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YOU ARE WATCHING A MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL WITH MAYOR KIRK WATSON, MAYOR PRO TIMM LESLIE POOLE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS NATASHA HARPER MADISON, VANESSA FUENTES, JOSE VELAZQUEZ, CHEETO VELA, RYAN ALTER, MACKENZIE, KELLY, PAIGE ELLIS, ZOE CADRE, ALISON ALTER, INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY DEBORAH THOMAS, CITY CLERK MYRNA RIOS AND CITY MANAGER TC BROAD.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

[Call to Order]

I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, 2024.

IT'S NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

UH, WE ARE MEETING IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WHICH ARE LOCATED IN CITY HALL AT 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.

A COUPLE OF MEMBERS ARE ALSO JOINING US, VIRTUALLY MEMBERS, UH, NOW THAT I'VE CALLED THE ORDER OF THE MEETING, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS JUST QUICKLY WALK THROUGH THE DAY BECAUSE THERE'S MORE THAN ONE MEET QUOTE MEETING TODAY.

THIS IS THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL.

WE HAVE TWO AGENDA ITEMS, UH, AND WE'LL TAKE THOSE AGENDA ITEMS UP, INCLUDING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE, UH, FIRST, UH, UH, UH, PER PIP, THE TPI.

UM, AND WE WILL TAKE THAT, HAVE THAT PUBLIC HEARING WHEN WE COMPLETE THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING.

WE WILL ADJOURN THAT MEETING AND I WILL THEN CALL TO ORDER A WORK SESSION OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL ON THAT.

AS YOU KNOW FROM THE AGENDA THAT HAS BEEN, UH, POSTED, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ITEMS, BUT ITEM NUMBER TWO IS WHAT WE WILL TAKE UP FIRST, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE AUSTIN ENERGY GENERATION PLAN.

THEN ITEM NUMBER 83, UH, HAD BEEN, IT WAS AN ITEM THAT HAD BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLI BECAUSE ITEM NUMBER 83 IS BEING POSTPONED FROM THE THURSDAY AGENDA.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UH, HAS INDICATED THAT THERE'S NOT A NEED TO PULL THAT ITEM AND HAVE THE DISCUSSION.

SO UNLESS THERE'S OBJECT AND I'LL ASK FOR IT AT THE TIME, BUT UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, UH, WE WILL NOT BRING UP ITEM NUMBER 83.

HOWEVER, IF THERE ARE ANYBODY THAT'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND THEY WANT TO SPEAK, WE'LL ALLOW THAT.

WE WILL THEN HAVE THE WOOEY BRIEFING, THE WINTER WEATHER BRIEFING, AND THE MANAGER SENT OUT AN EMAIL YESTERDAY, UH, ASKING THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN BRIEFING BE DONE AT A LATER DATE.

AND AGAIN, UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, THAT ITEM WILL NOT BE PART OF THE WORK SESSION.

IF SOMEBODY IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, WE WILL ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME, UH, WE WILL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION OF, OF A FAREWELL TO SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW UH, GO TO THE SPECIAL CALL WE WE'RE AT IN THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING.

I HAVE CALLED THAT TO ORDER.

ITEM NUMBER ONE ON

[1. Approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20241119-002 ordering the December 14, 2024, runoff election to add the following exhibits: executed English and Spanish versions of the ordinance calling the election (Exhibit B); an executed joint election agreement with Travis County establishing the parties’ roles and responsibilities for the conduct of the runoff election (Exhibit C); election day polling places (Exhibit D), election day judges (Exhibit E), central counting station staff (Exhibit F), early voting ballot board members (Exhibit G), and signature verification committee members (Exhibit H); adopting the polling places listed in Exhibit D and appointing the election staff listed in Exhibits E, F, G, and H; and declaring an emergency. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.]

THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING MEMBERS IS AN ITEM RELATED TO THE ELECTION.

UM, AND I'LL FIRST ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT HAS ANY QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM.

IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE OF THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING? NO, MA'AM.

NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER ONE.

SO THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE MAYOR PRO TIM MOVES TO APPROVE.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE.

DISCUSSION WITHOUT OBJECTION.

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON.

UM, OFF THE DAIS.

THAT WILL TAKE US TO

[2. Conduct a public hearing relating to the establishment of an Austin Tourism Public Improvement District composed of hotels with one hundred or more rooms and the advisability of the improvement as authorized by Texas Local Government Code Chapter 372. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.]

ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT I'VE PREVIOUSLY HAVE DESCRIBED RELATED TO THE TPI.

UH, IT WILL BE FOR US TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AUSTIN TOURISM PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT COMPOSED OF HOTELS WITH 100 OR MORE ROOMS AND THE ADVISABILITY OF THE IMPROVEMENT AS AUTHORIZED BY TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 3 72.

MEMBERS, WE WILL NOT VOTE ON THIS TODAY.

WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ON THURSDAY, AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME WE WILL ADDRESS ANY OBJECTIONS AND WE WILL VOTE ON THE ITEM.

I WILL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK AND ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK WELL WITHOUT OBJECTION.

WE WILL

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OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

I WILL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK TO ASK IF WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

THERE'S ONE SPEAKER.

MAYOR, WE HAVE WILLIAM BUNCH, MR. BUNCH, MR. BUNCH.

WILLIAM BUNCH DOESN'T APPEAR THAT MR. BUNCH IS PRESENT.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS.

MEMBERS OF MR. BUNCH WAS THE ONLY ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT HE'S PRESENT.

UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.

WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AND AS I INDICATED, WE WILL TAKE THIS ITEM UP, UH, ON THURSDAY AFTER ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL ADDRESS ANY OBJECTIONS AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

THAT BEING THE CASE, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL, WE WILL ADJOURN THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL SET FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, 2024.

IT IS 9 0 5.