* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
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           UM, THIS IS THE REGULAR 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
CALLED MEETING OF THE AUSTIN DOWNTOWN COMMISSION. 
          IT'S WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16TH, 5:31 PM UM, THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS TO CALL ROLL. 
          CHRISTIE, WOULD YOU MIND DOING THAT, PLEASE? I, I DON'T MIND AT ALL. 
          COMMISSIONER ISHMAEL PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER BRETTON PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER BTA PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER CARROLL PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER KOUL MAY BE JOINING SHORTLY. 
          COMMISSIONER LEVINSON PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER VETO PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER SCHIFFER WILL NOT BE JOINING. 
          COMMISSIONER WILEY PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER FRANKLIN. 
          I THINK WE SEE YOU ONLINE. 
          IF YOU JUST WANNA TURN YOUR CAMERA ON. 
          COMMISSIONER LES, I THINK SHOULD BE JOINING SHORTLY. 
          COMMISSIONER MOCK. 
          COMMISSIONER PATTERSON. 
          COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ PRESENT. 
          AND COMMISSIONER SCHUMACHER. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. 
          UM, CHRISTY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? NO, WE DO NOT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM 
          [1. Approve the minutes of the Downtown Commission regular called meeting on March 19, 2025.]
IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          I HOPE EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE MINUTES. 
          SO IF SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PDO SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER LEVINSON. 
          SO THE MOTION PASSES. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, SO MOVING ON TO THE 
          [2. Staff briefing by Charles Loosen, Community Engagement Consultant, Austin Public Health and David Gray, Homeless Strategy Officer, Homeless Strategy Office, regarding an update on the work of the Homeless Strategy Office in the downtown Austin area.]
MEAT OF THE AGENDA. 
          NOW, I, WE HAVE STAFF BRIEFINGS TODAY BY CHARLES LUON, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, AND DAVID GRAY, HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICER, HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE, REGARDING AN UPDATE ON THE WORK OF THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. 
          SO, UH, GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. 
          MY NAME IS DAVID GRAY. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN'S HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE. 
          JOINED HERE TODAY BY CHARLES LUCIN, WHO IS OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LEAD, UH, FOR THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE. 
          AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT OUR OFFICE AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. 
          JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT ABOUT OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, UH, OUR ESTIMATED HOMELESS POPULATION HERE IN AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY IS AROUND 6,300 PEOPLE. 
          UH, THIS IS NOT BASED OFF OF THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, WHICH IS A HISTORIC KIND OF ONE-TIME UNDER COUNT. 
          UH, THIS IS BASED OFF OF DATA IN OUR HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A DATABASE THAT ALL OF OUR PROVIDERS USE TO, UH, INPUT INFORMATION REGARDING CLIENTS WHO WE'RE SERVING SO THAT WE CAN TRACK OUR SERVICES TO THOSE CLIENTS CASE BY CASE. 
          AND SO, UH, OUR NUMBER, UH, THIS COUNT IS CONSIDERED A MUCH MORE ACCURATE COUNT THAN THE POINT IN TIME COUNT. 
          UH, LAST YEAR IN, IN 2023, WE HAD 3000 PEOPLE EXIT HOMELESSNESS, UH, MEANING THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO TRANSITION OFF THE STREETS AND, AND INTO STABLE HOUSING. 
          THAT REPRESENTED A 50% INCREASE FROM 2022. 
          UH, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TOUCHING OUR SYSTEM AND NEEDING OUR SERVICES. 
          IN 2023, UH, 24,300 UNIQUE PEOPLE WERE SERVED, WHICH REPRESENTED A 60% INCREASE FROM 2022. 
          AND OF THOSE 8,400 WERE FIRST TIME SERVICE RECIPIENTS, WHICH IS A 72% INCREASE. 
          AND THAT JUST DEMONSTRATES THE FACT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THEIR FIRST BOUT WITH HOMELESSNESS HERE, UH, WHO ARE CONNECTING EITHER WITH THE CITY OR ONE OF OUR PROVIDERS, SEEKING SOME TYPE OF HELP IN SOME TYPE OF ASSISTANCE. 
          UH, AND SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO, TO DOING THIS WORK. 
          OUR CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS RATE IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY IS 30%. 
          UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE BEEN UNSHELTERED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND HAVE SOME TYPE OF, UH, ADDITIONAL DISABLING CONDITION. 
          30% IS RELATIVELY HIGH, UH, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF INVESTMENTS, UH, THAT WE CALL DOWNSTREAM IN THE REALM OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          AND I'LL TOUCH ON THAT MOMENTARILY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OFFICE, OUR OFFICE IS RELATIVELY NEW, UH, IN THE CITY. 
          WE WERE ESTABLISHED IN DECEMBER OF 2023. 
          AND OUR PURPOSE IS TO COLLABORATE WITH VARIOUS PUBLIC AGENCIES, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE HOMELESSNESS RARE, BRIEF, AND NON-REOCCURRING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN SEE TO THE RIGHT, UH, A LIST OF OUR CORE OBJECTIVES. 
          I I WON'T GO THROUGH 'EM ALL IN YOUR, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, 
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BUT I'LL LIST THEM HERE BECAUSE WHAT I POINT OUT TO FOLKS IS, PRIOR TO THE CREATION OF OUR OFFICE, A LOT OF THESE OBJECTIVES WERE BEING IMPLEMENTED BY MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, UH, OFTENTIMES WITHOUT COORDINATION. 
          AND I THINK AT ONE POINT, UH, WE COUNTED OVER TWO DOZEN DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE DOING WORK AROUND HOMELESSNESS. 
          UH, BUT SOMETIMES DEPARTMENTS DIDN'T COMMUNICATE. 
          THERE WAS GONNA BE DUPLICATION OF SERVICES OR CONTRACTS. 
          AND THAT'S WHY OUR OFFICE WAS CREATED, WAS TO CONSOLIDATE ALL THAT GOOD WORK, UH, UNDER THE PURVIEW OF ONE OFFICE TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICE DELIVERY AS A CITY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COORDINATING ON HOW WE DO SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY ENTERPRISE. 
          AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE BEST VALUE TO AUSTIN RESIDENTS, TAXPAYERS, AS WELL AS THE CLIENTS WHO ARE ENTERING OUR PROGRAMS, UH, AND TRUSTING US TO HELP THEM, UH, EXIT HOMELESSNESS AND GET ON WITH THE NEXT BEST PART OF THEIR LIFE. 
          CAN I, UH, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. 
          YES, SIR. 
          SO, CAN WE GET THESE MONITORS WORKING AT ALL? 'CAUSE IT'S HARD TO READ. 
          WHAT'S ON THE, ON THE SCREEN. 
          MAY HAS TO ALREADY BE OFF. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          SO, UNFORTUNATELY, THANKFULLY THE CITY MANAGER LEFT IT ON. 
          OH, YEAH. 
          WELL, THE MAYOR DIDN'T LEAVE IT ON, SO, OH, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          SO, UH, MAYBE I WILL READ SOME OF THESE THEN. 
          , YOU KNOW, THAT I KNOW YOU'RE HAVING A, A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE SEEING THEM. 
          UH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES AND, AND INVESTMENT AREAS WHERE, UH, WE DO OUR WORK. 
          AND EACH ONE OF THESE STRATEGIES IS DESIGNED TO HELP SOMEBODY, UH, ALONG THEIR HOMELESS JOURNEY, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR HOMELESS EXPERIENCE, BEGINNING WITH HOMELESS PREVENTION. 
          THESE ARE ACTIVITIES THAT WE ENGAGE IN THAT ARE, UH, DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. 
          UH, THE BEST WAY TO END HOMELESSNESS IS TO PREVENT IT BEFORE IT EVEN STARTS. 
          AND SO, UH, IF FOLKS ARE HOUSED, THEY'RE AT RISK OF LOSING THAT HOUSING. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM RETAIN THEIR HOUSING, UH, AND ALSO STABILIZING THAT HOUSING SO THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, SOME PEOPLE DO BECOME HOMELESS, AND THOSE ARE FOLKS WHO WIND UP UNSHELTERED IN OUR PARKS, ON OUR STREETS, ON OUR SIDEWALKS. 
          UH, AND SO WE FUND STREET OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THAT MEET THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING UNSHELTERED. 
          THIS IS EVERYTHING FROM BASIC NEEDS, LIKE PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH FOOD AND WATER AND CLEAN CLOTHES ALL THE WAY TO SOME INTENSIVE NEEDS, LIKE HELPING PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, UH, AND OTHER MEDICAL DISORDERS. 
          BUT HELPING THEM ON THE STREET THROUGH STREET MEDICINE, PUBLIC SPACE MANAGEMENT IS OUR FANCY WAY OF SAYING, UH, ENCAMPMENT, CLEANUPS. 
          ENCLOSURES, THIS IS ENFORCEMENT. 
          UH, OUR OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCEMENT. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE LOCAL AND STATE CAMPING BANS THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, BE RESPONSIVE TO. 
          AND SO, UH, THE ACTIVITIES IN THIS BUCKET ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT OUR PUBLIC SPACES ARE SAFE, THAT THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE, AND THAT THEY'RE WELCOMING FOR ALL. 
          MOST OF THE TIME. 
          UH, WE WILL LEAD WITH OUTREACH. 
          BEFORE WE DO ENFORCEMENT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE BEFORE WE HAVE TO CLOSE AN ENCAMPMENT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMING AND WE KNOW THAT OUR CITY, UH, IS GOING TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL, WE MIGHT HAVE TO CLOSE ENCAMPMENTS AND CREEK BEDS IN ORDER TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DROWNING. 
          UH, OR IF THERE'S AN ENCAMPMENT THAT'S SET UP IN A HIGH INJURY ROADWAY, WE KNOW THAT IT'S UNSAFE AND THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT GET HIT, WE WILL WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO QUICKLY CLOSE THAT DOWN. 
          BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE LEAD WITH OUTREACH BEFORE WE DO THE ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR NEEDS MET, AND WHERE WE CAN BRING THEM IN THE SHELTER BEFORE WE CLOSE DOWN THE ENCAMPMENT. 
          DIVERSION AND RAPID EXITS ARE ACTIVITIES THAT WE FUND THAT ARE DESIGNED TO IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF SOMEBODY WHO HAS RECENTLY LOST THEIR HOUSING, UH, AND BECAME HOMELESS. 
          UH, SO TYPICALLY THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT START AS EARLY AS 14 DAYS BEFORE SOMEBODY LOSES THEIR HOUSING UP TO 30 OR 45 DAYS AFTER THEY LOSE THEIR HOUSING. 
          AND THE WHOLE GOAL HERE IS TO GET SOMEBODY QUICKLY REHOUSED. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE SOMEBODY MIGHT BECOME HOMELESS WITHOUT A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER OR A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER, UH, BUT OVER TIME, THEY BEGIN TO DEVELOP THOSE THINGS. 
          THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING ON THE STREET. 
          SO IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE REHOUSED QUICKLY, UH, IT ALLOWS THEM TO AVOID SOME OF THE MORE TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES OF BEING HOMELESS. 
          AND FRANKLY, FROM A TAXPAYER PERSPECTIVE, IT'S ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER. 
          OUR EMERGENCY SHELTERS ARE FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WITH ACCESS TO FOOD, SLEEP, MEDICAL CARE, SAFETY. 
          UH, WE OPERATE SIX SHELTERS, UH, IN THE CITY. 
          UH, THOSE ARE CITY OWNED. 
          THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER SHELTERS THAT ARE COMMUNITY OWNED AND OPERATED. 
          UH, OUR SHELTERS ARE BECOMING MUCH MORE HOUSING FOCUSED, MEANING WHEN FOLKS COME INTO SHELTER DAY ONE, WE'RE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT HOUSING. 
          UH, AND WE'RE VERY CLEAR. 
          SHELTER IS NOT HOUSING. 
          SHELTER IS SHELTER. 
          IT'S A TEMPORARY 
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PLACE FOR YOU TO BE, TO GET YOUR NEEDS MET, TO STABILIZE, AND THEN FOR US TO GET YOU HOUSED. 
          RAPID REHOUSING. 
          UH, THESE ARE ACTIVITIES THAT PROVIDE SHORT TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO HELP TENANTS STABILIZE IN THEIR NEW HOMES. 
          UH, A PERSONA THAT'S TYPICALLY BEST SERVED BY RAPID REHOUSING IS SINGLE PARENTS. 
          UH, THEY'RE HIGHLY MOTIVATED TO GET OFF THE STREET, HIGHLY MOTIVATED TO FIND WORK, UH, AND TO TO BE GOOD TENANTS FOR THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THEIR CHILDREN. 
          UH, AND SO IF WE CAN GET THEM INTO A RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE PROVIDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR UP TO 24 MONTHS. 
          UH, TYPICALLY WHEN, WHEN WE WIND DOWN THE ASSISTANCE, THOSE HOUSEHOLDS ARE ABLE TO STABILIZE AND CONTINUE RESIDING IN THAT SETTING WITHOUT FURTHER SUBSIDY, UH, OR SUPPORT FROM THE CITY. 
          AND THEN LAST IS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          THIS IS A LONG-TERM HOUSING MODEL THAT COMBINES AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. 
          UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS NEED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO STABILIZE. 
          AND THAT'S JUST A, A CONSEQUENCE OF ALL THE CO CO, UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY COMORBIDITIES, BUT KIND OF CO-OCCURRING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CO. 
          THIS IS WHY CHARLES IS HERE. 
          HE HELPS ME WITH, WITH WORDS, UH, ALL THE CO-OCCURRING, UH, CHALLENGES THAT FOLKS FACE. 
          UH, IT JUST TAKES THEM SUBSTANTIALLY LONGER TO STABILIZE, UH, AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES BEYOND, UM, THE, THE PROVISION OF CITY SERVICES. 
          AND SO, UH, WE'RE DOING A LOT IN THIS AREA, AND I'LL TOUCH ON THAT LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          I DO WANT TO DO SOME PROGRAM SPOTLIGHTS AS WE GO. 
          UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR OUTREACH AND ENFORCEMENT. 
          ONE OF OUR MARQUEE, UH, ENFORCEMENT AND OUTREACH INITIATIVES IS HEAL THE HOUSING FOCUS ENCAMPMENT ASSISTANCE LINK, UH, WHEN WE CAN, THIS IS THE STRATEGY THAT, THAT WE'D LIKE TO GO WITH, WITH, WITH ENCAMPMENT ENCLOSURES. 
          IT'S A WAY TO COMPASSIONATELY CLOSE THE MOST UNSAFE ENCAMPMENTS IN OUR CITY. 
          UH, ESSENTIALLY WE'LL SEND STAFF OUT AND THEY'LL CREATE A BY NAME LIST OF EVERYBODY RESIDING IN THE ENCAMPMENT. 
          AND WE'LL OFFER ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UH, DIRECT PATHS INTO SHELTER AND ULTIMATELY INTO STABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, AND IT WORKS REALLY WELL TO BRING FOLKS IN AS A COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE TEND TO FIND THAT PEOPLE HAVE MUCH HIGHER RATES OF SUCCESS IN SHELTER, AND ULTIMATELY IN HOUSING WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN WITH THEIR SOCIAL NETWORK, UH, ALL THE FRIENDS AND ALL THE FAMILIAR FACES THAT THEY'VE KNOWN ON THE STREETS. 
          WE HAVE TWO SHELTERS CALLED BRIDGE SHELTERS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO HEAL. 
          UH, THAT'S OUR NORTH BRIDGE AND OUR SOUTH BRIDGE SHELTER. 
          THE ONLY WAY INTO THOSE SHELTERS IS THROUGH HEAL. 
          71% OF CLIENTS WHO'VE COME THROUGH HEAL, UH, HAVE BEEN CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. 
          AND SO WE ARE CATCHING A LOT OF, UH, FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN UNSHELTERED FOR THE LONGEST TIME. 
          UH, HALF OF THE CLIENTS TO DATE, WHO HAVE LEFT THE BRIDGE SHELTERS HAVE TRANSITIONED TO A HOUSING DESTINATION, WHICH IS, UH, A SIGNIFICANTLY POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR HOMELESS SHELTERS. 
          SINCE WE STARTED THIS INITIATIVE A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, WE'VE DONE 31 ENCAMPMENT, DECOMMISSION AND MOVED, UH, JUST OVER 1075 CLIENTS OFF THE STREET AND INTO SHELTERS, AND ULTIMATELY ARE GETTING THOSE FOLKS TEED UP FOR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THIS MAP OF THE CITY HIGHLIGHTS THE LOCATION OF OUR SIX CITY OWNED SHELTERS. 
          UH, AS A CITY, WE MANAGE THE MAJORITY OF THE SHELTER BEDS IN AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY. 
          I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 1500 SHELTER BEDS TOTAL. 
          WE MANAGED, UH, JUST UNDER 950 OF THOSE. 
          UH, RIGHT HERE DOWNTOWN. 
          WE HAVE THE ARCH, WHICH IS AN ALL MEN SHELTER, 430 MALES. 
          WE RECENTLY ACQUIRED THE FORMER DOWNTOWN SALVATION ARMY SHELTER AND CONVERTED THAT INTO A WOMEN'S SHELTER. 
          UH, SO THAT'S OUR NEW H STREET SHELTER FOR WOMEN. 
          IT HAS 160 BEDS, UH, FOR WOMEN AS WELL AS GENDER DIVERSE CLIENTS. 
          UM, JUST TO THE, THE EAST, WE HAVE THE AUSTIN SHELTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN, WHICH IS OPERATED, UH, BY THE SALVATION ARMY. 
          THAT'S 81 SEMI CONGREGATE BEDS. 
          THE MARSHING YARD EMERGENCY SHELTER IS OUR LARGEST SHELTER IN OUR SYSTEM. 
          IT'S A TEMPORARY SHELTER THAT HAS CAPACITY FOR UP TO 300 ADULTS. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE A LITTLE ANIMAL SHELTER OUT THERE TO, TO KEEP ALL THOSE PETS SAFE AND FED AND HEALTHY. 
          AND THEN WE HAD TALKED ALREADY ABOUT OUR BRIDGE SHELTERS. 
          UH, SOUTH BRIDGE AND NORTH BRIDGE NUMBER FIVE AND SIX ON THE MAP. 
          UH, SOUTH BRIDGE HAS 145 BEDS, NORTH BRIDGE, 125 BEDS. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, THE ONLY WAY INTO THOSE SHELTERS ARE THROUGH THE HEALING INITIATIVE THAT WE COVERED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. 
          UH, JUST A QUICK SPOTLIGHT ON MARSHALLING YARD, BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE SHELTER SINCE WE'VE OPENED IT. 
          UH, WE OPENED THE SHELTER IN AUGUST OF 2023. 
          AGAIN, SERVING 300 CLIENTS. 
          THIS IS OUR ONLY SHELTER THAT'S TRULY CONGREGATE, MEANING ALL OF THE BEDS ARE IN ONE SINGULAR SPACE. 
          PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR OWN BATHROOM OR THEIR OWN KITCHEN. 
          OUR OTHER SHELTERS ARE EITHER SEMI 
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CONGREGATE, MEANING YOU HAVE A ROOMMATE, BUT YOU AND YOUR ROOMMATE HAVE A BATHROOM OR KIND OF COOKING SPACE THAT YOU SHARE TOGETHER, SORT OF LIKE A HOTEL ROOM. 
          UH, THEN A FEW OF THOSE ARE NON-COGNITIVE, MEANING THAT THE HOUSEHOLD HAS ITS OWN SPACE AND CAN DO ITS OWN THING. 
          BUT THIS IS OUR ONLY CONGREGATE SHELTER SERVING 300 CLIENTS. 
          UM, SINCE WE'VE OPENED, WE SERVE JUST OVER A THOUSAND CLIENTS IN THIS SPACE. 
          UH, THIS SHELTER, LIKE MANY OF OUR SHELTERS, OFFERS CLIENTS WITH ACCESS TO, UH, TRANSPORTATION, THREE MEALS A DAY. 
          UM, OUR SHELTERS ARE PET FRIENDLY. 
          UH, THIS ONE HAS ONSITE WASH, DRY AND LAUNDRY FOLDING SERVICES, ONSITE SHOWER FACILITIES, ONSITE ACCESS TO CASE MANAGEMENT, WIFI, AND OTHER WELLNESS ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS A PATIO ACCESS FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND SMOKING. 
          WE'RE REALLY JUST HAPPY TO, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS SPACE. 
          AGAIN, THIS WAS A, ESSENTIALLY A WAREHOUSE CONVERSION INTO SHELTER. 
          UH, AND FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WERE ALL, UH, SURE THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF. 
          BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF YEARS OF OPERATING, UH, NOT ONLY ARE ARE WE REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW THIS HAS COME TOGETHER, BUT WE ALSO TEND TO GET A LOT OF REALLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE CLIENTS WHO ARE STAYING HERE. 
          UM, SO JUMPING INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, WHICH I MENTIONED IS THE INVESTMENT STRATEGY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS. 
          UH, PREVIOUS CITY COUNCILS AND MY PREDECESSOR, DIANA GRAY, UH, WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE A, A MAJOR INVESTMENT IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, AND REALLY RAMPING UP OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTY'S CAPACITY FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE HERE IS A CHART THAT SHOWS IN LIGHT BLUE, THE BASELINE FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, KIND OF WHERE WE WOULD BE AT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE INFLUX OF INVESTMENTS THAT OUR PREDECESSORS MADE. 
          AND IN DARK BLUE, WHERE WE'RE GOING AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          AND IT REPRESENTS A 630% INCREASE IN PSH UNITS, UH, BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, IN FACT, WE'RE, WE'VE RECENTLY CELEBRATED THE OPENING, UH, OF A HUNDRED UNITS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          UH, I THINK KATIE LOSS HAS THEIR GRAND OPENING COMING, UH, EITHER NEXT WEEK OR THE FOLLOWING WEEK, UH, WHICH IS ANOTHER 50 UNITS. 
          AND SO, UH, THE UNITS JUST KEEP ON ROLLING. 
          IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE CUTTING A LOT OF RIBBONS, WHICH IS GREAT, UH, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS OFF THE STREET, UH, AND INTO THESE SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE REALLY DESIGNED WITH THEM AT THE FOREFRONT. 
          THIS IS A MAP PRODUCED BY OUR FRIENDS AT ECHO THAT SHOWS THE LOCATIONS OF THE PROJECT-BASED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY. 
          UH, AND I'LL, I WILL NOT WALK THROUGH THIS MAP, SO I DO HOPE THEY GOT THOSE MONITORS ON FOR YOU. 
          BUT THE REAL KEY HERE IS JUST THE COLOR CODE THAT THE, THE BLUE ONES REPRESENT UNITS THAT OPENED IN 2024. 
          THE GOLD ARE ONES THAT HAVE EITHER OPENED OR WILL OPEN THIS YEAR. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE KATIE LOFTS ON THAT LIST. 
          GREEN REPRESENTS ONES THAT ARE OPENING NEXT YEAR, AND THEN GRAY ARE ONES THAT WE'RE FORECASTING TO OPEN IN 2027. 
          THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS THAT WE ARE BUILDING A LOT OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE ALSO GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSING THESE UNITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO THAT NO ONE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TO DISPROPORTIONATELY HAVE THESE UNITS. 
          AND FRANKLY, WE THINK IT'S GOOD FOR OUR CLIENTS THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF CHOICE IN WHERE THEY LIVE, AND BEING ABLE TO MAYBE RESIDE ON THE SIDE OF TOWN WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE FAMILY, THEY MIGHT HAVE JOBS, THEY MIGHT HAVE A COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH COLLEAGUES TO BRING THESE UNITS ONLINE. 
          I DO WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DO DOWNTOWN SPECIFICALLY, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THIS GROUP. 
          UM, SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH STREET TEAM. 
          ULTIMATELY, AS HOST, THIS IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY, PROACTIVE APPROACH THAT PRIORITIZES OUTREACH, RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, AND SERVICE COORDINATION. 
          IT'S A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN OUR OFFICE, THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, EMS, THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT, AND INTEGRAL CARE, UH, WHERE THIS GROUP THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE RIGHT GOES OUT EACH AND EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN AS WELL AS WEST CAMPUS TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, ESPECIALLY FOLKS WHO ARE DISPLAYING, UH, MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. 
          AND THE WHOLE GOAL HERE IS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE FOLKS AND GET THOSE FOLKS ENROLLED, UH, AND INTO THE CRITICAL SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TO ADDRESS THEIR UNDERLYING MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER OR WHATEVER THE OTHER CHALLENGE IS, AS A WAY OF STABILIZING THOSE FOLKS AND GETTING THEM ON A PATHWAY TO HOUSING AND ULTIMATELY, UH, OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND SO, FOR THE MOST RECENT FULL YEAR OF OPERATING, UH, HOSTS DELIVERED OVER 3,400 TOTAL CONTACTS WITH 1500 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, UH, OVER 3,100 INTERVENTIONS SUCH AS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE THAT WAS RENDERED HEALTHCARE SERVICES PROVIDED, OR SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED 68 DIVERSIONS FROM EMERGENCY ROOMS, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, IS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO ERS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE JUST SIMPLY TRIAGED AND THEN 
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RELEASED. 
          UH, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING INTO HEALTH SPACES THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR THEIR CHALLENGES, AND THEY COULD TRULY GET THE LEVEL OF CARE THAT THEY NEED. 
          NO DISRESPECT TO ERS, IT'S JUST ERS AREN'T NECESSARILY, UH, THE BEST PLACE FOR SOME OF OUR CLIENTS TO GO. 
          UH, 37 PSYCHIATRIC HOLD DIVERSIONS, WHICH MEANS WE'RE, UH, HELPING PEOPLE AVOID CONTACTS WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHICH CAN COMPOUND, UH, CHALLENGES RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE CONSTANTLY, UH, BUILDING YOUR ARREST PORTFOLIO, AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND HOUSING WITH A PRETTY LENGTHY RECORD THAT THAT'S VERY HARD TO DO. 
          AND SO, UH, HELPING PEOPLE STAY OUT OF THE PSYCHIATRIC CODES AS WELL AS THE JAIL DIVERSIONS. 
          THE 70 JAIL DIVERSIONS MEANS THAT, UH, WE'RE MITIGATING CONTACT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITIES TO GET PEOPLE INTO THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED. 
          UH, THIS TEAM ALSO COMPLETED OVER 300 COORDINATED ASSESSMENTS. 
          THAT'S THE TOOL THAT YOU USE TO GET ON A HOUSING REFERRAL LIST. 
          THEY PROVIDED 126 INDIVIDUALS ASSISTED WITH GETTING ACCESS TO HOUSING, UH, OVER 200 WITH GETTING ACCESS INTO SHELTER, AND THEN NEARLY 600 PROVIDED WITH BASIC NEEDS. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, THEY DO A LOT OF WORK. 
          UM, AND THIS TEAM IS HOUSED IN OUR OFFICE. 
          AND SO CHARLES AND I GET TO SEE THEM EVERY DAY, UH, GO OUT, RESPOND TO CALLS, HELP PEOPLE TREAT PEOPLE, COME IN, SHARE SUPPLIES. 
          AND ONE THING THAT'S NOT ON THIS, THIS LIST THAT I DO THINK IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO SHOUT OUT FOR HOST, AS YOU ALL MIGHT RECALL, WE HAD THE, UH, OPIOID OUTBREAK, UH, SEVERAL, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. 
          UM, THE HOST TEAM WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TEAMS TO RESPOND TO THAT. 
          UH, AND BECAUSE THEY HAVE NARCAN AND OTHER CRITICAL SUPPLIES AND DOWNTOWN AND ON SITE, UH, AS SUPPLIES BEGAN TO, TO DWINDLE, UH, WITH THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO WERE ON SITE, UH, HOST WAS ABLE TO TAP INTO THEIR STOCKPILE AS WELL AS THE, THE STOCKPILE THAT THEY HAVE AT OUR OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NEVER A GAP IN OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO FOLKS WHO WERE HAVING OVERDOSES. 
          AND SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE WORK THAT THEY DO, JUST IN GENERAL, ON THEIR DAY TO DAY, UM, HAVING THESE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROFESSIONALS AS PART OF OUR NETWORK IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW, UH, WHEN A CRISIS IS GONNA HAPPEN AND JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM THEIR, THEIR FLOWERS FOR THEIR RESPONSIVENESS. 
          MORE RECENTLY, WE'VE ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, URBAN ALCHEMY TO LAUNCH A PROGRAM CALLED THE HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT ASSISTANCE RESPONSE TEAM. 
          OUR HEART, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM HOST WHEN IT COMES TO HEART. 
          UH, THIS IS A CIVILIAN FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM THAT AIMS TO DEESCALATE AND STABILIZE INCIDENTS INVOLVING UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS. 
          UM, AND SO A CASE HERE MIGHT BE MAYBE YOU'RE WALKING DOWN CONGRESS AND YOU SEE, UH, A PERSON EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS APPEAR VERY AGITATED. 
          OFTENTIMES, RESIDENTS MIGHT CALL 3 1 1 OR NINE ONE ONE TO REPORT THAT. 
          UM, WELL, IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT AGGRESSIVE, BUT THEY ARE JUST VERY AGITATED, THEN WE'LL DISPATCH THE URBAN ALCHEMY TEAM FIRST TO TRY TO DEESCALATE THE SITUATION AND GET THAT PERSON REFERRED, UH, EITHER INTO SHELTER OR GET THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET BEFORE WE DISPATCH A PD. 
          UH, IF A PD IS DISPATCHED AND THE OFFICER PULLS UP AND SEES THAT THE PERSON IS NONVIOLENT NON-AGGRESSIVE, THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A DIRECT WAY TO CONTACT URBAN ALCHEMY AND HAVE URBAN ALCHEMY DISPATCH SOMEBODY. 
          AND AGAIN, IT, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING DISRESPECTFUL ABOUT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE RELY ON OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO. 
          UH, BUT I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE CHIEF AND THE DOWNTOWN COMMAND STAFF RECOGNIZE THAT SOMETIMES WHEN AN OFFICER IS FIRST ON SCENE, JUST THEIR PRESENCE CAN ESCALATE A SITUATION. 
          AND SO, BY HAVING THIS CIVILIAN FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM, IT ACTUALLY HELPS ALL OF US DEESCALATE. 
          IT ALSO FREES UP THAT OFFICER'S TIME TO RESPOND TO, UH, MAYBE OTHER EMERGENT CALLS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          UH, BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM, I DON'T HAVE THE, A FULL YEAR'S WORTH OF DATA TO SHARE. 
          HOWEVER, I CAN SHARE THE DATA FROM JANUARY, WHICH IS, UH, 900 TOTAL ENGAGEMENTS WITH UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS, AN AVERAGE OF 28 ENGAGEMENTS A DAY. 
          UH, HART HAS STAFF THAT ARE WORKING DOWNTOWN SIX DAYS A WEEK. 
          UH, AND SOMETIMES WHEN THINGS HAPPEN ON SUNDAY, THEY'LL SEND SOMEBODY FROM THE SHELTER TO, TO GO TAKE CARE OF IT FOR US. 
          UH, THEY'VE HAD 729 REFERRALS TO SOCIAL SERVICES, UH, PROVIDED CLEAN CLOTHES TO 185 FOLKS. 
          UH, THEY ALSO PROVIDE HYGIENE KITS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BOTH FOR THE DIGNITY OF THE CLIENT WHO WE'RE SERVING, UH, BUT ALSO JUST REPUTATIONALLY, RIGHT? IT, IT, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE EITHER SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY, THEY FEEL SCARED OR THREATENED BASED ON WHAT THEY SEE. 
          AND SO, BY HELPING PEOPLE, UH, TAKE SHOWERS, HAVE CLEAN CLOTHES, LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE PRESENTABLE, IT HELPS BUILD STAIR CONFIDENCE, BUT IT ALSO HELPS US REDUCE SOME OF THE STIGMA THAT GETS ATTACHED TO OUR, OUR FOLKS. 
          UH, HEART ALSO PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION. 
          UH, AND SO FOLKS ARE TRYING TO MAYBE RETURN 
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HOME OR GET CONNECTED TO A SERVICE PROVIDER. 
          MAYBE THEY NEED HELP GETTING TO A ESSENTIAL HEALTH, UH, CLINIC, UH, THAT WILL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION. 
          UNTIL 17. 
          TRANSPORTATION SERVICES WERE PROVIDED IN JANUARY. 
          UH, SEVEN CLIENTS WERE ASSISTED WITH GETTING HOUSING, AND FIVE ADDITIONAL ONES WERE REFERRED TO HOUSING SERVICES. 
          SO, I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF NUMBERS, A LOT OF DATA, BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I, I REALLY WANNA BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE TO YOU ALL THAT THERE ARE FOLKS IN DOWNTOWN EACH AND EVERY DAY DIRECTLY ENGAGING WITH OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION. 
          AND AS YOU, OR AS YOUR STAKEHOLDERS COME ACROSS FOLKS, AND YOU'RE CALLING 3 1 1 OR 9 1 1, UM, JUST SO THAT WE ARE BEING RESPONSIVE, WE ARE ENGAGING WITH THIS POPULATION. 
          AND I'LL ALSO JUST MENTION TOO, KIND OF, THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO ENFORCEMENT IN DOWNTOWN, WE DO ACTIVELY WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MULTIPLE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF HOMELESSNESS IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. 
          WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HEART. 
          UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, ONE OF OUR HEART CREWS SPECIFICALLY IS ON, UH, DEDICATED TO CONGRESS AVENUE. 
          UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS OUR OUT OF TOWN LEGISLATORS AND OUT OF TOWN TOURISTS ARE ENJOYING EXPERIENCING CONGRESS, THAT WE HAVE A VISIBLE PRESENCE THERE, AND THEY KNOW WHO THEY CAN CONTACT WITH. 
          UH, IF SOMEBODY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS NEEDS HELP, KIND OF AS AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE. 
          OFTENTIMES, OUR HARD STAFF ON CONGRESS ARE ALSO, UH, BEING APPROACHED BY TOURISTS. 
          SO NEED HELP FINDING DIFFERENT PLACES IN DOWNTOWN. 
          SO WE'VE ALSO KIND OF TAKEN ON THIS WAYFINDER ROLE, BUT, BUT THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE THE, THE STAFF REALLY ENJOY THAT. 
          UH, WE ALSO HOST MONTHLY MEETINGS AT THE ARCH WITH OUR URBAN ALCHEMY STAFF, THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN FROM A HOMELESS PERSPECTIVE, AND A CRIME AND SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AS LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO HOLISTICALLY ADDRESS THE CONCERNS DOWNTOWN. 
          WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL MAJOR ROADWAYS IN DOWNTOWN THAT ARE PRIORITIZED FOR KEITH CLEAR EFFORTS. 
          THIS GETS INTO THE ENFORCEMENT ASPECT. 
          AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO CONGRESS AVENUE, CAESAR CHAVEZ, REPUBLIC SQUARE PARK, SHOAL CREEK, AND BIKE TRAIL, UH, IF WE DO GET REPORTS OF HOMELESSNESS IN THOSE PLACES, WE DO TAKE AN ENFORCEMENT APPROACH. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T NECESSARILY DO 72 HOURS OF ADVANCED POSTING AND ALL THOSE THINGS, UH, BECAUSE TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS IN THOSE AREAS ARE FOLKS WHO ARE CONSTANTLY COMING BACK. 
          WE HAVE ENGAGED THEM WITH OUTREACH SERVICES, UH, AND NOW WE JUST HAVE A, A MANDATE TO RESPECT IT, WHETHER THE VOTERS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING CERTAIN SPACES CLEAN. 
          WE ALSO, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TXDOT AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, PROVIDE REGULAR CLEANUPS UNDER THE I 35 UNDERPASSES FROM CESAR CHAVEZ ALL THE WAY UP TO 15TH. 
          UM, AND YOU SEE SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE. 
          UH, I THINK ONE THING THAT WE'RE REALLY PRIORITIZING NOW AS AN OFFICE IS WORKING WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNHOUSED IN THESE SPACES. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THOSE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS CAN EITHER DRIVE PEOPLE OR BRING PEOPLE TO A CERTAIN AREA. 
          UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ALSO RESULT IN A LOT OF LITTER, A LOT OF TRASH. 
          UM, AND SO LATER THIS MONTH, WE'RE GONNA BE CONVENING, UH, ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO FOLKS THAT DO FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS UNDER THE FREEWAY AND IN DOWNTOWN TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES OF THE WORK, AND FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN KIND OF STILL PROVIDE BASIC NEEDS, BUT IN A WAY THAT MINIMIZES SOME OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS. 
          AND THEN LAST IS WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING ALTERNATIVES TO PANHANDLING. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THE PANHANDLING IS JUST REALLY UNSAFE. 
          MY FIRST JOB WITH THE CITY WAS IN THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WITH THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM. 
          AND I JUST REMEMBER EVERY WEEK READING ABOUT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO'VE BEEN HIT AND INJURED, OR HIT AND KILLED BY CARS. 
          AND OFTENTIMES IT WAS FOLKS WHO WERE IN THE STREET, UH, JUST TRYING TO GET A LITTLE MONEY OR CLEAN SOMEBODY'S WINDSHIELD. 
          AND WHILE I THINK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET, UH, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR OFFICE ENSURES THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING THEIR NEEDS MET, BUT THEY'RE HAVING THEM MET IN A SAFE WAY. 
          UH, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR PEER CITIES TO SEE HOW THEY'VE NAVIGATED PANHANDLING. 
          WE, WE DON'T JUST WANT TO COMPLETELY SHUT IT DOWN WITHOUT AN ALTERNATIVE OPTION FOR FOLKS TO GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE BEGUN LEANING INTO, UH, AND WE HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, EXPECT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE CLEAR IDEAS FOR, UH, HOW WE CAN MITIGATE PANHANDLING IN OUR CITY, BUT ALSO GIVE AUSTINITE OTHER WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE TO FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND SO, I, I TOOK UP THE WHOLE PRESENTATION. 
          I PROMISED DURING THE Q AND A. 
          CHARLES WILL PROBABLY TALK MORE, UH, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT OUR OFFICE, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING DOWNTOWN. 
          AND, UM, FOR YOU ALL, AND 
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FOR ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU THAT AS YOU'RE NAVIGATING DOWNTOWN, IF YOU DO SEE MATTERS RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS THAT YOU WANNA REPORT TO OUR CITY, UH, CONTACT CHARLES  AND SEND HIM ALL THE REQUESTS. 
          NO, JUST CONTACT OUR OFFICE. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE CREWS OUT EVERY DAY. 
          AND SO, UH, TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, IF WE HEAR ABOUT SOMETHING, WE CAN RESPOND TO IT, UH, WITHIN THE SAME DAY, IF NOT, YOU KNOW, NO LATER THAN THE NEXT DAY. 
          UH, BUT WITH THAT, THANK YOU ALL. 
          AND CHARLES AND I ARE HAPPY TO RECEIVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER PEDO, UH, I, TREMENDOUS WORK, UM, YOUR OFFICE IS DOING, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT TAKES SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING. 
          UM, ARE WE ASSURED OF FULL FUNDING, UH, AT LEAST THROUGH THIS FISCAL YEAR AND INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          SO, SO WE ARE SECURE IN OUR FUNDING FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ON APRIL 28TH. 
          WE'LL BE GOING TO COUNCIL AND TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT, UH, SOME INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS. 
          IT'S A JOINT, UH, IT'S A SPECIAL CALL JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE AUDIT AND AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, WE'LL BE LAYING OUT SOME INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE THINK THE CITY SHOULD MAKE. 
          UH, FOLLOWING THAT, THE CITY MANAGER WILL RELEASE HIS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FY 26, UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY WILL LOOK AT THAT, AND COUNCIL WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          BUT AS FAR AS THINGS GO THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS ARE ON TARGET. 
          ALL OF OUR FUNDING IS ON TARGET. 
          UH, WE'RE NOT AT RISK OF, OF ANY SHORTFALLS WITH ANY OF OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS. GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK WE, YES, COMMISSIONER, I HAVE A COUPLE, BUT I'LL PULL OFF CHARLES HERE AND, AND ASK. 
          SO I'M INTERESTED IN THE BARRIERS THAT MIGHT BE, UH, THE BARRIERS THAT THERE MAY BE TO EXPANDING THESE PROGRAMS. OBVIOUSLY, MONEY, I ASSUME IS THE FIRST ONE. 
          I'M WONDERING IF YOU ARE MAYBE HAVING ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH A PD AND MAYBE EVEN THE A PA ON BUILDING ON TOP OF THEIR BUDGET. 
          I ASSUME THAT POLICE OFFICERS DON'T WANT THE MAIN JOB THAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO GO AND RESPOND TO INCIDENTS LIKE THESE THAT DON'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE THEIR SKILLSET AND WHERE OTHER PEOPLE MAY BE ABLE TO, UH, RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY. 
          SO, ARE THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING? IS THERE AN EXPECTATION THAT, THAT MAY DEVELOP, OR, YEAH, SURE. 
          SO I'LL, I'LL TAKE THIS ONE, BUT OF COURSE, I'LL INVITE CHARLES TO CHIME IN IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          UM, SO E EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS I MEET WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WHOSE DEPARTMENTS TOUCH OUR WORK, AND THAT INCLUDES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, EMS, ET CETERA. 
          UH, AND WE TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AND HOW THE PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED. 
          UM, AND SO WE, WE'VE HAD THOSE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS, AS I MENTIONED, FOR NOW. 
          LIKE, WE'RE KIND OF GOOD WITH THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. 
          UH, AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS LIKE HEART ARE JUST SO NEW THAT WE'RE STILL LEARNING EXACTLY HOW TO DO THAT WORK THE RIGHT WAY. 
          UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE A TIME TO SCALE. 
          UM, AND THAT MIGHT BE A TIME FOR SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES TO, TO SUPPORT, UH, AND, AND THEY, AND THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT. 
          BUT FOR NOW, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY CONFIDENT WITH THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AND LEARNING THE LESSONS AS AS WE GO, SO THAT WHEN WE'RE READY TO SCALE, WE'RE, WE'RE BRINGING FORTH THE BEST PRACTICES AND WE'RE MINIMIZING ANY, UM, UNINTENDED NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FROM THESE PROGRAMS. AWESOME. 
          GREAT. 
          I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP A TON OF TIME. 
          I DO HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE, GO AHEAD FOR NOW. 
          , MAKING SOME, SOME THINGS CLEAR. 
          SO I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, UH, FOR RAPID REHOUSING. 
          UH, I ASSUME THAT THOSE CLIENTS ARE IN THE HMIS, UH, IN THE HMIS. 
          AT WHAT POINT DO THEY ROLL OUT OF THAT? UH, IS THERE, UH, WELL, BOTH THE, UH, RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM ITSELF AND THEN HMIS, UH, THAT'S JUST A QUESTION THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UH, SO, UH, A COUPLE OF OF ANSWERS, AND I WANNA CLARIFY, UH, FOR THE COMMISSIONERS AND VIEWERS, HMIS IS THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE CENTRALIZED DATABASE THAT OUR COMMUNITY USES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS USE, UH, TO TRACK THE JOURNEY OF UNHOUSED RESIDENTS THROUGH OUR SYSTEM, FROM UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS TO, UH, TO HOPEFULLY BETTER DESTINATION AND PERMANENT HOUSING. 
          WITH REGARD TO RAPID REHOUSING, THAT IS A TIME-LIMITED SUBSIDY. 
          UH, SO HISTORICALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, THAT SUBSIDY HAS TRENDED TO TO BE LONGER. 
          UH, AND THAT WAS REALLY BASED ON AN ABSENCE OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH, UH, AS YOU SAW DURING THE SLIDE DECK, UH, WE'RE GROWING OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAPACITY. 
          SO WE HAVE DESTINATIONS FOR FOLKS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS AND ARE BETTER SUITED FOR THAT LONG-TERM INTERVENTION, UH, RAPID REHOUSING. 
          IT SHOULD REALLY BE BASED ON KIND OF THE, THE NEEDS OF A, 
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A HOUSEHOLD AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT HOUSEHOLD TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEIR HOUSING WITH MINIMAL ASSISTANCE GOING FORWARD AFTER THAT INITIAL SUBSIDY PERIOD. 
          UM, BUT OUR COMMUNITY DOES TRACK, UH, PEOPLE AND THEIR LONG-TERM OUTCOMES. 
          AND SO WHEN WE'RE REPORTING ON FIGURES, FOR EXAMPLE, RETENTION IN HOUSING, LONG-TERM RETENTION HOUSING, UH, TYPICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE TRACKING FOR ONE OR TWO YEARS AFTER THEY HAVE EXITED THAT PROGRAM TO SEE, UH, WHAT THE RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE RETENTION AND HOUSING LOOKS LIKE. 
          DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER? UH, YES. 
          I HAVE MORE ABOUT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, BUT GO AHEAD. 
          YES, COMMISSIONER MS. HELLO THERE. 
          AND THANK YOU, UM, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I HAD A, JUST A COUPLE SORT OF RELATED QUESTIONS. 
          YOU GET, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE CREWS, UM, THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND IF COMMUNITY MEMBERS CALL IN TO HSO REQUESTING HELP. 
          UM, DO YOU HAVE BEDS AVAILABLE WHEN YOU RESPOND, UM, WITH YOUR CREWS TO THESE CALLS? SO THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS SOMETIMES, UM, AND, AND THAT, THAT CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES WITH OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM IS THE LACK OF AVAILABLE SHELTER BEDS. 
          CURRENTLY ACROSS THE SYSTEM, WE HAVE ONE SHELTER BED FOR EVERY FIVE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THERE ARE EFFORTS ON THE WAY RIGHT NOW TO ADD SHELTER BEDS. 
          UH, OUR FRIENDS OVER AT THE OTHER ONES FOUNDATION ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING A HUNDRED, UH, TINY HOME SHELTERS OUT AT THE ESPERANZA COMMUNITY. 
          AND, AND THE CITY HELPS SUBSIDIZE THE COST OF THOSE SHELTER BEDS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO TRY TO DO, UH, COMMISSIONER IS WHEN WE HAVE AVAILABLE SHELTER BEDS, THINK VERY INTENTIONALLY ABOUT HOW WE FILL THOSE BEDS. 
          UH, SOME BEDS WE FILL WHEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS CALL US AND SAY, HEY, I NEED A PLACE TO SLEEP. 
          UH, AND WE, IF WE HAVE A BED AVAILABLE, THEY'RE NEXT ON THE LIST, THEN WE GIVE 'EM THOSE BEDS. 
          UH, BUT SOMETIMES IF WE SEE, UH, CERTAIN THINGS OR HEAR CERTAIN THINGS THROUGH OUTREACH, UH, WHERE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A GROWING POPULATION OF UNSHELTERED FOLKS IN A CERTAIN AREA THAT WE'RE GONNA, UH, REALLY FOCUS IN ON FOR OUTREACH, THEN WE WILL HOLD BEDS IN OUR SHELTER SYSTEM FOR THOSE OUTREACH TEAMS TO DO SAME DAY REFERRALS. 
          AND SO, IN CONCLUSION, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT WE HAVE A BED AVAILABLE. 
          UM, BUT IF WE SAW LIKE A SHARP RISE IN UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AROUND LADY BIRD LAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GONNA MAKE THAT A FOCUS AREA FOR OUTREACH FOR A WEEK, THEN WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR SHELTER PROVIDERS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING, UH, SEVERAL BEDS EVERY NIGHT FOR THOSE OUTREACH TEAMS. SO I, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IF, IF YOU DON'T HAVE BEDS AVAILABLE WHEN CREWS ARE RESPONDING, UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT CAN YOU OFFER? HOW CAN YOU HELP IN MOST IMMEDIATELY? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          SO WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER STRATEGIES THAT, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO USE, UM, AND THAT WE DO USE, ALL OF OUR OUTREACH TEAMS ARE EQUIPPED WITH FUNDS FOR DIVERSION. 
          UM, AND SO MAYBE SOMEBODY WHO WE ENCOUNTER SAYS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA SHELTER, BUT MY MOM IS IN HOUSTON, AND IF I COULD ONLY GET BACK TO HOUSTON, THEN, YOU KNOW, I, I'D BE GOOD. 
          AND SO OUR OUTREACH TEAMS WILL CALL MOM AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOUR CHILD IS HERE. 
          THEY WANT TO COME HOME. 
          ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE THEM? THIS IS THEIR CONDITION. 
          UH, WE CAN GET 'EM ON A BUS TODAY TO, TO GET THEM HOME, OR YOU TAKE THEM. 
          UH, AND SO SOMETIMES WE DO IT THAT WAY, UH, THROUGH SUNRISE. 
          WE, UH, CURRENTLY FUND THEIR WAYFINDER PROGRAM, UH, WHICH ALSO PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING TO QUICKLY GET HOUSED, UM, AND FIND HOUSING. 
          UH, AND SO THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER STRATEGY THAT WE USE. 
          AND SO WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX, BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR, RIGHT? THERE ARE TIMES WHEN ALL OUTREACH CAN DO IS GO OUT, MAKE SURE SOMEBODY HAS WARM, CLEAN CLOTHES, UH, OR A COOL PLACE TO BE IF IT'S THE SUMMERTIME, UH, AND, AND WITH LOTS OF WATER, UH, BUILD A RELATIONSHIP AND CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT RELATIONSHIP AND TELL A, A HOUSING OR A SHELTER OPENS UP. 
          UM, AND SO WE, WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS GAP. 
          FINDING MORE SHELTER SPACE IS PROBABLY OUR, OUR TOP PRIORITY RIGHT NOW TO ADDRESS THE CONCERN THAT YOU'RE RAISING. 
          UH, BUT IF SOMEBODY IS SHOWING A WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE WITH US, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THEM, UH, UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO GET THEM INDOORS SOMEWHERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BRITTON. 
          UM, SO ABOUT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, I WAS WONDERING, I MAY HAVE MISSED IT ON THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, DO WE HAVE A TOTAL UNIT COUNT MAYBE JUST NOW IN 2026? END OF 2026? IT'S OKAY. 
          IT'S OKAY IF NOT. 
          WE WERE TRYING TO PULL BACK UP THE PRESENTATION. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE IT ON THAT. 
          I, I SAW THE, THE 
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BAR GRAPH, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAD THE ACTUAL NUMBERS ON THE SIDE. 
          I MAY HAVE JUST MISSED IT. 
          YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE, SO I KNOW THESE ARE LIKE THE CITY, SHE THE CITY PSH UNITS, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF 1200. 
          YEP. 
          BUT, BUT THERE ARE OTHER, UM, PS SERVICE PROVIDERS IN ADDITION TO THESE, THERE'S LIKE TENANT BASED PSH UNITS, WHICH ARE KIND OF UNITS THAT ARE IN, UH, PRIVATE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR PSH. 
          THERE'S PROJECT BASE. 
          SO WE, WE CAN GET THE NUMBER FOR YOU, UH, SURE. 
          EASILY IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          UNLESS CHARLES, YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'LL, AND I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, UH, I DO KNOW THAT THAT FIGURE IS AVAILABLE ON ECHO'S PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN CHECK ON THAT AND GET THAT RESOURCE FORWARDED OVER THROUGH YOUR LIAISON TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION. 
          AND AS THAT BUILDS IN WITH YOUR, YOUR MENTION PREVIOUSLY ABOUT A ONE TO TWO YEAR TRACK, UH, OF, OF CLIENTS AFTER THEY EXIT THE SYSTEM, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF AFTER THEY LEAVE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, ONE, HOW LONG THEY'RE IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING? UH, AND TWO, DOES THAT, UH, RECURRENCE RATE EXIST? I GUESS YOU ONLY HAVE TRACKING FOR ONE TO TWO YEARS, OR DO YOU DO IT LONGER FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CLIENTS, OR, SO I THINK YOUR, YOUR PREVIOUS QUESTION WAS ABOUT RAPID REHOUSING, WHICH IS THAT TIME LIMITED YES. 
          INTERVENTION WHERE THEY'RE TRACKING FOR TWO, TWO YEARS AFTER. 
          YES. 
          UH, THEY HAVE EXITED THE PROGRAM OR TWO YEARS AFTER THAT SUBSIDY HAS ENDED. 
          MM-HMM . 
          FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, I THINK IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 
          UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS INTENDED TO BE LONG-TERM INDEFINITE. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, UH, WHEN SOMEONE GAINS ACCESS TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF, OF THAT LEASE, THEY CAN STAY THERE AS LONG AS THEY NEED TO. 
          THERE MAY EVENTUALLY BE SOME MOVE ON CONVERSATIONS, MAYBE STEPPING DOWN TO A, A LOWER LEVEL OF, UH, COMMUNITY-BASED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RATHER THAN PROJECT-BASED. 
          BUT I THINK WITH THE EXPANSION OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, I THINK THAT ALSO JUST SUGGESTS THAT IT'S TOO SOON TO KNOW HOW THIS IS ALL GONNA SHAKE OUT IN THE LONG TERM. 
          WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT LONGITUDINAL DATA YET. 
          AND I'M SURE THAT THERE WILL BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ANALYSIS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS ABOUT OUTCOMES AND HOW THOSE MAY INFORM, UH, THE PROGRAM AND SERVICE DESIGN WITHIN THE, THE PSH COMMUNITIES THAT ARE COMING ONLINE. 
          IF I MAY, I, THINKING ABOUT LONG, LONG-TERM, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SUGGEST THAT WE SHOULD TIME OUT ANYONE WHO NEEDS THAT SUPPORT. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT IT IS, UH, GREATLY SUSTAINABLE TO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON PUBLIC SUBSIDY, UH, WITHOUT PROGRAMS OR PLANS IN WHICH TO SUPPORT THEM MOVING OUT OF THOSE AND BEING SELF-SUFFICIENT. 
          AND I, ARE THERE THOSE TALKS OR DO THOSE CURRENTLY EXIST? WELL, SURE. 
          WHAT I KNOW, UH, WHICH IS, UH, ALL OF OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS HAVE ONSITE CASE MANAGERS. 
          AND SO THOSE CLIENTS ARE GETTING REALLY ROBUST SUPPORT, UH, GENERALLY, AS DAVID MENTIONED, UH, THAT THAT TENDS TO BE, UH, A CHRONICALLY HOMELESS POPULATION PRIOR TO COMING IN TO PSH, UH, GENERALLY, UH, SENIORS OR INDIVIDUALS WITH ONE OR MORE DISABLING CONDITION. 
          IT'S REALLY UP TO THE CLIENT AND, UH, THE CASEWORKERS THAT ARE PROVIDING THE SUPPORT TO THEM TO, UH, TO ANALYZE THE CLIENT'S NEEDS AND DETERMINE WHAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION WILL BE. 
          I'LL ALSO MENTION THAT A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE HAVE PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS, SO THOSE VOUCHERS ARE TIED TO THE UNITS, AND SO THOSE CLIENTS CAN STAY INDEFINITELY. 
          UH, AND, AND SO I THINK THAT MAYBE SPEAKS TO YOUR CONCERN, UH, ABOUT THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THAT HOUSING SUB CITY. 
          IT'S REALLY BUILT INTO THE PROJECT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OTHER COMMISSIONERS? YES. 
          COMMISSIONER BOOK? YES. 
          UH, GREAT WORK GENTLEMEN. 
          UM, MR. GRAY, I'VE CERTAINLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU IN OTHER CAPACITIES IN THE PAST, AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, UH, APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS I'VE SEEN IN 34 YEARS HERE. 
          UH, MY QUESTION, UH, PER THE RAPID EXIT, UH, PROGRAM, IS THERE ANY SORT OF OUTREACH OR IMPETUS FOR LANDLORDS, UH, TO MAKE CLIENTS AWARE OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM? GREAT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I'LL TAKE THAT ONE. 
          UM, YES, THIS IS A SHORT ANSWER. 
          AND, AND IN FACT, UH, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, WE ANNOUNCED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS NONPROFIT CALLED HOUSING CONNECTOR, UH, WHICH IS REALLY FILLING THIS LIKE GAP THAT WE HAD IN OUR SYSTEM WHERE YOU HAVE LANDLORDS WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE WRENCHING UNITS, LEASING UNITS, OR KIND OF FINDING STABILITY, UM, AND THEN SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO HAVE CLIENTS WHO NEED ACCESS TO UNITS, AND THERE'S JUST NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO. 
          AND SO HOW THE CONNECTOR HAS COME IN 
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AS THE PERSON TO HELP BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP. 
          AND SO, UH, THEY ENGAGE WITH LANDLORDS, TALKS TO 'EM ABOUT OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, TALKS 'EM ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SITUATED TO HELP NOT JUST GET CLIENTS AND UNITS, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CLIENTS ARE STABLE HOUSED IN THOSE UNITS. 
          AND AS A CONNECTOR GOES TO PROVIDERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THE UNITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE MONTH THAT WE SOFT LAUNCHED THIS PARTNERSHIP. 
          THERE'S ALREADY OVER 2300 UNITS AVAILABLE ON THE HOUSING CONNECTOR, UH, PARTNERSHIP FOR CLIENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, TO, TO GET, UH, QUICKLY OUT OF HOMELESSNESS, YOU KNOW, THESE TYPES OF, OF RELATIONSHIPS. 
          I THINK TO YOUR POINT IS PERFECT FOR DIVERSION, RAPID EXIT, UH, MAYBE EVEN SOME PREVENTION LIKE THAT, THAT GROUP OF CLIENTELE, THAT BENEFITS OF THOSE PROGRAMS. THIS IS A GREAT INTERVENTION FOR THEM. 
          IT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR RAPID REHOUSING, WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE YET. 
          UH, ALSO NOT SO SURE IF THIS IS THE RIGHT INTERVENTION FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU CALLING THAT OUT. 
          UM, AND I'M, IF MY HOUSING CONNECTOR COLLEAGUES ARE LISTENING, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP, THEY'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THIS MODEL IN OTHER CITIES, SEATTLE, DALLAS, UH, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THEM HERE TO AUSTIN TO DO EXACTLY WHAT WHAT IT IS YOU'RE POINTING OUT. 
          GREAT WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I ASK ONE MORE, UH, COMMISSIONER BEAVERTON. 
          YES. 
          UM, UH, I'M STILL FOCUSED ON FUNDING, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, BEING, UM, ABLE TO SUSTAIN THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING. 
          UM, IS THERE CURRENTLY PLANS FOR MAYBE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WHERE, YOU KNOW, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, UH, THERE COULD BE AN ENDOWMENT TO HELP SUSTAIN THE PROGRAM AND, YOU KNOW, A STRUCTURE WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN GIVE DIRECTLY, UH, RESTRICTIVE GIFTS, UM, TO, UH, THE OPERATION THROUGH THIS STRUCTURE? YEAH. 
          THE, THE, SO I, I WISH WE HAD THAT ALREADY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, I THINK IT MIGHT EXIST IN, IN SOME UNIVERSE, BUT, UH, WE'VE, THIS YEAR HAVE REALLY BEEN REALLY, UH, INTENTIONAL ABOUT ENGAGING WITH PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, OTHER LARGE GIVERS TO TALK TO 'EM ABOUT WHAT THE CITY IS DOING ON HOMELESSNESS AND WHY PEOPLE SHOULD INVEST THEIR PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS AND THEIR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DOLLARS, OR IF THEY'RE A BANK, THEIR COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT DOLLARS INTO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND SO WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS AT LEAST MONTHLY WITH DIFFERENT INVESTORS, BOTH OTHER TAXING AUTHORITIES AND PRIVATE PARTNERS AS YOU'RE MENTIONING TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK MM-HMM . 
          UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS NOT THE ONLY ONE, UH, TRYING TO FUND AND PROP UP. 
          AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE CAN BE THE ONLY ONE. 
          WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE LONG TERM FINANCIAL FORECAST THAT THE BUDGET OFFICE MM-HMM . 
          PRESENTED TO COUNCIL JUST LAST WEEK, UH, IT'S NOT LOOKING THAT GREAT MM-HMM . 
          AND SO IN ORDER TO KEEP THESE SERVICES ROBUSTLY FUNDED, ROBUSTLY GOING, IT IS GONNA TAKE A VILLAGE OF FUNDERS PARTICIPATING. 
          UH, AND SO WE ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          AND IN THE MEETING, UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE TO COUNCIL LATER THIS MONTH, WE DO HAVE SOME VERY SPECIFIC CALLS TO ACTIONS FOR OUR FUNDING PARTNERS. 
          UM, I WON'T BREAK ANY NEWS TODAY ABOUT THOSE, YOU'D HAVE TO TUNE IN ON THE 28TH FOR THAT MM-HMM . 
          UH, BUT WE ARE VERY, UH, MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT WE, WE NEED MORE FUNDING PARTNERS AT THE TABLE TO HELP US NOT JUST SUSTAIN WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON NOW, BUT CONTINUE TO BUILD THE SYSTEM THAT WE, THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO GET ALL 6,300 OF THOSE FOLKS OFF THE STREET AND THEN SUSTAINABLE HOUSING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ. 
          JUST A QUICK COMMENT THAT, UM, MANY OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT HSO CURRENTLY WORKS WITH DO TAKE THAT THERE ARE NONPROFITS THAT YOU CAN DONATE TO. 
          SO THERE, THERE ARE WAYS TO GIVE. 
          UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A WHOLE NEW ENTITY TO BE FORMED. 
          THERE ARE PLENTY OF ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT ARE PITCHING IN WITH HSO WHERE YOU CAN MAKE DONATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          SO WITH ALL OF THE, UM, FUNDING ISSUES, GRANT CANCELLATIONS AND ALL ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, DOES THAT AFFECT YOU AT ALL? SO THE, THE FEDERAL CUTS HAVE BEEN VERY CHALLENGING FOR EVERYBODY. 
          UM, NONE OF THOSE CUTS HAVE DIRECTLY IMPACTED OUR WORK OR THE WORK OF OUR PARTNERS WHO RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          UH, WE, WE RECEIVED ASSURANCES THAT THE LATEST ROUND OF FEDERAL HUD CONTINUUM OF CARE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE HONORED. 
          UH, THAT BEING SAID, THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS DEMONSTRATED, UH, A WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE THEIR MIND. 
          AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRACKING VERY CLOSELY. 
          UH, STAFFING CUTS WITH SOME OF THE FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, LIKE HUD AND THE VA. 
          UH, THOSE DO IMPACT OUR WORK. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A BUDGET CUT, IT MAKES IT, UH, HARDER FOR US TO GET RESPONSES FROM THOSE 
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AGENCIES. 
          IT'S MORE CHALLENGING FOR PARTNERS TO GET REIMBURSEMENTS AND CHECKS CUT. 
          UH, IT'S HARDER TO GET INTERPRETATIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES THAT MIGHT, UH, HELP INFORM WHETHER OR NOT WE OPERATE A PROGRAM A CERTAIN WAY OR, OR PROVIDE A CERTAIN SERVICE. 
          UM, AND SO THE STAFFING CUTS HAVE HAD AN IMPACT. 
          AND THEN I ALSO WANNA NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ADJACENT SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED, UH, THAT, THAT WE DON'T CONTROL, BUT THEY DO IMPACT OUR, OUR POPULATION. 
          UH, AND THOSE ARE HAVING ALREADY A, A, AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, A CASE IN POINT, UH, A LOT OF THE HEALTHCARE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED AS A CITY AND AS A COMMUNITY FOR, UH, IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS, THOSE DOLLARS HAVE BEEN CUT. 
          UH, THOSE CITY STAFF ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, SEEKING OTHER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THOSE CENTERS ARE CLOSED. 
          AND SO FOR OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS NOW, THAT'S ONE LESS PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GO TO RECEIVE THE QUALITY HEALTHCARE THAT THEY WERE RECEIVING BEFORE. 
          AND SO, UM, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, WITHIN OUR IMMEDIATE UNIVERSE, NO MAJOR IMPACTS YET. 
          TIME WILL TELL IF THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE OR IF THINGS WILL SHIFT. 
          BUT FOR THE OTHER KIND OF WIDER NET OF SERVICES, YES, WE ARE SEEING IMPACTS AND THAT IS MAKING IT MORE CHALLENGING FOR UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO GET ACCESS TO SOME OF THE CRITICAL SERVICES THAT THEY NEED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU DO IT AS A CREDIT TO OUR CITY. 
          AND WE APPLAUD, WE APPLAUD YOU AND YOUR EFFORT. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU ALL, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL VOLUNTEERING IN THIS CAPACITY. 
          AND ANY CREDIT THAT GOES TO ME, IT GOES DIRECTLY TO CHARLES AND THE STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY THE ONES WHO ARE DOING THE, THE HARD WORK DAY TO DAY. 
          UH, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR THE INVITATION. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK AGAIN, UH, MAYBE LATER THIS YEAR WITH SOME UPDATES ON SOME OF THE WORK, IF YOU'LL SO HAVE US. 
          UH, AND IF YOU NEED US, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          JUST NOTING THAT COMMISSIONERS KOFU AND PATTERSON WERE ABLE TO JOIN US. 
          WELCOME. 
          ALRIGHT, MOVING ALONG. 
          UM, 
          [3. Presentation and discussion on proposed amendments to the University Neighborhood Overlay (UNO), which includes height allowances, uses, affordability requirements, district boundaries, parking standards, and design criteria. Presentation by Alan Pani, Planner Principal, Planning Department. ]
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY UNO, WHICH INCLUDES HEIGHT ALLOWANCES, USES AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS, DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, PARKING STANDARDS, AND DESIGN CRITERIA. 
          IT'S GONNA BE PRESENTED BY ALAN PANTY PLANNER, PRINCIPAL, AND PLANNING OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 
          SO ALAN, WELCOME. 
          YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          HI EVERYONE. 
          YEAH, ALAN PANU, UH, PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, AS YOU MENTIONED, I'M HERE TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENTS TO THE UNO PROGRAM. 
          UM, SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF UNO, UH, THE PROCESS FOR THESE UPDATES AS WELL AS OUR PROPOSED CHANGES AND NEXT STEPS. 
          SO, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF BRIEF HISTORY ON UNO. 
          UH, IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2004 AND HAS BEEN UPDATED TWICE IN 2014 AND 2019. 
          UH, AGAIN, IT IS THE UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY. 
          UM, ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN FIND THE MAP SHOWING, UH, THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES AS WELL AS EXISTING SUBDISTRICTS, WHICH INCLUDE OUTER WEST INTERWEST, GUADALUPE, ADOBE. 
          UM, IT IS AN OVERLAY DISTRICT FOR THE WEST UNIVERSITY AREA THAT WAS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE HIGH DENSITY AND PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED REDEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT MAINTAINS THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF THE AREA. 
          SORRY. 
          SINCE ITS CREATION, UM, IT HAS FACILITATED THE POPULATION GROWTH OF OVER 28,000 RESIDENTS IN THAT WEST CAMPUS AREA. 
          LAST YEAR IN 2014, UH, IN APRIL, COUNCIL ADOPTED A RESOLUTION WHICH INCLUDED, UH, 29 DISTINCT ITEMS FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION, UM, IN THOSE AND INCLUDED UPDATES TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND BUILDING CRITERIA MANUAL, AS WELL AS OTHER PROGRAMMATIC UPDATES. 
          UM, AND IT REQUESTED THAT WE BROUGHT THOSE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES BACK, UH, IN SPRING OF THIS YEAR. 
          UH, THE GOALS FOR THE RESOLUTION WERE REALLY, UH, SPEAKING TO PROVIDING QUALITY, SAFE, AFFORDABLE LIVING FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. 
          UM, BY PROVIDING INCREASED HOUSING CAPACITY, QUALITY, AND AFFORDABILITY IN THE AREA, ENSURING THE AREA PROVIDED DAILY NEEDS AND SERVICES FOR THOSE LIVING THERE, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LIGHT RAIL AND MOBILITY ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE, UH, PLANNED FOR THAT AREA AS WELL. 
          UM, SPEAKING MORE DIRECTLY TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE COUNCIL DIRECTION, UM, IT ASKED US TO STUDY THE HEIGHT LIMITS ACHIEVABLE, UH, WITH PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM, UH, TO BE ALIGNED WITH PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO REMOVE HEIGHT LIMITS FOR THE INNER WEST CAMPUS, ADOBE SUBDISTRICTS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST, UM, AS WELL AS STUDYING HEIGHT LIMITS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH PARTICIPATION IN THE EAD OVERLAY AT A MINIMUM CURRENTLY. 
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THEY ALSO ASKED US TO LOOK AT EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF UNO AS WELL AS, UH, EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF SUBDISTRICTS. 
          UM, IN INNER WEST, THEY ASKED US TO MAINTAIN AN APPROPRIATE STEP DOWN OF HEIGHTS WITHIN THE EXPANSION AREAS, AS WELL AS MODIFYING DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS TO DISCOURAGE ABOVE GROUND PARKING AND ENCOURAGE SHARED PARKING, UNDERGROUND PARKING AS ABLE TO, UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          SO GOING A LITTLE BIT INTO THE PROCESS OF, UH, HOW IT WILL WORK. 
          UM, SO AS YOU GUYS MAY KNOW OR MAY NOT KNOW, UM, THE PROCESS TO HAVE A LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT, UH, IS A THREE STEP PROCESS. 
          IT WAS INITIATED BY COUNCIL, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY IN THE RESOLUTION LAST YEAR. 
          UH, WE HAVE DONE DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND NOW WE ARE MOVING THROUGH, THROUGH THE REVIEW AND ADOPTION PERIOD. 
          UH, WE HAVE GONE TO CODES AND ORDINANCES JOINT COMMITTEE. 
          WE ARE SCHEDULED TO GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION NEXT WEEK, UM, AND ARE SCHEDULED TO GO TO, UH, COUNCIL IN MAY. 
          AS PART OF, UH, THE UPDATE STAFF IS PROPOSING TO CREATE A NEW ZONING DISTRICT THAT WILL INCORPORATE THE EXISTING OVERLAY WITH THE REQUESTED UPDATES. 
          UH, THIS REZONING WILL REQUIRE NOTICE TO IMPACT THE PROPERTIES, UM, AS WELL AS REVIEW BY PC AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, AS WELL AS PART OF THE UPDATE, UH, WE WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE A, UH, UPDATE TO THE CENTRAL AUSTIN COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WHICH IS AN ELEMENT OF THE IMAGINED AUSTIN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          UH, CURRENTLY THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP HAS A DESIGNATION OF MIXED USE, UH, IN THE LIGHTER BROWN AND HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE IN THE DARKER BROWN. 
          UM, SO MIXED USE ALLOWS FOR UP TO THREE TO ONE FAR, UM, AS ITS DESIGNATION, WHILE HIGH DENSITY IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR AREAS WITH THREE TO ONE FAR OR GREATER. 
          SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO UPDATE THIS CENTRAL AUSTIN COMBINED NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN TO ENSURE THE FLUNG, UH, MEETS THE GUIDANCE FOR, FOR THIS AREA. 
          AND SIMILARLY TO THE REZONING, THIS PLAN AMENDMENT REQUIRES NOTICE TO IMPACTED PROPERTIES AND REVIEW BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL. 
          SO GETTING INTO THE MEAT OF, UH, THE PROPOSED CHANGES, UH, THE PROGRAM HAS A NUMBER OF STANDARDS. 
          SOME OF WHICH HAVE, UH, BEEN REMAINED AS UNCHANGED. 
          SOME HAVE BEEN MODIFIED, UM, AS WELL AS A FEW NEW STANDARDS FOR THE AREA. 
          WE WILL GO, OR I WILL GO INTO DETAIL, UM, FOR MOST OF THESE. 
          SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE PROGRAM STRUCTURE HAS TWO STEPS TO IT. 
          THERE'S GENERAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO ANY PARTICIPATING DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND THOSE CAN INCLUDE ALLOWED USES, UH, SOME SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, DESIGN STANDARDS, PARKING, ALLOWANCES, LEASE AND REDEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, AND THEN THEY ARE SPECIFIC TO SUBDISTRICT REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS HEIGHT ALLOWANCES, MORE, UH, SPECIFIC SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS, AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT REQUIREMENTS. 
          UH, SO, UH, THE PROPOSED APPLICABILITY FOR THE NEW, UH, PROPOSED UNO, UH, WOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES. 
          UH, AGAIN, ON THE MAP ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY IN BLUE WITH THE EXISTING BOUNDARY IN THE YELLOW OUTLINE, UH, UNO WILL REMAIN A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM, SO PROPERTIES WILL HAVE TO, UH, OPT INTO THE PROGRAM TO UTILIZE UNO, UM, AND THEN PROPERTIES WILL BE MAPPED TO A SPECIFIC SUBDISTRICT AS PART OF THIS UPDATE. 
          SO SOME OF THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT REMAIN UNCHANGED, UH, INCLUDE THE EXEMPTIONS. 
          SO THIS INCLUDES MAXIMUM FLOOR TO AREA RATIO, BUILDING COVERAGE, MINIMUM SITE AREAS, AS WELL AS A FEW OTHERS. 
          UH, THE STREET WALL STANDARD THAT EXIST IN UNO WILL MAIN BE MAINTAINED, UM, AS WELL AS THE DEFINITION FOR OCCUPANT SPACE. 
          UH, FOR THE AREA, A FEW OF THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WILL BE MODIFIED, UH, INCLUDE THE STREET SCAPE, UH, REQUIREMENTS, THE EXISTING AS A 12 FOOT SIDEWALK AND UNO STREET FURNISHINGS. 
          THIS IS BEING EXPANDED TO, UH, BE PRESCRIBED BY THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL, UH, FOR THE PEDESTRIAN ZONE DIMENSIONS, AS WELL AS STILL MAINTAINING THOSE UNO STREET FURNISHINGS. 
          UH, SETBACKS ARE MODIFIED, UH, TO ENSURE THERE'S ADEQUATE FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS. 
          UM, UH, USES ARE MODIFIED, UH, FOR MODIFIED LOCAL USES ON PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED, UH, USES. 
          THE BUILDING DESIGN HAS BEEN UPGRADED FROM ONE STAR, UH, AUSTIN ENERGY GREEN BUILDING RATING REQUIREMENTS TO TWO, UM, AS WELL AS SOME ENHANCED REQUIREMENTS FOR SCREENING OF TRASH AND ABOVE GROUND PARKING. 
          THERE IS A NEW PARKING STANDARD, UH, WHICH WILL BE REQUIRED. 
          SO THERE WILL BE A MAXIMUM PARKING ALLOWANCE AT 40% OF THE FORMERLY REQUIRED BY APPENDIX A. 
          THIS CAN BE EXCEEDED TO 60% IF HALF OF THAT PROVIDED PARKING 
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IS UNDERGROUND. 
          UH, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR OR THE SAME CALCULATION AS WHAT WAS PASSED FOR DOWNTOWN LAST YEAR. 
          UH, THE BICYCLE PARKING, UH, IS ALSO ENHANCED TO REQUIRE THE MAXIMUM, UH, NUMBER OF LONG-TERM BICYCLE PARKINGS REQUIRED BY THE TRANSPORTATION CRITERIA MANUAL. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, ANOTHER NEW STANDARD IS THE NEW LEASE AND REDEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AREA. 
          UH, SO THE DENSITY, BONUS, LEASE AND REDEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL BE ADDED ARE REQUIRING DISPERSION OF AFFORDABLE UNITS AND EQUAL ACCESS TO AMENITIES FOR THOSE, UH, REQUIRE TENANT PROTECTIONS AND REDEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING MULTIFAMILY AND CERTAIN COMMERCIAL USES. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE PROPOSING SOME AMENDMENTS TO THESE, UH, READ AMOUNT REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING RESTRICTIONS ON EARLY LEASING TO LIMIT THE WINDOW OF PRE-LEASE AND RELEASE RENEWAL OPTIONS OR OFFERS, SORRY, UH, DELAY OF OCCUPANCY RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO ESTABLISHING A BASELINE FOR TENANTS WHOSE UNITS ARE NOT READY, UH, FOR OCCUPANCY, BUT AS PART OF THEIR LEASE TERM, UH, AS WELL AS COMMITTING TO, UH, EXTERIOR WINDOWS AND ALL BEDROOMS. UH, SO, UH, PROHIBITING WINDOWLESS BEDROOMS. UM, SO, UH, DIVING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THE SUBDISTRICTS, THIS IS A MAP SHOWING THE EXISTING SUBDISTRICTS. 
          AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE OUTER WEST, INNER WEST GUADALUPE, AND DOBY. 
          UH, THE HEIGHTS VARY, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR OUTER WEST, WHERE IT VARIES FROM 50 TO 145 FEET. 
          INNER WEST. 
          IT HAS THE HIGHEST HEIGHTS ALLOWED AT 300, UH, GUADALUPE AT 85, AND THEN ADOBE AT 60. 
          UH, THE PROPOSED SUBDISTRICTS HAVE BEEN, UM, COMPILED A LITTLE BIT INTO THREE. 
          SO WE HAVE A MAINTAINED OUTER WEST, UH, INNER WEST, AND A NEW TRANSIT CORE, UH, WITH THE BOUNDARIES ADJUSTING SLIGHTLY FOR EACH OF THOSE. 
          SO FOLLOWING COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, WE HAVE, UH, INCREASED HEIGHT LIMITS THAT ARE ALLOWED, UM, BASED ON THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT. 
          SO TRANSIT CORE, UH, WHICH IS A COMPILED OF INTERWEST OR WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY INTERWEST, GUADALUPE AND ADOBE, UH, HAS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT NOW OF 600 FEET INNER WEST WITH FOUR 20, UM, AND OUTER WEST AT 90 FEET. 
          AND I, I WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON EACH OF THESE. 
          SO, AS I MENTIONED, TRANSIT CORE, UH, WILL HAVE A HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN THAT AREA. 
          IT IS LOCATED, UH, NEAREST TO THE UT CAMPUS AND THE PLANNED LIGHT RAIL ALONG GUADALUPE, UH, IT INCORPORATES PARTS OF ADOBE GUADALUPE AND INNER WEST SUBDISTRICTS. 
          AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE INNER WEST SUBDISTRICT, UM, WILL HAVE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AS WELL. 
          IT IS THE NEXT CLOSEST SUBDISTRICT TO THE CAMPUS AREA. 
          IT EXPANDS THE EXISTING INNER WEST AND INCREASES THAT BUILDING HEIGHT AGAIN ON THE MAP ON THE LEFT. 
          IN THIS CASE, YOU CAN SEE IN RED THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY FOR INNER WEST, UM, WITH THE EXISTING BOUNDARY SHOWN IN THE YELLOW OUTLINE. 
          THIS, UH, UH, SUBDISTRICT FALLS GENERALLY WITHIN THE CAMPUS SHUTTLE ROUTES FOR UT. 
          THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THESE SUBDISTRICTS ARE SHOWN HERE. 
          UM, AGAIN, HEIGHT BONUS THAT IS ALLOWED FOR EACH OF THESE, UM, ALLOWING 600 FOR TRANSIT CORE AND FOUR 20 FOR INNER WEST. 
          UH, THEIR USES ARE MODIFIED SLIGHTLY, UM, FOR EACH ONE. 
          AND THEN ABOVE GROUND PARKING, UM, IS SET AT A CAP OF THREE STORIES. 
          COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UH, IN ADDITION TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THESE TWO SUBDISTRICTS, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT OPTIONS ARE. 
          UM, AND A NEW REQUIREMENT AS WELL WILL BE TOWER SPACING, WHICH WILL REQUIRE A 20 FOOT STEP BACK, UM, FOR PORTIONS OF A BUILDING THAT ARE AT A HEIGHT OF 120 FEET OR GREATER. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT NEW REQUIREMENT. 
          SO, AS I MENTIONED, UH, IN THESE TWO SUB-DISTRICTS, DEVELOPMENTS WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE ONE COMMUNITY BENEFIT, UH, ON TOP OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UH, THIS LIST HERE SHOWS THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT INCLUDES PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED COMMERCIAL USES. 
          SO 75% OF THE FRONTAGE WILL HAVE TO CONTAIN THOSE, UH, A GROCERY STORE USE, UH, WITH A MINIMUM SIZE FOR TRANSIT CORE SUBDISTRICT. 
          THERE IS ONE ADDITIONAL ONE, WHICH IS THE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, THIS WILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE PROJECT CONNECT, UH, TEAM. 
          UH, THERE IS ALSO ONSITE WATER REUSE WHERE PROJECTS WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE THE ONSITE WATER USE SYSTEM, AND AS, AS OPPOSED TO PAYING THE FEE IN LIEU THAT IS OPTIONAL. 
          UH, THERE IS ALSO A GREEN ROOF, UH, STANDARD. 
          UH, THERE IS WILL ALSO BE AN EXEMPTION FROM THIS ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT IF A PROPERTY PROVIDES MORE THAN 50% OF THEIR BEDROOMS OR UNITS AS AFFORDABLE. 
          SO, AS I MENTIONED, UH, WE HAVE A NEW STANDARD FOR TOWER SPACING THAT WE ARE PROPOSING. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGES HERE TODAY, UH, THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS REALLY PROMOTE CONSTRUCTION OF 
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TOWERS THAT ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINES. 
          UM, IT LEADS TO VERY NARROW ACCESS BETWEEN BUILDINGS, NOT A LOT OF LIGHT, UH, BEING ACCESSIBLE TO UNITS WITHIN THOSE BUILDINGS AS WELL DOWN TO THE PEDESTRIAN REALM. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY PROMOTES A VERY SMALL, UH, OPTION FOR WINDOWS, UH, IF ANY ARE PROVIDED. 
          SO OUR PROPOSAL FOR THE TOWER SPACING REQUIREMENTS ARE A 20 FOOT SETBACK FROM A PARCEL THAT ALLOWS, UH, THAT 120 OR THAT BUILDING TO BE TALLER THAN 120 FEET OR A 40 FOOT STEP BACK ABOVE 120 FEET. 
          UH, IF THERE'S AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT IS 120, UH, WE DO HAVE A DIFFERENT CALCULATION IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A SMALLER LOT UNO. 
          UM, THE, THE AREA HAS SMALLER LOTS. 
          UM, AND SO IF THE BUILDING, UH, IF THE LOT FRONTAGE IS UNDER A HUNDRED FEET, UM, THEN THE MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE FOR THOSE PORTIONS ABOVE 120 FEET OF HEIGHT WILL BE 65%. 
          SO THERE WON'T BE A SET SETBACK, UM, BUT IT'LL BE GOVERNED BY THAT BUILDING COVERAGE THAT'S ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY GOING OUT TO THE OUTER WEST. 
          SUBDISTRICT. 
          UH, THIS IS THE MORE RESIDENTIAL AND CHARACTER, UH, SUBDISTRICT. 
          IT WILL HAVE MIDRISE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. 
          IT IS A 15 TO 20 MINUTE WALK TO CAMPUS WITH ACCESS TO TRANSIT OPTIONS. 
          UH, PROVIDES A BALANCE BETWEEN THE DENSER SUBDISTRICTS CLOSER TO THE UNIVERSITY AND LOWER DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, TO THE WEST. 
          UH, AGAIN, ON THE MAP, YOU CAN SEE IN BLUE THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY WITH THE EXISTING BOUNDARY IN YELLOW. 
          THIS SUBDISTRICT, UM, ALLOWS FOR 30 FEET OF ADDITIONAL HEIGHT UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 90. 
          UH, IT HAS AN ABOVE GROUND PARKING MAXIMUM CAPPED AT TWO STORIES. 
          UM, AND THIS SUBDISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT ON TOP OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          COMPATIBILITY WILL CONTINUE, UH, TO BE IN EFFECT FOR ANY PROPERTIES THAT TRIGGER, UH, OR WITHIN 75 FEET OF A TRIGGERING PROPERTY. 
          UH, THERE ARE NO TRIGGERING PROPERTIES CURRENTLY WITHIN THE SUB DISTRICT, BUT SOME OF THE EXPANDED BOUNDARY MAY, UH, BE ADJACENT TO THESE. 
          SO GETTING INTO THE AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL BE, UH, REQUIRED. 
          SO CURRENTLY, UH, THE PROGRAM ALLOWS FOR DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE A SET PORTION OF THE UNITS AT 60%, UH, MFI RENTAL LIMITS, AND THEN A SECOND PORTION IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING IN THE SECOND TIER OF THE BONUS AT 50%, UH, MFI. 
          AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO REDUCE THAT TO ONLY ALLOW THE 50% MFI, UH, THE RATES SHOWN ON THE SCREEN TODAY ARE FOR THIS YEAR. 
          THESE ARE UPDATED ANNUALLY. 
          UM, SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE, ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE ANNUALLY. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD BE THE 50% MFI CALCULATION THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED. 
          ADDITIONALLY, UH, CURRENTLY UNDER THE PROGRAM, IF YOU'RE RENTING BY THE UNIT, UH, THERE IS ONLY ONE SET OF RENTAL, UH, RATES THAT IS ALLOWED. 
          SO IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY BEDROOMS ARE IN THAT UNIT, IT IS REQUIRED TO BE RENTED AT THAT LOWER, UH, NUMBER OF 50 OR 60% MFI, UH, WHICH MEANS NOT, UH, A SINGLE PROJECT RENTS BY THE UNIT. 
          UM, AND SO TO HELP ENCOURAGE A FEW MORE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS RENTING BY THE UNIT AND NOT JUST THE BEDROOM, WE ARE ALLOWING, UM, FOR THE RENTAL RATE TO INCREASE AT OUR KIND OF CITY STANDARD MFI LEVEL, UH, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY BEDROOMS ARE IN EACH UNIT. 
          UM, SO THE ACTUAL AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH PROGRAM, UM, SO BOTH TRANSIT CORE AND INNER WEST WILL HAVE A TWO-TIERED PROGRAM WHERE FOR THE FIRST 240 FEET OF ADDITIONAL HEIGHT, UM, THAT YOU ARE, UH, GIVEN, YOU WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE EITHER 20% OF YOUR BEDROOMS IF YOU'RE RENTING BY THE BEDROOM OR 10% OF THE UNITS AS YOU MOVE UP. 
          AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO DEVELOP, UH, TO A HIGHER HEIGHT, SO THE 300 ADDITIONAL IN TRANSIT CORE OR THE 120 ADDITIONAL YOU GET, UH, IN INNER WEST, YOU'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 10% OF THOSE BEDROOMS OR A FEE OR 5% OF THOSE UNITS. 
          UM, FOR OUTER WEST, THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE TIER, AND SO YOU'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE EITHER 20% OF YOUR BEDROOMS OR 10% OF YOUR UNITS AT THAT 50%. 
          MFI LEVEL THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          AGAIN, THE TIERED SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW PROPERTY OWNERS TO CHOOSE A HEIGHT THAT BEST FITS THEIR DEVELOPMENT WHILE MAXIMIZING THE AFFORDABILITY KIND OF WITHIN EACH TIER. 
          THE FEE IN LIEU WILL BE CALIBRATED TO BE EQUIVALENT TO THE COST OF PROVIDING THOSE ONSITE UNITS. 
          UM, SORRY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          I THINK TIED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THE LIKELY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES FOR EACH, UH, OF THE SUBDISTRICTS IS SHOWN AS SCREEN. 
          SO TRANSIT CORE IS LIKELY TO HAVE A HIGH RISE RESIDENTIAL, UH, WITH GROUND FLOOR ACTIVATION, TYPICAL OF WHAT WE SEE IN RAINY STREET OR IN UNO. 
          THANKS, 
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UH, SINCE 2019 UPDATES SIMILARLY IN WEST, WE'LL HAVE HIGH RISE RESIDENTIAL, UH, AGAIN, TYPICAL OF UNO SINCE 2019, OR NORTH BENET GATEWAY. 
          UM, AND WHILE OUTER WESTS WILL HAVE THAT MID-RISE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WHERE THAT IS TYPICAL OF MUELLER, UM, UNO AND OUTER WEST, CURRENTLY VMU OR SOME OF OUR TOD SUBDISTRICTS. 
          UM, AND SO TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ENGAGEMENT WE'VE DONE, UH, WE'VE MET WITH A NUMBER OF A GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH IN THE AREA. 
          SO , UM, YOU KNOW, UNIVERSITY AREA PARTNERS, KPAC CAP, METRO, SAFE HORNS REAL ESTATE, UH, COUNCIL OF AUSTIN, AND MANY MORE. 
          WE SENT OUT SURVEYS, UM, AND TO OVER 600 INDIVIDUALS, UM, OR GROUPS WITH OVER 300 RESPONSES. 
          WE, UM, ALSO HAD AN OPEN HOUSE AT UT UH, EARLIER THIS MONTH. 
          UM, WE HAVE HAD A BRIEFING AT PLANNING COMMISSION, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE PLANNING TO GO IN FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING NEXT WEEK AT PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL IN MAY. 
          AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION COMMISSIONERS. 
          DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? UH, I DO, YES. 
          UM, IN YOUR OUTREACH TO ALL YOUR STAKEHOLDERS, UM, HAVE YOU EMBRACED, UM, IN THIS AREA, UM, THE HISTORIC RESOURCES, UH, THAT ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? UM, I HAD A STAKEHOLDER REACH OUT TO ME TODAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NEIL COCHRAN HOUSE MUSEUM, UM, AND THEIR PROGRAMMING THAT, UM, CONNECTS TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. 
          IT CONNECTS TO TOURISM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT PARTICULAR HISTORIC RESOURCE, AND HOW YOU ARE, UM, AS PART OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING, HOW YOU HAVE, UM, ADDRESSED, UM, THESE HISTORIC RESOURCES IN THIS AREA. 
          UM, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE, WE CONTACTED THAT SPECIFIC, UH, RESOURCE. 
          WE DID TALK TO A LOT OF THE GROUPS IN THE AREA, UM, WHICH INCLUDE KIND OF THE HISTORICAL CHURCHES, UM, CO-OPS AND OTHER BUILDINGS IN OUR, YOU KNOW, HISTORIC PROPERTIES THAT ARE WITHIN UNO. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR ANALYSIS FOR THE AREA, UM, WE DID TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HISTORICAL PROPERTIES, UM, AND WE DID NOT INCLUDE THOSE IN OUR KIND OF REDEVELOPMENT CALCULATIONS, UM, FOR OUR HOUSING CAPACITY. 
          SO WE DID EXCLUDE THEM. 
          WELL, I MEAN, THEY'RE SUB, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY SOME SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC RESOURCES. 
          AND IN ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT, UM, THESE RESOURCES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS AMENITIES, UM, TO THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO, I MEAN, HAVING AN OVERLAY RECOGNIZING, UH, THESE PROPERTIES, THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS, STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS REDEVELOPMENT AREA. 
          SO, UM, I ENCOURAGE THAT YOU CONSIDER, UM, THAT CONNECTION, THOSE CONNECTIONS. 
          SO, OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER CARROLL, IN YOUR PROPOSAL, WHERE WILL THESE FEES IN LIEBE GO? UM, THEY WILL FOLLOW THE CURRENT PRACTICE FOR UNO. 
          UM, SO THEY GO TO THE HOUSING TRUST, UH, WHICH MANAGES THE MONEY FROM, UM, THE FEE AND LIE. 
          THERE'S CURRENTLY A, A SMALL FEE AND LIE THAT IS ALSO, UH, IS AN OPTION FOR DEVELOPERS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY THEN, SO THAT MONEY'S NOT BEING REINVESTED IN UNO, IT'S GONNA GO TO HOUSING VOUCHERS, TYPICALLY IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT FUND. 
          SO THERE IS A, UH, IT IS A SPECIFIC, UM, FUND WITHIN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND WHERE THE MONEY IS RECEIVED. 
          AND SOME EXAMPLE PROJECTS INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE 21ST STREET CO-OP. 
          IT'S ALSO FUNDING FOR THE SUPER CO-OP, WHICH I'M FORGETTING THE, THE, THE REAL NAME FOR IT. 
          BUT IT HAS BEEN SPENT, UM, TO BENEFIT THE, THE AREA. 
          UM, BUT LIKE ALAN SAID, UH, THE FEE, UM, LEVELS RIGHT NOW ARE RELATIVELY LOW, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE COST OF LAND AND DEVELOPMENT, UM, IN THAT AREA. 
          SO THAT HAS MADE IT, UM, DIFFICULT TO SPIN THAT FEE. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. 
          UH, MR. WILEY, I'VE GOT MY TIMER RUNNING. 
          WHAT SHOULD IT BE SET FOR?  PLANNING COMMISSION ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A RULE ON SUCH THINGS, SO I'LL, I'LL TRY TO BEHAVE MYSELF. 
          FIRST OF ALL, UM, THANK YOU BOTH FOR, FOR COMING, UM, A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY GOOD WORK HERE. 
          AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT, THAT I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S WORTH PEOPLE, UM, SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING. 
          SO PLEASE ACCEPT 
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THIS IN THAT SPIRIT. 
          WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO PUT UP ONE OF THE MAPS THAT SHOWS, UH, THE BORDERS BETWEEN, UM, THE, THE ADOBE DISTRICT AND THE INNER WEST DISTRICT? AND I JUST WANNA HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND, AND COMMENTS. 
          AND, AND WHILE, WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT, I WANNA JUST GO BACK TO THE HISTORY KIND OF, OF THIS AREA. 
          THERE WAS A, A BUILDING THAT WENT UP CALLED, UH, JESTER IN 1969 THAT WAS A COUPLE BLOCKS FROM THE DOWNTOWN BORDER. 
          IT WAS THE TALLEST BUILDING ON CAMPUS OTHER THAN THE, THE, THE TOWER ITSELF. 
          BUT THAT MADE SENSE BECAUSE THERE WAS A TRANSITION INTO DOWNTOWN, AND IT WAS APPROPRIATE THERE. 
          UM, SHORTLY BEFORE THERE THEN, UH, THE CAMBRIDGE WAS PUT UP ON MLK AND, UH, LAVACCA RIGHT ACROSS FROM WHAT YOU'RE CALLING UNO HERE. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE DOBY TOWER BECAME THE TALLEST BUILDING IN AUSTIN, UH, NOT LONG AFTER THAT. 
          SO THERE'S A HISTORY OF BUILDING TALL BUILDINGS CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN, WHICH YOU WOULD JUST NORMALLY EXPECT THAT DOWNTOWN IS WHERE TALL BUILDINGS GO TO LIVE. 
          AND THEN AS WE LEARNED IN CODE NEXT, THE NORMAL PATTERN IS YOU TRANSITION OFF FROM THERE. 
          UM, SO HAVING SAID ALL, ALL THAT, UM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW IT WAS DETERMINED WHERE SOME OF THE SWEET SPOTS ARE. 
          AND, AND PART OF WHAT'S DRIVING MY QUESTION IS THE LOCATIONS OF THE LIBRARIES. 
          THE MAIN LIBRARY IS DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE, UM, ACROSS, UH, PERRY CAST, UH, CAST, WHICH IS A, A A ACROSS FROM ONE ONE OF THE DORMS. UM, THE, THE OTHER LIBRARY AT THE TOWER IS SOUTH OF 23RD. 
          I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT OF LIVING NOT THAT FAR FROM HERE. 
          I I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT OF THE, THE CENTER OF GRAVITY FOR CAMPUS IS REALLY THE TOWER OR A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF THERE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HERE THE HOUSING DOESN'T QUITE ALIGN WITH THAT, UM, WHICH SURPRISES ME A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          SO IT SURPRISES ME THAT WE'RE NOT KINDA LEANING INTO TO DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, BUT I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THERE FOR YOUR COMMENT IS THE QUESTION, REPEAT THE QUESTION. 
          I, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE PATTERNS THAT WERE USED TO ESTABLISH THE HEIGHTS, BECAUSE IT ISN'T CASCADING DOWN FROM DOWNTOWN AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE CENTERED AROUND THE LIBRARIES OR EVEN THE CLASSROOM OR THE WALKING TRAFFIC NECESSARILY. 
          SO CAN YOU KIND OF TAKE US THROUGH THE, THE LOGIC? YEAH. 
          UM, I MEAN, I GUESS GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT WAS BASED ON THE PROXIMITY TO, TO UT AND LIGHT RAIL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, SO NOT BASED ON DOWNTOWN, UM, BUT WE BASED ON CAMPUS. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE CLOSEST TO, UH, CAMPUS TRANSIT CORE WITH THE, UH, YOU KNOW, GREATEST HEIGHT. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BUMP WHERE THAT MAIN LIGHT RAIL STOP WILL BE IN TRANSIT CORE. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO FOLLOWING SOME OF THE EXISTING SUBDISTRICT BOUNDARIES, UM, WITHIN KIND OF DOBY AND, AND GUADALUPE, UM, AS WE WERE EXPANDING, YOU KNOW, TRANSIT CORE AND THEN INTERWEST Y YES, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY, AND BY THE WAY, WHEN MY NAME IS, UH, PAUL BOOK, SO I'VE BEEN HELPING ALAN PONTY, UM, ON THIS PROJECT, THEN HE JUST ASSISTING WITH ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS. 
          SO I, I WOULD SAY THE CENTRAL KIND OF GRAVITY POINT WAS KIND OF THE WEST MALL, UH, TRANS TRANSIT STATION THAT EXISTS TODAY. 
          AND IT'S PLANNED TO BE A STOP ALONG THE LIGHT RAIL ALONG WITH THE 24TH STREET, WHICH IS WHERE YOU SEE A LOT OF STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, WALKING TOWARDS CAMPUS THERE. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE KIND OF THE CENTER OF THE TRANSIT CORE SUBDISTRICT, AND THEN ALSO WEST OF RIO GRANDE STREET, UM, WHICH IS THE WESTERN BOUNDARY THERE OF THE TRANSIT CORE DISTRICT. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO TAKE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE EXISTING SUBDISTRICTS OF THE UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY. 
          UM, IT'S KIND OF CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION AND PLANNING COMMISSION DIRECTION, UH, REGARDING THE INNER WEST, UH, CAMPUS SUBDISTRICT AND ADOBE SUBDISTRICT, AND LOOKING TO HAVE HIGHER HEIGHTS IN THOSE TWO SUBDISTRICTS. 
          UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE EXISTING MAP OF HEIGHTS ALLOWED. 
          UM, AND SO THOSE WERE KIND OF THE GENERAL, UM, POINTS, UM, AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, HOW WE DREW THE MAP ITSELF. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THEN GETTING DOWN TO WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO MLK AND, AND YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE ADOBE AND YOU LOOK AT INTERWEST, UM, MY CONCERN ALL ALONG WAS IF WE DO THESE PLANS AS SILOS, IF WE DO 
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YET ANOTHER REVISION OF UNO AND WE DO MAYBE A SECOND REVISION OF DAP AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE, UM, ONE'S GONNA KEEP GETTING FURTHER AND FURTHER AHEAD OF THE OTHER. 
          AND WE'RE, WE'RE NOW AT A SITUATION WHERE, UM, IN THE ADOBE AREA WHERE WE'RE RECOMMENDING 600 FEET AND, YOU KNOW, KUDOS TO YOU, YOU ALL FOR THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S A GREAT IMPROVEMENT FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE ON THE DOWNTOWN SIDE OF THE ROAD, LITERALLY A STONE'S THROW FROM A CLASSROOM BUILDING. 
          WE HAVE PEOPLE ASKING US IF WE, IF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD APPROVE THEM BUILDING SOMETHING LESS THAN 200 FEET TALL. 
          SO WE KEEP GETTING A BIGGER AND BIGGER GAP. 
          AND I, I GUESS THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. 
          IF YOU GO INTO INNER WEST, WE HAVE ANOTHER CASE WHERE THEY AGAIN WANNA GO LESS THAN 200 FEET AND IT'S NOW RECOMMENDED THAT IT BE 420. 
          SO IS THERE ANY THOUGHT TO DOING SOME KIND OF A PATCH MAYBE BETWEEN UNO AND US GETTING TOGETHER AND DOING A DAP, WHICH IS GONNA TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT, IS THERE ANY THOUGHT TO DOING A PATCH TO KIND OF MAKE SENSE OF ALL THIS, IF YOU WILL? UM, AGAIN, GIVEN THE BOUNDARY OF WHERE THE DAP EXISTS AND DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, WE FELT THAT IT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR ANY UPDATES TO AREAS IN THE DAP TO BE OCCURRING WITH THOSE TWO UPDATES OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS AND DAP, UM, AS CREATING KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU DESCRIBED, WHICH WOULD BE A PATCHWORK, UM, AND WOULD BE VERY HARD TO KIND OF UPDATE AGAIN LATER. 
          UM, AGAIN, ALSO SOME OF THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UNO PROGRAM IS THAT IT ALLOWS FOR RENTAL BY THE BEDROOM. 
          IT IS MORE TARGETS TO ITS STUDENTS VERSUS THE DAP AND DOWNTOWN DENSITY WANT SERVE MORE TARGET TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER FULL-TIME RESIDENTS. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, MOSTLY BEING, WANTING TO UPDATE THE DAF AND DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS TOGETHER, UM, AND KEEPING THOSE ALIGNED WITH EACH OTHER AND NOT CREATING PATCHWORK, UM, WITHIN THEM. 
          WELL, I THINK THE ISSUE IS THIS REALLY IS GONNA CREATE A PATCHWORK. 
          UM, I ALSO SIT ON THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD ALONG WITH PHILIP. 
          AND, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU'RE GONNA BE HAVING, UM, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY WITH DOWNTOWNS, YOU WILL HAVE, DOWNTOWNS HAVE YOUR GREATEST HEIGHTS, AND THEN YOU HAVE STEP DOWNS FROM THAT AREA TO OUT FURTHER OUT NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THIS WILL ACTUALLY CREATE DOWNTOWN SMALLER AND THEN A BIG JUMP UP IN THIS AREA. 
          AND IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. 
          THIS LOOKS LIKE THIS IS LITERALLY CREATING THAT KIND OF PATCHWORK AND, UM, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SEE UNO DEVELOP MORE. 
          I THINK THAT'S GREAT. 
          YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE EXCELLENT, BUT IT JUST SEEMS VERY STRANGE TO NOT CONTINUE THIS ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF MLK TO THE DOWNTOWN SIDE OF MLK. 
          I MEAN, AGAIN, WE, THERE IS A RESOLUTION TO UPDATE BOTH THE DAF AND THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, UH, WHICH IS SCHEDULED AS THE PLANNING ACTIVITIES, UM, TO BE CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE, THIS YEAR AND INTO NEXT YEAR, UM, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF THE RATIONALE FOR THAT. 
          IT'S SCHEDULED TO BE UPDATED. 
          COMMISSIONER BRETTON, GO AHEAD. 
          I HAVE COME BACK TO YOU, COMMISSIONER WILEY. 
          I HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          SO PREVIOUSLY I WAS AT THE OPEN HOUSE AT UT, I SAW THAT THE COMMUNITY AMENITY OR COMMUNITY BENEFIT FOR GROCERY STORE WAS 8,000 SQUARE FOOT. 
          HAS THAT BEEN CHANGED BECAUSE I SAW IT WAS 2,500 AT THIS POINT? YEAH, SO THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED. 
          IT HAS BEEN REDUCED IN SIZE FROM 8,000 TO 2,500. 
          UM, WE HEARD FROM SOME STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA THAT, UM, UM, THAT THEY FELT THAT THAT SIZE WAS MORE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKELY TO BE USED, UM, BY PEOPLE WHO WOULD LOCATE, YOU KNOW, A SMALLER GROCERY STORE. 
          IT WOULD STILL REQUIRE THE FOOD SALES USE. 
          SO IT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED FOR LIKE A, A GAS STATION TYPE USE A GAS WELL A GAS STATION OR AN OTHER CONVENIENCE STORE TYPE USE. 
          SO THAT WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BONUS. 
          UM, BUT THIS WOULD STILL ALLOW SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR SMALLER, UM, SMALLER, UM, SPACE LIKE WE DO SEE HERE IN, IN DOWNTOWN AS WELL. 
          I, I HAD ACTUALLY HEARD THAT FEEDBACK WHEN I WAS AT THE OPEN HOUSE BY A FRIEND WHO WORKS AT COLLEGE HOUSES. 
          UH, BY THE WAY, IT IS THE SUPER CO-OP, YOU ARE CORRECT. 
          IT'S JUST MADE UP OF THREE CO-OPS, WHICH IS WHY WE CALL IT THE SUPER CO-OP. 
          UM, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN POTENTIALLY MAKING THAT A SLIDING SCALE, UH, BECAUSE 2000, UH, WHILE I DO THINK WOULD BE A GOOD SIZE FOR SOMETHING LIKE A WHEATSVILLE OR A ROYAL BLUE OR 
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SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I DO WANT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO BUILD UP AND BE INCENTIVIZED TO DO SO. 
          SO MAYBE BASED ON LIKE SITE AREA OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT ARE JUST CLARIFYING ABOUT HOW YOU DO THE CALCULATIONS. 
          UM, SO 40% PARKING, UH, THAT PERCENTAGE OF MAXIMUM PARKING IS THAT BASED BY THE UNIT IS 40% OF SPOTS. 
          HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT GET CALCULATED? UM, SO IT IS, IT IS A BIT CONFUSING. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THERE WAS FORMERLY MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLIED TO THE CITY. 
          THEY ACTUALLY DID NOT APPLY TO UNO. 
          UNO WAS EXEMPTED FROM THOSE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND SO THOSE DID SPELL OUT REQUIREMENTS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS OKAY. 
          IN WITHIN EACH UNIT. 
          UM, AND THIS 40% IS ACTUALLY TIED TO THAT FORMER MINIMUM PARKING, SO IT'S NOT 40. 
          SO INSTEAD OF THERE BEING, IT IS ABOUT ONE PER BEDROOM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ESSENTIALLY IT'S, IT'S MORE COMPLICATED, BUT IT'S ABOUT ONE PER RED ROOM. 
          YES. 
          I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LOT FRONTAGE. 
          IS THAT CUMULATIVE ACROSS LIKE SIDEWALKS OR JUST ONE SIDE? ONE, ONE LOT FRONTAGE. 
          SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE ON A CORNER, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          YEP. 
          UM, YOU HAVE TWO FRONTAGES. 
          AND SO IF EITHER OF THOSE ARE A HUNDRED FEET OR SMALLER, THEN THIS, UH, YEAH, DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS APPLIES. 
          PERFECT. 
          AND THEN, UH, I AM A LITTLE, UH, CONFUSED BY IF THE, AND THIS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SORT OF TOPIC, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED IF THE SUBDISTRICT LAYOUT WAS CRAFTED, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT, ESPECIALLY I THINK A VERY, MAYBE A GENERATIONAL PROJECT BEING PROJECT CONNECT AND THE STATION AROUND 24TH STREET. 
          A LITTLE CONFUSED WHY TRANSIT CORE DOES NOT EXTEND OUT FURTHER WHEN YOU GET FURTHER NORTH TOWARDS 29TH STREET BECAUSE INNER WEST DOES GO THAT FAR UP, BUT IT JUST DOES NOT ALLOW THE SAME SORT OF, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS YOU HAVE IS A TSR, UH, UH, CAN'T REMEMBER THE ACRONYM FOR IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE LIGHT RAIL. 
          I'M CONFUSED WHY IT DOES NOT EXTEND FURTHER AND EVEN ACROSS THE STREET, UH, AT THAT SPOT. 
          UM, THIS WAS ALSO PARTIALLY FOLLOWING COUNCIL'S REQUEST TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ALLOW FOR REDUCED HEIGHTS AS WE WERE APPROACHING THE BOUNDARIES OR THE EXPANSION AREAS. 
          UH, WHICH THEN INCLUDES, UM, THAT, UH, COMMUNITY BENEFIT YOU MENTIONED WAS ONE OF A COUPLE THAT PROJECT CONNECT KIND OF IDENTIFIED IN THIS AREA THAT THEY WANTED. 
          UM, WHICH IS WHY WE ALSO RAN BY KIND OF THE LOCATION AND, AND IF THIS WOULD BE AN OPTION. 
          SO IT, IT CAN'T REALLY LAND ANYWHERE, UM, IS I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY. 
          UM, AND SO THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, A CONSIDERATION FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER WILEY? YES, AND I THINK THIS WILL BE MY CLOSING COMMENT. 
          UM, I, I WOULD JUST LIKE YOU ALL TO APPRECIATE THAT, UM, IN, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH CODE NEXT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE, WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS, UM, FIND ANOTHER PLACE FOR DRIVE-THROUGHS TO GO BESIDES DOWNTOWN. 
          AND, UH, AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION BACK IN 2017. 
          AND, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE BY CONTINUING TO CREATE A BETTER AND BIGGER INCENTIVE TO BUILD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MLK IS, UM, WE'VE ENDED UP WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY STANDING BY NOT DOING ANYTHING ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          SO WE STILL HAVE SINGLE STORY BUILDINGS ALONG, YOU KNOW, RIGHT UP TO CLOSE TO GUADALUPE AND, UH, SEVERAL DRIVE THROUGHS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL, WE ALL VALUE, UH, THOSE COMPANIES AS SUPPLIERS, BUT WOULD LIKE TO FIND A, A DIFFERENT WAY FOR THEM TO DO THAT RATHER THAN, THAN THE DRIVE THROUGH. 
          YOU CAN I, IF, IF YOU EVER DRIVE ON MLK DURING LUNCH HOUR, YOU'LL APPRECIATE THE, THE COMPLICATIONS THAT THAT CREATES. 
          AND AGAIN, THANK THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS AND REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UM, IT SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF YOUR PLANNING, ESPECIALLY ON THE, UM, SUB GROUPS, UH, CLOSE TO THE UNIVERSITY THAT WERE RELIANT OR TAKING INTO ACCOUNT PROJECT CONNECT AND WHAT HAPPENS IF PROJECT CONNECT DOESN'T HAPPEN, IF THE FEDERAL FUNDING DOESN'T COME THROUGH, IF FOR WHATEVER REASON THERE ISN'T LIGHT RAIL ALONG GUADALUPE, DOES YOUR PROJECT AND THE PLANNING THAT YOU HAVE COME UP WITH, IS IT STILL VIABLE? UM, YES. 
          SO I MEAN, THAT STILL IS A MAJOR TRANSIT CORE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE TOWN. 
          UM, WHETHER IT'S WITH BUSES OR HOPEFULLY WITH PROJECT CONNECT AND LIGHT RAIL, UM, IT ALSO STILL IS THE CLOSEST AREA TO CAMPUS WHERE WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE HOUSING FOR STUDENTS IN THAT AREA SO THEY CAN 
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BE AS CLOSE TO CAMPUS AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO, UM, IT STILL MEETS THOSE GOALS. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE HOPE PROJECT CONNECT WILL HAPPEN AND WE'LL BE SUPPORTING THAT AS WELL, BUT IT, IT DOES WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO AN UPDATE AT SOME POINT. 
          YES, YOUR HONOR. 
          ESPECIALLY, I GUESS AFTER THE VOTES AND ALL, SO YES, THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          ALRIGHT, MOVING ALONG. 
          UM, I GUESS THE NEXT ITEM 
          [4. Conduct officer elections for the Chair and Vice Chair.]
ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONDUCT OF OFFICER ELECTIONS. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE A CHAIR POSITION AND A VICE CHAIR POSITION, UM, I GUESS LOOKING FOR NOMINATIONS. 
          CAN I, YES. 
          COMMISSIONER PDO. 
          I, I'D LIKE TO, UM, PROPOSE NOMINATIONS HERE FOR THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO, UM, PROPOSE, UM, ED ISHMAEL FOR CHAIR AND KIMBERLY LEVINSON FOR VICE CHAIR SECOND, BOTH , MAYBE I'LL SECOND YOUR, AND YOU CAN, OKAY, I SEC I WILL SECOND THE NOMINATION FOR  CHAIR. 
          ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY, SO I SUPPOSE WE TAKE A VOTE ON EACH ONE. 
          YEAH, SO, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? WOULD IT BE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE, HOW DO WE DO THAT? I HAVE COMMISSIONER VEDO DOWN AS MOTIONING FOR YOU AS CHAIR AND I HAVE COMMISSIONER LEVISON AS A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION. 
          SO IF YOU WANNA CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE CHAIR POSITION, LET'S CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE CHAIR POSITION. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? I THINK, UH, EVERYONE ON THE SCREEN AND IN PERSON VOTED YAY. 
           UNANIMOUS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND THEN FOR VICE CHAIR, UH, ALL IN FAVOR ALSO UNANIMOUS THEN OPPOSED? SO, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU HONOR. 
          CONGRATULATIONS . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, 
          [5. Approve a Recommendation to Council regarding Cap and Stitch Initial Funding. ]
UM, HAVING TO DO WITH THE CAPS AND STITCHES. 
          UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THE RECOMMENDATION AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT FOR DISCUSSION AND A VOTE. 
          WHEREAS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION I 35 CAPITAL EXPRESS CENTRAL PROJECT WILL LOWER THE HIGHWAY'S MAIN LANES BETWEEN LADY BIRD LAKE AND AIRPORT BOULEVARD. 
          AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS IDENTIFIED A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF CENTRAL AUSTIN THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION OF CAPS AND STITCHES OVER THE HIGHWAY CAPS AND STITCH PROJECT. 
          AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS UNDERTAKEN THE, OUR FUTURE 35 AUSTIN PROJECT, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY CENTERED INITIATIVE TO CREATE PUBLIC SPACES ALONG THE I 35 CORRIDOR CAPS AND STITCHES THAT WILL RECONNECT EAST AND WEST AUSTIN. 
          AND WHEREAS THE CAPS AND STITCHES WHILE BEING BUILT AND ONCE COMPLETED, WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE WORKING AND LIVING IN DOWNTOWN. 
          AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAPS AND STITCHES, AND WHEREAS THE CITY HAS IDENTIFIED PHASES OF THE CAPS AND STITCHES CONSTRUCTION, WHICH ARE CAESAR CHAVEZ TO FOURTH STREET, FOURTH STREET TO SEVENTH STREET, 11TH STREET TO 12TH STREET, AND 38TH STREET TO AIRPORT BOULEVARD, WHICH IS THE NORTHERN CAP. 
          AND WHEREAS I 35 FROM LADY BIRD LAKE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BOULEVARD MARKS THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION'S JURISDICTION. 
          AND WHEREAS THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION SUPPORTS THE TIMELY INEFFICIENT PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAPS AND STITCHES, AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS CONSIDERING SEVERAL FUNDING AND DESIGN OPTIONS FOR THE ROADWAY ELEMENTS OF THE CAPS AND STITCHES. 
          AND WHEREAS CITY STAFF HAS PRESENTED FUNDING SCENARIOS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, AND WHEREAS THE OUR 35, OUR FUTURE 35 PROJECT HAS INCLUDED YEARS OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND VISIONING FOR BUILDING OUT EACH FULL CAP. 
          AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS PROVIDED OPTIONS FOR SHORTENED 800 FEET CAPS ALONG THE I 35 CORRIDOR, AND WHEREAS THE 800 FOOT SHORTENED CAP SCENARIO DOES NOT SUPPORT THE DESIGN AND VISION OF THE OUR FUTURE 35 PROJECT. 
          AND WHEREAS NEITHER FUNDING SCENARIO INCLUDES DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE FULL SIZE CAPS ENVISIONED IN THE HOUR 30, OUR FUTURE 35 AUSTIN PROJECT, AND WHEREAS IT IS THE CONSIDERED OPINION OF THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, THAT FUNDING OF THE HOUR FUTURE 35 ROADWAY ELEMENTS SHOULD INCLUDE ALL FULL-SIZE CAPS. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE AUSTIN DOWNTOWN COMMISSION DO HEREBY STRONGLY RECOMMEND AND URGE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO FULLY FUND THE ROADWAY 
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ELEMENTS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE FULL CAPS AS DESIGNED ALONG THE I 35 CAPITAL EXPRESS CENTRAL PROJECT. 
          SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT, I GUESS TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION? YES. 
          I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, UH, THERE ON THAT, UH, BULLET POINT. 
          CESAR SHOT US TO FOURTH, UH, THERE IS AN ERROR IN SPELLING. 
          AND THEN ON THE THIRD BULLET POINT, DOES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AT ALL OR, BECAUSE WE READ IT INTO THE RECORD AND THIS IS JUST A GRAMMATICAL PROBLEM, IT'LL BE OKAY. 
          CHRISTIE, DO WE NEED TO SOMEHOW DO AN AMENDMENT TO THE RECOMMENDATION? COMMISSIONER BRETTON, IF YOU WANNA JUST MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE SPELLING ERRORS THAT YOU FOUND. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, AND THEN IF, IF, UH, THE CHAIR CAN CALL FOR A SECOND AND THEN VOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION SPECIFICALLY, UH, TO FIX, UH, A SPELLING ERROR ON FOURTH STREET, CESAR CHAVEZ TO FOURTH STREET. 
          UH, AND THEN ALSO THAT THIRD BULLET POINT, UH, IT JUST SAYS 12TH STREET AND IT SHOULD BE 12TH STREET. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. 
          BUT I WOULD ADD IN THAT CESAR CHAVEZ IS MISSPELLED. 
          OH YES. 
          IT SHOULD BE C-A-E-S-A-R. 
          YES. 
          SO I WOULD CAN CAN THAT BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO YOUR AMENDMENT? IS IT, IS IT C ISN'T IT CI THINK THE STREET NAME E ACTUALLY IT SHOULD BE NO, A AND IT SHOULD BE CE YES. 
          A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          I THINK THAT, OKAY. 
          YES. 
          SO NOW WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT ADDRESSES ALL OF THOSE. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND IF YOU JUST WANNA TAKE A VOTE FOR THE AMENDMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? THERE WE GO. 
          THERE UNOPPOSED. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND NOW, UM, BACK TO THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          SO, ALL IN FAVOR? YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE A CONCERN? I DO. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'M NEW HERE. 
          UH, COMMISSIONERS. 
          YES. 
          AND I APPRECIATE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE CABIN STITCH, UH, PROGRAM AND ALSO SOME OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY INPUT SURROUNDING, UM, THE POTENTIAL FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL GENTRIFICATION, UH, JUST PLAINLY ENOUGH. 
          UM, I GUESS I WOULD JUST SIMPLY LIKE TO ASK, UH, THE COMMISSION'S, UH, THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ON, ON THAT, UH, SUBJECT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE EAST SIDE COMMUNITY, UH, THE MINORITY COMMUNITIES HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN AROUND THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO JUST WANT TO GET EVERYBODY'S INPUT HERE BEFORE I DO OFFER MY INPUT. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE, CHRISTIE, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISCUSS NOW SINCE IT WASN'T PART OF THE AGENDA. 
          YES. 
          IT'S POSTED AS A DISCUSSION IN ACTION. 
          SO NOW IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS, YOU CERTAINLY CAN. 
          SO YOU, THERE IS STILL A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE, BUT YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY BACK TO THAT AFTER DISCUSSION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOUR CONCERN IS NOT NECESSARILY THE FUNDING ISSUE, BUT THE ISSUE OF CAPS AND STITCHES IN GENERAL. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND IF IT'S NOT APPLICABLE, UH, TO THIS RESOLUTION, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND, SORRY TO SLOW DOWN THAT TRAIN HERE, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT, UH, I'VE ALSO TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY AND, AND SOME OF THEM DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GREATER CONNECTIONS SINCE I 35 WAS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY CREATED TO DIVIDE US AND ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND AT LEAST THE CAPS AND STITCHES WILL GO SOME SMALL WAY TOWARD BRIDGING THAT GAP. 
          UM, I PERSONALLY FEEL A LITTLE BIT LESS COMPELLED ON THE 38TH STREET TO AIRPORT BOULEVARD ONE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S LESS LIKELY TO BE USED BY A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC AND COMMUTERS AND STUFF THE WAY THAT THE, UH, THE MORE DOWNTOWN ONES WILL MM-HMM . 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, BUT I THINK THAT AT THIS POINT, I DON'T THINK THAT THE CAPS AND STITCHES ARE REALLY GONNA CONTRIBUTE TO GENTRIFICATION BECAUSE, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING, THAT CHIP SAIL, SO THAT CHIP SAILED. 
          SO I DON'T THINK IT IS REALLY THAT APPLICABLE HERE, AND I DO THINK THAT IT WILL AT LEAST CREATE BETTER CONNECTION. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I I JUST WANTED SOME ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM YOU GUYS, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANKS FOR SPEAKING UP. 
          YEAH. 
          AND RYAN, GLAD TO HAVE YOU ON THE COMMISSION TOO. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          YES. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ, UM, ANOTHER, UM, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. 
          UM, ANOTHER, ANOTHER POINT OF DISCUSSION AND I JUST, UM, I NOTICED THAT IN THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE FOUR 
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DIFFERENT POTENTIAL CAT AND STITCHES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE FUNDING FOR ALL, OR IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN PRIORITIZING ANY OF THESE CAPS AND STITCHES BY THE COMMISSION AS OPPOSED TO ALL GIVEN THE FUNDING SCENARIO? THAT'S LIKELY. 
          UM, I GUESS THERE'S, THERE'S NO INTEREST ON MY PART IN DOING THAT NOW AT THIS POINT, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A DISCUSSION OF PRIORITIZATION WITH REGARD TO, UM, THE FUNDING OPTIONS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TO COUNSEL AT THIS TIME. 
          BUT I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. 
          I MEAN, NO, THE, THERE HAS BEEN, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION ON COUNCIL BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY'RE NOT SURE THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FUND ALL OF THESE CAP ALL THE POTENTIAL CAPS AND STITCHES OF LIMITING IT TO THE THREE DOWNTOWN ONES AND NOT GOING PAST 12TH STREET THAT, UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED YET. 
          PETER, MAYBE YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS. 
          WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY, I, UH, AM FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A CRUNCH TO FIND WHAT, UH, COUNSEL WANTED TO CHOOSE. 
          UH, AND THEN THAT WAS DELAYED AS TDOT WENT BACK AND SAID, NEVERMIND, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE RIGHT NOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, AND SO I HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING TOO MUCH ATTENTION POST THAT, AND I WOULD TO, TO YOUR POINT, UM, MAY WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THAT DECISION POINT IS MORE PERTINENT MM-HMM . 
          WHERE THERE IS MORE INFORMATION BEING DEVELOPED AND THAT CONVERSATION IS, IS HAPPENING WHERE WE CAN PUT OUR INPUT IN THERE WHERE THIS CAN BE A, WE WOULD LIKE THE CAPS, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZATION AS THAT BECOMES MORE, UH, PERTINENT. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          WE COULD GO BACK AND REVISIT IT LATER. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ. 
          AND JUST, I'M SORRY. 
          SO THIS, THIS, THIS WHOLE CAP AND STITCH THING IS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF MY USUAL PURVIEW, SO I'M ASKING QUESTIONS FOR MYSELF AND ALSO HOPEFULLY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE THAT DON'T KNOW, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE SPEAK TO WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM OR HOW IT IS BEING FUNDED, AT LEAST IN PART? GO AHEAD, PETER. 
          I, I CAN SPEAK I BELIEVE TO THE FOURTH STREET CAP, THE CAESAR CHAVEZ TO FOURTH STREET. 
          THERE IS A GRANT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I CAN'T REMEMBER UNDER WHAT PROGRAM THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN PRELIMINARILY, LIKE AWARDED OR DESIGNATED, BUT THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE MONEY. 
          THE ADDITIONAL, UH, FUNDING IS PROBABLY, I WOULD ASSUME COMING OUT OF GO GRANTS OR, OR SOME KIND OF BOND PROCESS. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          AND THEY'RE OF COURSE, THEY'RE ONLY LOOKING AT THE FUNDS FOR DOING THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          CORRECT. 
          RIGHT NOW AS OPPOSED TO DOING ANY AMENITIES ON TOP YET. 
          THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT. 
          RIGHT. 
          THIS IS JUST LIKE THE, UH, I'M TRYING TO THINK. 
          THIS IS THE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT, LITERALLY THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURAL FOUNDATION FOR WHAT THE CAPS WOULD SIT ON TOP OF. 
          RIGHT. 
          WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO GIVE TO TDOT TO CONSTRUCT THOSE PIECES. 
          AND LATER THE, THE CITY COUNCIL AT, AT THE POINT THAT LATER IS, WOULD FIND MONEY TO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT THE ELEMENTS ON THAT FOUNDATION AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT. 
          RIGHT. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS OF HAVING PUBLIC PRIVATE FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE ELEMENTS ON TOP, LIKE THEY DID IN DALLAS FOR THE PARKS THERE, WHICH I THINK MAKES GOOD SENSE BECAUSE THEN IT'S NOT FULLY, YOU KNOW, COMING OUT OF PUBLIC COFFERS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, AM I CORRECT IN UNDERSTANDING, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S FOR FOUNDATION AT THIS POINT. 
          THE MONIES, UM, IT'S COULD BE, AM I CORRECT IN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY ALREADY HAS MONEY OR HAS IDENTIFIED MONEY OR THEY WILL NEED TO FIND NEW MONEY TO DO THIS MATCH VIA BONDS? AND THIS DEPENDS, UM, ON, ON THE FIRST ONE, THE CAESAR CHAVEZ TO FOURTH, IF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T RESEND THE FUNDING THAT WILL BE FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          UM, THE FOURTH, JUST THE REMAINING ONES I BELIEVE THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME SORT OF BONDS FOR. 
          BUT THERE'S ALSO, I FORGET HOW EXACTLY THEY PUT IT, THERE'S SOME SORT OF LIKE BANK OF FUNDS THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY DRAW ON FOR THIS, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD THIS DISCUSSION AT A, THE DA'S ISSUES OVER A LUNCH THING. 
          IT'S A TDOT THING WHERE THEY CAN BORROW, THEY CAN LIKE GET A LOAN FROM TDOT THAT THEN THEY WOULD'VE TO REPAY LATER WITH BOND MONEY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT THEY COULD GET THE INITIAL LOAN TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND THE IDEA BEHIND THIS RECOMMENDATION IS, YOU KNOW, CITY OF AUSTIN, IF YOU'RE OUT LOOKING FOR FUNDS, WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER FUNDING ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO ULTIMATELY BUILD OUT THESE CAPS AND 
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STITCHES INSTEAD OF ALREADY, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE OUT LOOKING FOR FUNDS ALREADY SORT OF REDUCING THE CAPS FROM FULL CAPS TO JUST 800 FOOT CAPS. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, UM, WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM, BUT DON'T USE CRITERIA THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE FUNDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FULL CAPS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          CAN I ADD, UH, YEAH, ONE OR TWO MORE POINTS. 
          ONE, IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR, I BELIEVE UT IS WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH TECH STOCK FOR A CAP AT 15TH TO MLK. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S THE BOUNDARY COMMISSIONER STARTING ON THE 15TH FOR SURE. 
          DEFINITELY GOING UP TO MLK. 
          IT MAY GO FURTHER, CORRECT. 
          IT MAY GO UP TO 32ND STREET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE'LL SEE. 
          UH, BUT, BUT THEY WILL PAY FOR THAT ONE. 
          SO THE CITY WILL NOT BE ON THE HOOK FOR THAT. 
          YES. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE THAT I JUST THOUGHT OF AS I WAS, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS A POTENTIAL, UH, FUTURE FUND OF MONEY FOR THE, THE BUILD ON TOP. 
          UH, NOT THE FOUNDATION, BUT THE BUILD ON TOP. 
          MAYBE OUR, OUR HOT TAXES, OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE A, A LARGE AMOUNT OF THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING USED FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER, BUT I AM THINKING LONG TIME IN THE FUTURE THAT THAT HAS BEEN BUILT AND WE ARE PAYING THOSE DOWN, THAT THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO DRAW ON THOSE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC AMENITIES. 
          IT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU COULD JUSTIFY IT ON THE BASIS THAT PARKS BRING PEOPLE IN AND, UH, THOSE FUNDS HAVE TO BE SPENT FOR THINGS THAT INCREASE TOURISM. 
          THEY'RE BASICALLY A AND THERE'S, THERE'S A CAP FOURTH TO SEVENTH. 
          I MEAN IT'S, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO I THINK THAT YOU COULD DEFINITELY, AT LEAST FOR THE TWO DOWN FOR THE DOWNTOWN CAPS, YOU COULD MAKE A GOOD CASE FOR THAT. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? IF NOT ALL IN FAVOR OF THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS? SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? LOOKS LIKE THE, UH, APPROVAL CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, SO, UH, NEXT ON 
          [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]
OUR AGENDA WOULD BE ANY NEW AGENDA ITEMS OR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE SUGGESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. 
          IF NOT THEN, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PDO. 
          MOTION WAS FROM COMMISSIONER LEVINSON. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT EVERYBODY, YOU ARE ADJOURNED. 
          HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE. 
          I'M SORRY I WAS LATE. 
          AND CONGRAT.
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