* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:08] LET'S GO AHEAD AND START. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CONVENE THIS MEETING. UH, JUNE 4TH, 2020. UH, THIS IS THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAPPENING REMOTELY. UH, THE TIME IS 10 12. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ARE YOU THE, UH, WE HAVE A CHECK AND WE HAVE QUORUM. IS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR MADISON HERE? NO. WHAT ABOUT SHE IS ON SCREEN AND SHE HERE, CAN WE COME BACK? YES, UH, IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PART THAT COUNCIL HERE I'M HERE AND I CAN SEE THAT SHOW ON TV. SO I'M HERE. I COULDN'T HEAR YOU. I CAN SEE YOUR LIPS MOVING, BUT I COULDN'T HEAR YOU. I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU, RIGHT. UH, I'M HERE. UH, MADIGAN HERE. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER. YEP. I'M HERE. THANKS. THAT'S A MEMBER. UH, TOBO. HOW'S THAT ALTER. OKAY, SO WE'RE ALL PRESENT HERE. SORRY. THANK YOU. MMM LET'S LOOK AT THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS FOR THIS MORNING. UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX IS WITHDRAWN AND REPLACED BY ITEM 44. ITEM NUMBER 16 WAS REVIEWED BY THE MOBILITY COMMITTEE ON MAY 28. ITEM NUMBER 19, IT'S FOR THE SOUTH CONGRESS PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 35 AND 52 ARE RELATED. NUMBER 41 42 AND 43 ARE RELATED AND THERE NUMBER 46 IS TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT. ITEM NUMBER 48 HAS COUNCIL MEMBERS ALTER AND ALICE JOINING AND SPONSORS. ITEM NUMBER 50 HAS COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN JOINING AS A SPONSOR, I THINK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR TODAY, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN POLLED ITEMS, SEVEN 40 AND 48. WE HAVE, UM, SEVEN WAS PULLED OUT TO BE VOTED ON AFTER THREE AS THE SAME SPEAKER SIGNING UP ON ITEM SEVEN. ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS AND [Consent Agenda] WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS CONCURRENTLY AT THREE. UM, I DON'T REMEMBER. 40 IS PULLED BY COUNSELOR KASAR ITEM 48, PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FLANAGAN. WE HAVE LAID BACK UP AND ITEMS SIX 1829 31 33 38, 40 41 42 43, 46, 48 51 ALSO 32 AND 38 AND 39 AND 47. YES. ON, ON 48. I HAVE, HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HAVE SEEN THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED. UM, IT SHOULD NOT BE, UM, A LONG DISCUSSION OR MAYBE NO DISCUSSION AT ALL IF THE CO-SPONSORS ARE AMENABLE TO IT. YES, YES. OH YEAH. I, I CONSIDER [00:05:01] THAT AMENDMENT ENTIRELY FRIENDLY. I'M I'VE SUGGESTED TO MY STAFF THAT MAYBE WE ADD A COUPLE OF WORDS FOR FLOW, BUT, UH, BUT BASICALLY COUNSELING ARE FLAT AGAIN, IT'S ADJUSTED A FACTUAL STATEMENT AND THEN SOME CONTEXTS THAT I THINK WE ALL AGREE WITH. AND SO, UM, I DON'T THINK, I THINK WE COULD, ONCE YOU SEE IS A COUPLE OF WORDS, WE JUST TRIED TO MAKE IT, UM, A WAY THAT I THINK READS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. UM, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL REQUIRE DISCUSSION BECAUSE I THINK WE'LL INCORPORATE WHAT HE'S DONE. GREAT. OKAY. SO WE'LL LEAVE THEN LET'S LEAVE IT POOR FOR RIGHT NOW UNTIL YOU COME BACK WITH THAT. BUT WHEN WE TAKE THE VOTE, WHY DON'T YOU TRY TO PUT THAT BACK ON? I WILL POST THAT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD IN 10 MINUTES. OKAY. THAT'LL WORK. UH, ALL RIGHT. THE, UM, ALL RIGHT. THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR TODAY ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 19 AND ITEMS. 40 THROUGH 50. WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE GO TO THOSE SPEAKERS, UH, FIRST, UH, AND THAT WE WORKED THROUGH THAT. WE HAVE, UH, A, SOME ASSISTANCE TODAY WITH RESPECT TO THE SPEAKERS. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE SPEAKERS THAT NEED TRANSLATION FIRST, IF THEY HAVE CALLED IN, UH, IF NOT, WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE OTHER SPEAKERS. UM, AND AS WE START GOING THROUGH THOSE SPEAKERS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ON THE, ON THE, ON, ON EVERYTHING OTHER THAN ZONING AND NUMBER SEVEN, UH, THIS MORNING AT NINE. AND THEN AT TWO O'CLOCK, WE'LL HAVE THE SPEAKERS FOR THE ZONING CASES, THE PENNY, AND THEN, UH, AS CLOSE TO THREE O'CLOCK AS WE CAN WE'LL, UH, TAKE ACTION ON SEVEN, HAVE THE DISCUSSION, UM, A SPECIAL CALL ITEM. UH, IT'S MY INTENT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, UH, SPEAKERS UNDER OUR RULES. UH, THIS IS REALLY DIFFICULT, UH, AND THERE'S NO RIGHT ANSWER WITH RESPECT TO THE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. UH, NEVERTHELESS, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE GAVE EVERYBODY THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, UH, BUT WE HAVE 335 SPEAKERS, UH, SPEAKING. UH, AND IF WE DID THAT, WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE LITERALLY LIKE 18 HOURS OF SPEAKERS, WHICH WE CAN'T DO. AND WE NEED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AMONG OURSELVES ABOUT ALSO ABOUT, UH, POLICE PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS BEFORE WE CONTINUE ON WITH DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE CITY. UH, SO I LOOKED AT DIFFERENT KINDS OF OPTIONS IN TERMS OF HOW TO HAVE SPEAKERS, TRYING TO CHANGE IT, AND, UH, ULTIMATELY IN A HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO ALL THE SPEAKERS TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN MEET IN THE MORNING. UM, I'M GLAD TO STICK BY OUR REGULAR RULES, WHICH IS THE FIRST 20 SPEAKERS GET THREE MINUTES. EVERYBODY ELSE GETS ONE MINUTE. I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXTEND THE SPEAKERS TIME AS, AS WE HAVE VERY INFREQUENTLY, BUT, BUT HAVE ALLOWED. SO IF ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, HAVE, UH, A SPEAKER THAT I WANT TO GET OF AT THREE MINUTES, UH, KEEPING IT A VERY SMALL NUMBER, UH, PLEASE LET THE CLERK KNOW THAT'S THE PROCEDURE. SO WHEN WE GET TO IT THIS AFTERNOON, UM, EVERY ONE OF US WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO SAY SOMETHING QUICKLY. ONCE YOU TRY TO KEEP IT AS CLOSE TO TWO MINUTES AS YOU CAN, WELL, YOU HAVE THE POLICE CHIEF, A CHANCE TO ADDRESS US AND THE COMMUNITY, THE MANAGER HE WISHES TO, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE SPEAKERS AT THE LAST SPEAKER SPEAK. WE WILL END THE MEETING AND HOLD OFF FURTHER ON COUNCIL DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION UNTIL WE CONVENE TOMORROW AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. I SEE US TAKING A LUNCH BREAK AFTER WE DO HOPEFULLY THE AGENDA AND COMING BACK AT TWO, I SEE US TAKING A 30 MINUTE, UH, DINNER BREAK, UH, THIS, THIS EVENING, UH, WHILE SPEAKERS ARE BEING, UH, UH, RAISED. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD TURN OVER THE, UH, UH, CHAIR TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU FOR PICKING THIS UP. AND, AND, UH, I WOULD HAVE OUR, OUR, UH, ASSISTANT, UH, CALL THE, UH, SPEAKERS, UH, FOR EVERYTHING. AND MARY, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO KNOW WHEN THE INNER BREAK WILL BE FOR THOSE OF US TO HAVE KIDS? IT WOULD BE MUCH EASIER IF WE AT LEAST HAD A TIME. I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL START AT THREE. I ANTICIPATE [00:10:04] YOU'RE GOING TO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 11. UH, SO HOW BAD IF WE TAKE THE DINNER BREAK, UH, AT, UH, SIX OR SIX 30 AND SIX O'CLOCK. OKAY. GREEN DOESN'T HAVE ANY FACES AT THIS POINT, BUT I'LL TAKE THAT AS ACQUIESCENCE. SO WE'LL TAKE A DINNER BREAK AS CLOSE TO SIX AS WE CAN. OKAY. MAYOR, UM, IF WE COULD GET CLARITY TWO, THANK YOU, COUNCIL NUMBER ALTER. IF WE COULD GET CLARITY ON THE LUNCH BREAK. I THINK I WASN'T CLEAR WHETHER YOU SAID WE WERE JUST GOING TO TAKE IT AS, UM, AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH SPEAKERS AND THE CONSENT AGENDA, OR IF THAT TOO IS A SCHEDULED, I THINK WE'LL TAKE AS MUCH AS WE CAN THIS MORNING, UH, WITH SPEAKERS. UM, UM, BUT LET'S SAY ABOUT NOON SHOOTING IN FRONT OF THEM KNOWN FOR A LUNCH BREAK, UNLESS WE'RE REAL CLOSE TO ENDING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN RAISE THAT ISSUE THEN. UH, BUT I WOULD ANTICIPATE US TAKING A NOON BREAK LET'S PLAN ON TAKING A NOON BREAK. IF WE'RE REAL CLOSE, WE'LL JUST COME BACK A LITTLE BIT BEFORE TWO AND FINISH IT UP. THAT WAS PLANNED ON A NOON BREAK FOR LUNCH. OKAY, MAYOR? YES. UH, THIS IS, UM, COUNCIL HOME KITCHEN. UM, SO, AND THEN TOMORROW WE'LL WE'LL CONVENE AT NINE. YES. DO WE HAVE, UH, UH, AN ESTIMATED, IS THAT NINE UNTIL WE FINISH OR IS THAT NINE UNTIL A, AN END? UH, I THINK, UH, PEOPLE HAD THINGS ON THEIR CALENDARS. MY HOPE IS, IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO FINISH OUR CONVERSATION IN THE MORNING. SO I'M PROBABLY GOING FROM NINE TO NOON. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, I'M GOING TO TURN THE, UM, THE COLUMN HERE OVER TO THE AMERICAN 10 MINUTES. UH, ASSISTANCE COULD START SPEAKERS. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS NICKEL MEAD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU AGAIN. MIQUEL MEAD WITH HUSH BLACKWELL. I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING ON TWO ITEMS AND HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK ON BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS AT ONE TIME. FIRST, THAT LIKES TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEM 40. THE COVID-19 SPENDING FRAMEWORK. I SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF HAM HEALTH ALLIANCE FOR AUSTIN MUSICIANS. AND I WANT TO FIRST SAY WE ARE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 40 AND GETTING A FRAMEWORK UNDERWAY. UM, WE WANT TO REALLY JUST EXPRESS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A QUESTION OUT THERE ABOUT WHETHER HAM WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY OF THESE FUNDS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THE INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE OR THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED ON MAY 7TH WOULD THAT HAND WAS INELIGIBLE. AND WE TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THAT INTERPRETATION. SO WE WOULD JUST ASK THE COUNCIL TO HAVE STAFF WORK WITH US, TO WORK THROUGH THE REASONS WHY WE MIGHT BE INELIGIBLE. AND IF THERE IS AN INELIGIBILITY EMBEDDED IN THAT RESOLUTION THAT BE AMENDED. THE OTHER ITEM THAT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT IS ITEM 50, WHICH IS VACATE A REQUEST TO VACATE AN ALLIE. UM, THIS IS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN CALLED THE LOPEZ TOWER. UH, IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. IT IS A GREAT PROJECT THOUGH, THAT IS IN A TERRIBLE LOCATION. IT IS ON A SITE THAT IS MUCH TOO SMALL. AND THE PROBLEM WITH THE SITE IS THAT IT HAS NO ACCESS. OUR FIRM REPRESENTS TYNDALL PARTNERS. TINDALL IS A BUILDING OF 180 HOMES THAT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THIS LOT. AND THE REQUEST FOR THIS ALLEY VACATION, JUST PUT THAT NEW BUILDING, EVEN CLOSER, MAKING ACCESS TO THE SITE, EVEN WORSE. SO WE ARE ASKING COUNCIL TO POSTPONE ACTION ON THIS TO ALLOW THERE, TO BE TIME FOR THE DEVELOPER TO MEET WITH THE 180 OWNERS AND THE TYNDALL TO TALK ABOUT THE PLANS TO DATE, THE DEVELOPER HAS NOT PRESENTED A FINAL SET OF PLANS. AND SO THEY'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO MAKE THIS DECISION BASED ON A SET OF PLANTS THAT IT'S OUTDATED. SO WE WOULD ASK THAT THIS BE POSTPONED ITEM 52, THE JULY 30TH MEETING, UM, TO GIVE TIME FOR THAT DISCUSSION TO HAPPEN. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA BROWN AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, MY NAME IS LISA BROWN AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE. I'M A WHITE PERSON HERE SUPPORTING THE DEMANDS OF THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP. I [00:15:01] SAID OF AUSTIN, JAVA AND OTHERS, UM, TO ALLOCATE THE $70 MILLION OF THE FEDERAL CODE, THAT FUND TO DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN AUSTIN. AND I SAVED THE REST OF MY TIME TO DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PAULA ROJAS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, THIS IS FROM COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. UM, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CCU. THERE'S MANY OF US THAT WANTED TO SPEAK, BUT WE KNOW THERE'S HUNDREDS. UM, AND WE'RE WITH GABA. I THOUGHT OF AUSTIN GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP. I'LL GO ON MY SON, THAT TEXAS ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE, BREAKTHROUGH, CENTRAL, TEXAS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ASKING YOU TO TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY THE DECISION OF HOW TO ALLOCATE THE COVID, THE NATIONAL COVID THE FEDERAL COVID RELIEF FUNDS TODAY. WE KNOW YOU'RE MAKING VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS WITH LOTS OF COMPETING NEEDS FOR OUR CITY THOUGH. WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO FULLY FUND AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. WE THINK THAT YOU CAN FIND MORE MONEY MAYBE FROM OTHER SOURCES, OTHER PARTS OF IT, INCLUDING FUNDS, GOING TO THE BUSINESS AND OTHERS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S GOING DIRECTLY INDIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES. AND THAT IS DIRECT ACH TRANSFERS, PREPAID CARDS, UH, AND WE ARE ASKING OR RECOMMENDING OR DEMANDING AT THIS POINT THAT 70 MILLION NEEDS TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION. IF YOU THINK ABOUT PER CAPITA, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN POVERTY IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING TO MANY OF THEM, IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY THAT PEOPLE RECEIVE DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE. AND SO THAT WE CAN CONTAIN THE PANDEMIC. UM, PEOPLE ARE OUT LOOKING FOR WORK, UH, AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE UNEMPLOYED OR CONTINUING TO WORK AND, UH, UNSAFE CONDITIONS. WE HAVE 1,271 SIGNATURES ON THE PETITION THAT CAME INTO YOUR INBOX THIS MORNING, AND MANY MORE SO WANTING TO SIGN ON TO THIS. UM, PLEASE LOOK, SHAN, THERE'S A VIDEO WE SENT YOU AS WELL. UM, THE, THE WAY YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY SPEAKS TO WHO WE ARE AS HUMANS THINK ABOUT THOSE WHO RIGHT NOW ARE RUNNING OUT OF FOOD, CLEANING SUPPLIES, OR ABOUT TO HAVE MASSIVE EVICTIONS. THIS HAS TO BE THE PRIORITY, AND WE MUST FIND THE MONEY. WE MUST YOU FUND THE POLICE. AS WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR YEARS, THERE'S MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT YOU CAN MOVE TO THIS PRIORITY. SO I'M, I KNOW YOU HAVE VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT YOU'RE SITTING ON, BUT THIS IS THE MOMENT TO DECISIVELY SHOW THAT AS AUSTIN, WE HAVE OUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT AS A CITY. UM, WE CAN SHOW THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF ALL OF OUR PEOPLE. I URGE YOU TO TAKE THIS DECISION VERY SERIOUSLY. AND I SPEAKING, THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AMANDA FIFI. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, I'M AMANDA FIFI. AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE HISPANIC, LATINO QUALITY OF LIFE RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMISSION. AND WE DID HAVE A COMMISSION MEETING LAST WEEK. WE HAD SEVERAL, UH, RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS CALL IN, UM, JUST EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT COVID-19 AND THE, HOW IT'S DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING THE LATINO COMMUNITY. UM, WE ALSO HAD, UH, CAROLYN KNACK AND JOSH FALL, JOHN BOSCH FROM THE TYREX GROUP, WHICH IS A MANUFACTURING GROUP, UM, CALLING IN SAYING THAT, UM, IN 14 DAYS THEY HAD 14 POSITIVE COVID CASES. AND AS THIS 14, 12 WERE HISPANIC AND LATINO. UM, AND SO REALLY THEY WERE ALSO ASKING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE EDUCATE THE WORKFORCE AND COMMUNITY. AND SO WE DID PASS THE RECOMMENDATION. UM, THE COVID-19, UM, IT'S CALLED COVID-19 AND DESPERATE, UH, IMPACTS FOR LATIN MIX AND OTHER PEOPLE [00:20:01] OF COLOR IN AUSTIN. UM, YOU KNOW, WE INCLUDED ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE ARE BEING DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY COVID-19 ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOME FEAR IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT BEING TESTED FOR COVID-19 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT EXPECT EXPOSE THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. AND SO WE DID A REQUEST CONCRETE ACTION TO ADDRESS THIS FOR OUTCOMES, FOR OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, INCLUDING, UM, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THE DIGITAL ACCESS AND TECHNOLOGY THEY'RE YEARS MAKING SELF-ASSESSMENTS AND ENROLLMENT AND AVAILABLE THROUGH A MULTILINGUAL CALL CENTER OR PHONE LIST, AND REALLY PROVIDING ALL THIS INFORMATION VIA TELEPHONE OR IN SOME OTHER WAY THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE MODERATE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY. UM, CREATING MOBILE SITE BASED TESTING, FOCUSED ON BOTH IDENTIFY CLUSTERS AND POTENTIAL AREAS OF RISK. SO REALLY GOING INTO THOSE, UH, LIVING IN HOUSE, PUBLIC, TEMPORARY HOMELESS SHELTERS AND OUR CONSTRUCTION SITES, UM, REQUEST THAT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER TO PRIORITY TO PRIORITIZE, IF NOT ALLOCATE ALL TESTS FROM THE, I AM AWARE CONTRACT TO PERFORM MOBILE TESTING IN PRIORITY, ZIP CODES OF CONCENTRATED POVERTY IN LATIN X, BLACK AND ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. UM, AND WE URGE THAT COUNCIL CONTINUE FUNDING THIS CONTRACT. YOU KNOW, IF IT IS SUCCESSFUL IN PRIORITIZING ZIP CODES OF CONSTANT, AGAIN, CONCENTRATED, UM, ZIP CODES PRIORITIZE, UH, CITY SOCIAL SERVICES FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE AND EXPRESSED FINANCIAL NEEDS TO ENSURE THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO ISOLATE AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY, YOU KNOW, RENT UTILITIES, FOOD ASSISTANCE, AND NOT TYING ANY OF THIS ASSISTANCE TO IMMIGRATION STATUS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RACHEL MANNY. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. HI THERE. AM I TAKING HER? IS IT RACHEL ONE SECOND, PLEASE? YEAH, OF COURSE. OKAY, GO AHEAD. RACHEL. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. YEAH. HI. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, MY NAME IS RACHEL MANNY. I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE. UM, I AM SPEAKING TODAY, UM, FROM UNDOING RIGHTS TO SUPREMACY AUSTIN, BUT I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO KEEP THIS VERY SHORT, UM, FALLA WHO JUST SPOKE ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP, CCU, GABA, AND I TAUGHT AT BOSTON AND MANY MORE, UM, REALLY SAID IT BEST. UM, SO I AM A WHITE PERSON HERE, UM, SUPPORTING THE DEMANDS OF ALL, UM, OF ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO ALLOCATE THE $70 MILLION AT THE FEDERAL COVID FUND TO DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN AUSTIN. AND I SEE THE REST OF MY TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JERMAINE WILLIAMS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI. YES. MY NAME IS DR. JERMAINE WILLIAMS. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE TYNDALL AND I'M CALLING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 50. THE MAIN THING WITH THIS PROJECT IS THAT I SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. HOWEVER, WE'VE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE PLANS SINCE WE ARE NEIGHBORS RIGHT NEXT DOOR, TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST PROJECT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE POSTPONE ANY THIS PROJECT ANY FURTHER. I KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST A VACATION OF AN ALLEYWAY, BUT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SITE PLAN, AT LEAST AS FAR AS WE KNOW. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S ALL I NEED FOR MY TIME. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AMANDA TRAP HAGAN. AMANDA TRA PAGAN. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, THIS IS AMANDA TRAFFICKING FROM DISTRICT COURT. UM, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WITH THE OTHER, SPEAKING OF SAYING [00:25:01] APD AND DIRECT THOSE AMOUNTS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND OTHER COMMUNITY FUNDS TYPICALLY NEED $7 MILLION TO THE BRIAN SWANSON EXPONENTIAL OR THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, UM, THAT SHE NEEDED THE REST OF MY TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CLAIRE ATWOOD. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI THERE. I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY VOICE TO PREVIOUS SPEAKERS AND SUPPORTING AGENDA ITEMS 40 AND 49 AROUND COVID-19 SPENDING FRAMEWORK AND ADDING TO THE RISE FUND FOR DIRECT FINANCIAL RELIEF. UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY HAS A MORAL OBLIGATION TO PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR LIKE OTHERS. I'VE SEEN STATISTICS THAT BLACK AND LATINO RESIDENTS IN AUSTIN ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY COVID-19 HERE IN AUSTIN, BOTH IN TERMS OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND ECONOMIC FALLOUT. UM, AND SO I'M ASKING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATE $70 MILLION TOWARDS THE RISE FUND AND PRIORITIZE ORGANIZATIONS WHERE IT CAN DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND BLACK COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT CALLER IS MATT MATHIAS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HELLO, GREETINGS MAYOR COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO TEM. THIS IS MATT MATHIAS AND I AM ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS ALONG WITH THE OFFICE OF THE STEAM PARTNER, TERRY MITCHELL OF THE TYNDALL PROJECT. WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 50, THE ALLEY VACATION, UH, CARRIE, AS YOU KNOW, IS WELL KNOWN IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. HE'S BUILT OVER 750 UNITS, AND HE'S GOT MULTIPLE PROJECTS ON THE WAY TOTALING ALMOST 5,000 UNITS, MANY OF WHICH IN FACT, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH WILL BE AFFORDABLE. SO, UH, WE AS AN ORGANIZATION ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ALL 25 RESIDENTS OF THE TYNDALL, UH, THAT SPOKE AT PLANNING COMMISSION, ALL EXPRESS THEIR SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THIS VOTE TODAY IS BEING COUCHED AS AN ALLIE VACATION, WHICH IT REALLY IS, BUT THE EFFECT OF DEATH IS ALLOWING A PROCESS TO BE FORWARDED THAT IS NORMALLY AFFORDED TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT TYNDALL NEIGHBORHOOD CONSISTS OF 182 HOMES AND RESIDENCES. UM, IN THE GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW THIS IS MR. ROGERS NEIGHBORHOOD. IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN, AND HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB SUPPORTING IT, BUT THERE'S NEW RESIDENCES HERE. AND THE PROBLEM IS THE CITY MISSED THE NOTIFICATION OF THE SITE PLAN SUBMITTAL. SO NONE OF THE RESIDENTS KNEW ABOUT IT A YEAR AGO AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY INPUT INTO IT WITH GMDC. THEN THEY MISSED THE NOTIFICATION OF THIS ALLEYWAY, WHICH WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND ONLY AFTER YOU HAD VOTED TO VACATE IT, DID THEY FIND OUT? SO WE'RE GETTING TO HAVE THIS PROCESS OVER AGAIN. THE DAY THE BOTTOM LINE IS ON MAY 11TH. THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION ASKED G AND DC FOR A SET OF PLANS AND TO MEET AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE. ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS TOWN SHOULD HAVE THE COURTESY OF HAVING INPUT ON WHAT'S BUILT NEXT TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE THE BEST PROJECT POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU FOR TODAY IS PROCESS ALLOW AT TIME DON'T VOTE ON THIS ALLEYWAY TODAY, POSTPONE IT. SO GE AND DC AND THE TYNDALL NEIGHBORS CAN GET TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHAT IS PROPOSED TO BE BUILT BY THE WAY THE CITY WEBSITE, DURING COVID HAS LINKED THIS CASE TO A SET OF PLANS ON METRIC DRIVE, NOT THE, NOT THE PROJECT THAT'S UNDER CONSIDERATION HERE. IT'S FINALLY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, BUT IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM. SO WE ASKED FOR YOUR DELAY ON THIS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MERRIAM CONNOR. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MIRIAM CONNOR. HI, THIS IS MIRIAM CONNOR. I AM THE VICE CHAIR OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCE ADVISOR COMMISSIONS SPEAKING AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND MEMBER THERE, ADLER CITY, COUNCIL AND STAFF. GOOD MORNING REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 40 BUDGETS ARE MORAL DOCUMENTS. DR. CORNELL WEST SAID, JUSTICE IS WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE. AND PUBLIC ALLOTTING, LITTLE TO NO MONEY TO RISE AS IRRESPONSIBLE AND SHOWS A LACK OF CARE GIVEN TO AUSTIN'S HISTORICALLY OPPRESSED POPULATIONS OR SEEING PEOPLE INTO FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS ASSUMES THAT THEY ARE HAVE THAT THEY HAVE THE TIME AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND OR THEIR FAMILIES. [00:30:01] IT'S NOT RESPECT. IT'S AVAIL OF SYSTEMIC IGNORANCE THAT WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CHANGE. WE NEED TO PLAN TO DEFUND THE POLICE. WE NEED TO, WE NEED DIRECT SUPPORT AND WE NEED THAT $70 MILLION TO GO TO RISE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT. Y'ALL DO. HOWEVER WE HAVE GOT TO DO MORE NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS EMILY SHEN AVERT. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. ONE MOMENT. GOOD MORNING. THEY ARE IN COUNCIL. MY NAME IS EMILY SHEDA THERE I AM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR THE AUSTIN BOARD OF REALTORS. LET ME START JUST BY SAYING THAT ON BEHALF OF OUR 14,000 MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PUBLIC SERVICE, PARTICULARLY DURING LAST WEEK. IF THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY, I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM 40, AND I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO ALLOCATE $40 MILLION TOWARDS RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR BOTH TENANTS AND LANDLORDS. SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU KEEP ONE TO $2 MILLION IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR SMALL LANDLORD ASSISTANCE. AFTER A CERTAIN DATE, IF THERE WERE ANY UNUSED FUNDS REMAINING, THOSE COULD BE SHIFTED TO OVERALL RENTAL ASSISTANCE. OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE HEARD EXPERIENCES AND ANXIETY FROM THOSE THAT ARE MILITARY FAMILIES, CURRENTLY FISHING OVERSEAS, WHO RELY ON EACH MONTH RENT TO MAINTAIN AND PAY THEIR FAMILY HOME UNTIL THEY CAN RETURN HOME TO AUSTIN. WE'VE HEARD FROM FAMILIES THAT ARE FINANCIALLY IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PAY NEXT MONTH'S RENT. WE'VE HEARD FROM RETIRED SENIORS WHO RELY ON THEIR INVESTMENT PROPERTY, INCOME AS THEIR LIVELIHOOD. WE'VE HEARD SOME PROPERTY OWNERS WHO CARE ABOUT THEIR TENANTS AND ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO EASE THEIR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY WAIVING LATE FEES AND SETTING UP INDIVIDUALIZED PAYMENT PLANS IN WAYS THAT WORK FOR BOTH SIDES. SADLY, WE'VE ALSO HEARD STORIES FROM PROPERTY MANAGERS WHO WERE EXPERIENCING UNRESPONSIVE AND UNCOOPERATIVE TENANTS WHO ARE PURPOSEFULLY NOT PAYING RENT, CITING THE COUNCIL 60 DAY GRACE PERIOD, AS THE REASON FOR DOING SO THESE STORIES AND EXPERIENCES REMIND US THAT WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. WE'RE ALSO REMINDED THAT AS A MAJORITY OF THE ATTENDANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE AND HARDWORKING INDIVIDUAL, THE SAME AS IS. SO FOR THE MAJORITY OF LANDLORDS, THAT OUR CITY WE'RE REMINDED THAT BOTH SIDES NEED TO NOT LET A FEW BAD APPLES SPOIL OUR BUNCH. THAT IS WHY I RESPECTFULLY ASKED THE COUNCIL TO WORK TO UNITE COMMUNITY BY ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, PARENTAL ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE TOWARDS BOTH TENANTS AND LANDLORDS, JUST AS TENANTS TENANTS, SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THIS PANDEMIC WITHOUT SIMILAR RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OPTIONS. NEITHER SHOULD THOSE SMALL LANDLORD. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE DURING THIS CRISIS. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD MORNING THERE. AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DAVID WADDELL. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION THIS MORNING. I COULDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT ITEM 47 ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN AUDIENCE, UM, ORDINANCE, UH, CREATING A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE SPECIFIC BUSINESSES TO PRIVATE, PRIVATE PARKING LOTS AND PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS FOR EXPANDED BUSINESS OPERATION. UM, THE BENEFIT WOULD BE THE PARKLETS TO PROVIDE A REAL BENEFIT TO THE BUSINESSES AND HELP BRING PEOPLE BACK, UH, TO START BUYING AGAIN, UM, BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE SPECIFICALLY BEEN DEVASTATED BY THE PEN. AND, AND WE ESTIMATE ABOUT 30 TO 35% OF ALL RESTAURANTS WILL CLOSE THAT, UH, PERMANENTLY, UM, BECAUSE OF THE DEFENDANT THEM, UM, USING A SOURCE ANALOGY. THEY SAY THAT A GREAT COACH IS JUDGED ON HOW WELL THEY MAKE ADJUST RESENT HALF TIME. THIS IS A CRUCIAL TIME FOR OUR INDUSTRY. ALLOWING PARK WINS WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT ADJUSTMENT FOR BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS UNTIL, UH, OUR LIFE AND OUR BUSINESSES COME BACK TO, UH, THE NEW NORMAL, WHATEVER THAT IS. CREATIVITY IS KEY IN RESTAURANTS, I'VE SHOWN THESE LAST 60 DAYS LAST 90 DAYS THAT THEY CAN BE CREATIVE TO HELP TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESSES OPEN. THE PARKLETS WILL HELP WITH THREE FACTORS, NONE SOCIAL DISTANCING. WHEN WE HEAR THE GOVERNOR AND HAS SPINNER OUR GREAT MAYOR TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET PAST THIS IS SOCIAL DISTANCE. AND I THINK PARKLETS, OR RETHINK THE ASSOCIATION FEELS THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING WILL HELP A GREAT DEAL. IT WILL BRING [00:35:01] BACK A CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN GOING BACK TO THE RESTAURANT, THEY'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK BEFORE WE, UM, CHOOSE BETWEEN SITTING INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. AND A LOT OF TIMES NOW WE'RE HEARING PEOPLE WOULD RATHER SIT OUTSIDE. AND SO THE PARK IS WE'LL GIVE THE RESTAURANTS ANOTHER OPTION FOR, UM, THEIR, THEIR FOLLOWERS AND FINANCIALLY BENEFIT INITIALLY WILL HELP THE RESTAURANTS GET BACK UP ON THEIR FEET. I MEAN, THE RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE, UM, TIME THAT KIND OF AGAIN, UM, REALIZING WHAT IS ASKED OF THEM, BUT IT WAS 25%, 50% AND IT'S 75%. AND WITH EACH STEP, THEY'VE TRIED TO DO THEIR BEST TO ADHERE TO ALL OF THEM. SO WE BELIEVE THAT THE PARKWOOD, UM, ORDINANCE WOULD BE A GREAT AUDIENCE. DALLAS IS DOING IT NOW, AND WE THINK THAT WE WOULD BE ON A TEMPORARY BASIS. AND WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT AS WELL. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING TO SPEAK THAT I JUST WANT TO HIT THE KEY POINTS, HAVE A BLESSED DAY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS . YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS AND I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH DAY. WE PROVIDE DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE BEEN DETAINED AND RELEASED. UM, I'M CALLING TODAY ALONGSIDE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED AND GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP. AND TO URGE YOU ALL TO REPRIORITIZE, REPLENISHING AND SIMPLIFYING THE RISE FUND PROCESS, UH, OUT OF AROUND 236 FAMILIES THAT WE DIRECTLY WORK WITH AND WHO WE'VE INFORMED OF THE FUNDS AND THE DISTRIBUTING, OR WE ONLY KNOW OF ONE FAMILY WHO CONFIRMED ACTUALLY RECEIVING ANY KIND OF ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF RENT PAYMENT, NOT EVEN CASH ASSISTANCE. UM, AND THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THE OTHER COUNTLESS FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE PROGRAM AND WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS IT. MANY OF THE FAMILIES THAT I ORGANIZED WITH CURRENTLY ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY THEIR BILLS AND THEIR RENT BILLS ARE ACTUALLY ACCUMULATING WHEN THEY MAY FACE EVICTION IN THE NEAR FUTURE. A LOT OF THEM HAVE MAJOR MEDICAL BILLS TO PAY AND ACCOUNT FOR AS WELL. UM, AND THEN YOU DO NOT HAVE ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF ACCESSING SUPPORT BECAUSE SOME ARE OUT OF FEAR OF THE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, UM, JUSTICE STATUS, ONE DAY, I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. AND, UM, I'M ASKING FOR IT FOR TWO THINGS, ONE FOR YOU ALL TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF ITEM 40 AND REALLOCATING $70 MILLION TO GO TO THE COVID-19 RELIEF RESPONSE, UM, TO DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT FUND, UH, FOR PROJECT DISCUSSION SYSTEM, TO THESE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUAL WHO ARE DISPROPORTIONALLY AFFECTED SPECIFICALLY COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AS MANY HAVE, HAVE ALREADY SAID, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO VOTE OR, UM, IN FAVOR OF ITEM, NUMBER 49, TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS AND REMOVE ANY BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES TO ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO APPLY FOR THESE FUNDS. MANY FAMILIES WE WORK WITH HAVE REPORTED CALLING DISTRIBUTING ORDERS AND PHONE LINES BEING CONSTANTLY SWAMPED OR ORGANIZATIONS RUNNING OUT OF FUNDS. AND THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY A, TO NO FAULT OF THE DISTRIBUTING OR, BUT INSTEAD IT'S TELLING OF THE VOLUME OF NEED AND THE LACK OF STRUCTURE TO MEET THAT NEED. SO I'M ASKING FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER SIMPLIFYING THINGS, SIMPLIFYING AND STREAMLINING THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR VIBER ASSISTANCE. UM, AS, AS CCU AND GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP HAVE ALREADY STATED PREVIOUSLY THAT WE ARE, I WORK THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND ADULTS WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED IN THIS TIME AND NOT TO PRIORITIZE FUNDING THE POLICE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IN COUNCIL IN THE PAST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DENISE PRINCE. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI. UM, I, I CAN BE HEARD MONEY IS JIMMY'S PRINCE LIVING IN DISTRICT THREE. AND, UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK OF FOUR ITEMS, 40 AND 49. UM, AS, UH, ARTISTS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. I HAVE INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE, UM, IN COMPARISON TO THE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THIS CITY OR PEOPLE THAT ARE MOSTLY STRUGGLING WITH POVERTY. AND I FEEL THAT, UM, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO HAVE VOICES TO REMIND, YOU KNOW, CARING HUMANS OF OUR HUMANITY BECAUSE WE, I THINK ONE IN US, ONE IS STRUGGLING WITH THESE ISSUES FIRSTHAND THAT ONE CAN EASILY NOT UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT IN ONE'S LIFE. AND SO AS A PERSON WHO HAS COME FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND, MY FATHER WAS CHIEF OF POLICE OF DALLAS, [00:40:01] TEXAS. YOU KNOW, I'M INCREDIBLY CONCERNED WITH THE FUNDING OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE BECAUSE I'M HORRIFIED AS THE WAY THAT, UM, THAT, THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE BEING, ARE BEING TREATED AND MURDERED IN THIS COUNTRY BY THEM. SO I'M URGING, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, DEFUNDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE UNTIL THE, THE PEOPLE, THIS COUNTRY FEELS SAFE. AND THAT MEANS MOSTLY THE BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLES OF COLOR. SO I AM TIRED WITH IT, MORE EDUCATED, ALL THAT, THE EXACT INFORMATION THAT THESE ITEMS, YOU KNOW, THESE AGENDA ITEMS, BUT I'M STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE MYSELF, BUT I STILL AM INCREDIBLY PRIVILEGED IN COMPARISON. SO I HONESTLY SEE QUICKLY THAT I SHOWED MY TIME TO EVERYONE ELSE. BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID JOHNSON. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. MY NAME IS DAVID JOHNSON AND I'M WITH GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP AND TEXAS ADVOCATES FOR JUSTICE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, WELL, SINCE SEVEN HAS BEEN PUSHED, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON 40 AND 49. SIMPLY PUT RECENT EVENTS OF THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE SHOWN US THAT THERE ARE SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES THAT TRULY AFFECT MORE PEOPLE THAN WE EVER IMAGINED, OR PERHAPS IN ANYONE ELSE EVER IMAGINED. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR AND PEOPLE FROM LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC SECTORS HAVE KNOWN THAT THESE INEQUITIES EXISTED FOR A LONG TIME, BUT NOW WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THERE IS THIS RUSH TO SUDDENLY TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE. AND THE WAYS IN WHICH MANY PEOPLE ARE CARED FOR BY THE, BY THE COMMUNITY, THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT IS CONDESCENDING AND PATRIARCHAL AND IS ABSOLUTELY DISREGARDING TOWARDS THEIR AUTONOMY AND THEIR AGENCY. AND IT TREATS INDIVIDUALS AS THOUGH THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR THEMSELVES AND HOW TO BEST PROVIDE FOR THEIR OWN NEEDS WHEN GIVEN ADEQUATE RESOURCES. SO I ASKED THAT BOTH 40 AND 49 BE PASSED SO THAT THERE ARE ADEQUATE FUNDS PUT ASIDE AS THEY SHOULD BE, AND THAT THEY ARE ADEQUATELY AND SUFFICIENTLY ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE RISE FUND. AND ALSO SO THAT THE MANNER THROUGH WHICH THE FUNDS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST IN THE COMMUNITY IS MOST IMPACTFUL AND EFFECTIVE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AARON WALTER. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HELLO. MY NAME IS REVEREND AARON WALTER I'M WITH THE TEXAS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST JUSTICE MINISTRY. AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE. I'M A WHITE PERSON HERE ASKING YOU TO DEFUND APD AND SUPPORT THE DEMANDS OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR RATCHETS LEADERSHIP. I SAT A BOSTON GABA AND OTHERS ALLOCATE $70 MILLION IN THE FEDERAL COVID FUND TO DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN AUSTIN. I WANT TO SAY AMEN TO EVERYTHING. MR. JOHNSON JUST SAID, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. AND I SEE THE REST OF MY TIME TO DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIA MOORE. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HELLO. MY NAME IS BRIA MAURA, AND I'M AN AUSTIN RESIDENT LIVING IN DISTRICT SIX. I'M CALLING TO REQUEST THAT 70 MILLION AND FEDERAL COVID-19 OR LEASE FUNDS BE ALLOCATED TO THE RISE FUND AND USED TO PROVIDE DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF DIRECT DEPOSIT AND PREPAID CARDS TO THE BLACK AND BROWN LIVES DISPARATELY IMPACTED BY THIS PANDEMIC OR YOU'LL BACK THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AARON COOPER. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. AARON COOPER. HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. HI, MY NAME IS AARON COOPER AND I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 40 AND WHEN A MINIMUM OF $79 TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, THE OTHER, I, THEM AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER OF THE CITY, I'M [00:45:01] MANY OTHERS NOW, BUT THE TREATMENTS THERE WERE 19 OF MOP AND EQUITABLE, AND THAT THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE ALREADY BEING DISPROPORTIONALLY AFFECTED BY THIS VIRUS AND THE POLICE. I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT WITH A 20% DECREASE OF APD BUDGET, WHO HAS A HISTORY OF RACIAL VIOLENCE, WHICH HAS BEEN ON CLEAN SPOT OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. AND I WANT THAT MONEY TO BE REINVESTED FOR THE RISE FUND AND OTHER EQUITABLE ACTION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS WELL DAVIES. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD MORNING. UH, MY NAME IS . I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 40 AND 49 ON A LONG TIME CENTRAL TEXAS EDUCATOR SPEAKING TODAY ON BEHALF OF BREAKTHROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS, WHICH IS AN EDUCATIONAL NONPROFIT TO COLLABORATE WITH STUDENTS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITY, AND DISTRICT PARTNERS TOWARDS YOUR PATH TO AND THROUGH COLLEGE FOR STUDENTS WILL BECOME THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO EARN A FOUR YEAR DEGREE. AS WE ALL KNOW, SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO ACHIEVE THEIR OWN DEFINITION OF PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS IS ABOUT FAR MORE THAN JUST WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CLASSROOM. AND THAT'S PERHAPS NEVER BEEN MORE CLEAR THAN NOW AS THE DISPARATE IMPACT OF COVID-19 SHRUNK SPOTLIGHT ON THE DEEP AND EMBEDDED ECONOMIC INEQUITIES CAUSING LONG LASTING AND HARSHER CONSEQUENCES ON AUSTIN'S BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, WHERE PEOPLE ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS UNEMPLOYMENT, BUT EVENTS IN FEDERAL STIMULUS. ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER SYSTEMIC BARRIERS THEY ALREADY FACE, UH, DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF RIFLING DISTRIBUTION ORGANIZATION WAS ABLE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES EXPERIENCING SEVERE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THAT SERVES AS A CRITICAL LIFELINE TO OUR STUDENTS AND THOSE THAT CARE FOR THEM TODAY, WE SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF MANY ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOING TO SEE AUSTIN ADDRESSING ON HIS HEAD TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY BY LEVERAGING LOCAL NEURO FUNDS TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL MONIES TO THE RISE FUND THAT USES THE EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE IN PLACE IN DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DIRECTLY IN THE HANDS OF AUSTIN'S MOST EFFECTED FAMILIES, BOTH THE RESEARCH AND OUR OWN ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE ARE CLEAR, DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS COST EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT. THAT'S THE STRONGEST RACK TRACK RECORD ORTIZ VULNERABILITY, AND IT CAN EVEN STIMULATE THE LOCAL ECONOMY FROM THE BOTTOM UP. SO FOR THIS REASON THAT THE CITY SHOULD ALLOCATE AT LEAST 70 MILLION INTO RICE FOR ME FOR DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT, WHERE CAN WE USE ACROSS THE NATION ON RISING UP FOR BLACK LIVES IS NOT ENOUGH TO SIMPLY CONDEMN PUBLICLY VISIBLE FORMS OF RACISM. IT'S ALSO WELL-HIDDEN AND PRESENT WHEN EACH OF US AND A PART OF THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING OUR BUDGETS. WE ALL HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO THE NECESSARY WORK, REEVALUATE REPRIORITIZE, AND CREATE ALTERNATIVE POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT ALLOW ALL PEOPLE TO THRIVE. IT'S JUST AT THE VERY HEART OF WHAT WE BUY AS A CITY AND SOCIETY IN SUPPORTING FAMILIES, WHICH MEANS SUPPORTING YOUTH THEY'RE ALLOCATING 70 MILLION ADDITIONAL RESPONSE IS NOT ONLY MORAL AND EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE, BUT IT'S ALSO A PRAGMATIC INVESTMENT IN OUR PRESENT AND OUR FUTURE THAT BENEFITS ALL AUSTINITES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ON A DIFF FRET. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, MY NAME IS ANA . I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE, UM, AND I'M HERE IN THE CAPACITY OF ONE OF THE COFOUNDERS OF SURVIVOR JUSTICE PROJECT. WE'RE A LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUP, UM, SEEKING SYSTEM AND COMMUNITY LEVEL OF TRANSFORMATION TO ADDRESS SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN AUSTIN. AND, UH, WE'RE HERE TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 40, UM, AND THEN FOLLOWED AREA WITH A BROAD COALITION OF FOLKS, UM, INCLUDING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR UNITED, WHO ARE DEMANDING THAT $70 MILLION BE ALLOCATED TO THE RISE FUND. UM, I, THIS IS RELEVANT TO US BECAUSE THE WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE HAVE USED DIRECT ASSISTANCE WHEN THE $2 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED TO THE EQUITY OFFICE, UM, WILL ABSOLUTELY ENHANCE PEOPLE'S SAFETY. UM, I THINK THAT THE EQUITY OFFICE IS AN UNDER UTILIZED AND UNDERFUNDED ASPECT OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT THAT PROVED THE SERVER REALLY CRITICAL ROLE WHEN THEY WORK TOGETHER WITH LOCAL ORGANIZERS TO AWARD $2 MILLION IN DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE IN AUSTIN. I TRUST THE EQUITY OFFICE TO, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP AN EQUITY BASED APPROACH AND WE'LL PRIORITIZE BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR IMMIGRANTS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. UM, THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. UM, I HAVE NO, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T WANT TO THROW SHADE AT THE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING AS SORT OF THE MIDDLE PASTORS FOR THESE FUNDS, BUT I THINK WE'VE SEEN FROM EXPERIENCE AND WE'VE HEARD FROM GROUPS LIKE THAT, UM, THEY ARE UNABLE TO MEET THE TASK. AND SO WE HAVE TO THINK DIFFERENTLY. WE HAVE TO THINK BOULDER [00:50:01] AND I, I, I THINK WE HAVE TO NOW MORE THAN EVER TRUST THE LEADERSHIP OF BLACK WOMEN SPECIFICALLY, WHO ARE TELLING US THAT THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. UM, WE'VE ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME HISTORICALLY ADVOCATING FOR REFORMS WITHIN THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT RELATED TO SEXUAL ASSAULT. AND WE ARE NOW MOVING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION BECAUSE WE SEE THAT THAT WAS NOT TIME AND RESOURCES WELL SPENT. UM, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I SEE THE REST OF MY TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PAT BOOKTA. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI. YES. GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AT HERE TO HERE. UH, PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE TALKING TODAY IS I HAD TWO TEETH PULLED YESTERDAY. UH, YOU SEE SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS, BUT I'M ALSO A RIPPER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT. AND AS SUCH MY REJECTION MEDS CAUSED SOME PRETTY SEVERE TOOTH DECAY. UH, FORTUNATELY HAM WAS ABLE TO COVER THE COST OF THIS DENTAL WORK AND THE ANTI-REJECTION MEDS THAT KEEP ME ALIVE. UH, AND YET AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, HAM AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THE MUSIC COMMUNITY AROUND THE BRINK OF CLOSURE, AFTER A LOSS IN FUNDING DUE TO THE CANCELLATION OF SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST. AND COVID-19, UH, THAT IS WHY I AM HERE TODAY, ALONG WITH OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP, UH, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP CURRENT ALLOCATIONS OF CLEAR MONEY'S IN PLACE MUSICIANS AND INDUSTRY WORKERS THAT ARE COUNTING ON CLEAR FUNDS TO HAVE JOBS AGAIN, THE WHY MUSIC ECONOMY THAT DRIVES TOURISM AND REINFORCES QUALITY OF LIFE CONSIDERATIONS FOR BUSINESSES WHO CHOOSE TO RELOCATE TO AUSTIN, HAVE NO CHANCE OF RECOVERY IN WEST CLEAR FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE. WE ALSO ASK THAT THROUGH ANCHOR FUNDING, YOU SUPPORT MUSIC, NONPROFIT SERVICE PROVIDERS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO MUSICIANS AT NO COST, EVEN AS THEY THEMSELVES NO LONGER HAVE OPERATIONAL FUNDING IN PLACE. AND ALTHOUGH THOSE NONPROFITS ARE AT RISK OF CLOSING THEIR DOORS, THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT RELY ON THESE NONPROFIT SERVICES, UH, FOR BASIC HEALTHCARE, LEGAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ADVOCACY, AND EDUCATION, THOSE ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT WILL SUFFER MOST. UH, SO BY NAME, I WANT TO NAME THOSE NONPROFITS, UH, THAT INCLUDE AUSTIN MUSIC FOUNDATION, AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS, BLACK FRET, ETU, AUSTIN, THE HEALTH ALLIANCE FOR AUSTIN MUSICIANS, HOME, MOSAIC SOUND, RED RIVER CULTURAL DISTRICT, THE SIMS FOUNDATION AND TALA THAT'S, TEXAS ACCOUNTANTS AND LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS. UH, I WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. THESE PAST MONTHS SURVIVE HR MUSIC COMMUNITY. UH, OBVIOUSLY YOU EACH UNDERSTAND THE VALUE THAT WE BRING TO OUR CITY AND THE DIRE SITUATION WE NOW FACE. I KNOW IT'S A HEAVY BURDEN TO BEAR, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT AUSTIN, TEXAS MUSICIANS AND OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS ON THE LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, UM, REMI COLLINS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, THIS IS RAINY, RAINY COLLINS, AND I AM THE EXEC. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, MY NAME IS RONNIE COLLINS AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR HEALTH ALLIANCE FOR AUSTIN MUSICIANS. I AM SPEAKING TODAY IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER 40 SPECIFICALLY REGARDING ANCHOR FUNDS FOR HAM. UM, I SENT A LETTER TO, UH, COUNSEL, UH, CLARIFYING TWO THINGS. ONE IS THAT HAM BE CONSIDERED FOR ANCHOR FUNDS OR OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDS TO ENSURE THAT AUSTIN MUSICIANS HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE SERVICES OUTLINED IN THE LETTER OR SPECIFIC POINTS SHOWING WHY HAM WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE FUNDS AS A NONPROFIT, BRINGING HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO AUSTIN'S LOW INCOME MUSICIANS, WHILE HAM USES THE WORD MEMBERS TO DESCRIBE OUR MUSICIANS, THEY ARE NOT MEMBERS IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE. THIS WORD IS USED AROUND DIGNITY. THEY ARE CLIENTS. OUR MUSICIANS ARE CLIENTS JUST AS, UH, THEY ARE CLIENTS OF OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES. WE ALSO ASK THAT COUNCIL DIRECT CITY STAFF TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH HAM STAFF TO HELP FIND SOLUTIONS THAT [00:55:01] WILL HELP US CONTINUE TO FIND OUR ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR AUSTIN'S MUSICIAN. YOU HEARD RECENTLY, YOU JUST HEARD PAT BUCK TO TALK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES, BUT I WANTED TO PAINT A PICTURE FOR YOU. THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE PERSONAL TOO. UM, LIKE EVERY ORGANIZATION COVID HAS HURT HAM, BUT FOR US IT IS ESPECIALLY DIRE BECAUSE OUR HEALTHCARE SERVICES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER DURING THIS PET PANDEMIC. AND AT THE SAME TIME, OUR MUSIC INDUSTRY IS FACING THE MOST DEVASTATING IMPACT THEY'VE EVER FACED TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR MUSICIANS TO WORK. UM, I ALSO WANT TO PAINT A PICTURE OF HOPE FOR YOU AND INSPIRE YOU ABOUT HIM VALUE. I THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURE THAT I FEEL BECAUSE HAM IS AT RISK DUE TO COVID RELATED CHALLENGES OF ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS IN LOST FUNDING. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT STARTING IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, HAM WILL BE FACED WITH SOME CHALLENGING CHOICES OF CUTTING SERVICES AND OR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS. WE ARE ABLE TO SERVE BY A LARGE MARGIN, PERHAPS AS MANY AS A THOUSAND MUSICIANS. UM, I WANTED MY WORDS TODAY TO HAVE A FRAME OF URGENCY BECAUSE WE ARE FACING THESE GREAT CHALLENGES. AND I'M, I'M LOOKING FOR COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF TO HELP US BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THIS TRUST AND HEALTH CARE SAFETY NET, THAT HAM IS, DOES NOT LEAVE AUSTIN. WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT IF WE DON'T RECEIVE, UM, ANCHOR FUNDS OR OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDS, I THINK PHYSICIANS WILL BE LOSING LIFE SAVING SERVICES, UM, BECAUSE OF HAM OVER 2,600 MUSICIANS HAVE ACCESS TO WIDE VARIETY OF HEALTH SERVICES. AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, WE'VE GOT PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE, HOSPITALIZATION, EMERGENCY SERVICES, SPECIALTY SERVICES, DENTAL HEARING VISION. WHAT DOES THAT LIST OF LONG SERVICES REALLY MEAN? IT MEANS THAT IF YOU HAVE CANCER, YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GET TREATMENT, RATHER THAN GO TO SET UP A GO FUND ME TO GET PEOPLE TO PAY BECAUSE NO TREES WE'LL TAKE YOU. IF YOU DON'T PAY THE BAND MEANS PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR A CHRONIC CONDITION THAT COSTS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR. YOU CAN GET THE MEDICINE YOU NEED. IT MEANS THAT IF YOU ARE HAVING CHEST PAINS THAT ARE NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN AFFORD TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL IN CASE IT'S REALLY NOT SERIOUS THAT YOU DO GO AND THAT YOUR LIFE IS SAVED, IT MEANS. AND IF YOU HAVE A BABY THAT NEEDS HEEL NATAL CARE, THAT YOU CAN BE IN A HOSPITAL THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR THAT, IT MEANS THAT IF YOU HAVE A CAR ACCIDENT AND NEED A YEAR OF REHAB SERVICES, TO BE ABLE TO PLAY MUSIC AGAIN, THAT YOU CAN GET THOSE SERVICES. AND FINALLY, IT MEANS THAT IF YOU'RE AN AUSTIN MUSICIAN AND YOU GO DOWNTOWN TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST AND BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND YOU GET HIT IN THE FACE WITH RUBBER BULLETS OR BEANBAGS BREAKING YOUR JAW AND TEETH THAT YOU CAN CALL HIM, AND WE WILL SHOW UP IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND HELP YOU FIND EMERGENCY DENTAL SERVICES BEYOND THE MORAL IMPERATIVE OF PROTECTING OUR MUSICIANS AND KEEPING AUSTIN, AUSTIN. THERE'S THE PRACTICALITY OF JUST HOW MUCH LOSING HAND SERVICES WOULD COST THE AUSTIN TAX PAYERS AND THE CITY AND HEALTH SERVICES. IF THOSE MUSICIANS ARE NOT INSURED, NOT WHAT TO MENTION WHAT HAPPENS TO AUSTIN AS A CITY OVER TIME. IF THESE MUSICIANS MOVE AWAY AND DO NOT RETURN THAT COST WILL BE ASTRONOMICAL TO AUSTIN. OKAY. THANK YOU. THREE MINUTES, PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR COMMENT. THANK YOU. MATCHES COMMENT ON THIS. IT'S A COUNCIL MEMBER OUT THERE. SORRY. YES, GO AHEAD. UM, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO EVERY ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE MENTIONED IN THE, IN THE PRIOR, UM, SPEAKER. UM, BUT I WILL SAY THAT AS PERSON WHO WROTE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ANCHOR FUND AND WORK THOSE OUT, UM, THE PARTICULAR PIECE THAT IS BEING, UM, USED TO DISQUALIFY HAM, I DO NOT BELIEVE APPLIES TO, UM, YES, THEY HAVE A MEMBER OF STRIP MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE, BUT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MEMBERS. UM, AND IT IS, IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER SOCIAL SERVICE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS. UM, IT IS NOT SAME THING AS WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO PROHIBIT, WHICH IS TO PROHIBIT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMING IN OR MOVABILITY COMING IN WHERE THEIR MEMBERS ARE, CORPORATIONS, UM, THAT ARE A PART OF PERCEIVING THE BENEFITS OF THAT NONPROFIT. UM, SO I'M GOING TO BE HAVING MY STAFF WORK WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ON THAT. UM, WE'LL TRY AND WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. UM, BUT FOR THAT SPECIFIC ONE, THAT BEING SAID, AS WE MOVE INTO OUR CONVERSATION ON ITEM 40, UM, AS THEY'RE CURRENTLY CONCEIVING ANCHOR, UM, THE, THE GRANTS WOULD BE [01:00:01] ON THE ORDER OF $20,000, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO MEET THE NEED THAT IS BEING DESCRIBED HERE, UM, FOR THE HEALTH INSURANCE, UM, PIECE OF THAT. SO WHILE I BELIEVE WE CAN RESOLVE ELIGIBILITY FOR ANCHOR EASILY, UM, HOW WE FUND, UM, IN WHAT WE DO WITH THE CREATIVE FUNDING OR THE DIRECT ASSISTANCE WILL IMPACT WHETHER WE CAN ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN RAISED, MAYOR PRO TEM GOES ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION MARRIAGE COUNSELOR, TOTAL. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR. I KNOW THAT YOU AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY AND I, I, I APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH EDD ON THAT POINT. I HOPE THOUGH THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK TODAY, THAT WE CAN CLARIFY WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THAT PARTICULAR LANGUAGE, UM, RENAE AND OTHERS, UH, RAISE THIS ISSUE TO MY OFFICE IS ATTENTION, AND WE'VE GONE BACK AND WE'VE, WE HAVE GOTTEN CLARIFICATION FROM EDD THAT IT IS THAT LANGUAGE THAT IS CAUSING SOME CHALLENGES FOR OUR, SOME OF OUR NONPROFITS THAT ARE DOING DIFFERENT KINDS OF WORK. SO I HOPE MY HOPE IS THAT TODAY WE CAN, WE CAN GET TO SOME POINT OF CLARITY WITH OUR STAFF, UM, ON THAT TOGETHER. OKAY. DID ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT? I DON'T SEE ANY COUNSELOR FOR HARPER MADISON ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A COMMENT SO MUCH AS A QUESTION. DO ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES, UM, ARE Y'ALL HAVING ANY TROUBLE WITH YOUR AUDIO GOING IN AND OUT OR IS IT JUST ME? OKAY, THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S JUST YOU, AND I'VE ALSO NOTICED, UM, YOU'LL GET THE LITTLE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, CIRCLING THING ON YOUR EXIT OUT AND TRY TO COME BACK. OKAY. THANKS. A MEMBER HARPER MEDICINE. I WOULD, I WOULD. UM, SO I'M NOT HAVING THAT ISSUE TODAY, BUT I HAVE IN THE PAST AND WHAT'S HELPED ME IS TO ALSO HAVE IT ON MY PHONE SO THAT WHEN IT, WHEN I LOSE AUDIO OR THE ABILITY TO SPEAK. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR KITCHEN. DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? NO. OKAY. UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS ASHLEY HAMILTON. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, MY NAME IS ASHLEY. I AM A BLACK SINGLE MOTHER FROM TWO ONE WHO HAS BEEN RECENTLY, UM, DISPLAYS DUE TO GENTRIFICATION IN THE AREA I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT ITEMS 40 AND 49, AS IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED AND IMPACTED BY COVID-19. I ASKED THAT WE GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT THOSE AND NEED A DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE VIA DIRECT DEPOSIT AND ACH TRANSFERS. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? HI. MY NAME IS CYNTHIA VASQUEZ AND I WAS SCHOOL ORGANIZER WITH GABA GO UP AND I'M HERE REPPING THE SOUTH SIDE, NORTH SIDE, FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN ZIP CODE SEVEN EIGHT SEVEN FOUR FOUR FIVE FIVE EIGHT AND FIVE TWO. AND IT'S 10 TITLE ONE SCHOOLS IN YOUR DISTRICT. I DON'T WANT SCHOOLS OR CAMPUSES WORLD WHERE 95% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION RECEIVE FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH. AND ALREADY VULNERABLE POPULATION WERE FURTHER DIVIDED WHEN COVID-19 HIT THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WITH ACCESS, LOTS OF EMPLOYMENT HAVE BROKEN SPIRITS AND CAUSE MENTAL HEALTH, STRESS AND CONCERN THAT AFFECTS CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND OUR FAMILIES. PLEASE SEND THE PEOPLE AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE TO US AND FAMILY, TO THE CITY'S RICE RUN FUND THE PEOPLE AND INVEST $17 MILLION TO KEEP SUPPORTING AUSTIN FAMILIES IN NEED. I'D LIKE TO SHARE, UM, THE TESTIMONIAL OF ONE OF OUR FAMILIES AND SEVEN, EIGHT, SEVEN, FOUR FIVE, WHO WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE. I'M A SINGLE MOTHER RAISING A GROWING CHILD IN THE CITY. I'M NOT FROM WHEN THE PANDEMICS FIRST STARTED. I INSTANTLY BEGAN TO WORRY. MY JOB WAS MY SECURITY. WHEN THEY SHUT MY JOB DOWN, I WAS DEVASTATED. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW I WAS GOING TO PAY RENT MY LIGHT BILL, OR EVEN GET GROCERIES. THERE WAS NO WAY POSSIBLE FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO LIVE IN AUSTIN WITHOUT INCOME OR SUPPORT BEING ON QUARANTINE ONLY MADE ME STRESS EVEN MORE. I HAD TO ASK NEIGHBORS FOR FOOD AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD THINGS. I WAS AT [01:05:01] THE LOWEST POINT IN MY LIFE. I NEVER REALIZED HOW MUCH SCHOOL REALLY HELPS ME AND MY FAMILY. THE DAD GOT THE PHONE CALL STATING HELP WAS ON THE WAY I KNEW GOD HEARD MY PRAYERS BECAUSE OF THE CASH RELIEF PROGRAM. I WAS ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR MY, I WAS NOT ABLE TO. AT FIRST I WAS ABLE TO GET HIM THINGS HE NEEDED TO CONTINUE HIS LEARNING. I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THIS PROGRAM. I'M ABLE TO LOOK AT MY CHILD IN THE EYES AND LET HIM KNOW EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT. THIS PROGRAM GAVE ME HOPE IN TIME, WHERE IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. NOT ONLY WAS I GIVEN FUNDS, BUT I WAS GIVEN SUPPORT. I DID NOT FEEL ALONE ANYMORE. I KNOW IT'S PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT CARE. PLEASE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN, IN THE CITY RISE FUND AND HELP FAMILIES LIKE MINE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND INVEST IN THE PEOPLE. FUND YOUR COMMUNITY AND PUT $70 MILLION BACK INTO THE CITIES. REISMAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GABRIEL COLEMAN. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. YES. UM, MY QUESTION IS ABOUT AUTUMN 40. I'M CURIOUS. NOW I GET IT. YOU ARE GOING TO BE GIVING A LOT OF THIS MONEY TO FAMILIES IN NEED. I'M JUST WONDERING HOW MUCH OF THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED TO BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES, BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL ENGINE HERE IN AUSTIN. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WELL RUN MACHINE AND THE ENGINE IS SMALL BUSINESS. I GET IT. WE ALL NEED OUR JOBS BACK. WE NEED THE PLACE OPEN, BUT WE'RE PUTTING GAS IN THE TIRES. WE SHOULD BE PUTTING GAS IN THE ENGINE, THE FRONT OF THIS ECONOMY. AND LISTEN, WE ALL NEED HELP, BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO FIRST AND FOREMOST IS OPEN THIS THING BACK UP AND I CAN SEE HERE. I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE NOW AN HOUR AND OUR MAYOR IS ABSENT. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DEPICTION OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN AUSTIN. OUR MAYOR ISN'T EVEN ONLINE WITH US RIGHT NOW. THEY WERE GOING THROUGH TWO CRISIS RIGHT NOW, A PANDEMIC. THEY CALL IT, WHICH YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER TOPIC, BUT OUR MAYOR IS GONE AND IT'S A BIT. THEN IF HE CAN'T ANSWER, THEN HE TURNS IT OVER TO GREG. AND THAT'S JUST ABOUT THE SAME THING. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE WITH THAT? BUT THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT WHAT I'M SEEING IS IT'S AN ABSENTEE MAYOR THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD LEADERSHIP LAST WEEKEND. HE'S HAVING DISCUSSION AGAINST CHIEF MANLEY AND WE SHOULD BE HAVING LEADERSHIP, HOW TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS, NOT ABSENTEE MAYOR. OKAY. AND WHAT REALLY APPALLED ME IS THAT HE CAME OUT WITH A MASK AND HE HADN'T EVEN BEEN TESTED AND HE WANTS EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE TESTED. AND HE CAME OUT HERE IN FRONT OF US WEARING A MASK AND HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE THE TEST DONE TO HIM. SO HE'S WANTING US LOCKED DOWN. HE DOESN'T WANT ANY BUSINESSES STARTED UP. HE WANTS, EXCUSE ME. HE WANTS EVERYBODY WEARING MASKS. HE WANTS THINGS THAT HE'S NOT EVEN DOING IN ITSELF. LISTEN, WE GOT TO GET IT OPEN BACK UP GUYS. WE HAVE TO GET IT OPEN IN A SMALL BUSINESSES. THAT'S WHAT FUNDS THIS ENGINE. WE CALL AUSTIN. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY. THAT'S DON'T LET IT BE DESTROYED. WE TO OPEN THINGS UP BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT AND HERE'S WHAT GETS ME HERE, Y'ALL, DON'T TALK ABOUT THE SURVIVABILITY RATE OF COVID. NONE OF Y'ALL. Y'ALL TALK ABOUT DEATH, DEATH, DEATH, AND THAT'S A LIE. THERE'S A 99% SURVIVABILITY RATE FROM THE AGE OF THE ZERO TO 20.0, ZERO 2% OF 1% SURVIVE AGES OF 20 TO 44 AND ZERO FIVE, 7% PEOPLE SURVIVED 40 TO 67. NOW THE ELDERLY, I HAVE AN ELDERLY MOM. I TAKE CARE OF HER. I GET IT. YOU GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE. THEY'RE VULNERABLE, BUT LISTEN, THIS THING THAT'S GOING AROUND, IT'S ENOUGH. IT NEEDS TO STOP GUYS. NOBODY'S DYING FROM THIS BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF POSITIVE TESTS. AND YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW IT'S, IF YOU GET POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, YOU GET NEGATIVE POSITIVE. YOU HAVE TO TEST PEOPLE THREE TIMES, BUT EVERY TIME SOMEONE COMES UP AS POSITIVE AND THEY'RE SITTING OVER HERE SAYING, OKAY, THAT'S A HOSPITALIZATION. AND IT'S A LIE. DON'T NEED TO BE TELLING PEOPLE THE TRUTH AND GET US BACK UP AND GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. GUYS, LOOK AVERAGE. STILL NOT HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH HIM. WE NEED A LEADER RIGHT NOW AND HE'S OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK HE'S DOING. SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT. THAT'S THE ENGINE OF THIS ECONOMY, SMALL BUSINESSES. LET'S GET THIS THING OPENED UP AGAIN. QUIT BEING SILLY, BEING SILLY. STOP IT. OKAY. LET'S GET IT OPENED BACK UP. LET'S GET BACK TO BUSINESS. STOP THIS NONSENSE ABOUT SOCIAL DISTANCING, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT DOESN'T EVEN WORK. WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THAT NUMBER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FOOD CAME UP WITH THAT. [01:10:01] SO THAT'S EVEN A LIE THERE. SO LET'S GET BACK TO BUSINESS. LOOK AT ALL THESE RIOTS GOING ON UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAY. Y'ALL AREN'T ARGUING ABOUT SOCIAL DISTANCING THERE. NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OH, EVERYBODY HAS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO PROTEST. IT GETS THE BENEFIT. ALL THESE WHATEVER'S GOING ON. THESE WHITES, ALL, NO SOCIAL DISTANCE THERE, BUT ADDRESS THEM ALL. WE GOTTA STAY IN HOUSE. NOBODY CAN BE GETTING TOGETHER. SO WHICH ONE IS IT? OKAY. Y'ALL GOTTA MAKE UP YOUR MIND, MAN. REALLY THINK ABOUT IN PHILLY. ALL OF Y'ALL. OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN SAY MORE, BUT HOPEFULLY I GET TO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE AGAIN. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER POLL. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO THE COLOR TO JUST LET HIM KNOW THAT THE MAYOR IS HERE. HE HAD TO STEP FROM THE PANEL, WHICH IS WHY THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS CONDUCTING THE MEETING. BUT MAYOR ADLER IS HERE. HE, UH, HAS BEEN HERE, UM, THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE PAST EVENTS, JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER 10 OF US HAVE BEEN AND, UM, ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND INVOLVED. HE ISN'T MISSING. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. I'M GOING TO MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL OF THE TODDLERS. IF YOU HAVE NOT PRESSED ZERO, PLEASE DO SO NOW SO THAT YOU CAN BE ADMITTED TO THE CALL. . THE NEXT COLOR IS SAVINA. EBOLA. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI THERE. MY NAME IS SABINA MANDOLA. I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE. I'M HERE SUPPORTING THE DEMANDS OF A BROAD COALITION, INCLUDING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, UNITED GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP. I SLOWLY BEING IN OTHERS TO ALLOCATE $70 MILLION OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTED FUNDS TO DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN AUSTIN. UM, I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND THROUGH MY WORK WITH TEXAS. THE IMPACT THAT DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE HAS HAD FOR UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE IN AUSTIN. THERE'S REALLY NO REPLACEMENT FOR THAT. AND AS AUSTIN REALLY WANTS TO COMMIT TO BEING A SANCTUARY CITY, WE NEED TO BE FUNDING COMMUNITIES, NOT COPS. I SEE THE REST OF MY TIME TO DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE IN BLOCK ORGANIZERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, WE HAVE A SPANISH SPEAKER, UM, THAT WE'LL BE TAKING UP NEXT. SO IF THE INTERPRETER CAN PLEASE WELL GONE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, EDIS, BEST GUEVARA IS THE NEXT COLOR SHOULD THEY CALL THAT MORNING? I SPEAK TODAY AND I'M BE SPEAKING FOR MY COMMUNITY. I'M THE LECTURE THAT IS I'M HERE TODAY. I AM REPRESENTING, MM, GOOD CODE SEVEN EIGHT, SEVEN FOUR FIVE. AND I'M HERE ABOUT ARTICLES 40 AND 49. IT'S CALLED WAS ACTUALLY THE VCC COVID-19 IS AFFECTED ARE MY, MY FAMILIES AND OTHER FAMILIES, IF NEIGHBORHOODS AND MY HUSBAND HAS HIS HOURS HAVE BEEN REDUCED EVEN WITH THE LITTLE HOURS THAT HE GOES TO WORK, YOU KNOW, HE'S STILL RISKED HIS LIFE TO GO TO WORK SO WE CAN PAY THE RENT AND THE DIFFERENT UTILITIES WE STILL HAVE. . AND EVEN THOUGH I WAS MINE, MY HEALTH WAS AFFECTED BY COVID-19 AND I [01:15:01] HAD ISSUES THE NIGHT, THE ONLY WAY I WAS ABLE TO GET THESE TESTS DONE AND GET TAKEN CARE OF THE WOODS WITH THE FUNDS THAT COMMUNITY HELPS ME WITH VERY MUCH THE RICE BEEN TO, TO HELP IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO HELPING MY FAMILY AT THIS TIME. WHAT WAS IT? I ASKED YOU ORIGINALLY THAT YOU STILL CAN HELP WITH THE 70 MILLION THAT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BRIDE TO HELP FAMILIES LIKE MY OWN. YEAH. AND A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE HELP. OKAY. LAST, YES. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOY RUCKER. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD MORNING. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN YOUR PATIENCE AND LISTENING TO THE MANY TESTIMONIES TODAY. UM, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT AGENDA 40 AND WHILE I AGREE AND SUPPORT ALL THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, UM, OF THE NEED FOR ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. I ALSO WANT TO TALK HARM REDUCTION SERVICES. THAT'S THROUGH THIS, A COVERT EPIDEMIC OR PANDEMIC THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING GOING TO HOMELESS SERVICES. AND THEN THERE'S THIS SUB POPULATION OF THOSE HOMELESS SERVICES, HOMELESS COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DRUG USERS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO INJECT DRUGS NO MATTER WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON. AND IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. THE OVERDOSES HAVE INCREASED THE NEED FOR HARM REDUCTION. SUPPLIES HAS INCREASED. WE CAN BARELY KEEP UP WITH THE NEED. AND THERE ISN'T A, THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS NOT. UH, WE APPLIED FOR THE RICE, UH, SOME WISE MONEY. WE DID NOT GET FUNDED. AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT A MAINSTREAM SERVICE OR A LARGE ENTITY, BUT WHO WE SERVE AS PART OF PART OF A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE THAT IS NOT REALLY BEING ADDRESSED. AND I URGE YOU, WE SENT IN A LETTER EXPLAINING OUR SERVICES AND THAT WE TRY TO HELP PEOPLE TO GET ON MEDICAID ASSISTED TREATMENT. UM, WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE CLEAN SUPPLIES SO THAT THEY'RE NOT AT RISK OF HEPATITIS C AND HIV AND GIVING OUT MASKS AND NONE OF THIS, NONE OF THE SUPPLIES THAT WE'RE NOW PROVIDING WE'RE IN OUR BUDGET TO GIVE OUT, UH, HAND SANITIZER MASK, UH, FOOD. SO WE'RE, WE'RE BEING ASKED TO STRETCH OUT TO A POPULATION THAT IS A SUB POPULATION THAT NOBODY ELSE HAS REALLY, UM, ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH. WE CAN ENGAGE WITH THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT UNDERSTAND HOW TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT COMMITTED TO RECOVERY, UH, TRADITIONAL RECOVERY PROGRAMS. SO WE CAN ENGAGE THEM AND ACT AS A BRIDGE TO NAVIGATE MAINSTREAM SERVICES. SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEAK, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT REALLY LOOK AT DEREK DUCTION SERVICES AS A CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR PEOPLE IN THIS CITY THAT ARE USING SUBSTANCES THAT ARE UNABLE OR UNWILLING OR [01:20:02] CANNOT ACCESS TRADITIONAL TREATMENT, OR HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE STRUCTURED, UH, TRADITIONAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HARM REDUCTION OF ALTERNATIVE SERVICE TO THOSE FOLKS. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY COMMENT THAT, UH, MY OFFICE, I DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM, UM, TO THAT LAST SPEAKER, BUT TEXAS HARM REDUCTION ALLIANCE THAT SPOKE TO THE HIGHER, UM, OVERDOSES. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MEETING SET UP TO SEE HOW WE COULD, UM, HELP HELP WITH YOUR EFFORTS. SO THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SCOTT BRENNER. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HELLO, THIS IS SCOTT BRUNER. I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 50, THE ALLEY VACATION ISSUE WITH A LOPEZ. UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF THE TINGLE NUMBER THREE 36, 42 YEARS, A COMMERCIAL INSURANCE BROKER. UM, I INSURE RISKS SUCH AS DILLARD DEPARTMENT STORES, DOMAIN LOCATION, AND THERE'S SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS REGARDING FIRE SAFETY AND AT THIS LOCATION BECAUSE THE CITY OF AUSTIN DIDN'T GIVE NOTICE TO THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE SITE PLAN. WE DID KNOW TO CONTACT XE AND DC EARLY IN THE PROCESS SINCE REQUESTED PLANS AND MEETING ON MAY 11TH, DIDN'T RECEIVE AN ANSWER. SO WE REQUEST THAT YOU PLEASE HOLD UP ON APPROVING THE PROJECT AND WE CAN MEET AND MAKE THIS A BETTER PROJECT. UH, WE SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UH, WE SUPPORT, UH, THE LOPEZ PROJECT, BUT, UH, THEY NEED TO HAVE QUESTIONS ANSWERED, UM, TO MAKE IT, TO MAKE IT BETTER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARVA OVER 10. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, A CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER. MY NAME IS MARVA OVERTON. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ALLIANCE FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH IN CENTRAL TEXAS. I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO SPEAK TO ITEMS 40 AND 49 RELATED TO THE COVID-19 SPENDING FRAMEWORK. AND I ASKED THAT WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK, YOU MAKE AVAILABLE $70 MILLION TO THE RISE FUND OR DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO FAMILY. I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE IMPACT THAT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES HAS MADE THE RESPONSE WAS OVERWHELMING. AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ASSIST ALL OF THE SOUNDERS WHO REACHED OUT TO US. THERE WAS VARIOUS FAMILY STRUCTURES IMPACTED BY THE LOSS OF INCOME FROM LAYOFF AND A REDUCTION IN HOURS DUE TO THE COVID-19 THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ASSIST FAMILIES CONSISTING OF ADULTS. ONLY TWO PARENTS, SINGLE PARENT HEADED HOUSEHOLDS WITH MINOR CHILDREN AND ADULT CHILDREN TAKING CARE OF SENIOR PARENTS APPRECIATION FOR THE TIME WHEN IT WAS IN WHICH THEY WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE. THE ASSISTANCE WAS EXPRESSED BY THE FAMILY. THERE MAY BE SOME ON THE COUNCIL WHO DO NOT FAVOR PROVIDING DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF ACH DEPOSITS OR PREPAID CARDS. IF THERE'S AN UNDERLYING ASSUMPTION THAT THOSE WHO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER, EITHER WON'T SPEND THE FUNDS IN THE, IN THE WAY OF WHAT YOU THINK IS APPROPRIATE OR THAT THEY SOMEHOW DON'T KNOW HOW TO MANAGE THEIR FINANCES. I WOULD ASSERT THAT THIS IS ASSUMING THE WORST OF PEOPLE WHEN YOU COULD EASILY JUST ASSUME THE BEST, WHY NOT HAVE THE MINDSET THAT FAMILIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING NO BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE, WHAT THEIR IMMEDIATE NEEDS ARE AND EMPOWER THEM WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS AND STACY FIT NEEDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AT THIS TIME DOES NOT MEAN THE FAMILY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO MANAGE YOUR MONEY. THERE ARE FOLKS THAT MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. THEY LACK MONEY MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND ARE CONSTANTLY IN DEBT AND OFTENTIMES HAVE LESS. SO WE MANAGE OUR FINANCES BETTER BECAUSE WE HAVE A SMALLER MARGIN FOR ERROR. YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT THAT COVID-19 IS HAVING ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. YOU ALSO KNOW THAT THE INCOME INEQUALITY IS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE CONDITIONS THAT HAS PRODUCED THIS DISPARITY. I BELIEVE THAT REDUCING INCOME INEQUALITY SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF YOUR MIND WHENEVER YOU'RE CONSIDERING AND MAKING DECISIONS ON A [01:25:01] WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES FOR THE CITY, ASK YOURSELF, HOW DOES THIS DECISION IMPACT THE MOST ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE IN OUR CITY? I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE TODAY. AND IN THE FUTURE AS THE CITY AND COUNTRIES WORKED ITSELF OUT OF THE AFTERMATH OF A PANDEMIC, THAT IS NOT YET OVER. SO I ASKED YOU TO GO TODAY TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRIORITIZE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN HIT HARDEST BY COVID-19 AND ALLOCATE 70 MILLION TO THE RISE FUND TO PROVIDE DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. AND I ALSO WOULD ASK YOU TO LIMIT DECREASE THE FUNDING THAT IS GOING TO APD, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE LARGEST SEGMENT OF OUR CITY BUDGET, BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN PRODUCE SAFETY. THERE ARE OTHER WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN DO REDUCE BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES AND THE BETTER WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN INCREASE INCOME EQUALITY FOR ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT COLOR IS A MEAT. MOTWANI YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. MY NAME IS MEAN 20. I AM A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION THOUGH, AND NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THAT COMMISSION. UM, I'M SPEAKING AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, WHO'S UNAFFILIATED AND WHO HAS WORKED FOR 20 YEARS IN PRIVATE, NONPROFIT SOCIAL SERVICES HERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS. UH, THANKS, UH, TO ALL THE LEADERSHIP, UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, FOR WORKING IN TIMES WHERE THERE'S NO HANDBOOK, EXCEPT FOR THE GUIDANCE OF INTUITION, THAT'S CULTIVATED BY A FOUNDATION OF AN OPEN MIND AND A KIND HEART I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEMS 40 AND 49 PROVIDED THAT THE COMBINATION OF THOSE ELEMENTS RESULTS IN THE AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE INTENDED FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, UH, TO REACH AT LEAST $70 MILLION. THAT'S A $55 MILLION DELTA FROM WHERE IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, TO BE CLEAR, DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDES ACH TRANSFERS AND PREPAID CREDIT CARDS, BUT ENABLE FAMILIES TO APPLY FUNDS WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY KNOW THEY NEED THE MOST DURING TIMES OF CRISIS. I'D LIKE TO FRAME WITH THREE IMPORTANT STATISTICS. THE FIRST IS THAT ABOUT HALF OF OUR POPULATION IN AUSTIN CAN BE CONSIDERED LOW INCOME AS COMPARED TO THE MSI AMPLIFIED BY THE PANDEMIC, WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. NOW, SECOND, EVEN THE CARES ACT, WHICH HAS WRANGLED, WHICH WRANGLED INDIVIDUAL PROTECTIONS FROM AN UNPRECEDENTEDLY RACIST IN CLASSES, CONGRESS YIELDS 30% OF THE TOTAL SPEND TO PASS THROUGH DIRECTLY TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO PASS THROUGH DIRECTLY TO HOUSEHOLDS. NOW, BY COMPARISON, AUSTIN'S ALLOCATION OF THE COVID STAND UP THAT OF THEIR CALL OF AUSTIN'S SCOPE SPEND THE 270 TOTAL, UH, 270 MILLION TOTAL DOLLARS IS THAT 5%. SO THAT'S 5% COMPARED TO NEARLY 30% OF HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PRIORITIZE IT. ALSO WELL-INTENDED PROGRAMS THAT ARE MISSING THE MARK, UH, CAN YIELD PATERNALISTIC AND TONE DEAF RESULTS. SOME EXAMPLES ARE THE RENT PROGRAM, WHICH VERY QUICKLY SERVED MANY PEOPLE AND VERY QUICKLY DISPERSED ONE POINT $2 MILLION. HOWEVER, THE REPORTS WERE RAMPANT ABOUT FOLKS WHO ARE BEING MISSED, WHO ARE UNBANKED, WHO DIDN'T HAVE LEASE CONTRACTS, WHO HAD INFORMAL CONTRACTS, UH, WHO HAVE A STIGMA OF DEALING WITH LANDLORDS OR ABUSIVE LANDLORDS AND MANY LANDLORDS WHO DIDN'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE BUREAUCRACY. HOW MANY FAMILIES WERE LEFT OUT OF THAT. AND OTHER EXAMPLES OF UTILITY ASSISTANCE, THE FIRST CONSIDERATION IS THAT ELECTRICITY AND WATER ARE NOT THE ONLY UTILITIES. AND SO THOSE PROGRAMS SHOULD NOT ONLY BE MANAGED BY THE UTILITY OR ORGANIZATION. UM, ALL LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONSIDER MOBILE AND INTERNET AMONG NON-NEGOTIABLE UTILITIES AND DENYING THEM THE CHOICE ON HOW SPEND AVAILABLE FUNDS WITH THE PATERNALISTIC AND TONE DEAF LOOK. AND BESIDES THE BEING ON HOLD ENROLLING FOR A CAP PROGRAM, WAITING FOR QUALIFICATION, CALLING INTO HOLD AGAIN, WAITING UNTIL THE RIGHT WINDOW TO CALL BACK. THEN IF A DOCUMENT SCAN, DIDN'T GO CORRECTLY, FINDING OUT WHAT YOUR DISCOUNT LEVEL MIGHT BE REVERSE ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS, TO SEE HOW THAT AFFECTS THE FINANCES OF THE HOUSEHOLD. COULDN'T WE JUST TAKE THE PROJECTED BOTTOM LINE FOR DISCOUNT ANALYSIS, MY LIVED EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN WORKING IN NONPROFIT SOCIAL SERVICES OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, I'VE SEEN THAT THESE OBSTACLES TO ACHIEVING SUPPORT ARE DEHUMANIZING, ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF EXTREME CRISIS, LET'S BE CLEAR. THIS IS A POLL TAX OF THE STIMULUS. WE CAN TAKE 16 MILLION FROM THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, 10 MILLION FROM THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, 10 MILLION FROM THE COBIT ADJUSTMENT FOR BUSINESSES AND 21.5 MILLION FOR BETTER OR WORSE. THE, THAT THE BUDGETING EXERCISE TAUGHT US THAT WE COULD TAKE FROM APD, AND THAT WOULD EASILY PROVIDE THE AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO GET TO $70 MILLION. AND THERE WOULD [01:30:01] BE A DOUBLE BOTTOM LINE. THE, THE QUICK RELIEF TO FAMILIES WOULD RESULT IN ANOTHER WAVE OF STIMULUS THAT COMES IN. IF THERE'S A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE SENT IMMEDIATELY IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, INDEPENDENT OF BOTTOM LINES, IT'S THE RIGHT THING, RIGHT? THING TO DO. IT'S OUR CHANCE AFTER 25 YEARS OF SYSTEMATIC MOVEMENT, MARK BY WELFARE REFORM IN 1996, THAT HISTORICALLY INEQUITABLE TAX CODES THAT HAVE LOCKED MILLIONS OF FAMILIES AND SYSTEMATIC CYCLES OF POVERTY. A QUARTER CENTURY OF DRACONIAN CUTS TO OUR SUPPORT OF SAFETY NETS AND OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE FEDERAL STATE GOVERNMENTS SHIRKING THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO ENSURE THE WELLBEING OF THE POPULACE. IT'S A CHANCE FOR US TO BE BOLD, TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE CAN INNOVATIVELY AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY. RE-IMAGINE THE ROLE THAT A PROGRESSIVE AND FORWARD THINKING OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT CAN PLAY IN THE ABSENCE OF APPROPRIATE RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION FROM OTHER TIERS OF GOVERNMENT. I INVOKED THE PARADIGM OF GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF US, THE PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK TO MAKE THIS DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES IN A WAY THAT HONORS THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS AS PERTINENT TO THEIR NEEDS. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. YEP. THANK YOU. THE NEXT CALLER IS JESSICA WOLF. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD MORNING. MAYOR, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JESSICA WOLF, DEPUTY POLICY DIRECTOR FOR WORKERS DEFENSE AND I'M TESTIFYING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 40 FOR THE, WITH THE INCLUSION OF COUNCIL MEMBER CATHARS AMENDMENT, WHICH INCREASES THE RISE FUND BY $12 MILLION AND PUTS $150,000 TOWARDS EVICTION PROTECTION. WE ARE ALSO IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 49 WAS DIRECT CITY MANAGER TO EXPLORE USING AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO STREAMLINE THE RATE RISE ON PROCESS WORKERS. OFFENSE IS A MEMBERSHIP BASED ORGANIZATION WITH LOW WAGE WORKERS, UH, AN ORGANIZATION OF LOW WAGE WORKERS AND IMMIGRANT FAMILIES COVID-19 HAS AFFECTED OUR COMMUNITY IN MANY WAYS, BUT PARTICULARLY FINANCIALLY AND IN THEIR WORKPLACE. MOST OF OUR MEMBERS WORK IN THE INDUSTRY, A FEAR EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 AND IN TURN YOU'RE EXPOSING THEIR HOUSEHOLD. WE ALSO HAVE MEMBERS WHO CONTINUE CONTINUING TO WORK IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY, BUT THEIR HOURS OR SHIFTS HAVE BEEN DRAMATICALLY DECREASED OR LOST THEIR JOBS ENTIRELY AND FEAR HOW THEY WILL FEED THEIR FAMILIES AND PAY THEIR BILLS. MOST SURE I'M THE LAST, THE NEXT COMMUNITY IS CURRENTLY AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF BEING HOSPITALIZED IN OUR CITY. WE APPRECIATE THE STEP THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN TO ADDRESS THIS FINDING WAYS TO INCREASE TESTING FUNDING AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION. THE RISE FUND HAS BEEN A LIFELINE FOR OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE MOST OF OUR MEMBERS DO NOT QUALIFY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT OR FEDERAL SUPPORT. ONCE HAZEL, ONE OF OUR MEMBER LEADERS SAID THE SUPPORT HE RECEIVED LAST MONTH FROM THE RISE FUND, ALLOWED HIS FAMILY TO PURCHASE GROCERIES, PAY A FEW BILLS AND PROVIDE HIM A SENSE OF SECURITY FOR THE, FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS, WE CONTINUE TO HEAR THE NEED FOR DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM OUR MEMBERS AND OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. HOWEVER, REMEMBER CATHARS AMENDMENT WILL INCREASE RIDE'S LENDING BY $12 MILLION AND PROVIDE OUR MEMBERS, THEIR FAMILY, AND THE COMMUNITY WITH WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN VOICING. THEY NEED. WE THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. DURING THIS CRISIS, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT ITEM 48 WITH THE INCLUSION OF COUNCILMEN FOR STARS, AMENDMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THE NEXT CALLER IS KENYA GILLESPIE. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, MY NAME'S KENNETH LUSBY AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, I'M A QUEER ASIAN AMERICAN AND SUPPORT ABOUT CANNING $70 MILLION. IT WAS A COVID FEDERAL FUNDS TO DIRECTLY ASSIST THE FINANCIAL NEEDS OF UNDER, UNDER UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES OF COLOR IN AUSTIN. AND EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT OFTEN, THIS FOLLOWS THE LEAD OF CITIES, SUCH AS LOS ANGELES, HE'S MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL JUST ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT IT WOULDN'T CUT A HUNDRED TO $115 MILLION OR 5.5 TO 8.8% OF THE POLICE BUDGET TO REGAIN THAT IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, I BELIEVE WE MUST DEFUND THE APD AND REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BY INVESTING IN PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMUNITY, HOUSING, MENTORING PROGRAMS, AND EDUCATION AFTER THE APPALLING TREATMENT OF PROTESTERS THAT WERE THERE THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND THE CONTINUED FEELINGS OF ANGER THAT THE CITY REGARDING POLICE BRUTALITY AND IS NOT SUPPORTING AP IN GENDER, THE CULTURE OF VIOLENCE AND RACISM, AS WELL AS THE ALLEGED SEXISM AND HOMOPHOBIA, AND FRANKLY EMBARRASSED THAT OUR APP AND THE VIOLENT TACTICS OF POLICE AGAINST THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND CANNOT AND WILL NOT STAY SILENT FOR ANY LONGER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UM, QUICKLY COLLEAGUES. [01:35:01] I KNOW THE MAYOR SAID THAT WE WOULD BREAK AT NOON. UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 20 MORE SPEAKERS. I'M WONDERING IF, UM, THOSE OF US WHO NEED TO, UM, MAKE LUNCH FOR OUR COWORKERS, IF, IF, IF THEY CAN, UM, MAYBE JUST LISTEN AND WE CAN MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THAT EVERYBODY, THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, EVEN IF THERE'S SCREENS ARE BLANK, THEY CAN LISTEN TO YOU AND HEAR YOUR COMMENTS. I'M CURIOUS WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE ARE ON, IF, IF WE COULD KEEP GOING, BECAUSE WAITING MAYOR PRO TEM, IT'S LESLIE OVER HERE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. THANKS A COUNSELOR KITCHEN. CAN YOU, YES. YES. I AGREE WITH THAT APPROACH WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WOULD THEN BREAK SOUNDS ABOUT ONE. WHEN WE, WHEN THE 20 SPEAKERS HAVE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? I WOULD SAY WE DO A QUICK VOTE ON CONSENT AND THEN, AND THEN BREAK. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S THAT'S FINE. THAT'S QUICK. CAUSE WE CAN VOTE ON CONSENT. YES, EXACTLY. NOT TO REMEMBER IT, ANTHONY. YEAH. YES, WE CAN. I CAN ALSO LISTEN TO IT ON THE, ON THE AUSTIN CITY NETWORK, TV STATION. SO I MEAN, I COULD LISTEN TO HER IF I NEED, UM, I'M IN MY HOUSE SO I CAN JUST COOK DINNER. SO I MADE LUNCH. SO WHATEVER, YOU KNOW. OKAY. SO LET'S KEEP GOING. BUT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH THEIR VIDEO ON. SO JUST KEEP, UM, KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO OFF, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT THE SIXTH GOING OFF SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHELLE MAHEA YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. MICHELLE, I'M HERE. SORRY I WAS ON YOU GOD. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS THE EARLY CHILDHOOD ORGANIZER FOR THE ORGANIZATION GO AUSTIN, VAMOS AUSTIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND APPROVAL OF ITEM EIGHT FOR THE FUNDING OF THE UNITED WAY TO WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, TO DISTRIBUTE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FAMILY CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, THIS FUNDING WILL HELP CHILDCARE CAREGIVERS AND PROVIDERS IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. MANY OF THESE PROVIDERS ARE ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE PANDEMIC, RISKING THEIR OWN HEALTH AND SAFETY TO CARE FOR CHILDREN. MANY WHO MANY OF WHO ARE CHILDREN OF THE CENTRAL EMPLOYEES, SUCH AS HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WHILE OTHERS HAD TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE TO THE, TO THE LOSS ENROLLMENT AND STATE MANDATE IS COVID-19 CHILDCARE CLOSURES. THESE FUNDS WILL PROVIDE DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO HOME-BASED FAMILY CHILDCARE PROVIDERS FOR URGENT NEEDS ARISING FROM THEIR UNPRECEDENTED CRISIS, INCLUDING OPINION, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, CLEANING SUPPLIES AND SERVICES AND SUPPLEMENTING, LOST WAGES AND INCOME. IN MY ROLE, I HAVE TALKED TO CHILDCARE PROVIDERS ON A SPECTRUM. THOSE HAVE REMAINED OPEN AND THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TO QUOTE PERMANENTLY THEIR HOME CARE PROVIDERS, THERE HAVE GONE FROM TAKING CARE OF 10 CHILDREN TO JUST WATCHING ONE OR TWO IN OUR SEVEN EIGHT, SEVEN FOUR, FOUR AND SEVEN, EIGHT, SEVEN FIVE, THREE ZIP CODES. THEY HAVE SEEN DRAMATIC CHANGE IN THEIR INCOME AND ARE BEING FACED WITH FINANCIAL INSTABILITY HOME BASED CHILDCARE PROVIDERS ARE NOT, ARE NOT ONLY WORRIED ABOUT THE FAMILIES. THEY SEE WHO THEIR JOBS AND INCOME NOW WORRIED ABOUT THEIR OWN LIVELIHOOD TO 83% OF US FAMILY STRUGGLED TO FIND AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE QUALITY CHILDCARE. FOR MANY OF THESE FAMILIES HOME BASED CHILDCARE IS THE SOLUTION SERVING MORE THAN 7 MILLION CHILDREN, AGES FIVE AND UNDER NEARLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN CENTER OR SCHOOL-BASED CARE PROVIDERS OF HOME BASED FAMILY CHILDCARE ARE OFTEN LOW INCOME WOMEN OF COLOR AND HAVE GIVEN THE CLOSURE OF CENTER AND SCHOOL-BASED CHILDCARE IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 MANY HAVE DEPENDENT ON THESE CAREGIVERS. THESE CAREGIVERS AND PROVIDERS ARE NAVIGATING COMPLEX PUBLIC HEALTH DECISIONS AND CONTENDING WITH SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS DISRUPTION THAT THREATENS THEIR CONTINUED OPERATION AND THEIR PERSONAL WELLBEING AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY. MANY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR STIMULUS AND CARE CARES. ACT FUNDING. OFTEN FAMILIES RELY ON A HEALTHY AND STABLE CHILDCARE INDUSTRY FOR PARENTS TO GO BACK TO WORK WITHOUT IMMEDIATE ACTION TO MAINTAIN THE SUPPLY OF HOME-BASED CHILD, FAMILY CHILDCARE, NEAR TERM EFFORTS TO REBUILD THE ECONOMY, MAYBE STALLED AND MAY IMPACT YOUNG CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT IN THE SHORT AND LONG TERM. THANK YOU FOR APPROVING ITEM EIGHT TODAY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS FRANCIS [01:40:01] . YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, MY NAME IS FRANCIS . I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT FROM DUCKS SPRINGS AND A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH GABA GO AUSTIN, VAMOS AUSTIN. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE PAST SUPPORT FOR OUR LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEM EIGHT. AND, UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR THE, TO ASK FOR THE APPROVAL FOR ITEM 44 COVERT SPENDING FRAMEWORK AND FOR ITEM 49 FOR AUTHORITY STATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO REVIEW THE PROCESS FOR PROVIDING DIRECT FINANCIAL RELIEF BASED ON RIGHTS FUND, I'M SUPPORTING THE DEMANDS OF GABA COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, UNITED GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP. I SWEAT ABOUT THE AUSTIN AND OTHER AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ALLOCATE $70 MILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER. I HAVE THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH RESIDENTS IN MY COMMUNITY WHO ARE GOING THROUGH EXTREME HARDSHIP TO PUT FOOD ON THEIR TABLES, PAY THEIR UTILITIES, RENT OR MORTGAGE. IT'S NOT EASY TO ASK FOR HELP. AND BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS, WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO ASK FOR HELP TO FEED MY KIDS. I ASK THAT YOU DO ALL IN YOUR POWER TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR ALL THESE RESIDENTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. AND, UH, I DO HAVE, UH, SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT DON'T HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS. SO IF SOME OF THAT MONEY COULD GO TO, UM, DEBIT CREDIT CARDS OR, UM, ANY OTHER MEANS THAT THEY COULD BE ABLE TO HAVE, UM, ANY FINANCIAL HELP. AND THE MR. WE HAVE IS BIG. WE HAVE MANY RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN GREAT NEED AND, UM, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WAITING FOR FUNDING. SO IF WE COULD ALLOCATE AS MUCH MONEY AS YOU CAN PLEASE DO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING FOR ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR, UM, MAYOR PORTEND, GARZA AND, UM, AND MAYOR, UM, STEVE ATLANTA. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS REBECCA SANCHEZ. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HELLO? YES. I'M HERE. GO AHEAD. SURE. SORRY. OH, SORRY. UH, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS REBECCA SANCHEZ. I'M HERE AS A MEMBER AND SUPPORTER OF CCU PATRICK'S LEADERSHIP, ALONG WITH THE BREAKTHROUGH, CENTRAL TEXAS AND MANY OTHERS. UH, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT MANY OTHERS ON THIS CALL PLUS THE THOUSANDS OF FOLKS WHO SIGNED THE PETITION, WHO CALLED YOU, WHO EMAILED YOU THAT 70 MILLION GO DIRECTLY TO THE RISE FUND IN THE FORM OF DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE AND FAMILIES, UH, COKES IN COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH COMMUNITY. WE URGE EVERYONE TO INTERACT WITH THE COUNCIL TO INTERACT WITH THE POWER BY CALLING IN, BY PROVIDING TESTIMONY, BY GIVING US FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCES THAT EMAILING WHEN IN REALITY, THIS ENTIRE PROCESS IS PRETTY TRAUMATIC. FOLKS BUILD THE COURAGE TO DEMAND THEIR AUTONOMY. THEY ELEVATE THEIR VOICES, MAKING DEMAND FOR THEIR LIVELIHOODS ONLY TO BE SILENT. WHEN THE ACTUAL VOTES COME DOWN BY OUR DUTY TO TAKE SERIOUSLY THE DECISION OF HOW TO ALLOCATE THE SPENDING YOUR PEOPLE. OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FORCED OUT OF AUSTIN AND DROVE OUR COLLECTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND CS FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PAY RENT AND ARE IN DIRE SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE DIRECT FINANCIAL HELP, NOT HURDLES BARRIERS AND PATERNALISTIC REMEDIES, BUT 70 MILLION IN THE RISE FUND PERIOD. THANK YOU. THE NEXT CALLER IS AMMONIAS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. UM, HI, MY NAME IS . I AM THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION COMPRISED OF THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS AND ONE THAT SENT US UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS LIKE MYSELF, UM, AND FORMERLY AND CURRENTLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE. I 100% GO SIGN WITH EVERYTHING THAT FAR LATERAL HAS SAID IN REGARDS TO ITEM 40 AND 49, AND WILL ONLY ADD A FEW THINGS. [01:45:02] UM, I LIVE IN AUSTIN AND MY FAMILY FOR 20 YEARS WHEN WE MIGRATED FROM MEXICO, UH, 13 FOR A BETTER LIFE AND HAVE SEEN THEMSELVES OFTEN FAILED BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY ALLOCATE RESOURCES, LET THEM, WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION AROUND COVID-19 RESOURCES. ABOUT A MONTH AGO. MANY OF US ASKED YOU TO HAVE AT LEAST $7 MILLION GO DIRECTLY FOR CASH ASSISTANCE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ACTUALLY KNOW THESE, BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. ONLY 2 MILLION WENT TO DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE. WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS WHO CAN'T PAY RENT, BUY GROCERIES, OR ANY OTHER THINGS, BUT YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS AND YOU'VE KNOWN THESE THINGS AND YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE ALL THE WRONG CALLS AND LEAVE US THIS GRADE, THEN STRUGGLED TO TAKE CARE OF HER OWN COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, THAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO HERE IS TO ALLOCATE MORE MONEY. WE'RE ASKING FOR 70 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE. AND AGAIN, YOU'LL KNOW THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. UM, AND IT'S ALSO NOT OKAY TO MAKE THE FRANK COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ACT IN SKARSTEN MODE FOR RESOURCES WHEN THERE'S PLENTY OF MONEY TO, UM, CARE FOR THE WELLBEING OF EVERYONE IN THE CITY. THE THING IS THAT THAT MONEY'S CURLING THE WRONG PLACES. SO PLEASE UNDO THE STAND WITH THIS MONEY. UH, THE FRAMEWORK THAT THE CITY MANAGER PUT FORWARD IS INADEQUATE, BUT YOU ALSO KNOW THAT, UH, WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT THIS PAST WEEKEND, I, ALONG WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS WERE PEER GAS AND HAD BEEN BACK SHUT AT US. UM, AS WE WERE PROTESTING AND SOLIDARITY WITH BLACK PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THE VIOLENCE PERPETUATED AGAINST THEM. UM, AND TO WHICH ALL OF YOU HAVE CO-SIGNED FOR MANY YEARS, I SAW HIM FAILED WHAT I ALREADY KNEW THAT YOU CONTINUE TO FUND THE WRONG THINGS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT OUR CITY MANAGER ACTUALLY CAME FROM ANNAPOLIS. HE WORKED AS A CD COORDINATOR IN MINNEAPOLIS FROM 2014 TO 2018. THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE MARSHALL PROJECT LAST WEEK ABOUT THE CULTURE THAT ALLOWED AND ENABLED THE TYPE OF SYSTEMIC ABUSE AND VIOLENCE. AND WHAT'S FOR PATRIOT AGAINST GEORGE FLOYD BEFORE OUR EYES AND MANAGE YOUR CROPS WAS PART OF THAT CULTURE. UM, SO HE'S SPENDING FRAMEWORK IS INADEQUATE. WHEN DID ANY 70 MILLION IN THEIR ACT ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING CASH ASSISTANCE, YOU KNOW, UM, IMMEDIATELY, ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S QUITE, UM, UNACCEPTABLE. UM, AND IT'S THE LEAST THAT YOU CAN DO. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CARRIE CARRIE CHESS. YEAH. THREE MINUTES. HI. YES. MY NAME IS CARRIE CHEST AND I'M A RESIDENT IN DISTRICT ONE. UM, AND I'M A FIRST TIME HOMEOWNER AT THE TYNDALL. UM, I'M ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO DELAY THE VOTE ON THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE ALLEY VACATION. WE HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT FOR FIRE SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THE BOTH BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS ACCESS CONCERN, UM, ABOUT PUTTING A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY AT THE END OF A DEAD END STREET WITH ONLY ONE POINT OF ACCESS IN AND OUT. BUT WITH REGARDS TO THE AGENDA TODAY, WE ASK THAT YOU DELAY IT SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO WEIGH IN ON THIS ISSUE AND TO HOPEFULLY MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER. BECAUSE ALTHOUGH I MOVED IN, IN AUGUST THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD OF THIS ISSUE, AND MANY OF, MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS EVER HEARD OF THIS ISSUE WITH MARCH, BECAUSE WE WERE NEVER PROPERLY NOTIFIED, NOTIFIED ABOUT THE SITE PLAN AND WE WERE NOT PROPERLY NOTIFIED ABOUT THE ALLEY VACATION. SO NONE OF US FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS UNTIL MARCH AFTER THIS HAD ALREADY BEEN VOTED ON BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL. AND WE'VE, WE STILL HAVE NOT HAD ACCESS TO UPDATED PLANS FROM THE DEVELOPER. AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AND ON PLANS BEFORE THINGS GOT TO THIS POINT. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO GO OVER THE PLANS WITH THE DEVELOPER AND TO HAVE OUR INPUT HEARD, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SAFETY REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD AFFECT THE TYNDALL, THE OMNI APARTMENTS ACROSS THE STREET, AND POTENTIALLY THE RESIDENTS OF THE LOPEZ TOWER. AND SO WE KNOW THAT THE ONLY WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS THE VACATION OF THE ALLEY AND THAT IT SHOULD BE VIEWED AS SEPARATE FROM THE SITE PLANS OR THE BUILDING PLAN, BUT IN OUR VIEW, OR AT LEAST IN MY VIEW, THEY SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS SEPARATE ISSUES BECAUSE WE SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE BUILT ON THE PROPERTY. AND JUST BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS THERE AND THAT WE ALL WERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THIS PROJECT ITSELF IS A GOOD IDEA, OR AT LEAST THE PLAN THAT AS FAR AS WE KNOW HOW THE BUILDING WILL BE DEVELOPED. [01:50:01] SO WE FULLY SUPPORTIVE, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND PERHAPS THIS PROJECT CAN THIS FORWARD, BUT IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT THAT THEY, MOST OF ALL, WE WOULD LIKE THEM CHANCE TO WEIGH IN AND TO HAVE OUR VIEWS HEARD AND TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND TIME. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS NORA HANSEL. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, MY NAME IS NORA. UM, I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE. I AM BORN AND RAISED IN AUSTIN. AND, UM, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO URGE YOU ALL TO REALLY LISTEN TO WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING HERE I AM WIDER THAN I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE URGING YOU TO ALLOCATE 70 MILLION AT LEAST TO THE RISE FUND, UM, MAKING IT AVAILABLE AND DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE AND ACH TRANSFERS. UM, SO YEAH, IN SUPPORT OF, FOR NUMBER 40 AND NUMBER 49, I THINK IT'S REALLY CLEAR THAT, UM, BOTH THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF THIS PANDEMIC AND THE HEALTH ONES OF WHO IS AT RISK, UM, ARE LARGELY BLACK PEOPLE AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, AND Y'ALL NEED TO BE LISTENING TO WHAT THEY NEED RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE IN A POSITION OF POWER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND IT IS URGENT. THERE IS NO REASON APD NEEDS ALMOST 40% OF THE CITY'S BUDGET WINDOWS THAT RESOURCES COULD BE USED FOR THINGS LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I'VE SEEN HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GETTING PUSHED OUT OF THIS CITY OVER THE LAST, HOWEVER MANY YEARS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. UM, PLEASE DEFINE THE POLICE AND ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO SERVICES THAT PEOPLE NEED. MENTAL HEALTH, HOUSING, PUBLIC HEALTH HARM REDUCTION. ALL RIGHT. I SEE THE REST OF MY TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JUSTIN. DO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES? HELLO? CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? YES. OKAY, GREAT. UM, SO GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR ADLER. FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR SCHEDULES TO HEAR ALL OF OUR CONCERNS. UM, TODAY I WILL BE SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM NUMBER 50, WHICH IS AN ALLIE BETWEEN EAST EIGHTH AND NINTH STREET. UH, BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MS. SPRINGS MADE AND MS. HOLLY, EXCUSE ME, IF I PUSH HER THOSE NAMES, UM, FOR NOT ONLY LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS, BUT ACTUALLY COMING OUT TO THE SITE AND SEEING, UM, OUR CONCERNS AS WELL. AND SO THE REASON I'M PROTESTING ALI VACATION IS BECAUSE IT WOULD PAVE THE WAY TO THE SENIOR LOPEZ PROJECT. AND AS CARRIE, A FEW COLORS AGO, SHE MENTIONED THAT THE PROJECT HASN'T REALLY CONSIDERED SOME AREAS OF CONCERNS THAT CITIZENS HAVE HAD. AND SO I GUESS THE MAIN ONE WOULD BE FIRE SAFETY BECAUSE THIS LOPEZ PROJECT IS GEARED TOWARDS SENIOR CITIZENS WHO HAVE LIMITED MOBILITY. IN ADDITION TO THERE'S ONLY ONE EXIT OUT A DEAD END STREET. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS FOR THE CITIZENS AND PLUS VERY DANGEROUS TO THE CITIZENS, UM, IF THEY CAN'T ESCAPE IN TIME. AND IN ADDITION, BECAUSE IT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT IN-FRAME HIGH RISE, IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE PRONE TO FIRE. AND IT'S ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY FROM BOTH THE TYNDALL AND THE HISTORIC LOPEZ HOUSE. SO YOU'RE RECREATING FIRE HAZARDS TO ATTEND TO, AND THIS HIT PIECE OF HISTORY. UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO KIND OF ECHO WHAT ALL OF MY OTHER TYNDALL RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE DEVELOPER TRANSPARENCY, UH, TINDER RESIDENTS WERE NOT REALLY NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND SELL THIS YEAR. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD GROWN A BUYERS. SO THAT PUTS US AT AN EVEN GREATER DISADVANTAGE OF ACTUALLY GAINING THE NECESSARY INFORMATION AND SEEING, UM, PROJECT PLANS AND SEEING HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT OUR SAFETY. UM, AND SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, I REALLY WANT TO URGE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR TO RECONSIDER THE ALLEY VACATION UNTIL AFTER WE ADDRESS ALL OF THESE CONCERNS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SHIVAAS WATSON. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. [01:55:02] SHIVAAS WATSON. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? I'M SORRY. YES, GO AHEAD. OKAY. I'M REPRESENTING DISTRICT ONE IN OTHER EFFECTED, OFTEN COMMUNITIES AND DISTRICTS FOUR, 10 AND THREE. I LIVED IN AUSTIN FOR 21 YEARS AND I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ITEMS 40 AND 49 TODAY BOTH AFFECT ME DIRECTLY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL IN THE DOMAIN AREA, A STUDENT IN ROUND ROCK AND A SON HERE IN AUSTIN. SO I VIVIDLY UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTY OF AN AUSTIN FAMILY TRYING TO SUSTAIN LIKE MANY HAVE SAID, PROPERTY TAXES AGAINST SUCH ARRIVE IN THE LAST DECADE. I THINK FAMILIES OFTEN WHO ARE SUFFERING UNEMPLOYMENT, FOOD AND HEALTH AND EQUITIES DAILY. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. OKAY. I LEAVE FAMILIES OFTEN WHO ARE SUFFERING UNEMPLOYMENT, FOOD INSECURITIES AND HEALTH INEQUITIES DAILY ALL THE TIME. EVICTION PROTECTION SOLUTIONS TO FOOD INSECURITY. MY CONTACTS OF LILY IN SEVEN EIGHT SEVEN TWO THREE DAYS IN SEVEN EIGHT, SEVEN OH TWO, AND ALSO IN SEVEN EIGHT SEVEN FOUR FOUR ONE. IT COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT DIRECT ASSISTANCE HAS BENEFITED THEIR HOUSEHOLDS IN EACH ISSUE. I REMEMBER COUNCIL ADOPTING THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION IN 2018, THAT INCLUDED SAFETY. HOW CAN EMBARK THERE SHOULD BE NO ALTERNATIVE TO THOSE TWO OUTCOMES. AND THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTION FOR DIRECT ASSISTANCE DURING THIS TIME. I MEAN, COUNCIL REMAINS LOYAL TO THE SHARED VISION. WE ACCEPT TOGETHER. I INDEPENDENTLY STAND WITH THE EQUITY OFFICE, CC YOU GAVI AND OTHER COLLECTIVES THAT PROVIDED DIRECT AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS BY DISTRIBUTING $2 MILLION TO COVER THE EFFECTIVE FAMILIES IN LESS TIME THAN IT TOOK DEREK SHOVAN TO BE CHARGED WITH GEORGE FLOOR'S MURDER. IT SEEMS I DISAGREE THAT APD SHOULD BE AWARDED ANY FUNDING RIGHT NOW AND STRONGLY SHARE WITH YOU, UH, SHARE WITH YOU ALL OF IT. AFTER WE WERE TEARGASSED AND SHOT AT DURING PEACEFUL PROTEST AND ON SUNDAY, ALL FUNDS SHOULD BE DIVERTED FROM APD PIPELINE IN $70 MILLION APPLIED TO THE WRONG SIZE FUND. WE'RE BEING ASKED TO ACCEPT THE ACTIONS OF OFFICERS WHO CONTINUED THE SAME INTENTIONAL BEHAVIOR THAT KILLED GEORGE FLORIDA. SO CAN I ASK YOU ALL TO ACCEPT THE VISIBLE TRUTH THAT FAMILIES WERE STRUGGLING BEFORE GEORGE WAS MURDERED AND CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM INCOME, INCOME, INEQUALITY, AND HEALTH AND EQUITIES DURING THE STAY AT HOME ORDERS AND BUSINESS CLOSES 41% OF THE, THE, THE, THE GENERAL FUND IS OUTSTANDING WHEN IT'S COMPARABLE TO PUBLIC HEALTH, PROTECT HIS PENAL CODE 6.03, WHICH I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE A LAW BACKGROUND LIKE, UH, UH, UH, UH, DELEON. YOU ALL SHOULD KNOW COVERS CULPABLE MENTAL STATES. I BELIEVE THAT DENYING TO ACT NOW AND PREVENTING AND PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IS BOTH INTENTIONAL AND NORMAL MAYOR COUNCIL. I'M ASKING THAT YOU ALL VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE ITEMS 40 AND 49. I'VE GOT MORE RESIDENTS THAT WANT TO SHARE, BUT WE COULD ADD A HUNDRED MORE AND YOU WON'T SEE A SHIFT IN OUR FOCUS, SPENCER, WE NEED YOU AND STEVE AND THE COUNCIL TO IMMEDIATELY SUPPORT THAT ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES. NOW THROUGH THE RISE FUND WITH THE EXISTING NETWORK THAT YOU HAVE THROUGH THE EQUITY OFFICE. UM, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER VIABLE OPTION IF YOU CONTINUE TO DENY THE ASSISTANCE THAT YOU NEEDED, UM, RATHER THAN STAKEHOLDERS THAT, UH, GREG REPRESENTS. AND, AND BEFORE, UM, THAT NATASHA REPRESENTS IN D ONE THAT DELEO REPRESENTS IN THAT WE HOPE PO STILL REPRESENTS IN D TWO WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT CALLER IS DAVID KING. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. SORRY. I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. HOW MANY MINUTES DO I HAVE? THREE MINUTES. THREE MINUTES. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I'M SPEAKING ON ARMS 40 AND 49 REGARDING THE RISE FRAMEWORK AND FUNDING. MY NAME IS DAVID KING. I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE AND I'M WHITE. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT CALLS FROM GABA, GO AUSTIN, VAMOS, AUSTIN, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, UNITED GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP, AND AUSTIN JUSTICE COALITION TO ALLOCATE AT LEAST $70 MILLION TO THE RISE FUND FOR DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT, THROUGH DIRECT TRANSFERS, TO LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. PLEASE USE THE CITY'S EMERGENCY RESERVES AND DEFUND APDS BUDGET TO MAKE MORE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT, TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. PLEASE USE APDS BUDGET TO HOLD APD ACCOUNTABLE FOR SYSTEMIC RACISM, BRUTALITY, AND VIOLENCE AGAINST COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. AND FOR PERSPECTIVE, $70 MILLION WILL PROVIDE ONE TIME GRANTS OF JUST $5,000 TO JUST 6% OF LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN AUSTIN. IT'S REALLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET. $5,000 WILL HELP ONE FAMILY TAKE JUST ONE OR TWO MONTHS EXPENSES. $70 MILLION IS JUST 1.6% [02:00:01] OF THE CITY'S FOUR POINT $2 BILLION ANNUAL BUDGET. WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO DO MORE. PLEASE PROVIDE $70 MILLION IN FUNDING TO THE RISE FUND. NOW PLEASE USE YOUR POWER IN THE CITY BUDGET TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES AND RACISM IN AUSTIN. PLEASE DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO DIRECT 5% OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET TO DIRECT FUNDING, TO LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND AUSTIN THAT WOULD PROVIDE $250 MILLION ANNUALLY TO FUND PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE DIRECT GRANTS TO THOSE FAMILIES. AND FOR PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S JUST 1080 $2 ANNUALLY TO EACH OF THESE LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNY WILLIAMS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. YES. 10 HERE. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. HELLO? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, UH, MY NAME IS JENNY WILLIAMS AND BEFORE MY COMMENT, I JUST WANT TO, UM, SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO THE CITY CLERK TODAY. SHE HELPED ME A LOT GET ON THE LINE CAUSE WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. SO THANK YOU. KITCHENETTE GOODALL AND HER STAFF FOR ALL OF THE HELP THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVING ALL OF US WHO WANT TO SPEAK TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, OH, IT'S AFTERNOON. NOW MY NAME IS JIMMY VOLUMES AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF APRIL. THERE'S MORE THAN 14,000 MEMBERS. UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP, JERRY, THESE DUAL CRISES THAT WE ARE ALL EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW TODAY, I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF ITEM 40 AND I'M ASKING COUNCIL TO IMMEDIATELY ALLOCATE $40 MILLION TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE. AND THEN THAT SAID, AND THAT THAT ASSISTANCE IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR BOTH LANDLORDS AND TENANTS TO ECHO WHAT YOU HEARD FROM EMILY SHIN THERE EARLIER TODAY, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP ONE TO $2 MILLION IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR SMALL LANDLORD ASSISTANT AND AFTER A CERTAIN DATE, ANY UNUSED FUNDS COULD BE SHIFTED OVER TO OVERALL OVERALL RENTAL ASSISTANCE JUST YESTERDAY IN THE NEWS, A REAL ESTATE TRADE PUBLICATION FEATURED AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE OF MANY SMALL LANDLORDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE PIECE DETAILED HOW MANY SMALL LANDLORDS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE WITHOUT A LARGE OPERATION OR ANY STAFF WERE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM AS RENTED RENT IS OFTEN CONSIDERED PASSIVE INCOME FEDERAL DATA FROM TWO 2015 SHOWED THAT ABOUT 47% OF RENTALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE RUN BY MOM AND POP LANDLORDS, THE EXACT KIND OF PROPERTY OWNERS WHO WERE LEAST EQUIPPED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM. THE PORTION OF SMALL LANDLORDS HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS IS SIMILAR TO THAT ACROSS THE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THE LOOPHOLE IN THIS PROGRAM, MANY OF THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. IF THEY HAVE HAD AN UNRESPONSIVE AND UNCOOPERATIVE TENANT, WE KNOW THAT MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY RELY ON THIS TYPE OF INCOME THAT THEY RECEIVE TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES, PAY IMPORTANT BILLS AND MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY WHERE THEIR TENANTS RESIDE, ALLOCATING THESE FUNDS FOR SMALL LANDLORD ASSISTANCE WILL GO A LONG WAY TO HELPING PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS SITUATION, BRIDGE THE GAP AND CONTINUE TO WORK, TO OPEN THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR TENANTS. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT MOST OF ALL, TENANTS AND LANDLORDS TO BE IN COMMUNICATION, ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE FOR BOTH RENTERS AND LANDLORDS WILL, WILL HELP OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE DURING THESE CRISES. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARY CHISM. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. UM, YES. MY NAME IS MARY CHISM AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND I'M JUST SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF, UH, ITEMS 40 AND 49. LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY SHOULD TRANSFER $70 MILLION TO THE CODE, THAT FUNDING TO, UM, SUPPORT THOSE, UM, AND ME DIRECTLY. AND I, UH, SEED MY TIME TO THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED AND OTHER GRANTS OF THE GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RACHEL STONE. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. SORRY WE CAN PICK IT UP. HELLO, [02:05:04] RACHEL STONE. OH, YES, I'M HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YES. GO AHEAD. HI, MY NAME IS RACHEL STONE. I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF GUADALUPE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. UM, THANK YOU FOR HEARING US TODAY. I DID WANT TO, UM, ECHO MY SUPPORT FOR ITEM 40 FOR THE 70 MILLION FOR THE RISE FUNDS. UM, AND I, I WISH I HAD MORE TIME TO SPEAK ON THAT, BUT I WANTED TO CLARIFY SOME AND SPEAK IN FAVOR OF VACATING THE ALLEY FOR OUR PROJECTS FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 50. UH, WE HAVE A REALLY EXCITING SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT THAT WE ARE PLANNING ON PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE OWNED SINCE 2015. IT CURRENTLY HOUSES THE HISTORIC LOPEZ HOUSE, WHICH IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME HOUSING, ONE PERSON FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE ARE GOING TO ADD SENIOR HOUSING TO THE SITE. UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE SITE PLAN FOR THAT FOR A LONG TIME. THE SITE PLAN WAS SUBMITTED IN OCTOBER OF 2018 AND MISINFORMATION THAT THE TINDALL OWNERS WERE NOT NOTICED, BUT A NOTICE WENT OUT TO INTERESTED PARTIES WHO WERE REGISTERED OWNERS IN FEBRUARY OF 2019. I UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERYONE WAS LIVING AT THE TYNDALL AT THAT TIME AS IT WAS NEWLY CONSTRUCTED, BUT THERE THAT PROCESS WAS NOT THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS. UM, OUR PROJECT HAS, WE ARE, HAS, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS MANY HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH. WE HAVE DONE A LOT TO PRESERVE THE HISTORIC LOPEZ HOUSE. IT WILL BE, UH, OFFICE AND SERVICE, SOCIAL SERVICE SPACE FOR OUR SENIORS. WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILY ELDER CARE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON TO PROVIDE, UM, GREAT THINGS FOR THE SENIORS THAT WILL BE LIVING THERE. AND ALL WE ARE ASKING TODAY IS TO VACATE THE 10 BY THE 5,500 SQUARE FEET OF ALLEY BEHIND OUR BUILDING. THE TYNDALL ALSO HAD THAT PIECE OF ALLEY VACATED TO THEM SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE THEIR PROJECT VIABLE. WE NEED THIS ALLEY PIECE SO THAT WE CAN, UM, THOSE 10 FEET MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND, UM, POSTPONING THIS VOTE TODAY WOULD BE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO OUR PROJECT. AS I'VE MENTIONED, AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS MANY HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH. WE HAVE FUNDING. WE ARE WORKING ON, UH, WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT LAYERED FINANCING THAT HAS VARIOUS TIMELINES THAT WE WERE, AND THIS, UH, ALLIE VACATION HAS BEEN HELD UP DUE TO THE MISTAKE OF NOT THAT THE REAL ESTATE OFFICE HAD WITH NOTICING. WE THOUGHT THIS WAS TAKEN CARE OF A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND WE ARE STARTING, STARTING TO GET INTO, UM, A CHALLENGING SPACE WITH OUR TIMELINE. SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY. WE'RE EXCITED TO PROVIDE HOUSING TO SENIORS WHO ARE OTHERWISE BEING DISPLACED FROM EAST AUSTIN. WE HAVE 800 PEOPLE ON OUR WAITING LIST AND 180 OF THEM ARE SENIORS THAT WE WILL BE GIVING PRIORITY TO WHO ARE FROM THE ZIP CODES. AND YOU SAW AUSTIN THAT ARE OTHERWISE LOSING THEIR HOUSING. AND WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY GREAT PROJECT. IT'S CLOSE TO THE HOSPITAL AND IT'S CLOSE TO PUBLIC TRANSIT, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THE NEXT COLOR IS ANA CLEMENTS. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, MY NAME IS ANNA COMMENTS. I'M CALLING INTO PARDOT ITEM 40. I'M A SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER HERE IN AUSTIN. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OVER 50 BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES IN AUSTIN. WHO'VE LOST THEIR JOBS DUE TO COVID TRYING TO PROBLEM SOLVE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR BASIC ESSENTIAL HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS IT, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH AT THE TIME. MANY OF THESE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS IT. IT'S BEING USED TO PAY WAIT, PAYMENTS TOWARDS RENT AND UTILITY BILLS AND FAMILIES SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DECIDE BETWEEN BUYING THEIR CHILDREN'S FOOD OR PAYMENTS HAS TWO BEDS. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE INVEST MORE MONEY IN THESE FAMILIES AND LESS MONEY INTO THE POLICE FORCE. RIGHT NOW, WE NEED IT TO SHOW AS A CITY THAT THE CITY SUPPORTING OUR BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES AND SUPPORTING, RESPONDING TO THEIR REQUESTS FOR GREATER EQUALITY AMONG AMONG FAMILIES THAT OFTEN, UM, THESE RISE FUNDS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THEM ARE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND WE NEED MORE. PLEASE INVEST 70 MORE MILLION DOLLARS IN SUPPORTING FAMILIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ADAM HAMMOCK AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, [02:10:03] RIGHT? GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ADAM HAMMOCK. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE AND I SUPPORT ITEM 40. UM, I'M SPEAKING WITH YOU. I URGE YOU TO COMMIT AT LEAST $70 MILLION TO DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO AUSTIN'S MOST VULNERABLE FAMILY. MORE OF A, I URGE THE CITY NOT TO INCREASE THE APD FUNDING. THERE ARE SIMPLY WISER WAYS TO THE MONEY AND FRANKLY, THE APD DOES NOT DESERVE THE MONEY IT HAS ALREADY, WHICH IS OBVIOUS. EVEN IF YOU CONSIDER ONLY ITS MOST RECENT INEXCUSABLE BEHAVIOR. I ALSO URGE YOU NOT TO USE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AS BARRIERS AND GETTING THE 70 MILLION TO OUR RESIDENTS. THE CITY DOESN'T NEED TO MAKE ACCESS OR DIFFICULT AND THE CITY DOESN'T. YOU NEED TO SLOW THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE SUPPORT ITEM 40. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ALICIA TORRES. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. ALICIA. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? MY NAME IS . I APOLOGIZE. MY NAME IS ALICIA TORRES. I AM A MEMBER OF, I, UH, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE NOISE. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING FOR ROAD ASSISTANCE. I HAVE A TIRE AND I'M 35. I STAYED THAT JUST TO PRESENT THE URGENCY OF A, OF WHY I'M STAYING IN MIND, UM, AS AN UNDOCUMENTED PERSON. UM, I DEFINITELY KNOW THAT, UM, COMMUNITIES ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED OVERALL. UM, THAT DEPENDS ON THE CARE IN AUSTIN. AND I ALSO KNOW THAT WHAT IS NEEDED RIGHT NOW IS DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. UM, WE, UH, UH, DIRECT DEPOSIT VIA A PREPAID CARD, THE TYPE OF ASSISTANCE THAT, UM, WE UNDERTOOK AT THE CITY, I SUPPOSE, THE INITIATIVE, UM, WHEN $2 MILLION WAS GIVEN TO THE EQUITY OFFICE AND YOU SHOULD IT TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITH DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE. UM, I KNOW CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED THE VIDEO, WHICH I AM. I'M NOT SURE IF I REALLY HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW AND IT'S FULL OF TESTING ON ME FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES, THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY COMMUNITY DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TESTIMONIES THAT PROVED THAT DIRECT ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF ACH DEPOSIT IS WHAT IS NEEDED. RIGHT? AND I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW, YES, YOU HAVE CITY COUNCIL AS MAYOR HAVE A DIFFICULT, HAVE MANY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. I'M SORRY, THAT MANY DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE. AND THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE YOU DEMONSTRATE THE BACKBONE THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. WE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT DECISION IS, AND THAT IS TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY IN A SIMPLE WAY TO DO THAT. IF I INVEST IN MINIMUM CIVIC, $70 MILLION INTO THE RECOVERY OF BOSTON'S MOST IMPACTED COMMUNITY, $70 MILLION MIGHT SEEM LIKE A HIGH NUMBER, BUT IT'S AN ACHIEVABLE NUMBER. NET PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT KNOW HOW TO WORK NUMBERS COME IN AND INFORM YOU. I'M FULLY AWARE THAT OFTEN HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND DR. S GOT HALF PERCENT, IS THAT THE FORM TO CONTROL THIS PANDEMIC THE WAY TO GET THE COMMUNITY BACK IN THE UNHEALTHY TRACK AND THE ECONOMY IT'S BY REALLY INVESTING AND ADDRESSING ROOT ISSUES. AND YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STORY OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO DO THAT. AND I HAD, ONCE AGAIN, YOU DO NOT LET THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY DOWN BY CHOOSING THE SAFE, BY MAKING THE SAME CHOICES AND SAYING, WE COULDN'T DO IT. YOU CAN'T DO IT. IT'S A MATTER OF WILL. YOU HAVE TO SAY WE MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION BECAUSE OUR CITY HAS ITS PRIORITIES STRAIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ELENA. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HI, MY NAME IS ALANA KIMONO AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 40. I LIVE IN DISTRICT NINE AND I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. YOU MADE IT. I'M ALSO A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER AND A STUDENT MIDWIFE IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, THERE IS NO MONEY ALLOCATED FOR THE RISE FUND, WHICH IS THE ONLY CITY FUND THAT ALLOWS FOR DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKING THAT A MINIMUM OF $70 MILLION, THE ALLOCATED TO DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THIS FUND THROUGH BLACK INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR LED COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS. [02:15:01] THE RISE FUND PREVIOUSLY REACHED A THOUSAND FAMILIES WITH $2 MILLION. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT EVERY ONE OF THOSE FAMILIES COULD SHARE THE NAMES OF MANY OTHER FAMILIES. YOU COULD USE THE SAME KIND OF SUPPORT IN MY WORK WITH CCU. I SPEAK WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY EVERY WEEK WHO DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PAY FOR ANY BASIC NEEDS. PEOPLE LIVING IN BERKELEY DOWN CARS ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR HOUSING, PREGNANT PEOPLE WITH LITTLE KIDS WHO NEED MONEY FOR FOOD. PEOPLE HAVE HEALTH CONCERNS WHO CANNOT WORK OR EVEN GO TO THE GROCERY STORE. PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY ON THE EDGE, FINANCIALLY, PEOPLE WHO ARE COVID POSITIVE AND IN THE HOSPITAL, ALL ALONE, PEOPLE WHO ARE STRESSED, OVERWHELMED, EXHAUSTED, WORKING TIRELESSLY JUST TO TRY TO GET THROUGH HOOPS AND ACCESS AND HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE COMPLETELY INACCESSIBLE. WE KNOW THAT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY COVID-19 AND WE ARE ALSO DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY POVERTY. THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW IS FAST AND DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE. WE DO NOT NEED MORE FUNDS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. AS THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES NO SAFETY OR HEALTH BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO DIVEST FROM THE POLICE AND INVEST IN EQUITY. WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MONICA GUZMAN. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M MONICA MON POLICY DIRECTOR FROM JAVA GO AUSTIN. OFTEN SPEAKING ON ITEM SEVEN 40 AND 49, ITEM SEVEN. I URGE THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL TO TERMINATE THE GRANT, FREEING UP CITY PHONE FOR ALLOCATION TO THE RISE FUND, FACILITATING ACH TRANSFERS DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS ITEMS 40 AND 49. I CCU ICE FOOT AT UT AUSTIN AND MANY OTHERS HAVE REPEATEDLY STATED IN PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS, EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, AND A PETITION. YOU MUST PRIORITIZE EQUITABLE FUNDING FOR DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT, ACH TRANSFERS, DIRECT DEPOSIT AND PREPAID CARDS FOR AUSTIN'S MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES COVID-19 CASES CONTINUE TO ARISE. DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT THE IMMIGRANTS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN OFFICES. EASTERN CRESCENT, 7.5 MILLION OF THE ORIGINAL $15 MILLION RIDES. ONE WAS NOT FULLY ALLOCATED TO DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT. AS ORIGINALLY APPROVED THE CITY OF AUSTIN CAN TRULY MAKE AN IMPACT. ADDRESSING THE ENORMOUS HIT TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY BY APPROVING AN EQUITABLE COVID-19 SPENDING FRAMEWORK, USING THE BOLD EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE OF PLACING DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN THE HANDS OF AUSTIN'S MOST EFFECTIVE FAMILIES. NO ONE KNOWS THE RESIDENTS' PRIORITIES BETTER THAN THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES. I DEMAND THE CITY OF AUSTIN DEDICATE AT LEAST 70 MILLION FOR THE RISE BUTTON FOR EQUITABLE COVID-19 RELIEF VIA DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT. SO AUSTIN, AS MOST IMPACTED JUST AS THE COUNCIL MEETING BEGAN, AN EMAIL WAS SENT TO YOU WITH RESIDENTIAL RESIDENT TESTIMONIAL. I ASKED HIM IF HE PLAYED DURING THE MEETING TO ENSURE THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD AS WELL. IN CLOSING, I ASKED YOU TO LOOK AT THE PASSAGE TITLE. WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME BOAT, THE HEART. I SENT THAT TO Y'ALL BY EMAIL. I URGE YOU TO MARIN COUNCIL TO INVEST IN AUSTIN EASTERN CRESCENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS MAYOR. HI, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, THAT GETS US TO THE END OF DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. OTHER CONSENT AGENDA, WHERE YOU HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE PULLED, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS POLLED. UH, CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THAT AFTER THREE, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR DAYS, PULL UP. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THAT AFTER LUNCH AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE 48 COLT. UM, IS THERE ANY REASON TO, TO, TO PULL THAT OR ARE WE OKAY WITH ADDING THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS POSTED HAVE, HAS GREG'S LANGUAGE COME FROM RESOURCE LANGUAGE BEEN DISTRIBUTED? CAUSE I AM COMFORTABLE WITH IT. HAS ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT LANGUAGE? HEARING THEM THAT LANGUAGE IS INCORPORATED INTO 48 AND 48 STAYS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO THE ONLY THINGS PULLED IS 740 AND THE DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. CAN YOU SAY SEVEN AND 40? OKAY. BUT I JUST, I THOUGHT I HEARD FOUR, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAID 40 REAL QUICK. UM, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ON, ON CUSTOMER POOLS 47 AND I'M SORRY, I WASN'T ABLE TO, I GUESS I WOULD JUST ADD THE DIRECTION THAT, UM, AND I MEANT TO ASK THE SPEAKER THAT SPOKE IF I WOULD JUST ADD THE DIRECTION THAT, UM, WE MAKE SURE WE DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO SOLVE ANY CONFLICT WITH THE RESTAURANTS AND UM, WITH THEIR TABC LICENSE. IF, [02:20:01] IF, IF IT'S SOMEHOW PROHIBITS THEM FROM USING THEIR, WE HELP THEM OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IF IT'S MY ONLY DIRECTION AND I CONCUR IN THAT DIRECTION. THANKS. OKAY. UH, COUNCILOR FLANAGAN TO ADD TO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET AT ITEM 40, I'LL BRING IT UP AGAIN, BUT THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, BUT PROBABLY NOT THE ONLY ONE OF WAYS WE CAN PROVIDE, UH, REGULATORY SUPPORT TO OUR LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESSES AS WE SHIFT AROUND THE DOLLARS WHEN WE GET TO THE ITEM 40. OKAY. I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THIS MORNING ON CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS, I HAD LISTED A CHANGE THAT SHOWS UP ON OUR PAGE NUMBER 19. THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT FOR ITEM NUMBER 19 THIS WEEK. I THINK IT'S FOR ITEM 19 NEXT WEEK. SO THAT DOES NOT RELATE TO ANYTHING THAT'S ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. UM, WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS THE MEXICAN ART DAY PROJECT, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT PROJECT GOING FORWARD, UH, AND WANT TO, UM, UH, TO, TO KNOW WHAT I CAN DO TO BE HELPING MEXICO CITY WITH ITS, UH, UH, MEETING ITS FUNDRAISING COMMITMENT TO MAKE THIS PROJECT MOVE FORWARD. IT'S IMPORTANT. UH, AND, UM, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT THAT WAS PROPOSED TO THE VOTERS, UH, AND THAT, UH, EVERYTHING WILL CALL IN TO FALL INTO LINE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER, HELPING YOU'LL HAVE TO FORGIVE ME. I'M HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES TODAY. MMM. MY HOPE IS YOU CAN HEAR ME. YEAH. YOU'RE ALL FROZEN. SO I CAN TELL, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO REALLY BRIEFLY, UM, ITEM NUMBER 50, THERE WAS A SPEAKER EARLIER WHO ACCREDITED, UM, ANOTHER OFFICES STAFFER FOR COMING OUT AND HEARING THEIR CONCERNS. AND WHILE I CAN APPRECIATE THAT ALL OF OUR STAFFS ARE WORKING DOUBLE TRIPLE TIME. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT WAS NOT IN FACT WHO THAT PERSON ACCREDITED WITH, THAT IT WAS LAUREN FROM MY OFFICE AND LOUISA FROM COUNCIL MEMBER POOL'S OFFICE, UM, THAT, UH, THAT WENT OUT AND, AND, AND TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO ADDRESS CONCERNS. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT BE REAL CLEAR. I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S WORKING HARD, BUT I'VE GOT TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND YOU, YOU HAVE THE MICKEY MOUSE, HIGH PITCH VOICE CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU. WELL, IT COUNTS. REMEMBER TOPO IS GETTING ON THE PHONE, UM, WHEN, AS SOON AS YOU CAN, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YEAH. SMEAR PRO TIME. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY SPEAK ON, UM, 49, I BELIEVE IS STILL ON CONSENT. AND, UM, THAT IS JUST STREAMLINING RISE MONEY AT THE TIME THAT WE AUTHORED THIS AMENDMENT. I WANT TO THANK ALL MY CO-SPONSORS WHO WERE PART OF THE VERY FIRST, I THINK, UM, WE SET AN EXAMPLE, FRANKLY, FOR THE, FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. OUR OFFICE HEARD FROM COUNCIL OFFICES, FROM SEATTLE TO HOUSTON, UM, TO, UM, MINNEAPOLIS ASKING ABOUT HOW WE SET UP THAT FUND. AND ONE OF THE THINGS, THE CO-SPONSORS, MY STAFF, PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, ALL THE SOCIAL SERVICES THAT CONTRACTS THAT GOT THAT MONEY OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WHEN WE FIRST SAW THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK, I KNOW THAT IT'S MORE CONVERSATION FOR 40. I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT THERE HADN'T BEEN AN INCREASE IN RISE. AND I I'M HOPING I KNOW WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN 40, BUT IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE WILL BE INCREASING IT. I, I BELIEVE, UM, IT IS BEST TO GET IT INTO THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY ARE IN NEED RIGHT NOW. I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE, UM, WITH THE SPEAKER WHO SAID THAT, THAT WASN'T THE BEST WAY. AND I THINK WE'VE HEARD OVERWHELMINGLY FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE'S SO MUCH NEED, AND THAT'S THE REALLY QUICK WAY WE CAN HELP, UM, OUR, OUR LOW INCOME AND OUR MINORITY COMMUNITIES. SO THANKS FOR ALL THE CO-SPONSORS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION IN ITEM 40. OKAY. THANK YOU, KATHY. ARE YOU ON YET? HOW'S THIS GOOD? GOTCHA. IT IS. OKAY. SUPER. THANK YOU. MY COWORKERS HAVE, HAVE, UM, IMPLEMENTED A SERIES OF PRANKS, BUT I DON'T THINK [02:25:01] THE MICKEY MOUSE VOICE OR THE MINNIE MOUSE VOICE IS ONE OF THEM. I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT'S HAPPENING. I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO, AND BY COWORKERS, I DON'T MEAN YOU'LL. I MEAN, THE ONES I'M RESIDING WITH HIM IN MY HOUSE. UM, I WANTED TO JUST VERY BRIEFLY SPEAK TO 45, UH, THE RATIFICATION WITH THE AUSTIN ED FOUNDATION AND THE FOOD ACCESS. AND I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, A REPORT, AN UPDATE THIS MORNING, UM, THAT AISD AND THE PERIOD BETWEEN MAY 19TH AND MAY 29TH HAS BEEN ABLE TO SERVE 60,000, NEARLY 60,000 MEALS. UH, CAN YOU STILL HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. UM, AND THOSE FOR SERVED BY A VARIETY OF RESTAURANTS. UM, AND SO AGAIN, IT WAS A LAW. IT ENABLED THEM TO REEMPLOY, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL, SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY SPEAKS TREMENDOUSLY TO THE VALUE OF, OF PUTTING RESOURCES INTO FOOD ASSISTANCE AND ESPECIALLY LEVERAGING THE WORK THAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR CITY ARE ALREADY DOING TO PROVIDE STUDENT MEALS. I'M TOLD THAT THE MEALS WITH DELL VALLEY ISD HAVEN'T YET STARTED THE CHARACTER FOR MEALS, BUT I BELIEVE THE STAFF ARE WORKING REALLY ASSIDUOUSLY TO GET THAT OUT. SO AGAIN, THE 60, SINCE THE TIME THAT, UH, THIS WAS PUT INTO PLACE AFTER OUR COUNCIL ACTION, THEY WERE ABLE TO SERVE 60,000 MEALS. SO THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR STAFF WHO WORKED SO HARD ON THAT AND TO THE AUSTIN AUSTIN ED FOUNDATION, AND TO AISD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT? TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. SAY ANANYMOUS ON THE, UH, DYESS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER. YEP. WE'RE ALL HERE. DID SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE OKAY. YOU'RE RIGHT IN THE PAST. YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO GO TO PASS MAYOR PRO TEM MAKES A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT COUNSELOR? OPPOSED. SECOND MOVED IN. SECOND, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED IT PASSES STRICTLY SPEAKING UNDER, UNDER ROBERT'S ROSE, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO PASS SOMETHING JUST BY ACCLAMATION. UM, SO WOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY TOO, BUT NOT OUR CUSTOM. ALL RIGHT. THOSE ARE ALL THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK FROM, UH, UH, LUNCH. UH, AT THAT POINT WE WILL HANDLE ITEM NUMBER 40, UH, AFTER NUMBER 40, WE WILL GO, UH, AT, UH, TWO O'CLOCK TO HEAR THE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP ON, ON ZONING. I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE ANY, I THINK WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT MAY BE CONTESTED. THE TWO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP ON IT. EVERYTHING ELSE IS BEING POSTPONED IS MY UNDERSTANDING. SO THAT COULD GO FAIRLY QUICKLY. AND THEN WE CAN START BEFORE, UH, THREE, UH, TO HERE, UM, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, AND THE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR THE OTHER ITEM. I DON'T KNOW HOW CONTROVERSIAL ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ITSELF IS. PEOPLE WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. IT'D BE GOOD TO BE ABLE TO PASS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO PASS THAT SOMETIME TODAY. SO WE'VE TAKEN THAT DELIBERATIVE ACTION, UH, TODAY, AS OPPOSED TO HOLDING THAT ACTION UNTIL TOMORROW. UH, SO PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT SEVEN AND SEE IF THAT'S IN ANY WAY, CONTESTED EVERYBODY WHO SIGNED UP FOR SEVEN AND OR SIGNED UP FOR, UM, 40, UH, I SIGN UP FOR SEVEN OR MORE FOR THIS SPECIAL CALL. ITEM WILL BE CALLED TO SPEAK. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER 30. YEAH KNOW THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE EARLIER. THERE'S A CITIZENS' COMMUNICATION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ONLY LIKE A LITTLE BIT OVER 3% OF THE PEOPLE WERE DYING FROM THIS VIRUS AND WE SHOULD OPEN UP THIS THERE'S COMMUNITY AND THE WHOLE COUNTRY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE 3% REPRESENTS A 330,000 PEOPLE. AND IF YOU'RE THAT PERSON HAS SATISFIED TO SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE DIE OF THIS VIRUS, THEN I REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR HIM AND SAY I HADN'T AND OUR KITCHEN. UM, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND I APOLOGIZE. JUST NOT CLEAR ON THE ORDER IN WHICH WE'RE DOING THINGS THIS AFTERNOON. YES. UM, CAN, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHEN WE WOULD RECEIVE, UM, UH, AND INFORMATION, I ASSUME WE'RE GETTING A PRESENTATION FROM OUR STAFF WELL, ON THE POLICING ISSUE. YES. HEY, THE WAY I WAS GOING TO DO THAT IS YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK. AND WE WOULD JUST GO THROUGH THAT ONE TIME AND THEN WE GIVE THE POLICE CHIEF A CHANCE TO JUST [02:30:01] OPEN AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION, BUT THE FORMAL PRESENTATION FROM THE POLICE WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW MORNING. ALRIGHT. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. WHEN, WAIT, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION WITH ALL REQUESTED, SO THAT'S TOMORROW MORNING, WE SHOULD EXPECT THAT. RIGHT. OKAY. UM, I APPRECIATE YOU ALL LISTENING TO THE, TO THE COMMENTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION ASKED, UH, WHEN I WAS OFF THE DIOCESE. UH, AND I, AND I APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT I UNDERSTOOD COUNCIL MEMBER PULLED TO SAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, UH, I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO AS MUCH OF THIS AS I CAN THIS MORNING. UH, AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, AND THEN WITH THAT, THEN IT IS 1253. WHAT TIME DO YOU ALL WANT TO COME BACK FROM LUNCH? UH, TO ENGAGE ON ITEM NUMBER 40. DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK AT ONE 45 OR DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK AT TWO, TWO O'CLOCK. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. THEN WE WILL READ AT TWO O'CLOCK AND WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER FIVE. WE'RE COMING BACK AT TWO. WE COULD TAKE THE TWO SPEAKERS THAT ARE SPEAKING ON THE ZONING SO THAT WE HAVE THAT DONE AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS IMPORTANT. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE PLANNING. THAT'S HOW WE'LL DO THAT. SO WITH THAT SAID IT IS 1253. AND WE'RE NOW IN RECESS UNTIL TWO. [Zoning Consent Agenda] YEAH, I DON'T SEE EVERYBODY. UH, ALISON, ARE YOU HERE? YEAH. OKAY. AND ARE YOU HERE? OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM. ARE YOU HERE? DON'T HAVE DAHLIA. YEAH. WHAT ABOUT NATASHA? YOU HERE? I'M MISSING DAHLIA. NATASHA. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE MEMBERS. IT'S NOW TWO OH FOUR. WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN BY TAKING THE, UH, HELLO MAYOR PRO TEM. WE'RE GOING TO, UH, UH, BEGIN BY TAKING THE, UH, CALLERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE TWO O'CLOCK, UH, AGENDA. I THINK THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE. IS THAT RIGHT? YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ONE, BUT YES. OKAY. PLEASE CALL THAT SPEAKER. OKAY. THE FIRST COLOR IS IT JANINE STACK? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. HI, JANINE. AND CISAC FROM DMA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. UM, WE ARE THE DEVELOPER OF ARBOR PARK, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE ZONING CASE. I'M JUST HERE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, JERRY, ARE YOU HERE? DO YOU WANT TO CALL THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES. MARIAM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. I'LL GO THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA THERE. UM, ITEM 28, THIS CASE C A BEING 2018, ZERO ONE 21 WALKER. IN THIS CASE FOR A STAFF STAFF REQUEST TO CORRESPOND WITH HIS WIFE, I AM 29, CASEY 14, 2014. YEAH. ONE FIVE. THIS CASE IS READY FOR CONCENTRA APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 30TH, KC 14, 2019 ZERO ONE THROUGH EIGHT, THAT WAS REQUESTING A POSTPONEMENT ASSIGNED TO JULY 30TH, ITEM 31, CASEY 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 25. THIS CASE IS OFFER FOR CONSENT FOR WHAT OPERATIVE READINGS. 2020 ZERO, ZERO 27 DOT ESSAY. THIS CASE IS READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM 33 IS KCA 1490 633.16. THIS CASE IS READY FOR CONCENTRA APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS, ITEM 34, THIS CASE C 14, 2019 ZERO ONE 59. THIS IS A STAFF REQUEST AND POSTPONEMENT JULY 30TH. BEFORE I READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM 35, I WOULD LIKE TO READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM 52, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING CASE, BUT IT IS RELATED AND NEEDS TO OCCUR. FIRST IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVING THE ORDINANCE FULL PURPOSE AND, OR POSSIBLY 9.4 ACRES LOCATED AT 11 FOUR OH [02:35:01] FIVE ONE FOUR OH NINE 11 FOUR 11 NORTH FM SIX 20 AND AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE OWNER OF A LAND FOR THE PROVISIONAL SERVICES. THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY LOCATED WITHIN LIMITED PURPOSE OR SECTION RELATED ZONING CASE TO GO WITH THAT. ANNEXATION IS ITEM NUMBER 35. THIS CAN SEE 14 2020 ZERO ZERO ONE TWO. I GOT OFFERED THIS CASE FOR CONCENTRA APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS PROVIDED YOU APPROVE THE ITEM. I JUST READ INTO THE RECORD. I DIDN'T 36, THIS CASE NPA 2019 ZERO SEVEN ONE 5.01. THIS IS A STAFF REQUEST AND POSTPONEMENTS OF JULY 30TH. I AM 37 ESCAPED SEE 14, 2020 ZERO ZERO ZERO TWO. THIS CASE IS READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS. I DIDN'T SEE 14 2019 ZERO ONE 29. THIS CASE AS POSTPONEMENT REQUESTS BY THE NEIGHBOR TO JUNE 11TH, THE AFRICAN IS NOT OPPOSED. AND FINALLY, ITEM 39 AS CASEY 14, 2020 ZERO SEVEN 36. I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR OR APPROVAL ON ALL THREE RATINGS, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE ZONING AGENDA AND THE ANNEXATION AGENDA AS WELL. OKAY, WELL, WHAT IS ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE UP ON A PRINCIPLE AND WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? ARE THOSE WOULD BE ITEMS 29, I'M SORRY, 28 OR 39. AND ALSO INCLUDING ITEM 52, 28 TO 39. ALSO ITEM 52 ITEMS ARE ON CONSENT DISCUSSION ON CONSENT. YES. AND JUST SO THE RECORD IS CLEAR ON 52, YOU NEED TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE VOTE, PLEASE. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPEN WHEN WE ASKED FOR SPEAKERS OR SPEAKERS THAT WISH TO SPEAK WERE GIVEN THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. SO ITEM 52 ON OUR AGENDA IS TO BOTH TAKE THE ACTION AND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF ANY, ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I NEED A MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT. IS THERE A MOTION? CATHERINE FLANAGAN MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER ALICE, IF FURTHER, DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED ANANYMOUS ON THE DAYAS COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER MADISON. ARE YOU STILL NOT WITH US AS A MEMBER OF WALKER? MADISON IS A OFF THE, OFF THE DIES. OKAY. THAT GETS US THEN TO, UM, OUR DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW. UH, [Item 40] I DON'T REMEMBER 40, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND PICK THE OTHER, UH, CONSENT ITEMS. TELL THEM WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON ITEM NUMBER 40 MAYOR I'LL MOVE, UH, ITEM 40 WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT I POSTED TO THE MESSAGE BOARD AFTER OR DURING WORK SESSION ALSO COMES COUNCIL MEMBER CASARA MOVES ITEM NUMBER 40 WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT HE POSTED. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT AND A MEMBER, UH, RENT THE REIA SECOND I'M SORRY. COUNCIL, MAYOR PRO TEM SECOND SITE. I NEED DISCUSSION A COUNCIL MEMBER TOBA. UM, MAYOR. I WANTED TO, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS ON TUESDAY, AND I WANT TO ADD SOME GENERAL DIRECTION THAT I THINK IS IN, IS IN LINE WITH, UM, THAT CONVERSATION AND THEN AN OPEN IT UP FOR THOUGHTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. UM, THE GENERAL DIRECTION WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE COUNCIL IS ESPECIALLY WITH THE AMENDMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CAUSE BAR, UM, MAKING SOME GENERAL, I WOULD SAY MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, UM, AS I, AND THAT BRINGS ME TO A QUESTION I HAVE FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBER COSARA THAT I'LL GET TO IT IN A MINUTE, BUT THE LANGUAGE THAT, UM, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT AS GENERAL DIRECTION WOULD GO SOMETHING LIKE EXCLUDING THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, FINANCIAL AND OTHER DIRECT SUPPORT AND CHILDCARE SERVICE PROVIDER CATEGORIES. THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO REDUCE A REALLOCATE PROPOSED FUNDING WITHIN THE COVID SPENDING FRAMEWORKS CATEGORIES TO MEET CRITICAL NEEDS AND PRIORITIES AS THEY EMERGE SUCH AS ANTICIPATED INVESTMENTS RELATING TO FOOD ASSISTANCE, I'M OPEN TO OTHER WORDING, BUT, BUT MY POINT IS REALLY THE ONE THAT I THINK WE GOT TO IN OUR CONVERSATION ON TUESDAY, THAT IN SOME OF THE WAYS, UM, WE'LL WE'LL SHIFT AND WE'LL NEED TO SHIFT. AND THEN I HAVE TWO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I WANT TO ASK WITH REGARD TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE. SO I OPENED THAT UP, UM, FOR MY COLLEAGUES, THOUGHTS [02:40:01] ON WHETHER THAT IS GENERAL DIRECTION THAT CAN SUPPORT IT, OR WHETHER THEY HAVE EMBELLISHMENTS TO MAKE, COULD YOU READ IT ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE? EXCLUDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE, FINANCIAL AND OTHER DIRECT SUPPORT AND CHILDCARE SERVICE PROVIDER CATEGORIES. THE CITY MANAGER IS DIRECTED TO REDUCE OR REALLOCATE PROPOSED FUNDING WITHIN THE COVID SPENDING FRAMEWORKS CATEGORIES TO MEET CRITICAL NEEDS AND PRIORITIES AS THEY EMERGE SUCH AS ANTICIPATED INVESTMENTS RELATED TO FOOD ASSISTANCE. AND, AND MAYBE INSTEAD OF REDUCE OR REALLOCATE, WE COULD SAY ADJUST. UM, IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S BETTER, WHAT I REALLY WANT TO JUST SIGNAL, AND IF WE NEED TO DO IT IN A LESS FORMAL WAY THAT SIGN, I WANT TO SIGNAL TO THE MANAGER THAT WE UNDERSTAND. SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES ARE GOING TO NEED TO SHIFT AS WE GET BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE TRUE NEED AND OUR TRUE CAPACITY TO MEET IT IS IN DIFFERENT AREAS. AND AGAIN, ONE AREA I SEE THAT IMMEDIATELY RELEVANT AND IS FOOD ASSISTANCE. ANOTHER AREA IS, IS DEFINITELY IN SMALL BUSINESS, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE CATEGORIES, UM, INCLUDING ONE I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE IN A MINUTE, AS WAYS OF, OF SEEING IF WE CAN OPEN UP SOME MORE OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP PEOPLE EMPLOYED. HI, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THIS. I'VE GOT MY HAND. DO YOU HAVE THAT WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE, KATHY? I DO. UM, I THINK I'VE JUST MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO IT ON THE FLY, SO I'LL HAVE TO WORK ON IT, BUT I GUESS I WOULD, I WOULD WORK ON SOME STOCK FROM MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE I HAD THEM POSTED OR CIRCULATE IT. I'M NOT QUICK ENOUGH TO FOLLOW IT. MAYOR PRO TEM AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, AND THEN COUNCILOR RICHIE. I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT. I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IT COULD MEAN THAT THEN RISE. CAN'T BE FLEXIBLE. UM, ALL THE THINGS TO ACCEPT IT, COULDN'T BE FLEXIBLE, WHICH, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, INTENDING THIS, BUT THEN RISE, COULDN'T GO UP. SO WE'RE TAKING THE FLEXIBILITY AWAY FROM, FROM THAT. AND I KNOW IT'S NOT WHAT YOU INTENDED, MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK I FELT LIKE WE HAD ALL COME TO THE CONSENSUS THAT WE ALL AGREE THAT ALL THESE ARE FLEXIBLE, BUT MAYBE IT'S JUST THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE CANNOT GO ANYWHERE LOWER THAN THAT. THAT'S ONE THING THAT CAN'T GO LOWER, BUT FLEXIBLE. JUST MY THING. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, AND I WOULD PREFER JUST TO PROVIDE THIS AS GENERAL DIRECTION RATHER THAN HAVE A SPECIFIC AMENDMENT, BUT MY CONCERN WAS MANAGER. WHEN I ASKED YOU THAT QUESTION ON TUESDAY, YOU INDICATED THAT IT MIGHT BE, I TOOK AWAY FROM OUR CONVERSATION THAT YOU MIGHT NEED MORE SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS. SO IF WE CAN GET TO A GENERAL UNDERSTANDING THAT WITH REGARD TO THOSE PARTICULAR CALLED OUT CATEGORIES, WE DON'T WANT TO GO LOWER, BUT THAT WE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE FLEXIBLE AND NIMBLE. WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE FLEXIBLE AND NIMBLE AND READY TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND POTENTIALLY BE CREATIVE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK YOU'VE PROVIDED TO BETTER MEET SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT WE, THAT ARE STILL THERE. UM, THEN I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE LEAVING IT THERE. SO I GUESS THAT WAS KIND OF A QUESTION FOR YOU. YEAH, NO, I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, MY THAT DIRECTION IS VERY HELPFUL AND KNOWING THAT THE ENTIRE DIOCESE IS REALLY ENCOURAGING US TO CONTINUE TO THINK CREATIVELY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY IN PLACE. UM, HAVING THESE SPECIFIC CONVERSATIONS THAT'S HELPFUL, BUT I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE AN AMENDMENT. I THINK THE DIRECTION IS, IS PERFECTLY FINE. YEAH. I THINK IT WAS LOWER. HOW COULD IT BE FLEXIBLE? IT'S JUST THOSE CALLED OUT CATEGORIES, MAYOR THAT WOULD NOT GO LOWER RENTAL ASSISTANCE CHILDCARE AND DIRECT ASSISTANCE. NO, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING CATHERINE, I THINK WAS NEXT. GREAT. THANKS. YES. THANK YOU. UM, BOTH FOR THE AMENDMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER COSTAR AND THE ADDED DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, TOVA THAT ADDRESSES THE, UM, UH, INTEREST I HAVE IN RETAINING THE FLEXIBILITY THAT I KNOW THE CITY MANAGER IS SEEKING. SO I'M GOOD WITH THE, UH, AMENDED ITEM AND THE DIRECTION BEING OFFERED. THANK YOU. THAT'S OUR KITCHEN. UM, I THINK I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION A BIT BETTER AND I WOULD SUGGEST SOME DIFFERENT WORDING IF WE'RE GONNA DO WORDING. UM, I SEE ALL OF THESE BUCKETS [02:45:01] AS MINIMUMS, UH, WITHIN, UH, WITHIN, UH, I SEE ALL THESE BUCKETS AS MINIMUMS, UH, WITH THE, UH, WITH UNDERSTANDING THE CITY MANAGER AS THE, HAS THE ABILITY TO ADJUST, BUT JUST LIKE A MR. VENU LET US KNOW THE OTHER DAY IS THAT HE WOULD BRING BACK TO US IF, IF WAS APPROPRIATE TO, TO ADJUST IN A LARGE AMOUNT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT I I'M CONCERNED ABOUT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE MEANING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO, I DON'T WANT IT FOR THESE BUCKETS TO GO LOWER. I SUPPORT REMEMBER KOSSAR'S B ALLOCATION, IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, TO PUT MORE DOLLARS INTO DIRECT, UH, SERVICES. UH, BUT I AM NOT PREPARED TO SAY THAT ONLY SOME OF THEM THERE'S A MINIMUM FOR AND NOT OTHERS. SO WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, THAT MINIMUM MEANS AS IN A FLEXIBLE WAY, SO THAT CITY MANAGER CAN COME BACK TO US AND SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY SEEING, WE NEED TO ADD A WHOLE LOT MORE TO, TO RISE FOR EXAMPLE, OR A WHOLE LOT MORE TO SOMETHING ELSE. AND SO WE WERE RECOMMENDING THIS ADJUSTMENT, I'M FINE WITH THE CITY MANAGERS DOING THAT, BUT I AM CONCERNED I WANT, I WANT OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR DIRECTION TO BE THAT THIS IS IN, YOU KNOW, SORT OF IN GENERAL, THIS, THESE ARE THE LEVELS THAT WE ARE EXPECTING, UM, AT A MINIMUM. UM, UNLESS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGER FEELS LIKE WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND IF THEY'RE LOST JUSTMENTS, HE SHOULD COME BACK TO US. SO WITH THAT KIND OF, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN, I'M FINE WITH THAT. WELL, UM, I MEAN, IF THERE CAN'T BE ANY ADJUSTMENTS, I MEAN, THERE WAS NOT, THIS IS THE MONEY WE HAVE. SO IF, IF NOTHING IN HERE CAN GET LOWER THAN, I DON'T THINK THAT ALLOWS FOR THAT KIND OF FLEXIBILITY WITHOUT FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNSEL. AND SO I THINK MAYBE THAT'S THE ANSWER WE JUST HAVE TO, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO COME FORWARD WITH IFCS, THAT SHIFT MONEY AROUND. THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID, KATHY, I'M SORRY. I CAN REPEAT IT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID. WELL, I APOLOGIZE FOR MISUNDERSTANDING YOU, BUT CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THEN WAS, SOUNDED LIKE YOU WERE SAYING YOU WOULD NOT BE COMFORTABLE WITH ANY OF THESE BUCKETS BEING REDUCED FROM THE AMOUNTS ON THE, THIS FRAMEWORK. NO, I'M SORRY. I WASN'T CLEAR. WHAT I MEANT TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE MAYBE LET ME USE SOME WORDS AND THAT MIGHT HELP. SO WHAT I MEANT TO SAY IS WE'RE ONLY SEEING THESE AS THAT TARGET AMOUNTS THAT WE WANT AS A MINIMUM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE NEEDS, THERE MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTMENTS. UM, AND I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MINOR ADJUSTMENTS, BUT IF THERE ARE MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE CITY MANAGER IS UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LINE ITEM THAT WE JUST ARE GOING TO HAVE TO NOT DO IT ALL, BECAUSE WE NEED TO PUT IT MORE IN ANOTHER BUCKET, THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD TO KNOW ABOUT. SO I WOULD WANT THE CITY MANAGER TO COME BACK TO US. UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF ME TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, BUT, UM, BUT I THINK IT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU CANNOT GO BELOW ON CERTAIN ITEMS. I'M JUST SAYING, I THINK THAT THAT KIND OF THING NEEDS TO GO, COME BACK TO US IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING BELOW IN A, IN A LARGE WAY. UM, AND I'M THINK THAT, UM, WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION THE OTHER DAY AND IT HADN'T BEEN DESCRIBED TO US WHAT THAT MIGHT BE. SO CITY MANAGER, LET ME ASK YOU IF YOUR, IF YOU, DOES IT MAKE SENSE, WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU? DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M INTENDING? I DON'T REMEMBER IF THERE WERE THOSE LARGER SWINGS IN CERTAIN AREAS. UH, AND WE HAD TO, THE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE IS A LITTLE HARD BECAUSE EACH BUCKET IS THERE WOULD CERTAINLY BE AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL. AND IF THERE WAS THAT ORDER OF MAGNITUDE THAT WOULD NECE NECESSITATES COMING BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FURTHER DIRECTION, UH, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOUR INTENTION IS. YEAH. OKAY. WELL THEN WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, BUT ORDER OF MAGNITUDE, I TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT ON THAT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BEST EXAMPLE I CAN GIVE YOU IS IF THERE WAS A, IF THERE WAS A DECISION MADE THAT, THAT WE WERE GOING TO TAKE ALL THE DOLLARS OUT OF THE OUT OF, UM, SMALL BUSINESS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S A BIG CHANGE. IF WE JUST TAKE IT ALL OUT, I WOULD EXPECT THAT TO COME BACK TO US. WE SAID THAT ABOUT THE ANCHOR OR CLEAR FUND OR ANY OF THESE OTHERS. SO THAT TRUST HER JUDGMENT ON WHAT IS A, WHAT WOULD BE A LARGE CHANGE. SO, UM, AND I'M CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE AND I KNOW THAT ADJUSTMENTS WILL NEED TO BE MADE. AND I ALSO KNOW YOU'LL BE COMING BACK TO US, UH, [02:50:01] AND WE'LL BE HAVING FURTHER CONVERSATIONS YOU CAN REPORT. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. YEAH. ONE OF THE GROUPS THAT WE IDENTIFIED, UH, THAT MIGHT BE SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS AND THIS, AND I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY AREN'T WITH THIS FRAMEWORK IS IT'S LAID OUT, WOULD BE, UM, THOSE, UH, LANDLORDS ARE MOSTLY SMALL MOM AND POP, UH, THAT ARE NOT OTHERWISE RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDING OR MORTGAGE TO FEDERAL PROTECTION, UH, THAT ARE, UH, PAINTING, UH, SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, AFFORDABLE, MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WITHIN ONE OR MORE BUCKETS THERE OTHERWISE, UH, COVERED, UM, DEMONSTRATING THAT THEY'RE LANDLORDS THAT ARE LANDLORDS HAVE PROPERTIES THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UM, SO RENT, UH, THAT, UM, WHATEVER REASON THEIR TENANTS ARE CHOOSING NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE, IN THE RENT PROGRAM. UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT, UH, ROSIE OR OTHERS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UH, HOW, AT LEAST WITH SOME SMALL PORTION OF THAT, IT'S, THEY FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE EITHER IN THE RED OR IN THE CLARE FUNDS OR SOMEWHERE. UH, SO THAT, UH, WE'RE ALSO, UH, MEETING THAT NEED IN THE CITY, UM, IS THAT COVERED IN SOME OF THESE OTHERWISE ESTABLISHED POCKETS AND OUR STAFF AS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT ALSO AVAILABLE. OKAY. DR. TRUE LOVE. CHIME IN. THAT'D BE GREAT. YES. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. ROSY TRUE LOVE DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. UM, WE DID MEET THE AUSTIN APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AND THE BOARD OF REALTORS EARLIER THIS WEEK AND DISCUSS THE FRAMEWORK OF THEIR NEED. UM, BASED ON THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WE THINK THAT, UH, FUNDING OUT OF THE CLEAR PROGRAM IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAY TO MEET THAT NEED. AND THAT'S THE CLEAR FUND THAT'S MANAGED THROUGH, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. OKAY. FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE. CAFFEINE, I HAVE A COUPLE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER, CAUSE SORRY YOU DISTRIBUTED A NEW MOTION SHEET TODAY. DOES IT PRESERVE THE SAME, THE SAME REDUCTIONS AND ADDITIONS AS WHAT YOU HANDED OUT ON TUESDAY? OKAY, THANKS. I APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE MOMENTARILY MISPLACED IT. I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS AS, SO YOU'VE PROPOSED A REDUCTION IN 3.5 TO THE CREATIVE SECTOR ASSISTANCE LINE, WHICH I NEED TO ASK STAFF ABOUT. IT WAS NO, I THINK I'VE RESOLVED THAT. UM, BUT WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT ON, ON TUESDAY. AND THEN PRIOR TO THAT, ABOUT THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LINE. AND I WONDERED IF, IF YOU COULD OFFER SOME THOUGHTS ON WHY I'M RETAINING 1 MILLION IN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, RATHER THAN TAKING, TAKING THAT. I KNOW WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH EDD STAFF ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT WILL HELP, UM, THAT WILL HELP MARSHAL SUPPORT FOR SOME OF THE BUSINESSES, UM, APPLYING FOR THESE PROGRAMS. BUT I GUESS I'M STILL UNDECIDED JUST KNOWING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM AIBA AND OTHERS ABOUT THE REAL, TREMENDOUS NEED TO KEEP, KEEP PEOPLE EMPLOYED. MOST OF, MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN AUSTIN ARE EMPLOYED BY SMALL BUSINESSES. I REALLY AM INCLINED TO ASK OUR STAFF TO, TO USE, TO MAYBE REALLOCATE FUNDING AND THEIR EXISTING, SOME OF THEIR EXISTING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE AND TAKE THAT MILLION AND PUT IT ELSEWHERE. I'M NOT SURE WHERE ELSEWHERE IS AT THE MOMENT, WHETHER IT WOULD GO BACK INTO SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE OR CREATIVE SECTOR ASSISTANCE. I WOULD, I'D BE INCLINED TO KIND OF LEAVE THAT OPEN, BUT I DO SEE THAT AS THE MORE IMPORTANT ASSISTANCE RIGHT NOW, IF WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE AMONG THOSE CATEGORIES, BUT DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD THOUGHT THOUGHT THROUGH THAT AND HAD A RATIONALE FOR THAT PETITION COUNCIL MEMBER. TOVA I, IF, IF THAT WORKS FOR THE STAFF, I'M FINE WITH A MILLION AND TEXAS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SORT OF FLOATING BETWEEN CATEGORIES. UH, MY, MY LIMITED UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WAS IMPORTANT FOR, UM, FOR SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTING, UM, UH, OTHER CATEGORIES OF FUNDS. AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH I COULD REDUCE THAT BEFORE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT THE CATEGORIES, BUT IF ALL OF THOSE THINGS BLEND TOGETHER AND S OR, OR IF THERE'S SOME REDUCTION IN THAT, IT STILL ALLOWS US FUNDS TO BE DEPLOYED [02:55:02] EFFICIENTLY AND EQUITABLY. I THAT'S THE REASON I DIDN'T ASK FROM THERE, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS POTENTIALLY FOUNDATIONAL TO MAKING THE OTHER THINGS WORK. BUT I THINK THE SOLUTION YOU PROPOSED ALSO MAKE SENSE TO ME IF IT MAKES SENSE TO THE STAFF. UM, THANKS FOR THAT ANSWER. AND THEN ALSO, SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO SILL NOVIA, HAUTE RAB WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU GIVE US THAT FLEXIBILITY TO GO BETWEEN THE TECHNICAL AND THE SMALL BUSINESS CATEGORY. I'M SORRY, YOU WEREN'T QUITE LOUD ENOUGH TO HEAR IT. OKAY. SORRY, MAYOR ADLER. I WOULD ASK FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT BETWEEN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SMALL BUSINESS SO THAT IF WE DON'T USE ALL OF THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, WE WILL PUT IT INTO THE SMALL BUSINESS CATEGORY, UM, DIRECTOR HALT, ROB, HOW, HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK YOU COULD REDUCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BY AND STILL MANAGE THE EXISTING PROGRAM? I GUESS THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF, WELL, THAT WOULD BE MY INTEREST IN SEEING US ALLOCATE, UM, LESS TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND MORE TO THOSE OTHER CATEGORIES. SO I WOULD, I GUESS I WOULD WANT US TO SPEND THE MINIMAL NUMBER, THE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF POSSIBLE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SINCE WE'RE AT THIS POINT, MAKING, YOU KNOW, MAKING HARD CHOICES, UM, AMONG DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA, WE'VE DONE AN ANALYSIS AND WE'RE STILL IN THE FINAL NEGOTIATION STAGE WITH OUR CHAMPIONS AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN SPEND HALF A MILLION DOLLARS AND THEN TRANSFER THE OTHER HALF BACK TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANT LINE ITEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT WOULD BE A HELP, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, BECAUSE, SORRY, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY. I THINK THAT YOUR MOTION REMOVES 1 MILLION IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE. DID IT LAND, AND THAT IS FROM THE COMMERCIAL, UH, THE, THE BRAND NEW $2 MILLION PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL TENANTS. IT CREATES A ONE NEW MILLIE $1 MILLION PROGRAM, I SUPPOSE, TOO. OKAY. SO THAT'S NOT FROM RESIDENTIAL, CORRECT. UM, AND THEN LET'S SEE, I HAD A LAST QUESTION. UM, OH, OH, I KNOW. I WANT TO ASK OUR EDD STAFF IF THEY COULD VERIFY. I IMAGINE YOU WERE PRESENT IN OUR EARLIER CONVERSATION ABOUT HAM AND SIMS AND SOME OF THE OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT MY OFFICE COMMUNICATED WITH YOUR OFFICE ABOUT EARLIER THIS WEEK. WHAT, UM, WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TODAY TO ASK YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT, AT WAYS WE CAN SUPPORT, SUPPORT THOSE AGENCIES THROUGH THE NONPROFIT PIECE, WITH THE UNDER, WITH THE POINT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTA RAISED AS A VERY GOOD ONE, THAT, THAT THE AMOUNT, THE ELIGIBLE AMOUNTS ARE LOW ENOUGH, THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE SOME OF THE REALLY DIRE ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. SOME OF OUR NONPROFITS ARE FACING, BUT I WOULD, I THINK IT WAS THE INTENT, UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, AND OTHERS CAN VERIFY THIS. IT DOES SEEM TO HAVE BEEN THE INTENT THAT WE ALLOW FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HAM, UM, TO, TO COMPETE WITHIN THAT NONPROFIT POOL OF FUNDING. AND SO WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL MANAGER OR RAPTOR HOLT ROB FROM, FROM TODAY'S CONVERSATION FOR YOU TO HAVE THE FLEX, IT FEEL YOU HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO ALLOW THOSE AGENCIES TO COMPETE WITHIN THAT FULL. AND IF I MIGHT, I ALSO HAVE SOME LANGUAGE, SORRY. I HAVE SOME LANGUAGE WRITTEN IF THAT'S HELPFUL, TOO. OKAY. SO WHAT I HAVE IS THAT, UM, SO I BELIEVE THAT BASED ON WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IN THE LIMITED TIME WE'VE HAD SINCE OUR SPEAKERS THIS MORNING, THAT I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT OUR INTENTION WAS TO ALLOW ANY FIVE OH ONE C3 THAT PROVIDES DIRECT SERVICES TO BE ELIGIBLE, TO APPLY FOR THE ANCHOR FUNDS, THE MERE USE OF THE WORD MEMBER OR THE WORD FOUNDATION IN THEIR NAME OR PROGRAM DESCRIPTION SHOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFY AN ORGANIZATION. UM, WE WANT IT TO DISQUALIFY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE FOUNDATIONS IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE AS ORGANIZATIONS THAT PRIMARILY EXISTS TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO NONPROFITS. AND WE WANTED TO DISQUALIFY MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS WHERE MEMBERS PAY TO JOIN AN ORGANIZATION THAT PRIMARILY PROVIDES ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THEIR MEMBERS. UM, FROM MY REVIEW, THE SIMS FOUNDATION AND THE, AND HAM WOULD BOTH BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ANCHOR FUNDS UNDER THE INTENTION COUNCIL WAS TRYING TO CONVEY IN THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THAT PROGRAM. [03:00:01] THERE MAY BE OTHERS AS WELL. SO STAFF SHOULD FEEL FREE TO SEEK CLARITY, BUT MERELY HAVING USED THE WORD MEMBER OR FOUNDATION AND A DESCRIPTION FOR THE PROGRAM SHOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFY A FIVE OH ONE C THREE THAT PROVIDES DIRECT SUPPORT AND SERVICES. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR. I BELIEVE THAT WILL SOLVE IT. I WAS HOPING, UH, RON HAGAN WAS ON THE LINE BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE JUST NEED TO REMOVE THE WORD MEMBERS AT THE END OF LINE ONE 34. I THINK IT'S STILL SUPPOSED TO BE FOR NONPROFITS THOUGH. SO THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE IN THAT GROUP THAT ARE NOT HAM AND THAT ARE NOT SIMS THAT MAY NEED TO BE SERVED BY OTHER FUNDS. OKAY. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING NOT TO HAVE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OR MOVABILITY OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A VERY LARGE ADVOCACY AND THAT ARE REALLY REPRESENTING, UM, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE, UM, FOR PROFIT ENTITIES KNOW IN THE CASE OF HAM IT'S INDIVIDUAL MUSICIANS THAT ARE GETTING HEALTH INSURANCE, AND THAT IS, UM, QUALITATIVELY DIFFERENT. UM, AND THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF ASSOCIATIONS THAT ADVOCATE SAY AT THE CAPITOL, UM, FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WERE TRYING THAT ARE NONPROFITS, THAT WE WERE TRYING TO EXCLUDE, BUT NOT, NOT GROUPS THAT PROVIDE THE DIRECT SERVICES. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER OUR BELIEF. WE UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION WE DO. AND THERE MAY BE OTHERS THAT ARE PROVIDING IMPORTANT SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THE ANCHOR FUND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THE NON NONPROFITS. RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, EVERYBODY OKAY. WITH THAT DIRECTION. OKAY. UM, WHAT ELSE, UM, KATHY, WAS THAT ALL YOU HAD? UM, YEAH, FOR THE MOMENT, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE STILL IN A QUANDARY ABOUT SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE CATEGORIES, JUST NOT HAVING SUFFICIENT FUNDING, BUT I GUESS WE'LL JUST WE'LL WORK ON IT. POST THIS MEETING, UM, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OF THOSE CATEGORIES ARE FLEXIBLE. I, I WOULD HOPE SINCE THE COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION ASKING US TO EXPLORE CAREGIVER MEALS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE SOME MOVEMENT ON THAT, MY CONCERN IS THAT IT MIGHT HAPPEN AT A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE'RE NOT MEETING OR DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT ON JUNE 11TH FOR AN AMENDMENT. SO IT'S OKAY. HOPEFULLY THOSE WILL FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF, UM, LESS SIGNIFICANT BUDGET SHIFTS. SO IT'S A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT PORTION COMPARED TO THE ALLOCATION IN THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK. SO WE'LL, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GO FROM HERE, I GUESS. AND JUST TO DOUBLE BACK REAL QUICK, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO ALISON, UM, THE QUESTION I ASKED EARLIER ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT IN ONE OF THE BUCKETS, WE HAVE SOME RELIEF FOR, FOR THOSE, UH, TENANTS THROUGH THOSE LANDLORDS AND ROSIE. I THINK YOU SAID YOU THOUGHT OF WAS MOST APPROPRIATELY THROUGH CLEAR AND IT VERY, VERY WELL MAY BE THAT. UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT, UH, CATAMARCA STARS OKAY. WITH A GENERAL STATEMENT THAT SAYS YOU CAN LOOK AT CLEAR OR THE RENT BUCKET, UH, SO LONG AS THEY MEET QUALIFICATIONS AND SERVING THOSE LOW INCOME, UH, PEOPLE. UH, SO IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT QUALIFICATION, I STILL WANT TO THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, WE CAN TRY TO FIGURE OUT COUNCIL MEMBER HALTER. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER HARBOR MADISON HAD HER HAND UP FIRST, IF SHE'D LIKE TO GO FIRST HYPER MEDICINE. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCILOR ALTAR. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE CHAIR. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE EXPEDITED A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS OR TO INCLUDE, UM, UH, VENDOR SCORING AND OUR EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT PROCESS COUNCIL, A MEMBER. I THINK THE INTENTION HERE IS REALLY TO GET THESE FUNDS OUT THE DOOR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH WE DO THAT AND, AND CREATIVE WAYS AS WELL. UM, WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENTS AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE STILL ABIDING BY, UH, GOVERNMENT RULES, BUT, UH, REALLY KNOWING THAT IN THIS TIME OF EMERGENCY, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY AS A RESULT. AND SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET THESE FUNDS OUT THE DOOR QUICKLY. AND I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THAT ALREADY THROUGH THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, BUT, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK. AND WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE LOOK FOR OTHER WOMEN'S FUNDING OUT. SO IN MY MIND, I [03:05:01] THINK, I THINK THERE'S SORT OF SOME OF THE TRANSPARENCY ISSUES. I THINK IF I COULD OFFER THE DETECTION HAVE PURCHASING INCLUDE A VENDOR SCORING PROCESS FOR EMERGENCY PROCUREMENTS. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY OTHER THAN OUR CITY MANAGER WHO CAN SPEAK TO THAT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THAT DEPARTMENT IN SPECIFIC, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY BURTON CAN TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION A COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. I THINK YOU SAID COUNCIL MEMBER OUT THERE, BUT I THINK YOU'RE MUTED. UM, SO I WANTED TO ASK, UM, IF, UM, MR OR DR. HOLT ROB HAD, UM, ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY WANT TO SHARE WITH US MEAN THE, THE AREAS THAT ARE, ARE BEING REDUCED ALL FALL UNDER KIND OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC RECOVERY, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST, UM, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT DEPARTURE FROM WHAT, UM, STAFF SUGGESTED. AND, AND I AGREE THAT WE NEED TO PUT MORE INTO DIRECT ASSISTANCE, BUT I, I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK IT UP ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THEM. UM, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CONCERNS THAT WE MAY NEED TO BE ADDRESSING OR ALLOWING FOR FLEXIBILITY COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CHIEF ECONOMIC RECOVERY OFFICER, UM, CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND AND LISTENING CLOSELY TO THE DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL AND SUPPORT THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL IS GOING IN. UM, WE DO HAVE SIGNIFICANT NEEDS IN OUR SMALL BUSINESS TO, AND SO WE WILL, WE UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION AND FLEXIBILITY AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. AND WE WILL START WITH, KEEP IN MIND. WE DID BUILD OUT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE NEED THAT WE'RE SEEING ALREADY WITH THE BRIDGE LOAN PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE UNDERWAY. AND WE KNOW THAT THAT CONTINUES TO GROW. WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING THE DATA NEEDED TO MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND YOU CAN WRITE TO YOU, UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. DO WE KNOW IF WE DON'T SPEND THAT CBG MONEY ON THE LOANS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH QUALIFIED BUSINESSES, IF THAT CAN BE REDIRECTED TO HELP BUSINESSES? IN ANOTHER WAY, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT. UM, THE SIMPLEST PROCESS FORWARD WOULD BE TO REDIRECT TO OUR EXISTING FAMILY BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM. AND THERE ARE, UH, BUSINESSES THAT ARE INSPIRING ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. SO WE ARE AWARE THAT ALL THE DOLLARS MIGHT NOT BE SPENT AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN MOVE UP. AND DOES THAT MOAN, UM, FALL WITHIN THE BUCKET FROM THE 16.5 MILLION OR BECAUSE IT'S LOANS, IS THAT NOT INCLUDED? IS THERE AN ADDITIONAL, DOES THIS MEAN THERE'S ADDITIONAL SIX POINT OR 5.5 ABOVE CLEAR OR IS THIS LIKE, HOW ARE WE COUNTING FOR THAT BUSINESS LOAN? IT WAS ALREADY BUDGETED IN OUR DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL BUDGET, SO IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL. OKAY. BUT THE DOES THE 16.5 MILLION THAT WOULD REMAIN IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE BUCKET. THERE WAS 10 MILLION FOR CLEAR A MILLION FOR THE TECHNICAL PIECE THERE, BUT THEN THERE'S, UM, 5.5 MILLION MORE. WHAT IS THAT GOING TO THE 5.5 MILLION MORE? MY UNDERSTANDING WAS TO GO TO THE CLEAR FUNDS THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN I WAS LOOKING AT THE SPREAD, THE SHEET THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT MISSPEAKING. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. OKAY. BUT THE ROUGHLY 6 MILLION THAT WE PUT INTO THE LOAN PROGRAM IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR, UM, AT THIS, AT THIS JUNCTURE. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR, THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO GO. AND I THINK THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY BEEN DEMONSTRATED DEMAND FOR DIRECT ASSISTANCE. UM, I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE GET, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE FEDS OR IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, UM, THAT WE SHOULD BE VERY FOCUSED ON THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY PIECE. UM, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY APPROACHES. UM, BUT I, BUT I THINK WE, WE, WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT MAKING OF THOSE PIVOTS. UM, SHOULD WE IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR SHOULD ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, COME DOWN BECAUSE I [03:10:01] THINK THAT IS THE PIECE OF THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK WHERE IT IS WEAKEST. UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER OUR BUDGET AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, UM, NOT ONLY CUT, BUT ALSO THINK ABOUT WHETHER EXISTING PROGRAMS ARE MEETING OUR NEEDS, I'D LIKE US TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE, UM, THINKING ABOUT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED IN TUESDAY AND WORK SESSION, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME HEALTH INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE BOTH COVID AND NON COVID, UM, IMPLICATIONS TO HELP FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING, UM, HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES, ET CETERA, UM, IN WAYS THAT ALSO, UM, ADVANCED OUR ABILITY TO, UM, REDUCE THE FALLOUT FROM COVID. BUT THEN ALSO WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OR SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, THAT GETS US TO BE MORE RESILIENT. UM, THIS IS A CRISIS, LIKE NO OTHER WHERE WE, WE HAVE, UH, A VERY LARGE TIME OF THIS IMMEDIATE, UM, IMPACTS THEN, AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE WHERE WE'RE FALLING WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE NOW. UM, BUT I, BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO BEGIN PIVOTING TO, WE GO INTO BUDGET AND THINKING ABOUT, UM, OTHER INVESTMENTS, SHOULD CONGRESS COME THROUGH WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING? OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ONE, ONE ADDITIONAL ISSUE I WANTED TO, TO, UH, TO RAISE, UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, MOVING MONEY INTO THE DIRECT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS MAY MOVE SOME MONEY OUT OF, OUT OF, UH, UM, ART AND MUSIC, BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS COULD OTHERWISE QUALIFY FOR THE GENERAL FUNDING, WHICH I AGREED TO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SET THAT UP IN A WAY THAT, THAT MAKES IT SO THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY HAS THAT SAME ABILITY. SO IF IT'S A LOTTERY SYSTEM THAT HAPPENS, I THINK THAT THAT WORKS. IF WE'RE GIVING IT TO GROUPS TO BETTER AT REACH INTO COMMUNITIES OF FOLKS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST NEED, UH, THEN, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GROUPS THAT REACH INTO ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES OF, OF SIMILAR, GREATEST NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO EITHER OF THOSE THAT, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS. ANYTHING ELSE ON DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, NUMBER 40. OKAY. THAT WAS IN FAVOR OF ITEM, NUMBER 40, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE THAT ARE OPPOSED. I CAN'T SEE MY SCREEN, BUT I THINK IT WAS, IF ANYBODY WAS NOT INTENDING NOW I HAVE EVERYBODY, I IT'S UNANIMOUS ON THE DIET SIDE, REMEMBER 40 PASSES. OKAY. LET'S NOW GO TO THE REMAINING ITEMS, UH, THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE TO DRESS. UM, WE HAVE, UH, UM, ON THE NON CONSENT, [Item 20] WE HAVE AN EMINENT DOMAIN, UM, MATTER TO BE HEARD. UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 20 BEING A NON-CONSENT CONDEMNATION ITEM? THE FACT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF AUSTIN, OUR USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY SET FORTH AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA FOR THE CURRENT MEETING OR THE PUBLIC USES DESCRIBED THERE IN SOMEONE THAT WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR THREE, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? THAT'S MEMBER ELLA SECOND SET, MOTION AND DISCUSSION THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT ITEM. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED UNANIMOUS WITH, UH, EVERYONE ON THE DIOCESE. UH, WE HAVE, UM, THEN [Items 21 - 24 & 51] ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, UH, FIVE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEMS, 21, 22, 23, 24 AND 51. UH, I THINK WE HAVE CALLED ALL SPEAKERS, UH, AT THIS POINT. SO WE HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS ON THOSE ITEMS. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ACTIONS AND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THOSE FIVE ITEMS, PROMOTION, AND PROTIME MAKES THE MOTION, IS THERE A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, POOL SECONDS, ANY DISCUSSION HEARING, NONE OF THOSE ACTIONS ARE APPROVED AND THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE CLOSED. UM, I THINK THAT GETS US JUST TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER, UM, SEVEN, WHICH WE SAID [03:15:01] WE WERE NOT GOING TO CALL UNTIL THREE, SO I'M NOT GOING TO ALL THAT UNTIL THEN. I THINK THE ONLY THINGS WE HAVE LEFT ON OUR AGENDA OR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND THE SPECIAL CALLED, UH, UH, ITEM. UM, WE CAN'T BEGIN UNTIL THREE. SO WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES HERE. WE'LL TAKE A RECESS AT TWO 48. WHEN WE COME BACK AT THREE, WE WILL RECONVENE THIS MEETING, TAKE ACTION ON SEVEN, AND THEN TO START HEARING SPEAKERS ON, UH, ITEMS, UM, ON THE SPECIAL CALLED ITEM. BUT WE WILL BEGIN BEFORE WE TAKE SPEAKERS AGAIN WITH GIVING EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL A COUPLE OF MINUTES, PLEASE KEEP IT TO A COUPLE OF MINUTES. EVERYBODY SPEAKS JUST ONE TIME, OR THEN WE'LL ASK THE CHIEF. IF HE WANTS KIND OF OPEN THE CONVERSATION, GIVE THE MANAGER A CHANCE TO SPEAK, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO SPEAKERS AND WE WILL JUST GO THROUGH AND CALL ALL THE SPEAKERS, UM, UH, THAT WE HAVE THE FIRST GROUP AT ABOUT THREE MINUTES EACH THEN DOWN TO A MINUTE. UH, AND THEN, UH, AT THE END OF THE LAST SPEAKER, WE WILL RECESS THE MEETING AND CONVENE TOMORROW MORNING AT NINE O'CLOCK OR THE PRESENTATION, UH, FROM THE CHIEF AND THE MANAGER ON THE ISSUE. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR DELIBERATIONS, UH, NO ACTION WITH THAT AT TWO 48, UH WE'RE IN RECESS TILL THREE . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.