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          YEP. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON 
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EVERYONE. 
          UH, WELCOME TO THE, UH, APRIL 8TH, UH, MEETING OF THE MONTHLY MEETING OF THE AUSTIN TOURISM COMMISSION. 
          UH, AND, UH, I WANT TO JUST CHECK IN REAL QUICK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS WHO ARE JOINING US TODAY? NO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL THEN, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST JUMP INTO THE AGENDA. 
          LET'S START WITH, UM, 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE, UH, THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES FROM MARCH 11TH. 
          EVERYBODY, TAKE A QUICK LOOK AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH APPROVAL CHAIR. 
          I MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PENOC. 
          UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? AND, UH, VICE CHAIR MASTERS HAS SECONDED. 
          ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MARCH 11TH MEETING. 
          SAY, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          MAX. 
          YEP. 
          AND UP. 
          AYE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MAX. 
          UH, THAT, UH, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND, UH, THAT MEANS THE MEETING MINUTES WILL BE POSTED AND, AND FILED. 
          UH, MOVING ON TO 
          [1. Staff briefing from Staff Liaison, Felicia Burleson, regarding commission board recent  vacancy filled, deadlines, resources, and updates. ]
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. 
          I THINK WE HAVE A STAFF MEETING FROM OUR STAFF LIAISON. 
          MS. BURLESON? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANNA SHARE WHAT'S IN YOUR PACKET TODAY. 
          UM, WE JUST WENT OVER OUR MARCH MINUTES. 
          UH, WE HAVE A COMBINED COMMON, UH, COMBINED PRESENTATION FOR ITEMS THREE AND FOUR TODAY. 
          AND THEN ITEM FIVE PRESENTATION IS IN THERE. 
          UM, I ALSO INCLUDED THE ROADMAP GUIDE. 
          UM, ON THE BACKSIDE I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED SOME IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR GOING INTO NEXT YEAR ON, TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR AGENDA. 
          UM, I ALSO PROVIDED A COPY OF THE UPDATED VERSIONS OF THE BYLAW BYLAWS. 
          UM, THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGED WAS ON THE LAST PAGE IN ARTICLE 10. 
          THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT WAS ADDED, UM, TO IT. 
          AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A ONE PAGER FOR, UM, OUR PROPOSED WORKING GROUP FOR TODAY, UH, FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. 
          THE FINAL REMINDER IS TODAY WE WILL BE CONDUCTING THE ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS FOR THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. 
          AND I'M HERE IF YOU NEED ME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU AS ALWAYS. 
          I HAD ONE QUESTION FOR MS. BURLESON. 
          UH, DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON OUR DISTRICT NINE VACANCY? SO WE'RE STILL RIGHT, RIGHT? NO. 
          DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ANY LEADS OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON AS A COMMISSION? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING. 
          AND WORKING IT AS A COMMISSION BOARD, THAT IS STRICTLY UP TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, HISTORICALLY, IF WE HAVE A, A COMMISSIONER HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH A COUNCIL, COUNCIL DISTRICT OR, OR CONVERSELY HAS FOUND SOMEONE THAT HAS AN INTEREST IN SERVING AN INTRODUCTION MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE MADE. 
          AND IT'S REALLY UP TO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PERSON. 
          OKAY. 
          TO DETERMINE IT. 
          IT, MANY OF US DON'T ALL, ALL LIVE IN THE DISTRICTS THAT WE SERVE. 
          SO, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN PRETTY COMMON FOR OUR BODY TO, TO HAVE COMMISSIONERS THAT, THAT THAT CAN BE APPOINTED BY A DISTRICT THAT DON'T. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS, IT'S MORE THAT WE WAIT FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER, OR WE USUALLY HAVE TO NUDGE THEM, NUDGE THEM IF YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP. 
          AND DANIEL WAS REALLY GOOD AT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          HE MADE IT HIS, HE MADE IT HIS BUSINESS TO DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE NOT YET DONE THAT BECAUSE WE WERE SO SUCCESSFUL IN FILLING THE LAST TWO, TWO, THE OTHER, IF WE WERE THREE DOWN, IT WOULD BE THE TOP PRIORITY OF OUR COMMISSION RIGHT NOW TO BE TRYING TO FILL OUR SEATS. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT, UM, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION. 
          DANIEL HAS BEEN, I MEAN, I, I ALSO WOULD PROBABLY WANNA REACH OUT TO DANIEL 'CAUSE HE'S BEEN PRETTY, UM, SUCCESSFUL AND FINDING FORWARD. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ON. 
          SO IF HE KNOWS THAT HIS POSITION HASN'T BEEN FILLED, HE'LL PROBABLY START BUGGING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TO GET IT FILLED. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          THANK YOU BOTH. 
          THANKS FOR ASKING. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 
          ALRIGHT THEN, I GUESS, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR WHAT YOU ARE 
          [Items 2 & 3 ]
AND SHOULD I BE INTRODUCING, UH, ITEMS THREE AND FOUR AS A JOINT PRESENTATION AS YOU JUST SAID? AND I'LL INTRODUCE BOTH OF OUR GUESTS AND SO I SEE THEM WALKING TOWARDS THE PODIUM. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. 
          UM, WE ARE COMBINING OUR NEXT DISCUSSION, ITEMS THREE AND FOUR, WHICH WILL BE A JOINT PRESENTATION BY THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, URBAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, WHO, AND OUR PRESENTATION WILL BE ANNA MARTIN, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, COMBINED WITH A PRESENTATION FOR COMMANDER MICHAEL CHANCELLOR FROM THE A PD. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS PRESENTATION, WHICH WE HEARD WAS WELL RECEIVED, AND WHEN WE FOUND THAT IT'S, IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE, WE WERE LIKE, WE NEED TO SEE IT. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 
          SO THANKS FOR MAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE TODAY. 
          AND, UH, THE, THE 
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FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          YES. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITATION. 
          YOU'LL SEE A NEW VERSION TODAY WHERE CHIEF CHANCELLOR AND I KIND OF COMBINED, UH, TO TACKLE THIS TOPIC. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, NICE TO BE HERE. 
          MY NAME'S ANNA MARTIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS. 
          I'M GONNA LEAD THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN CHIEF CHANCELLOR WILL CLOSE WITH SOME OF THE A PD INITIATIVES AND NEXT STEPS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          SO A QUICK ROADMAP OF, UM, WHAT WE'LL COVER TODAY. 
          I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SAFETY PILOT OVERVIEW THAT'S BEEN ONGOING ON SIXTH STREET FOR A YEAR AND A HALF NOW. 
          I'LL TALK ABOUT OUR ENGINEERING PROCESS TO IDENTIFY LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS TO UPGRADE THE SIXTH STREET DISTRICT, UH, COVER THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED ON THE PROPOSAL, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND FINALLY, NEXT STEPS. 
          SO STARTING WITH THE SIXTH STREET SAFETY PILOT, THIS WAS A MULTI-DEPARTMENT CITY INITIATIVE TO REDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE SAFETY IN THE DISTRICT. 
          UH, THIS BEGAN BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2024 WHEN SIXTH STREET WAS REOPENED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ON WEEKEND NIGHTS. 
          SO THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, UM, MY DEPARTMENT, THE TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SUPPORTED THE SAFETY PILOT BY DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A TEMPORARY STREET REDESIGN THAT WIDENED THE PEDESTRIAN AREAS BY REPURPOSING A PER, UH, PARKING LANE AND A TRAVEL LANE TO INCREASE THAT PEDESTRIAN SPACE. 
          WE'VE ITERATED ON THE MATERIALS A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES. 
          WE STARTED WITH, UH, TEMPORARY FENCING THAT QUICKLY DETERIORATED WITH THE PEDESTRIAN LOADS, REPLACED THOSE WITH WATER BARRICADES. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, OUR LAST ITERATION HERE IS WITH CONCRETE BARRICADES. 
          THESE ARE INTENDED TO STAY IN PLACE FOR THE MIDTERM. 
          SO UNTIL WE FIND FUNDS TO EVENTUALLY BUILD OUT THE LONG-TERM FEATURE OF SIXTH STREET, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PARTNER WITH THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE. 
          THEY COMMISSIONED A LOCAL ARTIST, UM, TO PAINT THE BARRICADES, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE HELPING US WITH, UM, MAINTAINING THAT APPEARANCE OVER THE NEXT, UM, SEVERAL YEARS. 
          SO THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO ROUTINELY KEEP TRAFFIC FLOWING ON SIXTH STREET, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LATE SATURDAY NIGHTS WHEN THE PEDESTRIAN LOADS EXCEED THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE THERE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND, AND, AND OFTEN ON SPECIAL EVENT WEEKENDS AS WELL. 
          WE'VE BEEN CLOSELY MONITORING TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND CRASH DATA. 
          WE'VE SEEN ONLY ABOUT A 32ND INCREASE IN TRAVEL TIME FROM I 35 TO CONGRESS AVENUE, EVEN WITH THE REDUCED, UM, LANE. 
          AND WE'VE HAD NO REPORTED PEDESTRIAN OR BIKE CRASHES, UM, DURING ENTERTAINMENT HOURS WHEN THE STREET IS NOW OPEN COMPARED TO WHEN IT WAS CLOSED BEFORE. 
          SO BUILT BUILDING ON THE MOMENTUM OF THE SAFETY PILOT, WE STARTED, UM, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING TO IDENTIFY LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS DISTRICT. 
          AND SO PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING IS A PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND YOUR RIGHT OF WAY CONSTRAINTS UNDERGROUND AND OVERHEAD UTILITIES, AND DEFINE FUTURE ELEMENTS FOR THE STREETS SUCH AS SIDEWALKS, BIKEWAYS TREES, PARKING, CAFE ZONES, OR OTHER USES. 
          UH, AUSTIN'S HISTORIC SIXTH STREET IS ONE OF AUSTIN'S MOST RECOGNIZABLE STREETS IN THIS NINE BLOCK AREA, UM, FROM I 35 IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND IS ONE OF OUR CITY'S PREEMINENT ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS HOME TO A NUMBER OF BARS, CLUBS, AND VENUES, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN POPULAR FOR DECADES. 
          SO, UM, WE WORKED IN COMBINATION WITH THE AUSTIN CORE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN COLLABORATION WITH GREAT STREETS, UM, AND IDENTIFIED THREE IMPROVEMENT OR THREE SCENARIOS TO TAKE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          EACH ALTERNATIVE TREATS, BIKE LANES, SCOOTER LANES, PE, PEDESTRIAN SPACE, AND CURB SPACE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. 
          BUT THEY ALL KEEP SIXTH STREET ONE WAY WESTBOUND FOR VEHICLES. 
          UM, AND EACH ALTERNATIVE SHARES THE GOAL OF EXPANDING PEDESTRIAN SPACE, SUPPORTING THE LOCAL BUSINESSES, PROVIDING CURB ACCESS TO SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS ACCOMMODATING VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. 
          SO I'LL JUST, UH, I WON'T TOUCH ON ALL THE DIMENSIONS HERE, ALL THE ALTERNATIVES UP, UP, BUT OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT, UM, IN EVERY ALTERNATIVE WE HAVE TWO WESTBOUND VEHICULAR LANES. 
          UM, WE HAVE VARIATIONS IN CURB ACCESS AND VARIATIONS ON THE ACCOMMODATION OF BIKE AND SCOOTER SCOOTER LANES. 
          SO IN ALTERNATIVE ONE, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A BIKE AND SCOOTER LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, AND WE HAVE CURB ACCESS VIA, UM, UH, VIA, UM, BUILT-IN, UM, CURB CUTS TO SUPPORT OUR DENSE STOREFRONT DISTRICT. 
          UM, ALL OF THE ALTERNATIVES ALSO HAVE A 10 FOOT SIDEWALK WIDTH AS WELL. 
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ALTERNATIVE TWO IS A VARIATION. 
          UM, WHERE WE, AGAIN, WE HAVE TWO WESTBOUND VEHICULAR LANES. 
          WE HAVE A WESTBOUND BIKE AND SCOOTER LANE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET. 
          UM, CURB ACCESS LANE ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT COULD BE FOR VALET DROP OFF AND PICKUP OR DELIVERY ZONES, AND COULD VARY BY BLOCK BASED ON THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE BASED THERE. 
          UM, AND THEN VERY WIDE SIDEWALK ZONES ON BOTH THE NORTH SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE. 
          UM, FOR, COULD BE USED FOR, OF COURSE, SIDEWALK SPACE AS WELL AS TREES, CAFES, OR OTHER USES. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA MENTION IN BETWEEN, UM, YOU CAN PROBABLY MAKE IT OUT ON THE, ON THE SLIDE HERE, WE HAVE, UM, BOLLARDS POSITIONED BETWEEN THE TREES AND THAT'S JUST ENVISIONED TO PROVIDE AN EXTRA PROTECTION OF SAFETY, UM, FOR THE DENSE, UH, PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE THERE ON THE STREET. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, ALTERNATIVE THREE. 
          UM, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT WE WOULD ACCOMMODATE BIKE AND SCOOTER LANES ON PARALLEL STREETS. 
          AND THIS REALLY ALLOWS US TO HAVE 25 FEET ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET FOR SIDEWALKS AND FURNISHING ZONES. 
          AND THAT FURNISHING ZONE CAN BE USED FOR BENCHES, BIKE RACKS, UM, CAFES, QUEUING, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK SPACE. 
          AGAIN, BOLLARDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET IN BETWEEN TREES FOR THAT ADDED PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION. 
          UM, SO ALTERNATIVE THREE HAS THE WIDEST PEDESTRIAN REALM OF THE THREE OPTIONS. 
          IT'S ALSO THE CLOSEST ALTERNATIVE TO THE PILOT CONFIGURATION THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE USING THOSE TEMPORARY, UH, BARRICADES. 
          SO WE COLLECTED FEEDBACK IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          WE HAD TWO WORK SESSIONS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, PLUS THE EAST SIXTH STREET PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE. 
          WE ALSO HAD A PUBLIC SURVEY, UM, SEEKING FEEDBACK ON THREE ALTERNATIVES. 
          SO PUBLIC FEEDBACK FROM THE SURVEY REVEALED A REALLY STRONG DESIRE FOR A SAFER, MORE PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED SIXTH STREET WITH WIDER SIDEWALKS, GREENERY AND ROBUST SUPPORT FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WELL AS SPECIAL EVENTS. 
          UM, THERE WAS DEFINITELY TENSION BETWEEN REDUCING CAR ACCESS, UM, WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD HAVE BIKER SCOOTER LANES AND MAINTAINING, UM, USEFUL DELIVERY ZONES AND LOADING UNLOADING ZONES. 
          UM, OF COURSE, WHAT CAME OUT THROUGH ALL IS THAT SAFETY VIBRANCY AND PRESERVING AUSTIN'S UNIQUE CULTURE WERE PRIORITIES AMONGST ALMOST ALL THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS. 
          SO, GETTING TO OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, SOME OF THE DATA POINTS THAT WERE STRONGLY CONSIDERED, THIS IS OUR HIGHEST PEDESTRIAN DENSITY IN ALL OF DOWNTOWN. 
          IT'S ALSO THE HIGHEST DENSITY OF BUSINESSES THAT USE, UH, SIDEWALK SPACE FOR QUEUING. 
          THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 80 STOREFRONTS, UM, ON THESE NINE BLOCKS. 
          WE HAVE HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING RESTORED RATHER THAN REDEVELOPED. 
          UM, DEFINITELY A RECOGNITION THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS AGING AND DOES NOT MEET THE CURRENT NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT. 
          WE ALSO CONSIDERED THAT WE HAD A PILOT PROJECT THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER A REALLY DIVERSE SET OF STAKEHOLDERS FROM TPW TO A-P-D-E-M-S, UM, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, AS WELL AS THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO TEST STREET SECTIONS. 
          AND JUST A RECOGNITION THAT WE HAVE A DENSE URBAN GRID WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT VOTER FOCUSES FOR DIFFERENT STREETS. 
          SO AFTER CAREFUL AND REVIEW OF CONSIDERATION OF ALL THESE FACTORS, OUR CITY STAFF RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE THREE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGN. 
          AND THIS ALTERNATIVE PROVIDES THE WIDEST PEDESTRIAN ZONES TO WESTBOUND BAKER LANES AND A FLEXIBLE CURB LANE ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET FOR LOADING AND DELIVERIES. 
          SO WHY DO UNOBSTRUCTED SIDEWALKS ARE JUST ESSENTIAL ON SIXTH STREET'S HIGH DENSITY AREA FOR PEDESTRIANS AND STOREFRONTS. 
          THESE GENEROUS PEDESTRIAN ZONES SUPPORT A VISION FOR A PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED DISTRICT THAT SERVES AS A DESTINATION FOR DOWNTOWN AUSTIN DAY AND NIGHT, UM, AND ARE REALLY NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE HEAVY FOOT TRAFFIC THAT WE SEE, ESPECIALLY DURING THOSE PEAK, UH, NIGHTTIME HOURS. 
          UM, P PRIORITIZING PEDESTRIANS DOESN'T JUST IMPROVE MOBILITY, IT ENHANCES SAFETY, SUPPORTS LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND STRENGTH STRENGTHENS THE CULTURAL VIBRANCY THAT MAKES SIXTH STREET WHAT IT IS, ONE OF OUR MOST ICONIC DESTINATIONS. 
          SO NEXT STEPS FROM THE ENGINEERING SIDE. 
          UM, WE PUBLISHED OUR PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT FOR SIXTH STREET IN JANUARY. 
          UM, WE HAVE SOME MONEY SET ASIDE TO INITIATE DESIGN. 
          AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH 
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A CONSULTANT ON DESIGN RIGHT NOW. 
          AND REALLY WHAT THAT DOES IS, WHILE WE DON'T HAVE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING TO DATE, THAT SETS US UP IN A READY POSITION, WHETHER IT'S A, A FUTURE BOND OR A GRANT OPPORTUNITY, IT SET US UP IN A READY POSITION TO, TO ACT ON THIS, TO REALLY, UM, BE ABLE TO PUT THIS DESIGN IN PLACE ON SIXTH STREET. 
          UM, THE CITY COUNCIL JUST APPROVED THE AUSTIN COURT TRANSPORTATION PLAN LAST WEEK OR SO AT COUNCIL. 
          UM, AND THAT REALLY SOLIDIFIED THE RECOMMENDATION FOR SIXTH STREET AND THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN PLAN, AS WELL AS, UM, PROMOTED ALTERNATIVE, UM, I'M SORRY, PARALLEL STREETS FOR BIKE AND SCOOTER ACCESS. 
          SO WE'LL BE LOOKING CLOSELY AT FIFTH STREET AND SEVENTH STREET IN DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT, I'M SURE YOU'VE BEEN ANXIOUS TO HEAR FROM CHIEF CHANCELLOR, SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO HIM FOR NEXT STEPS. 
          THANK YOU, ANNA. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I'M MIKE CHANCELLOR WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, I WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND I'VE KIND OF CARRIED THAT WITH ME. 
          I'M NOW THE ASSISTANT CHIEF FOR ALL OF PATROL WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DID THIS PRESENTATION FOR THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE, WE REALLY FOCUSED ON USE OF FORCE DATA, USE OF FORCE DATA FROM A VERY SHORT PERIOD, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE HAD STARTED AT AND WE STARTED REVIEWING IT. 
          AT THAT TIME, IT WAS A 25% DROP. 
          I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT USE OF FORCE IS STILL DOWN WITHIN THE AREA COMPARED TO, UH, THE YEAR BEFORE. 
          AND, UH, IT IS NOT QUITE DOWN 25%, BUT IT IS STILL STILL DOWN FROM THERE. 
          COINCIDENTALLY, I WAS HERE YESTERDAY SPEAKING TO CITY COUNCIL ABOUT OUR USE OF FORCE POLICY AND THE REVAMPING OF IT AND THE WAY THAT WE COLLECT THE DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING IT APPROPRIATELY AND GATHERING ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO. 
          SO FOR THIS PRESENTATION, I KIND OF WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE AND ADDED ON SINCE THEN. 
          THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE CREATED THE PUBLIC ORDER TEAM AND, AND WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN RAPID RESPONSE TEAM. 
          NOW, THOSE TWO HAVE SEPARATE MISSIONS, BUT OFTEN WORK TOGETHER. 
          THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN RAPID RESPONSE TEAM IS A GROUP OF DETECTIVES THAT ARE SOLELY FOCUSED ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          AND SO THEY'RE WORKING THE PICKPOCKETS, THE CELL PHONE THEFTS, ALL OF THOSE CASES. 
          AND THEY'RE DOING IT WITHIN 24 4 HOUR ASSIGNMENT. 
          PREVIOUSLY, IT WOULD'VE WENT TO A SECTOR DETECTIVE, IT WOULDN'T HAVE WENT TO A QUEUE, AND IT WOULD'VE PROBABLY SAT THERE FOR AT LEAST A FEW DAYS BEFORE IT GOT, THEY GOT AROUND TO IT BASED ON CALL LOAD. 
          WITH THESE DETECTIVES ASSIGNED STRAIGHT TO DOWNTOWN, THEY'RE ABLE TO START WORKING THESE. 
          AND THESE DETECTIVES HAVE STARTED COLLECTING AND RECOVERING A LOT OF THE CELL PHONES THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN. 
          YOU'VE ALSO SEEN PROBABLY SOME OF OUR PSA CAMPAIGNS AND THINGS WITH SIGNS OUT TALKING ABOUT HIDING OR, OR PROTECTING YOUR CELL PHONES. 
          THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS THE PUBLIC ORDER TEAM. 
          THE PUBLIC ORDER TEAM IS JUST THAT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON PUBLIC ORDER. 
          SO WHEN YOU SAW THE ALLEYS THAT WERE KIND OF A MESS AND YOU WOULD FIND FECES AND OTHER, UH, EXCREMENT IN THOSE ALLEYS, THEY'RE THERE TO HELP CLEAN THOSE UP. 
          AND SO THEY WORK A LOT WITH THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE. 
          THEY WORK A LOT WITH OUR OTHER PARTNERS, TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORK, PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, ALL OF THOSE GROUPS. 
          BUT THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF STARTING TO CLEAN THOSE UP AND WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY AND OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY. 
          ALSO, WHEN WE FIND DRUG DEALERS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE HOMELESS POPULATION BY DISTRIBUTING OVER AND OVER TO THE HOMELESS, UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING STAY AWAY ORDERS FOR DOWNTOWN FOR THOSE DEALERS THAT ARE DOING THAT. 
          AND SO WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN KEEPING A LOT OF THOSE, UH, DEALERS OUT. 
          AND SO THEY CONTINUE TO WORK THAT. 
          IN ADDITION, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TABC CODE ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH FIRE, EMS. YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT PACE TEAMS THAT GO DOWNTOWN AND CHECK BARS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH TABC, OTHER LIQUOR UH, VIOLATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITY PROSECUTION AND ABATEMENT. 
          AND WHAT THAT'S DOING IS TAKING THOSE, UH, VIOLATIONS FROM TABC AND OTHER GROUPS AS WE SEE THEM, AND WE'RE TAKING THEM TO OUR MUNICIPAL COURT PROSECUTORS, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT LOCATIONS VERSUS PEOPLE AND SAY, THIS LOCATION HAS A PROBLEM WITH OVER-SERVING MINORS OR AFTER HOURS DRINKING, OR THEY'RE NOT, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A LIQUOR LICENSE, SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO SHUT THEM DOWN? AND SO SEVERAL AFTER HOURS ESTABLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN BY DOING THAT COMMUNITY PROSECUTION MODEL AND HAVE LED US TO HAVING LESS AND LESS INCIDENTS IN THOSE AREAS. 
          THAT'S ONGOING WORK THAT CONTINUES, AND I HAPPY TO SAY IT'S SPREADING THROUGHOUT THE CITY NOW WHILE WE START IN DOWNTOWN. 
          IT'S NOW TOUCHING OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. 
          WITH THAT, UH, I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ABOUT THE PUBLIC SERVICE EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS. 
          WE ALSO HAD A DWI INITIATIVE FOR A WHILE IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN WHERE WE WERE PULLING OVER VEHICLES, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, AROUND THE FACT THAT, UH, WE HAD OPENED UP THE TRAFFIC AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WEREN'T INTOXICATED AND DRIVING OVER THERE. 
          SO WHEN THE OFFICERS SAW A VIOLATION, SAW THAT THERE WAS POTENTIAL INTOXICATION, THEY WOULD CALL A SPECIFIC DWI OFFICER TO COME AND INVESTIGATE THAT. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF NUMBERS FROM THAT, BUT I DO BELIEVE IT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, AS WE OPENED UP THE STREETS, THAT IT WAS SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES 
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ALIKE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE. 
          WELL, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I, I NEGLECTED TO SET YOU UP APPROPRIATELY, AND I REMEMBERED THAT, I MEAN, NOT JUST YOU INDIVIDUALS, BUT THIS SESSION, UM, EACH OF OUR TOURIST COMMISSION MEETINGS ARE GENERALLY THEMED. 
          AND WE'VE PUT A ROADMAP, OUR ROADMAP TOGETHER FOR MEETINGS THIS YEAR. 
          AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO BE, UH, THOUGHTFUL AND FOCUSED IN EACH MEETING TO LOOK AT SOME PART OF OUR TOURISM ECONOMY AND SOME AREA PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, WE HAVE HAD, WE HAD A, A SESSION WHERE WE LOOKED AT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE, UH, WATERLOO GREENWAY, THE, THE REVISED CONVENTION CENTER, AND KIND OF THE INTERSECTION IT'S GONNA TAKE OVER DOWN THERE, RAINY STREET. 
          AND WE REALIZE THAT'S A HIGH TRAFFIC, HIGH DESTINATION DISTRICT. 
          WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE RED RIVER DISTRICT ABOUT THINGS UP THERE, AND I KNOW I'M SURE THAT YOU HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE DOWN THERE AS WELL. 
          UH, BUT BRINGING FORWARD SIXTH STREET AS ONE OF OUR MOST ICONIC, UH, LEVERAGE KNOWN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S EQUAL TO MANY THINGS IN THIS TOWN. 
          SIXTH STREET IS SO FAMOUS THAT WE FELT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ADD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO SIXTH STREET. 
          THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT RENOVATING OR REVISING OR UPDATING OR JUST CREATING A NEW SIXTH STREET EXPERIENCE FOR OUR NEW EVOLVING COMMUNITY, IT WAS, IS HAPPENING. 
          AND WE FELT THAT THAT SEQUENTIALLY WE SHOULD BRING THE STAKEHOLDERS IN. 
          AND IT EVEN WAS TOUCHED UPON WHEN THE DAA WAS HERE JOINING US IN THAT CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER, WATERLOO GREENWAY INTERSECTIONS AND ALL OF THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO US THAT SIXTH STREET IS THE, THE MAIN ARTERY OF, OF MUCH OF OUR HISTORY AND MUCH OF OUR LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL BONAFIDE. 
          SO, UM, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING TODAY. 
          AND I, I NEGLECT AGAIN THAT I DIDN'T SAY THIS UPFRONT TO, FOR OUR VISITORS WHO WILL WATCH THE VIDEO AFTER THE FACT AND FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THAT CHANCE TO BRING US UP ALL UP TO SPEED. 
          AND I DON'T WANNA KICK IT BACK TO COMMISSIONERS TO ASK QUESTIONS. 
          UH, UH, COMMISSIONER PRUITT, THANK YOU, , IT'S ALWAYS SO HARD TO REMEMBER EVERYBODY'S LAST NAMES AS WELL, . 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR, FOR COMING. 
          AND, UM, I ALWAYS WANNA ASK JUST FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR EACH OF YOU AND THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON, WHAT OBSTACLES, UM, YOU EXPECT TO FACE OR MIGHT BE FACING CURRENTLY THAT ARE GOOD FOR US TO KNOW, FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW? UM, SO I DON'T KNOW. 
          'CAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE GET THE PRESENTATIONS AND IT SAYS, WELL, HERE'S ALL THE GOOD WE'RE DOING. 
          UM, BUT WE KNOW IT CAN'T BE EASY, RIGHT? . 
          SO IF THERE'S A OBSTACLE OR A RESOURCE OR, OR, OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN JUST SEE AS A CHALLENGE, UM, I'M ALWAYS CURIOUS TO HEAR, UH, WHAT THOSE ARE. 
          MAYBE I'LL START. 
          I THINK WE'VE, WE'VE FOUND A LOT OF MOMENTUM ON IMPROVING SIXTH STREET, REALLY GOING BACK TO THE FALL WHEN CHIEF DAVIS JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AND REALLY WORKING WITH THOSE STAKEHOLDERS ON THE VISION TO REOPEN THE STREET. 
          LET'S CHANGE THE VIBE DOWN THERE, SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME DIFFERENT OUTCOMES SINCE THAT POINT. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD CI, CITY MANAGER, OFFICE LED MEETINGS. 
          REALLY, IT WAS BIWEEKLY FOR A WHILE, THEN TO MONTHLY, NOW QUARTERLY, JUST REALLY FOCUSING ON THE SIXTH STREET DISTRICT AS A WHOLE AND ALL OF THE, TACKLING IT FROM ALL PERSPECTIVES. 
          SO WE REALLY NOW HAVE A CROSS DEPARTMENTAL, UM, FOCUS AND APPROACH TO SOLVING ONGOING ISSUES DOWN ON SIXTH STREET. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE GOOD, RIGHT? AND BE, AND THROUGH THAT WE HAVE MOMENTUM. 
          NOW WE HAVE THIS, UM, WE HAVE ENGINEERING DONE ON A LONG-TERM VISION FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, WE HAVE DESIGN STARTING. 
          SO ALL OF THIS IS GREAT MOMENTUM. 
          UM, I THINK KEEPING THE MOMENTUM GOING WILL BE A CHALLENGE, RIGHT? AS AS OFTEN OTHER PRIORITIES CAN ARISE AND WE CAN GET DISTRACTED BY, YOU KNOW, OTHER INITIATIVES. 
          SO, UM, KEEPING FOCUS AND, UM, AND FUNDING AND RESOURCES KIND OF ALIGNED TO IMPROVE SIXTH STREET, I THINK, UM, IS PROBABLY A KEY TO, TO MOVING FORWARD FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. 
          DO YOU WANT ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH, I WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THE RESOURCE PORTION OF THAT, RIGHT? SO WE DO HAVE SOME AMAZING PARTNERS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BUY-IN. 
          UM, BUT THE NUMBER ONE CALL THAT I GET IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA TYPICALLY DEALS WITH PUBLIC ORDER. 
          BLESS YOU. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE CREATED THE PUBLIC ORDER TEAM TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. 
          BUT IT'S STILL, THERE'S A, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND SO THOSE PEOPLE NEED RESOURCES TO HELP THEM IN THE SITUATION THAT THEY'RE IN. 
          AND SO THAT RESOURCE POOL IS WHERE DO THEY GO? HOW DO WE GET THEM THERE? AND SO AS WE'VE CREATIVELY WORKED ON 
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A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO TRY AND, UH, GET THEM HELP VERSUS JUST PUTTING PEOPLE IN JAIL FOR MINOR VIOLATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, IT, IT IS A DEMAND AND A PULL ON RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT AND AWARE OF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE, UM, I KNOW IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO WANNA FLIP THE COIN AND, AND LOOK AT THE, MAYBE THE, THE UGLIER SIDE OF IT. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE STILL FACING. 
          AND, UM, I THINK WHEN WE DO THAT, WE LEARN THAT, UM, YOUR DEPARTMENT'S FOCUSES AND CHALLENGES ARE SIMILAR TO THE CONCERNS THAT THE PUBLIC MAY HAVE. 
          SO, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THOSE THINGS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER PRUITT. 
          COMMISSIONER IAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND PRESENTING TO US. 
          UM, THIS WAS GOOD TO HEAR FROM Y'ALL'S PERSPECTIVE. 
          UM, YOU JUST TOUCHED ON WHAT MY QUESTION WAS GONNA BE. 
          UM, I WANTED TO KNOW KIND OF WHAT THE STRATEGY IS AROUND HOME, THE HOMELESSNESS SITUATION, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO, UM, KIND OF THE FALL OF SIXTH STREET. 
          UM, PERSONALLY, I THINK IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I WAS THERE, I DIDN'T REALLY FEEL SAFE WALKING THE STREETS. 
          IT WAS JUST LIKE A, A BIT OF MAYHEM, IF YOU WILL. 
          UM, SO YOU TOUCHED ON IT, BUT IS THERE, UM, KIND OF A LITTLE MORE DETAIL OF WHAT THE STRATEGY FOR THE HOMELESS SITUATION IS AND MAYBE, UH, DURING, UH, HIGH EVENT TIMES, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TOURISTS AND VISITORS TO OUR CITY AND WE WANNA MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION SO THEY COME BACK. 
          UM, IS THERE ANY STRATEGY AROUND THOSE TIMES? UH, OR JUST IN GENERAL? AND LASTLY, I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING, UM, THAT THE PUBLIC CAN DO OR US AS A COMMISSION CAN DO TO SUPPORT SOME OF YOUR INITIATIVES? YEAH, SO I'LL START WITH THE FIRST PART OF THAT. 
          UM, WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING, UM, THERE'S A GROUP WITHIN AUSTIN FROM MULTIPLE DIFFERENT GROUPS, UH, THAT IS MEETING AND LOOKING AT LEGISLATION BECAUSE LEGISLATION IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO HELPING WITH THIS ISSUE OF GIVING TEETH TO CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT OR HELP PEOPLE GET INTO PROGRAMS AND HOUSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND SO THERE IS A MAJOR PUSH TOWARDS THAT TYPE OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HELP US GET THERE. 
          ALSO TOWARDS HAVING EMS HAVING THE SAME ABILITY AS A PEACE OFFICER TO DO AN EMERGENCY COMMITMENT WHEN THERE MAY BE AN EMERGENCY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE THAT, UH, THEY NEED TO SEE A PSYCHIATRIC DOCTOR FOR OR SOMETHING OF THAT. 
          AND SO THOSE THINGS ARE ALL BEING WORKED. 
          OF COURSE, WE DON'T HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION THIS YEAR, UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GROUNDWORK BEING LAID FOR THAT. 
          IN ADDITION, WE HAD THE AUSTIN FIRST PILOT THAT WE JUST RAN WITH EMS AND INTEGRAL CARE, WHERE WE PARTNERED UP OFFICERS IN EMS AND, UH, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO RESPOND TO CALLS TO SEE IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY OF, UH, HELPING PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO POLICE OFFICERS SHOW UP, NOT EVERYONE LIKES THE POLICE. 
          UH, AND SO WE PAIR THEM UP WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND EMS AND WE TRY AND GET THEM THE BEST RESOURCE POSSIBLE. 
          AND SO MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF BUILDING OFF OF THAT AND HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. 
          UM, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ALSO AWARE THAT IF I HAVE AN OFFICER THAT TAKES SOMEONE TO JAIL FOR A MINOR VIOLATION, THAT PERSON'S OUT OF JAIL AND BACK ON THE STREET BEFORE THE OFFICER'S DONE WRITING A REPORT OR AFFIDAVIT. 
          AND IT DOES NO GOOD TO, TO EITHER SIDE, RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO, TO GET THE PEOPLE THE HELP THAT THEY NEED AND GET 'EM IN THE PLACES THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          THAT'S WHAT AUSTIN FIRST IS ABOUT, UH, AS WE GROW THOSE PROJECTS AND PILOTS AND, AND DEVELOP, UH, DEVELOP THEM INTO OTHER THINGS AND, AND FIND OUT HOW THAT WORKS. 
          THE SECOND PART OF THAT AROUND SPECIAL EVENTS AND HOW WE'RE DOING IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE HOMELESS STRATEGY AND OR HOMELESS OUTREACH STRATEGY OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE GOING OUT AND MEETING THOSE PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT BEFOREHAND TO TRY AND PROVIDE THEM SHELTER, PROVIDE THEM RESOURCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT AS THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS ARE THERE, THOSE PEOPLE AREN'T TRYING TO DEAL WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DOWNTOWN, UH, WHILE THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE, ARE ALSO LOOKING AT SOMEONE THAT MAY BE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM. 
          AND IT'S, AND IT'S, UH, MAYBE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR BOTH SIDES OF THAT SITUATION. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          VERY HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER IAN, VICE CHAIR. 
          MASTER. 
          THANK YOU BOTH. 
          UM, MS. MARTIN, DO, WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING INTO KIND OF THE BLUEPRINT OF, OF LONG-TERM PLANNING, WAS THERE ANY KIND OF ELEMENT OF LOOKING INTO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF WHAT, UM, ALTERNATIVE THREE, IF, IF THAT'S THE PLAN THAT MOVES FORWARD, WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN FOR THE BUSINESSES MAYBE VERSUS SOME OF THE OTHER PLANS? YOU KNOW, SKIPPING THE BIKE LANE TO YOUR POINT, I KNOW WAS CONTROVERSIAL, BUT PERHAPS STRATEGIC AND IF YOU ARE AWARE OF ANY KIND OF DATA AS FAR AS, UH, THE BENEFITS FOR BUSINESS, UH, WITH THIS INVESTMENT. 
          YEAH, 
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THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. 
          I'LL SAY WE HAD, UM, THE DAA KIND OF BY OUR SIDE AS WELL AS ALL THE OUTREACH WE DID TO THE BUSINESSES. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WAS WHAT MAKES OUTDOOR, UM, RESTAURANT SPACE VIABLE. 
          UM, AND SO WE WERE ABLE REALLY TO HONE IN ON THE SPACE REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT LED US TO ALTERNATIVE THREE. 
          LIKE, HOW DO WE REALLY ACTIVATE THESE STOREFRONTS, WHETHER IT'S FOR QUEUING OR FOR, UM, PATIO SPACE OR OTHER USES FOR THE BUSINESSES. 
          SO THAT WAS DEFINITELY A KEY, KEY FOCUS HERE. 
          UM, 80 STOREFRONTS ON SIXTH STREET. 
          UM, IF YOU COMPARE THAT, ONE OF OUR GREAT STREETS IN DOWNTOWN IS SECOND STREET, THEY HAVE ABOUT HALF THAT NUMBER OF STOREFRONTS. 
          SO IT REALLY SHOWS YOU THE, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, AND WE WANTED TO SIZE THE SIDEWALK SPACE SO THAT IT COULD EITHER BE AT LEAST WHAT SECOND STREET IS OR BETTER, RIGHT? SO BECAUSE THAT'S JUST A, A GREAT THRIVING RETAIL DISTRICT, SO DEFINITELY USE THOSE DATA POINTS, UM, AS WE MADE OUR DECISIONS. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OR, UH, A BEST GUESSTIMATE, HOW MANY OF THOSE STOREFRONTS ARE, UM, VACANT RIGHT NOW? I, I DO NOT KNOW THAT  THE ANSWER TO THAT. 
          UM, I, I, UH, AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER POC, AND I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN TO, LIKE, WALK TO THAT AREA IN PROBABLY 15 YEARS FOR PROBABLY SIMILAR CONCERNS MM-HMM . 
          BUT WHEN I DO DRIVE DOWN THERE, I FEEL LIKE I REALLY FEEL THE VACANCIES WHILE I'M THERE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND THAT WAS KIND OF PART OF WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, QUESTION OF WHAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY EXPECT TO MOVE INTO SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS ONCE THEY ARE MORE STRUCTURALLY KIND OF SUPPORTED AND SOUND. 
          AND ONCE IT'S A SAFER AREA, IS THERE, UM, INSTEAD OF IT BEING ALL BAR FRONTS, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS OR HOPES FOR WHAT MIGHT MOVE INTO THAT AREA TO HELP REVIVE IT AND MAYBE GIVE IT MORE OF A DAYTIME FEEL? YEAH. 
          THE, THE REALLY THE GOAL OF THIS DISTRICT IS TO MAKE IT AN 18 HOUR A DAY DISTRICT. 
          SO EVERYTHING FROM, UM, COFFEE SHOPS TO LUNCH PLACES, TO, TO RESTAURANTS. 
          UM, I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A, UH, REAL ESTATE INVESTOR THAT HAS BEEN, UM, THAT DOES OWN MANY STOREFRONTS ALONG SIXTH STREET. 
          AND, UM, THERE ARE ACTIVE LEASED NEGOTIATIONS ON YOUR WAY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UM, IN BRINGING NEW TENANTS TO THOSE SPACES. 
          UM, THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE ALSO HAS A STOREFRONT, UM, GRANT PROGRAM WHERE THOSE LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS CAN RECEIVE A GRANT TO, UM, UPDATE OR REFRESH THEIR STOREFRONTS. 
          AGAIN, WE HAVE, UH, REALLY UNIQUE STOREFRONTS DOWN THERE ON SIXTH STREET, AND I KNOW WE'D ALL LOVE TO SEE THOSE KIND OF REVIVED TO THEIR, THEIR FORMER GLORY. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES, UM, FOCUSED ON SIXTH STREET AND, AND KIND OF BRINGING, UM, UH, NEW LIFE DOWN TO THE DISTRICT. 
          COMMISSIONER PIERCE. 
          DID, DID YOU, DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? NO. 
          YES. 
          NO, JUST CHECKING. 
          NO QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          I, I, YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE NATIONAL, UH, REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DESIGNATION FOR THE DISTRICT, AND I'M WONDERING, AS PART OF THE, THE CONVERSATION WE WERE JUST HAVING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO, UH, REENERGIZE THE BLOCK, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A COMBINATION OF A PUB, A MASSIVE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. 
          IT'S LOCAL, LOCAL INVESTORS COMBINED WITH THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          UM, DOES THE, DOES THE DESIGNATION OF THE HISTORIC PLACES PLACE CHALLENGES ON HOW THE PROJECT MOVES FORWARD IN ANY SPECIFIC WAY THAT YOU COULD MENTION FROM A TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD QUESTION FOR, UM, A PROPERTY OWNER OR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER WITH INTEREST DOWN THERE. 
          GREAT. 
          I'LL, I'LL SAVE THAT TO OUR ARCHITECTS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT. 
          UM, YOU ALSO MENTIONED, OR IT WAS MENTIONED YOU DON'T HAVE FUNDING MM-HMM . 
          AND IT COULD BE BONDS. 
          SO GOING BACK TO WHAT I, I WAS JUST MUSING ON IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A CHICKEN AND EGG SITUATION. 
          IF THERE WAS, IF THE PRIVATE INVESTOR SCENARIO WAS STARTING TO RAMP UP, IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THAT WOULD PUT INCENTIVES ON THE CITY TO PRI MAYBE REPRIORITIZE HOW THAT, THE AGENDA FOR FUNDING THAT DISTRICT AND THE, AND WHERE TO PUT IT IN THE QUEUE OF NEEDS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AGAIN, WHAT, WHEN WE INVITED, I HEARD COMMISSIONER OCCI AND SAY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING. 
          I WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THE, OUR PURPOSE IN HAVING YOU HERE AND OUR PURPOSE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE COMMISSION'S ROLE IS, UH, TO 
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HELP THE CITY LOOK AT HOW TO INCREASE TOURISM, HOW TO COMPETE AGAINST OTHER CITIES, HOW TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW OUR HOT TAXES ARE GOING INTO PRESERVATION FUNDS. 
          WE HAD THE ACME OFFICES HERE LAST MONTH. 
          WE KNOW THAT THOSE PRESERVATION GRANTS ARE IMPORTANT, THEY'RE IMPORTANT ON A MICRO BASIS. 
          WE HAD THE PARAMOUNT HERE RECENTLY AND TALKING ABOUT THEIR RENOVATION PLANS AND HOW SOME OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE HELPED THEM. 
          I CERTAINLY FORESEE THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING TODAY IS GONNA MANIFEST THAT. 
          WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE IN THIS CHAMBER AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON SIXTH STREET, WHERE WE'VE CAUGHT UP TO SOME OF THESE ISSUES. 
          BUT WE KNOW THAT RESOURCES ARE IMPORTANT, BUT WE WANT TO BE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EMPHASIZING THE COUNCIL HOW IMPORTANT WE THINK TENDING TO THE SIXTH STREET EXPERIENCE IS, AND FOR, FOR THE BIG, YOU KNOW, UM, INTERESTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN VISITING AUSTIN. 
          SO WE, WE WE'RE, WE'RE STAYING ON IT WITH PURPOSE. 
          SO WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER, YOU HAVE A QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ. 
          THANKS. 
          IT'S NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. 
          I, I LIVE DOWNTOWN EAST AUSTIN. 
          I, AND I APPRECIATE THAT SIXTH STREET IS OPEN, UH, ON THE WEEKENDS, ABLE TO GET THROUGH. 
          IT'S VERY NICE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF PEOPLE, UH, SOME OF OUR COMMISSIONERS HAD SAID THAT IN PAST, THEY FELT A LITTLE BIT, UM, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY. 
          BUT, BUT I, AND WE'RE DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, ASSISTANT CHIEF CHANCELLOR, THAT, THAT IT'S, IT'S FEELS LIKE A SAFE PLACE TO ME. 
          I WALK, I RUN IN THE EVENINGS, DRIVE THROUGH THERE. 
          IT'S GREAT. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA MAKE MENTION SOME GREAT PLACES THAT I LOVE ON SIXTH STREET, JUST SO ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S LISTENING WHO HASN'T BEEN THERE. 
          UM, ESTHER FOLEYS IS AMAZING. 
          THE DRISCOLL PARKSIDE BACKSIDE HAS AMAZING FOOD AND THE MUSEUM OF OF WEIRD, SUPER FUN. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          JUST WANNA SAY THAT. 
          AND THEN GREAT CONTRIBUTION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YES. 
          HI, MS. CON, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. 
          HI. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. 
          UM, I, MYSELF, I ACTUALLY WALK SIXTH STREET EVERY DAY. 
          MY, UH, OFFICE IS AT SEVENTH AND 35, SO RIGHT BY THE WENDY'S WHEN I HAVE TO COME DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, I GUESS, I GUESS THE MAIN QUESTION IS LIKE THESE NEXT STEPS, INITIATING THE DESIGN PROCESS IN PROGRESS. 
          IS THERE ANY ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE THAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO? I MEAN, SEEING THE ALTERNATIVES HERE, THE VISUALS ARE REMARKABLE. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE DIFFERENT IDEAS COME, YOU KNOW, AHEAD. 
          BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT, WHAT'S FURTHER AFTER THIS? I KNOW WE'RE IN THIS IN PROGRESS MOMENT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE ALTERNATIVE IS HERE, SO JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHERE THAT'S AT. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, WE HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT SET ASIDE TO START PROGRESSING DESIGN. 
          WE THINK WE CAN GET, I DON'T WANT GET TOO ENGINEERY, BUT WE THINK WE CAN GET CLOSE TO A 60% DESIGN PLAN DONE. 
          AND SO THEN IT'S REALLY FINDING FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE, WITH THE FUNDS WE HAVE, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP INCREMENTAL PROGRESS FORWARD. 
          UH, SO WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES COME UP, WE'RE READY TO GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE FOR OUR GUESTS TODAY? WELL, WITH THAT, WE'LL, THANK YOU FOR, UH, ADDING TO THIS CONVERSATION AND BRINGING IN NECESSARY DETAILS AND HELPING US UNDERSTAND BETTER WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. 
          AND APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING FOR SURE. 
          THANK YOU FOR, UH, UH, PUTTING YOUR TIME ON. 
          YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LONG TIME. 
          I'M GLAD YOU'RE KEEPING THE FAITH AND STAY WITH IT. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, NOW, UM, I, MOVING ON TO ITEM DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS REALLY PACKED INTO THIS. 
          I ALMOST FEEL LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A THREE-WAY PRESENTATION, BUT WE, BUT, UH, THESE, UH, THE PRIOR GUESTS HAVE DONE THIS TOGETHER, SO THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE REDUNDANCY OR OVERLAP, BUT, UM, OUR, OUR, OUR 
          [4. Presentation by Stream Reality Partners regarding an overview from Stream Realty regarding  its role in revitalizing historic Sixth Street and understanding current efforts, future plans, and  community stewardship within the context of Austin’s tourism industry. Presentation by  Stream Reality Partners Representative.]
FINAL PRESENTATION ON THIS TOPIC TODAY, UH, IS COMING FROM, ACTUALLY, WE INVITED THE STREAM ROYALTY PARTNERS, AND THEY MADE IT, UH, THEIR OBJECTIVE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND BY INVITING THEIR ARCHITECTURAL FIRM WHO HAVE LITERALLY, UH, CLAYTON COURT, CORTE, IS IT CORTE OR COURT? YES. 
          KTI. 
          KTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY COMING TO US FROM, UM, THAT FIRM WHO WILL THEN TAKE US THROUGH SOME OF THE DESIGN, UM, INSPIRATIONS. 
          AND IF NOT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE LEADING, UH, CONCEPTS THAT WOULD HELP MAYBE EVOLVE THE, I THINK THAT QUESTION WE HAD ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF PLACES AND WHAT TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE, UH, COMING TO A NEW SIXTH STREET, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME IDEAS OF, OF SOME VARIETIES OF SHIFTS THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEW, UM, REDESIGN DISTRICT. 
          SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I DID NOT WRITE DOWN YOUR 
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FULL NAME AGAIN. 
          WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF? ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS, UH, SKY CURRY. 
          I WORK WITH CLAYTON CORDY ARCHITECTS, AND I AM THE, UH, PROJECT ARCHITECT FOR OLD SIX. 
          UH, AND BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, TO MS. MARTIN AND TO COMMANDER CHANCELLOR, AS SOMEONE WHO'S WALKED THE STREET FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, CHANGE IS SIGNIFICANT. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WHAT Y'ALL DO AND, AND TO THE COMMANDER, IF YOU SEE HIM, UH, THERE'S MEANINGFUL CHANGE ON THE STREET. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO, UH, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE INVITATION HERE. 
          UH, AND FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OLD SIX. 
          UH, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR, GOSH, PROBABLY OVER FIVE YEARS, UH, IN AN EFFORT TO, UH, WORK WITH STREAM REALTY, UH, TO BEGIN TO RESTORE AND REVITALIZE, UH, A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PART OF, UH, WHAT WE ARE CALLING OLD SIX. 
          UM, WHAT WE ALL KIND OF CURRENTLY KNOW TOO, AND, AND REFER TO AS DIRTY SIX. 
          UM, WE, WE CALL IT OLD SIX BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THE OVERARCHING GOAL FOR, FOR NOT JUST OURSELVES AS ARCHITECTS FOR THE BUILDINGS, BUT I THINK FOR STREAM IN GENERAL, UH, AS A DISTRICT FOR THIS TO NOT FEEL LIKE A NEW PLACE. 
          THIS IS NOT, OUR GOAL IS NOT TO BE MUSIC LANE. 
          OUR GOAL IS NOT TO BE RODEO DRIVE. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, FIND THE, THE, THE QUALITY AND THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE OVER TIME BEEN ALLOWED TO FALL INTO A BIT OF DISREPAIR AND TO BRING THEM BACK AND TO ALLOW THEM TO, UH, KIND OF LIVE THE WAY THEY WERE MEANT TO LIVE AND HAVE BEEN LIVING AND, AND HOPEFULLY WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE FOR ANOTHER GENERATION OR TWO. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT, I INCLUDE THIS SLIDE BECAUSE I, I OFTENTIMES WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STREET TO OUR CITY. 
          I, I CERTAINLY DON'T NEED TO DO THIS TO THIS COMMISSION. 
          UM, BUT SIXTH STREET WAS OUR FIRST PERMANENT STREET IN THE CITY. 
          UM, IT'S A STREET THAT, UH, THE MORE I'VE LEARNED ABOUT IT, THE MORE I KIND OF UNDERSTAND IT, IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR KIND OF THE SPIRIT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY OF KEEPING IT WEIRD AND RESPECTING EACH OTHER AND APPRECIATING DIVERSITY. 
          AND, UH, SO MUCH OF THAT ACTIVITY AND SO MUCH OF THOSE IDEALS WERE BORN AND LIVED IN A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS, AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR CITIES LIKE OURS, UH, TO PRESERVE AND TO MAINTAIN THEM, AND TO ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK TO OUR CITY. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS REALLY A WONDERFUL AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE, AND THAT STREAM HAS KIND OF AFFORDED US TO, UH, WORK ON KIND OF A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF THESE HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING BACK NOT JUST THE BUILDINGS, BUT IN MANY WAYS THE DISTRICT THAT YOU ALL HAVE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED THE POINT THAT IT'S KIND OF, KIND OF LEFT OUR CITY IN A WAY, AND WE'VE ALL KIND OF FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT. 
          SO MANY OF US HAVE MEMORIES OF SIXTH STREET, BUT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CURRENT EXPERIENCES. 
          AND SO, UH, CURRENTLY IT'S OUR HOPE THAT, UM, THAT CHANGES SOON. 
          SO, UH, THE PROJECT ITSELF, UH, IS CURRENTLY DEALING WITH 31 HISTORIC PROPERTIES. 
          UH, THESE PROPERTIES KIND OF VARY IN THEIR LEVEL OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. 
          SOME ARE, UH, NOT SIGNIFICANT, UH, IN TERMS OF KIND OF THEIR AGE AND, UH, HOW MUCH THEY'VE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS, UH, AND SOME OF THEM ARE, I'LL SAY SOME OF THEM. 
          ONE OF THEM IS, UH, AN RTHL OR A ACCORDED TEXAS HYSTER HISTORIC LANDMARK, UH, WHICH IS THE SECOND HIGHEST DESIGNATION, UH, THAT YOU CAN PRO, UH, ASSIGN A BUILDING OR A SITE HISTORICALLY. 
          AND THAT WAS THE FIRST BLACK OWNED BUILDING IN OUR CITY, WHICH IS FIVE 20 EAST SIXTH STREET. 
          UM, YOU'LL NOTICE HERE ON THE GRAPH THAT THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILDINGS ARE KIND OF GEARED TOWARDS, UH, 35, THE 500, 600 AND 700 BLOCKS. 
          UH, AND IT'S INTERESTING, YOU CAN, IN A WAY READ SIXTH STREET, UH, ALMOST LIKE A SOCIOECONOMIC BOOK. 
          UH, THE CLOSER YOU GET TO, UH, CONGRESS, THE, THE PRETTIER, THE TALLER THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, THREE STORY STONE BUILDINGS. 
          AND, AND THE CLOSER YOU GET DOWN TO 35, THEY START TO BECOME SINGLE STORY BUILDINGS, UM, WITH, UH, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT USES, AND ALSO, AT LEAST FROM OUR SIDE, UH, REQUIRING A LITTLE MORE INVESTMENT, UH, IN THEIR, IN THEIR UPKEEP. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS NOT A SUPERFICIAL EFFORT. 
          THIS IS NOT AN EFFORT TO, UH, PUT IN NEW WINDOWS AND SLAP A COAT OF PAINT ON THE FRONT OF IT AND TO CHANGE THE RENT. 
          RIGHT? UH, THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT TIME AND ENERGY AND RESOURCE, UH, PUT INTO THESE BUILDINGS TO, UH, REROOF THEM, TO CHANGE THE FOUNDATIONS TO CHANGE THE WAY THE FLOW FLOORS ARE LOADED. 
          UH, SO MANY OF THESE BUILDINGS WERE BEING USED IN A WAY THAT WAS, AT LEAST FOR THE BUILDINGS, NOT COMPLIANT AT ALL. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT IN ANY WAY A SUPERFICIAL EFFORT. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, AGAIN, WILL HOPEFULLY ALLOW THESE BUILDINGS TO, TO HAVE ANOTHER A HUNDRED OR 200 YEARS OF LIFE IN THEM. 
          UM, AND TO YOUR POINT, ALSO, COMMISSIONER, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE TENANTS AND THEIR 
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DEMANDS ON UTILITIES. 
          THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT UTILITY UPGRADES HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE STREET. 
          THAT STREAM, UH, IS, HAS TAKEN ON. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE POSITIONING THE STREET TO, AGAIN, HOPEFULLY, UH, CONTINUE TO LIVE IN A MORE SIGNIFICANT WAY, UH, IN A, IN A MUCH LONGER, UH, FOR, FOR MUCH LONGER. 
          UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROCESS, UH, JUST VERY QUICKLY, NOT TRYING TO GET TOO INTO THE GEEKY WEEDS, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HISTORIC BUILDINGS, TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH THE DESIGN. 
          UM, FOR US, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UH, AS A FIRM WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH HISTORIC BUILDINGS TO WORK WITH, UH, THE CITY, UH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, AND ANY OTHER SIGNIFICANT PARTNERS THAT WE CAN FIND TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NATURE AND THE CONTEXT OF OUR STREET. 
          YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT ESTABLISHED IN 1975. 
          UH, PART OF OUR PROCESS WAS TO HIRE A HISTORIC CONSULTANT, UH, TO COME IN AND EFFECTIVELY REEVALUATE THE DISTRICT. 
          UM, THEY WERE ABLE TO KIND OF USE, UH, WHAT WAS A, A REALLY WEALTH OF INFORMATION ABOUT EACH BUILDING, AND THEN ADD TO THAT, UH, HOW THE BUILDING HAS CHANGED, WHAT SIGNIFICANT, UH, CHARACTER DEFINING ELEMENTS HAVE GONE OR BEEN PRESERVED. 
          AND THAT ALLOWED US, UH, IN ADDITION TO OUR RESEARCH AND THE RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE THROUGH THE STAFF MEMBERS AT THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF PROVIDE US A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT WE CAN DRAW FROM AND THEN BEGIN TO APPROACH EACH BUILDING, UM, APPROPRIATELY, UH, WITH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE GOAL OF, UH, BRINGING IT BACK TO ITS MOST ORIGINAL STATE. 
          BUT OFTENTIMES, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO FIND PICTURES OR DRAWINGS OF THOSE STATES. 
          AND SO IT'S, UH, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO FIND PHOTOS OR, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT A MOMENT IN TIME WHERE THE BUILDING HAD A PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE, AND THEN WE CAN USE THAT TO THEN, UH, KIND OF DEVELOP THE DESIGN OF EACH INDIVIDUAL BUILDING. 
          UM, STARTING TO GET INTO KIND OF THE POTENTIAL CHANGE OF SOME OF THESE SPACES, UH, AGAIN, I THINK A LOT OF THE FOCUS WAS TO INCREASE AND IMPROVE THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE FOR SIXTH STREET. 
          UH, A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS HAD, UH, OVER THE YEARS, BEEN SCABBED OVER AND CHANGED AND THROUGH DIFFERENT USES, HAD KIND OF LOST A LOT OF THEIR STREET PRESENCE. 
          AND SO FOR US, UH, A BIG MOVE WAS TO INCREASE, UH, EXPAND AND IMPROVE THE VISIBILITY INTO AND, UH, AROUND THESE BUILDINGS WHILE KEEPING A LOT OF THEIR, AGAIN, CHARACTER DEFINING ELEMENTS, UH, INTACT. 
          UH, AS A PART OF THESE STUDIES, YOU'LL NOTE HERE IN, IN THIS IMAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WE DID STUDY THE IDEA OF HAVING, UH, THE SIDEWALKS DOUBLED IN WIDTH. 
          AND IN A LOT OF THESE IMAGES, YOU'LL SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, CAFES, SIDEWALK SEATING, WHICH FOR US IS, UH, WOULD BE, UH, A HUGE, UH, BOON TO HOW THIS STREET OPERATES. 
          UM, NOT JUST FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT, FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, BUT ALSO FROM, UH, JUST A PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY STANDPOINT. 
          YOU KNOW, PUTTING PEOPLE NOT JUST IN THE BUILDINGS, BUT ON THE STREET, UH, CREATES COMFORT. 
          IT CREATES SAFETY. 
          IT CREATES AN ENERGY THAT MAKES PEOPLE WANNA BE THERE, NOT JUST IN NIGHTTIME, BUT DURING THE DAYTIME. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE GOAL IS THAT THIS IS AN 18 HOUR STREET, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE CAN BE HERE, WALK OUR DOGS IN THE MORNING, AND HAVE DINNER AT NIGHTTIME AND FEEL COMPLETELY SAFE. 
          UH, THERE'S CERTAINLY CERTAIN EXTERNALS THAT WE'RE ALL ACTIVELY DEALING WITH THAT I THINK WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVING PEOPLE PLACE, YOU KNOW, IS SO IMPORTANT, UM, NOT JUST IN THE BUILDINGS, BUT THAT'S, I THINK, WHY, UH, AT LEAST FOR US, UH, THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE SO EXCITING TO SEE, UH, BEING TAKING PLACE. 
          UH, THIS AGAIN, IS, IS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF, OF SOME OF THOSE EXPANDED SIDEWALKS THAT YOU WOULD SEE. 
          UM, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE SOME ROADSIDE SEATING. 
          UM, A NUMBER OF THESE BUILDINGS, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE ON THE CORNER OF THIS IS THE 500 BLOCK WHERE WE'VE ADDED SOME WINDOWS. 
          UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, AGAIN, OUR DESIGN PRESS WAS, WAS NOT TO BE ADDITIVE, BUT WAS TO BE MORE REDUCTIVE. 
          UH, A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS HAD BEEN ADDED ONTO. 
          AND SO IT WAS OUR GOAL TO EFFECTIVELY REMOVE WHAT WAS NOT HISTORIC, AND THEN VERY PURPOSEFULLY ADD BACK. 
          UM, WHAT WERE CHARACTER DEFINED ELEMENTS THAT HAD EXISTED IN THE PAST. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE STREET WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW AS IT EXISTS IS VERY FLAT. 
          THERE'S NO AWNINGS, THERE'S NOTHING, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE BUILDINGS DID ORIGINALLY HAVE AWNINGS. 
          UH, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE, THE BRACES ON THE BUILDINGS, UH, THEY EXIST. 
          UH, AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE ADDED THOSE ELEMENTS BACK TO NOT ONLY JUST GIVE THE STREET A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AND PUNCTUATION, UH, AND RELIEF FROM THE SUN, UM, BUT AGAIN, TO, UH, DRAW BACK FROM THEIR KIND OF HISTORIC PAST. 
          UM, A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE IN PROGRESS NOW. 
          UH, WE HAVE, I THINK ABOUT 15 OR 16 BUILDINGS THAT HAVE LARGELY HAD THE WORK, MORE OR LESS COMPLETED. 
          UH, WINDOWS ARE IN PAINT'S BEEN DONE, UH, TENANTS ARE KIND OF CURRENTLY BEING DISCUSSED AND NEGOTIATED. 
          I THINK THE GOAL FOR STREAM, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR THEM, IS THAT THIS DISTRICT SEES, 
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UH, A LOT OF LOCAL, UH, FOOD AND BEVERAGE PEOPLE. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, WE WANNA SEE, UH, LOCAL PARTIES, NOT PEOPLE COMING FROM NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE, BE INEXPENSIVE. 
          WE WANNA SEE, WE WANT THIS TO BE A MICROCOSM OF, OF AUSTIN. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, NO NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AND, UH, FROM ALL ACCOUNTS GOING VERY WELL. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK. 
          UH, I WISH I COULD TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WHO'S AND THE WINDS, BUT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S NOT READY QUITE YET FOR, FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION, BUT, UM, THE ENERGY IS BUILDING IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY FOR WHATEVER THAT'S WORTH. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, YEAH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THAT, THAT, AGAIN, THESE DESIGNS ARE, ARE HOPEFULLY RESPECTFUL OF THE BUILDINGS. 
          UM, THEY'RE SIMPLE IN THEIR APPROACH. 
          AND, AND REALLY AGAIN, THEY'RE HERE TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT IS, UH, WHAT WAS, UH, SPECIAL ABOUT THESE BUILDINGS. 
          THIS BUILDING, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS THE FIVE 20 BUILDING THAT I MENTIONED. 
          THIS IS OUR RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK. 
          THAT WAS THE FIRST BLACK OWNED BUILDING IN TOWN, UM, REAL PROMINENCE. 
          AND THIS, UH, IS, I THINK, GONNA BE A REAL SPECIAL BUILDING FOR THE STREET. 
          UH, GOSH, LET'S SEE HERE. 
          UM, MORE FUN IMAGES. 
          UH, I THINK HERE, THIS IS A GOOD KIND OF COMPARISON BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, AN EXPANDED SIDEWALK IMAGE VERSUS A NON EXPANDED SIDEWALK IMAGE, AND HOW DIFFERENT PERCEPTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT FEELS, UH, JUST TO HAVE THE VEGETATION, TO HAVE THE PEOPLE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST THAT ENERGY, IT JUST CHANGES SO SIGNIFICANTLY AND, AND HOW THE STREET FEELS AND CAN BE APPROACHED. 
          UM, SO, UH, I THINK, I THINK ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THE SIGNIFICANCE THAT SIXTH STREET HAS IN AND OF ITSELF, I THINK, YOU KNOW, STEPPING BACK AND LOOKING AT IT AT A, FROM A BROADER PERSPECTIVE, UH, Y'ALL MADE THE WONDERFUL COMMENT ABOUT HOW IT IS GONNA BEGIN TO CONNECT OUR CITY TO ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, AROUND US, UH, IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, DECADE, FIVE YEARS, WHETHER IT'S WATERLOO GREENWAY, UH, WHETHER IT'S THE CONVENTION CENTER, SOME OF THE ACTIVITY THAT IS PROPOSED ON CONGRESS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THIS STREET HAS BEEN AND SHOULD BE THE MAIN ARTERY THAT CONNECTS THESE PARTS OF OUR CITY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE LIVE MUSIC, UM, SETTING THAT, YOU KNOW, IS KIND OF, AGAIN, CENTRAL TO OUR THEME OF OUR CITY, NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S GOT SO MUCH NIGHTLIFE AND, AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, UM, BUT JUST GEOGRAPHICALLY, IT JUST, IT'S, UM, IT JUST, UH, CONNECTS SO MANY OF THESE IMPORTANT NODES, UM, IN A, IN SUCH A MEANINGFUL AND CONVENIENT WAY. 
          UM, AND SO, YEAH, RIGHT NOW, UH, TO YOUR POINT, THERE ARE PROBABLY AT LEAST ANOTHER, I WOULD SAY, 10 TO 12 EMPTY STOREFRONTS, UH, ON SIXTH STREET. 
          UH, I CAN'T EXACTLY TALK ABOUT THE NEXT WAVE, UH, IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION. 
          I THINK IN PART THAT WILL BE DICTATED BY THE MARKET AND NOT US OR STREAM. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, I, I THINK THAT, UH, I THINK, AND I HOPE, AND THIS IS SPEAKING TO ME PERSONALLY, THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE PEOPLE REALIZE THIS IS COMING, UM, THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A REAL SWELL OF, UH, SUPPORT AND, UH, INTEREST IN THIS STREET. 
          BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK IT, I THINK IT VERY WELL SHOULD BE AND CAN BE, UM, KIND OF THE HEARTBEAT OF OUR CITY AGAIN. 
          UM, SO LOTS OF MORE PRETTY IMAGES HERE FOR Y'ALL TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT. 
          UM, WE'RE KIND OF MOVING DOWN THE STREET. 
          THIS IS THE 600 BLOCK. 
          UH, AGAIN, YOU CAN START TO SEE THE AWNINGS THAT, THAT PUNCTUATE TO SPACE, SOME OF THE CANOPIES, UH, THE VARIETY AND THE COLORS. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY JUST MEANT TO BE FRESH, INVITING AND WELCOMING, UH, AND, UH, TRANSFORMATIVE IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T FEEL NEW, UH, BUT FEELS, AGAIN, LIKE IT'S OLD SIX, RIGHT? SO, UM, AND I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO, TO DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE. 
          UH, THE 700 BLOCK FOR ME IS, IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF REALLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW. 
          UM, THAT'S A, A BLOCK THAT HAS HISTORICALLY, GENERALLY KIND OF DI DIS DISREGARDED. 
          UM, IT'S A COLLECTION OF BUILDINGS THAT, FOR US, WAS IN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DISREPAIR, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF HOW THEY'VE BEEN USED, BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE, TO THE, TO THIS CREEK. 
          UM, AND I THINK THESE ARE A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF, OF HOW SIGNIFICANT, UH, OF CHANGE THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HOPEFULLY MAKING, UH, ALONG THE SIDEWALKS IN, IN THE, UM, HERE AGAIN, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE SIDEWALK BEING EXPANDED. 
          UH, THIS IS RIGHT OFF OF FRONTAGE AND SIXTH STREET. 
          THIS IS, UH, 7 25, WHICH IS THAT CORNER BUILDING WHERE WE HAVE KIND OF THOSE ICONIC MURALS THAT WE ALL SEE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND JUST THE TRANSFORMATIVE NATURE OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE NOT JUST, UH, KIND OF THAT BUFFER ZONE WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE SEAT SEATED AND DINING AND, UH, KIND OF ENJOY THE, THE DIFFERENT OFFERINGS THAT THIS, THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE. 
          UM, AGAIN, UH, JUST KIND OF, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST KIND OF ENDING UP AT ACKNOWLEDGING THE CONNECTIVITY 
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TO EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON AROUND US, AND ALL OF THE MANY THINGS THAT WILL FEED INTO THIS STREET AND INTO THE WONDERFUL ENERGY, UH, THAT OUR CITY HAS. 
          SO, UM, I HOPE THAT WAS KIND OF A GOOD OVERVIEW OF, OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE APPROACH THAT WE'RE TAKING TO THIS PROJECT. 
          UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          UM, AND YEAH, WOULD WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CURRY. 
          APPRECIATE, UM, THAT IT, IT DEFINITELY BROUGHT, UM, VISUAL EXCITEMENT TO THIS PRESENTATION TODAY, AND IT, UH, INSPIRES. 
          UM, I'M GONNA FLIP IT OVER TO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU BEFORE I JUMP IN. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONER PRUITT, YOU LEAD US OFF. 
          UM, THANK YOU, UM, FOR PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION, PRESENTATION TOGETHER, AND I THINK ALL OF THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT, THAT YOUR FIRM AND STREAM REALTY HAS PUT INTO, UM, THE PRESERVATION AND, AND REVITALATION OF, OF SIXTH STREET. 
          SIMILAR QUESTION TO THE, UM, PREVIOUS PRESENTERS. 
          WHAT ARE SOME CHALLENGES THAT YOU'RE FACING NOW AND, AND OBSTACLES FOR THE FUTURE, UM, THAT YOU MIGHT WANT US TO BE AWARE OF OR FOR, FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO BE AWARE OF? CITIZENS AND COUNCIL, AND THEN ALSO, UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT, AND THE SECOND QUESTION WOULD JUST BE A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SIDEWALK EXPANSION. 
          SO I'M CURIOUS HOW THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING, EITHER LIKE WITH THE CITY OR HOW THAT COLLABORATION HAS BEEN WORKING. 
          SO CHALLENGES AND SIDEWALKS, . 
          YEAH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES, FRANKLY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ECONOMIC REALITY OF THESE BUILDINGS HAS BEEN STAGGERING, FRANKLY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE WERE HISTORIC BUILDINGS GOING INTO THE PROCESS, UH, AND THAT THERE WOULD BE A CERTAIN EXPENSE TO, TO SOME OF THAT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED. 
          BUT, UH, THE LEVEL AT WHICH THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED HAS BEEN SURPRISING. 
          UH, AGAIN, SO MANY OF THESE BUILDINGS WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF EVEN THEIR EXISTING, UH, CAPACITIES. 
          UH, FOUNDATIONS QUITE LITERALLY FALLING APART. 
          BRICK THAT IS, YOU KNOW, FALLING OFF THE WALL. 
          UH, THERE WAS SOME BUILDINGS THAT I WOULD JUST RUN MY HAND ALONG AND THINGS WOULD JUST COMPLETELY FALL OFF THE WALL. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND SO TRYING TO MITIGATE, UH, THE, WHAT THE BUILDINGS REQUIRED STRUCTURALLY, UH, FROM A WATERPROOFING STANDPOINT, UH, JUST TO MAKE THEM SOUND AND USABLE, UH, WAS I THINK MORE THAN ANY OF US ANTICIPATED, UH, AND IS MAYBE WHY IT'S TAKING US A LITTLE LONGER TO GET ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS ONLINE. 
          UM, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT STREAM, UH, REALTY HAS GONE TO THE LEVEL THAT THEY HAVE GONE TO. 
          UM, THIS COULD HAVE VERY EASILY BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT WAS AGAIN, UH, DONE AT A VERY, UH, LIGHTER LEVEL. 
          UM, BUT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY PUSHBACK IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING FOR THIS BUILDING. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THREE QUARTERS OF THE BUILDINGS HAVE COMPLETELY NEW ROOFS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, ALMOST EVERY BUILDING ALONG THE 700 BLOCK THAT I MENTIONED HAS A NEW FOUNDATION AND A NEW FLOOR. 
          UH, AND SO, SO MUCH OF, OF WHAT MAKES THESE BUILDINGS WORK AND OPERATE THE PUBLIC WILL NEVER SEE HMM. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND SO THE PRETTY PICTURES ARE IMPORTANT, AND I THINK BRINGING BACK THE ENERGY IS IMPORTANT. 
          UM, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE, UM, THE LEVEL OF, UH, DISCOMFORT  THAT SOME OF THIS HAS, HAS BROUGHT TO, UM, TO THE PROCESS. 
          SO, UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FROM A SIDEWALK STANDPOINT, CERTAINLY WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED EARLY ON WITH NUDGE, UM, AND, AND THEIR TEAM AND WORKING WITH THE CITY TO HAVE SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS. 
          UH, THIS IS A VERY BIG CONVERSATION. 
          UH, IT HAS A LOT OF MOVING PIECES. 
          UH, THE REALITIES FROM A UTILITY STANDPOINT ALONE ARE EXTRAORDINARY. 
          UM, AND SO I I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THAT IT'S A, IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN A, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ROOMS. UM, BUT I, AGAIN, I THINK THAT PERCEPTUALLY AND EXPERIENTIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING SIDEWALKS THAT ARE EXPANDED AND ENCOURAGING PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AND ALLOWING, UH, CAFES AND SIDEWALK SEATING IS WHAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO KIND OF FEEL LIKE A CITY AND NOT JUST LIKE A ROAD THAT YOU MOVE THROUGH. 
          UM, AND SO FOR US, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF THE VALUE PROVIDES TO THE BUILDINGS, BUT THE VALUE PROVIDES TO, AGAIN, OUR KIND OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE AS WE MOVE THROUGH OUR CITY, IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          UM, THERE ARE CERTAINLY OTHER STREETS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT, AND I THINK WE CAN ALL KIND OF MAKE THAT QUICK COMPARISON AND IMMEDIATELY KNOW, NOPE, I WANNA GO HAVE DINNER DOWN THERE. 
          UH, AND, AND WHILE CERTAINLY THIS IS A MAIN ARTERY IN TERMS OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, UH, I THINK WE KIND OF HAVE TO DECIDE 
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HOW WE WANT OUR CITY TO FUNCTION AND OPERATE. 
          AND IF WE WANT THIS TO BE A BUNCH OF CARS DRIVING THROUGH FAST, LIKE NEW YORK, OR IF WE WANT THIS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE. 
          UH, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS FOR ME PERSONALLY ABOUT AUSTIN AND IS THAT WHILE WE ARE A BIG CITY, WE STILL HAVE THE FEELING OF, OF A SMALL TOWN, AT LEAST TO A CERTAIN EXTENT MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND I THINK, UH, SIXTH STREET IS, UH, A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE, UH, AND, UH, EMBOLDEN THAT FEELING. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AGAIN, THE THOUGHT, THE THOUGHTFULNESS OF, OF STREAM REALTY IN YOUR FIRM, UM, EVEN COMING DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THE AWNINGS BACK UP AND IT FEELS LIKE, UM, UH, A KIND OF A THROWAWAY THOUGHT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, WALKING, THE LAST TIME I WENT DOWN SIXTH STREET, IT WAS THE MIDDLE AFTERNOON, AND I WAS KIND OF MISERABLE BECAUSE IT WAS SO HOT AND THERE WAS NO SHADE. 
          SO EVEN THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT ARE, ARE REALLY, UM, APPRECIATED. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND YOUR TIME TODAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR SAYING IT. 
          AND AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BEEN SUCH A, A PLEASURE AND AN AN HONOR FOR US TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT. 
          UH, WE DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE BUILDINGS AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THEM AND THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON OUR CITY. 
          SO, UM, IT'S SOMETHING WE TAKE, UH, A A GREAT DEAL OF CARE AND, UH, RESPECT FOR. 
          SO, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PRUITT. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? THANKS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS. 
          UM, I, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, CAN WE ANTICIPATE ANY ROAD CLOSURES TO EXECUTE ANY OF THIS? UM, IS THAT SET IN MIND? WELL, WHEN IT COMES TO THE SIDEWALKS, YES. 
          IT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I THINK, I THINK I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT TECHNICALLY, RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S NOT REALLY MY, MY LANE, SO TO SPEAK. 
          BUT AGAIN, TO MY POINT ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE UTILITIES AND WHAT HAPPENS UNDER THE STREET AND IN THE STREET, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT, UH, TO HAVE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WITHOUT HAVING KINDA THAT FUNDAMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGE. 
          THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CAPPING THE STREET AND ALLOWING KIND OF THE SEWERS TO REMAIN IN THEIR LOCATION, BUT THAT IS, I I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD TELL YOU NOT A GREAT LONG-TERM SOLUTION. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WEIGHT OR LEGS THAT WOULD ALL CARRY, UM, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, THAT THERE WILL BE CERTAINLY AN IMPACT WHEN WE DECIDE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND ALSO, JUST ONE NOTE, UH, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR STATEMENT ABOUT KEEPING THE TENANTS HOPEFULLY LOCAL. 
          I THINK THAT'S A MASSIVE OPINION, UH, HERE IN OUR CITY AND WHAT MAKES US WEIRD. 
          SO I JUST WANNA APPRECIATE THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S STREAM, RIGHT? THAT'S STREAM REALITY. 
          AND THAT'S THEM KIND OF PUSHING, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND KIND OF RECOGNIZING THEY, THEY ARE ONE, THEY'RE A WONDERFUL COMPANY TO WORK FOR AND WITH BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER THEY DO IS RESPECTFUL TO AND ENHANCES THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE IN. 
          UH, AND SO THAT'S WHY SO MANY OF OUR CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE BEST THING FOR THE BUILDING? WHAT'S THE RIGHT SOLUTION? UH, AND SO I THANKED THEM TOO, , AND THEY'RE BASED OUTTA DALLAS, RIGHT? IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY FIRST, THANK YOU, UH, SKY CURRY FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND I THINK MANY OF US ARE PROBABLY IN AGREEMENT THAT EX, YOU KNOW, EXTENDED SIDEWALKS SOUND GREAT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU CAN EAT ON THE SIDEWALK OR HAVE LUNCH. 
          UM, THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL. 
          I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY, UM, CONSIDERATION PROCESS, UH, BROUGHT INTO MAYBE THE ALLEYWAYS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE FOOD AND BEVERAGE TRUCKS HAVE TO GET THERE TO DELIVER THOSE THINGS THAT WE ALL ENJOY. 
          BUT LIVING DOWNTOWN AND DRIVING THROUGH THERE, A LOT OF TIMES I'M HAVING TO GO, IT GOES DOWN TO ONE LANE BECAUSE NOBODY'S PARKED HERE AND WE GO OVER THIS LANE AND THEY'RE PARKED UP THERE. 
          SO WE'RE JUST, IT'S, IT CAUSED CONGESTION WE'RE TRYING TO DRIVE THROUGH. 
          SO, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYTHING CONSIDERED FOR THE, UM, THE ALLEYWAYS AS PART OF THIS, UM, UPGRADE? IT'S, IT IS AN ISSUE, UH, FOR SURE. 
          UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CASES WHERE STREAM OWNS ALMOST THE ENTIRE BLOCK THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED. 
          IN SOME CASES, VACATING AN ALLEY AND ALLOWING THAT TO BE PART OF KIND OF PUBLIC DOMAIN, UH, THAT WOULD BE UTILIZED IN ALMOST CREATING, UH, FRONT BACK DOORS, SO TO SPEAK, TO PLACES. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO, I KNOW, UH, KIND OF A MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CITY TO TRY AND GET UTILITIES OUT OF THE ALLEYWAY. 
          UM, FRANKLY, THAT'S HASN'T BEEN OUR, FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL STANDPOINT, PRIMARY FOCUS. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STREAM AND, AND FUTURE TENANTS WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO KIND OF DEAL WITH. 
          UM, BUT WE DID WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EACH ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT DID HAVE A BACKYARD, SO TO SPEAK, COULD UTILIZE IT, UH, COULD MONETIZE IT AND COULD MAKE IT A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE. 
          AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, STREAM, UH, IS TRYING TO BE MINDFUL OF, UH, AND IS DOING THEIR BEST TO, 
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I THINK, WITH MANY OF THE OTHER PARTIES TRYING TO KIND OF FIND SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF THOSE LARGER PROBLEMS. UM, SADLY, I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A CIVIL BULLET THERE THOUGH, SO THANK YOU. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ, UH, VICE CHAIR MASTERS. 
          THANKS AGAIN. 
          UM, I'M, AS FAR AS, UH, AWAY FROM AN ARCHITECT AS YOU CAN GET, IS THERE ANY CONCERN WITH THE EXPANSION OF I 35 AND ALL THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GONNA GO ON WITH THAT? I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE WORK FOR THESE BUILDINGS. 
          IS THERE ANY CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THESE HISTORIC AREAS AND SOME CRUMBLING BEFORE YOU CAN GET YOUR WORK DONE? YOU KNOW, UH, FORTUNATELY, UH, AT LEAST THE BUILDINGS, AGAIN, IN THE 700 BLOCK, THAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS THAT WERE WAY OFF LEVEL, UH, THAT WE'VE KIND OF HAD TO COME IN, IN SOME CASES, BRING BACK UP, SO TO SPEAK. 
          UH, WE'VE, WE'VE BASICALLY GOTTEN RID OF A LOT OF THE FOUNDATIONS IN THOSE BUILDINGS AND REPLACED THEM, UH, ALMOST ALL NEW FLOORS. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE FEW EXAMPLES OF BUILDINGS IN THAT AREA THAT ARE PURE AND BEAM AND NOT SLAB ONE GRADE AS YOU KIND OF MOVE, UH, CLOSER TO CONGRESS, UH, WHICH IS WHY A LOT OF THEM FELL INTO THE DISREPAIR THAT THEY DID. 
          UH, AND SO NOW INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, PING BEAMS, WE HAVE CONCRETE, WE HAVE MATERIALS AND STRUCTURE THAT WILL, UH, HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO STAND THE TEST OF TIME IN ANY FUTURE WORKS. 
          UH, BUT FRANKLY, I THINK WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF ALL OF THAT WORK. 
          ANYTHING THAT CONTINUES TO CONNECT SIXTH STREET WITH THE EAST SIDE, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY IS, IS ONLY A GOOD THING. 
          UH, TO FOLLOW UP. 
          I, I RARELY HEAR OF THEM BEING HELPFUL, BUT HAS THE STATE PROVIDED ANY KIND OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR ANY BEEN USEFUL IN ANY KIND OF WAY SEEING HEAD SHAKES? NO, YOU KNOW, UM, TAX CREDITS ARE ABSOLUTELY A THING, UH, FOR THESE PROJECTS. 
          UM, YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SIGNIFICANT TAX BREAKS, UM, NOT, NOT JUST THROUGH THE STATE, BUT LOCALLY, UH, IN SOME CASES, I KNOW STREAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE, AND THAT CERTAINLY WAS, UH, AN EARLY PART OF OUR APPROACH. 
          THERE ARE SOME COMPLEXITIES TO HOW THE PROJECT IS FUNDED AND HOW THEY COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE THAT I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK TO. 
          BUT, UH, YES, THERE HAVE BEEN TAX BREAKS AND, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE RESTORATION WORK THAT I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ACTIVELY SEEKING. 
          UH, SO, AND, AND IN SOME CASES, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO, TO GET BOTH LOCAL AND STATE, THAT NUMBER CAN GET UP TO ALMOST, I THINK, 40% OF WHAT YOU SPEND ON A BUILDING, UH, WHICH IS VERY SIGNIFICANT WHEN, WHEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT OFTEN, UH, JUST BY THEIR NATURE, UH, BURDEN OWNERS WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, ADDED EXPENSE. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S A, THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT YES, THEY'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF, AND I THINK OTHER PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF AND, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VICE CHAIR, MASTERS. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? ANYONE? I'M LOOKING UP AT THE VIDEO MONITOR. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE MR. PIERCE IS GOOD. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, I GUESS I JUST WANNA, I WANNA DIG INTO THE, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE QUESTION IS, BUT I, I'M LOOKING AT THE TOPIC IS WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO SOUTH CONGRESS AND HOW FAST IT HAPPENED TO SOUTH CONGRESS WHEN IT WAS BASICALLY PRIOR TO WHAT IT IS TODAY. 
          IT WAS BASICALLY NOT FAR OFF FROM WHAT SIXTH STREET IS TODAY. 
          AND THAT BEING IT'S, YOU KNOW, SINGLE LEVEL, YOU KNOW, OLDER STOREFRONTS, YOU KNOW, NOTHING TOO SEXY GOING ON DOWN THERE. 
          I MEAN, IT SURE WAS THAT WAY WHEN I GOT TO TOWN. 
          I REMEMBER THE GUN SHOP AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS THERE. 
          I REMEMBER WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE SAN JOSE CAME ON BOARD. 
          I MEAN, I, I'VE LIVED HERE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE EVOLUTION. 
          SO I'M, I'M CURIOUS FROM, I'M, I'M LITERALLY SAYING THIS FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL, MAYBE A STANDPOINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT BUILDING CODES AND OTHER THINGS THAT IN THE NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTRATION, BUT IS THERE A SCENARIO THAT SOME OF WHAT HAPPENED TO BUILD UP ON SOUTH CONGRESS, IS THAT A POTENTIAL THAT COULD COME INTO VIEW ON THE SIXTH STREET PROJECT? OR IS THAT UNFEASIBLE MA MAINLY BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU EVEN SAY ABOUT FOUNDATION AND, AND, AND OTHER FORMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE? I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A, IT JUST BLOWS MY MIND STILL TODAY HOW FAST SOUTH CONGRESS TURNED AROUND AND WHY THIS, WHY SIXTH STREET, WHICH HAS BEEN SO MUCH MORE FAMOUS, SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO OUR HISTORY, SO MUCH MORE OTHER THINGS, WHAT IT WOULD TAKE, AND IF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED ON SOUTH CONGRESS MAYBE WERE APPLIED TO THE SIXTH STREET, WHETHER IT WOULD ACCELERATE THE SITUATION. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS. 
          IT'S AMUSED MORE THAN IT'S ME KNOWING HOW TO ASK PARTICULAR QUESTIONS. 
          NO, YEAH. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION. 
          UM, AND I, I THINK I MADE THE POINT TO KIND OF SUGGEST THIS IS NOT GONNA BE MUSIC LANE, RIGHT? UM, THESE BUILDINGS, AND I THINK, I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS 
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IN SOME REGARDS, CONTROLLED BY THE MARKET. 
          UM, RIGHT. 
          THERE'S A REALITY OF OFFICE SPACE, RIGHT? AND HOW WE ARE ABLE TO USE THAT OF DENSITY DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, AND SO I THINK CERTAINLY THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY IN THE FUTURE THAT THAT DENSITY WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ONLY WANTED, BUT NEEDED, UM, AND CERTAINLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDERED, UM, EARLY ON IN THIS PROJECT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN OUR OFFICE OVER FIVE YEARS, AND IN THOSE FIVE YEARS WE'VE SEEN A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN HOW WE APPROACH LIFE. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, BY, BY VIRTUE THE, THE KIND OF NATURE OF THE PROJECT HAS SHIFTED. 
          UH, I THINK FOR ME AS AN ARCHITECT AND AS A, AS A CITIZEN OF AUSTIN, THAT'S A GOOD THING, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT PRESERVES THESE BUILDINGS. 
          UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT JUST BY VIRTUE OF, OF THE LOCATION OF THE LAND, UM, THE QUALITY AND, AND THE COST OF THE LAND THAT IS CERTAINLY POTENTIALLY IN HIS FUTURE. 
          UM, AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANY EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT LIMIT THAT POTENTIAL. 
          UM, AND, UH, I THINK IN SOME CASES IT WOULD, MAYBE NOT DIRECTLY ON SIXTH STREET, BUT BE A BENEFIT TO OUR CITY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE MORE PEOPLE WE CAN HAVE LIVING DOWNTOWN, UH, THE MORE ACTIVE OUR STREETS WILL BE, THE SAFER WE'LL FEEL. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING AS AN ARCHITECT PERSONALLY I SHY AWAY FROM. 
          BUT AGAIN, UH, THE HISTORIC NATURE OF OUR, THAT, OF SIXTH STREET SPECIFICALLY IS, IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT. 
          UM, SO I, THAT'S WHY I THINK, UH, IT'S SPECIAL THAT THESE BUILDINGS HOPEFULLY CAN AGAIN, CONTINUE TO LIVE FOR ANOTHER A HUNDRED OR SO YEARS, UH, AS THEY, AS THEY CURRENTLY EXIST. 
          BUT WHO KNOWS ABOUT THE FUTURE? I DUNNO IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION VERY WELL, BUT NO, IT DOES. 
          I I DON'T THINK THERE'S A, THERE IS A, A SINGULAR ANSWER TO THE WAY I THREW IT OUT THERE, SO I APPRECIATE YOU PLAYING ALONG. 
          YEAH. 
          TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH WHERE I WAS GOING. 
          BUT I, I DEFINITELY WANNA, UH, THANK, UH, STREAM FOR, UH, MAKING, UH, YOU AVAILABLE TODAY TO US AND FOR YOUR, YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS PROJECT. 
          AND, AND IT'S ONE THAT WE REALLY WANTED, AND I'M APPRECIATE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO, TO, AND THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE TIME ON RELATIVELY SHORT NOTICE. 
          I WOULD SAY PRETTY SHORT NOTICE TO, TO, TO COME DOWN HERE AND, AND SHARE THIS WITH US TODAY AND SHARE IT WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          'CAUSE IT'S AVAILABLE NOW FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. 
          AND I WOULD, UM, JUST HOPE THAT WE ARE HAVING YOU BACK SOONER AND HAVING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT STAGE CONVERSATION. 
          AND, UH, YOU HAVE OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE CARE ABOUT WHAT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING DOWN THERE. 
          WE CARE ABOUT THIS PART OF TOWN. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMISSION, IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE WORK OF THE CITY. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE YET TO VISIT AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE VISITED THAT WE RECLAIM AND TAKE CARE OF IT TO BE STEWARDS OF THIS. 
          SO THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UM, WE'LL SET YOU FREE, AND WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE ITEMS FOR OUR MEETING TODAY TO TAKE CARE OF. 
          SO, SOUNDS GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD TO MEET YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD, EVERYONE? YEP. 
          YEP. 
          OKAY, HERE WE GO. 
          OH, HERE WE GO. 
          WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 
          [5. Conduct officer elections for the Chair and Vice Chair. ]
SIX. 
          . 
          I DON'T KNOW, I'M GONNA LOOK FELICIA. 
          SO FELICIA MAY NEED TO BE, UH, WITH US FOR THAT. 
          WELL, SHE'S, BUT, UM, SO ITEM NUMBER SIX. 
          WE ARE HERE TO, UH, UH, BASICALLY OFFICIALLY, AND I KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING AT COMMISSIONS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          I JUST SAW A POST FROM THE MUSIC COMMISSION. 
          THEY JUST, UH, UH, HAD ELECTIONS LAST NIGHT FOR THEIR, SO, UM, THIS IS JUST A, UH, PART OF OUR TIMING. 
          THE REASON WE HAD THE MOST RECENT WAS BECAUSE OF THE DEPARTURE OF OUR CHAIR, DANIEL RONAN, WHO, UM, WHEN WE HAD TO DO A, A QUICK, UH, OFFICER ELECTION TO KEEP COVERING THIS BODY. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS RECENTLY, BUT, UH, WE STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE SIMILAR FORMALITIES. 
          WE, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD START WITH, UH, THE OFFICER ELECTION FOR CHAIR. 
          AND, UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO, TO RAISE THEIR HAND TO BE THE CHAIR? , I TRAPPED YOU . 
          DARN IT, IT DIDN'T WORK. 
          UM, BUT, UH, WE NEED, WE NEED A, WE NEED A MOTION, AND WE NEED A, UH, SOMEONE TO BE NOMINATED TO BE CHAIR. 
          AND, UH, A MOTION TO NOMINATE THE CHAIR. 
          I'LL, I'LL GO WITH COMMISSIONER PENOC. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR BAILEY. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION THAT WE KEEP OUR EXISTING CHAIR, WHICH IS, UH, ED BAILEY. 
          DOES ANYONE SECOND THAT? I SECOND THAT. 
          AHA. 
          SO, DO WE HAVE A, UH, ANYONE LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT 
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AT LENGTH? ED? WHAT? NO, NO, NO REVIEWS. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD. 
          UM, WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          UH, I, I ACCEPT THE, THE, UH, THE NOMINATION TO STAY IN THE CHAIR POSITION. 
          I FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST STARTING TO HIT OUR STRIDE THIS YEAR. 
          I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE. 
          UM, UH, I THINK IT'S BEEN WORKING GREAT, AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE NEW, UH, THE, THE NEW COMMISSIONERS AND THE ENERGY AND INTELLIGENCE THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S, IT'S A JOY TO, TO BE A PART OF THIS. 
          YOU MAKE IT EASY TO BE CHAIR, SO I ACCEPT THAT. 
          SO WITH THAT, UM, WE HAVE, UH, A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, WE NEED TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF ME RE MAINTAINING CHAIR POSITION, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S ME TOO. 
          AYE. 
          I THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE MR. PIERCE. 
          UM, MOVING ON THEN WE HAVE, UH, OUR CURRENT VICE CHAIR, CHRISTINA MASTERS. 
          AND, UH, I, I, I'D LIKE TO SEEK A, I GUESS, A NOMINATION OR A RECOMMENDATION TO, FOR THAT POSITION AND WHETHER THAT CHRISTINA MAINTAINS THAT POSITION. 
          I'M HAPPY TO NOMINATE THE COMMISSIONER MASTERS, CONTINUE TO SERVE AS VICE CHAIR. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION FOR CHRISTINA MASTERS TO REMAIN VICE CHAIR. 
          I SECOND AND A SECOND FOR COMMISSIONER PIAN. 
          UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT, FOLKS? ANYTHING OTHER THAN, WELL, WHY DON'T WE VOTE ALL IN FAVOR. 
          DOES, DOES SHE WANNA ACCEPT HER NOMINATION? OH, I, THAT'S RIGHT, YOU DO. 
          . 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I ACCEPT, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALL IN FAVOR WITH THE MOTIONS ON THE TABLE. 
          IN FAVOR FOR, UH, COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIR MASTERS. 
          TO MAINTAIN VICE CHAIR POSITION, PLEASE SAY, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          AYE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          MR. PIERCE. 
          COMMISSIONER PIERCE, THANK YOU. 
          UH, UM, TURNING THE FLOOR OVER TO COMMISSIONER PENOC WHO HAS A STATEMENT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR, UM, FILLING THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR POSITIONS AND CONTINUING, UH, WITH THE ROLES. 
          I KNOW THAT IT'S, UM, IT'S VOLUNTARY AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO SCHEDULE THE TOPIC MATTER AND, UM, YOU KNOW, DO OUTREACH FOR THE PRESENTERS. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT, AND I KNOW, UM, MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMISSION ARE ALSO APPRECIATIVE OF IT. 
          SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STAYING ON AND, UM, TAKING THIS ROLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS FOR THAT COMMENT. 
          I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M, I GIVE ALL THE DUE PRAISE TO OUR LIAISON, FELICIA BURLESON. 
          AND I TELL YOU FOR SURE THAT WITHOUT HER, THE CONTINUITY AND THE KNOWLEDGE SHE HAS OF OUR WORK AND THE WORK THAT SHE DOES BEHIND THE SCENES, THAT Y'ALL COULD PROBABLY NEVER KNOW THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND. 
          AND SHE IS A, A TRUE GIFT, AND, AND SHE'S A TRUE PROFESSIONAL. 
          AND, UM, WE WOULD WOULDN'T LOOK AS ORGANIZED AS WE DO WITHOUT THE CONTINUED SUPPORT AND, UH, ENERGY THAT SHE BRINGS. 
          I, WE GET PLENTY OF REMINDERS ON THE, ON THE BACK CHANNEL AT CHRIS VICE CHAIR, MASTERS OF NODDING ALONG. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL OF US. 
          THANK YOU FOR ME. 
          BUT THANK YOU, FELICIA. 
          APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, WE HAVE, UM, 
          [6. Approve the creation of a working group to Hotel Occupancy Tax (H.O.T.) Grant Programs  Working Group ]
ONE MORE OFFICIAL ITEM FOR DISCUSSION, UM, FOR THIS MEETING TODAY. 
          AND THAT IS IN OUR, IN OUR MEETING NOTES FROM THE LAST WEEK. 
          UM, AND YOU, WE, AFTER HEARING, UH, THE PRESENTATION FROM OUR, OUR, OUR PRESENTER FROM THE ACME GROUP, WE HAD A CHAT AND WE REALIZED THAT THERE'S JUST SO MUCH MORE TO KNOW ABOUT HOW OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IS, IS BEING DELIVERED THROUGH THE GRANT PROCESSES. 
          NOT ONLY THE ACME OVERSEAS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT OCCURS TO ME THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SHARED INTERESTS WITH TWO OTHER, MAYBE MORE THAN TWO OTHER, BUT PRIMARILY TWO OTHER COMMISSIONS, THE MUSIC COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, WHO, BUT THEY'RE EQUALLY AS INTERESTED IN HOW THE ACME GRANTS AND HOW THE HOT TAXES ARE BEING REINVESTED INTO OUR CULTURAL ARTS AND INTO OUR MUSIC ECONOMY. 
          THAT, UM, I THINK THAT IT WAS THE SUGGESTION, I FORGET WHO MADE THE MOTION, BUT WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING TO TALK ABOUT CREATING A, UH, WORKING GROUP THAT CAN SPEND MORE TIME KIND OF DIGGING INTO THE NUANCES OF HOW HOTEL OCCUPANCY TECH GRANTS, AND HOW THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, WHO'S RECEIVING, HOW THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE AFFECTING AND SUPPORTING THE TOURISM ECONOMY. 
          AND TO, AND TO, TO MAYBE FURTHER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THROUGH BETTER THROUGH THE LENS OF THE MUSIC COMMISSION AND THE CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION, AND HOW THEY SEE THOSE GRANTS AFFECTING THEIR INDUSTRIES IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD SUGGESTION THAT 
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WE, YOU KNOW, FORM A WORKING GROUP THAT COULD THEN MAYBE DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND, AND FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR REALLY HIGH PRIORITY EFFORTS SHOULD BE, UH, FOR THAT GROUP AND COME BACK TO THE, TO THE GREATER COMMISSION AND, AND, UH, SHARE AND MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED. 
          SO WITH THAT, I NEED TO HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO, THERE'S ALSO, I WANNA POINT THAT THERE'S A HANDOUT THAT FELICIA PUT TOGETHER THIS JUST BASICALLY THE, THE STATED PURPOSE OF, WAS THAT IN, DID IT MAKE IT YEAH. 
          THE STATE THERE, IT'S THE STATED PURPOSE. 
          AND I GUESS FOR THE RECORD, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ WHAT WE THINK THE PURPOSE IS, AND THEN, UH, WE WILL, WE WILL LOOK FOR SOME DISCUSSION AROUND IT. 
          BUT THE PURPOSE, THE, THE HO WE'LL CALL IT THE HOT HOT TAX OR THE HOTEL AUCTION PAGE TAX GRANT PROGRAM, WORKING GROUP. 
          AND, AND THE, THE, THE H THE HOT GRANTS PROGRAM WORKING GROUP WILL EVALUATE HOW ACNE'S MUSIC, CULTURAL ARTS, AND HERITAGE PRESERVATION SUPPORTS AUSTIN TOURISM COUNTY, AND IDENTIFY WAYS THAT THE TOURISM COMMISSION CAN STRENGTHEN PROGRAM IMPACT THROUGH RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          THE GROUP WILL ALSO ASSESS LONG-TERM OUTCOMES TO ENSURE HOT FUNDED PROGRAMS REMAIN EFFECTIVE, EQUITABLE, ALIGNED WITH AUSTIN'S CULTURAL TOURISM PRIORITIES. 
          BUT THE, SO, UM, I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS NOT ALL ABOUT ACME. 
          ACME IS A IMPORTANT, UM, CONVENER AND A DISTRIBUTOR OF HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AT CERTAIN, BY NO MEANS, UH, THE ONLY, UH, WAYS THAT HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX ARE INVESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THERE'S A TERRIFIC AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT GOES, OBVIOUSLY IN THE CONVENTION CENTER AND TO VISIT AUSTIN TO THEIR MARKETING INITIATIVES. 
          AND SO PART OF, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SPENT QUALITY TIME WHEN WE PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER WORKING ON THE STR, WE, UH, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS FRUITFUL OUTCOME. 
          SO I FEEL THAT IF WE HAVE THE WILL AND THE PASSION IN THE GROUP, AND I KNOW THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ONE PERSON THAT'S ALREADY WHO'S NOT HERE, IS UH, COM COMMISSIONER CHAPEL HAS ASKED BEFORE HE TOOK OFF TO PARIS FOR VACATION, HE'S RAISED HIS HAND AND HE WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THIS WORKING GROUP, IF THAT SHOULD, WE VOTED INTO EXISTENCE IN A MINUTE. 
          UM, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT WE, THERE'S ACTIVE INTEREST AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS TO SEE THIS GROUP FORMED. 
          SO, I MEAN, HE'S NOT HERE TO MAKE THE MOTION, BUT IF HE WAS, I THINK HE WOULD. 
          SO I'M ASKING IN HIS ABSENCE, IF SOMEONE HERE WOULD LIKE, LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR THIS, AND, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION. 
          WE'RE MAKING THE MOTION TO CREATE THE GROUP. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST TO CLARIFY MM-HMM . 
          I, I'LL MOTION. 
          YES. 
          I, I MAKE, I MAKE A MOVE. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          SO COMMISSIONER PRUITT HAS, HAS, UH, MADE A MOTION THAT WE CREATE THE HOT TAX, UH, PROGRAM WORKING GROUP. 
          AND I, I KNEW A SECOND. 
          I HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PIAN. 
          ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ITEM OR THE PURPOSE AT THIS TIME? ANYONE? MAY I GET CLARIFICATION FROM MS. BURLESON? SO SINCE WE ARE DOWN ONE MEMBER, NORMALLY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A MAX OF FIVE PEOPLE IN THE WORKING GROUP, BUT NOW WE HAVE TO GO TO FOUR. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? NO, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE FIVE, THEN WE'VE GOT FIVE AND FIVE, SO THEN THAT'S OKAY. 
          IS FIVE STILL? ALRIGHT? OKAY. 
          I FEEL LIKE THIS MIGHT BE A POPULAR WORKING GROUP. 
          SO, YEAH, I, WELL, I, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED A QUESTION BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S, I, IT IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE MISSING, UM, COMMISSIONER CHANIN, COMMISSIONER MATHIS, AND AS I MENTIONED, C COMM OR COMMISSIONER CHAPEL, WHO'S, BUT SINCE, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER CHANIN AND COMMISSIONER MATHIS ARE NOT HERE, I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, LEAVE ROOM POSSIBLY IF WE GET TO FOUR TODAY THAT SAY THEY WANT TO BE ON THIS FROM OUR, FROM OUR ATTENDANCE TODAY, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HOLD A SEAT POSSIBLY TO SEE IF ONE OF THOSE HAS A STRONG INTEREST IN BEING PART OF IT. 
          INTERESTING. 
          BUT, UH, YEAH, SO AT THIS, SINCE I, SINCE WE HAVE THE MOTION TO CREATE THE GROUP, AND WE HAVEN'T, WE'LL VOTE ON IT YET. 
          I, I GUESS WE HAVE TO, SHOULD WE VOTE ON WHO'S ON IT FIRST? AND WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE? WE CAN AGREE THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO OH, THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD AND I'M GONNA LET FELICIA GIVE US THE RUNNING RULES HERE. 
          . 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          HERE ARE THE RULES FOR TODAY, . 
          UM, NO, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH VOTING ON THE WORKING GROUP THAT YOU WANT IT TO BE CREATED. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN DISCUSS, UM, WHO WANTS TO BE ON THE BOARD, UH, ON THE GROUP. 
          AND THEN ALSO I THINK YOU WANNA MAYBE MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE SCOPE. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE GOING FOR? WELL, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I, I WANNA LEAVE IT TO THE WORKING GROUP TO GET TOGETHER AND REALLY TALK ABOUT AND COME BACK TO GROUP WITH MAYBE THE TOP THREE PRIORITIES THEY SEE FOR THEIR, THEIR TIME AND INVESTMENT IN IT. 
          I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WAY, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANGLES WE COULD GO AT IT. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT ONE OF THE REASONS I THINK WE NEED TO WORK IN 
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GROUP IS BECAUSE THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL SCOPE OF OPPORTUNITY HERE TO, AND, AND, UH, OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS DON'T PROVIDE ENOUGH BANDWIDTH FOR US TO KEEP ON THIS ISSUE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SATELLITE GROUP SPENDING SOME TIME DIGGING IN. 
          AND SO, I, I WANTED TO LEAVE IT A LITTLE MORE OPEN THAN HIGHLY DEFINED. 
          I THINK THAT'S A BETTER COURSE, AND IT GIVES THE, THAT COMMISSION OR THAT WORKING GROUP, THE ROOM TO REALLY DEBATE AND TALK WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER THE FIRST TIME. 
          SO I'M A, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO CHANGE SCOPE. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE PURPOSE IS, IS UNDERSTOOD OF WHAT WE'RE HERE TO LOOK AT, HOT TAX, HOW WE CAN HELP IMPROVE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONFIDENT AND CAN STAND BEHIND HOW OUR HOT TAXES ARE BEING INVESTED TO SUPPORT ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND, AND TO LOOK AT OUR OTHER, UH, OR THE OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT HAVE A VESTED STAKE IN THAT. 
          SO, ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH. 
          YES. 
          CAN WE VOTE? WE HAVE A MOTION ON A SECOND? YEAH. 
          SO WE HAVE A, WE HAVE THE MOTION AND A SECOND, LET'S JUST VOTE. 
          WE CREATE THE, CREATE THE WORKING COMMITTEE. 
          EVERYBODY SAY, AYE. 
          WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS COMMITTEE? AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE YOU ABSTAINING? OKAY, WE'RE UNANIMOUS THAT UNANIMOUS VOTE TO CREATE THE WORKING GROUP. 
          GREAT. 
          NOW, WHO, WHO'S INTERESTED, WHY DON'T WE JUST DO IT QUICKLY BY A RAISE OF HANDS, WHO'S INTERESTED IN BEING ON THIS WORKING GROUP RIGHT NOW? RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OKAY. 
          THREE. 
          WE HAVE THREE, FOUR WITH BISHOP. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE FOUR IDENTIFIED. 
          COMMISSIONER PRUITT, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, COMMISSIONER IAN, AND COMMISSIONER CHAPEL. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT START. 
          . 
          I GOTCHA. 
          UH, COMMENT, UH, COMMISSIONER PINOCCIO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE LEFT ROOM ALSO FOR OUR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, IF THEY ARE INTERESTED. 
          UM, I, YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO NOT BE ON IT. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE TO YOUR COMMENT EARLIER THAT WE, WE HAVE ROOM FOR OTHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED TO BE ON IT. 
          I APPRECIATE AND NOTICE THAT I, I FEEL THAT THE, THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND TIME THAT I'M PUTTING IN HELP GET THESE MEETINGS TOGETHER. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THE ENERGY I'M DOING IN THAT WAY. 
          I, I'D LIKE TO FEEL THAT AS SHARE, I HAVE CAPACITY TO BE TAPPED TO TALK TO THE WORKING GROUP IF I NEED TO, OR TO MAKE SURE THAT I'VE CARVE OUT TIME INSIDE THESE MEETINGS TO GET UPDATES AND, AND TO USE, YOU KNOW, ANY DISCOURSE. 
          BUT, UM, I, I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT STEP UP TO IT, IF PARTICULARLY 'CAUSE I SEE A STRONG FIELD OF COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE STEPPING UP. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          SIMILARLY, I'M HAPPY TO LEAVE IT OPEN UNTIL WE HAVE, UH, MAYBE SOME FOLKS THAT AREN'T HERE TODAY. 
          AND IF NOBODY'S INTERESTED, I'M HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER TO TAKE THAT FINAL SLOT. 
          THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD OFFER. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HOLD YOU TO THAT C VICE CHAIR, MASTERS. 
          IF, IF, UH, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR, IF WE GET THE, ANOTHER FOR DISTRICT NINE OR ANYBODY ELSE, ONE OF COMMISSIONER CHANIN AND COMMISSIONER MATHIS STEP BACK IN, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE'D ADDRESS THAT WITH YOU THEN. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANKS FOR THE OFFER. 
          THANK YOU GUYS FOR STEPPING UP. 
          I APPRECIATE ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS. 
          DO WE NEED TO VOTE NOW? THE ONES THAT ARE, I DON'T THINK SO. 
          NOT HERE. 
          I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR WHO'S ON THE COMMISSION. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? SHE SAID, YEAH. 
          SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE IDENTIFIED. 
          IT'LL BE IN THE MEETING NOTES WHO, WHO RAISED THEIR HAND TO BE IN THE WORKING GROUP. 
          AND WE WILL HAVE THOSE IN THE MEETING NOTES. 
          AND, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE, LET'S HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA NEXT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TALK ABOUT THE FORMATION OF THE GROUP. 
          AND I, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE NEED TO ADD ANYBODY. 
          WE, WE DON'T, WE'VE ALREADY VOTED TO CREATE THE WORKING GROUP, SO THAT DOESN'T SHIFT WHERE WE HAVE ONE. 
          IF WE WANT TO ADD SOMEBODY DOWNSTREAM TO THE WORKING GROUP, AS LONG AS WE HAVEN'T HIT A QUORUM, WE CAN ADD SOMEBODY, CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, IN THE AGENDA, WE, I, UH, WE COULD JUST PLACE LIKE UPDATES. 
          SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BE ADDED OR UH, REMOVED, THEN WE CAN JUST, UH, LABEL IT AS UPDATES AND IT WON'T REQUIRE A VOTE. 
          I MEAN, IF SAY COMMISSIONER CHAN COMES BACK AND SAID, I'D LIKE TO BE ON THAT GROUP, HE, WE CAN JUST SAY, WELL, YOU'LL COMPLETE, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER CHAN, YOU CAN, THERE'S ROOM FOR ONE MORE TO FILL OUT THE GROUP, AND THEN THAT CAPS IT AT FIVE AND, UH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO. 
          SO WE'LL JUST APPROVE IT. 
          THERE'S NO VOTE INQUIRED. 
          OKAY. 
          YAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I WANTED TO, UH, BRING 
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UP BEFORE WE BREAK, I KNOW, BUT, UH, AS FELICIA MENTIONED, SHE'S GOT A ROADMAP. 
          YEAH. 
          SHE HANDED OUT THE ROADMAP, AND I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, IN GETTING 
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TO BE BLUNT, THE LAST TWO MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD HAVE BEEN DOWN TO THE WIRE TO GET OF ALL, ALL OF OUR GUESTS HERE. 
          THE, THE PLANNING TIME IT'S TAKING TO IS PARTICULARLY, UM, INVOLVING CITY OFFICES AND CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          IT'S DIFFERENT THAN ASKING C3, WHETHER THEY CAN COME OVER AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE FESTIVAL OR, UM, AS A PRIVATE. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE FINDING THAT WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE RUNWAY, RUNWAY, IF YOU WILL, TO INVITE GUESTS TO, TO JOIN US AND TO NOT BE DOWN TO THE LAST MINUTE OF FRETTING THAT WE WON'T HAVE A FULL PROGRAM OR THAT SOMEONE THAT WE DESIRE TO BE HERE WILL CAN MAKE IT. 
          SO, UM, VICE CHAIR MASTERS, I HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD BEHIND THE SCENES AND WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED WITH, UM, IN ALL FULL TRANSPARENCY, UM, ONE OF, UH, THE SUPPORTING THE SERVICE INDUSTRY WAS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER PRUITT, UM, MADE A VERY, UM, INTELLIGENT CASE FOR. 
          AND WE AGREED WITH IT AND PLACED IT INTO OUR ROADMAP. 
          AND, UM, DURING OUR RECESS FROM THE LAST MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE REACHED OUT AND, AND ASKED, UH, DANNY TO START THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT SHE THINKS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE. 
          SHE, THAT SHE'S CLOSER TO THAT I THINK THAT, UH, PART OF THE INDUSTRY THAN ANY OF US ARE. 
          AND SO, AND IN A VERY SIMILAR CAPACITY, I KNOW THAT WE ALL HAD, UH, UH, AN INTEREST IN GOING MORE INTO THE HOW THE HOMELESS, UM, EFFORTS ARE WORKING. 
          AND WE HEARD ABOUT IT TODAY. 
          AND, UH, VICE CHAIR MASTERS IS, IS PRETTY ADEPT IN AT LOOKING AT, UH, I GUESS I WOULD SAY THAT SHE'S REALLY ADEPT AT LOOKING IN HOW THE CITY AND THE STATE ARE INVOLVED IN THIS, IN THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. 
          AND SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF THESE, THE NEXT TWO, UM, THEMES, THE SUPPORTING AUSTIN SERVICE AND NEW ADDRESSING DOWNTOWN PUBLIC SAFETY, THOSE ARE THE, THE NEXT TWO UP IN, IN PART OF OUR CONVERSATION WE THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO SWAP, IS THAT RIGHT? WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SWAPPING THE DATES, SWAPPING, SUPPORTING THE SERVICE INDUSTRY, AND MOVING IT TO JUNE AND MOVING THE ADDRESSING DOWNTOWN PUBLIC SAFETY UP TO MAY. 
          AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE THE RECENT, UM, UH, UM, HOMELESSNESS STRATEGY PLAN BY THE, THE HAS BEEN RELEASED FOR REVIEW AND IT KIND OF STAYING TOPICALLY CURRENT, WE THINK THAT IF WE COULD GET THEM TO SPEAK TO US AT THE NEXT MEETING, IT KIND OF PICKS UP RIGHT FROM WHERE WE WERE IN THIS CONVERSATION TODAY. 
          AND SO, UH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE SWAP THESE TWO, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS. 
          IT'S NOT, THIS IS NOT LIKE AN OFFICIAL THING, BUT JUST IN KEEPING EVERYBODY CLEAR ON HOW WE'RE, HOW WE'RE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE LITERALLY, UH, THE ATTEMPT IS GONNA BE TO, TO, TO PROGRAM BOTH OF THESE NEXT TWO SESSIONS BASICALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY, WE'RE WE WHERE I WE'RE GONNA MEET WITH DANNY AND HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATION, UH, VICE CHAIR MASTERS HAS PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF SUGGESTED, UM, INVITEES AND WE'RE GONNA GET WITH FELICIA AND LITERALLY JUST TRY TO JUST START. 
          WE JUST WANTED, AND IF, AND WORST CASE SCENARIO, IF WE CAN'T GET THE HOMELESS STRATEGY DIRECTOR TO COME BEFORE US NEXT, THEN WE MAY JUST REVERT BACK TO THE ORIGINAL ROADMAP. 
          BUT IN THE ESSENCE OF TRYING TO STAY CURRENT AND, AND CONNECTING ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT OUTREACH PROBABLY THIS WEEK, IF NOT THIS WEEK, IF NOT NEXT. 
          AND, UM, SO YOU, IT'LL BE KIND OF A JUMP BALL WHEN YOU GET YOUR NEXT AGENDA, , WHICH ONE WILL BE THE THEME FOR THAT, THAT MONTH'S FOR THE MAIN MEETING. 
          BUT THAT ONE GETS POSTED, RIGHT? SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD SOME FLEXIBILITY, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE OUR ABILITY TO GET THE MOST IMPORTANT THINKERS IN THESE ARENAS AND BEFORE US, AND WE DON'T WANT THE CALENDAR TO BE OUR ENEMY. 
          SO THANKS FOR EVERYBODY THAT, AND, AND PARTICULARLY THE VICE CHAIR MASTERS WHO'S REALLY STEPPING UP. 
          I, I CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN I WAS VICE CHAIR TO, UM, DANIEL, I DIDN'T, I, I WAS NOT AS ENGAGED IN HIS, HIS STRATEGY THINKING OR IN HIS PROCESS AT ALL ON HOW HE WAS INVITING GUESTS TO BE HERE. 
          AND I THINK THAT FELICIA GAVE US SOME INSIGHTS HOW WE COULD IMPROVE, AND PART OF IT IS PLANNING OUT FARTHER AND LESS LAST MINUTE BRAINSTORMS. SO THANKS FOR THAT, FELICIA. 
          AND THANKS TO EVERYBODY HERE. 
          I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE ADJOURN. 
          I, I WON'T SAY, PLEASE, PLEASE COMMENT FROM VICE CHAIR MASTERS. 
          UH, JUST PIGGYBACKING, UM, OFF WHAT THE CHAIR HAS 
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SAID, IF, BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO FUTURE PLAN, WE HAVE SO MUCH EXPERTISE FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES, AND WE HAD SO MUCH FANTASTIC INPUT INTO WHAT BECAME OUR ROADMAP, THAT IF YOU'RE, IF YOU HAVE A GLANCE AT THIS, SINCE WE ARE FINISHING 20 MINUTES EARLY, IF YOU CAN HAVE A GLANCE AT IT AND IF Y'ALL HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT UPCOMING MEETINGS, UM, OF WHO YOU THINK BASED ON INDUSTRIES THAT YOU'VE WORKED IN OR PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM, WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, THE CHAIR AND I, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH COMMISSIONER PRUITT ABOUT JUNE AND, UM, SO ANY INPUT THAT Y'ALL HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF WHY YOU'RE HERE. 
          AND IF THERE'S ANYBODY YOU'RE EXCITED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM, WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO TRY TO GET THOSE FOLKS IN. 
          AND AGAIN, SINCE OUR ROADMAP IS, IS MORE OF KIND OF A, A, A GUIDE RATHER THAN A POLICY, UM, THINGS CAN BE MOVED AROUND. 
          IF, IF YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PARTICULAR EVENT OR TIMING THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE A GOOD COMPELLING REASON TO MOVE MONTHS, THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST LET US KNOW THAT. 
          AND WE APPRECIATE ANY KIND OF INPUT OR HELP OR SUPPORT AS, AS FAR AS THAT FUTURE PLANNING GOES. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          NOTHING TO ADD. 
          TOTALLY AGREE. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER PENOC, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT WE ALSO HAVE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS ROADMAP, UH, THE IMPORTANT DATES TO KEEP IN MIND. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THIS IS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL, UM, BECAUSE WE GET SO WRAPPED UP IN JUST THE MONTHLY MEETINGS. 
          SOMETIMES WE FORGET KIND OF THE, UH, OUTLIERS THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF . 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS BEING ON THERE, AND I'M SURE FELICIA HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. 
          SO THANK YOU . 
          UH, THAT WAS A VERY, UM, IMPORTANT, UM, REMINDER. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT, COMMISSIONER OCCI, BECAUSE I DO SEE THE INTERNAL REVIEW REPORT DISCUSSION COMING AND, YOU KNOW, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT, UH, I MEAN THE, THE WORK WE'RE ABOUT TO, THE WORK THAT THE NEW HOT TECHS WORKING GROUP IS ABOUT TO ENGAGE IN, I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT INTERNAL REVIEW REPORT AT THE, AT THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR FIRST DISCUSSION AND, AND TO LOOK FOR AN OUTCOME. 
          NOT ONE THAT'S EASY. 
          LIKE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT AN EASY TO REACH OUTCOME. 
          WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HAVING PURPOSE AND IMPACT, BUT I AM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO THAT THAT COULD BE AN OUTCOME THAT WE COULD, THAT COULD MAKE THAT JUNE REPORT THAT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          AND, UM, PARTICULARLY I WOULD ALSO ASK ANYONE HERE TO CONTINUE THINKING ABOUT THE PRESENTATION THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY, AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WE THINK THAT WE COULD DO TO MEASURABLY ASSIST THE CONTINUED FOCUS ON THE SIXTH STREET RENOVATION PROJECT, UM, WHAT THAT, WHAT SHAPE THAT MIGHT TAKE. 
          BUT WE ARE, WE DEFINITELY ARE, I, I, I SEE THAT SNEAKING UP ON US, AND, UM, I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO GET, UH, AT LEAST TWO OBJECTIVE, YOU KNOW, CONTRIBUTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT LIMITING IT TO IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GET TO AT LEAST TWO THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. 
          AND, AND I, AND I, I REA AND I ALSO THINK THAT, UH, THE TOPIC OF OUR SERVICE INDUSTRY, I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WITHIN THAT, THE SCOPE OF THAT MEETING AND THE SCOPE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRIES, THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING TANGIBLE ENOUGH THAT THE, THAT COULD BE CROSSING OVER THAT I, I'M AWARE OF IN THE COUNCIL PURVIEW. 
          BUT I WANT US TO, I JUST WANT US TO LOOK AT, I THINK THERE'S SOME, COULD BE SOMETHING THERE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN, THAT WE COULD, UH, DO SOMETHING TO ENHANCE THE, UH, THE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR AND, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE IN PERFORMING ARTS AND CULTURAL ARTS, UM, CAREERS. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO ADD TO SAY TO THAT. 
          BUT THANKS. 
          I MEAN, I WOULD NOT, I WASN'T ON MY RADAR TO SAY THAT, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONER OCCI, AND IT'S IMPORTANT. 
          UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANYBODY? NO. 
          WELL THEN I'D LIKE TO JUST OFFICIALLY RECOMMEND THAT THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AND I'M GONNA USE THE GAVEL . 
          SOUNDS GOOD. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE TO VOTE. 
          I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO VOTE IN THE MEETING. 
          WE OKAY. 
          WE'RE GOOD. 
          WE'RE GOOD. 
          I THINK. 
          YEAH. 
          I DIDN'T THINK, DO WE HAVE TO VOTE? SOMETIMES WE VOTE. 
          MOTION TO END. 
          IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, YEAH, THEN THAT'S GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, I, I NEED TO SAY, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I'D LIKE TO END, THAT'S WHAT I NEED. 
          I NEED TO PREFERENCE AROUND IF THERE'S NO, I WAS LOOKING AROUND, BUT I NEED, I'D BE BETTER IF I SPEAK THE WORDS.
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