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NOW CALL TO ORDER[Consent ]
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AT THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AT 10:47 AM WE ARE MEETING IN AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, UH, CHAMBERS AND CITY HALL AT 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND WE HAVE ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HERE.UH, WE WILL GO TO OUR AGENDA ITEMS AND I'LL RECOGNIZE STAFF FOR A BRIEFING.
I AM THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICER.
UH, I'M HERE TO PRESENT YOUR AGENDA FOR THE, UH, MARCH 6TH, A HFC BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.
UH, TODAY YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA.
THEY'RE BOTH, UH, RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 17 ON THE UH, UH, CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU JUST APPROVED.
FIRST IS TO AMEND THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 25.
IF YOU'RE TALKING IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, PLEASE TAKE IT OUTSIDE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOURS BIRTHDAY IN HERE.
UH, THAT IS A AMENDMENT FOR THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 25, UH, TO ACCEPT THE $30 MILLION THAT WAS APPROVED FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS TO AMEND THE SERVICE AGREEMENT SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SPEND THAT $30 MILLION.
UM, I OFFER BOTH OF THESE ON CONSENT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS? I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR ANYBODY THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE TWO ITEMS. THEY'LL BE TAKEN AS A CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU MAYOR, WE HAVE ENOVIA JOSEPH ON A HFC ITEM ONE.
THANK YOU MAYOR, MAY I ASK, I'M SIGNED UP FOR TWO AS WELL.
DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST SPEAK ON BOTH ITEMS? THE, WHATEVER YOU DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? JUST MS. JOSEPH ON BOTH ITEMS. OKAY, THEN GO AHEAD.
JOSEPH, I JUST WANTED CALL YOUR ATTENTION EXHIBIT A ON ITEM TWO, SPECIFICALLY SPECIFIES PROJECT CONNECT $18.5 MILLION.
AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, I'M IN OPPOSITION TO PROJECT CONNECT BECAUSE YOU CONFLATED RIDERSHIP AND COVERAGE.
I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE PROPAGANDA THAT YOU CONTINUE TO PUT OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY WITH THIS BLACK MAN AND HIS SON.
I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT I'VE GIVEN YOU THE EVIDENCE FROM HYDE PARK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE MAYOR NORTH OF US, 180 3.
YOU'LL SEE IT'S DISCONNECTED, INFREQUENT, UNRELIABLE, DISCONNECTED SERVICE.
THE NETWORK IS SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL.
A PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS FROM NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020, 2017 AND CAPITAL METRO ACKNOWLEDGED SUPPORTERS OF THE PLAN INCLUDING CAP METRO ITSELF ACKNOWLEDGED THAT EVERY POLICY HAS CERTAIN CASUALTIES, THOSE CASUALTIES OR BLACK PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN AND IS SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE.
I APPRECIATE MR. CRAVER COVERING IT.
IT ALSO SPECIFIES ARTICLE 13 TAX MATTERS, DISSOLUTION FOR A TP WHERE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE ANY OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PROPAGANDA ARE OTHERWISE.
I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU THAT PROJECT CONNECT IS A SYSTEM.
IT IS UNDERGIRDED BY THE BUS SYSTEM AND SPECIFICALLY ON JULY 27TH, 2020, YOU ELIMINATED ACCESS ON THE METRO RAPID THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THERE PROPOSED BETWEEN SAMSUNG AND APPLE.
I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT EAST VILLAGE IS A 425,025,000 ACRE DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S PROBLEMATIC IS THAT YOU'LL BE COLLECTING TAXES FROM THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN PIONEER CROSSING, DESSAU ROAD HARRIS BRANCH, BUT THEY WILL RECEIVE NO BENEFIT FROM THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM.
I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER AS WELL, MAYOR, THAT IT TOOK ABOUT 30 YEARS UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP WHEN YOU WERE THE SENATOR OF DISTRICT 14 FOR THERE TO GET A SIDEWALK FROM NORTH LAMAR TRANSIT CENTER TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
THIS IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY FACE.
THOSE OF US WHO ARE TRANSIT DEPENDENT CAN'T GET TO THE CAMPO MEETING.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE DISCRIMINATION THAT'S IN THE SYSTEM AT THE TOP.
WE CAN'T EVEN GET A PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON ON NORTH LAMAR NORTH US 180 3.
YET YOU HAVE SPENT OVER $20 MILLION.
$20 MILLION ON THE BIKE METRO BIKE.
YOU THINK ANYONE CAN RIDE A BIKE ON NORTH LAMAR? NO.
AND THE SYSTEM DOES NOT TAKE PEOPLE THERE AT THE BOTTOM.
HOWEVER, ON 46TH STREET YOU CAN SEE TWO PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACONS AT THE TRIANGLE.
I WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE FUNDING FOR NORTH LAMAR IS ELIMINATED.
SO CHEETO VELA, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND SEE WHY IT IS THAT THE CITY HAS REFUSED TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS IN YOUR AREA BREAKER.
AND THEN DISTRICT SEVEN ALL THE WAY TO PALMER LANE.
I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU, MAYOR, THAT I GOT THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO KILL THE DOWNTOWN TUNNEL BILL.
RESPECTFULLY, THOSE REPUBLICAN SENATORS LISTENED BECAUSE I TOLD
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THEM ABOUT TITLE VI AND I TOLD THEM THAT IF THEY PASSED THE DOWNTOWN TUNNEL BILL, THAT MEANT THAT THEY WOULD'VE BEEN COMPLICIT IN THE DISCRIMINATION OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.SO THEY SAID, XENOBI, IS THIS A GOOD BILL? I SAID, NO, YOU SHOULD KILL IT BECAUSE IT VIOLATES TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN.
I SHOWED YOU THAT THERE IS NO NETWORK.
CAPITAL METRO HAS A AUTOMATIC PASSENGER COUNTER, IT DOUBLE AND TRIPLE COUNTS BLACK PEOPLE.
SO I'M OPPOSED TO THE $18.5 MILLION.
AND WHAT'S SAY FOR ITEM ONE I MISSPOKE IT IS $110 MILLION.
$147 MILLION IS ITEM TWO, BUT BOTH HAVE $30 MILLION BEING ALLOCATED TO THEM.
I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU THAT IT'S BLACK PEOPLE WHO ARE RIDING THE SYSTEM, THEY'RE GENERATING THE FUNDS AND THEN YOU IMPROVE THANK JOSEPH MEMBERS.
THAT'S ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.
UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR A HFC MADE BY COUNCIL.
UH, BOARD MEMBER ALTER IS SECONDED BY A BOARD MEMBER.
SIEGEL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN ABSTAINING? ANYONE WISHING TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM A VOTE? ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AS READ WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED FOR THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.
UH, THAT BEING THE CASE WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS WITHOUT, UH, OBJECTION.
AT 10:54 AM WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS.