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          [CALL TO ORDER]
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          WE HAVE QUORUM. 
          SO I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          I WAS STUCK. 
          LITERALLY TRYING TO GET AROUND THE BUILDING TO GET INTO THE PARKING GARAGE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, DON'T BLOCK THE BOX PEOPLE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, I THINK WE DO 
          [PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL ]
HAVE SOME PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR GENERAL COMMUNICATION. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S START WITH THAT, ZACHARY, FOLLOWED BY CHASE, FOLLOWED BY SOMEONE WHO DONATED TO CHASE. 
          UM, NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. 
          UH, WHAT DO, GO UP THERE. 
          MOVE HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          HAVE SIX MINUTES. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, THE NEXT PERSON HAS SIX MINUTES. 
          I JUST HAVE THREE. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU HAVE THREE. 
          OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, HI, MY NAME IS, UH, ZACHARY LIPPER. 
          I'M A MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS. 
          UM, I'M A CREW MEMBER WORKING OUT ON THE NATURAL SYSTEMS BRANCH AT AMERICAN YOUTH WORKS. 
          UM, AND I WANTED TO JUST, I GUESS, ADVOCATE FOR THE PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT AND HOW IT'S SORT OF HELPED ME AND IMPROVE MY LIFE. 
          UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS I'VE HAD OUT OF THIS PROGRAM IS LEARNING A LOT MORE ABOUT, UM, NATURAL SYSTEMS AND HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS AFFECTING THEM. 
          I, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT THIS KIND OF STUFF ONLINE THROUGH THE MEDIA AND WHATNOT, BUT YOU NEVER REALLY HEAR ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND MAKE AN IMPACT AND TRY TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST IT. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN. 
          UM, FOR ME, THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IMPROVE OR INVOLVE, LIKE, UM, REMOVING FUEL LOADS TO MITIGATE WILDFIRES. 
          UM, IMPROVING BIODIVERSITY IN NATURAL GREEN AREAS TO MAKE THEM STRONGER AND MORE RESISTANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ICE STORMS AND STRONG FLOODING, WHICH OVERALL JUST BENEFITS THE CITY AS A WHOLE. 
          UM, AND FOR ME, IT GIVES ME SOMETHING TO DO THAT I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF ABOUT IT. 
          I DON'T, I KNOW I HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR ALL THIS, BUT, UM, YEAH, THAT'S IT FOR ME. 
          IT'S JUST HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND, UM, I THINK IT'S VERY VALUABLE TO HAVE KEEP AROUND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HOW CAN YOU TELL US HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE PROGRAM? OH, UH, YEAH. 
          IT STARTED IN, UM, AUGUST, NO, SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR. 
          AND IT ENDS, IT'S A ONE YEAR TERM. 
          IT ENDS IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. 
          SO JUST ABOUT SIX MONTHS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          CHASE. 
          SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE LIST. 
          SO, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          HOW'S IT GOING? ALL RIGHT. 
          MY NAME IS CHASE WRIGHT. 
          UM, I'M THE PRESIDENT, FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE HUNGRY HILL FOUNDATION. 
          A LITTLE ABOUT HUNGRY HILL FOUNDATION. 
          RIGHT? WE REPRESENT AS A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER. 
          UM, OUR TARGET CLIENTS ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION THAT ARE HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, RIGHT? WE HELP UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS TRANSITION OUTTA HOMELESSNESS THROUGH THESE WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE ARE NOW AT FIVE FULL-TIME DIRECTORS. 
          THAT'S THE CEOS, THAT'S THE COOS CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICERS, CFOS, ET CETERA. 
          EIGHT FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, SEVEN PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, AND OVER 150 CLIENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO ARE FROM A TC, WHICH IS AUSTIN TRANSITIONAL CENTER, HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE, THEIR SELF, AND EVERYBODY THAT'S IN OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, INCLUDING OUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES, MAKE SURE THAT HUNGRY HILL IS THEIR FIRST POINT OF CONTACT WHEN IT COMES TO A CRISIS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          REGARDING THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY, RIGHT. 
          AT THIS POINT, I'M HERE TODAY. 
          I WANNA STAY FOCUSED 'CAUSE I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS. 
          UH, ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A AVENUE, THIS IS THE MOST EMPOWERING PIECE TO THE PUZZLE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS EXIT HOMELESSNESS. 
          OUR SUCCESS STORIES LIE WITHIN THESE INDIVIDUALS. 
          THEIR STORIES DIE ONCE THEY DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ANYMORE. 
          AND AS WELL AS THE MOTIVATION THAT THEY HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER THE FAST FEW MONTHS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REHABILITATING AND TRYING TO EXIT THE HOMELESS SITUATION THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN TODAY. 
          I'VE BROUGHT SOME OF OUR CLIENTS HERE TODAY. 
          THEY REPRESENT VARIOUS DIFFERENT LEVELS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO TELL THEIR STORIES HERE IN SHORT TERM. 
          I HAVE RONALD HERE, FAMILY OF FOUR, CAME TO HUNGRY HILL OVER THREE MONTHS AGO. 
          HE HAS SINCE TRANSITIONED, CURRENTLY WAS LIVING IN A SHELTER WHERE ALL FOUR OF HIS KIDS, AS WELL AS HIS WIFE, THEY CAME TO US OUT OF A WHAT STATE? CITY, CLEVELAND, OHIO, CLEVELAND, OHIO CAME ALL THE WAY TO AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          AND HUNGRY HILL WAS THE ONLY STOP THAT WAS OFFERING TO REMOVE THE 
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BARRIERS THAT HE FACED, WHICH IS GIVING HIM A JOB. 
          BECAUSE HE WASN'T ASKING FOR NO HANDOUTS. 
          HE WAS ASKING TO WORK HIMSELF OUT HOMELESSNESS. 
          AT THAT POINT, I REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT WORK OPPORTUNITY, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A NEGATIVE NARRATIVE ABOUT BEING UNHOUSED WILL STILL WORK. 
          HOW DO WE GET OUR SYSTEMS AND HOW DO WE GET OUR CITY? HOW DO WE GET OUR FUNDING SOURCES TO REALIZE THAT IF YOU DON'T OFFER A MAN TO WORK, HOW CAN THEY EXIT OUTTA HOMELESSNESS? HOW CAN THEY BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT IN THEIR HOMES SO THAT THEIR FAMILIES ARE OKAY? BRING ME TO MY NEXT POINT. 
          I HAVE MR. SHERMAN HERE. 
          SHERMAN HAS BEEN WITH OUR ORGANIZATION FOR OVER TWO MONTHS. 
          HE ALSO IDENTIFIED AS UNHOUSED. 
          THIS MAN HAS 30 YEARS AS A CHEF, FALLS ON HARD LUCK ONE TIME IN OUR SOCIETY. 
          EXILES HIM, MAKES HIM START FROM THE BOTTOM. 
          HOW DO A MAN, HOW OLD ARE YOU? 55. 
          HOW DOES A MAN AT 55 REINTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY? IF NO ONE WANTS TO GIVE HIM A FAIR SHOT, WHERE DOES THAT LEAD HIM? NEGATIVE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THE HUNGRY HILL FOUNDATION NO LONGER EXISTS. 
          I HAVE OVER 230 CLIENTS THAT ARE COMING OUTTA AUSTIN TRANSITIONAL CENTER THAT ARE LOOKING FOR WORK OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT THEY DON'T HIT THE HOMELESS STATUS. 
          RIGHT POST-INCARCERATION, NO ADDRESS COMING OUTTA HALFWAY HOUSE. 
          YOU NEED TO FIND YOURSELF A FOUNDATION. 
          MANY PEOPLE CONFUSE THE HUNGRY HILL FOUNDATION WITH A FOUNDATION AS THOUGH, OH, THEY'RE GIVERS, PHIL. 
          NO, THE FOUNDATION IS THE START. 
          IT'S THE START THE PLATFORM. 
          THESE INDIVIDUALS NEED ESSENTIALS AND A SUPPORTIVE CUT, WHAT WE CALL CONTINUUM CARE, WRAPPED AROUND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS FOOD INSECURITIES CAN'T HAVE A SUCCESSFUL DAY AT WORK. 
          AN INDIVIDUAL HAVE CONFIDENCE ISSUES BECAUSE MAYBE THEY'RE CLOSED OR MAYBE THEY'VE HAD A HARD TIME, CANNOT HAVE A SUCCESSFUL DAY AT WORK. 
          WE THANK GOD FOR OUR A CC PROGRAM, BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? THEIR WORKFORCE DELIVERABLES. 
          THEY WANT TO GIVE A CHANCE TO EMPOWER THESE INDIVIDUALS AND IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, RON HAS A CELL AND BECAME A TEAM LEADER. 
          TEAM LEADER MEANS HE LEADS 10 OTHER UNHOUSED INDIVIDUAL THAT WAKE UP IN OUR LOCAL PARKS, WAKE UP IN OUR LOCAL BUS STOPS, WAKE UP NEXT TO OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS, AND HEAT CHANNEL THEM INTO WORK, AND TURN 'EM INTO SUCCESSFUL CITIZENS FOR THE DAY. 
          WE OPERATE OUT OF A MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM. 
          THAT MEANS WE CATCH EVERYBODY WHERE THEY ARE. 
          WE'RE NOT TURNING NO ONE AWAY. 
          ONLY TIME I'M FORCED TO TURN SOMEONE AWAY IS WHEN MY BUDGET DOESN'T REFLECT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HELPING. 
          I GET IT. 
          WE HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER FROM THE BOTTOM UP AND NOT THE STATE DOWN. 
          UM, SORRY IF I'M RAMBLING HERE. 
          I I LOOK AT WHAT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS DOING RIGHT NOW WITH THEIR REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          THEY ARE INVESTING HEAVILY. 
          WHY CRISIS? IT SHOULDN'T TAKE A CRISIS FOR OUR CITY THAT HAS THE ONE OF, PROBABLY THE SMALLEST HOMELESS POPULATIONS FOR A MAJOR CAPITAL CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, TO NOT BE INVESTED IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS. 
          IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE DO THESE INDIVIDUALS LAST, IF THEY DON'T GET JOBS WHEN THEY COMING OUTTA PRISON, OH, THEY COME BACK A NUISANCE. 
          THEY FIND THEIR WELL IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY GOES BACK TO THE PETTY CRIME THAT THEY DO TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. 
          NO EXCUSES. 
          HUNGRY HILL IS A POSITIVE OPPORTUNITY IN THE MORNING. 
          WE DEPEND ON OUR CLIENTS TO SHOW UP AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THEM SO THAT WE ARE MAKING OUR CITY, OUR STATE, AND OUR NATION A BETTER PLACE. 
          WE TALK ABOUT CAREER DEVELOPMENT, WE TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE TALK ABOUT INTERVIEW PREP. 
          WE TALK ABOUT RESUME BUILDING. 
          THESE ARE ALL SKILL SETS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS GO FROM BEING UNHOUSED TO LEARNING NEEDS, TO TAKING ON THEIR SECOND WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY. 
          THIS IS AN ECOSYSTEM, WHICH MEANS IT INVOLVES EVERYONE. 
          WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE. 
          WHEN WEATHER, INCOME AND WEATHER COME, THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WALK INTO THESE PLACES TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, HEY, SHELTER IS ACTIVATING TONIGHT. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE CELL PHONES. 
          RIGHT? THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR GROW ZONES AND OUR WATERSHEDS AND OUR LOCAL PARKS ARE CLEAN, CLEAN EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THE PROPER FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE DUTIES ARE COVERED. 
          I ASKED Y'ALL TODAY, NOT ONLY DO YOU CONTINUE, BUT YOU LOOK INTO THE INVESTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          LOOK AT WHAT IT REALLY MEANS. 
          LOOK AT HOW IT BENEFITS OUR OTHER AREAS OF OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THESE INDIVIDUALS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE WORKFORCE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, BEFORE YOU GO, CAN YOU COME BACK? ABSOLUTELY. 
          I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REMIND ME YOUR NAME AGAIN? MY NAME IS CHASE WRIGHT. 
          CHASE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 
          ONE, I, I'M CURIOUS IF YOU COULD, UM, SHARE WITH US THE NATURE OF YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH A CC, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IF THERE ARE A SUBSET OF JOBS OR SERVICES THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING ABSOLUTELY. 
          THROUGH THAT AND WHAT THE KIND OF FUNDING IS THAT YOU'RE GETTING FROM THE PROGRAM. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP AT A CC, UM, OUR PARTNERSHIP ACTUALLY STARTED WHEN WE WERE A PART OF THE AUSTIN PARK AND REC. 
          UM, US, ALONGSIDE OF A FEW OTHER EXECUTIVES THAT WAS A PART OF THE PARTS DEPARTMENT, AND AS ALONGSIDE OF JUAN HERE, WAS ABLE TO DEVELOP THE WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE UNHOUSED. 
          WE'VE BEEN WITH AC, AC CC FOR OVER TWO YEARS. 
          WE INITIALLY STARTED OUT IN THE PILOT PROCESS UNTIL WE RECEIVED MEASUREMENTS OF SUCCESS, UNTIL WE WERE ABLE TO EXIT 120 INDIVIDUALS OUT OF THE LOCAL PARK THAT THEY WERE STAYING IN INTO OUR NORTH BRIDGE SHELTERS. 
          WHILE PROVIDING THEM WORK OPPORTUNITIES. 
          40% OF THEM ARE NOW IN STABLE HOUSING, AND THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH PAYING THEIR OWN BILLS AND DOING 
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THEIR OWN STUFF ALONGSIDE OF CONTINUAL CARE FROM OUR HRS SYSTEM. 
          UH, OVERALL, TWO, MAYBE TWO AND A HALF YEARS WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH THEM. 
          WE'VE ENTERED INTO OUR FIRST CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          UH, INITIALLY IT WAS A CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT THAT WAS APPROVED BY OUR COMMUNITY OF OVER $720,000 OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          MORE RECENTLY, WE FOUND OUT THAT CONTRACTS ARE UPON CONTINGENCY. 
          RIGHT? WE'RE ASKING NOW THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP IS MORE VALUABLE THAN IT, THAN IT PROCEEDS. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT AFFECTS MORE THAN JUST WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE ENTIRE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM IN ITS ECOSYSTEM IF IT IS GONE. 
          JOB DESCRIPTIONS, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          AND SORRY, WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT FOR THIS YEAR THAT YOU'RE GETTING? WELL, FOR THIS YEAR, IT SHOULD BE ONLY 144,000, RIGHT? OKAY. 
          THIS, WE'RE ENTERING INTO OUR SECOND FISCAL YEAR. 
          THIS IS A, WELL, UPON MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS WAS A FIVE YEAR, $720,000 CONTRACT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO SUSTAIN OVER 150 CLIENTS. 
          IT WAS DONE LIKE THIS INTENTIONALLY. 
          WE WENT TO ALL OUR DISTRICTS. 
          WE WENT TO SUSTAINABILITY LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMISSION SO THAT EVERYBODY WAS IN ALIGNMENT AND EVERYBODY WAS ON THE SAME PAGE ON WHAT WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO DO. 
          THAT'S NOT A NEW THING. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY PROBABLY SOME OF THE LAST INDIVIDUALS, TRAVIS COUNTY, TO INVEST IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUAL, WHICH SOUNDS KIND OF, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT, RIGHT? WITH NEW LEADERSHIP, NEW EXECUTIVES. 
          I'M VERY ADAMANT ABOUT THE NEW LEADERSHIP AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          HE WAS INHERITED SOMETHING AND THEY'RE MAKING THE BEST OUT OF IT. 
          RIGHT? ALL I ASK IS THAT WE DON'T CREATE A, UH, WHAT IS IT? A, A, A COMPETITION PER SE, OR WE DON'T HAVE TO BE SUPER FRUGAL WHERE WE'RE TURNING AWAY INDIVIDUALS THAT'S ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THEIR LIFE. 
          AND YOU WERE GONNA MENTION THE JOBS TYPES, DESCRIPTIONS, THE TYPES OF JOBS WE LOOK AT LOW BARRIER TO NO BARRIER WORK OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT? WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT SUFFER FROM DISABILITIES, MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ALL THE THINGS YOU CAN THINK OF, OF SOMEBODY EXCELLENT IN HOMELESSNESS ON THEIR DAY. 
          ONE EASIEST JOB DESCRIPTION IS LITTER ABATEMENT, TRASH PICKUP, RIGHT? MOTIVATION. 
          MAKE SURE THEY'RE FED, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE NO FOOD INSECURITIES. 
          THEY SUIT UP. 
          THEY HAVE THESE NICE VESTS AND EMPOWERMENT, RIGHT? WE LET THEM KNOW NOW IT'S YOUR JOB TO KEEP YOUR COMMUNITY CLEAN. 
          YOU LIVE OUT HERE. 
          LET'S KEEP IT CLEAN AND LET'S WORK ON THE NEXT LEVEL. 
          THESE GO FROM CLEANING GROW ZONES AND WATERSHEDS ONTO THE NEXT STAGE. 
          OUR LEVEL TWO REPRESENTS RESUME BUILDING, UM, INTERVIEW, PREP, INTERVIEW, ROLE PLAY, UH, DOCUMENT RECOVERY, ANYTHING THAT'S A BARRIER FOR THEM. 
          MOVING ON TO THEIR NEXT WORK OPPORTUNITY, WHICH JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE GREEN WORKFORCE SPACE JOBS, HOPEFULLY, THAT WE CAN INTEGRATE BACK INTO THE CITY WHO NEEDS HELP IN THEIR PARK. 
          DIVISIONS NEED HELP IN THEIR WATERSHED DIVISIONS. 
          WE FIND OUR BEST OF OUR BEST AND WE PREPARE THEM FOR THEIR SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND THEY WILL KEEP THE SAME JOB DESCRIPTIONS, WHICH IS OUTSIDE WHERE THEY'RE MOST COMFORTABLE, HELPING THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY'RE MOST COMFORTABLE, AND REALLY BENEFITING OUR ECOSYSTEM AS A WHOLE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, I WILL SAY, I THINK IT'S REALLY UNDERVALUED, UM, THAT, THAT TYPE OF WORK, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE TRASH IS PLASTIC AND THAT IS ULTIMATELY GETTING INTO OUR BODIES THROUGH OUR WATER AND OUR FOOD. 
          SO IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY ESSENTIAL, I THINK, TO PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, NOT JUST IN THE NEAR TERM, BUT IN THE LONG TERM. 
          UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER? UH, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A COMMENT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I STAY AT MY LITTLE BROTHER'S SPOT OFF 12TH IN SPRINGDALE, SO I'VE BEEN SEEING, HEY, THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK, UH, Y'ALL WERE, EVEN WHEN Y'ALL WERE SPRINGDALE NEIGHBORS, I THINK ORIGINALLY Y SO, UH, YEAH. 
          BIG SHOUT OUT TO WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING FOR SURE. 
          UH, DEFINITELY MUCH NEEDED WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT Y'ALL. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          DO THIS, MARK HERE. 
          I'M FOLLOWED BY. 
          OH, HELLO EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME'S PARK SMITH. 
          I'M CEO FOR AMERICAN YOUTH WORKS, AND WE'VE BEEN PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN SINCE 1975 DOING, UM, EDUCATION, JOBS TRAINING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE GET TO DO THINGS THAT IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY WHILE LEARNING HANDS-ON SKILLS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UH, FOR THEIR, THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY COME FROM. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN A PARTNER OF THE ACCC SINCE ITS VERY BEGINNING. 
          UH, IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT, IT MENTIONS THE PARTNERSHIP THAT THE CITY'S WITH OUR TEXAS CONSERVATION CORPS PROGRAM, ANOTHER PROGRAM WHERE WE EMPLOY 17 TO 28 YEAR OLDS IN JOBS TRAINING, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN THE IMPACT OF ON THE PARKS AND PRESERVES AND, UH, PUBLIC LANDS, THE WATERSHED PROTECTION AREAS AND THE, AND THE, UM, THE, THE VARIOUS WATERSHEDS AROUND TOWN, UH, IMPROVING THE HABITAT, IMPROVING SAFE ACCESS TO TRAILS AND, AND THAT TYPE OF WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH YOU GUYS FOR MANY YEARS. 
          WE LOVE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AC CC. 
          IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. 
          UH, IT IS, UH, EVERY YEAR WE'RE EMPLOYING ABOUT 20 YOUNG PEOPLE TO COME THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. 
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IT FLUCTUATES EACH YEAR BASED ON THE FUNDING THAT THE CITY HAS HAD. 
          AND, UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO, THERE WAS SOMEWHAT OF A LITTLE BIT OF A SHORTFALL IN THE CITY BUDGET SIDE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN AN AMERICORPS EDUCATION, I MEAN AN AMERICORPS, UH, GRANT THAT, UH, ALLOWS NOT ONLY SOME FUNDING TO COME INTO THE PROGRAM TO HELP COVER THE COST OF THE STIPENDS FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING. 
          THEY'RE BASICALLY WORKING FULL-TIME OUTSIDE IN TEXAS. 
          HEAT, UM, RAIN, WIND STORMS, WHATEVER IT IS. 
          WE'RE OUT THERE. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, DOING ALL THIS WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE CITY, UH, AT THE END OF THAT TERM OF SERVICE, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ZACH WILL, UM, HAVE A EDUCATION AWARD THAT'LL HELP HIM PAY FOR COLLEGE. 
          UH, IT'S UP TO ABOUT $7,000, UH, A SEASON NOW. 
          AND SOME COLLEGES EVEN MATCH THAT. 
          UM, AND SO YOU CAN USE IT TO PAY OFF STUDENT LOANS. 
          YOU CAN USE IT TO GO TO TRADE SCHOOL. 
          MANY OF 'EM DO THAT, OR YOU CAN GO ON TO COLLEGE. 
          SO, UM, BUT THE PRIMARY THING IS GETTING THE JOB SKILLS THAT'LL LEAD TO, UM, EMPLOYMENT. 
          AND WE'VE HAD A BUNCH OF PEOPLE MOVE STRAIGHT INTO EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          ABOUT HALF OF YOUR URBAN FORESTRY CREW IS MADE UP OF ALUMNI OF OUR PROGRAM AT THIS POINT. 
          SO WE'VE PLACED LOTS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH CITY OF AUSTIN PARKS AND PRESERVES, WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, HAVE STAFF IN THERE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. 
          UH, TRAVIS COUNTY STATE, UH, PARKS, YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, ALMOST ANYWHERE AROUND THIS AREA, IF YOU'RE IN A GREEN SPACE, YOU'LL FIND SOMEBODY WHO'S AN ALUMNI OF OUR PROGRAM WHO'S MADE IT, MADE IT THROUGH. 
          UM, AND THIS HAS JUST BEEN A TREMENDOUS PARTNERSHIP AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR IT. 
          THE STAFF THAT YOU HAVE IN KIRSTEN JOHANSEN AND JUAN ESPINOSA, WHO HAVE, UM, BEEN REALLY COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IS JUST TREMENDOUS. 
          UM, TO HAVE SUCH, UH, COMMITTED PEOPLE ON YOUR TEAM IS REALLY APPRECIATED. 
          AND, UH, WE REALLY WANNA SEE IT CARRY ON INTO ANOTHER YEAR GOING FORWARD. 
          AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UM, COMPLETE IT THIS YEAR WITH YOU GUYS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A SHORTFALL THIS YEAR. 
          CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR CONTRACT? WHAT THE AMOUNT IS, WHAT THE SHORTFALL WAS? SURE. 
          WE HAVE A, A, A CONTRACT THAT IS, UH, SORT OF A A, THERE'S MULTI PHASES OF IT. 
          IT'S ALL CON COMBINED INTO ONE THING. 
          IT'S, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED, UH, TO, SORRY TO JUST BREAK THIS DOWN FOR YOU, BUT, BUT WE HAVE OTHER TEAMS BESIDES THE ACCC TEAMS THAT ARE ALSO EMBEDDED IN THAT CONTRACT. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CONTRACT WITH YOU, YOU HAVE TO KINDA SEPARATE OUT THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT WOULD BE THERE FOR OUR REGULAR CONSERVATION CREWS AND WHAT WOULD BE THERE FOR THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS DEDICATED CREWS. 
          AND, UM, SO IT'S ABOUT A 1.4. 
          IT'S ABOUT A $1.6 MILLION PROGRAM OVER THE YEAR. 
          WE'RE, REMEMBER, WE'RE PAYING 20 INDIVIDUALS PLUS THE STAFF THAT SUPERVISE 'EM, AND THE VANS AND THE TOOLS AND ALL THE STUFF IT TAKES TO DO THAT, UM, FULL TIME FOR A YEAR. 
          AND, UM, AND THAT INCLUDES SOME HOUSING SUPPORT DOLLARS AND A WHOLE VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE A PART OF, UM, ENSURING THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR PROGRAM. 
          UM, THE CURRENT BUDGET SHORTFALL, IT LOOKS LIKE IS SOMEWHERE, UM, AROUND 250,000, 250, 2000, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          WE DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS ON IT, WHERE THE CITY STAFF ARE WORKING THROUGH TO TRY TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S SOME FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, AT THE MOMENT. 
          AND, UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS ON THAT AT THE MOMENT, LIKE WHAT THE SHORTFALL IS RIGHT NOW. 
          WE BROUGHT A GRANT OF ABOUT 400,000 FROM AMERICORPS TO ROUND OUT THE FUNDS THAT, UM, THE CITY STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO TRY TO PULL BACK TOGETHER THAT WEREN'T THERE IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET. 
          SO THE 250,000 IS A SHORTFALL FROM THE AC CC PROGRAM? YES. 
          THAT ONLY, OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND HOW MUCH IS YOUR TOTAL GRANT PER YEAR FROM THE AC CC? UM, IT, IT SHOULD BE, UH, 1.6 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SURE. 
          , WE'RE WORKING ON BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THAT'S WHY I KEEP ASKING THESE QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT IS THE BUDGET . 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT THE AMERICORPS PORTION NEXT YEAR. 
          AS YOU KNOW, FEDERAL FUNDS ARE REALLY IN QUESTION AT THE MOMENT, AND WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN COUNT ON THAT PORTION BEING ABLE TO COME INTO IT NEXT YEAR. 
          SO AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, THE, IT'S, IT'S THE SAME COST FOR US TO RUN THE PROGRAM 'CAUSE WE'RE PAYING THE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE ASKED US TO PAY THEM. 
          AND SO, UM, YEAH, IT'LL BE THE SAME TOTAL AMOUNT, BUT WE MAY NOT, WE MAY OR MAY NOT. 
          WE'LL SEE. 
          WE'RE CROSSING OUR FINGERS ON THAT. 
          THANKS. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING FOR AUSTIN. 
          THAT'S IT FOR SPEAKERS. 
          THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SPOKE. 
          UM, OUR 
          [1. Approval of minutes from the January 22nd, 2025 meeting of the Joint Sustainability  Committee.]
FIRST AGENDA, ADAM, IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY 22ND MEETING. 
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I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          DID ANYBODY SEE ANY ERRORS OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? OKAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. 
          MINUTES ARE ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, 
          [2. Austin Light Rail Phase 1 project update, timeline and the opportunity to provide feedback as  part of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement Public Review and Comment Period – Lisa  Storer, Alvin Livingstone, Deron Lozano and Yannis Banks, Austin Transit Partnership]
NEXT UP, WE ARE GONNA GET A PRESENTATION ON THE AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL PHASE ONE. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE, WE HAVE A FEW PRESENTERS. 
          SO I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL ARE ALL COMING UP AT ONCE OR WHO'S STARTING OFF, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YOU CAN TAKE IT AWAY. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US. 
          UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          I KNOW YOUR AGENDA IS PACKED, SO WE WILL TRY AND KEEP IT QUICK. 
          OKAY. 
          HOLD ON TWO SECONDS PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          TURN OFF. 
          TESTING. 
          WE CAN'T HEAR ONLINE. 
          CAN YOU BRING THE MIC? SURE. 
          TEST. 
          CAN YOU ALL HEAR US ONLINE? YEAH. 
          NOW IT'S BETTER. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. 
          UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          WE KNOW YOU HAVE A PACKED AGENDA, SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT QUICK. 
          UH, QUICK INTRODUCTIONS. 
          I'M LISA STORR, ARCHITECTURE URBAN DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY AT AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP. 
          AND I'LL LET MY, UH, CO-PRESENTERS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          ALVIN LIVINGSTONE, UH, SENIOR DIRECTOR OVER AT, UH, I'M SORRY, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OVER AT AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP, RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND I'M DARREN LOZANO, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          UM, I GUESS I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS UP FIRST. 
          I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE. 
          UM, HERE WE GO. 
          SO, UM, SO MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT, ABOUT LIGHT RAIL AND, AND OUR TASK IS TO BRING LIGHT RAIL HERE TO, TO AUSTIN. 
          UM, THERE'S, THERE'S MANY, MANY BENEFITS TO, TO LIGHT RAIL. 
          UM, IT PROVIDES OPTIONS OBVIOUSLY, TO GET TO DIFFERENT PLACES ALONG THE CORRIDOR. 
          UM, IT'S RELIABLE, UM, AS OPPOSED TO OTHER MODES OF TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE LIGHT RAIL IS SITTING IN A FIXED, UM, GUIDEWAY. 
          UM, AND TYPICALLY IT'LL RUN, UM, 10 MINUTE HEADWAY AND, AND FIVE WHEN IT'S, UM, INTERLINED. 
          AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. 
          UM, AND THE INTENT TO IS ALSO ON TRAVEL TIME. 
          YOU, YOU'LL HAVE BETTER RESULTS IN TERMS OF TRAVEL TIME IF YOU RAN THE SAME, UM, POINTS ON THE ALIGNMENT AND YOU WERE DRIVING BY CAR VERSUS, UM, VERSUS ACTUALLY BEING IN THE, IN THE, ON THE LIGHT RAIL ITSELF. 
          UM, A COUPLE THINGS WE TRY TO DO WITH THE, WITH THE DESIGN IS MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE, UM, NATURE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN. 
          UM, THERE'S SOME ELEMENTS OF IT, IT'LL PROBABLY SHOW A LITTLE BIT LATER ON AS WELL, UM, WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT'S, UM, EXEMPLIFIED IN OUR DESIGN. 
          UM, IT ALSO BRINGS A LOT OF JOBS, UM, FOR IT. 
          UM, AND NOT JUST JOBS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING CONSTRUCTION, BUT ALSO LONG TERM JOBS FOR FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE RAIL SYSTEM. 
          UH, THIS IS WHAT LIGHT RAIL DOES AND, AND THESE ARE LONG TERM STEADY JOBS THAT'S GONNA, UM, BE ABLE TO, TO HELP OUT LONG TERM. 
          AND, UM, DEFINITELY WE WANNA MAKE SURE AUSTIN, UM, STAYS A LIVABLE, A NICE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND IS GONNA BLEND RIGHT IN WITH THAT. 
          SO, SO THIS REPRESENTATION IS THE ENTIRE ALIGNMENT. 
          UM, THIS IS WHAT WE CALL AUSTIN LIGHT RAIL PHASE ONE. 
          UH, THERE'S 15 STATIONS AND IT'S ROUGHLY 10 MILES OF LIGHT RAIL ON THE IMAGE YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S, THERE'S AN ALIGNMENT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OUTLINED IN GOLD. 
          UM, THAT ALIGNMENT IS THE ALIGNMENT THAT'S THE 9.8 MILES AND 15 STATIONS. 
          UM, AND THAT RUNS BASICALLY FROM 38TH STREET AND QUAD, UM, SOUTH ON GUAD TO THIRD STREET WHERE IT GOES TO THE EAST ON THIRD AND THEN SOUTH ON TRINITY, WHERE IT THEN TRAVERSES OVER LADY BIRD LAKE BRIDGE, UM, TO A JUNCTION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RIVERSIDE. 
          THAT WILL GO ONE DIRECTION, WELL, TWO DIRECTIONS, IT'LL SPLIT OFF TO THE SOUTH AND GO DOWN TO SOUTH CONGRESS AND OLTORF. 
          UM, AND THEN THE OTHER DIRECTION IT WOULD SPLIT OFF WOULD BE GOING TO THE EAST, UM, TOWARDS WHAT WE CALL THE YELLOW JACKET STATION, WHICH IS NEAR A ROAD CALLED AIRPORT COMMERCE ROAD, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH CLOSE TO 71. 
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AT THE END OF THE ALIGNMENT THERE. 
          ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE, YOU'LL SEE A BLUE CIRCLE. 
          UM, THAT'S OUR MAINTENANCE FACILITY. 
          THAT'S THE LOCATION WHERE, UM, THE TRAINS WILL GO AT NIGHT TO BE HOUSED, TO BE MAINTAINED, TO BE CLEANED, AND, AND TO BE READY FOR SERVICE THE THE NEXT DAY. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE ON THESE ALIGNMENTS ON THE NORTH END, THE TOP PART OF THE ALIGNMENT, YOU'LL SEE AN OUTLINE, A BLACK OUTLINE, UM, THAT SHOWS ONE OF OUR PRIORITY EXTENSION. 
          THERE'S ONE THAT GOES UP TO CRESTVIEW, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT GOES OUT TO THE EAST TOWARD THE AIRPORT. 
          THOSE ARE NOT PART OF PHASE ONE, UM, BUT THEY ARE A PRIORITY FOR US. 
          WHEN, WHEN FUNDING DOES BECOME AVAILABLE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO JUMP IN AND ACTUALLY TRY TO DO THOSE PROJECTS AND ADD 'EM ON LATER ON. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC IS, UM, THE UPDATED DESIGN THAT WE'VE ANALYZED AS PART OF OUR DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT THAT'S CURRENTLY OUT TO THE PUBLIC. 
          WITHIN THAT, UH, THOSE DESIGNS WE'RE RECOMMENDING SOME STAFF OPTIONS THAT PREVIOUSLY WE WERE STUDYING. 
          ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS IS CALLED THE GREENWAY ALONG EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE, AND THAT'S DEPICTED HERE IN A CONCEPTUAL VISUALIZATION, WHICH CAN GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE. 
          ALTHOUGH DESIGN STILL CONTINUES, THIS WOULD INCORPORATE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES INBOARD ADJACENT TO THAT TRANSIT WAY IN SORT OF THE MEDIAN OF THOSE VEHICULAR TRAVEL LANES. 
          SO THIS IS A VIEW, UM, JUST WEST OF GROVE BOULEVARD LOOKING WEST TOWARD DOWNTOWN, UH, ALONG EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE, , AND THAT'S A ZOOMED OUT VERSION OF IT AT PLEASANT VALLEY. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A GREEN SPINE THAT GOES TOWARD DOWNTOWN. 
          THE IDEA HERE IS WE REALLY FOCUSED ON SOME USER EXPERIENCE STUDIES AND TO TEST OUT WHAT MIGHT DRIVE, UH, HIGHER RIDERSHIP AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO CHOOSE THE LIGHT RAIL OVER OTHER MOBILITY OPTIONS. 
          UM, WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. 
          A LOT OF THOSE STUDIES RESULTED IN THESE USER NEEDS, LIKE, UM, GOOD MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR END OF LINE OR FOR SORT OF FIRST AND LAST MILE, SO CLOSE CONNECTIVITY TO THE LIGHT RAIL ITSELF, AS WELL AS, UH, SHADED WALKWAYS AND BIKE PATHS. 
          AND SO THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THIS VERY WIDE RIGHT OF WAY FOR US TO INTRODUCE THIS ELEMENT ADJACENT TO THE GUIDEWAY ITSELF. 
          THIS WOULD STRETCH FOR ALL FIVE STATIONS ALONG EAST RIVERSIDE DRIVE FROM LAKESHORE BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY TO YELLOW JACKET LANE. 
          ANOTHER LOCATION IN THE ALIGNMENT THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE, UM, A MORE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED EXPERIENCE IS AT UT. 
          SO ALONG THE DRAG, WE ARE STILL RECOMMENDING A CAR FREE DRAG, UH, OPTIONS HERE ARE REALLY ABOUT THE LIGHT RAIL VEHICLES, BUSES, BIKES, AND PEDESTRIANS. 
          THIS IS THE HIGHEST PEDESTRIAN COUNT LOCATION WITHIN OUR, UH, ALIGNMENT. 
          AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PRIORITIZE PEDESTRIANS IN THIS RIGHT OF WAY. 
          UM, SO SHOWING A PICTURE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          AND THEN THE LAST, UM, IMAGE I HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU HERE TODAY IS ABOUT THE END OF LINE IN THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE ALIGNMENT. 
          THIS IS AT ULT WHARF, AND REALLY IT'S TO TALK ABOUT THE KEY DESTINATIONS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THE BRAND NEW HEB THAT JUST OPENED AT SOUTH CONGRESS IN ULT WHARF. 
          UM, AND SOON, UM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO RIDE THE LIGHT RAIL THERE. 
          I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DARREN TO TALK ABOUT TIMELINE AND EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT'S NEXT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, LISA. 
          UM, WE'RE REALLY COMING, UH, TO YOU AT A REALLY OPPORTUNE TIME IN THE PROJECT. 
          UH, IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT WE INITIATED OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS. 
          WE ARE WORKING THROUGH A FEDERAL PROCESS WORKING WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION. 
          AND SO WE'RE HERE AT A MAJOR MILESTONE WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, UH, THAT WAS RELEASED ON JANUARY 10TH. 
          WE HAVE A 60 DAY COMMENT PERIOD FOR THAT THAT ENDS ON MARCH 11TH. 
          SO WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING FOR ALL TYPES OF INPUT THERE, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SCHEDULE THERE. 
          UM, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO FINALIZE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, UM, AND REALLY THIS YEAR, THE BIG MILESTONES WE'LL BE SOLICITING ON A FINAL DESIGNER TO TAKE US INTO THE ENGINEERING PHASE STARTING NEXT YEAR. 
          AND KIND OF READING DOWN THE TIMELINE THERE, THAT'LL GET US INTO CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN 2027, UH, WITH SERVICES PLANNED TO OPEN IN 2033. 
          ONE THING I MENTIONED IS WE ARE, AGAIN, WORKING THROUGH A FEDERAL PROCESS, AND WE ARE VERY MUCH AWARE OF SEVERAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT ARE PROCESSED IN MOTION TODAY. 
          UM, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AS THOUGH 
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THOSE DEVELOP. 
          THE THING I'LL MENTION IS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED THE SIG PROCESS OR THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANT PROCESS. 
          IT'S BEEN A LONGSTANDING PROGRAM WITHIN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY FUNDED SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, SIMILAR TYPES OF PROJECTS OVER MANY DECADES. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROCESS AS WE GO ABOUT ADVANCE'S PROJECT. 
          SPEAKING OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ITSELF, UM, WE REALLY RECEIVED EXCELLENT INPUT ON WHAT WE SHOULD BE EVALUATING. 
          AS ALVIN SHOWED IN HIS SLIDE, WE'RE REALLY ONLY EVALUATING PHASE ONE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. 
          SO THE PRIORITY EXTENSIONS THAT YOU SAW ARE NOT PART OF THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT OR EIS. 
          UM, AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OR MAY HAVE HEARD, IT IS A VERY LENGTHY DOCUMENT. 
          UH, WE WANTED TO BE, UH, VERY TRANSPARENT AND VERY DILIGENT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ANALYZED AND HOW WE ANALYZED IT. 
          UM, AND JUST A QUICK NOTE ON HOW IT'S COME TOGETHER. 
          UM, WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ON OUR WEBSITE, AND I'LL SHOW THE WEBSITE, UH, LOCATION HERE SHORTLY. 
          BUT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IS ABOUT 20 PAGES. 
          SO A HIGH LEVEL LOOK ON WHAT THE ANALYSIS IS, AFFECTS AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND PROPOSED MITIGATION. 
          THEN WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE CHAPTERS OF THE DOCUMENT. 
          SO REALLY THE, THE EIS ITSELF OR A 200 PAGE VERSION OF THE ANALYSIS. 
          AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THAT, EVERY SINGLE RESOURCE YOU SEE HERE HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE TECHNICAL REPORT. 
          SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DIVE INTO THE RESEARCH WHERE DATA WAS TAKEN FROM, CERTAINLY YOU CAN GO THERE AND, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED. 
          AND AS WE'RE GETTING COMMENTS, REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK TO IS, YOU KNOW, WE, A COUPLE NOTES IS THIS IS REALLY, IT'S A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO CERTAINLY WE'RE LOOKING FOR INPUT ON THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT WERE DEVELOPED. 
          UM, COMMENTS ON THE IMPACTS AS THEY'RE DOCUMENTED, AND CERTAINLY ON MITIGATION, DID WE CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF, UH, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM AND HOW WE PROPOSE TO MITIGATE IT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THIS SHOWS YOU THAT WE HAVE VARIOUS WAYS THAT WE'RE ACCEPTING COMMENTS. 
          UM, THE QR CODE TAKES YOU RIGHT TO OUR WEBSITE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF, UM, DROPDOWN MENUS AND, AND COMMENT BOXES IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS. 
          AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU WANT TO PINPOINT ONE SPECIFIC RESOURCE YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, YOU CAN SELECT THAT AND PUT IT THERE. 
          UM, IF, IF YOU FEEL LIKE MORE JUST KIND OF, UH, WRITING ABOUT ANYTHING ABOUT THE EIS, YOU CAN CALL US. 
          WE HAVE A NUMBER, WE DO HAVE AN EMAIL. 
          UM, EVERYTHING RELATED TO THAT EMAIL THAT COMES IN GOES TOWARD THE, IS ASSUMED TO BE A-D-E-I-S COMMENT AND THEN JUST, UM, OLD FASHIONED MAIL TOO. 
          WE ACCEPT THAT AS WELL. 
          ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT AS WE RECEIVE THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT COMMENTS, EVERY SINGLE COMMENT WILL BE DOCUMENTED AND RESPONDED TO. 
          SO WHEN THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, UH, IS PROPOSED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL HAVE A, A FILE THAT'LL OR DOCUMENT THAT OF ALL THOSE COMMENTS AND RESPONSES TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE COMMENTS. 
          AND, UM, AS APPROPRIATE, THOSE WOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE FEIS OR FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. 
          WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION WHERE YOU CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          QUESTIONS. 
          I DO HAVE A COUPLE, BUT MAYBE OTHERS WANNA START? I SEE YOU, MELISSA. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FOR THE FUTURE PROPOSED EXTENSIONS THAT ARE WAITING ON POTENTIAL FUNDING FOR THE FUTURE, THERE WERE THOSE TWO SEGMENTS, ONE TO THE AIRPORT AND ONE TO CRESTVIEW. 
          ARE THOSE OF LIKE EQUAL LATER PRIORITY, OR IS THE AIRPORT ONE A POTENTIALLY HIGHER PRIORITY THAN THE CRESTVIEW ONE WHEN THE FUNDING DOES COME AVAILABLE? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UM, AND ACTUALLY FORGOT TO MENTION THAT, YES, WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE AIRPORT IS THE, UM, PREFERRED PRIORITY EXTENSION AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UM, BASED ON KIND OF THE, WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND KIND OF INTEREST ON THAT GOING FORWARD. 
          HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. 
          IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          SURE. 
          I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT IN THE EIS, BUT ARE, COULD YOU GIVE US A VERY HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF, YOU KNOW, ANY IMPACTS THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST TO US OR THE COMMUNITY? SURE. 
          I'M HAPPY TO START. 
          UH, AND MAYBE I'LL GO. 
          WELL, I GUESS ANYWAY, THAT LIST SHOWED EVERYTHING THAT WE, UH, LOOKED AT. 
          AND I GUESS HIGH LEVEL, UM, THERE ARE TWO ALTERNATIVES THAT WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT. 
          WE LOOK AT A NO IMPACT ALTERNATIVE. 
          SO IF LIGHT RAIL WAS NOT TO HAPPEN, WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS? AND OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T NEED MITIGATION, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE BUILD ALTERNATIVE. 
          SO IF LIGHT RAIL IS ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED AND IMPACTS ARE SUMMARIZED, UH, IN TWO, TWO WAYS. 
          ONE 
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IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND THEN AFTER OPERATION OF THE LINE ITSELF, UM, WE'RE STARTING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS AND WE RECEIVED TO DATE PROBABLY ABOUT 500 SO FAR. 
          AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING REFLECT, AND I'LL MENTION, UM, NOISE AND VIBRATION DURING CONSTRUCTION ESPECIALLY, IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS ANTICIPATED FROM THAT. 
          UM, AS PART OF THE EIS, WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND TOOK MEASUREMENTS. 
          UH, AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL SENSITIVE LOCATIONS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UH, BY UT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. 
          WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL AREAS ALONG THE LINE. 
          SO, UM, THOSE ARE TAKEN THERE. 
          AND SO YES, WE DOCUMENT THAT THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL IMPACTS, BUT YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT, IT'S REALLY KIND OF ALREADY LOUD ALREADY. 
          IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOU STAND DOWNTOWN AT ANY BLOCK, YOU CAN HEAR BUSES GOING BY CARS, VEHICLES. 
          UM, SO WE HAD DOCUMENT HOW THAT CONSTRUCTION IS GONNA OCCUR, BUT THEN ALSO REALLY IMPORTANTLY IS THE MITIGATION. 
          SO THE MITIGATION WE IMPOSE, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION DURING DAYTIME HOURS, MAKING SURE IF NECESSARY THERE ARE SOUND WALLS WHERE, WHERE NEEDED. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM NOISE. 
          UM, MAYBE I'LL SPEAK TO TREES AGAIN. 
          YOU KNOW, TREES IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY. 
          IN THE EIS WE MADE SURE TO DO A, A VERY DILIGENT TREE SURVEY OF EVERY TREE ALONG THE ALIGNMENT, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UM, THE CITY'S TREE ORDINANCE AND HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT SURVEY. 
          AND AS PART OF WHAT WE DOCUMENT AS MITIGATION, WE NOTE HOW WE WILL, UM, RESTORE OR MEET THE, THE, THE NEEDS OF THE CITY FROM THE TREE, UH, ORDINANCE. 
          YEAH. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. 
          AND MAYBE, MAYBE I CAN JUST JUMP INTO I THINK UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE IS REALLY FOCUSED ON. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          THANKS. 
          THIS IS A TRICKY MICROPHONE SITUATION TONIGHT. 
          SORRY. 
          I THINK UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE JSC IS REALLY FOCUSED ON, UM, I THINK TREES IS A GREAT ONE AND A GOOD EXAMPLE. 
          SO THOSE ARE DOCUMENTED WITHIN THE THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES CATEGORY OF THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, THAT APPENDIX. 
          UM, AND THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE THE FED, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOESN'T REQUIRE US TO DO THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL ON TREE SURVEY OR, UM, UNDERSTAND THOSE IMPACTS NECESSARILY. 
          BUT WE'RE DOING IT FOR DOCUMENTATION BECAUSE THE LIGHT RAIL WILL BE BUILT IN AUSTIN, AND WE  TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE ENVIRONMENT HERE FROM A A TREE HUGGER PERSPECTIVE, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. 
          UM, PART OF THE MITIGATION PLAN FOR TREES, WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ARBORIST OFFICE TO COME UP WITH A PRESERVATION FIRST APPROACH. 
          SO, UH, REALLY INFORMING OUR FUTURE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM ABOUT HOW TO BOTH WORK AROUND EXISTING TREES AND MODIFY DESIGN TO ACCOMMODATE EXISTING TREES WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY WHEREVER POSSIBLE. 
          ALSO, TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSPLANTATION OF EXISTING, UH, PROTECTED AND HERITAGE TREES. 
          AND THEN ALSO HOW TO BEST PLANT FOR GOOD SUCCESSION AND TREE COVER FOR LONG-TERM GROWTH. 
          SO A LOT OF THAT IS DOCUMENTED WITHIN THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, NOT JUST SORT OF NUMBERS, BUT OTHER CATEGORIES THAT I THINK Y'ALL MIGHT BE, UH, PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN ARE THE TRANSPORTATION SECTION AND HOW THE SUCCESS OF LIGHT RAIL IS REALLY PART OF, UM, WHAT MAKES THE A SMP GOAL AND THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN GOAL OF MODE SHIFT FEASIBLE. 
          SO LOOKING IN DEEPLY INTO THOSE SECTIONS MIGHT BE, UH, KEY FOR THIS AUDIENCE, I THINK. 
          AND SORT OF THE TECHNIQUES AND THE WAYS THAT WE'VE CALCULATED VEHICLES, MILE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED, UM, AND HOW THAT PLAYS INTO SORT OF A CHANGING MIX OF TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE FUTURE. 
          IN AUSTIN. 
          WE'VE ALSO GOT SECTIONS ON AIR QUALITY THAT COULD BE OF KEY CONCERN TO YOU ALL. 
          UM, LET'S SEE, WILDLIFE AND WATER RESOURCES. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, SOCIO SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME KEY AREAS THAT I THINK YOU ALL MIGHT, UH, FIND OF INTEREST. 
          THANK YOU, CHRIS. 
          YEAH. 
          HAD A, A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO TO THAT. 
          SO THOSE IMPACTS, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE AIR QUALITY, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, MOSTLY IN THE, UH, IN THE OPERATIONAL SIDE, ONCE IT'S, IT'S UP AND RUNNING, UH, IS IT, IS IT, AND I'M GONNA TAKE, I'M DEFINITELY GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT THE EIS TO, TO DIVE A LITTLE BIT, UH, DEEPER INTO THAT. 
          BUT IS IT SHOWING QUITE A BIT OF, UH, BENEFITS, UH, ONCE IT'S CONSTRUCTING? AND I, AND I'M MAINLY SAYING THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW AUSTIN IS GETTING CLOSE TO NON-ATTAINMENT FOR CERTAIN CRITERIA, AIR POLLUTANTS. 
          SO I THINK IT'LL BE IMPORTANT TO, TO MITIGATE THAT AS MUCH AS AS POSSIBLE. 
          YEAH, I CAN START THERE WITH SORT OF THE BIG HEADLINE THERE AND MAYBE DARREN CAN ADD SOME CONTEXT 
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AS WELL. 
          UM, I THINK, UH, THE BIG HEADLINE IS FROM ALL OF OUR MODELING, UM, OVER 20 MILLION FEWER VEHICLES, VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED WILL HAPPEN ANNUALLY BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF LIGHT RAIL BASED ON OUR RIDERSHIP MODEL, UH, WHICH IS AWESOME. 
          UM, ALSO JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE LIGHT RAIL IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE COMMUTER RAIL, WHICH IS CURRENTLY DIESEL POWERED. 
          SO LIGHT RAIL IS ALL ELECTRIC. 
          UM, WE'LL RUN IN THE STREETS IN THE GUIDEWAY, UH, IN THE ROADWAY ITSELF AND, UH, WILL HOPEFULLY BE VERY INTEGRATED INTO THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT AS WE DEVELOP IT. 
          UM, MORE ABOUT MAYBE AIR QUALITY IN SPECIFICS FOR HOW THAT WAS MODELED. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          I THINK YOU COVERED IT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          WHENEVER YOU SAY MODEL, IS IT MORE LIKE, LIKE QUANTIFYING THE, THE EMISSION REDUCTIONS OR ARE YOU GUYS ALSO DOING DISPERSION MODELING TO DETERMINE CONCENTRATIONS AS WELL? SURE. 
          IT'S MORE QUANTIFYING THE, THE REDUCTION IN VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED BY LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PROPOSED RIDERSHIP AND HOW THE MODE SHIFTS. 
          SO HOW THE CARS THAT ARE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD AND HOW DOES IT EQUATE TO ACTUAL, UH, THE REDUCTION IN AIR POLLUTION. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, I THINK THIS PERS MODEL MODEL, I MEAN, I WOULD NEED TO THINK ABOUT FOR THIS PROJECT IF, IF IT MAKES SENSE, BUT, UH, ULTIMATELY MY EXPERIENCE THAT, UH, THIS PROGRESSION MODEL WOULD, WOULD GIVE YOU A MORE CLEAR REPRESENTATION OF, OF THE REDUCTION OF IMPACTS. 
          'CAUSE ONE, ONE THING IS THE, THE DIFFERENCE IN, UH, EMISSIONS FROM THE STACK, BUT ONCE YOU ACTUALLY RUN THE DISPERSION MODELING, DEPENDING ON THE STACK CHARACTERS CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VEHICLES THAT YOU'RE DISPLACING, THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA GIVE YOU A MORE CLEAR PICTURE OF, OF THAT DIFFERENCE IN IMPACTS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. 
          AND UM, WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD  ON, ON OUR WEBSITE, IF YOU DON'T MIND. 
          SURE. 
          YEAH, I PUT IT THERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, HARRIS? YEAH, UM, I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. 
          I ALREADY GOT THIS AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, SO A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ANSWERED, BUT I WAS KIND OF WONDERING, UM, AND MAYBE AGAIN, THIS WAS ALSO ANSWERED LAST MEETING AND IT SLIPPED MY MIND, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME FOR CONSTRUCTION TO BE DONE. 
          I THINK I SAW ON THE SLIDE IT HAD A, A COMPLETION DATE ESTIMATION OF 2033. 
          WHAT DO YOU FORESEE AS FAR AS LIKE THE BONDS BEING PASSED TO, TO FUND THE, UH, EXTENSIONS RIGHT TO THE AIRPORT FIRST AND THEN, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY CRESTVIEW, WHERE DO Y'ALL SORT OF SEE WHEN RATHER IS A BETTER, UH, WORD TO USE? WHEN DO Y'ALL SEE THOSE HAPPENING? IS THERE SORT OF LIKE A SENSE, UM, OR ARE Y'ALL JUST LIKE, LOOK, THEY DIDN'T PAY US TO MODEL THAT, SO WE DON'T CARE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I WISH WE HAD THE ANSWER AT THIS TIME. 
          UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE EXPLORING RIGHT NOW. 
          'CAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S A POTENTIAL TO FUND THAT EXTENSION. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S ALL IN CONSIDERATION OF THE TIMING FACTOR. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THAT NOW, BUT CAN CERTAINLY GET BACK TO YOU, UH, ONCE IT'S KNOWN BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, HEY, 2033 IS PROBABLY LIKE, AT LEAST WHAT, LIKE A FEW BOND CYCLES SO, YOU KNOW, GET THE, UH, GET THE ENGINES REVVING NOW, RIGHT? WELL, MAYBE NOT WHILE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS BURNING, BUT YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY AFTER THAT SOMETIME WE CAN ASK THE RUSSIANS FOR HELP, YOU KNOW? OKAY. 
           IS, IF THAT'S ALL, IS THAT ALL THE QUESTIONS? IF SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND SHARING THIS UPDATE AND, UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WILL GET ON THERE AND, UM, SUBMIT THEIR COMMENTS, UH, ON THAT SURVEY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK BEFORE YOU ALL. 
          CHEERS. 
          DO ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NEXT 
          [3. Austin Civilian Conservation Corps Update on staffing, current agreements, pathways, and its  future funding opportunities. – Juan Espinoza, Economic Development Department]
UP WE'VE GOT JUAN ESPINOZA WITH THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS. 
          WELCOME, JUAN. 
          TEST, TEST. 
          ALL GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. 
          MY NAME IS JUAN ESPINOZA. 
          I AM THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS. 
          UM, TONIGHT, UH, I, I WILL MAKE THIS PRESENTATION REALLY QUICK BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, THERE'S A LOT THAT YOU, UH, YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWING. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, FOR, FOR TONIGHT, UH, SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING ARE THE, WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY AND REVIEW THE STAFFING 
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AT THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS. 
          WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE REVIEWING THE CURRENT AGREEMENTS. 
          WE WILL DISCUSS THE CURRENT PATHWAY THAT IS WITHIN THE PROGRAM AND DISCUSS FUTURE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UH, WE HAVE CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED AT THE MOMENT, AND WE WILL CONCLUDE AND WRAP UP FOR QUESTIONING. 
          UH, SO AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, MY NAME IS JUAN ESP ESPINOZA. 
          I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS, AND MY PARTNER IS HERE TONIGHT. 
          UH, KIRSTEN JOHANSEN, SHE'S THE CONSERVATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS. 
          WE ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED OUT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          PREVIOUSLY WE WERE HOUSED AT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, BUT GIVEN THE INITIATIVE FROM INTERIM CITY MANAGER, JESUS GARZA, UH, THE MOVE WAS TO CONSOLIDATE ALL OF THE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS INTO ONE DEPARTMENT WITH ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT BEING THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          SO CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO FULL-TIME STAFF AT THE MOMENT. 
          UM, THAT'S IT. 
          NEXT, NEXT SLIDE, OUR CURRENT PATHWAY. 
          SO AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE ONE EXISTING PATHWAY AT THE MOMENT THAT CURRENTLY HOUSES OUR THREE AGREEMENTS. 
          UH, THOSE, THOSE THREE AGREEMENTS ARE WITH PARTNERSHIPS IN COLLABORATIONS WITH, UH, AMERICAN YOUTH WORKS, THE HUNGRY HILL FOUNDATION, AND AUSTIN YOUTH RIVER WATCH. 
          IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I WILL DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THESE AGREEMENTS ENTAIL. 
          AND, UM, THANKFULLY FOR ME, ALSO, UH, WE HAD SOME OF OUR, UH, EXECUTIVES FROM THOSE FOUNDATIONS AND UM, ORGANIZATIONS, UH, SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AS WELL. 
          SO, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, WITH AMERICAN YOUTH WORKS, THE, WHAT THE AGREEMENT ENTAILS IS TWO CREWS, TWO 10 MAN CREWS. 
          UH, THOSE CREWS ARE IDENTIFIED AND KNOWN AS THE EASTERN CRESCENT CREW AND THE PARKS AND PRESERVES CREW. 
          UH, THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS FOR THE EASTERN CRESCENT CREW IS TO, UH, IS TO FOCUS ON RESTORATION, EROSION CONTROL, INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT, FOREST HEALTH MAINTENANCE, TRAIL AND FENCE RECONSTRUCTION, AND INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT. 
          UH, THOSE PROJECT SITES ARE PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED ALONG AUSTIN'S EASTERN CRESCENT PART OF TOWN, AND SOME OF THOSE SITES COULD BE IDENTIFIED AS ONION CREEK PRESERVES, KENDRA PAGE PARK. 
          THE SECOND CREW IS PARKS AND PRESERVES CREW. 
          UH, THE FOCUS AREA THERE IS FOR, UH, TRAIL BUILDING, WILDFIRE, FUEL MITIGATION, INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL, AND LAND MANAGEMENT. 
          UH, PROJECT SITES ARE, THE PROJECTS ARE MAINLY CONDUCTED ALONG THE PRESERVES ON, UH, PARD OWNED PROPERTY, SUCH AS RED RED BLUFF PRESERVE, BL CREEK AND STEVENSON'S PRESERVES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          FOR THE HUNGRY HILL FOUNDATION, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY SUPPORT EAST AUSTIN RESIDENTS TRANSITIONING FROM HOMELESSNESS TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY. 
          HOW THEY DO THIS IS THROUGH A MULTI-TIERED WORK AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THAT BUILDS JOB SKILLS. 
          UM, SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS PROGRAM ARE ALSO WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AND THE WATERSHED DEPARTMENT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          UH, THESE, THESE ARE SOME OLD, UH, METRICS THAT WE HAVE FROM FISCAL YEAR 24 FROM ONE OF OUR QUARTERLY REPORTS, BUT THEY'VE ON AN, THEY'VE ASSISTED, UH, 65 MEMBERS AND TO CONDUCT PART MAINTENANCE AND LITTER ABATEMENT WORK OF ACROSS EAST AUSTIN'S PARKS AND WATERWAYS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, FOR OUR AUSTIN YOUTH RIVER WATCH PROGRAM. 
          WHAT, WHAT THIS IS, IS AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT IS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT'S FOCUSED ON PEER MENTORING AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. 
          UH, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY PROVIDE HANDS-ON AND MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS. 
          SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY CONDUCT CON CON, UH, CONSERVATION PROJECT ON PARKS, ON PARK PROPERTY. 
          AND, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY ABLE TO IMPACT, UH, OVER A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED PLUS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND FIVE INTERNS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          UH, WHAT THE STUDENTS DO IS THEY ANALYZE AND PUBLISH WATER QUALITY DATA FROM THE AUSTIN AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS DATA. 
          AND THIS DATA THEN GETS REPORTED TO LOCAL, STATE AND AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY OR THE LCRA FOR SHORT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, AS, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE UH, NATURAL SYSTEMS PATHWAY PROGRAM, UH, IS THE ONLY PATHWAY THAT WAS GIVEN TO US. 
          AND PRIOR TO MEETING HERE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, UH, THAT WAS ASKED TO US, UH, BY THIS COMMITTEE WAS WONDERING IF SOME, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WERE, UH, PUT ON HOLD DUE TO FUNDING AND RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS. 
          THE ANSWER IS YES, SOME PROJECTS WERE PUT ON HOLD. 
          UH, HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE MYSELF AND KIRSTEN HERE. 
          UH, WE DID HAVE SOME TEMP STAFF. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARE NO LONGER WITH US AT THIS TIME. 
          UH, BUT, UH, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE 
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WAS TO PLANT OVER 400 SEEDLING SEEDLINGS IN FISCAL YEAR 24. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THEY MAPPED 480 ACRES OF INVASIVE SPECIES AND, AND AS WELL AS LEADING VOLUNTEER GROUPS AND HOSTING 11 ED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, UH, TRAINING PROGRAMS. OUR GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED RAIN GARDENS THROUGHOUT PARKS PARK PROPERTY, WATERSHED PROPERTY, AND A ISD SITES. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY, THEY EVALUATED AND REPAIRED RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS AT GIBBONS, OSA AND Z OR BOTANICAL GARDENS TO NAME A FEW. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WE HAVE SOME, UH, FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UH, THIS PROGRAM HAS IDENTIFIED THAT WE ARE, UM, HOPEFUL TO PURSUE, UH, ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS BEING THE SOLAR FOR ALL PROJECT, WHICH IS AN EPA FUNDED PROJECT THROUGH AUSTIN ENERGY. 
          WHAT THIS PROGRAM ENTAILS IS INSTALLING SOLAR PANELS ALONG EAST AUSTIN, ALONG THE HOUSES IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          UH, SOME OF THE BENEFITS IS THAT THOSE, UH, RESIDENTS WOULD RECEIVE BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEMS THAT WOULD HELP AUSTIN IN GENERAL, UH, STABILIZE THE POWER GRID AND ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE. 
          UH, THERE IS THE, OUR AVENUE AND OUR WORK IN WITH THIS, UH, GRANT OPPORTUNITY IS THAT THERE IS A WORKFORCE TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UM, POTENTIALLY COLLABORATE WITH CBOS AND, UM, OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO, UH, HELP ESTABLISH A, UM, A CAREER TRAINING PATHWAY TO HELP, UH, PARTICIPANTS INSTALL SOLAR PANELS, UH, AND, UH, RIGHT AND SPECIALIZE IN SOLAR PANEL MAINTENANCE. 
          UH, SECONDLY IS OUR BROWNFIELD'S JOB TRAINING GA GRANT. 
          THIS IS ALSO AN EPA FUNDED, UH, PROGRAM THAT IS THROUGH AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY. 
          AND, UH, WHAT THIS ENTAILS IS BROWNFIELD SITE CLEANUP AND REUSE. 
          UH, THIS IS A GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT ALLOWS PARTICIPANTS TO RECEIVE CERTIFICATIONS UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM. 
          AND, UM, OUR, THE MAIN AUDIENCE BEING UNDEREMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS THAT COME FROM COMMUNITIES THAT WERE IMP UH, NEGATIVELY IMPACTED FROM, UH, WASTE FACILITIES AND CONTAMINATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT IN A NUTSHELL. 
          UH, WHAT WE ARE. 
          IN SUMMARY, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE THAT, UH, FOR LONG-TERM SU LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY, UH, MYSELF AND KIRSTEN, WE HAVE BEEN IN NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TO, UH, REESTABLISH OUR FOCUS IN SECURING LONG-TERM FUNDING. 
          WE HAVE, UH, REACHED OUT AND CONNECTED WITH OUR NETWORKS TO, UH, RECEIVE A LOT OF ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN, UH, GETTING PEOPLE TO COME OUT HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS PROGRAM, UH, BECAUSE THEY SEE THE, THE BENEFITS AND THE ONGOING, UM, THE ONGOING GOOD THAT, THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, TO PUSH OUT IN THIS SHORT TIMEFRAME THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND. 
          UM, THAT PRETTY MUCH IT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. 
          I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR Q AND A . 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUAN, WHO HAS QUESTIONS? CHARLOTTE, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I, I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS, BUT I'M JUST GONNA START WITH THE, UM, THE PATHWAYS. 
          YOU MENTIONED NATURAL SYSTEMS PATHWAYS, AND THAT WAS THE ONE YOU FOCUSED ON TONIGHT. 
          UM, ORIGINALLY THIS PROGRAM DID HAVE ADDITIONAL MULTIPLE OTHER PATHWAYS, RIGHT? LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, RECREATION, MUSEUMS, CULTURE, UM, ZERO WASTE. 
          ARE THOSE NO LONGER BEING PURSUED, OR WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR NOT MENTIONING THOSE? THE REASON FOR THAT IS, SORRY. 
          UH, THE REASON FOR THAT IS JUST, UH, LACK OF FUNDING. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING TO SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS, SO, UH, WE HAD TO, UH, REMOVE THEM FOR NOW AND PUT 'EM, PUT 'EM ON PAUSE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE NATURAL SYSTEMS PATHWAY IS THE, THE, THE ONLY ONE THAT KIND OF PERSISTS FROM, FROM THAT ORIGINAL, ORIGINAL SET. 
          YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND EVEN THOSE ARE, UM, FACING FUNDING SHORTFALL? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          CAN YOU, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT AT ALL, LIKE QUANTIFY WHAT THAT MEANS? SO, UH, SINCE THIS PROGRAM'S INCEPTION, THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN, UM, OPERATING ON ONE-TIME FUNDING SOURCES. 
          WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED AND HAVE YET TO HAVE BEEN NAMED THAT, UH, FROM COUNCIL THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE RECEIVING ANY SORT OF GENERAL FUND OR REOCCURRING ONGOING FUND ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO, UM, AGAIN, CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND REACH OUT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, APPLY FOR OTHER GRANTS. 
          UH, SOME THINGS FELL IN OUR, UNFORTUNATELY NOT, IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO KEEP CERTAIN, 
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UH, CERTAIN PROGRAMS AROUND, SO WE HAD TO MAKE A CRITICAL DECISION AND THIS, THIS NATURAL ASSISTANCE PATHWAY WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS REMAINING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM. 
          YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD APPLIED FOR SOME OTHER GRANTS. 
          CAN YOU SHARE WITH US SOME OF THE GRANT GRANTS THAT Y'ALL HAVE APPLIED FOR? OH MY GOODNESS. 
          UH, YES. 
          SOME OF THEM WERE THE, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER, URBAN FOREST GRANT OPPORTUNITY. 
          UH, THERE WAS AN EARMARKED FUNDING, UH, THAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS FOR, UH, THROUGH CONGRESS WITH CRAIG CAS, UH, GREG CASSAR, CONGRESSMAN GREG CASSAR AND LLOYD DOGGETT. 
          UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT SELECTED FOR THOSE. 
          UH, WE DID, HOWEVER, RECEIVE A, UH, A, A SMALLER GRANT GRANT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, UM, CURRENT IDENTIFYING ON HOW TO RECEIVE IT. 
          UH, BUT AT THIS TIME WE HA WE'RE NOT COUNTING IT BECAUSE IT HASN'T OFFICIALLY HIT US AT THIS MOMENT. 
          UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          THANKS. 
          WHERE'S THAT SMALLER GRANT FROM? IT IS A NOA GRANT. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS, DIANA, WAS THAT A HAND OR NO? OKAY. 
          CHARLOTTE, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD SOME OTHER ONES. 
          ARE YOU COMING BACK? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD. 
          WE'LL COME BACK. 
          WE'LL COME BACK TO CHARLOTTE. 
          UM, SO, SO WE HEARD FROM, AS YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME OF THE, UM, PARTICIPANTS, SOME OF THE, UH, I GUESS PARTNERS EARLIER ABOUT THOSE GRANT SHORTFALLS. 
          UM, OR YEAH, I GUESS BUDGET SHORTFALLS THAT RESULTED IN A, A GRANT DECREASE FOR THEM. 
          UM, IS THAT EXPECTED THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S ANY KIND OF STOP GAP FOR THAT WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR? IS THAT KIND OF THE STATUS QUO FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THEN NEED TO FIGURE OUT NEXT FISCAL YEAR, OR JUST CURIOUS WHERE THAT STANDS. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, MY LEADERSHIP IS STILL WORKING ON TRYING TO IDENTIFY FURTHER FUNDING AT THE MOMENT TO DETERMINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO SUSTAIN THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR AND FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS. 
          BUT AT THIS MOMENT THERE, I DON'T HAVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO GIVE YOU. 
          OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH. 
          UM, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, WE, WE HAVE GENERALLY BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROGRAM AND WANNA FIGURE OUT KIND OF WHAT, UM, WHAT THE YEAH, WHAT THE TOTAL NEED IS. 
          UM, SO WE HEARD SOME NUMBERS ON FROM THOSE PARTNERS. 
          UM, YOU ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, SHARED THE, THE, THOSE OTHER, UM, PATHWAYS HAD BEEN ELIMINATED FOR LACK OF FUNDING. 
          DO YOU HAVE ON HAND KINDA WHAT THE, UM, WHAT THE FUNDING NEED WOULD BE TO REVIVE THE PATHWAYS THAT HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED AND SAY THE STAFF THAT, UM, THAT YOU DESCRIBED FROM THE URBAN FORESTRY AND GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW MUCH WOULD BE NEEDED TO BRING BACK WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY HERE? SO WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS OPERATING AT ITS MAX CAPACITY, IT WAS OPERATING OFF OF A $2.8 MILLION BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HMM. 
          CHARLOTTE, DO YOU WANNA, UH, YES. 
          UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO WORK WITH SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL, UM, TRYING TO GET FUNDING TOGETHER. 
          UM, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH AND, UM, I KNOW ONE THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE HAD THE, UM, THE, THE SPEAKER FROM HUNGRY HILL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING IS LIKE THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS STRATEGY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMETHING THERE'S FUNDING FOR, FOR THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS, LIKE HOW HAVE YOU TRIED TO, TO BRIDGE THIS GAP WITH, WITH THEM? SO WE'VE REACHED OUT TO NUMEROUS, UH, DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS WATERSHED, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, WE WE'RE ALSO SPEAKING WITH THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE. 
          AND UM, UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS TIME, NO MONEY HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TABLE. 
          SO, UH, THIS IS WHERE WE STAND AT THE MOMENT. 
          SOME OF US HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE ACADEMY. 
          I THINK MOST OF US PROBABLY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS. 
          UM, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE PERHAPS THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT AND A CCC. 
          DO YOU THINK THERE IS OR DO YEAH. 
          WOULD BE CURIOUS. 
          LIKE, ARE THESE TWO TOTALLY SEPARATE THINGS? IS 
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THERE A LINK? THERE IS A POTENTIAL LINK, LINK AT THIS PO AT THIS MOMENT, HOWEVER, UH, THE DETAILS HAVE, HAVE YET TO BE DISCLOSED TO ME TO DISCUSS FURTHER SPECIFICS ON THAT. 
          SO IT'S STILL BEING WORKED ON. 
          I, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THE MOMENT. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? JUAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND, AND SHARING WITH US AND HOPE THAT, UH, THE PROGRAM CONTINUES. 
          , THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. 
          HAVE A GOOD EVENING. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, NEXT UP 
          [4. Comprehensive Climate Implementation Program Update – Braden Latham-Jones, Office of  Climate Action and Resilience.]
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM BRADEN ON THE COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          HELLO, GOOD PEOPLE. 
          THE JSC, MY NAME IS BRADEN LISA JONES. 
          I'M THE CLARET PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND RESILIENCE. 
          NEWLY NAMED. 
          ALRIGHT, SO LAST TIME I WAS UP HERE, UH, IT WAS NOVEMBER. 
          WE WERE, WE WERE VERY IN THE FIRST STAGES OF GETTING THIS STARTED. 
          UH, WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE FINISH LINE, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO REACH OUT AGAIN AND DO A BIT OF A PROGRESS UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE HOPE TO BE IN ABOUT A MONTH. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          JUST AS A REMINDER FOR CONTEXT, WHY WE ARE HERE, THERE WAS RESOLUTION PASSED LAST YEAR IN JULY THAT DIRECTED CITY STAFF TO COME UP WITH TWO ITEMS. ONE WAS THE COMPREHENSIVE BOND PACKAGE, WHICH Y'ALL ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, WON'T BE THE TOPIC OF MY DISCUSSION TODAY. 
          THE SECOND WAS THE COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE PURPOSE OF MY PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, WHEN WE STARTED THIS, WHEN WE WERE TASKED WITH THIS, UM, COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM, WE WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW OTHER CITIES GONE ABOUT THIS. 
          IT'S A LOT TO LEARN. 
          WE DIDN'T WANT TO, WE WANTED TO GET IT RIGHT AS WE WERE IN THE FORMATIVE STAGES OF WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE AND ROLL OUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST FIT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR CITY. 
          UH, SO WE DID A LOT OF COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH AND, AND REVIEW OF HOW OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE IT. 
          THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY SLIDE FOR CONTEXT. 
          WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON EXISTING PLANS WITHIN OTHER CITIES. 
          THOSE ARE LISTED ABOVE. 
          UH, WE ALSO WENT TO C 40 AND ILEY FOR BEST PRACTICE GUIDES ON THEIR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND WHAT MIGHT BE SUCCESSFUL HERE. 
          WE CONDUCTED MORE IN-DEPTH INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWS, PRIMARILY WITH SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, WHO HAS A VERY SUBSTANTIAL IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM IN THEIR CITY FOR THEIR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. 
          LEARNED A LOT FROM THEM. 
          HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS. 
          UH, AND WE ALSO ATTENDED URBAN SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTORS NETWORK CONFERENCE. 
          IT'S AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE WE WENT TO LAST YEAR. 
          A GOOD NUMBER OF US FROM OUR ENTIRE OFFICE WENT, UH, AND IT WAS THE SOLE FOCUS FOR US WHEN WE WENT THERE IS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THIS. 
          UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO SEVERAL SESSIONS FOCUSED ON CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES. 
          WE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS OVER LUNCH AND COFFEES JUST TO TRY TO, UH, LEARN FROM BEST PRACTICES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND SO WHEN WE DID A LOT OF THIS RESEARCH AND EVALUATION, WE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE IS TWO MAIN BUCKETS OF WORKFORCE. 
          ONE WOULD BE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UM, WHICH IS A PUBLIC LIVING DOCUMENT THAT WOULD BE A RESOURCE FOR Y'ALL, FOR A COUNCIL, FOR A CITY MANAGER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON A SHORT TERM WITH ACHIEVABLE GOALS THAT WE COULD SET AND MEET. 
          UH, AND, AND OUR FRAMEWORK IS TWO YEARS. 
          SO IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          THE OTHER ASPECT OF THE WORK IS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW OUR ORGANIZATION, THE CITY ORGANIZATION, CAN STRUCTURE ITSELF SO THAT ALL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION IS A FOCUS. 
          IT'S ORGANIZED, STRATEGIC, UM, AND CAN BE MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN I THINK WE HAVE BEEN IN OUR OWN REFLECTIONS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS SINCE THE PLAN. 
          THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN HAS BEEN PASSED SINCE 2121. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THROUGH ALL THE RESEARCH AND A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS, WE IDENTIFIED FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES FOR THE BEST PRACTICES. 
          ONE WOULD BE DEPARTMENTAL ALIGNMENT. 
          THAT'S SORT OF THE COLLABORATION COORDINATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. 
          BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHO'S DOING THE WORK WITHIN THE CITY, HOW THEY CAN BE IN BETTER COMMUNICATION, FOCUSED ON THE GOAL OF, UH, YOU KNOW, SUCCESSFUL CLIMATE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, CLIMATE IMPLEMENTATION. 
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THE SECOND IS CLEAR COMMUNICATION OF NEEDS, PRIORITIES AND OBSTACLES. 
          THAT'S BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO CITY LEADERSHIP. 
          IF THERE IS A WALL THAT WE HIT, HOW DO WE OVERCOME THAT? WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF RESOURCES THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BETTER MEET OUR GOALS AND STRATEGIES LAID OUT BY THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN AND SO FORTH. 
          THE THIRD IS INCREASING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          SO BEING MUCH MORE ACCOUNTABLE, NOT JUST THROUGH CITY LEADERSHIP ABOUT WHEN THOSE OBSTACLES ARE FACED, BUT ALSO HOW THINGS ARE GOING ON A BROADER SCALE. 
          IF THERE'S GOOD THINGS TO CELEBRATE, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          IF THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING DIFFERENTLY TO GET TO SUCCESS, WE SHOULD ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES Y'ALL BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH Y'ALL MORE DIRECTLY AS, AS HOW, HOW THINGS ARE GOING IN AN HONEST WAY. 
          THE FOURTH IS ACHIEVABLE SHORT-TERM MILESTONES TOWARDS LONG-TERM GOALS. 
          OF COURSE, THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN SETS OUT A LONG-TERM GOAL OF COMMUNITY WIDE NET, NET ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2040. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S 15 YEARS FROM NOW. 
          SO WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE ON TRACK BY THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND DOING SO BY SETTING SHORT-TERM GOALS THAT ARE MEASURABLE AND ACHIEVABLE AND AMBITIOUS, WE BELIEVE WILL HELP US GET THERE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO THIS IS THE, UH, SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM AND I SAID PROGRAMMATIC ADJUSTMENTS. 
          THIS IS THAT. 
          SO THIS IS US TRYING TO GET ALL OF THESE MUNICIPAL BEST PRACTICES INSTITUTIONALIZED, UH, FOR DEPARTMENTAL ALIGNMENT. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE CREATING WHAT WE'RE CALLING FOR NOW, A CLIMATE ACTION TEAM THAT IS THAT CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL CONVENING COLLABORATIVE BODY THAT CAN WORK ON RESEARCH WHEN NECESSARY. 
          THAT CAN WORK ON IDENTIFYING ACTIONS THAT WE COULD TAKE THAT CAN WORK ON PROBLEM SOLVING. 
          UH, AND SO WE'LL, I'LL EXPLAIN MORE OF THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          BUT THE SECOND WOULD BE DEPARTMENTAL WORK PLANS TO BETTER CLEARLY COMMUNICATE THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES AND OBSTACLES THAT WE FACE. 
          SO THIS, UH, IS, WHEN WE SAY DEPARTMENTAL WORK PLANS, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH, UM, SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC SINGLE POINTS OF CONTACT WITHIN EACH DEPARTMENT. 
          OUR LIAISONS WITHIN ALL THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS FOCUSED ON CLIMATE WORK OVER 20 DEPARTMENTS, SO THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING US AND WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH THEM ON A ANNUAL WORK PLAN OF EXISTING WORK. 
          NOT STUFF THAT THEY WOULD LOVE TO DO, BUT THINGS THAT THEY KNOW ARE ON THEIR PLATES FOR THAT YEAR, UH, SO THAT WE CAN WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM TO CLEARLY COMMUNICATE IF THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO MAKE THAT THAT WORK SUCCESSFUL, IF THERE ARE ANY GAPS IN FUNDING STAFF CAPACITY. 
          SO ON THE THIRD IS INCREASING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          SO WE'RE TAKING IT UPON OURSELVES TO DO A, AN UPDATE TO OUR QUARTERLY BRIEFING STRUCTURE. 
          AS Y'ALL MIGHT KNOW, WE HAVE FROM THE RESOLUTION THAT PASSED IN SUPPORT BY COUNCIL FOR THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, A REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS TO CITY COUNCIL THAT JUST PROVIDE STATUS UPDATES ON, ON IMPLEMENTATION. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THOSE MORE FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTATION ITSELF. 
          TO DO SO, WE'RE GONNA START THE FIRST QUARTERLY BRIEFING AS REVIEWING THE WORK PLANS THAT WE'VE CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH THESE DEPARTMENTS. 
          WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR BIANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN SECOND. 
          UM, AS, AND THE SECOND AND THIRD QUARTERS WILL BE MOST MOSTLY FOCUSED ON PROGRESS AND UPDATES. 
          ANYTHING THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE, THE BEST PRACTICE, NUMBER TWO, UH, AND THEN THE FOURTH WILL BE A REPORT CARD OF SORTS. 
          IT'S REAR FACING, LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE, IF WE MET THE GOALS, DID WE GET THERE? AND IF SO, WHY? WHAT DID WE DO WELL? AND IF NOT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY NEXT TIME? THE FOURTH IS, AGAIN, ACHIEVABLE SHORT TERM MILESTONES. 
          THAT'S WHERE THIS BIANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WILL KICK IN. 
          SO MAKING THE TOTAL GOAL OF 2040, UH, NET ZERO, HOW DO WE GET THERE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          AND I SAY BIANNUAL BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THOSE PLANS. 
          WE WILL CAN DO THIS. 
          WE'RE GONNA DO THIS ON A CYCLICAL BASIS AND, AND THEN IN TWO YEAR INCREMENTS FROM HERE ON NOW. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE CLIMATE ACTION TEAM CONCEPT AND HOW WE WANT TO INCREASE COMMUNICATION INTERNALLY SO WE CAN BETTER ACHIEVE THESE, THESE GOALS. 
          THE CLIMATE ACTION TEAM, AGAIN, IS THIS COLLABORATIVE BODY OF, UH, YOU KNOW, OVER 20 DEPARTMENTS CROSS DEPARTMENTAL TEAM. 
          THEY WILL GET TOGETHER QUARTERLY. 
          WE'LL TALK REGULARLY EVEN IN BETWEEN THOSE MORE BROADER GROUP MEETINGS, UH, ABOUT THE WORK PLANS, ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, ABOUT ANY OBSTACLES FACED ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING CELEBRATE VICTORIES WHEN WE GET THEM. 
          THE CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT LEADERSHIP TEAM IS A DIRECTOR LEVEL ORGANIZATION, UH, THAT ALREADY EXISTS IN THE CITY. 
          UH, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON GIVING THEM UPDATES REGULARLY SO THAT WHEN THERE ARE OBSTACLES, THEY KNOW VERY QUICKLY WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHY. 
          AND SO THEY CAN THEN COMMUNICATE THAT DIRECTLY TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          AND WE JUST HOPE THIS CONTINUES THIS CREATION OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ALL, UH, LAYERS OF, OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, IN SUMMARY, WITH COUNCIL DIRECTION, CITY MANAGERS REPORT, OUR OFFICE WILL LEAD A COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM, MOSTLY 
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FOCUSED ON ACHIEVING THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES OF THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN STARTING THIS YEAR. 
          OKAY, SO THIS IS A BROAD PROGRAM, STEPS AND A TIMELINE SO WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WERE NOVEMBER, WHEN WE LAST TALKED AND BEFORE, AND HOW, WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHERE WE WANT TO BE IN A MONTH. 
          SO IN AUGUST, WE STARTED THAT RESEARCH THAT I MENTIONED IN CO IN CONVERSATION WITH OTHER CITIES DOING A BUNCH OF RESEARCH IN THE EXISTING PLANS FROM OTHER CITIES. 
          IN EPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, WE DID A MUCH BROADER PROJECT IDENTIFICATION EXERCISE. 
          UH, THAT LED US TO A LIST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED PROJECTS AND ACTIONS THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          WE DID EXERCISES FOR SCREENING THOSE OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE THE RIGHT ONES TO FIT IN A TWO YEAR TIMEFRAME, AND THAT THEY REDUCED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, UH, AND THAT THEY MET, YOU KNOW, OUR EQUITY GOALS AND THAT THEY ALSO ALIGNED WITH THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN GOALS AND STRATEGIES. 
          WITH THAT, WE ENDED UP WITH A SMALLER LIST, ABOUT A HUNDRED OR SO THAT IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER WE STARTED PROCESSING WITH MUCH MORE ANALYSIS. 
          UH, I'LL GET INTO THE PROCESS THERE IN A SECOND. 
          AND IN JANUARY WE HAD STARTED THE, WE STARTED THE DEPARTMENTAL ENGAGEMENT, HELD A WORKSHOP AROUND MID-JANUARY OR SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T MISSING ANYTHING, BUT ALSO THAT THE INFORMATION WE WERE TRYING TO CONVEY IN OUR LIST WAS ACCURATE UP TO DATE, UH, AND ACHIEVABLE BY THE STANDARDS OF EACH DEPARTMENT WHO WOULD BE LEADING THE WORK DEPARTMENTS, WHO WOULD BE ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK ON THE GROUND. 
          AND ABOUT THE END OF JANUARY WHEN Y'ALL FIRST RECEIVED THE DRAFT, THAT WAS WHEN WE HAD, UH, UH, ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT. 
          WE FELT CONFIDENT ENOUGH IN THAT LIST TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH Y'ALL, BUT ALSO WITH OUR DEPARTMENTAL DIRECTORS AND OTHER DIRECTORS, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALSO AGREED. 
          AND IN FEBRUARY, MARCH THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT WORK, MAKING SURE THAT THIS LIST IS AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE'RE DOING THE REFINEMENT, UH, AS WE SPEAK. 
          UH, LITERALLY I WAS JUST TALKING TO SOMEBODY ON TEAMS. WE'RE DESIGNING AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S PUBLISHED READY WITHIN A MONTH. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WHEN I SAY PROJECT IDENTIFICATION, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE, THE SOURCES OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE INCORPORATED. 
          THAT LARGE LIST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED. 
          WE STARTED WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT PLAN. 
          EVERYTHING THAT WAS A PART OF THAT PLAN WAS INCORPORATED IN OUR DRAFT. 
          WE THEN DID A BUNCH OF RESEARCH INTO EXISTING DEPARTMENTAL PLANS THAT, UH, THAT HAVE CLIMATE GOALS WITHIN THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE WERE ANY GAPS, WE GOT THOSE COVERED. 
          WE INCORPORATED ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, NOT JUST ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT PLAN, BUT OTHERS THAT Y'ALL HAVE PASSED, JUST TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, THAT WE HAD AS COMPREHENSIVE A LIST AS POSSIBLE WHEN WE HAD THAT LARGE LIST, WE NEEDED TO NARROW THAT DOWN. 
          UH, WE DID THE PRE-SCREENING EXERCISE THAT I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT, BUT THEN WHEN WE GOT THAT 100, WE NEEDED TO NARROW IT DOWN EVEN FURTHER. 
          SO WE IDENTIFIED A TOOL IN SOME OF OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH PEER CITIES, UH, THAT C 40, A GLOBAL NETWORK OF, UH, CITIES THAT WORK ON CLIMATE CHANGE, THAT C 40 HAD DEVELOPED CALLED ASAP ACTION, SELECTION AND PRIORITIZATION. 
          UM, AND IT ALLOWED US TO PLUG IN LOCAL DATA, LOCAL INFORMATION, AND LOCAL PRIORITIES TO BETTER PRIORITIZE THAT LIST OF 100 AND GET IT DOWN TO A FINE TUNED LIST THAT WE COULD BE CONFIDENT ABOUT. 
          UH, THERE WERE THREE MAIN CATEGORIES OF WORK AND CRITERIA. 
          ONE IS, OF COURSE, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION. 
          THE SECOND WAS CO-BENEFITS CRITERIA. 
          FOR US, THE PRIORITY WAS OBVIOUSLY CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EQUITY WAS A MAJOR FOCUS FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE EVALUATING. 
          WE INCORPORATED ALL PARTS OF THE EQUITY TOOL THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLANNING PROCESS, UH, IN, IN 20 19, 20 20, AND 2021. 
          WE ALSO ALLOW, IT ALSO ALLOWED US TO PUT IN THINGS LIKE AIR AND WATER QUALITY, GREEN JOBS AND TRAINING AND HOUSING AND OTHER BOAT CO-BENEFITS CRITERIA. 
          THE THIRD SET OF CRITERIA THAT WE USED TO EVALUATE OUR LIST WAS FEASIBILITY. 
          UH, SO CITY AUTHORITY, THAT MEANS LIKE, DOES THE CITY HAVE THE AUTHORITY IMPLEMENT OR IS IT A FEDERAL LEVEL RESPONSIBILITY? COUNCIL PRIORITY? IS THEIR COUNCIL ACTIONS BEEN TAKEN IN THE PAST AS COUNCILS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN CERTAIN ACTIONS, REGIONAL COLLABORATION, IS THAT POSSIBLE? IS IT REQUIRED FUNDING? HAS IT BEEN IDENTIFIED AND SECURED, OR ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE KNOW OF, WE JUST DON'T HAVE FUNDING FOR IT AND SO FORTH. 
          THIS IS SORT OF A MAP OF THE PROCESS FROM WHEN WE IDENTIFIED AND INPUT THAT CRITERIA IN MID TO LATE FALL LAST YEAR, THAT DELIVERED AN ACTION RATING BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT WE CREATED AND INPUT, WHICH LED TO SCORES. 
          THERE WAS A PANEL REVIEW PROCESS, SO WE ALL PUT THEM IN BASED ON WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF WHAT SECTION OF THE, THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN OF THE FIVE SECTIONS. 
          BUT THEN AS A TEAM, WE GOT TOGETHER AND DID A PANEL REVIEW EXERCISE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FELT CONFIDENT IN OUR ANALYSIS. 
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UH, AND THAT LED US TO A, UH, MUCH SHORTER LIST OF ABOUT 50 OR SO PROJECTS. 
          AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE ATTACHED AS BACKUP IS THE DRAFT. 
          AND I EMPHASIZE DRAFT BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE'LL BE INPUTTING IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS TO COME. 
          UH, BUT IT IS AS CLOSE TO FINAL AS WE HAVE. 
          IT IS 45 ACTIONS ACROSS THE FIVE SECTIONS WITHIN SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS. 
          WE HAVE 17 ACTIONS IDENTIFIED. 
          TRANSPORTATION AND LANGUAGE USE HAS NINE AND TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION, THERE IS SIX. 
          FOOD OF PRODUCT CONSUMPTION, THERE ARE SEVEN, AND NATURAL SYSTEMS HAS SIX AS WELL. 
          SO THE FINAL PLAN WILL HAVE A, A MUCH BETTER, UH, MAPPING OF UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU READ THE DOCUMENT. 
          SO THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE IT IN THE BACKUP THAT WE HAVE ATTACHED. 
          SO I WANTED TO, AT LEAST BEFORE YOU LOOK AT THIS DOCUMENT, UH, PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT FOR WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY CERTAIN WORDS. 
          UH, FOUR TYPES OF ACTIONS. 
          THERE, YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE TYPES IN, I THINK ONE OF THE EARLIER COLUMNS IN THE DOCUMENT, AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOUR THAT WE'RE LABELING ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE PLAN. 
          UM, SO FOR CONTEXT POLICY IS AN ACTION THAT EITHER HAS BEEN GIVEN BY AUSTIN COUNCIL OR THAT REQUIRES COUNCIL ACTION TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, OR ESTABLISH A PROGRAM IS AN ONGOING EFFORT. 
          SO THAT'S YEAR OVER YEAR THAT WILL START OR END OR CHANGE MEANINGFULLY DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD, WHICH FOR US IS TWO YEARS. 
          A PROJECT IS A PLANNED EFFORT WITH CLEAR DELIVERABLE THAT BEGINS CHANGE OR ENDS DURING THE TWO YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD. 
          AND FOUNDATIONAL ACTION YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT, THAT'S AN ACTION THAT'S GOTTA BE DONE BEFORE WE CAN ACTUALLY ANALYZE IT. 
          GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION POTENTIAL. 
          WE KNOW THAT IT DOES HAVE A LOT OF, UH, POTENTIAL TO UNLOCK ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS IN THE FUTURE, BUT THIS IS RESERVED FOR THINGS LIKE STUDIES, UH, TECHNOLOGIES, PARTNERSHIPS, THINGS THAT ARE TRULY FOUNDATIONAL SO THAT IF YOU DO THEM, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION POTENTIAL IN THE FUTURE. 
          BUT THEY THEMSELVES ARE NOT QUANTIFIABLE. 
          WE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO GET DINGED IN THEIR IN THE LIST BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET THE NUMBERS OUT. 
          ALRIGHT, RIGHT. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO WHAT DO WE EXPECT IN THE FINAL PLAN? WE EXPECT THAT YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF ACTIONS, AGAIN, PROBABLY AROUND 45, DEPENDING ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT Y'ALL PROVIDE. 
          THAT IS ACHIEVABLE IN A TWO YEAR TIMEFRAME. 
          FOR US, THAT'S 2025 TO 2027. 
          ALL THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY DEPARTMENTS AS SHOVEL READY. 
          THAT MEANS THEY'RE READY TO BE DONE AS SOON AS THE FUNDING OR CAPACITY OR STAFF ARE IDENTIFIED AND PROVIDED. 
          UH, THESE ARE COMPLIMENTARY TO EXISTING WORK. 
          SO THAT'S IN CONTRAST WITH THE DEPARTMENTAL WORK PLANS WE DISCUSSED. 
          THIS IS STUFF THAT'S ON THE DREAM LIST, IF YOU WILL. 
          UH, DEPARTMENTS WHO WOULD LOVE TO DO THIS BUT DON'T HAVE CURRENT RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN OR TO MAKE IT GROW IN THE WAY AND SCALE IN THE WAY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, OR HAVE NO GUARANTEED FUNDING IN THE FUTURE, THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE IT RIGHT NOW, IT'LL COME COMPLETE WITH GHG REDUCTION, LYSES AND COST ANALYSIS AS WELL. 
          SO THE NEXT STEPS FROM HERE ON OUT IS TO, AGAIN, CONFIRM THESE DETAILS, MAKE SURE THAT OUR INFORMATION IS CORRECT. 
          UM, PART OF THAT PROCESS IS SPEAKING WITH Y'ALL TONIGHT. 
          ANOTHER PART OF IT IS MAKING SURE THAT SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU SEE SAYS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW, THAT INFORMATION IS COMPLETED. 
          WE WANNA FINALIZE THE LIST AGAIN, PENDING CONVERSATIONS WITH Y'ALL TONIGHT AND PROOFREAD AND POLISH, MAKING SURE THAT WE GET A LOT OF THE DOT, THE I'S DOTTED, T'S CROSSED. 
          AND THEN IDEALLY WE'RE PUBLISHING THIS IN MID TO LATE MARCH, LATE MARCH AT THE LATEST. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, BRADEN. 
          YOU BET. 
          DOES ANYBODY WANNA START US OFF? IF NOT, SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ONLINE AND TEXTED ME. 
          AND, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY ON A TOPIC THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BRADEN. 
          UM, AND SHE ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT COMMUNITY EDUCATION ACTIONS? YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS ALL LOOKS INTERNALLY FOCUSED AND WE CAN'T HIT MAJOR TARGETS BY FOCUSING ON CITY OPERATIONS AGREED ALONE. 
          CAN YOU SHARE WITH US IF ANY OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT THE CITY CAN CONTROL, UM, YEAH. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO OUTREACH, BUT THERE IS WORK THAT THE CITY CAN DO. 
          IS THAT INCORPORATED INTO THE CURRENT LIST? UH, YEAH, ANYWHERE? YEAH. 
          THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          I MEAN, I THINK PART OF THE CONVERSATION IS TWOFOLD. 
          ONE IS, UM, WE WORKED WITH THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT PLAN PROCESS. 
          SO ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THERE, THAT WAS WHERE WE STARTED WITH. 
          THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE IN THE FUTURE YEARS. 
          SO A MAJOR POINT OF FEEDBACK FOR OURSELVES IS HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT COMMUNITY WIDE PORTION OF OUR 2040 NET ZERO GOAL? AND OBVIOUSLY THAT MAY NOT BE AS REFLECTIVE IN THIS DOCUMENT AS WE WOULD LIKE IT TO BE IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO THAT'S MORE OF JUST AN HONEST REFLECTION THAT WE AS 
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A TEAM HAVE HAD, UH, BOTH ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT PLAN PROCESS AND THIS DOCUMENT. 
          UM, AND THEN I WOULD SAY, YEAH, I THINK THAT, DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR YOU? I THINK ALSO THE LAST THING I WOULD SHARE IS THERE ARE, THERE ARE A GOOD NUMBER OF THESE THAT ARE FOCUSED ON REBATES AND INCENTIVES THAT ISN'T THE EXACT KIND OF ENGAGEMENT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. 
          SOME OF THEM MAY BE CATEGORIZED IN AREAS WHERE, OF COURSE, THE CITY, IF IT'S DOING TRANSPORTATION, DEMAND MANAGEMENT IS INHERENTLY TRYING TO DO SOME BEHAVIORAL SHIFTS IN HOW PEOPLE VIEW TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND THEN BY PROXY, HOW THEY REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
          BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY HIT THAT COMMUNITY WIDE FUNCTION AS, AS DIRECTLY AS WE WOULD LIKE. 
          YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          I THINK THAT, UM, REBATES AND INCENTIVES ARE A, UH, A NICE HOOK, UH, FOR ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, FRANKLY. 
          UM, AND OF COURSE THAT IS ONE OF OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING, UM, HERE IN AN UPCOMING ITEM IS, IS ABOUT GETTING, UM, FUNDING AND STAFF PERSON TO REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF UP THAT GAME. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO INCLUDE THAT ITEM. 
          UM, AND I, I LIKE THAT YOU HAVE THIS CATEGORY OF FOUNDATIONAL, AND I WOULD SEE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE THINKING FORWARD TO LIKE, OKAY, WHAT'S GONNA COME IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, RIGHT? UM, DOING SOME, YOU KNOW, KIND OF INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF OUTREACH THAT'S HAPPENING NOW COULD BE, I THINK CONSIDERED FOUNDATIONAL FOR THEN MAKING MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE CHANGES ON THE COMMUNITY WIDE RIGHT. 
          UH, LEVEL. 
          UM, I THINK THERE WOULD ALSO BE MATERIAL BENEFIT, UM, IN THE NEAR TERM IF YOU CAN GET MORE FOLKS TO SAY, USE THOSE PROGRAMS THAT, THAT ALREADY EXIST. 
          UM, BUT ALSO THAT FOUNDATIONAL, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSE TO THAT. 
          I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I KNOW THAT THE WORKING GROUPS HAVE ALL, UM, TAKEN A LOOK AT THE LIST, UM, AND HAD OPPORTUNITY, UH, I THINK TO CONNECT WITH BRADEN INDIVIDUALLY, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO COMMENT ON OR, OR ASK HERE IN THIS SPACE? DO YOU EXPECT THAT THIS WILL COME BACK TO US BEFORE IT'S FINALIZED? UM, I WOULD HOPE SO. 
          I DON'T KNOW THE NEXT DATE OF THE JC MEETING. 
          DO YOU? I THINK IT'S THE 26TH OF MARCH. 
          OKAY. 
          HONESTLY, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO PUT THIS BEFORE COUNCIL, IF THAT'S FULL COUNCIL OR THIS NEW NEWLY CREATED CLIMATE COMMITTEE. 
          SO I THINK IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHEN THAT TIMING WORKS OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND IF IT GOES TO THE CLIMATE COMMITTEE, WOULD, IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO TO THE FULL COUNCIL, I ASSUME? OR IS TT THIS NOT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS COUNCIL APPROVAL? UH, THAT'S A BIT ABOVE MY PAY GRADE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL, ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          OF COURSE. 
          AND THIS OBVIOUSLY IS A HUGE AND IMPORTANT TASK, SO THANK YOU BRANDON. 
          YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND TEAM, YEAH, THANKS TO MY TEAM. 
          I MEAN, OUR TEAM HAS REALLY BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD OVER THE LAST FIVE MONTHS. 
          IT'S BEEN SUCH A TEAM EFFORT. 
          I'M REALLY EXCITED TO ALL OF YOU. 
          WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN A SHORT TIMEFRAME. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THOSE, UH, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, QUANTIFICATIONS. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW, FOR YEARS, I THINK THAT'S BEEN A KIND OF REQUEST IN ALL THE PLANNING PROCESSES. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE GREAT TO SEE THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          YOU BET. 
          ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE 
          [5. Recommendations and possible action on the Comprehensive Climate Implementation  Program, including supportive action and/or recommendations for additions to existing plan.]
INTO OUR DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS, STARTING WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AND I PUT PROGRAM HERE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE USING THE TERM PLAN NOW. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          SOMETIMES I SEE PROGRAMS, SOMETIMES I SEE PLAN. 
          ANYWAY. 
          UM, I THINK WE HAVE A BACKUP DOCUMENT. 
          DID THAT MAKE IT INTO THE DECK? YEP. 
          HEY, KIVA, I THINK IT'S BACKUP NUMBER FIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          RECOMMENDATION. 
          YEAH. 
          SORRY, I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF BACKUP ITEMS FOR THIS ONE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO ZOOM IN? UM, NO. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S BETTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          IS THAT FIVE? 
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UH, THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT ONE. 
          IT'S THE BACKUP BEFORE THAT. 
          PUT IT UP VO WHILE THEY PULL THAT UP. 
          DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK THROUGH IT SINCE? YEAH. 
          I WAS IMPLICATED IN ITS DRAFTING. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, HEY EVERYONE. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU BRADEN AND THE REST OF THE TEAM. 
          REALLY GREAT WORK. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DISCUSSED THIS INTERNALLY WITHIN OUR WORKING GROUP, WITHIN THE CONSUMPTION WORKING GROUP. 
          I THINK WE WANTED TO VOICE THAT WE ARE LARGELY SUPPORTIVE. 
          UM, AND IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WE CAME UP WITH A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE WORTHY ADDITIONS TO THIS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, IN TALKING WITH BRANDON AND THE TEAM, WE WANTED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, THE GOALS WERE OF THIS PLAN SLASH PROGRAM. 
          I'LL JUST SAY WORK. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK MANY OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS STARTED OFF COMING FROM THIS IDEA THAT THERE WOULD BE THIS BOND FUNDING, YOU KNOW, LIKE PIE IN THE SKY, THINK BIG. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT I HAVE UNDERSTOOD IS THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SHIFT IN FOCUS, ESPECIALLY ON, HEY, WHAT ARE THINGS WE CAN DO THAT ARE READILY ACHIEVABLE? AND SO WE CAME UP WITH A COUPLE OF POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT WE THOUGHT COULD BE, WOULD NOT REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET TO IMPLEMENT, IF ANY, UM, THAT WE WANTED TO, TO ADD TO THIS. 
          KIVA, SOME OF THESE CAME FROM YOU SPECIFICALLY. 
          DO YOU WANNA TALK THROUGH THESE? YEAH. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CONSUMPTION, UM, SECTION OF THE PLAN IS, WAS A NEW, NEW SECTION, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, IN THE CLIMATE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN FROM, FROM THE PREVIOUS, UH, PLAN. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY COVERS EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, RECYCLING TO JUST REDUCING, UH, YOU KNOW, PURCHASING TO, TO PURCHASING MORE SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT, IT IS A CHALLENGING SECTOR AND, UM, ONE THAT ACTUALLY DOESN'T HAVE A TON OF FUNDING BEHIND, UM, THE NEEDED KIND OF CHANGES IN PROGRAMS, UH, LOCALLY, UM, OR PERHAPS ANYWHERE. 
          SO, UM, HENCE, UH, THE EFFORT TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT, LOOK AT SOME POLICY CHANGES HERE. 
          SO, UM, WITHIN THAT SECTION OF THE PLAN, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, UM, A GOAL ABOUT PRO CLIMATE, PRO HEALTH FOOD. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, AND THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE, THE FOOD PLAN THAT WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED, THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD PLAN. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE, UM, A COUPLE, UH, OR MAYBE IT'S JUST SOMEONE ONE, THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT, UM, WAIVING FEES. 
          'CAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO THINK OF LIKE, WELL, HOW, HOW COULD WE JUST MAKE IT, UM, EASIER, MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR VENDORS AT EVENTS, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, BE SERVING THESE MORE CLIMATE FRIENDLY, HEALTHY, UM, MENUS. 
          SO WAIVING FEES SEEMED LIKE A THING THAT IS WELL WITHIN THE CITY'S, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PURVIEW TO BE ABLE TO DO. 
          'CAUSE AGAIN, WE WERE TRYING TO THINK, OKAY, WE NEED THIS TO BE ACHIEVABLE WITHIN A COUPLE YEARS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, UH, REALLY HAS TO DO WITH, UM, TRYING TO, UH, MEET THE CITY'S, UH, LONG ESTABLISHED ZERO WASTE GOAL. 
          UM, WHICH HAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STAGNATED AROUND THE, THE 40% DIVERSION, MEANING THAT ABOUT 60% OF, OF WHAT AUSTINITES ARE DISPOSING OF, UM, IS GOING INTO THE LANDFILL. 
          THE GOAL IS, UH, TO GET THAT DOWN TO 10% LANDFILL AND 90% DIVERSION CONTAMINATION IS ONE OF THE, UM, SIGNIFICANT, UH, BARRIERS TO MAKING MORE PROGRESS ON THAT GOAL. 
          AND, UM, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, I KNOW HAS DONE SOME RESEARCH ON, YOU KNOW, POLICY STRATEGIES AND OTHER STRATEGIES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, INCREASE THAT DIVERSION RATE. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE THINGS CAN BE SAY, YOU KNOW, CONTAMINATION FEES, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S PROBABLY OTHER STRATEGIES AS WELL. 
          SO WE KIND OF MADE IT A LITTLE GENERAL WITH THAT AS A, AN EXAMPLE. 
          UM, AND THEN THE, THE NEXT ONE, OH YEAH, THIS ONE, UH, IS ALSO AROUND KIND OF INCREASING DIVERSION RATE AND SPECIFIC TO EVENTS. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING SAFE RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING, UM, BECAUSE YOU END UP WITH A LOT OF CONTAMINATION, ESPECIALLY AT EVENTS, UM, HAVING, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT REQUIREMENT TO HAVE STAFF TO ASSIST, 
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UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVER GO TO ACL FEST, UM, THEY OFTEN HAVE SOME, UH, STATIONS WHERE THERE IS STAFF TO ACTUALLY POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          NO, THAT GOES IN THE RECYCLING. 
          NOPE, THAT DOESN'T GO IN THE RECYCLING DON'T CONTAMINATE. 
          UM, SO JUST TRYING TO NORMALIZE, UH, THAT AT, AT EVENTS, WHICH DO OFTEN HAVE A LOT OF, UH, SINGLE USE PRODUCTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. 
          UH, CAN YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT? OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE LAST, UM, POLICY ITEM HERE. 
          OH, YEAH, OKAY. 
          I KNEW THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE AROUND FOOD. 
          UM, SO THERE ARE SOME OTHER, UM, CITIES THAT HAVE STARTED TO MOVE TOWARDS A, YOU KNOW, HERE WE'RE CALLING IT PROHEALTH PRO CLIMATE. 
          UM, SOME PLACES IT'S PLANT BASED, SOME PLACES IT'S CALLED HIGH FIBER, WHATEVER YOU WANNA, UM, CALL IT. 
          UM, DEFAULTING TO, UM, THAT TYPE OF MENU, UM, FOR CITY PURCHASING, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY OPTION. 
          FOLKS COULD STILL SELECT, UM, WHATEVER IT THEY, YOU KNOW, FEEL COMFORTABLE EATING, BUT JUST KIND OF DEFAULTING MORE TOWARDS THOSE, UM, CLIMATE FRIENDLY AND HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES FOR WHAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS PURCHASING. 
          UM, AND WHICH ISN'T A HUGE AMOUNT OF FOOD, BUT, UM, COULD, CAN, CAN MAKE SOME IMPACT. 
          AND I THINK ALSO KIND OF SET AN EXAMPLE. 
          UM, SO I'LL PAUSE THERE BECAUSE THEN THIS NEXT SECTION WAS KIND OF LEFT, UM, OPEN AND LIKE, ACTUALLY THE ITEM THAT I JUST ASKED BRANDON ABOUT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT LIST ABOUT THE OUTREACH. 
          UM, AND SO MAYBE WE, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANYTHING ON THE FOUR POLICY, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THERE TO ADD TO THE LIST, I'LL PAUSE FOR THAT. 
          HARRIS. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, SLIGHT NITPICK, UH, NUMBER ONE, VENDORS SHOULD BE SPELLED WITH A O. 
          UM, I SAVED THE PLANET WITH THAT ONE, SO BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MYSELF. 
          UH, BUT SERIOUSLY THOUGH, UM, YEAH, I GUESS LIKE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I THINK THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS LIKE WHO WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF READING THE MENUS AND DETERMINING WHETHER SOMEBODY IS OF SUFFICIENTLY PRO CLIMATE OR PROHEALTH, UH, OR, YOU KNOW, PRO UH, YOU KNOW, VEGETARIAN OR VEGAN ITEM, YOU KNOW, UH, BUT HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT THE PURVIEW OF THIS. 
          UH, WHAT I MAINLY WANT ASK IS, YOU KNOW, I SEE SORT OF ON NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, I MYSELF, UH, EAT OUT WAY MORE THAN I SHOULD. 
          UH, ALTHOUGH I WILL ARGUE THAT AS PART OF MY JOB AS A, A FOOD COLUMNIST FOR THE CHRONICLE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IT ALWAYS KILLS ME WHENEVER PEOPLE ARE USING LIKE THE STYROFOAM VERSUS LIKE THE COMPOSTABLE STUFF. 
          UM, SO WOULD NUMBER TWO OR NUMBER ONE SORT OF HAVE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, FOR TO BASICALLY I THINK, YOU KNOW, EITHER WAIVING FEES OR MAYBE REDUCING A CONTAMINATION FEE, YOU KNOW, FOR CUSTOMERS THAT USE COMPOSTABLE STUFF INSTEAD OF THE STYROFOAM OR PLASTIC. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, I THINK WHEN, AS FAR AS CUTTING DOWN ON, YOU KNOW, WASTE, UH, THAT'S DEFINITELY A BIG OFFENDER RIGHT THERE. 
          UM, SO YEAH, CURIOUS ABOUT PEOPLE'S OPINION ON THAT. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, FOR, FOR BOTH THE, THE SMALL, THE SMALL AND THE LARGE FEEDBACK, UM, ON THE, THE, UM, KIND OF MATERIALS ISSUE THERE THAT YOU MENTIONED AT THE END, THE STYROFOAM. 
          YEAH, CERTAINLY A, UM, A CONCERN FOR ME AS WELL BECAUSE THE STATE OF TEXAS DOES RESTRICT, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF ACTUAL REGULATION ON PACKAGING. 
          UM, I SEE THAT'S NOT INCLUDED HERE. 
          HOWEVER, UM, THAT DOESN'T PREVENT THE CITY FROM PRI PROVIDING INCENTIVES, WHICH I THINK WAS KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING AT. 
          UM, AND THAT ISN'T, UH, ENCOMPASSED IN THIS, BUT IT IS IN ONE OF OUR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS TO TRY TO IMPROVE, UM, THAT REBATE PROGRAM. 
          'CAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY BEING USED RIGHT NOW. 
          SO YEAH. 
          IMPORTANT ISSUE NOT ENCOMPASSED IN THIS, BUT, GOTCHA. 
          MAKES SENSE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I HAD A VERY SIMILAR THING, BUT COULD IT BE, COULD IT BE WAIVE PERMITTING FEES FOR FOOD VENDORS, PRO CLIMATE, PRO HEALTH, AND OR WHO ARE USING COMPOSTABLE UM, MATERIALS? I LIKE THAT IDEA. 
          WE COULD ALSO, BECAUSE THEY REALLY GO TOGETHER WELL, LIKE ONE AND TWO, AND, UM, SO ADDING 
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THAT TO THE FIRST ONE WOULD MAKE THEM REALLY COMPLIMENTARY. 
          I LIKE IT. 
          ANY OBJECTIONS TO MAKING THAT AMENDMENT? UH, I AGREE. 
          LIKE A, TOO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE. 
          THANKS, HEATHER. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND, AND I KNOW, UH, HARRIS, YOU DID ASK, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE DETAILS OF, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW TO DETERMINE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I THINK LIKE, YEAH, WE NEED TO WORK THAT OUT DOWN THE ROAD. 
          I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WORK IT OUT RIGHT NOW, BUT I AGREE THAT THERE DOES NEED TO BE SOME SORT OF STANDARDS SO THAT IT'S NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL ENTREES THAT DON'T QUALIFY. 
          AND THEN, LIKE YOU PUT, JUST SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE COULD BE LIKE, MY HAMBURGER'S HEALTHIER, WHY DIDN'T I NOT GET APPROVED FOR THIS? YOU KNOW? SO I, I DO THINK THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WITH ANY POLICY CHANGE THERE DOES NEED TO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO, UM, EMBARK ON THE PROCESS TO CREATE THE POLICY. 
          UM, SO DEFINITELY NEED TO PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO THE DETAILS FOR SURE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THOSE FOUR, UM, THERE WAS ONE MORE ITEM, UH, ON THE LIST AT THE BOTTOM, IF YOU COULD PUT THAT BACK ON THE SCREEN PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS WAS, UM, NOT RELATED TO, UM, THE CONSUMPTION GROUP, UH, BUT SINCE I WAS HELPING WITH THOSE, I, I THREW IT ON HERE SINCE IT WAS KIND OF THE ONLY OTHER STRAGGLER, UM, THAT, THAT I WAS AWARE OF AND WOULD WELCOME OTHERS TO ADD. 
          BUT THERE IS A REBATES FOR ELECTRICAL UPGRADES, UM, ITEM ALREADY ON THE LIST, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT. 
          UM, SOMETHING THAT I AM, YOU KNOW, AWARE OF SERVING ON THE, UH, ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION, UH, AND PREVIOUSLY ON THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION, IS THAT SOME OF THOSE REBATES, UM, YOU KNOW, SAY FOR EXAMPLE FOR, UM, HEAT PUMPS, UM, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE IT THERE, BUT THE LEVEL OF THE REBATE I THINK WOULD NOT BE, UM, SUFFICIENT TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR LOWER INCOME CUSTOMERS. 
          SO, UM, AND, AND THAT'S NOT THE TYPE OF THING THAT'S, THAT'S INCLUDED IN SAY THE FREE WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM. 
          SO, UM, JUST SUGGESTING THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK EQUITY BUILT INTO THOSE PROGRAMS TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO THOSE WHO HAVE LESS TO MAKE THOSE UPGRADES. 
          ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT ONE? THUMBS UP AND, SORRY, I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY ON MY SCREEN. 
          I DON'T SEE HANDS, BUT FEEL FREE TO JUST COME OFF MUTE IF YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING. 
          HEY, BUT I HAVE A, I HAVE A COMMENT. 
          UM, I, I AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO HELP, UM, LOW MIDDLE INCOME CUSTOMERS, UM, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO AFFORD THESE THINGS. 
          AND I, I ALSO TEND TO FEEL LIKE, LIKE I FELT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GIVING REBATES FOR ELECTRIC CARS, THAT THINGS LIKE THE HEAT PUMPS AND THESE, THESE BIG EQUIPMENT THINGS ARE, UM, THEY'RE PRETTY EXPENSIVE TO DO. 
          AND, UM, A, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE LOW MIDDLE INCOME ARE RENTING AND UNLIKELY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THESE SORTS OF PURCHASES FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR RENTALS. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE, WITH THE SENTIMENT. 
          I JUST WONDER HOW EFFECTIVE, UM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WILL BE AND HOW MUCH IT WOULD NEED TO BE. 
          AND, UM, SOMETIMES YOU SEE, UH, CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS TRYING TO TAKE THE MONEY OFF THE TABLE WHENEVER RES REBATES ARE OFFERED. 
          AND SO THOSE SORT OF THINGS, I THINK IT'S JUST MORE OF A, A COMMENT ABOUT THINKING THROUGH DETAILS OF HOW THAT, HOW THAT WOULD WORK. 
          HOW WOULD THEY BE INCOME QUALIFIED, AND YOU KNOW, HOW ALL OF THOSE DETAILS SHAKE OUT. 
          YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE, UM, RENTERS, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I WOULD THINK THAT THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BUILD OFF THE PROGRAMS THAT AUSTIN ENERGY ALREADY HAS FOR, UM, YOU 
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KNOW, FOR MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES WHERE IT, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY ISN'T THE, UM, THE, THE CUSTOMER, THE, YOU KNOW, THE TENANT THAT IS MAKING THE INVESTMENT, BUT THEY CAN STILL GET THOSE, UM, SERVICES. 
          SO YEAH, I THINK, AGAIN, DETAILS WOULD NEED TO BE WORKED OUT, BUT I, I WOULD THINK THAT, UM, SINCE THEY HAVE THAT STRUCTURE, THAT PERHAPS THIS COULD, COULD BE STRUCTURED SIMILARLY TO SAY THE MULTIFAMILY WEATHERIZATION, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FREE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FREE BECAUSE OFTENTIMES, UM, WHEN THESE REBATES ARE BEING UTILIZED FOR, SAY, AN HVAC SYSTEM, IT'S BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S SYSTEM HAS GONE OUT AND SO THEY'VE GOTTA BUY SOMETHING. 
          SO REALLY WHAT YOU NEED TO COVER IS NOT THE WHOLE COST, IT'S THE DELTA BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WOULD'VE PURCHASED AND THE MORE EFFICIENT, UM, AND, AND MAYBE I THINK FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THE FULL DELTA. 
          IT CAN BE A PIECE OF IT, AND FOR OTHERS, MAYBE IT NEEDS TO BE THE FULL DELTA. 
          BUT YEAH, I, I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE THE RMC WOULD, UM, BE ENGAGING IN, IN THE COMING YEARS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OR HEATHER, I SEE YOUR HAND. 
          YEAH, I WAS JUST, UM, WONDERING IF THIS IS SORT OF ALREADY IN HERE. 
          SO UNDER SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS, THERE'S EXPAND HOME REPAIR, WHICH SOUNDS VERY UN OR SOUNDS UNRELATED, BUT UNDER THAT IT DOES HAVE ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMS. UM, BUT I KNOW THAT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO REBATES, SO MAYBE IT IS WORTH, YEAH, MAYBE IT IS WORTH HAVING IT IN ALL THE PLACES, BUT I, IT, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT IT DOES INCLUDE ELECTRIFICATION UNDER, UNDER THAT ITEM. 
          THESE AREN'T NUMBERED, I DON'T THINK, BUT IT'S UNDER SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS. 
          YEAH, I KNOW THE ITEM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, BRAYDEN, ARE YOU ABLE TO CLARIFY FOR US IF THESE ARE OVERLAPPING? I'LL DO MY BEST. 
          UM, I THINK NO MATTER WHAT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THIS, THIS MAKES SENSE TO THE DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE GONNA BE TAKING IT OVER AFTER THIS, BUT, UM, I THINK THE, TO GIVE MORE DETAIL AND EXPAND, WHETHER IT'S NO EXPAND HOME REPAIR FUND FOR LOW LMI HOUSEHOLDS, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT PROGRAM IS THAT THAT IS FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT THOSE HOUSEHOLDS ARE READY FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT FOR WEATHERIZATION AND OTHER THINGS THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN LIKE THE ELECTRICAL UPGRADES THAT YOU WOULD WANT IF YOU WOULD JUST WANT TO RE REDUCE NATURAL GAS IN YOUR HOMES OR THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO, UM, I THINK WHAT Y'ALL ARE PROPOSING IS COMPLIMENTARY, AND EVEN IF IT ISN'T, I COULD WORK THAT OUT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT Y'ALL ARE LOOKING FOR IS, IS SOMEHOW FACTORED IN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HEATHER, DO YOU HEARING THAT? YEAH. 
          DO YOU WANNA MAKE A CHANGE? THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE OTHER ITEM THAT I, I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER ADDING TO THIS LIST IS, UM, IS WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, TALKED ABOUT ON THE OUTREACH. 
          UM, I THINK IT CAN, IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT, UM, GENERAL, BUT SOMETHING LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, FUND DIRECT, UH, I AM GONNA SAY LIKE PERSON TO PERSON. 
          UM, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S MOST, UM, KIND OF LACKING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE ALREADY IS, YOU KNOW, QUOTE MARKETING, UM, HAPPENING FOR MOST OF THE PROGRAMS. BUT WHAT THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY FOR, FOR A LOT OF THEM IS, UM, PEOPLE ACTUALLY GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WHICH IS, I THINK ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, REACH A POPULATION IN AN EQUITABLE WAY. 
          UM, SO LIKE FUNDING DIRECT PERSON TO PERSON COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO PROMOTE AND EXPAND THE UTILIZATION OF SUSTAINABILITY INCENTIVES OFFERED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          JUST KIND OF, UM, WRITING THAT HERE ON THE FLY, BUT IF THERE'S THOUGHTS ON THAT, AND AGAIN, I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY, SO FEEL FREE TO JUST COME OFF MUTE IF YOU WANNA TALK , IS THAT, UH, IS 
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THAT RECOMMENDATION PART OF ONE OF THE WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS? I THOUGHT I SAW THAT IN THERE. 
          IT, IT'S ONE THAT WAS IN THAT CROSS SECTOR CROSS, UM, YEAH, WE HAD TWO THAT WERE KIND OF CROSS SECTOR BECAUSE IT AFFECTS RIGHT. 
          PRETTY MUCH EVERY GROUP. 
          SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO IN INCLUDE THAT HERE IN THIS RECOMMENDATION THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE, UM, FOR THE CCIP INSTEAD OF IN THAT OTHER, I THINK, I THINK IT'S BOTH. 
          UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UM, ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES, UH, OR HOPES ANYWAY, IS THAT THE, UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WILL BE THIS LIST OF HERE'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND THEN THAT WILL HOPEFULLY INFORM BUDGETS, UM, THIS YEAR AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO THINKING THAT IT MAYBE SHOULD BELONG, MAYBE IT SHOULD BE IN BOTH PLACES HERE. 
          DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? UM, YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, JUST AS A GENERAL COMMENT, OUTREACH IS ALWAYS, UH, THE ETERNAL STRUGGLE THAT, UH, THE CITY FACES. 
          UH, SO YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S NEVER NOT AN ISSUE. 
          I, UM, KIVA I'M KIND OF DRAFTING SOME OF THESE CHANGES LIVE ON THE DOCUMENT THAT I SUBMITTED. 
          UM, DO YOU WANT, JUST FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE, SHOULD WE BE SHARING THAT AS WE'RE ADDING THINGS? UM, YOU KNOW, I FIND, I SUSPECT BASED ON THIS CONVERSATION HERE, NOBODY'S GONNA BE AGAINST COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UM, BASED ON THESE FACES HERE ON THE SCREEN. 
          UH, SO IF WE CAN GET THAT IN THE DOCUMENT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN VOTE ON? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          DO YOU WANNA JUST SHARE, I MEAN, I ALSO WAS TYPING IT, BUT MAYBE IT'S EASIER FOR YOU. 
          DO YOU WANNA SHARE YOUR SCREEN IF YOU HAVE THAT TYPED UP? YEAH, JUST, JUST WANNA MAKE A PROCESS NOTE. 
          UM, THERE'S TWO WAYS TO DO THIS. 
          ONE WOULD BE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ALREADY POSTED DRAFT RECOMMENDATION WORD FOR WORD FOR WORD, OR, UM, IF ANYTHING HAPPENS SORT OF ON SCREEN, THE ENTIRE RECOMMENDATION WILL HAVE TO BE READ OUT VERBATIM. 
          SO I THINK THE EASIER WAY WOULD JUST BE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT THAT IS READ OUT VERBATIM AND ADDED TO THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN POSTED. 
          OKAY. 
          LET'S, LET'S DO IT THAT WAY. 
          FEWER WORDS TO READ. 
          SO I THINK TO DO THAT, WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE OVERALL RECOMMENDATION MOVE TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'VE GOT A MOTION, WE'VE GOT A SECOND. 
          AND NO  NO, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO DO TWO THINGS SO FAR. 
          I THINK WE HAVE ADDED, UM, OR FULLY COM OR CERTIFIED COMPOSTABLE PACKAGING TO ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND NOW WHAT ANNA'S GONNA READ OUT, OH, I JUST HAVE FUNDING DIRECT COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL, I'LL READ IT OUT. 
          UM, UH, HOLD ON. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, FUND DI SO THIS WILL BE NUMBER TWO IN THE SECOND SECTION, UM, UH, OF ADDITIONS AND EDITS. 
          SO FUND DIRECT PERSON TO PERSON COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO PROMOTE AND INCREASE UTILIZATION OF CITY OF AUSTIN SUSTAINABILITY INCENTIVES WITH A FOCUS ON LMI COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS SMALL BUS BUSINESSES. 
          AND I AM HAPPY TO EDIT THAT IF THOSE WORDS AREN'T QUITE WHAT WE WANNA SAY. 
          LET'S JUST SAY LMI, RESIDENCE AND SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO I'M MAKING THAT, THAT 
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MOTION TO MAKE THE EDIT TO, TO NUMBER, UH, ONE UNDER POLICY CHANGES AND THEN TO ADD THIS THAT I JUST READ, READ OUT AS NUMBER TWO. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF WE ACTUALLY NEED TO VOTE ON THIS, BUT LET'S JUST, UM, IF, IF THERE'S A SECOND TO THAT, LET, LET'S VOTE ON, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          IF, IF THERE'S, ALL RIGHT. 
          HARRIS SAYS IF WE DON'T HAVE OBJECTION, WE CAN JUST ADOPT IT. 
          UM, WHICH I THINK IS, I THINK MIGHT BE TRUE. 
          SO LET'S, LET'S GO WITH THAT. 
          THAT IS NOW OUR RESOLUTION OR OUR, UH, RECOMMENDATION RATHER. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADDITIONS THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO AMEND ONTO THIS RESOL OR RECOMMENDATION? OKAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? RAISE YOUR HAND, SAY AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          NEXT UP. 
          UM, MARISSA SHARED A RECOMMENDATION WITH US LAST MONTH, AND WE HAVE IT NOW POSTED FOR ACTION ON SUPPORTING AGRICULTURAL LAND ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION. 
          YOU CAN GO AHEAD, MARISSA. 
          THANKS, . 
          UM, DO YOU WANT ME TO SHARE MY SCREEN WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OR SINCE WE'VE ALREADY SEEN IT, DO YOU THINK WE CAN JUST CHAT? DOES ANYBODY WANT IT ON THE SCREEN? IF YOU DO SAY SOMETHING SCREEN SOUNDS LIKE, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU GOT IT. 
          LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN YOU ALL SEE THE RECOMMENDATION? IT'S ON THE SCREEN, BUT IT'S VERY SMALL. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THIS HELPING? THAT'S HELPING. 
          CAN YOU GO FURTHER? LET'S SEE. 
          HOW'S THAT? THAT'S ABOUT AS BIG AS I CAN GET. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UHHUH. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          SO AS KIBA MENTIONED, I FLOATED THIS BY Y'ALL LAST MONTH, BUT THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION IN SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL LAND ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION IN AUSTIN THAT CAME FROM THE FOOD POLICY BOARD. 
          UM, WHEN I BROUGHT IT LAST MONTH, WE'D YET TO VOTE ON IT IN THE FOOD POLICY BOARD YET, UM, I GOT FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL AS WELL AS THE FOOD POLICY BOARD, AND IT PASSED WITH THIS LANGUAGE AT OUR LAST FOOD POLICY BOARD MEETING. 
          UM, JUST AS A QUICK RECAP, UM, THE IDEA IS THAT WE'RE, UM, LESS THAN 0.6% OF OUR FOOD CONSUMED IN TRAVIS COUNTIES PRODUCED LOCALLY. 
          AND WE'RE LOSING FARM LAND AT ABOUT 17 ACRES A DAY DUE TO DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, DUE TO THIS PRESSURE AND THE, UM, THE GOALS IN THE AUSTIN FOOD PLAN, AS WELL AS THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN TO REALLY PRESERVE AND PROTECT AGRICULTURAL LAND, ESPECIALLY THAT OF WHICH IS, UM, PRODUCING USING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURAL METHODS. 
          UM, THIS LED TO THIS RECOMMENDATION AFTER THE 24 25 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT WITH CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND THAT WAS, UM, MEANT TO PURCHASE LAND THAT SUPPORTED THE AUSTIN'S CLIMATE AND, UM, AUSTIN CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS. 
          UH, WE KINDA WENT DOWN THIS RABBIT HOLE AND LEARNED THAT CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION CANNOT BE UTILIZED TO PURCHASE AGRICULTURAL OR WORKING LANDS. 
          SO LAND THAT IS PRODUCING FOOD TO BE SOLD DUE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF THAT LAND. 
          AND SO THIS RECOMMENDATION IS REALLY KIND OF, UM, ASKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO, UM, PURCHASE SPECIFICALLY AGRICULTURAL LAND, UM, AND THE FORM OF A REVOLVING LOAN FUND. 
          SO, UM, ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR A REVOLVING LOAN FUND THAT COULD EITHER BE USED TO PURCHASE LAND OUTRIGHT OR TO PURCHASE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS TO CONSERVE EXISTING PRIVATELY OWNED AGRICULTURAL LAND. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY THROUGH, UH, THE PROCESS OF GOING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE, WE LEARNED THAT, UM, THERE'S NOT REALLY A CITY MECHANISM TO MANAGE AND PURCHASE AGRICULTURAL LAND AND CONTRACTS AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND THINGS. 
          THE CITY HAS PURCHASED LAND FOR CONSERVATION BEFORE, BUT NOT EVER AGRICULTURAL LAND. 
          AND SO IT, UM, THROUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF, 
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I'VE LEARNED THAT THIS IS KIND OF A PIECE THAT IS FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS, UM, IN THE SENSE THAT IT LIES JUST OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF ANYBODY CURRENTLY WORKING ON LAND ACQUISITION. 
          SO PART OF THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS ALSO TO KIND OF LOOK INTO AND EXPLORE, UM, CREATING A MANAGEMENT MECHANISM WITHIN THE CITY FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION AND MANAGEMENT EFFORTS, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH, UM, A POTENTIALLY DEDICATED CITY DEPARTMENT, LIKE AN OFFICE OF URBAN AGRICULTURE, OR JUST A FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF MEMBER WHOSE JOB IT IS TO OVERSEE AND MANAGE LAND AGRICULTURE PRESERVATION MANAGEMENT EFFORTS. 
          UM, THEN FINALLY WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO UNDERTAKE AN INVENTORY OF LAND. 
          UH, THERE'S TWO INVENTORIES THAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE. 
          IT'S, UH, ONE TO TARGET WHAT COULD BE TARGETED FOR ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION, UM, AND THEN ALSO WHAT THE CITY CURRENTLY OWNS THAT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR AGRICULTURAL UM, PURPOSES. 
          SO, UH, WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT AT THE LAST JSC MEETING CHRIS HAD MENTIONED TO UPDATE, UM, THIS PIECE ABOUT REGENERATIVE AG AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON REGENERATIVE PRODUCTION PRACTICES. 
          SO I WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT, THAT WAS ADDED IN THIS LANGUAGE HERE TO PRIORITIZE. 
          UM, LET'S SEE, I'M GETTING LOST HERE. 
          SORRY, Y'ALL PRIORITIZE LAND ACQUISITIONS THAT, UM, WOULD UTILIZE REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE PRACTICES. 
          SO THAT'S KIND OF THE OVERVIEW. 
          UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I I, I'VE GOT A, THIS IS LANE. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UM, YEAH, THIS IS TERRIFIC. 
          I AM CURIOUS, UM, I MEAN, IT'S A BIG LIFT TEST THE CITY TO START A WHOLE NEW DEPARTMENT. 
          I'M CURIOUS IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S A PARTICULARLY GOOD FIT WITH ANY OF THE EXISTING SORT OF LAND ACQUISITION TEAMS OR MAYBE A BETTER FIT, RIGHT? LIKE I'M ON THE PARKS BOARD AND I DON'T KNOW THAT PARKS IS NECESSARILY THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THIS, BUT I AM CURIOUS IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S A PLACE THAT WOULD BE, I DEFINITELY THINK THERE'S POTENTIAL TO ASSIGN THIS PERSON, FOR EXAMPLE, TO A STUDY DEPARTMENT AND JUST EXPLORE WHO SCOPE THIS COULD BE. 
          UM, THAT WAS KIND OF THE FOOD POLICY BOARD'S APPROACH WITH THIS GENERAL LANGUAGE WITHOUT BEING PRESCRIPTIVE SO THAT IT COULD JUST KIND OF EMBARK ON THE PROCESS OF EXPLORING WHERE THIS PERSON COULD BE HOUSED OR THIS MANAGEMENT MECHANISM COULD BE HOUSED. 
          SO THE INTENT OF THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS REALLY TO JUST LIKE KICKSTART THE CITY'S GEARS, TURNING ON WHERE COULD THIS BE HOUSED, BECAUSE CURRENTLY THERE'S NO SCOPE IT SEEMS FOR THIS WORK, BUT YES, I DO THINK IT COULD LIVE ELSEWHERE AND AGREE AN ENTIRE DEPARTMENT DOES SOUND LOFTY. 
          . 
          YEAH, NO, THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAD ANY SORT OF LIKE INITIAL IDEAS, BUT I GET WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. 
          MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, I THINK PARKS WOULD BE A GOOD ONE. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS? I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY, SO AGAIN, COME OFF MUTE IF YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MARISSA, ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? YES. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO VOTE AND APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION AND SUPPORT FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          SECOND. 
          AND CHARLOTTE'S SECONDING THAT MOTION. 
          IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE DONE WITH DISCUSSIONS. 
          SO ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          ALRIGHT, IT IS ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANKS MARISSA. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NOW ON TO OUR LAST ITEM, UH, BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          I KNOW THAT ALL THE WORKING GROUPS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT BACKUP ITEMS, UH, TO, TO MOVE THROUGH AND IT, IT MIGHT BE EASIEST, UM, FOR THOSE ESPECIALLY THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN TO JUST DO THE SHARING YOURSELF SO THAT YOU CAN SCROLL THROUGH AT YOUR OWN PACE. 
          DOES ANYBODY WANT TO START? ALL RIGHT, CHARLOTTE, WITH NATURAL SYSTEMS. OKAY, LET'S GO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I AM NOT LOGGED INTO THE WEBEX I JUST REALIZED, SO I'M NOT SHARING IT, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE, THE NATURAL SYSTEMS DRAFT, UH, BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          IF WE CAN BRING THAT 
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UP ON THE SCREEN, I WILL START TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          UM, SO THIS WORKING GROUP HAS, UH, BROUGHT FORTH TODAY, UH, THREE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, AND WE ARE STILL WORKING ON A COUPLE MORE THAT, UM, I THINK WE WILL HAVE READY FOR, UM, DISCUSSION AND, AND UM, VOTING IN MARCH. 
          UM, BUT THE FIRST ONE HAS TO DO WITH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. 
          UM, SO IN THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, THERE'S A STRATEGY TO RECLAIM PUBLIC SPACE AND PRIORITIZE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND SO THIS RECOMMENDATION IS FOR $250,000, UM, ALLOCATED IN WATERSHED TO IDENTIFY AND CONDUCT PILOT INFRASTRUCTURE, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY. 
          AND THOSE WOULD BE THINGS SUCH AS BIOS, SWALES, WHICH ARE, UH, USED, UH, NATIVE VEGETATION TO, UM, HELP, UH, REDUCE STORM WATER FLOWS INTO, UM, AND TO CREEKS. 
          UH, SO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REFORESTATION ALONG CREEKS TO REDUCE, REDUCE EROSION AND SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY. 
          UM, CONVERTING IMPERVIOUS COVER TO FUNCTIONAL GREEN SPACES, UM, AND THEN PUTTING SHADE STRUCTURES AND STREET TREES, UM, ALONG TRANSIT CORRIDORS TO CREATE THE COOL CORRIDORS. 
          AND SO, UM, THIS MONEY WOULD BE FOR TARGETING, UH, AREAS THAT THE CITY OWNS, INCLUDING EASEMENTS, PARKING LOTS, THE AREAS ALONG THE STREETS, PARKS, EASTERN WATERSHED, UM, AND USING THE FUNDING FOR AUDITING SITES, COORDINATION AND PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS, GRANTS TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY ENGAGED IN THIS WORK. 
          AND THEN CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECTS. 
          AND THIS ONE WAS, UM, YEAH, ACTUALLY IF YOU SCROLL UP, I'M STILL ON THE FIRST ONE, BUT THIS ONE WAS REALLY MEANT TO BE, UM, AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO, TO JUST GO AND DO SOME PILOT PROJECTS AND, AND GET SOME LEARNINGS. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE IS A, UM, A FOUNDATIONAL, WHAT IS IT CALLED, A FOUNDATIONAL ACTIVITY IN THE CCIP AROUND, UM, CREATING A, A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN. 
          UM, AND UH, THIS RECOMMENDATION REALLY IS MORE ABOUT TRYING TO, TO GET OUT AND GET SOME, SOME HANDS-ON KNOWLEDGE, UM, RIGHT AWAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THE SECOND, UH, RECOMMENDATION IN HERE HAS TO DO WITH EXPANDING GREEN WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. UM, WE HEARD FROM, UH, THE BOTH CITY STAFF AND SOME OF THE, UM, CONTRACTED ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE AC CC. 
          UH, THIS RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE, THE A CC BE PERMANENTLY FUNDED. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A A DOLLAR AMOUNT IN HERE, UM, AS OF, UH, THE TIME OF SUBMITTING UH, THIS RECOMMENDATION. 
          BUT, UM, PERMANENT FUNDING FOR THAT PROGRAM IS, IS WHAT IS RECOMMENDED. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR 200,000 FOR ONE FTE AND THAT SHOULD BE FOR TWO YEARS ACTUALLY, UM, IN THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION RESILIENCE TO COORDINATE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS IN THE NATIONAL SYSTEMS RESTORATION, ET CETERA. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD ONE, UM, IS INCREASING AQUIFER INFILTRATION TO REPLENISH WATER AND REDUCE FLOODING. 
          UM, THIS WOULD BE 200,000 FOR, UM, WATERSHED FOR TWO YEARS TO, UM, COORDINATE WORK TO DO A SURVEY OF CAVES AND SINK HOLES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS THAT HAVE BEEN FILLED AND RESTORE THEM SO THAT THEY CAN FUNCTION AS AQUIFER RECHARGE SITES. 
          UM, SOME OF THAT WORK HAS BEEN STARTED ON BALCONES CANYON LAND PRESERVE PROPERTIES, UM, AND THERE ARE MORE, UM, UNRE REHABILITATED FEATURES WEST OF, WEST OF THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT COULD BE DONE WITH, UM, VOLUNTEERS, UH, FROM THE UNDERGROUND TEXAS GROTTO CLUB AND THE TEXAS CAVE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. 
          SO I PAUSE THERE FOR QUESTION. 
          DO I I, YEAH, I'LL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS AND IF ANYONE FROM THE WORKING GROUP IS ON AS WELL THAT WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING, UM, TO THAT, PLEASE FEEL FREE. 
          THANKS, CHARLOTTE. 
          UH, HEATHER, I SAW YOUR HAND. 
          DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT? YEAH, THANKS CHARLOTTE. 
          I JUST WAS, UM, THINKING ABOUT THE PRESENTATION FROM A CC AND THEY SEEM LIKE ANOTHER PARTNER. 
          IT'S A SMALL THING, BUT ANOTHER PARTNER TO MENTION UNDER NUMBER TWO. 
          UH, OH WAIT, IT'S ALREADY, I GUESS THAT'S REDUNDANT. 
          NEVERMIND, SINCE YOU, YOU ALREADY 
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HAVE A CCC BE PERMANENTLY FUNDED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD BE A SUGGESTED PARTNER AS WELL, BUT NEVERMIND, I'M NOW READING IT MORE CLOSELY. 
          OH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          NOW THAT, THAT SHOULD BE MORE CLEAR. 
          YES, WE DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THEY, THAT THEY ACCC SHOULD BE PERMANENTLY FUNDED. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THERE, THERE ARE MULTIPLE GROUPS THAT THEY WORK WITH UNDER THE, UM, UH, IN THE NATURAL SYSTEMS PATHWAY. 
          UM, SO I MEAN WE COULD, IF IT MAKES SENSE, WE CAN AMEND THAT AND CALL IT OUT TO BE MORE CLEAR IF THAT HELPS. 
          CHERYL? I AM, UM, OBVIOUSLY DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT PERMANENT FUNDING AND UM, MAYBE IF YOU NAME SOME NUMBERS LIKE THE ONES THAT YOU CATHERINE YEAH, YEAH, WE, WE THAT THAT'S A GOOD POINT,  LET YOU MAKE THAT POINT. 
          UM, MY QUESTION THOUGH IS ABOUT THIS RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, I SEE HOW THE TWO THINGS ARE LINKED, BUT IC CAN YOU, CAN YOU JUST BRING THIS TOGETHER FOR ME A LITTLE BIT? LIKE WHY IS THIS NOT TWO RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, ONE TO FUND A CCC AND THEN THE OTHER TO DO THIS WORK THROUGH, UM, THROUGH O CAR? AH, YES. 
          UM HMM. 
          SO YEAH, OR I GUESS MAYBE PUT ANOTHER WAY, WHY IS THIS PERSON GOING TO OAR AND NOT TO A CCC? THAT IS A FAIR QUESTION. 
          UM, I THINK WE HAVE IS CRAIG ON CRAIG NASER? HI, YES, I'M, I'M ON. 
          DID YOU HAVE A, UH, I KNOW YOU WORKED ON THIS RECOMMENDATION, I DON'T WANT US TO ANSWER FOR YOU, BUT DID YOU HAVE A, UM, A RATIONALE FOR THAT, UM, FTE IN THE OCAR AS OPPOSED TO IN A TRIPLE C? UH, YES. 
          THE IDEA OF WHAT THE, THE INFORMATION WE WERE GETTING FROM, UH, VARIOUS SOURCES IN THE CITY WAS THAT THE THING THAT WAS REALLY NEEDED FOR THESE PROBLEMS THAT USE VOLUNTEERS, SOME OF THIS WORK CAN BE DONE BY VOLUNTEERS AS THAT WE NEEDED A VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR. 
          AND THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, THE IDEA WAS THAT THEY WOULD COORDINATE VOLUNTEERS NOT JUST IN ONE DEPARTMENT BUT IN THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, AS NEEDED BECAUSE SOME, BECAUSE THESE VOLUNTEERS WILL BE U WHAT MAY TURN UP IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          SO THAT WAS THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR WHO, WHO COULD WORK ON THIS. 
          YOU KNOW, IT WAS KINDA LIKE THE THING WE SAW AT THE BEGINNING WITH, UM, PEOPLE WORKING, UH, FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR IS, IS IN, UM, HAS TO BE PUT SOMEWHERE. 
          AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED MORE THAN ONE. 
          UH, SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO PUT HIM. 
          'CAUSE HE'S GONNA BE WORKING ON CLIMATE CHANGE VOLUNTEERS. 
          YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT SHOULD BE OVER TWO YEARS, THE 200,000. 
          SO I, I WOULD WANT TO YEAH. 
          TWO YEARS. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, SO YEAH, SO FROM THAT RESPECT THAT THAT'S IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE SEPARATED APART. 
          SO, UM, THE FULL FUNDING OF THE ACCC AND THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, UM, I THINK THOSE COULD BE, UH, AMENDED INTO TWO, UM, STANDALONE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          THEY, THEY SEEM DIFFERENT TO ME, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE EXPANDING GREEN WORKFORCE AND IF YOU'RE DOING A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT'S NOT REALLY WORKFORCE YEAH. 
          DIFFERENT. 
          UH, SO THAT'S, I I THINK WE SHOULD, MY VIEW WOULD BE THAT WE SHOULD SPLIT THEM, UM, IN TERMS OF THE AC CC, UM, I MEAN, WE COULD JUST SAY PERMANENTLY FUNDED. 
          I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTH US PUTTING SOME NUMBERS TO IT SINCE WE DO NOW HAVE SOME NUMBERS. 
          UM, AND WE COULD DO THAT HERE ON THE FLY, OR WE COULD SAVE IT FOR MARCH. 
          UM, I'M, I WOULD BE FINE EITHER WAY, BUT I, I DO THINK IT'LL BE STRONGER IF WE ENUMERATE WHAT THE FUNDING NEED IS, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT SEEMED LIKE LAST YEAR SOMEHOW PEOPLE WERE CONFUSED AND 
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THEY DIDN'T END UP WITH THE MONEY THAT I THINK COUNCIL THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE. 
          UH, I THINK I'D LIKE TO GO BACK AND SEPARATE THEM OUT AND, AND PUT THE NUMBERS TO IT, AND THEN BRING THAT BACK FOR MARCH. 
          UM, UNLESS ANYONE FEELS STRONGLY ABOUT DOING THAT NOW, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE A LOT TO GET THROUGH. 
          SO BRING THEM BOTH BACK. 
          YES. 
          IN MARCH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I, I WILL JUST SAY, I THINK THAT PROBABLY OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO AN FTE SHOULD BE IN LIKE, AMOUNT PER YEAR. 
          UM, I DON'T THINK WE CAN, YEAH. 
          I JUST, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          THE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION OR COMMENT IS THAT NUMBER ONE, AND I, YOU KNOW, I, I READ ALL THESE A COUPLE TIMES AND NOW I'M LIKE, THE THIRD TIME I'M LIKE THINKING THIS FEELS, UM, SIMILAR OR AT LEAST ADJACENT TO SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE THEY WANNA GO NEXT AND, UM, IF THEY SHOULD BE MERGED. 
          MAYBE THEY SHOULD, MAYBE THEY SHOULDN'T, I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT, UM, ARE YOU'ALL WILLING TO GO NEXT? SURE. 
          YEP. 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS. 
          SO I GUESS, 'CAUSE WE HAVE, UM, THE, THE BACKUPS THAT WERE ONLINE, WERE AN OLD VERSION. 
          JUST, UH, THAT WAS MY BAD THAT I DIDN'T SUBMIT IT THIS MORNING. 
          UH, SHOULD I SHARE THE, THE NEW VERSION EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL BACKUP OR YEAH, GO AHEAD AND SHARE THE NEW VERSION. 
          I THINK IT JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD, BUT YOU CAN DO THAT. 
          LET ME SHARE CHAIR, JUST WHILE HE'S DOING THAT, MAY I ASK, UM, I, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT THE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE BEING, ARE WE'RE WORKING ON FOR NEXT TIME, OR SHOULD WE JUST LEAVE THOSE FOR NEXT TIME? JUST TO MENTION? I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO MENTION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO JUST TO MENTION, UM, SO PEOPLE CAN BE THINKING ABOUT IT. 
          SO, UH, ONE IS FUNDING FOR THE TREE CANOPY INVENTORY OR THE, THE PUBLIC TREE INVENTORY. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THAT ONE WAS NOT FUNDED LAST YEAR, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE WANTED TO SEE HAPPEN. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS, UM, HAVING TO DO WITH WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND ALSO HARDENING. 
          UM, SO THOSE TWO ARE, UM, ARE IN PROGRESS. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, IF LANE WANT TO SAY ANY MORE ABOUT THE WILDFIRE OR, OR NOT? UM, SURE. 
          UM, YEAH, SO I, I SPOKE WITH, OR I'M IN THE PROCESS OF SPEAKING WITH, UM, BOTH THE, UM, WILDFIRE PREVENTION, THE LAND MANAGEMENT TEAM, UH, IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, AS WELL AS THE FIRE CHIEF OVER IN FIRE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WILDFIRE, UH, WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, IT'S MOSTLY JUST BEEN ABOUT TRYING TO GET, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENTION ON WILDFIRES AT THE MOMENT FOR, UH, PACIFIC PALISADES ORIENTED REASONS. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND THE FACT THAT AUSTIN IS ACTUALLY UNDER PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WILDFIRE THREAT. 
          UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENTION ON THAT, WHICH MEANS THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF WORK TO TRY AND GET ACCURATE BUDGET NUMBERS. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S LARGELY THE REASON FOR THE DELAY, IS WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH BOTH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THEIR BUDGETARY NEEDS AS, UM, AS WELL AS WE POSSIBLY CAN SO THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION HAS GOOD FIDELITY AROUND THAT. 
          THANKS, LANE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANKS FOR GIVING US THAT PREVIEW. 
          CHRIS, IF YOU'RE READY, YOU CAN TAKE IT AWAY. 
          SURE. 
          UH, CAN YOU MAKE THIS ANY BIGGER? YEAH, LET ME, LET ME TRY TO DO THAT. 
          IS THIS GOOD ENOUGH? YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SHOULD I, I MEAN, SHOULD I JUST KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OR DO I NEED TO READ IT WORD BY WORD? WHY DON'T YOU START WITH THE OVERVIEW SO THAT FO AND FOLKS CAN SEE IT ON THE SCREEN, AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE IT FINALIZED, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST IN CASE ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE EDITS, UM, THEN, THEN YOU'LL NEED TO READ IT. 
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SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          SO THIS ONE IS IN REGARDS TO, UH, LOW COST, UH, ACCESSIBLE CHARGING STATIONS AT CITY OF AUSTIN OWNED FACILITIES. 
          UH, THIS ONE WAS, UH, ONE THAT WE ALSO HAD FOR, FOR THE EIP, BUT, UH, WE, WE WROTE IT DIFFERENTLY HERE, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY FOLLOWING, UH, TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION GOAL NUMBER TWO OF THE CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN THAT REQUIRES THAT BY 2030, THE CITY, THE CITY HAS, UH, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTED, UH, CHARGING STATIONS THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE 40% OF VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED IN THE CITY. 
          AND BASED ON THE DASHBOARD AS OF 2023, IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE BEHIND ON THIS GOAL. 
          SO THERE'S DEFINITELY, UH, ASSISTANCE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO, TO ACCELERATE THIS. 
          SO, BASED ON DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, AUSTIN ENERGY, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S GONNA BE AN ASSESSMENT THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE CITY FACILITIES, UH, TO SEE WHERE THESE CHARGING STATIONS SHOULD BE INSTALLED. 
          UH, OUR PER OUR RECOMMENDATIONS HERE THAT SERVICE AREAS SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED IN LOW INCOME AND MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. 
          AND ALSO THE CHARGING SHOULD, UM, ENABLE, UH, ELECTRIFICATION OF HEAVY, UH, DUTY DIESEL VEHICLES, INCLUDING THE AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY FLEET. 
          AND THIS WAS YOUR, YOUR SUGGESTION ? UH, I DID REMOVE THE LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT JUST BECAUSE, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK I, YOU KNOW, WE WERE KIND OF THINKING MORE TO MAKE IT MORE VEHICLE SPECIFIC, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS ABOUT ADDING, UH, THAT LATER ON. 
          UH, BUT IT ALSO ENABLED ELECTRIFICATION OF HEAVY DUTY VIEW, UH, DIESEL VEHICLES. 
          'CAUSE AS WE NOW, THOSE HAVE A LOT OF, A LOT OF EMISSIONS AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO LOCAL AIR QUALITY. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, THE SERVICE AREA SHOULD PRIORITIZE ALSO BUILDINGS THAT ARE CLOSE TO LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES TO INCREASE THEIR REVENUE POTENTIAL TO BENEFIT AUSTIN'S SMALL, UH, BUSINESS, LOCAL COMMUNITY ECONOMY. 
          SO IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE ARE RECOMMENDING, UH, AN ANNUAL, UH, SALARY OF 110,000. 
          WE PREVIOUSLY HAD 150 AND YOU HAD A COMMENT  ON, ON WHY WE, WE CHOSE THAT. 
          THERE WASN'T ANY SPECIFIC AROUND THAT. 
          IT WAS MORE OF AN GUESSTIMATE, UH, BUT I KEPT IT IN ONE 10 BASED ON OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          BUT WE CAN, UH, DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT UPDATING THAT. 
          UH, SO THAT WILL BE FOR A PR A PROGRAM MANAGER COORDINATOR POSITION AT THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND, AND RESILIENCE, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH AUSTIN ENERGY, OTHER CITY, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF AND OTHER CORRESPONDING ENTITIES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE CHARGING STATIONS. 
          SO THE TASKS THAT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED FOR THE DISPOSITION WOULD BE FACILITATING THE COMPLETION OF, OF THIS ASSESSMENT, AND THEN COORDINATING WITH THE STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT PRIORITIES ARE ENDORSED, CHARGING STATIONS THAT BENEFIT, UH, LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, IMPROVE AIR, AIR QUALITY BENEFITS, AS WELL AS SMALL, UH, BUSINESS COMMUNITIES. 
          AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS AN ACCELERATION IN INSTALLING, UH, THOSE CHARGING STATIONS TO ACCELERATE EV ADOPTION. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UH, IDENTIFYING FUNDS TO, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, TO MAKE THE INSTALLATION HAPPEN. 
          SO WE, UH, WE ARE RECOMMEND RECOMMENDING THAT FUNDS, UH, IDENTIFIED SHOULD TOTAL, UH, 10, UH, $10 MILLION. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD, UH, RECOMMENDED FOR THE EIP AND THOSE CHARGING STATIONS ALSO, INCLUDING SOLAR POWER, UH, CHARGING STATIONS. 
          SO I'LL PAUSE THERE AND SEE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS. 
          UM, MY ONLY COMMENT, AND SORRY I DIDN'T NOTICE THIS BEFORE, WAS JUST THAT I, UM, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE PROGRAM MANAGER OR COORDINATOR, AND I THINK THAT WHEN IT COMES TO CITY POSITIONS, THEY'RE OFTEN EITHER A PROGRAM MANAGER OR A PROGRAM 
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COORDINATOR. 
          SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A, I SEE LATER THAT YOU CALL IT A PROGRAM MANAGER, SO WE MIGHT JUST WANNA ELIMINATE THAT COORDINATOR WORD THERE. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CRITICAL, BUT JUST YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          IF IT SEEMS, I CAN TAKE NOTES FOR OUR GROUP, CRAIG, IF, OR CHRIS, IF THAT'S EASIER. 
          YEAH, THAT'LL BE GREAT. 
          IT WAS MY BROKEN  BROKEN RISK. 
          IT'S NOT EASY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          YOU WANNA KNOW, I'M A GREAT NOTE TAKER TO BEGIN WITH. 
          A BROKEN RISK THAT WE GLAD YOU'RE ABLE TO, TO BE HERE AND PLAY THROUGH THE PAIN. 
          YOU WANNA DO THE NEXT ONE? YEAH. 
          AND THIS ONE, I'LL HAND IT OFF. 
          UH, I KNOW, SO THIS ONE, I THINK IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT BETWEEN HEATHER AND OR RODRIGO, BUT I THINK MARISSA ALSO TOOK A STAB AT TRYING TO KINDA MERGE, UH, ONE OF HER RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW, WHO DO YOU GUYS THINK IS, IS THE BEST TO TAKE THIS ON? MAYBE SOMEONE CAN YEAH. 
          DO AN OVERVIEW AND I CAN KIND OF FILL IN SOME GAPS. 
          YEAH. 
          RODIO, DO YOU WANNA DO THIS ONE? I CAN DO THE NEXT ONE. 
          SURE. 
          YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO. 
          UM, SO, UM, THE IDEA BEHIND THIS RECOMMENDED, UM, FTE IS TO HAVE A DEDICATED PERSON THAT CAN KIND OF SPAN ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, UM, TO FOCUS ON, ESSENTIALLY, I MEAN, THIS STARTED THINKING THROUGH THE IDEA OF COOL CORRIDORS, BUT THEN IT EXPANDED TO INCLUDE OTHER, UM, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND FOOD RELATED ISSUES THAT, UM, MARISSA CAN EXPAND ON. 
          BUT THE IDEA WAS TO HAVE A PERSON THAT COULD HELP COORDINATE PROJECTS, UM, THAT INVOLVE, UH, TREE PLANTING, UH, SHADE, UH, CONVERSION OF IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE TO GREEN, UM, AND OTHER LIKE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED PROJECTS THAT WOULD ADDRESS BOTH, UM, HEAT ISSUES, UM, EXPANDING GREENERY AS WELL AS KIND OF OTHER BENEFITS OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO, UM, WE WERE KIND OF THINKING THROUGH WHAT THE RIGHT NAME FOR THIS POSITION IS, AND I THINK THAT'S STILL KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN TO IDEAS, BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS PERSON IS LIKE A ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER TYPE OF PERSON. 
          UM, AND IF YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UM, WE IDENTIFY KIND OF THE KEY THINGS THAT THIS FTE WOULD DO. 
          SO THEY, UM, IDENTIFY SCOPE AND COORDINATE RESILIENT AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, BOTH ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY AND IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. 
          UM, THEY'D HELP COORDINATE, UM, LAND ACQUISITION AND CONSERVATION EFFORTS. 
          THEY'D ALSO, I HELP IDENTIFY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WHEN IT COMES TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, AND THERE ARE PARTICULAR THINGS IN THE CCIP THAT THIS PERSON COULD PLAY A LEADING ROLE IN, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN OR SUPPORTING THE, THE PUBLIC TREE INVENTORY. 
          UM, AS WELL AS, UM, RELATED PLANS LIKE THE AUSTIN HEAT RESILIENCE PLAYBOOK AND OTHER, UM, PLANS THAT TOUCH ON CLIMATE RESILIENCE ISSUES. 
          SO WE RECOGNIZE THIS IS A BROAD SCOPE, UM, BUT WE DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOMEBODY WITH LIKE A ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND DESIGN BACKGROUND THAT CAN HELP LIKE, IDENTIFY AND SCOPE LIKE ACTUAL PHYSICAL PROJECTS AND HELP IMPLEMENT THEM. 
          AND I THINK THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD WORK NICELY WITH SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE IN THE NATURAL SYSTEMS WORKING GROUP. 
          UM, SO I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO, TO MEET WITH Y'ALL AFTER THIS AND, AND TALK ABOUT THOSE SYNERGIES. 
          BUT, UM, MARISSA, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANNA ADD? THANKS, RODRIGO. 
          THAT WAS A GREAT OVERVIEW AND UM, I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME KIND OF SLIDE IN AND MERGE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AS WELL. 
          UM, WITH THE LAST RECOMMENDATION THAT WE JUST PASSED, UM, I BROUGHT TO THE TABLE WITH THIS GROUP AS WELL, UM, KIND OF TRYING TO QUANTIFY AND FTE OR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE COULD FIT THIS MANAGEMENT MECHANISM FOR AGRICULTURAL LAND ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION. 
          AND SO IT SEEMED TO HAVE SOME OVERLAP WITH THIS POTENTIAL FTE. 
          UM, I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION OFFLINE BETWEEN SOME FOLKS ABOUT HOW, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FTES POTENTIALLY BEING BROUGHT TO THE TABLE THROUGH ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO THIS IS KIND OF ONE PLACE WE SAW SOME POTENTIAL OVERLAP, ESPECIALLY WITH SOMEBODY WORKING ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. 
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AND AS LANE MENTIONED EARLIER, SOMEBODY WHO'S PURCHASING AGRICULTURAL LAND COULD KIND OF FIT IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES, UM, AND WORK ACROSS DEPARTMENTS IN THAT WAY. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS JUST KIND OF ONE PLACE THAT THAT MANAGEMENT MECHANISM COULD LIVE. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA CALL OUT THAT I THINK THIS IS A LOT FOR ONE PERSON TO DO, BUT IT IS ALSO, UM, YEAH, SOMETHING THAT IT CAN BE BUILT AS WE GO KIND OF THING. 
          SO, UM, KIND OF WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE FLOOR TO TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS FELT RIGHT TO TRY TO INCORPORATE THE LAND ACQUISITION PIECE WITH THIS FTE OR TO KEEP IT STRICTLY FOCUSED ON GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND POSSIBLY BRING TO THE TABLE JUST A SEPARATE FTE FOR, UM, LAND ACQUISITION. 
          UM, I ALSO HAVE LANGUAGE SUPPORTING A SEPARATE FTE AS WELL, IF THAT MAKES MOST SENSE, BUT WANTED TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. 
          SO THIS PERSONALLY CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE A LOT TO DO. 
          . 
          UM, I THINK THERE'S JUSTIFICATION FOR AN FTE THAT FOCUSES ON GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND IN A WAY THAT'S HOLISTIC. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW IF WE WERE TO THINK ABOUT LIKE A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ROLE HOUSED WITHIN WATERSHED, THAT MIGHT LIMIT THE KINDS OF PROJECTS THAT THEY WORK ON. 
          SO WE'RE INTENTIONALLY RECOMMENDING THAT THIS PERSON WOULD BE WITHIN THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND RESILIENCE. 
          ONE, ONE ADDITIONAL NOTE, SORRY. 
          UM, WE ALSO WERE KIND OF INSPIRED BY THE CITY OF PHOENIX'S NEW SHADE PLAN, AND THEY ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT, UM, THEY NEEDED TO BUILD ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AROUND SHADE AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO THEY WERE ALSO PURSUING A SIMILAR ROLE. 
          SO WE, WE BORROWED FROM SOME, SOME IDEAS FROM THAT PLAN AS WELL. 
          YEAH, I'LL SAY THE, THE LAND ACQUISITION PIECE, I, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S NOT WHAT I DO, BUT I'M JUST GUESSING THAT IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF BACKGROUND AND SKILLSET THAN MAYBE SOME OF THESE, MOST OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ENVISIONED HERE. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. 
          THAT'S MY FEEDBACK. 
          MIGHT BE HARD TO FIND THAT PERSON. 
          I'D HAVE TO AGREE . 
          THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, THE MORE OUT OF PLACE THAT PIECE FEELS A BIT HERE OR SO. 
          AND I THINK TO BE REALLY EFFECTIVE, I THINK A PERSON WHO'S DOING LAND ACQUISITION WOULD BE DEDICATING FULL-TIME EFFORTS TO WORKING WITH FARMERS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, LAND TRUSTS, AND LIKE REALLY SEEKING ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND DOING ALL THESE THINGS THAT I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE SOMEBODY DOING ALL OF THAT AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS IN 40 HOURS A WEEK. 
          SO WITH THE NATURAL SYSTEMS RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND IS THERE A THOUGHT NOW OF MAYBE NOT HAVING THE FTE FOR THE WATERSHED, FOR IDENTIFYING THE MARINE INFRASTRUCTURE? YEAH, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF OVERLAP HERE. 
          UM, I I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, WORK AND IDEAS HERE. 
          UH, THE NATURAL SYSTEMS RECOMMENDATION, UH, DID, UH, I'M TRYING TO DO, WE HAVE A FTE, THAT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT DID NOT HAVE AN FTE SPECIFIED. 
          IT WAS MORE MONEY TO, TO CONDUCT PROJECTS. 
          UM, I, I CAN CERTAINLY SEE THE NEED FOR A PERSON TO COORDINATE IT AND, UM, IT WAS MORE FOCUSED ON THE GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WHEREAS THIS COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE GREATER BUILT ENVIRONMENT BEYOND THAT. 
          UM, SO I, I, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO KIND OF MERGE THOSE INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, A COMBINED RECOMMENDATION THAT MAY HAVE FUNDING FOR PROJECTS AS WELL AS, UH, A PERSON TO OVERSEE. 
          BECAUSE R RODRIGO'S SUGGESTION ABOUT THE FTE FROM THE OAR, HAVING LOOKING AT IT IN A MORE HOLISTIC, YOU KNOW, VERSUS ON A WATERSHED BASIS, UM, JUST LOOKING AT IT AS LIKE, WHAT'S THE MOST BENEFICIAL SPOT TO PUT THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT SOMEONE TO LOOK OVER MULTIPLE HOLISTIC IDEALS THAT THIS IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. 
          UM, 'CAUSE I COULD SEE WATERSHED, THE DEPARTMENT, UM, SUPPORTING THIS PERSON 
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IN ASSISTING, BUT I THINK MAYBE YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATION, GOING BACK TO THE THINKING ABOUT IT WAS ABOUT, 'CAUSE IT WASN'T FTE, IT WAS JUST FUNDING TO HELP IDENTIFY RIGHT. 
          OPPORTUNITIES, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          'CAUSE I, I, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ADDING HEAD COUNT IS ALWAYS A TOUGH SELL. 
          UM, IT'S VERY HARD TO, YOU KNOW, RARE THAT THOSE GET APPROVED. 
          AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THOSE THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN. 
          SO, UM, THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A POT OF MONEY THAT CAN BE USED FOR, FOR PROJECTS THAT MAYBE WE CAN FIND FOLKS WITHIN WATERSHED, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT BIOSWELLS OR CAN LEARN SOME THINGS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME OF THESE GREEN STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, PROJECTS AND, AND THAT CAN INFORM THE, THE SORT OF LONG TERM STRATEGY OF IT. 
          UM, AND, AND I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF, YOU KNOW, PUSHING TO HAVE PEOPLE DEDICATED TO, TO THIS KIND OF WORK. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THIS WORK IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, AND SO IT MAY JUST BE A MATTER, MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PUT THOSE TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT, THAT SATISFIES THOSE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT THE, THE LIST HERE TO ME, EVEN WITHOUT THE, THE LAND ACQUISITION PIECE ALSO FEELS PRETTY, UM, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MEATY FOR, FOR ONE PERSON, PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE DOING BOTH PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION AND SEE LIKE, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN, THE CITYWIDE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, PUBLIC TREE INVENTORY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HEAT RESILIENCE PLAYBOOK. 
          SO THOSE ARE A LOT OF, THOSE ARE A LOT OF THINGS ALL IMPORTANT, I THINK. 
          UM, SO I'D JUST LIKE TO MAYBE THINK ABOUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO GET, GET THOSE THINGS DONE JUST 'CAUSE I KNOW IN WATERSHED, I MEAN, THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A PROGRAM OR NOT, MAYBE IT'S NOT CALLED A PROGRAM, BUT I MEAN, LIKE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS WHERE, UH, INTERSECTIONS WERE CHANGED AND THEN RAIN GARDENS WERE CREATED. 
          SO I KNOW THE, THE CITY HAS SOME SORT OF INVENTORY WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY CITY OWNED, UNLESS YOU CALL IT RIGHT OF WAY, RIGHT. 
          CITY OWNED. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, YEAH. 
          AND YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS CITY OWNED. 
          UM, SO I KNOW WATERSHED IS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR THAT. 
          SO IT'S JUST TRYING TO PIECE THESE TWO TOGETHER, BECAUSE AGAIN, I LIKE THE THOUGHT OF LOOKING AT IT FROM A HOLISTIC STANDPOINT, NOT JUST, HEY, LET'S JUST DO THIS BECAUSE THIS INTERSECTION IS WONKY AND WE CAN CHANGE IT AND PUT A RAIN GARDEN OVER HERE TO CAPTURE STORM WATER, THAT NOW WE'RE DOING PROJECTS THAT FIT INTO MORE OF THE GREENHOUSE REDUCTION. 
          SO HAVING SOMEONE TO OVERLOOK THAT VERSUS JUST HAVING MONEY AVAILABLE TO WATERSHED TO IDENTIFY. 
          YEAH, I GUESS, YEAH. 
          CAN I ASK, UM, OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND RESILIENCE, UH, HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE, THE CCIP PROJECT LIST, BUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT ARE, DO YOU HAVE ANY REACTIONS OR THOUGHTS ABOUT A, UM, WHAT IS THE, WHAT'S THE TITLE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A, A RESILIENT LAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COORDINATOR POSITION. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT, YOU WOULD, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED OUT IN THERE IN SOME FORM? WELL NEEDED? HE IS COMING UP HERE. 
          I WILL COMMENT ON THE TITLE AND THE, THE, THE, UM, FUNDING THERE. 
          I THINK THIS WOULD BE A, UM, PROGRAM MANAGER, PROBABLY NOT A COORDINATOR. 
          UM, HI Y'ALL. 
          OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF GAPS AND NEEDS IN THE OFFICE. 
          UM, BUT ULTIMATELY THIS IS Y'ALL'S CALL. 
          IT'S OUR ABILITY TO WEIGH IN ON EXACTLY WHAT BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS YOU SHOULD PROVIDE IS YOU'RE THE ADVISOR BODY. 
          WE TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT. 
          A AFTER WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THE, AS FAR AS THE BUDGET PROCESS WORKS, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ASKS THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY'RE AFFECTED, THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          IF THEY SUPPORT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THOSE OFFICES COME BACK AND SAY, YES, WE DO SUPPORT, OR NO, WE DON'T SUPPORT IT, IT'D JUST BE GOOD TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME IF IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT'S SUPPORTED. 
          YOU KNOW, I IF IT'S, IF IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE EITHER WAY 
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IT, IT, Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO POTENTIALLY TAKE OUT THE LAND ACQUISITION FROM THIS ONE AND MERGE IT WITH NUMBER ONE FROM NATURAL SYSTEMS. AND I, I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY FROM THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP BECAUSE OF THE WEIRDNESS OF THE SCREEN, BUT DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? ARE Y'ALL OKAY WITH TAKING THAT AND BRINGING IT BACK IN MARCH? AND I AM HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON THAT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          YEAH, I THINK WE CAN DO, AND JUST, UM, CHARLOTTE TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT SUPPORT OR NOT SUPPORT, LOOKING AT A DOCUMENT WHOSE TITLE I I CAN'T LOOK AT, 'CAUSE OTHERWISE I'LL LOSE MY PLACE IN THE DOCUMENT. 
          UM, BUT IT WAS SORT OF LIKE THIS RECONCILIATION OF A LOT OF BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE COMMENTS ON THEM OR THE, UM, SUPPORT, NO SUPPORT DECISION. 
          THERE WAS ONE FROM I THINK OUR EIP PROCESS THAT HAD A POSITION LIKE THIS, AND IT DID SAY, DOES THE DEPARTMENT SUPPORT? YES. 
          SO IF, IF THAT HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE IS STILL RELEVANT, UM, WE DO HAVE THAT, IT'S NOT AS DETAILED AS THIS AND, UM, ONE, BUT OH, THAT'S FROM THE BUDGET PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT REPORT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANKS FOR THAT. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          YEAH, AND I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MERGE THOSE POSITIONS AND TOTALLY , THIS IS LIKE A, A VERY LONG TITLE WHERE WE WERE STRUGGLING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN COMMUNICATE WHAT THIS PERSON DOES  WITHOUT JUST SAYING PROGRAM MANAGER. 
          BUT, UM, YEAH. 
          SHOULD WE MOVE TO THE, TO THE NEXT ONE? YEAH, LET'S, OKAY. 
          YOU WANNA TAKE, OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THIS, THIS IS LIKE A SCALED DOWN VERSION OF SOMETHING WE PUT IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT PLAN, UM, WHICH WAS SUPPORTED FROM THAT DOCUMENT I JUST MENTIONED. 
          BUT, UM, AND ROTO MENTIONED THE COOL CORRIDOR AND HEAT RESILIENCE, UM, EFFORTS. 
          SO WE WANTED SUPPORT THOSE AND THEY ARE BEING OUTLINED IN MORE DETAIL IN THIS HEAT RESILIENCE PLAYBOOK, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ALIGNMENT, OF COURSE, WITH THE, UM, ASEP AND, AND OTHER PLANS OUT THERE. 
          SO THIS, UM, LOOK ON MY OWN SCREEN. 
          SO, UM, WE, WE DID MEET WITH ROHAN, UM, AS WE WERE DEVISING THESE, AND, UM, THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR PLANTING TREES ALONG HIGH HEAT CORRIDORS. 
          AND SO THE FIRST PART OF THIS IS REALLY EXPANDING THAT TO DO ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, UM, IN A DIFFERENT AREA OF HIGH NEED IN AN UNDERSERVED OR A COMMUNITY THAT IS FACING HIGH HEAT VULNERABILITY AND OTHER VULNERABILITIES. 
          UM, AND SO NUMBER ONE OF THIS ONE IS DOING, UH, A SORT OF NEXT PHASE OR NEXT PART OF A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, UM, REALLY FOCUSED ON HEAT MITIGATION EFFECTS. 
          THE SECOND PART OF IT, AND RODRIGO MENTIONED LIKE WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF INSPIRATION FROM PHOENIX SINCE THEY HAVE A REALLY EXTENSIVE HEAT RESILIENCE AND SHADE EFFORT UNDERWAY. 
          UM, THEY HAVE A PROJECT PROGRAM THAT WE THINK IS COMPELLING HERE CALLED THE, UM, IT'S CALLED THE COMMUNITY CAN CANOPY GRANT PROGRAM. 
          AND WE ARE SUGGESTING PILOTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT FALLING IN THE PORTFOLIO OF THAT FTE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, AND THIS WOULD BE INCENTIVIZING PLANTINGS OF DROUGHT TOLERANT TREES IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS OF HIGH HEAT VULNERABILITY. 
          BUT THIS WOULD BE REALLY FOCUSED ON RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS PARTNERS OR, OR RECIPIENTS OF THESE GRANTS INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON CITY OWNED LAND, UM, OR RIGHT OF WAY. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, AND WE HAVE SOME GOALS LIKE WHAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED, UM, WHEN DECIDING ON RECIPIENTS OF SUCH A GRANT, BUT THIS WOULD JUST BE A PILOT TO TRY IT OUT AND SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING TO 
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EXPAND FURTHER AND REALLY SEE IF IT IS HAVING THE INTENDED COOLING BENEFITS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN, IN THIS. 
          AND THEN THE BENEFITS ARE, ARE THERE TALKING ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT WITH VARIOUS PLANS AND CARBON AND FLOOD CONTROL AND AIR QUALITY AND ALL THESE THINGS. 
          UM, THE COSTS ARE ME MAKING THINGS UP, . 
          UM, SO I THINK ROHAN PROBABLY IS MUCH BETTER NUMBERS FOR THAT FIRST ONE, THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT FURTHER. 
          UM, AND YEAH, SO THE NUMBERS ARE A BIT FICTIONAL AND WELCOME FEEDBACK AND CAN TALK TO PEOPLE MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          SO ANY COMMENTS OR CHANGES OR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS ONE? I'M CURIOUS HOW THIS MIGHT, UM, OVERLAP OR INTERSECT WITH THE TREE FOLKS PROGRAM OR PROGRAMS HAVE BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM AT ALL? NO. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW HOW, UH, ARE YOU THINKING ESPECIALLY OF, WELL, MAYBE ROHAN KNOWS ABOUT THE FIRST ONE SINCE THERE'S AN EXISTING DEMO PROJECT. 
          UM, BUT NO, HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT OVERLAP AND CAN LOOK INTO IT. 
          MAYBE PEOPLE ON THE CALL KNOW, AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW. 
          I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE THAT THEY'RE NOT REALLY PLANTING IN THESE AREAS THAT Y'ALL ARE CALLING OUT. 
          UM, SO IT'S JUST A CURIOSITY. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT. 
          DID YOU ALL, WAS THIS YOUR LAST ONE OR DID YOU ALL HAVE ONE MORE? I CAN'T REMEMBER. 
          NO, THAT'S, THAT'S THE LAST ONE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO CAN YOU SCROLL UP TO, WE HAVE NUMBER THREE IS TREES AND NUMBER TWO, THAT'S THE FTE. 
          UM, OH WAIT. 
          SO WE HAVE LIKE SUB THREE WITH A SUB PROJECT ONE, BUT OH, YOU MEAN THIS ONE? OKAY. 
          CAN YOU, CAN YOU GO UP FROM HERE? MAYBE JUST START AT THE TOP. 
          IS NUMBER ONE, THE ONE THAT WE'RE POSTPONING? UH, NO. 
          AND NUMBER TWO IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE POSTPONING, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          UH, THIS ONE. 
          THE, OKAY. 
          SO THEN IT WOULD BE NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER THREE THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO READ INTO THE RECORD. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO DO THAT. 
          WHY DON'T WE WAIT UNTIL WE'VE WENT THROUGH THEM ALL AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT SOUNDS GOOD. 
          PRACTICE READING FAST. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I CAN DO THE SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS NEXT. 
          UM, THERE WE GO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          CAN 
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EVERYBODY SEE THAT? OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO NUMBER ONE, UM, IS ABOUT REFRIGERANT LEAK, UH, DETECTION AND GREENHOUSE, UH, GAS REDUCTION. 
          UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEM OR LINKED TO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT, THAT IS IN THE, UM, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND RECOMMENDING THAT THERE BE A NEW PROGRAM MANAGER POSITION, UM, ALLOCATED BECAUSE THE, THE STATUS QUO IS THAT THERE IS A, UH, CONTRACT THAT IS NEARING ITS COMPLETION TO DO, UM, AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT AND, UH, WITHIN THE CITY THAT IS AT CITY OWNED FACILITIES, AND, UM, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY TO TAKE ACTION, UM, AS NEEDED REGARDING LEAK DETECTION, REPAIR, REPLACEMENT OF THAT EQUIPMENT. 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL, WHAT WE'RE TOLD IS ALSO POTENTIALLY MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, FOR, UH, WHAT CAN BE DONE MORE COMMUNITY WIDE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF REFRIGERANT, UM, LEAKAGE AND TRANSITION AWAY FROM HIGH GREENHOUSE GAS, UH, OR HIGH GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL, UM, REFRIGERANTS. 
          UM, BUT THAT IS BEING DONE, YOU KNOW, THAT ASSESSMENT'S BEING DONE BY CONTRACT, THAT THERE IS NOT ANY CITY STAFF PERSON THAT IS, THAT THIS REALLY, UM, FALLS TO, TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT WHATEVER, UM, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE. 
          UM, AND SO THIS, UH, NEW POSITION IS NEEDED. 
          IT COULD BE, UH, IN THE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND RESILIENCE OR POTENTIALLY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, IS WHAT, UM, WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, UH, SO THAT I'LL, I'LL PAUSE THERE IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE, BUT IT IS RIGHT NOW AN FTE TO MANAGE THAT WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M GONNA MOVE ON. 
          WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO THAT IF THERE'S QUESTIONS. 
          UM, NUMBER TWO, UH, AND THREE ARE BOTH ON WATER ISSUES. 
          CHRIS, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THESE OR? ALL RIGHT. 
          I'LL PRE, I'LL PRESENT 'EM, BUT IF THERE'S QUESTIONS, UH, CHRIS IS OUR MAN. 
          UM, WE HAVE WATER LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR PROGRAMS. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, KIND OF ASTONISHING AMOUNT OF WATER IS, UM, LOST THROUGH LEAKS HERE, 8.6 OR 8.7 IF YOU'RE ROUNDING UP A BILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER YEAR. 
          UM, WOW. 
          SO THERE ARE BUDGETS FOR LEAK DETECTION AND FOR REPAIR, BUT UM, OBVIOUSLY BASED ON THAT NUMBER, THERE'S CLEARLY MORE WORK TO BE DONE THAN IS BEING DONE WITH THAT BUDGET. 
          UM, IT, WE WERE TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO DO MORE WORK, THEY WOULD ALSO NEED, UH, ANOTHER STAFF PERSON TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT. 
          UM, SO THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS TO INCREASE, UM, BOTH THE LEAK DETECTION, UM, AND THE, UH, LEAK AND THE REPAIR BUDGET. 
          AND I'M REALIZING NOW THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO SEPARATE THOSE OUT AND APPARENTLY THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THIS DRAFT. 
          SO WE CAN DO THAT. 
          THE INTENTION WAS TO INCREASE THEM EACH BY 1 MILLION PER YEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO OUT OF THAT BUDGET, UM, INCLUDE ANOTHER FTE. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT ONE'S ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, ON WATER CONSERVATION. 
          UM, I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED HERE PREVIOUSLY ABOUT, UM, THE LANDSCAPING CONVERSION PROGRAMS. WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SOME FOLKS COME TO US FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH THE FERTILIZER WISER CAMPAIGN, UM, HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE CONVERSION, UH, REBATES ARE NOT SUPER ACCESSIBLE AND, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS SMALLER AREAS, UM, MIGHT NOT REALLY BE, UH, WORTH IT. 
          AND, UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, REQUIRE KIND OF 
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A LOT OF OF WORK TO BE DONE WHERE THERE IS, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE WATER THROUGH, UM, KIND OF LESS ONEROUS, UH, LANDSCAPING CHANGES. 
          SO RECOMMENDING, UM, HERE THAT, UM, THAT THE, THE BUDGET SHOULD BE INCREASED BECAUSE, UH, THE CURRENT BUDGET OR THE CURRENT PROGRAM, I THINK IS STRUCTURED, UM, PROBABLY THE WAY IT IS BECAUSE IT'S, AS YOU CAN SEE, PRETTY LIGHTLY FUNDED IF, IF 40,000 A YEAR. 
          UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT THE, THE PROGRAM KINDA BE OVERHAULED TO, TO MAKE IT MORE SUCCESSFUL, UM, IN ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. 
          SO. 
          AND ON THOSE TWO, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CONCERNS? QUESTION? YEAH. 
          ON THE, UM, CONVERSION REBATES FOR WATER CONSERVATION, UM, SO THERE'S A, A RECOMMENDATION TO INCREASE THE BUDGET. 
          IS THAT ALSO IS, DOES THAT ALSO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR THE HOMEOWNER? ARE YOU, ARE YOU RECOMMENDING GOING FROM A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, LIKE INCREASING THAT OR, WELL, THAT'S KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF IT. 
          OH, AND YEAH, YOU KNOW, O OBVIOUSLY INCREASING THE BUDGET WOULD BE HELPFUL, BUT WE DO MENTION IN THERE THAT, UH, WE, AUSTIN WATER SHOULD IMPLEMENT A TIERED REBATE STRUCTURE TO, UH, USE THIS INCREASED BUDGET TO REALLY PUT SOME TEETH BEHIND IT. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHY THERE'S ONLY 19 PEOPLE APPLIED IN 20, YOU KNOW, 2023. 
          SO, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT RECOMMENDING A CHANGE TO THE REBATE PROGRAM WITHIN THIS RECOMMENDATION SINCE IT'S JUST A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION, I GUESS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, UM, BUT WE MENTIONED THAT IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD IMPLEMENT A DIFFERENT REBATE STRUCTURE TO MAXIMIZE THE UPTAKE OF THE REBATE. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANKS. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THESE? OKAY. 
          UM, SINCE I HAVE A QUICK ONE, IF YOU DON'T MIND,  YEAH, PLEASE. 
          FOR THIS, UH, WATER LOSS, I'M, I'M ASSUMING THIS IS ALL LIKE PUTABLE WATER FOR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES AND NOT NECESSARILY LIKE CONSIDERED FOR REUSE OR IRRIGATION WATER. 
          YEAH, SO THIS IS THIS WATER MAINS THAT'S DELIVERING, YOU KNOW, OUR DRINKING WATER. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, AND THIS IS NON-REVENUE WATER, SO RIGHT. 
          THIS IS WATER THAT LEAVES THE TREATMENT PLANTS, AND THEN WHEN THEY TOTAL UP ALL OF THE WATER METERS, THERE'S THIS 8 BILLION GAP, RIGHT? SO, UM, WE JUST GOT A REPORT FROM THE, UM, UH, AUSTIN WATER ABOUT THE A MI PROGRAM. 
          AND SO THE A MI PROGRAM THAT, UH, AUTOMATIC METER, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, SO THEY'RE NEARLY COMPLETE WITH CHANGING OUT ALL THE METERS, BUT THEY BASICALLY, WITH THE DATA THEY'VE BEEN GETTING BACK AND WITH THE LEAK DETECTIONS THAT THEY'VE BEEN FINDING AND HELPING, UH, UH, PEOPLE FIND LEAKS. 
          AND THEN PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS ASSUMING, FIXING THAT, THEY'RE SAYING LIKE 500 MILLION GALLONS IN 2023 AND 2020 AND 2024 THAT THEY HAVE, UH, BEEN ABLE TO SAVE, RIGHT? BUT AGAIN, THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT'S WATER THAT HAD ALREADY PASSED THE WATER METER, AND SO IT WAS LEAKING ON THE HOUSE SIDE. 
          SO THAT'S NOT REALLY IMPACTING THIS 8 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER. 
          'CAUSE THIS IS WATER THAT WAS NON-REVENUE WATER. 
          SO IT JUST SEEMED TO ME LIKE IT WAS A, A HUGE NEED. 
          AND EVEN THOUGH AUSTIN WATER SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT THEIR CAPACITY FOR DETECTING LEAKS AND REPAIRS, IT'S GOING LIKE, OH MAN, 8 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER IS LEAKING OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT. 
          AND SO THAT, THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE OTHER, UH, POSITION FTE TO HELP, BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE MOVE, THEY WERE MOVING AT THE RIGHT CLIP AS PER THEIR CONSULTANT. 
          UM, SO, UM, CHRIS, YEAH, I, I I WOULD JUST, UM, POTENTIALLY JUST MAYBE INCLUDE A COMMENT SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEED FOR MORE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN IT COMES TO WATER PIPES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FREQUENT FREEZES AND FREQUENT WATER BREAKS IT SEEMS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AT THIS POINT IN AUSTIN. 
          IT'S WILD TO THINK, UM, HOW THINGS CHANGE OVER THE COURSE OF 20, 30 YEARS. 
          BUT THESE 
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FREE FREEZES ARE, UM, BREAKING A LOT OF WATER PIPES EVERY YEAR AND RESILIENCY PROBABLY, UM, WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO INCLUDE. 
          AND IT JUST, IT'S JUST INSANE TO THINK 8 BILLION GALLONS IS LOST. 
          SO, UM, YEAH, I, I JUST APPRECIATE, UM, THIS TOPIC ADDED TO IT. 
          . 
          NO, THAT'S A GOOD THOUGHT. 
          I MEAN, THE ISSUE IS THAT WE'RE LIVING ON OLD INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SO THAT'S WHERE THESE LEAKS ARE COMING FROM. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY REPAIRING TO, UH, UP TO DATE AND UP TO STANDARD MATERIALS WOULD HOPEFULLY THEN BE MUCH MORE RESILIENT THAN SOME OF THE OLDER PIPE MATERIALS THAT'S CAUSING THESE LEAKS. 
          SO, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS, UM, A MORE RESILIENT, UH, PIPING MATERIAL THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDARD, UH, AND HEALTH STANDARD WOULD BE. 
          UM, BUT, UH, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW  HOW ELSE TO, TO MAKE THEM RESILIENCE MORE IMPACTFUL IN THIS, IN THIS STATEMENT, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          MELISSA, ARE YOU, WHEN YOU'RE REFERRING TO MATERIALS AND, AND FREEZING, ARE YOU THINKING MORE AT THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BUILDING LEVEL OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM? WELL, I GUESS I'M TALKING ABOUT MORE THE BUILDING LEVEL BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT MOSTLY IMPACTS HOMEOWNERS. 
          UM, SO WHEN THEY'RE, UM, PIPE SPRAYS INTERNALLY, THEY'RE LIABLE FOR THAT. 
          UM, BUT FOR THE DISTRIBUTION SIDE, UM, THOSE, THOSE, THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT MORE STURDY 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT EXPOSED TO THE AIR LIKE THE RESIDENTIAL PIPES ARE. 
          SO THEY'RE MORE PRIVY TO THE DAMAGE FROM THESE LIKE FREAK INCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE IN AUSTIN THAN THE DISTRIBUTION. 
          UM, AUSTIN WATER WOULD BE. 
          NO, IT'S A, IT IS A GOOD POINT. 
          AND THE A MI PROGRAM I THINK IS GONNA REALLY BE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WHEN THESE LEAKS START TO HAPPEN, LIKE INSTANTANEOUSLY, THEY CAN COMMUNICATE TO THE CONSUMER, RIGHT? SO WHEN A FREEZE HAPPENS, SAY THAT PERSON'S NOT AT HOME AND THE PIPE BURST AND THE WATER USE JUST JUMPS UP LIKE THIS, A MI PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE A, A BIG KEY FACTOR IN STOPPING THAT, WHICH THEN, YOU KNOW, THE HOMEOWNER WILL HAVE TO TAKE ON THE COST TO REPAIR AND OF COURSE PLUMBERS WILL BE REPAIRING IT, HOPEFULLY TO A BETTER STANDARD OR WHATEVER RIGHT, THAN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE. 
          BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST, IT'S A TRICKY SITUATION. 
          ONCE THE WATER PASSES THE WATER METER, NOW IT'S YOURS TO DEAL WITH, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY, THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE USING THE WATER FOR BENEFICIAL USE AND NOT JUST WASTING IT THROUGH LEAKS AND BROKEN PIPES. 
          RIGHT, OBVIOUSLY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YEAH, JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS PROGRAM WOULD NOT AFFECT BUILDINGS OR ANYTHING ON THE CUSTOMER SIDE OF THE METER. 
          UM, SINCE I REALIZED THAT I HAD, I WAS, I TYPED THIS AND THEN I CONSULTED WITH CHRIS ABOUT HOW HE WANTED IT, AND THEN I PARTIALLY FIXED IT. 
          AND SO I'M JUST GONNA READ INTO THE RECORD SINCE IT'S A SMALL CHANGE HERE UNDER NUMBER TWO, WATER LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR PROGRAMS. UM, EDITING THE PORTION IN BOLD TO READ THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE AUSTIN WATER WATER LEAK DETECTION, UH, BUDGET BE INCREASED TO $3 MILLION PER YEAR AND THE REPAIR BUDGET BE INCREASED TO $7 MILLION PER YEAR, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF ONE FULL-TIME STAFF POSITIONED TO MANAGE THE INCREASED WORK. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          IF THERE'S NOT MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THOSE TWO ITEMS, GOING TO DOWN TO WHAT IS OUR LAST ONE? SOLAR ENERGY FOR CITY FACILITIES. 
          UM, SO THE FORMERLY OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, UM, DID AN ANALYSIS OF SOLAR POTENTIAL ON GENERAL REVENUE OR GENERAL FUND BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS THAT ARE PAID, THEY'RE OPERATING IS PAID FOR FROM THE GENERAL FUND. 
          UM, AND DID, YOU KNOW, A BASIC KIND OF, UH, COST, UH, AND SAVINGS ANALYSIS THERE AND, UM, THAT SHOWED THAT A $14 MILLION INVESTMENT, UM, WOULD PAY OFF IN JUST OVER SIX YEARS. 
          UM, PANELS, 
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SOLAR PANELS ARE GENERALLY WARRANTIED FOR 25 YEARS. 
          IT CAN LAST LONGER THAN THAT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, JUST DOING THE MATH, UM, THAT WOULD BE WORTH ABOUT $43.3 MILLION. 
          UM, AND REALLY BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, UM, VALUE OF SOLAR RATE IS GOING TO BE GOING UP, IT WILL ACTUALLY LIKELY BE MORE THAN THAT. 
          UM, SO, UH, THESE, UH, INSTALLATIONS, UM, TO, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE PAID FOR NOT THROUGH GENERAL REVENUE, BUT RATHER WITH, UH, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION. 
          AND SO THIS RECOMMENDATION, UM, DOES HAVE A HIGH, UH, PRICE TAG, BUT WITH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THAT CAVEAT THAT IT, YOU KNOW, THAT IT COME FROM, YOU KNOW, NOT THE POT OF MONEY THAT, THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE, UM, FIGHTING AND SCRAPPING FOR, UM, IN THIS BUDGET. 
          AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ALSO WITH THAT ENTICING FACT THAT AFTER SIX YEARS, THIS IS JUST GONNA BE, UM, YOU KNOW, MONEY IN THE BANK. 
          UM, AND THEN THE KINDA OTHER PIECE OF THIS, UM, TIES BACK TO A ITEM IN THE COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE, UH, IMPLE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM LIST, WHICH IS ESTABLISHING THIS SUSTAINABILITY REVOLVING FUND THAT WOULD THEN PAY FOR OTHER, UM, UPGRADES TO BUILDINGS SUCH AS ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, BATTERIES, OTHER, YOU KNOW, OTHER, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS, UH, EVEN SOME OF THAT, UH, REFRIGERANT, UM, LEAK DETECTION, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          UM, SO THAT'S THAT RECOMMENDATION AND HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THAT. 
          I CAN'T SEE YOU ALL, SO IF ANYBODY HAS ONE, GO AHEAD. 
          IF NOT, I'LL STOP SHARING AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT GROUP. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANNA, DO YOU WANNA GO NEXT? YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          BEAR WITH ME HERE. 
          UM, SO I WILL BE SHARING THE CONSUMPTION WORKING GROUP DOCUMENTS. 
          OH, NO, I'M SHARING ALL OF THEM. 
          HOLD ON. 
          GOING WITH IT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, FOUR, UH, BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE SPECIFICALLY TO WORK ON, UM, SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING WITHIN THE CITY. 
          SO TO DATE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE , CAN YOU MAKE IT A LITTLE BIGGER? SORRY TO INTERRUPT. 
          YEAH, THANKS. 
          TOTALLY. 
          HOW'S THIS LOOKING? THAT, THAT'S BETTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BETTER. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THIS IS FOR ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, UH, WHO IS GONNA FILL THE GAP THAT EXISTS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, TO DATE, UH, THIS, THE, THE WORK OF MAKING SURE THAT CITY PURCHASES ALIGN WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, UM, HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE KIND OF BETWEEN THE NOW RENAMED, UH, DEPARTMENT OF OCAR AND THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRACKING THE HOURS, IT EXCEEDS THEIR, THEIR, UM, CAPACITY. 
          UH, AND, YOU KNOW, AS A RESULT, IT'S KIND OF GETTING LEFT BY THE SIDE. 
          SO THIS WOULD COVER, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES, WHICH ACTUALLY, THAT'S A BAD EXAMPLE. 
          'CAUSE I THINK WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT ALREADY. 
          BUT THIS WOULD COVER EVERYTHING FROM OFFICE, INTER-OFFICE PURCHASING TO THINGS LIKE, UM, THE LOW CARBON CONCRETE. 
          THAT'S BEEN A FOCUS OF, OF US IN THE PAST. 
          UM, WE HAVE TRIED TO TAKE THE APPROACH TO LIMIT THE REQUESTS FOR FTES, GIVEN THAT WE THINK THE HIGHER DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND FTES ARE GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT. 
          UM, THIS IS THE ONE FTE THAT WE HAVE IN THIS RECOMMENDATION. 
          THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS FOR FUNDING FOR, UM, THE, THE FOOD PLAN AND SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT PRO CLIMATE, PRO HEALTH FOODS. 
          THAT'S THE LANGUAGE AND THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AS KABA WAS SAYING EARLIER, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TERMS THAT WE'RE USING HERE, BUT I MEAN, I THINK THE IDEA 
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IS PLANT-BASED FOODS, HIGH FIBER FOODS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE IT, UM, IN TALKING WITH THE, UM, OFFICE OFFICE OF CLIMATE ACTION AND RESILIENCE, THIS IS GONNA TAKE ME A BIT TO GET USED TO. 
          UM, WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS THAT THERE IS A, A GAP, UM, AROUND SOME OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
          AND IN PARTICULAR THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A COMMUNITY PARTNER WHO'S DEVELOPED MATERIALS FOR FREE. 
          UM, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN THAT BUDGET TO, TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION, LIKE, TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE FILL THIS GAP IN THIS UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE. 
          AFTER TALKING FOR THIS NEXT ONE, UH, THIS IS ON CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND WASTE DIVERSION. 
          THIS ONE GETS A LITTLE BIT DETAILED, BUT WE WANTED TO RECOMMEND ESSENTIALLY THAT WE FILL SOME OF THE GAPS AROUND THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND WASTE DIVERSION PROGRAMS. JUST AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS A ZERO WASTE GOAL BY, WHAT IS IT? 2040. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR SOMEWHAT PROFESSIONAL OPINION IS, WE'RE NOT SURE THAT WE'RE EXACTLY READY TO MEET THAT GOAL. 
          UM, THIS IS IN THE CCIP. 
          UH, AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS, BECAUSE OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, THAT THE CCIP DOES NOT ACTUALLY COME SPECIFICALLY WITH FUNDING. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORK AND THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE IN THAT TWO YEAR PLAN ARE ALSO SUPPORTED BY, UM, BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          WHAT WE'VE SUGGESTED HERE ARE A LIST OF, I THINK FOUR, YES, FOUR DIFFERENT ITEMS, UM, THAT ARE AIMED AT INCREASING WASTE DIVERSION. 
          AND THESE ARE SPECIFIC POLICIES, UM, PARDON ME, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND WE'VE, WE'VE GOT THE CURRENT BUDGETS FROM A RR AND WE'VE RECOMMENDED INCREASES IN THESE. 
          AND SO THIS INCLUDES THE MOVE OUT A TX PROGRAM, THE FIX IT AND REPAIR CLINICS. 
          UM, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK HARRIS WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER, UH, THE ZERO WASTE BUSINESS INCENTIVES AND, AND REBATES, WHICH RIGHT NOW PROVIDES SOME POSSIBLY NOT EFFECTIVE INCENTIVES TO SWITCH FROM THINGS LIKE STYROFOAM TO COMPOSTABLE CONTAINERS. 
          UM, THAT'S BEEN UNDERUTILIZED. 
          UH, WE THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE EXPANDED. 
          PROBABLY SOME POLICY STUFF GOES ALONG WITH THAT TOO. 
          BUT, UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, A R ZERO WASTE EDUCATION. 
          SO I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN FOLLOWING THE FACT THAT MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES ARE NOW REQUIRED TO HAVE COMPOSTING AND RECYCLING. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THERE'S A GAP IN TERMS OF GETTING THAT TO HAPPEN. 
          AND, AND, AND WE'RE CALLING THAT EDUCATION, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEIR SORT OF COMMUNICATION BUDGET IS, IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE THAT WITH SOMETHING LIKE AUSTIN ENERGY, FOR EXAMPLE, WE FIND THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF STARK DIFFERENCES AND THERE'VE BEEN SOME BIG POLICY CHANGES, LIKE IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE COMPOSTING AND NOW YOU HAVE COMPOSTING, THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT. 
          UM, AND SO WE HAVE RECOMMENDED SOME INCREASES IN THESE BUDGETS, UM, THAT WE THINK ARE, UH, COMMENSURATE WITH, WITH MEETING THE GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET OUT BY COUNCIL REPEATEDLY. 
          AND THEN THE AUSTIN CLIMATE PLAN, WE'VE ALSO PUT IN A RECOMMENDATION HERE TO BUY AN ELECTRIC MOWER. 
          UM, THIS, THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO US FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER. 
          UM, TO DATE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ELECTRIC MOWERS. 
          AND, UH, THIS WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WOULD BUY ONE AND THEN FUNDING FOR THE MOWER IN ANY REQUIRED CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR A FARM TO INSTITUTION SUPPLY CHAIN ASSESSMENT. 
          THIS ONE WAS BROUGHT TO US THANKS TO, UH, MARISSA, COMMISSIONER MARISSA. 
          SORRY GUYS, I'M DROPPING THE TITLES HERE. 
          UM, AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, LET'S SEE IF I GET THIS RIGHT. 
          IN THE PAST, UM, IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE FOR INSTITUTIONS LIKE, UH, THE THE LOCAL SCHOOLS TO BUY FROM SMALL FARMS. UM, MY DOG'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. 
          SORRY GUYS. 
          UM, BUT BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SUPPLY CHAIN CHANGES, UM, NOTABLY JBJ ORGANICS HAS GONE OUTTA BUSINESS, UM, THIS LIKE HASN'T BEEN POSSIBLE. 
          AND SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO DO ANOTHER ASSESSMENT OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN. 
          UM, AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S INTERESTING IS LIKE THERE IS A SUPPLY AND THEN THERE ARE AVAILABLE PURCHASERS, BUT IT'S LIKE BRINGING THOSE TWO TOGETHER IS, IS KIND OF THE GAP HERE, IS, IS THE WAY I'M UNDERSTANDING IT. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS SORT OF THE FIRST STEP TO RE-FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN, UM, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET THE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES 
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TOGETHER? UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO THIS POINT THAT WE, WE WERE AT, UM, WHERE THERE IS LOCAL FOOD PROCUREMENT, WE THINK THAT HAS A NUMBER OF BENEFITS, OBVIOUSLY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, UM, ECONOMIC BENEFITS, UM, YOU KNOW, REDUCED EMISSIONS, HEALTHINESS, ET CETERA. 
          MARISSA, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? YOU DID GREAT, ANNA, OR HAVING, HAVING HEARD IT ONCE BEFORE, WELL DONE . 
          UM, I'LL JUST MENTION THAT, UM, A LOT OF THE GAP HERE HAS TO DO WITH, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF LIKE, REALLY SMALL FARMS NOW IN AUSTIN. 
          JBG WAS LIKE THE LARGEST ONE WHO WAS ABLE TO SOURCE FOR INSTITUTIONS AND SO WITHOUT THEM, UM, NOW THERE JUST HAS TO BE THIS BETTER COORDINATED EFFORT BETWEEN SMALL FARMERS AND, UM, POTENTIALLY AGGREGATING PRODUCT FROM THOSE SMALL FARMERS INTO, UH, LIKE A FOOD HUB SITUATION TO BE REDISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS, UH, POTENTIALLY MORE COORDINATED PLANTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO, UM, THIS ASSESSMENT WOULD REALLY BE SPECIFIC TO THE FARM TO INSTITUTION SUPPLY CHAIN. 
          I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A SUPPLY CHAIN VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT THAT THE CITY DID, BUT THIS WOULD REALLY HONE IN ON THE FARM TO INSTITUTION PIECE. 
          AND IT ALSO CALLS FOR, UM, OCAR TO FACILITATE STAKEHOLDER CONVENINGS BETWEEN ALL OF THE, THE PLAYERS INVOLVED TO HAVE THAT MORE COORDINATED EFFORT. 
          THANKS, MARISSA. 
          AND THEN I THINK THIS WAS, HOLD ON. 
          I THINK IT JUST GOT DUPLICATED. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY, I DON'T REMEMBER THIS OTHER ONE. 
          I'M ON COLD MEDICATION, SO LIKE, SAME  QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY THIS. 
          GREAT. 
          AND THAT WRAPS UP, UM, THE CONSUMPTION BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, AFFIRMATIONS, THOUGHTS? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, I THINK THE SENTENCE REGARDING THE HEALTH BENEFITS IS VERY STRONG AND A GREAT ADD. 
          SO THANK YOU MARISSA, FOR INCLUDING THAT SEGMENT. 
          THANKS FOR THE SUGGESTION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? OKAY, THE LAST, AND I DID HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. 
          DO YOU KNOW, UM, YOU SAID THAT FOR THE SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING REC THAT STAFF HAVE BEEN KIND OF TRACKING THEIR HOURS TO QUANTIFY HOW MUCH ABOVE THEIR NORMAL TIME THEY'RE SPENDING. 
          WAS THAT PROMPTED BY SOMEBODY? AND IF SO, WHO DO YOU KNOW? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          UM, I, I DON'T KNOW, KEVIN, DID AMANDA SAY I, IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS MOSTLY THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A WHOLE TON OF TIME TO TAKE IT ON AND WASN'T EXACTLY AT HER WHEELHOUSE, IT SOUNDED LIKE. 
          AND SO THAT WAS WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, BUT I DON'T KNOW. 
          , DID YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT TAKE? GOSH, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS WORKING, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME SO MUCH AS JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, HAD A LIMITED NUMBER OF HOURS TO, UM, ALLOCATE TO THE WORK, UM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT HER PRIMARY JOB. 
          Y YEAH. 
          MAYBE JUST TO ADD SOME COLOR THERE, RIGHT? SO AMANDA MORTAL, WHO'S, WHO'S WORKING ON THIS, LIKE HER PRIMARY EXPERTISE IS LIKE AIR AND NOT PURCHASING. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, SHE, AND, AND, AND THE, I FORGET THE STAFF MEMBER IN, IN, IN THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT WHO ARE DOING THIS OR LIKE THEY'RE DOING GREAT STUFF, BUT IT'S KIND OF JUST BEING LAYERED ON TOP, UH, AND NOT EXACTLY IN, YOU KNOW, THEIR CORE DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I ASKED BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE THAT AS KIND OF A QUANTIFIABLE STRATEGIC APPROACH TO LIKE WHEN TO RECOMMEND AN FTE AND WHEN NOT TO. 
          AND SO IF WE CAN KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW TO QUANTIFY THAT SOMETIMES, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THE SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING WAS KIND OF A DIRECTIVE THAT CAME BEFORE AN FTE WAS NECESSARILY ASSIGNED, AND NOW WE'RE REALIZING WE MAY NEED ONE. 
          AND SO IT'S KIND OF THIS LIKE STEPWISE BACKWARDS APPROACH, WHICH MIGHT MAKE SENSE IN SOME OF THESE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE WE'RE KIND OF THINKING, WELL, LIKE, COULD IT BE DONE BY SOMEBODY CURRENTLY IN STAFF AND SHOULD WE JUST LIKE, TRY AND THEN MAYBE ASSIGN AN FTE IF WE FIND THAT THE CAPACITY'S NOT THERE? I DON'T KNOW. 
          JUST WANTED TO KIND OF POINT THAT OUT AND THEN WONDERED IF THAT WAS QUANTIFIED IN THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          I DIDN'T SEE IT, SO NO, IT'S NOT. 
          WE CERTAINLY COULD, COULD REACH OUT, UM, AND ASK. 
          I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS, WHEN WE STARTED DOING THIS, WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE YEAR BY YEAR AND, AND WE FOUND THAT OUR ONES LAST YEAR, WHICH WERE BIGGER AND MORE AMBITIOUS WERE A LOT LESS EFFECTIVE THAN THE ONES THAT WERE EARLIER THAT WERE VERY TARGETED AND PINPOINTED. 
          AND SO FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR AIM, 
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I DON'T KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS WHOLE, YOU KNOW, WHOLE BODY OF WORK, IF WE'VE, WE'VE TRULY HIT THAT WAS, WAS TO TRY AND GO AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND EXTRA AMMUNITION FOR EXISTING, YOU KNOW, INITIATIVES AND, AND NEEDS THAT WE FELT LIKE WOULD ALREADY BE BUBBLING UP, UM, FROM, FROM THE OFFICES THEMSELVES. 
          UM, AND SO THAT WAS THE GOAL HERE. 
          WE DID LOOK AT HAVING THIS DONE AS AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT, BUT THE ISSUE HERE IS THAT LIKE THE REAL NEED IS TO LIKE WRITE THE POLICY, GO AND LIKE WORK IN THE DEPARTMENTS AND SORT OF DO ALL OF THE TRAINING AND SAY, OKAY, LIKE, HERE IS HOW YOU DO THE PURCHASING THAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO BE DOING. 
          SO WE REALLY DID WANT THIS TO BE, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO REQUEST AN FTE FOR, BUT WE FOUND THAT IT JUST, LIKE, JUST PROBABLY IT WOULD NOT WORK AS A CONSULTANT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BRAYDEN, DID YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING HERE? YEAH, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. 
          I KNOW THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT COMMITMENT OF CAPACITY IS CURRENTLY BEING GIVEN TO THIS WORK. 
          FROM OUR OFFICE, WE HAVE AMANDA MORTAL, AS YOU MENTIONED, IT'S ABOUT 25% OF HER TIME, AS YOU SAID. 
          UH, AND I'D LIKE A LOT OF HER TIME IS FOCUSED ON AIR QUALITY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE WORK. 
          UH, AND THEN I BELIEVE IN PURCHASING THE OTHER, HER, HER COLLEAGUE THERE IS ABOUT 25 TO 50% OF HER TIME. 
          SO BETWEEN THE TWO, IT'S PROBABLY A HALFTIME F YOU KNOW, A PART-TIME FD, UH, NOT A FULL FT T THANKS. 
          YEAH, THANKS BRANDON. 
          THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL. 
          I I, I THINK OUR VIEW IS THAT THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT AND, AND HASN'T, YOU KNOW, BEEN FAST ENOUGH AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COULD BE DOING BECAUSE IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S ALREADY SPENDING MONEY ON STUFF LIKE THEY ALREADY ARE DOING THIS STUFF. 
          SO THE ABILITY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE WE THINK IS IMPORTANT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WE DID TWO YEARS AGO, RECOMMEND THAT A POSITION BE ADDED, UM, AND WE ALSO RECOMMENDED, UM, MONEY FOR A CONTRACT. 
          AND WHAT WAS GIVEN WAS THE MONEY FOR THE CONTRACT, UM, BUT NOT THE POSITION. 
          AND SO IT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS, THIS IS THE REASON WHY WHEN, WHEN WE GET THE, UM, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATIONS ABOUT SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING, IT, IT IS SOMEWHAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY LIMITED, UM, TO A FEW, UM, TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT, UM, TYPES OF PURCHASING AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING MORE COMPREHENSIVE, WHICH IS CALLED FOR IN THE CLIMATE PLAN. 
          UM, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST ONLY SO MUCH CAPACITY TO DO THE WORK. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA SHARE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UM, I PUT TOGETHER AND KIND OF SHOPPED WITH A FEW OF Y'ALL THAT ARE WITH THE DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT WORKING GROUPS THAT 'CAUSE THEY, THEY'RE KIND OF CROSS SECTOR. 
          SO THE, THE FIRST ONE IS, IS A JUST A, A MORE GENERAL, UM, ONE IN THAT IT'S, BUT IT'S TIED TO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL EXECUTION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. 
          AND I'M GONNA SUGGEST THAT WE MAKE A, UM, BLANKET AMENDMENT WHEN THE TIME COMES TO EVERYWHERE THAT IS SAYS COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM, WE CHANGE IT TO COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN BECAUSE I, IT SEEMS THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLING IT. 
          I WASN'T SURE. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, SO THERE, THAT, THAT WORK IS FUNDAMENTALLY, UM, INVOLVES A LOT OF COORDINATING WITH, UH, OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND, UM, SOME OF THE EXISTING STAFF POSITIONS ARE TEMPORARY. 
          UM, SOME OF THEM GRANT FUNDED BY FEDERAL MONEY. 
          THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE NOW UNCERTAIN. 
          SO RECOMMENDING, UH, ONE ADDITIONAL COORDINATOR POSITION TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THAT WORK IS ABLE TO PROCEED AS THE PLAN IS FINALIZED. 
          BRAYDEN, I SAW YOU GET UP. 
          DID YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING HERE? YEAH, I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROGRAM AND PLAN. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE INVITATION PROGRAM IS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED. 
          IT ALSO IS BROAD IN SCOPE. 
          THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS A COMPONENT OF IT. 
          SO THERE'S A USE OF THE TERM DE DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS. 
          WHICH ONE WOULD YOU RECOMMEND WE USE ON THIS? I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS THE BROADEST SCOPE OF THE WORK, THE PROGRAM. 
          YEAH, SO THE PROGRAM, OKAY, WE'LL STICK WITH PROGRAM THEN. 
          RIGHT? ALRIGHT. 
          UM, SCRATCH THAT PREVIOUS SUGGESTION THEN. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT, NEXT IS THE ONE THAT I TOUCHED ON EARLIER ABOUT OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO PROMOTE THE, YOU 
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KNOW, EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY EXISTING AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS ANY FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY KIND OF INCENTIVES AND PROGRAMS THAT, UH, ARE OFFERED BY THE CITY. 
          AND, UH, SOME OF THOSE ARE EXAMPLES ARE LISTED OUT HERE, WEATHERIZATION, HOME REPAIR, UH, WATER CONSERVATION, RAINWATER COLLECTION, UM, WASTE REDUCTION TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIFICATION, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S REBATES, UM, FOR, FOR ALL OF THOSE. 
          UM, ALSO ADDED IN PUBLIC TRANSIT, GRAIN INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS. UM, SO BASICALLY JUST TRYING TO, UM, FULLY UTILIZE THE BUDGETS THAT ARE BEING ALLOCATED FOR ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE AUSTIN CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN. 
          AND SOME OF THEM ARE, YOU KNOW, ALREADY FAIRLY ROBUST, UH, PROGRAMS. UM, AND OTHERS OF THEM, EVEN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS BEING BUDGETED IS NOT BEING SPENT, NOT FOR LACK OF NEED, BUT, UM, PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF LACK OF AWARENESS AND, AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED IN SOME OF THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS I'M, YOU KNOW, TOUCHED ON BEFORE, THE BIG THING THAT THAT ISN'T HAPPENING IN TERMS OF PROMOTION OF PROGRAMS IS ACTUALLY HAVING, HAVING PEOPLE TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE DIRECTLY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN AT CERTAIN EVENTS WHICH INHERENTLY REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, UM, THE PEOPLE TO, TO COME TO YOU, WHICH, WHICH IS, IS LIMITING. 
          SO THIS IS, UM, ASKING FOR NFT TO, UM, DO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, AND THIS IS A POSITION THAT WAS A TEMPORARY POSITION WITHIN, UM, OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY. 
          UH, I GUESS I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE THAT THAT ENDED. 
          UM, THAT PERSON WAS, YOU KNOW, MANAGING THE CLIMATE AMBASSADORS. 
          UM, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HEARD THAT THAT PROGRAM, THAT LAST CLIMATE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, WAS KIND OF ONEROUS TO MANAGE. 
          SO THIS IS KIND OF RE-ENVISIONING AMBASSADORS, UM, NOT AS DOING INDEPENDENT PROJECTS, BUT RATHER BEING PART OF A TEAM THAT IS DOING THIS COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
          UM, AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, I THINK WHAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS MOVED TOWARDS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, DIRECT GRANTS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN HELP DO THAT OUTREACH AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, THIS PROGRAM MANAGER WOULD BE FACILITATING COORDINATING THE ACTIVITIES OF BOTH THE TEAM OF AMBASSADORS, WHICH, UM, WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, GETTING A, LIKE THE PREVIOUS, UM, AMBASSADORS. 
          IT'S NOT LIKE FULL-TIME WORK. 
          IT'S A STIPEND, UM, TO DO SOME OF THAT, THAT OUTREACH THAT IS NEEDED AS WELL AS COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, ANYTHING ON EITHER OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS? KIVA, IT'S, IT'S ANNA, UH, SCOTT. 
          UM, I JUST MAYBE JUST WANTED TO FLAG THE FACT THAT WHILE I AM GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, AS I LISTEN TO THESE IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE PUT FORWARD, GIVEN THAT WE STARTED THIS WHOLE PROCESS WITH A DISCUSSION WHERE WE SAID LIKE, LIMIT THE NUMBER OF THINGS LIKE FTES AND, AND BIG ASKS. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT, IT, IT MAKES ME KIND OF WANT TO LOOK AT THIS ENTIRE LIST AND ASK LIKE, SHOULD WE BE WHITTLING IT DOWN? AND MAYBE THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO, BUT I JUST MAYBE WANTED TO PUT FORTH LIKE THIS, THE, THE LIST OF ASKS HERE DOES APPEAR LONG. 
          YEAH. 
          GIVEN THAT WE STARTED THIS WITH THE PERSPECTIVE, LIKE, HEY, THAT LONG LIST OF BIG ASKS, ESPECIALLY FTES, SEEMS UNLIKELY TO GO THROUGH. 
          YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A FAIR POINT. 
          UM, IS THERE ONE OF THESE TWO THAT YOU'RE PARTICULARLY, UM, THINKING ABOUT OR JUST THINKING ABOUT OUR TOTAL NUMBER? LITERALLY JUST THINKING ABOUT THE, THE TOTAL NUMBER. 
          I MEAN, I WILL SAY, GIVEN THAT WE DID RECOMMEND A VERSION OF LIKE ONE OF THESE THINGS IN THE PAST, AND I THINK THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, THEN OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY SAID, NO, THANK YOU. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE, BUT I'M NOT SAYING THAT THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THIS SO MUCH AS LIKE, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THINGS TONIGHT. 
          I'VE PRESENTED A LOT OF THINGS. 
          OTHER PEOPLE ARE GUILTY OF THIS TOO. 
          BUT I'M, I THINK I'M MORE 
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ASKING THE QUESTION OF LIKE, SHOULD WE BE EDITING THIS DOWN? BUT IT IS ALSO LATE AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA GET CUT OFF IN 15 MINUTES. 
          UM, SO MAYBE THIS IS A DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER TIME. 
          YEAH, THAT'S, I JUST WANTED SAY, UH, TO ANNA, THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          I, I HAVE A SIMILAR, I I FEEL SIMILAR TO THAT. 
          I, I THINK I COUNTED SEVEN, UM, FTES IN THE LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T FEEL EQUIPPED TO, TO PRIORITIZE THIS AND SAY WHICH ONES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS. 
          I THINK THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT AND I THINK ALL THIS WORK IS, UM, IS IMPORTANT AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE THAT, UM, WE BELIEVE IN ALL OF THESE THINGS. 
          IF, IF WE DO, IF WE, YOU KNOW, COME TO VOTE AND, UM, WE BELIEVE IN ALL OF THESE THINGS AND YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GONNA GET THEM ALL, BUT LET'S JUST ASK FOR EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE GET, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT PEOPLE OFTEN SAY AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST MAKING A RECOMMENDATION. 
          WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, TELL TELLING PEOPLE WHAT TO DO. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE FEEL THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER STAFF, TAKE THAT, TAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND DO WITH IT WHAT THEY WILL. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S ALSO A CASE TO BE MADE THAT INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING STUFF AT A WALL AND SEEING WHAT STICKS, BEING HYPER-FOCUSED AND GIVING THEM ONE NICE LITTLE DOCUMENT WITH A BOW THAT'S SOMEWHAT REALISTIC. 
          SO CERTAINLY DIFFERENT, UH, PERSPECTIVES THERE. 
          AND ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD TRY TO PARE DOWN THE LIST OR, I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY, I THINK WE'VE SET ASIDE ONE FROM TRANSPORTATION AND ONE FROM, UM, NATURAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE GONNA BE WORKED ON LATER. 
          BUT, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, MY, MY, I WHEN THE REFRIGERATE, WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE REFRIGERANT LEAKAGE, FTE, IT SEEMED VERY SPECIFIC COMPARED TO THE, LIKE THE TRANSPORTATION HEAT RESILIENCE PLUS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          THAT'S, SO I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THAT TASK TO KNOW WHETHER A, A FULL FTE TO BE REDUNDANT IS NECESSARY, BUT THAT DID STAND OUT TO ME AS SUPER SPECIFIC COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER ONES. 
          IT, IT IS, THAT ONE CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE STAFF PERSON WHO IS, UM, DOING MANAGING THAT, THAT WORK RIGHT NOW. 
          SO I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, THAT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THAT'S, I, I DON'T, I, I, I, I SHARE, UM, THAT ASSESSMENT THAT IS VERY SPECIFIC, BUT UM, IT ALSO SOUNDED LIKE THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF, UM, PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S MAYBE WHY I THINK IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A, TAKE A FULL FTE TO REALLY MANAGE THAT WORK. 
          BUT I DIDN'T DO ANY, YOU KNOW, INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF THAT. 
          IT WAS JUST WHAT WE WERE TOLD. 
          I, I FEEL LIKE ALL THE WORKING GROUPS HAVE PUT TOGETHER A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO JUSTIFY, YOU KNOW, THESE IDEAS AND IF A FDE TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS AND THE CLIMATE PLAN AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS. 
          AND AGAIN, LIKE HARRIS SAYS THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO I SAY WE RUN WITH THAT. 
          UM, AND IS THERE A, A POTENTIAL TO, TO LOOK AT TEMPORARY AS AN OPTION? I KNOW, I THINK I'VE SEEN, WE'VE DONE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PAST THAT SAID IF YOU, IF WE CAN'T STAFF A FULL-TIME PERSON, THEN FUNDING FOR AT LEAST FOR A TEMP FOR A YEAR TO, YOU KNOW, TO PROGRESS THE, TO ADVANCE THE GOALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT, THAT COULD BE SOMETHING TO INCLUDE. 
          I GUESS THE QUESTION IS KIND OF ARE, ARE ANY OF THESE TASKS POTENTIALLY, UM, TEMPORARY TASK MAYBE IS ANOTHER WAY TO ASK THAT. 
          I MEAN, OF COURSE THEY CAN ALWAYS SWAP OUT AND PUT IT AS, UH, GIVE, GIVE MONEY FOR A TEMP. 
          UM, BUT ARE THERE ANY THAT WE WANT TO PUT FORWARD IN THAT WAY? 
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SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE NOT, WHICH IS FINE. 
          UM, I'M, HEY KIVA? YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          MAYBE ONE SUGGESTION IS MAYBE WE CAN TAKE THIS BACK TO THE WORKING GROUPS AND SAY LIKE, OKAY, LET'S ALL OF US GO BACK AND EVALUATE COULD THE FTES THAT WERE  THAT WE'RE PRESENTING HERE, LIKE WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE? AND MAYBE THE EXERCISE IS LIKE, NO, WE THINK WE ALL AGREE. 
          WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING THIS. 
          WE THINK THAT FT IS THE BEST OPTION. 
          BUT MAYBE THE, THE WORK TO BE DONE IS LIKE, OKAY, WELL IF SOMEBODY SAYS NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE AN FTE BECAUSE LIKE WE'RE IN THIS BUDGET CRUNCH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. 
          WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION? MAYBE IF WE JUST SPEND, YOU KNOW, 15 MINUTES THINKING ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN COME BACK TO THAT WITH IN MARCH. 
          AND MAYBE THE ANSWER IS LIKE, NOPE, THIS WAS IT'S FT OR NOTHING. 
          SO YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE DON'T, DON'T DO ANY BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS TONIGHT. 
          THAT SEEMS LIKE A BAD IDEA. 
          NO. 
          MAYBE I TAKE THAT BACK. 
          SO IF WE, IF WE END UP DOING THAT, UH, COULD WE TRY TO PUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS IN THE LIST? I THINK THAT WAY WE, WE GUARANTEE THAT WE, WE HAVE TIME TO PASS THEM THROUGH. 
          I'LL JUST SAY I LIKE THAT APPROACH FROM THE IDEA THAT EVERY ONE OF THE WORKING GROUPS CAN TAKE THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN TONIGHT AS WELL AS THIS LATER DISCUSSION AROUND WHERE THE FOCUS SHOULD BE AND SORT OF ASK, OKAY, WHAT, HOW DO WE PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD WITH OUR SET OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS? AND THEN THAT COULD BE THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE PROBABLY A SHORTENED VERSION OF THIS CONVERSATION SINCE WE'VE COVERED EVERYTHING IN A LOT OF DETAIL BEFORE WE VOTE. 
          I MEAN, DOES THAT ALIGN WITH THE TIMELINE, RIGHT? LIKE, WE DON'T VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, DO WE NOT GET THEM IN? NO, WE, WE COULD, WE COULD DO THEM AT OUR NEXT MEETING. 
          I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT WE LOSE BY THAT IS IF ANYBODY WANTED TO TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT FROM HERE TO THEIR HOME COMMISSIONS. 
          UM, NOW OF COURSE YOU COULD STILL TAKE IT AS A DRAFT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S, I THINK THE, THE ONLY REAL DRAWBACK TO DOING IT IN MARCH AS OPPOSED TO TONIGHT. 
          SO DOES ANYBODY INTEND TO TAKE ANY OF THESE? I MEAN, SOME OF THEM HAVE COME FROM A HOME COMMISSION, UM, AT LEAST THE FOOD POLICY. 
          UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE INTEND TO TAKE THINGS BACK? I'VE BEEN TAKING, UH, YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S LATE. 
          UH, YEAH, I MEAN I'VE BEEN TAKING, UM, I BELIEVE THE, UH, BUDGET RECOMMENDATION AND ALSO THE CLIMATE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN STUFF THAT WE'VE BEEN PREVIOUSLY PASSING AS FAR THE RECOMMENDATION WISE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. 
          BUT I CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING THE STUFF PASSED HERE AND JUST BE LIKE, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AGAIN, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION'S FEEDBACK AND SET RECOMMENDATIONS PASSED. 
          UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S AT LEAST THE EC UH, PERSPECTIVE FROM IT. 
          SAME FOR, FROM THE PARKS BOARD. 
          I'VE GOT, UM, SOME, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON MAINTAINING ALIGNMENT BETWEEN SOME OF THE NATURAL SYSTEMS, THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING FORWARD AND THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PARKS BOARD. 
          BUT AGAIN, I COULD DO THAT. 
          WE'RE SORT OF DOING THAT ALREADY WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY CURRENTLY STANDS EVEN BEFORE. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT ABOUT WATER AND WASTEWATER? OKAY, 9 55, YOU MIGHT NOT NEED TO. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          IS THERE OBJECTION TO WAITING UNTIL NEXT MONTH NOW? I WILL SAY, I THINK IF WE DO THIS NEXT MONTH, LIKE LET'S, LET'S DO, UM, DO OUR HOMEWORK AND THEN HOPEFULLY MOST OF THESE ARE PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN UH, TONIGHT. 
          HEATHER, CAN YOU MUTE? I THINK WE'RE GETTING AN ECHO. 
          UH, WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, LIKE IF WE AGREE NOT TO MAKE RADICAL CHANGES, BUT EITHER CUTS ARE MERGING THAT SO THAT WE'RE NOT DOING A WHOLE REVISION PROCESS NEXT TIME, I THINK WE'LL BE OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OBJECTIONS? OKAY. 
          OH, ROHAN HAS A THOUGHT STAFF REQUESTS TO GET IN ALL BACKUP, UM, A FEW DAYS EARLY. 
          'CAUSE THAT JUST HELPS 
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CLEAN THINGS UP ON THE BACKEND. 
          AND WE'LL ALLOW YOU TO NOT SIT HERE AND READ ALL THE, UH, WORDS TO DO THE RECORD. 
          YES. 
          SO LET'S SAY BY THE MORNING OF THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE MEETING, SO FRIDAY AM BEFORE THE MEETING, THE FINAL DRAFTS WILL BE SHARED TO BE CIRCULATED AND POSTED. 
          CAN EVERYBODY, CAN WE ALL COMMIT TO THAT? YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          COOL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I THINK THE ONLY 
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OTHER THING IS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS IS, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY WANTS ON OUR MARCH AGENDA? OBVIOUSLY WE'LL BE TAKING BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS UP. 
          I WANTED TO GIVE A TYPE IT. 
          I THINK, UH, THERE WAS SOME FOOD POLICY BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS THAT KIND OF DIDN'T LAND IN A WORKING GROUP THAT I CAN HAPPILY POSTPONE BUT DIDN'T KNOW IF I NEEDED TO SPEAK ABOUT THEM TODAY FOR ANY REASON. 
          UH, YES, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, SINCE WE NOW HAVE ANOTHER MONTH, LET'S GET THOSE INTEGRATED. 
          I THINK IN GENERAL, UM, SINCE WE ARE A LARGE BODY, UM, WORKING 'EM THROUGH THE WORKING GROUPS IS BEST AND NOW WE HAVE A MONTH TO DO THAT, SO. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS THIS WHERE I SAY LIKE, I WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE FOR THE, THE NEXT? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I DO WANT TO PROVIDE A WATER AND WASTEWATER UPDATE THE NEXT MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          WATER AND WASTEWATER UPDATE. 
          UH, YEAH, PROBABLY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION UPDATE AS WELL. 
          ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION UPDATE. 
          UH, AND WE WILL HAVE, I THINK A CORE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, PRESENTATION AND ACTION ITEM I BELIEVE AS WELL. 
          SO IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ITEMS, YOU KNOW, LET THE STAFF AND MYSELF AND CHARLOTTE KNOW IT IS 9 57. 
          THANKS FOR ALL YOUR TIME. 
          WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'RE OB ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU.
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