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           YOU ARE WATCHING A MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL WITH MAYOR KIRK WATSON, MAYOR PRO, TIM CHEETO, VELA COUNCIL MEMBERS NATASHA HARPER MADISON, VANESSA FUENTES, JOSE VELAZQUEZ, 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. 
          WELL, GOOD MORNING, E WHOA. 
          I KINDA LIKE THAT. 
          . 
          UM, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          UM, I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, UH, IN JUST A SECOND. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER MADISON, ARE YOU WITH US? I'M HERE, MR. MAYOR. 
          GOOD, GOOD. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL THEN I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS WORK, FOR THIS WORK SESSION. 
          UH, IT'S FEBRUARY 24TH, 2026. 
          IT'S NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. 
          AND, UM, WE'RE MEETING IN AUSTIN CITY HALL AND CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          AND WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL PRESENT. 
          LEMME TELL YOU HOW WE'RE GONNA PROCEED DURING THIS WORK SESSION. 
          WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA, UH, GO WITH THOSE SPEAKERS AND WE'RE JUST GONNA CALL ALL THE SPEAKERS AT ONCE. 
          'CAUSE WHILE I SAY WE HAVE SEVERAL, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S, UH, NOT THAT MANY. 
          AND I, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET WHERE THEY NEED TO GET. 
          UM, THEN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS, UH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRIEFING, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL ACTUALLY, WE'LL TAKE UP THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AND THE ORDER WE'RE GONNA GO IN IS A 23, A 38, AND A 46, UH, MEMBERS ON A NUM. 
          THE ITEM THAT'S A PRESELECTED AGENDA ITEM, ITEM A FOUR, THAT IS AN ITEM WE WILL TAKE UP IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          SO WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE WILL HAVE THE THREE ITEMS THAT I CALLED OUT THAT WERE PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THEN WE WILL HAVE A BRIEFING FROM OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS OFFICE, AND THEN WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, I WILL CALL, UH, THE FOUR ITEMS THAT ARE POSTED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND ITEM A FOUR. 
          ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS ON THAT? OKAY. 
          WITH THAT. 
          AND, AND LET ME NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, AND COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE ARE JOINING US VIRTUALLY. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN 
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TO THE CITY CLERK AND ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CALL OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          WE HAVE MARISSA LIPER FOR A 38, FOLLOWED BY LISA CAPPS. 
          AND IS LAUREN EARTHMAN HERE? YES. 
          OKAY, THEN LISA WILL HAVE FOUR MINUTES, IF SHE'S CALLED YOUR NAME, IF YOU'LL JUST COME FORWARD AND GRAB ONE OF THE CHAIRS AND WE'LL, UM, HEAR FROM YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I HAD A SHORT VIDEO MONTAGE TO SHOW Y'ALL, BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE NEED TO BE SUBMITTED THE DAY BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND THE VIDEO MONTAGE WAS GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD DISPLAY OF AN ISSUE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS HAVING. 
          UM, HOPEFULLY I CAN SHOW IT THURSDAY, BUT IF NOT, YOU CAN. 
          IF YOU, HERE, HERE'S THE THING. 
          THE WAY WE, WE, THE RULES THAT WE HAVE, WE REQUIRE FOR CYBERSECURITY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE REQUIRE, WE GET IT IN ADVANCE. 
          NOW, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN HAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT, THAT THERE MAY BE CONFUSION ON WHAT OUR RULE IS. 
          YES. 
          AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 
          BUT IF, IF WE DO AN EXCEPTION FOR THAT, THEN WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF, UH, OF PROBLEMS IN, IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO IF YOU'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A COPY OF IT IN ADVANCE OF THE THURSDAY MEETING, THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU CAN DO THAT ON THURSDAY. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, FORGIVE ME, I DIDN'T INTRODUCE MYSELF. 
          I'M MARISA BARREDA LIPER, PRESIDENT OF THE SHEPHERD MOUNTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND I AM HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF ITEM A 38. 
          I'M JOINED BY SOME NEIGHBORS BEHIND ME. 
          FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS, I'VE BEEN PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT HAS PARTNERED WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CIVIC LEADERS TO ADDRESS CHRONIC VEHICLE RACING AND UNRELENTING ENGINE REVVING ALONG 2222. 
          BUT THE PROBLEM ONLY GETS WORSE EACH YEAR. 
          MANY OF US CHOOSE TO LIVE IN THIS PART OF AUSTIN BECAUSE IT'S SCENIC AND 
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PEACEFUL RANCH TO MARKET. 
          ROADS LIKE 2222 WERE BUILT TO CONNECT COMMUNITIES NOT TO FUNCTION AS SPEEDWAYS. 
          OUR CURRENT SOUND ORDINANCE HAS NO TEETH TO COMBAT OUR PROBLEM. 
          IT SEEMS TO TARGET AMPLIFIED MUSIC, NOT EXPLOSIVE ENGINE ACCELERATION. 
          IT MAKES REAL-TIME ENFORCEMENT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND LEAVES NEIGHBORS RELUCTANT TO CALL ENFORCEMENT. 
          ITEM EIGHT 30 EIGHT'S AMENDMENT FIXES THAT IT TREATS EXTREME ENGINE NOISE AT AS WHAT IT OFTEN IS A TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUE. 
          AND IT FOCUSES ON INTENTIONAL, UNNECESSARY NOISE. 
          WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR SILENCE, WE'RE ASKING FOR REASONABLE LIMITS AND ENFORCEABLE TOOLS, AND WE RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO SUPPORT ITEM 8 38. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SEE YOU THURSDAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HIS SON. 
          TRY IT AGAIN. 
          HELLO. 
          THERE YOU ARE. 
          HI. 
          THANKS FOR, UM, ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          MY NAME'S LISA CAPS, AND I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF NORTHWEST HILLS SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED NOISE ORDINANCE. 
          I LIVE ABOUT, UM, MILE NORTH OF 2222 IN EITHER DIRECTION, UM, IN AN AREA WHERE HOMES AND, UM, TREES SHOULD BUFFER THE SOUND, BUT THEY DON'T. 
          UM, AND I'M NOT GIVING THIS EXAMPLE TO SAY THIS IS ALL ABOUT ME, BUT TO ILLUSTRATE THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS NOISE DISTURBANCE, UM, VEHICLES WITH MODIFIED EXHAUST SYSTEMS ARE DISTURBING ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS AT ALL TIMES OF THE DAY INSIDE OUR HOMES OUTDOORS, PARTICULARLY, UM, FOR THOSE CLOSEST TO THE ROAD. 
          IT LITERALLY SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE STANDING NEXT TO THE CODA TRACK. 
          THE PROBLEM AS, AS MARISA STATED, HAS PERSISTED FOR YEARS, AND THE FRUSTRATION EXPRESSED BY RESIDENTS IS REFLECTED IN A PETITION THAT I STARTED ABOUT 10 MONTHS AGO. 
          UM, I THINK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE A COPY OF IT IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, BUT IT'S JUST BY WORD OF MOUTH. 
          WE'VE GATHERED MORE THAN A THOUSAND SIGNATURES. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE A MINUTE TO LOOK AT THE PETITION, I THINK THE COMMENTS THEY REALLY SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES REPEATED LAPS, RACING LATE AT NIGHT, EARLY IN THE MORNING, FRUSTRATION THAT THE CURRENT LAWS OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION. 
          OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS EFFECTIVELY BEEN TURNED INTO AN INFORMAL PRACTICE TRACK. 
          NOTHING THAT A HOMEOWNER WANTS, NOTHING THAT A HOMEOWNER EXPECTS WHEN THEY BUY A HOUSE IN, IN THIS AREA. 
          UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT ENFORCEMENT CHA AND THERE ARE CHALLENGES TO ENFORCEMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, CONSTANT PATROL COVERAGE IS UNREALISTIC. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THIS UPDATED, UH, NOISE ORDINANCE REALLY MATTERS TO US. 
          IT CREATES ANOTHER AND, UM, MORE PRACTICAL ENFORCEMENT TOOL. 
          THIS WILL HELP IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY BY DISCOURAGING HIGH SPEED RACING AND RECKLESS BEHAVIOR THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. 
          IT WILL PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FROM CHRONIC SLEEP DISRUPTION. 
          IT'LL SUPPORT OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND OVERALL LIVABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND IT'LL REINFORCE THAT OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS PRIORITIZE OUR HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELLBEING. 
          WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR PERFECTION. 
          WE'RE ASKING FOR A PRACTICAL, ENFORCEABLE SOLUTION THAT RESTORES BASIC PEACE AND SAFETY TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE THIS ISN'T DIRECTED AT RESPONSIBLE DRIVERS, MOTORCYCLE OWNERS, CAR ENTHUSIASTS. 
          IT TARGETS THE SMALL GROUP WHOSE BEHAVIOR THAT THEY LIKE TO CALL REV BOMBING IS DISRUPTING ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          ON BEHALF OF MY NEIGHBORS, THE PETITIONERS AND THE RESIDENTS ASKING YOU FOR YOUR HELP, I URGE YOU TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE. 
          AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUSTIN BRAGGLE. 
          MORNING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS JUSTIN BRAGGLE. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10, UH, HERE IN SUPPORT OF ITEM A 38. 
          UM, I'M A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CLIFF OVER LAKE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. 
          UM, AND OUR ASSOCIATION IS IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, PROPOSED ORDINANCE. 
          UH, WE WANNA THANK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN AND THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE FOR THEIR HARD WORK AS WELL AS COMMANDER SMITH FOR, FOR WORKING ON THIS ITEM. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I WON'T REPEAT WHAT THE OTHER SPEAKER SAID A LITTLE ONLY THEN JUST TO, TO NOTE WHERE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD GEOGRAPHICALLY SITS. 
          UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 30 RESIDENTS FOR 30 HOMES THAT ARE WITHIN 20 YARDS OF 22, 22. 
          THEY SHARE A, A FENCE LINE WITH THE ROADWAY. 
          UH, BUT, UH, AS THE OTHER SPEAKERS INDICATED, INCREASINGLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE EXPERIENCED LOUD VEHICLE REVVING, MOTORCYCLE REVVING, UM, HIGH RATES OF SPEED, UM, UP AND DOWN THE ROADWAY THAT GOES OFF THE CLIFFS. 
          IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY DISRUPTIVE AND OF COURSE, DANGEROUS 
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AS WELL. 
          AND, AND AS WE, UH, USE THAT ROADWAY, 2222 IS THE ONLY WAY IN AND OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF ING INGRESS OR EGRESS, BUT, UH, AS WE GO IN AND OUT AND USE THAT ROADWAY, YOU KNOW, WE SEE, UM, INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR BY VEHICLES. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT THIS ORDINANCE GIVES THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX, A WAY FOR THEM TO GO AFTER, UM, THE MOST EGREGIOUS BEHAVIOR. 
          UM, EVEN WHEN AN OFFICER DOESN'T WITNESS A A SPEEDING, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THE LOUD VEHICLE NOISE AND TAKE ACTION APPROPRIATELY. 
          WE DON'T THINK THIS, UM, OVER, UH, CRIMINALIZES BEHAVIOR, UM, WE DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO, UM, DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT ANY SORT OF MARGINALIZED INDIVIDUALS, UM, IN THE AREA. 
          BUT, BUT RATHER, AGAIN, GIVE A PD ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX. 
          SO AGAIN, WE, WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE. 
          UH, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE ONE REMOTE SPEAKER ON A 38 XENA PITAR OR PI CAR. 
          ZENA, ARE YOU THERE? WE WILL TRY TO GET BACK IN CONTACT. 
          SO MOVING ON TO ITEM B ONE, ANDY BROWER. 
          PIERRE BARAIN AND JASON DENNY. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MORNING. 
          DO I HAVE TWO OR THREE MINUTES? YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. 
          TWO MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          MY NAME IS ANDY BROWER AND I AM THE CPC PROGRAM MANAGER. 
          I ALSO, UM, LEAD THE HOMELESS ADVOCACY PROJECT AND I AM A BOARD MEMBER OF THE TRINITY CENTER. 
          UM, I'VE REGISTERED AS NEUTRAL ON THIS, BUT I DO SUPPORT THE PLAN. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S, IT'S BEEN MADE AND IT EXISTS. 
          UM, IT'S GONNA HELP, UM, MAKE SERVICES FOR OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS MORE EFFICIENT. 
          UM, AS A TRINITY CENTER BOARD MEMBER, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, FINALLY SUPPORTING NAVIGATION CENTERS IS, IS GREAT. 
          UM, THE TRINITY CENTER IS A CRITICAL RESOURCE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CITY TO STRENGTHEN RESOURCES FOR EXISTING NAVIGATION CENTERS AND ANY NEW ONES. 
          UM, I ALSO APPLAUD THE GOAL OF HAVING EASY ACCESS TO BASIC NEEDS AND SHELTER. 
          THE PLAN CALLS FOR 650 NEW BEDS, UM, OR CLOSING. 
          SO I'M ADDING NEW 650 NEW BEDS. 
          UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S STILL NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHELTER ALL OF OUR HOMELESS FOLKS IN AUSTIN. 
          SO I AM GIVING YOU A HANDOUT THAT I'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED TO YOUR STAFF A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE VERY CRITICAL NEED TO PRIORITIZE THOSE BEDS. 
          UM, THIS IS BEST PRACTICE. 
          IT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO HOMELESSNESS. 
          YEARS AGO, IT WAS NEVER IMPLEMENTED. 
          UM, WHEN WE DON'T PRIORITIZE THOSE BEDS, SOME OF OUR MOST AT RISK PEOPLE, UM, GET LEFT OUT. 
          AND I HAVE GOTTEN LATE TERM PREGNANT PEOPLE, ELDERLY PEOPLE, PEOPLE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN BECAUSE I HAD A PHONE NUMBER. 
          BUT HAD I NOT, THEN THOSE PEOPLE WOULD'VE BEEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WAIT LIST AND GIVEN UP. 
          SO I REALLY HOPE THAT, UM, ALL THREE WILL PLEASE WORK TOGETHER AND CONSIDER THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, REALLY PRECIOUS RESOURCES. 
          ALSO, FAMILIES. 
          THERE'S NO NUMBER FOR FAMILY SHELTER BEDS IN THERE. 
          I HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER PUTTING ONE IN. 
          I'M GLAD THAT THIS IS AN EVOLVING PLAN AND IT CAN BE, UM, ADDED TO THERE. 
          THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE ABOUT WORKFORCE. 
          WE NEED TO HELP PEOPLE GET BACK TO WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER AND CITY MANAGER. 
          MY NAME IS JASON DENNY, AND I'M A UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS VETERAN WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE IN HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSTABILITY. 
          I'M ALSO THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE AUSTIN VETERANS COMMISSION AND CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRESIDENT OF THE MILITARY VETERANS EMPOWERMENT NETWORK. 
          FIRST, I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR DAVID GRAY AND THE HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS FOR THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO FY 2025 AND 2026. 
          STRATEGIC PLAN, COORDINATING SYSTEMS RESPONSE, ALIGNING INVESTMENTS, AND IMPROVING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY IS COMPLEX. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO CREATE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          MY COMMENT TODAY IS NEUTRAL, BUT IT CENTERS ON ONE SPECIFIC OBSERVATION. 
          AND ONE QUESTION. 
          AS I REVIEWED THE STRATEGIC PLAN MATERIALS AND PRESENTATION, I DID NOT SEE THE WORD VETERAN REFERENCED IN THE REPORT THAT ABSENCE 
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STOOD OUT TO ME. 
          VETERANS REPRESENT A DISTINCT POPULATION WITH THE BROADER HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, MANY FACE SERVICE CONNECTED DISABILITIES, MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, AND BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION AND COMPLEX BENEFIT NAVIGATION. 
          WHILE THEY MAY BE INCLUDED WITHIN BROAD CATEGORIES, THEIR PATHWAYS INTO HOMELESSNESS AND PATHWAYS OUT OF HOMELESSNESS OFTEN REQUIRES SPECIALIZED COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS SUCH AS THE VA, HUD, VASH, SSVF, AND GPD PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY-BASED VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UH, AUSTIN HAS HISTORICALLY DEMONSTRATED STRONG COLLABORATION AROUND HOMELESSNESS, AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS MADE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. 
          MY QUESTION IS SIMPLE TODAY. 
          WHY IS THERE NO MENTION OF VETERANS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND HOW DOES THE CITY INTENDED TO ENSURE VETERANS SPECIFIC COORDINATION REMAINS A VISIBLE AND MEASURABLE PRIORITY WITHIN THE OVERALL HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE NETWORK? THANK, THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE AND APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE ZENA CHAR BACK ON THE LINE. 
          SO ZENA, ARE YOU THERE? THIS IS FOR A 38 ZENA. 
          ARE YOU THERE? OKAY, MAYOR, THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS THEN. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          UH, WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S, UH, COMMENTS MEMBERS. 
          WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NOW 
          [A23. Authorize a contract for a recreation management software system for Austin Parks and Recreation with RecTrac, LLC d/b/a Vermont Systems, for an initial term of two years with up to four two-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000. Funding: $133,140 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Parks and Recreation. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.]
IS WE'LL GO TO ITEMS A 23, A 38, AND A 46. 
          UH, AND I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS ON A 23. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION. 
          MAYOR, LET ME PULL UP MY NOTES. 
          I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. 
          DO WE HAVE PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF OR CONTRACTING STAFF AVAILABLE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS? I SEE MR. SCARBOROUGH COMING DOWN. 
          SO THIS ITEM IS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE CONTRACT. 
          THIS IS FOR THE REC TRACK SYSTEM. 
          UM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT'S NO SECRET. 
          I'VE HEARD ALONG THE YEARS THAT THIS SYSTEM IS NOT MEETING, UH, THE NEEDS OF PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          I'VE HEARD OF A LOT OF, UH, FAMILIES TRYING TO USE THE SYSTEM AND EITHER NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THEIR KIDS INTO THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY NEED OR HAVING OTHER SORTS OF ISSUES WITH THE SYSTEM. 
          SO CAN YOU TELL ME BRIEFLY, WHAT ARE THE SHORTCOMINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM AND HOW WOULD A NEW CONTRACT WITH THE SAME VENDOR SOLVE THOSE ISSUES? OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBER JAMES SCARBOROUGH, AUSTIN FINANCIAL SERVICES, A CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER. 
          I'M GLAD TO ANSWER, UM, SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND I'LL HAND OVER HAND IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM, UH, FROM PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          UH, THE ITEM BEFORE COUNCIL THIS WEEK IS TO AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT FOR, UH, RECREATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES SOFTWARE. 
          UH, THIS IS WITH, UM, A COMPANY CALLED REC, UM, RECTRAC. 
          AND THEY ARE THE, THE CURRENT, UM, PROVIDER OF THIS, THIS SAME SOFTWARE. 
          UM, APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO, STAFF DETERMINED THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO PROCEED WITH A NEW SOLICITATION FOR THE SERVICES BECAUSE THE MERCHANT CARD PROCESSING PROVIDER THAT WAS USED BY THE CONTRACTOR, THEY WERE NO LONGER GONNA BE ABLE TO USE THEM. 
          AND THE, THE STAFF MAINTAIN A CITYWIDE CONTRACT FOR MERCHANT CARD PROCESSING. 
          AND SO WE HAPPENED TO BE DOING A SEPARATE CITYWIDE SOLICITATION FOR MERCHANT CARD PROCESSING AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO THOSE TWO SOLICITATIONS WERE OCCURRING SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND WE NEEDED ONE TO FINISH BEFORE WE COULD COMPLETE THIS, THIS RECREATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOFTWARE, UM, SOLICITATION. 
          SO THAT'S EXPLAINS THE, THE TIMING OF THE, OF THE, THE ITEM COMING BEFORE YOU. 
          NOW WE, WE FINISHED THE LAST SOLICITATION AND AUTHORIZED THE, THE MERCHANT, UM, CARD PROCESSING, UH, CONTRACT, UM, UH, EARLIER THIS FALL AND EXECUTED THE CONTRACT ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO. 
          AND SO THIS ITEM IS TO NOW AUTHORIZE THE, THE NEW RECREATION MANAGEMENT, UH, SERVICES CONTRACT TO USE THAT MERCHANT CARD PROCESSING. 
          UM, AS FOR, UM, HOW THE, UH, THE SOFTWARE WORKS AND WHETHER IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OR THE THE CITIZENS, I'VE TURNED THAT OVER TO OUR COLLEAGUE FROM PARKS AND RECREATION. 
          AND VERY QUICKLY, SO THAT TIMELINE ABOUT THE MERCHANT CARD PROCESSING, IS THAT WHY THE RFP CLOSED OVER A YEAR AGO? UM, AND WE'RE JUST NOW SEEING THE CONTRACT ON OUR AGENDA, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS TIMED WITH A SEPARATE SOLICITATION, WHICH WAS FOR CITYWIDE, UH, SERVICE. 
          AND, UM, UH, WE REALLY NEEDED TO WAIT FOR THAT ONE 
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TO CONCLUDE BEFORE WE COULD FINISH THIS ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS, MR. MASSEY. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          LUCAS MASSEY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE WELL AWARE THAT WE HAVE SOME VERY POPULAR PROGRAMS THAT, THAT WE OFFER SUMMER CAMP, UM, BEING ONE OF THOSE. 
          AND, AND WE DO GET FLOODED WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN OUR PROGRAMS. SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
          UM, THE SOFTWARE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD SOME PROBLEMS, UM, HANDLING THE VOLUME, AND THAT WAS, UM, X NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. 
          WE HAVE SINCE WORKED WITH THE SOFTWARE PROVIDER TO, TO BE ABLE TO BOOST, UM, THE SPEED OF TRANSACTIONS. 
          AND WE'VE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED A WAITING ROOM OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS TO HELP, UH, STEM SOME OF THAT. 
          SO I WOULD EQUATE IT TO, YOU KNOW, CAPPING A LITTLE BIT OF A FIRE HOSE AND BEING ABLE TO KIND OF DISTRIBUTE, UH, THE REGISTRATIONS IN A TIMELY, KIND OF MORE FOCUSED MANNER. 
          UM, UH, I KNOW WE HAD SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, FEEDBACK. 
          UH, SO WE, WE DO COLLECT A, A VARIETY OF, OF, OF SURVEYS THAT ARE VOLUNTEER, UH, COMPLETED VOLUNTARILY BY OUR, OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. 
          AND IT'S NOT, THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE SOFTWARE HASN'T RISEN TO THE LEVEL OF, OF A CONCERN. 
          UH, WE DO SEE A LOT OF RESPONDENTS THAT AREN'T ENROLLED IN OUR PROGRAMS KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING THE SOFTWARE AS A CONCERN. 
          UM, AND I THINK THEY FEEL LIKE MAYBE THEY'RE UNABLE TO GET IN OR THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, BUT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THE GUYS AN IDEA, WE'RE EVERY, EVERY WEEK OF SUMMER CAMP WE'RE HOSTING ABOUT A THOUSAND KIDS, AND THERE'S, THERE'S WAY MORE, UM, KIDS IN THE CITY AND, AND OF ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL. 
          SO IT IS JUST KIND OF A, A, A DEMAND, UH, FOR A LIMITED SUPPLY AT THAT POINT. 
          UM, WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH, UH, A TS TO DO A, A FOCUS GROUP OF OUR FORWARD FACING PORTION OF THE SOFTWARE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE WEB FACING PORTION. 
          UM, THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL, UH, IN, IN THE PARTNERSHIP FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, TO CHANGE SOME THINGS ON THE BACKEND TO MAKE THINGS EASIER TO FIND THROUGH SEARCH FEATURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, AND I, I DO EXPECT THE, THE PARTNERSHIP TO CONTINUE AS WE KIND OF TRANSITION AND CONSOLIDATE POSITIONS. 
          UM, ALSO OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, I WOULD SAY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT SEATS TO, TO MAKE CHANGES. 
          SO SOFTWARE AND DATABASE ADMINISTRATORS HAVE, HAVE HELPED GREATLY IN, UH, OUR ABILITY TO, TO MINE DATA AND KIND OF MAKE THOSE POSITIVE CHANGES FOR THE CUSTOMERS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          I KNOW ANECDOTALLY, I'VE HEARD OF FOLKS, AND MAYBE THIS IS A COUPLE YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT, BUT IT WAS ALMOST LIKE YOU HAD TO GET IN THE QUEUE AND WAIT FOR THE CLOCK TO STRIKE THE RIGHT TIME. 
          AND SOMETIMES THE CLASSES WOULD BE GONE RIGHT AWAY, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS A CAPACITY ISSUE. 
          UM, AND I CERTAINLY WANNA SEE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHICH CLASSES ARE THE MOST POPULAR, HOW THEY CAN BE LOCATED IN AREAS WHERE THOSE FAMILIES WANT TO ACCESS THAT. 
          BUT I HAD HEARD ISSUES AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WEBSITE NEEDING TO BE REFRESHED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'VE BEEN KICKED OUT AND THEIR KIDS CAN'T GO TO THAT CLASS ANYMORE. 
          UM, ISSUES WITH A WISHLIST OPTION WHERE PEOPLE COULD KIND OF FAVORITE THE CLASSES, BUT THEN HAD A HARD TIME GOING BACK AND FINDING THE SHORT LIST OF THE FAVORITE CLASSES THEY WANTED TO GET THEIR KIDS INTO. 
          UM, AND THEN I KNOW YOU'VE ALSO MENTIONED IN SOME OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, BEING ABLE TO REGISTER, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE KIDS FOR THE SAME CLASS. 
          IS, ARE THESE ALL FUNCTIONALITIES THAT YOU'RE CONFIDENT THAT UTILIZING THE SAME VENDOR WILL BE ABLE TO CORRECT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND? YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, WE DO HAVE A, A LONG, A LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VENDOR AND HAVE BROUGHT THESE, THESE ITEMS FORWARD. 
          THE, THE, THE WAITING ROOM AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT IS A RESULT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO PEOPLE ARE HAVING A MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, WE ARE ALSO, UH, CHANGING OUR PROCESSES TO ALIGN WITH THE, THE, THE CAPABILITIES OF THE SOFTWARE, WHICH IS, IS SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO WITH ANY, ANY SOFTWARE THAT WE HAVE. 
          UH, SO FOR US, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO STAGGER REGISTRATION PERIODS, YOU KNOW, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE REGISTERING IN A CULTURE AND ARTS PROGRAM OR YOU'RE REGISTERING IN A SPECIALTY CAMP OR REGULAR CAMP, IT ALLOWS THOSE PARENTS A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO PICK WHAT THEY WANT OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER. 
          IT ALSO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE BURDEN ON THE SERVER TO, TO HELP PEOPLE BE ABLE TO REGISTER TIMELY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WILL BE, AS YOU MOVE THROUGH A POTENTIAL NEGOTIATION, SHOULD THIS ITEM BE SUPPORTED ON THURSDAY, WHAT WOULD BE THE METRICS FOR A SUCCESSFUL CONTRACT OR WHAT MIGHT BE AN ISSUE THAT IF YOU CAN'T REACH AGREEMENT, WOULD CAUSE THE CITY TO FIND A DIFFERENT VENDOR? WHAT WOULD, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND HOW CAN WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA GET WHAT WE NEED OUT OF THIS NEGOTIATION? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THE, UH, THE CONTRACT IS CURRENTLY FULLY NEGOTIATED AND READY FOR EXECUTION. 
          UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY COME UP, UM, RIGHT BEFORE THE AUTHORIZATION 
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OR SOME ADDITIONAL NEEDS THAT ARE DETERMINED THROUGH THE AUTHORIZATION PROCESS, UM, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REVISIT WITH THE, THE CONTRACTOR TO ADD THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE LANGUAGE IN THE RCA, THE WAY IT'S STATED. 
          UM, THIS PARTICULAR ONE, IT'S READY TO GO, IT'S READY TO SIGN. 
          BUT, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, THE, UM, UH, UH, OBJECTIVES FOR THE, UM, OPERATIONS OR SUCCESS OF THE CONTRACTOR, YOU'D WANT TO, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE SUCCESSES ARE, ARE, ARE, UH, ABOVE AND BEYOND MY KNOWLEDGE. 
          UM, SOME OF, SOME OF THE PAY FEATURES, SOME OF THE SECURITY OPTIONS THAT THE CITY IS REQUIRING. 
          UM, BUT FOR US, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO BE ABLE TO, UH, MEET THE NEEDS OF THE, OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SERVICES. 
          SO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE OFFER EVERYTHING FROM GOLF TO RENTALS TO, TO WHATEVER. 
          AND, UH, THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO, TO TAKE CARE OF MOST EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE. 
          UH, FOR SOMETHING LIKE CEMETERIES, I CAN TELL YOU WE OPERATE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM FOR THAT. 
          BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THIS IS, THIS IS THE SYSTEM THAT HAS WORKED BEST FOR US. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MEMBERS, THE NEXT ITEM, WELL, ACTUALLY BEFORE WE DO THAT, 
          [Additional Item (Part 2 of 2)]
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS HERE, YOUR NAME WAS CALLED TO SPEAK, BUT FOR SOME REASON WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM YOU. 
          SO, MR. BARAIN, IS THAT YOU? IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD, WE'LL GIVE YOU YOUR TWO MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH WILL BE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 8 38, AND I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR WATSON. 
          OH, THANK YOU, MAYOR WATSON AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS DR. 
          PIERRE BRATA, AND I AM THE CEO OF THE SAFE ALLIANCE. 
          IN MOST CITIES, THE WORK THAT WE DO AT THE CIVIL ALLIANCE IS SPREAD ACROSS EIGHT TO 12 ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND AUSTIN CHOSE A DIFFERENT MODEL, AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM UNDER ONE ROOF, REDUCING DUPLICATION AND ALLOWING FAMILIES TO MOVE FROM CRISIS TO STABILITY WITHOUT FALLING THROUGH THE GAPS. 
          AND WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT. 
          NOW, TODAY, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE PART OF THAT SYSTEM, THE COMMUNITY SHELTER, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE CITY, AND THAT IS OPERATED BY SAFE AND FUNDED BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          IT SERVES ABOUT 550 INDIVIDUALS EACH YEAR, AND THEIR INDIVIDUALS FACING HOMELESSNESS. 
          THAT'S A RESULT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          IN FACT, ABOUT 60% OF PEOPLE, WOMEN EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPERIENCE, UM, UH, BECOME HOMELESS. 
          OR, OR RATHER, 60% OF WOMEN WHO ARE HOMELESS ARE HOMELESS AS A RESULT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UH, 90% OF THEM WOMEN ON THE STREET HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOMETIME IN THEIR LIFETIME. 
          OUR OUTCOMES ARE UNMISTAKABLE. 
          OUR EXCESS FROM SHELTER TO STABLE HOUSING RANGE BETWEEN 92 TO 98%. 
          HOUSING THROUGH US BECOMES A PROMISE THAT WE CAN KEEP. 
          SO AS YOU WORK TOWARDS EXPANDING SHELTER CAPACITY TO 650 BEDS, THE COMMUNITY SHELTER ALREADY CONTRIBUTES MORE THAN 120 BEDS WITHIN AUSTIN'S RESPONSE. 
          IF THOSE BEDS ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE CITY'S INVENTORY, THEY SHOULD BE BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT CAPACITY AND OUTCOMES THAT AUSTIN HAS ALREADY BUILT. 
          AND BECAUSE UNDER HUTS DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS, SURVIVORS FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FALL UNDER CATEGORY FOUR. 
          DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS ARE OFTEN EXCLUDED FROM BED INVENTORIES FOR TECHNICAL REASONS, BUT THEY ARE UNQUESTIONABLY PART OF THE CITY'S HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE ACROSS SAFE. 
          WE HOUSE OVER 6,000 INDIVIDUALS A YEAR ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT. 
          WE HOUSE OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE, ROUGHLY HALF OF THEM ARE CHILDREN. 
          WE ARE PROUD TO OPERATE THIS SHELTER WITH DISCIPLINE, EFFICIENCY, AND HEART, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WELCOME TO AUSTIN MEMBERS. 
          THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          SO WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM 8 38, 
          [A38. Approve an ordinance amending Chapter 12-1 (Traffic Regulation and Administration) of the City Code to add a new section relating to vehicle engine noise; and creating an offense. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.]
AND I RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER WHO PULLED THAT ITEM. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND THIS POLL WAS, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME AMENDMENT LANGUAGE, UM, JUST TO CAPTURE ALL KIND OF LOUD NOXIOUS NOISES. 
          UH, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS RESOLUTION OR IF WE NEED TO, UM, HAVE IT SOMETHING DONE IN A FUTURE MEETING. 
          BUT I'LL PUT UP ON THE MESSAGE BOARD. 
          JUST WANTED TO KIND OF FLAG FOR EVERYBODY. 
          GOOD DEAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MEMBERS, WE'LL GO TO ITEM EIGHT. 
          I'M SORRY, MAYOR, I HAD MY HAND UP. 
          UM, I'M SORRY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          DIDN'T SEE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, I WANTED TO ASK IF, UM, A STAFF FROM LAW COULD COME FORWARD ON THIS ITEM. 
          PLEASE ANSWER A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DRAFTING. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT, ARE WE ON 38? WE, WE ARE ON 38. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THE, THE QUESTION I'VE GOT IS WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DO, HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH REGARD, OH, THESE ARE PUBLIC QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          VERY GOOD TO COME FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO THANK, UM, THE COMMUNITY FOR SPEAKING UP ON THIS ITEM. 
          THIS IS DEFINITELY A BIG CONCERN, UH, 
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IN PARTS OF MY DISTRICT AS WELL, IN TERMS OF THE UNREASONABLE NOISE. 
          UM, AND I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, WHEN THE LAW, WE CALL THE MENS REA ASPECTS OF THIS, WHICH IS THE MENTAL STATE TO BE HELD CULPABLE UNDER THE POTENTIAL NEW OFFENSE. 
          AND, UM, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD, MR. COPPOLA. 
          UM, I GUESS THE FIRST POINT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT IS THERE IS A STATE LAW, UH, PENAL CODE 42 0 1, THAT DOES ALLOW FOR ENFORCEMENT OF UNREASONABLE NOISE. 
          UM, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT? UH, GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. 
          CHRIS COPPOLA WITH THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND I HAVE WITH ME AND MY COLLEAGUE, UH, BIANCA BENSON, WHO'S THE MUNICIPAL COURT PROSECUTOR. 
          UM, CAN I INTERRUPT YOU AND JUST ASK YOU TO SPEAK A LITTLE MORE DIRECTLY ENOUGH? OH, YES, SIR. 
          EITHER MY AGING PROCESS IS ACCELERATED OR EVERYBODY'S KIND OF QUIET TODAY. 
          I'LL, I'LL, I'LL BE, I'LL, I'LL BE HONEST, I'M USED TO STANDING UP, UH, AT A PODIUM, SO THIS IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL FOR ME, SO I HAVE TO GET USED TO IT. 
          UM, SO YEAH, SO 42.01 IS THE DISORDERLY CONDUCT STATUTE. 
          WITHIN THAT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OFFENSES LAID OUT IN THE, IN THE PENAL CODE, INCLUDING ONE FOR UNREASONABLE NOISE. 
          UM, AND, UH, WHAT THE, WHAT THE PENAL CODE SAYS MORE BROADLY ABOUT THE REQUIREMENT FOR A CULPABLE MENTAL STATE IS IN, UH, THE PENAL CODE 6.02, WHICH REQUIRES A CULPABLE MENTAL STATE OF SOME LEVEL, UM, UNLESS, UH, A COUNTY OR A CITY FOR CLASS C MISDEMEANORS THAT ARE FINE ONLY UNLESS THEY AFFIRMATIVELY DISPENSE WITH THAT CULPABLE MENTAL STATE. 
          AND THERE ARE FOUR POSSIBLE CULPABLE MENTAL STATES THAT CAN BE PROVED IF THE STATUTE IS SILENT. 
          SO IN THIS CASE, THE STATE LAW REQUIRES, UH, KNOWLEDGE OR INTENT, CORRECT? I THINK, I THINK IT'S SILENT, ALTHOUGH, UH, I'M LOOKING AT IT, UH, 42 0 1 SUBSECTION A, A PERSON YES. 
          WITH THE DEFENSE, IF HE INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY. 
          UH, YES, YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          COUNSEL MEMBER. 
          SO YES, 42.01 DOES REQUIRE, UH, INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY. 
          THAT'S ACCURATE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND COULD YOU DESCRIBE TO THE EXTENT YOU'RE ABLE, UM, KIND OF ARE EXISTING ATTEMPTS TO ENFORCE STATE LAW ON THIS ISSUE? ARE, ARE YOU ASKING WHAT APDS EFFORTS HAVE BEEN? YEAH, I MEAN, I GUESS WE COULD ASK AP THE COMMANDER TO COME FORWARD, BUT, UM, LIKE HAVE WE ATTEMPTED TO ENFORCE THE STATE STATUTE? I, I CAN LET MS. MS. BENSON, I GUESS, SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TO WHAT SHE'S SEEN IN MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          I, I'M SURE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, I'M SURE THERE HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTS TO ENFORCE BOTH NOISE AND OTHER, THERE'S MANY ASPECTS TO 42.01, AS YOU KNOW, WE'LL FOCUS ON NOISE. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER EFFORTS TO ENFORCE IT IN A VARIETY OF CONTEXTS. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE ORDINANCE AT ISSUE HERE IS REALLY FOCUSED ON VEHICLE ENGINE NOISE, WHEREAS, UH, 42.01 JUST TALKS ABOUT UNREASONABLE NOISE IN GENERAL. 
          BUT I'LL, WITH THAT, I GUESS I CAN TURN IT OVER TO MS. BENSON. 
          MAYBE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT SHE SEES IN MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SURE. 
          UH, BIANCA BENSON WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I OVERSEE THE PROSECUTION AT MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          UM, WE, DISORDERLY CONDUCT IS NOT USED FOR TRAFFIC OFFENSES. 
          UM, I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF AN INSTANCE WHERE WE'VE USED IT BECAUSE WE USE TRAFFIC OFFENSES SUCH AS, UM, MUFFLER NOISE AND THAT KIND OF THING. 
          UM, IT IS, UM, IT REQUIRES THE KNOWINGLY, UM, RE REQUIREMENT, NOT THE RECKLESSLY OR THE CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE. 
          AND SO IT'S, IT'S HARDER TO PROVE. 
          UM, SO IT'S JUST NOT USED FOR TRAFFIC AT ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I GUESS, UH, I SEE SOME OF THE, OUR COMMANDERS, UM, WITH A PD WOULD Y'ALL LIKE TO ADD TO THAT WOULD CORRECT SMITH WITH CORRECT SMITH WITH AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMANDER IN WEST AUSTIN. 
          I THINK, UH, BIANCA HANDLED THAT QUESTION PROPERLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, SIR. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, I GUESS RETURNING TO YOU, MR. GOLA, JUST AS MY FELLOW, UH, ATTORNEY AND FORMER COLLEAGUE, UM, IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE JUST BRIEFLY THE DIFFERENT MENTAL STATES, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S, UM, A KEY ASPECT OF THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE. 
          UM, AND TO EXTENT YOU CAN DO THIS ON THE SPOT, UM, LIKE INTENT, KNOWLEDGE, RECKLESSNESS, CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE, AND KIND OF GO OVER THE DIFFERENT PROOF REQUIRED. 
          YEAH, I, I CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN GENERAL AND O ONLY BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU, I BROUGHT MY BIG BOOK WITH ME HERE TODAY. 
          SO I'M, I'M ABLE TO KINDA LOOK AT THE DEFINITIONS, BUT EVEN THOUGH I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL, IT WAS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, AND I DON'T REMEMBER THESE WITH, UH, PERFECT CLARITY, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, INTENTIONALLY, I THINK PRETTY MUCH SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. 
          YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO, UH, INTENDS FOR THEIR CONDUCT TO HAVE, UH, THE OUTCOME THAT IT ENDS UP HAVING. 
          SO WHEN YOU SAY, WHEN YOU, UM, UH, YOU DO SOMETHING, YOU INTEND FOR IT AND 
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FOR THAT THING TO HAPPEN, YOU DO IT ON PURPOSE, UH, KNOWINGLY. 
          UH, WHEN YOU ACT KNOWINGLY, UM, YOU'RE KIND OF AWARE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND THAT YOU ARE COMMITTING THE CONDUCT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE CONTEXT OF NOISE, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE MAKING AN UNREASONABLY LOUD NOISE, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          UM, RECKLESSLY IS, UM, ESSENTIALLY YOU, UH, YOU MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE AWARE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU BASICALLY DON'T CARE. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE ACTING IN A WAY WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD BE BREAKING THE LAW. 
          UH, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT YOUR CONDUCT IS BREAKING THE LAW OR CREATING THAT LOUD NOISE, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          BUT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU ESSENTIALLY, YOU DON'T CARE WHETHER YOUR CONDUCT IS GONNA HAVE THAT, THAT OUTCOME ESSENTIALLY. 
          UM, AND THEN LASTLY, CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE IS ESSENTIALLY WHEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A, A STANDARD OF CARE OUT THERE, UM, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS, IS GOING TO VIOLATE THAT STANDARD OF CARE, GOING TO MAKE THE LOUD NOISE, BUT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU GO AHEAD AND DO IT ANYWAY, YOU ACT ANYWAY. 
          SO THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE LOWEST STANDARD OUTSIDE OF STRICT LIABILITY, WHICH WE CAN TALK ABOUT AS WELL, WHICH IS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT CONCEPT. 
          CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE IS THE LOWEST LEVEL OF, UH, CRIMINAL INTENT. 
          THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY TO CREATE STRICT LIABILITY AS WELL, WHICH A NUMBER OF CITY CODE PROVISIONS DO CITIES AND COUNTIES FOR LOW LEVEL CLASS C OFFENSES, WHERE THE FINE IS LESS THAN $500 CAN INTENTIONALLY DISPENSE WITH ANY REQUIREMENT FOR, UH, PROVING THE, UH, THE, THE CRIMINAL, THE, THE CRIMINAL INTENT, AND CREATE STRICT LIABILITY WHERE ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU DO, IF THE BAD ACT IS DONE, REGARDLESS OF YOUR INTENT, YOU CAN BE LIABLE. 
          AND THERE ARE, THERE ARE SEVERAL CITY CODE PROVISIONS THAT AFFIRMATIVELY WAIVE, UH, ANY REQUIREMENT FOR CRIMINAL INTENT AND CREATE STRICT LIABILITY. 
          THIS ONE DOES NOT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, I MEAN, MY CONCERN HERE IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT INTENDING TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE AND THEY'RE POTENTIALLY CRIMINALIZED FOR IT, UH, AND ALSO HOW OUR OFFICERS WOULD EXERCISE DISCRETION IN A FAIR AND NEUTRAL WAY, AND IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE CRIMINALIZING, I GUESS, QUOTE UNQUOTE UNREASONABLE NOISE. 
          AND, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT REFERS TO WHAT A PERSON OF ORDINARILY ORDINARY SENSIBILITIES WOULD FIND TO BE TOO LOUD MM-HMM . 
          BUT I, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LIKELY TO HAVE A, A LARGE VARIANCE BETWEEN WHAT ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERS TO BE REASONABLE OR UNREASONABLE. 
          UM, I GUESS I DO THINK THIS ORDINANCE DOES HAVE SOME POTENTIAL GUARDRAILS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, UM, ACTING IN A MORE OBJECTIVE WAY. 
          COULD YOU JUST DESCRIBE THE KIND OF INTENT THERE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO, UM, SUBSECTION B TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OFFICERS MIGHT LOOK FOR THAT MIGHT CAUSE, CAUSE A NOISE, WHICH WOULD BE THINGS LIKE EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION, DEACCELERATION OR RACING OR REVVING THE ENGINE, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          IT'S FAULTY EQUIPMENT. 
          SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT OFFICERS MIGHT FOCUS ON THAT THAT MAY CAUSE AN UNREASONABLE NOISE. 
          AND THEN THERE'S, UH, SUBSECTION C CREATES A PRESUMPTION THAT A PERSON HAS VIOLATED THE STATUTE. 
          IF AFTER GETTING A WARNING FROM AN OFFICER, UH, THE NOISE IS GREATER THAN 85 DECIBELS, THAT LANGUAGE IS ACTUALLY, UM, PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT'S IN STATE LAW TO WHAT'S IN THE DISORDERLY CONDUCT STATUTE ALREADY. 
          UM, AND THEN D SUBSECTION DI THINK IS REALLY THE ONE THAT PUTS SOME GUARDRAILS AROUND WHAT OFFICERS SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON IN TERMS OF EXERCISING JUDGMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT AN, WHAT AN UNREASONABLE NOISE IS. 
          AND THERE'S SEVEN FACTORS LISTED THERE, LISTED THERE THAT, UM, OFFICERS MUST CONSIDER WHEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, DECIDING WHETHER TO ISSUE A CITATION FOR AN OFFENSE. 
          AND THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROXIMITY OF THE NOISE OR VIBRATION TO RESIDENCES, UH, THE DURATION OF IT, UH, THE TIME OF DAY WHEN IT OCCURS. 
          AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY EARLY IN THE MORNING OR LATE AT NIGHT IS MORE UNREASONABLE IF IT'S A LOUD NOISE. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS WITHOUT LISTING THEM ALL OFF. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YEAH, WALKING US THROUGH THAT. 
          UM, AND JUST COLLEAGUES, I'LL JUST SAY, UM, I, I HAVE A DUE PROCESS CONCERN, YOU KNOW, CONCEPTUALLY WHETHER THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN WOULD HAVE FAIR NOTICE OF WHAT ACTUALLY WOULD CONSTITUTE A CRIME, AND THE CONCERN BEING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR DISPARATE ENFORCEMENT. 
          UM, AND I HAVE HEARD FROM THE SCLU OF TEXAS, SO I MIGHT BE BRINGING AMENDMENT TO, UM, MAYBE REDUCE ONE OF THE LOWER, UH, MENTAL STATES REQUIRED FOR AN OFFENSE. 
          UH, THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN SEGEL. 
          COUNCILMAN UCHIN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, MY FAVORITE PEOPLE HERE TO, UH, ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. 
          SO I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS FOR BOTH COMMANDER SMITH 
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AS WELL AS OUR ATTORNEYS. 
          UH, MR. COPPOLA, WE LOOKED AT, I THINK, MANY EXAMPLES FROM OTHER PEER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          CAN YOU HELP EXPAND ON WHERE YOU LOOKED AT SORT OF PEER SIMILAR LANGUAGE FOR OTHER PLACES THAT THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED THIS OR MODELED OFF OF THIS? YEAH, SO WE DID LOOK AT A COUPLE OF OTHER CITIES BOTH IN TEXAS AND, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
          I MEAN, I, I THINK, UM, FRANKLY, LOUD ENGINE NOISE I THINK IS PROBABLY, UH, A CONCERN THAT A LOT OF CITIES AND LOCALITIES DEAL WITH AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, ONE PLACE, UH, WE DID LOOK AT, UH, CITY OF DALLAS FOR SOME OF THE LANGUAGE. 
          EL PASO CITY OF EL PASO HAS SOME SIMILAR LANGUAGE AS WELL, NOT NOTHING EXACT, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF, THIS HAS KIND OF CREATED NEW OR A BIT OF A HODGEPODGE OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT WE USE SOME OF THE LANGUAGE FROM THOSE EXISTING ORDINANCES. 
          UM, ONE PLACE WE ALSO LOOKED THAT, UH, I THINK YOUR OFFICE POINTED US TO WAS THE CITY, I THINK OF MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE, UM, I THINK THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE WITH LOUD VEHICLES DURING, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR OVER THE SUMMER WHEN THERE ARE VISITORS, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          SO WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND IN THOSE INSTANCES, UH, TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY KIND OF IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH EL PASO AND DALLAS OR OTHER PLACES IMPLEMENTING THIS, THIS, OR A SIMILAR KIND OF, UH, RULES? I, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          I, I, I THINK, I THINK ENFORCING NOISE ORDINANCES IN GENERAL IS ALWAYS CHALLENGING BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE, THE TRANSIENT NATURE OF VEHICLES DRIVING BY ON A ROADWAY, AND THEN THE NEED FOR OFFICERS TO BE PRESENT TO, TO SEE THE VI HE WELL HEAR IS THE RIGHT SENSE, BUT HEAR THE VIOLATION. 
          UM, SO IT'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS A CHALLENGE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS, IT IS A TOOL AND THE TOOL THAT A LOT OF CITIES HAVE PUT IN PLACE TO TRY AND DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL CITY CODES THAT WAIVE THE CRIMINAL INTENT COMPLETELY. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, IN FACT, THE, THE CITY'S GENERAL NOISE ORDINANCE WAIVES, UH, THE CRIMINAL INTENT IN CHAPTER NINE TWO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS, UH, I ASSUME THERE'S ALSO QUITE A LOT OF CODE THAT INCORPORATES ALL FOUR, UM, ELEMENTS OF LIABILITY THAT WE, UH, TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING. 
          RIGHT? SO MOST OF THE CITY CODE IS ACTUALLY SILENT ON WHETHER MENTAL, UH, UH, CRIMINAL, MENTAL STATE IS REQUIRED. 
          AND IN THAT CASE, GENERALLY WHAT THE PENAL CODE, WHAT THE TEXAS PENAL CODE SAYS IS WHEN IT'S SILENT, THEN AT LEAST A MINIMUM LEVEL OF CULPABILITY IS REQUIRED. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE DOWN TO CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE. 
          AND WE WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED, UM, ALL FOUR IN THIS ORDINANCE TO BE CLEAR THAT THERE WAS NO INTENT TO CREATE A STRICT LIABILITY STATUTE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND IF WE REMOVE, SAY, THE RECKLESSNESS AND CRIMINAL NEGLIGENT STANDARDS OF INTENT, UH, WHAT STANDARD WOULD WE NEED THEN TO PROVE THE ARREST OR TO PROSECUTE SOMEBODY THAT WOULD BE, UH, INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY? AND, AND HOW MUCH MORE DIFFICULT IS IT IN YOUR EXPERIENCE? OR PERHAPS MS. BENSON CAN COMMENT ON THAT? YEAH, I, I'VE NEVER BEEN A PROSECUTOR, SO I'LL LET MS. BENSON TALK ABOUT THAT ONE. 
          SURE. 
          SO PREVIOUSLY I MENTIONED THE ANALOGY TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT, RIGHT? SO WHICH REQUIRES KNOWINGLY, UM, AND INTENTIONALLY. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE MUCH HARDER TO PROVE. 
          UM, WELL, I MEAN, WE PROVE THEM ALL THE TIME, BUT THEY REQUIRE A LOTS MORE EVIDENCE. 
          UM, IF WE WERE TO REMOVE RECKLESSLY IN CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE, WE WOULD BASICALLY REACH THAT LEVEL WHERE, UM, IT WOULD BE MUCH, MUCH HARDER TO PROSECUTE, ENFORCE, THUS RENDERING IT, UH, INE EFFECTIVE IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS AND THE CITIZEN'S CONCERNS. 
          UM, 'CAUSE RECKLESSLY, UH, REQUIRES THAT, LET, LET'S MAKE AN ANALOGY TO RECKLESS DRIVING, RIGHT? SO RECKLESS DRIVING TO USE MR. COPPOLA'S WORDS MEANS THAT YOU DROVE IN A MANNER THAT THREATENED PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT YOU JUST DIDN'T CARE, RIGHT? WHAT IF, WHAT IF SOMEBODY WERE TO SAY, OH, BUT I, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT I DO CARE A GREAT DEAL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          SO RECKLESSLY WOULD THEN WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE STUCK WITH A BURDEN THAT'S JUST TOO GREAT TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS AND THE, AND THE CRIMINAL CONDUCT. 
          SO IT WOULD RENDER IT VERY DIFFICULT TO BE ENFORCEABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION WAS TO UNDERSTAND HOW EFFECTIVE THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE IF WE, IF WE STARTED TO REDUCE THE, UH, UM, THE RECKLESS AND CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE STANDARDS. 
          UH, I THINK THE LAST QUESTION I'VE GOT FOR MS. BENSON IS IF YOU'VE GOT SORT OF ANY OTHER EXAMPLES YOU CAN SHARE WITH US FOR, UM, HOW, LET'S SEE IF YOU'VE GOT ANY OTHER EXAMPLES FOR, UH, SORT OF SIMILAR 
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CASES WHERE THESE STANDARDS ARE REMOVED AND IT MAKES IT AS CHALLENGING FOR US TO ENFORCE THAT LAW TO THE POINT THAT IT MAY NOT EVEN BE A USEFUL DETERRENT ANYMORE. 
          UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE STAYING IN THE NOISE REALM, YOU KNOW, SOLY CONDUCT IS, IS THE BEST EXAMPLE. 
          THERE ARE OTHER NOISE OFFENSES THAT EXIST IN STATE LAW AND CITY ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE MORE OF THESE MENTAL STATES ALLOWED. 
          AND SO THUS IT'S MUCH EASIER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM BEING CREATED SUCH AS, UM, THE, THE LOUD BARS, RIGHT? THE 85 DECIBELS COMING FROM A, A LOUD DOWNTOWN BAR. 
          SO IF WE WERE STUCK WITH KNOWINGLY, INTENTIONALLY, WE, THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT. 
          AND IF, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU ONLY IMAGINE THE RESIDENTS WHAT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE WOULD BE IN THOSE AREAS? I'D RATHER NOT, BUT I THINK OUR RESIDENTS TODAY CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO SOME OF THAT . 
          SO, AND, AND IF I COULD ALSO MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES WITH STICKING WITH JUST KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY IS IF WE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE GET RID OF RECKLESSLY, WHICH REQUIRES THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT IT'S MAKING NOISE, UM, BUT YOU DISREGARD THAT IT'S GONNA CREATE THIS RISK OR THIS CONDUCT, SOMEBODY COULD SAY, WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, I BOUGHT THE MOTORCYCLE LIKE THIS. 
          I'M AWARE THAT IT MAKES NOISE, BUT I DIDN'T INTENTIONALLY CHANGE THE SYSTEM. 
          I DIDN'T KNOWINGLY CHANGE THE SYSTEM, I JUST BOUGHT IT LIKE THIS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT DEFENSE FOR JUST SORT OF GETTING OUT OF THE ISSUE FOREVER. 
          UM, AND, AND THEN OF COURSE KNOWINGLY REQUIRES IF WE WERE JUST STUCK WITH KNOWINGLY, UM, IT REQUIRES THAT THEY REASONABLY AWARE THAT IT COULD CAUSE THE CONDUCT, THE, THE, THE PROBLEM. 
          SO I'M, I MEAN, I'M PICTURING 22, 22, AND LET'S SAY SOMEBODY LIVES SEVERAL STREETS IN, BUT THEY CAN STILL HEAR IT BECAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY LOUD. 
          THEY COULD SAY, WELL, I DIDN'T REASONABLY EXPECT THAT SOMEBODY THREE STREETS DOWN COULD HEAR THIS. 
          SO I'M NOT, I'M NOT CRIMINALLY LIABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR EXPANDING THAT. 
          I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR COMMANDER SMITH SINCE HE'S BEEN THE ONE TRYING TO HELP ENFORCE THIS FOR SOME TIME. 
          UM, I KNOW WE TOUCHED ON IT EARLIER, BUT CAN YOU EXPAND ON HOW TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU OR YOUR OFFICERS USED THE EXISTING STATE DISORDERLY CONDUCT LAW, OR TO THE EXTENT THEY MAY HAVE SORT OF NOT BEEN APPLICABLE OR FALLEN SHORT OR IS LESS HELPFUL THAN WE MAY THINK IT IS FOR ENFORCING THESE KIND OF RULES OR ADDRESSING THE RACING, THE SPEEDING AND THE LOUD NOISE? YES, SIR. 
          COUNCILMAN? SO I THINK LIKE, UH, MR. OLA STATED EARLIER, WE JUST FOR, FOR DOC OFFENSES, WE JUST DON'T USE THOSE FOR TRAFFIC OFFENSE. 
          I THINK THAT WAS, BIANCA SAID THAT THAT, SO IT'S NOT REASONABLE FOR US TO, TO, TO USE THAT THE DOC ORDINANCES, THE STATE LAWS. 
          FOR, FOR, FOR THIS, THIS IS WHY WE SPECIFICALLY NEED THIS ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS THE NOISE ISSUES FROM, FROM MOTOR VEHICLES. 
          SAME THING FOR ANY CITY CODE THAT MIGHT APPLY HERE FOR THE CITY CODE. 
          I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE CITY CODE. 
          I'M NOT SURE ABOUT, UH, IF IT WOULD BE THE CITY, CITY CODE. 
          CHRIS, CAN YOU OR MR. KOOLA, CAN YOU SPEAK TO ANY CITY CODE THAT'S IN THE BOOKS THAT WOULD EVEN BE RELEVANT IN THIS SITUATION? SO CHAPTER NINE TWO IS, IS THE GENERAL CITY CODE ABOUT NOISE VIOLATIONS AND IT, IT, IT TALKS A LOT ABOUT AMPLIFIED SOUND AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THERE IS A GENERAL RESTRICTION ON UNREASONABLE NOISE, BUT IT REALLY ONLY APPLIES BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:30 PM AND 7:00 AM UH, IF THE NOISE IS, UH, AUDIBLE TO AN ADJACENT BUSINESS OR RESIDENCE, I THINK IS WHAT IT SAYS. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS WOULD APPLY A LITTLE MORE BROADLY, I THINK, AND BOTH MORE BROADLY AND MORE SPECIFICALLY TO THE SOUND MADE BY MOTOR VEHICLES. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COMMANDER, CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW EASY OR CHALLENGING THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN TO RESOLVE FOR THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS COULD NAME ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS WE MAY HAVE LOOKED AT OR ALREADY TRIED TO IMPLEMENT HERE? CORRECT. 
          THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR, FOR MANY YEARS FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT, THAT LIVE OVER THERE. 
          SO WE HAVE TRIED, UH, JUST 'CAUSE OUR LIMITED RESOURCES, WE HAVE TRIED TO PARTNER WITH, UH, OR WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH, WITH THE CONSTABLES, WITH DPS, WITH, WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, JUST TO, TO GET SOME RELIEF OUT THERE FOR THE RESIDENTS. 
          SO THEY HAVE WRITTEN LOTS OF CITATIONS AS WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON OVERTIME. 
          AND NOW WE ARE, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH TDOT AS WELL, WHO JUST ADDED SOME RUMBLE STRIPS OUT THERE TO HELP. 
          WE HAVE TRIED, UM, SINKING THE, THE LIGHTS OUT THERE TO, TO HELP, BUT AT THE LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY REV THE ENGINES AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE TRIED ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO, TO HELP WITH, WITH THE NOISE ISSUES OUT THERE. 
          DO YOU HAVE A SENSE THIS PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS? I THINK IT HAS, AS, AS THE ROAD HAS GOTTEN MORE AND MORE POPULAR, IT HAS DEFINITELY, UH, INCREASED THE, THE, THE VOLUME, THE TRAFFIC VOLUME OUT THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND LAST QUESTION IS, UH, CAN YOU EXPAND ON WHAT KIND OF LEVEL OF INVESTIGATION HAS DONE TYPICALLY FOR CLASS C MISDEMEANORS? YES. 
          IS ANYBODY ACTUALLY GOING TO CHECK AND VALIDATE WHETHER SOMEBODY MAY HAVE LIKE INTENTIONALLY USED AN AFTERMARKET PART? UH, THAT IS, THAT WE MIGHT JUST ASSUME TO BE REASON, YOU KNOW, VERY LOUD. 
          YEAH. 
          FOR, FOR FOR CLASS C INVESTIGATIONS THERE, THERE, IT WON'T GO TO LIKE A DETECTIVE UNIT. 
          THAT WOULD JUST BE A CLASSY OFFENSE. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE DONE RIGHT THERE ON, ON THE SCENE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IN 
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SOME WAYS IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE RELYING ON THE GUIDELINES WITHIN THE CODE PLUS ALSO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE INTENT TO HELP US MOVE THROUGH THE, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER ROME, MAYOR PRO TIM. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, JUST QUICK QUESTION. 
          MOST OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE, THAT ARE MAKING THE, THE NOISE OF VERY LOUD NOISES, THEY'VE, THEY HAVE HEADERS, THEY THEY'VE BEEN INTENTIONALLY MODIFIED TO, TO MAKE, I MEAN, IS THAT, IS THAT THE CASE? THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY, NOT NECESSARILY THAT THEY'RE, THEY JUST, THEY'LL RACE UP AND DOWN THE STREETS. 
          MOTORCYCLES ARE JUST LOUD. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEY WILL, THEY'LL, ESPECIALLY AT THE LIGHTS, THEY'LL JUST REV THEIR ENGINES AND THEY'LL GO TO THE GAS STATIONS AND, AND, AND REV AND JUST, AND AND MAKE UN UNREASONABLE NOISE. 
          GOT IT. 
          SO A LOT OF THESE ARE JUST, UH, STANDARD, UH, MOTORCYCLES OR VEHICLES, UH, THAT, THAT THE ENGINE REVVING IS THE NOISE. 
          IT'S NOT HEADERS THAT HAVE LIKE AFTERMARKET KIND OF PRODUCTS LIKE THAT, HUH? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, NOW WE WILL GO TO ITEM 
          [A46. Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the interlocal agreement with the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority for the implementation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Climate Pollution Reduction Grant received by the City to increase funding by $5,000,000 for a total amount not to exceed $15,000,000. Funding: $5,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Transportation and Public Works.]
A 40 SEC 46 AND UM, THAT WAS PULLED BY TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, BUT I'M GONNA CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS BECAUSE I THINK YOU WERE THE FIRST TO INDICATE YOU WANTED TO PULL IT. 
          DID I BEAT SOMEONE ELSE TO THE PUNCH? YOU BEAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          UM, THANKS. 
          DO WE HAVE, I SEE TRANSPORTATION STAFF? DO WE HAVE CAP METRO STAFF HERE TODAY? OH, OKAY. 
          THEY WON'T BE HERE. 
          UM, INTERESTING. 
          UM, OKAY, I HAD QUESTIONS ON THIS, UH, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW MORE DETAILS AROUND WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THIS EXTRA 5 MILLION. 
          SO I SEE IN THE BACKUP THAT WE HAVE BLESSED $10 MILLION FOR CAP METRO FOR THE CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GRANT AND THIS IS GOING TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT BY ANOTHER $5 MILLION. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS THAT CAP METRO WOULD USE THE MONEY FOR WHAT'S IN THE GRANT PROPOSAL? YES. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME'S JIM DALE. 
          I'M DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR TRANSPORTATION IN PUBLIC WORKS AND I'M, UH, JOINED WITH UM, TWO OF THE FOLKS ON OUR TEAM, UH, KRISTEN PIPKIN WHO MANAGES THE CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GRANT AND ALSO ANNA MARTIN WHO'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OVER TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING, UM, SERVICES. 
          SO JUST A LITTLE OVERVIEW AND ANSWER THE QUESTION THEN WE CAN, UM, PROVIDE MORE DETAILS IF, IF I DON'T ANSWER IT WELL ENOUGH. 
          SO THIS IS ITEM 46 FOR CONSIDERATION ON THURSDAY. 
          IT'S TO AUTHORIZE STAFF TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THAT AMENDMENT WITH, UM, AN EXISTING ILA WITH CAP METRO. 
          UM, THE AMENDMENT WOULD EXPAND THE SERVICE PROVIDED ALONG AN EXISTING CAPITAL METRO ROUTE, ROUTE TWO, WHICH IS BASICALLY SERVE SERVING AS A CIRCULATOR BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND UM, EAST AUSTIN. 
          SO WE'D BE INCREASING THE LENGTH OF THE ROUTE AND WE'D ALSO BE PROVIDING SERVICE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. 
          CURRENTLY IT JUST PROVIDES SERVICE IN ONE DIRECTION. 
          THIS GRANT WOULD PROVIDE SERVICE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION AND THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM THE, UM, CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GRANT. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHAT THE FUNDING THAT WE WOULD BE PASSING ALONG TO CAPITAL METRO. 
          AND WE CURRENTLY, OR WE STARTED OFF THE GRANT WITH 48 MILLION AND THIS WOULD BE LIKE YOU SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER, 5 MILLION OF THAT TRANSFERRING OVER TO CAPITAL METRO TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. 
          I JUST, JUST JUST DESCRIBED. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU SAY, SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ADDING A SECOND BUS TO BE ABLE TO GET THE ROUTE TO GO IN BOTH DIRECTIONS OR IS IT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF VEHICLE? IS IT A A ELECTRIC VEHICLE OR CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT EXPANDING THE ROUTE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION DOES? ALRIGHT, SO IN TERMS OF THE VEHICLES THAT WILL BE USED, WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT VEHICLES WILL BE USED. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE SOME MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE SERVICE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND HOW IT CHANGES THE ROUTE. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE THAT INFORMATION, I THINK THAT'D JUST BE HELPFUL FOR US TO KNOW. 
          I KNOW IN THE BACKUP IT JUST KIND OF SAYS WE'RE EXPANDING IT AND THERE COULD BE SOME CIRCULATORS OR OTHER SORTS OF MOBILITY HUB IMPROVEMENTS WITH THAT. 
          UM, I'M ALL FOR BEING ABLE TO EXPAND SERVICE ON THE EAST SIDE. 
          I'M STILL GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILED LANGUAGE AROUND EXACTLY WHAT THE CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GRANT METRICS ARE, THE MEASURES THAT THEY'RE ASKING TO BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THIS GRANT PROGRAM WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR EPA AS WE COMMONLY CALL IT. 
          UM, ARE THERE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING WITH CAP METRO ABOUT EXPANDING OTHER ACCESS INTO THE CURRENT NETWORK THAT ARE EVEN FURTHER CENTRAL? I WOULD LOVE TO SAY WEST, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS, THIS, UH, EXPANSION IS GOING TO GO BASICALLY AS FAR AS CITY HALL. 
          AND I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW FOLKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CITY HALL ARE ABLE TO TAP INTO THIS SERVICE. 
          ARE THERE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING LIKE THAT WITH CAP METRO? 
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HI, UM, MY NAME IS KRISTEN PICKIN. 
          I'M CONSULTING ENGINEER IN THE TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, GOOD MORNING. 
          HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          UH, AS FAR AS, UH, TAPPING INTO THE SERVICE GOING WEST OF, OF OF ROUTE TWO, CURRENTLY OUR CONVERSATIONS ARE FOCUSED ON THE ALIGNMENT, UH, THAT, THAT JIM HAD MENTIONED. 
          BUT, UH, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT WITH CAP METRO TO SEE WHAT FUTURE OPTIONS THERE MIGHT BE THAT TO TAP INTO IT GOING, GOING FURTHER WEST. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE AROUND WHAT THE CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GRANT IS AIMING TO ACHIEVE IS ABOUT, UM, LEVERAGING WHERE CONSTRUCTION'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, WE'VE GOT LIGHT RAIL COMING IN, UM, AT SOME POINT VERY SOON NOW THAT THEY HAVE THEIR RECORD OF DECISION, WE HAVE I 35 THAT IS CURRENTLY ALREADY BEGINNING THEIR, UM, STRUCTURAL WORK TO BE ABLE TO, TO WORK ON THAT HIGHWAY EXPANSION AND MOPAC SOUTH JUST PUT OUT THEIR DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THAT WINDOW IS CURRENTLY OPEN AND I'M VERY CURIOUS IF THERE'S DISCUSSIONS AROUND HOW TO INCENTIVIZE ACCESS AND BETTER CIRCULATION WITH CAP METRO, UH, WHERE MOPAC SOUTH IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING. 
          'CAUSE THAT IS ALSO ON THE WAY AND I THINK CONSTRUCTION IS AS IT IS INCONVENIENT, IT IS A MOMENT WHERE FOLKS MAY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, IF I'M GONNA GET THERE, YOU KNOW, IN LESS TIME BY TAKING THE BUS OR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT I DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE AND FIGHT THE TRAFFIC WITH CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR MODE SHIFT. 
          WE'VE SEEN THE OAK HILL PARKWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS THAT IT'S BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          UM, AND THERE'S BEEN NO IMPROVEMENTS TO TO ACCESS TO TRANSIT DURING THAT TIME. 
          THERE WAS ACTUALLY REDUCED TRANSIT AS THAT PROJECT HAS GONE UNDERWAY. 
          AND SO I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY HERE. 
          ARE THERE ANY CONVERSATIONS AROUND CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOPAC SOUTH? CURRENTLY? WHAT, WHAT I CAN SPEAK TO IS JUST THE CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GRANT AS A WHOLE IS THAT THE WHOLE, THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT, WHICH IS A $48 MILLION GRANT ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE EPA, IS JUST FOR THAT REASON, IS TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN SHIFT PEOPLE FROM DRIVING AND SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES TO OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION. 
          THIS COMPONENT THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY IS JUST ONE PIECE OF A $48 MILLION GRANT AND THE $5 MILLION THAT AS THAT AT AS THAT DISCUSSION THIS WEEK, IT IS SPECIFIC IN THE GRANT TO TALK THAT IS FOR A DOWNTOWN CIRCULATOR. 
          THE OTHER FUNDING THAT THAT COUNCIL HAS ALREADY, HAS ALREADY AUTHORIZED US TO USE AS THE $10 MILLION THAT WE ARE, THAT WE ARE ALREADY IN AN AGREEMENT WITH, WITH CAP METRO THAT IS FOR THE BROADER CITYWIDE AREA. 
          WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR CURRENTLY, CAP METRO HAS IMPLEMENTED THE FIRST TWO ROUTES USING THE CLIMATE POLLUTION REDUCTION GRANT FUNDING. 
          UH, THOSE ROUTES ARE THE 8 0 1 AND THE 9 35. 
          AGAIN, A LOT OF IT'S THE NORTH SOUTHBOUND LANES AND LOOKING TO TRY TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM 35 TO MOVE THROUGH THE CITY THROUGH OTHER, THROUGH ALONG OTHER ROUTES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UH, THAT SERVICE AND WHERE THAT FUNDING WILL BE PROVIDED YEAR OVER YEAR OVER THE FIVE YEAR GRANT WILL BE REEVALUATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          SO QUESTIONS LIKE YOU'RE PROPOSING ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION AS WE REEVALUATE THE PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT YEAR. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT. 
          AND THAT LEADS INTO A QUESTION I, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED IT, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT HAS THE OTHER 10 MILLION GONE TOWARD? ARE THOSE BUILT YET OR ARE THOSE, IS THERE A TIMELINE BY WHICH THOSE WOULD BE COMPLETE? SURE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          THE $10 MILLION THAT I I'M TALKING ABOUT IS OPERATIONAL FUNDS. 
          SO THIS FUNDING IS NOT TO BUILD SOMETHING BUT TO PROVIDE YOU KNOW, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES FOR CAP METRO, AND THEN THE $10 MILLION IS FOR CAP METRO. 
          BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO FUNDING FOR CARTS AS WELL. 
          THERE'S OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE GRANT. 
          AND YOU MENTIONED THE MOBILITY HUBS. 
          THAT'S A DIFFERENT, UM, MEASURE OF THE GRANT WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE FUNDING FOR, FOR BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND BY OPERATIONAL, I WANNA BREAK IT DOWN. 
          SURE. 
          DOES THAT MEAN ONGOING, LIKE THE, THE STAFF TO DRIVE THE BUSES OR DOES THAT MEAN PURCHASE OF BUSES ITSELF, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T MEAN THE BUS STOP? CAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH WHAT OPERATIONAL MEANS IN THIS? RIGHT, IN THIS WAY, IN THAT SENSE, IT, IT CAN BE, UH, OPERATING A ROUTE MORE FREQUENT, FREQUENT, UH, WITH MORE FREQUENCY, WHICH IS STAFF TIME. 
          UM, IT CAN BE, IN THE CASE OF ROUTE TWO, IT IS A BIDIRECTIONAL LOOP. 
          SO IT'S, IT, IT IS ADDITIONAL, IT'S AN AN ADDITIONAL BUS THAT'S BEING DIRECTED TOWARDS THAT ROUTE. 
          BUT REALLY THE FUNDING IS BEING USED FOR KIND OF THE, THE, THE STAFF TIME. 
          'CAUSE WE LOOKED ORIGINALLY AT BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE, DO BUSES, UH, THROUGH THE GRANT. 
          AND GIVEN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, IT WAS NOT THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO USE THE FUNDING. 
          YEAH. 
          THEY'RE, IT WAS, HOW CAN WE USE THE EXISTING, UH, UH, FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING, UH, YOU KNOW, BUSES, THE ROUTES, AND THE, YOU KNOW, AND 
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EXISTING OPERATIONS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THAT $10 MILLION. 
          UH, BUT PART OF IT IS, UH, INCREASE IN FREQUENCY, WHICH MEANS, WHICH DOES MEAN THAT EXISTING OR MORE STAFF TIME DEDICATED TOWARDS A CERTAIN ROUTE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO I KNOW WE ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION CURRENTLY WITH OTHER FEDERAL GRANTS ACROSS A DIFFERENT SCOPE OF CITY SERVICES, BUT ONCE THAT GRANT MONEY IS, IS UTILIZED, IT WOULD BE ON CAP METRO OR OTHER FEDERAL GRANTS TO STEP IN AND BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE, OR, YOU KNOW, THEY'D HAVE TO SHIFT AROUND RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO COVER IT. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND, AND THAT IS A QUESTION THAT WE ARE ALREADY ASKING OURSELVES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE END OF 2029 IS NOT THAT FAR AWAY. 
          AND, AND HOW CAN WE KIND OF CONTINUE? WE, WE ARE, WE WANNA PROVE SUCCESS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO WITH THAT SUCCESS, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IT AFTER, AFTER THE LIFE OF THE GRANT. 
          SO BOTH, BOTH THE CITY IS LOOKING AT OPTIONS THAT, WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH THE CPRG GRANT, UH, AND THEN ALSO WORKING WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS TO DO THE SAME. 
          I, I APPRECIATE THAT AND, UM, WOULD LOVE TO SEE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION, I THINK AS WE'RE KIND OF DIGGING THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT THIS WOULD COVER AND, AND WHAT IT WOULD, AND, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DOLLARS ARE BEING USED FOR, WHAT THE METRICS FOR SUCCESS ARE, AND TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL IS GOING ON. 
          UM, I PERSONALLY KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, WORK HAPPENING WHERE MORE CAP METRO RIDERSHIP ALREADY EXISTS. 
          THERE IS A STRONG DESIRE FOR MORE SERVICE WEST OF GUADALUPE AND WEST OF LAMAR. 
          UM, A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SOUTH AND WEST IN PARTICULAR, I'LL JUST SPEAK TO THAT 'CAUSE IT'S THE ONE I'M MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT. 
          THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO GET AROUND THAN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAYS. 
          THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CIRCULATORS. 
          UM, TRANSIT PLAN 35, WHICH I VOTED AGAINST WAS BECAUSE IT WAS PROPOSING TO TAKE OUT MY, UH, MY EXPRESS ROUTE DOWN INTO CIRCLE C. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND WORK IN DOWNTOWN. 
          THEY WORK FOR THE STATE, THEY WORK FOR THE CITY, THEY WORK FOR, UM, OTHER CAMPUSES THAT ARE AROUND HERE. 
          UM, AND SEEING THOSE SERVICES, UH, DEPLETED POTENTIALLY, UM, OVER THE YEARS, WHILE WE ARE LOOKING AT GETTING A TOLL ROAD THROUGH THE SPINE OF SOUTHWEST AUSTIN, UM, MEANS WE DO NEED MORE CIRCULATORS. 
          WE DO NEED OUR, OUR PARK AND RIDE TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOME SUCCESS HERE. 
          UM, THERE, THERE ARE VERY, VERY FEW OPTIONS FOR FOLKS THAT NOW ARE FINDING THEMSELVES DRIVING LESS AND LESS, WHETHER THAT'S BY CHOICE OR, UM, BECAUSE THEIR VISION IS CHANGING, THEIR MOBILITY IS CHANGING, AND THEY JUST, THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING ON MOPAC, UM, WITH THE WAY THAT PEOPLE DRIVE THESE DAYS. 
          AND I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE A PART OF HOW TO GET PEOPLE INTO THAT NOT SINGLE USE CAR. 
          AND SOUTHWEST AUSTIN WANTS TO BE A PART OF THAT. 
          AND SO I WOULD LOVE ANY ASSISTANCE THAT TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS COULD OFFER TO HELP US LEVERAGE ALL OF THE PLANS AND ALL OF THE DOLLARS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING COMMITTED TO SOLVING THIS PROBLEM. 
          UM, WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE CPRG MONEY BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN, IN THIS AREA. 
          IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR POLLUTION ENDS UP GOING, YOU KNOW, THE AIR QUALITY MONITORS OUT TO DRIPPING SPRINGS ARE BASICALLY SHOWING OUR POLLUTION. 
          SO I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND WE'RE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND NOT, UM, FURTHER CEILING A FATE OF A COMMUNITY THAT REALLY WANTS ACCESS TO THIS SERVICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TIM? UH, NO, NO QUESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LANG, I JUST WANNA AFFIRM AND ADD MY VOICE TO ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. 
          YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS REGARDING THE 180 3 CORRIDOR. 
          THE, UM, RIGHT NOW WHAT'S UNDERWAY AS WELL, YOU KNOW, NEEDING BETTER OPTIONS ON THE SIX 20 CORRIDOR NEAR 180 3, BUT WEST OF 180 3 SO THAT WE CAN CONNECT UP WITH INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          PALMER LANE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY CAMPO, IS WORKING ON A DESIGN TO PER PERHAPS CONVERT THAT TO A HIGHWAY, MOVING THESE PEOPLE MOVING THE CARS THROUGH FASTER, UM, CREATING MORE DANGER. 
          AND, UM, AND I ALSO, ALTHOUGH NOT ON THE CAT METRO BOARD, HAVE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME, UM, IN DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC GRANT AND HOW WE, AND THE PROPENSITY TO CONVERT TO PUBLIC TRANSIT IN MY AREA. 
          AND AT THIS POINT IN DISTRICT SIX, WHICH I REPRESENT, AND AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE HAVE AGREEMENT WITH CAP METRO THAT THE FUNDAMENTALS ARE QUITE STRONG FOR CONVERSION TO TRANSIT. 
          BUT THE REALITY IS THAT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, CAP METRO HAS CUT SERVICES, UH, IN MY AREA AND IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT MY COLLEAGUE VOTED AGAINST, THERE ARE ONLY CUTS, NO ADDITIONS. 
          AND SO I SAY ALL THIS TO SAY JUST HOW IMPORTANT THE REQUESTS THAT I DID HEAR MY COLLEAGUE MAKE AS WELL IS THAT I REALLY HOPE THAT WHEN THE CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE LOOKING AT THESE SEGMENTS OF GRANTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ARE FOR CITYWIDE IMPACT, 
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THAT OUR RESOURCES WILL ALSO GO TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT WE IN FACT ARE OFFERING THAT, THAT, THAT WE SPEAK EFFECTIVELY TOWARDS CAP METRO, THAT WE EXPECT THERE TO BE TRANSIT OPTIONS CITYWIDE, PARTICULARLY IN THESE AREAS OF HIGHWAYS THAT ARE SPOKES INTO THE SYSTEM AND HAVEN'T HAD THAT SAME CONSIDERATION FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, NOR THE NEXT FIVE. 
          SO I, I HOPE, AND I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR WORKING WITH US AND THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES TO FIND A WAY TO FIND INCREASED TRANSIT OPTIONS. 
          IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. 
          THERE IS NOT A WAY TO REACH THE CITY WITHOUT DRIVING THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION ZONE IN MY ENTIRE DISTRICT, AND YET NOT AN AREA OF FOCUS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          IT'S, IT IS NOT A QUESTION, IT'S A HOPE, AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS, UM, BOTH BEFORE AND SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          MEMBERS. 
          UH, WE HAVE TWO OTHER ITEMS BEFORE WE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          UM, ONE ON WHAT IS IS, IS THE BRIEFING THAT I WANT AS MR. GRAY MAKES HIS WAY DOWN. 
          I THINK WE CAN HANDLE ITEM D ONE, UH, WHILE HE'S GETTING PREPARED. 
          ITEM D ONE IS 
          [D1. Council appointments to intergovernmental entities and Council Committee memberships.]
TO, UH, AS YOU KNOW, UNDER THE CODE, WHEN WE HAVE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS TO INTERGOVERNMENT ENTITIES OR COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS, UH, WE BRING IT TO WORK SESSIONS AND, AND BRING IT UP AT THE LAST WORK SESSION WHERE WE CREATED, WHERE WE APPOINTED EVERYBODY TO COMMITTEES AND DID ALL THAT WORK. 
          ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP WAS RELATED TO THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE WOULD BE SIX PEOPLE, WHICH WOULD'VE TRIGGERED A, UH, COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 
          WHAT, UH, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT WHAT WE DO IS WE CREATE A, AN ALTERNATE POSITION, UH, TO THAT COMMITTEE AND THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE BE THE ALTERNATE SO THAT IF WE HAVE AN AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND SOMEONE'S NOT THERE, THEN AUTOMATIC AND, AND SHE IS AUTOMATICALLY, SHE WOULD BE A VOTING MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, AS THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE CAN TELL EVERYBODY AT THE LAST MEETING BEFORE WE MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'LL COME UP ON THURSDAY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE HAD PARTICIPATED FULLY IN ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS RELATED TO THAT, WHICH I INVITE ANYBODY TO DO. 
          AND I EVEN MADE SURE WE KNEW WHAT HER POSITION WOULD BE COMING FORWARD TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL WHEN A UNANIMOUS, UH, RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL. 
          BUT THIS WOULD CREATE AN ALTERNATE POSITION SO THAT IT WOULD HAVE AN OFFICIAL VOTE IF, UH, SOMEONE'S NOT THERE FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY CAN'T BE THERE. 
          UM, AND THE WAY WE WOULD DO THIS IS IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION TO THAT, WHAT I WILL DO IS PRESENT TO THE CLERK PURSUANT TO CODE, UH, THAT SHE WOULD BE AN ALTERNATE MEMBER OF THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, UH, AT, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING, OF THIS WORK SESSION. 
          AND THEN WE'LL GO FORWARD UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY OF, UH, ADDRESSING THE ISSUE. 
          AND I APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE HELPING ME THINK THAT THROUGH. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LANE, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          I THINK IT IS A, A GREAT WAY TO, UH, HELP THE COMMITTEE WORK MORE EFFECTIVELY WHILE ALSO TAKING NOTE OF THE CONSISTENCY OF MY PARTICIPATION THERE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY GOT ANY QUESTIONS OR OBJECTIONS? OKAY, THEN I'LL FILE THAT WITH THE CLERK SOMETIME TODAY. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          ALL RIGHT, MR. GRAY, YOU'RE 
          [B1. Briefing on Austin Homeless Strategies and Operations Office strategic plan for Fiscal Year 2025-2026. [David Gray, Director - Austin Homeless Strategies and Operations].]
UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, TODAY ON BEHALF OF AUSTIN HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS, WE ARE PROUD TO INTRODUCE OUR FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN, A MILESTONE THAT REPRESENTS BOTH REFLECTION AS WELL AS RESOLVE. 
          OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, TOGETHER, WE'VE BUILT EXTRAORDINARY MOMENTUM IN OUR QUEST TO, IN HOMELESSNESS, TO AUSTIN ECHO. 
          OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE LEAD AGENCY REPORTED THAT OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM HOUSED MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE. 
          LAST YEAR, AN ALL TIME HIGH, WE REDUCED WAIT TIMES FOR HOUSING BY 25%. 
          AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS, WE SAW A REDUCTION IN NEW HOMELESSNESS. 
          WE'VE LAUNCHED PREVENTION PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOW THE GREATEST SOURCE OF SUPPORT FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES AND STUDENTS. 
          AND WE FORGED NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL LANDLORDS TO OPEN MORE DOORS TO HOUSING MORE PEOPLE. 
          WE'VE TRANSFORMED HOW PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES ARE DELIVERED IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'VE STRENGTHENED COORDINATION OF STREET OUTREACH AND ENCAMPMENT CLOSURES ALONGSIDE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          AND THIS PAST WINTER, WE'VE SERVED AN ALL TIME HIGH NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS THROUGH OUR COLD WEATHER 
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SHELTER OPERATIONS DELIVERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE URBAN LEAGUE AND PROTECTING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS. 
          WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED ALL THIS IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, AND THIS STRATEGIC PLAN WILL SERVE AS OUR COMPASS FOR THE NEXT TWO. 
          IT'S HOW WE WILL BUILD ON WHAT'S WORKING, SCALE, WHAT'S PROVEN, AND STAY ACCOUNTABLE TO MEASURABLE RESULTS. 
          IT WILL SHARPEN OUR FOCUS, DEEPEN OUR PARTNERSHIPS, AND ENSURE THAT URGENCY AND COMPASSION CONTINUE TO GUIDE EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE. 
          I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PARTNERS FOR THEIR ONGOING COLLABORATION AND SHARED RESOLVE. 
          I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF, SOME OF WHOM WHO ARE HERE TODAY FOR THEIR DAILY STEWARDSHIP OF OUR PROGRAMS AND THEIR RELENTLESS COMMITMENT TO OUR MISSION, TO OUR CLIENTS. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US WITH YOUR CARE AND YOUR WELLBEING. 
          YOUR RESILIENCE DRIVES THIS WORK FORWARD AND TO THE GREATER AUSTIN COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR HIGHEST IDEALS. 
          THIS PLAN REFLECTS MOMENTUM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT REFLECTS BELIEF. 
          BELIEF THAT HOMELESSNESS IS SOLVABLE, THAT SYSTEMS CAN IMPROVE, AND THAT WHEN WE MOVE TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, WE CAN ENSURE MORE OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE STABILITY, DIGNITY, AND A PLACE TO CALL HOME. 
          BEFORE WE GET INTO THE PLAN ITSELF, WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT A STRATEGIC PLAN IS FOR OUR OFFICE AND WHY WE DEVELOPED ONE. 
          IN SHORT, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN SERVES AS A TIME BOUND EVOLVING ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE. 
          A COLLECTION OF INTENTIONAL DECISIONS USED AS A GUIDE TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION. 
          AND WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT PROVIDES CLARITY ON OUR ROLE WITHIN THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM FOR ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO WE SERVE, OUR PARTNERS, OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. 
          BUT FOR ME, MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR OUR TEAM, ESPECIALLY AS A NEWLY FORMED CITY DEPARTMENT CHARGED WITH ALIGNING POLICIES, INVESTMENTS, AND PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS OUR COMPLEX SYSTEM, A STRATEGIC PLAN IS A DOCUMENT THAT'S NOT DEVELOPED IN ONE DAY. 
          IT'S A PROCESS THAT COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO EIGHT MONTHS, AND THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE ONES ARE TYPICALLY DEVELOPED IN THAT LATTER RANGE, WHICH WAS THE CASE FOR US. 
          THE BULK OF OUR PLANNING OCCURRED OVER EIGHT MONTHS, WHERE WE WORKED TOGETHER TO DEVELOP OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, DEFINE OUR CORE VALUES, UNDERSTAND OUR PURPOSE, AND REFINE OUR VISION AND OUR MISSION. 
          AND INFORMED BY STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS, IT CLARIFIES OUR ROLE WITHIN THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. 
          WITH THIS FOUNDATION, WE WERE THEN BETTER EQUIPPED TO IDENTIFY GOALS AND STRATEGIES. 
          I ALSO WANNA NOTE THAT OVER 50 HOURS OF WORK WENT INTO THE COLLABORATIVE THOUGHT PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THIS PLAN. 
          MORE THAN HALF OF OUR STAFF, INCLUDING ALL OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF OUR SUBUNITS COMPRISE OUR CORE PLANNING TEAM. 
          AND THE REST OF OUR STAFF WERE INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, GIVEN MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO MEANINGFULLY CONTRIBUTE AND PROVIDE THEIR VALUABLE INPUT. 
          THROUGH STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS AND INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS, LIKE OUR SWOT ANALYSIS AND ECOCYCLE MAPPING, WE CANDIDLY ASSESSED AND REFLECTED ON OUR STRENGTHS, OUR SHORTCOMINGS, AND OUR EVOLVING ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          IN MANY WAYS, I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS PROCESS WAS AS IMPORTANT AS THE FINAL PLAN ITSELF, BECAUSE IT DEMONSTRATED THAT OUR STRATEGY IS NOT SOMETHING DICTATED BY ME OR HANDED DOWN FROM ON HIGH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TRULY BUILT AS A TEAM TOGETHER. 
          THROUGH OUR THOUGHTFUL PROCESS OVER THOSE SEVERAL MONTHS, INVOLVING ALL THOSE STAFF DISCUSSIONS AND REFLECTIONS ON WHAT LEADERSHIP MEANS AND WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS MOST FROM US, WE DEVELOPED OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, OUR VISION, WHICH TO WHICH IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO STABLE HOUSING AND THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO THRIVE. 
          WE ALSO DEVELOPED OUR MISSION, WHICH IS TO SERVE AS THE CITYWIDE STRATEGIC LEADER TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN AUSTIN THROUGH EFFECTIVE POLICIES, INVESTMENTS, AND PARTNERSHIPS. 
          AND THEN WE IDENTIFIED OUR THREE CORE VALUES, WHICH ARE TO ACT WITH INTEGRITY, TO REMAIN RESULTS ORIENTED, AND TO BE COLLABORATIVE. 
          THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE THE COMPASS FOR EVERY DECISION WE MAKE AS AN OFFICE. 
          THEY PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ALIGNMENT SO WE'RE NOT JUST REACTING, BUT THAT WE'RE GUIDED BY SHARED VALUES AND A CLEAR SENSE OF PURPOSE. 
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AND SO WITH THIS FOUNDATION IN PLACE, WE WERE THEN ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE COMPONENTS OF OUR PLAN, STARTING WITH IDENTIFYING OUR FOCUS AREAS. 
          AND FOR THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE MARISA VOGEL, WHO IS OUR OFFICE'S CAPACITY BUILDING MANAGER, AND WHO PLAYED THE LEADING ROLE IN WORKING WITH OUR STAFF AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DEVELOP THIS STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          SO, MARISSA, I'LL HAND IT OFF TO YOU. 
          THANKS, DAVID. 
          THESE FIVE FOCUS AREAS ARE WHERE WE BELIEVE WE CAN MAKE THE GREATEST IMPACT FOR EACH FOCUS AREA. 
          WE ASKED, WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE? THESE STATEMENTS CAPTURE OUR VISION AND GUIDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR GOALS AND STRATEGIES. 
          THEY PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK TO ENSURE THAT THE WORK IS ALIGNED AND MEASURABLE. 
          THEY REPRESENT OUR NORTH STAR, KEEPING US FOCUSED ON PRIORITIES THAT MATTER. 
          WITHIN EACH FOCUS AREA, WE DEVELOP THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES, WHICH I WILL NOW SUMMARIZE IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. 
          UNDER SYSTEM LEADERSHIP, OUR GOALS ARE CENTERED AROUND WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO STRENGTHEN THE ENTIRE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, FOCUSING ON LEADERSHIP AND COORDINATION. 
          EXAMPLES TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS INCLUDE ALIGNING STRATEGIES AND FUNDING ACROSS THE SYSTEM, CREATING COLLABORATIVE SPACES FOR KEY INTERVENTIONS, USING DATA AND DATA ANALYSIS TO GUIDE DECISIONS AND ELEVATING VOICES OF PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. 
          TO ENSURE SOLUTIONS, OUR SOLUTIONS REFLECT COMMUNITY REALITIES. 
          AS THE LARGEST FUNDER IN THE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, WE MUST INVEST IN SOLUTIONS THAT PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AND CREATE LASTING HOUSING STABILITY. 
          AND WE NEED TO BE EFFECTIVE STEWARDS OF CITY RESOURCES. 
          UNDER THIS FOCUS AREA, OUR STRATEGIES INCLUDE MAKING SMART, IMPACTFUL INVESTMENTS AND MONITORING PERFORMANCE, STREAMLINING OUR CONTRACTING PROCESS FOR EFFICIENCY, CONTINUING TO INVEST IN PREVENTION AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS TO KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED AND STRENGTHENING RAPID REHOUSING AND TIVE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SO PARTICIPANTS CAN ACHIEVE LONG-TERM STABILITY. 
          OPERATING AND MANAGING THE CITY OWNED SHELTERS PUTS US IN THE LEADING POSITION TO BUILD A RESPONSIVE CRISIS SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE URGENT NEEDS OF THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING HOUSING TRANSITIONS. 
          THESE GOALS ARE FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND CRISIS RESPONSE. 
          AND OUR STRATEGIES INCLUDE DEVELOPING A CITYWIDE OUTREACH COORDINATION PLAN, EXPANDING SHELTER CAPACITY BY 650 BEDS, ADDING NAVIGATION CENTERS TO HELP REDUCE BARRIERS AND WORKING TO IMPROVE SHELTER EFFICIENCY AND REFINING ENCAMPMENT STRATEGIES TO REDUCE HARM. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THAT COMMUNICATION IS KEY TO ESTABLISHING TRUST AND ALIGNING EFFORTS ACROSS THE SYSTEM. 
          AND THAT TRUST IS EARNED THROUGH TRANSPARENT TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION. 
          AND FROM OUR STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS, IT WAS CLEAR THEY WANT TO HEAR MORE FROM US. 
          OUR STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THESE GOALS INCLUDE LAUNCHING A CENTRALIZED PLATFORM FOR TRANSPARENCY OF OUR WORK AND INVESTMENTS, BRINGING BACK TOWN HALLS, AND UTILIZING FEEDBACK SYSTEMS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNICATING PROGRESS ON OUR PLAN THROUGH AN ANNUAL REPORT. 
          FINALLY, BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZATION IS A STRONG SUPPORTED TEAM. 
          AS A NEW AND GROWING DEPARTMENT, WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR PLAN SUCCESS IS DEPENDENT ON CREATING AN INNOVATIVE CULTURE AND SUPPORTIVE WORKPLACE TO DRIVE IMPACTFUL CHANGE. 
          AN ENVIRONMENT THAT NOT ONLY EMPOWERS OUR TEAM, BUT PROVIDES THE STRUCTURE AND RESOURCES THAT CENTERS ON GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND WELLBEING. 
          TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS, WE WILL PRIORITIZE STANDARDIZING OUR ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR NEW HIRES, PROVIDING CROSS UNIT TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, CREATING FEEDBACK MECHANISMS FOR STAFF ENGAGEMENT, PROMOTING WELLNESS AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES, AND REASSESSING OUR ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN TO ALIGN ROLES AND PRIORITIES AND TO REDUCE SILOS. 
          WE RECOGNIZE THAT IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN IS A CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF ACTION MEASUREMENT AND IMPROVEMENT. 
          TO GUIDE US, WE HAVE DEVELOPED KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OR KPIS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR STRATEGY, STRATEGIC GOALS WITHIN EACH OF OUR FOCUS AREAS. 
          THESE KPIS SERVE AS MEASURABLE ME BENCHMARKS THAT HELP US TRACK PROGRESS, ASSESS IMPACT, AND ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY ACROSS OUR INITIATIVES. 
          THESE ON THE SLIDE ARE JUST A SAMPLE OF SOME OF OUR MEASURES THAT WILL BE MONITORING REGULARLY USING INSIGHTS TO REFINE STRATEGIES AND INFORM FUTURE PLANNING. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL BE IDENTIFIED TARGETS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THESE IDENTIFIED INDICATORS. 
          CURRENTLY, WE ARE IN THE EXECUTION PHASE OF THIS PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES ASSIGNING TEAM LEADS AND TEAM MEMBERS FOR EACH OF OUR STRATEGIES. 
          THIS 
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HAS ACTUALLY OPENED UP TO OUR ENTIRE STAFF AS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY PRIOR AND PRIORITIZING OUR STRATEGIES AND DEVELOPING TIMELINES, AND ALSO DEVELOPING PROJECT PLANS TO GUIDE OUR EXECUTION. 
          AND THEN BEGINNING IN MARCH, THE LEADERSHIP TEAM WILL, UH, WILL START QUARTERLY REVIEWS TO MONITOR OUR PROGRESS. 
          A COUPLE, UM, IMPORTANT NOTES. 
          SEVERAL OF THE STRATEGIES IN OUR PLAN ARE WELL UNDERWAY. 
          THEY LIKELY LOOKED FAMILIAR TO YOU, UM, BECAUSE THEY INCORPORATE INITIATIVES THAT WE ARE ALREADY WORKING ON IN 2025. 
          UH, IN ADDITION, WE ALSO CONSIDERED OUR WORK ON THE CITYWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN, MAKING SURE THAT OUR PLAN WAS ALIGNED WITH THE STRATEGIES AND MEASURES IDENTIFIED THROUGH THIS OVERARCHING CITYWIDE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WOULD NOW, UH, OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS AND OF COURSE, WELCOME ANY COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK. 
          WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR PLAN TO YOU TODAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MR. GRAY. 
          UM, MEMBERS, IF YOU WISH TO BE RECOGNIZED, LET ME KNOW AND, UM, I'LL CALL ON YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          IT IS, UM, AN EXCITING DAY FOR US TO SEE AND TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN WHEN IT COMES TO ADDRESSING OUR HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. 
          THAT HAS BEEN A KEY PRIORITY FOR OUR COUNCIL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW. 
          UM, SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE US A STEP BACK. 
          'CAUSE I CERTAINLY, EVERYTHING IN THE PLAN THAT YOU'VE LAID OUT, I THINK MAKES SENSE AND I AGREE WITH AND SUPPORT THE ONE AREA. 
          I JUST WANNA DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER IN KNOWING JUST HOW CRITICAL THE EFFORT IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. 
          THE CITY OF AUSTIN CANNOT GO AT IT ALONE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT BE THE MAIN ENTITY FUNDING AND ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, AND WE KNOW WE'RE NOT. 
          THERE'S CERTAINLY INVESTMENTS FROM OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY AT CENTRAL HEALTH, UH, AT, YOU KNOW, INTEGRAL CARE. 
          EVERYONE HAS A, A ROLE IN SUPPORT, UM, INCLUDING OUR FAITH COMMUNITY AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          AND SO, I'M JUST CURIOUS, IT SEEMS WHAT YOU'VE LAID OUT HERE REALLY LEANS THE CITY INTO CRISIS RESPONSE MODE AND FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON EMERGENCY SHELTER. 
          AND WHEN I TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, I THINK ABOUT, OKAY. 
          YES, THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER KEY INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS MADE, ESPECIALLY IN THESE LAST FEW YEARS WITH PREVENTION, WITH RAPID REHOUSING, WITH DIVERSION PROGRAMS? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND CAN YOU JUST TALK US THROUGH KIND OF THE, THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND THE POSITIONING OF THE CITY FOCUSING IN ON EMERGENCY SHELTER? YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UH, SO ALL OF THOSE OTHER ELEMENTS OF OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM ARE IMPORTANT TO US. 
          AND, AND EACH OF THOSE THINGS IS MENTIONED IN SOME WAY IN THE PLAN. 
          I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION IN RECENT MEDIA ABOUT THE, THE SHELTER COMPONENT, BUT I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE ALSO NOT LOSING FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR DIVERSION PROGRAMS, WHICH AS I MENTIONED, HAVE BEEN THE LARGEST SOURCE OF REHOUSING FAMILIES AND, AND STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS OF OUR CLIENTS IN OUR RAPID REHOUSING AND OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INVESTMENTS AS WELL. 
          YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS LIKE A HUMAN BODY. 
          ALL THE COMPONENTS ARE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE WHOLE. 
          UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA CHOP OFF A FOOT TO KEEP A HAND OR CHOP OFF AN ARM TO KEEP A LEG. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM IS, IS UPLIFTED. 
          AND SO THE STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THAT, UH, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO SIT AND MEET WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO REALLY GO THROUGH AND, AND HIGHLIGHT WHERE THOSE OTHER IN INVESTMENT AREAS ARE, UH, IN THE PLAN AND, AND HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE TO SPA, TO, TO KEEP SPECIAL ATTENTION, UH, ON THOSE OTHER INVESTMENT AREAS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND JUST REALLY ACKNOWLEDGING KIND OF THE, THE CLIFF THAT WE'RE UNDER AS A CITY AS WE KNOW, UM, OUR BUDGET SITUATION AND KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS COMING ONLINE AND THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND THE CRITICAL NEED FOR US TO HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IS, AND THANK YOU FOR AFFIRMING, IT IS REFLECTED, BUT JUST IN A WAY THAT REALLY KEEPS US, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL AND HOW WE ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND, UM, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR Y'ALL'S HARD WORK. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. 
          I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS WORK. 
          IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN ALL LOOK AT, UH, AT THE HIGHER STRATEGIC LEVEL. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A VERY CHALLENGING TIME TO WORK IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA WITH ALL THE CHANGES TO FUNDING. 
          SO GREAT APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          ONE OF THEM DOES RELATE TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES POINT ABOUT, AND YOURS AS WELL, DIRECTOR GRAY, ABOUT, UH, THE NEED TO WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH OUR PARTNERS. 
          AND I WOULD ADD ON THE NEED TO BUILD 
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CAPACITY AMONG PARTNERS IN AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE THERE'S BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN HOMELESSNESS, OR THE TYPE OF HOMELESSNESS ISN'T MEETING THE TRA ISN'T, UH, ALIGNED WITH THE TRADITIONAL IDEA OF HOMELESSNESS AS IMPACTING PRIMARILY SINGLE MEN. 
          UM, AND AT A TIME OF CUTS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE AREN'T REACHING AND HOW TO INTEGRATE THAT IN. 
          AND YET IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IF THERE ARE AREAS OF GROWTH THAT THE PLAN LAYS OUT HOW WE ARE REACHING AND WORKING IN THESE NEW WAYS. 
          AND SO, UM, IT'S THESE AREAS THAT MY QUESTIONS ARE RELATED TO. 
          UM, LOOKING AT THE STAKEHOLDER, UM, INTERVIEW LIST ON PAGE 17. 
          UM, I'M WONDERING HOW YOU ARE EXPANDING THIS LIST GOING FORWARD. 
          I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A MOMENT IN TIME. 
          YEP. 
          HOW, HOW DO YOU, HOW DID YOU MAP IT AND HOW ARE YOU EXPANDING IT? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MARISA IN A BIT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THAT INITIAL STAKEHOLDER LIST WAS IDENTIFIED. 
          AND I WANT TO GIVE HER AND NATASHA, WHO'S SITTING BEHIND US, A LOT OF CREDIT, THEY CONDUCTED ALL OF THOSE INTERVIEWS IN A MATTER OF, UH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          AND SO DEFINITELY A, A HARD BUT BUT DEDICATED LIFT ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF. 
          YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF THE ITEMS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS, UH, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIPS AND CONTINUING TO MEET WITH PARTNERS, UH, TALKING ABOUT HOW WE ALIGN OUR INVESTMENTS, ALIGN OUR FOCUS, STAY UP TO DATE ON WHAT'S THE EMERGING PRIORITY FOR EACH GROUP. 
          UH, AND SO AS OUR ACTION PLAN, AS OUR ACTION TEAMS ARE FORMED, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, A BIG FOCUS OF THOSE ACTION TEAMS IS GONNA BE HOLDING THAT SPACE AND LEANING INTO THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND GETTING SOME CLARITY TOO, ON WHERE DO THOSE PARTNERS SEE THEIR ROLE AND THEIR UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO HELPING US RESOLVE HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY? AND WHERE IS THE CITIES AND, AND WHERE DOES THE CITIES LINED IN? UH, BECAUSE I, I THINK A POINT THAT YOU MADE IS A KEY ONE, WHICH IS THAT IT REALLY TAKES ALL OF US TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, AND ESPECIALLY AS THE NEEDS OF HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY EVOLVE. 
          AND AS WE SEE AN INCREASE IN AREAS OR, OR COMMUNITIES THAT AREN'T JUST SINGLE MEN, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LEAN INTO PARTNERSHIPS, LIKE PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALL OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADDRESS STUDENT HOMELESSNESS, LIKE OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS VETERAN HOMELESSNESS. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO GIVE MARISA AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE INITIAL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, HOW THAT LIST WAS, WAS CONSTITUTED, AND HOW WE ENVISION BUILDING ON THAT FOUNDATION FROM 2025 AS, AS WE ROLLED OUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN THIS YEAR. 
          YEAH, I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THAT LIST WAS CREATED OBVIOUSLY INTERNALLY. 
          UM, WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, THINKING THROUGH TIMELINE, UH, WE KNEW WE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE, WE DIDN'T WANNA HAVE A FULL COMPREHENSIVE STAKEHOLDER LIST NECESSARILY. 
          IT WAS LIKE, CAN WE TAKE, UH, A CROSS SECTION OF IT AND GET A REALLY GOOD HIGH LEVEL SORT OF OVERVIEW UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE STAKEHOLDERS ARE SAYING AND WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT US, WHAT THEY THINK OUR ROLE IS, AND USE THAT AS KIND OF OUR METRIC. 
          I DON'T THINK IT WAS DEFINITELY, WELL, I KNOW IT WASN'T INTENTIONAL IN, IN NOT, YOU KNOW, EXCLUDING SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AGAIN, IT WAS ABOUT CAN WE GET SMALL AND LARGE? AND SO WE DID, UM, ACTUALLY VET THAT THROUGH INTERNALLY WITH, WITH SEVERAL FOLKS ON OUR TEAM. 
          SO THAT'S HOW THIS LIST WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE 36. 
          UM, I THINK IN THE FUTURE, YOU MEAN, YOU MAKE A REALLY GREAT POINT. 
          I THINK I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US BE ABLE TO, TO DO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS, UM, WHICH WOULD ALSO PROBABLY INCLUDE MORE THAN INTERVIEWS, BUT FOCUS GROUPS. 
          SO THAT IS SOME GREAT FEEDBACK TO CONSIDER FOR NEXT TIME. 
          BUT AGAIN, MOST OF IT WAS AROUND TIME CONSTRAINTS AND RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPING THIS 36 LIST. 
          BUT WE HOPE WE GOT A GOOD CROSS SECTION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, AND NOTING, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, DIRECTOR GRAY, YOU MENTIONED THE NEED TO WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          UM, AND SO WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THIS LIST, I NOTICED THAT THE FAMILIES IN TRANSITION OFFICES, WHICH ARE THE, YOU KNOW, STATE MANDATED, UH, SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT ON HOMELESSNESS AND NOT SEEING THAT TYPE OF THING IN THE LIST. 
          AND I THINK BACK, AND I ALSO THINK WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING AND DOING IT DIFFERENT WAYS, UM, IT REALLY DOES MEAN ENGAGING WITH NEW ENTITIES AS WELL, WHO MAY BE DOING THAT TYPE OF WORK. 
          AND I THINK ALSO TO THE HOMEMADE NONPROFIT THAT WORKS WITH HOUSES OF WORSHIP WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ADDING BEDS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THEY WERE VERY ACTIVE ON, IN A PROPERTY ON SIX 20, UH, ADJACENT TO MY DISTRICT AND THE ETJ. 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK I WAS THE THIRD COUNCIL PERSON THAT THEY HAD REACHED OUT TO. 
          SO THEY'D BEEN TRYING TO GET THAT DONE FOR A DECADE. 
          AND SO THAT TYPE OF NONPROFIT, I HAVE ASKED MY STAFF 
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TO PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF OTHER IDEAS THAT I WILL, WILL SEND TO YOU. 
          UM, AND THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS, I THINK IS THE CITY HAS A LONG HISTORY OF WORKING WITH MANY PARTNERS. 
          WE CERTAINLY HEARD FROM A LOT OF THEM AT THE OSTEO POETIC HEALTH MEETING. 
          AND, AND IT'S QUITE CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, BUT WHEN THERE IS CHANGE, WHEN THERE'S CHANGE IN WHERE THE POPULATION IS, LIKE WHERE IS IT INCREASING, WHAT TYPES OF PEOPLE ARE WE SEEING? UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT AS WE'RE MAKING THESE SHIFTS, WE ALSO BUILD IN THE ABILITY OF THESE NONPROFITS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY FUNDED AND WORKED WITH EXTENSIVELY TO HELP BUILD CAPACITY FOR WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER ENTITIES. 
          AND I THINK, UM, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT SURPRISED ME NOT TO SEE ON HERE AS I THINK ABOUT MY OWN DISTRICT IS CHARLIE CENTER BEING, UM, CERTAINLY A WELL RECOGNIZED PROVIDER, THE ONLY ONE SERVING THIS AREA. 
          AND, AND I KNOW THAT WE DID EXPERIENCE DURING BUDGET, YOU KNOW, EVEN A SMALL REQUEST BEING CHALLENGING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK INTO THE PLAN. 
          AND SO I, I SEE A LOT OF SIGNS THAT IT IS, IT IS DEFINITELY CRITICAL TO EXPAND THIS LIST, UM, IF WE ARE IN FACT GONNA MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE INCREASING NUMBER OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO DO NOT HAVE STABLE HOUSING, THE CHANGES IN WHERE THE HOMELESS POPULATION IS LIVING IN OUR CITY, AND THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE, BOTH WITH CONNECTING WITH SERVICES, BUT ALSO THESE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT AS WELL. 
          SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING IT TOGETHER. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND, AND OUR TEAM LOOKS FORWARD TO RECEIVING THE LIST OF ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDERS FROM YOUR OFFICE. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR DOING THAT WORK TO PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR US. 
          AND SO, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW UP TO, TO GET THAT LIST FOR ME. 
          YOU'LL HAVE IT BY THE END OF THE WEEK. 
          THANKS SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANKS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THIS DOCUMENT, THE IDEA AROUND IT IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD SO MANY CONVERSATIONS, NOT JUST AROUND HOMELESSNESS, BUT WHATEVER DEPARTMENT OF WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES, RIGHT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO BALANCE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE WITH THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE? AND, AND SO I WANNA REALLY JUST START THIS CONVERSATION LOOKING AT SLIDE TWO, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WHAT AND THE WHY, RIGHT? AND, AND YOU MENTIONED THERE ON THE WHAT, THAT THIS NOT ONLY SETS PRIORITIES, BUT IT, IT GUIDES DECISION MAKING AND INVESTMENTS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO PUT FORWARD, WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES? HOW DO WE WANT YOU TO MAKE INVESTMENTS? BECAUSE IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO COME TO US EVERY TIME YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. 
          SHOULD I DO THIS OR THAT OR THIS? YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE POINT OF THIS PROCESS. 
          WE SET THE POLICY, YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN. 
          UM, AND SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM YOU, IN WITHIN THIS PLAN, DO YOU SEE IT AS KIND OF THE TOOL YOU WOULD LOOK TO WHERE IF YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, I HAVE $1 TO SPEND, I HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS I COULD SPEND IT ON, BUT I HAVE $1 TO SPEND, HOW AM I GONNA SPEND IT? IS THAT, DOES THIS INFORM THAT DECISION? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          SO THIS INFORMS THAT DECISION IN, IN MUCH THE SAME WAY THAT THE CITYWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN INFORMS OUR DECISION MAKING. 
          YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITH A FUNDING REQUEST OR TO YOU ALL. 
          UH, CURRENTLY ONE OF THE FIRST CHECKS WE DO IS WE SAY, IS THIS IN THE CITYWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN OR DOES IT SUPPORT ANY OTHER POLICY PLAN ADOPTED BY COUNCIL? UH, AND IF SO, THEN WE CONTINUE WITH FURTHER EVALUATION AND DECISION MAKING, AND THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER CRITERIA THAT WE LOOK AT BEFORE BRINGING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, WE LOOK AT THE, THE DATA. 
          IS THERE A POPULATION THAT NEEDS THIS? UH, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES? YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH ECHO, ANTICIPATING TECTONIC SHIFTS IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PERMANENT HOUSING AND OTHER SUPPORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO, SO IN SHORT, THE STRATEGIC PLAN DOES SERVE, UH, TO INFORM DECISION MAKING AROUND SPENDING DECISIONS AND HOW WE ALLOCATE STAFF TIME AND, AND ALL THOSE THINGS. 
          UH, BUT THERE ARE ALSO OTHER THINGS THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER BEFORE COMING TO COUNCIL WITH THE REQUEST OR MAKING AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION THAT WE ARE, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DEFEND IN, IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, RIGHT? AND SO, AS WE ARE REFINING THIS, I THINK ONE THING THEN, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, PUBLIC HEALTH, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A VERY HIGH LEVEL GOAL TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC WHERE WE'RE HEADED, RIGHT? IF WE MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS, IF WE DO THESE THINGS, THIS IS THE RESULT YOU WILL 
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SEE. 
          AND THE RESULT THAT EVERYONE SEES EVERY DAY IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE UNSHELTERED, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE UNHOUSED, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN TELL PEOPLE IF, IF WE MAKE THESE CHOICES, IF WE MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS IN ONE YEAR, THIS IS WHERE OUR GOAL IS. 
          WHETHER THAT IS TO HAVE STABILIZED AND HOPEFULLY THEN START A DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY OR, YOU KNOW, SETTING THAT TARGET. 
          SAME WITH, WITH A MORE OUT YEAR, YOU KNOW, IN FIVE YEARS, HERE'S WHERE WE WANT TO BE. 
          UH, WE NOT GONNA SOLVE THIS OVERNIGHT, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE HEADED. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT HIGHER LEVEL METRIC, I THINK IT BELONGS, UM, IN THE, NOT THIS STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT OUR OVERALL CITYWIDE, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIC PLAN, THE GOALS WITHIN THERE, UM, BECAUSE THAT SHOULD REALLY BE OUR NORTH STAR. 
          AND YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, RIGHT? THE, THE GOAL OF THIS IS SO THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO HOUSING. 
          UH, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN LIKE, LIKE I SAID, OVERNIGHT, BUT WHAT IS OUR PATH TO GET THERE, RIGHT? HOW LONG, WHAT ARE THE INVESTMENTS? WHAT ARE THE STEPS NECESSARY? SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO CHEW ON THAT A LITTLE BIT AS TO WHERE WE, AS A BODY, WHAT DO WE DEFINE AS SUCCESS? IF WE'RE HERE NEXT YEAR AND YOU'RE REPORTING YOUR RESULTS UNDER THIS PLAN, AND YOU TELL US THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE SAME NUMBER OF UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS THEN AS WE DO TODAY, I THINK THAT'D BE A, A, A PRETTY BIG WIN. 
          YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED TO STEM THE TIDE BEFORE WE GO DOWN, BUT IS THAT OUR GOAL? IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S NOT A QUESTION, BUT A JUST KIND OF A STATEMENT OF HOW, HOW WE REFINE THIS DOCUMENT TO, TO REALLY COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC WHAT IS OUR, OUR EXPECTATION, OUR GOALS. 
          I AM CURIOUS, TOUCHING ON A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN FUENTES MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC, UH, ELEMENTS IN THIS AROUND SHELTER AND, AND CRISIS SERVICES. 
          BUT THE REFERENCES TO, TO HOUSING, WHETHER THAT'S RAPID REHOUSING, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THEY'RE MORE GENERIC. 
          AND, AND FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A HARD TARGET OF 650 UNITS OF SHELTER. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING, RAPID REHOUSING, PERMIT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S INCREASED ACCESS OR, OR MORE RESOURCES. 
          SO WHERE, HOW DO YOU BALANCE THOSE? YOU, YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE NOT GONNA CUT OFF YOUR FOOT TO SAVE YOUR HAND, RIGHT? WE WANT TO HAVE THE WHOLE BODY. 
          UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DOLLARS. 
          SO WHAT'S THE BALANCE? WHERE, WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS BALANCE? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          SO FIRST I THINK TO THE QUESTION OF WHY DO SOME THINGS HAVE VERY SPECIFIC FIGURES AND SOME THINGS DON'T. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THE RAPID REHOUSING AND THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UH, RIGHT NOW, GIVEN CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THAT COULD HAVE SOME PRETTY MAJOR CONSEQUENCES FOR WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS LOOK LIKE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 
          UH, WE'RE GIVING OURSELF THE BENEFIT OF A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME NECESSARY TO WORK WITH THOSE ACTION TEAMS, WORK WITH ECHO, WORK WITH OUR PROVIDER COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC TARGETS FOR WHAT THOSE INVESTMENTS WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          WE, WE COULD COME UP WITH A VERY SPECIFIC NUMBER TODAY OR OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT MONTH IF, IF WE NEEDED TO. 
          BUT THAT NUMBER MIGHT DRASTICALLY SHIFT BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IF HUD IMPLEMENTS THE CHANGES TO THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING THAT THEY TRY TO IMPLEMENT AT THE END OF 2025. 
          UH, SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THOSE INVESTMENT AREAS ARE IMPORTANT FOR US, WHILE ALSO LIVING IN THE REALITY THAT WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH INFORMATION JUST YET ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T CONTROL TO HAVE A TRUE SENSE OF WHAT WE COULD EXPECT TO, TO DELIVER IN THE AREAS THAT WE DO CONTROL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND I COMPLETELY RESPECT THAT. 
          I, I THINK IT'S JUST HARD TO MEASURE, RIGHT? LIKE, WE COULD COME BACK IN, IN TWO YEARS OR HOWEVER MANY YEARS THE, THAT TARGET IS, AND, AND WE KNOW IF YOU'VE BUILT 650 BEDS, RIGHT? HOW DO WE KNOW IF YOU'VE STRENGTHENED RAPID REHOUSING OR, OR INCREASED ACCESS TO SUPPORT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, RIGHT? I THINK I, I GET THAT YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO TIE A SPECIFIC NUMBER, BUT IF THERE ARE MORE CONCRETE DELIVERABLES SO THAT WE CAN MEASURE, DID WE DO IT, DID WE NOT MM-HMM . 
          AND, AND ONE OF THOSE YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT, I THINK I IDENTIFYING A CONSISTENT FUNDING STREAM FOR PSH SERVICES, RIGHT? THAT IS, THERE'S NO DOLLAR NUMBER ATTACHED TO THAT. 
          THERE'S NO, UM, FOR HOW MANY UNITS, RIGHT? BUT THAT IS CLEARLY SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO BEFORE WE EVEN EXPAND OUR PSH 
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CAPACITY. 
          SO IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN, UM, HAVE VERY SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT TIED TO A NUMBER, I THINK THAT'D BE VERY HELPFUL IN JUST GUIDING. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE END OF, OF MARISA'S SEGMENT OF THE PRESENTATION, SHE, SHE KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT I'LL TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER. 
          YOU KNOW, FOR US, THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS, IS AN ACTIONABLE DOCUMENT. 
          IT'S NOT JUST SOME ROSY PLAN THAT WE PRESENT TODAY AND NEVER LOOK AT AGAIN. 
          UH, AND THE WAY THAT WE ARE EXECUTING ON THIS DOCUMENT IS BY CREATING ACTION TEAMS FOR EACH GOAL ELEMENT. 
          AND THOSE ACTION TEAMS ARE GONNA REALLY DIG IN AND IDENTIFY THE, THE MAJOR MILESTONES THAT LEAD TO THE ULTIMATE GOALS, AND THEN DO THE WORK WITH OUR OFFICE AND WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM TO TRACK WHERE ARE WE ON TARGET AND ACHIEVING MILESTONES, OR WHERE ARE WE OFF TARGET. 
          UH, MARISA ALSO TOUCHED ON EVERY QUARTER AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM, WE'LL BE GATHERING THE INFORMATION, LOOKING AT OUR MILESTONES, ASSESSING OUR PROGRESS, AND WHERE WE'RE FAILING. 
          AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL. 
          BUT I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THOSE MILESTONE DEVELOPMENT AND THOSE GOAL SETTING, THAT, THAT'S ALL BUILT INTO HOW WE'RE BRINGING THIS PLAN TO LIFE. 
          UH, SO WE DEFINITELY SHARE THE CONCERN. 
          WE, WE DON'T WANT TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR, UH, OR AT ANY POINT IN TIME, FRANKLY, AND PROVIDE YOU WITH A BUNCH OF DATA THAT'S NOT ORIENTED TOWARDS SOME OUTCOME THAT YOU COULD MEASURE OUR PERFORMANCE AGAINST. 
          AND SO, UH, SO WE WILL DO THAT WORK. 
          I, I THINK THE, THE, THE POINT IS HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR. 
          UH, SO I'LL TAKE THAT BACK WITH THE TEAM AND WE'LL WORK ON SOME UPDATES, UH, BEFORE THIS PLAN RETURNS FOR, FOR FINAL ADOPTION. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          UH, I, I WANNA SHIFT GEARS A LITTLE BIT AND JUST UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AROUND, UH, DATA AND, AND IN THE, THE PLAN ITSELF, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO LEVERAGE HMIS. 
          UM, I'M CURIOUS HOW, TAKING A STEP BACK JUST ON WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS TODAY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, USE OF COORDINATED ENTRY FOR SHELTER PLACEMENTS. 
          UH, WE DO THAT FOR SOME, WE DON'T DO THAT FOR OTHERS. 
          IS IT Y'ALL'S BELIEF EITHER WITHIN THIS PLANNING PROCESS OR AS YOU'VE JUST THOUGHT ABOUT KIND OF OUR SHELTER PROGRAM, DO YOU THINK WE HAVE THE BALANCE RIGHT? DO YOU THINK WE NEED TO USE MORE COORDINATED ENTRY OR HMIS FOR SHELTER PLACEMENT LESS? WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR KIND OF ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT STATE OF PLAY? I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I THINK AS OF TODAY, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR SHELTER BED COUNT, I THINK THE WAY THAT WE ARE TRYING TO BALANCE OUR SHELTER BED AVAILABILITY WITH ALL THE COMPETING DEMANDS FOR SPACE MAKES SENSE. 
          UH, SOME OF OUR SHELTER CAPACITY IS RESERVED FOR OUR HEALING INITIATIVES, UH, AND OUR STATE AND LOCALLY MANDATED ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS. 
          UH, IF WE DID NOT HAVE THOSE BEDS RESERVED FOR THOSE PURPOSES, UH, WHEN WE GO IN TO CLEAN UP AN ENCAMPMENT, WE WOULD NOT HAVE A PLACE TO SEND THOSE PEOPLE TO. 
          YOU MIGHT RECALL DURING THE SURGE CLEANUP, UH, WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO GET, I THINK 20 OR 25% OF THE FOLKS WHO WE ENCOUNTERED CONNECTED TO SHELTER OUR SERVICES, THAT NUMBER PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN CLOSER TO ZERO IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE DEDICATED SHELTER CAPACITY FOR THE ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP. 
          UH, AND SO THAT'S WHAT SOME OF OUR SHELTER CAPACITY IS FOR SOME OF THE CAPACITY IS ALSO RESERVED FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR EMS PERSONNEL, WHICH HELPS US DIVERT PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL OR BRINGING THEM TO AN ER IF WE CAN GET THEM INTO SHELTER AND HAVE THEIR NEEDS TRIAGED AND MET THERE. 
          WE DO ALSO HAVE SHELTER BEDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, AND FOLKS ARE AWARE THAT THEY CAN CALL INTO THE SUNRISE NAVIGATION CENTER HOTLINE TO BE PUT ON A WAIT LIST FOR THAT BED. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, IF SOMEBODY WERE TO APPEAR ON THAT WAIT LIST AND THEY ARE PREGNANT, OR THEY HAVE A, A VERY SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION OR, OR SOME OTHER EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE, WE HAVE THE DYNAMIC PROCESS IN HOUSE TO GET THAT PERSON INTO THE MOST APPROPRIATE RESOURCE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS, WHETHER THAT'S A SHELTER BED OR A CENTRAL HEALTH MEDICAL RESPITE BED. 
          NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HMIS AND, AND THE CONNECTIVITY TO HMIS, UH, ECHO IS THE HMIS ADMINISTRATOR FOR OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE. 
          UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT ROLE. 
          WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO TAKE ANY OF ECHO'S ROLES OR RESPONSIBILITIES RIGHT NOW. 
          ECHO IS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE HMIS PLATFORM FROM ITS PREVIOUS PLATFORM TO A NEW SYSTEM CALLED CLARITY. 
          CLARITY HAS TOOLS IN IT THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE TO HELP US ENHANCE OUR SHELTER BED COORDINATION, 
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TRACKING OF REAL TIME BED AVAILABILITY AND COORDINATION WITH OUR OUTREACH PARTNERS. 
          SO OUR STAFF IS DEEPLY ENGAGED IN THAT WORK WITH ECHO TO SEE HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE CLARITY TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO OUR SHELTER BEDS. 
          BUT I ALSO WANNA BE VERY CLEAR THAT TYING ALL OF OUR SHELTER BEDS TO A COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM MEANS WE WILL NOT HAVE SHELTER BEDS FOR ENCAMPMENT MANAGEMENT. 
          AND SO WHEN, WHEN YOUR CONSTITUENTS CALL AND THEY CALL US AND WE HAVE TO GO IN AND CLOSE AN ENCAMPMENT, OR WHEN DPS OR ANOTHER AGENCY CLOSES AN ENCAMPMENT AND THEY CONTACT US ASKING US WHERE TO PUT PEOPLE, IF EVERYTHING FLOWS THROUGH COORDINATED ENTRY, THERE'S A GREATER CHANCE THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE SPACE FOR THOSE PEOPLE. 
          AND I DO NOT THINK THAT THAT'S AN OUTCOME THAT WE WANT. 
          SO OUR SYSTEM IS NOT PERFECT. 
          UH, BUT I THINK OUR SYSTEM REFLECTS BALANCE ACROSS ALL OF THE UNIQUE DEMANDS FOR SHELTER BEDS. 
          AND, AND AS WE BRING MORE SHELTER BEDS ONLINE, UH, AND AS WE LEAN INTO THIS NEW HMIS SYSTEM, UH, WE'RE COMMITTING OURSELVES TO BE MINDFUL ABOUT HOW WE IMPROVE THE ACCESS TO SHELTER BEDS, UH, AND HOW WE IMPROVE COORDINATION ACROSS ANYBODY DOING OUTREACH THAT THEY KNOW WHERE BEDS ARE AVAILABLE, UH, AND HOW TO GET THEIR CLIENTS INTO THOSE BEDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 
          AND DO YOU EITHER UNDER THIS PLAN OR HAVE YOU PREVIOUSLY LOOKED AT A SAMPLING OR, YOU KNOW, WE HAD 500 CLIENTS RUN THROUGH OUR SHELTER. 
          UH, THESE ARE THE ONES WHO WERE NEAR THE TOP OF THE COORDINATED ENTRY LIST AND THEIR SUCCESSFUL EXITS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, A COHORT WHO WERE NOT NEAR THE TOP AND THEIR SUCCESSFUL EXITS, BASICALLY TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE DID MAKE A MOVE MORE TOWARDS COORDINATED ENTRY, YOU WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE MORE PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH THE SHELTER, NOT GETTING STUCK IN THE SHELTER WITH A SUCCESSFUL EXIT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL INTERESTED IN IS, IS THAT THEY END UP WITH SOME KIND OF SUCCESSFUL EXIT. 
          SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS EITHER HAS DONE OR, OR PLANNED TO BE DONE JUST TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR LIMITED RESOURCE? YEAH, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO. 
          WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS BEFORE. 
          UH, I WILL SAY JUST KIND OF KNEE JERK REACTION IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A A LOT OF FOLKS WHO COME INTO OUR SHELTERS WHO HAVE NEVER DONE A COORDINATED ASSESSMENT AND THEY DO THE COORDINATED ASSESSMENT AT THE SHELTER. 
          UH, THEN AT THAT POINT WE MIGHT FIND OUT THAT THOSE FOLKS ARE ELIGIBLE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR PSH OR RAPID REHOUSING. 
          THOSE FOLKS WOULDN'T BE SERVED THAT RESOURCE. 
          BUT FOR THE FACT THAT WE GOT THEM INTO SHELTER AND DID THAT CA, UH, IF WE DIDN'T BRING THOSE FOLKS IN THE SHELTER BECAUSE WE WERE ONLY BRINGING IN FOLKS WHO HAVE COMPLETED IT, THOSE FOLKS ARE PROBABLY STILL OUT ON THE STREET WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND DO THEIR ASSESSMENT FOR THEM. 
          I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE TOO, THAT THE LONGER THAT SOMEBODY WAITS ON THE STREET, KIND OF THE WORSE THEIR CONDITION BECOMES, YOU KNOW, OUR SHELTERS PRIDE THEMSELVES ON HAVING MULTIPLE POINTS OF EXIT FOR PEOPLE. 
          UH, WE DO EXIT A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAMS, BUT WE ALSO DO A LOT OF RAPID EXIT. 
          WE DO A LOT OF FAMILY REUNIFICATIONS. 
          WE DO A LOT OF ONE-OFF SHORT TERM, UH, ASSISTANCE TO HELP PEOPLE MOVE IN INDEPENDENTLY ON THEIR OWN. 
          AND I LIKE TO THINK THAT THOSE TYPES OF EXITS ARE IMPORTANT TOO, BECAUSE IT'S A LOWER COST TO OUR TAXPAYERS. 
          IT'S A QUICKER RESOLUTION FOR THE CLIENT, AND IT TRULY DEMONSTRATES THAT, UH, IF YOU ARE SOMEBODY ON THE STREETS, THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO HELP YOU. 
          BUT LIKE I MENTIONED, WE, WE WILL GO BACK AND WE'LL DO THE ANALYSIS THAT, THAT YOU'VE, UM, REFERRED TO US. 
          UH, AND SO I'LL, I'LL WORK WITH OUR POLICY TEAM TO, TO DO THAT ANALYSIS AND, UH, TRY TO CREATE A REPORT BACK TO YOU. 
          SURE. 
          AND MY VERY LAST THING, I I, I WOULD AS ONCE AGAIN, AS WE KIND OF THINK THROUGH OUR, OUR GOALS HERE, HOW WE WANT TO ADDRESS, UM, OUR, AND YOU'VE TOUCHED TOUCHED ON THIS, SOME OF OUR SUBPOPULATIONS, WHETHER IT'S VETERANS, FAMILIES, YOUNG PEOPLE, SENIORS, UM, UNDERSTANDING ONCE AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING RIGHT. 
          AND THERE ARE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO, IF WE HELP, AND I'M THINKING PARTICULARLY OF YOUNG PEOPLE, IF, IF WE CAN ADDRESS THEIR HOMELESSNESS EARLY, THAT'S 50, 60 YEARS THAT THEY POTENTIALLY ARE NOT GOING TO BE, UM, REQUIRING THE RESOURCES THAT MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE. 
          RIGHT? AND SO BEING STRATEGIC ABOUT, ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE THAT $1, WHERE DO WE PUT IT? WE WOULD LOVE TO SERVE EVERYBODY, 
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BUT WE CAN'T. 
          AND SO HOW DO WE GET THE MOST BANG FOR THE BUCK? AND I, AND I HATE TO REDUCE IT DOWN TO DOLLARS AND CENTS 'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE MOST BASIC THING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, A BED, A, A PILLOW, A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE. 
          AND SO HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN PUT A FAMILY OF FOUR IN A HOUSE INSTEAD OF A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT FAMILY OF FOUR IS GONNA RISE TO THE TOP RIGHT, IN MY OPINION. 
          UM, SO JUST LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE VARIOUS TARGETED SUBPOPULATIONS, UM, WANNA THINK THROUGH HOW WE WE PUT THAT IN THIS PLAN. 
          BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK. 
          I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT STUFF. 
          YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THE NAVIGATION CENTER, THE ITEM. 
          I THINK THAT'S GREAT. 
          SOME OF THE OTHER PARTS IN HERE ARE SO GREAT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, PREVENTION, DIVERSION, RAPID EXIT, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE REALLY LEANING INTO THAT. 
          IT'S, IT'S ALL FANTASTIC. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A, A NEW LANDSCAPE AND WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON DEVELOPING THIS OUT AND PRESENTING IT TODAY. 
          I HAVE JUST THREE QUESTIONS. 
          UH, YOU'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS AND WHAT'S LAID OUT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          I'M CURIOUS IF YOU'RE EITHER THINKING NOW OR WOULD FURTHER DEFINE AS, AS YOU'VE LAID OUT THE PLAN, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC GOALS YOU'VE GOT FOR EXPANDING OR OUTLINING, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE OR PHILANTHROPIC OR OTHER FUNDING, UM, METRICS THAT MIGHT COME IN. 
          AND THE PLAN SEEMS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE FIRST PART, IT, IT SEEMS ASPIRATIONAL TO, UM, TO CREATE NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT SPACE. 
          BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU'RE THINKING DOWN THE LINE OF HOW DO WE HAVE KPIS, DO WE HAVE TARGETS, DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF, UM, BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? YOU CAN SHARE WITH US. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UH, SO WITHIN OUR SYSTEM LEADERSHIP FOCUS AREA, WE HAVE SOME KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT ARE TIED TO THE NUMBER OF NEW FUNDERS WITHIN OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM AND THE INCREASE IN FUNDING FROM OUR EXISTING PARTNERS. 
          WE, WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC TARGETS ON THAT AS OF YET. 
          UH, MARISA HAD ALLUDED TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS IN THIS PLAN ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE, UH, WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH A LOT OF FOUNDATIONS FROM THE ESTABLISHED KIND OF CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS, SO THE VERY SMALL FAMILY FOUNDATIONS, UH, AND LEARNING ABOUT THEIR INVESTMENTS IN THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SPACE, UNDERSTANDING THEIR INTEREST AND ABILITY TO ENHANCE THOSE INVESTMENTS. 
          UH, AND ALSO HOW DO WE ATTRACT AND, AND BRING IN NEW RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WHEN HE SAID THAT OUR FUNDING LANDSCAPE IS VERY DIFFERENT LOCALLY. 
          UH, AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE FUNDING LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING FEDERALLY. 
          AND SO ATTRACTING THOSE PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS AND CORPORATE DOLLARS AND INDIVIDUAL GIVING IS ALL GONNA BE CRITICALLY SUCCESS, CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS, NOT JUST OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF OUR PARTNERS, WHETHER THAT'S ECHO OR CENTRAL HEALTH OR ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S PART OF OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER. 
          I WOULD ASK THAT YOU KEEP US LOOPED IN AS YOU FURTHER CLARIFY WHAT YOU THINK THAT DEPENDING ON ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES YOU JUST MENTIONED, THE LANDSCAPE, THE FEDERAL, LOCAL, ET CETERA, HOW THAT MIGHT CHANGE YOUR, UH, YOUR WHATEVER GOALS YOU'RE SETTING OR THINKING ABOUT SETTING OR GUIDELINES FOR THE MAKEUP OF WHERE THE DOLLARS COME FROM. 
          UH, WE ALSO HEARD FROM DR. STEIN EARLIER, UM, FROM SAFE, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE OPERATING A SHELTER WITH HUNDREDS OF BEDS, THAT THAT CONTRACT EXPIRES IN OCTOBER, I THINK, OF THIS YEAR. 
          AND THAT CURRENTLY THAT'S FUNDED, I THINK TWO THIRDS BY THE CITY. 
          SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, GENERALLY SPEAKING HOW THE SHELTER FITS IN WITH THAT PLAN, UH, OR THE STRATEGIC PLAN OR VISION YOU'VE GOT, I KNOW FROM DISCUSSING WITH HIM, IT SOUNDS LIKE HIS ASPIRATIONS, FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING IT IN A HSO. 
          UH, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? SURE. 
          FOR THAT QUESTION, I'M GONNA DEFER TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, STEPHANIE HAYDEN HOWARD, UH, THE, THE CONTRACT TO WHICH YOU'RE REFERRING ACTUALLY RESIDES IN AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, WHICH IS WHY I'M GONNA DEFER TO A CM HAYDEN HOWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          STEPHANIE HAYDEN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. 
          STEPHANIE HAYDEN HOWARD, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. 
          I FORGOT I WAS MARRIED AGAIN. 
          . 
          HE'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH, YOU OPENED UP A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          , LUCKILY WE'RE NOT POSTED FOR THEM. 
          . 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          [01:55:01]
OKAY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UCHIN , UH, COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN. 
          UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED THE COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION FROM SAFE. 
          UM, I'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT, UM, TO HIM ON YESTERDAY, AND WE ARE GOING TO SCHEDULE, UM, REALLY MORE OF A KIND OF COMPREHENSIVE MEETING WITH HIM, WHICH WILL INCLUDE, UM, DAVID GRAY, UM, ADRIAN STIRRUP, UM, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, JOHN FORTUNE, UM, AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM FROM A PD. 
          AND SO OUR GOAL IS, IS TO REALLY ALLOW HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH, UH, A MEMO THAT HE HAS PUT TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT HE IS MAKING, WHETHER IT IS SOME BEDS THAT MAY NEED TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE EMERGENCY SHELTER LINE, UM, UNDERSTANDING KIND OF WHAT HE IS NEEDING AS FAR AS, UM, FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, SINCE WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH HOSPITALS AND HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS, UM, WILLING TO, UH, CONVENE FOLKS AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT WORK AND GET THOSE MEETINGS SCHEDULED. 
          AND THEN OUR, OUR GOAL IS, IS TO FOLLOW UP WITH A MEETING TO THE, UH, A MEMO TO THE FULL COUNCIL, JUST TO KIND OF LAY THAT OUT AND TALK ABOUT OUR PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT COMPREHENSIVELY. 
          OKAY. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER. 
          THANK YOU FOR, UM, THAT UPDATE. 
          AND YEAH, I WAS MOSTLY JUST CURIOUS ABOUT IF THE PLAN SPEAKS AT ALL TO THE IDEA OR THE NOTION OF BRINGING OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MAYBE CURRENTLY OUTSIDE SHELTER BEDS WITHIN THE A HSO SYSTEM. 
          AND, UM, AND IF THAT'S SORT OF IN LINE WITH THE VISION, YOU SEE THIS THINGS PLAYING OUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UH, SO OUR PLAN TALKS ABOUT NEW SHELTER BEDS AND NEW SHELTER CAPACITY. 
          UH, SOME OF THOSE BEDS WOULD HAVE TO BE DELIVERED BY COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UH, THIS PLAN ALSO TALKS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY OF FOLKS WHO DO HOMELESS SERVICES, SOME OF WHOM ALREADY HAVE CONTRACTS WITH HSO, BUT SOME OF WHOM DON'T. 
          UH, AND HOW DO WE MAKE SPACE FOR US TO ENGAGE THOSE THAT DON'T, YOU KNOW, WITHIN, UH, OUR CITY AND, AND WITHIN OUR OFFICE. 
          UH, AND SO THE, THE PLAN TOUCHES ON THAT, I WOULDN'T SAY DIRECTLY, BUT THROUGH KIND OF VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN. 
          WE MAKE ROOM FOR AN OP FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THE ONES YOU'RE DESCRIBING. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          LAST QUESTION IS, I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MENTION OF BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL HEALTH IN THE PLAN. 
          I THINK WE FOUND IT UNDER THE APPENDIX IN THE GLOSSARY. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, PLAYS A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN, UH, IN THE HOMELESSNESS SPACE. 
          SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN EXPAND ON ANY DETAILS OR THOUGHT PROCESS Y'ALL HAVE FOR HOW WE INTEND TO APPROACH THAT ISSUE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I'LL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'LL GO BACK WITH THE TEAM AND, AND LOOK INTO, UM, AND POSSIBLY MAKE A RECOMMENDED UPDATE ON, UH, YOU KNOW, AS YOU TOUCHED ON, THE BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SPACE IS AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR US. 
          UH, I PROBABLY TALK TO OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM LED BY CARRIE ROGERS, UH, AT LEAST THREE TIMES A WEEK ABOUT, UH, HOW WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AS A, AS A COMMUNITY OF FOLKS, CITY INTEGRAL CARE STATE AGENCIES, ET CETERA, ON DELIVERING, UH, MORE ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
          UH, I DO WANT TO GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO OUR FRIENDS AT AL CARE. 
          THEY REALLY LEANED INTO THIS SPACE WITH US. 
          UH, I THINK OVER THE LAST YEAR THEY OPENED UP THE PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY SERVICES, UH, UNIT. 
          UH, WE HAVE AN ITEM ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA THIS WEEK TO EXPAND THE SIZE OF THE HOMELESS OUTREACH STREET TEAM, WHICH PROVIDES STREET LEVEL BEHAVIORAL AND, AND MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS FOR FOLKS, PARTICULARLY FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          UH, AND THEN THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH A PD AND OTHERS, UH, WE'VE LAUNCHED PROGRAMS LIKE THE NO WRONG DOOR INITIATIVE AND, AND OBVIOUSLY A PD AND EMS HAVE LAUNCHED AUSTIN FIRST. 
          AND SO, SO THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR US. 
          I, I APOLOGIZE THAT IT, THAT IT WAS EXCLUDED IN THE PLAN AND, AND THAT'S PROBABLY COUNT THAT BY ACCIDENT, BUT I, I HOPE THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE OF THE ACTUAL WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE REMAIN FOCUSED ON ENSURING THAT ANYBODY WHO HAS A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEED OR A MENTAL HEALTH NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THE RIGHT TYPES OF TREATMENT FOR THE APPROPRIATE DURATION. 
          UH, AND SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, TO PUSH FORWARD IN THAT WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, YEAH, IF ANYTHING, YOUR ANSWER HELPED CLARIFY MY CONFUSION, WHICH IS I UNDERSTOOD THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE IN THAT SPACE AND IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM TO BE REFLECTED ENTIRELY IN THE, THE WAY THE PLAN WAS LAID OUT CURRENTLY. 
          AND I, 
          [02:00:01]
I JUST MAKE THE SAME REQUEST I DID FOR THE FIRST QUESTION, WHICH IS THAT IF YOU HAVE UPDATES THERE AS YOU'RE THINKING THROUGH THIS, TO CONTINUE TO SHARE THOSE WITH US. 
          YES SIR. 
          WOULD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANKS COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN. 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS EVERYBODY AND THANK YOU ALL AND THANKS FOR THE GOOD WORK. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, MEMBERS THAT WILL TAKE US 
          [E. Executive Session]
TO THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSIONS. 
          UM, THE CITY COUNCILS, LEMME LET ME MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          UM, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP FIVE ITEMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM A FOUR WITH WHICH IS AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH RICHARDS RODRIGUEZ AND KEITH FOR REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS IN GLEN AND MINDY SHIELD VERSUS THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          NUMBER 1 25 CV 0 1 2 1 0 DAE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, UH, IN THE AUSTIN DIVISION IN THE AMOUNT OF $455,500 FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $609,500. 
          THE FUNDING IS AVAILABLE IN THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26, LIABILITY RESERVE BUDGET. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TAKE UP FOUR OTHER ITEMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM E 0 0 1, EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF AND CONSIDER COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE CITY MANAGER PER THIS IS, UH, RELATED TO PERSONNEL MATTERS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0 4 0 7 FOR THE GOVERNMENT CODE E 0 0 2 EVALU, EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF AND CONSIDER COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK THAT INVOLVES PERSONNEL MATTERS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE E 0 0 3 TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF AND CONSIDER COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE CITY CLERK AGAIN UNDER 5 5 1 0 7 4 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE AND E 0 0 4, WHICH IS TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF AND CONSIDER COMPENSATION OF BENEFITS FOR THE CITY AUDITOR. 
          AGAIN, PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          FOR THOSE THAT ARE COORDINATING THIS AND HELPING US OUT ON THIS, THE ORDER WE WILL GO IN, THOSE WILL BE THE CITY AUDITOR, THE CITY CLERK, THE MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK, AND THEN WE WILL GO WITH THE CITY MANAGER. 
          UM, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO GOING INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE FIVE ITEMS THAT I'VE ANNOUNCED? HEARING NONE, WE WILL, THE COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          IT IS 11:01 AM AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          I WILL COME OUT, THERE MAY BE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT JOIN ME. 
          THEY'RE ALWAYS WELCOME, UH, BUT I WILL COME OUT FOR CERTAIN AND ADJOURN THE MEETING BECAUSE WE HAVE NO OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE ON OUR AGENDA FOR THIS SCHEDULED WORK SESSION. 
          WE ARE GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, IT'S 1258 AND, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN IN A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          UH, IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WE DISCUSSED PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1 LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM A FOUR. 
          WE ALSO IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION DISCUSSED PERSONNEL ISSUES PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          WITH REGARD TO AGENDA ITEMS E ONE E 0 0 1, E 0 0 2, AND E 0 0 3 AND E AND BRIEFLY E 0 0 4. 
          UM, WE WILL COME BACK ON THURSDAY TO TAKE UP E 0 0 4 IN, IN, IN A BIGGER FASHION. 
          UH, WITH THAT, WE HAVE COMPLETED THE AGENDA FOR THIS WORK SESSION OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED AT 12:59 PM THANKS EVERYBODY.
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