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           YOU ARE WATCHING A MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL WITH MAYOR KIRK WATSON, MAYOR PRO, TIM CHEETO, VELA COUNCIL MEMBERS NATASHA HARPER MADISON, VANESSA FUENTES, JOSE VELAZQUEZ, RYAN ALTER, CRYSTAL LANE, MIKE SIEGEL, PAIGE ELLIS, ZOE CADRE, MARK UCHIN, CITY ATTORNEY DEBORAH THOMAS, CITY CLERK ERICA BRADY, AND CITY MANAGER TC BROAD. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. 
          [Call to Order]
IT'S 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON MAY 21ST, 2026, AND I WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. 
          WE ARE MEETING IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS LOCATED IN CITY HALL AT 3 0 1 WEST SECOND STREET IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          UH, WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL PRESENT. 
          LET ME SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WILL NOT BE PRESENT. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, HARPER MADISON WILL NOT BE PRESENT. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, FUENTES WILL NOT BE PRESENT. 
          SO I WILL NOT, EACH TIME I CALL OUT A VOTE, CALL OUT THAT FACT. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE IT, UH, CLEAR FOR THE RECORD THAT, UH, BOTH OF THEM, UH, HAVE A GOOD REASON TO BE OUT TODAY. 
          UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, LET ME WALK YOU EVERYBODY THROUGH THE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE DAY, AND THEN I'LL READ CHANGES OF CORRECTIONS IN THE RECORD. 
          UH, THE ORDER OF THE DAY IS WE'RE GONNA DO THINGS JUST A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT WE HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO BECAUSE OF TIMING ISSUES. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE NOTE OF THAT HERE IN JUST A SECOND. 
          THE FIRST ITEM WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP TODAY WILL BE ITEM NUMBER 12. 
          WE'RE TAKING THAT UP BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THAT APPROVED BY A CERTAIN TIME TODAY IF WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE IT, SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE NOTICE, UH, CORRECTLY FOR THIRD READING ON MAY 28TH, 2026. 
          WE WILL THEN GO TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          MEMBERS. 
          THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE OBVIOUSLY ITEM NUMBER 12, ITEM SEVEN, ITEM 16, AND ITEM 23. 
          WE WILL HEAR SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND THEN WE WILL GO AS SOON AS WE CAN TO THOSE OTHER ITEMS. UM, WE OF COURSE WILL AT NOON, WE WILL HAVE OUR 12 O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN, WHICH IS PUBLIC GENERAL, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. 
          AT 1230, WE WILL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE ON ITEM NUMBER 16, ITEM NUMBER 16, AND WE'RE DOING THAT, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, A SCHEDULE WITH OUTSIDE COUNSEL ON THAT MATTER. 
          SO WE WILL HAVE THAT AT 1230. 
          AND, UM, WHAT NORMALLY THAT WE WOULD HAVE, UH, MUSIC, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE MUSIC. 
          SO WE WILL, WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 1230. 
          WE WILL COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND TAKE UP ITEM 16. 
          WE WILL THEN GO TO THE OTHER ITEMS. AS I'VE INDICATED, WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF NON-CONSENT ITEMS, AND THEY ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          ITEMS 54, UH, 55, 56. 
          ITEM 57 HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL MAY 28TH, 2026, AND ITEM 58, 59 AND 60. 
          UM, MEMBERS, WE WILL HAVE A, OUR TWO O'CLOCK ZONING MATTERS. 
          UH, TYPICALLY THAT GETS PUT OFF A LITTLE BIT, DEPENDING UPON WHAT'S GOING ON DURING THE DAY, BUT WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, WHATEVER WE'RE DOING AT TWO O'CLOCK, WE'RE GONNA PAUSE WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP SOME ZONING MATTERS. 
          WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP ITEMS 61, 62, 63, 64, 6, 76, 73, AND SEVEN. 
          MAYBE IT'S 70, 73 AND 74. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE UP BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING POSTPONED, AND WE NEED TO TAKE THEM UP AS CLOSE TO TWO O'CLOCK AS WE CAN SO THAT WE HAVE THEM DONE. 
          SO, AGAIN, NOTICE CAN BE PROPERLY PROVIDED. 
          I'LL PAY ATTENTION TO THAT, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE SURPRISED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WHEN WE DO THINGS. 
          MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER ON THOSE. 
          WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE'S QUESTIONS, LET ME READ THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS INTO THE RECORD. 
          ITEMS NINE AND 10 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN. 
          ITEM 54, WHEN PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE TAKEN UP, THIS ITEM WILL BE POSTPONED INDEFINITELY. 
          THAT'S WHAT I JUST READ, UH, INTO THE REC, NO, ACTUALLY I READ 57. 
          UH, ITEM 54 WILL BE POSTPONED INDEFINITELY. 
          ITEM 57 WILL BE POSTPONED TO MAY 28TH, 2026. 
          SO FOR THE RECORD, WHEN PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE TAKEN UP, THIS ITEM WE 
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POSTPONED TO MAY 28TH, 2026. 
          AGAIN, LET ME REITERATE, WE ARE PULLING OFF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ITEM 12, ITEM 16, AND ITEM 23. 
          AGAIN, UNLESS THERE 
          [12. Approve second reading of an ordinance granting to Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, Inc., a non-exclusive franchise for constructing, maintaining, operating and using a transmission and distribution system in the City to provide electric utility services within its certificated area. Funding: Estimated annual franchise revenue in the amount of $196,400 is anticipated under this franchise agreement. (Part 1 of 2)]
ARE QUESTIONS, UM, WHAT I WILL DO NOW IS WE WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 12, AND I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK FOR, UH, TO CALL. 
          IF THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS, THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON ITEM 12 MEMBERS. 
          THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 12, SO THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER 12, MAYOR PRO, TIM MOVES APPROVAL. 
          IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN. 
          IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          ITEM NUMBER 12 IS APPROVED. 
          AND, AND I'LL SAY IT THIS ONE LAST TIME, WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, HARPER MADISON, ABSENT, UH, AND, AND, AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE LAST TIME I SAY THAT. 
          I DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION. 
          IF, IF SOMEBODY ON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE'S STAFF WILL LET ME KNOW WHETHER SHE IS, WELL, THERE SHE IS. 
          SORRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LANE, DO YOU WANT TO VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER 12? ALL RIGHT, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ELAINE, TEMPORARILY OFF THE DIOCESE, ITEM NUMBER 12 IS ADOPTED. 
          [Consent Agenda (Part 1 of 3)]
THAT WILL NOW TAKE US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I WILL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK TO CALL FOR SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          FIRST SPEAKER ON ITEM TWO IS AN OBIA JOSEPH. 
          AFTER MS. JOSEPH, WE HAVE BILL BUNCH ON ITEM THREE. 
          NEXT, MR. BUNCH IS HEADING ON IN. 
          WELL GO AHEAD AND CALL ON FOUR SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN. 
          MR. BUNCH, YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED. 
          IF YOU WANNA TALK ADDITIONALLY, ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE PAUL ROBBINS, CRAIG NASER, NANCY COWHER, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN. 
          AND IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD MY TIME TO CALL. 
          HAVE YOU ALREADY DONATED? ACCORDING TO OUR RULES, NO. 
          NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY TIME DONATIONS. 
          WE HAVE NO TIME, TIME DONATIONS. 
          SO MR. ROBBINS WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. 
          GO AHEAD, MR. BUNCH. 
          YOU WERE CALLED ON A PREVIOUS ITEM, SO, UH, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ON NUMBER THREE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO, UH, I, I, I THINK I'LL PASS ON THREE. 
          SORRY, I MISSED NUMBER TWO. 
          UH, WELL, YOU WEREN'T SIGNED UP FOR NUMBER TWO. 
          YOU WERE SIGNED UP FOR NUMBER THREE. 
          AND IF YOU'RE PASSING ON NUMBER THREE, THEN WE'LL GO TO NUMBER FOUR. 
          MAYOR, THIS WAS PREARRANGED TWO DAYS AGO AND DO NOT, WELL, WHEN YOU PREARRANGE IT WITH EACH OTHER, IT DOESN'T REALLY WORK. 
          YOU HAVE TO PREARRANGE IT WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          UH, MR. NASSER'S TRYING TO RECONCILE THIS RIGHT NOW. 
          WELL, WE'RE IN A COUNCIL MEETING RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE RULES TO ALLOW FOR YOU TO DO THIS BEFOREHAND. 
          AND IF, AND I'VE, SO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, WHICH IS NOT REALLY ENOUGH TIME TO DO THIS. 
          WELL, THAT'S WHY WE PROVIDE FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE TIME FOLLOWING THE RULES, WHICH I'VE TRIED. 
          COUNSEL, UH, I QUESTIONED THE LAST BATTERY CONTRACT VOTE ON MAY 7TH, AND MAYBE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE CONFUSED AS TO MY REASONING. 
          THE COMMON ASSUMPTION IS THAT IF AUSTIN WANTS TO SUPPORT RENEWABLE ENERGY STORAGE IS ESSENTIAL. 
          SO WHY WOULD WE QUESTION IT? AND LET ME SHOW YOU WHY, GIVEN THE TIME. 
          I'M GONNA ASK, UH, MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS IS A CHART THAT BASICALLY SHOWS THAT, UH, AUSTIN ENERGY'S THREE BATTERY CONTRACTS ARE ESTIMATED COST BETWEEN 10 AND 19 CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR. 
          BUT BATTERIES WILL ONLY SAY SEVEN, 7 CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR, UH, WITH ARBITRAGE. 
          AND THE UTILITY COULD PROBABLY BUILD IT FOR 8 CENTS. 
          THE ACTUAL COST OF POWER IN ERCOT WAS 4 CENTS. 
          AND I'VE ASKED PUBLICLY WHAT IS GOING ON. 
          SLIDE, UH, AUSTIN ENERGY REFUSES TO DESCRIBE THE BUSINESS MODEL THAT MAKES THESE STORAGE CONTRACTS. 
          ECONOMIC ASSETS. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY LACKS TRANSPARENCY. 
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TWO DAYS AGO, I SHOWED HOW THE UTILITY WAS HIDING THE EFFECTS OF RESIDENTIAL RATE INCREASES. 
          NOW THEY ARE HIDING THIS, UH, BATTERY CONTRACT JUSTIFICATION. 
          THE PUBLIC DESERVES BETTER COUNSEL. 
          THE STAFF AT AUSTIN ENERGY DOES NOT OWN THE UTILITY THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM DO. 
          THANK YOU, MR. ROBBINS. 
          CONTINUE ON ITEM FOUR, WE HAVE NICK WANG, JEN ROBO, KABA WHITE, ELISA HAMMOND. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL. 
          I'M SPEAKING RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE 20 YEAR CONTRACT FOR BATTERY STORAGE AGREEMENT. 
          AND, UH, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN THE THEME OF TODAY, MA'AM, WE, WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT YOU NEED TO STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          I'M JEN ROBO, UH, AUSTIN RESIDENT. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SEE A THEME HERE ON THE AUSTIN ENERGY AGENDA THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT DIVERSIFYING OUR GENERATION PORTFOLIO. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR RELIABLE AND RESILIENT GRID. 
          AND I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF PUSHBACK ON THESE ISSUES, SO I'M NOT CHALLENGING THE ACTUAL BATTERY STORAGE CONCEPT. 
          UH, I THINK MORE SO WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT SUCH A LONG, LONG TERM CONTRACT ON THE BATTERY STORAGE? 20 YEARS IS A LIFETIME IN THE REALM OF BATTERY TECHNOLOGY. 
          WE'VE SEEN HUGE STRIDES JUST IN THE LAST DECADE, AND I EXPECT THAT WE'LL SEE A LOT MORE IN THE NEXT DECADE TO COME, EVEN IN OUR OWN CITY. 
          WE HAVE INNOVATORS IN THIS FIELD AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE SURPRISED THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE NOT, UM, TURNING TO THOSE PROVIDERS FOR THIS, BUT THAT WE ARE CONTRACTING OURSELVES FOR SO LONG. 
          AND SO I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, WE REALLY WANNA BALANCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, GETTING A BETTER TERM FOR A LONGER TIME PERIOD OF COMMITMENT VERSUS HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADAPT TO CHANGING TECHNOLOGY THAT WE MIGHT COME ACROSS IN THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS. 
          UH, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO JUST LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY. 
          NOT QUESTION THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT CONTRACT RIGHT NOW, BUT QUESTION WHETHER IT'LL BE THE RIGHT CONTRACT IN FIVE TO 10 YEARS AND SEE IF WE CAN REDUCE THE LENGTH OF THIS CONTRACT JUST TO GIVE US MORE OPTIONS IN THE FUTURE. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          MY NAME IS ELISA HAMMOND. 
          I'M IN DISTRICT NINE, AND I'M, UM, APPEAR TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF BATTERIES BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A REVOLUTION GOING ON AT THIS TIME. 
          LAST YEAR IN MINNESOTA, THE POWER UTILITY, XCEL ENERGY PROPOSED A NEW PROGRAM CALLED CAPACITY CONNECT THAT WOULD HAVE IT DEPLOY 200 MEGAWATTS OF BATTERY STORAGE, NOT IN THE FORM OF LARGE UTILITY SCALE INSTALLATIONS, BUT SMALLER CHUNKS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE GRID, LIKE LEGO BLOCKS OF DIFFERENT SIZES, SOME PLACE TO TOP COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS, LIKE BIG BOX STORES. 
          OTHERS CAN BE IN THE BACKYARD OF A FAITH COMMUNITY, THE SIZE OF A SHIPPING CONTAINER, EACH GENERATING THAT KIND OF INCOME FOR THOSE LOCATIONS WHILE WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROMOTE RESILIENCE AND RELIABILITY. 
          THIS INTRODUCES A NEW CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE US ELECTRICITY GRID AND FOR OUR ECONOMY MORE BROADLY. 
          AND I HOPE YOU WILL, UH, EXPLORE THIS CUTTING EDGE COST SAVING PROGRAM. 
          I EMAILED YOU, MAYOR AND ALL THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON ABOUT THE ARTICLE TODAY. 
          I'M WITH THIRD ACT, AND OUR ENERGY EXPERT, WHO'S OUTTA THE COUNTRY, EMAILED ME THIS INFORMATION JUST THIS MORNING. 
          THIS IS ALSO TAKING PLACE BY, UH, THE SOUTHERN COMPANY UTILITY IN GEORGIA. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE WILL BEGIN TO SEE THIS BECAUSE THE PRICE OF BATTERIES HAS DROPPED SO SIGNIFICANTLY SO, AND AS WE SEE FOSSIL FUELS INCREASING. 
          SO I THINK IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT BEFORE WE MAKE A BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT THAT LOCKS US INTO FOSSIL FUELS. 
          WE LOOK AT THIS OPPORTUNITY, CAN WE CREATE A BATTERY STANDARD OFFER LIKE WE HAVE SOLAR STANDARD OFFER SO THAT THE MONEY STAYS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORTS ALL LEVELS OF BUSINESSES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MS. WHITE. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS KIBA WHITE, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC CITIZENS TEXAS OFFICE. 
          WE DO SUPPORT PASSAGE OF THIS ITEM, AND I WANNA POINT OUT THAT THERE IS SOME GOOD BASIC INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS RCA, INCLUDING THE COMPANY AND THE AMOUNT OF THE INVESTMENT, AS WELL AS THE TIME DURATION, AND A FEW OTHER DETAILS. 
          WE DO THINK THAT THIS WILL BE IN THE BENEFIT OF AUSTIN ENERGY CUSTOMERS AND MOVE TOWARDS MEETING THE ESTABLISHED GOALS IN THE THE AUSTIN ENERGY RESOURCE PLAN. 
          HOWEVER, I DO SEE IN THE ADDITIONAL BACKUP INFORMATION THAT IT STATES THAT THIS WILL, UH, ALLOW THE UTILITY TO EXCEED ITS GOALS. 
          BUT I WOULD JUST CALL TO 
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ATTENTION THAT THE DELIVERY DATE IS FOR 2030, NOT FOR 2027. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE, UH, GOAL IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IMPACTED. 
          AND SO THAT DOES MEAN THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY STILL ADDITIONAL CAPACITY NEEDED BY 2027 TO MEET THAT GOAL. 
          SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS OF AUSTIN ENERGY AND KEEP ENCOURAGING THEM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL STORAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT 125 MEGAWATTS IS INSTALLED. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE A HUNDRED MEGAWATTS COMING ABOUT THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL IN-PERSON SPEAKERS ITEM FOUR HAVE BEEN CALLED. 
          I'LL MOVE ON TO REMOTE. 
          WE HAVE CYRUS REED ON ITEM FOUR. 
          HEY, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          THIS IS CYRUS REED, UH, REPRESENTING THE SIERRA CLUB TODAY. 
          WE ARE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR, AND, UH, I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE GEN PLAN AS WELL AS AUSTIN ENERGY. 
          UM, WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS CONTRACT IS IT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF THE, SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PLACED BY BOTH MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ZO, TO GET US TO HIGHER LEVELS OF STORAGE, BUT ALSO BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ TO MAKE SURE WE DID AN ALL OF THE ABOVE RFP THAT ALL OF THE ABOVE RFP RESULTED IN THIS PROJECT. 
          UH, WE ARE WELL, UH, AWARE OF THE OCI ENERGY, WHICH IS A, YOU KNOW, A VALID COMPANY AND HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA, BOTH ON SOLAR AND STORAGE. 
          SO WE THINK IT MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, I'LL SORT OF ADD TO WHAT OTHER FOLKS SAID AND SAY THAT I HOPE IN ADDITION TO THE JUPITER CONTRACT AND THIS CONTRACT AND THE BASE POWER CONTRACT, WE WILL LOOK IN THE FUTURE AT, UH, LONGER DURATION STORAGE. 
          'CAUSE I THINK WE NOW HAVE, WE'LL HAVE, UH, TWO HOUR STORAGE, FOUR HOUR STORAGE, AND REALLY KIND OF THE HOLY GRAIL FOR STORAGE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, LONGER DURATION STORAGE, UH, WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES. 
          SO I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL CONTINUE TO ASK AUSTIN ENERGY TO KEEP THAT, UM, AS A TOOL FOR THE FUTURE. 
          'CAUSE I THINK IT ULTIMATELY WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO EVERYONE AND, UM, MIGHT REDUCE THE NEED FOR, UH, FOSSIL FUEL GENERATION. 
          SO WITH THAT, UM, UH, JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND AUSTIN ENERGY FOR BRINGING THIS CONTRACT FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. REED, YOU'RE ALSO SIGNED UP ON ITEM FIVE. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN ON ITEM FIVE RIGHT NOW? OH, SURE. 
          UM, AGAIN, UH, ITEM FIVE IS A CONTRACT FOR WIND WITH INVENERGY, WHICH, IF I GOT THE NAME RIGHT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A WELL-KNOWN COMPANY BASED OUTTA CHICAGO, THEY'VE GOT, UH, PROJECTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. 
          IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN TO LUBBOCK, YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THESE TWO, UM, FACILITIES. 
          UH, ONE'S NEAR GOLD WASTE. 
          THE OTHER IS KIND OF JUST EAST OF LUBBOCK. 
          UH, THEIR EXISTING WIND GENERATION FACILITIES. 
          WE KNOW THEIR PROFILES AND WE KNOW THEY WORK. 
          UM, ADOPTING THESE AND INCORPORATING THEM INTO OUR GENERATION PLAN WILL MOVE US CLOSER TO THAT 65% RENEWABLE BY 2027 GOAL. 
          I DON'T THINK IT QUITE GETS US THERE, BUT IT GETS US A LOT CLOSER. 
          UH, SO AGAIN, UH, THIS WENT THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS. 
          WE KNOW THE APPROXIMATE COST, WE KNOW WHERE THESE ARE LOCATED. 
          THEY'RE ACTUALLY EXISTING FACILITIES, SO WE THINK IT'S A, A GOOD IDEA FOR AUSTIN RATE PAYERS AND WILL BE BENEFICIAL TOWARDS MEETING OUR GOALS, BUT ALSO PROVIDING ENERGY, UH, AND THEY'RE CLOSE ENOUGH SO THEY SHOULDN'T BE SUBJECT TO ALL THE CONGESTION CONGESTION WE'RE SEEING FURTHER WEST OF THERE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S A, A GOOD IDEA. 
          AND ON BEHALF OF SIERRA CLUB, CYRUS REED, UH, WE SUPPORT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BACK TO IN-PERSON ITEM FIVE, WHITE. 
          WE HAVE KIBA WHITE. 
          SHE'S PASSING. 
          NEXT WE HAVE WAIT IN PERSON, NANCY CROWLER ON ITEM SIX. 
          OKAY, ITEM SEVEN HAS BEEN PULLED OFF CONSENT, SO WE WILL MOVE ON. 
          ITEM NINE, JEFFREY BOWEN. 
          OH, APOLOGIZE, THAT'S BEEN WITHDRAWN. 
          ITEM 11, BILL WILLIAM BUNCH. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL BILL BUNCH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAIL SPRINGS ALLIANCE DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UH, THIS ITEM IS APPROVING A BILLION DOLLARS OF DEBT FOR THE, UH, WALNUT CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION. 
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I'VE ADDRESSED YOU ON THIS BEFORE. 
          UH, RECOGNIZE OF COURSE THAT THERE'S SOME GOOD THINGS, UH, THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH THIS EXPANSION, UH, UPGRADING TREATMENT OF THE WASTEWATER ITSELF, UH, THOUGH NOT NEAR ENOUGH, UM, TO MEET THE KIND OF STANDARDS WE SHOULD BE MEETING FOR DISCHARGES TO THE COLORADO RIVER, UH, GIVEN THE, IN PARTICULAR, THE HEAVY NUTRIENT LOADS IN THAT WASTEWATER. 
          UM, BUT AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, WE'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE ENOUGH WATER TO CONVERT INTO SEWAGE FOR THIS EXPANSION. 
          UM, THIS IS NOT AN URGENT ITEM IN A TIME OF, UH, FISCAL CONSTRAINTS. 
          UH, YOU SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO, UH, CONSERVE WATER UPSTREAM, UH, CREATE LESS SEWAGE FLOWING TO THIS PLANT, UH, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO EXPAND IT NOW. 
          UH, AND IF WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE DO NEED AN EXPANSION, THAT IT'S A MUCH SMALLER ONE FOR A WHOLE LOT LESS MONEY, UH, IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD NOW WITH WATER AVAILABILITY. 
          UM, Y'ALL SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT. 
          OUR HIGHLAND LAKES DON'T HAVE THE WATER THAT WE'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT WERE THERE ON A FIRM MANUAL YIELD BASIS. 
          UM, WE'VE REALLY GOT TO TRANSLATE TRANS TRANSITION TO, UH, TREATING THIS WASTEWATER UPSTREAM ON SITE, ESPECIALLY THE LARGE WATER USERS, UM, AND NOT, UH, PUMPING IT ALL THE WAY TO A PLANT THAT, UH, CAN'T HANDLE IT AND SHOULDN'T BE, UH, CALLED ON TO HANDLE IT. 
          AND WE SHOULDN'T BE CALLED ON TO PAY FOR IT AS RATE PAYERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT IS KABA WHITE ON ITEM 19. 
          SHE'S PASSING ON 19 JEN ROBES. 
          ITEM 28. 
          GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. 
          I'M JEN AU AUSTIN RESIDENT, AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 28, WHICH IS $45 MILLION FOR FIVE YEAR CONTRACT FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES TO LIGHT IN LOOKING THROUGH THE BACKUP IS THAT THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE. 
          I DO APPRECIATE VERY MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN CATCHING THE FACT THAT THE BACKUP DIDN'T REALLY SPELL OUT WHERE ALL OF THIS FUNDING WAS COMING FROM. 
          AND LUCKILY WE'VE GOTTEN SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS, WHICH LOOKS LIKE BASICALLY WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT THIS IS GONNA BE IN FUTURE BUDGETS AVAILABLE TO US. 
          AND WHILE AUSTIN WANTS TO INVEST IN OUR PARKS, WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE RIGHT NOW. 
          AND AS A PARENT, I LOVE PLAYGROUNDS, BUT WHAT WE REALLY NEED AS A CITY ARE SAFE PLAYGROUNDS. 
          AND IT'S NOT CLEAR FROM THIS CONTRACT WHETHER OR NOT THE MAINTENANCE IS TO IMPROVE SAFETY CONCERNS OR IF IT'S TO INSTALL NEW PRETTIER EQUIPMENT. 
          AND WITH THAT IN MIND AND WITH THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS THAT WE WILL BE FACING, I THINK IT'S SHORTSIGHTED FOR US TO BE APPROVING SUCH A LONG TERM, SO MUCH JUST FOR PLAYGROUNDS WHEN THIS, THESE DOLLARS COULD BE SPENT MORE CAREFULLY IN OTHER PLACES WITHIN OUR PARK SYSTEM. 
          SO I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS, SO THAT WAY WE HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TIME TO BUDGETING IN SEPTEMBER AND AUGUST, SORRY, IN JULY AND AUGUST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT ON ITEM 30, WE HAVE KATIE CAM ON DECK FOR ITEM 32, WE HAVE RICH HAMAN AND ENOVIA JOSEPH, IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          HELLO, I'M KATIE CAM, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE. 
          THIS ITEM IS TO PROVIDE ADVANCED TRAFFIC CONTROL, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINETS FOR NEW MODIFIED AND AGING TRAFFIC SIGNALS. 
          I'M SPEAKING AGAINST THIS ITEM BECAUSE THE CITY SHOULD COMMIT TO RETIRING TRAFFIC SIGNALS. 
          THE STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT ROUNDABOUTS ARE THE SAFEST INTERSECTION DESIGN OPTION WITH DRAMATIC REDUCTIONS AND CRASHES, INJURIES AND FATALITIES. 
          BECAUSE ROUNDABOUTS ARE SAFER, THAT REDUCES THE NEED FOR EMS FIRE AND POLICE TO RESPOND TO CAR CRASHES, WHICH REDUCES EMERGENCY RESPONSE COSTS. 
          ROUNDABOUTS ALSO DO NOT REQUIRE ELECTRICITY OR 24 7 OPERATIONS, SO WE'LL SAVE MONEY ON ELECTRICITY OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. 
          UM, I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF CARMEL, INDIANA. 
          THEY'VE HAD A, UM, SINCE THE LATE NINETIES GETTING RID OF THEIR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND MOVING TO ROUNDABOUTS. 
          UH, SO AS TRAFFIC SIGNALS AGE, RATHER THAN REPLACING WITH NEW SIGNALS, LET'S REPLACE THEM WITH ROUNDABOUTS. 
          SO I WOULD SAY LET'S, UH, NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND START ACTIVELY MAKING THIS A SAFER CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS RICH HAMAN, 
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OR IS NOVIA JOSEPH HERE FOR ITEM 32? OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM 35. 
          WE HAVE JEFFREY BOWEN AND EMILY BLAIR, YOU GOT ME ALL IN OF ORDER THIS MORNING, MR. MAYOR. 
          WELL, I'LL, I'LL TAKE THE BLAME FOR IT, MR. NO, THAT'S OKAY. 
          HEY, LIFE IS NOTHING IS ANOTHER THREE RING CIRCUS HERE, RIGHT? SO, UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UH, ITEM 35, JEFFREY BOWEN. 
          UH, MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, I SAW ITEM 35, AND I JUST WANNA SAY I'M ALL FOR THIS. 
          UM, I JUST DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO SCREW THIS UP BECAUSE THERE, THERE'S GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OFFERING US ONE POINT, ALMOST $1.5 MILLION, UH, AND IT'S GONNA COST US, UH, ROUGHLY 350 MILLION. 
          AND FOR SOME REASON, I KNOW THERE WILL BE AT SOME POINT THAT THERE'LL BE A THREAT TO TAKE THIS MONEY AWAY FROM US. 
          SO PLEASE DON'T SCREW THIS UP. 
          UH, JUST SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCREWING THINGS UP, YOU SAID 350 MILLION, BUT YOU MEANT 350,000. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          UH, I HAVE NEW CAT, I GOT MY CATARACTS DONE. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE NONE OF US IS SCREW UP MR. BONE. 
          I UNDERSTAND IT'S, UH, IT'S ALL MONEY AT SOME POINT IN TIME, BUT YEAH, 350,000. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UHHUH, APPRECIATE THAT. 
          SO, UM, I, I REALLY THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH AUTO THEFTS LATELY, UM, THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I APPRECIATE THE LAUGH. 
          THAT'S GOOD TOO. 
          UM, AND, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CRACKING DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF AUTO THEFTS THAT WE HAVE AND THE BURGLARIES AND BREAKING ENDS, AND HOPEFULLY THIS MONEY CAN BE USED THE PROPER WAY AND START TRYING TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE, THE AMOUNT OF CAR BREAK-INS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU MR. MEYER FOR CORRECTING MY MATH. 
          UM, THERE AGAIN, UM, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MS. BLAIR, ARE YOU HERE? SHE'S PASSING. 
          MOVING ON TO ITEM 36 REMOTELY. 
          WE HAVE MONICA GMAN. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, HOPEFULLY Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME. 
          UH, YES MA'AM, WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          MONICA GMAN POLICY. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, MONICA GUZMAN, POLICY DIRECTOR OF DAVA, GO AUSTIN, BA AUSTIN. 
          WE HAVE DRAFTED A LETTER, NO DATA CENTERS, DEFENSE CONTRACTORS, OR OTHER DAMAGING DEVELOPMENT ON THE COLORADO RIVER GABA AND MANY OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY, RESIDENTS FROM EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT ACROSS THE CITY. 
          ALL 10 OF THEM ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SIGNED ON. 
          WE ARE URGING YOU TO POSTPONE ACTIVITY ON ITEM 38, AS WELL AS RELATED ITEMS 39 AND 60, AT LEAST MOVE 38 AND 39 TO NON-CONSENT. 
          UH, ITEM 38 IS TOO BIG OF A DEAL. 
          UNLIMITED DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WITH MOST ZONING USES ALLOWED VARIANCE IS THE CODE THAT WOULD BE AUTHORIZED BY THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THEIR SOLE DISCRETION, NO PUBLIC HEARING, NO VOTE FROM YOU, THE COUNCIL THAT IS DENYING THE COMMUNITY PUBLIC PROCESS. 
          WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL YOU WHERE WE STAND ON THE ISSUE, WHETHER WE'RE FOR IT, AGAINST IT, OR ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN. 
          YOU ARE SURRENDERING COUNCIL AUTHORITY FOR 45 YEARS, NOT ONLY THIS CURRENT COUNCIL, BUT OBVIOUSLY FUTURE ONES. 
          YOU'RE COMPROMISING COMMUNITY EQUITY IN AN AREA THAT HAS EXPERIENCED YEARS OF DISINVESTMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES, AND YOU'RE GIVING THE DEVELOPER OR DEVELOPERS TAX BREAK THAT MANY PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD TO DO. 
          THEY CAN PAY FOR IT. 
          WE NEED YOU TO TAKE THE TIME, PULL IT BACK, POSTPONE, AND PUT IT THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROCESS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. 
          WE SENT YOU AN UPDATED LETTER WITH ALL THE SIGN ONS, BUT I WANNA ADD A FEW WHO CAME ON SINCE I SENT AN UPDATE LETTER AT 9 43 THIS MORNING. 
          THREE HAS BEEN ADDED ON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          THANK YOU, MS. UZMAN FROM DISTRICT. 
          MOVING ON TO IN-PERSON FOR ITEM 36, MARIAN, I'M GONNA CALL SEVERAL NAMES. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN. 
          MARIAN SANCHEZ, ADRIAN MACIAS, SUSANNA ALMANZA, BIANCA GUERRERO, CARLOS PINON, MADDIE GUTIERREZ, VALERIE MENARD, PEDRO HERNANDEZ, JR. 
          WILLIAM BUNCH, 
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STREET CARD. 
          MARIE. 
          MARIE, HANG ON ONE SECOND. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          OTHERWISE, WE'RE GONNA ASSUME YOU'RE NOT HERE TO SPEAK OR WAIVING YOUR RIGHT. 
          38 OR 36. 
          36. 
          36. 
          OKAY. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD, KEEP CALLING NAMES. 
          UM, UM, STREETCAR NLU. 
          LAUREN RAGGA, FELICITY MAXWELL, BRAD MASSING, JORDY TELLO, EMILY BLAIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, FELICITY MAXWELL, D FIVE RESIDENT OR A BOARD MEMBER. 
          GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 36 IN THE EFFORTS TO UPDATE AND REVISE THE LANGUAGE. 
          CHAPTER FOUR 18, ENSURING TENANT PROTECTIONS AND RIGHT TO ORGANIZE IS A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF OUR ONGOING HOUSING WORK, AND WE APPRECIATE STAFF'S WORK ON THIS ITEM. 
          UH, WITH REGARD TO THESE CHANGES, WE WOULD URGE STAFF TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE UPDATES, SPECIFICALLY PARTS EIGHT AND 11, WHICH WHILE NECESSARY ARE WRITTEN VERY BROADLY AND IN SOMEWHAT VAGUE WAY. 
          AS A RESULT, THESE SECTIONS COULD BE APPLIED TO ILL EFFECT IN THE FUTURE, WHICH IS CLEARLY NOT THE INTENT OF THE, UH, THESE REVISION EFFORTS. 
          IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PROCESS, UH, THE PROPOSED CHANGES ABUNDANTLY CLEAR ON WHAT THIS MEANS, THERE SHOULD BE A RULE MAKING PROCESS WITH A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION OF THE CODE THAT INVOLVES STAKEHOLDERS. 
          UH, THIS WILL REBUILD TRUST IN THE PROCESS IN THIS SECTION AND ENSURE THAT SUCH INPUT IS HEARD, DOCUMENTED, AND INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL VERSION OF CHAPTER FOUR 18. 
          THANK YOU, MS. ALMANZA. 
          LET'S START WITH YOU AND THEN WE'LL JUST WORK OUR WAY DOWN TO MR. MASSING. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. 
          CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, BASICALLY I HAD IT FOR THIR FOR 60, BUT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD ON 36. 
          UH, AND SO A LOT OF THIS ZONING REMINDS ME OF THE EAST RIVERSIDE CORE DOOR, UM, MASTER PLAN THAT WAS DONE. 
          UH, AND IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, IN ORDER TO DO THE, THE BONUS, THERE WERE OVER SEVEN, 1700 RESIDENTS DISPLACED. 
          AND A LOT OF THIS WAS AFFORDABLE AND LOW INCOME HOUSING. 
          AND SO TO ME, UH, THIS SENDS UP A RED FLAG OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE CITYWIDE. 
          UH, WHAT REALLY HAPPENS IS WHERE ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AT AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THOSE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, UH, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY WI WITNESSED AND LIVED THROUGH. 
          ALSO, I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE IN THE RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR PLAN, YOU HAD FIVE DIFFERENT ZONING CATEGORIES, UH, CORRIDOR MIXED USE, INDUSTRIAL MIXED USE, NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, AND URBAN RESIDENTIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL. 
          AND THEN YOU HAD IDENTIFIED FOUR HUBS WITHIN THE RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR, WHICH ALLOWED YOU TO GO FROM 60 TO 160 FEET. 
          SO MY CONCERN IS THAT IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THOSE DESIGNATED, UH, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BASE ZONING, ARE YOU THEN SEEING YOU CAN GO 30 FEET ABOVE 160 FEET? YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOW ADDING, UH, 30 FEET AS PART OF THE WHOLE, UM, BONUS DENSITY BONUS. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE MAJOR CONCERNS FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY WITNESSED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EAST RIVERSIDE CORRIDOR, UH, MASTER PLAN. 
          UH, AND THEN ALSO TOO, BECAUSE NOW YOU'LL BE CREATING THESE CANYONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, 120 FEET, 160 FEET GOING ALL STRAIGHT DOWN. 
          UH, AND I, I WON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON HAVING THESE CANYONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, WHETHER THEY IMPACT THE, THE IMPERVIOUS COVER, THE EROSION, THE FLOODING, UH, THE AIR QUALITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THIS DENSITY BONUS REALLY CONCERNS ME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, PLEASE. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS EMILY BLAIR. 
          I'M SPEAKING TODAY ON ITEM 36. 
          UM, WHILE WE APPRECIATE AUSTIN OR COUNCIL'S ONGOING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE CHAPTER FOUR 18 IN SUPPORT THE GOAL OF ENSURING THE DENSITY BONUS, APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS ARE CLEAR, EFFECTIVE, AND ALIGNED WITH AUSTIN'S HOUSING PRIORITIES, AND WE DO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS RELATED TO CERTIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE CONCERNED THAT SEVERAL PROVISIONS IN ITEM 36 EXTEND BEYOND THE INTENDED SCOPE OF THESE UPDATES AND WERE INTRODUCED WITHOUT MEANINGFUL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. 
          THE REVISIONS TO SECTION C AND G WE DO SUPPORT. 
          UM, WHAT WE DO NOT SUPPORT IS THE BROAD LANGUAGE PRESENTED IN THE AMENDMENTS TO OTHER SECTIONS TODAY ON ITEM 36, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO A LEASE ADDENDUM AND QUOTE, ANY CITY CODE REQUIREMENT RELATED TO TENANT PROTECTIONS AND THE ONSITE RELOCATION SPECIALIST. 
          GIVEN THE SCOPE AND POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THESE CHANGES, WE BELIEVE THESE ISSUES SHOULD MOVE THROUGH A TRANSPARENT STAKEHOLDER PROCESS THAT INCLUDES HOUSING PROVIDERS, RESIDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. 
          AND WE BELIEVE ITEM 80 TODAY PROVIDES THE APPROPRIATE PATH FOR THAT DISCUSSION. 
          SO FOR THESE REASONS, RE RESPECTFULLY ASK COUNSEL TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT SOLELY IN SECTIONS C AND G ON FOUR 18, AND REMOVE THE ADDITIONAL PROPOSED LANGUAGE UNTIL A BROADER STAKEHOLDER PROCESS CAN OCCUR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
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HELLO, MY NAME IS JORGE. 
          HELLO, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 36. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MASSENGILL. 
          I'M BRAD. 
          BRAD MASSENGILL. 
          UM, I'M A MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL, UH, REPRESENTING SECTOR NINE, WHICH IS FAR SOUTH AUSTIN. 
          UH, I'M, I'M HERE SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. 
          I, I KNOW Y'ALL BEEN, UH, TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE STATE LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN REGARDING ALL THIS STUFF, BUT RU RUSHING TO, TO, TO DO ALL THIS STUFF. 
          IT, IT SEEMS TO BE, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING WHEN WE'RE NOT INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY IN SOME OF THIS STUFF. 
          SOME, SOME OF THIS STUFF. 
          I'M, I'M REALLY, UH, JUST THE THINGS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, SORRY, LEMME GET MY, MY, MY ACT TOGETHER HERE. 
          THE, THE, THE WHOLE IDEA OF, OF A LET LETTING, NOT HAVING, LET, LET ME, LET ME BACK UP. 
          WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE DENSITY BONUSES IN PLUS 30, PLUS 45, PLUS 90, THIS IS ALL, UH, INDUSTRY FACING LANGUAGE. 
          THIS ISN'T STUFF THAT'S USER FRIENDLY. 
          I'M WORRIED THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS IN, IN THESE MINIMALISTIC TERMS, THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC ISN'T GONNA HAVE ENOUGH ALARM TO BE QUESTIONING THIS UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE, THAT THINGS ARE GONNA POP UP IN PEOPLE'S YARDS THAT ARE BACKYARDS THAT ARE, INSTEAD OF BEING 30 OR 45 FEET TALL, THAT IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE WHEN YOU'RE GETTING ONE OF THESE NOTICES, IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE THE BASE HEIGHT OF WHATEVER'S ALLOWED THERE. 
          PLUS THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR TO SELL THIS AS A DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN ADD ON TO A PROPERTY THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE. 
          IT ADDS VALUE TO IT, AND IT'S GONNA, THE ONLY STIPULATION IS YOU GOTTA DO THESE THINGS TO, UH, SUPPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UM, AND, AND THANK YOU, MR. MASSENGILL. 
          ALL IN-PERSON SPEAKERS FOR 36 HAVE BEEN CALLED. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 38 REMOTE, STARTING WITH MONICA GUZMAN, ITEM 38, MS. GUZMAN, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER AND WE'LL TRY TO GET BACK. 
          I'M, I'M HERE. 
          HANG ON A SECOND. 
          WHAT ITEM NUMBER ARE YOU ON? I CAN'T FOLLOW UP. 
          38. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL THEN LET ME FINISH. 
          WHAT I WAS SAYING IS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS THAT SIGNED ON THE LETTER, AND I THINK I ENDED AT HANDS OFF CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          I ALSO WANNA ADD THAT SOME QUESTIONS, UH, WERE DRAFTED AND SENT TO AT LEAST ONE COUNCIL MEMBER, AND UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE 'EM IN FRONT OF ME, BUT BASICALLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN POSTED A, OR ADDED A MODIFIED QUESTION ON THE COUNCIL Q AND A ON THE AGENDA PAGE, AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER IF THE ACTUAL QUESTIONS ASKED HAD BEEN POSTED, UH, EITHER ON THE COUNCIL MESSAGE BOARD OR IN THE Q AND A AND THOSE QUESTIONS, WHICH I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, UH, WELL, I WILL SEND THOSE AGAIN TO THE FULL COUNSEL, BUT BASICALLY THERE'S TOO MANY QUESTIONS. 
          LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. 
          WE NEED YOU TO PHONE POSTPONE ITEM THIRTY EIGHT, THIRTY NINE, AND 60. 
          PUT IT THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS, GIVE THE PEOPLE A CHANCE TO SEE MORE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAX HORSEMAN, ITEM 38. 
          HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. 
          OKAY. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS MAX TOTMAN. 
          I'M SPEAKING TO YOU AS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR AND A RECENT GRADUATE OF UT'S MASTERS IN COMMUNITY OF REGIONAL PLANNING PROGRAM. 
          I'M URGING YOU TO INSTITUTE A PUBLIC PROCESS FOR THE ANNEXATION OF THE DOG'S HEAD, SPECIFICALLY FOR ITEMS 38, 39 AND 60, AND PUT THIS ITEM THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONS. 
          AT A MINIMUM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY TO ENSURE THIS AREA IS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY'S TAX BASE, AND IT IS ALSO CLEAR THAT THE DEAL HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS FOR MANY YEARS. 
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UH, OKAY. 
          I'M URGING YOU ALL TO PLEASE PUT A STOP ON THAT AND CREATE A PUBLIC PROCESS AROUND THE SITUATION. 
          UM, SPECIFICALLY COUNSELORS, PLEASE ASK MORE QUESTIONS AROUND THE IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS AND THE AGREEMENT. 
          WHY SHOULD THIS AREA THAT LARGELY SITS WITHIN A FLOOD PLAIN ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER HAVE 100% IMPERVIOUS COVER NO IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS THAT NOT ONLY IMPACTS THE DOG'S HEAD AREA, BUT ALSO SURROUNDING AREAS THAT ARE MADE THEN MUCH MORE VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. 
          AND SEEING THAT MUCH OF THAT AGREEMENT HAS NO IMP IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS. 
          IT BASICALLY DISREGARDS THE WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          UM, SO PLEASE ASK ABOUT THAT IN, IN THE ENSUING DISCUSSION. 
          UM, TAKING MEASURES TO MITIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL HARM BEFORE IT HAPPENS CAN SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          SO INSTEAD OF CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR THE COLORADO TO FLOOD SURROUNDING AREAS BY PAVING OVER EVERYTHING, IT COULD REQUIRE THE DOG HEAD TO ABIDE BY THE SAME LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE STANDARDS THAT THE REST OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHICH CAN RANGE FROM 40 TO 45% UP TO 80%, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYWHERE ELSE IS AT 100% IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          ALSO, WHY SHOULD WE BE PLANNING FOR GOLF COURSES NEXT TO THE RIVER? THAT KIND OF THING IS THE OPPOSITE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. 
          IT'S DISPELLING ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION FURTHER, UM, AND FURTHER WE CAN SEE, UH, HOW THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, HOW THIS IMPERVIOUS COVER RELATES TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. 
          THANK YOU, HONOR. 
          UM, NEXT WE HAVE RAPHAEL SCHWARTZ ON ITEM 38. 
          MORNING, UH, RAFAEL SCHWARTZ SPEAKING FOR THE A STEER CLUB. 
          WE'RE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS DOG'S PET AGREEMENT, WHICH AS I UNDERSTAND HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED, UH, BEHIND CLOSED THE DOORS WITHOUT THE TYPICAL PUBLIC INPUT VIA THE CITY COMMISSIONS. 
          SENSIBLE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE WELCOME, BUT THERE ARE MANY RED FLAGS HERE. 
          WE ESPECIALLY WANT TO ECHO CONCERNS THAT THE AGREEMENT LEAVES THE CITY WITH NEARLY ZERO CONTROL OVER THE FUTURE USE OF THE SITE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. 
          THIS IS A PRISTINE STRETCH OF A TRULY BEAUTIFUL, UH, RIVER ECOSYSTEM AND RIPARIAN ZONE. 
          AND A DEAL THAT ALLOWS 92% OF THESE 2,600 ACRES TO BE DEVELOPED WITH IMPERVIOUS COVER SEEMS EXTREMELY PROBLEMATIC. 
          THIS IS A SITE THAT'S NEARLY FOUR TIMES AS LARGE AS MIL, THE MILLER DEVELOPMENT. 
          AT THE VERY LEAST, IT SHOULD GO THROUGH THE NORMAL, UH, TRANSPARENT CITY PROCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THE AGREEMENT SHOULD BE MODIFIED TO NEGOTIATE PROTECTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOR OUR WATER SUPPLY, AND FOR OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          NEXT WE HAVE HEATHER E BOROUGH ON ITEM 38. 
           HEATHER, ARE YOU THERE? WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, DANIELLA SILVA, ITEM 38. 
          MY NAME IS DANIELLA SILVA AND I'M SPEAKING AS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE. 
          UM, I'M URGING YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO POSTPONE TODAY'S VOTE IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS TO ALLOW FOR REVIEW BY THE PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. 
          AUSTIN, I MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE DON'T WANT DATA SETTERS, AI INFRASTRUCTURE, OR DEFENSE RESEARCH TO BEING SUBSIDIZED BY OUR TAX DOLLARS. 
          THESE INDUSTRIES MUST BE EXPLICITLY BARRED FROM BEING BUILT ON THIS PIECE OF LAND, WHICH SHOULDN'T BE MUCH OF AN ISSUE IF THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO BUILD A NEW DOMAIN. 
          RIGHT. 
          I ALSO STRONGLY URGE YOU TO TAKE SERIOUSLY THE WATER CRISIS THAT WE'RE FACING IN OUR STATE. 
          ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT TAKES PLACE ON ONE OF THE MOST PRISTINE AND BIODIVERSE SECTIONS OF THE COLORADO RIVER MUST BE MINDFUL OF THE PERCENTAGE OF IMPERVIOUS COVER AND ACTUALLY HAVE LIMITS AND ANY ACTIVITIES THAT COULD LEAD TO TOXIC CHEMICAL RUNOFF. 
          ADDITIONALLY, ANYTHING BUILT SHOULD INCLUDE PURPLE PIPES, WATER ATTACH SYSTEMS, AND ANY OTHER TECHNOLOGIES TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WATER BEING CONSUMED AND UTILIZED BY THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          OUR WATER TABLES AND LAKES ARE BARELY ABLE TO SUPPLY THE EXISTING POPULATION OF AUSTIN DEVELOPING EVEN MORE WITHOUT SERIOUSLY PRIORITIZING WATER CONSERVATION AND REUSE WOULD BE HIGHLY IRRESPONSIBLE. 
          LET'S NOT WAIT UNTIL WE GET IN AS BAD OF A SITUATION OF PERKS. 
          CHRISTI, BEFORE WE MAKE WATER CONSERVATION AND USAGE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. 
          PREVENTATIVE POLICIES ARE ALWAYS BETTER THAN CURATIVE ONES. 
          SO I PLEASE URGE YOU TO POSTPONE ITEM 38 AND RELATED ITEMS 39 AND 60 TO ENSURE A PUBLIC PROCESS, INCLUDING REVIEWS BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, AND ANY OTHER BOARD. 
          AND PLEASE AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT LANGUAGE TO PRECLUDE USE BY DATA CENTERS AND DEFENSE CONTRACTORS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE GONNA TRY HEATHER BURL AGAIN. 
          ITEM 38. 
          ITEM 38. 
          ITEM 38. 
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WOULD YOU GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER? THANK YOU. 
          I, I, I'M NOT SURE I COULD HAVE HANDLED TWO MINUTES OF THAT . 
          OKAY. 
          MOVING ON TO IN PERSON FOR ITEM 38, WE HAVE ARIAN SANCHEZ. 
          I'M, I'M GONNA CALL A LOT OF NAMES, SO IF YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT. 
          UH, MARIAN SANCHEZ, JULIE OLIVER, ADRIAN MAIA ALMANZA, BIANCA GUERRERO, CARLOS PINON. 
          MADDIE GUTIERREZ, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. 
          ALRIGHT, I'M JULIE OLIVER, RESIDENT OF NINE, AND HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST ITEM 38 AND ASK YOU TO PULL FROM CONSENT AND THEN VOTE NO ON THIS. 
          THE 45 YEAR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS BEING CONSIDERED IN A BROADER ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE PUBLIC HAS WATCHED THE MAYOR EXERT HEAVY PRESSURE ON CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DURING MEETINGS. 
          AND AT LEAST ONE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS DESCRIBED THAT DYNAMIC AS VINDICTIVE. 
          WHEN THERE IS A DISAGREEMENT, THAT CONTEXT MATTERS WHEN YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE SOMETHING OF THIS SCALE, OVER 2,600 ACRES, LONG-TERM TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, PUBLIC INCENTIVES, AND A FRAMEWORK THAT CLEARLY POSITIONS THIS LAND FOR MAJOR INDUSTRIAL USERS. 
          JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, THIS COUNCIL DISCUSSED RECRUITING INDUSTRIES LIKE DEFENSE AND DATA CENTERS. 
          NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROPOSAL THAT ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH THAT GOAL WITHOUT A FULL TRANSPARENT PUBLIC CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR COMMUNITY LONG TERM. 
          WHEN YOU CONNECT THIS TO ITEM SEVEN, THE PATTERN BECOMES CLEAR. 
          LAND USE AND ENERGY POLICY ARE BEING ALIGNED TO SUPPORT ENERGY INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT WITH IRREVERSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE CON CONSEQUENCES. 
          THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW THAT THESE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE INDEPENDENTLY, NOT UNDER PRESSURE. 
          THIS AGREEMENT IS TOO LARGE AND TOO CONSEQUENTIAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THAT ASSURANCE. 
          MANY OF YOU ARE UP FOR REELECTION AND VOTERS WILL HEAR THIS. 
          CLEARLY, YOU ARE OPENING THE DOOR TO WATER INTENSIVE DATA CENTERS AND APPROVING FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS TO FUEL THEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR WATSON AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ADRIAN MACIAS AND I'M THE YOUTH COORDINATOR FOR PEREZ YOUNG SCHOLARS FOR JUSTICE, OUR YSJ PROGRAM. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TO POSTPONE ITEMS 38 39 AND 60 TO ALLOW FOR MORE CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE RELEVANT CITY COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONS. 
          THIS IS A MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE AN IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL, BUT WE CANNOT KNOW THE EXTENT UNLESS THERE IS MORE TRANSPARENCY IN REVIEW BY STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS TO FIND OUT. 
          AS I MENTIONED, I'M A YHA PROJECT COORDINATOR. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT HISTORY, CULTURE, AND GOVERNMENT IN THEIR NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING TESTING THE WATER IN THE COLORADO RIVER, WHICH I HAVE BEEN DOING WITH MY COLLEAGUES EVERY MONTH AT TWO LOCATIONS AS PART OF RA'S CROWN PROGRAM SINCE 2024. 
          PEREZ RECENTLY CELEBRATED ITS 35TH ANNIVERSARY. 
          AND I REMEMBER SHARING AND SHARING DURING AN INTERVIEW OF COA RADIO THAT WHEN I WAS FIRST PARTICIPATED IN THE YSJ AS A TEENAGER, I LEARNED, I LEARNED HOW PEOPLE WE LIKE CAN MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT OUR LIVES. 
          AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO GET INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY, TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AND TO VOTE. 
          ON JUNE 1ST, OUR 12TH YSA CLASS WILL BEGIN AND LIKE ME, THEY WILL LEARN ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT SOME FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TO THEM WITH CONFIDENCE THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES TRUE PUBLIC SERVANTS WILL LISTEN TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND TRY TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          PLEASE LISTEN TO US TODAY AND POSTPONE THESE ITEMS TO GIVE OUR COMMUNITY MORE TIME TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE ON THE RIVER, BUT ALSO ON THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN THE DOG'S HEAD AND THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS CARLOS PINON. 
          I'M THE RESILIENCE PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT DER. 
          UM, AND I'M URGING YOU TO POSTPONE ITEMS 38, UH, AND RELATED ITEMS 39 AND 62. 
          ENSURE PUBLIC PROCESS, INCLUDING REVIEWS BY THE PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONS AND OTHER RELEVANT BOARDS. 
          FURTHERMORE, PLEASE AMEND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT LANGUAGE TO PRECLUDE USE BY DATA CENTERS AND DEFENSE CONTRACTORS. 
          I'M JUST GONNA ECHO SOME OF THE POINTS MADE IN THAT LETTER BY GAVA, SIGNED BY MYSELF, COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS FROM EVERY DISTRICT. 
          UM, THIS DRAFT AGREEMENT ESTABLISHES VERY FEW, IF ANY DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ESSENTIALLY GUARANTEEING THE DEVELOPER WHATEVER THEY WANT TO BUILD. 
          UM, THIS DRAFT AGREEMENT ALSO, UH, INCLUDES RESEARCH TESTING FACILITIES AND ALLOWS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND BOAT TESTING APPEALING TO MILITARY CONTRACTORS LOOKING TO USE PUBLIC WATERWAYS. 
          UM, IF YOU HAD BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO, UH, A CAMPAIGN THAT PULLED, THAT HAD RAN IN COALITION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AGAINST IC, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL AT ALL INTERESTED IN. 
          UM, WE MOBILIZED OVER ABOUT 600 PEOPLE TO, UM, SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENTS AGAINST THE AIR PERMIT THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, BUILD AND POLLUTE ONTOP, UH, AN AREA NICK'S MONTOPOLIS. 
          UM, AND SO I DO WANNA REITERATE THAT THIS IS NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS. 
          UM, APPROXIMATELY 
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90% OF THE ACREAGE CAN BE DEVELOPED WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT IMPERVIOUS COVER, UM, WHICH TO ME IS ALSO ASTOUNDING. 
          GRANTED THAT YESTERDAY WE WERE AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND, AND NO MENTION OF THIS WAS GIVEN, UM, DESPITE A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION ON OTHER ITEMS BEING AROUND THE EFFECTS OF IMPERVIOUS COVER ON FLOODING, ON URBAN HEAT ISLAND, ON, UM, UH, THE EROSION OF THE COLORADO RIVER. 
          SO THERE ARE MANY DIMENSIONS TO THIS, UH, THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS NOT AT ALL INTERESTED. 
          UM, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ALSO LONG SUFFERED FROM ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE AND DISINVESTMENT. 
          UM, SO THIS DRAFT AGREEMENT WILL OF COURSE EXACERBATE THESE INEQUITIES. 
          UM, AND THEN THE CITY WOULD BE COMMITTED TO ESTABLISH A TAX INCREMENTAL REINVESTMENT ZONE SO THE DEVELOPER CAN GET BOTH PROPERTY TAX AND SALES TAX CREDITS TO PUT TOWARDS THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          WE NEED THAT REDIRECTED TO OTHER THINGS LIKE SOCIAL SERVICES AND LIBRARIES AND PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL. 
          I'M SUSAN ALMANZA WITH PODER AND I'M ALSO REQUESTING THAT YOU POSTPONE ITEM 38, 39 AND 60. 
          AND I'M ALSO SUGGESTING THAT YOU PUT A LEACH ON THIS DOG. 
          YEAH, YOU NEED A LEACH ON THIS DOG BECAUSE IT HAS REALLY GONE CRAZY IN THE DOG'S HEAD. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROVIDING REIMBURSEMENTS TO THE DOG HEAD OWNERS, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT APPROVAL OF, OF NON, UH, ZONING VARIANCE, ADMINISTRATIVELY CURRENT. 
          YOU'RE LIVING, YOU'RE LEAVING OUT THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH THEY TALK ABOUT A PORTABLE HOUSING. 
          THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS AT WHAT MFI ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A D ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A HUNDRED PERCENT MEDIUM FAMILY INCOME? ALSO, YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, RIGHT OF RIGHT OF AWAY FEES NOT BEING APPLICABLE ON THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          NOT TO MENTION THE A HUNDRED PERCENT IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          SO THIS PARTICULAR, UM, 38, 39 AND 60, LIKE I SAID, YOU NEED TO PUT A STOP. 
          YOU NEED TO PUT A LEACH ON THIS DOG'S HEAD. 
          IT'S OUT OF CONTROL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM 38. 
          WE HAVE VALERIE MENARD WITH TWO MINUTES DONATED FROM ROY WHALEY. 
          VALERIE AND ROY, ARE YOU HERE? THEY, THEY ARE. 
          HEY, VALERIE, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES. 
          UM, PEDRO HERNANDEZ JR. 
          DAVID WEINBERG. 
          CRAIG NAER, YOU'RE ON DECK. 
          PLEASE COME DOWN IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, MAYOR WATSON AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS VALERIE MENARD. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE AND I'M THE PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR POS, COLORADO RIVER CONSERVANCY. 
          AND HERE TODAY TO URGENTLY REQUEST THAT YOU POSTPONE ITEMS 38 3 9 AND 60 TO ALLOW FOR MORE CITIZEN INPUT AND REVIEW BY EXPERTS AT THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT ON SUCH AN IMPACTFUL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE CALL, THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          SPEAKING FOR THE CONSERVANCY, WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS THAT WE FEEL SHOULD GO TO THE FOLLOWING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FOR REVIEW SETTING IMPER CO IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, A HUNDRED PERCENT UNRESTRICTED FLOOD RATE, FLOODPLAIN MODIFICATIONS, AND GREEN LIGHTING. 
          EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE SHRUNKEN CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE SHOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. 
          PLUS, THERE IS ZERO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS OFFERED FOR THE COLORADO RIVER IN THIS PLAN. 
          WHILE THE DEVELOPER CLAIMS THIS PLAN WILL PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THERE ARE NO SPECIFICS OFFERED, BUT UNITS PRICED AT 80% MFI ARE NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ALLOWING GOLF CART PATHS DOES NOT INSPIRE CONFIDENCE. 
          WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE DOG'S HEAD OR NEARBY? A QUICK LOOK AT THIS CENSUS SHOWS THAT THERE ARE NEWLY A THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN THE 7 8 7 4 2 ZIP CODE, WHICH INCLUDES THE DOG'S HEAD. 
          MOST OF THE HOMES THERE WERE BUILT IN THE 1950S AND ARE VALUED AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE IS THREE PERSONS. 
          AVERAGE INCOME PER HOUSEHOLD IS $74,000. 
          AND THE COST OF MONTHLY RENT, INCLUDING UTILITIES RANGES BETWEEN 200 AND A THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          THIS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A COMMUNITY THAT WILL SURVIVE A MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT, EVEN MUDDLED AFTER THE DOMAIN, BUT RATHER ONE THAT WILL BE OBLITERATED BY DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION. 
          THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. 
          WHY WOULD YOU EVEN CONSIDER ANNEXING THIS PROPERTY AND THEN SURRENDER CITY CONTROL FOR 45 YEARS? WHY WOULD YOU GIVE TAX CREDITS TO A DEVELOPER WITHOUT REQUIRING ANY OVERSIGHT OR COMMUNITY BENEFITS? WHY WOULD YOU SMOOTH THE PROCESS FOR CONNECTING THIS WATER HOG OF A DEVELOPMENT TO AUSTIN WATER? AND IF IT'S ANNEXED, WHAT DISTRICT WILL IT COME UNDER ONE, TWO, OR THREE, EVEN THOUGH IT WON'T MATTER FOR 45 YEARS? THIS EFFORT TO ANNEX THE PROPERTY, THEN SEED CITY AUTHORITY OVER IT, ADDING TAX CREDITS AS THE CHERRY ON TOP PUTS THE INTEGRITY AND ETHICS OF THIS BODY. 
          IN SERIOUS QUESTION. 
          PLEASE PUMP THE BRAKES ON THIS DEVELOPMENT AND ALLOW FOR TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC INPUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          UH, CRAIG NASER, UH, CONSERVATION CHAIR OF AUSTIN SIERRA CLUB. 
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SO THERE WAS A CLIMATE PROTECTION PLAN AND WE WERE PART OF IT, SIERRA CLUB, BUT WE SUBMITTED AS A PART OF THAT CLIMATE PROTECTION PLAN, A MINORITY REPORT. 
          AND I DON'T THINK MANY PEOPLE READ IT, . 
          I WAS ONE OF THE AUTHORS. 
          AND WHAT IT SAYS ESSENTIALLY IS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS GONNA BE WORSE THAN WE CAN PREDICT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S STOCHASTIC, IT'S NOT GONNA BE LINEAR, IT'S NOT EVEN GONNA BE LOGARITHMIC. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA COME OUT OF THESE TIPPING POINTS AND WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PREDICT THAT VERY WELL. 
          SUCH A BIG DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NEXT TO THE RIVER DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF WHAT ANYONE SAYS, IF A BIG FLOOD COMES DOWN, THE COLORADO AND I HAVE SEEN IT WHERE THEY HAD TO OPEN ALL THE PORTS OF THE, OF THE MANSFIELD DAM AND LET ALL THE WATER OUT BECAUSE IT HAD, IT WAS GOING TO TOP IT. 
          UM, IF THAT HAPPENS, WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THAT? WE ARE THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          TAXPAYERS ARE GONNA PAY FOR THAT. 
          AND YOU WANNA DO THIS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITHOUT ANY COMMISSION OR ANYTHING? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I GO TO THOSE COMMISSION MEETINGS BECAUSE I CARE. 
          I DON'T GET PAID ASCENT. 
          I'VE BEEN ON COMMISSIONS. 
          DON'T GET PAID A CENT TO DO THAT BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT THE CITY AND WHAT KIND OF FUTURE WE'RE GONNA HAVE. 
          SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO DELAY THESE AND GO THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS. 
          WE DO LET THE CITIZENS SPEAK BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER BIT OF CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL. 
          WE CAN DO IT. 
          I MEAN, OF COURSE YOU GET A TAX, YOU KNOW, YOU GET, YOU'RE GONNA GET ALL THESE TAXES IF YOU DEVELOP IT IN THE SHORT RUN. 
          IT'S SHORT RUN STUPID AND LONG OR SHORT, RUN SMART, MAYBE IN LONG RANGE, STUPID. 
          SO PLEASE DON'T DO IT. 
          UH, HELLO. 
          GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, UH, DAVID WINERY FROM DISTRICT FIVE. 
          SO I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. 
          THIS PROJECT, UH, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT IS SOMETHING THAT THERE COULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL USES TO THE LAND THAN THERE CURRENTLY ARE. 
          UH, ALSO MUCH NEEDED REVENUE FOR THE CITY. 
          ALTHOUGH I THINK, YOU KNOW, JACK CRAVER AND HIS NEWSLETTER HAD A PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION ON THAT, UH, YESTERDAY IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT, UM, EXACTLY HOW MUCH AND WHEN. 
          UM, I WANTED JUST MAKE A COUPLE QUICK POINTS ON, ON PROCESS. 
          I WAS LISTENING TO THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, AND I HEARD CITY STAFF DESCRIBE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT FELL OUT OF THE SKY. 
          AND I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE THEN LATER IN THE MEETING I HEARD THE APPLICANT FOR THE OWNER SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THEY HAD BEEN WORKING ON FOR SEVEN YEARS. 
          UH, AND I CAN SEE A, A LITTLE BIT OF DAYLIGHT IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO THINGS. 
          UM, THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS DOES FEEL LIKE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT FELL OUT OF THE SKY. 
          UM, IT, IT IT'S QUITE A LARGE PROJECT. 
          IT IS, IT IS QUITE SUBSTANTIAL IN TERMS OF ITS MANY IMPACTS ON THE CITY. 
          I I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE PRUDENT TO PUT THIS BEFORE THE RELEVANT CITY COUNCILS, UH, AND NOT TAKE A QUICK VOTE ON THIS BEFORE YOUR, UH, SUMMER RECESS. 
          SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE, UH, DELAY THIS PROJECT, PUT IT THROUGH SORT OF THE MORE NORMAL CHANNELS OF HOW CITY GOVERNMENT WORKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM 38. 
          WE HAVE DENNIS KERWIN WITH TIME DONATED FROM JODY KERWIN. 
          ARE THEY BOTH PRESENT? OKAY. 
          UM, RICHARD SU, ELIZABETH LEVINS, CHRIS PAGE, WILLIAM BUNCH. 
          YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY FORWARD. 
          IS DENNIS HERE? YES. 
          IS JODY HERE? I HAVE FOUR MINUTES. 
          IS JOEY? YEAH, JOEY'S HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEP. 
          FOUR MINUTES. 
          YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES, SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          MAYOR. 
          YES. 
          AS THE, AS THE SPEAKERS ARE GETTING SEATED, MAY I REQUEST TO BE, UH, NOTED YEAH. 
          WHEN WE AS A YES. 
          ON ITEM 12? YEAH, WHEN WE FINISH. 
          WHEN WE FINISH, YES. 
          WE'LL GO. 
          I'LL, I'LL GO TO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          YOU READY? YEAH. 
          I'M DENNIS KERWIN. 
          I'VE LIVED IN, UH, ON AT NINE 12 DALTON LANE IN THE AREA KNOWN AS THE DOG'S HEAD FOR 49 YEARS. 
          AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE DOGS' HEADS FINALLY GET DEVELOPED TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL. 
          AND, AND I'M 100% FOR IT. 
          I HAVE A FEW CONCERNS THOUGH ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          FIRST, I'M CONCERNED WITH THE CONCRETE CRUSHERS AND THE CONCRETE BATCH PLANTS. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GONNA GET A, A WAIVER WHERE THEY CAN PUT IT WITHIN 500 TO A HUNDRED FEET OF A HOME. 
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THERE'S A LOT OF DUST COMES OFF THEM. 
          I'VE BEEN AROUND THEM FOR MANY YEARS. 
          I RAN HALF THAT PLACE FOR A LONG TIME. 
          I WAS RANCH FOREMAN. 
          THE DUST AND THE SILICA FROM 'EM DOES NOT NEED TO BE NEAR ANYBODY'S HOME. 
          THEY NEED TO BE KEPT BACK AWAY FROM EVERYBODY. 
          THAT'S A VERY BIG PROBLEM RIGHT THERE, AND IT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN. 
          UH, SECOND, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE LOCAL STREETS WITH THE TRAFFIC. 
          THE AGREEMENT SHOWS THAT, UH, DEVELOPERS WILL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY TO IMPROVE THE STREETS OUTSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          DALTON LANE IS ALREADY TOO NARROW FOR SAFE TRAVEL. 
          WE'VE ALREADY GOT ALL THE 18 WHEELERS RUNNING IN OUTTA THERE FOR ALL THESE YEARS WITH THE DIRT, SAND, AND GRAVEL. 
          I'VE WITNESSED IT. 
          I'VE SEEN WRECKS WHERE THEY RUN HIT THE OFF THE BRIDGES MORE THAN ONCE. 
          UH, A LOT OF IT DOESN'T GET REPORTED. 
          THEY PULL EACH OTHER OUT AND GO ON. 
          UH, BUT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU MEET THE 18 WHEELER, THOSE BRIDGES ARE TOO NARROW. 
          THEY MIGHT SEEM LIKE THEY'RE LEGAL, BUT WHEN THEY'RE, AND WHEN THERE'S TWO OF 'EM COMING, AND I LIVE RIGHT THERE ON DALTON LANE, SO I SEE THE TRAFFIC BACK UP WHEN THEY GET TO THOSE BRIDGES, THEY NEED TO BE FIXED AND NEED TO, AND, UH, FIXED THAT TRAFFIC. 
          AND THEN SECOND OF ALL, WE NEED TO CONSIDER A DRAINAGE. 
          EVERYBODY HERE SEEMS TO BE WORRIED ABOUT FLOODING. 
          WELL, THE FLOODING COMES OUT OF AUSTIN. 
          IT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO LATE WHEN IT ALREADY GETS TO THE DOG, TO THE DOG HEAD AREA. 
          THE OTHER FLOODING WILL BE THE COLORADO RIVER. 
          AND I'VE SEEN IT FLOOD TOO, WHEN THE GATES ARE ALL OPEN AND IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING BUT COME UP A CERTAIN AMOUNT. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA ALL BE IN THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF. 
          SO, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE A PROBLEM WITH THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          I'M FARTHER DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT. 
          BUT THE FLOODING COMING FROM, UH, CARSON CREEK. 
          UH, THEY, UH, LET ME SEE WHERE I'M AT NOW. 
          I GOT OFF ON MY, MY RANT IS, IS, UH, IT IS, THEY'VE ALREADY BLOCKED PART OF THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN IN THE 380 ACRES THE DEVELOPERS DID. 
          AND THEY PUT A LEVEE ACROSS IT. 
          THERE WAS, I WAS TOLD FOR 20 YEARS THAT, UH, THERE WAS A HUNDRED ACRE FEET THAT BACKED UP INTO THAT FIELD. 
          IT CAN'T BACK UP IN THERE ANYMORE. 
          SO WE NEED HELP TO DO SOMETHING WITH WHERE THAT WATER'S GONNA GO. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THEIR OBLIGATION. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE THE AGREEMENT REQUIRES A, A REGIONAL STORM PLAN, BUT KEEP IN MIND THE AGREEMENT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE PLAN WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PROPERTY OUTSIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, IT WILL HAVE NO DEDICATED DRAINAGE EASEMENTS INSIDE THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE NEED A TRUE REGIONAL STORM PLAN THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE LAND IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO RELIEVES THE FLOODING IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE WORSE BY THIS PROJECT. 
          DE DEDICATED DRAINAGE EASEMENTS SHOULD ALWAYS BE A PART OF THE PROJECT FOR LATER, UH, LATER PROBLEMS FOR GETTING THE DRAINAGE THROUGH IT. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE RUN INTO THAT PROBLEM ALREADY OVER ON DALTON LANE WITH TRYING TO GET THE WATER OUT OF THERE COMING FROM CARSON CREEK. 
          UH, AND ALSO ON THE TOPIC OF DRAINAGE. 
          I SEE THEY HAVE A LAND SWAP AGREEMENT IN THERE TALKING ABOUT, WELL, I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA AND HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL. 
          THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAN SWAP THE ACREAGE IT OWNS ON THOMPSON LANE, WHICH I KNOW THEY GOT AT A VERY GOOD PRICE YEARS AGO FROM THE RANCH AND SWAP IT TO THE DEVELOPER IN EXCHANGE HOW THE DEVELOPER FIX A CHANNEL. 
          AM I THROUGH? YOU ARE. 
          YOU ARE, YES. 
          YOU CAN'T GIMME ANOTHER MINUTE ABOUT IT. 
          NO, CAN'T DO THAT. 
          WELL, I'M SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT WAS FOUR MINUTES. 
          THAT WAS FOUR MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          YOU BET. 
          THANK YOU MR. BUNCH. 
          WHY DON'T YOU BEGIN, THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU. 
          UH, BILL BUNCH, UH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE SPEAKING AGAINST THIS, UH, RUSH TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          UM, UM, THE POSTING IS IMPROPER. 
          THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE MISSING. 
          UH, IT TALKS ABOUT NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION, UH, AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER. 
          BUT YOU'VE ACTUALLY POSTED THE DRAFT AGREEMENT WITH A WHOLE LOT OF LATE BACKUP, UH, 38, 36 PAGES, SINGLE SPACED. 
          UM, YOU'RE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, LIMITING US TO SPEAK TO TWO MINUTES, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE MINIMUM UNDER YOUR ORDINANCE, NOT WHAT'S APPROPRIATE WHEN YOU HAVE A HUGELY COMPLICATED 45 YEAR DEAL LIKE THIS. 
          SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO RIGHT NOW, START GIVING SPEAKERS MORE THAN TWO MINUTES, UH, FOUR OR FIVE AT LEAST, UH, TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. 
          UM, THIS IS TRULY OFFENSIVE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, Y Y'ALL MUST FEEL A LITTLE BIT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH MR. SUBTLE, WHO NONE OF YOU EVER VOTE AGAINST, WITH PERHAPS THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN OUTING YOU BY SAYING, OH, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR SEVEN YEARS, BUT NOW SOMEHOW WE DON'T HAVE 
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TIME TO GO THROUGH THE, UH, BOARD AND COMMISSION PROCESS THAT YOUR CITY CHARTER AND YOUR ORDINANCES REQUIRE YOU TO DO. 
          AND THAT IF YOU CARE ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, IF YOU CARE ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE RIVER AND WATER QUALITY, IF YOU CARE ABOUT NOT SUBSIDIZING THE RICH AT THE EXPENSE OF THE REST OF US, THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE DOING THIS. 
          AND YOU CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERING THIS WITHOUT DOING WHAT'S REQUIRED BY YOUR OWN PROCEDURES. 
          IT'S PARTICULARLY OFFENSIVE IF YOU COMPARE IT TO YOUR RAINER RIVER ON ITEM 45, WHICH CALLS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BUNCH. 
          YES. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS ELIZABETH LEVINS, AND I LIVE ON HER GODS LANE IN THE DOGHEAD NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          I'M HERE TO OPPOSE ITEMS 38, 39 AND 60 AS CURRENTLY PRESENTED THIS UP. 
          THIS PROCESS HAS MOVED TOO QUICKLY AND WITHOUT ADEQUATE TRANSPARENCY, NEIGHBORS LEARNED ABOUT MAJOR CHANGES AFFECTING OUR HOMES AND COMMUNITY. 
          AT THE LAST MINUTE, I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO POSTPONE THIS ACTION, UM, PROP THIS PROPOSAL. 
          SO, UM, PROP ACTION. 
          SO THIS PROPOSAL CAN UNDERGO FULL PUBLIC REVIEW, INCLUDING INDEPENDENT FLOODPLAIN AND TRAFFIC STUDIES, SO RESIDENTS HAVE MEANINGFUL NOTICE AND INPUT. 
          I'M ALSO DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON EXISTING HOMEOWNERS, THE PRO, THE PROPOSED WIDENING OF HER GOTS ROAD TO APPROXIMATELY A 92 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY COULD TAKE YARDS AND POTENTIALLY HOMES. 
          PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE RESIDENTIAL TAKINGS UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. 
          EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES THAT AVOID CONDEMNING HOMES AND PROTECTING THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE. 
          THE CURRENT AGREEMENT ALSO PLACES TOO MUCH LONG-TERM RISK ON TAXPAYERS WITHOUT SUFFICIENT ENFORCEABLE GUARANTEES FROM THE DEVELOPER BEFORE ANY VOTE. 
          REQUIRE CLEAR MILESTONES, INDEPENDENT REVIEW, AND STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          FINALLY, STRENGTHEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS NOW, NOT LATER. 
          DO NOT ALLOW REDUCED WATER QUALITY SETBACKS, EXCESSIVE IMPERVIOUS COVER, OR UNLIMITED FLOODPLAIN MODIFICATIONS WITHOUT STRONG SAFEGUARDS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          IF THIS PROJECT TRULY SERVES THE PUBLIC INTEREST, IT CAN WITHSTAND ADDITIONAL REVIEW, TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          I URGE YOU TO POSTPONE THESE ITEMS, REQUIRE THE NECESSARY STUDIES AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH ADJACENT RESIDENCE BEFORE ANY FINAL APPROVAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUE ON ITEM 38, CONTINUE. 
          ON ITEM 38, WE HAVE JANICE BOOKOUT, ERIC POLOS, KIM VASQUEZ, DANIEL LOW KAR URI. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          BOBBY LAVINSKY WITH TIME DONATED BY BETSY GREENBERG AND BARBARA MACARTHUR ON ITEM 38 IS, ARE ALL THREE PEOPLE PRESENT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU WILL HAVE, UH, MR. LEVINSKY WILL HAVE SIX MINUTES WHEN HE BEGINS. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS RIEKER NALU. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE. 
          UM, I AM, UH, OFFERING COMMENTS ON ITEM 38, UH, UH, REGISTERED AS NEUTRAL. 
          UM, I ORIGINALLY GREW UP IN HOUSTON, WHICH HAS SEEN A LOT OF ANNEXATIONS AND TS IN THE PAST, AND SO BASED ON THAT EXPERIENCE, I'VE SEEN THAT LIKE AN ANNEXATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF TAX REVENUE IS ALWAYS LIKE A POPULAR OPTION, BUT IT, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IT CAN EASILY, UH, GO THE OTHER WAY WHERE IT BECOMES A, A DRAG ON US. 
          UM, BECAUSE IF WE CHOOSE TO ANNEX EXIT AND THEN WE CHOOSE TO BUILD WIDE ROADS, UH, LET IT SPRAWL OUT, UH, THEN WE GET A SHORT TERM BOOST OF TAX REVENUE. 
          BUT THEN, UH, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE BEST USE OF THAT LAND. 
          WE'RE BASICALLY SUBSIDIZING WITH THAT TURNS THE TAX MONEY, LIKE ALL THE ROADS THAT THEY NEED. 
          BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IF WE CHOOSE TO, YOU KNOW, UH, IF WE ARE GONNA PUT THAT TURS LIKE SUBSIDY MONEY IN, WE SHOULD ASK FOR IT TO BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BENEFIT THE CITY. 
          SOMETHING LIKE, UH, MUELLER IS PROBABLY THE BEST EXAMPLE THAT WE HAVE JUST BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE GOOD EXAMPLES I HAVE. 
          UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER TYPE OF EXAMPLE WHERE WE LET IT BUILD UP INTO SOMETHING MORE PRODUCTIVE, UH, AND MORE HOPEFULLY ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, UH, THEN THAT'LL BE BETTER. 
          UH, SO PLEASE, AS YOU EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT, UM, AND, AND TALK ABOUT THE A SMP MODIFICATIONS, WHICH WAS MENTIONED IN THERE, WHICH, WHICH IS WHAT HAD ME CONCERNED THAT WE, 
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UH, TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. LAVINSKY. 
          WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU AND WE'LL WORK OUR WAY DOWN. 
          BOBBY LAVINSKY SAVE SPRINGS ALLIANCE, UM, SPEAKING AGAINST ITEMS 38 39 60, THIS IS A DISASTER OF AN AGREEMENT. 
          UH, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY SB 2038, THE BILL THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE CITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTIONS, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER SEEN AN AGREEMENT WHERE THE CITY SHOOTS THEMSELF IN THE FOOT SO HARD. 
          YOU ARE ACTUALLY ANNEXING THIS PROPERTY TO REMOVE MORE RESTRICTIVE COUNTY REGULATIONS. 
          I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT IS REALLY HORRIBLE. 
          IT'S KIND OF LIKE A TURNING THE DOG HEAD INTO A MIDDLE FINGER TO EAST AUSTIN, CONSIDERING ALL THE EFFORTS WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE MADE TO TRY TO RESTORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS AREA. 
          AND THE REASON WHY PART OF THE DOG'S HEAD PROPERTIES IN ITS STATE WHERE IT'S AT RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO BE MOVING FORWARD ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ACTIVITIES, NOT AGREEING TO AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW 45 YEARS OF LOCKED IN DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, 100% OF IMPERVIOUS COVER IN ALL OF THE DEVELOPER AREA. 
          THAT'S OVER 2300 ACRES OF IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR THIS PROPERTY THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN. 
          YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES TO ONE OF THE MOST ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE STRETCHES OF AN URBAN RIVER IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO PREVENT ANY FUTURE COUNSEL FOR 45 YEARS FROM CORRECTING THIS MISTAKE WITH ONE WEEK'S NOTICE. 
          YOU HAVEN'T SENT THIS AGREEMENT THROUGH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PROCESS. 
          YOU HAVE EXPERTS IN THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT CAN HELP YOU MAKE WISE DECISIONS. 
          YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION RIGHT NOW THAT'S REALLY WELL BALANCED. 
          THIS SHOULD BE GOING BEFORE THEM TO GIVE YOU ADVICE ON THE STANDARDS THAT COULD APPLY TO THIS PROPERTY TO MAKE THIS SITUATION BETTER, NOT WORSE. 
          AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU'RE GUARANTEEING THIS DEVELOPER TAX BREAKS, TAX BREAKS THAT YOU DON'T GIVE TO OTHER PEOPLE. 
          TAXES ARE HERE TO, TO, TO PROVIDE LIBRARIES, TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICE, TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE, NOT TO HAND THEM OUT TO BILLIONAIRES THAT ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY THEMSELVES. 
          REALLY UPSET ABOUT THIS ONE, BECAUSE WE ARE IN A CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW WHERE THERE'S A TECH OLIGARCH KEY TAKING OVER PARTS OF TEXAS, AND THIS AGREEMENT HAS NO PROTECTIONS IN PLACE THAT WOULD PREVENT, UH, USE LIKE A MILITARY CONTRACTOR TO BE BUILT ON THE SITE. 
          I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOUR RESIDENTS WOULD WANT THAT. 
          I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOUR VOTERS WOULD WANT THAT. 
          AND WHEN IT HAPPENS, WOULD YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OF AFTER THE STATE, THEY'RE GONNA BE ASKING YOU WHY YOU WEREN'T ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS ON WHY IT WASN'T PROHIBITED ON THIS SITE, WHY YOU'RE GIVING THEM TAX BREAKS. 
          SERRANO TECH OR, UH, SARA, I KEEP SAYING THE NAME OF THE COMPANY WRONG. 
          SERATO TECHNOLOGIES. 
          THERE'S LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT INDICATES IT FOR, IT'S FOR A, UH, THERE'S FROM PERIOD TO USE FOR AUTO, UH, AUTOMOTIVE, UH, TESTING AND BOAT. 
          IT'S, ANYWAY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN AI TYPE OF, UH, UH, USE THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR BOAT TESTING FOR, BASICALLY, IT'S A MILITARY CONTRACT THAT DOES DRONE, UH, DRONES FOR THE MILITARY FOR A DRONE, BOATS FOR THE MILITARY. 
          IT WAS A PERMIT THAT WAS JUST, UH, WITHDRAWN BECAUSE THERE'S AIR QUALITY CONCERNS FROM THE RESIDENTS. 
          AND AS AN EARLIER SPEAKER NOTED, 600 SPEAKERS CAME OUT TO SPEAK AGAINST IT. 
          THAT IN THAT USE THAT'S IN THERE IS EXACTLY THE WAY THAT THEY, THEY DESCRIBED THAT USE AS WELL. 
          YOU WOULD BE PERMITTING THAT ON THIS SITE BY NOT JUST TAKING THREE MONTHS, SEND IT TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, POSTPONE THIS. 
          THERE IS NO RUSH OTHER THAN THE DEVELOPER'S POCKETBOOKS ON THIS ITEM. 
          YOU HAVE AN ETJ RIGHT NOW IN PLACE THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN, THEY, THE PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM IT. 
          AND I THINK THERE'S ALSO SOME VALID QUESTIONS ON WHETHER THEY WOULD EVEN HAVE THE, THE RIGHT TO REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE ETJ ISSUES THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED BEHIND THE SCENES THAT ARE NOT BEING TAKEN ACCOUNTED FOR. 
          YOU HAVE CUT OUT THE PUBLIC, YOU HAVE CUT OUT THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND YOU HAVE CUT OUT, I'M GONNA SAY THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. 
          YOU'VE CUT OUT YOUR OWN CITY STAFF. 
          IN EVALUATING THIS PROPOSAL, IT WAS NEGOTIATED BY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS BY CITY MANAGEMENT AND THE LOBBYIST, NOT YOUR CITY STAFF THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THEIR JOB, THEIR PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO PROTECT THE CITY. 
          AND ON TOP OF THIS, RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT EVEN A PRE-BRIEFING TO THE PUBLIC TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S IN THIS AGREEMENT. 
          SO I'M GONNA USE THE REST OF MY TIME ON THIS ITEM. 
          AND THEN ON THE OTHER ITEMS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF ALL OF THE PROVISIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT THAT ARE NOT BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR, WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED A HUNDRED PERCENT IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          THERE'S NO HEIGHT, THERE'S NO SETBACK. 
          THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE IS REDUCED TO 200 FEET FOR THE COLORADO RIVER, THE FREE FLOWING SECTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER, WITH EXCEPTIONAL WATER QUALITY, 
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WITH EXCEPTIONAL BIODIVERSITY, WITH THE RIP PERIOD ZONE THAT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED SO THAT THE WATER QUALITY REMAINS HIGH. 
          YOU ALSO HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT THAT GIVES ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PERMITTED USE UNDER THE SUN TO THE DEVELOPER LOCKED IN. 
          YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT WITH A, WITH A LATER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S PASSED WITH A LATER REGULATING PLAN THAT'S PASSED LATER. 
          IT'S LOCKED IN. 
          IT'S GUARANTEED FOR THEM. 
          YOU HAVE A PROVISION IN THERE THAT WOULD GRANT THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. 
          SO NOT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, NOT SOMEBODY THAT THE PUBLIC HAS ANYBODY AT ANY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE UNLIMITED ABILITY TO GRANT ANY VARIANCE TO THE CITY CODE WITHOUT ANY ARTICULABLE STANDARDS ON HOW THEY SHOULD APPROVE THAT VARIANCE. 
          AND THE PUBLIC CAN'T OPPOSE THAT VARIANCE. 
          NO. 
          IF THEY DON'T GET THEIR WAY WITH THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, THEY GET TO APPEAL THAT DECISION TO THE CITY, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, OR TO THE CITY MANAGER. 
          SO THERE'S NO PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY WITH THAT. 
          YOU HAVE UNLIMITED CUT AND FILL VARIANCES. 
          I MENTIONED THAT THEY, IT'S, IT'S WORSE THAN THE COUNTY. 
          YOU'RE ACTUALLY HAVING NO CUT AND FILL VARIANCES, WHERE IF YOU'RE LEFT IN THE COUNTY, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A CUT AND FILL STANDARD. 
          PLEASE VOTE AGAINST THIS THING. 
          THANK YOU, MR. LAVINSKY. 
          PLEASE DON'T YOU, PLEASE, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THE MICROPHONE. 
          STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. 
          HI, GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M KIM VASQUEZ, UM, AND I AM A RESIDENT OF HER GOD'S LIEN, AND I OPPOSE ITEMS 38 39 AND 60. 
          UH, THIS ITEM, THIS ANNEXATION PROPOSAL DOES NOT REFLECT A TRANSPARENT OR INCLUSIVE PUBLIC PROCESS. 
          THERE'S BEEN NO PUBLIC NOTICE, NO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND NO MEANINGFUL INPUT FROM THE ADVISORY COMMISSIONERS. 
          INSTEAD, IT IS HERE TODAY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          SO THIS AGREEMENT IS ESTABLISHING A 45 YEAR ARRANGEMENT THAT GRANTS DEVELOPERS, THEIR BROAD DISCRETION WITH LIMITED PUBLIC OR COUNCIL OVERSIGHT, DELEGATE SIGNIFICANT AUTHORITY TO THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATION LEVEL, THE DIRECTOR'S LEVEL, WITHOUT ANY APPEALS TO COUNCIL. 
          IT LACKS CLEARLY DEFINED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS FOR THE DOG'S HEADS PRIVATELY, UH, PLAN, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND OPEN SPACES AND TRAILS. 
          ALSO, THERE'S WAIVERS THAT'S BEEN, APPEARS TO BE, YOU KNOW, UM, CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT CODES THAT'S BEEN WAIVED, THAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN WAIVED. 
          AND IT, AND, AND THERE'S THE, THE PROCESS OF ELIMINATING TRAVIS COUNTY'S OVERSIGHT, UM, AS, AS PART OF THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT HERE, UM, FOR ITEM 39. 
          AND THEN IT RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          SO THIS PROJECT COM COMPLETELY AFFECTS THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 
          THE INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES, THE WIDENING OF THE 60 FOOT ROAD ON HER GOZ LANE TO POSSIBLY 90, OVER 90 FEET NEW, NEW ROADWAYS OF UP TO SIX LANES, AND THEN TO ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS. 
          UM, THERE'S NO, NO TRAFFIC STUDIES, UH, AS FAR AS ANNEXATION FOR, FOR THIS NEW ROADWAYS DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO, AND THEN JUST BEING UNCLEAR THAT THE PUBLIC'S, HOW IS THIS PUB, UH, BENEFITING THE ENTIRE PUBLIC, UM, IS VERY DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY, THE ENVIRONMENT, THE WATERWAYS, WILDLIFE, THE EQUITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT MAINLY. 
          UH, I OPPOSE THESE THREE ITEMS. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE. 
          HI, MY NAME IS DANIEL LOWE. 
          I'M AN ARCHITECT BUSINESS OWNER, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR THIS FORUM, A MEMBER OF THE SOEA EAST COLORADO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          MY WIFE AND I LIVE ON ERGOTS LANE. 
          I'M SPEAKING AGAINST ITEMS 38, 39 AND 60. 
          AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, WE'VE SEEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS EVISCERATED. 
          WE'VE SEEN BACKROOM NEGOTIATIONS COME TO LIGHT ONLY AFTER THE WRECKING BALL HITS ITS MARK. 
          AND WE'VE SEEN THE SYSTEMIC MARGINALIZATION OF VOICES. 
          MY COMMUNITY AND I ARE, ARE COMMITTED TO PREVENTING THIS FROM HAPPENING IN OUR BACKYARD. 
          THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT CHERRY PICKS THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE REGULATIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, WHILE SHUNNING ANY ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES, OR OVERSIGHT. 
          A HUNDRED PERCENT ALLOWABLE IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          THE SAME ALLOWED DOWNTOWN UNLIMITED FAR BUILDING HEIGHTS LIMITED ONLY BY THE FAA IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL AREA. 
          AS SENSITIVE AS THE RIPARIAN ZONE OF THE COLORADO RIVER IS INCREDIBLY CAVALIER BY BYPASSING THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA MANUAL FOR FLOODPLAIN MODIFICATIONS AND ALLOWING A 12 FOOT WIDE PAVED E-BIKE SUPERHIGHWAY RUNNING DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE IS UNIMAGINABLE. 
          THE ALLOWABLE USES ARE EQUALLY CONCERNING. 
          FIREARMS ACTIVITIES. 
          A TERM UNDEFINED BY THE AGREEMENT ARE ALLOWED AS CONTINUED USE. 
          WOULD YOU ALLOW FIREARM ACTIVITIES DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE THAT'S THE POTENTIAL 
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DENSITY OF THIS DEVELOPMENT? UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. 
          INDUSTRIAL USES SUCH AS DATA CENTERS COULD CONVENIENTLY PULL THEIR REQUISITE WATER DIRECTLY FROM THE RIVER. 
          FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, THIS AGREEMENT LETS A DEVELOPER BASICALLY WALK AWAY AT ANY TIME YET BINDS THE CITY FOR 45 YEARS. 
          WHAT PROHIBITS A DEVELOPER FROM OPTING OUT AFTER MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLAR IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED? HAS THE CITY'S LEGAL EVEN REVIEWED THIS DOCUMENT? AS A BUSINESS OWNER, IF I ENTERED INTO SUCH AN EGREGIOUSLY ONE-SIDED CONTRACT, I WOULDN'T BE IN BUSINESS FOR LONG. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JANICE BOOKOUT, D FOUR. 
          UM, THE EASIEST SOLUTION IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST ONE. 
          PEOPLE WHO GET INTO DEBT SOMETIMES CREATE MORE DEBT TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. 
          THAT ONE, THAT 0% A PR FEELS LIKE A RELIEF UNTIL IT JUMPS TO 15%. 
          AND FOR YOUNG, THAT CAN BE A LACK OF EXPERIENCE. 
          BUT FOR OLDER ADULTS, WE KNOW BETTER. 
          PREDATORY LOANS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DESPERATION. 
          THE RELIEF IS TEMPORARY. 
          THE COST IS NOT ON THE SURFACE. 
          DOG HEAD ANNEX LOOKS LIKE A GREAT DEAL. 
          THEORETICALLY, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE ALLEVIATING A MAJOR DEFICIT. 
          WHAT A RELIEF. 
          BUT ARE WE SO DESPERATE FOR TAX DOLLARS THAT WE'RE WILLING TO RISK THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF NEARBY RESIDENTS BEFORE WE TRADE AWAY OUR ABILITY TO HOLD ENDEAVOR TO ENDEAVORS, ENDEAVOR, TO ACCOUNT, WE NEED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEIR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL IMPACT NEIGHBORS. 
          THERE ARE ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA SOUTH OF DOG'S HEAD, ALMOST ALL LIVING IN MOBILE HOMES, AND A PORTION OF WHICH ARE ALREADY IN THE 25 OR A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN. 
          SOME OF DOGS HEAD DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE AT ELEVATIONS HIGHER THAN THIS AREA. 
          A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE IMPER IMPERVIOUS COVER COULD MAKE THIS MUCH WORSE. 
          AND, UH, 7 8 7 4 2 IS A NEARLY LANDLOCKED ZIP CODE DEFINED BY ITS BORDERS, WHICH INCLUDE THE COLORADO RIVER AND 180 3 AND 71 TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. 
          THE ONLY ACCESS FOR MOST NEIGHBORS IN 7 8, 7 4 2 IS THE SERVICE ROADS. 
          THE MAJORITY OF HOMES ARE MOBILE HOMES. 
          THEY'RE ALSO A FEW ISOLATED OLDER HOMES AND LARGER LOTS. 
          UM, SOME WITH WELLS. 
          9% OF THE RESIDENTS ARE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE, AND 5% ARE OVER THE AGE OF 64. 
          54% ARE LOW INCOME, 83.2% ARE HISPANIC. 
          THESE FOLKS ALSO HAVE HIGHER RATES OF HEART DISEASE, ASTHMA, LOW LIFE EXPECTANCY, AND PEOPLE, THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH PEOPLE LIVING IN THE, I HAVE SIX MINUTES. 
          I HAVE 38, 39, AND 60. 
          WELL, YOU CAN COME BACK AND TESTIFY ON 39 AND 60 WHEN THEY'RE CALLED UP, IS THE WAY WE DO THAT. 
          I WILL DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM 38. 
          WE HAVE RICH HAYMAN, BRAD MASSING, LEE EDWARDS, TOMMY JOAQUIN, HANCOCK, VICTORIA FINN. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          TONE VASQUEZ, JEFFREY BOWEN, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY FORWARD. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED AND YOU WISH TO SPEAK. 
          MR. MASSENGILL, WHY DON'T YOU BEGIN? HEY, Y'ALL. 
          UM, I FORGOT TO MENTION LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I'M, I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF THE SOUTH AUSTIN CREEK ALLIANCE. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE GOTTA KEEP IN MIND HERE IS THAT, THAT WE LIVE IN A RIVER CITY. 
          AUSTIN IS A RIVER. 
          UM, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT DOG'S HEAD ON A MAP, IT'S LIKE A PENINSULA. 
          IT'S SURROUNDED ON, ON ALL THREE SIDES BY WATER. 
          UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FLOODING, HISTORICALLY, MAYBE IT'S NOT BEEN AS BAD AS IT CAN BE, BUT RECENTLY TEXDOT ANNOUNCED PUTTING IN THIS 22 FOOT DIAMETER DRAINAGE TUNNEL FROM I 35 THAT'S GONNA RELEASE SOMEWHERE BELOW LONGHORN DAM. 
          WHAT ABOUT THAT WATER? YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF WATER. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE SEEMS TO BE LACK OF COORDINATION OR PLANNING HERE TO TAKE THESE FUTURE IMPACTS INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, I WAS JUST READING YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS TOWN CALLED ROBS TOWN, TEXAS, WHERE THEY HAVE A TESLA BATTERY PLANT, A LITHIUM PLANT. 
          THIS PLACE, ALTHOUGH NOTHING ILLEGAL HAS HAPPENED, APPARENTLY PERMITS WERE ISSUED. 
          THIS THING GOT BUILT TWO YEARS DOWN THE LINE. 
          A COUPLE OF WORKERS WERE AT ONE OF THESE DRAINAGE DITCHES WALKING DOWN. 
          THERE'S JUST BLACK STUFF COMING OUTTA THE PIPE INTO THE DITCH. 
          MOST OF IT WAS PERMITTED IN SOME LEVEL, BUT A LOT OF IT WAS NOT. 
          THIS STUFF. 
          IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL WHEN YOU'RE AT ALLOWING THESE TYPES OF THINGS TO HAPPEN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME MAJOR 
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IMPACTS. 
          THIS IS NOT A, A CASUAL, UH, GIVE. 
          WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE SATELLITE PICTURES OF AUSTIN, YOU CAN TELL THERE'S THAT THIS PART OF THE COLORADO RIVER IS WHAT THEY CALL A MEANDER. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TRADITIONALLY ASSERTED ITSELF OVER TIME. 
          I'LL FINISH LATER. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MASSENGILL. 
          WHY DON'T WE GO THIS DIRECTION? YES. 
          TOMMY JOAQUIN HANCOCK, RESIDENT OF AUSTIN, DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I'M ECHOING THE COMMENTS BY PREVIOUS SPEAKERS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST ITEMS 38 39 60, ASKING YOU TO POSTPONE THESE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 
          THAT PROPOSED DOGHEAD DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AFFECTS OVER 2000 ACRES OF LAND ON THE SHORES OF ONE OF THE MOST PRISTINE AND BIODIVERSE SECTIONS OF THE COLORADO RIVER. 
          THE DEAL WAS NEGOTIATED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH NO PUBLIC INPUT OR OVERSIGHT, BYPASSING REVIEW BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, OR ANY OTHER RELEVANT BOARD. 
          HERE ARE SOME OF THE KNOWN PROBLEMS, NO DEVELOPMENT LIMITS, FLOODPLAIN AND WATER QUALITY RISKS, NO CUT AND FILL LIMITS CODE VARIANCES WITHOUT OVERSIGHT. 
          RISKY WATER QUALITY PONDS DEVELOPER CONTROL FOR 45 YEARS. 
          BROAD ZONING USES ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE AND TAX BREAKS FOR DEVELOPERS. 
          I'M ASKING YOU TO POSTPONE IMMEDIATELY AND SE SEND THIS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION FOR FULL PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, JEFF BOWEN, DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          UM, I, I WATCHED THIS, UH, THROUGH THE WORK SESSION AND I KEPT PICKING UP ON THE ISSUE THAT, UM, THIS WAS BEING DONE IN A VERY RAPID FASHION. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE PUT OUT BY THE, THE MEMBERS, UH, ASKING CERTAIN QUESTIONS. 
          AND THO THERE WERE ACTUALLY SOME VERY GOOD QUESTIONS THAT I, THAT I SAW THERE. 
          BUT I, MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS IS MOVING IN SUCH A RAPID PACE THAT EVEN WHEN THE STAFF IS SAYING THAT WE ARE HAVING TO RUSH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, PUTTING THESE AGREEMENTS TOGETHER, UH, THEN I QUESTION THE, THE AMOUNT OF TRANSPARENCY ON THIS PROCESS. 
          YOU'VE HEARD FROM MANY PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING, SAYING, WHERE DID THIS ACTUALLY COME FROM? ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE DURING ONE OF THE QUESTIONS YESTERDAY WAS ABOUT THIS WAS THE CONCEPT, AND THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT SOME BRIDGES THAT WERE GONNA BE CROSSING OVER THE RIVER, AND THE COMMENT WAS MADE, WELL, THEY WERE JUST PUT ON A MAP WITH A SHARPIE. 
          AND THAT WE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH A BETTER CONCEPT ON THIS. 
          HERE WE ARE TRYING TO LISTEN TO THE COMMENTS TODAY, AND YET, WHERE ARE THE REST OF THE REVIEWS ON THIS PROCESS? SO, AND, AND I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE TURS AND, AND EXACTLY THE, THE AGREEMENT WAS, UH, EVEN ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS SAID YESTERDAY THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON THE TOURS AND TRYING TO GET, OR, OR THE TURS AND TRYING TO GET SOME OF THESE, THIS ALL WORKED OUT. 
          SO I REQUEST THAT YOU JUST KIND OF SIT BACK, THINK ABOUT THIS AND LOOK AT, UM, THE PROCESS. 
          WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY SAYING? UM, I MEAN, EVEN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TALKS ABOUT THE CITY WILL ESTABLISH, UH, A SEPARATE TEAM THAT'S GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS. 
          AT WHAT POINT IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN? SO I REALLY QUESTIONED THE, UM, THE RAPIDNESS OF SOME OF THIS, AND I REALLY SUGGEST THAT WE, UH, REALLY TAKE A STEP BACK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO THIS THIS MORNING. 
          I ASSUME IT'S NOT A HAPPY JOB TO HEAR OPPOSED, OPPOSED, BUT OPPOSED. 
          I'M LEE EDWARDS. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF OTTS LANE, WHICH IS WHERE THE EXTENSION OF A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL IS PROPOSED TO GO. 
          SO I ALSO WANNA SPEAK ABOUT PROCESS. 
          I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PROCESS. 
          I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRECEDENT THAT'S BEING SET FOR THE PROCESS OF THIS ONGOING DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS IS MY STREET, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE USING MY STREET AS A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. 
          MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
          MAYBE IT'S A BAD THING, BUT I DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL TWO DAYS AGO. 
          NOT FROM ENDEAVOR, NOT FROM DOGHEAD JV, NOT FROM THE CITY, FROM A FRIEND. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW 38, 39 60 EXISTED. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS EXISTED. 
          WE HAVE AN OFFICIALLY REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          IT WAS NOT CONTACTED. 
          SO I ASSUME NONE OF THE OTHER AFFECTED NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING CONSULTED. 
          AS FOR THE INPUT OR EVEN INFORMED EITHER, THAT'S A PROBLEMATIC PROCESS. 
          I HOPE YOU WOULD AGREE. 
          THE IMPACTS WILL BE HUGE. 
          THERE'S EVEN A LINE IN THE DRAFT AGREEMENT. 
          MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE LINE I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT SAYS, WE WILL AGREE THIS PROCESS WILL BE DONE AS RAPIDLY AS 
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POSSIBLE. 
          THAT IS AN ODD LINE TO PUT IN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT. 
          BASICALLY, OUR PRIORITY MIGHT NOT BE DOING IT. 
          WELL, MIGHT BE DOING IT RAPIDLY. 
          I'M CONCERNED WE'LL TALK ABOUT CONTENT LATER. 
          BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROCESS. 
          I'M CONCERNED ABOUT INCLUSION. 
          WE NEED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM 38, WE HAVE CATHERINE BROWN, MEGAN MEISENBACH, KATIE GAY, KABA WHITE CARMEN YEZ. 
          IF YOU'RE NOT, YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED. 
          PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT. 
          IF, GO AHEAD AND, UH, START US OFF, PLEASE. 
          GOTCHA. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR WATSON, CITY MANAGER, BROAD NEXT, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS KATIE GAY DISTRICT FIVE, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF EVERGREEN AUSTIN, A LOCAL WOMEN-LED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON PARKS, OPEN SPACE, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND THOUGHTFUL LAND PLANNING. 
          I'M SPEAKING AGAINST ITEM 38, AND I'M HERE TO URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER ITEMS 38 39 AND 60 CONCERNING THE PROPOSED 45 YEAR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE AREA KNOWN AS DOGS HEADEND. 
          I ECHO THE OTHER SPEAKER'S CONCERNS ON THIS ITEM. 
          AUSTIN SHOULD BE A CITY THAT CELEBRATES AND PROTECTS ITS DEFINING NATURAL BEAUTY, ESPECIALLY THE COLORADO RIVER AND ITS WATERFRONT AT STAKE, ARE THE CITY'S LONG TERM ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS. 
          REAL LONG RANGE PLANNING IS ALL ABOUT MORE THAN BUILDINGS. 
          IT'S ABOUT CREATING PLACES THAT INSPIRE PLACES WITH CHARACTER AND PLACES THAT DRAW PEOPLE IN THROUGH A POWERFUL SENSE OF THE WORLD AS IT WAS CREATED. 
          THIS KIND OF PLANNING REQUIRES COMMUNITY CONSENSUS, PUBLIC TRUST, TRANSPARENCY, AND A WILLINGNESS TO THINK BEYOND SHORT-TERM GAIN TOWARDS A LASTING CIVIC LEGACY. 
          THE DOGS HEAD AREA THAT SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW IS GINGER PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE AUSTIN'S FUTURE IN A BOLD AND MEANINGFUL WAY. 
          THRIVING CITIES ARE LED BY CREATIVE PROGRESSIVE LEADERS WHO ARE WILLING TO CHALLENGE CONVENTIONAL APPROACHES, EXPERIMENT THOUGHTFULLY, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH NEW IDEAS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. 
          AUSTIN HAS A CHANCE TO SHOW THAT GROWTH AND STEWARDSHIP CAN GO HAND IN HAND. 
          FOR THAT REASON, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL AGGRESSIVELY PRESERVE LAND AND PARKS FOR OPEN SPACE. 
          THE AGREEMENT NOW UNDER DISCUSSION WOULD SHAPE THIS AREA FOR DECADES WITHOUT FUTURE COUNCIL INPUT AND PUTS THE BURDEN OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ON TAXPAYERS. 
          MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A VISION TO PURCHASE 350 ACRES ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE COLORADO RIVER FOR WHAT IS NOW JOHN TREVINO, JR. 
          METROPOLITAN PARK. 
          THAT SPECIFIC PARK'S VISION IS NOW CENTRAL TO WHAT COULD BECOME THIS 2,600 SMALL CITY ARISING FROM A FORMER GRAVEL MINE. 
          EVERGREEN AUSTIN'S CALL FOR A PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT DESERVES SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. 
          A DISTRICT LIKE THIS COULD HELP FUND, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, EQUIP, FINANCE, AND OPERATE PUBLIC PARKS, RECREATIONAL SPACES, AND RELATED FACILITIES AS NEW DEVELOPMENT TAKES SHAPE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, MY NAME IS DR. CATHERINE BROWN. 
          I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN SINCE 1966. 
          UM, I GREW UP IN EAST AUSTIN, AND ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT'S INVOLVED INVOLVES MY FATHER'S HOME, WHICH IS ALSO ON OTS LANE. 
          I CURRENTLY LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          UM, I, I RATHER THAN REPEATING MANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN LISTED, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, I'M HERE ALSO TO REPRESENT ISSUES ABOUT ECOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          I HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY ON PUBLIC HEALTH ALREADY IN THE AREA OF WEST NILE VIRUS, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          THERE'S REALLY BEEN NO CONSULTATION AS FAR AS I CONCERN ABOUT OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO ECOLOGY, ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES. 
          THIS IS A MATTER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. 
          THE MATTER OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL LIVE THERE IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, MY CONCERN HAS BEEN THE, UM, THE LACK OF CONSULTATION FOR MANY ISSUES ALREADY HERE. 
          THE, UM, CONCERNS ALREADY RAISED ABOUT THE LOCAL PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE LOCALLY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          LACK OF ENGAGEMENT, WHICH I HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT MY TIME BEING AN EAST AUSTIN OR IN THIS CITY. 
          I REALLY RESPECT THE COUNCIL. 
          I LOVE MY CITY, BUT I REALLY FEEL THAT ASKING YOU WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO ACTUALLY POSTPONE THIS AND ENGAGE IN WITH THE POPULATION IN A WAY THAT I HAVE SEEN IT DONE POSITIVELY IN THE PAST WITH, UM, WITH RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE THERE, WITH THOUGHTS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY AND TRYING TO GAIN AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH A, TO CREATE A NEW AREA IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT, THAT IS ALSO SAFE FOR THE PUBLIC NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUE. 
          ON ITEM 38, WE HAVE ZENOBIA JOSEPH, CAMERON, SHAW, GARRETT TONGUE, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          IF YOUR NAME HAS BEEN CALLED, THAT HAS BEEN ALL IN PERSON, 38 SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN CALLED. 
          OKAY. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          HELLO, UH, MY NAME'S CAMERON SHAW. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          UH, AND I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU GUYS PUMP 
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THE BRAKES ON THIS. 
          UH, DON'T SIGN THIS CONTRACT TODAY. 
          UM, AND MOSTLY BECAUSE I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 
          THIS IS A, I'M FLABBERGASTED THAT THEY JUST CAME ALONG TUCKED INTO AN AGENDA ITEM. 
          UH, YOU'RE EXPANDING THE FOOTPRINT OF AUSTIN BY 10%. 
          YOU'RE ANNEXING THE ENTIRE DOG'S HEAD. 
          THIS SHOULD BE LIKE A CUTTING RIBBONS, POPPING BOTTLES, GETTING EVERYONE EXCITED AND HYPED UP. 
          UH, THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. 
          THIS IS HUGE. 
          UM, AND IT'S GONNA REQUIRE MASSIVE PUBLIC INVESTMENT. 
          UH, AND, AND THIS CONTRACT IS JUST, I READ THROUGH IT. 
          I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, AND IT'S LIKE CRAZY. 
          UH, IT'S A 45 YEAR CONTRACT. 
          UM, AND LIKE ONE OF THE CLAUSES FOR, FOR THE WHOLE THING DEFAULTING, IS THAT IF YOU GUYS DON'T RESPOND WITH AN APPROVAL OR IN A DENIAL WITHIN 30 DAYS, THEN THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE CONTRACT IS VOID. 
          WHAT, LIKE 27 YEARS FROM NOW, AFTER WE'VE BUILT ROADS, ADDED WATER, ADDED MORE POWER, ALL THIS STUFF, 27 YEARS FROM NOW, WE COULD JUST TAKE 31 DAYS TO GIVE A YES OR NO. 
          AND THEN THE ANNEXATION IS GONE. 
          LIKE THIS IS AN ENTIRE, LIKE, SUCH A FLIMSY FOOTHOLD FOR LIKE A MONUMENTAL PLACE IN AUSTIN'S HISTORY. 
          THIS IS HUGE. 
          IT'S A WHOLE NEW RIVER DISTRICT. 
          IT'S THE DOWNSTREAM OF THE COLORADO. 
          THIS IS LIKE SOME OF THE MOST FERTILE FARMLAND THAT WE'VE HAD. 
          THE RIVER'S BEEN MEANDERING HERE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 
          HOW ARE WE GONNA BUILD IN THIS FLOODPLAIN? I'M AN ENGINEER. 
          THIS IS, I WANNA KNOW THE PLAN. 
          I WANNA KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          HOW ARE WE GONNA, YOU KNOW, BUILD GOOD BUILDINGS THAT ARE NOT GONNA GET WASHED AWAY? HOW ARE WE GONNA HAVE DENSITY? WHERE'S THE TRAIN GONNA GO? IT'S RIGHT BY THE AIRPORT. 
          HOW ARE WE GONNA CONNECT THAT IN? THERE'S JUST NOT A PLAN HERE. 
          AND IT'S LIKE, SO JUST LIKE PUMP THE BRAKES. 
          I WANNA SEE THIS HAPPEN. 
          THIS IS SO EXCITING. 
          LIKE DOGHEAD IS HUGE. 
          WE'RE GONNA ADD LIKE THE FOOTPRINT RIGHT CLOSE TO OUR DOWNTOWN CORE IS MONUMENTAL. 
          HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO LIKE TRUST DERE AND ROME? EVERY GREAT CITY, OR SO MANY HAVE LIKE GREAT RIVER DISTRICTS, LIKE THE POTENTIAL FOR WHAT THIS DOGHEAD COULD BE COULD CHANGE THE FABRIC AND SHAPE OF AUSTIN FOREVER. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD JUST TAKE SOME TIME, FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEN GO DO THAT. 
          AND THIS IS A 40 OR FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. 
          WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE A HUNDRED YEAR, 200 YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS GARRETT TUNG. 
          I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          I'M A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND A HOMEOWNER ON HAGOS LANE. 
          48 HOURS AGO, I WAS JUST A LITTLE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THE FUTURE SEPARATED RIVER TRAIL, PART OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOG'S HEAD RUNS DIRECTLY THROUGH WHAT IS AS OF THIS MOMENT MY LIVING ROOM. 
          THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY SURROUNDING THIS PROJECT AND THE MANNER IN WHICH IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN WHOLLY UNACCEPTABLE. 
          THEREFORE, I ASK THE COUNCIL TO POSTPONE APPROVING MEASURES 38, 39 AND 60 UNTIL THE PROPER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE PLANS AND IMPLEMENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOG'S HEAD IN A SAFE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER. 
          APPROVING THIS MEASURE TODAY WOULD GRANT ENDEAVOR REAL ESTATE GROUP CARTE BLANCHE TO DEVELOP OVER 2,600 ACRES WITH ABSOLUTELY ZERO ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT OR REGULATION? IT WOULD DISPLACE AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD OF FAMILIES, MY NEIGHBORS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE LIVED ON HER GOT'S LANE IN THE SURROUNDING STREETS FOR GENERATIONS. 
          I'M NOT HERE TO DISCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OR GROWTH. 
          I'M HERE TO ASK US TO TAKE A BREATH, SLOW DOWN, AND IMPLEMENT THE EVENTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOG'S HEAD IN A REASONABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY. 
          APPROVING THIS PLAN TODAY WOULD BE SIMPLY PUT INCOMPREHENSIBLY, RECKLESS AND SHORTSIGHTED. 
          THE CITY OF AUSTIN SHOULD BE BEHOLDEN TO THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN, NOT BILLIONAIRE CORPORATIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE POSTPONE APPROVING THIS PROJECT UNTIL PROPER DUE DILIGENCE CAN BE COMPLETED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, WE, WE HAVE TWO MORE REMOTE SPEAKERS, STARTING WITH SEVERING CUSHING ON ITEM 38. 
          I, MY COMMENTS APPLY TO AGENDA ITEMS 38, 39, AND 60. 
          I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ECHO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ALREADY SURFACED AS WELL AS THOSE OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN. 
          MY REQUEST IS FOR THIS PROPOSAL TO STOP HERE AND BECOME A PUBLIC PROCESS. 
          IT GIVES PROPERTY OWNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CORRECT NOTICE AND GOES THROUGH THE BOARD AND COMMISSION REVIEW PROCESS. 
          MY HOME FALLS WITHIN THE PROPOSED AREA TO POTENTIALLY BE ANNEXED AND UNDER A POTENTIAL IMMINENT DOMAIN. 
          I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FORMAL COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THESE CHANGES WHATSOEVER. 
          NEITHER HAS THE PRESIDENT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR ANY OF MY NEIGHBORS. 
          EVERYTHING THAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS, WE'VE LEARNED ONLY WITHIN THE LAST 48 HOURS AND ONLY FROM UNOFFICIAL COMMUNICATION CHANNELS SUCH AS THE LOCAL NEWS AND EACH OTHER. 
          I JUST WANNA REPEAT THAT THE FOLKS IMPACTED BY POTENTIAL IMMINENT DOMAIN HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS WHATSOEVER. 
          WE'VE LEARNED ALL OF THIS IN THE LAST 48 HOURS, AND THERE ARE CERTAINLY A MAJORITY OF PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE IMPACTED WHO STILL DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS AT ALL. 
          AS IT STANDS NOW, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ONLY ACHIEVES ITS GOAL BY DISPLACING HOMES OF WONDERFUL FOLKS LIKE MY NEIGHBORS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE LIVED ON THE STREET FOR GENERATIONS, MANY OF WHOM 
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HAVE BUILT THEIR COZY AND QUAINT HOMES WITH THEIR OWN TWO HANDS. 
          THESE ARE FARMERS, SMALL SCALE RANCHERS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, ENGINEERS, HARDWORKING TRADES PEOPLE, PUBLIC SERVANTS, ENTREPRENEURS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, SERVICE WORKERS, RETIREES, MILITARY VETERANS, GRANDPARENTS, AND MORE GOOD PEOPLE. 
          THIS WOULD DISPLACE A SMALL BUT VERY DIVERSE AND SPECIAL UNIQUE COMMUNITY THAT REPRESENTS TRUE AUSTIN. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE MOTIVATION AND THE NEED TO OFFER PUBLIC SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY AND GREATER GOOD. 
          I'M ALSO EXPLORING HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A PROPER AND CORRECT PROCESS IN PLACE FOR THAT. 
          SO AGAIN, MY REQUEST IS TO STOP HERE AND BECOME A PUBLIC PROCESS THAT GIVES OWNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS . 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOES THROUGH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SPEAKER. 
          WE DO HAVE KIBA WHITE IN PERSON. 
          ITEM 38. 
          THANK YOU, KABA WHITE. 
          ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC CITIZENS TEXAS OFFICE, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM AND TO ENGAGE IN THE FULL TRANSPARENT PROCESS, INCLUDING GOING THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING COMMISSIONS, SOCIAL, AND ANY OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT WOULD NORMALLY HAVE PURVIEW OVER THIS TYPE OF, UH, ISSUE. 
          THIS SEEMS TO BE FOLLOWING A, AN UNFORTUNATE PATTERN OF A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND ABANDONMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS BY THE CITY. 
          THE FACT THAT SO MUCH IMPERVIOUS SURFACE UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT AND SO MANY A LARGE PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ALLOWED IS PRETTY SHOCKING GIVEN WHERE IT IS. 
          IT REALLY DOES CALL INTO QUESTION WHETHER THE IMPACT OF FLOODING ON THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN CONSIDERED AT ALL, BECAUSE THAT WATER WILL BE DISPLACED AND WILL MOVE INTO THOSE EXISTING RESIDENTS, UH, THEIR PROPERTIES. 
          AND I'M HEARING FROM SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS TODAY, AND I'M JUST SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT, UH, THEY WERE ENTIRELY LEFT OUT OF THIS PROCESS. 
          WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE BROAD LATITUDE THAT IS BEING GIVEN TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE LOCKING OUT OF FUTURE CITY COUNCILS TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE, UH, CAN, CAN RESULT IN NEGATIVE IMPACTS FOR THE AREA AND SPECIFICALLY ALSO THE DATA CENTERS AND OTHER KIND OF DEFENSE RELATED ACTIVITIES COULD BE TAKING PLACE ON THIS, UH, PROPERTY IN PARTICULAR WHEN IT COMES TO DATA CENTERS, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON WATER AND ALSO ON ENERGY AS WELL AS ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS. 
          SO WE'D ASK YOU TO SLOW DOWN AND GO THROUGH THE PROPER PROCESS SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR FROM, UH, THE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA AS WELL FROM OTHER, UH, CONCERNED ENTITIES IN THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM 39. 
          WE HAVE MAC, UH, REMOTELY. 
          WE HAVE MAX HORSEMAN. 
          HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS MAX HORSEMAN. 
          UM, I'M SPEAKING TO YOU AGAIN AS A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UM, UH, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT HAS BEEN SAID. 
          UH, SO I AM ECHOING SO MUCH ABOUT THE NEED FOR A PUBLIC PROCESS. 
          UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND, UM, PLANNING FOR THINGS LIKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO BENEFIT LOCAL PEOPLE, UM, IS VERY POSSIBLE. 
          AND THE CITY SHOULD MOBILIZE ITS RESOURCES AND STAFF TOWARDS THAT. 
          UM, INSTEAD OF RUSHING THIS PROCESS, WHICH SEEMS TO BE VIOLATING MANY PEOPLE'S CIVIL RIGHTS, UM, AND NOT A, A GOOD SIGN FOR HOW THE REST OF THE PROCESS WILL UNFOLD. 
          UM, SO I URGE YOU TO DELAY THIS PROCESS AND START A COMMUNITY ENGAGED, UM, LONG-TERM PLANNING, UH, INITIATIVE TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES, UM, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE GOAL OF, UH, MILITARIZED AND AUTONOMOUS BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU. 
          MONICA GUZMAN, ITEM 39 REMOTE. 
          MONICA, ARE YOU THERE? UH, YEAH. 
          SORRY, I GOT A BAD CONNECTION. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, MONICA UZMAN GAVA POLICY DIRECTOR SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 39, INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTINUE TO SIGN ON TO THE LETTER, WHILE MANY ARE SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION, URGING FOR POSTPONEMENT AND THE PUBLIC PROCESS. 
          ALSO SIGNED ON ARE ROBIN RATHER, DISTRICT NINE, WITH THE ZILKER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN REWILD, A TX DE ORDAIN DISTRICT FOUR, LAUREN ROSS, PHD DE GLEN ROSE ENGINEERING DISTRICT NINE FOUR QUESTIONS DRAFTED COLLABORATIVELY FOR THIS ARE CAN STAFF PROVIDE A LIST OF ALL ENVIRONMENTAL 
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ANALYSES, BLOOD PLAIN STUDIES, RECLAMATION ASSESSMENTS, WATER QUALITY STUDIES, TRAFFIC STUDIES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ANALYSIS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED FOR DOGHEAD AND PUBLICLY RELEASE THOSE DOCUMENTS PRIOR, PRIOR TO YOUR ACTIONS. 
          CAN STAFF CLEARLY EXPLAIN WHAT, WHICH EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, FLOOD PLANE REGULATIONS, CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE PROTECTIONS, CUT FILL REQUIREMENTS, TRAFFIC ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS AND PUBLIC REVIEW PROCEDURES ARE BEING MODIFIED, WAIVED, OR ADMINISTRATIVELY DELEGATED UNDER THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT? CAN STAFF PROVIDE A DETAILED PUBLIC EXPLANATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TERM PUBLIC FINANCING STRUCTURE, INCLUDING ELIMINATE, EXCUSE ME, ESTIMATED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS ANTICIPATED REIMBURSEMENT TO THE DEVELOPER GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND THE LONG-TERM FISCAL RISK TO TAXPAYERS, THE PROJECTED REVENUES OR DEVELOPMENT ASSUMPTIONS DO NOT MATERIALIZE. 
          AND UNDER WHAT AUTHORITY WAS THE AGENDA ITEM POSTED SINCE IT WAS NOT INITIATED BY CITY COUNCIL, NOR DID IT GO THROUGH THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US YOUR CONSTITUENCY AND OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN FUTURE DEALS WELL ON A WAY THAT TRULY BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT. 
          WE URGE YOU, MAYOR WATSON AND MAYOR PRO AND COUNSEL, TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          WE URGE YOU TO POSTPONE ITEMS 38, 39 AND 60. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT WE HAVE HEATHER A BURL ON ITEM 39 REMOTELY. 
          ONE MOMENT, HEATHER. 
          A BUR ITEM 39, WHAT ITEM IS IT? OH, 39. 
          HELLO? HELLO? OH, I'M SORRY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SPEAK ON SEVERAL ITEMS. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE HEARING ME. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE GOTTEN THROUGH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ITEM 39, I'M CALLING. 
          UM, I'VE SIGNED UP FOR SEVERAL ITEMS BECAUSE, UH, ACTUALLY THE PROCESS AND WHAT THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL HAVE BEEN DOING, IT AFFECTS ITEM TODAY AMONG OTHERS. 
          7 30, 8 39, 45, AND 60. 
          UM, SO 39 IS ABOUT THE DOGHEAD THING. 
          UH, IT'S THIS WHOLE DEVELOPMENT MOVE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO ALLOW THESE BIG DEVELOPMENTS TO COME IN, IS WHAT I'M SPEAKING AGAINST. 
          UM, THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS AGAINST OUR STRATEGIC ANCHORS AGAINST STRATEGIC DIRECTION, NOT IN THE CITY'S PLANS OR FOCUS AREAS, NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
          ALL OF THESE ARE THINGS THAT TOOK 10 YEARS TO BUILD AND THAT WE WANT TO GO TOWARDS WHAT WE ARE THE CITY WANT. 
          UH, IT IS A COMPLETE DISREGARD AND LACK OF SHORT RANGE FIVE YEAR FORECAST FOR BUDGET, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS ALREADY IN PLACE, BOTH LEGALLY, PROCEDURALLY AND WHAT SHOULD BE LOGICALLY. 
          AND FOR MYSELF MORALLY DISMISSAL OF CITY DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING RESOURCES, CREATING POLLUTION AND TAX INCENTIVES FOR THE DESECRATION AND VIOLATION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN AS A WHOLE IS AGAINST THE JOB DESCRIPTION OF CITY MANAGER OF CITY COUNCIL. 
          YOU WERE HIRED BY THE US BY VOTING FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MANAGER WAS HIRED BY THEM. 
          AND HIS WHOLE RESPONSIBILITY AS SOMEONE WHO REPRESENTS THE CITY'S INTEREST IN QUOTE. 
          AND THIS DECISION DOES NOT REPRESENT THE CITY'S STRATEGIC DIRECTION IN ANY WAY. 
          HE IS MAKING DECISIONS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND MOVING TOWARD FASCIST PRACTICES REGARDING THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S RESOURCES IN TOO MANY WAYS. 
          AND IT NEEDS TO STOP NOW. 
          REMEMBER, THAT IS WHY HE WAS HIRED. 
          DO NOT LET THESE PROJECTS GO FORWARD. 
          POSTPONE ANY VOTING THEY NEED FULL REVIEW BY ALL APPLICABLE CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS STATE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS EVERY ACTION. 
          THANK YOU, HEATHER, THIS COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT WE HAVE SEVERING CUSHING ON ITEM 39. 
          HI, I JUST HAD A QUICK COMMENT. 
          UM, I'M NOTICING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JOSE QUEZ, REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE, WHICH THIS IS, UM, WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON, SEEMS TO BE RATHER DISTRACTED. 
          MY MOST GENEROUS HOPE IS THAT HE'S TAKING NOTES, BUT I JUST WANNA CALL OUT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT FEELS LIKE OUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE ENGAGED AND LISTENING TO US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE WILL MOVE ON TO IN-PERSON ITEM 39, STARTING WITH MARIAN SANCHEZ. 
          JULIE OLIVER, ADRIAN MACIAS, SUSAN ALMANZA, BIANCA GUERRERO, CARLOS PINON. 
          MADDIE GUTIERREZ, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT. 
          DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND BEGIN, MS. OLIVER. 
          I'M JULIE OLIVER, RESIDENT OF D NINE. 
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I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAIN, CI 39, AND ASK YOU TO PULL IT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND SAY, NO. 
          WHILE THIS ITEM MAY SEEM PROCEDURAL, IT'S A CRITICAL STEP IN ADVANCING THE SAME 2,600 ACRE DEVELOPMENT TIED TO ITEMS 38 60, WHICH I'M AGAINST ALL OF 'EM. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS UNFOLDING IN A CONTEXT WHERE THE PUBLIC HAS SAID, NO, WE DON'T WANT THIS. 
          BECAUSE THIS AGREEMENT HELPS ACCELERATE A DEVELOPMENT THAT ALIGNS WITH RECENT EFFORTS TO RECRUIT DATA CENTERS AND DEFENSE ACTIVITY INDUSTRIES, PROJECTS THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE DEMAND FOR ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          IT BRINGS US NATURALLY BACK TO THE GAS PEAKER POWER PLANTS. 
          THAT'S ITEM SEVEN. 
          ALL OF THESE ARE INTERTWINED. 
          WE KNOW IT. 
          THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED AND ADVANCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM AND 38 AND 60 INCREASES THE NEED FOR THE EXACTLY THE KIND OF FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE YOU'RE PROPOSING IN ITEM SEVEN. 
          SO THE QUESTION REMAINS, ARE THESE DECISIONS BEING MADE FREELY AND TRANSPARENTLY? NO. 
          OR ARE THEY SHAPED BY POLITICAL PRESSURE WITH A GUARANTEE OF A CAMPAIGN DONATION FOR THE RIGHT VOTE? THIS IS WHERE INDEPENDENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY MATTER MOST. 
          THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO REPRESENT US, NOT ENDEAVOR, NOT ARM, BRITON BROWN, NOT RICHARD SUTTON, WHO IS SELLING OUT MY CHILDREN'S FUTURE FOR HIS HOURLY ATTORNEY'S RATE AND FAT ANNUAL BONUS. 
          IF ANY OF YOU HAVE COURAGE, AND I'M ASKING FOR ONE OF YOU, ONE OF YOU TO HAVE COURAGE, MAYBE ONE OF YOU WHO'S UP FOR REELECTION PULL 38, 39 AND 60 FROM CONSENT I ACT. 
          MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OTHER REQUEST OF YOU. 
          FIRE THE CITY MANAGER TEAM, CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR THIS EMBARRASSMENT THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. 
          CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M SUSAN ALMANZA WITH PO, BUT ALSO WITH THE LES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND PRESIDENT OF LES NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, CONTACT TEAM. 
          AND COUNCILMAN JOSE VELASQUEZ, YOU'RE MY REPRESENTATIVE, AND I'M ASKING YOU, UH, TO BOTH HONE THIS ITEM ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNED ON, ON TAPAS WAS, UH, APPROVED IN 2001, BUT AT THAT TIME, WE LOBBIED TO HAVE HER GODS ALL THE WAY TO THOMPSON LANE. 
          INCLUDED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, JUST FOR THESE PARTICULAR REASONS, IS BECAUSE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AREA WAS NOT REPRESENTED. 
          THE CITY FOUGHT US TOOTH AND NAIL TO HAVE THEM INCLUDED SAYING THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS A HIGHWAY THERE, WE WEREN'T, THEY COULDN'T BRING US TOGETHER. 
          UH, BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT TRUE. 
          AND NOW WE'RE FACING THIS WHOLE ISSUE OF THE IMPACT OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ALSO TO THE MENTALIS COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TO THE COLORADO RIVER. 
          UH, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD RICHARD SETTLE ENDEAVOR AND THEM COME TO TALK TO US ABOUT A PROJECT ON BOMB AND 180 3. 
          AND THEY TOLD US, UH, ABOUT THEY WERE PLANNING, UH, TO ACQUIRE THE DOG'S HEAD AND ALL THAT, AND THAT THEY WOULD COME TO US, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY NEVER CAME TO US. 
          AND NEXT THING WE KNOW, IT'S ON THE AGENDA, THIS AGREEMENT. 
          AND I, I FELT THAT THAT'S VERY DISINGENUOUS OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED ALONG THIS, UH, ALONG THIS THING. 
          BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT POED FOUGHT HARDLEY AND WORKED WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN WATERSHED DEPARTMENT, WAS TO, UM, INCREASE IN PREVIOUS THE HAZARDOUS EROSION ZONE BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS COMING OUR WAY. 
          AND ALTHOUGH WE FOUGHT FOR 400 FEET, UH, WE GOT AN ADDITIONAL 100 FEET, WHICH THEN BECAME 200 FEET, UH, ON THE EROSION. 
          UH, BUT THE WHOLE FIGHT BACK WAS, UH, WITH RICHES SETTLES AND THEM TEAM OF GOING TO A STATE LEGISLATOR ABOUT OPPOSING US FOR THE 400 FEET DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO HERE WE ARE NOW ABOUT TO I THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM 39, WE HAVE VALERIE MENARD, PEDRO HERNANDEZ, JR. 
          CRAIG NAZER RICHARDS, RICHARD SU, CHRIS PAGE, WILLIAM BUNCH. 
          PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S ALREADY BEEN CALLED AND, AND YOU INTEND TO SAY ANYTHING, PLEASE BEGIN. 
          UM, I'M BACK. 
          , I SAID MOST OF WHAT I SAID EARLIER, BUT I, I STILL WANNA TALK BECAUSE I CAN FOR TWO MORE MINUTES AND I WANNA DIRECT MY, UH, COMMENTS TO COUNCIL MEMBER OF VELASQUEZ. 
          UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHICH DISTRICTS THIS AREA WOULD BE IN, BUT IT WOULD MORE NATURALLY BE IN YOUR DISTRICT. 
          JUST WOULD SEEM NATURAL THAT IT WOULD BE IN IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET YOU TO, TO COME ON A RIVER TOUR, AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN PART OF THAT TOUR JUST TO GET HIM, UH, TO, TO APPRECIATE THE BEAUTY OF THAT PART OF THE RIVER. 
          BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY WOULD'VE LOVED ALL OF COUNCIL TO GO ON A TOUR AND TO GO ON THE RIVER. 
          IT'S VERY SHALLOW. 
          YOU CAN'T TAKE A BIG BOAT FULL OF PEOPLE CAN TAKE A CANOE, MAYBE A SMALLER BOAT. 
          BUT WE DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEE THIS PART OF THE RIVER BEFORE YOU MAKE SUCH A TREMENDOUS DECISION REGARDING 
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THE, THE FUTURE OF, OF ITS ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND FOR THE, THE RESIDENTS THERE. 
          UM, AFTER HEARING EVERYTHING YOU'VE HEARD TODAY, UM, COULD ONE OF YOU PLEASE JUST MAKE A MOTION TO PULL THIS FROM AS A CONSENT ITEM? AND IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF COURAGE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING I THINK, AND NONE OF YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME, BUT THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ FOR KEEPING MY, YOUR ATTENTION. 
          UM, JUST DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          LET'S, LET'S PUMP THE BRAKES ON THIS. 
          YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS HAPPENING TO THEM. 
          AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO RIVER, UM, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND I'M MEANT TO CONTACT LEE, BUT I'M GLAD HE'S HERE. 
          UM, AND OTHER, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          HOW CAN YOU MOVE FORWARD ON THIS KIND OF A PROJECT THAT COULD BE SO DEVASTATING THAT IT WILL REMOVE PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES? UM, PLEASE, LET'S PUMP THE BRICKS. 
          LET'S JUST PUT, TAKE THIS OUTTA CONSENT. 
          POSTPONE. 
          WE HAVE AN AMAZING WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY HAVE, THEY MUST HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS. 
          THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE ALREADY. 
          YOU HAVE TO USE THE TALENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO? UH, CRAIG NASER, AUSTIN SIERRA CLUB. 
          OKAY, SO NOT WANTING TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE FROM THIS SIDE. 
          ANYWAY, UH, IT, IT, IT IS CLEAR THAT THESE ARE STRANGE TIMES IN AUSTIN. 
          WE HAVE A, A FEDERAL REGIME THAT IS CORRUPT. 
          WE HAVE A STATE LEGISLATURE. 
          I'VE BEEN UP THERE FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS THAT IS FORCING VERY TOUGH ECONOMIC DECISIONS ON YOU AND ON OUR CITY. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE SHOULDN'T CAVE INTO THEM BECAUSE IT WILL DESTROY AUSTIN. 
          AND I HEARD ALL THE, THE ECONOMIC REASONS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT ON TUESDAY, AND I UNDERSTAND THOSE AND I HEAR THOSE, BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN COLLAPSE TO THEM PERSONALLY. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN MY, UH, I, I WANNA THE, THE AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL WAS A CREDIBLE POEM. 
          IT HAS THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS. 
          I WANNA READ YOU ONE STANZA FROM THE FIRST VERSION THAT APPLIES HERE. 
          I THINK, OH, BEAUTIFUL. 
          FOR GLORY TALE OF LIBERATING STRIFE WHO ARE ONCE AND TWICE FOR MANS OF AIL, MAN LAVISHED PRECIOUS LIFE, AMERICA, AMERICA, GOD, SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE TILL SELFISH GAIN NO LONGER STAIN THE BANNER OF THE FREE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING COUNCIL, UM, MAYOR WATSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS PEDRO HERNANDEZ JR. 
          AND I'M THE TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR FOR POED. 
          AND I'M ALSO THE CHAIR FOR VASQUEZ FIELDS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          I'M AN AUSTIN NATIVE, RAISED IN MONIS, AND I'M HERE TO ASK THAT YOU POSTPONE ITEMS 38 39 AND 60 TO ALLOW FOR MORE CITIZEN INPUT ON SUCH A MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE EASTERN PART OF THE COLORADO RIVER. 
          WHILE MY FOCUS IS TRANSPORTATION, I ALSO, I'M ALSO A VOLUNTEER FOR THE L'S, COLORADO RIVER WATCH, VOLUNTEER RIVER TESTING PROGRAM. 
          I AND MY PART, UH, PO COLLEAGUE ADRIAN MACIAS TEST THE WATER QUALITY IN THE COLORADO RIVER UNDER THE MALOS BRIDGE. 
          A SECTION OF THE RIVER CONSIDERED PRISTINE A FACT. 
          I KNOW TO BE TRUE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TESTING IT SINCE 2024. 
          HOWEVER, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TEST, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TEST TEST IT SINCE DECEMBER DUE TO THE I 35 PUMPING STATION PROJECT. 
          CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WHEN FINISHED, IT WILL PUMP STORM DRAINAGE FROM THE EXPANDED HIGHWAY INTO THIS SECTION OF THE RIVER. 
          WE'VE BEEN BLOCKED BY THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT JUST RECENTLY FOUND A LOCATION WHERE WE CAN BEGIN TESTING AGAIN, WE'RE ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT IMPACT THE CONSTRUCTION HAS HAD, BUT WE FEAR THE RIVER WILL NO LONGER REMAIN PRISTINE WHEN PUMPING BEGINS IN 2029. 
          NOW YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPER TO PLACE A MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT ON ANOTHER SECTION OF THE RIVER WITH NO REVIEW BY THE PUBLIC OR ANY CITY COMMISSION. 
          THIS IS YET ANOTHER PAINFUL REMINDER OF HOW THE DESIRED DEVELOPMENT ZONE FOR EVERYTHING EAST OF LONGHORN DAM ALLOWS THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO DUMP ON EAST AUSTIN, INCLUDING A SECTION OF THE RIVER THAT WE CONSIDERED A NATURAL JEWEL. 
          GIVING TAX CREDITS TO THESE DEVELOPERS WHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN PAY FOR A FILTRATION PROJECT THAT COULD REDUCE THE POLLUTION DUMPED INTO THE RIVER FROM I 35, JUST ADDS IN INSULT TO INJURY. 
          PLEASE POSTPONE THESE ITEMS, IF NOT FOR MORE PUBLIC INPUT. 
          LET THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT WEIGH IN ON POSSIBLE. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          MR. BUNCH. 
          MR. BUNCH. 
          SHE'S ALREADY SPOKEN. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UH, BILL BUNCH, SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE DISTRICT 
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FIVE, UH, SPEAKING AGAINST THIS, UH, ITEM 39, WHICH IS BASICALLY CALLING FOR AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY TO HAVE THEM JUST COMPLETELY ROLL OVER AND AE TO, UH, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO WRAP UP INTO THIS, UH, 45 YEAR PAVE, PAVE ALL OF IT AGREEMENT. 
          AND THEN WE GET TO PAY THEM TO PAY IT WITH A, A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE. 
          MAYBE Y'ALL HAVEN'T PAID ATTENTION TO THOSE, UH, THE LAW AROUND THAT, BUT THOSE ARE LIMITED TO BLIGHTED AREAS. 
          WE HAVE THE GIGAFACTORY NEXT DOOR. 
          WE HAVE EXPLODING DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE HAVE BILLIONAIRES WITH THEIR HANDS ON THIS. 
          ARE YOU REALLY GONNA TELL US THIS IS A BLIGHTED AREA? AND LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION. 
          HOW MANY TIMES HAVE EACH OF YOU TALKED TO YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORS COMPLAINING ABOUT A SUPREME COURT THAT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW, ABOUT A CORRUPT PRESIDENT ENRICHING HIMSELF AND NOT CARING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, DESTROYING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RULES? WHOLESALE? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT HERE. 
          YOU'RE SHOWING TOTAL DISRESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW, YOUR OWN CHARTER, OUR ORDINANCES. 
          YOU'RE THROWING OUT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STANDARDS THAT HAD BEEN PLACED FOR DECADES FOR THE BIGGEST DEVELOPER, THE BILLIONAIRES, AND THEIR CUSTOMERS NEXT DOOR. 
          SERIOUSLY, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT WITH ANY WORD OTHER THAN CORRUPTION? CORRUPTION DRESSED UP AS PROGRESSIVE URBAN DEMOCRATIC POLICIES. 
          THANK YOU MR. BRUNCH. 
          IMPORTANT, UH, BEFORE WE CALL ANY MORE SPEAKERS 
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ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT'S 12 O'CLOCK. 
          AND WHAT, WHAT I INDICATED WE WERE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA GO TO OUR 12 O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN, UH, WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS ON OUR 12 O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN. 
          AND AT THE END OF THAT, WE WILL, UM, GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING, UH, ITEM NUMBER 16. 
          AND IT'S ACTUALLY POSTED, UH, IN TWO PLACES. 
          AND I'LL CALL THAT OUT HERE IN, IN, UH, IN, IN A SECOND. 
          BUT, UM, WHY DON'T WE GO TO THE, OUR 12 O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN, OKAY. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE LET US KNOW, THEY WON'T BE IN ATTENDANCE, BUT WE WILL CALL THEIR NAME FOR THE RECORD. 
          UM, IN PERSON WE HAVE ETHAN SMITH, SAMSARA NOBLE, RYAN ORCO, UH, LET US KNOW HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND FY MOORE HERE IN PERSON. 
          DESMOND HAMPTON, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ETHAN SMITH, DISTRICT NINE. 
          I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT GENERATIONAL INVESTMENTS AND I THINK IT'S FITTING THAT SO MUCH OF THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ABOUT PROCESS AND, UM, I THINK THAT GENERATIONAL INVESTMENTS ARE TYPICALLY ABOUT, UM, VALUES AND KIND OF LIKE IDENTITY. 
          SO LIKE I WAS IN THE GREEN BELT AND I WAS ENJOYING IT. 
          AND THEN AS I GET OLDER THINKING ABOUT THOUGHTS LIKE, WOULD MY KIDS BE ABLE TO ENJOY THIS? OR GRANDKIDS, WILL THERE BE, YOU KNOW, WATER FOR A GREEN BELT? AND I THINK THE THING IS, IS A LOT OF INVESTMENTS ARE NOT CERTAIN THE BEST GENERATIONAL INVESTMENTS AND, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME. 
          SO, AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, I THINK THAT IN MY OPINION, MAYBE THE BEST GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN THE UT MEDICAL SCHOOL. 
          AS WE THINK ABOUT, WELL, IT WAS VERY UNCERTAIN AND IT WAS A FIGHT AT THE TIME IF IT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT NOW, SOMETIME LATER THERE'S GONNA BE A MEDICAL DISTRICT AND THAT WAS CERTAINLY NOT CERTAIN, BUT IT, IT WAS KIND OF A VALUES THING, RIGHT? THE, THE UT MEDICAL SCHOOL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THIS HERE. 
          AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME OUT TO FIGHT FOR KIND OF LONG-TERM PLANNING AND INVOLVING, UM, OUR INSTITUTIONS IN THESE PROCESSES. 
          'CAUSE I, I BELIEVE IN THAT AND UM, AND I KNOW WE CAN ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS, BUT UM, WE DO FACE CRISISES AND EXPECT OUR POLITICAL CLASS TO RESPOND TO CRISISES. 
          BUT A LOT OF TIMES OUR BEST SOLUTIONS AND POLICY COME FROM THE LONG TERM PLANNING SIDE. 
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AND NOT JUST THAT WE HAVE A BUDGET CRUNCH RIGHT NOW, OR WE HAVE TO ADDRESS A HOUSING CRISIS RIGHT NOW. 
          'CAUSE THERE ARE GREAT HOUSING POLICIES IN AUSTIN, BUT A LOT OF 'EM COME FROM LONGER TERM PLANNING KIND OF, UM, THINGS. 
          AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA WEATHER THE STORM. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          ME? YES. 
          OH, JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. 
          UHHA MOORE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          WOULD YOU BELIEVE ME IF I WERE TO TELL YOU THAT IN THE US WE LOSE ONE PERSON EVERY 11 MINUTES TO SUICIDE WHILE ACCORDING TO CDC.GOV? THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS OUR REALITY. 
          THIS IS WHY I ASK AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO INCREASE THE FUNDING OF MENTAL HOSPITALS TO SAVE MORE LIVES. 
          ACCORDING TO HEALTH TALK.ORG, MENTAL UNITS ACROSS US HAVE A SHORTAGE OF SPACE, WHICH MEANS PEOPLE ARE FORCIBLY FORCED INTO THE IN ER ROOMS TO HOURS TO EVEN DAYS ON END. 
          CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? WAITING IN A ROOM FOR THAT LONG, FOR A WAITING IN A ROOM FOR THAT LONG WITH NOTHING TO DO EXCEPT SOMEONE WATCHING YOUR EVERY MOVE. 
          UNPLEASANT, RIGHT TO ADD ON. 
          ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE, MENTAL HOSPITALS ARE CONSIDERED A LOWER PRIORITY FOR FUNDING, WHICH MEANS HOSPITALS ARE SEVERELY UNDERFUNDED AND UNDERSTAFFED. 
          AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL BEFORE AND HAS KNOWN MANY OTHERS WHO'VE ALSO BEEN IN MENTAL UNITS BEFORE, IT WAS A BORDERLINE TRAUMATIZING EXPERIENCE, RUDE WORKERS, HORRIBLE SLEEPING CONDITIONS. 
          AND AFTER LEAVING, LEFT ME FEELING CRAZY AND SCARED TO REACH OUT FOR HELP AGAIN. 
          I'VE ALSO GOTTEN SIMILAR RESPONSES FROM PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY. 
          WHEN I ASKED THEM ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AT MENTAL HOSPITALS. 
          MANY OF THE PEOPLE I INTERVIEWED EVEN ADMITTED TO LYING ABOUT THEIR STRUGGLES TO AVOID BEING ADMITTED INTO A HOSPITAL. 
          AGAIN, ACCORDING TO CDC.GOV, SUICIDE RATES HAVE INCREASED 37% SINCE THE YEARS 2020 18. 
          IF NOTHING CHANGES NOW, THE RATES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND WE WILL LOSE MORE LIVES. 
          SO I URGED AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER MY POINTS AND INCREASE THE FUNDING OF MENTAL HOSPITALS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HAS ANYBODY'S NAME BEEN CALLED AND YOU HAVE PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          SAMSARA NOBLE. 
          HELLO. 
          WHO I AM IS NOT NEARLY AS IMPORTANT AS WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SHARE. 
          I'M IN THIS CHAMBER BECAUSE A PD HAS GONE TOO FAR AND HAS BEEN DOING SO FOR TOO LONG. 
          WHEN I'M SHARING OUR STORIES THAT WARRANT OUTCRY IN OUR COMMUNITY IN THE EARLY MORNING OF MARCH 2ND, 2025. 
          JOLYN CHAVEZ HAD BEEN APPROACHED BY A PD AFTER THEY WITNESSED HER PUNCHING AT SOMEONE. 
          INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DEESCALATE THE SITUATION, ONE OFFICER GRABBED HER AND THREW HER TO THE GROUND. 
          THIS CAUSED HER INJURIES TO HER FACE, LEFT ARM, CHEST, AND OTHER PARTS OF HER BODY. 
          AD'S FORCE REVIEW UNIT DETERMINED THE USE OF FORCE WAS WITHIN LAW AND POLICY INEXCUSABLE. 
          I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF HORRORS AWAITED HER AS A TRANS WOMAN IN JAIL. 
          SOMETHING I'M FAMILIAR WITH PERSONALLY AND CAN ATTEST TO. 
          MATT SUTHER HAD BEEN PULLED OVER BY A PD FOR A FRONT BIKE. 
          LIGHT BEING OUT SILLY RIGHT? ONE, A PD OFFICER AND ANOTHER UNMARKED AGENT EXITED THE VEHICLE TO QUESTION HIM WHEN HE WAS EXPLAINING THAT HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK. 
          HE REACHED FOR HIS WORK CREDENTIALS ONLY TO BE YANKED, CUFFED, AND THROWN INTO THE SQUAD CAR WITHOUT BEING READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS, WHICH IS ILLEGAL. 
          THIS PERSON IS NEURODIVERGENT AND HE WASN'T AWARE OF THE APDS. 
          EXTREME USE OF FORCE TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, HE WAS CHARGED WITH RESISTING ARREST DESPITE COOPERATING. 
          THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AFTER THE RECENT SHOOTING INCIDENT IN LUIS'S RESTAURANT WORKERS WERE TOLD BY PD TO REMAIN SILENT ABOUT IT. 
          DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT TO Y'ALL? ANOTHER LOCAL RESIDENT HAD HIS DOG KILLED IN COLD BLOOD BY AN A PD OFFICER NAMED DANIEL WALSH. 
          AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW, HE WAS SUPPOSEDLY PLACED ON LEAVE AND RECEIVED NO PUNISHMENT, NO CHARGES. 
          ANOTHER VICTIM OF THIS ABUSE, A WOMAN NAMED NALY ES, WAS BRUTALLY BEATEN BY OFFICER SPIES WHILE IN CUSTODY AND SHE SUFFERED A BRAIN INJURY JUSTIFIABLY. 
          SO. 
          ES FILED A LAWSUIT. 
          THE ONLY ACTION TAKEN WAS SUSPENDING SPIES FROM HIS DUTIES. 
          AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON HOW A PD TREATS THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          WHY DOES THE POLICE CHIEF CONTINUE TO DO NOTHING? THIS IS HOW A PD SPENDS OUR TAX DOLLARS. 
          IS THIS WHAT PROTECT AND SERVE LOOKS LIKE? SO HEAR US WHEN WE SAY DO YOUR JOB. 
          WE DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY, WE DEMAND ANSWERS, AND WE DEMAND JUSTICE NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          HAS ANYBODY'S NAME, HAS ANYBODY'S NAME BEEN CALLED FOR THE 12 O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN? WE HAVE. 
          UH, FRAN HARRIS SIGNED UP. 
          SHE INFORMED US SHE WOULD NOT BE HERE. 
          UM, DESMOND HAMPTON, ARE YOU 
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HERE? JA. 
          JACOB MENTI, UH, SIGNED UP REMOTELY AND HAS NOT CONNECTED WITH US. 
          DAVID HOUSTON AND EZ BOG ALSO LET US KNOW THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE PRESENT. 
          OKAY, SO THAT'S OUR ENTIRE PUBLIC. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, MEMBERS, THAT CONCLUDES THE 
          [Executive Session (Part 1 of 2)]
12 O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AS INDICATED. 
          WE WILL NOW GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          UM, WE'LL TAKE UP ONE ITEM IN THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND THAT IS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM 81, DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER. 
          WE'LL BE ENGAGING IN A PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AGAIN PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 71 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          IS THERE ANY OBJECTION WITHOUT OBJECTION? WE'LL NOW GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 12:09 PM FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          I, I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG THIS WILL TAKE, BUT WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK OUT AND WE WILL START BACK WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ALTHOUGH PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME WE HANG ON, BEFORE WE, WELL, I'VE ALREADY INDICATED WE'RE GONNA GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          I'LL COME. 
          WE'LL COVER THAT WHEN COME BACK. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          I WILL CALL THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL BACK TO ORDER AT 12:54 PM UH, WE ARE OUT OF OUR CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THAT CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7, 1 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, ENGAGED IN A DISCUSSION OF LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER, A PRIVATE CONSULTATION WITH OUR ATTORNEY. 
          UM, WHAT I'M GONNA 
          [12. Approve second reading of an ordinance granting to Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative, Inc., a non-exclusive franchise for constructing, maintaining, operating and using a transmission and distribution system in the City to provide electric utility services within its certificated area. Funding: Estimated annual franchise revenue in the amount of $196,400 is anticipated under this franchise agreement. (Part 2 of 2)]
DO IS, UH, TWO THINGS BEFORE WE GET INTO GOING BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THE SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UH, THE FIRST THING, UH, IS COUNCIL MEMBER LANE WAS TEMPORARILY, UH, OFF THE DESK OR ABSENT OR, UH, NOT VIRTUAL. 
          UH, WHEN WE TOOK UP ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH YOU WILL REMEMBER WAS OUR FIRST ITEM. 
          UM, AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE SHOWN VOTING YES, VOTING IN FAVOR OF THAT ITEM. 
          THE, UH, HER VOTE WOULD NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE ON THAT ITEM. 
          SO, UH, I'LL MOVE THAT SHE BE SHOWN VOTING IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 12. 
          IT'S SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TIM. 
          DISCUSSION, HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE WILL BE SHOWN VOTING IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 12. 
          WHAT I'M GONNA DO BEFORE WE GO 
          [16. Approve an ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of one or more series of City of Austin, Texas, Special Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2026 (Convention Center Project), in a par amount not to exceed $1,350,000,000 to fund the Convention Center expansion project, in accordance with the parameters set out in the ordinance; authorizing related documents; approving the payment of costs of issuance; and rescinding Ordinance No. 20251023-009. Funding: Fiscal Year 2025-2026 debt service requirements and estimated annual administration fees for the paying agent/registrar for the proposed bond sale are included in the Operating Budget of the Convention Center Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenue Bond Redemption Fund. (Part 1 of 2)]
BACK TO THE SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS I'M GOING TO GO TO, I'M GONNA CALL UP ITEM NUMBER 16, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO THE AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE OF A SERIES OF BONDS, UH, RELATED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT. 
          AND I'M GONNA TURN TO THE CITY CLERK TO CALL THE SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 16. 
          UM, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA START MAKING THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. 
          OKAY, STARTING ON FOR ITEM 16. 
          IN PERSON WE HAVE TINA CANNON, STEVE GENI, WE HAVE WILLIAM BUNCH WITH TIME DONATED BY BETSY GREENBERG AND ROY WHALEY. 
          BRAD MASSENGILL, MEGAN MEISENBACH, JEN ROBO ZENOBIA, JOSEPH MOLLY PRIM, JOE ASH, NICK YAKI, SCOTT BLAYLOCK, THOMAS HOFFMAN, ROB GILLETTE. 
          KATIE, PLEASE. 
          UH, THE LAST PERSON IS KATIE CAM, THE TIME DONATED BY DOUG ADDISON. 
          MR. MASSING, I SEE YOU IF YOU'D COME FORWARD. 
          YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED AND, AND, AND WE'LL HEAR FROM THE SPEAKERS THAT ARE HERE. 
          AND, AND PAUSE JUST A MINUTE. 
          'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE, SINCE WE CAME OUT OF AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE OUT IN THE LOBBY AREA AND YOU'RE, UH, LISTENING TO THE TVS OUT THERE, WE ARE TAKING UP ITEM NUMBER 16. 
          BEFORE WE GO BACK TO THE CONSENT SPEAKERS, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I'VE ASKED YOU TO PUT THAT MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF YOUR MOUTH. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS NIKKI ZUKI. 
          I'M AN AUSTIN RESIDENT AND I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF HOTEL VAN ZT, LOCATED WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 16 TO CONTINUE THE PROGRESS OF THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. 
          THE CONVENTION CENTER IS CRITICAL TO A HEALTHY HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN AUSTIN. 
          AND SINCE THE PROJECT BEGAN, WE HAVE FELT THE IMPACT OF OPERATING WITHOUT IT AT OUR HOTEL. 
          THAT IMPACT HAS MEANT A NEARLY DOUBLE DIGIT OCCUPANCY DECLINE YEAR OVER YEAR THAT DECLINE AFFECTS PEOPLE. 
          THE HOTEL VAN ZANT EMPLOYS APPROXIMATELY 200 TALENTED, HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS, 
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MANY OF WHOM HAVE FAMILIES TO SUPPORT. 
          WE WANT TO CONTINUE OFFERING REWARDING CAREERS AND STABILITY FOR OUR ASSOCIATES. 
          AND A STRONG CONVENTION CENTER IS A MAJOR PART OF MAKING THAT POSSIBLE. 
          THE EXPANDED CONVENTION CENTER WITH 70% MORE MEETING SPACE WILL HELP AUSTIN CAPTURE GROUPS AND EVENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IN THE PAST. 
          DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, THE IMPACT EXTENDS BEYOND HOTELS TO RESTAURANTS, RETAIL SHOPS, TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS, LIVE MUSIC VENUES, AND OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          AND WHEN HOTELS SUCCEED, AUSTIN SHARES IN THAT SUCCESS. 
          HOTEL OCCUPANCY, TAX REVENUE SUPPORTS, PARKS, CULTURAL ARTS, LIVE MUSIC AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, ALL OF WHICH MAKE AUSTIN A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THE TID FOR ITS CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP, HAS HELPED OFFSET SOME CHALLENGES DURING THIS PERIOD OF REDUCED DEMAND, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT SUPPORT. 
          I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS ESSENTIAL NOT ONLY FOR OUR INDUSTRY, BUT FOR AUSTIN'S BROADER ECONOMY. 
          AND THIS PROJECT REMAIN ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET. 
          APPROVAL OF THE 1.35 BILLION BOND ISSUANCE IS A CRITICAL NEXT STEP. 
          I RESPECTFULLY URGE FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON ITEM 16. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MASSENGILL. 
          HEY, Y'ALL. 
          UM, THIS, THIS HAS BEEN THE ONGOING, UH, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? THE MAGIC HOLE. 
          UH, JUST, JUST AS A MUSICIAN, A LIFE LIFETIME MUSICIAN LIVING IN THIS TOWN AND, AND REALIZING WHERE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IS ACTUALLY GOING, NOT TOWARD MUSICIANS, BUT YOU KNOW, I HAVE REALIZED THIS IS A BOND, UH, TALKING ABOUT BONDS, BUT IT'S ALL PART AND PARCEL OF THE SAME MISGUIDED NOTION THAT, UH, THE FIELD OF DREAMS TYPE OF PHILOSOPHY, THAT IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY'LL COME. 
          WHEN WE KNOW THAT THE, UH, WHOLE INDUSTRY OF CONVENTIONS IS, IS IT'S EVAPORATING. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE. 
          IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT NOW, EV EVER SINCE PANDEMIC, EVERYTHING'S GONE TO VIRTUAL, WE SEE THAT ACROSS CITY, GOVERNMENT, STATE GOVERNMENT, EVERY, EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF. 
          WE'RE EVERYTHING'S AT ARMS LENGTH NOW, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T, I DON'T SEE AS MAKING A BIG PLACE FOR A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TO GATHER IN IS GONNA DO THE CITIZENS OF AUSTIN THAT MUCH. 
          GOOD. 
          I I MEAN, I I FEEL FOR THE HOTEL OWNERS, BUT IT'S A, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A TOURIST TOWN. 
          THERE'S ALWAYS STUFF TO DO HERE. 
          THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THE THING GOING OUT AT CODA, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          THEY'RE ALL DESIGNED FOR BRINGING IN PEOPLE TO BOOST THE HOTEL TAX, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL TO PAY FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          SO WHERE DO THE MUSICIANS AND THE ARTS COMMUNITY FIT INTO THIS OTHER THAN A FEW, YOU KNOW, UH, EXEMPLARS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE POPULATION THAT'S BEING SHRUNK OUT OF TOWN IS, IS MUSICIANS AND ART, ART ARTS, YOU KNOW, THIS SAME TYPE OF MONEY AND IMPETUS COULD BE USED FOR BUILDING UP THE ACTUAL ARTS COMMUNITY AND, AND SUPPORTING MUSICIANS. 
          UH, I I THINK IT'S JUST DISINGENUOUS JUST TO, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MSGA. 
          MR. BUNCH. 
          YOU HAVE TIME DONATED BY, UH, MS. GREENBERG, SO YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL BILL BUNCH, SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE DISTRICT FIVE URGING YOU ONCE AGAIN TO, UH, JUST CALL TIME OUT AND SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF FINANCIAL, UH, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          UH, YOU'RE SITTING HERE READY TO SIGN OFF ON $1.35 BILLION OF DEBT AT A TIME WHEN WE KNOW TWO THINGS. 
          MUNICIPAL BOND INTEREST RATES ARE THROUGH THE ROOF RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, THE WHOLE WORLD IS CHANGING, I GUESS REALLY THREE THINGS, UM, MAKING THIS PROJECT A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE AND DIFFICULT TO PURSUE. 
          UH, AND YET YOU'RE GETTING ABSOLUTELY NO REGULAR UPDATES ON WHERE WE ARE, COST OVERRUNS, UH, DELAYS, UH, ANY OF THAT. 
          IT'S ALL BEING KEPT SECRET WHEN EVERY OTHER PROJECT THIS CITY DOES OF ANY SCALE, UH, THE PUBLIC, AND YOU ARE GETTING REGULAR UPDATES. 
          YOU, YOU'RE IN A, YOU'RE IN A BLACK HOLE, KINDA LIKE THE, THE HOLE YOU'RE DIGGING AND YOU KEEP DIGGING. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING WE KNOW IS THE WHOLE INDUSTRY, UH, AS MR. SILL WAS REFERENCING, IS IN THE TOILET. 
          YOU'RE BUILDING SOMETHING FOR A, UH, AN IN INDUSTRY THAT HAS BEEN IN A TAILSPIN SINCE THE NINETIES ACTUALLY, BUT ESPECIALLY SINCE THE OA BUST CONVENTIONS 
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THAT USED TO RUN AND DRAW LARGE CROWDS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY SHUTTING DOWN. 
          UH, AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION TOLD US, UH, THIS IS THEIR LAST YEAR,  FOR CONVENTION. 
          UH, AND THEN LOOK, THE HEADLINES TODAY, META'S LAYING OFF 8,000 PEOPLE BECAUSE OF AI. 
          LAST I CHECKED, UH, RACKS OF COMPUTERS DON'T GO TO CONVENTIONS. 
          NVIDIA CHIP CARDS DON'T ATTEND CONVENTIONS. 
          ROBOTS THAT MR. MUSK WANTS TO BUILD, PROBABLY ON THE DOG'S HEAD. 
          DON'T GO TO CONVENTIONS. 
          ARE YOU KIDDING ME? SERIOUSLY, YOU'RE GONNA TIE UP BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          AND THE 1.35 BILLION IS THE JUST THE BUMPER STICKER PRICE. 
          WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE REAL INTEREST RATE COST HERE? OVER 30 YEARS OF DEBT, YOU'RE GONNA JUMP OFF THIS 32 YEAR CLIFF OF A DEBT COMMITMENT FOR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. 
          YOUR OWN DATA TELLS YOU ALMOST NOBODY WAS COMING TO AUSTIN FOR CONVENTIONS. 
          THE ONE THAT MAYOR WATSON LED US ACTUALLY VOTE ON IN 1998 NEVER DREW MORE THAN HALF OF THE PROJECTED BUSINESS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DRAW. 
          NOBODY BENEFITS FROM THIS. 
          THE TINY LITTLE BIT OF BENEFIT FOR HOTELS IS THOSE HANDFUL OF ULTRA LUXURY HOTELS SERVING THE RICH NEXT DOOR. 
          YOU'RE ABANDONING THE ARTS NATURE IN THE CITY. 
          THE FO THE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY MAKE THIS CITY SPECIAL, THAT WE BENEFIT FROM THOSE LUCKY OF US, OF US TO BE HERE. 
          AND THAT ACTUALLY DRAWS VISITORS. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, THE CON THE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE FIRMS GET THE MONEY UP FRONT. 
          UH, YOU REALLY NEED TO LIKE SOUL SEARCH. 
          THIS SHOULDN'T BE YOUR LEGACY, MAYOR WATSON. 
          YOU HAVE REAL LEGAL PROBLEMS WITH THESE BONDS TOO. 
          YOU'RE STILL COLLECTING THE 2 CENTS FOR THE 98 THAT WE VOTED ON THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIMITED TO 135 MILLION, AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA ISSUE NEW VOTES FOR AN EXPANSION. 
          THAT'S ALL THE STATUTE ALLOWS YOU TO DO. 
          THIS ISN'T AN EXPANSION. 
          THIS IS AN ENTIRELY NEW PROJECT. 
          MS. CANNON MAYOR COUNCIL, I'M TINA CANNON, UH, HERE ON BEHALF OF VISIT AUSTIN IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 16, UH, FOLLOWING MANY YEARS OF COMMUNITY PLANNING, PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS. 
          COUNCIL ACTION. 
          WE ARE NOW AT A MOMENT, UH, TO CONTINUE THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE AND EXECUTION. 
          WHAT HAPPENS NEXT MATTERS ENORMOUSLY TO AUSTIN'S HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM WORKFORCE. 
          THIS PROJECT IMPACTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AUSTINITES WHERE JOBS AND SMALL BUSINESSES ARE CONNECTED TO THE VISITOR ECONOMY. 
          FROM HOTEL WORKERS TO RESTAURANT STAFF, LIVE MUSIC, VENUE, STAFF, MUSICIANS, EVENT TECHNICIANS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, DRIVERS, CATERERS, PEOPLE WHO BUILT THEIR CAREERS IN THIS CITY, SERVING THE VISITORS THAT WE HELP BRING HERE. 
          WHEN AUSTIN CAN HOST MORE EVENTS AND VISITORS SIMULTANEOUSLY, THAT TRANSLATES INTO MORE SHIFTS, MORE CUSTOMERS, MORE BOOKINGS AND GREATER ECONOMIC STABILITY FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND LOCAL BUSINESSES ALL ACROSS THIS CITY. 
          THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT EXTENDS WELL BEYOND DOWNTOWN VISITORS SPENDING SUPPORTS RESTAURANT RETAILERS, MUSIC VENUES, SERVICE WORKERS AND BUSINESSES ALL ACROSS AUSTIN IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND CRITICALLY, EVERY DOLLAR OF DEBT SERVICE ON THESE BONDS IS REPAID BY VISITORS, NOT RESIDENTS. 
          THIS REPRESENTS A WORKFORCE FOCUSED INVESTMENT THAT IS FUNDED BY VISITORS THROUGH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX RATHER THAN LOCAL RESIDENTS. 
          SPRING OF 2029 IS THE GOAL. 
          MOVING FORWARD EFFICIENTLY HELPS AUSTIN'S WORKERS, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND THE BROADER AUSTIN ECONOMY. 
          AND THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS OF THIS PROJECT ARE DESIGNED TO DELIVER. 
          THIS INDUSTRY IS ALIGNED, THE FINANCING IS STRUCTURE, IS SOUND, AND THE WORKFORCE IS READY. 
          PLEASE MOVE FORWARD ON ITEM 16. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          YES, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS STEVE GENEVESE, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AT VISIT AUSTIN, AND I'M IN STRONG SUPPORT AT VI 16 AND PROUD LONGTIME RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10. 
          I LEAD OUR SALES TEAM'S EFFORTS TO ATTRACT MEETINGS, CONVENTIONS, AND SPORTING EVENTS THAT SUPPORT LOCAL JOBS, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND AUSTIN'S VISITOR ECONOMY. 
          MANY OF OUR LARGER EVENTS DEPEND ON HAVING A MODERN COMPETITIVE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          I HAVE A FRONT ROW SEAT TO THE DEMAND FOR GROUP BUSINESS IN THIS CITY. 
          I HEAR DIRECTLY FROM EVENT ORGANIZERS ABOUT WHAT DRIVES THEIR LOCATION DECISIONS, AND I SEE FIRSTHAND 
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HOW COMPETITIVE THE NATIONAL CONVENTION MARKET HAS BECOME AS OTHER MAJOR CITIES IN TEXAS AND OUTSIDE TEXAS, SUCH AS NASHVILLE CONTINUE INVESTING HEAVILY IN THEIR CONVENTION INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          IN JUST 11 MONTHS SINCE CONVENTION CENTER FLOOR PLANS BECAME AVAILABLE, AUSTIN HAS ALREADY SECURED DEFINITE AND VERBAL DEFINITE COMMITMENTS THROUGH 2040 PROJECTING TO BRING OVER 300,000 ATTENDEES AND GENERATING AN ESTIMATED 406 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR AUSTIN, INCLUDING SOME GROUPS MEETING IN TRADITIONALLY SLOWER TIMES SUCH AS EARLY JANUARY AND THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN LOCAL BUSINESSES AND WORKERS NEED IT MOST. 
          AND THE DEMAND IS NOT, IS CONTINUING. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE ACTIVE PROSPECTS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 400,000 ADDITIONAL ATTENDEES AND AN ESTIMATED 535 MILLION IN PROJECTED ECONOMIC IMPACT SINCE THE FULL YEAR OF CLOSURE OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          DURING THAT TIME, CITYWIDE HOTEL OCCUPANCY HAS DECLINED 3.6% AND 4.5%. 
          DOWNTOWN HOTEL ROOM REVENUE DROPPED 116.4 MILLION. 
          CONVENTION CENTER BUSINESS IMPACTS BEYOND JOBS AND VISITORS SPENDING. 
          AS AN EXAMPLE, DURING THE RESTAURANT FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION CONVENTION COMMUNITY FIRST RECEIVED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND ONSITE VOLUNTEER LABOR. 
          SO THE MOMENTUM IS REAL, THE DEMAND IS THERE, AND THE TIME IS NOW. 
          PLEASE APPROVE THESE BONDS TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHY DON'T WE START DOWN HERE AND WE'LL WORK THIS DIRECTION. 
          OH YEAH. 
          HELLO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS MOLLY PRIM. 
          I AM THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION. 
          I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF DISTRICT THREE. 
          UM, I'M HERE TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF, OF THE BOND ISSUANCE FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. 
          AUSTIN HOTELS HAVE LONG SUPPORTED THE CONVENTION CENTER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND HAVE INVESTED HE HEAVILY IN THE DOWNTOWN MARKET IN ANTICIPATION OF ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT. 
          SINCE THE PROJECT WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED, 37 NEW HOTELS HAVE OPENED IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN IN PREPARATION FOR THE PROJECTED 15 BILLION IMPACT TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. 
          THE PREVIOUS FACILITY WAS FORCED TO TURN AWAY NEARLY 50% OF BOOKING OPPORTUNITIES DUE TO AN INSUFFICIENT FACE SPACE AND LIMITED CALENDAR AVAILABILITY. 
          THE EXPANDED CONVENTION CENTER WILL HELP ADDRESS THIS MISSED ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WHILE POSITION POSITIONING AUSTIN AS THE HOME TO THE WORLD'S FIRST ZERO CARBON CERTIFIED CONVENTION CENTER FEATURING A 70% INCREASE IN MEETING SPACE. 
          APPROXIMATELY 300,000 HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS ARE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONVENTION CENTER BUSINESS ANNUALLY. 
          AND THAT NUMBER MORE THAN DOUBLES WHEN ACCOUNTING FOR ATTENDEES WHO BOOK OUTSIDE THE BLOCK. 
          THIS NUMBER WILL CERTAINLY GROW WITH, WITH A NEW EXPANDED CENTER PROVIDING THE WEEKDAY AND NEED TIME BUSINESS THAT WE NEED HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          NATIONAL REVPAR PERFORMANCE HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY FLAT YEAR OVER YEAR, WHILE THE AUSTIN MARKET AND SURROUNDING MARKETS HAVE EXPERIENCED DECLINES RANGING FROM 5% TO NEARLY 10% DUE TO THE CONVENTION CENTER CLOSURE. 
          THESE CHALLENGES, THESE CHALLENGING CONDITIONS CONT CONTINUE TO IMPACT NOT ONLY HOTELS, BUT ALSO RESTAURANT BARS, TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS, RETAILERS, AND OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT DEPEND ON CONVENTION AND TOURISM ACTIVITY. 
          WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE STRONG OUTCOMES AND CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP OF THE AUSTIN T ID, WHICH HAS HELPED OFFSET SOME OF THE DEMAND REDUCTIONS DURING THIS TRANSITION PERIOD. 
          IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR BOTH OUR INDUSTRY AND AUSTIN'S BROADER E ECONOMY THAT THIS PROJECT REMAIN ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET WITH APPROVAL OF THE 1.35. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I HAVE A TIME DONATED. 
          YES, IS DOUG ADDISON HERE? OKAY. 
          KATIE CAM WILL HAVE FOUR MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          HI, I AM KATIE CAM, A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE LONGTIME AUSTIN RESIDENT. 
          I DID MY MASTER'S THESIS ON THE FIRST AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION. 
          UM, I HAVE LITERALLY TALKED TO THOUSANDS OF AUSTIN VOTERS AND THEY'RE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT. 
          THEIR HEART IS WITH THE CREATIVES OF THIS CITY. 
          UM, THEY NEED THE FUNDING, THE ARTS, THE MUSIC. 
          AND I'LL GO LATER INTO MY SPEECH INTO HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN WITH THE HOTEL TAX REVENUE INSTEAD OF WITH THIS CONVENTION CENTER. 
          UM, THE COST OF, FIRST I'M GONNA START OFF WITH THE COST OF THIS CONVENTION CENTER IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE $1.3 BILLION BILLION BOND. 
          THE CENTER IS PROPOSED ON SIX VALUABLE DOWNTOWN BLOCKS. 
          AT LEAST TWO TO THREE OF THESE BLOCKS SHOULD BE SOLD AND PUT BACK IN THE PROPERTY TAX RULE TO PROVIDE REVENUE FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND AUSTIN, ISD, UM, THAT ARE IN NEED OF REVENUE. 
          BUILDING THE CONVENTION CENTER ON THOSE SIX BLOCKS AND KEEPING 'EM OFF THE PROPERTY TAX RULE IS A POOR FINANCIAL DECISION FOR THOSE TWO ENTITIES AND OTHER ENTITIES THAT ALSO RELY ON PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE OTHER WHAT IFS. 
          WHAT IF THE STATE LEGISLATURE DECIDES IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF CITIES TO BE ABLE TO USE THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE FOR OTHER USES, SUCH AS INFRASTRUCTURE 
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REPAIR BY TYING UP MOST OF THE HOTEL TAX REVENUE FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS OR MORE. 
          UH, IF THERE'S CHANGES AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WE CAN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE BECAUSE WE'VE TIED IT UP INTO A BIG GIANT EMPTY BUILDING. 
          WHAT IF HOTEL TAX REVENUE DECLINES DUE TO LOSS OF INTEREST IN TRAVEL TO AUSTIN BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF CULTURE? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT INVESTING IN THE CULTURE. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE THE PHILANTHROPY BASE LIKE OTHER CITIES DO. 
          WE NEED THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE TO SUPPORT OUR MUSICIANS, OUR ARTISTS AND CULTURE? UM, THERE COULD BE OTHER FACTORS THAT ALSO IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO ATTRACT TOURISTS. 
          THE PRIORITY WILL BE TO PAY THE CONVENTION CENTER DEBT AND NOT TO SUPPORT THE CULTURE AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          OTHER KEY THINGS THAT ACTUALLY BRING PEOPLE TO AUSTIN, AND THIS SCENARIO ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THE MID 1990S. 
          THERE WAS A DROP IN HOTEL TAX REVENUE AND THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER DEPARTMENT HAD TO DIP INTO SAVINGS TO COVER THE COSTS. 
          I HAVE COME HERE BEFORE IN ASSISTANCE COMMUNICATION. 
          I'VE PRESENTED DATA THAT SHOWS AUSTIN ALREADY HAS PLENTY OF CONVENTION SPACE, EVEN WITH THE DEMOLITION OF THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER. 
          AND THE CITY STAFF IS ALREADY GETTING PRACTICE OFFERING CONCIERGE CONVENTION SERVICES TO HELP COORDINATE THE, UH, BRINGING IN OF CONVENTIONS. 
          WHILE WE DON'T HAVE THAT BIG CON UH, THAT CONVENTION CENTER, WE'RE ALSO GETTING A NEW CONVENTION CENTER, UH, POTENTIALLY OUTTA CODA. 
          UH, PREVIOUS SPEAKERS EMPHASIZE THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER IS A BIG ECONOMIC AND INTER GENERATOR, BUT THE PROBLEM WITH HOW THEY PRESENT THE INFORMATION IS THEY DON'T COMPARE IT WITH OTHER THINGS THAT COULD BE USED WITH THE HOTEL TAX REVENUE. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING I BROUGHT UP IN A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. 
          I'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW CULTURAL VENUES ACTUALLY BRING IN WAY MORE VISITORS, FOOT TRAFFIC AND ECONOMIC GENERATION THAN A CONVENTION CENTER DOES. 
          AND THE EXAMPLES I GAVE WERE NASHVILLE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME, DENVER ART MUSEUM, THE MET IN NEW YORK CITY, ET CETERA. 
          THE ANTHROPOLOGY IN MEXICO CITY, MILLIONS OF VISITORS, UM, PUTS THE CONVENTION CENTER AS A FOOTNOTE TO THE TOURISM ECONOMY IN AUSTIN. 
          SO, UH, WE SHOULD SELL OFF DOWNTOWN AUSTIN BLOCKS, UM, THAT THE CONVENTION CENTER WAS SITTING ON TO GET THAT PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. 
          AND WE SHOULD DIVERT THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE TO THE THINGS THAT THE TEXAS STATE TAX CODE ACTUALLY ALLOWS. 
          SO ONE IS PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMMING. 
          LET'S ELEVATE THE VISIBILITY OF AUSTIN-BASED ARTISTS. 
          THIS IS HUGE FOR THEM. 
          UM, THEY REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT . 
          UH, WE CAN CREATE A CITY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM WHERE WE HIRE LOCAL MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS AND PAY THEM LIVABLE SALARIES. 
          UH, I'M SURE YOU'VE MET MANY CREATIVES. 
          THEY ARE CHARISMATIC, THEY'RE BEST AMBASSADORS FOR THE CITY AND WE SHOULD PUT 'EM ON THE CITY PAYROLL, GIVE 'EM A LIVING WAGE, AND MAKE THEM OUR BEST AMBASSADORS THAT TRAVEL THE STATE AND THE WORLD TO PROMOTE AUSTIN. 
          UM, AND THEN WE CAN ALSO, UH, CREATE A CULTURAL VENUE AS I MENTIONED BEFORE. 
          SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, VOTERS LOVE THESE IDEAS. 
          LET'S STOP THE CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT. 
          AND, UH, AUSTIN HAS A GRAVITATIONAL POOL FOR CREATIVITY. 
          WE SHOULD BUILD OFF OF THAT AND WE, YOU KNOW, MARKET OURSELVES AS LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL WORLD. 
          WE NEED TO PUT OUR MONEY BEHIND THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR WATSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS SCOTT BLAYLOCK. 
          I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE JW MARRIOTT HERE IN DOWNTOWN. 
          AND I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 16 AND THE CONTI CONTINUED PROGRESS OF THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, UH, BE BEFORE GOING FURTHER, I JUST WANNA SAY THE CONVENTION CENTER OR THE CONVENTION BUSINESS IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THIS COUNTRY. 
          UH, IN FACT, THE CNT UH, SOURCING ORGANIZATION JUST ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT AUSTIN IS ONE OF THE TOP 10 DESTINATIONS FOR CONVENTIONS. 
          AND, UH, TWO OF THE HOTELS IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ARE IN THE TOP 10 OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OUTTA 250 HOTELS. 
          SO IT'S ALIVE AND WELL. 
          AND AUSTIN IS THRIVING FROM A HOTEL OPERATIONS STANDPOINT. 
          PROJECTS LIKE THIS MATTER BECAUSE THEY DIRECTLY IMPACT HOW BUSY THE HOTELS ARE IN RESTAURANTS AND LIVE MUSIC VENUES, STAFFING LEVELS, AND AUSTIN'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE ATTRACTING MAJOR MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS OVER THE LONG TERM RELY ON THIS CONVENTION CENTER. 
          WE'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS WHAT NOT HAVING A CONVENTION CENTER MEANS OCCUPANCY IN THE HOTELS IN THE JW COMPETITIVE SET AND ALL THE ONES NEAR THE CONVENTION CENTER IS DOWN 15% OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          IN THE DECLINE IN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OCCUPANCY IMPACTS HOTELS THROUGHOUT AUSTIN. 
          IN FACT, THERE'S OVER 370 HOTELS IN AUSTIN, WHICH MAKE UP 48,000 ROOMS A NIGHT. 
          AND THE DECLINE IN OCCUPANCY FROM LAST YEAR OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS MEANS THERE'S 450,000 FEWER OCCUPIED ROOMS. THAT MEANS LESS VISITORS TO VISIT OUR RESTAURANTS, TO GO TO LIVE MUSIC VENUES AND AND SO ON. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT MEANS FEWER HOTEL WORKERS NEEDED TO DO THE JOB OF HOSTING ALL THESE VISITORS WHO COME INTO TO SEE AUSTIN. 
          WE HAVE OVER 145,000, UH, ASSOCIATES, AUSTINITES THAT WORK IN HOSPITALITY, RESTAURANTS AND LIVE MUSIC VENUES HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          LET'S NOT SLOW DOWN THE REBUILDING OF THE CONVENTION CENTER 
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KNOWING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. 
          UH, MY NAME IS THOMAS HOFFMAN. 
          I AM THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE AUSTIN AREA DOWNTOWN, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT, UH, THE ITEM 16 AND THE CONTINUED PROGRESS OF THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. 
          AS A HOTEL LOCATED DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE CONVENTION CENTER REDEVELOPMENT SITE, WE EXPERIENCED THE IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          OUR GUEST, EMPLOYEES AND OPERATIONS ARE NAVIGATING THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, STREET CLOSURES, NOISE AND TEMPORARY DISRUPTION THAT NATURALLY COME WITH THE PROJECT OF THIS SCALE. 
          BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THOSE ARE SHORT TERM CHALLENGES IN SUPPORT OF A LONG TERM INVESTMENT. 
          THIS IS CRITICAL TO AUSTIN'S FUTURE AND SUCCESS FOR US. 
          THIS IS NOT AN ABSTRACT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION. 
          IT DIRECTLY IMPACTS NEARLY 400 ASSOCIATES WHO WALK AT OUR HOTEL EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          CONVENTION BUSINESS HELPS CREATE STABLE WORKDAY OCCUPANCY, MORE CONSISTENT SCHEDULING, STRONGER BANQUET AND WESTERN ON DEMAND AND RELIABLE HOURS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 
          THOSE LARGE CITYWIDE EVENTS DRIVE BUSINESS ONLY FOR OUR GUEST ROOMS, BUT ALSO FOR HOUSEKEEPING TEAMS, BANQUET SERVERS, COOKS, PARTNERS WANT US ASSOCIATES, VALE ATTENDANTS, AND MANY OTHER HOSPITALITY WORKERS ACROSS DOWNTOWN AUSTIN. 
          THE AUSTIN CONVENTION CENTER HAS HISTORICALLY GENERATED ABOUT 400,000 HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS ANNUALLY, AND AVERAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 28 CITYWIDE CONVENTIONS ANNUALLY WITH MORE THAN 1500 PEAK ROOM NIGHTS EACH. 
          SO YES, WE ARE DOING WELL. 
          SINCE THE CONVENTION OF CLOSURE BEGAN, WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN NEARLY 20,000 GROUP ROOM NIGHTS COME OFF OUR FUTURE BOOKING. 
          THAT'S FOR OUR HOTEL REPRESENTING MORE THAN $8 MILLION IN LOST ROOM REVENUE AT OUR HOTEL ALONE. 
          THAT IMPACTS STAFF STAFFING, DISCUSSIONS, FORECASTING, AND LONG-TERM OPERATIONAL PLANNING. 
          WE ARE ALSO SEEING BROADER SOFTNESS ACROSS THE DOWNTOWN MARKET INDUSTRY REPORTING. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          ALL SPEAKERS ON ITEM 16 HAVE BEEN CALLED BECAUSE WE STARTED WITH ITEM 16 COMING OUT OF AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE IF YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 16 AND YOU HAVE NOT HEARD YOUR NAME CALLED, UH, LET, LET US KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT MAY BE THAT YOU WERE MAKING YOUR WAY BACK IN. 
          AND I THEN I WANNA MAKE SURE WE ACCOMMODATE THAT. 
          OTHERWISE, ALL OF THE SPEAKERS ON ITEM 16 HAVE BEEN CALLED AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A MOTION AND A VOTE. 
          IS THERE ANYONE THAT SIGNED UP FOR ITEM 16 THAT MAY NOT HAVE HEARD THEIR NAME CALLED BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT IN THE LOBBY? DID YOU SIGN UP ON 16? I DID, BUT I DONATE, DONATED MY TIME TO MR. BUNCH, BUT I WAS GETTING MY BAG CHECKED AGAIN BEFORE I COULD GET IN HERE. 
          BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON YOU. 
          WELL, IF YOU ALREADY DONATED YOUR TIME, YOU DON'T GET TO DO THAT. 
          AND, AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT MR. WHALEY. 
          THANK YOU THOUGH. 
          WELL, WE AND AND WE ARE NOT GONNA NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU RIGHT NOW EITHER, SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, OKAY, THAT BEING THE CASE, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP ON ITEM 16 HAVE SPOKEN. 
          UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER 16. 
          THE MAYOR PRO TEM MOVES APPROVAL. 
          IT'S SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. 
          IS THERE DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 16? HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          ITEM NUMBER 16 IS APPROVED WITH, UH, CA UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL TEMPORARILY OFF THE DAIS AND THE ABSENCES THAT I PREVIOUSLY INDICATED WERE GOING TO, UH, BE HERE, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER LANE IS VOTING VIRTUALLY. 
          ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES 
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ITEM NUMBER 16 MEMBERS. 
          WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW IS WE WILL GO BACK TO THE CONSENT SPEAKERS. 
          WE WERE IN THE, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE CITY CLERK CHECK MY MATH ON THIS. 
          WE WERE IN THE, WE WERE IN THE ITEM NUMBER 39 AT THE TIME. 
          UM, MEMBERS, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 39 AND GO AHEAD AND HAVE A CONTINUATION OF THOSE SPEAKERS BECAUSE WE WERE ALREADY INTO THE ITEM, BUT BASED UPON, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST, UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION, IS THAT WE PULL ITEMS 38 AND 39 OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A SPECIFIC DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO THEM. 
          AFTER WE'VE PASSED THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          MY RECOMMENDATION WILL BE, SINCE ITEM NUMBER 60 IS SCHEDULED AS A PUBLIC HEARING, WE WILL TAKE THAT, UH, WE WILL BRING UP ITEM 38 AND 39 AFTER WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 60. 
          AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, JUST EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. 
          BUT WE WILL GO BACK TO THE SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE WILL START WITH THOSE WHO ARE LEFT ON ITEM NUMBER 39. 
          CONTINUE WITH ITEM ONE SECOND, ONE SECOND. 
          ONE OTHER THING I WANNA POINT OUT TO EVERYBODY AT TWO O'CLOCK. 
          AT TWO O'CLOCK WE'RE GONNA 
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PAUSE AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP OUR TIME CERTAIN AT TWO O'CLOCK BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE POSTPONED. 
          BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO POSTPONE THEM TILL NEXT WEEK, WE HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO POST THEM. 
          UH, WE HAVE TO HAVE TIME TO GIVE NOTICE. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO GET THOSE TAKEN UP AND NOT HAVE THEM AT SOMETIME LATER IN THE DAY. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S WITH ME ON THAT. 
          ALRIGHT, NOW I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING YOU, BUT PLEASE GO TO ITEM 39. 
          OKAY. 
          ITEM THREE NINE, JANICE, BOOK OUT. 
          ERIC PAUS, KIM VASQUEZ. 
          DANIEL LOWE. 
          I HAVE BOBBY LAVINSKY WITH TIME DONATED FROM BETSY GREENBERG AND BARBARA MACARTHUR. 
          ARE THEY BOTH HERE? OKAY, BOBBY, WHEN HE SPEAKS, WE'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. 
          JANICE BOOKOUT, UH, DISTRICT FOUR TO CONTINUE. 
          UM, FROM MY EARLIER STATEMENT, PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS AREA ARE IN A FORCED STATE OF RESILIENCE DUE TO HISTORIC DISINVESTMENT. 
          THE AREA HAS ONE CONVENIENCE STORE, NO GROCERY STORE, NO AMENITIES, AND NO POLLING LOCATION. 
          THERE ARE NO SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, OR PARKS. 
          AND THERE'S FLOODING. 
          ABOUT 40% OF DOGS HEAD ITSELF IS IN THE 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN. 
          ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS ADJACENT TO DOG HEAD ARE ALSO IN THE 25 AND 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN. 
          THE EJ SCREEN, UM, FORMALLY FEDERAL NEWLY, UH, RE RECAPTURED ELSEWHERE, UM, CITES THE CITY AS AN AREA IMPACTED BY WASTEWATER DISCHARGE 90 TO 95TH PERCENTILE. 
          NITROGEN OXIDE 90 95 TO A HUNDRED PERCENTILE PARTICULATE MATTER, UH, 90 TO A HUNDRED PERCENT A PERCENTILE WITH CRITICAL SERVICE GAPS IN LACKING HEALTH INSURANCE, BROADBAND GAPS, HOUSING BURDEN, TRANSPORTATION ACCESS BURDEN, AND A FOOD DESERT FLOOD RISK IS IN THE 80 TO 100 PERCENTILE. 
          I'VE BEEN WORKING RECENTLY WITH THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IMPACTED IN THE SANDY CREEK AREA BY THE JULY 5TH FLOODS. 
          THE DEVASTATION IS HEARTBREAKING. 
          PEOPLE LOST FAMILY MEMBERS WHOLE HOMES AND THE RECOVERY WILL TAKE YEARS. 
          SUCH AN EVENT CAN ALSO PUSH PEOPLE INTO HOMELESSNESS, WHERE IN OUR CURRENT POLICY, THE CITY WILL THEN USE ITS BLOATED POLICE FORCE TO REPEATEDLY TAKE THEIR BELONGINGS AND PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING REST. 
          AUSTIN LOVES ITSELF SO MUCH, AND IN TRUTH, I HAVE LOVED MY LIFE HERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS, BUT IT IS SI IT IS TIME TO NAME THAT OUR CITY IS CRUEL TO ITS MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE. 
          A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SIZE SHOULD HAVE DUE DILIGENCE, LEAN ON COMMISSIONS AND INCLUDE COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          THANK YOU MS. BOOKOUT. 
          MR. LAVINSKY. 
          THANK YOU COUNSEL. 
          BOBBY LAVINSKY SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE. 
          UM, THIS ITEM IS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          BOTH THE ITEMS ARE CONNECTED. 
          UM, SECTION 3.01 OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          I WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE TERMS FOR YOU SO YOU CAN, UM, UNDERSTAND WHAT'S, WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY APPROVING. 
          THE VESTED RIGHTS COMPONENT. 
          SO THE AGREEMENT CONSTITUTES A PERMIT UNDER CHAPTER 2 45 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          THAT'S THE VESTING RIGHTS STATUTE. 
          AND IT IS THE FIRST IN THE SERIES OF PERMITS REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, AFTER TODAY, AFTER YOU VOTE FOR IT, YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT. 
          THERE WILL BE NO ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO, TO AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRING ON THE PROPERTY. 
          UM, AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY EVEN GO BEYOND THE 45 YEARS. 
          UM, SECTION 3.03 AUTHORIZATION OF GRANT VARIANCES. 
          SO EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN, UH, THE ZONING CODE OR OTHERWISE IN THE AGREEMENT, THE DIRECTOR OR HIS SUCCESSOR OR HER SUCCESSOR IS AUTHORIZED TO GRANT VARIANCES FROM ANY LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENT. 
          THE DIRECTOR MAY ONLY GRANT A VARIANCE IF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE MEETS APPLICABLE CRITERIA, IF ANY AS MAY BE ESTABLISHED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. 
          SO THAT REALLY MEANS THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CODE PROCESS, THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL VARIANCE PROCESS IS BEING UHER. 
          AND THEN THAT GOES TO JUST THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHOEVER THAT MAY BE AT THE TIME. 
          AND IT ONLY APPLIES FOR, LIKE, THE CRITERIA THAT'S IN THE CODE ONLY REALLY APPLIES IF THERE ANY EXISTS. 
          SO IF THERE'S NO CRITERIA IN THE CODE FOR ANY OF THE DEVELOP LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, UM, THEN THEY CAN JUST APPROVE IT BY THEIR OWN, UH, BY THEIR OWN JUDGMENT. 
          SO THERE'S NO CRITERIA FOR THEM TO BE APPLYING HERE. 
          UM, I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER UNDER SECTION 3.04. 
          THERE'S A USE DESCRIBED AS AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND BOAT TESTING. 
          THAT'S THE SAME USE THAT CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES, THE MILITARY CONTRACTOR THAT WOULD JUST APPLY FOR A AIR PERMIT IN THE AREA, BUT WITHDREW IT AFTER COMMUNITY OPPOSITION. 
          UM, THAT'S THE SAME USE THAT THEY 
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DESCRIBE IT AS. 
          SO YOU MIGHT BE APPROVING, UM, THAT SAME MILITARY CONTRACTOR THAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY'S SO OPPOSED TO, UM, UNDER SECTION 3.05 LAND USES. 
          SO AGAIN, I MENTIONED THAT PRETTY MUCH ANY, ANY ZONING, UH, PERMITTED USE IS ALLOWED UNDER THE AGREEMENT, UNDER THE MIXED USE AREA. 
          BUT, UM, THERE'S THIS REALLY, UH, INTERESTING SECTION, SECTION 3.05 C, WHICH SAYS, FOR NEW USES, IF CITY COUNCIL CREATES ANY NEW LAND USE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT. 
          SO THINK DATA CENTERS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING A NEW USE FOR DATA CENTERS. 
          IT IS A PERMITTED USE IN THE MIXED DISTRICT, EXCEPT IF THE COUNCIL ONLY PERMITS THE NEW LAND USE IN MAJOR INDUSTRY OR RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS, THE USE WILL BE SUBJECT TO SPACING REQUIREMENTS IN SECTION 3.14. 
          SO UNLESS YOU'RE AGREEING TO, UH, ESTABLISH THAT THE NEW USES ARE ONLY, UM, UH, PERMITTED IN CERTAIN, IN CERTAIN USES, SO YOU'RE PRE MAKE, YOU'RE PRE MAKING THAT DETERMINATION, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THE, THE BY RIGHT ABILITY TO DO THAT. 
          IT WOULD BE BETTER JUST TO SAY, HEY, YOU CAN'T DO DATA CENTERS ON THE SITE. 
          UM, PUT THAT IN THE AGREEMENT HERE, UH, UNDER SECTION 3.07, UH, IMPERVIOUS COVER EXCEPT AS PROVIDED AN OPEN SPACE, WHICH AGAIN, THE OPEN SPACE ONLY GETS TRIGGERED IF YOU APPROVE A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING ZONE DISTRICT. 
          UM, THERE ARE NO IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS WITHIN THE DOG'S HEAD PROPERTY. 
          SO A HUNDRED PERCENT IMPERVIOUS COVER EXCEPT WITH THE OPEN SPACE THAT IS CONTINGENT, UH, TO BE DEDICATED. 
          THEY CAN'T EXCEED 20% IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          AND SO THAT OPEN SPACE AREA INCLUDES A LOT OF THE RIPARIAN ZONES. 
          THERE'S SPECIAL CAR CARVE OUT PROVISIONS THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO GOLF CART TRAILS WITHIN THE RIPARIAN ZONE, UM, FOR COMPATIBILITY STANDARD. 
          SO THE NEIGHBORS THAT WERE HERE SAYING THAT THEY HAVE HAD NO NOTICE ABOUT THIS, IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEM BECAUSE THEIR RIGHTS TO, UM, COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS ARE GONNA BE OVERRIDDEN BY THIS AGREEMENT BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO, UH, TO COMPLY WITH THEM. 
          UNDER SECTION 3.08, SECTION 3.09, WAIVES ALL HEIGHT REQUIRED RESTRICTIONS FOR THE PROPERTY 3.09, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO THERE'S A, A, A PROMISE TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LEARN FROM OUR PAST MISTAKES. 
          SO IF I REMEMBER BLOCK 21, THE, THE PROPERTY THAT WAS JUST A A, THAT'S NOW THE W HOTEL, WE HAD A SIMILAR PROVISION IN THERE THAT SAID, UM, IF YOU DO RENTAL HOUSING, YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO DO, YOU HAVE TO DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU HAVE TO DO IT AT A CERTAIN LEVEL THAT IN THAT AGREEMENT THEY DIDN'T DO RENTAL HOUSING, ENDED UP DOING OWNERSHIP HOUSING, SO WE NEVER GOT ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING THERE. 
          UNDER SECTION 3.15, IT ONLY SAYS THAT, UH, THAT THEY INTEND TO DO RESIDENTIAL, UH, UNITS. 
          AND IF THEY DO SO, YOU'LL GET INCOME RESTRICTED HOUSING FOR 20% OF THE TOTAL FOR PERIOD OF 40 YEARS. 
          HALF OF THAT, THEY'RE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HALF OF THAT. 
          THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR, UM, UNDER SECTION 0.4 0.01. 
          UM, THE PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE IS GOING TO BE, UH, COMPLETELY, UM, OVERRIDDEN. 
          UH, IT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE DOGHEAD PROPERTY AND IN LIEU OF THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, THERE'S A SERIES OF THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO HAPPEN HERE. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT ONLY GETS TRIGGERED IF THEY'RE GETTING THEIR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT APPROVED BY THE CITY. 
          UH, SO THE WATER QUALITY, UH, COMPLIANCE, SO THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE, UH, THE OLD MINING OPERATIONS ON THE SITE. 
          UM, THERE IS NO, THERE'S BEEN NO ANALYSIS, NO PUBLIC SCRUTINY ABOUT WHETHER THOSE, THOSE MINING PONDS COULD BE WELL SUITED FOR WATER QUALITY PONDS. 
          UM, AND WHAT'S INTERESTING HERE IS THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY PROVISIONS THAT SAY THAT THE MORE TOXIC USES SHOULD NOT BE USING THOSE UH, SITES. 
          SO IT RAISES THE QUESTION OF WHAT WATER QUALITY TREATMENT THOSE MINING PONDS WILL ACTUALLY BE PROVIDING FOR THE CITY. 
          AND AGAIN, YOU MIGHT, YOU HAVE A PROVISION HERE THAT HAS THE DEVELOP, UH, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SAYING, WE'RE JUST GONNA WAIVE ANY REQUIREMENT LATER. 
          UH, WHERE ELSE DO I WANNA GO WITH THIS? I'M JUST, I'M JUST, Y'ALL REALLY NEED TO GET INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND JUST SEE WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING HERE BECAUSE IT CANNOT BE UNDONE AND I CANNOT EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM 39, WE HAVE RICH HAYMAN. 
          BRAD MASSENGILL, LEE EDWARDS. 
          IS LEE EDWARDS HERE? I DON'T SEE LEE EDWARDS. 
          OKAY. 
          TOLD ME. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          TOMMY. 
          JOAQUIN HANCOCK. 
          VICTORIA FINN, IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          MR. MASS MCGILL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          PLEASE BEGIN. 
          I AM BACK. 
          UH, I'M GONNA FINISH THAT THOUGHT I WAS HALFWAY THROUGH. 
          UH, THE, THIS, THIS AREA OF THE COLORADO RIVER IS ON A, A MEANDER. 
          IT'S A, A GEOLOGICAL HYDROLOGICAL 
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BEECHER, UH, THAT, THAT BASICALLY MEANS THAT THIS RIVER CHANGES COURSES AND IT'S ON A LOOP RIGHT NOW THAT IT'S BEEN ON. 
          BUT ANY, ANY FLOODING EVENT COULD CHANGE THE COURSE OF THIS RIVER. 
          AND LOOKING AT IT, THAT LITTLE ISUS WHERE THE HIGHWAY IS, THAT LOOKS LIKE THE MOST LIKELY PLACE, THIS PLACE COULD EASILY FLOOD. 
          AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING INDUSTRIAL USES HERE I WAS, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE, THE THING IN OASIS COUNTY EARLIER IN ROBS TOWN, THIS, UH, TESLA FACTORY, THEY GOT THE PERMITS, THEY DID ALL THE RIGHT STUFF. 
          BUT WHEN THEY, THE TCEQ FINALLY GOT OUT THERE AND PUT SOME, UH, ACTUAL MONITORING EQUIPMENT IN THE WATER, IT HAS TO SIT THERE FOR A WHILE. 
          THEY FOUND ALL KIND OF THINGS, UH, HEXAVALENT, CHROMIUM, ARSENIC, STROUM, LITHIUM AND VANADIUM, ELEVATED LEVELS OF MAGNESIUM, IRON, PHOSPHORUS, CALCIUM, MAGNESIUM, AMMONIA, WHICH IS CONTRIBUTES TO, UH, ALGAE BLOOM. 
          UH, SOUTH AUSTIN CREEK ALLIANCE. 
          WE HAD A CAMP OUT LAST YEAR. 
          UH, IT WAS IN THIS AREA. 
          BEAUTIFUL AREA, YOU KNOW, TOTALLY QUIET DICHOTOMY. 
          ONE SIDE IS THIS NATURE. 
          THE OTHER SIDE IS THIS INDUSTRIAL WALL JUST GOES STRAIGHT UP. 
          YOU CAN HEAR THE TRUCKS ON THE OTHER SIDE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THIS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LOW DEPLOYMENT. 
          UH, WATER GOES DOWNHILL. 
          THIS IS ALL DOWNHILL FROM AUSTIN. 
          JUST SETTING UP SOMETHING LIKE THIS RIGHT IN A PLACE THAT'S LIKELY TO FLOOD SEEMS LIKE IDIOCY TO ME. 
          THANK YOU MR. MASSENGILL. 
          PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JOAQUIN HANCOCK, TOMMY JOAQUIN HANCOCK FROM DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AND I'M CURIOUS REGARDING RECENT EVENTS OF ITEMS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND, UH, THAT ARE PRESENTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          WHAT HAPPENED TO CAUSE YOU, OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO ABANDON THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT PROTECT THE POTENTIAL AND PROMISE OF AUSTIN AS A VIABLE COMMUNITY FOR OUR FAMILIES AND FUTURE RESIDENTS? BECAUSE INITIATIVES ARE NOT PROPERLY VETTED AND PRESENTED TO VOTING STAKEHOLDERS, I'M CONCERNED THAT THE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE ARE BEING THREATENED BY THE DESIRES AND FORMIDABLE RE FORMIDABLE RESOURCES OF A MINORITY OF CORPORATIONS AND WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS. 
          PLEASE POSTPONE ON THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MR. EDWARDS. 
          YOU HAD TIME DONATED FROM GARRETT TONGUE. 
          IS THAT PERSON HERE? HE IS NOT. 
          OKAY, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES. 
          TWO MINUTES. 
          TWO MINUTES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. 
          I AM REQUESTING, UH, A NO VOTE, ESSENTIALLY A POSTPONEMENT ON 39 AS WELL AS 38 AND 60. 
          UH, WE SPOKE, I SPOKE OTHER PEOPLE SPOKE ABOUT PROCESS THIS MORNING. 
          TRANSPARENCY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          I WANT TO SPEAK JUST REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT CONTENT AND A VERY SMALL PIECE OF CONTENT. 
          OUR LITTLE SECTION OF OTTS LANE, IMMEDIATELY EAST OF 180 3 IS WHERE THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL WILL PASS RIGHT ON THE STREET. 
          IT'S A REGULAR QUIET RESIDENTIAL STREET, 30 FEET WIDE. 
          THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE TO PUT A HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. 
          SO THE VARIOUS MENTIONS OF WAYS TO DO THAT IN THE BACKUP MATERIALS, UH, THEY ALL COME WITH COSTS. 
          THERE ARE SHORT SETBACKS IN THAT AREA. 
          MY HOUSE AND THE HOUSE IS ON EITHER SIDE. 
          NONE HAS A SETBACK MORE THAN 17 FEET. 
          WE'RE ALSO ON PROPANE, NOT GAS. 
          THERE ARE WATER METERS RIGHT THERE. 
          THERE WILL BE UPHEAVAL. 
          IF YOU LOOK IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL, YOU CAN SEE A DOTTED LINE SHOWING THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL GOING DOWN HERTS LANE ON THE STREET. 
          THEN IT CURVES DOWN TO THE RIVERBANK AS YOU GET INTO THE CITY ON PROPERTY FARTHER TO THE EAST. 
          HOPE THAT'S MAKING SENSE. 
          180 3 HERTZ LANE EXTENSION OF THE TRAIL CURVED DOWN TO THE RIVER. 
          WELL, THAT CURVE AS DEPICTED IN THE BACKUP MATERIALS, CURVES THROUGH MY LIVING ROOM. 
          IT CURVES THROUGH THE LIVING ROOM ON MY NEXT DOOR. 
          NEIGHBORS. 
          MAYBE THAT'S INTENTIONAL. 
          WE NEED TO BULLDOZE SOME HOUSES. 
          I'M NOT ASSUMING THAT. 
          BUT IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THEN IT'S SLOPPY DRAWING OF MAPS. 
          MAYBE IT'S TRUE THAT THIS DEPICTION IN ANOTHER ITEM OF CARGO'S LANE AS A TWO F CORRIDOR WITH THE LEGEND SPECIFYING THAT IS A 92 FOOT WIDE CORRIDOR IS IN FACT ACCURATE. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM 39, WE HAVE TONA VASQUEZ, KATHERINE BROWN, 
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MEGAN MEISENBACH, ROY WHALEY, KIBA WHITE, CARMEN YANAS, ELIZABETH LEVINS. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S IN CALL, PLEASE COME FORWARD, MR. WHALEY, WE'LL START WITH YOU AND WE'LL WORK TOWARD MS. GIANNIS. 
          YES, MY NAME'S ROY WHALEY. 
          I'M A LONG TIME ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          I WANTED TO WEAR DISGUISE IN HERE TODAY. 
          PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE A DOG'S HEAD DISGUISE OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE THING IS, IS A MONSTROUS DISGUISE. 
          THEY WON'T TELL US WHAT THIS MYSTERY BUSINESS IS, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOME HIGH WATER OR ENERGY USE AI. 
          IS IT GOING TO BE, UH, A MILITARY USE? IS IT GONNA BE LIKE RICHARD SU TOLD ME EARLIER TODAY THAT THEY'RE GONNA MANUFACTURE FIGHTER JETS THERE AND THEN TAXI ACROSS 79 TO THE AIRPORT? WHAT IS THIS? YOU WOULDN'T BE SAYING THAT AND THAT WOULD BE TRUE, WOULD YOU, MR. WOOD? NO, BUT HE HAD, HE HAD A SLY WINK IN HIS EYE. 
          AH, BUT NONETHELESS, IT COULD BE. 
          WE WOULDN'T KNOW. 
          THIS IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE RULES FOR US AND RULES FOR YOU. 
          AND AS MUCH AS WE CAN IGNORE THE SUB, UH, THE FLOODPLAIN WHEN WE NEED TO, WE CAN OVERLOOK THOSE THINGS. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. 
          I I DON'T SEE HOW ANYONE, I DON'T SEE HOW ANY OF Y'ALL CAN SUPPORT THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING IN THERE. 
          HOW MUCH HOUSING IS GOING IN THERE, HOW MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOW MUCH OPEN SPACE, WHAT IS 100% IMP IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          WHAT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS. 
          LOOK, IF Y'ALL ARE INTO WRITING A BLANK CHECK, WRITE ONE TO ME. 
          I COULD USE THE MONEY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I HOPE YOU WILL COME TO YOUR SENSES AND SAY, NOT NOW. 
          NOT NOW. 
          MAYBE LATER, BUT NOT NOW. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS WAY, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS DR. CATHERINE BROWN. 
          I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ONCE. 
          UM, I'M HERE JUST SIMPLY TO REITERATE SOME OF MY PREVIOUS CONCERNS REGARDING PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UM, PART OF MY WORK ALSO ASIDE FROM MODELING, UM, EMERGING DISEASES IN TEXAS AND ALSO LOCALLY, IS THE INTEGRATION OF THESE WITH FLOODING. 
          AND ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS, OF COURSE, IS PART OF IT IS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE, OF COURSE, ON THE FLOODPLAINS, ON THE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND WHAT THAT WILL MEAN. 
          NOT JUST FOR, AS I SAID, THE EXISTING RESIDENTS WITH THE NEW RESIDENTS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT. 
          YOU KNOW, AS OUR CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT THERE'S A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECTING THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE ACTUAL RISKS ARE. 
          AND NO RISK ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN DONE YET ON ALL THESE PROBLEMS THAT COULD OR MIGHT EMERGE AS A RESULT OF THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ONE CAN'T MITIGATE AGAINST THIS, BUT WITH NO PLAN, THERE IS NO WAY TO MITIGATE. 
          AND IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE FACING? YOU KNOW, WE'RE FACING, UM, POTENTIAL TRANSIENT ENVIRONMENTS WITH STANDING WATER THAT BECOME BREEDING GROUNDS FOR MOSQUITOES AND OTHER PATHOGENS, WATER PATHOGENS. 
          WE ALREADY ARE ENDEMIC FOR WILD WEST NILE VIRUS HERE AND OTHER DISEASES ARE REGRESSING FROM THE SOUTH UPWARDS THROUGH OUR RIVERS AND THROUGH OUR ECOSYSTEM. 
          THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING A, A GREEN CORRIDOR, WHICH ALSO HAS GREAT BENEFIT FOR REDUCING PESTS, FOR KEEPING DOWN, UM, FOR KEEPING DOWN OTHER SORTS OF FLOODING AS WELL AS, UM, PEST CONTROL. 
          I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE, I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A, A WAY FORWARD THAT COULD BE EQUITABLE FOR EVERYONE. 
          BUT WITHOUT THE TIME TO MAKE THE ASSESSMENTS AND MAKE THE RIGHT PLANS, WE PUT OURSELVES, OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS ALSO AT RISK. 
          SO PLEASE DO CONSIDER, UM, POSTPONING THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. JANNIS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. 
          CARMEN JANNIS, DISTRICT NINE. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GOWA BAMO AUSTIN. 
          AND I WAS BAPTIZED IN THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER, UH, NOT BY A CHURCH. 
          I WAS BROUGHT INTO MY, UH, RELATIONSHIP WITH MY ANCESTRY NATIVE TO THIS LAND. 
          AND THE COLORADO RIVER, WHICH IS OUR YANA, 
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IT IS OUR CELESTIAL RIVER. 
          UM, I KNOW THE LOWER COLORADO WILL, WELL, AND THIS IS QUITE A WAYS FAR DOWN, BUT THERE ARE PLACES ON THIS RIVER WHERE AS YOU'VE HEARD, IT'S THE WATER'S CLEAN ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY DRINK. 
          THERE IS PRISTINE SHORELAND HERE. 
          AND THE FUTURE OF THIS IS IN YOUR HANDS. 
          THIS IS BEYOND THE NEXT ELECTION. 
          THIS IS BEYOND EVEN THE 45 YEARS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TAKE AWAY OUR PUBLIC AUTHORITY OVER MAKING CHANGES HERE. 
          IT GOES FAR BEYOND MY DAD'S LIFETIME, WHO GAVE A LOT OF HIS LIFE TO CREATING THE COLORADO RIVER CONSERVANCY AND PRESERVING THIS LAND. 
          WHAT ARE WE GONNA NAME THAT? YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T DO THAT TO BE NAMED. 
          HE DID THAT SO THAT THAT RIVER WOULD HAVE ITS PLACE WITH OUR ANCESTORS AND WITH OUR CHILDREN LONG AFTER WE'RE GONE. 
          AND THIS IS REALLY THE LEGACY THAT YOU'RE HOLDING. 
          IT'S, THIS IS ABOUT YOUR HUMANITY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 
          BUT IF WE WANNA TALK IN POLITICAL TERMS, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT DATA CENTERS, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT DEFENSE COMPANIES, AND I'M SURE IT FEELS LIKE A LOT OF FEARMONGERING, BUT UNTIL YOU PRECLUDE THOSE FROM THE LANGUAGE, UNTIL OUR COMMISSIONS CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THIS AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS DON'T APPEAR, PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT IT. 
          AND NOW WE HEARD FROM RICHARD SU, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS. 
          WELL, SEVEN YEARS AGO, REAL ESTATE FINANCING LOOKED A LOT DIFFERENT, RIGHT? AND A BIG MULTI-UNIT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. 
          LIKE THE DOMAIN MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS FINANCEABLE THAT WAS ACTUALLY FEASIBLE FINANCIALLY. 
          IT IS NOT RIGHT NOW. 
          RICHARD NEGOTIATED THE BORDEN TRACKED DEAL, RIGHT? YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT? I KNOW YOU REMEMBER THAT VELASQUEZ. 
          Y'ALL, WE NEED MORE TIME TO DISCUSS THIS. 
          TARA FAB IS ELON MUSK, MUSK COMPANY THAT'S MANUFACTURING. 
          BILLIONAIRES ARE DESTROYING OUR WORLD. 
          THIS IS OF HUMANITY. 
          FIGURE IT OUT. 
          MS. WHITE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, KABA WHITE ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC CITIZENS TEXAS OFFICE. 
          I THINK THAT MANY OF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF URBANIST AND PERHAPS EVEN ENVIRONMENTALIST OR AT LEAST ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS IS CLEARLY SPRAWL. 
          SO EVEN IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, I WOULD URGE YOU NOT TO GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO, YOU KNOW, BEND THE RULES, AVOID THE PROCESS TO GIVE IT ITS FULL SCRUTINY. 
          IT APPEARS THAT IT IS A PIECE OF, UH, LAND AND AREA THAT COULD BEAR SOME ATTENTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          HOWEVER, WE NEED A LOT MORE INFORMATION. 
          WE NEED TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT DOES BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT AND AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE AREA AND DEFINITELY PRECLUDES DATA CENTERS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA CIRCLE BACK TO THAT BECAUSE I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THE NEWS. 
          THIS IS A RISING ISSUE HERE IN TEXAS, AND IT REALLY CROSSES PARTY LINES. 
          SO IF THERE'S ONE WAY TO UNITE A COMMUNITY, AND WE'VE SEEN THIS NOT JUST IN TEXAS, BUT IN OTHER STATES AS WELL, IS TO START DOING BIG, UH, GIVEAWAYS AND, AND CUTTING DEALS WITH DEVELOPMENT FOR DATA CENTERS. 
          IT IS VERY UNPOPULAR POLITICALLY, AND IT'S FOR GOOD REASON. 
          IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE WATER HOGS, THEY'RE ENERGY HOGS, THEY'RE UNSIGHTLY, AND THEY DAMAGE OUR ENVIRONMENT AND USE OUR LAND FOR SOMETHING THAT MOST OF US ARE NOT GOING TO BENEFIT FROM. 
          SO LET'S, FIRST OF ALL, MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE USED FOR. 
          AND LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER IT IS GONNA BE USED FOR IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL SPEAKERS FOR ITEM 39 HAVE BEEN CALLED. 
          PLEASE GO TO ITEM 40. 
          DAVID WEINBERG, BETSY GREENBERG, ABREA RUDDER, CAROL BAXTER, ITEM 40, BRAD MASSENGILL, MEGAN MEISENBACH, JEN ROBO ENOVIA, JOSEPH, KATIE. 
          CAM, IF YOUR NAME'S BEING CALLED, GO AHEAD AND COME FORWARD. 
          IF THERE'S AN OPEN SEAT HERE AT THE, UM, DESK, TAKE THAT. 
          IF NOT, SIT IN THE FRONT ROW PLEASE. 
          MS. GREENBERG, WE'LL START WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS BETSY GREENBERG AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE, AND I TOOK THE BUS TO GET HERE TODAY. 
          WHEN I HEARD FROM FRIENDS THAT MONEY IS BEING TRANSFERRED, TRANSFERRED FROM AUSTIN ENERGY, AUSTIN WATER, AND AUSTIN WATERSHED PROTECTION TO AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP. 
          I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A JOKE, BUT I SEE FROM ITEM 40, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS PROPOSED TO THE TUNE OF $37 MILLION. 
          AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP HAS ALREADY ERODED THE PUBLIC TRUST BY OVER PROMISING TO OBTAIN VOTER APPROVAL OF A PERMANENT TAX RATE INCREASE, AND THEN REDESIGNING A RADICALLY SCALED DOWN PROJECT CONNECT. 
          IN FACT, JUST TODAY, THE 
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TEXAS TRIBUNE POSTED AN ARTICLE ENTITLED HOW AUSTIN'S PROJECT CONNECT WENT OFF THE RAILS. 
          THE CITY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PROVIDE FUNDING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE PER PERPETUAL TAX REVENUE STREAM. 
          THE VOTERS APPROVED TO PAY FOR COMPONENTS OF PROJECT CONNECT. 
          AND IF OUR UTILITIES, PARTICULARLY AUSTIN ENERGY HAS THE MONEY AVAILABLE, IT SHOULD BE USED TO LOWER COSTS FOR RATE PAYERS. 
          SIMILARLY, IF WATERSHED PROTECTION HAS ADDITIONAL ROOM IN THEIR BUDGET, IT SHOULD BE USED FOR FLOOD MITIGATION. 
          PROJECT CONNECT SHOULD BE FUNDED BY THE VOTER APPROVED INCREASE TO AUSTIN'S PROPERTY TAX AND THE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT AUSTIN WILL RECEIVE, PLEASE VOTE NO ON ITEM 40. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, DAVID WEINBERG, DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I JUST WANT TO PICK UP QUICKLY ON ONE THING BETSY MENTIONED. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY IN AUSTIN, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS. 
          I THINK MOST, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE THINK OF FIRST AND FOREMOST RENT, UH, THEIR, UH, THEIR PROPERTY TAXES, THAT TYPE OF THING, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ON THAT LIST. 
          THERE'S GAS AND GROCERIES, THERE'S CHILDCARE AND HEALTHCARE. 
          AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO CITY FEES WHICH HAVE BEEN GOING UP, UH, FOR CUSTOMERS, UM, IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING $37 MILLION FROM AUSTIN WATER AND GIVING IT TO PROJECT CONNECT, I I, I CERTAINLY AS A RESIDENT, TAXPAYER W WOULD LIKE TO SEE JUST A LITTLE MORE ENGLISH ON, ON WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING HERE. 
          THE, THE, THIS IS A PRETTY, UH, SPARSELY, UH, SPELLED OUT, UM, AGENDA ITEM. 
          AND, AND IT WOULD JUST BE GOOD, I THINK, FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW THESE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR WATSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS CAROL BAXTER. 
          I'M THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN ROWING CLUB, WHICH IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          AND I'M SPEAKING REGARDING ITEM 40. 
          AND WE'LL NOTE IT'S ALSO RELATED TO ITEM 79. 
          AUSTIN ROWING CLUB OR A RC HAS BEEN PART OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY SINCE 1981. 
          FOR MANY YEARS, OUR ORIGINAL BOATHOUSE WAS LOCATED ON TRINITY STREET UNTIL THAT PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED FOR THE WALLER CREEK TUNNEL PROJECT. 
          SINCE 2012, WE HAVE PROUDLY CALLED THE WALL CREEK BOATHOUSE, OUR HOME. 
          FOR OVER FOUR DECADES, A RC HAS HELPED CONNECT AUSTINITES TO LADY BIRD LAKE THROUGH RECREATION, COMPETITION, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING. 
          LAST YEAR ALONE, A RC VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF REMOVED MORE THAN 27,000 POUNDS OF TRASH FROM LADY BIRD LAKE. 
          CONTRIBUTED OVER $265,000 IN REVENUE SHARE TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          WE SERVE OVER A HUNDRED JUNIOR ROWERS THROUGH OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS, CONTINUE OFFERING PROGRAMS FOR BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS, VETERANS ADAPTIVE ATHLETES, ENSURING THAT ROWING AND WATER ACCESS REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE ALSO HOST TWO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED REGATTAS ON LADYBIRD LAKE, BRINGING THOUSANDS OF ATHLETES, FAMILIES, AND SPECTATORS TO AUSTIN. 
          AND SHOWCASING THE LAKE IS ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE URBAN ROWING VENUES IN THE COUNTRY. 
          AS PROJECT CONNECT MOVES FORWARD, WE UNDERSTAND THAT CHANGE IS PART OF AUSTIN'S GROWTH. 
          WHILE THIS NEXT CHAPTER INCLUDES RELOCATION OF OUR OPERATIONS FROM THE CREEK BOATHOUSE, WE WELCOME THE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION, AUSTIN TRANSIT PARTNERSHIP AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          DURING THIS NEXT PHASE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY, WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE ROLE A RC HAS PLAYED IN LANEY BIRD LAKE FOR THE LAST 45 YEARS. 
          AND WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE AND WANNA MAINTAIN THE OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD TO CONTINUE SERVING AUSTIN COMMUNITY, BOTH ON AND OFF THE WATER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MASSENGALE. 
          UM, I, I, I I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY WE'RE ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. 
          I MEAN, WA WATERSHED, UH, IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING IN THE BACKSEAT FINANCIALLY. 
          UH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO SPARE PERSONALLY. 
          UH, HAVING BEEN OUT IN THE GREEN BELT AND DONE CLEANUPS, LOTS OF CLEANUPS AND SEEN, SEEN WHAT CONDITION THINGS ARE IN AND HOW MUCH, UH, HOW MUCH, UH, RESOURCES NEED TO BE COMMITTED TOWARD, UH, PUBLIC EDUCATION, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, ALL THESE ISSUES THAT ARE TIED TO WATERSHED, THAT FRANKLY, I DON'T SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND THE URGENCY Y'ALL FEEL TO GET THIS THING GOING, BUT IT, IT'S BEEN, UH, JUST JERKING ALONG FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
          AND, UH, PULLING FUNDING FROM, 
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FROM BY THE DEPARTMENTS OR AS POINTED OUT, INCREASING FEES FOR US TO HELP PAY FOR THIS DOESN'T SEEM VERY FAIR. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM 43. 
          WE HAVE OH, KATIE CAM. 
          OKAY. 
          HI, THIS IS FOR ITEM 40. 
          HELLO, I'M KATIE CAM. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE. 
          I HAVE A PHD IN CIVIL ENGINEERING WITH AN EMPHASIS ON TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND I HAVE DONE GRANT FUNDED FIELD RESEARCH ON TRANSIT NEEDS. 
          I'M ALSO THE RECIPIENT OF A COUPLE OF AWARDS FROM THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOUNDATION, INCLUDING ONE FOR MY ESSAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSIT. 
          I'M VERY PROTRAN, BUT I'M OPPOSED TO CONTINUING INVESTMENT IN THE LIGHT RAIL PROJECT, ESPECIALLY FROM FUNDS FOR DEPARTMENTS THAT NEED THAT FUNDING FOR OTHER CRITICAL PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY. 
          I WANT AUSTIN TO HAVE THE BEST TRANSIT SYSTEM IN THE US IT NEEDS TO BE EXTENSIVE, SAFE, EQUITABLE, EFFECTIVE, RESPONSIVE, PRACTICAL, RELIABLE, AND TIME EFFICIENT FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS JOBS, SCHOOL, AND OTHER DAILY TRAVEL NEEDS. 
          AND WE NEED TO MAXIMIZE WHO IS SERVED BY THIS TRANSIT SYSTEM IN THE, IN AUSTIN AND THE REGION FROM MY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND MY TIME AS A SINGLE MOTHER WITH TWO KIDS AND WITHOUT A CAR FOR ABOUT A YEAR HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          I KNOW HOW MUCH MORE DIFFICULT LIFE BECOMES IN AUSTIN WITHOUT ACCESS TO A CAR OR GOOD RELIABLE TRANSIT. 
          SO WE NEED TO REEVALUATE THE APPROACH THAT PROJECT CONNECT IS TAKING, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S JUST CONTINUED MONEY BEING THROWN AT IT, UM, WITHOUT THE BENEFIT THAT WE NEED FROM THE TRANSIT SYSTEM. 
          THE REAL PROJECT IS PROBLEMATIC ON MULTIPLE FRONTS. 
          THE INCREASING COSTS, THE REDUCED LENGTH, THE CHOSEN ROUTE, NOT BEING THE HIGHEST DEMAND ROUTE, THE AMOUNT OF RIGHT AWAY, TAKEN UP, THE DISPLACEMENT OF BUSINESSES, THE OUT UPGRADE CROSSINGS AND RESULTING CONFLICTS AND DELAYS IN THE STREET, THE TIMELINES TO IMPLEMENTATION AND THE INEQUITY RESULTING FROM UNDERSERVING OR NOT SERVING POPULATIONS THAT NEED FREQUENT AND EFFECTIVE AND RELIABLE TRANSIT. 
          THESE CONCERNS WARRANT A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION AND RECONSIDERATION OF THE PLANS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE BEST COST EFFECTIVE TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR AUSTIN'S NEEDS AND DOES NOT CONTINUE TO DRAIN FUNDING FOR OTHER PROJECTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MOVING ON TO ITEM 40, THREES ANDIA JOSEPH. 
          MOVING ON TO ITEM 44, BRAD MASSING AFTER MR. MASSING. 
          WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM 45 WITH ADRIAN MACIAS, BIANCA GUERRERO, AND CARLOS PINOT. 
          UH, UH, AFTER MY LAST COMMENTS AND, UH, TAKING MONEY FROM WATERSHED, IT, IT, THIS ITEM, I MEAN IT SPENDING MONEY TO HELP WILLIAMSON COUNTY, UH, GET THESE ATLAS 14 MAP IN, IN INSTATED TO WHERE WE KNOW WHERE ALL THIS FLOODING AND STUFF OCCURS. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS IMPORTANT THINGS, SO ACTUALLY SUPPORT SPENDING THIS MONEY, WE NEED TO BE SPENDING MORE MONEY ON THE WATERSHED, MORE MONEY ON IDENTIFYING THESE, UH, POTENTIAL PROBLEMS. SO THANKS, ADRIAN MACIAS, BIANCA GUERRERO, CARLOS PINON. 
          CONTINUING WITH ITEM 45. 
          SUSAN ALMANZA, MADDIE GUTIERREZ, VALERIE MENARD, PEDRO HERNANDEZ, JR. 
          HANG ON. 
          AFTER, AFTER WE GET TWO, PROBABLY TWO MORE SPEAKERS AND WE GO, WANNA TAKE UP TO TWO O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN MS. ALMANZA, ARE YOU HERE? YES. 
          YOU'RE GONNA PASS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. 
          SO I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WAS, UH, A PARTICIPANT IN, UH, WORKING ON THE RANGE RIVER. 
          UM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE, UM, VALERIE MENARD DISTRICT ONE, UH, WITH ED. 
          AND I WAS, UM, UM, HAPPY TO WORK ON THE COMMUNITY ACTIVATION GROUP, UM, THAT LOOKED AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE REVISED STRATEGIC PLAN FOR RANGER RIVER. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT, UM, AUSTIN WATERSHED DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY'VE JUST BEEN TREMENDOUS PARTNERS. 
          UH, THEIR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY AND TO REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITY IS A MODEL, I THINK, FOR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND I HOPE THAT THEY, UM, TAKE SOME, SOME CUES FROM OUR WATERSHED DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, WE WERE GLAD TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME INPUT INTO RANGER RIVER. 
          UM, SAD THAT ON A DAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A MASSIVE PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO COMPLETELY IGNORE THE, THE, THE POINTS THAT WE WERE BRINGING UP. 
          UM, HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE WILL PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THIS PLAN. 
          I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PLAN, UM, AND IT DOES HAVE A PLAN THAT REFLECTS COMMUNITY NEEDS AND CONCERNS AND, AND WORK. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
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UH, CONTINUING WITH ITEM 45, GREG NASER, GREG NASER, AUSTIN SIERRA CLUB. 
          AND I'M HERE TO SAY THAT THIS PLAN IS REALLY GOOD AND I WAS A PART OF IT AND I HEARD THE PRESENTATION AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND THE, FIRST OF ALL, THE WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT'S, ONE OF THE BEST DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY. 
          AND I COME DOWN HERE AND I TALK TO YOU GUYS A LOT, BUT I TALK TO THEM EVEN MORE. 
          I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT DEPARTMENT, AND WHEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS OR ISSUES IN THE CITY, I HELP THEM. 
          ONE OF THE BEST PROGRAMS YOU GOT GOING IS THE WATERSHED RESTORATION PROGRAM. 
          THESE ARE SO GOOD AND WE HAVE GREAT SCIENTISTS AND YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THEM. 
          WHAT DO THEY THINK ABOUT THE DOG'S HEAD? I DON'T KNOW. 
          DO YOU KNOW? I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          SO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS AND THEN LISTEN TO THEM AND LET THE PEOPLE LISTEN TO THEM AND LET US ALL GET THE BENEFITS OF THIS GREAT AUSTIN DEPARTMENT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MEMBERS. 
          WE'RE 
          [16. Approve an ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of one or more series of City of Austin, Texas, Special Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2026 (Convention Center Project), in a par amount not to exceed $1,350,000,000 to fund the Convention Center expansion project, in accordance with the parameters set out in the ordinance; authorizing related documents; approving the payment of costs of issuance; and rescinding Ordinance No. 20251023-009. Funding: Fiscal Year 2025-2026 debt service requirements and estimated annual administration fees for the paying agent/registrar for the proposed bond sale are included in the Operating Budget of the Convention Center Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenue Bond Redemption Fund. (Part 2 of 2)]
GONNA PAUSE ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, AND TAKE UP SOME ITEMS ON OUR TWO O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN, IT'S NOW TWO O'CLOCK, AND SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. 
          BUT BEFORE WE GO IMMEDIATELY TO THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL WAS TEMPORARILY OFF THE DIOCESE WHEN WE TOOK UP ITEM NUMBER 16. 
          UH, HE WOULD LIKE TO BE SHOWN VOTING IN FAVOR OF ITEM NUMBER 16. 
          HIS, UH, VOTE BEING COUNTED WILL NOT CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE ON THAT ITEM, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL BE SHOWN VOTING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 16. 
          IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. 
          DISCUSSION, HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION, COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL BE SHOWN VOTING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 16 WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER 23, WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER POOLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UH, STAFF HAS AGREED TO WITHDRAW ITEM NUMBER 23 WITH THE INTENTION OF IT RETURNING TO COUNSEL NEXT WEEK TO GIVE COUNSEL AND STAFF MORE TIME TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AUTHORIZATION AMOUNT AND FUNDING SOURCES. 
          SO THERE WILL, ITEM 23 WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY AND WILL NOT BE BROUGHT UP. 
          UH, NOW THAT WILL TAKE 
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US TO, AGAIN, TO OUR TWO O'CLOCK TIME CERTAIN, WHICH ARE OUR ZONING CASES MEMBERS. 
          I INDICATED THAT WE WOULD PAUSE SO WE COULD DO THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A NU NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE SCHEDULED OR, OR BEING LOOKED TO BE POSTPONED. 
          AND IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE POSTPONED AND HEARD NEXT WEEK, WE NEED TO GET THEM, UM, WE NEED TO GET DECISIONS MADE SO THAT NOTICE CAN GO OUT IN A TIMELY FASHION. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO, AND, AND THE ONLY ONES I WANNA RECOGNIZE YOU ON RIGHT NOW, MS. HARDEN, ARE THOSE ITEMS, WE'LL COME BACK AFTER WE HAVE FINISHED THE OTHER SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO DON'T JUMP THE GUN . 
          UM, I, I'LL RECOGNIZE MS. HARDEN ON ITEM 61, 62, 63, 64, 70, 73, AND 74. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL JOY HARDEN AUSTIN PLANNING YOUR ZONING AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT. 
          ITEMS THAT HAVE REQUESTED POSTPONEMENTS TO YOUR MAY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING ARE AS FOLLOWS. 
          ITEM 61 IS C 1 4 20 25 0 1 21. 
          THIS ITEM'S BEING OFFERED AS AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO YOUR MAY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING. 
          ITEM 62 IS C 1 48 20 26 0 0 1 3. 
          THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED AS A POSTPONEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON, TO YOUR MAY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING. 
          ITEM 63 IS NPA 20 26 0 0 2 1 0.01. 
          THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED AS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO YOUR MAY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THE RELATED REZONING IS ITEM 64, AND THAT'S C 8 14 20 25 0 1 1 1. 
          THIS SOUNDS BEING OFFERED AS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO YOUR MAY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING. 
          ITEM 70 IS C 1 4 20 25 0 0 8 9. 
          THIS SOUNDS BEING OFFERED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT TO YOUR MAY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING. 
          I KNOW 73 IS C 1 4 20 25 0 0 8 0. 
          THIS SOUNDS BEING OFFERED AS AN APPLICANT, AS AN APPLICANT POSTPONEMENT TO YOUR MAY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING AND ITEM 74 C 8 4 20 18 0 1 2 2 0.03 AND THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED AS A STAFF POSTPONEMENT TO YOUR MAY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING. 
          AND I JUST WANNA NOTE ITEM 65 AND 66, WHICH ARE NPA 20 26 0 0 2, 2 0.01 SH AND C 1 4 20 26 0 0 1, 0 
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POINT SH OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ROWAN BELL ITEMS STAFF RECEIVED A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO YOUR JULY 23RD COUNCIL MEETING. 
          FOR THESE ITEMS, THE ZONING ITEM DOES HAVE A VALID PETITION OF ROUGHLY 80%, BUT UNDER HOUSE BILL 24, THIS ONLY REQUIRES A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE MEETING. 
          SIX VOTES WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR APPROVAL. 
          I'M REFERENCING THESE CASES 'CAUSE STAFF WILL BE OFFERING THEM FOR CONSENT LATER TODAY, AT WHICH POINT YOU'LL ALSO HEAR FROM THE SPEAKERS. 
          BUT IF YOU DID WANNA POSTPONE TO MAY 28TH, NOW WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          OKAY, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE READING OF THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU. 
          UHHUH  MEMBERS, UM, YOU JUST HEARD AN ADDITION TO WHAT I WAS INDICATING, UM, BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WOULD TAKE THAT UP AT A, A LATER POINT IN TIME, BUT MM-HMM . 
          BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE POSTPONED FOR NOTICE PURPOSES TO NEXT WEEK. 
          RIGHT. 
          IF THE COUNCIL CHOSE TO POSTPONE IT TO MAY 28TH, THEY WOULD NEED TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT WHAT IS THE RE REQUEST? UH, JULY 23RD. 
          ALRIGHT, SO THE, THE, THE REQUEST THAT WE HAD WAS TO JULY 23RD, BUT WHAT SHE'S SUGGESTING IS THAT IF WE WANTED TO POSTPONE THAT TO NEXT WEEK, WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE THAT, THOSE, THOSE TWO ITEMS UP TODAY. 
          IF, IF SO, I'LL, I'LL, I'M GETTING READY TO READ THE CONSENT AGENDA, UM, WHICH INCLUDES THE ITEMS THAT DON'T INCLUDE THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THAT AS A POSTPONEMENT TILL NEXT WEEK, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT AS PART OF THE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT, UH, MOMENTARILY. 
          SO LET ME LOOK AND SEE IF ANYBODY'S GOING TO WANT TO ADD THAT TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          NOW WE CAN TAKE IT UP LATER AND ALSO RECOGNIZE THE REQUEST TO DO TO POSTPONE IT, BUT THAT WOULD BE FOR JULY. 
          WE JUST DON'T NEED TO DO THE NOTICE FOR NEXT WEEK. 
          AM I EVERYBODY GOT THAT? OKAY. 
          WITH THAT BEING THE CASE, HE HERE, HERE'S THE MOTION THAT I'LL ENTERTAIN FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ITEM NUMBER 61, 62, 63, 64, 70, 73, AND 74 WILL BE A POSTPONEMENT OF EACH ONE OF THOSE ITEMS TO MAY 28TH. 
          2026. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION IS MADE BY, UH, WELL, LET ME GET THE MOTION. 
          MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. 
          LET ME TURN TO SEE IF THERE'S OUR SPEAKER SIGNED UP ON THOSE ITEMS. OKAY, WE HAVE SPEAKER ON ITEM 62. 
          LUCIA BAKER SPEAKING TO THE MARRIAGE OF THE POSTPONEMENT. 
          UM, ON ITEM 64, WE HAVE WILLIAM BUNCH SPEAKING ON THE MERITS. 
          POSTPONEMENT, OKAY. 
          PASSING, UM, ON ITEM 70, MR. BUNCH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MERITS OF THE POSTPONEMENT? SCOTT SMITH, ITEM 70, LAURA. 
          UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM 74. 
          LAURA CARINO, WILLIAM BUNCH, MEGAN MEISENBACH, ZENOBIA JOSEPH AND KAYLA. 
          CAITLYN GRIFFITH. 
          DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM? ALL THE QUICK TURNAROUND ITEMS HAVE BEEN CALLED. 
          ALL THE SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN CALLED. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, MEMBERS, YOU'VE HEARD THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. 
          UH, SO I CAN SPEAK NOW. 
          YOU, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE, WHETHER YOU WANT IT TO BE POSTPONED OR NOT. 
          UM, YES, I WANTED TO SPEAK THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          VERY GOOD TESTIMONY, . 
          UM, ALRIGHT, UM, YOU'VE HEARD THE MOTION, IT'S THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS I READ IT. 
          UM, AND, AND THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          IS THERE, UH, ANY DISCUSSION ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN ABSTAINING FROM VOTING ON ANY ITEM ON THESE POSTPONEMENTS? ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN RECUSING THEMSELVES FROM A VOTE ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS? ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS WITHOUT OBJECTION? THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 61, 62, 63, 64, 70, 73, AND 74 IS ADOPTED AND EACH OF THOSE ITEMS ARE POSTPONED UNTIL MAY 28TH, 2026. 
          AND, AND YOU'RE COUNTED. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THAT 
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WILL TAKE US BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND I WILL COME BACK TO THE OTHER ZONING ITEMS LATER IN THE DAY. 
          BUT, UH, THAT'LL TAKE US BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK FOR SPEAKERS. 
          CONTINUING WITH ITEM 45, WE HAVE WILLIAM BUNCH, BRAD MASSING, AND KATIE CAM. 
          DOES ANYONE, MR. MASSENGILL, ARE YOU GONNA TALK? PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY FORWARD. 
          MS. CAM. 
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UM, I, I WAS, UH, LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ON THE CITIZEN ACTION ACTIVATION GROUP FOR RANGER RIVERS. 
          UM, I, I'LL SAY THE SAME THING VALERIE SAID. 
          IT WAS REALLY GREAT, UH, WORKING WITH THE FOLKS THERE, UH, THIS EXEMPLARY DEPARTMENT THEY KNOW OR, OR MAKING THE EFFORT TO ACTUALLY LISTEN TO PEOPLE. 
          I MEAN, THIS BODY COULD LEARN A LOT FROM THEM. 
          UH, I LEARNED A LOT BY ENGAGING WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM ME AND LEARNING DIFFERENT FOLKS' NEEDS AND, UH, HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE, OR DON'T INTERACT WITH THE WATERSHED. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL ABOUT ADDRESSING HISTORICAL INES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. 
          UM, THE WAY THAT NATURE WORKS AND THE WAY REAL ESTATE WORKS, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUSHED OFF INTO THE CORNERS OF THE WATERSHED BECAUSE OF THE, THE REAL ESTATE PRICES WERE LESS. 
          YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, UH, REGULAR MARKET FORCES WOULD MAKE THESE DECISIONS FOR PEOPLE. 
          NOW THE CITY'S FILLED UP AND THESE LAST LITTLE BITS OF THE WATERSHED WHERE PEOPLE LIVE ARE BECOMING DESIRABLE TO, UH, DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND IT'S FUELING ALL KIND OF PROBLEMS FROM FLOODING, UH, LOT TO LOT FLOODING AS WELL AS DISPLACEMENT. 
          UM, WE NEED TO START PROTECTING THESE AREAS AND, AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE CLOSE TO THEM. 
          AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET STARTED. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY GREAT TOOLS IN THIS, UH, IN THIS PACKAGE. 
          THEY'RE WELL THOUGHT OUT AND THEY'RE COMMUNITY BASED. 
          AND I THINK WE CAN IMPROVE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY IN MANY WAYS. 
          YOU KNOW, INCLUDING FLOODING, WILD LAND, UH, INNER BASE, UH, FIRE DANGERS. 
          ALL THESE THINGS ARE CONNECTED TO OUR LIFEBLOOD, WHICH IS OUR CREEKS AND THE WATERSHED PROTECTION. 
          AND THIS PLAN ARE THERE TO SAVE THAT. 
          SO I SUPPORT IT FULLY. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS BILL BUNCH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE, UH, DISTRICT FIVE SPEAKING WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN FAVOR OF AND VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR, UH, AUSTIN WATERSHED PROTECTION DEPARTMENT'S, UH, RAIN TO RIVER, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          UH, PLEASE DO SUPPORT THIS. 
          UM, AND ALSO WE'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO ACTUALLY FOLLOW IT , UM, AND RESPECT IT BECAUSE THE, THE COGNITIVE DISSONANCE BETWEEN THE FINE WORK THAT YOUR STAFF IS DOING HERE AND WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO DO WITH THIS DOG'S HEAD DEVELOPMENT, A HUNDRED PERCENT PAVING AGREEMENT, UH, IS OFF THE CHARTS. 
          I MEAN, IT LITERALLY CANNOT BE MORE EXTREME. 
          I WANNA READ YOU JUST ONE PASSAGE OUT OF THIS PLAN THAT YOU'RE HERE TO ADOPT. 
          UM, SPEAKING FOR THE, AND THIS IS THE, THE, THE, THE TEXT. 
          WHAT WE WILL DO, WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND DRAIN DRAINAGE STANDARDS CLEAR, CONSISTENT, AND ENFORCEABLE. 
          BY IMPROVING HOW WE WORK TOGETHER AND SHARE EXPECTATIONS, WE WILL REDUCE UNCERTAINTY WHILE HOLDING PROJECTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR MEETING WATERSHED PROTECTION GOALS. 
          THIS WORK PRIORITIZES TRANSPARENCY AND RESPONSIBILITY SO THAT DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTS THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THERE'S NOT ONE SHRED OF THAT PRESENT IN THE PROPOSED DOG'S HEAD DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          OKAY. 
          HELLO, I AM KATIE CAM, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE PROFESSIONAL CIVIL, A CIVIL ENGINEER, UH, EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING DRAINAGE PLANS AND AN ADVOCATE FOR WATERSHED PROTECTION AND ADDRESSING FLOODING. 
          I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE CREATION OF THE RAIN TO RIVER STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THOUGH TO BE EVEN MORE AMBITIOUS IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          UH, WHENEVER I SEE CITY PLANS, I DO A KEYWORD SEARCH. 
          IN THIS CASE, I DID AMENITY AND ASSET AND THOSE WORDS DID NOT APPEAR. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE ABOUT CONSIDERING STORMWATER AS, UH, MEANS TO CREATE PARKS AND RAIN CREEKS, UM, UH, TO OUR URBAN ENVIRONMENT. 
          UH, WE ALSO RELY ON SITE BY SITE DETENTION AND WATER QUALITY. 
          UM, I ONLY SAW DETENTION MENTIONED 
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ONCE IN THE PLAN. 
          UH, BUT WE SHOULD BE RECONSIDERING THAT AND LOOKING AT, UM, MANAGEMENT OF STORM WATER FROM A WATERSHED PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE, UH, WHEN YOU'RE DOING SITE BY SITE DETENTION AND WATER QUALITY, UH, YOU'RE RELYING ON PRIVATE LANDOWNERS TO MAINTAIN IT, AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS HAPPENING. 
          UM, AND SO THAT RESULTS IN THE DEGRADATION OF THE WATERSHED, AND I THINK IF WE TAKE A MORE WATERSHED, UH, UH, APPROACH TO IT, THEN WE WILL HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES. 
          UM, SO THAT'S IT. 
          OVERALL, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. 
          I'M GLAD TO SEE IT HAPPEN. 
          AND I SECOND WHAT BILL BUNCH SAID IS LET'S ENFORCE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ITEM 46, WILLIAM BUNCH. 
          MR. BUNCH. 
          MR. BUNCH. 
          DID YOU STEP OUT? OH, NO, THERE, UM, ITEM 47, SOIA JOSEPH. 
          ITEM 50, WE HAVE PAGE, UH, HOLD ON ONE MOMENT. 
          WE DO HAVE A REMOTE SPEAKER. 
          UM, WE HAVE SKYE HOWELL ON ITEM 50. 
          SKYE, ARE YOU THERE? YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE BEGIN. 
          MA'AM, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR TESTIMONY AND DE OTTAWA END. 
          MY NAME IS SKY, HOW, AND I AM AWA SAPI HURIN BEN AWA, AND I'M ALSO GRAND RIVER BAND OTTAWA, AND I'M HONORED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER. 
          I'M SPEAKING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION. 
          NATIVE PEOPLE HAVE CALLED THIS LAND AND REGION HOME FOR CENTURIES AS THE FIRST PEOPLES. 
          WE HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE CULTURAL FABRIC OF AUSTIN AND REPRESENT OVER 75,000 RESIDENTS ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          NATIVE PEOPLE HAVE STRUGGLED TO HOLD ONTO OUR CULTURE, OUR LANGUAGE, AND OUR WAY OF LIFE. 
          DUE TO DISPLACEMENT AND CULTURAL ERASURE, WE HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN INVIS LIVES IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE DATA THAT IMPACTS OUR WELLBEING. 
          IN SPITE OF ALL THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO ERADICATE OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE STILL HERE AND WE CELEBRATE JOY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTE IN MEANINGFUL WAYS ACROSS AUSTIN AND BEYOND. 
          THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER IS A HUB FOR INTERTRIBAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARTNERS TO GATHER, LEARN, AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER, SERVING OVER 150 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES MONTHLY. 
          WE BRING IMPORTANT CULTURAL ARTS TRADITIONS BACK TO OUR CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY AND MEMBERS. 
          WE FILL A CRITICAL GAP IN OUR COMMUNITY DUE TO A LACK OF ACCESS TO CULTURALLY RELEVANT PROGRAMS AND SCHOOLS AND OTHER COMMUNITY CENTERS AND SETTINGS. 
          WE ARE ALSO THE HOST OF THE AUSTIN, HOW AN ANNUAL TRADITION THAT BRINGS THOUSANDS OF VISITORS AND $350,000 IN TOURISM DOLLARS EACH YEAR TO THE CITY. 
          OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE NUMEROUS AND INCLUDE IN INTERTRIBAL COUNCILS, LOCAL SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, LIBRARIES, AND MUSEUMS. THERE ARE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS. 
          WE WORK YEAR ROUND TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION. 
          WE ENVISION A DEEPER AND MORE IMPACTFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. 
          WE HOPE THE COMMISSION WILL INCREASE VISIBILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLANS ACROSS SECTORS INCLUDING HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          NEXT WE HAVE RICHARD BONDY, ITEM 50. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR WATSON. 
          MAYOR PRO VILA COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          MY NAME IS RICHARD BONDY, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ADVOCACY AT MEALS ON WHEELS, CENTRAL TEXAS CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION ON AGING, AND A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE. 
          I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION. 
          THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS DEVELOPED COLLABORATIVELY WITH MEMBERS OF THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES CONNECTED TO GREAT TRAUMAS FOR AMERICAN INDIANS AND OTHER NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS. 
          IT IS GROUNDED IN MODELS ALREADY BEING USED SUCCESSFULLY IN CITIES SUCH AS SEATTLE, LOS ANGELES, AND FARGO. 
          THE PROPOSAL RECOGNIZES THE PRESENCE AND CONTRIBUTION OF AUSTIN'S DIVERSE URBAN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS NOT SIMPLY ABOUT SYMPTOM SYMBOLISM, IT IS ABOUT ENSURING INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS HAVE A CONSISTENT VOICE IN DISCUSSIONS INVOLVING CULTURE, WELLNESS, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AND CITY POLICY THAT IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          DESPITE A STRONG AND ACTIVE NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL TEXAS, AUSTIN CURRENTLY HAS NO FORMAL ADVISORY COMMISSION TO REPRESENT THOSE VOICES. 
          AUSTIN HAS OFTEN 
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STATED ITS COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND HUMAN RIGHTS. 
          THIS RECOMMENDATION PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THOSE COMMITMENTS MORE COMPLETE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          MOVING ON TO IN-PERSON ITEM 50, WITH A SL INTERPRETATION SERVICES. 
          WE HAVE SPEAKER GABRIEL ANO. 
          YOU WILL HAVE FOUR MINUTES INTERPRETERS ONLINE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS GABRIEL ARLEO. 
          I'M THE FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF STEM, AN INDIGENOUS LED EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON STEM EDUCATION, SIGN LANGUAGE, ACCESSIBILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE. 
          TODAY, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN IMPROVING NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION. 
          THIS COMMISSION REPRESENTS MORE THAN POLICY. 
          IT REPRESENTS RECOGNITION, VISIBILITY, AND MEANINGFUL INCLUSION FOR THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES HERE IN AUSTIN, AUSTIN CONTINUES TO GROW AS A DIVERSE AND AN INNOVATIVE CITY. 
          YET NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS VOICES HAVE OFTEN REMAINED UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE DECISION MAKING SPACES. 
          ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMISSION CREATES AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO THE CONVERSATIONS INVOLVING EDUCATION, CULTURAL PRESERVATION, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          THROUGH STEM SIGNED IN OUR COLLABORATIONS WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER AND MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS, I HAVE WITNESSED HOW POWERFUL INDIGENOUS CENTERED EDUCATION AND CULTURAL CULTURAL PROGRAMMING CAN BE FOR YOUTH, FAMILIES, AND EDUCATORS AND THE BROADER PUBLIC. 
          OUR COMMUNITIES ARE NOT ONLY PRESERVING TRADITIONS, WE ARE ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO THE FUTURE OF AUSTIN THROUGH EDUCATION, ARTS, SCIENCE, SUSTAINABILITY, AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP. 
          THE COMMISSION WOULD HELP STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION AND PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, WHILE HELPING FUTURE GENERATIONS FEEL SEEN, RESPECTED, AND INCLUDED. 
          I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK COUNCIL MEMBER JOSE VELAZQUEZ, THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER, AND MANY COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO BRING THIS EFFORT FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          I RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS QUALITY LIFE COMMISSION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUE WITH ITEM 50. 
          WE HAVE PEDRO HERNANDEZ JR. 
          JOHN ROBO ZENOBIA JOSEPH, DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK? IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE LET US KNOW. 
          NEXT ITEM IS 52 JEFFREY BOWEN. 
          JEN ROBO MR. BOWEN. 
          DON'T TALK ME OUTTA MY OWN ITEM. 
          I'M SORRY, SIR. 
          DON'T TALK ME OUTTA MY OWN ITEM. 
          OKAY. 
          I WON'T. 
          AND ACTUALLY I'M HERE TO SUPPORT YOUR ITEM. 
          I KNOW, BUT I HAVE SOME CAVEATS. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          UM, AS YOU WOULD KNOW, UH, JEFFREY BOWEN, DISTRICT EIGHT, UH, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          UM, ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD ON THIS IS, WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG TO GET SOMETHING TO BE REDONE? BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE, I'VE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS AND BEING, BEING A GUY THAT'S BUILT STUFF FOR UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, DONE CITY PROJECTS, STATE PROJECTS, PROJECTS ALL OVER, IN SOME CASES ALL OVER THE WORLD IN DIFFERENT TIMES. 
          UM, I NOTICED IN AUSTIN WE SEEM TO TAKE FOREVER TO GET A PROJECT DONE. 
          UH, JUST FOR INSTANCE, AT MY LITTLE LOCAL LIBRARY, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A LITTLE PROJECT DONE TO 
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EXPAND THE PARKING LOT IN THE REAL WORLD, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN 30 DAYS. 
          THIS SEEMS TO BE DRAGGING OUT. 
          UH, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE ITEMS IN THIS LIST WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT, UH, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, SCORING, UH, INSPECTIONS, ENFORCEMENTS. 
          I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN HERE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE APPLICABLE TIMELINES FOR PROJECTS. 
          YES, I UNDERSTAND WEATHER DELAYS BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO COMPLETE PROJECTS SEEMS TO BE DRAWN OUT FOREVER. 
          UM, I NOTICED THAT THE LIBRARY UP AT, UH, THE OLD QUARRY, IT'S GONNA OPEN UP AGAIN HERE AFTER TWO YEARS FOR A RENOVATION PROJECT. 
          I, THAT SEEMS TO BE EXTRAORDINARILY LONG. 
          AND MAYBE LOOKING AT THE EVALUAT AND, AND EVALUATING OUR ENTIRE PROCESS ON HOW WE GO FROM AWARD TO THE TIME THAT IT'S DONE, OR EVEN THE TIME THAT IT STARTS NEEDS SOME REALLY SERIOUS EVALUATIONS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT, UH, IT JUST DRAGS OUT AND IT COSTS US MORE MONEY. 
          AND PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I AM 79 WILLIAM BUNCH OPIA JOSEPH. 
          THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING. 
          ITEM 80, WILLIAM BUNCH, BETSY GREENBERG WITH TIME DONATED FROM BARBARA MACARTHUR. 
          THEY'RE BOTH PRESENT. 
          BETSY, YOU'LL GET FOUR MINUTES. 
          BRAD MASSING, ZIA JOSEPH, LAUREN TROGA, ALL FOR ITEM 80. 
          LET'S START HERE ON THIS END AND WE'LL WORK THIS SORT DIRECTION. 
          ALL RIGHTY. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS LAUREN CHENGA. 
          I'M A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE OF POLARIS TENANTS ASSOCIATION, AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE POLARIS ON THE PARK APARTMENTS FOR 10 YEARS. 
          I'M TESTIFYING TODAY, UM, ON ITEM 80 REGARDING RESEARCH INTO FUTURE EXPANSION AND SECURING OF TENANTS RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS. 
          I'M HERE BECAUSE OUR APARTMENT'S OWNERSHIP HAS APPLIED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY, WHICH PUTS OUR COMMUNITY UNDER IMMINENT THREAT OF DISPLACEMENT. 
          THE TENANT'S RIGHTS ISSUES BEING VOTED ON HERE TODAY WILL HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR CASE. 
          AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CENTRAL AUSTIN IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO FIND, AND WE'RE AT RISK OF LOSING HOURS. 
          RESEARCH INTO TENANTS PROTECTIONS AS PROPOSED BY ITEM 80, WILL ALLOW OUR COMMUNITY TO STAY AFLOAT IN THESE INCREASINGLY FINANCIALLY DIFFICULT TIMES. 
          I'M FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE REPRESENTED BY COUNCILMAN VELASQUEZ, WHO'S BEEN EXTREMELY GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME AND ENERGY IN REGARDS TO OUR CASE. 
          IN AN IDEAL WORLD, OUR OWNERSHIP WOULD ENGAGE WITH US AS COUNCILMAN VELASQUEZ HAS AND, UM, WORK OUT PROVISIONS TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY WON'T BE KICKED TO THE CURB. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, OUR APARTMENT OWNER, GREG BRUEGGEMAN, HAS FLAT OUT REFUSED TO MEET WITH US, AND OUR EMAILS TO THE LOBBYIST VICTORIA HASI HAVE GONE UNANSWERED. 
          UM, WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT OUR ATTEMPTS TO SPEAK WITH THEM WILL ONE DAY RESULT IN A FRUITFUL DISCUSSION, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE CAN'T RELY ON GOOD FAITH WHEN OUR LIVELIHOODS ARE ON THE LINE. 
          AS TENANTS, WE HAVE MINIMAL PROTECTIONS AS PROVIDED BY LAW. 
          THIS VOTE, WHICH MAY SEEM SMALL TO SOME, IS WHAT WILL DICTATE MY FUTURE, THE FUTURE, MY COMMUNITY, AND ALSO THE FUTURE OF, UH, TENANTS ALL OVER THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHO MIGHT FIND THEMSELVES IN A SIMILAR SITUATION. 
          IN A CITY WHERE THE MEDIAN HOME PRICE IS ROUGHLY $570,000, WHILE MINIMUM WAGE STAYS STAGNANT AT 7 25 PER HOUR, AND THE PRICE OF GROCERIES CONTINUE TO SKYROCKET, WE, THE RENTERS ARE STUCK AT THE WHIM OF DEVELOPERS WHO ARE SOMETIMES SO HYPERFOCUSED ON THE BOTTOM LINE THAT THEY FORGET THAT THE, THEIR DECISIONS IMPACT REAL HUMAN BEINGS, UH, LIKE ME. 
          UM, I'M HERE ASKING YOU ON BEHALF OF MY COMMUNITY TO PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 80, INITIATE RESEARCH INTO BASIC RIGHTS FOR AT TENANTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING EVERY DAY JUST TO LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          AS TENANTS WHO ARE BEING IMPACTED DIRECTLY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING AND SECURING OUR RIGHTS FOR THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MS. GREENBERG. 
          MY NAME IS BETSY GREENBERG AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          ITEM 80 DIRECTS THE MANAGER TO CONVENE STAKEHOLDERS AND RECOMMEND CHANGES TO THE CITY'S PROVISIONS FOR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN CITY CODE FOUR 18. 
          ARTICLE TWO, THIS SHOULD BE DONE, BUT BEFORE ITEM 56, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, ALTHOUGH YOU DIDN'T CALL IT, UM, THE NEW CITYWIDE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, IT SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE THE NEW CITYWIDE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM IS PASSED, NOT AFTER, WHICH IS WHY I SIGNED UP AS NEUTRAL. 
          I ALSO OBSERVED THAT IN, FOR MOST INSTANCES, THE WORD STAKEHOLDER REALLY MEANS DEVELOPER. 
          IN FACT, I BELIEVE THIS ITEM IS A RESULT OF THOSE VERY STAKEHOLDERS WORKING WITH PLANNING COMMISSIONERS TO REDUCE THE REQUIREMENTS IN FOUR 18. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, 
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WHEN STAFF DOES INVOLVE GENERAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER PROCESSES, PARTICIPANTS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BEING USED NOT FOR THEIR ACTUAL OPINION, BUT TO CHECK OFF A REQUIRED BOX. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, PARTICIPANTS AT RECENT EVENTS ABOUT THE CENTRAL CITY DISTRICT PLAN DID NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING ABOUT THE PLAN. 
          AND INSTEAD, WERE ASKED SURVEY QUESTIONS WITH OBVIOUS ANSWERS LIKE, DO YOU THINK PUBLIC SAFETY IS IMPORTANT? SO YES, CONVENE THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS, BUT PLEASE INCLUDE AND REALLY LISTEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIKE THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER THAT ARE AT RISK OF DEVE, UM, OF DISPLACEMENT INSTEAD OF ONLY DEVELOPERS WHO INFORM STAFF ABOUT WHAT WILL OR WILL NOT PENCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, ITEM 56, WHICH YOU SAID WE DIDN'T CALL, IS THE REASON WE HAVEN'T CALLED IT YET, IS BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, AND SO IT'LL BE CALLED AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BE MR. MASSENGILL. 
          UM, UH, BRAD MASSENGILL, UM, UM, ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOODS COUNCIL, BUT I'M HERE TALKING FOR MYSELF. 
          UM, I, I, AFTER THE ACACIA CLIFF DEBACLE AND, UH, SEVERAL OTHER THINGS I'VE SEEN AROUND TOWN, I, I, I, I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE AS STRONG AS POSSIBLE, AND LIKE BETSY SAID, BEFORE WE START TINKERING ALL THESE OTHER RULES, WE, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME PROTECTIONS FOR RENTERS IN OUR, IN OUR CITY. 
          THIS, THIS IS EVERYTHING ROLLS DOWNHILL. 
          I'M USING THE WORD EVERYTHING, UH, THAT, THAT, AND, AND IT LANDS ON BOARD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WHEN THEY'RE NOT HERE, THEY'RE OUT WORKING RIGHT NOW. 
          SO IT'S UP TO US OLD FOLKS AND PEOPLE HAVE TIME OFF TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK UP FOR 'EM, AND, AND, AND HAVING SOME PROTECTIONS AND INCLUDING ACTUAL STAKEHOLDERS, IE THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THESE AREAS PRESENTLY. 
          UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHO WE NEED TO BE ENGAGING. 
          AND, AND I I, I APPLAUD THE EFFORT TO AT LEAST OPEN THAT PART UP OF THESE DENSITY BONUS DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SORELY LACKING AND THE OUTREACH AND, UH, THE WAY WE'VE BEEN INTERACTING WITH, WITH US, THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN LESS THAN ROBUST. 
          SO IT, IT BEING ABLE TO INCLUDE, LIKE, AGAIN, BACK TO THE RAIN TO RIVER MODEL, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE RATHER THAN A BUNCH OF FOAM BOARD EASELS AND PEOPLE WITH PRE-DIGESTED STUFF TELLING US, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO THINK. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF INSULTING, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T MEAN ANY RESPECT TO THE STAFF, BUT THAT'S BEEN THE WAY IT'S BEEN AT ALMOST ALL THESE DIFFERENT MEETINGS I'VE BEEN GOING TO. 
          IT'S LIKE A, A THREE DIMENSIONAL WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE, THE PHONE BOARDS OF EACH PAGE OF THE WEBSITE. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU CAN'T CLICK ON SOMETHING ON THIS PHONE BOARD AND IT TRANSPORTS YOU TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM TO WHERE THE FOLLOW UP THOUGHT IS. 
          SO IT'S VERY DISCONNECTED AND NOT VERY INFORMATIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. MASSENGILL MEMBERS, ITEM NUMBER 70 THAT INCLUDES, THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE CONSENT SPEAKERS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. 
          ITEM NUMBER 77 IS, UH, RELATED TO A, UH, POTENTIAL SETTLEMENT. 
          SO I'M GONNA ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 77 AND ALLOW YOU TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OF LEGAL COUNSEL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          ITEM 77, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPROVE A PAYMENT OF $350,000 TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT TITLED JAVIER AMBLER VERSUS THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          AND OFFICER OFFICER NEESON, THIS CASE INVOLVED THE DEATH OF HA UH, JAVIER AMBLER JR. 
          WHILE HE WAS DETAINED BY THE WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND A PT OFFICER NEESON AFTER A HIGH SPEED CHASE. 
          IN EXCHANGE FOR THE CITY'S PAYMENT, PLAINTIFF WILL RELEASE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY AND OFFICER NEESON RELATED TO THE INCIDENT, AND WILL ALSO DISMISS THE LAWSUIT FILED IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, AUSTIN DIVISION. 
          THE AUSTIN CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RECOMMENDS THAT YOU APPROVE PAYMENT BASED ON THESE TERMS. THANK YOU MEMBERS. 
          ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY? UH, THAT BEING THE CASE? UH, WE WILL NOW GO TO A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          REMEMBER THAT ITEM 7 16 23 AND NOW 38 AND 39 WERE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ITEM 16, I, I'M SORRY. 
          ALSO, ITEM 12. 
          WE'VE, UH, WE'VE DEALT WITH ITEM NUMBER 12. 
          WE'VE ALSO DEALT WITH ITEM NUMBER 16. 
          ITEM NUMBER 23 WAS WITHDRAWN, UH, BY STAFF. 
          AND WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM 17, UH, ITEM SEVEN, AND ITEMS 38 AND 39, UH, ACCORDINGLY. 
          BUT THAT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT'S NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOTIONS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. 
          IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, UH, DISCUSSION 
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WITH REGARD TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          AND IF YOU WANNA BE RECOGNIZED, LET ME KNOW. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ ON ITEM 50 AND, AND THANK THE, THE SPEAKERS AS WELL. 
          UH, I THINK THAT'S AN EXTREMELY APPROPRIATE ADDITION, UH, TO OUR LINEUP OF, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          UH, ONE OF THE MOST, UH, IMPACTFUL EMOTIONAL, MEANINGFUL EVENTS THAT I'VE PARTICIPATED IN WAS WHEN THE, THE AWA, UH, CAME TO VISIT, UH, AUSTIN, THEIR FORMER NATIVE LANDS. 
          THEY'RE NOW IN A RESERVATION IN OKLAHOMA. 
          UH, A LONG HISTORY, BUT, UH, THEIR VISIT HERE, UH, WAS DEEPLY IMPACTFUL AND DEEPLY, UH, MEANINGFUL. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO RECONNECT TO THEIR ROOTS IN CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          UH, AND I THINK THIS IS A, A GREAT WAY. 
          I, I, I WOULD LOVE TO DOWN THE ROAD, UH, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO EVEN GET THEM ENGAGED AND INVOLVED IN THE COMMISSION. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, I, I, IT'S A GREAT RESOLUTION. 
          I I REALLY, UH, APPRECIATE A COUNCIL MEMBER OF ALASKA FOR BRINGING IT AND ALL THE FOLKS THAT, THAT HAVE SPONSORED IT. 
          UH, ALSO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM TWO, UH, WHICH IS FOR ART AND PUBLIC PLACE, PLACES FOR THE, THE ST. 
          JOHN REDEVELOPMENT. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUNCH OF ITEMS ON THAT AT THE MAY 28TH MEETING. 
          BUT, UM, UH, JUST GETTING EXCITED ABOUT, UH, POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT ON THAT SITE. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA KICK IT OFF WITH THIS CONTRACT FOR, UH, SOME PUBLIC ART, UH, ON THE SITE. 
          UH, AGAIN, JUST EXCITED TO SEE THAT MOVE FORWARD. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELAZQUEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, COLLEAGUES, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS. UH, THE FIRST BEING ITEM NUMBER 41. 
          I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE ITEM IS ON OUR AGENDA TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE OUR ILA WITH THE COUNTY TO HELP ESTABLISH THE FIRST FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER IN CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          LAST YEAR, WE PASSED A RESOLUTION AND BUDGET AMENDMENT TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF THE FJC, AND I AM GRATEFUL TO THE CITY STAFF AND OUR COUNTY PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY COUNTY ATTORNEY GARZA, UH, FOR HELPING MAKE THIS POSSIBLE IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS. 
          I, UH, ENCOURAGE CITY STAFF TO ALLOW THE FLEXIBILITY NEEDED TO GET THE FJC OPERATIONAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, ON ITEM 50, TODAY IS A HISTORIC DAY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS WITH THE PASSING OF ITEM 50. 
          WE JOINED ONE OF FEW CITIES IN THE US WITH A COMMISSION FOR OUR NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY. 
          LAST YEAR, THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER, AND, AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM TOUCHED ON IT, HOSTED 15,000 FOLKS AT THE 32ND ANNUAL AUSTIN POWWOW AND NATIVE AMERICAN, UH, HERITAGE FESTIVAL. 
          AND THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER IS ISN'T THE ONLY ORGANIZATION WHO SUPPORTS OUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY IN AUSTIN YESTERDAY, THE PUERTO RICAN CULTURAL CENTER, ALSO LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE, SENT IN A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM. 
          UM, AS THEY SHARE TINO CULTURE AND TRADITIONS THROUGH THE TRIBE OF THE SACRED PLACE, UM, COUNCIL IS IN THE MIDDLE OF SUN SETTING COMMISSIONS THAT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED. 
          AND I HAVE, UH, AND I'VE MET WITH COMMISSIONERS THAT SEE THE VALUE IN CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF COMMISSIONS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          HOWEVER, WE MUST DO, DO THIS THOUGHTFULLY. 
          UM, THIS IS FAR OVERDUE FOR OUR NATIVE AMERICAN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY, UH, THAT THEY ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE CITY AND TO BE SEEN AND HEARD IN OUR POLICY DECISIONS. 
          THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR, PRO TEM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RIAR AND SIEGEL FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS ITEM. 
          ALSO, THANK YOU TO SKY HOWELL AND NON BLASTING GAIN AT THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          AND THANK YOU TO MY, UH, MY TEAM, UH, ELISE AND MO, WHO WORKED VERY, VERY DILIGENTLY ON THIS. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE, UH, WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ FOR LEADING ON ITEM 50 IN SETTING UP A NATIVE AMERICAN INDIGENOUS, UM, QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION. 
          UH, THANKS FOR HAVING OUR OFFICE AS A, AS A CO-SPONSOR. 
          UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE REAL QUICK COMMENTS ON ITEM 80. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY PROUD TO CONTINUE, UH, WORKING ON CHAPTER FOUR 18 UPDATES. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HEARD A LOT OF PERSPECTIVES TODAY, ALL EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, UH, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE MEANINGFUL LASTING CHA CHANGES IN OUR CITY. 
          SO, I, I JUST WANT TO JUST THANK, UH, THE CO-SPONSORS ON THE ITEM COUNCIL, UH, SORRY, MAYOR PRO TE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SEGAL, COUNCIL MEMBER VELAZQUEZ, UH, WANT TO THANK, UH, STAFF FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK ON THE ITEM. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA THANK FOLKS AT BASTA HOUSING WORKS, UH, ALL IN ALL OUR SPEAKERS TODAY, UH, FOR, FOR ALL THEIR, UH, INPUT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILOR SEGAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, SO I, JUST A FEW ITEMS TO NOTE. 
          UH, ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE, WANNA THANK AUSTIN ENERGY FOR THESE TWO ITEMS, WHICH TOGETHER ADD 399 MEGAWATTS OF WIND GENERATION CAPACITY. 
          ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW AUSTIN'S A NATIONAL LEADER IN RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION. 
          UH, ITEM 36, WANNA, UM, CONGRATULATE 
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AND THANK AUSTIN HOUSING AND DIRECTOR DEAN FOR THIS CODE AMENDMENT, WHICH CLARIFIES THAT TENANT ORGANIZING RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS UNDER OUR LEASE ADDENDUM WILL ALSO APPLY TO HOUSING CREATED BY DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS. ITEM 45, WANNA CONGRATULATE AUSTIN WATERSHED FOR ITS REIGN TO RIVER 10 YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          UH, THIS WORK IS A TESTAMENT TO AUSTIN'S ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY, OUR ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS, AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO INNOVATE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE LAND, MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND ACTUALLY SURVIVE, UH, IN THIS FLOOD PRONE REGION. 
          AND FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT THE DOCUMENT, WHICH HAS A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION AND REALLY BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS OF AUSTIN AND ITS WATERSHEDS. 
          UH, ITEM 50, JUST WANT TO GIVE A HUGE THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ FOR BRINGING THIS TO CREATE A NATIVE AMERICAN INDIGENOUS QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION AND HONORED TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS EFFORT. 
          UH, ITEM 52, I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR, UH, AND THE CO-SPONSORS OF THIS ITEM. 
          IN PARTICULAR, I SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION THAT REQUESTS ANALYSIS OF MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORY CONSULTANT CONTRACTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          AND, UH, MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OF ITEM 52. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL, WITHOUT OBJECTION, COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL BE SHOWN AS A CO-SPONSOR OF ITEM NUMBER 52. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS LAST ONE, UH, ITEM 80. 
          THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER CADRY FOR LEADING THIS EFFORT TO IMPROVE TENANT PROTECTIONS AND ESTABLISHING A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS. 
          UH, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES AND PROVIDE TENANTS WITH STRONGER HOUSING AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANNA FLAG TWO ITEMS, ONE THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT. 
          ITEM 42, IT'S ABOUT BRUSH PICKUP. 
          WELL, I UNDERSTAND AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL OF, UH, AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERIES WORK TO FULFILL ITS MISSION. 
          CLOSE LOOPHOLES BY ADJUSTING THE POLICIES AND FEES FOR BRUSH PICK, UH, DROP OFF AT HORNSEY BEND. 
          THE SORT OF BRUSH PICKUP REMAINS A PRIORITY FOR US BECAUSE OF WILDFIRE RISKS. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR HELP WITH OUR LATEST BRUSH PICKUP COMMUNITY EVENT LAST WEEKEND WITH NAKA AUSTIN PARKS FOUNDATION, A-R-R-A-P-R, UH, TO GET ALL THIS BRUSH THAT WE PULLED OUT OF BARROWS NATURE PRESERVE. 
          AND I APPLAUD A'S PROGRESS IN SAVING MONEY AND FUEL COSTS FOR THE PICKUPS. 
          BUT I ALSO HAVE TO NOTE, THE AMOUNT OF BRUSH PICKUP TONNAGE DECLINED BY HALF BETWEEN 2024 AND 2025. 
          SO OUR PLAN IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AS WELL AS ALL THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT CONSTITUENTS PREPARE FOR AND MITIGATE THE WILDFIRE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH CLEARING OUT THE DEAD AND DOWN IN THEIR AREAS. 
          AND FOR ITEM 36, WANNA THANK THE FOLKS THAT WORKED ON THIS AS WELL AS, UH, CUSTOMER CADRE'S. 
          ITEM 80, UH, THE PROTECTIONS FOR RESIDENT DISPLACED BY DEVELOPMENT ARE INADEQUATE TO MAKE THEM WHOLE. 
          AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT A STAFF IS EXPLORING HOW TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THOSE PROTECTIONS AND DIAL IN THE APPROPRIATE COMPENSATIONS THEY CONSIDER ALIGNING WITH THE AMOUNT OF RENTAL COMPENSATION TO THE MARKET FROM WHERE FOLKS ARE BEING DISPLACED INTO RATHER THAN TYING IT TO THE APARTMENT THEY'VE LOST. 
          THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, LET ME SPEAK ON ITEM REAL 52 REAL QUICKLY. 
          FIRST OF ALL, UM, THIS COMES OUT OF A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE THROUGH THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND, AND COME THROUGH THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WHERE THERE'S BEEN AN INDICATION OF A NEED TO PROPERLY DOCUMENT OUR CONSULTANT CONTRACTS AND, UH, TO DILIGENTLY MONITOR OUR CONTRACTS AND OUR GRANTS AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR MONEY IS BEING SPENT WELL EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. 
          AND SO THIS WILL LEAD TO GREATER OVERSIGHT WHERE WE'RE GONNA DO A BETTER JOB OF TRACKING DELIVERABLES, MEASURING PERFORMANCE, AND DOING VENDOR REVIEW. 
          UH, ALSO IT'LL BRING US THE GREATER IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE TRACKING OF THOSE THINGS. 
          I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MR. VAN ENO AND TO JAMES SCARBOROUGH IN PARTICULAR FOR HELPING ON THIS AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH ME AND MY OFFICE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE USING THOSE PUBLIC DOLLARS FOR THE CONTRACTS AND GRANTS EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE CO-SPONSORS, MAYOR PRO TEM VELA, COUNCIL MEMBERS ALTER ELLIS CADRE, AND NOW COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL FOR THEIR SUPPORT. 
          AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT WORK COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, MEMBERS, UH, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OH, I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LANG. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE THAT, MAYOR. 
          UM, I, I'LL START WITH NUMBER 52, THE PROCUREMENT POLICY. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT, MAYOR AND I, I WOULD LOVE TO BE AT IT AS A CO-SPONSOR. 
          IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO BECOME MORE SYSTEMATIC ON THE TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT OF THESE AREAS, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK. 
          WITHOUT OBJECTION, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE WILL BE SHOWN AS A CO-SPONSOR OF ITEM NUMBER 52. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SIMILARLY FOR ITEM NUMBER 50, ESTABLISHING THE NATIVE AMERICAN, UM, QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION. 
          I'M GRATEFUL TO THE SPEAKERS WHO'VE COME AND SPOKEN, AND ALSO FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL MEMBER VELAZQUEZ AND MY OTHER COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD. 
          IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FOR THAT ITEM. 
          WITHOUT OBJECTION, YOU'LL BE SHOWN AS A CO-SPONSOR OF THAT ITEM. 
          ITEM NUMBER 50. 
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AND FINALLY, AS IT RELATES TO NUMBER 41, THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER, WITH THE CON, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OUR REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO SUSTAIN OUR SUPPORT NETWORK AND SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING, I'M PLEASED TO SEE US MAKING PROGRESS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER WITH TRAVIS COUNTY. 
          MY OFFICE HAS BEEN EXPLORING WAYS TO ENSURE THAT WILLIAMSON COUNTY NEIGHBORS WITH CITY OF AUSTIN ADDRESSES ALSO ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THESE SERVICES. 
          WE HAVE MET WITH BRAVE ALLIANCE AND THE ASIAN FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES OF AUSTIN, AND I BRING THIS UP TO KEEP OUR WILCO RESIDENTS ON THE CITY'S RADAR, ENSURE THAT WE HELP MAKE SURE THAT OUR FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL CITY RESIDENTS. 
          THANK YOU TO THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS COME TO FRUITION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          OKAY, UM, MEMBERS, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN ABSTAINING ON, ON ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN RECUSING THEMSELVES FROM A VOTE ON ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED. 
          MEMBERS, WHAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST WE DO IS WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND WE HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          AND, AND I REMEMBER ITEM 54 AND 57 HAVE BEEN POSTPONED. 
          UH, BUT WE'LL GO TO ITEM 55 AND, AND, UH, WHAT I'M, I WOULD ANTICIPATE WE'LL DO IS GO ITEM 55, 58, 59, AND THEN 60, WHICH WE WILL THEN TAKE UP ITEMS 38 AND 39 ALONG WITH ITEM NUMBER 60, AND WE'LL VOTE ON THOSE AND THEN GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 56. 
          THAT'S JUST THE ORDER SO THAT EVERYBODY KIND OF FEELS WHERE WE'RE HEADED, ALL OF THAT. 
          WITH THAT BEING 
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SAID, UM, WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND I WOULD ASK THE CITY CLERK TO PLEASE CALL, UH, SPEAKERS. 
          OKAY, WE'LL START REMOTE WITH JEREMY HENDRICKS FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          SORRY I'M NOT IN PERSON WITH YOU TODAY. 
          THIS IS JEREMY HENDRICKS, DISTRICT FOUR RESIDENT, AND I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING UNA, THE LABOR'S INTERNATIONAL UNIT OF NORTH AMERICA WITH OVER 600,000 MEMBERS, UH, TO TESTIFY IN FAVOR OF ITEM SEVEN, UNA SUPPORTS AN ALL OF THE ABOVE ENERGY STRATEGY AND THAT KEEPS AUSTIN MOVING FORWARD. 
          WHILE CONTINUING OUR CITY'S LEADERSHIP ON CLIMATE AND CLEAN ENERGY, AUSTIN ENERGY AND THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAVE WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD TO POSITION THIS CITY AS A NATIONAL LEADER IN SUSTAINABILITY, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CLIMATE INNOVATION. 
          WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT WORK, AND NOTHING ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL CHANGES OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A CLEANER FUTURE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REALIZE WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT PEOPLE ON OUR WORST ENERGY DAYS. 
          THESE PEAKER UNITS ARE NOT ABOUT ABANDONING CLIMATE GOALS. 
          THEY ARE AN INSURANCE POLICY, AN INSURANCE POLICY FOR EXTREME HEAT, SEVERE WINTER WEATHER GRID EMERGENCIES, AND THE GROWING ENERGY DEMANDS FACING OUR CITY. 
          UM, WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT DURING A MAJOR EVENT, IT'S NOT THE WEALTHY PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FIRST AS ALSO PRESIDENT WINDSOR HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. 
          I KNOW IT'S THE SENIORS, IT'S OUR CHILDREN, IT'S WORKING FAMILIES, AND IT'S THE MEDICALLY VULNERABLE RESIDENTS THAT, UM, REALLY ARE AT RISK. 
          AND WE CANNOT RISK CATASTROPHIC OUTAGES OR LOSS OF LIFE BECAUSE WE'VE FAILED TO PREPARE FOR WORST CASE SCENARIOS, WHICH WE KNOW ARE COMING. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, I'M ALSO HERE TO REMIND COUNSEL THAT WE HAVE MAJOR OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD TO AGGRESSIVELY ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE OUR GEOTHERMAL STUDY RESOLUTION THAT WE HOPE ADVANCES IN THE COMING MONTHS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA CLOSE WITH RELIABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY CAN COEXIST AND THEY MUST, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK THOUGHTS AND ENERGY AND THE COUNCIL TO BUILD A CLEANER, SAFER FUTURE THAT PROTECTS WORKERS, HAS HIGH SAFETY STANDARDS, AND ALWAYS PATHWAYS INTO GOOD LOCAL CAREERS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. 
          NEXT SPEAKER IS RAFAEL SCHWARTZ ON ITEM SEVEN. 
          MORNING. 
          UH, MY NAME IS RAFAEL SCHWARTZ, SPEAKING FOR THE AUSTIN SIERRA CLUB, AND I'M A D TWO RESIDENT. 
          I SPOKE ON JOSE ABOUT THE SERIOUS NEED FOR UPDATED AND TRANSPARENT MODELING HERE SO THE CITY CAN MAKE A PROPERLY INFORMED DECISION. 
          I WON'T REPEAT ALL OF THAT, BUT INSTEAD, WANNA FOCUS ON ADDING, UH, MEANINGFUL CARBON EMISSIONS GUARDRAIL SO THAT THESE UNITS DO NOT RUN ALL SUMMER, EVERY SUMMER, YET CAN STILL FUNCTION AS INSURANCE FOR A TRUE LOAD SHE EVENT. 
          AND FOR THE RARE SEVERE FINANCIAL EVENT, PLEASE PUT THE POLICY WHERE THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN AND LIMIT THESE TO AN INSURANCE POLICY. 
          THE FINANCIAL CASE FOR LOCAL SOLAR IN AUSTIN IS BASICALLY ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON SUMMER AFTERNOON AIR CONDITIONING PEAK LOAD. 
          THAT IS WHAT SOLAR AND STORAGE DOES BEST. 
          AND EVERY EXTRA MEGAWATT OF COMPETING GAS PEAKERS THAT RUN DAILY IN THE SUMMER DOES FLATTEN THE ECONOMICS FOR LOCAL SOLAR BATTERIES AND DEMAND RESPONSE FOR GENERATIONS 
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TO COME. 
          THESE LOCAL, UH, PEAKERS ARE COMPETING DIRECTLY WITH LOCAL RENEWABLES, AND IF THE CITY IS PUTTING ITS THUMB ON THE SCALE FOR MASSIVE LOCAL GAS GENERATION TO THE 10 OF A BILLION DOLLARS, SOLAR WILL SCALE MUCH MORE SLOWLY IN AUSTIN, AND THE CITY WILL HAVE NO REALISTIC PATH TO ACHIEVING ITS CARBON FREE GOALS. 
          THESE GUARDRAILS WILL ALSO DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE UTILITY'S CARBON EMISSIONS AND IMPROVE LOCAL AIR QUALITY. 
          I DO BELIEVE THIS IS EXISTENTIAL FOR THE CITY'S CLIMATE TARGETS, AND I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT AN AMENDMENT ON THIS TOPIC. 
          THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 
          MOVING ON TO IN-PERSON. 
          FOR ITEM SEVEN, WE HAVE ALINA CARNAHAN, TODD, DAVEY, DAVIN BARBER, DENISE DAVIS, JEREMY MARTIN. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU BEGIN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR PRO TEMAN COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS LENA CARNAHAN AND I'M HERE TODAY SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM SEVEN. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF AUSTIN, AND ITS NEARLY 2000 MEMBERS, OUR MEMBERS BUILD THE HOMES, OFFICES, STORES AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT KEEP AUSTIN VIBRANT. 
          THE THREE AUSTIN ENERGY ITEMS TODAY ARE ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING AFFORDABILITY AND RELIABILITY FOR AUSTIN. 
          EXPANDING OUR ON DEMAND GENERATION CAPACITY TO INCLUDE PEAKERS WOULD HELP PROTECT US FROM UNPREDICTABLE PRICE SPIKES WHILE STRENGTHENING THE RELIABILITY OF OUR LOCAL GRID. 
          OH, RELIABLE POWER SUPPLY AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE CRITICAL TO SUPPORTING OUR CONTINUED GROWTH BEYOND JUST COST SAVINGS. 
          SPEAKERS WOULD ENSURE FEWER OUTAGES AND QUICKER RECOVERY FROM EMERGENCIES AND NEED NOT REMIND YOU OF 2021. 
          WITHOUT THESE MEASURES THAT WILL GENERATE CAPACITY FOR OUR CITY, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE MAJOR RELIABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY ISSUES. 
          TO ADD TO THIS, ERCOT IS PROJECTING THAT THE STATEWIDE ELECTRIC SYSTEM WILL BE QUADRUPLING ITS CURRENT PEAK DEMAND BY 2032. 
          THIS BECOMES AN ISSUE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES WANTING TO MOVE TO AUSTIN. 
          THEY WANT TO LOOK FOR A PLACE WITH STABLE, AFFORDABLE POWER, AND WE NEED TO BE THAT PLACE. 
          OUR CITY DEPENDS ON AN AFFORDABLE AND RELIABLE POWER SUPPLY. 
          THESE PROPOSED INVESTMENTS WOULD DELIVER THAT WHILE ALSO ADVANCING A RESPONSIBLE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION AND PROTECTING AUSTIN ENERGY'S LONG-TERM FINANCIAL HEALTH. 
          THESE ITEMS REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD MAINTAINING A STABLE, RESILIENT, AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY SYSTEM THAT CAN SUPPORT AUSTIN'S FUTURE GROWTH. 
          PLEASE SUPPORT ITEM SEVEN TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS DENISE DAVIS AND I'M THE 2026 CHAIR OF THE AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TODAY BRIEFLY IN SUPPORT OF THE ITEM SEVEN ON YOUR AGENDA. 
          THI THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL ITEM AND IT PROVIDES CRITICAL INVESTMENTS THAT ARE VITAL TO AUSTIN ENERGY'S FUTURE TO CUSTOMERS AND TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          AMONG THEIR MANY BENEFITS, THESE INVESTMENTS WILL PROTECT CUSTOMERS FROM PRICE INCREASES AND KEEP THE GRID STABLE AND PREVENT OUTAGES. 
          I'D ALSO POINT OUT THAT DISPATCHABLE GENERATION IS IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY TO FILL THE GAPS WHEN THE SUN ISN'T SHINING OR WHEN THERE IS NO WIND. 
          AND THAT PEAKERS ARE A CRITICAL PIECE TO BALANCING OUT AUSTIN ENERGY'S PORTFOLIO IN THESE INSTANCES. 
          SO OUR CHAMBER BELIEVES THAT PEAKERS ARE AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT THAT INCREASE RELIABILITY ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          AND FINALLY, IT IS A SOUND BUSINESS DECISION FOR THE CITY BECAUSE IT PROTECTS AUSTIN ENERGY FROM OWING ERCOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND STRETCHING ITS BUDGET OR CASH RESERVES BECAUSE IT LACKS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE LOCAL GENERATION. 
          SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND TO MAKE A FEW BRIEF REMARKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. 
          CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, DAVE ON BARBOUR, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE. 
          I'M HERE TODAY SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. 
          UH, DOWNTOWN AUSTIN REPRESENTS LESS THAN 1% OF THE CITY'S LANDMASS, BUT PRODUCES 11% OF THE CITY'S TAXABLE VALUE. 
          TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, THAT REPRESENTS 14,000 RESIDENTS, 745 STOREFRONT BUSINESSES, 132,000 DOWNTOWN WORKERS, AND 15,000 HOTEL ROOMS. OUR RESIDENTS, SMALL BUSINESSES, WORKERS AND HOTELS MUST HAVE RELIABLE POWER, ESPECIALLY DURING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. 
          PEAKER PLANTS PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO RESTART THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM DURING A TOTAL OUTAGE WITHOUT NEEDING OUTSIDE POWER TO DO IT. 
          PEAKERS ARE A MEASURE OF LAST RESORT ONLY CALLED ON WHEN RENEWABLES AND SHORTAGE FALLS SHORT. 
          OUR CITY IS GROWING AT THE SAME TIME THAT EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS ARE GROWING, TESTING OUR ENERGY CAPACITIES. 
          ADDITIONALLY, NEW PEAKER UNITS WOULD ENABLE THE REPLACEMENT OF OLDER, LESS EFFICIENT GAS PLANTS. 
          THIS REDUCES OVERALL EMISSIONS EVEN AS DISPATCH DISPATCHABLE 
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CAPACITY GROWS. 
          ON A BROADER NOTE, EVERYONE KNOWS THE CITY IS FACING BUDGET DEFICITS. 
          AS A REMINDER, AUSTIN ENERGY PROVIDES NEARLY 10% OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND REVENUE. 
          IF AUSTIN ENERGY DOES NOT PRODUCE, DOES NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH LOCAL GENERATION, IT MUST BUY ENERGY ON THE ERCOT MARKET. 
          DURING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS POTENTIALLY LEADING AE TO DIP INTO CASH RESERVES, NEW PEAKER PLANTS CAN OFFSET THOSE COSTS. 
          AND CLOSING DOWNTOWN AUSTIN IS THE ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT POWERS THE REST OF THE CITY IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE INVESTMENT AND GROWTH DOWNTOWN THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. 
          IT NEEDS RELIABLE ENERGY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM SEVEN, WE HAVE JOHN HOWARD, HAYDEN BAGOT, DAVID JABOR, TOBY HAYDEN, STACY SCHMIDT, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM BAYLA AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS HAYDEN BAGOT, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COALITION FOR CLEAN, AFFORDABLE, AND RELIABLE ENERGY, AND HERE TO SUPPORT THE POWER GENERATION INVESTMENTS TODAY. 
          BUT I WANNA START MY TESTIMONY BY IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, POLICIES AND BENEFITS THAT PUT AUSTIN ENERGY ABOVE OTHER UTILITIES IN THE STATE. 
          STARTING WITH THE CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SOLAR STANDARD OFFER, E-BIKE REBATES, DEMAND RESPONSE, PILOTS, EV, HOME CHARGER SUBSIDIES, DISCONNECTION, MORATORIUMS DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, GEOTHERMAL EXPLORATION, THE LOWEST RESIDENTIAL RATES IN TEXAS, A $139 MILLION AND GROWING ANNUAL TRANSFER TO THE CITY GENERAL FUND. 
          AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, A CARBON FREE GENERATION MIX THAT EXCEEDS STATEWIDE AND NATIONAL LEVELS. 
          ALL OF THIS IS AT STAKE TODAY. 
          YOU'VE CONSISTENTLY HEARD ABOUT THE OUTAGE RISKS AND POTENTIAL BILL IMPACTS THAT COME FROM INSUFFICIENT LOCAL GENERATION, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THE THREAT TO THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. 
          DURING PERIODS OF EXTREME DEMAND. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY COULD OWE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITHIN DAYS IF IT LACKS ENOUGH LOCAL GENERATION POTENTIALLY EXCEEDING ITS RESERVES. 
          ERCOT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT, AND WITH THE UTILITY ONLY MAINTAINING 184 DAYS CASH ON HAND, IT COULD FACE A SCENARIO WHERE IT CAN'T PAY ITS BILL AND HAS TO LOOK TO THE CITY FOR A LIFELINE. 
          THESE RISKS ARE ONLY EXACERBATED BY LOAD GROWTH AND ONGOING TRANSMISSION CONSTRAINTS. 
          WHILE BATTERY TECHNOLOGY IS ADVANCING RAPIDLY, THESE RESOURCES CAN'T YET PROTECT OUR UTILITY FROM THIS DEGREE OF FINANCIAL EXPOSURE. 
          MEANWHILE, THE PEAKERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING ACT AS AN INSURANCE MEASURE THAT PROTECTS AUSTIN ENERGY FROM INSOLVENCY AND KEEPS IT PUBLICLY OWNED. 
          WITHOUT THIS, A UTILITY COULD LOSE ITS FINANCIAL FOOTING AND ITS ABILITY TO INVEST IN THESE RENEWABLES EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS AND ROBUST PUBLIC SERVICES. 
          A VOTE FOR PEAKERS IS A VOTE TO CONTINUE. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY'S 130 YEAR LEGACY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M JOHN HOWARD WITH DELL TECHNOLOGIES. 
          I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN TO EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR AUSTIN ENERGY'S PROPOSAL. 
          WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN IN A POSITION TO DO SO, BUT TODAY WE APPLAUD AUSTIN ENERGY ON THIS THOUGHTFUL PROPOSAL TO ADD CRITICALLY NEEDED LOCAL DISPATCHABLE POWER. 
          WE'VE ALL LIVED THROUGH ENOUGH SUMMERS, WINTERS, STORMS, AND OUTAGES TO KNOW THAT IT'S CRITICAL FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE POWER. 
          PEAKERS HELP KEEP THE GRID STABLE, KEEP BILLS PREDICTABLE, AND KEEP AUSTIN ENERGY FINANCIALLY. 
          SOUND RENEWABLES AND BATTERIES ARE ESSENTIAL, BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT ALL ALONE. 
          WE NEED MORE LOCAL POWER GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION CAPACITY TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF WILD PRICE SPIKES. 
          KEEP THE GRID STABLE AND PREVENT OUTAGES, SPUR INVESTMENT IN TRANSMISSION, IMPORT CAPACITY, PROTECT AGAINST POWER CONGESTION COSTS, AND ALLOW AUSTIN ENERGY TO REPLACE ITS OLDER, LESS EFFICIENT GAS PLANTS. 
          PEAKERS ARE A MEASURE OF LAST RESORT ONLY TO BE USED IN THE RARE INSTANCES WHEN RENEWABLES AND BATTERY STORAGE FALL SHORT. 
          BOOSTING LOCAL DISPATCHABLE GENERATION PROTECTS AUSTIN ENERGY'S FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS, ENSURING THAT IT'S ABLE TO RELIABLY AND AFFORDABLY POWER OUR HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND ABLE TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S BUDGET FOR A HOST OF PRIORITIES AND ABLE TO STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S RENEWABLES PORTFOLIO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          I'M DAVID JABOR, UH, CHAIR ELECT OF THE AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND, UH, BUSINESS OWNER DOING BUSINESS IN EVERY DISTRICT, UM, IN THE, UH, CITY 
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OF AUSTIN. 
          IF WE LOOK BACK TO 1895, WHEN THE CITY OF AUSTIN FIRST GOT INTO THE POWER GENERATION BUSINESS, IT WAS RENEWABLE AND UH, AND PROGRESSIVE AUSTIN IS STILL PROGRESSIVE WITH 75% OF ITS POWER COMING FROM CARBON FREE SOURCES WELL ABOVE ERCOT NATIONAL AVERAGES. 
          NEW PEAKER UNITS WILL ENABLE THE REPLACEMENT OF OUR OLDER, LESS EFFICIENT GAS PLANTS. 
          THIS REDUCES THE OVERALL EMISSIONS. 
          PEAKERS FILL THE GAPS WHEN THE SUN ISN'T SHINING AND THE WIND ISN'T BLOWING. 
          WE NEED THE PEAKERS, RENEWABLES AND BATTERIES ARE ESSENTIAL, BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT ALL, NOT ALL ALONE. 
          THAT IS PEAKERS HELP KEEP THE GRID STABLE, BILLS PREDICTABLE, AND THE ALTERNATE ENERGY. 
          AND AUSTIN ENERGY, FINANCIALLY SOUND. 
          PLEASE SUPPORT ITEM SEVEN. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS TOBY HATTON. 
          I AM A NURSE AND AN EMERGENCY MANAGER AND I GET EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY, SO I'M GOING TO READ MY STATEMENT. 
          I'M THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF DISASTER RECOVERY AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE AT ASCENSION, TEXAS. 
          I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING ASCENSION TEXAS TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT TO, FOR AUSTIN ENERGY'S RESOURCE GENERATION AND CLIMATE PROTECTION PLAN TO 2035. 
          ASCENSION OPERATES MORE THAN A DOZEN HOSPITALS IN THE AUSTIN AREA IN INCLUDING 480,000 ENCOUNTERS IN OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND 16,300 AND ASSOCIATES. 
          WE ARE A CRITICAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AS A HOSPITAL SYSTEM, OUR MISSION IS A COMMITMENT TO SERVING ALL PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE POOR AND VULNERABLE. 
          TO DO THAT, WE DEPEND ON RELIABLE POWER AND THAT MEETS THE DEMAND OF THE COMMUNITY AND A HOSPITAL SETTING UNINTERRUPTED POWER IS NOT MERELY A CONVENIENCE, IT IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. 
          OUR PATIENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN CRITICAL CARE ON LIFE SUPPORT OR UNDERGOING SURGERY, DEPEND ON A STABLE AND PREDICTABLE ELECTRIC SERVICE. 
          THE 2035 PLAN DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THIS BY PRIORITIZING RELIABILITY AND WORKING TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF LONG DURATION STATEWIDE AND LOCALIZED OUTAGES. 
          WE HAVE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS SUCH AS WINTER STORM URI, WHICH HIGHLIGHTED THE VITAL NEED FOR RESILIENCY. 
          THIS PLAN AIMS TO MAKE AUSTIN ENERGY OPERATIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF THESE INCREASING CHALLENGES. 
          WE PARTICULARLY COMMEND THE COMMITMENT TO MAINTAIN BLACKSTAR UTILITY STATUS, ENSURING THAT OUR GRID CAN BE RESTORED IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO, A CAPABILITY ESSENTIAL FOR CRITICAL SERVICES LIKE OURS. 
          THE PLAN, STRATEGIC INCLUSION OF LOCAL SOLUTIONS SUCH AS AVOIDING PREMATURE RETIRING OF EXISTING LOCAL GENERATION AT SANDHILL AND DECKER AND CONSIDERING MORE EFFICIENT NATURAL GAS PEAKER UNITS IS PARAMOUNT. 
          THESE RESOURCES ARE CRUCIAL FOR VOLTAGE SUPPORT IN PREVENTING LOCAL OUTAGES. 
          WHILE WE STRIVE FOR CLEAN ENERGY, THESE DISPATCHABLE LOCAL RESOURCES ACT, UH, IN EXTREME EVENTS, DIRECTLY SAFEGUARDING OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE CONTINUOUS CARE. 
          FROM THE HOSPITAL'S PERSPECTIVE. 
          THIS PLAN IS NOT ABOUT ENERGY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM SEVEN, WE HAVE DOMINIC PADILLA, KEVIN FINCHER, AJ BINGHAM, AL BRADEN, TRE SALINAS. 
          IS TRE SALINAS HERE? YES, I HAVE MOLLY CARR DONATING TWO MINUTES. 
          IS SHE PRESENT? OKAY, WHEN YOU'RE UP, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES. 
          SOMEBODY BEGIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS DOMINIC PADILLA AND I LIVE HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO BEING A HUSBAND AND FATHER, I CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY AUSTIN, AND AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN CHAMBER. 
          IN THOSE ROLES, I REGULARLY MEET WITH MANY OF THE REGION'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS, AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND THAT ENERGY RELIABILITY IS BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CONCERNS ABOUT CENTRAL TEXAS'S FUTURE GROWTH AND COMPETITIVENESS. 
          I CONSISTENTLY HEAR FROM EMPLOYERS THAT UNCERTAINTY AROUND POWER RELIABILITY IS A MAJOR CONCERN WHEN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT EXPANDING OPERATIONS AND INVESTING IN OUR REGION. 
          BUT BEYOND MY PROFESSIONAL ROLE, MY PROFESSIONAL ROLE, I'M ALSO HERE TODAY AS A FATHER WHO EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OUR ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS PUSHED BEYOND ITS LIMITS. 
          DURING WINTER STORM URI, MY WIFE AND I HAD A 1-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AT HOME, SHE WAS STILL COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON US TO KEEP HER SAFE AND OUTTA HARM'S WAY. 
          LIKE THOUSANDS OF OTHER FAMILIES ACROSS AUSTIN, WE LOST POWER FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF PERIODS OF TIME. 
          AND I WILL NEVER FORGET SITTING IN FRONT OF OUR FIREPLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TRYING TO KEEP OUR LITTLE GIRL WARMING UP AND SAFE ENOUGH TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. 
          THAT EXPERIENCE CHANGES THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT ENERGY POLICY. 
          WHAT MY FAMILY WENT THROUGH WAS NOT UNIQUE. 
          MANY FAMILIES ACROSS THE CITY FACED FEAR, UNCERTAINTY, AND REAL DANGER BECAUSE THE SYSTEM FAILED WHEN PEOPLE NEEDED IT MOST. 
          AND WELL, WE WANT A CLEANER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE AND WE SHOULD. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO 
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PROTECT PEOPLE. 
          TODAY, AUSTIN HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY. 
          CENTRAL TEXAS CONTINUES TO GROW AT AN INCREDIBLE PACE, BUT THE TRUTH IS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT GROWTH. 
          WE CANNOT BUILD A RESILIENT FUTURE ON DEALS ALONE. 
          WE NEED PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS THAT ENSURE RELIABILITY WHILE CONTINUING ADVANCING RENEWABLE ENERGY. 
          THESE BIGGER PLANTS ARE NOT ABOUT ABANDONING SUSTAINABILITY. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY ALREADY OUTPERFORMS MUCH TO THE TEXAS AND MUCH OF THE NATION CARBON FREE GENERATION. 
          THESE UNITS ARE DESIGNED TO OPERATE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY IN A MEASURE LAST RESORT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, PLEASE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR WATSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M AL BRADEN, PROUDLY FROM DISTRICT SEVEN AND VICE CHAIR OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION. 
          UH, TODAY I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. 
          I'VE SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THESE SPEAKERS IN JUST ABOUT EVERY WAY I CAN WITH PRESENTATIONS ON TRANSMISSION ALTERNATIVES, BATTERY ALTERNATIVES, AND CHALLENGING THE BASIC ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PEAKERS. 
          I AM A HARD SELL ON PEAKERS, BUT NOT AN IMMOVABLE ONE IF IT CAN BE SHOWN AS THE BEST REALISTIC SOLUTION. 
          DESPITE LOTS OF QUESTIONS BY MYSELF, ALLIES, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I HAVEN'T YET SEEN ANY REAL NUMBERS. 
          THANKS TO EUC COMMISSIONERS, WHITE AND REED FOR TRYING TO GET ANSWERS AND TO COUNCIL MEMBERS SIEGEL AND ALTER FOR ASKING DETAILED QUESTIONS. 
          EVEN IF THE RESPONSES LACK DETAIL, SHOW YOUR WORK, AUSTIN ENERGY, SHOW YOUR ASSUMPTIONS AND MODELS. 
          MAYBE WE'LL AGREE, MAYBE NOT, BUT WE'LL HAVE A COMMON UNDERSTANDING. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAVE DONE A MASTERFUL JOB OF RAILROADING THIS PEAKER PURCHASE INTO A SECRET MEETING. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY HAS CONTINUOUSLY HIDDEN THE BALL WHILE WE HAVE MET THE DEADLINES FOR POSTING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY'S ATTITUDE HAS BEEN, WE KNOW THE ANSWERS, ADDITIONAL INPUT IS NOT NEEDED. 
          THAT WAS THE CASE WITH THE SURPRISE GREEN HYDROGEN PLAN IN 2023. 
          THAT WAS THE CASE WITH THE 2023 GEN PLAN UNTIL COUNCIL PILED ON NINE PAGES OF AMENDMENTS AND MADE IT BETTER. 
          THAT WAS ESPECIALLY THE CASE WITH THESE PEAKERS TODAY, A BILLION DOLLAR BACKROOM DEAL THAT WENT FROM ZERO TO 60 IN TWO WEEKS. 
          SCARE TACTICS LIKE RELIABILITY RISK HOURS NEED TO SHOW THE INPUTS. 
          WHAT IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 HOUR EVENTS? HOW CAN WE KNOW WHAT BATTERIES COULD OR COULD NOT DO WITHOUT BETTER DETAILED MODELING? THAT MODELING WOULDN'T GIVE AWAY ALL YOUR TRADE SECRETS, BUT IT WOULD BE A GOOD STARTING POINT TO BUILD REAL PUBLIC COOPERATION AND TRUST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR WATSON AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FOR PURPOSES OF TODAY, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AUSTIN ENERGY. 
          MY NAME IS TRACE LINAS AND I'M A BOARD MEMBER AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          I ALSO WANT TO ECHO THE CHAMBER SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM, BUT I'M ALSO HERE TODAY TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THE BEHALF OF THE COALITION FOR CLEAN, AFFORDABLE, AND RELIABLE ENERGY. 
          CCARE CCARE IS A COALITION OF COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS FOR AUSTIN ENERGY AND AUSTIN WATER. 
          OUR GROUP REPRESENTS MORE THAN 50,000 EMPLOYEES IN AUSTIN, CENTRAL TEXAS, WHICH INCLUDES SOME OF THE CITY'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS, FROM MANUFACTURERS TO HOSPITALS, TO ALL KINDS OF TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. 
          WE ARE A BIG PART OF THE ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT KEEPS AUSTIN GOING FOR CLOSE TO 25 YEARS NOW. 
          CCARE HAS SUPPORTED AUSTIN ENERGY'S MULTIPLE GENERATION PLANS. 
          WE HAVE PUBLICLY TESTIFIED AND SUPPORTED MANY OF YOUR WIND, SOLAR, AND BATTERY PURCHASE POWER AGREEMENTS. 
          CCARE SUPPORTS RENEWABLE ENERGY AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE CITY'S SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, BUT AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF AT AUSTIN ENERGY, RENEWABLES CAN'T DO IT ALONE. 
          WE ALSO NEED GAS PEAKERS. 
          AND WHY DO WE NEED THESE GAS PEAKERS? BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH DISPATCHABLE POWER IN OUR LOAD ZONE. 
          THE WIND DOESN'T ALWAYS BLOW AND THE SUN DOESN'T ALWAYS SHINE AND BATTERIES AS GOOD AS THEY ARE FOR OUR SYSTEM CANNOT DO IT ALONE. 
          IT JUST CAN'T. 
          SEVERAL YEARS AGO, CCARE WAS HERE WHEN THE COUNT, WHEN THE DECISIONS WERE MADE TO SHUT DOWN THE HOLLY POWER PLANT AND THE OLD UNITS AT DECKER AND WE SUPPORTED THAT PLAN BECAUSE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 
          BUT ANOTHER REASON CCARE SUPPORTED THAT PLAN WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS A THIRD RECOMMENDATION FROM AUSTIN ENERGY AND THAT WAS TO REPLACE THE DISPATCHABLE POWER. 
          YOU WERE RETIRING WITH NEW GAS FACILITIES IN OUR LOAD ZONE. 
          THE COUNCIL, PREVIOUS COUNCIL GO, DECIDED NOT TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. 
          SO THIS WAS, WE WERE ALWAYS GONNA GET TO THIS DAY. 
          LET'S TALK ABOUT RELIABILITY QUICKLY. 
          TO MAINTAIN RELIABILITY OF OUR SERVICE TERRITORY. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, LITERALLY KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON AT TIMES OF HIGH PEAK DEMAND. 
          WE MUST HAVE THE RIGHT BALANCE OF 24 HOUR A DAY GENERATION. 
          THAT POWER THAT YOU CAN TURN ON AND OFF AT ALL TIMES, NOT JUST WHEN THE WEATHER, WEATHER AGREES. 
          BY TAKING THIS STEP TO BETTER SECURING RELIABILITY, WE CAN ALSO CONTINUE TO TAKE STEPS ON SUSTAINABILITY. 
          THIS ALLOWS YOU TO DO BOTH. 
          AUSTIN 
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AND THE STATE OF TEXAS ARE IN A PERIOD OF RAPID GROWTH. 
          ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS READ THE NEWS ANY DAY OF THE WEEK ABOUT ALL THE NEW NEW GROWTH COMING INSIDE OUR SERVICE TERRITORY AND OUTSIDE OUR SERVICE TERRITORY. 
          ALL OF THOSE BIG DATA CENTERS, AI, EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING OUTSIDE OF OUR SERVICE TERRITORY WILL HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO IMPORT POWER AND THAT AFFECTS PRICING AND RELIABILITY. 
          THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY WE NEED MORE LOCAL GENERATION. 
          AN IMPORTANT POINT. 
          IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, ERCOT REJECTED 29 OF AUSTIN ENERGY'S PROPOSED TRANSMISSION UPGRADES. 
          THESE TRANSMISSION UPGRADES ARE NECESSARY NOT ONLY TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, BUT ALSO HELP SUSTAIN CONTINUED GROWTH. 
          ERCOT REASONING WAS VERY CLEAR. 
          AUSTIN DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH LOCAL DISPATCHABLE POWER. 
          AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE UTILITY, WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU TAKE THE NEXUS NECESSARY STEPS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE WANT THIS CITY TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND HELP US WITH OUR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. 
          THE UTILITY IS VITALLY, VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THAT, SIMPLY PUT, WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU. 
          I WANT TO END TODAY BY THANKING MAYOR WATSON OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN VELA AND THE AUSTIN ENERGY LEADERSHIP FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS ISSUE. 
          YOUR HARD WORK HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED BY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND YOUR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES. 
          WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION CONTINU. 
          ON ITEM SEVEN, WE HAVE PAUL ROBBINS. 
          PAUL ROBBINS HAS TIME DONATED BY WILLIAM BUNCH AND ROY WHALEY. 
          IS EVERYONE PRESENT? YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES. 
          UH, TINA CANNON, MARIAN SANCHEZ, JULIE OLIVER, AND ADRIAN MACIAS. 
          COUNSEL, UH, I WANNA RELATE AN EXPERIENCE I HAD, UH, WITH ANOTHER AUSTIN ENERGY PURCHASE. 
          MANY OF YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT BACK IN 2008, JUST BEFORE THE GREAT ECONOMIC CRASH, ENERGY AND COMMODITY PRICES WENT THROUGH THE ROOF. 
          AT THAT TIME, AUSTIN ENERGY SOUGHT TO PURCHASE A WIND POWER CONTRACT THAT WAS INSANELY HIGH BY PAST STANDARDS. 
          AND EVEN THOUGH I WAS RENEWABLE ADVOCATE, I URGED AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THE PURCHASE TO ABANDON IT. 
          BUT THE UTILITY PURCHASED IT ANYWAY, AND IT SOON BECAME AN ALBATROSS AND EVENTUALLY WIND PRICES PLUMMETED, BUT AUSTIN WAS STILL STUCK WITH THE CONTRACT. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS A 15 YEAR CONTRACT. 
          UH, AT ANY RATE, I RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU WANT TO PURCHASE A GAS PLANT, WAIT UNTIL THE PRICES COME DOWN. 
          AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AT LEAST BY ONE ESTIMATE, THEY HAVE VIRTUALLY TROUBLED TRIPLE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS BECAUSE OF THE AI BOOM. 
          BUT THE AI BOOM WILL NOT LAST FOREVER, AND I BELIEVE PRICES WILL COME DOWN. 
          IF THIS IS WHAT YOU THINK YOU NEED TO DO, WAIT THIS OUT. 
          UM, DON'T BUY AT THE HIGH END OF THE MARKET. 
          UH, MOVING ON. 
          UM, IN THE SHADOW OF THE PROFOUND FAILURE OF THE TAX INCREASE ELECTION LAST YEAR, IT IS PLAIN THAT CITIZENS HAVE LOST SOME TRUST IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
          PURCHASING SUCH AN EXPENSIVE PLANT WITHOUT, UH, TRANSPARENCY, WITHOUT UH, ADEQUATE DETAILS IS GOING TO MAKE THE LOSS OF TRUST EXPONENTIALLY WORSE. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY IS CLAIMING THAT NOT REVEALING SOME OF ITS BASIC INFORMATION IS COMPETITIVE. 
          THIS IS NONSENSE. 
          THEIR COMPETITORS KNOW 90% OR MORE OF WHAT THEY ARE HIDING BECAUSE THEIR COMPETITORS ARE IN THE SAME BUSINESS. 
          RATHER, YOUR STAFF IS HIDING THE INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW TAKE IT FROM ONE WHO'S BEEN AROUND SEVERAL DECADES. 
          UH, MOVING ON, UM, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO SOMETHING IN MY ORIGINAL PRESENTATION THIS MORNING BECAUSE IT IS DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO ALTERNATIVES TO THE GAS PLANT. 
          SEVERAL SPEAKERS ADVOCATING FOR BATTERIES AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE GAS PLANT WOULD BE IN A BETTER POSITION IF WE UNDERSTOOD THE ECONOMIC, UH, JUSTIFICATION BEHIND THEM AND IF WE COULD BUY THEM LESS EXPENSIVELY. 
          SO IF YOU QUEUE THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE SLIDE. 
          GO ON PLEASE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          UH, 
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THIS IS A GRAPH OF AUSTIN ENERGY'S AVERAGE WHOLESALE ELECTRIC COSTS FOR EACH HOUR OF THE DAY THROUGHOUT 2022. 
          IT WAS 11 CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND 4 CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR IN THE VERY EARLY MORNING. 
          UH, AGAIN, THIS IS 2022. 
          THE POWER COSTS WERE VERY EXPENSIVE THAT YEAR BECAUSE OF THE WAR IN THE UKRAINE, WHICH SPIKED NATURAL GAS COSTS WORLDWIDE SLIDE. 
          SO IF YOU BUY LOW AND YOU, UH, SELL HIGH, THIS IS A 7 CENT PER KILOWATT HOUR ARBITRAGE PROFIT SLIDE. 
          AND NOW THIS IS A RESPECTED ANNUAL BENCHMARK STUDY PUBLISHED BY, UH, LAZAR, UH, AND IT LOOKS AT ALL ENERGY SOURCES AND COMPARES THEM AS, UH, BENCHMARKS AND USING THE ASSUMPTION FROM THIS REPORT. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          I TRIED TO ESTIMATE WHAT AUSTIN ENERGY COULD HAVE BUILT, UH, A LARGE STORAGE SYS LARGE STORAGE SYSTEM FOR, AND IT COMES OUT TO ABOUT 8 CENTS A KILOWATT HOUR SLIDE. 
          AND SO AGAIN, THIS CHART SUMMARIZES MY CONCERNS. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY'S THREE BATTERY CONTRACTS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 10 TO 19 CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR, BUT UH, IT ONLY SAVES 7 CENTS WITH ARBITRAGE AND THE UTILITY COULD HAVE BUILT IT MAYBE FOR 8 CENTS. 
          THE ACTUAL WHOLESALE COST OF POWER IN AIRCO IN 2025 WAS LESS THAN 4 CENTS. 
          SO WHAT IS GOING ON? AUSTIN ENERGY REFUSES TO DESCRIBE THE BUSINESS MODEL THAT MAKES THE STORAGE CONTRACT ECONOMIC ASSETS THE UTILITY IS CLAIMING THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION IS COMPETITIVE AND THEY WILL NOT DISCUSS IT. 
          I'VE BEEN IN ENERGY ISSUE SINCE I WAS A SPROUT, AND I BELIEVE THIS EXCUSE TO BE NONSENSICAL AS WELL AS CONDESCENDING TO THE AVERAGE RATE PAYER, UH, THE UTILITY. 
          UM, I THINK I, I'VE MADE MOST OF MY POINTS. 
          UH, WE NEED TRANSPARENCY IN BATTERIES. 
          WE NEED TRANSPARENCY IN THE GAS PLANT COSTS WHEN IT'S GONNA COME ONLINE, UH, CANCELLATION OF CONTRACTS. 
          WHY WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE COSTS COME DOWN TO SOMETHING MORE REASONABLE IF WE REALLY DO NEED THEM. 
          UH, THE PUBLIC DESERVES A BETTER THANK YOU MR. ROBS. 
          THANK YOU MS. CANNON. 
          WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU AND WE'LL WALK, WE'LL WALK OUR WAY DOWN THAT DIRECTION. 
          AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TINA CANNON HERE ON BEHALF OF VISIT AUSTIN. 
          WE STRONGLY SUPPORT, UH, THE APPROVAL OF AUSTIN ENERGY'S LOCAL PEAKER GENERATION. 
          UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, AUSTIN HAS BUILT ONE OF THE STRONGEST VISITOR ECONOMIES IN THE COUNTRY, AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE. 
          WE WELCOME MORE THAN 30 MILLION VISITORS EACH YEAR THAT SUPPORTS LOCAL JOBS, SMALL BUSINESS, AND THE BILLIONS IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ACROSS THE CITY. 
          THE CONVENTION CENTER, OUR HOTELS, OUR VENUES DON'T JUST SERVE VISITORS, THEY SERVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          OUR INDUSTRY OPERATES 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR. 
          EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS DO NOT PAUSE. 
          RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, THE EVENTS, THE HOTELS, THE FACILITIES THAT SUPPORT AUSTIN'S ECONOMY AND EMERGENCY INFRASTRUCTURE DEPEND ON RELIABLE UNINTERRUPTED POWER. 
          BUT I ALSO WANNA SPEAK TO SOMETHING DEEPER. 
          WHEN WINTER STORM URI HIT, WHEN THE CITY FACED ITS HARDEST MOMENTS, THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY SHOWED UP. 
          CONVENTION CENTERS YOU RECALL OPENED ITS DOORS AS A WARMING CENTER. 
          HOTELS HOUSED FIRST RESPONDERS AND DISPLACED FAMILIES FROM AROUND THE CITY. 
          OUR VENUES BECAME STAGING GROUNDS FOR RELIEF EFFORTS, AND WE HAVE ALWAYS ANSWERED THE CALL WHEN AUSTIN NEIGHBORS NEED US MOST. 
          WE CAN ONLY DO THAT IF THE LIGHTS STAY ON. 
          THESE PEAKER UNITS ACT AS AN IMPORTANT RELIABILITY TOOL DURING LONG DURATION EMERGENCIES AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. 
          AND WHEN ADDITIONAL GENERATION CAPACITY IS NEEDED TO KEEP AUSTIN FUNCTIONING SAFELY, WE SUPPORT A E'S COMMITMENT TO CLEAN ENERGY AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT GETTING THERE MEANS THE RESPONSIBILITY, MEANS ENSURING THAT WE NEVER LEAVE THIS CITY OR ITS RESIDENTS IN THE DARK. 
          WE, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS IN THIS REGARD. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I'M JULIE OLIVER, DISTRICT NINE RESIDENT. 
          I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST ITEM SEVEN AND ASK YOU TO VOTE NO. 
          LET'S BE CLEAR. 
          GAS PEAKERS ARE NOT A CLIMATE SOLUTION, AND CALLING THEM MORE EFFICIENT IS WHITEWASHING THEIR REAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPACTS. 
          AND THE TIMING OF THIS AGENDA ITEM ALONG WITH ITEMS 38, 39 60 AND ITEM 24 FROM TWO WEEKS AGO IS HIGHLY SUSPECT. 
          TWO WEEKS AGO, THIS COUNCIL REFUSED TO RULE OUT RECRUITING DATA CENTERS AND DEFENSE INDUSTRIES OR ELON MUSK'S TAR FAB PLANT, ALL 
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OF WHICH DEMAND ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF ENERGY AND WATER. 
          NOW YOU'RE CONSIDERING NATURAL GAS POWER PLANTS AND A MASSIVE 2,600 ACRE DEVELOPMENT IN EASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY. 
          I REPEAT THIS ISN'T COINCIDENCE AND DESPITE WHAT JOHN HOWARD CLAIMS, AUSTIN'S INCREASINGLY EXTREME SUMMERS ARE CONSTANT ENERGY EMERGENCIES AND THESE SO-CALLED PEAKER PLANTS WON'T BE RUNNING. 
          OCCASIONALLY THEY'LL RUN, OFTEN ADDING POLLUTION TO COMMUNITIES WHO DON'T YET EVEN KNOW THAT THEY'RE BEING CONSIDERED AS HOSTS. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY HAS NOT SHOWN THAT CLEANER ALTERNATIVES ARE UNAVAILABLE LIKE ANAEROBIC BIO WASTE TO ENERGY SYSTEMS, WHICH CAN BE UP IN SIX MONTHS. 
          DISTRIBUTED BATTERY STORAGE AND DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES THAT REDUCE STRAIN ON THE GRID WITHOUT POISONING OUR COMMUNITIES APPROVING THIS LOCK US INTO DECADES OF FOSSIL FUEL DEPENDENCE. 
          SO THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE NEED IT OR BECAUSE BUSINESSES HERE AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE ARE DRIVING IT. 
          IF YOU'RE PREPARED TO SPEND UP TO A BILLION DOLLARS, PLEASE INVEST IT IN REAL SOLUTIONS THAT MOVE AUSTIN FORWARD. 
          AND AS I RECALL, WHEN WINTER STORM URI HIT DOWNTOWN STILL HAD ITS LIGHTS ON. 
          THE REST OF US DIDN'T. 
          GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS MARIA SANCHEZ ON BEHALF OF PODER, I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS REGARDING AN EXPENSIVE, HARMFUL AND POLLUTING NATURAL GAS PEAKER PLANT PROPOSED BY AUSTIN ENERGY FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY. 
          THE 17TH STORY TALL HOLLY STREET POWER PLANT LOOMED OVER EAST AUSTIN'S HOLLY NEIGHBORHOOD IMPOSING A NUMBER OF HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS TO THE WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. 
          DIRECTLY IN ITS VICINITY, RESIDENTS ENDURED CHEMICAL SPILLS, CONSTANT NOISE, AIR QUALITY, DEGRADATION, AND UNEXPECTED DEADLY FIRES. 
          ONGOING PRESSURE FROM THE COMMUNITY ED AND ITS PARTNERS ULTIMATELY LED THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE TO CLOSE THE HAZARDOUS FACILITY IN 2007, WHICH NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN CITED THERE. 
          TO BEGIN WITH, I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THIS HISTORY AND DETERMINE IF SUCH A DECISION WILL ALSO BE A PART OF YOUR LEGACY. 
          CURRENTLY, EAST AUSTIN IS BURDENED WITH 10 PEAKER UNITS SITUATED AT DECKER CREEK AND SANDHILL, WHICH ARE ALSO PREDOMINANTLY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WITH LOWER INCOMES DUE TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT EAST AUSTIN WAS INEQUITABLY LADEN WITH, THESE AREAS ARE LIKELY WHERE AUSTIN ENERGY INTENDS TO LOCATE THE NEW PEAKERS NATURAL GAS PEAKER PLANTS, INCREASED LEVELS OF NITROGEN OXIDES, PARTICULATE MATTER, AND OZONE IN THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE, ALL OF WHICH ARE LINKED TO NEGATIVE HEALTH IMPACTS, LIKE DECREASED LUNG FUNCTION, COUGH, THROAT IRRITATION, AND CARDIOVASCULAR ISSUES. 
          IF THE CITY AND AUSTIN ENERGY TRULY SEEK TO SAFELY DELIVER CLEAN, AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE ENERGY INVESTING FURTHER IN HARMFUL, DANGEROUS FOSSIL FUEL GENERATION COMPROMISES THAT MISSION, THE RESOURCE PLAN, OUR CITY'S CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN, AND ULTIMATELY THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PUBLIC YOU ALL SERVE. 
          THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION JUST PASSED A RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT AUTHORIZATION OF THE PLANT. 
          WE URGE YOU TO DO THE SAME, CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THE CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE READILY AVAILABLE, COST-EFFECTIVE, AND TRULY RELIABLE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM SEVEN, WE HAVE SUSANNA ALMANZA, BIANCA GUERRERO, CARLOS PINON, MADDIE GUTIERREZ, VALERIE MENARD, PEDRO HERNANDEZ JR. 
          DAVID WEINBERG, BOB HENDRICKS, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT AND STATE YOUR NAME BEFORE YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS BIANCA GUERRERO, SUSTAINABILITY ANALYST AND ORGANIZER WITH POED REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE. 
          I HOPE THAT EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT IN A SUIT, THAT YOU WILL STILL CONSIDER MY WORDS ON THE SAME TIER. 
          I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON ITEM SEVEN, APPROVING NEW NATURAL GAS POWERED PEAKER PLANTS. 
          I KNOW SOME WILL SAY THAT THESE PEAKERS ARE NEEDED FOR RE RELIABILITY DURING DISASTERS, AND TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH ACUTE MEDICAL CONDITIONS WHEN POWER IS LOST. 
          IMMEDIATE RELIABILITY IS IMPORTANT, BUT THESE PLANTS ARE THE WRONG SOLUTION, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LONG-TERM HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          PEAKER PLANTS ARE THE DIRTIEST AND MOST POLLUTING UNITS ON THE GRID. 
          THEY FIRE UP DURING OUR HOTTEST DAYS RELEASING HIGH LEVELS OF NITROGEN, OXIDES, PARTICULATE MATTER, AND OTHER TOXINS EXACTLY WHEN THE AIR IS ALREADY AT ITS WORST. 
          THEY DIRECTLY WORSEN OZONE POLLUTION AND TRIGGER RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES. 
          IN EASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY AND DISTRICT THREE CHILDREN ALREADY SUFFER ASTHMA HOSPITALIZATION RATES 60% HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. 
          EXISTING PEAKER PLANTS ARE CONCENTRATED IN OUR LOW INCOME AND COMMUNITY OF COLOR. 
          NEIGHBORHOODS ADDING MORE WILL ONLY INCREASE ASTHMA ATTACKS, EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS, AND LONG-TERM RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. 
          FOR THE VERY FAMILIES WHO CAN LEAST AFFORD DOCTORS MEDICATIONS, MIS MISSED WORK, AND WAYS TO ESCAPE THE POLLUTED AIR AND EXTREME HEAT. 
          THESE PLANTS DO NOT, UH, SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS. THEY SHIFT THE BURDEN ONTO EAST AUSTIN'S MOST VULNER 
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VULNERABLE RESIDENTS WHILE LOCKING US INTO FOSSIL FUELS FOR DECADES AND UNDERMINING AUSTIN'S ENERGY CLIMATE GOALS. 
          WE NEED REAL CLEANER SOLUTIONS, BATTERY STORAGE, RENEWABLES, AND DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS THAT PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROVIDE RELIABLE POWER WITHOUT MAKING OUR ASTHMA CRISIS WORSE. 
          VOTE NO ON ITEM SEVEN. 
          PRIORITIZE THE LONG-TERM HEALTH AND EQUITY OF DISTRICT THREE FAMILIES, NOT MORE POLLUTION AND OVERBURDENED NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          START HERE. 
          LET'S, LET'S START HERE AND WE'LL GO THIS DIRECTION. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS DAVID WEINBERG. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. 
          UM, TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING, I, I WOULD SAY WITH A COUPLE EXCEPTIONS IS HAD A BIT OF A SOMBER TONE. 
          UH, I I, I THINK SOMETHING EXCITING THAT COULD BE SAID, UH, ON THIS ISSUE IS THAT WE AS TEXANS CAN FEEL VERY PROUD ABOUT CLEAN ENERGY. 
          WE ARE THE NATION'S LEADER IN UTILITY SCALE, WIND AND PRODUCTION. 
          WE ARE ALSO PROBABLY NOW THE NATION'S LEADER IN UTILITY SCALE SOLAR GENERATION. 
          UH, AND AUSTIN ENERGY HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL PART OF THAT, UH, THAT STORY AND THAT JOURNEY. 
          THAT BEING SAID, UH, I THINK I WOULD AGREE WITH SOME OF MY OLD COALITION COLLEAGUES WHEN I DID ENVIRONMENTAL WORKUP AT THE CAPITOL, UH, FOLKS AT THE SIERRA CLUB AND PUBLIC CITIZEN AND SOME OTHER GROUPS THAT BEFORE THE CITY MAKES THIS 40 YEAR, 400 MEGAWATT INVESTMENT IN FOSSIL FUELS, WE SHOULD MAYBE HAVE ANOTHER SET OF EYEBALLS, TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLAN, UH, TO SEE IF IT'S REALLY NEEDED, IF IT'S PRUDENT, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MAYBE COME IN AT A LOWER LEVEL ON, MAYBE 200 MEGAWATTS INSTEAD OF 400. 
          UM, SO I THINK THIS IS A, A PRETTY CRITICAL CLIMATE DECISION WE'RE MAKING HERE TODAY. 
          AND I WOULD URGE THE COUNCIL TO, UH, HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE TAKE A LOOK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'M SUSAN ALMANZA, UH, WITH PODER. 
          UH, AND I TOO, I THINK THIS IS A REAL CASE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM. 
          I WONDER WHERE ALL THE CHAMBERS WERE WHEN THEY WERE PUTTING ALL THESE GAS, UH, P PLANT IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          WE HAVE 10 OF THEM THERE. 
          WHY WEREN'T THEY SPEAKING UP AND SAYING, HEY, THERE'S CHILDREN, THERE'S PEOPLE, THERE'S SCHOOLS WE'RE GONNA MEET, BE EMITTING PARTICULAR MATTER, ALL THE DIFFERENT CHEMICALS ON THE COMMUNITY. 
          WHERE WERE THEY? BUT HE HAD, THEY'RE HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT, YEAH, WE NEED THEM, WE NEED THE NEW ONES AND IT'S GONNA REDUCE THE POLLUTION. 
          BUT THEY WEREN'T HERE WHEN, WHEN THEY WERE PLACING THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT WAS OKAY TO DO IT. 
          AND SO I HAVE A REAL BIG ISSUE WITH THAT. 
          THE OTHER THING IS THAT I WAS AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, UH, LAST NIGHT WHEN THEY REJECTED THIS PLAN, BUT I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY BROUGHT UP IS THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO REDUCE DEMAND AND HOW DO WE REDUCE DEMAND? IF YOU'RE SPENDING CLOSE TO A BILLION DOLLARS AND YOU COULD PUT SOLAR ENERGY, SOLAR PANELS, SOLAR BATTERIES IN ALL OUR COMMUNITIES AND ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING TO HARM FOR ALL THESE DECADES THAT WHERE THESE 10, UH, PEAKER PLANTS ARE AT, YOU COULD DO SOMETHING. 
          I THINK THE NUMBER ONE ALTERNATIVE IS REDUCING THE DEMAND AND LET'S GET SOLAR ON EVERYBODY'S PROPERTIES. 
          LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO RECEIVING THE BENEFITS FROM THAT AND NOT CONTINUING TO DUMP ON EAST AUSTIN. 
          UH, AS BECAUSE I ALWAYS SAY YES, THE MASTER PLAN WAS DONE IN 1928 TO PUT ALL THE UNWANTED USES IN EAST AUSTIN AND PUT PEOPLE OF COLOR EAST OF THE HIGHWAY. 
          IT'S NOT OVER. 
          IT'S STILL HAPPENING TODAY. 
          IT'S STILL HAPPENING TODAY AND WE NEED TO END IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE. 
          HI, I'M BOB HENDRICKS, VOLUNTEER CLIMATE ACTIVIST SPEAKING FOR THE SIERRA CLUB AND CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY. 
          WITH ITS COMBINED AUSTIN MEMBERSHIP OF OVER 5,000, WE UNDERSTAND THAT AUSTIN'S ELECTRICITY DEMAND IS GROWING RAPIDLY. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR RELIABLE POWER AND ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT AUSTIN ENERGY BELIEVES NEW GAS SPEAKER PLANTS ARE NECESSARY. 
          WE DON'T THINK THEY HAVE SERIOUSLY STUDIED CLEANER AND MORE AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVES. 
          BUT BEFORE AUSTIN COMMITS RATE PAYERS TO DECADES OF NEW FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE, THE PUBLIC DESERVES A MORE TRANSPARENT DISCUSSION OF THE ALTERNATIVES AND ASSUMPTIONS BEHIND THIS DECISION. 
          BECAUSE TIMING MATTERS. 
          NEW GAS PLANTS CAN TAKE FIVE YEARS OR MORE TO PERMIT AND BUILD UTILITY SCALE, AND SOLAR AND BATTERY PROJECTS CAN OFTEN BE DEPLOYED IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS. 
          COST TRENDS MATTER TOO. 
          SOLAR AND BATTERY COSTS HAVE CONTINUED TO FALL WHILE GAS GENERATION FACES FUEL PRICE VOLATILITY AND RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS. 
          AND UNLIKE PEAKER PLANTS THAT MAY OPERATE ONLY DURING LIMITED HIGH DEMAND PERIODS, SOLAR AND BATTERIES PROVIDE VALUE. 
          YEAR ROUND BATTERY TECHNOLOGY IS ALSO ADVANCING 
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RAPIDLY. 
          LONG DURATION STORAGE MAY IMPROVE SUBSTANTIALLY BEFORE ANY DUE GAS PLANT EVEN COMES ONLINE. 
          SO IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THE PUBLIC TO EVALUATE THIS PROPOSAL WITHOUT SEEING THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS WHAT FUTURE GAS PRICES WERE MODELED, WHAT BATTERY COSTS WERE ASSUMED, HOW AGGRESSIVELY WERE SOLAR STORAGE EFFICIENCY AND DEMAND RESPONSE EVALUATED. 
          AND WHY DO THE MODELS REPORTEDLY CONCLUDE THAT ADDITIONAL BATTERIES WOULD NOT IMPROVE RELIABILITY OUTCOMES? THESE ARE REASONABLE QUESTIONS FOR INVESTMENTS THAT COULD COST THE PUBLIC HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          AND IF AUSTIN ULTIMATELY MOVES FORWARD WITH NEW GAS INFRASTRUCTURE, THEN I STRONGLY SUPPORT AND FORCIBLE GUARDRAILS THAT LIMIT CARBON POLLUTION AND NONE UNNECESSARY FOSSIL FUEL USE PROGRAMS LIKE AUSTIN'S REACH FRAMEWORK ALREADY RECOGNIZE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM SEVEN, WE HAVE RUDY GARZA, AMANDA ZUO, CRAIG NAZER, EILEEN MCINNIS, NANCY CROWDER. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          MR. NASER. 
          CRAIG NASER, CONSERVATION CHAIR, LONE STAR CHAPTER SIERRA CLUB. 
          I PARTICIPATED IN THE RECENT ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE CONCERNING AUSTIN ENERGY. 
          YES, WE WANT RELIABILITY IN OUR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE WHOLE STORY. 
          WE WANT RELIABILITY IN OUR CLIMATE. 
          WE DON'T WANT A SUMMER OF RELENTLESS HEAT AND HUMIDITY. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO EXPERIENCE A POLAR VORTEX SWEEPING DOWN TO TEXAS, MAKING THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN AUSTIN LOWER THAN THE LOW TEMPERATURE IN ANCHORAGE. 
          WE WANT A RELIABLE SEA LEVEL, NOT A RISING ONE. 
          WE WANT A RELIABLE RAIN IN THE SPRING, RELIABLE REFILLING OF THE HIGHLAND LAKES IN THE SUMMER. 
          WE WANT RELIABILITY, A RELIABLY MODERATE STORMS. WE WANT A RELIABLE FOOD SUPPLY, NOT DISRUPTED BY INCREASINGLY ERRATIC FROST STORMS AND TROTS. 
          WE WANT RELIABLE POLARIZED CAPS. 
          WE WANT RELIABLE GULF STREAM. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO SACRIFICE THESE THINGS FOR RELIABILITY IN OUR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          WE WANT TO WANT RELIABLE, CLEAN AIR TO BREATHE. 
          WE DON'T WANT SOME NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE PEOPLE RISK THEIR HEALTH. 
          JUST BREATHING THE AIR IS A TRADE-OFF FOR RELIABLE ELECTRICITY. 
          WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE THOSE POLLUTING PEAKER PLANTS WILL GO BEFORE WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO 30 PLUS YEARS OF THEIR POLLUTION. 
          I FIRST HEARD ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE ON A WARM JUNE DAY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO IN 1965. 
          I WAS IN MY BEDROOM READING AN ARTICLE IN THE MAGAZINE, SCIENCE AND MECHANICS BY A SCIENTIST'S NAMES ROGER REVELLE. 
          I REMEMBER FOR A MOMENT BEING FRIGHTENED, BUT THEN I REALIZED THE EFFECTS WOULD BE SLOW AND THAT HUMAN CIVILIZATION HAD TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT. 
          TIME IS UP. 
          WE OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT. 
          OUR FEDERAL REGIME IS USELESSLY CORRUPT. 
          OUR STATE GOVERNMENT IS IN DEEP DENIAL AND OUR OWN SOCIALIST ENERGY COMPANY AND ELECTED CITY COUNCIL IS TELLING US THAT WE CAN END OUR ADDICTION TO FOSSIL FUELS BY INVESTING IN MORE FOSSIL FUELS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          MS. CROWDER, THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, THIS IS NANCY KROGER, MAYOR PRO HIM. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU. 
          I AM REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ARE PREDOMINANTLY REQUIRED TO HAVE RELIABLE ENERGY. 
          I WAS ALLOWED TO BE PART OF A STAKEHOLDERS GROUP AND I SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT THE RELIABILITY HAS TO BE NUMBER ONE BECAUSE IT WILL COST LIVES. 
          WE HAD THAT YURI THAT TAUGHT US A LESSON. 
          IF YOU ARE LIVING ON YOUR OWN INDEPENDENTLY AND YOUR LIGHTS GO OUT, YOU HAVE NO POWER. 
          NO POWER TO YOUR CHAIR, NO POWER TO YOUR VENTILATOR, NO POWER TO YOUR BED, NO POWER TO EVEN GET YOUR ATTENDANT TO COME IN. 
          , WHAT A SAD STORY. 
          I DON'T 
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CARE WHAT KIND OF ENERGY WE'RE GOING TO USE IF WE DO NOT HAVE THAT RELIABILITY. 
          THERE ARE LIVES AT STAKE AND WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT. 
          SO I'M SORRY, BUT JOB ONE. 
          RELIABILITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUE. 
          ON ITEM SEVEN, WE HAVE ANNIE FIERRO, CAMILLE COOK, BETSY GREENBERG. 
          MY NAME IS BETSY GREENBERG AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          I'M OPPOSED TO ITEM SEVEN FOR THE SAME REASONS YOU'RE HEARING OVER AND OVER. 
          GAS PEAKERS PROVIDE THE DIRTIEST LEAST EFFICIENT AND EXPENSIVE ENERGY SOURCES. 
          EXPOSURE TO PEAKER EMISSIONS IS KNOWN TO RESULT IN ADVERSE HEALTH RISKS. 
          AUSTIN NEEDS TO FOCUS ON CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING BATTERY STORAGE, RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSMISSION, IMPROVEMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
          IN ADDITION TO THIS BEING WRONG, ENVI THE WRONG ENVIRONMENTAL CHOICE, THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND THE ASSOCIATED EXCUSES KEEP FOR KEEPING DETAILS HIDDEN IS APPALLING. 
          I WISH YOU WOULD LEARN SOMETHING FROM THE FAILURE OF PROP Q. 
          YOUR CONSTITUENTS EXPECT YOU TO BE PRUDENT WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND TO OPERATE IN AN OPEN AND HONEST MANNER. 
          VOTE NO ON ITEM SEVEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD DEAR MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS CAMILLE COOK. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE AND I'M HERE IN OPPOSITION TO A'S PLAN TO BUILD NEW LOCAL GAS PEAKER PLANTS. 
          THERE ARE MANY THINGS WRONG WITH THIS PROPOSAL AND MANY RESIDENTS HAVE ALREADY VOICED CONCERNS RELATING TO FINANCIAL DANGERS, SOCIAL EQUITY, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND QUESTIONABLE ASSUMPTIONS BEHIND ENERGY PRICES AND ALL THAT. 
          BUT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE LACK OF REAL COMMUNITY INPUT IN THIS DANGEROUSLY FAST PROPOSAL. 
          AE ANNOUNCED THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS QUOTE AHEAD OF THIS PROPOSAL ABOUT A MONTH AGO. 
          THESE MEETINGS WERE PROPOSED AROUND THE CITY, WHICH IS A GOOD IDEA IN THEORY, BUT THEY WERE ANNOUNCED ABOUT A WEEK PRIOR TO STARTING. 
          THIS MEANT THAT THERE WAS LITTLE, IF ANY ACTUAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH BEFORE THESE QUOTE COMMUNITY MEETINGS BEGAN. 
          I WENT TO TWO OF THE THREE IN-PERSON SESSIONS AND THERE WERE VERY FEW PEOPLE THAT SEEMED TO BE FROM THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY OF THE FOLKS THAT SEEMED TO BE ALMOST EVERYONE ASKED HOW COULD WE COMMENT ON THE SITE OF NEW GENERATION WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE ACTUAL GENERATION WOULD BE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, A GAS PLANT IS NOT A SOLAR FARM OR A BATTERY INSTALLATION. 
          THE ONLY CLEAR AND CONSISTENT COMMUNITY INPUT WAS THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEAR A GAS PLANT PERIOD. 
          HAS THIS FEEDBACK BEEN COMMUNICATED TO Y'ALL FROM AE? BECAUSE THAT WAS CLEARLY SAID AT ALL. 
          THE TWO COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT I WENT TO. 
          ONE OF THE SESSIONS WAS AT DECKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH AS Y'ALL KNOW IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE DECKER GAS PLANT. 
          A STAFF WORKER THERE SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE MEETING WAS HAPPENING IF SOME OF THE PEOPLE AT THE SITE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HAPPENING. 
          DO WE REALLY EXPECT SURROUNDING COMMUNITY TO KNOW CLEARLY THESE MEETINGS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND ACTUALLY REACHING OUT TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY? AND AS A RESULT, I DON'T THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AUSTIN REALLY REALIZE WHAT'S COMING WHEN YOU'RE CONS, WHEN YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHO WILL LIVE NEAR THIS PLANET START COMING TO YOU SAYING THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S HAPPENING AND ARE UPSET, IT WILL BE Y'ALL'S FAULT FOR NOT HOLDING AE ACCOUNTABLE OR AE TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          CLEARLY, AE KNOWS THAT THE COMMUNITY ON THE HOLD DOES NOT WANT MORE GAS, AND THAT'S WHY THEY SPED UP THIS PROCESS SO MUCH. 
          IF YOU'RE GOING TO PASS THIS, WHICH I HOPE YOU DON'T, PLEASE INCLUDE AN AMENDMENT THAT REQUIRES COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR ANY SITE THAT'S PICKED FOR THESE PEAKERS. 
          IT'S THE LEAST Y'ALL CAN DO TO ADDRESS THE CLEAR LACK OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THIS PROCESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS DANNY FIRO AND I'M A DIS, A DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT. 
          AND AS I TOLD YOU ON TUESDAY, I'M STRONGLY AGAINST, AGAINST ITEM SEVEN, AUSTIN ENERGY PEAKER PLANTS IS DISINGENUOUS TO TELL AUSTINITES THAT THE PEAKERS ARE CRUCIAL TO KEEP THE POWER ON DURING AN EXTREME WEATHER EVENT. 
          WHEN WE KNOW THAT DURING WINTER STORM URI, IT WAS ERCOT WHO DECIDED WHICH PARTS OF THE POWER WHICH STAYED ON AND WITHOUT SHOWING THE WORD PUBLICLY. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE AT RISK OF THIS HAPPENING 20 DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR UNLESS YOU BUILT THAT 1 BILLION PEAKER PLAN TO US. 
          PEOPLE TELL US HOW TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR IS A STRAIGHT OUT OF THE EXOME PLAYBOOK. 
          WHEN YOU ARE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, YOU DO NOT POLLUTE COMMUNITIES. 
          I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT OTHER SPEAKERS SAID LAST NIGHT. 
          THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION PASSED A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL WHERE IT STATED THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION DOES NOT APPROVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GAS SPEAKER PLANTS 
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ON THE GROUNDS OF LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, NO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND EMISSIONS IMPACT ON SOIL, AIR, AIR QUALITY, AND NOISE POLLUTION CONCERNS. 
          AND LET'S BE HONEST, FREER MORTARING ALSO, AUSTIN ENERGY WAS INVITED TO BRIEF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, WHICH THEY DECLINED THE INVITATION EVEN THOUGH UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE, UH, THE DECISION IS HEADING TODAY, I'M STILL GONNA URGE YOU TO NOT RUSH THE DECISION UNTIL THERE'S AN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS AND TRANSPARENCY FROM AUSTIN ENERGY AND TO VOTE NO. 
          TODAY I RECOGNIZE WE NEED MORE LOCAL RESOURCES TO SUPPLY THE GRID AND OUR ENERGY DEMAND, BUT IN THE YEAR 2026 AND AS THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE MAIN CFE ENGINEER BEHIND EVERY SINGLE TRANSMISSION LINE IN MY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, MEXICO, I KNOW WE CAN AND WE SHOULD DO BETTER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM SEVEN. 
          NEXT WE'LL HAVE GABRIEL ANO, UM, WITH A LL INTERPRETERS SERVICES. 
          UM, HE WILL HAVE FOUR MINUTES FOR HIS TESTIMONY ON DECK AFTER HIM WILL BE LESLIE ENSS, LARRY GIL, BOBBY LEVINSKY. 
          JEFFREY BOWEN INTERPRETATION SERVICES HAS TO BE DONE THIS WAY FOR A D ACCOMMODATION. 
          YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR WATSON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS, EVERYONE I SIT BEFORE YOU TODAY EMBARRASSED TO CALL MYSELF A CITIZEN OF AUSTIN. 
          I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE COUNCIL AND ESPECIALLY MAYOR KIRK WATSON WOULD SUPPORT ADDING NEW NATURAL GAS POWERED PEAKER PLANTS TO OUR ENERGY MIX WHILE DIRECTING A DEAF STEM CAMP HERE IN AUSTIN, I WATCHED BRILLIANT DEAF STUDENTS LIGHT UP WITH EXCITEMENT AS THEY LEARNED ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY. 
          THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ASKED ME A SIMPLE, POWERFUL QUESTION, WHY DOES THE CITY OF AUSTIN CONTINUE TO RELY ON UNHEALTHY FOSSIL FUELS? WHILE COUNTRIES LIKE NORWAY, TIBET, AND CHINA AND OTHER FORWARD-THINKING PLACES ALL AROUND THE WORLD ARE ALREADY RUNNING ON 80% ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND CLEAN ENERGY, THESE CHILDREN SEE CONTRADICTION EARLY. 
          THEY SEE IT CLEARLY. 
          THEY WANT A FUTURE POWERED BY INNOVATION, NOT BY OUTDATED POLLUTION. 
          WOULD YOU APPROVE A GAS PLANT NEXT TO WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL OR BY LAKE TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL? OF COURSE NOT. 
          OUR YOUTH DESERVE A FUTURE OF CLEAN AIR, CLEAN WATER, AND A FUTURE NOT LOCKED INTO FOSSIL FUELS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES. 
          PLEASE DO NOT DISAPPOINT THE CHILDREN OF AUSTIN. 
          SHOW THEM WISDOM AND SHOW THEM A GOOD HEARTED LEADERSHIP THAT THEY DESERVE. 
          VOTE AGAINST THIS ITEM AND CHOOSE A CLEANER, HEALTHIER PATH FOR OUR CITY'S FUTURE PLEA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLEASE THANK HIM AND, AND ALSO ASK HIM TO STATE HIS NAME FOR THE RECORD. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS GABRIEL ARIANO. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. ARIANO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, UH, AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. 
          UH, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, JEFFREY BOWEN, DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          WELL, WE'VE GOT OURSELVES BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD SPOT ON THIS ONE, DON'T WE? UH, SO WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND AT SOME POINT WE KNEW THE THE CHICKENS WERE GONNA COME HOME TO ROOST. 
          AND AT THIS POINT I CAN SAY ONE THING IS THAT THE UPGRADE IN SOME OF THESE JET ENGINES THAT ARE SUPER OLD, THAT THEY WERE THE AIRCRAFT THAT THEY, UH, FLEW IN WERE HAVE BEEN LONG RETIRED, BUT DOES THAT REALLY MEET SOME OF THE NEEDS? UM, I WATCHED THE WORK SESSION AND WAS SURPRISED AT SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WASN'T THERE. 
          AND IN OTHER WORDS, AT SOME POINT, Y'ALL ARE GONNA HAVE TO GO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS GOING TO COST US. 
          AND I'M AFRAID THERE WILL BE AN OUTCRY ONCE THAT WORD DOES GET OUT. 
          I 
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UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHY THAT PRICE IS NOT OUT THERE BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE OVER THAT BARREL BECAUSE THE PEAKER MANUFACTURERS KNOW THAT WE AND OTHER PLACES OUT THERE NEED THIS TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO THE, THE CHICKENS HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST. 
          WE ARE NOW GONNA HAVE TO PAY THE PIPER ON A LOT OF THESE. 
          EVEN THE FACT THAT EVEN WHEN MY FRIEND JEN ROBSHAW TALKED ABOUT THE BATTERY PROSPECT THIS MORNING AND THE LENGTH OF THAT CONTRACT, BATTERIES ARE UPGRADING FASTER THAN WHAT THE LENGTH OF THAT CONTRACT WILL GO FOR. 
          SO I HAVE MY CONCERNS THERE. 
          AGAIN, WE NEED THIS FOR OUR OWN GROWTH AND FOR OUR OWN SUSTAINABILITY IN ORDER TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON. 
          WE CAN'T BE IN HERE WITHOUT THE LIGHTS BEING ON. 
          UM, HAVING LIVED IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES WHERE WE'RE ON GENERATOR ALL THE TIME, I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT AND I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS LARRY GIL, DISTRICT NINE. 
          I WAS AT MY COMPUTER GOOGLING FOR CLIMATE DISASTERS THAT I COULD CITE TODAY TO CONVINCE YOU THAT PURCHASING NATURAL GAS PEAKERS IS A BAD IDEA, BUT I DECIDED THAT WAS A FOOL'S ERRAND. 
          YOU ALL KNOW THE FACTS AND HAVE ACCEPTED THEM OR REJECTED THEM. 
          THE DISCONNECT HERE GOES DEEPER THAN THAT. 
          AGAIN, THERE'S NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT BURNING FOSSIL FUELS IS CHANGING THE CLIMATE OF THE EARTH WITH THE RESULTS THAT WITH THE RESULT THAT WE ARE SEEING TOXIC POLLUTION, AGRICULTURAL FAILURES, FLOODS, DROUGHT, HEAT WAVES, THE EX SPECIES EXTINCTIONS, CIVIL STRIFE, CLIMATE, REFUGEES, THE LIST GOES ON. 
          ECONOMISTS LIKE TO CALL THEM EXTERNALITIES EVERY DAY BRINGS A NEW HEADLINE. 
          NEW ORLEANS HAS PASSED THE POINT OF NO RETURN ATLANTIC CURRENT REVERSAL IMMINENT MONSTER EL NINO FORMING IN THE PACIFIC. 
          THE USA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 12% OF THE TOTAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE. 
          NOW, SECOND, MOST OF ANY COUNTRY AFTER IN THE WORLD AFTER CHINA, WE HAVE MANAGED TO TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EXTERNALITIES TO TAXPAYER BURDEN, MARKET PRICE DISCREPANCIES, AND GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES. 
          LAST MONTH, REPRESENTATIVES OF 57 COUNTRIES MET IN SANTA MAR COLUMBIA TO SET A TIMELINE FOR TRANSITIONING THEIR ECONOMIES AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS. 
          ALTHOUGH NONE OF THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE CONTRIBUTED NEARLY AS MUCH GREENHOUSE GAS AS THE US, THEY ARE BEARING THE BRUNT OF THE DISASTER. 
          THE GROUP REPRESENTING ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE WORLD'S ECONOMY ARE MAPPING OUT PRACTICAL WAYS TO MOVE AWAY FROM COAL, OIL AND GAS. 
          THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF THE GROUP IS THE SHARED SCIENTIFIC CERTAINTY THAT ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS IS ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING A LIVABLE PLANET, UPHOLDING HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADDRESSING THE TRIPLE PLANETARY CRISIS OF POLLUTION, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND BIODIVERSITY LAWS. 
          THEY KNOW THAT THEY MUST ADDRESS THE EXTERNALITIES. 
          WEALTHY NATIONS WON'T. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I NEVER HEARD OH YEAH, SORRY. 
          YOUR TIME'S, TIME'S UP. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          BOBBY LEWINSKY SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE. 
          I'M HERE TO ECHO THE CALLS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND PUBLIC CITIZEN TO ASK YOU TO VOTE AGAINST ITEM SEVEN. 
          THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ON THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM, BUT NOT A LOT OF ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BEING RAISED, ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. 
          I WOULD ASK THAT YOU NOT TAKE A VOTE ON THIS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW WHERE THE PEAK PEAKERS WILL BE LOCATED, AND THEY DESERVE TO KNOW HOW MUCH THEY ARE GOING TO COST THEM. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT TO A VOTE IN AN OPEN SESSION WOULD SOMEHOW BE A VIOLATION OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 
          THAT IS AN ABSURD PROPOSITION THAT TRANSPARENCY WOULD VIOLATE THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. 
          UH, THERE ARE ALSO FALSE, UM, COMPARISONS BEING THROWN OUT THERE ABOUT, UH, PEAKERS AND OTHER AREA COAL PLANTS. 
          SOMETHING THAT IS PARTICULARLY IRONIC CONSIDERING THE LACK OF PROGRESS THAT THE CITY HAS HAS MADE IN CURTAILING THE IRRESPONSIBLE MANAGE MANAGEMENT OF THE FAYETTE COAL PLANT BY THE LCRA. 
          WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY OR CLIMATE RESPONSIBLE WAY TO EXTEND RELIANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS FOR GUARDRAILS. 
          I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU NOT ALLOW THESE PEAKERS ANYWHERE NEAR AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE POPULATION THAT IS THE HISTORY OF THESE, UH, PEAKER ITEMS, AND IT IS THE FUTURE IF YOU APPROVE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUE WITH ITEM SEVEN. 
          WE HAVE CHRISTOPHER PAGE KABA WHITE, CAMERON DODD, STEPHANIE NOEL, CAITLYN GRIFFITH, KATIE CAM. 
          PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED. 
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GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I'M KABA WHITE DISTRICT THREE, RESIDENT SPEAKING. 
          ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC CITIZEN AUSTIN ENERGY IS MAKING THE CASE THAT BUILDING NEW GAS PEAKERS IS A BENEFIT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          THIS IS UNTRUE FOR SEVERAL REASONS. 
          FIRST, ONCE YOU ACCOUNT FOR METH, METHANE LEAKAGE, NATURAL GAS POWER GENERATION ISN'T ANY BETTER THAN COAL GENERATION WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          I SENT YOU ALL A SHORT PIECE FROM RMI THAT MAKES THIS POINT. 
          PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE TO READ IT. 
          DON'T BE FOOLED BY NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY MARKETING. 
          IT'S NOT A CLEANER, GREENER ALTERNATIVE. 
          AND THAT'S EVEN BEFORE YOU CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL HORRORS FROM FRACKING, WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN SERIOUS FETAL DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS AND OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS. JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE IT HERE IN AUSTIN DOESN'T MAKE IT LESS REAL. 
          SECOND, THE NEW PEAKERS WILL RUN AT THE SAME TIME AS AE EXISTING PEAKERS MAKING LOCAL AIR POLLUTION WORSE ON THE DAYS WHEN IT, IT IS ALREADY AS UNHEALTHY AS IT GETS. 
          AUSTIN ENERGY TALKS ABOUT THE PEAKERS AS AN INSURANCE POLICY, BUT THE UTILITY PLANS TO RUN THEM WHEN IT'S ECONOMIC. 
          IF THIS WASN'T TRUE, AUSTIN ENERGY WOULD COMMIT TO NOT RUN THEM AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO IN HOT SUNNY AFTERNOONS, AUSTIN ENERGY IS GOING TO ADD NITROGEN OXIDES TO THE AIR AND INCREASE OZONE FORMATION. 
          KIDS, THE ELDERLY AND LOWER INCOME PEOPLE WHO WORK OUTSIDE WILL BEAR THE BRUNT OF THIS OF POLLUTION. 
          THIRD, NEW PEAKERS WILL RUN FOR 40 PLUS YEARS AND OLDER. 
          LESS EFFICIENT POWER PLANT WILL SOON BE PUSHED OUT OF THE MARKET BY BATTERIES AND CHEAP RENEWABLE ENERGY. 
          IF EVERYONE FOLLOWS, FOLLOWS A E'S LOGIC, NEW GUEST GENERATION WOULD CONTINUE TO BE ADDED FOREVER AND WILL NEVER PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS. 
          THAT'S A PATH TO RUNAWAY CLIMATE CHANGE AND ALL THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT COME WITH IT. 
          AUSTIN CAN BE PART OF THE PROBLEM OR PART OF THE SOLUTION. 
          IT'S YOUR CHOICE FOR THESE AND OTHER REASONS. 
          THE JOINT SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED AGAINST ADDING GAS PEAKERS TO CALL LISA MARTIN FROM 2024. 
          CARBON FREE IS CARBON FREE. 
          IT MEANS THERE'S NO CARBON. 
          IT'S THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND SIDE OF THE EQUATION. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU UPHOLD THE CARBON FREE BY 2035 GOAL AND VOTE NO ON GUEST SPEAKERS. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          HELLO, I'M KATIE CAM. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF AUSTIN SINCE 1983, AND I POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE LIVING IN AUSTIN IN THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES, I GOT TO WITNESS THE GROWTH OF THE MINDSET THAT AUSTIN WOULD BECOME A LEADER IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. 
          I CLEARLY REMEMBER TAKING ONE OF THE FIRST GREEN BUILDING CLASSES IN THE EARLY 1990S. 
          I RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S AUSTIN GREEN BUILDER PROGRAM WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF 12 EXEMPLARY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES AT THE UNITED NATIONS EARTH SUMMIT IN 1992. 
          AT THAT TIME, I DID NOT REALIZE HOW FORWARD THINKING AUSTIN WAS RELATIVE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. 
          I ASK NOW AS COUNCIL CONSIDERS A FOSSIL FUEL PROJECT, WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE VALUES, THAT VISION AND THAT STANDING IN THE WORLD? HOW DID WE REACH THIS POINT WHERE WE WERE HAVING TO CONSIDER ANOTHER FOSSIL FUEL PROJECT? BECAUSE LIVES ARE AT RISK DURING WEATHER EXTREMES. 
          WERE THERE DECISIONS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE PAST TO AVOID THE SITUATION? DID ROBUST SCENARIO PLANNING NOT HAPPEN? IT APPEARS THERE WAS TOO MUCH HESITANCY TO ADOPT RENEWABLE ENERGY AND REDUCE ENERGY USAGE. 
          I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK IN THE REAR REAR MIRROR TO GET ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS, TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT AND HOW TO AVOID IT IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND NOW I'M NOT CONVINCED AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THERE IS NO OTHER CHOICE AND THAT COUNCIL AND THAT IF COUNCIL PROVES THE GAS PEAKERS THAT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH GUARDRAILS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, CARBON OFFSET PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. 
          AND AS A SIDE NOTE, ASTHMA HAS BEEN MENTIONED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE USE OF FOSSIL FUEL. 
          AND THAT IS NOT A DISEASE OF INCONVENIENCE. 
          IT CAN BE FATAL. 
          I LOST A DEAR FRIEND TO AN ASTHMA ATTACK. 
          PLEASE TAKE PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS SERIOUSLY. 
          AND THESE GUARDRAILS IMPACT THE BENEFIT COST RATIO THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ISSUE, NOT JUST ABOUT FINANCIAL COSTS TO THE UTILITY AND CUSTOMERS. 
          UH, THE BENEFIT OF COURSE IS THAT WE REDUCE THE RISK OF ENDURING THE LOSS OF POWER AS HAPPENED DURING WINTER STORM URI. 
          HOWEVER, ERCOT DECISION MAKING AND OTHER ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WEAKNESSES SUCH AS DOWNED OVERHEAD, ELECTRIC LINES CONTRIBUTED TO THE LOSS OF POWER. 
          WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS, UH, CHALLENGE THOSE. 
          UH, AND I'M RUNNING OUTTA TIME. 
          QUESTION IS PROJECT CONSIDER PROACTIVE REVERSAL. 
          DEMAND MORE TRANSPARENCY. 
          IF Y'ALL DO APPROVE IT, PUT IN STRONG GUARDRAILS. 
          THANKS. 
          WE HAVE ONE REMOTE SPEAKER, DAVID LAVESQUE. 
          HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M DAVID LEBECK AND YOU HAVE ASKED STUART RILEY TO GET TO ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2035. 
          SINCE YOU ARE HIS MANAGEMENT TEAM, IT'S UP TO YOU TO GIVE STUART THE RESOURCES HE NEEDS TO SUCCEED AT WHAT YOU ASKED HIM TO DO. 
          WITH THE RIGHT RESOURCES, AUSTIN ENERGY COULD QUICKLY FOLLOW SEVERAL BEST PRACTICES AROUND THE STATE IN INCLUDING A LAW THAT IMPROVES SOLAR PERMITTING. 
          RIGHT NOW, AUSTIN HAS THE SLOWEST AND MOST EXPENSIVE LOCAL SOLAR PROCESS IN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          AND OTHER BEST PRACTICE IS THE TEXAS LAW THAT REQUIRES UTILITIES 
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TO USE SOFTWARE TO IMPROVE GRID CAPACITY. 
          AS FAR AS I CAN TELL AUSTIN ENERGY DOING EITHER OF THESE, THESE ARE JUST TWO SIMPLE EXAMPLES WHERE AUSTIN ENERGY CAN IMPROVE. 
          RIGHT NOW, I'M REQUESTING THAT YOU VOTE NO ON ITEM SEVEN AND SAY YES TO HELPING OUR LEADERS AT AUSTIN ENERGY ACHIEVE THE GOAL THAT YOU ASKED THEM TO ACHIEVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL SPEAKERS FOR ITEM SEVEN HAVE BEEN CALLED THANK YOU MEMBERS. 
          UH, THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. 
          UH, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL 
          [Executive Session (Part 2 of 2)]
NOW GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7, 1 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 82, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER COMPETITIVE MATTERS RELATED TO AUSTIN ENERGY GENERATION OPERATION AND RESOURCES AND DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL ESTATE PROPERTY, UH, CERTAIN POWER, CERTAIN PUBLIC POWER UTILITY COMPETITIVE MATTERS UNDER 5 5 1 0 8 6 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE AND REAL PROPERTY MATTERS UNDER SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. 
          I'M ALSO ANNOUNCING THAT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 5 5 1 0 7 2 AND OH EIGHT SIX, AS I JUST SAID, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER WILL, WILL CONSIDER, UH, UTILITY COMPETITIVE MATTERS AND DELIBERATE REAL PROPERTY MATTERS RELATED TO THE COMPETITIVE MATTERS RELATED TO AUSTIN ENERGY GENERATION OPERATION AND RESOURCES AND DELIBERATION OF THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE AND VALUE OF REAL PROP REAL ESTATE PROPERTY. 
          WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE CLOSE, A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION SESSION ON THE ITEMS ANNOUNCED. 
          UH, IT IS 3:55 PM ONCE WE HAVE COMPLETED THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, WE WILL COME BACK OUT INTO OPEN SESSION. 
          IT'S 3 55. 
          WE'RE GOING INTO THE CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. 
          I'LL CALL THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL. 
          WE, WE WERE ALREADY IN ORDER, BUT UM, WE'RE BACK OUT OF A CLOSED SESSION. 
          IT IS 5:19 PM WE'RE OUT OF CLOSED SESSION. 
          IN CLOSED SESSION. 
          WE DISCUSSED LEGAL ISSUES, UH, AND CONSIDERED UTILITY COMPETITIVE MATTERS AND DELIBERATED REAL PROPERTY MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 82. 
          THE RESOLUTION CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL PASSED ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON OUR AGENDA, UH, WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT ON THE AGENDA SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THOSE MATTERS. 
          UH, WE HAVE DONE THAT BOTH AT A WORK SESSION AND THEN AGAIN TODAY STAFF IS WITHDRAWING ITEM NUMBER SEVEN MEMBERS. 
          WHAT I'M 
          [55. Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 000309-114, amending City Code Title 25 (Land Development), and amending Ordinance No. 20221115-048 to modify development review processes, methods to demonstrate water quality compliance, street design, and utility infrastructure design for the design and construction of certain transit system projects and related transit system infrastructure and which may include exemption from or waiver of fees or alternative funding methods. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.]
GOING TO DO IS HAVE US NOW GO TO, UH, THE NON-CONSENT ITEMS. UH, THOSE ARE PRIMARILY PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          ITEM NUMBER 54 IS POSTPONED. 
          SO IN ITEM NUMBER 57 IS POSTPONED. 
          WHAT I THINK I'M GONNA DO, MEMBERS, JUST FOR PURPOSES OF, OF MOVING THROUGH THE AGENDA, IS GO TO 55 58, 59 60, WHICH IS THE TIME. 
          WE WILL TAKE UP ITEMS 38 AND 39, AND THEN WE WILL GO BACK TO ITEM. 
          WELL, THEN WE WILL GO TO OUR ZONING MATTERS, FINISH THE ZONING MATTERS, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 56 WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. 
          SO I WILL NOW CALL UP ITEM NUMBER 55. 
          ITEM NUMBER 55 IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. 
          SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 55. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK. 
          WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS FOR ITEM 55. 
          WILLIAM BUNCH, BRAD MASSENGILL, AND ENOVIA JOSEPH, MR. BUNCH. 
          MR. MASSENGILL, IF YOU'D PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          MS. JOSEPH HADN'T BEEN HERE TODAY, BUT I DON'T AND I STILL DON'T SEE HER. 
          MR. MASSENGILL, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 
          BRAD MASSENGILL AGAIN, UM, I DON'T HAVE A SUPER LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS, BUT ONE THING THAT DID, UH, POP OUT FROM THE BACKUPS WAS, UH, AN AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW ON HERITAGE TREES. 
          UH, PROTECTIONS FOR HERITAGE TREES DOES NOT NEED TO BE APPROVED WITHOUT ANY, UH, PUBLIC INPUT OR KNOWLEDGE. 
          UH, OUR URBAN FORESTS ARE IMPORTANT, SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          SPEAKERS. 
          THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 55. 
          UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 55. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. 
          THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THE ORDINANCE. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          UH, ITEM NUMBER 55 IS ADOPTED. 
          THAT WILL TAKE 
          [58. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance adjusting the City’s boundary limits by disannexing approximately 0.107 acres of land located at 1604 Bruton Springs Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas under Texas Senate Bill 1844 (89th Regular Session). Case number: C7d-2026-0020. A portion of the property is located in Austin’s full purpose jurisdiction, and the remaining portion is located in Austin’s limited purpose jurisdiction in Council District 10. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.]
US TO ITEM NUMBER 58, WHICH IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 58. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW 
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OPEN AND I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK. 
          WE HAVE A REMOTE SPEAKER, TERRY ION ON ITEM 58. 
          MR. ARIAN, WE WILL MOVE TO IN-PERSON RICH HAMAN. 
          THAT'S ALL SPEAKERS FOR 58. 
          OH, WE DO HAVE THE REMOTE SPEAKER BACK. 
          OKAY, WE'LL TRY THEM AGAIN. 
          TERRY ION ITEM 58. 
          TERRY, PLEASE UNMUTE. 
          THAT IS ALL SPEAKERS THAT I'M 58. 
          ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS, UH, THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS ON ITEM NUMBER 58. 
          SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 58. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER 58. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL MOVES APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 58 IS SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TIM, IS THEIR DISCUSSION. 
          HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION, ITEM NUMBER 58 IS ADOPTED. 
          ITEM NUMBER 59 
          [59. Conduct a public hearing and receive input concerning the City's Draft Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Action Plan, which serves as the City’s application for federal funding as required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Texas Local Government Code Chapter 373. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.]
IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 59. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. 
          I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK. 
          WE HAVE ONE SPEAKERS AND ALBEIT JOSEPH, MS. JOSEPH, MS. JOSEPH IS NOT HERE. 
          SO THAT CLOSE THE WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 59. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. 
          I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THERE'S NOT, THERE IS, UH, NOT A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 59. 
          IT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TO SPECIFICALLY RECEIVE, UH, PUBLIC INPUT. 
          SO MEMBERS THAT WILL NOW TAKE US TO ITEM NUMBER 60. 
          ITEM NUMBER 60 
          [60. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance annexing approximately 2,614 acres of land in eastern Travis County, located between the Colorado River, US Highway 183, and State Highway 130, in the area generally known as “Dog’s Head”, into the City’s full-purpose jurisdiction; initiating the creation of a regulating plan for the property; initiating an amendment to the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan; and authorizing the City Manager to execute the Service Plan Agreement with the owner of the land. Case number: C7a-2026-0003. The property is currently located in Austin’s extraterritorial jurisdiction contiguous to Council Districts 1, 2, and 3. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (Part 1 of 2)]
IS A PUBLIC HEARING WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 60. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN, AND I'LL ASK THE CITY CLERK TO HELP US. 
          FIRST SPEAKER ON ITEM 60, UH, WE'LL HAVE ARIAN SANCHEZ, ADRIAN MACIAS SU, SUSANNA ALMANZA, BIANCA GUERRERO WITH TIME DONATED BY VALERIE MENARD, CARLOS PINON, MADDIE GUTIERREZ, PEDRO HERNANDEZ, CRAIG NASER, RICHARD SUTTLE, CHRIS PAGE. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK OTHERWISE, WILLIAM, I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE NOT WANTING TO MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME'S RICHARD SETTLE. 
          I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE LANDOWNER OF THE DOG'S HEAD. 
          THAT'S SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE ANNEXATION. 
          AND I'M HOPING, I'LL JUST SAY, I'M HOPING THAT YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE TO ANNEX THIS TODAY, BUT WE GOTTA DO 38 FIRST AND WE KNOW HOW THE RULES WORK. 
          NO, I JUST, I'M JUST HA I'M JUST HAPPY THAT WE'RE STILL HAVING THIS HEARING. 
          YEAH, PRE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          WE, WE WOULD, IF WE WOULD PASS WHAT MR. SUTTLE IS SAYING IS THAT BEFORE WE CAN PASS ITEM NUMBER 60, WE WOULD HAVE TO PASS ITEM NUMBER 38. 
          AND, UM, THE, WE, WE'VE MORE THAN ONCE HAD THAT DISCUSSION HERE TODAY, TODAY. 
          THAT'S WHY I SAY WE'LL BRING UP 38 AND 39 AFTER WE'VE DONE THIS. 
          SO, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT. 
          WE HAVE OUR REMOTE SPEAKER, MONICA GUZMAN ON ITEM 60. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M MONICA GUZMAN, GAVA, POLICY DIRECTOR SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM 16. 
          FIRST, THANK YOU FOR MOVING ITEM 38 AND 39 TO THE NON-CONSENT AGENDA FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          UH, WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH EVERYONE WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY TO REVIEW THE DOG HEAD DEVELOPER AGREEMENT, DRAFT AND SIGN ON TO THE LETTER, PREPARE STATEMENTS, AND ADDRESS YOU THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THE NEED TO SLOW DOWN. 
          WE URGE YOU TO POSTPONE ACTIVITY ON THE PROPOSED DOG'S HEAD DEVELOPMENT, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY AND ANNEXATION OF THE 22,614 ACRES. 
          DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND NEEDED TO ENSURE A PUBLIC PROCESS TO BRING THIS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUING IN PERSON, WE HAVE WILLIAM BUNCH, JANICE BOOKOUT, ERIC POLIS, KIM VASQUEZ, DANIEL LOWE, 
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BOBBY LAVINSKY WITH TIME DONATED FROM BETSY GREENBERG AND BARBARA MACARTHUR. 
          IF THEY'RE BOTH, THEY'RE BOTH PRESENT. 
          WE'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BOBBY LAVINSKY SAVE OUR SPRINGS ALLIANCE. 
          UM, THIS IS THE ANNEXATION FOR THE DOG'S HEAD, UM, ENCOURAGING YOU TO ACTUALLY VOTE AGAINST THE ANNEXATION, ESPECIALLY UNTIL A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT GETS THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS WHERE YOUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THE PUBLIC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANALYZE THE AGREEMENT WITH YOUR STAFF COMMENTS THAT COULD HELP IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS FOR THIS AREA. 
          UM, IT MAY SURPRISE PEOPLE TO LEARN THAT THIS, UH, THERE IS ACTUALLY A TRAVIS COUNTY RIVER CORRIDOR PLAN THAT EXISTS FOR THIS SITE WHERE THE CITY OF AUSTIN MADE COMMITMENTS TO TRAVIS COUNTY TO HELP PROTECT THIS AREA THROUGH, UM, LAND PURCHASES AND FOR AND THROUGH IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SETBACKS FOR THE RIVER. 
          THIS AGREEMENT DOES THE OPPOSITE. 
          I'M GONNA READ FROM, UH, THE TRAVIS COUNTY CORRIDOR, UH, RIVER CORRIDOR PLAN, AND IT SPEAKS TO THE BOTTOM LANDS. 
          SO THE CORRIDOR BOTTOM BOTTOMLANDS CONSIST OF CREEK AND RIVER RIP ZONES, WETLANDS AND FLOODPLAINS, UNIQUE AREAS, WHICH FORM TRANSITIONAL AREAS BETWEEN LAND AND WATER. 
          THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY FEATURED DENSE HARDWOOD FOREST AND DEEP ALLUVIAL SOILS, HOME FOR PLANTS AND ANIMALS, AND OF BOTH TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS. FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF WATERSHED FUNCTION, RIPERION AREAS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART SINCE THEY ARE THE BUFFER BETWEEN THE UPLANDS AND THE STREAM CHANNEL IN PROPER FUNCTIONING CONDITION. 
          THESE AREAS PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING, IRREPLACEABLE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES, WATER STORAGE, AND THE RIPERION SPONGE OF RAMP, PLANT ROOTS, AND SOIL WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AS WATER IS FILTERED THROUGH THE RIP SOILS AND VEGETATION, FLOOD ATTENUATION, AS THE RIPARIAN AREA FLOWS, FILTERS AND OBSERVES FLOOD WATERS FLOW STABILIZATION AS THE FLOWS ARE HIGH AND GROUNDWATER RECHARGE AND DISCHARGE AS THE RIP AREA CONTRIBUTES TO THE ALLUVIAL AQUIFER ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER BIOLOGICAL SERVICES, BREEDING HABITAT FOR TEXAS AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ORGANISMS SHADING OVER THE, UH, THE RIVER AND STREAMS TO REDUCE WATER TEMPERATURE AND PRODUCE AND PROVIDE ENHANCED HABITAT FOR AQUATIC LIFE, LIKE FISH AND AMPHIBIANS WILDLIFE CORRIDORS FOR LINKING TEXAS BIO REGIONS AND CRITICAL MIGRATORY HABITAT FOR NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES. 
          GEOLOGICAL SERVICES, EROSION CONTROL ALONG THE RIVER CHANNEL AS RIPARIAN VEGETATION ARMORS THE RIVER BANKS ALONG, UH, AGAINST EROSION PROTECTING THE RIVER AND OUR COASTAL BAYS AND ESTUARIES AGAINST SEDIMENT. 
          MOST BOTTOM LANDS HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY MODIFIED AND THEIR DENSE TREE CANOPY LARGELY REMOVED COMPARED TO THEIR ORIGINAL HISTORIC CONDITION. 
          TODAY, AMONG MO, AMONG MOST OF THE RIVER ONLY ARIN THIN STRIP OF RIP VEGETATION REMAINS THE DIRECT AND VISUALLY A OBVIOUS CORRELATION IN THE PHYSICAL LOCATION OF ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS, WETLANDS SPRINGS, WATERFOWL, HABITAT CREEK, EROSION HAZARD AREAS, AND SO FORTH. 
          IN THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN INDICATES A NEED TO MANAGE, PRESERVE, AND PROTECT THE LAND FROM OVERDEVELOPMENT IN THESE AREAS. 
          RESTORATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE BOTTOM LANDS ARE MANY AND WOULD SERVE NUMEROUS POSITIVE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, INCLUDING RECREATION AND TOURISM, INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, AND SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO THE DIMINISHED ECOLOGICAL SERVICES LISTED ABOVE. 
          WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SAVE THIS AREA, AND WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING TODAY IS APPROVING AN AGREEMENT AND APPROVING THE ANNEXATION THAT ERODES THE MINIMAL TRAVIS COUNTY PROTECTIONS THAT EXISTS THERE TODAY TO TO SURRENDER IT TO A HUNDRED PERCENT IMPERVIOUS COVER. 
          AND THAT THE WHIMS OF A DEVELOPER THAT CAN REQUEST ANY VARIANCE TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WITHOUT ANY COUNCIL APPROVAL, AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE AN ABILITY TO CHANGE THIS FOR 45 YEARS. 
          PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THIS. 
          I THINK THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR WALKING BACK ON ITS COMMITMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY AND ITS COMMITMENTS TO TRAVIS COUNTY. 
          THANK YOU, JANICE BOOKOUT, DISTRICT FOUR, A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SIZE SHOULD NOT, SHOULD HAVE DUE DILIGENCE, LEAN ON COMMISSIONS AND INCLUDE COMMUNITY INPUT. 
          A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SIZE JUSTIFIES AN THOROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT. 
          MAJOR DECISIONS ARE MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT NOTIFYING RESIDENTS. 
          THAT IS NOT INFORMED PUBLIC PROCESS. 
          THIS IS A 45 YEAR AGREEMENT. 
          WHAT LEVERAGE WILL FUTURE COUNCILS HAVE IF PROBLEMS EMERGE? THE AGREEMENT HAS NO IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITS. 
          WE'VE ALREADY HEARD THAT THE AGREEMENT REMOVES PROTECTIONS FROM ALL PREV FROM PREVIOUSLY MINED AREAS. 
          DO WE THEN PLAN TO IGNORE ANY PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACTS THAT RESULT? THE AGREEMENT PERMITS MAJOR USE OF CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE. 
          WHAT ARE THE LONG TERM IMPACTS? THE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE MINIMAL 
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TO NON-EXISTENT. 
          WHAT ENFORCEABLE PROTECTIONS ACTUALLY REMAIN? WHY DO WE HAVE TO MOVE SO FAST? SOMETIMES I THINK THAT YOU THINK AB ADVOCATES WILL OBSTRUCT ALL DEVELOPMENT IF ALLOWED THE CHANCE. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE MOVING SO FAST. 
          THAT'S NOT TRUE. 
          WE WANT GOOD PLANNING. 
          WHAT YOU'RE MISSING IS THAT INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY PROCESSES DO LEAD TO GOOD OUTCOMES THAT GET NATURAL ALIGNMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          WHAT SLOWS THINGS DOWN? IS YOUR RESISTANCE TO AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS? AGAIN, ARE WE SO DESPERATE FOR TAX DOLLARS THAT WE ARE WILLING TO RISK THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF NEARBY RESIDENTS? THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE FLOODPLAIN CONNECTED TO THIS PROPERTY. 
          WE JUST SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH SANDY CREEK. 
          WHY DO WE HAVE TO MOVE SO FAST? ENDEAVOR ALREADY BROUGHT THE LAND. 
          THERE'S NO REASON FOR YOU TO, TO RUSH THIS. 
          ASSUMING THAT YOU ARE OPERATING IN GOOD FAITH, THEN TIME IS ON YOUR SIDE. 
          PLEASE TAKE IT. 
          HELLO, CRAIG NASER SIERRA CLUB. 
          UM, RIVERS ARE A VERY ENDANGERED, NATURAL PHENOMENON IN AMERICA, AND WE ARE BLESSED WITH A RIVER, COLORADO RIVER, ONLY THE ONLY RIVER ENTIRELY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          IT HAS A DANGER. 
          IT HAS SPECIES THAT ONLY LIVE IN THE COLORADO RIVER. 
          WE ARE LUCKY IN AUSTIN BECAUSE IT FLOWS DOWN THROUGH AUSTIN. 
          UM, BUT THE ONLY REASON WE CAN BUILD THE WAY WE'VE DONE IN AUSTIN BECAUSE OF ALL THOSE HIGHLAND DAMS UP THERE, AND THEY PROTECT EVERYTHING FURTHER DOWN. 
          BUT WE ARE NOW GOING INTO A TIME AND WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING IT ENOUGH. 
          AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LOT TODAY, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GET MORE RAIN AND MORE FLOODING THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE. 
          AND IT IS NOT GOING TO BE LINEAR, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EXPONENTIAL. 
          IT'S GONNA BE ERRATIC. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA PUT A HUGE DEVELOPMENT FURTHER DOWN WHERE THIS COULD BE A BIG HASSLE. 
          NOW, WHY ARE WE DOING IT? WELL, FROM WHAT I HEARD AND THE THING, WE'RE DOING IT FOR MONEY. 
          WE'RE DOING IT FOR TAX BASE. 
          WE'RE DOING IT FOR, UH, SHOVEL READY DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ON THIS PLANET IS WE ARE DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT THAT GIVES US HEALTH. 
          NOW, WE CAN GO INTO THE DETAILS, TALK ABOUT THE ENDANGERED SPECIES. 
          I DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT IN TWO MINUTES, BUT JUST LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. 
          AND I'VE NEVER FOUND A, A CITY MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY, UH, UH, FORWARD THAN AUSTIN. 
          AND I DON'T THINK IF YOU DO THIS, YOU'LL HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN AUSTIN. 
          I REALLY DO NOT. 
          I'VE BEEN SURPRISED TODAY AT WHAT HAPPENED. 
          I WAS ALWAYS AGAINST THIS, BUT I WAS SURPRISED, AND I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS AND REMEMBER IT. 
          I THINK I CAN OFFICIALLY SAY GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS BIANCA GUERRERO. 
          I AM A SUSTAINABILITY ANALYST AND ORGANIZER WITH ED SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT THREE AND THE EAST AUSTIN FAMILIES WHO CARRY THIS CITY EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          I'M HERE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION OF ITEMS 38, 39 AND 60. 
          THESE DON'T REPRESENT EQUITABLE GROWTH. 
          THEY WOULD CONTINUE THE SAME SYSTEMIC PATTERN THAT EXISTS. 
          I'M HERE FOR THE PEOPLE WORKING TWO AND THREE JOBS WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS A SHIFT JUST TO BE HERE AT THIS MEETING ALL DAY. 
          I'M HERE FOR THE PARENTS WHO CANNOT PAY FOR CHILDCARE TO COME SPEAK. 
          I'M HERE FOR THE LATINO AND THE BLACK RESIDENTS NOT PRESENT TODAY WHO LIVE IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, WHO WILL LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DECISION FOR THE NEXT 45 YEARS. 
          I'M HERE FOR THE ONES WHO ARE CURRENTLY GENTRIFYING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          I'M HERE AS A NURSING MOTHER WHO IS LACTATING AND ENGORGED. 
          MOST OF US CANNOT MAKE IT TO THESE MEETINGS. 
          AND WHEN WE DO, YOU PRESENT ROMANTICIZED VERSIONS OF THESE PROPOSALS. 
          YOU WORD SALAD US WITH TECHNICAL LANGUAGE SO WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE REAL NEGATIVES. 
          THEN THESE ITEMS GET RUSHED THROUGH AND APPROVED SO QUICKLY THAT BY THE TIME WE FEEL THE IMPACTS, WE'RE ALREADY LIVING THEM. 
          AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY THESE DECISIONS KEEP US LOCKED IN SURVIVAL MODE. 
          THE SAME SURVIVAL MODE CREATED BY DECADES OF REDLINING, THE 1928 MASTER PLAN AND INTENTIONAL DISINVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          I KNOW YOU WANT AND NOW YOU WANT TO ALLOW A HUNDRED PERCENT IMPERVIOUS COVER ON THIS LAND RIGHT NEXT TO THE COLORADO WHEN WE FLOOD. 
          YOU CALL IT A NATURAL DISASTER. 
          NO, YOU FLOOD US. 
          BY APPROVING THIS, YOU ARE CREATING THE NEXT NATURAL DISASTER FOR THE VERY COMMUNITIES YOU CLAIM TO SERVE. 
          WE ARE DEMANDING BETTER VOTE NO ON ITEM 38, 39 AND 60 HAS WRITTEN, POSTPONED THEM. 
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SEND THEM THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, PLANNING COMMISSION AND REAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WITH TRANSPARENCY, NOT A LAST MINUTE AGENDA. 
          DUMP THE PEOPLE OF EAST VOTE. 
          NO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM 60, WE HAVE RICH HAVEN, BRAD MASSING, LEE EDWARDS, TOMMY JOAQUIN, HANCOCK, VICTORIA FINN TO VASQUEZ FIA, CATHERINE BROWN, MEGAN MEISENBACH. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE TAKE A SEAT. 
          IT'S, IT'S BEEN MENTIONED HERE TODAY THAT, UH, OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS JUST BEEN DECIMATING THE RULES ABOUT WATER QUALITY. 
          THAT THE CLEAN WATER ACT IS GONE. 
          YOU KNOW, ALL THESE THINGS USED TO APPLY. 
          SOME OF THESE THINGS WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW IF THEY WERE IN PLACE. 
          SO AS, AS, AS A ENVIRONMENTAL CITY WITH THE CONSCIENCE, I, I FEEL THAT OUR LEADER SHOULD, SHOULD REFLECT THE IDEAL THAT THOSE NOW GONE DOCUMENTS AND LAWS, UH, EMBODIED AND TO, TO, UH, DO THINGS UNDER THE COVER OF, UH, A CORRUPT SYSTEM. 
          AND LET THESE KIND OF, UH, DECISIONS GO FORWARD WITHOUT CONSULTING THE PEOPLE THEY AFFECT WITHOUT BEING CONSCIOUS, CONSCIOUS OF THE RAMIFICATIONS THAT ALL THOSE OLDER LAWS WERE IN PLACE TO PROTECT. 
          AND WHEN WE GO IGNORING THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE RIGHT, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CONVENIENCE OR TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPENED FASTER, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BEING IMMORAL. 
          WE'RE NOT BEING FAIR TO THE ENVIRONMENT, TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE. 
          OUR TAX MONEY'S BEING USED AGAINST US TO DO MULTIPLE PROJECTS ACROSS TOWN. 
          BUT THIS IS REALLY EGREGIOUS. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN. 
          UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO IN EFFECT WATER DOWN LAWS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT THE, THAT THE COUNTY HAS. 
          SO, UH, WE NEED TO VOTE NO ON THIS. 
          I I'M NOT SAYING POSTPONE, I'M SAYING VOTE NO ON THIS. 
          AND, AND, AND LET'S COME BACK TO IT, YOU KNOW, A YEAR FROM NOW, AND PEOPLE CAN TALK ABOUT IT WITH CLEAR HEADS IN A PROPER PLAN. 
          BRIAN, MY NAME IS DR. CATHERINE BROWN. 
          I'M A, I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          MY FATHER'S HOME IS IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          UM, I'M A LONG-TERM RESIDENT OF EAST AUSTIN WHERE I GREW UP. 
          UH, I'VE ALREADY BROUGHT FORTH IN 38 AND 39. 
          MY CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, ENVIRONMENTALLY DRIVEN DISEASES, PARTICULARLY ONES THAT ARE RELATED TO FLOOD, WHICH IS, UM, PART OF MY EXPERTISE. 
          I ALSO HAVE, MY FAMILY HAS LIVED, INCLUDING ME IN THE AUSTIN AREA FOR OVER 60 YEARS, UM, PARTICULARLY IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          AND MUCH OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP IN HAS BEEN GENTRIFIED. 
          WHERE MY FATHER'S PROPERTY IS NOW IS, UM, IN AN AREA, ONE OF THESE AREAS WHERE I THINK, UM, AGAIN, LACK OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY HAS LED TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN RAISED HERE. 
          I THINK IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE TO PRESERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO COME UP WITH ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT STILL ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM THAT ARE BOTH, UH, PRESERVING THE ENVIRONMENT, PRESERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND, AND PRESERVING FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          I DO WHAT I DO BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT MY CITY AND I CARE ABOUT MY NEIGHBORS, AND I DON'T WANNA SEE INCREASED MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY JUST SIMPLY FOR THE LACK OF, UM, GOING THROUGH AND REVIEWING THE CURRENT PLANS. 
          I THINK THAT THE, THE, THE PLANS THERE ARE ALWAYS ALTERNATIVES. 
          AND IF IT'S, UM, NO OR POSTPONEMENT, AT LEAST GIVE YOURSELVES TIME TO REVIEW WHAT'S BEEN PUT OUT THERE. 
          THINK CAREFULLY, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND REMEMBER THAT AUSTIN IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU AND BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT YOU IN THIS POSITION. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I AM RICH HAMAN. 
          I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST 60 38 39, THE DOG HEAD DEVELOPMENT DEAL WITH THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR ENDEAVOR GROUP. 
          YOU'VE HEARD A LOT TODAY ABOUT THE MANY TRULY ALARMING THINGS ABOUT THIS FAST TRACK DEAL, TRANSPARENCY PROCESS, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, PLANNING, EQUITY, AND I AM, MY COMMENTS ARE GONNA FOCUS ON THE EXTREME FINANCIAL IRRESPONSIBILITY OF THIS DEAL. 
          CONTRARY TO WHAT STAFF ASSERTS IN ITS RECOMMENDATION FOR ACTION, THIS DEAL WILL COST TAXPAYERS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          THE PROPOSED TAX 
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INCREMENT AGREEMENT GIVES PROPERTY AS SALES TAX BREAKS TO, TO THE DEVELOPER FOR 45 YEARS. 
          MEANING THE PUBLIC WILL RECEIVE NO NEW TAXES FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS HUGE AREA. 
          YET WE, YET WE WILL HAVE TO COVER THE COST OF NEW SERVICES IN THE AREA SUCH AS POLICE, FIRE, EMS, NOT TO MENTION THE INCREASE INCREASED COST OF MAINTENANCE THAT THE MANY THOUSANDS OF NEW RESIDENTS WILL CAUSE TO OUR ALREADY STRAINED INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE AGREEMENT REQUIRES THE CITY TO CREATE NOT ONE, BUT TWO DEDICATED STAFF REVIEW TEAMS. THE CITY IS AGREEING TO PAY SPECIAL STAFF JUST TO HANDLE THE FUTURE PERMITS AND PLANNING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL COST US MONEY. 
          THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF, OF A DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES EMPHATICALLY NOT PAY FOR ITSELF OR BENEFIT THE PUBLIC. 
          INSTEAD COST EXISTING RESIDENTS, OUR PROPERTY TAX WILL BE GOING TO SUBSIDIZE ENDEAVOR FOR THE ENTIRE CHILDHOODS OF OUR CHILDREN. 
          WHILE THE PUBLIC BENEFITS ARE MINUSCULE, WEAK AND VAGUE, THIS IS A BAD DEAL. 
          THE DEVELOPER'S GETTING HUGE BENEFITS, THE PUBLIC IS GETTING PEANUTS. 
          THIS IS CORPORATE WELFARE FOR BILLIONAIRES AUSTIN STYLE. 
          WHY IS THIS COMING RIGHT NOW? HERE'S A COUPLE STATISTIC FROM THE, FROM THE CITY'S OPEN PORTAL. 
          THIS COUNCIL'S TAKEN $130,000 IN CAMPAIGN DONATIONS FROM THE DEVELOPER AND ABOUT 123,000 FROM A BRUCE AND BROWN, THE PRINCIPAL LOBBYIST FOR THOSE WANTING TO KNOW THE PRICE OF THIS KIND OF SWEETHEART DEAL IN AUSTIN IS RIGHT AROUND $250,000 A BARGAIN FOR WHAT THEY'RE GETTING. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM 60, WE HAVE ROY WHALEY, KBA WHITE, CARMEN YANES, XENOBI, JOSEPH GARRETT TONGUE, ELIZABETH LEVINS, BEATRICE ANDERSON, CAITLYN GRIFFITH, KATIE CAM, AM WE HAVE ONE REMOTE SPEAKER, SEVERING CUSHING. 
          UM, MY COMMENTS APPLY TO AGENDA ITEMS 38, 39 AND 60. 
          AGAIN, I WANNA REITERATE MY URGING TO PLEASE POSTPONE THESE ITEMS. AND I WANNA ILLUSTRATE TWO MAIN CONCERNS THAT I HAVE. 
          FIRST, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT, AND I HAVE YET TO SEE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT PROPER CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN MADE IN REGARDS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ECOSYSTEMS THEREIN. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, AS MENTIONED MANY TIMES TODAY, ALLOWING UP TO 100% IMPERVIOUS COVER IS EGREGIOUS AND UNACCEPTABLE. 
          MY SECOND CONCERN, I'M IN OPPOSITION TO THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT WITHIN THE CURRENT DESIGN, A BETTER ALTERNATIVE IS BEING OVERLOOKED FOR THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. 
          SO, ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED TRAIL IS A 50 ACRE, THAT'S 5 0 50 ACRE TRACT OF LAND THAT'S ALREADY OWNED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          THIS IS LITERALLY A ONE MINUTE WALK FROM THE CURRENTLY PROPOSED HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL ON HER GOTS LANE. 
          THIS TRACT IS A NATURAL AND OBVIOUS LOCATION FOR THE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL TO BE DIVERTED WHERE IT CAN LATER REJOIN THE RIVER AT THE NOSE OF THE DOG HEAD. 
          DOING THIS WOULD AVOID DISPLACING RESIDENTS AND ALLOW FOR EVEN MORE COMMUNITY SPACES WITHIN THAT 50 ACRES, SUCH AS A PARK OR PLAYGROUND. 
          THIS WOULD ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY, ALLOW FOR AMPLE PARKING WITHOUT DISPLACING HOMES IN FAVOR OF A PARKING LANE. 
          I WANNA MENTION THAT THIS 50 ACRES OF LAND FALLS WITHIN THE AIRPORT OVERLAY, WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S NOT ZONED OR ELIGIBLE FOR ANY NEW RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES TO BE ERECTED. 
          ALSO WORTH NOTING, THE CITY OF OWNED, CITY OF AUSTIN OWNED LAND IS COMPLETELY FLAT VACANT, FREE OF ANY PROTECTED TREES OR WATER FEATURES. 
          IT'S COMPLETELY UNUSED. 
          THERE ARE, EXCUSE ME, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF OFFERING COMMUNITY SPACES WITHOUT DISPLACING FOLKS, I URGE YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER DIVERTING THEHY AND BIKE TRAIL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. 
          OKAY. 
          HI, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH LEVINS AND I'M IN DISTRICT THREE. 
          UM, GOOD EVENING. 
          I, I WANTED TO CLOSE WITH THIS. 
          ITEM 60 IS NOT A MINOR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION. 
          THIS IS THE ANNEXATION OF MORE THAN 2,600 ACRES THAT WILL PERMANENTLY SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE DOG'S HEAD AREA SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND EASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY. 
          AND TODAY YOU'VE HEARD OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION FROM RESIDENTS WITH NO MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IN FAVOR, WHO HASN'T BEEN PAID. 
          THAT SHOULD GIVE THIS COUNCIL PAUSE. 
          I'M NOT HERE AS SOMEONE OPPOSED TO THOUGHTFUL GROWTH. 
          I'M A RESIDENT WHOSE HOME IS DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THESE PLANS. 
          IN FACT, THE CURRENT PLANS SHOW A PROPOSED HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL CUTTING THROUGH MY 
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PROPERTY, NO, NO, CUTTING THROUGH MY LIVING ROOM. 
          THAT IS NOT AN ABSTRACT PLANNING CONCEPT FOR ME OR MY NEIGHBORS. 
          IT IS A PERSONAL, IMMEDIATE AND LIFE CHANGING ACTION. 
          THE PEOPLE SPEAKING TONIGHT ARE THE PEOPLE ALREADY LIVING IN THE DOG'S HEAD. 
          WE ARE THE RESIDENTS WHOSE HOMES, ROADS, DRAINAGE, TRAFFIC, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENT WILL BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED LONG AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING ENDS. 
          WHAT CONCERNS MANY OF US IS NOT JUST THE SCALE OF THIS PROPOSAL, BUT IT IS THE PACE OF IT. 
          RESIDENTS FEEL BLINDSIDED. 
          WHILE MAJOR QUESTIONS ABOUT FLOODING INFRASTRUCTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AND PROPERTY IMPACTS REMAIN UNRESOLVED. 
          PLEASE DO NOT MISTAKE THE URGENCY FROM DEVELOPERS AS URGENCY FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          ANNEXATION AND DEVELOPMENT AT THIS SCALE REQUIRE TRANSPARENCY, INDEPENDENT REVIEW, MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND REAL PROTECTIONS FOR EXISTING RESIDENTS. 
          BEFORE IRREVERSIBLE DECISIONS ARE MADE, PLEASE COUNCIL MEMBERS DO NOT TREAT PUBLIC OPPOSITION AS A BOX CHECKED IN THE PROCESS. 
          TREAT IT AS A DESIGNER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          NEED MORE WORK? THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HI, THIS IS, I'M KATIE CAM WITH DISTRICT NINE. 
          I DON'T HAVE MY LAPTOP BECAUSE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO IT STOPPED WORKING. 
          SO I'M GOING OLD SCHOOL WITH PAPER. 
          I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT I WROTE, BUT HERE WE GO. 
          I SHARE THE CONCERNS OF PREVIOUS SPEAKERS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          COLORADO RIVER FLOODING LAND USES SUCH AS NOT WANTING DATA CENTERS AND OTHER INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH COMMUNITY VALUES AND THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND MEANINGFUL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          UH, I WANNA COMMENT THAT IF THIS DEVELOPMENT MOVES FORWARD, I WANT TO ADD THE FOLLOWING DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS. 
          UH, FIRST I NOTICED IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL, THE STREETS CROSS SECTIONS SHOW FOUR AND SIX LANE ROADWAYS. 
          UM, YOU'LL SEE I'M A TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER. 
          I CAN'T HELP BUT COMMENT ON THIS. 
          UH, THIS IS DISAPPOINTING. 
          MOST OF THE HIGH INJURY AND HIGH DEATH ROADWAYS IN AUSTIN ARE FIVE TO SIX LANES. 
          SO WHY WOULD WE GO AND BUILD MORE OF THOSE? UM, WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A TRULY VISION ZERO TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 
          AND WHEN WE GO, WHEN WE HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENT LIKE THAT, LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, SO INSTEAD OF WIDE ROADWAYS, WE CAN CREATE MORE OF A GRID-LIKE STREET SYSTEM WITH NARROW ROADS AND ROUNDABOUTS, UM, AND ADD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MISSING MIDDLE MOBILITY MODES THAT ARE LOWER SPEED AND SAFER. 
          SECOND, UH, THERE WAS, UH, UH, A LOT OF STRESS THIS WEEK BY CYCLISTS. 
          I'M ONE OF THEM THAT ENJOYS THE SOUTHERN WALNUT CREEK TRAIL SYSTEM, AND THERE WAS TWO ROADWAYS PROPOSED THROUGH THAT. 
          I THINK THOSE HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND THOSE NEED TO STAY REMOVED, UH, WHERE RESIDENTIAL IS ALLOWED. 
          UM, I'M IN MUELLER, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT. 
          THERE'S 20%. 
          THAT WAS WAY TOO LOW. 
          IF THE RESIDENTIAL'S ALLOWED, IT NEEDS TO BE HIGHER THAN 20%. 
          AND LASTLY, UH, LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE STRONG GREEN BUILDING, UH, REQUIRED AND GREEN SPACES TO RESPECT THE COLORADO RIVER ECOSYSTEM. 
          SO IF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, LET'S MAKE THIS AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY, AND LAND USES IN LIMO CITY VALUES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL SPEAKERS FOR ITEM 60 HAVE BEEN CALLED MEMBERS. 
          THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 60. 
          SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 60. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED MEMBERS. 
          WE WILL 
          [38. Authorize the negotiation and execution of a 45-year development agreement for approximately 2,614 acres located in the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction bounded by the Colorado River, US Highway 183, and State Highway 130, in the area generally known as “Dog's Head”, that establishes allowable land uses, trail and open space requirements, development regulations, including impervious cover requirements, water quality requirements, drainage and floodplain requirements, and site development standards for a mixed-use development; includes the property owner’s consent to annexation under certain conditions; delays the requirement to pay temporary use of right-of-way fees; includes provisions for income-restricted housing; and establishes the parties’ expectations related to proposed changes to the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan (ASMP), the creation of a regulating plan, the creation of a tax increment reinvestment zone (TIRZ), and the creation of a local government corporation that would manage and implement the TIRZ.]
NOW GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 38. 
          UH, WE WILL, WE'LL TAKE UP ITEMS 38 39, AND THEN WE'LL COME TO 60. 
          AND THEN AT, AT, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT, WE WILL GO TO OUR ZONING ITEMS THAT, THAT REMAIN, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 56 FOR THE RECORD. 
          UM, ITEM NUMBER 54, UH, WAS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT THAT ITEM HAS BEEN POSTPONED INDEFINITELY. 
          AND ITEM NUMBER 57, WHICH WAS A PUBLIC HEARING, IS POSTPONED TO MAY 28TH, 2026. 
          UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ASK, UH, OUR STAFF TO COME FORWARD ON ITEM NUMBER 38, UH, SO THAT I CAN ASK A, A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          AND IF WE NEED TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF, UH, THE FOLKS THAT ARE, UH, APPLYING FOR THIS AND LOOK INTO THIS, I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO COME UP TOO. 
          YEAH, YOU VOLUNTEERED A MINUTE AGO AND, AND I'M GONNA, I'VE GOT A SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO ASK BASED UPON PART OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING TODAY AND, AND CONCERNS THAT WE'RE HEARING. 
          AND I'LL LET Y'ALL DECIDE WHO IS BEST TO ANSWER 'EM WHEN I, I KIND OF THROW 'EM OUT. 
          BUT, UM, TODAY WE HAVE HEARD A 
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SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO PROCESS AND, AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE THE PROCESS. 
          SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO IS WALK US THROUGH THE ANTICIPATED TIMELINE THAT YOU, YOU FORESEE IN TERMS OF GETTING THE REGULATORY AGREEMENT PUT TOGETHER. 
          AND, AND, AND PART OF WHAT I WANNA KNOW ABOUT THAT IS THE VISIBILITY OF THAT, THAT THAT WILL BE FOR THE COUNCIL, UH, AS WE LOOK GOING FORWARD AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE DETAILS THAT THAT WILL BE CONTROLLED BY THAT REGULATORY AGREEMENT. 
          TRISH LINK WITH THE LAW APARTMENT. 
          SO THE NEXT TIME DOG HEAD WOULD COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL, AFTER TODAY WOULD BE THE TS VOTE. 
          UH, ASSUMING TODAY, UM, EVERYTHING IS APPROVED, THE TS VOTE WOULD BE IN JULY AFTER JULY. 
          AND THE FALL IS WHEN WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING FORWARD A REGULATING PLAN THAT WOULD APPLY TO THE DOG'S HEAD AREA. 
          THE REGULATING PLAN WILL ESSENTIALLY BE A MINI CODE THAT WILL TRACK THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          THERE ARE A COUPLE PROVISIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WHERE WE'VE DECIDED THE ISSUE NEEDS TO BE DELAYED TO THE REGULATING PLAN. 
          UM, AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, UM, BETWEEN CITY STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER THAT MAY NEED TO BE ADDED, THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE FALL. 
          IT WILL GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN IT WILL COME TO COUNCIL FOR A VOTE. 
          SO THE REGULATING, SO A NEXT STEP, UM, I, I SEE TWO, TWO TRACKS HERE. 
          ONE IS THE NEXT TIME THAT THIS WOULD, IT, ASSUMING THINGS WERE TO PASS TODAY, THE NEXT TIME ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS ITEM WOULD COME, UH, COME BACK TO US, IS WHEN WE WOULD CONSIDER A TURS. 
          AND I'M GONNA ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT A TURS, THE TURS IN A MINUTE. 
          BUT, BUT, UM, THE ISSUES RELATED THAT, WHAT THAT SAYS TO ME IS THAT THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE TURS ITSELF HAVE NOT BEEN DECIDED. 
          CORRECT. 
          THAT IS STILL SOMETHING THAT FINANCIAL STAFF IS WORKING THROUGH. 
          AND SO THAT WOULD COME BACK AND, AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNSEL TO WEIGH IN AND AGAIN, THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN. 
          CORRECT. 
          BUT THE OTHER PATH THAT I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT IS THAT EVEN IF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS ADOPTED, THAT THERE ARE ASPECTS OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT REQUIRE WHAT YOU'RE CALL A REGULATING PLAN. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND THAT IS, AS YOU, UH, YOU JUST SAID, THAT'S KIND OF A MINI CODE, LIKE THE CITY CODE WHERE IT SAYS, HERE'S WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN AND HERE'S HOW YOU HAVE TO DO IT. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND THOSE PROVISIONS HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL. 
          CORRECT. 
          IT, IT WILL MIRROR, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT WILL MIRROR THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT THE DETAILS OF IT WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THE REGULATORY PLAN. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, TELL SOMEBODY, DESCRIBE FOR ALL OF US, UH, WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF DOG'S HEAD? AND I MIGHT, I THINK I KNOW WHO I'M LOOKING AT WHEN I ASK THAT QUESTION. 
          WHAT AND HOW HAS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, UM, IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, THERE ARE, THERE ARE THINGS OUT THERE, BUT IT'S, IT'S LARGELY 25, 2600 ACRES OF LAND THAT USED TO BE AN INDUSTRIAL SITE PRIMARILY. 
          UM, AND, AND I WANT TO ASK ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT THE CURRENT STATE OF DOG, THE DOG HEAD AREA, AND HOW THE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY HAS SHAPED THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE OUT THERE. 
          AND THEN THE, THE THIRD PART OF THAT, AND I KNOW I'M ASKING A TRIPLE PART QUESTION HERE, BUT I, I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE EFFECT THAT RE UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, THE IDEAS FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN OUT THERE IMPACT THE CURRENT STATE AND, AND THE PAST WITH REGARD TO THE INDUSTRIAL STATE. 
          SURE. 
          RICHARD SUTTLE ON BEHALF OF ANDY PASTOR HERE WITH ENDEAVOR AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THE FUTURE PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN ON THIS. 
          THE CURRENT SITUATION OUT THERE, IT'S ABOUT 2,600 ACRES. 
          IT'S STILL IN THE ETJ. 
          IT'S ONE OF THE FEW PROPERTIES THAT DID NOT ELECT TO BAIL OUT OF THE CITY'S ETJ. 
          UM, IT'S, IT IS A SITE OF A FORMER SAND AND GRAVEL AND, UH, TOP SOIL MINING OPERATION. 
          SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, OVER THE COURSE OF 70 YEARS, THIS SITE HAS BASICALLY BEEN DUG OUT IN BIG HOLES AND PITS. 
          UM, IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF RECLAMATION, WHICH MEANS WE'RE TAKING SOIL FROM OTHER AREAS, CLEAN SOIL FROM OTHER AREAS, AND FILLING THESE PITS BACK IN. 
          SO YOU'RE TAKING PROPERTY THAT BIG HOLES WITH WATER IN 'EM AND WE'RE FILLING THEM BACK IN AND BRINGING IT BACK TO, UH, DEVELOPABLE LAND. 
          IT'S THREE AND A HALF MILES FROM DOWNTOWN MILE OR SO FROM THE AIRPORT. 
          UM, THE, PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, WHAT THAT MEANS IS 
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ENVIRONMENTALLY THIS THING HAS BEEN BOMBED OUT OVER THE 70 YEARS AND WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK AND RESCULPTING IT. 
          WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, UM, INSTEAD OF BAILING OUT OF THE ETJ AND JUST DEVELOPING IT OUT IN THE COUNTY, WE'VE APPROACHED THE CITY ABOUT A PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE BRING IT INTO THE CITY. 
          IT'S KIND OF CONTRARIAN, BUT BRING IT INTO THE CITY WITH ANNEXATION AND PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND WORK WITH THE CITY ON THE PLANNING AND BRINGING IT BACK AND CREATING A, I DON'T WANNA SAY A NEW CITY 'CAUSE IT'LL BE PART OF AUSTIN, BUT CREATING A MIX OF USES OF POTENTIALLY COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL. 
          IT'S 2,600 ACRES. 
          IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS. 
          ALL COEXISTING, INTERESTING PIECE OF INFORMATION. 
          THE SIZE OF THIS PROPERTY, IF YOU TOOK, LOOKED AT, UH, DOWNTOWN FROM THE RIVER TO NORTH OF UT CAMPUS AND FROM MOPAC TO I 35, THAT'S ABOUT 2,600 ACRES. 
          THAT'S THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO IT'S AN EXCITING PLANNING OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON. 
          UM, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE TAX BASE. 
          THE ADDED BENEFIT IS IT ADDS TAX BASE TO THE CITY IMMEDIATELY AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 
          WE, YOU JUST REFERRED TO, YOU'VE JUST, ENDEAVOR HAS SAID THAT THEY'RE NOT OPTING OUT OF THE ETJ FOR, I, I KNOW WHAT THAT, THAT'S A REFERENCE TO, BUT EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC WHAT IT MEANS WHEN YOU SAY THAT. 
          WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DOES, WHAT DOES THAT REFERENCE TO? SO IN THE ETJ, THE CITY'S SUBDIVISION AND WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS APPLY. 
          THERE WAS A BILL PASSED IN THE LEGISLATURE THAT, THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO BASICALLY FILE A PETITION WITH THE CITY. 
          AND YOU GET OUT OF THE ETJ AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE JUST IN THE COUNTY. 
          SO IF, UH, ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY MIGHT SAY, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE CITY, I DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH THE ETJ, I DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH ANYTHING BUT THE COUNTY. 
          AND THEY WOULD OPT OUT AND THEN IT WOULD BE SOLELY COUNTY RULES, WHICH MEANS NO LAND USE, VERY LITTLE REGULATION. 
          THE COUNTY HAS WATER QUALITY AND THEY HAVE SUBDIVISION. 
          AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. 
          AND SO IT WOULD DEVELOP AS A DIFFERENT KIND OF PROJECT UNDER THE COUNTY REGULATIONS. 
          SO SOME OF THE REGULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT TODAY, UH, THAT PEOPLE HAVE ASKED US, ASKED ABOUT IF, IF THIS 2,600 ACRES OPTED TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE ETJ, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I WANNA GO BACK TO THE REGULATORY REGULATING PLAN AND, AND REGULATORY AGREEMENT. 
          UM, WALK ME, WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THE KINDS OF LAND USE NOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. 
          LAND USE, SOME OF THE LAND USE, ENVIRONMENTAL OR OTHER TOPICS THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT. 
          IN THE REGULATING PLAN, IT WILL CREATE THE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY. 
          SO, UM, AS PROPOSED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THERE'S ESSENTIALLY TWO ZONING DISTRICTS, MIXED USE AND OPEN SPACE. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE ALSO IN THE REGULATING PLAN. 
          THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE REGULATING PLAN. 
          THE ANY MODIFICATIONS THAT WE MADE, UM, IN THE AGREEMENT TO CURRENT CODE WOULD ALSO BE IN THE REGULATING PLAN. 
          IF THEY'RE NOT IN OUR ETJ OR NOT. 
          ANNEXED. 
          DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THOSE THINGS? NO, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TURS A MINUTE. 
          'CAUSE THAT, THAT I'M COMING BACK TO THE TWO PARALLEL TRACKS. 
          YOU INDICATED THAT WE MIGHT BE ON IN THE TURS. 
          WHAT KIND OF ISSUES, UH, THINGS LIKE, AND WHAT I'M THINKING OF ARE THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY BENEFITS, UH, THINGS LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THINGS LIKE, UH, WE'VE HEARD PARKLAND AND, AND OPEN SPACE. 
          WHAT KIND OF WILL THOSE THINGS BE NEGOTIATED AS PART OF A TOURS AGREEMENT THAT WOULD COME BACK IN JULY? AND ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT BE CON CONSIDERED AS PART OF THAT? AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT FOR THE TURS WOULD BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          HOWEVER, AS TIME GOES ON, THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD COMMUNITY BENEFITS. 
          TELL, TELL ME ABOUT THAT. 
          WHAT DOES HE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE NUMBERS WORK OUT. 
          UM, AND I WILL HAVE TO TURN IT OVER TO, UH, MR. VANNEY KNOW TO TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT ESSENTIALLY THERE'S UM, THERE HAS TO BE ENOUGH MONEY FOR US TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND THERE HAS TO BE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THEM TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          WELL, THAT RAISES AN INTERESTING QUESTION. 
          'CAUSE I JUST HEARD SOMEBODY IN, IN TALKING TO US AND GIVING US THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THEY SAID THAT THE CITY GETS NO MONEY OUT OF THIS. 
          WOULD WE NEGOTIATE A TOURS WHERE THE CITY GOT NO MONEY? UH, NO SIR. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT THE 
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CITY IS GOING TO BE DOING. 
          UM, WHO ARE YOU SORRY, . 
          I AM ED VAN NINO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          THANK YOU, MR. PANINO. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME BE, BE SNIPPY OR, OR SASSY AS SOME HAVE SAID. 
          UM, GO AHEAD. 
          UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT STILL NEED TO BE DETERMINED AND AURION WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK IN JULY WHEN COUNSEL SEES THAT. 
          YOU'LL SEE A, A PRELIMINARY FINANCING PLAN IS WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN JULY THAT'LL DESCRIBE THE CURRENT DIS CONDITIONS OF THE SITE. 
          THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED. 
          AND, UM, ANY ELEMENTS OF A TURS, UH, THAT THAT WILL BE FUNDED BY THE TS WILL BE DESCRIBED IN THE PRELIMINARY FINANCING PLAN. 
          UM, THE LEVEL OF THE TURS, WHETHER IT'S A 50% VALUE CAPTURE OR UH, UH, 60 OR 70% VALUE CAPTURE, WHETHER OR NOT IT INCLUDES PROPERTY TAXES OR SALES TAXES STILL NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL WOULD SEE IN JULY. 
          BUT, UM, OUR INTENT IS TO NOT GIVE AWAY EVERYTHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE PROJECT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NEEDED TO MAKE THE PROJECT WORK AND GET THE KIND OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT THE COUNCIL EXPECTS. 
          AND THE, AND, AND, AND, AND HOW MUCH DO WE RECEIVE? HOW MUCH DO WE RECEIVE IN TAXABLE VALUE? RIGHT NOW, UH, THE CITY RECEIVES NONE 'CAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE CITY'S BOUNDARIES. 
          AND IF THEY WERE TO, TO LEAVE OUR ETJ, UH, UTILIZING THE STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS THEM TO, UH, GET OUT OF OUR ETJ, UH, AND NEVER COME INTO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, HOW MUCH WOULD WE RECEIVE IN TERMS OF TAXABLE VALUE? NONE. 
          SO, UH, HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE USE OF THE TURS. 
          THE TURS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS UTILIZED SO THAT WE COULD BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT TO GO FORWARD. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          UM, AND, AND WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING, AND I'M GONNA ASK THEM THIS QUESTION, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BRING US BACK SOMETHING THAT SAYS, THE CITY DOESN'T GET SOME TAXABLE VALUE IN RETURN FOR THIS. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE TURS IS, IS GOING TO INCLUDE COMMUNITY BENEFITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO I I'M GONNA ASK THE Y'ALL, UM, WITH REGARD TO THET, IS IT YOUR ANTICIPATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEGOTIATE FOR A CHURCH WHERE THE CITY DOESN'T GET ANY TAXABLE VALUE OUT OF THIS, THAT IT JUST MAKES, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT SO THAT Y'ALL MAKE MONEY? ABSOLUTELY NOT. 
          WE CAME TO THE CITY WITH THE, UH, PREMISE THAT IT HAS TO MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE FOR YOU, THE CITY. 
          AND IT HAS TO MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE FOR US. 
          OUR ANTICIPATION IS WE WOULDN'T ASK YOU TO DO A DEAL WHERE YOU DIDN'T START OUT WITH MORE MONEY THAN YOU STARTED WITH. 
          UM, IT'S, I'VE LEARNED THAT IT'S MUCH MORE COMPLICATED TO FACTOR ALL THAT IN. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE GONNA NEED MONEY FOR SERVICES, FOR PROVIDING SERVICES TO A NEWLY ANNEXED AREA. 
          YOU WOULDN'T DO THIS DEAL IF IT WASN'T NET POSITIVE TO YOU. 
          WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO. 
          WE THINK THAT THERE'S ENOUGH, UH, ESPECIALLY IF IT DOES, GETS DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER, WE THINK THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY FOR BOTH OF US TO COME OUT WAY AHEAD. 
          AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT ENABLES THE CITY TO FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE TO A NEWLY ANNEXED AREA TO ALLOW A BETTER PROJECT THAN IF WE WENT IT ALONE IN THE COUNTY WITH OUR MUD. 
          DESCRIBE WHAT YOU, A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST SAID. 
          WHAT BY DOING IT THROUGH A MUD AND JUST NOT IN THE CITY, CITY DOESN'T GET ANY TAXABLE VALUE OUTSIDE OF THE ETJ. 
          YOU GO WITH THE COUNTY ALONE AND AND UTILIZE A MUD. 
          WHAT DOES THAT PUT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY? 'CAUSE IT WOULD THEN BE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY. 
          IT WOULD BE ON THE, AS OPPOSED TO BEING IN THE CITY, IT'D BE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY. 
          WE WOULD'VE A MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT FUNDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT PROJECT. 
          UH, FRANKLY WOULDN'T BE AS, I DON'T THINK IT'D BE AS GOOD A PROJECT. 
          IT WOULD BE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY AND THEORETICALLY COULD BECOME ANOTHER LITTLE CITY ON THE OUTSKIRTS. 
          WOULD WE GET ANY SAY IN WHAT GOES INTO THE MUD IF THEY ARE NOT IN OUR ETJ? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, AM I DYING? HOW WOULD WE APPROACH ZONING ON THIS SIDE? SO, AND AS PART OF THE REGULATING PLAN, THAT WILL BECOME, THAT WILL INCLUDE THEIR ZONING AND IT WILL HAVE TWO BASE DISTRICTS OF, UH, MIXED USE. 
          AND THE OTHER WOULD BE OPEN SPACE. 
          AND SO THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD BE CARRIED OVER TO THE REGULATING PLAN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'VE ALSO HEARD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR APPROVING DIFFERENT KINDS OF COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UH, ARE THERE LIMITS THAT CAN BE PUT ON, PLACED ON AS PART OF THE TURS AS IT PART OF THE REGULATORY PLAN OR NEGOTIATED, UH, IN OTHER AGREEMENTS IN THE FUTURE? WITHOUT THE OWN THE OWNER'S LANDOWNER'S CONSENT, UH, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LIMIT THOSE USES. 
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WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE ETJ? UH, THERE WOULD BE NO, UH, CONTROL WHATSOEVER. 
          AND WE WOULD STILL BE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER PROVIDER AS WELL AS THE ELECTRIC UTILITY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          I THINK THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL. 
          I GOT YOU. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          REALLY, UM, ANSWERED A LOT OF WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR. 
          UM, I DID WANNA ASK MR. SETTLE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK I JOINED THE REST OF COUNCIL. 
          WE'RE VERY INTRIGUED BY THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY. 
          YOU KNOW, THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE OUR FINANCES, CREATE MORE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN THE CITY AND ENJOY, UM, OR ENJOY. 
          AUSTIN, WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY, I HEARD KIND OF TWO BIG CONCERNS. 
          ONE RELATED TO WHO THE TENANT'S GONNA BE AND THE OTHER ABOUT THESE ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTIONS. 
          AND I WANTED TO SHARE, I WANTED TO ASK IF YOU CAN SHARE WHATEVER YOU CAN ABOUT THIS PROJECTED FIRST TENANT AT DOG'S HEAD. 
          UM, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT OPPORTUNITY IS WHAT'S DRIVING THE URGENCY HERE. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          SO O DOG HEAD IS SO CLOSE IN PROXIMITY TO THE CITY. 
          WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TWO OR THREE POTENTIAL TENANTS COME TO US AND SAY, WE WANNA BE ON DOG HEAD. 
          WE LIKE THE LOCATION, WHEN COULD YOU BE READY? AND, AND IT, WE WEREN'T OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT WE WEREN'T QUITE READY. 
          THIS PARTICULAR TENANT CAME TO US. 
          IT'S A LARGE, UM, FORTUNE 100 COMPANY. 
          I'VE GOTTA BE VERY CAREFUL 'CAUSE I'VE GOT AN NDA THAT SIGNED THAT THEY GET MY DOG, MY TRUCK, MY WIFE, MY KIDS, MY HOUSE IF I, IF I LET IT GO. 
          SO I, I DON'T WANNA LOSE MY DOG. 
          UM, . 
          SO, UM, BUT IT'S A FORTUNE 100 COMPANY. 
          IT'S ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. 
          IT'S NOT ONE OF THE USES. 
          AND WE'VE KEPT TRACK OF YOUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND ALL THAT. 
          IT'S NOT ONE OF THE USES THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          UM, THEY CAME TO US ORIGINALLY THINKING THEY WERE GONNA ASK THE CITY FOR SOME LARGE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES. 
          BUT AS WE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE MOST, THE BIGGEST INCENTIVE THAT THEY COULD GET FROM OUR CITY WOULD BE TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THEIR PROGRAM FAST. 
          AND IF THEY DID THAT THEY WOULD DO AWAY WITH THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES. 
          AND SO WE CAME TO THE CITY SAYING, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO JUMPSTART IT. 
          AND IT DOES SEVERAL THINGS. 
          IT GETS A TENANT. 
          AND WHEN, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT'S A SMALL PORTION OF THE ENTIRE SITE. 
          IT'S NOT THE 2,600. 
          I WILL TELL YOU, IT IS NOT A DATA CENTER. 
          IT'S NOT ONE OF THE USES THAT EVERYBODY'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT'S A USE THAT I THINK YOU WOULD BE OKAY WITH. 
          YOU'D LIKE, IT'S A, UH, BUT THEY WANT TO GO FAST. 
          AND THE, THE CURRENCY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THAT YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE. 
          AND WE'VE PUT THIS VERY DETAILED PLAN TOGETHER AND WE'RE ABLE TO GO FAST. 
          AND THAT'S THE URGENCY. 
          IF WE MISS THE URGENCY. 
          UM, I THINK ANDY, WE STILL WANT TO DO DOGHEAD WITH THE CITY. 
          IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE JUMPSTART THAT WE'VE HAD FALL INTO OUR LAP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          THE, THE BIG CONCERNS I HEARD WERE DATA CENTER AND MILITARY DEFENSE. 
          UM, AND MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, DO YOU THINK THE COUNCIL WILL BE DISAPPOINTED WHEN WE FIND OUT THE IDENTITY OF THE BIG TENANT? AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING WE WON'T BE. 
          I DON'T THINK YOU WILL BE, BUT I'VE QUIT. 
          TRYING TO GUESS, BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK YOU WILL BE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK YOU, SIR, IS, UH, CAN YOU PROVIDE ANY ASSURANCES IN RESPONSE TO THE CONSTITUENT CONCERNS WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, PROTECTING THE RIVER, PROTECTING WATER QUALITY? SO, AND ANDY IS HERE WITH ME BECAUSE EVERYBODY SAYS, RICHARD, YOU CAN'T BE A SMART LEC. 
          YOU CAN'T BE RICHARD. 
          'CAUSE APPARENTLY I CAN BE PRETTY ABRASIVE SOMETIMES, AND I, I'LL ADMIT THAT, BUT, AND ALSO I'LL TREAD LIGHTLY. 
          BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A SITE THAT'S BEEN MINED FOR 70 YEARS AND DUG OUT, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MAKE IT ANY WORSE. 
          WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT BETTER. 
          WE'VE GOT, UH, THE 200 FOOT CRITICAL ZONE AROUND THE ENTIRE, UH, EDGE OF THE RIVER WITH THE TRAIL. 
          AND THEN INSIDE WE'RE GOING TO, BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO SCULPT THE LAND, WE CAN ACTUALLY DO INNOVATIVE WATER QUALITY AND DRAINAGE STRATEGIES THAT WILL BE ACTUALLY BETTER THAN IF WE WERE HAVING A SITE THAT WASN'T MINED. 
          BUT WE'RE SURE TAKING A SITE THAT'S BEEN MINED AND MAKING IT BETTER. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, WANNA ASK SOME QUESTIONS OF STAFF AS WELL? UM, UH, MS. LINK, IF YOU COULD SHARE JUST WHAT DEVELOPMENT, OR SORRY, WHAT ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS ARE CONTEMPLATED UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT? SO WE START FROM THE PREMISE THAT THE CODE AS IT EXISTS TODAY 
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APPLIES, AND THEN THE AGREEMENT MODIFIES, UM, SOME OF THE PROVISIONS RELATED TO, UM, HOW THEY CAN ACHIEVE WATER QUALITY AND DRAINAGE, UM, AND WHERE THE FLOODPLAINS ON THE SITE ARE. 
          UM, BUT THEY ARE STILL REQUIRED TO, UM, COMPLY WITH CURRENT CODE EXCEPT AS MODIFIED. 
          UM, ACTUALLY FOLLOWING UP ON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS' QUESTION, UH, ON TUESDAY RELATED TO THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN, AS IT RELATES TO WATER QUALITY, UH, ADDED BACK INTO THE AGREEMENT, IT WAS AN, IT WAS ERROR ON OUR PART. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, UM, I GUESS AFTER TODAY, WILL THERE BE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO INVEST, UH, TO REDRESS ANY ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS? SO THIS IS A CONTRACT THAT WE'RE MAKING WITH A DEVELOPER. 
          AND SO IT IS ENFORCEABLE JUST AS ANY OTHER CONTRACT. 
          SO IF LATER WE FIND THAT THERE'S INADEQUATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, WE HAVE A REMEDY, WE DO. 
          BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME PROVISIONS ABOUT HOW TO SOLVE IT BEFORE WE GET TO THE COURTHOUSE. 
          SURE, YEAH. 
          WORK IT OUT. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, I WANNA YES, SIR. 
          GO AHEAD, MS. I WANNA REITERATE, WE'RE PARTNERS IN THIS, SO THERE WILL BE CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGULATING PLAN, THE TS AND THEN BEYOND, BECAUSE THIS IS A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I GUESS A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS THEN I'LL PASS BACK TO YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I GUESS THERE, THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE GOT ABOUT TREE SURVEYS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE CITY'S TREE PROTECTION APPLIED AT DOG SET. 
          UM, MS LINK, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT? SO THERE ARE TREE SURVEYS. 
          UM, THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED IN THE CRITICAL OUTSIDE OF THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE. 
          SO WITHIN THE CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE, THEY WOULD STILL BE REQUIRED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, BUT IN TERMS OF WHATEVER THE HERITAGE TREE ORDINANCE, THINGS LIKE THAT, IT DOESN'T APPLY EVERYWHERE. 
          IT'S NOT THAT IT DOESN'T APPLY, IT'S JUST WHETHER OR NOT IT'S BEING SURVEYED. 
          BUT THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT THE TREES THAT MAY BE ON THE SITE BASED ON THE MINING ACTIVITY, WON'T NECESSARILY BE, ARE NOT THE SAME TREES THAT ARE ALONG THE WATER. 
          SO, UH, THIS WILL PRESERVE WHAT IS HAPPENING ALONG THE WATER, WHICH IS THE, ARGUABLY THE OLDEST OF THE TREES ON THE SITE. 
          THERE ARE CURRENTLY MINING PERMITS ON THE PROPERTY IN RECLAMATION. 
          IT'S AN ONGOING RECLAMATION AND MINING OPERATION. 
          SO DIRT IS BEING MOVED IN MASSIVE AMOUNTS EVERY DAY. 
          AND AROUND THE FRINGE WHERE IT'S BEEN LEFT ALONE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HAVING TREE SURVEYS ARE REQUIRED. 
          AND, AND ALL INSIDE THERE'S JUST, IT'S , IT'S A MINE. 
          THERE'S NOT MANY TREES. 
          UNDERSTOOD. 
          UM, I ALSO GOT SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS WHERE, UH, VARIANCES TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WOULD BE APPROVED BY THE MANAGER AND NOT THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT MS LINK? SO THAT PROVISION WAS ADDED TO THE AGREEMENT TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE CAUGHT EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO CATCH. 
          UM, IF THERE IS A VARIANCE IN CITY CODE, THEN THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WOULD HANDLE THAT VARIANCE. 
          IF THAT VARIANCE UNDER CURRENT CODE SAYS IT GOES TO THE COUNCIL, THEN IT WOULD STILL GO TO THE COUNCIL. 
          OTHERWISE IT WOULD GO TO THE MANAGER. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          AND THEN LAST QUESTION, UM, WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WILL THERE BE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REGARDING THE CREATION OF THE TOURS AND THE REGULATING PLAN? SO FOR THE REGULATING PLAN, UM, LIKE I SAID, IT WILL FOLLOW THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          STAFF WILL WORK THAT UP AND TAKE IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL WEIGH IN AND THEN IT WILL COME HERE TO COUNCIL. 
          AS IT CONCERNS THE TUR, I AM, MR. VINO WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER WHETHER WE, WHAT KIND OF ENGAGEMENT MAY HAPPEN. 
          I CAN CERTAINLY SAY THAT A TUR CREATION REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SO AT THE VERY LEAST, THERE'D BE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS BODY BEFORE THE TOURIST WAS CREATED. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHOOP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE F BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED, I HAVEN'T BEEN ASKED YET. 
          UH, BUT, BUT, BUT ALSO WANT TO KIND OF REAFFIRM AND, AND RE-ASK THIS QUESTION. 
          WE, WE HAD A, A SPEAKER JOKINGLY SAY THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED, UH, FIGHTER JETS AND, AND WHATNOT. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S NO DEFENSE CONTRACTOR OR DATA CENTER. 
          UM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROJECTED TO, TO COME ON SITE. 
          NO, THERE'S NOT. 
          GREAT. 
          WHAT I TOLD ROY WAS IF A FIGHTER MISSED THE AIRPORT RUNWAY WE'RE OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, HE COULD PROBABLY LAND ON DOG'S HEAD. 
          GOT IT. 
          GOT IT. 
          UM, WE ALSO HEARD FROM SOME SPEAKERS STATE THAT THERE WAS NO POLLING LOCATIONS AT DOG HEAD. 
          DOG'S HEAD. 
          CURRENTLY THERE'S NO SCHOOLS, THERE'S NO GROCERY STORES. 
          HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN DOG HEAD? 
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MAYBE LESS THAN 10. 
          LESS THAN 10. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND, AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION EITHER FOR APPLICANT OR STAFF, UM, HOW MUCH SCREEN SPACE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT? TAKE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ANDY PASTOR WITH ENDEAVOR, ASK WHO YOU'RE ENDEAVOR REAL ESTATE GROUP. 
          UH, PUBLIC SPATIAL START OUT AS 266 ACRES OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, AS WELL AS 16 ACRES OF A NATURE TRAIL, WELL, SORRY, OF A PERMANENT TRAIL. 
          EVENTUALLY THAT'LL BE PUT IN PLACE ONCE THE RECLAMATION STOPS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SITE. 
          INITIALLY THERE WILL BE TWO MILES OF, OF A TRAIL SYSTEM AND NATURE TRAILS THROUGHOUT. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION ALSO FOR THE APPLICANT, COULD, COULD THE THE APPLICANT CONFIRM WHETHER THEY PLAN TO UTILIZE A HUNDRED PERCENT IMPERVIOUS COVER OR NOT? FOR THIS PROJECT? NO. 
          THE, UM, STARTING OUT, INCLUDING THE OPEN SPACE, IT WOULD BE LESS THAN IN THE TRAIL WOULD BE LESS THAN 90%. 
          BUT DEVELOPING THIS OUT, THE INTENT IS TO HAVE FOLKS THEY DIDN'T CALL OUT A SINGLE TIME WHILE YOU WERE TESTIFYING. 
          YOU DO. 
          YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          , I'M I, I'M SO SORRY. 
          I I MISSED WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. 
          DO YOU MIND REPEATING YOURSELF? SURE. 
          SORRY. 
          THE IMPERVIOUS COVER WILL START OUT JUST WITHOUT ANY DEVELOPMENT, JUST WITH THE OPEN SPACE. 
          THERE WILL BE VIRTUALLY NO PERVIOUS COVER. 
          ULTIMATELY IT WILL BE PROBABLY, I'M GUESSING, IN THE 80% RANGE. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SURE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, WE GOT INTO THIS BRIEFLY ON TUESDAY AND YOU EXPLAINED THAT, UH, THE MAP AT EXHIBIT D WAS CONCEPTUAL, BUT IT HAS CAUSED A LOT OF CONCERN AND DISTRESS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WHAT ASSURANCES CAN YOU GIVE THE COMMUNITY US AND THE COMMUNITY THAT FIRST, THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AT DOG'S HEAD WON'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE MOAN TRAIL BOMB PARK OR JOHN VINNO JUNIOR PARK. 
          AND SECONDLY, THAT EXISTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WON'T BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED. 
          SO THERE'S A NEW EXHIBIT DEED THAT TOOK ALL OF THE, UH, WHAT I CALL THE SPAGHETTI BOWL OUT ON THE, ON THE TRAIL PART. 
          AND THOSE WERE YOUR PERSONAL DRAWINGS , MR. SETTLE? I WON'T TAKE THE HEAT FOR IT, BUT IF I NEED TO, I WILL. 
          UM, THEY WERE, THEY WERE LINES ON A MAP. 
          THEY, YOU'LL SEE A ROAD THAT GOES OUT THAT, UH, BISECTED JOHN TREVINO PARK, BUT IT'S STILL ON THE MAP, BUT IT'S PUSHED OVER TO THE SIDE. 
          BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE MAPS THAT ARE CONCEPT ONLY AND THE WIDTH OF A SHARPIE IS MANY, MANY FEET. 
          SO THERE'S A NEW EXHIBIT SINCE OUR TIME TOGETHER ON TUESDAY. 
          AND THAT'S THE VERSION TWO THAT'S IN THE BACKUP RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT'S VERSION TWO IN THE BACKUP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THE SECOND QUESTION I GOT IS, UH, WE, WE GOT A RED LINE VERSION THIS MORNING THAT ADDRESSED OUR OFFICE'S ISSUES AROUND THE USE OF FIREARMS ON THE SITE. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE SAFEGUARDS THAT ARE NOW IN PLACE RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY? AND THAT'S FOR I BELIEVE BOTH EITHER ONE CAN ANSWER UNDER THE STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS THESE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. 
          YOU'RE ABLE TO SPECIFY CONTINUING LAND USES AFTER ANNEXATION, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED IN THE CITY. 
          AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LEGAL TO DISCHARGE A FIREARM IN THE CITY. 
          WE STILL HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT RECREATE OUT THERE AND THEY'LL DO SOME DOVE HUNTING OR CLINKING OR SOMETHING. 
          AND ORIGINALLY WE JUST SAID THAT WAS A BLANKET USE THAT COULD CONTINUE AFTER, AFTER HEARING THE COUNCIL'S CONCERNS ABOUT THAT, WHAT WE DID IS WE ISOLATED 400 ACRES AWAY FROM EVERYTHING. 
          AND THAT IS THE ONLY AREA ON THE SITE THAT CAN HAVE ANY SORT OF BOW HUNTING OR SHOTGUN SHOOTING OR PISTOL SHOOTING. 
          AND THERE'S A PROVISION THAT AS SOON AS WE GET THE TRAIL TOUCHES THAT 400 ACRES, ALL THAT ACTIVITY CEASES AND THERE WON'T BE ANY MORE ON THE DOG'S HEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PROAM VELA FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, WHAT OTHER PROJECTS HAS ENDEAVOR DONE, WHETHER HERE IN AUSTIN OR OTHER, JUST TO GET A SENSE OF KIND OF WHAT, WHAT DO Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THINK THAT THE PAST OFTEN IS A PROLOGUE RIGHT TO THE FUTURE. 
          WHAT OTHER KIND OF PROJECTS HAVE Y'ALL DONE? WE, UM, WE DEVELOPED THE DOMAIN IN NORTH AUSTIN, SOUTH PARK MEADOWS, HIGHRISE, SOME HIGHRISE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN. 
          WE ALSO OPERATE IN, UM, IN NASHVILLE, DENVER, SALT LAKE CITY AND, UH, HAVE A SITE IN SAN DIEGO. 
          SO WE, WE SPECIALIZE REALLY IN, IN MIXED USE PROJECTS. 
          THESE ARE ALL MORE KIND OF DENSE URBAN MIXED USE TYPE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS. 
          I KNOW Y'ALL ARE INVOLVED WITH THE STATESMEN AS WELL. 
          I KNOW THAT'S STILL KIND OF 
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A BLANK SLATE, BUT YES, CORRECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. 
          UH, QUESTION FOR MR. BENINO AS IT RELATES TO A TURS, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THE ALLOWABLE USES OF THE TURS FROM A GEOGRAPHIC STANDPOINT? ARE THEY LIMITED? ARE THOSE DOLLARS LIMITED TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES OR CAN YOU USE TURS DOLLARS OUTSIDE OF THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES, BUT TO THE BENEFIT OF THET AREA? UM, I THINK THAT WOULD ALL BE DETERMINED BY HOW THE TURS IS ESTABLISHED, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY SET UP A TURS THAT'S FOR AN AREA BEYOND THE CURRENT BOUNDARIES OF THE DOG HEAD. 
          UM, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS WE WOULD HAVE TO STILL WORK THROUGH. 
          UH, GENERALLY THEY'RE USED WITHIN THE BOUNDARY AREAS, BUT THERE ARE PROVISIONS TO USE FUNDS OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AS WELL. 
          AND, AND I ALLUDED TO THIS ON TUESDAY, BUT I JUST WANNA CLARIFY HERE. 
          SO FOR INSTANCE, COUNCILOR VELASQUEZ TALKED ABOUT THE ROAD, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT ROAD ORIGINATES IN DOG'S HEAD, BUT MIGHT, IT WAS GONNA REQUIRE A BRIDGE AND THEN ULTIMATELY MAYBE CONNECTION TO 9 6 9, THAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT OBVIOUSLY THE PORTION WITHIN THE DOG'S HEAD, UM, DETERS TURS WOULD PAY FOR. 
          BUT TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ELSE IT COULD BE USED FOR SO THAT THE CITY IS NOT NECESSARILY ON THE HOOK FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT, THAT THIS BRIDGE AND SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE TURS AREA AND COULD POTENTIALLY BE, UH, PART OF THE TURS PLAN PLAN. 
          AND I JUST, I WANT TO ONE, CLARIFY THAT THAT IS AN ALLOWABLE USE UNDER STATE LAW, THAT THAT WOULD BE AN OR AN ALLOWABLE SITUATION. 
          YEAH, I, THAT'S CERTAINLY THE, UH, USE OF THE FUNDS FOR A BRIDGE IS AN ALLOWABLE USE. 
          UM, WHETHER THE, THE BOUNDARIES AND THE LOCATION OF IT, I THINK WE COULD WORK IT OUT WHERE IT WOULD BE INCLUDED, BUT WE'D WANNA WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF IT AND WHAT WE BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND AS IT RELATES TO THE, THE APPLICANT, Y'ALL'S READING BETWEEN THE LINES IN TERMS OF YOUR, YOUR MAP, THERE AREN'T ENOUGH INGRESS AND EGRESS POINTS TO THIS SITE AND SO YOU NEED TO GET ADDITIONAL, UM, WAYS IN AND OUT, BUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE Y'ALL ENVISION TO BE FINANCED FROM THE TS COUNCILOR? YES, I THINK A PORTION OF IT. 
          BUT THERE'LL, THERE'LL BE DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY. 
          THERE'LL BETS MONEY, THERE'LL BE DEVELOPER MONEY, THERE'LL BE OTHER TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES MONEY TO MAKE THIS REALLY A REALLY GOOD PROJECT. 
          YOU WANT TO GRID IT OUT A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS IN AND OUT. 
          AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH ED AND THE CITY ON, IS WHICH PIECES IT FUNDED IMMEDIATELY, WHICH ARE LONGER TERM, WHICH OTHER ENTITIES MAY JOIN IN. 
          UM, AND THAT THAT'S WHAT'LL MAKE IT A A GOOD PROJECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THE OTHER THING I'LL JUST, UH, OFFER AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT, UH, THE TURS CAN FINANCE AND JUST HOW WE BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS AREA, WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT ON MONDAY IN TERMS OF OUR LARGE WATER USE USERS AS A CITY, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH TESLA AS A LARGE WATER USER. 
          YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SOLVE FOR ONE LARGE WATER USER, YOU CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF THE CITY'S WATER NEEDS, RIGHT? THESE WE'RE TALKING AN INDIVIDUAL USER CAN USE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER. 
          AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO PROVIDE WATER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER, BUT INSTEAD PROVIDE REUSED WATER THAT IS PROPERLY TREATED AND MADE TO A STANDARD THAT COULD BE USED FOR, UH, INDUSTRY OR EVEN, UM, FOR POTABLE USE, I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER HOW THERE'S, THERE'S A PURPLE PIPE RUNNING RIGHT THERE ALREADY NEXT TO THE DOG'S HEAD. 
          HOW CAN WE UTILIZE THAT AND MAYBE TREAT THAT A LITTLE GREATER BEFORE IT GETS TO YOU SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE SITE COULD BE USING REUSED WATER, NOT, UH, NEW WATER FROM OUR WATER SUPPLIES. 
          THEY, UH, SO THAT'S JUST A, A THOUGHT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WANNA, OUR COMMITMENT TO A WU IS WE WILL USE THAT REUSED WATER. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALREADY THERE. 
          THAT'S, AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR, OUR COMMITMENT IS TO USE REUSED WATER. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WANTED TO ASK A BRIEF QUESTION, QUESTION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND TRANSIT. 
          UM, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME INFORMATION IN OUR INBOXES ABOUT THE PROXIMITY TO WHAT WOULD BE THE LIGHT RAILS, YOU KNOW, AIRPORT EXTENSION. 
          OBVIOUSLY THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE TIMELINE OF THAT, THAT'S MANY, MANY YEARS AWAY. 
          BUT WHEN AND HOW WOULD 
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THE CONVERSATION AROUND EITHER CAP METRO BUS ROUTES OR POTENTIAL EXTENSIONS, SHOULD WE GET LIGHT RAIL TO THE AIRPORT? WHEN AND HOW SHOULD WE APPROACH THOSE CONVERSATIONS? I WOULD RECOMMEND WE START THINKING ABOUT IT IMMEDIATELY AND PLAN FOR IT AND DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD PRECLUDE IT. 
          AND THEN AS IT MATURES AND HOPEFULLY THE LINE GETS OUT TO THE AIRPORT AND IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO GET THE TRAIN LINE AND IN THE INTERIM, UH, IN SOME OF THOSE ROADS IN OUR DIAGRAMS, ONCE WE GET CONSENSUS ON WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE, START OUT MAYBE WITH BABY STEPS, MAYBE BUS LINES, AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING TO PRECLUDE THE TRANSIT, THE TRAIN. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S IN OUR PLAN. 
          THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW ON THE STATESMAN SITE, Y'ALL WERE VERY COLLABORATIVE ON MAKING SURE THAT YOU WEREN'T PRECLUDING ANYTHING AROUND, UM, MASS TRANSIT IN THAT, IN THAT LOCATION BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY SLATED TO GET SOME REALLY GOOD SERVICE IN THAT AREA. 
          UM, AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS KEPT. 
          METRO IS OBVIOUSLY EYEING RIDERSHIP, YOU KNOW, ANY PLACE THAT ENDS UP WITH DENSE DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE SUPER EAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN, THEY CAN SERVICE IT. 
          AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T PRECLUDE ANY OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          IT'S A GOOD THING ABOUT HAVING A HOMEGROWN COMPANY LIKE ENDEAVOR. 
          THEY'RE THINKING THAT WAY JUST LIKE THEY DID ON THE STATESMAN. 
          THEY'RE GONNA THINK THAT WAY ON THIS SIDE. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          TIM, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT BY, UH, ANNEXING THE AREA, UH, WE ENABLE CAPITAL METRO SERVICE. 
          UH, IF IT'S A UNINCORPORATED COUNTY AREA THAT'S WOULD NOT BE SERVED BY CAPITAL METRO. 
          SO BY INCORPORATED INTO IT, WE REALLY KIND OF PUT CAPITAL METRO INTO THAT AREA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD, GOOD POINT. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO ASK MAYBE, UH, HOPEFULLY IT'S JUST ONE MORE QUESTION, BUT IT IT RELATES TO THE LENGTH OF THE AGREEMENT AND I'M GONNA SET A CONTEXT FOR THAT. 
          I, I, I REMEMBER WHEN THE MILLER DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS SOMETHING NORTH OF 700 ACRES, WHICH WAS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE IT WAS 700 ACRES. 
          UM, THIS IS 2,600 AND WE ARE JUST NOW COMPLETING THE MILLER AGREEMENT. 
          UM, AFTER, AND THAT WAS I GUESS IN 2000. 
          SO 26 YEARS LATER THERE'S TALK, THE, THE, SOME PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT A 45 YEAR AGREEMENT. 
          UM, DESCRIBE HOW LONG YOU THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE TO BUILD OUT 2,600 ACRES. 
          THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I, I GUESS IS GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. 
          THERE, THERE IS A, UH, AN ANCHOR, UH, TENANT OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, BUT HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE IT WILL TAKE TO ULTIMATELY BUILD OUT 2,600 ACRES? I'LL LET ANDY ANSWER THAT, BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHERE THE 45 COMES FROM. 
          THE STATE LAW SPECIFIES DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS CAN BE 45 YEARS AND THAT'S, WE JUST PICKED IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE STATE LAW. 
          IT IS 2,600. 
          SO THAT'S ALMOST FOUR MILLERS. 
          SO, BUT IF YOU, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY, LIKE IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO US WHERE YOU GET A JUMPSTART ON A FEW HUNDRED ACRES TO START WITH, THAT CAN GO FASTER. 
          AND IT AFFECTS NOT ONLY THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT ALSO THET TERM. 
          AND IT COULD BE BURNED OFF QUICKER. 
          AND ANDY WILL TELL YOU, MAYOR, THE UM, DOMAIN IS 27 YEARS AND GOING IT'S 305 ACRES AND IT'S NOT COMPLETED YET. 
          SO IN EXCESS OF 45 YEARS. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          ON THE TURS THAT YOU, YOU'VE NOW FORCED ME TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE TURS. 
          WHAT, WHAT IS IT ABOUT WHAT MR. SU JUST SAID, MR. VINO IT, THAT IT SPEEDS UP THE TURS. 
          UM, IF YOU HAVE A, A BIG ANCHOR TENANT AND, AND MAYBE ONE THAT IS WORTH A LOT, HAS, ADDS A LOT OF VALUE QUICKLY. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          THE FASTER THE VALUE COMES ONTO THE TOURS, THE FASTER THE TOUR STARTS GENERATING REVENUE THEY CAN PAY FOR THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          RIGHT NOW, THE SITES, UH, 2,600 ACRES ARE APPRAISED AT ROUGHLY 17 MILLION OF TAXABLE VALUE. 
          SO ANY NEW VALUE ADDED OVER AND ABOVE THAT IS WHAT WOULD BE CAPTURED. 
          SOME PORTION OF THAT WOULD BE CAPTURED. 
          REVENUE WOULD THEN GO TOWARDS FUNDING THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED AT THE SITE. 
          SO THE, THE TIMING OF WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE ABILITY TO FUND THE INFRASTRUCTURE, KIND OF BECOMES A CHICKEN OR, OR, OR AN EGG ENVIRONMENT. 
          BUT HAVING A LARGE DEVELOPER COME EARLY ON IN THE TURS IS A HUGE BENEFIT TO GENERATING THE REVENUE THAT NEEDED TO PUT IN THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEN GENERATES THE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, UH, A PORTION OF IT WOULD GO TO BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT A PORTION OF IT WOULD GO TO, UH, CORRECT TAX BASE THAT WOULD BE USED FOR OUR GENERAL FUND FOR THINGS LIKE SOCIAL SERVICES AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANT TO FUND IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS. 
          SO THE FASTER WE GET SOMETHING ON THAT PROPERTY THAT'S ANNEXED INTO OUR CITY, 
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AND DEPENDING UPON WHAT THE PERCENTAGES ARE, THE FASTER WE START GETTING MONEY INTO OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          THAT CAN BE USED FOR THE PAYMENT OF SERVICES. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST PROPERTY TAXES, IT'S ALSO SALES TAX. 
          WELL, OF COURSE, YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILOR SIEGEL, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, ONE LAST QUESTION FOR MR. SETTLE AND THE APPLICANT. 
          UM, I GUESS IN, UH, EXHIBIT B, VERSION TWO, THE, UM, LAND USE SUMMARY TABLE, UH, MILITARY INSTALLATIONS ARE LISTED AS ONE OF THE CIVIC USES. 
          I GUESS IF YOU COULD SHARE WHY, THAT'S WHY THAT'S THERE. 
          THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS, YOU KNOW, IN DOWNTOWN AUSTIN, WE HAVE THE MILITARY'S FUTURES OFFICE, WHICH BY SOME ACCOUNTS IS AN IMPORTANT CITIZEN OF OUR CITY. 
          AND WE DIDN'T WANT, WE, WE CAN'T SEE INTO THE FUTURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE FELT LIKE THAT MAY FIT UNDER MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
          WE HAVE NO DESIRE TO HAVE TRADITIONAL BASES AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS, BUT WE, WITH LAND USES CHANGING SO MUCH, WE DIDN'T WANNA PRECLUDE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE AN OFFICE THAT HAD A MILITARY, UH, BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. 
          CORRECT. 
          ALL MEMBERS. 
          UM, I, FIRST OF ALL, THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. 
          I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FINISHED. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER LANG. 
          I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
          IT, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT THIS INITIAL TENANT, THE PORTRAIT AND 100 COMPANY, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, AND THIS IS A QUESTION FOR, I THINK FOR ANDY. 
          UM, CAN YOU DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT WHAT OTHER TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, LIKE PAINT US A PICTURE OF WHAT YOU WOULD SEE COMING IN TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AFTER THIS INITIAL ANCHOR? SO WE VIEW THIS AS BEING A, A, A SPECIAL MIXED USE PROJECT THAT'S GONNA HAVE ALL KINDS OF RESIDENTIAL. 
          THAT'S A GOAL OF, OF, TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL, WANT TO HAVE RETAIL, COMMERCIAL OFFICE ENTERTAINMENT. 
          UH, THINK OF, THINK OF DOWNTOWN, THINK OF WHAT DOWNTOWN AUSTIN HAS. 
          SO ANY OF THE, ANY OF THOSE KIND OF USES, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, HAVE GREAT WALKABLE BIKEABLE COMMUNITY WITH COMPLETELY BLANK CANVAS. 
          IT'S UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO. 
          WE USUALLY HAVE CONSTRAINTS. 
          SO THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO, UM, COLLABORATING WITH LOTS OF GROUPS AND, AND, AND NEIGHBORS OUT HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. 
          UM, MEMBERS, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST WE DO IS, UM, UH, TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 38. 
          THEN WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 39, DEPENDING UPON HOW THOSE GO. 
          UM, TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 60, BUT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 38. 
          UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN THE MAYOR PRO TIM MOVES, UH, AUTHORIZATION OF THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          UH, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. 
          IS THERE, UH, ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO IT? HERE? HERE'S, I, I WILL SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
          UM, AND, AND WHAT I WANNA SAY ABOUT IT IS, FIRST OF ALL, UH, I THINK THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND THAT IT IS A RARE SITUATION INDEED, THAT A CITY THE SIZE OF AUSTIN, TEXAS HAS THIS MUCH PROPERTY LOCATED WHAT IS NOW, UH, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE CITY. 
          IT IS THIS CLOSE TO OUR AIRPORT. 
          IT'S THREE MILES FROM OUR DOWNTOWN. 
          UH, IT IS, IT IS, THAT'S A RARE SITUATION BY ITSELF, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT IT CAN MEAN TO OUR TAX BASE. 
          IT IS ALSO A RARE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH, AND I, I'M GOING TO USE THAT WORD FORTUNATE, THAT WE HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT IS IN CONTROL OF ALL OF THAT LAND. 
          AND A, IT'S A DEVELOPER THAT WE KNOW, UH, ALL OF US HAVE PROBABLY BEEN IN THE DOMAIN AND HAVE SEEN THE QUALITY OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THIS IS A DEVELOPER THAT AS SOME DID, AS SOME, UH, HAVE DONE, HAS UTILIZED THIS DEVELOPER DID NOT UTILIZE, UH, STATE LAW TO GET OUT OF OUR JURISDICTION AND DO WHATEVER IT WAS THEY WANTED TO DO OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION WHERE WE WOULD HAVE EVEN LESS CONTROL AND WE WOULD HAVE NO ENJOYMENT OF THE TAX BASE. 
          UH, 
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MY GUESS IS NONE OF US ARE GOING TO CONSIDER THIS TO BE A PERFECT DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN, A UNIQUE ONE WHERE THERE'S NO QUESTION IT WILL BE BETTER THAN WHAT IT COULD BE AND, AND PROBABLY WOULD BE IF IT'S ON THE OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION. 
          IF FOR NO OTHER REASON WE WOULDN'T GET ANY OF THE TAX BASE. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE, UM, US TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS AS WE'VE, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED. 
          THE PROCESS IS CERTAINLY NOT OVER TONIGHT, BUT, UM, UH, I, I THINK IT'S, IT IS, IT'S A, A RARE SITUATION FOR A CITY OUR SIZE TO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW OUR TAX BASE, UH, ON A RECLAMATION PROJECT. 
          KRISTA, UM, I'M SORRY, I SHOULD, COUNCIL MEMBER LANG, TRY, TRY NOT TO BE TOO FAMILIAR. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          NO WORRIES. 
          UH, I, I, I WANNA THANK THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS WHO'VE COME OUT TODAY AND ASKED A LOT OF HARD QUESTIONS, GOOD QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED. 
          AND IN NO WAY AM I ADVOCATING FOR A LEVEL OF SPEED THAT WOULD PREEMPT ANSWERING OF QUESTIONS. 
          BUT THEN I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT I HAVE SEEN, WELL, I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALSO ASKING QUESTIONS THAT, THAT ALLOWED US TO SEE HOW THIS DEVELOPER HAS RESPONDED AND THE LEVEL OF THOROUGHNESS TO WHICH THAT OUR STAFF HAS WORKED ON THIS. 
          AND ALSO THE RESPONSIVENESS. 
          IT IS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AS A CITY THAT WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THINGS RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT AND GETTING THINGS DONE FASTER THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST. 
          LOOK, NO FARTHER THAN THE BOND DISCUSSIONS TO SEE THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FASTER, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO, MOVE FASTER AND BE EFFECTIVE AND GET IT RIGHT. 
          AND IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING TO ME TO SEE THE LEVEL OF RESPONSIVENESS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THIS DEVELOPER. 
          I THINK THAT IT IS, UH, VERY BENEFICIAL THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES SOUTH PARK MEADOWS LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THE DOMAIN LOOK LIKE? AND THEN TO THINK ABOUT THIS SITE THAT HAS SO MANY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND OBSTACLES, AND TO HAVE A DEVELOPER WHO'S WORKING ON IT, WHO HAS THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WORKING IN AUSTIN TO WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES AND TO BE ABLE TO WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH PARTNERS LIKE CAP METRO, THESE ARE ALL VERY GOOD THINGS. 
          AND THE POTENTIAL TO THEN BE ABLE TO BRING IN WITH AN ANCHOR TENANT WHO CAN ATTRACT THE QUALITY SURROUNDING TENANTS. 
          IT, IT IS VERY MUCH, UH, AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITY, AND I REALLY SUPPORT THE CITY MANAGERS AND DR. 
          JOHNSON'S EFFORTS TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR AUSTIN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. 
          THESE ARE THE KINDS OF INVESTMENTS THAT CAN GENERATE JOBS, THAT REVENUE, THAT CAN FUND ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT CAN HELP US TO CONTINUE TO CREATE THE KIND OF CITY THAT WE WANT FOR OUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS. 
          AND TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF MIXED DEVELOPMENT COME IN AND BE DEVELOPED IN THIS WAY AND INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT AFFORDABILITY AND RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTS. 
          UM, AGAIN, UH, I AM IMPRESSED BY WHAT I'VE SEEN. 
          I WILL NOTE, AS THE MAYOR DID AS WELL, THAT WE ARE NOT AT THE END OF THE PROCESS. 
          WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING. 
          THERE WILL BE A MUCH GREATER LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE LEVEL OF RESPONSIVENESS THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR REALLY HELPS TO GIMME CONFIDENCE IN WHERE WE ARE GOING. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I, I WILL SAY THAT I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE DOGHEAD PROJECT. 
          I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S EFFORTS AND WORKS TO MOVE FORWARD EFFICIENTLY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MY COLLEAGUES' THOUGHTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR TIM VELA, UH, ECHO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LANE'S COMMENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN UNINCORPORATED COUNTY LAND. 
          WE, WE REALLY HAVE VERY LITTLE CONTROL. 
          UH, THERE'S VERY FEW ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, VERY FEW TRANSPORTATION GUIDELINES. 
          THERE'S NO PUBLIC TRANSIT. 
          UH, WHAT DO WE GET WHEN WE ANNEX THAT WE DO GET THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, UH, WE GET THE QUALITY, UH, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT, THAT THE CITY HAS WORKED SO HARD TO, TO IMPLEMENT IN, IN TERMS OF OUR CODES AND, AND OUR REGULATIONS. 
          BUT REALLY IMPORTANTLY, WE GET A BRAND NEW TRAIL ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER AND THAT 200 FOOT CRITICAL WATER QUALITY ZONE, WHICH ARE, UH, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BOTH FOR RECREATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES. 
          AND I, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THE, 
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UH, THE AGREEMENT REQUIRES THEM TO BUILD AND OPEN THE FIRST TWO MILES OF THE TRAIL WITHIN, UH, 18 MONTHS AFTER WE DO THE TOUR. 
          SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING, THE TRAIL'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE WAY, WAY DOWN THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AWAY, UH, FROM ACTUALLY HAVING, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL MILES OF TRAIL, UM, 260 ACRES OF, UH, OPEN SPACE. 
          UH, WHICH AGAIN, THERE ARE NO PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS WHEN YOU'RE WORKING IN COUNTY LAND. 
          YOU, THEY, WE GET NOTHING THIS WAY. 
          WE HAVE THE INSURANCE. 
          THEY'RE BASICALLY MATCHING OUR PARKLAND DEDICATION, UH, UH, REQUIREMENTS, UH, RIGHT NOW AND I, THE REGIONAL STORMWATER SYSTEM, UH, WE HAVE, UH, REGIONAL STORMWATER SYSTEM AND, UH, DEVELOPMENTS LIKE, UM, THE, THE, THE TRIANGLE, UM, I BELIEVE THE CENTRAL MARKET, UH, THE DOMAIN. 
          AND, AND THOSE ARE TOP TIER, UH, WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. 
          AND WE'RE NOT KIND OF COBBLING IT TOGETHER KIND OF PROPERTY BY PROPERTY. 
          LITTLE DINKY LITTLE DETENTION POND BY DETENTION POND. 
          THIS IS A, A COMPREHENSIVE, WELL THOUGHT OUT SYSTEM OF, UH, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. 
          AND AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL HUGE BENEFITS THAT WE DON'T GET IF WE DON'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER. 
          I, I THINK THE BENEFITS FAR OUTWEIGH ANY COSTS AND, AND, UM, UH, IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU, MEMBER. 
          I'LL CONSIDER THAT TO BE A CLOSE ON HIS MOTION. 
          UM, SO WE'LL GO TO A VOTE. 
          MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. 
          MAYOR? YES. 
          I'D LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT? IT'S COMING DOWN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I CAN, IT'S VERY SIMPLE. 
          DESCRIBE IT. 
          IT'S A MOTION TO AMEND EXHIBIT B TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO STRIKE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AS A PERMITTED USE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, I, THE, WE'LL WAIT TILL WE SEE, WELL, WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET THAT. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR, UM, THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE, UH, THAT WE AMEND THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS TO AUTHORIZE THE NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCIL MEMBER CO WELL, YOU, YOU CAN SPEAK UP . 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CODRE SECONDS THE MOTION. 
          SO THE DISCUSSION WILL BE ON THE MOTION TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION. 
          DID SHE HAVE SOMEBODY HAVE IT? YES, SIR. 
          YEAH. 
          COUNCILMAN BALTER. 
          COULD I, I ASK A QUESTION, MS. LINK? SURE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A A FORMAL DEFINITION OR NOT, BUT IF, I MEAN, I, OBVIOUSLY A MILITARY BASE IS A MILITARY INSTALLATION, IS AN OFFICE OWNED BY A BRANCH OF THE MILITARY WHERE THEY JUST HAVE AN OFFICE. 
          IS THAT A MILITARY INSTALLATION? IT CAN BE THE DEFIN THE DESCRIPTION IN THE CODE IS ACTUALLY PRETTY BROAD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          A SIMILAR QUESTION, MS. LINK WOULD BE IF IT WAS JUST AN OFFICE, COULDN'T THAT ALSO BE DESIGNATED AS ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES? IT COULD. 
          I GUESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE IS, WOULD IT COUNCIL MEMBER LANE? I, I, IT'S OKAY. 
          I'LL HOLD IT. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          MAYOR, I, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I, I GUESS WE OUGHT TO HAVE IS, IS THERE A USE, I MEAN, I, I, I'M, I MUST ADMIT, I'M WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THE DEFINITION OF MILITARY IS, IS AS WELL BOTH WAYS, RIGHT? WHAT GOES OUT THERE, BUT WHAT ALSO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND, AND THE, THE ANSWER DID NOT GIVE ME GREAT, UH, WARMTH. 
          I, I CAN READ IT TO YOU. 
          . 
          IT IS A SITE FOR, SORRY, THE USE OF A SITE FOR THE PROVISION OF MILITARY FACILITIES BY THE FEDERAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          MAYOR PRO TIM, PUTTING ASIDE THE, THE MERITS, IF THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTED TO USE THE LAND, DOES OUR ORDINANCE STOP THEM FROM USING THE LAND FOR A MILITARY PURPOSE? NO. 
          THEY CAN USE BUY AND USE LAND JUST AS THEY DO THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. SETTLE, YOU WERE COMING UP. 
          YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THIS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE? 
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I THINK IF IT WOULD MAKE IT EASY FOR A VOTE IN FAVOR, WE'LL SAY NO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
          AND IF SOMETHING COMES UP IN THE FUTURE AS PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP, WE'LL BE BACK AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, MEMBERS YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, WHAT IS THE MOTION THAT I'M ASSUMING COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL MADE, UH, WHEN HE MADE HIS ORAL MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE WAS, UH, SECONDING AND, UH, I'M CORRECT ABOUT THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD. 
          SO YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU NOW. 
          UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'RE VOTING ON THE MOTION TO AMEND ITEM NUMBER 38, UH, BY SIEGEL, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO AMEND IS ADOPTED WITH TWO ABSENT. 
          THAT WILL TAKE US BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 38 AS AMENDED ITEM. 
          SO, AND I'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED. 
          HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          ITEM NUMBER 38 AS AMENDED IS ADOPTED MEMBERS 
          [39. Authorize negotiation and execution of an interlocal agreement with Travis County to allow the City to process, regulate, permit, and enforce development regulations on approximately 2,614 acres located in the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction bounded by the Colorado River, US Highway 183, and State Highway 130, in the area generally known as “Dog's Head” and on roadways and right-of-way within Dog’s Head and on abutting roadways and right-of-way.]
THAT WILL TAKE US TO ITEM NUMBER 39, WHICH IS THE AUTHORIZATION OF APPROVAL OF AUTHORIZATION AND NEGOTIATION OF NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, THE MAYOR PRO TIM MOVES APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 39. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. 
          DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 39. 
          HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          ITEM NUMBER 39 IS APPROVED. 
          THAT WILL NOW 
          [60. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance annexing approximately 2,614 acres of land in eastern Travis County, located between the Colorado River, US Highway 183, and State Highway 130, in the area generally known as “Dog’s Head”, into the City’s full-purpose jurisdiction; initiating the creation of a regulating plan for the property; initiating an amendment to the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan; and authorizing the City Manager to execute the Service Plan Agreement with the owner of the land. Case number: C7a-2026-0003. The property is currently located in Austin’s extraterritorial jurisdiction contiguous to Council Districts 1, 2, and 3. Funding: This item has no fiscal impact. (Part 2 of 2)]
TAKE US TO ITEM NUMBER 60. 
          UH, MEMBERS, WE HAVE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 60. 
          UH, ITEMS NUMBER 38. 
          ITEM NUMBER 38 NEEDED TO BE APPROVED BEFORE WE COULD GO TO ITEM NUMBER 60. 
          ITEM NUMBER 60 IS TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING, UH, 2,614 ACRES OF LAND. 
          UH, IS THERE MOTION MOTIONS MADE BY THE MAYOR PRO TIM? IS THERE A SECOND? SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 60 WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          ITEM NUMBER 60 IS ADOPTED WITH TWO MEMBERS ABSENT. 
          THANK 
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Y'ALL VERY MUCH. 
          MEMBERS THAT WILL NOW TAKE US TO OUR ZONING, OUR 6:49 PM TIME CERTAIN ON THE ZONING. 
          UH, YOU'LL RECALL WE HAVE ALREADY HANDLED ITEM 61 THROUGH 64, ITEM 70, ITEM 73, AND ITEM 74. 
          SO I'LL RECOGNIZE MS. HARDEN ON THE REMAINING ITEMS ON OUR ZONING AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL JOY HARDEN AUSTIN. 
          PLANNING YOUR ZONING AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT PORTION OF YOUR AGENDA BEGINS WITH ITEM 65, AS YOU MENTIONED. 
          ITEM 65 IS NPA 20 26 0 0 2 2 0.01. 
          SH. 
          THIS ITEM'S OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          THE RELATED REZONING IS, UH, ITEM NUMBER 66 C 1420 26.0 0 1, 0 POINT SH AGAIN, THIS ITEM'S OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          PLEASE REMEMBER, WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER, THE CITY RECEIVED A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR JULY. 
          COULD, COULD EVERYBODY HOLD THE CONVERSATIONS? UH, DON'T DO 'EM, UH, UNTIL YOU LEAVE THE ROOM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, UH, PLEASE REMEMBER ON THIS ITEM, UH, THE ROWVILLE ITEM THAT THE CITY RECEIVED A NEIGHBORHOOD POSTPONEMENT REQUEST TO YOUR JULY 23RD COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S FIRST POSTPONEMENT REQUEST. 
          STAFF IS OFFERING THIS CASE FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          HOWEVER, COUNSEL MAY CHOOSE TO POSTPONE OR PROCEED WITH THE ITEM TODAY. 
          ALSO, PLEASE REMEMBER, THERE'S A VALID PETITION OF ROUGHLY 80%, BUT SIX VOTES IS REQUIRED FOR PASSAGE. 
          SO AGAIN, UH, THIS ITEM IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          ITEM 67 IS C 1 20 26 0 0 1 7. 
          THIS ITEM'S OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          ITEM 68 IS C 1 4 20 26 0 0 0 4. 
          THIS ITEM IS OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS WITH THE FOLLOWING MOTION, WHICH READS, REMOVE PERSONAL SERVICES FROM THE LIST OF PROHIBITED USES IN PART TWO A OF THE DRAFT ORBIT. 
          AND WITH THAT, AGAIN, UM, ITEM 68 IS OFFERED, UH, FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          ITEM 69 IS C 14 20 26 0 0 0 5. 
          THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT FIRST READING ONLY. 
          UM, ITEM 70 WAS, UH, POSTPONED EARLIER. 
          ITEM 71 IS NPA 20 25 0 0 3 1 0.01. 
          THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          THE RELATED REZONING IS ITEM 72, SCENE 14, 20 25 0 0 8 8. 
          THIS ITEM IS BEING OFFERED FOR CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS 
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ON 73 AND 74. 
          HAVE, UH, WERE, UH, POSTPONED EARLIER. 
          SO ITEM 75 IS C 1 14 20 25 0 1 1 3. 
          THIS SAMS OFFERED FOR CONSENT IN ALL THREE READINGS. 
          ITEM 76 IS C 1 4 20 25 0 0 9 4. 
          THIS ITEM'S BEING OFFERED AS A POSTPONEMENT BY COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL, TO YOUR SEPTEMBER 10TH COUNCIL MEETING. 
          AND JUST PLEASE KNOW, UM, ON THIS POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 10TH, ADDITIONAL NOTICE WILL BE PROVIDED PRIOR TO THIS ITEM RETURNING. 
          AND THIS CONCLUDES THE READING OF THE PORTION OF THE ZONING AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AMENDMENT AGENDA. 
          AND AS ALWAYS, THIS IS AT YOUR DISCRETION. 
          THANK YOU, MS. HARDEN. 
          UM, LET ME ASK IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OF HER RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, MEMBERS, I'M GONNA READ THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CALL FOR A MOTION. 
          THE MOTION WILL BE ITEM 65 66, 67 68 ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          UH, REMEMBER THAT ITEM NUMBER 68 HAS THE MOTION THAT, UH, MS. HARDIN READ INTO THE RECORD ON ITEM NUMBER 66. 
          I JUST POINT OUT THE, THE MOTION THAT I'M CURRENTLY ENTERTAINING WOULD BE ONE TO PASS IT ON CONSENT ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          HOWEVER, THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD REQUEST FOR A POSTPONEMENT. 
          UM, AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A VALID, VALID PETITION, UM, IN CASE SOMEBODY WANTS TO CHANGE WHAT I'M GETTING READY TO WHAT I'M SAYING, ITEM NUMBER 69 IS FIRST READING 71 AND 72 AND 75 ON ALL THREE READINGS. 
          IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT? AGENDA IS READ, MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE. 
          IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL. 
          IT'S 76. 
          WHAT, WHAT DID I SAY? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I SAID ANYTHING. 
          YEAH, YOU DID. 
          OH. 
          UM, WELL, THAT'S NO WONDER, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL MOVES SO FAST, DON'T IT? . 
          UM, I'M SORRY. 
          LET, LET ME, LET ME, UM, ASK, UH, WE'VE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND AND I BLEW IT. 
          SO, UH, LET'S DO IT THIS WAY. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SIEGEL MOVES THAT WE AMEND THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          MOTION TO ADD ITEM NUMBER 76 AS A POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 10TH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE SECONDS, THE MOTION TO AMEND THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT WAS READ. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO AMEND? UH, HEARING NONE, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          THE MOTION TO AMEND THE CONSENT AGENDA IS READ IS ADOPTED. 
          SO NOW THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES ITEM NUMBER 76, WHICH IS A POSTPONEMENT TO SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2026. 
          NOW THAT BEING SAID, LET ME TURN TO THE CITY CLERK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          STARTING ON ITEM 65, WE HAVE DEANNA MOLINA. 
          DEANNA, ARE YOU THERE? YES. 
          HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          I HAD TO RUN THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, MY NAME IS DIANA MOLINA. 
          I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE I WAS A TEEN, BUT I WASN'T ABLE TO CALL MYSELF A HOMEOWNER UNTIL, UH, RECENTLY. 
          AND I RESIDE HERE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          I LIVE IN EXACTLY THE TYPE OF HOUSING THE OPPONENTS OF ROWAN VALE ARE ASKING YOU TO REJECT. 
          I'M HERE TO STATE THAT MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING IS THE ONLY WAY THAT I COULD ACCESS RESIDING ENTRA SITES. 
          UH, OPPONENTS TO, UH, MS THREE ARE SAYING THAT IT'S TOO ABRUPT. 
          THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT LEAKS FROM 1930 TO STATES THAT ARE TWO TO THREE TIMES BIGGER THAN MY CONDO, TO A FOUR STORY BUILDING IS TOO MUCH. 
          AND YET, HERE I AM A FEW BLOCKS AWAY. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          I'M LIKE OUTTA BREATH. 
          UM, A FEW BLOCKS AWAY. 
          UH, SHARING, UH, WALLS WITH OVER 200 PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY, OUR PRESENCE DELIVERS THE EYES ON THE STREET THAT GENERATES MORE SAFETY FOR ALL AFFORDABILITY. 
          AND LOCK IS NOT A GREAT, NOT A GREEDY DEVELOPER. 
          IT IS A WELCOME MATCH PUT OUT TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE LIKE ME TO ACCESS THIS K KIND OF COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY MY NEIGHBORS ARE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND NURSES, RETIREES, STUDENTS, AND RENTERS. 
          WE ARE ON FIRST NAME BASIS. 
          WE LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. 
          THAT'S WHAT DENSITY LOOKS LIKE. 
          THE 64 FAMILIES THAT NEGRO AND VAIL DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A SEAT AT THE TABLE TODAY. 
          BUT THIS BOARD CAN SPEAK FOR THEM BY VOTING YET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO IN-PERSON. 
          FOR ITEM 65, WE HAVE NICK WANG, JOSHUA GOLDENBERG, KAR NALU, ROBIN STALLINGS, DON GARNER, PATRICIA MURPHY, JORDY TILLO, SHIVA MAYER, BEN MAY, JEFF METLER. 
          SARAH RONER. 
          PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT AND STATE YOUR NAME BEFORE YOU BEGIN. 
          YEAH, IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN 
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CALLED, PLEASE COME FORWARD. 
          SO I'M GONNA WAIVE MY TIME AS LONG AS IT'S ON CONSENT. 
          AND SO IS DON GARNER. 
          VERY GOOD, GREAT TESTIMONY. 
          MY NAME IS JORDY TILLO, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE. 
          UH, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THIS HOUSING COME UP TO A VOTE. 
          I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME. 
          GOOD AGAIN, YOU GUYS ARE ON A ROLL. 
          LET'S SEE WHAT YOU DO. 
          . 
          I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR. 
          MY TESTIMONY MAY NOT BE QUITE AS SHORT. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          ANYWAY, THOUGH. 
          MY NAME IS SHE MAYOR, HOW HAVE YOU HERE, DISTRICT NINE. 
          UH, I LIVE APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED FEET FROM THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF SEVERAL OTHER NEARBY NEIGHBORS TONIGHT. 
          UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY OPPOSED TO ITEM 65 AND 66. 
          VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THIS LOT THOUGH. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE CAN SUPPORT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. 
          AS A PROCESS MATTER, WE BELIEVE THIS ITEM CANNOT BE CONSIDERED THIS EVENING. 
          THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE LAYS OUT PUBLISHED NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, PARTICULARLY SURROUNDING NAMING THE APPLICANT AND PROVIDING CONTACT INFORMATION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, UH, THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN MET. 
          WE BELIEVE THIS IS A REASONABLE AND EQUITABLE POLICY THAT ENSURES THAT THE PUBLIC AT LARGE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON PROPOSED LAND USE CHANGES. 
          UH, WE BELIEVE THIS MATTER NEEDS TO BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE NOTICE CAN BE CORRECTED AND THE MANDATED 16 DAY PERIOD HAS ELAPSED. 
          WE'VE SUGGESTED THE NEXT AVAILABLE COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK I TALKED OVER YOU. 
          WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN FOR THE RECORD? I'M SORRY. 
          YES. 
          MY NAME IS SHIVA MAYER. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR TALKING OVER YOU ALL SPEAKERS 4 65 HAVE BEEN CALLED. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO 66 REMOTELY. 
          WE HAVE PRIYANKA. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS PRIYANKA. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE. 
          I JUST WANT TO SPEAK, UM, IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 66. 
          UM, I BELIEVE IT'S IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS LIKE REZONING IS SET AND READY TO GO. 
          UM, AND IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF AUSTIN, ISD. 
          UM, WITH THAT, I WILL YIELD MY TIME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          DIANA MOLINA, ITEM 66. 
          OH, I DIDN'T REALIZE I SENT THAT TWICE, BUT AGAIN, I'M VOTING AGAIN IN SUPPORT OF ROMAN DALE. 
          JUST RESTATING MY EARLIER COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO IN PERSON ON ITEM 66, NICK WANG. 
          JOSHUA GOLDENBERG, GREG ANDERSON, KAR NALU, ROBIN STALLINGS, DON GARNER, PATRICIA MURPHY, JORDY TILLO, SHIVA MAYOR, BEN MAY, JEFF METLER AND SARAH RONLER FOR ITEM 66. 
          ROBIN STALLINGS AND DON GARNER WAIVE THEIR TIME AS LONG AS IT'S ON CONSENT. 
          JORDY TILLO, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE. 
          UM, I'M, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          ME IT IS, UH, EVENING COUNSEL. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND ENDURANCE AND VISION. 
          UH, WOULD YOU PUT THE MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF YOU AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? UH, DO I HAVE FOUR MINUTES OR TWO MINUTES? YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. 
          WELL, IN SHORT, UM, LOOK, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE LOVE THE IDEA YOU NEED TO STATE YOUR NAME. 
          OH, BEN MAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          WE ARE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WE ARE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF SOME INCREASED DENSITY ON THIS PROPERTY. 
          UH, GLAD TO SEE THE CHURCH. 
          I COMMEND THE CHURCH FOR WANTING TO PUT THIS TOWARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          END OF THE DAY, WE SUPPORT A LOT OF THE IDEAS AROUND THIS. 
          IT'S JUST THEY'RE STUFFING WAY TOO MUCH INTO THIS PARTICULAR SITE. 
          THIS IS ALREADY EXTREMELY CHALLENGED, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE PARK ON THE STREET, WE HAVE VERY FEW OF US HAVE PARKING, UH, SPACES, OFFSITE OR OFF STREET. 
          UM, IT, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO PUT THIS HERE. 
          UM, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO INCLUDE THIS HOUSING WITH THE PRE-K THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THEY, THEY KIND OF GO BACK AND FORTH ABOUT, OH, WE DON'T NEED PARKING SPACES 'CAUSE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO TRANSIT CORRIDOR. 
          OUR PE OUR PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA NEED CARS. 
          WE'RE MAGICALLY NOT GONNA NEED CARS. 
          WE LIVE IN TEXAS, WE'RE MAGICALLY NOT GONNA NEED CARS. 
          BUT THEN YOU TALK TO 'EM, THEY'RE LIKE, NO, OUR INVESTORS SAY WE DO NEED PARKING. 
          SO ACTUALLY WE DO NEED TO DO IT. 
          ALL THE NEIGHBORS HAVE REALLY REQUESTED, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY PRESENTATION IS, BUT, UH, REALLY, I MEAN THIS, WHEN LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES, 
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THIS IS WHAT THIS DEVELOPER DROPS, YOU KNOW, GIANT TOWERS, THE SKY, THERE'S NO COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. 
          THEY HAVE DUMPSTERS OUT FRONT. 
          PARKING'S ALL STUFFED BELOW. 
          THEY'RE HIDING THESE PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING. 
          THEY'RE NOT COMMUNICATING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LOVE TO WELCOME THESE NEIGHBORS. 
          WHAT WE, THEY'RE STUFFING WAY TOO MUCH INTO THIS SITE PLAN. 
          WHAT THIS IS SOME OF THEIR 150 FOOT LONG SOULLESS CORRIDORS. 
          YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AT LEAST THEY'RE DOING SOME SORT OF ARTICULATION, BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T MEANT, I MEAN, IT KIND OF READS MORE LIKE A PENITENTIARY KIND OF HIDING OUR POOR PEOPLE. 
          AND SKY WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE ARTICULATION ON THIS, BRING IT DOWN A STORY AND APPROACH THIS MISSING MIDDLE. 
          I APPRECIATE YOUR VISION FOR PURSUING THE MISSING MIDDLE, MISSING MIDDLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THEY'RE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. 
          WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU MARRY THOSE TWO THINGS, ESPECIALLY ON THIS SITE. 
          THANK YOU, SPEAKER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE REMOTELY ON ITEM 66. 
          CARLY GRATON. 
          I YIELD MY TIME AS LONG AS WE ARE ON CONSENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MOVING ON TO ITEM 76, SPEAK ON THE MERITS OF THE POSTPONEMENT OF 76 EDGAR HANDEL. 
          EDGAR, ARE YOU THERE? HELLO? HI. 
          HI, MY NAME IS EDGAR HANDEL. 
          I'M RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE. 
          AND UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK AGAINST THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE ROSEDALE CASE. 
          THIS IS ON ITEM 76, RIGHT? YES. 
          YEAH, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS CASE FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW. 
          IT BEGAN WITH THE ANITA TOY CASE IN THE ROSEDALE CASE. 
          AND IT'S BEEN ON MY MIND FOR A LONG TIME JUST BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF, UM, UPSETTING TO ME HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN FOR THIS CASE TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, IT, IT'S JUST REALLY NOT A GREAT LOOK THAT HERE IN ANITA CORE. 
          WE GOT IN, YOU KNOW, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN GO VALLEY WHERE I LIVE WITH MY WIFE AND MY KIDS, ONE OF WHOM IS ACTUALLY AN A IC STUDENT AT GO VALLEY ELEMENTARY HERE IN GO VALLEY. 
          WE MOVED PRETTY QUICKLY AND, AND DID THE RIGHT THING IN DEVELOPING A LOT OF HOUSING ON THE ANITA COY SITE THAT PROVIDE HOUSING FOR TEACHERS AND NEW RESIDENTS AND FUNDING FOR A ISD. 
          BUT THE ROSEDALE CASE HAS JUST BEEN SO FRAUGHT WITH DELAYS AND OBSTRUCTION AND IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY FRUSTRATING TO WATCH. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN MAKE A MID-RISE APARTMENT HAPPEN IN EAST AUSTIN FOR THE GOOD OF A ISB AND THE CITY AND OUR STUDENTS, IT FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAPPEN IN ROSEDALE. 
          AND I DON'T REALLY SEE WHY MORE DELAY MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, IF THIS IS ABOUT THE LAWSUITS, I DON'T REALLY SEE HOW THAT'S A CITY ISSUE. 
          YOU KNOW, IF WE DELAY THEN WE'RE JUST PLAYING WITH FIRE BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT FUNDING, WE'RE RISKING JOBS AND MORE CUTS TO OUR SCHOOLS. 
          UM, AND THAT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING I THINK THAT WE SHOULD STAND FOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF A IC LOSES IN COURT, THEN THAT'S, THAT'S THE COURT'S DEAL. 
          LIKE LET'S NOT, LET'S NOT BE PART OF MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANKS. 
          MOVING ON TO IN PERSON. 
          ADRIAN MACIAS. 
          BIANCA GUERRERO, OR I'M SORRY, ON THIS IS IN PERSON ITEM 76, THE MERITS OF THE POSTPONEMENT. 
          ADRIAN MACIAS, BIANCA GUERRERO, CARLOS PINON, MADDIE GUTIERREZ, PEDRO HERNANDEZ, SUSANNA ALMANZA, BRIAN DEMAN THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING. 
          AND WE HAVE A GROUP THAT REQUESTED TO SPEAK IN A PARTICULAR ORDER. 
          WE HAVE ADAM, NIK, LAURA, ALLIE, MICHAEL, ALLIE, DARREL, A AZAR, CHRIS ALLEN, DANIEL RAY, CHRISTINA SINGH, CARL REYNOLDS. 
          ARE YOU PRESENT? OKAY. 
          ON DECK WE'LL HAVE JEFFREY ARCHER. 
          LESLIE KERNS. 
          CHRISTOPHER COLVIN. 
          GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS CARL REYNOLDS. 
          UH, I LIVE IN THE SOUTH PART OF ROSEDALE IN DISTRICT 10. 
          AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN, I'VE KIND OF BEEN IN THE THICK OF THIS, UH, PROPOSAL FOR SOME YEARS NOW. 
          I WAS, UH, ORIGINALLY THE ONE THAT ASKED THE ISD TO TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO RELATE THAT WHOLE HISTORY. 
          I WILL JUST SAY, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL, EVEN CONSIDERING, UH, A POSTPONEMENT OF THIS, THERE IS LITIGATION GOING ON, UH, 
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THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. 
          I THINK, UH, BEFORE THE ZONING, BEFORE IT MAKES SENSE FOR YOU ALL TO DO ALL THIS ZONING ACTIVITY. 
          UH, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT WHAT'S POSSIBLE. 
          AND I WILL TELL YOU WE ARE REALLY SINCERE, REALLY EARNEST ABOUT COMING UP WITH A BETTER SOLUTION FOR THIS PROPERTY THAN WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED. 
          WE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY. 
          I KNOW, UH, ADAM HOOT NICK HAS VISITED WITH SOME OF YOU ON OUR BEHALF. 
          UH, AND I SHOULD HAVE SAID, I'M REPRESENTING BOTH THE ROSEDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND PLAYFAIR WITH ROSEDALE, ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP THAT AROSE SPONTANEOUSLY IN REACTION TO THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS BEFORE YOU. 
          UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I'VE BEEN IMMERSED IN THIS THING FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM 76. 
          IN THE MAYOR BULL PULL, WE HAVE AIO BTI, DAVID WEINBERG, NICK WANG, JOSHUA GOLDENBERG, MOLLY MARTIN, CARRIE KEY LOU, UH, LUIS NAVARRO, SUSAN RE, LAURA MARTIN, CHARLES VSAN, BARBARA MACARTHUR, GREG ANDERSON, CAROL WAGNER, EMILY VSAN, STREETCAR, NALU. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED AND YOU WANNA SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD ON THE MERITS OF THE POSTPONEMENT. 
          HI, MY NAME IS BARBARA MACARTHUR. 
          UM, I WOULD URGE YOU TO RESPECT, UM, COUNCILMAN SIEGEL'S REQUEST FOR THE POSTPONEMENT BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEX ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON NOW WITH THIS PROPERTY. 
          AND I THINK IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF EVERYBODY TO, UM, HAVE THE POSTPONEMENT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUE. 
          ON ITEM 76, WE HAVE SUZANNE RICHARDSON, FELICITY MAXWELL, JOHN FRETWELL, JEFFREY BOWEN, DEBRA DEANO, JORDY TELLO, ROY WHALEY, SPEAKING ON THE MAYORS OF THE POSTPONEMENT OF ITEM 76. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, FELICITY MAXWELL, D FIVE AND RESIDENT, OR A BOARD MEMBER HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE POSTPONEMENT OF THIS ZONING CASE. 
          WE'RE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXTENDED DELAY TO THE ROSEVALE PROJECT. 
          AS YOU'RE ALL AWARE, A I AUSTIN, ISD IS IN A SIGNIFICANT BUDGET DEFICIT AND REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS THIS PARCEL ARE CRUCIAL TO MITIGATE CUTS THAT WILL OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED. 
          THAT MEANS TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, CUSTODIAL STAFF THAT WILL NO LONGER BE IN CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS THIS FALL BECAUSE OF THE POSTPONEMENT BEING PROPOSED TODAY. 
          AND AS AN A ISD PARENT WHO SERVED ON THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET STABILIZATION COMMITTEE, I'M TRULY DISAPPOINTED THAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE FINANCIAL NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS BEING PUSHED ASIDE IN FAVOR OF DELAY AND DENIAL. 
          THIS DISTRICT SERVES ALMOST 70,000 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND EMPLOYS OVER 10,000 TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND STAFF. 
          THE $26 MILLION POTENTIAL SALES OF THE SITE WOULD OFFER FINANCIAL CERTAINTY AT A DIRE TIME FOR THIS DISTRICT. 
          FURTHERMORE, THE INACTION ALSO TODAY ALSO BLOCKS HOUSING IN A TRANSIT RICH CENTRAL PART OF THE CITY. 
          WE UNDERSTAND THAT TRADE OFFS ARE NECESSARY, THAT NOT EVERY PROJECT MOVES FORWARD SMOOTHLY OR AS IT FIRST IMAGINED. 
          BUT THIS NEEDLESS DELAY COMES AT TOO HIGH OF A COST FOR THE DISTRICT, FOR ALL THE PUBLIC SCHOOL FAMILIES IN AUSTIN. 
          FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO WON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN THE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE ROSEDALE, WE URGE THE URGE THE COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, JEFFREY BOWEN, UH, ALSO, UH, DISTRICT EIGHT, ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF A NC OH. 
          I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF MR. SIEGEL'S POSTPONEMENT REQUEST. 
          UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS TO HAVE THE, THE, UH, COURT BATTLE TAKEN CARE OF AND GET THAT DONE AS SWIFTLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO WE ARE HERE SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE POSTPONEMENT OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          HELLO, JORDY TELLO, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NINE. 
          I'M IN STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE POSTPONEMENT. 
          I THINK THAT NO NEIGHBORHOOD, NO DISTRICT SHOULD BE EXEMPT FROM ADDING HOUSING TO THE CITY. 
          I THINK THIS SETS A BAD EXAMPLE, THAT SOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOME DISTRICTS ARE MORE SPECIAL THAN OTHERS AND MORE WORTHY OF KEEPING WRAPPED IN AMBER. 
          INSTEAD OF ALLOWING EVERYWHERE TO GROW AND TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE NEW PEOPLE WE WANNA WELCOME INTO THE CITY. 
          THIS IS GONNA HURT A ISD, THIS DELAY, $26 MILLION SALE THAT IS GETTING DELAYED. 
          THAT MEANS THAT THE CUTS THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE TO STIPENDS, TO TEACHERS, IT COULD BE A LOT WORSE. 
          IT COULD BE A LOT MORE PAINFUL. 
          AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU, SOME OF YOU USED TO SERVE AS TEACHERS, AND I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT IN THE END YOU HAVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF A ISD IN MIND. 
          AND I 
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HOPE THAT YOU CARE ABOUT ADDING HOUSING AND ADDING PEOPLE TO A RICH AREA LIKE ROSEDALE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL ZONING SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN CALLED AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, MEMBERS YOU'VE HEARD, AS YOU'VE HEARD ALL OF THE SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN CALLED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE ZONING ITEM. 
          UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          LET ME, UM, I'M GOING TO CALL ON SPEAKER, SO IF YOU WANNA SPEAK, UH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CADRY. 
          THEN COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'LL SPEAK ON ITEM 76 AND REALLY WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO TESTIFIED TODAY, BOTH FOR AND AGAINST POSTPONEMENT. 
          AND I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THIS, THIS POSTPONEMENT TO SEPARATE SEPTEMBER 10TH AND WANNA EXPLAIN TO THE COMMUNITY WHY WE ARE TAKING THIS ACTION. 
          UM, I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL OF COUNCIL. 
          WE REALLY DO EMPATHIZE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ITS FINANCIAL SITUATION AND HOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OLD ROSEDALE SITE, UH, FOR HOUSING WILL MAKE A VERY POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE, TO THE DISTRICT'S CASH FLOW. 
          AND I ALSO THINK I SPEAK FOR COUNCIL WHEN WE SAY WE DO INTEND TO BUILD HOUSING THERE. 
          UM, BUT THE REASON FOR POSTPONEMENT IS A RECOGNITION OF THE VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEIGHBOR THE OLD SCHOOL, WHO HAVE HAD TO FACE THE TWIN BURDENS OF BEING SUED BY THE DISTRICT IN DISTRICT COURT HERE IN TRAVIS COUNTY. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HAVE TO NEGOTIATE A ZONING CASE THAT DOES IMPACT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          NOW, ALMOST 200 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE HAD TO FIND LAWYERS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE COURT PROCESS, AND THAT DOES TAKE A LOT OUT OF THEM. 
          AND GIVEN THAT BURDEN, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, IT'S VERY HARD FOR THEM TO SIT DOWN WITH THE DEVELOPER AND NEGOTIATE SETBACKS AND DRAINAGE AND TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO PART OF THIS POSTPONEMENT IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TUFT SITUATION FOR THE NEIGHBORS, BUT THE MAIN GOAL IS TO ALLOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SIT DOWN AND NEGOTIATE A WIN-WIN SITUATION. 
          A SITU, UH, A SOLUTION THAT BUILDS HOUSING AND GENERATES REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT, BUT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT FRANKLY, THE DISTRICT MAY NOT WIN THE RIGHT TO BUILD WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO COUNCIL. 
          TODAY, THE TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT IS SET TO DECIDE THAT ISSUE, THIS LAND USE RIGHTS ISSUE, EITHER IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER. 
          AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT IN THE INTERVENING TIME, THE NEIGHBORS IN THE DISTRICT WILL SIT DOWN AND WORK SOMETHING OUT, OUT OF COURT BEFORE ANY HEARINGS THIS FALL. 
          AND I'VE SPOKEN TO THE ATTORNEY FOR MANY OF THE NEIGHBORS, RENEE HICKS. 
          HE SAID HE'S READY TO DO THAT. 
          I'VE SPOKEN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, MR. SEGURA. 
          HE SAID HE'S WILLING TO DO THAT. 
          AND WITH THIS POSTPONEMENT, WE'VE GIVEN THEM A COUPLE MONTHS TO WORK IT OUT. 
          AND I ALSO SAY THAT COUNSEL DID ADOPT A MISSING MIDDLE RESOLUTION. 
          AND I'VE HEARD FROM SOME ROSEDALE NEIGHBORS, THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE MISSING MIDDLE STYLE DEVELOPMENT. 
          OF COURSE, AS COUNCIL, WE CAN'T PREDETERMINE OR DICTATE THE EXACT TYPE OF PROJECT, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE DISTRICT AND THE NEIGHBORS COULD MEET IN THE MIDDLE. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          WE'LL SAY COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, SPEAKING ON ITEM 66, I JUST REALLY WANNA THANK ALL THE SPEAKERS, UH, THAT WERE HERE TODAY. 
          I KNOW THE NEIGHBORS AND THE APPLICANT HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS PROJECT, AND I, AND I WANT TO, BUT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT A VOICE THAT WE UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T HEAR FROM TODAY, AND THAT'S THE NEIGHBORS THAT WILL CALL THIS PROJECT HOME. 
          TIME AND TIME AGAIN, I HEAR FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO FIND A PLACE THEY CAN AFFORD WHILE BEING AN ARTIST TO STUDENT, A, A WAITER OR JUST A PARENT. 
          BUT I ALSO HEAR HOW STRONGLY PEOPLE WANT BETTER TRANSIT AND BETTER ACCESS TO TRANSIT. 
          WHAT I SEE WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR WORKING FAMILIES TO CALL TRAVIS HEIGHTS SOUTH CONGRESS AND DISTRICT NINE HOME. 
          WE'VE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM WORKERS ON SOUTH CONGRESS TODAY WHO WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS HOME. 
          IT REMINDS ME OF THE FIGHTS. 
          AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES AND LOW INCOME FOLKS HAD TO HAVE TO SEE KATIE LOFTS BUILT IN HANCOCK, WHICH IS, WHICH IS ALSO IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          SO I'M PROUD OF THE COLLABORATION AND MODIFICATIONS MADE WITH THAT PROJECT BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND THE PROPERTY. 
          AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT KIND OF COLLABORATION AND SUCCESS CAN CONTINUE HERE, UH, AT, AT, UH, IN TRAVIS HEIGHTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ AND THE MAYOR PRO TIM. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          ON ITEM 66. 
          I'M PROUD TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT DELIVERS 64 INCOME, RESTRICTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND AN ONSITE PRE-K JUST ONE BLOCK OFF SOUTH CONGRESS AND WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF TWO A ISD SCHOOLS. 
          TWO WEEKS AGO, WE VOTED TO DISMANTLE SOME OF THE EXCLUSIVITY THAT PUSHED DISPLACEMENT AND GENTRIFICATION ONTO THE EASTERN CRESCENT WHILE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS WERE, UH, INSULATED FROM GROWTH. 
          I , I SAID, WE MUST BE WILLING TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN EVERY PART OF AUSTIN. 
          THIS IS PART OF WHAT THAT COMMITMENT LOOKS LIKE REGARDING ITEM 60 SE UH, 76. 
          AS A PRODUCT OF ALLIS D SCHOOLS IN A LONG TIME, ISD ADVOCATE, I RELUCTANTLY SUPPORT THIS POSTPONEMENT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO HINDER AIS D'S ABILITY SU TO SUSTAIN ITSELF. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TEACHER AND STAFF JOBS THAT ARE IN THE BALANCE WITH THIS POSTPONEMENT AND I DO NOT INTEND TO DO IT AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TIM. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I, I ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ'S COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO THE SITUATION OF, UH, A ISD. 
          UH, I 
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WANNA HELP THE DISTRICT AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          THEY'RE IN A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION AND, UH, WE NEED TO, TO HELP THEM OUT. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. 
          UH, THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE 8 0 3. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ROSEDALE PROJECT. 
          IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE 8 0 3 1 OF THE CITY'S, UH, RAPID TRANSIT LINES. 
          IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE 8 0 1 AND THAT RUNS ON NORTH AND MAR JUST A LITTLE BIT DOWN THE WAY. 
          UH, IT'S NOT FAR FROM WHERE THE LIGHT RAIL WILL RUN AT SOME POINT, UH, CLOSE TO THE UNIVERSITY. 
          LOTS OF GREAT SHOPS, UH, ALL ALONG THAT ENTIRE AREA. 
          UH, THIS IS JUST A GREAT PLACE FOR HOUSING. 
          UH, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTO WEST AUSTIN, UH, WHICH WE HAVE A REAL HARD TIME DOING. 
          SO, UH, WHEN IT DOES EVENTUALLY COME BACK TO THE DIOCESE, UH, IT HAS MY STRONG SUPPORT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR TIM. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS IT WAS READ AND AMENDED. 
          ANYONE WISHING TO ABSTAIN FROM A VOTE ON ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANYONE WISHING TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM A VOTE ON ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ANYONE WISHING TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO ON ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? VERY GOOD. 
          WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED. 
          MEMBERS THAT WILL TAKE US TO 
          [56. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to create new zoning districts for a citywide density bonus program that will allow additional height, including more than 30 feet above the base zoning height, modify uses, site development regulations, and compatibility, in exchange for providing affordable housing and other community benefits; will apply to commercial and multifamily base zones; and will replace Density Bonus 90 (DB90) combining district and Vertical Mixed Use (V) building/overlay (VMU). Funding: This item has no fiscal impact.]
ITEM NUMBER 56. 
          UH, ITEM NUMBER 56 IS THE PART OF THAT IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 56. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND I WILL, UH, TURN TO THE CITY CLERK. 
          ITEM 56. 
          IN PERSON WE HAVE JACQUELINE DUDLEY, AUDREY ANO, ALEXANDER MILES, REED GORDON, JORDAN COOK, MARIAN SANCHEZ, ADRIAN MACIAS, SUSAN ALMANZA, BIANCA GUERRERO, CARLOS PINON, MADDIE GUTIERREZ. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT OF ME. 
          YES. 
          IF YOUR NAME'S BEEN CALLED, UH, COME UP AND GRAB A SEAT. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. 
          JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. 
          SURE. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR WATSON. 
          MAYOR PROAM VELA AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME'S JACQUELINE DUDLEY. 
          I'M THE ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE LEADER AT BECK. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          AND I'VE BEEN WORKING IN AUSTIN FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS. 
          I'M CURRENTLY ALSO THE BOARD CHAIR OF THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL OF AUSTIN. 
          AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF NEARLY 2000 OF OUR MEMBERS OF THE REAL COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS R RICO'S SUPPORT FOR ITEM 56, A CITYWIDE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. 
          R RICO TRULY APPRECIATES THE WORK OF CITY STAFF TO CREATE A NEW AND PREDICTABLE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM THAT APPLIES CITYWIDE. 
          THE PROPOSED PROGRAM PROVIDES MORE FLEXIBILITY AND CERTAINTY AND THROUGH THIS BROAD RANGE OF HEIGHTS AND SIMPLIFIED AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS, THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS OF A DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM IS ITS WIDE USAGE PERIOD, MAKING IT EASIER TO USE, ENSURES THAT MORE HOUSING PROJECTS GET BUILT, WHICH MEANS GREATER SUPPLY AND MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS, AS WELL AS TAX REVENUE TO FUND IMPORTANT CITY SERVICES. 
          TO ENSURE THIS PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHES ITS MAIN GOAL OF PROVIDING MORE AFFORDABILITY, RIKA RECOMMENDS THE ADDITION OF A FEE AND LIE OPTION THAT ALLOWS BUILDERS TO CONTRIBUTE MEANINGFUL DOLLARS INTO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND INSTEAD OF BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ON SITE. 
          THIS FLEXIBLE OPTION WILL ALLOW FOR MORE CONSTRUCTION OF MORE DENSITY BONUS PROJECTS AND WILL THEN ALLOW THE CITY TO INTENTIONALLY USE THOSE FUNDS TO DEEPLY FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND PROVIDE HOUSING FOR THE AUSTINITES THAT REALLY TRULY NEED IT MOST. 
          A BROAD COALITION THAT INCLUDES ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, HOUSING ADVOCACY, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAVE EXPRESSED SUPPORT OF A FEE AND LIE OPTION FOR THESE REASONS. 
          THANK YOU SPEAKER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, MY NAME IS ALEC MILES AND I WORK IN COMMERCIAL INTERIORS AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT HERE IN AUSTIN, HELPING DEVELOPERS, ARCHITECTS, CONTRACTORS, BROKERS, AND PROJECT TEAMS MOVE PROJECTS FROM IDEAS TO REALITY. 
          AND ONE THING I'VE LEARNED QUICKLY IS THAT UNCERTAINTY KILLS PROJECTS LONG BEFORE CONSTRUCTION EVER BEGINS. 
          AND IF WE'RE BEING HONEST, UH, UNCERTAINTY KILLS A LOT. 
          WHEN TIMELINES ARE UNPREDICTABLE, ENTITLEMENT PATHS ARE UNCLEAR OR PROGRAMS BECOME TOO DIFFICULT FOR TEAMS TO REALISTICALLY USE PROJECTS SLOW DOWN BUDGETS TIGHTEN AND OPPORTUNITIES STOP MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND WHEN PROJECTS STOP, PEOPLE STOP. 
          CONSTRUCTION CREWS LOSE WORK. 
          BUSINESSES WAIT LONGER FOR CUSTOMERS, HOUSING 
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TAKES LONGER TO COME ONLINE, AND THE PEOPLE TRYING HARDEST TO STAY IN AUSTIN GET PUSHED FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE CITY. 
          THEY KEEP RENTING. 
          WHEN THAT HAPPENS, AUSTIN LOSES MORE THAN BUILDINGS. 
          WE LOSE HOUSING SUPPLY, WE LOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR WORKFORCE AND WE LOSE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE TAX REVENUES THAT SUPPORT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, PARKS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT MAKE AUSTIN GREAT. 
          WHAT I APPRECIATE MOST ABOUT THE PROPOSED CITYWIDE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM IS THAT IT CREATES GREATER PREDICTABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY. 
          IT GIVES OUR PROJECT TEAMS CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT CAN ACTUALLY BE BUILT AND HOW WE CAN MOVE THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD. 
          'CAUSE THE SOONER SPACES COME ONLINE, THE SOONER PEOPLE CAN MOVE INTO THEM, WORK IN THEM, AND SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES AROUND THEM AND BEGIN GENERATING VALUE BACK INTO THE CITY ITSELF. 
          THAT FLOW MATTERS AND I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING WE REASONABLY CAN TO KEEP THAT PROCESS CLEAR, FUNCTIONAL, AND MOVING RESPONSIBLY FORWARD. 
          AUSTIN IS STILL GROWING AND I LOVE THAT PEOPLE WANNA LIVE HERE. 
          THEY WANNA WORK HERE AND THEY WANNA BUILD HERE. 
          AND THAT'S MAGIC. 
          THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          CONTINUING ON ITEM 56, WE HAVE VALERIE MENARD, PEDRO HERNANDEZ, ALEXANDRA BOONE, CATHERINE SASSER, DAVID WEINBERG, MATTHEW ST. 
          GERMAINE HARRISON HUDSON, MACKENZIE COMER. 
          GREG ANDERSON. 
          BETSY GREENBERG WITH TIME DONATED FROM BARBARA MACARTHUR. 
          ARE THEY PRESENT? THEY ARE. 
          YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES, MS. GREENBERG. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS BETSY GREENBERG AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. 
          I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT THE PROPOSED CITYWIDE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM BEFORE. 
          IN CASE YOU DON'T MEMORIZE WHAT I SAID, I'LL REMIND YOU THAT BEFORE TAKING TESTIMONY ABOUT ACACIA CLIFF ZONING CASE, LAST MAY, MAYOR WATSON MENTIONED THAT DB 90 HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY UNHAPPY EXPERIENCE, HAS CREATED SIGNIFICANT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES DIVISION IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING SOME PEOPLE FEEL HELPLESS. 
          HE COMMITTED TO A RESOLUTION WHICH HAPPENED DIRECTING STAFF TO FIX THE PROBLEM. 
          THE STAFF PROPOSAL DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. 
          INSTEAD OF WORKING TO AVOID DISPLACEMENT AND THE LOSS OF EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE NEW PRO PROPOSAL IS FOCUSED ON GIVING DEVELOPERS MORE OPTIONS, ALLOWING A HEIGHT OF 1545 AND 60 FEET. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE 30 FOOT OPTION ALLOWED BY DB 90, THE PLANNING COMMISSION EVEN RECOMMENDED ADDING MORE LEVELS UP TO 190 FOOT BONUS. 
          AT MOST 20% OF NEWLY CONSTRUCTED UNITS NEED TO BE INCOME RESTRICTED. 
          IN THE ACACIA CLIFFS EXAMPLE, LESS THAN HALF OF THE EXISTING NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WOULD BE REPLACED WITH INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS. 
          THIS CODE CHANGE IS NOT READY FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS POSTED WITH MULTIPLE SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS THAT GOT POSTED YESTERDAY AND YOU PASSED A RESOLUTION TO HAVE A STAKEHOLDER PROCESS WITH THE GOAL OF REVISING FOUR 18, THUS ALTERING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR USING THE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. 
          VERY QUICKLY ON THOSE ITEMS, I DON'T AGREE WITH THE PC RECOMMENDATION, ALLOWING FOR SIGNIFICANTLY MORE HEIGHT. 
          THE RATIONALE THAT A 90 FOOT HEIGHT BONUS, UM, WOULD ELIMINATE THE CONTINUED USE OF L-I-P-D-A ZONING IS AS MUCH OF A FANTASY AS THE RATIONALE THAT VM U2 AND DB 90 WOULD END THE USE OF MF SIX. 
          I ALSO DON'T AGREE THAT ALLOWING MORE USE OF FEE IN LIEU THAT OPTION LOWERS COSTS FOR DEVELOPERS AND FAILS TO DELIVER ONSITE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          THE VELA AMENDMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP DEVELOPERS AND DO NOTHING TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT. 
          THE DRAFT ALSO DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY PROHIBIT THE USE OF CITYWIDE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS IN LOCATIONS WITH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS SUCH AS ETA OR UNO. 
          PLEASE POSTPONE THIS ITEM. 
          WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN ALSO MAKE THE CHANGES TO SECTION FOUR 18 THAT WERE DESCRIBED IN ITEM 80 THAT YOU PASSED EARLIER TODAY. 
          PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO GET THIS RIGHT. 
          SO WE DON'T NEED TO SEE CITYWIDE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM PHASE TWO IN A FEW MONTHS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONTINUE. 
          ON ITEM 56, WE HAVE CHRIS PAGE, WILLIAM BUNCH, PATTY SPRINKLE, ERIC P, BRAD MASSENGILL, VICTORIA FINN, TONO VASQUEZ, FRANCIS UNA, PETER HUNT, MEGAN MEISENBACH, SENOIA JOSEPH, BRAD STEIN, KATIE CAM. 
          ALL NAMES HAVE BEEN CALLED ON ITEM 56, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THOSE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          OH, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
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HI, I'M, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I'M FAST OR YOU WERE SLOW. 
          HOW I WAS IT WAS RAINING. 
          YOU KNOW, I BARELY GOT HERE. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          UM, I'M BRAD STEIN. 
          I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE ITEM FOR THE, UM, CITYWIDE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. 
          UM, I'M A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER HERE IN AUSTIN. 
          WE'VE AVAILED OUR SALES OF THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM IN THE PAST, AS WELL AS OTHER DENSITY ORIENTED BONUSES SUCH AS, UM, DB 90, VM U2. 
          UM, AND SO I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF, UH, THE CITYWIDE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME REALITIES, UM, THAT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT HERE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNCIL THAT I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REALITIES IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS ARE VERY AWARE OF THIS, UM, BALANCE. 
          I WOULD SAY THIS TRADE THAT GOES ON WITH INCREASED DENSITY OR HEIGHT AND AFFORDABILITY ON THE OTHER HAND. 
          AND THIS, UM, PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY YEARS. 
          UM, I THINK IT BENEFITS DEVELOPERS, IT BENEFITS THE CITY. 
          UM, AND SO THE OTHER REALITY IS WHERE THE MARKET IS TODAY, UM, I THINK IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE TO US THAT, UM, WE DON'T SEE THE CRANES IN THE SKY AND WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF, UM, NEW PROJECTS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO IS AS THE DEVELOPER, UM, US WANTING TO PUT ADDITIONAL, UM, HOUSING UNITS ON THE GROUND. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS CONSISTENCY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, A, A PROGRAM THAT EVERYBODY, UM, CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND BOTH FROM THE DEVELOPER STANDPOINT AND KIND OF THE EQUITY BACKING STANDPOINT. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE CAPITAL THAT COMES IN TO SUPPORT THESE PROJECTS, THAT BUILDS, UM, DENSITY AND HOUSING UNITS, THE CAPITAL IS MOSTLY FROM OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN. 
          UM, SO THE, YOU KNOW, THE CAPITAL WANTS TO KNOW, UM, NUMBER ONE, YOU KNOW, DOES OUR CITY MANAGEMENT, DOES OUR CITY STAFF, UM, AND OUR CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT, UM, DENSITY. 
          AND I REALLY COMMEND THIS COUNCIL FOR HAVING SUPPORTED, UM, DENSITY. 
          AND THE SECOND THING, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, EQUITY WANTS TO KNOW IS DO I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE? AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES THAT UNDERSTANDING. 
          THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YEP. 
          APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE IN THE RAIN. 
          ALL SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN CALLED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL THE SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN CALLED ON ITEM NUMBER 56. 
          SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 56. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION. 
          THE MOTION WOULD BE FOR ADOPTION OF THE STAFF VERSION NUMBER TWO OF THE ITEM, THE MOTIONS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL. 
          IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, CADRE MEMBERS. 
          WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE MAIN MOTION. 
          THE ORDER I'M GOING TO GO IN, UH, TO TAKE UP THOSE AMENDMENTS IS THE FOLLOWING. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO GET THEM IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, THE FIRST AMENDMENT THAT WE'LL TAKE UP WILL BE THE ONE THAT I'M OFFERING. 
          UH, WE WILL THEN TAKE UP COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER'S AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER'S AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, THEN CADRE, PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, THEN MAYOR PRO TEM, PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE AND MAYOR PRO TEM PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, THAT'S THE ORDER. 
          I'LL, I'LL TAKE THESE IN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THE FIRST MOTION, UH, TO AMEND IS, UH, LABELED MAYOR KIRK WATSON. 
          MOTION NUMBER MOTION SHEET NUMBER ONE MAY, MAY 21ST, 2026. 
          COUNCIL MEETING. 
          ITEM 56. 
          UH, IT MAKES A CHANGE IN THE HEIGHT LIMITS, UH, IN, UH, IT SAYS UNDER PART C HEIGHT LIMITS ANY STRUCTURE THAT'S LOCATED LESS THAN 50 FEET FROM ANY PART OF A TRIGGERING PROPERTY MAY NOT EXCEED 60 FEET. 
          AND THEN IT ADDS A PART TWO. 
          ANY STRUCTURE THAT IS LOCATED LESS THAN 75 FEET FROM ANY PART OF A TRIGGERING PROPERTY MAY NOT EXCEED 120 FEET. 
          WHAT THIS AMENDMENT WILL DO IS IT'LL CHANGE THE COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS FROM THE STAFF PROPOSAL TO THE DB EO STANDARDS. 
          THE STAFF PROPOSED COMPATIBILITY RESTRICTIONS, UH, MIRROR THE ORIGINAL DB 90 DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM. 
          THE COMPATIBILITY AND DB 90 PROGRAM PROVED TO, IN MY OPINION, TO BE OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH THE GOAL OF INTEGRATING DENSER DEVELOPMENTS INTO RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITH REASONABLE IMPACT. 
          ALIGNING THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE CITYWIDE DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM WITH DBE TODD WILL STANDARDIZE COMPATIBILITY FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN BONUS PROGRAMS. AND I WOULD MOVE APPROVAL OF WATSON AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO ITEM 56. 
          IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ. 
          IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO WATSON? MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE, HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION, WATSON. 
          MOTION TO AMEND. 
          UH, ITEM NUMBER 56, UH, MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE OF ITEM 56 IS ADOPTED. 
          THAT WILL TAKE US NOW TO ALTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. 
          WHAT I'M REFERRING TO AS THAT, JUST FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY, IS THE MOTION 
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SHEET THAT'S LABELED MOTION SHEET ADD FEE IN LIEU FOR RENTAL UNITS, UH, SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF THEM. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER YOU'RE RECOGNIZED ON YOUR PROPOSED MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WELL AS TITLED, THIS ALLOWS FOR A FEE IN LIE OPTION, UH, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUCCESS OF FEE AND LIEV FROM THINGS LIKE THE DOWNTOWN DENSITY BONUS PROGRAMS AND HOW THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE REALLY WELL UTILIZED IN CREATING VERY, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, THIS IS GONNA BE A TOOL THAT I THINK WILL ALLOW THOSE DOLLARS TO BE USED TO CREATE THE GREATEST BENEFIT. 
          AND I WOULD MOVE ADOPTION COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER MOVES ADOPTION OF ALTER PROPOSED MOTION TO AMEND ITEM 56. 
          NUMBER ONE, IT IS SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO. 
          TIM, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE? UH, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER DUCH, I JUST, OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH. 
          UM, UH, HEARING NONE, UH, ALTER MOTION TO, WITHOUT OBJECTION, ALTER MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE FOR ITEM NUMBER 56 IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN BEING SHOWN VOTING NO. 
          THAT WILL TAKE US TO ALTER PROPOSAL NUMBER. 
          MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER TWO TO ITEM NUMBER 56. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 
          UH, I'LL MOVE TO AMEND WITH ALTER NUMBER TWO AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED ON YOUR MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER TWO FOR ITEM 56. 
          SO WHAT THIS IS GONNA DO IS AS PART OF THE WORK THAT, UH, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE IS HOPING GETS DONE, AND I APPRECIATE, UH, THE AMENDMENT HE'S ABOUT TO OFFER. 
          WE WANT TO HAVE STAFF STUDY HOW WE CAN USE THE FEE AND LIE DOLLARS TO GET MORE 30% UNITS. 
          WE HAVE SEEN IN THE BLUEPRINT THAT THAT IS THE AREA OF BIGGEST NEED OF THE CITY. 
          UH, BUT WE ARE NOT GETTING THOSE UNITS BUILT. 
          AND SO, UH, MY MESSAGE HERE FOR STAFF AS THEY'RE WORKING ON THIS IS, THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HOW WE CAN USE FEE AND LIE DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THE 30% UNITS THAT WE'RE KIND OF ALREADY GETTING. 
          THIS IS TO CHANGE DEVELOPER BEHAVIOR WHERE YOU HAD A DEVELOPMENT THAT MIGHT'VE HAD 10%, 30 10% OF THE UNITS BE AT 30 AND, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER 30% AT 50, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT 20 OR 30% AT THAT 30% LEVEL? WHAT KINDS OF REQUIREMENTS OR INCENTIVES DO WE NEED TO DRILL, UH, INCENTIVIZE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN? AND SO, UH, WITH THAT, I WOULD MOVE ADOPTION COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER MOVES, ADOPTION OF ALTER PROPOSAL, UH, PROPOSAL TO AMEND NUMBER TWO FOR ITEM NUMBER 56. 
          IT IS SECONDED BY THE MAYOR PRO TIM. 
          IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ALTER MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER TWO FOR ITEM NUMBER 56? HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION, ALTER MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER TWO FOR ITEM 56 IS ADOPTED WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN BEING SHOWN VOTING NO MEMBERS THAT WILL TAKE US TO CADRE MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE TO ITEM NUMBER 56. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR PROPOSAL TO AMEND ITEM NUMBER 56. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, THIS AMENDMENT DIRECTS STAFF TO LOOK CLOSELY AT FEE, THE FEE IN LIEU OPTION AS IT RELATES TO OUR AUSTIN HOUSING STRATEGIC BLUEPRINT BLUEPRINT GOALS. 
          AMONG OTHER THINGS, UH, IN OUR COUNCIL, Q AND A STAFF HAS PROVIDED SOME DATA TO SHOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR ONSITE DENSITY BONUS UNITS CONTRIBUTION TO OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING GOALS THUS FAR. 
          AND I WANNA NOTE THAT WE HAVE TO REMOVE UN UH, UN UNO UNITS FROM THE D NINE NUMBERS SINCE IT'S, IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL. 
          UH, AND I ALSO, WE JUST WANT TO ADD, I'M ALSO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT COUNCILOR ALTER'S AMENDMENT ON FEE IN LIE LANGUAGE. 
          UH, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO THOUGHTFULLY AND INTENTIONALLY REVIEW THIS POLICY OPTION TO GET RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FROM OUR EXPERT STAFF MEMBERS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE MOVES TO AMEND ITEM NUMBER 56 WITH CADRE. 
          MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          UH, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VELASQUEZ. 
          IS THERE DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO CADRE? MOTION TO AMEND ITEM 56 WITH CADRE? MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE. 
          HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION CADRE. 
          MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN BEING COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN BEING SHOWN VOTING. 
          YES. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          ALRIGHT, SO, UM, WELL, AND COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN VOTED FOR IT. 
          YEAH, SO APPRECIATE, SO I MOVE TO RECONSIDER. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          . 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL. 
          UM, SO COUNCIL MEMBER CADRE'S MOTION TO AMEND ITEM NUMBER 56 IS ADOPTED. 
          UM, THAT WILL TAKE US TO THE MAYOR PRO TEMS, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM VELAS. 
          UM, PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO ITEM NUMBER 56. 
          UH, IT IS LABELED ITEM 56, CITYWIDE DENSITY BONUS PROVIDE A DENSITY BONUS HEIGHT AT 250 FEET RATHER THAN 105 FEET. 
          UH, SO WE WANT TO GET IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          COUNT, UH, MAYOR PRO, TIM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I HAVE, UH, AN AMENDMENT, UH, 
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WITH REGARD TO THE DIFFERENT HEIGHT LEVELS THAT WE, UH, LAY OUT. 
          UH, WHAT THE AMENDMENT ESSENTIALLY DOES IS IT ADDS A, UH, A DBC ONE 90, WHICH, UH, IT'S ALSO LIMITS THE HEIGHT OF, UH, THE DBC ONE 90 ONLY TO COMMERCIAL SERVICE, CS AND CS ONE PROPERTIES. 
          THOSE ARE 60 FEET. 
          UH, SO THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR UP TO A 200, UH, 50 FOOT, UH, BUILDING. 
          UH, THE, THE, THE THINKING BEHIND THIS IS THAT, AND LET ME SPEAK FROM THE DISTRICT FOUR, UH, EXPERIENCE. 
          FIRST, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CASES INVOLVING REQUESTS FOR, UH, UP TO 250 FEET OF HEIGHT. 
          THE ANDERSON SQUARE THERE ON THE CORNER OF KIND OF ANDERSON AND, AND LAMAR. 
          UH, WE WENT, UH, 250 FEET, UH, IN HEIGHT. 
          WE'VE HAD, UH, MULTIPLE OTHER REQUESTS. 
          I DISTRIBUTED A LIST AND, AND POSTED IN THE BACKUP WHERE, UH, THEY'VE REALLY BEEN ALL OVER TOWN, UH, WHERE WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, 180, UH, 200 DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF, UH, AND RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THAT FOLKS ARE GETTING TO THOSE HEIGHTS IS THEY'RE USING THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND THEN A-A-A-P-D-A OR A COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY ZONING, UH, AND A-A-P-D-A. 
          UM, AND THE, THE PROBLEM WITH THOSE TWO TYPES OF ZONINGS IS THEY DON'T HAVE ANY AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          UM, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, A TENANT PROTECTIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ROLLED INTO THAT WE'VE, I THINK, VERY THOUGHTFULLY AND CAREFULLY ROLLED INTO, UH, THIS WHOLE KIND OF DENSITY BONUS REWRITE ARE MISSING FROM THOSE. 
          AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, THE, THE BIGGEST PROJECTS THAT WE'RE, UH, PERMITTING. 
          WE, FROM THE DISTRICT FOUR PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE, UH, GOTTEN RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. 
          UH, AS PART OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS, AS THEY'VE MOVED THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES HAVE COME TOGETHER WITH THE DEVELOPERS TO TRY TO KIND OF RECREATE, UH, THE, THE KIND OF NORMAL, UH, BENEFITS, THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT WE, UH, WOULD ASK FROM A DEVELOPER WHEN THEY'RE ASKING FOR THAT KIND OF HEIGHT. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN GOING ON THOUGH. 
          CITYWIDE AND I, I I JUST WANT TO GET AWAY FROM THIS KIND OF AD HOC, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY ASK, WE'LL GIVE THEM AFFORDABILITY. 
          IF THEY ASK, WE'LL GIVE THEM KIND OF THE IMPROVED SIDEWALKS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          AND I WANNA REALLY BAKE IT IN, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS THAT, UH, THAT NEIGHBORS DESERVE WHEN, UH, WE HAVE THESE PROJECTS, UH, MOVED THROUGH. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M, UH, OFFERING THAT AMENDMENT. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, I'M, THIS IS LIMITED. 
          THE, THE, THE BASE ZONING. 
          IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR, UM, COMMERCIAL, UH, SERVICES, UH, CS AND CS ONE, UH, TYPE, UH, PROPERTIES. 
          MAYOR PRO TIM MOVES ADOPTION OF VELA AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO ITEM NUMBER 56. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? COUNCIL MEMBER CODRE SECONDS. 
          THE MOTION DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM ITEM IN THAT CASE. 
          UM, FOR THOSE THAT WERE VOTING ON THE MAYOR PRO, TIM'S MOTION TO AMEND NUMBER ONE AS HE JUST DESCRIBED IT. 
          THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO AMEND, RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          2, 3, 4, 5. 
          THOSE OPPOSED, RAISE YOUR HAND THERE BEING FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR. 
          FOUR VOTES OPPOSED, AND TWO, ABSENT. 
          UH, THE MOTION TO AMEND ITEM NUMBER 56 VELA AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE FAILS. 
          THAT TAKES US TO VELA AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, MAYOR, JUST PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY. 
          SURE. 
          DO WE NEED SIX VOTES TO PASS AN AMENDMENT? YES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY TO PASS IT. 
          A MAJORITY OF, UH, OF THE COUNCIL REGARD, NOT THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SURE THING. 
          MAYOR PROAM, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED ON YOUR PROPOSED AMENDMENT. 
          NUMBER TWO, AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO WOULD BUILD IN A WAIVER TO THE, UH, COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          THAT IS WHAT WE DO ALREADY WITH OUR KIND OF BASELINE COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          WE ALLOW FOR, UH, A WAIVER. 
          UH, AGAIN, THERE'S MANY TIMES WHEN WE DON'T WANNA WAIVE COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          THERE MAY BE A NUMBER OF TIMES WHEN WE DO WANNA WAIVE, UH, COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
          AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE, THE MAYOR'S, UH, AMENDMENT, UH, SETTING OUT THOSE, UH, GUIDELINES ON COMPATIBILITY. 
          UH, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT, UH, THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE WE DO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ALLOW THEM THAT EXTRA SPACE AND THAT EXTRA HEIGHT, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO DO THAT. 
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UH, SO I WOULD, UH, PROPOSE, UH, MY AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, COUNCIL MEMBER AMERIPRO TIM VELA MOVES A AMENDMENT TO ITEM NUMBER 56 LABELED MAYOR PRO TEM VELA AMENDMENT TWO. 
          IT IS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SIEGEL DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO VELA PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO ITEM NUMBER 56. 
          HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          UM, IVE A AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. 
          THAT WAS A VERY AGGRESSIVE, UH, QUIET NO. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          MEAN HE HE MAY HAVE HURT HIMSELF. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          UM, VELA AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS THE ITEM NUMBER 56 IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN BEING SHOWN VIGOROUSLY OPPOSED. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU TAKE A GOOD JOKE, BY THE WAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          , I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD DUSTED THAT THING OFF RIGHT IN 56. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT, MEMBERS, THAT WILL NOW TAKE US BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION. 
          I THINK WE'RE ALL GETTING A LITTLE PUNCHY, UM, TAKE. 
          THAT'LL TAKE US BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION, AND THIS IS TO ADOPT ITEM NUMBER 56. 
          AS IT'S BEEN AMENDED BY THE VARIOUS AMENDMENTS. 
          UM, THE VOTE WILL BE ON THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED? COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN, FINALLY MY TIME TO SHINE  SEVEN 40. 
          YEAH, IF YOU SEE ME STANDING. 
          SO, LOOK, THIS IS CLEARLY DESIGNED TO SOLVE A CITY PROBLEM. 
          AND, AND I SUPPOSE ALSO TO, UM, SUPPORT CERTAIN KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND IF I'M GONNA CHANNEL THE MAYOR FOR A MOMENT, WE PASSED THIS, AND IT'S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL DAY TO BE A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. 
          UH, I THINK WE'RE ALL AWARE THINGS WERE TOUGH FOR SIX MONTHS. 
          CAPITAL WAS GETTING A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE. 
          UH, SO WAS THE PRICE OF CONCRETE AND STEEL AND WORST OF ALL HOME PRICES WE'RE FINALLY GOING DOWN. 
          BUT THANK GOODNESS WE'RE HERE TO COME IN AND RESCUE OUR, OUR RENT SEEKERS IN THE FORM OF WHAT I'M ASSUMING ARE GONNA BE 250 FEET TOWERS, 105 FEET DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SO, LIKE I SAID, I, I GET THAT THIS IS HERE TO ADDRESS AN ISSUE, A POLICY ISSUE DUE TO SBA 40. 
          AND WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT WE STARTED WITH WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A FAIRLY SENSIBLE STAFF PROPOSAL THAT MORPHED INTO SOMETHING THAT I CAN BARELY MAKE SENSE OF. 
          WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? WHO ARE WE SERVING? IN WHAT WAY DOES INCREASING THE ECONOMIC RETURN AND THE BASE LAND VALUE OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SERVE THE VAST MAJORITY OF CONSTITUENTS? I'M SORRY THAT SBA 40 UNDERMINED THE EXPER OF UTILITY OF OUR DENSITY BONUS PROGRAM, DB 90. 
          BUT THIS RESPONSE JUST FEELS ABSURD TO ME. 
          THERE ARE SOME ASPECTS, THERE ARE A COUPLE ASPECTS THAT GIVE ME PAUSE. 
          ONE IS THE LEGAL CONTEXT. 
          UH, THIS CONVERSATION'S HAPPENING IN THE WAKE OF SB EIGHT 40. 
          WE KNOW THIS SPECIAL INTEREST LOBBY TO THE LEGISLATOR TO UNDERMINE DB NINETY'S EFFECTIVENESS. 
          THEY REMOVED ONE OF THE FEW TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT DOESN'T CANNIBALIZE EXISTING CHEAPER HOUSING, THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO USE BONDS, AND THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE INCREASED TAXES ON HOMEOWNERS OR RENTERS FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH. 
          MANY OF THOSE WHO PUT US IN THIS POSITION HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM WITH THE CAVEAT THAT MORE HEIGHT ENTITLEMENTS ARE GONNA SURELY SO SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS MORE. 
          THE NEXT THING IS THE RAPID PACE THAT GIVES ME PAUSE. 
          HOW WE CONSIDERED HOW THIS PROGRAM'S GONNA INTERACT WITH OUR EARLIER AND NASCENT DBE TODD ENTITLEMENTS. 
          I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY DEVELOPER WOULD EXCHANGE 12% AFFORDABILITY AT A FOR 120 FEET IF THEY CAN ACHIEVE TWO 50 FEET WITH A MERE 10%. 
          I'M AFRAID THAT THE EQUITY TRANSIT OVERLAY IS A DEAD LETTER. 
          WE ARE GONNA CANNIBALIZE OUR PREVIOUS CONCERN AND REPLACE IT WITH THE NEW ONE. 
          SO JUST AS UNDER DB 90, WE'RE GONNA CANNIBALIZE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WORKS FOR POTENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE CURRENTLY MANAGE. 
          THE SCOPE IS THE THIRD THING THAT GIVES ME PAUSE. 
          I WORRY THIS ENDEAVOR IGNORES LIKE A LOT OF OTHER EFFORTS THAT AVERSE OF OUR CITY. 
          I KNOW I'M A BROKEN RECORD ON THIS, BUT NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO LIVE IN MIXED USE APARTMENTS JAMMED UP AGAINST THEIR NEIGHBORS. 
          THE APPEAL OF THE CITY FOR MANY IS THE OPEN SPACE, THE CLEAR SKY, THE QUIET LEISURE, A PRIVATE LIFE. 
          AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT SUMMER, ARE ENJOYING THAT BOSTON LIVE IN AN URBAN PLAYGROUND FOR THE WELL-HEELED, I KNOW FROM TALKING TO MY 
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CONSTITUENTS, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST PREFER CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITIES WITH COMPACT SHARED COMMON SPACES. 
          EVEN THE CON THE COTTAGE COURT STUFF, THE MISSING MIDDLE, UH, YOU KNOW, IS SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 
          MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE WANT TO BUILD THEIR LIVES IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, AND I REALLY HOPE WE LET THEM AND DON'T SIMPLY CATER TO, UH, A CLASS OF ITINERANT INTER LOOPERS. 
          ALL I'M SEEING IS MORE OF THE SAME, WHETHER WE ARE BUILDING IT UNDER A POD OR USING VMU OR THE UPCOMING MX ZONING. 
          UH, OR NOW IT'S GONNA BE A MENU OF DENSITY BONUSES. 
          WE'RE ORDERING THE TEXAS DONUT BY THE DAY BY THE BAKER'S DOZEN. 
          AND I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SAY THIS, BUT WITH THIS POLICY, I'M STARTING TO THINK THAT TEXAS DONUT MIGHT BE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE PREFERRED OUTCOMES HERE. 
          THE BURDEN WE'RE PUTTING ON STAFF IS THE FOURTH THING THAT GIVES ME SOME PAUSE. 
          THIS IS A BUFFET OF ENTITLEMENTS THAT ISN'T PAIRED WITH INCREASING OBLIGATIONS. 
          THE DENSITY BASE, UH, TO DENSITY PLUS ONE 90 OFFERS THE EXACT SAME OBLIGATIONS AS DB BASE. 
          WE RELYING ON A PERCENTAGE OF SOMEWHAT AFFORDABLE UNITS TO UPSET, OFFSET THE INCREASES IN HEIGHT. 
          IT'S THE NEARBY RESIDENTS AND OCCASIONALLY THE FOLKS LIVING IN THE ORIGINAL BUILDING THAT ARE GONNA BEAR THE COST, WHAT WE'RE GIVING AWAY. 
          AND THAT'S ALL TO SAY IT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE DEVELOPER HAS INCREDIBLY LITTLE INCENTIVE TO STAY REASONABLE THAT'S GONNA LEAVE IT TO STAFF TO HAVE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS. 
          AND THEY'VE GOTTA HOLD A LINE AND NEGOTIATE AGAINST VERY MOTIVATED DEVELOPERS WHO ARE CLEARLY LOSING PATIENTS. 
          WITH OUR ATTEMPTS TO PRESERVE THE DIVERSITY OF RESIDENTIAL LIVING AND LIFESTYLE OPTIONS THAT WE'VE ENJOYED FOR DECADES, RATHER THAN FUNNELING PEOPLE INTO SOME KIND OF MIXED USE UTOPIA STAFF ARE GONNA BE TASKED WITH GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH DEVELOPERS TRYING TO PUT 250 FEET IN THE MIDDLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS UNTIL THEY GIVE UP OR SEND IT TO COUNCIL. 
          WHERE I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE OUTCOME IS GONNA BE AT THAT POINT. 
          'CAUSE OUR TRACK RECORD, THE DB 90, DOES NOT INSPIRE ME WITH A TON OF CONFIDENCE THAT WE'RE GONNA SIDE WITH NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          WHEN THAT HAPPENS. 
          BY MY ANALYSIS, WE DECLINED ONE OUT OF 60 DB 90 APPLICATIONS, AND THAT MAKES ME SUSPECT, SUSPECT THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GIVE AWAY THE STORE AND POTENTIALLY TRADE AWAY NEIGHBORS QUIET TO, TO CHASE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. 
          I THINK ALL THIS BOILS DOWN TO, AND FEELING LIKE WE'RE GETTING GOADED INTO A PANIC HERE, AND I WISH WE COULD BE A LITTLE CALMER. 
          THE ENTITLEMENTS LIKE THIS ARE BASICALLY A ONE WAY RATCHET. 
          AND WE KEEP OPENING UP MORE AND MORE OF THE CITY TO DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT MAY BE A DUBIOUS VALUE WHEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN RENTS ARE DOWN AND IMMIGRATION IS DOWN, AND LAND VALUES HAVE AT LEAST PLATEAUED, WE'VE LET OURSELVES GET CONVINCED THAT UNPRECEDENTED DEVELOPMENT IS STILL NEEDED, EVEN AS THIS ACUTE CRISIS MAY BE WELL BEHIND US. 
          AND I, AND I FULLY GET THAT, LIKE NATIONWIDE BROADER HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS A CRISIS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          BUT IT'S NOT A FIRE, IT'S NOT A FLOOD. 
          ANY TOOL WE IMPLEMENT WILL TAKE TIME AND IT'S GONNA LAG BEHIND THE MARKET. 
          IF THE LAST FIVE YEARS HAVE TAUGHT US, CERTAINLY ME ANYTHING, IT'S THAT WE CAN ONLY NAVIGATE MACROECONOMIC FORCES. 
          WE CAN'T CONTROL 'EM. 
          AND IF WE KEEP GIVING AWAY MORE AND MORE TO DEVELOPERS WHEN THE MARKET'S LOW, WE'LL BE SHOCKED BY WHAT WAS WHAT WE BASICALLY TRADED AWAY FOR NOTHING. 
          IF WE CHANGE OUR MINDS, IF WE HAVE NO GROUND TO CLAIM, WAIT, NEVERMIND, THESE BUILDINGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SMALLER DOWN THE LINE, UH, IT'LL BE TOO LATE. 
          WE'LL HAVE LOST OUR SKY. 
          AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT LAST NIGHT I WAS IN HOA MEETING, 40 PEOPLE. 
          THERE WAS REALLY NO APPETITE FROM WHAT I COULD TELL FOR ANY OF THESE CHANGES. 
          AND BEFORE AND AFTER THAT MEETING, I DROVE AROUND. 
          I LOOKED AROUND IN MY DISTRICT TO THE PLACES THAT HAVE THE NO AND GEO AND ELLO AND OTHER ZONING WHERE THE 105 FEET OR THE TWO 50 FEET, UH, DIRECTLY ABUTTED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          I TOOK SOME PHOTOS AND LIKE I JOKED, I THOUGHT REALLY HARD ABOUT A 40, 40 SLIDE DECK. 
          BUT THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE THIS ONE TIME MIGHT SPARE YOU GUYS. 
          BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T YET, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO LOOK AT YOUR DISTRICT ZONING, SEE HOW THIS POLICY INTERACTS WITH THE NO AND GO AND LO AND CS ZONING IN YOUR AREAS, IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH MORE HASTE THAN CAUTION. 
          AND WE CAN'T TAKE BACK SOMETHING THAT WENT A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR THE FIRST TIME WE TACKLED IT. 
          THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          APPRECIATE YOU. 
          UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER 56 AS AMENDED? HEARING NONE WITHOUT OBJECTION. 
          ITEM NUMBER 56 AS AMENDED IS ADOPTED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN BEING SHOWN VOTING NO MEMBERS. 
          THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 21ST, 2026. 
          SO WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:52 PM 
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GOOD WORK EVERYBODY.
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