* 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. [Call to Order] [00:00:10] LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL, AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN HANDLED REMOTELY. TODAY IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2020. THE TIME IS 10 OH FOUR. WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. I SEE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ALTER KITCHEN, THE MAYOR PRO TEM GARZA COUNCIL MEMBER SAR, COUNCILOR FLANAGAN, UH, TOHO POOL ARBOR, MADISON LS, AND RENT A RHEA AND MYSELF. UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE, UH, UH, CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS THIS OFF BY TOUCHING BASE REAL BRIEFLY ON THE HURRICANE, LAURA, WHAT'S HAPPENING. APPRECIATE THAT MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, YOU KNOW, EARLY THIS MORNING, A HISTORIC HURRICANE BORA HIT LANDFALL IN TEXAS AND IN LOUISIANA. AND WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE FROM ONE OR T IS OUR DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ON BOTH THE STATUS OF THE HURRICANE AND THE EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE DONE LOCALLY. ONE MANAGER, A MAN COUNCIL, WHEN HE I'M YOUR DIRECTOR FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, WE HAVE BEEN, UH, WORKING, SHIFTING FROM A COLOR RESPONSE TO RESPONDING TO HURRICANE LAURA AND SUPPORT OF TEXAS ABOUT PROVIDING SHELTER LOCATIONS TO ALL THE EVACUEES FROM THE TEXAS COASTLINE. AND I WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THAT SOME OF THE GUESTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED ALSO INCLUDE, UH, AREAS, UH, FROM LOUISIANA AS WELL. UH, TODAY WE ARE RUNNING OPERATIONS, UH, BOLTING THE, UH, MORE THAN, UH, UM, ONE 60 HOTELS THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING ACROSS THE REGION. UM, AS WELL AS, UH, THE, UH, TRADITIONAL SHELTER THAT WE OPENED LAST NIGHT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. AND WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH OUR RECEPTION CENTER, THAT WE'RE OPERATING AT THE CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS TRACK AND LOT A WE TODAY. UH, THAT'S THE LAST DIAGRAM WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, WHERE WE HAVE FAILED OVER A THOUSAND HOTEL ROOMS AND AN ESTIMATED NUMBER OF GAS THAT GOES BEYOND A 3000 GAS. WHEN YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS RESPONSE TO COMPARE IT TO OTHER, UH, HURRICANES THAT WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING. UM, WE LOOKED AT HURRICANE HARVEY, UM, BOTH BEFORE LANDFALL AND AFTER LANDFALL, WE HAD A CAR ROLL UP 600, 850 GUESTS THAT WE SUPPORTED, UH, DURING HURRICANE HARVEY. AND TODAY WE ARE OVER 3000 AND THIS WAS BEFORE LANDFALL. UH, SO WE'RE DOING, UH, UH, THREE, UH, ABOUT THREE TIMES, THREE OR FOUR TIMES MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN HURRICANE HARVEY. UM, AND WE'RE DOING IT IN A COBIT, UH, ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE, THE CITY STATE CA UH, STAY ON NATION IN THE WORLD. UM, WE ARE PROVIDING, UH, THREE MEALS A DAY. UH, WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING INFORMATION TO OUR GUESTS, UH, OF WHAT'S HAPPENING BACK HOME. AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING, UH, UH, TO THOSE TRAVELERS THAT ARE MOVING ON TO OTHER COMMUNITIES FOR THEIR INLAND, LIKE THE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA. WE'RE PROVIDING THEM WITH ASSISTANCE TO INCLUDE SOME GAS, TO GET THEM TO A GAS STATION, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE ENOUGH FUEL TO MAKE THE TRIPS GO BACK HOME. AND WE'RE NOW BEGINNING TO SHIFT AND TO LOOK AT, UH, WHAT AREAS OF TEXAS ARE OPEN AND WHERE WE'RE FINALIZING OUR PLANS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN OF HOW WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, ASSIST THOSE GUESTS THAT NEED THEM THAT ARE ABLE TO GO BACK HOME AND RETURN THEM SAFELY AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, UH, TO HELP THEIR TRANS TRANSITION BACK HOME. AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK HOME IN A TIMELY MANNER, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MULTI-AGENCY RESOURCES CENTERS ARE OPEN AND WORKING WITH OUR VOLUNTEER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN, UH, WHILE THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE STAYING HERE IN THE COMMUNITIES UNTIL THEY'RE ABLE TO GO BACK HOME. THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT, JUST I'LL ECHO THE THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IN A TIME OF, OF KOBE, BUT TO NOW GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. AND WE JUST HAD INCREDIBLE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE REALLY, UH, TAKING THAT EXTRA MILE AND MAKING SURE OUR COMMUNITY IS SAFE, NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY, BUT OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT [00:05:01] BACK TO YOU MAYOR NOW. AND I WANT TO, TO THANK STAFF AS WELL FOR HER JUMPING ON THIS MORE PEOPLE THAN WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED ARRIVING, UH, EVACUATION WORK BETTER, I GUESS, DOWN ON THE BORDER. I AM IT'S ANTICIPATED, ISN'T IT? WHY NOT? THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START MOVING BACK. UH, AS EARLY AS TOMORROW ON BUSES, WE'LL GIVE PEOPLE BREAKFAST AND TRAVEL LUNCH, UH, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE RETURNING. AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THE KEY MESSAGES TODAY IS THAT IF YOU'RE IN THE CITY AND YOU ARRIVED, AND WHEN YOU CHECKED IN, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST THE HEADLINE, THE HOUSEHOLD TO CHECK IN IF YOU LEAVE AND WHAT PEOPLE TO REGISTER AGAIN. SO THAT WE KNOW, UH, ALL OF THE FAMILY THAT WAS, UH, UH, STAYING WITH US AS A, AS A GUEST DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, THAT WAS CORRECT MANNER. AND, AND WE, UH, AND WE'LL BE WORKING TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ACCOUNT FOR EVERYBODY THAT NEEDS TO SPACE ON THE BUSES IS ACCOUNTED FOR. AND THEN ALSO WE'RE DEVELOPING FLYERS FOR INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL DELTA DIFFERENT HOTELS, WHERE YOUR BOSS HAS SHELTERS, SO THAT WE HAVE INFORMATION FOR THOSE THAT DROVE THEMSELVES, WHETHER THEY PAY FOR THEIR OWN HOTELS OR WHATEVER PAID FOR BY, BY A LOCAL COMMUNITIES, HAVE INFORMATION FOR THEM SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT OPTIONS THEY HAVE AND IN ASSISTING IN THE RECOVERY FROM THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE OFF. AND LET ME FIRST SAY, I FORGOT TO MENTION HERE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CANNOT DO BY ITSELF. I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE, THE HELP AND THE COOPERATION THAT WE RECEIVE FROM, UH, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY, UH, HAYES COUNTY, UH, WELCO AROUND FROM COUNTY, UH, CITY OF ROUND ROCK AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT HELP, UH, AUSTIN, UH, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AWESOME DISASTER RELIEF NETWORK AND THE, UH, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL TEXAS VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTERS. I AND I, AND REALLY THE STATE OF TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, REALLY IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO HELP, UH, MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE GUESTS THAT ARE FLEEING THE COASTAL AREAS ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF. AND, AND, UM, WHEN WE HAD NUMBERS THAT WE HAD NOT SEEN IN QUITE SOME TIMES, UH, AND WE'VE WORKED REAL HARD. AND WHEN, WHEN SITUATIONS WHERE IT REALLY TOOK THAT COLLABORATION AND THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL THESE COMMUNITIES TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS THAT MET THE NEED, IT DID A GOOD JOB ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU AS WELL BY COLLEAGUES, UH, [Consent Agenda (Part 1 of 2)] HEADING INTO OUR MEETING HERE, CHANGES HIS DIRECTIONS. UM, A LOT OF ITEMS, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS IN DISTRICT NINE. ITEM NUMBER 11 WAS REVIEWED BY THE, UH, WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSION ON, UH, AUGUST 21ST. UH, NO RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE DUE TO A LACK OF A QUORUM ITEM. NUMBER 12 ON AUGUST 21ST, WHICH RECOMMENDED BY THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AN EIGHT THREE VOTE OF THE COMMISSIONERS HENDRICKS SIMON INSTALLED APPS AND MADE ADAM 25 WAS WITHDRAWN, UH, ITEM 31, UH, IT'S A TO APPROVE AND THEN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE, UH, NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF THE COMMUNITY, THE SORORITIES AND COST REIMBURSEMENT ITEM. NUMBER 34 IS POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 3RD, ITEM 41, UH, ON, UH, AUGUST 21ST. IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSION AND IT'S 700,000 VOTES WITH COMMISSIONERS MORIARITY CASTLEBERRY AND BLAMES ABSENT AT A 42 WITHDRAWALS ITEM 47 ON AUGUST 21ST, I WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSION SEVEN OH BOW, WHICH IS MORIARTY CASTLE BARRY AND WINGS ABSENT. ALSO ON THAT SAME DAY, IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION ON AN EIGHT OH VOTE, UH, WITH COMMISSIONERS HENDRICKS, SOLOMON AND STROLLER, ABSENT ITEMS, 48 AND 64 ON AUGUST 21ST, 2020. IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE WATER WASTEWATER COMMISSION ON THE 700 VOTE. THE COMMISSIONER'S MORATI CASTLE ROOM'S ABSENCE, ADAM 69 IS WITHDRAWN AT AN 82 POSTPONE TO SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2020 ITEM 84, WITHDRAWN ITEM 86 IS GOING TO BE TAKEN UP WITH, UH, ITEMS, UH, ONE 22 AND ONE 23. UH, SO THIS ITEM 86, UH, IS, UM, UH, NOT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. IN FACT, IT WASN'T DURING THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BEGIN WITH, UH, BUT WE WON'T BE TAKING IT UP. UM, [00:10:01] UH, THIS MORNING I'VE TAKEN UP THIS AFTERNOON. UM, ITEM NUMBER 99 IS IN DISTRICT EIGHT AND THE AMOUNT OF A RUN OVER THREE IS IN DISTRICT THREE. WHEN WE GET TO THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS BEING WITHDRAWN. WE HAVE SOME ITEMS BEING PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA. I PULLED ITEM NUMBER 24, THAT'S THE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. UH, I DID THAT BECAUSE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, UM, UH, UH, DOCTOR, UH, GARDNER JENNIFER GARDNER WAS SIGNING UP TO JUST SPEAK WITH THE GROUP AND I PULLED IT SO THAT SHE COULD SPEAK WITH THAT ITEM TO US, UH, BEFORE HOPEFULLY IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. UH, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M PULLING ITEM NUMBER 57 BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SIGN AGAIN. UM, AGAIN, I THINK THAT ITEM NUMBER 34 WAS PULLED AT ONE POINT, BUT I'M IN A 34 IS BEING POSTPONED UNTIL, UNTIL NEXT WEEK WE HAVE, UH, SOME LAKE BACKUP IN ITEMS FOUR OR FIVE, EIGHT, 17, 1825 31 38 42 71 79, 81 85, 86, 87, 88 99, 101 OH ONE, ONE OH THREE, ONE TO FOUR, (105) 167-8910 11 ONE 12 ONE 16 ONE 2223, ONE 25 AND ONE 30 OUR COLLEAGUES. I THINK THAT, UH, FOR THE, UH, ORDER TODAY, UH, GENERALLY, UH, UH, WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT 30 MINUTES WORTH OF SPEAKERS, EVEN THE SPEAKERS THIS MORNING THAT HAVE SIGNED UP THREE MINUTES, SPEAK ABOUT 10 THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THE SPEAKERS, WE WILL VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND THEN WE WILL CONSIDER THE, UH, ALL THE ITEMS, UH, 24 AND 57, UH, WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, UM, UH, WE'LL MOVE TO THE, UH, NON-CONSENT ITEMS. THAT WOULD BE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, ITEMS, UH, 81 TO 89. UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS BEFORE LUNCH, HOPING TO BREAK FOR LUNCH, UH, AT THAT POINT, HOPEFULLY BETWEEN 1130, MAYBE AT NOON. UM, AND THEN, UH, WE COULD, AFTER LUNCH, UH, RECONVENE OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, UH, THAT WE HAD STARTED, UH, ON TUESDAY NOW, RECONVENE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONTINUE ON THAT ITEM, UH, AT TWO O'CLOCK, BUT WE WOULD TAKE, UM, ZONING, UH, SPEAKERS, UH, AND, UM, UH, DO THE CONSENT VOTE AND THEN DISCUSS, UH, CASES, UH, THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN, UH, POSTPONE. UH, THE INTENT IS TO GIVE SPEAKERS TWO MINUTES, UH, THIS AFTERNOON, UH, AS PART OF A ZONING, UH, TO NOT HAVE THE APPLICANT SPEAK IN THAT INITIAL GROUP, BUT HAVE THE APPLICANT AVAILABLE TO SPEAK WHEN THEIR ITEMS ARE CALLED UP, UH, AND TO GIVE THEM FIVE MINUTES TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THEIR, THEIR CASE COMMENTS COLLEAGUES. YES. COUNCILMEMBER ALL GOOD MORNING. UM, I WANTED TO JUST ASK FOR CLARIFICATION FOR ITEM NUMBER 83 ON THE AIRPORT OVERLAY, UM, STAFFED BY AN EMAIL LAST NIGHT TOLD ME THAT WAS GOING TO BE POSTPONED. I DON'T SEE IT LISTED ON CHANGES IN CORRECTIONS. UM, AND IF WE ARE GONNA DISCUSS IT THIS MORNING, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT, UM, SO I CAN BE PREPARED THAT'S THAT AIRPORT OVERLAY, RIGHT. I CAN SEE THAT THING THAT SAYS MOST POSTPONED IS I SUPPOSE, BIG BELL. YES I'LL. I'LL I'LL CONFIRM THAT AGAIN, BUT YES, THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT WE SENT LAST NIGHT. SO THAT WILL BE, THAT WAS AN ADMISSION ON THE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE HURRICANE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT CONVERSATION IF YOU WEREN'T HAVING IT. OKAY. 83 WILL BE POSTPONED A CATERPILLAR TURBO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST TO SIGNAL, I HAVE, UH, COMMENTS AND SOME DIRECTION THAT I HOPE WILL BE SUPPORTED ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON CONSENT. IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO PULL THOSE, I COULD, BUT I THINK I CAN RESOLVE THEM PRETTY QUICKLY AND I HOPE THERE WON'T BE, UM, CONTROVERSY OVER THEM. SO I THINK THEY CAN REMAIN ON CONSENT. [00:15:02] I ALSO WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING WITH REGARD TO THE ZONING. I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THE APPLICANTS ARE GOING TO BE, UM, NOT HEARD IN THAT INITIAL BATCH, ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE SPEAKING TO THE CASE THOUGH, GOING TO BE THEN HEARD BEFORE THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION? YES. YEP. THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE. THAT'S HOW WE'VE DONE IT SO FAR. CAUSE WE JUST PULL THE PEOPLE TO SPEAK EARLY. IT'S JUST HARD TO DO BY NUMBER. SO WE PULL THOSE FOLKS COLLECTIVELY. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IN THE PAST WE HAD PULLED MAYBE BECAUSE WE'VE MOSTLY POSTPONED OR ZONING. UM, IN THE PAST, I, I THINK THE PRESENTATION HAS ALSO HAPPENED IN THAT PIECE. THE APPLICANT HAS AS WELL. SO IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN WORK TOWARD A DIFFERENT SITUATION IN THE FUTURE IN A FUTURE MEETING, BUT I THINK IT MAKES BEST SENSE IF WE HAVE THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION AND THEN THOSE RESPONDING TO THAT CASE TOGETHER. SO THAT THEY'RE IN CONVERSATION WITH ONE ANOTHER, SOMETIMES QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED OR, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS ARE RAISED THAT RESPOND TO THAT INFORMATION. SO WE JUST, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT, I THINK, A DIFFERENT WAY OF TALKING ABOUT OUR ZONING DURING THIS PERIOD. OKAY. AND I'M OPEN TO ANYTHING ELSE AS WELL. SO LET'S TALK LATER ABOUT MAYBE A DIFFERENT WAY. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE TOO CHALLENGING TO ACHIEVE IT THOUGH FOR TODAY. IS THAT YOUR, DO I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE SET UP DIFFERENTLY TO THAT? OKAY. LET'S TOUCH BASE ON, ON THAT AND, AND, UH, COUNSELOR OCTOBER. UH, WE WANT TO HEAR IT BEFORE YOU, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR DIRECTIONS ON THESE PULLED ITEMS BEFORE THE SPEAKERS SPEAK OR DO YOU, SHOULD WE HAVE THE SPEAKER SPEAK? AND THEN WHEN WE S AND WHEN WE HAVE OUR CONVERSATION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THEN YOU GET AT THOSE THINGS. THAT WAS GREAT. IF, IF ANY OF THE SPEAKERS ARE SPEAKING TO ANY OF THE ISSUES I'M RAISING, MAYBE I'LL JUST COMMENT ON THAT AT THE TIME, BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, NO, OTHERWISE SPEAKERS FOR SOUNDS GOOD. SOUNDS GOOD. HAVE A KITCHEN. I HAVE COMMENTS ON THREE ITEMS THAT I CAN WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE SPEAKERS. THAT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, I NEED TO PULL THEM IT'S ITEMS 10, 16, AND 38. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. CHALLENGE. RELATED TO HEAR FROM THE SPEAKERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, IN FACT, IT'S, THEY CAN, THEY CAN SPEAK TO THIS BOOK ON, UM, ON ANY ITEM, UM, OTHER THAN THE ZONING CASES, WHICH WOULD BE CALLED THIS AFTERNOON. ALRIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT IS A CLERK WITH US TO THAT, OR, UM, ANY OF THE SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE HAVE NOT. SO NOW THE FIRST PEOPLE, ISN'T A CALL ME. UM, I, I DO NOT NEED TO SPEAK THE ITEM THAT I WAS SIGNED IT FOR AS BEING OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. I'M A CONSTITUENT, A DISTRICT 10, AND I WAS SPEAKING TO YOU TODAY, OR, UH, THE FIRE CHIEF ONLY FOR HIS INACTION AND THAT HE POLICE BRUTALITY SO HAPPEN. WE NEED A CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP. I ALSO WANT TO PUT IN MY VOICE FOR HAVING OUR CITY MANAGER, CRANK FIRE INACTION AND COMPLACENCY. HE IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR CITY AND DOES NOT CARE ABOUT BLACK AND BROWN BODIES. WE ARE BEING KILLED AND THERE ARE NO ACTIONS TAKING PLACE. THERE ARE NO ACTIONS TAKING PLACE WITH THE CHIEF NOR THE CITY MANAGER WHO ALLOCATES MAJORITY OF THE CITY FUNDS TO APD. DO YOU WANT THE STATE MATTER? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE PULLED TODAY? YES. SPEAKING ON ITEM 34, WHICH IS THE POLICE SECTION OF IT, THAT'S THE ITEM AUTHORITY 34 IS THE GRANT FOR THE, WHETHER WE SHOULD ACCEPT THE GRANT OR NOT. RIGHT. RIGHT. AND I DO HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEAK ON THAT TOPIC OF THE POLICE. UM, SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. AND I WANTED TO VOICE MY OPINION AND CONCERN ABOUT THAT, ABOUT GETTING FIRED AND CLUNK FIRED AS WELL, AND AT THE REST OF MY TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ROBERT. NATHAN ALLEN. OH, NO. GONNA SAY, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT SPEAKERS, THAT I'VE SIGNED UP, SPEAK TO THE ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ABOUT, UH, AS OPPOSED TO TREATING [00:20:01] THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO, TO GIVE COMMUNITY, UH, INPUT. SO IF EVERYBODY COULD PLEASE MAKE SURE THEY SPEAK TO THE ITEMS THEY'VE SIGNED UP ON. PLEASE. GO AHEAD. ROBERT. NATHAN ALLEN, ROBERT, PLEASE. YES. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. HELLO, COUNSEL, PICK YOU ALL. AND THANK YOU CITY STAFF FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. MY NAME IS ROBERT NATHAN ALLEN AND I LIVE AND WORK IN DISTRICT SEVEN. I FIRST WANTED TO THANK HELPING MEMBERS, HARPER, MADISON, AND POOL, AND THEIR STAFF. THEY'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE AND HELPFUL TO THE APPEALS FROM NUMEROUS LOCALLY ORGANIZED INITIATIVES, PROVIDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MEALS TO AISD STUDENTS AND OTHER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN EAST AUSTIN. AND TODAY I'M COMING TO VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR ITEMS ONE 32, ONE 34 AND ONE 39. UH, SPECIFICALLY IN COLLECTIVELY THESE ITEMS WILL ALLOW COMMUNITIES IN EAST AUSTIN TO HAVE EQUITABLE AND EFFICIENT ACCESS TO VASTLY NEED A TESTING SERVICES THAT ARE SORELY NEEDED TO HELP OUR ENTIRE CITY STAY SAFE. IF ONE PERSON IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD IN ONE ZIP CODE DOESN'T HAVE SAFE AND EASY ACCESS TO TESTING, REGARDLESS OF WHAT CURRENT CDC GUIDELINES MAY SAY, OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS AT RISK. AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS WHAT'S MORE, THIS PROJECT IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AUSTIN AREA, URBAN LEAGUE AND CENTRAL TEXAS ALLIED HEALTH. THEY BOTH REPRESENT THESE COMMUNITIES, UM, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HELP PLACE MEDICAL STAFF THAT LOOKS LIKE THE POPULATIONS SERVED IN THESE COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY IN THESE AWESOME, UM, AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, AND THAT SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT, UH, FOR BLACK COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BROWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SLOT NEXT TEAM MEMBERS, AND DEVELOP THAT WORKFORCE OF, OF BLACK AND BROWN FUTURE MEDICAL STAFF THAT IS SLIGHTLY UNDERREPRESENTED. UM, ESPECIALLY IN AUSTIN. UM, COLLECTIVELY ONCE AGAIN, ONE 30 TO ONE 34 AND ONE 39. UM, THESE THREE, I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT OF IT. I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY LOOKED CLOSELY AT IT, LOOK CLOSELY AT IT. UM, IT HAS BEEN MONTHS THAT THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS AND IT HAS BEEN NEEDED FOR MONTHS. UH, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN NOW AND GET THESE RESOURCES, MAKE THEM ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, EVERYONE IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. CONTINUE TO WORK FOR OUR CITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. UH, I SEE THE REST OF MY TIME, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR PHONE. NADIA COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS NADIA BARBEAU. I'M A MEMBER OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TRUST. ALSO, I LIVE IN 77 TO THREE IN DISTRICT ONE. I AM ALSO VOICING SUPPORT FOR ITEMS ONE 32, ONE 34 AND ONE 39. I SUPPORT CENTRAL TEXAS ALLIED HEALTH INSTITUTE IN THEIR PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE MOBILE HEALTH CLINICS ON THE EAST SIDE OF AUSTIN. THIS PROJECT, A PARTNERSHIP FROM AUSTIN AREA, URBAN LEAGUE AND CENTRAL TEXAS ALLIED HEALTH PLACES, MEDICAL STAFF THAT LOOKS LIKE THE POPULATION SERVED RIGHT IN THE HEART OF EAST AUSTIN. IT ALSO PROVIDES SERVICES AT THAT SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND DEVELOPS A WORKFORCE OF BLACK AND LATIN X FUTURE MEDICAL STAFF IN AUSTIN ON A NORMAL DAY, MEDICAL FACILITIES ARE LOCATED ALMOST ENTIRELY WEST OF COVID-19 TESTING SITES HAVE BEEN ALMOST ENTIRELY ON THE WEST SIDE OF AUSTIN. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THAT GAP. OFTEN PUBLIC HEALTH HAS TRIED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE THROUGH POPUP CLINICS AND PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL GROUPS. THIS PROJECT TAKES THAT FURTHER TO FULLY ADDRESS THE MANY NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY WHILE MEETING THEM RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE. WHAT'S MORE FOR MANY GOOD REASONS. HISTORICALLY, STATISTICALLY PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEEK AND GET BETTER OUTCOMES FROM DOCTORS OF COLOR. BUT ACCESS IS LIMITED ACCORDING TO HARVARD AND I QUOTE CURRENTLY, DESPITE BEING APPROXIMATELY 13% OF THE U S POPULATION, BLACK PEOPLE CONSTITUTE ONLY 5% OF ALL DOCTORS AND 10% OF NURSES. THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW. MOST CITIES IN THE U S ARE EXPERIENCING A HIGHER RATE OF IMPACT IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR MOST, BUT NOT ALL THE CITIES THAT HAVE DONE IT WELL HAVE PROGRAMS THAT LOOK LIKE THIS PROJECT, PLEASE VOTE. YES ON ITEMS ONE [00:25:01] 32, ONE 34 AND ONE 39. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, BETTY LEWIS. HELLO. MY NAME IS BETTY LEWIS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. MY CONCERN TODAY, OF COURSE, IS FOR THE POLICE 30 ITEMS, 32 THROUGH 39. I'M NOT SURE IF, UH, IF THIS IS ADDRESSING THE DEFUNDING OF THE POLICE, BUT I AM A PROPERTY OWNER AND FEEL LIKE ALL OF THIS SHOULD BE PUT TO VOTE, UH, BY THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY AND OF TRAVIS COUNTY, I SUPPORT, UM, REVERSING THIS DEFUNDING OF THE POLICE, UH, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE MONIES THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE ALL OF IT. UH, WE, UH, FEELING UNPROTECTED, UM, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I DON'T WANT US TO SECURITY GUARD OR A, UH, SOCIAL WORKER COMING. IF I'M, IF I AM IN NEED OF HELP, THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE TRAINED AND THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO I AM ASKING VERY KINDLY THAT THIS REVERSE, THAT THE DEFUND, ALL THE MONIES THAT WERE TAKEN FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BE RETURNED, UH, TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT POLICEMEN, WE HIRED GOOD POLICEMEN, GOOD POLICEMEN. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE. SO, RIGHT. SO I'M ASKING THAT TODAY AND THAT'D BE DONE QUICKLY IN JESUS'S NAME. YOU ALL BE BLESSED TODAY. I'M PRAYING FOR YOU ALL. SO CARLOS LEONE FIRST AND FOREMOST, CAUSE HONESTLY I SAW THE OLES FOR LETTING ME SPEAK FOR ITEMS 34 35 AND 36 RATIONALE AND DETAILS. FOLLOW TAKING MONEY FROM ATD TO FUND ABORTION CARE IS ALIEN ANTI-HUMAN AND ASS BACKWARDS WITHOUT LAW AND ORDER. AUSTIN BECOMES KENOSHA THOUGH, THE WISCONSIN GOVERNOR SAID WE SHOULD NOT TOLERATE ANY VIOLENCE AGAINST ANY PERSON. WRITTEN HOUSE WOULD BE APPLAUDED IN TEXAS FOR LEGALLY DEFENDING HIMSELF FROM ARMED THUGS, CHASING AND ATTACKING HIM, PROTECTING PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM THEM BASED ON VIDEO EVIDENCE, ONLINE CHARGING KYLE WITH FIRST DEGREE, INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE IS UPSIDE DOWN AND INSANE. THE ABORTIONISTS DESERVE THAT BECAUSE LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION. GOD BLESS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. SECOND AMENDMENT AND PRESIDENT TRUMP SENDING NATIONAL GUARD TO STOP LOOTING ARSON VIOLENCE AND LAWLESSNESS, KENOSHA POLICE APPEAR UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO DO, DO NOT HANDCUFF OUR OFFICERS FROM LEGALLY PROTECTING US FROM SUCH EVIL HERE BECAUSE ALL LIVES MATTER. THEREFORE PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, GOALS OF IMPROVING THE LOCAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND FOSTERING SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH APDS EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MAKES SENSE, ESPECIALLY NOW IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES AIMED AT REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME, INCLUDING ENFORCING GUN LAWS AND IDENTIFYING SUBSETS OF INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING VIOLENCE, AS WELL AS DEVELOPING EVIDENCE-BASED AND DATA-DRIVEN INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION INITIATIVES, WHICH MAY INCLUDE STREET LEVEL OUTREACH AND CONFLICT MEDIATION TO REDUCE VIOLENCE MAKES SENSE. FUNDING OFFICER OVERTIME, OPERATIONS AND HIRING A VIDEOGRAPHER TO IMPROVE EDUCATION AROUND AN AWARENESS OF VIOLENT CRIME ALSO WILL HAPPEN. A MEN FUNDING THE CONTINUATION OF THE VOLVO PROJECT TO HELP APD DEFEAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. BY HIRING SOMEONE TO WORK WITH KEY PERSONNEL, TO IMPLEMENT MORE EFFECTIVE POLICE COURT AND PROSECUTION POLICIES, PROTOCOLS, ORDERS, AND SERVICES TO PREVENT, IDENTIFY, AND RESPOND TO VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN AND DEVELOP AND PROMOTE LOCAL POLICIES ENHANCING THE BEST PRACTICES FOR RESPONDING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE AND STALKING IS RIGHT ON TARGET. AND SO WITH APD SEXUAL ASSAULT, EVIDENCE TESTING PROJECT, WORKING IN TANDEM WITH VALA FULL SPEED AHEAD ON ALL OF THIS TO MAKE NEW AUSTIN GREAT IN JESUS' NAME. I PRAY. AMEN. THANK YOU, LORD. GOD BLESS TEXAS. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONSTITUTIONAL LAUNCH AND ABOVE ALL GOD'S WORD. TRUMP 2020 [00:30:03] DOES HARRINGTON. THIS IS DOUG HERRINGTON. I'M ONLY TRAINED POLICE SHOULD BE HANDLING THE NINE ONE. ONE CALLS. POLICE CAN BE TRAINED BY OUTSIDE AGENCIES TO INCREASE SKILLS REGARDING BURYING SITUATIONS THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON REDIRECTING CALLS REQUIRING SPECIAL NEEDS. BUT THE HANDLING OF THE NINE ONE ONE IS A HIGH TRUST RESPONSIBILITY. IT NEEDS TO REMAIN CLEAR WHO HANDLES THESE IMPORTANT CALLS. THE POLICE HAVE SHOWN THEMSELVES VERY PROFICIENT. THIS ROLE MUST REMAIN IN THEIR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY AND CONTROL. DO NOT MUDDY. THE WATERS DO NOT REDIRECT SIGNS FROM THIS IMPORTANT SERVICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION. JANICE BOOKOUT, PLEASE UNMUTE. YES. HI COUNCIL. UH, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK DURING THIS CRAZY TIME. UM, I'M SPEAKING ON ITEMS 31 32, ONE 34 AND ONE 39. YOU KNOW, ME AS SOMEONE WHO'S COMMITTED TO OPERATIONALIZING EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN AUSTIN, THIS IS HOW I SPEND MY TIME PAID OR NOT IN SERVICE OF OUR COMMUNITY. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, TRUST THE ENTIRE COLLECTIVE AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF MEASURE TO SUPPORT ITEMS, ONE 32, ONE 34 AND ONE 39 THAT SAID, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THESE ITEMS ARE VERY PERSONAL FOR ME. I MYSELF HAS SPENT LONG HOURS ADVOCATING IN AS MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE FUNDED. WHY? BECAUSE AUSTIN'S BLACK AND LATIN X COMMUNITY MEMBERS NEED CLINICS LED BY PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE THEM. THERE'S A LOT OF DATA TO SUPPORT THAT STATEMENT. YOU'VE HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES AFTER MONTHS, THIS PROJECT, UM, FUNDED THROUGH ITEMS ONE 34, ONE 32, ONE 39 WILL FINALLY ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. WHAT'S MORE THIS PROJECT FROM AUSTIN AREA, URBAN LEAGUE IN CENTRAL TEXAS ALLIED HEALTH IS A SPECIAL PROJECT BECAUSE IT DOES PLACE MEDICAL STAFF THAT LOOKED LIKE THE POPULATION SERVED RIGHT IN THE HEART OF EAST AUSTIN. IT PROVIDES THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AT THAT SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND IT DEVELOPS A WORKFORCE OF BLACK AND LATIN X FUTILE MET FUTURE MEDICAL STAFF. I, UM, I SENT YOU FILES. I SENT YOU AN EMAIL. UM, I, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK DURING THIS TIME AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU PLEASE. YES. ON ITEMS ONE 32, ONE 34 AND ONE 39. YEAH. IF THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS IN THE CUBE, PLEASE PRESS ZERO MADISON. I READ YOUR LIPS. I JUST WANTED TO, THE LAST SPEAKER SAID SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE. SHE SAID, UM, SHE DOES THIS WORK ADVOCATING FOR COMMUNITY. I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE SEE ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO FOR YOUR COMMUNITIES AND ADVOCACY COMMUNITIES, UM, ESPECIALLY THE UNPAID PART. SO THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE THAT HAVE NOT PRESSED ZERO, PLEASE DO SO NOW MAYOR THAT CONCLUDES OUR, THE SPEAKERS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THOSE WERE ALL THE SPEAKERS, THE NON SONY ITEMS. WE'LL CALL THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION SPEAKERS. WHEN WE MEET BACK UP, IF WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK, UM, ON THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION. NO MA'AM WE DO NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. [80. The Mayor will recess the City Council meeting to conduct a Board of Directors' Meeting of the Austin Housing Finance Corporation. Following adjournment of the AHFC Board meeting the City Council will reconvene. (Part 1 of 2)] I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO RECESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT THIS POINT HERE AT 10 38 I'VE TO CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE ON, UH, ON AUGUST 27, UH, 2020, UH, WE'RE DOING THIS MEETING VIRTUALLY A QUORUM OF THE ORDER DIRECTORS IS PRESENT. UM, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK LATER AND CONSIDER THE AGENDA, BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE NO SPEAKERS THAT HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANY ACTION BEING TAKEN TODAY. YOU MAY ASK THAT QUESTION AGAIN. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS TO SPEAK ANY OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING PRODUCTS CORPORATION? WE DO NOT MAYOR. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO RECESS THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, MEANING WE'LL COME BACK AND PICK THIS UP LATER. UH, AND [Consent Agenda (Part 2 of 2)] I AM GOING TO, UH, UH, RECONVENE [00:35:01] THE AUSTIN, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT, UH, 10 39. WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, LISTEN TO SPEAKERS ON ZONING ITEMS THAT GETS US TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH 79 AND ALSO ONE 32 THROUGH ONE 42 PROVIDERS. AT THIS POINT WE DRY THEM IS 24 AND 57. I THINK WE HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER HYPER MATTERS. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO BE SHOWN, UM, ABSTAINING ON ITEM NUMBER 66. OKAY. I LIKE TO BE SHOWN VOTING NO WRONG ITEM. 66, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SIGNING IN ALSO ON 66. UM, I WANT TO BE SHOWN AS ABSTAINING AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO ADD A COMMENT THAT, UH, I REPRESENT THE CITY ON THE CAP COD BOARD, AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A GRANT THAT'S RUN THROUGH THE CAP COG PROCESS. AND IN THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE GOT FROM STAFF THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS BEING PART OF A GRANT PROGRAM THAT BENEFITS THE 10 COUNTY AREA. UM, THAT'S NOT REALLY THE CONVERSATION I EVER HEAR BEING HAD AT CATCALL ABOUT THESE GRANTS. AND IT RAISES A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR ME ABOUT ARE, ARE OTHER JURISDICTIONS ALSO GETTING CRIMINAL JUSTICE GRANTS THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT AUSTIN? LIKE IT'S A BALANCED THING FOR THE REGION OR ARE WE TAKING ON A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REGION AND EFFECTIVELY SUBSIDIZING A 10 COUNTY AREA BY, YOU KNOW, STAFFING AND MAINTAINING AND TRAINING ON EQUIPMENT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, GET WITH THE GRANT, BUT THERE'S STILL STAFF INVOLVED IN AND OTHER FOLKS. SO AS I SAID ON TUESDAY, UM, I WOULD, I THINK WE'LL TAKE THIS UP IN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ABOUT KIND OF THIS REGIONAL RESOURCES AND THE COST RELATED. UM, AND THEN ALSO I WAS, UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BEING ASSIGNED TO APD WHEN IT SEEMS TO FUNCTION AS PRIMARILY A SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION OR FUNCTION, WHICH IS MORE OF AN AFD, UH, TYPE OF FUNCTION AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM TALKED ABOUT ON TUESDAY. SO I'M JUST GOING TO ABSTAIN ON THIS. THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO WORK THROUGH. SOUNDS GOOD. COUNCILMEMBER ELLIS. OKAY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BE SHOWN AS ABSTAINING ON 66. I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, BUT I'M IN LINE WITH WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY REITERATED. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, ASK IF IN THE NEAR FUTURE STAFF CAN PROVIDE US AN UPDATE ON THE CORONAVIRUS SPENDING FRAMEWORK AND THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. UM, BUT WE'VE ALSO SPENT CERTAIN ITEMS. UM, IT'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING. AND I THINK A, AN UPDATE, UM, COULD BE HELPFUL, UM, SO THAT WE CAN TRACK CAREFULLY, UM, WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THAT SPENDING. UM, SO I WOULD JUST ASK THE CITY MANAGER IF WE COULD HAVE THAT IN THE NEAR, NEAR FUTURE. UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO, UM, BRIEFLY COMMENT ON, UM, ITEM 11, UM, WHICH IS RELATED TO, UM, WATER FORWARD. UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP, UM, IN ADVANCING A PARTICULAR PIECE OF THE WATER FORWARD PLAN, WHICH IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACT FOR STORAGE, UM, PART OF OD OF WATER FORWARD. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR MOVING THIS ITEM FORWARD AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK OF OUR WATER FORWARD TASK FORCE MEMBERS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAKING THIS IDEA COME TO FRUITION. ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO AND HER OFFICE, UM, OVER MANY, MANY YEARS FOR REALLY BEING TENACIOUS AND SETTING US ON THE PATH TO PURSUE AN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE PLAN. UM, THIS CONTRACT IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF STEPS, WHICH WE'LL TAKE, UM, TO DEVELOP BACK FOR STORAGE AND RECOVERY INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE US MOVE THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, COUNCIL MEMBER TOE. UM, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, UH, FOR RECOGNIZING MY LEADERSHIP AND THAT OF MY STAFF. UM, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY ADVOCATES WHO REALLY DROVE THIS DIRECTION AND ALL OF OUR STAFF WHO WORKED SO HARD TO IMPLEMENT IT. I TOO WANTED TO JUST SAY A WORD ABOUT, ABOUT THAT CONTRACT. I'M JUST VERY EXCITED. I THINK THIS IS SUCH A CRITICAL [00:40:01] AND IMPORTANT NEW DIRECTION FOR OUR CITY IN TERMS OF ASSURING, UM, OUR SAFE AND CONSISTENT WATER SUPPLY FOR OUR AREA. I HAD A COUPLE, AS I NOTED, I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM, I WANTED TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO, UM, ACCEPT IN THE FORM OF DIRECTION. AND SO I'LL GO INTO THOSE, BUT BETWEEN THE WATER FORWARD AND ANOTHER ITEM ON HERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, PROVIDING, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING BOTTLED WATER AND OTHER KINDS OF NECESSARY SUPPLIES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS SINCE WATER IS, IS SORT OF PRESENT ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. I WANTED TO JUST TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF. IF YOU'VE BEEN IN A DOWNTOWN AREA, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT OUR WATER FOUNTAINS ARE INSTALLED. THIS IS A MEASURE THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD. I BELIEVE IT WAS SUPPORTED PROBABLY I BELIEVE IT WAS UNANIMOUS ON THE DIOCESE AND, UM, OUR AUSTIN WATER UTILITY REALLY WORKED HARD TO GET THOSE IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, IN A TIMELY FASHION. AND SO AT FOURTH AND TRINITY RIGHT NEAR THE CONVENTION CENTER, YOU'LL SEE THAT ONE OF THOSE WATER FOUNTAINS HAS NOW BEEN INSTALLED. UH, WHEN I WENT DOWN THERE AFTER GETTING THE EMAIL FROM DIRECTOR MS. ARROWS, UM, I GOT MY HOP IN MY CAR, WENT DOWN TO SEE IT, AND THERE WAS SOMEBODY AT THAT TIME USING IT. I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY FULFILLING ITS INTENDED PURPOSE OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT VISITORS AND THOSE WHO WORK AND, UM, SPEND TIME IN OUR DOWNTOWN HAVE ACCESS TO FRESH WATER, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CLIMATE. THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL. ALSO INCLUDES A LITTLE SECTION FOR, FOR PETS TO DRINK AT THE BOTTOM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, BUT I, I ALSO REALLY WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, CHRIS CHAN, WHO WORKED SO HARD ON THIS, ON THIS PROJECT PRIOR TO HIS PASSING, HIS VERY UNEXPECTED PASSING. AND SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE WATER UTILITY, UM, ANTI-CHRISTIAN OR, OR, UM, SUCH SUCH GOOD WORK ON THAT NECESSARY PIECES OF INFRASTRUCTURE WITH REGARD TO, AND ALSO, UM, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC NUMBER 15 ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CASEWORKERS, UH, THROUGH, UH, GRANTS THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN AUSTIN COMMUNITY COURT. THEY ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN OUR PRO LODGES, WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR, IN OUR PRO LODGES, HELPING THEM GET INTO PERMANENT HOUSING. IT'S BEEN REALLY A GREAT THING OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO SEE AWARENESS OF AND ADVOCACY FOR, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, REALLY SPREAD, SPREAD TO A MUCH BROADER SWATH OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I APPRECIATE, AND I'M EXCITED BY THAT, BY THAT, UH, MORE GENERAL ADVOCACY AND SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE SAW THAT THAT CONTRACT WAS MOVING FORWARD. AND THIS IS GOING TO DO A LOT OF GOOD FOR 16. I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING DIRECTION. SO BACK IN, I THINK MARCH, JUNE, IT'S ALL KIND OF BLENDING TOGETHER. UM, THIS COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD CREATING, ASKING STAFF TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS IN CREATING THE MUSIC DISASTER RELIEF FUND. BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER ITEM IN THAT RESOLUTION ABOUT CREATING A MUSIC PORTAL, EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING A MUSIC PORTAL THAT WOULD, UM, AND IT WAS PRETTY GENERAL. OUR STAFF HAVE WORKED PRETTY CLOSELY WITH VISIT AUSTIN VISIT. AUSTIN HAD, OF COURSE BEEN DOING, UM, WORK LIKE THAT TO PROMOTE OUR LOCAL ARTISTS OR LOCAL MUSICIANS OR LOCAL BUSINESS MEMBERS. BUT OUR, OUR CITY STAFF IN AGAIN HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MY STAFF, UM, SHANNON, HOLLY, WHO HAD GENERATED THE IDEA, UM, AS WELL AS OUR VISIT AUSTIN STAFF TO REALLY FLESH THAT OUT, IT'S COMING ALONG. AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE VERY EXCITING. WE'RE HOPING IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY A PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MAKES, THAT MAKES, UM, ACCESS MORE AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR ARTISTS, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE SELECTED FOR, BUT YOU CAN BENEFIT FROM, AND I CAN TALK MORE ABOUT SORT OF WHERE THEY ARE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT THE DIRECTION I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS IN HAD GOTTEN IT WAS THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE SOME MORE FORMAL DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THE PURSUIT OF THAT, UM, AND ASK, VISIT AUSTIN TO COME BACK IN THE SPRING WITH A REPORT ON KIND OF WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT A POTENTIAL BUDGET BE LIKE FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS TO A FULLER SCALE. AND WE HAVE RECEIVED WORD FROM VISIT AUSTIN THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT DIRECTION AND ON BOARD TO SUPPORT IT. SO THE DIRECTION I WOULD PROPOSE IS THAT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK NEEDED TO DETERMINE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPACITY BUILDING REQUIRED TO BRING A PLAN BACK TO US IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2021, NO LATER THAN MARCH 31ST WITH THE PLAN TO LAUNCH A ROBUST DIGITAL [00:45:01] MARKETING PLAN, ALONG WITH THE ASSOCIATED BUDGET. AND WE HAVE FUNDED THAT LANGUAGE TO EDD FOR ANY FEEDBACK THEY HAD. AND AGAIN, SHARED IT WITH VISIT AUSTIN. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT TOO. AGAIN, IT'S NOT CREATING THE PORTAL, BUT IT'S CONTINUING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND ASKING FOR THEM TO RETURN PRETTY QUICKLY IN MARCH WITH A PLAN AND A BUDGET FOR WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO EXECUTE THIS, THE WAY IT'S TAKING SHAPE IS REALLY, UM, AS I SAID, EXCITING, AND I APPRECIATE THE GREAT THOUGHTS OF OUR, OF OUR EDD DEPARTMENT AND VISIT AUSTIN ABOUT HOW WE CAN, HOW WE CAN, UM, REALLY SUPPORT OUR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, BUT HOW THIS MIGHT ALSO BE A PROJECT THAT COULD BENEFIT OUR VENUES SO THAT DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, THEY BOTH, WE ARE USING, WE ARE USING THIS POTENTIAL TACTIC AND STRATEGY AND DEVELOPING IT SO THAT WE ARE HELPING THOSE INDIVIDUALS BRINGING IN SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE. WE'RE ALSO USING IT AS A WAY OF SUPPORTING OUR BRAND HERE IN AUSTIN TO ENCOURAGE VISITORS TO COME BACK. UH, AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, INITIALLY, USING IT AS CREATING IT IN SUCH A FASHION THAT INDIVIDUALS COULD USE IT, UH, AND IN OTHER SETTINGS AS WELL, SO THAT THEY ARE, HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO USE THAT, TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES, UM, AND, AND GET THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE. SO IT'S, IT'S STILL BEING FLESHED OUT IF IT SOUNDS GENERAL, THAT'S WHY, BUT THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP OBJECTION TO THAT DIRECTION BEING HANDED AIRY. NONE. THANK YOU. CAST MEMBER TOLD HER THAT DIRECTION IS ADDED. REMEMBER KITCHEN. I HAD A COMMENT ON NUMBER 16 TO DID. GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO REFLECT ON THE RECORD, THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH VISIT AUSTIN AND TO, TO THANK THEM FOR THE, UM, INNOVATIVE THINKING THEY'RE DOING AROUND HOW THEY, AS AN ENTITY CAN SUPPORT OUR MUSIC AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY AND WANT TO REFLECT ON THE RECORD THAT THEY HAVE INTENTIONS, UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WITH THEM THAT THEIR MARKETING BUDGET, UM, AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF THERE WILL BE CONTINUED TO THINK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT, UH, LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WELL AS CREATIVES. UM, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THEY GAVE ME IS HOW THEY'RE SUPPORTING MUSICIANS WITH, UM, EVENTS IN OTHER CITIES THAT CAN BE DONE VIRTUALLY NOW AND HOW THEY'RE ADVERTISED. I BELIEVE THEIR ADVERTISING ALWAYS ASSISTING IN THAT EFFORT. UM, AND SO I WANT TO JUST PUT ON THE RECORD THAT IT'S MY EXPECTATION, UM, AND MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THEM THAT THAT IS THEIR INTENT, UH, THAT THAT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE CONFINES OF WHAT THEIR FOCUS IS, IF THEY WILL CONTINUE TO USE THEIR DOLLARS, UH, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL MUSIC AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS LOCAL RESTAURANTS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT MAKES UP THE FABRIC OF THE CITY. UM, AND IF WE DON'T, UM, DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AS A CITY, UH, TO MAINTAIN THAT ENVIRONMENT, UM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE A CITY THAT CONTINUES TO BE ONE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO VISIT. SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR CREATIVE THINKING IN THAT AREA. AND, UH, PUT ON THE RECORD HERE. THAT IS THEIR INTENT. STRESSFULLY IMPORTANT, GIVEN WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER? UM, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING TO ITEM 16 AND I APPRECIATE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOFU AND KITCHEN EMPHASIZING THE WORK FOR OUR CREATIVE SECTOR. UM, IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH VISIT AUSTIN OVER THE MARKETING PLAN. UM, I LEARNED ABOUT SOME PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE DOING VIRTUALLY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN TOUCHED ON. UM, SHE EMPHASIZED THEIR ABILITY TO BE HIRED VIRTUALLY FOR PLACES OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN. UM, BUT I JUST, I HAVE ASKED THEM TO PREPARE SOME MATERIAL THAT I CAN SHARE, UM, IN MY NEWSLETTER TO HELP US GET THE WORD OUT THAT YOU CAN HIRE US IN MUSICIANS VIRTUALLY, AND THEY ALREADY HAVE A PORTAL SET UP WHERE YOU CAN, UM, SEE THAT FAIRLY EASILY. UM, AND I JUST THINK THAT IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT YOUR MEETING OR YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW DO I CELEBRATE THAT BIRTHDAY, UM, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO HIRE A MUSICIAN FOR THAT, UM, KIND OF KIND OF EVENT, EVEN IF IT'S VIRTUALLY, UM, THAT THAT SERVICE COULD BE, COULD BE REALLY USEFUL. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE AWARE ABOUT IT. CAUSE IF YOU'D BEEN LIKE ME AND VERY FOCUSED ON COUNCIL THE LAST FEW MONTHS, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE, UM, SEEN THAT OPPORTUNITY. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS OUT THERE, UM, CAUSE I WAS PLEASED TO LEARN OF IT. [00:50:03] GREAT. ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ASK OR SOME DIRECTION UNDER NUMBER 24. THIS IS AN INTERESTING NEW DIRECTION AND I APPRECIATE OUR STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THIS IS THE INTRO LOCAL WITH UT TYPICALLY WE CONSIDER THOSE INTERVALS. THANK YOU. RIGHT. OKAY. WELL, MY COMMENTS FOR THE COMMENT COUNCILOR COSAR, I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE COUNCIL AND FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, THAT, UH, UH, AUTHORIZING, UH, A LOT OF DOLLARS TODAY, UH, HERE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TO GO TO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HARDEST HIT BY COVID-19. UM, WE'VE GOT THE RISE DOLLARS BEING ALLOCATED TO BEING ABLE TO GET TO PEOPLE WHO'VE LOST THE INCOME AND JOBS. UM, AND I APPRECIATE, UH, THEIR PART TIMES LEADERSHIP ON THAT ALONG WITH, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THE WHOLE DYESS, ALONG WITH, UH, DOLLARS BEING TARGETED TO, UH, HIGHEST RISK FAMILIES THAT IS PEOPLE THAT WOULD MOST LIKELY BE HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST SO MUCH, UH, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING A FAMILY MEMBER BECAUSE OF, OF COVID-19 AND THEN TARGETING THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WE KNOW, UM, EVEN AS CASES DECLINE IN THE CITY OVERALL ARE STILL BEING SO, UM, HARD HIT. I KNOW WHEN, UH, MEETINGS WITH, UH, UH, WITH CONSTITUENTS AND GROUPS OF FOLKS IN SOME OF THOSE HARDEST HIT NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT IS REALLY STRIKING HOW, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BE IN SOME ROOMS, YOU CAN SOME VIRTUAL ROOMS WHERE EVERYONE HAS A FAMILY MEMBER OR A LOVED ONE, OR SOMEBODY CLOSE TO THEM THAT HAS HAD TO COVID-19 UM, UH, IN OUR CITY, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO PROTECT SO MUCH OF OUR COMMUNITY, THERE ARE JUST SOME PARTS THAT HAVE BEEN SO HARD HIT. AND SO THIS REALLY SPEAKS TO THE WORK OF, OF OUR STAFF FOCUSING HARD ON THIS, ON THE RESOLUTIONS WE'VE PASSED, INCLUDING THE HIGH RISK WORKER RESOLUTION, UH, THAT I SPONSORED AND, AND THIS DIOCESE COMMITMENT. SO I'M GLAD WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF THESE DOLLARS OUT THE DOOR AND APPRECIATE OUR STUFF'S WORKING. SORRY, FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN. OKAY. UM, I HAVE A COMMENT ON A ONE TO 10, WHICH IS THE ZILKER MASTER POEM, ALL THESE COMMENTS ON THE SCOPE. I JUST WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD TO REFLECT THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WAS STAFF ABOUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND TO BE WITHIN THAT SCOPE. SO FIRST I JUST FOUND IT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT, UM, DETAIL IN THE SCOPE OF SERVICES REGARDING A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PLAN AND INCLUDING IT'S A PUBLIC OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH WILL BE PART OF THE SCOPE OF SERVICES, WHICH IS VERY DETAILED AND INCLUDES THINGS LIKE A COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY, AS WELL AS, UM, UH, GETTING INPUT FROM OUR COMMISSIONS. AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THAT. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AMENITY FOR THE WHOLE CITY. UM, THE SECOND THING IS I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FROM MY CONVERSATION, UM, OFFICE'S CONVERSATION WITH THE STAFF, THAT THE SCOPE, UM, INCLUDE SOME, UH, CONTRIBUTING, CONTRIBUTING AREAS AROUND THE PARK. UH, THE SCOPE SPEAKS TO, UH, AND INCLUDES AMONG ITS ITEMS. UM, THE INTENT, UM, LET'S SEE, THE WAY IT'S WORDED IS THAT THE, UM, OUTCOME OF THE REPORT, UH, OUTCOME OF A PLANNING PROJECT IS TO INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION CIRCULATION AND PARKING PLAN THAT REALLY LOOKS TO MOVEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE WHOLE AREA. AS PART OF THAT AREA OF THE SCOPE. THE INTENT IS TO INCLUDE IN THE SCOPE THAT, UM, THE BUTLER SHORES TO ME AREA WILL BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE WORK AS A CONTRIBUTING AREA. UM, AS THE PLANNERS COME UP WITH TRAFFIC AND PARKING MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE PARK, UM, THE BUTLER SHORES AND TO ME AREA IS AN AREA THAT IS USED FOR PARK, UM, SERVICES AND PARK EVENTS. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, ACL IS, UM, OUTSIDE OF WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK OF THE PARK IS ON THE TOONY AREA AND THE BUTLER SHORTS AREA. AND SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, AND I HAVE CONFIRMED THIS WITH THE STAFF THAT THIS, UH, COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION CIRCULATION AND PARKING PLAN WILL, UH, ADDRESS THESE AREAS AS, UH, CONTRIBUTING AIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHO ELSE DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? [00:55:02] ALTER MIXED EMOTIONS BACK AT IT BY THE MAYOR? WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, I'M SORRY. I FORGOT TO BRING ONE OF THE THINGS TO PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AND THAT'S AN ITEM NUMBER 38. THERE WAS A, UM, A MEMO IN BACK AND I'M JUST MENTIONING THIS TO RESPOND TO SOME CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED, UM, UH, TO ME THAT THE MEMO MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS AN ILA THAT JUST RELATES TO SPACES, UM, PARKING AND WORKSTATION SPACES RELATED TO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WORK WITH INTEGRAL CARE AND IT DOESN'T IMPACT WHAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING LATER IN TERMS OF INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT, UH, THAT SPEAKS TO THE, UM, BUDGET ITEMS WE PASSED, UH, WITH REGARD TO, UM, UH, WORKING WITHIN OR GO CARE FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES. SO THAT'S A MEMO THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED AND IT WILL BE POSTED IN BACKUP AS PART OR BUDDING ON THIS ITEM, FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND, AND THOSE ARE FAIRLY CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED HOW UNANIMOUSLY PASSES WITH THE NOTATIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE READ INTO THE RECORD. ALRIGHT, LET'S DO THE [24. Authorize negotiation and execution of a master interlocal agreement with The University of Texas at Austin to provide research, consulting, and technical assistance on individual project agreements for up to five years for a total amount not to exceed $7,500,000.] PULL ITEMS. WE'RE GOING ITEMS. YOU'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER 24, WHICH IS THE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UH, COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL, UH, INCREASING AND MAKING EASIER, UH, AND INCREASING THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO AS A CITY WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEIR RESOURCES AND THEIR PROFESSORS FOR EXPERTISE. ALSO ENABLING THE CITY TO BETTER SERVE AS LABORATORY FOR UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FACULTY IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN PUSHING SINCE I FIRST GOT HERE. UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER HAS ALSO TAKEN LEADERSHIP ON THIS AS WELL. AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THIS HAPPENING, UH, AS WE BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION ON IT, UH, DR. JENNIFER GARNER WITH UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, UH, UM, IS, IS AVAILABLE TO SPEAK AND I WANTED HER TO GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. SO I HOPE THAT SHE'S MOVING TOWARD THE PHONE BEFORE WE DO THAT. UH, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE, UH, OUR WORK THAT, UH, STEVEN ELKINS, UH, DID ON THIS AS WELL. UH, HE'S OUR, UH, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER. UH, THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT, THAT HE'S HELPED WITH, UH, BUT, BUT AMONG SO MANY OTHER THINGS AND COLLEAGUES, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE JUST GOTTEN NOTICE, UH, IN OUR BOXES THAT, UH, UH, STEVEN ELKINS IS GOING TO BE RETIRING FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN THE FIRST WEEK IN, UH, SEPTEMBER. UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO THANK HIM FOR HIS, UH, SERVICE, UH, TO THE, TO THE CITY. HE'S BEEN THE CIO SINCE 2010 AND EMPLOYEE SINCE 2004, UH, HE'S REALLY LED, UH, INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE AND OUR INFORMATION SYSTEMS. UH, THE TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE CHARITY, UH, ENGLISH IS A KEY ON THE, UH, SMART CITIES, UH, COMPETITION THAT WE, UH, BECAME A FINALIST IN, UH, AND WORK IN THE CITY, UH, AFTER THAT. UH, AND, UH, I'M SORRY TO SEE HIM, UH, GO FOR INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES. UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO MAKE, UH, AUSTIN, UH, A, UH, TECHNOLOGY, UH, LEADER ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN FACT, ACROSS THE WORLD. SO I'M GOING TO BEGIN THIS CONVERSATION BY RECOGNIZING FACTOR GROGGER, UH, SO THAT, UH, SHE CAN'T SPEAK ON THIS ITEM 24 IN FRONT OF US NOW, DR. GARDNER, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. THANK YOU, MAYOR ADLER AND GOOD MORNING TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MANAGER COMP. THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. SO UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IS ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT, ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS MASTER LOCAL RESEARCH AGREEMENT. AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HE'S BEEN A HUGE HELP AND THEN ASSISTANCE THE COMBINATION OF A CONVERSATIONS THAT COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT STARTED WITH ME A COUPLE YEARS AGO. UM, TALKING ABOUT WAYS THAT WE COULD BETTER STREAMLINE THE PROCESS TO INITIATE [01:00:01] RESEARCH PROJECTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE UNIVERSITY. AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THE CITY AND UNIVERSITY HAVE IN COMMON IN TERMS OF THE HURDLES SOMETIMES TO GETTING THESE THINGS OFF THE GROUND. UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE, LIKE THE CITY AND ITS RESPECTIVE OFFICES, UT HAS MANY DIFFERENT COLLEGES AND UNITS. UM, I'M THE DEPUTY VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY. AND SO I'M SITTING IN A RESEARCH OFFICE THAT OVERSEES ALL OF ALL 18 COLLEGES, SCHOOLS, AND UNITS, UM, BUT EVEN SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY SILO WITHIN THOSE UNITS. AND, UM, THERE'VE BEEN A LOT OF, UH, SIX, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL PROFESSORS, UM, AND YOU KNOW, AND INDIVIDUAL CITY OFFICES AND OFTEN THOSE, UM, UM, TOGETHER ORGANICALLY IN THAT SOMEWHAT IN A CITY OFFICE WILL KNOW, UM, WE'LL KNOW A FACULTY MEMBER AT UT. AND SO THEY START TALKING AND THEN THIS EVENTUALLY GROWS INTO A RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP. UM, BUT IT'S NOT DONE IN ANY KIND OF CENTRALIZED OR STRATEGIC WAY. AND SO, UM, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT MY OFFICE MIGHT NOT BE IN THE LOOP. UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF TIMES WHERE, UM, I OR MY STAFF MIGHT BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND SEVERAL OTHER FACULTY OR EXPERTS ON THE CAMPUS THAT WOULD BE A GREAT FIT FOR A PARTICULAR NEED THAT THE CITY HAS, UM, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE KIND OF HAPPENING. UM, YOU KNOW, AD HOC. WE DON'T HAVE A HANDLE ON, ON REP AND THE SCOPE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, IN ALL THE DIFFERENT RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS. UM, NEVERTHELESS I THINK THERE ARE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT SHARED GOALS THAT THE CITY, THE UNIVERSITY HAVE HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE IS THAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR MUTUAL INTEREST, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, IN ADVANCING AND ADVANCING RESEARCH AND, AND DEVELOPING AND DEPLOYING DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY, ALSO POLICIES AND COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTIONS FOR THE CITY. UM, YOU KNOW, IN SOLVING PROBLEMS THAT FACE THE CITY IT'S SYSTEMS, IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, AND SERVING THE STRATEGIC OUTCOMES AND 23 AND FOR THE CITY, AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, IN TEXAS AND NATIONALLY, UM, EVEN GLOBALLY, I THINK THAT ALSO WE BOTH WANT TO SHOWCASE THE CITY AS A VIBRANT AND INNOVATIVE, VERY FORWARD THINKING COMMUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE'RE DEVELOPING THESE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROCESSES. AND I THINK WE WERE ALSO BOTH INTERESTED IN CREATING A PATHWAY FOR UT STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO REMAIN IN THE CITY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY THEY GRADUATE. UM, AND THESE KINDS OF RESEARCH PROJECTS CREATE, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANT CAREER DEFINING SOMETIMES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE STUDENTS TO GET INVOLVED, UM, AND SEE HOW THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE LEARNING, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN IMPACT IN THEIR COMMUNITY. UM, YOU KNOW, WE, AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COLLABORATIONS IN THE PAST. SOME, I THINK HAVEN'T LAUNCHED AS WELL AS OTHERS BECAUSE OF AN ABSENCE OF PROCESSES AND POLICIES. UM, THE INTENT IS THAT HAVING THE MASTER AGREEMENT WOULD HELP TO ADDRESS THIS, THAT IS THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE A CENTRAL PROCESS, UM, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, A CLEAR, CLEARLY DEFINED PLACE IN THE AGREEMENT IN ANY, UM, ANY STATEMENTS OF WORKER, UM, WORK ORDER, TASK ORDERS THAT FALL UNDERNEATH THIS MASTER, WHERE WE STATE WHAT THE METRICS ARE, WHAT THE DELIVERABLES ARE, AND ALSO WHAT THE REPORTING SCHEDULE IS. UM, AND THAT WILL MAKE IT MUCH MORE EFFICIENT ON OUR END TO TRACK AND BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK WHAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, RATHER THAN EVERYTHING BEING DECENTRALIZED ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS. UM, UM, YEAH, THOSE ARE MOST OF THE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE TO MAKE. WE HAVE, UM, IN CONCLUSION, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE SEVERAL OF THE, SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE ON THE CITY SIDE THAT HAVE HELPED TO BRING THIS TO FRUITION, UH, VERSUS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. UM, NORIA HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS HELP IN THIS. UH, SHE HAD EXECUTED A SIMILAR MASTER AGREEMENT WHEN SHE WAS WITH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, BETWEEN CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. SHE'S VERY, UM, SIMILAR TO UT IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE OF RESEARCH EXPERTISE AND THE CAPACITY THERE. UM, ALSO HOLLY HEINRICH AND BRANDON CARR, UM, TWO PEOPLE ON THE LEGAL TEAM, THE CITY HAVE BEEN IN WEEKLY COMMUNICATION ALL SPRING AND SUMMER WITH OUR CONTRACTING OFFICERS ON THE RESEARCH SIDE, AND ALSO WITH OUR, WITH OUR EMPLOYERS TO PUT TOGETHER A DRAFT MASTER, A LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, COVERS A LOT OF THE IMPORTANT TERMS TO BE PRENEGOTIATED TO STREAMLINE. UM, THESE AGREEMENTS ALSO HAVE A LOT OF HELP FROM SLY IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. UM, AND AGAIN, STEVEN AND HIS TEAM, CHARLES PERMIT, TED LAYER, SARAH SMITH AND COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, UM, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE HAD SUCCESSFUL, UM, RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS IN RECENT YEARS WITH UT. SO IN PARTICULAR, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION COMES TO MIND PART RETAILER'S BEEN A HUGE HELP, UM, IN HELPING ME THINK THROUGH WHAT HAS WORKED WELL AND WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED IN TERMS OF EXISTING AGREEMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD. AND WITH THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M OPEN TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE OR MAKING ANY FURTHER REMARKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. THANK YOU. UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? I REMEMBER [01:05:01] 24 COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER MAKES THE MOTIONS OR SECOND TO THIS MOTION. I'LL GO AHEAD. AND SECOND EVENT, SHE HAD MOVED AND SECONDED ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, CASUAL WITH TOVO. I THINK YOU WANTED TO BE RECOGNIZED ON THIS. I DID. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, AND I, I AM EXCITED TO SEE THOSE MOVE FORWARD. I THINK IT HAS A LOT OF BENEFITS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ARTICULATED. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD SOME PRETTY LIVELY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE ILS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THIS COUNCIL OF WHETHER, WHETHER A STUDY, FOR EXAMPLE, OF THE YOUTH WORKFORCE PROGRAMS IS AS GOOD AN INVESTMENT AS ACTUALLY INVESTING IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, THERE HAVE BEEN FROM TIME TO TIME, SOME ILS THAT, THAT I AND OTHERS HAVE QUESTIONED. AND SO I, I APPRECIATE SEVERAL ELEMENTS OF THIS. ONE IS THE INCREASED, UM, TRANSPARENCY AROUND DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINES AND SCHEDULES, AND THAT WILL HELP US AS, AS THE POLICY MAKERS UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT THE BENEFITS HAVE BEEN. WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL. AND THAT MAY BE, I'M JUST SAYING THAT IS, I HAVEN'T SEEN THE REPORT BACKS FROM THAT PARTICULAR ILA. I JUST KNOW THAT WHEN IT CAME TO BEFORE COUNCIL, WE HAD A PRETTY, A PRETTY VIGOROUS CONVERSATION AROUND IT. WE HAVE HAD, UM, ILS AND STUDIES THAT HAVE REALLY TRANSFORMED HOW WE THINK ABOUT THINGS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE UT STUDY ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO PARTNER WITH THE UT AND REALLY LEVERAGE THE RESOURCES OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE GREAT MINDS WERE THERE AND, AND PUT THEM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GREAT MINDS AT THE CITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING JUST THE VERY BEST FOR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS. I WOULD LIKE, ESPECIALLY AS THIS IS A NEW DIRECTION AND THESE INDIVIDUAL ISLANDS AND NOT BE COMING TO COUNCIL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE DIRECTION THAT THE MANAGER PROVIDE OUR AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH A LIST OF NEW ILS AT THE SIX MONTH MARK. AND SO THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE A PRESENTATION BEFORE AUDIT AND FINANCE, PERHAPS IT'S ENOUGH TO PROVIDE US WITH A MEMO LISTING WHAT THOSE NEW ILS ARE. AND THEN IF THERE ARE SOME THAT THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS FURTHER, THOSE COULD BE SCHEDULED FOR EITHER AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION OR ONE THAT IF IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE, COME BEFORE AUDIT AND FINANCE, MOST OF, MOST OF THE PROGRAMS, MOST OF THEM WOULDN'T FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY. BUT I DO FEEL THAT WE, THAT WE NEED TO, ESPECIALLY EARLY ON HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING AS THE POLICYMAKERS OF WHAT, WHAT KINDS OF WORK, WHERE WE'RE COMMISSIONING WITH UT AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT COULD BE FOR ONE THING, IT'LL HELP US. I HOPE, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO DO OUR POLICY WORK IN BETTER AND MORE INNOVATIVE WAYS. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE AWARE OF WHAT KINDS OF STUDIES OF WHAT KINDS OF WORK HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED. SO THAT'S MY, THE SUBSTANCE OF MY DIRECTION THAT I'D LIKE TO ADD ANY OBJECTION TO PAY OBJECTION, THAT DIRECTION BEING ADDED DURING NON THAT'S ADDED. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE HALTER. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE, UM, DR. GARDNER YOU'RE JOINING US, UM, THIS MORNING AND YOUR, YOUR WORK TO HELP US TO, TO BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP WITH UT IN, IN NEW DIRECTIONS. UM, WE OBVIOUSLY, UM, CONTRIBUTE TO EACH OTHER'S SUCCESS IN MANY WAYS, AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE CAN ELEVATE AUSTIN AND ON AN UTI, UH, BY BETTER, UM, COORDINATION, BETTER COLLABORATION, AND REALLY THINKING IN NEW WAYS AND SEEING IT AS BOTH OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO HELP EACH OTHER SUCCEED. UM, AND, AND MY HOPE IS THAT, UM, UTS NEW PRESIDENT WILL TAKE THIS ON, UM, AS ONE OF ONE OF THE CORE PILLARS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION. UM, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S AN ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY, UM, MAYOR ADLER, AND I HAVE, UM, HAD OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH UT, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF, OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ISSUES ON THIS. AND I THINK THIS RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION IS ONE PIECE. UM, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT IN YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, BUT EVERY TIME I GET A CHANCE, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU T TO STEP UP AND THINK ABOUT HOW THEY CAN HELP US, UM, BY INVESTING IN DORMS FOR THEIR STUDENTS. UM, WE HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF UT STUDENTS WHO ARE LIVING IN OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, AND UT I WOULD HOPE WILL, UM, THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT HOW THEY CAN HELP US, UM, BY MAKING THOSE INVESTMENTS. AND I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT AS A CITY, WE'RE HERE TO PARTNER TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE ANY DOLLARS THAT ARE INVESTED TO CREATE, UM, MORE HOUSING. UM, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THOSE STUDENTS ARE IN OUR APARTMENTS AND TAKING, [01:10:01] UM, DOOR SPACE AWAY FROM OUR FAMILIES. AND OFTENTIMES THEY'RE TAKING OUR DESIGNATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM. AND SO I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE TO SEE US, UM, THINK ABOUT THIS AS A FIRST STEP OR THE NEXT STEP, UM, IN BUILDING OUR RELATIONSHIP AND, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL WAYS TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY AND MOBILITY, UM, AND NOT JUST DOING THE POLICY RESEARCH, UM, TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN I, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN, WE CAN DO THAT. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I JUST WANTED TO FLAG, AND, UM, MAYBE WE CAN, UM, SHOWCASE THIS AT SOME POINT, NOT AS AUDIT AND FINANCE WHEN WE HAVE A FEW FEWER AUDITS. UM, BUT SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN INNOVATING IN HOW WE DO OUR PROCUREMENT PROCESSES IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT ARE SAVING THE CITY MONEY AND SMOOTHING THROUGH THE PROCESSES. UM, WE STILL HAVE MORE WORK TO DO, UM, BUT SOME OF THE STEPS, IF YOU LOOK UNDER, UNDER, UNDER THE HOOD ARE ACTUALLY REALLY, AND I THINK THIS EXAMPLE IS ONE WHERE HAVING THAT MASTER AGREEMENT MAKES IT MUCH MORE POSSIBLE TO DO THINGS. IT SAVES A HUGE AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME. IT MAKES SURE IT'S MAKE SURE THAT WE GET, UM, PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS. AND THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE WHERE WE, UM, HAVE BEEN INNOVATING AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SEXY STUFF, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE FUNCTIONING OF THE CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF AND THE UT FOLKS TO HAVE MADE THIS POSSIBLE AND SAW THIS OPPORTUNITY AND PUSHED IT FORWARD. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EXERCISE HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION. THOSE ARE FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE WAS OPPOSED IT IS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED REGARDLESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS FOR ALL THE REASONS LISTED. I'M ALSO, I'M JUST REAL EXCITED AGAIN AT THE POSSIBILITIES HERE. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. WE'RE EXCITED TO NARCOTICS. [57. Authorize award of a contract with Ace Golf Netting, to provide golf ball barrier netting and poles, in an amount not to exceed $257,263.] THAT GETS US TO THE NEXT POOL ITEM HERE. THIS ITEM NUMBER 57 BY A COUNCIL MEMBER FLANAGAN. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. ME OR I, I PULLED THIS ITEM DURING WORK SESSION AND ASKED STAFF ABOUT THE FUNDING SOURCE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM STAFF. I THINK IT WAS SENT TO EVERYBODY AFTERWARDS THAT CORRECTED THE RECORD ON THE FIRST ANSWER WE GOT, UM, THE BOND LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THE CONTRACT WITH THE VOTERS DID NOT TIE THIS MONEY TO GOLF, LIKE WAS SAID ON TUESDAY. UM, AND SO I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S THE WILL TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION HERE, BUT, UM, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE SPENDING BOND DOLLARS, UH, ON GOLF FOR MAINTENANCE. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MAINTENANCE NEEDS IN OUR PARK SYSTEM THAT MIGHT SERVE THE, SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND THEN MAYBE BROADER OR MORE EQUITABLE WAY. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY I THINK ALL PROJECTS NEED TO BE PART OF OUR CAPITAL RENEWAL FUND THAT, UM, SEVERAL OF US WORKED HARD TO, TO ENSURE WAS, WAS CREATED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF BUDGETS. SO I I'M GONNA VOTE NO ON THIS ITEM, BUT I WANTED TO PULL IT TODAY SO THAT YOU ALL WOULD HEAR THAT STAFF DID GO BACK AND CORRECT THE RECORD ON WHAT WE HEARD ON TUESDAY. I'M THINKING I'M READING YOUR LIPS, BUT, UM, I APPRECIATE, UH, CORRECTION OF THE RECORD. UM, I'M NOT SURE I SAW THAT EMAIL AND IN PARTICULAR, UM, BUT I BELIEVE THAT, UM, THE USE OF THE FUNDS WAS, UM, DELINEATED IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT LED UP TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CONTRACT AND THAT WE DIDN'T, UM, GET AS SPECIFIC AS SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THE BOND TASK FORCE, AS WELL AS THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS MADE TO US ON HOW THINGS WERE SPENT. UM, THERE'S VALUE WHEN YOU DO A BOND OF HAVING SOME FLEXIBILITY. BUT I DO THINK IT WAS PRESENTED THROUGH THE PROCESS. UM, AND I BELIEVE THESE ARE GOLF COURSES ON THE EAST SIDE AS WELL, THAT WE ARE, UM, PROVIDING THIS FUNDING FOR, UM, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT, UM, THIS ITEM, BUT I HEAR KINDS OF LUMBER PLANS CONCERNS. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM TOO. I THINK THAT WHILE IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY, IT WAS MORE BROAD CAUSE IT WASN'T LOCKING IT IN. IT CERTAINLY WAS THE, THE IDENTIFIED ITEM AS IT CAME OUT OF THE PROCESS. AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO SUPPORT THAT PROCESS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE [01:15:01] THIS ITEM AS IT WERE MORE ALTERNATE MAKES THAT MOTIONS OR SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER AND A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE SIDE OF OUR MOTTO, JUST SUPER BRIEFLY, UM, APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING AROUND THIS. AND I KNOW DURING THE BUDGET CONVERSATION, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS. AND SO I WOULD ASK, UH, UP TO PLACE ON OUR COURTS. I WOULD ASK OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT. UM, IF, IF YOU COULD PLEASE SHARE THAT WITH, WITH, UH, MY OFFICE, WE'LL REACH OUT SEPARATELY, WE MAY HAVE ALREADY DONE. SO, UM, TO REACH OUT, TO GET THAT INFORMATION, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE CONSIDER, CONSIDER OUR COURSES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM MORE ACCESSIBLE ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY. THAT, THAT AS WE CONSIDER THAT INVESTMENT, THAT WE ALSO COMPARE IT TO THE COST OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TWO TO FOUR FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO PLAY AT A PRIVATE COURSE. YOU KNOW, IT IS A SPORT THAT IF YOU HAVE TO PLAY NOT AT AN, A MUNICIPAL COURT, BUT A YOUR COUNTRY CLUB OR FOR A PRIVATE COURSE, IT REALLY IS, UM, MUCH LESS SPECIAL THAN IT WOULD BE OUR MUNICH WORDS. I KNOW THAT WAS THE INTENT OF HAVING MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES. IF IT'S NOT, IF OUR GOLF COURSES AREN'T FULFILLING THAT PURPOSE, THEN I THINK WE HAVE WORK TO DO TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST, HOW BEST TO MEET THAT NEED. BUT I'D LIKE TO START WITH LOOKING AT THE DATA AND IT SOUNDED AS IF SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES MIGHT HAVE SOME INFORMATION AT ONE THOSE LINES. AND I WOULD ASK THE PARK STAFF TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT MY OFFICE GETS OUT AS WELL. CAUSE I REALLY WANT TO, I WANT TO START A BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COURSES, FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM, JOHNSON MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON. I THINK THAT I CAN SEE NOW WHY IT IS THAT I DON'T RECOGNIZE YOU BECAUSE YOU RAISE YOUR HANDS SO LOW THAT IT'S BEEN CUT OFF SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO AWARDS. WELL, SO APPARENTLY COUNCIL NEEDS TO DO THE SAME THING CAUSE HE ACTUALLY DEFINITELY RAISED HIS HAND BEFORE I DID. UM, AND SO I'LL BE SUPER BRIEF CAUSE YOU DID RECOGNIZE ME. I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY IN RESPONSE TO WHAT CANCER MEMBER TOBO SAID, UM, IT'S NO SECRET THAT I HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS ABOUT GOLF. UM, BUT I THINK IN ADDITION TO THAT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE IMPORTANT TO TAKE NOTE OF HOW COULD THE ABILITY OF SPECIFIC COURSES, THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM. AND THIS IS, THESE ARE EASTSIDE GOLF COURSES IN MY UNDERGRAD. THESE ARE ACTUALLY PROFITABLE, WHICH HAS OTHER IMPLICATIONS FOR ME. SO I THINK JUST TO, TO GET IT ON THE RECORD, THAT'S A POINT OF CONCERN WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. YES. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS. I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S THAT'S THE BEST YEAR SO FAR ARE OUR TAX DOLLARS. SO I'M JUST NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. NOT AGAIN, JUST TO BE CLEAR. THE BACKUP I GOT FROM STAFF OR THE IMPRESSION I GOT THE STAFF WAS ONE OF THE COURSES WAS EAST AND ONE OF THE COURSES WITH WEST, I THINK IT'S ONE ON ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE CITY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND CAST MEMBER FLATTING IN AND RENT. THE REBUILDING NOTE THAT AS VOTING FIVE IS PASSED. IT'S ALRIGHT. [80. The Mayor will recess the City Council meeting to conduct a Board of Directors' Meeting of the Austin Housing Finance Corporation. Following adjournment of the AHFC Board meeting the City Council will reconvene. (Part 2 of 2)] I'M GOING TO CONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING NOW, WHICH MEANS I'M GOING TO RECESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE AT 1122. UH, WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING HERE ON, UH, AUGUST 27TH. WE HAD EARLY YEAR CONVENED THE MEETING AND THEN WE WENT INTO A RECESS. UM, WE DID THAT SO WE COULD TAKE, UH, ANY SPEAKERS THAT HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. UH, WE ARE NOW WITH OUR AGENDA. THE STAFF WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR TODAY. SURE. FINANCIAL CORPORATION THAT THERE ARE SEVEN ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AS WELL. AND THEN AS ONE AND TWO ARE UPRISING TO OUR HOLES AND DISTRICT THREE, THE ADOPTION OF THE MEETING MINUTES FOR GROUPIE OR THE AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NORMAL AGREEMENT SYSTEMS ARE GREEN AND ARE OFFERING THESE ITEMS AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, COLLEAGUES, [01:20:01] THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT. UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? WE'RE APPROVING A VARIETY OF IMPORTANT ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA. I DO WANT TO MENTION MY APPRECIATION THAT WE'RE CLEARING A LAND ON KRAMER LANE YEAR, UH, NORTH LAMAR, UM, WHICH YOU KNOW, IS, UM, UNDER PROJECT CONNECTED A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE REALLY, UM, RAPID TRANSIT. UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, PEOPLE AT A VARIETY OF INCOMES, ESPECIALLY WORKING CLASS PEOPLE, BEING ABLE TO ACCESS, UH, THE, THE TRANSIT THAT WE BUILD OUT IN THIS CITY LONGTERM. SO IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO SEE OUR HOUSING ACQUISITION ACQUISITION WHILE THERE'S A LAND ACQUISITION ALREADY BEGINNING ON NEAR THE PROJECT CONNECT LINES. UH, THEN WE ALSO, UM, ARE, UH, HELPING FUND A SPENDING OUT RUTLAND, WHICH I KNOW THAT THERE WAS THIS PROJECT HERE IN DISTRICT FOUR, AS WELL AS PROJECT IN DISTRICT NINE THAT, UH, STRUGGLED WITH TDH. GA'S STRANGE, UH, UH, NEW RULES ON THAT WERE MAKING HOW BUILDING HOUSING FOR EXPERIENCED FOLKS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, MORE DIFFICULT. UH, I'M GLAD THAT AT LEAST THIS PART IN DISTRICT FOUR IS STILL ABLE TO GET THROUGH AND GET DONE ALONGSIDE, UH, CARROTS HOUSE. UH, AND THIS, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AT LEAST A HUNDRED CONTINUUM OF CARE UNITS. UH, SO OVER ITS LIFETIME, WE KNOW IT WILL HELP HUNDREDS OF FOLKS, UH, GET OFF THE STREETS AND INTO, INTO HOUSING. AND IT'S A STABILITY. SO IT'S A LOT OF TIMES, AGAIN, I, I LIKE TO TALK ON HFC AGENDA SOMETIMES JUST BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS SO UNANIMOUS AND SO CONSENSUS SO QUICK, BUT IT'S WHERE WE UNANIMOUSLY ARE DOING SUCH IMPORTANT WORK. UM, LARGELY IN PART THANKS TO THE HOUSING BOND INVESTMENT THAT THIS COUNCIL SUPPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND IN 2018. UM, SO THERE'S OTHER PROJECTS I THINK ON SOUTH LAMAR AND OTHER THINGS ON THE AGENDA, BUT JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT THOSE IMPORTANT PIECES IN DISTRICT FOUR TODAY. THAT'S MY, UM, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE MADE A COMMITMENT YEARS BACK THAT WE WERE GONNA START BUILDING AFFORDABLE UNITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN, ESPECIALLY IN HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS. AND WE'RE KEEPING OUR COMMITMENT, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE PURCHASES OF PROPERTY RIGHT NOW AND BUILDING AFFORDABLE UNITS, UH, WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD MORE UNITS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY OF AUTHOR. IT MATCHES CONCENTRATE, AFFORDABLE, LOW INCOME HOUSING IN EAST. AUSTIN HAS, AS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR HER, YOU KNOW, AND A STAFF FOR FULFILLING THAT, THAT COMMITMENT THAT WE MADE YEARS AGO AND TO BUILD AFFORDABLE UNITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. FURTHER DISCUSSION. YEAH, I APOLOGIZE. I DO WANT TO INTERJECT AT THE BOARD THAT I'M GOING TO NUMBER FIVE, WHICH I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR TECHNICAL REASONS, HSE BOARD MEETING, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WELL, THAT WAS MAINLY THE MAYOR WITH OUR STAFF FOR THE RECORD. I'LL CELEBRATE IT WHEN WE PASS IT NEXT. WE'LL CALIBRATE WITH YOU. OKAY. WORTH CELEBRATING TWICE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND AND LET'S TAKE A VOTE. THAT WAS A BIG CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED THAT UNANIMOUS ON THE DYESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH STAFF. THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS WE HAVE. AND WITH THAT AT 1128, WE ARE JOURNEYING THE MEETING OF THE AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, UH, HERE AT 1128. I AM RECONVENING THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING HERE ON AUGUST 27TH. UH, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR, UH, ITEMS I'M [81. Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance regarding floodplain variances to convert a vacant portion of a building into a parking area at 1000 N. Lamar Blvd that is within the 25-year and 100-year floodplains of Shoal Creek.] GOING TO, UM, UH, CALL UP, UH, FIRST, UH, ITEM NUMBER 81 FLOOD, PLAIN VARIANTS, UH, QUESTION, UH, HIS STAFF HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 81. I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY MEAN MR. SHRUNK, JUST GIVE US ONE MINUTE MERIT AND MOVE HIM OVER TO THE PANEL. IT'S FINE. WHILE WE'RE WAITING COLLEAGUES, UH, UM, [01:25:01] I'VE HAD INQUIRIES ABOUT, UH, UH, CITIZENS COMMUNICATION. I THINK WE'RE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO MOVE BACK TO THAT. UH, SO AT THE VERY LEAST IT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA ON SEPTEMBER 17TH. AND WE'RE CHECKING TO SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PULL THAT IN ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK BY POSTING IT, UH, ON FRIDAY AS PART OF THE ATTENDANCE WE'RE SEEING, IF WE CAN REALISTICALLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I CAN'T REMEMBER HARPER MADISON, SINCE WE'RE GETTING BACK TO SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY, BE PRETTY COOL TO BRING BACK MUSIC TO THAT. SPEAKING OF VIRTUAL MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. WE'LL HAVE STAFF TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN TOO. AWESOME. MAYOR. WE DO NOW. OKAY. IN HERE RIGHT NOW. YES. THANK YOU. RIGHT. GOOD. I AM HERE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, THE ITEM FOR YOU TODAY IS A FLOOD PLAIN BEARING REQUEST. UM, THIS ITEM WAS ORIGINALLY ON YOUR AGENDA FOR MARCH 13TH. UH, I'M SORRY, 12TH. AND DURING THAT MEETING, UM, STAFF, AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT DID GIVE HER PRESENTATION REGARDING THE REQUEST. UM, SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION, UM, ENTER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. UH, IT'S IT'S UP TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE FIRST BEFORE THE APPLICANT SPEAKS? WHY DON'T YOU LAY OUT FOR INSTEAD OF A HIGH LEVEL? OKAY. YEAH, I CAN DO THAT FOR SURE. WITHOUT, WITHOUT VIEWING THE PRESENTATION AT ALL. UM, SO, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY RECEIVED A FLOODPLAIN VARIANCE BACK IN DECEMBER, 2016. THAT REQUEST WAS TO HAVE PARKING ON THE SECOND LEVEL AND HALF THE THIRD LEVEL, AS WELL AS OFFICE ON THE REST OF THE THIRD LEVEL AND THE FOURTH LEVEL OF A NEW BUILDING. THEY BUILT THIS, UH, THIS, THEY CONSTRUCTED THIS BUILDING, THEY MOVED INTO THIS BUILDING AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE BUILDING EVER SINCE THEN BECAUSE OF THE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES, THE STAFF, UM, UM, DID NOT FIND VIABLE THE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO THEY STARTED TO DRIVE TO WORK. THEREFORE THEY NEED THE PARKING ON THAT FIRST LEVEL IN ORDER TO, UH, MAKE THEIR BUSINESS OPERATE AS, AS, AS DESIGNED. SO THEIR REQUEST TODAY IS TO INCLUDE THE BOTTOM LEVEL OF THE PARKING OF THE BUILDING AS PARKING AREA. THE 100 YEAR FLOOD POINT DEPTH IS NEARLY 11 FEET AT THE, AT THE BOTTOM LEVEL OF THIS BUILDING. SO THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD RISK. UM, THEIR REQUEST AGAIN IS TO, JUST, TO NOT TO MODIFY THE BUILDING AT ALL, BUT TO ALLOW, ALLOW PARKING ON THE BOTTOM LEVEL OF THAT BUILDING. THANK YOU. UH LET'S NOW I'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE APPLICANT TO, UH, TO, TO SPEAK I'M SHARING. THIS WOULD BE EITHER ALICE KLASKO OR, OR SAM. WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MIRROR. OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON. MA'AM SORRY. IT'S NOT MORE AFTERNOON. IT'S STILL MORNING. THIS IS ALICE. DASKO REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT, UH, SAM COOMER WITH THE GENTLEMAN GROUP. UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF MY SLIDES COULD BE PULLED UP, UH, IF POSSIBLE, AND I'LL BE BRIEF TO STAFF RETURNING TO BRING UP THE SPOTS. YES. [01:30:01] SLIDES UNDER THIS PULLED UP. I AGREE WITH WHAT KEVIN, SEAN JUST STATED THAT, UH, WHEN YOU APPROVED THE SLAPPING VARIANCE IN 2016, WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT, UM, WE WOULD NOT NEED FIRST OF ALL, PARKING BECAUSE WE BELIEVED THAT, UH, THE OTHER TENANTS WHO WERE NOT KNOWN AT THE TIME WE GOT THE VETERANS THAT WOULD USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, HOWEVER, ONCE THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETED AND THE GENERAL MEMBERS WAS ABLE TO LEASE THE REMAINING SPACES, UH, OR WRAP A PARKING SPACE WHEN YOU TENANTS ALL THAT RETAIL CONNECTION, A BROKERAGE COMPANY WITH EIGHT I'M SORRY, 10 EMPLOYEES, THE GENTLEMAN GROUP OF EACH SON KUMAR IS THE PRESIDENT. HE'S A MULTIFAMILY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WITH 32 EMPLOYEES. UH, ANOTHER FARM, UH, THE CAST MEMBER, VAL ATTORNEY FIRM HAS 19 EMPLOYEES. SO THE BUILDING HAS A TOTAL OF 61 AND FOUR YEARS. SO WHILE WE HAD ANTICIPATED THAT THE TENANTS THAT DO NOT NEED TO VISIT JOB SITES, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MULTIFAMILY CONSTRUCTION AND RENTAL STAPLE CREDIT, YOU DO HAVE TO VISIT JOB SITES ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS. HOWEVER, WHILE THE OTHERS DO NOT HAVE TO VISIT JOB SITES, THEY HAVE FOUND THAT OUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS SOMEWHAT CHALLENGING AND ESPECIALLY THE LAST MILE COMMUTE AND FREQUENCY OF, UH, IS, UM, ALSO CHALLENGING. SO TO THAT END, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU ALLOW US TO PARK ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE PARKING GARAGE, WHICH IS EXISTING SPACE, BUT IS, UM, AS DESCRIBED BY MR. SHANK, UM, NOT DELINEATED ON THE SIDEWALK AND YOU APPROVED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE VETERANS IN 2016. SO I REQUEST IS TO ALLOW US TO PROP ON THE FIRST FLOOR PARKING, WHICH YOU THINK THE GRANDCHILDREN TALKING TO 65 SPACES, WHICH IS THE MINIMUM REQUIRED BY CODE BEFORE ANY REDUCTIONS ARE APPLIED. SO WE WOULD NOT BE EXCEEDING THE MINIMUM CODE REQUIREMENT WHEN YOU FACTOR IN, UM, PARKING REDUCTIONS. SO THAT'S OUR REQUEST. WE ARE ALSO WANT TO STATE THAT, UM, IF A 25 CALLS THAT WOULD POP IN THE FIRST FALL, UM, I'M NOT ALLOWED TO BE PARKED THERE. THE, UH, TENANTS WOULD PARK ALONG THE STREET WHERE YOU ALREADY HAVE FLOODING CONCERNS, USE METER PARKING SPACES, WHICH FREQUENTLY HAVE TO BE, UH, UH, WE FED WITH FUNDS. SO, UM, A LOT TO ADD TO THAT THE FIRST FLOOR PARKING HAS STEEL FENCING. SO, UM, IN THE EVENT THAT ARE SOMEHOW SOMEONE GETS CAUGHT IN A FLOOD EVENT, THE CAUSE WOULD NOT, UM, FALL INTO THE STREET. WE, UM, AGREED TO INFORM TENANTS AS PART OF 2016 THAT THE, UM, HE'S AGREEMENT WOULD INCLUDE INSTRUCTIONS THAT THE BUILDING IS SUBJECT TO FLOODING AND, UM, THAT, UM, VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE PARKED IN THE BUILDING ON THE SECOND OR THIRD FLOOR OVERNIGHT. AND ALSO ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF CANCELING POSEY 2016 WAS THAT, UH, THE PARKING IN THE BUILDING WILL BE RESTRICTED TO OCCUPIED TENANTS AND THEIR GUESTS ONLY. AND, BUT THEY WILL BE NO GENERAL PUBLIC PARKING WITHIN THIS FACILITY. SO COUNCIL WE'D APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS VARIANCE AND, UM, WE'RE THANK YOU. IS THERE A, UH, AUTOMATING ONE IS TO CONSIDER A VARIANCE REQUEST. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST AND WRITE DOWN MY SCREEN? LET ME SEE. OKAY. LET ME GET A MOTION ON THE TABLE FIRST. OKAY. WHAT'S [01:35:01] A JASMINE PLAN AGAIN, MAKES THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? IF YOU CALL OUT, PLEASE, I CAN'T MAKE RENT. MARIA, THAT MOTION? I'M JUST TRYING TO GET YOU UNDER ADDRESS AT FIRST. WE'RE GOING TO CANCEL THE KITCHEN. SURE. YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE ARE COMPLICATED ISSUES AND, UM, ULTIMATELY I THINK THE LIST OF REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND THE SITE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS, THE, THAT FACT THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE PARKING OVERNIGHT. THE FACT THAT THERE'S FENCING AROUND THE AREA, UM, THE FACT THAT THESE USES ARE, UM, THAT THEY'RE OFTEN NOT PARKED THERE FOR LONG ANYWAY, THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT IS THEY'RE MOVING AROUND. UM, AND THIS IS THAT, AND THIS IS A SITE AGAIN, SITE SPECIFIC VARIANCE IS KIND OF THE SPACE THAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MORE GENERAL CODE AMENDMENTS. THEN THAT MIGHT BE A MORE CHALLENGING CONVERSATION. I THANK YOU. THAT SORT OF KITCHEN. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UM, THE APPLICANT, UM, UM, I THINK FALLING FROM HIS GLASGOW. UM, SO I'M ASSUMING SHE'S ON THE LINE THAT I CAN ASK THAT QUESTION. YES. AND KUMAR. OKAY. MY QUESTION IS I THINK THAT THE, UH, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, WHAT WAS APPROVED IN 2016 AND, UM, HAVING PARKING, AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER NOW THERE'S PARKING ON THE SECOND FLOOR, RIGHT. WITH THE OFFICES ON SECOND AND THIRD, AM I CORRECT? OKAY. UM, I WOULD WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A COMMITMENT TO NOT TURNING THAT SECOND FOR PARKING INTO, UH, INTO OFFICE. CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHETHER THAT, UM, IF I DON'T REMEMBER IF THAT WAS PART OF THE, UM, OF THE CASE BACK IN 2016 OR THE KITCHEN HAS, UM, 50% OF THE SPACE, IT DOESN'T HAVE FOUR OFFICES, THE OTHER 50% AS PARKING Y'ALL YOUR RECOLLECTION WAS THAT WHEN WE CAME TO COUNCIL, THE 2016 HAD ZERO POINTS IMPACT. WE KNOW THAT TO BREAK IT TO ZERO IMPACT, WE, UM, UH, HAD TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF OFFICE SPACE IN ADDITION TO OTHER MODIFICATIONS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU EVER COLLECTED. THAT'S WHAT RESULTED IN THE THIRD FLOOR, ALL BEING PARTIALLY OFFICE AND PARTIALLY POCKET. OKAY. THE REASON I ASKED THAT IS BECAUSE I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT CHANGE AND, UM, BUT WHAT I WANT TO HAPPEN IS FOR US TO APPROVE THIS. UM, AND THEN THE FIRST FLOOR WOULD BE USED TO, TO MEET THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE AGREED TO BACK IN 2016, WE'RE GOING TO BE HANDLED IN OTHER STORES. SO, UM, IS THERE ANY CONCERN ABOUT MAKING THAT COMMITMENT, UH, CONSTANT KITCHEN? THIS IS SAM KUMAR. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK UP. I GOT THE TECHNOLOGY FIGURED OUT THEY FINALLY BUILT IT. SO I'M ABLE TO SPEAK ABSOLUTELY. COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN IN 2016, THE TWO, TWO THINGS THAT WE DID WAS WE MOVED THE ELEVATOR CORE TO HAVE ZERO ADVERSE IMPACT. AND THEN, UM, ACCORDING TO THE STAFF REQUEST, MR. SHANK, UM, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH PARKING IN THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR, UH, FOR THE OFFICE SPACE WITHOUT RELYING ON THE FIRST FLOOR. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DID NOT SHOW THE PARKING IN THE FIRST FLOOR AND WE CAN RE WE TOOK AWAY 5,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, FROM THE THIRD FLOOR TO, UM, TO, TO ACCOMMODATE, TO LESSEN THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES NEEDED. AND THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR. AND I CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE A COMMITMENT. IT IS NOT, UH, IT IS NOT EASY TO GO CHANGE THAT, AND WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE ANY MORE OFFICE SPACE IN THIS BUILDING BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A PARKING ISSUE. SO WE CAN ABSOLUTELY COMMIT TO Y'ALL THAT WE ARE NOT GONNA, UM, COME TO YOU AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND, UM, UM, ADD ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACE AND TAKE THE PARKING AWAY? NO, MA'AM THAT SOMETHING WE RUN OVER THE LAST. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I'D LIKE THAT COMMITMENT TO BE ON THE RECORD. YES, MA'AM. CAUSE THERE IS, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION THAT A SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM AND AGAIN, COLLEAGUES, I CAN'T SEE, BUT HALF THE SCREENS, SO TO SPEAK, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A HARD CASE [01:40:01] THE FIRST TIME THROUGH AND WE CONSIDERED IT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN THERE WERE REVISIONS MADE BEFORE IT CAME BACK AND IT WAS, UM, HE TOO, BY VOTING FOR IT, UH, THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE CARS IN, IN THIS FIRST FLOOR AREA. THAT IS SO, SO, SO SUBJECT TO, UM, REALLY DETRIMENTAL FLOODING FLOODING WHERE WE'RE, WE KNOW PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES ALONG SHOAL CREEK. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS. I HAVE TO BE HONEST, I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THAT WAS THE COMMITMENT THAT WAS MADE TO THIS COUNCIL, THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE PARKING. AND THEN, AND I WOULD LIKE MS. GLASGOW, YOU TO VERIFY THIS. UM, IF I REMEMBER OUR FIRST READING OF, OF THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PARKING ON THE FIRST FLOOR WAS ACTUALLY STRIPED AND, AND CODE COMPLIANCE CAME IN AUSTIN CODE CAME AND ASKED YOU TO NOT USE IT. IS THAT CORRECT? WAS THIS PARKING, MAYBE THAT'S REALLY A QUESTION, I GUESS, FOR OUR STAFF. AM I REMEMBERING THAT CORRECTLY THAT THE PARKING ON THE FIRST FLOOR WAS STRIPED AND BEING USED IS CORRECT? YES. YOU WERE CORRECT. AND SO HAVE A VARIETY OF CONCERNS WITH THAT. BOTH OF THEM TIE BACK TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS DEEMED UNSAFE. THIS COUNCIL MADE IT A COMMITMENT OR MADE A DECISION TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING. AND THEN THAT, THAT UNDERSTANDING CHANGED ON THE GROUND. I WANT TO ASK. UM, AND MR. KUMAR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON OR MS. GLASGOW WHEN THE BUILDING WAS MARKETED TO THE TENANTS. UM, WAS IT MARKETED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT A CERTAIN NUMBER, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THEIR EMPLOYING IS, WOULD NEED TO NOT BRING PROPERTIES? WAS THAT, WAS THAT PART OF THE LEASE AGREEMENTS? I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM ABOUT THE, THE SUBJECT, THE BUILDINGS, THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE WOULD BE FLOODING AND THE ACTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN IN THE EVENT, THAT THERE IS RAIN AND NOT LEAVING THE CARS OVERNIGHT AND WHATNOT, BUT WAS THERE A SPECIFIC LANGUAGE EITHER IN THE, IN THE LEASING AGREEMENT OR IN THE MARKETING FOR THIS TRACK THAT MADE IT CLEAR YOU WERE SEEKING, YOU WERE SEEKING TO HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES FOR EACH BUSINESS THAT DRIVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER A WHILE I'LL TAKE THAT, UH, UH, FRESHMEN, UH, WHEN WE DID MARKET THE, UH, UH, BUILDING AND, UH, WHEN WE DID SIGN THE LEASE AGREEMENTS, WE SPECIFICALLY ONLY GAVE THE TENANTS, UM, ASSIGNED SPACES IN THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR. AND BASICALLY JUST, JUST THE WAY THE ORDINANCE WAGE. WE BASICALLY TOLD THEM THAT IF THEY PARK IN THE GROUND FLOOR, THAT IS TOTALLY UP THEIR OWN RISK. AND, UH, WE HAD THE, UH, UH, COUNSEL REQUESTED LANGUAGE FOR THEM THERE. AND THIS PARKING WAS ONLY LIMITED TO TENANTS AND THE GUESTS, UH, OFF THE TENANTS. SO THEY ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. AND WE HAVE, UH, SPECIFICALLY THE, ALL OF US IN THE BUILDING ARE SUBSCRIBED TO THE, UH, CITY'S, UH, FLOOD PLAIN APP. AND WE GET NOTICES AND OUR STAFF MAKES SURE WE ARE DILIGENT ABOUT WHENEVER THERE'S A RAIN EVENT. AND WE GET A NOTICE FROM THE CITY THAT, UM, NOBODY IS PARKING HERE. AND WE HAD ALWAYS DILIGENT ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION LEASE AGREEMENT. THEY WERE TOLD THEY COULD PARK ON THAT FIRST FLOOR AT THEIR OWN RISK, BUT THAT WAS NOT, THAT WAS NOT, WAS THAT, THAT WASN'T REALLY IN CONCERT WITH, WITH WHAT WE HAD APPROVED. THE, UM, THE APPROVAL WAS BASICALLY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TERWAR TO, TO, UM, I'M THE FIRST ONE TO COME AND SAY THAT, UM, I'VE HAVE REPRESENTED TO COUNCIL THAT NOW WE ARE NOT GOING TO NEED THE FRESH, MORE PARKING. AND LIKE WE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT SHOWN IN THE CITY, UH, SITE PLAN ITSELF. BUT THE MAIN IMPORTANT THING BETWEEN THE LATE SUMMER EARLY FALL CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL AND THE DECEMBER, 2016 APPROVAL WAS THAT WE HAVE TO GO CHANGE THE ABORTION BACK TO ZERO. AND THEN THE SECOND THING WAS WE'VE REMOVED THE 5,000 SQUARE FEET OFF THE THIRD FLOOR OFFICE SPACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARKING THAT WE HAVE IN THE SECOND, THIRD FLOOR, WE ARE CODE COMPLIANT WITHOUT COUNTING THE FIRST FLOOR. THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN THINGS AND THIS PARKING, UH, FIRST FLOOR PARKING WAS NOT THE PROXY OFF THE COMPENSATION AT THAT TIME. THANKS. LET ME ASK, UM, OUR, LET ME ASK OUR STAFF [01:45:01] MEMBER, UH, KEVIN, AM I REMEMBERING THIS WRONG? I THOUGHT PARKING WAS PROHIBITED ON THE FIRST FLOOR. YEAH. BASED UPON THE APPROVED FLIGHT PLAN THAT FOLLOWED THE DECEMBER, 2016 VARIOUS APPROVAL. THIS SITE, WHEN IT WAS APPROVED, DID NOT ALLOW PARKING ON THE FIRST LEVEL. CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY THAT WAS THE CASE IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND FLOOD RISKS, OR WAS IT OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT LED THE STAFF TO APPROVE A SITE PLAN THAT DID NOT HAVE PARKING ON THE FIRST DAY? SO THEIR FIRST VARIOUS REQUEST WAS IN NOVEMBER, 2016, AND THAT WAS TO INCLUDE PARKING ON THE FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL THAT VARIOUS REQUESTS ALSO INCLUDED AN ADVERSE FLOODING IMPACT THAT THE BUILDING WAS CAUSING THE REDESIGN THAT THEY DID TOOK AWAY THE PARKING ON THE FIRST LEVEL, AND THEN TOOK AWAY HALF OF THE BUILDING SPACE. ON THE THIRD LEVEL, THE SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED WITH A 40% REDUCTION IN REQUIRED PARKING BECAUSE IT'S IN THE URBAN CORE BECAUSE THEY'RE PROVIDING SHOWERS FOR THEIR STAFF. THEY WERE ALLOWED TO GET THAT ACCEPTED TO THAT, TO GET THAT REDUCTION. SO THAT'S THE WAY THE SITE PLAN WAS APPROVED. 40% REDUCTION, THE REQUIRED PARKING, NO PARKING ON THE FIRST LEVEL, PARKING ON THE SECOND AND HALF THE THIRD LEVEL, DO THE STUFF RECOMMEND THIS VARIANCE OKAY. BASED UPON THE FLOOD RISK THAT EXISTS AT THIS LOCATION, THAT NEWLY 11 FEET AND THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD POINT STAFF DOES NOT RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS VARIANCE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS, AS I MENTIONED, IT WAS A HARD CONVERSATION THE FIRST TIME THROUGH, UM, I, I SUPPORTED THE ORIGINAL VARIANTS THOUGH. IT ALWAYS WORRIES ME TO SUPPORT FLOOD PLAIN VARIANCES. UM, BUT I THINK IN, IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT MR. KUMAR FOR YOU, FOR YOUR FIRM, FOR YOUR WORK. UM, AS WELL AS, UM, MS. GLASGOW FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND WORK. UM, I AM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS. YOU KNOW, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PARS ON THAT LEVEL AND I GET THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE CARS WHO ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ABOVE AND MAYBE IN A POSITION OF WANTING TO GO DOWN AND MOVE THEIR CAR, OR GET IN THEIR CAR TO GO HOME AND GET A LITTLE FLOOD EVENT PUTTING THEMSELVES AND OUR, OUR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AT RISK. I'M ALSO AWARE WE'VE, WE'VE GONE BY THE SITE AND IT SEEMS LIKE SO MANY OTHER FIRMS LIKE ALEVE. UH, IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS AS IF, AND I HAD HEARD, UM, MAYBE MS. GLASGOW, YOU CAN CONFIRM THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE FIRMS IS CURRENTLY TELEWORKING AND PERHAPS THAT WILL CONTINUE AND THERE WILL BE NO NEED FOR ALL OF THAT PARKING, WHICH WOULD BE, I THINK, THE BEST CASE SCENARIO. UM, BUT IN ANY CASE AT THIS POINT, WHAT BLAINE VARIANTS HAS ALWAYS GIVEN ME PAUSE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA WHERE WE KNOW THERE ARE CONCERNS AND WE NEVER HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN, UM, DAD'S SIDE. I AM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS, THIS CHANGE. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM AND EMOTIONS, SECOND, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED VOTING. NO. IS COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO ANY OTHERS VOTING? NO. AND IT PASSES TEND TO ONE, UH, COLLEAGUES, UM, UM, 1152. LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO HERE. I REMEMBER 82 AND 83 ARE BOTH BEING POSTPONED. I THINK BOTH THE SEPTEMBER 17TH, UH, JOHN, UH, MANAGER. I KNOW THAT, UH, 82 WAS SHOWN BEING POSTPONED TO, TO THE, UH, SEPTEMBER 17TH. THE OTHER ONE WASN'T LISTED IS BEING POSTPONED TO THE SAME DAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT I'LL CONFIRM THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 84 IS, UM, A WITHDRAWN, UH, THERE'S A, [Items 85 & 86: 85. Conduct a public hearing related to an application by Bridge at Turtle Creek, LP, or an affiliated entity, for housing tax credits for a multi-family development that will be financed through the private activity bond program to be known as Bridge at Turtle Creek, located at or near 735 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Austin, Texas, 78745, within the City, and consider a resolution related to the proposed development, the application, and the allocation of housing tax credits and private activity bonds. 86. Conduct a public hearing related to an application by MHP City Heights, Ltd., or an affiliated entity, for housing tax credits for a multi-family development that will be financed through the private activity bond program to be known as City Heights, located at or near 4400 Nuckols Crossing Road, Austin, Texas, 78744, within the City, and consider a resolution related to the proposed development, the application, and the allocation of housing tax credits and private activity bonds. (Part 1 of 2)] UH, ITEM NUMBER 85, UH, IS AN APPLICATION, UM, FOR, UM, UH, IT'S RELATED TO THE APPLICATION BY THE BRIDGE AT TURTLE CREEK. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM NUMBER 85? PROTON MAKES THE MOTIONS THERE SECOND. THAT'S WHAT EVER HAPPENED? MADISON SECONDS, ANY DISCUSSION I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH BY THE WAY, WAS HELD EARLIER IN THIS MEETING AS ANNOUNCED A FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. [01:50:01] THANK YOU. UM, I AM A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED BY ITEMS 85 AND 86 IN LIGHT OF SOME CHANGES THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITH RESPECT TO ALLOWING FOR RENTAL AVERAGING. UM, I HAD THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO COME UP IN THE AFTERNOON, SO I STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, UM, TO LOOK INTO, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE UNDER THE NEW RULES, THE WAY THESE ARE SET UP, UM, AND IT MAY BE DIFFERENT FOR 85 AND 86 A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, ESSENTIALLY WITH THE RENTAL AVERAGING, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE MARKET UNITS OR THE MARKET UNITS ARE AT A HIGHER RATE THAN WE NORMALLY SEE FOR THESE. UM, AND I'M, I'M CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS, UM, IN AN AREA THAT HAS A LOWER THAN OTHERS. I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WOULD BE HOUSING OR WHATNOT AND EXPLAIN. UM, SO THE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT IN A HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREA, THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 50% MFI AND 60% MFI, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE GETTING, DOESN'T SEEM TO ME TO WARRANT ALLOWING ALL OF THESE ADDITIONAL 80% LEVEL RENTS. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, MAYOR. UM, HI, IT'S ROSY TRUE LOVE THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. I MIGHT RECOMMEND THAT WE PUT THESE TWO, TWO AFTER LUNCH. IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, THE STAFF MEMBER THAT WOULD BE BEST POSITIONED TO ANSWER THAT HEAD TO STEP OFF, TO ATTEND A MEETING ABOUT THE RENT PROGRAM. SO THAT'S FINE. 86. WE WERE PUSHING YOU OFF. UH, ANYHOW, TILL THIS AFTERNOON, WE'LL PUSH OFF 85 AS WELL. BUT WE TAKE EPISODE ANY ITEMS, ONE 22 AT ONE 23, [87. Conduct a public hearing related to an application by AMTEX Multi-Housing LLC, or an affiliated entity, for housing tax credits for a multi-family development that will be financed through the private activity bond program to be known as Crystal Bend Apartments, located at or near 2313 & 2405 Crystal Bend Drive, Pflugerville, TX 78660, within the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, and consider a resolution related to the proposed development, the application, and the allocation of housing tax credits and private activity bonds.] UH, THAT GETS US THEN TO, UH, ITEM, UH, 87. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, UH, 87? THIS IS THE VOCATION BY AMT MULTIFAMILY FOR TAX CREDITS, CANCEL THEM ARE FLAT. AGAIN, MAKES THE MOTION, CANCEL ORKESTAR SECONDS. ANY DISCUSSION, THOSE ARE FAIR FOR THIS ITEM. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. IT'S ALSO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, THAT ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND A NUMBER [88. Conduct a public hearing related to an application by Montopolis Apartments, L.P., or an affiliated entity, for housing tax credits for a multi-family development that will be financed through the private activity bond program to be known as Montopolis Affordable Multifamily, located at or near the southwest corner of Ben White Boulevard and Montopolis Drive, within the City; and consider a resolution related to the proposed development, the application, and the allocation of housing tax credits and private activity bonds.] 88 ALSO HOUSING TAX CREDIT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS COUNCILMAN PROBATES, THE MOTION, COUNCILMEMBER METHODEIA SECONDS. YOU DISPATCH IT WAS A FEDERAL. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT WAS A POST THAT UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED AS WELL [89. Conduct a public hearing to receive public comment on the City’s Fiscal Year 2020-21 Action Plan; and approve a resolution that adopts the City’s Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Action Plan for grant funds distributed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and authorizes the City Manager to act on the necessary grant applications, certifications, and other related documents to secure grant funds.] AS TO ITEM 89. I THINK MORE APPROACH TAM HAS A DIRECTION THEY HAD, UM, BUT LET'S GET IT ON THE TABLE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 80 DIED AS WITH ALL THESE BEFORE IT WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO A MOTION TO APPROVE TIME MAKES THE MOTION IS OUR SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER, HARPER, MADISON SECONDS, AMERICA TIME. I RECOGNIZE YOU. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. UM, I MIGHT NEED HELP FROM STAFF ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT, UM, THAT IS, THAT IS INITIATED FOR USE OF OUR CDBG. AND, UM, I'LL BE AS BRIEF AS I CAN. JUST A LITTLE HISTORY, UM, USED, BEEN ABLE TO USE CDBG FUNDS TO FUND GROCERY STORES. HOUSTON, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS DONE SEVERAL OF THEM, BUT WE HAVE AN, A RESOLUTION OR ORDINANCE HERE IN AUSTIN THAT PROHIBITS US FROM USING CDBG FUNDS FOR RETAIL. UM, AND SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IN THAT PROHIBITION AWAY, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, AS ANY ENGAGEMENT FOR NEXT YEAR COMES UP, WE JUST WANT IT TO INCLUDE THE ABILITY FOR STAFF TO ADD THE, UM, THE SUBJECT OF FOOD INSECURITY AND GROCERY STORES TO THAT ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. SO, UH, THAT'S WHY THE, THE, IT BASICALLY READS, UM, THAT THE ACTUAL AND THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND OUTREACH INITIATIVES ON INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON FOOD INSECURITY AND IMPACTED AREAS OF AUSTIN THAT CAN INFORM INVESTMENT OF FUTURE ALLOCATIONS OF FEDERAL FUNDS RECEIVED THROUGH FORMULA GRANTS, SPECIFICALLY [01:55:01] CDBG RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY INPUT, MAKE NECESSARY AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY'S CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT CAN HELP LEVERAGE ALL OF OUR FUNDING PLANNING AND PROGRAM EFFORTS IN THE CITY TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY, TO ACHIEVE GROCERY STORES IN AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ANY OF THIS IMPORTANT AND BASIC AMENITY. AND SO STAFF HELPED US ON THIS LANGUAGE. AND SO THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT I WOULD ADD TWO 89 AND MAYOR, UM, READY TO LIVE DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. UM, WE UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION AND AGREE, AND THIS WILL BE INCORPORATED AS PART OF OUR PLANNING PROCESS FOR NEXT YEAR'S FEDERAL FUNDS, AMBIENT THERE SPRAYING ANY OBJECTION TO INCLUDING THE MAYOR PRO THAMES DIRECTION, HEARING NONE THAT DIRECTION IS INCLUDED. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING ITEM, NUMBER 89, CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER HOPPER MADISON. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING AND HE READY TO VOTE? THOSE ARE FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND THOSE OPPOSED. AND THAT IS A UNANIMOUS ON THE, UH, ON THE DICE. THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS, COLLEAGUES THAT WE CAN TAKE UP, UH, THIS MORNING. UH, IT IS, UH, NOON STRAIGHT [Executive Session] UP. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE AN HOUR BREAK, UH, AND THAT AT ONE O'CLOCK, WE, WE CAN BE IN A EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, WITH A GOAL TO COMING OUT AND, AND RECOGNIZING SPEAKERS AT TWO O'CLOCK TO SPEAK ON THE ZONING CASES. I THINK STAFF HAS REACHED OUT TO THOSE SPEAKERS THAT HAD SIGNED UP ON MYZONE CASES THAT ARE BEING POSTPONED SO THAT THEY KNOW THEY DON'T NEED TO DON'T NEED TO, UH, TO, TO, TO BE HERE. UM, BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK, NOW LET'S TAKE A VOTE TO POSTPONE ITEMS, 82 AND 83 TO SEPTEMBER 17TH. IS THERE A MOTION FORMALLY TO POSTPONE THOSE ITEMS? THAT'S MEMBER ALTAR MAKES THE MOTION COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. SECOND SET WAS IN FAVOR OF THE POSTPONEMENT. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED ANIMUS ON THE DIOCESE. THOSE TWO ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE A POSTDOC. OKAY. I CAN'T REMEMBER ALTAR. CAN I JUST CLARIFY FOR 97, IF STAFF ARE PLANNING TO POSTPONE THAT, UM, OR NOT, WHAT'S THE NUMBER I HAVEN'T, I DON'T SHOW THAT AS BEING POSTPONED DEPARTMENT. OKAY. I'LL BE DISCUSSION. OKAY. CORRECT. IT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR FIRST READING MY COLLEAGUES. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. WELL, YES. UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE, FIVE, ONE OH SEVEN FOR THE GOVERNMENT CODE. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION ON PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM NUMBER 92. UM, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR BREAK HERE AND HAVE LUNCH. SO WE'LL MEET WITH EACH OTHER IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM AT ONE O'CLOCK, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION. UH, WE WILL NOW DO LUNCH AND THEN CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT IS 1202. I'LL SEE YOU GUYS AT ONE O'CLOCK BY THE TIME, THE TIME IS TWO 30. UH, IT IS STILL AUGUST 27, 2020. WE ARE RECONVENING THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING KNOW TODAY. UH, WE'RE AT A CLOSED SESSION IN CLOSED SESSION WITH DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATED TO ITEM 92, UH, DEPENDING ON, UH, UH, UH, UH, THE ZONING CASES, UH, WE COULD BE RETURNING BACK TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THAT ITEM, OR WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S IN FRONT OF US, EXCEPT FOR ZONING CASES. UH, SO IF, UH, JERRY IS HERE, PERHAPS YOU CAN TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR THAT STARTS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER AUTHOR. DID YOU ORGANIZE SOMETHING? WE STILL NEED TO VOTE ON 85 AND 86, 85 AND 86, CORRECT. THOSE TWO WOULD BE HANDLED TOGETHER WITH THE ZONING CASES. OKAY. OKAY. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND I'M GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH CONSENT. [Zoning Consent Agenda] THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH A CONSENT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE A COUPLE OF CASES WHERE WE HAVE MAYBE HAVE A SPEAKER OR TWO. OKAY. IF I WAS OTHERWISE IN THE OFFER FOR CONSENT. SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE SPEAKER FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO BE, RICHARD HAS DONE THE FIRST SPEAKERS. OKAY. OKAY. SO IF, [02:00:01] UH, OUR STAFF, UH, JEANETTE OR MARK CAN TAKE US THROUGH, UH, TAKE US THROUGH, UH, UM, SPEAKERS, THE FIRST SPEAKER, WE HAVE AN INTERPRETER. SO JACQUELINE, IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, PLEASE UNMUTE I'M HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS REGINA MITCHELL, REGINA MITCHELL. HI, NO, UH, CITY COUNCIL CALLING IN REFERENCE TO, UH, UH, FIVE OH EIGHT ISSUES AT CAMP STREET. UH, I'M ALWAYS HERE FROM MY PARENTS' PROPERTY OF FIVE, 13 COUNTS, UH, GREW UP IN AUSTIN AND I'M REALLY KINDA UPSET OF THIS PROJECT GOING ON. NOT REALLY FOR THE LITTLE PERSON TO, TO MAINTAIN IN THAT AREA. AND I HOPE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL GIVE THAT THOUGHT. AND THAT'S, WHAT'S AGAIN, FURCATION, UH, AND LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE. AND AS I SAID, UM, ON TOP OF LIST IS WHERE I WAS RAISED TO, UM, BEEN A MILITARY WIFE. I WILL HAVE TO WORLD WORK TO PEARL HARBOR, A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE RIGHT NOW. SO THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART, AND I HOPE TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE DECISION THAT'S MADE AND LABOR TO NOT PROCESS THAT DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. OKAY. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MONICA GUZMAN. THIS IS MONICA GUZMAN CPM SHOULD HAVE A VIDEO TOO FOR Y'ALL TO WATCH. AND THAT WILL BE MY TIME AS WELL AS I BELIEVE THE NEXT SPEAKER. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A FIVE MINUTE VIDEO, SO WHO'S THE NEXT SPEAKER. IT SHOULD BE. AND PART OF THE THIRD SPEAKER FRANCIS AND SHE RESTRICTED SPEAKERS TO TWO MINUTES, MATT ADLER. OKAY. AND BECAUSE WE SET THE TIME LATER, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TWO SPEAKERS AND WE'LL LET THIS VIDEO PLAY FOR THE, FOR THE TWO SPEAKERS. AND THEN THE THIRD PERSON , I'M NOT SEEING THE VIDEO. GIVE US A MINUTE. ON THE LINE. I THINK WE WERE LISTED THREE DAYS OF PEOPLE. THOSE WERE THE TWO, AND THERE WAS A THIRD ONE AS WELL. THIRD SPEAKER. IT'S ON OUR CHANNEL HERE ON TV. OKAY. THANKS. THANKS FOR THAT COUNCIL MEMBER. CAN WE ASK THAT ATX ENDS STARTED AT THE BEGINNING AGAIN SO THAT WE CAN ALL SEE IT. IF WE, YES. CTM WILL START AT ONCE WE FIGURED OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. [02:05:22] I CAN SEE IT. SO THIS IS THE KNUCKLES CURB. AND UP AHEAD, RIGHT AFTER THE CURB, SOME APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR WE'RE SENIORS. SO THIS IS THE AREA WHERE SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ARE WALKING AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ESPECIALLY RIGHT HERE AT THE CURB BECAUSE OF DEBRIS. I MEAN, THE, THE, UH, THE BRANCHES THAT ARE IN THE CARS PASSED SO CLOSE TO, TO THE EDGE. THERE'S NO PROTECTION FOR ANYBODY TO HERE RIGHT HERE. IT'S, IT'S VERY SCARY. IT RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE LIVING THERE. THEY WANT TO GO TO THE BUS. IT'S, THERE'S A STREET, I'M ALMOST STANDING ON IT. AND THERE ARE THE CARS COMING VERY FAST AND THEY HAVE TO MOVE. SO THEY COULD BE ABLE TO KEEP ME SAFE. OTHERWISE THEY DON'T SEE ME AND THIS IS THE OTHER COMPLEX RIGHT NEXT TO IT. THE ENTRANCE IS RIGHT THERE VERSUS THEN YOU COME OVER HERE, IT'S A FEW FEET. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE OTHER OF THE PROPOSED APARTMENT COMPLEX IT'S FOR SENIORS. SO IF YOU ARE A SENIOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE HERE, NANCY GILLIAM? AND I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF CUTTING THINGS OVER THIS IS OVER THERE. SO I'M LIKE, GUESS THE BUILDING AND THE, FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS FOUND THAT THEY WERE DOING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. SO I'M REALLY AGAINST IT BECAUSE I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN MYSELF, AND IT'S VERY DANGEROUS GOING AROUND THAT CORNER. YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO WALK IN MYSELF AND RUN IT, BUT I GET VERY FRIGHTENED BECAUSE SIMPLE REASONS I'M SCARED THE CAR'S GOING TO HIT ME. THEN I SEE PEOPLE'S COMING THROUGH. THEY'RE ON LITTLE CANES AND THE WHEELCHAIRS COMING AROUND THERE, IT WAS, DON'T HAVE THE, THE BEST NEED TO SLOW DOWN. THEY DON'T CARE. SO I I'M VERY AGAINST THE APPOINTMENT BEING BUILT THERE BECAUSE I LOOK OUT FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS. SO I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TO BUILD AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT REALLY LOOKING AT THE PEOPLES. YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE SENIOR CITIZENS. IT'S GOT TO WALK FROM THERE TO WHERE, AROUND THAT CORNER TO GO CATCH THE BUS, YOU KNOW, SO I'M REALLY AGAINST THIS. SO I DON'T LIKE IT. AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO FAR TO SAY, HEY, GOD, PUT IT HERE FOR US BECAUSE HE DIDN'T. SO I'M NOT GOING TO TOLERATE IT. AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HIT IT. THANK YOU. [02:10:20] THANK YOU. YOU GO AHEAD AND CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER. I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME. COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER. MADISON. I WAS TRYING TO ASK, WELL, I'M ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS WAS ON THE LINE. CAUSE I WAS, AS I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, WHAT I COULD SEE WAS PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED FOR THIS UNANIMOUSLY, INCLUDING THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER WHO WAS JUST ON THE LINE. SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHAT CHANGED BETWEEN HER ORIGINAL VOTE FOR THE PROJECT AND NOW IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROJECT. THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF SHE WAS ON THE LINE. I JUST WANTED TO GET CLEAR ON THAT REAL QUICK. I GUESS I'M TOO LATE THEN. SHE'S STILL ON THE PHONE. YES, ONE SECOND. THANK YOU, CARMEN. HELLO? CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YOU HEAR ME? WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THIS IS CARMEN YANAS TOLEDO. UM, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, HARBOR, MADISON SO MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. UM, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS IT. UM, MY VOTE FOR THIS, UM, ZONING CHANGE WAS AN EMBARRASSING PROCEDURAL ERROR ON MY PART. UM, I VOTED AS IF I WAS VOTING ON AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION, WHICH I SAW AS, UM, A DECREASE IN INTENSITY FROM WITH CONDITIONS. AND, UH, I VOTED FOR THAT THINKING. I WAS VOTING FOR AN AMENDMENT WHEN IN FACT I WAS VOTING FOR A SUBSTITUTE MOTION AND I THEREFORE WAVED MY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS SINCE THIS WAS A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, A MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT, AND EXACTLY THE SAME CONCERNS WERE BROUGHT FORWARD. UM, THAT HADN'T REALLY CHANGED AT ALL, JUST BECAUSE IT WAS PROPOSED AS AN AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT. THE PRIMARY CONCERNS WERE ALWAYS AROUND SAFETY. UM, WITH THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES IS A SECONDARY CONCERN AND AFFORDABILITY SORT OF TERTIARY. UM, SO I VOTED IN ERROR FOR THIS, BUT I ALSO DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, UM, ON THE ACTUAL CASE AND HAVE SINCE BECOME MUCH MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE RECONSIDERATION FUNCTION. UM, BUT I, I'M DEFINITELY HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. AND I THINK IF OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE HAD ANY IDEA HOW DANGEROUS THIS CURVE ACTUALLY IS, UM, AND THAT EVEN THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS, UM, WE HAVE HEARD SEVERAL SUGGESTIONS, BOTH, UM, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO MAKE AS WELL AS SOME IDEAS FLOATING AROUND WITH AUSTIN. OKAY. SO ANYWAY, THOSE, THOSE, THOSE SOLUTIONS DID NOT SEEM TO ADDRESS MY CONCERNS OR THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. I'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO IT A LOT AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I'M CONSIDERING HERE. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY WANTED TO GET CLARITY ON. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I AM. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION FOR CARMEN AND, AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE ANSWER TO THAT, UM, EARLIER, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THAT QUESTION CAUSE IT'S A GOOD ONE. HERMAN, UM, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING IN YOUR RESPONSE ABOUT NOT UNDER, ABOUT THE COMMISSIONERS, NOT BEING AWARE OF THAT CURVE. WAS THIS VIDEO SHOWN AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION? NO, IT WAS NOT. THIS VIDEO BECAME AVAILABLE AFTER THAT MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER FRANCIS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. UH, MY NAME IS FRANCIS ZIRCONIA. I'M A DESERT SPRINGS RESIDENT AND I'M OPPOSING ITEM 86, ONE 20 2123 REGARDING THE KNUCKLES CROPPING. WHEN I WANT KNUCKLES CLASSING TWO FOR THIS VIDEO THAT YOU JUST SAW, I WAS TERRIFIED BECAUSE I COULD FEEL THE WIND WHEN THE CARS WERE PASSING BY ME. I CAN JUST IMAGINE THE DANGEROUS SENIORS WOULD BE BY ALLOWING THIS DEVELOPMENT. I WAS A NURSING ASSISTANT FOR 13 YEARS AND I SAW WHAT I THOUGHT IN THE NURSING HOME MAKES ME SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS, BUT IN THIS AREA, BUT THIS AREA IS NOT SUITABLE FOR ANY KIND OF HOUSING. I WOULD HATE TO SEE ANYTHING YEARS GOING TO GET THEIR BUSES IN A WALKER WITH A WALKER OR A CANE RISKING THEIR LIFE IN THIS APARTMENT. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 179 AFFORDABLE UNITS [02:15:01] OF WHICH ONLY 10 WILL BE AFFORDABLE FOR DOVE SPRINGS RESIDENTS. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PUBLIC SAFETY. I ASKED THAT YOU DENIED THE APPLICANT'S APPLICATION AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. LAUREL FRANCIS I'M LAUREL FRAN SPEAKING ON ITEMS 86, ONE 22 AND ONE 23. I'M A DULY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE FOR LOS ARBUS HOA LOS ARBELLA'S CONSISTS OF 314 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH VIEWPOINT DRIVE. AS THE MAIN ACCESS ROAD, WE OPPOSE THE REZONING OF 4,400 KNUCKLES PROMISING BASED ON CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY IN COMPATIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT WITH THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES ALREADY USING KNUCKLES CROSSING, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR RESIDENTS OF LOS ANGELES TO ENTER OR EXIT VIEWPOINT DRIVE SAFELY TO ADD TO THAT PROBLEM WOULD WAIT VILLAGE APARTMENTS AS A DRIVEWAY DIRECTLY ACROSS KNUCKLES CROSSING SOME VIEWPOINT DRIVE, ADDING A DRIVEWAY FOR 4,400 AND CROSSING ONLY 200 FEET FROM VIEWPOINT DRIVE AND WOODWAY VILLAGE. HIS DRIVEWAY WOULD CREATE EVEN MORE TRAFFIC CHALLENGES AND HAZARDS FOR ALL DRIVERS ON KNUCKLES CROSSING. THE APPLICANT HAS RECENTLY PROPOSED SEVERAL OPTIONS TO ALLOW FOR A DRIVEWAY. NONE OF THESE OPTIONS IS GUARANTEED TO BE FEASIBLE, BUT WE'D BE STUCK WITH WHATEVER THEY PUT THEIR LOS ANGELES ALSO OPPOSES A MULTISTORY BUILDING ON THAT PROPERTY AS BEING INCOMPATIBILITIES INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE INTEGRITY, AESTHETICS, AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AND TWO STORY MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, NO AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING WOULD KEEP IT FROM STICKING OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB ON THE COASTAL CROSSING. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE ON AN EXTREMELY SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AREA. EVEN WITH CONTROL FEATURES BUILT INTO THE SITE PLAN CONSTRUCTION COULD CAUSE IT REPAIRABLE DAMAGE. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO NOT APPROVE A ZONING CHANGE FOR 4,400 KNUCKLES PROPHECY. THE APPLICANT SWEETENED THE DEAL BY PROPOSING THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SENIORS, BUT THAT SHOULD NOT SUPERSEDE OUR RESIDENT'S RIGHT TO TRAFFIC SAFETY COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPECT. THANK YOU, PLEASE. UNMUTE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM SPEAKING ON ITEMS 86, ONE 22 AND ONE 23. I AM ON A, SEARLE'S A DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENT AND OWNER OF A PROPERTY IN DISTRICT TWO SINCE 1993, ADJACENT TO MR. ANGELOU'S PROPERTY ON KNUCKLES CROSSING, I RECENTLY BECAME AWARE THAT A VALID PETITION COULD BE SUBMITTED BY CONTIGUOUS OWNERS ON AUGUST THE 23RD. I WROTE AN EMAIL TO NEIGHBORS SAYING THAT WE SHOULD DO THIS. I WILL FORWARD IT TO YOU ON AUGUST 25TH, THE AFRICANS BLATANTLY BROUGHT THIS VALID PETITION ATTEMPT BY CHANGING THE ZONING BOUNDARY. THIS AREA IS A LARGE GREENBELT AND SHOULD BE PROTECTED BY EVIL GREENBELTS NEEDED FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR PLANET. THIS GREEN BELTS AND ITS WETLANDS ARE EASILY SUBJECTED TO POLLUTION, ESPECIALLY FROM INADEQUATE WASTE MANAGEMENT. THE CREEKS GO DOWN TO MCKINNEY FALLS, STATE PARK IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS. THE NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICIPATED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, MUCH EFFORT WAS PUT IN TO PROTECT THIS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING, RICH ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROPERTY WAS ZONED SF TO AND SHOULD REMAIN. SO ANY BUILDING MUST BE MINIMAL AND RESPONSIBLY BUILT. THERE HAS BEEN CONSTANT DEVELOPER PRESSURE FROM OUTSIDE. NOW IT IS COMING FROM INSIDE. MR. ANGELOU IS VERY WELL RESPECTED IN THE WORLD OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT I HAVE TO WONDER HOW AND WHY IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE TO PUSH THIS INAPPROPRIATE MULTISTORY BUILDING ONTO NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. EXTRA TRAFFIC WOULD BE DANGEROUS FOR SENIORS AND WOULD ADD POLLUTION TO ALL THE LOCAL CREEKS I AM FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT IN THESE TIMES OF COVID, WHY WOULD ANYONE CONSIDER PUTTING VULNERABLE ELDERS IN A MULTIFAMILY BUILDING TOGETHER? THIS IS SHEER MADNESS. HAVEN'T WE LEARNED ANYTHING WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS IS THIS WHAT YOU WOULD WANT IN YOUR TWILIGHT YEARS TO ADD PROPERTY AND CREATE A MAGNIFICENT [02:20:01] TALK FOR THE REGION. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. OKAY, JOHN SERMON. YES. THANK YOU. I'M JOHN SERMON. I'M ALSO SPEAKING AGAINST APPROVAL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. UM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN PROGRESS AROUND THE CITY, WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND SHOULD BE COMMENDED AND SUPPORTED. ONE SUCH PROJECT IS ON EAST ANDERSON LANE AND IT'S BY MCDOWELL HOUSING PARTNERS, WHO WAS THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE, WE APPRECIATE THEIR INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY, THE KNUCKLES CROSSING PROJECT IS A VERY, ISN'T A VERY DANGEROUS LOCATION. AS YOU'VE SEEN ON THE EXIT OF A BLIND CURVE ON A SUBSTANDARD TWO LANE ROAD. I AGREE WITH MY NEIGHBORS THAT THIS PROJECT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PROCEED BECAUSE OF THESE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS. YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT SUPPORTED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THAT THE LOCATION IS SAFE AND THAT THEIR TRAFFIC MITIGATION CONCEPTS ARE SUFFICIENT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THESE MITIGATION SCHEMES WOULD IMPROVE THE ROAD ONLY DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT ADDRESSING ANY OF THE EXISTING ISSUES WITH KNUCKLES CROSSING, THE MITIGATION WOULD NOT MAKE THE BEST RATINGS ANY SAFER. THE SURROUNDING ROAD WILL STILL BE SUBSTANDARD WITH NO SIDEWALKS, NO SHOULDER AND NO ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. ALL OF THESE SAFETY ISSUES CAN ONLY ISOLATE AND ENDANGER THE RESIDENTS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND IN DANGER OF PEDESTRIANS AND PERSONS DRIVING PAST IT. I HAVE SEEN PEDESTRIANS WALKING ALONG THE BLIND CURVE MANY TIMES, AND IT'S SCARY. WE ASK THAT YOU IMPROVE THE ROAD BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR KILLED, AND CERTAINLY BEFORE ANY DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS, UM, AT THIS LOCATION, UM, PLEASE DO NOT PUT A PORTABLE HOUSING BEFORE PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. OKAY, ANA, PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR PHONE. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED. OKAY. MY NAME IS ANNA . I'M THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR OF THE STUFF IS COMPANY PER SE, PLANT CONTACT TEAM. I SERVE ON THE ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION AND IN NOT REPRESENTING THAT I'M SPEAKING OF PAPER VITAMINS 101 OH ONE, WHICH WERE UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE CONTACTING THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE LETTER OF SUPPORT PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED TO YOU. I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON ITEM 86, ONE 22 AND ONE 23 REGARDING NICHOLAS' CROSSY, WHICH THE CONTACTING DOES NOT SUPPORT. THE CONTACTING HAS DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF SUPPORTING RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE KEPT FELT COMPELLED TO ASK TO MEET INDIVIDUALLY WITH A MAYOR, ANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO PRESENT A PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS. IF THE NPA AND ZONING CHANGES OCCUR SINCE THE 1980S BOARD AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A PURPOSE, I THINK BUILT ALONG NICHOLS, CROSSING IN AROUND THE CURVE ON YOU SEEN ELMO. WE SPOKE TO IN A HIGHLY CONCENTRATED AREA OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHOUT ANY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS. WE ARE NOT AGAINST AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THIS MAY BE THE RIGHT PROJECT, BUT IT'S IN THE WRONG LOCATION. IF PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS WERE MADE KNOWN TO THE APPLICANT EARLY IN THE PROCESS IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2017 AND 2020 STAFF REPORTED, THERE ARE NO FUTURE PLANS BEING FOR THE SUBSTANDARD GROWTH CONDITIONS, EVEN THOUGH AN ADDITIONAL HETEROTROPHIC UNITS ARE BEING PROPOSED. TRAFFIC REPORTS REFLECT THE CURRENT TRAFFIC BARACK CTCL THAT CAPACITY AND RAISE SIGHT DISTANCE SAFETY ISSUES. ONE REPORT STATES, NO LOCATION WAS OBSERVED TO MEET ALL FACT DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS. THIS SUCCESSOR BATES, PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES FOR PARTICULAR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. ANYONE WALKING ON THIS ROAD WILL BE AT RISK OF INJURY OR DEATH. THIS PROJECT TARGETS RESIDENTS 55 AND OVER, INCLUDING THOSE MOBILITY IN SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS, WE'RE 75% HISPANIC AND IN A FOOD DESERT. OUR ZIP CODE HAS THE HIGHEST COVID-19 CASES IN THE CITY. THIS AREA HAS A WALKABILITY SCORE OF 27 OUT OF A HUNDRED, A TRANSIT SCORE OF 34, A BACKSTORY OF 25 AND YOUR PERSONAL AND PROPERTY CRIME GRADE OF C IF HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY AND DEATH SPRINGS, WE ARE BEING FORCED TO TRADE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE ASKED THE CITY STAFF, THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL, HOW MUCH LONGER SHE WOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE THIS SYSTEMIC RACISM. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PUBLIC. WE DESERVE BETTER. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JASON LUCIO. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT TWO AND I LIVE IN DOVE SPRINGS. I STAND WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND OPPOSITION TO THE MPA AND ZONING CHANGE ON ITEMS ONE 22 AND ONE 23 REGARDING KNUCKLES CROSSING. I AGREE WITH MY NEIGHBORS ON THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS, BUT SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED IS THE ECONOMIC [02:25:01] AND RACIAL SEGREGATION THAT WILL BE PERPETUATED BY PUTTING A 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IN A CENSUS TRACK THAT IS CLASSIFIED AS A RACIALLY CONCENTRATED AREA OF POVERTY TO PUT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING HERE, FURTHER EXACERBATES, SEGREGATION AND SYSTEMIC RACISM, AND ACTIVELY WORKS AGAINST INTEGRATION AND DIVERSITY IN THE CITY BY CONCENTRATING POOR BROWN PEOPLE IN DOVE SPRINGS, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE KEEP BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THESE ARE NOT MY WORDS. THIS IS FROM THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE ON INSTITUTIONAL RACISM. ARE YOU WILLING TO IGNORE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS? ARE YOU WILLING TO RISK THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF BROWN CITIZENS? IN THIS MOMENT WHEN OUR CITY, OUR COUNTRY IS BEGGING THAT RACIAL JUSTICE BE ADDRESSED, I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH WITH A COUPLE OF QUOTES FROM AN IMPORTANT CITY LEADER. WE STILL LIVE IN A SEGREGATED COUNTRY TOGETHER. WE CAN IMPLEMENT REAL INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE TO . YOUR FIGHT IS MY FIGHT. THESE ARE THE WORDS OF MY DISTRICT. TWO REPRESENTATIVE MAYOR PROTONS, AND IT GOT US MAYOR PRO TEM FIGHT WITH US. LIKE YOU SAID, YOU WOULD IMPLEMENT REAL INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE TO STOP PERPETUATING SEGREGATION. LIKE YOU SAID, YOU WOULD, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE. EVERY COUNCIL MEMBERS CHANCE TO PUT ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO ACTION. THIS SONE CHANGE REQUEST IS A CLEAR AND PRESENT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO AFFECT REAL CHANGE AGAINST SYSTEMIC RACISM BY NOT PERPETUATING IT HERE TODAY, MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, WHITE AND BROWN, WE STAND TOGETHER AS ONE VOICE. PLEASE LISTEN TO US. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO SOLVE ALL OUR PROBLEMS TODAY. WE'RE ASKING YOU NOT TO CREATE MORE. PLEASE DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. HELLO, I'M CALLING ABOUT FIVE OH EIGHT 10. UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE CONTINUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, YES, I'M CALLING BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE AGAIN. THE RESELLING OF FIVE OH EIGHT CAMP. WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE DEVELOP THIS AREA, WE WILL INCREASE DISPLACEMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE, I GREW UP HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND I HAVE LIVED HERE MY, ALMOST MY WHOLE LIFE AND THROUGH, UH, COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND SO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS, WE HAVE A SPOKEN, OUR COMMUNITY HAS SPOKEN. WE HAVE A VALID PETITION AND THAT WE DID NOT NEED HIGH PRICE CONDOS, HIGH PRICE, TOWN TOWNHOMES. AND THIS AREA, WHAT WE DO NEED IS FOR THE CITY TO INVEST IN THIS COMMUNITY AND BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS TRULY AFFORDABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY WHOSE MFI IS ABOUT $32,000 A YEAR. SO THAT'S A VERY LOW NUMBER AND THIS IS THE KIND OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. OTHERWISE WE FEAR THAT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NEIGHBORS WOULD BE COMPLETELY DISPLACED AND OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE COMPLETELY ERADICATED. SO I URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAIN, A REZONING FIVE OH EIGHT AND PLEASE INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES, HELP US, UH, KEEP OUR COMMUNITY, UH, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHERE THEY BELONG IN OUR, IN OUR HOUSES AND BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THANK YOU, ERIC DILLMAN. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD. GREAT. HI, I'M ERIC DILLON. AND I'M ALSO SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING OF FIVE OH EIGHT COUNT. GIVE YOU A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE. I AM, UM, I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS. I'M A 15 YEAR, UH, EDUCATOR, 15 YEAR LONG TITLE ONE SCHOOL. UM, MANY OF MY STUDENTS CAME FROM ON TOP OF US. UM, MY SON AND I I'M A SINGLE FATHER. I, THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY THAT, UH, A TEACHER THAT IS A SINGLE FATHER COULD AFFORD TO LIVE IN EIGHT YEARS AGO. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE CASE ANYMORE. UM, BUT IT JUST SEEMS THAT THERE'S THIS CONCERTED EFFORT. UM, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED FROM THE AGENDA THAT THERE THERE'S THIS RAPID KIND OF ATTEMPT TO REZONE OUR WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM SF THREE TO SFX. UM, YOU KNOW, MY, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT, YOU KNOW, BESIDES THE AFFORDABILITY THAT, THAT I MOVED HERE WAS BECAUSE MY SON HAS DUAL CITIZENSHIP. HE A UNITED STATES AND A MEXICAN CITIZEN. UM, AND THIS WAS A COMMUNITY [02:30:01] THAT HE COULD NOT ONLY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD AFFORD TO LIVE HERE. UH, BUT ALSO THAT HE COULD, YOU KNOW, BE EXPOSED TO SOME OF HIS CULTURE, UM, IS THE LARGELY HISPANIC AND AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE, BUT IT'S ALSO A FRAGILE PLACE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IF, IF YOU KNOW, TEACHERS AND WORKERS CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY ANYMORE AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONTINUALLY PUT UP AND, UH, THESE HIGH PRICED CONDOS AND HIGH PRICE TOWNHOUSES, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY ALL THE LIP SERVICE OF STOPPING GENTRIFICATION AND CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EVENTUALLY THAT RHETORIC, IT DOESN'T REALLY MEAN ANYTHING UNLESS SOMEBODY STANDS UP AND SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY TRIES TO MAKE A CHANGE. AND I, I ASK THAT YOU, YOU DENY THE ZONING CHANGE. DON'T BE, DON'T LET THIS BE THE FIRST DOMINO TO FALL. THANK YOU, JOSEPH REYNOLDS. YES. THIS IS JOE REYNOLDS, A LITTLE ON 49TH STREET. I'M A MEMBER OF THE ELLENVILLE OH, ZONING COMMITTEE COMMITTEE. AND I'M SPEAKING ABOUT 71 13 BURNETT ROAD. ELLENDALE HAS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. MY CONCERN IS TRAFFIC AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SPILLOVER TURN TRAFFIC IMPACT ALLENDALE RESIDENTIAL STREETS. THE PROPOSED DEPARTMENTS WILL GENERATE ABOUT AS MANY OR SLIGHTLY MORE AUTOMOBILE TRIPS THAN THE CURRENT USAGE. THE RESTAURANT AND BAR, WHAT WILL BE NEW WITH THE APARTMENTS IS MOVING TRUCKS. APARTMENTS REQUIRE BIG TRUCKS TO MOVE RESIDENTS IN AND OUT WHERE THE BAR AND THE RESTAURANT SEE SMALL CITY TRAILER DELIVERY, TRUCKS, DEPARTMENTS WILL SAY UNITED BAND LINES, MAYFLOWER, AND OTHER HIGHWAY SIZE TRUCKS. AS THE PROPOSED SCALE OF THE PROJECT, THIS WILL BE A STEADY STREAM. THE BURNET CARTER PROJECT PROPOSES TO BUILD A RAISE MEDIUM, TO BLOCK ALL LEFT ENTRY AND LEFT EXIT TURNS. ANY SOUTHBOUND ENTRY TRAFFIC WILL BE REQUIRED TO FIND A DRIVE ROUTE TO PROVIDE SOME NORTHBOUND NEXUS TRAFFIC DESIRING SOUTHBOUND EXIT WAS TO ACTUALLY EXIT NORTH AND THEN FIND SOME ROUTE TO GO SOUTH COMPOUNDING. THIS PROBLEM FOR DRIVERS IS THAT BURNET ROAD IS TOO NARROW FOR YOU TURNED EVEN FOR HONDA ACCORD. THERE ARE SOME LEGITIMATE WAYS TO REVERSE DIRECTIONS, BUT THEY TAKE TRAFFIC ALONG THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD STREET. ACCESS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REQUIRES DRIVING NORTH TO RICH CREEK OR SOUTH TO JUSTIN BASED ON THE CURRENT BAR AND RESTAURANT TRAFFIC BLOCK LEFT EXIT. I GAVE THE BURNER CARTER PROJECT, AN ESTIMATE OF 650 CARS PER DAY, DRIVING DOWN AND DIRTY. A SIMILAR NUMBER OF CARS BLOCKED FOR LEFT ENTRY. LET'S DROP THE JUSTIN AND THEN USE BURNET LANE INSTEAD OF MAKING THE FULL ROUND TRIP NORTH TO RICH CREEK. HOWEVER MANY DRIVERS WILL JUST CHOOSE THE FIRST CONVENIENT RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY PULLING BACK OUT AND CHANGING DIRECTIONS. NOW PUT IN MAYFLOWER MAN UP MAYFLOWER VAN LINES, BRINGING HOUSE LOADS OF FURNITURE AND BELONGINGS. MOST TRUCKS SIT ON RICH GREEK OR DOORS, NOT BY WIDTH OR BY WEIGHT. THE JUSTIN LANE TURNAROUND IS NO BICYCLE ROUTE WITH LANES NARROW WITHIN THE TRUCKS AND WITH PROTECTIVE POWER, PLEASE FINISH YOUR STATEMENT. OKAY. ERIC PAULUS. HELLO. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF ECOLOGY ACCIDENT, TEXAS, WHICH OWNS THE CIRCLE ACRES NATURE OF RESERVE. THE FORMER CITY DUMPED USE MANY BEAR ME AS THE WASTE IN MY TOP LIST WE SPENT THE LAST 15 YEARS ARE MOVING OVER 100 TONS OF TRASH FROM OUR SITE IN ORDER TO MAKE IT A NATURE, PRESERVE FREE AND OPEN TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY TO ENJOY NATURE AND ACCESS TO WHEREVER PARK. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT WHY WE POSED REZONING THE FEATHERWEIGHT CAMP. WE HAD SENT THE PAST FEW MONTHS ORGANIZING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO TRY TO DEMONSTRATE TO YOU ALL HERE, WHY REASONING THESE LOTS HAVE A VERY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND FOR SARAH, WE HOPE YOU ALL ARE SINCERE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NEED OF, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN THIS CITY. AND THAT'S THAT YOU APPLIED THAT SINCERITY HERE TODAY AND DENY THE REZONING ENTITLEMENTS TO REAL ESTATE SPECULATORS. THE STAFF AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGREED THAT THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR SFC ZONING, BUT A NEIGHBORHOOD LIMITED BY MODEST INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT EQUIPPED FOR THE DENSITY PROPOSED. YOU'LL LIKELY HEAR ABOUT HOW THE DEVELOPER TRIED TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO COME TO AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION. 80% MSI IS NOT A SOLUTION AS THIS IS STILL ALMOST THREE TIMES THE MFIS AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, EVEN 60% MFI WOULD RESULT IN NEW HOMES, DOUBLE THE VALUE OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. IT WILL STILL RESULT IN DISPLACING FAMILIES. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEVELOPERS LOBBYISTS THAT ECOLOGY ACTION OPPOSES THE REZONING CASE BY THE WEEKEND, WHICH VOTERS ARE PRESERVES THAT THE [02:35:01] DEVELOPER WOULD NOT BE WILLING TO WORK WITH US WHEN IT COMES TIME TO PLAN THE SITE. THIS IS INTIMIDATION, NOT COOPERATION. PLEASE KNOW THAT REZONING TEST OF SIX IS NOT IN THE COMMUNITY'S INTEREST, BUT ONLY SERVES TO PUT MORE ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE LIVED HERE FOR DECADES TO LEAVE. SO YOU CAN DO RIGHT BY THE METROPOLIS COMMUNITY AND DO RIGHT BY US CITY COLLEGE ACTION AND OPPOSE THE PROPOSED REZONING. THAT'S BY THE WAY, KENT, THANK YOU, PETER SEMINAR. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. HI. UM, MY NAME IS PETER SIMON. I THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I LIVE ON KENT STREET, UH, WITH MY PARTNER AND MY BABY. WHEN YOU MIGHT HEAR, WHILE I'M TALKING, UM, WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE SITE ON THAT ARE AT RISK OF BEING STONED. UH, I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE ZONING CHANGE AND, UM, AND BASICALLY ALL THE CHANGES ACROSS MONTOPOLIS, I GUESS, A BUNCH OF THEM DECIDED TO DUCK OUT. UM, THERE'S ALL CONDITIONS AGAINST EACH OF THESE ZONINGS AND THE CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF FIVE OH EIGHT COUNT. UM, THEY GIVE A LOT OF REASONS WHY THIS SITE ISN'T SUITABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. AND WE AGREE. THERE'S NO REASON TO DESTROY QUIET MINORITY OWNED RESIDENTIAL STREET. WHEN THERE ARE PLENTY OF SUITABLE SITES ALREADY DESIGNATED FOR THIS TYPE OF WALNUTS, BUT HAVE YET TO BE DEVELOPED. WE'RE ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INEVITABLE DISPLACEMENT IN MONTAUK IN MY TOP LOAD THAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN DEVELOPERS SEE THAT THEY MAY NOW BUY UP SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT MONTOPOLIS AND PUT THEM TO CONDOS. MONTOPOLIS HAS BEEN CITED BY THE UPROOTED STUDY AS ONE OF THOSE VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND RECOMMEND THE UPROOTED STUDY RECOMMENDS SEVEN LESSONS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN DISPLACEMENT. NUMBER ONE IS PUT COMMUNITY VOICES AT THE CENTER AND THAT HASN'T HAPPENED. UM, I UNDERSTAND THERE MAY BE A LAST MINUTE PROPOSAL FROM THE DEVELOPERS HERE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T INVOLVED THE COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE INTENDING TO ALIENATE US FROM GIVING ANY MEANINGFUL INPUT. UM, THEY'RE ALSO PLAYING VERY LOOSE WITH THE TERM AFFORDABILITY AS HAS ALREADY BEEN POINTED OUT. UM, YOU KNOW, 80% CANNIBIS IS NOT AFFORDABLE FOR RESIDENTS OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS WON'T BE AFFORDABLE, THE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF MONTOPOLIS OR INCREASE DIVERSITY IN ANY WAY, AND THE DEVELOPERS ARE MAKING NO ENFORCEABLE PROMISE TO DO SO. AND THE PEOPLE PUSHING FOR THIS ENTITLEMENT AND DON'T EVEN OWN THE PROPERTY. THEIR AGENT HAS THAT THEY DON'T INTEND TO FOLLOW THROUGH. IF THEY DON'T GET THEIR WAY ARRANGEMENT, THEY'VE THREATENED OTHER NEIGHBORS WITH THINGS LIKE CODE COMPLIANCE AND THIS DISTRICT ISN'T COMMUNITY BUILDING, INSTEAD OF DISCUSSING THINGS WITH MONTOPOLIS COMMUNITY, THEY COME TO YOU WITH THEIR HANDS OUT AND THEY'RE EXAGGERATING THE CURRENT COST OF HOUSING IN MONTOPOLIS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEGAN. MEISENBACH HELLO? HELLO. THAT'D BE GREAT. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 25. ACTUALLY, I SIGNED UP FOR 97 AND ONE 25 AND ONE 23 AND I START WITH ONE 25, WHICH IS 52 OH ONE EAST MLK. AND I THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM WONDERFUL SPEAKERS. I THINK PUT THE COMMUNITY VOICES FIRST IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO, TO SAY, PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN TO YOU FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WHO HAD, UM, IMPORTANT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT LOW INCOME, ABOUT THE HISTORIC 54 YEAR OLD STONE GATE, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, THEIR FEAR OF CONNECTING ELM GROVE TO MLK. UM, THERE ARE LEGACY HOMEOWNERS THERE, THEIR FEAR THAT 80% IMPERVIOUS COVER, I THINK, UM, THERE, UH, ZENOBIA JOSEPH HAS A WONDERFUL LETTER IN YOUR BACKUP. I THINK THE FIVE YEARS OF AFFORDABILITY AT 50% MFI ISN'T ENOUGH TO CHANGE HISTORICALLY SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT AND FOR ITEM 97, THERE THERE IS A VALID PETITION AND I HOPE YOU WILL RECOGNIZE IT. UM, MONTOPOLIS BEING HISTORICALLY IMPOVERISHED AREA, THERE ARE DRAMATIC CHANGES IN ELEVATION ON THIS PROPERTY. AND THEN, UM, ITEMS WHICH WERE THE THREE, THE KNUCKLES CROSSING HAS NO SIDEWALK WERE PROVED, NO GUTTER, NO BIKE LANE. IT NEEDS A LOT OF SUPPORT TO MAKE THIS, UH, A SUITABLE ROAD FOR SUCH A DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THAT THE OFFERING OF THE DEVELOPER IS 10 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE UNITS IS NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU [02:40:01] TO OVERCOME THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, DISLIKE FOR THIS PROJECT. AND I URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST ALL THREE OF THESE PROJECTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. COLIN ROSS. YES. GO AHEAD. HEY, MY NAME'S COLLIN ROSS. I'M A RESIDENT, UH, THEN ON TOP OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, MY WIFE AND I LIVE HERE, UH, NEW TO HERE, UM, JUST OVER A YEAR AGO NOW. UM, AND I AM SEEKING TODAY IN OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING, UH, OF ITEM NUMBER 97, WHICH IS BY THE LAKE KEMP. UM, I KNEW THERE WERE CONDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WERE MY GUESS WHEN WE MOVED AT THE LAST MINUTE AS WELL, BUT I'LL KIND OF GO TO GET IT. UM, I WOULD LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A VALID PETITION AND TO HONOR THE WISHES OF NOT ONLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALSO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND I DECIDED TO MAKE, UH, SEVERAL POINTS HERE. UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST AS THREE REZONING IS IN VIOLATION OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. UM, I THINK THAT I THINK DEVELOPERS HAVE THE WRONG IMPRESSION THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS AGAINST DEVELOPMENT. IT'S NOT A, WE JUST WENT DEVELOPMENT THAT BETTER SEE THIS FOR OUR COMMUNITY REZONING. THERE'S LESS PROTECTION FOR CURRENT RESIDENTS AND FURTHER INCREASES DISPLACEMENT. UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THERE IS ALREADY AN OVERCONCENTRATION OF MULTIFAMILY TOWNS, HOUSES, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ZONED PROPERTIES, UM, ALONG ALL THE CORRIDORS, UM, AROUND SORT OF OUR, OUR HOME. UM, SO THOSE ARE 23 RIVERSIDE THAN WHITE AND AIRPORT. UM, AND THERE IS AGAIN MORE POVERTY WHERE, WHERE THOSE SORT OF TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT CAN GO. UM, I JUST ONCE TO FIRST THINK, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR BEING HERE AND LISTENING TO US, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, AND I REALLY, REALLY WISH YOU RESPECT THE WISHES THAT PEOPLE WHO CALL THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HOME AND THAT WAS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, NISHA POLO. HI, MY NAME IS MISHA AND I WOULD POST TO ITEM NUMBER 97 ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WHICH IS ALSO THE UPSTANDING REQUESTS FOR FIVE WEEKS 10TH STREET AT THE LAST MEETING ON THIS SUBJECT, I USE MY TIME TO REMIND COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THE CITY PURCHASED THE HISTORIC MONTOPOLIS NEGRO SCHOOL, WHICH IS WITHIN EYESIGHT OF THE SUBJECT PRACTICE JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND THE UNFORTUNATE IRONY OF SAVING A HISTORIC STRUCTURE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, ACCELERATING THE GENTRIFICATION AND FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOODS, HISTORIC CHARACTER, IF UPZONING REQUESTS LIKE THIS ONE ARE GRANTED TO THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, BUT I'M DISAPPOINTED, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS NOT ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY MORE, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THEY LACK IT SUPPORT. I LIVE LESS THAN 10 DOORS FROM FIVE TO EIGHT 10TH, AND I'VE NEVER RECEIVED COMMUNICATION ABOUT THIS PROJECT BEYOND THE REZONING REQUESTS THE CITY HAS SENT OUT. IT IS ONLY ON ACCOUNT OF A NEIGHBOR THAT I LEARNED YESTERDAY THAT THE COUNCIL APPARENTLY HAS A REVISED PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF THEM TODAY. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO ADEQUATELY COMMENT ON A MATTER DIRECTLY IMPACTING ME IF I'M DEPRIVED OF INFORMATION AND DELIBERATELY LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION FOR THAT REASON? I THANK YOU FOR AFFORDED ME ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK AND MAINTAIN MY OPTIMISM THAT YOU WILL DENY THE REZONING REQUEST FOR FIVE, EIGHT 10TH STREET. THANK YOU, RONNIE WASHINGTON. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS RONNIE WASHINGTON. I'M A RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER, 26 YEARS, 26 YEARS. I ALSO WORKED IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN IN THE PURCHASING OFFICE AS A PURCHASING MANAGER, UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WITH THE CITY, UH, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF, UH, WHEN BARRY DARKLY WAS THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. SO IT'S GOOD TO TALK TO COUNCIL AGAIN. I, UH, SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING TO COUNCIL THEM ON THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. I'M CALLING I'M CALLING AND TALKING TODAY IN REFERENCE TO, UH, ITEMS, UH, ONE 25, BUT I THINK ONE 2071, 28, UH, THE STOLEN GAIT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CONCERNS. THE STRONGEST NEIGHBORHOODS IS SURROUNDED, UH, BY, UH, UH, THROUGH STREET MLK LANE AND, UH, TANNAHILL ROAD AND, UH, THERE'S DEVELOPMENT PLAN THERE AND THOSE ITEMS AND WE'RE OPPOSING THE UP ZONING, [02:45:01] UH, OF THAT AREA. UH, THERE ARE, UH, HAWKS HISTORIC FACTORS INVOLVED, UH, THAT AREA WAS, WAS LAID OUT FOR, UM, UH, FOLKS THAT MOVED INTO THAT AREA BACK IN THE LATE SIXTIES, EARLY TO LATE SIXTIES WERE, UH, AFRICAN AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS, UH, SCHOOL TEACHERS, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, DOCTORS, DURING THAT TIME FOR THEM TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES. AND IT'S A HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, AND WE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE, THE PROJECTS THAT ONE MAIN CONCERN IS THE ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THAT AREA. UH, I KNOW THAT FAIRS. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. TANNER BLAIR. WELL, THE COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO FAST AND HIT THE COMMON POINTS. UH, 71 13 BURNETT ROAD. CUTE. NOT SUPPORT ME WITH MORE ENTHUSIASTICALLY. UH, IT'D BE GIVING IT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. IT'S NOT IN THE WATERSHED. IT'S NOT IN THE FLOOD PLAIN. UH, IT IS 73% MORE WALKABLE THAN OFF ON AVERAGE, A 30%, 30% BETTER ACCESS TO TRANSIT, 50%, 55% MORE BIKEABLE THAN OFF AND ON AVERAGE. UH, UM, LET'S SEE. UM, UH, WE SAID HE HAD SPENT, SINCE WE STARTED DOING KODAK THE ONE NIGHT LATE 17, WE SPENT 1.7, 6 BILLION IN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. SURELY IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THIS STUFF ANYWHERE, THIS IS WHERE IT GOES. I WOULDN'T CARE. AS A FREAKING WENT TO PUT DOWN SOUTH AND THEM, THEY SHOULD GO HERE. I LIVE NEAR BEHIND NOT SAYING WAS, IS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T TAKE THIS STREET OFF EVERY DAY. UH, AND I'VE ALSO POINTED OUT THE LITTLE BARRIER AND, AND, UM, ALLENDALE IS MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME IS HIGHER THAN THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME. THIS IS WHERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHOULD GO. PLEASE GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES OVER THE COURSE OF JUST LIKE THE LIFE OF THIS BUILDING TO HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE. I KNOW YOU HAVE MY TIME, CYNTHIA HARP. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, I AM IMPOSED TO THE REZONING AT TWO OH TWO MONTOPOLIS. UM, MY HUSBAND'S SON AND I OWN THE THREE CONTIGUOUS LOTS BORDERING THAT REZONING SITE. AND WE PURCHASED THESE LOTS WITH THE INTENTION OF JUST BUILDING A MODEST SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING FOR OURSELVES. UH, AND OUR NEIGHBORS ALSO JUST BUILT A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE THERE. SO I'M OPPOSED TO THE REZONING TO TO THAT, UM, TWO OH TWO MONTH TOPLESS FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. I THINK IT SERVES NO BENEFIT TO THE EXISTING COMMUNITY. I THINK IT ALSO INCREASES DISPLACEMENT. UH, I THINK IT DRIVES UP THE PRICES IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK BUILDING CONDOMINIUMS WILL DESTROY THE DIVERSITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO DESTROY THE HISTORIC FEEL OF THE COMMUNITY. AND IT WILL ALSO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC AND FORCE CARS TO BE PARKED IN THE STREETS, WHICH WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE COMMUNITY. AND I ALSO THINK THAT IT WILL INCREASE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT NEGATIVELY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I ALSO AGREE WITH THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WITH EIGHT CAMP, WHICH IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER THAT REZONING ALL OF THIS, UH, PROPERTY TO MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS WILL SERIOUSLY IMPACT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IN A NEGATIVE WAY. AND I, I, UH, ASK THAT YOU PLEASE VOTING AGAINST THE REZONING AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE EFFORT, UH, THAT YOU'VE STEAMED. THANK YOU FOR ANY SPEAKERS IN QUEUE. IF YOU HAVE YET PRESS ZERO, PLEASE DO SO NOW THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNIE GUN. HI COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR VOICES TODAY. I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE THE UP-ZONING OF SIDEWAYS CHEMISTRY ON WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO HAVE CALLED TO OPPOSE IT. I GREW UP IN A MONTOPOLIS AREA JUST A FEW YEARS BACK, SO WE DECIDED TO RETURN AND PUT DOWN OUR ROOTS HERE WITH MY PARTNER ON KIM STREET. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY, MY RAISING OUR BABY HERE, AND HE'S THRIVING IN A REALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY WITH EVERYBODY IN HIS NAME. AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT NO [02:50:01] ONE IN OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE AS A FIX OR CONDOS HERE, EXCEPT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SET TO MAKE LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY FROM IT. WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FOR A REASON, AND IT WAS DEVELOPED WITH A LOT OF FORESIGHT AND RESPECT FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO PLEASE HELP US KEEP IT INTACT. UM, WE JUST BECAME AWARE OF THE MORNINGS AND CHANGES TO THE DEVELOPERS ARE PLANNING TO THEIR PLAN, BUT THERE WAS NO OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY OR THE CONTACT TEAM OR ANYONE THEY'VE HAD MEETINGS FOR YOU AT THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT NOT WITH US. AND YOU THINK THAT DESERVES SOME ATTENTION AND EVERYONE WHO'S SPOKEN TODAY HAS ALREADY MADE SOME REALLY SALIENT POINTS. SO, UM, I'LL WRAP IT UP, BUT I DID WANT TO ADD THAT THE BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION AT MEETINGS LIKE THIS ARE REALLY HIGH FOR SOME IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE, UM, ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO WERE WORKING IN INDEPENDENT NECK AND LOW INCOME AND WHO ARE AT WORK RIGHT NOW AND NOT ABLE TO SPEAK. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THOSE OF US WITH THE RESOURCES AND ABUNDANT TIME, UM, WHO ARE SITTING AT HOME TODAY ARE SEEKING A DAY, NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES, BUT ALSO FOR OUR LOW INCOME AND ELDERLY NEIGHBORS WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THE KIND OF ACCESS THAT'S NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CONVERSATION. SO PLEASE THINK OF THOSE FOLKS TODAY AND KNOW THAT WE'RE SHOWING UP TO HELP BOOST THEIR VOICES TOO. THANKS SO MUCH. I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME, JONATHAN DAVIDSON, HELLO, UH, CITY COUNCIL. I AM A RESIDENT OF MONTOPOLIS AND I AM SPEAKING TO OPPOSE THE REZONING OF FIVE OH EIGHT 10TH STREET. AND, UH, MUCH OF THIS IS IN REGARDS TO ALL OF THE REASONS MY NEIGHBORS HAVE, HAVE TOUCHED UPON, BUT I'D LIKE TO SPECIFY THAT, UH, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE MONTOPOLIS, A TOWNHOUSE IS GOING TO FEEL MORE LIKE TRANSIENT HOUSING FOR, YOU KNOW, ALMOST A GLORIFIED DORMITORY FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS. AND IT'S NOT THE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE MONTOPOLIS, WHO HAS MANY STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN LIVED IN BY THE SAME FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS. THESE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS OF SFC TOWNHOUSES ARE NOT GOING TO BE SUITABLE FOR PEOPLE TO LAY DOWN ROOTS IN A COMMUNITY. THERE ARE GOING TO BE LITTLE STOPPING POINTS FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO BUILD THEIR EQUITY AND MOVE UP AND MOVE UP AND MOVE UP AND OUT OF MONTOPOLIS. UM, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS PLACES FOR THE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN, AND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE THE TYPE OF HOUSE, THE TYPE OF STRUCTURE THAT THEY CAN LAY DOWN ROOTS AND MAYBE EVEN HAVE TWO OR THREE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING UNDER THE SAME ROOF AS IT IS NOW. AND SO FOR THIS REASON, I'D LIKE TO JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE NOT VOTE FOR THE TOP ZONING TO SF IN MONTOPOLIS AS A SIDE NOTE, THERE'S A JUNK CAR ON THE STREET, HALF A BLOCK DOWN FROM HERE. IT'S BEEN HERE FOR SIX WEEKS. I'VE CALLED THE POLICE 12 TIMES, NO ATTENTION. SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE IN WEST AUSTIN, THAT CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN GONE IN TWO DAYS, IT'S STILL HERE. AND IF GETTING DESTROYED BY VANDALS, AND IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO HAVE TO HAVE ALL THIS ATTENTION ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH REGARDS TO DEVELOPMENT AND NONE WITH REGARDS TO ANY KIND OF CLEANUP. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME, AND WE'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS AND PLEASE DECIDE THE RIGHT THING IN THIS CASE. THANK YOU. COULD YOU HOLD ON ONE MOMENT PLEASE? CAST MEMBER HARPER, MADISON. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO THE, NOT THIS LAST COLOR, BUT THE COLOR BEFORE, UM, SHE BROUGHT UP SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SHE SAID, A LOT OF FOLKS CAN'T BE HERE DURING THESE PROCEEDINGS, BUT BECAUSE THEY DO LAST SO LONG, THERE'S REALLY NO WAY AROUND THIS, THE WAY WE DO IT, THE TIME THAT WE DO IT. BUT WHEN SHE SAID THAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT THAT I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE WAS SHE SAID SOME OF US WITH MORE TIME ON OUR HANDS AND MORE RESOURCES ARE SHOWING UP, NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES, BUT ALSO FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU CAN ADVOCATE FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS AS WELL, IF YOU DO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL TIME AND THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SHE SAID THAT THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. SO SINAI AND MONZA, YES. THIS IS THE SON OF MINDSET PRESIDENT OF THE MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN CONTACT TEAM TODAY. THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL WILL EITHER RESPECT THE ADOPTED MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN OF 2001 OR ALIGNED THEMSELVES WITH PROPHECY THEME REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS WITH LITTLE TO NO REGARD FOR THE COMMUNITY'S FRAGILE NATURAL AND CULTURE ENVIRONMENT, OR IS THAT CHRONIC HISTORY FOR ZONING CASES WILL BE DISCUSSED 94, 95, 96 AND 97. MOST OF THESE PROPERTIES REPRESENTED BY THROWER DESIGNS [02:55:01] ARE SEEKING ZONING CHANGE FROM SINGLE TO SINGLE FAMILY. SIX, EACH OF THE PROPERTIES HAVE A VALID PETITION WITH A CITY COUNCIL ADHERE TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS OF THE PROPERTIES OR WHO DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE THE ZONING WHERE THEY OVERRIDE OUR VALID PETITION. MY CAMPUS HAS NO KNOWN AS POVERTY. IRELAND HAS A CAPITAL PER CAPITA INCOME OF 16,000 TO 26 AND MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME OF 30 1008 75 AND THE POVERTY RATE OF 33%. THE MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM FIVE BEGAN WITH THE REQUEST TO REZONE THEIR PROPERTY AT FIVE OH EIGHT CAMP FROM SFP TO SSX. WHEN WE FIRST MET WITH THE DEVELOPERS AGENTS, THEY INFORMED US THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE BUILDING ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THEM. ON TOP OF THIS CONTACT TEAM, WE DO NOT SEEK AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE SEEK LOW INCOME HOUSING, NOT A NEW SCHEME THAT HAS BEEN TOOKED UP WITH THE DRAINER GROUP FOR THE PROPERTY OF FIVE OH EIGHT KIM. I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD USE GRIT, KASASA AFFORDABILITY ON MY PLAN AND 13 OF THE 26 TOWNHOMES WOULD BE AFFORDABLE AT THE RATE OF 80% MFI, WHICH IS 75,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW SCHEMES. HELLO? HELL NO, I'M NOT EXCITED AT ALL. WHEN MOST PEOPLE IN MY TOP IS LIVE AT 30% MFI, THAT MEANS NO ONE FROM ON TOP. THIS WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE THERE. THIS IS NOT AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED, BUT ON AFFORDABILITY LOCKED JUST ANOTHER DISPLACEMENT SCHEME IN 2018, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL COMMISSION, THE STUDY UPROOTED, RESIDENTIAL DISPLACEMENT AND AUSTIN'S GENTRIFYING NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT TO BE EXACT AFFECT THE CITY ACTIONS WE'LL NEED TO FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS, TAILORED TO NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS. ACCORDING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BECOME IN-PLACE PRIMARY FOR WHITE AND WEALTHY RESIDENTS WITHOUT INTERVENTION TO THE CITY TO ADDRESS THESE DISTURBING CHANGES. THE CITY OF AUSTIN NEEDS TO THINK BIG AND ACT BOLDLY THAT LIT HEATHER AWAY. THE STUDY RECOMMENDS MAKING STRATEGIC ANTI-DISPLACEMENT IN THIS TOPIC. HE DID NOT SEE THIS MONEY. I SAID, THIS IS MY THREE MINUTES. OKAY. IN 2020, THE AUSTIN CITY COUNTER FOCUSED ON SUBMISSIONS. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANK YOU, ANDREA PETITE. YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD. THE TREASURE OF THE STONE GATE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, ANDREA, I'M SPEAKING FOR NEW RESIDENTS, LONG TIME RESIDENT FAMILIES, AND THE ELDERLY THAT LIVE NEAR THIS TRACK. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE 80% MINORITY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE NEW ZONING JUSTIFICATION OVERLAY. WE HAVE A VALID PETITION OPPOSING, STRAIGHT REZONING AND SEA CONDITIONS TO ENSURE A GOOD FIT FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WE APPRECIATE THE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE THIS WEEK ON ASSOCIATION. I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SUPPORT ON FIRST READING THE CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS, BUT THEN ALL THE NINE CONDITIONS THAT MR. THROWER AND HIS CLIENT HAVE AGREED. WE ALSO ASK THAT YOU KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND AS LONG AS YOU CAN IN THE EVENT THAT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION. NOT WHOA. I'M JUST HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE, UM, UH, THE PROJECT, UH, FOR PHASE ONE 25 ZONING ON HIM. OKAY. I'M JUST LOOKING AROUND FOR THE QUESTION. JANICE RANKIN. THANK YOU, JANICE RANKIN HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR CAREFULLY. LISTENING TO MY REMARKS ABOUT ZONING AUTUMN ONE OH NINE. I'M A RESIDENT OF ALLENDALE HAVE BEEN SINCE 1992. I SERVE ON THE ALLENDALE BOARD, UH, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'LL GO, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD. I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AND FOR OTHER PEOPLE, SIMILARLY, SITUATED ALLENDALE AND CRESTVIEW ARE THE NEIGHBORHOODS MOST DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS ZONING OF ITEM ONE OH NINE? UH, IT HAS THE CAPACITY OF THREATENING, UH, THE, THE LIMITS OF THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNING WATER SUPPLY, WASTEWATER CAPACITY, UH, [03:00:01] STREETS IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC BACKUP AND BLOCKAGE, OVERFLOW PARKING AND SIGNIFICANTLY EMERGENCY SERVICES NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY. UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS BEEN MENTIONED AS A POSSIBILITY FOR THIS PROPERTY AND, UH, IF IT IS GOING TO BE THAT WAY, THEN I WOULD OFFER THE COMMENT THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FIRST AND PRIORITIZED AND NOT MADE AVAILABLE LAST SEQUENCE OF THINGS. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD NUMBER ONE, DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL ANOTHER DAY, BECAUSE THERE ARE ENOUGH MOVING PARTS AND ENOUGH DISCUSSIONS TAKING PLACE THAT PERHAPS WILL CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND MAKE THIS MORE COMPATIBLE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, SO THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST REQUEST. AND IF NOT THAT, THEN, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAVE THIS ITEM OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AT A LATER TIME, RATHER THAN MOVING TO SECOND AND THIRD READING, UH, THIS CALLS PLANNING AHEAD THOUGHTFULLY AND CAREFULLY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A DEBACLE OF, UH, TRAFFIC PROBLEMS, EMERGENCY VEHICLE PROBLEMS, UH, AND OTHER ISSUES THAT WOULD AFFECT NOT ONLY THE POTENTIAL RESIDENTS OF THIS LARGE BUILDING, BUT, UH, THE PEOPLE ON EITHER SIDE OF IT. WE LIVE IN CRESTVIEW AND ALLENDALE. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. CURTIS DAVIDSON, CURTIS DAVIDSON, PLEASE UNMUTE. THIS IS CURTIS DAVIDSON. I AM HERE ON ITEM ONE OH SIX, JUST FOR QUESTIONS. I BELIEVE LACEY OR JEFF HOWARD MAY HAVE COMMENTS. I WILL YIELD MY TIME TO THEM AND KEEP ZENOBIA JOSEPH. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UMS AND OB JOSEPH. MAY I JUST HAVE A TECHNICAL QUESTION BEFORE YOU START MY TIME, I SENT YOU AN EMAIL AND JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU ACTUALLY RECEIVED MY BACKUP MATERIAL ON ITEM ONE 25, THE MEMORANDUM IS DATED JULY 14TH. IF IT CAME IN, IT WOULD HAVE GONE TO MY STAFF AND THEY WOULD HAVE SUMMARIZED IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOURCE MATERIAL WAS FOR IT. THEY GIVE IT TO ME. AND SO MY COMMENT RELATED TO THAT MIRROR IS THAT I HAVE GONE BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THE PAST. AND I THINK THE LADY WHO MENTIONED THE EMAIL THAT'S IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIAL, BUT FOR SOME REASON, THE MEMORANDUMS THAT I'VE TYPED HAVE NOT BEEN FORWARDED TO COUNCIL. SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY FOR STAFF TO SEND US AN AUTO REPLY TO LET US KNOW ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, IF THAT ITEM, THE WRITTEN TESTIMONY HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, THAT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO ITEM ONE 25. UM, IT WAS INITIALLY , IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF MLK. IT'S 52 OH ONE EAST MLK. AND I WENT WITH THIS STAFF RECOMMENDATION, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE. AND I THINK IT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE COMMENTS THAT ARE IN THE BACK OF THE MATERIAL, BY THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL. MAYOR, IF WE KNEW IN ADVANCE, WHETHER AN ITEM WAS GOING TO BE DELAYED OR NOT ITEMS ONE 17 AND ONE 18, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM VICTORIA FROM THRILLER DESIGN AND SHE THINKS IT WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17TH. IT'S THE 3,500 PECAN SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ITEM. I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE APPLICANT WAS AMENABLE TO, TO AFFORDABLE CONDO THERE, BUT IT APPEARS TO THE MARKET. NOW I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK AT YOUR 2008 SMART HOUSING BOOKS. THERE'S ACTUALLY LANGUAGE RELATED TO CONDOS AND 80% AREA MEDIAN, FAMILY INCOME, BUT AT THE TIME, WHICH IS OVER 10 YEARS, THAT WOULD BE $125,000 HOME. AND SO THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED. AND IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY HELP THE APPLICANT SO THAT HE CAN HONOR, YOU KNOW, HIS INTENT, I PUT AN AFFORDABLE OR TWO CONDOS IN THAT AREA. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. MY EXTENSIVE COMMENTS ARE REALLY ABOUT THE PFLUGERVILLE ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM 87, TWO THREE ONE FIVE AND TWO, FOUR OH FIVE CRYSTAL BEN DRIVE, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT ONE. SO MAY WHAT I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THERE IS THAT THERE IS NO BUS AND THAT IT'S THREE MILES TO WALK TO SAMSUNG. AND IF YOU WOULD ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE THEM, I'M JUST GOING TO DIRECT THIS TO COUNCIL MEMBER. TOBO SMART HOUSING FROM 2014, YOU ACTUALLY SAID YOU WERE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THERE'S A BUS STOP. AND EVEN THOUGH THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THERE ABOUT CAPITAL METRO, I'M ASKING YOU TO DELETE THIS ITEM AND ACTUALLY GET A COMMITMENT [03:05:01] BECAUSE PROJECT CONNECT IS NOT GOING TO PUT THIS OUT THERE. THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. NO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA. THEY HAD ASKED MS. JUST TO, UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLY ON WHETHER, WHETHER WE GOT THE TESTIMONY, YOU SAID, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEANT. WE DID GET, WE DID GET AN EMAIL AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE ALL RECEIVED IT. UM, EIGHT 27 RESTORE TWO 40 RUTLAND SAINT DAVID'S TESTIMONY. AND THEN THERE WAS A CORRECTION. UM, IT RELATED AMONG OTHER THINGS TO A REQUEST FOR A RESTROOM. SHE DISCONNECTED. SHE'S NO LONGER ON THE LINE. OKAY. I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST RIDE HER, LET HER KNOW WHAT I RECEIVED AND SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE SHE HAD. SHE HAD FORWARDED. THANK YOU. BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COUNCILOR TOVO IS THAT THERE WAS AN EMAIL FROM HER THAT WAS, THAT WENT TO EVERYONE ON THE 27TH, UH, THE 26TH. UM, IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE 26, I THINK SHE HAD WRITTEN TO US EARLIER THAT DAY OR MAYBE THE PREVIOUS DAY. AND THEN THIS WAS A FOLLOWUP CORRECTION. IT DOESN'T SOUND EXACTLY LIKE WHAT SHE WAS DESCRIBING THOUGH. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S WHAT SHE HAD WANTED TO DIRECT OUR ATTENTION TO OR NOT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD. THANKS. UM, SO I'M A RESIDENT OF CLOVIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN MONTOPOLIS, AND I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE UPCOMING A PFIZER LAKE CAMP. BUT AGAIN, AS A HOMESTEADER HERE, IT'S BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE THAT THE CURRENT SINGLE FAMILY ZONING IS THE BACKBONE OF THIS COMMUNITY. YOU'VE HEARD FROM ALL OF US TODAY. I KNOW EVERYBODY JUST SPOKEN, WE'RE DIVERSE OR UNITED, AND THE DEVELOPERS ARE CIRCLING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY WANT TO UP OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS TO BUILD CONDOS AND TOWNHOUSES, TO MAXIMIZE PROFITS. THESE TOWNHOUSES WOULD BE PLOPPED DOWN HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF THE RESIDENCE, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS ADJACENT TO THE ROY G GET OUT OF THE PARK. ECOLOGY ACTION IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO FIVE EIGHT CAMP. UM, RIGHT NOW ON OUR STREET ALONE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY MONTOPOLIS CAMP AND CLOVIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ONE STREET. WE HAVE FOUR OF BONING CASES, UM, ON THIS ONE STREET ALONE AND WITH AN FIVE MORE WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS. SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS DOZENS OF DEVELOPERS SEEKING OF ZONING IN THIS HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ALL FOR PROFIT MAXIMIZING PROCESS AND DENSITY BEING USED AS A TROLL HERE, WE CAN, THE VOICE THAT WE CAN, THE VOICE OF OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, IT SKEWS THE MAJORITY AT A REALLY FAST PACE AND OVERNIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO SEE ALL OF MONTOPOLIS DISAPPEAR. SO UP ZONING, WE FEEL COULD HAVE RAISED THIS VOICE. PERMANENTLY ZONING IS PERMANENT. WHAT YOU DECIDE HERE TODAY IS PERMANENT. YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK WHEN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC, WE CAN'T HEAR FROM A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WE, WE ASK YOU WHAT BEGGING YOU PLEASE CONSIDER OR DEVELOP. THIS IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE WHO HAVE NOT PRESSED TO ZERO? PLEASE DO. SO NOW THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ADAM SHAW. OKAY. THE CLERK ALSO POINTS OUT MATERIAL WAS DISTRIBUTED YESTERDAY IN BACKGROUND. I'M SORRY. SPEAKER, PLEASE GO AHEAD. I, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES. GO AHEAD. SO COMPO, THIS IS ADAM SHARP. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE STONE GATE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A FEW ITEMS AS QUICKLY AS I CAN ON ITEM ONE 25. PLEASE SUPPORT FIRST READING OF MS. THREE WITH ALL NINE OVERLAKE CONDITION, BOTH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE APPLICANT HAD AGREED TO AND TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, OPEN, UM, CASES ONE 27 AND ONE 28. I'D HAVE LANE. THE APPLICANT THINKS SEEKS INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT. UM, AND WE JUST WANT TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION THAT THEY'RE SEEKING THE POSTPONEMENT TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, YEAH. THANKS WHERE ANY LIGHT YOU CAN SHED ON THIS AND, UM, I'LL STAY ON THE LINE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. [03:10:02] THANK YOU, MS. JOSEPH'S MATURE. BY THE WAY, IT'S POSTED AS BACKUP TO ITEM ONE TO FIVE COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. IS MR. SHARP STILL THERE. HE, UM, HIS AUDIO BROKE UP THE BENCH AND IF HE'S STILL ON THERE AND THEN HIM TO PICK UP WHERE HE WAS SAYING ABOUT ONE 25 AND THEN I THINK HE WAS SPEAKING TO ONE 27, ONE 28. IS HE STILL? YES, HE'S ON THE LINE, MR. RIGHT. ITEM ONE 27. YEAH. SO ITEM ONE 25. WE'D LIKE YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT ON THE FIRST, READ THE AETNA THREE WITH ALL NINE OVERLAY CONDITIONS THAT BOTH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND APPLICANT HAVE AGREED TO AND TO KEEP THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. ALRIGHT. I'M CASE I CASE IS ONE 27 AT ONE 28 ON HEFLIN LANE THAT THE APPLICANT STATES AND THE INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT, AND WE'VE HEARD FROM LAUREN AT THE DIFFERENT ONE HOP IS THAT THE INTENT OF HIS POSTPONEMENT IS TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND GET BACK IN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT'S ACTUAL REQUEST TO THE CITY DID NOT INDICATE THAT INTEND TO WORK ON IT. IT JUST SAYS THAT THEY WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH THE CASE MANAGER. SO WE JUST REQUEST THAT YOU PLEASE ASK THE APPLICANT FOR THE RECORD TO CLARIFY THEIR INTENT FOR THE POSTPONEMENT. AND WHETHER THAT NOVEMBER, DECEMBER TIMEFRAME FOR THE RETURN TO COUNCIL IS ACCURATE. UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH MR. THROWER ON A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY, AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A SENSE OF WHETHER TO EXPECT THE COLLABORATION TO CONTINUE AND WHAT, UH, WHAT TIMEFRAME. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SHARP. APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. IS THERE ANY SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE, PLEASE PRESS ZERO. NOW, MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS. GREAT. THANK YOU, JERRY. YOU WANT TO TAKE US THROUGH THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR MAYOR AND DEPARTMENT? THE FIRST ONE IS A CASE FOR WHICH WERE PUBLIC HEARINGS ALREADY BEEN CLOSED IS I'M NUMBER 93. . I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENSUS ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS THIS IS AN INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT. THIS ISN'T A DEFINITE POSTPONE BY THE APPLICANT OR THE 96, THIS CASE, SORRY. TWO 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 44. THIS IS ALSO AN INDEFINITE POSTPONED REQUEST BY THE ADVOCATE OR THE 97 AS THE KEMP CASE. THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION CASE, BUT IN NUMBER 98, THIS CASEY 14, 2020 ZERO ZERO 23. I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT FOR APPROVAL. ON SECOND AND THIRD READINGS ITEM NUMBER 98, 85 TO 88. THAT FIVE, SIX RCA. I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT APPROVAL. ITEM NUMBER 100 WILL BE A DISTORT DISCUSSION CASE ITEM. NUMBER ONE OH ONE IS RELATED WILL ALSO BE A SHORT DISCUSSION NUMBERS, CORRECT? I MEAN, SEVEN IS DISCUSSION. DID YOU SAY 98? I THINK NDA IS CONSENT. SECOND, THIRD, AND NUMBER 99 IS CONSENT. THANK YOU. UH, ITEM 100 WILL BE DISCUSSION AND THE RELATED CASE, I DIDN'T WANT A ONE WALL. THAT'S IT. I AM NUMBER ONE OH TWO ESCAPES NPA 2019. ZEROS ARE A ONE 6.01. THIS IS A POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO SEPTEMBER 17TH. THE NUMBER ONE TO THREE IS CASEY 14, 2019 ZERO ZERO 98. THIS IS A BOOK FOR REQUEST BY THE STAFF THIS SEPTEMBER 17TH ITEM NUMBER ONE OH FOUR. I'M GOING TO OFFER FOR CONSENT APPROVAL. ON SECOND THIRD, READING ASSISTANCE, 14, 2019 ZERO ONE 29. THIS IS THE RAIN WHERE WHEN WE DOWN CASE THAT WE SPOKE ON LAST TIME, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT THE PRIVATE RESTRICTED COVENANT HAS BEEN SIGNED. AND SO THEREFORE WE'RE OFFERING HER INSTEAD OF SECOND AND THIRD. UM, LIKEWISE, I DIDN'T WANT TO, IN 2019 ZERO ONE ZERO NINE, THE MESSENGER TRACK ON THIS CASE, WE ALSO HAVE A PRIVATE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED. WE ALSO HAVE AN AMENDED, UM, THEY'VE HEARD TRAFFIC NOW. IT'S JUST IN MY MOUTH AND RELATED RESTRICTED COVENANTS THAT HAVE BEEN SIGNED. SO WITH THOSE TWO THINGS, I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL. AND SECOND AND THIRD READING ITEM NUMBER ONE OH SIX, THIS CASE C 14, 2020 ZERO ZERO 53. I CAN OFFER THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON ALL THREE RATINGS ITEM NUMBER ONE OH SEVEN AND PA 2020 ZERO ZERO ONE 7.01. I CAN OFFER FOR THIS CASE FOR CONSENT APPROVAL. ON FIRST READING ONLY, UM, I DO HAVE REQUESTS FROM CUSTOMER REFERRALS OFFICE. THEY'LL LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN [03:15:01] ON THIS CASE. THIS IS ONE OF THE ROAD CASES. THE ONE OH SEVEN HAS BEEN SENT ON FIRST READING, BUT PROBABLY HEARING LEFT OPEN, UH, THE RELATED CASE ZONING CASES SEE 14, I'M SORRY, 70 KIDS, 1472, ZERO 32 RCT. THIS IS A POST FORMER REQUEST BY THE STAFF TO SEPTEMBER 17 RELATED TO THE ABOVE ITEM ITEM ONE OH NINE IS C 14, 2020 ZERO ZERO ONE SIX. THE SECOND OFFER FOR CONSENT TO PROVE ON FIRST READING. THIS IS THE ZONING CASE RELATED TO CASES ABOVE. SO I WOULD OFFER THAT FOR FIRST READING WITH A PUBLIC HEARING LEFT OPEN ITEM ONE, SEND CASE, SEE 14, 2019 ZERO ONE 59. THIS IS A POSTPONEMENT REQUEST BY THE STAFF DOCTOR OVER 15. I DIDN'T EVER WANT 11 . I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT TO PROVIDE ALL THREE READINGS ITEM. NUMBER 12, I BELIEVE A COSTUMER REPLANTING AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FULL ITEM. ONE 13 IS A KFC 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 52. I CAN OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT OR APPROVAL ON ALL THREE READINGS ITEM ONE 14 IS KC 14, 2028 OH 60. I COULD OFFER THIS FOR CONSENT FOR PROVE ON OFFERED READINGS. I DIDN'T WANT 15. I BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER FLANAGAN WOULD LIKE TO HAVE POLLED ITEM ONE. 16 IS KCA 14, 2018 ZERO ONE 21. THIS IS THE SPOT. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NUMBER 17 APPLICANTS IN AGREEMENT AND ONE 17 IT'S MPA, 2019 ZEROS OR ONE 5.0, EXCUSE US. PART REQUESTS BY THE NEIGHBOR. NUMBER 17 READY CASE ITEM ONE 18. SEE 14, 2019 ZERO ONE 64. ALSO FAST-FORWARD REQUEST BY THE EXCUSE NUMBER 17 ITEM NUMBER ONE. THIS IS AN INDEFINITE POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE APP. YES. I REMEMBER ONE 20, HIS MTA 2018 ZERO ZERO ZERO 5.01. THIS IS A POSTCARD REQUEST BY THE SEPTEMBER 17TH. I DIDN'T ONE 20. SEE 14, 2019 ZERO 0.9. THIS IS POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE AFRICANS TO SEPTEMBER 17TH, DECIDED TO AIRPORT ITEMS RELATED TO THE CODE AMENDMENT THAT WE APPROVED JUST BEFORE LUNCH. I DIDN'T NUMBER ONE 22 KNUCKLES CROSSING THAT AS A DISCUSSION ITEM, A RELATED CASE ITEM ONE 23 IS ALSO KNUCKLES CROSSING THAT ISN'T A, AN ITEM HAVE NUMBER ONE 24, C 14, 2020 ZERO ZERO ZERO SEVEN. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT. I DIDN'T ONE 25 IS CASEY 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 31. THIS IS THE CASE ON EAST MLK, BUT OFFER THIS FOR CONDITION FOR CONSENT APPROVAL ON FIRST READING WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT I HAVE TO READ IN THE RECORD MAYOR, BECAUSE WE JUST GOT THEM A COUPLE HOURS AGO. SO BEAR WITH ME FOR A MOMENT. WATER REASONINGS EMISSIONS IN, UM, THERE SHALL BE A 30 FOOT SETBACK ON THE PROPERTY LINE. USE OF THE SOUTH 30 FOOT SETBACK IS LIMITED TO UTILITIES, FENCING, LANDSCAPING, AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THE 30 FOOT SETBACK WILL BE FINE WITH TWO ROWS OF TREES UP THERE FACING PARALLEL. THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE TREATY SHALL BE FROM THE CITY PREFERRED PLANT, WHICH HAD A THREE INCH SHELTER. MINIMUM FOUR FROM RIFLES ARE PROHIBITED. THERE SHALL BE A PRIVACY FENCE, INSTRUCTED, MAINTAINED ALONG THIS OTHER PROPERTY LINE TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE EXPENSE. A LOT BY THE CODE WITHOUT A VARIANCE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY IS LISTED TO 50 UNITS. EASTERN PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ARE PROHIBITED TO ELM GROVE DRIVE AND ANY OTHER STREETS OFF THE PROPERTY, SOME STREETS AND TRASH AND STUFF, BUT THOSE ARE PRINTED 100 FEET OF THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE. ESSENTIALLY VOLUMES WILL BE INCREASED BY 10% AND THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THREE FEET OF THIS OTHER PROPERTY LINE. YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY 40 FEET THROUGH THIS FIVE POINTS WITH COMPENSABILITY STANDARDS AS PROVIDED THE CITY COACH EVERY 25 TO THE WORDS SORTS OF APPLIES. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ON THOSE NINE CONDITIONS, ONE, THE AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS NOT AGREEABLE WITH CONDITIONED TO PROHIBIT VEHICULAR AND ACCESS TO ALGO DRIVE. UM, AND SECONDLY, WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO SORT THROUGH THOSE CONDITIONS, FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES WE CAN DO IN A CONDITIONAL OVERLAY AND WHICH ONES WE CAN NOT. UM, SO I CAN OFFER THAT FOR CONCENTRIC APPROVAL RIGHT NOW ON FIRST READING, ONLY WITH THOSE CONDITIONS. AND BEFORE WE COME BACK FOR A SECOND AND THIRD, I WILL BE LATE IN THE COUNSELING THOUGH. UM, WHICH OF THOSE THINGS WE CAN LEGALLY DO, WHICH OF THOSE THINGS WE'VE NOT, AND WHICH WE MAY HAVE AND WHICH WE WEREN'T. WE JUST GOT THE ITEM TO WHITE, BUT OTHERWISE CONSENT APPROVAL ON FOR THREE THAT'S A LITTLE LIGHTER. I DIDN'T ONE 26, 2014, 2019 ZERO ONE ZERO EIGHT. THIS IS BEFORE REQUESTS BY THE STAFF DECEMBER 17TH, DIDN'T ONE 27. THIS CASE MPA 2019 ZERO ZERO ONE 5.01. THIS ISN'T DEPUTY POSTPONE REQUEST BY THE APPLICANT. I DIDN'T ONE 48. SEE 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 22. ALSO AN INDEX PLUS WHILE REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT. I DON'T NEVER ONE 29 CAN SEE 14, 2019 ZERO ONE SIX. IF YOU UNDERSTAND MY REPORT, THEN GARZA WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS CASE POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 3RD. I HAVE NEVER ONE 32 SEE 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 67. THIS IS A POSTPARTUM REQUEST BY THE NEIGHBOR TO SEPTEMBER 17TH. I DIDN'T ONE 31 CASEY 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 50. THIS IS WHERE YOU FOR CONSENT OR APPROVAL [03:20:01] AN OFFER RATING AND AN ITEM FROM THE ADDENDUM IS ITEM NUMBER ONE 43, KC 14, 2019 ZERO ZERO 66. THIS CASE IS READY FOR CONSENT APPROVAL AT ALL FREE RATES. AND THAT'S IT. SORRY, JERRY, DID YOU CALL SOMETHING BEFORE YOU CALL IT ITEM NUMBER 94? UM, UH, NUMBER 93 WAS CONSENT FOR SECOND AND THIRD READING. OKAY. UH, SO THE CONSENT AGENDA HERE IS ITEMS 93 THROUGH ONE 30, ALSO ONE 43. AND THE ONES THAT I SEE FOR, FOR DISCUSSION ARE 97, 101 OH ONE, ONE 15, ONE 42 AND ONE 23. IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT MAY WE ALSO HAVE DONE ONE 12 AND THEN ALSO ONE 12. ALSO. WOULD YOU MIND READING THAT WHOLE LIST AGAINST THIS? NOPE. NOPE. CONSENT IS 93 THROUGH ONE 31, ALSO ONE 43. I WAS SHOWING PULLED AS 97, 101 OH ONE, ONE 12, ONE 15 AND ONE 22 AND ONE 23, WHICH WOULD BE HEARD WITH ITEM NUMBER 86. THOSE ARE ALL THE COLD ITEMS. SO ONE, FOUR, ONE OH FIVE ARE NOT BEING PULLED. AND ITEM ONE 25 IS NOT PAINFUL. YES. UM, I DON'T WANT YOU TO PULL ONE OH FOUR AND ONE OF THE FIVE. THEY CAN GO AND CONSENT, BUT I DO NEED TO STATE SOMETHING FOR THE RECORD. OKAY, GO AHEAD. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER ONE OH FOUR, JERRY REFERENCED THE, UM, UM, REFERENCE TO RESTRICTIVE COVENANT HERE, RIGHT? OKAY. THERE, THERE'S ALSO, UM, A MOTION THAT I MADE ON, UM, FIRST READING THAT, UM, SHOULD, SHOULD HAVE BEEN REFLECTED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND IT'S NOT. SO I THINK THAT'S JUST A CORRECTION. SO IF WE CAN, UM, JUST IF I CAN JUST STATE THAT ON THE RECORD AND GET THAT DONE AS PART OF THE CORRECTION, IT'S THE PART OF THE, THE MOTION I MADE THE FIRST HALF OF IT IS INCORPORATING IN YOUR STAFF REPORT. IT'S THE LAST PART THAT REFERS TO WATERSHED PROTECTIONS, UM, PROCESS, WHICH IS AGREED UPON. IT'S JUST NOT IN THE, UM, NOT IN THE STAFF REPORT, SO WE CAN JUST SPEAK TO THAT AS A CORRECTION, THAT ONE CAN STAY ON CONSENT. OKAY. SO, UM, THAT WAS IN YOUR MOTION AT FIRST READING. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? IT'S ON THE RECORD FOR FIRST READING, IT'S JUST, OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL GO BACK AND FORTH BACK. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN ON, UM, MESSENGER NUMBER ONE. UM, I THINK YOU REFERENCED THEM, SORRY. I'M NOT REMEMBERING THAT THERE'S A RESTRICTED COVENANT ON THAT ONE. SO, UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING ON MESSENGER, I THINK PREFERENCES, BUT THERE SHOULD BE IN BACKUP OR A LETTER FROM ATD, UM, REGARDING THE, UH, THE SLIMMER AND GOPRO INTERSECTION. SO THAT'S PART OF THE RECORD TOO. YES. WE HAVE THAT IN THE RECORD THAT INVOLVES THOSE CHANGES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND INCORPORATION OF, UM, UM, BE MORE THINGS THAT WOULD BE DONE WITH THE MOBILITY BOND PROJECT LOCATED AT THAT INTERSECTION. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. I'LL JUST NEED TO CLARIFY THAT. SURE. CATS ARE ALICE. UH, THIS IS A BIT OF CLARIFICATION ON MY PART, BUT I THINK I HAD HEARD MR. SAY THAT THE AIRPORT COMMERCE DRIVE CASES IN RELATION TO THE THIRD ITEM THAT WAS EARLIER ON OUR AGENDA THAT WE VOTED ON THAT I THOUGHT WE WERE POSTPONING THAT ONE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HADN'T MISSED SOMETHING. WE DID. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT WAS THE RELATED TO THAT CASE AT ALL. THREE WOULD BE POSTPONED. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY, COLLEAGUES, THE CONSENT AGENDA, 93 THROUGH ONE 31 AND ALSO ONE 43 A, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT? MAYOR PRO TEM MAKES THE MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, UH, DISCUSSIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, MAYOR PRO TEM AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA. I WANTED TO ASK PROCEDURALLY EXPLAIN UNDERSTANDING THE REASON 101 OH ONE ARE NOT ON CONSENT [03:25:01] DOES BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE CAN PUT IT BACK ON CONSENT BECAUSE IT PASSED PAST THE PLANNING COMMISSION TEND TO ZERO AND ACTUALLY IT HASN'T BEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT. SOME OF THE SPEAKERS SPOKE. I GETS SNUGGLES CROSSING UNSPOKEN IF THEY WERE NO ONE. SO I'M JUST PROCEDURALLY. CAN WE PUT THEM BACK ON CAMPUS? SO ANYBODY OBJECT TO 101 OH ONE BEING PUT ON CONSENT HEARING THAT THOSE WERE PUT BACK ON CONSENT COUNSELOR. METOVA I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT ONE 25. I WANT TO BE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. IT'S IT IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR JUST FOR YOU FROZE. I'M SORRY. YOU ALL FROZE OR I FROZE OR BOTH. WAS THAT CORRECT? FIRST READING ONLY. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID CAUSE YOU, YOU BROKE. UM, BUT, UM, IT IS PERFORATING ONLY WITH THOSE NINE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN AGREED TO BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, AND WHAT I STATED WAS WE JUST GOT THE LIST OF THOSE NINE THINGS THIS MORNING. AND SO I NEED SOME TIME TO SORT, FOR THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHICH WE CAN INCORPORATE AS CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS IN WHICH WE CAN NOT. BUT I DO KNOW ONE OF THEM, THE STAFF WILL BE OPPOSED TO IT, THE NO ACCESS TO ELMS PRO DRIVE THAT TURNER ACCESS. SO WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THAT WITH THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE WE COME BACK FOR A SECOND, THIRD READING OF THE OTHERS, WE NEED LEGAL REVIEW TO SEE WHAT CONDITIONS WE CAN PUT IN IN WHICH WE CORRECTLY, WHAT READING WE WERE TAKING OUT TODAY. AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT ACCESS IS, WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE NEGOTIATIONS OF THAT, OF THAT NINE POINT. SO I HOPE, UM, I HOPE OUR STAFF WILL WORK, WORK TO SEE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE AND IN WHAT FASHION IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE. OKAY. WE'LL GET TO MOVED AND SECONDED THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNSELOR KITCHEN. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. UM, ON BOTH THE ONE OH FOUR CASE, WHICH WAS ONE IN RIDDLE TO THE DEVELOPER AND TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, VERY CONSTRUCTIVELY AND I'VE COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT. SO WE CAN BOTH ALSO WANT TO SAY THE SAME TO A ONE OH FIVE, WHICH IS A MESSENGER TRACK THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WORKED VERY CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND, UM, UH, AND CAME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT, UH, THAT WORKS FOR THE AREA TOO. SO I JUST WANT HIM TO COME IN AND, UH, THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN BOTH OF THOSE CASES. OKAY. YOU, THE AGENDA IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. LET'S TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR, CONSENT AGENDA. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSE SYNONYMOUS ON THE DYNASTY CONSENT ASSETS THAT GIVES US THEN JUST THE ITEMS 97, ONE 12 ONE 15 ONE 22 AND ONE 23 AND ITEMS 85 AND 86, WHICH WERE, UM, I MOVED BACK TO THIS PART OF THE AGENDA. [97. C14-2020-0038 - 508 Kemp Street - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 508 Kemp Street (Country Club East Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from family residence-neighborhood plan (SF-3-NP) combining district zoning to townhouse and condominium residence-neighborhood plan (SF-6-NP) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation: To deny townhouse and condominium residence-neighborhood plan (SF-6-NP) combining district zoning. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant townhouse and condominium residence-neighborhood plan (SF-6-NP) combining district zoning. Owner: Johnny A. Steen. Applicant: Drenner Group (Leah M. Bojo). City Staff: Kate Clark, 512-974-1237. A valid petition has been filed in opposition to this rezoning request.] LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE THEM UP IN ORDER. UH, WHAT ABOUT THE STAR WITH ITEM NUMBER 97? HOW TALL I AM NUMBER 97 IS CASE 38 JUST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT FIVE OH EIGHT 10TH STREET IS A 2.16 ACRE TRACT. EXISTING ZONING HAS REQUESTED. TONY IS SF SIX 70. UH, THE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE NP ZONING. UM, THE REASONS THE BASIS FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE ESF SIX DISTRICT IS INTENDED FOR MODERATE DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY TOWNHOUSE AND CONDOMINIUM USE AS APPROPRIATE FOR AREAS WITH LARGE LOSS, UM, UNUSUALLY LARGE LOSS WITH ACCESS TO OTHER THAN MINOR RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN AREAS WHERE A TRANSITION FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY IS APPROPRIATE. UM, THIS LOT IS LOCATED INTERNAL TO A NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ENTIRELY SURROUNDED BY ASSET FREE ZONING, EXCEPT ON THE BACKSIDE WHERE IT BACKS UP TO THE ARC OF THE BLOCK. THE STREET IS, UM, A VERY MINOR, UM, RESIDENTIAL STREET AND IT DOES NOT HAVE DIRECT ACCESS FROM A MAJOR STREET. THEREFORE, THE STAFF COULD NOT RECOMMEND THE SF SIX VOTING. UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND THE NSF ZONING OUT A VOTE OF, UH, EIGHT TO THREE. SO WITHOUT QUESTION, BUT I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS ON THE LINE, UH, TO DO A PRESENTATION. HEY, LET'S BRING SPRING. WHO IS THE APPLICANT? MAYOR? MR. IS LEAH BO JO. HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS LEAH MOJO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? [03:30:04] YEAH. UM, I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT ON THIS REZONING APPLICATION FOR FIVE OH EIGHT KEMP STREET. I ALSO HAVE PHYLLIS SNODGRASS THAT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, CEO AND WAYNE JEREMY, THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER AVAILABLE ON THE LINE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS NEEDED AS I MOVE THROUGH MY PRESENTATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UH, SO TO ORIENT YOU OVERALL, IT DOESN'T SEE ANY SLIDES. NO, WE DON'T HAVE DON'T HAVE SLIDES. UM, I SUBMITTED MY PRESENTATION YESTERDAY. THANK YOU. SHOULD HAVE IT. IT DOES NOT HAVE RECORD OF THAT PRESENTATION. UM, CAN I, CAN I EMAIL IT TO YOU RIGHT NOW THAT I FORWARD YOU? THE EMAIL WE SENT YESTERDAY? WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL, LEO? THIS IS JEANETTE. IF YOU CAN FORWARD IT TO ME, WE'LL GET IT PULLED UP. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. JUST ONE MINUTE, PLEASE. COUNSEL. THIS IS JERRY ROSCOE AND I'M SORRY. I FORGOT TO MENTION ONE THING HERE. MY PERSONAL TUITION. THIS IS A VALID PETITION. YOU START WITH SPEAK GREEK. SORRY, JUST ONE MINUTE, PLEASE. I HAVE IT HERE WHILE ME GET THAT PULLED UP. WOULD YOU MIND? I BELIEVE WE WERE TO TAKE A QUICK TIME. NOPE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. UH, IT IS FOUR OH FOUR COUNSEL. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK WHILE THEY HIT THIS SLIDE PRESENTATION. WE WILL BE BACK AT 10 AFTER FOUR IS STILL AUGUST 27TH, 2020 VIRTUAL MEETING. WE ARE CALLING THE FULL ITEMS IN XONE. UH, I THINK THE INTENT IS TO TAKE A DINNER BREAK ABOUT SIX. UM, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PUSH IT ON THROUGH HERE. UH, AND UH, WE STILL HAVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO, TO, TO RETURN IT UNLESS THERE'S A DECISION NOT TO DO THAT. UH, WE WERE JUST GETTING READY TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT ON ITEM NUMBER 97. WE READY TO DO THAT? YES, MA'AM THE PRESENTATION IS READY TO BE POPE VISIT THERE. THERE I AM. THANK YOU. OKAY. SLIDES ARE UP. OKAY. OKAY. UH, SO I AM, LIBADO UH, WITHDRAWN OUR GROUP HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT AND THE REZONING APPLICATION FOR FIVE OH EIGHT KEMP STREET. UH, I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I HAVE PHYLLIS SNODGRASS, THE CEO OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, AND WHEN WAYNE JEREMY, THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER AVAILABLE ON THE LINE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS NEEDED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO TO ORIENT YOU OVERALL THIS LOT, IF I'M AWAY, CAMP IS ONE OF SEVERAL VERY LARGE LOTS IN THE MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S ONE BLOCK OFF MONTOPOLIS DRIVE. SO IT'S AN AREA THAT'S VERY WELL SERVED BY TRANSIT. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE FROM THIS ZOOMED OUT VIEW THAT THE SITE SITS HIGH ON A BLESS AND THE LAND BEHIND IT IS QUITE A BIT LOWER. AND THAT IS WHERE OUR NEIGHBOR ECOLOGY ACTION IS LOCATED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ZOOMED IN VIEW. YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE THAT THERE IS ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THE, ON THE LAND TODAY. THAT'S ABOUT A 1700 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE BUILT IN 1978. AND YOU CAN ALSO GET A FEEL FOR THIS FROM THE SLIDE FOR SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES ON THE SITE, THERE ARE A FAIR AMOUNT OF TREES THERE'S CONSIDERABLE TOPOGRAPHY TO WORK AROUND. UM, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY THE CONDOMINIUM RESIDENTIAL USE IS SO IMPORTANT. UM, THIS USE ALLOWS US FLEXIBILITY IN THE SITE DESIGN THAT STANDARD SUBDIVISION DOES NOT ALLOW. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I'M HERE. I HAVE A ZONING MAP. YOU CAN SEE THE ZONING THAT IS NEARBY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, AND ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP LOOKS LIKE. UM, IT IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND NO CHANGE TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS NEEDED FOR THIS REZONING OR SET ANOTHER WAY. UM, THIS DEVELOPMENT ISN'T KEEPING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AS CONFIRMED BY CITY STAFF. UM, OUR PROPOSAL MEETS ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVES, NUMBER FIVE, CREATING MULTIPLE HOUSING TYPES OF VARIED INTENSITIES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE, HERE WE ARE, AS YOU KNOW, REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL FOR SF SIX AND P ZONING SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE WANT TO USE THE CONDO RESIDENTIAL USE AND THE ADDITIONAL IMPERVIOUS COVER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED [03:35:01] PROGRAM, WHICH I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT IN A MINUTE WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO DENY IS BASED ON THE STREET TYPE. UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT THIS REQUEST IS MUCH MORE ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY THAT, THAT USE PROVIDES INSIGHT DESIGN THAN IT IS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF STREET LEVEL, UM, THE SITE IS SITUATED ON. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, SO WE ARE, UH, VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING ON A PARTNERSHIP TO PARTICIPATE IN AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ON THIS SITE. UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT PROGRAM REQUIRES THAT 50% OF THE UNITS BE SOLD AT AN AVERAGE OF 80% MFI. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE'RE PLANNING FOR 17 AFFORDABLE UNITS BETWEEN 60 AND 80% MFI. UM, THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HABITAT HAS BUILT HOMES IN, IN THE PAST, BUT IT'S CURRENTLY PRICED OUT OF, AND THIS PARTNERSHIP GIVES THEM ACCESS TO BUILD HOMES HERE. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS TO WORK OUT BEFORE WE COME BACK TO YOU FOR OUR FINAL READING, UM, BUT WHERE WE ARE, BUT I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO WHERE WE'RE HEADED. UM, AND, AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. UM, AFFORDABILITY ON LOCKABLE ALLOW MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS ON THE SITE AND THE NUMBER OF ENTITLED MARKET RATE UNITS TODAY. UM, WE HAVE HEARD REPEATEDLY FROM RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA, UH, THAT THEY WANT HOME OWNERSHIP AND THEY WANT STABILITY. AND I THINK HABITAT MAYBE DOES A BETTER JOB THAN ANYONE AT, AT THOSE TWO THINGS. UM, DUE TO THE NATURE OF THEIR PROGRAM, WHERE PEOPLE BUILD THEIR OWN HOMES, THEY SEE A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE FOLKS THAT THEY SERVE STAYING IN THOSE HOMES FOR A LONG TIME AND INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, HERE, YOU CAN SEE A CONCEPTUAL SITE LAYOUT. THIS IS CONCEPTUAL, BUT I WANT TO DO, TO BE ABLE TO VISUALIZE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND HOW IT FITS IN WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE SITE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. UM, THIS ENTIRE SITE, BOTH THE AFFORDABLE AND THE MARKET RATE UNITS WILL BE A VARIETY OF SMALLER FOR SALE HOMES OFF OF ONE DRIVEWAY, UH, RANGING FROM 1100 TO 1900 SQUARE FEET. UM, THEY'LL RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR BEDROOMS, UM, AND THERE'LL BE DETACHED OR DUPLEX STYLE STRUCTURES. UM, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR USE IS REALLY ABOUT THE SITE. THIS IS A LARGE SITE WITH A LOT OF TREES AND TOPOGRAPHICAL CHANGES, AND IT'S CONFIGURED IN A WAY, UM, WITH FRONTAGE THAT MAKES A SUBDIVISION VERY INEFFICIENT. AND THAT'S WHY THIS USE MAKES SENSE HERE TO ALLOW THE FLEXIBILITY TO NESSEL SMALLER HOMES WITHIN THE SITE AND IT'S TREES AND GRADE, UM, CREATING A DEVELOPMENT THAT REALLY FITS IN WITH THE SITE AND THE AREA'S CHARACTER. IN ADDITION TO THE BENEFIT OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT. UM, IN ADDITION, THE, UH, BENEFIT OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE A SITE PLAN APPLICATION, WHICH MEANS A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OVERALL, UM, AND INCREASED ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, HERE I, I DREW UP A, A COMPARISON, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WOULD LIKELY BE DEVELOPED ON THE SITE AS IT'S ENTITLED TODAY, AS COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITH AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED. UM, UNDER TODAY'S REGULATIONS, THIS SITE WOULD LIKELY CONTAIN FIVE AS OF THREE WATTS, TOTALING 10 UNITS LIKELY PRICED UPWARDS OF $800,000 BASED ON COMPS IN THE AREA. AND WHAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR HOPING FOR IS 33 UNITS. AND IF WE CAN GET TO 33 17 OF THOSE WOULD BE AFFORDABLE AT MFIS BETWEEN 60 AND 80% AND THE MARKET UNITS, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE SMALLER, WILL ALSO BE MORE ATTAINABLE THAN THE LARGE UNITS THAT SF REZONING WOULD PRODUCE. UM, I'LL WRAP UP HERE. WE DID, WE DID GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION IN LATE JUNE AND RECEIVED THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF SUPPORT, UM, CLEARLY THAT THE PROJECT HAS EVOLVED AND IMPROVED EVEN SINCE THAT TIME. UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL CLOSE, UH, REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL ON FIRST READING, ONLY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU BY THE TIME WE COME BACK TO YOU, WE WILL HAVE A PLAN THAT IS BAKED AND MEMORIALIZED WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH, WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. UM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE HAVE TRIED TO DO SOME OUTREACH, UH, AND I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. UM, AND I WOULD SUMMARIZE THIS PROJECT BY SAYING IT WILL PRODUCE MORE HOUSING, SIGNIFICANT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN A SUBJECT TO STRICTER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. THEN THE SF THREE ENTITLEMENTS WOULD PRODUCE TODAY. UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ONE OF THE EARLY ADOPTERS OF THIS AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED PROGRAM, WHICH WE SEE AS A REMEDY TO GENTRIFICATION, NOT A CAUSE. UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ME OR ANY OF MY TEAMMATES CAN ANSWER. THANK YOU. 37 IN FRONT OF US, SIR. MOTION COUNSEL MEMBER. YES. UH, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE TO PASS THIS ON FIRST READING WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THEY CAN COME BACK WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IF IT'S STILL THAT MUCH PETITION, THEN I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE JUST WASTING THEIR TIME COMING THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE NECESSARY BOWS TO PASS TO US, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A GOOD PROGRESS. UM, MY, MY RECOMMENDATION WORKS AT THE VERY BEGINNING THAT THEY SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND BUILD THOSE HIGH END HOUSES THAT OVERLOOKS THAT CLIFF THERE. [03:40:01] UH, YOU KNOW, CAUSE, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL TO PASS US, BUT I'M WILLING TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO PASS IT ON FIRST READING WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY SHOULD, THEY NEED TO COME BACK WITH MORE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER COSAR DISCUSSION. I APPRECIATE I'M A COUNCIL MEMBER AND ENTITY THAT HAS TO SAY HERE. UM, I HAVE HIGH HOPES THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT THIS AND THAT WE'LL GET, UH, AS CLOSE TO UNANIMOUS SUPPORT ON THE DIOCESE AS WE CAN GET, UH, THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL. UM, I WORKED A LOT TO BE DESIRED, BUT THIS PROPOSAL WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MAJORITY OF HOUSING UNITS, AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP, UM, SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR VALUES AND THAT, THAT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT. SO I HOPE THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, MANY OF WHOM TESTIFIED TODAY, UM, WHEN THEY'VE HEARD AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS NOW, ALL COULD COME ON BOARD AND THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T TAKEN A VOTE ON THIS. AND SO COUNCIL MEMBER IDEA, UM, I, I HOPE, UH, I RARELY HOPE YOU'RE WRONG, BUT IN THIS CASE I HOPE YOU'RE WRONG AND THAT, UH, AND THAT THIS CAN GET DONE. UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING QUICKLY AT HOUSES IN THE AREA, UM, JUST FROM A QUICK, NOT PROFESSIONAL, BUT ANECDOTAL SCAN, YOU KNOW, THEIR HOUSES SELLING FOR 400, 500, 600, $700,000. UM, UH, AND YOU KNOW, HOW'S IT ON THE STREET I PRAISED AT MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN MANY OF THESE NEW HOMES WOULD BE AT, UH, WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND AFFORDABILITY A LOT. SO, UM, MS. BEAU JO'S PRESENTATION, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WOULD BE TWO BEDROOM HOUSES FOR 160,000, UM, UNDER $60,000 AND $180,000. AND I DID AGAIN A REALLY QUICK LOOK ONLINE FOR HOUSES, TWO BEDROOM HOUSES AT $160,000, ANYWHERE BETWEEN ONE 83 TO THE EAST AND NORTH AND 71 TO THE SOUTH. AND AT $160,000, THERE IS VIRTUALLY NOTHING. UM, AT $108,000, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE HOUSES. UH, DEFINITELY NONE OF THEM KNEW, UH, DEFINITELY NONE OF THEM AT OVER 1100 SQUARE FEET AND NEW. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP PRESERVE AND KEEP AFFORDABILITY AND INSTABILITY IN A RAPIDLY GENTRIFYING YOU'RE IN THERE LIKE METROPOLIS ON TOP OF LIST AND ST. JOHN AND MY DISTRICT WERE HIGHLIGHTED BY THE UPROOTED STUDY, AS POINT AS PLACES WE SHOULD CRITICALLY BE LOOKING AT, UM, POOR GENTRIFICATION PRESSURES. AND I THINK, UM, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY PUSHING HAS LED THIS PROJECT TO BE MUCH BETTER TO BE WHERE IT IS. SO, UM, I, I HOPE THAT WE GET THE SUPPORT FOR IT. UM, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN I MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS TO BE ON FIRST READING ONLY SO THE COMMUNITY CAN HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION. I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONSTITUENTS TESTIFIED AND TALKED ABOUT BEING A, UH, A SINGLE PARENT AND A TEACHER. UM, AND RIGHT NOW HOUSES IN MONTOPOLIS, A SINGLE PARENT, UH, WHO WORKING AS A TEACHER AT AN AISD SCHOOL, BUT HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE BUYING A HOUSE, BUT AN 80% AND BELOW MFI, UM, UH, HOUSING UNIT OWNERSHIP UNIT IS FOR SOMEONE IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF RANGE THAT A SINGLE PARENT AS D TEACHER WOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD. THE 60% MFI, UH, HOMEOWNERSHIP UNIT IS, WOULD ACTUALLY BE THAT TEACHER WOULD BE MAKING TOO MUCH. THE 60% MFI, UH, A SINGLE PARENT HOUSING WOULD BE FOR SOMEBODY WITH A LOWER WAGE JOB THAN AN ASD TEACHER. AND WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, PLACES FOR, UH, MIDDLE-CLASS, UH, WORKERS LIKE OUR SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND THEN FOR WORKING CLASS EMPLOYEES AT POTENTIALLY OUR SCHOOLS THAT MAKE LESS. SO I THINK IT REALLY MEETS A LOT OF THAT, UM, UH, AND AS MUCH BETTER THAN WHERE WE WERE BEFORE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GETTING 160, $180,000, TWO BEDROOM HOUSES FOR SALE, ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE CITY. AND THE FACT THAT SUDDENLY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET A LOT HERE. I THINK IT DESERVES OUR SUPPORT FOR THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS WHATEVER HARPER, MADISON. UH, SO THE RUMOR IS PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO AFTER ME, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO UP TO GREG CAUSE HE ALWAYS TASTES THING THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. IT SAYS IT SO ELOQUENTLY AND SUCCINCTLY, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. AND I ALSO HOPE THAT, UM, COUNSELING OVER ADVENT, THAT HE IS WRONG HERE AND THAT WE ACTUALLY GET [03:45:01] TO REALIZE THE GOAL THAT WE HAD IN PLACE. WHEN WE WERE THINKING ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND LUCK IN, I HEAR THE UPROOTED STUDY BE REFERRED TO SO OFTEN, AND I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE UPROOTED STUDY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN DISTRICT ONE. YOU KNOW, I, I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME NOW AND I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE QUOTING MY MOM SO MUCH, BUT THE ONLY THING YOU CAN BE CERTAIN OF IS CHANGE. AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T DEMAND THE BEST POSSIBLE. I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CASA, UM, POINTED OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS ITERATION IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE LAST, AND IF WE PASS THIS ON THE FIRST READING, ONLY THAT WE DO HAVE THAT CONTINUED OPPORTUNITY FOR DIALOGUE. I GOT TO TELL YOU MUCH LIKE MY DISTRICT, SINGLE FAMILY HOME PRICES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE ABSOLUTELY SKYROCKETED. AND AS THE SITE SITS CURRENTLY WITH SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AND NO NONPROFIT PARTNER, THE MOST LIKELY OUTCOME IS THAT WE GET 10 LARGE SINGLE FAMILY UNITS THAT SELL FOR UPWARDS OF $800,000. YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THE PRICE POINT. THAT'S THE VERY FEW IN THE CITY CAN AFFORD MOST, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT TESTIFIED ABOUT THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO WE REALLY DO HAVE TO START OR CONTINUE RATHER HAVING THESE HARD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF NOT BEING WILLING TO WORK WITH AN AWESOME PARTNER, LIKE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, TO WORK WITH AN AWESOME RESOURCE LIKE AFFORDABILITY A LOT. YOU KNOW, I THINK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HABITAT, THIS PROPOSAL REALLY AIMS TO PROVIDE, UM, THOSE WAS IT, 17 OR 18 UNITS, UM, BETWEEN 60 AND 80% MFI. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. IN ADDITION TO THOSE 16 MARKET RATE UNITS THAT ARE REALLY STILL FAR MORE ATTAINABLE, UM, IN TERMS OF THEIR PRICE POINT THAN THE SINGLE FAMILY ALTERNATIVE. AND THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE TO DO, THINK ABOUT WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE IS. AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T LOVE THE PROJECT IN ITS CURRENT ITERATION, KEEP FIGHTING TO MAKE IT BETTER. AND THEN THINK ABOUT WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE IS. UM, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR FAVOR, IF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAINTAIN AFFORDABILITY. I'M REALLY PROUD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CASAR ON AFFORDABILITY AND LOCKED IT. I REALLY THINK IT'S GONNA CHANGE THE GAME IN SO MANY INSTANCES AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT ZONING CASES UNDER OUR CURRENT BROKEN LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE OUR BEST SHOT AT COMBATING GENTRIFICATION. OFTENTIMES THE CONVERSATION ABOUT GENTRIFICATION IT'S, UM, UH, IT'S, IT'S LIKE, UH, ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER CONVERSATION, AND IT'S JUST NOT THAT SIMPLE. IT'S NEVER THAT SIMPLE. AND SO WE HAVE TO TAKE WHATEVER SHOTS WE CAN GET. AND I REALLY THINK AFFORDABILITY ON MOCKED IS GOING TO GET US THOSE, UM, RESULTS WE'RE LOOKING FOR OTHERWISE COMBATING GENTRIFICATION COMBATING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING COSTS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA LOSE THAT BATTLE. I THINK THIS PROJECT REALLY TRULY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS PROGRAM CAN BE USED TO ACHIEVE THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOMES AS AUSTIN CONTINUES TO GROW. IT'S NOT GOING TO STOP Y'ALL. SO IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THIS IS THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT REZONING. THIS SITE TO SF SIX WILL ENSURE A FAR BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. UM, AND SO I THINK SOMETIMES WE REALLY JUST NEED TO TAKE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY. AND THIS IS, I SUPPOSE, ME TALKING TO, UM, THE AGENTS HERE. UM, YOU HAVE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNDERSTANDS, YOU KNOW, THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE AT THE SF SIX LEVEL. YOU GET BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS ON THIS SITE. UM, THEN MAINTAINING THE CURRENT, I SAID THREE DESIGNATION, AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT. AND GIVEN THIS SITE'S PROXIMITY TO REALLY CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES, I BELIEVE THESE ADDED PROTECTIONS ARE NOT JUST IMPORTANT, BUT CRITICAL. SO I WILL DEFINITELY BE VOTING IN SUPPORT OF REZONING, THE SITE TO SF SIX. MY HOPE IS THAT BETWEEN THIS READING AND, YOU KNOW, THE FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE, THAT WE GET EVEN MORE BENEFITS FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF PROJECT THAT WE'RE GONNA HOPEFULLY BE SEEING ALL OVER THE CITY, BECAUSE IT REALLY WILL BE THE ANTITHESIS TO THE ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS ABSOLUTE UNAFFORDABILITY. SO I WILL DEFINITELY BE SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT ON FIRST READING DISCUSSION. YOU GUYS, CAN I ASK IT TO BRING UP THAT LAST SLIDE? UM, I WANTED A LITTLE MORE TIME TO LOOK AT IT. IF YOU STILL HAVE IT OPEN. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY COMPELLING DISCUSSION OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE HAVE AHEAD [03:50:01] OF US. UM, SO TO LOOK AT ZONING IN A LOCATION THAT DOES NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND LOOKING AT $840,000 OF MARKET COMPARISON, A BIG HOUSE, FEWER HOUSES, IT'S JUST, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO ME. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD IS HOW WE CAN BRING THIS AFFORDABILITY INTO AN AREA THAT NEEDS IT. AND I DO LIKE TO SEE APPLICANTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS COMING TOGETHER TO REALLY GET THE BENEFITS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE, BUT JUST REALLY DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH ME TO SEE THESE HIGH NUMBERS, BUT VERY FEW PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO BE SERVED BY THIS. I THINK, UM, I THINK THE DIRECTION THIS IS HEADING IN IS A GOOD ONE AND I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING IT TODAY, BUT I THINK THIS SLIDE IS VERY COMPELLING. SO I APPRECIATE IT BEING INCLUDED IN A MOTION AND A SECOND CUSTOMER KITCHEN. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, AND I, I THINK IT MIGHT BE THE QUESTION FOR THE, THE, UM, THE APPLICANT. SO, UM, MY QUESTION IS WHAT WAS YOUR, WHAT EFFORTS OCCURRED TO DATE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, WHAT IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR CONCERNS? UM, I HAVE REACHED OUT, I HAVE PRESENTED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT TEAM EARLY ON, UH, IN MAY. WE HAD A BIT OF A DELAY WE SUBMITTED IN MARCH AND THEN WHEN EVERYTHING WAS KIND OF, UM, OFF THE RAILS FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE WERE QUIET. UM, BUT WE DID MEET AT THEIR FIRST MEETING IN MAY AND, AND POSTPONED OUR, ANY, ANY OTHER ACTION UNTIL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH THEM. UM, I HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO FOLKS. IT'S BEEN A LITTLE HARD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE, BASICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, PHONE NUMBERS ARE REDACTED AND EMAIL ADDRESSES ARE REDACTED FROM CORRESPONDENCE. SO ONLY IF SOMEONE ACTUALLY INCLUDED THEIR INFORMATION FOR CONTACT. UM, I HAVE LEFT A COUPLE OF MESSAGES AND I HAVE TALKED TO A FEW FOLKS, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THIS, UM, OF THIS CASE MOVING FORWARD. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCERN HAS BEEN ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. UH, I THINK A LOT OF JUST REALLY WHAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT IS WHAT WE'VE HEARD ALL ALONG ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, ABOUT DISPLACEMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, AND WHICH IS WHY, UH, WHILE THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS, HAS COME UP VERY RECENTLY AND AS YOU SAW IS NOT, IS IN THE BEGINNING STAGES. UM, WE, WE KNOW WE HAVE, UM, A LOT MORE CORRESPONDENCE AND, AND WORK TO DO WITH FOLKS ON THAT. AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING NOW THAT WE HAVE SORT OF A GAME PLAN AND I THINK A GAME PLAN THAT MEETS, UM, A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS OR HOPEFULLY IT MEETS A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, MAKE SOME PROGRESS BEFORE WE COME BACK TO YOU. I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT. OKAY. SO, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT I WOULD THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CONCERNS THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE OR THE SAME ONES THAT ALIGN WITH THE MISSION THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH IS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IS YOU SEE THAT THEIR CONCERNS AS ALIGNED WITH WHAT YOUR MISSION IS? I THINK SO, UH, I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT WHAT, I THINK EVERYONE HAS A VISION FOR A, A, A SIMILAR CHARACTER, SINGLE FAMILY STYLE DEVELOPMENT WITH UNITS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE AND, OR ATTAINABLE, UM, TO FOLK WHO LIVE NEARBY. AND I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING A PRETTY GOOD STAB AT THAT WITH OUR PARTNER HABITAT, WHO HAS A GREAT TRACK RECORD IN MONTOPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS IN OTHER PLACES IN TOWN, BOTH FOR STABILITY AND FOR, UM, FOR HOUSING FAMILIES, THEY HAVE A LARGE PRIORITY AROUND MAKING SURE THAT THE AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE MULTI BEDROOM BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHO THE FOLKS ARE THAT THEY SERVE. UM, AND SO WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP, I THINK I'M, LIKE I SAID, I AM OPTIMISTIC THAT ONCE EVERYONE KIND OF UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, THAT WE CAN GET SOME FOLKS TO GET ON BOARD. IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS I'VE SAID THIS A FEW TIMES, UM, IN INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS, AND I'LL SAY IT NOW AGAIN, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR AND THEY WANT TO LET US KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE, WE WILL ALWAYS CONSIDER, UM, CONSIDER INCORPORATING THOSE THINGS. UM, WE HAVEN'T HEARD A LOT OF THAT KIND OF INPUT TO DATE, BUT HOPEFULLY NOW WE WILL. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS, IS THIS GOOD ENOUGH? I MEAN, I SUPPORT WHAT ALL MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABILITY, BUT I'M HEARING THE SAME THING FROM THE NEIGHBORS. AND MAYBE I'M JUST NOT HEARING, I'M NOT HEARING THEM SAY THEY DON'T WANT THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. WHAT I'M HEARING THEM SAY IS CONCERNS ABOUT ACTUALLY BEING AFFORDABLE IN THEIR AREA. SO I MAY BE MISSING SOME THINGS AND I'LL CERTAINLY DO SOME MORE, SOME MORE WORK ON IT, BUT THAT'S THE THING THAT ROSE TO THE TOP FOR ME IS, AND I WOULD REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND, [03:55:01] I MEAN, 16 MARKET RATE UNITS AT 800, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE, I'M SORRY. REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THE LEVEL WAS. UM, BUT I WOULD JUST CHALLENGE YOU ALL TO DO BETTER. AND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT YOUR FOCUS IS, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS AN ENTITY, AS A NON PURPOSE IS TO THAT'S WHAT HABITAT'S FOCUS IS. AND SO I DON'T HAVE FRAME OF REFERENCE THAT TELLS ME WHETHER THIS IS THE BEST THAT CAN BE DONE OR AFFORDABILITY, AND I'M HEARING CONCERNS FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. SO, UM, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT, UM, THAT I CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS THAT PERHAPS THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. I MEAN, WE CAN ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S HARD FOR US AS A, AS COUNCIL IS I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH WHAT MY COLLEAGUES SAID, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, LOCKING IN AFFORDABILITY IN A WAY AS MUCH BETTER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE, BUT HOW ARE WE ASSURED THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN AS MUCH AFFORDABILITY AS WE CAN? UM, I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE THAT HERE. SO, UM, I REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT IT. AND, UM, THE OTHER THING IS I JUST REALLY HAVE TO SEND A PRETTY CLEAR MESSAGE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. UM, I THINK I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN A CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND A REAL CONVERSATION WITH COMMUNITY, UM, BEFORE IT'S GOTTEN TO THIS POINT. SO TO ME, THAT'S, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT INQUIRY, PARTICULARLY SINCE THIS AREA, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S AN ALIGNMENT OF INTERESTS, YOU KNOW, AS OPPOSED TO, I MEAN, I'M NOT HEARING PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY JUST DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, OR UNITS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I IT'S, UH, I, I CAN'T, I WOULDN'T, I CAN'T BE, I WILL LEARN ABOUT FOR THIS, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M ON SECOND AND THIRD READING. IF, IF WE ARE STILL IN A SITUATION WHERE WE, HAVEN'T WHERE THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT BEEN SOMETHING WORKED OUT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND I ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND BETTER FROM YOU AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS FELT LIKE WE CAN'T DO, BUT DO BETTER ON AFFORDABILITY. UM, AND THEN I WOULD JUST SAY, MMM, WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, I WOULD ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, WELL, MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR JERRY, I'M NOT SURE. YEAH. I THINK IT'S A QUESTION FOR JERRY. THIS IS JUST A, UM, SO JERRY, IS THIS, IS THERE A VALID PETITION ON FILE WITH THIS? IS THAT RIGHT? AM I RIGHT ABOUT 31%? OKAY. AND THEN ABOUT A PETITION WOULD S WOULD STAY ON FILE BETWEEN NOW FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS, IS THAT RIGHT? SUPER MAJORITY, BUT THE APPLICANT COULD CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CASE, UM, WHICH WE WOULD NOT DO THAT, THAT WE ARE, WE ARE ZONING ONE LOT. AND SO WE WOULD NEED THE REZONE THE WHOLE LOT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. COSAR I APPRECIATE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHIN HAS RAISED JUST FOR YOU'RE NOT NEEDED. AND SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT, UM, JUST TWO PIECES OF, OF, OF CONTEXT FOR ME, UM, THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO RAISE IS ONE FOLKS HAVE ASKED WHY NOT LOWER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY. CAUSE WE OFTEN SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, 50% MFI OR LOWER IN SOME CASES, BUT IT'S A REMINDER, THIS IS A HOME OWNERSHIP CASE. UM, AND SO ON HOME OWNERSHIP, GENERALLY THE AFFORDABILITY THAT THE CUT IT'S USUALLY THE 60 TO 80, UM, UH, A LOT OF FOLKS IN MONTOPOLIS, OBVIOUSLY RENT JUST LIKE THEY DO IN, IN LOTS OF PARTS OF THE, OF THE CITY, ESPECIALLY OUR WORKING CLASS PARTS. AND SO, UM, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF LOWER INCOME RENTERS STILL CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO BUY THESE UNITS, BUT THAT'S JUST, BUT THAT'S WHY WHEN WE'RE DOING AFFORDABLE RENTAL PROJECTS, IT TENDS TO BE LOWER MFI, BUT 60% MFI UNITS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP IS ACTUALLY REALLY RARE, EVEN OUT OF SOME OF OUR BOND PROJECTS. AND AS FAR AS WHETHER THIS IS GOOD ENOUGH OR NOT, AGAIN, JUST TO EXPRESS MY VIEWPOINT ON THIS, SOMEONE COMING FORWARD WITH A MAJORITY AFFORDABLE PROJECT, UM, AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN A BIG BOND DEAL, UM, IS REALLY [04:00:01] SIGNIFICANT. I MEAN, I I'LL TELL YOU, I WAS, UM, I WAS, I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A REALLY, I INSTEAD OF COMING TO US WITH SOMETHING LOWER AND THEN GETTING UP TO IT, COMING WITH A MAJORITY, UH, A PROJECT THAT IS MAJORITY AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP IS IMPRESSIVE TO ME. NO, WE DID HEAR FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY CONCERNS FOR CONTEXT FOR THE PUBLIC. THIS WAS, THIS DID NOT HAVE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN IT WHEN IT WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND SO I THINK WHEN THOSE CONCERNS WERE RAISED FOR MANY FOLKS THAT HAS IN PART RESULTED IN THIS NEW PROPOSAL WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE. UM, AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT THAT WILL AFFECT A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS COULD COME ON BOARD WITH THAT. UH, MANY OF THEM PROBABLY HAD NOT HEARD OF THAT. AND THAT CHANGE YET. JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THINKING THERE. UM, YEAH, I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS AN INTERESTING CASE BECAUSE ON, IN CERTAIN WAYS IT'S, IT'S THE TYPE OF REDEVELOPMENT OF WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY GREENFIELD IS ONE HOME ON IT. SO IT'S NOT REALLY A DISPLACEMENT SITUATION. THIS IS THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WE'VE BEEN ASKING THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO PROVIDE, COME TO US WITH THE ACCESSIBLE HOMES, MIDDLE-CLASS INCOME RESTRICTED AND NO SUBSIDY BECAUSE REMEMBER KITCHEN THAT DOES ASK A QUESTION, HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS AFFORDABLE ENOUGH? HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN, WHEN WE'VE REACHED THAT LEVEL? AND YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MEASURING THE MARKET AND THAT'S A TOUGH, THAT'S A TOUGH LINE TO CROSS, BUT I, I WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IF OUR, IF OUR PROCESS AS A CITY IS, IS TO REQUIRE THIS LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT FOR EVERY PROJECT, YOU WON'T GET AFFORDABILITY. WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS PROCESS EASIER. AND AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED DOES THAT BY SETTING THE METRICS AND IT SETS THE THRESHOLDS AND WE GOTTA GO WITH IT. I, I'M PRETTY SURE WE ALL VOTED FOR AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED AND, AND, AND IT WORKS BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THE MARKET TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK. AND IF WE RUN THEM THROUGH MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS OF THIS ONGOING STRUGGLE, THEN AS COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA SAID, YOU'LL JUST GET FIVE MANSIONS. AND I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING. WE WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AGAIN, IT'S JUST REMEMBER WHERE YOU NOTED TO, TO KIND OF GET A SENSE FROM, FROM FOLKS TODAY, IF, IF THERE'S A PATH, UM, BECAUSE I WOULD, I WOULD HATE TO RUN THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH A GAUNTLET ONLY TO END UP WITH FIVE MANSIONS AT THE END, INSTEAD OF ACTUAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE TYPES OF FOLKS THAT COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE STAY IN THE COMMUNITY. IT WAS AN OVER KITCHEN. YEAH. EVERYBODY IS MAKING REALLY GOOD POINTS. AND, UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, OBVIOUSLY WE JUST, WE DON'T HAVE TO SOLVE OUR PROCESS WITH THIS CASE, BUT AT SOME POINT WE NEED SOME KIND OF INDEPENDENT REVIEW AND MAYBE OUR, YOU KNOW, STAFF CAN ENGAGE IN THIS FROM AN AFFORDABILITY PERSPECTIVE. UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE HAVE A, UH, A HOUSING DEPARTMENT THAT'S MOVING MORE AND MORE, UH, INTO, TO REALLY FOCUSING ON AFFORDABILITY. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SO, UM, I THINK IT'S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION TO ASK IS THIS, THIS, THIS, THE LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY THAT IS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY GETS US THE BEST WE CAN GET IN THIS AREA, PARTICULARLY WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH A NONPROFIT OR SO THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT I'M GOING TO BE WORKING TO ANSWER. AND I, AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UH, GREG, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER CONCERN, UM, IT IS, YOU KNOW, MAJORITY, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, 17 TO 16, IT'S BARELY OVER HALF. AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, MAYBE THAT IS THE BEST THAT CAN BE DONE FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE, BUT I HAVE NO PRESENTATION THAT SHOWS ME THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR. UM, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN NOW, UM, IN THIS COMING BACK TO US, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 97. GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE. I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION OF THE APPLICANT FOR SOME TIME NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF THE BOGGIO IS STILL ON, ON, UM, THANK YOU, LEAH, CAN YOU REMIND ME, IS THERE, HAVE YOU CODIFIED THE COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SOME WAY? I KNOW AFFORDABILITY ON THE ACT IS A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, BUT HAVE YOU ENTERED INTO A COVENANT WITH ANY OF THE COMMUNITY GROUPS, OR IS [04:05:01] THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN YOU INTEND TO PURSUE? UM, AFTER FIRST READING, WE HAVE NOT ENTERED INTO A COVENANT YET WE HAVE, WE HAVE BEGUN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. UM, AND WE WOULD, WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE THAT IN PLACE BEFORE WE COME BACK TO YOU FOR THIRD READING RATION. SO I AM, UM, THERE ARE CERTAINLY ELEMENTS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I LIKE, UM, INCLUDING THE ACCESS, UH, THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO OTHERS IN THE AREA. UM, THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, OR VERY CLOSE BY TO FLO'S COMFORT HOUSE. AND, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A REAL BENEFIT TO HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE ACCESS TO SOME OF THE, UM, OPEN SPACE ON THIS TRACK. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED, NOT JUST ABOUT, ABOUT THE LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY, BUT ALSO ABOUT, UM, THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED IN THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED FROM ECOLOGY ACTION, UM, CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT MY STAFF HAVE HAD WITH REGARD TO THE UNDERSIZED, UM, STORM WATER DRAIN, AND WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR WATERSHED DEPARTMENT TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW, HOW THIS PROJECT, UM, MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO IT, BUT SORT OF WHAT THE LONGER TERM PLANS ARE FOR THAT. UH, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT ECOLOGY ACTION RAISED IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO, TO, UM, NEARBY AREAS THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN ARE IMPORTANT. AND SO THOSE ARE, YEAH, I'M NOT, I'M NOT PREPARED TO SUPPORT IT TODAY, BUT I AM INTERESTED IN CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE AND, AND AGAIN, SEE SOME ELEMENTS IN THIS THAT I, THAT I LIKE AND WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT. UM, BUT WHAT REALLY ENCOURAGED US, SOME OTHERS HAVE HAD, HAVE DONE, UM, ENCOURAGE THAT ONGOING, ONGOING WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SEE HOW MORE OF THE COMMUNITY'S REQUESTS, UM, AND MORE CAN BE MET AND MORE COMMUNITY BENEFITS BE DERIVED FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. I REMEMBER 97, WE'VE BEEN SECONDED FIRST READING, ONLY KEEPING THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN COUNCIL MEMBER HALT. THANK YOU. SORRY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO WRITE TO THE VOTE. UM, SO I THINK THIS CASE HAS IMPROVED SINCE IT FIRST CAME TO OUR ATTENTION. AND, UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE DEPLOYMENT OF AFFORDABILITY ON LOT. UM, I'M GOING TO NEED TO SEE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S REACTION TO THESE NEW DETAILS. UM, SO BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND READING, I'M REALLY GOING TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE APPLICANT, THE NEIGHBORS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO SEE IF THE ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE, UM, TO CODIFY HOW WE DELIVER COMMUNITY BENEFITS AND AFFORDABILITY. UM, THESE ARE IMPORTANT CONCEPTS, BUT THEY NEED TO BE CODIFIED BEFORE WE APPROVE, WHICH I THINK IS THE UNDERSTANDING. UM, I DID WANT TO ASK MS. POJO, UM, I KNOW YOU'RE CONSIDERING AN AGREEMENT, UM, WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. WOULD YOU ALSO BE WILLING TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD REGARDING THE AFFORDABILITY LEVELS? I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO ALL OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. UM, I HAVEN'T, UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO RELY A LOT ON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO, AS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING EXPERTS TO TELL US WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR THIS SITE OVERALL. UM, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH, WITH MY CLIENT, WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND OTHER OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. THANK YOU. I MEAN, AND, AND I APPRECIATE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY STEPPING UP AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING STUFF THAT THEY HAVE A PARTICULAR ROLE, UM, BUT IT DOESN'T AFFORD MUCH PROTECTION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THIS'LL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, PURSUED IN, IN THE PARTICULAR WAYS. AND, UM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AFFORDABILITY UNLOCKED IS ON TOP OF THE ZONING THAT THEY GET TO DO IT. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE CHANGE, THEY CAN ALSO CHOOSE NOT TO DO IT. AND SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER. WE HAVEN'T HAD A WHOLE LOT OF THESE CASES, SO I'M GOING TO BE VOTING. NO, I'M ON THIS READING, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN PROVE IT SUFFICIENTLY AS WE GO THROUGH THROUGH THE PROCESS. WELL, WITH THE YES. VOTES, HOPING TO BE ABLE TO VOTE. NO. AND THE NO VOTES LOOKING AT VOTING. YES, I CAN PROBABLY AGREE. SO I'M THE SECOND REALLY SPED MOVE. 97, TAKE A, VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR. FIRST READING, KEEPING THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. THOSE OPPOSED VOTING. NO ARE, UH, UH, ALTER AND TOBO THE OTHERS VOTING? AYE. WELL, THEY'RE ALWAYS DONE. I ALWAYS ADMIT, HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON VOTING. NO INCLUDES COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. [04:10:05] ALRIGHT, SO DO I HAVE IT RIGHT? THAT POOL AND KITCHEN ABSTAIN AND VOTING? NO IS TOBO AND ALTER THE OTHERS VOTING. I HAD PASSES FIRST READING, KEEPING THE PUBLIC HEARING UP. YES. COUNCIL. REMEMBER HARPER, MADISON. OKAY. I WAS GOING TO BE QUICK. I PROMISE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I GET A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT VOTES LIKE THIS, BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS, UM, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE DEVELOPERS MOVING FORWARD. SAY WHY WOULD I BOTHER TO GO THROUGH JUMPING THROUGH ALL THE LOOPS? I'LL JUST BUILD MARKET RATE AND SKIP THE AFFORDABILITY. SO MY HOPE IS THAT MOVING FORWARD, WE DON'T, WE DON'T MAKE IT, MAKE THE BARRIERS TOO STEEP FOR ENTRY FOR BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE THE AFFORDABILITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ACHIEVE IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU THOUGH. THAT'S PERFECT BECAUSE I WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE CONVERSATION TODAY. I REALLY HOPE WE CAN GET THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND GET TO AT LEAST THE NINE VOTES NECESSARY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. AGAIN, THESE ARE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HELP HOUSES OVER 1100 SQUARE FEET AT 140,000 AND $160,000 NEW IN OUR CITY THAT HAVE THAT. AND I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO TRY TO GET THERE. YOU GUYS SURE. YOU DON'T WANT TO GO ON TO THE NEXT CASE YET. OKAY. THANKS, TOM. YEAH. UM, YEAH, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THREE READINGS SO THAT THERE CAN BE EVOLUTION IN CASES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO CONTINUE THEIR NEGOTIATIONS. AND THAT IT'S NOT A SLAM DUNK. IN ANY INSTANCE, EACH ONE OF THESE IS UNIQUE AND I TAKE REALLY, UM, SOME CERTAIN PRIDE IN MAKING SURE THAT WHEN I CAST A VOTE ON CERTAIN ABOUT WHY I'M DOING IT. AND IN THIS CASE, I FEEL LIKE THE DOORS ARE STILL OPEN TO EVERYBODY AND THEY HAVE NOT IN FACT ACHIEVED A FINAL RESOLUTION. AND, UM, MY ABSTENTION IS A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR THE PARTIES TO CONTINUE TO BE WORKING TOGETHER, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN REALLY PRODUCTIVE. AND SO, UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I, THAT'S KINDA HOW I WRAP MY HEAD AROUND EACH ONE OF THESE VOTES. EACH ONE IS UNIQUE. WE HAVE A REASON WHY WE HAVE THREE RATINGS ON THEM. NO, ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THAT, UM, BESIDES, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A HOUSE, I BOUGHT ONE IN MONTOPOLIS AND I RAISED MY TWO BOYS THERE FOR, FOR SEVEN YEARS. AND, UH, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A HOMEOWNER. AND, UH, I, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, I STILL HAVE FRIENDS THAT LIVED THERE AND, UH, BUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT IF, IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS AND IN MY TOP LIST, ESPECIALLY OWNERSHIP THE PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT THERE YEARS AGO, AND IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OVER ALMOST 50 YEARS, THESE HOMES ARE AND BE AFFORDABLE UNITS AND THEY'RE ON CARNATION TERRORISTS AND ALL THAT RIGHT BEHIND OUR, ON TOP OF THIS REC CENTER, THEY WEREN'T BUILT THE BEST BUILT HOUSES OUT THERE. SO IF, IF WE ALL STARTED DOING NEW AFFORDABLE UNITS, WE DEFINITELY NEED TO PUT SOME OF THAT REPAIR BY MONEY AND MAKE IT INTO GRANTS BECAUSE SENIORS WILL NOT TAKE A LOAN TO FIX THEIR HOMES. THEY'LL RADEK SALAD. AND THEY WERE REALLY, I HAD ACTUALLY CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE AND THEY WERE VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THEIR LAND IS BEING SUPPRESSED AND THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THEIR RETIREMENT, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO RUN THAT THROUGH THERE SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, AN OLD COMMUNITY IS AGING. SO, UH, WE NEED TO BRING SOME, BUILD SOME HOUSES THERE. SO NEW FAMILIES CAN MOVE IN THERE, YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY WITH LOW INCOME, THE WAY THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME AFFORDABLE UNITS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE OWNERSHIP AND GROW THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANKS. [04:15:01] THAT'S REALLY GOOD. IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ONE 12. YOU Y'ALL MIGHT WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO PICK UP EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT, OR WHETHER WE WANT TO DO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ON TUESDAY AND SET IT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS, I THINK ALSO AN OPTION [112. C14-2020-0041 - Stowers and Schiller - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 8500 Bluegrass Drive (Bull Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from neighborhood commercial (LR) district zoning to single family residence-standard lot (SF-2) district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant single family residence-standard lot (SF-2) district zoning. Applicant/Owner: Ken Schiller. Agent: Steve T. Stowers. City Staff: Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057. (Part 1 of 2)] LET'S CONTINUE ON MEDITATIVE. NUMBER ONE, 12 2020 ZERO, ZERO 41 IS LOCATED AT 8,500 LEU GAS DRIVE. IT IS A TWO ACRE TRACT REQUESTED ZONING IS FROM LRN SOQ. IT HAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF BOTH THE STAFF AND ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION. OH, THE SITUATION HERE IS THAT WE HAVE TWO, TWO ACRE ADJACENT LOTS ON THE BLUEGRASS SIDE OF THESE TWO LOTS, TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON THE REAR PORTION OF BOTH OF THOSE LOTS OF HAVE THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THE PROPERTY IS VACANT AS CURRENTLY ZONED LR. UH, THE REASON WHY THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE GOING TO LR WAS THAT AT ONE POINT, WHETSTONE WAS GONNA BECOME A STREET CALLER THREE OH EIGHT, ALSO KNOWN AS A FOUR, THREE IF DRIVE FOR CLIENTS TO BUILD OUR MATERIAL EIGHT WERE ABANDONED IN THE NINETIES WHEN THE BCCP CAME INTO EXISTENCE. UM, AND SO THEREFORE THE OUTCOME OF THIS CASE IS REQUESTING TO DOWNTOWN THE BACK CAP OF THESE TWO SINGLE FAMILY WANTS TO SINGLE FAMILY AWAY FROM LR. UM, STEP SUPPORTS THE DELETION OF ELR BECAUSE AS I SAID, THE ARTERIAL HAS GONE AWAY. UM, I IMAGINE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, IF THERE'S ANY WORD APPROVED, THE APPLICANT WOULD SUBDIVIDE IT AND BUILD TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THE BACK HALF OF THE TWO EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH THEM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES, IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM, COUNSELOR ALTER, SIR, SECOND TO THE MOTION TO APPROVE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, AND DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. WE HAVE THE APPLICANT, UH, HERE. IT'S THIS IS THIS ONE 12. YES. I PULLED THIS ITEM RIGHT. HAD ONCE YOU SPEAK TO HIM. SO, UM, I'M I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, JERRY, WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY WE WOULD, UH, PUT MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES RIGHT UP AGAINST WHAT IS ALREADY BEEN ZONED, LR, WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ACCUSTOMED TO BEING ZONED FOR WHAT IS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE AS LR, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED LRM YOU OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF THING. IF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MORE HOUSING. UM, BUT THIS JUST SEEMS LIKE THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IN THIS COMMUNITY. UM, IT IS, IT IS REALLY CLOSE TO THREE 60. IT IS WHAT IS A STATE HIGHWAY. THAT'S ABOUT TO HAVE SOME PRETTY MAJOR INVESTMENTS ON IT. UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, SPENDING $400 MILLION OF STATE MONEY AND LOCAL MONEY, YOU KNOW, CAMPOS DELAYS, NOT WITHSTANDING, UH, MEANS WE SHOULD BE DOWN ZONES, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS. SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION, I ASSUME, IS THE ACTION TO DENY ACTUALLY JUST VOTE. NO, I JUST VOTE. NO. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. OKAY. FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO A MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO PASS. YOU HAD SOME MEMBER IN 30 YEARS, I GUESS, MAD. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS CAUSE I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE. I JUST, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT. I MEAN, IF IT WAS BEING THREE OR SOMETHING, MORE DIFFERENT, I COULD, BUT I CANNOT VOTE FOR SF TO REALLY TAKE A VOTE. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? DOES HE HAVE TO COME WANT TO SPEAK? NO. MAYOR THE APPLICANT WAS A DIDN'T JOIN IT BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WAS ON A CONSENT. OKAY. SHAKE A VOTE FAVOR OF THE MOTION. PLEASE. RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED VOTING NO IS A LS, A PROPER MADISON RENT, A RE CASAR AND FLANAGAN. THOSE VOTING HIGH PASSES, SIX TO FIVE. THAT GETS US TO THE NEXT ITEM LIKE AMERICANS BECAUSE THEY POSTS BY LIBYAN FIRST READING. HOLY GHOST READING ONLY ON THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM ONE 15. I'M SORRY. HANG ON A SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER OF TAVA, JUST FOR INTERRUPTING. I HAD A QUESTION EMAILED TO US ABOUT JUST CONFIRMING THAT ON ONE 25. WE HAD LEFT THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN BEFORE I FORGOT TO ASK THAT. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT I'M ONE [04:20:01] 25. WE DID LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. YEAH, IT WAS CONTEXTUALLY THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN YET. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALTER AND I'M ONE 25. UM, I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION OVER WHETHER SOME OF THE CONDITIONS ARE DOABLE. UM, SOME OF THE PIECES THAT THE, UM, NEIGHBORS REALLY WANTED AS PART OF THOSE CONDITIONS. SO IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT STAFF ARE VERY CLEAR WITH THE NEIGHBORS ON WHAT IS DOABLE AND NOT, AND THAT, THAT COMMUNICATION IS CLEAR. I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PASSED ON FIRST READING, UM, WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. COMPROMISE. WE'VE HAD THEM FOR THREE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AND BECAUSE WE JUST GOT THOSE CONDITIONS THIS MORNING, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SAY WHICH CONDITIONS WE CAN PUT IN A SEAL IN WHICH WE CAN MAP, WHICH WE SUPPORT, WHICH WE DID. OKAY. THANK YOU. SURE. OKAY. READY? [115. C14-2019-0061 - This Old Wood Rezoning -Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 13313 Old Gregg Lane (Harris Branch Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from rural residence (RR) district zoning to warehouse limited office-conditional overlay (W/LO-CO) combining district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant warehouse limited office-conditional overlay (W/LO-CO) combining district zoning. Owner/Applicant: Jeffrey Spector. Agent: Land Strategies, Inc. (Jim Wittliff). City Staff: Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057.] IT'S A SPEND ITEM NUMBER ONE 15, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO COOKIE MAYOR'S CASEY 14, 2020 ZERO, ZERO 61. AS THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT ONE THREE THREE THREE ONE THREE STOLBERG LANE. THE REQUESTED ZONING IS FROM RR TO WLL. FIVE CEO IS RECOMMENDED BY THE STAFF AND IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED BY THE ZONING OR THE NAME OF THE CASES, THIS OLD WOOD ZONING AND THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO OPEN A 7,000 WORK WITH A WAREHOUSE THAT WOULD SELL RECLAIMED LUMBER IN WORD ON A 9.4 ACRE TRACK. UH, AS I SAID, IT HAS SUPPOSED TO STAFF AND THE APPLICANT RECOMMENDATION STAFF AND THE, UH, MISSION RECOMMENDATION. AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTION. OKAY. IF SOMEONE IS TRYING TO GET YEAH, JERRY, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU MEET IT A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON YOUR MICROPHONE. UM, I HAVE THE TRIANGLE. THANKS. SO TH THIS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A PARTICULAR ISSUE THEY'RE PRETENDING YOU PROBABLY MEET TOOK YOU TOO. IT'S NOT A PARTICULAR ISSUE WITH, YOU KNOW, HAVING, HAVING A, I GUESS WHAT DOES A LUMBERYARD, BUT MY, MY MAIN CONCERN IS THAT THIS SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE WE HAVE DONE PLANNING THE IMAGINE AUSTIN NOTES, THAT THIS IS A, A CENTER AND THE INTERSECTION OF TWO GROWTH CORRIDORS. AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAREHOUSE ZONING USE IS COMPATIBLE OR THE INTENTION BEHIND DESIGNATING THESE AREAS AND IMAGINE AUSTIN AS CENTERS AND CORRIDORS. SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE I'M, I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE IT NOTES THAT IT'S THOSE THINGS. AND THEN IT SAYS, DO A WAREHOUSE ZONING. AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WAREHOUSE DUNNING IS COMPATIBLE WITH, IMAGINE AUSTIN, I GUESS COUNCIL MEMBER OF THE, UM, THE EFFING COULD HAVE REQUESTED A MORE INTENSE ZONING, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF A CSM VIEW, UM, WHICH WOULD HAVE MEANT THOSE INTENTIONS OF THE, UH, . UM, WE CANNOT FORCE THE APPLICANT TO THAT FOR MORE THAN WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY ASKING FOR. UM, AND, UM, WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED SOMETHING MORE INTENSIVE IN THIS CASE, BUT THE CATEGORY'S ASKING FOR WORDS FOR WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO. THEREFORE HE ASKED FOR THE LEAST INTENSE THING THAT YOU COULD DO IT UNDER. SO I MEAN, PROBABLY GUIDE ON I'M SURE HE KNEW JERRY, THERE YOU GO. UM, YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE THESE SITUATIONS, BUT, BUT HOW OFTEN DO WE HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WE DON'T DO PLANNING OR THAT WE DON'T ALIGN, YOU KNOW, A WITH B AND I FIND THAT WE ARE IN THIS SITUATION ON THIS CASE. AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT USING THIS CASE FOR THIS CONVERSATION IS IT'S NOT A PARTICULARLY CONTROVERSIAL CASE, BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS DISCONNECT THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN IMAGINE AUSTIN AND THE WAY WE DO ZONING. UM, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN SUPPORT IT, BUT I JUST THOUGHT FOR THOSE REASONS ALONE, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ABOUT THE APPLICANT OR THE INTENDED PROJECT THAT I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH. BUT I DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS A MISMATCH BETWEEN THE ZONING BEING REQUESTED AND THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE, IN SOME WAYS, THIS IS THE SAME KIND OF ISSUES WE HAD ON THE LAST ONE, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST ONE WE HAD LRM YOU PROBABLY MADE THE MOST SENSE TO BE CONSISTENT, BUT THEY CAN'T CHANGE THE ZONING BECAUSE I WOULD BE AN UPGRADING FROM THE ZONING. IF WE DENY IT, THEN THEY CAN'T COME BACK FOR A YEAR TO BE ABLE TO DO IT UNLESS WE INITIATED THE CASE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE BOY HE IS. THAT IS SAME KIND OF ISSUE HERE. WE HAVE TWO USES THAT ARE, ARE, THAT ARE APPROPRIATE. UM, AND ONE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER WANTS TO DO, IT'S NOT AN INAPPROPRIATE REFERENCE OR INAPPROPRIATE USE TO, AND I DON'T KNOW, THESE ARE HARD. [04:25:01] AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT JASMINE FLANAGAN SAYING ON THESE. I WISH THIS HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO US AS THE, UH, AS THE, THE, THE, WITHIN WITH THE EMU HAVE A CSW ISSUE CONTINUING ON OUR COUNCIL MEMBER. HAPPY MADISON. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP. COUNCIL MEMBER PLANNING IT OUT FOR ME, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. UM, AND I, I FEEL CLEARER ON THE ITEM. UM, SO I THINK NOW I, WELL, MAYBE I DON'T ENTIRELY UNDERSTAND JERRY. MAYBE YOU COULD SAY AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT STAFF'S REASONING BEHIND ADDING THE CEO WITH THESE, UM, PROHIBITED USES PARTICULAR PROHIBITED USES. UM, YEAH, I'VE KIND OF REQUESTED THOSE AS A PART OF THE APPLICATION AND WELL, SO FUCKIN TO THE APP CAN'T, AND THEY'RE NOT OPPOSED TO REMOVING THE CEO. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT, TO LIKE, TO MAKE A MOTION, TO REMOVE THE CEO AND APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR WAREHOUSE LIMITED OFFICE ON ALL THREE READINGS. SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE WAREHOUSE AS REQUESTED, BUT TO OMIT THE CEO, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION OUTSIDE MEMBER ALICE, SECOND THAT MOTION YOUR ADDRESS IT COUNCIL MEMBER HEART MATTERS. SURE. YEAH. SO, LIKE I SAID, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LITTLE DIGGING HERE, UM, WHICH I CAN APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER FLANAGAN REALLY FLAGGING THIS FOR ME. SO AS THE SITE IS ON A DESIGNATED ACTIVITY CORRIDOR, I REALLY DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT LIMITED FUTURE USES, UM, UH, ON THE SITE THAT I WOULD SUPPORT POTENTIAL, UH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THAT AS YOU KNOW, REASON WHY WE WOULD ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITIES OF THIS SITE, HAVING A DAYCARE ON IT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE FUTURE OR A COMMUNITY GARDEN OR A TRADE SCHOOLS. SO, UM, UM, YEAH, IT IS PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE WITH REMOVING THE CEO'S. I THINK IT'S A WIN WIN FOR THE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER TOVO QUESTION FOR OUR CITY LAW DEPARTMENT MEAN IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN APPROVE SOMETHING MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT WAS POSTED, BUT NOT LESS FOR THE DIRECTIVE. I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOWN THIS PATH BEFORE, ESPECIALLY WITH CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS AND OTHER ZONING, BUT JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IS CORRECT COUNCIL MEMBER. AND I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SPEAK UP AND ASK JERRY, I DON'T HAVE IN FRONT OF ME ALL THE CONDITIONS WE'RE TO ASK HIM WHETHER, CAUSE WITH SOME CONDITIONAL OVERLAYS, IT IS ACTUALLY MAKING IT, UM, LESS RESTRICTIVE AND SOME MAKE IT MORE. SO I WAS ABOUT TO ASK JERRY, UM, WHETHER THE REMOVAL OF THIS CONDITIONAL OVERLAY MAKES THIS A LESS RESTRICTIVE ZONING. IN WHICH CASE WE COULD NOT REMOVE IT. THE APPLICANT DID REQUEST THE CEO'S WOULD BE INITIAL LOADING AND THEREFORE IT WAS FIND THAT WAY ALL OF THE RESTRICTIONS WERE REMOVED AND BE MORE PERMISSIVE. YOU GUYS WANT A LOT MORE USEFUL, SO THAT CAN'T BE DONE TODAY. IF THE CANCER END UP THERE, WHAT WOULD BE THE PATH TO END UP THERE, BUT WE HAVE TO BECAUSE MAYOR, BUT REQUESTS THAT ZONING BE ENTERED ONTO THE PROPERTY, THEY'D HAVE TO WITHDRAW THEIR REQUEST AND REFILE IT WITH THE MORE, THE MORE, UM, THE LESS RESTRICTIVE, UM, CATEGORIES WITHOUT THE CEO, THE COUNCIL INITIATE THAT ZONING REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO HERE TODAY. HANG ON. SO I'M GOING TO GET THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION THEN I'LL COME BACK. YES, YES. THE CITY CAN INITIATE ZONING REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. SO WE COULD APPROVE IT WITH THE SEAT, THE INITIATE TAKING OFF THE CEO, AND THE REASON YOU WOULD DO THAT IS BECAUSE THEN IT DOESN'T HOLD UP. THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE PROPERTY OWNER COULD PROCEED. I THINK ANOTHER OPTION IS WE COULD SEPARATELY POSTPONE THE CASE AND THEN, UM, RE NOTIFY IT AND RUN IT BACK THROUGH THE COMMISSION AND RUN, RUN IT BACK TO COUNCIL. UM, HOWEVER, THAT WILL TAKE A FEW MONTHS IF WE ACQUAINTED TO, AND REINITIATED IT, THE PROPERTY OWNER COULD PROCEED AS THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS INTENDING TO. AND THEN THE ACTION WOULD COME BACK TO US TO, TO REMOVE THE CEO. HERE'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS FOR YOU TO DEFINITELY POSTPONE TODAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IF WE DID NOT INDEFINITELY POSTPONE THAT I THINK COULD BE TAKEN AWAY FOR THE DAY, THEN THE CASE GUYS, WHAT IF WE TOOK ACTION IN A PREDICT TODAY AND INITIATED TAKING THE CEO, [04:30:03] YOU COULD DO THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE TWO ZONING CASES, RIGHT? I UNDERSTAND. BUT THAT WOULD ENABLE THE, TO PROCEED AND WE'RE MOVING. THE CEO WOULD STILL COME BACK TO US. IT WOULDN'T BE A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNER COULD MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S CORRECT. SO, UM, COULD, COULD YOU CONFIRM THE PROPERTY OWNER OR DID HE NOT WANT THE, SEE THE APPLICANT REQUESTED THE CEO AND I'M SORRY, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE CANNOT TAKE IT AWAY. RIGHT. AND I THINK YOU SAID THE APPLICANT THOUGHT THIS WAS SPELLING ON CONSENT, WHICH IS WHY THE APPLICANTS COME TO THE MEETING SET UP TO TALK TO HIM. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. THE APPLICANT DID NOT SIGN UP TO SPEAK BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ON CONSENT. WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING BACK AND FORTH TODAY ARE SERGEANT WAS FULL ON, IT DID PASS ON CONSENSUS LIKE MISSION AND THE STAFF SUPPORT THE REQUEST. SO PRESUMABLY, BUT MOST IS REALLY THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE BEFORE WE GET TO THE MEETINGS, THE CONVERSATIONS CAN HAPPEN THAT THE APPLICANT IN ADVANCE OF UPCOMING HERE. SO THEN THAT THE APPLICANT IS ALERTED TO BE PRESENT. I WOULD BE VERY RELUCTANT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST WITHOUT THE APPLICANT'S INPUT IN THESE PROCEEDINGS, THAT'S AROUND HARPER MADISON. I CAN APPRECIATE THAT ADHERENCE TO PROCEDURES. THE APPLICANT SAYS THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED. WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS THAT THE APPLICANT WAS PROVIDED A LIST OF CEO'S TO WHICH HE AGREED TO. HE SAID HE DIDN'T ASK FOR THESE CEOS. AND SO I GET THAT THIS IS ABNORMAL, BUT I WOULD BE UNCOMFORTABLE PROCEEDING WHEN THE APPLICANT HAS TOLD ME EXPLICITLY, HE DIDN'T ASK FOR THESE CEO'S, IN WHICH CASE I HAD LITERALLY HAVE A TEXT MESSAGE FROM HIM NOW THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ASKED TO REMOVE THE CEO'S, UM, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T ASK FOR THEM. SO I WOULD LIKE TO EITHER TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S NEXT, OR FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROCEED IN A WAY THAT, TO WHERE WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE CLARITY. WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS THAT HE DIDN'T ASK FOR THE CS, I'M WORKING OFF OF WHAT MY STAFF PROVIDES TO ME IN THE STAFF REPORT. UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I THINK MAYBE THE BEST THING TO DO BE POSTPONED IT A WEEK AND WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT TO SEE WHAT THE APPLICATION IS. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH CANCER AND FLANAGAN. UM, THANK YOU, COUNCILOR BOPPER, MADISON FOR BEING ON TOP OF THIS AND, AND WORKING WITH, WITH THE APPLICANT SINCE IT'S DOES ANY CASES IN YOUR DISTRICT. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, AND, AND FOR CONSIDERING THE POINTS I BROUGHT UP MANAGER, UM, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE HEARD THIS TYPE OF CONFLICT WHERE IT APPEARS THAT STAFF IS TRYING TO BE HELPFUL TO APPLICANT BY PROVIDING A PROPOSED ZONING IN CONVERSATION THAT THEN BY THE TIME IT COMES TO THE COUNCIL HAS TIED OUR HANDS. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE BIGGER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE LOOKING AT ZONING AS IT RELATES TO OUR PLANNING ACTIVITIES AND HOW SHOULD THAT BE INTRODUCED AT ZONING OR PLANNING, COMMISSIONS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. BUT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE MORE OF MY CONCERNS WITH YOU IN PRIVATE. BUT, UM, I THINK THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING, AND AGAIN, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE CASE ITSELF IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL. SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WHEN THERE ARE OTHER, OTHER THINGS HAPPENING SOONER MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS CASE TILL NEXT WEEK, CAPITOL RAPPER MADISON MAKES THAT MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SIGN AGAIN, UM, JUST TAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, THOSE OPPOSED. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE ABSTAINING, THAT SORT OF APPROVAL ABSTAINS. YEAH. THERE'S JUST VOTING IN FAVOR. THE POSTPONEMENT, THIS MATTERS POSTPONE. I WOULD LIKE FIRST OF THE WEEK, ONE SECOND, HANG ON ONE SECOND. BUSY. I WOULD LIKE OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED AS TO WHETHER OR NOT SINCE WE CAN'T REMOVE THE CEO, UM, TO, TO HAVE THE CASE PROCEED, BUT TO INITIATE THE, MOVING THE CEO. SO THEY GET THAT CATCH UP TO THE PROPERTY COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. SHOW ME ABOUT MAJORITY ON, OKAY. UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE POSTPONE. I CALLED THAT INCORRECTLY, UNANIMOUS ON THE POSTPONE. THE MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST, JUST FOR THE CONSOLE, I KNOW WE'LL BRING IT BACK NEXT WEEK, BUT IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 18, THE BACKUP FOR THE, OF YOU'LL SEE A LETTER FROM THE APPLICANT REQUESTING THAT'D BE ON LOW ZONING. WE'LL DISCUSS IT AGAIN NEXT WEEK. OKAY. ALRIGHT. [Items 85 & 86: 85. Conduct a public hearing related to an application by Bridge at Turtle Creek, LP, or an affiliated entity, for housing tax credits for a multi-family development that will be financed through the private activity bond program to be known as Bridge at Turtle Creek, located at or near 735 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Austin, Texas, 78745, within the City, and consider a resolution related to the proposed development, the application, and the allocation of housing tax credits and private activity bonds. 86. Conduct a public hearing related to an application by MHP City Heights, Ltd., or an affiliated entity, for housing tax credits for a multi-family development that will be financed through the private activity bond program to be known as City Heights, located at or near 4400 Nuckols Crossing Road, Austin, Texas, 78744, within the City, and consider a resolution related to the proposed development, the application, and the allocation of housing tax credits and private activity bonds. (Part 2 of 2)] SO THE NEXT ITEM, THIS IS A ITEM ONE 22 AND ONE 23. [04:35:01] UH, AND WE'LL HEAR THIS TOGETHER WITH ITEM NUMBER 86 OKAY. OKAY. DO YOU WANT ME TO, DO YOU WANT ME TO SCHEDULE QUESTIONS ON 80 85 AND 86? UM, AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I WANT TO RAISE SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ON THESE ITEMS THAT ARE REALLY A MATTER OF FUTURE POLICY PRIORITIES. I'M NOT TRYING TO PREVENT THESE TWO ITEMS FROM MOVING FORWARD TODAY. UM, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE STAFF AND THE APPLICANT HAVE OPERATED IN GOOD FAITH UNDER OUR EXISTING POLICY AND PRACTICE, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF THE PART OF THE 80, IF IT'S CONNECTED TO ONE 22 AND ONE 23, THAT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT. UM, SO ALL OF THE TWO ITEMS, 85 AND 86, UM, I HAVE GREATER CONCERNS ABOUT ITEM 86, BUT THEY BOTH HAVE SIMILAR CHALLENGES. UM, AND I'M ULTIMATELY MAY ASK FOR THE HOUSING COMMITTEE TO KIND OF TAKE THIS UP FOR THINKING ABOUT, UM, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RAISE IT IN LIGHT OF THESE QUESTIONS. UM, SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE I HTC PROGRAM SERVE TENANTS UP TO 60% OF THE AREA, MEDIAN, FAMILY INCOME, AND HISTORICALLY MOST 4%, UM, LA HTC DEALS ARE BASIC. IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE UNITS SERVE TENANTS AT OR BELOW 60% MFI IN 2018. CONGRESS INTRODUCED A BILL TO ALLOW FOR SOMETHING CALLED INCOME AVERAGING THAT ALLOWS THE DEVELOPERS TO INCLUDE HIGHER INCOME RESIDENTS TO OFFSET THE LOWER INCOME UNITS. THIS IS ALLOWED AS LONG AS THE OVERALL INCOME AVERAGE OF THE TENANTS DOES NOT EXCEED 60% MFI. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I SUPPORT MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENTS, AND I THINK I'M PRODUCING MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENTS SHOULD BE PART OF OUR GOALS AND PRIORITIES, BUT I, BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AS THIS RELATES TO OUR BOND INVESTMENTS BECAUSE IT CHANGES WHAT WE GET BECAUSE YOU CAN NOW DO INCOME AVERAGING. SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO STAFF TO CONFIRM FOR ME, THAT INCOME AVERAGING IS A NEW DYNAMIC FOR THE 4% APPLICATION. SO COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS MATT. HE DEMAND NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND YOU ARE CORRECT THAT INCOME AVERAGING WAS INTRODUCED BY CONGRESS PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT MORE OUR LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UM, HOWEVER, I WILL NOTE THAT IT IS NOT NEW THAT RIGHT, TACK 4%, FOUR, 9% MIXED INCOME, INCLUDING MARKET RATE UNITS. WHAT CHANGED IS THAT THE DEVELOPER IS NOW EQUAL TO SECURE TAX CREDIT. SO INCREASE THE EQUITY PROJECT BY SECURING TAX CREDITS ON THOSE, YOU KNOW, 60% PROVIDED THINGS, OFFSET THEM WITH LESS THAN 60% UNITS. SO WE HAVE THIS NEW, UM, AND, AND FRANKLY, THERE ARE SOME TAX IMPLICATIONS THAT TAX LAWYERS AND LYTEC DEVELOPERS WE'RE OVERDRAW, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ENCOURAGED EVEN FREE ALLOWANCE OF INCOME AVERAGING. AND OFTENTIMES WHAT DEVELOPERS DO IS CROSS SUBSIDIZE THE MARKET RATE, INCREASE INCOME, AVERAGING ALL SUBSIDIZED, LOW INCOME UNITS WITH THE MARKET RATE. AND, AND I GUESS I'M NOT QUESTIONING THAT I'D SAY INTERPLAY WITH THAT WITH OUR BOND DOLLARS THAT WE'RE USING TO BUY DOWN THINGS THAT THEN WE'RE GETTING LESS FOR OUR MONEY BECAUSE THEY GO UP ON THE OTHER END, WHICH IS THE ISSUES THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF INTRODUCE AND WALK THROUGH. SO IF I CAN ASK SOME MORE QUESTIONS, I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DID IT, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE MIXED INCOME, BUT THEN WHEN YOU ADD US BUYING BONDS AND YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE PARTICULAR MIXES FOR THESE TAX CREDITS AND YOU COMBINE THEM, WE'RE NOT GETTING THE VALUE FOR OUR DOLLAR THAT WE MIGHT THINK WE ARE IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO EXPLORE. SO FOR 80, FOR 86, UM, WE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED 4 MILLION IN LOANS FINANCED BY OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BONDS. AND WE ARE ALLOWING 22 MILLION IN FINANCING THROUGH ACTIVITY BOUNDS. UM, WE'RE DOING THESE TRANSACTIONS IN ORDER TO WORK DEEPER LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY. THE LYTEC WOULD NORMALLY KEEP THE UNITS AT 60% MFI. OUR FUNDING WILL ALLOW 10 UNITS TO BE AT 30% MFI AND 110 OF THE UNITS TO BE AT 50% MSI. UM, CAN STAFF CONFIRM THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE FOR 86? SURE. UM, ALL OF THE NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE, UH, ON [04:40:01] NOVEMBER 14TH, UH, AUSTIN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION APPROVED $4 MILLION FOR THAT RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. UM, AND THAT WAS A REALLY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS. AND THEN ON JUNE 11TH HFC GROUP, UP TO 22 MILLION OR HFC TO ISSUE THE PRIVATE ACTIVITY ON THE PROJECT, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THOUGH, REGARDING THE INCOME AVERAGING, ONE OF THE REASONS WE VIEW IT AS ADVANTAGEOUS TO US AS A MUNICIPALITY IS BECAUSE DEVELOPERS ARE ABLE TO SECURE TAX CREDITS ON THOSE MARKET RATE UNITS, WHICH I SHOULD SAY 8% ABOUT 60%, UM, RAP INCREASES THE EQUITY, GOING TO THE PROJECT AND DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY THAT THE DEVELOPERS ARE ASKING FOR FROM US. OKAY. MANDY, LET ME JUST RAISE MY QUESTION IF I MIGHT, BECAUSE MY I'M NOT CHALLENGING. WHETHER INCOME AVERAGING IS HELPFUL AND USEFUL, IT'S THIS INTERPLAY WHEN YOU BUY IT DOWN AND YOU, YOU END UP, YOU END UP BUYING IT DOWN, BUT THEN THEY GET TO GO UP ON THE AFFORDABILITY ON THE OTHER END. AND SO THE VALUE THAT YOU'RE GETTING CHANGES, AND IT ESPECIALLY CHANGES WHEN YOU'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN NON HIGH OPPORTUNITY AREAS. UM, AND SO THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO RAISE AS SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD. I'M NOT QUESTIONING WHETHER WE SHOULD ALLOW THESE PROJECTS TO GET THEIR 4% CREDITS. THEY FOLLOWED THE RULES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO WITH THE LEVELS WHERE THEY HAVE IT. UM, SO WHAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT THESE SPECIFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR THESE TWO DEALS IS THAT BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE INCOME AVERAGING, IT MEANS THAT WHEN WE BUY DOWN AFFORDABILITY ON SOME UNITS, IT ALLOWS THE RENTS ON OTHER UNITS TO GO UP, UM, IN THIS CASE AS HIGH AS 80% MFI, WHICH IS, I UNDERSTAND IT MEANS THAT IN THESE DEVELOPMENTS, YOU COULD NOW HAVE UNITS WITH RENTS AS HIGH AS $1,400 FOR A ONE BEDROOM AND HIGHER FOR TWO BEDROOMS. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AS I JUST MENTIONED, UM, THAT WOULD BE ONE THING IF THE MARKET ALONE WAS FACILITATING THAT, BUT WE ARE IN FACT, FACILITATING THAT WHILE WE USE BOND DOLLARS TO BUY DOWN THE UNIT AND THEN THE DEVELOPER MAXIMIZES THEIR OPPORTUNITY UNDER THE INCOME AVERAGING. UM, SO I THINK IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO BUY DOWN UNITS. AND I THINK IT'S THE, IT IS FAIR THAT OTHER RED PRICES COULD INCREASE AS A RESULT. UM, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME THAT IN THIS PROCESS WE ARE MAXIMIZING OUR BOND DOLLARS. UM, SO MY CONCERN IS, AND I WANT TO DIG DEEPER INTO THIS AND TODAY IS PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT I THINK WITH THE CASE BEFORE US, IT'S IMPORTANT TO RAISE IT. MY QUESTION IS WHETHER IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE CITY TO ENTER INTO ARRANGEMENTS WHERE WE BUY DOWN 110 UNITS FROM 60% TO 50%, IF THE RESULT IS SO MANY MORE UNITS AT 80%, UM, IF WE WERE BUYING DOWN UNITS FROM 60% TO 30%, THAT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT WIN FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, AND THERE'S SCENARIOS WHERE BUYING DOWN TO 50% CAN MAKE SENSE IF THERE'S A DEARTH OF AFFORDABLE UNITS. UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT VALUE DIFFERENCE ON NET IS WHERE WE WANT TO BE GOING WITH OUR, WITH OUR BOND DOLLARS. UM, SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE EXPLORE, UM, THESE SCENARIOS AND THE INCOME MIXES, SO THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING A COMBINATION OF OUR LIMITED BOND DOLLARS AND THE 4% DEALS UNDER THIS NEW INCOME AVERAGING SYSTEM. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THIS WILL WORK. SO THE NUMBER 88 IN MONTOPOLIS DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS BECAUSE IN THAT CASE, OUR PARTICIPATION HAS BROUGHT DOWN RENTS TO THE 40% AND 50% MFI LEVEL. AND IT HAS THAT PROJECT HAS A CAP THAT NO RENTS SHALL EXCEED A CAP OF 70% MFI LEVELS. UM, AND MAYBE ALL THREE OF THESE DEALS ARE GOOD AND I'M GOING TO BE ABSTAINING ON BOTH OF THEM, BUT, BUT I, BUT IT IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND IT'S COMPLICATED. IT'S NOT EASY TO WALK THROUGH. UM, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS PACKAGE OF TOOLS, WE NEED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY. AND THAT MAY MEAN HAVING SOME CAPS ON THE AFFORDABILITY OR ON THE NUMBERS OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT CAN BE ABOVE A CERTAIN LEVEL SO THAT WE ARE NOT VIA THE INCOME AVERAGING, UM, CREATING SOMETHING ON THE OTHER END THAT MAKES IT LESS AFFORDABLE, PROVIDE MAGGIE MAY. OKAY. CAN I PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, UM, REGARDING, AND I, IT IS COMPLICATED, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU BELIEVE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT OUR BOND [04:45:01] DOLLARS. SO THIS 4 MILLION IS STRICTLY GOING TO THOSE UNITS AT 50% AND BELOW. AND YES, WE DO HAVE 10 MINUTES OF THAT. IT'S 110 AT 50% OR BELOW PLUS 10 UNITS, WHICH ARE DEDICATED TO THAT. WE HAVE AN MOU, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. WE HAVE 10 OF THE UNITS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO 30% AND BELOW THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOT SENIORS MS FOR THE COORDINATED ASSESSMENT. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE RESPECT TO WHEN WE FIRST RECEIVED THIS APPLICATION, WHICH WAS WELL OVER A YEAR AGO, IT'S GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE ITERATIONS. AND BECAUSE OF OUR SUBSIDY, IT'S REALLY THE PRIME REASON. WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THE 10 UNITS OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT IS COMING TO US TODAY, OR THE 110 MINUTES. ANOTHER THING THAT I COME AVERAGING AS, BUT WE DO NOT DEVELOPER A HOPS TO A LACKED IN AVERAGING MUCH LATER IN THE PROCESS. UM, SO WE MAY NOT KNOW, IN FACT, IN GENERAL, IF WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN IT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS INVOLVED IN UNDERWRITING, NOTHING THAT COMES TO US. AND THE EXAMPLE LOSES THE ARBITRATOR OR CENTER. THAT WAS THE HORSE PROJECT THAT I'M AWARE OF LOCALLY ELECTED AVERAGING. UM, AND THEN WE HAD ALREADY DONE OUR RESOLUTION OF PROTECTION ISSUES WITH PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS. UM, AND WE HAD PROVIDED, I FORGET THE EXACT MILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT 250 UNITS. UM, THE INCOME AVERAGING WAS TOTALLY OUTSIDE OF, UM, OUR PURVIEW. UM, SO IT WASN'T A SEQUENTIAL PROCESS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, UH, KINDA NAVIGATE OFFSETTING THE POTENTIAL FOR OFFSETTING ANY UNIONS. AND IN FACT, BECAUSE OF THE WAY INCOME AVERAGING WORKS, WE ARE ABLE TO GET MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS ONCE THE DEVELOPER ALEKS TO GO UP TO THE 80%. SO MANDY, I, AGAIN, I JUST THINK THERE'S SOME ISSUES HERE THAT WE NEED TO EXAMINE. I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT WE ARE NOT DOING SOMETHING, UM, IN SOME OF THESE CASES OR THAT THERE COULD BE A CASE WHERE WE DO THAT. UM, IF WE, YOU KNOW, WE MAY KNOW THEN WHEN WE ARE VOTING ON THE BONDS AND THE LOANS AND STUFF AT THE EARLIER STAGES, THERE MAY BE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT FURTHER MAXIMIZE IT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION IT GOES IN IN TERMS OF HOW YOU, HOW YOU DO IT WITHOUT WORKING OUT ALL OF THE MATH. UM, I'M REALLY TRYING TO FLAG THIS AS A QUESTION THAT WE HAVE TO WORK OUT BECAUSE WE ARE COMBINING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT TOOLS, UM, AND IT IS NOT READILY APPARENT TO ME. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, MR COSAR AS CHAIR OF THE HOUSING, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, ASK THAT WE TAKE IT UP IN THE, IN THE HOUSING COMMITTEE AND HAVE A DISCUSSION OVER IT. I'M NOT TRYING TO, UM, RESOLVE IT TODAY. AND THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM OF ANYTHING THAT NH HAS DONE. IT IS A NEW DYNAMIC DYNAMIC THAT I THINK WE NEED TO, TO WORK THROUGH AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STARTING OUR BOTTOM DOLLARS AND NOT INADVERTENTLY ENDING UP SOMEWHERE ELSE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE ENDING, ENDING UP IN A, IN A PROBLEMATIC PLACE WITH THIS ONE, AND WE HAVE ALREADY DONE ALL THE RULES, ET CETERA. SURE. AND I AM HAPPY TO TALK TO COUNCIL MEMBER SARS AND STAFF AGENDA. THANKS MAYOR. UM, THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION AND HARD TO GET THAT INTO THE WEEDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP. UM, I ALSO THINK IT REALLY SHOWS HOW THEY'RE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, DOING AFFORDABILITY WITH SUBSIDY REALLY COMES WITH A LOT OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND REGULATION, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF VERY DETAILED WORK TO GO THROUGH IT. AND I THINK WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE DOING THAT WORK, BUT IT ALSO SHOWS HOW CLOSELY TIED THOSE UNITS ARE TO MARKET RATE HOUSING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T JUST BUILD SUBSIDIZED HOUSING. YOU, YOU HAVE TO BUILD HOUSING FOR THE WHOLE MARKET, OR YOU HAVE TO ALLOW THEM TO BE BUILT FOR A WHOLE MARKET. AND IT'S SUCH AN INTERESTING INTERPLAY CATHERINE BALL FOR THE WAY YOU LAID THAT OUT. AND IT, IT SHOWS THAT TO ME, AT LEAST IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT YOU, YOU GOTTA BE BUILDING HOUSING AND ALL THE PRICE POINTS OR, OR [04:50:01] THEY'LL START CANNIBALIZING EACH OTHER. SO THAT'S ALL I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THE HOUSING COMMITTEE TAKES THAT UP. THAT'S MEMBER CASAR AND HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU COUNCIL MEMBER TO FIND A GOOD COMMITTEE MEETING TO HAVE THAT. UH, THE ONLY THING THAT I'LL ADD HERE THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I HEARD IT IN DISCUSSION IS JUST IF WE HAVE A SUFFICIENTLY COMPETITIVE PROCESS. SO OUR BOND DOLLARS THEN THAT I THINK IS THE BEST WAY TO GET THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK, BECAUSE FOLKS MIGHT HAVE CONSTRUCTION METHODS THAT SAVE THEM MONEY, AND THEY MIGHT ADD, UH, UNITS THAT RENT AT MORE TO GET, TO BRING DOWN THE COST OF OTHERS. WHAT WE WANT IS FOR PEOPLE TO GET US THOSE UNITS AT LESS THAN 50% OF MY PHI, WHICH BOND DOLLARS FOR RENTAL ONLY GO TO AND GET US THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK. AND SO HAPPY TO HAVE THAT YOU TALK ABOUT INCOME AVERAGING CAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT AND NEW, UH, BUT THEN ALSO REALLY TO SEE HOW THAT MIXES WITH THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE PROCESS. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO IS THERE A MOTION AT THIS POINT TO APPROVE ITEMS? ONE 22, ONE 23 AND 86? I CAN'T REMEMBER HARPER MADISON MIXED EMOTION TO MAYOR PRO TEM SECONDS. ANY DISCUSSION COUNCIL MEMBER TOBO YEAH, I APPRECIATE IT. I APPRECIATE THE, UM, ISSUE THAT YOU RAISED COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR, AND I KNOW YOUR STAFF AND MINE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH OUR HOUSING STAFF ABOUT IT, UM, I'M ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN THE CONVERSATION AT HOUSING PLANNING AND HOUSING. SO I HOPE YOU'LL GET THAT MESSAGE OUT WHEN IT'S SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEMBER CUSTOMER. UM, BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ACTUAL EXAMPLES, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS CASE, WHAT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT THOSE RENTS ARE AT 50%, 60%, 70% AND 80%, BECAUSE WHILE THERE IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A MINIMAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 50 AND 60% THERE SURE IS A BIG JUMP BETWEEN 60 AND 80. AND SO AGAIN, I THINK AS COUNCIL MEMBER AUTHOR REALLY BETTER ARTICULATED THAN I WILL, IT'S REALLY A QUESTION OF HOW WE'RE INVESTING OUR FOND DOLLARS AND WHETHER, UM, AND THAT INTERPLAY OF, OF HOW IT, HOW THOSE INVESTMENTS WITH BRINGING DOWN, USING OUR BOND DOLLARS TO BRING DOWN THE RENTS AT WOMEN. UM, MAYBE THEY BUMP UP LESS THAN THE OTHER GREAT, OUR BOND DOLLARS. SO WE HAVE LOTS OF LOTS OF GREAT PROJECTS, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR, UM, ENGENDERING THAT OR BRINGING UP THAT CONVERSATION. COUNCIL BRONTO, VERY PRO TEM, SORRY. I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE MORE DISCUSSION ON ONE 2031, 23. UM, AND I, I ASSUMED THAT THE APPLICANT WAS GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SHOW A COUPLE OF THINGS, SO I, UM, THE APPLICANT'S SUPPOSED TO GO FIRST. OKAY. KEVIN, WE WERE VOTING ON 85 AND 86 FIRST. WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO ONE 22 AND ONE 23 PEN AND FINE AGE STAFF. OKAY. WITH THAT HAPPENING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE WERE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING 80. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 85 AND 86 WHERE PROTON MAKES THE MOTION COUNSELOR CASAR SECONDS, ANY DISCUSSION ON FIVE AND 86 NOVEMBER MAY PROTEST? YEAH, I JUST, I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION AND I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATED THE COMMENT FROM MR. MIO SAYING THAT THE, THIS AVERAGING ALLOWS US TO GO DEEPER. UM, AND, UM, I, I HEARD, I HEARD COUNCIL SAY 110 FOR 86. MY CALCULATION WAS SO 120 UNDER 50% MFI FOR THIS PROJECT. AND THEN FIRST I SCROLLED ALL THE WAY UP AND, UH, WHICH WOULD BE 67% OF THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT IS, IS FOR PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY AT THE 50%. SO, UM, I ALSO KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS BEEN USED. UM, BUT OF COURSE POLICY DISCUSSIONS ARE ALWAYS IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING WHEN WE CAN GET TO 30%. AND THE 30% LEVEL IS FOR THE ONE BEDROOMS IS $470, $470. I MOVED TO AUSTIN IN 1999 AND MY ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT WAS 690. IT'S LIKE PRE 1999 RIGHT THERE. SO, UM, UM, WE'LL GET INTO THE DISCUSSION OF THE SPECIFICS OF THE ZONING CASE, BUT I'M THAT I AGAIN APPRECIATE THE FUTURE POLICY DISCUSSION. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AVERAGING HAS BEEN USED, AND THIS IS GETTING US A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, 120 UNITS AT, AT THE 50% OR, OR BELOW FOUR 86. [04:55:02] OKAY. IF ONE OF US IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE 85 AND 86 CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS NEED TO TAKE A VOTE AS IF COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, I'M NOT DISCUSSING THE MERITS OF AVERAGING IT, AND IT'S THE INTERPLAY WITH ALL OF THAT, THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON AND THIS MAY VERY WELL BE A GREAT PROJECT. JUST IT'S USEFUL JUST AS MR. FLANAGAN DID ON OTHER EXAMPLES TOO, TO USE A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UM, A PARTICULAR, UH, POLICY QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO ASK, OKAY, THOSE IN FAVOR OF 85 AND 86, CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS. THOSE OPPOSED AS ABSTAINING, THAT'S SORT OF OUR ALTERED AND POOL ABSTAIN, THE OTHERS VOTING AYE, 85 AND 86 PASS. NOW WE'RE GOING [Items 122 & 123. 122. NPA-2016-0014.01.SH - Nuckols Crossing Rd - SMART Housing-Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20021010-11, the Southeast Combined Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 4400 Nuckols Crossing Road (Williamson Creek Watershed) from Single Family to Multifamily land use. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Multifamily land use. Owners: Angelos Angelou, John Sasaridis. Applicant: McDowell Housing Partners (Ariana Brendle). Agent: Thrower Design (A. Ron Thrower). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, (512) 974-2695. 123. C14-2017-0010.SH - Nuckols Crossing Road - SMART Housing - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 4400 Nuckols Crossing Road (Williamson Creek Watershed). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from single family residence standard lot-neighborhood plan (SF-2-NP) combining district zoning to multifamily residence moderate-high density-neighborhood plan (MF-4-NP) combining district zoning, as amended. Staff Recommendation: To grant multifamily residence low density-neighborhood plan (MF-2-NP) combining district zoning, with conditions. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant multifamily residence moderate-high density-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (MF-4-CO-NP) combining district zoning, with conditions. Owners: Angelos Angelou and John Sasaridis. Applicant: McDowell Housing Partners (Ariana Brendle). Agent: Thrower Design (Ron Thrower). City Staff: Wendy Rhoades, 512-974-7719. (Part 1 of 2)] TO BRING UP ONE 22 AND ONE 23, THEN NICHOLS CROSSING ZONING CASES. LET ME LAY THEM OUT. NPA 2016, ZERO ONE 4.01. I SAVED FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4,400 NECKLACE POLICY ROAD. THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY USE THAT HAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF BOTH THE STAFF AND PART OF MISSION RELATED CASES. AND ONE 23 PHASE THREE 14, 2017. THOSE ARE ONES THAT ARE ABOUT 4,400 KNUCKLES CROSSING ROAD. THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS FOR MFA FOR THEO ZONING. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR , UM, ZONING. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED WITH A, YOU KNOW, THE LIMITS LIMITED THE MFQ DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS EXCEPT FOR HEIGHT AND THE CONDITIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC ANALYSIS. THE CASE IS READY FOR ALL THREE RATINGS. UM, THERE'S ALSO AN ISSUE THAT'S COME UP REGARDING, UM, UH, ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE REPORT FOR THE PROPERTY. AND, UM, MAYBE CONSIDERING IN THE FUTURE, NOT RELATED TO THE DELI CASE, BUT POSSIBLY IN THE FUTURE. UM, I'M DONATING THAT LAND TO THE CITY. UM, AND CHRIS HARRINGTON, THE CS ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER IS ON THE LINE AT THE SAME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. OKAY. [112. C14-2020-0041 - Stowers and Schiller - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 8500 Bluegrass Drive (Bull Creek Watershed). Applicant Request: To rezone from neighborhood commercial (LR) district zoning to single family residence-standard lot (SF-2) district zoning. Staff Recommendation and Zoning and Platting Commission Recommendation: To grant single family residence-standard lot (SF-2) district zoning. Applicant/Owner: Ken Schiller. Agent: Steve T. Stowers. City Staff: Sherri Sirwaitis, 512-974-3057. (Part 2 of 2)] BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, I'M GONNA LAY THIS ITEM ON THE TABLE FOR JUST A MOMENT. LEGAL HAS SAID THAT WHEN I CALLED THE VOTE IN ONE 12, NOT ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE VISIBLE ON THE SCREEN. UH, RECALL ONE 12 WAS A VOTE. I CALLED AT SIX TO FIVE, BUT APPARENTLY EVERYBODY WASN'T WASN'T VISIBLE. UH, SO I'M GONNA ASK FOR A REBUILT ON, ON ONE 12 SO THAT WE CAN SEE EVERYBODY ON IT WITHOUT HAVING TO JUMP BACK IN HERE. WHICH PHONE WAS ONE 12, ONE 12 WAS THE, UH, UH, UH, ONE THAT HAD IT GOING DOWN TO SFT. OKAY. OKAY. THERE WAS THE ONE THAT MR. FLANAGAN TOLD, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THIS THOUGH. IT, AGAIN, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AFRICANS REQUEST, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MAYBE YOU MIGHT WANT TO WAIT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER RENTS, MARIA, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT READY? YEP, SURE ENOUGH. I WOULD HAVE DONE IT AGAIN. UM, ALRIGHT. LET'S WELL, LET'S CONTINUE BACK ON THE OTHER ONE AND I'LL CALL THIS. BUT WHEN I, WHEN I SEE 11 BASIS, THAT PERIODS LET'S TAKE IT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT A REVOLT ON ONE 12, WE TESTED THAT EARLIER. IT WAS A SIX FIVE VOTE, BUT EVERYBODY'S, WASN'T VISIBLE THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM Y 12, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED I'M VOTING. NO, IN THIS CASE WAS A, UH, A HARPER MADISON FLATTENING IN ALICE CASAR AND RED DEGREE. AND THE OTHERS VOTED AYE. SIX, FIVE PASSES ON FIRST READING. ONLY THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING STAYS OPEN. UH, NOW LET'S CONTINUE ON, ON ONE 22 AND ONE 20. NO, OR YES, CAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE HIS HAND WAS UP. YEAH, IT WAS A, NO ONE SPOKE TO NO, I THINK, UH, YES, SORRY. YES, HE WAS A, NO, HE SAID HE WAS AGAINST THE, AND THEN WE DISCUSSED IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT HIS HAND WENT UP WHEN WE VOTED. YES. AND WE WERE REVOLTING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S HAND IS APPARENT IN THE VIDEO. AND SO I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE GET IT. I MADE A MISTAKE AND IT IS. I SAID, NO, BECAUSE I JUST CANNOT VOTE SINGLE FAMILY TOO. IT'S JUST, IT'S THE OLD CONFEDERACY RACIST ZONING THAT I JUST COULD NOT SUPPORT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO I UNDERSTAND JUST CHECKING FOR THE VIDEO THAT WE HAD THE RIGHT. YEAH. I'M CALLING THAT 65 WITH THE FIVE NOTICE THAT I CALLED OUT. ANYBODY HAS AN OBJECTION [05:00:01] WITH THAT VOTE COUNT. LET ME KNOW, HEARING NONE. THAT'S THE VOTE COUNT AND THE RECORD, [Items 122 & 123. 122. NPA-2016-0014.01.SH - Nuckols Crossing Rd - SMART Housing-Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 20021010-11, the Southeast Combined Neighborhood Plan, an element of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, to change the land use designation on the future land use map (FLUM) on property locally known as 4400 Nuckols Crossing Road (Williamson Creek Watershed) from Single Family to Multifamily land use. Staff Recommendation and Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant Multifamily land use. Owners: Angelos Angelou, John Sasaridis. Applicant: McDowell Housing Partners (Ariana Brendle). Agent: Thrower Design (A. Ron Thrower). City Staff: Maureen Meredith, (512) 974-2695. 123. C14-2017-0010.SH - Nuckols Crossing Road - SMART Housing - Conduct a public hearing and approve an ordinance amending City Code Title 25 by rezoning property locally known as 4400 Nuckols Crossing Road (Williamson Creek Watershed). Applicant’s Request: To rezone from single family residence standard lot-neighborhood plan (SF-2-NP) combining district zoning to multifamily residence moderate-high density-neighborhood plan (MF-4-NP) combining district zoning, as amended. Staff Recommendation: To grant multifamily residence low density-neighborhood plan (MF-2-NP) combining district zoning, with conditions. Planning Commission Recommendation: To grant multifamily residence moderate-high density-conditional overlay-neighborhood plan (MF-4-CO-NP) combining district zoning, with conditions. Owners: Angelos Angelou and John Sasaridis. Applicant: McDowell Housing Partners (Ariana Brendle). Agent: Thrower Design (Ron Thrower). City Staff: Wendy Rhoades, 512-974-7719. (Part 2 of 2)] LET'S GO BACK NOW TO ONE 22 AT ONE 23, BUT THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE DOUBLY TRIPLY, ENSURE THAT WE GOT THAT PHOTO CORRECTLY. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT ON ITEMS? ONE 22 AND 23, THE APPLICANT AND THIS ONE MCDOWELL HOUSING PARTNERS. AND THEY SHOULD BE AGENT RON THROWER, I BELIEVE. OKAY. AND I MAYBE YOU'RE ON MUTE, MR. THRILLER. I THINK I SEE YOU ON HERE. COUNSEL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. VICTORIA OX IS GOING TO BE TAKING THE LEAD ON THE PRESENTATION. I THINK SHE NEEDS A SECOND TO GET ON. OKAY. AND RIVER CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL MEMBERS. THIS IS VICTORIA HASSEY WITH SERVER DESIGN REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE DEVELOPER. LET ME KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP IN FRONT OF YOU. NOT YET. GO AHEAD. LET ME FIND THE SECOND SIDE. THE ENTIRE SITE IS NEARLY 10 ACRES OF RAW UNDEVELOPED LAND WITH FRONTAGE ON KNUCKLES CROSSING ROAD. A SIZEABLE PORTION OF THE LOT IS TO REMAIN NATURAL AND UNDEVELOPED, AND THAT'S BEEN REMOVED FROM THE REGION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YES. SORRY, GO AHEAD. THIS SITE IS PERSONALLY LOCATED WITHIN AN IMAGINE AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SHOWN HERE IN YELLOW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ARE INTENDED TO, TO INCLUDE SMALL SCALE COMMERCIAL SERVICES FOR LOCAL AREA RESIDENTS WITH THE PLAN ENCOURAGING A VARIETY OF USES AT THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL. SITUATED FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT SOUTH SOUTHERN VALLEY ROAD IS AN IMAGINED IS AN IMAGINED AUSTIN GROWTH CONCEPT CORRIDOR AND A TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK PER THE AUSTIN STRATEGIC MOBILITY PLAN. THE ENTIRE PROPERTY FALLS WITHIN THE HALF MILE BUFFER THE CORRIDOR SCENE AS THE AREA HAS SOME WHITE, THEY S DIRECT FOR AN INCREASE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING WITHIN A HALF MILE TRANSIT PRIORITY NETWORK. FURTHER, THE PLAN DIRECTS FOR AN INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AVAILABLE AT 30 THROUGH 80% MFI LEVELS WITHIN A HALF MILE OF TRANSIT AND BICYCLE PRIORITY NETWORK. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE ARE, Y'ALL GOING TO MOTION THAT Y'ALL ARE ON THE NEXT SLIDE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A REASONING FOR THE REQUEST IS MADE TO, AND THEN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTIFAMILY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND BEFORE STARTING HAS REQUESTED. SEEING HERE THERE IS A CONSISTENT PATTERN OF MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT COEXISTING WITH SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. THIS REZONING WILL ALLOW A USE THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN A GREATLY NEEDED SENIOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR POPULATIONS TO AGE INDEPENDENTLY AND WITH LESS FINANCIAL BURDEN. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE DEVELOPMENT REPAIRS IS 179 UNITS FOR RESIDENTS OF AGES 55. AND UP WITH RENTS RESTRICTED BETWEEN 30 AND 80% MFI LEVELS BY CITY OF BOSTON RESOLUTION. THIS PROJECT WAS SELECTED AMONG MANY OTHERS OR THE CITY'S HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO RECEIVE 4 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM THE RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE PROJECT WAS CHOSEN BASED ON THE MERIT OF WHICH LOCATION PLAY A KEY ROLE AND IS, AND IT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC HOUSING INVESTMENTS. IN ADDITION, OFTEN HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATE ISSUED 22 MILLION IN BONDS TO THE PROJECT, AND IT IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE A DETERMINATION NOTICE FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR LOW INCOME TAX CREDIT. THE PROJECT IS CERTIFIED BY THE CITY SMART HOUSING PROGRAM AND THE AFFORDABILITY PERIOD WILL BE A MINIMUM OF 40 YEARS AND LIKELY IN PERPETUITY BOUND BY RESTRICTED COVENANT THAT RUNS WITH THE ENTIRE 10 ACRE TRACK. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE WITH 179, YES. PROPOSE 109 OF THOSE GAPS WILL BE ONE BEDROOM AND 70 WILL BE TWO BEDROOMS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE PROJECT OFFERS DEEP AFFORDABILITY [05:05:01] WITH 67% OF THE UNITS AVAILABLE TO TENANTS AT OR BELOW 50% MFI LEVELS. SOMETHING THAT IS RARE TO FIND IN TODAY'S MARKET AND ESPECIALLY FOR THIS PORTION OF THE POPULATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, IS IT ELEPHANT WILL OFFER AT A MINIMUM, THE FOLLOWING AMENITIES AND SERVICES, INCLUDING COORDINATION OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, AS WELL AS DEDICATED SPACE FOR DOCTORS AND HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS TO CONDUCT SCREENING AND HEALTHCARE INITIATIVES ON SITE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, THE BUILDING A SETBACK, IT JUST OVER 95 FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY OF KNUCKLES AND INCLUDES SINGLE DRIVEWAY ACCESS ON OUR CLIENT'S DEVELOPMENT TEAM STUDIED THE ROADWAY CONDITION PATTERNS TO RIDE IT, ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. THE SOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN VETTED BY ATD TO BE SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES LOCATED AT THE WESTERN PART OF THE PROPERTY THAT RESTRICT DEVELOPMENT TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF THE PROPERTY WILL REMAIN NATURAL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEREFORE IS THE LEAST INTENSE ZONING DISTRICT AVAILABLE THAT WILL PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT ENCROACHING ON CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES. THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN IS FAR BELOW THE IMPERVIOUS AND BUILDING COVER PERMITTED BY THE ZONING DISTRICT. IN FACT, NEARLY ALL ELEMENTS OF THE PROJECT FIT WITHIN THE SITE DEVELOPMENT PARAMETERS OF THE MFC ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE AGREED TO LIMIT DEVELOPMENT TO MSQ REGULATIONS BY WAY OF THEO SAVE AND ACCEPT HEIGHTENED PATIENTS. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS PROJECT IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING DEEP LEVELS OF AFFORDABILITY AND ESPECIALLY TO AN AREA OF AUSTIN WHERE LOCAL RESIDENT HAS STATED THAT SENIOR RESIDENTS ARE IN NEED OF BETTER QUALITY HOUSING CONDITIONS THAT ARE TRULY ATTAINABLE. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO BRING THIS PROJECT TO FRUITION. OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. UM, COUNSEL DOESN'T REMEMBER KITSCHY. I HAVE A QUESTION RELATED TO THE, WELL, FIRST OFF, LET ME JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS EXCITED ABOUT ADDITIONAL HOUSING FOR SENIORS, PARTICULARLY FOR, UM, THOSE THAT ARE MORE AFFORDABLE, BUT I AM KNUCKLES CROSSING. SO, UM, AND THE PICTURE WE SAW EARLIER, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? CAUSE THERE'S NO SIDEWALK AND THERE'S, DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A SAFE WAY TO GET TO THE BUS STOP. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO THE APPROPRIATE PERSON IS TO SPEAK TO THAT, BUT, UM, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IF C IS THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED, IT WOULD INCLUDE A SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY TO THE BUS, STOP THEIR PROTEIN. UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE APPLICANT HAS A, A BETTER MAYBE BRING UP THE AERIAL, BUT I ACTUALLY HAVE PROVIDED TO CTM A COUPLE OF, UM, PICTURES AS WELL. AND SO I'M JUST FIRST, I'LL START WITH MY, UM, WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS. AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE, I WANT, I WANT US TO BRING US BACK TO THE, TO THE, THE CONSTITUENTS WHO SPOKE BECAUSE THEY ARE AGAINST IT. AND, AND I, AND I KNOW IN, YOU KNOW, NORMAL AND NORMAL NON-VIRTUAL WORLD, WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR TO HEAR THE BACK AND FORTH MORE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT SINCE WE WENT VIRTUAL IN HEARING ALL THE SPEAKERS IN THE BEGINNING. AND SO I DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT THEIR CONCERNS AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND ALL THEIR CONCERNS, UM, AND THEIR, AND THEIR OPPOSITION. UM, I WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE HISTORY. UH, THIS ACTUALLY STARTED AS MARKET RATE CONDOS. I THINK OVER TWO YEARS AGO, THE, UH, DEVELOPER WENT TO THE CONTACT TEAM AND PRESENTED A, UM, A VISUAL OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THE CONTACT TEAM AND THE MEN IN THE COMMUNITY WERE VERY AGAINST IT BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN ABOUT GENTRIFICATION AND WHAT THE COST OF MARKET RATE CONDOS IN THE AREA WOULD BE. UM, AND SO THAT, THAT, THAT DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. UM, IT CAME BACK AGAIN AS AN, UH, ANOTHER PROJECT MULTIFAMILY AND WE TRY TO SEE IF, UH, OVER CONCERNS ABOUT KNUCKLES. WE TRIED TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WAY TO EXIT IN THE BACK OFF OF, UM, ONTO PLEASANT VALLEY. AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES CAME UP, WHICH WOULD CREATE A SITUATION WHERE WE'D HAVE TO, THEY'D HAVE TO, I THINK, BUILD A BRIDGE TO GET OVER THAT. SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS OUT. SO, AND IN, IN THOSE TWO CASES, IT WAS TWO LOTS. SO THEN IT WENT DOWN TO ONE, TWO TO HELP WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND THE, UM, AND THE, UH, THE BEING CLOSER TO THE CURVE, THE CURVE RIGHT THERE. AND THEN IN TALKING TO THE DEVELOPER, UM, I TOLD HIM THERE'S GOT TO BE AFFORDABLE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT [05:10:01] TO HAVE AFFORDABLE UNITS. AND IT'S, IT'S AMAZING HOW THIS CONVERSATION HAS EVOLVED SINCE MY FIRST, MY FIRST YEAR OR TWO ON COUNCIL, BECAUSE WE WERE BEGGING FOR 5% AND 10% UNITS. AND, AND, AND PEOPLE WERE TELLING US, YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR ENOUGH. AND IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, I MEAN, I, I JUST THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE SO MUCH TO CREATE TOOLS IN ADDITION TO PASSING A HISTORIC BOND THAT IS ALLOWING US NOW TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE SOMETHING THAT HAS 67%, IT'S ACTUALLY A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE, BUT 67% UNDER THE 50% MFI. BUT I KNOW THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUES. I VISITED THE SITE IN THE TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THAT WAS FIRST BEING DISCUSSED. AND I VISITED TWO WEEKS AGO, STOOD AT THE ENTRANCE AND I LOOKED TO THE LEFT AND THERE ARE, I BELIEVE THERE ARE. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS WHEN YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT NORTH ON KNUCKLES CROSSING, UM, I WANT TO ANSWER, THEN I'LL ASK YOU TO HIM TO BRING UP THE, UM, THE PICTURES. WE SENT SOME PICTURES OF THE, FROM GOOGLE MAPS. NOT THAT ONE, THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER, THAT ONE. OKAY. SO THIS IS LOOKING NORTH AND THE CURVE, THE CURVE YOU SEE IS THE CURVE THAT, THAT MR. CUNEO WAS, WAS WALKING AROUND. SO SHE WAS WONDERING WHERE THAT CAR IS. SHE GOES ON THAT SIDE. THERE IS NO CH ABSOLUTELY. THERE IS THAT I'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE WALKING ON THAT CURB. IT IS DANGEROUS. UM, AND SO IF YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE, AND THIS IS TURNING 180 DEGREES FACING FACING SOUTH NOW, SO THAT CURVE IS BEHIND US JUST TO GIVE YOU YOUR PERSPECTIVE, THAT THE CARS BEHIND US, THE ENTRANCE TO THE APARTMENT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE RIGHT HERE WHERE THIS YELLOW SIGN IS, THAT'S WHERE THE ENTRANCE WOULD BE. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK FURTHER DOWN, THERE'S A, THERE'S A CAR. YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU, IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET DOWN. THERE'S A, THERE'S A VEHICLE. AND THEN IF YOU COULD SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE, PLEASE. SO NOW WE'RE WHERE THAT CAR IS. THERE'S A SIDEWALK WHERE WHEREVER THAT SIDEWALK IS THE, THE, THIS, THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL CONNECT TO THIS SIDEWALK. SO NO, THERE ARE NOT SIDEWALKS TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THE CURVE IS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT THE EASEMENT AND I'LL GET TO WHERE THE IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED OR THAT PART OF THE CURVE. SO THE SIDEWALK WOULD BE EXTENDED FROM, FROM THIS TO, TO THIS. AND IT CONCERNS OVER WHEN I WAS STANDING THERE AND SEEING THE LEFT AND SEEING WHERE THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE VISUAL VISUAL WE'VE ASKED TRANSPORTATION SINCE THEN. AND THEY JUST ADDED ALL OF THIS, THAT YOU CAN ONLY TAKE A RIGHT OUT OF THIS COMPLEX. SO PEOPLE CAN ONLY GO TO THE RIGHT HERE. THEY CAN'T GO LEFT. SO, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT T-BONES, YOU CAN'T GO LEFT. YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO GO RIGHT, AND GO SOUTH DOWN IN THIS DIRECTION. IN ADDITION, TRANSPORTATION, WE'LL BE ADDING A THREE WAY STOP RIGHT HERE. SO THERE'LL BE STOP SIGNS. THERE WAS NO STOP SIGN BEFORE CARS WOULD COME AROUND THE CURB AND KEEP GOING STRAIGHT TO THE NEXT, FURTHER DOWN. THERE'S A STOP SIGN FURTHER DOWN. SO NOW THERE'LL BE A STOP SIGN HERE, WHICH WILL ALSO STOP TRAFFIC, WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE TO WALK DOWN THIS SIDEWALK ACROSS THE STREET. AND THAT IF HE COULD GO TO THE NEXT, UM, THE LAST ONE, PICTURE THIS SIDEWALK TO THE LEFT, IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE BUS STOP. AND IT GOES, UM, AND THEN CAN I ASK FOR THE NEXT, THE NEXT, UM, AND WHEN YOU PUT IT FIRST, PLEASE, THE RADIUS, THANK YOU. SO ONE IS WHERE, UH, THIS IS A ONE MILE RADIUS. THAT SIDEWALK GOES ALL THE WAY FROM ONE, UH, DOWN SOUTH TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. THERE'S THE BUS STOP AT STASSNEY. UM, ONE TO ONE IS THE, MY, MY PICTURE CLOUD IS IN THE WAY OF THIS. UH, TWO IS THE LIBRARY. THREE IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL. FOUR IS THE REC CENTER FIVE AS THE BUS STOP. UM, AND THERE'S A SIDEWALK THE ENTIRE WAY. THERE WILL BE A SIDEWALK THE ENTIRE WAY FROM ONE TO THOSE, TO THOSE AMENITIES. SO I ABSOLUTELY RESPECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I GREATLY ADMIRE THEIR ZEALOUS ADVOCACY, BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE THE FULL PICTURE, UM, IN, IN, IN THE VISUAL THAT THIS IS CLOSE TO A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL AND A LOT OF AMENITIES THAT, UM, I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THE 55, IT'S 55 WHEN WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT SENIORS. UM, THIS IS 55 AND OVER IT'S NOT, UM, WHICH IS SCARY THAT I'M CLOSE TO THAT. BUT, UM, SO ANYTHING ELSE I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THAT? JUST THAT, THAT THE SAFETY MITIGATIONS HAVE ALL BEEN PUT INTO PLACE. I, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE, BUT I, YOU KNOW, AND, AND PARTICULARLY, UM, I GUESS I HAVE TO SPEAK TO THE [05:15:01] SYSTEMIC RACISM COMMENTS AND THAT IF, IF I SUPPORT THIS THAN I AM FOR SYSTEMIC RACISM, AND I, I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE CAN MAKE THAT CONNECTION WITH MY RECORD OF, UM, ANYBODY THAT I'VE EVER TAKEN. THIS IS THE, THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WE'RE DELIVERING THAT. AND I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S NO PERFECT SITE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BECAUSE THE PERFECT SIDE IS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I'M GOING TO GET MARKET RATE, AND IT'S NOT THE PERFECT ONE. AND WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO MITIGATE EVERY SINGLE CONCERN, UM, IN THIS PROJECT. AND I, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE Y'ALL SUPPORT ON IT. REMEMBER HARPER, MADISON, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THIS GOES RIGHT BACK TO THAT CONVERSATION. WE WERE HAVING EARLIER ABOUT THE COMPLEXITIES HERE. UM, SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT PERFECT, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT DEEP, DEEP AFFORDABILITY, SO ONE OF THE CALLERS SAID IS THIS WHERE YOU WANT YOUR ELDERLY AND THEIR GOLDEN YEARS. AND HONESTLY, SOME OF MY ELDERLY ARE LIVING IN CONDITIONS THAT I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SAY OUT LOUD. ABSOLUTELY. I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A PLACE THAT HAS THE KIND OF DEEP, DEEP AFFORDABILITY THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD TO EAT FOOD AND PAY THEIR BILLS AND PAY THEIR RENT. THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. SO I, I, AGAIN, I REALLY DO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO JUST BE CONSIDERATE OF THE LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. IT'S ALL VERY COMPLEX. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, ARE WE SACRIFICING SAFETY FOR AFFORDABILITY? AND I COULD SPEND TWO HOURS TALKING ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT FOR BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE. UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY AND AN AREA THAT WAS CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND NEEDING A GROCERY STORE AND NEEDED, YOU KNOW, THEN WE'RE GETTING IT WITH THIS PROJECT. AND SO I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT ME AND PRETEND, AND THANK YOU FOR OFFERING THAT OPPOSITE END. CAUSE I THINK IF YOU ONLY SEE THE VIDEO, THEN YOU KNOW, IT'S JARRING, RIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I TALKED TO MY PLANNING COMMISSIONER ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, A PERSON THAT I HONESTLY THINK IS TECHNICALLY BRILLIANT, UM, AND SAW WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER PLANNING COMMISSIONERS HAD TO SAY. IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO MAKE MY DECISION TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THAT NEED TO TAKE A BREAK HERE AT SIX O'CLOCK. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE CONVERSATION IS GOING TO BE ON THIS ONE. UM, MY SENSE IS, SO PEOPLE WANT TO TALK, UH, WE CAN EITHER TAKE A BREAK RIGHT NOW, COME BACK AT SIX 30 WHERE WE ARE. WE CAN TAKE A BREAK AND HAVE DINNER, COME BACK AT SEVEN, FINISH THIS, AND THEN, AND THEN GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION EITHER BRIEFLY, UH, OR, OR FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. YOU GUYS WANT TO COME BACK AT SIX 30, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A DINNER BREAK AND COME BACK AT SEVEN . BUT I HEARD THAT WE WERE TAKING, SORRY, IF HIS MESSAGE WAS ENEMY STANCE, BUT WHAT I HEARD, WE WERE TAKING A DINNER BREAK AT SEVEN PLUS SIX TO SEVEN. WE WERE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK ABOUT SIX FOR DINNER. RIGHT. SO I JUST THOUGHT OF ANOTHER PROJECT I WANTED TO PASS ABOUT TRYING TO SLOW IT DOWN. BUT I, I, I DID. I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT. SO YOU HAVE WORK TO DO BETWEEN SIX TO SEVEN. YEAH. I HURT MY BAD AND JENNIFER SAYS, IT'S FINE. OKAY. LET'S TAKE A BREAK RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A RECESS FROM SIX TO SEVEN OF OUR POOL. YOU SAID BEFORE WE LIKE ABOUT AN HOUR OR TWO AGO, WE WERE GOING TO HOLD OFF ON THE ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE SESSION CONVERSATION UNTIL NEXT WEEK. I DIDN'T SAY WE WERE, I WAS SAYING THAT'S A POSSIBILITY AND THERE'S BEEN SOME CONTACT. AND I THINK THERE'S A DESIRE FOR US TO GO BACK IN, EVEN IF WE DON'T GO BACK IN FOR VERY LONG. UH, AND I THINK WE CAN GO BACK INTO THAT, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW LONG OR SHORT WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT MAYOR PRO TEM. SORRY, GO AHEAD. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, WE SHOULD MAKE THAT DECISION WHEN WE SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO FINISH UP THOSE ARMY CASES. SO I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS OUR LAST SEWN IN CASE MAYOR PRO TEM. BEFORE WE TAKE OUR BREAK, I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I THOUGHT WE WERE TO END ON THAT CASE. AND I KNOW, I KNOW MY CONSTITUENTS CONSTITUENTS ARE WATCHING AND I JUST, I WAS WONDERING IF WE WERE CLOSE, BUT IF WE'RE NOT THAT READY TO TAKE A BOAT UP, WHAT? 2223. I MEAN, SORRY. THE NUMBER SHE HAD ONE 22, ONE 23 PEOPLE READY TO TAKE A BOAT. LET'S TAKE A VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF ONE 22 AND ONE 23, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION? YES. IT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION. IS [05:20:01] THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNCIL MEMBER GARZA MAKES THAT MOTIONS OR SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER, MADISON SECONDS SEGA VOTE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THESE TWO ITEMS. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. AND THERE, I JUST POINT OUT THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR IS OFF THE DIET. SHE HAD TO STEP AWAY. OKAY. LET'S SEE IF THAT VOTE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON THE BOAT, ON THE BOAT. UH, THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. UH, I'M COUNTING ONE TO BE MAYOR PRO TEM. COSAR ALICE SIGN AGAIN, PROPER MADISON KITCHEN, THOSE OPPOSED, UH, COUNSELOR POOL COUNCIL MEMBER. TOBO. SO THE VOTE IS, UH, EIGHT TO TWO WITH ONE COUNCIL MEMBER HALTER OFF THE DICE. AMERICA ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION TOO. THAT WAS FOR ALL THREE READING. YES. UH, SO THAT ONE PASSES ON ALL THREE READING COLLEAGUES IS SIX O'CLOCK. YOU WILL WANT TO COME BACK AND EXECUTIVE SESSION AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE MAYOR. YES. ALRIGHT. I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD WAIT TIL TUESDAY AND I THINK WE CAN GET A LOT IN BOARD, UH, OUR INFORMATION READY FOR, UH, FOR THE, FOR, FOR, UH, A REAL GOOD DEEP DISCUSSION ON TUESDAY AND GIVE US SOME TIME TO, TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE PUT OUT AND WHAT OTHER MEMBERS WANT TO BE, BE INCLUDED INTO IT. AND THEN, BUT THAT'S MY OPINION. OKAY. HOW ABOUT IF WE DO THIS? HOW ABOUT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK HOW ABOUT THOSE THAT CAN, WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW BRIEFLY NOT TO DISCUSS ANYTHING, JUST BASICALLY TO LAY OUT WHERE WE ARE. UM, AND THEN WE'LL PICK IT UP ON TUESDAY, BUT THERE'LL BE NO DELIBERATIONS ON IT TODAY. YES. CASUAL. I MEAN, I'LL, I'LL MAKE IT WORK, HOWEVER, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT SHOULD INCLUDE ALL OF US. AND WE HAVE SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WE KNOW ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THEY'VE SCHEDULED OTHER WORK ACTIVITIES DURING THAT SIX TO SEVEN BREAK. SO I, YOU KNOW, I'LL COME BACK AT SEVEN. I CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUE. I THINK THIS IT'S BEEN A PRETTY INTENSE LONG WEEK. AND, AND I THINK WE MIGHT DO HAVE A, I WOULD PROBABLY OPT RIGHT JUST UP TO ME FOR TUESDAY. BUT AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL DO IT EITHER WAY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BY MY COUNT THREE, THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS OFF THE DIOCESE. AND WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING WAS NOT THAT WE COME BACK AT SEVEN AND WE GO IN RIGHT NOW FOR MAYBE FIVE MINUTES TOTAL, JUST SO THAT I CAN SPEAK FOR A SECOND. UM, NOT TO DELIBERATE, NOT TO DISCUSS, BUT JUST TO KINDA KIND OF LAY OUT EVER SO BRIEFLY WHERE WE ARE. AND THEN WE WILL INITIATE THE CONVERSATION ON TUESDAY COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER EVER. SO BRIEF CONVERSATION, NO KIDS. OKAY. LET'S COME BACK AT SEVEN, WHOEVER CAN, UH, SO THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD GO INTO CLOSED SESSION TO TAKE UP ONE ITEM PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE, FIVE, ONE OH SEVEN FOR GOVERNMENT CODE. WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS PERSONNEL MANAGER RELATED TO 92 WITHOUT OBJECTION, UH, HERE AT, UH, SIX OH SIX. UH, WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO RECESS. WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. UH, BUT JUST FOR, UM, FOR, FOR, FOR A COUPLE MINUTES WITH NO REAL DELIBERATION AND THEN COME BACK OUT AND THIS MEANS, COUNCILMEMBER COBO, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T DO THIS BEFORE WE READ YOUR, YOUR SCRIPT. BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED EARLIER THIS MORNING THAT I REALLY NEEDED TO ADDRESS AT THE TIME AND JUST DIDN'T. UM, AND THAT, AND I HOPE YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO TALK TO IT EXTRAORDINARILY BRIEFLY RIGHT NOW. UM, THIS MORNING ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS NOMINATIONS AND WAIVERS ITEM 79, WE APPROVED A WAIVER FOR MY COMMISSIONER, ELLEN SUITES, A WAIVER OF ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS ON THE AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMISSION. AND I JUST, WE HAD HOPED IT WOULD BE HANDLED IN SOME OTHER MANNER. SHE IS A BRAND NEW APPOINTEE AND THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND SOME OTHER THINGS, UM, THERE WAS JUST MISCOMMUNICATION WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE. AND SO THERE, UH, SHE HASN'T ATTENDED BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAINING AND WHATNOT. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE THE RECORD TO REFLECT MY COMMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE HER WILLINGNESS TO SERVE, AND IT'S NOT THAT SHE MISSED TOO MANY MEETINGS. SHE HASN'T BEEN TO ANY [05:25:01] MEETINGS BECAUSE OF MISCOMMUNICATION ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR, FOR BECOMING, FOR BECOMING, FOR GOING THROUGH THE TRAINING AND GETTING APPROVED. AND WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT IT EARLIER THIS WEEK, I'VE RECEIVED SOME COMMUNICATIONS THAT LOOKED, I THINK, I THINK IT MAY VERY WELL BE THAT THE CRITICAL MASS IS IN FAVOR OF JUST A JOURNEY FOR TONIGHT AND NOT COMING BACK AND STUFF. UM, IF THAT'S OKAY. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MEET WITH THAT THEN HERE THEN WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN. WE'LL PICK THIS UP ON TUESDAY. SO IT IS SIX OH EIGHT AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. SO YOU GUYS LATER . * 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.