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YOU ARE WATCHING A MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL WITH MAYOR KIRK WATSON, MAYOR PRO, TIM VANESSA FUENTES, COUNCIL MEMBERS NATASHA HARPER MADISON, JOSE VELAZQUEZ, CHE VELA, RYAN ALTER, CRYSTAL LANE, MIKE SIEGEL, PAIGE ELLIS, ZOE CADRE, MARK UCHIN, CITY ATTORNEY DEBORAH THOMAS, CITY CLERK ERICA BRADY, AND CITY MANAGER TC BROAD KN EVERYBODY. 
          IT'S 
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NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 23RD, 2025, AND I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORK SESSION FOR THIS DATE. 
          UH, WE HAVE A, A MAJOR MAJORITY, A QUORUM OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL PRESENT. 
          WE ARE MEETING IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS LOCATED IN AUSTIN CITY HALL AT 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          UH, MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, THE OUTLINE THAT I WOULD FOLLOW TODAY AS WE GO THROUGH THIS WORK SESSION IS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST WE DO IS WE FIRST TAKE THE SPEAKERS, UH, AND LET THEM, UH, MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONS TO THE COUNCIL. 
          THEN WE WILL HAVE, THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          WE WILL THEN, UH, GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOLLOWING ALL OF THE SPEAKERS, AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK OUT FOR THE PRESENTATION AND COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
          UH, UNLESS THERE'S A YES COUNCIL MEMBER, JUST BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WAS HOPING WE COULD, UH, RECOGNIZE A SPECIAL DAY. 
          WE HAVE RIGHT HERE TO MY RIGHT. 
          SOMEONE'S BIRTHDAY TODAY. 
          THAT'S, UM, HONESTLY, MR. ANOS, MAN. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THE, THE ONLY REASON THAT I SHOWED UP TODAY IS 'CAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT THE MAYOR WAS ACTUALLY GONNA SING LESS MANTAS, AND THERE WAS GONNA BE A MARIACHI HERE, BUT VERY NICE. 
          THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, SO I'M GONNA HEAD OUT. 
          WELL, FAIR ENOUGH. 
          I, I WAS GONNA DO THAT AT THE END, BUT, OKAY, PERFECT. 
          BUT NOW THAT YOU'VE SPOILED THE SURPRISE, I'M NOT GOING TO, UH, SO, UH, EVERYBODY WAS WISH, WISHING A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AT LEAST ANOS. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU, MAN. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, ANYTIME IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, I TURN 22. 
          JOSE IS WHAT? 2021? 21. 
          2121. 
          HE HAVE A BEER. 
          YEAH, YOU CAN NOW HAVE A BEER, MAN. 
          APPARENTLY I HAVE ALL KINDS OF SENIORITY. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WITH THAT, UH, WE WILL 
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GO TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATION UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          AND I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK AND ASK YOU TO STEER US THROUGH THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, LEMME SAY WE HAVE A NEW SET FOR THOSE THAT, UH, THIS IS SEEING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          SO WHEN SHE CALLS YOUR NAME, UH, SHE'S GONNA CALL A NUMBER OF NAMES AT ONE TIME. 
          PLEASE COME FORWARD AND TAKE IT. 
          IF THERE'S AN EMPTY CHAIR, GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE EMPTY CHAIR SO THAT YOU'LL BE READY TO, UM, UH, GIVE YOUR TESTIMONY AND WE'LL KNOW YOU'RE HERE. 
          UH, SO JUST PLEASE COME FORWARD AT, AT THE TIME. 
          YOUR NAME IS CALLED. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I HAVE TWO IN-PERSON, SPEAKER, I MEAN, REMOTE SPEAKERS FOR ITEM ONE. 
          WE'LL START THERE. 
          MICHAEL LOFTON. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, MAYOR KIRK WATSON. 
          UH, MICHAEL LOFTON WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH CONGRESS FOUNDATION. 
          I ALSO WANT TO SAY HELLO TO AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL AND TC, UH, BROUGHT NEXT TO THE CITY MANAGER. 
          UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'M IN DALLAS, SO SORRY, I COULD NOT BE THE OTHER DAY, BUT I JUST REALLY WANTED TO REACH OUT, UH, TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO DEFINITELY CONSIDER ADDING, UH, THE HARVEST TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER AS A INLINE BUDGET, UH, WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          I KNOW RIGHT NOW YOU ALL ARE GOING THROUGH THE, UH, TAX RATE ELECTION, SO WE ARE ASKING THAT, YOU KNOW, FUNDS BE ALLOCATED, UH, TO SUPPORT, UH, THE HARVEST TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER. 
          AS YOU ALL KNOW, AUSTIN, TEXAS HAS THE ONLY, UH, TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND YEAR TO DATE, UH, AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CONTRACT GOALS. 
          WE'RE SEVEN MONTHS INTO THE CONTRACT, AND WE ALREADY A HUNDRED PERCENT ABOVE OUR GOAL LAST YEAR. 
          WE'RE 300% ABOVE OUR CONTRACT GOAL. 
          AND SO, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE, UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN HARVEST FOUNDATION HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE HERE IN AUSTIN FOR 20 YEARS. 
          UH, WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE SUPPORT COMING FROM AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, MAKES ME FEEL REAL GOOD, BUT THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, ALSO THERE'S A SAD SIDE TO IT, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TOOK 
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ON THE TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT SO MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE COMING TO US, UH, FOR SYSTEMS. BUT THE SAD REALITY IS, IS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY YOUNG FOLKS CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ARE SEEING SO MANY FOLKS, UH, AFFECTED BY GUN VIOLENCE, AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO HELP TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN. 
          WE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR HISTORY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE A HISTORY OF TURNING FOLKS AWAY AND WE DON'T WANT TO, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS COMING TO US, UH, THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW MY TIME IS UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TANNIC. 
          WHAT BREWSTER? MS. BREWSTER, ARE YOU HERE? CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE? HELLO? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          HI, MY NAME IS TANIKA BREWSTER. 
          UM, AND I, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE, UH, AUSTIN FAMILY STABILIZATION FUND. 
          I NOTICED THAT IT'S NOT ON THE BUDGET, UM, FOR THIS YEAR, AND WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND MAYOR, UM, CONSIDER PUTTING THIS BACK ON THE BUDGET FOR SO MANY REASONS. 
          THE FAMILY STABILIZATION, AUSTIN FAMILY STABILIZATION FUND REALLY HELPED ME. 
          MY LOTS OF FAMILIES IN AUSTIN, OVER 200, INCLUDING MY FAMILY. 
          UM, I'M A BIG ADVOCATE, ADVOCATE FOR THE FUND, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES THAT I MADE. 
          AND THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S NONE LIKE THE AUSTIN STABILIZATION FUND, AND THAT DOES THE THINGS THAT THE AUSTIN STABILIZATION FUND HAS DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR CITY. 
          UM, OTHER CITIES HAVE TRIED, UM, THEY'VE LOST, WE'VE SEEN HARRIS COUNTY BE SUED BY THE STATE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO USE THE FUNDS, SO THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO SEE THE EFFECTS, THE, THE GOOD EFFECTS OF THE PROGRAM. 
          BUT I THINK THAT IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE AS A, A CITY, BE SURE TO ADD THIS BACK TO THE BUDGET, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE, WE CAN HELP FAMILIES THAT ARE UNDERSERVED IN SO MANY WAYS. 
          AGAIN, THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NONE THAT HAS HELPED OUR CITY IN FURTHER STRENGTHENS FAMILIES LIKE THE AUSTIN FAMILY STABILIZATION FUND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GONNA MOVE NOW TO IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, AND AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, I'M GONNA CALL A FEW AT ONCE. 
          PLEASE JUST COME DOWN TO OUR NEW PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME. 
          WILLIAM CORNELIUS. 
          JAY HAM, AARON AKRON, AND ALICIA CASTILLO. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          CONTINUING ON. 
          ROBIN SCHNEIDER, BILL BUNCH, SCOTT TURNER, LINDA ZAMORA. 
          THIS IS FOR ITEM ONE. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND PICK A CHAIR AND BE PREPARED. 
          UM, WHEN THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER FINISHES, MS. SCHNEIDER, YOU'LL BE FIRST. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR, COUNSEL. 
          OKAY, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME IS ROBIN SCHNEIDER. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          UM, I WANTED TO, I SPOKE LAST WEEK ABOUT THE, UH, EQUITY OFFICE AND THE, UM, LARGER, UH, EQUITY AND INCLUSION BUDGET. 
          UM, WANTED TO LET YOU FOLKS KNOW THAT, UH, WE DID FIND OUT THAT NOT ALL OF THE 140,000 IN CONTA CONTRACTUAL CUTS ARE CUTS TO THE TRAININGS THAT THE EQUITY OFFICE DOES, BUT SOME OF IT IS, UH, MY LARGER POINT IS THAT WE NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY IN TERMS OF WHAT THE LINE ITEMS IN THE BUDGET ARE, ARE, ESPECIALLY IN AN OFFICE LIKE EQUITY AND INCLUSION, THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED ON WITH HUMAN RIGHTS. 
          UH, WHAT, IS THERE ANYTHING TO PREVENT STAFF FROM MOVING FUNDS WITHIN THESE VARIOUS DIVISIONS? UM, AND CUTTING WHERE YOU AS A COUNCIL AND WE AS A COMMUNITY DON'T WANNA SEE THOSE CUTS. 
          I WOULD THINK THAT THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE, THE BUDGET OFFICE HAS THE DETAIL, UM, IT'S TIME THEY PROVIDED TO YOU AND TO ALL OF US. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA JUST ECHO WHAT MS. BREWSTER JUST HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE FAMILY STABILIZATION FUND. 
          UM, AS I, I WANNA THANK, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM FUENTES FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND THE COUNCIL FOR FUNDING THIS THROUGH THE BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND. 
          IN THE PAST, HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY REQUESTED THAT THIS P PART OF THE REGULAR BUDGET. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH THE VARIOUS SCENARIOS, THE FAMILY STABILIZATION FUND DOES NOT COME UP UNTIL A 6 CENT, 
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UM, INCREASE, UH, IN A TAX RATE ELECTION. 
          AS MS. BREWSTER SAYS, THIS HAS A TRANSFORMATIVE EFFECT ON PEOPLE'S LIVES AND IN A CITY WITH THE HOUSING EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE USE FUNDS TO STABILIZE FAMILIES IN, IN HOMES. 
          OTHERWISE, WE, OUR CON POPULATION SHIFT IS GONNA CONTINUE TO SHIFT. 
          WE'RE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE IN OUR CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE HUGE FEE INCREASES IN THE DSD BUDGET. 
          UM, THE DSD ENTERPRISE MODEL REQUIRES THEM TO PASS ON THEIR COSTS, AND THOSE COSTS ARE LITERALLY OUT OF CONTROL, RESULTING IN MASSIVE FEE INCREASES, NOT THIS, NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT ON INTO THE FUTURE TO COVER THEIR LOSSES WITH LITTLE OR NO IMPROVEMENT TO SERVICES. 
          IT TAKES WEEKS TO DO WHAT USED TO TAKE DAYS, AND IT'S NOT JUST DSD, UH, IT'S MOST DEPARTMENTS ARE ADDING FEES AND PROCESSES AND POLICIES THAT DRIVE UP THE COST OF HOUSING. 
          SINCE HOME HAS PASSED, UM, AUSTIN WATER HAS INSTITUTED A UNIVERSAL METERING REQUIREMENT. 
          SO THOSE TINY HOMES THAT ARE NOW LEGAL REQUIRE A $15,000 WATER METER. 
          UM, THEY'VE ALSO CHANGED SOME DECADES OF POLICY TO REQUIRE NEW SERVICE UPGRADES FOR EVERY HOME, UH, NEW IRRIGATION INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN ADDED. 
          UM, AUSTIN ENERGY DISPROPORTIONATELY REQUIRES FIVE TO 20,000 PLUS IN SYSTEM UPGRADES FOR EVERY THIRD UNIT THAT TAKE MONTHS TO APPROVE, YEARS TO COMPLETE, AND THEN IT TAKES THEM ANOTHER FOUR TO SIX WEEKS TO SET THE ELECTRIC METER TRANSIT AND PUBLIC WORKS REVIEWS WILL BE REVIEWING EVERY SIDEWALK AND CURB CUT FOR EVERY BUILDING PERMIT FOR A FEE FROM NOW ON, THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE HAS ADDED THREE TO $5,000 OF COST TO EVERY HOME, PLUS THE COST AND TIME INVOLVED IN THE NEW FIRE INSPECTIONS. 
          THE NEW TECHNICAL CODES, NONE OF WHICH ARE MAJOR LIFE SAFETY ISSUES, HAVE ADDED THREE TO $5,000 PER HOME. 
          AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LICENSE AGREEMENT, AND I'M NOT KIDDING YOU, LICENSE AGREEMENTS WILL NOW BE REQUIRED FOR ANY ACTIVITY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY OR ANY CITY EASEMENT, INCLUDING THE PLANTING OF FLOWERS. 
          SO AT A TIME WHEN PRICES ARE FALLING AND COSTS ARE RISING, THESE COST INCREASES REALLY COULDN'T HAPPEN AT A WORSE TIME. 
          UM, WE NEED A MANDATE TO REDUCE COST AND IMPROVE SERVICES, UM, BECAUSE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE HOUSING MORE ATTAINABLE AND MORE AFFORDABLE IS BEING WASHED AWAY BY A TIDE OF FEES AND RED TAPE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR, COULD YOU PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME? SCOTT TURNER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS LINDA ZAMORA, AND I SERVE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS SERVICES AT FAMILY ELDER CARE. 
          FAMILY ELDER CARE HAS SUPPORTED OLDER ADULTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ACROSS AUSTIN FOR OVER 42 YEARS. 
          FIRST, I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND ESPECIALLY THANK, UM, MAYOR PRO TEM VANESSA FUENTES FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND SPONSORING THE RECENT RESOLUTION FOCUSED ON OLDER ADULTS. 
          AND THE MOST RECENT POINT IN TIME COUNT REVEALED A 70% INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS AMONG ADULTS, AGE 55 AND OLDER FROM 376 IN 2023 TO 538 AND 2025. 
          THAT NUMBER IS STAGGERING AND DEEPLY CONCERNING, BUT WE BELIEVE IT IS A CHALLENGE WE CAN AND MUST MEET. 
          FAMILY ELDER CARE IS COMMITTED TO ERADICATING HOMELESSNESS IN OLDER ADULTS BY PROVIDING THE SUPPORTS THEY NEED. 
          WE HELP OLDER ADULTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TRANSITION FROM HOMELESSNESS, DISABILITY, AND ULTIMATELY AGE IN PLACE WITH DIGNITY. 
          OUR APPROACH IS PERSON CENTERED, TRAUMA INFORMED AND GROUNDED IN THE BELIEF THAT NO ONE IS TOO OLD OR TOO VULNERABLE TO START AGAIN, BUT WE MUST ALSO FOCUS UPSTREAM. 
          PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS IS JUST AS VITAL AS RESOLVING IT. 
          TOO OFTEN INTERVENTIONS COME ONLY AFTER SOMEONE IS ALREADY IN CRISIS. 
          WE MUST INVEST IN EARLY EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, PREVENTION, UTILITY AID, AND PROACTIVE CASE MANAGEMENT BEFORE LONG-TERM DISPLACEMENT OCCURS. 
          THESE STRATEGIES SAVE LIVES, PRESERVE DIGNITY, AND OUR EFFECTIVE USE OF PUBLIC RESOURCES. 
          FINALLY, WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE COUNCIL TO BE BOLD AND TO PURSUE THE FULL POTENTIAL OF A SU SUBSTANTIAL TAX RATE ELECTION TO MEET OUR COMMUNITIES GROWING IN URGENT NEEDS. 
          FAMILY ELDER CARE PROUDLY STANDS IN SUPPORT OF THE HOMELESS STRATEGIES OFFICE PLAN. 
          TOGETHER WE ARE UNITED IN THE BELIEF THAT NO OLDER ADULT SHOULD HAVE TO AGE WITHOUT A HOME. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO HOUSING JUSTICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, BILL BUNCH LONGTIME, UH, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, 
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JUST WANTED TO START BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS NEW PODIUM THAT'S NOT A PODIUM. 
          UM, IT'S APPROPRIATELY FARTHER AWAY FROM YOU AND LOWER DOWN SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK DOWN UPON US AND, AND NOT EYE TO EYE. 
          UM, I WAS THINKING YOU MIGHT COULD EVEN DO BETTER WITH THIS ARRANGEMENT. 
          YOU COULD LIKE SET UP THE PODIUM IN THE BACK SO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EVEN MORE READILY IGNORE THE SPEAKERS, BUT THEN I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RISES UP. 
          IT, IT WOULD PUT US BACK AT YOUR LEVEL. 
          SO, UH, A MUCH BETTER IDEA THAT JUST CAME TO ME. 
          YOU COULD, UH, RIGHT HERE, CUT A HOLE IN THE FLOOR AND HAVE THE SPEAKERS SIT ON A CHAIR UNDER BELOW GRADE IN THE PARKING GARAGE. 
          AND, AND YOU COULD DO THAT FOR LESS THAN $5 BILLION, I MEAN, A FRACTION OF IT. 
          AND WE'D BE COMPLETELY HIDDEN UNDERGROUND SO NOBODY WOULD SEE US. 
          AND, AND, AND NOBODY WOULD OBSERVE HOW UTTERLY USELESS THAT THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WAS. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT WOULD HELP YOU, UH, BALANCE YOUR BUDGET. 
          UM, AND, AND YOU COULD EVEN PATCH THIS CARPET UP SO NOBODY WOULD EVEN KNOW THAT YOU DID IT. 
          AND YOU COULD PROBABLY EVEN DO IT IF YOU GET SOME HELP FROM YOUR LAWYERS FOR A CHANGE AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT ACTUALLY COMPLIES WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 
          UM, AND I'D BE GLAD TO HELP, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITH YOUR LAWYERS TO FIGURE THAT OUT FOR YOU. 
          UM, AND, AND WITH, WITH EQUAL SINCERITY, UM, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU POSTPONE ALL OF YOUR DEBT COMMITMENTS THAT ARE ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA UNTIL AFTER AND MAKE IT PART OF THE BUDGET, WHICH IT REALLY IS, AND IT HAS NO BUSINESS BEING ON YOUR AGENDA ANYMORE. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, MR. BUNCH. 
          MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO, WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS REMOTE. 
          JENNIFER AU. 
          GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL. 
          THIS IS JEN ROBO. 
          I LIVED AT AUSTIN 21 YEARS AGO, CAPTIVATED BY DIVERSE SPIRIT. 
          I BUILT MY LIVES HERE AND I'M DEEPLY INVESTED IN AUSTIN'S FUTURE. 
          BUT THE CITY HAS CHANGED ITS CULTURE, HAS SHIFTED THE POLICIES THAT OVERSHADOW AUSTIN'S CORE VALUES. 
          THIS BUDGET NEGLECT RESIDENTS NEEDS AND FAILS TO ADDRESS CRITICAL FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL ISSUES, LETTING PROBLEMS BUILD TO A CRISIS. 
          IT IS NOT BALANCED. 
          IT DRAWS DOWN RESERVE FUNDS FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS TO APPEAR. 
          BALANCE AFTER WHICH A GROWING DEFICIT THREATENS AUSTIN'S FINANCIAL STABILITY. 
          THIS BUDGET OMITS MAJOR PROJECTS LIKE CAPTAIN FITCH, FOR WHICH AUSTIN IS LIABLE. 
          AUSTIN HAS A SALES TAX PROBLEM WITH REVENUE DROPPING MONTH OVER MONTH. 
          THIS PROBLEM IS UNIQUE TO AUSTIN. 
          AS OTHER CENTRAL TEXAS CITIES SHARE STRONG CONSUMER SPENDING, THE CITY MUST TAKE ACTION TO REDUCE SPENDING, USE RESOURCES MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND INCREASE REVENUE, PAID MONEY BY ELIMINATING NON-ESSENTIAL SPENDING TO SPECIAL INTEREST PROJECTS AND STREAMLINED THE WORKFORCE. 
          SPEND WISELY BY ADDRESSING HOUSING INSTABILITY. 
          THE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS BEING GUTTED TO FUND AN ADEQUATE SHELTER SOLUTIONS AND WILL NOT BE REPLENISHED IN FUTURE BUDGETS. 
          SPEND WISELY BY HIRING LOCAL CONTRACTORS, RETAINING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN SALES TAX REVENUE, WHICH IS THE BEST SOURCE FOR FUNDING POLICIES PROMOTING CONSUMER SPENDING ARE CRITICAL. 
          THE CITY MUST STOP INCREASING TAXES. 
          WE ARE BLOOD DRY HIGH TAXES, REDUCE DISPOSABLE INCOME, LOWER THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS, CUT REGULATIONS AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS TO FREE UP CAPITAL TO BUSINESSES CAN INVEST IN HIGHER WAGES. 
          PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY, MENTAL ILLNESS, DRUG ABUSE AND VIOLENT CRIME ON THE STREETS PREVENTS EVERYONE FROM ENJOYING AUSTIN RESTORE OUR GREEN SPACES, OUR PARKS, TRAILS, AND WATERWAYS. 
          DEFINE AUSTIN'S CULTURE, BUT ARE NOW UNUSABLE AND UNSAFE DUE TO ANCY AND KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD. 
          AUSTIN'S DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE CULTURE THRIVES ALL ON ITS OWN. 
          THIS BUDGET NEGLECTS FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND AUSTIN'S CORE VALUES. 
          THE CITY NEEDS TO CUT SPENDING, SPEND THE REST MORE WISELY, LOWER THE COST OF LIVING, REDUCE THE COST OF GETTING. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY AND REVIVE AUSTIN. 
          MAGGIE LUNA. 
          HELLO? HELLO. 
          PLEASE, PLEASE, CAN YOU HEAR PROCEED? ME OKAY? HI, YES. 
          MY NAME IS MAGGIE LUNA. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT TEXAS HARM DUCTION ALLIANCE. 
          AND I, UM, APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT ALL OF Y'ALL ARE DOING. 
          I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF CITY COUNCIL, UM, MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY STAYS HEALTHY. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO GO IN THAT IN THE BUDGET. 
          IT'S GOT A LOT OF EXTRA MONEY GOING, UM, TO THE HOUSING STRATEGY OFFICE FOR WORK THAT IS ALREADY BEING DONE 
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IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I WAS JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE THAT. 
          UM, WE DO SOME RESEARCH ON WHAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE AT TEXAS HARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE. 
          WE HAVE ONE SHOWER THAT WE USE ALL, UM, WE HAVE LIKE SEVEN SHOWERS A DAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE. 
          WE DON'T HAVE FOOD BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONE OF OUR MA OUR CORE ITEMS. AND SO, UH, WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE. 
          WE ARE A SMALL, SCRAPPY, SCRAPPY TEAM AND WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE LOVE THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. 
          AND SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE MORE RESEARCH INTO THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEING DONE AND TO, WE FOLLOW THESE PEOPLE INTO THE HOUSING PROCESS WHEN THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE IN THEIR HOME. 
          AND I, WE NEED MORE INVESTMENT INTO MORE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE FROM THE STREET ALL THE WAY INTO HOUSING. 
          WE HAVE PEOPLE SHOW UP THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN HOUSED, BUT ARE NERVOUS TO BE ALONE, AND WE SIT WITH THEM AND WE LOVE THEM AND WE GUIDE THEM. 
          AND SO WE JUST NEED MORE INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THIS HARD WORK WITH PASSION. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          HANDS MAVERICK. 
          ITEM TWO TO HANS MAVERICK. 
          HANS MAVERICK. 
          KIM YOUNGBLOOD. 
          YES. 
          HI, THIS IS KIMBERLY YOUNGBLOOD. 
          I'M WITH THE CRIME SURVIVORS FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE, LED BY THE ALLIANCE FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE. 
          AND I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK, UM, BY TARA TUCKER, WHO IS OUR TEXAS STATE DIRECTOR. 
          AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF FUNDING FOR THE TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER THAT, UH, MICHAEL LOFTON SPOKE ABOUT AS A CRIME VICTIM. 
          CRIME VICTIMS AND COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY CRIME AND VIOLENCE NEED INVESTMENTS AND HEALING, REHABILITATION, TRAUMA RECOVERY SERVICES AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO STOP THE CYCLES OF CRIME AND TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE. 
          OFTEN THE SUPPORT THAT CRIME SURVIVORS NEED IS NOT ACCESSIBLE AND MANY PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF THEM. 
          UH, VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES, WE FACE A LOT OF DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES FROM TRAUMA AND IT CAN LAST THE REST OF OUR LIVES. 
          UNADDRESSED TRAUMA CAN RESULT IN THE NEGATIVE OUTCOME FOR THE VICTIMS, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING RE-VICTIMIZATION, ADDICTION, JOB AND HOUSING LAWS, AND LONGSTANDING MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. 
          UM, THE NATIONAL SURVEY SHOWS, ESPECIALLY IN TEXAS, THAT FEWER THAN ONE IN 10 VICTIMS RECEIVE HELP THROUGH OUR VICTIMS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S SO COMPLICATED. 
          BUT THERE'S EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TRAUMA RECOVERY SERVICES AND MODELS LIKE THE HARVEST TRC OFFER THE HARDEST TO REACH VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES, THE HEALING AND RECOVERY THAT THEY NEED. 
          AND WE DESPERATELY NEED SUPPORT FOR THE TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER. 
          SINCE AN OPENED IN NOVEMBER, 2023, IT SERVED OVER 1200 VICTIMS OF CRIME, AND THAT IS 76% OF THOSE, THOSE CLIENTS HAVE IMPROVED IN THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IN JUST EIGHT SESSIONS. 
          AND 96 HAVE HAD GREAT IMPROVEMENTS AFTER 24 SESSIONS. 
          SO ADEQUATELY FUNDING THE TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER IS DESPERATELY NEED IT. 
          WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN SO FAR, BUT THERE, AS YOU'VE SEEN, THERE ARE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE SUPPORT AND WE NEED TO KEEP IT OPEN AND FUNDED. 
          UM, THIS WILL HELP WRAP AROUND SERVICES BY GIVING FOOD AND HOUSING TO PEOPLE THAT NEED ASSISTANCE AND ALSO STRENGTHEN THE WORKFORCE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATH FOR AS SURVIVORS. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER. 
          UM, WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH SO FAR AND THE GRATITUDE THAT WE SUMMER ALEXANDER, SUMMER ALEXANDER HANDS MAVERICK. 
          HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS HANS MAVERICK. 
          I AM, UH, UM, I'M A RESEARCH AND POLICY ORGANIZER WITH, UH, GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP HERE IN AUSTIN, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10. 
          UM, WHAT WE CARE ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY IS RESPONSIVE TO EVERYONE NEED EVERYONE'S NEEDS, INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO COME INTO CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT HELD IN CUSTODY WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE AND EVEN WHERE PROBABLE CAUSE EXISTS THAT THE PERSON IN CUSTODY IS ABLE TO BE RELEASED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          I WISH TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO TWO ITEMS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          THE FIRST ON PAGE 34 UNDER THE HEADING MUNICIPAL COURT MENTIONS A $3.5 MILLION REDUCTION DUE TO A REVISED INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY FOR COUNSEL OF FIRST APPEARANCE SERVICES. 
          THE SECOND ITEM ON PAGE 35 UNDER POLICE MENTIONS 
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THE $6,000,006 MILLION FOR COSTS DUE. 
          I TAKE IT TO THE SAME REVISED INTER-LOCAL AGREEMENT. 
          IF I UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY, THIS MEANS THAT THIS, THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS PAID TO PROVIDE MAGISTRATE AND COUNSEL AT FIRST APPEARANCE SERVICES. 
          UH, WE HAVE TWO CONCERNS ABOUT THESE TWO ITEMS. FIRST, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH SERVICES EXACTLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING TO JUSTIFY THE PAYMENT OF $6 MILLION FOR MAGISTRATION AND COUNSEL AT FIRST APPEARANCE SERVICES. 
          AND SECONDLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY IT IS THAT THE POLICE DO NOT PROVIDE PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVITS IMMEDIATELY OR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE PERSON IS PLACED IN CUSTODY, BUT RATHER DO SO AT THE END OF THE OFFICER'S SHIFT. 
          THE CURRENT PRACTICE CAUSES PEOPLE TO BE HELD IN CUSTODY LONGER THAN NECESSARY, EVEN IN CASES WHERE THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO REDIRECT THIS PORTION OF THE A PD BUDGET TO THE MAGISTRATION COURT TO ENSURE THAT THE PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT IS IMMEDIATELY PROCESSED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUE WITH ITEM TWO, ENOVIA JOSEPH. 
          MAYOR, I DO HAVE A TECHNICAL QUESTION BEFORE I START. 
          I ACTUALLY SIGNED UP FOR ONE AND TWO AND THERE'S NO BACKUP. 
          CAN I HAVE MY MINUTES CONSECUTIVELY? I DON'T HAVE THE SIGN UP IN FRONT OF ME THAT SHE SIGNED UP FOR BOTH ITEMS. YES, SHE DID. 
          SHE WAS NOT REMOTE WHEN WE CALLED ITEM ONE. 
          SHE IS NOW, GO AHEAD IF YOU DON'T MIND MS. JOSEPH, PLEASE GO AHEAD ON ITEM NUMBER TWO AND THEN WE WILL CALL YOU FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE AND GIVE YOU YOUR TIME FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          COUNSEL, I'M ZIA JOSEPH, MY COMMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE MESSAGE FROM THE MANAGER. 
          I KNOW THAT YESTERDAY, MAYOR, YOU STARTED THE SPECIAL AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE STATING THAT YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO THINGS WITH TRANSPARENCY. 
          I JUST WANNA ASK THE MANAGER TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN AND TO ASK FROM THIS POINT FORWARD THAT IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL YOU INCLUDE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST A PHONE NUMBER FOR EACH OF THESE ENTITIES. 
          I CAN TELL YOU I'M NOT SURE HOW TO REACH CARITAS FAMILY ELDER CARE FRONT STEPS ECHO. 
          SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A FORM ONLINE, BUT THAT DOES NOT ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION RELATED TO HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 
          I JUST WOULD ASK THE MANAGER AS WELL. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A SHORTFALL AND YOU SAID THIS IS ABOUT THE GENERAL REVENUE, SPECIFICALLY THE $2.9 MILLION FOR JOYCE JAMES WAS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. 
          I WOULD ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE IT WAS RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY LIFE ANEW THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION GRANT TO AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          $826,000 WAS K THROUGH 12 TUTORING. 
          IT ALSO WAS TO REIMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY AND MOVABILITY $550,000 IN THE CURRENT BUDGET. 
          ON PAGE 1 45 SHOWS NO RETURN ON INVESTMENT. 
          SO IF YOU ARE COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY MAYOR AND THE SHORTFALL THAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO UNDERSTAND, I WOULD ASK YOU TO SHOW US THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH THE FUNDING THAT YOU'VE ALLOCATED THUS FOR, AND AS IT RELATES TO THE OUTREACH THAT THE CITY MANAGER DID. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE YOU AWARE THAT I DID PUT IN AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST AND I COPIED THE CITY MANAGER JULY 3RD, 2020, 25. 
          AND I STILL HAVE NOT SEEN WHAT IT IS HE DISCUSSED WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMISSION. 
          I ASKED FOR THAT AUDIO TO BE POSTED ONLINE AND I COPIED THE CITY CLERK AS WELL. 
          SO THERE IS A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, MAYOR, AND IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO GIVE YOU INFORMED COMMENTS BECAUSE THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. 
          THANK YOU MR. THE BLACK COMMUNITY WASN'T POSTED. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SHOULD I CALL PARADE ONE NOW? PLEASE, PLEASE. 
          ITEM NUMBER ONE, ZIA JOSEPH. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, COUNSEL, I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE MY COMMENTS. 
          I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU THAT THE CITY CHARTER SECTION FIVE REQUIRES YOU TO FUND MASS TRANSIT, AND I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE SHORTFALL THAT'S IN THE BUDGET COULD PERHAPS BE LESSENED IF YOU INVESTED IN PALMER LANE TRANSPORTATION. 
          AS YOU ARE AWARE, IT WAS $4.7 MILLION FROM SAMSUNG TO APPLE IN 2020 BEFORE YOU EVEN PUT PROJECT CONNECT BEFORE THE VOTERS. 
          AS IT RELATES TO THE HOMELESS ISSUES, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO INVEST IN SHOWERS AND TO PARTNER WITH YMCA BECAUSE IT WAS THE TAXPAYERS THAT HELPED TO BUILD THAT FACILITY ON RUNDBERG. 
          AND THAT IS WHERE THERE'S A NEED. 
          SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO INVEST MORE MONEY. 
          WE ALREADY INVESTED AND THERE SHOULD BE DESIGNATED TIMES FOR THE UNHOUSED PEOPLE TO TAKE A SHOWER THERE, NOT PAY $10 A DAY AS IT RELATES TO HOTELS. 
          I WILL JUST TELL YOU THAT ECHO AND FRONT STEPS, THESE 
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ORGANIZATIONS STILL USE PAPER CHECKS AND SO WE NEED BETTER WAYS FOR THEM TO PARTNER WITH HOTELS SO THAT HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO ARE TRANSITIONING TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAN ACTUALLY BE IN A PLACE OTHER THAN THE 60 MINUTE BLACK BUS ROUTE. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN ELIMINATE THE EQUITY OFFICE AND CONSIDER THE APRIL 24TH, 2025 LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION WHERE HE ACTUALLY MENTIONS DEI AS A REASON  FOR YOU TO LOSE YOUR FUNDING. 
          AND I WOULD JUST TELL YOU THAT WHAT IS AN EQUITY OFFICE THAT HAS NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT BLACK PEOPLE WAIT 60 MINUTES FOR THE BUS, 10 TIMES LONGER THAN WHITE PEOPLE. 
          AND LASTLY, I WILL JUST TELL YOU THAT AS IT RELATES TO AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, WE NEED A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER NORTH OF US. 
          180 3. 
          THE PEOPLE IN DISTRICT SIX, DISTRICT FOUR, ONE AND SEVEN HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO ST. 
          JOHN'S. 
          AND THAT IS OVER TWO HOURS BY TRAVEL, UM, BY BUS. 
          AND SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN. 
          AND MAYOR, RESPECTFULLY, THE MARSHALING YARD WAS TOLD US THAT IT WAS TEMPORARY, NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION. 
          AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK THANK BROADLY AT THE COMMUNITY. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          WHATEVER RESOURCES YOU HAVE, CONTINUE WITH ITEM TWO. 
          DANIEL GIANNIS. 
          GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO, UM, INCLUDE THREE TO $5 MILLION, UH, OF FUNDING TO CONTINUE THE EQUITY OFFICE'S WORK. 
          UH, AND ALSO, UM, I AM ACTUALLY, UH, OPPOSED TO ELIMINATING OR OR TO GOING TO THREE, FIVE FIGHTERS FROM FOUR FOR THE TRUCKS. 
          I HOPE THAT THAT, UM, THAT YOU INCLUDE, UH, UH, THAT YOU, THAT WE CAN KEEP FOUR, FIVE FIGHTERS AT LEAST ON A TRUCK. 
          AND SINCE IT'S BEEN RAINING SO MUCH, YOU CAN DEEP DIG DEEP INTO THE RAINY DAY FUND AND FORTIFY THESE TWO ISSUES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          SUMMER ALEXANDER. 
          HI COUNSEL. 
          UH, MY NAME IS SUMMER ALEXANDER AND I WORK AS A JUSTICE INVOLVED REENTRY PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST AT TEXAS HARM PRODUCTION. 
          AND I'M ALSO SOMEONE WHO HAS LIVED THE STRUGGLE WE ARE HERE TO TO TO DISCUSS TODAY. 
          WITHIN THE BUDGET MEETING IN 2018, I BECAME UNHOUSED AND WAS LEFT ON THE STREETS OF AUSTIN. 
          UM, NOW BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH THAT. 
          UM, BUT MY ABILITY TO GET THROUGH THAT WITH NO RESOURCES IS VERY RARE. 
          CURRENTLY, THE CITY HAS ALLOCATED OUT $12.5 MILLION TO SUPPORT STRATEGIES FOR THE HOMELESS. 
          HOWEVER, THE MAJORITY OF THIS FUNDING IS SET TO BE DIVIDED ONLY BETWEEN TWO SHELTER OPERATIONS. 
          WHILE I ABSOLUTELY RECOGNIZE THAT THESE SHELTERS ARE DOING IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY WORK AS WELL AS SEE A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, SHELTER ALONE IS NOT A SOLUTION. 
          IT DOES NOT PROVIDE A PATHWAY FORWARD. 
          TEXAS HARM REDUCTION AND OUR REENTRY TEAM ENSURES THAT WE PROVIDE REAL SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO PEOPLE. 
          WE WORK ALONGSIDE PEERS THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THEIR REENTRY JOURNEY, STARTING WITH FREE RELIEF. 
          WE ALSO WORK WITHIN THE COURTROOMS ADVOCATING FOR PEERS TO ENSURE THAT ATTORNEYS AND JUDGES ARE COMPLETELY AWARE OF THE BARRIERS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL FACE. 
          WE CREATE STRUCTURED PLANS AND INDIVI INDIVIDUALIZED GOALS. 
          I PERSONALLY WORK WITH 45 INDIVIDUALS RIGHT NOW, AND MY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A PLAN, A PURPOSE, AND A HOPE EVERY TIME I WORK WITH THEM. 
          LET'S BE HONEST, WE DO NOT LOWER RECIDIVISM OR IN HOMELESSNESS BY FILLING SHELTER BEDS. 
          WE DO IT BY BUILDING INDIVIDUALIZED PATHWAY DOWN OF POVERTY, TRAUMA, ADDICTION, AND, AND INCARCERATION. 
          COORDINATED ASSESSMENTS IN BED FIELDS MEAN NOTHING IF PEOPLE ARE UNDER-REPORTED. 
          DON'T TRUST THE SYSTEM OR FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT ASSESSING THEIR SITUATION CORRECTLY. 
          THAT'S WHY I'M REQUESTING CITY COUNCIL TO INVEST IN ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE A REAL IMPACT DURING THIS BUDGET CYCLE. 
          ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE A REAL REFLECTING LONG-TERM STABLE SOLUTION, WE ALL AGREE THAT THE GOAL IS NOT TO SPEND MILLIONS, BUT JUST SAY WE PUT PEOPLE IN SHELTER FOR ENEMY, THE GOAL IS TO PERMANENTLY REDUCE HOMELESSNESS. 
          M THANK YOU. 
          AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO GIVE FUNDING TO THE PROGRAMS NEEDED. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THAT IS ALL THE REMOTE SPEAKERS. 
          SO I'M GONNA SWITCH OVER TO IN PERSON REALLY QUICKLY. 
          SORRY, THE REMOTE SPEAKERS FOR ITEM TWO. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR IN-PERSON ITEM TWO, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL YOUR NAMES AGAIN IN A FEW GROUPINGS. 
          PLEASE IF YOU'RE HERE, COME ON DOWN TO THE PODIUM AND THEN STATE YOUR NAME AS YOU BEGIN SPEAKING. 
          AKI SHAW EIGHT TRACK. 
          MARIA ZAPATA, JULIETTE REESE, SCOTT COBB. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S IN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GRAB A CHAIR. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, HI, MY NAME IS AOKI SHAW AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED WORKERS OF INTEGRAL CARE, THE UNION REPRESENTING THE 
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WORKERS WHO SERVE OUR CITY'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. 
          AS THE CITY BEGINS SHAPING THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE URGE YOU TO INVEST IN THE PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT LONG-TERM STABILITY, REDUCE RELIANCE ON EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND OFFER OUR NEIGHBORS THE DIGNITY AND CARE THEY DESERVE. 
          THESE ARE PEOPLE FIRST INVESTMENTS THAT WILL SAVE LIVES AND REDUCE LONG-TERM COSTS TO THE CITY. 
          FIRST, WE ASK YOU TO PROVIDE SUSTAINED ONGOING FUNDING FOR THE 24 7 EXPANDED MOBILE CRISIS OUTREACH TEAM OR E EM COT. 
          LAST YEAR, THE CITY RIGHTLY RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF EXPANDING EM CUTS HOURS TO 24 7 WITH A ONE-TIME FUNDING ALLOCATION. 
          THAT FUNDING IS NOW SET TO EXPIRE. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE CITY'S COMMITMENT BY MAKING THIS FUNDING PERMANENT. 
          PEOPLE IN CRISIS DESERVE TIMELY SKILLED SUPPORT. 
          SECOND, THE CITY MUST TAKE BOLD AND IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PREVENT A RETURN TO MASS HOMELESSNESS DUE THE DUE TO THE IMPENDING EXPIRATION OF ARPA FUNDED SUBSIDIES SUCH AS THE EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS. 
          WE CANNOT ALLOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN STABLY HOUSED FOR TWO TO FOUR YEARS TO BE PUSHED BACK ONTO THE STREETS BECAUSE OF BUREAUCRATIC DECISIONS MADE HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY. 
          FEDERALLY, HUD IS FACING SIGNIFICANT CUTS THAT WILL IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO FILL THIS GAP AND TO CONTINUE HANDING DOWN FUNDING FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          SO WE URGE YOU TO INVEST IN LOCALLY FUNDED TENANT-BASED HOUSING VOUCHERS WITH PRIORITY FOR INDIVID INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING THE LOSS OF ARPA FUNDED SUPPORT. 
          THIRD, WE CALL FOR GREATER INVESTMENT IN THE PATHWAY FROM RAPID REHOUSING TO PERMANENT SUPPORTED HOUSING. 
          WE ARE STILL SEEING PEOPLE CYCLE RIGHT BACK INTO HOMELESSNESS AS THEIR TIME LIMITED ASSISTANCE ENDS. 
          BY INCREASING INVESTMENTS IN THE PIPELINE, WE CAN STOP THIS REVOLVING DOOR, REDUCE LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS AND THE COST ASSOCIATED. 
          AND FINALLY, WE CALL FOR INVESTMENTS AND IN THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE AND ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS INVESTMENTS IN A HOUSING SUBSIDY SHOULD COME WITH INVESTMENTS INTO THE WORKERS THAT SUPPORT THESE SYSTEMS AND THESE CLIENTS. 
          BUT WE CANNOT DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT ADEQUATE RESOURCES. 
          THAT'S WHY WE ALSO URGE THE COUNCIL TO PURSUE A TAX RATE ELECTION. 
          LET'S BE HONEST WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD A SAFER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE STABLE AUSTIN. 
          AND LET'S GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY YES TO THAT VISION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS SCOTT KABB. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE AND I READ IN THE TEXAS CHABO THAT 1.7 MILLION TEXANS ARE ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH CHANGES IN TRUMP'S MEGA BILL MAY 27TH. 
          HR SENT A MEMO TO US SAYING THAT TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES WHO WORK LESS THAN 30 HOURS WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE OR DENTAL INSURANCE THROUGH THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          CURRENTLY WE CAN BUY IT IF WE WORK 12 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS AND THEN WE'RE ELIGIBLE TO BUY IT. 
          DENTAL INSURANCE COSTS $9 PER PAYCHECK, VERY AFFORDABLE. 
          THAT WILL NO LONGER BE POSSIBLE IF YOU WORK LESS THAN 30 HOURS A WEEK ON AVERAGE. 
          AND SO CUTTING PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO DENTAL INSURANCE AND HEALTH INSURANCE IS NOT SOMETHING THE CITY OF AUSTIN SHOULD BE DOING. 
          I WOULD POINT OUT THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE UNDER THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS, THE DACA DREAMERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. 
          THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO BUY IT THROUGH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS TEMPORARIES CURRENTLY, IF THEY WORK MORE THAN 12 MONTHS, BUT NOW THEY WILL NOT BE UNLESS THEY WORK 30 HOURS A WEEK. 
          SO SOME PEOPLE WILL BE LOSING IT. 
          THOSE PEOPLE WHO WORK UNDER 30 HOURS WILL LOSE IT. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE DOING WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOSING HEALTH ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE ACROSS THE STATE. 
          AND THE AFFORDABLE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HAS SAID THAT THEIR PREMIUM RATES FOR PRIVATE, UH, POLICIES THROUGH THE A CA ARE GONNA RAISE RISE BY 21%. 
          THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CONTINUING ON ANDY BROWER, SAVANNAH LEE, MATTHEW MALIKA, ASHLEY HAMILTON, BILL BUNCH. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          UNLESS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TESTIFY, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. 
          WHY DON'T YOU LET HER GO AND THAT WAY THEY CAN PASS OUT WHAT YOU'VE JUST HANDED THEM. 
          HEY Y'ALL, UH, THANKS SO MUCH TO MAYOR WATSON AND THE COUNCIL FOR HAVING US. 
          MY NAME IS SAVANNAH LEE AND I'M HERE WITH EQUITY ACTION. 
          I WANTED TO COME HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE RECENT BUDGET INTRODUCED 
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BY THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET, WHICH WAS CREATED BY LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITY BUDGET REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN THIS INCREDIBLY PIVOTAL MOMENT. 
          WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS BUDGET IS BALANCED AND THE CITY HAS MADE SOME DIFFICULT CHOICES IN THE FACE OF EXTREME FEDERAL CUTS AND LOOMING DEFICIT, I WANNA POSIT FOR YOU THAT THIS IS NOT THE MOMENT FOR BANDAIDS. 
          MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS CURRENTLY LIVE IN FEAR OF FEDERAL POLICIES THAT WOULD SEE THEM SNATCHED FROM THEIR HOMES AND DEPORTED. 
          MANY MORE ARE LOSING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE ALL WHILE THE COST OF LIVING SKYROCKETS. 
          THIS CANNOT BE THE MOMENT THAT WE CHOOSE TO TURN OUR BACKS ON THE PROGRESS THAT AUSTIN HAS MADE IN RECENT YEARS. 
          IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO MEET THIS MOMENT AND ENSURE THAT AUSTIN IS THE SANCTUARY THAT WE ALL KNOW IT CAN BE. 
          SPECIFICALLY, I WANTED TO SHARE TWO CONCERNS. 
          FIRST, AS MENTIONED IN THE BUDGET SESSION, TWO POSITIONS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT. 
          WE WANT TO UNDERLAND UNDERLINE OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE ELIMINATION OF THESE ROLES. 
          THE O OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT IS ALREADY FUNCTIONING WITH A VERY SMALL STAFF. 
          THE PASSING OF THE AUSTIN POLICE OVERSIGHT ACT BY VOTERS. 
          AS ALL THE PROOF THAT COUNCIL NEEDS THAT POLICE MISCONDUCT IS A PRIORITY TO THIS COMMUNITY. 
          WE WOULD ASK THAT THE OFFICE BE FULLY STAFFED AS ICE PRESENCE INCREASES AND POLICE FORCES ACROSS THE NATION ARE MILITARIZED. 
          A CHECK ON THAT POWER IS ENTIRELY NON-NEGOTIABLE, ESPECIALLY IN A CITY THAT'S SPENT $73 MILLION IN SETTLEMENTS OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS REGARDING POLICE MISCONDUCT. 
          SECONDLY, THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET DEMANDS FUNDING FOR REENTRY WORKFORCE SERVICES. 
          IT SEEMS TO US THAT THERE'S NO SUCH FUNDING IN THE BASE BUDGET ON NEARLY, NEARLY 40% OF THE CITY BUDGET IS USED TO FUND A PD. 
          WE FIND THE LACK OF INVESTMENT IN COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES THAT REDUCE RECIDIVISM CONCERNING THIS IS IT Y'ALL. 
          THERE IS NO MORE TIME TO SLAP A BANDAID ON A GAPING WOUND AND CALL IT HEALTHCARE. 
          WE HAVE TO FIND OUR OUR WAY TO COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CARE AND WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW TOGETHER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS ANDY BROWER. 
          I'M THE NEIGHBORS PROGRAM MANAGER AT CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND ALSO LEAD THE HOMELESS ADVOCACY PROJECT. 
          I WANNA THANK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER STAFF FOR MEETING ME WITH ME IN THE LAST MONTH OR TWO, AND ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CADRE AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER FOR MEETING WITH ME PERSONALLY ABOUT THESE PRIORITIES I SENT YOU. 
          I GAVE YOU, UM, A FIVE PAGE PO PO POLICY PRIORITY DOCUMENT FROM THE HOMELESS ADVOCACY PROJECT AND A ONE PAGER ON A WORKFORCE PILOT PROPOSED FOR DOWNTOWN. 
          I WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW I DO SUPPORT THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE'S PLAN, UM, BUT WE ALSO NEED THE, UM, TAX RATE ELECTION TO FULLY ACTUALIZE THAT PLAN. 
          UM, SO I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE COMING MONTHS, BUT RIGHT NOW IN THIS BUDGET, THERE IS VITAL THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FUNDED THAT I WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO. 
          I DO WANNA SAY I SUPPORT THE MARSHALING YARD AND APPRECIATE THE FUNDING FOR THAT. 
          IT'S NOT A PERFECT SHELTER, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED AND HAS, UM, CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE A PATH FORWARD IF, IF OPERATED CORRECTLY AND HAS ACTUALLY SAVED PEOPLE'S LIVES WHEN WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE AND PEOPLE CAN'T GET INTO HOUSING. 
          LAST SUMMER, I WAS HERE AND I READ STORIES OF FAMILIES WITH TODDLERS THAT ARE SLEEPING IN THEIR CAR OR SLEEPING IN TENTS. 
          UM, HOWEVER, THE, THE COUNCIL DID NOT CHOOSE TO FUND ADDITIONAL FAMILY SHELTER BEDS LAST YEAR, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE 218 PEOPLE ON THE SALVATION ARMY WAIT LIST. 
          218 FAMILIES RIGHT NOW ON THE SALVATION ARMY WAIT LIST AND FAMILY HOMELESSNESS HAS GONE UP FROM 12% IN 23 TO 20% IN 25. 
          WE CUT FAMILY HOMELESS SHELTERS TWO YEARS AGO. 
          WE CUT THE FOUNDATION FOR THE HOMELESS. 
          THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE 40 FAMILIES WITH BEDS, NON CONGREGATE SHELTERS. 
          THAT'S 120 PEOPLE FOR 250,000 IF THAT FUNDING CAN BE RESTORED. 
          I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, CUTS NEED TO BE MADE, BUT AT A MINIMUM, LET'S TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS SO THAT WE DO NOT CAUSE FURTHER TRAUMA WITH FAMILIES. 
          I'M ALSO PROPOSING A WORKFORCE PILOT IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. 
          SORRY, MR. YOUR TIME'S EXPIRED. 
          YEAH, VERY THING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE HANDOUTS. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS BILL BUNCH, UH, DISTRICT FIVE, UM, SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE. 
          UM, JUST PICKING UP WHERE I LEFT OFF EARLIER, UH, ASKING YOU TO PLEASE POSTPONE ANY OF YOUR VOTES ON LONG-TERM DEBT BONDS OR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT ARE ON YOUR AGENDA FOR TOMORROW. 
          AND INCLUDE THOSE WHEN YOU TAKE UP THE BUDGET IN AUGUST SO THAT THERE'S FURTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ENGAGE. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S A HUGE PART OF THE BUDGET. 
          YOU HAVE OVER A BILLION DOLLARS OF DEBT OBLIGATIONS ON YOUR AGENDA FOR TOMORROW. 
          UM, ALSO WANT TO, UH, URGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE WORLD HAS CHANGED FROM COVID TO, UH, THE CLIMATE DISASTERS THAT WE SUFFERED TWO WEEKS AGO TO TARIFFS, SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, WORKFORCE ISSUES, UH, LOSING FEDERAL 
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FUNDING FOR A WHOLE RANGE OF, OF BOTH BASIC SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS CONSERVATION CULTURE. 
          UM, AND, AND CALL TIME OUT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY TIME TO REPRIORITIZE THIS MONEY. 
          LITERALLY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE TABLE WITH AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST, 5 BILLION FOR A CONVENTION CENTER THAT Y'ALL KNOW WE DON'T NEED THAT WE'RE NOT READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT YOU'RE RUSHING AHEAD WITHOUT VOTER CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT ON THE SIDE AND, AND DIRECT MONEY TO SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS TOWN, THE PLACES AND THE PEOPLE AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE LOVE THAT WE'RE LOSING BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE. 
          THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE NEAR WHERE THEY WORK. 
          UM, AND LET'S DO WHAT'S RIGHT. 
          LET'S RESPOND. 
          LET'S ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CONTINUING ON. 
          JOSHUA HOUSTON, MONICA GUZMAN, SUSAN RO, PETER HUNT, CHAS MOORE. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND FIND A SEAT. 
          WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. 
          I'M JOSHUA HOUSTON. 
          I'M GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR CARITAS OF AUSTIN. 
          WE JUST WANNA REITERATE OUR SUPPORT FOR THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE'S PLAN. 
          IT SETS A SOLID IMBALANCED STRATEGY AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION TO STATE THE OBVIOUS, UH, THE PLAN NEEDS MONEY AND WE'RE VERY AWARE OF THE FISCAL REALITIES THAT ARE IMPOSED ON YOU BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS. 
          UH, WE WOULD SUPPORT A TRE AND SHOULD Y'ALL DETERMINE THAT NECESSARY, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENGAGING OUR DONORS, VOLUNTEERS, AND OTHER CONSTITUENCIES TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THE NECESSITY TO MAINTAIN CURRENT LEVELS OF SERVICE. 
          UH, THANK YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          HI, MY NAME IS PETER HUNT, DISTRICT 10 WITH AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION. 
          I THINK IT'S ON, I THINK HE'S JUST SOFT SPOKEN. 
          SORRY, I'LL SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          MY NAME'S PETER HUNT. 
          SOME, SOME OF US NEED TO BE YELLED AT . 
          WELL, I WON'T GO QUITE THAT FAR. 
          MY NAME'S PETER HUNT. 
          I'M WITH THE AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT 10. 
          UM, I WANNA SPEAK ABOUT TWO ISSUES TODAY VERSUS THE SORT OF SOME ISSUES WITH THE GENERAL ACCESSIBILITY OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS. 
          AND THE OTHER IS ABOUT THE POLICE BUDGET. 
          SOME VOLUNTEERS WITH A JC HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THE VARIOUS DISTRICT MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING SO FAR, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THESE WOULD SERVE AS VENUES TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK OR COMMENTS OR HAVE SOME MORE EXTENDED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THEIR OPINIONS ON IT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THIS HAS NOT REALLY BEEN THE CASE. 
          THESE HAVE NOT FELT LIKE SPACES IN WHICH, UH, EXTENSIVE FEEDBACK CAN BE PROVIDED OR SORT OF MORE INVOLVED CONVERSATIONS WITH INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS CAN HAPPEN AND THE FORMAT, UH, FOR QUESTIONS HAS LEFT SOME OF THEM UNANSWERED. 
          UM, AND PEOPLE WAITING FOR REPLIES. 
          UH, THIS IS PARTICULARLY A PROBLEM BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE CAN MAKE IT DOWN TO A WORKDAY 9:00 AM MEETING AT CITY HALL AND FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND, UH, MEETINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THEIR DISTRICT POTENTIALLY IN THE EVENING THAT ARE GONNA BE MORE ACCESSIBLE SO THAT MORE MEMBERS OF, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A VOICE IN THIS PROCESS. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT, WHICH WAS ALREADY MENTIONED, I BELIEVE BY MR. MAVERICK, UM, IS THE MOVEMENT OF MONEY INTO THE POLICE BUDGET FOR MAGISTRATION AND COUNCIL AT FIRST APPEARANCE. 
          UM, AS, UH, COUNCILMAN SIEGEL MENTIONED AT LAST NIGHT'S DISTRICT SEVEN MEETING, THERE ARE LAWS IN PLACE THAT MEAN THAT ONCE MONEY IS MOVED INTO THE POLICE BUDGET, IT IS VERY HARD TO GET OUT, UH, OR TO CHANGE HOW THAT MONEY IS ALLOCATED. 
          AND SO WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT MONEY BEING MOVED INTO THE POLICE BUDGET FOR SERVICES THAT COULD BE PROVIDED ELSEWHERE, UM, OR ACCOUNTED FOR ELSEWHERE. 
          AND SO WE OPPOSE MOVING, UH, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE POLICE BUDGET, UM, FOR MAGISTRATION AND COUNSEL AT FIRST APPEARANCE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU MS. RO. 
          UH, SUSAN RO AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND I'M KIND OF GOING TO JUMP AROUND. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU TALK ABOUT ALL YEAR IS AFFORDABILITY. 
          AND THESE BUDGETS ARE NOT ACHIEVING AFFORDABILITY. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND YOU WANT MORE MONEY, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RAISE YOUR HAND AND YOU GET MORE MONEY. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE A FAMILY AND THESE HIGHER TAXES AND FEES COME IN, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. 
          YOU HAVE TO CUT BACK ON THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO YOUR FAMILY. 
          AND PEOPLE ARE DOING THAT AS, AS THE RECIPIENTS OF FUNDS. 
          ASK FOR MORE AND MORE. 
          PLEASE CONSIDER THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING FOR THAT BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE STRANGLING AVERAGE PEOPLE THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE. 
          ONE OF, AND I'M SORRY, I'M JUMPING AROUND. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY DISLIKE IS THE FACT THAT THE CITY COMES IN WITH A LARGE SUGGESTED TAX 
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INCREASE AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE STATE REDUCES SCHOOL TAXES. 
          AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE AVERAGE PERSON DOESN'T REALLY BENEFIT FROM THAT. 
          UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, UH, THIS IS FROM YOUR BUDGET, PAGE 50, UM, IN 2021, AND THAT'S WHEN THE PROJECT CONNECT THING PASSED. 
          THE STATE HAD HAD REDUCED SCHOOL FUNDING AND YOU WEREN'T HERE, NOT YOUR FAULT, BUT, UM, THE MAYOR AT THAT TIME WAS SAYING, HEY, IT'S NO BIG DEAL. 
          WE'RE ONLY GONNA INCREASE TAXES BY 4%. 
          THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ATE UP ALL THE SAVINGS FROM SCHOOLS AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE INCREASE WAS FROM YOUR OWN DOCUMENT HERE, JUST IN THE GENERAL OR THE, UM, M AND O 30.6%. 
          SO WE NEED TO BE MORE HONEST WITH PEOPLE AND I WOULD URGE YOU NOT TO TAKE THE SAVINGS FROM SCHOOLS. 
          PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, UM, APPRECIATE THAT. 
          ANOTHER THING, UM, IS THAT I, I'VE HEARD OFF AND ON NOW THAT THE EMERGENCY SERVICES ARE TAKING UP 100% OF THE GENERAL FUND PROPERTY TAXES. 
          THAT IS NOT TRUE BECAUSE 20, A LITTLE MORE THAN 20% OF THE GENERAL FUND TAXES ARE FOR PROJECT CONNECT. 
          THANK YOU MS. PETRO. 
          THANK YOU MS. GUZMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M MONICA GUZMAN, POLICY DIRECTOR AT GAVA GO. 
          AUSTIN VAMO, AUSTIN GAVA STAFF AND RESIDENTS HAVE MET WITH MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OR YOUR STAFF. 
          AND WE THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH US. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MEDICINE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH YOUR OFFICE NEXT WEEK. 
          WE ARE AWARE OF THE $30 MILLION $33 MILLION DEFICIT AND ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO PRIORITIZE CRITICAL PRIORITIES AND INVEST OUR DOLLARS IN THE EFFORTS THAT ARE DETAILED IN AVA'S FISCAL 26 BUS BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, ESPECIALLY CONTINUED FUNDING OF THE $75,000 MATCH GRANT HOMEGROWNS BUILDING COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK. 
          YOU APPROVED YEAR ONE FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND AS ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS SAID IN A MEETING YESTERDAY, THE HOME BASE PROVIDERS ACTUALLY ARE EXPECTING COUNSEL TO APPROVE YEAR TWO. 
          I DID SEE IT IN THE PROPOSED FISCAL 26 BUDGET, SO THAT'S A GOOD SIGN. 
          ALSO THE FAMILY STABILIZATION GRANT. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM FUENTES FOR PUTTING A QUESTION OUT THERE ABOUT IT. 
          IT IS REALLY NEEDED. 
          TIMES ARE HARD. 
          THEY'RE ONLY GETTING WORSE. 
          GROCERIES ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT WAGES AS USUAL REMAIN STAGNANT OR THEY ARE BEING REDUCED. 
          UM, IT IS REALLY CRITICAL TO AT MINIMUM A CONTINUATION OF THE 1.3 MILLION, BUT WE'RE REALLY ASKING YOU TO DO 3 MILLION AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, A TOTAL OF 1.23 MIL, $1.23 MILLION. 
          PART OF THAT 500,000 FOR CONTINUED IMMIGRANT SUPPORTS, LEGAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THIS CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE. 
          THAT IS GOING TO BE A GREATER NEED, AN IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER, EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, A DEDICATED ONE, NOT, UH, CHWS WHO HAVE TO TURN AWAY FROM THEIR WORK WHEN ACTIVATED. 
          THANK YOU, MALIKA. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR. 
          MAYOR, PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, MY NAME IS MATTHEW MALIKA. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ENDING COMMUNITY HOMELESSNESS COALITION OR ECHO. 
          I'M PROVIDING COMMENT TODAY IN SUPPORT OF DIRECTOR GRAY'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS. 
          THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT DIRECTOR GRAY PUT FORWARD IS STRATEGIC AND ACTIONABLE. 
          IT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION CURRENT INVESTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE PRESERVED IN FOCUS AREAS LIKE EMERGENCY SHELTER AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR PERMANENT HOUSING. 
          IT ALSO LOOKS TO FUTURE INVESTMENTS AND INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS ACROSS OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. 
          DIRECTOR GRAY AND HIS STAFF WORK CLOSELY WITH ECHO AND OUR COMMUNITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS TO CRAFT THIS PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          IT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION BOTH THE IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE OF PEOPLE IN OUR SERVICE PROGRAMS AND LIVING ON OUR STREETS, WHILE ALSO KEEPING AN EYE ON THE DATA AND TRENDS IN OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. 
          ECHO URGES COUNSEL TO ADOPT A BUDGET THAT FULLY FUNDS THE REQUESTED AMOUNTS FOR HSO. 
          WE KNOW THE CITY CAN'T DO IT ALONE, AND WE ALSO APPRECIATE YOU TAKING ON THE CHARGE OF INVITING OTHER FUNDERS TO THE TABLE. 
          TOGETHER WE CAN SUPPORT THE ACTIONABLE FRAMEWORK. 
          THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE ENDORSED LAST NOVEMBER UNDER THE MAYOR PRO TEMS LEADERSHIP, THE FRAMEWORK THIS COUNCIL VOTED ON IN JANUARY TO GUIDE OUR COMMUNITY'S EFFORTS TO END HOMELESSNESS. 
          THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR HSO CALLS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO INVEST IN THIS PLAN TO THE TUNE OF $32 MILLION. 
          ECHO STANDS READY TO WORK WITH FUNDERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND RIGHT HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          TRAVIS COUNTY PARTNERS WHO ARE EAGER TO SUPPORT THE GREAT WORK OUR PROVIDERS ARE DOING. 
          PARTNERS WHO SHARE IN THE VISION FOR A COORDINATED STRATEGY FOR ADDRESSING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS PARTNERS WHO SEE OUR COMMUNITY IS HUNGRY FOR COMPASSIONATE AND LASTING SOLUTIONS TO ENDING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AGAIN, 
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I WANNA THANK THIS COUNCIL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND EXPRESS PRIORITY TO ADDRESSING UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU IN FINDING WAYS TO FULLY FUND THE PROPOSED BUDGET FROM THE OFFICE OF HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR A TAX, UH, TAX RATE ELECTION. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU MR. MALIKA. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          I'M GONNA CALL THE NEXT GROUP OF SPEAKERS AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A NEW SETUP. 
          ONCE YOU'RE FINISHED SPEAKING, YOU ARE WELCOME TO STEP AWAY FROM THE PODIUM AND SIT BACK IN YOUR SEAT. 
          HI, MA ROKA, YASMINE SMITH. 
          CHRIS BAKER, LAUREN ROSS, D ADAMS. THREE MINUTES, CORRECT. 
          TWO MINUTES, TAKE FOUR. 
          MY NAME IS YASMIN SMITH. 
          I AM A PROUD, BORN AND RAISED AUSTINITE AND SERVE AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF JUSTICE AND ADVOCACY FOR THE AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE. 
          WE STAND AS WE HAVE FOR YEARS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT BUDGET, A COALITION THAT BELIEVES THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY FOR ALL THE NEEDS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN THIS CITY. 
          AS PART OF THIS COALITION, WE ARE THE ANCHOR ORGANIZATION THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN HAS HELD THE MANTLE TO UPLIFT THE NEEDS OF OUR UNHOUSED CONSTITUENTS, ESPECIALLY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. 
          WE DID NOT ASK FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT BUT BATH, BUT RATHER THAT OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS TOO ARE SPOKEN WITH THE SAME VIGOR AS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO TRANSPORTATION. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OPPORTUNITIES THE CD HAS SEIZED IN ITS RESPONSE TO THE CARE OF OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. 
          THE COUNTLESS HOURS OF CITY STAFF AND OUR EFFECTUATION OF SERVICE PROVISION AND THE HEROIC SACRIFICES ARE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S MUCH WORK TO BE DONE DESPITE THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS WE FIND OURSELVES IN. 
          WHILE WE IN OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL HOMES ARE FACING SIMILAR CONSTRAINTS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO SPEAK FOR THOSE WITHOUT HOMES AS YOU ARE, AS WE ARE ALL CURRENTLY TOO AWARE DUE TO THE DEVASTATING FLOODING OF CENTRAL TEXAS, WHICH WE ARE STILL GRAPPLING WITH. 
          NOT ONLY IS OUR ECONOMY CHANGING, BUT SO TOO AS OUR ENVIRONMENT, WHILE THE HORRIFIC IMPACT OF THE MOST RECENT INCLEMENT WEATHER DISASTER CANNOT BE UNDERSCORED, WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DID NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNIQUELY TREACHEROUS POSITION OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS FACE DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. 
          AT THE TIME IN WHICH THESE FORESEEABLE OCCURRENCES ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CITY, STATE, AND NATION. 
          WE MUST USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE ALL ARE PLACED IN A POSITION THAT INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD OF SURVIVAL. 
          HOWEVER, WHILE WE MAY ADVOCATE, WE MAY NEED THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACT AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU AS YOU DO FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          SE FUENTES WERE MARKED. 
          NO ONE IS GOING TO COME TO SAVE US. 
          WE MUST SAVE OURSELVES NOT WITH TEMPORARY BANDAIDS, BUT WITH SURGICALLY PRECISE ACTION. 
          AUSTIN MUST SHOW UP FOR AUSTIN. 
          SO PLEASE, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, WE URGE YOU TO ASK CRITICAL QUESTIONS, DRAFT HUMANE AMENDMENTS AND STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. 
          WE ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE OF ONGOING SUSTAINABLE ALLOCATIONS TO IMPLEMENT WEATHER DISASTER RESPONSE, UH, BY 4.5 MILLION YEARLY AT BARE MINIMUM. 
          WE BELIEVE THIS IS REQUEST IS REASONABLE CONSIDERING THERE IS CURRENTLY A PROPOSED 4 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR GOLF COURSE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          BUT UNLIKE THE INCREASED FUNDING TO GOLF COURSES, NO SHADE, OURS IS WITH KEEPING PEOPLE ALIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHY DON'T WE START, MR. BAKER, WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE START HERE AND WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE SURE. 
          HELLO. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, MY NAME IS CHRIS BAKER AND I'M HERE AS AN ORGANIZER WITH THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS CONSORTIUM. 
          I KNOW IT WAS A MOUTHFUL, UH, IS A LOOSE BUT MIGHTY COALITION OF ALL YOUR FAVORITE HOMELESS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UH, AND WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE BUDGET, UH, PROCESS VERY CLOSELY THIS YEAR. 
          UH, WE CONDUCTED A NEEDS AND GAP ANALYSIS, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          UH, AND THE RESULTS WERE SOBERING, UH, MUCH LIKE THE CITY AS OUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE FACING SERIOUS DEFICITS THAT MAKE IT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO DO THE WORK THAT WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO DOING AND HELPING AUSTINITES FIND SAFETY, STABILITY, AND ULTIMATELY HOUSING. 
          THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE FINALLY HAVE A BOLD DATA INFORMED, AND AT LEAST ON PAPER, WELL RESOURCED PLAN. 
          AND I, I HAVE A, A PILE OF PAPERS, UH, AT HOME IN MY OFFICE THAT'S THIS TALL, THAT'S PLANS TO END HOMELESSNESS GOING BACK TO THE EIGHTIES. 
          AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE PLANS AND THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE NOW IS THAT THOSE OTHER PLANS HAVE ALL BEEN HALF MEASURES. 
          AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW FACES THE REALITY OF WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO RESPOND TO THIS DEEPENING CRISIS THAT'S PLAYING OUT ON OUR STREETS. 
          SO OUR COALITION FULLY ENDORSES THE PLAN CONCEIVED OF BY THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE. 
          THAT DIRECTOR GRAY PRESENTED TO THE JOINT HEALTH AND FINANCE COMMITTEE IN APRIL. 
          UH, IT REFLECTS WHAT WE KNOW TO BE TRUE ON THE GROUND, WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S MISSING. 
          UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET DOESN'T INCLUDE ENOUGH FUNDING TO BRING THAT PLAN TO LIFE. 
          UH, IF WE WANT TO ACTUALIZE THAT PLAN, WE ARE GOING TO NEED A TRE. 
          UM, OUR COALITION IS NOT GOING TO TAKE A, A POSITION ON THE NUMBER OF PENNIES THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD, UH, PUT ON THE BALLOT, BUT WE DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THE HSO BUDGET SHOWN IN SCENARIO E UH, WOULD ALLOW US TO FINALLY BEGIN IMPLEMENTING THAT PLAN IN A REAL AND MEANINGFUL WAY. 
          AND LASTLY, WE'RE NOT JUST ASKING. 
          WE'RE READY TO SHOW UP. 
          UH, MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS 
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ARE PREPARED TO HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, SHARE OUR SUCCESS SPORT STORIES AND DISPEL MYTH THAT TOO OFTEN CLOUD THIS CONVERSATION. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS LAUREN ROSS AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          I AM SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY AS AN ORGANIZER WITH UNDOING WHITE SUPREMACY AUSTIN. 
          WE ARE A GROUP OF FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR 10 YEARS FOR RACIALIZED WHITE FOR RACIAL EQUITY IN CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO FULLY FUND THE WORK OF WHAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN THE AUSTIN'S EQUITY OFFICE. 
          THE EQUITY OFFICE WAS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO DEMANDS OF THIS COUNCIL FROM AUSTIN'S PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITIES. 
          THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE FOUNDATIONAL WORK OF RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY IN AUSTIN'S CLIMATE JUSTICE PLAN IN AUSTIN'S, UH, FOOD SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. 
          I'VE WATCHED THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT FOR, OH MY GOD, MORE THAN 30 YEARS NOW, AND I'VE WATCHED THAT DEPARTMENT BE TRANSFORMED BASED ON THE WORK OF THE EQUITY OFFICE, ALONG WITH AUSTIN WATER, AUSTIN ENERGY, UM, THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, GIVEN THE HISTORY OF THEIR EFFECTIVENESS FOR WHAT WAS HISTORICALLY THE EQUITY OFFICE. 
          HONESTLY, I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT THIS BUDGET PROPOSES TO KEEP THE OFFICE IN NAME, BUT TO MO TO DEMOTE THEM TO A DIVISION. 
          AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY GET DEMOTED TO A DIVISION IS THAT THEIR PIECE OF THE BUDGET IS NO LONGER GUARANTEED. 
          WE ARE ASKING YOU TO PASS A BUDGET THAT MAKES IT CLEAR AND INDISPUTABLE THAT THE TRANSFORMATIVE WORK OF THIS OFFICE OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS WILL NOT GET ZEROED OUT IN FAVOR OF THE SAME 50-YEAR-OLD CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLIANCE POLICIES THAT HAVE LEFT AUSTIN LESS DIVERSE AND LESS SECURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR. 
          UM, MY NAME IS D ADAMS AND I AM LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE COUNCIL, DISTRICT FIVE, AND I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH WHITE SUPREMACY. 
          UH, I'M DOING WHITE SUPREMACY AUSTIN. 
          UM, I TOO AM SPEAKING TO EMPHASIZE THE CRUCIAL NATURE OF THE EQUITY DIVISION OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE NOT FURTHER DILUTED, UM, IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE. 
          YOU SEE, THE LONG TERM WORK OF THE EQUITY, UH, DIVISION HELPS TO CREATE THE AWARENESS IN CITY EMPLOYEES THAT INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IS BAKED INTO OUR SYSTEM. 
          AND THAT SYSTEM MARGINALIZES PEOPLE WHO ARE BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND MAKES THEIR ACCESSES TO CITY RESOURCES AND SERVICES DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. 
          I THINK WE'VE HEARD THAT TODAY. 
          IT PROVIDES THE TOOLS FOR DEPARTMENTS TO BEGIN TO ASSESS AND BUILD EQUITY INTO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THEIR SERVICES TOUCH PEOPLE'S LIVES. 
          ONE OF THE WAYS THE OFFICE BUILDS THIS AWARENESS AND SUPPORTS THE BUILDING OF RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITY IS THE SIGNATURE TRAINING PROGRAM OF THE EQUITY DIVISION UNDOING RACISM, A PROGRAM OF THE PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE OF SUR SURVIVAL AND BEYOND. 
          I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF WILDFLOWER CHURCH IN YUU CHURCH, AND I HAVE HOSTED THIS TRAINING FOR YEARS IN EARLY WORKSHOPS BECAUSE THEY WERE A FEW EQUITY CHAMPIONS THEN. 
          UM, MOST OF THE PEOPLE WERE THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD TO BE THERE. 
          THEY NOW WANT TO BE THERE. 
          THEY'RE INVITED AND SUPPORTED BY DEPARTMENT COLLEAGUES. 
          THE CONVERSATIONS IN THE ROOMS HAVE SHIFTED MUCH MORE TIME IS NOW SPENT ON ACTIONABLE WAYS TO SUPPORT EQUITY AND CITY DEPARTMENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FOLKS THEY HAVE MET FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          MY QUESTION, IS THERE A REAL COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY IN THE CITY TO LISTENING TO THOSE MOST MARGINALIZED BY INSTITUTIONAL RACISM? THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          YES, SIR. 
          GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          MY NAME IS HAMED ROCHA AND I OPERATE A FAMILY OWNED TOWING COMPANY IN AUSTIN. 
          I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ALL A PD APPROVED TOWING COMPANIES THAT RESPOND TO VEHICLE C COLLISIONS FOR THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED A TOFI STUDY IN 2023 THAT WAS NEVER FULLY REVIEWED, AND I'M HERE TODAY ASKING FOR THE COUNCIL TO INCLUDE THIS FEE STUDY AND A FAIR RATE INCREASE IN THE PROPOSED CITY BUDGET BY LAW AND INDUSTRY INDUSTRY STANDARDS. 
          THIS STUDY CAN AND SHOULD BE INITIATED EVERY TWO YEARS TO KEEP UP WITH ECONOMIC CHANGES, BUT OUR RATES HAVE REMAINED FROZEN. 
          IT IS PART OF THE CITY BUDGET, BUT ONLY SHOWS PARKING TICKET FEE STUDY, AND NOTHING 
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ABOUT TOWING. 
          IT HAS BEEN SINCE 2019 THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN A RATE INCREASE. 
          MEANWHILE, OUR COSTS OF LIVING HAVE RISEN DRAMATICALLY. 
          DIESEL PARTS, EQUIPMENT, LABOR, PROPERTY TAXES, STABBING COSTS, AND ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY COMMERCIAL TRUCK IN, UH, INSURANCE. 
          RIGHT NOW, OUR TRUCKS USED TO COST FROM ANY, FROM THE RANGE OF 60 TO $80,000 AN HOUR. 
          WE'RE WE'RE, UM, GETTING THEM AT A RANGE OF, UH, 110 TO $150,000 RIGHT NOW, AS TO OUR HEAVY DUTY RECORDS ARE REACHING UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING EXCESSIVE THAT NEIGHBORING COUNTIES HAVE, UH, THAT HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE. 
          THEY ARE CURRENTLY UPDATING THEIR RATES AND REFLECTING INFLATION AND RISING COSTS AROUND THEIR AREAS. 
          A FAIR, A FAIR RATE ADJUSTMENT HERE WOULD COST TAXPAYERS NOTHING. 
          SINCE THESE ACCIDENT TOWS ARE PAID BY AUTO INSURANCE COMPANIES WHO ARE NOW REACHING A STAGGERING PROFITS IN THE BILLIONS. 
          THIS ISN'T ABOUT PROFIT. 
          UM, HERE WE GO. 
          THIS ISN'T ABOUT PROFIT, IT'S ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND ENSURING AUSTIN MAINTAINS A RELIABLE TOWING NETWORK FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          CLEARING CRASH SCENES QUICKLY PREVENTS SECONDARY ACCIDENTS, REDUCES CONGESTION AND KEEPS OUR ROADWAY SAFE. 
          WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU ADD THE TOFI STUDY AND, AND, AND AN INCREASE IN RATES INTO THIS YEAR'S PROPOSED BUDGET, BRINGING AUSTIN'S RATES UP TO A LEVEL THAT MATCHES THE CURRENT ECONOMIC REALITY AND CONTINUE SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE AUSTIN EFFECTIVELY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE. 
          I'M GONNA CALL THE LAST GROUP OF SPEAKERS FOR ITEM TWO, BARRY JONES, VICTORIA CLOUD, MARCY COOK, AND MEL LEBLANC. 
          THEY DID REQUEST TO GO IN THAT ORDER. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          MAY WE BEGIN? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          UH, MY NAME IS BARRY JONES. 
          I'M A LEADER AT VOCAL TEXAS. 
          UH, I WANTED TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT THE THE NEED FOR PUBLIC, UH, EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, WHAT IS IT I'M TRYING TO SAY, MAAM? PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICE, INCLUDING SERVICES. 
          UM, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT, UH, I SPENT 10 YEARS ON THE STREETS OF HOMELESS, UH, OF AUSTIN HOMELESS. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S TOO LONG. 
          UM, WE REALLY NEED THE PEOPLE THAT NEED HOUSING. 
          THEY REALLY NEED THESE GO ALONG SERVICES TO WRAP, WRAP AROUND THEIR HOUSING. 
          THEY NEED ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE. 
          UH, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WALKING AROUND AUSTIN ON PURPLE FEET FROM DIABETES. 
          THEY NEED ACCESS TO, UH, INCOME, NEED HELP WITH APPLICATIONS FOR INCOME. 
          UM, THEY NEED JOB TRAINING WHERE IT'S APPLICABLE, WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE. 
          UM, YOU HAVE TO TACKLE THE WHOLE PROBLEM, NOT JUST THE HOUSING PART OF IT. 
          AND, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, WHEN I WAS HOMELESS, UM, I KNEW OF SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED ON THE STREET. 
          UH, I READ IF MY MEMORY SERVES. 
          LAST YEAR, WE HAD ABOUT 226 PEOPLE DIE ON THE STREETS OF AUSTIN AUSTINITES. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S A REALLY SAD THING. 
          AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL IS TASKED WITH A HEALTH AND SAFETY MISSION. 
          UM, AND WE NEED YOU TO STEP UP. 
          AUSTIN NEEDS YOU TO STEP UP. 
          UH, AS WE KNOW, UH, IT'S MUCH CHEAPER TO HOUSE PEOPLE THAN IT IS TO LEAVE THEM HOMELESS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          SO PLEASE STEP UP AND MEET THE CHALLENGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, UM, I'M VICTORIA CLOUD, A VOCAL TEXAS LEADER, AND I'M READING THIS ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER VOCAL TEXAS LEADER NAMED EIGHT TRACK WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT. 
          TODAY I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU TAKE FU TAKE FUNDING, HARM REDUCTION, AND HOMELESSNESS SERIOUSLY IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE. 
          EYES, EYES ON ME PLEASE. 
          HARM REDUCTION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT REDUCES THE RISK OF SPREADABLE DISEASES AND DEATH. 
          PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO DRUGS, PERIOD. 
          OUR JOB IS TO KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE WHILE DOING THAT. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MEET PEOPLE WITH LOVE AND KINDNESS 
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SO THAT THEY CAN STAY ALIVE AND HOPEFULLY WITH LOVE AND KINDNESS SO THAT THEY CAN STAY ALIVE AND HOPEFULLY COME TO THE DECISION OF GETTING TREATMENT ON THEIR OWN TERMS. BUT UNTIL THEN, IT'S ON ON US TO KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE THROUGH SAFE DRUG USE. 
          THAT'S WHY WE HAVE HARM REDUCTION, MAKING NARCAN READILY AVAILABLE, SAVES LIVES. 
          UM, HVAC HIMSELF HAD TO ADMINISTER NARCAN TWICE. 
          IT WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION, BUT, UH, HE SAVED TWO LIVES IN THE PROCESS. 
          WITHOUT THOSE RESOURCES, PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY WOULD'VE DIED. 
          WHETHER YOU SEE IT THAT WAY OR NOT, HARM REDUCTION IS LIFE OR DEATH. 
          I RECOGNIZE THAT FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS ARE A REALITY, BUT THE OTHER REALITY IS THAT PEOPLE ARE DYING ON THE SIDEWALK AT THE CORNER OF THE BUS STOP. 
          I'VE SEEN IT WITH MY EYES. 
          ME PERSONALLY, AND WITHOUT PRIORITIZATION OF HARM REDUCTION, PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO DIE ON THE STREETS. 
          WE AS A CITY ARE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE UNHOUSED CRISIS UNLESS WE PUT SERIOUS FUNDING TOWARDS HOUSING FIRST SOLUTIONS. 
          IT'S BEEN PROVEN WITH STATS TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT HOUSING FIRST SOLUTIONS ARE THE KEY TO SOLVING HOMELESSNESS. 
          YET WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT BANDAID SOLUTIONS THAT DON'T RESULT IN PERMANENT SECURE HOUSING. 
          THERE'S SUCH LITTLE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY THAT IT'S ADDING FUEL TO OUR UNHOUSED CRISIS. 
          EIGHT TRACK AND MYSELF, WE'VE ALL GONE THROUGH THESE STRUGGLES, HAVE NOT HAD STABLE HOUSING FOR THREE YEARS. 
          HE SAYS HE'S FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A SPOT AT TWO. 
          THE OTHER ONE'S FOUNDATION, BUT THAT'S NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION. 
          IT'S HARD TO SEE A SOLUTION WHEN THERE'S HARDLY ANY OPTIONS IN OUR CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL. 
          THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS MEL LE BLANK, AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING VOCAL TEXAS. 
          WE'RE AN ORGANIZATION THAT FOCUSES ON ENDING THE DRUG WAR, MASS INCARCERATION, HOMELESSNESS AND OVERDOSE IN TEXAS. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT WE PUT SERIOUS FUNDING TOWARDS ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY. 
          I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT IN THE BASELINE BUDGET. 
          IT INCLUDED MANY THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR. 
          SO MONEY FOR SHELTERS, WRAPAROUND SERVICES, AND MORE. 
          BUT THE TRUTH IS THE AMOUNTS ARE NOT ENOUGH. 
          AND WE STILL SEE MAJOR NEEDS AD LOCAL EVEN WORKING TO EXPAND RHODA. 
          AND WHEN RESEARCHING IT A A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE'VE FOUND THAT OUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN REPORTING BEING DENIED BECAUSE OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUNDS AND OTHER BARRIERS WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED ACCORDING TO THE RHODA LEASE ADDENDUM. 
          AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT DOES LITTLE TO ENFORCE RULES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT TENANTS AND APPLICANTS IN THESE RHODA PROPERTIES. 
          WE'RE FIGHTING TO CHANGE THAT THIS YEAR WITH MORE MONEY PUT TOWARDS ENFORCEMENT AND MONEY TO SPECIFICALLY GO TOWARDS PROTECTIONS. 
          AND WE NEED YOUR HELP ON COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR NOT ONLY Y'ALL, BUT FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THIS WILL HELP PEOPLE GET SECOND CHANCE HOUSING IN OUR CITY. 
          ADDITIONALLY, RAPID REHOUSING IS RUNNING OUT. 
          WE HAVE NO MORE MONEY AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, NOT ENOUGH SHELTER. 
          WE HAVE A CRI A HOUSING CRISIS WITH OVER 6,000 PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS IN OUR CITY. 
          SO THERE'S SO MUCH MORE MONEY THAT IS NEEDED FOR THESE SERVICES. 
          I WAS UNFORTUNATELY NOT HAPPY TO SEE THAT A PD IS YET AGAIN, GETTING THEIR BUDGET INCREASE AFTER MAJOR INCREASES LAST YEAR, AND THEN THE MAGICAL $17 MILLION THAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD NOT GET ONE MORE PENNY MORE. 
          I FEEL LIKE A BROKEN RECORD SAYING THIS, BUT I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW, BECAUSE OF TEXAS LAW, IT CAN NEVER GO DOWN EVER UNTIL THAT'S UNDONE. 
          UM, THE MORE MONEY THAT WE WASTE ON AN OVERFUNDED DEPARTMENT, THE LESS RESOURCES WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND PUT TOWARDS LIKE HOUSING HARM REDUCTION 24 7 MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE. 
          WE, YEAH, NO MORE MONEY FOR THEM. 
          AND ALSO I WANTED TO MENTION BEFORE MY TIME RUNS OUT, WHY WAS KAFA PUT IN THE POLICE BUDGET? I'M UNSURE THE REASON, BUT IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE TO HOUSE A PROGRAM CREATED FOR UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IN A DEPARTMENT THAT DISPLAYS VIOLENCE TOWARDS THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MAYOR. 
          ALL SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN CALLED. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MEMBERS, UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY WITH REGARD TO THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THIS BUDGET WORK SESSION. 
          UH, SO WITH THAT, UH, LET ME TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, TO TAKE UP A, A LEGAL ISSUE. 
          AND THEN WE WILL, AT THE END OF THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WILL COME BACK IN AND THAT'S WHEN WE WILL HAVE THE PRESENTATION AND A COUNCIL BY, UH, OUR PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL STAFF. 
          AND WE WILL HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL, UH, UNTIL WE'RE CONCLUDED. 
          SO WITH THAT MEMBERS, UH, UNLESS THERE IS OBJECTION, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM. 
          AND THAT IS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          THE COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO, UH, THE PRESENTATION OF DISCUSSION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26, PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO GOING INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? HEARING NONE, THE, THE COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10:14 AM 
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THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          EVERYBODY. 
          WE ARE OUT OF THE CLOSED SESSION AND ENCLOSED SESSION. 
          WE LEGAL ISSUES RELATED ITEM NUMBER ONE. 
          SO AT 10:50 AM ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 23RD, I WILL CALL BACK TO ORDER THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, UH, RELATED 
          [1. Presentation and discussion of the City Manager’s Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Proposed Budget.]
TO THE BUDGET MANAGER. 
          I'LL, UH, LOOK AT YOU AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE, UH, MOVE FORWARD BOARD MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OTHER THAN, UH, STAFF IS HERE, UH, IN RESPONSE. 
          AND WE'LL GO THROUGH, UH, BRIEF PRESENTATION, UH, AS WELL AS WE'RE HERE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE ON OUR PROPOSED, UH, BUDGET, UH, AND THE THINGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE INCLUDED IN IT. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CARRIE, UH, AND ALLOW HER TO GET STARTED. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU CARRIE LANG, DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE, UM, HERE TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF OUR GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS AND, UM, SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE, UH, ADDRESSED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, JUST SAYING, WE ARE RIGHT HERE AT THE 23RD, UM, WORK SESSION WHERE WE WILL TALK PRIMARILY ABOUT GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL OF OTHER WORK SESSIONS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE WE GET TO ADOPTION ON THE 13TH. 
          AND, AND IF I MIGHT JUST INTERRUPT AND MEMBERS, WHILE WE HAVE IN OUR HEADS TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, GENERAL FUND TODAY AND, AND NEXT WEEK WE HAVE ENTERPRISE AND CIP, UH, THEY ARE WORK SESSIONS REGARDING THE OVERALL BUDGET. 
          SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT POPS UP TODAY THAT, UH, IN YOUR, IN YOUR HEAD, EVEN AFTER THE MEETING, UH, OR TOMORROW AND YOU WANNA BRING IT UP AND IT'S A GENERAL FUND, THAT'S NOT MEANING THAT WE'RE LIMITING ENTERPRISE THINGS TO ENTERPRISE AND CIP NEXT WEEK. 
          SO, SO FEEL FREE TO MAKE A NOTE AND BRING IT BACK AND LET LET STAFF KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE ASKING THAT QUESTION. 
          SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT NO WORRIES. 
          JUST WANNA TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S CLEAR. 
          SO TODAY WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND AS A WHOLE AND THE STEPS WE TOOK TO BALANCE THE FUND. 
          WE'LL GO THROUGH OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, UM, LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL GRANT REDUCTIONS TO SERVICES, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME DEPARTMENT DISCUSSIONS OF VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'LL WALK THROUGH FOR A COUNCIL QUESTION AND ANSWER. 
          AND THEN IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEYOND THAT, WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE. 
          SO AS WE BEGIN, UM, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE BALANCE THE FISCAL YEAR 26 PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          WHEN WE CAME TO COUNCIL FOR FINANCIAL FORECAST, WE IDENTIFIED A $33.4 MILLION GAP BASED ON WHAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING FOR REVENUE COMPARED TO OUR EXPENDITURE GROWTH. 
          AND THIS SLIDE HERE TALKS THROUGH, UM, THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE FROM A REVENUE PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS THE REDUCTIONS. 
          SO, UM, AS WE MENTIONED IN OUR FORECAST OR IN OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION, WE ARE TRANSFERRING $14.1 MILLION FROM OUR BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE FUND INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO ALLOW FOR US TO BALANCE THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING, UH, $19.3 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS ACROSS SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS. 
          THIS LIST HERE TALKS THROUGH THOSE VARIOUS REDUCTIONS, INCLUDING ANIMAL SERVICES. 
          UM, THEIR, UM, AFTER HOURS OR EMERGENCY OR SPECIALTY SUR UH, SURGERIES, A REDUCTION IN SOFTWARE AT EMS, SEVERAL REDUCTIONS, UM, ACROSS, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT INCLUDING, UM, UH, OVERTIME REDUCTION OF 8.3 MILLION, AS WELL AS REDUCTIONS IN THEIR, UH, SYSTEM SOFTWARE CONTRACT, UM, AND SOME OF THEIR ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, COMMODITIES OR CONTRACTUALS THAT THEY HAVE. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT PLANNING, WE HAVE A SMALL REDUCTION ON CONTRACTED SERVICES. 
          POLICE HAS A REDUCTION AS WELL IN OVERTIME BASED ON THE STAFFING RESTRUCTURE. 
          AND THEN, UM, THEY ALSO HAVE THE SAVINGS BASED ON MOVING THE BLUE SANTA WAREHOUSE TO A CITY OWNED FACILITY. 
          AND FINALLY, THE GENERAL FUND IS SEEING A REDUCTION, UM, IN THE, UM, REESTABLISHMENT OF RECYCLE REEDS AS WE MOVE AWAY FROM THAT SINGULAR SITE TO A CROSS SYSTEMS, UH, UH, PROGRAM. 
          WE ARE, UH, UH, SEEING $107,000 SAVINGS IN THE LIBRARY. 
          AND THAT COVERS, UM, ALL OF THE EXISTING CHANGES OR REDUCTIONS AND THE REVENUE INPUT FROM THE BUDGET STABILIZATION, BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE FUND TO GET US 
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TO THE, UH, 33.4 MILLION GAP THAT WE ADDRESSED IN FORECAST. 
           MOVING ON TO SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS. 
          THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS AND THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, AS WELL AS THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          THIS SLIDE BREAKS DOWN THE FOUR DEPARTMENTS THAT, UM, CURRENTLY MANAGES OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS. 
          WE HAVE $74.6 MILLION IN CONTRACTS OUT TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, PUBLIC HEALTH HAS 27.4 MILLION OF THOSE DOLLARS ACROSS A VARYING LEVELS OF, UH, OR CATEGORIES OF SERVICE. 
          AND THEN HOMELESS STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS HAS THE LARGEST AMOUNT IN OUR, UH, HOMELESS RESPONSE SERVICES AT 36.4 MILLION MUNICIPAL COURT THROUGH OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT PROGRAM, ALSO HAS SOME TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AS WELL AS, UM, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS CHILD AND YOUTH CONTRACTS AS WELL AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS. 
          WHEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO FISCAL YEAR 27, UM, WE DID INCLUDE $16.8 MILLION REDUCTION IN, IN BALANCING FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          NO SPECIFIC CONTRACT OR FUNDING CATEGORY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THAT REDUCTION. 
          WE WERE LOOKING AT THE, UM, OVERALL ACROSS THE BOARD IMPACT, AND THE PLAN IS TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF, HAVE CITY STAFF WORK WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO IDENTIFY IF WE HAVE TO GO FORWARD WITH THOSE REDUCTIONS, WHAT AREAS BASED ON ANALYSIS AND CONVERSATIONS WOULD BE ACTUALLY REDUCED FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          MOVING FORWARD TO FEDERAL GRANT REDUCTIONS. 
          THE CITY HAS, UM, EXPERIENCED OR HAS, UM, RECEIVED NOTIFICATION, UM, PRIMARILY IN PUBLIC HEALTH THAT, UM, GRANTS ARE AT RISK OF BEING REDUCED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN NOTIFIED OF REDUCTIONS OR, UM, DISCONTINUING OF GRANTS, AND THEN THOSE GRANTS, UM, IN SOME CASES HAVE BEEN CONTINUED OR, OR, UM, RECEIVED A ONE-TIME CONTINUATION. 
          AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GRANTS THAT HAVE ENDED, IT PRIMARILY ARE THE COVID RELATED GRANTS THAT ENDED EARLIER THAN WE HAD PLANNED. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UM, THE TOBACCO GRANT THAT ENDED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, BUT WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT WOULD NOT BE RENEWED. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A NUMBER, A NUMBER, A NUMBER OF GRANTS THAT WE ARE STILL RECEIVING NOTIFICATION ON WHETHER THEY'RE BEING REDUCED FUNDING OR, UM, IF THEY, FOR EXAMPLE, IMMUNIZATION GRANTS HAS REDUCED FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT THE STATE IS HELPING FOR ONE TIME TO KEEP THOSE FUNDS, UM, LEVEL FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR. 
          AND SO WE ARE REALLY WORKING, UM, THE PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM IS REALLY WORKING WITH THE GRANTORS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF THOSE GRANTS AND WORKING TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP STAFF, UM, AND MANAGEMENT AND COUNCIL UPDATED ON THOSE POTENTIAL CHANGES. 
          UM, FROM A CIP PERSPECTIVE, WE DO HAVE THIS, UM, FEMA GRANT THAT HAS BEEN, UH, DISCONTINUED. 
          UM, AND, AND WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, NOTICE, OFFICIAL NOTICE OF ANY OTHER CIP GRANTS THAT COULD BE DISCONTINUED. 
          W WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. 
          UM, AND WE WANTED TO START OUT WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION. 
          THE HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION, UM, IS CURRENTLY WITHIN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC E EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND IT INCLUDES, UM, SIX STAFF AS WELL AS CONTRACTUAL AND COMMODITY COSTS. 
          UM, AND REALLY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THIS, UH, BUDGET, IT DOES INCLUDE, UM, THE, THE HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION DOES INCLUDE, UM, FUNDING AND FUNCTIONALITY FOR IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS IN THAT HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION. 
          AND, UM, THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE CURRENT FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 AS PROPOSED MOVING FORWARD TO THE HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS, UM, DEPARTMENT. 
          THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE OVERALL, UH, DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          $51.5 MILLION, INCLUDES THAT 36.4 MILLION IN SOCIAL SE SERVICE CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS THE NEW INVESTMENTS. 
          UM, THE 12 NEW POSITIONS IN, UM, HOMELESS STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS FOR OUTREACH AND ENCAMPMENT, UM, MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS, UM, ONGOING FUNDING AT 3.5 MILLION FOR THE CONTINUED OPERATIONS OF THE EIGHTH STREET SHELTER. 
          AND, UM, THE ONE TIME FUNDING FROM THE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS OF THE MARSHALL YARD. 
          MOVING FORWARD TO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND LOOKING AT THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR BOTH FISCAL YEAR 26 AND FIFTH, FISCAL YEAR 27, THE HOUSING TRUST FUND, UM, RECEIVES 
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A TRANSFER IN FROM THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL AS REVENUE FROM THE DENSITY, UH, DOWNTOWN DISNEY BONUS PROGRAM. 
          AND IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, AS I MENTIONED, THE MARSHALING YARD IS INCLUDED, UM, IN, UH, COST FOR THE HOUSING TRUST FUND AS WELL AS THE ONGOING, UM, LOCAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM. 
          $1.7 MILLION WAS ADDED IN FISCAL YEAR 26 TO GET TO THAT $5.7 MILLION TOTAL. 
          UM, AND THEN DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION SERVICES ARE INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE, UM, BUDGET, BUDGET FOR HOUSING AS WELL AS PUBLIC SERVICES, UM, WHICH INCLUDES PLANNING SERVICES MOVING FORWARD TO PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          UM, GROUNDS MAINTENANCE IS AT 20.4 MILLION FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, AND THE GOLF, I THINK THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS, UM, LAST WEEK ABOUT THE GOLF CIP PROGRAM, AND THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE, UM, PLANS FOR THAT CIP PROGRAM, 2.5 FOR KAISER POND REPAIRS, AND THEN 1.5 TO REPLACE AGENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN, IN THE GOLF PROGRAM. 
          THIS SLIDE TALKS THROUGH THE WILDFIRE RESPONSE FUEL MITIGATION. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS THAT WORK ON FUEL MITIGATION, INCLUDING AUSTIN ENERGY WITH THE LARGEST, UM, BUDGET FOR, FOR THIS FUNCTION. 
          AUSTIN WATER, FIRE AND PARKS AND RECREATION ALSO HAS FUNDING. 
          UM, THIS INCLUDES BRUSH AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT IN THESE, IN THESE COSTS AND IS INCLUSIVE OF SOME CONTRACTUAL, UM, AGREEMENTS AS WELL AS FTES ACROSS THESE DEPARTMENTS. 
          THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY, UM, DEPARTMENTS THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY. 
          OF COURSE, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OTHER, UM, FUNCTIONS OR DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE GENERAL FUND, WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          WE HAVE STAFF HERE AND AVAILABLE. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE TIMELINE TO TALK THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS OF OUR DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          UM, I'M HAPPY TO A ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEMBERS, IF YOU WANT TO, UH, THIS, THIS DISCUSSION TIME, SO, UM, IF YOU WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED, UM, PLEASE, UH, LET ME KNOW. 
          AND WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL, I'LL PAY SOMEWHAT OF ATTENTION, NOT NOT STRICT ATTENTION TO THE CLOCK SO THAT IF WE, IF WE, WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE SOMEBODY ABLE TO, UH, FOLLOW UP IF, IF, UM, THEY ALSO WANNA SPEAK. 
          SO COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU FIRST. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I MIGHT HAVE TO GO IN TWO WAVES HERE, BUT I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF. 
          I WAS, MY FIRST QUESTION IS AROUND, UM, CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES ON, AND, SORRY, THAT'S THE WRONG PAGE. 
          ON PAGE 2 48 OF THE BUDGET, THERE'S A DISCUSSION OF THEM, UH, ACQUIRING NEW VEHICLES. 
          I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYONE HERE FROM CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT THOSE VEHICLES ARE AND IF THEY'RE GONNA BE ELECTRIC VEHICLES OR NOT. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          CHRISTIE FENTON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR CAPITAL DELIVERY SERVICES. 
          UH, THE VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUDGET ARE FOR REPLACING CURRENT VEHICLES THAT HAVE REACHED THEIR USEFUL LIFE. 
          ARE WE TALKING LIKE SEDANS OR HEAVY DUTY VEHICLES? WHAT, JUST GIMME A SENSE OF WHAT TYPE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          UH, THE VEHICLES ARE A COMBINATION OF SOME, UH, TRUCK AND SEDAN LIGHT DUTY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND HAVE Y'ALL TALKED WITH FLEET ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU WILL BE LOOKING TOWARDS ELECTRIC VEHICLES OR DO YOU KNOW YET ABOUT THAT? YES, WE WORK WITH FLEET FREQUENTLY. 
          I'M LOOKING AT FULL ELECTRIC. 
          UH, WE'VE HELD OFF IN THE PAST BECAUSE WE WERE JUST WAITING TO, UH, FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WERE GOING TO BE LOCATED AND MAKE SURE CHARGING STATIONS WERE AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I ALSO, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A CARRY QUESTION OR A QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGEMENT FUND THERE IS, THERE'S GENERAL FUND THAT GOES INTO THIS FUND AND I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS, GIVEN THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS ALL FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, AND MOSTLY LOOKING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS HERE, IT'S ALL ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND THAT'S ON PAGE SIX 14 MM-HMM . 
          PAGE SIX 14 OF THE BUDGET DOCUMENT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION WHILE I'M LOOKING AT THAT? THAT'S MY LAST ONE FOR CAPILLARY SERVICES, 
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BUT THEY HAVE A MULTI-PRONGED ALLOCATION MODEL, BUT PART OF THAT MODEL IS DRIVEN BY CAPITAL BUDGETS AND, AND THERE WILL BE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL. 
          SO THEY RECEIVE SOME OF THAT ALLOCATION. 
          SO YOU'RE SAYING FOR ANY GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENT THAT'S DOING A CAPITAL PROJECT, THEY'RE SENDING SOME MONEY TO CDS OR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS MANAGEMENT FUND FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT PROJECT? IS THAT, DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? IT'S FOR THE, UH, SUPPORTING SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR THOSE PROJECTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS AROUND EDD ON PAGE 2 93. 
          UM, THERE IS THERE PERSONNEL FOR ADMINISTRATION AND JUST MANAGING THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          WE ADDED AN FTE AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT BALANCES WITH, I KNOW A LOT OF THEIR PERSONNEL, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE TO ACME AND OTHER PLACES, SO JUST TRYING TO SQUARE, ADDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT STAFF WITH REDUCING THE SCOPE OF THAT DEPARTMENT COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          ANTHONY S INTERIM DIRECTOR WITH THE ECONOMIC DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT, THAT ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS GONNA HELP MANAGE THE CONTRACTS WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, CONTRACT. 
          DID ALL OF YOUR KIND OF SUPPORT STAFF AROUND ANYTHING THAT WAS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT GO WITH THEM OR STAY AT EDD? SAY THAT AGAIN PLEASE. 
          SO FOR ANY OF THE, UM, PORTIONS OF EDD THAT LET'S SAY WENT TO ACME OR OTHERWISE, DID THE SUPPORT STAFF GO WITH THEM OR DID YOU GUYS HOLD ONTO THAT? WE KEPT OUR SUPPORT STAFF. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I GUESS WHAT I'M JUST REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS IF YOU TRANSFERRED ROLES OUT OF YOUR DEPARTMENT, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE SUPPORT STAFF NOW AVAILABLE TO DO THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE NO LONGER SUPPORTING WHY WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBER ON TOP OF HOLDING ALL THE SUPPORT STAFF THAT YOU HAD BEFORE. 
          DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT DOES THE FINANCIAL STAFF THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND IN ACTUALITY LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, WE DIDN'T GET ANY NEW POSITIONS WHEN WE WERE ACQUIRED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHEN WE WERE ACQUIRED YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAMS. AND SO WE WERE MADE WHOLE WITH OUR STAFF AND THAT'S SINCE FOURTH Y. 
          WE DIDN'T LOSE ANY TO ACME. 
          'CAUSE FOR, FOR ONE, WE HAD DIDN'T GET ALL THE PEOPLE WE NEEDED FOR ALL THE CONTRACT MANAGEMENTS TO BEGIN WITH AND HENCE FORTH Y NONE OF THAT WAS TRANSFERRED OVER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN CAN YOU JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STREET SCAPES ITEM IS IN YOUR CAPITAL BUDGET? I JUST, I'M LESS FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THAT IS. 
          UM, LET ME GET YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT ONE, IF I MAY. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR HOUSING AND THEN I'LL TAKE A PAUSE ON PAGE 3 89. 
          ON YOUR SIGNIFICANT CHANGES PAGE. 
          THERE'S, UM, A DECREASE IN THE PLANNED 27 BUDGET FOR THE RHODA FUNDING. 
          AND I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU COULD JUST TALK ABOUT, IS THAT THE END OF THE BOND PROGRAM? IS THAT WHY YOU HAVE THAT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE? OR, UH, MANDY DE MAYO INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT? I'M PULLING UP PAGE 3 89. 
          UM, THE BOND PROGRAM, OUR, OUR 2022 GEO BOND ALLOCATION IS ACTUALLY PROGRAMMED OUT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          SO IT WAS DESIGNED TO ALIGN WITH THE PERSPECTIVE 2026, UM, UH, GEO BOND, UH, UH, ELECTION. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE PLANNED TWO MORE YEARS OF GEO BONDS FOR RHODA FUNDING THAT WILL PARTIALLY FUND RHODA, BUT RHODA RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, UH, DRAWS ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FUND SOURCES INCLUDING PROJECT CONNECT, UM, WHICH HAS DECREASED SLIGHTLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE ALLOCATION, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, A VARIETY OF DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. SO IN, IF, IF WE WENT WITH THE 27 PLANNED BUDGET, I GUESS IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY SUCH A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN RHODA FUNDS, IT'S $16.8 MILLION LESS NEXT YEAR PLANNED. 
          I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU. 
          I'LL TALK TO OUR FRIENDS AT, UH, BUDGET. 
          THIS IS CIP IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND I, I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON SURE. 
          THAT EXACT NUMBER. 
          UH, IF YOU COULD ALSO HELP ME UNDERSTAND ON PAGE 6 53, UH, YOUR, THE HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION REINVESTMENT TAX INCREMENT FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          I WAS CURIOUS WHY THERE'S A HUGE INCREASE IN THE EXPENDITURE AND THIS PLANNED BUDGET 
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THAT WILL ZERO OUT THIS FUND. 
          AND IS THIS KIND OF THE SAME THING WE'RE DOING WITH THE HOUSING TRUST FUND WHERE WE'RE USING IT TO COVER BASICALLY EVERYTHING WE CAN, BUT RECOGNIZING THAT THAT'S GONNA ZERO OUT IN FUTURE YEARS? SO THE HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION DISTRICT IS ACTUALLY SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE, UM, THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. 
          WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ ON EXTENDING, UM, THE HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION DISTRICT, UM, AND THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. 
          SO AS OF, UH, AS OF TODAY, WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD SOME, UH, SPECIFIC RHODA AND ODA RENTAL AND OWNERSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROJECTS TO THE A HFC BOARD, UM, WHICH WILL FULLY UTILIZE THE EXISTING FUNDS AND THE PLAN FUNDS FOR 2026. 
          AND THEN WE PLAN TO BRING TO COUNCIL AND EXTENSION OF THE HPD AND HPD TOUR SOMETIME IN THE FALL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND MY LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, IF YOU KNOW BY CHANCE, HOW MUCH DID WE GENERATE IN DOWNTOWN DENSITY, BONUS FEES LAST YEAR? IF YOU COULD PROVIDE KIND OF A GENERAL MAGNITUDE THAT WE EXPECT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          SO IT'S VERY HARD TO, UM, DETERMINE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND FRANKLY IT'S A LOT OF UP AND DOWN. 
          IT'S NOT A STEADY, UH, REVENUE STREAM. 
          IT'S HARD TO PREDICT. 
          UM, HOWEVER, TYPICALLY, UH, ONCE, UH, A DEVELOPER APPLIES FOR THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, WE PROJECT OUT, UH, WHAT THE FEE WILL BE AND WE DON'T COLLECT IT UNTIL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 
          SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS YEAR FOR FY 26, UH, WE COLLECT THIS CA THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE CURRENT ONE WE'RE IN, WE COLLECTED ALMOST $3 MILLION. 
          UM, AND THAT IS BEING BUDGETED FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, WE ANTICIPATE OVER THE COMING HANDFUL OF YEARS THAT, UH, THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS WILL GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $20 MILLION AS BUILDINGS COME ONLINE. 
          SO ABOUT 2 MILLION A YEAR, GIVE OR TAKE. 
          OKAY, VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, OH, MR. VAN KNEW I WAS JUST DOING SOME LOOKING, UH, ON THE HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION REINVESTMENT TAX FUND IN THAT FISCAL YEAR 27, 16 0.8 MILLION REDUCTION. 
          IF YOU LOOK BACK IN THE FUND SUMMARIES, UH, PAGE 600 AND SOME, YOU'LL FIND THE HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION FUND. 
          WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A $17 MILLION ENDING BALANCE. 
          THAT MONEY'S BEING APPROPRIATED IN FY 26 IN ANTICIPATION OF SPENDING IT, WHICH PRETTY, WHICH PULLS THE ENDING BALANCE ALL THE WAY DOWN. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE TO REDUCE THAT AMOUNT IN FY 27 'CAUSE THE ENDING BALANCE HAS BEEN DRAWN DOWN. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT LOOKS LIKE ON, ON THIS PAGE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A $16.8 MILLION REDUCTION, BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING IS FULLY APPROPRIATING THE FUND IN FISCAL YEAR 27, UM, PULLING THE ENDING BALANCE DOWN. 
          AND THEN IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE BACK TO KIND OF MORE JUST THE, THE NORMAL RATE OF FUNDING WE HAVE, WHICH IS AROUND $7 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THE, THE ROAD OF QUESTION AS WELL. 
          SO I THINK WHAT ED IS SAYING IS EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS INCREMENTAL, UH, FOR RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, OUR HP DTS FUNDS ARE DEPLOYED THROUGH RHODA. 
          SO THEY ARE CONNECTED. 
          THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED ARE ACTUALLY CONNECTED. 
          WHO KNEW? PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          . 
          I GUESS NOW WE ALL KNOW . 
          THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER, WHICH WILL BE COUNCIL MEMBER DUCH AND FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UM, I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THIS PHONE THAT WAS LEFT IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM. 
          UH, SO IF YOU WERE IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM AND YOU LEFT YOUR PHONE OR YOU WEREN'T IN THE ROOM, BUT YOU LEFT YOUR PHONE SO YOU COULD RECORD WHAT WAS SAID IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM, UM, PLEASE, PLEASE LET COLLEEN KNOW AND I'LL GET YOU YOUR PHONE. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, I'M GONNA JUMP AROUND HERE A LITTLE BIT. 
          I WANTED TO START WITH IF I COULD GET, WHEN I SEE ITEMS THAT ARE IN SOME OF THE INFORMATION Y'ALL SHARED WITH US FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, UM, I'M GONNA USE THE A FD ITEM IN PARTICULAR. 
          THE, THAT INCLUDES THE STAFFING CHANGE, UH, ADJUSTMENTS. 
          WHEN I SEE THE LINE ITEM IN WHAT WAS SHARED, IT SAYS COST SAVINGS FOR FIRE STAFFING, EQUIPMENT STAFFING, TWO NEW AERIALS AND OT REDUCTIONS, THE COST BEING $8.26 MILLION. 
          IS THERE A WAY TO GET A SPECIFIC BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THOSE LINE ITEMS THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS WITHIN THAT, UH, DIFFERENT PIECE MIGHT COST? 'CAUSE I'M ASSUMING WHAT WE'RE GETTING IS A NET AND WHO WOULD I REACH OUT TO ABOUT THAT? SO THE 8.26 IS RELATED TO OVERTIME, UM, THE OVERTIME BUDGET FOR FIRE SPECIFICALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE I'M SEEING IN THE DOCUMENT Y'ALL SENT US, IT SAYS COST SAVINGS FROM FIRE STAFFING ADJUSTMENTS, STAFFING TWO NEW AERIALS AND 
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OT REDUCTION. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, THAT THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THE, IT'S A, A TOTAL PACKAGE, ASSUMING THAT THEY WOULD ABSORB THE STAFFING FOR THE NEW AERIALS AS PART OF THAT, UM, AS PART OF THE STAFFING MODEL CHANGES. 
          BUT YES, WE CAN WORK TO GIVE YOU A MORE DETAILED LINE ITEM BREAKOUT. 
          OKAY, THAT'D BE HELPFUL. 
          I'LL FOLLOW UP ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, NEXT ITEM THAT I WANT TO ASK ABOUT IS THE HOMELESS, UH, STRATEGY OFFICE CONTRACTS. 
          I'M SEEING WHAT LOOKS LIKE A PARTICULARLY LARGE EXPANSION IN THAT, UM, DEPARTMENT BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AND SO I'M CURIOUS IF AS PART OF THAT EXPANSION, WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD, UH, WHAT I'M GONNA CALL CONTROLS OR GUARDRAILS ON SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTS. 
          I KNOW WHEN WE VISITED WITH THE DIRECTOR OVER THERE, HE'S TOLD US, HE SHARED WITH US SOME INFORMATION ABOUT CERTAIN CONTRACTS. 
          I THINK ONE URBAN ALCHEMY CONTRACT, ALSO, I THINK SOME RAPID REHOUSING CONTRACTS THAT THEY'VE SORT OF BACKED INTO LEARNING ABOUT AND MAKING CHANGES EITHER PAUSING OR CANCELING EVEN THOSE CONTRACTS. 
          CAN YOU SHARE ANYTHING WITH ME ABOUT THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTING ANY KIND OF GUARDRAILS OR CONTROLS OVER THE WAY THAT WE APPROACH THE HSO CONTRACTS? GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBER, DAVID GRAY, DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTIN HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS. 
          I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          NOT DEPARTMENT . 
          UM, IN, IN TERMS OF YOUR QUESTION, OUR OFFICE HAS TAKEN A NUMBER OF MEASURES TO MONITOR ALL THE CONTRACTS THAT WE MANAGE. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR STAFF HAVE PERFORMED ROUTINE DESK AUDITS. 
          SOME OF OUR VENDORS, UH, WE GO OUT BEHIND OUR VENDORS TO CHECK THEIR WORK. 
          UH, WE DO POP UP SITE VISITS. 
          THOSE HAPPEN DURING BUSINESS HOURS. 
          THOSE HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF BUSINESS HOURS. 
          UH, I'VE PERSONALLY DONE SOME DRIVE AROUND SOME OF OUR PROPERTIES AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, AS OUR VENDORS SAY THEY ARE. 
          AND THEN OUR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS MEET QUARTERLY WITH OUR VENDORS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR CONTRACTS, REVIEW THEIR PERFORMANCE, AND THEN EVERY SIX MONTHS WE DO A DEEP DIVE INTO CONTRACTS AND CONTRACT PERFORMANCE WITH ALL OF OUR VENDORS. 
          WE'RE ALSO TAKING SOME STEPS TO BRING SOME MORE ENHANCED STANDARDS TO THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ADMINISTER. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PAST YEAR WE'VE ROLLED OUT A NEW SHELTER TERMINATION POLICY THAT'S BECOME PART OF ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS. 
          WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH ALL OF OUR RAPID REHOUSING PROVIDERS TO, UH, BRING SOME UNIFORM STANDARDS TO THAT INVESTMENT AREA. 
          AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE'RE ROLLING OUT NEW STANDARDS FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING GUIDELINES, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL ATTACH TO CONTRACTS AS A REQUIREMENT IN FY 27. 
          UH, SO THAT'S JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WAYS THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE CITY AND THE TAXPAYERS ARE GETTING A STRONG RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENTS ACROSS ALL OF OUR HOMELESS SERVICE INVESTMENTS. 
          IS ANY OF THAT, UH, AS PART OF THAT SOLUTION TO BE PUBLISHING ANYTHING THAT'S PUBLIC FACING TO HELP US UNDERSTAND, UH, COUNCIL OR PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THE STATUS OF YOUR, UH, ADDITIONAL, UM, I'M GONNA CALL THEM CONTROLS THAT YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED? UH, I'M ASSUMING PART OF THAT'S A RESULT OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OR I MENTIONED THOSE CONTRACTS. 
          UM, SO ARE WE GONNA GET ANY KIND OF REPORTING AROUND THAT? YES, SIR. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, TO DO THAT AND PROVIDE THAT. 
          UH, WAYS THAT WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST IS THROUGH OUR PRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE WHERE WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW GUIDELINES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE ROLLING OUT. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING WHAT WE CALL A TRANSPARENCY PAGE, UH, WHICH WOULD BE A PLACE ON OUR WEBSITE WHERE FOLKS CAN GO TO QUICKLY FIND INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CONTRACTS, UH, WHO HAS CONTRACTS WITH HSO FOR WHAT PURPOSE AND WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES FROM THOSE CONTRACTS. 
          UH, AND THEN MOVING FORWARD AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE CHANGES TO OUR PROGRAM GUIDELINES OR TWEAKS TO HOW WE MONITOR, WE'LL BE MAKING SURE TO RELAY THAT TO, TO YOU AND OTHERS ON THE DAIS, EITHER THROUGH OUR PRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE OR IN THE FORM OF THE MEMOS TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND, UH, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT, UH, THE A PH GRANTS. 
          I THINK THE LAST TIME WE VISITED WITH DIRECTOR STIR, SHE SAID THAT THERE WERE MAYBE ABOUT $20 MILLION OF GRANTS THAT MIGHT BE AT RISK OF BEING EITHER NON-RENEWED. 
          UM, THIS IS, OF COURSE, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONSTANT SNAPSHOTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT SPACE. 
          IS THERE ANY WAY, AS WE GET INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WHAT'S THE BEST STRATEGY THAT WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SCOPE OF THAT'S GONNA BE BY THE TIME WE'VE GOTTA MAKE A DECISION ON THIS GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD MORNING RATHER, ADRIAN STIR OF AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH? UNFORTUNATELY, THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. 
          UM, WE CONTINUE TO BE AT THE WILL OF, 
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UH, WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          AS MS. LANG POINTED OUT, JUST RECENTLY AS LAST WEEK, WE LEARNED THAT THERE WOULD BE A 5% REDUCTION TO OUR TB GRANT AS WELL AS SOME OTHER, UH, 28% REDUCTION TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANT. 
          AND SO RIGHT NOW THE BEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE OFFERED IS LOOKING AT THE, UH, PRESIDENT'S BUDGET, UM, ALIGNING THAT WITH, UH, FUNDING POCKETS THAT ARE NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD COST THE CITY SHOULD WE, UM, MAKE A MOVE TO PRIORITIZE THOSE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU DIRECTOR. 
          UM, I THINK ON A SIMILAR NOTE I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, IN THIS BRIEFING THAT WE JUST GOT, WE SAW THAT NEXT YEAR THERE'S PLANS FOR, IT SOUNDS LIKE UNSPECIFIED, BUT SOMEWHAT SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN SOME OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES CONTRACTS. 
          IS THERE A PARTICULAR LOGIC YOU CAN SHARE WHY THOSE WERE BEING INCLUDED FOR NEXT YEAR BUT NOT THIS YEAR? YES. 
          SO AS WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD, UM, WORK THROUGH THE DEFICIT THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THE BUDGET, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, ALLOWED FOR A CONTINUED CONVERSATION. 
          UM, WE DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW A REDUCTION THIS YEAR TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT ENOUGH, UH, RUNWAY OR ROOM TO HAVE DISCUSSION ON WHAT OPPORTUNITIES OR WHAT OTHER OPTIONS THEY HAD. 
          AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE LOOKED AT THE 14.1 MILLION FROM THE BUDGET STABILIZATION RESERVE TO MAKE SURE WE COULD HOLD THOSE CONTRACTS IN PARTICULAR HOLD FOR AT LEAST, UM, THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND THEN START THE DISCUSSIONS ON SHOULD FUNDING NOT BECOME AVAILABLE, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 27. 
          OKAY. 
          SO PARTLY IT'S KIND OF A WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT SPACE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN PART OF IT, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND TO GIVE AND TO ALLOW FOR THE CONVERSATIONS TO HAPPEN. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          ON A RELATED NOTE, I SAW THAT OF THE, OF THE DEFICIT THAT'S NOT BEING SORT OF COMPENSATED FOR OUT OF RESERVES, RIGHT, THE SHORTFALL, I'M SORRY, THE 33 4 $4 MILLION 19.3 IS WHAT WE'RE PAYING, WHAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH REDUCTIONS. 
          AND OF THAT, IT LOOKS TO ME AT LEAST BY MY CALCULATION ABOUT 90% COMES FROM PUBLIC SAFETY FROM A COMBINATION OF EMS FIRE AND POLICE, WHICH AGAIN, MY UNDERSTANDING COUNTS FOR, THAT'S LIKE ABOUT 64% OF OUR TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET. 
          CAN YOU EXPAND ON THE THOUGHT PROCESS FOR WHY THOSE THREE ORGANIZATIONS WERE, UH, PERHAPS DISPROPORTIONATELY USED TO HELP CREATE, YOU KNOW, TO OVERCOME THAT SHORTFALL? SO I THINK AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, UM, AND AS YOU MENTIONED, PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          UM, WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TRIED TO LOOK AT REDUCTIONS THAT WOULD NOT REDUCE SERVICE PROVISION TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, REDUCTIONS WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          WE DIDN'T WANT TO, UM, CLOSE RECREATION CENTER HOURS OR REDUCE LIBRARY HOURS. 
          UM, AND, AND THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE UNDER CONSIDERATION OR A PART OF A CONVERSATION. 
          AND SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE REDUCTIONS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, POLICE WAS ALREADY MAKING CHANGES TO THEIR STAFFING MODEL, AND THAT WOULD GENERATE THE ANNUALIZED REDUCTION THAT WE SEE IN POLICE THAT ALLOWED FOR THAT SAVINGS TO BE SEEN IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS MORE SO THAN IN THE, UH, OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, LAST QUESTION FOR NOW IS, I KNOW THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE CAP AND STITCH PROCESS. 
          UH, I KNOW IN PARTICULAR A CM ROGERS WAS LOOKING AT WAYS TO TRY AND BRING IN, YOU KNOW, PHILANTHROPIC, UH, COMMUNITY BUSINESS COMMUNITY DOLLARS TO TRY AND SEE IF THERE'S NOT A WAY TO OVER TIME, UM, HELP SUPPLEMENT CITY DOLLARS FOR THAT KIND OF PROJECT. 
          AND I'M CURIOUS IF WE HAVE ANY KIND OF PLAN OF RESOURCES IN THIS OR EVEN THE 27 BUDGET IN MOTION TO TRY AND BUILD ON THAT IDEA FOR SOCIAL SERVICES HSO AND OTHER DEPARTMENT, UH, THAT MIGHT BENEFIT FROM HAVING ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT RATHER THAN EXCLUSIVELY CITY SUPPORT THAT'S BUDGETED FOR US IN REGARDS TO, I GUESS OUR OPERATING FUNCTIONS. 
          I THINK, UM, HOMELESS STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS OFFICE IN PARTICULAR HAS TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR, YOU KNOW, PHILANTHROPIC OR COMMUNITY INPUT INTO SOME OF THOSE RESPONSES. 
          UM, IN BUILDING THE BUDGET, WE LOOK AT PRIMARILY WHAT OUR GENERAL FUND RESOURCES ARE AND SO I, I KNOW DEPARTMENTS WORK WITH COMMUNITY AND TRY TO GET SOME INPUT ON OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THAT IT WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED NECESSARILY IN 
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THE DOCUMENT OR IN THE, UM, THE ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY WILL OVERALL, UM, PROVIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW. 
          I AM GONNA ASK THE MAYOR, I KNOW I ASKED YESTERDAY DURING THE WORK SESSION OR A FC MEETING, UM, ABOUT HELPING US UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE SCENARIOS. 
          WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME, WHEN WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO THAT? TH THIS IS THE, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT I'LL DO, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS, WHY DON'T WE GO TO I, I'LL, I'LL MAKE A NOTE THAT YOU WANT TO ASK SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. 
          WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE, AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT MIGHT COME UP AND WE'LL, WE'LL JUST KINDA ROTATE THAT WAY. 
          DOES THAT MAKE THAT SOUNDS GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS ALREADY PUNCHED A BUTTON AGAIN, SO YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, VERY, VERY GOOD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. 
          AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER LANE, THEN THE MAYOR PROTE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PAGE REGARDING WILDFIRE RESPONSE AND FUEL MITIGATION. 
          IS THERE A BREAKDOWN ANYWHERE YOU LIST AUSTIN ENERGY, AUSTIN WATER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PARKS AND RECREATION? IS THERE A BREAKDOWN OF EXACTLY WHAT THESE DOLLARS ARE SPENT ON? I'M IMAGINING AUSTIN ENERGY AS THE VEGETATION TRIMMING ALONG THE, THE ELECTRIC LINES. 
          UM, BUT I'M JUST NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE, UH, LEVELS OF SERVICE ARE FOR THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          ARE THEY ALL PERSONNEL OR IS IT EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL? CAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH THAT? SO I'M, SO FOR PARKS AND RECREATION IN PARTICULAR, I, IT BE, I BELIEVE IT INCLUDES FOUR POSITIONS IN ADDITION TO CONTRACTED SERVICES. 
          UM, THE 4 21 THAT IS IN FIRE, I BELIEVE THAT IS PRIMARILY THE CONTRACTED DOLLARS FOR THOSE THAT FUNCTION. 
          AND THEN WE DO HAVE THE 17 POSITIONS, $3.5 MILLION THAT'S LISTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT SLIDE. 
          UM, FOR WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION EFFORTS, UM, I WOULD ASK WATER AND AUSTIN ENERGY STAFF TO COME DOWN AND TALK THROUGH AND IF FIRE HAS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SHARE ON, ON THEIR BUDGET, THEY CAN DO SO AS WELL. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          HELLO, I'M SHERRY KOOL WITH AUSTIN WATER, THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE OFFICER. 
          OUR NUMBER, UM, THE $350,000 IS JUST OUR WILDLAND FUEL MITIGATION NUMBER. 
          WE DO, I DO HAVE ADDITIONAL, UM, INFORMATION IF YOU'D LIKE THAT NOW, OR I CAN, WE CAN SEND IT TO YOU ABOUT THE STAFFING AND A LOT OF OUR FOLKS WHO WORK IN THAT PROGRAM ALSO WORK WITH PRESCRIBED FIRE AND OTHER THINGS FOR THE WILDLAND CONSERVATION DIVISION. 
          SO THAT WAS JUST STRICTLY THE FUEL MITIGATION. 
          SO THAT'S THE CONTROLLED BURNS THAT WE SEE. 
          YOU PUT OUT ALERTS ON ONLINE TO SAY WE ARE DOING A CONTROLLED BURN. 
          IT IS CITY ON LAND. 
          IF YOU SEE SMOKE IN THE AREA, DON'T BE ALARMED, BUT IF YOU SEE IT ANYWHERE ELSE, YOU SHOULD BE ALARMED. 
          YEAH, THE PRESCRIBED FIRE PROGRAM, THE STAFFING FOR THAT, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL, THERE'S THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THAT PROGRAM AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR DIVISION THAT HELPED WITH THAT. 
          UM, THAT'S ABOUT ANOTHER 290,000. 
          WE HAVE, UM, SOME RESEARCH GOING ON ON WILDFIRE RISK. 
          WE'RE UPDATING DATA FOR THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN THAT WE DID BACK IN 2014. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AGAIN AT SOME OF THOSE DATA POINTS AND SEEING IF CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED AFTER THE WINTER STORM AND THE DROUGHT DAMAGE TO TREES. 
          SO THAT'S ABOUT ANOTHER 145,000. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER STUDY GOING ON ON CONTINUOUS FUEL MOISTURE IN OUR ASH JUNIPER, SO WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT. 
          UM, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR FENCE LINE CLEARING THAT JUST IS PART OF OUR FENCING CONTRACT. 
          UM, THINNING AND SHREDDING, WHICH IS MORE OF A LAND MANAGEMENT APPROACH FOR MAINTAINING, UH, OAK SAVANNAH, BUT IT DOES HELP REDUCE FIRE RISK AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, GO INTO WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION, BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY, UH, TARGETED TOWARDS FUELS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WE CAN GET YOU THE, THE FULL NUMBERS ON THAT. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND I DON'T MIND GETTING THAT INFORMATION OFFLINE. 
          SHOULD I SUBMIT THAT AS A-A-C-B-Q JUST SO EVERYBODY CAN HAVE THE INFORMATION? YES, THAT'LL BE FINE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND SO SINCE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS 3.5 MILLION AND 17 MORE POSITIONS IN WILDFIRE DIVISION, UM, I THINK I'M JUST STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND THE CHART. 
          LIKE ARE THESE JUST CONTRACTS AND SPECIFIC PERSONNEL? UM, OR IS THERE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE WAY TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING SPENT WITH WILDFIRE MITIGATION AND FUEL RESPONSE EFFORTS? THE 17 POSITIONS ARE THE ONES THAT WE HOUSE WITHIN THE WILDFIRE DIVISION THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THE NATIONAL COHESIVE STRATEGY. 
          SO WE HAVE PERSONNEL DEDICATED TO THE FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES. 
          WE DO THE OUTREACH, 
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THE STRUCTURED IGNITION ZONE EVALUATIONS. 
          WE HAVE PERSONNEL DEDICATED TO THAT ALSO BECAUSE 70% OF THE LAND IN AUSTIN IS PRIVATELY OWNED, WE HAVE FOLKS DEDICATED TO THE FIRE RESILIENT LANDSCAPES MISSION AS WELL. 
          SO WE GO OUT AND DO PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS TO LET THOSE FOLKS KNOW HOW THEY CAN BETTER MITIGATE THEIR PROPERTIES. 
          WE ALSO MAINTAIN SOME SWORN STAFF WITHIN THE WILDFIRE DIVISION AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THOSE ARE TO HELP SUPPORT TRAINING FOR OUR WILDFIRE BATTALION, THE PARTNER BURNS, WE ASSIST WITH THOSE AS WELL AND PRIMARILY JUST SUPPORTING THE WILDFIRE BATTALION WITH TRAINING. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE 17 POSITIONS ARE FOR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE, DID YOU ASK FUNDING AS WELL? YEAH. 
          'CAUSE THIS CHART JUST HAS FOUR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS THAT FIRE HAS 421,000 AND SO I JUST WAS UNCLEAR LIKE WHAT IS IN THE 421,000 VERSUS THE REST OF THE, THE 4 21 IS MONEY THAT WE TRANSFERRED APART TO BE USED FOR THEIR FUELS MITIGATION, THEIR SHADED FUEL BRAKE CONTRACTS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, AND IS THAT SIMILAR FOR PARKS AND RECREATION? THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CONTRACTS LISTED HERE AS WELL. 
          I SEE DIRECTOR AGUIRE IS COMING UP. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          JESUS PARK AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. 
          UM, WHAT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY, UH, HALF THAT FUNDING IS FOR FOUR FTES THAT ARE ASSIGNED AND THE OTHER HALF IS FOR THESE CONTRACTS THAT SUPPLEMENT THE CONTRACTS THAT WE USE THE FIRE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT SEEMS LIKE, IF I'M INTERPRETING THIS CORRECTLY, UM, THERE'S INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT FUEL MITIGATION EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE OTHER OVERLAPPING EFFORTS THAT ARE HAPPENING HAPPENING WITHIN THESE DEPARTMENTS. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES, I BELIEVE THAT'S ACCURATE. 
          I THINK OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU WANTED TO UNDERSTAND FUEL MITIGATION SPECIFICALLY. 
          UM, IF IF THERE'S A DESIRE TO UNDERSTAND HOLISTICALLY THE OTHER AREAS, THEN WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE RESPOND TO THAT. 
          UM, OR IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I THINK EVERYONE, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ARE HERE TO ANSWER THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY, FANTASTIC. 
          I MAY GET WITH YOU OFFLINE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SUBMITTING, UH, ONE COMPREHENSIVE QUESTION TO KIND OF GET AT THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          WE KNOW THAT FUEL MITIGATION IS OBVIOUSLY REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT I KNOW THERE'S, UM, OTHER EFFORTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT HELP PROTECT US FROM WILDFIRE IN GENERAL. 
          AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNPACK, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS THAT MAY BE INCLUDED IN THERE, UM, AND ONTO PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          SO DON'T GO ANYWHERE. 
          DIRECTOR AGUIRE, I SAW, I SAW YOU TURN AROUND. 
          UM, CAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH THE $300,000 INCREASE FOR FY 26 TO SUPPORT TREE MAINTENANCE? UM, HOW DOES THAT PLAY IN WITH NOT THE TREES THAT ARE ON PARKLAND THAT ARE NOT NEWLY ACQUIRED? SO IS THIS LINE ITEM JUST BECAUSE WE BOUGHT NEW LAND AND NOW WE HAVE TO EXPAND THE TREE MAINTENANCE BUDGET? THAT THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THAT IS OVER AND ABOVE WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO FOR ANY NEW PARKLAND THAT WAS ACQUIRED. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          AND THEN IT APPEARS THAT THE OVERALL PARKS AND REC BUDGET AT THIS POINT IS JUST OVER 30 MILLION, 30.8 MILLION IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY FOR MAINTENANCE. 
          UH, I'M SORRY, WHERE WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THINK I'M HAVING TROUBLE READING ON IN THE ACTUAL BUDGET FOR PAGE 4 38. 
          IT HAS REVENUE BY FUND AND DEPARTMENT REVENUE BY CATEGORY. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. 
          AT THE TOP IT SAYS 152 MILLION AND THEN BELOW THAT THE REVENUE BY FUND IS ONLY 30 MILLION. 
          CAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH, SO THE REVENUE BY FUND IS WORKING? SURE. 
          SO THE REVENUE BY FUND TALKS ABOUT THE, THE REVENUE THAT WE'RE GENERATING THROUGH FEES THAT WE CHARGE, INCLUDING THE GOLF ENTERPRISE FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THE REST OF IT IS FUNDING THAT IS SUPPLEMENTING OUR BUDGET FROM THE GENERAL FUND. 
          GOTCHA. 
          OKAY. 
          PERFECT. 
          I'M SEEING THAT NOW. 
          UM, AND IN YEARS PAST WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE AND JUST HOW, HOW WE'VE ACQUIRED MORE PARK LAND AND OBVIOUSLY THE MAINTENANCE NEEDS ARE GOING TO GO UP FROM THERE. 
          CAN YOU GIVE ME JUST A BALLPARK FIGURE IF WE WERE TO MEET SOME OF THE THRESHOLDS FOR MAINTENANCE THAT WE HAD HAD, LET'S SAY 2014 IS THE YEAR THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE QUOTING AT THIS POINT. 
          CORRECT. 
          UM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE NEW RATE WOULD BE OR WHAT ADDITIONAL COST WOULD NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE BUDGET IF WE COULD, UH, MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE TO MAINTAIN THE 2014 LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR ANY NEW ACQUISITIONS? YEAH. 
          YEAH, THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY SIX NEW FTES. 
          SIX NEW FTES. 
          AND HOW MUCH GENERALLY WOULD THAT COST? ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          IT'S FTES AND THEN, AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL CONTRACTUAL AND COMMODITIES AND THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN I PIGGYBACK OFF THAT? THAT'S THE END OF MY QUESTION. 
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SO IF SOMEONE ELSE IS IN LINE, I'M HAPPY FOR A FOLLOW UP. 
          SHE'S GONNA JUST PIGGYBACK I, I'LL RECOGNIZE MAYOR BECAUSE I JUST WANTED, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. 
          YOU'RE DONE? YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE MAYOR PRO TIM. 
          AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER LANE. 
          SO DIRECTOR AITA, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE WOULD NEED SIX ADDITIONAL FTES IN ORDER FOR US TO MAINTAIN THE LEVELS OF SERVICE AT THE 2014 LEVELS. 
          CORRECT. 
          FOR ANY NEW PARKLAND ACQUISITION THAT WE HAVE. 
          IS THAT, ARE THE SIX FTES INCLUDED IN THIS BASE BUDGET PROPOSAL? THEY'RE NOT. 
          AND ARE THEY INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE TRE SCENARIOS? UM, WE'VE NOT ENGAGED IN THE DISCUSSIONS ON THE TRE IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT WOULD BE FUNDED, BUT PRESUMABLY THAT WOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR US. 
          OKAY. 
          I DO WANNA DIG IN 'CAUSE I KNOW STAFF HAS PREPARED, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, TAX RATE ELECTION SCENARIOS. 
          THERE'S A 7 MILLION ALLOCATION FOR PARK MAINTENANCE. 
          SO OF THAT 7 MILLION, HOW MANY WOULD WE ANTICIPATE WOULD GO TOWARDS FTES? YEAH, I DON'T THINK I HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. 
          WE CAN LOOK MORE CLOSELY AT THAT AND GET YOU THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, THANKS MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE, FOLLOWED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO MY FIRST SET OF QUESTIONS HAS TO DO WITH, UH, A AM COT AND EMS, UM, IS THE EXPANDED MOBILE CRISIS OUTREACH TEAM ADEQUATELY FUNDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THAT BASE LEVEL? UM, SHE RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY ON A 24 7 BASIS. 
          I THINK THAT'S, UM, ROBERT KINGDOM AND AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT. 
          THAT QUESTION? HMM? THAT QUESTION? YEAH. 
          NO. 
          UM, BUT YOU ALREADY REPHRASE. 
          HI, GOOD MORNING, ROBERT KINGDOM ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT. 
          CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, IT WAS, UH, AN EXP EXPANDED MOBILE CRISIS OUTREACH TEAM QUESTION. 
          UM, I AM WONDERING IF AT THE BASE BUDGET LEVEL, UM, THERE IS ENOUGH IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN 24 7 RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH REQUEST 9 1 1 REQUESTS BASICALLY. 
          SURE. 
          UM, THE FUNDING THAT WAS PROVIDED LAST YEAR AS A AMENDMENT IN THE BUDGET WAS ONE TIME FUNDING FOR, UH, SIX MONTHS OF 24 7 EXPANSION. 
          UM, IN THE BASE BUDGET, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING TO SUSTAIN THAT WHILE SUSTAINING THE, UM, DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THAT PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT, WELL, I'LL, I'LL LOOK AND SEE WHERE IT COMES BACK IN. 
          UM, SO EVAN, I DON'T, IS THERE ANY DATA AVAILABLE ON, FOR THAT SIX MONTH PERIOD OR THE FULL PERIOD AT WHICH IT'S BEEN FUNDED 24 7? UM, THE PERCENT OF CALLS REQUESTING MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE THAT WERE RESPONDED TO BY AMCA, IS THAT TYPE OF DATA AVAILABLE AS A OR NOT? SO IT, IT IS A, IT IS AVAILABLE AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          THIS IS MENTAL HEALTH CARE RELATING TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ANIMAL SERVICES WORKERS. 
          UM, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES THAT WE ALREADY PROVIDE TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UM, AND WHETHER, AND THEN I'LL HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. 
          SUSANS IS GOING TO COME FROM OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, SUSAN. 
          SINS, HUMAN RESOURCES AUSTIN. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW, UH, MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, WHICH I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY. 
          THE CITY OF AUSTIN SUPPORTS THAT FOR ITS FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          WE'VE GOT, OF COURSE, HAVE OUR EAP, OUR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THROUGH COMM PSYCH. 
          WE HAVE BENEFITS THROUGH BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD. 
          ADDITIONALLY WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL. 
          WE HAVE GOT, UM, WITH AUSTIN FIRE AND A-T-C-E-M-S, WE HAVE GOT TWO, UM, DEDICATED FULL-TIME PSYCHOLOGISTS AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY WELLNESS CENTER, FIRE PEER SUPPORT FIRE CHAPLAIN PROGRAM. 
          WE'VE GOT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, UM, THROUGH FIRES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS. 
          UM, ADDITIONALLY WITH OUR, UM, OUR AUSTIN PD, WE HAVE GOT PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR, UM, WITH TRAINED OFFICERS AND STAFF WHO PROVIDE CONFIDENTIAL SUPPORT TO FIRST RESPONDERS CRITICAL INCIDENTS, STRESS DEBRIEFINGS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE, UM, FOR JOB INCIDENTS, UM, PER STATUTE. 
          AND THAT ALSO EXPANDS TO TELECOMMUNICATORS PUBLIC SAFETY, ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND QUARANTINE. 
          UM, NOTHING IN THE BUDGET DECREASES ANY OF THESE BENEFITS. 
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UM, SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE TYPES OF WORKERS WHO, UM, WELL, AS I HAVE HEARD OVER MY FIRST SIX MONTHS IN OFFICE, FREQUENTLY HAVE NEED FOR, UM, THESE SERVICES. 
          I'M INCLUDING NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKERS, ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICERS. 
          UH, THE SUICIDE RATE, UH, AMONG ANIMAL SERVICES, CERTAIN JOBS IS PRETTY HIGH. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          UM, AND, AND OTHER CIVILIANS THAT ARE EXPOSED TO TRAUMATIC SITUATIONS ON THE JOB. 
          I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU COMMENTING THAT THERE'S NO REDUCTION IN ACCESS TO SERVICES, BUT I ALSO RECALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTER WHO NOTED THAT, UM, NO LONGER WILL 20 HOUR PER WEEK EMPLOYEES BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SAME BENEFITS AS OTHERS. 
          AND SOME OF THESE POSITIONS SOUND LIKE THEY PROBABLY HAVE SOME PART-TIME PARTICIPATION IN THEM, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          WELL, I'LL STOP THERE. 
          YES. 
          SO THE EXAMPLES, SO ARE WE, HAVE WE LOOKED AT HOW MANY OF THESE TYPES OF EMPLOYEES WILL THEN LOSE ACCESS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS? OKAY. 
          I WAS HOPING TO HAVE OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER OUR BENEFITS PROGRAM, SERGIO CAROLA, ADDRESS THAT TEMPORARY BENEFITS QUESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          IF I COULD, THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM . 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, MY NAME IS SERGIO CAZORLA. 
          I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION, MA'AM? SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          AS WE, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, ACCESS OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WHO EXPERIENCE TRAUMATIC, UM, ISSUES THROUGH THEIR WORK FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, AND WE ALSO LOOK AT THE REVISION TO WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS. 
          UM, IT SEEMS TO ME, FROM WHAT I KNOW SO FAR, THAT SOME OF THESE TYPES OF ROLES ARE HANDLED BY, SOMETIMES BY PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. 
          AND SO I AM WONDERING IF IT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT WHETHER THERE WILL BE A REDUCTION IN ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS FOR THOSE 20 TO 29 HOUR PER WEEK EMPLOYEES WHO IN THESE ROLES PREVIOUSLY HAD ACCESS, UM, WITH RESPECT TO OUR EAP, THAT THAT HASN'T, UH, CHANGED. 
          HOWEVER, SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE, UH, PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, UM, WHO ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR ENROLLMENT ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THIS YEAR. 
          UH, AND THEN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WILL BE WORKING WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IMPACTED, UH, BY THE, THE, UM, THE SPECIFIC, UH, ENROLLMENT CRITERIA THAT ALIGNS WITH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THAT THOSE, UM, PART-TIME EMPLOYEES WHO WORK 30 HOURS A WEEK OR 130 HOURS, UH, A MONTH, UH, WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR OUR MEDICAL AND DENTAL, UM, FIRST, UH, FIRST OF THE MONTH FOLLOWING THE 90 DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT. 
          AND SO THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, UH, AND, AND ALL THE BENEFITS AFFORDED IN THAT, UH, PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I MAY HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION COMING ON THAT IN WRITING LATER, , BUT THAT'S GOOD FOR THIS RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          THIS IS ALSO ANIMAL SERVICES RELATED. 
          UH, AUSTIN IS A NO-KILL CITY, AND I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE ON THIS DIET IS COMMITTED TO THAT PRINCIPLE. 
          UM, WHAT ORDINANCES THAT CURRENTLY GUIDE THE OPERATION OF OUR ANIMAL SHELTER, DO YOU FEEL GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE STANDARD OPERATION OF A NO KILL MUNICIPAL SHELTER. 
          UM, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THIS OUTLINE AS I LOOK AT THIS ASPECT OF OUR BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          ROLANDO FERNANDEZ, INTERIM DIRECTOR OR OFFICER ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICE. 
          UH, THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LANE, I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO THE, THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION THAT WE SUBMITTED REGARDING, UH, THAT THE REDUCTION OR THE ELIMINATION OF THE TWO SERVICE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE FOR ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES AND THE EMERGENCY SERVICES. 
          I'LL START OFF WITH THE ORTHOPEDICS, UH, CONTRACT. 
          FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, THE ONLY THE ONE MEASURE THAT WE LOOK AT, UH, ON THE REGULAR BASIS AND REPORT TO THE N ADVISORY COMMISSION IS THE 95% LIVE OUTCOME GOAL THAT WE HAVE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, CERTAINLY THAT CONTRACT SUPPORTS, UH, THE CARE OF THE ANIMALS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, COME INTO OUR SHELTER. 
          UH, WE DO AN EVALUATION WITH OUR VETS IN THE SHELTER TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT MEDICAL CARE WE CAN PROVIDE TO THOSE ANIMALS, WHETHER IN HOUSE OR IF NOT IN HOUSE. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT SERVICES CAN BE PROVIDED THROUGH THIS CONTRACT, UH, WHERE THE VENDOR, THE, THE VET COMES INTO OUR, UH, SHELTER AND PROVIDES THAT MEDICAL CARE, UM, IF THAT ANIMAL, YOU KNOW, IS, UM, UM, DOES NOT HAVE A POSITIVE OUTCOME, MEANING THAT THE THEY ARE, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY PASSED AWAY, UH, BECAUSE THAT ANIMAL IS IN OUR CARE AT THAT TIME, THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT IN OUR, UH, BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT 95%, UH, GOAL, LIVE OUTCOME GOAL. 
          SO THERE WILL BE, UH, UH, AN IMPACT THERE ON THAT ONE. 
          UH, CERTAINLY WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO, IF NOT THROUGH THIS CONTRACT, WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER WITHIN 
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OUR, UH, CURRENT RESOURCES. 
          UH, MEANING, UH, REDUCING SOME OF OUR TEMP FTES. 
          WE CAN PROVIDE SOME, UM, SOME ACCESS TO THAT, UH, THAT TYPE OF SERVICE THAT WE GET CURRENTLY THROUGH THIS CONTRACT, OR ALSO RELYING ON OTHER, UM, AGENCIES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, CURRENTLY, UH, AUSTIN PEST ALIVE PROVIDES SOME, UH, COVERAGE AND ASSISTANCE AND WHERE, UH, WHEN WE HAVE MEDICAL CASES THAT WE CAN'T CARE FOR, AND THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY AND THE EXPERTISE TO DO SO, THAT WE'LL TRANSFER OVER THAT ANIMAL OVER TO THEM FOR THAT ASSISTANCE. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING, EXPANDING THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP SO THAT THEY CAN DO MORE OF THAT FOR US. 
          BUT ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, WHO ELSE CAN DO THAT KIND OF WORK FOR US, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, FOR THAT ONE TO MINIMIZE, FIRST AND FOREMOST, TO PROVIDE THAT KIND OF CARE TO OUR, OUR, OUR ANIMALS, BUT ALSO TO MINIMIZE ANY IMPACT TO OUR, UH, 95%, UH, LIVE OUTCOME GOAL. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THE ORTHOPEDIC CONTRACT, UH, FOR THE EMERGENCY SERVICE CONTRACT, THAT'S A, A CONTRACT, WELL, IT'S NOT A CONTRACT, IT'S THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW, UM, IN OUR DEPARTMENT WHERE IF, UH, IF A PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY FINDS AN ANIMAL, UH, THAT NEEDS CARE AND IT'S AFTER HOURS, MEANING THAT WE'RE AT THE SHELTER OR CLOSED, UH, THEY CAN CALL 3 1 1 AND CALL, UH, BY CALLING 3 0 1 THERE, GET INFORMATION ABOUT GOING TO THIS, UH, THIS, UH, EMERGENCY, UH, VE SERVICE CLINIC. 
          AND, UH, AT THAT TIME, THE ANIMAL WAS NOT, UH, PROPERTY OF THE SHELTER. 
          UM, SO THAT, UH, IF THAT ANIMAL WERE TO GO TO THE, UH, OR NOT GO TO THE EMERGENCY SHELTER, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE EMERGENCY BED CLINIC, THAT ANIMAL THAT, UH, IF THAT PASSED AWAY, THE ANIMAL PASSED AWAY, THAT, UM, THAT PASSING AWAY THAT ANIMAL WOULD NOT IMPACT US AT ALL, UH, BECAUSE IT'S NOT PROPERTY OF THE SHELTER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TEXAS HAS, UM, A SPECIFIC CODES THAT REQUIRE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ANIMAL TO BE IN OUR CARE, UH, OUR PROPERTY. 
          AND, AND AT THAT, AT THAT TIME, THAT ANIMAL HAS NOT BECOME OUR PROPERTY. 
          SO IT WOULD NOT IMPACT, UM, OUR, UH, OUR COUNT. 
          UH, THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE, UH, ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICERS THAT ARE RESPONDING TO, UH, AFTER, AFTER OUR CALLS, AND THEY MAY FIND AN ANIMAL THAT, UH, WHEN THEY ARRIVE ON SCENE THAT THE ANIMAL IS ALREADY DECEASED. 
          THAT IN THAT INSTANCE, THAT WOULD NOT COUNT AGAINST, UH, OUR 95% LIVE OUTCOME GO, UH, IF THE ANIMAL AT THAT TIME IS STILL ALIVE, UH, AND THIS CONTRACT IS NOT AVAILABLE, OR THIS SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE, UM, THAT ANIMAL WE PROBABLY BROUGHT TO OUR SHELTER. 
          AND IF THAT ANIMAL, YOU KNOW, PASSES AWAY DURING THAT OVERNIGHT, UH, THOSE OVERNIGHT HOURS, UH, THAT ANIMAL MAY BE COME OUR PROPERTY, AND THAT MAY IMPACT OUR, OUR COUNT. 
          SO THERE ARE SOME IMPACTS, BUT THEN THERE ARE SOME, UH, THERE ARE NOT SOME IMPACTS IN THAT, UH, HOW WE CALCULATE THAT NUMBER. 
          BUT WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OTHER CREATIVE WAYS TO, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, A FURTHER GAP AND IF, UH, THESE, UH, WHEN THESE CONTRACTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR US. 
          WELL, YOU JUST REALLY SET ME UP FOR A THOUGHT , I SAID A LOT. 
          YEAH, THAT WAS GOOD. 
          THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL. 
          UM, SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO CLOSE THAT GAP AND MEET OR EXCEED OUR 95% LIVE ADOPTION RATE, UM, THERE IS THE COST CUTTING SIDE, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE INCREASING ADOPTION RATE SIDE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN HAVING SOME CONVERSATION, UM, WITH YOU AND OTHERS ABOUT PERHAPS MAKING IT MORE ACCESSIBLE, UM, LOT LESS DRIVING, FINDING WAYS TO OPEN UP, UM, ACCESS TO PETS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION IN THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF AUSTIN, WHERE IT IS QUITE A DISTANCE TO GET IN ANY DIRECTION TO SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE, UM, ANIMALS AVAILABLE. 
          SO INCREASING THE ADOPTION RATE, I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS, AND YOU'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM ME, BUT AS FAR AS IT GOES ON THE CUTTING COSTS SIDE, OKAY. 
          YOU LAID OUT VERY HELPFULLY, UM, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE BUDGET THERE. 
          I, THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS AS I'M WONDERING, ARE THERE ELEMENTS OF OUR POLICIES THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND A TYPICAL NO KILL SHELTER PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE NOT YET, UM, HIGHLIGHTED OR THAT YOU CARE TO, THAT YOU, THAT YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO HIGHLIGHT RIGHT NOW? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I START OUT BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING A LOT ON, YOU KNOW, DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE DO MUCH BETTER AND MUCH MORE EFFICIENT, UH, THAT FOCUSES ON AREAS IN TERMS OF OUR, OUR INTAKE PROCESS. 
          SO TRYING TO, UH, RATHER THAN INTAKE THE ANIMAL INTO OUR SHELTER, UH, TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THE OWNER CURRENTLY HAS RESOURCES SO THAT THEY CAN MAINTAIN CARE OF THAT ANIMAL, AND IF NOT ABLE TO, THAT WE CAN TRANSFER THE ANIMAL TO SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          UM, A RE-HOMING PROCESS WHILE, WELL, WELL BEFORE THAT ANIMAL COMES INTO OUR SHELTER, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN INCREASE OUTCOMES, OUTCOMES BEING ADOPTIONS, UM, UH, RESCUES, UH, FOSTERING AND EVEN LOOKING, UH, A TRANSFER PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN, UH, SEND SOME MORE ANIMALS OVER TO ANOTHER SHELTER WHERE THERE'S A BIGGER NEED THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, ADOPT OR FOSTER THOSE ANIMALS. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S ONE AREA. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THE ANSWER IS, YOU KNOW, ABOVE AND BEYOND, I THINK WE NEED TO BE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN ANY OF THOSE, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. 
          UM, WE GOTTA GET OUR ANIMALS OUTTA OUR SHELTER AND FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO DO THAT. 
          UM, WHETHER WE ARE INCENTIVIZING FOLKS TO COME IN AND RESCUE ANIMALS, OR WE ARE HAVING, YOU KNOW, NAME YOUR PRICE ADOPTIONS, OR EVEN AS THIS WEEKEND WE HAD ZERO COST FOR ADOPTIONS, AND WE HAD SOME GREAT NUMBERS, AND SO WE WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING ALL THAT 
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WAY MUCH BETTER THAN WE DO RIGHT NOW. 
          WE HAVE TO, UH, SO THAT'S ONE AREA OF THE FOCUS FOR, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          ANOTHER AREA OF FOCUS IS, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT THESE TWO CONTRACTS, UM, IMPACT. 
          AND THAT'S, UM, HOW WE DO VET CARE. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT FOR ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, A A LOT. 
          AND, UM, IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE PRACTICE OF A SHELTER, RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE AUSTIN AND FOLKS LOVE OUR ANIMALS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT WHAT'S A GOOD BALANCE? UM, MY PRIORITY IS TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE THE RESOURCE TO IS TO SUPPORT THOSE, THE STAFF, UM, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF F TWOS THAT WE HAVE BOTH FULL-TIME, UH, TEMPORARY, AND THAT THEY'RE CLASSIFIED AND PAID WELL TO DO THE WORK THAT THEY DO, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, VERY DEMANDING PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, UH, DEMANDING AS WELL. 
          AND SO RIGHT NOW, I, I'VE SEEN THESE TWO AS EXAMPLES WHERE WE WERE DOING ABOVE AND BEYOND. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT WORK. 
          IT'S, IT'S NEEDED WORK. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S, UM, IT KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A HEART IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WANTS US TO DO THAT. 
          UM, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS ACROSS OUR DEPARTMENT, THOSE WERE THE AREAS WHERE I FELT LIKE WE WERE DOING ABOVE, BEYOND NOT JUST STYLE, BUT THIS AS A CONVERSATION WITH OUR TEAM, UH, TO LOOK AT THAT, UH, IN OUR ANIMAL CARE, UH, AREA RESPONSIBILITY, WHERE WE HAVE STAFF THAT FOCUS EVERY DAY ON PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, THE BEST CARE FOR ANIMALS, UH, IN THE, IN THE KENNEL SPACE. 
          I THINK WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB THERE. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW YET IF WE ARE DOING THINGS ABOVE AND BEYOND STATE LAW, STATE REQUIREMENTS, BUT I KNOW THAT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THERE ARE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF, OF OUR ANIMALS WHILE THEY'RE IN OUR CARE. 
          YOU KNOW, THE SHELTER LIFE AND FOR ANY MA ANY ANIMAL IS, IS NOT GREAT. 
          AND I KNOW WE, WE WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE IT THE BEST POSSIBLE LIFE THAT THEY CAN HAVE OR EXPERIENCE THAT THEY CAN HAVE WHILE IN OUR CARE. 
          SO, UM, FOR OUR, UM, FIELD SERVICES, OUR ANIMAL PROTECTION OFFICERS, I, I DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE THAT WE'RE DOING ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, BU AND BEYOND THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENT. 
          UH, WE ARE SUPER BUSY, UH, IN THAT AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. 
          WE, WE ARE TOP 10 IN THE CALL RESPONSES THAT WE GET FROM THE 3 1 1 NETWORK. 
          AND SO, UM, I THINK THERE WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO MEET THE LOAD, UH, THE WORKLOAD THAT WE GET RIGHT NOW THROUGH, UH, THE, THE, THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. 
          SO, IN SUMMARY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, EXCEPT FOR THESE TWO AREAS OF CONTRACTING THAT, UM, WE RECOMMENDED TO, UH, REDUCE AS, AS PART OF THIS BUDGET REDUCTION PROCESS. 
          UM, ULTIMATELY THOUGH, OUR GOAL IS TO BE THE, YOU KNOW, DO THE BEST WE CAN IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, IN, IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY WITH THEIR ANIMALS AND ALSO SUPPORTING THE ANIMALS THAT COME INTO OUR SHELTER. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, UM, ON OPPORTUNITY TO PERHAPS COLLABORATE WITH ROUND ROCK ISD AND THE FAMILIES THAT ARE ACROSS THE NOR AND PFLUGERVILLE SD UH, TO CREATE SOME OPPORTUNITY THAT COULD BE HELPFUL IN INCREASING ADOPTION RATE IN THOSE NORTHERN SUBURBS. 
          BUT THAT'S GOOD FOR MY QUESTIONS FOR TODAY. 
          SURE. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DO I HAVE TIME FOR AN ANOTHER TOPIC AREA, OR SHOULD I JUST SAY FOR WHEN WE GO AGAIN, WE'LL COME, CAN WE COME BACK? GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR. 
          YES. 
          BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UM, CAN I GET, UM, DIRECTOR SINS AND, AND OR, UM, SURE. 
          HR TO KIND OF CLARIFY SOME THINGS THAT THEY MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OF COURSE. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, JUST FOR THE, SO FOR WHEN THEY FINISH, IT WILL BE, I'LL CALL ON THE MAYOR PRO TIM, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, COUNCIL MEMBER CODRE. 
          AND UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE THAT HAS NOT ASKED QUESTIONS PUTS THEIR NAME IN HERE, WE WILL THEN START GOING BACK TO THOSE WHO'VE ASKED QUESTIONS PREVIOUSLY. 
          UH, BUT I HAD NOT PLANNED TO DO THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT, SO PLEASE. 
          GREAT. 
          I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE. 
          I'M SORRY, CAN YOU START OVER? YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, OH, AM I, LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO WHISPER IT TO SOMETHING NOBODY ELSE WILL KNOW. 
          SAY IT, SAY IT LOUD. 
          OH, I'VE NEVER BEEN ACCUSED OF NOT BEING LOUD ENOUGH. 
          WHO, THIS IS A DAY, IT'S ON CAMERA AND EVERYTHING. 
          WELL, IT'S A BIG DAY FOR YOU. 
          YOU, YOU AND CAST MEMBER VELASQUEZ BOTH CELEBRATING TODAY BIG DAY. 
          I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM TALKING ABOUT YES, I KNOW. 
          WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY ON THE HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM AND ON THE DENTAL PROGRAM, THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE COVERAGES OF THE HEALTH PROGRAM, OF THE DENTAL PROGRAM, THAT DENTAL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ON FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. 
          WE HAVE LOOKED AT TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES AND IN FACT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WE HAVE HAD 500, UH, TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES NOW ELIGIBLE FOR INSURANCE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE 90 DAY AFTER 90 DAYS THEY QUALIFY INSTEAD OF AFTER 12 MONTHS. 
          SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE HANDFUL OF PEOPLE, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT MR. COBB WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, UM, THAT NEED A COUPLE MORE HOURS, UM, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ELIGIBILITY. 
          AND WE ARE WORKING WITH EACH DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT VERY THING HAPPENS TO ENSURE THEY KEEP THOSE BENEFITS IF THEY, UM, WOULD LIKE TO DO SO. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR? YES. 
          DIRECTOR SINS, IF YOU COULD, MY FIRST QUESTION IS FOR 
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YOU, I BELIEVE, UM, OR PERHAPS FOR MS. LANG, WE KNOW THAT OUR AFSCME'S, ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT AFSCME, OUR LOCAL CIVILIAN UNION HAS PROPOSED TO COUNSEL IS A FLAT RAISE INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEES WHO MAKE LESS THAN 50,000. 
          I BELIEVE THE PRIORITY IS 2,120 FOR A FLAT RAISE. 
          UM, THESE ARE FOR EMPLOYEES AFTER THE 4% ADJUSTMENT, COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR THIS YEAR. 
          AND I JUST WANNA GET CLARIFICATION OF WHAT THAT TOTAL AMOUNT WOULD BE FOR US TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS FLAT RAISE AMOUNT FOR OUR LOWER WAGE EMPLOYEES. 
          I'M GONNA INVITE DEPUTY HR DIRECTOR REBECCA KENNEDY UP COMPENSATION REPORTS TO HER, AND SHE HAS THAT INFORMATION. 
          HI, REBECCA KENNEDY WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, WE LOOKED INTO WHAT THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE, UM, IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGET TO PROVIDE A $2,000 INCREASE IN LIEU OF THE 4%, WHICH WOULD BRING THEM UP, UM, ABOVE THE $50,000 THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. 
          AND WHAT THAT COST WOULD BE IS $34,000 CITYWIDE ARE 17,800 TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. 
          I WANNA FLAG THAT THIS IS AN AMENDMENT I PLAN TO PROPOSE AS PART OF THE BUDGET ADOPTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR, UH, DIRECTOR GRAY AROUND HOMELESSNESS STRATEGY OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, DIRECTOR GRAY, IF YOU CAN WALK US THROUGH THE, UH, THE PLAN THAT YOU PROPOSED TO, TO COUNCIL AROUND HOW WE CAN ADEQUATELY AND SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY. 
          HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO WHAT THE MANAGER'S BASE BUDGET PROPOSAL CALLS FOR? THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID GRAY, DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS. 
          THE PROPOSED, UH, FY 26 BUDGET WOULD ENABLE OUR OFFICE TO SUSTAIN SOME OF OUR MAJOR INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED SINCE BECOMING AN OFFICE. 
          THINGS LIKE, UH, KEEPING THE MARSHALLING YARD OPEN FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR. 
          IT ALSO ALLOCATES ONE-TIME FUNDING FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES, WHICH WE WOULD USE TO SUPPORT SERVICES AT SOME OF THE PSH UNITS, UH, THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED AS PART OF OUR, OUR HOUSING PIPELINE. 
          THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD ALSO ADD 12 POSITIONS FOR OUTREACH AND ENCAMPMENT MANAGEMENT. 
          THESE WOULD BE NEW POSITIONS, UH, AND THAT WOULD ENHANCE OUR DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO PROACTIVELY ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE ON THE STREET AND GET THEM CONNECTED TO SERVICES THAT COULD GET THEM ON THE PATHWAY TO ENDING THEIR HOMELESSNESS. 
          IT WOULD ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO 3 1 1 CALLS AND OTHER SERVICE REQUESTS THAT WE GET FROM RESIDENTS ACROSS AUSTIN'S 300 SQUARE MILE JURISDICTION. 
          UH, AND JUST FOR SOME CONTEXT, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 700 SERVICE CALLS, UH, EACH MONTH. 
          AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO TO FOUR PEOPLE, UH, ON THE GROUND EACH DAY TRYING TO RESPOND TO, TO ALL THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE. 
          UM, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THE CITY MANAGER AND MS. LANG HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT INTO THE BUDGET FOR OUR OFFICE, AND I THINK IT DEMONSTRATES, UH, OUR CITY'S LEADERSHIP, UH, AND, AND, AND HOW THEY'RE PRIORITIZING, UH, HOMELESS SERVICES. 
          UH, AS IT RELATES TO THE STAFF RESPONSE TO THE JANUARY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOESN'T ALLOCATE RESOURCES FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LAID OUT, INCLUDING, UH, SHELTER, BED EXPANSIONS, HOMELESS PREVENTION FUNDS, UH, ONGOING FUNDING FOR RAPID REHOUSING AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS. UH, AND HOWEVER, WHILE THOSE THINGS AREN'T REFLECTED IN THE FY 26 PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, WE DO SEE THOSE THINGS REFLECTED IN THE TRE PACKAGE SCENARIOS THAT WAS SHARED WITH COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, UH, LAST WEEK. 
          THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. 
          I DO WANT TO, TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THIS LAST COMMENT FROM DIRECTOR GRAVE, HOW THE TRE SCENARIOS REALLY LAYS OUT THE, THE GROUNDWORK AND THE PATHWAY FOR US TO FULLY REALIZE THE PLAN THAT THE CITY ADOPTED EARLIER IN RESPONDING TO HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY. 
          AT WHICH SENSE SCENARIO DO THE NECESSARY INVESTMENTS KICK IN? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, AS A DEPARTMENT THAT THAT IS BEING PRIORITIZED IN THIS FUNDING PROCESS, WE, WE FEEL VERY GRATEFUL TO BE INCLUDED IN ALL THE FUNDING SCENARIOS. 
          WE MOST SEE THE ITEMS IN THE STAFF RESPONSE REFLECTED IN THE 5 CENT SCENARIO. 
          UM, UH, BUT, BUT THERE'S ELEMENTS OF THE STAFF RESPONSE IN, IN ALL OF THE SCENARIOS. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO IN SCENARIO 5, 6, 7, AND EIGHT, WE SEE, UM, MUCH NEEDED, UH, ALLOCATIONS NECESSARY FOR US TO PROVIDE THE INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING AND IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AT THE LEVEL THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS 
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THE LEVEL OF NEED THAT WE HAVE IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, BUT YET THERE ARE STILL SOME AREAS THAT ARE MISSING FROM, FROM THE PROPOSED TRE SCENARIOS. 
          AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT ONE AREA OF INTEREST OF MINE IS PREVENTION. 
          CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH, UM, WHAT, WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED WHEN IT COMES TO PREVENTION? THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          UH, IN OUR STAFF RESPONSE TO THE JANUARY RESOLUTION, WE IDENTIFIED A $2.2 MILLION, UM, FUNDING CONSIDERATION FOR HOMELESS PREVENTION, WHICH IS NOT REFLECTED IN THE TRE SCENARIO. 
          UH, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT GOING INTO FY 26, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME ONE-TIME HOMELESS PREVENTION DOLLARS THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE COMING TO COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR ACTION, UH, FOR A NEW CONTRACT FOR US TO ACTIVATE THOSE FY $25. 
          YOU'LL SEE THAT PROGRAM WILL LAUNCH AND FY 26. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ALSO, THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ECHO, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE $10 MILLION IN PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS PREVENTION. 
          UH, AND SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO POINT THAT OUT ALSO, TO PROVIDE CONTEXT THAT, UH, AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT IN THE TRE PACKAGE AND, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT, UH, WE ARE ALSO DOING OUR, OUR WORK OUTSIDE OF THIS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO RAISE THE CRITICAL FUNDS THAT WE NEED, UH, TO HELP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMELESSNESS OR, OR IN THIS CASE, TO HELP PEOPLE PREVENT THEIR HOMELESSNESS BEFORE IT EVEN STARTS. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          AND THE OTHER GAP THAT I NOTICED WITH THE TRE SCENARIOS IS AROUND RAPID REHOUSING. 
          CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE GAP AROUND RAPID REHOUSING AND, AND WHAT ELSE WOULD NEED TO BE INCLUDED? SO THE TRE SCENARIO LISTS 8 MILLION DO IN THAT SCENARIO. 
          IT, IT LISTS SOME FUNDING FOR RAPID REHOUSING TO GIMME A SECOND TO TURN TO THAT PAGE. 
          SO IT LISTS $12 MILLION FOR RAPID REHOUSING AT THE 5 CENT LEVEL, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH, UH, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CITY'S PORTION. 
          UH, NOW YOU MIGHT RECALL IN, IN THE STAFF RESPONSE TO THE COUNCIL ITEM, UH, WE FELT LIKE IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO INVITE OTHER HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM FUNDERS TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THESE INVESTMENTS. 
          AND, UH, IN TERMS OF RAPID REHOUSING, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY'S INVESTMENT, WE'RE CALLING ON OUR COMMUNITY TO INVEST $11 MILLION, UH, IN RAPID REHOUSING. 
          AND SO SCENARIO FIVE, I'M SORRY, SCENARIO E AT THE 5 CENT RATE DOES GET US TO, UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CITY'S PORTION OF RAPID REHOUSING. 
          UH, AND THEN WE WOULD HOPE TO BE ABLE TO, TO USE THAT TO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO COME WITH THEIR PORTION TO HELP US PROVIDE MORE OF THAT SERVICE. 
          GOOD DEAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAYOR PRO TIM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBERT MADISON, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER UDRY. 
          THEN COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR PARD AND FOR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND PLANNING. 
          UM, I SEE PARD FIRST, SO I'M GONNA GO PARD FIRST. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, A FUNDING INCREASE AROUND HERITAGE TOURISM, A SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING INCREASE, AND THEN COMPLETE DROP OFF IN FUTURE IMMEDIATE FUTURE BUDGETS. 
          I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 4 37 SPECIFICALLY. 
          SORRY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          IN FACT, I COULD JUST, I CAN HAND YOU MY PAGE IF YOU'D LIKE. 
          4 37. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THAT FUNDING, UM, IS TRANSFERRING OVER TO THE ARTS CULTURE AND MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT. 
          SO YOU SHOULD SEE THAT FUNDING MOVE OVER TO THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THE ZEROS DROP OFF. 
          YES. 
          AND THEN THE 10 MILLION INCREASE BETWEEN, UM, OUR LAST BUDGET AND THIS ONE, IS THAT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO THE NEW DEPARTMENT OR, 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL FTES OR ANYTHING. 
          NO, THEY'RE ANTICIPATING SAVINGS. 
          SO THAT'S THE ESTIMATE FOR, FOR THIS YEAR. 
          AND WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ARE PROBABLY ANTICIPATING SAVINGS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT THE FULL BUDGET IS MOVING OVER TO THE ARTS CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, PARKS ACQUISITION, I DID HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION AROUND THAT. 
          JUST SORT OF GENERALLY LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE'S A, AN OVERALL SORT OF UNILATERAL STRATEGY, OR DO WE HAVE SPECIFIC, UH, PARTS OF TOWN WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO MAKE LAND ACQUISITION? I KNOW IT'S CERTAINLY MORE FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE IN SOME PARTS OF TOWN THAN OTHERS. 
          SURE, SURE. 
          UM, I THINK, I THINK THE, THE OVERALL ACQUISITION STRATEGY IS, IS A PRETTY LONG, LONG-TERM STRATEGY IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE OUR NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE OR ARE, AND THEN LOOKING AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE THERE. 
          SO WE 
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HAVE A WHOLE REAL ESTATE TEAM THAT IS CONSTANTLY OUT THERE LOOKING AND SEARCHING SO THAT WHEN FUNDING DOES BECOME AVAILABLE, WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO BEGIN THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. 
          SO THE STRATEGY IS TO ACQUIRE THE LAND WHILE WE HAVE THE DOLLARS FOR ACQUISITION BEFORE THE COST INCREASES. 
          BUT THE STRATEGY HAS TO DO WITH SORT OF THE LONG GAME ASSESSMENT ABOUT WHERE NEEDS WILL BE. 
          IS THAT LIKE A, UM, LILA VALENCIA THING, OR LIKE HOW DO WE MAKE THAT LONG RANGE DETERMINATION? UH, I'M SORRY, LILA, I'M NOT FAMILIAR. 
          OUR STATISTICIAN. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          NO, I THINK I APOLOGIZE. 
          UM, IT, IT IS, IT IS, I THINK THAT GOES INTO, IT'S REALLY ABOUT OUR OWN, LOOKING AT OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH COMMUNITY CENTERS OR SENIOR CENTERS OR WHERE THE PARKLAND IS. 
          I SEE. 
          WE, WE, WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, A GOAL TO ENSURE THAT EVERY RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS ACCESS TO A PARK WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK MM-HMM . 
          AND FIVE MINUTES WITHIN THE COURSE MM-HMM . 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, THE WAYS THAT WE LOOK AT IT. 
          SO WE MAP OUT WHERE OUR PARKS ARE AND WE IDENTIFY THE GAPS THERE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE BEGIN TO LOOK. 
          AND I'M CERTAIN THERE'S SOME SORT OF FUTURE MAP YES. 
          FUTURE GROWTH MAP ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          CORRECT. 
          WHAT DEPARTMENT? 'CAUSE I, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M GETTING AT. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF THE DATA Y'ALL ARE LOOKING AT. 
          SO WHO WOULD I, HOW CAN I GET THE SAME DATA THAT YOU HAVE IN THAT REGARD? SURE. 
          WE CAN, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU WITH OUR PLANNING TEAM TO GET THAT TO YOU. 
          AWESOME. 
          FIGURE OUT WHAT IT'S, YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          IT, YEAH. 
          THANKS. 
          AND THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN MY PLAN, UH, PART OF MY PLANNING QUESTION, AT LEAST THE OTHER PART OF THE PLANNING QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH, UM, WITH THIS KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, IT LOOKS LIKE IN 23 AND IN 25, UM, WE PROCESSED, UM, I'M SORRY, THAT WAS 21. 
          IN 21 AND 25, WE, UM, PROCESSED THE SAME AMOUNT OF ZONING CASES. 
          IS DOES THAT HAVE TO DO, IS ED, IS THAT SORT OF ADJACENT TO THE DISCUSSION WE HAD ABOUT DECREASE IN CRANES IN THE SKY? IS THAT A SIMILAR TREND THAT WE DROPPED BACK DOWN TO WHERE WE WERE IN 21 AS OPPOSED TO CONTINUING THE INCREASE THAT WE SAW IN 24? UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          LAUREN MIDDLETON PRATT, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. 
          UM, THE TRUTH IS, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE IF IT'S RELATED TO THE CRANES IN THE SKY. 
          UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT COULD IMPACT ZONING CASES, UM, DEVELOPERS WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY TO DEVELOP AT A TIME OF, YOU KNOW, RECESSION RIGHT. 
          OR, UM, TARIFFS. 
          AND THERE, THERE ARE SO MANY, UM, AREAS IN WHICH A FINANCIAL CONSTRAINT CAN, CAN IMPACT ZONING CASES. 
          BUT IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND WE'D LOVE TO LOOK INTO IT AND RESPOND WITH A HOLISTIC ANSWER FOR YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          ONE. 
          A PART OF WHY I'M ASKING IS THERE'S A SERIES OF DEPARTMENTS THAT WE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WORK WITH THE MOST FREQUENTLY, AND JUST INTERNALLY WE'RE MAKING SOME OBSERVATIONS AROUND WHERE IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME TIGHTNESS IN TERMS OF Y'ALL'S TIME AND CAPACITY. 
          AND I'VE FOUND THAT PLANNING IS ONE THAT I REALLY DO WISH WE HAD TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME MORE SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS IN. 
          I I NEVER WOULD'VE KNOWN UNTIL I STARTED DOING THE JOB, HOW MUCH OF MY JOB IS ZONING CASES MM-HMM . 
          UM, IN WHICH CASE I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE WHOLE THERE. 
          I DON'T ANTICIPATE, I MEAN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK TO YOUR POINT ABOUT ALL THE MITIGATING FACTORS, I THINK WHAT'S, WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO BY RIGHT. 
          TENDS TO BE LIKE A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY IMMEDIATE VICINITY FOR SURE. 
          AND, AND TO THAT POINT, IN THE RECENT YEARS, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CODE AMENDMENT CHANGES MM-HMM . 
          UH, AND SO THAT COULD ALSO IMPACT, UH, WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY DECIDES TO PUT FORWARD APPLICATIONS. 
          UM, THEY COULD BE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE LEGISLATURE PUTS FORWARD. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, OR CODE AMENDMENTS COULD HAVE CHANGED THEIR SITE PLAN, UM, DESIRES OR PROJECTIONS. 
          AND SO AGAIN, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS, UH, THAT COULD IMPACT THE ZONING CASE COUNT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I, IT'S TRICKY TO KEEP IT, UH, YOUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THAT. 
          AND SO JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN PROCESS THROUGH FOR SURE. 
          OUR COMMITTEES AND, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY DOUBLING DOWN ON THE MAYOR'S PROPOSITION THAT WE REALLY UTILIZE THE COMMITTEES TO GET SOME OF THE WHOLE BODY WORK DONE. 
          UM, BUT I'M JUST NOT SURE WHAT DIRECTION TO GO BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S A CLEAR TREND. 
          AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, FOR THE SAKE OF FULL DISCLOSURE, SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I'M ASKING HAVE TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT I'M ON MY WAY OUT, YOU KNOW, AND SO GETTING THE OFFICE READY FOR MY SUCCESSOR AND THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IS GONNA HAVE TO DO YOU, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, ME ANECDOTALLY REFLECTING ON, YOU KNOW, THE EIGHT YEARS WORTH OF BUDGETS FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF KNOW WHAT DIRECTION TO GO IN AND WHAT THE TRENDS ARE. 
          AND THIS IS A DEPARTMENT THAT I'M HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME NAILING DOWN TRENDS ON. 
          WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE ON THAT. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK MY FINAL QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH THE DECK 
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AND, UM, SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE THERE AND HOW WE'RE GONNA, HOW WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING AND COVER ANY GAPS THAT WE'RE GONNA EXPERIENCE OTHERWISE. 
          GOOD MORNING AGAIN, ROBERT KING, ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, SO I RECEIVED, AND I'M CERTAIN THAT WE ALL DID AN EMAIL FROM JUDGE COFFEY EXPRESSING WHAT SOME OF THE CONCERNS ARE AND WHAT SOME OF THE FUTURE NEEDS WILL BE. 
          AND I, I, I THINK MOSTLY WHAT I'M ATTEMPTING TO UNDERSTAND IS HOW, 'CAUSE THERE WAS SOME EXPLICIT DISCUSSION AROUND ARPA DOLLARS, ARPA FUNDED POSITIONS THAT WON'T BE FUNDED AGAIN, AND HOW LOSING THOSE POSITIONS COULD CERTAINLY CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY AROUND MOBILE COURT SERVICES PROVISION. 
          SO IF YOU COULD GIVE MY COLLEAGUES AND I JUST A FULL DEBRIEF ON WHERE WE'RE HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION, AND SO WE CAN ALL SORT OF FIGURE OUT THAT, UH, I THINK IT WAS A $650,000 GAP THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          SURE. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          SO, UH, THE RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT THE COMMUNITY COURT COURT IS, UH, FUNDED THROUGH ARPA. 
          AND THOSE DOLLARS ARE EXPIRING OR ENDING DECEMBER OF THIS, THIS, THIS YEAR. 
          AND THAT SUPPORTS SIX STAFF MEMBERS, UH, WHO ALL PROVIDE, UH, RAPID REHOUSING SERVICES TO CLIENTS ACROSS OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. 
          AND SO THAT REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 24% OF OUR HOMELESS SERVICES UNIT AND IN OUR HOMELESS SERVICES UNIT. 
          IN ADDITION TO JUST PROVIDING RAPID REHOUSING SERVICES, THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED. 
          THERE NOTABLY ARE WALK-IN CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, WHO IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO THOSE THAT, UM, A NUMBER OF OUR OUTREACH TEAMS ENGAGE WITH THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY ARE DIRECTED, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY COURT TO RECEIVE BRIEF, UM, UH, 20 TO 30 MINUTE INTERVENTIONS AS OFTEN AS AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD LIKE. 
          UM, AND, UH, THOSE STAFF ALSO HELP SUPPORT OUR EMERGENCY, UH, RESPONSE, UH, IN, IN MOST NOTABLY COLD WEATHER SHELTERING, UH, WHENEVER THE COMMUNITY COURT SERVES AS THE EMBARKATION HUB, UH, FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO GET THEM TO SAFE, UH, SHELTER WHEN, WHEN TEMPERATURES, UH, DIP TO DANGEROUS LEVELS, UH, DURING OUR WINTER MONTHS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT YOU GUYS OFFER, YOU KNOW, AS A, UH, A FACILITY AND THROUGH YOUR PROGRAMMATIC EFFORTS. 
          YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED, LIKE MEDICATION STORAGE AND, UM, DISPENSING AND JUST, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T, ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST DON'T THINK ABOUT UNLESS IT'S YOUR LIVED EXPERIENCE, BUT MEDICATION THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE, YOU CAN'T LEAVE IN A PLACE WHERE IT MAY BE STOLEN OR LOST OR DISCARDED. 
          SO, UM, JUST SO THOSE KINDS OF SERVICES I THINK ARE SO CRITICAL WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTEGRATED CARE. 
          I KNOW WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HOUSING FIRST HOUSING MODELS, BUT IT'S EVERYTHING. 
          IT, IT'S TRIAGE. 
          OTHERWISE YOU CAN'T JUST DO HOUSING FOR FOLKS WHO NEED REALLY CRITICAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, REALLY CRITICAL STABILIZATION AND COUNSELING AND, UM, CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD FOR OUR CONSIDERATION AS WE'RE THINKING THROUGH THAT $650,000 AND WHERE WE CAN FIND IT? WELL, I, I JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE STAFF ARE, ARE COMMITTED TO, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND YOU DID BRING UP, UH, UH, DURING YOUR QUESTION, JURISDICTION EXPANSION AND MOBILE COURT. 
          AND THESE STAFF MEMBERS ALSO SUPPORT THE PIPELINE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ENGAGED SPECIFICALLY THROUGH OUR COURT. 
          UM, 'CAUSE INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY'RE RESOLVING THEIR CASES, GENERALLY, UH, CASE RESOLUTION WILL TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO 90 DAYS GENERALLY. 
          UM, BUT THEN AT THAT TIME, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PLACE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO CONTINUE ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICES IN THIS RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM HELPS US, UH, ACCOMPLISH THAT MISSION. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE SPOKE ABOUT IT BRIEFLY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WERE JOKING OR NOT ABOUT A NAME CHANGE, BUT I REALLY DO THINK DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT IS A MISNOMER THAT REALLY DOESN'T GIVE FOLKS INSIGHT INTO WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ACTUALLY DO. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE JUST A COURT, BUT IT'S SO MUCH MORE OF LIKE SERVICE PROVISION FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THINGS THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH COURT, THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ANYBODY SHOWING UP AS A DEFENDANT, UM, IN THE COURT SYSTEM. 
          AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT NAME CHANGE IS STILL AN OPTION, BUT I I CERTAINLY THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE JUST SO FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE CONSIDERABLY MORE SUPPORTIVE OF US SUPPORTING YOU ALL SO THAT THEY KNOW HOW EXPANSIVE THE SERVICES ARE. 
          UM, THANK YOU THOUGH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M DONE, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL. 
          UM, WELL HERE I WAS THINKING 
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I WAS THE SPECIAL ONE WHO GOT THE EMAIL FROM JUDGE COFFEY, BUT I GUESS HE SENT IT TO OTHER PEOPLE, SO, YEAH, SO MY QUESTION WAS GONNA BE AROUND THE DECK, SO I, I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON'S QUESTIONING, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ANYMORE. 
          AND I ALSO APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER'S MADISON'S, UH, CITY SPIRIT, THE, UH, THE AUSTIN FC STUFF. 
          YEAH, THAT'S . 
          VERY GOOD. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SIEGEL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, IT LOOKS LIKE I'M GONNA START OUT WITH, UH, A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICE CONTRACT AND THEN ARPA FUNDING AND HOUSING. 
          UM, I GUESS WANNA START OUT WITH POLICE, UM, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS, UH, DIRECTOR LANG, I'LL DIRECT THESE TO YOU. 
          UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THE MANAGER'S BASE BUDGET INCREASES GENERAL FUND REVENUE BY $53 MILLION. 
          AND THE INCREASE FOR A PD IS $46 MILLION MORE THAN THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR LAST YEAR. 
          UH, WHICH REPRESENTS ALMOST, UH, 90%, UH, OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND INCREASE. 
          IN ADDITION COMPARED TO THE ESTIMATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, WHICH INCLUDED THE NEW POLICE CONTRACT, UH, THE POLICE BUDGET GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE GOING UP ABOUT 36.6 MILLION NEXT YEAR, ACCORDING TO OUR CALCULATE CALCULATIONS. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS MORE GETTING AT THE QUESTION. 
          SO THE BUDGET DOCUMENT, UM, IN THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES SECTION FOR A PD, UH, SHOWS A 6% WAGE INCREASE OF PATROL STIPEND, KAFA SERVICES, UH, AND OTHER ITEMS, AND YOU GET A NET INCREASE OF 9.5 MILLION. 
          AND SO, UM, I WANTED TO ASK IF YOU COULD TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER CHANGES THAT MAKE UP THE OTHER $27 MILLION THAT AREN'T INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOCUMENT. 
          SURE. 
          SO ONE OF THE LARGER AREAS THAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE 12.8 MILLION. 
          UM, IT'S A NOTE TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FOR POLICE IN PARTICULAR, UM, THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CITYWIDE ALLOCATIONS. 
          AND SO, UM, WE ALLOCATE COSTS TO DEPARTMENTS BASED ON THEIR SERVICES THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING FROM OUR INTERNAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND SO THAT INCLUDES, UM, OUR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, UM, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, OUR RENT ALLOCATIONS FOR, FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, AS, AS WELL AS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. 
          SO OUR SUPPORT SERVICES FUNCTION, SO THAT'S 12.8 MILLION. 
          UM, THE INCREASES ALSO INCLUDE, UM, INCREASES TO THE, UH, FUNDING FOR THEIR, UH, POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM THAT IS INCLUDED ON THERE. 
          SO WE HAVE OUR LEGACY LIABILITY PAYMENT FOR THOSE, FOR THAT RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 
          UM, AND GIVE ME ONE SECOND. 
          I CAN PULL THE OTHER DETAIL. 
          THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. 
          AND, UH, DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER FOR THE ADDITIONAL RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION? YES, I WILL IN ONE SECOND. 
          SO THE LEGACY LIABILITY PAYMENT IS 1.3, UM, FOR, FOR THE, UH, CONTRIBUTION TO THE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 
          IF YOU GIVE ME A SECOND, IF YOU ASK ME ANOTHER QUESTION, I'LL COME BACK AND WALK THROUGH EACH OF THE, UH, CHANGES THAT HAPPENED TO THE POLICE BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          ACTUALLY, UM, WELL THIS IS THE MAIN ONE ON, ON THE POLICE, UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES THEY ALREADY HAVE FACILITY MAINTENANCE AND RETIREMENT. 
          SO, UM, IT SEEMS, YEAH, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A FEW THINGS MISSING. 
          UM, I, I GUESS I CAN GO TOWARDS, UM, MY ARPA QUESTION AND COME BACK TO YOU DIRECTOR. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF ARPA, UH, THE QUESTION IS, ARE THERE PROGRAMS OR POSITIONS THAT WERE FUNDED BY ARPA OR OTHER GRANTS THAT ARE BEING DISCONTINUED AND WILL NOT BE COVERED IN THE PROPOSED BASE BUDGET OR, UH, THE BASE BUDGET FOR THIS NEXT YEAR OR THE PLAN BUDGET FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR? SO, I'D LIKE A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAMS AND POSITIONS, UM, THAT WILL BE DISCONTINUED. 
          UH, UNDER THE TWO BUDGET YEARS. 
          THERE WERE ACTUALLY SEVERAL PROGRAMS, UM, THAT, THAT WERE FUNDED THROUGH ARPA ACROSS, UM, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, THAT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, PULLING THOSE PROGRAMS DOWN BASED ON THE ONE TIME, UM, NEED OR THE ONE TIME FUNDING FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. 
          UM, AND THAT INCLUDED SOME SERVICES FROM OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, AS WELL AS SERVICES, UM, FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SOME OF THOSE WERE PROJECT BASED AND NOT ONGOING PROGRAMS, UM, IN PARTICULAR. 
          UM, AND THEN OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT AS, AS, UH, DIRECTOR 
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KINGDOM JUST MENTIONED, HAD THE, UM, POSITIONS, THE SIX POSITIONS THAT, UM, DOES CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          AND SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS PULL ALL THE, THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, UM, FROM PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS FROM OPERA IN PARTICULAR, AND SEE WHAT THOSE EXACT REDUCTIONS WERE. 
          AGAIN, SOME OF THEM WERE ONE-TIME PROJECT RELATED, AND SO THAT WAS THE AL ALWAYS THE PLAN FOR THE PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED AND WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND THERE WERE A FEW, UM, POSSIBLE ONGOING TYPES OF PROGRAMMING OR SERVICES THAT I CAN GET YOU IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT WAY TO ASK THIS QUESTION 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHEN I'VE ASKED, YOU KNOW, OUR PERMANENT POSITIONS BEING CLOSED OR ELIMINATED, THE ANSWER IS GENERALLY NO. 
          WITH THE EXCEPTION MAYBE OF, OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT OR SOON TO BE RENAMED POSSIBLY, UH, COMMUNITY COURT. 
          UM, BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, WHAT FUNCTIONS ARE GOING AWAY, WHAT PROGRAMS ARE GOING AWAY, SOME SORT OF LIST WHERE WE COULD REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, FOR PUR FOR PURPOSES OF EVALUATING, UH, WHETHER WE NEED A TAX RATE INCREASE WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. 
          UM, AND THEN MY LAST KIND OF, UNLESS YOU ARE, ARE YOU READY ON THE A PD STUFF YET? UH, OR I CAN GO TO HOUSING. 
          I HAVE A, A COUPLE HOUSING QUESTIONS. 
          GO TO THE HOUSING QUESTIONS PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I SEE DIRECTOR DE MAYO COMING DOWN. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS BASICALLY, UH, INFORMATION MY OFFICE HAS BEEN GETTING FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS AND THAT, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL CUTS THAT COULD CREATE A FAR GREATER NEED FOR THESE VOUCHERS. 
          AND I WAS WANTED TO ASK DIRECTOR IF THE CITY HAS PLANS TO ADDRESS THIS SHORTFALL. 
          MANDY DEO, UM, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF HOUSING DEPARTMENT, UH, THE EMERGENCY HOUSING VOUCHERS OF WHICH YOU ARE SPEAKING ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED VOUCHERS. 
          THEY'RE NOT ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND YOU ARE CORRECT. 
          THEY'RE CURRENTLY, UM, ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. 
          THERE ARE OF COURSE, UH, A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY THAT WE ARE ALL DEALING WITH AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, WE ADMINISTER OUR DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A LOCAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE HOUSING TRUST FUND IN THE FY 26 BUDGET. 
          IT IS FUNDED FULLY AT $5.7 MILLION. 
          THAT FUNDS 374 UNITS OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          THAT HAS BEEN, OUR FOCUS IS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          UM, AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PLANS OR FUNDING, FRANKLY, TO EXPAND THE LOCAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM AT THIS TIME. 
          WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR HOUSING AUTHORITY. 
          WE HAVE TWO HOUSING AUTHORITIES HERE LOCALLY, BUT HAKA, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, HAS THE LION'S SHARE OF THE, UM, HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS AND THE PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS, OR WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM MONITORING THE SITUATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SEEING HOW WE CAN BEST PARTNER WITH THEM. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIRECTOR. 
          AND THEN MY NEXT TWO QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT THE HOUSING TRUST FUND. 
          UH, I GUESS FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU COULD GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW MUCH OF THAT FUND IS SUPPORTED BY FEES AND LIEU, IF YOU CAN APPROXIMATE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND IS FUNDED IN, IN TWO WAYS. 
          UM, ONE IS THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER IN WHICH HISTORICALLY I WOULD SAY IN THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS HAS BEEN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND $12 MILLION. 
          THE OTHER WAY IS THROUGH, UH, FEES IN LIE FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS, OF WHICH THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS IS JUST ONE. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, FEES IN LIEU FROM NORTH BURNETT GATEWAY PLAZA, SAIA SPECIFIC PODS, UM, EAST RIVERSIDE, YOU NAME IT, WE'VE GOT GEOGRAPHIC SPECIFIC FUNDS IN THERE. 
          UM, THEY VARY, UH, IN TERMS OF THE, THERE'S NOT A, UH, STANDARD EXPECTATION OF COLLECTION OF FEES AND LIEBE BECAUSE IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE ECONOMICS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MARKET. 
          UM, ALL OF OUR FEE AND LIEU OR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS ARE MARKET DRIVEN, SO WE TEND TO SEE HIGHER FEES IN LIEU AS THERE IS MORE INTEREST IN DEVELOPING IN THOSE SPECIFIC SUBMARKETS. 
          UM, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. 
          SURE. 
          IT, IT VARIES. 
          AND IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL FUND TRANSFER PROJECT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          THAT'S THE HIGH LEVEL . 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          HIGH LEVEL ANSWER. 
          AM I RIGHT THAT WE HAVEN'T USED THESE FUNDS TO, UH, SUPPORT EMERGENCY SHELTER BEFORE? UH, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE USED HOUSING TRUST FUND IN THE PAST. 
          WE UTILIZED, UH, TWO YEARS AGO $5 MILLION FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE, UM, EIGHTH STREET WOMEN'S SHELTER. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE IN THE PAST OUR HOUSING TRUST FUND, UH, IS VERY FLEXIBLE. 
          IT'S GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, UM, AND IT WAS ESTABLISHED BY ORDINANCE IN THE YEAR 2000. 
          SO IT'S 25 YEARS OLD. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT WAS USED FOR A LAND PURCHASE, BASICALLY THE PURCHASE OF AN EXISTING BUILDING. 
          IT WAS THE SALVATION ARMY SHELTER. 
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UM, AND WE, I BELIEVE THE ACQUISITION WAS ABOUT $15 MILLION. 
          WE USED 5 MILLION OF HOUSING TRUST FUND, 5 MILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDS, CDBG, OUR BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, UM, AND THEN 5 MILLION, UM, OF, UH, UH, OTHER FUNDS. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OF WHICH I WAS NOT IN CHARGE. 
          NO WORRIES. 
          UM, AND, UH, THAT, THAT'S IT FOR HOUSING. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, AND, AND DIRECTOR LANG, I, I CAN, UH, TAKE MY QUESTIONS OFFLINE IF YOU PREFER. 
          I THINK I'M READY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, POLICE, UM, HAD A, A INCREMENTAL INCREASE OF 29 MILLION, 12.8 MILLION MILLION, AS I MENTIONED, WAS AN INCREASE IN RENT FOR FACILITY MAINTENANCE. 
          18.2 WAS SWORN, UM, AND CIVILIAN WAGE AND BENEFITS. 
          THAT INCLUDES OUR, UM, CITY CONTRIBUTION TO COWORKS AS WELL AS, UH, CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AS WELL AS THE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM THAT WAS OFFSET BY A REDUCTION IN SWORN LUMP SUM AND AIRPORT REIMBURSEMENT TRUE UP. 
          SO ALL THOSE REVENUES ARE, ARE THE 18.2 OR ALL THOSE EXPENSES ARE THE INCREMENTAL 18.2, UM, TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONAL CONTRACT INCREASES IS 880,000. 
          THE TRAVIS COUNTY ILA FOR BOOKING AND MAGISTRATION IS 6 MILLION ALARM PERMIT UNIT STAFF. 
          UM, THAT TRANSFER IN OF THAT STAFF TO, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS 710,000. 
          THE $9 MILLION SAVINGS FROM THE OVERTIME STAFFING MODEL, THAT'S A REDUCTION. 
          THE $500,000 REDUCTION FOR THE BLUE SANTA WAREHOUSE RELOCATION, AND THEN 182,000 FOR TRANS FOR A TRANSFER OUT OF TWO POSITIONS. 
          UM, ONE GOING TO THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND ONE GOING TO THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANKS SO MUCH. 
          BACK TO YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THEN, OH, GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR. 
          SORRY, I DO HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ONCE SHE GOT READY. 
          SHE DIDN'T WANNA STOP. 
          I DON'T WANNA STOP. 
          LOVE IT. 
          UM, SO IN REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTION ON ARPA, UM, SO THE, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS ABOUT $800,000 FOR THEIR FAMILY CONNECTS, UH, PROGRAM THAT IS, UM, POSTPARTUM NURSE HOME VISITS. 
          THEY ALSO HAD THEIR COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT. 
          AND SO WE, UM, HAVE REDUCED THOSE SERVICES TO OUR PRE ARPA, UH, LEVELS OF SERVICES IN THE COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT. 
          UM, EDD HAD 200,000 FOR, UM, COMMUNITY OWNED FOOD RETAIL AS WELL AS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS FOR AUSTIN CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS. 
          UM, A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          ONE LOOKS LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR, UH, WORKFORCE OR CHILDCARE SUPPORT. 
          SO CONTRACT MANAGEMENT STAFF FOR THAT. 
          UH, UH, WORKFORCE CONTRACTS, THE RAPID REHOUSING THAT I, UH, JUST MENTIONED IN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT, THE MARSHALING YARD AT $8 MILLION, UM, NORTH BRIDGE AND SOUTH SOUTH BRIDGE HOUSING, UM, SHELTER HOUSING PROGRAM, THE STREET OUTREACH INITIATIVES FROM HSO AT $2 MILLION. 
          AND THEN COMMUNITY BASED EMERGENCY SHELTERS AT $2 MILLION. 
          AND DOES THAT, DOES THAT LIST REPRESENT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE KIND OF WINDING DOWN OR, OR IS THAT JUST A FULL LIST OF ARPA PROGRAMS? THOSE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT, UM, ARE WINDING DOWN OR HAVE STARTED TO WIND DOWN THAT ARE MORE ONGOING IN NATURE OR COULD BE ONGOING OR FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          UM, AND SO THOSE ARE THE TOTAL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS ABOUT, I THINK WE WE'RE AT ABOUT $13 MILLION THAT WOULD BE CONTINUED POSSIBLE ONGOING. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS AGAIN. 
          THANKS, COUNCILMAN RIVERA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANNA PICK UP ACTUALLY WITH, UH, MS. DE MAY ON THE HOUSING TRUST FUND. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE OF OF FOLLOW UP, UH, QUESTIONS ON THAT. 
          ON THE, UH, AGAIN, I SEE THE, THE, THE TRANSFERRING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, UH, AGAIN AT ABOUT A $10 MILLION, UH, A YEAR. 
          I SEE ALSO ON THE OTHER REVENUE, UH, THAT WE'VE GONE, UH, UH, WE WERE ESTIMATING 5.9 MILLION IN 24 25 REVENUE, UH, AMENDED 24, 25 IS ZERO. 
          AND THEN IN THE PROPOSED, UH, THE 25 26 IS ZERO. 
          IS THAT WHERE THE, THE FEE IN LIEU, UH, UH, INCOME WAS? AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT, UH, THE, THE SITUATION IS WITH IT GOING FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, A 9 MILLION IN 23 AND A 5 MILLION IN, UH, UH, 24 TO A ZERO 
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IN, UH, 26. 
          CAN I PHONE A FRIEND SITTING NEXT TO YOU, PLEASE? WHERE ARE YOU? I KNOW, AND I'M ON PAGE, I'M JUST ON THE BUDGET, I THINK PAGE 6 68. 
          OH, I'M THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND, AND THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THAT? WHY IS IT, IS IT, IS IT THAT THE, THE, UH, DENSITY BONUSES? BECAUSE I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECALCULATION OF THE TIMING OF WHEN WE WERE TO RECEIVE THE MONEY. 
          UH, AGAIN, WELL, NO, THAT'S A PARKS FEE THAT THAT'S A PARKS FEE. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S AFFECTED THAT, THAT THAT DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS WAS AFFECTED BY THE PARKS FEE RECALCULATIONS, BUT YEP. 
          IS IT A TIMING ISSUE OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE BUILDING'S BEING CONSTRUCTED OR MAYBE WE'VE HAD NO NEW STARTS? I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THE, FOR ALL OF OUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS FOR THE FEE AND LIE COLLECTION, WE DO NOT RECEIVE THE FEE AND LIE UNTIL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE CAN GENERALLY BALLPARK WHEN WE THINK WE ARE GONNA RECEIVE THE FEES. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, DEPENDING ON WHEN WE RECEIVE THEM IN THE YEAR, WE'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE THEM AND THEN APPROPRIATE THEM THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR. 
          WE HAVE HAD SITUATIONS IN WHICH WE'VE RECEIVED A FEE IN LIEU, LET'S SAY IN JULY OR AUGUST, IT'S TOO LATE TO GET INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 
          WE HOLD ONTO THOSE FEES AND APPROPRIATE THEM THE FOLLOWING YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND SO THE FEES THAT WOULD BE COMING FROM THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, UH, ARE RECORDED NOT DIRECTLY INTO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND, THEN THEY'RE RECEIVED AND THEN THEY HAVE TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND. 
          THEY ARE RECEIVED AND THEN SEGREGATED WITHIN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND. 
          SO CURRENTLY IN OUR MULTI-YEAR FUND, WHICH IS OUR CIP FUND, I SHOULD SAY THAT ALL OF OUR DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS, ALL OF OUR DENSITY BONUS FEE AND LOU IS DEPLOYED THROUGH OUR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. MM-HMM . 
          UM, MOST OF THE DENSITY BONUSES ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY RESTRICTED. 
          UH, ONE, THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS IS RESTRICTED, UH, PER ORDINANCE, UH, TO FOCUS ON, UM, UH, CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, UH, PROVIDING LOW BARRIER SOLUTIONS FOR FOLKS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OTHERWISE THEY'RE GEO GEOGRAPHICALLY RESTRICTED. 
          THEY COME INTO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND AND THEY'RE SEGREGATED, UH, ACCORDING TO, SO STAFF CAN SEE, UM, THE SPECIFIC FUNDS. 
          IT COULD BE A PUD, WE HAVE THE GROVE, UM, PUD, WE HAVE FUNDS COME IN, UH, FOR THE GROVE PUD. 
          WE HAVE FUNDS COME IN. 
          WE HAD SNOOPY PUD, UM, AT TWO 11 SOUTH LAMAR PUD. 
          WE HAVE THOSE FUNDS COME IN. 
          UM, AND THEN WE TURN AROUND AND DEPLOY THEM BASED ON THE SPECIFIC ORDINANCE, WHETHER IT'S THE PUD ORDINANCE OR THE DENSITY BONUS ORDINANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, BUT THE, TO THE QUESTION OF KIND OF WHY ZERO FOR 25 AND 26, ANY SENSE OF THAT? SO 25 26, IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, THAT SHOULD BE THE, UH, DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING DESIGNATED TO THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $2.6 MILLION I BELIEVE. 
          SO THAT'S NOT COMING INTO FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT TO ADMINISTER THAT WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE. 
          GOT IT. 
          OR THE AUSTIN, THE HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS. 
          AND THE, UM, THE, FOR THE LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE THE TENANT ASSISTANCE CAME OUT OF THE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT WHAT, 3.6, 3.7, UH, MILLION. 
          AND IT DOES THE HOUSING TRUST FUND. 
          CURRENTLY, UM, THE, UH, HOW WE BUDGET IT IS ROUGHLY DIVIDED BETWEEN DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION, WHICH INCLUDES EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE, I BELONG IN AUSTIN MM-HMM . 
          AND OUR LOCAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM. 
          SO ROUGHLY IT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN DIVIDED, UH, BETWEEN THOSE TWO PROGRAMS. YOU WILL SEE THAT CURRENTLY FOR, UH, UH, UH, 25, 26, THAT WE DO HAVE FUNDING IN DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION. 
          THAT 4.96 MILLION, THAT INCLUDES $4 MILLION FOR THE I BELONG IN AUSTIN PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE FUNDING IN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND, UH, UH, UH, HAS MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY THE BOND HOUSING FUND, THE BOND HOUSING FUNDS HAVE TO BE FOR A CAPITAL EXPENSE, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          UH, WHICH IS HOW, HOW WE HAVE USED THE HOUSING TRUST FUND OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE IT IS AS GENERAL FUND TRANSFER IN, IT'S OUR MOST AS A DEPARTMENT, OUR MOST FLEXIBLE SOURCE FUNDING. 
          BUT WE HAVE USED THAT FOR CAPITAL EXPENSES AND OBVIOUSLY PURCHASING THE SHELTER. 
          UH, THE EIGHTH STREET SHELTER. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          AND ACTUALLY, WHEN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND WAS ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED, UM, AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN THE YEAR 2000, THAT WAS A TIME IN WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE OTHER SOURCE OF CAPITAL FUNDS. 
          YEAH. 
          WE HAD FEDERAL FUNDS, WHICH ARE VERY LIMITED, AND THAT WAS IT. 
          SO ORIGINALLY WE DID FOR THE FIRST, I'M GONNA SAY 15 YEARS MM-HMM . 
          UH, UTILIZE THE HOUSING TRUST FUND, UM, 
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SPECIFICALLY FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. 
          SO, BUT IN TERMS OF ONGOING NON-CAPITAL EXPENSES THAT ARE IN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND, UH, RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          AND WHAT ELSE WOULD BE, BECAUSE, BECAUSE AGAIN, I'M LOOKING TO 2026, YOU KNOW, WE CAN JUST TRYING TO KIND OF MANAGE THE GENERAL FUND AND, AND WE CAN USE A 2026 BOND TO FUND CAPITAL HOUSING, UH, PROGRAMS. AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT IN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND OPERATIONALLY DO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT MONEY? AGAIN, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE TENANT ASSISTANCE AND ANYTHING ELSE. 
          OUR ONGOING PROGRAMS THAT WE AS A DEPARTMENT HAVE UNDERTAKEN INCLUDE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, TENANT REPRESENTATION, EVICTION REPRESENTATION IN COURT. 
          WE, UH, THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CONTRACTS ONE WITH TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID, WE ARE DOING A SOLICITATION IN FY 26. 
          UH, THERE'S $460,000 BUDGETED FOR THAT SOLICITATION. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE A DISPLACEMENT NAVIGATOR PROGRAM, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY, UM, PILOTED. 
          UH, AND WE ARE EXPANDING THAT PROGRAM. 
          WE EXPECT TO, UH, ENCUMBER THOSE FUNDS. 
          WE DID A SOLICITATION, WE EXPECT TO ENCUMBER THOSE FUNDS THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO IT'S NOT SHOWING UP IN THE FY 25 26 BUDGET MM-HMM . 
          BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL BE AN ONGOING PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE A NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UH, WE ARE, UH, PLANNING A SOLICITATION FOR, UM, UH, TO FOCUS ON HEIRS PROPERTY. 
          SO UNTANGLING TITLE, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS VERY COMMON IN, UH, LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 
          UH, SO WORKING ON, UH, TAX ASSISTANCE AND HEIRS PROPERTY. 
          UM, THAT IS A PLANNED $750,000 CONTRACT. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE A, A DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION PLAN FOR COLONY PARK. 
          THE SOLICITATION HAS ALREADY CLOSED. 
          WE ANTICIPATE TAKING THAT TO COUNCIL, UM, LATER IN THIS FALL. 
          THAT'S COMING OUT OF NEXT YEAR'S, UH, HOUSING TRUST FUND. 
          SO THERE ARE A VARIETY. 
          WE ALSO HAVE AN ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER OF REMOVAL PROGRAM FOR, UH, RENTERS. 
          UM, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF ONGOING PROGRAMS, TENANTS RIGHTS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, A CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH AUSTIN TENANTS COUNCIL, WHICH IS NOW A PROJECT OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID, VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT FALL UNDER THAT PURVIEW. 
          THE GENERAL PURVIEW OF DISPLACEMENT PREVENTION WITHIN THE HOUSING TRUST FUND. 
          AND SO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL OF THE, THAT THE ONGOING NON-CAPITAL, UH, EXPENSES THAT WE WOULD, THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE FUNDING OUT OF THE, THE HOUSING TRUST FUND? SO ASSUMING A 3.6 MILLION TO A 4 MILLION, THE, THE LARGEST AMOUNT IS THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, WE ESTIMATE THAT ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS WOULD BE AROUND SIX, $6.5 MILLION. 
          GOT IT. 
          ONGOING, ONGOING, KIND OF THAT IS CORRECT. 
          HOUSING ASSISTANCE NEEDS THAT ARE NOT CAPITAL EXPENSES. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          NOW I SHOULD MENTION THAT THEY ARE, ALL OF THOSE ONGOING PROGRAMS ARE CAPTURED WITHIN THE FY THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BECAUSE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE ARE ENCUMBERING, UM, THIS YEAR, AND SOME WE WILL BE ENCUMBERING NEXT YEAR. 
          SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE PROGRAMS, UM, WILL CONTINUE, UH, THROUGH NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          MM. 
          UH, GOT IT. 
          UH, UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL I NEEDED ON, ON, ON THAT, UH, SIDE OF THINGS. 
          UH, I HAVE A SOBERING CENTER, UH, QUESTIONS. 
          UM, THE, UH, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND, I THINK WE HAVE AN ITEM, UH, FOR THE SOBERING CENTER FOR ON THIS TOMORROW'S, UH, AGENDA. 
          I, I BELIEVE A, A, A SMALL, UH, ADDITION TO THE, THE BUDGET. 
          I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE ITEM NUMBER AND IT'S ESCAPING ME RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, BUT IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, IT, IT'S, THERE'S A YEAR TO YEAR CUT, UH, SMALL, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S FROM, UH, 2.5, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER TO 2.4, UH, A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT IS, UH, GOING ON WITH THAT? I BELIEVE THAT CHANGE IS THE, UM, INCREASE THAT HAPPENED IN FISCAL YEAR 25. 
          PART OF THAT WAS A ONE-TIME INCREASE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, AND SO LET ME, SO LET, LET ME THE, THE LAST YEAR, THE, THE, THE DEBATE WAS BASICALLY, UH, WE, WHAT WE HAD HAD AS A ONE TIME INCREASE, I HAD AN AMENDMENT TO MAKE THAT AN ONGOING, UH, PART OF THE BUDGET. 
          THEY DID NOT GET INCREASED LAST YEAR. 
          UH, THEY, WHAT, WHAT THEY, THEY WENT FROM, LET'S SAY I, AGAIN, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBERS, BUT I'M GONNA MAKE THEM UP. 
          YOU KNOW, 2.3 WAS ONGOING AND THERE HAD BEEN LIKE, OH, $150,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OF ONE TIME. 
          AND IN LIEU OF, OF, OF TRYING TO KIND OF 
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RE-LITIGATE THIS, THIS BATTLE EVERY YEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE TIME, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT ONE TIME, IT JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST KIND OF DO IT EVERY YEAR. 
          THE IDEA WAS TO GET THEM TO A NEW BASELINE AT THE 2.5, UH, UH, WHATEVER, UH, NUMBER THAT WAS. 
          AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I, I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION OR WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          I THINK WE, WE WILL, UM, LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND GET BACK TO YOU BECAUSE I THINK WITH THE TRANSFER FROM EMS OVER TO AUSTIN, UM, AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT, LET ME, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I CLARIFY THAT AND BEFORE I GIVE YOU A FULL RESPONSE. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I KNOW THAT'S A, A WONKY LITTLE, UH, SITUATION THERE, BUT I JUST WANNA, I, I THOUGHT WE HAD ESTABLISHED A NEW KIND OF BASELINE LEVEL OF SOBERING CENTER FUNDING, UH, AND, UH, I THOUGHT WRONG. 
          UH, SO I JUST WANNA RE REVISIT THAT ISSUE. 
          UH, AND, AND, AND ALSO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UH, ONE OF THE OTHER, UH, UH, I'M HOPING TO, TO BOOST, UH, THE SOBERING CENTER, UH, FUNDING. 
          UH, AND ONE OF THE, THE CONCERNS HAS BEEN, UH, SALARIES REALLY, THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY DO A GREAT JOB, BUT THEY STRUGGLE TO KEEP THEIR KIND OF MEDICAL TECHS THERE. 
          AND THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE PAYING UNDER WHAT THE CITY MINIMUM WAGE IS. 
          UH, OUR MINIMUM WAGE IS GOING 2205, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY'RE STARTING, UH, SALARY FOR THEIR MED TECHS IS, BUT IT'S AROUND 18, $19 AN HOUR. 
          I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO GET THEM UP TO THAT CITY, A MINIMUM WAGE OF, UH, OF, OF $22 TO HELP THEM WITH, UH, RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT. 
          AND ALSO JUST AS A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SURVIVE ON, ON $18 AN HOUR IN, IN, IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I I, I DON'T WANT TO KIND OF BALANCE OUR BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF THE, OF THE WORKERS THERE AT THE, AT THE SOBERING CENTER. 
          UH, BUT, SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. 
          I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION, BUT, UH, THEY'RE REALLY A CRITICAL, I THINK, DOWNTOWN PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNER. 
          AND WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT THEY'RE IN A, A, A GOOD, UH, POSITION SITUATION. 
          UM, SIDEWALKS, UM, AGAIN, I KNOW WE CAN USE, AND I WANT TO USE CAPITAL MONEY FOR, UH, SIDEWALKS. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A CHUNK, UH, OF THAT, UH, 2026 BOND. 
          SO, TWO KIND OF QUESTIONS WITH THAT. 
          HOW MUCH I, I, I, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS IN, UH, UH, TPW IS THAT THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF CAPITAL MONEY TO CONTINUE THEIR SIDEWALK BUILD OUT. 
          I THINK THE LAST BOND THAT HAD SIDEWALKS WAS IN THE 2020, UH, BOND. 
          AND THEY'VE BEEN THANKFULLY DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB KNOCKING OUT THOSE SIDEWALKS. 
          AND SO THEY'RE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RUNNING THROUGH THAT CAPITAL MONEY. 
          WHERE ARE WE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A CAPITAL BALANCE OF FUNDS FOR CONTINUING AND THE, THE, THE, WHAT I'M, THE GOAL HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE KIND OF A, I WANNA KEEP THESE CREWS BUSY THROUGH 20 26, 20 27, ASSUMING THAT A BOND PASSES THAT THEY'LL HAVE A NEW KIND OF TRANCHE OF, OF, UH, OF SIDEWALK FUNDING. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OKAY IN TERMS OF CAPITAL FUNDING THROUGH, UH, THE NEXT, UH, AND RELATED TO THAT, CAN WE FUND SIDEWALKS WITH COS UM, TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ARE AN ALLOWABLE USE OF, COS IT'S NOT TRADITIONALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IN AUSTIN. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, NOW JUST BRING THAT UP. 
          'CAUSE IF WE DO NEED BRIDGE FUNDING, I, I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE, AGAIN, I'M GONNA LET Y'ALL FIGURE THAT OUT IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR, THEIR CAPITAL MONEY TO CONTINUE IT. 
          BUT THAT, THAT'S A PRIORITY. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE, I KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER 30 YEARS OR SO BEFORE WE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, BUILD OUT THE SIDEWALK NETWORK THAT, THAT, THAT WE WANT. 
          AND, UH, I DON'T WANNA PAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE REALLY GOTTA GET THERE. 
          SO, AND COUNCIL MEMBER CAN, I'LL MAKE A REQUEST, UM, NEXT WEEK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR ENTERPRISE DEPARTMENT AND CIP I'LL MAKE SURE TPW IS AVAILABLE AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM AS A WHOLE. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND RELATED TO THAT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE MONEY AND SIDEWALK CAPITAL MONEY, UH, THAT'S ANOTHER AREA THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO KIND OF DIG INTO AND FIGURE OUT, UH, WHAT IS GOING ON. 
          UH, IT, IT'S SIMILAR IN NATURE, UH, BUT AS WE BUILD OUT OUR SIDEWALK NETWORK, WE NEED TO HAVE A MAINTENANCE BUDGET FOR THAT SIDEWALK NETWORK. 
          AND I JUST, AGAIN, WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, ESPECIALLY AS WE ENTER INTO THE TRE CONVERSATION, THAT WE HAVE A, A, A GOOD WELL-FUNDED MAINTENANCE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, TO, TO FIX ALL THOSE, YOU KNOW, TREE ROOTS AND, YOU KNOW, WORK CREWS AND WHATNOT, THAT, THAT DAMAGE SIDEWALKS. 
          AND TO ALSO CONTINUE TO ADD THE A DA DISABILITY, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS IN, IN THE SOURCES OF THOSE FUNDS, UH, WITH REGARD TO MAINTENANCE VERSUS CAPITAL. 
          [03:10:01]
UM, AND LAST QUESTION. 
          THIS MAY BE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE, THE OFFICE IS, IS, IS BASED OUT OF, UH, BUT I, UH, THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UM, I DON'T WANNA CALL IT AN OFFICE RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT AN OFFICE. 
          IT'S, I THINK IT'S LIKE A HALF A, AN EMPLOYEE. 
          UH, I I WAS JUST WONDERING WHERE, UH, THE, THE INTERNATIONAL, UH, UH, RELATIONS KIND OF, WE, WE'VE HAD, AND I ASKED BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, WE HAD A, A DELEGATION FROM TAIWAN VISIT I THINK THIS LAST WEEK. 
          UH, WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE GET FOLKS HERE ALL THE TIME, UH, AND I KNOW THAT THE, UH, THE FOLKS THAT ARE ARE CHARGED WITH, UH, UH, HANDLING IT ARE, UH, TIGHT. 
          AND, AND I KNOW OTHER CITIES, AND I, I'VE BROUGHT THIS AS AN AMENDMENT BEFORE, I JUST WANNA CONTINUE TO DISCUSS IT. 
          UH, OTHER CITIES HAVE KIND OF MORE FORMAL AND WELL ESTABLISHED INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICE. 
          UH, AND WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE VISITORS FROM, UH, OVERSEAS THAT COME TO AUSTIN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HOST POTENTIAL INVESTMENT, POTENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, UH, ECONOMIC, UH, WHAT IS THE CURRENT, LIKE HOW MUCH DO WE ALLOCATE FOR KIND OF INTERNATIONAL, UH, RELATIONS UNDER THE, THE, THE CURRENT BUDGET OR KIND OF DIPLOMATIC PROTOCOLS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          GENESIS, GINO, CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE CITY MANAGER, UH, THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FUNCTION IS ACTUALLY MOVING INTO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          UM, IT ACTUALLY ALREADY IS IN THERE TO BRING IT CLOSER TO NOT JUST CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, BUT ALSO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AS YOU SAID, WITH, IN RELATION TO OUR DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW, AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE ONE DEDICATED STAFF THAT ESSENTIALLY MANAGES THE PROTOCOL AND DIPLOMACY TYPE OF STUFF THAT WE NEED TO THEN SHARE WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS OR STAFF OR COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WE GO AND ENGAGE WITH INTERNATIONAL VISITORS OR GO INTERNATIONALLY. 
          AND IT'S ACTUALLY A MULTI-DEPARTMENT EFFORT. 
          UM, IT'S NOT JUST WITH JUST THAT ONE PERSON WHO HAS THOSE DUTIES. 
          WE HAVE STAFF IN THE ARTS, CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME STAFF IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT THAT DO BUSINESS RELATED SPECIFIC INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND SO FOR NOW, THE DEDICATED FUNDING IS THAT ONE PERSON AND ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PURCHASING PROTOCOL GIFTS OR ACTIVITIES RELATED TO VISITS. 
          AND THEN MUCH BROADLY, WE HAVE THE AUSTIN SISTER CITIES CONTRACT THAT IS GOING TO BE MOVING INTO ARTS CULTURE, MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT, UM, IN FY 26. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE DEDICATED EMPLOYEE IN, MOVED INTO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO HANDLE . 
          YES. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING ON A DEDICATED STRATEGY ON HOW DO WE APPROACH INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FOR THE CITY THAT IS NOT JUST FOCUSED ON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          LIKE YOU SAID, THERE IS CULTURAL AND PROGRAMMING TIED TO THAT. 
          AND, UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE UN, UM, APPROACH THAT IN A MORE STRATEGIC WAY AND NOT JUST AD HOC BASED OFF OF WHOEVER THEY APPROACH. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND AGAIN, I JUST WOULD HIGHLIGHT THAT JUST BECAUSE OUR, OUR PEER CITIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE STATE, UH, HAVE A MUCH MORE, UH, ADVANCED, YOU KNOW, MORE FORMAL, UH, STRUCTURES IN PLACE TO, TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AS THE CITY HAS GROWN, AS OUR INTERNATIONAL KIND OF CONNECTIONS HAVE GROWN, UH, IT'S JUST WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S JUST A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS KIND OF STUFF, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DROPPING THE BALL ON THAT LAST QUESTION. 
          SORRY, ONE MORE REAL. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE FOURTH TIME YOU SAID THE LAST QUESTION. 
          , UM, THE MCO, WE, I, I HAD AN IFC ON THE MEN, OUR MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE, AND I WAS HOPING THAT WE WOULD GET THAT, THE RESULTS BACK ON THAT TO, TO GUIDE KIND OF SOME OF THE BUDGET, UH, DECISIONS. 
          THIS WAS BACK IN, I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY. 
          I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THE STATUS OF THE RESPONSE ON THAT, UH, MENTAL HEALTH, UH, UH, ITEM WAS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THAT, UH, MEMO HAS BEEN PREPARED IN A DRAFT FORM, AND I BELIEVE IT IS A PENDING REVIEW AND SHOULD BE COMING TO YOU SHORTLY. 
          GREAT. 
          AND, AND I JUST ASK BECAUSE I, I HOPE THAT IT ILLUMINATES SOME OF THE FUNDING DECISIONS THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE. 
          SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET IT, UH, BEFORE, HONESTLY, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          ANY DAY WOULD BE GREAT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MEMBERS, UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS A WHILE AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE JUST BEEN SITTING HERE, HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TAKE A BREAK, WE, WHEN WE TAKE BREAKS. 
          SO UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, WHY DON'T WE RECESS UNTIL ONE 10 AND, AND EVERYBODY GET A BREAK, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL START A NEXT ROUND OF QUESTIONS, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          WE'RE IN RECESS UNTIL, UH, ONE 10. 
          IT IS 1249. 
          [03:15:01]
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. 
          IT'S ONE 10 ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 23RD, AND I'LL CALL BACK TO ORDER THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL AT THIS WORK SESSION, UH, TODAY. 
          AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN, ONLY FIVE OF US. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I'M WELL SIT, HANG ON A SECOND. 
          OH, COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL CAME IN AND THEN HE, HE WAS RIGHT THERE, DISAPPEARED ON ME. 
          I'LL PAUSE. 
          OKAY. 
          PLEASE ANYONE, WE'RE CALLING HIM BACK. 
          PLEASE APPLAUD. 
          MY QUESTION WILL BE FOR PAR WHEN WE, WHEN WE GET THERE, RIGHT? HE'S THERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THE PARKS RELATED QUESTIONS. 
          AND I THINK THERE ARE JUST A FEW DIFFERENT DISTINCTIONS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SERVICE LEVELS AND MAINTENANCE. 
          UH, JUST TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE MOST RECENTLY PRESENTED LAST YEAR TO THE COUNCIL KIND OF TALKED ABOUT FIRST AND FOREMOST IF WE WERE JUST TO MAINTAIN 2014 SERVICE LEVELS. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION WAS EVEN RECOGNIZING THAT THAT WASN'T, UH, THE IDEAL AND HOW MUCH WOULD IT TAKE TO GET TO THE IDEAL. 
          SO COULD YOU JUST GIVE US THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN SURE. 
          2014 VERSUS ACTUALLY IDEAL? YEAH, YEAH. 
          SO THE, THE ANALYSIS THAT SORT OF PEGGED THE 2014 LEVELS, UM, CREATED THIS THIS GAP OF AN ADDITIONAL 16 FTES. 
          AND, AND TO GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF SORT OF THE, THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE, THE 2014 LEVELS AND SORT OF AN, UM, IDEAL LEVEL OF SERVICE ON SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO BATHROOMS, FOR EXAMPLE, BATHROOMS IS SOMETHING WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT, CLEANLINESS, ET CETERA. 
          SO, UM, CURRENTLY, UH, IF WE'RE FUNDING A 2014 LEVELS, WE GET AT, GET TO THE REGIONAL PARK BATHROOMS MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A WEEK UNDER AN IDEAL LEVEL OF SERVICE, WE GET THERE EVERY DAY, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT I THINK THE, THE COMMUNITY WOULD EXPECT. 
          AND SO THAT, THAT SORT OF, AS WE GO THROUGH THAT ANALYSIS, YOU KNOW, MOWING THE GRASS ONCE A WEEK DURING THE HIGH SEASON, UM, UH, UM, PICKING UP LITERATE ALL THE PARKS AT LEAST ONCE A ONCE, UM, UM, ONCE A DAY. 
          SO THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE IS WHAT, WHAT WAS PEGGED AT A MUCH HIGHER NUMBER THERE OF 70 FTES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, NOW WE RECEIVE 16, SO IF YOU DE DEDUCT THOSE, THAT'S THE GAP NOW AS WE GROW A LITTLE BIT, BUT ALSO AS WE DEVELOP SOME OF THE PARKS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, THERE'S AN INCREMENTAL GROWTH THERE. 
          SO THE TOTAL, TOTAL NEED FOR AN IDEAL LEVEL OF SERVICE IS ROUGHLY 60 ADDITIONAL LEFTIES, AND THEN ALL OF THE COMMENSURATE CONTRACTUAL COSTS AND EQUIPMENT COSTS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 
          AND THE COST ISH, IF, IF I REMEMBER EARLIER YOU SAID FOR SIX PEOPLE IT WAS ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          SO IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT 60 IS ABOUT $10 MILLION? YES, IF YOUR MATH IS BETTER THAN MINE, BUT NO, NO, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT'S, I JUST WANT TO GET A BALLPARK OF SURE. 
          WHAT THAT GAP LOOKS LIKE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, CARRIE, CAN YOU TALK OR HELP ME IDENTIFY HOW MUCH ARE WE, UH, BUDGETING IN THIS BUDGET FOR POLICE OVERTIME? I AND I HAVING THE SAME QUESTION FOR EMS WHEN, SO FOR POLICE IN EMS OVERTIME? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          GIMME ONE SECOND. 
          AND I WILL HAVE A QUESTION FOR CHIEF LUCR IF HE WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT GOING. 
          YEAH, NO PROBLEM. 
          UH, LET ME ASK, I HAVE A HOUSING RELATED QUESTION SO I CAN, UM, TALK TO MANDY WHILE Y'ALL OKAY. 
          WORK ON THAT. 
          . 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MANDY DE MAYO HOUSING DEPARTMENT. 
          GOOD 
          [03:20:01]
AFTERNOON. 
          I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT ON COUNCILOR VELAS QUESTIONS AND COUNCILOR SIEGEL RELATED TO THE HOUSING TRUST FUND SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO VOUCHERS. 
          YEP. 
          AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE'S, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY, WE, WE HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE LOCAL HOUSING VOUCHERS BECAUSE THERE'S A NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE FEDERAL VOUCHERS THAT HAKA ADMINISTERS, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          UH, HAKA ADMINISTERS A LITTLE OVER 5,000, UM, HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS, AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US TO PROJECT BASE A SUBSET OF THOSE FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          AND CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THE NEED FROM A DEVELOPER PERSPECTIVE AND EVEN FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS YOU'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUILD SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OF HAVING THAT ASSURANCE MULTIPLE YEARS OUT TO SAY, I WANNA BUILD A PROJECT TODAY, IT'S NOT GONNA BE DONE UNTIL 2028 OR 2029, I NEED TO KNOW THAT THOSE VOUCHERS ARE AVAILABLE. 
          CAN YOU JUST WALK THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT? SURE. 
          WHEN WE CREATED THE PROGRAM ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, WE CREATED IT OUT OF NECESSITY. 
          AND THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD A LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECT, A, A, UM, 4% TAX CREDIT PROJECT, UH, THAT WAS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT WAS DESPERATELY NEEDED AND SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY, BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT PENCIL IT NEEDED AN OPERATING SUBSIDY. 
          AND AT THAT TIME, HAKA WAS NOT PROJECT AT BASING ANY OF THEIR VOUCHERS. 
          AND SO WE CREATED THE LOCAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM. 
          THE REASON WE NEEDED TO DO IT, UH, TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE OF THE PROJECT ACTUALLY STARTING CONSTRUCTION WAS THAT'S WHEN THE FINANCING PIECE GOES INTO PLACE. 
          AND THEY WERE WORKING WITH THE STATE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, T-D-H-C-A, UM, ON UNDERWRITING, AND THEY NEEDED TO PROVE UP THAT THIS WAS IN FACT AN OPERATIONAL PROJECT. 
          SO WE CREATED THE PROGRAM, WE BROUGHT IT TO THE A HFC BOARD, UH, TO FUND THE, THE FIRST CONTRACT. 
          UM, AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE BUILT OUT A PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS SIX, UH, DIFFERENT PSH PROJECTS THAT HAVE SOME SORT OF CITY PARTICIPATION, UM, HALF OF WHICH ARE OPERATIONAL AND THE OTHER HALF OF WHICH ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND SHOULD BE OPERATIONAL NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, IN TOTAL WE SUPPORT 374 UNITS, BUT WE HAD TO COMMIT TO THAT SUPPORT YEARS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY SEE THE UNITS COME ONLINE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND, AND BUILDING ON THAT, IF I COULD GET, UH, DAVID GRAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE VOUCHER PIECE, AND THEN WITH WITHIN HIS PLAN, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF LOOKING FOR OUR ADDITIONAL SUPPORTIVE HOUSING NEEDS, YOU HAVE THE OP OR THE SERVICES PIECE. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SIMILAR QUESTION TO YOU THAT VALUE FROM THE DEVELOPER PERSPECTIVE SAYING, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO A FEW DEVELOPERS, SAID, IF I DON'T KNOW THE SERVICE DOLLARS ARE GONNA BE THERE THREE YEARS FROM TODAY, I'M NOT GONNA BUILD ANY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BECAUSE I'M GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY STUCK WITH NO SERVICES. 
          SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST TALK ABOUT THAT, HAVING THAT MONEY IDENTIFIED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. 
          SURE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID GRAY, DIRECTOR ON YOUR MIC. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ED, TURN ON YOUR MIC. 
          HE SAID WITHOUT TURNING ON HIS MIC. 
           . 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          I I HEARD YOU VISTA MAYOR. 
          WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M DAVID GRAY, DIRECTOR OF THE AUSTIN HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS. 
          UH, YOU'RE A THOUSAND PERCENT CORRECT. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO KNOW THAT SUPPORTIVE SERVICE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL ULTIMATELY OCCUPY THESE UNITS. 
          UH, IN SOME CASES WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET PEOPLE INTO UNITS WITHOUT THE SERVICE DOLLARS, EVEN IF THE HOUSING VOUCHERS ARE AVAILABLE. 
          UH, THAT POSES A HUGE CHALLENGE TO DEVELOPERS BECAUSE WITHOUT SOMEBODY IN THE UNIT, THOSE DEVELOPERS ARE NOT COLLECTING RENTAL INCOME, WHICH AFFECTS THEIR OVERALL FINANCIAL SITUATION. 
          UH, AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS A SYSTEM, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE PLANNING FOR NEW PSH UNITS, WE'RE ALSO IDENTIFYING THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICE FUND OPPORTUNITIES EARLY, UH, SO THAT ONCE THOSE UNITS ARE AVAILABLE AND THE CLIENTS ARE READY TO MOVE IN, UH, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE ROBUST SERVICES THAT THEY NEED TO REMAIN SUCCESSFULLY HOUSED. 
          AND THAT FEEDS INTO ONE OF THE SLIDES THAT CARRIE SHOWED US EARLIER ABOUT THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS SHOWS A LITTLE OVER $36 MILLION FOR HSO AND PART OF THAT IS AROUND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          AND I ASSUME THAT IS THE SERVICE PROVISION WITHIN THAT. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. 
          SO OF THE $36 MILLION BUCKET FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, ABOUT A THIRD OF THAT CURRENTLY PAYS FOR, UH, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AT PSH UNITS. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, AND THEN JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THE AMERIPRO TEMS COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, 
          [03:25:02]
THE PLAN YOU'VE PUT FORWARD, UM, SHE TALKED ABOUT PREVENTION, WHICH I THINK IS A CRITICAL NEED FOR US TO STOP SOME OF THE INFLOW. 
          UH, BUT ANOTHER EARLY INTERVENTION THAT IS NOT YET FUNDED THROUGH THE PLAN OR SOME OF THE TRE SCENARIOS IS DIVERSION AND RAPID EXIT, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR PROGRAMS. ONE, WHEN YOU HAVE ALREADY ENTERED THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, ONE TO KEEP YOU OUTTA THE HOMELESS RESPONSIVE RESPONSE SYSTEM ALTOGETHER, BUT AN EARLY INTERVENTION TO GET YOU BACK INTO HOUSING SO YOU DON'T BECOME CHRONICALLY HOMELESS AND ULTIMATELY MORE, NOT ONLY MORE EXPENSIVE TO THE SYSTEM, BUT JUST THE OUTCOMES AREN'T AS GOOD. 
          SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WITH YOU THAT BOTH OF THOSE ARE NOT BOTH IN THE BASE BUDGET NOR THE TRE SCENARIOS. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THAT IS IT ON THAT FRONT. 
          I'M GONNA COME BACK TO THE OVERTIME QUESTION. 
          UH, I'M, I'M GOOD WITH YOU BOTH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO OUR OVERTIME BUDGET, UM, POLICE OVERTIME IS BUDGETED AT 26 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 EMS IS BUDGETED AT 19.2 MILLION. 
          THAT DOES INCLUDE THEIR SCHEDULED OVERTIME, SO IT'S THEIR, THAT'S THEIR TOTAL OVERTIME FOR THE SWORN, AND THEN FIRE IS AT 10.2 MILLION FOR THE EMS NUMBER. 
          THEY DO HAVE, UH, AN ENHANCEMENT THAT'S A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION AS IT RELATES TO OVERTIME. 
          HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO THE 19 MILLION THAT YOU JUST CITED WITH? IS THE 19 MILLION ENOUGH FOR THEM TO COVER ALL THEIR STAFFING AND POTENTIAL OVERTIME NEEDS, OR WOULD IT, DO THEY NEED THAT ADDITIONAL 4 MILLION TO NO LONGER HAVE THE SQUAD MODEL THAT IS BEING DEPLOYED RIGHT NOW? I DUNNO IF THAT'S A CHIEF QUESTION OR A YOU QUESTION. 
          I'M GONNA ASK THE CHIEF TO COME DOWN VERY CLOSE AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF THE POTENTIAL ENHANCEMENTS AND THE ADDITIONAL OVERTIME COSTS, UM, IN OUR CURRENT, UH, BASE BUDGET STRUCTURE, UM, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION AWAY FROM OUR CURRENT SQUAD MODEL MOVING INTO THE, THE NEXT, UH, FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO EXPEDITE SOME OF OUR TRAINING PROCESSES. 
          UM, AS IT STANDS NOW, UH, THE VOLUME OF TRAINING THAT WE ARE PUTTING THROUGH, UH, OR WE HAD HISTORICALLY BEEN PUTTING, PUTTING THROUGH, WAS PUTTING A STRAIN ON OUR OVERTIME BUDGET. 
          AND SO WE'VE SCALED BACK A LITTLE BIT JUST THE, UM, THE TIMELINE, UM, AND THE NUMBER OF CADETS AND WHATNOT THAT WE ARE PUTTING THROUGH TRAINING IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR OVERTIME AT A MORE REASONABLE RATE. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO JUST SO I CAN BE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, THE MONEY IN THE BASE BUDGET ALLOWS FOR YOU TO GO KIND OF BACK TO THE SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL THAT Y'ALL HAD BEEN UTILIZING UP TILL ABOUT SIX OR SO MONTHS AGO? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          UH, LET ME JUST LAST, AND THIS IS, UH, LESS OF A QUESTION, BUT I DO WANT TO PIGGYBACK, UH, FOR MY COLLEAGUES, UH, SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. 
          I DO THINK AS WE TALK ABOUT, UM, OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS RE AT LARGE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UNTIL YOU LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL 8 CENTS SCENARIO, WE ARE ANTICIPATING GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME, UH, REDUCTIONS IN OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE US TO REALLY LOOK HARD AT WHICH OF THESE CONTRACTS ARE PERFORMING, WHICH ARE NOT, UH, WHICH ARE CRITICAL AND WHICH ARE NOT. 
          AND SO I THINK THE MORE OUR STAFF CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND WHICH OF THESE CONTRACTS ARE DELIVERING ON WHAT WE'RE ASKING AND DELIVERING AND, YOU KNOW, IN A HIGH QUALITY MANNER, IT'S JUST GONNA HELP US MAKE THOSE REALLY HARD DECISIONS. 
          BUT WE NEED TO HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN PROPERLY WEIGH WHICH OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY OR MAY NOT NEED TO CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE. 
          YEAH, AND AND I, I AGREE. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, UH, THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS ASKED THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, AND WE'RE EXPECTING THAT REPORT SHORTLY, UH, TO, TO HAVE DONE AN ASSESSMENT OF SOME OF, OF, SOME OF THAT FOR US, UM, INCLUDING GIVING US ADVICE AND, AND COUNSEL ON WHICH OF THOSE CONTRACTS HAVE ANY FORM OF METRICS TO THEM SO THAT IF WE'RE GIVING THIS MONEY, UH, TO, TO ACHIEVE THESE SERVICES. 
          AND, UH, ARE WE PUTTING METRICS INTO THE CONTRACTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING A BANG FOR OUR BUCK. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? UH, I WAS JUST GONNA CHIME. 
          I WAS GONNA ASK A QUESTION AFTER RYAN WAS DONE, AFTER COUNCIL MEMBER AL ALTER WAS DONE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE ORDER, I HAVE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S GO AHEAD. 
          THE, THE, WELL, I'VE GOT OTHER PEOPLE. 
          [03:30:01]
SO COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN FOLLOWED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE AND COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'VE GOT, UH, KIND OF THREE BUCKETS OF QUESTIONS. 
          ONE IS AROUND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYBODY SPECIFICALLY THAT CAN ADDRESS THAT TOPIC. 
          UH, ONE IS AROUND TAX DELINQUENCY, AND THEN THE LAST IS JUST KIND OF GENERALLY TO TALK ABOUT THE TRE SCENARIOS AS THEY WERE LAID OUT TO US ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. 
          UH, SO STARTING WITH THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT, THIS IS THE SECTION OF THE BUDGET. 
          THIS IS LIKE PAGES 3 17, 3 18. 
          THEY'VE GOT SOME HISTORICALS IN THERE AND, UM, WAS REALLY JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT, UM, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES AND A LOT OF EXPANSION IN THAT BUDGET HAPPENING OVER A FAIRLY SHORT WINDOW OF TIME. 
          IT'S MORE THAN DOUBLING OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS. 
          AND SO I'M TRYING TO, I THINK THE NARRATIVE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN IS THEY'VE TAKEN OVER RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WERE FORMALLY KIND OF HOUSED IN OTHER SPACES ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AS THIS, UH, PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT HAS EXPANDED, MAYBE THE FIRST QUESTION IS HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT ADDITIONAL SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED AS PART OF THAT EXPANSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          I'M, UH, GERALD ALEXANDER, UH, DIRECTOR OF THE BUILDING SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, AS THE BUILDING DIS BUILDING SERVICES HAVE EXPANDED, TAKING ON, AT ONE TIME WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING BUT JUST CORE FACILITIES. 
          NOW WE'VE TAKEN ON, UH, A PD TAKEN ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, EMS, UH, WE WILL SOON HAVE, UH, PART OF ACME ABOUT SEVEN, UH, FACILITIES AND THAT WILL GROW. 
          UH, AND ALSO WE'VE EXPANDED OUR SQUARE FOOTAGE, RIGHT? WE'VE, WE'VE GONE FROM 2.5, UH, MILLION SQUARE FEET AND WE'RE ALMOST AT 5 MILLION WITH SOME OF THE NEW FACILITIES THAT WE'VE JUST PURCHASED. 
          SO, AND THEN FROM THERE, THERE ARE SOME, UH, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, UH, CIP SUCCESS WE'RE ALSO DOING. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THAT EXPANSION COMES FROM, FROM 2020 AND ON. 
          IT IS BOTH OF THAT, BASED ON, I WOULD ASSUME KIND OF, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN'S EXPANDED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAST 10, 15 YEARS. 
          ARE WE SORT OF CATCHING UP? IS THAT WHY THAT WE'VE SORT OF ADDED ALL OF THIS ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT'S PART OF THE GROWTH OF THIS DEPARTMENT? A LITTLE OF BOTH. 
          AND THEN THE STRATEGY IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          UH, IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, WE'VE WANTED TO TAKE ON MORE, UH, MORE OF THE DEPARTMENTS AS FACILITY MANAGEMENT AND THE CITY'S FACILITY MANAGER, IF YOU WILL. 
          A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE OUTSOURCE NOW OR INSOURCE IN FACILITY MANAGEMENT, NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT BEING EXPERTS AT WHAT THEY DO. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL MAYBE THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE FOR ME. 
          SO WHAT MAYBE YOU CAN, UH, HELP CLARIFY THEN, WHAT DEPARTMENTS WERE IMPACTED BY THESE CHANGES THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED. 
          TAKING ON A PD FIRE, EMS PART OF ACME, UH, WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS SHIFT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS? UH, WE TOOK ON FLEET AND A RR AND THAT'S OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          AND ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ACTUALLY TAKING ON THEIR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS, WE ALWAYS SUPPORT, UH, FACILITIES NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE MAJOR, UM, ISSUES, UH, FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT NOW THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON AT THE, THE EIGHTH AT, SO THE SALVATION ARMY EIGHTH STREET, THEY CALLED US. 
          WE'RE GOING OVER THERE AND WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE THEM A TEMPORARY TILLER TO COOL THE AREA. 
          SO WE'RE, AGAIN, WE'RE FOR THE CITY, WE DON'T WORK FOR A DEPARTMENT, SO THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN MOST. 
          OKAY. 
          SO BASED ON THAT THEN, IS THERE A SORT OF SUMMARY OR INVENTORY OF WHAT WORK AND DOLLARS AND FTES HAVE BEEN ABSORBED THEN OR TRANSFERRED OVER TO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY OVER THIS WINDOW TYPE? WE CAN PROVIDE SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO YOU, SQUARE FOOTAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT? YES, SIR. 
          UH, AND SAME THING, LIKE WE'RE SEEING SOME THINGS THAT DIDN'T EXIST PREVIOUSLY SHOW UP AS BUDGET LINE ITEMS, LIKE CUSTODIAL SERVICES. 
          RIGHT. 
          WHERE DID THOSE EXIST? IN THE PAST, I WOULD ASSUME EVEN WHEN WE HAD TWO AND A HALF SQUARE MILLION FEET, WE HAD SOME KIND OF CUSTODIAL SERVICES, RIGHT. 
          WHERE THEY JUST CONTRACTED OUT. 
          AND YOU MAY HAVE, UH, WE MAY HAVE GONE ADDITIONALLY WITH SOME, UH, SERVICES. 
          AGAIN, AS WE EXPAND WITH, UH, FACILITIES FROM SQUARE FOOTAGE, WE ADD MORE PEOPLE THERE. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF SOME NEW SPACES THAT WE'RE FILLING OUT ALSO. 
          SO THAT INCREASES THE CUSTODIAL STAFF, BUT NOT OF IT'S IN CUSTODIAL. 
          THERE'S SECURITY INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          THERE'S ALSO TRADES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT ALSO. 
          OKAY. 
          LAST QUESTION. 
          UM, AGAIN, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE BUDGET THAT IN THE PAST THIS WAS, THIS DEPARTMENT WAS FUNDED BY A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FUNDS, RIGHT? LIKE THE BEN WHITE FACILITY FUND, THE 
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ONE TEXAS CENTER FUND, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          YOU KNOW, SIX, SEVEN OR EIGHT OF THESE. 
          UH, WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE FOR THAT SORT OF DISTRIBUTED FUNDING MECHANISM VERSUS NOW MORE CONSOLIDATING THEM INTO A A ONE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT FUND? WELL, I, I DON'T THINK, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          SO IT WAS, WE, WE'VE BROKEN IT DOWN INTO FIVE FUNDING STREAMS, RIGHT? FACILITY MANAGEMENT FUND, UH, INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONS, OUR CORE FACILITIES. 
          THEN WE'VE GOT A SUPPORT SERVICES FUND. 
          UH, THOSE ARE THOSE SUPPORT AREAS LIKE, UM, ADMIN MANAGEMENT, THE, THE ASBESTOS TEAM IN A PROJECT MANAGEMENT. 
          THEN WE'VE GOT A CITY HALL FUND JUST FOR CITY HALL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND CAN I TRY SAYING IT A DIFFERENT WAY? SO STARTING IN THE, THE PROPOSED BUDGET NOW, UH, THERE'S A LINE ITEM FOR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT FUND THAT'S 31 POINT HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          IT HASN'T, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S EXISTED UP UNTIL THIS BUDGET, UH, IN THE PAST IT LOOKS LIKE THESE OTHER FUNDS WERE HELPING, UH, OR WERE A BIG PART OF THE BUDGET HERE. 
          SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE STRATEGY BETWEEN MOVING TO THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT FUND. 
          DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? UH, IT DOES. 
          LET ME GET MY CAO UP HERE AND MAYBE CAN EXPLAIN A LITTLE BETTER THAN I CAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, BEN ELEANOR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT. 
          SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT IS MORE OF A CONSOLIDATION OF THE ACCOUNTING. 
          IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TAKING, UH, OR DECREASING SERVICES OR INCREASING SERVICES. 
          UH, THE STRATEGY WAS TO TAKE, UH, A BUNCH OF THESE DISPARATE FUNDS THAT WERE FACILITY SPECIFIC AND TREAT IT MORE LIKE A COST ALLOCATION LIKE YOU WOULD CTM, UH, UH, SOME OF THE MORE INTERNAL SERVICES FUNDS. 
          SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE A COST ALLOCATION TO THE TENANTS OF THAT ARE OCCUPYING THE FACILITY AND TREATING IT, KIND OF SIMPLIFYING THE ACCOUNTING TO PUT IT INTO ONE FUND SO THAT YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE OPERATING INCOME COMING IN, OPERATING EXPENSES TIED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THOSE FACILITIES. 
          AND THEN WE CAN ALSO PLAN FOR SOME OF THE CAPITAL NEEDS OF THESE FACILITIES ON A LONG TERM BASIS INSTEAD OF EVERY YEAR KIND OF SCRAPPING TOGETHER SOME MONEY TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THAT STUFF. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THE NEXT QUESTIONS I'VE GOT ARE REALLY AROUND TAX DELINQUENCY. 
          AND WE NOTICED THAT THE RATE OF DELINQUENCY SEEMS TO BE INCREASING OVER TIME. 
          IT WAS ABOUT 0.3% BACK IN FISCAL YEAR 2023. 
          UH, IT WAS, IT DOUBLED FISCAL YEAR 2024. 
          NOW IT'S ABOUT 1.5%, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          ANY WAY YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS TREND GOING FORWARD AND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE FOR THE BUDGET? SURE. 
          I'D SAY, FIRST OF ALL, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S AS PRONOUNCED. 
          UM, THAT IF YOU'RE REFERENCING THE TABLE ON PAGE 52 OF THE BUDGET MM-HMM . 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT, THAT COLUMN ON THE FAR RIGHT, IS THE REMAINING DELINQUENT TAXES OUTSTANDING AS OF, UM, WELL, THE DATE THAT THAT TABLE WAS PRODUCED YEAH. 
          SNAPSHOT. 
          YEAH. 
          NOT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO IF WE LOOK AT THAT THIRD COLUMN FROM THE RIGHT, THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE EXPERIENCED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, BUT WE STILL SEE THAT TREND THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING. 
          UM, WE'VE GENERALLY BUDGETED 98.5% AND, AND EXCEEDED THAT WE'RE US, YOU KNOW, I USED TO THINK WE'D GET ABOUT 99.5 REALLY, BUT, UM, THIS YEAR OUR ESTIMATE IS RIGHT AT THAT 98.5% AND I, SORRY, 90.5, RIGHT AT THAT 98.5% BUDGET LEVEL. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT'S JUST A REFLECTION ON, UM, THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND UNCERTAINTY AND THAT, AND THAT'S STARTING TO TRICKLE THROUGH TO OUR ACTUAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS. 
          DO YOU HAVE A SENSE THAT WE CAN EXPECT THAT CONTINUE TO TREND IN THIS DIRECTION? IT'S RELATIVELY UNPRECEDENTED. 
          UH, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          WE MAY HAVE HAD ONE YEAR DURING THE GREAT RECESSION WHERE WE GOT AROUND 98, BUT IT BOUNCED RIGHT BACK. 
          SO OUR EXPECTATION WOULD BE THAT AS CONDITIONS IMPROVE, WE'LL WE'LL START TO SEE US RETURNING TO THAT, UM, 99 PLUS PERCENT LEVEL. 
          BUT, UM, IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE NOTICED TOO AND PLAN TO KEEP AN EYE ON. 
          MAYBE THE BETTER QUESTION FOR ME TO ASK Y'ALL IS WHAT IS, WHAT'S LEVEL OF CONCERN YOU ALL HAVE ABOUT THAT TREND? THE, THE EROSION UP UNTIL, UH, THIS YEAR HAS BEEN RELATIVELY SLIGHT AND, BUT THIS YEAR, IF IT'S, IF WE 
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ACTUALLY FALL TO 98.5, IT WOULD BE A BIG JUMP. 
          I, I WOULD WANNA WAIT UNTIL WE GET THE FINAL YEAR END RESULTS BECAUSE WE COULD SEE HOW MUCH ACTUALLY COMES IN IN THE LATER MONTHS. 
          AND MAYBE PEOPLE WERE HAVING A TOUGH TIME MEETING THAT DEADLINE, BUT THEY'RE PAYING IT DOWN. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE IN THIS LINE BECAUSE, UH, YOU HAVE, UM, SOME REFUNDS GOING ON AS WELL AS PROTESTS ARE SETTLED, SO IT'S NOT, UM, AN ESTIMATE THAT WE ARE THE MOST CONFIDENT IN BECAUSE OF THAT. 
          NO, THAT NOISE. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE, THE FINAL, UM, RESULTS ARE WHEN WE ACTUALLY CLOSE OUR BOOKS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          BUT IF WE WERE AT THAT 98.5, UM, IT, IT WOULD START TO GIMME A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO WE'LL KNOW THAT AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, UM, STARTING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WORKING WITH THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE AS THEY FINALIZE THE, THE CITY'S NUMBERS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, LAST QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT THE TRE SCENARIO SUMMARY THAT WAS SHARED WITH US THE OTHER DAY AS WELL AS THE, UH, SCENARIOS THAT WERE SHARED WITH US ON EARLY SATURDAY. 
          AND WHAT I WANTED TO JUST DO IS MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAD QUESTIONS UNDERSTANDS, UH, WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THEM BECAUSE, UH, AND LEMME JUST START WITH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THOSE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, I SEE THE FIRST SCENARIO, NUMBER ONE, ONE PENNY IS JUST FOR ONE TIME EXPENSES FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR, THIS UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR. 
          AND THEN AFTER THAT IT LOOKS LIKE VIRTUALLY, UH, CALL IT 97% OF WHAT I'M SEEING IS FOR ONGOING EXPENSES THAT COVER THE FOUR YEAR WINDOW UNTIL PRESUMABLY THERE'S A NEW TRE. 
          IS THAT A FAIR ASSUMPTION OR IS THAT, IS THAT ISN'T AN ACCURATE PORTRAYAL? YES, THAT IS AN ACCURATE PORTRAYAL. 
          WE, WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH THAT 1 CENT, UM, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE LOOKED AT NOT ONLY THE, UH, INCREMENTAL INCREASE, BUT ALSO THE ABILITY FOR THOSE DOLLARS TO, UM, BE USED OVER THE FOUR YEAR PERIOD AND BE MAINTAINED AS WELL AS KEEP US, UM, CLOSE TO OR AT OUR RESERVE LEVEL. 
          SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, AND WITH THAT 1 CENT TO DO AN ONGOING, UM, INCREASE, WE WOULD NOT MEET ALL THOSE THRESHOLDS. 
          AND SO, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT, ONCE YOU ADD BEYOND THAT, THERE IS MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR ONGOING COSTS AND TO MAINTAIN THOSE COSTS OVER THE, THE FOUR YEAR PERIOD WHILE KEEPING OUR, UM, RESERVES AT, AT A COASTAL POLICY LEVEL. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHEN I COMMUNICATE THIS OUT TO OTHER FOLKS THAT EVEN BETWEEN THE ONE AND 2 CENT OPTIONS THAT YOU'VE SHARED WITH US, THE 1 CENT OPTION IS JUST TO PLUG THIS YEAR'S DEFICIT, UH, OR TO HELP WITH OTHER, YOU KNOW, EXISTING, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE MIGHT WANT THAT DON'T OTHERWISE HAVE FUNDING. 
          BUT THE OTHER SCENARIOS ARE ALL GONNA BE LASTING OVER A PERIOD TO FOUR YEARS AND WHATEVER PROPOSITION WE HAVE THAT SUPPORTS THIS OR GOES TO VOTERS IS GONNA REFLECT THAT DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? YES. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THE NEXT QUESTION THEN IS, AS I LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS BEYOND THE 1 CENT, YOU KNOW, SCENARIO TWO THAT'S LISTED AS TWO PENNIES, WHEN I LOOK AT THE FISCAL YEAR, 2026 PENNIES, IT ACTUALLY LISTS AS 1.0 3:00 AM I ASSUMING ON EVERY SCENARIO BETWEEN TWO AND EIGHT, UH, TWO AND 8 CENTS OR PENNIES THAT WE'RE ROUNDING UP TO GET TO THE TWO OR EIGHT PENNY TITLE FOR THAT FOR INSTANCE NUMBER, THE NEXT ONE IS 2.08 AND IT'S 3.10 ROUNDING UP TO FOUR. 
          IS THAT ACCURATE? YEAH, SO WE TRIED TO TRANSLATE THE COST OF EACH LINE ITEM RELATIVE, UM, TO THAT 21.6 MILLION TOTAL AMOUNT PER PENNY TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO THOSE ITEMS. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN THE WHOLE, LIKE YOU'RE REFERENCING, WE SORT OF, WE NEED THAT ONE PENNY AT THE BEGINNING, UM, TO HOLISTICALLY BALANCE AND, AND HANDLE THE RESERVES AND, UM, STAY IN STRUCTURAL BALANCE ACROSS THE WHOLE PERIOD. 
          AND SO THE NEW INITIATIVES, UM, WHEN YOU ADD THAT THOSE UP, ADD TO THAT TWO POINT WHATEVER PENNIES, AND THEN THE TOTAL PACKAGE WOULD BE AT THE THREE PENNY LEVEL 'CAUSE OF THOSE OTHER REVENUE NEEDS. 
          SO WHEN YOU SAY THE WHOLE PACKAGE WOULD BE A THREE PENNY LEVEL, IS IT ACTUALLY THREE PENNIES OR IS IT 2.08? IT, IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE THREE PENNIES. 
          IT'S JUST THOSE, THOSE PROVISIONS IN THEIR FIRST, UM, THE FY 29 EXPENSE OF THOSE 
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PROVISIONS WOULD REQUIRE THAT NUMBER OF PENNIES IN 26 IN ORDER TO BE SUSTAINABLE FOR THOSE. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE A WAY TO GET THE ADDITIONAL COLUMNS THAT MIGHT HAVE THEN BEEN CUT OFF TO SHOW THE FISCAL YEAR 27, 28, 29 PENNIES SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FULL EXPENSES OR, UH, I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER, MORE, UM, TRANSPARENT JOB OF SHOWING THE TOTAL FLOW OF FUNDS AND THE KIND OF HOLISTIC PACKAGE WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER THAT BALANCES THE NEW INVESTMENTS, THE RESERVES, UM, AND, AND KEEPING THE GENERAL FUND AND STRUCTURAL BALANCE, UM, TO MAKE THAT MORE EXPLICIT FOR EVERYONE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL FOR ME AND, AND I WOULD ASSUME OTHERS BECAUSE IT'S NOT CLEAR HERE HOW WE'RE ARRIVING AT YEAH, UNDERSTOOD AT THAT. 
          UH, AND SAME THING WHEN I LOOKED AT THE CHART THAT YOU SHARED WITH US ON PAGE 11 OF THE PACKET, IT WASN'T CLEAR TO ME HOW, UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONGOING AND ONE-TIME WORKED. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE, UH, IN THE PDF EXCEL DOCUMENTS, YOU SHARED HOW YOU'RE GETTING TO THE RESERVE BALANCES. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO HAVE THAT EX THAT EXTENDED INFORMATION IF POSSIBLE. 
          YEP, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER FEL BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELAZQUEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY QUESTIONS ARE GONNA BE RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS, GOLF, AND PARKS, UM, AND FIRE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU. 
          I'LL GO AHEAD AND IS IT OKAY IF I GO AHEAD AND START ASKING? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, SO I'M INTERESTED IN A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALLOCATION FOR SHELTERS. 
          UM, UM, YOU KNOW, AS I'M LOOKING AT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE VERSUS RAPID REHOUSING VERSUS SHELTERS, SO OF THE INVESTMENT INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE IN SHELTER BEDS, IS THERE A PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED TOWARD FAMILY SHELTER BEDS, SPECIFICALLY DAVID GRAY, DIRECTOR AUSTIN HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS? GOOD. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, THE, THE PLAN AS WE'VE LAID IT OUT IN OUR STAFF RESPONSE, DOES CONTEMPLATE ALLOCATING SOME RESOURCES TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT SHELTERS. 
          UH, WE LOOKED AT BOTH THE MOST RECENT CONTINUUM OF CARE NEEDS AND GAPS REPORT FOR OUR REGION, AS WELL AS AN ANALYSIS THAT THE HOMELESS STRATEGY DIVISION, UH, DID BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 2023. 
          AND BOTH OF THOSE PLANS LANDED AT A NEED OF AROUND 50 FAMILY SHELTER BEDS. 
          AND SO, UH, WE, WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IN OUR STAFF RESPONSE. 
          NOW OUR STAFF RESPONSE ITSELF DID NOT GIVE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUBPOPULATIONS. 
          UH, SO IF YOU, IF YOU SEARCH THE STAFF REPORT, YOU, YOU WON'T SEE THAT THERE. 
          BUT, UH, I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE FOUNDATIONAL, UH, DATA THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR OUR PLAN INCORPORATED FAMILY SHELTER, AND ALSO IF I CAN NOTE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT AS PART OF THE CITY'S, UH, SHELTERS THAT, THAT WE OWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT WE DO OWN THE AUSTIN WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER THAT'S OPERATED BY THE SALVATION ARMY. 
          SO WE DO HAVE FAMILY SHELTER WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIO, BUT THAT IS AN AREA THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WHERE WE NEED SOME EXPANSION. 
          UM, YES, I THANK YOU FOR, UH, CLARIFYING THAT AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT. 
          ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, UM, WITH PARENTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN WHO LOSE THEIR HOUSING IS THEIR CHILDREN NEED EASY ACCESS TO THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY'VE BEEN GOING. 
          SO WE DON'T MAGNIFY AMPLIFY THE LEVEL OF TRAUMA AND, UM, ISSUES THAT ARE ARISING OUT OF THERE. 
          AND, UM, IN MY RESEARCH, UH, AS FAR AS THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF AUSTIN GO, IT'S QUITE CHALLENGING TO FIND, UM, GET CONNECTED WITH RESOURCES THAT COULD SUPPORT EITHER, UM, A PARENT WITH CHILDREN OR A WOMAN WHO ISN'T ACTIVELY, UM, ESCAPING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND SO WHILE THAT EXISTS, THAT'S WHY I KIND OF AM WONDERING IF WE ENVISION IF WE HAVE CONTEMPLATED GROWTH IN THAT AREA BECAUSE GENUINELY FOR FAMILY SHELTER BEDS, IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, LESS DESTABILIZING TO HAVE THEM LOCATED AROUND THE CITY EASY, MORE EASILY EASY TO ACCESS THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS THAT PARENT AND THOSE CHILDREN. 
          SO THAT WAS THE NATURE OF THAT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION THAT'S RELATED TO, UM, ON PAGE SEVEN THERE, UH, SLIDE SEVEN SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS. 
          UM, I SEE THE 36 MILLION, UM, FOR HOMELESS SERVICES THERE. 
          AND THEN I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY THEN ON PAGE 
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12, UM, I'M SEEING HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS BROKEN DOWN WITH DIVERSION SERVICES, SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS. 
          UM, ARE YOU, UM, SHOWING US THIS BREAKDOWN SO THAT WE CAN SLICE AND DICE IT MULTIPLE WAYS? BUT DON'T WORRY THAT I'M SEEING THE SAME NUMBERS ACROSS TWO SLIDES? YES, MA'AM. 
          SO TO CLARIFY, SO SLIDE SEVEN DOES SHOW OUR $36 MILLION TOTAL THAT WE ARE BUDGETED FOR FOR OUR SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT SLIDE 12, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACT LINE ITEM WHERE YOU SEE HOMELESS DIVERGENT SERVICES. 
          THAT'S A FUND THAT'S BEING CREATED TO HOUSE THE, THE ONE TIME HOUSING TRUST FUND DOLLARS THAT ARE MOVING OVER TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING OPERATIONS AT THE MARSHALLING YARD, AS WELL AS SOME ONE TIME SUPPORTIVE SERVICE FUNDING FOR PERMANENT SUPPORT OF HOUSING UNITS. 
          THE OTHER LINE ITEMS ON SLIDE 12, UM, THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE LINE ITEM IS OUR OFFICE'S OPERATING BUDGET, UH, AND THEN AS WELL AS SUPPORT SERVICES, TRANSFER DEBT, UH, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ALLOW OUR OFFICE TO TO FUNCTION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO HOPEFULLY, DOES THAT PROVIDE ME SOME CLARIFICATION? DOES ON, ON HOW TO TICK INSIDE? IT DOES. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WILL MOVE ON TO GOLF . 
          SO LAST YEAR THERE WAS A CBQ RESPONSE THAT STATED THAT THE GOLF DIVISION WAS GENERATING A SURPLUS AND HAD BEGUN CASH FUNDING EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENTS AND OTHER ONE-TIME NEEDS USING ITS FUND BALANCE RATHER THAN RELYING ON EXTERNAL FINANCING. 
          UM, IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO 25 BUDGET, THERE'S A PROPOSED ONE-TIME ALLOCATION FOR $700,000, UH, TO REPLACE AGING EQUIPMENT. 
          AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU COULD CLARIFY WHY ONE TIME FUNDING IS BEING REQUESTED THIS YEAR. 
          WHAT HAS PERHAPS SHIFTED IN THE OPERATIONS WITH GOLF, UM, AND HOW DIFFERENT OF A POSITION WE'RE IN VERSUS LAST YEAR AS WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT TO SPEND THERE? UH, I'LL, UH, HAVE ONE OF OUR GOLF EXPERTS COME AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT I THINK GENERALLY THE POSITION HAS BEEN GOT, HAS GOTTEN BETTER OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF ROUNDS LIKE POST COVID, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY GENERATE REVENUE IN THE ENTERPRISE FUND AS OPPOSED TO IN THE PAST WE'RE ACTUALLY SUBSIDIZING THE OPERATIONS. 
          UH, BUT SPECIFIC TO YOUR QUESTION, UM, REGARDING THE EQUIPMENT, HI, UH, STEVE HAMMOND, DIVISION MANAGER OF GOLF FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          SO PRE 2021, WE WERE NOT IN A POSITION TO CASH FLOW A LOT OF OUR LARGE PURCHASES. 
          UH, WE DID A COUNCIL APPROVED EQUIPMENT PURCHASE IN 2021 THAT WAS A $1.6 MILLION FOUR YEAR LEASE PAYMENT FOR, UH, MOWING EQUIPMENT. 
          THAT WAS 2021. 
          NOW WE'RE IN 25. 
          WE, WE, BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, SIX GOLF COURSES, WE DO HAVE TO KIND OF SPREAD OUT WHERE WE BUY THAT EQUIPMENT OR WHEN WE BUY THAT EQUIPMENT. 
          UM, BUYING ALL OF IT AT ONE TIME IS INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE. 
          SO WHAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED OUT IS THE, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SCHEDULING FOR THIS, THE 700,000 FOR 2026, THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THE FORM OF, UH, UH, JUST DECK MOWERS AND, UH, REPLACEMENT FOR OUR LIONS GOLF COURSE AND OUR HANCOCK GOLF COURSE AND A LITTLE BIT AT, UH, UH, THREE OF OUR OTHER GOLF COURSES. 
          WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO SHARE WHATEVER CAPITAL SCHEDULE YOU HAVE THAT GOES BEYOND ONE YEAR LOOK TO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO IT OVER 10 YEARS OR, UH, BECAUSE I, AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS JUST BECAUSE, UM, LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S QUESTION, YOU KNOW, IT GAVE A CERTAIN PERHAPS IMPRESSION AND THEN NOW WE SEE VERY CLEARLY AND YOU EXPLAINED WELL WHY THERE IS A NEED FOR CAPITAL THIS YEAR. 
          YES. 
          BUT I DON'T, STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING NEXT YEAR OR THE NEXT YEAR OR THE NEXT YEAR. 
          AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DO HAVE A CAPITAL REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE. 
          WE DO HAVE, WE DO HAVE A CAPITAL REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE, UH, UH, TALKING WITH FLEET. 
          UM, WE'RE WORKING MORE WITH FLEET BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HAVING TO DO SE UH, SECONDARY FINANCING ANYMORE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WE DON'T IT. 
          ALTHOUGH IT IS BENEFICIAL IN SOME CASES, UM, FOR OUR, UH, MOWING EQUIPMENT, IT'S JUST NOT INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL AND IT'S NICE TO BUY IT OFF A BUY BUYBOARD WITH FLEET. 
          UM, WE DID A, IN THE 21 THAT WAS A PROCUREMENT THAT WAS DONE THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT OFFICE. 
          UM, AND IT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, IT WAS A PRETTY EXTENSIVE AGREEMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I APPRECIATE YOU PAINTING THAT PICTURE. 
          UM, WE MAY JUST FOLLOW UP WITH A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR THE SCHEDULE SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME. 
          WOULD, WOULD YOU WANT THAT ITEMIZED BY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT OR BY PROJECTED SPEND? I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANY NEW WORK, SO, UM, WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE ME ITEMIZED BY THE, I MEAN, THE WAY I'VE TYPICALLY SEEN THEM IS A LIST OF WHAT THE CAPITAL NEEDS ARE AND THEN IT GOES OUT OVER THE YEARS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO PARKS, WELL, THE GENERAL FUND BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OF NEW OR EXPANDED PARK FACILITIES ONCE THEY'RE BUILT. 
          UM, CAN YOU GIVE ME JUST THE HIGH LEVEL LAYOUT OF THAT? UH, AT THIS POINT IN, IN TERMS OF ANY NEW MODIFICATIONS IN NEW PARK LAND, UM, 
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THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP IN TERMS OF THE, THE FTES THAT WE NEEDED ACCORDING TO THE 2014 SERVICE LEVEL. 
          SO IT ALL REALLY DEPENDS ON THE SERVICE LEVEL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          DO, ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE WHAT CRITERIA PAR USES TO PRIORITIZE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS GIVEN THAT THERE IS A GAP? SURE. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY WE LOOK AT, UM, LIFE SAFETY ISSUES FIRST. 
          WE LOOK AT, UH, THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, AS, AS UM, UH, SUMMER, SUMMER MONTHS WHEN THERE'S ACT MORE ACTIVE USE IN THE PARKS, WE, WE SORT OF RAMP UP OPERATIONS IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE WE KNOW THE, THE ACTIVITIES ARE GONNA HAPPEN. 
          SO IT'S REALLY ABOUT RESPONDING TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND THEN PRIORITIZING THERE AGAIN WITH LIFE SAFETY FIRST AND THEN, AND THEN LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT AREN'T THERE AREN'T THINGS HAPPENING THAT WILL FURTHER DEGRADE THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IS THERE ANY DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT'S, AND IT'S REALLY RELATED TO THE LESSONS THAT YOU SAID, ANY DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT'S DRIVING MAINTENANCE COSTS DISPROPORTIONATELY, YOU KNOW, AS IT GETS MORE RUN DOWN IT COSTS MORE TO BANDAID. 
          SURE. 
          I WOULD SAY GENERALLY THAT'S THE CASE WITH DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. 
          UH, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC SORT OF, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF THE AMENITIES ACROSS THE PARK SYSTEM, BUT, BUT GENERALLY THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          THE LONGER THAT YOU, UH, DELAY MAINTENANCE AS IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE DEFERRED, THEN THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS TO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS AND THEN THEY IMPACT OTHER SYSTEMS, UM MM-HMM . 
          AS YOU DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THAT HELPS ME TO FORMULATE A WRITTEN QUESTION, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          I AM INTERESTED IN THE SAME REQUEST THAT NATASHA HARPER MADISON MADE, UM, RELATING TO, UH, WHERE IN THE CITY WE'RE NOT SEEING RESIDENTS HAVE A 10 MINUTE OR A FIVE MINUTE WALK, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE WAY YOU CAN ACTUALLY CONNECT IS MAYBE NOT APPARENT RIGHT FROM FARTHER AWAY. 
          UM, AND THEN MY LAST SECTION IS RELATED TO FIRE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JOEL BAKER, AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBER, MISS CITY MANAGER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MY FIRST QUESTION'S RELATED TO THE SIZE EVALUATIONS IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, AS THESE EVALUATION REQUESTS HAVE INCREASED IN NUMBER, THERE IS NOW A WAIT LIST AND WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT GETTING A LOOK AT WHERE HAVE THEY ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED, WHERE HAVE WE NOT TOUCHED YET? AND I AM VERY INTERESTED IN LOOKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT AT THIS AS AT THIS, UM, IDEA. 
          UM, I'M SORRY, LEMME REPHRASE THIS. 
          I AM VERY INTERESTED IN BEING ABLE TO SEE THE COST BENEFIT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SO FAR. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPENT X AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THE SIZE EVALUATIONS AND WE HAVE GOTTEN, HERE'S A MAP OF WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, UM, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IS IT REALLY ALIGNING WITH THIS WITH THE PRIORITY AREAS OR ARE WE, DO WE HAVE A STRATEGY GOING ON THAT WILL IN A MEDIUM TERM KIND OF TIMEFRAME HAVE HIT OUR PRIORITY AREAS? AND SO THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, UM, DO YOU, AT THIS POINT, I KNOW YOUR DEPARTMENT'S BEEN WORKING ON SOME OF THAT AT THIS POINT. 
          CAN YOU GIMME A FEEL FOR WHEN WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, HOW MANY SIZE EVALUATIONS HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND WHERE AND HOW. 
          SO THE, AND HOW MUCH HAS BEEN VERSUS HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT? YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE, UH, WILDFIRE EVALUATION MM-HMM . 
          YEAH. 
          I'M GONNA HAVE MY EXPERT SPEAK ON THAT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          CARRIE STEWART, WILDFIRE DIVISION FOR AUSTIN FIRE. 
          SO LAST YEAR WE HAD 145 REQUESTS THAT WERE COMPLETED FOR THESE EVALUATIONS. 
          SINCE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD OVER 700 MM-HMM . 
          SO WE'VE BEEN ACCOMMODATING. 
          WE DO HAVE ABOUT A TWO MONTH LAG TO GET THOSE SCHEDULED AND COMPLETED. 
          MM-HMM . 
          JUST BECAUSE OF THE PERSONNEL THAT WE HAVE ABILITY TO DO THOSE INSPECTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO SINCE JANUARY WE'VE HAD OVER 700 REQUESTS. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME FOR HOW MANY WE'VE COMPLETED. 
          I THINK IF WE GIVE IT A YEAR SO THAT WE CAN KNOW KIND OF WHERE THEY'VE BEEN DONE AND CO UH, COST BENEFIT. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW OUR COST IS THE THREE STAFF THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE DEDICATED TO OUR FIRE ACTIVE COMMUNITIES WORK. 
          SO IT'S JUST THAT'S WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY IS THOSE THREE PERSONNEL ARE DEDICATED TO THAT. 
          UH, SO IN ADDITION TO ANY, UM, HANDOUTS WE MAY PROVIDE FOR HOME HARDENING AND WHAT TO DO WITH THE RESULTS OF THAT EVALUATION, WE ALSO HAVE A SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE USING CALLED FIRESIDE THAT COSTS $6,000 A YEAR. 
          SO IN ADDITION, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OVERHEAD FOR THAT EXCEPT FOR THE PERSONNEL COSTS. 
          BUT I THINK ONCE WE HAVE A YEAR AND WE ARE NOT FOCUSING ON ANY AREA, AS SOON AS WE GET A REQUEST, WE TRY TO GET IT SCHEDULED AND THEN IMPLEMENTED. 
          SO WE ARE ACCOMMODATING ALL ACROSS THE CITY EQUALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. 
          UM, DOES THE PROPOSED BUDGET 
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ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THE WAIT TIME, MAINTAIN IT AT OUR CURRENT LEVEL? YOU KNOW, IS THERE ENOUGH MONEY IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PRIMARY STRATEGY, UM, IS WELL FUNDED ENOUGH TO CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH? WE HAVE SUBMITTED, UH, THROUGH THE TRE FOR SOME SCHEDULING SOFTWARE. 
          I THINK IF WE HAD SOME ABIL, WE'RE DOING ALL OF IT MANUALLY CURRENTLY. 
          UM, SO THERE, THERE IS A BIT OF INEFFICIENCY WITH THE SCHEDULING ITSELF. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THAT WOULD HELP TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME SCHEDULING SOFTWARE TO SPEED IT UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE ALSO TRAIN SOME OF OUR MEMBERS OF OUR FIREWISE COMMUNITIES, SO WE TRAIN THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DO THOSE STRUCTURED IGNITION ZONE EVALUATIONS AS WELL. 
          SO WE WERE DOING CLASSES AS OFTEN AS WE CAN IN THOSE FIREWISE COMMUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME FORCE MULTIPLIERS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ALSO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THAT IS HELPFUL AND IF YOU HAVE OTHER THOUGHTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH ME ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT PROGRAM AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE. 
          IF THERE ARE ANY NEEDS, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THEM IN THE, IN THE COMING WEEKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, FIRE OVERTIME. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION, BUT I, I'M DEFINITELY NOT GONNA ASK. 
          THIS IS, YEAH. 
          IS IT OKAY? 15 MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS WILL BE MY LAST QUESTION. 
          UM, SO ON SLIDE FIVE IS WHERE WE SEE THE BREAKOUT OF FIRE VERSUS, UH, POLICE CONTEMPLATED OVERTIME REDUCTION. 
          UM, THOSE ARE BY FAR OUR TWO BIGGEST NUMBERS. 
          8.3 MILLION FOR FIRE. 
          AND AS MANY OF US KNOW, WELL, UM, THERE'S SOME QUESTION ABOUT, UH, HOW WELL ADVISED IT IS TO CHANGE ANYTHING WITH RESPECT TO A MINIMUM OF FOUR FIREFIGHTERS BEING ON AN ENGINE THAT THEN WILL BE THE FIRST TO ARRIVE AT THE SCENE. 
          UM, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG NUMBER AND SO, AND IT IN OUR LIST. 
          AND SO I AM HOPING CHIEF BAKER, IF YOU COULD HELP ME BY LAYING OUT IF THAT FOUR PERSON MINIMUM IS UNCHANGED, WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WOULD LEAD US TO A SIMILAR LEVEL OF REDUCTION IN SALARY, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE OVERTIME AND IF THAT'S NOT GONNA GET US THERE, WHAT ELSE? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE, IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, YOU'LL ASKING ME FOR A OPTION B OR C TO GET US TO THE $8.2 MILLION? CORRECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          WELL, OPTION B OR C IS TO EITHER BLACK OUT FIRE STATION, WHICH MEAN TO PERMANENT CLOSE FIRE STATION IN THE VARIOUS COUNCIL DISTRICTS AREA, A BROWNOUT FIRE STATION, A BROWN OUT UNIT WITH THE TEMPORARY CLOSED FIRE STATION OR UNITS. 
          IT IS BETTER TO HAVE ALL OF THE FIRE STATION OPEN WITH LESS PERSONNELS THEN I HAVE ALL OUGHT TO HAVE SOME OF THE FIRE STATION CLOSED WITH NO PERSONNEL. 
          THE FOUR AND THREE STAFFING MODEL IS, IS IT IS DESIGNED TO GET US TO THE 8.2 MILLION AND I'M ONLY ASKING FOR IT TO BE TEMPORARY UNTIL THE ECONOMICS OF THE CITY RETURN. 
          UH, IT'S NOTHING THAT I'M TRYING TO DO PERMANENTLY. 
          IT IS JUST A TEMPORARY STOP GAP FOR THE $8.2 MILLION, $8.3 MILLION WITHOUT FURLOUGHING A LAYING OFF EMPLOYEES. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH EMPLOYEES TO FURLOUGH OR LAY OFF TO GET TO THE EIGHT POINT, UH, $3 MILLION. 
          SO AGAIN, WITH THE STEP MODEL TO FOUR AND THREE, I'M ONLY LOOKING AT PULLING THREE PERSONNEL ON SOME UNITS. 
          BY REDUCING TWO TO FOUR AND THREE STEP MODEL, NOT ONLY WOULD IT GETS TO THE 8.3 MILLION AND REDUCE THE OVERTIME, IT WOULD GIVE THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE HAVE SOME MENTAL ILLNESS CHALLENGES OR PTSD CHALLENGE, THE TIME OFF THAT THEY NEED TO SPEND WITH THEIR FAMILY AND TIME OFF TO RELAX AND RECUPERATE FROM, FROM THE CALL VOLUME TO RUNNING. 
          ALONG WITH THAT, UH, WHEN WE REDUCE THE STAFF ON SOME OF THE APPARATUS HAVE 54 OR FIVE STATION, ABOUT 60 UNITS, I THINK THAT THEY ARE, UH, ALONG WITH THE REDUCING THE UNITS, THE THREE PERSON STAFFING, UH, WE WOULD HAVE MY PROJECTION ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE TAKE, UM, THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL, NO, I HATE TO DO HYPOTHETICAL, BUT WE HAVE 20 ENGINES REDUCED TO THREE STAFFING. 
          BUT IF ENOUGH PERSONNEL ARE AT WORK THAT DAY, SOME OF THOSE ENGINE WILL BE STAFF FOR FOUR. 
          SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ALL ENGINES EVERY DAY WILL BE STEP FOR THREE. 
          'CAUSE THE PERSONNEL AT WORK, UH, WE CAN PUT 'EM ON THE, UH, ENGINE TO STEP, 
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UH, FOUR AND IN SOME CASES, DEPENDING ON, UH, THE WEATHER CONDITION, IF WE OR WILDFIRE CONDITION, WE MAY BE ABLE TO STEP UP, UM, UM, SQUASH UNITS TO HAVE TWO PERSON ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, A RESCUE, ADDITIONAL RESCUE UNIT. 
          UH, NOW ALL OF THE ENGINES IN THE FOUR AND THREE STEP PLAN WILL NOT BE REDUCED TO THREE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE CONTRACT SERVICE WITH ESD FOUR. 
          THEY WILL MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF FOUR, UH, PERSONNEL ON THE ENGINE. 
          AND SOME OF OUR RESCUE UNIT SPECIAL OPERATION UNIT WILL MAINTAIN FOUR PERSON STAFFING. 
          BUT THAT NUMBER WAS GIVEN TO A, UH, THE 8.3 MILLION THAT WE NEED VERSUS HAVING NO PERSONNEL IN THE FIRE STATION OR NO PERSONNEL ON THE APPARATUS. 
          THANK YOU FOR LAYING THAT OUT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          I'M FINISHED. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELAZQUEZ. 
          OH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, AND SO I DIDN'T GO THE FIRST TIME, SO I HAVE ABOUT 40 MINUTES TOWARDS THAT QUESTION, SO IF EVERYBODY CAN LOCK IN. 
          UM, I, UH, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS. 
          UM, WE'RE, UH, WHILE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A TRE, UH, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT THAT. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN INVESTIGATING AND ASKING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON. 
          UH, I GREW UP DIRT BROKE AND MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME, DON'T COUNT MONEY. 
          THAT IS NOT IN YOUR HAND. 
          SO I WENT, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE 16.8 MILLION THAT WE'LL BE, UM, THAT WILL COME IN F-Y-F-F-Y, UH, 27. 
          WE WERE TALKING ABOUT VISITING, UH, AND, UH, WITH OUR NONPROFITS AND HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          SHOULD A, SHOULD WE NOT PASS A TRE AND WE NEED TO, WE, WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          WHEN WOULD THOSE CONVERSATIONS START? I THINK WE'LL START INTERNALLY WITH STAFF DOING AN EVALUATION OF THE CONTRACTS, THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING WITH THOSE CONTRACTS. 
          UM, AND THEN UPON US COMPLETING THAT ANALYSIS, AND I'M, MY ASSUMPTION WOULD BE THAT AFTER WE APPROVE THE BUDGET, THEN WE'LL START THAT WORK INTERNALLY AND THEN BEGIN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, WE'LL, WE'LL START THE CONVERSATIONS KNOWING THAT, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE OUTCOME OF, OF THE APPROVED BUDGET IS TO THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE. 
          BUT STAFF CAN START EVALUATING THOSE EXISTING CONTRACTS AS SOON AS WE GET THEIR APPROVED BUDGET. 
          I, I THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN, UH, WITH THE FED AND THE STATE, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN, SHOULD WE PASS THE TRE IS GOING TO ACT, ACT, HAVE TO ACT AS A, AS A SAFETY NET, ESPECIALLY WITH A LOT OF THESE SOCIAL SERVICES. 
          AND I, AND I'M HERE FOR THAT. 
          BUT, UM, LIKE I SAID, DON'T COUNT MONEY THAT'S NOT IN YOUR HAND. 
          SO I ALSO, UH, AGREE WITH, UM, THAT, THAT SAID, I ALSO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN ALTER ABOUT, UH, THE, OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS, UH, WITH, WITH THESE CONTRACTS AND, UM, HOW ARE WE, HOW MANY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE SERVING AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, BUT ALSO BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF, OF TAX DOLLARS. 
          SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, THAT'S, THAT, THAT WAS MY CONSIDERATION BECAUSE I WORK WITH A LOT OF THESE SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
          SO THAT WAS MY CURIOSITY AND THAT'S MY, UH, MY 40 MINUTES . 
          HAVE WE SAID HAPPY BIRTHDAY? I DON'T THINK SO. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, MEMBERS, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE INDICATED THEY WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT LET ME JUST ASK ONE LAST TIME IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT INDICATES THEY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON. 
          I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING, UH, ABOUT THE MEETING NECESSARILY PUBLICLY. 
          A QUICK QUESTION IS WHAT I HAD FOR TOMORROW FOR OUR PROCESSES TOMORROW, PLEASE. 
          UM, IS, ARE WE GONNA DO A SIMILAR ROUND TOMORROW? TOMORROW'S A REGULAR, OUR REGULAR, REGULAR, WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING THE BUDGET AT ALL TOMORROW. 
          TOMORROW IS THE REGULAR AGENDA AND, UM, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S A REGULAR MEETING. 
          IT'S THE FIRST MEETING BACK SINCE WE TOOK THE BREAK OF, OF MEETINGS. 
          UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE PERFECT LEAD TO WHAT I HAD IN MY HANDS. 
          WELL, THERE YOU GO. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          SO TOMORROW IS A REGULAR MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND WE WILL START AT 10 O'CLOCK. 
          SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT GOT INTO THE HABIT OF BEING HERE AT NINE, TOMORROW IT'S AT 10 O'CLOCK. 
          UH, THEN NEXT TUESDAY, UH, NEXT TUESDAY, JULY 29TH AT 9:00 AM WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET WORK SESSION THAT IS FOCUSED. 
          WE'VE INDICATED IT WILL BE FOCUSED, THE PRESENTATION WILL INITIALLY BE ON ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND CIS. 
          HOWEVER, AS I POINTED OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING, IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO THAT. 
          SO IF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS, UM, AND TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON'S QUESTION, I ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO. 
          WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          WE'LL START WITH THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT WE WILL. 
          AND THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS HAVE THE ROUND ROBIN OF QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT. 
          BY THE WAY, THERE IS A QUESTION AND ANSWER BOARD. 
          UH, SO IF THAT, IF THAT HELPS YOU ALL ON THAT, UH, FEEL FREE TO USE THAT AS WELL. 
          BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL, WE'LL 
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DO IT KIND OF ROUND ROBIN THE WAY WE'VE DONE. 
          THAT'S TUESDAY, JULY 29TH AT 9:00 AM ON, ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 30TH. 
          THE HOPE AND BELIEF, UH, AND WISH IS THAT WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL ROLES. 
          AND SO THERE WILL BE A, A, A, A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AT THREE 30 ON THAT DAY. 
          AND EVERYBODY'S WELCOME. 
          UM, WHERE WE WILL DISCUSS, UH, UH, POTENTIAL FOR A TRE FOLLOWING THE PROCESSES THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING, AND, UH, LOOK AT THE ISSUE OF WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE, UM, THAT WE WILL BE CONSIDERING THE NEXT DAY. 
          AND THAT IS ON JULY TH THURSDAY, JULY 31ST, WE'RE GONNA CONDUCT A WORK SESSION BEGINNING AT 9:00 AM WE WILL ALSO BE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET AT 3:00 PM UM, THIS IS ONE MEETING, SO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO BE HEARD AT THAT MEETING DON'T TREAT THE PUBLIC HEARING AS SOMETHING SEPARATE. 
          IT'S LIKE WHEN WE HAVE PUBLIC MERIT, TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE SOME PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          THEY ARE A PART OF ONE AGENDA, SO YOU NEED TO REGISTER TO SPEAK TO US IN THE NORMAL COURSE AND NOT THINK THAT THAT YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL THE DAY OF THE THREE O'CLOCK HEARING. 
          THAT'S JUST A TIME CERTAIN ON THAT DAY, WE WILL BE SETTING THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE. 
          UH, THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE'S TRU SO-CALLED TRUTH IN TAXATION PROCESS. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE THE CITY'S GOVERNING BODY, THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, WILL PUBLICLY DECLARE WHAT THE MAXIMUM PROPERTY TAX RATE IS THAT IT WILL CONSIDER FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET. 
          UH, THE STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THIS POTENTIAL TAX RATE BE DECLARED BY A VOTE OF THE GOVERNING BODY. 
          AND ON THE 31ST, WE WILL TAKE THAT VOTE. 
          AS HAS BEEN NOTED BY ME AND OTHERS, UH, PREVIOUSLY, HISTORICALLY, AND TRADITIONALLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THE CITY HAS SET THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE AT THE VOTER APPROVAL RATE. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, THE HIGHEST RATE YOU CAN SET IT WITHOUT TRIGGERING AN ELECTION. 
          THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT, AND HISTORICALLY WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, UM, THAT GIVES THE CITY COUNCIL ROOM TYPICALLY TO, TO DEAL WITH A SETTING A TAX RATE IN A BUDGET. 
          THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING BELOW THAT. 
          UM, HOWEVER, I ANTICIPATE THAT WHAT WE WILL DO, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH COMMUNITY DISCUSSION AND COUNCIL DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, CITY NEEDS AND THE NEEDS FOR A TAX RATE ELECTION OR A TRE, THAT WE WILL SET A MAXIMUM TAX RATE THAT THAT IS, THAT IS HIGH ENOUGH THAT IT DOESN'T PRECLUDE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT OUGHT TO HAPPEN WITH A TRE AND WHERE WE MIGHT GO WITH THAT. 
          UH, AS HAS ALSO BEEN NOTED, NO ONE SHOULD ASSUME THAT IF WE SET A MAXIMUM TAX RATE OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THAT THAT IS THE TAX RATE WE WILL ULTIMATELY ADOPT. 
          IT IS, IT IS, UH, POSSIBLE PROBABLE WHATEVER IS THE RIGHT TERM WE OUGHT TO USE THAT WE WILL SET A A, AN ACTUAL TAX RATE IN THE BUDGET THAT IS SOMETHING LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO, UH, BOX OURSELVES IN UNTIL WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD THE REMAINDER OF THIS DISCUSSION. 
          SO WE WILL DO THAT ON THE 31ST ON AUGUST 4TH. 
          UH, THAT IS WHEN WE ARE REQUESTING THAT, UH, ALL PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND BUDGET IFCS, UH, BE PROVIDED SO THAT WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT THEM AND, AND CREATE SOME TRANSPARENCY. 
          AUGUST 5TH. 
          WE MAY NOT NEED THAT DATE, BUT WE'RE GONNA LEAVE IT FOR RIGHT NOW AND THAT WILL ALLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF TO REVIEW BECAUSE IF WE DON'T USE IT, WE CAN REVIEW BUDGET AMENDMENTS AND THAT KIND OF THING. 
          BUT WE'RE GONNA, UH, BEFORE THE AUGUST 7TH WORK SESSION, BUT AUGUST 5TH IS CURRENTLY HELD AS A DATE FOR A POTENTIAL WORK SESSION THURSDAY, AUGUST 7TH. 
          THAT WILL BE A WORK SESSION FOR SURE. 
          AND THAT WILL BE A WORK SESSION WHERE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WILL LAY OUT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, PROPOSED IFCS, HAVE DISCUSSIONS, SEE WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE, UH, UH, CONFLICTING OR SEE WHERE WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN JUST PUT TOGETHER INTO A SINGLE AMENDMENT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WE'RE SCHEDULED WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13TH THROUGH FRIDAY, AUGUST 15TH IF NEEDED, UH, FOR TO HAVE THREE SEPARATE DAYS AND THREE SEPARATE VOTES FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET. 
          JUST WANTED TO LAY ALL THAT OUT AGAIN SO THAT THE PUBLIC PAYING ATTENTION TO IT, UM, WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, ABSORB IT. 
          DID I MISS ANYTHING? YES, MS. LANG. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANT TO, UM, ASK THAT AS WE PREPARE AS STAFF PREPARES FOR THE COMING UP WORK SESSIONS THE 29TH IN PARTICULAR, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE US TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS IN THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE LET US KNOW. 
          WE'LL MAKE SURE ALL STAFF IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT US TO PULL OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A PRESENTATION, 
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PLEASE LET US KNOW. 
          I THINK WE'RE ASKING FOR, UM, I THINK IT'S SAID FRIDAY. 
          UM, THURSDAY WOULD BE AMAZING, UM, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE COULD CREATE IT AND THAT STAFF CAN BE AVAILABLE TO, UM, WALK THROUGH THOSE ITEMS. THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU COUNSEL. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? REMEMBER TOMORROW IS, UM, A REGULAR COUNSEL MEETING STARTING AT 10 O'CLOCK. 
          UM, WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED AT TWO 11 FROM THIS WORK SESSION AND I'LL SEE EVERYBODY TOMORROW MORNING. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          THANKS STAFF. 
          .
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