FLOOR AREA, FLORIDA AREA RATIO AND IMPERVIOUS COVER, THE NUMBER OF UNITS FALLING UNDER DIFFERENT GROSS FLOOR AREA RANGES AND ANY OTHER RELATED METRICS IDENTIFIED BY STAFF MEMBERS. 
          YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT. 
          I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. 
          I THINK THAT THAT IS A GOOD AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT. 
          UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO AMEND WATSON AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          THE MOTION TO AMEND WATSON AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE IS ADOPTED. 
          THAT'LL TAKE US BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION ON WATSON AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE AS AMENDED BY THE ALLISON ALTER AMENDMENT. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE WATSON MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE AS AMENDED? IS THERE ANY OBJECTION WITHOUT OBJECTION? WATSON AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE AS AMENDED IS ADOPTED MEMBERS. 
          THAT TAKES US BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS THE, UH, AS YOU'LL RECALL, THE MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE. 
          AND THAT IS THE BASE, UH, TO, TO ADOPT THE BASE ORDINANCE THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          I'LL RECOGNIZE MEMBERS WHO WISH TO, UM, PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION. 
          ANYONE, ANYONE WISHING TO BE RECOGNIZED? ARE WE MAKING COMMENTS OR GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH, IT'S TIME TO MAKE COMMENTS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. 
          AND ACTUALLY I HAVE JUST HAVE A VERY BRIEF QUESTION. 
          CUT. 
          OKAY. 
          PLEASE. 
          JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ON THE PRESERVATION BONUS THERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE'S NOT A FOURTH UNIT IN THE PRESERVATION BONUS. 
          WAS THAT, UH, OR IS THAT, THAT WASN'T, IF STAFF COULD, THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED AND TRISH LINK IS COMING UP WITH MORE DETAILS ON THAT. 
          GOT IT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS, UH, SOME, UH, SOME NOTICE CONCERNS ON, UH, THAT THE DRAFT ORDINANCE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FOURTH UNIT. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DIRECTION RECOGNIZED THAT WE NEEDED TO ANALYZE THAT. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER. 
          YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, I GUESS I'M GONNA GO, GO FIRST HERE. 
          UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO SHOWED UP TODAY. 
          UM, THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF YOU 
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THAT CAME TO MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD, UH, FOR AND AGAINST. 
          AND THIS IS DEMOCRACY AT WORK. 
          UM, AND I WANNA JUST SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE YOUR INSIGHTS AND EXPERIENCES. 
          WE ARE FORTUNATE IN AUSTIN THAT WE HAVE AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY. 
          UM, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND OUR PRIVILEGE, UM, TO HEAR FROM YOU, WHETHER IT'S TODAY AND IN OTHER, IN OTHER SETTINGS, UM, ABOUT HOW YOU WANT THIS COMMUNITY TO EVOLVE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I AGREE ON THE GOAL OF WORKING TO CREATE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHO THE MARKET OFTEN LEAVES BEHIND OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS AND SERVICE WORKERS TO NAME JUST A FEW. 
          I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO DO SOMETHING AND WE HAVE TAKEN A NUMBER OF STEPS ALREADY AS A COUNCIL, BOTH THIS ONE AND PREVIOUS ONES. 
          BUT AS MANY HAVE NOTED, WE ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO NO HARM. 
          AND AFTER AS MUCH CONSIDERATION AS WAS POSSIBLE IN A VERY TIGHT TIMEFRAME, I MUST CONCLUDE THAT MANY OF THE PROMISES ARE VERY UNLIKELY TO TRANSPIRE. 
          THE DEVIL TRULY IS IN THE DETAILS AND WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE DETAILS RIGHT AS PROPOSED TONIGHT. 
          LET ME SHARE A FEW CONCERNS THAT REMAIN IN TERMS OF THE SCALE OF THE SIZE OF BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE ALLOWED IN NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THIS GOES MUCH FARTHER THAN ANY OF THE PREVIOUSLY CONTEMPLATED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE DRAFTS MUCH, MUCH FURTHER. 
          I BELIEVE THAT AS DRAFTED THIS PROPOSAL IS STILL LIKELY TO ENCOURAGE MCMANSIONS. 
          THERE ARE NO SAFEGUARDS AGAINST PEOPLE JUST BUILDING BIGGER HOMES THAN THEY CAN NOW WITH A GUEST HOUSE AND POOL HOUSE WITH NO OTHER INHABITANTS LIVING IN THOSE ADDITIONAL UNITS WHERE YOU DO GET ADUS, THE RULES WILL ENCOURAGE LARGE, EXPENSIVE ADUS, NOT TINY HOMES. 
          FAR LIMITS DO NOT APPLY OUTSIDE MCMANSION BOUNDARIES AND THUS WILL NOT PROTECT ANY OF THE MOST VULNERABLE AREAS IN OUR CITY. 
          THOSE AREAS WILL SEE LARGER AND MORE EXPENSIVE UNITS. 
          THE LARGE FAR LIMITS WHERE WE DO HAVE THEM WILL MEAN THE PRESERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY INCENTIVES WILL BE INEFFECTIVE AND WE WILL SEE MORE DEMOLITIONS AS DRAFTED. 
          THE PRESERVATION INCENTIVE IS LIKELY TO STAY FACADES NOT EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOMES. 
          THE PRESERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY INCENTIVES HAVE LARGE LOOPHOLES AND WILL BE VERY, VERY CHALLENGING TO IMPLEMENT. 
          I WORRY, AS MANY OF OUR SPEAKERS SUGGESTED TODAY, THAT THIS WILL PROMOTE DISPLACEMENT. 
          BY ALL CALCULATIONS, I DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THIS PROPOSAL WILL DELIVER ON THE PROMISE TO CREATE UNITS THAT TEACHERS AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVANTS CAN AFFORD. 
          AFTER ALL, THERE'S NO AFFORDABILITY MECHANISM, NOT EVEN A FEE TO CONTRIBUTE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY IS GOING TO COMPLICATE HOW WE CONSIDER SMALL LOT SIZES IN PHASE TWO IN MANY, MANY WAYS. 
          AND THIS MAY SET US UP TO CONTINUE TO BE STUCK IN THE COURTS. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, MY RESERVATIONS ARE BOTH MANY IN REAL AND I HAD PROPOSED PLANNED TO OFFER A POSTPONEMENT AND MAY HAVE EVEN HAD A SECOND. 
          BUT I WANNA READ THE DAIS AND AND I DON'T WANNA MAKE US HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          BUT IF I HAD MY DRUTHERS, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING ON THE BOAT. 
          CLOSE. 
          RUN THE VOTE. 
          VOTE ON THE VOTES. 
          VOTE ON THE VOTE, FOLKS. 
          NO, NO, NO, WE'RE NOT, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT VOTE. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO DISRUPT THE MEETING. 
          WE'RE WE HAVE A, A MOTION ON THE, THE FLOOR. 
          WE'VE GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF AMENDMENTS. 
          WE ARE GETTING READY TO VOTE. 
          THIS IS NOW TIME FOR COUNCIL TO MAKE ITS COMMENTS AFTER WE'VE CLOSED PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          DO NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING. 
          I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS THAT WHEN CRAFTING POLICY, ESPECIALLY ZONING PO POLICY, THE DETAILS MATTER. 
          WISHFUL THINKING SIMPLY DOES NOT MAKE EFFECTIVE POLICY. 
          I'VE BEEN ON THE LOSING END OF MANY VOTES THAT ARE NINE TWO OR SIMILAR MARGINS LIKE THE TIME WHEN I DID NOT BELIEVE THE RUSH REPEAL OF OUR CAMPING BAN WAS FULLY BAKED. 
          AND THE TIME WHEN I THOUGHT THE FORMER CITY MANAGER DIDN'T MERIT A RAISE. 
          I'VE CAST VERY LONELY VOTES IN OPPOSITION BOTH THEN AND OTHER TIMES, BUT I'VE NEVER REGRETTED ANY OF THEM. 
          TONIGHT I WILL BE VOTING NO FOR ALL OUR SAKES. 
          I HOPE I'M WRONG ABOUT THE POLICY OUTCOMES WE WILL SEE FROM THE MAJORITY'S DECISION TODAY, BUT I THINK MANY OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE AUSTINITES ARE RIGHT. 
          THE BENEFITS OF THIS POLICY AREN'T GOING TO TRICKLE DOWN. 
          AND THE MAIN OPPORTUNITIES THIS WILL OPEN UP WILL SURELY BE FOR REAL ESTATE SPECULATION AND PREYING ON THE VULNERABLE. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          FURTHER DIS FURTHER DISCUSSION. 
          COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY, COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ALBERT MADISON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
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THANK YOU. 
          AS A PUBLIC SERVANT AND ELECTED OFFICIAL, I'VE PRIORITIZED THE WELLBEING AND CONCERNS OF MY CONSTITUENTS ABOVE ALL ELSE WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANCE OF INITIATIVES LIKE HOME OF GENUINE RESERVATIONS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND POTENTIAL UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES. 
          MY POSITION IS ROOTED IN A COMMITMENT TO THOROUGHLY UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING THE IMPLICATIONS OF ANY INITIATIVE BEFORE ESTABLISHING WHERE I STAND ON AN ISSUE, MY DEDICATION TO REPRESENTING THE CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT SIX WITH DILIGENCE AND CARE REMAINS UNWAVERING. 
          EARLIER TODAY, MRS. WRIGHT MEYER FROM DISTRICT SIX SHARED A HEARTFELT NARRATIVE FROM HER UPBRINGING WHEN THE CITY SHE LIVED IN CHANGED THE ZONING ON HER FAMILY'S PROPERTY. 
          SHE STOOD HERE IN FRONT OF US TODAY AND RECOUNTED THE PROFOUND IMPACT OF THE PROPERTY TAXES IMMEDIATELY RISING AFTER THE REZONING. 
          AND SHE HAD TO LEAVE BEHIND HER FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND COUNTLESS MEMORIES ABRUPTLY. 
          ULTIMATELY, HER FAMILY LOST THEIR REZONED FARM BECAUSE OF THE DRASTIC INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES HER FAMILY COULD NO LONGER AFFORD. 
          SHORTLY AFTER SHE FELL INTO DEPRESSION, HER STORY RESONATED WITH MY OWN PAINFUL EXPERIENCE OF EVICTION. 
          DURING MY YOUTH AS A RENTER, OUR FAMILY HAD TO ABRUPTLY UPROOT SEVERING TIES WITH FRIENDS, CLASSMATES, AND NEIGHBORS, FORCING US TO REBUILD OUR LIVES FROM SCRATCH. 
          THE POTENTIAL FOR UNINTENDED DISPLACEMENT AND OUR LACK OF CLARITY ON THAT, IF IT IT WILL OR WILL NOT HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THE HOME INITIATIVE, IS DEEPLY TROUBLING TO ME. 
          WITHOUT ADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS, I FIND MYSELF GRAVELY CONCERNED THAT OTHERS WILL BE AT RISK FOR DISPLACEMENT. 
          AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'VE JUST HEARD FROM MRS. WRIGHT MEYER WHEN I'VE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          MANY OTHER SPEAKERS TODAY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THIS. 
          IT'S CLEAR THAT THE TANGIBLE CONCERN OF THAT RISK LOOMS LARGE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE UNKNOWN CONSEQUENCES ON OUR COLLECTIVE WELLBEING. 
          RAISED SERIOUS RESERVATIONS WITH ME ABOUT THE PASSAGE OF THIS ITEM. 
          I REPRESENTED DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF CONSTITUENTS IN AUSTIN AND HAVE APPROACHED THE HOME INITIATIVE WITH THIS THOUGHTFUL AND MEASURED PERSPECTIVE AS I COULD. 
          I HELD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND DID SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH RELATED TO THE ITEM, LISTENING TO MANY OF THOSE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES. 
          BUT I ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING HOUSING CHALLENGES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME, MY DECISION AGAIN IS ROOTED IN THE GENUINE CONCERNS RAISED BY CONSTITUENTS WHO FEAR UNFORESEEN OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          I FIRMLY BELIEVE IN THE NECESSITY OF A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND REMAIN COMMITTED TO EXAMINATION OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THIS ON THE COMMUNITY. 
          FURTHERMORE, I WANT TO ENSURE THAT I REMAIN DEDICATED AND TRANSPARENT TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR CONTINUED DIALOGUE, CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, AND LOOKING INTO POSSIBLE REPERCUSSIONS BY PRIORITIZING THE CONCERNS OF THOSE I REPRESENT. 
          I WILL AIM TO ENSURE THAT ANY HOUSING INITIATIVE ADOPTED BY THE CITY ALIGNS WITH THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND MY DISTRICT WITH THE LEAST NUMBER OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND AS THE DISCUSSION AROUND HOUSING SOLUTIONS EVOLVES, I REMAIN OPEN TO FURTHER COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO ADDRESS AUSTIN'S HOUSING NEEDS WHILE SAFEGUARDING MY CONSTITUENTS WELLBEINGS, WANTS, NEEDS AND VOICES. 
          I JUST CANNOT IN GOOD FAITH SUPPORT THIS TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE. 
          SORRY. 
          UH, MY VOICE IS GOING, UM, TALK ABOUT OCCUPANCY LIMITS FIRST, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL GO INTO THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          BUT, UH, I JUST WANNA THANK ALL THE HARD WORK BY OUR CITY STAFF, ESPECIALLY LAW AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AS WELL AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND ALL OUR ENGAGED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADVOCATES. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR VOTING NINE ONE IN FAVOR OF INITIATING THE ELIMINATION OF OCCUPANCY LIMITS BACK IN JUNE, AS WE HEARD FROM OUR SPEAKERS TODAY. 
          ACTION TODAY WILL HELP FURTHER ENSURE ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN ALL TYPES OF PLACES. 
          AND AS WE WORKED WITH LAW AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ON OCCUPANCY LIMITS, WE LEARNED ABOUT SOME CHALLENGES WITH SOME INSPECTIONS OR A SMALL GROUP OF PROPERTIES, CODE ENFORCEMENT SHORTCOMINGS, TRANSCEND OCCUPANCY LIMITS AND HIGHLIGHT THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE AS A CITY FOR RENTERS, WHICH AMOUNT TO 55%, UH, OF AUSTIN. 
          UH, SO MY OFFICE LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY'S OFFICE. 
          I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP, UH, CITY STAFF AND STAKEHOLDERS TO EXPLORE BETTER USE OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TOOLS IN THE NEW YEAR. 
          UH, AND I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT, POLICY MAKING IS NOT A ONE AND DONE BUSINESS. 
          OFTENTIMES, WE HAVE TO REVISIT THE DECISIONS WE MAKE AND FIND WAYS TO BUILD UPON THEM, IMPROVE THEM, AND AUGMENT THEM. 
          WE KNOW MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE CONCERNED WITH LARGE HOMES AND LARGE LOTS IN OUR CENTRAL CITY, AND THAT'S WHY I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUES TO ADDRESS SUBCHAPTER SUBCHAPTER F AND OUR CODE TO ADDRESS THE SIZE OF SINGLE UNIT HOMES AND BETTER INCENTIVIZE MORE UNITS, WHICH IS THE HEART OF THE HOME INITIATIVE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE HOME INITIATIVE REALLY QUICK. 
          UH, BUT, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR, FOR KEEPING THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS SHIP SAILING, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS ROCKY AT TIMES, BUT, UH, WE, WE'VE MADE IT. 
          UH, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OUR NEIGHBORS WHO, WHO CAME OUT TODAY, UH, 
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WHATEVER SIDE YOU CAME ON. 
          UH, AND I, AND I LIKE TO LIVE IN A, IN A REALITY OF RAINBOWS AND BUTTERFLIES. 
          SO I WANNA SAY EVERYONE WAS ALWAYS CIVIL AND HAPPY AND SMILING. 
          UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR CITY, UH, THIS CITY, YOU KNOW, UH, SHOULD WORK FOR YOU. 
          AND, AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT SIDE YOU CAME ON, UH, AND, AND, AND WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND HOW YOU FEEL AFTER THE VOTE THAT TAKES PLACE TODAY, UM, I JUST SAW A DEEP LOVE OF CITY, UH, AND, AND A DEEP LOVE OF NEIGHBOR. 
          UH, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND SPOKE TODAY. 
          YOUR PARTICIPATION MATTERS. 
          I'M GRATEFUL FOR IT. 
          UH, AND I'M SURE WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE COUNCIL MEETINGS WITH FOLKS COMING OUT. 
          LAND USE POLICY IN AMERICA IS DEEPLY COMPLICATED AND DEEPLY PROBLEM PROBLEMATIC. 
          AFTER THE COURT STRUCK DOWN EXPLICITLY SEGREGATIONIST LAWS, CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING HERE IN AUSTIN, USE ZONING AND OTHER MEANS TO DIVIDE OUR COMMUNITIES ALONG RACIAL LINES. 
          REDLINING MINIMUM LOT SIZE PROHIBIT PROHIBITIONS AGAINST MULTI-UNIT BUILDINGS AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST RENTERS HAUNT OUR HISTORY AND OUR PRESENT AND OUR CURRENT LINE DEVELOPMENT CODE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 1984. 
          AND I LOOKED THIS UP AS I WAS WRITING MY SPEECH IN 1984. 
          THE POPULATION OF AUSTIN, TEXAS WAS ABOUT 448,000 PEOPLE. 
          UH, IT IS CURRENTLY WELL OVER A MILLION. 
          WE'RE THE 10TH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY. 
          SO THE GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT AND SKYROCKETING H HOUSING COSTS WE SEE TODAY ARE HAPPENING, NOT BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING CHANGES, IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MADE THESE CHANGES. 
          AND IT'S, INSTEAD, IT'S ALL HAPPENING BECAUSE WE'VE STUBBORNLY STUCK TO OUR STATUS QUO. 
          HOME IS NOT A SILVER BULLET, BUT IT'S A STEP TOWARDS PROGRESS. 
          THE BALANCE BETWEEN WALKABLE, TRANSIT FRIENDLY, NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE, DENSITY AND PRESERVATION DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A ZERO SUM GAME. 
          AND WITH THE HOME INITIATIVE, IT WON'T BE HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          AND, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OUR PLANNING COMMISSION WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH BOTH THE AUSTIN INFILL COALITION AND PRESERVATION AUSTIN TO PRODUCE THE PRESERVATION INCENTIVES. 
          HERE WE HAVE A FANTASTIC COLLABORATION OF TWO GROUPS WHO HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN ON THE SAME SIDE. 
          I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO COUNCIL MEMBER POOL'S HOME INITIATIVE. 
          IT ENCOURAGES A KIND OF MISSING MIDDLE DENSITY ENDORSED BY IMAGINE AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHILE ALSO INCENTIVIZING THE PRESERVATION OF OUR EXISTING HOUSING STOCK. 
          AND DISTRICT NINE, AS I'VE SAID, MANY TIMES, IS THE MOST TO GAIN FROM THIS ADDITION BECAUSE OUR NEIGHBOR, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE THE LARGEST NUMBER OF HOMES BUILT BEFORE 1960. 
          BUILDING HOMES DON'T ACCOUNT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER. 
          THE CHARACTER OF ANY NEIGHBORHOOD IS ITS PEOPLE. 
          AND, AND THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS LIKE GRACIE HIGH HOPE, NEXT TIME I'M AT THE STORE THAT SHE WORKS WITH, UH, I WILL TALK TO HER ABOUT HOME AND, AND WHY I MIGHT HAVE VOTED THE WAY THAT I DID. 
          UH, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SO THAT FOLKS IN THE CITY CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN THIS CITY. 
          AND, AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE. 
          THERE'S A REASON THAT WE ARE THE LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT IS LOSING OUR BLACK POPULATION AND IS, AND IT'S, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THESE ANTIQUATED, UH, POLICIES THAT WE, WE, WE, WE WE JUST LATCH ONTO AND THAT WE NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM. 
          SO, SO THIS PRE, THIS PRESERVATION INCENTIVE IS A MEANINGFUL TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX TO PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARM FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING OPTIONS FOR GENTLE DENSITY. 
          BY NO MEANS IS IT PERFECT. 
          ANY DECISION WE MAKE IS NEVER A ONE AND DONE DEAL. 
          IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. 
          AND WITH REGULAR REVIEWS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS, WE CAN REVISIT AND STREAMLINE IT AND PROVIDE THE BEST OPTIONS THAT BENEFIT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, FOLLOWED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND, AND COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF. 
          I WROTE A BUNCH OF STUFF, BUT YOU GUYS DON'T WANNA HEAR ALL OF IT. 
          . 
          UM, THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS ARE, UM, ARE THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID. 
          UM, I REALLY HATE WHEN WE CATEGORIZE IT, LIKE, ON WHICHEVER SIDE YOU SHOOK OUT ON, I, YOU CAME AND YOU SHOWED UP AND YOU SPOKE WITH YOUR HEART, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS DISRUPTIVE AND NOT ESPECIALLY CIVIL OR MEEK GETTING QUIET AND YOU DID IT FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU SHOWED UP. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ALL ABOUT, IN MY OPINION. 
          SO I REALLY JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF, UM, OUR STAFF AND OUR STAFFS, UH, THE FOLKS WHO WORK SO HARD, ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS YOU CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONVERSATION TODAY, YOU CONTRIBUTED AND THAT MATTERS. 
          UM, OUR, OUR KIDS ARE WATCHING US. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, MY, UH, MY, MY HIGH SCHOOLER IS POISED TO, UH, TO GET IN TROUBLE AT HOME BECAUSE WE DON'T ENCOURAGE TRUANCY, YOU KNOW, THE WALKOUT THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE OVER, UM, AN ITEM THAT I, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE HAD A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION ABOUT AT HOME, ABOUT CEASEFIRE. 
          UH, 
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AND MY KID'S GONNA HAVE TO, FOR THE FIRST TIME, MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE POLITICALLY. 
          AND I THINK IT'S PERFECT. 
          I THINK IT'S PERFECT THAT WE GET TO HAVE A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION AT HOME IN THE PEOPLE'S BUILDING IN THE CITY WHERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. 
          UM, I REALLY WANNA THANK OUR STAFF MEMBERS. 
          UM, WHEN YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS BY THE D ONE OFFICE, YOU'LL SEE THAT SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO NIKKI MCCULLOUGH FOR DECORATING OUR OFFICE. 
          IT SAYS THE EAST POLE. 
          AND I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S WHAT'S UP. 
          AND SO FOR YOUR DEDICATION, FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE EXPLORATION OF THE INITIATIVE, UM, FOR ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH, YOU KNOW, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IS A JUGGERNAUT, IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO MOVE TOO FAST TO HELP TO, YOU KNOW, CURB INSTANCES OF, UH, MISCONDUCT AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER YUCKY THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN THINGS GO TOO FAST, IT, IT, TO SOME DEGREE IS GONNA HAVE TO BE A LITTLE MORE NIMBLE AND A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE, SO THAT THERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE VOICES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THESE CONVERSATIONS TO HELP US MAKE POLICY BETTER. 
          SO MY HOPE IS THAT THIS ISN'T THE LAST CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE ABOUT PHASE ONE, ABOUT PHASE TWO, ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED SUBSEQUENT TO THAT. 
          UM, AND WHEN WE LEAVE IT LIKE THAT, IT FEELS LESS LIKE ANYBODY LOST AND MORE LIKE, THIS IS A CONTINUATION. 
          AND SO IT'S NOT GOODBYE. 
          IT'S SEE YOU LATER. 
          UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT'S GONE INTO THE DIALOGUE. 
          I THINK AUSTIN'S FUTURE DOES NOT JUST INCLUDE 10 YEARS FROM NOW, UH, OR EVEN ONE YEAR, FRANKLY. 
          I THINK AT THIS RATE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TOMORROW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY. 
          UM, I THINK THERE WAS A LADY WHO SPOKE EARLIER, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATED HER, HER CONTRIBUTION TO THE DIALOGUE. 
          MS. DONYA, SHE WAS A TEACHER WHO SAID SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE RESTING RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND THAT HER FAMILY'S LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY SINCE SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD. 
          THAT MEANS I DID THE MATH. 
          UM, SHE WAS BORN IN 1951. 
          WHAT I WANTED TO SAY AND WHAT I COULDN'T SAY TO HER, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD TELL HOW SHE FELT AND TO, TO CONTRADICT HOW PEOPLE FEEL, IS THERE'S AN AIR OF CONDESCENSION IN THAT THAT'S UNFORGIVABLE. 
          UM, I NEVER WANNA COME ACROSS AS PATRONIZING, BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IS WHEN MS. DONYA WAS THREE YEARS OLD. 
          'CAUSE IN 1948, THE POLICY THAT WE PASSED ABOUT MINIMUM LOT SIZES IS WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE STARTED THIS FIGHT. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. 
          SO I DON'T EVER WANT US TO GET IT TWISTED THIS BODY OF FOLKS UP HERE, SOME OF WHOM HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THEIR 35TH BIRTHDAY YET, THEY DIDN'T RUIN AUSTIN. 
          WHEN YOU SAY THINGS LIKE THAT, I RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FEELING SO PASSIONATE, BUT IT'S OUTLANDISH. 
          IT'S NOT TRUE. 
          IT'S NOT REAL. 
          AND THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THIS FIGHT FOR A LONG TIME. 
          WE'RE JUST NOW GETTING THERE. 
          WE'RE JUST NOW CATCHING UP. 
          AND I SUSPECT IT'S GONNA BE A FIGHT THAT WE FIGHT FOREVER. 
          WE'LL NEVER STOP FIGHTING THIS FIGHT. 
          WE'RE THE 10TH NOW. 
          I, I FULLY SUSPECT THAT ONE DAY WE'LL BE IN THE TOP FIVE. 
          AND AS WE GROW AND CLIMB AND GET THERE, THIS FIGHT WON'T STOP. 
          AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE DON'T TEAR EACH OTHER TO PIECES ON THE WAY THERE. 
          UM, I DON'T HAVE TO REMIND ANYBODY IN THE ROOM BECAUSE FOLKS TALK TOO MUCH AND SPECULATE A LOT. 
          UM, BUT VERY RECENTLY, I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF FROM MY HEART AND MY HEAD AND MY HEALTH, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T NECESSARILY HATE IT WHEN WE DISAGREE, BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU THE WAY MY ANXIETY IS SET UP, WHEN WE DISAGREE AND YOU TEAR PEOPLE APART, IT HAS A REAL EFFECT ON HUMANS. 
          AND I WANT US TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE THOUGHT AND CONSIDERATION TO WHAT THAT DOES TO A PERSON WHO, ALL I DID WAS SAY, I THINK I CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SOMETHING, SOMETHING TO THE CITY THAT I GREW UP IN. 
          I THINK WE ALL OWE A, A DEBT TO THE SOCIETY THAT WE LIVE IN FOR THE FREEDOM THAT WE GET TO APPRECIATE. 
          AND I WASN'T GONNA SIGN UP FOR THE MILITARY, SO I SIGNED UP FOR THIS . 
          AND I'M NOT HIDING IN A FOXHOLE, BUT SOMETIMES SITTING UP HERE FIGHTING WITH AND FOR THE SAME PEOPLE FEELS LIKE IT. 
          AND I WISH IT DIDN'T. 
          AND I'D LIKE FOR US TO REALLY ALL THINK ABOUT THAT MOVING FORWARD WHEN WE'RE INTERACTING WITH ONE ANOTHER. 
          AND WHEN YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP TO DO THE JOB. 
          UM, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT ANYBODY SITTING UP HERE ISN'T DOING WHAT THEY THINK IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND TO TEAR THEM APART AS A PERSON IS WRONG. 
          AND FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, NOT TO SIMPLIFY IT, BUT IT'S MEAN AND IT'S NOT NECESSARY. 
          UM, I'LL LEAVE US WITH THIS. 
          I THINK THIS INITIATIVE WILL PROVIDE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE POWER OF CHOICE. 
          THE POWER OF CHOICE BACK TO HOMEOWNERS AND TO HOME BUYERS. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I'M VOTING YES AND NO OTHER REASON. 
          I WISH Y'ALL A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY 
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SEASON. 
          WE SEE YOU ONE MORE TIME BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE CELEBRATE. 
          BUT I DO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR JEWISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE CELEBRATING A SPECIAL DAY ALREADY. 
          AND, AND AS WE MOVE INTO THE SEASON, FOLKS ARE GONNA BE CELEBRATING HOW THEY DO SO. 
          AND, AND I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY DOES SO SAFELY AND HAPPILY AND WITH PEACE IN THEIR HEARTS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM, FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMAN VELA. 
          I HATE GOING AFTER NATASHA . 
          I HATE FOLLOWING YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, I ALSO HAD LEARNED ALONG THE WAY ABOUT THE 1984 CODE. 
          AND, UH, I WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN 1984, SO I'M A, I'M NOW ONE OF THE OLDER ONES ON THE DAIS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. 
          , WHY'D YOU LOOK AT ME? WHEN YOU SAID THAT  AND I READ A REALLY INTERESTING ARTICLE ON A WEBSITE THAT WAS ABOUT HOW IN THAT YEAR, ESSENTIALLY DUPLEXES BECAME ILLEGAL. 
          AND I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AS I DRIVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND I LOOK AT WHAT TYPES OF HOUSING STOCK IS AVAILABLE, AND I THINK ABOUT WHERE DO WE SEE DUPLEXES AND HOW OLD ARE THEY AND WHAT KIND OF HOUSING STOCK IS BEING BUILT AS NEW BUILDS AND WHAT KIND OF HOUSING STOCK IS NATURALLY AGING INTO MARKET RATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND SO THAT REALLY STRUCK ME WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE SPECIFIC LINES OF CODE, BUT GENERALLY THERE WAS A SENTIMENT IN THE MID EIGHTIES THAT IT SHOULD EITHER BE APARTMENTS OR IT SHOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          AND THEN SOMEWHERE THROUGH THE YEARS, THE LOTS KEPT GETTING BIGGER AND THE REGULATIONS KEPT BE KEPT BECOMING MORE BURDENSOME AND MORE COST, YOU KNOW, MORE COST EXPENSIVE. 
          UM, NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW CONVOLUTED OUR PROCESSES IS. 
          THERE'S AN AMENDMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VELA BROUGHT THAT I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF A LAYPERSON COULD READ THIS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS SETBACK IS SUPPOSED TO BE OR HOW SOMEONE'S SUPPOSED TO DESIGN A UNIT AND BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESE BURDENSOME REGULATIONS. 
          AND SO I JUST KEEP GOING BACK TO IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT HARD. 
          WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO AGREE. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THE SAME VALUES THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM PEOPLE TODAY. 
          SO MANY PEOPLE TURNING UP TO SPEAK NEW D EIGHT FACES AND VOICES THAT I'VE NEVER TALKED TO BEFORE THAT ARE TELLING REAL STORIES ABOUT HOW THEY PICKED A LOT, HOW THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD A PARENT OR A CHILD THAT COULD BE SOMEWHERE NEARBY THEM AND STILL HAVE THEIR OWN AUTONOMY. 
          AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'VE HEARD AS I'VE TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS HEAR IT HERE IN CHAMBERS. 
          UM, YOU OFTENTIMES HEAR PEOPLE ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE AISLE. 
          AND SO I THINK ABOUT THE FIRST PLACE THAT I EVER LIVED WHERE I DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE ROOMMATES, AND IT WAS A 423 SQUARE FOOT APARTMENT BUILT IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES. 
          AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE CAN LEARN ANYTHING FROM THE WRONGS OF OUTLAWING MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING AND DUPLEXES AND SMALL COURTYARD APARTMENTS, IT'S THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT 10, 20, 30, 40 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD LOOKS LIKE. 
          BECAUSE SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE, THERE'S GONNA BE SOMEONE WHO NEEDS TO LIVE CLOSER TO WORK, OR NEEDS TO LIVE CLOSER TO AN AGING PARENT OR HAS ANOTHER SITUATION. 
          AND THEY NEED THEIR HOUSING TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE IN BIG HOUSES, AND AS THEY, AS THEY AGE AND THEY RETIRE, THEY REALIZE, I DON'T NEED THIS MANY BEDROOMS. MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR THE NEXT PERSON TO BE ABLE TO GROW A LIFE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, BUT THERE'S JUST NOWHERE ELSE FOR THEM TO GO AND STAY CLOSE TO THEIR SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORK. 
          AND SO I HOPE THAT THIS INITIATIVE REALLY LAUNCHES US INTO GETTING IT RIGHT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          SO THE LITTLE KIDS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY HAVE A, HAVE A WAY TO GROW UP. 
          AND IF THEY WANNA GO TO SCHOOL HERE AND THEY WANNA BUILD THEIR LIFE HERE, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          SO I, I THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY SMART MOVE. 
          I'M APPRECIATIVE OF COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, UM, TAKING THIS INITIATIVE AND REALLY STEPPING UP INTO THIS LEADERSHIP ROLE. 
          UM, IT'S NOT COMMON THAT, THAT SHE'S ON THE DAIS AND HAVING THESE MOMENTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING IT BECAUSE I KNOW HER VERY WELL. 
          I'VE, I'VE SEEN HER, UM, REALLY THINK THROUGH A LOT OF ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. 
          AND SHE'S A VERY CONTEMPLATIVE PERSON. 
          SHE'S WILLING TO LISTEN. 
          SHE HAS A BIG HEART. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS JUST A REALLY BIG MOMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SET OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELA. 
          I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE THAT CAME TO TESTIFY TODAY, UH, A PHENOMENAL DAY LISTENING TO 500 PEOPLE. 
          AND I WANTED TO THANK, UH, YOU MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PROAM FOR HANDLING THE ENTIRE DAY, INCLUDING SOME, YOU KNOW, TOUGH MOMENTS WITH, WITH, UH, PATIENCE AND, AND CLASS AND AND HUMOR. 
          UH, IT WAS A GOOD MEETING. 
          I LEARNED A LOT. 
          AND, UH, I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY AND, UH, I JUST APPRECIATE HOW EVERYTHING, UH, WENT DOWN AND, AND THE TEMPERS GET HOT, BUT THEY COOL OFF AND, AND WE MOVE ALONG AND, AND WE GOT IT DONE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE, DO YOU NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED? YEAH, I WAS GONNA MAKE A QUICK COMMENT 'CAUSE I REALIZED MY WHOLE SPEECH. 
          I DIDN'T THINK THE 
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PERSON WHO'S BROUGHT HOME TOGETHER AND WHILE WE'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT, SO I JUST WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE AND HER STAFF FOR, FOR WORKING ON THIS. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE. 
          UH, AND YOU KNOW, I I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED AUSTIN IS OUR CITY WORTH FIGHTING FOR. 
          AND I THINK THIS JUST KIND OF, KIND OF CEMENTS THAT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE. 
          I WILL RECOGNIZE YOU TO CLOSE ON THE MOTION. 
          DANG, THOSE BATHROOM RUNS. 
          IT'S A GOOD THING. 
          IT'S A GOOD THING. 
          I HAD TO CALL ON CADRY, UM, AND YOU MISSED HIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE, UH, I WILL, UH, CALL ON YOU TO CLOSE. 
          GREAT. 
          I WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TODAY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WAITED ALL DAY TO SPEAK. 
          IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT AND I THANK YOU ALL. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          MY THANKS TO ALL THE CITY STAFF WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE HOME EFFORT, IN PARTICULAR, PLANNING, STAFF AND LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS EFFORT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO GET US HERE. 
          I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WORKING GROUP ON THOSE KEY AMENDMENTS THAT REFLECT COMMUNITY INPUT AND IT HELP MEET THE GOALS OF THE HOME INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE SMALLER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND PROVIDE OPTIONS FOR HOMEOWNERS. 
          THESE AMENDMENTS REFLECT TWO OF MY KEY PRIORITIES, ENSURING SMALLER STRUCTURES AND PRESERVING EXISTING HOMES. 
          MY DEEP APPRECIATION TO ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS AND CONSTITUENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THIS INITIATIVE, REPRESENTING THEIR MEMBERS AND THEMSELVES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS. 
          THERE'S A WIDE SPECTRUM OF SUPPORT. 
          LABOR UNIONS, ADVOCATES FOR OLDER ADULTS, TRANSIT AND HOUSING ADVOCATES AND SMALL BUSINESS GROUPS. 
          THE HOME INITIATIVE HAS GARNERED NATIONAL NOTICE AS WELL, REFLECTING BROADER DOCUMENTED HOUSING CONCERNS WELL BEYOND AUSTIN CITY LIMITS. 
          I'M PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL TO THE COMMUNITY PART PARTNERS WHO HAVE DEDICATED SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME AND EFFORTS TO HOME A I A AUSTIN PRESERVATION AUSTIN, A A RP, TEXAS AUSTIN INFILL COALITION ENVIRONMENT, TEXAS HOUSING WORKS, AUSTIN AURA, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, AND AUSTIN BOARD OF REALTORS, AUSTIN, EMS ASSOCIATION, LEONA, HBA CAPITAL METRO AND TRANSIT FORWARD. 
          THE LIST OF SUPPORTERS IS MUCH LONGER THAN I AM NAMING HERE. 
          I THANK YOU ALL FOR ADVOCATING FOR YOUR MEMBERS AND FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK WE CAN CELEBRATE THIS MOMENT AND THE ACHIEVEMENT TONIGHT AS WE CREATE MORE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY. 
          I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE SUPPORTED HOME AND WHO ARE MAKING THIS JOURNEY POSSIBLE. 
          AND I WANNA ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE AND THANK THE MAYOR FOR KEEPING OUR SHIP ON AN EVEN KEEL AS WE PROCEEDED TODAY. 
          THIS ENSURES DECORUM AND FAIRNESS IN OUR PROCESS SO THAT EVERYONE IS HEARD AND RESPECTED. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOME PHASE TWO. 
          THESE ARE TOOLS THAT WORK TOGETHER AND WE, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 
          LET NO, NO. 
          PLEASE, PLEASE. 
          NO, NO, NO. 
          I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE IF YOU CAN'T ACT APPROPRIATELY. 
          NO, NO. 
          I WOULD HATE, I WOULD HATE, EVEN IF WE DISAGREE TO HAVE TO ASK PEOPLE TO LEAVE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THEY DON'T ACT APPROPRIATELY. 
          PLEASE ACT APPROPRIATELY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'LL, I'LL CONTINUE. 
          RESPECTFULLY. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOME PHASE TWO. 
          THESE ARE TOOLS THAT WORK TOGETHER AND WE NEED A FULL TOOLBOX IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ANY PROGRESS ON OUR HOUSING EMERGENCY. 
          WE NEED TO CONTINUE WITH OUR EFFORTS ON CAPITAL A, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WE HAVE BEEN FOUR YEARS WITH HOUSING BOND DOLLARS, FEDERAL AND LOCAL FUNDING ALONG WITH OUR HOUSING PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND OF COURSE, PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD LUXURY HOUSING HAVE NO HOUSING SHORTAGE. 
          WE NEED TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF THOSE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE WHO DON'T QUALIFY FOR SUBSIDIES. 
          WE ARE LOSING OUR WORKERS, OUR TEACHERS, NURSES, AND UP HERE ON THE DAAS, WE SEE THE STAFFING 
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SHORTAGES AND RECRUITING CHALLENGES IN OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OUR FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES. 
          HOME. 
          PHASE ONE IS AN IMPORTANT STEP AND OFFERS MORE OPTIONS, BUT IT'S ONLY THE FIRST STEP WE NEED. 
          HOME PHASE TWO. 
          IF WE TRULY WANT TO CREATE MORE STARTER HOMES TO GIVE YOUNGER GENERATIONS A BETTER FOOTHOLD, AND WITH EACH STEP FORWARD, WE CREATE A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEM AND FOR EVERYONE. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          COLLEAGUES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POOLE MEMBERS, WE WILL NOW VOTE. 
          AND THE VOTE IS ON THE MAIN MOTION AS IT WAS AMENDED. 
          VOTE NO VOTE. 
          VOTE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? NO VOTE. 
          VOTE NO VOTE. 
          VOTE NO. 
          VOTE, VOTE, VOTE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION INDICATE BY RAISING YOUR HAND. 
          VOTE, VOTE, VOTING, VOTE. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          YES, HE VOTED YES. 
          MEMBERS. 
          UM, BEFORE I ANNOUNCE THE VOTE, I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. 
          UH, WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE AND, AND NOT JUST THE STAFF, UH, IN THE, IN THE MANAGER'S OFFICE AND, AND, UM, UH, OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF, BUT THE STAFF OF ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MY STAFF AS WELL. 
          UH, THE ROLE THAT YOU PLAYED. 
          UH, FOLKS, THIS IS IMPORTANT, SIGNIFICANT WORK, UH, AND WE ALL APPRECIATE EACH OTHER IN DOING THAT WORK. 
          THERE ARE NINE VOTES IN FAVOR. 
          TWO VOTES OPPOSED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KELLY AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALLISON ALTER. 
          SO THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED IS ADOPTED ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS MEMBERS. 
          THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL AT THIS SPECIAL CALL MEETING. 
          WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          IT IS 11:16 PM CONGRATULATIONS. 
          AND THANK YOU.
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